[Defenses Of Bataan Admitted Overcome
KODIAK .
DIARY ...
Election Sidelights — The
(etaxi service for voters was a
jg success in view of the weat.h
— oops — on election day. . .
ie woman got a free taxi to
ee in to vote, shopped for an
iur, met the same driver at an
(pointed place and *vas taken
pie... one of the taxis, in
ruing around at the city hall,
Jin the stuff that forms when
tweather -- oops -- is like it
isthatdayand started back
rds downhill in the general di
tion of the fire hall - a fence
ipped it ...
The judges and clerks of the
*tion did yeoman service in
irking at or to their post until
er eleven o’clock, when the
rating was finished ... speak
;of counting, during one per
of it there was amazement
iressed by everyone present
en one whole block of votes
(continued on page 4)
Man Held Under
New Federal Act
Maurice J. Anderson, em
I 'yee at the naval base and res
Mt of Kodiak, was apprehend
April 4 in attempting to pass
it of the Gibson Cove guard*
wise with 16 sticks of dynamite,
was held at the ba=e for
1 tetioning and a hearing was
Win the U S. Commissioner
C. Naughton’s court Thurs
ly after Col. Martyr, provost
*rshal at the base, filed a corn
tint against Anderson, charg
, 5 violation of the Federal Ex
*sives Act. The complaint al
ltd that the dynamite was
ton from Siems, Drake com
% contractors, and that An
•*>n did not have a license for
Possession as required by the
Federal Explosives Act.
At the hearing he was bound
tfto the grand jury and plac
“nder $5000 bail after War
*A Taylor, counsel for the
fendant, waived testimony.
INDEX
^0 Hall Sought 2
^raft Appeals Simple 3
Alarch Bond Sales Big 3
Alaska Road Begun 5
Schools Will Run 5
Alaska Flying Safe 6
^l°°d Typing Staris 6
Church Notices 7
Exams Scheduled 8
J>cense Refund $6500 8
Jomen’s Page 10
Classified 11
iLongshoreman Elected Mayor
City Election Results
For Mayor
1 NICK MIELL 143
Warren A. Taylor 100
Frank M. Hermann 83
* L. F. Nachtvveih 29
1 For Clerk
> CLIFF E LILLETHUN 128
1 Louise Williams 110
, Norris K. Porter 79
1
For Treasurer
. 0. A. TORGERSON 256
For Councilmen
JAMES H PIERCE 159
RAY MARTIN 158
WILLIAM P. SMITH 149
Ben J. Sholl 145
Jorgen Fredrickson 129
Jack S. Allman 83
J. N Steffgen 58
Wm E. Falconer 51
Forest Ayres 47
Hobart Wiseman 23
Shall Ordinance No. 42, granting a right of way through the
City of Kodiak to the United States for construction of a tel
ephone line be ratified?
Yes 294 No 15
Shall Ordinance No. 43, coneying portion of City Hall lot to
the United States for erection of patrol and prophylaxis station
be ratified?
Yes 226
No 71
Southwestern
Ports Get Cut
Seattle (-P)—The Alaska
Steamship company reduced thfe
surchage effective Monday from
45 to 25 per cent for southwest
ern ports.
Leslie Baker, manager, said
the War Shipping administration
ordered the reduction, and it is
separate from the recent Mari
time commission order reducing
the surcharge to 20 per cent for
southeastern Alaska only.
Glenn Hyner, local agent for
the Alaska Steamship company,
received confirmation this week
that the above applies to all
freight and passengers change
between Seattle and southwest
ern ports and locally between
port west of Cape Spencer.
Otto Kraft Will
Divides $125,000
Otto Kraft, pioneer Kodiak
business man and founder of the
O. Kraft & Son store now owned
by his «on Ben, left an estate of
$125,000 when he died in Seattle
1 March 2, according to the petit
ion for probate of his will, before
Superior Judge John A. Frater,
Seattle.
Mrs. Christie Kraft, the wid
ow, is to haye the ‘ Otto Kraft
House” in Kokiak or a residence
at 1883 Shelby St. Seattle, plus
$150 a month. Eventually
the Krafts’ daughters, Pauline
Hunt of Phoenix, Ariz., Margar
ret Bogen of Seattle and Frieda
Blinn of Kodiak, each will re
ceive one-foui th of the estate.
Writing Contest Open To
Men In Armed Forces
New Directions Press and Dir
ection magazine announced a j
writing contest for men in the1
I service with a first prize of $100
I and a second prize of $50. The j
only requirements for this con- j
test are (1) that the writer be
a present a member of the U. S
armed forces and (2) that the
story or essay or sketch be based
on the writer’s personal experi
[ ence
The contest closes May 1, and
the winners will be announced
June 1, when the Summer fiction
I number of Direction appears
Manuscripts should be sent to
Contest for Men in the Service, i
Direction, Derien, Conn.
The longshoremen took time
out from unloading boats th s
week to march to the polls and
elect one of their members by a
comfortable margin to the office
of mayor of the city of Kodiak.
Their candidate, Nick Miell,
longshore boss, garnered 143 out
of the 355 cast for that position.
The longshoremen literally
took time out to do it. With an
early morning call the day of
election thry did not go to work
until a body of them deseeded
on the city hall early Tuesday
morning and were ready to cast
there ballots even before a bal
lot box was rounded up to re
ceive them.
Not only did they get their
mayor in but they also put over
two of their three candidates
for city council; James Pierce,
who led the field ot ten, and
Wm. Smith, Sr. Ben Sholl the
third one, missed a city council
s«at by 4 votes.
The c ty cleik race was close
between Clifford E. Ldlethun
who won with 128 votes and
1 ouise Williams, who came in
second with 110 votes Norris K
Porter, third candidate, followed
with 79 vote*.
t). A Torgerson, who ran un
opposed for reelect ion, got the
treasurer’s job with 256 votes
The city ordinance granting a
right of way for a U. S tele
phone 1 ne pas ed, 294 to 15, as I
did the ordinance "conveying a
portion of the City hall property
for the erection of a patiol and
prophylaxis station 226 to 71
A total of 455 registered and i
despite inclement weather 361 i
(continued on page 4)
Prize For Greedy Axis
Auw iork—This map gives you »n idea of what treasures
()f inJia mean Oil, cotton, iron, silver, gold, manganese, lead
are a few of the raw materials that make India a ripe plum
indeed f#r th# Axis.
Washington — uverwnei
^ ming Japanese forces in the Phil
ippines have made advances
which indicated probability
“that the defense of Bataan is
overcome”. Despite heroic count
er attack attempts of the physic
ally exhausted defenders, inform
ed quarters here expressed grov
ing belief that the stubborn re
sistance of American - Filipino
troops who held part of the pen
insula since early January ag
ainst all Japanese attacks has
virtua'ly ceased
Army men expressed doubt
that large numbers of surviving
troops could evacuate under fire
across the 2 miles open water be
tween the southern tip of the
peninsula and the island fortress
of Corregidor still held by Amer
ican forces. Such evacuation op
eration for a defeated force is
notoriously one of the most diffi
cult of all actions. Wainright re
ported his counter attack failed
due to complete physical ex
haustion of his troops.
Stimson reported W ainwright’s
force in the Philippines numbered
(continued on page 9)
Bids Asked For
Water System
(Special) — Bids are now be
ing asked by the Defense Public
Wo»-ks Division of the Federal
Works Agency for the building
of the new water system here,
according to notice received
from the Regional Office in
Seattle.
The system will include a
30,000 gallon and 100,000 gallon
wooil stave tank, a complete
i water dam and a distribution
; system for the city
Sealed bids giving details on
the furnishing of all labor, mat
eria's and performance of the
wo'k required according 1o
speci ications. should be mailed
to the Defeme Public Works
Regional Office at 511 Alaska
Building in Seattle, before April
17.
Held On Bad Check Charge,
(lets Suspended Sentence
Laydon McCracken, charged
with issuing checks without suf
ficient funds, pled guilty to a
misdemeanor and was given a
90-day suspended sentence by
U S. Commissioner C. C Naugh
ton. He was alleged to have writ
ten $S0 wort h of such checks and
had made $25 worth of them
good The sentence was suspend
ed on the condition that he take
care of the remainder within 24
hours
The complaint was filed by the
H. Pinch jewelry store.