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"News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
■Ql. 2 NO. 11
KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 16, 1942
Arctic Sinkings Claimed; AEF’s Spreading
Airmail Service To Kodiak|ls Increased
KODIAK .
DIARY ...
This is the mystery of the wan
jering cake...yesterday a taxi
jrivcr stopped at the school and
left 4 qts. of ice cream. The sur
prised students ate it and asked
io questions. Fifteen minutes la
ter a driver arrived with a cake
“It’s from Aunt Louise,” he said
md left. There were only two
Students there at the time, so
Ihey opened the cake and found
i beautifully decorated 9-pound
nasterpiece, but on i t was inscrib
>d “Happy Birthday, Sis” and
Ihere were 19 candles. They felt
lome mistake had been made so
Ihey tried to find whose it was.
Fhe bakery professed to know
pthing about it (not much!). . .
he taxi driver knew less. . .and
ill the time they were afraid to
at »t because they thought it
rasn’t meant for them.
But a little sleuthing brought
nost of it to light. It seems a
ran who knew Aunt Louise from
way back when knew it was her
irthday and sent her the cake,
t was such a large and lovely
ake that rather than use it she
enerously thought of sending it
» the graduating class. But by
he time the mystery was solved
here were only two pupils left to
at it, so it was decided to give
• to some soldiers stationed
earby. They didn’t think it was
>o nice to eat. . .
We’ l leave it to you to guess
he principals of the mystery. ..
’re man’s initials are T. J. . .
(continued on page 3)
Legion Plans
Memorial Day
And Poppy Sale
Plans are being made this
week by the American Legion,
Kodiak Post No. 16, in cooper
ation with the army and navy,
for the observance of Memorial
Day, Saturday, May 30.
Ceremonies will be conducted
at the dock and at the cemetery
by army and navy chaplains,
and a firing squad and military
band will be provided to help
commemorate those lost in Am
erica’s wars. This year the ob
servance takes on added signif
ance.
The flag raising ceremony will
be held in the school yard in a
morning excercise at 10:30. The
complete program will be given
later.
In connection with Memorial
day Acting Governor E. L. Bart
lett has proclaimed May 23, the
Saturday before Memorial Day
as Poppy Day. on which date
the American Legion Auxiliary
will conduct Poppy sales
throughout Alaska. The money
is used for child welfare pur
poses, and 90 cents of every
dollar raised wil be used in the
Territory.
Washington (JP)—The Navy
announced that John Earle Simp
son. radioman, second elaes, hus
band of Mrs. Leon Simpson,
Seward is listed «s missing.
London—U. S Army bomb
ers destroyed 15 Japanese planes
at a northeru Burma airdrome
Thursday, Reuters announced.
setty And Son Bring Back
tear Apiece From Karluk
George B. Petty, the “Petty
>*rl” artist and his son. George,
f., returned from Karluk lake
y plane Wednesday after a 21
%y hunting trip that netted
fcch a bear.
The trip was a graduation
•“esent for Petty’s son, 19, and
he boy got his bear on the third
ay of the hunt. The boy’s bear
Measured 10 feet 4 inches, and
«tty’s bear, shot later in the
rip, measured 10 feet
Shooting of the boy’s bear pro
ved the thrill of the trip. The
hunters sneaked up on the
^ar while it was sleeping and
Qt within 7 yards of it. As he
hot the bear jumped and
barged toward them and as
they both shot4be bear swerved
to one side and rolled down a
hill and when it stopped it was
dead.
Eli Metrokm was guide on the
trip, and Mike Sburavloff was
packer.
When the party arrived in
Kodiak the army practically ab
ducted Petty and took him to
Fort Greely so some of the boys
could see him and get auto
graphs. From here Petty and his
son flew to Anchorage and Fair
banks, where they had plane re
servations for Seattle and plan
ned flying to their home in
Northbrook, Illinois, near Chic
ago. It.was Petty’s second suc
cessful Lear trip to Kodiak.
Airmail and passenger service
to Kodiak, pioneered by Star Air
Lines, has been so successful and
the volume of business has been
so much larger than expectations
that this week Star announces
the addition of two additional
flights to Kodiak each week,
making four trips a week in all.
Publication of such schedules
is forbidden by reason of miitary
necessity, but full information
on the trips may be obtained
from Ray Martin, Star Air Lines
agent, or from the post office.
Mail and passengers will be car
ried on all flights
Material Late;
Draft Advancing
Registration material for Wed
nesday, May 20, when all men
between 45 and 65 are scheduled
to register at local draft boards,
had not arrived this week but is
expected on the Cordova. If the
Cordova arrives before Wednes
day with the material the regist
ration will be held as scheduled,
the draft board announces.
If the boat d es not arrive in
time or if the material is not on
it a new date will be set locally
and will be announced later.
The demand for men has ad
vanced to where selectees from
among the men who registered
for Selective Service February
16, 1942, will be inducted into
the Army nexth month, it is an
nounced by Selective Service
National Headquarters.
The February 16th registrants
(continued on page 4)
Fire Alarm Will
Denote Zones
At a meeting of the Volunteer
Firemen held this week in the
Mecca Lounge the town was
divided into four fire districts
and a new svstem of fire signals
to identify each was adopted.
The zones are:
Zone 1—That part of town
west of Brooklyn avenue.
Zone 2—From Kraft's store
to the north end of Brooklyn
avenue, eastward including the
main business district as far
north as the Union hall and
east to the channel.
Zone 3. From the Union hall
out Mill Bay road.
Zone 4. From the Union hall
out Mission rdad.
The fire signal will remain the
same, except for the addition of
1, 2, 3, or 4 short blasts at the
end to indicate the zones.
Army, Navy
Recommend
KEA Rating
A new priority rating, A-l for
the diesels and A-2 for other con
struction materials, has been re
commended for the Kodiak El
ectrical Association by an army
and navy priority board, to re
place the preplace the pievious
rating of A-10, which would not
have allowed construction to be
gin at this time.
Although the War Production
Board has not granted the rec
ommended rating yet a wire was
I received here Thursday infora ing
the Kodiak Electric Association
that Hubbell & Waller, project
engineers, had been instructed
by REA tp proceed with con
struction. After getting the new
rating all that will stand in the
way of getting the first dirt turn
ed is the appointment of a con
tractor to begin work on a forced
account basis.
One of the project engineers
from Seattle is expected here
soon by the association to get
the work under way. In another
wire the REA has inquired as to
the availab lity of skilled and
common labor in Kodiak for the
project.
Boat Swamped
On Bear Hunt
Three men who went to Afog
nak island for bear had a harrow
ing experience when their boat
turned over as they were land
ing the first day and they lost
their food and most of their
hunting duffle. The men making
the trip were Bill Bailey, Vic
Mathews and Claude Denhoff
and they left in Denhoff’s 16
foot skiff and outboard a week
ago Tuesday. They made a 4
hour run to Izhut bay and as
they went to land the high surf
turned the boat turtle about 50
yards from shore.
Denhoff, unable to swim, was
dragged ashore by Bailey and
after much struggling they got
the boat into where they could
pull it onto the beach. All lost
clothing and gear,, and Bailey
lost a camera, lightmeter, gun
and binoculars.
The motor was iuu ui sauu
and water and they worked on it
until Friday before it would run
They salvaged a can of gasoline
and started out. They couldn’t
refill the motor on the water
(continued on page 9)
Berlin (^P) — The Genoa*
command announced that its.a»r*'
force, in a far flung battle ®f the
Arctic supply line t© Russi* •,
destroyed a U. S, cruiser,.,
destroyers, a 3000-ton iee brealc- -
er and a 2000-ton merchant yes-r
sel. In the same announce® *»#
they claimed their planes hit- *’•
southern English port and dies- •
troyed four British merchant -
ships
The American was said to 6**
of the 100-ton Pensacola efas*,.
which normally carries 663 r»ej> ■
It was said to 1 e part of -ai»*
American squadron opera ting'be
tween the North Cape of Norway,
and Soitzbergen. It was the frrsfc
indication that American fleet
units are operating so deeply
the supply route to Muimansk;
It was also thought that Ger
many may hat e made the an
nouncement to gain informatier;^
aa to the disposition of U. &
naval power.
Washington (^P) — Presiden *
Roosevelt told bis press confer
ence that we are getting i»ie -
actual fighting at more placoe *
all the time and are figh mg iw
all parts of the world. During a*
discussion on his order permit I—
the War department to take
over control of all the planes of
commercial airlines he said “Wet
need all the planes we can get,,
and evey kind is being take**
over including puddle jumpers*
and one or two man ships " The*
air line order meant that domes
tic airline travel would be placed
on a full v at time basis with Ajnay
operating or controlling tar
nation’s entire fleet of more thro*
300 transport planes.
(.P)—Led by American-made
(continued on page 4)
10 Graduates
Given Diploma*
Graduation exercises for tbt‘
Senior Class of the Kodiak Higfv
Schoof were held at the Orphetm^
theatre Wednesday afterno©?-*
with R. L. Clifton, school super -
intendent as the principal speak -
er.
The invocation and benedic
tion were given by Rev. Morony-,
the salutatory by Hazel Smith,
the Valed'c'ory by R. Holmes
Johnson, the class histoiy by
Janet Naughlon and the class*
will by Nick Frost.
Mr Clifton spoke on “Tfcfts*
Meaning of Education in Ameri
ca ” and pointed out that educa
tion is an attempt to control the
moral and mental development:
of man. In stressing the different
emphasis placed on individual
r glits by democracies and auto
*‘r- (continued on page 4)