Kraft Dock Purchase By Army Approved
Shortage of Oil
Threatens City
With an oil shortage threaten
ing the city everyone is being
urged to conserve in every way
possible on oil. Present supplies
of oil are being obtained from
the base, and are limited. Gaso
line is being rationed in the a
mount of 8 gallons per sale a
day.
Up to yesterday the Standard
Oil company had received no in
formation on when a tanker may
be expected. One tanker would
provide a 3 to 4 month’s supply
of fuel oil.
Oil may be conserved by care
ful regulation of stoves to pro
j vide the minimum amount of
heat necessary, and by abandon
ing the common practice of leav
ing stoves burn throughout the
night and during the day when
home is unoccupied.
Merrill Coon, Standand Oil a
gent, also urges that all contain
ers, including 5-gallon cans, be
aved for re-use.
Smoker Postponed
Because of th» illness of Lew
Taylor, promoter, there will be
1 no smoker held this Sunday.
Weather Delays
First Mail Plane
The first mail plane from
Fairbanks expected to inaugur
ate the new twice weekly service
from there to Kodiak was due
Wednesday, but up to last night
it had not arrived.
An exchange of wires between
Star Airlines and Kay Martin,
temporary acting agent, notified
Martin that the plane would
leave there as soon as weather
nermitted. Two attempts were
made to yesterday, both unsuc
cessful.
Martin has lined up enough
passengers for two loads and
(while the plane will carry pas
sers on the regular mail run
it will not be able to make char
ter trips,
: Airangements have been made
So that air mail deposited at the
post office just before pickup
time will be censored without any
delay.
Cafe Seeks To Collect
t A civil complaint has been
fled by Jerry Lodge against
ihirley Geoige for recovery of
304.70 all ged due for credit
uunshed at his place of business
mown as Jerromc’s Grill. Hear
ts has been set for March 24,
p. m. in the U. S. commiss
°»ei’s office.
Pearl Harbor Victim Reclaimed For Duty
THE WEST COAST—The Destroyer Shaw, above, which the Japanese announced had been
destroyed in the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, will soon be back in service. Equip
ped with an emergenoy stub bow and a temporary bridge on the after end of the ship, the Shaw
arrived in a West Coast port for repairs. Within a few weeks, Navy officers said a new bow and
bridge now under construction, will be fitted to the damaged destroyer and the ship will be in
service again.
Last Bar Down
To Alaska Road
Washington (.T)—The long
projected Alaska highway has
been approved by a joint Ameri
can-Canadian board and Stimson
said construction would he star!
ed soon. “Engineer and troop
will be assigned to make surveys
and lay out the pioneer route”,
he said. It was not announced the
route the road would take or
other details
San Francisco(;P)— CBS heard
a Tokyo radio proclaim the fall
of Batavia, which was said to be
“completely occupied” at 9:30
p. m. Japan time yesterday.
! I tdies cf Guild To Hold
Sale of Potted / lants
A sale of potted plants will be
start March 14 for the benefit of
the Hospital Guild fund by the
Ladies of the Guild. Slips were
donated by ladies of Kodiak and
have been kept in the Ersk ne
greenhouse since November and
are in excellent condition.
The price of the plants will be
h') cents and they will be sold by
Mrs W J. Erskine, Mrs. Forest
Ayers and Mrs Warren Taylor
at Erskine’s, Kraft’s and Kod
iak Mercantile, respectively.
There was no meeting of Rot
tary club this week. The regular
meeting will be held Tuesday.
Gambling Joint
Closed In Raid
The D ?. marshal’s office con
ducted a raid last Saturday on
the residence on Brooklyn aven
ue located in the rear of the
Trading Post, and confiscated
gambling equipment including
tables, cine, chips and cards.
The game was not operating at
the time, but preparations wsrej
being made for the evening play, I
according to the marshal’s office.
No arrests were made, but the
operator, whose name was not
released, was ordered to leave
town
There will be a meeting of the
citv council Monday night.
Movie Actor Joe E. Brown Probably Here
Like the Russian who saw his
first elephant ‘we don’t believe
it!’’ About Joe E. Brown being
at the base, we mean.
We admit that a plane came
into the base yesterday afternoon
and we know it wasn’t the mail
plane But as far as we're con
cerned it’s just another rumor
that Joe E. Brown, all by him
self, plus some army men, de
planed. More rumor that they
came from Anchorage. More ru
mor that Joe E. is staying three
days and will give performances
each night. That last came via
KODK, but maybe it was some
enemy station on the same wave
length, dishing out propaganda
to scare us.
We heard Joe was coming in
town yesterday afternoon but
we can’t find any witnesses. We
met three soldiers who said, we
quote, that they “saw” him. We
don’t know who the soldiers
were, so we can’t vouch for that
statement, either.
The whole thing sounds fishy.
If Joe were here, wouldn’t there
be a press agent hovering about?
If Joe is at the base, wouldn’t
we have heard that mating-moose
dying-calf Tarzan yeli of his? It’s
only six miles away and the
wind’s been right all day. And if
he wears suits as loud as those
he sports when playing his com
edy roles for which he is famous
we’d have heard that, too. And
if Joe were here, wouldn’t some
one we know have seen him?
Maybe the reason nobody has is
that the wonders of Kodiak’s en
virons astounded him so he’s
standing around somewhere with
his moulh open.
The only reason we *an see for
believing the whole thing is the
fact that sending movie stars a
round to camps and posts is be
ing done this season outside. But
we thought it was Betty Grable
and Dorothy Lamour and similar
efc.’s who made those trips.
Now you take Betty Grable (who
wouldn’t?)—
An extra edition of the Willi
waws navy publication, says Joe
will appear at 6:15 and 8:30
(army; tonight, and 6:15 (army)
and 8:30 (stragglers) tomorrow
night in the navy recreation hall.
Somebody’s going to feel silly if
he isn’t here. If we SEE anything
to make us believe otherwise
we’ll keep our readers informed.
lien Kraft, owner 01 jvrai*
doek, was notified this week that
the purchase by the army of the
dock "was approved”. Negotia
tions began last November for
the transfer and the army at the
time was given an oDt.ion to buy
or tease. It was believed the
deal had fallen through until
receipt of the wire of approval.
No papers have been signed
yet and when they are 30 days
grace must be given to vacate
the property. The deal involves,
only (he strip of laid and docks
and building included in the
original Kadiak Fisheries patent.
Kraft acquired the property
July 1, 1939 and the dock was
repaired that fall. A new addi
tion to the wharf was built this
spring.
Terminus for the Alaska Steam
ship company, the bulk of town's
freight has come over the Kraft
dock. Although the army engine
ers have given no indication it is
presumed the dock will be used by
them exclusively. Kodiak’s only
other dock, owned by W. J.
Erskine & Co. cannot handle
vessels of the McKinley class.
Glen Hyner, Alaska Steamship
agent, said he had not heard
from his company as 1.o plans
for the future
Bond Campaign
Gets Extension
Because of diffi culty in obtain
ing bonds the buy-a-bomber
campaign has been extended an
other week to March 14, and ac
cording to advises from Juneau
there remains $125,000 10 raise
toward the bomber’s purchase
price. Alaska should be able to
reach the goal as she purchased
over $350,000 worth of bonds in
January, before the campaign be
gan. During January Kodiak sold
$7000, but in just the last week
sales of approximately $15,000
were recorded bringing the total
to date up to more than $00,000
as Kodiak’s share toward the
bomber.
The post office still has bonds,
and the bank is still selling them
on receipt pending arrival of
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INDEX
Week’s Highlights Page 2
Kodiak Diary
Railway Express Changes 3
Bank Has Birthday 3
Otto Kraft Death 4
64 Regi ter 4
Bond Payroll Plan at Base 5
Maps and Pictures (i
Church Notices 7
Tax, Other Notices 10
Patrol Assignments 11
Classifieds 11