rrNews oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
PRICE 10 CENTS
VOL. 3 NO. 25
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 21, 1943
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Church
Appeals
My dear friends, the Army
and Navy, the Mayor of Kodiak
and council, all the people of
Kodiak and all Orthodox people
in all Alaska:
With God's help we have fin
ished our business with the in
surance company. The money is
not enough to rebuild our his
torical church in these times.
In this matter we appeal to
you, our nearest friends, and to
all Alaska, to help us in provid
ing money, material and work,
as soon as possible, to rebuild
our church, the loss of which
was a great sorrow.
Kodiak without the church
loses its position of historical
and spiritual prestige. All Alaska
loses its first and be.-t, monu
ment of its history. Our military
people, and all who have step
ped into the Russian Greek Or
thodox church, have felt the
spirit of Baranov, Shelikof, and
other Titanic figures On leaving
the church they have had mark
ed in their hearts a beautiful
historical lesson That is why we
believe all Alaska will wish to
help us restore this monument—
our Holy church.
It is believed whole-hearted
cooperation can be expected
from military personnel in the
Kodiak area.
I believe the 150th jubilee of
the rise of Christianity in Alaska
will be held in 1944 in the new
church. Our first prayer, too, in
the new church, will be a prayer
of glory and thanks to God for
the vrctory of our Army and
Navy over our enemies—and a
prayer for peace for all.
Toward this Holy purpose. I
make the first donation of my
monthly pay of $50. With warm
est and best regards to all. The
Very Rev. Gregory Gleboff.
Russian Greek Orthodox
Church
Building Committee
The Very Rev. Gleboff pres.
Mrs. Fieda Blinn, sec.
Mr. Ben Kraft, treas.
Note: All checks and money
orders should be made to Ben
Kraft, treasurer, Building Com
mittee, and sent to Mrs. Frieda
Blinn secretary, P. 0. Box G,
Kodiak, Alaska Every individ
ual donation must be given to
the secretary, who will issue a
receipt for it. At periodic inter
vals all donations will be listed
in the Kodiak Mirror.
O. E. Jennings, of St. Louis,
connected with the construction
firm which will handle erection
of the new KEA power plant,
was in town this week to make
1 preliminary survey of the
project.
Invasion Imminent?
Here is a detailed map of
Kiska island, showing place
names of the only remaining Jap
base in the Aleutians. Frequency
of recent naval assualts ha$ led
to speculation that a sea-borne
invasion of Kiska might be im
pending.
Weeks News Highlights
Pacific Front
American army troops & ma
rines who made a surprise land
ing on Vella UaVella island, in
the South Pacific, by-passing
Jap held Kolombangara island,
prepared for expected enemy
land <fe air attacks. l andings
were carried out at dawn after
crossing narrow straits in Jap
! territory in bright moonlight.
First to land were specially
| trained army combat teams. An
'army sergeant reportedly crack
ed, “The army has landed and
has the situation well in hand I
when the marines arrive.” Japs
made 5 bombing attacks during
the first day American losses
were 12 killed & 40 wounded.
Japs lost 22 Zeros & 12 bombers
during one day; 2 US planes
were lost. The advance placed
Americans only 75 miles from
the big Jap base at Bougainville.
Allied bombers made 3 raids on
4 Jap air bases at Wewak on
the North coast of New Guinea.
In the latest attack 28 of 30
Zero interceptors were shot
down. Bombers swept low over
the airfields & completed devas
tation of planes caught on the
ground.
World Front
President Roosevelt & Prime
Minister Churchill continued
war conferences at Quebec, Can
ada. Anthony Eden liritish for
eign secietary, has arrived for
the meeting & Secretary of
State Hull is expected to join
the conferences soon. Churchill
asked newspapermen what they
thought of the weather when
they asked him what subjects
would be discussed.
A tlantic Front
Navy Secretary Knox declared
that Germans art losing subs in
the Atlantic faster than they
can leplace them & are being
forced to dig into reserves.
European Front
Flying Fortresses & Thunder
bolt fighters destroyed more
than 100 Nazi fighters in most
extensive operations of the
USAAF. Victories were scored
in heavy attacks on war plants
at Schweinfurt & Cegensburg in
South Germany.
Mediterranean Front
Allied planes struck along
both coasts of the Italian toe in
force equal to the aerial peak of
the Sicilian battle. US cruisers
& destroyers shelled the Italian
mainland for the first time, I
steaming into the Gulf of Gioia
off the west coast to blast instal
lations at Gioia Taura & Palmi.
Allied & Axis artillery exchang
ed long range blows across the
gap between Sicily & the Italian
mainland. Gen Eisenhower
placed Allied losses in Sicily at
25,000 killed, wounded or cap
tured. He estimated Axis casual
ties at 135,000 killed or wound
ed. Gen. Eisenhower stated Ger
mans known to have been in Si
cily at the start of the compaign
numbered 75,000, of which 6 to
7000 were captured & 24,000
killed or wounded. The enemy
lost 260 tanks & 502 big guns
destroyed or captured on the
ground. Allied forces joined at
Messina, the last Axis strong
hold in Sicily, with the British
(continued on page 7)
Meeting Monday
There will be a regular meet
ing of the eity council Monday
evening at 8 pm at the city hall.
OPA Hits
‘Griping7
Tentative arrangements have
been made to permit shipments
of meat to Alaska outside the
quotas recently set by the War
Food Administration, according
to the Alaska OPA. While ex
empting Alaska from original
quotas,, controls are provided to
prevent excessive shipments.
The quotas were based on per
centages of the 1941 meat ship
ments, and Alaska OPA pointed
out to Washington the increase
in population in Alaska since
that period and secured the new
arrangement.
The UFA statement saia:
“There is of course a national
meat shortage and Alaska cer
tainly should have no cause for
comp'aint if she finds her supply
under moderate controls. She
has been affected by food short
ages for less than any other place
under the American flag
“When they have time to
think about the matter, A'aska
will remember that they, too, are
Americans and capable • f tight
en:ng up their belts as the re*t
of the country has been doing
for months. In the meantime,
scare editorials and headlines to
the contrary, we do not contem
plate rationing except as a last
resort
, “It should be called to the at
tention that rationing is bv no
means the bugbear and mon
strosity is has been made to be
Should unforseen events ulti
mately make it necessary to a
dapt a rationing program for
Alaska, there is no reason for
the general public to be concern
ed over the matter Actually
rationing is a protective, not a
menacing procedure, and very
generally throughout the coun
try. in spite of its manifest in
conveniences, it has been grate
fully accepted.
“At present, Alaska s reduc
tion in meat supplies can easily
be met by a system of voluntary
rationing In a country whose
inland waters teem with millions
of pounds of fish, that would
present no serious difficulties.
Newspapers radio stations, civic
and commercial groups, and
even private individuals can
render a very constructive ser
vice to the communities in which
they live by getting behind a
program to eat more fish. That
sort of program now, instead of
insistent demands for special
privileges for Alaska, should be
the objective of every real
Alaskan.”
City Short
On Water
The prolonged period of good
weather has resulted in a wates
■hortage for almost all downtown1
business houses and for resi
dences throughout the city.
The Log Waffle Shop and the
Island Fountain have closed and
many other places are operating
by hauling water. Many homes
that drew water at night to last
ihrornrh the day now have no
water available even during the
night. Many, too, are forced to
go without heat because of hot
water coils in stoves and furn
aces.
The military has supplied a
water truck to enable the hosp
ital to keep open, and yesterday
a military water truck was sta
tioned in front of the deputy U.
IS. Maeshal’s office for public
use.
Light showers Wednesday and
Thursday evenings b-ought no
i relief. a
Violations
Charged
The following complaints,
charging various fishing viola
tions, were made yesterday to
the U. S. Commissioner by Mark
Logan, Bureau of Fisheries:
Birger Hansen, John Rudick—
charged with corntnei'cia fishing
in a closed area.
Turvo Ivey, John Rudiek,
Clarence George, Jacob Strand
commercial fishing in a closed
area.
Frederick Jenkins -barricading
a salmon stream.
Theodore Sargent, Steve Kat
elnikoff, Edward Gardner -fish
ing in a closed area and using
more than one seine
Paul Gilloth, Sam Sharp Tim
Ell s—having and using more
than one seine.
Alex Panamaroff, Charles Reft
Jacob Simeonoff--f siring in a
closed a tea.
Jury trial >n the latter case
has been set for 3:30 pm today.
Bill and Johnny Katelnikoff
were fined $25 each for possess
ion of an illegal seine by Com
missioner Naughton, and George
I Naumoff and PraecopiaOzhuwan
were fined $50 each for fishing,
i i a closed area.
To Show Local Movies
Colored motion pictures of
the Fourth of July celebration in
Kodiak, taken by James Martz,
manager of the Orpheum, will be
: shown at a free matinee at the
; Orpheum next Wednesday at 2
pm. The public is invited to
| attend the showing.