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"News of oAmencds Last Frontier
VOL 12 NO 23
KODIAK, ALASKA
AUGUST 9, 1952
PRICE 10 eEN'ib
Local Float Plane Crashes
While Spotting Fish
rour persons miraculously
escaped serious injury Thurs
day when an Aeronca sedan
went out of control over An
ton Larsen Bay and crashed.
Burl Clymer. pilot and
•wner of the plane, Vivan
Kilgore, local fisherman, his
nine year-old son Johnny, and
El wood “Pye” Watson were
on a flight from Kodiak to
“spot” fish when the accident
occured.
The fishing boat Ruth was
in the bay and immediately
pulled alongside the crashed
plane and took the four
aboard. Kilgore suffered cuts
and bruises and Watson a
badly cut hand. Johnny Kil
gore and Clymer were not in
jured.
“We were approximately
200 feet in the air and looking
for schools of salmon when
the controls went haywire,"
Clymer said. “I believe the
plane is a total loss.”
“When the plane hit the
water the pontoons sheared
off and she started to sink.
We began to struggle to get
out of the plane. The last
time I read the air speed gage
we were doing 100 mph. The
only way I could get the nose
np was with the throttle,”
Clymer said.
Jake Foley, rancher at An
ton Larsen Bay, was on the
beach and witnessed the
crash. The Vita B, fishing
boat, was also in the bay and
stood by while the Ruth
picked up the survivors and
later towed the plane to the
beach.
Clymer and the three pas
sengers took off in the 145 hp
Aeronca around 1:30 pm for
the fish spotting trip. The
crash occured shortly after 4
pm.
Clymer went to the beach
at Anton Larsen Bay yester
day to see if any part of the
plane could be salvaged. The
crash Thursday was the
second within two weeks in
which a small plane has been
a total loss.
Charles Hamilton lost his
65 hp Taylorcraft on an
Afognak lake two weeks ago.
Canning Continues
The local Halferties, Inc.
cannery continued to operate
this week as the August 13,
closing date approached. The
run of salmon in the area was
reduced but fishermen con
tinued to take fish.
Around 75 persons are now
employed at the cannery,
Frank McConaghy cannery
representative, said yesterday.
Polio Reported
At Sitka
Juneau—The fourth case of
poliomyelitis to be reported in
the territory this summer oc
curred in Sitka, August 4,
according tx> word received by
the Alaska Department of
Health this week.
A seven-year-old girl is the
most recent victim of the
disease. The three earlier
cases were little boys under
five years of age and all in the
Anchorage area. Two of these
cases occurred the end of
May and the third was re
ported the last week of July.
Woman Sentenced
For Disturbance
Mrs. Molly Eckenberg, 35,
received a 10 day suspended
sentence from U. S. Commis
sioner A. M. Vokacek Thurs
day when she pled guilty to
disorderly conduct and dis
turbing the peace.
She was arrested Wednes
day around noon by Chief of
Police Ovid McKinley follow
ing a complaint from persons
living on Mission road.
Fred Milan, former Univer
sity of Alaska student, is
spending a month on Afognak
i Island doing archeology work.
He has a grant from the Uni
versity of Alaska.
Milan was on Kodiak Island
during the summer of 1949 do
ing similar work as that he
plans at Afognak. He was
flown here at the expense of
the Bureau of Naval Research.
He plans to do post graduate
work this fall at the Univer
sity of Oregon.
BUSES COLLIDE
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which collided head-on near Waco. Tex. At least 28 persons lost their lives. Authorities are
at loss to explain the accident which occurred on a straight stretch of highway. (-Pwirephoto)
Adm. Perry Gets
Command 17 ND
Change of command cere
monies were held yesterday
at Kodiak Naval Station as
Rear Adm. John Perry as
sumed command of the 17th
Naval District and became
Commander of the Alaskan
Sea Frontier. He relieved Rear
Admiral Edgar A. Cruise who
will leave for a new assign
ment.
The ceremonies included a
13 gun salute and were held*in
a hangar on the field. Adm.
Cruise is expected to leave to
day for Washington. He will
later become Commander of
Fleet Air of the Eastern At
lantic and Mediterranean. He
has been on Kodiak Island
since last October.
Adm. Cruise read his orders
relieving him of command to
the assembled officers and en
listed men. His flag was then
hauled down and Adm. Perry
read his orders and his flag
broken and a 13 gun salute
rendered.
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Seiner Hits Reef;
Here For Repairs
The Violet F, 45 foot seiner,
is in dry dock at Alvine and
Gibson’s Marine Works for re
pairs. The vessel struck a reef
near Cape Uyak last week.
After striking the reef the
vessel was towed to the beach
by the Dutchess, Kadiak fish
eries tender, and the PAF Co.
No. 17 boat. Later the Violet
F. was brought here for re
pairs.
The Square Knot, Alaska
Steamship Company freighter,
is sailing from Seattle on Aug
ust 20, O. H. Kimpall, ASC
agent, announced yesterday.
The freighter will stop at
Sitka, Cordova and Kodiak.
U. S. Jail Guard Charged
With Prisoner Beating
Charles Skinner, jail guard
at the (J. S. Federal Jail, was
charged wi+h assault with a
dangerous weapon and re
fusal to permit an attorney to
see his client in a complaint
filed in U. S. Commissioner A.
M. Vokacek’s court by Paul
A. Dupler, local attorney,
Thursday evening.
Dupler charges in the com
plaint that Skinner struck
Alahan “Alex” Mazoff on the
head with a sap and that Skin
ner later refused Dupler per
mission to see Mazoff.
Mazoff was arrested around
eight pm Wednesday night by
City Patrolman Cliff Mowry
and taken to the federal jail.
Health Boat Receives
New Doctor
Juneau—Dr. Edward Rose
and Mrs. Rose exchanged the
Canal Zone for the Yukon riv
er as an area of work this sum
mer. Dr. Rose is physician-in
charge of the Alaska Health
department’s M-V Yukon
Health and Mrs. Rose is nurse
aboard the ilcatirg health
center, Dr. Earl 0. Albrecht,
commissioner of health, an.
nounced this week.
Dr Rose was on the medical
staff of the Gorgas hospital
when they decided to change
their location to the far north.
The Yukon Health will
trtvel up the lower Yukon
river this year, Dr. Albrecht
said, to serve the residents in
that area who are otherwise
isolated from medical care by
the great stretches of tundra
between them and hospitals.
A new electric range and
30 cu. foot deep freeze were
installed at Griffin Memorial
Hospital this week.
Mazoff, [reportedly, became
violent and Skinner allegedly
hit him with the sap. Mill
Vokacek, city superintendent
of water and streets, was a
witness to the alleged assault.
Mazoff was given a 15 day
suspended sentence Thursday
by City Magistrate Robert
Hedloff when he was found
guilty of being drunk in
public.
Dupler said that Mazoff re
portedly called Skinner an “S.
0. B” and with this provoca
tion, “Skinner hit him over
the head with a sap, at least
two times.’'
He said Mazoff, about 65,
suffered multiple lacerations,
“and the front of his shirt
was covered with blood to
the waist.” Dupler added
that a Navy Shore Patrolman
was present when the attack
allegedly took place.
Skinner has served as a jail
guard for several years. He is
about the same age as Mazoff .
George Sonntag, city em
ployee, was deputized by the
U. S. Commissioner to serve
the warrant on Skinner after
Acting Chief of Police Ovid
“Mac” McKinley refused to
do so. U. S. Deputy Marshal
Clarence Dizney, who serves
all territorial suponeas, is out
side on a business trip for the
I Marshal's office.
| Bail was set at $1,050.00 for
| Skinner and it was posted
Thursday night by Ben Kraft.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Ivan
i Blood arrived here on Thurs
day’s plane from U. S. Mar
shal Walter Huntley’s office
' in Anchorage to make an in
vestigation. He will probably
remain here until Sunday.
A preliminary hearing on
the two charges will be heard
in U. S. Commissioner’s court
on August 18, Dupler said
yesterday.
U. S. Deputy Blood is a for
mer Kodiak resident. He
served as a Special Deputy in
the local office until he re
ceived his appointment as a
U. S. Deputy Marshal. He was
assigned to the Anchorage of
fice in May of 1951.
Leaves For Hawaii
Mrs. Bob McDonald and 10
month old child were sche
duled to leave by PNA for
Seattle yesterday where she
will meet her sister and fly to
Hawaii.
Mrs. McDonald plans to
remain there visiting relatives
for several months. Last year
her mother flew from Hawaii
i to Alaska for a visit.