VOL 3 NO. 23
"News oj cAmerica’s Last Frontier” ■
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 7, 1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Old Time
Resident Dies
Charles Robert Anderson, 82,
passed away at his home here
Tuesday after a month’s illness
following a heart attack. Fune
ral services were held at the
Community Baptist church
Thursday, with Rev. Gregory S.
Morony officiating. Interment
was in the local cemetery.
The deceased was born in
Gottenberg, Sweden on March
!9, 1861 and became an Ameri
can citizen in Kodiak in 1911,
having come to this city in the
1880’s. He was a ship’s carpent
er by trade, and for many years
operated a store at Kaguyak.
He is survived by 3 sons; Jul
ius and William of Kodiak and
Charles, Seattle; 5 daughters,
Miss Natalia Anderson, Mrs.
Anne Wohlberg, both of Seattle,
Mrs. Mary Nelson, Spruce is
land, Mrs. Hilda Buchanan,
Sitka, and Mrs. Helen Morris,
Kodiak; and by 21 grand
children and 3 great grandchild
ren.
Answer Fire Call
One truck of the Volunteer
Fire depat tment answered a call
at 7:30 pm Thursday to the
rear of the Model cafe A small
fire had been discovered under
the rear of the building, evident
ly starting from a thrown
cigarette. The fire was extin
guished without damage.
The fire siren was not sounded.
Cecil Helsel a-rived yesterday
from Homer for a brief stay on
business.
News Highlights
Pacific Front
American jungle troops cap
tured the Munda airfield on
New Georgia island, after 35
days of hard fighting In the
final assault flame throwers were
used to crack enemy pillboxes.
The field affords a base to use
against Vila on Kolombangara
island & other key positions in
the Northern Solomons. Ren
dova island, 5 miles from Mun
da, was attacked by 18 Zeros, of
which 13 were shot down. Allied
advance on Salamaua continued
against stiffening Jap resistance.
Lt. Cmdr. McClelland Barclay,
internationally famed artist,
previously listed as missing, was
killed when the landing craft
taking h;m to the New Georgian
front was torpedoed. He was one
of several famous artists com
missioned to make a permanent
record of the war.
Asia Front
Medium bombers of the Tenth
US Air Force attacked the ship
ping and dock area at Katha,
enemy railhead on the Irrawad
dy river in Burma. Chinese For
eign Minister T. V. Soong, visit
ing in England, said China ex
pects Manchuria & Formosa re
turned to her after the war. He
declared that China has no terri
torial ambitions in Indo China
or Thailand.
Mediterranean Front
German rear guard retreated
18 miles up the coast from Cat
ania for a possible stand in
mountain positions after Catania
(continued on page 4)
Housebreaker
Gets Cash
The residence of Talmage
Smith, attorney, located on She
likof highway, was broken into
Monday evening by a soldier,
and Smith, returning to the
house about 7:30 pm, surprised
the soldier as he continued his
search of the house.
According to police the soldier
ran out past Smith and escaped.
Smith reported $270 in cash
missing.
Apprehension of the culprit is
expected as the police obtained
fingerprints.
Bank Named
Depositary
The Federal Reserve System
this week named the Bank of
Kodiak as a depositary under
the income withholding tax law,
Oscar A. Torger-on, bank pres
ident, announced.
The new income tax law re
quires that if the withholding
tax amount to more than $100 a
month it must be deposited each
month in the depositary. A re
ceipt will be is ued by Ahe bank:
and at the time of submitting
the quarterly report the receipts
will accompany the report in
lieu of money payment There is
no charge for the service.
Employers withholding less
than $100 monthly may also use
this system at their election.
Deposits of tax for July may
be made now, although regular
forms and receipts w’ill not ar
rive for about ten days.
This Is ‘Main Street’ At Attu
Labor battalions have taken over Attu island, westernmost of the Aleutians which was wrested
from the Japs and are now busy with hammer, saw and bulldozer such as these traveling down the
mud rutted “Main Street” between rows of tents and the supply-laden waterfront.
Fishermen Return
Seven fishermen returned yes
terday via Star Airlines after a
season of fishing in the Bristol
Bay area. They were: George
McKay, Fred Marquart, George
Ellefsen, Ed Higgins, Alfred
Torgramson, Henry Neseth, and
William Worth.
Fall From Truck
Causes Death
Benny B Sena, a soldier sta
tioned at Fort Greely, was killed
instantly yesterday evening at
7:40 on Stielikof highway when
he fell from a truck just as it ap
proached the first guardhouse.
Witnesses said he fell in front of
the rear wheels which passed over
his body lengthwise.
Add New
Patrolman
Two switches were made in
the city police personnel this
week.
Jack King, who previously
was one of the first members of
the city patrol was named as
city patrolman and sworn in
Sunday and Charlie Cook was
given the title of special officer
with the duties of a street com
missioner added. Cook, it was
reported, will function both as
an arresting officer and as super
visor of all street work
The appointments were made
by Police Committeemen Wil
liam Smith and Ben Sholl.
Pearson, third member of the
committee, la out of town fish
ing.
Meeting Set
There will be a meeting of
the Wayfarers’ club at the club
house near the Russian chuch at
8 pm next Wednesday. All in
terested are urged to attend.
Koden misses
Kodiak Trip
Attorney General Henry Rod
en, after several days waiting in
Anchorage, left there last Friday
with Alaska Steamship reserva
tions for Juneau, according to
word received here
It is assumed that press of
business matters in the capital
city prevented his continuing
from Anchorage to Kodiak to
make an investigation in civic
matters. Last Wednesday Roden
got to within 10 miles of Kodiak
but the plane had to turn back
because of weather conditions.
Post Office Issues
Christmas Reminder
Christmas shopping is only 9
weeks away!
At least that is true of shop
ping for overseas personnel as
postal authorities already have
released the dates and regula
tions for sending Christmas
gifts across the sea. Here are
the rules:
All parcels (or shipment to
Army meD overseas must be
mailed between September 15
and October 15. All parcels
must be marked “Christmas
Parcel”, and must contain nei
ther intoxicants, perishables, in
flammable material nor poison.
The weight of each must not be
over 5 pounds, and must meas
ure not more than 15 inches in
length, or 36 inches in length
and girth combined.
No requests are needed from
the recipient duiing the month
period and only one package a
week may be mailed.
Go To Anchorage
Mrs. Ben Kraft, Lowell Wake
field, and Mr. and Mrs Edward
Opp left yesterday by 5tar Air
lines for Anchorage.
Seek Metals On Island
F. J. Jenkins returned recent
ly from the Fed River district
where he and Raymond Red
field have been engaged in ex
ploration work for the Red Riv
er Mining & Development com
pany, which was formed by
these 2 men and Howard Keeler.
The company now has 18
claims of 20 acres each in that
district, Jenkins said, where
there is a 1200 square mile glac
ial area running from near Kar
luk to Olga bay.
He reports that examination
of the glacial till, or debris, dis
1 closes platinum in a l to 15 rs
I tion with gold, along with some
I titanium. In float rock along the
| rivers and beaches he reported
i finding green stone, serpentine
| rock and granite, and some of
) the rock in the glacial deposit is
inlike other rock found on the
sland so far.
Further exploratory work will
be concerned with discovering
the origin of the glacial deposit,
Jenkins said, and with search for
strategic metals.
Past mining in the Red River
area consisted of desultory
beach mining, especially after
storms, with as high as $100 a
day being taken out.
Further work of the company
will be directed toward drilling
on the claims with a view to
ward dredging or dragline op
erations if the property warrants
it, Jenkins reported. Such op
erations would enjoy a distinct
advantage on Kodiak island, he
said, where such operations
could be carried on for 12
months of the year.