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"News of oAmenca’s Last Frontier”
OL. 4 NO. 34
KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 6, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
ew Year's
ance Due
A big masquerade ball, with
iozens of door prizes and prizes
For the best costumes, hus been
mnounced for Russian New
dear’s, by the Russian Women’s
Club. The dance, given to raise
money for the church rebuilding
und, will be held at Blinn’s hall
January 14, starling at 7 pm,
with tickets a dollar each for
men and women.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson will
act as master of ceremonies at
the ball and the judges will be
Mrs. Margaret Magnusen, Mrs.
O. A. Torgerson, Emil Knudsen
and James Marlz.
A complete list of prizes, don
ated by local merchants, will be
published next week.
Russian Christmas, Sunday,
January 7, will be marked by
special church services.
Plates Are Plastic
Vehicle license plates for 1945
arrived on the Cordova, and
may be procured at the U. S.
Commissioner’s office.
New large plates are provided
this year with a green back
ground and white numerals.
They are made of heavy com
position.
Mrs. Jennie Wood and Mrs
H. V. Halloran were admitted
to the GM hospital this week.
Special Pictures-“Kodiak” Launching
Top
S. S. Kodiak Victory slides
down the ways of the Oregon
Shipbuilding Corporation, Port
land, Oregon.
At Right
Mrs Emil Knudsen, wife of
Kodiak’s mayor, breaks oham
Pagne bottle across the hull of S,
S. Kodiak Victory.
Above
Parka-clad visitors add color 1
.
to launching. Mrs. Emil Knudsen
(right) christened the vessel. Her
daughter, Jo Anne, shown with
the sponsor, was the flower girl.
(For more news of the launch
ing, see Kodiak Diary)
The home economic’s class of
the local school will practice its
art on members of the school
board and city council at a
dinner at the school Monday at
7 pm. (
Wounded In Europe
Sgt. Max Strom, Aberdeen,
Wash., has been badly wounded
in the European theater, where
he has been for about a year and
a half. He is a brother of George
Strom, employe of a local army
dock.
Car Turns Over
A car turned turtle at the top
of the hill near the cemetery
Wednesday, Dec. 27, when it hit
a spot of ice in the road. The
car, belonging to a sailor, was
being driven by the owner. Nc
one was hurt.
Body Found
In Local Bay
The body of a man, giving
evidence of having been a long
time in the water, was found
floating in the bay near the bluff
south of the ATS dock on Fri
day, December 29. The discov
ery was made by young William
“Greasy" Hartman, who reports
ed it to workmen at the dock
who secured the body with a
rope and then notified base
officials.
The man’s clothing, including
rain garments, indicated he' was
a seaman. A navy spokesman
said yesterday the body had
been identified tentatively as
that of a navy man whose name
was Nix, who disappeared from
a transport in the harbor am
October 10. At the time of the
disappearance it was thought ha
had jumped ship but discovery
of the body leads to the belief
that he in some way fall over
board, the spokesman said.
Funeral services are to be held
at the base.
Club Owner
Pays $50 Fine
The American Legion Club
was closed at 1:20 am last Sun
day evening (New Year's day)
by Police Chief George Magnus
en and Frank Irick, operator,
was charged with operating the
establishment after hours in
violation of the city ordinance
that provides that no liquor be
sold from 6 pm Sunday evening
until 8 am the following Mon
day.
Tuesday before City Magis
trate George Slawson, Irick pled
guilly to the charge and wa
fined $50 and costs
Killed In Action
Mrs. Leif Norman, of this city,
received word Tuesday, Dec. 26,
that her nephew, Norris Brooks,
was killed in action in the
South Pacific.
Base Employee Dies
Sarah Lemma Race, 56, civil
service clerk-typist, died at the
base of heart failure Dec. 26
Funeral services were held at
the base with interment in the
joint, Army-Navy cemetery, Fort
Greely. She is survived by
children, including a daughter,
Bertha Hatcher, NOB, Kodiak,
Mrs. Vera Stichler, who has
been visiting at the home of her
son and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Francis, at Woody Is
land, left on the Yukon last
week to return to her home in
the States. Mr. Fiancis is em
ployed as Maintenance Superin
tendent, by the CAA at, Woody
Island.