The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1946, Page 1

THE LIBRARY CONGRES S SERIAL RECO! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIM Y =] VOL. LXVI, NO. 10,186 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 194 M PRICE TEN CENTS ‘MBER ASSOCI ATED PRES GROUNDED LINER YUKON BREAKS INTWO ONLY 71 PERSONS REPORTED TAKEN OFF NEW ISSUE EXPLODED, UNO MEET Syria, Lebanon Ask With-- drawal of British and French Forces (BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER) LONDON, Feb. 5—Syria and Lé- banon handed the United Nations Security Council a new explosive issue today, asking withdrawal of all British and French troops from the Levant, while the Council still sought to unyavel the tapgle re- sulting from a Russian attempt to use the veto power in the Soviet- British disagreement over Greece. The veto issue, raised for the Zirst time before the Council block- ed action on the Greek question. Tt also required the Council to de- cide whether Britain and Russia could vote on the question of whether British troops in Greece were endangering world peace, as charged by Russia. The British (Continued on Page Five) —p & | The Washingion Merry - Go-Roun By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON — Many Senators believe that the confirmation row over charming Ed Pauley as Under Sccretary of the Navy has taken ‘on new significance now that Sec- retary Harold Ickes has offered Ralph Davies the job of Under Secretary of the Interior. It happens that Davies and Ed Pauley are boom friends. Both are oil men. Both have followed the policy of “scratch-my-back-I'll- ‘Ecratch-yours.” Recently, Secretary Ickes, who has a crusading record for guard- This is important. ing the Nation's rescurces, recom-, mended to President Truman that naval oil reserves be transferred from the Navy to the Interior De- partment. It was just such a trans- fer by Albert K. Fall in the Hard- ing Administration that resulted 4n the Teapot Dome oil scandal. No motive is attributed to the, Ickes prbposal except that of safe- guarding oil. In fact, some people consider it significant that his pro- posal happened to coincide, by luck or otherwise, with the nomination of oll man Pauley to be Under Secretary of the Navy. But what Senators consider im- portant is that, with Pauley's friend Ralph Davies offered the job of Under Secretary of the Interior, the Navy's oil lands, no matter’ where they are located—in Interior or HOMMA TESTIFIES IN OWN DEFENSE AT MANILA TRIAL Declares He Was Removed | from Philippine Com- mand by Tojo MANILA, Feb. 5—Lt. Gen. Ma- saharu Homma testified at his war crimes trial today that he was re- moved from his Philippine com- mand in August, 1942, because of pro-British tendencies and because he disagreed with ex-premier Hi- deki Tojo. “Roughly speaking, there were two groups in the army,” said the defendant, who is charged with re- sponsibility for the deaths of 67,- 000 Americans and Filipinos. “One was pro-German and the other pro-British. The latter, fost- ering liberal ide: was in great minority. I was supposed to head the latter group since I was the most senior officer. This was so, I believe, because I had my training in England and my association with the British people gave me a broad cutlook on life.” Homma, testifying for the first time in his own behalf, said that he had incurred the disfavor of Tojo by objecting to the latter's appointment as Minister of War. said Tojo “was trained in CGermany and headed the pro-Ger- man group. ¢ Homma pictured himself as an army chief who was not informed of all incidents under his command, did not appoint his staff officers and had no authority to remove them. It was cbvious the seeking to absolve him subordinates’ actions - STRIKE CONTROL MEASURE GIVEN SWAT IN HOUSE Drastic Amendment Is Knocked Out-N.Y. Ship- ping Is Still Tied Up (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) The House has rejected the first major attempt to modify the new far-reaching strike control bill. On a voice vote, the House turned down an amendment to eliminate a ban on the use of boycotts in la- hor disptites. One Congressman de- scribed the amendment as an effort to blow everything the people want from the bill, and that without the ban on boycotts, jurisdictional dis- | | | { | defense from was his "Glad fo Be Aiive,” Say : Three Survivors of Yukon Now in Seward Hospital “CAMP HAS BEEN FOUND Nearly 200,000 Bodies, Including American POWs, Located MOSCOW, Feb. 5.—A Polish press agency report said today that 190,- 000 bodies, including those of some American prisoners of war. had heen found near the Silesian city of Landinowicze .(Landsdorf). The dispatch said the bodi were believed to be those of British, American, French Moroccan and Russian prisoners of war and a large number of Polish civilians. U. 8. military authorities express- ed keen interest in the report be- cause numerous Americans still are unaccounted for from German pri-| son camps. The Americans are seeking further information on the report S e ee - — GOLD PRODUCTION SHOWS INCREASE; PEACETIME SWING Gains in I945AAre Record- ed in California, So. Dakofa, Alaska WASHINGTON, Feb, 5 -— The “pure geld” mines of the West are hitting back toward their peace- time swing. Although total gold production for the United States during 19456 was under that of the preceding year, according to preliminary fi- gures of the Bureau of Mines, the output in states which take most of their gold from ravels or straight gold ores was definitely on the rise at the closing of the year. Greatest gains were recorded in California and South Dakota, and in the Alaskan Territory. In California, revocation of order By W. M. HUNT Editor of Seward Pclaris SEWARD, Alaska, Feb. 5.—Trag- edy struck the steamer Yukon Mon- day morning. Apart from its tragic appearance on the shoreline of Fairfield Point the ventures of the trim vessel of the Alaska Steamship Co. and sometimes referred to as flagship of the fleet because of its majestic name Yukon, seems to have come to an end, an end befitting the many years she has served. Robert Bassstte, storekeeper of the ill-fated ship reports the inci- dent in this manner: “We are glad to be alive.” Jack Reinholf, staff sergeant ini the Armed Forces of the United States, puts it this wey: “We're glad to be alive After thirty minutes in the water, seeing some of his comrades washed {off the bow of the Yukon, Chas. D. Scrivener from his cot in the Seward | General Hospital, reports: I'm glad to be alive.” From hospital beds in the local hospital, the trio tell this story with the reservations that are so pertinent ! to military status. They tell of their {partners being washed ashore; not ashore but just into the water where the huge cliff ahead kept them from being rvescued immediately. According to members of the trio, the mishap occurred about'4:20 a m. with the weather bad and the 'sca rough. A long vigil until day- {light merited nothing. | The vessel foundersd preparatory {to breaking apart. | No Hysteria | According to this same trio no !measure of hysteria was noticeable among the many passengers aboard the Yukon. . Scrivener, assistant purser of the vesscl, states that while he w: | watching waterspouts shoot 50 feet (high and throw a spray over his {vessel, the passengers on board act- :ul with caution and sensed no fear for their safety at any time. And it seems that some 20 odd men have have yet to be accounted for, |while those who have been fortun- ate enough to survive retell a story of their experiences on the ill-fated | vessel. Their story is complete: Twenty- jedd not accounted for; some 300- lcdd who had no fear or hysteria, fand the lack of shoreline; some theusand-odd thinking of these |selfsame aboard. ! Concensus of survivors sums up to this: To Major Leroy Berg, to the members of the efficient staff of the fleet of vessels sent out to contact those adrift, to those who !in anyway assisted in this tragedy, (tkeir thanks will be everlasting. Sur- putes would be condoned. Undis-|1-208, which forced a wartime clos- viving such an ordeal is mosi per- mayed by their first setback, op- ing of the gold mines, was ac-|tinent in their most intimate Navy—will be partially under Paul-!gonents of the control bill are con- | companied by an immediate up-|thoughts. ey or a friend of his. |tinuing their efforts to tone it swing in production, and the total e |down or offer a less drastic substi- | gold mined there for the year was MEXICAN OIL DEAL Relationship between Davies and tute. 1 ‘ A short time later the House Pauley has been extremely close. agreed to anf amendment by Re-| Davies was Executive Vice Presi- |publican Representative Clare Hort-f dent of Standard Oil of California. man of Michigan. Under Hoffman's | Pauley sold him his own independ- proposal, instead of denying the | ent oil company. Later, Pauley courts the power of injunction to; brought Davies to Washington, in- |enforce the boycott ban, the pen-| troduced him to Ickes, following alty would be loss of burgaimng: which Davies became Ickes' De- rtights for employees. | puty Oil Administrator. He did a N. Y. Shipping | good job. Shipping is still tied up in New However, State Department offi- York city's vast harbor by the | cials say he continued to look out strike of 3,500 tugboat workers. Thei government appears ready to take| over operations. Another New Yox‘k" for Ed Pauley. When Pauley was trying to lob- city labor problem is threatened | by the CIO order for a gencml“l by his high-octane Mexican gaso- line plant through the Government, | two-hour work stoppage in the metropolitan area next Monday in it had to pass the hurdle of Sec- retary Ickes' Petroleum Adminis. | sympathy with the Western Union | strike. tration. Davies okayed it—not only okayed it, but pushed it vigorously. At first Ickes also gave it has bles- cing. The State Department, how- ever, was vigorously opposed. Showdown came in a secret ses- Housing Bill Back in Washington a housing !bill is rapidly taking shape for | House floor ,action. The House | | Banking Committee rejected today than for the year previous. - an administration proposal to put!| Colorado’s production was down taty of State Dean Acheson. The price ceilings on old houses, but!10 percent; Montana's nine per- full story of this session was never left in the bill a provision for cent; Nevada's 15 percent; New really told at the Senate hearing. | price controls on new houses. Pric- ! Mexico's 26 percent and’ Arizona’s Acheson opened by giving Ickes a es of new homes are fixed some- 33 percent. | | i T | (Continued on Page Eight) sion between Ickes, Davies, a Da- s aid, and the Assistant Secre- (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Five) 47 percent above that of 1944. pl["'v of woRK At the year’s end, California was| producing more of the metal Lhan]ls "ow I“ SIGHT. any other state. | v Similarly, as the Homestake Mine ' in South Dakota went back into| AlASKA CONIRA("'S production, the gold output for South Dakota rose from nothing to | more than 8,600 ounces & month. | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.—There Alaska Gold Yield |is more work in sight for the Far Gold yields in Alaska mcreased“West's heavy construction industry 39 percent in 1945, although the |than ever before. Contracts, too, lifting of the gold order came too are being signed at a record rate for late in the season to permit most this time of the year. gold operators to resume produc- Surveys by H. W. Pyeritz, editor tion. {of Daily Construction Service, round The overall decline in gold pro-!out a total of $19,000,000,000 in en- duction last year was caused by |gineering construction for the 11 the general decline in mining of Wwestern states. base metals where gold is recovered | Pyeritz commented that the heavy as a by-product. |construction work so far planned Utah, where gold is recovered as Wwould keep the industry working at a by-product of copper mining, 1ed}a rate never approached in peace- all states in total gold production time, and near the wartime record for the year, but the output theve, |¥ate. Manpower problems were di- 274,500 ounces, was 20 percent less | minishing, likewise. i | January coptracts included: 1947 1945 i Alaska-Hawail 21,900,000 371,000 | e i L DOROTHY PERKINS HERE Dorothy Perkins from Anchorage |is stopping at the Baranof during “her visit here. CEDAR SENDS {REPORT FROM \WRECK SCENE f | ) (Nine Craft Aiding in Res-| cue Work-Heavy Swells and Surfs Prevailing | Partial 'Passeng'er List Aboard Wrecked Yukon FIRST TAKEN ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 5. | The 496 people aboard the steamer Yukon, reported broken in two on the rocks in Johnstone Bay, in- | sluded 174 enlisted. men, 10 offi- | cers and 10 civilian employees from | Fort Richardson near here. Most of the servicemen were enroute to the states for discharge. } | There were 132 aaaitional service | son Rockne, 1910 13th, Bremerton, Wash. Mrs. Mildred Erickson, Mrs. Min- nie Dobberpuhl, Miss Betty Bige- low, Mrs. Betty White, Mrs. Isabel Smith and daughter Patricia; Ev- ereit L. Taylor, wife, Judith Tay- lor, daughter Joan and infant, 41 McKay, San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Cecilia Chendler 1243 5th | KETCHIKAN, Alinxk:\. Feb. 5_7jmen and 125 crew members. The | Ave. Seattle; Robert Saban, Rock- The Lighthouse tender Cedar wire-, lessed Coast Guard headquarters at | |1 P. M. today that 71 persons ha been removed from the wrecked steamship Yukon and that it was| attempting to take off others with | rafts, Army barges and passenger list, with first names of | mest servicemen not provided, und‘ Del- | Sgt. Lachman, William I. lenbach, Chicago; Sgt. Evan vale, Colo.; Glenn McArthur Boulevard, Turner, 5947 Oakland, a | With Anchorage listed as the home | Calif.; Wm. P. Harris, 609 Hope, |town where no addresses are given: | Los Angeles Tom C. Johnson, 820 Thistle St. Seattle; Obie Stapleton, Juneau; motor | Williams and wife, Seattle; Sgt,| Andrew Longmire, Vernon A. Bur- whaleboats. It described the scene |Brents John Mancell, Juneau; Sgt.|Wwell, Port Orchard, Wash.; Sgt of the wreck where the Yukon| piled up on the rocks Sunday night ! in a heavy storm as Cape Fairfield, | the western side of Johnstone Bay,| southeast of Seward Nine vessels were at the s day. The seas were running heavie: than yesterday but visibility was improved, the Cedar added. The Cedar was attempting to land | breeches buoy equipment ashore,| with which to land additional sur- vivars, but swells and surf hampered operations. | Survivers at Seward | maviier the cutter Onondaga ar-| rived at Sewsard with 47 women and | children taken off the Yukon. { Three men, landed earlier by the | Army tug FS-241 after they were ! washed off the broken steamship, | were also hospitalized at Seward. The Coast Guard buoy tender Cedar was aided by the Navy sal- vage ship Curb after the Onondaga steamed away with its hysterical | survivors. The freighter North| Haven and Army transport Brig.! Gen. M. G. Zalinski were nearby in | Ellington Passage to take their turns at rescuing survivors. subsiding but there was a heavy snowstorm handicapping rescue | work. ene to- | Seas were | Alaska to Scene | Meantime the steamship Alaska, at Kodiak, was ordered to Seward | to aid that little town in accom- modating _ survivors and to bring them to Seattle. The three men landéd by the Army tug told interviewers at Sew- ard there were 20 men unaccounted for among the 496 passengers and crew aboard the Yukon. The Coast Guard and the Alaska Steamship Company, which operated the Yukon for the War Shipping Ad ministration, had no word of ci ualties, and expressed doubts coi: cerning the report. Washed Overboard The three rescued from the 50- foot waves last midnight after they had been washed off the wreck and | tossed against the rocks, were list- ed as: Charles D. Scrivener, Purser, Seattle. Robert D. Bassette, Storekeeper, Seattle. Army Staff Sgt. Jack N. Rein- hold, home address unlisted Scrivener told an interviewer all aboard the Yukon might be safe, although a checkup after the ship broke in two indicated 20 to 30 pos- | sibly missing on the after part of { the vessel, which floated free. Passengers Calm Scrivener said 50-foot seas broke | over the foundered Yukon but said | passengers were calm. Later, it was reported here, some of the women and children became | Assistant | " (Continued on Page Fight) R STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 5. — Closing ! quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 117;, American Can 99'z, Anaconda 507%. Common- wealth and Southern 4%, Curtiss- Wright 11%, International Harvest- Kennecott 58, New York Central 34%, Northern Pacific 34%, United | Corporation 6%, U. Steel 9687, Pound $4.03%%. Sales today were 70,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrizls 206.61, rails 168.28, utilities 41.25. 8. {Rank and wife, Cashmenr: !ley, Palmer, Alaska; Claude Roper | Calif |A. M. Ross, Jobn Fultz and wife, Burrie, Harry Christiansen, Little- | ton, Colo.; Ernest H. Woolard, Fair- hanks; Sgt. Morris, Sgt. Moss, Mrs. | Lucille Ginger, St. Louis Mo. Mrs. Betty Bostrom, St. Paul Miss Jill Vetzler, Tth and Broad way, Los Angeles; Sherin Gilliard wife and son Mike; Mrs. Mar: Ellen Arnell and scns Robert anc Fred; Miss Patricla Radeliffe Altna Hotel, Billings, Mont.; Mis Ethel Risoff, Miss Wilma Dees, 3010 Grismer HMamilton, Ohio; Norman Suther iand and wife, George Maher, wif and daughter Ann; Lubbock, Tex as; Mrs. Marjorle Gropp, Grane Coulee, Wash.; Mrs, Ethel Cupp Chehalis, Wash. Major Shevin and wife, 1912 1s North, Birmingham, Ala.; Otis F Wash. Delmar G. Hendrickson, wife, sor Delmar and daughter Jean, Glen- rock, Wyo. Ralph A. Fitzsimmons, Alexander McDonald and wife; George Marsh and wife; Sgt. James Garrett, Sgt Claud Green, Thomas Griffith anc wife; Capt. Harold McConnell, Capt. Frank Wesley, Sgt. Kluger Sgt. Mazzocca, Sgt. Menges, W/O Robert Billings. Lt. Jefferson Dixon, Lt. James pel, Lt. James Fleming, Jr.; Lt. David Fox, Sgt. Hitt, Sgt. Kernan Sgt. Kirchner, Sgt. Cruse, Sgt. Dil linger, Sgt. Marino, Sgt. Edwards. James M. Hartley, Leon W. Hart- and wife, 11133 Alberta Road, Ed- monton; Barney Iibertsen, John MacMillan. Capt. John Kuziak, Capt. George Lynes, Mrs. A. M. Ross, daughters Pearl and Georgia and Infant,; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Alta Roberts, Corcoran, Miss Ann Whitaker, Bunce- ton, Mo.; Willlam Winn, of Juneau; | Mrs, 125 Cherry Ave, Scuth, San Fran-| clsco, Mrs. Maribel, Pyle, 230 East San Salvadore, San Jose, Cali Florence Paddock, Charlotte Mor- | ton, 812 West 1st, Cheyenne, Wyo. Mrs. Moara Roark, Vernon John-| son and wife. Leach, Arthur Hammer, Petersburg; Donald Peterson, Frank J. Urman, 817 Grove, San Francisco Arthur T. Chindahl, Warren 8. Sault, 37 East 39th, New York City; \llan C. Meier, Palmer, Alaska; am Stojanovich, Donald E. Wil- ams, wife and two infants and aughter Donna, Terrabonne, Ore. Clinton Meade and wife and aughter, Marilyn, 54 Homestead, an Francisco; Augusta Ann De- sore, 738 South Mariposa, Los An- eles. Frederick Siverts, Fairbanks; Me- ro Tomko, Shappton, Pa.. Sgt. AcPherson, Fred Williams, Ketchi- @an, Phillip J. Darrow, Klawock; Mel- in O. Charles, Hydaburg; Fred Vayo, Svend Holm, Parkerton, Nyo.; Sgt. Odell, Sgt. Phillipse, 3gt. Nedeau, George Marchlewitz, “ountain City, Wis. Roy C. Chapman, Woodinville, Wash.; Arthur W. Rosekoff, Gran- /ille, Mich.; Robert J. Seaman, 6 Krause Ave., Oakland; Frank Vagner, 604 James St. Seattle; tephen Reynolds, St. Louis, Mo. Melvin Hays hicago: John R. intner, Rensseler, Ind.; Carl D. Natkins, Dallas, Texas; Brazill Paggett, Leesville, So. Carclina; Iverett F. McClellan, Denver, Colo. James R. Loyne, Waco, Texas; Richard J. Addams, Reading, Pa.; fenry W. Carrick, Portland, Ore.; 4. M. Moore, Cleburne, Texas. W. Smid, Wichita, Kansas; H. A. Umbach, Maywood, N. J.; Peter doward, D. Andrews, Roy Sand- bank, T/3 Hawkins, T-4 Wheeler, r-5 Brown, T-5 Perry, Pvt. James Albert. James Anniskette, Klawock, a, James MeNelll Jr.; M. Hudson, Metlakatla, Alaska; Didrickson, Sitka, Alaska; and U. 8. Army officers and men. S e — 7 PREVIOU DISASTERS Al- P. C. " 132 Mrs. Etta Manders, Carol Tread-| SEATTLE, Feb. 5-—Breaking up well, Leo Seidenverg and wife, Sgt.|of the steamer Yukon in Alaska Moehring, Thorolf Riise and wife,; Bremerton, Wash.; Robert Watkins, | 1800 Floyd Ave. Richmond Va.; Wallace Sale Rochester N. Y. Sgt. Schiff, Sgt. Ivie, Sgt. anvelfll Charles Nicholls and wife; Sgt.| Barringer, Sgt. Beaty, Sgt. Bala\ch,; Sgt Eib, Sgt. Fengya i Sgt. Furmen, Sgt. Goven, Sgt.| Haney, T/6 Cannon and wife, 202 North 39th, Seattle; T/5 Hey and| wife, 524 West 123rd St., New York | City; Alexey Prokoplof, Victor| Kcchergin, Robert Cook and wife. | Giilman A. Lindsey, Palmer, Al-| aska; Dan Daxon, Kenneth Fried-| richsen, Wilton Junction, Iowa;| Mrs. Mildred Kaser, James Dono- van and wife, Arlington, Wash.;| Raymond Brown and wife and son | Steven. { Miss Doreen Ryan, Mrs. Ethel Hunt, 1612 Banter St. Los Angeles; {Miss Sylvia Parker, Joseph, Utah; . 3 er 97%, Jones-Laughlin Steel 55%,|Miss Irene Leposky, 6427 Monitor, gpnown orie Pittsburgh, Pa. waters recalled several other disas- ters ‘Wn Territorial waters. They included: Steamer Islander, lost in Steph- ens Passage, off Marmion Island near Juneau, Aug. 14, 1901, with loss of 42 lives. Bark Stat of Bengal, wrecked off Coronation Island, Sept. 20, 1908, 112 lost. Steamer State of California, sunk near Gambier Bay, Aug. 17, 1913, with 35 lives lost, Steamer Princess Sophia,’lost in Lynn Canal, near Juneau, Oct. 25, 1918, with 331 persons drowned. Steamer Nevada, lost Sept. 28, 1932, Aleutian Islands, with 32 lives iost. Liberty, Ship John P. Gaines, broke in two off Alaska coast Nov. 25, 1943, with loss of 10 lives. Liberty ship John Straub, laden with high-octane gasoline, sunk Ap- 9, 1944, by explosion of un- 56 lives lost. BUSINESS TRIP HALTED Mr. and Mrs. Leo Seidenverg, of Miss Julia Wellsundt, Juneau; Mrs. Anna Lee Payne, Miss Faye Shores, Norwood, Mo.; T/6 Moore, Seidenverg's Clothing-Store in An-! wife and infant and daughter La- chorage, are among the passengers Vonne, Council Bluffs, Towa on, the wrecked steamer Yukon. Mrs. Rose Rickey, 415 South 52nd, They were making a buying trip Tacoma; Mrs. Irmadine Ward and to the States. FORTY-SEVEN FROM WRECK Women andfilildren Tak- en Down Ladders from Yukon-Aboard Cufter KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 5.~ The grounded liner Yukon broke in two under the buffeting of gale and wave last night after 47 of the 496 persons aboard had been taken off by power boats operating from the Coast Guard Cutter Onondaga. The 47 were women dnd children. The Onondaga’s brief message about the breaking of the vessel, which ran aground in Johnstone Bay while outward bound from Seward to Seattle, carried no men- tion of loss of life. But the little 165-foot craft, fighting a combination of 45-mile wind, 15-fool waves and icy Alas- kan darkness, sald. the weather scemed to be moderating slightly and the wind was shifting to a more favorable quarter. Aid Is Rushed In toward the bleak Kenai Pen- insula {xom . many. points of the compass surged other ships to ajd the Onondaga, and the Army's great aircraft was to wing in from the extended Aleutfan chain to lend a hand, Gen. Delés Emmons at Fort Richardson, near Anchor- age, ordered all B-17 flying Fort- resses equipped with power rescue boats to Join the life sawing at- tempt. The Onondaga's report said the after part of the Yukon floundered free into the smashing waves and was “relling to starboard.” Coast Guard headquarters at Se- attle said early today no additional information had been received, due chiefly to the difficulty of radio communications from Ketchikan to the Onondaga. First Aid Train Meanwhile, a specially-equipped first aid train was to leave An- chorage at 5 ani. (PST), bound for Seward, some four hours distant. The train was loaded with Army food, clothing and medical supplies, with a first ald crew of some 200 persons aboard. The train was being rushed to Beward in the event of arrival of survivors from the wreck. Several additional ships were ex- pected at the scene of the wreek |“within a matter of hours,” the Coast Guard reported. | The 360-foot steamer Yukon, ‘built in Philadelphia in 1899, had !been in the Alaska service for some 20 years. She went aground on the rocky shore, 40 miles south of Sew- ard early yesterday. As soon as her distress calls were heard—about 6 am. (PST) yesterday—all craft in the vicinity were ordered to her aid. The Onondaga reached her shortly before 3 p.m. (PST). Grim messages . came from her captain, Chris P. Trondsen, who eaid at 1:45 the liner was breaking up and that her engine room and No. 3 hold were floded. She with- stood the peunding of the seas, however, until darkness fell and until the Onondaga's boats removed the 47. The attention of all Alaska is centered on the tragedy. The Army at Anchorage sent a transport plane loaded with doctors . and nurses to Seward, 40 miles north of the grounded ship, to care for sur- vivors. b There were some 185 officers #hd men from Fort Richardson, bound home for separation, and a crew of ° 125 among the 498 aboard the Yu- kon when it left Seward. The women and children were taken from the Yukon down rope ladders into power boats from the {Coast Guard Cutter Onondaga without incident, although waves were rolling high. e o 'ROM OREGON i F | Mrs. Roy E. Pettyjohn of Ione, _Oregon, arrived In Juneau yester- day. She is staying at the Baranof,