"News oj cAmencci’s
VOL. 4 NO 9
KODIAK, AI 4SKA APRIL 29. 1944
PRICE 10 CENTS
Bartlett, Ma
Delegate No
Juneau (&)—John E. Mand
ers, Anchorage, Republican, and
g L. Bartlett, Juneau, Demo
crat, won their respective
party’s nominations for Dele
gate to Congress, early returns
reported at Juneau in iicated.
Returns from J 95 precincts had
Manders leading George B.
Grigsby in the only Republican
Territorial contest and Bartlett
ws followed by A. H. Ziegler
*nd then Henry Roden. Ralph
J. Rivers was ahead of Karl
Drager for Attorney General by
two to one. W. Leonard Smith
was far ahead of Frank A. Met
calf for Highway Engineer.
Big surprise among 1st Divi
sion returns was defeat of Cap
> tain Davis, low man among four
I! seeking one of two nominations
[ [or the Senate. Walker of Ket
chikan was high, followed by
Joe Green, Haines; Crystal Jen
ne, Juneau.
Election officials said returns
ue particularly slow this year
"because of wartime communi
lations.
' Tallies of all Anchorage pre
■ ducts and the Kodiak precinct
are carried on page 4.
News Highlights
Pacific Front
Advanced Allied Hdqts—SW
Pacific—United States invasion
forces closed the Hollandia cam
paign Thursday after 6 days,
capturing their 3rd Jap airfield
A putting the 3 into immediate
operations within bombing range
at’the Philipines. To end the Jap
resistance the undertaking en
tailed leap frogging 500 miles of
New Guinea coast under guns of
• powerful Naval armada, send
'ng thousands of soldiers slosh
fog the muddy jungle terrain.
The main Hollandia airfield
•as last to fall to pincer forces
tight Jap opposition at Hollan
ds was attributed by a Hdqts.
Mkesman to feints which
Prompted the enemy to send
men to VVewak. Japs at
Hollandia fled inland & all or
^•ed resistance ceased.
Hutchinson, Kansas—Artem
,f| Gates, Assistant Secretary
^ Navy, disclosed “we have
tan making 1000-plane raids in
ta Pacific. I don’t think the
Public realizes we have been
having 1000-plane raids in the
Pacific. We are building all the
fone & 1000-plane raids are not
"“common ” He wouldn’t elab
orate,
European Front
Naples—Aggressive patrolling
exploratory thrust to feel out
inders Win
mmations
Morning Fire
Damages Home
The fire department was call
ed at 4:22 am Monday and ex
tingubhed a fire at the Carl
Hawkins residence, located be
tween the Martin Jensen and
Norman Noble homes on Mill
Bay road.
The fire started from an oil
stove and Mr. Hawkins was a
wakened by the smoke. He
burned his hands slightly in es
caping and didn’t even have
time to grab any clothing.
The fire was extinguished after
40 minutes of battling the stub
born blaze. The interior was
badly damaged.
Secretary
Knox Dies
Washington (iP)—Secretary
of the Navy Knox, 70, died at 1
pm EST yesterday at his Wash
ington home of a heart attack.
Knox was stricken with a “gas
tro intestinal upset” while at
tending the funeral of J. A.
Muehling, his business partner
for past 40 years.
He returned to his office Tues
day morning but about 2 hours
later became ill and went home
He suffered a severe heart at
tack when he prepared to go to
bed Tuesday afternoon. Acting
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
announced the death over the
Navy’s loud speaker system and
asked all department employes,
many of whom were at lunch in
the cafeterias, to pause in their
activities in respect to Knox.
Alaska Liqu<
Are Sued Fo
Drunken Driving
Brings $100 Fine
A charge of drunken driving
this week resulted in suspension
of the drivers license of Milton
Cori, plus $100 fine and costs
and a 30-day suspended jail
sentence.
Bombay (JP)—An earthquake
shoes of great intensity was re
corded by Bombay observatory
Thursday night. Officials said
the epicenter was approximately
4200 miles away, and estimated
it to be in the vicinity of New
Guinea, where MacArthur’s
forces are engaging the Japs.
Style Show, Music Coming Tuesday
the enemy strength marked only
activity along whole Italian
front Weather limited Allied Air
Force to 180 (correct) sorties
during the day. No planes were
lost.
London—The Russian Army is
pressing in a determined offen
sive with powerful tank support
toward north Rumanian city of
Iasi. Fierce battles rage in the
area on 2nd successive day.
London—Masses of Allied in
vasion vessels assembling in har
bors of western England were
attacked by German bombers,
Berlin dispatches by way of
Stockholm said, as Nazi & neut
rals continue the guessing game
which began several weeks ago.
The dispatches said invasion
might be less than 2 weeks away
& that gteat quantities of Allied
shipping is gathered in channel
ports of southeastern as well as
western England. German auth
orities in Holland were reported
to be preparing to blast great
dykes which guard entrance to
Zuider Zee to flood huge a>ea in
cluding Rotterdam & Amster
dam. Britain’s shores are closed
to all except most urgent out
bound civilian travel under new
regulations designed to keep in
vasion plans secret.
Ralph Naughton, son of U. S.
Commissioner and Mrs. Naugh
ton, is visiting his parents this
week. He is employed by the
West Coast Construction com
pany and has been working at
Whittier but is now on his way
to the Westward.
A marriage license was issued
this week to Neil C. Loving, U.
S. Navy, and Sophia Grabski,
[stenographer at the NOB.
Something new in entertain
ment for Kodiak, and free, too,
will be presented Tuesday night
only at the Orpheum theatre,
when the combined grades and
high school will present for one
performance only a Style Show
and Musical Program.
Students from all grades will
model dresses of all types made
in the domestic science classes
under the direction of Miss
Georgya Wilbur. There will be
everything from dirndls to form
als, and novelties, such as a
dress fashioned from four Navy
handkerchiefs.
The style show will be pre
sented in skit form, special dia
logue and music being provided
wilh the presentation. Music
will be furnished by the Army
Post orchestra, and a flag num
ber, featuring 8 Navy and 8
Army men, besides other musi
cal numbers, will be included.
The show will start promptly
at 8 pm Tuesday and only one
performance will be given.
The show was oiiginally plan
ned for afternoon, but as plans
for it progressed and word got a
round about its many entertain
ing novelties it was felt that an
evening presentation should be
provided so that more people
could enjoy it. To enable it to
be shown free of charge the
Rotary Club has agreed to un
derwrite the expenses of the
show.
Mrs. Jane J. Jacobs, and
daughter Joy, arrived on the
Lakina this week from Seattle.
Mrs. Jacobs, who has engaged
in payroll and tax work in Seat
tle for the past 10 years, will be
employed in the office of Mrs.
Catherine Blankenburg, book
keeper.
Council Combines
Fire, Police Jobs
The city council created the
combined position of Fire Chief
and Police Chief at the regular
meeting Monday, and appointed
Jack Allman to the new job, ef
fective May 1. Salary was set at
$400, the amount previously
paid for each of the two separate
positions, held by Fire Chief
Jack King and Police Chief A. A.
Sumerlin.
Salary for the position of Wat
er & Sewer Superintendent, held
by Charles Hopp, was set at
$350. Mrs. Catherine Blanken
burg, City Clerk, was appointed
magistrate at a salary of $20
plus $1.50 costs for each case.
The clerk’s salary remains $200.
The Health Officer salary stays
at $50; no appointment. Salary
of patrolman was set at $300 and
as a further economy move one
patrolman position, held by Joe
Heitman, was cut off.
The combination of the two
Chiefs created some discussion
and some objections were voiced.
A petition for a restaurant
liquor license, from J. J. Spring
hill, was refused.
The council authorized hiring
Marshall Crutcher, accountant,
for the yearly audit.
Heine Berger brought his boat
the Kasilof, with a barge in tow,
down from Anchorage this week
and left Thursday with a load of
freight for Anchorage.
Included were a “cat” belong
ing to Joe Rouse; 2 buses and a
station wagon owned by Basil
O’Neill, who is moving to An
chorage; a truck and shop equip
ment belonging to William P.
Smith, who for the past years
or Suppliers
r $285,000
Seattle (A>)—Treble damage
suits, asking for $285,000, were
filed yesterday by the OPA in
the Federal court against two
firms and three individuals en
gaged in the business of supply
ing liquor to Alaska.
The OPA charged the firms of
K. & L. Distributors, owned by
Jack Kessler and Irving Levine,
and Alaska Distributors, owned
by Alfred Shyman, with selling
liquor at prices in excess of that
set by Federal agency -regu
lations.
The suit against K. & L. is for
$197,000, against the other firm
for $87,000. Alfred Krauss, dis
trict OPA director, said the
Alaska Distributors had offered
to settle out of court for the
amount of overcharges but tire
offer was rejected, Krauss said,
because there were no extenuat
ing circumstances “justifying
the overcharges”.
New School Head
Named By Board
Harry Holt, of Homer, was
named this week as school sup
erintendent for the Kodiak
school for next year, the local
school board announced this
week.
Mr. Holt and his family are
well-known in Kodiak, where he
was previously superintendent
from 1931 to 1934. He came to
Kodiak from Bend, Ore., and
during his term here saw Kodi
ak’s first graduating class of the
high school receive diplomas.
Members of the class were A1
King and “Chuck” Watkinson.
After leaving Kodiak he be
came superintendent at Seward
and remained there until last
year when he went to Homer
where he has taught the past
year. He is married and has two
children; Edward, who is at
Pullman, Wash., and a daughter,
Eleanor. He is a veteran of the
last World War and has always
taken part in activities of the
communities in which he has
taught.
has operated the Kodiak Plumb
ing and Sheet Metal Works and
who is going to locate in An
choragt.
Leaving on the boat were the
Wm. P Smith family, the Basil
O’Neill family and James “Scot
ty” Walton
Eugene Frump, U. S. Navy,
and Agnes PavlofT, Kodiak, were
united in marriage April 24, by
U. S. Commissioner C. C.
Naughton. Witnesses were Doro
thy Tibbies and David Carton.