Home-Owned Newspaper
VOLUME xvi
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
Friday, November 4, 1955
NUMBER 231
Search for two missing high
school boys goes into 2nd day
Const Guard plane
joins local plane,
boats this morning
What was regarded early yes
terday as a typical juvenile re
bellion against established au
thority grew into a grim search
by late afternoon when two
local high school boys were,
still afciiiing in a borrowed can
oe.
Richard George Crueger, 16,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Crueger, and Donald Noreen,
16, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Noreen. were the object of a
wide-spread search following
their disappearance from their
Jamestown Bay homes in the
early morning hours Thursday
Available evidence indicated
the two lads had equipped their
borrowed canoe with sleeping
bags, rifles, pack boards and
some food, prior to leaving.
By late afternoon a half doz
en boats were out searching
nearby shores and bays for the
missirig youths. Dick Pherson
made two aerial flights, scan
ning the shores as far as Whale.
Bay and into Salisbury Straits
He also checked all cabins in
the area* for signs of smoke or
occupancy.
A phone call from the chief
of the search and rescue divi
sion of the Coast Guard in Jun
eau last evening to Cecil Me
Clain of the Sitka Sportmen’s
Association brought word the
Coast Guard Albatross would
be dispatched here today from
Annette Island to add in the
search.
Young Crueger is a sopho
more and young Noreen a jun
ior at Sitka High school. Evi
dence indicated their adventure
had been planned for some
V eatchcombing
^ Believe it or n0lt: That
igtuff which fell at noon was
SNOW — and we remember
when you made your bets that
it would snow by Christmas—
Russian or Roman dates.
9 If those two kids aren t
found 'by tomorrow, a lot of
men will be out hunting —
two little “dears.’'
—| |
^ When some men get mad
enough — they get out and
show people they are wrong.
• The Russians are afraid of
free elections — what s the
matter? Hasn’t anyone offered
to pay their campaign expenses
-1-1“
#The supplement in today’s
Daily Sitka Sentinel was fur
nished by the Alaska Statehood
Committee so that the people
of the territory could be inform
ed on the problems the dele
gates will be discwUng in the
coming weeks. ^
time and was no spur-of-the
moment undertaking.
Searching this morning were
the boats Duchess, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woodruff
and the Iriswed, owned by
Karl Leitch. In addition sever
al smaller craft were crudsinig
neariby waters. Last night a
large group of boats were out
watching for smoke from a fire
land tonight this will be repeat
ed.
The canoe in which the lads
embarked is an 18 foot craf't
and very sea-worthy, provided
they know how to manage a
canoe. However,, with a changej
in the weather from clear to
stormy and a threat of snow.
fear was felt the canoe might
have swamped.
U. S. commissioner Frank
Richards reported all Alaskan
towns had been alerted for the
lads and if they succeeded in
leaving the area they would be
spotted upon arrival at any
city or village.
•■They can’t get away.” he
sta ed. “'and they do not real
ize the amount of money, ef
fort and danger that is going
into the search for them. Men
are risking their lives to find
them and the search is costing
a good deal of money.”
Mr. Crueger is the owner of
[the B and C Machine Shop at
! Jamestown Bay and Mr. No
ireen is a partner in Sitka En
gine and Equipment Co., also
of Jamestown Bay, where fam
ides of both lads make their
homes.
!
Cold snap
eastern portion of
nation today
by The Associated Press
The first widespread cold
snap of the autumn season
chilled the eastern third of the
nation today (but there was
warming in the western half
i of the country.
| The coldest area this morn
ing extended from the Miss
issippi River to the Appala
chians. Tempertures were
freezing or below southward
nearly to the gulf coast and in
| northern sections ranged to a
low of 13 at Duluth, Minn.
But there was a promise of
wanmirig during the day for
most of the midwest, which
was hit by snow and strong
winds Wednesday and Thurs
day. Temperature climed be
, tween 25 and 30 degrees yes
i .erday in western areas and
1 the warmer air headed into
i the midwest.
Snow flurries were report
ed in parts of the Great Lakes
region during the morning.
jiSnow at Pellston. Mich., meas
ured 5 inches, one of the heav
|'test falls in the midwest.
! Light showers fell in the
‘ northeast and in parts of the
mid-Atlantic states. Rain con
tinued in the Pacific north
west but falls generally were
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!
Israel charges new
Egyptian attacks
near border strip
JERUSALEM (IP) Israel said
two Egyptian platoons today
attacked an Israeli advanced
position near the lower sector
of the Gaza strip. No action
was reported along the El Au
ja-Nizana zone border where
a bloody hat lie was fought
yesterday.
An official Israeli spokesman
said today’s attack was north;
of the Nir Izhak settlement,
abou. two miles east of the Ga
za border. He said the Israelis
(beat back the Egyptians with
rifle and machinegun fire and
suffered no casualties.
Both sides claimed they
held the strategic El Saibra
I checkpost in the El Auja-Ni
zana zone, scene of a 17-hour
[battle yesterday described as
.the heaviest fighting between
Arabs and Jews since the 1948
! Palestine war. El Auja is about
50 miles south of Gaza.
U. N. truce observers in the
zone reported their freedom
of movement still was restrict
ed by Israel and that they
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Red arms may have
already been sent
to Egypt
WASHINGTON (IP) The
State department said today it
has information that several,
shiploads of communist arms J
have been delivered to Egypt. |
This was the first official:
word on the highly explosive'
issue. Egypt’s deal to swap cot
ton for Czech arms has touch
ed off a new round of Arab
Israeli tension threatening to
disrupt the uneasy Palestine
situation.
Department press officer
Lincoln White told his news
conference, in response to ques
lions, that the department is
informed of the arrival of “more
than one shipload” of Soviet
bloc arms in Egypt.
He declined to say how many
ships. He would say only there
were “several.” Press reports
have centered on six as the
number of ships already arriv
Japan not getting
more fish than
entitled to is claim
TOKYO (IP) “Japanese are
’not getting any more fish than
‘ they are entitled to.” a govern
j orient fisheries 'board spokes
man said today.
I The statement was made in
response to charges by British
Columbia fishermen that the
Japanese are taking British
Columbia fish from mid-Pa
, ciific waters.
“Japan has rigidly observed
the fishery demarcation line
at the 1T5 degrees longitude
(mark in the Pacific, provided
by the Canada - U .S. - Jaipan
i (continued on page four)
Chamber told of exact Sitka
Juneau food price difference
Cost of living
survey statistics
not borne out
The Sitka Chamber of Com
merce today approved two mo
tions in the current cos.-of
living controversy Which has
been a topic of discussion at re
cent meetings.
(1) Authorized Ed Reed, pre
sident of the Chamber, to re
present that body in discussing
the results of comparative pri
ces between Sitka and Juneau.
(2) Directed that a brief, bas
ed upon this price comparison,
I be filed with the Insular and
Territorial Affairs committee.
Charles Kidd and Edwin
Reed presented to the members
a comparative survey of prices
taken from the shelves if Reeds
Cash Market in Sitka and those
of two of Juneau’s leading cash
stores — Foodland and Case
Lbt, as Of Nov. 1.
A total of 159 items checked
against Foodland prices reveal
ed Sitka prices were lower on
71; higher on 64 and identical
on 24. At the Case Lot store the
comparison indicated Sitka
was low on 78 items, higher on
67 items and identical on 42
items — for a to.al of 187 check
ed.
Ten dig way out of
Washington state
penitentiary
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (JP)
A mother ^murderer and nine
other tough inmates of the tu
mult-ridden Washington State
ipenitentiary escaped last night
after week of tunneling thru
seven inches otf concrete and
30 feet of earth.
The escape was discovered
at a 7:30 p. m. Change of
j guards, an estimated two hours
i after the 10 men had crawled
! through the 30-inch wide, tun
nel to liberty just outside the
west wall.
Early today, despite a wide
spread cordon of scores of po
lice assisted toy four blood
hounds. no trace of the men
had toeen found except tracks
a half mile from the gaping
I hole in the prison side.
; The tracks, led into the sur
; rounding rolling wheatlands.
! Back in the prison the
guards found a neat circular
, slab chiseled from the 7-inch
; thick concrete floor of one oif
the cells. It led into an unused
| dirt floor basement. The 30
foot-long tunnel started there,
running straight as a die o the
; exit point.
Only a few hand made dig
ging tools were left behind.
The dir! apparently had been
flushed down prison toilets a
(bit at a time. Guards said the
(big chunk of concrete prdbaibly
had been replaced each day by
the felons after a night of dig
ging.
These items were not only
the bask foodstuffs which go
into every cupboard but includ
ed a fair amount off luxury
foods. Mr. Reed’s survey in
dicated his local prices were
hilgher on sugar, flour, soap
and dairy products, but much
lower on cereals, means and cer
tain other foods.
Breakdown of comparative
items was as follows:
Case Lot Reeds
161 grocery items $99.00 $101.30
26 meat items 21.66 20.22
187 items $120.66 $121.52
or a net cost of 86c higher in
Si'.ka than Juneau
\ \ Foodland Reed’s
128 grocery iiems $86.46 $88.12
31 ntedt items 25.26 23.79
159 ijtefns \ $111.71 $111.91
or a V*4t cost of 20c higher in
Sitka \than Junfead.
The University of Alaska
Sept. 15 \urv^ of basic food
prices — in Which 39 items are
priced and • 25 . vised in their
“marke: basket” — showed
costs of $21.11 in Juneau and
$22.44 in Sitka, or a difference
I off $1.33. Of this 58c can be a
counted for by the prices charg
ed for fresh local milk, fresh
local eggs and ice cream. (Fresh
milk, which was not available
in Sitka on Sept. 15 was still
included in the price survey at
a cost of 50c a quart).
In Juneau one cash and carry ,
store charges 35c' delivery for
the first box and 10c for each
additional box; also a charge
of 5% is added for telephone or
charge account service. The oth
er Juneau market makes a cha
rge of 35c for the first box de
livered, 10c for the second box
and 5c for third and subsequent
(boxes. In Sili'ka no charge is
made for delivery (by some
stores and in others not if the
order exceeds $10.00.
This is th first actual survey
of shelif prices ever conducted
in an effort to determine where
and why the reported differ
ence between food prices in
Sitka and Juneau exists. The
survey demonstrated beyond
doubt that no grave differential
does exist and that the figures
presented on recent cost-of-liv
inig report have not been accur
ate — at least as they have been
applied to Sitka, for many of
the prices on the list checked
| had not changed for months
»prior.
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jEgon won't run
VALDEZ (YP) Territorial Sen
I William Egan announced today
tha! he will not be a candidate
for reelection.
Marine forecast from Friday
to Saturday.
I Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Yakutat northeasterly
winds 10 to 20 mph.
1 CLEAR
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