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KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 23, 4942
PRICE 10 CEKTS
governor Visits Here On Inspection Tour
okyo Bombing Led By Alaska-Born Flier
KODIAK .
DIARY ...
L,ast week we mentioned the
rfc that the Rotary was having
ot of fun fining members for
rious and sundry offenses . . .
s*re never going to mention
at subject again . . . we’ve
trned our lesson... we’re chast
ed • • • this week we inocently
>nt to lunch and got fined 25
ats for being late .. ..the other
ys wouldn’t let us sit at the
me table with them, and then
led us 25 cents for being snooty
id sitting alone . . . then Ray
Sartin read the article from last
j*k’s Mirror and we were fined
* cents on each of four different
Hints, including that remark a
«jt Ray Martin being the
[reedy ” sergean -at-arms . . .
bat really Kurt was the lunch
; got... Bill Dickey had taste
Hy prepared a special plate of
'ervthing we don't like. . .white
'ead, sauerkraut and weinies,
irrots and one chilled baked
»tato .. . before lunch was over
ey saw the error of their ways
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forms Delayed:
Kew Draft Rules
"Registration of men between
ie ages of 45 and 65 was post
>»ed again this week when the
ieessary forms failed to arrve
* the Cordova, A new registra
&n date will be set by the )pr,al
>*rd as soon as the material is
» hand.
A number of new announce
ments were made from the Terr
Onal headquarters of the Sel
tlive Service system this week.
»duded were a number of re
s»t occupational deferments
Omissible, which include the
allowing:
1. Ship construction—159 oc
■* pat ions are listed as necessary
t* war production, ranging from
*iglesmith to woodworker,
r»inee.
2. Coastal, intercoastal and off
fckore water transportation— 50
itical occupations, ranging
^om able seaman to wiper.
3 Approved training program
mariners.
4. Coal production—62 occu
^tions, ranging from blaster to
Welder.
5. Railroad transportation—
$ occupations, ranging from ap
‘tentice to yardmaster.
The national Selective Service
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Washington (.&*)— Brig.-Gen.
James Doolittle, former Alaskan,
was revealed this week as the
leader of the American air raid
over Japan a lew weens ago.
This was disclosed when the
flier, noted also for peacetime
speed exploits, received in person
the Congressional Medal of
of Honor here.
In a statement released by the
Whitehouse Doolittle described
the historic mission and said
li ttle trouble was experienced in
reaching objectives or from Jap
planes.
One of our plane’s target,
Doolittle asserted, was a navy
yard south of Tokyo where “one
salvo made a direct hit on a new
cruiser and one battleship under
construction” and left it in
flames. One bombardier, the
General said, “strewed incen
diary bombs along a quarter
mile aircraft factory near Na
goya.”
Doolittle said the squadron of
American planes came in just
over the housetops and dropped
bombs at 1500 feet. The low lev
el of flying, he said, made it
difficult to observe the results of
the bombs. He declared “it ap
peared to us that practically
eveiy bomb reached the target
for which it was intended. We
would have liked to have tarried
and watched later develope
ments of the fires and explosions
but even so we were fortunate
to receive a fairly detailed re
port from excited Japanese radio
broadcasts. It took them several
hours to calm down to deception
and accusation ”
Doolittle said part of his
party observed a ball game in
progress at one point. The play,
ers and spectators didn’t start
to run for cover until just as the
field passed into view.
Both the President and the
War department have left un
answered the important question
the Japs would like to have an
swered—the solution to where
the raiding squadron was based.
James Doolittle, famed Deace
time stunt flier, was born in
Nome, Alaska. His father, Frank
Doolittle, worked as a carpenter
for a number of years in Seward,
and was a well-known pioneer
of Nome.
The above Associated Press
dispatch did not mention hero
Doolittle’s Alaskan birth, but
confirmation of the above was
received last night by the Mirror
from James’ uncle,- Gus Borgen,
of Ketchikan.
Youths To Register In June;
More Ship Sinking Claimed
Washington (iP) — President j
Roosevelt has set Jane 30 as re
gistration day for men between
the ages of 18 and 20. This will
complete present registration of j
the nation’s manpower for both
fighting and non-combatant war
duty. Men 18 and 19 must re
gister between 7 a. m. and 9 p.
m. on June 30 and they will not
be subject to military draft un
til they reach the age of 20.
Approximately 40,000,000 men
between the ages of 20 and 65
registered in the 4 previous
drafts.
New Orleans (J3)—A sea cap
tain arriving here expressed his
belief that 2 torpedoes sank his
medium-sized cargo ship and
that the sub crew had been tip
ped in advance of his vessels
movements.
At least 21 members of crew
were carried to death in an am
azingly swift sinking which cc
i cured in the Gulf of Mexico
May 16.
Captain Henry Rowe attach
ed signifigance to the fact that
the sub not only attacked with
out warning but did not surface
Store Entered
Late Last Night
Hearing the noise of broken
glass below Pajoman’s apart
ments shortly after midnight,
Floyd Olsen went out side to
investigate and discovered that
♦ he glass window in the rear
door of Bert’s Drug store had
been broken. Reaching in and
unbolting the door Olsen flashed
his light in the rear stock 100m
and saw' the form of a man on
the floor. Going outside he fired
signal shots which brought W.
G. Slawson, city police officer,
and a number of others to the
scene.
Entering they discovered the
man, in the dark, lying on the
floor. He was taken to the Mar
shal’s office w'here Jack King,
deputy U. S. Marshal, acting in
the absence of Paul Herring, said
he would be held for investiga
tion. His name was given as
Greenleaf Thornton, member of
the Signal Corps. Officers said he
had apparently been drinking
heavily and that he had a slight
cut on one arm and torn clothing
evidently from the glass in the
door.
after sinking to obtain inform
ation about its victim, possibly
indicating that the sub officers
already knew the ships identify
and its sailing plans.
Rome (iP)—'The Italian com
mand said in a special commun
ique that its sub the Barbarigo
sank a U. S. battleship of the
Maiyland class with two torpedo
hits off the Brazilian coast yes
terday. No confirmation from
any other source bears out the
claim.
The communique said escort
ing vessels in a U. S. naval
formation did not reply to the
attack The attack was asserted
to have occured at 2:50 a m.
Rome time 100 miles west of the
Brazilian island of Fernando
Noronha, 125 miles off the east
ernmost extremity of Brazil.
Washington (^P)—The Pres
ident declared the government
will do everything it could to
prevent what he termed unwar
ranted pay increases in private
plans. A half dozen steps might
be taken, the President said, but
he did not enumerate any of
them
At his press conference the
President reiterated again . that
the war would be a long one
and cautioned against over-op
timism one week and over pes
simism the next. The war, public
opinion and the news go up and
down and things appear big at
the moment but more should be
I done to prevent this. It is war
| effort fluctuations, he said, that
* have caused a tendency of over
I statement on the part of Amer
ican people.
wasningron — ituDDer
Coordinator Arthur Newhall re
ports that the government may
ultimately have a registration of
autos to haul workers to and
from war plant areas where
other facilities are lacking.
Vewhall asserted that he saw
no need of requisitioning tires
this year or in 1943 and in any
case they would not be taken to
be ground up for reclaimed rub
ber but only as means of solv
ing the transportation problem
JP—Masses of German reser
ves were flung in to action after
Nazi tank assaults failed to
check the ltussian offensive in
the eleven day battle of Khar
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Governor Gruening, reoeuujr
returned to Alaska from Wash
ington, D. C., arrived by plane
here the forepart of the week to
inspect defenses and make a sur
vey of various steps being taken
locally to prepare for emergencies
and protection.
rv t UlC VJUU;1 w ~ ~ —
Mayor Nick Miell called a m«et
ing Tuesday afternoon at the
Bank of Kodiak where the Gov
ernor heard various reports of
activities being undertaken here.
W. J. Erskine, chairman, Dis
aster committee of the Red
Cross, and Rev. Gregory S
Morony, chairman, local Red
Cross chapter, reported on Red
Cross preparations.
The Red Cross has made pro
vision« for food for emergencies,
first aid, and clothing. Already
in the Red Cross warehouse aro
stocks of clothing and emergency
supplies for disaster use On the
way is complete equipment for
25 hospital beds, which Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, first aid com
mittee chairman, plans placing
in the Griffin Memorial hospital.
Dr. Johnson a'so reports that,
Kodiak has been designated as a
b ood plasma center for the vic
inity and that the Red Cross is
sending a large quantity of the
blood plasma to be kept heie.
The fust aid committee of the
Civil Defense group has been
designated the same as the Re I
Cross first aid committee and it
will work and report to Dr.
Johnson.
As soon as the present first
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Cannery Wages
Show increases
Cannery workers’ wage scale
for the current season show an
increase of 15 cents an hour over
last year, and for packers an
increase of 3 renW a case. Pro
vision is also made (hat any
members do ng longshore work
during the season shall be paid
at the rate of $1.25 an hour.
Following are the new wages:.
With Bd & Rm. Without
Warehousemen .80 .90
women .70 .80
Packing Table .80 .91
Slimers .85 .95
Fish House
Crew .85 .95
Hand Packers .12 .14 per
ca«e
Anyone desiring work in the
cannery for the coming season
should contact the secretary at
the Union hall from 2 p. m. to
4 p. m. Christine Larsen, secre
tary of the Cannery Workers’
union, recently returned from
the Cannery Workers’ conven
tion in Seattle.