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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
MORRISON kNUDSON
HAVE new CONTRACT;
KENYON IS NOW HERE

Herb A. Kenyon, Superintendent
of the MISREPRESENTATION Company
has returned to Juneau after sew
eral weeks in the States where he
purchased supplies which will be
used on new construction project
his company has near Juneau. Work
will start at once on the project.
Mrs. Kenyon, who accompanied
him south, is now visiting relatives
and friends in Arizona. From Ari-
IONA she will go to Los Angeles
for time and then return north
to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08

Construction Company is announc-
ing its organization with head
quarters in Juneau.
Six men who have been in Alaska
for the last year have joined to-
gether to form a general contract
ing company. All have been doing
construction work. Fred V. Menge
one of the group, formerly operat-
ed his own company in California
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08

where he and Dick Price, another
member of the company were
friends and worked together. Others
in the organization, all from the
northwest are Mack Jones. DicH
Price, Donald Oppegard and Ray
Hull.
AS soon as their machinery ar
rives they will go to work on q
salvage job they already have
staked out for themselves.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
HARRY SpERLINGS
TO MINNEAPOLIS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sporting, ac-
companied by their three children,
Mary, David and Billy, have left
for the south enroute to Minneapo-
lis, MINI.
Mr.. Sporting, Administrative
Assistant with the Forest Service,
is on a sixweeks leave from the
office here. Mrs. Sporting and the
remainder of the family plan to
remain outside for the next year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08

from our finest stands of airplane
spruce. Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard has said, Until we smash
the Axis, every man-made forest
fire is an enemy fire. That state
ment might by supplemented by
saying that every forest fire, re-
CARELESS of its origin, is a further
threat to our national security and
an aid to Hitler, TOTO and Com
pany.
1t is the aim of the fire sup
preston agencies to reduce the
number of forest fires to the mini
mum but this requires constant CO.
operation on the part of the pub
lie in all phases of a fire preven-
ton program.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
ATTENTION EASTERN STAR

Regular meeting Tuesday, June
8, 8 o'clock sharp. Rainbow Girls
will exemplify their Initiatory Cere-
mony. All members urged to be
present, this being the last meet
ing before summer vacation.
ALIVE BROWN,
adv Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
SENTENCE PENDING

o. S. Marshals arrested Archie
White on a drunk and disorderly
charge. His sentence is pending.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
new CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY ANNOUNCES
ORGANIZATION HERE

With their first job lined up and
awaiting the arrival of their equip
ment, the Western Dredging and
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
NOTICE

After June 10, no telephone
rentals for the month of
June will be accepted at a dis
count. All remittances must
bear postmark of not later than
discount day. Please be prompt.
JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS
adv. TELEPHONE co.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08

The jackrabbit is not a rabbit
but a hare.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08

ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS
Regular meeting of IO.O.F. Tues
day, June 8, at pm. Work to be
conferred in the First Degree.
MEL MARTIN,
adv. Noble Grand
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08

The mountain goat is not goat,
but an antelope
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
HOSPITAL NOTES


Mrs. Ralph Milander became the
mother of baby boy born June G
at St. Ann'S Hospital. The baby
arrived at 1926 a. m. and weighed
six pounds, eight ounces.
Gust Brann and Landro LozZariIl
were incoming medical patients al
ST. AIMS Hospital yesterday.
Serge Lekanos was admitted last
night at the Government Hospital
Mrs. Robert Burns, surgical pa
tient, and Jennie Warne, medical
were dismissed yesterday from st
AIMS Hospital.
Mrs. w. M. Triplette and baby
boy have left st. AIMS Hospital
and returned home.
LIBBY MAN HERE
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08

Empire Classifieds Payl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-08
LIBBY MAN HERE

j. A. Rasmussen, with Libby
Mcneil and Libby. arrived in Ju-
neau and is at the Baranof Hotel.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Lost Truck Recovered

A light panel truck of the A T. Beckett construction com pany was found abandoned 2 and IA miles out Mill Bay road Monday evening, according to police reports The car had been taken without permission and when found was on it's side in the ditch. 1t had evident y been going at a high rate of speed as 1t travelled 96 feet after leaving the road.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Christmas Mail DeadIine Nears

In order to be assured of de- livery by Christmas, gifts and cards should be mailed by November 20. The delivery of mail dispatched later will be un certain, due to the over-taxed transportation and postal facilities.
 Mailers are urged to send holiday greeting cards by first class mail instead of by the third-class rate, according to a
 ostal bulletin received by Post master Al King. Greetings mail ed by the third-cIass rate, one and a half cents postage, are not entitled to the free forward ing privilege. If cards are sent by the preferred service, the greetings may contain written messages, not permitted to third-class, and are forwarded If necessary or returned to the sender if the addressee is not located.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
IKEA Contractors
 Guests at Rotary

Ray Adams, David Rice and Charles Andrews, of the Mound City Electrical Engineering Company, Springfield, Missouri, contractors for installation of the two new IKEA electrical units, were guests at the Rotary Club this week.
 Carlton J Wllkinso mem- Der of the Rotary Club of AL bion, N. Y. now stationed at the Naval Operating Base, was also a guest
 Ray Martin spoke a few words on the playground equipment he is providing the school.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Russian Front

Red Army columns stormed tc within 10 miles of the western Ukranian rall center of Zhitomir on the last north-south railroad held by the Germans east of the pre- war Polish border Gen. Vat utin's First Ukranian Army punched the last IS miles over- night placing the Russians in 70 miles of the old Polish frontier. The German line in the Gomel sector of White Russia was re- ported broken by the weight of numerous Russian rife divisions, masses of tanks < planes. Soviet dispatches said the Germans ap- piled the torch to the Crimean port of Kerch, which has been in- vested from 2 sides by Russian amphibious forces shuttled across the narrow Kerch straits from the Caucasus. German commun- 'iques asserted that Nazi & Rum- anian troops halted Russian at- tempts to extend their bridge heads around Kerch. In the final 4 days of the battle that yielded them Kiev, the Soviets claimed to have killed 15,000 enemy troops & cantured 6,220
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Maj. Roy Craft Awarded Medal

Headquarters, Alaskan De- partment = Mai. Roy D. Craft who organized the nationally famed Kodisk Bear, soldier newspaper published at Fort Greely, has been award the Legion Of Merit.
 Major Craft, (Box 367) Bea- verton, Ore was cited in an order from It. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.'s AID headquarters, flor exceptionally meritorious conduct in the per- formance of outstanding ser vice."
 By his unusual energy and marked ability, he successfully organized and developed the Kodiak Bear", a soldier news paper that achieved interna- tional recognition and acclaim, thereby greatly contributing to the maintenance of high morale and esprit de corps of the troops at his station" the citation said.
 "As special service officer of an amphibian training force, he devoted long hours and unself- ish effort to he welfare of the organization, assisting greatly in the welding of groups of men who had come together for the first time into a unit with a common purpose and an eager ness to encounter the enemy"
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
World News HighIights

Fifth Army & capture of com. manding positions on the slopes of Mt Camino, near Nagnanao on the western end of the Allied line Gen. Montgomery's British Eighth Army engaged sharp pat rol skirmishes near Acquavia ID the central sector, exchanged ar tillery fire with the Germans a. cross the Angro river in the East A German Communique claimed a powerful German counterat tack" succeeded in taking a hill position & village south of Ml- gano. Allied bombers battered rail yards at Bolzano, gateway through the Brenner Pass Allied fighters swept along the Yugo- slav coast, raided dumps & com munication facilities. Since land- ing in Africa u year ago, Allied airmen of the Northwest Africa air force has dumped nearly 100000 tons of bombs, destroyed nearly 5000 enemy aircraft and sunk 1855 ships in the Mediter- ranean.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Knudsen Supt. Denies Ru110F Of Local Job

Albert A. Walther, superin- tendent, Morrison Knudsen Company, Inc, of Anchorage, wired this week that he had no knowledge of our company being interested in Kodiak con struction."
 Superintendent Walther was queried on possibility that his company would engage in con- struction work at the base here, as reports have been recurrent locally to that effect.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Police To Ir1pound DeTeIict Vehicles

Vehicles that have been left around town and on public streets that have become nuis- ances will be impounded by the city police department starting Monday, Police Chief A. A. Sumerlin announced today.
 Expense incurred in moving the cars and charges for storage will be borne by the owners.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13

damaged. Tokyo radio flooded the air with reports of a great Jap naval victory, but spekes- man at Gen. MacArthur's head quarters said their claims were without basis. that no losses were sustained ty American warshlDs. The sea battle prevented an enemy task force from getting clo CT than 40 miles from the marines beachhead. Australian heavy bombers passed Rabaul, New Britain island, in a follow up attack after a daylight raid by Allied aircraft; cargo vessel was blown up and probable hit scored on a Jap heavy cruiser. The Australian raid was followed by an American attack on install lations at the northwestern sec tor of Rabaul.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Pacific Front

American marines reinforced by army troops firmly secured a 6 mile long beachhead on En- press Augusta bay, definitely w0n the first round of the battle for BougainviIle, large Jap base in he Northern Solomons. In naval action off Bougalnville, 1 Jap cruiser x 4 destroyers were sunk, 2 cruisers X 2 destroyers were
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Mediterranean Front

Bad weather & difficult terrain in front of the German Winter defense line slowed the Allied drive in Italy to limited gains. Allied headquarters reported a lO.miIe advance by Gen Clark s
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13

One trawler, one troller and four miscellaneous vessels have been authorized for construction of Alaska as part of a plan to build up the nations depleted fishing fleet with the addition of 361 new vessels.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
Garage
 Destroyed By Flames

II am Saturday left the Kodiak Garage in charred ruins, burned 6 automobiles, and threatened surrounding buildings before be- ing extinguished by the com bined efforts of the Kodiak Volunteer Fire department and the fire departments of the Army and Navy.
 The building, of wooden frame construction, was owned by John Holland, who carried $5000 insurance on it. Bill Kar- vonen, owner of the garage, esti- mated that about a third of the parts and tools, especially those in the first floor below the street level, are salvageable, and esti- mated hIS loss at about S5000, none of it covered by insurance. Records of the business were also saved. Although the gaso- line pump in front of the buiId- ing was badly burned 100 gall Ions of gas in the tank did not catch fire.
 Four cars were pushed from the building before the intense heat and smoke prevented res cue of the others, none of which was insured. The cars lost were:
 Two driven by Bob Traver and Bob Johnson, owned by Art Kizer;; taxis belonging to T. T Jackson, Henry Haag and Bill Karvonen; private car of Eric Blankenburg.
 Other buildings endangered before the blaze was extinguish- ed were BIinn's Pool hall, the Federal Jail and adjacent Fielder building, Kodiak's largest a. partment house. and the Joe Heitman residence north of the garage. A south wind was blow ing toward Blinn's when the fire started, and the crowd pitched in and moved the contents of the pool hall, pool tables and all, into the street. It took 12 min utes from the first carton of cig- arettes to the last pool table.
 During the fire the wind shift ed and both the Fred Sargent residence and barn across the street caught fire and had to be put out. The house roof caught ire four different times.
 Windows in the Heitman re- Sdence were so hot as to be un- Oearable to the hand, and the furniture was moved out of 1t.
 The wooden jail building, di- Fectly behind the Fielder apart ments, is separated by only a lew feet from the rear of the garage, and no doubt would have caught if the fire had not been brought under control so quick ly. Water was pumped from Err skine's dock and at the end of ahe road past the Belmont bar by the two city fire trucks and
 Continued on page 4
Kodiak mirror., 1943-11-13
CounciIn1en Set Plans
 For Morgue


 board of trustees, named 8 new councilman and arranged for a morgue in a busy session Mon day evening at the city hall.
 The hospital trustees are Mrs. Jeanie Olsen, employed at Hel- sePs, Harry Christopherson, of Christy's Bakery, and Charles Madsen, hotel and curio shop owner
 James Pierce, former council member, was unanimously ap- pointed to the council.
 Money was appropriated for procuring building and for pur- chase of tables and knockdown caskets for a morgue. The trus- tees of the Russian Church have "a building near the hospital which is being sought for the purpose.
 It was reported that Dr. Ryan, Territorial Department of Education, is making every effort to obtain transportation for school children from the Ter ritory, in full or at least provide 1 2 of the cost. He said a blank ct insurance of $50,000 would be necessary for anyone carry ing students.
 It was reported that work on the dump road is held up as the cat has broken down. MT. Sholl said military authorities had said Saturday that unless the dump road was completed within 48 hours the road leading to the garbage dump would be closed to town garbage trucks
 The City Clerk was instructed to write letters of thanks to military authorities for splendid cooperation during the Kodiak Garage fire.
 Public Health Nurse Curtis reported she was getting splen- did cooperation from Military police in an effort to control venereal infection, of which there had been 8 cases during the past month. She reported she has undertaken the investi- gation of neglected children and that 2 have been sent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs school,
 Police Chief Sumerlin asked the council for authority to haul away derelict cars parked near the Russian Church He told the council that MT. P J. Watkinson had vacant lot that could be used for a pound. A motion was passed that any nuisance cars be impounded with the expense to be defrayed by the owner, the city to assume no responsibility, and with SI0 a month parking fee to go to the lot owner.
 R. Jillson was approved as assistant fire chief until Fire ( hief Neiderhauser's return. continued cn page 4)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
TEN COUPLES APPLY FOR
MARRIAGE LICENSES
DURING AUGUST

The County Clerks office re-
ports the following persons APP
piled for marriage licenses dur
4ng the month of August:
hnoch A. Moore, %. Clinchco,
TO Nola Rose, 16, of Skeetrock.
Bob Dixon, II, to Ellen Gill
cert, 20. Both of Dante.
Willie E. Large, Fl. Trammel,
to Mary Marie Blankenship, 81,
Of Dante.
Thomas B. Ferguson, 81, Tram
mel, to Lois Edwards, II. also
Of Trammel.
Grayson Phipps, %, freezing,
to Hazel Stanley 16, Clintwood.
Harold Keith, 81. Coeburn, to
Fay Deel, 81, Clintwood.
Swanson Wood, %, to Bulah
Barton, II, both of Martha Gap.
Willis Webb Meeks. "a, Bart
lick, to Miriam Wells, %, Bart
lick.
Lesley F. Lowering, ~. to Ed
it'll Edwards, 81, both of Coeburn
Jessie James Deel, 20, to En-
ma Gay Owens IT, both of Vicey.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
Sgt. Edwards
Given Purple
Heart Medal

Camp Elliott, Calf. Sept g.
Sgt. Alonzo Edwards, of the us.
Marines. was among IA men who
were awarded the Purple Heart
Med i here this morning for
wounds received in action.
Sgt. Edwards, whose home is
at Haysi, Va, enlisted in Nov
1899, and took part in the initial
landing on Guadalcanal Island.
It was during the hopping Up of
the scattered remnants of h e
enemy that he received a bullet
il the wrist. Despite the injury
Sgt. Edwards remained on the
island for six months and two
days.
With his wound completely
healed and a short furlough at
home with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Edwards, Sgt. Ed
wards is now stationed here
awaiting new assignment.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
A Snaky Tale

The season for tall fish stories
Is just about over for the year,
and snake stories soon will be
out Of date, but here's one that
must not be overlooked, since it
is one of the hair-raising sort
that causes goose pimples to
break out all over you.
Mrs. Tilda Phipps. of near
freezing, went by hens nest
under the barn shed at her home
a few evenings ago just as dark
was settling down, to gather the
eggs for next mornings meal.
She found no eggs, but did feel
what she judged to be a piece of
rubber hose in the nest. The next
evening she had exactly the
same experience.
She happened to mention, or
inquire why a rubber hose in the
hens nest when she reached the
house. Her husband, Andy
Fh ops, could not understand it
either and went to investigate.
He found the supposed rubber
hose to be large blacksnake and
the thing, evidently seeming dan
ger, made a hasty getaway. The
next evening lote she again came
by the barn and she saw what
she supposed to be the same SER
pent hanging from one of the raf-
tiers and as she started to pelt it
with rocks it escaped.
Now, both Tilda and the chill
dren are afraid to go about the
barn. either in search of eggs or
to try to dispose of the snake.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
AN APOLOGY

We ask you to overlook the
many shortcomings. of your pa
per this week and its hardness
in reaching you, because 1t is
being produced under consld-
erc|ble difficulties. We are in
stalling a newspaper press,
which is taking most OF our
time and energy, with what is
left being put into getting out
the paper and keeping up our
other work.
In the future We hope to give
you a better and palmer print
cd paper and that it will reach
you more on time.
All news letters left out this
week will be carried in next
weeks Herald.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
COL. BATTLE LAYS DOWN
HIS ARMS

Richmond, Sept. 3.-Col. M. S.
Battle, former director of the
division of motor vehicles. who
is now on active duty with the
United States Army, will retire
on Sept. 80 under the recent or
der issued by the adjutant gen
eral, it was announced today.
Col. Battle returned to active
duty in 1912 upon leaving the
states employment. He said he
now plans to retire from public
life and make his home at his
farm near Lexington.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
ANOTHER LOCAL GIRL
JOINS THE WAVES

Effie Lear Baker, of NeWarI
N. j., today was sworn into tie
Women's Reserve, U. S. Naval Re
serve, as an apprentice seaman
in the enlisted quota of WAVES.
She is a daughter of Mrs. Rosa
Becker Of Baker Ridge near Clint
wood. She is a graduate Of Dick
enson Memorial High School.
She also attended one year of
business school at johnson City.
She has been employed at the
War Dept. Office Of Dependency
Benefits, Newark. N. j., as a sen
ior clerk.
One reason for Miss Baker en-
listing in the Waves is that she
has eight brothers, but none in
the service as yet. She will be or
dered to the Naval Training
at Bronx, N. Y.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
Judge Robertson
Presides At
Special Hearing

The first of a series of hear
ings upon petition of numerous
citizens asking that. w. M. Nc
Fall, Treasurer of Dickinson
county, be compelled to place
their names on the corrected poll
tax list opened here Wednesday
before Judge Walter H. Robert
son, of the -Smythe
district, Judge Skeen, of this dis
trict, disqualified himself and
Judge Robertson was designated
to conduct the hearings.
After the poll tax list was post
ed, Democratic candidates f
county offices, declared that a
check-up showed that approxi-
mately 700 Democrats whose poll
taxes had been paid and who had
official receipts from the Treas
urer had been left off the list
Suits were brought in behalf Of
the Would-be voters and each
individual case is being tried sep
arately. with the result that up to
the time of adjournment Thurs
day only 18 cases had been pass
on. In each case Judge Robertson
directed that the name of the
voter be placed on the corrected
list. The names passed upon fol-
low: Thomas Demetris, Winfred
Mullins, J. H. Stewart, Pearl An
derson, Mamie E. Barton, May
Fleming Cochran, Louise D.
Stewart, Myrtle Davis. Mamie V.
Barton, Lacy Counts, Ray Ed
wards, Thurston Dotson, Victor
Reedy, Holly Ray Edwards, Les
ter Dotson. Alpha Stone, Levi
Mullins and Mrs. Levi Mullins.
Over 600 cases remain to be
heard and there is speculation as
to how long the hearings will con
tinue or whether the last case
will be heard in time to permit
the person petitioning to vote in
the coming November election.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks and gratitude to the many
friends and neighbors who gave
their help and sympathy to us
during the illness and burial of
our wife and mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Mullins, who passed away
last week.
Lindsay Mullins and Family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Kennedy
were the Sunday guests Of Mrs.
Kennedy's mother at Praise, KY.
Congressman John Flanagan
was seeing friends on the street
here one day this week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09

LOST-One war ration book No.
l, issued in name Of Zella
Rose, Finder please return to
Bradley Rose, Clintwood Rt. l..
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09

LOST-War Ration Book No. /.
Finder please return to Dako-
ia Blair. Fremont, Va. ct pd
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-09-09

LOST-One "A gas ration book.
Finder please return to James
Rose, Clintwood, Va. Cost Toe