OL. 2 NO. 28
"News oj oAmericas Last
KODIAK, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 12, 1942
PRICE 10 CENTS
Will Call Youths; Censorship To Be Eased
rs. W. J. Erskine Passes Thursday Night
All Kodiak is mourning the
jdden passing on late Thursday
gening of Nellie Morse Erskine,
eloved wife of W. J. Eiskine,
ad one of Kodiak’s most active
■orkers in community enter
rises.
One of Mrs. Erskine’s newest
ctivities was working to provide
ntertainment and dances for
jembers of the armed forces, and
'hursday evening Mr. and Mrs.
kskine attended a dance at
’ort Greely. On their arrival at
heir fume Mrs. Ersfcine, getting
ut of the car, complained of an
1 feeling and collapsed on the
ralk. She was carried into her
ome and death came shortly
fterward Dr. A. Holmes John
on, who was called immediately,
ronounced death due to a stroke
The body has been removed to
he army area, and late last night
.ineral arrangements were still
ending, awaiting word from re
vives in San Francisco.
Mr. Erskine, grief-stricken, was
M&ken to the Griffin Memorial
■lospital yesterday for rest and
fare, and remained there last
Light.
Besides Mr. Erskine the de
eased is survived by a son. Wil
on F Erskine, navy lieutenant,
kho arrived here yesterday eve
king by plane from Cordova; a
laughter, Mrs. Chaffee Hall, San
francisco; her parents, Mr. and
W. VV. Erskine and two
irs.
rothers, Morse and Herbert Er
ine, all of San Francisco.
Mrs. Erskine was the descen
dant of a pioneer San Francisco
Itmily, ami was born in that city
fen November 7, 1885.
Mrs. Erskine was noted for the
whole-hearted way she gave will
ingly of her time to any worthy
(cause, and she will be missed in
|he many activities she was de
moted to. She was a prime mover
in the work of the Red Cross,
and projects in the Ladies’ Guild
of the Griffin Memorial hospital
wed much of their success fo her
uiding hand. She was also active
in church work, and recently
ponsored the Women’s Service
3lub with the aim of providing
tntertainment for men in uni
onn.
Firemen To Meet
1 There will he a meeting of the
f idiak Volunteer Fire depart-1
^nent Tuesday at 9 p. m. at the
Mecca.
Dinner Cancelled
A Wayfarers’ Club dinner, an
nounced elsewhere in this issue,
has been cancelled until further
notice.
The Marines Land In Solomon Islands
This official U. 8 Navy photo shows the U. 8. Marines landing on the beach of a South Pacific
island. This is one of the first photos to arrive here showing scenes of the actual invasion of the
Solomon Islands group by our U. S. Marines.
District Governor Presents Charter To Rotary Club
Official presentation of chart
er was made at the Rotary club
luncheon Tuesday at the Brown
Bear cafe by Fred K Jones. Dis
trict Governor, of Spokane, who
also, on his own behall gave the
club a traditional gavel, inscrib
ed with the name and new num
ber. 5533, of the club. R. H
Chadwick, president, accepted
the gift on behalf of the club.
Jones is head of district 101,
compiling Oregon Washington,
northern Idaho, British Colum
bia and Alaska, which is the
largest d’strict in Rotary with
the largest number of clubs.
With the official recognition of
the Kodiak club the district now
has 93 clubs
District Governor Jones, in
speaking to the members, out
Thomas Makes Trip
Bill Thomas, in ch^frge of the
Contractors’ butcher shop at the
base, left recently for a three
months trip.
He will visit Anchorage, Val
dez, New York and Washington,
D. C.
Visit In Town
John Hughes and Roy Fred
rickson spent the weekend visit
ing friends in town.
lined the organization and work
of Rotary, emphasizing the Rot
ary ideals of attendance at meet
ings and of sponsoring projects
for the community good. He
[complimented the local club on
woik it has already done, and
said that the job done here in
securing funds for KODK was
one of the outstanding ones he
had had reported to him.
Jones left here Thursday to
visit Rotary clubs in Anchorage
and Fairbanks and will then re
turn to his home. He visited
clubs in Juneau, Ketshikan, and
Sitka en route here. Before leav
ing he was a guest for a day at
the base.
Stuka Crashes On Egyptian Desert
A German Stuka dive-bomber crashes into the Egyptian desert earth after British anti-aircraft
fire caught it. The Nazi pilot baled out and was taken prisoner.
Washington (JP) — President
Roosevelt informed his press
conference that he thought it
will be necessary to take youths
of 18 and 19 into the armed for
ces before the first of the year
through Selective Service, but
would not estimate when. He
also said the Navy department,
was considering a plan to stop ■
Navy enlistments of young men
so Selective Service could pick
them for the branches of serviee
needed.
Washington (-P) — Govern
ment officials have promised
considerable relaxation of cen
sorship restrictions on trans
mission of news to Alaska, Sen
ator Wallgren reported. The re
port of the Senate subcommittee
which visited Alaska is to be
kept confidential as vital war
steps are concerned, he said.
City Shooting
Brings Fines
! Robert Vreeken, Jim Garrett
and Ross Galbreath were finc4
: $50 and costs each by City
Magistrate C. C. Naughto*
Thursday' on a charge of violat
ing the city ordinance which
prohibits the shooting of fire
arms within the city limits. The
charge was filed after the me*
were holding target practice
near Brooklyn avenue.
It is reported that a pi n is
being soueht to provide a target
range near town for civilian use.
112 Vote In
General Election
In the general election of the
Third Judicial division 112 voles
were cast in the Kodiak precinct
and the vote went straightdown
the ballot for the Democratic
candidates F o 11 o w i n g is the
local score:
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond,
Democrat, 105
Territoria' Treasurer Oscar G.
Olson, Democrat, 95
Labor Commissioner Walter
P. Sharpe, Democrat, 84
Territorial Senator H. H. Mc
Cutcheon, Democrat, 86
First four for Territorial He
Dresentative were:
Joseph W. Kehoe, 92; William
A. Egan, 86; Stanley J. Mo
Cutcheon 78; Harvey J. Smith,
53. Republican candidates Aimer
J. Peterson and Moritz A. And
resen received 42 and 30 votes,
respectively. In addition there
were 5 write in voles for Haas,
as Labor Commissioner.