The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1943, Page 2

PAGE TWO : SURVIVOR CAMPIS REACHED Victimsof Plane Crash Are Found by Party Strug- gling Over Trail (Continued from Page One) SPE(IAl DRY-SKIN MIXTURE leg and Metzdorf broken collar bone and broken ribs, cuts and bruises. “We had 300 ounces of food in the plane when we crashed,” said Save $1.25 a jor on famous Tippits. 2 e - “There was corned beef, sar- Spef""_ory Sieieh MixIUpeLBIch. i N SRR dies, olffes,. teh lubrication for flaky, dry skin. and candy bars. The day Susan Induces skin to feel pliant, lock went on shortened smooth. Get several jars now! Baxter died, rations.” First Details of Crash Tippits gave the first details of we the plane crash and said that about five minutes after one of REGC. $2.25 the motors failed, the plane crashed - near the top of what I should $ Oo judge was a 3,000-foot mountain 3 | “Visibility was absolutely zero,” said iy |Tippits.” When the motor conked, Gillam tried to pancake, sure we were going to crash, but before we inju could fix our safety belts, we hit. |Gillam meant to pancake into valley and let the trees break the | fall. Instead the plane sheared off "three or four tree tops and smashed right into the mountain.” Tippits said all of the others but he were knocked unconscious by the crash. B. M. Behrends Co., Quality Since 1887 TIDES TOMORROW SR Thrown From Plane High tide—5:03 am. 17.1 feet “I was thrown through the top Low tide—11:14 am. 09 feet of the plane,” said Tippits, “and High tide—5:17 p.m., 149 feet. |1 began to yell to the others by Low tide—11:25 p.m. 10 feet. pame. It was awful. I thought I .- was the only one left alive. Fin- The first known blood trans- ally I got inside the plane and fusion was given to Pope Innocent found the others were not killed VIII in 1492, I began reviving them. I remem- i ber Gillam had a gash on his head DEFENSE BONDS Gillam was the least injured and BUY revived first. He supervised spread- — ing a tarpaulin on the ground where the men lay huddled in a drizzle throughout the horrible night, Gillam rising frequently to attend to Miss Baxter in the plane. The second night we dug out the snow, wing, and made camp. We had of it because there were so many persons in the party.” Cutting said that after Miss Bax- camp down to the floor of the v: Butler-Maum Drug Co. The Rexall Store ley. Tippits only one said: “Gillam of us fit for was work, the the Coming Seon--20th CENTURY ' Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Directed by John Ford A 20th Century-Fox Picture VISIT THE NEW MIDGET COCKTAIL BAR MUSIC DROPIN .. . 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A War Depm tment communique listed 350 men killed, 900 wounded, and 350 missing, in the many battles Mehdia Place during the African invasion. - a cnptuled fortress serves as the last who died while stormin, A quiet hillside over! rest r)[ us suffering from shock or From the valley camp the party large bonfires and set up| flares and smoke signals. PILOT, CRASH PLANE, FOUND BY SEARCHERS Body Flown fo Ketchikan- Death Due fo Shock, | Exposure,Sfarvaiion (Continued from Page One) ThL finding of the body thu.x end%i in the history of this area . All aboard the Morrison-Knutson Lockheed Electra plane, which left on the afternoon of Jan- bound for Alaska, and later crashed «on.a mountain on Boca de Quadra Peninsula late on the af- ua ter died, the five men moved their ternoon of the same day, have now| al- peen accounted for. ‘M E : A | ¥ OFFER SE.M REWARD | Shortly after the Empire went to DI early last Saturday afternoon, he following rush radiogram was| eived here from Anchorage: A $2,000 reward has been posted here for the person who finds Pilot | Harold Gillam, dead or alive. The | offer is announced by the Morrison- | Knutsen Company and Gillam Air- ways, in a move designed to en- courage miners, trappers and| GEBO ARE rec: lTake n fo Kefchikan and Hospitalized-Remark- | able Rescue Work THE BARAN“F : (Continued from Page One) ’ |which was pulled by Coast Guards- Alaska’s Largest Apartment Game Commission men and | men, Hotel !Alaska Territorial Guardsmeén * 'hn,ugh waist deep snow. EVERY ROOM WITH TUB Gebo was brought out on a to- and SHOWER | boggarn. ! * | The descent was ardous. The sled and toboggan had to be lifted over windfalls, lowered over steep banks {and carried through slush ice that | jammed the streams SATIERNIA i No one now remains at the syr- 2 vivor'’s camp. Plane Inaccessible Gene Gull, Senior CAA Inspecxg iaid it is impossible to even re: the wrecked Gillam plane itself {until the snow washes away mf{ie, The snow at the plane scene is itimated to be about 14 feet déep. | Thus, Susan Bazter's body must re- main in the wintry tomb until the weather moderates. Gull and Dan Ralston, of the Game Commission, plan to attempt to reach the plane at the soonest possible time. Searchers ‘Exhausted members of (lu \earchmg Reasonable Rates L We Make a Spemalty CIIOP SUEY ALSO THE BEST IN AMERICAN DISHES The Royal Cafe All ~ World rights reserved. 1-13 DOWN TRAIL : MR HOARDER JUST ‘PHONED AND SAID - WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING OVER A FEW SLICES OF BACON AND A POUND OF_BUTTER? that took place during the landmg. party were .exhausted and wet. Metzdorf and Gebo kept warm nd dry at all times since they re- ceived the supplies dropped from the plane t week. Dan Ralston, \\l\l‘ broke the tra into the s camp, Coast nd pharmacist’s service men did \pJLudm job under the worst | pessible conditions.” Gebo and Metzdorf were under tor's care durir ard the Coast SURVIVORS ARE NOW SUFFERING REACTION the trip her suard cutter. KETC There I re 2, Feb. 8 developments new no in the Gillam plane ¢ All four survivin fering from reaction Metzdorf and Gebo were in beds in the Coast ( pital immediately upon shortly after ‘midnight occupying a room next cceupied by Cutting and T Mrs. Metzdorf, who w men placed that 1 “arrived, landing when the' ves: the only person ed to | accompany her husband to the hospital and she was allowed to {remain with him only five minutes as doctors and nurses demand ab- sclute rest and quiet for their pa- ' tients. Plans are! made to send Dan Ral- ston and Gene Gull to head party into the scene of the plane crash but it is not known yet when the party will attempt to make the trip. 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Phone 6 7= { I~ I'M NOT THAT'S THERE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1943 e e TllE TCO ‘TEN LEAVE FOR " NORTH SATURDAY 58 s who left here Satur- v for Skagway were Curtis P ol | Burley, Gene 'D. Smith, Alice ll l r E | smith, John H. MeCarthy, John | E. Cline, Marion E. Eason, Robert Armstrong, Elizabeth C. Armstrong Alagka Transportatien ‘mem H. Parsons and Max Wells. | Company NEIDERHA ON JOB e William Neiderhauser, former SAILINGS FROM PIER tant Fire Chief of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department, has ar- rived in Kodiak full SEATTLE pt the | time position of fire chief fire warden at $400 per month, Fire-|| PAESENGERS FREIGHT | men get $5 for "o and | REFRIGERATION {$2:50 for “dry” calls & SRS USO IN WRANGELL The USO has been organized in Wrangell ' and dances are being | given for the service men stnnonrd there. NIGHT 312 H e O | { B { B " | D. B. FEMMER—AGENT PHONE 114 Y PAA to SEATTLE - WHITEHORSE FAIRBANKS - NOME BETHEL PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS Phone 106 5 So. Franklin ) YOU CAN FLY JUNEATU to Anchorage Kodiak Fairbanks Yakutat Valdez Nome Cordova Seward Bristol Bay Kuskokwim and Yukon Points Wednesday Friday Sunday | * ALASKA STAR AIRLINES Phone 667 Office BARANOF HOTEL NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION.COMPANY ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES Serving Southeast Alaska- Passengers, Mail, Express | SITKA TRIP—Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M. Hawk An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- Inlet Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd jcan shan gof Sitka Juneau $10 $18 $10 $18 $18 $18 $18 818 Sitka .. 18 18 10 18 18 10 10 Chichagof 18 10 18 10 18 10 5 Kimshan 18 10 :g ’lg 18 w - 18 10 EaLon 18 10 10 10 10 18 ‘Hoonah . o E:prm Rate: 10 cents per pound—Minimum Charge 60 Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% SCHEDULED MONDAY and THURSDAY Ketchikan ‘Wrangell Petersburg Juneau ... . $35.00 $30.00 Petersburg 10.00 Wrangell Express Rate: 25¢ per pound—Minimum of $1.00 to kewhikan Express Rate: 10c per pound—Minimum of 60c to Petersburg and Wrangell FOR INFORMATION ON TRIPS TO HAINES, HASSELBORG, SKAGWAY, TAKU LODGE: Pflfllfl 512 Above rates applicable when passenger traffic warrants Schedules and Rates Subject to Change Without Notice. L SRR