fOL 3 NO. 10
"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 8, 1943
PRICE 10 CERT**
Brothels
Closed
Permanent closing of all houses
of prostitution in Kodiak was
node effective this week by or
der of high military authority
and Sunday such notice was
served and all such houses, re
ported to be 7 in number, closed.
No deportation action was in
cluded in the order.
The move here follows similar
action already taken in many
other cities in the Territory and
States.
With Corps
Kenneth Campbell, formerly
druggist at Erskine’s, is now loc
ated in Anenorage where he is
engaged as a civilian employe of
the Army Medical Corps. Mrs.
Campbell is employed in Anchor
age as a nurse.
Free Luncheon To
Servicemen Sunday
A vo'unteer group of mothers
will be hostesses at a free lunch
eon tomorrow, on Mother’s Day,
for all servicemen. Luncheon will
start at noon and will run to a
bcut 4 o’clock or later and will
be served in tbe Belmont
Not only will the luncheon be
free but it will consist of home
made bread, cakes, sandwiches
and other good things to eat, all
made and donated by the moth
ers participating. All Servioemen
are cordially invited, and here’s
a tip—better come early!
In Anchorage
Patty Rowan, a former resi
dent of Kodiak and commercial
fisherman, and now a technical
sergeant at an an air base at Me
Grath, visited in Anchorage re
cently where he ran into many
friends formerly of Kodiak.
Week's News Highlights
Russian Front
Russian newspapers warned
that actions involving great
\»<hes of troops may start with
in a iew days & hinted Nazis will
launch an offensive. Artillery
duels & scouting increased along
the entire front. Massed Soviet
planes & gun- battered Nazi po
sitions in the Kuban sector.
Swedish dispatches disclosed Sov
iet forces have landed on shores
of Taman peninsula, Axis com
munication line to Crimea. Pre
jmier Stalin in his May Day Ord
er said that the only recipe for
[ world peace is “complete rout of
[Hitlerite armies & unconditional
[surrender of Hitlerite Germans”.
Praising American & British
feats in Africa & over Germany,
Stalin said the merged might of
the Allies will "crack the back
[ bone of the Fascist beast”.
a mean rrom
Beneath the greatest aerial
blanket ever laid by the Allies,
American troops & the British
1st army moved into Bizerte &
Tunis late this week. Roads to
both cities Were choked with It
alians^ Germans fleeing toward
coastal hills & Cape Bon. Gen. Sir
Alexander, Allied field command
er, said, “We have reached the
last phase of this campaign. We
will drive the enemy into the
sea.” Axis effort to shuttle help
was largely frustrated as Mitch
ell bombers sank 7 ships, includ
ing 2 destroyers, in Sicilian
straits. British subs sank 10 more
supply ships in Mediterranean
A a lone British fighter downed
5 Nazi transports bound for Sar
dinia. Nazi military commentat
ors in Berlin say Allies plan in
vasion of Sicily & Sardinia be
fore completing conquest of Tun
isia.
Atlantic Front
Coast Guard cutter Icarus
destroyed Nazi U-boat off the
Carolina coast, captured captain
& 32 ciew members.
European Front
Maj. Gen. Wm. S. Key took
over temporary command of the
U. S. army in the European the
ater, succeeding Lt Gen. Frank
Andrews, who was killed in Ice
land in a plane crash this week.
The RAF bombed Dortmund
with the largest fleet of 4-motor
ed ships ever put in the air 30
bombers were lost from an esti
mated 700. The German high
command admitted the raid did
“major damage”. British planes
hit Essen for the 55th time. The
4-ton block busters & incendi
aries made a holocaust of the
Krupps arms factories; 13 planes
were lost. Germans ordered the
interment of 400 veterans of Hol
land’s army to halt anti-Nazi
activity.
Pacific Front
American occupation of Am
chitka, 00 miles west of Kiska,
since last January, was announc
ed this week Flying time to
Kiska is now 12 minutes. Seas
oned troops took the Japs com
pletely unawares in occupying
the island under the most diffi
cult weather conditions. Army &
Navy personnel coordinated
perfect y. Maj. Gen. Simon
Bolivar Buckner, Jr., chief of the
Alaska Defense Command, was
nominated to Lt Gen. Leland
Davis, of Hattiesburg, Miss., re
ceived the Navy Cross for sink
ing a Jap sub off the Aleutians.
With the beginning of May U.S.
air attacks on Kiska since Feb.
soared over the 200 mark. Navy
(continued on page 4)
Warning Issued
(Special from Office of War
Information)—Due to discovery
of an unidentified ingredient,
the Seattle office of Food and
Drug Administration and the
Territorial Public Health office
today warned all Alaskans who
have purchased Fletcher’s Cast
oria during the last 2 months to
return or destroy their supply.
Distributors and retailers are
being instructed by the maker to
return all shipments since March
1 of this year.
The ingredient, which has not
yet been identified, is said to
cause violent nausea.
Flying Cross
Awarded
Captain Glenn E. W. Mann,
Jr., Army Air Corp-, was award
ed the Distinguished Flying
Cross °n April 22 for valorous
flying as a pilot in the Aleutians.
' The accompanying citation
mentioned both his flying in
the air transport service and in
bombers over Kiska. Since the
award Captain Mann has been
transferred to Fort Wayne, Ind
iana, for reassignment.
Mrs. Mann, nee Anita White,
is now making her home with
her mother. Mrs. Ben Kraft, of
this city.
Model Cafe
Purchased
Announcement was made this
week of the purchase by Ann
Petrie and Tommy Gallagher of
the lease on the building and e
quipment of the Modei Cafe,
from Mike Putselas After being
closed a few days for repairs the
cafe is now open under the same
name
Both the new owners are well
known he e where they have
been employed in restaurant
work for some time, Mrs Petrie
as waitress and Gallagher as
chef
The Model Cafe building is
owned by Jerry Lodge, who pur
chased it from Carl Pajoman.
Report Issued
The following diseases were
reported for the month ending
April 20 by the Territorial De
partment of Health:
Kodiak: gonorrhea, 6;measles
2; German measles, 8; pneumon
ia, 3. (Following for Alaska )
In the following A stands for
Army, N for Navy: epidemic
meningitis, A2, N4; scarlet fever,
A4; diphtheria, Al; tuberculosis,
A2; gonorrhea, A81 (delayed re
ports) N22; syphilis, A2; influ
enza, A8; measles, A8, Nl; Ger
man measles, A9, N4; chicken
pox, A4; mumps, A4i; pneumon
ia, A12, N6.
Seattle Has One Less
Thing Kodiak Hasn't
Kodiak has been here 151
years and is the oldest white set
tlement in Alaska but this is the
first time it has seen one of
those.
•‘Those” is really an "it”, for
this week the first combined
street light and street marker,
one in number, was erected on
the main street by "Pop” Bet~
tinger, entrepreneur of the Is
land Grill.
lne post is square, panned
green, and has a blue glass-en.
closed light to meet dim-out reg
ulations. One black and white
marker on it indicates the main
street, Alaska Way, and another
carries the legend Island Grill,
Yesler Way
Yesler Way is a narrow off
shoot of the main street, so nam
ed by “Pop” after Seattle’s sim
ilarly designated thoroughfare.
The lamp post is proving a big
hit with servicemen who have1
their pictures taken standing be
side it.
No one knows how the light
looks lit. It isn’t connected yel.
April Bond
Sales Jump
War Bond sales in the Series
E for Kodiak for the month of
April went over $65,000, four
times greater than the previous
month’s total, it was announced
this week.
Of the total for April about
$45,000 is atttributed to the
campaign by the local Rotary
Club, which included a big Bond
Show at the Orpheum.
Examinations for high school
start Wednesday next week,with
grade school examinations start
ing the following Monday, R.L.
Clifton, school superintendent
announced today, with the last
day of school set for Friday,May
21.
Graduation exercises will be
held Wednesday, May 19 in the_
afternoon, with baccalaureate
held Sunday, May 16 at the
Community Baptist church.
J. C. Winchell. who operated
the Winchell Transfer Co. here,
is now with the Army Engineers
at Anchorage.
Ray Douglas, Schwabacher
Bros, salesman, and O.R.Griffin,
representing Trick & Murray,
arrived by plane from Anchorage
this week.
L. L. "Red” Shaw, former op
erator of the Brown Bear Bus
line in th s city, arrived by plane
this week on a short business
trip. Shaw has been working at
Whittier, and recently moved a
boatload of c&rgo to Seward.
KEA Units
Promised
Two new Buckeye Diesel toa -
now at Defiance, Ohio have bee? >
released to the local KEA, pestl
ing approval of the WPB, accord
ing to a wire received by the k>
cal office. The units would pro
vide 500 KWH and enable addit
ional users being supplied. t
The wire, from the head offi««
of the REA, also stated that tte
bills of materials for the new
powerhouse are now being iigu'
ed and shipping plans being
made for them. The pcrwerbeuse
site is located next to Swann's
warehouse in the Tagura district
Mayor Returns;
Council Monday
Mayor Nick Mieli, reeleeterJ
to the mayoralty during his ab
sence, returned this week from
Washington, D. C. where he c©«
ferred with Delegate Ant bon:?
Dimond and other officials in se
curing changes in the city’s sows*
to-be-built water system.
His report on that and' info
niation he obtained about priori
ties fire equipment and othe
city matters will be given at thir
regular meeting of the city coun
cil Monday evening at 8 at the
city hall.
Mayor Miell will also name
the standing committees of th?
new council, and it is expecte’
appointive city positions will al
so be filled.
Rotary Has Guests
Steve Harvey, Frank Her
mann, Rev. G. S. Morony, Ray
Martin and R L. Clifton wer^
announced as new directors of
the Rotary club at the Rotary
luncheon Tuesday at the school
house by President R. H. Chad
wick. With retiring President
Chadwick they will constitute
the board for the year beginning
July 1. The board will eh
dub officers from its members.
The club bad 8 guests at tfc#
luncheon, including Rotary mem
bers Ensign C. L McArthur, Jr.
Texas. Lt. Howard Doge, Conn.
Lt. Comdr. H A.-Mike" Pan
lap, Iowa; Chaplain R. E. Gil
more, Mass. Also O. A Torger
son, president, Rank of Kodiak
George A. Swoyer, New Jersey:
Jo D. Hamilton, California; an , »
D. A. Coffield, REA auditor. .
Spokane.
Brief talks were heard from a’
the guests.
Blackout Hours
TODAY
9;00 pm to t>:t)0 am
May 9 to May 22; !•»*>].
9:30 pm to 5:30 ans