KODIAK .
DIARY ...
We were embarrassed mightily
,hen the U. S. Post Office de
triment, at Washington, D. C.
ire don’t know their street
;llmber but presume they have
me) asked us, in connection
rith our mailing list, what the
mne and building number of
be Kodiak Mirror edifice is. We
iiied in the blank very carefully:
On alley, no name.” “No build
Dgnumberings in Kodiak.”
Not satisfied, the P. O. de
irtment asked of the local
acting postmaster” the same
iiiestion. She suggested we
light give them our evacuation
lumber, but the piece of ply
iood£'bearing it has long since
eeled (the indoor type) and no
lumber is visible.
The "acting postmaster” she
jive up, too, and put it down
fce way we did.
Which is why we are glad to
tear the matter of house num
leiing come up at the recent
tuncil meeting. The committee
i James Pierce. Jack Delane
td Stanley Nelson were told
kdo something about it.
The project was started once
rfore and got to the point
tore somebody figured (pun)
it the numbers as to even ones
dthis side of the street and odd
ies on that side. We even pub
ibed the arrangement by streets
lthe time in high hopes. As
irpart to speed the project on
(would be glad to lend the
jnmittee the back iseue con
miDg same.
We never expected to support
numbers racket, but we do
lisone. Even if we end up as
hirteen and two-thirds Rear
ew Mirror”.
Why Editors Get Gray Hairs
tpartment:
Aug. 9—Wire from Mirror to
-Pictures of Roosevelt taken
re. Please send all available.
Aug. 14—JP to Mirror—Navy
leased 3 pictures Roosevelt ut
oliak.
Aug. 14—Same—San Fran
ko dispatching telemats.
Aug. 20—Mirror to JP—Tele
its Roosevelt at Kodiak not
nve.d.
Aug. 21—Reverse—Roosevelt
its airmailed week ago. Should
tthere before now.
Aug. 25—Mirror to San Fran
co—Roosevelt Telemats not
te. Send duplicates.
Aug. 26—Seattle JP to Mirror
San Francisco says duplicat
! Roosevelt mat by airmail
t only one Kodiak picture a
ilable.
Aug. 29—Duplicate picture
lives, turns out to be Roose
k lunching at Adak, already
kited Aug. 19. Note accom
tying says no Kodiak pictures
tilable.
Aug 29—Mirror to JP Seattle
tan Francisco says no Kodiak
Sure available Must have
( promised readers
Aug. 30—Seattle JP to Mirror
Batch Roosevelt Honolulu
(ska photos released about
3c time. Extremely sorry fish
!picture not included in make
I up of Telemats. Speoial zinc for
i Kodiak would have cost you
several dollars. Greatly regret
your disappointment will do all
possible in future. Regards.
Aug. 30—Us to JP—Still will
ing go several dollars. Want at
least Roosevelt fishing inspect
ing troops one each at Kodiak
Regardless. Regards.
Aug. 31—Sending two 4-col
umn mats Roosevelt fishing at
Kodiak made especially accord
ing your instructions.
(Editors note: See pages 6 and
7 for end of the story.)
At the post office a letter in
correctly addressed found its
way into our mail box. It was
official Navy business and we
opened it before we discovered
it wasn’t ours.
The first thing that greeted
our eye on the enclosure was the
legend: “Restricted matter, not
to be mailed.”
Not wishing to violate any re
gulations we put the correct ad
' dress on it and dropped it back
in the box.
There’s a war on, you know,
so we sent, our Inquiring Re
porter around this week to ask
the following question: When do
you think the war with Ger
many will be over? And got the
following answers:
George Williams—Sept. 23 or
Oct. 8. (LooKs like from now on
we’ll have t» limit each one to
one guess.)
Sammy Nelson—Yenis ni-yu.
(Purely phonetic spelling, ours,
for “I don’t know” in Russian.)
Clara Peck — Maybe two
months, I think.
Mary Frost—I won’t commit
myself.
Eula Sperling — My radio
burned up so I haven’t been
keeping close tabs. But I don’t
give them more than 6 months
from the time of the invasion.
Betty Carter—Gosh, I don’t
kDow—probably within the next
month.
Louise Coon—What’ll I say?
I don’t know what the heck to
say.
Georgia Sumerlin—Oh, good
ness. I don’t think it will last an
other 6 months.
Kldon .Bell, age y—About New
Year’s eve. But even if Germany
surrenders the war won’t be
over. It’ll take a couple of years
to get all the ammunition and
things.
Probably the above answers
have just shown you that you
think you can guess better than
they. Here’s the point we’ve
been leading up to, and here’s
your chance to make your guess.
Herewith is printed a coupon for
you to fill out and to the one
who guesses the nearest correct
time the Kodiak Mirror will a
ward a $25 War Bond. The cor
rect time will be decided thusly:
(continued on page 10)
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Candies • Bars of Ail Kinds • Soft Drinks
Have a “Coke” = Meet a new friend
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or how to relax on leave
What more friendly way to welcome a soldier to a family gathering than the
three short words: Have a “CokeIt says, We’re happy you're here. And there’s
no better way to show it than to be sure you have Coca-Cola in your icebox
ready to offer its refreshing hospitality. From “down under’’ to back in the
U. S. A., Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes,—has become the symbol
of friendly folks the world over.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
“Coke”= Coca-Cola
It’s natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia
tions. That’s why you heat
Coca-Cola called “Cbke”.
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ANCHORAGE COLD STORAGE CO.