"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier ’
VOL. 3 NO 22
KODIAK, ALASKA JULY 31, 1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Church To Raise Funds;
Land T ransfers Explained
The Rev. John Zlobin, priest
of the Sitka church and admin
istrator for all Alaskan Russian
Greek Orthodox churches, ar
rived in Kodiak this week to
meet with the local church con
gregation on matters arising
from the recent church fire.
A joint meeting of the church
committee and parish was called
Thursday evening at which Fath
er Zlobin thanked Father Gleb
off, local priest, and members of
the church for the fine work they
have been doing here. In the
matter of rebuilding he said he
realised that the insurance mon
ey would be inadequate in build*
ing and equipping a new church,
and at the meeting it was decid
ed to undertake a drive to raise
money to help in restoring Kod
iak’s most famous landmark.
Many organizations and indi
viduals had already volunteered
a willingness to help in such a
drive.
A committee of 8 members
was chosen to handle the drive.
Members are: Father Gleboff,
pres.; Charles Skinner, vice-pres.;
Mrs. Wm. Robertson, sec.; Mrs.
Frieda Blinn, vice-sec.; Ben
Kraft, treas ; Victor Malutin,
viee-treas.; A1 King and Emil
Christoferson, comptrollers
Rev. Zlobin is also investigat
ing the church land situation.
The land here belonging to
the Russian church since the
transfer of Alaska to the United
States is held in trust for the
church by Archbishop and Met
ropolitan Tbeophilus of New
York City, he explained, and
the local church, either mem
bers or priest, do not have dis
position of it by lease or rent.
Anyone desiring use of church
property should first negotiate
with the local church, he said,
but approval of any such trans
action must be made by himself
as adminstrator and finally by
the Archbishop before it is
effective.
Manager
Mr. and Mrs. Basil O'Neill
and son returned this week after
an extended visit in the States.
Ben Kraft, owner of the Kod
iak Transit company, operator
of the bus line, announced this
week the appointment of O’Neill
as manager of that company.
O’Neill was a former owner of
the bus line with William Smith,
Jr.
Speeding
Three taxi drivers, Harry Kro
Kch, Harry Nightengale and
Stanley Rekdahl, were fined yes
terday in the city magistrate’s
nurt for speeding violations.
News Highlights
Mediterranean Front
Temporarily stabilized lines
began to appear in northern &
northeastern Sicily after fresh
gains by US forces which result
ed in capture of 4 more towns &
swelled Allied-held area to four
fifths of Sicily Germans steadily
organized for defense of Messina
peninsula, reportedly sent Ital
ian troops to the rear & took ov
er the front, & also concentrated
forces at Catania & Mt. Etna.
Nazis are trying to bring in re
inforcements by gliders & large
unarmed Junker transports. Al
lied planes bagged 21 of these.
Rumors ran wild of revolt & of
peace drives after Mussolini re
signed. King Emmanuel named
Marshal Badoglio in his place.
Mussolini's whereabouts were
not disclosed. The new premier
abolished the Fascist grand
council & black shirt militia. Po
'lice made mast arrests of Fa. cict
newspaper & radio propagand
ists. Badoglio ordered 22 divi
sions of Italian occupational
troops, comprising over 330,000
men, to return from Yugoslavia,
Greece & southern France. Ital
ian troops revolted in Milan, re
fusing to obey orders to fire on
demonstrating compatriots who
swept through the streets by
thousands, shouting demands
for peace. Badoglio ousted Milan
commander General Canale with
General Kuggere, chief of the
Alpinist division, replacing him.
European Front
RAF bombers unloaded a re
cord 2300 tons of explosives in
45 minutes over Hamburg, Ger
many’s principal port; 18 raid
ers were lost. Earlier in the
week, American Flying Fortress
es attacked the port, lost 23
planes. US heavy bomber fleets
hit targets within central Ger
many in daylight assaults. Ger
man cities of Hanover, Wil
shelmshaven & Westermunde
suffered Allied air attacks.
Pacific Front
Navy announced 19 more air
assaults against Kiska, in ad
dition to 11 bombardments of
Jap positions by light & heavy
warships. There has been much
speculation on an imminent in
vasion of Kiska by sea-borne
American forces.
Although progress was mea
sured in yards, US forces con
tinued to advance within 1900
yards against the Jap airbase at
Mumia, New Georgia island.
General MacArthur said the
enemy’s supply line has been
cut to the bone by ceaseless
Teachers Named
For Coming Year
The names of the 11 teachers
for the coming school year, in
cluding 4 new onps and 7 hold
overs, were announced this week
by the local school board.
Two of the new teachers, Miss
Eunice Holland and Miss
Georgya Craig Wilber, have been
added to the high school staff
and two, Miss Lois Collins and
Miss Beatrice MacFarlane, to
the grades.
(Superintendent R. L. Clifton
will teach two high school sub
jects, science and mathematics,
in addition to his other duties.
The complete staff line-up,
barring unforseen changes, is as
follows:
High School
science & Matnematics—rt.
I.. CJifton
Manual training & Mathe
matics—Olaf Halverson
English & Social Science—
Mrs. M. Gunderson
Commercial & English—Miss
Eunice Holland, Missoula,
Montana
Home Economics—Miss
Georgya Craig Wilber, Bell
Gardens, Calif.
Grades
First grade—Mrs. Oneita
Metzgar, Kodiak
Second—Mrs. Eloda B. Metz
gar, Kodiak
Third—Miss Beatrice Mac
Farlane, Alberton, Montana
Fourth—Mrs. Esther Miell,
Kodiak
Fifth k Sixth—Miss Lois Col
lins, Laramie, Wyoming
Seventh—Mrs. Forest G.
Ayers Kodiak
pounding from the air & sea.
Allied planes dumped 94 tons of
bombs on the Jap base of Sal
imaua, blasted enemy instal
ations at Bobdubi & Koapang
Liberator bombers struck Wake
island in the Mid-Pacific, shot
iown 9 of 25 enemy intercepters.
Russian Front
Soviets claimed the capture of
70 more villages on the central
Front, said the entire German'
garrison of Orel is doomed un
less the Nazi high command
orders a general retreat.
Asia Front
Chinese command announced
that the Japs killed 100 Chinese
Families in eastern Chekiang
province alone & destroyed sev
eral thousand homes in retali
ation against aid given Doo
little's Tokyo raiders
Mike Putselas, formerly of the
Model cafe, announced this week
that he has taken over the Is
land Grill, formerly operated by
“Pop” Bettinger. He expects to
open in about a week.
Attorney General Due
To Investigate “Feud”
I
Valuation
Shows Increase
A special meeting of the city
council Wednesday afternoon
made routine approval of the
tax role and tax due notices were
mailed Thursday. The tax levy
this year amounts to $35,320.34,
or 2 per cent of the total val
uation of $1,766,017.00
This is an increase over last year
of $239,733.
The assessment is divided as
follows:
Land $289,714
Improvements $794,060
Personal Property $682,243
Closing Voluntary
Helen Lindsay, owner of Hel
en’s Eat Shop, announced this
week that her recent 4 day clos
ing was entirely of her own vo
lition. It was erroneously rumor
ed that the closing was ordered
by the Army but no such closing
order was given.
Comfort
Construction was started this
week on a second public latrine
near the Belmont bar. Forms
are being built for a concrete
foundation.
Interior Bound
Ben Kraft, local merchant,
left by Star Airlines Thursday
for a short trip to Anchorage
and Fairbanks. It is his first
visit to these Interior cities.
Forest Ayers, local man
ager, Alaska Star Air Lines,
reported the following recent
passengers:
INCOMING:
Clark Andresen, J. J. Hill, Lee
Bettinger, Joseph Maverle, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Cooper and son,
Nina Zernov, Mrs. Paul Swensen
and son.
OUTGOING:
James Samis, Joseph Hart,Leo
Kreielsheimer, J. W. Kehoe, Ed
win J. Holloway, Chas. E. Phil
ips, E. K. Kerr, B. Cozier, Mrs.
John Marshall, Ruth Newbold,
Rudy Jorgensen, Ben Kraft, W.
P. Welch, Ann Farrow.
Lillian Benson, Camas, Wash,
was among recent incoming pas
sengers. She will cook at Helen’s
Eat Shop.
Henry Auvinen, formerly
manager of the Brooklyn Avenue
garage, returned recently after a
trip Outside.
Attorney General nenry n.oa
en arrived in Anchorage Friday
last week and has been waiting
for a plane to Kodiak, to inves
tigate charges made regarding
the conduct of city affairs.
Roden told the Anchorage
Times that “charges are general
and indiscriminate, a main item
in the dispute being the water
supply.” Roden offered no opin
ion regarding the truth or falsity
of charges, but said it is a gener
al belief that the matters under
dispute come from a long fac
tional feud, a situation “that be
hopes to be able to straighten
out without too much upheaval.’
“The intensity of the feeling,”
the attorney told the Times,
“must be high, one message
alone being made up of 1300
words. And as soon as one faction
learns of a complaint going in
leaders seem to get their heads
together to send an even strong
er one as a follow up, Mr. Rod
en said.”
Up to last night Roden hart
not arrived here. A p'ane is ex
pected today or Sunda}'.
Firemen
The regular meeting of the
Kodiak Volunteer Fire depart
ment will be held Tuesday even
ing at 9 at the city fire hall. The
change in meeting place is due
to the fact that the Mecca
lounge is being redecorated
Hospital
The Griffin Memorial hospital
reported the following recent
patients:
W. E. Falconer, dismissal afl
jr medical treatment; Mrs. Maty
Scroggs, entered for treatment;
tfita Sundburg, appendectomy;
Bill Sundburg, medical treat
ment.
Diseases
Diseases reported for the first
20 days of July by the Territor
ial department of health include
the following: Kodiak, gonor
rhea, 3; for the entire Territory
for the Army—tuboiculosis 4;
gonorrhea 18; syphilis 3; influ
mza 18; measles 2; German
measles 6; mumps 14; pneumon
ia 3; Navy—mumps 1; pneu
monia 2.
Hugh Abston returned recent
ly from Cleveland, Mississippi,,
waving recently received a med
ical discharge from the Marines.
He was formerly stationed at
Fort Greely.
He began employment yester
day at the Belmont bar Mrs.
Abston, the former Verna Ander
son, is employed at the Orpheum
theatre.