rrNews oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
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KODIAK, ALASKA DECEMBER 4, 1943
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Forgery
Is Claimed
Melvin T. Ellison, of Kodiak,
was bound over to the grand
joiy on a charge of uttering a
forgery for $54.64 by U. S.
Commissioner Thomas C. Price
in Anchorage. The check was
allegedly stolen from Paul Kjil
saus and endorsed by Ellison
with KjTaas’ signature. Ellison’s
bail was set at $1500.
In October Ellison was held
to answer to the grand jury on
a complaint brought here by
Camilla Weir, on a felony
charge, alleging that he had
absconded with money given
him to invest in a taxicab.
Henry Wollf was fined $26.50
Thursday in the city magis
trate’s court for going through a
stop sign at Brooklyn and
AJasfca Way.
Man Burned
Fixing Water Tank
T. T. Jackson, of the Coney
Island cafe, was admitted to the
Griffin Memorial hospital Mon
day for treatment for 1st and
2nd degree burns on the left
side of his face and back.
He received the burns at his
home Sunday night when at
tempting to fix a leaking joint
on a newly installed hot water
tank. He said he had thought
he had turned the water clear
off, but that when he loosened
the coupling the pressure shot
the hot water onto hips.
A letter was received from
the National War Labor Board
this week authorizing the grant
ing of raises to personnel of the
Griffin Memorial hospital.
The increases amount to 35
to 50 per cent for various classi
fications
World News Highlights
Pacific Front
Army Liberators bombed
Taroa airdrome in the Marshall
islands, fought off 35 Zeros,
downing 7 & damaging 4 others
without loss to the Liberators A
loaded 10,000 ton Jap Transport
A a large tanker were destroyed
k 2 destroyers were damaged
by alert Allied reconnaissance
planes which spotted a sudden
increase in enemy shipping ac
tivity off Kavieng, New Ireland.
At the same time 2 Navy Cat
ilinas on separated patrols south
west of Kavieng scored bombing
successes, 1 plane scored a direct
hit each on 2 destroyers & the
other Catilina hitting a large
tanker, which flamed into a
torch seen 50 miles away. Amer
ican stoops infiltrated » behind
enemy lines near the Allied
beachhead at Empress Augusta
bay o n Bougainville island,
Northern Solomons, & Killed
200 Japs in the night attack on
enemy arms & ammunition sup
plies. On New Guinea, Australi
ans attacked Jap inland jungle
positions at Wareo, north of cap
tured Sattelberg, from 3 sides
after seizing the Song river
bridge.
European Front
RAF1 heavy bombers attack
ed Berlin in strength for the 5th
time in 2 weeks, starting great
fires in the Capital city. German
broadcasts, acknowledging that
the raid was on a large scale,
said an almost unprecedented
air battle raged over the city for
an hour. Nazis, apparently wait
ing for the attack, concentrated
every weapon at their disposal
to protect the capital, shot
down 3J raiders. Mosquito
bombers simultaneously attack
ed targets in Western Germany.
American Flying Fortresses es
corted by long range U. S fight
ers encountered fierce enemy op
position in a daylight raid on
the naval base of Bremen. For
2 days in succession, Fortresses
rained bombs on the Rhineland
(continued on page 4
Arrested
In Seattle
Seattle (JP) — Doris Belle
Graham, 58, was arrested
Thursday as she stepped from
an Alaska boat and posted
$7500 bond. She is charged with
violation of the white slave act
and was ordered to appear in
Federal Court Monday for plea
and arraignment. Mrs. Graham
had previously posted $7500
property bond in Alaska. (See
story page 5.)
Ray MartiD, local man
ager, Alaska Star Air Lines,
reported the following recent
passengers:
INCOMING:
Dr. C. D. Carter, G. P.
Smith, Ed Paakkanen, L. E.
Hammerly, B. Bowman, T. 0.
Dickinson, G. L. Hughes, Mrs.
Amanda Price, Ethel Ardell,
Carl Strom, Wm. Anderson,
Carl Noidinson.
OUTGOING:
Hugh Moore, Glenn Miller,
Aurelio Rossetti, S. Hagen, A.
F. Kresier, R. M. Russell, L. E.
Morris. Mrs. Robert Reynolds
and Dallas & Marian Reynolds;
Mrs. Hanson to Homer
Ray F. Specht., Frank Seltzer,
Gladys Jones, Thelma Madsen,
L. E Hammerly, Chas. A. Ste
vens.
Major Gen. Eugene M. Landrum of Pensacola, Fla., command
ing general of Adak did a bit of spade work in cultivating his vic
tory crop of radishes in a box in the rear of his quarters.
Siren To Blow
Sunday In Test
The city siren, which has been
silent since removal of the dim
out, will be sounded Sunday at
1 pm as a test only during fire
drill, which has been called at
that time by Acting Fire Chief
Jack King.
Buys Partner’s
Interest In Club
Roy Snyder, proprietor of the
Mecca Bar, announced this week
that the deal has been consum
mated by which he purchased
the half interest of his partner,
Clark Odekirk, in t h e Club
Montmartre, one of Kodiak’s
leading night spots, located on
Mill Bay road. The amount of
consideration was not made
public.
The partners have operated
the club since its opening in
February 1942.
Mr. Odekirk will manage the
club until about the first of the
year, when he plans to make a
trip Outside.
Geoige Cooper, member of the
armed foices stationed to the
Westward is in town on a fur
lough. Mrs. Cooper is employed
at the Kodiak Steam Laundry.
Henry Wollf has sold his shop
building, including an apart
ment, located on Mission road
across from the hospital, to
Walter Muller.
Lockers Can
Be Procured
The Kodiax Electric Associa
tion received word this week that
in order to get release of mater
ials for storage lockers in the new
KEA plant a deposit of a year’s
rent on 200 lockers must be made
before the War Produc'ion board
will release the materials.
The lockers being sought are
of two types, door and drawer,
with a capacity of 225 to 300
pounds each. They w 11 be 20
inches side, 17 high and 30 deep
of steel construction, to be kept
at 33 degrees to allow storage of
quick-frozen foods and fresh
fruits and vegetables.
As soon as the mark of 200
rentals are made, the REA at
St. Louis will stai t action to have
the lockers incorporated in the
new building. Applications may
be made at the KEA office be
tween 1 and 4 any weekday. For
further information see detailed
notice on page 11.
Juneau—Three cases of infan
tile paralysis have led to the
quarantine of the Matanusfea
valley town of Palmer. All traffic
into and out of the community
has been halted. Physicians
throughout the Territory have
been warned to be on the alert.
Mrs. Luba Arsenti, of Kaguy
ak, underwent a major opeiation
at the Griffin Memorial hospital
yesterday.
Theatre Modernization
Brings New Features
Completion of another step
in the modernization program
being cart ird out by the Orph
eum theatre was reached this
week with final installation of
valance, sky line and wings of
the maroon, Tauton velour cur
tain recently added to the
theatre. Inability to secure cer
tain equipment necessitated
making the tracks and auto
matic controls locally, which
delayed the installation.
The auditorium lights have
been replaced with new amber
fixtures, which operate on a
dimmer that allows the light to
shine at any desired level and
turns them on and off gradual
ly. Darker ambef sidewall lights
have been placed to enable pat
rons to select seats without
groping, yet are dim enough not
to effect the brilliancy of the
picture. A new screen and new
projection units were installed
previously for greatly unproved
clearness and steadiness of the
screen image.
James Mar'z, who acted as
manager of the Orpheum during
the absence of Manager R. R.
Lunduy on his vacation, was
retained to supervise construc
tion and installation of the new
equipment.
The new additions make the
Orpheum a theatre (hat coni*
pares favorably with, and in
many cases excels, those of
town much larger Jorgen Fred
rickson, Rollen Nipps and Dr
A. R. Roberts, the owners,
must be given credit for their
constant desire to make the
Orpheum a modern theatre and
a credit to the community.
“Further additions are plan
ned,” Manager Lunday said,' as
soon as materials and electric
power are available for them.
These improvements, coupled
with our new pictures, which in
clude more outstanding features
than we have ever had, will
provide palroiis with the best
in motion picli ie entertain
ment, effectively presented.