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KODIAK
DIARY ..
| The following letter was re
ceived Wednesday by Mayor
Emil Knudsen from Robert W.
Berg, Master of the S. S. Kodiak
Victory:
i Dear Mr. Mayor:
5 The officers, the crew, and my
( self wish to thank you and the
t people of Kodiak for such a won
i ' derful and distinctive gift for the
( S. S. Kodiak Victory. The bear
( is very much “the attraction”
( around Portland, and, no doubt,
( will be wherever we go.
\ Mr. Jake Leyer, the Chief En
j gineer, and myself have been ply
\ ing the waters of Kodiak for a
j great many years and we were
j both quite thrilled to be assigned
f to a ship named for Kodiak. We
| shall endeavor to carry on the
j j war effort with the Kodiak Vic
j tory in the same fine spirit and
cooperation as the people of Ko
diak are doing today and have in
the past.
Our reguards to all of you and
we hope to some day show you
this grand ship.
Yours sincerely,
Robert W. Berg
A book published by the Rus
sian Orthodox chureh in honor
of the 150th Jubilee of the Rus
sian church in i> orth America
may be obtained from the Rt
Rev. Bishop 1 eonty, 1121 N.
Leavitt Street, Chicago, Illinois
It contains histories of all the
Russian church parishes in this
continent.
i
i People in Kodiak, and even
I more so people in Afognak, will
j get a lot of enjoyment reading
| an article in the February Alaska
I Sportsman, due here soon. The
j article is “Full Moon Over Afog
| nak” and is written by Gertrude
ltaumaker, Boise, Idaho, former
Kodiak and Afognak resident.
Mrs. Raumaker was employed
on the Kodiak Mirror before the
birth of her daughter, Paula Sue.
The article describes her exper
I icnces in Afognak while her hus
j band was employed at Danger
i Bay, and is illustrated with pic
1 tures of Afognak locales and
J people.
Mentioned in the article are
Mr. and Mrs. Robert von Scbee
le, Mr and Mrs. Floyd Cook,
Oscar Ellison, Eli Derinoff, Es
ther Twitchell, Dennis Boskof
sky, Mrs. June Wilson, Kenneth
Woods, Pete Heitman, Sophia
Gregorioff Nelson, and Anonia
Gregorioff
The first month of the new
year of 1945 has already passed,
making us realize once again
how time flies in Kodiak. Now
we have 11 more months to go—
and who can guess what they
will bring? Nobody, of course,
but the changes will be many,
of that there can be no doubt.
We just got a glimpse into the
changes that can transpire by
delving into the files for the
month of January, 1942,
A lot of water has run over
the dam and under the bridge
since men.
It was just after the start of
the war, you know, and the lead
story of the issue of January 10,
1942, Vol. 1, No. 45, said that
freight and passenger rate in
creases of 45 per cent had been
authorized by the U. S. Mari
time Commission “because of
wartime costs of operating’’
The fire department pumper had
just been repaired (it was pulled
by hand and frequently failed to
pump) and two more little soda
and-chemical wagons had been
bought, to make what was “the
best little fire department of its
size of any place in Alaska” ac
cording to Fire Chief Vic Loug
head. But another story said
$258.28 was still due on the
equipment and “an effort will be
made to raise the needed mon
ey”. Cars were parked in the
school yard at night so as to be
handy in case of an “emer
gency” but people were getting
into the cars and running bat
teries down. The police were
going to look into it. A robber
took $100 from Jerrome’s (now
the Model). And in his second
match with Max Baer, Joe Louis
scored a knockout after 2 min
utes 36 seconds.
On New Year’s day Kodiak
island’s first radio station began
broadcasting its letters, KODK.
Men donated their time to con
struct the buildings for the sta
non. authorities were asking
more strict observance of t
blackout, especially on Miss=
road. The “long awaited” dov
town office of the Signal Co:
opened, making it no lonj
necessary for a “trip to the t
of Signal Hill to dispatch
wire”.
The Japan Times & Adv,
tiser was quoted as saying '
will be a simple matter fop
well-trained and courage®
army to sweep everything bef
it once a Japanese landing,
made on the American con®
ent. The contention that the
S. cannot be invaded is as mv
a myth as the one that \
Maginot lines conldn’t be tab
or that Singapore and Pet
Harbor are impregnable”. T,
quote. In the news highhgl
it said the “next goal of Jap
appears to be the Dutch J
dies”. And Gen. MacArthur ;
cused the Japanese of “giv
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