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Washington —Details of
another “So sorry, excuse pleas#’’
incident that strained Japanese
Ainerican relations 5 months
before Pearl Harbor was dis
closed by the State department.
In the summer of 1941 the Nip
ponese promised to stop bombing
Chungking if the United States
would cool off and not take
action over an attack on an
Amer'ean gun boat.
Twenty six Japanese bombers
swerved from their course over
the capital to drop bombs near
the American embassy at the
gunboat moored in the Yangtze
river The American embassy
agreed that the attack was
delibe ate. The Japanese apol
ogized, claimed it was an ac
cident and promised to stop
bombing Chungking if the
United States would drop the
matter. They claimed they did
not want war. However the Nip
ponese navy shortly afterward
subjected the city to heavy pro
longed raids Secretary of State
Cordell Hull asked the Japanese
ambassador for an explanation,
was told that they promised
merely to cease bombing the
eity temporarily not indefinitely.
Jacques Pardieu, formerly
employed by the Island Trans
fer company, has been added to
the staff of the local post office,
Al King, postmaster, announced
this week.
Al’s Chicken Inn
on the Misaioa Hignway
For Fun and Frolic!
FLOOR SHOWS 7:15 4 10:15
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Chicken Dinners
Steak Dinners
Italian Spaghetti
Open 4t30 to 11:30
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Belmont Hotel and Bar
Jorgea Fredrickson, Owner
Kodiak Jewelry
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tyatch and Jewelry repairing
New Alaska Oil
Head Visits City
Larry M. Hagen, successor to
Robert M. Douglas as superin
, tendent of Alaska •aerations
for the Standard Oil Company,
made bis first visit to Kodiak
this week in his new capacity.
Mr. Hagen has been with the
firm 21 years and from 1936 to
1940 was branch manager in
Ketchikan. He was transferred
to Alaska from California.
Mr Douglas, who travelled in
Alaska for 7 years, has been ap
pointed assistant district sales
manager at Spokane.
Attu Heroism
Brings Awards
Washington — An Army
private who almost singlehand
edly broke the final Jap resist
ance on Attu last May was ap
warded the Congressional Medal
of Honor posthumously. The
War department awarded the
nation’s highest decoration to
Pvt. Joe P. Martinez, of Ault,
Colorado, who fell under a hail
of Jap bullets with his rifle still
held against his shoulder, as
American forces, battling one of
he bitterest engagements of the
Pacific wa-, smashed the last
enemy bold on strategic Attu.
The navy announced the a-1
ward of the Legion of Merit to
Rear Admiral Rockwell for
meritorious conduct as comman
der of the assault force that at
tacked Attu.
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