Eodiah Mirror
"<§y<WJ of cAmc-ica's Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
Town Topics
Wes Rhoades, local furniture
dealer, returned last Friday af
ter spending 2 and a half months
in the States on a buying trip.
He visited with two of his sis
ters in Montana, whom he had
aot seen for 21 years and also
visited in Sitka with his brother
aud sister-in-law, the latter being
a sister of Eino Kainulainen, of
this city.
Kay Martin is being congratu
lated on the birth of a daughter,
Caro! Ann, who was born on
March 21 in Hollywood.
Father Edgar Gallant left Sun
day for Juneau on a ten day trip.
Father Mackin from NOB will
conduct the Catholic services
next Sunday at the chapel.
W. E. Dinaldson, the Upjohn
salesman, arrived in Kodiak this
week from Seattle.
Tout Nachsnd, who is also
manager of II. Pinch Jewelry
store, is the new night patrol
man on the city police force. Jack
King was appointed to the posi
tion but after returning to Anch
orage decided to stay on the po
lice force there.
N&chand began his new job
Wednesday.
Temperatures as low as 15 de
grees • were, recorded here this
week, and unseasonal May snow
which was unusually heavy
Thursday evening brought com
ments from old-timers that it
was the first time they recalled
suck weather in May.
A turkey buffet dinner with
ice cream will highlight the first
dance of a new series at Fort
Greely cooperatively planned by
Enlisted Men and girls in Kod
iak. The first dance, May 9, will
be a formal Atlantic Victory
Dance.
Alaska Steamship
OUTGOING
Edith Wright, fivenlyn King
Rumple, Clara Belle Jackson.
By Associated Press
London (■£>)—Hamburg radio
announced that Hitler was killed
this afternoon (May I) in his
command post in the Reich’s
chancellery at Berlin. The dic
tator fought ‘‘up to his last
breath against Bolshevism” the
announcement said and added
that Admiral Karl Doenitz,
commander of the German
Navy, succeeded Hitler.
London (.P)—Hitler and
Goehbels committed suicide as
Berlin fell in ruins about them,
a Soviet ommunique said.
Moscow (-P)—(Fri.)—The
chancellery in Wilhelmstrasse
failed to yield the body of Hit
ler and the building is burning,
a Red Star dispatch from Berlin
said. Disclosure that Hitler’s
offices were ablaze indicated
that it might be difficult ever
to prove the Fuehrer committed
suicide along with Goebbels
The statement that the bodies
were not found, however, indic
ated the building bad been
searched and strengthened the
theory that if Hitler did kill
himself it was not in the Chan
cellery.
By Edward Ball—Field Mar
shal Von Kleist, the man who
engineered the 1940 break
through into France, surrender
ed himself to the 26th Infantry
division
Asked his views on the fate ol
Hitler, he replied, “I know only
what I read in the newspapers ’
Paris (/P)—Gen. Eisenhowei
announced that all enemy foroei
"LEST WE FORGET”
The sick, wounded and disabled soldiers, sailors
and marines will require medical attention and
care.
Many millions of dollars will be required for
mustering-out pay and benefits voted by Congress
to help our veterans get started again in civilian
life.
The least we can do in return for what they are
doing is to.
BUY Mon* BONDS
SEVENTH WAR LOAN-MAY 14 to JUNE 30
in Holland, northwestern Ger
many and 0'titna k. including
Helgoland & the Frisian islands,
surrendered (effective 9 pin Fri
day Kodiak time)
The surrender was made to
Montgomery’s 21 Army. “This
^ battlefield surrender took out of
I the war the second major group
ing of German forces following
closely the capitulation of Ger
man armies in northern Italy
and western Austria. The only
German forces of any size still
offering resistance are in south
eastern Germany, northern
Austria & Czechoslovakia and
the garrison in Norway.
“The wholesale surrender in
the north followed capture of
half a million German troops in
Montgomery’s territory in the
past 48 hours.
“To the south the 7th Army
joined the 5th in Brenner pass
and captured Innsbruck, com
pleting a 700-mile circuit from
Italy through France, Germany
and Austria, back into Italy.”
Guam—American Naval cas
ualties of 5051, including 1131
killed, were reported as Okin
awa ground fighting reached
another vicious near-deadlock.
Two light units of the Pacific
fleet were sunk off the island in
attack made by 4 flights of
enemy planes.
Gen. Simon Buckner, Jr.’s
10th Army hurled itself against
tough Jap defenses. Only the 1st
Marine division of Maj. Gen Del
Classifieds
FOR MOTHER’S DAY—An i
deal gift—decorative book
ends, hand-made in Kodiak by
Mrs. Bessie Wallin. At the Is
land Fountain.
FOR SATE—Large wood or coal
heater. Almost new. See Bar
bara Lange, 114 S. Brooklyn
FOR SALE—1941 Oldsmobile 8
sedan. Cheap. See A. L. Fen
ner.
FOR SALE—1938 Ford V8 60
HP motor, just rebuilt, like
new. $125. H. Pinch Jewelry.
FOR SALE—Purse seine boat
"Starfish”, 30 ft. with 9 ft. 6
in. beam—50 HP Kermu'h
eng. Inch seine & skiff. See A1
Nixon tf
FOR SALF—International sta
tion wagon, good rubber, incl.
taxi business lie. $1500. See Al
Nixon. tf
FOR SALE or RENT—Mod. 9
room home, sewer, elec., water,
partly furnished incl. 4 beds.
For cash or your own terms in
reason. Will sell with or with
out 2-room home, now rented,
on same property. Latter also
for sale separately.
See Al Nixon or Taylor & Selt
zer, attorneys. tf
FOR RENT—Warehouse space,
clean, dry, heated, in town.
H. Pinch Jewelry.
FOR RENT—Modern 2-room
house, 483 Cope Street.
WANTED TO BUY—We buy
Guns, Cameras & Radios. H.
Pinch Jewelry.
] Valle reported limited gains.
Elsewhere Yanks were held.
Chungking—Chinese started
: a general counteroffensive in
I Hunan province in atternp to
save the American air base at
Chihkiang, 250 miles SE of
Chungking.
Calcutta—Decisive defeat of
Jap forces in Burma was clima
ed with capture of capital
Rangoon. its big port intac
Five-year-old Margaret At
Forde, daughter of a disabled e
service man, pins the first Bud<
Poppy of the 1945 Buddy P0pc
sale on the lapel of Preside!
Harry Truman.
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