KODIAK .
DIARY ...
People Outside, when they re^
ceive the August 21 issue of the
Mirror, will think we were lucky
in having a map of Kiska, label
led ‘‘Invasion Imminent?”,
square on the front page, when
only a few hours after the paper
was printed the news was re
leased that Kiska was invaded.
Of course, the reason it w'as
there was because we had saved
the map for three weeks, and
ran it because we knew Kiska
was invaded and guessed that
the news would probably be
made public over the weekend.
We assumed that everyone here
would know why that was all
we printed about it, but we were
wrong We met a gentleman that
previous Friday who asked:
“Are you going to have it in
the paper tomorrow about Kiska
being invaded?’’
“No”, we 3aid.
“Do you mean to say it is all
rumor?”, he asked.
“No”, we said, “it’s true no
doubt, but we can’t print it.”
‘‘Why not?”, he asked.
‘It isn’t officially released
yet”, we explained.
“Yes”, he said, “but everyone
knows about it. And do you
mein to say”, he continued,
“that you didn’t know they had
found no Japs there?”
‘ Yes”, we said, “we know
they didn’t find any Japs there.”
“That ought to be news”, he
said.
“Yes”, we agreed, “it is news.
But it isn’t officially released
yet."
“How do you get it then”, he
asked.
We explained that when the
War Department released it in
Washington, D. C., we would
be informed by Associated Press.
“They ought to release it,
then”, he said, “everybody
knows it!”
It reminded us of the time the
old time resident stopped us one
Sunday by the post office (this
was some time ago) and pointed
to the harbor, which was filled
with ships of all kinds.
“There’s the biggest number
of ships that have ever been in
this harbor in the history of
Kodiak”, he said accusingly,
“and you didn’t have a thing in
the paper about it.”
“That would be military in
formation”, we elucidated.
“Poof”, the old timer said, or
stronger words to that effect,
“we can all see them!”
Will Rogers used to say that
all he knew was what he read in
the papers. Nowadays, the same
thing applies to editors.
While Outside recently It. H.
Chadwick, former mayor, visit
ed his daughter and son-in-law
in Seattle. For dinner one night
Chadwick saw his son bring in
two big roasts.
“Hm”, thought Chad, “does
n’t look like a meat shortage.”
At dinner the roast appeared,
beautiful and brown and de
licious.
Chad says he ate and ate and
ate.
After dinner Chad repaired to
the living room and was listen
ing to the radio when son came
in.
“How did you like the horse
meat?”, he asked Chad.
“Horse meat!” said Chad
“why that was the best beef I’ve
ever eaten!”
Later Chad said he went
downtown in Seattle and visited
the horse meat market. He said
it was very interesting.
This is the story of Elmer.
The other night, or morning,
to be exact, or at 1:10 am, to be
more exact, a customer entered
Helen’s Eat Shop and sat down
to eat. The waitress, who was
Evelyn Tolliver, gave the cus
tomer, who was Curley Graham,
a glass of water, and turned to
get his coffee.
The customer let a yeep out
of him. Evelvn turned and look
ed and let a yeep out of her. For
there, vigorously swimming a
round in the water in the glass
was a fish, 2 and three quarters
inches long. Curley said the fish
was in the water when she gave
it to him. Evelyn wasn’t sure.
All the customers joined the arg
ument as to whether the fish
could have come through the
bibcock. The night patrolman
identified the fish as a stickle
back (family Gasterosteidae).
Rhubarb objected because there
was no fish in his glass of water.
The argument went on and on
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