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Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Paving Job Is Completed

Paving of the main street was completed Wednesday evening with the pouxing of the last st'ip of concrete in front of the Bank.
 Curbs and fills behlnd them will be completed soon, and when the concrete has set, the complete Tenth of Alaska Way and Main street will be open to traffic.
 Norman Fjeldheim has been in charge of the paving crew.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Two Local AirIines Seek Certificates

Bob Hall, local airline opera tor, is scheduled to appear at 8 Civil Aeronautics Board hearing in Anchorage Monday to testify in his own behalf regarding ob taining 8 Certificate of Public Convenlence and Necessity or an exemption order.
 Collins Air Service is also seek. ing 8 PCN certificate for this a. req.
 A certificate of PCN permits an airline to put in extra equip ment that it feels is necessary to service the area properly and also permits it to maintain a regular schedule An exception rermits the adding of equip- ment but does not require that the airline operate on schedule
 The Hall Air Service now op crates under a pilot owner cer- ti6cate.
 Vince DaIy or Paul Hanson, pilots for Collins Air Service, may go to Anchorage for the hear 'ng.
 Hall left for Anchorage yes- terday.
 The Kodiak Chamber of Com- merce wired the CAB Thursday and urged that both airlines be awarded certificates or exemp. tion orders.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Man Reported Missing From Tug

Moses Prokopeuff. 21, of Atka has been reported missing from the Army Transport It 60, since last Sunday morning, Deputy Marshal Dizney said yesterday.
 Prokopeuff was last seen about 8 am Sunday, Sept. IS He was a crew member of the army boat, which sailed from here Wednesday.
 The missing man is described as of medium build, and weigh ing about l50 pounds. Anyone having any information as to his whereabouts is asked to contact Dizney or the city police
 Meanwhile no trace has been found of Pinky Carson of Afog. nak, reported missing earlier this Dizney said
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
M arIar City Wharfinger

E. A. "Gene" Marian, Alaska Steamship agent here for the past two years, has been named city wharfinger, and his appoint ment will be confirmed by the city council at it's meeting Mon- day night
 Marian succeeds F. c. Woods Tn the city position which he will assume as a full time job.
 He will continue to represent the Alaska Steamship Co in Kodiak and will move the ASC office to the city d,ek, whe!e the wharfinger's office IS located.
 The appointment is effective October 1, and Marian said he expects to move bis office from the Frontier Building to the city dock between Oct 1 andl5.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Fisheries Hearing Is Tuesday

The annual Fish and Wildlife Service hearing on fishing ,s gulations is scheduled to be held here Tuesday, and is tentatively set for l pm at the Community y Center
 The hearing will be conducted by Seton Thompson, Alaska fish. cries chief, George Kelez, super- visor of fisheries, and Frank Hynes, fishery management bi' ologist.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
East Addition Lots Are Available

A few lots in the Ea t Addi ton, mostly pesr Carlson Hill, have been sold by the District Land Office .ince the auction last year F. W. Meek of the office said here this week.
 Meek who conducted the que tion, came here as a witness at the Nelson. Old trlal.
 He said that several lots in the addition are still available, and will continue to be. at the government appra sed price. lr- tereste d parties may write the land office in Anchorage.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
king-Legion Suit Ordered Dismissed

Father c. R. Kings suit 8. gainst the American Legion was dismissed yesterday morn. ing by Judge Anthony J. Di' mond in District Court.
 A motion for dismissal was made by William Olsen, Anchor. age attorney, because of the i'll health Of his client. Father King.
 Warren Taylor, Fairbanks at. torney, represented the Legion in the suit which concerned pro perty the community center is on.
 Judge Dimond ruled that each party must pay his own attorn. ney and court costs.
 The suit was an appeal of a decision made by Judge Joseph Kehoe last November in favor of the Legion.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Ohio Sportsman
 Gets Brown Bear

B K MacGuffin of Youngs. town. 0, returned last weekend from Bear Bay on the Alaska peninsula after shooting a 9 foot 7 inch brown bear
 He was accompanied by Pat Cannon, local guide and made the trip on Cannon's boat.
 "In all my big game hunting I have never enjoyed any hunt as much as this one," MacGuff- in said. He plans to return next May to get a Kodiak bear, he added.
 Cannon is now planning a photographic trip to Afognak Is. land to take color 16 nun pie lures to complete a series he started last year He expects to leave Monday and will be gone for one week
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Crowds Inspect Giant Plane

A steady stream of visitors, lined up to the road at times, visited the giant navy plane, the Constitution Sunday at the base
 Radio announcements over WVCQ advised Kodiakians and navy base personnel that the plane was open for inspection after an earlier exhibit of it had been called off
 The navy said it had no fig ures on the number who went through the plane during the three hours it was open
 The Constitution left the base yesterday morning,but is expect. ed back again while on it's AL aska mission
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Russians May Have Atomic Bomb

Washington (R) Government officials have evidence that an atomic explosion occurred recent ly in Russia, President Truman revealed this week at a news conference.
 E,iIence of the atomic explos- l,n was p obably picked up by radiation detection equipment ', the Associated Press reported.
 London( (R)-A spoksman for the British government said, We also have evidence of an atomic explosion in Russia " Grayce Hightower owner Of Grayce's Cafe. has returned after a brief trip outsidess
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24

A suit against Warren Taylor, charging hlm with failure to re fund an alleged overpayment for a business transaction, has been filed by Emil Knudsen. It will be heard by Commissioner A M Vokacek on Wednesday.
 Taylor, now of Fairbanks, fo-. merly practiced law here.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Labor Picks Same Slate

Kodiak's city election will be qaiater thls year than last unless East minute "wiite in" candi dates make their appearance.
 The Central Labor Council fled it's slate of candidates Mon- day. and with the exception of ene councilman and a school. board member, is the same as the Progressive Party's slate.
 The GIG voted to support Lse c. Bettinger, incumbent for mayor, Jack Hinckel, Henry Neseth and Raymond Shannon for council members. Robert Hall was chosen as the labor council candidate for the school h0ard.
 Robert Acheson Is the Pro &ressive party's candidate for the sehoolboard.
 Leon Johnson. progressive party candidate for council wit! . dfew his pane from the ballot Monday. In a letter to the city clerk he asked that his name be removed and said, "my position as KEA manager takes up ali By time"
 With the withdrawal of John- san's name from the ballot the Progressive Party has thrown their support 10 Shannon.
 The deadIine for filing candi. &ates was September 19.
 As they have in prevous years. the Business and Profess. ienal Women's Club and the members of the Teamsters Union will work together to get out the vate
 Members of the BPW will haby sit while mothers vote and the cap drivers will take voters to polls at no charge. Those who wish transportation or baby sstters or other voting assistance from members of either group are to call the city hall the day of the election
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
EissaI Decision On Fishing Rights

Fairbanks { (P)-Judge Harry Rsast has signed a decree per nnaaen.ly enjoining the Depart naent of Interior and the Fish and Wild!ife Service from inter fssiag with ifs hing operations of men natives in waters off the Masluk Indian reservation
 The case travelled to the U s Eapreme Court and took three wears of wrangling before settle naant was reached.
 District attorney Harry Arend argued the case for the govern. naent and tue Seattle fisheries interest was represented by W. c. Arnold and Edward F. Medley.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
Jury Finds
 For Sid Old

Sid Old, who has lived at the old experimental station at KaI- sin Bay for the past 15 years, ie m rlghtful possession of the pro perty, a jury found late Thurs. day.
 The defendant in 8 civil suit brought by Tom Nelson, who charged him with illegal possess ion of the property, Old was found not guilty in District Court
 The trial lasted two whole days and the twelve-man jury was out for approximately two hours before reaching it's verdict.
 Judge Anthony J. DimtDd heard tbe suit, in which both men were represented by An chorage attorneys. Wendell Kay was Nelson's counsel and Will. jam Renfrew represented Old.
 The suit had been tried here in June, and at that time Com missioner A M VOkacek found in favor of Old Nelson promptly appealed.
 Nelson, and his witnesses, testified that Old had moved to a cabin at Narrow Cape and Nelson said he then filed for homestead on the Kalsin Bay property.
 Old told the court he had never left Kalsin Bay except to run his stock at Narrow Cape and that he had opened his home at kaisln Bay tC Nelson who had lived with him for sev eral years.
 Witnesses for Nelson included Tom FeIton, local raDcher and F. w. Meek of the district land office in Anchorage, and for Old Ms. Edna Kraft, Emil ChristoffersoD, Einar Patterson and Norman Noble.
 Members of the jury were Walter O'Brien. Jack Hinckel. Justine Hinckel, Clyde Hatfield, H. M. Jager, Peter Pestrikoff, Myrtle Watson, Pat Cannon, Fritz Morrison. J. B. Maxwell, John Ponchene. and Joseph W Taylor. with Jake Foley and Marion Kelly as alternatss.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24
DenaN Sails Thursday

The Denali sailed Thursday for Kodiak with 427 tons of freight for town Included in the freight are one Cub plane for Pvt Roger Young of Ft. Greelv, B tons of bee. and 45 tons of furniture
 The Coastal Monarch is scae duled to sail Sept. 30 fer the Boring Sea and will stop at Ko. diak, E. A. Marian said yester day
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-24

John Bocek, law student who suEnmered here and drove a bus for Tagura Transit, has left to xesurn to bis studies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-29
Bethesda Man Sued
By D. T.. Ex-Wife

A Washington woman has filed
suit in Montgomery County Cir
cult Court against her former
husband, William L. Lebling,
Bethesda, real estate man, for
$500 which she claims he owes
her in back payment for mainte-
nance.
She is Mrs. Isabelle Koran Leb-
ling, So. who, her attorney said,
now is serving a six-month SEN
tence in the District Jail for pass
ing bad checks.
The attorney, John r. Reeves,
said Mrs. Lebling passed the
checks because she had no income
other than payments she was sup
posed to receive from Mr.. Lebling.
Mr.. Reeves said MIR. Lebling
agreed to pay her $3.50 a month
prior to their divorce about one
and-a-half years ago. He added
that MIR. Lebling has failed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-29
Gorogemon's Flight
Averts Islands Crisis

Islanders on Coll, a milk-pro-
ducing isle OF the Scottish coast,
faced a crisis in their only indus
try recently, when the one truck
which makes the round Of the is
land to collect milk for cheese
making broke down.
It would take four days to have
repairs made on the mainland,
but they sent out an 8 o 8 and
a chivalrous garage man from
the mainlapd town Of Obah flew
his own plane to the island and
made the urgent repairs neces-
|sary to save the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-29
Bourbon at Prewar Prices
Predicted by Thanksgiving
By the Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept.
ga distillery sales manager
said yesterday four-year-old bour-
bon will be available at prewar
prices by Thanksgiving.
T. A. Dubois Of Philadelphia.
general sales manager for the
Kinsey Distilling Corp, said
straight and blends of straight
bourbon will be sold for 81 a fifth
and bonded bourbon for about
$4.75.
Mr.. Dubois spoke at the 18th
annual convention of the National
Retail Liquor Package sStores As
ISOLATION.
"The demand for luxury-priced
bourbons is on the wane," he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-29
"No.D don't you forget to mail that letter. PUe
carried it shround n my purse a week already!'

make any payments since Novem-
Der 80, 1913.
According to Mr.. Reeves, Mr..
Lebling has remarked and has
custody of two of the six children
from his first wife. The four other
children are married, according
to Mr.. Reeves.
Mr.. Lebling who is a member
of the Washington Real Estate
Board, said he understood his wife
had remarked, thus relieving
him of his obligation to pay her
under terms of the divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-29
Airbout Service Links
South Pacific Outposts

A new fortnightly hying-boat
service, started recently in New
Guinea, is taking mail and sup
plies to several lonely outposts in
the South Pacific, Port Moresby
reports. The service goes to iso-
lated places-mostly British owned
which previously had only a six
monthly service by ship.
The nd-hopping route en-
braces such outposts as the Louis
Jade and d'Entrecasteaux groups
and the TrobriandS.
, 1949-03-12
Pan american Arriues Here
On Ist Southbound Flight

A Pan American World Air
ways plane landed at Bene-
dict Field yesterday and rolled
to a stop near the Caribbean
Atlantic Airlines' offices. 1t
marked the beginning of a
schedule and the first south
ward flight of these planes.
On board were Captains D. F.
Robbins, ]. M. Sprinkel and
w. w. Salter. Co-pilot. was M.
Ball and the Stewardess, Miss
]. Hunt. Albert Lantz, Airline
inspector.
A group of spectators were
on hand to greet the plane, in.
cluded with them were: MIR. &
Mrs. Crawford, local represen-
tatives of Pan American, Louis
Golden, manager of Caribair,
H. F. Richardson, Station man
ager for Pan American; Coun-
cilmen were the .Honorables
Ludwig E. Harrigan, chairman,
Alphonso Forbes, S. Christian
Chase, R. Gordon Skeoch, Geo.
E. Wulff, Elmo Jacobs, Alva
, 1949-03-12
st. Thomos Power
Authority To Get
Loon from NY.

The st. Thomas Power Au-
thority may get a $1OO, 900 loan
from a New York Investment
firm to enable them to COM
plete conversion of the cleo
trical system from direct to al
ternating current and establish
distributing lines to country
districts.
A draft of ordinance which
would authorize the issuance
of public Improvement bonds,
to consist Of 100 bonds of the
denomination of $1,000 each.
The loan would bear interest
at the rate of three and a half
per cent per annum.
The Commissioner Of Fi-
nance would be authorized to
put aside a sum sufficient to
cover these obligations from
the taxes levied upon real
property.
, 1949-03-12
Governor Receives
MiIturY Honors at
Army Base

Governor Haste received
full military honors when he
paid a courtesy call on Colonel
Paul Smith, the new Comman-
der of the Army Chemical
Unit in st. Thomas.
An MP detachment which
served as a guard of honor,
fired salutes from the time the
Governor entered the military
reservation until he stepped
out of his car in front of Col.
Smiths office. The Governor
inspected the honor guard and.
then went into the office to-
chat with the commanding Of.
ficer. The guard Of honor stood
at attention as he left.
Government Secretary de
Castro accompanied His Ex-
cellency.
, 1949-03-12
COUNCILMEN PASS
SALARY BILL BY
VOTE OF ? to z

Yesterday the Municipal
Council passed the bill giving
each member a salary of Sis.
The vote was 7 for; 2 against.
The two who voted against
were the Honorables Gordon
Skeoch and Alva Mac Farlane.
Both men admitted that a
salary should be paid Council
men but they disagreed on the
amounts. Mr.. Skeoch argued
that $75 was sufficient; Mr..
Mac Farlane favored $100.
Even after the bill was passed
there was considerable argu-
ment on it.
A bill granting a loan of
$4,000 to the St. Croix Power
Authority was passed. A night
letter was sent to the Public
Lands Committee asking that
the section which would make
the Governor head of the Vir-
gin Islands Company be delet-
ed. A cablegram was sent the
st. Thomas Council asking
that they also cable Washing
ton backing their stand on the
Woo bill.
The Council granted a writ
Continued on Page ~
, 1949-03-12

Mac Farlane, R. A. Fredericks,
Assistant to the Council
Canute A. Brodhurst, repre-
sented the Avis.
Honor of being the first pas
sengers to fly southwark from
st. Croix goes to Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Miller, Bird of Cleveland.
Ohio, who have been guests at
the Pink Fancy Hotel here for
the past three weeks. They
will return to spend several
more days.
After greetings were ex-
changed Members of the Coun
Gil lined up with the Captains
and other guests alongside the
craft and were photographed
by Axel Ovesen, veteran pho
tographer,
, 1949-03-12
Browns. Clients In
Crucial Come
Tomorrow
81 GYeqoEY Hodae.

A large crowd is expected
to gather on Parade Ground
tomorrow to see the crucial
battle between the Giants base
ball team of Bethlehem and
the Browns. These two have
won all their games thus far
in the first part of the League.
A pitching duel is anticipated.
All the clubs in the League
are feverishly rebuilding their
teams in an effort to pull up
on even terms with the league
of eleven years ago, which
prides itself upon a record of
keen competition.
The game is scheduled to be-
gin at 2:30. Baseball fans will
not miss tomorrow's game.
, 1949-03-12
Commissioner Field
Resigns Post With
F. w. Agency

Commissioner George H.
Field of the Bureau of Com
munity Facilities rendered his
resignation to Major General
Philip B. Fleming, Federal Ad-
ministrator last week to take a
position with the Dehlman
Construction Company of Mil
waukee. He is succeeded by
Pere F. Seward, Deputy Com
missioner for Engineering.
, 1949-03-12
Another 7 Yeur Old
Sw0llows Pin

Othniel ottley, seven-year-
old son of Mr.. & Mrs. Aubrey
Ottley accidently swallowed
a pin on Thursday which lodg-
ed in his left lung. He will be
rushed to the mainland and
taken to the Chevalier Jack
son Clinic in Philadelphia.
An almost identical case
took place here recently when
seven-year-old, Delroy Sarauw
Of Frederiksted, swallowed q
pin which was removed at the
above mentioned hospital and
IS now nearing complete re-
covery.
, 1949-03-12
Reserve Bunk Oiliciol
V~ucutioninq Here

John N. Peyton, President Of
the Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, is here with Mrs.
Peyton spending their vaca-
ton. This is their first visit to
the Virgin Islands, and they
like it. They have visited other
islands of the Caribbean, how
ever.
The Peytons are guests at
Hotel-on-the-C
, 1949-03-12
Alexander Gives
Informal information
To Locul Council

The Hon. Joseph Alexander
special representative of the
St. Croix Municipal Council
met with the members Of that
body yesterday and gave them
an informal report on his ac-
tivities on their behalf in Wash
ington.
MIR. Alexander was a spe-
cial guest of the Legislators at
a luncheon. A report in writ
ing will be submitted later for
the record.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Transit Stock Sale
Rejection Studied

c. L. McCrea, Capital Transit
Co. stockholder. today was study
ing the action of the company's
directors rejecting his proposal
to have the company buy the 109,-
456 Capital Transit shares held
by the North American Co.
Mr.. McCrea has fought the
plans Of North America to sell
the shares to a group of Florida
businessmen.
Directors of the company met
for almost three hours late yester-
day and then issued this state
ment:
THE board considered the pro-
posal made by Mr.. McCrea and
after extended discussion and full
deliberation came to the conclu-
sion that due to legal complica-
tions and the financial require
ments Of the company it is not
in a position to make an offer to
purchase the shares owned by the
North American Co."
There was no amplification of
this statement. It was said. how
ever. that if Capital Transit did
purchase the shares directors
might find themselves facing a
suit by stockholders dissatisfied
with such q transaction. Although
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Czech Reds Complain
.0f Own Censorship
ey the Assoeioted Press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, July
7.-Reports from strife-torn Slo-
vakia say Red censorship has been
clamped so tightly over that
strongly Catholic area that Cons
munists themselves complain their
mail is being read and their tele-
phones tapped.
Newsmen who visited Bratislava,
Slovakian capital. for the week
end religious holidays, said the
atmosphere is more tense since
last weeks church-state, troubles.
At that time the controlled press
rioting between Red po-
lice and Catholics trying to defend
their priests from arrest.
The situation is now believed to
be quiet, on the surface. but au-
thorities are increasingly watchful.
The newsmen said Catholic
Churches were packed for the week
end services and church collec-
tions, which the Communists tried
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Fight on Dutch Urged
As Soekarno Returns
By the Associoted Press


JOGJAKARTA. Java. July T.
A spokesman for the 1ndonesian
Republics Parliament called yes
terday for a continuing struggle
against the Dutch.
He spoke at welcoming cere-
monies for President Soekarno on
his return from exile. Soekarno
arrived at the presidential palace
with Premier Mohamed Hatta and
five other formerly exiled govern
ment leaders.
The spokesman, representing
the Republican Parliament
Working Committee, bittery as
sailed the Dutch at f1ag-raising
Evening star., 1949-07-07

to stop in some sections, were still
being taken up.
Many people. they said, were
afraid to talk to strangers about
the church state strife.
Bratislava was heavily guarded
for the week end visit of Prime
Minister Antonin Zapotocky and
government officials.
Evening star., 1949-07-07

throngs of ragged, flag-waving Re-
publicans along the Presidents
route to the capital from Bangka
Island, where the Dutch had held
him since last December. The
Dutch had seized the Republican
Evening star., 1949-07-07

leaders during their police &C.
ton" last year.
The seven were freed under a
cease-gre order arranged with the
aid of the United Nations Com
mission for Indonesia.
Evening star., 1949-07-07

the company has a substantial
surplus from which purchase OF
the shares might be made, 1t was
pointed out also that 1t has obli-
cations for purchase OF new
eouipment and for track renewal.
Evening star., 1949-07-07

ceremonies following Soekarno's
arrival. He called for unity Of the
various Republican groups IN q
struggle against this one and
common enemy"
Soekarno was cneered by