The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 8, 1952, Page 10

Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, September 8, 1952 Canadian Liner Sinks Off Alaska JUNEAU, Alaska (#—The relent- less waters of a Southeastern Alas- ka “ship graveyard” claimed an- other Canadian Pacific Lines ves- sel yesterday—its flagship, the Princess Kathleen—but not one of the 415 aboard was lost. A mile and a half off course, the 5,908-ton Kathleen crunched aground with her bow almost un- derneath a cliff at 3:15 a.m. Earth- quake ~ conscious Californians aboard said the blow felt like such a shock. Within four hours, with Coast Guard-aided rescue efforts, the 307 passengers aboard were gotten ashore, many of the younger ones climbing down ladders to the beach, Near mid-day, when the rising tide began to fill the hull, Capt. Graham O. Hughes ordered “Abandon ship,” and the 118 offi- cers,.and crew were also put ashore, The ship slipped from its rocky berth and sank, with its bow going high into the air, in 90 feet of water at 1:40 p.m. The spot was 18 miles north of here. The Kathleen had sailed from Juneau for Skag- way. First Officer Charles W. Savage ‘was on the bridge when the ship hit, Capt. Hughes reported. The Jookout sighted the reef and cliff looming up in the darkness and light rain but there was no time to change course. The first officer was unable to explain the ship's position, Hughes said. He was near collapse after the ship was abandoned. The ship’s plight was not be- lieved serious at first and the pas- sengers were served coffee. Winds Kicked up six-foot waves and a drenching rain fell. On arrival of the Coast Guard eutter, lifeboats brought passen- gers ashore, fires were built on the beach and a path was cut through Brush and rocks halt a mile to a road. About 160 of the younger passen- Sers, many of them on a tour spon- sored by the Catholic Young Men’s Institute of San Francisco, climbed down ladders to the shore and hiked to the road. fe The Coast Guard boat ag 110 if passengers to Tee Har- Sar god turned and took between 40 to Auke Bay, both points * @asy: access to the road to Juneau. One of the survivors suf- fered a heart attack in the lobby of the Baranof Hotel, presumably from over-exertion. After the crew got ashore they huddled near fires and as the Kath- Jeen finally filled with water and took its last plunge, they bared their heads and wept. Robert M. Gilmore of San Fran- cisco, an assistant to the vice pres- ident of the Southern Pacific Rail- way, said reseue operations were carried on “beautifully and smoothly.” Three other Canadian Pacific Lines ships have been lost in the immediate area and a fourth was Salvaged. One of the North Pa- cific’s worst marine disasters took the lives of 343 persons, every one aboard, when the Princess Sophia sank on Oct, 18, 1918, only eight, miles away. Polio Virus Is Found In Raw Milk Says Doctor FREDERICKSBURG, Tex. — Polio virus in raw milk caused six children in the Paul Pehl family to be stricken with the disease, State Health Officer Gearge W. Cox said yesterday. Dr. Cox and other health officials made a day-long inspection of the Pehl farm near here to find out why this great number of persons fn one family had been infected with polio. “The polio infection was undoubt- edly carried in raw milk,” Dr. Cox | said. “The polio virus entered the milk during the milk process.” | METAL AND WOOD DESKS FOR Six of the Pehl children are in a San Antonio Hospital with the dis- | ease. The only child not afflicted | is a 13-year-old daughter. | Dr. Cox said that one of the Peh! boys apparently got the virus from a close friend who was stricken with polio before the Pehls. He said the Pehls milked their own cows and the chore passed from one child to the other. Evidently the Pehl boy passed the virus to others in his family when, in milking the cows, he con taminated the raw milk. Had the milk been pasteurized. Dr. Cox said, the family probably would not have been stricken. The health officer said’ the Peh! inspection does not throw any add ed light om how polio is trans mitted. Sympathetic citizens of Gillespie County have contributed $3,200 to | aid the stricken family. ! HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (Lassie has left home. In all the hubbub between Mario Lanza and MGM, a significant event was overlooked. Another top star, the debonair collie, Lassie severed relations with the studio, but on much friendlier terms. No suspensions. No name-calling. Lassie just licked his bosses’ hands, they shook his paw and | all called it quits. It was a model | of star-studio relationship. But then Lassie has been a model star. In eight years, he (it’s really a he, you know) has romped through 15 pictures without a tem- permental outburst. The association has been mutu- ally profitable. The first film, “Lassie Come Honie,” cost a mil- lion and netted three. All.of the Lassie films have been money- ; makers. In return, Lassie was paid $2,500 a week when working and $1,600 when not working. That | made him one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood and certainly the richest female impersonator of all time. Although my relations with Lassie have always been cordial, I chose to interyiew his agent about future plans, etc. Lassie mever was very good copy. “We parted with MGM on the friendliest of terms,” assured the agent, a busy fellow named Lew Dorn, “About a year ago, I had | a talk with Louis K. Sidney, one of the bosses. He said the studio was cutting down on million-dol- lar pictures, and the Lassie pio tures, which were always in color, were too expensive. “We agreed that the name ‘Lass- ie’ was important to both of us, So we had a conference with of- ficials from the contract depart- ment, legal department and cast- ing. We worked out a plan where- by Lassie would be released and would not work for a year. That would give the studio time to clear up its releases and reissues. “Now the year is up, and we are ready to go to work.” Dorn said he would seek another major studio contract for Lassie. He added that he had many other offers, including several for a tel- evision series, wiich may even- tuate. Also being mulled are thea- ter tours, dog show appearances, ete. Like many stars, Lassie appears to be cagy in the matter of age. He is listed in the Motion Picture Almanac as being born in North Hollywood June 8. No year is men- tioned. ; However, his agent admitted that the famed collie is over 9 years old, which is well into mid- dle age. “But he’s still very active and puts on a good display of tricks when he’s making appear- atices,”’ Dorn added. “As time goes on, we hope to work his son, Lad- die, more and more into the act and some day have him take over.”” Lassie has kept in training dur- ing his year’s lay-off, Dorn re- marked. His trainer, Rudd Weath- erwax, has taken him on mountain trips and picnics to keep him in trim and carefully prepared a vita- min-packed diet. As befits such a valuable meal ticket, Lassie sleeps with his mas- ter every night. “How does Mrs. Weatherwax like that?” I asked. “Not so well,” Dorn replied. 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