The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 6, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ~ INSPECTORS DUEFROM CRASH SCENE Preliminary investigation of the crash of the ill-fated flying boat| which caused the death of one| woman and injured four passengers and pilot Mike Fenster, is nearing| completion, ~with inspectors ex- pected to return from the scene| this afternoon or tomorrow. John C. Bowen, Civil Aeronau- tics Administration safety inspec- tor here, and Frederick Powell, of | Anchorage office of the Civil Aer-| onautics Board, have been on the scene since shortly after the crash, which took place Friday morning on the Stikine Flats between Pet- ersburg and Wrangell. In the meantime, Fenster was re- leased from his 30-pound “cannon- ball” weight attached to his head today, and his neck placed in a cast. Traction enabled the injured fifth- vertebrae in his neck to re- place itself, X-rays showed, allow- ing for the cast. He will be released from St. Ann's Hospital within a week, company officials were told. Nume Mistaken Fatally injured was Miss Mar-{ garet Ada Annis, 42, for three months a nurse at St. Ann's Hos- pital, until recently, and originally from Puyallup, Wash. Those still hospitalized in Wran- gell were David Dreibelbus, adding machine agent from Juneau, com- pressed vertebrae; Sig Dale, Ketchi- kan halibut fisherman, two broken egs, and Harry Dierks, Alaska Em- | ployment Service employe of Wran- gell, cuts and bruises. Due to incorrect information | reaching here from Retersburg, Dale’s name was given first as “Zeke” and because he had been doing off-season work on board a boat in Hood Bay, it was assumed that was his home. This was cor-| rected today with arrival from Wrangell of O. F. Benecke, Alaska | Coastal Airlines general office man- ager, who flew to the scene to aid in the passengers’ rescue and to agcompany them to the hospital. The fourth passenger, June Ot- ness of Petersburg, had been ex- fmined and partially X-raye when Renecke left for Juneau yesterday afternoon. No injuries had shown themselves, he said. She was being cared for in Petersburg, her home, where she was taken by a Coast Guard cutter., The other passengers, after be- | {by Dr. ing taken a mile across the flats to a trapper’s cabin, were taken off by Capt. Al Ritchie’s boat Totem at high tide Saturday, and taken ¢ © ® o o » o o » o to Wrangell. . WEATHER REPORT ACA company officials were told| ® (This data is for 24-hour pe- Philip Moore, Mt. Edge-|e riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) cumbe orthopedic surgeon, that he In Juneau—Maximum 37; believed Fenster's injury would heal minimum 33. itself completely, and in a period At Airport—Maximum 36; of time be perfectly normal. minimum 28. _— FORECAST (Juneas ana Vielnity) AWVS NURSERY TOBE 2, i, o™t oy (losED o" HouDAYS; tonight and Wednesday. Easterly winds as high as 20 miles per hour. Lowest tem- perature tonight about 32, Highest Wednesday near 35, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—.05 inches; since Dec. 1—77 inches; since July 1—48.88 inches. ‘At Airport—.07 inches; since Dec. 1—43 inches. since July 1-—33.55 inches. MRS. HARRIS RESIGNS At the monthly meeting of the| AWVS Cooperative Nursery, held at | the Governor's House, it was de- cided that the Nursery would be| closed during all school holidays. High School baby sitters are avail- | ©0090000°00000000°000000000 able then and experience has showh The new playhouse which is being built by the Manual Training | class at the High School, will be e e ready by Christmas. Most of the| abled the Nursery to obtain this s]s,ooo DAMAGE valuable toy at very little cost. Of good size, about 4x4x6, the play- A w house will be collapsible for easier that report was given by the Chair- | man, Mrs. Harris. There followed a free discussion of individual nur-| pArPEANKS Dee. 6—P—Two sery problems, which resulted in|gamage suits totaling $75,000 were sz. t};lnrrl.s ::e: an'nounced her | vesterday. 'ei ignation, which was flcceptedi Herman Ross, Anchorage attor- Vith regret. The Nursery 18 mewm!rey, and his wife, Martha, are suing unate, however, that Mrs. AUStD | ipe’pritish Navigation Co., as out- Chairman. volving a company truck near Ed- monton, Alta., Jan, 29. ATTEND DINNER OF Ross is suing for $45,655 for spinal WRANGELL SPORTSMEN | injuries, His wife seeks $30,775 for the Nursery to be very little used. material was donated, which en- storage. In the absence of the treasurer, | FA'RBA“KS (ouk‘ many helpful suggestions. | brought to trial in District Court Earl will succeed Mrs. Harris 85 growth of a highway accident in- { head injuries, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASRA SAFETY PATROL Eight student traffic officers in Douglas yesterday had the honor of inaugurating the first School Safety Patrol in the Gastineau Channel area. ‘The Douglas School Patrol is the first project initiated by Taku Post No. 5559, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in the national VFW safety program. The patrol has been worked out in cooperation with this commit- tee in Douglas: Mike Pusich, mayor; A. J. Balog, Police Chiet; Martin Pederson, Superintendent of the Douglas School, and Val' Poor, Douglas merchant. i These seventh and eighth grad- ers have the morning shift from | 8:30 to 9:05 a.m., and from 11:55 to 12:05—Peter and Pat Tassell, Bob Riess and Frederick Wittanen. Junior officers in charge of the afternoon traffic are Roy Hermann, Fegg Pinkerton, Judy Niemi and | Louis Pusich. Hours are 12:55 to| 1:05, and 3:25 to 3:35 p.m. | The VFW post is supplying com- | plete outfits—white slickers and helmets now, and belts and billy sticks later on. Junior Patrol offi- cers will receive certificates issued by the national VFW. Signs have been posted by the City Council and the Douglas School Board at the two designated school crossings the juniors will | patrol. | Motorists are warned that the speed limits are 12 miles an hour | in school zones and 20 miles to the | mwpnm*‘ Stop signals must be fed, and the law will bé rigiaty forced, say the adult officials. Violations will be handled by law enforcement officers. ‘Harold Fennel, VFW post com- mander, said today, “Members of Taku Post are proud of this first step in the important matter of safety and the resultant saving of lives and reduction of accidents. “We have discussed a similar pro- | ject with the Juneau School Board and it is hoped that such a pro- gram can be initiated in Juneau at the earliest possible time.” ~EMERGENCY ' TRIP The U. 8. Coast Guard plflue,‘ stationed at Annette Island was called ' to “Coal Bay, 'on Prince of | Wales Island last, night to pick up Happy Montplaisir, who had suf- | fered a heart attack. He was taken to the Ketchikan hospital: 0 10'TREATED FOR SUNSTROKE IN DECEMBER BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 6—P— Suffering from chilblains? Pity the poor Argentians. Forty of them were treated here for sunstroke yesterday. It was hot for December in the Argentine capital, even though summertime has started. Tempera- tures got up to 100,76 degrees fah- renheit. 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