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‘'News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 21. 1942
ppper Found/1 lost, In Island Tragedy
1st Office Gets Supply Of Defense Bonds
’s no excuse for not buy
nd now! The post office
ack of them over twc
i, of all denominations
m 860,000 worth. So bin
;oday!
a reports $6,468.50 wort!
; sold in the first three
the “Buy a Bombei
3ond”campaign. Anchor
rts $31,000 worth sole
ibruary 14. (It took only
0 do it.) Up to last night
3 post office and bank
.total of over $11,000
' bonds sold. So buy a
lay!
anion under the line in
1 bond was the Bartend
hi, which pledged a $500
icond was the Hod Car
ith a $2000 ante. (Pur
iy unions won’t count to
re “Spirit of Alaska”, be
•ganizations cannot buy
C. bonds. But they do
►ward national defense.)
i bond, unions, today!
ouy-a-bomber-for- Alaska
;n is now in its third
fter March 9 all totals
Alaska towns will be
1 and the money pledged
laskan bomber. So buy a
day!
p the pig bank, take out
wing account (the bank is
k), dig into the sock, or
[ur next pay chock and
fense by buying a bomb
daska. Seattle has sub
more than $300,000 in
or a Boeing for Seattle,
ake Alaska next.
»y a bond today!
ck-up Begins
Dn Blackouts
this date no civilian
! will be allowed to oper
l»g blackouts unless pro
'ith the proper shielding
spected by the C. D. C.
or. Warren Taylor is in
at present.
reported there have been
d violations of the black
Jlations. Future violatois
arrested and prosecuted
ull extent of the law.
e will be a meeting of the
'efense Corps every Fri
lling at C. D. C. Hdqs.,
duthkowski building, time
-M. The public is invited
ad.
toon—British Indian de
orces are counter-attack
epeated attempts to hold
d pressed line on the west
f the Bilin river.
Delayed Draft
Registration Set
The registration in Selective
Service schedule for February 10,
which was postponed locally
when registration material failed
to arrive in time, is now set for
Monday, February 23. The de
layed material arrived this week.
Required to register are all men
between the ages of 20 to 44,
which includes those who reach
ed their 20th birthday on or be
fore February 16, and those who
have not reached their 4oth bir
thday by that date.
John L. McCormick, Territor
ial Director of Selective Service,
announced today the .Selective
System has adopted a more strin
gent policy regarding the defer
ment of men from military ser
vice. Irreplaceable men who are
absolutely essential to the nation
al health, safety, and interest
will continue to be deferred. Dir
ector McCormick emphasized,
however, that there remains a
clear responsibility upon eaeh
employer to present clearly to
local boards the necessity for de
ferment in each individual case
Unless and until this necessity is
proven, the local board will not
defer a man who is qualified for
general military service. The Dir
ector pointed out that we are
now passing through that phase J
where many employers feel that
each employee is an essentia!
man. A close examination of the
facts shows that in many inst -
ances these employees can readi
ly be replaced. Where such replace
(continued on page 4)
Buy A Bond
.
Alaska Attack Possible:
Brazil Freighter Sunk
Is there a possibility of attack
on Alaska this year? Such a
thing is perfectly possible, ac
cording to a statement made by
the President at a press confer
ence this week.
He made the remark after re
porters told him there was some
concern over the possibility of
attack on Alaska this year.
The President also grimly told
the press conference that under
certain conditions the enemy
could shell’New York tomorrow,
or drop bombs on Detroit i
tonight.
Norfolk, Virginia .? —The,
4000-ton Brazilian freighter
Olinda was sank by .an Axis sub
off the Atlantic coa<=t Wednesday
The crew members landed afte>
drifting 20 hours, and all 46
members were saved,The captain
of/the -hip said he was ordered
aboard the sub by its command
er, and questioned concerning the
nature of its cargo, where from
and destination. Crew members
said U. S. naval planes were
sighted approaching while the
sub was still on the surface. The
sub immediately crash-dived.
To Mirror Readers
The poor printing quality of
this issue is caused by mimeo
graph ink, pinch-hitting for news
ink shipped from Seattle on the
Cordova that has not arrived cn
the Denali.
U.S. Operation
Of Ships Argued
Seattle (iP)— Alaskan Attor
ney-General Roden threatened
to petition the government to op
erate ships to Alaska if the new
45 per cent surcharge on passen
gers and freight continues. He ap
peared at the concluding session
of the Maritime commission hear
ing.
The commission recently ap
proved this rate increase, attrib
utable to present conditions.
Roden argued that the burden
would be borne by the ration as
a whole, and not by the residents
of Alaska. He said the rates
threatened to depopulate Alaska,
Albert E. Stephens, special
counsel of the steamship com
panies, argued that carriers are
entitled to increased revenue be
cause of raising costs, war risk
insurance, crew bonuses and un
predictable war ahead.
“Any methods formulated to
absorb the additional costs will
be acceptable to us,” he said
(See story page 2)
Radio Station For
Kodiak Approved
Washington (-P)—The Feder
al Communications commission
this week granted permission to
Edwin A. Kraft, Seattle, radio
advertising executive, to erect a
radio station at Kodiak to oper
ate on a frequency of 1230 kilo
cycles with 250 watts of power,
unlimited time. Kraft, who oper
ates KINY, Juneau, said con
struction would start immediate
ly.
News Reflects Increased Business Activity
The conversion of the three
units of the new Uuthkowski
building on Brooklyn avenue in
to a large recreation center was
announced this week by Charles
Ruthkowski and Stan Auster
man, partners in the new ente"
prise.
Ruthkowski left for Seattle
to buy equipment and supplies,
and as fast as they can be
obtained they wiil be shipped
here, and Austerman will install
it.
“Kodiak needs additional
recreational facilities,” Ruthkow
ski said, “and we have an ideal
location for it. We will open as
soon as equipment is available.
About the first of next month
the space in the new building
across from the Mecca bar will
be ready for its occupants, the
Alaska Steamship company and
the Wadiinger drag store. The
steamship offices are moving
from the present location in the
bank building because of need
for greater space, Glen Hyner,
agent, said. The new drug store
will open as soon as display
shelves and counters can be in
stalled, according to Mr Wadiin
ger, who arrived here recently
with his wife.
A deal is said to-be pending
for the erection of a new build
ing for the housing of a gymna
sium and boxing arena. Lew
Taylor, boxing promoter, is in
terested in the latter as a place
to house his present series of
smokers now held in the Lyric
theatre buildiDg.
“The series of bouts are going
over fine,” Taylor reports, “and
I am glad to be able to ofler toe
town something different in the
way of entertainment. I have a
good, strong card lined up for
tomorrow’s bout, and I’ve
changed the time of the first
bout to 6:15 so as to not conflict
with the show or union meet
ings.”
H. F. MacDonald, owner of
the Lyric theatre, who was out
side at- the time of the recent
theatre fire, reports that he has
secured two new DeVries pro
jection machines and new ampli
fy ng equipment to replace that
lost in the fire, and that delivery
has been promised from the fact
ory in Chicago in from 30 to 60
days. The theatre will re-open as
soon as the equipment arrives
and is installed.
IUC CWiJ' v¥¥ U
who was marooned for 38 days
and nights and lived on _ roots
and wild animals, the other who
set out in a skiff for food and
never returned, was told this
week on the return of the boat
Trv Again, captained by Kay
Harmon, from lliukpalik island.
The missing man was John
Smith, about 55, trapper aid
fisherman, and survivor oi the
ill-fated trapping trip is 0. D.
“Doe” Daly, trapper, formerly
employed at the nr, val Paso as a
carpenter. Daly and Smith had
been left on the island to trap
and do some woik. including re
pairing of buildings, and it was
while making a trip to the main
j land in search of timber that
I Smith left Daly and started for
j t.hp island to get food and was
not seen again.
One party from Kodiak went
to the island and found it desert
ed, and after waiting two days
returned here and it was on the
second trip, made by Harmon,
that Daly was found.
The tragic story began the
weekend before Fhanksgiving
when Earle Butler and a .party
took the trappers to Kiukraiik,
an 800-acre treeless, plateau hke
island located about 20 rniles^off
the mainland south of Cape
Doug as, across Shelikof straits..
Butler raises blue fox there and
has the island on lease from -the
government.
Da’y and Smith were left with
their food and supplies at a,
house near a lake on the island,
and were told to expect a boat
to pick them up January 2ft. On
January 25 Butler chartered the
Reliance, and a party consisting
of Bill Miller, Johnny Hughes,
and Mr. and Mm Butler left
that evening at 10 30 and were
at the bland about 9 on the up
pointed morning Although there
was evidence of recent occupancy
the trappers and ihe skrff with
an outboard mo*or were gone.
Noticing that the foundation of
the buildings, and the roof had
not been repaired, it was surmis
ed the men were somewhere on
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INDEX
Dimond Gives Bach
Ground On Bates
Page 2
Ship Flees To Alaska
Harbor 3
Alaska Road Plans 6
New NAS Facilities .6
War Risk Insurant*; 6
Kodiak Harbor Bill 5
New Mititary Code .7
Pictures 11
Patrol Assignments .3
Classifieds 11
Women’s Pape '0