Fairbanks Chief
Resigns Over
Wells Case
Fairbanks (.P)—Fairbanks
38 without a chief of police fbr
the second time this year.
E. V. Danforth, the officer
who led the investigation of
the Cecil Wells slaying and
immediately became embroiled
in a controversy resigned his
post Monday.
Danforth was charged with
"hogging” the investigation
of the case and pushing the
Territorial Police and the fede
ral marshal’s office out of the
picture. The inquest jury
critizized the lack of coopera
tion in the probe of the mur
der.
The Associated Press in
Fairbanks said Danforth was
taking the action in the in
terests of‘‘local harmony."
Walter W. Sipprell, Kodiak
ASC agent, has been notified
j that the MSTS has extended
its contract with the company
through the month of Janu
ary. ...
MSTS has guaranteed ASC
I that it may carry 150 south
bound passengers during the
j month. The company is now
setting up a January schedule,
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Scout Court Of Honor
At Base For Two Troops
A joint Oourt of Honor lor
members uf Boy Scout Troops
625 and 626 will be held Wed.
nesday night at the new school
building at Kodiak Naval
Station.
First, second and star scout
badges will be awarded to
members of both troops as
well as merit badges and two
year and one year service I
stars.
Stephen Foster and Ronald
Short will receive their second
class scout badges. Grant
Hakensen, Dwight Holman,
Tim Metrokin and Nick Popoff j
will be presented with first!
class badges.
Gerald Clark, Robert Smith, |
Mike Swensen and Assistant]
Scoutmaster James Overman
will receive star scout badges. ,
Merit badges will be award. |
ed to Gerald Clark, Grant]
Hakensen, Dwight Holman, j
John Reft, Robert Smith,
Mike Swensen, Stanley Thor
sheim, Artie Torgramson and
James Overman.
Two year service stars will
go to Herman Anderson,
Clark, Hakensen, Holman,'
Robert King, Reft, Smith,
Mike Swensen, Thorsheim,
Torgramsen and Leo Brown
field.
Billy Cummings, Johnny
Kilgore, Tim Metrokin, Nick
Popoff and Tommy Shugak
will receive one year service
stars.
Norman Sutliff has relieved
Elliott Hymans as scoutmas
ter. Hymans has completed
his tour of duty here as head
of the USO and expects to re
ceive an assignment in the
states.
Special Show
Rates For Kids
A special rate of 25 cents for
the Saturday matinee for all
school children, regardless of
age, has been offered by the
Orpheum Theatre. John Fletc
her, manager, said yesterday.
He has proposed to the
school that each student be
issued a card with his name
on it, which he would present!
at the box office on Saturday
for his quarter admission. Cur
rently all children over 12 pay
the adult admission pried.
The special rate would ap
ply only during the school
year, Fletcher said, and if a
student drops out of school,
his card would be picked up,
and he would no longer get
the reduced movie price.
Rear Admiral John Perry,
commandant 17th Naval Dis
trict. was scheduled to return
to Kodiak today after attend
ing a conference of top Nava]
officials in Washington, D. C.
He was accompanied on the
trip by Commanders T. A.
Brown, J. A. Bentley, D. H.
Friders.
Alaska Line passenger ves
sels will operate during the
1954 tourist season, it was
announced recently.
Mattson Stricken
In Anchorage
Anchorage—A 53 year old
Kodiak man was in a critical
condition at Providence Hospi
tal this week after he suffered!
a cerebral hemorrhage last
Saturday.
A. H. Mattson was taken to
the hospital at 10:13 pm after,
he was stricken. He had come
to Anchorage from Kodiak
only a day or two before on his
way Outside with his family.
Mattson is reported parti
ta——
ally paralyzed as a result of
his stroke.
Commission Holds
Car For Sale
A1951 Dodge sedan will be
offered for sale December 14,
at 3 pm at the U. S. Marshal’s
office according to a notice
posted by the Employment
Security Commission.
W. L. LeMarte, representa
tive of the ESC will sell at
public auction the vehicle be
longing to Shupp, Chase and
Tolbert Construction Company
dba Island Construction Com
pany.
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