"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier
fOL 3 NO. 15
KODIAK, AI ASKA JUNE 12, 1943
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PRICE 10 CENTS
Boy Hit
By Auto
j| Tommy Johnson, 8, was re
leased from the Griffin Memorial
Ibospitai yesterday after being
■treated for bruises received when
he was hit by a taxi driven by
T. T. Jackson. The accident oc
jurred Thursday evening on the
highway near the Carlson apart
ments and police said Tommy
ran into the road from behind a
parked vehicle. Jackson rushed
the boy to the hospital where in
vestigation showed his injuries
were not serious.
Tommy is the son of Mrs. Jen
nie Mendell of this city.
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Another House
Broken Into
The T. Michaelson residence
behind Pinch’s store was broken
into Thursday night while the
occupants were at the theatre
and the house gave evidence of
having been thoroughly search
ed, although the owners could
discover nothing missing.
Police said tracks showed the
prison committing the crime had
I tried a! I windows before breaking
in the door and forcing the lock.
Proclamation
Wheieas, the President of the
United States has by virtue of
proclamation established June
14 as Flag Day, saying in part:
“June 14 for many years has
been set aside as Flag Day in
honor of the emblem of our nat
ional strength and unity. This
year the Stars and Stripes is a
battle emblem flying in the de
serts and jungles and over the
arctic snows. It flies with our
men in Africa, Australia, New
Zealand, China, Burma, and
the Aleutians, and in fastnesses
of the world so remote that the
American flag has never been
seen there before. In the Coral
Sea and the Atlantic and Pacific,
it is a mark of hope to our allies
a»d of despair to our enemies.
Our colors have found their way
to the heart of the enemy over
Berlin and Tokyo.”
Now, therefore, I, Ernest
Graening, Governor of Alaska,
* eall the attention of the people
of Alaska to this proclamation of
our President and urge compli
ance with the request therein, to
have our colors displayed on
Flag Day
Ernest Gruening,
Governor of Alaska.
The fire department answered
a false alarm yesterday at 3:10
Dm to a banya (steam bath
house) behind Blinn’s. Steam
coming from the building had
been mistaken for smoke.
News Highlights
Pacific Front
Naval communique reported
that known enemy losses on Attu
were 1845 killed & 20 taken pris
oner. Rear Admiral Thomas Kin
kaid who commanded operations
on Attu, has been nominated to
be vice admiral. Army Liberator
& Ventura bombers, escorted by
fighters, made 5 attacks on Kiska
& hit buildings & gun emplace
ments.
Naval bombers attacked the
enemy air base on Munda, New
Georgia island, June 9, without
loss. Dauntless dive bombers,
Avenger torpedo bombers &
Warhawk, CoisairA Lightning
fighters sank a Jap destroyer,
set a corvette & cargo vessel a
fire & shot down 15 Zeros; 4 US
planes were missing from the ac
tion carried out in the Bougain
ville area. American fighters at
tacked 40 to 50 Jap Zeros & tor
pedo bombers off the Russell is
lands in the Solomons rn Mon
day. Our force lost 7 fighters but
downed 19 Zeros & damaged 6
others.
Asia Front
US Mitchell bombers attacked
Hongay on the northeast coast
of French Indo-Chma. All planes
returned from the daylight raid.
Chinese guerillas in coolie dress
made a daring raid within Ich
ang, & dynamited 2 staff head
quarters. Chinese regulars clear
ed the bank of the Yangtze op
posite Ichang, wiped out enemy
forces outside Itu, 18 miles south
& inflicted heavy losses on trap
ped Japs in central Pupeh prov
ince Chinese now control the
south bank of the Yangtze for
135 miles below Ichang. In Shan
si the Chinese have retaken
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With nearly a score of quon
set huts visible on the mountain
side, a number of storage build
j ings on the harborside in various
i stages of completion, U. S Navy
; Seebees, construction battalion
j members work on docking facili
ties as improvment of American
advanced bases goes forward on
Adak island in the Aleutians,
397 miles west of Dutch Harbor.
OPA Office
Moving
The local War Price and Ra
tioning board, with Mrs. Jaunita
Savoy, clerk, was busy the end
of this week moving to thei
board's new location next door
in the ground floor office in the
theatre building formerly oc
cupied by the Hodcarrier's
union.
Since its inception the OPA
office has been located in the
same building with the city
clerk office.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Webster
are the parents of a baby girl,
weigh 8 pounds, born Sunday,
June 6, at the navy hospital
The mother is the former Phyllis
Sholl.
Defense witnesses pictured
Mrs. Hannah William Dempsey
as pale and sick the day her hus
band, Lt. Com. Jack Dempsey,
charges he found her with Benny
Woodall, fight promoter, in a
raid on a Los Angeles apartment.
Woodall testified that he called
on Mrs Dempsey merely as a
friend of the family. He could
not recall when if ever her hus
band invited him to the Demp
sey home. Woodall, accused by
Jack Demsey as corespondent in
the divorce case, said he phoned
Mrs. Dempsey once a day when
he was out of town.
Governor Visits Kodiak
After Trip To Attu
Governor Ernest Gruening
stopped briefly in Kodiak Thurs
day after a trip to Attu where
he had spent four days.
Describing the Attu terrain as
being "as bad a> the Japs” he
said that the outstanding fea
ture of the "wonderful job our
boys did there was the bravery
of our soldiers and the extraord
inary examples of heroism.”
After a meeting with city
councilmen the governor left by
plane for Anchorage.
Investigate
Power Site
A special meeting of the city
council was called Monday
evening for the purpose of dis
cussing investigation of a hy
draulic Dower site on Terror bay,
an arm of Viekoda bay, extend
ing into Kokiak island directly
across from the Kodiak town
site.
Mayor Nick Miell said the
site had been called to his attent
ion as a possibility for a power
supply for future needs, either
civilian or military
The council unanimously au
thorized expenditure of -S200
for a trip to the site, and Tues
day a boat of ? 'mil Ulsen was
chartered and Mayor Miell ac
companied by Charles Skinner,
left on the investigating trip.
Merchants are being notified
that no purchases of any kind
are to be offered for mailing or
mailed for any member of Army
personnel Censorship regulations
forbid it, but Army personnel
may mail such purchases from
the Arm}' post office within cer
tain regulations.
All laundry equipment of the
Kodiak Steam laundry was sold
to an organization at the Naval
Operating Base and was moved
this week to allow use of the
space for dry cleaning facilities,
which the laundry will devote it
self to exclusively.
The sewer construction crew
has uncovered a 15 inch layer of
peat in their digging in front of
the Cheechako club on Brooklyn
avenue and as the material has
been recommended as excellent
for gardens Victory gardeners
are welcome to help themselves
to some of it.
William Donnel Roosevelt, 10
year old son of Col Elliott Roose
velt and grandson of the Presi
dent, accidentally tripped over a
22-ritle which discharged, killing
the Roosevelt boy’s best friend,
Lewis Hutchinson, aged li. The
fatal accident happened in Phil
adelphia early this week.
Governor
Confers
Governor Gruening met with
members of the city council at
deputy Marshal Paul Herring's
office Thursday afternoon in a 5
hour session to discuss civic
matters.
The governor was concerned
about delays in the water system
and was especially interested in*
finding out that the work on the
distribution would start on com
pletion of the sewer project.
Clarence Cole, project engineer,
said the sewer work wa6 80 per
cent complete, that additional
equipment has been promised by
the military, and that as soon as
materials arrive work can be
started on the water distribution
system Final decision on storage
facilities is expected before the
mains are completed.
In discussing the apoointment
of new trustees for the Griffin
Memorial hospital the governor
said that with competent men as
trustees the new airangement
should work well.
In answer to a question con
cerning the appropriation once
made for a new school building
he said he understood war con
ditions were responsible for loss
of the grant.
Speaking of hydro-electric pos
sibilities near Kodiak the gover
nor recommended thorough in
vestigation of any such sourses
of power.
Other matters touched upon
at the conference included mil
itary-city relationship, liquor
control, policing, erection of dock
facilities by the city, a public
library, and censorship.
‘These are the timer,” the
governor emphasized, “for all
cities in Alaska to plan for the
future. My experience has shown
that communities grow as they
are willing to work for them
selves.
“Kodiak is fortunate in being
located adjacent to the base ” he
said, “and will derive consider
able benefit from it in peacetime
because of its permanence. What
the town plans now will have an
important bearing on its future
growth.”
Income Tax
Law Signed
Washington (jP)—The Presi
dent signed the pay-as-you go
income tax law, abating 75 to
100 per cent of one year’s taxes
and imposing a 20 per cent with
holding levy against salaries and
wages effective July 1.
Representative Knutson,
Minn., tax spokesman, said the
approved act was ‘75 per cent
of the Ruml plan.”