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Kodiak Mirror
_ "cirrus of ^America's Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
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FOR SALE—Due to circum
stances beyond my control I
am offering the Island Trans
fer Co. for sale with 8 trucks,
storage space parts equip. &
office equip., incl. lease till
1946. Anyone interested write,
wire, or see W. F Lewis, Box
226, Kodiak, Alaska.
FOR SALE—4 cabins, close in
near hospital, partly furnished.
W. F. Lewis
FOR SALE—3 lots. 2 houses, 2
tent houses, on Mission road
at city limits. One furn. See
W. F. Lewis.
HOUSE FOR SALE—2 rooms
with bath. Modern in every
respect. This is the Pete Kcp
pang house and is for sale
for $2200 cash. Inquire at Ko
diak fountain.
FOR SALE—Modern 3-room
house, laundry room, water
& elec., comp furn. Lawn,
garden plot & view. In town.
See Forest G. Ayers.
FOR SALE—3*room house &
hath, furn., newly finished in
side. On Mission road. Call
Matthews, Navy 406.
FOR SALE—1 baby buggy,
practically new. Sec Mrs. R.
R. Reynolds.
ROOMS FOR RENT—Day,
week, monthly rates. 203 or
204 Mill Bay road. tf
FOR RENT—Furnished rooms
or apartments. 505 Beach
road.
FOUND—3 keys on ring. Own
er may identify and pay for
ad at Mirror office.
LOST—Leather Alaska cig. case
with keys fastened to zipper
on case. Reward. Return to
Mirror.
NOTICE
All garbage cans must be put
where they are accessible to
trucks or garbage will not be
picked up. This means they must
be at road side.
Bills are payable at our office.
Island Transfer Co.
Tax Discount
A 2 per cent discount is allow
ed on all city taxes paid in full
on or before Friday, August 13.
City Clerk
City of Kodiak
PURCHASING POWER
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If you are planning on making some investment
such as a home, car or other property, it is most
likely you will not buy until after the war is
over. Consequently, in order to have purchasing
power when that time comes your best invest
ment now or any other time is.
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WAR SAVINGS BONDS
News Highlights
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fell to the British Eighth Army.
German troops, including the
15th panzer, 29th motorized &
Hermann Goering divisions, a
bandoned the city before the
Allies entered & fled north on a
road which is under constant
aerial bombardment. British
forces earlier had seized a strip
to dominate the highway circling
Mount Etna & then captured
Paterno, 9 miles northwest of
Catania, severing the Etna road.
The American advance near Tio
ina in the northern sector was
slowed by roadblocks, mines &
hidden gun emplacements.
Secretary of War Stimson re
ported American casualties in
Sicily up to July 22—501 killed,
3807 wounded & 2370 missing.
He said that Axis prisoners num
ber about 100,000 & that the
majority of those are Italians
Russian Front
Premier Staiin announced the
capture of Belgorod by Soviet
troops. The fall of Belgorod,
which is at the southern end of
the Kursk bulge, imperils the
German hold on the important
base of Karkov, which lies about
50 miles to the south & slightly
west. Further north Russian col
uinns began rolling through the
former Orel salient to exploit the
capture of that city. The greater
part of the German Orel garrison
of a quarter of a million men ap
parently made good its retreat,
but Russians claim thousands of
Nazis are being surrounded in
small groups Orel had been held
oy the Germans since October,
1941, & they left it devastated
like Stalingrad, having dynamit
ed factories, pub ic buildings &
oomes
European Front
RAF planes raided an enemy
convoy off Le Havre, France, &
the Guipavas airfield near Brest.
A Danish consular official is
quoted as saying the estimated
number of dead in Hamburg ex
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Victory
Henry Kittelson
Owner
Lloyd Smith
Manager
ceeda 200,000. British Air Minis
try reported that an area 7 times
greater than the city of London
has been devastated by British
and American bombers
History Repeats Itself
Charles Turner, outside fore
man for the Kadiak Fisheries at
Port Bailey, recently received
word of the birth of a second
daughtei in Everett, Wash.,
where Mrs Turner has been
staying.
The child was born August 4,
just 8 years to the day from the
birth of their first daughter.
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