TH,
News of oAmerica s Last Frontier
VOL 12 NO 28
KODIAK, ALASKA
SEPTEMBER 13, 1952
price 10 cams
V.oca' ^ . t crash
Survive® Jet
A Kodiak man and the pilot
of an F-94 Jet fighter survived
afirey crash at 10:33 Wednes
day night on the runway at
Kodiak Naval Station.
Alvin T. Pickett, Kodiak
resident and MSTS employe,
and Lt. Donald B. Parry, pilot
•f Tempe, Ariz., were taken
from the smashed cockpit
after acrashcrew extinguished
the flames within a few min
utes after the crash.
The pilot was attempting a
routine landing after a flight
from Elmendorf AFB when
the aircraft struck short of
the runway, shearing off the
landing gear, wing tanks and
tail and strewing wreckage
for several hundred feet down
tte runway. The plane burst
into flames with the center
section and engine coming to
rest in the middle of the inter
section of the runways. Both
wings were torn off.
Lt Parry suffered intra
cranial injuries, shock and
facial lacerations and smoke
inhalation. Pickett fractured
four vertebrae and suffered
shock. Parry was removed
from the serious list yesterday
and Pickett also continued
to improve.
Crash crew members recei
ved high praise for the speedy
and efficient manner in which
they extinguished the flames
and dragged the men from the
plane.
A board of officers from
Anchorage left Elmendorf
Held Thursday to conduct an
investigation of the accident
New Secretary
For Chamber
Mrs. William Smith was
elected Tuesday by the Cham
ber of Commerce to fill the
unexpired term of Mrs. James
Martz.
Mrs. Martz resigned be
cause she was unable to attend
the meetings regularly. The
acceptance of her resignation
was done Thursday following
the regular meeting.
A special meeting of the
directors of the C. of C. will
be held Wednesday evening
at 7 pm at the home of J. G.
Martz, president.
Maurice Briggs, postmaster,
reported to the group on the
problem of getting the mai
from the plane to the posl
office faster. He said a posta,
inspector was here recently tc
check on the mail delivery and
other postal matters.
Miss Lilian Morris flew tc
Auchorage recently for special
medical attention.
School Enrolment
Shows Increase
The enrolment at the end of
the first week of school for
both the grade and high school
is 350, Ivor Schott, school
supertin tendent, announced
this week.
At the end of the first week
last year the enrolment was
333. The total number of
students in the elementary
grsdes for this year is 281 as
compared to 278 for the same
[ time last year.
High school enrolment for
the 1952-53 year is 69. Last
year it was 55.
The Freshman class shows
the greatest gain over last
year, with 34 students starting
classes. At the same time last
year 16 had enrolled.
The following are figures on
student enrolment for high
school for this school year:
Soqhomore, 16; Juniors, 12;
Seniors, 7. Last year the
classes totaled; Sophomores,
13; Juniors, 12; Seniors, 14.
The number cf studentB in
the eight grades are: First,
38; Second, 25; Third, 26;
Fourth, 35; Fifth, 40; Sixth,
33; Seventh, 29 and Eighth, 28.
Paul Swanson, Kraft’s but
: cher, is on vacation.
LINER’S DEATH PLUNGE
The Canadian Pacifis luxury liner Princess Kathleen with a
gaping hole in bow, is shown as she goes down by the stern
[off Lena Point, north of Juneau. Alaska. The 6,000-ton cruise
: ship was enroute from Vancouver, B. C. to Skagway, Alaska
with 307 passengers and crew of 118, all of whom were saved.
iJPm REPHOTO)
Canadian Ship
Sinks Near Juneau
Juneau (AP)— The Princess
Kathleen, flagship of the
Canadian Pacific Lines, sank
early this week 18 miles north
of Juneau- but not a person of
the 425 aboard was lost.
The 5,908 ton vessel was a
mile and a half off course
when its bow crunched under
a cliff.
Within four hours with
Coast Guard aided rescue ef
forts the 302passengersaboard
were gotten ashore. Later
Captain G. 0. Hughes ordered J
“abandon ship” and the 1181
officers and crew were also
put ashore.
The ship slipped from its
rocky berth and sank, with its
bow going high in the air, in
90 feet of water. First officer
Charles W. Savage was on the
bridge when the lookout j
sighted the reef. When the
warning was given it was too
late to change course.
Capt. Oliver Williams,
coastal manager Canadian Pa
cific Steamship Co., said sal
vage operation of the five
million dollar liner was physi
cally possible. He added that
the problem was whether it
was economically feasible.
Williams inspected the{
wrecked ship this week. The j
stern is 180 feet under the
water and the bow is 26 feet.
An inquiry into the accident
was scheduled for yesterday
Huntley O.K.s Lodging
For City Prisoners
Kraft Opens
Super Market
Ben Kraft’s new Super Mar
ket will open for business on
Thursday.
The one story modern mar
ket is located at the corner of
Alaska Way and Brooklyn
Avenue. It is believed to be
one of the finest equipped and
most modern building of its
type in the territory.
The building is of concrete
and steel construction with
big glass windows running a
long the street side of the
building. The exterior is paint
ed in yellow with brown trim
and big black lettering above
the marquee reading "Kraft’s
Super Market.” The cantilever
type marquee extends around
the entire street side of the
uuuumg.
The entrance is at the corner
of the intersection of the two
streets. A delivery entrance
for merchandise opens on a
road at the rear.
The interior is equipped with
the latest type cases, freezers,
shelves, fresh produee cases
and other equipment for ser
vice. The walls are painted in
various pastel shades and
lighting fixtures are the latest
| type.
, The building covers approx
imately 4,200 square feet with
a furnace room, two rest
rooms, freezer room and cool
produce room besides the main
market section. The building
was built by the Island Con
struction Corp., formerly
Shupp, Chase and Tolbert.
The Super Market is the
third new steel and concrete
building Kraft has built in the
past five years. The Post Office
Building, adjoining the new
market, was built in 1947 and
l the Kodiak Motors Building,
[corner Alaska Way and South
Mill Bay Road, was completed
in 1949.
\HousingEngineer
Returns Here
Francis Ginther, Aleutian
Homes Inc. engineer, returned
to Kodiak from Juneau yester
day where he was conferring
with Donald Wilson, APW
head, concerning the water
and sewer project in the hous
ing area.
Bids for the project will be
advertised within the next
three weeks, Mayor Lee C.
Bettinger said yesterday.
The regular council meeting,
scheduled for Sept. 8, will be
held Monday night.
i Kodiak citv police may again
lodge prisoners at the Kodiak
TJ. S. Federal Jail, V. S. Mar
shall Walter Huntley announJ
ced Wednesday, according to
the Anchorage Times.
The order to accept city
prisoners at the federal jail
followed a firey meeting be
tween Huntley and Mayor Lee
C. Bettinger. Following the
jmeeting, and before an agree
ment was reached, charges of
reprisal and blackmail were
i hurled at the marshal’s office
i by Bettinger, the Times repor
ted.
| Previously, the order to
“close” the federal jail was
1 made public locally by U. S.
Deputy Ivan Blood of the An
chorage office when he arrived
here to investigate the alleged
slugging of a city prisoner by
a federal jail guard.
I Alex Mazoff was allegedly
■ slugged with a sap when he
became violent and abusive on
1 Aug 6. Charles Skinner was
I charged with assault and re
' fusal to permit an attorney to
' see his client by Paul Dupler,
j attorney. Dupler was called to
the jail following the alleged
slugging by a city employe
who said he witnessed the as
sault
At the time of the incident
U. S. Deputy Marshal Clarence
Dizney was enroute to Seattle
on official business of the Mar
, shal’s office.
According to the Times,
Eettinger said the deputy mar
shal at Kodiak evicted all city
prisoners following the inci
dent.
I “The marshal has backed
the deputy marshal by telling
me that if the criminal char
ges are dropped the city can
once more house its prisoners
in the federal jail,” Bettinger
saia,
The mayor further stated
| that he had “presented the
matter to the city council and
i the vote was unanimous to
i have nothing to do with this
Itype of blackmail,” the Times
< story said.
I Thursday, Deputy Marshal
Dizney said no city prisoners
had been evicted from the jail
and that he had checked the
minutes of past council meet,
ings and that he could find no
mention of the council and
mayor discussing the matter.
Dizney added that the fire
siren was still sounded from
the jail. According to the
Times Bettinger said it had
j been removed.
; In revoking the order on
not housing city prisoners
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