TOL. 3 NO. 19
KODIAK, ALASKA JULY 10, 1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
News Highlights
Pacific Front
In s battle with US ."naval
forces in Kula gulf off New Geo
rgia island the Jap fleet lost at
least 9 destroyers & light cruis
ers sunk. In the 1st 5 minutes 4
or 5 destroyers were sunk or set
afire; 15 minutes later 3 or 4
light cruisers were sunk or on
fire. Later our destroyers inter
cepted 3 escaping enemy ships,
sank 2 & damaged 1 The US
cruiser Helena was lost in the
July 6 action. Sec. Knox referred
to the fight as a "damn good
licking” for the Japs. American
troops made 2 more landings on
New Georgia (see map page 9) &
advanced within 6 miles of the
enemy base of Munda. Capture
of Munda would make possible
fighter protection for US bomb
ers on forays against Rabaul On
Rendova & southern New Geor
gia islands US forces are mop
ping ud the enemy. Complete oc
cupation of Vangunu island by
the Allies was announced Lt.
Gen. Geo. Kenney declared re
peated air attacks on Rabaul
were the foundation upon which
the offensive was built, their ef
fectiveness reflected by the weak
tactical opposition. Navy report
ed American subs have sunk or
damaged 283 enemy ships in the
Pacific area; this includes 200
sunk, 29 probably sunk, 54 dam
aged US warships bombarded
Jap positions on Kiska; encount
ered no reply from enemy shore
batteries
Russian Front
Heat of battle in the Kursk
salient mounted in intensity as
Germans threw in fresh troops &
new tanks to exploit the wedge
in Russian defenses near Belo
grad on northern end of fiercely
blazing 200-mile battleline. Red
Army claims it is holding firm
against mighty stab of some
90,000 Nazi troops led by field
Marshall Gen. von Kluge who
halted short of Moscow in the
fall of ’41. Soviets claim the Red
airforce has fought the Luft-'
waffe to a standstill, with 650
Nazi aircraft shot down in 2
days; Germans said the Russians
have lost 190 planes & 400 tanks.
Red Army claimed 1500 German
tanks knocked out & 30,000 Ger
mans killed. Get mans announc
ed breaks through at several
points & capture of several vil
lages south of Orel & around Bel
gorod; Russians admit only
slight dents in the line.
Asia Front
Chinese Minister of Commun
ications Tseug Kang Fu announ
ced that China will soon open
a new supply route thru Iran via
the Turkestan-Siberian railway.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
told his people on the eve of the
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Supplies For Attu
TOP—Her nose opened up, this Navy LCT boat, which can just
as easily land tanks, guns and men for an invasion in the same
manner, brought supplies to the American base at Attu Island.
BOTTOM—A Flying Fortress soared over the target area ef
Hpls, Germang, while smoke from the bombed synthetic rubber
factories shot skyward.
Fortress Over Huls
Dutch Harbor
Bound Plane Lost
Seattle L?P)—Mrs. Vernon
Thatcher said the Navy had
notified her that her husband,
a Lieutenant Commander and
all ten others were killed in the
crash of a Naval transport plane
he was piloting to Dutch
Harbor Friday.
Dispute Is
Settled
Bob Anderson bartender at
the Mecca, charging that Fred
Solberg, owner of a sawmill on
Island lake, had threatened him
with shooting and bodily harm,)
asked the U. S. Commissioner’s
court to place Solberg under
peace bond ttiis week.
The dispute bringing the al
leged threats has continued over
a period of time and arose from
Anderson and his family crossing
property near the Solberg resi
dence and mill to get to the Roy
Snyder home across the lake
where Anderson’s live.
At the request of the plaintiff
Thursday the case was dismissed
with understanding that Ander
son be allowed to go through the
Solberg property to his home.
Editor Visits
Dean Sherman, editor and
business manager of Alaska Life
was a visitor in Kodiak this
week, taking and obtaining pic
tures to appear later in the
leading magazine he represents.
Work Started
Work was started this week
on the site of the pumping
station for the new sewer sys
tem. The building will be located
behind Dell’s cafe.
Celebration
Enjoyed by All
The kids were promised a
good time in celebration of In
dependence Day and on Mon
day they had it. P. ,1. Watkin
son, who for many years direct
ed Fourth of July celebrations
in Kodiak, was in charge, and
kept things going with a bang
from one exciting event to an
other. The kids, boys and girls
both, turned out en masse to
enter the various races, and
many were running around with
pocketsful of money as every
race carried three cash prizes.
Every smail youngster got dimes
dispersed by Mr. Wathinson for
every event entered
The crowd enjoyed every
event as much as the kids but
got special howls out of the
dressing race, where boys
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Evans Found
Not Insane
William Evans was found not
insane at a hearing Wednesday
afternoon at 1:30 before Probate
Judge C. C. Naughton.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson test
ified that Evens definitely ex
hibited signs of insanity when
first examined but had returnee?
to normaley. Evens recalled hav
ing made statements about
| “secret agents” and "monkeys
in the trees” but said that they
were “gone now”.
The jury consisted of Jack
Delane, W. E. Falconer, L. F.
Nachtweih, Martin Jensen,
Julien Morrison and A1 King.
NOB Boys Beat
Dutch Harbor
Climax of the Fourth of July
celebration at the Naval Oper
ating Base was the smoker Tues
day night held in a jam-packed
hangar before a crowd declared
to be the largest ever gathered
fn one spot on this island
The customers got theii
money’s worth as the boys of
NOB, Du ch Harbor, were pit
ted against the local NOB,s in
eight bouts, with 3 knockouts
registered. The main event, the
heavyweight clash between
Broncho Ruano. 192 lbs. and
Ambrose Creegan, 188 lbs , the
latter from Dutch Harbor, end
ed in a decision in Ruano’s favor
but Creegan made him wtrk
for it
The rest of the card went as
follows, with winners listed first:
First bout: Ivan Jones, K, 125
lbs. vs. John Stitt, 121 lbs.
DH—decision.
Second: Clarence Hewett, 127
lbs, K. vs. Geo Callahan, 127
lbs. DH—decision.
Third: Jimmy Tietze, 135 lbs.
K. vs Tony Garcia. 134 lbs.
DH—technical KO 2nd round.
Fourth: Red Noble, 144 lbs.
DH. vs. Bill Tate, 145 lbs,
K —decision.
Fifth: Don Gensley, 155 lbs.
K. vs. Willie Titla, 159 lbs.
DH—technical KO 2nd round.
Sixth: Don Yelton, 162 lbs.
K. vs. John Johnson, 163 lbs.
DH—knockout 3rd round.
Seventh: Mike Watnik, 172
lbs. K. vs. Ken Simon, 175 lbs.
DH—decision.
Total: Kodiak, 3 knockouts, 3
decisions—Dutch Harbor, 2
decisions.
Herman Winans, owner of the
Cub, left this week by boat for
Seward with his final destination
Cooper’s Landing, about 50
miles from Seward, where be
plans building a home. He will
be a neighbor to Harry Becker,
former owner of the He)6el
Photo company here.