Airlines Merge
Plans to merge Northwest
Airlines and Capital Airlines,
subject to the approval of the
stockholders and of the Civil
Aeronautics Board were an-!
nounced recently by directors
of the two airlines. !
The merger would provide
for 28,000 domestic route
miles. It is planned to merge
the two firmes under the name
of Northwest-Capital Airlines.
Rotary Hoars Recording
Of Lost Hunter
A recording ot Rat O Don
nell’s harrowing 24-day ex
perience while lost in the rug
ged Talkeetna Mountains was
heard Tuesday by members
of Rotary Club 5533.
O’Donnell, a construction
worker, and Francis Brown
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held, pilot, flew into the lal
keetna Mountains on a hunt
ing trip for caribou. They be
came lost and landed their
small plane on a sand bar.
The plane was unable to get
off the bar with both men so
Brownfield took off alone. O’
Donnell was supposed to walk
down stream to a large sand
bar. Brownfield was never
seen again. O’Donnell walked
out of the mountains 24 days
later at Talkeetna Station on
the Alaska Railroad.
The tape recording was ta
ken at radio station KEN I by
Frank Brink, who was a civi
lian at that time, immediately
following O’Donnell’s rescue.
The recording runs 80
minutes. Only the first half
was heard by the club Tues
day. The final half will be
heard next Tuesday when the
club meets at the Montmartre
Inn for the regular weekly
luncheon.
L* Donnell tells his story
well. He describes the landing |
on the sand bar with Brown
field and how they both at-1
tempted to get the plane off
the bar. He tells of seeing
Brownfield take off alone. The
major part of his story is of
hiking up and down many
mountains and trying to cross
mountain streams.
O’Donnell was armed with a
30-40 Krag and his equipment
consisted of a knife and
cigarette lighter.
After Browfield left O’Don
nell shot a caribou. He cut off
a quarter and took it to his
camp on the sand bar. He
roasted several slices, tied
them in his handkerchief and
started his long trek out.
When the recording ended
Tuesday he had stumbled onto
a trapper’s cabin.
Guests attending the meet
ing were Oscar Hanson,
Joseph Gale, John Gibbons,
Dick Hendriksen, Roy Hur
court, Elliot Hymans, Paul
Dupler and Carl Coon, son of
member Merrill Coon.
Charlotte Nielsen
To Wed
Mrs. Enola Mullan of Afog
nak announces that the mar
riage of her daughter Miss
Charlotte Mai Nielsen to
Harold “D” Alexander of the
navy will take place Wednes
day.
The ceremony will be at the
Star of the Sea Chapel. Alex
ander, a seaman stationed at
the base, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess “D” Alexander of
Tulare, Calif.
The bride-to-be graduated
from St. Theresa’s Academy
in Boise, Idaho, last June and
since then has lived in Kodiak
with her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Neseth.
Following the wedding, a
reception will be held at the
Enlisted Men’s Club.
i The Ring Splice brought
690 tons of freight for town
• but only 50 sacks of mail.
P.A.F. To Can
For Libby
Pacific American Fisheries
cannery at Alitak will can
salmon for Libby McNeill and
Libby in Moser Bay this com
ing season.
The Libby McNeill and Lib
by cannery was damaged last
fall by fire. Ray McFarland
and L. E. A. Hooey, repre
sentative of LML, were in
Kodiak early this week after
visiting the cannery. They
made the trip with Bob Hall
in a Kodiak Airways plane.
Construction of a new can
nery will begin around April
15, McFarland said. Hooey
will be superintendent. Ma
terial and supplies for the
new building will begin to
arrive soon. The equipment
from the damaged cannery
building will be transferred to
the new building.
McFarland said he would
divide his time this summer
between the company’s Mo
ser Bay cannery and the one
at Kenai.
The PAF cannery at Alitak
is approximately 12 miles from
the Libby cannery at Moser
Bay.
Diek Lightfoot, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Lightfoot,
entertained a few young
friends yesterday in honor of
his first birthday.
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