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NO. 31
"News oj ^America’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK, AI 4SKA DECEMBER 9, 1944
PRICE 10 CENT®
Bond Sales
$9000ToGo
A 15000 bond purchase by the
Inchorage Cold Storage*[com
f»ny, operators of the local
Coca-Cola plant, and a $3000
purchase for Kodiak by the
Standard Oil company, swelled
Kodiak’s total this week in the
Sth War Loan drive.
The drive, reported going
slowly in the States, has just a
reek more to go in Kodiak’s at
empt to reach its own goal of
124,000. Fairbanks is so far the
inly Alaska city to have passed
Is mark.
Bond sales in Kodiak, totted
festerday by O. A. Torgerson,
oca) bond chairman, were
115,431.25.
brother Killed
)ver Berlin
Gilbert Bubendorf, bookkeep
rat 0. Kraft & Son’s, was noti
ied by wire yesterday that his
irother, Lt. Arthur A. Buben
lorf, was killed in action over
terlin, according to information
»\a,yed by relatives from the
(far Department.
Lt. Bubendorf was 20 years old
ind was presumably on a bomb
:r mission. He was reported
nissing in action in late Octo*
ier.
Kodiak Case
Appeal Denied
Anchorage—An appeal filed in
ike District Court in the case of
if. J. Erskine & Co. versus Earl
iomm was dismissed here Dec.
1st.
The civil suit, involving a biil
for an outboard motor claimed
owed to the company by Komm
»as tried iu the Justice Court in
Kodiak before C. C. Naughton
'ii August 22. That court found
,'or the defendant.
I The appeal was dismissed by
judge Simon Hellenthal on the
Wind that it was not properly
token.
Hunting Trip
Nets 3 Moose
A hunting party, consisting of
Nr. and Mrs. Don Rogers and
Nr. and Mrs. Mike Verimlyea,
*gged three moose near Sum
sit Lake, about 50 miles from
^ward.and returned to Kodiak
Tuesday. Mrs. Vermilyea, who
Hidn’t have a license, was the
% one personally mooseless,
'lie party reported a lot of
s°ose in the vicinity.
Mrs. Rogers did net return
!>th the party, but went on to
tochorage to visit her father,
‘srence Hunt, for a few days.
American Robot Bomb Is Launched
Here is the first picture of the launching, at an undisclosed proving ground, of the American
version of the German V-l robot bomb. It was copied from battered duds found in England
Fred Marquart
Dies Wednesday
Fred C. Marquart, 43, passed
away at the post hospital Wed
nesday evening after six weeks’
illness Death was ascribed to
miliary tuberculosis,
Mr. Marquart was well known
here where he had been employed
as longshoreman. He was a form
er employe of Siems-Drake and
at thj time of his admission to
the hospital was employed by
the Army.
Mr. Marquart was a yeteran
of the last war, and was born iu
1901 in Minnesota, He is sur
vived by a brother, Walter, in
Hancock, Minnesota, and by
other relatives in that state.
Funeral arrangements have
not been made pending receipt
of word from relatives.
Churchill Explains
Greece Stand
London (JP) —In a fighting
mood Prime Minister Churchill
defended Britain’s intervention
in Greece and Italy and won a
resounding 279 to 30 vote of
confidence in the House of Com
mons. Churchill, who is 70, re
ceived his 9th vote of confidence
after declaring that Brita n acted
in Greece only to avert gang
ster rule. Simultaneously British
Ambassador Halifax announced
in Washington that the Ameri
can and British governments
have achieved an understanding
on Greek and Italian issues
without defining “understand
ing”
Further fighting between Left
w’ing forces and British troops
continued in Athens even as
Churchill spoke.
As for American supported
Count Sforza for Italian foreign
minister Chruchill said that Bri
tain simply didn’t trust him
“nor would we put the slightest
confidence in any government of
which he was the dominant
member.”
By Associated Press
Radio Tokyo admitted a quake
Wednesday caused a tidal wave
that covered houses, started
landslides and damaged buildings
after almost a day of denials of
major damage. A Domei dispatch
intercepted by FCC said:
“Seismic center quake hit Tok
yo district in the Sea of Enshu
Districts affected included Hem
matsu, Shizuoka and Nagano.
1 idal waves caused some houses
10 be inundated while in other
places damage was slight with
only window panes broken. In
general damage was slight Prac
tically no damage was caused our
production facilities.”
No mention was made to dam
age sustained to shipping which
may well have been heavy.
Rome—British Polis troops
driving on through rain and fog
and mud continued to enlarge
the bridgehead over the Lamone
river southwest of Faenza and
captured Castel, Raniero, Olma
tello and Pideura. Simultaneous
ly the Allied command disclosed
the 1st Canadian corps, com
manded by Lt. Gen. Charles
Foulkes, is in action. The 8th
Army front scored a break
through in heavy fightmg bet
ween the Lamone and Montone
rivers which resulted in the fall
of Ravenna.
London — The French tele
graph service broadcast quoted
(continued on page 41
Former Residents
Buy Cordova Hotel
Mr. and Mrs. William Miller,
who left Kodiak in February,
1942 for Cordova, recently pur
chased the Windsor Hotel in
that city from Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Jackson, who have operated
it the past year and a half.
Mr. Miller is well-known here,
and has followed boating, fishing
and deep-sea fishing, and the
Windsor is his first venture in
the hotel business.
The hotel was built in 1908
i aud was operated in the early
days by Line Wain and succes
sively owned by Oscar Breed
man, Kodiak liquor dealer, the
Lathrop company, and the Jack
sons.
40ToTake Part In
Christmas Doings
A special Christmas program,
with between 35 and 40 children
participating, will be presented
at the Orpheum theatre the
evening of Sunday, Dec. 24, un
der the direction of Miss Betty
Carter.
The program will be a special
feature of the annual Christmas
tree provided for children of the
community by the Rotary Club.
After the program SaDta
Claus will make a very special
appearance and will distribute
gifts to all children present.
Gets Citizenship
Mrs. Norman Fjeldheim re
turned to Kodiak Thursday
after a quick trip to the district
court at Anchorage, where she
received her final naturalization
' papers.
Surplus List
Prepared
If you are one of those inter
ested in surplus war property
sales in Alaska, a new method of
seeking such material has just
been outlined by the Recon
struction Finance Corporation,
agency for the property disposir
tion in Alaska.
A list has been prepared by
the RFC for distribution to
every post office in Alaska whieb
classifies all material goods into
separate groups, each of which u?
preceded by a 3-digit number
Any prospective purchaser
should consult tnie list, n yuo»>
able, determine what type ©£
products listed thereon he might
be interested in, and then write
to the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Box 1349, Fair
banks. In the letter he should
state the number and name oi
the group in which the product
desired falls, together with any
more detailed description or
comment that may seem neces
sary to make his wants clear
From letters received the RF
C will compile mailing lists and
all individuals expressing an in
terest in any particular group or
commodity will be notified
promptly whenever such be
comes available.
(A copy of the classification
list is also available at the Mis^
ror office; it is not a list of arti
cles now available )
It is “believed some material*5
will be declared surplus in al
most every part of Alaska ’’ Op
■portunitv will be given to inter
ested parties for reasonable in
spection. Sales will be on a
strictly “as is and where is”
basis, with transportation costs
by commercial carrier from point
of sale to be born by the pur
chaser.
As at present contemplated,
sales will be on a cash basis. Be
latively short-term credits may
be issued in a few cases, possi
bly where amounts of some ak©
are involved. No set price will
be placed on any commodity, al
though in some cases it may Ins
necessary to establish a mini
mum floor beneath which do of
fers would be accepted.
Interested parties should feel
i free to write the RFC at any
I time concerning any question
that arise.
On Holiday Visit
Charles Madsen, owner of the
Totem Igloo Curio shop ane!
Sunbeam hotel, left by plane
Thursday for Portland, Oregon,,
to visit dining the holidays with
his daughter, Elizabeth, who is
in a sanitarium near there* He
expects to return after the first
of the year.