"News of oAmencas Last Frontier”
VOi . 5 NO 44
KODIAK, Al ASKA JaNUARY 5, 1946
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PRICE 10 CENTS
Buys Store
Interest
Through purchase of her hus
band's interests, Mrs. L. F
Naehtweih this week became sole
owner of the Kodiak Variety
store. Located in the entire down*
stairs of the Felder building, the
store is one of the 3 largest mer
chandising outlets in Kodiak.
Mr. and Mrs Naehtweih origin
ally opened the store on Sept. 13,
>941, enlarging it a month
later by acquiring the remainder
af the floor space.
The sale was consummated be
fore Mr. Nachtweih’s departure
for the States on an indefinite
▼isit.
~Ex-Mayor Returns
Nick Miell, former mayor of
Kodiak who resigned that post
when he entered the Army, re
turned to his home here by plane
yesterday following his discharge
at Fort RichardsoD. During his
Army service he was stationed
at Whi.tier, Galena and Adak.
Mrs. Meill is the local 4th
grade teacher.
Ex-Serviceman
Dies At Hospital
Daniel Craker, 22, passed a
way at the Griffin Memorial hos
pital Dec. 21, a suicide by poi
soning from an overdose of sleep
ing tablets. In his effects he left
a letter to his mother, who lives
ro Kelso, Washington. He is also
survived by 3 sisters.
A week before his death he
had been found in a drugged con
dition in an apartment in the
Felder building and had been
hospitalized for a few days and
then released. A newcomer to
Kodiak, it is reported the deceas
ed formerly served in the U. S.
Marines and that just previously
he had done work for the Army
Transport Service m the Aleutian
area.
Funeral services are being ar
ranged by Walter Muller, who
announced they will be held next
Monday from the Catholic
church with interment in the lo
cal cemetery. Six servicemen
friends of the deceased will serve
as pallbearers.
Knute Thevik fell Saturday
Dec. 22, and injured his hip.
Workers
Arrive
Fifty-eight men, hire'1 in An
chorage and Fairbanks for civi
lian jobs at the local base, arriv
ed here by boat Monday from
Seward. Tom Stiles, local civilian
personnel director, flew to the
two inland cities recently to aid
*n securing the new employes.
Clothing
Drive On
With the National Clothing
collection to start next Monday
and continue to the end of Janu
ary, Harry Holt, drive chairman,
this week announced following
theduve proclamation by Ma
yor O. A. Torgerson that articles
can be left at various collection
posts around town.
As in the Drevious drive suc
cessfully carried on heie, the
same kinds of clean articles of
clothing and bedding are desired,
and this year personal messages
may be included by the donors
for the unknown recipients.
The five stations where bun
dles may be left are Erskine’s
store, the Belmont Bar, Kodiak
• Barber shop, Bert’s drug store
and Kraft’s store.
Monday Is
Christmas
FoP Russian Christmas, on
next Monday, January 7, the
Russian Orthodox church is hav
ing a series of special services,
the Very Rev. Gregory Gleboff,
local priest, announced today.
Services will be held daily for 5
days, beginning Saturday, at the
following hours:
Saturday (today) 7 pm
Sunday 9 am—3 & 8 pm
Monday 9 am—4 pm
Tuesday 9 am
Wednesday 9 am
For Russian New Year’s, Jan.
14, the Russian Ladies Club is
planning a benefit dance.
Rev. Gleboff wishes to thank
everyone for the holiday felicita
tions he has received.
Plates On Hand
Territorial vehicle license
plates ai rived in Kodiak this
week, and for the first time this
year are handled by the city
clerk under a new arrangement
with the Territory.
They may be procured at the
city hall.
Washington (.-P)—Lt. Gen.
Laughton Collins, War depart
ment information chief, declared
that its demobilization program
will be slowed down, with the
rate of return of some troops de
layed because of difficulty in get
ting replacements for overseas
service.
“Our overseas forces,” he said,
“would be dangerously under
strength in occupying hostile
countries if all eligible men were
to be returned before sufficient
replacements arrived.”
He said that in no case would
any serviceman be delayed more
than three months beyond the
time he becomes eligible for dis
i charge.
The National Clothing Drive: A Proclamation
WHEREAS, millions of self-respecting people in the war-devas
tated lands of Europe, China and the Philippines, struggling for
survival against hunger and disease and cold, are in dire need of
clothing, shoes and bedding, and are subject to death from
exposure, and
WHEREAS, the 25,000,000 of these destitute people who bene
fited through the first United National Clothing Collection are on
ly a fraction of those in need, and
WHEREAS, the meeting of this urgent need overseas will serve
J not only to relieve suffering humanity, but will aid liberated peoples
to revive their economic life and enable their rehabilitated countrie
to contribute a full share towards the creation of a lasting peace, and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has said that
the need is imperative and justifies a second appeal to the Ameri
can people, and
WHEREAS, the Victory Clothing Collection is an effort to
meet the great emergency,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, O. A. Porgerson, Mayor of Kodiak
Alaska urge all religious, educational, patriotic, civic, fraternal,
business, and labor groups to cooperate in this c Election of cloth
ing, shoes and bedding for overseas relief so that the national goal
of 100,000,000 garments in addition to shoes and bedding may be
reached. Also I urge contributors to attach good-will messages to
their gifts of clothing.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the City of Kodiak to be affixed on this second
day of January, 1940
(SEAL) O. A. Torgerson
Mayor of Kodiak
Christmas Unwhite
The fact that Kodiak’s first
peacetime Christmas in many
years wasn’t a white one did not
seem to dim the pleasure in its
celebration, and for many re
united families w’as of course
one of the best of all.
Snow feil lightly the day be
fore Christmas and made the us
ual last, minute Christmas shop
ping almost, a pleasure. Stores
were decorated more than ever
in the holiday motif although
only a few decorations were a
vailable.
Although new peacetime mer
chandise was little in evidence
retail sales were reported as largei
with many merchants finding
Christmas sales slightly ahead of
last year.
Christmas day was windy and
wet, making it ideal for staying
in and partaking of the bird, and
gave 60 ladies an opportunity to
wear their one each pair of ny
lons that they stood in line for at
Kraft’s just before Christo as.
It was Kodiak’s first peacetime
nylon shipment.
The Navy flew a lot of first
class mail to Kodiak enabling a
lot of States Christmas cards to
get here on time, and whereas
last year the Cordova got here
Christmas day this year it was so
early that many people are still
looking for their Christmas pres
ents on the next boat.
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A Message
An advertisement of the U. S.
4rmy is carried in this issue of
the Mirror. We recommend that
all our readers examine its mes
sage. Please turn to page 3.
Pageant Enjoyable
The Rotary-sponsced com
munity Christmas program, held
Christmas eve at, 'he Orphemn
theatre, drew capacity audiences
to the two performances and
brought high praise for the sing
ing and artistry of the nicely
costumed pageant.
The choral group and acting
parts were all performed by lo
cal students, under the capable
direction of Miss Betty Carter,
who was also the piano accom
panist for the production.
Scenes of the Nativity were
presented in tableau form on a
two-tiered stage setting, with a
backdrop of the world depicted
in colors. The scenery was also
made by high school students
Over 4U0 cellophane bags, con
taining candies,fruits and favors,
were given to all children by
Santa Claus (eubenRay esarik
Tay) who appearetf at both per
formances.
School participation was ar
ranged in cooperation with Sup
erintendent Harry Holt, and the
Rotary committee consisted of
Max Folsom, chairman, Charles
Madsen and Walter Sipprell.
Cupid Busy
Cupid was almost as busy as
Santa Claus in Kodiak, wiih 7
marriages taking place during
the holiday period. They are re
corded on page 4.
Sober Record
No drunk and disoiderly ar
rests were recorded at,the city
magistrate’s office for tlie holiday
period. The last such arrest was
on Dec. 18.
Center Body
To Confer
The firei meeting of the Kod
iak Community Center Board
will be held at the Bank of Kod
iak next Thursday night at 7:15,
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, tempor
ary chairman, announced today.
This will be an organizational'
[meeting and it is important that
representatives of the various or
ganizations all be present.
Membeis so far named are:
City council, Dr Johnson and
Walter Sipprell;. American Le
gion, L. J. Norman; Rotary Club,
Marcus Meyer; Chamber of
Commerce, Charles Madsen;
Protestant churcnes, Moiris
Burnham; Catholic churches,
Father Vincent Edge; Russian
churches, Rev. Gregory Gleboff;
School faculty, Harry Holt; Red
Cross Chapter, Mrs. Louise
Coon; Naval Operating Base,'
I Lt. (jg) William C. Jessup; Fed
erated Unions, Alfred A. Owen.
Hour Set
The S. S. Cordova will sail
from Seattle at 5 pm next Fri
day, Jan. 11, the local office of
the Alaska Steamsh'p company
has been informed.
Washington (/P) — President
Truman Thursday night appeal
ed directly to the “most power
ful pressure group in the world’’,
the American people, to put the
heat on Congress for strike con
trol legislation and other meas
ures which he said should be de
signed to avert economic “dis
aster”.
Washington (yP)—Concern ov
er Alaska’s buffalo herd has caus
ed Delegate Bartlette to protest
to the Army’s plans to double
! the Air Corps bombing range
south of Fairbanks
The herd, started from 20 seDt
to the Territory in 1927, now
numbers 450 animals.
Witnesses
Depart
Three witnesses, deputy U. 8.
Marshal Paul Herring, J. H.
Pierce and Jorgen Fredrickson,
left this week for Anchorage for
the trial of Mrs. Louise Williams
Allred on embezzlement.. Mrs.
Williams, who first pled not
guilty to 12 counts of embezzle
ment of income tax money en
trusted to her while operating a
oookkeeping office in Kodiak, la
ter changed her plea to guilty en
a number of the counts in the
indictment.
Marshal Herring said yester
day that the trial date had not
been set.