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"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier 3
OL. 2 NO. 20
KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 18, 1942
PRICE 10 CENTS
committee Will Investigate Commands
gypt Fight Bitter; Finland Consuls Ousted
KODIAK .
DIARY ...
Tony Kvas and Bob Po liman
ave bought out the Armstrong
Jquor store at the corner of
;Wk«. Way and Brooklyn Ave
ue and the entire stock has been
ooved over and added to thier
ew liquor store across the street,
it present no plans have been
lade for the building so vacated
.We saw permit No. 1 issued
nde the new travel control re
ulations. The man who got it
bought others might be iuter
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’rimary Results
Ire Certified
Certified election returns for
le Territory primaries have
ist been released at Juneau. Re
alts follow: '
Commissioner of Labor, Walt
r P. Sharpe, 3366; Michael J.
[aas, incumbent, 3193.
Alaska Delegate, unopposed,
nthony J. Dimond 6846 and
erritorial Treasurer Oscar G.
Isen. unopposed, 5805.
Third Division
Certified results (one precinct
ill missing on final day) show:
Territorial Senator: P. H. Me
iitcheon, 806; Don Carlos
-nwnell, 773; Karl Drager,
>9.
Democratic ticket—Tei ritonal
easurer, O sen, 1948.
Labor commissioner, Haas,
55; Sharpe, 1021
House of Representatives;
ihoe, 1348, S. J. McCutchen,
27; Egan, 1297; Smith, 1261,
amond, 1058; Huntley, 860;
ttton, 617; Spears, 228.
Republican ticket—Territor
Representatives: A J. Peter
i, 239; Mauritz A. Andresen,
5.
aby Born on Cordova
> Former Residents
The Stork visited the S. S.
rdova on its last trip from
diak to Seward and presented
>aby girl to Mr. and Mrs.
mer Reynolds, who were on
iir way to Anchorage Mr.
nyolds had worked at Chris
s bakery here.
The baby was delivered by an
ly doctor who happened to be
>ard, and the crew and others
k up a collection of over $60
the infant.
'he baby was promptly named
cist inia Lois Cordova Rey
ds.
Fairbanks Man
Shot in Hideout
Fairbanks (/P) — Answering
demands to surrender with gun
fire, Pete Yabacavin, 69, miner,
and suspect in the slaying of
three, fired eight shots out of
the entrance of a mine at officers.
Yabacavin was traced to the
mine entrance by an FBI agent
and deputy U. S. Marshall.
Officers built a fire at the tunnel’s
mouth and fired pistol and rifle
shots into the entrance. Several
hours later the FBI agent enter
ed the tunnel and found Yaba
cavin dead. He was suspected of
killing Milo Saulich, 65, his wife
Mary, 55 and Mary Stay, 14,
Thursday.
Officers said they believed he
killed Saulich and his wife be
cau e they objected to his atten
tions to the girl, and then slew
the girl because she spurned him.
The girl worked as the Saulich
housemaid.
Officers added they believed
Yabacavin struck Pete Mesich
in the head 3 times with a club
and fractured his skull Friday
morning because Mesich put him
out of his room at the Interna
tional hotel several months ago.
The bodies of the three slain
were found by neighbors Friday.
Air Raid Alarm Sounds
Here Friday Evening
Kodiak had an air raid alarm
Friday evening at 8:46 following
a report on unidentified planes
approaching the island. The all
clear signal was sounded at
10:12 after the planes were
identified as friendly.
Cairo (P)—British troops are
engaged in a violent but still in
decisive type of battle since yes
terday at the center of the Elal
amein desert line and brought
up American-made tanks to give
additional power to the defense.
The new tanks mount 75 mm
guns in a turret and has stream
lined armour. The British are
making a stubborn effort to hold
their positions in the center of
the line. Sharp fighting also is
reported at the southern end of
the line where enemy is said to
have withdrawn slightly. In the
coastal sector in the north the
communique gave no hint of how
the battle was going.
Washington (.P)—The U. S
has asked Finland, one time
warm friend, to close all the con
sular offices in this country be
fore the end of th- '.no. h. The
State department announced
that the Finnish government
had “undermined the basis upon
which American consular repre
sentation is maintained in Fin
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Inductee Dies
At Army Hospital
Wilfred Raymond Myers, 22,
inductee stationed at Fort Gree
ly, died July 1 as the result of
atrophy of the liver. Interment
was at the fort.
He was born July 14, 1919 at
Placerville, Calif., and had lived
at Bakersfield, Calif. There are
no known relatives.
Registration Put Off
The two overdue draft registra.
tions have been postponed until
further notice.
Filipino Held On
Murder Charge
A coroner’s inquest was held
July 11 in the death of William
Arthur Kalanquin, 24, and the
verdict rendered stated that his
death was due to a gunshot
wound inflicted by Emillio Ello
rin, Filipino, with a gun handed
to him by a second Filipino, not
named. The shooting occurred
July 4 at Uyak, where Kalan
quin, formerly a taxi driver here,
had gone to work and where El
lorin was employed.
Later the same day a hearing
was held on a charge of murder
in the 1st degree, and Ellonn was
held to answer to the grand jury
without bail. He will be held
here until t.he grand jury con
venes in Anchorage this fall.
Members of the coroner’s jury
were Frank Hermann, Cecil Hel
sel, Jnrgen Firderickson, Stuart
Nuckols, Merrill Coon and C. It.
King. Appearing as witnesses
were Alvin Marquart, John Min
nis, Fred Gepner. Elmer Knut
son, Charles L. E. Svendsen,
Milton Johnson, Dr A. Holme
Johnson and L. R. Pierson.
Two Adjudged Insane
At Local Hearings
George Louck, 51, cook at the
base, was adpidged insane at a
hearing in the U. S. C inmission
er’s court on July 14.
Robert L Bean, 42 who said
he lived in Washington and
North Carolina before coming to
Kodiak to work at the naval
base, was adjudged insane at a
hearing held yesterday and was
committed to Morningside,
Portland.
Navy Releases Dutch Harbor News;
44 Army, Navy Men, 1 Civilian Killed
Washington (^)—The Navy
announced that in fighting in the
Aleutians that Army aircraft re
cently dropped 56 bombs on Jap
shore installations at Kiska.
They disclosed for the first
time that 44 Army and Navy
men were killed in the Dutch
Harbor attack and at nearby
Fort Mears and at Fort Glenn,
about 70 miles west of Dutch
Harbor. One civilian has been
killed so far.
Force attacking June 3 consist
ed of 2 small carriers, 2 seaplane
tenders, several cruisers and
destroyers and from 4 to 6 trans
ports. At the time of the attack
in the harbor were 3 U. S des
troyers, an Army transpoit, a
mine sweepsr and a coast gnard
cutter. The day after the first
attack Army bombers and Navy
patrol planes attacked the enemy
carriers, launching bombs and
torpedoes but results “couldn’t
be observed”.
On June 4 bombers and 16
fighters attacked Dutch Harbor
Fort Mears a second time and
assaulted Fort Glenn, where 9
enemy fighters strafed shore
installations. Two fighters were
shot down and other 7 withdrew
“without inflicting damage.”
On June 12 enemy ships wee
observed at both Attu and Kiska
and about twenty tents and
temporary structures were ouser
ved on the shore at Ki ska. Mean
while numerous air attacks were
made on enemy shipping On July
6 Army planes dropped 55 bombs
on the enemy’s Kiska installation
but the Navy didn’t relate what
results were obtained, if they
were observed at all.
Review of enemy’s looses
included 3 destroyers, 1 transport
sunk, 4 cruiser. 3 destroyers, 1
gunboat, 1 transport damaged,
in addition to at least 7 enemy
aircraft destroyed
In addition to the burning of
the Northwestern, used as a
barracks at Dutch Harbor, a
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Washington (^)— Declaring
that the problem of defense coor
dination on the West Coast and
Alaska was “rather fantastic ”,
Senator Brewster said, a .special
subcommittee of the Senate is t©
fly to the area today to probe
conditions. ,
Brewster said Senator Hatch -
and Burton would make a 3-week
inspection of the whole West
Coast, starting at the southern
most point and extending to the
Aleutians, where the Japs offens
ive Has alrady actively left its
mark.
“It isn’t clear just who is in com
mand out there'1, Brewster told
reporters. The Army Command,
he declared, is located at Anch
orage and the Navy Command
is based at Seattle. It will be
interesting, lie said, to know just
how these two commands “gefc
together”.
He added that the committee
was auxious to avert any condi
lions as existed before Pearl
Harbor and said the coordination
of defense activities is of para
mount concern.
2 Modern Fire
Wagons Arrive
Kodiak’s long-awaited two
fire trucks arrived by surprise
Monday, and have already been
tested, tried, and shown off, both
in front? of the Firehall, where
they wil be housed for the pre
sent, and in front of the deputy
U. S. Marshal’s.
The two new trucks, both
Fords, are resplendent with shiny
nozzles, lamps, fire extinguishers,
ladders and other fire fighting
necessities. One of them must
have been built B. C.. as it even
has a chromium hand rail on it.
The 200 feet of 2 1-2 inch hose
scheduled to come with each
truck did not arrive, but tem
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Recipe of the Week
Baked Eyeglasses
Neil Mitchell, auto mechanic’s
helper at the base, was having
trouble with his horn rimmed
glasses the other evening. One of
the lenses was lose, so he put the
glasses in the oven while readying
dinner at the defense house
where he batches with some
others.
It, wasn’t until after dinner
was completely cooked and eat
en that he remembered the
spectacles. When he grabbed
them out of the oven bo h lenses
fell out but neither broke. But
the rims—they resembled noth
ing as much as macaroni a la
Overdone. Mitchell doesn’t re
commend this recipe.