Uxodiak Mirror
"qA(ews of ^America's Last frontier '
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska by the
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamzne, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Larnme, Associate Editor
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KODIAK .
DIARY ...
Marshal' 0. Skinner, at the
base, and a former resident of
Cumberland. Wi-., sends the
following) o e
"I like .youi paper very much.
You suit* y put the City of Kod
iaK on the map ”
We h >pe the ci'nsors don’t
hear about it. Putting anything
on a map nowadays might be
misconstrued But seriously,
tuank you, Mr. Skinne’'. Byyour
11 tie note you have put Cumber
land on our map, too.
Ran lorn Ramblmgs:
Seen in front of Pierce’s soda
fountain—six soldiers lingering
by a sign ‘Girl Wanted”.
Quotable quotes: ‘ I know my
Jimit,, but I always pass out be
fore I reach it.”
Popular queslion of the day:
“Where's the morale builder?”
(No less than the mail plane.)
Which brings to mind thecre
at on of justifiable homicide—ask
the postmaster, ‘‘Did I get a
letter?”
—Contributed by Dit Dah
Military Funeral
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the bay where last impressive
rites were held Taps were
sounded there and before inter
ment the guard of honor in
tradit.onal fashion folded the flag
and presented it to Mr. W J.
Erskine. her surviving husband,
who accepted it for the family.
Mrs. Erskine is also survived by
a son, Lieut. Wilson F Er-kine,
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U. S Navy, who was present at
the services; a daughter, Mrs.
Chaffee Hall, Jr., San Francisco,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
| Erskine, and two brothers, Morse
and Herbert Erskine, all of San
Fr-i'ici co; and tw > grand ch Id
ren, Lane E s ine and Lynn
Hall.
Active paill earers were: Com
manders De\ er, Hutrhin-on and
Snyder, and Col aids Martyi.
itoye.'. Dwyer, Robinson and
F azer. FI > lorarv D illbearers
were Gene al ("oriel t Admiral
Reeves, and Messrs. \Vat kinson
McConachy. Coon Madsen,
Forger-on and Dr. Johnson
Musi ■ for the sendees incl id
ed an orean p ocessi >nal ly Gal
en PPpenburg; a vocal solo.
‘The I,ord’s Prayer”, by Renal
"o Robles: and the recessional
played by a U S. Army band
Council Meeting
(continued from page 1)
Approved 2 ordinances on se
cond r ading:
1. An ord nance requiring all
uppl'cants for taxi driver’s li
censes to be approved by the
chief of police before license is
issued.
2. An ordinance making the
city c erk an appointive position
rather than an elective office as
heretofore. This will require a
special city election and appro
val of the voters before it will go
into effecf.
Heard a letter from Mrs. John
VV. Chase protesting because the
school board piovided eo air
raid shelters b>r students. The
committee will irieet with the
-chool board and investigate the
matter
.L.LA * .LJ. J.LTJ.J. J.
BUY BONDS
Support Our Men Of War
That’s What Bonds Are For
BUY BONDS
Moved to raise t*'e salary of j
George Slawson, night patrol-'
man, to first class lating, $250j
a month. ;
Heard that Ben Kraft had j
given permission to use parr, of!
the lo: of his residence to widen
the street in front of the Kraft
residence. The widening was be
gun this week
Held a discussion on altering
the present city fire hail to house
the fire trucks
Legion Meet
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served in the Army, Navy or
Marine Coips between April 6th
1917 and November 11th 1918
are eligible, but it was felt by
the local post that a change, to
include the younger men of this
war, would insure the contin
umce of the organization after
the passing of the older present
members and would serve to
I erpetuate the ideal-1 and nation
al consciousness of the Legion.
(Officers who w ill be msta led
Tuesday are:
Commander Itoy W. Hamel j
1st Vice Commander Harry M.
Creighton
2nd Vice Commander Henry
Bcynsen
Finance Officer Ben Kraft I
Sergeant at Arms Woi th Barlo \
Comrades Tagg and Jensen j
were elected , to the Executive
Committee.
Kiska: National News'
(coutiuued fro u r Ij
need. (500 Japs were kil ed or
wounded, correcting an earliei
report which said all were dead.)
Army heavy bombers. Consol
idated Liberators escorted by R
38 fighters and Aircobras, were
on the Kiska mission.
Washington (rP)-The Navy an
nounced that the Yorktown was
sunk after t ie ba'tle of Midwrav
as the result of Jap bombs and
torpedo attacks. Lo.-s of the
19,900-ton carrier with very few
casualties had been a well-kept
naval secret.
Washington ^P)—The Navy
announced that submarines in!
the Western Pacific have Mink 4.
enemy ships and damaged 41
others in recent actions These |j
are not pieviousy announced
sinkings. Vessels were 2 la ge
freighters, medium-sized freigh
ter and patrol boat sunk, and a
tanker, transput t, fieigbter and
cargo ship damaged.
London (.P) — Strong new
British forces landed on the east
coast of Madagascar and occup
ied the port of Tamatave afier
some Freuch resistance.
$ Finnish Steam Bath 1
5 & Barber Shop j
j Private Rooms for j
^ Ladies and Families j
( HOURS: |
$ Evenings - Every night j
j Days -Sat., Sun. & Mon ^
5 SHOWERS - Everyday 1
I Take Steam Baths j
5 For Your Health j
i Swedish and Electrical j
f Massage j
j College Graduate Masseur j
| Located in back of Coca J
Cola Bottling Works j
R ;me (A*) — '‘Stormboats”,
presumably-wift 1 man torpedo
carrying boats, penetrated the
oadstead of Gibraltar in a new
it tack, sinking a steamer and
damaging 4 others seriously, the
ugh command said.
Stalingrad (A?)—Hitler’s sicge
armies, twice hurled back in
bloody street fighting, are re
ported to be hastily electing de
fences northwest of the outskirts
of Stalingrad as Russians again
claimed seizing the initiative.
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Kodiak Transit Co.
i
cI<jrmina!s at cMecca Bar and
O. Kraft & Son
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