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KODIAK, AI 4SKA, FEBRUARY 13, iwii
PRICE 10 CENTS
Seward Struck By Second Disastrous Fire
Police Enforcing Agent For New Blackout
A new blackout schedule, to
confirm with Public Proclama
tion No. 6, issued by the Com
manding General, ADC, pro
vides for a change in blackout
hours at approximately two
week intervals as the seasons
progress The order is signed by
James E Dyer, Captain, U. S.
Navy, Commandant, NOB;
Charles H. Corlett, Major Gen
eral, U. S. Army, Comde, Fort
Greely; and Nick Miell, Mayor
of Kodiak, and applies to Navy,
Army and civilian population on
Kodiak island.
From Feb 1 to Feb. 13, in
clusive, the time is set at 6 p. m.
to 9 a. m.. and from Feb. 14 to
Feb. 27, mcl. from 6:30 p. m. to
8:30 a. m. The Mirror will pub
lish the current weeks hours in
each issue.
The following rules were in
cluded in the order:
a. During blackout hours veh
icles will operate with no more
than two headlights on dim
beam; bright beams will not be
used at any time.
b. Lights on construction pro
jects are authoiized because of
the necessity to expedite the
construction on the Naval Oper
ating Base.
c. The local police depart
ment, Kodiak, Alaska, is respon
sible for the enforcement of the
blackout schedule m Kodiak.
d. The purpose of the black
out is not to work a hardship
on anyone but to protect the
lives and property of all persons;
everyone is requested to cooper
ate to make a complete blackout
(continued on page 4)
Allied Leaders Meet In Africa
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Principal figures in historic allied war strategy conference at Casablanca, North Africa, are group
ed on the lawn of the hotel where they met. (left to right) Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, North Afri
can high commissioner; President Roosevelt; General Charles de Gaulle, fighting trench leader,
and Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain. (See page 9 for additional pictures)
To Raze Building
Razing of the Brown Bear cafe
building, damaged by fire in
December, was started this week
with Bill Smith having the con
tract for the work. All m iterials
possible, including lumber and
metal sheeting on the sides of
the building will be salvaged.
Boy Scout Drive Concluded;
Individuals, Firms Give Over $500
The local drive for Boy Scout
funds, conducted under the aus
pices of the Rotary Club, was
brought to a conclusion thi« week
with $5b2 pledged by local indi
viduals and business firms to
ward carrying on of scout work
for the coming year. The money
will provide for the expense of
scout awards and pins and for
supervision by the Territorial
Scouting board.
The committee in charge of
the drive consisted of Frank
Hermann, chairman, Forest G.
Ayers and Rev. Gregory S. Mor
ony.
Contributors included: Helen’s
Eat Shop, Martin Jensen, Bel
mont Cafe, Belmont Bar, Orph
«um theatre, Alfred Lian, R. D
Russell, O. Kraft & Son. Kraft
employees, Alvin Sumerlin, Log
Waffle Shop, C ub Liquor Store,
Lyric theatre, Leo Tyler, Bill
Poole, Blinn’s Pool Hall, Kodiak
Electrical Association, H. Pinch
Jewelry, Kodiak Garage, Lloyd
Swan, Nick Miell, Kodiak Merc
antile & employees, Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, Ship’s Tavern,
Sally’s Liquor Store. Totem Ig
loo Curio Shop, Warren A Tay
lor, Eva Sandstrom, Marshall
Crutcher Velma Ameling, R. H.
Chadwick, Mrs Warren A. Tay
lor Charles Marshall, H. R.
Taunt, W. J. Erskine & Co., Er
skine employees, Anchorage Cold
Storage, Bert’s Drug store Kod
iak Mirror. Post office employees,
Elinore Long, Thompson Trans
fer M C. Coon, Jan Beukers,
Rev. and Mrs. Morony, Mr. and
Mrs.Frank Whalley ,Mr.and Mrs.
R. E Munson, Armed Forces.
Marshall Fountain
Changes Hands
Making the third transfer of
business e tiblishments in two
weeks, the sale was announced
this week l>y Charles Marshall
of his modern newly-opened
fountain, formerly the Kodiak j
Bar, located across from the Fel
der building, to Jorgen Fredrick
son and Martin Jensen, at an un
announced sum. The new own
ers took possession Wednesday.
The building housing the busi
ness is leased from Ben Kraft,
owner.
Included in the sale was the
Marshall residence, located ac
ross the street above the Totem
Igloo Curio shop.
Marshall plans to leave soon
to join his family in Seattle.
The sale is the third in a rec
ent trio that included purchase
of Dell’s cafe by Mrs. Edna
Kraft and Alfred Lian’s Kodiak
Fountain by Emil Knudsen.
Blackout Hours
Today
6 pm to 9 am
Feb 14 to 27, Inch
6:30 pm to 8:30 am
Frozen Money
From Frozen North
Mr. Marion Antonich, night
cook for the base contractors,
was nonplussed no end when a
Seattle Bank informed him his
money was frozen inasmuch as j
they held he was a citizen of
Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.
He had neglected to tell
his bank that, although of Slav
extraction he’s been an American
citizen since 1917.
Seward (Special) — The
second disastrous fire within 15
months virtually levelled the
Liberty Theater block in Seward
early last Sunday morning, with
seven buildings burned.
The theater, Panhandle
card room, Palace Bar, Pioneer
Cafe and Seward Bar, nearly all
with rooming houses above, were
lost.
About a hundred were made
homeless and the loss was esti
mated as high as $200,000.
The fire started in the
walls of the theater and stopped
at the concrete fire wall of the
Seward Machine shop. Low
water pressure after the fire
was nearly under control was
blamed for the disastrous results.
Fortunately the wind subsided.
Only announcement so far
of rebuilding is that of Don*
Carlos Brownell,., who said he
would erect a new theater as
soon as possible.
Tax Collector
Due This Week
Word has been received that
A. Verle Collar, deputy collector
of internal revenue, Anchorage,
expects to arrive here Monday,
bringing with him tax forms for
distribution t« individuals and to
assist in their preparation This
service is performed without
charge.
It is pointed out that
returns must be filed by March
15, regardless of changes pending
in congress,
Vehicle Plate
Material Arrives
Material for the issuance of
Territorial vehicle license plates
has now been received, and the
overdue licenses may be obtain
ed at the U. 6. Commissioner’s
office.
Gillam’s Body Found On Beach,
Gebo And Metzdorf Rescued
Ketchikan (^P)—Robert Gebo,
general superintendent for Mor
rison Knudsen and Dewey Metz
dorf, Anchorage were both found
alive at a camp 4 miles from
Smeaton bay last Saturday, a
message from the Coast Guard
rescue party said. Both were in
good spirits and it is planned to
carry them out on stretchers.
Percy Cutting and Joseph Tip
pits, rescued previously, accomp
anied another searching party
into the hills and both wept
when they returned to the base
vessel and were told how over
joyed Gebo and Metzdorf were
to see their rescuers. Gebo and
Metzdorf had had only 2 bouil
Ion cubes to eat since Cutting
and Tippits left them 9 days be
fore.
Gebo suffered a broken right
leg and both feet were frostbit
ten and Metzdoif had a broken
collarbone and several broken
ribs.
The “body of Harold Gdlam,
famous veteian aviator, missing
more than a month since his
plane crashed southeast of here,
was found on a beach at Boca de
Quadra by a Coast Guard search
ing party late Saturday.
Death was apparently Jue to
shock and expoime. The body
was returned to Ketchikan.