jqXj. 2 NO. 10
KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 9, 1942
PRICE 10 CENTS
"News oj oAmericas
Japs Said On The Run As Naval Battle Ends
Nipponese Authority Discounts Aleutians
KODIAK .
DIARY ...
*”
Dan Mathews, first class sea
nan on one of Uncle Sara’s air
craft carriers, is the son of Mr,
,nd Mrs. Vic Mathews of this
city- • you may have seen the
jccount in Life magazine, or in
the newsreels, about the airplane
jarrier that was attacked by two
Clinches of Jap planes, nine to a
iunch. . .one of the planes,
itricken, tried but failed in a
uicide dive on the carrier. . in
i recent letter to his parents
Dan tells of the event as he saw
! After over a page of letter on
Incidental things he casually be
ans. . .“Well, last time out we
re attacked by 18 Jap bomb
about 4 Cf’clock one after
loon. We set our fighters up af
er them and all the ships opened
p with their anti-aircraft guns
■'or about an hour things were
ire tty not and after it was ad
ver we had lost two planes and
"c pilot and the Japs had lost
7 and possibly ]8 of the.r planes
tul none of the s'Tps had suffe
1 any bomb hits . . .
(continued on page 4)
« ropertv Deal Made
The sale of the former Strom
tfidence at the end of Alaska
ay near Bert’s Drug store was
enounced this week. The piop
ty, consisting of a laige resi
de and apartment units, was
ircliased from Hobart Wise
an by Oscar Breedman, owner
the City Meat Market The
"i.ce was reported to lie $8000.
Rule Provides
For Deportation
Any person guilty of activities
detrimental to the war or defense
in Alaska, may be deported from
the Territory, according to a
proclamation made this week by
Major General S. B. Buckner,
Jr., Fort Richardson, of the
Alaska Defense Command.
The proclamation says:
“ by virtue of the author
ity vested in me by the Presid
ent of the United States and by
the Secretary of War and my
powers and prerogatives as Com
manding General of the Alaska
Defense Command, having de
dared the Territory of Alaska to
be a military area from which
any or all persons my be exclud
ed and with respect to which the
right of any person to enter, re
main in. or leave are subject to
.{continued on oage 9)
—
KEA Seeks New
Priority Rating
At a meetimg of the KEA this
week it was reported that step-;
had been taken to secure a better
priority r ting fo- a power plant
than the A-10 i«tinp granted.
The ItE A has reported that no
work not AO per cent completed
or of direct value to the war
would be considered The new
rating is sought in v'ew of fact
ors pertaining to the war factor.
The f o'lowing members were
elected as directors for the ensu
ing year: Charles Hopp, John
Steffgen, N K. Porter, Leo^ears.
Harvey Edwards, Cecil Helsel,
Talmage Smith, Charles Madsen
and Emil Knudsen
> Hunters Bag Bear Apiece
Vnd Bring One Back Alive
bix men from the base return
from a bear tr'p this week
ade with Robert von Scheele
1 the Charlotte B. to Uganik
land and bay, and not only
d each man get his bear but
py “brung one home alive ”
The live one is a 2-months old
b, which they reported was
landed for two days on a rocky
ff so they decided to bring it
th them Not having a permit
r acquiring it the bear was
Ven to Jack Benson, wildlife
>ent, and is now on display in
* cage behind the Totem Igloo
Jrio shop, where it is being
ken care of by Charles Mad
tl- The cub’s disposition would
indicate he doesn t like things*
and his diet of milk, mush and
cod liver oil doesn’t seem to
make him any happier
The men making the trip
were R. C. McLeod, A1 Herman.
Joe Wilhour, Jim Bain, Pete
Brown and Tunner Evanco.
They reported seeing 30 bears,
and Brown is credited with get
ting the main thrill of the trip.
He was crawling through some
brush and came to a log and as
lie started over it he came face
to face with a bear. It is alleged
that the bear was only 7 feet
away and Brown swears the bear
spit at him just before he shot
it.
Tokyo (A3) — Schichiji Ito,
well-known military commentor,
said in the May issue of the
monthly magazine Contemporary
Times, that the season of melting
ice in the North Pacific brought
to the fore the possibilities of an
American offensive against Jap
an from Alaska, and especially
the Aleutians, but said that var
ious factors discounted the pos
sibility.
it is not Japan but the U. S
that should fear operations in
the .Northern Pacific, he declar
ed. Distance between Alaska
points and transportation facili
ties make Alaska vulnerable, he
said, and the sparse population
makes Alasaka the weakest point
in U. S. defense, particularly
subject to parachute attack.
He said naval bases in Alaska
are not completed and are only
large enough to harbor sma 1
auxiliary ships, subs and des
troyers, are not sufficient to re
plenish tun carrie Nstrikifi^ force
sent againt Japan.
He added that heavy fog and
other weather lectors limit lT.S
naval opei*uions from mid June
to early August, and that the
U. S is unable to transfer all its
remaining capita! ships n Atlan
tic operations against Japan.
Commencement
Exercises Set
Commencement exercises for
the graduating class of the Kod
iak High School will be held
Wednesday May 13, at 2 p m.
at the Orpheum theatre, R. L
Clifton, superintendent, an
nounced this week.
The nine students graduating
are: Melvin Bernard Sholl, Nick
Frost, Robert Holmes Johnson,
Fred Sullivan, Mary Itene Sarg
ent, Janet Beatrice Naughton,
Ruth Jerling 1'opsy Jerling,
Hazel Marie Smith, and Edna
Alice Anderson (in absentia).
Addresses will be given by Bo
bert Johnson, valedictorian and
Hazel Smith, salutatorian. The
class will will be read b\’ Nick
Frost and Janet Naughton will
give the class history.
The public is invited to attend
the commencement
Will Aid Army, Navy Pund
To aid the army and navy re
lief fund campaign to be held
from May 14 to May 20 the
lyric and Orpheum theatres
will join theatres all over the
nation and in Alaska in taking
collections to aasist in the drive.
Collections will be made each
vening starting Thursday.
Bond Quota For
Kodiak Raised
Kevised quotas in bond sales
for the Territory are $350,000
for May, $400,000 for June, and
$500 000 for July and each
month thereafter. Kodiak’s quota
for this month is $30,000.
Fredrick W. Ayers, Juneau,
deputy administrator of the bond
sales, commenting on the new
quotas, said:
"This war is costing $100,000,
000 daily and to pay f r the
arms and numitions needed by
our fighting men in all parts of
the world the people on the home
front must sacrifice everything
which is not absolutely neces
sary for actual living expenses.
If some person*cons'der a mini
mum of 10 per cent of their in
come too much to give up ask
them what they think our soild
iers, sailors, aiiK.en and marines
are sacrificing daily. By the loy
alty and actions of our peoples
at home this nation will stand
or fall. ’
Primary Court
Not Completed
Juneau^)—With only mea
gre returns from the Terri I ory
repotted as yet, voting in the
primaries shows Walter P. Sharpe
leading with 2043 to Michael
Haas’ 1759 for commissioner of
labor.
Keturns have been received
here from only 23 precincts of
the 1st division, one from the
2nd. five from the 3rd and 12
from the 4th
Allen Shattuck has a big lead
over Arthur Walker in the Senate
race in the 1st division.
r (£>)-— Allied and Japanese
warships fought to death in s.
mammoth 5-day old battle in
the Coi al sea, northest of Aust- -
ralia and British and Australian
gunners have already sunk or
crippled at least 13 enemy war
ships, United Nations^ head
quarters announced. Nine Jap
warships were sunk, including
an aircraft carrier, 2 cruisers, 2
destroyers and 4 gunboats, and
4 other enemy warships were
badly damaged. A non-combats
vessel w7as sunk and 2 others
damaged in the fateful struggle
which is still raging and appear
ed by all accounts to be the
greatest naval i attle of the new
World War, perhaps the biggest
naval engagement in all Amer
ican history, rivaling the mag
! nitude of the battle of Jutland
between the British and German*
grand fleet.
Imperial Tokyo headquarters
claimed a toll of 5 United Na
tions’ warships, including the
sinking of a U. S. battleship of
the 32,000-ton California class,
the 33,000-ton aircraft carrier.
! Saratoga and the 19,000-tor
carrier Yorktown. In addition
Tokyo asserted the Oritis, battle
ship o( i tie 30,000-ton Warspste
type was heavily damaged atuS
(continued on p'ige 4)
i
New Equipment Added frr
Laundiy improvement
The Kodiak Steam Launday,
owned by Emmet Jennings amt
John Sennit, announces this?
week that with the completion
of work being done installing
new equipment the laundry i
now in a position to handle all
laundry work an I cleaning.
New driers, extractors, spot
ting boards, a boiler and other
equipment make it possible, the
owneissaid, to give the people
of Kodiak ti e most up to-date
laundry and dry e'eaning service—
More Members Ar© Needed
To Form New First Aid Class
A series of first aid classes are
being held every Tuesday and
Friday evening at 7:45 p rn. at
the City hall under the direction
of Glen Brewster. Red Cross
first aid instructor The instruc
tion has been streamlined and
adapted to the war situation,
and at present there are 16 mem
bers in the class
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, chair
man of the Red Cross committee
for first aid has pointed out that
that number is not sufficient for
the needs of Kodiak.
*• We are fortunate in securing
Mr. Brewster,” Dr. Johnson
sAid. ‘‘He has been teaching first
aid since 19.35, and elsewhere uc
reports that it is lequired that
firemen, doIicemen, fire wardens,
and others attend surh classes
as part of their duties. The quota
set for Kodiak in event of an.
emergency is 3 first aid stations,
with 10 peisons at each The
present attendance is inadequate
in preparing for an emergency
here. We are short of medical
help anyway, and we shoulcf not
wait, like London did, until
something happens before pre
paring for it.”
Enrollment may be made at
any time, and the course con
sists of 10 lessons.