KODIAK .
DIARY...
We don’t think the censor
reads this column, so here would
be a good place to divulge a
little military information about
Alaska that we picked up.
It was interesting to us to
learn that there are now 6 divis
ions of troops stationed in Alas
ka and the Aleutians and an
estimated 1000 aircraft. Arma
ment is piling up at Dutch
Harbor, Kodiak, Nome, Kiska
and Attu.
The 6 divisions comprise mo
torized units, tank forces and
parachute troops. And at a num
ber of bases in Alaska and
Aleutians (we won’t name these,
that would be going too far)
there are cruisers and destroyers
stationed, and 2 specially con
structed aircraft carriers for use
in our northern waters.
No wonder the Japs fear an
attack from Alaska.
Embarrassing moment of the
week: When the alarm sounded
for the Travel Control bureau
chimney fire one of the guys in
the jernt dashed out of the
building and down the hill and
up the street, looking for the
conflagration.
“Wheie’s the fire?” he asked
the first person he met.
“Your place”, was the reply.
The post office department
does have its troubles with ad
dresses and we can see why. For
instance, a former resident of
Kodiak, now on the subscription
list of the Mirror, gets the paper
at Washington, Missouri, Ne
vada. The first is the street, the
second is the town and the last,
really, is the state.
Speaking of mail. Kodiak is
not zoned by the post office, for
the benefit of all and sundry.
Especially for the benefit of,one;
to-wit, the wit (you’re welcome)
wh' continuallyaddresses things
to us at Kodiak I, Alaska.
We have a rule against anony
mous letters. In all cases, if the
writer doesn’t want his name
known, we will print the lettei
without the name—and not tell
anyone who wrote it. We re
ceived an anonymous letter this
week that we are making an ex
ception of and printing. Ihe
letter follows:
“We want to make Kodiak a
city. We have about everything
a city should have, except one
thing. Kodiak needs a curfew to
keep the young boys and girls
off the streets at certain times.
“What’s the matter with the
City Council? Can’t they think?
Or don’t they have the power to
do so. Every other city in Alas
ka has curfews and I don’t see
why Kodiak shouldn’t. It’s for
the benefit of the boys and girls
of this city.
“If Kodiak had a curfew that
i accident wouldn’t have happen
ed last week to a friend of mine.”
| “I shall remain Unsigned
Tne letter gives evidence of
having been written by a school
student, to whom we reply that
Kodiak does have an ordinance,
Sect. 5, No. 9, that provides a
curfew as follows: From May 15
to Sept. 1 at 10 pm, balance of
the year at 9 pm, except when
children under 16 are accompan
ied by parent or on an errand
for parent or employer.
As the city has no bell no cur
few is rune, but Chief of 1 olice
Alvin Sumerlin 6ays the police
foree has been sending children
home in the evening.
We think the letter is illogical
in asserting blame for the, sled
ding accident that caused loss of
life on the lack of a curfew,[even
aside from the fact that th« ac
cident occurred before 9 o’clock.
•*Ek” Gueriu, wen -
Juneau young man, and (i
operator here of the Owl
company, is one of the p
pals named in an
story in a recent issue of a
tary magazine regarding so
the thrilling experiences en*
in, in the line of duty bj
aboard P-boats to the Weafc
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