rOL. 5 NO. 4
"News Of oAmerica’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 24, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
Drive Has
Week To Go
The American Red Gross War
Fund Drive, to which Kodiak is
apected to contribute $3500 of
die $200,000,000 total for the
Mtioi), is continuing in Kodiak,
md Mrs Merill Coon, drive
^■airman, announced that the
benefit dance and dinner plus the
oeal canvass have so far netted
11754. Jn addition the Lyric the
itre, which joined in participa
tion with other theatres of the
nation, this week turned over
|J(H).81 collected from Lyric au
diences over the weekend.
“The voluntary participation
if women in giving the benefit
dance and of the Lyric theatre
in aiding the drive additionally
lias been very gratifying,” Mrs.
Coon said, “and will aid greatly
in reaching our goal. We now
have only the remainder of
March to complete our collection
and it is up to every individual
to give freely to this very genes
ous cause. If our canvassers have
missed anyone we will appreciate
it if it is called to our attention ”
The Rotary meeting Tuesday
was devoted to the theme or the
Red Cross with George A. Swoy
er, Red Cross field director, as
guest speaker.
Calling the Red Cross the
“greatest humanitarian, not only
of war but of peace”, Mr. Hwoy
erdescrilied the gigantic prog
ram of the 4000 chapters, 0000
branches ana 14,000 overseas
personnel of that group.
Last year at Kodiak alone the
It'd Cro". wrote 0000 letters
***d went 1200 radiograms in car
rying out its functions as the
means of contact between the
Krviceman i the field and his
farady at home, be said.
The Red Cross provides the
8ki Chalet and the downtown1
•ervicemen’s center at Kodiak,
»nd has 700 club3, from hotels
to huts, throughout the world,
hi stated.
The Red t ’ross task of collect
ion blood plasma and other war
time duties are generall well
known, he said, but many do
oot realize that since January 1,
the Red Cross has been
•oiled in to help in 009 major
disasters in the United States.
All these many duties cost the
®*d Cross $6 a second to oper
**» he said, and he concluded
*»th the suggestion that a slogan
lor the current War Fund drive
■ight well be: “How many sec
*°d are you buying?”
Guests at the luncheon includ
•d Jeanette Griswold, Dorothy
Tenney and Arthur Larkin, all of
‘he Red Cross; Lt. Victor Ellis,
Guard captain of the local
l*,rlb C. H. White, Joseph Rut
*** an<l Lt. Thornton Berry.
nob.
.Kodiak School, Hospital
Bills Killed By Senate
Juneau (Special)—At a night
session of the Senate Tuesday
the town of Kodiak came in for
hard raps as the Senate voted
down Representative Warren
Taylor’s bill for a $9000 defici
etcy appropriation for the Griffin
Memorial hospital. Senator N.
R. Walker characterized the sit
uation as case of the town of Ko
diak “welching on a bad bet”.
Another Kodiak bill, also sub
mitted by Taylor, which would
have appropriated $75,000 for a
new school building with a like
amount to be put up by the
town, was defeated in the Senate
by a 9 to 7 vote. Both Senators
Cochran and Stiattuck stated the
action was prohibited by the
O'ganic Act.
Both bills had previously pas
sed the House.
lacopetti Trial
Re-set For Fall
Anchorage—The trial of Al
vin lacopetti, set for the spring
term of court, was re set for the
fall term by an order issued by
Judge Dimond The request for
postponement was made by As
sistant District Attorney Plum
mer, who told the court William
Schultz, one of the witnesses>
was ill and unable to appear.
Schu'tz, now in Santa Monica,
Calif , is owner of the Ship’s
Tavern, and of the sa e cjntain
ing $.'<0,000 which was allegedly
stolen by lacopetti.
Copy for political advertis
ments must lie turned into the
Mirror office no Istcr than Wed
nesday, March 28.
Liquor Store
Thieves Sentenced
Probably the simplest piece of
police deduction ever deduced
resulted in the arrest Monday of
John C. Roy and Donald A.
Stickney for the theft from the
Brodtkorb liquor store Sunday
night of about 4 quarts of liquor.
The two pled guilty to a charge
of petit larceny and were senten
ced by U. S Commissioner C. C.
Naughton to 0 months in jail.
A pane of glass in the front of
the store was broken and the
liquor removed through the
opening.
The deduction involved the
simple observation by deputy
U. H Marshal Paul Herring of
the fact that the two men were
sober Hunday night and reported
as drinking the next morning
after the robbery A visit to
where the men lived produced
tho evidence, some already
empty.
Sportsmen’s Club
To Meet Monday
Wildlife movies, nomination of
officers and a review of work ac
complished and plans for the
coming year are on the program
for a meeting of all the metnlters
of the Kodiak Sportsmens Club,
wh.cii is set for nix Monday,
March 20.
All members are urged to at
tend and guests will l>e welcome,
Charles Nettle, dub p rsident,
said The meeting place is I he
Rid Cross Center and ihc time is
8 pm sharp.
Fishermen, 18-29,
Must Be Certified
New Selective Serviee proce
dure requires that tbe office of the
Co-ordinator of Fisheries must
certify all deferment requesti
for men 18 to 29 engaged in the
fishing industry, classified 2A 01
2B on Jan. 1, 1045.
The forms are self explanatory
and must be completed in tripli
cate by the captain or owner ol
each vessel having men in tint
age classifications, and forward
ed to the co ordinator’s office in
Seattle.
The einyloyer should also sub
mit two sets in triplicate of oc
cupational classification special
revised form for each man for
whom he is requesting deferment.
The above information was re
ceived here this week by Marc
Meyer, fish and wildlife agent,
from tbe Juneau office.
These forms are available at
the Selective Service office and it
is uupot taut that employer’s fists
of registiants lie collected an
soon an possible.
Judgment Given
On Tuesday U 8. Cornmie
WOllff C>. C. NnlilllltOII poeLpollcd
for 10 day* the hcurma on tin*
civil null liroiiKlil hy il. Finch
HKiiinnt Toininy Martin. In the
null hy the miiiic plaintiff vurMii*
Hay Phillip*, on non-appearance
of Phillit* jiniRiTient wiw uiven
hy default in favor of il. Pinch.
Pic. fail Mendell, former
operator 01 i he At la* Transfer
company in l\i-<h*a, i" now atn
tioued somewhere in France, ac
cording to word received hy
fiiende
Mr and Mra (Veil IMael
have purchiiM li a home on u
waterfront aite on Vaahon Hand,
accordinit to woril reoeiveU ne'e
3 City Posts
Unopposed
With three city positions hav
ing only one candidate each
seeking the poet, the only eonteet
in the city election on April 3
will be over the choice of 4
councilmen out of the 8 bidding
for the poeitiona.
Unopposed are:
For mayor—O. A, Torgerson,
president of the Bank of Kodiak
For treasurer—Nellie Meliu,
employee of the Bank of Kodiak.
For school board—George
Williams, manager of Bert's drug
»tere
itunning on the Citizen’s Tic
ket with Mr. Torgereou and
Miss Meliu will be the following
lor council:
Merrill Coon, Walter Muller,
Charles Madaen and incumbents
Stanley Nelson, Lee Bettmger,
and Lawrence Wodlmgcr.
Two ol the ticket’s candidates
withdrew this week. Charles
Nettle, navy civilian employe,
because of question of a person
of his status running for political
oHice, aud A. A. Humcrlin, be
cause of inability to serve be
cause of bis work during the
tithing season and a projected
trip to the Htales afterward.
Appearing independently on
the ballot will be 3 other eon
leatants lor councilinauic pouts,
1 rank Inck, operator of the
Club Unique; K. K. Dawson,
local photographer and former
civil defense official; ami lloberl
King, local transfer operator.
As heretofore the Cittsen’d
I nset will appear sepatutejy on
the ballot from the independent
candidates, as provided by city
ordinance.
Also on the liallot will be Kef
Icondom No 1, graut.ng a 20
veai franchise to Martha Kostro
nielmofT, of Sitka. for an electric
telephone system in Kodiak.
Today is the last day for with
drawal of any candidates and the
ballot will be turned over to Im
printer the first of next. week.
So far no group endorsement*
of any of the candidates have
twen made public and Olof Olsen,
chairman of ti e Kidisk Civic
league, said that body is not
going to enter the political field
with endorsements.
Itegist ration still lagged behind
set years total of 358 as up to
\esierday 293 had registered.
The registration book will be
chewd next Saturday at 4 pm.
A member of the crew of a €.
S army Uni is blown out the
top of his machine by a rhell bit
rtfirinn the fighting in a narrow
meet in Cologne, Germany. All
other members of the crew were
killed. A soldier heads across the
street to awf the injured man
while another soldier runs for
purer.