PRICE 10 CENTi
"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 20, 1944
'Marauding’on© Hom artin9 Four Fires•
Hon,es Also Admitted
Legal Acti
A topic of interest to many of
tbe residents of Kodiak is the
recent decision of the Alaska
Defense Command to evacuate
aome of the wives of soldiers
stationed on Kodiak Island.
In some instances the wives
have emphatically stated that
they will not leave the Territory
pursuant to orders directing
them to leave. Some state that
they have no home in the States
to which to go and that they
came to Alaska with the inten
tion of making their home here.
A few have retained legal
counsel to fight evacuation pro
ceedings. A member of the firm
jf Taylor and Seltzer, local at
torneys, in commenting on the
evacuation order stated, “Such
an order, if put into effect, is a
dear violation of the rights of
these wives as guaranteed by the
[Constitution. In most of the in
itances brought to our attention
he husbands and wives affected
ire to our belief bona fide resi
le at* of the Territory.
“There is no doubt that legal
iction will be taken to protect
.he constitutional rights of these
vomen”.
It is reported on good author
ty that an injunction will be
*>ught from Judge Simon Hellen
hal. due here today with the
‘floating court”, to prevent en
orcement of the deportation
•rder.
Gloria Delane, Joanne Knud
en, Gail Blankenburg and Mar
ene Pearl have agreed to dis
ribute posters for the OPA.
All boys and girls who have
■iedged to do this work are
«ked to call at the local OPA
*ffiee Saturday or anytime con
sent and get their merit pins.
F. H. Bailey, general superin
endent, of the Kadiak Fisheries,
(perator of canneries at Port
tailey and Shearwater bay, ar
«ved here on a business trip
his week from Seattle.
Charles Meyers, from the San
<*an Packing Co. at Uganik, is
patient at the GM hospital.
tv~
Smoke rises from harbor in
halations at the once-strong
'ruk in the Caroline islands,
Uring an attack by Navy planes
'om a Pacific fleet carrier force.
on Threatens Over Army Order
New Airline
Due To Start
Word was received this week
from “Curly” Martin, well
known Alaska flier, that he ex
pects to fly to Kodiak the first
of the week to establish a new
airlines company here
The company, to be known as
Kodiak Airlines, was first pro
jected some months ago on a
trip Mr Martin made here for
that purpose. He returned to the
mainland to line up equipment
and personnel anil it is expected
the company will go into immed
iate operation.
Further details as to service to
be provided will be forthcoming
after Mr Martin’s arrival.
The Penny Drive for the
Children’s Orthopedic hospital
at Seattle raised $147-95 in its
first week, Mrs. Marian Blinn,
chairman, announced today.
Money to aid the hospital,
which has provided facilities for
many Alaska children, is being
collected in jars placed in var
ious business establishments
The drive is continuing this
week
W. J. Erskine, local merchant,
returned to this city this week
after an extended stay in the
States. He had been gone 19
months, most of the time being
spent in San Francisco, although
he stopped over in Seattle on the
way home.
Halibut Tie-up
Ends In Seattle
Seattle (JP)—Seattle boat
owners and fishermen will meet
tonight to set the time for the
Seattle fleet to return to the
banks after a month-long tie-up
over protest of OPA prices set on
the halibut catch.
The end of the tie-up was pre
cipi'ated by the action of Van
couver, B C fishermen who have
agreed to start fishing tonight.
Russian Dinner Today
Today is the day of the Rus
sian dinner at the Rotary-Way
farer’s club rooms near the old
Russian Church site, and those
who attended others will vouch
for the fact tbrt all-who want to
get in on the treat will have to
get there early, as all have been
complete sell outs.
Food will be served continuous
ly from 11 am to 8 pm and as
an added feature music will be
furnished by Beatrice Malutin,
on the accordion, and Lorraine
Magnusen, on the piano.
The money raised will be add
ed to the building of a new
Russian Church to replace the
one destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Henry Eaton, who is in
charge of making bandages and
diessings for the GM hospital,
asks for more volunteers to at
tend and help at the meeting at
the hospital next Thursday
evening.
Survey For
Plant Done
A survey of sites, weather,
water and power, made in con
nection with the proposed cold
storage plant here, was com
pleted this week by H. A Dud
ley and Ken Atwell, who repre
sent the Austin Construction
company builders of a new add
ition to the Juneau cold storage
plant.
Mr Dudley and Mr. Atwell
expect to leave by plane today
for Juneau with the results of
their survey and a trip to Kodiak
later has been promised by Wal
lis George, president of. the
Juneau company.
Clyde Galbreath parked his
truck in the alley back of the
Men's Store and went into the
bank to a'tend to some business
Wednesday and when he came
out of the bank be saw his truck
go whizzing by at breakneck
speed, driven by Bill Lewis.
Bill had seen smoke coming
from the garbage on the trucK
and rushed over and found it
was afire. Some buckets of water
were thrown on it but it had
begun blazing so Bill drove it
hastily around to the front of
the Victory cafe along side of
which there is a small hose, and
there the fire was finally extin
guished. It is not known what
started it. Damage to the gar
bage was slight.
The m^tery of the recent
series of fires was solved Friday
morning when authorities took a
fourteen-year-old boy into custo
dy. After questioning, the youth
told how be had set the fires un
der four local business houses
during the past two weeks No
reason was given by the boy for
starting the fires except that be
just "couldn’t help it”.
The case started to break right
after the fire under Kraft’s store
Sunday afternoon when Deputy
Marshal Paul Herring found a
letter which had bean mailed in
Illinois during the first part of
May, and which had apparently
been used to start the fire. This
letter later proved to have been
stolen from its box in the post
office.
After the fire under the Fron
tier Book and Gift shop Thurs
day evening two other letters
were found by Jack Allman, Fire
and Police Chief. An investiga
tion by Messers. Allman and
Herring disclosed that the letters
had never been seen before by
the person they were addressed
to, although he stated that he
shared the box with another fam
ily. Th s other family was then
interviewed and gave the in
formation that although they
had not gotten the mail that
they thought another boy in the
community had the combination
to the box. This boy was picked
up by Chief Allman yesterday
morning and taken to the Mar
shal’s office where he was ques
tioned and finally admitted bis
guilt.
No action has been taken as
vet pending the arrival of Judge
Simon Hellenthal, who is due in
Kodiak from Anchorage thts aft
ernoon. The boy has been re
leased into the custody of it is
parents at the order of U? 15.
Commissioner C. C. Naughton.
According to authorities the
boy gave the following account
of his activities:
"On or about the 9th of May
I went under the back end of the
Coney Island restaurant and put
some papers up on the top of a
stringer and set them on fire with
a match.”
He started up the street, he
said, and met another boy and
"I told him I saw some smoke,
arid then we went down to the
fire and watched them put it out.
It was under the Coney I land.
■‘Saturday night I went down
to the post office and took a let
ter addressed to Eddie Wilhelmy
(employe at the base). I stole
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