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"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier”
fOL. 3 NO. 9
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 1, 1943
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News Highlights
Pacific Front
Navy disclosed April 24 that
Kiska was hit for the 105th
bombing the past month. At
least 13 more raids were reported
this week with Canadian fliers
joining in the attacks. Berlin rad
io said that Japs report the build
ing of a giant airbase, with 1000
bombers, at Anchorage for use
in bombing Jap mainland. Allies
have not confirmed the story.
American Naval surface force
shelled Holts bay and Chicha
goff harbor, Attu island. Berlin
radio said Jap Admirals Yama
guchi and Karai were killed when
Jap aircraft carrier was sunk in
Midway battle. South Pacific
action centered on U. S. air off
ensive with heaviest raids re
ported striking at Tarawa, Tim
or, Kilumbangara, Kahili and
Numain the Solomons and Truk
Bland. Liberators dumped 21
tons in damaging surprise raid
on Kendari in the Celebes. Sen
ate Truman committee revealed
it was the new battleship South
Dakota which shot down 32 Jap J
planes in a 30-minute scrap Oct.
26.
Asia Front
Under Secretary of War Pat
terson said Army fliers were of
fering to bomb Tokyo again fol
lowing disclosure of execution of
6 of the pilots of the first raid.
D. S. bombers blasted Bangok,
capital of Jap-controlled Thai
land, aod hammered at Rangoon.
Chinese said Japs used gas in
West Shan-i.
European Front
In severest raid ever made on
Germany RAF dropped 30 tons
»f bombs per minute for 45 min
utes on Duisburg, Germany’s
greatest inland port. 400 bomb
srs took part; 17 were lost. RAF
smashed industrial and
rail targets in France, Belgium
k Netherlands. Pilot J. J. Lynch
tf Alhambra, Calif, won KAF
Malta sweepstakes when his
Spitfire squadron bagged the
1000th plane over Malta. Anti
German feeling flared in Sweden
w Nasis insisted German steam
>r had right to f re upon
!<vedish sub Draken in Swed
lh waters. Swedes suspect steam
»also fired on sub Ulven.
\tlantic Front
39 ship sinkings in Atlantic
c subsidiary waters are reported
a far this year against 109 for
irst 4 months last year. Rear
ibmiral Emory Land said U. S.
ill build 19 million deadweight
(continued on page 4)
Kodiak Has 3 Squadrons-Say Japs
(^P)—Jap radio reported strong concentrations of U.S. bombers
and fighter squadrons in the Aleutians, saying “the Americans are
feverishly establishing large airfields in all the Aleutians large en
ough to accomodate hangars, runways and muniton dumps.”
The largest base was said to be at Kodiak, “where 3 squadrons
are located.” The Jap report was unconfirmed from any source.
Japs Lose Aleutian Submarine
(J3)_A Catalina patrol bomber sank a Jap sub off the Aleutians
the Navy reports. The plane saw the sub submerging and released
2 depth charges. The sub came up bow first with oil slick spread
ing on both sides and after strafing by machine gun fire sank
stern first.
Laval Wounded By Assassin
(j>)—A French broadcast from Africa said Pierre Laval was
wounded in the shoulder in an attempt on his life while returning
from a conference with Hitler.
Union Sponsors
Bond Dance
As an added impetus to tht
Bond Drive the Cooks & Assist
ants, local 874, are sponsoring a
public dance to be held tonight
May 1, at 8:30 at Blinn’s hall.
Jacques Pardieu, business ag
ent, announces thai an Army
orchestra has been engaged foi
the affair and admission is SI.10,
Washington (JP)—Sentiment
in Congress concerning state
Pecunia Purloined
At the Island Grill Thursday
evening some unidentified cust
omer took advantage of the
waitress being near the back of
the restaurant and opened the
cash register and disappeared
with about $35 in currency.
hood for Alaska is ‘dislinctly
favorable” Delegate Dimond
said. There is more than a fair
likelihood that “Alaska can be a
state just as soon after the war
as the peop e of the territory
want it,” he said.
Bond Show Sell-out Brings Results
The Rotary-Army Bond Show
Wednesday was a big success!
To-wit:
Every ticket was sold and the
house was packed.
The finest array of staae tal
ent Kodiak has ever seen kept
the audience crying for more.
And when asked to buy bonds
the audience did just that—to
the tune of $39,875! With addi
tional bonds bought since in the
drive the total will be well over
$40,000.
R. H. Chadwick, Rotary pres
ident, thanked everyonefor their
attendance and splendid cooper
ation, especially Joe Hamilton,
American Red Cross and the En
tertainment Department of the
Navy and Special Service Office
of the Army, who supplied the
talent. The program consisted of
every conceivable type of talent
and included an Army Band un
the direction of Ernie Morrow,
Tommy Miller, dancer, Chief
Hosay and a Boxing Bout, a
Bookie Skit with Lt. Stein and
Evelyn Woods, Curt Bylund,
electric guitar, Willswaws Sing
ing Trio, Bridge Skit with Ray
Kady, Jack Mills, Lt. Stein and
Joe Denny, the West Virginia
Ramblers, a Navy Glee Club un
der the direction of Howard Bar
nett, the Jive Five with Ted
Ellis, Brooks & Alexander com
edy skit Jack Fitzsimmons. lyric
tenor, five Army chorus “girls”,
Chuck Brown, comedian, and
many others. Jack Dunlevy was
outstanding an master of cere
monies.
President Chadwick spoke of
the need of greater bond buying
and its importance in the war
effort and then read the names
of purchasers as obtained from
audience by Army nurses. He
also conducted the drawing for
free bonds, which were won by:
Ben Bolden, No. 1x5, 1826
bond; Mrs. John Hubley, No.
196, $25; Mrs. Maurice Briggs,
No. 68, 50; Mrs. Phyllis Web
ster, No. 17, $50; and Edward
Naughtoa, age 12, youngest son
of Commissioner and Mrs. C. C.
Naughton, No. 125, $100.
The Rotary committee in
charge of the show consisted of
Ray Martin, chairman, Frank
Hermann, Forest Ayers, Merrill
Coon and Jiin Brophy.
A schedule broadcast of the
show over station WVCQ was
cancelled because of transmis
sion difficulties.
For complete list of pledges
read at show see page 4 under
“Bond Purchasers”.
Suspect
Arrested
Edward Beatty, formerly of
Kodiak, was recently arrested in
Idaho and taken to Anchorage
Via Pan America Airways by Ed
M. Bryan, U.S. marshal of Boise,
Idaho and W. B. Savage, Kim
berly, Idaho, guard.
Beatty is to be tried at An
chorage on a robbery charge in
volving the theft of a safe con
taining $30,000, stolen last
October from the apartment of
Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam A. Schultz
of this city. Mr. Schultz is owner
of the Ship’s Tavern.
It is understood that the FBI
has been working on the case
since being called in last fall, and
it has been reliably reported
that Beatty’s arrest is only one
of a number expected to be an
nounced soon.
Court of Honor
Next Friday, May 7, the first
Court of Honor of 1943 will be
held by the local Boy Scouts at
the Community Baptist church.
Awards and advancements
will be made, including two ad
vancements beyond first class,
the first made in Kodiak. There
will also be a demonstration of
scout work, and the public is in
l vited to attend.
Firemen Election
An election to choose a new
assistant fire chief to replace
Reuben “Tiny” Tesarik will be
held at the Volunteer Firemen
meeting next Tuesday evening
at the Mecca at 9 pm, Fire Chief
Wm. Neiderhauser announced
today. Tesarik, praised by the
Chief for his activity and inter
est while in office and as a mem
ber, was recently inducted into
the Army.
Funeral services for Captain
Christian Magnusen, who passed
away lpst Friday after a heart
attack aboard an Army vessel,
were held Sunday at 2:30 at the
Community Baptist church. A
large group of sorrowing friends
and relatives gathered to pay
last respects, as the services were
read by Rev. Gregory S. Moron
y
Mrs. R. L. Clifton sang at the
church and at the graveside.
Interment was in the Russian
cemetery.
Merrill Coon, agent for the
Standard Oil Company, asks that
all persons with storage capacity
for fuel oil fill them within the
next ft days to facilitate oil stor
age at the plant.
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waits division among four entries
in the annual guessing contest
on the day the ice moved on tfce
Tanana. The ice stopped tfc*'
automatic clock at Nenana at
7:22 pm Wednesday.
Three winners guessed 7:21
and one listed 7:23.
Winning tickets bore tfee**
names:
August Juntenen and M*fj®
Lester, Anchorage.
“Foster pool” Juneau.
Allan W. Less, Fairbanks.
“Twentv-one men” with Fair
banks address.
Wages Are
Frozen
Seattle (jP)—'The Regional
War Labor board has set up a
uniform wage scale for all work
ers in Alaska employed in war
agency sponsored jobs, i. e. U.S.
Army Engineers, Alaska Defense
Command, CAA and other
First of its kind in the nation »!•
provides workers througli«»*i
territory doing same jobs willgei
same pay.
Typical rates follow:
Laborer $1.01 1-2
Buckets & FaUers 1.16 1-2
Carpenter 1.50
Concrete Finisher 1 50
Ditch Diggers 1.01 1-2
Miner 1.40
Painter 1.50
Teamster 1.01 1-2
. Clinic Date Set
j An immunization clinic will he
held at the Griffin Memorial hos
pital, 1 pm Thur , May 6. Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson will be in change,
assisted by Mrs. Anne Whatley,
public health nurse.
This clinic is to immunize iw>
fants and pre-school children
gainst Diphtheria and SmaJI
Pox
After the first 6 to 9 months
nearly every child is susceptibte
to diphtheria. Diphtheria is eas
ier and cheaper to prevent tha»
to cure
The wise parent will have biis
child vaccinated for small pm be
tween the ages of <6 and It
months when reactions are vary
slight. This procedure cometr
the unsound practice of aQoiriafr
a child to go unvaccinated ont>(
he enters school, thereby alBwa
ing him to pass through tftea#
highly susceptible years wjthosi
protection.
Blackout Hours
April 25 to May 8, laid.
9:00 pm to 6:00 am