liodiak Mirror
"c^fevjs 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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local news published herein.
Seattle Representative — The Alaska Newspapers,
Kill American Bank Building, Seattle, Washington.
"... that government of the people, by the people,
^___for_the_people shall not perish from the earth-'—Lincoln
Seeing Is Believing
We have enjoyed a lot of the rumors we’ve heard lately, been
provoked by others, and spent a lot of good time checking still
others, but we admit it was a strange feeling we had when we
found ourselves the subject of one of them.
This is the way we heard it. A woman, who heard it from her
husband who works at the base, asked Mrs. Wallin if she had heard
about the arrest of the editor of the Mirror. Mrs. Wallin immedi
ately asked her daughter, Jeanette Clark, who does the Mirror’s
bookkeeping, if there was any truth in it. Miss Clark told us.
It seems we were arrested for being a spy of some sort, and of
printing messages of some sort in the paper to the advantage of
the enemy. We’re going to add it to our collection of rumors, along
with the bombing of Sitka, Dutch Harbor and Koiiak,- the sinking
ot Japanese boats by Anchorage planes, etc.
We had a little experience in how rumors start the other day
When we heard it “a night patrolman caught a man throwing gas
oline over the building housing the M & V Varieties and was pre
paring to set fire to it.” In checking that, we did find out that a
taxi driver had spilled some gasoline from a can when filling his
car, but how it ever grew to what it was we have no way of knowing.
We have two explanation to offer for that personal spy rumor.
It might be the beard we are cultivating with loving care until the
“Japs are licked” that started it, especially from cerain ones jeal
ous of our success with it, or somebody might have seen a typogra
phical error sometime and throught it was code!
The story is told of a group of Russians entirely surrounded by
the German enemy. Leaflets had already been dropped asking
for surrender, but the officer in command said they would hang
tough and make a break for it. Even in a position like that, rumors
were evidently a problem, because the commander issued two ord
er. First, death by shooting for anyone lighting a cigarette, second,
punishment for anyone saying “I heard.” They could only say
“I saw.”!
We might take a cue from that. Next time you hear a good one
come fitter “I heard” just check yourself and see how long before
you are passing it on. Every time you help spread a disquieting
and upsetting rumor you are working against our own morale and
doing just what the enemy would wish you to do.
Newspapers outside are educating their readers to telephone
them at any time of night or day to check on rumors. We suggest
the same thing here.
If nolrody answers, it’s not true.
Fire Dispute
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It is understood that the
question of authority of the city
fire chief will be brought up at
the regular meeting of the city
council Monday night. Also to
be heard will be objections by
Chief Loughead to the fact that
he was not represented by
the city attorney, who represent
ed the defendant, Smith.
JERROME’S
(Blackout Grill)
JERRY LODGE, PROP.
“Ihe Place cloM*et And Eat"
JERROME SAYS:
Don't s;et the war panic and don’t worry about food sup
ply! We have on hand plenty of meat, hams, chicken, turkey
sea food and other supplies.
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“Always the Best of Everything"
$12,500 In Prizes
Drawn At Base
An electrician, Thomas Hack
ett, won the first prize of $3,155
in the Benefit Sweepstakes draw
ing on New Year’s Eve at the
naval air station. His number
was 2828.
One hundred and forty other
winning tickets were drawn out
of the wire basket at the con
tractor theater by Nurse Helen
Domick of the N.A.S. hospital.
Prizes totaling $12,500 were giv
en at the drawing all of them
less than had prev iously been an
nounced since events due to the
war made it impossible to sell all
the tickets.
The drawing was part of the
Christmas program planned for
the army, navy and contractor
personnel over the holidays
Siems Drake Puget Sound donat
ed free movies during this time
and swing orchestras and the
army band gave concerts in the
various mess halls.
T hese men won prizes of $625
in the sweepstakes: Owen Calli
son, carpenter; William P. Kane,
private; C. E. Dulin, laborer;
John I.ade Jr., carpenter, and
Ned Newbill, sailor second class
The following won $312.50
prizes: D. G. Campbell, carpen
ter; W. G. Leininger, carpenter;
Clayton Heller, carpenter appren
tice; T. G. Jones, laborer; Harold
R. Calvert, 1st. sergeant; Wil
liam L. Ralhgeber, private; F G
Wall, sailor 1st. class; Bryan
Rousseau, mechanic; L. W. Hag
en, carpenter, and Norman T.
Bakely, Elliott-Fisher operator.
Members of the General Activ
ities Committee, which planned
the Christmas program and the
sweepstakes, are Ivan Swisher,
Roy Hoffman, George Wahlgren,
J. B. Jenkins. Tom Stiles, Milt
Erwin, Frank Erickson, Lieut. P.
J. Reilly, Lieut. J. J, Bohan and
Harry Beales Mr. Jenkins was
the master of ceremonies during
the drawing, and H. J. Clayton
audited the sale of the sweep
stakes tickets.
I Let us handle your |
BLACKOUT §
PROBLEMS I
HENRY WOLLF, Builder |
4'If it's of l&oad, |
We can make It4' |
Shop Above Standard Oil ?
Tanks or Lyric Theater ?
Station KGDK Operating
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can be reached through the ad
ministration office at h art Gree
ly.
Those living in Kodiak will
benefit from the station, too, as
it has enough power to reach
any set in this area. Listeners in
other parts of Alaska are asked
to write in if they are able to
pick the broadcasts up on their
sets.
KODK is the second station
broadcasting on a commercial
wave length in Southwestern Al
aska, the first being located in
Anchorage. It is being advertised
as the station “with Bing Crosby
at all hours.”
Charles Marshall, Jr. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marshall,
who is seriously ill has been mov
ed from his home to the Griffin
Memoiial hospital.
NOTICE
Assignment Of Firemen
The following are the stations
to which firemen will report at
the sound of an alarm.
No. 1 Fire Hall
Hose Cart
Carl Pajoman, Vic Mathews,
Tom Hors man, Ray Martin,
Frank Hermann, Mike Crawford,
Bill I.amme, Cecil Helsel.
Pumper and Hose
C. Stai, Wm. Spath, Gordon
Nelson, Paul Bayou, Dan Mag
nusen, Harry Morrison.
No. 2 Next To Belmont Bar
Jergen Fredrickson, Jess Blinn,
Chuck Watkinson. Joe Heitman,
Glen Richardson, B 11 Karvonen.
No. 3 Near Kraft’s Store
Bill Dickey, Dan Nelson, Eric
Mueller, Stuart Nuchols, Harry
Norton. Harry Christopherson.
R. V. Loughead,
City Fire Chief
Attention Ladies! Have
visited the new shop known j
Pinch & Kagen, located next t
Lyric theatre where you will f®
a lovely collection of fur coat
fur-trimmed coats, dresses, suit
and hundreds of slack suits! A
moderately priced. Pd. Adv
An article and biography ,
Mildred R. Hermann, Juneat
sister-in-law* of Frank Hermant
operator of Bert’s Drug stoi
here, appears in the second issu
of the new magazine, Alask
Woman.
SEE US
for
WEDDING 'BANDS
DIAMOND
engagement
TilZKGS i
WEDDING SETS \
WE MAIL ANYWHERE '
BlcNjOH & KcAGEZN '
Next to Lyric Theatre i
New & Used
BOUGHT
SOLD
&
EXCHANGED
Rhoades
Furniture Store
Wes Rhoades, Prop.
Economy
Dependability
Safety
Bus Schedule
BUSES LEAVE DAILY
Every Half Hour
FARE 25c
‘Terminals &t SMecca Bar ana
O. Kraft & Son
Kodiak Transit Co.
Basil O’Neil Bill Smith
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