Accidents in 1951
Leading Cause of
Deaths in Alaska
JUNEAU, Nov. 22 — Accidents
were first among the three lead
ing causes of death in Alaska in
1951, according to provisional
figures for the year released this
week by the Bureau of Vital Stat
istics.
Records to date show that acci
dents took 262 lives during 1951.
Heart diseases were in second
place with 236, and tuberculosis
third with 228. The 1950 figures
for the three leading causes of
death in Alaska are: tuberculosis,
234; heart diseases, 232; and acci
dents, 215.
Airplanes were the chief agent
of accidental deaths in 1951, tak
ing 71 lives as compared with 31
in 1950. Drownings are next in
the 1951 figures, taking a toll of
54 lives, while in 1950 the num
ber was 47. Fire caused 37 deaths
in 1951; motor vehicles, 33; fire
arms, 15; and falls, 12.
The 1950 figures record 34 sui
cides and 21 homicides.
Since reporting of statistical
data for 1951 will not be consid
ered completed for several weeks,
these provisional figures may he
changed slightly in the final re
port for the year, - according to
F. E. Kester, director of the Vital
Statistics Bureau.
Completed figures for 1949 in
the States and 1950 in Alaska
show the Alaska death rate much
higher in accidents and tubercu
losis, Mr. Kester said.
The rate per 100,000 persons
shows 181.9 deaths from tubercu
losis in Alaska as compared with
26.3 in the States where TB is
listed as the seventh greatest
cause of death.
Heart diseases, on the contrary,
took a toll of 349.1 lives per 100,
000 in the States in 1949, and but
180.3 in Alaska in 1950.
Accidental deaths per 100,000
for the same two years show Al
aska with 167.1 deaths or nearly
three times the 60.7 in the States
where accidents were rated as the
fourth cause of death in 1949.
Violent deaths in 1951 included
21 suicides and 16 homicides.
COL. LAWRENCE SINGLETON
MISSING ON GLOBEMASTER
HOLLYWOOD, (/P)—One offi
cer reported aboard the Globe
rnaster transport plane missing
since Saturday in Alaska is Lt.
Col. Lawrence S. Singleton, for
mer husband of Actress Penny
Singleton. Friends here said Col.
Singleton, husband of Mrs. Wini
fred Singleton at North Holly
wood, served three and a half
years in World War II and has
been stationed at Anchorage for
about a year.
His wife is assistant producer
on both the Jack Benny and Burns
and Alien CBS television shows.
Juneau Chamber
Prefers Tacoma
Over Portland
JUNEAU, (/P) — The Juneau
Chamber of Commerce said Mon
day that if labor trouble on the
Seattle waterfront forces the Al
aska Steamship Co. to move to
another port, Tacoma would be
preferable to Portland.
In a letter to D. E. Skinner of Se
attle, president of Alaska Steam,
the chamber gave these reasons
why it thought Tacoma would be
more advantageous to the terri
tory:
(U Alaskans, who have good
trade relations with Seattle firms,
could still maintain them; (2) Ta
coma has been free of labor trou
ble on its waterfront for a long
period; The distance from
Tacoma to Alaska is considerably
less than from Portland, permit
ting the same rate structure and
the same frequency of schedules;
(4) it would be easier to change
operations to Tacoma.
Shipping service to Alaska from
Seattle has been disrupted since
Nov. 12 by a jurisdictional dis
pute between the AFL and a
newly - organized independent
union of dock foremen.
Skinner had said that if Alaska
trade goes elsewhere “we’ll have
to follow.”
The Juneau Chamber’s letter
took note of the AFL’s promise
to release enough ships from Se
attle to meet Alaska’s needs, but
said:
| “We firmly believe that normal
ly scheduled passenger, mail and
freight services of Alaska Steam
constitute the only workable min
imum. and any lesser service will
be materially harmful to the
economy of Alaska and force us
to look elsewhere for the service
we need.” .
There are probably more spe
cies of insects on earth than of
all other animals combined. The
National Georgraphic Society says
about 800,000 species have been
catalogued in museums.
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Anchorage Bank
Reopens — Solvent
ANCHORAGE, (£>) — Hundreds
of depositors and the curious
crowded into the Union Bank of
Anchorage as it reopened for busi
ness Tuesday noon.
The bank was closed last Thurs
day by order of the Territorial
Banking Board. It was reopened
after Dan Cuddy, president of the
First National Bank, took over
controlling interest.
“Quite a few were taking out
deposits, but, generally speaking,
most of them were just out of
money and were withdrawing
enough to eat on and pay their
bills,” Cuddy asserted.
“People are very happy the
bank is open. Most of them were
just getting cash. We are in good
shape and have plenty of cash.”
The Union Bank is the third
largest of the four in this boom
city, although it trails far behind
the two large national banks. It
often has been called “the work
ing man’s bank.”
Coincident with the bank’s
closure last week, two of its offi
! cials were charged, in a grand
jury indictment, with failure to
abide by banking laws and bank
ing board orders. They were An
drew Hassman, president, and
Stanley McCutcheon, bank secre
tary and former speaker of the
territorial House of Representa
tives. Each was cited on seven -
counts, all misdeameanors. Both
denied any wrongdoing, charged
that the grand jury action was
politically inspired.
WARNING
Complaints against loose dogs
are coming in regularly and dog
! owners are warned that all loose
dogs without collars, that cannot j
be caught shall be shot and dogs j
with collars shall be impounded.
Clyde D. Glass,
Chief of Police i
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