"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier’’
PRICE 10 CENTO
VOL. 3 NO. 31
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 2, 1943
3rd War Loan
Ends Today
Today is the last day of the
3rd War Loan (with time yet to
buy a bond to help boost Kod
iak’s quota) and at the last re
port from Juneau Kodiak had
sold 138,296 25 in bonds. This,
together with $3000 00 sold as
admissions to the Band Concert
and Show Wednesday night at
the Orpheum, together with ur>
reported sales, will bring Kodiak
over its quota of $40,000.
The band concert, presented
by the Golden Bears, conducted
by Galen Peipenburg, was thor
oughly enjoyed by all who at
tended the show, as were a num
ber of short motion picture sub
jects on the war and bond
theme.
R. H. Chadwick gave a short
inspirational address, thanking
those who had taken part, but
taking to task those “who had
n’t come across.” He said the
bulk of bonds sold came from a
canvass of the business district,
with a few others, and that the
rank and file had failed in play
ing as full a part as possible in
participating in the drive.
Two Injured In
Roadhouse Fight
A fight in which a number of
naval personnel became involved
occurred Wednesday night at
the ChicKen Inn on Mission
road, with the result that one
naval man received one stab
wound and a member of the
Shore Patrol force was beaten
up. The victim of the stabbing
and the shore patrolman were
admitted at a base hospital
for treatment.
Reports that the Inn had been
closed, or put out of bounds, are
erroneous.
Man Found Dead
In Bed At Home
Harry Jonstead, 43, formerly
employed at the base and in
town as a taxi driver, was found
dead in his bed Saturday morn
ing at 6:45, presumably from a
heart attack. When last seen by
friends at 1 am that morning he
Was going home and seemed in
good health.
He is survived by a brother,
Arthur, who recently left Port
Williams for his home in Taco
ma, and by a sister, believed to
live in Seattle. Funeral arrange
ments await word from the rela
tives who were notified.
Elizabeth Chichenoff, 14 years
old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexis Chichenoff, of Afognak,
died September 15 from tubercu
losis, according to the death cer
tificate filed yesterday here at
the U. S. commissioner’s office.
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^c»»*®st,6attn8 lr,p
Henry Roden, attorney gen
eral, who visited Kodiak in Au
gust to investigate charges of
misapplication of municipal
funds by former mayor Nick
Miell, in connection with a trip
to Washington, D. C., has com
pleted his report and a copy of it
sent here was read at the city
council meeting Monday night.
“I am of the opinion,’' Roden
said in his report to the Gov
ernor, “that the money paid by
the City to Mr. Miell for ex
penses incurred by him in con
nection with the installation of
a water system at Kodiak under
the facts so far disclosed cannot
be recovered, the implied agree
ment between the parties having
been performed and fully execut
ed by both parties to it, the city
received the benefit of Mr.
Miell’s services; it has audited
and approved his expense ac
count and thereby ratified the
unauthorized appropriation of
the amount thereof; no indica
tions of fraud or corruption are
present and in case suit for the
recovery thereof were brought,
I believe the court would leave
the parties where they have now
placed themselves ”
“I do not feel the Territory
should test the question in the
courts. This does not prevent
any taxpayer of the city from
doing so. As the city cannot sus
tain any loss on account of the
Territory’s refusal to bring an
action for the recovery back of
the money alleged to have been
paid out contrary to law, 1 feel
the more justified in recom
mending that you accept my
conclusion and the incident be
deemed closed so far as the
Territory is concerned.”
Roden based his findings on
two main premises:
1 That the money for the
trip was drawn unlawfully, not
in accordance with the law, and
a timely action in the courts
could have prevented payment
of the checks drawn for the trip.
2. However, after the trip was
accomplished a different princi
ple of law came into effect;
namely, that an implied con
tract or written contract, when
fully executed by both parties,
although wholly unauthorized,
is not subject to recovery of
moneys paid.
To the charge that the may
or’s trip was ‘‘lobbying” and
therefore contrary to law, Roden
cited several cases defining the
term to arrive at the conclusion
that the trip in question was
not ‘‘lobbying”.
The comolete 7-page opinion,
with all citations, is on file at
the city clerk’s office.
Week’s News Highlights
Mediterranean Front
Smashing north along the east
coast of Italy, the Br. 8th army
occupied Fogeia, rail hub & air
field center. Possession of 13
airdromes at Foggia gives the
Allies bases within normal bomb
ing range of Balkan & Southern
German industrial targets. Allies
announced capture of vital
Naples & promised Rome would
be next to fall. Germany claimed
seizure of Corfu, Greek island
strategically located at the Ad
riatic sea entrance. Jugoslavs re
ported the Nazis were repulsed
iu an attempt to land on the
islands of Iljet & Sipan, south
»ast of the Jugoslavian seaport
sf Split.
Russian Front
Red Army troops, after sweep
ing into Smolensk, biggest Nazi
base in Russia, continued to roll
back German in the central sec
tor of the Russian front In the
south, Russians surged toward
Dniepropetrovk, inflicted heavy
German casualties before that
Nazi base & arrayed themselves
along 300 miles of the east bank
of the Dnieper river in preparat
ion for a decisive smash into the
enemy defense lines.
Pacific Front
Allied planes raided the Jap
Wewak base of New Guinea,
destroyed 58 enemy aircraft
sank 4 merchant ships & fired 3
tankers. Allied grcund forces
seized the Markham valley town
of Sagerak in a new drive direct
ed at the Jap shipping base of
Madang Australians landed on
the North .New, Guinea coast, &■
smashed Jap resistance to reach
an airdrome 2 miles from Fins
chhafen.
European Front
RAF bomber fleets attacked
German production centers of
Mannheim & Ludwigshafen in
the Rhineland & the enemy sub
base of Nantes.
Atlantic Front
Navy Lt. Robert Williams, of
Snoqualmie, Wash., sank 2 Ger
man subs, crippled another so
that it was sunk later & possibly
damaged a fourth in 6 weeks of
action over the Atlantic to score
what, the Navy announced as
probably the record individual
bag in submarine warfare. He
operated from a merchant vesse
converted to carrier service.
[ New Dimout Order
Issued For Kodiak
A new dimout order, differing
only slightly from the one pre
viously in force, was issued this
week for civilians and military
personnel.
The new order requites that
all windows facing Chiniak Bay
(St. Paul's harbor) be blacked
out during dimout hours indi
cated by the siren. All interior
lights shall be controlled so that
they do not contribute more
than one foot candle upon any
outdoor area. Interior light
sources which emit rays above
the horizontal out-of-doors shall
be extinguished.
During dimouts vehicles will
operate with no more than two
headlights on dim beam; bright
beam will not be used at any
time.
The order was signed by
Charles Skinner, Mayor of Kod
iak, Col. Wm. D. Frazer, Fort
Greely, and Capt. W. M Me
Dade, NOB.
Leif Erickson
Day Named
Governor Ernest Gruening has
proclaimed October 9, next Sat
urday, as Leif Erickson Day in
honor of the Norseman who first*
discovered America.
Because the Scandinavian and
American peoples are engaged in
the same battle for freedom, be
declared it seems highly pertin
ent that this opportunity be
taken to honor the national hero
whose name symbolizes the
I strong links of the past and
|present which unite the Scandi
navian and the American na
tions. The Governor urged that
the American flag be kept flying
on that day and that. the flags
of the Scandinavian nations
jointly engaged with us in the
epic struggle for freedom be
likewise flown.
;.S.p.e.cifll services, conducted- by
the Rev. Gregory Gleboff, will
be held tomorrow, Sunday, at 9
am, for the purpose of blessing
the Russian church parsonage,
which will be used as a tempor
ary church during rebuilding of
the one destroyed by fire.
Services will start at 9 pm and
all members of the congregation
are urged to attend.
The Ladies Guild of the Grif
fin Memorial hospital will meet
Tuesday at2 pm at the hospital.
Sewing will be done by the mem
bers, who are urged to attend
this meeting.
Tonsillectomies were perform
ed this week at the Griffin Mem
orial hospital on Joe Davis,
Paul Swanson, Jr. and Lester
Knagin.
Youth Shot In Leg
On Hunting Trip
Abram Panamaroff, 16, of
Ouzinkie, was rushed here Thurs
day with assistance from the
base for treatment for a severe
gun wound in his leg.
He received the injury in an
accident on a duck hunting trip.
According to the victim’s
account a friend of his was
pumping a shotgun, thought to
be unloaded, when the gun acci
dently discharged at close range
City Council
To Fill Vacancy
The city council held its re
gular meeting Monday evening
at the city hall and unanimously
changed the status of Charles
Skinner from mayor pro tem to
mayor, and announced that at
the next meeting it would ap
point a councilman to fill the
vacancy thus caused. A resigna
tion, dated August 20, was read,
from former mayor Nick Mielt,
who is now. m the armed ser
vices at an Alaskan post.
Dr. A. Bates Jones, city
health officer, told the council
he bad written Juneau head
quarters to recommend segie
gation of native and white child
ren in seperate schools because
‘the rate of tuberculosis is high
est here of any piace in the Ter
ritory, and 80 per cent of the
disease occurs among native
population.” Because of the
number of “white” cases, be
said, the segregation was neces
sary as a corrective health
measure.
He also reported M>at the City
Meat Market, closed because of
unsanitary conditions, is now re
opened and is conforming to
health standards. He reported,
too, that the local venereal rate
has shown another increase.!{'
The road committte said ^he
new road around M ission l.ake
to the new garbage dump local
ion is started and will be comp
leted shortly. Extension of Spruce
road along the beach near the
Liete homestead was undertaken
as a fire protection measure, the
committee reported. A letter
was read from R. L. Townsend,
resident of the district, who ob
jected to damage claimed done
to his property by the new road.
After reading of the letter a mo
tion “that the matter be closed”
passed unanimously.
The school board said a bus
for hauling students to school
from Mission road could be ob
tained for $200 monthly, and the
matter vas referred to commit
tee. A letter concerning the re
quest for a new school was sent
to Delegate Dimond The com
mittee also said cars were still
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