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KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 18, 1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Council Led
|y Skinner
To replace Mayor Nick Miell,
tio recently entered the armed
rvices, Charles Skinner was
>cted mayor pro tem at the
gular meeting of the council
onday evening. The meeting
is taken up with routine busi
es matters.
At the request of the Post
»r Planning Council at Jun
u, a list of projects needed for
odiak was prepared and sent
them. The projects, in order
importance, numbered nine:
1. School building 2. Small
at harbor 3. Streets & side
Jks 4. Federal building 5.
ty dock 6. City buildings 7.
irbage dump & incinerator 8.
»ld storage 9. Playgrounds &
rkb
To replace Jack King, who re
lied from the police force the
incil hired Joe Heitrnan on
ibation, after granting King
ary due him at the rate of
X) a month. The latter motion
nost failed when Councilman
arson cast no vote on it after
icussion as to whether King
>uld be paid at the probation.
r rate but Pearson changed
no vote to “yes”. The coun
also granted Fire Chief Neid
tauser a 60-day sick leave
ihout pay, and at the recom
ndation of the Volunteer Fire
>artment appointed Jack King
temporary fire chief with
wrrence Johnson as temporary
istant fire chief.
Charles Madsen, chairman of
school board, appeared and
nested that the council seek
arrange tran portation for
ool children living on Mission
d, and asked that something
done about cars oarking in
school yard. Rev. John Win
1, superintendent of the Mis
», explained that permission
ise Mission land to build a
bage dump road may be ob
»ed under certain conditions,
the committee was instruct
to meet with Rev. Winters to
■what could be worked out.
'he council also;
dlowed $1000 for work on
«t near Bank of Kodiak and
Carlson hill.
deferred tax adjustment
nos to the tax committee,
ieard the health report from
A. Bates Jones, who said a
iment precedings had been
lght against the Gity Meat
rket because of unsanitary
iitions
ppointed a committee, con
*»g of Councilmen Wodling
irnith and Skinner, to work
‘ the trustees of the Griffin
norial hosmtal on the matter
arses’ salaries.
Card police report on $555
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Plant Sale Today
The Hospital Guild will have
a large variety of fine potted
house plants for sale Saturday
afternoon (toda„>) beginning
at one o’clock, at Erskine’s
and Kraft’s.
Proceeds of the sale will be
used for the hospital. Everyone
is urged to come early for fiist
choice.
Blaze Destroys
Duplex House
A fire which broke out about
8:30 Thursday evening left only
the walls standing of a furnished
duplex residence on the left side
of Mission road near the city
limits, owned by L. F. Nacht
weih. The fire department an
swered the alarm and confined
the blaze to the one building. It
is not known how the fire start
ed, as no one ivas living in the
house at the time. In urance was
carried by the owner.
A slight earthquake tremor
was repotted by some as occur
ing about 8:40 on Sunday even
ing- _
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson con
ducted a physical examination
of 1st grade school children on
Tuesday.
Local Island
Is Leased
Lloyed Swan, owner of the
Alaska Transfer company of this
city, announced this week that
he had taken over the lease from
the government, held by Pete
Magnusen, on Harvester island,
neai the mouth of Uyak bay.
The island contains about 40C
acres, has a band of 96 sheep on
it at present, with some build
ings, including a warehouse,
Swan’s plans first to build a dock
on the harbor there, and latei
contemplates a store and posl
office.
“I have great faith in the fu
ture of Kodiak island after the
war”, Swan said, “as this is the
greatest sheep . raising country
in the world. Last winter, which
was one of the coldest we have
had in many years, the sheep on
Harvester required only 20 sacks
of feed, as they preferred forag
ing even in the coldest weather,
The land is ideal or gardening
and will grow anything.”
Walter and Wilbur Metrokin
sons of Mrs. Maty Cooper, un
derwent tonsillectomies at the
Griffin Memorial hospital yest
erday.
Weeks News Highlights
Pacific Front
US Army Liberator bombers
raided the Jap base at Pararau
shiru in the Kurile islands Tok
yo radio claimed 19 bombers
took part in the attack. Col.
Fogle, inti lligence officer of the
11th Air force said of the planes
m the raid 5 were presumed lost
& 5 others may have reached
lind but were unreported. Raid
ers reported 1 Jap ship sunk, 1
exploded from a direct hit &
another was left afire; 10 Zeros
were downed while 4 others were
possibles. Flyers said between 20
to 40 Zeros attacked the big
bombers as they started home
toward the Aleutians after the
4th raid on the island in the last
few months. The lead Liberator,
with 1 motor blazing, crashed in
the sea, breaking up as it hit.
The tail gunner was still firing
at Zeros as his plane crashed.
Allied ground forces captured
the Malabang landing strip, 2
miles east of Lae. Bombers and
fighters shot down 59 Jap fight
ers at cost of 1 Allied plane in a
great aerial battle at Wewak.
For nearly an hour 70 Jap fight
ers tried to drive away Allied
aircraft which strafed & bombed
the Wewak Jap base. These
raise enemy planes losses at We
wak to over 400 in 6 weeks.
European Front
RAF heavy bombers raidec
German-operated synthetic rub
ber factory at Montlucan, 4(
miles northwest of Vichy Othei
RAF planes attacked Berlin &
Northwest Germany; 8 bombers
& 2 fighters lost. Fortress & Lib
erator fleets made a dusk raid
on aircraft & ballbearing works
in the Paris region.
Russian Front
Soviet land & forces captured
the Black Sea naval port of Nov
orrossisk, to indicate that the
German Kuban bridgehead may
be wiped out in the matter of a
few days. Russian troops capt
ured Novgorod Seversky in a
drive across the Desna river,
which is the last natural defense
east of Dnieper. On the Kiev
front the Russians captured the
important rail centers Romny &
Nosvka, 57 miles from Kiev. In
the Ukranian drive Soviet troops
captured the communications
center of Lozovaya, threatening
the Germans in southern Russia
& the Crimea. German radio re
ported a new Russian offensive
in the Leningrad sector. The ex
tensive victories bring almost
every major Nazi base along the
1200-mile front under direct
threat.
Mediterranean Front
At week’s end the tide appear
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Injures Fingers
Mrs. Mary Petaja, of Afog
□ak, was treated at the Griffin
Memorial hospital this week for
serious injury to three fingers.
Although the tip of one finger
was lost the other two will prob
ably be saved. The accident oc
curred on a fishing boat when
Mrs. Petaja’s hand got caught
in a winch.
Man Burned
In Boat Fire
Tommy Thompson, cook on
the cannery tender Paramount,
received third degree burns on
one side of his face, and on one
arm and leg, in a fire aboard the
tender Monday night at Ouzin
kie.
It is not known how the fire
started, but the smoke was seen
and Thompson was dragged from
his bunk, the mattress of which
was burning also. The fire was
put out after some damuge to
the boat. Thompson was brought
to Kodiak by Bill Wynkoop af
ter first aid was administered by
Esther Twitchell, health nurse
at Ouzii.kie.
Hospital Gets
New Equipment
First equipment for the Griffin
Memorial hospital, being receiv
ed under a $10,000 federal a:d
grant, has arrived, Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, medical direct
or, announced this week. Includ
ed in the equipment is a port
able X-ray machine, and basal
metabolic and pneumo-thorax
japparatus, with the bulk of
equipment still to come.
“When we have received ail
the equipmnt due under this
grant’’, Dr. Johnson said, “Kod-|
iak will have the best equipped
hospital in the Territory,”
The names of the first contn- ]
butors to the building fund for
the Ru«sian Greek Orthodox
church, destroyed by fire July
17, were released this week by
Mrs. Frieda Blinn, fund secre
tary. Additional names will be
published later. All money con
tributed in the drive will go to
ward the new church
Rev. G. Gleboff $50; Mr. &
Mrs. Fred Henton $25; Harry
Chritopherson $100; Alvin A.
Sumerlin $10; Leo Tyler $50;
Blinn's$200; Mrs. John Brod
tkorb $100; Arcadie Pestricoff
$50;Emil ChristofTerson $20; Os
car Nelson $50; Pvt. & Mrs.
Reuben Tesarik $5; Holger
Sorensen $10; Carl Peterson $5;
Pete Walkoff $20; Henry Neseth
$20; Tom Taylor $5; John Swan
son $5; Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Rob
ertson & son $50; Dick Washe
koff $5; Stepan Aplone $5; Mrs.
Mattie Yagashoff $5; Patrick
Lynch $10.
Bond Drive
ShowSlated
A canvass of the business dis
trict for War Bond sales was
made this week by a group of
volunteer business men under
the direction of 0. A. Torgerson,
local bond drive chairman, with
$20,000.00 in sales realized up
to today. Kodiak’s quota for the
month of September has been
set at $40,000 by the Treasury
Department, and up to Septem
ber 11 $6,862 50 of the goal had
been obtained.
^auvasserH muiuueu uuju
Kainulainen, Merrill Coon, For
est Ayers, Steve Harvey, Emil
Knudsen, Ben Kraft, Harry
Christopherson, R. H. Chad
wick and Jorgen Frederickson.
Kodiak’s sales were started off
by the Standard Oil Company
of California, which is partici
pating to the extent of 15 mil
lion dollars, with $100,000 for
the Territory and $3000 as Kod
iak’s portion, according to a wire
received by the local agent,
Merrill Coon. Hay Martin, now
in Seattle, and former spark plug
of local drives, wired a pledge of
$5000 in bond purchases to be
made and credited here.
After the canvassing and to
climax the drive a special big
bond show, with further details
to be decided upon, is planned
tentatively t-> be held at the
Orpheum theatre the last week
of this month. Chairman Torg
erson appointed a bond show
committee of Harry Christoph
erson, chairman, L K Wodling
er and W. H Lamme to work < n
the show. All features will be an
nounced next week.
The following wire was re
ceived yesterday from the nat
ional director of the War Finance
Division:
American boys at tnismom
ent are fighting one of the blood
iest battles of the war. Salerno
may be another Chateau-Tbier
ry. The entire nation has ite
eyes, ears, and hearts turned on
those brave Americans in the
crucial Salerno sectors, and all
the sectors of the war. The 3rd
War Loan drive now on will give
millions of Americans a special
opportunity to buy extra war
bonds in tribute to their boys.
“The 3rd War Loan has
started nicely but many com
munities will have to make spec
ial efforts to achieve their goal
by the end of this month."
Jim Pierce suffered two brok
en ribs this week when be fell
from the upstairs of the fire
ruined apartment in the rear of
Pierce’s fountain to the lower
floor. The apartment, which was
burned when the Brown Bear
cafe burned last December, is
now being repaired.