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KODIAK, AI ASKA, FEBRUARY 27, 1943
VOL- 2 NO 51
KEA To Elect
Next Monday
Members of the Kodiak Elect
ric Association will gather next
Monday March 1 at 8 pm at
Blinn’s hall, to elect a board of
nine directors and for the trans
action of other business, includ
ing amendment of the by-laws to
provide for removal of a direc
tor absent from two consecutive
meetings of the board.
Nominees selected by the
Nominating Committee include:
Harvey W. Edward, Charles
Hopp, Emil Knudsen, Charles
Madsen, Leo Sears, Talmage L.
Smith, John Steffgen, Stanley
Austerman, Jack Allman, Mernll
Coon, W. F. Lewis, R. D.
Russell, George Blinn, Andrew
Hutton, Stanley Nelson L. K.
Wodlinger.
Further nominations may be
made at the meeting.
Seek Change
In Water Plans
Mayor Nick Miell and Fred
Keliy, engineer for the Public
Works Agency on the local wat
er and sewer project, who re
cently resigned, left on the lat
est boat to go to Seattle to con
fer with Regional Director
Durkee, of the PWA, and to re
commend changes in the present
plans for the water system
Church Sponsors
Latin American Forum
The Community Raptist,
Church will begin a series of for
um discussions on Latin America
at the regular Wednesday even
ing Vesper Hour, starting this
week.
The historical, cultural and
political background will be con
sidered as a basis for later con
siderations of the now often rais
ed question as to the position
and place of Protestant Christ
ianity in Latin America and
South America, in view of aims
of the “Good Neighbor Policy”.
The service begins at 7:30
o’clock.
Washington (JP)—On his phy
sician’s advice President Roosev
elt remained in his Whitehouse
quarters, tiying to shake off an
intestinal upset. Presidential sec
retary Gassett said “Pm glad to
be able to tell you the President
is somewhat better.”
Blackout Hours
TODAY
6:30 pm to 8:30 am
Feb 28 to March 13, Inch
7:00 pm to 8:00 am
l .
8th Red Cross War Fund Drive Starts
With the Red Cross now car
rying the most significant role in
its entire wartime and peacetime
history, residents of Kodiak will
be asked to do their part in help
ing to raise the national $125,
000.000 Red Cross War Fund
quota, Rev. Gregory S Morony,
chairman of the local chapter,
announced this week.
Mrs. Merrill Coon has l>een ap
pointed War fund chairman for
this city.
The local and national cam
paign will begin March 1,
launched by a kick-off radio pro
gram tomorrow.
The War Fund goal for 1943
is based up careful estimates of
actual needs of the wartime ob
ligations of the Red Cross. The
sum covers local, national and
inter national wartime needs for
one year. More than 65 per cent
of the amount has been budget
ed for direct services to the arm
ed forces.
It is pointed out that the Red
Cross is the only official service
agency in the War zone, and its
work is divided into three major
sections: service to able bodied
men in the field; hospital worJt
among the wounded and sick;
and club work for men on leave.
The national Red Cross pays
the expense of the Red Cross re
creation center located in the
former American Legion build
ing and the local chapttr has
sponsored local knitting, slipper
making, and making of band
ages. Also on hand in Kodiak
are emergency supplies provided
by the Red Cross, including em
ergency hospital equipment and
civilian clothing for disaster re
lief.
Although fortunately the sup
plies have not been required for
any major disaster, in two local
instances the Red Cross supplies
have been furnished in two local
marine disasters. For one, when
the 63-ton schooner, Radio, sank
in Shuyak straights between
Kodiak island and the mainland,
the master and crew of 8 were
saved. Brought to the Kodiak
Red Cross chapter, the men
were outfitted and cared for un
til transportation could be ar
ranged to Seattle, their original
. ucstiuat icn.
The local drive will include
base civilians and individuals
and business firms in town. Here
are a few of the things the mon
ey you give will provide for:
a. Service in Army and Navy
hospitals; b. Home service for
service men and their families;
c. Blood donor service; d. em
ergency morale and recreation
supplies; e. Service men’s club’s
overseas; f. Service to U. S.
prisoners of war; relief following
natural disaster and for civilians
if made necessary by enemy ac
tion; g. Volunteer special ser
vices, such as production, can
teen corps, motor corps, and
others.
The services are many and
I needed, and this drive will be
j the 8th such drive conducted by
the Red Cross since its organiz
ation in 1881. The former drives
were all successful in reaching
the quota set—it is each indiv
idual’s responsibility to see that
the same becomes true of this
one.
While the drive starts March
1, the entire month has been set
aside as Red Cross Month by
order of President Roosevelt.
This is the time to “Remember
the Red Croes—and Give!”
To Put Up House And Street Markers
Actual work was started this
week by C. F. Moe on the mark
ing of streets with 60 name mark
ers, to be followed by numbering
of houses with 2000 plastic num
bering plates. The street markers
will consist of a post 7 feet high
in a concrete base, with the street
name painted in black on a white
background. The plastic numbers
will be affixed directly to bui d
ings, and are of a type that re
flect a light shining on them in
the dark.
House numbering will start
from the intersection of Alaska
Way and Brooklyn, and numbers
will bear a directional designa
tion, S.E., N.E., S. W. orN. W.
Standing at the Brooklyn-Alaska
intersection and facing each dir
ection, the numbers on the left
hand sides of the streets will be
uneven, on the right hand side,
even.
For example, looking from
there eastward on Alaska Way,
Tony's Place on the left, will lie
numbered 101 N. E and ail
numbers on that side will be un
even and N. E. On the right,
Helen’s Eat Shop will be 102 S
E. and all numbers on that side
of the street will be even and S.
E. Kraft’s store will be 111 S E.
and across" the street numbers
will be even and S. W. The
Cheechako club (number not yet
designated) will be unevenly
numbered and N. W. with the
opposite side of the s'reet evenly
numbered and N E
Eaeh 25 foot lot receives a
number and where more than
one building is on such a size lot
(as Kodiak Jewelry and the Cub)
one will receive a number end
ing in a one half Where one
building is directly behind the
other (as the Island Grill behind
the H. Pinch Jewelry) the build
ing in the rear will receive the
same numerals with an “A” des
ignation added. As an example,
121A S. E.
There wi 1 be no number used
smaller than 100.
Election Work
Under Way
Although no council meeting
could be held because of the ab
sence of the mayor, Nick Miell,
out of town, and of Mrs. Edna
Kraft, because of illness, the
committee on Printing and Elec
tions took cognizance of the
approaching election on April 6
and appointed City Clerk Cath
e ine Blankenburg as registrar
The registration book will be
open from now until April 3 at
the city clerk’s office.
J udges and clerks for the elee
tion will appointed at the next
regular council meeting, March
8. Filing of candidates closes 15
jays before t.he election.
Windy Williwaws
Starts “Truckin'”
A vagrant Williwaws blew an
Island Transfer van from in
front of the transfer office on
Harbor way early this W'eek
down the street and onto the
beaeh, where its way was imp
eded by a boat parked on
the sands.
En route the truck ran over
and demolished a skiff belonging
to Jack Delane. The truck w'as
undamaged.
Washington (T1)—A Navy
communique announced that on
Tuesday U.S. bombers fighter
escorted attacked Jap positions
in Kiska, but clouds prevented
observation of results.
Kodiak 5th In
1942 Bond Sales
Total of bond sales for 1942,
as announced tins week by 0 A.
Torgersnn, local chairman of the
War Bond Drive, show that A
laskans purchased $7,321,552.75
worth of all issues, of which
$6,205,905 25 were of Series E
bonds.
Anchorage was first with $1,
488,290.50 in sales, with Ketchi
kan a surprising second with
$872,820.25, edging out the usual
second place holder, Anchorage
which recorded $872,288.25.
Juneau and Douglas recorded
$699,374.25, followed by Ko 'ink
in fifth place with $459,848.50.
Sitka had $440,288.25. Other A1 •
aska points totalled $1,369,989.25
Man Dies On
Island Ranch
George Scroggs, 45, died Toe*
day at his home on Harvester
Island, as the result of a ruptured
appendix. He had made ft trip
to Kodiak Saturday on business
and at that lime complained of
being ill On his return to his is
land home he became immediate
ly worse and passed away before
arrangements could be made to
bring him to a doctor.
The deceased is survived by
his wife, Maiy, and seven chiln
dren. He had been a resident of
Alaska four years and lived with*
his family in Kodiak until last
September when he moved to
Harvester Island, whe:e he and
his partner, Carl Killian, operat
ed a livestock farm.
Scroggs was born in Montag,
Texa-, in 1898, and was a mem
bei of the American Legion Fu
neral is to be held today at 2 pm
at the Community Baptist
church, under the aus. ices of the
American Legion, with inter
ment in the local cemetery
Sc rough was a survivor of tfefc
Phyllis S. when it was struck by
a naval vessel in waters near
here last December with tf*>
| loss of two lives, and while a
waiting transportation here te
his home be was employed by
the city as census taker.
Tax Due Despite
Law Changes
Regard ess of any pending or
proposed changes in the federal
income tax Ians, every earnei irt
1942 must file a 1942 income tax
return on 01 l,>efc re March 15, A.
Ve»le Collar, deputy collector of
into;md it venue, now in Kod ak
to assist a\ payers in filing cun
rent returns, announced tins
week. His offices are in Room 9,
Sunbeam hotel.
If any change or changes are
made in the 1942 tax laws, be
fore or after March 15, adjust
ments will be made on the basis
of the new laws Income tax re
turns may be paid in four in
stallments or in one payment,
but at least one quarter of the
total must be [raid by March 15.
It is desired to avoid an unman
ageable rush on March 14 or 15
of tax payers who have waited
until the last minute in the belief
they would not have to pay un
der existing laws. Collar said.
A penalty of nut more than
.*610,000 or imprisonment for not
more than 1 year, or both, is
imposed by statute for wilful
failure to make return on time,
and, in addition, 5 to 26 percent
of the amount of the tax
Income tax blanks, and any
information, may lie secured
from Deputy Collector Collar,
who will he here until April 1