"News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
VOL 2 NO 2
KODIAK, ALASKA, MARCH 14, 1942
v PRICE 10 CENTO
07s. Bombers Strike; RAF Hit Gneisenau
City Registration is Slow, Filing Is Slower
With the second week ended
89 people have registered for the
toniing election to be held April
l Registration ends April 4.
Although the political windsare
blowing only one candidate has
bled for one of the six offices to
lie voted upon. The filing was
made by W. E. (Bill) Falconer
„ho has cast his hat in the ring
for city councilmen. Falconer, a
long-time resident of Alaska, is
Sponsored by the Central Labor
Council, of which he is president,
tie Bartender’s Union, Local
L 875, and by friends of organ
fed labor. Out-going councilmen
frank Hermann, John Steffgen
ud Jorgen Fredrickson are still
undecided about running for re
action, as is Mayor R. H.
'Chadwick. Chadwick will speak
it a special meeting of the Cen
tal Labor Council Monday
nt and may make his deci
■onknown then.
The mayoralty campaign
(promises to draw the most inter
est The political grapevine
names Warren A. Taylor, lawye",
and present city attorney, and H
fiseman, realtor and employee
at the base, as being interested
in the mayor’s job. Definitey not
Bterested according to reports is
W. J. Erskine, former city
poancilman. Frequently mention
mi in political talk are the
names of L.F. Nachtweih,merch
int and realtor, and John
■Steffgen, business man and one
of the three short-term council
men whose term expires at this
filing for the positions in the
Meantime is slow as the polit
ical wind is being tested. The
Inst day for filing is March 23,
(continued on page 4)
Violator Gets Fined
fioyd P. Bordwell was fined
fi and costs by City Magistrate
C. Naughton this week on a
^arge of giving liquor to men in
Sjform outside of prescribed
its.
INDEX
Week’s Highlights Page 2
W. Kehoe Files
Red Cross Drive 3
Officials Named 3
J Labor Council Meeting 3
Rotary Seeks Money 5
; U.S. To Pay For Highway 5
j 0. S. Convoys 0
Volunteers and Draft 7
Church Notices 7
j fish Treaty Important 8
1 Women’s Page 10
y Patrol Assignments 11
Classifieds 11
Police Checking
On All Speeders
Chief of Police Charles Cook
reports an increasing disregard
of speed limit regulations within
the city, and reports that all vio
lators will be arrested and stress
the importance of observance of
the limits for safety’s sake dur
ing blackouts.
The city speed limits are 15
miles an hour in the business dis
trict and 20 miles an hour in res
idential and other districts
Bond Campaign
Winds Up Today
If you’re the put-it-off type to
day is the last day of the buy-a
bomber for Alaska campaign, so
go to the post office oi bank and
get a bond for the "Spirit of
Alaska”. With the close of the
contest figures from the 17 part
icipating cities will be compiled
at Juneau and present indications
are that Kodiak will be well up
on the list. At the end of last
week Kodiak had contributed
one-sixth of the total received
and kept up the same pace with
over $12,000 worth of bonds sold
this week. Bonds sold at the base
post office do not count in the
Kodiak total.
First Aid Class
Graduates 7
The course in First Aid as out
lined by the American Red Cross
for adults was completed last
week. This class has been in two
sections under the instructorship
of Mrs. Anne Whalley, Kodiak
Public Health Nurse. This course
was slightly different in some
respects from the regular course
with an attempt to adapt the
t aining to possible emergencies
that might arise in the civilian
population in the event of a dis
aster.
Those completing the course
and passed the examination sat
isfactorily are: Mesdames F. C
Bloxom, Ada Munson, Joyce
(continued on page (4)
Disorderly Conduct Charged
Norman Noggle, civilian em
ployee at the base, was arrested
this week by U. S. Marshal
Paul Herring He was sentenced
to 6 months in jail and fined
$300 on a charge of disorderly
conduct in connection with the
alleged molesting of a young
girl.
Slogan; All The—Weather—
News That’s Fit To Print
Among a new list of rules of
censorship just received is the
following: “Weather may be
mentioned if the condition is
local and if it is very unusual”.
So here’s today’s
Weather Report
Locally: Very Unusual
Airmail Service
Is Inaugurated
The Star Air Linos’ first mail
plane under their new govern
ment contract arrived Wednes
day and left the same day with
mail and passengers for Anchor
age. First passengers out were:
Clark Odekirk, Harry Becker,
Mrs. Laura Wood and Grace
Duffy to Anchorage; and Mr.
Lyman and A1 Lundstrom to
Fairbanks.
Route agent E. J Orr made
the first trip and said the sched
ule of two planes a week arriving
Wednesday and Saturday and
leaving Thursday ami Sunday
will give 2 day mail service from
Seattle and 4-day service to
Sea1 tie
Tri-motor 14-nassenger planes
will be used and passengers will
be carried at regular tariff rates
Raymond Martin is the local
agent.
Mt. McKinley
Runs Aground
Seattle (jP)—The Navy an
nounced that all passengers and
mail and all but 15 of the crew
and the eaptain of the steamship
Mount McKinley aground in Al
aska waters have been removed
by Coast Guard cutter. It is hop
ed the captain and others can be
taken off within the next 12
hours.
The ship must be temporarily
abandoned as it will need to be
repaired by salvage crews befoie
it can be hauled afloat. The time
it went aground and the location
are not revealed by the Navy.
Un$a Marshal Takin*
Two Prisoners East
Allan L. Petersen, deputy U.
S. Marshall from XJnga, is in
Kodiak on his way to Anchorage
for the grand jury hearing set
for March 16. With him are two
prisoners,Ben Mobeck, of Sanak,
and George Gaiishoff, Belfosky,
both held on murder charges.
From Kod ak he will take Frank
Pagano, juvenile, to the Indus
trial sihool at Eklutna near An
chorage
Added To Police Force
Ted Ralston formerly employ
ed at the naval air station, was
added to the city police force
this week.
Torpedoed Tanker Bums
—l
This U. S. Army Aerial photo
shows the 7,451-ton tanker R. P.
Resor burning to wreckage off
the New Jersey coast near
Asbury Park. She was torpedoed
by a U-boat. Two of her crew of
43 were rescued, the bodies of
four have been indentiti
ed, but the rest still are
missing.
Washington (.R) — The War
I department reported that 5 army
heavy bombers destroyed 5 en
emy planes in a raid 2 days ago
on the Jap held airdromes at
Salamaua and Lae in New
Guinea. The communique said
all buildings were destroyed,
heavy damage inflicted on run
ways and a direct hit made on
the harbor p er. The American
bombers escaped damage from
Japanese pursuit planes, 5 of)
which were downed.
Washington (AP) — The Navy
announced that a submarine
venturing deep into Japanese
waters sunk 3 freighters, also a
passenger and cargo ship. Two
Japanese 4-motored seaplanes
intercepted west of Midway is
land were downed, and admit
tedly 1 U. S. fighter plan§* dam
aged and the pilot wountfefl re
turned to the base saWy.
London (/P)—The RAF bomb
ed the 26,000-ton battleship
Gneisenau and set naval install
ations afire at Keil base in a
continuation of last night’s great
“Spring air offensive” began last
weekend, the Air ministry an
nounced.
(continued on page 9)
Actor Leaves
After Busy Time
It was love that b; ought Joe
E. Brown, film comic and export
jent of clean sports, to Kodiak.
But in a round-about way of
course.
He flew to Anchorage to make
a personal delivery of a .bride,
his secretary, Edith Richards to
Lieut. Arthur Reichle, former
football player at UCLA.
While in Anchorage Joe distri
buted baseball “ki's” as the gift
of major league ball clubs inter
ested in soldier sports, and acted
as master of ceremonies for gome
boxing matches.
Every minute of his stay here
was taken up with three nights
of two performances each for
army, navy and civilian resid
ents of the base, visits to the
hospitals and radio appearances.
He took time out too for a trip
into town where he was followed
by a swarm ot autograph seekers
and camera shooters. Joe wore
a light tan overcoat with scarf
and brown feit hat and looked
more youthful than his years oil
the stage and screen would in
dicate.
He expected to return to Hol
lywood where he is scheduled
for another picture. His latest
picture, “Well Shut My Mouth”
made by Columbia Pictures was
released February 19th.