Eodiak iiliiior
“chfequs of (America's Last ‘frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Larame, Editor and Publisher
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Seattle Representative —The Alaska Newspapers,
1011 American Bank Building, Seattle, Washington.
"... that government of the people, by the people,
for the people shall not perish from the earth■' Lincoln
World News Highlights
Pacific Front
(Maj. Gen. Charles Corlett,
formerly commanding officer at:
Fort Greely, led the 7th Infant-!
ry in the following attack )
US troops landed in the Mar
-shalis near Roi & Kwajalein &
established beachheads Nimitz
reported in a communique Japs
were putting up strong opposi
tion but initial information in
dicates American casualties so
far are moderate. This is first
time invasion has been attempt
ed iq any territory Japs held be
fore IPearl Harbor. Cfur troops
are fighting to take islands which
enemy has been preparing for
Quarter of a century. Nimitz
said 4th Marine division, head
ed by Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt
landed in the Roi island area &
7th Infantry, commanded by
Maj Gen. Charles Corlett, land
ed in the Kwajalein island area.
Plan of oreiation uiesumatly
calls for securing lipht'y defend
ed islands near Kwajalein &
Roi, then blasting at those two
strong points preparatory to
capturing them. Kwajalein has
an excellent harbor, seaplane &
submarine bases, Roi probably
the best airfield in the Mar
shalls
Second Day—Several islands
adjacent to Namur have been j
stormed & captured. We landed
troops & mechanized equipment
in force pushed enemy troops
into extreme northern portion
of island & wiping them out.
Known Jap dead on Kwajalein
alone given as 1250 of estimated
garrison of 2000. American
known dead same island 27 with
9 missing & 190 wounded. This
is remarkable ratio about 46 to
1. US forces are making satis
factory progress.
Russian Front
Systematic extermination by
Red Armies of 10 encircled Ger
man divisions in the upper
Dnieper bend is under way,
•newspaper Red Star said, while
main Soviet forces continued
forging westward from Ukraine
& Baltic Midnight communique
indicated nearly 10,000 trapped
Germans already killed in situa
tion west of Cherkasv where 9
infantry & 1 tank divisions are
trapped. Great 5-day offensive
presents “same picture as Stal
ingrad” said Major Orender
Dispatch said Germans are ex
hausted.
European Front
Marshal Rommel, master of
the “don t get trapped” tactics
is reported back in Italy direct
ing Nazi strategy. Allied Hqrs.
disclosed Germans launched ex
pected big offensive against
Anzio beachhead below Rome,
supporting assault terrific fire
power & tank charges. On main
5th Aimy front Americans are
Secretary Morqanthau Recently Said .. .
The soldiers on the various battle fronts are wor
ried. The reason being that they feel that after
they are through fighting our battles and return
home they will also have to pay the cost of this
war for many years to come.
They fight with guns and give their lives. The
least we can do is to aid their fight with our money
for which we are being paid. Buy an extra bond
this time to show the boys we are backing them up.
* 5fC -*
BUY MORE BONDS
fighting fiercely on outskirts of
Cassino using tanks against
Germans who had to be cleaned
out of rubble-cushioned dugouts
& cellars in methodical bloody
fashion.
Fire
(continued from Daee 1)
as both have had years of ex
perience in that trade, both in
this country and in Europe.
Stebbins is employed in the bot
tling department
The fact that the new employ
ees had just arrived and that the
candy factory was to begin full
operations made the fire doubly
tragic. A brighter side, however,
was provided by the fact that
although room had been c eared
for storing a large shipment of
varied supplies, including 100
additional sacks of sugar, they
had not arrived. The boat bring
ing them was later than expect
ed but pulled into Erskine’s
dock during the fire.
With these new supplies op
erations will be resumed as soon
as parts arrive for the machinery.
Jim Pierce, one of the co
owners, knows what fire is. It
was on December 12, 1942 that
Pierce’s fountain suffered heavy
damage in the Brown Bear
and fountain fire.
Classifieds
ROOMS FOR RENT—Day,
week, monthly rates. V03 or
201 Mill Bay road. tf
BEACH ROOMS—By the day,
night, week or month. Board
and room. Call at 501 Beach
Road during the day. J1
FOUND—Black & gold cap for
fountain pen. Owner may
identify and pay for ad at
Mirror office.
Bond Men Named
Committees for canvassing
town in the 4th War Bond drive
were named by President Steve
Harvey of the Rotary Club at
the club’s luncheon Tuesday, as
follows:
Charles Madsen and Forest
Ayers: From Totem Igloo to
firehall
Merrill Coon and E. Kainu
iainen: Standard Oil to Bank
corner.
Larry Wodlinger and R. R.
Lunday: Bert’s to Helen’s Bat
Shop.
Ben Kraft and Emil Knud
sen: Brooklyn avenue.
Guest at the luncheon was
Elmer Johnson, representative
of Marshall Crutcher, account
ant.
A lot in the Leite a I>• n
was sold this week t>y J!*
Nilsen tn S. E. Neville f
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CHEST COLDS
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heir cheats, throats and backs areru^
nth Musterole. So Musterole
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Musterole helps break up ,
ng and tight, sore, aching ^
lue to colds. In 3 Strengths
Idild, Regular, and Extra Strong.
MUSTEROLE
INCOME TAX FORMS
have arrived!
I will be at Room 1 in the Sunbeam Hotel
evenings and Sundays until February 1st,
thereafter at regular hours.
Gome early and avoid trouble later
Howard L. Keeler
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
(N«w York)
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