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"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier3
NO. 60
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KODIAK, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 14. 1942
Singapore Holds; U.S. Raid Results Given
lond Drive Enters Second Week; Stunt Set
added Fists Fly
In First Smoker
£yi Taylor staged his first box
bout last week, and the
thness with which the entire
am was run off can be cred
to Lew Taylor, and the co
deration of Harry Whitelaw,
Ljk Allman, Bill Falconer and
|veral other business people,
"he judges were Mayor Chad
dck and Ray Martin, and Jack
jlman was timekeeper.
[The show was opened by two
loot boys, Wm. Robertson and
jeSprocker, 120 lbs. The sec
id bout was Elmer Sandstrom
id Bud Miles at 90 lbs.
I The semi-final return bout be
*een Charles Hartman and Tex
lawkins had the spectators out
i their seats, and finally ended
idraw.
maip bout of 6 rounds
lought by Harry Coseti and
imy Thompson, which ended
a knockout by Coseti in the
jth. Coseti put over a right hook
I Thompson in the 3rd that
jhped him for the count of nine.
| Lew Taylor has another smok
Ischeduled for tomorrow, which
promises will be a bigger and
Setter show. Box office will open
jt2:15, first bout at 4:30.
ouisville (.P)—Mrs. Alice
;an Rice, 72, author of “Mrs.
!gs of the Cabbage Patch”,
I this week.
You can’t buy a bomber with
out buying a bond, but you can
buy a bond without a bond.
That seeming paradox has
come about because the actual
bond certificates have not ar
rived yet, but latest advices are
that they will be on the way as
soon as possible from the Feder
al Reserve bank in San Francisco.
There are two main advantages
to buying the bonds now before
the certificates get here.
1. It is not known how large
the shipments of certificates will
be, and those who pay their
money now and receive their
receipts, will have first chance at
getting the actual bonds.
2. The campaign for buying
bonds to be earmarked for a
bomber for Alaska has only three
more weeks to run, and the pur
chases must be made before
March 9 to be credited toward
it.
As explained before, the money
may be paid now at the post
office or bank, receipts will be
issued, and the bonds will be
turned over to the purchaser
when they arrive. At the end ol
the campaign the total will be
repoted to headquarters at
Juneau, and the Alaska total
will be reported to the Treasury
Department at Washington, D.
C., so that the funds taken in
may be earmarked for a bomber
to be called the “Spirit of
Alaska,” which will take its
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Ifital Statistics Drawn From
Census After Start Of War
At the time of the evacuation
insus taken right after the out
teak of the war, the population
! Kodiak was 1696.
This figure was arrived at by
Its. Anne Whalley, public
talth nurse, who made a com
lation of evacuation slips to get
formation for use in the work
her department.
This total was composed of
®following groups:
Adults 1240
School age children 228
Pre school children 168
Infants 60
The population of Kodiak at
e time of the last census (1940)
48 855, and estimates of the
'Nation since the advent of
o base have run from 1000 to
er 2000. Although Mrs.
halley made no attempt at ex
:®e accuracy, her figures can
®ecepted as the best available
*n any source since the last
census.
A further breakdown of the
figures shows a total of 395
home units, of which 230 were
of couples with children, and
165 of couples without children.
Of special interest to spinsters
will be the following figures:
Single men 225
Single women 115
And that’s not counting
(censored) men at the base.
There were 6 men and 10 wo
men over the social security age
of 65 years.
Of the native population, Mrs.
Whalley reported 48 native fam
ilies, approximately 12 and 1-2
per cent of the total. She classed
as native all families in which
the wage earner, or head of the
family, was one fourth, or more
native.
The evacuation slips used in
the survey included those from
Mill bay and Mission road.
Mayor Endorses Campaign
“I feel that the campaign to buy bonds for the purchase of
a bomber to be called “The Spirit of Alaska” deserves the
whole-hearted support of every loyal Alaskan — and that
means every Alaskan.
“The first few days of the drive here have shown how
eager the people of Kodiak are, and how effective they can
be, in demonstrating their willingness to do all in their power
to help prosecute our fight for freedom and safety.
“To me that is the real ‘spirit of Alaska’!”
Signed, Mayor R. H. Chadwick
Makeshift Ink Prints
Mirror Until “Next Boat”
The ink with which this issue
of the Kodiak Mirror is printed
is a combination of 3 cans of
mimeograph ink. 1 sixth can of
regular news ink, plus some ink
once thrown away but reclaimed,
strained through a kitchen sieve,
and used. The resulting product
exceeded expectations.
A formula for printing ink has
been borrowed from the Kodiak
library, a check make of avail
able sources of lampblack, Pruss
ian blue, etc. needed for it, and
Melvin Fewel, pharmacist of
Bert’s drug store has expressed a
willingness to try to concoct it—
in case an overdue ink supply
does not arrive—you guessed it
—“on the next boat,” in time
for the next issue.
Recess Granted
In Rate Hearing
Seattle (JP)—A two-day recess
has been ordered in the Federal
hearing on the shipping rate in
crease in Alaska. The recess was
granted at the request of the
Alaska Steamship company after
James Curtin, representative of
the Office of Price Administration
introduced tonnage revenue fig
ures to support his contention
that the company’s 1941 income
was adequate, and that income
on food cargo was too high.
The recess was asked for pre
paration of a rebuttal and was
granted over the objection of
Paul Page, Jr., Solicitor General
of the Maritime Commission,
who contended the move would
delay the hearings unnecessarily. |
INDEX
Last Of Three Articles
On Aleutian Chain Page 5
Week’s News Highlights 2
Council Wants USO 3
Survey Being Made 3
Canneries Biding Time 3
Poem Alaska 7
Rotary Hears Request 8
News Pictures 11
Classifieds 11
Stamp License
Needed F or Cars
A new license stamp, required
by federal law on all cars, has
been received by A1 King, post
master, and may be obtained at
the post office.
The license is a Federal Use
Tax, costs $2.09 for each vehicle,
commercial or private, and will
expire June 30. On July 1 the
new „ will cost $5, but wil
not expire for one full year.
The license is due now, and it
transferable with the vehicle
The new tax makes all cars
and trucks require three licenses:
the Territorial license, obtained
at the U. S. Commissioner’s
office, fee, $10, and $15, for hire;
the city tax, payable at the city
clerk’s office, fee, $5 per license;
and the Federal Use Tax, fee,
$2.09 each _ vehicle. $5 yearly
after Ju'y 1.
As we go to press at o .ou **•*"
morning Singapore is still hold
ing out, but the fall of the Brit
ish stronghold is imminent.
Tokyo—Japanese tanks have
penet rated "camp” of the British
Imperial defenders of Singapore
jat a point little more than a mile
northwest of the city along the
northern end of the race course
there, Domei, news agency said.
The dispatch reported "severe
offensive and defensive opera
tions are in full swing between
Japanese and British troops since
morning in the northern subiu bs
of Singapore city.”
British artillery was said to be
concentrating its fire on the Japs
from southern sector of the city
in an effort to check the Japanese
advance. Civilians are fleeing the
city to escape the Japanese
bombing.
Tacoma—A group of between
40 and 50^ pickets of welders
seeking an independent union at
the the big Seattle-Tacoma ship
yards, were beaten and man
handled, and their picketing signs
torn from them and then chased
over the tide flats in a clash with
AFL welders coming off duty at
7 a. m.
About a dozen policemen on
duty, and guards were unable to
stop the fighting. Some of the
pickets took refuge in nearby
coal and freight cars, and some
were chased blocks.
The fighting started when the
shift left the yards. About 10
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Midnight Fire Strikes House
Located In Business District
The central business district of
Kodiak was endangered for a
time Wednesday when fire com
pletely gutted the frame resid
ence located between Sears, Roe
buck & company’s order office
and Dad’s Liquor store on the
south side of Alaska Way.
The alarm was turned in at
11:40 p.m. by Jerry Lodge, rest
aurant owner, who saw the
flames in a ground-floor window.
The fire was said to have start
ed from a refilled kerosene lamp
which Rose Martin, owner and
occupant of the house, was re
lighting. When the lamp flared
up she received burns on her
hands and arms that necessitated
treatment, including second de
gree burns on one hand.
The dry, frame building blaz
ed stubbornly, and the volunteer
fire department was forced to
use three chemical engines, num
erous hand extinguishers, and the
recently repaired water pumper.
A sump behind the building near
Christy’s bakery was pumped dry
during the course of the fire. An
army fire truck, called from the
U. S. Marshal’s office, arrived
quickly and assisted in extin
guishing the fire with water
pumped from behind Dell’s cafe.
Firemen were aided in battling
the blaze by the lack of wind,
and by the construction of the
house, which consists of siding
over original logs. Although the
building was saved the interior
was badly damaged, and furnit
ure and personal effects were a
complete loss.
The building at one time was
one of Kodiak’s finest residences,
and was built of hand-sawn logs
about 1900 by Wasilli Balashoff.
First owner was Paul Tripitson,
who lived with his faihily and
mother. It was purchased recent
ly by Rose Martin from Otto
Mahle, at a reported price of $4,
000.