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KODIAK, AIASKA FEBRUARY 12, 1944
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Ouzinkie
Man Drowns
Alex Katelnikoff, 33, was the
victim of drowning at Ouzinkie
last Friday. According to reports
Mr. Katelnikoff had attended a
dance and he and a friend were
walking on the public dock about
5 in the morning The friend said
be thought Alex was behind him
but that when he turned around
he was gone. With the arrival of
daylight the body was seen on
the bottom in the vicinity and
and recovered. It was assumed
be stumbled or walked off the
dock in the dark.
The deceased was born in Ou
sinkie on Sept. 13, 1910, and is
survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Nicolai Katelnikoff, and by
2 brothers and 2 sisters. Funeral
services were held Tuesday this
wees
Red Cross War
Drive To Start
The American Red Cross War
Fund campaign for 1944 will be
conducted throughout the month
of March, local Red Cross chap
ter chairman Lawrence K. Wod
linger announced today.
Plans are being made now
with local Red Cross workers to
canvass the people of Kodiak
as has been done in past drives.
Last year the total goal for
the 1943 campaign was $125,
000,000. This year $140 000,000
is required for the national and
international program and $60,
000,000 required for the chapters
for local operations, making the
total national fund goal $200,
ftX),000.
Tbe increase in the require
ments results from increased
needs for worR with the armed
forces. Norman H. Davis, na
tional chairman, says:
“The total number of men in
the armed forces of the United
States to be served has been
wry greatly increased during
the year, and the dispersion of
forces to more and more combat
Jones necessitates Red Cross
service at many more locations.
“This sum, viewed as a total,
seems large, but if it is consid
ered in relation to the number
of men now in the armed forces
it represents a very modest sum
for Red Cross service for a full
year. We are confident that the
American people will respond
generously to this appeal and
provide the resources necessary
for The continuance of the ac
tivities which the Army and
Navy have requested the Red
Cross to render on behalf of the
men in the armed forces and
their families.”
Mrs. N. M. Chamberlain has
been emploped as cook at the
GM Hospital.
Corlett
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Cor ett
(above) commands the Seventh
U. S. Infantry in the invasion of
the Marshall Islands, it was an
nounced. The Seventh U. 3. In
fantry were trained at Fort Ord,
California and are veterans of
the Attu campaign. Gen. Corlett
is well-known here for his service
as commanding officer at Fort
Greely.
Property of K. L. Townsend
in the Leite addition on Mission
road has been purchased by
Harry Howe, lumberman
Sentence Of 10 Years In Reformatory
Follows Embezzlement Of Fur Coat
Bells Transferred
For Russian Church
Two church bells were brought
to Kodiak this week by boat
from Akhiok, located on a small
island at the southern end of
Kodiak island, for use of the
World News
Mediterranean Front
Throwing virtually every a
vailable combat p'ane into 1 of
the greatest ground support
operations ever undertaken, Al
lies launched a terrific onslaught
to protect Anzio beachhead al
ready converted to a bristling
hedgehog of 100s of massed
guns. Americans still fighting
bitterly in Cassino ruins as Ger
mans still fought tooih & nail
from underground dungeons and
cellars.
German high command broad
cast said German tioops pene
trated the Carroceto Aprilia
beachhead 10 miles north of An
zio, capturing railway station
and said Americans & British
lost more than 400 prisoners, 89
tanks.
Roosevelt said it is a very
tense situation and very heavy
fighting existed below Rome but
that the Allies on the whole con
trol the seas and air. The chief
executive told a press & radio
conference that we are praying
Russian Greek Orthodox church'
here. Arrangements for bringing1
them here were made by Father
Gregory Gleboff on one of h■ s!
recent trips around the island |
The two bells were out of a j
set of four in the church at
Akhiok.
i Highlights
for good weather to aid sea &
air operations He said most im
portant news was capture of
Huon peninsula, New Guinea.
Pacific Front
Pearl Harbor — The twe'fth
raid of the war on Wake Ieland,
2000 miles west of here is con
tinuing. American warships &
planes attacked unidentified Jap-,
anese held atolls in the Marshalls.
On the fifth day o the invasi «n
campaign to clear the archipel
ago not a single plane was re
ported lost nor any report of
ship damage.
South Pacific—To climax
months on the terrain of plagued
Huon peninsula, Australians
moving northwestward joined
American invasion forces near
Saidor. The bulk of Japanese
force of 14,000 reported been de
stroyed. Juncture of troops pro
bably signalizes a drive on the
coast base of Madang 60 miles
above Saidor Fliers reported in
dications Japanese may abandon
that base.
Allied Drives In Southwest Pacific
I Open arrows indicate Allied drives against Jap-dominated territories in Southwest Pacific, with Allied
j control of the Eilanden River, it was announced. Sol'd arrows indicate current land offensive on New
jGuinea. Broken line shows extent of Japanese control. (.3* Wirephoto)
Fairbanks C&*)—Mrs. Louise
Williams Allred received a sent
ence of 10 years in a federal re
formatory for women at Alder
son, West Virginia, after con
viction on a charge of embezzle
ment by agent. The 10 yeftfs if
the maximum for the crime.
The charge involved a fur
coat, found at the A lred home,
which was the property of Mrs.
Milton Brown. The coat had
been stored in the vaults of the
Fairbanks Agency, the company
where Mrs Allred was employed.
The defendant claimed the coat
had been bought in Seattle while
on a trip she made while living
at Kodi k.
Notice of appeal has been filed
by her attorneys
Signal Corps
Officer Leaving
Word has been received that
I.t. Stephen A. Harvey, in
charge of the Signal Corps office
in town, will be transferred by
the end of this month to a new
post at Anchorage.
Replacing Lt Harvey as of
ficer in charge here will be Lt..
Charley Kimball, of Sitka.
Lt. Harvey has been station
ed at Kodiak since August, 1934
Airline Effects
Consolidation
Pan American World Airways
announces the consolidation of
its Alaska and Trans-Pacific
Divisions into one division to be
known as “The Pacific-Alaska
Division.” The consolidation
was made effective Feb 1. Alas- ,
ka sector headquarters will be at
Seattle.
Both of the consolidated di
visions operate vital military
sransport services for the Navy
in addition to civilian services
established before the war.
Boy Scout Week
Celebrated
The week of Feb. 8 to 13 is
Boy Scout Week, and marks the
34th anniversary of Boy Scout
work. Since its founding in 1910
no boys’ movement has done so
much for the boys of America as
the Scout movement. Hundreds
of thousands of boys have been
taught higher ideals, crafts and
service.
In this war, as in the last, the
Boy Scouts are making their
contribution through collecting
scraD iron, rubber, old Dapers.
They are the official distributors
of the posters < f the Office of
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