fOL 4 NO. 23
"News of cAmericd’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 14, 1944
PRICE 10 CENTS
Roll Shows
77 Names
Kodiak’s honor roll consists
, (| the names of 77 men in the
, ^ed services, as compiled this
week by O. A. Torgerson and
Charles Madsen with the assist
ance of the local draft board.
Cy Crawford, sign painter,
has been engaged to paint the
list of names on a large outdoor
sign, whieh will be erected soon
in a downtown location.
As a number of local men
have gone into service elsewhere
or other than through the local
board, whether their names will
appear on the official roll of
honor will depend on the co
operation of their parents, re
latives and friends.
The list of names, arranged
alphabetically, appears on page
7 of this issue. Check the list
carefully, and if you know any
one whose name should be on it
who isn’t, please turn the name
in to 0. A. Torgerson, at the
Bank of Kodiak, Charles Mad
sen, at the Totem Igloo Curio
shop, or to the Mirror.
Actual work on the sign will
begin soon and names must be
turned in at once if they are to
be included.
2 Black Bears
On Way Home
Two black bears arrived in
Kodiak this week on an Army
boat and were still here yester
day as a final decision was being
awaited from Wildlife Service
officials as to their disposition.
Tentative plan is to return them
to the Kenai peninsula and re
lease them.
The two bears were taken as
tubs to Adak where they have
been mascots of the boys sta
tioned there. The bears have
outgrown the pet stage now
which is the reason they are be
ing transported back to their
native habitat.
Cafe Owner
Sells Interest
Sale was reported this week of
Art & Anne’s Cafe, formerly the
Model, by Mrs. Anne Huntley,
k> Lawrence Seltzer, attorney,
•ho is owner of the building
•here the cafe is located.
Mrs. Huntley also sold her
home near Alder street to Mary
Malley. Mrs. Huntley has reser
vations with Pan-American Air
1 *&ys in Juneau for Oct. 27.
She will visit her mother, Mrs
Mary Petrie, in Seattle.
Donald Higgins, son of Mr.
*nd Mrs. Eddie Higgins, had
his tonsils removed at the GM
hospital yesterday.
You'd Think He
Auto Know Better
No wonder people are super
stitious.
Yesterday Thomas A. Jones,
manager of the Beachcomber’s,
was given a ticket for parking
on Spruce Street and obstructing
traffic.
The date was Friday, the 13th
The ticket number was 313. It
was his “second offense” (13 let
ters) And the city magistrate,
C. M. Blankenburg (13 letters)
fined him $13.
Before Jones parks there again
he’ll probably count to 13.
Alaska Volumes
Added To Library
Approximately a 1000 vol
umes of a collection of books
levoted to Alaska and Pacific
Northwest history, have been
received by W. J. Erskine, from
Seattle.
The books are the choice part
of a group garnered by Charles
S. Hubbell, member of the eu
gineering firm of Hubbell &
Waller, and were purchased by
Mr. Erskine as an addition to
his growing Alaskana.
The books will be catalogued
and kept intact as a collection,
and with other Alaska material
will be available as a reference
library at any time to anyone
interested in such material, Mr.
Erskine said
Finishes Training;
Brother On Furlough
Warrant Officer, J. G., Jack
J. Ross, former employe of
Siems Drake at Kodiak, has
graduated from the combination
piloting school of the Navigation
Training Section at Camp Gor
don Johnston, Florida WOJG
Ross has completed 4 weeks of
intensive -tudy in Coastwise
Piloting and celestial navigation
and will return to his outfit, the
363rd Harbor Craft Company,
with a basic knowledge of pilot
ing used in the operation of
Army vessels.
He is a brother to Pvt. Mar
[ shall B. Ross, who arrived in
Kodiak Tuesday on a 30-day
sick leave. The latter, whose
wife is the clerk of the local draft
board, has been stationed at
Anchorage.
Halibut Fishing
Closes Nov. 30
Seattle (.P) — Regardless of
I the catch halibut fishing in area
number 3 will close Nov. 30, the
Fisheries commission said.
The catch to date is 5,320,000
pounds short of the 27,500,000
allowed for this area.
Gerald Nelson was dismissed
from the GM hospital Monday.
Hospital Decision Pends;
Investigation Under Way
Paul A. Lindquist, district
health commissioner for the Ter
ritorial Department of Public
Health, stationed at Anchorage,
arrived in Kodiak yesterday to
confer with hospital and city of
ficials in regard to the transfer
of the Griffin Memorial hospital.
As explained by him a new
contract has been drawn up, in
corporating new features, and
this contract will be offered to
the religious institutions. If sign
ed by all, the copies will be sent
to Governor Gruening, with
whom the final decision will rest.
A contract prepared previous
ly by the Attorney General of
the Territory, with the Giey
Nuns, was carried through with
out the knowledge of the Gover
nor or the Health department,
and Father Gallant was notified
in Juneau that a new contract
was being prepared.
Dr. Lindquist said after his
survey here he will make a report
to be sent to Juneau.
The new contract requires
that a doctor, to act as medical
director, be furnished; provides
the hospital be turned over debt
free; and sets forth requirements1
for use and care of hospital prop
erties. ,
A health department spokes
man emphasized that officials
are not concerned with religious
considerations in granting the
contract.
In a wire to the Mirror this
week Governor Gruening said:
“All aspects of the situation are
receiving careful consideration.”
It is understood here that the
Grey Nuns will go to Juneau and
remain there until the transfer
is settled.
Education Official Urges
Action For High School
Action right now should be
taken toward getting a new
high school building for Kodiak,
James C. Ityan, Territorial
Comm ssioner of Education, urg
ed at a meeting with the local
school boa'd Saturday.
As he pointed out the present
school building, containing all
grades, has been inadequate for
a number of years, the high
school at present does not have
enough regular classrooms, and
even the small superintendent’s
office is being used for class
meetings.
Lack of gymnasium facilities
of any k nd, or of even a play
shed for winter use, has been
one of the woeful lacks of the
local school, and Mr. Ryan sug
gested the new building be ar
ranged to contain a gym.
He suggested that a 2-story
I building, with a gym on the
ground floor and high school
classrooms on the upper floor,
be constructed on the present
school grounds. He said he felt
the present building, with some
additional work, would be good
for another 10 years foi the
g/ade school.
He estimated a building of the
type he recommended would
oost in the neighborhood of
$i00,000.
He also said he felt govern
ment. aid for part of the cost
could be obtained and the city
could stand the remainder of
the expense.
Nuns In Seattle
Seattle {JP) — Obviously ex
cited by “their great adventure”
five Grey Nuns from Philadel
phia arrived in Seattle Thurs
day enroute to Kodiak.
Father Edgar Gallant, direc
tor of the Pius X Mission at
Skagway, canae here to accom
pany the Sisters north. They
pian to travel by boat to Juneau
and then fly to Kodiak.
Important foreign mail is be
ing held at the post office for
Gust Henrickson Anyone know
ing his present address is asked
to contact the postmaster
The payroll for the city of
Kodiak fcr the month of Sep
tember was $2648.63, it was re
ported to the city council by
City Clerk C. Blankenburg.
By Associated Press
New Guinea—Facilities for
supplying Japan’s war machine
with gasoline and oil were wreck
ed Tuesday at Balikpapan when
135 tons of bombs were dropped
by fighter-escorted Liberators.
36 to 46 enemy planes were shot
down. A cracking plant was ren
dered totally perhaps perman
ently inoperable & a paraffin re
finery heavily damaged. 3 bomb
ers of attacking force were lost.
i Pearl Harbor—A large force of
carrier based planes struck at
Luzon, main island of the Philip
pines, blasting air bases & mili
tary installations. It was third
fleet action announced in 3 days,
other 2 were attacks on Marcus
& llyukyus, Sun. & Mon. respec
tively. No details of damage on
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Plane Fare
Cut Sought
Action on plane fares to Kod
iak was taken at the regular
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce Thursday night, with Lee
Bettinger, presiding
In the belief that present fares
are excessive ihe chamber direct
ed that a letter be sent Alaska
Airlines petitioning them for low
er rates.
The chamber also directed that
promotion be undertaken toward
a shuttle boat service between
Seward and Kodiak.
Mrs. Georgia Norman was
named as secretary of the group,
replacing Mrs. Claire Seltzer,
resigned.
Curfew Law Has
Mew Penalties
The amendment is now in ef
fect that changes the ordinance
providing penalties for viola
tions of the curfew regulating
children on the streets at night.
Where the old section provid
ed penalties for children con
victed of violation, the new
section applies to the parents or
guardians.
Any parent or guardian notv
found guilty of letting their
children roam the streets after
hours will be guilty of a mis
demeanor and subject to a fine
of not more than $10 or not
more than 5 days in jail, or
both In repeated offenses the
punishment can be multiplied,
however.
Children under 16 must be
accompanied by parent or
guardian unless on a specific
errand only, after 9 pm, from
September 1 to May 15. The
hour is extended to 10 o’clock
the remainder of t he year.
Dynamite Ship
Rammed, Sunk
Vancouver, B. C. (^P) — A
dynamite-ladeu ship was sunk
off Point Giey early Thursday
after being rammed by the Ca
nadian Pacific vessel Princess
Joan. The boat was a freighter,
the Squid, carrying 400 cases of
dynamite.
Badly holed by the impact
durina a light fog, the Squid
went down in 10 minutes.
The 5-man crew escaped to
the Princess JoaD and the ex
plosives remained inactive.
Auditor Here
J. B. Sledge, from Juneau,
auditor for (he Federal Works
Agency, arrived in Kodiak this
week to audit the books of the
local sewer project.