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VOL. 23, NO. 28 _ KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 5, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
Russian Tangle
Gear Fleet Now
In Alitak Area
A Russian king crab fleet which
had been operating in the Bering
Sea moved into the Alitak-Two
Headed Island king crab fishery
during the past week, according to
the local ADF&G office.
Reports were confirmed that a
huge mothership, the newest? of the
Russian fishing fleet and at about
12,000 tons believed to be the
largest processing floating ship in
the world, was accompanied by a
fleet of tangle gear laying boats
and a fleet of small open tangle
gear picking boats.
At their present rate it was esti
mated that the Russian operation
would harvest about 5,000,000
pounds of king crab which is ap
proximately half the normal pro
duction taken from that fishery
area. This would be about one
fourth of the entire Alitak-Two
Headed Island production.
Last reports indicated the Soviet
fleet to be located about 35 to 40
miles off Tugidak Island and south
of Alitak.
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New City Market
Opening Date Set
September 1 has been set as a
target date for the opening of the
new City Market, according to Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Banks, owners.
Banks stated the new supermar
ket will be the most modern in
Alaska. He has made several trips
to the lower 48 purchasing the
latest equipment in store facilities,
some of which are presently being
installed. New and modern light
ing has also been installed.
Chuck Edris, in charge of the
construction of the new market
stated it will be “the last word” in
market construction.
GENERAL MILLS VISITS
Earl Olson, sales manager of
General Mills Co. was in Kodiak
last week visiting at Naughton’s
Bakery. He is making a trip
through Alaska and meeting with
firms supplied by his company.
Talk About Crab
Early Monday morning Skipper
Oscar Dyson’s Robbie unloaded
the above deck load catch of king
crab to Alaska Packers cannery
here. Dyson’s load of 5,000 crab
was the result of four pickings
and ahead of her Skipper Doug
Lohse was docked with a full
load also. APA opened its crab
plant for a “limited summer op
eration.” It will be accepting
crab only from its own boats and
was not expecting deliveries
from other than its own fleet.
“We will be expecting to go into
full operation in king crab in
September after the boats back
out of the summer’s salmon op
eration,” APA’s Vern Hilliker
advised.
Telegraph Costs
To Increase 10%
“The charge for sending tele
graph messages between Alaska
and other states will be increased,
effective July 10. This increase is
due to a rate revision announced
by the Western Union Telegraph
Company.
“The Air Force’s 1929 Communi
cations Group, which operates the
Alaska Communication System, re
ports that on and after July 10 an
increase of approximately 10 per
cent will apply to the Western
Union’s portion of toll charges for
full rate telegrams, day letters,
night letters, public opinion mes
sages and money order messages.
(Continued on Page 4)
May Salvage Tahiti
The arrow above points to the overturned Tahiti on which a mother
and six-year-old boy perished when the Tahiti capsized in heavy seas
off Raspberry Cape. Bill Cuthbert may attempt to salvage her
according to Marine Surveyor Bill Damery. Gillnetter Billy Yurioff
picked the survivors of the tragedy off the beach with a big salmon
skiff after a note was dropped to him by a search plane. Aiding him
in maneuvering the s/kiff in the turbulent waters were Eleanor
McKee, Mike Painter and Alfred Cooper, Jr.
Bristol Bay
Price Agreed
Bristol Bay fishermen began
fishing early this morning after a
settlement on red salmon prices
was reached Thursday afternoon,
according to Jerry Bowkett of the
Anchorage Times staff.
LATE BULLETIN
Vern Hilliker of A.P.A. this
morning made an offer to fisher
men of 44 cents for pinks — last
year prices on the other fish.
Fishermen are to vote this
afternoon on the offer.
“Go Fly A Kite!”
Family Picnic
“Go fly a kite!” That’s what the
Cub Scouts will be doing this Sun
day, July 7, at Cliff Point Recrea
tion Area on the Naval Station.
The annual Cub Scout Family
Picnic is the occasion for a kite
flying contest and prizes will be
awarded. Boys are to furnish their
own kites and mothers are to bring
hot dogs or other picnic items. The
event begins at 2 p.m.
Island Fishermen Reject Sliding Scale
Price For Pink Salmon By Large Margin
Complete returns including
Port Bailey 36 no, 16 yes and
San Juan 5 yes, 66 no. Total re
sults: 369 no, 50 yes.
Returns showed the offer was re
jected overwhelmingly by fisher
men in all island villages and can
neries excepting Ouzinkie where
the vote was 15 yes and 12 no
votes.
Yes results are given first in
the following figures: Kodiak 5-44;
Lazy Bay 0-90; Larsen Bay 1-55;
Karluk 1-22; Shearwater 7-12; Old
Harbor 0-32. Total yes, 29; No, 267.
Wires reporting the results from
Old Harbor, Larsen and Lazy Bay
stated that members of the United
Fishermen’s Marketing Association
in those areas want last year’s
prices at least.
Results: were still being awaited
from San Juan, Port Williams, and
Afognak although the returns from
those places would not alter the
final results appreciably.
Along The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Several seine fishermen have
dropped in to mention the fact
that they have noticed a number
of dungeness crab pots placed in
prime salmon seining spots. It
is hoped that the dungeness fish
ermen will try their best to avoid
placing their gear in known sein
ing areas during the coming?
seining season. One spot the
dungeness pots are noted to be
thick is in Mush Bay.
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Saw Jim Brightman, crewman
aboard Skipper Arne Hansen’s Sea
Quail which this last Saturday de
livered a U.S.F.W.S. man aboard
one of the Japanese vessels off
shore. Did you know the U.S. has
official observers aboard Japanese
fishing vessels operating in this
area?
&
A.P.A.’s king crab canning ma
chinery was back in operation be
ginning last Monday, July 1, and
while walking through the plant
noticed they got a new electronic
can weighing machine called an
“Illuminatic” which automatically
shunts underweight and over
weight cans aside.
&
Back in town again is Billie
Wheeler who is working with the
A.P.A. “Toledo” gang now. Also
around is Don Vinson of the king
crabber Sea Breeze II.
&
Skipper Al Levine’s Cindy Sue,
(Continued on Page 10)
U.S. Asks Soviets To Withdraw King
Crab Operations From Kodiak Waters
Confirmed reports that the Rus
sians are using tangle gear and
are now engaged in a big commer
cial king crab operation just off Ko
diak Island have resulted in a de
mand by the U.S. State Depart
ment that they withdraw from this
area.
The following wire was received
Wednesday afternoon from Mary
Lee Council, Administrative As
sistant to U.S. Senator Bob Bart
lett:
“Alaska’s congressional delega
tion has been advised that in a
meeting today the State Depart
ment asked the Russian represent
atives to withdraw any king crab
operation off Kodiak Island. State
Department officials stated that
the United States believes Alaska
king crab qualifies as a creature
of the continental shelf under the
International Convention of the
High Seas. Although provisions of
the convention lack ratification of
three nations to make it operative,
the Russians were reminded that
both Russia and the United States
are signatories to that convention
which recognizes continental shelf
creatures as resources of adjacent
nations.”
Tahiti Capsizes;
Mother & 6-Year
Old Son Perish
The wife and six-year-old son
of Clayton Harris, skipper and
owner of the crab fishing boat
Tahiti perished when the 46-foot
vessel capsized in heavy seas near
Raspberry Cape last Thursday
night.
Dead are Alice Harris, 47, and
the six year old son, Kenneth.
Skipper Harris, 44, and crew
members Jim Jaren, 26, and Andy
Johnson, 38. were able to swim to
shore and were stranded on a
beach until they were spotted Sat
urday morning by Chuck Wier, a
pilot for Harvey Flying Service.
The Tahiti capsized late Thurs
day night between Raspberry Is
land and Kodiak Island in Ku
preanof Strait while enroute to
Port Wakefield to fish crab for
Wakefield Fisheries.
“I just can’t figure out why she
went over,” Harris said time and
again of the tragedy.
Harris, stunned by the events of
two previous days, said all five
crawled up on the keel and rode
the overturned boat to a point
close to shore and then swam for
it.
Harris said he and his son swam
together.
He said he left the boy on a rock
near shore but he was washed off
by the heavy sea.
Mrs. Harris swam to shore with
(Continued On Page 4)
“Around
The Ball Park”
By Dave Fremming
This has been a week of lopsided
scores. Monday night in town the
Braves clobbered the Elks by a
score of 16 to 7. At the base the
Red Sox had it their way through
out the game, ending it with a 16
to 1 victory against the Alaska Ice
and Storage boys.
Last Friday the Elks put up a
strong battle but went down to de
feat against the Kraft gang 25 to 7.
The latest box score through
July 1 is as follows:
Won Lost
Braves . 7 1
Red Sox.5 3
Kraft’s . 6 4
Alaska Ice & Storage ... 5 5
Outdoorsmen . 5 6
Elks . 0 9
The Fourth of July double
header results will appear in the
next edition.