Eodiak illirror
of dimeric*'s Lust frontier ’
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate Sr>.00
Entered in the Po3toflBoe at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
Land Titles
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affidavits must be notarized.
When the application is filed
with the trustee he will notify of
the amount of assessment due
Property owners can file only
within 120 days (4 months) from t
the date of the legal notice an-1
nouncing the process, but owners
should file as soon as possible in
case of conflicts over property.
Application blanks should be
obtained from the following:
•George A. Parks, Townsite
Trustee, Box 1481, Juneau, Al
aska.
All Kodiak property owneis
must realize this point—that no
matter what records or papers
they have now to show their
•ownership, they must file the-e
applications or they are subject
to loss of their property.
The offic;al notice describing
the steps necessary is published
on page 2.
Election
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the council before the franchise
becomes effective The franchise,
modeled after the one governing
the petitioner Mrs Martha
KostrometinofT, at 8itka, pro
vides:
I. Authority to construct,
maintain and operate an electric
telephone system and excavate
and erect all necessary wires and
poles, and to place the telephone
wiies underground within the
term of 20 years.
.2 Martha Koatrometinoff
shall maintain an adequate tele,
phone system.
3 The city reserves the right
to make such rules in relation to
t, re '‘operation of said telephone
«y i em as from time to time may
be deemed necessary."
4. The plant, must be in opera
tion witliin 36 months and in de
fault the fiarchise ic null and
void and M’s. Kostrometinoff
shall forfeit a $2000 property
bond, already posted.
Other provisions of the fran
chise control placing of poles and
interests of the city in any dam
age due to orders given by city
officials during fires
Registration yesterday was
346, and if more than 12 voters
register today last year’s mark of
358 will be beaten.
Liquor establishments will be
closed on election day.
By Associated Press
News Highlights
London — Marshal Tolbuk
hin's tanks penetrated the low
range of hills rising just inside
the Austrian trontier & threaten
ed to lay siege to Vienna momen
tarily.
Moscow dispatches said Graz,
hub of communications remain
ing open between Austria &
Nazi forces in Slovenia, Croatia
& Yugoslavia, was outflanked
by spearheads.
,The Italy rail line was under
fire & the German army's con
fusion bordered on panic, Soviet
frontline reports said. The head
long flight into Austria cost the
Germans 18,000 prisoners in 2
days The 3rd White Russian
army, credited by Moscow with
a toll of nearly 100,000 Germans
in mopping up Blast Prussia,
multiplied pressure on forces
still holding out with hundreds
of additional field guns & fleets of
American-made trucks carrying
rocket guns.
Paris—1st Army tanks, shear
ing the Ruhr from Germany
streaked northward so fast it
lost contact with headquarters
in the rear bu the enemy said
it reached Bad Wildungen, 190
miles from Beilin The U. S. 9tl
Army broke clear through Ger
man lines in the Ruhr itself after
knocking the first-rate Gefrnan
116th Tank division off its feet.
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"OUR SOLDIERS
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are pushing back the Nazis all along the western
front..
BUT—they still need your help.
You can also help push back the Nazis and the
Japs by .
BUYING MORE BONDS
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The 9th captured 10,000 prison-.
era in crossing the Rhine.
This seemed the pattern of the
west front onslaught: British for
ces are driving to seal off North
German ports & moving with the
9th army toward meeting the
1st army to box off the Ruhr;
the 3rd army is gouging middle
Germauy toward Russian lines;
the 7th army is moving in posi
tion to slice off mountainous
southern Germany where Nazi
war criminals might try to hole
up.
London—Uanzig, turn cen
tury Baltic city where shooting
in the second world war started,
has fallen to the Russians, the
German command announced.
While the capture was not con
firmed Red Army dispatches
said Stalin expected to salute the
final victory at Danzig soon.
Manila—Elements of Maj.
Gen William Arnold’s American
division, conquerors of Cebu, in
vaded Mactan island, directly
across thejnarrow channel from
that the tiny island of Cauit,
southwest of Cebu, was also in
vaded.
MacArthur announced at
Manila that his planes had
bombed a factory, airdrome,
trains on Formosa & sank a
;7000-ton cargo ship &5 coastal
vespels offshore.
Guam—The U.S. Pacific fleet,
augmented by a powerful Brit
ish battleship & carrier task
force, poured shells and carrier
planes for the 7th straight day
atRyukvus where 'iokyo said
American transports were mov
ing for an invasion.
Disclosing that the 35,000
ton battleship HMS King George
V, the 23,000-ton carrier Illustri
ous & other British warships at
tacked the southern end of the
island chain, Adm. Nimitz said:
“The attack on shore installa
tions of Ryukrus continued with
carrier planes & surface gunfire.”
Jap planes & torpedo boats tried
to deal blows against the attack
ing warships. No mention of
damage to our fleet was mem
tioned
Washington—India based Su
perforts struck Singapore Thurs
day, blasting oil supplies Ap
proximately 40 B 29’s made the
attack. Results were not avail
able.
Rome—German troops cont li
ned to spread harassing artillery
fire over the 5t h aimy fiont.
Movements behind the enemy
lines was noticed m the central
sector south of Bologna.
Chungking—Americans aban
doned the airoase of Laohokow,
200 miles n)rthwesl of Hankow,
on Monday in face of a push by
Jap forces estimated at 80 000 j
men.
Juneau (JP)— Governor Gruen
ing announced veto of the House
bill regulating nonmedical heal
ing. the Senate b.ll providing for
consolidated school districts, and
the Senate bill taxing insurance
premiums and providing for the
collection from Outside insurance
companies.
Washington (H*) —The Feder
al Board of Hospitalization told
De'egate Bartlett that it favors
eonsiiuctim o; a veterans’ hos-j
pital in Alaska
Alaska Mirunti*
INCOMING
Mrs. Alice MeClosky, Mrs.
Vlargaret George.
Mrs. Mary Garoutte, Mrs
Merrill Coon.
JUTGOING
Grant Saylor, Lt. Win. Wilson.
Jack Molyneux, Ed Higgins
Virgil Baker, Nan Holt, Jacque
Pardieu.
Jacqueline Smith, who under
went an emergency appendect
omy last Friday, was reported
yesterday to be much improved.
Mrs Vincent Pellegrini and
Mrs. Wilbert Olson were honor
guests at a stork shower Wed
nesday evening, March 21, given
by Mrs. E. Harding, Mrs.
Charles Nettle and Mrs. Hut
chins at the Nettle home. Guests
were: Jane Hayward, Mildied
Flint, Mrs. Z. Patehen, Mrs.
McKenzie, Kay Johnson, J. Co
wan, Mrs. Stockwell, Mrs. Frank
Erbes, Mrs. Royal Munson, Mis.
Eaton and Mrs. Fred Jordan
Rev. Gregory Morony, Pastor
of the Community Baptist
Church, announces that starting
this Wednesday evening at the
7:30 Vesper Hour he will present
a series of studies on the Biblical
book of Isaiah. Isaiah wa3 one of
the greatest of the Old Testa
ment prophets, and his writings
came out of the life and times in
which he lived. The study wili
consider the secular history of
the Jews and of the surrounding
nations during the last half of
the 8th century B C. when he
lived Also, the economic, social,
and religious conditions of the
people, as well as the biography
and character of the man Isaiah,
will be included in the study be
fore taking up the contents of
the book itself.
The studies are open to any
who wish to attend.
Sale of the large, 3-story resid
ence south of the Beachcomber’s,
on the former Chester Clark
homesite, was recorded at the U.
S. Commissioner’s this week. The
proper:y was purchased for $3150
by Peter a id Katherine Chichen
off from Hobart Wiseman, Cor
dova
Chris Nielson, superintendent
of the Washington Fish & Oysier
company Cannery at Fort Wil
liams, arrived this weeK from
Seattle.
_
Erskine’s new meat market,
which has been moved from its
separate room to the main store
space, will be opened today.
Herb Doraenici, dock superin.
ten dent for the Washington
Fish & Oyster company, visited
in Kodiak on his way to Port
Williams.
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ashore.
From the rescue boat a small
boat, manned by 3 sailors, w&8
sent ashore to get them. On the
return trip as they neared the
rescue vessel a large wave sud
denly swamped the boat with
the eight, in it and it capsized.
One of the rescued sailors was
washed by a wave against the
larger vessel and was hauled
aboard.
The skipper of the rescue boat
saw a hand appear and catch the
side of his boat, and ran over
and grabbed it. He called for
help and thev were able to pull
the second man aboard although
his shoulder was injured. _ j
Search for the others was con
tinued but none was glimpsed
again. The sea was running high
and the dark and snow obscured
vision. The accident was report
ed to have occurred about 10:30
pm.
Naval searching parties were
sent out the next day and a
plane saw the body of Jessie
Nelson in the water and a ship
was directed to it and the body
recovered Other navy land
parties, and searchers from
Afognak village, continued
combing the area but up to es
terday no other bodies had lieen
found.
One of the servicemen rescued
was one of six saved when a
navy boat sank with the loss of
9 lives in a storm just north of
Kodiak last January.
Classifieds
FOR RENT—Modern furnished
houses, hot & cold water, show
er, etc. Pleasant neighborhood
See S H.Sears, Mission rd. 4 21
FOR RENT—Small comp. mod.
3 room house. Inquire of own
er at 334 N Brooklyn Ave.
WANTED—El°c auxiliary wat
er pump See Bill K~eirier, cab
driver.
LOOKS & KEYS—Locks repair
ed and installed. Keys made
for your car, padlocks, homes
or storas Safes serviced.
Leave note or order at Wod
ling’s Drug Store. Kodiak
Locksmith Service 4—7
WE BUV—Guns—Cameras
Radios. Harry Pinch, Jeweler.
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WORKS
TANKS
SKEG IRONS
RUDDERS
"You Break It — We Weld It"
“Tuck” Wheeldon & “Red” Burnham, owners
r ocated in Old Erskine Machine Shop Building
Open after 6:80 pm weekdays—All day Sunday