todiak Diary
ntinued from page 2)
ve been here in Alaska,
what I found:
.veling isn’t as bad as it
en. Every month seems
e a loosening up. I went
h bus and train and I
,nce had to stand. How
iere is sometimes a little
made on the side by por
coaehes when a passenger
a better seat or a better
lat’s because the railroads
it some of the weirdest
-back backbreakers on the
Nowhere was I questioned
bought my ticket as to
was traveling,
e States are pretty warv
1 the OPA now. There’s
ie saving of points toward
future goal; the people
them as soon as they
lue. On the last of Deceoi
tie rationing authorities
a fast one by invalidating
which were good for some
to come. So many low
bins were deprived of
lecessary refilling that all
it, sweetness and light on
fear’s Day.
ere are two little guys in
ngton, D. C., who are
ling their noses at the
Government and are
id that they get by with
; that business of closing
entertainment places at
;ht doesn’t seem to apply
n. They can’t be closed
jn any count which the
iment has cooked up so
rhey have a supply of
s which they’ll use if elec
is turned off. They don’t
uor—the customers bring
>wn, but the price they
for ice and mixer beats
n boom prices all to heck,
usicians many of the best
n, drif in from their own
at midnight to play for
egal Notice
IE PROBATE COURT
? THE TERRITORY i
OF ALASKA,
HIRD DIVISION—
dDIAK PRECINCT
Matter of the Estate
of
JAM CASTELT., Deceased
riCE TO CREDITORS
'ICE IS HEREBY GIV
the undersigned that he
:n appointed and has qual
executor of the Estate of
i Castell, deceased and
itors of the deceased and
ons having claim* against
eased, or his estate, are
d within six (6) months
ie date of the first publi
^f this notice to present
libit them, with the nec
muchers, papers or docu
to the said executor at
ice of Taylor & Seltzer,
iys at Law, Brooklyn Av
odiak, Alaska, that being
Je for the transaction of
iness in connection with
estate.
of First Publication:
March 24, 1945
P. J. WATKINSON
Exeeutor of the Estate of
W’illiam Castell, deceased I
I free because jiving isn’t out of <
their systems by that time. The <
waiters and the management are i
one and the same, and they own
the place. So—
The lights of Seattle still
twinkle as their twinkling comes
from water power. Electricity
made by coal power is not used
outside now except for street
lighting. No theatre marquee
lights, no advertising lights, no
news flashed from the rooftops.
So Seattle and other large west
ern cities are turned into the
great white ways of the country.
“I saw Carl Anderson, former
base employe, in Chicago, and
he misses Kodiak.
“It was a good trip, but Alas
ka’s better. Catsup up here for
hamburgers, butter by the
pound instead of the half-pat.
Then after the tummy (first
things first), there’s the aesthe
tic view: mountains and scenery
and (at the moment) sunshine.
What could be sweeter?”
In answer to the little girl
looking at the rabbits in the Is
land Fountain window, who ask
ed, “Are they going to sell rab
bits now?”, the rabbits are Eas
ier decoration. There were no
eggs, we must admit, but then
tliere’s a war on, you know.
No, we don’t know how thick
the ice is on the Nenana.
No, we don’t know if it’s go
ing to be an early spring.
No, we don’t know if it’s bet
ter to figure the ice pool time by
a system of compounded averag
es, meteorlogical data or the!
minute of personal nativity
If we did know, do you think
we’d tell you?
All we do know is that you
ticket, and you have just a week
left in which to make your pur
chases
The ducats are to be had at
the Mecca, the Tony’s and the
Erskine’s.
Chee, just think—
l
i
Plane Rescue
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The c aft’s pilot, with the gas
running low, decided to crash
land in rhe bay and brought his
plane dowu about a mile off- j
shore. None of the men were in
jured when the plane hit, and 6
of the 7 successfully got aboard
an inflated life raft, but the other
crewman missed the raft and
swam about in the darkness. The
plane sank in a matter of min
utes.
The men on the raft seut up
flares and it was reported latei
that the native villagers and
others had a boat in the water 1
almost as soon as the plane'
struck.
The rescuers had to combat
5-foot swells and a strong wind
and were almost an hour reach-1
ing the men. The raft was locat-1
ed by the flares and it was only
by a miracle that the swimming
man was fcund in the storm
tossed darkness. One of the
flares happened to light beside
him so he could be seen by one
of the small boats and he was
picked up. He had been in the j
water about an hour but suffer
:d only slight shock and was
lompletely recovered the next
lay His warm flight clothing
vas given credit for p otecting
lim from the icy water.
The men were brought to
Kodiak where ttey reported they
vere “treated royally” during
heir stay in Karluk
A navy spokesman said
they reported the tide and wind
it the time of their rescue was i
combining to drive them sea
ward and that they felt their
safety was entirely due to the
splendid work of the villagers in
braving the storm to get them
ashore They expressed thanks
especially to Stephen Zdepski,
missionary and acting govern
ment teacher of the village, for
his consideration and hospitality.
According to the navy spokes
man who released the story to
day the accident occured about
10.30 on the night of March 17.
Warning!
Recent inspection of the sub
marine cable landing hut in the
vicinity of Kodiak, which houses
shore ends and terminals of the
cables, discloses that some one
recently shot the lock off the en
trance door. Apparently nothing
inside was seriously bothered in
this instance, but anyone doing
such act is likely to wilfully both
er, disengage or mulitate equip
ment in the building, seriously
hampering and delaying com
munications not ouly of this sta
tion, but all stations served by
the cable, The attention of all
persons is directed to the serious
ness of this offense and anyone
caught or proven involved in
such violations will suffer very
severe penalties.
Roger H. Stevenson,
Captain, Signal Corps,
Officer in Charge
Notice
Because of Easter the Volun
teer Firemen will not meet to
morrow’. The n'vct meeting ,wil
be Sunday. April 8. ...
Notice
The Central Labor Council
has postponed its regular meet
ing from Easter Sunday to Sun
day, April 8.
Kadiak Timber Co.
Post Office Box 116 Kodiak
Shiplap and 2x4’s $50-00 per M
at the mill
Robert V. Scheele
representing Kodiak *
PflUlfl U£f]il
BflfE
Open Day & Night as Usual
) Steaks
) Chops &
$ Chicken Dinners
clom & cMary
Vole “Yes
REFERENDUM No. 1
Modern Telephone System for Kodiak
KELLOGG SWITCHBOARD
RELAYMATIC SYSTEM
Delivery of equipment assured in ten months
Performance guaranteed under bond
Catch up with the Twentieth Century
On Aprii 3, 1945
VOTE "YES” REFERENDUM No. 1
tMartha Kostrometinoff
(Pd. Political Adv )