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KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 11, 1944
PRICE 10 CENT*
Ex-resident
Is Injured
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brophy,
j^ier residents, narrowly es
jjped death in an automobile
accident near Bakersfield, Calif,
on Feb. 1, according to word re
ceived by friends here. Mr.
Brophy managed the Kodiak
Mercantile company here and
Mrs. Brophy was employed for
• time at Helen’s Eat Shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Brophy, now
jperating a large ranch near
SJinas, were making a trip with
another couple and a woman.
Near Bakersfield the car hit an
oil spot in the road and was
thrown into a ditch, overturn
ing- Mr. Brophy and the other
man and woman were thrown
elear and were not even scratch
ed but Mrs. Brophy and the
other woman were pinned under
the wreck and the car caught
fire.
With such little traffic on the
road it was a miracle that an
other car came along just then
that carried a fire extinquislier.
The blazing car was extinguished
without either woman being
burned The two under the car
were extricated and taken to the
hospital at Bakersfield where it
was determined Mrs. Brophy
had a pelvic bone broken in
three places and the other wo
man had a broken back.
The woman with the broken
haek was placed in a cast and
must remain there 6 months.
Mrs Brophy was moved later
by ambulance 240 miles to the
Salinas hospital and was later
transferred to the home of a
friend, who is a nurse. In about
3months it is expected that
Mrs Brophy can be removed to
■he ranch.
109 Voters Register;
No Candidates Yet
With only 8 days left to file
i no candidates for the city elec
tion have yet put in their ap
pearance. Candidates have until
Monday, March 20, at midnight,
to get their hats in the ring.
Up to yesterday 109 voters
had signed the registration book
at the city clerk’s office. Regis
tration is required every year
for Kodiak’s city election.
Accident In
Jeep Fatal
An accident in a jeep early
Sunday morning resulted in the
death uf Pvt Charles William
McCabe, U. S. Army, a driver
for post utilities. Time of the
accident was placed at 2 am, and
officials said the car had left the
road at the edge of Lake Gene
vieve and over-turned, pinning
McCabe under it. He was dead
when found. Officials said there
was rib one else in tl e car.
The deceased, who was 24
years old, came from Ferndale,
Michigan.
Mrs. Merrill Coon, in charge
of the Red Cross War Drive
canvassing in town, reported to
day that $2164.22 has been col
lected so far in the current cam
paign.
The drive is being continued
throughout the month of March.
Washington (L-P) — Married
coup es with a yen to be alonej
should see the CAA about a job)
in Alaska. The CAA announced
it wants 30 coupler witling to
live in remote outposts of Fed
eial airways. Fifty ci uples will
ba hired The outposts are used
pi incipa’ly to supply weather in
formation for plane op nations.
Robberies
Reported
Tommy Thompson, who rent
ed a house across from the hos
' pita I Thursday, reported to
police that the same night his
place was entered by two men
who threatened him and took
$25 in cash, a cigarette lighter
and 1 boot of a pair.
According to Thompson he
was awakened about 2:30 by
having a flashlight shown in his
face. He said he had been ill,
and that he remonstrated when
one of the men told him to get
out of bed so they could search
it. The men then told him to
stay in bed, that if he got out it
would be too bad, and proceded
searching the small cabin with
the flashlight. Thompson said
the men were there about 15
minutes before leaving, and he
told authorises be believed
both were in uniform.
On Wednesday night between
11 and 12 someone violently
broke in the back door of the
Model cafe. Mrs. Anne Hunt
ley, proprietress, was done, in
the restaurant after closing, and
said she got only a glimpse of
the roan and that he ran back
out when he saw her.
Sometime Saturday while Es
ther Reip was working at the
Gheechako Grill, someone enter
ed her home on Mission road and
made off with an onyx ring with
a diamond in it, a Hulova watch
and a cigarette lighter.
Although doors and windows
were locked there was no sign of
a forced entiy being made. Police
said they did not connect these
robberies with other enterings
made by the mysterious maraud
er who has been active the past
weeks.
Jap Cruiser Blasted In Truk Attack
PublicHealth Service
Assigns Doctor Here
Alaska Line
Is Finished
Edmonton (A3)—Final strands
of a 2600 mile telephone system
installed in Alaska and northwest
Canada are now joined with a
595 mile circuit between Nor
man, Wells and Whitehorse.
Brig Gen. Ludson Worsham,
commanding Northwest Service
Command, announced the Alas
ka telephone system connects
Edmonton, Dawson, Skagway,
Fairbanks, Whitehorse, Norman
and Wells with the United States
and ranks with the Alaska high
way and Canol project as one of
the most ambitious com traction
projects ever undertaken in the
northern wilderness.
The Miller construction com
pany of Indianapolis was pri
mary contractor for the line,
which travels through previously
unexplored country, crosses 4
ranges of the Mackenzie - moun
tains and at one place crosses
the Mackenzie river via a 4-mile
submarine cable.
The board of trustees of tf>'
Griffin Memorial hospital an
nounced today that it had beer*
informed t>y the Territorial De
partment of Health that tht
Public Health Service at Junean
has assigned a doctor to be sta
tioned at Kodiak. Purpose of
the appointment, it was said,
was to provide a doctor to en
act public health office policies
and duties and provide medio*
relief for the legal beneficiaries
of the U. S. Public Health
Service.
The new appointee is Dr
Robert W. MacCalmont, Jr , of
Washington, D. C , a surgeon of
• he Reserve Corps, U. S. Public:
Health Service.
Dr. MacCalmont is expected
here soon after stopping in Jui
eau to confer with Dr C C.
Carter. Territorial Health Com
missioner, in regard to the
duties assigned to him
Jack Delane is a new member
of the hical War Rationing board
He fills the position formerly oc
cupied by Charles L. E. Svend
sen.
World News Highlights
European Front
Stockholm — Russian planes
Thurs, night bombed Reval,
capital & major port of Estonia,
dispatches from Helsinki to
Swedish press said. Fires could
be seen at Helsinki 50 miles a
cross the gulf.
London — German radio an
nounced Nazi troops abandoned
Uman, strong base in Western
Ukraine, Entire southern Uk
raine front blazed with great
Russian offensive, Russia said,
which resulted capture Staro
and Konstantinov. Most spec
tacular development was dis
closure by Stalin of new Russian
drive launched by Gen. Malin
ovsky in southwest driving
westward across Ingullets river
& capturing 9 Ger. divisions.
London — Britain’s 4-engined
Lancasters reached far southern
France & bombed large factory
at Marignane near Marseille.
RAF kept Allied aerial blows
going around clock after bomb
ing Berlin through dense clouds
by American 8th Air force.
Shake-up of top men in German
Air force precipitated by series
Blasted in the aerial attack on
Truk by bombers from U. S.
Navy carrier, this cruiser burns
and lists. The thin line in upper
right is wake of torpedo bearing
down on the ship.
heavy assaults on Berlin. In raid
identified by Berlin as on Han
over Britain lost 7 heavy bomb
ers & 1 fighter which contrasted
I sharply with 68 bombers & 1 '•
I fighters lost Monday.
Pacific Front
Allied Hdqtrs. SW Pacific—
American warships moved un
opposed into the head of Leader
Harbor in Admiralty island?
Marines virtually cut Willaumea
peninsula ui two on north coast
New Britain. Once mighty Rab
aul showed marked signs deteri
oration Warships & supply ves
sels entered waters between Ja-f
held Manus island & American
controlled Los Negros to aid cav
alrymen of 1st Div. to steadily
expand foothold in Admirably
group. Marines on New Britain
overcame bitter Jap resistance
& inflicted heavy casualties as
they pushed within 2 miles of
Talasea on eastern side of Wit'*
aumez peninsula.
Solomons based planes found
Rabaul’s big harbor deserted of
serviceable Jap ships & 6 air
dromes virtually stripped of
aircraft.
Pearl Harbor—Several form
ations of Jap bombers raided
Eniwetok Wed. first time since
American forces completed cap
ture of the northernmost atoll of
the Marshalls. Adm. Nimitz eani
only small damage was done.