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FOR YOUR PROTECTION
Interest, patience and the fullest cooperation possible
from every Kodiak resident should be given to the military
Airing the coming military exercise, “Operation Firestep”
which will be held April 2 through 25.
This military exercise is for the protection of you, your
family, home and country. Captain L. J. Dow, commanding
officer of Kodiak Naval Station, has asked the members of the
City of Kodiak Civil Defense organization to participate in
•the problem.
He has warned of “aggressor agents” and a bulletin
from Headquarters, Alaska Command, has warned of
‘'psychological warfare” among military and civilian per
sonnel.
Psychologies! warfare deals with the spreading of
rumors, which Kodiak is famous for propagating, and the
ultimate weakening of our defenses by giving credence to
them.
If you are asked questions concerning the Naval sta
tion, its defense or the number of entrances to the base by
strangers, or by acquaintances, immediately notify the Of
ficer of the Day at the base.
Listen to your radio for bulletins and in the practice
blackouts follow instructions. “Aggressor” aircraft in all
probability will make simulated runs over local targets to test
the blackout and the military defenses.
Capt. Dow has further warned that some inconvenience
to individuals will be experienced during the short duration of
the problem.
The inconvenience experienced the next few days will
he nothing to the catastrophe we will suffer if the real thing
<omes along and we have not practiced and tested our de
fenses. So, cooperate: it is for our protection.
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Town Tidbits
Here's another of those
tri es about the foreign land
of Alaska, as it appears to a
company named no other than
“French”.
Mrs. Edward Rogan, home
e ••: 'her at the Kodiak High
Smoot, recently sent a coupon
from a homemaking teachers’
magazine to the R. T. French
Co (Mustard St, Rochester) o
for a spice kit. Back came a|
letter saying the kits were not)
mailed to foreign countries. ,
A short time later, Mrs. Ro- -
gan sent a coupon to the same j
company for some instant ■
potatoes. This time she g t
her sample spuds, but with a
polite accompanying note that
if she wanted to buy any she’d
have to get them through
friends in the U. S. or Canada
as Frenches didn’t ship to ’
foreign shores, etc. 1
At this point Ragan tookji
pen in hand, wrote Frenches '
to say that in at least two out!
of three of the grocery stores j
in this "foreign city" their i
spuds were available, so there! j,
The letter that came in1 ]
great haste from French Co. j
after that was a page long, ,
full of abject apologies for: j
someone who was responsible
for sending the original spice ;
"form letter” under che im-|.
pression that "we considered
all areas outside the continen- j
tal limits of the U. S. A. as I;
foreign".
With further deep apolo-^
gies, the company advised it!
was sending not only the spice f‘
kits with its compliments but!
copies of recipe booklets!
which Mrs. Rogan might use)
in her classes. ... j
If you’re planning to leave
Kodiak and want a letter of
recommendation from a for
mer employer here, take heed
to this tale. j
A young woman who
worked for one of the
specialty snops here went to
San Francisco, wrote back for
a letter of recommendation,
! and on the loeal store’s best.
1 fancy stationery, by return
airmail special delivery.she is
getting one.- - -
[ The pranksters who wrote
the letter told of the number
of lawsuits she involved the*
business in, the quantity of
empty beer cans that filled
the garbage collection, the
number of customers she lost,
and other similar data.
Following this letter by a
day or two is the real recom
mendation which of course
will be full of high praise for
the departed employe. . .
Hospital News
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Butler, a daughter, 5 lbs. 3
oz., March 30.
The son born March 17 to
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hester
has been named Joseph Fel
ton Hester III, according to
announcements received here
this week from the parents,
now in Ensley, Ala., with
Hester’s family.
School Notes
by Donald Clark
Neil Sears, Billy Frost, Rob
ert Christofferson, and Alfred
Torgramsen are setting traps
for rats which, if caught, will
be taken to the base where the
kidneys are to be analyzed.
The object is to see if the
'ats are carrying jaundice
?erms which are causing much
llness in Kodiak.
Work on the 1951 school an- j
lual, “Channel Light,” is!
learing completion. All con-;
;ributions have been written,
ohotographs taken, the dum-,
ny sheets made up, and typ
sts are now working on the
5nal lay-out sheets. I
Next week the completed
ay-out sheets will be mailed |
jo the W. B. Bradbury Com- j
jany. New York, who will
jhotograph, reduce, and litho-j
praph them. The Ivy Flan is
>elng followed.
by Carol Acheson
Measles, and the flu also,
:ontinue to hit the grades
leavily. For in-tance in Mrs.
Vletzgar’s grade two attend
mce has been running about
>0 per cent, and in Mrs. Burn
icings second ^mde recesses
lave been suspended for a
vhile to help returning pupils
:atch up, and many subjects
lave been dropped temporar
ly.
Elks Plan
Anchorage Trip
Several members of Kodiak
8. P. 0. E. lodge plan to at
;end a meeting with Grand
Sxalted Ruler Joseph Kyle at
die Anchorage lodge this
week.
The local lodge has char
tered a plane for the trip and
n the event all seats aboard
ire not filled other Kodiak
residents are invited to make
the trip.
Interested persons are
urged to call Max LaLande at
3454 or 2552 after 12 noon to
lay. A special round trip rate
will be offered.
Aleutians Site
Of Test
Washington (A*)— The TJ.
S. may be preparing its fifth
atomic weapons proving
ground, this one in an arctic
wasteland.
A lonely spot on the Aleu
tian Island chain, which
stretches from the Alaskan
mainland westward toward
Russia’s Siberian empire, ap
pears a likely choice.
There, for the first time, the
U. S. could test atomic bombs
under conditions of climate
and other factors which
might be encountered should
a war require use of such
weapons against Russian
cities.
By coincidence, the present
overall commaader in Alaska
Is the former commander for
air at the Bikini tests, Lt.
Gen. William E. Kepner.
So far. atomic bombs have
been tested at the original
Alamogodro site, Bikini,
Eniwetok and during Janu
ary and Februarg at French
men’s Flat in Nevada.
Island Seafoods
Plans Gridiron
The Island otmfcods Com
pany plans to build a gridiron
near the floating cannery on
property owned by the City of
Kodiak, it was revealed this
week.
A letter requesting permis
sion to use the city property
was read to the city council
Monday night. The company
waived all claims on the pro
perty and agreed to move the
gridiron in the event the Coast
Guard wishes to extend or
build new facilities on the pro
perty.
The council gave permission
for the construction of the
gridiron.
Tentative plans by the
Coast Guard would require the
surrender of the property if
and when construction of addi
tional facilities is decided.
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