Kodiak Diary
(continued from Dane 2)
the people of liberated vil
es. The flags were made be
d closed doors,where no pry
eyes might see for they knew
it death would be their penal
if discovered by the Germans.
Fhe Parisians still live up to
nr reputation for chic and e
xjrate clothes—but still lag
the competition with Amen
ts girls. Fuel and clothing
ou tages are acute with the on
cafes being operated by black
sTkets with the price of a meal
xigjng from $20 to $40. The
garette shortage had reached
e front but Major Craft said
at with new supplies being
nt out the situation should be
lieved.
The Red Cross clubmobiles,
* USO, and the many actors
jo have done so much for ser
cemen are all worthy of the
ghest praise, he said.
Beginning his newspaper work
McCleary in 1925, when he
td his twin brother Ray edited
te McCleary Stimulator, and
,ter in Eugene and San Francis
>, Major Craft has followed
railar work in the army. He
is edited nationally known
swspapers, including the Kod
k Bear; the Kiska Volcano; Le
jmahawk in France and before
jug overseas, the Fort Ord
lalif.) Panorama.
The German and the Jap tor
s are about equal opponents in
©opinion of Major Craft The
ips burrow into eaves like ani
s, while the Germans fight
intelligently—but the Am
are the best fighters in
he world, he said.
Four of the Craf t brothers are
srving in the service: Ray, a
(plain in intelligence in Bel
ium; Stanley, chief radioman
the battleship Pennsylvania
i the Pacific; and Sergeant Orva
raft with the army ground
sees in the Pacific war theater.
Major Craft’s picture is in the
sw Dee. 30 Saturday Evening
t>sf. With him are shown Tom
'efson, Kodiak, Ira Rothwell,
iodiak and Seattle. General
Bckner, Maj.-General Charles
orlett, and an eagle. The pic
ire illustrates an article on
lajor Craft, called '‘The Army’s
irewsest Editor.”
The swank, sophisticated New
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Plumbing-Heating
Oil Burners
Plumbing Fixtures
Water & Sewer Pipe
Fittings Valves
Water Tanks
C. H. GUNDLACH
250 Alder Lane
Yorker magazine has made a
name for itself in many depart
ments, one of its main fortes be
ing the sly, bold digs it takes at
other publications for sliDs in
fact, typography and grammati
cal construction.
You would expect a magazine
setting itself up as a critic par
excellence to be extra zealous of
its own columns, which it may be
but in a recent issue (November
4) it is remarkably sucked in by
a naval man, who submitted an
article to it, yclept “The Maiden
Voyage of LST, 169-VI”, By
publishing the article New York
er joins the ranks of Personal
Romance (ice breaking in bay at
Kodiak—natives killing white
men for $10 each—etc.) and
numerous other magazines and
newspapers too naive and unfam
iliar with Alaska locales.
We herewith quote the article
in question, by Richard J. Theo
bald, which tells of the LST
(Landing Ship, Tanks) putting
into Kodiak. Our Refutation De
partment, weak but willing, in
terrupts within the parentheses:
“At noon we were given shore
leave.. .The town, at close range,
looked liae a standard Hollywood
set in a Western, withTworn
frame buildings and dirt streets
(Considering how much the gra
vel costs, let's mention it.) In
congruously, it was filled with
speeding, swerving, honking
taxicabs, which were not easy to
dodge. (Glad yon were able to j
! make it, though.) To escape anj
especially demented driver
(nuts—plain exaggeration) we
ducked into the churchyard of
one of the Orthodox churches
(one of the IS a funny vVay to
describe one only)where we look
ed at the weathered tombstones,
I on which there were names like
Petrovsky, Ivauovitch and Kon
ev. After a whde we resumed our
walk and at length came to the
airbase administrative head
quarters, the largest building in
town. (What a walk. There is no
base administrative building of
any kind in town. There is one 7
miles away at the base. Largest
buildings in town — Felder
Apts. — Bank of Kodiak —
School.) Inside we found a num
ber of offices, a gymnasium, and
a big canteen. (It gets funnier as
you go along.) In the canteen
were a number of soldiers, all of
whom seemed to be eating Ice
cream. (He means it seemed all
were eating ice cream. You can
usually tell if a person IS eating
ice cream.) ‘'No milk and no
women here, and so we get ice
' cream sent from the States,” the
soda-fountain attendant told rm •
"Takes their mind off women.”
(The E E. Bell and Tesarik
dairy owners must wonder, at
times like this, what comes out
of their cows. Fresh-frozen milk
is shipped in. And ice cream is
manufactured here, from import
ed mix.)
(This Goes On—On Page 10)
NSW SHIPMENT
j OF IVORY
Buy her some Ivory
! for Valentines Vay
I
! Beautiful selection of Valentine cards
*
TOTEM IGLOO CURIO
and
GIFT SHOP
"Largest Curio Store in Town”
Have a Coca-Cola = Na Zdravi
(HERE’S TO YOU)
• • •
vt how to greet a visiting Czech
Everyone knows that the way to make friends is to be friendly. Have a “Coke”,
says the American airman, and Here’s to you, replies the Czech flyer with instant
understanding. This simple gesture is a world-wide high-sign of good intent.
Around the globe Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes—has become
the symbol of welcome among the kindly-minded.
~ BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
It’s natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia
tions. That’s why you hear
Coca-Cola called “Coke”.
,© 1943 The C-C Co..
ANCHORAGE COLO STORAGE CO.