VOL. 3 NO. 17
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 26, 1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Larceny
Charged
A complaint was filed yester
day in the U. S. Commissioner’s
court by Lee Bettinger, part
owner of the Kodiak Bottling
Works, charging Warren A. Tay
lor, local attorney, with grand
larceny.
The charge is said to involve
lumber, claimed by the plaintiff
and valued by him at $150,
which he alleges the defendant
wrongfully appropriated
Hearing has been set for to
day at 1:30 pm by Commissioner
C. C. Naughton.
Tax Notices
Are Mailed
City tax due notices were
mailed this week, C. Blanken
burg, city clerk, announces.
As explained in a notice else
where in this issue the city is
asking that all property owners
who do not receive their notice
report to the clerk and declare
their property and it* value.
Taxes are accumulating on some
property whose ownership is not
properly tecorded and becomes a
liea against the property.
Man Dies
On Way Here
Sivert Rasmessen, 66, fisher
man, died Saturday about 2
hours out from Kodiak while
being rushed to the hospital here
for medical attention. Rasmes
sen, employed by the Washing
ton Fish & Oyster Co. at Port
Williams, had been ill a few
Ki-Yi-Yippee Yay—
It's Round-up Time
At least a half a dozen sol
diers will be able to write home
and dispel some of the illusions
about the Aleutians (outside
papers usually incorrectly place
Kodiak in the Aleutians) when
they tell about joining in a real,
honest—to—goodness roundup
right on Kokiak island
As one of the soldiers said,
when he came to Kodiak he
never expeted to wrap his legs
around a horse and help in a
roundup. The event occurred
Friday at the Tom Felton ranch
on Middle bay, and almost 50
calves were corralled for brand
ing and dehorning in real West
ern fashion. Tom Nelson, ranch
er, supplied the hoss flesh and
besides Sid Old. another old
hand at the game, participants
included ent husiastic nov;ce cow.
girls Delia Anderson, Della Kins
port and Sue Scranton, and “cow
boy” Jack Allman, the latter all
from Kodiak.
After the shouting and dust
were over and the last bawling
little dogie had been taken care
of the "cowhands” enjoyed a
feed and returned home—saddle
sore but satisfied.
days and had suddenly taken a
turn for the worse. The cause of
his death is not known.
Funeral services for the de'
ceased, whose residence was
Seattle, were held here Sunday
at 4:15 pm with interment in
the local cemeteiy.
Papers of the deceased indi
cated he had been born in No:
way and was unmarried. There
are no known relatives.
Tragic Fate
Disclosed
The fate of the only white in
habitants of Attu village before
the Jap invasion has become
known. Charles Foster Jones
and his wife slashed their wrists
when the enemy landed. Jones
died, but his wife lived and is
now in a concentration camp in
Japan.
The couple were known per
sonally to many in Kodiak.
House Burns
This Morning
The former May residence on
Mill Bay road, occupied by Bill
Evans, was totally destroyed by
fire at 3:30 this morning. The
fire was said to have started from
a gasoline lamp.
Fisherman
Passes Thursday
Harry Essen, fisherman, age
47, passed away at the Griffin
Memorial hospital at 9 pm on
Thursday. Death was ascribed
to internal abscesses, for which
he had been admitted to the hos
pital for treatment two weeks
ago He was brought to Kodiak
from Ouzinkie but his home was
at Carmel
He is survived by his widow,
who has been with him here dur
ing his l'lness.
The funeral will be conducted
this aiternoon at 2 pm with int
erment in the local cemetery.
The Fishermen’s union, of which
he was a member, is in charge of
the arrangements.
AUSTRALIA
500
STATUTE MILES"
AT EQUATOR
Japanese, whose main Soulli Pacific base is at Truk, have been building up air strengtn at VVe
wak, Rabaul and on Bougainville (flag and pointers), Allied reconnaissance photos show Allied
bombers have struck at Jap-held Kendari and K jepang (broken arrows) and reported air action
n both sides in the New Guinea battle area (circled). — See News Highlights.
As Soon As This Was I
Written, It Rained
A very pleasant epidemic of i
spring fever, sunburn, and a
wave of innocuous lassitude a--*
mong desultory denizens of
Kodiak has followed the recent
period of bright, clear, balmy,
sunshiny days.
Signs of the times:
Hundreds ( you count them,
it’s too hot) taking advantage
of a cooling waters of Island and
Sprucehaven ( nee Potato Patch,
Mission; lakes.
A number of sunburns, corres
ponding to number of bathers.
( The water at Sprucehaven was
reported as “being too warm for
good swimming.”)
People taking hikes and ride*
out “the two roads” ( Mission
and Mill Bay ) in the cool even
ingenjoying the light that lasts to
midnight. Blackout blows at 10:
30 but nobody turns their lights
out because nobody has
them on.
The weather was so enticing
that Tom Frost, post office em
ployee, climed Pillar mountain
for the first time in 6 years’
residence. ( Just as being a sour
dough requires certain qualifi
cations, no one is a true Kod ak
jan until the}' have added their
stone to the obelisk of rock the
mountain takes its name after.)
Mrs I ena Boeckman, em
ployee of the Totem Igloo,
brought with her from Pasadena,
California, a thermometer. Morn
day, as it rested in the cooling
breeze of an open window of her
home the liquid in the tube ex
panded, filling up the dead
space—and then kept going.
Result—a broken thermometer
Reading at top—130 degrees.
Said Mrs. Boeckman: “It
never happened in Pasadena.”
Another thermometer, in the
shade, registered 86 degrees
Monday.
Make Plans
For Fourth
The war may prevent fire
works and participation by th&
Army but obtside of that it’s
going to be a real, old-fashioned
Fourth of July for all the yoimg
stersdn Kodiak and vicinity!
P. J. Watkinson, program
chairman, who for many years
has guided the Independence Day
celebrations in Kodiak, promises
that kids will get a treat this
year with dozens of races and
events, with prize money for all.
Merchants have donated to a
fund and 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes
will be provided for races and
events for children of all ages
with many new and novel feat
ures.
‘ This is going to be an old
fashioned Fourth ” Mr. Watkin
son said, “designed primarily for
the youngsters. Enough money
has been raised to assure plenty
of prizes and treats, and work
has already started on the pro
gram.’’
It has been decided to hold
the celebration on Monday, July
5, which is a legal holiday as the
Fourth falls on Sunday. A suita
ble location will be chosen and
will be announced next week a
long with the complete list of
features and prizes.
The local office of the Alaska
Steamship company has been ad
vised that all freight shipments
to Kodiak inus have the freiget
charges prepaid from Seattle, ef
fective July 1.
Knute Talbere, of Port Wake
field, is being treated at the
Griffin Memorial hospital tor a
back injury.
Charles Hopp has been named
surveyor and inspector for the
Kodiak Water Works.
News Highlights
World Front
Sec. of War Stimson listed
American casualties since Pearl
Harbor at 63958. Army losses—
7528 killed, 17128 wounded
16615 prisoners & 22678 missing
Navy losses—7000 killed, 4732
wounded, 3556 prisoners & 11010
missing. Stimson said the Philip
pine campaign was costliest with
31000 of which many are prison
ers of war.
Pacific Front
Morale of Jap fliers in the Sol
omons is definitely cracking, as
serted Admiral Fitch, command
er of US operatians in the South
Pacific. Allied airmeD frustrated
a Jap attempt to bomb Darwin,
destroying cr damaging 22 of the
48 enemy aircraft. Army Liber
ator bombers racked the Jap
base on Tarawa island; 7 Zeros
were in the air but did not press
an attack on the bombers. Allied
planes knocked down 23 of 36
Zeros in a battle over the Jap
base of Lae in New Guinea.
European Front
RAF Wows this week demon
strated the practicability of
shuttle bombing over Europe.
Several squadrons of 4-engiaed
Lancasters took off from Eng
land, flew to southern Germany
& devastated the Zeppelin works
at Friedrichshaven & then went
on to North Africa. Wed. night
British heavy bombers took off
from Africa, battered the Italian
naval base at La Sp*;zia & con
tinued to England. Not, a bomb
er was lost on the 2100 mile trip
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