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JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18. 1951
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Alaska Projects
May Be Delayed
By Cut jn Funds
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 10—^
Glen Wilder, executive director ol
the Alaska Housing Authority, said
today the $1,500,000 cut in funds
ordered by the House Appropriations
committee will delay the number
of Alaskan projects if Congress ap
proves the reduction.
"Even if the proposed reduction i:
put into effect we will be able tc
continue the program,” he said, “but
it will mean a delay in several large
projects until next spring when oui
revolving program will make it pos
sible to re-use funds."
Wilder said the demand for A.H.A
assistance to sponsors was so great
that the agency needs $7,500,000 in
stead of the $5,000,000 asked in the
President's request.
Anchorage Jail Out;
Cosi-oUiving in as
Budget Bill Now Stands
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 — UP) —
The House Appropriations commit
tee today refused $950,000 requested
for a jail at Anchorage, Alaska
and pared $1,500,000 from a $5,
000,000 request for Alaska Housing
Act funds.
But Delegate Bartlett of Alaska
found one thing to be happy about
“At least they didn’t put in anj
language restricting the payment ol
cost-of-living bonuses to government
employees in the Territory,” he told
a reporter.
Advocates of the bonus prohibitior
had said earlier that the restrictive
language might be included in the
bill.
Freight Handlers
Want Amendment or
Terminal Charges
SEATTLE, Aug. 18—UFl—Repre
sentatives of the Port of Seattle
and private terminal operator!
left today for Washington, D. C.
to ask for an amendment to Of
fice of Price Stabilization ruling!
on terminal freight-handling char
ges.
O.P.S. regulations, Port auth
orities said, may force a shutdowr
of a major portion of Seattle'!
salmon-handling industry, am
possibly force private and public
terminal operators out of busin
Lamport said the O.P.S. rulin:
to the water carrier, failed to de
control rates where charger
against shippers or consignees.
“These restrictions, if contin
ued, can drive a major portion ol
our industry out of business,
Lamport said. “Every port in the
United States is likely to be af
fected adversely by this ruling
We are hoping the O.P.S. will pro
vide prompt relief.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
endins 6:20 o'clock thla morning
At Airport—Maximum, 46;
minimum, 48.
forecast
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Mostly cloudy with occa
sional light rains tonight and
Sunday. Lowest temperature
tonight near 50 degrees, high
est Sunday near 58.
precipitation
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
At Airport — .22 inches,
since July 1—4.15 inches.
TheWashingtor
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Ed. Note: Drew Pearson Is
on another tour of Europe,
studying conditions there in this
period of world tension and cri
sis. Herewith is another of his
dispatches from close to the
Czech border.) ,
NEAR THE CZECHOSLOVAK
BORDER. — The current experi
ment in penetrating the Iron Cur
tain by balloons may be a grea
success or it may fail. It is to<
early yet to say. But the importan
thing is. that it’s an attempt b;
private individuals under the free
enterprise system to try out cer
tain methods of psychological pro
paganda—or call it psychologica
warfare if you will—which gov'
ernmente will not and perhap,
cannot tackle.
(Continued on Pa*t Four)
Bruin Doesn’t Lihe Tags
On His Kings;
Some Sauee9 Maybe?
Juneau's Fourth
Queen Must Enter
Edgeoimbe Hospital
Joyce Hope, Juneau’s 1951 Fourth
of July Queen, expects to enter
the Mt. Edgecumbe hospital within
the next week, where she is sched
uled to undergo a spinal operation.
The trouble has been with her
since birth. She had postponed do
ing anything about it until a week
ago when she couldn’t get out of
bed.
Her mother, Mrs. Evelyn Hope,
arrived yesterday from Portland
to be with Joyce during her opera
tion and months she is expected
to be in casts and braces. Her father
Ray Hope of Juneau, will also ac
company her to Sitka.
Mrs. Hope, who has been surgical
assistant at the Doerenbechers
Children’s Hospital in Portland,
hopes to get on the Mt. Edgecumbe
hospital staff, she said today.
As Juneau’s Queen, Joyce was
awarded a round trip to Seattle
last month where she was feted
as a representative of Alaska’s cap
ital city.
Joyce said today that because she
is 17 years old, she will be under
the sponsorship of Crippled Child
ren’s Association.
'Rise and Fall’ Wage
Policy Approved to
Meet Living Costs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—<£!—1The
government has adopted, tempor
arily at least, a general policy of
allowing wages to rise and fall with
living casts
In approving the policy yesterday
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston
said it was "in line with the overall
stabilization objectve of keeping
the American economy in balance.”
However, Johnston said the whole
stabilization program would have to
be reviewed next spring. He okayed
the new policy, proposed by the
wage stabilization board, until next
March 1.
In the meantime, the board will
approve wage increases granted by
employers to offset the rise in liv
ing costs. Roughly, they have risen
11 percent since January, 1950 and
about two percent since the wage
price freeze of last Jan. 25.
The new policy supplements but
does not change a separate regula
tion under which employers may
grant increases of 10 percent over
January, 1950 levels without coming
to the board for approval.
I
Red Radio Says 2
U. S. Spies Will Die;
5 Others Imprisoned
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18—<j¥)
—The Chinese Red radio said to
day that two “spies” for the Uni
ted States had been sentenced to
death and five others to prison
terms ranging up to life for a
plot to assassinate Mao Tze-Tung,
Red chairman .
The Peiping broadcast, heard in
San Francisco, alleged the plan
was to fire a trench mortar and
smaller weapons at Mao and other
Red leaders on the rostrum dur
ing the Communist regime’s an
niversary observation Oct. 1, 1950.
It said arrests starting in Septem
ber thwarted the plot.
The broadcast alleged that all
were hired by Col. David D. Bar
rett, formerly U. S. military at
tache in Peiping. Barrett left Pei
ping in February, 1950.
VISITORS FROM WHITEHORSE
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cyr of White
horse are registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
TIDE TABLES
• •
• AUGUST 19 •
• r •
• High tide 3:04 a.m„ 18.6 ft. •
• Low tide 9:19 a.m., -2.7 ft. •
• High tide 3:36 p.m., 18.4 ft. •
• Low tide 9:43 p.m., -0.7 ft. •
• *
• AUGUST 20 •
• •
• High tide 3:46 a.m., 17.6 ft. •
• Low tide 9:56 a.m., -1.3 ft. •
• High tide 4:11 p.m., 18.1 ft. •
• Low tide 10:25 p.m., -0.4 ft. *
Bears do not like Alaska Depart
ment of Fisheries salmon tags, M.
L. MacSpadden of the department
discovered recently.
He found evidence on a bear
trail where bruin had eaten a king
salmon but spit out the tag which
had been afixed to the fish in the
course of salmon tagging operations
on the Taku River. The tag bore
teeth marks and was picked up on
the Upper Nahlin River, headwat
ers of the Taku,
MacSpadden is working with
Walter Kirkness, biologist for the
department, in tracing the king sal
mon run of the Taku. The first tag
ging was done at the mouth of
the river, then continued up stream
above Taku Lodge and now the men
are visiting the spawning streams.
The two men have worked 100
miles above Tulsequah on the Can
adian side, covering the upper trib
utaries of the Taku on the south.
They are now on the northern trib
utaries making a preliminary survey
to locate the concentration of king
salmon spawning grounds.
“Baby, It’s Cold. . ”
Most of the kings have been lying
in big holes waiting for a temper
ature drop, Kirkness reported. As
many as 200 to 300 fish concentrat
ed in the security of the deeper
water since they spawn during the
time of dropping temperatures, he
said.
Robert Parker, biologist, assisted
by Carl Weidman, Jr., is operat
ing on what he calls “xyx rivers”
—unnamed streams—flowing Into
the Sheslay and Nahalln rivers.
Two tags have been recovered
from kings that were tagged last
winter near Ketchikan.
Taku Kings
Reports to date show that the
kings of the Aaku are well distrib
uted. C. L. Anderson, director of the
department, said today.
“This year's investigations will
set a pattern for continuing studies
on the Taku and other similar
streams " Anderson said.
“When the Investigations are
completed, it will be possible to
determine the time the different
races of kings go through the fish
ing areas. A race Is a section of
a run to a definite spawning loca
tion and different races seldom
intermix,” he explained.
He said that knowledge gained
from these studies will make for
intelligent recomendations for reg
ulations to give the maximum pro
duction and harvest of the king sal
mon of the Taku.
2 Americans
To Be Tried
In Absentia
Both Deny Killing
Officer in Italy
During World War II
TURIN, Italy, Aug. 18—tff)—'The
general prosecutor of Turin Prov
ince said today an Italian court
will try two former American
soldiers in absentia for the slaying
of their wartime commander if it
is unable to bring them to Italy
to stand trial.
Aroldo Borghese, the general
prosecutor, declared: “The twe
Americans, if they are not con
signed to the Italian magistracy
will be tried in absentia.”
The Americans are former Lt
Aldo (Ike) Icardi of Preakness, N
J., and former Sgt. Carl G. Lo
Dolce, named this week by the
Defense Department in Washing
ton as the slayers of MaJ. William
Holohan in a behind the lines,
cloak and dagger drama in 1944.
Both Icardi and LoDolce have
denied they did away with their
leader on a secret OSS mission
behind enemy lines. LoDolce said
he will be proved innocent when
the "complete, true story” is giv
en out by authorities.
45 Grand, 80 Petit
Jury Names Drawn for
Fall Court Term
Forty-five names were drawn foi
the grand jury and 80 for the petil
Jury in the office of the clerk ol
the District Court yesterday.
The jury will meet in Ketchikar
Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. which will oper
the fall term of court in the Firs’
Division.
The petit jury is scheduled to meel
Oct. 1 at 10 a.m.
Judge George W. Folta wil pre
side at the court sessions.
Illegal Catches
Revealed from
Fish Tickets
Illegal fish catches for the op
ening day of the season from two
boats near Sitka total $323.40.
This was revealed from fish tic
kets turned into the U. S. com
missioner's office in Juneau.
They were for the Sea Ranger
and SJS II, among five boats
apprehended which, with the Tony
K, were fishing for the Pyramid
Packing Company.
The two other boats, SJS and
Ginger N, apprehended at the
same time in Tenakee Inlet, were
fishing for the Hood Bay can
nery. Their tickets have not yet
been turned in to the commis
sioner.
The SJS II, with Territorial
Representative Andrew Hope as
captain, reported 65 pinks and 126
chums, a total of 191 fish valued
at $133.30.
The Sea Ranger, skippered by
William Walton, chairman of. the
Territorial Board of Fisheries, had
41 pinks and 212 chums, accord
ing to the fish ticket for that
boat. Value of the catch was
$190.10.
Fish in possession of the Tony
K were turned loose as they had
not been sufficiently pursed to
injure them for spawning, Dan
Ralston, law enforcement super
visor for the Fish and Wildlife
Service said at the time of the
arrest.
The SJS II and Sea Ranger
were apprehended in Tenakee In
let at 5:45 a.m. on July 30. fif
teen minutes before the season
opened. The Tony K. was picked
up in Rodman Bay, Baranof Is
land by Ralston during an aeria’
patrol of fishing areas on the
opening day.
Russ Want to
Talk Lend-lease
Seiilemetri Again
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—(iW—
The United States has arranged a
meeting of Russian and American
experts here next Tuesday to take
another look at Russia's six-year
old $11,000,000,000 lend-lease bill.
The meeting was Moscow’s idea.
Without advance warning, the
State Department said yesterday,
a Soviet embassy translator pop
ped into a department official’s
office last Wednesday and an
nounced that Moscow wants to
talk lend-lease again.
The translator, One Myschkov,
has a habit of showing up unan
nounced, the department said.
Department bfficial George
Truesdell said Myschkov ignored
a question whether Russia had
anything new or "constructive” to
offer in way of settling the dead
locked lend-lease account. Stand
ing stiffly at attention, the Rus
sian announced simply that a new
meeting of lend-lease experts was
requested.
Nearly five years of on-again,
off-again talks were broken off
last May 7 with the two sides still
more than half a billion dollars
apart on a settlement.
The U. S. had offered to settle
the account for $800,000,000 but
Russia refused to offer more than
$240,000,000. Not enough, said the
U. S.
Furthermore, Russia bluntly de
clined to consider returning to the
U. S. 672 lend-lease naval ships,
including 84 merchant vessels, 556
small naval craft and 30 military
water craft such as barges and
tankers.
Russia said the U. S. doesn t
need the ships anyway. Included
are two icebreakers which Russia
said last January were stuck fast
in the ice.
Hears! Buried in
Family Plot Near
San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18—(AV—
William Randolph Hearst is laid at
rest in a family tomb near the city
where he was born 88 years ago.
Hundreds attended his solmen,
impressive funeral yesterday at
Grace Episcopal Cathedral here atop
Nob Hill.
The bronze casket of the late
publisher was placed in the tomb
with his parents at Cypress Lawn
Cemetery.
The service was conducted by the
Rt. Rev. Karl Morgan Block. He
read slowly from the Episcopal of
fice for the burial of the dead.
The name of the deceased was not
mentioned, nor was there any al
lusion to the journalistic empire
Hearst created or to his widow and
five sons.
New British Rifle
A British soldier holds the new .280 cal. ride (left) before the
weapon was put through its paces at Warminster, England. Soldier
at right displays the old British .303 Enfield, longer and heavier than
the new stockless rifle. Despite impressive tests, western military
men, including American observers, were unconvinced that it is the
best weapon in its fi'eld. At present the American Oarand rifle is
top nominee for the standardized infantry weapon to be used by At
lantic Pact nations. IP) Wircphoto.
j MacArthur
Warfare Urged
If Truce Fails
Manchurian Bombing
Used 'Without Doubt'
If Reds Disagree
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18— UPI —
Three Senators today said if Kae
song truce talks fail the United Na
tions may strike the Red Chinese
in Korea with the sort of warfare
proposed by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman
of the Republican Policy committee,
told reporters he thinks the UN “will
have to adopt the MacArthur pro
gram if the truce talks fail.”
MacArthur, ousted as Pacific com
mander by President Truman, called
for the bombing of Manchurian
Communist bases, a Naval and econ
omic blockade of China and use
of Chinese Nationalist troops from
Formosa.
Senator H. Alexander Smith <R
NJ), one of eight Republicans join
ing in a statement condemning
MacArthur’s ouster, said in an inter
view he has no doubt that the Mac
Arthur program will be called into
play immediately if it is determined
that the Chinese Reds won’t agree
to a truce.
Without direct reference to Mac
Arthur’s proposals, Senator Russell
(D-GA) told reporters if there is
no peace, the UN’s answer will be
“viigorous” warfare against the Red
Chinese.
Russell heads the combined Sen
ate Armed Services and Foreign Re
lations committees which voted 20 to
3 yesterday to make no formal re
port on its 2,000,000 words of testi
mony about MacArthur’s ouster.
Contending that a report would
be superfluous, Russell said the
hearings had accomplished the end
of convincing American allies that
the people of this country will be
united behind an all-out offensive
if the fighting is resumed.
Soap Prices Given
Shove Toward Drain
By Manufacturers
NEW YORK, Aug. 18—W—Lever
Brothers Co., large soap manufac
turers, today announced reduc
tions ranging from 3.6 to 5.5 per
cent in the wholesale prices of
its soap and detergent products,
“due to a downward trend in raw
materials.”
In Cincinnati, the firm of Proc
tor and Gamble announced a 4
percent reduction in the whole
sale price of their household pro
ducts.
AT THE BARANOF
Miss Mary G. Tubble of Malden
Mass., is stopping at the Baranol
Hotel
Allies, Reds
Gel Down to
Brass Tacks
Progress Reported in
Second Informal Meet
ing on Buffer Zone
MUNSAN, Korea, Aug. 18—(i?1)—
Allies and Reds got down to brass
tacks today as the four-man arm
istice subcommittee met on the
buffer zone issue for the second
straight time in an atmosphere of
friendly informality.
The talks are being held strictly
off-the-record and no official rc
| port of progress was made.
But a pooled dispatch from Kae
song said the four generals—two
American, one North Korean and
one Chinese—were seen huddled
over a map spread out on a con
ference table. They pointed to it
as they talked. And they seemed
to be speaking informally, and
not from prepared statements.
After a lengthy session in hot
and sweltering Kaesong they ad
i journed. They will meet again at
11 a.m. tomorrow <6 p.m. Satur
day, PDTi. That indicated the
four trouble-shooters did not reach
a final decision today on where
the cease-fire buffer zone should
be.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, sen
ior Allied negotiator released in
Munsan the text of a statement
he had made in one of the fruit
less sessions of the main delega
tions.
The statement spelled out the
U. N. demands for a buffer zone
along the present battle lines.
Joy said the U. N. must retain
defensive positions in case hostil
ities were renewed, because “the
primary mission of any comman
der is to insure the security of
.his forces at all times.’’
He said an armistice would be
of greater advantage to the Reds
than to the Allies, and he rejec
ted the Communist bid for a buf
fer zone along the 38th parallel.
“We must retain defensive pos
itions," he said. “We must keep
our military guard up until the
final settlement of the Korean
problem seems assured.”
Joy’s statement was a flat dec
eleration of policy he has pursued
since the cease-fire talks started.
The formal talks between the
two five-man delegations failed,
and the problem was turned over
to a four-man subcommittee. The
subcommittee appeared to be mak
ing some progress.
Once more the sound of laugh
ter coming from the conference
room spurred hope of progress.
Peiping radio yesterday dropped
a hint of progress in a broadcast
Just before the negotiators met.
The Red radio, monitored in Tok
yo. said the subcommittee Thurs
day “took the first step toward
finding a solution to the issue
deadlocking the truce talks."
‘Strolling
Flower Show9
Opens Monday
The store windows displaying
the Juneau Garden Club's "stroll
ing flower show" Monday after
noon will center around a large
block In downtown Juneau for the
convenience of the public.
Beginning on Seward Street, the
Vic Power window with Mis. C.
V. Rudolph as chairman, will lea
lure arrangements in copper and
brass with red, yellow and orange
flowers predominating. In th“
Baranof Book Store will be found
miniatures not to exceed three
inches, Mrs. O. F. Benecke, chair
man said.
Mrs. V. F. Williams will have
charge of the corsage display in
the Stevens’ window, a non-com
petitive display, as is the mixed
bouquet in Burfords, arranged by
Mrs. John Callahan.
Other non-competitive exhibits
will be seen in the windows ol
the Juneau Bakery featuring wed
ding decorations by Mrs. Carson
Lawrence, the table arrangements
in the Juneau-Young Hardware
store in charge of Mrs. Ray Ren
shaw and Mrs. Walter Kleweno,
and the wild flower display in
Lu-Ek’s by Mrs. Henry Green and
Mrs. Laura Brunson.
Choice vegetables, the best of
their kind, will compete for hon
ors in the Thomas Hardwaic
windows. Ribbons will be presen
ted for beets, broccoli, cabbage,
carrots, cauliflower, head and leaf
lettuce, peas, turnips, rutabagas,
potatoes, onions and paisley. Mrs.
James Larson is chairman of this
division, but pre-exhibit reserva
tions need not be made for veg
etables.
Mrs. Matt Gormley will receive
entries for cup and saucer ar
rangements to be displayed at
Ludwig Nelson's, and Mrs. Wil
liam Hixson in the driftwood class
for the Pan American windows.
In the windows of the Alaska
Electric Light and Power Co.,
Mrs. Pat Carroll and Mrs, Earle
Hunter, Jr. are in charge of the
largest display. Here the entries
have been arranged in three div
isions: gladiolas, dahlias and mis
cellanequs displays arranged "as
you wish.”
Exhibitors are reminded they
must contact the chairman ol
each class in which they plan to
make entries not later than to
day. The competition is open to
any Gastineau Channel resident
whether a member of the Garden
Club or not.
The entries must be brought,
ready for display, to the store
which features the arrangement
on Monday morning between 10:00
and 11:30 o'clock. Exhibitors are
also responsible for the removal
of their entries before closing
time Tuesday evening.
Mrs. John Clements, Mrs. Jos
eph Rude and Mrs. Ralph Wil
liams have consented to judge
the competitive entries.
17 Initiated
into Shrine
Seventeen Southeastern Alaskans
are being initiated into the Ancient
Arabic Order of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine here today and to
morrow.
They are William H. Finnegan of
Skagway; Ernest Kirkberger o!
Kake and Juneauites Curtis Bach
Olaf Bodding, W. A. Chipperfield
Royal M. Donelson, Clarence Gild
crsleeve, Earle L. Hunter, Jame:
C. Johnston. James §. MacKinnon
Jr., Buford Matheny, Mlnard Mill
Thomas Park, Roy Swanson, Ec
Sweeney, Leroy F. West and Ec
Ziegler.
No parade was held yesterday be
cause of rain.
Ceremonies are being concludec
this evening with a cocktail party
and banquet at the Baranof Hotel
Installing officers of the Masonic
Lodge from Seattle are leaving to
morrow for Sitka where they will in
itiate a class before going to Anch
orage and Fairbanks.
104 Alaska Points
Get Daily Stateside
Plane Connections
SEATTLE, Aug. 1»— Wl —Alaska
Airlines Inc. today began daily flight
service between here and Anchorage
and Fairbanks, Alaska.
Flights from Seattle will make
! connections at the two Alaskan
cities for 104 other Alaskan points
now served by the airline. Today’s
Initial flight marked the first by an
Alaska carrier to any point within
i the United States proper.
1 Two crates of Washington peaches
! were put aboard the plane as a good
will gesture by representatives of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Plane on Fire
Crash-Lands in
Trees; 3 Rescued
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 18 — ^ —
Three men in a small plane which
crash-landed afire in trees between
Skwentna and Rainy Pass Thursday
night were being treated at Elmen
dorf Air Force base hospital today
after a speedy rescue.
Bush pilot Tex Ziegler and pas
sengers Arthur Burk, a Civil Aero
nautics Administration mechanic
and an unidentified 16-year-old
youth were aboard the plane when
it caught fire.
Just before landing. Ziegler sent a
frantic last-minute radio message:
"plane on fire am making crash
landing into trees near Long Hill
lake."
The CAA station at Skwentna,
about 130 miles northwest of here,
heard the message, and so did a
Fish and Wildlife Service plane fly
ing from McGrath to Anchorage.
A Tenth Rescue Squadron heli
oopter from Lake Hood, Anchorage,
spotted the wreckage and flew the
survivors to Lake Pontllla, about 15
miles away. Then the Fish and
Wildlife plane landed on the lake,
picked up the men and flew them
to Anchorage.
Burk was badly burned and may
have internal injuries. Ziegler was
burned about the hands and face.
The youth escaped unscathed.
12 Dead in
Aleutian
Plane Crash
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 18—tfl-A
landing party from the Navy tug
Tillamook found 12 men dead yes
terday In the wreckage of a Navy
Privateer bombing plane on Amak
island.
'The big craft vanished Sunday on
a routine flight from Kodiak into
the mld-Aleiftian Island chain. A
report from the Tillamook said the
plane evidently exploded when it
hit.
The tug advised Kodiak by radio
it would be difficult to remove the
bodies, all of which were Identified.
The party had to climb a 800-foot
slope to reach the wreckage. It was
believed, however, the bodies would
be taken to Kodiak.
Search Continues
Search was continuing for a small
plane overdue since Wednesday
night. In it were pilot Glen Hud
son. Elmer Wolford and the latter’s
sons, Larry Lee and Steven Wolford.
The plane was chartered by Wolford
for an inspection trip to mining
property 170 miles northeast of here.
11 Saved Irom
Sinking Tender
Eleven persons were removed
Thursday afternoon from a sinking
110-foot cannery tender .it was re
ported to 17 district Coast Guard
headquarters here.
The tender Smith sank four miles
north of Middleton Island. Charles
C. Ford was it master. The Kather
ine Kane picked up the crew of 11
and is taking them to Seattle via
Hoonah.
The ownership of the tender is
not known but it was bound from
Anchorage to Seattle. The Kath
erine Kane’s listed owner is Henry
J. Emard of Juneau.
Auklel II Leaves
Seattle lor Juneau
The new Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice vessel Auklet II, which had
been scheduled to leave Seattle
for Juneau a week ago, left that
port at 6 o’clock yesterday morn
ing. |
C. Howard Baltzo, assistant re
gional director in making the an
nouncement said a broken reduc
tion gear had delayed the ves
sel's departure.
It is a 57-foot, twin diesel, single
screw vessel capable of speeds up
to 17 knots. The vessel will be
based in Juneau.
Earl Bright, chief of vessels, is
bringing the boat north with
Capt. ’’Pop" Dell and Chris Chris
tensen assisting. They have as a
tow the Ibis II, a newly construc
ted 26-foot shallow draft, tunnel
stern boat designed for tending
the Chignik weir.It will be put
in storage here until next fish
ing season.
Captain Dell is former skipper
i of the Dennis Winn, largest boat
! in the service fleet and Christen
sen is a retired service boatman
and skipper, _