Alberto Becattini has written to me that he is convinced (also because of speaking with Tom Goldberg) that Dick Kinney wrote (nearly) all of the Duckburgh Chronicle stories.
The problem is the "nearly". We can't credit him for *all* stories.
So probably only credits with a "?" can be added.
I think it is a good compromise. To be precise: Becattini (his information is from Goldberg) told me that Kinney was the author of the entire "Chronicle series" but on a handful of stories Al Bertino has collaborated. Anyway, if Kinney is finally credited - even if only with a ? - it is a progress because who is interested can understand who is the author of one of the most influencal and best Disney-series.
Al Bertino is a fake name. That person does not exist.
I guess Becattini is the most renowned expert of the Disney world; Bertino is also indexed in Inducks. Ask Becattini himself, please. Here the part of the mail "it was Tom who told me that Dick Kinney and Al Bertino wrote a few S-coded stories together"
And here Inducks:
Al Bertino (15 lug, 1912 - 18 ago, 1996)
Nazione Stati Uniti
Film animati Disney Studios: Storyman 1935-1950s (Pinocchio, Fantasia, Make Mine Music, Goofy, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, television shows). - UPA: Storyman 1960-1965 (Mr. Magoo, Dick Tracy). - Terrytoons: Storyman 1961-1964 (Hector Heathcote, Hashimoto). - Format Films: Storyman 1961-1962 (The Alvin Show). - Walter Lantz: Storyman 1962-1963 (Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy). - Grantray-Lawrence: Storyman 1967-1968 (Spider-Man).
Albi a fumetti, strisce a fumetti, illustrazioni Disney Studios: Scripts for foreign-market comic-book stories mid 1960s.
Altre informazioni, commenti Designer of Disneyland attractions. - Retired in 1977.
And Wikipedia; quite a lot of information for a person who never existed:
Al Bertino (July 15, 1912 – August 18, 1996) was an American animator best remembered for his work with the Walt Disney Company
Born in California in 1912, Bertino began work for Walt Disney in 1935. Apart from his work on feature films, such as Pinocchio and Fantasia, Bertino also wrote for the Wonderful World of Disney, and helped create a number of attractions at Disneyland, including Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, and America Sings. Until his retirement in 1977, he worked as an assistant animator and storyman for Mintz Animation, Harmon-Ising Animation, Disney, UPA, Snowball Animation, Grantray-Lawrence Animation and Walter Lantz Animation. In 1986, he won a Golden Award (given to Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists). Bertino died on August 18, 1996, in Los Angeles.
Sorry, I confused him with another person who really doesn't exist: Al Levin.