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6 NO. 14
"News of cAmerica’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 2, 1945
PRICE 10 CENT?
2 Struck
Truck
jl„ the result of a chase be
an army man in an army
trying to catch up with a
naan in a taxi driven by
jr«H Reeman, two men were
^^cked down by the truck in
of fk® U’ S. Employment
^ce Saturday night, according
yo reports from the city police
^ the marshal’s office. Hit
*ere Victor Malutin, taxi driverj
vbo received a bruised leg, and
jgck Snyder, who suffered bruis
gg »nd a sore back. The driver of
d»e army truck did not stop, po
lice said.
Police reported that Malutin
and Snyder were standing by
jfalutin’s taxi, and that Mrs.
Snyder had just gotten into it
wben the two vehicles passed
them. The two servicemen had
bad a fight at a local night club,
police said, and the navy man
bad left in the taxi while others
held the army man, who followed
ia tbe truck as soon as he was
released.
Police report the driver of the
truck, an officer, had been ident
ified, but said no complaint had
been filed. Hans Reeman was
given a ticket for speeding by
Tom Nachand, night patrolman,
and the charge was dismissed by
City Magistrate George Slawson.
The Mighty 7th
The Mirror recommends the
advertisement on page 5. Read
•t—heed it!
New building permits include:
William Worth, to build a bed
*®om on two houses on Cope
I at $350 each; A. J. Collins,
and remodel walk-in refrig
**»on room, $300.
Patients at the GM hospital
**®lude Edward Taylor, Seattle,
®a»ploye of Alaska Packers, yel
*°w jaundice; John Ronne, Issa
[W*ah, Wash., employe for Ugan
** fisheries, flu; and Alex Pana
*ar°ff> Karluk, flu.
^ the summer months the
_^°apfire Girls meeting has been
?/*t*iged from 4 pm to 2 pm of
'Aguiar day, Tuesday.
Elvin Foster is the new
****rtiian for the group.
and Mis. Herbert Heglin
the parents of a son, Clifford
L^**^** weight 9 pounds 2 ounces
Sunday, May 27, at the
Memorial hospital.
and Mrs. Henry Eaton
the
fL — Parents of a son, Robert
born Wednesday, May 30
® Griffin Memorial hospital,
infant weighed|7 pounds.
Karluk Area Dispute Brings Officials
Flu Epidemic
Hits Many
A flu epidemic ran through
Kodiak this week, with many of
the business places being short
handed as employes took time
off to combat it. The combina
tion of the flu and a number of
cannery workers filled the
Griffin Memorial hospital to
capacity.
Marshal Takes
2 Insane Outside
Deputy U. S. Marshal Paul
Herring left by a recent Alaska
Steamship boat with George
Strand, Alitak, and Mis. Zenia
Summerland, Ouzinkie, who
have been committed to Morn
ingside asylum at Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Summerland was adjudged
insane at a hearing Saturday,
with the jury composed of L. K.
Wodlinger, Keith Roberts, James
Pierce, Paul Fretzs, Jack All
man and Oscar Nelson.
Mrs. Georgia Sumerlin and
Mrs. Janet I.ee are making the
trip as matrons.
Mrs. Bessie Wallin left yester
day for Anchorage, where she
may locate and operate a board
ing house, she said.
Officials involved in the dis
pute ovei the Karluk fishing
area, reserved by the Depart
ment of Interior for native use,
arrived in Kodiak this week on
their way to Karluk for the
opening of the season June 1.
Frank Marshall, president of
the Alaska Federation of Labor,
and Charles Skinner, acting sec
retary of the United Fishermen’s
union, returned to Kodiak Sat
urday after an 8-day trip around
the island with Ed Nevers and
Tiny Cichoski, on the latter’s
boat. Mr. Marshall said that the
native council at Karluk agreed
to issue permits to Alaska fisher
men to operate in the closed
area, outside 1050 feet from the
mouth of the river.
Louis C. Mueller and Charles
C. Hoskins, special officers of
the U. S. Indian service, visited
Kodiak en route to Karluk for
the purpose of enforcing observ
ance of the reservation.
They were followed by W. C.
Arnold, managing director of the
Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.,
also on his way to Karluk, where
he said the right to create the
reservation would be challenged.
The conflict is expected to give
rise to court proceedings which
may be carried to the U.S. Sup
reme Court.
Sgt. Hoff Injured
On Okinawa
Sgt. Herbert (Speed) Hoff,
U. S. Marine Corps, formerly
stationed here, has been wound
ed in action on Okinawa. His
wife, the former Miss Catherine
Naughton, is living in McMinn
ville, Oie.
Mrs. Janet Lee, who has been
until recently employed at the
at the Kodiak Candy company,
left this week to visit Mrs. Hoff,
her sister.
The two city trucks answered
a fire alarm Thursday night at
11:27 when a chimney at the
Town Club burned out. There
was no damage.
Five traffic tickets, 4 for Ieft
I banded parking and 1 for failure
! to stop at a stop-street, were
handed out by city police this
week, and each was assessed
$1.50 court costs and warned a
gainst further violation.
j Frank McConaghy, Rev. John
| Winter, and Rev. Gregory Mor
ony went to Old Harbor and
Shearwater last week on a can
nery boat and returned via Alas
ka Steamship.
Poppy Sale
Nets $139
A belated Poppy Day sale
held on Memorial Day instead
of the customary Saturday be
fore, brought in $139.35, it was
announced yesterday. Six girls
sold the flowers on the streets
and at homes. They were: Gail
Blankenburg, Jo Ann Knud sen,
Arline Herring, Gloria Delane.
Jacqueline Benson and Carol'
Meyers.
The American Legion wishes
to thank the public for the re
sponse to the annual America**
Legion Veteran’s appeal.
Fish Buyers Must
File With OPft
All fish buyers in Alaska are
now required to file wit h the Of
fice of Price Administration, the
commissions paid or agreed upon
or offered in March 1942, it was
announced today by Don O’Con
ner, Territorial Price Executive
If the buyer was not in business
during March 1942, he may use
his competitor’s prices.
A second directive requires tbo
filing of March 1942 rental rates
of boat and 6C0ws. Help in deter
mining these ceilings will be giv
en at the local War Price and
Rationing Board office.
Both price filings are to be
submitted by June 1, 1945.
If costs have advanced since
the base period, a petition for
adjustment may be made follow
ing the orginal filings.
The Ladies’ Hospital Auxiliary
will meet next Thursday, June 7T
at 2 pm at the hospital. All wo
men are invited to attend an»l
help with sewing.
Although no formal observ
ance was held busines house ■»
throughout town closed on Wed
nesday, Memorial day.
I Top
Admiral Karl Doenitz stiuacte
between Reich Production Min
ister Albert Speer, (left) and Col,
Gen. Gustav Jodi (right) after
their arrest by Allies at German
High Command quarters in
Flensburg, Germany. (By radio
from Pans.)
Bottom
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
and his party enjoy a musiea
show in London. Seated, left to
right: Lt. John Eisenhower, the
general’s son; Miss Tony Porter,
not further identified; Gen Eis
| enhower; his secretary, Lt. Kay
| Summereby, and Gen. Omar N,
! Bradley. (By radio from Londoa)