"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier”
VOL. 2 NO. 18
KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 4, 1942
PRICE 10 CENTS
Kodiak Projects
Delayed By War
The conti act let recently to
the A. T. Beckett company of
Oakland for construction of the
water and sewer projects in Ko
diak has been suspended, and
the REA electrification project
“seems to be in the same boat”,
according to H. H. Waller. Hub
bell & Waller Engineering Corp.,
Seattle.
In a letter dated June 18 he
says:
“In spite of the fact that the
Federal Works Agency has al
ready let a contract to the A. T.
Beckett company to construct
these two projects, it has been
difficult to get the work under
way. The best priority the com
pany could obtain was an a-2,
whieh at, the present moment,
will not supply them with any
steel or iron pipe, nor even wood
pipe which is wound with steel
wire.
‘ We understand that Admiral
Freeman, commandant 13th
Naval District, is very much in
favor of the projects being built
at the first possible moment, and
yet the A. T. Beckett company’s
contract has been suspended for
the time being until a better
priority can be obtained, and
until the situation in the North
Pacific clears up so far as the
war is concerned It seems that
the FWA office here in Seattle
received word from Washington,
D. C. that they should not at
tempt any new projects for the
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KODIAK .
DIARY ...
The following letter is self
explanatory to those who read
East weak’s Kodiak Diary. If
rou didn’t read it, and ne savez
rous pas, let it be a lesson to
rou
Addressed to Mr. Steve Har
vey, vice-president of the Hotary
Club, and on a letterhead saying
“Office of United States Marshal,
Department of Justice (it is to
laugh)” it reads:
“It has been brought to the
attention of this office through
the channels of the local (cen
sored) paper that a gavel and
thong attached, has been stolen
from this office.
“I wish to assure you that
this is not the case, in fact the
?avel was purely a donation to
the cause, and I now wish to
>ffer the plaque that goes with
the gavel In order that the two
vill not become separated. . .
“Should the Secretary (Ed’s
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6 Reasons Get
Entering Permit
San Francisco (/P)— General
DeWitt has established a strict
military control over all civilian
travel to and from Alaska effect
ive July 11. Military passer will
be reqeired to any civilian enter
ing or leaving the territory.
Passes to enter Alaska will be
obtainable only for official gov
ernment business, a definite ar
rangement of legitimate employ
ment, business reasons, the re
turn of bona fide Alaska resid
ents 10 their homes, close domes
tic relationship and school inter
ests.
A permit from General DeWitt
will be necessary to enter Alaska
and one from General Buckner
to leave. Only children under 16
will be exempted, and they must
be accompanied by parents or
guardian.
Passes may be obtained
through the Alaska Travel Con
trol, a new agency, in the Ex
change Building, Seattle. Infor
mation and applications must be
returned at least 15 days before
the permit can be issued. Every
person will be carefully investi
gated, photographed, finger
printed, and must supply a com
plete statement of personal his
tory. Both fingerprints and
photograph will be attached to
the permit, and a copy of the
fingerprints will be sent to the
FBI in Washington. Civilians
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Free Ice Cream,
Concert For 4th
There won’t be any fireworks
or games and contests, but at
least there’ll be free ice cream
for the kids, and a band concert,
to celebrate the Fourth of July
this Saturday.
All children in town should be
at the Community Baptist
church promptly at 1 p. m. for
the free ice cream, and children
at the Mission will get theirs at
5 p. m.
Last word from the Army was
that a band would be sent in at
2 p. m. for a Fourth of July con
cert.
4th Of July Dance
A Fourth of July dance is
planned at Blinn’s hall for Sat
urday, from 6 to 10 p m In
case of an alert the dance wil
be cancelled.
Rubber Drive Is
Stretched 10 Days
The National Scrap Kubber
drive, scheduled to end June 30,
has been extended 10 days by
Presidential order, so there i?
still time to dip in your attic,
basements and closets for out
warn rubber articles and help in
gathering this crucial material
As the sign on a tree in the U.
S. Marshal’s proclaims, all you
have to do is throw the articles
over the fence into the yard If
you «hould strike a rubber bon
naza and produce more than
you can carry, all you have to
do is contact Merrill Coon, Stand
ard Oil agent, and he will have
a truck pick it up.
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Describe Attack
At Dutch Harbor
A.T G. Receives
New Equipment
All men interested in the Al
aska Territorial Guard are re
quested to attend a meeting
Monday July sixth at 7:30 P.
M. The guard will meet at the
school grouuds or the American
Legion Hall depending upon the
weather.
Alleqnipment previously is
sued will be reca’led and replac
ed with a different type of
equipment. Instructions will be
given for the cleaning and care
of this equipment.
The company will continue
its regular weekly meeiings and
all members are expected to at
tend or forfeit their membership
and supplies.
There is sufficient equipment
for ali interested.
To Open Law Office
George B. Grigsby, well-known
attorney of Anchorage, made a
flying trip here recently to ar
range for the opening of a law
office in this city. The branch
will be opened as soon as suit
able office space can be found,
and all legal matters will be
handled
Until the office is open Attorn
ey Gtigsby has made arrange
ments with Louise Williams to
accept for him all present appli
cations for legal counsel.
The new office here will be
maintained in conjunction with
the present one in Anchorage.
One Of Two New Fire Buggies Destined For Kodiak
The above picture shows the type of the two new fire engines given Kodiak under a SI 1,000
grant by the Public Works Agency Each pumper truck handles the water at the rate.of 500 gal- (
Ions per minute, and 2000 feet of hose come with each unit. A condition of the grant is that rhe
city house, operate and maintain the equipment.
Seattle (-£*)—In the first dra
matic eyewitness report of what
happened at Dutch Harbor ev
acuees and seamen told upon ar
rival here on a transport of how
the Jap air attack at 5:45 a. nr.
on June 3 caught civilians by
surprise, and how gallant gun
ners on ship and ashore laid a
deadly screen of anti-aircraft fire
about the raiding planes.
While Army and Navy men
manned anti-aircraft guns some
of the ships crews snatched up
rifles and biazed away at dive
bombers.
l ifting the veil on the Aleut
ian fog of military restrictions it
was revealed for the first time
how the Commander at the
Dutch IIa bor naval base had
issued commendations for eour
ageous duty under fire by Army
transport crew gunners
How many Jap planes we e
downed has never been announe
ed officially and reports brought
by witnesses to the raids failed
to c'arify the point.
Major Fletcher, Unalaska, sa'd
application had been made for
35 death certificates after the
day’s bombing. Service men a
board the ship were tight lipped
about what damage had been
done at Dutch Harbor, but sev
eral of them said “damage was
light, considering ” “Considering
what?” the interviewers pressed
an A’my corporal. “Considering
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Price Ceilings
Must Be Fixed
All Alaskan retail merchants
are reminded that they are bound
by the provisions of the Maxi
mum Price Regulations and
must fix their ceiling prices by
one of the 5 methods provided.
Under no ci cumstances are they
permitted to fix prices higher
than the maximum charge dur
ing the month of March for the
same or comparable commodity _
Merchants are further advised
that they are not permitted to
my their wholesalers any higher
prices for goods supplied them
than the highest price they paid
the same wholesaler for the same
or comparable goods in March,
even though a lrgher price may
have been announced and the
merchant is billed accordingly
Copies of all rules and regul
ations covering price contro
will shortly be placid in the
hands of Alaska retailers, al
though pending that time they
are still bound by the new price
levels.