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VOL. 21, NO. 90 KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 20, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Kodiak Coast Guard Pilot
Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Lt. Paul Robert Breed was given
full military honors and decorated
with the Distinguished Flying
Cross at a ceremony in Hangar 1,
before a large audience of Navy
and civilian personnel, Thursday
morning.
The Coast Guard flyer distin
guished himself in effecting an
air rescue of a Kodiak Airways
pilot, whose plane was downed on
Guard, and a large group of Navy
and Coast Guard wives, and civil
ians from the station and town.
Sen. Bartlett gave a brief eulogy
to the recipient of the flying cross,
citing him for his bravery in effect
ing the rescue.
Refreshments were served fol
lowing the ceremony.
The citation read in part as fol
lows:
LT. PAUL BREED AND REAR ADMIRAL H. H. CALDWELL
U. S. Navy Photo
Kodiak Island, April 2, 1961. The
pilot, Gene Hingston, missing for
three days, was spotted by James
(j. g ) Wyatt of the Coast Guard
Air Detachment. Breed command
ing HUL-LG CGNR 1338, went to
the rescue of Hingston. He landed
his helicopter at Larsen Bay,
stripped it of all excess equipment,
and landed his plane on the 3,800
foot level of Crown Mountain,
about 200 feet away from the crash.
When he found the downed pilot,
he was in such a weakened condi
tion he was unable to walk the dis
tance, Breed repositioned his plane,
landed in a precarious position on
a snowdrift about thirty feet from
Hingston. He completed the rescue
and flew the flyer to Kodiak.
Rear Admiral H. H. Caldwell,
Commandant 17th Naval District,
in making the award, lauded the
Coast Guard in general and Lt.
Breed in particular, and read a ci
tation from the President of the
United States.
The ceremony was attended by
Sen. E. L. Bartlett, Rep. Ralph
Rivers, Mayor Merrill Coon, the
officers and men of the Coast
Three Men Drown
200 Ft. From Shore
JUNEAU UP) — Three Sitka men
were apparently drowned Wednes
day night when a small skiff con
taining four persons overturned
in rough seas at Mud Bay, Chi
chagof Island.
The Coast Guard identified the
missing men as Stanley Westover,
Ben Ringling and Leonard W. Pet
erson. Peterson was the owner and
operator of the 56-foot fishing ves
sel Janette of Sitka.
Robert Wyman of Sitka, the
fourth man in the skiff when it
swamped 200 feet off the beach,
swam ashore. The four men had
left the Janette in a small skiff to
hunt at Mud Bay.
“F'or ex:racrdinary achievement
whi'le participating in aerial flight
in the afternoon of 2 April, 1961,
... at Kodiak, Alaska. Upon being
rotified of the crash location of a
Kodiak Airways pilot, who had
crashed three days previously at
the 3,800-foot level of Crown Moun
tain on Kodiak Island, Lt. Breed
landed at Larsen Bay, stripped the
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Dinner Honors
Senate Group
Sen. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett was the
principle speaker at a no-host din
ner held in honor of the members
of the U. S. Senate Subcommittee
on Fisheries visiting Kodiak. The
dinner was held at the 49 Room
and was attended by more than
fifty people.
The senator referred briefly to
events in his political career, and
spoke on legislation passed in the
session of the Senate just con
cluded. He said we have a mighty
mission to try to develop the re
sources of Alaska, and not at the
same time infringe on other prin
ciples and values also needed.
He called attention to Alaska
Day, and the event 94 years ago
when Alaska was turned over to
the U. S. “I look forward to the
splendid era that lies ahead,” he
concluded.
Rep. Ralph Rivers preceded
Bartlett with a brief speech, in
which he touched on legislation
passed and proposed in the last
session of the House of Representa
tives.
Mayor Merrill Coon introduced
Rear Admiral and Mrs. H. H. Cald
well who were present, Sen. and
Mrs. A1 Owen, Rep. Pete and Mrs.
Deveau, and Rep. and Mrs. Gil
Jarvela, as well as the other mem
bers of the Subcommittee, John M.
McElroy, Harry Huse and George
A. Monick.
Dr. Sullivan Dies
In California
Word has been received of the
death of Dr. Eugene Sullivan, den
tist here for many years. He died
Saturday.
Dr. Sullivan has been on the re
tired list since he sold his practice
here in 1959. He lived in Hermosa
Beach, Calif.
He is survived by his wife, Mar
ian; and two daughters, Mrs. Pat
Herbrig, Hillsboro, Oregon, and
Mrs. Jean Rambo, Medford, Ore
gon.
Burial was at Hermosa Beach
last Wednesday.
on the waterfront
Del Valentine
To Ketchikan
Reports have it that Del Valen
tine, superintendent at Alaska
Packers cannery, will go to Ketchi
kan at a later date, and that Ralph
Jones will take his place here.
There is noting official in these
changes as yet.
Del is in Seattle at present and
will stop at Ketchikan on his way
back here.
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Crab canning has been slow, with
Vie plant finishing up supply on
hand today.
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Emil Norton at Alaska King Crab
reports the same thing at their
plant. They processed about three
days this week, with the supply of
crab coming in slow.
The company’s tender, SUNRISE,
which sustained damage recently,
and is now undergoing repair in
Seattle, is expected back here
about the first of the month.
Boat accidents that have occur
red in recent weeks as reported by
Bill Damery, Marine surveyor, in
clude the vessel CHIGNIK PRIDE,
which is owned by George Ander
son of Chignik. The boat caught
fire while moored in Chignik La
goon on Oct. 3.
As if this wasn’t enough, the
fire spread to the KFC #7, owned
by Alec Brandel, Jr., which was an
chored nearby. Both vessels were
a total loss.
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The vessel CALIFORNIA ROSE
suffered heavy weather damage to
the forward bulwarks while
moored in Kinak Bay Oct. 8. The
master is Halvdan Olsen. Repairs
are now underway at Alvdne’s Ma
rine Repair.
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The MARMOT CAPE is also un
dergoing repairs from an accident
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Boy Breaks In
At Krafts, D & A
Break ins in the two major de
partment stores in Kodiak over the
weekend resulted in little theft and
the apprehension of the culprit, a
13-year-old boy.
The boy gained access through
breaking a window in both stores.
A pair of boots, socks, an inexpen
sive watch and a small pencil flash
light were all the items taken.
The boy was first taken out of a
line of children entering the the
ater. He gave such a plausible
story, as to where he got a new pair
of boots, that the police were in
clined to believe it. Later showing
the watch which was identified as
stolen, he confessed.
The teenager is awaiting arrival
of a juvenile department officer,
who will escort him to Anchorage.
CHIEF CONVENTION BOUND
Chief of Police Roland Vickery
leaves Sunday to attend the Police
convention at Anchorage. The con
vention will be held Monday and
Tuesday of next week.
Will Observe
Navy Day Oct. 27
Navy Day wil be observed on the
Naval Station with several func
tions planned for Friday, Oct. 27.
The Kodiak Chapter of the Navy
League plans to participate also.
A regular working day “Open
House” will be held on the Naval
Station. Visitors will be accorded
a welcome and will be permitted to
tour unrestricted and non-hazard
ous areas on the station.
Aircraft display will also be pro
vided. Flans also are for the Naval
Station band to perform periodic
ally.
The Kodiak Chapter of the Navy
League is planning a luncheon Fri
day at the 49 Room, according to
an announcement by A1 Hochber
ger, president of the League. Navy
League members and their wives
will attend a dinner and social
function at the Officer’s Club in
the evening.
Navy Day will be observed at
divine services the Sunday follow
ing.
Raise Import Standards, Curb Foreign
Fishermen, Senate Committee Advised
A fisheries hearing, held Wednes
day afternoon in the Courtroom in
the Donnelley Building, brought
out many ideas on what should be
done to improve fishing, how to
control the import, particularly of
shrimp and crab, and how to meet
the threat of foreign nations invad
ing the fishing grounds of the U. S.
Testimony was heard from Oscar
Dyson, Sen. A1 Owen, Rep. Pete
Deveau, Emil Knudsen and several
others.
Sen. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett led a
Senate Commerce Committee and
conducted the hearings. Other
members of the committee were
Mr. Harry Huse, Mr. John M. Mc
Elroy and Mr. George A. Monick.
Rep. Ralph Rivers sat in on the
committee as a guest.
First one called upon to speak,
Emil Knudsen gave it as his opinion
that the Federal government
should lend assistance to the state
to put in a fishway at Fraser Lake.
He said the experiments conducted
over the years show a satisfactory
run of fish there, and the erection
of a fishway, at a cost of about
$250,000, might assist in building
up the red salmon runs. He brought
out the fact that a drag in the early
days brought in as high as 110,000
fish at the Karluk River.
Use of (Navy ships in patroling
and research in water of Alaska
was suggested in testimony of Sen.
A1 Owen and George Cornelius.
Sen. Owen, who is a member of
the Advisory Committee to the
American delegation to the North
Pacific Fisheries Treaty Commis
sion, reviewed some of the work of
of that group. He stated some of
the difficulties encoutered by the
group. “There is not only a threat
by the Japanese with whom we
have a treaty, but also Russia with
whom we do not.” How to counter
act encroachments made by the
latter is a problem. The Senator
cited a State Department official
as stating that the affected state
should take steps to curb such en
croachment when faced with it.
“This is a Federal responsibil
ity,” Owen stated. He questioned
how a state could effectively deal
with a problem of this nature.
Owen also touched on other fish
ing in Alaska. He said we are in
danger of losing valuable fishing
grounds for bottom fishing, due to
the fact that we are not exploiting
this resource. It was his opinion
that fish can become a more valu
able food source in years to come,
with the population of the country
on the increase.
Owen said it was urgent that we
build up our facilities for fishing
fleets to the Westward, which he
said were run down.
Owen said the Russian threat to
our fisheries was by no means an
idle one. A Russian delegate who
sat in as an observer at a recent
meeting of the North Pacific group
made the statement that they will
move into the fishing grounds as
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Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
The Senate Subcommittee hear
ing on fisheries provided a lot of
food for thought. Some of the ideas
expressed weren’t earth shaking or
thoroughly analytical, or even
based entirely on fact with all the
factors considered. But at least a
stimulation of thought sometimes
results from an exchange of ideas.
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A little humor was injected into
the proceedings from time to time.
This is always welcome. A little
exchange of repartee between crab
fisherman Lloyd Gannon and Sen.
Bartlett was particularly refresh
ing. At the request of Sen. Bartlett,
Lloyd gave a run-down of a typical
crab fishing operation. He said in
the course of his remarks that they
generally stayed out for three
weeks, and kept the crab in live
tanks during that time. “Don’t you
feed them rolled oats or something
during that time,” Sen. Bartlett
asked. Lloyd said no to this one and
added: “The rolled oats would cost
more than we get for the crabs.”
Bartlett then said: “Don’t the crab
get a little unhappy after a few
weeks of this?” Lloyd answered
this one by saying, “I don’t know
—I never asked them.”
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Despite a little humor, the hear
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