Eodiak Mirror
"Sinews of (America's Last ‘frontier '
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate $5.00
Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
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NOTICE
Registration books for the
«oming CJity Election to be held
April 3, are now open in the
office building located on Alaska
Way, between the Smoke Shop
and the Yum Yum Shoppe.
All voters desiring to partici
pate in this election are required
to re-register at this time.
Talmage Smith
Registrar
Notice
Filing for candidates in the
city election to be held April 3
4s now open at the City Clerk’s
office
Nominations shall be made by
^rsrfcy convention or by petition
signed by not less than 20 quali
fied voters.
Certificates of nomination shall
specify the office, group or politi
cal party and place of residence.
Filing closes at midnight,
Monday, March 19 as provided
fcy law
C Blankenburg
City Clerk
Alaska Airlines
INOOMING
L.C. Bettinger, Lt. Col. Clay
ton Ela, Capt. Philip W Reed,
Rbse Martin, Amos La Fon
John A. Hammond, Catherine
Love, Clara McDuffy, Eleanor
Dooley, Cora Holden
OUVCOING
Sgt. Albert A gan, James Jew
ett, Mr.and Mrs. Arthur I.evine
Town Topics
Walter MacDonnell, of An
chorage, arrived on the recent
Columbia and is staying with his
mother, Mrs. Mary Cope Wills.
A former resident of Kodiak, he
was recently released from the
hospital in Anchorage.
Mrs. Alexandria Lund, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hub
ley, departed on the recent T ak
ina for Seattle, where she is to
receive special medical treatment.
She was accompanied on the trip
by Mrs. Martin Jensen.
Mrs. Eleanor Dooley, who
deserted Kodiak a few months
ago to try Fairbanks, arrived
back by plane this week to make
her home here. The trouble with
Fairbanks, she said, was lack of
living accommodations.
Then, too, she heard, from as
far away as California, of the
•‘coming construction boom at
Kodiak” (Ed. Note: highly un
confirmed) so she decided to
come over to see if it is going to
materialize.
Edith Burnette, photographer
from Anchorage, stopped over
briefly in Kodiak and departed
on the recent Columbia for
Dutch Harbor. On her return
she may locate in Kodiak to en
gage in the photographic bus
iness.
A building permit for Olaf Ol
sen, for construction of a storage
house, approximate cost $800,
on Lot 7 Block 9, was approved
by the council Monday.
A FAIR QUESTION
When our soldiers and sailors return home again,
one of their first questions will be: How many
War Bonds did you buy, and, did you keep
them? They have matched their lives against
our money, and it is our duty to show good
faith by supporting their fighting.
BUY MORE BONDS
By Associated Pvess
News Highlights
USPF Advanced Hdqtrs.
Guam—Friday—Adm. Chester
Nimitz announced today that
Vice-Admiral Mitcher’s Pacific
Fleet unit^ are now attacking
installations in the Tokyo area.
The announcement said a power
ful Pacific Fleet force was at
tacking airdromes & other im
portant installations “in and
around Tokyo”. Carrier planes
led the attack. Announcement
said “this operation has been
long planned & the opportunity
to accomplish it fulfills deeply
cherished desires of every officer
& man in the Pacific fleet.”
The most powerful battleship,
aircraft & carrier force afloat
poured more than 1200 Hellcats,
Helldivers & Avenger planes at
Tokyo while warships & Army
planes shelled islands to the
south.
More flattops than America
ever before assembled in a single
sea operation sent a continuous
wave of raiders against Tokyo’s
airfields & military defenses &
tangled in sky battles with the
enemy airforce. Carriers were
protected by literally thousands
of anti-aircraft guns mounted on
batileships, cruisers & destroy
ers, & disgorging swarms of
bombing, torpedoing & strafing
raiders in the first such smash
of the war at Japan’s capital.
This huge, audacious oper
ation posed a challenge to Nip
pon’s fleet & strongly suggested
major developments. (There was
no word from headquarters of
the raids purpose but it could
easily be intended to cover new
amphibious landing operations
I within the inner defense ring ol
Corregidor
Smoke from bursting bombs
and fires set from them nearly
obscures the fortress island ol
Corregidor, “The Rock’', guard
ing Manila Harbor as Liberators
of the (J. S. 13th Army Air
Force carry out initial raid on
the Japanese base. (JP Wirepho
to from Army Air Forces)
Japan’s island outguards.)
Manila—Gen. MacArthur dis
closed that Japan's master plan
to make Manila a turning point
in the Luzon campaign in Nip
pon’s favor is being smashed by
a powerhouse American drive
nearing victory in the scarred
city & fast over-running nearby
Bataan peninsula. The enemy
pocket south of Manila is being
steadily reduced & new gains
made on Bataan. Withering air
attacks on Corregidor (See Pic
ture Page 4) were also announc
ed.
Seizure of an enemy document
was made that made clear the
Japs expected to hold Manila
with 20,000 troops, street &
house fortifications, thousands of
mines, elaborate concrete strong
points & hundreds of heavy guns,
all prepared for an attack from
the south. MacArthur struck
from the north & the campaign
for Manila is now close to Amer
ican victory
London—Armored masses of
the 1st Ukrainian army bore
down on Berlin’s Spree river de
fenses from the southeast,
smashing toward Besskow &
Cottbus, U to 52 miles from
Berlin. Soviet war correspond
ents indicated Neisse river de
fenses w7ere shattered after fierce
battle. They told of columns of
tanks & cavalry rolling through
shattered villages with sight of
the Spree,' indicating the main
weight, of the army was being
turned in the ‘ Berlin direc
tion”.
Paris—The Canadian 1st
Army, aimed toward the heart
of the industrial Rhur, thrust
almost a mile deeper through
the lower Rhine valley through
heavy artillery & mortar fire
thrown in an ever-increasing
flood by enemy reserves.
American 3rd Army carved
out half mile gains in the Pruem
sector slowly reducing German
fortifications. The 7th Army in
northern Alsace rested after
local line straightening opera
tions which overran Rimling &
2 other villages.
Rome— Clark’s Hdqtrs. said
1 enemy pressure on Monte Can
ala, 4 miles inland * t<
distance southeast of^iu
cause,I “ our troops to wit, *S8*
to positions held prior t dar**
cent attack in the coastal
arvy
°ur re.
sec.
About a half do^TT^T^
ments were made in J'
charges by the council Mf)n^8e
following a number of indiv^
complaints claiming inequitah?
assignments of service. le
Classifieds
FOR Sale—Modern cafe. Seat*
45, booths & counter. Plent
of new equipment. Doing $lQy
000 per month now. Illness in
family reason for Relling. Grad
elle Leigh Realty Company'
Box 468, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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$50 REWARD—For information
leading to arrest & conviction
of party taking lumber from
Louis Thompson homestead
recently, IVIaurice L. Briggs
WANTED—to borrow'. $3500,
fully secured on good business^.
Write Box 100A, care of Kod
iak Mirror, Box 135, Kodiak,
Alaska
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Owner may identify and pay
for this ad at the Mirror office.
FOUND—Key container with
numerous keys. Owner may
identify and pay for ad at the
Mirror office.
FOR SALE—Ricuts
pair 14 in. rubber—size 8
” ” leather—8
tf ft tt y
2 pair work shoes—size 8 & 9
1 pr. brown oxfords—8 1-2
1 pr. buckle oxfords—8
Ladies Shoes
1 pr. mukluks—8
1 pr. Heads—7
1 pr. evening shoes—6 1-2
1 alligator shoes—5 1-2
high heel walking shoe—6
Several other pairs at a bar
gain Kodiak Shoe Repair
Shop