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1945
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ATTACK OK ATTU INTERACTS ALASKANS
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The Press and Radio descriptions cf
the attack on the Island of Attu by
American Army, Navy and Air Forces
ten days ago, is very interesting .to
he pecpl'. of Alaska. Army FOrcos
i.a*ndod at Holts Pay on the north
^hore and at Nassr ere Bay on the
c,outh. The landing came as r suprise
to the Jap Porces rupearently and no
rious ooposition was enccuntored.
...e two Forces advanced and captured
the high ridge looking over the Jap
Installations and have the enemy in
\ narrow confine near Chicagof Bay
according to late dispachis.
Attu is the most westward island of
importance in the Aluteans and is
about the same distance from Palmer
that Seattle is. It is only 750 mile
from the nearest large Jap Base and
is about the same distance from the
Dutch Harbor installations of the US
HOSKINS FUNHRAL SUNDAY AT 2 P.II. j
Kenneth Hoskins the infant eon of \
of Mr and Mrs William Hoskins, who 1
lost his life in the fire this week!
will have a funeral service at the j
United Protestont Church in Palmer j
next Sunday, May 23rd nt 2,00 P.M, i
Rev. H.J. Dingle the former pastor
of the PImer Church who is visiting
in Palmer, and a long time friend j
of the Hoskins family will conduct
the services.
"'rs Hoskins Is still in the Matnnus!
-ka Valley hospital, but will be
able to attend the services Sunday.!
Kenneth will leave a little
sister ina Luella, to comfort his
bereaved parents. The entire comun
-ity mourn for the loss of this
likeable little chil'5, who was
always welcome in the homes of the
many friends of the Hoskins family.
.AM
. THREE YEAR OLE RON OF WM, FOPXINS
; FERIoF.ES IF FIRE, OF ONKNOWF ORIGIN.
I Last Wednesday afternoon between
! two and three oclock a fire c.f un
known origin totaly consumed tne
.farm house cf ’.Vm, Souwens and took
■ the 15fe of the three year old son
i of Y/m. Hoskins,a neighbor, .'he child
; was a guest of the Bouweno family ,
1 while his mother was recrup. rating
fr'om an operation preformed in the
Valley Hospital recently, ^he two
famlies are grief stricken, as a
result cf the holocaust.
Mi's. Bouwer.s and daughter Mrs.
. Ck>v/p Or.kka asked the child to take
| his regular afterncon nap ... short
. Mire before the fire was discovered.
The little boy preferred to go up
: stairs and sleep in a bedroom used
by the larger Bouweni' sons.
Mrs. Onkka went to the foot of
! the stairway and opened the door a
short time later ans was met by a
mass of flames and smoke, the whole
upoer floor seemed, to be on fire by
the time the discovery was made and
it was an impossibility to rescue
the child. The remains were found
after the fire on the bedsprings
that the child went to sleep on, in
the charred remains of the fire.
Mrs. Cnkka drove to Palm'-r os fast
as pos si able and spread t'n° s larm
and neighbors rushed to the farm as
‘ soon as the smoke became visable but
owing tc the nature of the material
used in the construction oi the
building, logs for walls and plyboar^
partitions the fire gained such head
way that it became unmanageable and
the building burned to the w,t cund,
almost nothing was saved an1 the
Bouwens family are left without any
clothing or household furnnture, but
friends and neighbors as well as the
Red Cross are helping to ge4- the
family established a0ain.
The house was fully insured and
a small policy woe carried on the
household furnishjrgs but the loss
to the family is very greet.
Plans for the future nr1 not yet
available but as there are several
vacant farm homes near,it dosent seer
unlikely thntthere will be any great
difficulty in makeing arrangements
for houseing for the Bouwon.s family*
Funeral services will b held for
the Hoskins child in the very near
future, friends should watch for the
announcement when plans are c .mplete.