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for the people shall not perish from the earth.'—Lincoln
After The Election
There is every indication that the unexpected results of the city
election were not entirely due to the concerted efforts of the long
shoremen for their candidates. What the election really seems to
show is that a majority, the democratic majority which is such a
part of our communal and political life, desired reform and sought
it by putting into office men chosen from their ranks and com
pletely unidentified with those groups or blocs of voters, organized
and unorganized, which previously through no especial intent or
design, nominally held sway.
Already there has been criticism voiced in private quarters di
rected against the incoming regime, as those favored by the voters
must well realize. Criticisms of inexperience, unfamiliarity with
municipal procedure, and in a few cases at least, of ulterior mot
ives in seeking the offices gained
That criticism is out of place at this time Give the new city of
ficers a chance to act first, and then if criticism is due, give it.
The majority of voters have selected these men—that’s demo
eracy. Now give them an opportunity to show what they can do—
that’s sportsmanship
Kodiak Diary
(continued from page 1)
were consecutively for Nick
Miell, mayor elect... no one
knew that while the judges were
busy reading one batch of them j
Herman Winans, another of the I
judges, sorted out one whole pile
of nothing of ballots that voted
for Miell and handed them to the
other judges that way . . .
Charlie Cook, police chier, was
the Gunga Din of the evening .
when the board expressed a
thirst Charlie left and came back
with a bucket of water and a cup
. . .liquor establishments were
closed all election day. . .
Kodiak is not alone in having
elections . . . the Williwaws,
navy publication at the Naval
Air Station, is fomenting interest
in an eleotion for the governor
ship of Kodiak island and the
.irrmriT
boys are having a lot of fun with
it . . . the campaign is bitter and
personal, with cracks about op
ponents’ false teeth and accus
ations of bribes and skulduggery
Amoag promises of candidates
are one for importing 1500 bc
autifui girls another for fireplugs
(after the dog owners’ votes) and
lamp posts (for leaning purposes)
for Kodiak, and a third for a
pontoon bridge from here to the
mainland, so Kodiak island can
compete with Catalina for the
tourist trade . . . The Williwaws
states no blood has been spilled
yet in the gubernatorial battle.
Maybe it’s anemia. . .
VVe don’t know what it’s all
about, but we hear there were
seven girls on a recent boat who
when queried informed ‘ we’re
going to Kodiak to work on the
Mirror”.. we’ve done a little in
War Costs Money
Give our boys the planes,
tanks and guns required to
win the war.
BUY
U. S. Defense Bonds
vestigating and now we think w#
know why none have shown up
Mrs Nachtweih was aboard and
she corralled most of them for
the variety store , . the best
one w*s about a girl on one trip
who told a stranger that she was
going to work for the Totem Ig
loo and had a wire to prove it . .
the stranger was Charlie Madden
owner ... it wasn’t until Charlie
got home that he found out no
wire had been sent . . .
Add Impossible Quests — That
of the man who dropped in
looking for a second hand bath
tub . . . Too bad we can’t talk
about the weather, there’s so
much of it -- Rosser’s cafe is dis
playing a Victory potato -- it’s
shaped in a peifect V — Kodiak
is getting lots of publicity lately
. . .an article written locally is
on its way to Alaska Life . .
and watch for one fiom Maxine
Davis, here recently data gather
ing. who writes for Good House
keeping, Saturday Eveuing Post,
etc. . . Vic Mathews and a group
are leaving Sunday on a bear
trip to Danger Bay, up Afognak
way to be gone a week . . the
Helsel’s are just back from a 7
day trip around the island on the
mail boat, Charlotte B . . tired,
but happy because the weather
was good and so took “scads” of
pictures . . talk about your
postman’s holiday . . . had tro
ub'e getting ashore some places
becau e everyone was too busy
celebrating Easter to come out
after them in small boats ... at
one village they were met in a
boat by 4 very happy celebrants,
one of whom was standing up
vigorously waving an American
flag and singing something about
“Happy Easter. Happy Easter”.
Mayor Elected
(continued from page 1)
of that number voted. Five of
that number failed to vote for
mayor, and 81 vote* for council
men were lost by the voters fail
ing to indicate a preference for
all three councilmen.
Neither ordinance drew heavy
votes. Many felt that granting
the telephone right of way was a
mere formailtty. Part of the op
position to the prophylaxis sta
t on ordinance came from those
who felt the city would need the
property for its own use, and
others who did not favor such a
facility so centrally located.
It is no news that in the
school board election Mrs. W. J.
Erskine and Mrs. Andrew Hut
ton were elected to the two pos
itions for which they were un
opposed. Mrs. Erskine received
286 votes, Mrs. Hutton 275.
Next Monday will be the last
regular council meeting for out
going members Jorgen Frederick
son, John Steffgen and Frank
Hermann Composing the new
council, in addition to the mem
bers-elect, will be Mrs. Ben
Kraft, Charlie Hopp and Caii
Pajoman Pajoman is out ol
town at present on business.
These new members desiring
to be sworn in may attend the
meeting Monday and after the
election is certified may have
their oaths of office administered
and will then be duly qualified
to take their places at the sec
ond regular meeting of the
month, April 2;, or at any
special meeting, should one be
called before that time.
For the complete returns see
boxed results elsewhere i n this
issue.
Washington — The current
visit of American chief of staff
Gen. Marshall and Harry
Hopkins to England is surmised
to be made in an effort to get an
idea of the Europeau armies and
what the best part the U. S. can
play in the Pacific. The visit is
causing great speculation, and
many sources take it is an indi
cation of a heralded attack on
the Axis armies on there own
ground.
London (.-P)—The British air
craft carrier Hermes was sunk
by the Japanese about 10 miles
off Ceylon.
Mel bourne (/r) — jl
MacArthur said of the del
of Bataan “no army will,
so much with so lity,
Bataan foice went out !
would have wished, fig^ i
the end. . .nothing beg*
more than the last hour(!
and agony. To the y
mothers of its dead I only
.the halo of Jesus of Hi
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