The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1939, Page 8

5 SURVIVORS FROM WRECK ARRIVE HEREI Two Bodies Also Recover- ed from Swamping of Cannery Tender (Continued from Page One) had landed after end- in the water. Lieut Ihompson refused to make rurmu omment on the situation The story of the Arnold disaster | and the ultimate rescue of five out of the eight men aboard reads like a page out of Jack London or Rob- ert W. Service and, like the heroes | of a Service or a London yarn. the sury from Lynch Cove were abundant in their modesty when interviewed, each heaping praise on the other for individual courage and quick thinking, without which all would undoubtedly have perished Heavy Sea Struck Chatham cannery was the nold’s, last port when, on Friday August 17, at 5:30 in the morning tender put out for Steamboat Noyes Island. Brailing some traps on fhe way, the Arnold ar- rived at a point about one mile west of Timbered Island when she ran into a heavy sea. It was then about 9 o'clock. Tossing about in troughs. with mountainous waves rolling across her decks, the battens of the Arnold’s aft hatch cover came loose and blew overboard. She immediate- ly filled with water aft and then started to fill around the elavator and main hatch. In no time at all the engine room became swamped with water from the fish hatch. The engine on the pumps, which were now working full blast, was swamp- ed and at noon the main engine, a 110 h.p. diesel, stopped and the ship was abandoned at 12:20 A two-man 14-foot skiff was put overboard and held off at a distance until all hands decided to abandon ship. At first, true to the traditions of the seas, Capt. Lee refused to leave his post. He was persuaded however, and all hands jumped into the water. Two men climbed into the skiff and started to row, the others hanging onto her sides. In and Out of Water Those in the boat took turns with those hanging onto the little skiff’s side by changing places from the boat to the water. The cook, Ernest Krause, died within 15 minutes after going into the water to change over for another man. The master, George Lee, refused to get into the boat at any time and died hanging onto it. Andrew Lee, his father, be- came unconscious soon after aband- oning ship. In the skiff one man was busy at all times bailing water while the other was rowing. The men tried to pull Andrew Lee aboard the skiff and the frail little craft nearly capsized because he was un- able to help himself. Shortly there- after he died. Each one of the deceased was lashed to the skiff’s sides, and re- mained thus for hours, but as the remaining men became weaker and weaker from exhaustion it became evident that in order to make any headway at all in the heavy seas they must be cut adrift or all would perish. After cutting the dead men adrift, the party battled valiantly to make Cape Lynch, but the tide changed suddenly when they were within a mile of land. They were carried out to sea again and tried to make ‘Whalehead Island only to discover there was no beach wheer they could safely land. Turning back they fin- ally made a sheltered island in Lynch Cove. Are Exhausted had been 12 hours since abandoning the Arnold. Three of the men weer so exhausted they collapsed; the other two went lool men finally ess hours vors e They YOUR SAVINGS ARE INSURED, ARE INSTANTLY AVAILABLE AND EARN GREAT- ER RETURNS WITH THE ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assn, of Juneau TELEPHONE 3 | dren, \ied by ling this evening on the Aleutian | after | Olson, | | ) Ar- VERBOTEN GLAMOR_Though Nazis urge caution against “glamorous secretaries.” these frauleins did 2l right in Berlin. in women's dress, cold Hollywood fashions, Some U. S. cities ban ing for trollers and finally were picked up by Tom Smith on a num- bered boat, who sent the A. R. B. after the other three. The Jugoslav. a troller, picked up the body of An- drew Lee, floating in the water. Arriving in Juneau on the Cyane, which was en route to these waters for gunnery practice, the men were met by W. O. Carlson, local pur- chaser for New England Fisheries, and Andrew Gunderson, represen- tative of the company from Seattle. Mr. Gunderson said on Sunday that he had nothing to say about the tragedy, beyond the fact that all hands behaved heroically and that there was no blame which could in any way be attached to anyone. Coroner’s inquest was scheduled to be held this afternoon by United States Commissioner M. E. Monagle at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. R BUS, FIRE ENGINE IN COLLISION 29 Persons, Many of Them Children, Serious- ly Hurt PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 21— A Greyhound bus from the World’s Fair and a fire engine, answering an alarm, collided in the fog dur- ing the night and 29 persons were injured Witnesses said the bus suddenly loomed up beside the truck. Firemen were thrown in all di- rections. The children aboard the bus were all taken to hospitals. All were in- jured but none fatally. S AR, \Juneau Visitors Leave; Aleutian| Mrs. Alfred McVay and two chil- Nancy and Je accompan- Mrs. Frank Bruce, areleav- visiting here with Mrs, Mc- Vay's mother-in-law, Mrs. John McCormick. While in Juneau they were tHe occasion much entertainment. Among those entertaining for them during their stay were Mrs. Oscar Mrs. H. G. Wilcox, Mrs. J. C. Thomas, Mrs. George Sund- for {borg, Mrs. M. Monagle, Mrs. Helen | Bender and Mrs. John McCormick. - - The Book ALASKA, Revised and nlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. BROADCAST JOINT FEATURE SERVICE ON THE AIR! By The Daily Alaska Empire and KINY 6 days every week at 12:30 p.m. 9:45 p.m 8:15 am. 7:00 p.m. | un-American |scrutinize Communist activiteis Aan attempt to link them with Rus- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1939 Air Picture “Diagrams” Wreck of Two Trazns good sense and shorts on the streets. Adivities of (ommunisfs ToBeProbed Spokesman of Dies Com- mittee Also Wants Bund Outlawed WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — The Dies Committee spokesman says that an investigation of Communist activities in the United States is the next slated after probe of the German-American Bund is com- pleted, which will be about the end of September. The Dies Committee investigating activities will then in | sian control. Chairman Dies said that he planned to ask that the German- | American Bund be outlawed as a violator of charters granted in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and other States. The Federal Bureau of Investi- gation said the Bund may be re- quired to register with the State De- partment as a foreign propaganda s said: “The Bund is an arm to pay silver mine operators a bonus intelligence service for the German government. Most state charter organizations |are required to make financial re- ports. We believe the Bund has considtently broken this law.” Crack Train Is Derailed Blue Comet Special Goes| Off Track — Result of Rainstorm CHATSWORTH, N. J, Aug. 21.— The South Jersey Pine Belt Rail-| way line has been finally cleared after the crack Central Railroad’s Blue Comet was derailed during a ' rainstorm last Saturday night. Seventeen passengers were in- FISHERIES. Acting Commissioner of Bureau (Continued trom «Age One; 1. Afier itat date neither oral or written briefs will be considered | for the 1940 regulations. The Bureau requests that those | desiring to be heard write or wire the Juneau office so that the nec- essary arrangements may be made. Tentative Schedule Jackson requests that all persons | be prepared to make their appear- | ance between August 25 and Sep- | tember 20, definite dates to be an- | nounced later. | The following dates of hearings, | which may be subject to change lon account of weather conditions land plans of the Congressionai party, are: Cordova, August 28; Kodiak, September 7; Petersburg, September 14; Ketchikan, Septem- ber 20, and Seattle, September 26 Attention is called to the fact that these dates may be advanced four or five days - —— CONFERENCE ON FISHERIES HELD OVER WEEKEND Adting Commission Here- Territorial Commission in First Meeting Wwith Acting Commissioner of Fisheries Charles E. Jackson here from Washington as an _interested observer, the Fisheries Experimental Commission of Alaska held its first meeting at Juneau yesterday. The Commission, established by an act of the Territorial Legisla- :ure March 11, 1937, but not given the breath of life until an appro- priation for a fisheries laboratory at Ketchikan was made recently at Washington, consists of Gov. John W. Troy, Assistant Chief of the Division of Alaska Fisheries Seton H. Thompson and J. W. Mendenhall of Ketchikan, the third member ap- pointed by the Governor. Gov. Troy was selected Chdirman and Mendenhall Secretary at the organization meeting, held 4t the Governor’s temporary home in the | Baranof Hotel. | The location ot the new techno- logical laboratory at Ketchikan was approved by the Commission, which decided to have its office " estab- lished at the laboratory. | The Commission decided to enter “nto an agreement with the Bureau | of Pisheries for the operation of the laboratory and for a study of prac- tical problems facing the fishing industry. | Secretary of the Interior Harold | L. Ickes has allocated $50,000 for the laboratory and the Territory has on hand $20,000 appropriated by the 11037 Legislature. | Arrives, Leaves on Brant Jackson arrived in Juneau Sunday forenoon on the Fisheries vessel Brant from Ketchikan. He was ac- companied by Thompson, who went to the First City to meet him; by Reginald H. Fiedler, Chief of the Industries Division of the Bureau; Roger W. Harrison} Technologist of the Seattle laboratory; Menden- hall, and Doyle Tripp, Bureau cler- ical employee who accompanied Jackson from Washington. The Brant left again at 11:30 oclock last night, taking all but Thompson back to Ketchikan. Oth- | ers aboard for the southbound trip were Secretary of Alaska E. L. (Bob) Bartlett and Frank Dufresne, Exe- cutive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, who will confer with | the Congressional fisheries commit- tee on game management problems. Acting Commissioner Jackson con- ferred at length with Dr. Carl Hubbs, who is making a study of Alaska Pisheries for Secretary I¢kes. (Congressmen, WPA Announce Steps to Be Taken WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 Works Security Federation nounces plans for picketing homes of some of the congressmen who voted to trim down the WPA. Officials said members in 20 states have been in- structed to call in person on Congresssmen and Senators. It is said that the distinction of being picketed will be reserved for a select few of what are called Tory con- gressmen. Said Federation Secretary Lloyd Leith: “Our members will ask the individual legislators—who are en- joying luxuries while a million WPA workers are being discarded—to just point out some of the jobs they are so sure private industry can offer us.” - Flames Raze Pine Ridge; by Fire-200 Build- ings Burned KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 21 —A lumber mill fire destroyed Pine Ridge, a village, last Saturday night. residences, were razed by the flames. leaving 600 persons homeless. Two hundred buildings, The loss is estimated at $2,000,000. mostly above T0 BE AWARDED T0 TOM CHILTON NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Columbia University will award its 18th an-) nual Charles Frederic Chandler medal to Director Thomas Chilton of the Technical Divsion of the En- gineering Department of E. I. du Nemours and Company of Wilming- | ton, Delaware. The award is announced by the| University President, Dr. Nicholas | Murray Butler. Dr. Butler said Chilton was chos- en because of his outstanding achieverients in the discovery and formulation of principles underly- ing the unit operations of chemical engineering. The medal will be giv- en to Chilton on November 18 when he will deliver the annual Chandler lecture on engineering in the serv- ice of chemistry. Columbia University established the medal in honor of the so-called father of modern industrial chem- istry, Dr. Chandler. - eee— BRITISH PLANE MISSING AT SEA Aircraft and Surface Ships Making Search for Royal Air Force War Craft LONDON, Aug. 21.—Airplanes and surface ships were searching the North Sea for a Royal Air Force warplane which has been missing since Saturday with a crew of six. The plane left on a practice flight s«turday mornmg and was due back | lome sis amd See FRIGIOAIRES REFRIGERATOR AND RANGE SENSATIONS! FRIGIDAIRE Y7074V mEvER-MISIR —- -q save S et e by ~ Frigidaire Electric Range - ‘ivec more -dvanced molnng lnd bak- tures i:-fllblfled! Come in. Z- this -nvdul sensation! BOTH for P. 40eADAY JOHH as little as “THE FRIGIDAIRE MAN" SON PHONE 17 — The an- | the that the Federation | their 600Homeless Oregon Town Is Destroyed. i HEARINGS ' Senafors Are - ANNUALLY ToBePickefed % {New Policy Announced by‘ Federation ‘Members of R bE A « This alrplnne pl(‘lure shows how two passenger tra ns collided ju\t oul.“de Dl}n\el injuring 54. The Denver and Rio Grande Westera locomotive, southbeund, crashed into the front end of the northbound Santa Fe’s chair car, shown hurled off the track. schedule. at its base during the same after- noon. When no report of the plane was received, the Air Ministry broadcast an alarm asking ships to be on the lookout for the missing craft. At| the same time a number of air force planes were sent out to cruise over lhe suppused course of the miss- The crew of the missing plane con- R ne. CHANDLER MEDAL | ‘S’b(!:fl of two officers and four en- | listed men. .- 'PRISONER BROUGHT HERE FROM HAINE William A. C. Dent, Chilkoot Bar- rncks snldler bound over to the “(}mnd Jury on a char of rape, | was returned hcie irom Haines to- | day in the custody of Deputy U. S. Marshal William Markle on the steamer Alaska. FISHING CLOSING, SOUTHEAST ALASKA With fishing closing tomorrow night in Sumner Strait, the South- | east Alaska commercial season for 11939 is just about over. | Fishing is already closed in the Juneau neighborhood except for gillnetting in several small areas| in Taku Inlet and Lynn Canal. The season ends in Clarence Strait next Sunday and one the Both trains were running behind West Coast of the Prince of Wales Island August 29. BASEBALL TODAY No games were scheduled in the | American League this afternoon and results of games in the National League are as follows: Cincinnati 7; Philadelphia 0. St. Louis 1; Brooklyn 7. Chicago 4; New ‘Iork 3. Bralsed Shor! !hhs of Beef and Brown Potatoes your Tuesday Lunch at the BARANOF SHRINERS ——WEAR YOUR FEZ! MASONS —— OF ALL DEGREES ARE INVITED — TO BE THE GUESTS OF NILE TEMPLE IN THE SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE WEDNESDAY —— AUGUST 23RD ANCING —AT 10:00 P. M. SHRINERS——WEAR YOUR FEZ!