VOL. 4 NO. 16
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 26, 1944
PRICE 10 CENTO
prospects
Said Good
For Plant
Mayor Emil Knudsen confer
red in Juueau this week with
Wallace George, Juneau Cold
Storage official, and reported by
wire that a cold storage plant for
Kodiak seems assured. Accord
ing to the wire a large plant ib
planned, with provision made
for enlarging it when the need
arises. Mr. George informed the
aiayor that he will come to
Kodiak in October to choose a
site and arrange financing of the
new project.
The wire, sent to R. H. Chad
wick, chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce committee which
has been working for a cold
storage plant, said:
"Had a long visit with Wal
lace George. A cold storage
plant looks like a cinch. It will
be a large plant that can be
added to. He will see us m Octo
ber and then pick site and ar
range finances. 1 have been able
to answer a number of ques
tions. Cold storagically yours,
Emil Knudsen.”
Mayor Knudsen made the
trip to Juneau expressly to dis
cuss cold storage, after visiting
in Anchorage. Fairbanks and
Nome. He left Juneau by plane
Thursday and is expected here
this weekend.
By Associated Press
Southwest Pacific — Heaviest
single raid on Halmahera island,
southern guardian of Philippines,
Sported among unusually strong
series of aerial thrusts which un
loaded 315 tons of bombs on Jap
defenses.
San Francisco — The major
Wirt of the Pacific ocean is now
wider Allied control Adm. Nim
ta said in broadcast from Pearl
Harbor. Japanese enter portion
teft him “at his peril”.
Washington—Lt. Gen. A. A.
^aodergrift, commandant of the
Marines, said Japs do not know
he meaning of “quit” he said
tfter visiting Saipan, Tinian and
*uam.
London—Tokyo radio said Al
>es attempted landing on Mapia
r St. David islands off north
west New Guinea but were re
vised.
New York—Gen. Eisenhow
r’s headquarters said liberation
f Paris “is a fact”. Reported
American & French troops ent
red city yesterday found streets
ill of Jubilant Parisians. Brig,
kn. Jacques LeClerk entered
Means Gate at 9:43 am with
3,000 armed force men.
feGaulle reported at Batneux
waiting formal escort as cathed- j
1 bells pealed & throngs shout
Local Boy Home
On Furlough
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson,
who live on Crooked Island ad
jacent to Kodiak, received the
surprise of their life this week
when they returned to their
home after a trip to town and
saw their son, Edward, standing
in the living room. The last they
had heard from him he had been
in the South Pacific and they
hadn’t hoped to see him before
war ended.
Edward arrived here by plane
after an unexpected furlough was
grauted him when a boat he was
on put in to San Francisco.
He has just 9 days to
visit with his family and friends
and he brought along a pair of
dungarees especially to go fish
ing in.
Edward, who is 19, has been
in the service 2 years, with al
most a year being spent in the
South Pacific. He is a Motor
Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class and
received his training at Farragut,
Idaho.
Assigned later to an LCT, one
of those landing vessels that op
en in front, he saw action in 3
major invasions. As mementoes
he brought home with him a Jap
rifle, numerous Jap coins and
other souvenirs One of the latter
was taken from a Jap who had
in turn taken it from an Ameri
can in the Phillipines. Another
souvenir was a Jap’s white sail
or jacket, which Edward mailed
home and then beat in arriving
here.
ed the revolutionary battle cry
' To the barricades!”
London—Germany officially
announced some Rumanian
troops have stopped fighting.
Russia told Rumania it must
earn armistice with Allies by or
dering troops to fight “hand in
hand” with the 1 ed Army..
Disorganized battered Ge nian
forces made last ditch attempt
flee across few remaining miles
where Seine adjoins sea in north
ern France but front line dis
patches said fighting was virtu
ally over. RAF observations in
dicated Marshall Von Kluge
planned to make next stand
along Somme-Marne line.
Chief Radioman George Ray
Tweed, “The hermit of Guam,”
caught up on a lot of watermelon
he had missed while hiding out
31 months from the Japs, on the
Marianas island, as he was with
his cousin, Mis. John Minard,
(left) at Portland, Ore. Nine
days after his arrival in San Di
ego for a reunion with his wife
and two children he filed suit for
divorce. Mrs. Tweed and child
ren were evacuated from Guam
in Oct. 1941.
High School
To Register
All high school students are
required to register on Thursday
and Friday, August 31 and Sep
tember 1 of next week, so a suit
able program of high school sub
jects can be worked out by the
opening date, according to an
announcement made today by
School Superintendent Harry
Holt. Supt Holt and Principal
Olaf Halverson will be at the
school on those days to enroll
the students and discuss person
al problems in selecting courses
of study.
School opens on Tuesday,
September 5, and it is requested
that all parents cooperate in
getting the children started on
opening day.
A general faculty meeting has
been announced for Saturday
Sept. 2, in the school building,
when plans for the year will be
outlined.
Dance Nets $300
For Hospital
About $300 was made on the
hospital benefit dance held
Tuesday at Blinn’s hall under
the sponsorship of the Bartend
er’s Local 875 and socially the
dance was one of the most, en
joyable of the year
Bill Wright, dance chairman,
wishes to thank the patrons who
made the dance a success, and
especially the Navy for provid
ing an orchestra and the Victory
Cafe which arranged the buffet
lunch which was served.
'
Receives Word Of
Brother’s Death
Staff Sergeant Norman Hawk
inson, 25, brother of Mrs. Sigrid
Wodlinger, of this city, was
killed in action in Normandy on
July 25, according to word re
ceived by Mrs. Wodlinger this
week.
Sgt. Hawkinson had been in
service since the start of the war
and had left New York only in
May of this year. Three other
brothers are also in' the service;
one in Italy, one in the States,
and a third formerly in Alaska
but now in Seattle.
Besides his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. Hawkinson, Great Falls,
Montana, Sgt. Hawkmson is
also survived by his widow at d
one child in Salem, Oregon.
Scow Makes Trip
Heine Berger arrived here this
week on the Kasilof with a scow
in tow and left yesterday for
Anchorage Freight hauled in
cluded 2 cars belonging to War
ren Taylor, 2 belouging to Jack
Hendricks, a car and truck own
ed by Carl Hollman and Koch’s
Pronto Pup wagon
Passengers were Henry Wollf,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith, Carl
Hollman.
Pictures Missing
The 3 pictures of President
Roosevelt at Kodiak promised
for this issue are evidently lo4
as a wire this week confirmed
sending of them on August 14,
but they have not been received
A duplicate set has been ordere
and will be published on arrival.
Guam Hero Catches Up
Airline Bids
For New Run
To Kodiak
Woodley Airways is seekihv
to operate multi-motored equip
ment on a Fairbanks to Kodiak
run and also to operate a fleet
of airliners on the coastal route
between Anchorage and Seattle;
giving Anchorage one-day ser
vice to Seattle, according to
testimony given by Art Woodley,
before the Civil Aeronautics
Board now meeting in -anchor
age. His company is competing
with Alaska Airlines in seeliag.
the certificate of convenience
and necessity for the Fairbanks—
Kodiak route.
Both Alaska Airlines and
Woodley operate from Anchor
age to Juneau at present antfi
seek to extend their services to*
Seattle.
Applications for the coastal
route from Anchorage to Seattle *
have also been filed by United^
Airlines, Pan-American Airways,.
Northwest Airlines and Western
Airlines. Other airlines, including
Pennsylvania-Central and the
Chicago and Southern Airlines
have also expressed interest
in it.
Teachers Arrive
Two new teachers, Elizabeth
Carter, 7th Grade, from Cripple
Creek, Colo,, and Alfrieda FilF
inger, 3rd Grade, from Bremer-'
ton, arrived on the Denali.
Mayor Gets Job
The committee on a sponsor
for tbe Victory Ship S.S. Kodiak^
consisting of James Martz and
Lee Bettinger, has turned the
matter of selecting one back to
Mayor Emil Knudsen, as origin
ally suggested by the War Ship
ping Administration. Plans t©'
have a contest to select a spon
sor locally met with so many ob
jections that they were dropped
Can Buy Huts
Word has been received from
military officials that 2 quonsei
huts may be purchased by tbe
school board for use as class
rooms and as soon as the price
is set the school board is ex
pected to take action.
| Streets Lubricated
The main streets of Kbdfak
were oiled for the firsft time
Sunday and effectively relieved
the dusty condition caused by
the dry weat her.
George Strong, formerly off
Kodiak, returned on the Denali'
and will be employed by tie
Army at an Army dock.