Luzon Invasion Armada In Gulf
Mrs. Vera Fierce left by Alas
ka Airlines this week for Anchor
age and Fairbanks on a business
trip.
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Miss Alice Madsen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mad
sen, left by Alaska Airlines
Tuesday on her way to Portland,
Oregon, to visit her sister,
Elizabeth, a patient in a san
itarium near Milwaukie. She
expected to catch the Aleutian
at Seward for Seattle and will
return in about a month.
Leona Smith, former Kodiak
resident and local property ow
ner. who has been living in Fair
banks, returned to Kodiak this
week to make her home here
permanently.
Mrs. Albert Kreiser, formerly
of Kodiak and now of Fair
banks, was a recent patient in
the St. Joseph’s hospital there.
Herbsrt Morton Snow, Carp
enter’s Mate, Third class, form
er Seattle Times linotype operat
or and former resident of Cor
dova, Alaska, was lost when the
destroyer Hull sank in a typhoon,
the Navy Department informed
his wife, Ethel.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Gerald
purchased their new home, the
former Ed Metzker residence,
from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Worth,
and not from L. F. Nachtweih,
as reported previously. The
Worths purchased the property
from Mr. Nachtweih.
Bruce Parker, of the firm of
Kodiak Timber Co. j
Post Office Box it6 Kodiak
Shiplap and 2x4’s $50.00 per M |
at the mill
Robert V. Scheele
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representing Kodiak
Dawn on S-day for the Ameri
can invasion of Luzon, Philip
pine Islands, found Vice Ad
miral Barbey’s amphibious fleet
inside Lingayen Gulf, ready to
disembark assault troops.
Parker & Huff, insurance adjust
ors, Seattle, arrived from An
chorage Tuesday to determine
the amount of damage in the
Breedman Liquor store fire of
last week.
Jorgen Fredrickson, Jack Mc
Cord and Henry Neseth left by
plane Tuesday for Fairbanks
and points north on an investi
gating trip in connection with
gold mining possibilities. They
expect to file some claims and
plan to be back in about 6
weeks.
A decision to pay cash for the
two city fire trucks was made at
the city council Monday even
ing, the money to be borrowed
from the Bank of Lodiak at the
same rate of interest offered by
the Federal Works Agency. The
purchase price is $5602.10.
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