V0L.I3 NO 20
KODIAK, ALASKA JULY 17, 1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Mews Highlights
Mediterranean Front
Allied forces continued their
advance on a 150-mile front in
southeastern Sicily & now hold
at least 7 Axis air bases & 19
towns. Italian & German resist
ance increased at many points,
yet Allied units proceeded at a
speed twice as fast as expected.
New oaratroop units in “regi
mental strength” were reported
dropped on the Oatanian plain
following a heavy naval & air
bombardment of the Catanians.
Allied air supremacy became
practically unchallenged & troop
concentrations in the Axis rear
were hard hit. British 8th Army
drove to within 15 miles of Cat
ania after beating back Goering
armored divisions north of Len
tini where Germans gathered for
heavy attack. Allies announced
more than 20.000 prisoners taken
& 13 more Sicilian towns captur
ed. Great mainland port of
Naples was in smoking ruins
after 24 solid hours bombard
ment which left smoke rising
20,000 feet in the ail in the same
attack which virtually wiped the
Sicilian port of Messina off the
map. (Map of Sicily page 9 )
Roosevelt &. Cb'Hehiil in Git*
u&l ultimatums released simul
taneously yesterday gave Italy
the choice of surrendering honor
ably or being blasted out of the
war.
Pacific Front
Allied troops captured Mubo,
key point protecting Salamaua,
New Guinea, killing 950 Japs.
Munda, New Georgia island, was
battered by 100 American planes,
naval Units & artillery on Rend
ova. US airforce shot down 45
Jap planes over Rendova. Jap
cargo ship was sunk after a 2nd
battle of Kula gulf on July 13 in
which a Jap cruiser & from 3 to
5 destroyers were sunk. US des
troyer Gwin was lost in the en
gagement American naval units
bombarded Jap positions on
Kiska 5 times in 9 days, concen
trating on Gertrude Cove on
t,he southwestern coast of the
island. Enemy shore batteries re
plied but caused no damage.
European Front
British bombers made the 15th
raid on the German rail & in
dustrial center of Aachen, just
across the Belgian border. Ger
mans admitted heavy damage^
20 RAF bombers were lost. RAF
heavy bombers attacked the Ger
man oil refining center at Gel
senkirchen; 10 planes failed to
return.
Asia Front
Fierce fighting continued on
the west slopes of the Taihang
mountains, where the Japs
launched a drive on Chinese ir
ejilirr. Chinese repulsed the
Mission
Head Quits
The many friends of Nelson
Chamberlain, who, with his wife,
has been in charge of the Chil
dren’s Home which has been
maintained here for more than
50 years by the Northern Bap
tist Convention, will learn with
regret that Mr. Chamberlain’s
resignation from the work has
been announced by the Mission
headquarters in New York.
Rev. and Mrs. John S. Win
ter. of Corning, California, are
being sent to Kodiak to take
over the work. At the same time
Miss Pearle Rold is being sent
to work with Miss Mary Setza
corn in the home at Ouzinkie.
The Chamderlains, who have
been at the home 5 years, plan
to remain in Kodiak.
Mary Birchlev has been added
to the hospital staff.
Japs at 3 villages near Kungan
in the Tungtin lake region.
Russian Front
Soviet armies have started a
large scale counter offensive a
gairist the stalled German war
machine north A east of Orel,
about 200 miles south of Mos
cow. Germany’s failure to break
Russian resistance in the Kursk
bulge has resulted in a lack of
punch in the latest German ef
forts. Red Army forces have re
Trip Costs
Approved
Two special meetings in suc
cession were held yesterday by
the city council. At one the ex
pense account For the mayor’s
Washington, D. C. trip was ap
proved, and at the other the ord
inances were revised to make ef
fective the revocation of the $100
city taxi bond in cases of convic
tion on illegal selling of liquor,
Of the $4000 issued for the
mayor’s trip $800 was returned
in June, Mayor Meill absorbing
$104.40 of th® expense to make
the total cost of the trip $3200.
The sum spent was divided as
follows:
Mayor’s expenses, including
transportation, $2188.35
Harold W. Kelly, engineer, ex
penses, $528 65.
Salary for Kelly, $483 00.
Oouncilmen Shod, Smith, Lew
is and Skinner vot d yes on the
mo ion to approve the expendi*
tures. Councilman Wodlinger
answered present (no vote).
Councilman Pearson was absent.
(For action already taken on
same subject Monday see police
chief-council story, pages 1 & 6 )
gained some of their positions
held befo e the Nazi offensive
began. Russia reported that Ger
many’s losses in the first five
days of the offensive as 40000
casualties, 2000 tanks & 900
planes
Amchitka
Two members of the garrison at
Amchitka fill sandbags for a
machine-gun emplacement, while
in the background supplies are
unloaded from a ship in the
harbor.
Bake Sale
Next Saturday
For the benefit of the Russian
Cbthodox Church the Russian
Women’s Club will hold a baked
foods sale at 10 am Saturday,
July 24 There will be 16 dif
ferent kinds of pas’ries on sale
at the U. 8. Commissioner’s
former residence directly across
the street from Kraft’s store.
JoTin R Holler was elected
post commander recently of the
American Legion and R. D.
Russell was named adjutant
Invaders Of Sicily Wave Goodbye
It,— i *w .. -f ■. , have an Axis garrison
Packed in a boat of the invasion fleet which carried them y^e Qf thc firet of the invasion
of 300,000, Allied assault troops wave goodbye >n this photogr p ,
which smashed at Sicily. (See page 3 for additional pictures j
City Names
New Chief
Alvin A. “Beanie” Sumerlin,
formerly of the local deputy TJ.
S. Marshall’s office, was appoint
ed as new chief of police at the
council meeting Monday night,
replacing the former chief,
James Pierce. A petition of 61
names, asking for Pierce’s re
appointment to the position,
was read later and was tabled
without action.
Sumerlin, who has been em
ployed by the cannery here on
the Duncan, will take office
next Monday.
In the matter of taxes the
council approved some changes
in appraisals and adopted the
ordinance making the 2 per cent
assessment effective.
The street committee report
ed that it was impossible to ob
tain laborers for authorised
street work and it was decided
to postpone the work until after
the fishing season.
Dr. Bales Jones, city health
officer, reported on an inspect
ion of eating establishments in
town made by the sanitary de
partment of the Army. In one or
two cases recommendations were
made, Dr.Jones said, to be fol
lowed by later inspections, and
if any recommendations are not
carrried out the Army will take
appropriate action.
It was reported that the first
public latrine had been placed
by the Army next to the mili
(continued on page 6)
Robert Johnson was sentenced
to 30 days in jail July 9 by U.
S Commissioner C. C Naugh*
ton for “embezzling, wrongfully
convei ting, secreting and refus
ing to deliver to the owner,”
Jack Allman, one tire valued at
less than 135.
Allman testified he lent the
tire to Johnson on June 20 for
one day’s u»e and that Johnson
refused to return it.
The Rotary Club will be guests
next Tuesday noon of the Red
Cross Service club with lunch
served at the Snack bar. Mr.
Arthur Larkin, director of the
club, will be in charge of the
meeting.
Recent dismissals from the
Griffin Memorial hospital include
Bill Morgan, No man Hangart
ner, one of the victims burned
in a boat explosion, and Lowell
Wakefield, son of the owner of
Apex Fisheries Co. at Port
Wakefield, who was released
Thursday after treatment for in
juries received in a fall on a
boat