VOL. 4 NO 8
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 22, 1944
PRICE 1
"News of oAmericas Last Frontier”
War Moves West; Soldiers Here 'Wasted’
Soldier Gets
Family Here
The war has proved a blessing
in disguise to two children of
ge Kodiak Baptist Mission, for
indirectly it has brought them a
nnw home. The two children are
pmlinft Brun and Rosa Moe,
j fho left Kodiak last week in the
an of Miss Rosalie Olsen,
bnnse mother of the Mission,
nho will take them to Defiance,
Ohio.
The story began with the
stationing of Sgt. Robert Linde
mutb, of the finance department,
it Fort Greely. Through his in
terest in ihe church and Mission
work he first became interested
in the children of the home and
during his 15-months’ stay de
eded he wanted to adopt Paul
ine and Rosa.
Because of the uncertainties
of war it was decided it would
lie best for the fiual adoption to
be put off until the war ends so
mtil that happy time Pauline
uid Rosa will make their home
with Sgt. Lindemuth’s parents
a Ohio.
Sgt Lindemuth went from
Kodiak to the Westward but has
keen transferred recently and is
: itpresent in Indiana and while
there will be enabled to keep
Bore in touch with his new
family.
—
The Joe Loughran residence
ttross from Kraft’s store was
-Mtered Sunday night while the
family was at the theatre and
although a locked chest had
been forcibly opened with a
nonkey wrench, nothing was
Hissing,
John Dahlof accidentally fell
«ff a dock at Park’s Cannery,
bay, on April 9, according
■ a wire received by the U. S.
Commissioner's office.
The wire said there were no
&*itne3ses and that the body was
found afloat by the cannery
**wetaker shortly after the acci
•font. No further details were
then.
i Council members gathered for
,Jound table discussion of ap
tontments to city positrons and
‘•fories on Wednesday night and
fake official action on the
at the regular council
®«eting next Monday night.
Donald Scroggs, 7, received
j^'oul treatment at the GM
"opital this week.
Polygamy
Charged
Mildred E. (Richardson)
Ward, formerly of Kodiak, was
charged with polygamy in an in
dictment brought last Thursday
by the grand jury at Anchorage.
The indictment set forth that
she has three husbands.
It is claimed that the woman
was married to Earl Leroy Ward
at Anchorage in August, 1940.
It is said she was married again
to Herman W. Lindloff, Jr, a
soldier at Kodiak in August,
1942, and that four months later
she became the wife of Buster
Aaron, a soldier, in a ceremony
conducted at Seward. Witnesses
examined by the grand jury were
U. S. Commissioner Thomas C.
Pr ce, Herman Lindloff, Dwain
Limprecht; and Topsy Jerling,
Kodiak, who was a witness at
the Richardson-Lindloff nuptials
here.
Mildred Richardson, while in
Kodiak, was employed at the
base coffee shop, and on the mar
riage license application on file
at the local 1). S. Commioner’s
office gave her occupation as
practical nurse
Final touches were placed yes
terday and today on the decora
tions of Blinn’s hall for the Grif
fin Memorial Hospital Guild
benefit dance to be held tonight
from 8:30 until 12 o’clock.
Music is being furnished by a
new Army orchestra.
All money realized from the
sale of tickets will be used for
the benefit of the hospital.
Membership fees for the
Chamber of Commerce were a
dopted at the regular meeting
Thursday night Fee for large
business houses was set. at $25;
other business houses $15; in
dividuals $10. Dues are to be
collected now foi the calendar
year 1944
Harry Christopherson and
James Martz were appointed to
work with the committee of the
Rotary Club and city officials in
regard to a clean-up week, set
for the early part of May.
Primaries
Tuesday
Voters within the city limits
will go to the polls Tuesday at
the City Hall, and those outside
the limits at a polling place at
the Mission, to cast their votes
jD the Territorial Primaries.
For information as to hours
and other details see election
notice page 8: candidates-page 4
Judgment was given in favor
of. the plaintiff Tuesday in a
hearing before U. S. Commis
sioner C. C. Naughton in a civil
suit brought by George Kappos,
owner of the Golden Gate cafe,
versus Vivian Van Zile waitress
The plaintiff sought judgment
in the amount ol $124.25 for
money he claimed he advanced
the defendant for transportation
to Alaska. The defendant claim
ed that a promised job was not
forthcoming on arrival and that
it was necessary to find work
elsewheie.
Victory Garden Time Arrives
Kodiak Victory Gardeners are
getting ready after a prolonged
winter, for another active plant
ing season, and Kodiak will
again be flourishing with gar
dens of every size possible, from
the tiny backdoor gardens to
those covering several lots.
Mrs. Forest Ayers, chairman
of the Victory Garden Program,
has received data concerning
suitable Alaska crops, the best
planting dates and other val
uable information from the De
partment of Agriculture. There
is also remaining on band a lim
ited supply of material contri
buted last year by General C.
Corlett, which he received from
governmental experimental sta
tions including directions for
canning, drying and winter stor
ing of surplus foods. It has been
arranged to have mimeographed
copies made of the ‘ Garden Ex
tension Courses” to be conduct
ed in Fairbanks by Dean G. W.
Gasser, Professor, of Agriculture
at the University of Alaska.
The 1943-1944 Roll Call of
Gardeners of Kodiak and vicin
i ty totaled about 300 pledged to
raise an individual garden, or
help with a neighborhood gar
den. The pledge covered a two
year period including 1944.
Vegetable crops reported to have
been exceptionally successful
last year included lettuce, cab
bage, onions, white radishes,
carrots, parsley, chives, spinach,
potatoes, peas, turnips and
beets. The latter two were of
double value because the greens
are also rich in vitamins, and as
the root and tops are both edible
they serve to save garden space.
Many new strawberry beds were
started last year, which will
flourish well in Kodiak even
though the sunny season is short.
A number of vacant lots have
again been offered to those who
lack sufficient space and a limit
ed amount of rich humus soil
will be available for smaller
gardens.
Students of the Kodiak School
have been asked to write essays
entitled, "Why Victory Gardens
are of Special Importance in
Alaska”. Mrs. Ayers asks that
all essays be given her before
April 28th and that any new
gardeners, whether student or
adult register with her before
May 10th, when the essays and
names of registrants will be
placed on file in Washington
D. C. The best essays will ap
pear in the Mirror.
Some do not realize the in
creasing urgency of continuing
the garden efforts in 1944, and
until the war is definitely won.
Enormous quantities of food
must be produced not only for
civilians and for those in the
service, but for the starving war
torn countries. There will be a
decreasing number of laborers a
vailable as war demands in
crease. It is doubly important
for Alaskans to raise as much
food as possible and store any
surplus because every pound of
food raised here means a pound
of shipping space saved, as well
as the saving of labor for war
production. Alaskans are fortun
ate, that so far, there has been
little, or no food rationing as in
every other part of the United
States and may well show thank
fulness by producing as much
food as possible, especially per
ishables and bulky crops such as
lettuce and potatoes, which add
to the shipping and handling
burdens. Judging by the past
wholehearted response in pre
vious years Kodiak will again
rank near the top as an Alaskan
town doing a full time job on
the Home Front.
Washington (JP)—Represent
ative Warren Magnuson, Wash.,
told the House of Representa
tives t his week that the Japanese
made a military mistake by seiz
ing Kiska instead of Adak,Why
the Japanese didn’t establish
themselves at Adak is a military
mystery. Possibly the best ex
planation is that for many years
all our maps designated Kiska as
‘Naval Reserve—Keep Out' and
therefore in a very subtle way
the Japanese thinking must have
led them to Kiska instead of t«
one of our first potential bases in
the Aleutians.”
Magnuson made pub ie a re
port to the House Naval Affairs
committee of the recent inspec
tion of the Aleutians, which said
the Army air field at Adak is
unique in that a young engineer
discovered a lagoon, drained it
and by building a dam across the
narrow entrance the Army how
drains water in or out and it
makes a fine hard-surfaced field
when the water is out.
The Representative praised
the work of the Army and Navy
m the construction of defenses in
the Aleutians. He said that since
the removal of the Japs from At
tu it will serve as a “postwar
springboard for American air
routes to the entire Oiient”.
He said the Navy has an ex
cellent airfield there and hopes
for further development to per
mit the Army to share its use.
The report recommended that .
the Naval Air Base at Sitka be
reduced in size, saying that of
ficers of the Army and Navy be
lieve it much too large, and said
that expenditure of money on
the base was “excessive and ex
travagant”.
It was also recommended that
no new projects be started at
Kodiak as it was asserted that
the war has “moved Westward”
but it was said that Kodiak will
always be an important spofrou
the Aleutian air route.
“At Kodiak there appeared to
be much wasted army personnel,”
Magnuson said
He urged that private airlines
continue to be used to furnish
transportation from Seattle to
Attu. He asked that means be
found to furlough men stationed
many months in the Aleutians
but said that except for a lack of
recreational facilities they are
content and well cared for.
Two new cases of scarlet fever
were reported this ween, bringing
to 6 the total in two months.
hospital benefit dance - tonight