"News of oAmerica’s Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 88
KODIAK. ALASKA
NOVEMBER 22,1952
PKICE 10 GENTS
Two Teen-Agers Killed;
Funeral Held Tuesday
Large Crowd Attends
Double Funeral
A large crowd of friends
gathered at the Baptist Church
Tuesday afternoon to hear
funeral services read for the
two Kodiak youths who died
in the tragic accident last Fri
day.
Many floral offerings banked
the rhurch and the crowd filled
the place to overflowing. Wil
liam Stone, superintendent of
the Baptist Mission read the
service. His subject was, Life
Closes In.
The four high school classes
were dismissed for the funeral
and local businesses closed
their doors between two and
four pm. The high school
chorus sang Beautiful Saviour
and In The Garden. Robert
Dawson also sang. Miss Estelle
Marlin played the church
organ and George Wick offered
a prayer.
Georgs Garistian Beukers
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jan Beu
kers, was born May 23, 1935,
m Juneau, Alaska. He lived!
most of his life in Alaska, and
attended schools in the terri
tory.
At the time of his death he ^
was employed by the City of
Kodiak. Besides his parents he
is survived by his brothers
Herman, John and Jan James
and by sisters Helen and
Johanna. Burial was in the1
Kodiak Cemetery.
Edward Franklin May, son
of Eugene F. and Fern Walser
May, was born July 18, 1934, !
in Bellingham Washington. I
He was a senior in Kodiak,
High School at the time of his
death. He had lived in Kodiak
for seven years.
Besides his mother and
father he is survived by a bro-,
ther, Michael May, Everett,
Washington, his stepfather,
Harold Jonas, Mrs. Emelia
May, grandmother, Bremer
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Flotre,
aunt and uncle, Kodiak; and
other aunts and uncles in the
states. The body will be ship
ped to Ferndale, Washington, j
for ljurial.
Pallbearers for George were
Alexis Popoff, Herbie Heglin, j
Gene Holland, Lloyd Cannon,
fjars Panamaroff and Harold
Naughton. For Edward the
pallbearers were Gene Sund
berg, Alfred Anderson,
Thomas Renshaw, Don Wolf, j
Harold Heglin and Roger1
Johnson. j
The regular meeting of the ]
city council is scheduled for]
Monday night.
David Bucy Injured
Two young Kodiak youths
were killed and a third injured
late last Friday night when a
1942 Buick crashed off a taxi
way into the Buskin River at
Kodiak Naval Station.
Those killed were George
Beukers, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jan Beukers, and Edward
May, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Jonas. David Bucy, 19,
son of Major L. Bucy, former
ASC officer in charge at Ko
diak, was injured.
The three youths had at
tended the Turkey Carnival at
the station and were enroute
to town when the accident oc
cured. Rain and wind made
visibility poor, Bucy testified
at an inquest held Monday.
The 10 year old car was travel
ing between 30 and 40 miles
an hour down the taxiway and
crashed over an eight foot em
bankment at the end. The
taxiway is not a road and is
restricted to official crash
■ trucks and planes.
iiucy was thrown or crawled
from the overturned car which
was partly submerged in the
Buskin River. He made his
way up the embankment and
went to the crash hangar for
assistance. At the inquest
Bucy testified that he has no
recollection of being thrown or
climbing from the vehicle.
Testimony by Navy Doctor
Ross C. Speer revealed that
May and Beukers died by
drowning. It is believed they
were rendered unconscious by
the crash.
While travelling on the taxi
way the lights of the car were
off so that the Military Police
or members of the crash crew
or tower could not see the car.
Beukers was employed by
the City of Kodiak. May was
a senior student in the Kodiak
High School. Both youths
were well known and popular
in Kodiak with both young
and old.
Bucy received treatment for
his injures at the Naval Sta
tion Hospital but, was able to
attend the inquest which was
held before U.S. Commissioner
A.M. Yokacek Monday after
noon. His father is now sta
tioned at San Francisco with
the sixth Army.
Mr. and Mrs. Vince Daly
left last Friday for Idaho a
board their Gruman Goose.
They expect to be gone for the
winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Daly’s child
ren are now in Idaho going to
school.
Trailers Nuisance
Says Ordinance
Automobile trailers have
been defined as public nuisan
ces by the city council and
owners are given one year to
remove them from the city
limits.
An ordinance covering the
location of automobile trailers
and providing a penalty for
violation was passed by the
city council Tuesday afternoon
during a special session.
The increasing number of
trailers in Kodiak and the
limited space for locating them
forced the council to adopt the
new ordinance, number 166.
The ordinance was adopted
following considerable discus
sion.
Section II of the new ordi
ance states: “No automobile
trailer shall be parked or loca
ted within the City Limits of
I the Town of Kodiak for more
than 24 hours from the date of
the passage hereof, (ordinance
*166) for any reason.... provid
ed that all such automobile
trailers now within the corpor
ate city limits.... shall be al
lowed to remain within such
limits as herein prescribed:
namely, by this ordinance, all
such automobile trailers are
defined as public nusiances and
shall be removed from the said
limits within one year from the
passage hereof.
The penalty for a violation
of the ordinance is a misde
meanor and is punishable by a
fine of “not less than $25 nor
more than $100” according to
Section III.
Trailers are defined as any
vehicle or structure “that is
or may be mounted on wheels
and used as a conveyance on
highways, etc., propelled or
drawn bv its own or other
motive power.”
Several nice appearing
trailer houses are now located
within the city limits.
“Patsy” Takes
Boat Trip
Seattle (A5)—Edna “Patsy”
Murphy, 29, former Kodiak
waitress, w'as charged in fed
eral court here yesterday with
stowing away on a Navy
transport enroute from Ko
diak to Seattle.
Richard D. Auerbach,
special agent in charge of the
Seattle office of the FBI, said
the woman was accused of il
legally being aboard the
USNS Fredrick Funston,
w'hich arrived in Seattle Mon
day.
; Kodiak — Edna Murphy,
| known locally as Patsy, work
ed at various times for the
continued on page Id
Anchorage Bank Closed
Two Officials Indicted
Grand Jury Nears
End Of Session
The federal grand jury
which convened in Anchorage
on Oct. 20, appeared to be
nearing the end of the present
session.
However, it is expected to
reconvene on Jan. 15. For the
first four days of this week it
was engaged in a “hush-hush
session. Thursday it announ
ced the indictment of Stanley
McCutcheon and Andrew
Hassman.
Both men are officials of the
Union Bank of Anchorage and
McCutcheon is National Com
mitteeman for the Democratic
party.
20-year Sailor
Causes Arrests
One 20-year old Kodiak Na
val Station sailor caused two
Kodiakians to receive $25 fines
and 10 day suspended jail sen
tences.
Vic Mardilla, bartender, and
Louise Turner, employed at
the Yum-Yum Restaurant on
South Brooklyn were fined and
sentenced by City Magistrate
Robert Hedloff Tursday after
noon.
Mardilla was accused of ser
ving drinks to a minor and
Mrs. Turner was charged with
the same offense. Mardilla told
Magistrate Hedloff that the
sailor had produced an ID card
that showed he was of legal
age. However, the sailor
denied that he had produced
such a card.
The sailor first visited the
Yum Yum, and later went to
the Idle Hour Bar where Mar
dilla was on duty.
Local bartenders may ask
the city council to pass an ordi
nance which also punishes the
minor on such charges. Under
the present ordinance the bar
tender is the only one to be
fined.
Mail Packages Now
Persons wishing to send
Christmas presents to the
states by boat mail must have
their packages prepared and
mailed before the arrival of
the Alaska Steamship Com
pany “relief ship” makes port,
The two striking unions per
mitted two relief ships to sail
for the Territory. The Susitna,
freighter, is scheduled to leave
Seattle for Kodiak and other
ports on November 25. Anot
her A$C vessel will sail for
southeastern ports.
Stan McCutcheon Held
On Grand Jury Order
The Territorial Banking
Board closed the Union Bank
of Anchorage at noon Thurs -
day. A short time later Bank
President Andrew Hassman
and Stanley McCutcheon, a -
nother official, surrendered to
the Federal Jail on sever
counts of failure to abide by
Banking Board orders or Ter -
ritorial Banking laws.
The two men were freed on
$3,000 bail each. McCutcheon
is the Democratic National
commiteeman and former Ter
ritorial Legislator.
McCutcheon and Hassman
both denied any wrongdoings
and said the charges were
| politcally inspired. *
I McCutcheon said the alleged
loan violations are of a “tech
nical nature” and added:
“These charges carry no
evidence of dishonesty. If we
violated ary banking laws, we
did so inadvertently. The
Union Bank is solvent and in
the unique position of being
able to pay its demand deposits
to the last dollar and have a
substantial sum left over.”
The Union Bank of Anchor
age is not a member of the
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation which insures al-*
deposits to $10,000.
The Federal Grand Jury in
dictments accused Hassman
and McCutcoeon of making
loans in exess of the legal
limits, including one of $130,
415 to the Matanuska Hotel at
Palmer in 1949; failure to hold
meetings of stockholders f
failure to obey Bank Board
;
I
oruers.
The Union Bank of Anchor
age will be closed until further
notice.
U. S. Federal Judge An
thony J. Dimond later ap
pointed George Jones, Anchor
age accountant, as a tempor
ary receiver. He will have
custody of the bank’s assets
until a decision is reached in
the matter.
The United Fishermen t.'of
Alaska and the affiliated can
nery workers union both had
accounts in the bank, Joe Ker
rigan, union secretary, told
the MIRROR yesterday.
Burke Riley, secretary of
Alaska and acting governor
during the absence of Ernest
Gruem'ng, has issued a procla
mation designating Thursday
as Thanksgiving Day for the
territory and calling on alii
residents to observe the day.
Buy Christmas Seals