Crew Of Crashed
Rescued; C-54
Still Missing
WHITEHORSE, Y. T., (/P) — A
daring, dogged rescue of 10 air
man who crash-landed on a bar
ren, snowy Yukon mountaintop
four days ago was all but com
plete Saturday morning. Nine
were brought here Friday night.
The tenth was to be flown in af
ter daybreak Saturday.
The crash survivors had spent
three days and nights in sub-zero
cold after their U. S. air force
C-47 struck the 7,000 foot moun
tain 60 miles northwest of here
last Tuesday. ,
Their plane met disaster while
engaged in the giant aerial search
for a U.S.A.F. C-54 which disap
peared Jan. 26 with 44 persons
aboard.
Five men of a para-rescue team,
who made a pinpoint drop onto
the peak Thursday, aided the 10
fliers from the C-47 down the
steep, rugged slope Friday Three
of the survivors were injured.
At the mountain’s base they
were met by a Canadian and U. S.
rescue party which had forged 60
miles through the wastes from
Whitehorse, losing three of four
“weasel” snow tractors enroute.
A short time later a U.S.A.F.
rescue helicopter piloted by Lt.
Frank Alden, Boston. Mass., put
down in a small, nearby clearing.
Making shuttle flights to Pon
Lake, 15 miles away, Alden was
able to remove five Americans
and four Canadians of the C-47
operational and spotter crew be
fore darkness fell.
The remaining man, of the Prin
cess Patricia’s Canadian light in
fantry, was left at the mountain
base camp to be picked up by the
helicopter Saturday morning.
From Pon Lake, the nine men
were loaded into a C-47 transport
and ferried the 45 miles here.
The one stretcher case was M/
Sgt. C. R. Dunne, 30, Los Angeles,
Calif., whose leg was fractured in
several places when a propellor
slashed through the fuselage dur
ing the crash landing.
Pvt. R. L. Toth, 18, Newport
News, Va., suffered head injuries
and shock that caused him to lose
his memory for eight hours.
Sgt. E. J. Wesloski, -48, Milwau
kee, Wis., the crew chief, was hurt
about the chest.
Lt. D. J. King, 28, Belleville, N.
J., the pilot, and Lt. H. L. Zacha
riae, 20, Tulsa, Okla., escaped
with minor scalp injuries.
The five Americans were riding
in the forward section of the
plane wheer they received the
full force of the impact. The five
Canadians in the rear were shak
en up but unhurt.
Morale of the survivors was de
scribed by the crew of the rescue
plane as “terrific.” They said the
injured Americans had high
praise for the Canadians who ad
ministered first aid, kept the fires
bi’rning and shielded them from
the biting cold during the nights
on the peak.
Meanwhile, the search for the
missing C-54 goes on unceasingly.
Hope that at least some of the
44 are alive has been kept kindled
by persistent radio distress sig
nals. More were heard Friday
from the general area 200 miles
northwest of Juneau. Others were
believed to have come from inte
rior British Columbia.
Thus far the calls has proved
valueless in efforts to locate the
lost transport.
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Capt. Lathrop Of
jFairbanks, Seeks 2
New Radio Stations
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Capt.
Austin E. Lathrop, publisher of
the Fairfbanks News-Miner, said
Saturday he believes that if gov
ernment agencies “will leave the
Alaska natives alone they will
care for themselves.”
The publisher hailed the defeat
a week ago by Barrow Eskimos
of an interior department propos
al to create a 750-square mile
reservation for them. It was the
first of three scheduled elections
on reservation proposals.
“I am opposed to establishment
of native reservations in Alaska,”
Captain Lathrop told a reporter.
“I am delighted with. the result
at Barrow.
“If the department will leave
the natives alone they will care
for themselves and we can give
them any aid they need.
“They feel they have a right
and are anxious to assume their
position as citizens and do not
want reservations.”
The publisher and his secretary,
Miss Miriam Dickey, filed appli
cations Friday for two additional
radio stations, one at Juneau and
one at Ketchikan. Each would op
erate on 1,000 kilowatts of power.
The applications were filed in
the name of the Midnight Sun
Broadcasters, Inc., of which La
throp is president.
Miss Dickey said that the stock
holders of the company include
employees and officials of the La
throp stations at Fairbanks and
Anchorage and business men of
Juneau and Ketchikan.
The publisher and Miss Dickey
left for Los Angeles Saturday.
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