Eodiak Mirror
_“9^e<ws of c/lmerica's Last frontier _
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska by the
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
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Kodiak Diary
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'‘One of our fighter pilots
■knocked down five and maybe
six of them by himself. One of
the damn fools had been shot
down and before he hit he tried
to crash the ship, but about 100
yards away he finally burst into
flames and crashed . . .
■‘I stood on the the flight deck
for awhile watching it and none
of it seemed real. So much noise
and the planes were so high that
it looked just like a movie. Well,
you prob'ably read all about it
feut I thought I would' let you
know the-came through
akay” . . .
If you couldn’t quite believe
reports that 17 bombers would
miss with every bomb there’s
you’re proof of it . . .
The Teamsters’ Union, local
*00, this week voted money to
'■ buy a motion projector and
-equipment for donation to one
-*af the army outposts nearby,
which has very limited recrea
tional facilities. . .other unions
-might take a cue from their ac
'lion and see what they can do
suniliarly. . . we know the Team
sters’ action was much apprec
iated, .,
~Yon may expect an announce
ment soon about saving old
newspapers and magazines loc
ally, as is being done outside in
a war conservation move. . ,i.
the meantime you can help by
not requiring extra wrappings
when shopping. , .
Paul Herring has received
word from Maxine Davis, mag
ftzine writer, that as a result of
Nels Magnusen Passes
At Uyak Ranch Home
Nels Magnusen, 71, an Alask
an resident fo- 20 years and well
known here, died April 28 at his
ranch in Uyak bay. He was born
in Helgoland, Norway, June 24,
1S71 and is survived by one
brother there; by his wife in
San Francisco; and by two bro
thers in Kodiak, Pete and Ernest.
The funeral was held May 1
at 2 p. m at the Union hall,
with Rev. Gregor}’ S. Morony
officiating and music furnished
by the Girl Scouts. Interment
was in the Russian cemetery.
a recent trip of hers to Kodiak
this city will get some publicity
in an article she has written for
the Saturday Evening Post..
it will appear, she Says, in the
issue dated May 23 ... the day
Maxine came down to see us we
were out . .. darn , . . guess we'll
have to go to the gubernatorial
gambol at the base and see if we
can get into one of the pictures
they plan sending to Life maga
zine ... if we did we’d probably
be out of focus ... and no re
marks . ..
Japs Said On Run
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perhaps sunk and an Australian
cru ser of the 10,000-ton Can
berra type was damaged and
may have gone down.
In London the Admiralty
quickly denied that the War
spite or any other British battle
ship wras sunk or damaged in
the Coral sea.
On the basis of the Japanese
cla m, which completely lacked
NOTICE
Commencing May 9, we will
again be open on Saturday even
ings from
7 to 9 p. m.
as the longer days now make this
possible.
We will not be open Sunday
morning.
confirmation from any allied
source, it appeared at least a
section of Admiral Nimitz’s
main Pacific fleet stationed at
Pearl Harbor engaged in the
battle. If so this is the first news
in the U. S. that the great Pac
ific squadron is out at sea to
challenge the Jnp fleet.
The running battle apparently
started Monday off Solomon is
lands, spread westward to the
Coral sea, flaming across hun
dreds of miles of the South Pac
I ific First reports indicated it far
exceeded in scope and import
ance the great battle o the Java
sea two months ago when Jap
successes pave the way for the
conquest of Java.
(For earlier report of battle
see News Highlights, page 2 )
London (/P)—Saturday—Reu
ters, in a dispatch from Sydney,
said the vast Japanese invasion
fleet off northeastern Australia
has been smashed to remnants
and the Japanese fleet is on the
'tin. Reuters said the dispatch
was based on reports from an ad
vanced Allied base.
The toll of Japanese sea losses,
Reuters said, rose to 18 ships
sunk and 4 damaged including
certain destruction of 2 aircraft
carriers, 1 crniser, 6 or 7 destroy
ers and other vessel*.
Allied Headquarters, Australia
(-P)—The Jap battle fleet has
j been repulsed and the naval en
gagement lias temporarily ce^.
ed, a communique from Genera
Mac Arthur’s headquarters |at,
yesterday said.
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