"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier”
VOJ- 3 NO. 42 KODIAK, ALASKA DECEMBER 18, 1943 PRICE 10 CENTS
£_ _-_
st. -
Watchnight
Party To Be
Held On Eve
A New Year’s Eve Watch
nigh'; Party and Service will b<
held Friday night, Decembei
3lst, at the Community Baptist
Church. The party will begin at
7:00 o’clock and conclude wit!
refreshments Following this th<
church Board of Deacons anc
Deaconesses is arranging a spec
ial Watchnight Service as th<
Old Year ends and the New
Year begins
Firemen Sponsor
1944-Welcoming
Benefit Ball
The Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will sponsor the Annual
New Year’s Eve Ball on Friday
evening, December 31, at Blinn's
ball.
Always one of the biggest
dances of the year, the Firemen
are completing arrangements to
insure a better-than-ever dance
to help greet this New Year.
News Highlights
Pacific Front
After a naval bombardment
blasted the way, American
troops swarmed ashore from
landing craft at Arawe peninsula
on the lower southeastern coast
of New Britain island. The land
ings climaxed a record breaking
assault by Al led bombers, which
dumped 356 tons of bombs on
Arawe in a 7-hour raid. For
nearly 2 month Allied planes
have pounded key supply &
barge concentration points from
one end of the 300-mile long is
land to the other. Despite
enemy air attacks, advance
guards of Gen. MacArt.hur’s
forces consolidated beachhead
positions, fanned out & began
punching inland through the
rain-soaked jungle. The invasion
is aimed primarily at neutral
izing Rabaul, the enemy’s
stronghold on New Britain,
which points like a dagger at
New Guinea & stands as a Jap
blockade to future operations
against the Phillipines & the
East Indies. Meanwhile Aus
tralians on New Guinea advanc
ed toward Lakona. 13 miles
north of Finschaven. Capture of
that Jap base on the Huon pen
insula appeared near. In the
Mid-Pacific, Liberator bombers
raided Jap bases in the Mar
shall islands, striking at a new
airfield at Taroa on the Maloe
lap atoll & the main fortified
base at Wotje. Thirty
continued on pa^e 4
enemy
To Greet Ton
and to Wish You
JOT AMD HAPPINESS
FOR CHRISTMAS
and During
THE NEW TEAR
Council Seeks School Transportation
The following city business
was acted on at the council
meeting Monday night:
A letter from the Territorial
Commissioner of Education
Ryan was read, which presented
a contract for providing trans
portation of children by bus to
school at a cost of $10 a day,
half of the expense to be met by
the Territory. A committee of
Councilmen Sholl, Wodlinger
and Pearson was named to find
what kin J of arrangements can
be made.
The council authorized $480
to be expended to have Pat
Lynch install the sewer for the
school, and moved that funds be
provided to install the new
playground equipment.
A new fire pump, received by
the fire department from Civil
ian De'ense wil be placed on
Cope street.
Counoilmen Sholl » d Pierce
, ere instruc . .i vok into the
matter cf street lighting.
The Volunteer Fire depart
ment turned over to the city
$60 received from the Al Kieiser
fire and reported that they have
agreed not to charge for fire
calls ontside the city. There will
be a Tee, however, for the trucks,
to be set by the fire chief. Only
volunteer firemen are to be paid
for any calls
Dr. Jones,city health officer,
reported that social diseases are
at present well under control.
He told the council there had
I been 3 cases of food poisoning
! which he said resulted from con
! taminated meat served at
la local cafe, and that this
matter would be taken care of
i through military authorities.
Councilman Wodlmger said that
cracked crockery being used in
some restaurants was a health
menace. A propos of transport
ng school children, Dr. Jones
said they would be more healthy
if they walked.
It was reported that 18 musi
cal machines in town were un
licensed. The matter was tabled.
Clerical work to establish a
card case history file for the
police department was author
ized.
A letter was read from the
Teamsters’ Local asking that an
ordinance be passed prohibiting
any drivel not able to drive to
the base to be prohibited from
driving locally. There was con
siderable discussion of this and
the renting of taxis to service
men, liability insurance and
ocher matters, but no action
was taken.
A letter was read from P. J
Waikinson gianting use of Er
skine company land near the
hospital for a small building to
be used as a morgue
(continued on page 4 )
Christmas
Tree Is Set
For Friday
Theie’I! be gifts for every
child in town, including those
who get in line twice, at the big
community Christmas Tree
sponsored by the Rotary Club.
To make the event an even log
ger success the Volunteer Fire
Department has joined forces
with the club in meeting the ex
penses and helping with the
gift-giving.
The following Memory Lesson
is for children only.
Where Is The Tree? By the
Bank of Kodiak!
When Is The Tree? Friday,
December 24, the Day Before
Christmas, at 4 O’clock in the
Afternoon!
The distribution of gifts will
begin promptly at four, and
parents and others are invited
to come and watch the fun.
The committee in charge of
the gifts includes Merrill Coon,
Jorgen Fredrickson, Larry Wod
linger, Walter Sipprell and Ur.
Eugene Sullivan
The tree decorators consist
of Sandy Kainulamen, James
Martz, Eric Blankenburg and
W. H. Lamme.
First Christmas
A son was born at 1:20 Tues
day am at the Army hospital to
Corp. and Mrs. Frank M. Dun
bar. The infant weighed 5
pounds 2 ounces
The father is stationed at
Fort Greely and the mother has
been employed at the local
draft board office. It is their
first child.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Hudson,
Old Harbor, are the parents of a
son born Wednesday evening at
Griffin Memorial hospital,
weight 6 pounds 2 ounces. It is
their first child and will be nam
ed Douglas.
The Hudsons just recently ar
rived on Kodiak Island and Mr.
Hudson is teacher at Old Har
bor. They came here from the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
in South Dakota.
Seattle — Lieut. Col. Clayton
A. Scott, Seattle, was commend
ed by the War Department for
organizing relief work after a.
Flying Fortress crashed in ari
Knglish village recently
A leading northwest airman
for 10 years, Scott was the first
to fly to Cordova, Alaska was a
pioneer of the Alaskan Airways,
and was first to laud a plane in
Crater Lake, Ore.