Eodiak Mirror
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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
By Associated Press
Washington—The juncture of
Anglo-American & the Soviet
armies in the heart of Hitler’s
Reich, cutting Germany in two,
was triumphantly announced at
the Whitehouse President
Truman gave the statement
simultaneously with Moscow &
London.
The juncture of the armed
might of the Big Three occurred
»at PWT Thurs. at Torgau,
a town on the Elbe river, 75
miles south of Berlin. Patrols
made contact a day earlier.
From military sources it was
learned the American unit in-!
vofved in the meeting was the
69th Division, under the com
mand of Maj. Gen. Emil F.
Reinhardt.
“The event is a tribute,” the
President said, “ to the courage j
of Franklin Roosevelt as no
words could ever speak.”
“This is not the hour of final
victory in Europe,” he added,
“but the hour draws near.”
•San Francisco—The United
Nations conference settled its
row over a chairman wiin re
port that the chairmanship will
rotate among the 4 big sponsor
ing nations. It was reported
Molotov dramatically agreed to
the British-sponsored rotation
plan only after vigorous argu
ments for it by China & New
Zealaod.
Under the compromise Stet
tinius will preside over both the
stee> ing & executive committees.
Guam—96th Division infant
rymen drove a wedge deep into
Jap secondary defenses on south
ern Okinawa following a general
Jap withdrawal under heavy ar
tillery & shelling from wai ships.
Maj. Gen. John R Hodge, com
mander of the 24th Army Corps,
reported all key features of the
Jap outer defense line are now
secured by the Yanks An Army
spokesman said the 7th, 27th, &
96th Divisions had driven the
Japs from ali key positions of
their first heavily fortified de
fense zone & "We are now only
a few hundred yards from the
next Jap stone wall.”
Hodge said when the second
defense ring is broken his troops
could smash the inner circle a
bout Naha without too much
trouble.
Manila—24th Division infan
trymen gained 12 miles across
southern Mindanao Wed. & ap
proached within 20 miles of
Davao while the 33rd Division
maintained pressure on Baguio,
Philippine summer capital on
northern Luzon.
Heavy bombers again pounded
airdromes at Formosa, Matsuya
ma, Tainan & Kamka airfields
& left badly torn buildings & in
stallations aflame. Railyards al
so were pounded at Formosa &
fuel stores set afire on nearby
Pescadores islands. 12 freighters,
river boats & patrol vessels were
wrecked as air patrols swept the
China sea.
Town Topics
In response to a resolution
presented by the United Fisher
men’s Union the city council is
contacting Army engineers in an
effort to expedite woik on the
small boat harbor des red for
Kodiak.
The resolution urged immedi
ate action on the tentative sket
ches of U. S. Engineers which
proposes a layout and site for the
project.
George Williams, manager of
Bert’s drug store, plans to leave
in about a week for Fairbanks to
assume managership of the Co-ou
Drug store there. Mrs. Williams
and twin daughters, Jeanne and
Joanne, will remain in Kodiak
until school is out.
Later reports concerning the
'LEST WE FORGET"
The sick, wounded and Imoled soldiers, sailors
and marines will require medical attention and
care.
Many millions of do'lars will be required for
mustering-out pay and benefits voted by Congress
to help our veterans get started again in civilian
life.
The least we can do in return for what they are
doing is to.
BUY MOBS BONDS
SEVENTH WAR LOAN—MAY 14 to JUNE 30
loss of a Geo. Parks company
oannery barge reported here last
week have it that the barge was
taken in tow by the Coast
Guard and safely towed to Cor
dova.
Alf Madsen, who recently re
turned from the States to go fish
ing in the Red River area, said
that while working on a tug in
the Columbia River a fast Vic
tory Ship making a test run
threw up such a wake that it
threatened to swamp the tug.
The name of the big vessel:
Kodiak Victory.
Equipment of the Alaska Road
Commission now obtained for
the use of the city is expected
to be in operation in about 2
weeks when repairs on it are
completed.
Dae to closing of the Victory
Cafe on Thursday the Chamber
of Commerce meeting scheduled
for that day has been postponed
to next Thursday, May 3.
A. L. Rogers is undertaking
salvage work on the General
Pershing, cannery tender be
longing to the Geo. Parks com
pany, which ran aground on a
n-ef near Ouzinkie last Thurs
day and was later removed and
beached Damage is estimated
at several thousand dollars.
Sixteen girls attended the
Campfire Girls meeting with
Classifieds
FOR SALE—12 gauge Winchest
er automatic shotgun See Paul
Brooks.
FOR SALE—1938 Ford V8 60
LiP motor, just rebuilt, like
neiv. $125. H. Pinch Jewelry.
FOR SALE OR RENT—4 room
house on MissionRd., newly re
decorated. See Max Folsom at
172 N. Mill Bay St.
FOR SALE—Purse seine boat
“Starfish”, 30 ft. with 9 ft. 6
in. beam—50 HP Kermuth
eng. Inch seine & skiff. See A1
Nixon tf
FOR SAI F—International sta*
tion wagon, good rubber, incl.
taxi business lie $1500. See Al
Nixon. % tf
FOR SALE or RENT—Mod. 9
room home, sewer,elec., water,
part y furnished incl 4 beds.
For cash or your own terms in
reason. Will sell with or with
out 2 room home, now rented,
r n same propett.v. Latter also
for sale separately.
See Al Nixon or Taylor & Selt
zer, attorneys. tf
FOR RENT—Warehouse space,
clean, dry. heated, in town.
H. Pinch Jewelry.
WANTED TO BUY—Table
model radio phonograph comb
Phone by name to CAA
Woody Island. Ask for P. H
Peacock.
REPAIRING—All kinds of el
ectrical equipment. House wir
ing, motors, lighting fixtures 4
radios a specialty. Max Fol
aom, 172 N. Mill Bay St.
both guardians.
We plan to have our Council
Fire Thursday, May 10, at 7.30
pm. We are giving out invita
tions to our fathers and mothers
and sponsors
We learned a song “Now Our
Camp Fire’s Burning Low”.—
Marie Cope, Scribe
Mr and Mrs. John Peterson
are the parent of a boy, weight
7 pounds 2 ounces, born at the
Griffin Memorial hospital Wed
nesday evening, April 25. The
infant has been named Warren
Paul.
Six new directors, from which
officers will be chosen, will be
voted on next month by the Rot
ary Club Nominations, made at
the meeting Tuesday, include:
A. Holmes Johnson, Walt Sip
prell, R. H. Chadwick, Merrill
Coon, James Martz, Larry Wod
linger, John Winter, William
Lamme, O. A. Torgerson, Jorgen
Fredrickson, Stanley Nelson,
George Williams, Lee Bettinger
and Charles Madsen, the latter
two withdrawing.
0 A. Torgerson, bank presi
dent, was speaker of the day, ex
plaining the Dumbarton Oaks
proposals and members joined in
I a spirited discussion on the peace
plans following his talk.
Walt Sipprell, attendance
chairman reported the Kodiak
club as being tops for attendance
among the 7 in the Territory for
the 3rd straight month and an
nounced the attendance for the
! day was 100 per cent, the first
time the club has ever •tecomp,
lished it
Carl Pajoinan, owner of »h*
Kodiak Mercantile c mpany
who has been making his
in Seattle, and Ray Martin, locat!
business man, arrived on th^
Denali.
Mrs. Edward l.aurel and in
fant John Edward left recently
to visit her husband’s parents
for the first time in San Francis
co. He will join her later on «
furlough before transfer from
Fort Greely to the Aleutians.
Mrs. Mary Coullon, nurse, is
employed at the GM hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. William Simeon
off, Jr., are the parents of a son,
weight 8 pounds 12 ounces, bora
Monday, April 23, at the Griffia
Memorial hospital.
George Slawson, who gets the
time for blowing the noon sirea
from the radio, stood at his post,
finger poised, yesterday. The pro
gram ended, an announcement
was made, a program continued j
The announcer never announced
the time and that is why tins
siren did not blow.
No, Mr. Slawson is not still
standing there.
Mechanical failure, described
as defective brakes, delayed tha
Alaska Airlines plane fr
leaving yesterday. Anothi
plane was called from Anchor!
which brought necessary equi
ment for repairs.
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