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Local Man Cited
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enemy shipping was destroyed
«u# over 4000 tons damage 1.
The submarine received the
Presidential unit citation.
Lt. Erskine was born in Berke
ley, Calif., in 1909 and came to
Kodiak with his parents when
an infant. He spent half of his
childhood days attending the
local school and left in 1925 for
high school at Pala Alto. He
attended Stanford university
a«d graduated in the class of
*33.
He returned to Kodiak after
leaving college and at the out
break of war, as a member of the
Naval Reserve, was called into
service as an ensign. His first
4uty as a naval officer was com
mand of a net tender, the “Eb
any”. Later he was transf. rred
to the Naval War Mine School
at' Norfolk, Virginia, and com
pleting Uia training there was as
signed to the Naval Operations
Base at K > liak. He served
ttere about a year and was trans
lated to the Naval Submarine
School at New London, Conn,
and at the end of that training
was assigned to his present duty,
attached to the Pacific Fleet
with headquarters at Honolulu.
On his present leave, granted
while his submarine put into San
Franoisco for overhauling, Lt
Erskine was married to Miss Ber
nice Bowen, of Williamsburg, Va.
The wedding took place May 29
im Washington, D. C. and the
eouple returned to San Francis
co where they are living temp
orarily.
it is Lt Erskine’s ambition to
get back into action to be on
kand to render service for the
final arrival at Tokyo. After the
war he and his wife expect to
make their permanent home here.
Lt. Erskine has been recom
mended for promotion to the
sank of Lieutenant Commander.
He is the son of Mr. W. J. Ers
kine of this city.
Body Shipped
The body of Mrs. Stephen
Mikulas, formerly of Kodiak,
was shipped Wednesday from
Fairbanks for Kodiak by the
Tye-Phillips funeral home on its
way to Afognak, where funeral
services will be held. Mrs. Miku
las, 26, passed away in Fairbanks
| August 3 after a 2-months ill
ness.
She was the daughter of Mrs.
Lucy GregoriofT, Afognak, who
was at her bedside at the time of j
her death. Her husband, captain l
of the Fairbanks police force, i
was in Washington, D. C. attend-1
ing FBI school and she would
not allow him to be told the ser
iousness of her illness.
Mr. Mikulas also formerly liv
ed in Kodiak and the couple were
married here before moving to
Fairbanks.
London — American tanks
were cruising at will as General
Patton stabbed into the Parisian
environs beyond Chartres,
while German radio reported the
Shermans were ess than 12
miles away. Gen. Montgomery’s
British & Canadians were rapid
ly sealing a new trap on the rem
nants of the German 7th army
which is estimated reduced to
between 40 & 100 thousand.
Associated Press’ Edward Ball
: eported the Eiffel tower already
n view of most advanced pa
trols
Rome— Enemy resistance in
southern France officially re
ported crumbling before U. S.
7th Army now consolidated on
the Riviera with known assault
casualties less than 300. U. S.
troops spread out 50 airline
miles along coast. Germans re
poited fresh allied landings on
both sides of Toulon.
Moscow— Moscow radio said
retreating Germans are burning
own towns along east Prussian
border to prevent being used by
advancing Russians.
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First Pictures New French Invasion
American Infantrymen and amphibious vehicles move inland on a road leading from the southern
coast of France east of Toulon as the beachhead area is established in the new invasion move.
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American soldiers wade through the water from an LCI to the beach at a point east, of Toulon as
the new invasion of France along the Mediterranean opens Another LCI is at the left.
| tin.
i Paul Johnson, Lawrence Selt
zer, Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Hayter &
Classifieds
FOR SALE—3-room mod. house
in town, Alder lane, furn. inc.
sewer pipe & bldg, materia*
ready for use. Also 2 lots, 1
house, 1 tent house, unfurn. on
on Mission road. Cheap. See
W. F. Lewis.
FOR SALE—Unfinished cabin
with lot, Spruce St., Mission
rd. Cheap. Inquire Mrs. Nellie
Holler, Mission rd
FOR RENT—3-room furn. apt
heart of city next to Dad’s Li
quor store. See Rose Martin.
LOST—Wallet belonging to Na
deen Whiteman. Liberal re
ward. Return to A. T. Beckett
LOST—Keys on ring, with bottle
opener. Please return to the
Mirror office
LONELY?—Write Box 26,
Vancouver, Wn. tf
baby Sharon Louise, Scotty Mc
Kenzie, Mrs. Lill'gren.
OUTGOING:
E. L. “Bob” Bartlett, Fred
Orme, Celeste Lewis, Harry
Pinch, Julius Doris.
Sam Kelsey, CAA, Lillian
Christoffersen, Frank Wolfe, Jim
Pie ce.
Fishermen Fined
Charged with illegal fishing in
Uyak bay 3 miles within the
markers, Maurice Chamberlain,
Henry Haag and Henry Auvinen
were each fined $50 Thursday in
the U. S. Commissioner’s court
The offense occurred August 14
and the complaint was made by
Roy Lindsley, Bureau of Fish
eries.
Fire Truck Called
The city fire truck was called
by military police about 10 pm
Thursday to a mattress fire ins
small shack near the Brooklyn
Avenue garage. The mattress
was carried from the building
and the fire in it put out with
out other damage.
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