Cooper To P e»id*s
In Third Divisioi
J. Earl Cooper, district |
judge at Nome, is presiding in
Third District Court Anchor
age.
Judge Cooper is filling in for
Judge Anthony J. Dimond j
who will attend a statehood
hearing in Washington, D. C. i
This is the first time thej
Nome judge has been on the!
bench in Anchorage.- He was
U. S. Attorney for the third
division before beipg appoint
ed as jurist in the northern
most division of the territory.
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany freighter Square Knot
loaded scrap metal this week
for shipment to Seattle. T,e!
freighter was in port two
weeks ago with cargo for
town. After unloading here it
went to villages out the Aleu
tian Chain to unload.
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Five City Employes Get
Salary increase ForYear
The salaries of five city of
ficials were raised recently
during a meeting of the city
council. Those receiving i’ -
creases were the city clerk
treasurer, fire chief, sunt, of
public works, dump attendant;
and wharfinger.
Ordinance number 171 fix
ing the salaries of city officials
effective April 1, 1953 for the
year ending March 31, 1954
was passed by a suspension of j
the rules whereby the first
reading becomes the second.
It passed unanimously.
Bob Hedloff, city clerk, had
his salary raised from $500
per month to $550; George
Magnusen, fire chief was
raised from $60 to $75, In ad
dition to the salary he receives1
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nse of the city apartment
above the fire hall.
Mill Vokacek, city superin
tendent of public works re
ceived an increase of $20,
making his monthly salary
$650. H. E. Spencer, wharfin
ger received a $20 increase
making his salary $500 per
month. He also receives the
use of a city apartment at the
dock.
Willie Hynes, dump atten
dant had his salary increased
from $50 a month to $75.
Other city officials will re
ceive the same monthly
salaries they received for the
past year. The Chief of Police
receives $600 per month. This
position is held by Carter Sey
mour who has been in the
■states since the winter of 1951
following his receiving a gun
shot wound in his right arm.
He has been receiving hospital
treatment. The city clerk said
yesterday that the city pays
35% of Seymour’s salary. The
balance is paid by an insurance
company.
Ovid McKinley, acting chief ,
of police, receives $540 perj
month. Ilis two patrolman get i
$485 each. The salary of the |
relief patrolman was not
given. !
Anna May Vokacek, city
magistrate, receives $100 per!
month for her services, Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, city health1
officer, the same amount. Paul,
Dupler, city attorney, receives
a monthly retainer of $250.
Howland Taken
To Anchorage
For Trial
Roger B. Howland, 37,
charged with the murder of a
teen-age Marine last fall has (
been taken from the Kodiak
Federal Jail to Anchorage.
Howland faces first degree
murder charges in the death!
of Raymond Cruz, who was)
killed in the Civilian Cafeteria
on Oct. 18. 1952. Howland
shot Cruz with a 7.65 auto
matic during the luncheon
hour over an allegeded five
dollar debt.
Following the shooting How
land was taken into custody
by the U. S. Deputy Marshal
and has been held in the Ko
diak Jail until his removal to
Anchorage Tuesday.
U. S. Deputy Marshal
Thomas Langford flew here
from Anchorage to escort
Howland to Anchorage. His
trial will be held in Third Dis
trict Court.
Howland is reportedly aj
former patient of the Neuro-|
i psychiatric Hospital at Togus, )
1 Maine. j
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Mrs. Marshall Crutcher,
who was in Juneau during the
territorial legislature’s session,
has gone to Spokane to visit
her family. She will return
shortly. Crutcher returned to
, Kodiak last week.
Two Leave On
Orient Ciuise
Mrs. Catherine Blankenburg
and Mrs. Glenn Loundree left
Wednesday for Anchorage on
the first leg of their journey
to the Orient.
The two women plan to tour
the Orient for three months.
They flew to Anchorage via
PNA and will there board a
NWA plane for Tokyo. From
Japan they will goto Singa
! pore, Hong Kong, Bangkok,
Manila and other ports.
Mrs. Blankenburg is one of
the owners of the Town Club,
Mrs. Loundree will take over
the operation of the kitchen
at the club when they return.
Housing Work
Comes To Halt
Work on the housing pro
ject in the east addition shut
down again the first of the
week. All workmen including
the brush gang have been laid
off.
The contract for the housing
project is held by Aleutian
Homes, Inc. Pacific Alaska
Contractors have a sub con -
tract for roads and other work
there.
No announcement concern
ing the shut down was made
public nor for what length of
time.
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