"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier”
VOL. 2 NO. 9
KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 2, 1942
Local Man Will Share In $80,000 Ice Poc
4 Men Killed In Alaska Navy Plane Crash
KODIAK .
DSARY ...
Getting out a paper is no pic
nic ... If we print jokes folks
say we are silly. If we don’t print
jokes they say we are too serious
If we publish original stuff they
say we lack variety. If we use
wire dispatches and items from
other papers, they say we are too
lazy to write. If we stay in the
office they say we ought to be
out hunting up news. If we go
out they say we are not attend
ing to business in the office. If
we wear old clothes they say
we’re stingy. If we wear new
clothes they say they’re not paid
for. Like as not someone will say
we swiped this article from an
other newspaper. We did . . .
This is supposed to have hap
pened in Seward . . . a man drop
ped into a club .. .
“Ever try one of our Japanese
cocktails?” the barman asked
'“Owty two-bits and your in >ney
back if you dea’t like it.”
“No, but I’m game,” the man
‘.replied. “Tret it out.”
The bartender set out a tumb
tier of wate and a 25 cent defense
stamp. The man grinned and
handed Peer the money . . .
Anyone from Idaho-should ap
preciate the story Jack Allman
is regalsag the populace with this
week ., . we quote-. . Once up
on a' tine there was an aristo
cratic (Gem potato who fell in
love w?th a neighboring potato of;
equAlk/ distinguished lineage.. .'
love'brought its full fruition, and,
the* two pot atoee were married
with it he proper potato nuptials!
. . tcme passed, and the union!
was !blessed wish a little sweet;
pbiahojthe sweetest little sweet;
potato that ewer blossomed . . ,|
1 this little sweet potato of tihei
good family aniSiSne background!
• grew up and fel: in love with M.
V. Kaltenbora.one day she
told her aristocratic parents that
-she-wanted to marry H. V. Kal
tenfeorn . . . ,Y«. can’t do that,
they replied . ...
Ht’s just ^.commentator ...
Cars Ran Later
The Civil Defease Corps pass
ed a rule now effective that ears
may he allowed '.to run on the
streets of Kodiak .until midnight,
an extension from the previous
time of :10:30 p. m. 'The rule does
not apply to traffic to the base
which is still .governed by the
-earlier, tear.
Chief Appointed
At New Salary
The city council met at the
city hall Monday night and did
the following:
Created the position of com
bined chief of police, fire chief
and fire warden at $400 a month.
Mayor Miell appointed Hay
Hoffman to the new position.
Hoffman has been employed at
tne base, and was on tiie police
force at Juneau for nine years,
the last five as chief. William
Spath has been fire chief at the
former salary of $50 a month.
I The council also created the pos
ition of assistant fire chief at $25
a month, J>ut no appointment
was made.
Appointed John Steffgen city
assessor at $2 an hour.
Ben Kraft, owner of 0. Kraft
& Son, offered to donate to the
city a portion of the property of
the Kraft residence for the wid
ening of the street from the Bank
of Kodiak to the corner opposite
Bert’s Drug stoie. The council
accepted the offer and voted an
expression of thanks for 1 he gen
erous gestui'e.
The police committee reported
83 arrests and $744.50 in fines
for the two-week period from
April IS.
An application from present
City Magistrate C. C Naughton
for ‘the position of city magistr
ate and school tax collector was
lead. Ko action was taken.
New Recreation
Parlor Opens
Charles Stutkowski and Stan
Austermaa announce the open
ing today of their new enter
prise, the !Cbeechako Club, re
el eation iparlor, located in the
Rutkowsfci building o* Brooklyn
avenue.
The modern building 40 feet
deep with a 60-foot frontage is
entirely taken up with three
sections arranged with a view to
entertaining men in modern,
clean surroundings. One section
of the building contains pool
tables with seats for spectators
The middle section has a tobacco
and candy counter in front and
the rear is a separate card room
The third section has a modern
lunch room installed for the serv
ing of-sandwiches, pastry, coffee
and soft drinks.
Rutkowski recently returned
from atrip outside where he
.purchased all new equipment
which iis installed in readiness
£&r-today's opening.
Seattle (JP) — Three officers
and an enlisted man were killed
and three enlisted men injured
in a crash of a Navy patrol plane
in a takeoff from an Alaska Air
Station, the 13th Naval District
announced. The dead: Ensign^
Frederick A. Smith, pilot and
commanding officer; Ensign
Glenn R. Vanbramer, navigator;
Ensign John B. Carroll, co-pilot;
Harold D Cunningham, second
class aviation machinist’s mate
Injured were: Alvin S. Zettel,
radioman, third class; Clifford A.
King, seaman, second class;
Ralph Mitchell, radioman, third
class
The Navy did not give date
nor location of crash and said |
none of the injured men were
seriously injured. The home ad
dresses were not immediately
available.
Cimarron, N. M. (.P)—A cow
boy reported that 7 crew mem
ibers of a four motoied army
| bomber were killed when it
crashed atop 10,000 foot Trail
Peak'south west of here during a
storm 9 days ago
Washington (^P)— G owing
man power requirements of the
army has led to a rail for enlist
ments by youths in the 18-19
year group not subject under
the Selective Service.
New Delhi (^P)—U. S. planes
carried out a night raid on Jap
anese occupied Rangoon April 29
and damaged dock area. It was
the third rangoon raid by Amer
ican planes based in India.
(.'P) — Hitler and Mussolini,
whose meetings in the past fre
quently signalled approach of
momentous events, met in con
ference ending yesterday at Salz
(continued on page 4)
New Date Set
For Registration
The registration of all men be
tween the age of 45 and 65, ori
ginally set for April 27 but post
poned because registration mat
erial had not arrived in time, is
now set for Wednesday, May 20,
John L. McCormick, head of the
selective service at Juneau, ad
vises. Further information will be
released before that date.
(Special) — Emphasizing that
the Selective Service Registra
tion on May 20, 1942 wili make
possible an urgently needed com
prehensive inventory of the Na
tion’s man power for war produi
tion, John L. McCormick, Ter
litorial Director of Selective Ser
vice, today pointed out that it
affects every male resident in Al
aska between the ages of 45 and
64 years, inclusive, with a few
exceptions made by Congress
The requirement, Director Me
Cormick explained, is that all
male persons not previously reg
istered, who had attained their
forty-fifth birthday on or before
February 10, 1942, and who have
not attained their sixty-fifth bir
thday on or before April 27, 1942
must register between 7 a m. and
9 p.m on May 20, 1942
Registra'ion on May 20, 1942
should be made at a designated
(continued on page 9)
Hirst Aid Classes
There will be a first aid class
con ucted Tuesday evening at
the city hall by Mr. Sherman,
who has taught first aid in Yak
ima. The classes are public and
air raid wards are especially urg
ed to attend. The class is part
of a course planned for a five
week period.
Kodiak Votes In The Primaries
Following is the result of the voting held Tuesday here in the
territorial primaries. A total of 118 voters were cast, 112 of them
Democrat and 6 Republican. Tothls for the territory are still
; Vipinir eotnnilerl
Delegate to Congress
Territorial Treasurer
Commissioner of Labor
Anthony J. Dimond 110
Oscar G. Olson 96
Michael J. Haas 50
Walter P. Sharp 52
For the House, Third Division
Joseph W. Kehoe 7§
Ha’ vey J Smith 56
Wm. A. Egan 63
Joseph B. Diamond 50
Moritz A. Andreson 5
W. E. Huntley
Stanley McCutcheon 65
Michael Hatton 26
Aimer J. Peterson 2
Clyde Spears 8
For the Senate, Third Division
Don Carlo? Brownell 34 H. EL McCutcheon
Karl D^ager 18
49
(By Associated Press)
The Tanana river ice m<
at 1:28 p. m. Thursday,
prize this year amounts to eij
thousand dollars and will be
between five individuals and
combination tickets.
The individuals include:
WARREN K. LOCKE,
NAS, KODIAK
J. W. Mutch, Box 345, S
Olev Eikland, Anchorage
R. D. Olander, Valdez
Adolph Ochauer, Anchoi
Locke is the first one fiom
diak ever to win in the fai
Nen an a pool. He is employee
the base as a sheet metal worl
helper, and started there Fet
ary 2. He came to Kodiak fr
Fairbanks and has been in A1
ka about two years. He was bi
in Wenatchee 30 years ago £
is unmarried.
Locke got a real scare when
j^.cer of the law who went <
to the base at noon yesterday
give him the good news decic
to have a little fun with him.
found Locke eating lunch vv<
up to him and put his hand
his shoulder and said “you re i
der arrest.”
L,oeke was startled and asl
why he was being arrested 1
the officer just told him to co
alona He was conducted io 1
army area, where he was told
was going 10 be “mugged
(continued on page 4)
Club Nominates
Eight Membei
The following members we
nominated for officers of the R
tary club, at the regular no(
luncheon at. the Brown Bear ca
this week. Election of officers w
be held the fourth Tuesday tb
month
President, R H. Chadwick, f<
re-election; vice-president, Ster
Harvey, for re-election; seer
tary, R. L. Clifton, for re-ele
iion; tieasurer, Forest Ayres, ff
re-election; directors, two to 1
chosen, Jorgen Fredricaso
Frank Hermann, Vic Mather
and William Lamme
A wire from Director Duike
Defense Public W orks clivisi<
of the Federal Works Apenc
was read, in which he asked
the club recommended a pump
for fire protection in addition
that part of the new water sr
torn which will be provided f
fire protection The presiden
answer, in the affirmative, w
read, and it was decided to tu
both wires over to the c ty con
cil for action. Ray Martin w
appointed to carry through wi
the council for the Rotary clul