"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
iyOL. 2 NO. 5
KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 4. 1942
PRICE 10 CENTS
fe¥¥ Announces 3 U. S. Ship Sinkings
3'- v Register; 18 Candidates’ Statements!
| Yesterday at 5 p.m 396 voters
If registered, indicating heavy
jterest and a strong contest in
ie city election to be held Tues
iy. With the registration book
pen last night and until 4 p. m,
iday, last, day of registration, it
[expected the total will go well
per the 400 mark.
Candidates were asked fora
jitement, of from 25 to 50 words
ith no limitations or restriction
subject matter, and following
ethe various^ expressions re
ived:
For Mayor
Frank Hermann—I could make
any promises of what I will do
jfa the City of Kodiak but I
low that because of the present
certain conditions I could not
Gil them as I would like,
erefore I can only say I will
my utmost to handle the af
b i f the city to the best of
ability in the same manner
I manage my own bu°iness.
Nick Miell—I believe in ciear
inking and honest cooperation
•th the council for the better
at of Kodiak and our people
’regressive Party — L. F
Ichtweih for mayor; John N
effgen. Forest Ayers, Hobart
leman for councilman; 0. A
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fiason Meet For
Organization Set
Acting iii the behalf of many
[inters of the Mason’s Lodge
d others interested in Mason
i forest W. Ayres, himself a
ason, has called a meeting as a
st step in starting a Mason
tup in Kodiak and all interest
to attend. The meeting place
31 be the lobby of the Bank of
odiak and the time is 2:30 p.m
today, April 12.
Mr. Ayres has been active in
utacting various individuals
d said that a large number
w expressed a willingness to
Ip start such an organization,
will be necessary to organize a
°bfirst, Mr. Ayres said and
ted from there
A move for organizing Masons
18 made before the war, but
'settled conditions postponed
'dug the work through. The
test expressed in the move
see then has indicated the need
it now, and the meeting will
Jvide the opportunity to get
ak’s first Masonic group
fed.
AH present and past member
“sonsand others interested are
pd to be present at the meet
! to assure success in getting
a' club under way.
Kodiak Leads In Bond Sales Per Capita
Jewelry Taken
By Shoplifter
A man about 40 years old en
tered the H. Pinch jewelry store
about noon Thursday and plead
ing that he had no money, ask
ed if he could have his glasses
fixed. Although the staff was
busy, John Leo, clerk, took the
glasses and repaired them, tak
ing about a half hour for the job
During chat time another clerk
noticed the man handling some
watches which had just been un
packed and were on a counter.
As soon as the man left a check
disclosed that one of the watch
es was m'ssing. H. Pettinger ran
out to the street and met Barney
McCoy, city patrolman and told
him what had happened, and in
a few minutes McCoy had pick
ed the man up. When brought
in two watches and a ring from
the store were discovered on
him.
He gave his name as MoirisA.
Olson, and was booked on a
charge of larceny. He pled guilty
yesterday and was sentenced to
9 months in the federal jad by
(J. S Commissioner Charles C.
Naughton.
When the United Nations, un
der the Supreme Command of
General Douglas MacArthur, un
leash their general offensive a
gainst the Axis in the southwest
Pacific India and Asia sometime
this spring, the “Spirit of Alaska”
—a heavy four-motored bomber
—well may be in the vanguard of
the attacking forces.
The designation of a F ying
Fortress to bear the name of A
merica’s far-flung northland ter
ritory was made possible when
Alaskans went to their banks and
post offices in the final week of a
five-week campaign and turned
in $150,369 for purchases of Ser
ies E Defense Savings Bonds.
These purchases, in the final
week of the five-week campaign
for the “Spirit of Alaska”,
brought the total campaign sales
to $436,552—a figure which
would pirmittbe purchase of a
pursuit plane and a light tank
boyond the minimum purchase
price of the heavy bomber.
Kodiak placed third in the ter
rilory, being exceeded only by
Fairbanks and Anch' rage. On a
per capita bas s each person in
Kodiak bought $55 45 woith of
bonds, in Anchorage $19 60, and
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Rate Hearing
Results Given
Washington {JP) — The Mar
itime commission announced an
order for the Alaska Steamship
company and the Northland
Transportation company to
reduce basic rates by May 1 to
a fair rate not exceeding a six
I per cent, profit, and substituted
a twenty per cent surcharge for
southeastern Alaska effective
April 6, replacing the 45 per cent
surcharge existing theie.
The order fixing the profit at
six per cent applies to Alaska
shipment generally, blit the sur
charge reduction applies to south
eastern only.
The commission found that
‘the existing 45 per cent sur
charge has not been shown as
unreasonable on rates for Alaska
ports other than in southeastern
Alaska. We further find the sur
charge unreasonable to the ex
tent it exceeds ,10 per cent on
rates to southeastern Ala-ka
ports.
Governor Gruening said of the
ruling ‘ I am very much gratified
at the modification. Those who
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Bear Trip To Afognok Exciting
Last weekend a group of men
from the base made an excursion
to Afognak to investigate a bear
den with the po^ibitity of going
back this weekend if conditions
proved favorable, but not onlv
did they find conditions favor
ab'e, but they came back with a
bear. Making the trip were Hob
art Wiseman. Ben Colvin, John
Ainsworth, Holly Derrick, F.
McGee, R. Valentine, David
What
City election.
Where
at the City hall.
When
Next Tuesday, April 7,
between the hours of 8 a.
m. and 7 p. m.
Why
To elect a mayor, 3 coun
cilmen, city clerk, city trea
surer, two school board
members and accept or re
ject two ordinances.
Who
Eighteen candidates For
names and sample ballot,
see page 8.
Barker, Earl Barber, Warren
Nickell, A Turnbull and Bill
Brown. The party was safe at all
times with such capable marks
men as Ainsworth Valentine and
Wiseman along.
The g oup boarded the Char
lotte B., captained by Robert
Von Scheele, at Erskine’s dock
7:30 Saturday evening After
traveling about three horn s t h< y
put up for the night in their sleep
ing bags in Seheele’s store at Af
ognak, on Afognak island. About
6 the next morning the group
began ascending Afognak moun
tain. The men were soon wading
in snow up to 2 feet deep. The
farther up they went the deeper
the snow became For safety’s
sake Wiseman led to north of the
mountain rather than follow the
steep ridge. .XP
At 11 the party stopped for
lunch Afte a congenial rest
Wiseman assured the men that
by 12 they would be up to the
den and told them to watch for
tracks m the snow in case the
bear had moved out to wallow in
the snow, which was the case last
year when Wiseman discovered
the den.
All anxiously watched, but saw |
no sign or tracks. At 12 the par
ty pulled up to a ridge covered
completely with snow Most of
th^ boys believed it would be im
possible to locate the den with
such a depth of snow and no land
marks other than a small tiee a
boui 100 feet away. Wiseman
had measured up the distance
last November and was actually,
standing on top of the den. He
began digging with his gun stock
and asked the boys to do like
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INDEX
Week’s Highlights Page
Native i.rt Grows
Court Of Honor Set
Army Approves USO
Easter Play Sunday
CAA Starts School
News Pictures
Sample Ballot
Church Notices
Alaskans Are Urged
To Store Food
Women’s Page
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Washington (iP)—The Air
craft tender Langley, the des
tioycr Peary and the Nava
tanker Pecos have been bombed
and sunk by the Japanese in the
southwest Pacific the Navy an
nounced last night, with the loss
of life estimated unofficially to
be more than /CO officers and
men.
Be loss oi me o
th« Navy’s total losses of all
types of vessels from all cause
to 25 ships so far in this war
The Pecos was sunk under
heavy- bombardment south of
Java whi'e enroute to port with
several hundred survivors of the
Langley, which had previously
been bombed and sunk with the
loss of only 14 persons. The per
sonnel losses when the Pecos
went down were reported as two
thirds of personnel of both the
I angley and Pecos. These two
ships were sunk in early March.
The old World-War type des
troyer Peary was bombed in
port at Darwin about Feb. 19.
The crew fought to the last and
then members swam ashore
through wreckage and flaming
oil. The loss of life was ight.
Two commanders of the three
ships were rescued They were
Commander Robert McConnell
I angle of ban Diego, and
| Commander Elmer P. Aberne
| thy Pecos, of Los Angeles. It.
Commander John Michael Bei
mingham, New York City,
ommander of the Peary, was
killed
Alaskan Japs
To Be Deported
Alaska is declared to be a mil
itary area from which Japanese
will be deported in an order is
sued 1 >y the Alaska Delense Com
mand yesterday, and persons so
effecied must report to the near
est Army post on Apiil 20. Tire
order follows:
I, Simon B. Buckner, Jr , Com
manding General of the Alaska
Defense Command do hereby de
clare the territory of Alaska to
be a military area which requires
every possible protection against
espionage, and against sabotage
to national defense material, nat
ional defense premises, and nat.*
ional defense utilities as defined,
from which ail persons being of
the Japanese race of greater de
gree than half blood and all
males of the Japanese race over
1G years of age of half blood
shall be excluded.
Now, therefore, it is ordered
and directed that all persons of
Japanese blood as aforesaid,
whether merican citizens or oth
erwise do on April 20, 1942 re
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