liodiak Mirror
_“Shfcvrs of America's Last ‘frontier __
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska by the
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
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Seattle Representative — The Alaska Newspapers,
1011 American Bank Building, Seattle, Washington.
" . . . that government of the people, by the people,
for the people shall not perish from the earth■ Lincoln
Buy For War and Save For Peace
In speaking of the new $738,000 monthly War Bond sale quo'a
set for Alaska, Governor Giuening said:
“Alaska has made a very creditable showing in this program
since the first of the year. However, what has been done thus far
has been accomplished with very little pain and virtually no sac
rifice by the majority of our citizens.
“Now we are faced with a challenge. The new quota figure is
based upon what the Treasuary Department knows Alaska is caD
able of doing. Whether we do it or not depends entirely upon the
degree to which we are willing to sacrifice, to do without many
things w'hich we have come to regard as necessities but which, in
our hearts, we know are luxuries.
“Alaska, I am certain, will not fail, but the success of the pro
gram here will be based upon the absolute participation of every
wage earner in the Territory to the absolute limit of his ability to
invest in these securities. This is our country; let us keep it ours ’’
Governor Gruening can count on Kodiak The same spirit that
put Kodiak first in Alaska in per capita bond sales during the
“Buy a Bomber” campaign will enable Kodiak to meet its current
quotas,
Letter To The Editor
Beware The Sixth Column
President Roosevelt defined Sixth Columnists as Americans who
wittingly or unwittingly spread rumors and doubts devised by en
emy Fifth Columnists about Americas wrar effort. These Sixth
Column rumors have now been concentrated into a vast smear
campaign against American workers and their unions.
They are doing this by putting the heat on Congress to pass an
ti-labor legislation aimed at the President’s War Labor Board
policies.
President Roosevelt and the heads of our war agencies are in the
best position to know the facts. They agree unanimously that
such measures will hurt morale, retard war production and throw
our victory into chaos That we must maintain the 40 and 50 hour
week, that we must maintain our ovei time standards which is Am
erican. The American way. Whom do you believe?
The recent launching of the battleship Alabama at Norfork, 9
months ahead of schedule, was built by members of the American
Federation of Labor, Trades Unions. A civilian army of union
workers, in 6 months, constructed 46 new “soldier cities” from
scratch. America’s defense outposts in Hawaii, Alaska, the Canal
Zone and other bases (Dutch Harbor, Kodiak and Sitka included) i
HOARDING
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There is no law against hoarding
WAR SAVING BONDS
. . . BUY THEM
. . . SAVE THEM
They are your most
profitable Investment
are being bui'.t by 100,000 such wo.kers. Ivloie than 1,100 umou
mechanics fought beside our Marines at Guam and Wake. Union
Teamsters drove the trucks to supply China on the Burma Hoad
and are still transporting supplies by other routes destite enemy
bombers. Union Seamen are sailing America’s Merchant Fleet and
Tankers on the high seas, braving daily submarine attacks. We
will all do our part regardless of the uniform we may wear.
The affiliated unions of the American Federation of Labor
throughout Alaska are putting every penny they can spare from
their treasuries into War Saving Bonds. Many of the members as
individuals put their wages received from overtime and other
money they can possibly spare into Bonds and Savings Stamps.
Let’s go, American Workers. We can’t jo business with Hitler.
Signed, Frank Marshall
AF of L Organizer
Box 1134, Kodiak
Rubber Drive
(continued from page 1)
“This is an all out effort to
get every last ounce of rubber
out of every conceivable hiding
p'ace,” S. E. Stretton. of the
Standard Oil company has wired
from Seattle, “so let us intensify
j our efforts in enlisting the co
i operation and whole-hearted
support of every organization
and group possible in this cam
paign.”
Dutch Harbor
(continued from page 1)
no matter how lung you have
been warned and expecting an air
raid there’s bound to be some
surprise when it finally does
come over. No matter how much
stuff you toss them some of them
are bound to get through.”
Declining to identify h mself.
he continued: “It was hot stuff.
We were credited with knocking
down 11 of their planes. Person
ally I didn’t see any planes fall.
How many the Navy got I don’t
know, but you know when you
are doing vour job you don’t
have time to watch around to
see what the other fellow is do
ing.”
C. W. Flack. 45, ship’s porter,
said, “I spent 7 months in France
as artillery man in the last war.
but I saw more action in the 2
days at Dutch Harbor then all
those 7 months.”
Major Fletcher is on his way
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FRESH
FISH • MEAT • FOWL
GIBSON’S
BACON-HAMS
:
We Cater to the Best- t
J With Only the Best
j City Meat
cMarket
! Oscar Breedman
it
to confer with the Bureau of
Indian Affairs about the evacu
ation of natives “who are shak
ing like leaves.”
Try a classified ad.
Kodiak Diary
(continued from page 1)
Note: Me) of your organization
ever become lonesome and in
need of a home I will be glad to
accommodate him in my private
suite at any time for a period of
at h-ast ninety days.
“Also to show that their is no
animosity between myself and
yous Secretary I am enclosing
a little gift for him which I hope
you will present to him appropri
ate ceremony.” Signed, Paul C.
Herring (as near as we can make
out)
We got the gift, a wooden
whiskey bottle (empty, of
course) with an inappropriate
inscription on it in red ink. So
far we haven’t found anything
that will take the ink off.
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