City Withdraws Cold Storage Suit;
Motion Passes Unanimously
ihe Kodiak City Council
voted unanimously Monday
night to withdraw the city’s
suit in Third District Court
asking that the Kodiak Ice
arid Cold Storage Co. Inc. va
cate its vuarters at the city
dock.
The motion to withdraw the
suit, without prejudice, fol
lowed a discussion on the reso
lution presented by the Cham
ber of Commerce to the coun
cil.
Earlier, at the last regular
C of C meeting. Marshall
Crutchea. eha;rman of the C
of C special committee to in
vestigate the company, pre
sented a report on the condi
tion and affairs of the cold stor -
age company.
| The C of C adopted a reso
lution calling' for the council to
withdraw the suit. It was p’’.
sented to the council Monday
night by Merrill Coon, cham j
ber president. !
Monday’s meeting was held I
at the Kodiak Public School so j
that spectators and stockhol-i
ders could attend the meeting.
Around 30 persons besides the
four councilmen and acting
mayor were present.
Acting Mayor Bud Metzgar
opened the meeting by di - 1
pensing with the regular o -
der of business and asking if
anyone had any comment to
offer on the resolution pre
' sented by Coon.
, Marshall Crutcher stated
that he would be glad to ex
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Main any part of the resolu
tion.
A suggestion from Council
?nan William Worth that the
council delay action on the
resolution until the return of
Mayor Lee Bettinger from
Washington, D. C met with
opposition from the crowd
The council was asked if
any other company had ex
pressed an interest in com
pleting the cold storage
nlant. It was pointed out that
the statement had been made
at the last C of C meeting.
Members of the council
said they were unable to
answer the question but each
vaguely remembered hearing
talk about such a proposition.
Several spectators addres
sed the council and urged that
the city drop the suit. One
pointed out that various ships
unloading at the city dock
frequently tied to the dock
section held by the storage
company and that freight is
sometimes stored in the com
pany’s fish shed.
it was rurther pointed
out that the cold storage com
pany received no revenue for
such dockage or storage.
When the city filed suit
against the cold storage com
pany they had no definite
plans for its use, one council
man said, ‘‘We only wanted to
prod George (Wallis George,
president of the KICSC) into
some action.”
Councilmen present during
the meeting besides Worth
and Metzgar were Basil
Clark, Leo Sears and D. N.
Hoylman. Absent were Jay
Wolf, councilman, and Mayor
Bettinger.
Tax Head Due
In Two Weeks
William Bittner, Third Divi
sion head of the Territorial
Department of Taxation, will
be in Kodiak within the next
two weeks to assist with in
come tax forms.
He will also advise concern
ing taxes and licenses of all
kinds. He may be contacted
at the Kodiak Hotel.
Sound Movie
For Baptist Church
I A sound movie of the Pas
sion Play will be shown at the
Community Baptist Church
at 7 pm on March 3, the Rev
R. N. Wilkinson announced
yesterday.
The film is also showing at
the churches on Kodiak Naval
Station.
PTA Meeting!hursday
The regular meeting of the
Parent-Teachers Association
will be held Thursday at 7:45
pm in the school building.
A program of special in
terest has been planned. Re
freshments will be served.
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Forced Landing
At Dutch Harbor
A Northwest Airline DC-4
with 41 passengers and four
crew members aboard made a
forced landing Sunday night!
on the Navy air strip at Dutch ,
: Harbor. ;
1 The four engine plane was !
bound from Anchorage to
Shemya, in the Aleutians, i
Visibility over Shemya was
; restricted as was the field on
Umnak Island. The pilot then
radioed Dutch Harbor and in-)
formed the Navy there, he)
! was low on fuel and had to
land.
The pilot landed the big
| plane on the 4,300 foot run
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way with the aid of the Coast
Guard Cutter Clover. The Clo
ver turned its searchlights on
the runway and all lights of
Dutch Harbor residences were
turned on.
The fieid at Dutch Harbor is
not equipped for night opera
tions.
The Airway Communica
tions Station at Kodiak Naval
Station continued radio con
tact with the plane until its
successful landing. A report
from Dutch Harbor said the
plane blew out both tires and
damaged the landing gear but
there was no injuries to pas
sengers or crew.
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