"News oj ^America’s Last Frontier 3
VOL. 3 NO. 35
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 30, 1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Playground
Units Due
All the school children will be
indulging in the pasttime of
watching “for the next boat” as
soon as they read this, for on
that next boat will be two new
pieces of playground equipment
purchased by Ray Martin while
he was Outside recently and
which he is personally donating
to the school.
The two surprises are a sta
tionary Merry-go-round and a
Senior Castle Tower. The Merry
go-round has a platform witn a
long centerpiece mounted on a
pivot that is pushed around by
hand, giving the riders a merry
and dizzy whirl. The Castle Tow
er is a maze of iron bars used for
performing all kinds of gymnas
tics and is in wide use in schools
in the States as a recreation fea
ture and body builder.
With the playground levelled
and made larger with dirt and
gravel being hauled through the
cooperation of the navy for the
project sponsored by the Rotary
club, and with the generoup don
ation of the two playground mas
terpieces by Mr. Martin, the
school children will have a fine
start toward recreational facil
ities that has been one of the
major lacks of the local school.
Obtaining the equipment in
these times was difficult, Mr.
Martin said, and he felt fortun
ate in being able to get these.
For the future, and as condi
tions permit, he plans to add
still other play units to these
two.
Patient From
Ouzinkie Dies
Nick Pestrikoff, about 60,
passed away at the Griffin Mem
orial hospital yesterday soon af
ter being brought in from Ouz
iakie for treatment after a heart
attack which he suffered 3 days
ago.
A man charged with assault
and battery, being accused of
heating his wife and 2 children
with a hammer handle, was giv
en a 90-day suspended sentence.
Monday by U. S. Commissioner
C C. Naughton.
A building permit was granted
this week to Alf Torgramson and
he has begun construction on a
one-stoiy frame building between
the Lyric theatre and the city
elerk’s office. The owner said he
has not decided yet whether to
*ent it as income property or put
hi a business of his own.
There will be a regular meet
ing of the Volunteer Fire depart
*n nt next Tuesday, Nov 2, at
he fire hall at 9 pm.
High School Principal
Is Attendance Example
An attendance record for other
teachers and for students to
shoot at has been made by Mr.
Olaf Halveison, local high school
principal and mathematics
teacher.
Mr. Halverson has taught
seven years in Alaska, five of
them at Kodiak, during which
time he has been neither absent
nor tardy. A similar record was
made in Minnesota, where he
served as high school principal
and superintendent of class A
accredited high schools.
He also made an almost con
tinuous record from the first
grade, through high school and
the University of Minnesota as
a student. Only dereliction in
his record to date occurred in
the third grade, when he was
absent a few days became of the
mumps.
Dimout Being
Violated By Many
Since the new regulation on
dimouts was issued Army offi
cials report that many violations
of rules regarding showing lights
at night have been observed.
Many homes, especially on
hills or facing the bay, show
bright lights. Windows must
have their shades drawn to keep
light at the required minimum.
News Highlights
Pacific Front
Amphibious forces under Ad
miral Wm. Halsey, thrusting to
wards Japan’s last Solomons
stronghold at Kabaui, achieved
surprise landings on the Treasury
islands & pursued the defenders
into the hills. Supported by a na
val task force bombardment,
landings were accomnlished in 2
islands in the group, 30 mdes
south of the Jap base at Bougain
ville. Nearby are the Shortland
islands, whose airstrips are inop
erative due to constant American
bombings. Bougainville, with
bomb cratered airfields at Kahili
& Kara, is also in no condition to
send supporting planes to the
scene of the landings. Allied air
men destroyed 101 Jap planes in
new devastating attacks on the
enemy base at Rabaul, raising
Jap plane losses to over 500 in
this area in 2 weeks of raids.
Mediterranean Front
American Fifth Army forces
captured Riardo, within 10 miles
of vital Renefro. Rough terrain
slowed progress of the right wing
of the American troops. The Bri
tish Eighth Army seized the stia
tegic town of Torella in central
Italy In the Vasto sector on the
East coast, other units of the 8th
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Used Goods’
Prices Set
Effective now 10 kinds of used
consumers’ durable goods are
brought under a new regulation
in Alaska which is expected to
effect considerable savings to
the public, Mrs. Mildred R.
Hermann, the Alaska Director
of the Office of Price Adminis
tration, announced today.
The regulation covers speci
fied used articles and these same
commodi'ies when rebuilt, re
conditioned, or renovated. The
articles include: used furniture,
bedding, household sewing ma
chines, stoves, floor coverings,
portable lamps and lamp shades,
miscellaneous houseware items,
hand tools and hardware items
such as shovels, wheelbarrows,
hatchets and carpenter’s tools.
It also applies to used baby car
riages, musical instruments ex
cept pianos, commercial kitchen
equipment, beauty and barber
shop furniture, fixtures and
equipment, store and office fix
tures, and coin-operated vend
ing machines.
The pricing formula is based
on the principle of comparing
the used article for re-sale with
the cost of a new article of the
same kind If the used article is
in “good condition”, it falls in
to Class I and the seller may
set. the price at 75 percent of the
new price for his ceiling.
The regulation require-* retail
ers to post signs at some con
spicuous spot in their stores,
enumerating the types of mer
chandise governed, describing
the two classes, and announcing
ceding prices for articles in Class
1 must not be higher than 75
percent of the present retail sell
ing price of the same or a simi
liar article when new; and tha‘
used articles in Class II must not
be priced higher than 33 J-3 per
cent of their selling price when
new.
Every used article covered by
the regulation and selling for $2
or more must be marked with a
tag showing the class and the
dollars-and-cents selling price of
the used article Specific dollars
and-cents ceilings previously
were established for used house
hold mechanical refrigerators,
vacuum cleaners, domestic wash
ing machines, metal coil and flat
bedsprings, tites and tubes, and
egg cases.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Ernest
Allen, Naknek, flew in from
Anchorage Tuesday with a
warrant for Doris Graham
and the two left the same day
for Anchorage, where the grand
jury is now in session,
No charge was noted in the
warrant, according to police
officials here.
Way Windows Look j
Kids Aren't Waiting
Sunday night is Halloween.
and the kids will be out and a-:
bout, as is the custom, doing1
their mischief which, this time,
they have an excuse for. How- ^
ever, the kids don’t want to for
get to mix a little discretion j
with their devilment. |
’“Harmless pranks will be tol-i
erated, of course,” said Police
Chief A. A. Sumerlin today,
‘‘but any damage of any kind of
property won’t be, and any
children causing real damage
will be prosecuted.”
So it’s up to the youngsters to
see how clever they are in figur
ing shenanigans to keep them
immune from the shrieval shil
lelagh.
Russian Church
liarker Found
An interesting relic, discovered
as the last of the Russian church
was bemg razed, was found by
children near the front entrance
of the former church.
The discovery was a light met
al plate, 2 1-2 by 4 inches,
'somewhat battered, with an in
scription on it in Russian, which
has been translated by Senefont
Malutin.
The plaque was evidently a
marker deposited at the start of
construction as the front side
reads:
February 4th, 1874
Builders Started a Foundation
I Shishkin, B. D.
II One of the Comm ttee
Wolkoff, L. UB
On the other side:
Carpenters
A. Yakoleff
B. Balasheff
J. Berestoff
C. Gavreloff
Council Holds
Regular Meeting
The c ty council met Monday
night and acted on routine mat
ters
A share of the city support of
schools was appropriated in the
amount of $3000. The road com
mittee reported the garbage
dump road was finished except
for gravel, and gravel for the Or
pheum alley was authorized.
The matter of transportation
for school children was tabled.
Joe Heitman was approved as
patrolman after serving the pro
bationary period
Mrs. Al Nixon 'vas hired to
check on delinquent city licenses.
A bill for repairs for the police
car, in the amount of $632, was
tabled as being “excessive”. Pur
chase of a new fire truck motor,
ifor $275,95 was approved.
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Jury Brings
True Bills
Anchorage (Special)—The
grand jury has returned true
bills against Eric Carlson, in
juring property of the United
States; Peter Haavald, murder
in the first degree; Helene Watt
son, assault with a dangeious
weapon; Jack Devaub, assault
with a dangerous weapon.
First of the cases from Kodiak
are expected to come up today
or Monday. A number of wit
nesses are still due fiom Kodiak.
Larceny Charged
Former Resident
Fairbanks (Special)—Louise
Williams Allred, formerly of
Kodiak, is out on bail here today
on a charge of larceny of a
coat.
Mrs. Allred, who formerly
conducted an accounting and
bookkeeping office in Kodiak,
furnished bond here after being
held to answer to the grand jury
on a charge of embezzlement by
bailee brought in March. This
complaint was signed by Gerald
Williams, then assistant District
Attorney, and charged misappro
priation of money said given her
by Charles Latt'n to pay his in
come tax Mrs. Allred furnished
$2000 cash bond and left for
Fairbanks, where she has been
since.
Larry Seltzer, at! orney, arrived
recently from Seattle, where he
has practiced for 14 years. Mr.
Seltzer will be associated in the
law business heie with Warren
A. Taylor, local attorney
Vessel Brings
38 Passengers
Thirty-eight civilian passen
gers, one of the largest number
to be reported for Kodiak in
some time, arrived on a recent
Alaska Steamship vessel.
Morton Pinch, brother of Har
ry Pinch, local jeweler, arrived
recently from Seattle to be assoc
iated with his brother in his busi
ness here.
Mr. and Mrs James Bropby
returned after a vacation trip
that took them as far as Florida
where they visit* d with Mrs.
Brophy’s son. who is in the
armed forces.
Ray Martin, owner of the Club
Liquor store, returned after a
stay in Hollywood, where his
family now is. His boy, Ray
mond now 8 years old, is enroll
ed in the Block-Foxe military
institute at Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall B.
Ross returned after a brief va
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