"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier ”
JOL. 4 NO. 35
KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 13, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
Alaska OPA Head
Visiting Here
Mrs. Mildred Hermann, dii
Mtor of the Office of Price Ad
ministration for the Territory of
of Juneau, arrived in Ko
Jmfe Thursday by plane for a
far days visit in connection with
He OPA work. She is to meet
members of the local board and
a discussing the work of the of
fice with the new local clerk,
Mm A1 Fenner. She is also in
vestigating the possibility of en
larging this board.
It is Mrs. Hermann’s first trip
to Kodiak and she is anxious to
meet all merchants and others in
terested in any OPA question.
She will be guest speaker at the
Rotary luncheon Tuesday.
Pilot-Owner Flies
New Plane To Kodiak
A Beechcraft plane, piloted by
the new owner Carl Martin, of
Anchorage, put in Wednesday at
the base and left Thursday. Mar
tin, who recently pnrchased the
plane from a group of local busi
ness men, including James Pierce,
Harry Christcpherson, W. A
Cannon, Martin Jensen, Jorgen
Fredrickson and Emil Knudsen,
is investigating plane possibil
ities for this area. He owns 3
other aircraft.
City Buys Fire Trucks
The city fire trucks, which
have been operated on a lease
with the Federal Works Agency,
ire to be bought by the city as
the result of council action Mon
day night. An offer was made by
the agency to sell the trucks and
jquipment for $5602.10 (half the
original valne), payable in 24
months with a 3 per cent carry
ing charge. The city accepted
the offer as of April 1.
A letter to thy liquor dealers
>f Kodiak, dated Jan. 10 and
ligned by Mayor Emil Knudsen,
p s in the process of being mail
ed yesterday. In it Mayor Knud
ien asked for full cooperation in
treventing violations of liquor
aws, warning that disregard of
■he law might result in revoca
aon of licenses and other serious
ronsequences.
The city fire truck was not
railed but went voluntarily to a
ire Thursday at 7 pm last week
■o a local army installation when
m oil stove set fire to a barracks,
rhe fire was extinguished with
ittle damage before arrival of
‘be city truck.
A restaurant liquor license, for
rew owners Laura Valley and
fina Chichenoff, Anchor cafe,
*as renewed by the council this
reek.
West Coast Co.
Denies Rumor
The Seattle office of the West
Coast Construction Co , queried
by the War Manpower Commis
sion, Juneau, at the request of
Miss Nan Holt, local manpower
agent, advised that the company
has "no work in Kodiak in pros
pect whatever." The letter con
taining the information is dated
Jan. 3.
Rumors have been rife in this
area that the company was “com
ing to Kodiak to do some con
struction”.
Has Operation
William Castell underwent a
major operation at the GM hos
pital yesterday and is doing
well, attendants report.
By Associated Press
MacArthur’s Hdqtrs —Philip
pines—Tuesday saw announce
ment of invasion of Luzon as
MacArthur personally led the
Yanks of the 6th Army & estab
lished 4 beachheads at Lingayen
gulf, a little over 100 miles north
of Manila. Invasion was covered
by withering warships & aerial
attacks. Opposition was light.
The invaders, punching 7 to 9
miles inland on their 25 mile
wide beachheads seized (Sat) 5
more towns, terminals of 4 main
highways & railroads leading to
Manila & found first appreciable
opposition to their deepest spear
head i„t. Gen. Walter Krueger’s
6th Army units have been ab
vancing as fast as reasonable j
caution & movement of supplies
permitted. Yanks now have 9
towns & more than a score of
villages. Advance has carried
Americans well south of the
maze of swamp country at
mouth of meandering Agno river
& have crossed river, along
which Japanese might have been
able to make a delaying stand.
Only the extreme left flank along
Pozorubio road lias run into
anything more than isolated,
quickly eliminated, sniper resis
tance.
ilth Airforce Hdqtrs.—Aleu
(continued on page 4)
Harry Christopherson (left),
Kodiak baker, and Guy Jonas,
Seattle taxidermist, look over the
three-quarter mounted Kodiak
bear on display in the Jonas
taxidermy firm in Seattle, just
before it was shipped to Portland.
There it is to be installed in the
officer’s quarters of the S. S.
Kodiak Victory as a gift of the
people of Kodiak.
(For story on killing of the
beur and other details, see page
6.—Picture from Seattle Times
by Associated Press.)
Territory Gets
Army Hospital
Juneau — Another hundred
beds or more are to be available
to hospitalize tubercular Alas
kans, and at practically no cost
for buildings or equipment, ac
cording to Dr. C. C. Carter,
Territorial Commissioner of
Health. The announcement
comes as a result of word re
ceived from the War Depart
ment that the army hospital at
Seward will be held, as is with
exception of x-ray equipment,
for use of the Department of
Health.
Negotiations for the transfer
of the hospital from the War
Department to the Territory
have been going on for some
time and were recently conclud
ed in Washington. Delegate
Anthony Dimond, Governor
Gruening and Federal aud Ter
ritorial health authorities par
ticipated in presenting the
| critical needs in Alaska to mili
tary officials which resulted in
the agreement.
The hospital is considered one
of the best built and located of
[the many erected by the arm\
and navy in Alaska and is said
to have cost close to a million
dollars, including equipment.
Additional notices relating to
the Kodiak area townsue are to'
be published soon, according to)
word from the General Land |
Office at Juneau.
Big Masquerade
Tomorrow At 7 pm
Tomorrow night, January 14
at 7 pm, is the masquerade and
Russian New Year’s dance at
Blinn’s ball.
A large variety of prizes have
been donated to the Russian
Women’s Club for the dance: 14
of them will go to men and wom
en in different costume classifi
cations and over 20 will be
awarded as door prizes. There
will also be a special prize for the
best waltzing couple.
Tickets are $1 per person and
entitie the holder to participate
in the prize drawings.
A complete list of prizes and
contributions for the dance ap
pears on page 4.
Liquor Dealer
In Hospital
Oscar Breedman, operator of
Breedman’s Liquor store, was
admitted to the Griffin Memorial
hospital Sunday after friends
noticed lie did not open his store
and forced their way into his
apartment over In's place or busi
ness to find him lying on his bed
half-dressed.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, at
tending physician, said Mr
Breedman had a nervous bieak
down complicated by an old
heart ailment Yesterday attend
ants at the ho-p.tal sa d he was
much impro'ved hut not ye' fully
recovered.
Gift For “Kodiak Victory”
H. C. CHRISTOPHERSON (left) and GUY JONAS
‘Thtrt wtrt nvtrtl lent momtnli os Ihe huge fellow came toward ut
Chicken Pox
Epidemic Hits
A “full-blown epidemic" of
cbicken pox started in Kodiak
Saturday, Dr. A. Holmes John
son, city health officer, reported
this week. Saturday saw 1 case,
Sunday 4, and Monday 15, be
said.
The disease is 'edinparatively
mild, he said, and fcftere will be
no ill effects if scratching, which
will leave scars, is prevented.
No new cases were reported
the remainder of the week, but
more may occur after the. 3-week
incubat on period.
Road Commission
To Send Agent
The Alaska Road Commission
will send a representative soon
to Kodiak to investigate the
local road situation and in the
meantime the city council has
authorized spot hauling of gravel
to improve Mission load. Recent
rains have softened the road
which is now full of chuck holes.
Councilmen Wodlinger and
Martz have also been directed to
investigate a reported supply of
lumber available to the city, suit
able for sidewalk construction.
Son In Italy
Pvt. Emil Norton, son of John
Norton,of this city, is now some
where in action in 1 taly, accord
ing to first word received here
this week. According to his first
letter he has been there for two
months.
Now We're Hungry
A dinner of shrimp cocktail,
roast lamb and mint jelly, baked
stuffed potatoes, green beans, hot
biscuits, with cherry coboler a la
mode for dessert, Was served to
council and school board mem
bers by the Domestic Science
•lass Monday evening The prac
tice session was declared a big
success by all the guests. Present
were Councilmen Wodlinger, De
lane, Pieice, Marts and Nelson;
school board members Louise
Coon, Catherine Blankenburg
and Jan Beukers; Harry Holt,
school superintendent; and Miss
Georgya Craig Wilbur, mentor
of the cooking class.
Building permits have been
granted the following: Robert V.
Scheele—$1000—front and back
porch on residence; A. i Col
lins—$200— move storage 6hed
on Casino lot; Loran Whitting
ton—$500—room addition on
home; Tom Sorenson—$150—
move building in Ta-gurra dis
trict; W. F. Lewis—porch on
residence on Alder lane; Basil
W. Clark —1500—addition to
home.