"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
2 NO. 3
KODIAK, ALASKA, MARCH 21. 1942
PRICE 10 CENTS
ishery Treaty Signed; Seattle Sees Flares
KODIAK .
Hermann Will Run For Mayor
pi A RY.. .
rtune Magazine has an art
i the current issue on Al
iCodiak gets a one-line men
and one photograph—an
ae of the main street
. Brown left some autograph
otos behind when he left—
,n Torgerson cherishes one,
ip picture showing genial
ith his arm around Theron,
■e remarked was about the
ige as a daughter of his—
y McCoy and Paul Her
ach have one showing a
arrest of Joe made by
the day he visited town—
f the fellows at the Signal
3 is spreading the three G’s
conservation—“Get up,
it, Go visit”
vin Fewel, of Bert’s drug
couldn’t see the point in
►1 lowing quip—“Germany
apan got off to a good
hut don't forget that a
the nations working to
heir eventua' downfall are
lited Slates, Britain, Rus
lina, and Italy.”—Anyone
the inebriate in the front
the new police car drink
ill be relieved to know
p* thought be was in a taxi
ids rescued him
hide of a Kodiak bear
y Dallas Hojlman October
Afognak island is being
by him to the Bank of
lc and will be displayed
—the hide is unusual in
decoloring shades into a
1'ul golden blond and the
are light to match—not
oe vanity, just a great age
Department—Tht much
*cl oil painting to your left
enter the bank is the work
5©n Erskine, who has been
ssioned to paint a large
of early Kodiak for the
-he is the son of W. J
e-Famous Artist Eus
d.ul Zigler has written to
terring, asking permission
Continued on page 9)
ejrro Gets 30 Days
arge of assault and battery
by Eugene R. Johnson
t Ernest Garmon, coloied,
ard in City Magistrate C.
aughton’s court Friday.
*n and witnesses Jerry
and Henry Barber test
tat Garmon struck John
er the head with a chair
argument occurring at
e’s recreation parlor. Gar
e(i guilty and was sentenc
'd days in jail.
Registration Set
For Older Men
Washington (j?)—The Gov
ernment has issued orders for all
men fiotn 45 to 64 years of age
inclusive to register in a draft for
possible noncombatant service
The new registration will be
held April 27. Officials predicted
15,000 000 of that age group
will be listed.
The i.ew announcement leaves
only the 8 to 19 year-olds unre
corded.
The local draft received a wire
yesterday confirming the above
information, explaining that the
draft would include men who
were 45 on or before Feb. 16,
1942 and who have not reached
their 6oth bithday on or before
Apri. 27 this year. The wire to
the draft board did not mention
whether the registration was for
nomcombatant or military ser
v e.
Washington — Number 34S5
bobbed up as the first drawn in
the draft lottery of the new war
The number was drawn by Sec
retary of War Stimson.
To^ai Bkckout
2 Hours Daily
Although the regular Black
out will still begin at the sound
of the blackout signal on the
siren the rule has been amended
by the addit ion of a complete
blackout period from 5 a. m. to
7 a. m each morning until fur
ther notice. This means that
during those hours no lights of
any kind can be used, including
flash ights, matches or vehicle
lights.
The order was issued by Com
mander Perry, naval air station,
and is promulgated by the Civil
Defense Committee
FCC Sets Aside
Station Permit
Washington (^P)—The Feder
al Communications Commission
set aside its action of February
17 granting Edwin Kraft author
ity to erect a new standard
broadcast station at Kodiak.
The commission ordered the ap
plication to be made subject of a
hearing, the date of whieh was
not set.
Edwin Kraft, from Seattle,
owns station KINY, Juneau, and
is no relation to Ben Kraft of
the 0. Kraft & Son store here.
Frank Hermann, one of the
three Counoilmen whose term ex
pires at this time, has announced
his intention of running for may
or in the coming election on a
ticket along with candidates for
councilmen W. E. Falconer, cen
tral Labor Council candidate,
William P. Smith, plumber and
Jorgen Fredrickson, former coun
cilman up for re-election.
With two days left to file the
^nily candidates completing the
formality are W. E. Falconer and
Timothy Gilmore, who filed this
week for councilman. Ray Mar
tin, owner of the Club Liquor
store and prominent in public
affairs, is also reported interested
in a council position.
The city clerk’s job, the only
one which carries a salary ($100
a month) among the positions
open, is drawing more interest,
although no filings had been
made up to yesterday. Still men
tioned as a candidate is Norris
Porter, school teacher, and two
new names made their appear
ance as possible candidates
Louise Williams accountant, and
Clifford E.Lillethun, accountant
Catherine Blankenburg, appoin
tee finishing out the unexpired
term of Velma Ameling, resign
e l, announced she is not interest
ed in continuing at that post
The complete list of candid
ate? will be set Monday when
filing closes. Voters who expect
to cast a ballot in the election
April 7 must register on or be
fore April 4 with Velma Ameling
registrar, at Warren A. Taylor’s
office.
Jerrome’s Grill
Changes Hands
Sale of Jerrome’s Grill by Jerry
l odge, owner, to Mrs Huth Gar
rison, formerly of San Francisco
was announced thi° week The
business will be operated in the
same location in the Northern
Light Grill building under the
new name of Rosser’s Cafe. Fin
al arrangements for the sale were
completed March 16.
Coincident with the sale of the
restaurant Lodge announced pui
chase of the building housing it
from Carl Pajoman for an unan
nounced sum. I.odge will devote
his full time to his new recreation
parlor.
Mrs Garrison will be associat
ed in the cafe with Miss Crystal
f ayman. also from San Francico,
Mr Garrison is employed at the
base as is a son, Dean. A daugh
ter, Francis has entered the 7th
grade in school here.
Mail Must Go
Via Usual Way
According to information re
ceived from the Headquarters of
the Alaska Defense Command at
Fort Richardson messages may
no longer be entrusted to a per
son for delivery outside. The or
der says:
Only authorized systems of
communications may be used,
such as mails, cable, radio, te'e
phone or express. Under no cir
cumstances will private commun
ications be carried outside the
territory. Persons entrusting
such communications to others
for such transmittal will be li
able as well as the carr'ers. All
patriotic citizens will cooperate
to prevent dangerous leaks of in
formation, even tiny items whi( h
may be used by the enemy to
complete a desired picture.
The new orders carried special
instructions for newspapers “for
the very special problem of Ala
ska” and carried new censorship
estrictions to be added to those
already received from the Alaska
Defense Command and from the
U. S. government office of cen
sorship.
(.•P)—The American sub
marii e Shark is o/er lue in the
Western Pacific.
Servicemen Get
Base Pay Raise
(Special)—Personnel of the 4
services at the Naval Air Station
and Fort Greely shared in a 20
per cent raise in base pay grant
ed last week by Congress to all
servicemen serving outside the
continental United States.
The raise was made retroac**
ive back to Dec. 7, 1941, mean
ing that the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard person
nel here will receive a consider
able check in one lump sum It
was granted in recognition of the
work of the men in danger zones
and to cover the rising cost of
living.
Although the 20 per cent in
crease applies only to enlisted
men, warrant officers end nursoJ
commissioned officers also wdl re*
ceive a 10 percent boast Except
for minor bonu es, this is the
first increase in pay since 1922
for the servicemen.
Contractors employees re
ceived a raise on March 1 to cov
er higher costs of subsistence,
and the Civil Service personnel
had a 25 per cent increase in
December.
London (JP) — An exchange
telegraph agency dispatch from
Kuibyshev said last night that
the It ussian-Japanese fisheries
agreement which expired Decem
ber 31 has been renewed for one
year after negotiations Just com
pleted. The question of permit
ting the Japanese to fish in
Russia’s territorial waters off
Siberia has been regarded as a
gauge of Russia's relations with
Japan The flat refusal of Russia
to renew the agreement would
have been a severe blow Jo Jap
an.
Seattle (T*)—The Thirteenth
Naval district headquarters re
vealed “continuing reports of
flares at sea and on shored and
asked citizens observing such
phenomena to note particularly
the pattern and apparent dis
tance and report immediately to
the nearest military authorities.
They said an air patrol off shore
was continuing vigilanee and de
clared as false certain rumors
that ships had been damaged in
that area. They said “certain
vessels rumored as damaged and
heading for the Navy Ya>d for
repairs were in reality vessels
coming into harbor and unload
ing supplies.”
Washington (iP)—After ask
ing Congress for more appropri
ations for the War department
the President recommended that
all War department money be
made available foe ' any law
which may be enacted or the
establishment of a women’s army
as an auxiliary corps to the ser
vice army”
$436,552 Total
Raised In Drive
The Alaska bond drive which
concluded !ast Saturday ended
wd h a total of $436,552 in defense
bonds told from Feb 0 to March
14. The goal for the "Spiritof
Alaska” had been set at about
$350,000.
Contributions from various
A a«ka cities aie being compiled
and will be published as soon as
received. The local community
was congratulated by head
quarters at Juneau for its splen
did efforts.
INDEX
Week’s Highlights Page 2
Ice Pool Tickets 2
Hospital Gets Award 3
Delinquent Taxes 4
Council Meetings i 5
Deferments Local 6
Church Notices 7
Missing Persons 8
Women’s Page 10
Classifieds 11