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fOL. 4 NO. 30
Suicide
Confirmed
The suicide of Fielding Dun
lap, former Kodiak resident, was
confirmed here yesterday in a
wire from Hender M. Toms, in
charge of the Grimes Packing
company at Ouzinkie, where
Mr. Dunlap was formerly em
ployed. No details were avail
able but it was reported he com
mitted suicide by shooting at
Los Angeles on or about Nov
ember 15.
Mr. Dunlap was a carpenter
by trade and worked during con
struction days at the local base.
He and his brother built the
building now housing the Smoke
!Shop, and he and Mrs. Dunlap
operated a cafe there. Later his
wife, Lottie, taught domestic
science in the local school.
Last summer he worked for
the Grimes Packing company at
Ouzinkie, and Mrs. Dunlap
spent some time in Kodiak, be
ing employed by the Bureau of
fisheries. Before they left for
their former home in Seattle
they disposed of the restaurant
building to Mrs. Edna Kraft.
friends here reported that
when last heard from the couple
had sold their home in Seattle
and were going to make a trip
to Texas, where their parents
live.
Local Man
Drowns In South
Dan Magnusen, about 40, re
sident of Kodiak for about 6
years, was reported drowned
November 22 while sardine fish
ing in California, according to a
wire received Tuesday by Jor
gen Fredrickson.
The wire, which gave no de
tails, was sent from San Pedro
by Mr. Magnusen’s father-in
law, M. Erickson.
Mr. Magnusen was employed
>s engineer on the “Sea Pirate”
)wd after the herring fishing sea
son here closed this fall he went
with the boat south for the sar
dine season.
He had been in Alaska since
1926 of which the last 6 years
*ere spent in Kodiak. He was
smployed for some time by Mr.
redrickson in the Belmont Bar
■nd Log Cabin Liquor store.
He was formerly married, his
*ife having died a number of
ears ago, and he is survived by
'ne son in Seattle.
Duck hunters, and those who
101 only hunt but shoot them,
^should take cognizance of
,ie fact that the season ends
Member 9, leaving just a week
fJuse up any available supplies
' ammunition.
Walter Lynch
Dies In Seattle
Mrs. Walter Lynch, the for
mer Mrs. Cecil Mittby, was not
ified by wire Tuesday of the
death of her husband in the
Marine Hospital in Seattle
shortly after his arrival there on
the Lakina from Kodiak. Mr.
Lynch, wno has resided in Kod
iak the past four years, was in
poor health'due to heart trouble
and had made the trip out for
medical attention.
A first wire received by Mrs.
Lynch from Glenn A. Robinson,
Mr. Lynch’s roommate on the
Lakina, said that Mr. Lynch
had stood the trip well and had
been admitted to the hospital.
The second wire came only an
hour later.
Mrs. Lynch left by plane
Thursday to arrange for the
funeral, which will be held in
Seattle according to present
plans.
Walter Ignatius Lynch was
born July 24, 1894, in Philadel
phia, Pa. He served in the 1st
World War from January 1918
to July 1919 and 3 months after
his induction was sent overseas
to France. At the time of the
Armistice he was in Metz He
was a member of the local post
of the American Legion.
Mr. T^ynch was employed in
Kodiak as a longshoreman, hav
ing come here 4 years ago from
the Bristol Bay area. He and
Mrs. Lynch were married in
Kodiak a year ago, and be
sides the widow he is survived
by a sister in the East.
2 Cars Stolen
Two stolen cars, a Ford be
longing to Frank Erbes and a
Buick belonging to A1 Fenner,
were found undamaged in a
ditch on Mission road near the
Lakina, Southbound, strikes hock;
41 Kodiak Passengers Transferred
Local Girl Aboard Vessel Writes
Of Experience In Seymour Narrows
Candy On Boat
May Be Damaged
A 12,000 pound shipment of
Aleutian candies, valued at ap
proximately $7,000, was aboard
the Lakina, and an indication
that at least a portion of it was
damaged was received here when
Lee Bettinger, manager of the
Kodiak Candy company was
queried from Seattle yesterday
as to the name of the company
the candy was insured with. No
insurance was carried, Mr. Bet
tinger said. Information is being
sought as to the extent of the
damage.
New Magistrate
Takes Office
George Slawson, former city
night patrolman and present
guard at the federal jail, was
sworn in Thursday as new city
magistrate for Kodiak and took
office yesterday. He replaces
Mrs. Catherine Blankenburg,
city clerk, who resigned the
position because of press of
other duties
Magistrate Slawson had no
cases on his first day.
Sear’s workshop Monday. Fenn
er’s car was taken from down
town and Erbes’ from his resi
dence on Mission road and it is
believed the second one was tak
en by the same parties in an at
tempt to get the first out of the
ditch.
Police reported three suspects
were picked up for questioning.
4 Crewmen Indicted On Charge
Involving Theft Of Cargo Liquor
Seattle (iP) — Leland V.
Boardman, special agent in
charge of the Seattle office of the
FBI announced that 4 seaman
from the S. S. North Star have
been taken into custody here on
the basis of a federal grand jury
indictment returned against
them in the U. S. District court
at Ketchikan. They are charged
with theft of whisky from an in
terstate shipment destined from
Seattle to Alaska. The whisky
was part of the cargo of the
North Sea on which the men
were serving. When the vessejj
arrived at Sitka May 12, 1944,
it was found 4 cases were miss
ing.
Some was found in possession
of members of the crew and in
vestigation developed that the
4 either were involved in the
theft or engaged in the purchase
and sale of it knowing it had
been pilfered.
The men were Sidney Balcom,
Robert Swenson, Peter Oliver
and Herbert Thomas.
On a recent return trip of an
Alaska Steamship vessel from
Kodiak three members of the
crew were “apprehended” in
Seattle with 5 pairs of Florsheim
shoes allegedly stolen from cargo
on the northbound voyage, ac
cording to word received from
Seattle by Ben Kraft, owner of
O. Kraft & Son, local Florsheim
dealer.
The 5 pairs were part of 18
pairs reported missing from the
shipment.
A first-hand story of the Lak
ina accident was received in
Kodiak Thursday in a letter
written by Miss Ellen Leite,
who was on the boat en rou'e to
Seattle to resume her training at
the Providence School of Nurs
ing. Relatives and friends of
other passengers contacted late
yesterday had not received any
word about the mishap.
Miss Leite’s letter, written
aboard the North Coast on
Monday, said:
“The weather was a trifle on
the windy side crossing the
Queen Charlotte sound anu we
made little time on our steamer.
The tide is always strong in the
Seymour Narrows and was ex
ceptionally so last Saturday.
The Lakina couldn’t make it
through so it struggled back to
anchor until evening. Soon after
we pulled anchor and tried to
swing the ship around. The tide
became so strong it swung the
ship around and we hit a reef.
You could reach off the stern
and practically touch the bluff.
“The crew ran around in life
preservers telling everyone that
| everything was O.K. It was real
ly funny but wouldn’t have been
if a little Canadian boat hadn’t
pulled us away from shore.
‘The propeller shaft was dam
aged and we didn’t have any
| control of the boat. Our captain
gave orders for everyone to pack
and to stay up until further or
ders were given. Two Canadian
ships came up and at 11 pm we
were told to ielax.
“Yesterday a Canadian Paci
fic boat came to take half of the
passengers. It had several ser
vicemen aboard so they took all
of our servicemen and three wo
men.
‘ They wanted me to go but I
thought I’d rather go with the
rest of the women and children.
“The North Coast came to
our rescue yesterday. We were
transferred to a smaller Canadi
an boat, the Commodore, and
then to this ship.”
Beef On Sale
Again Locally
Beef went back on the local
market at all three retail outlets,
Erskine’s, Kraft’s and Whitting
ton’s, this week after being
withdrawn in protest of OPA
' specific ceiling prices established
I Nov. 7.
The dealers are selling beef
under protest and have made re
presentations for relief and ad
justment of the prices set.
The Lakina, bound for Seattle
with 41 civilian passengers from
Kodiak and 49 United States
Army and Navy personnel home
ward bound from Alaska sta
tions, collided with a rock at the
northern end of Seymour Nar
rows Sunday and narrowly es
caped piling up on the rocks of
Seymour Narrows.
The latter was prevenieu uy
the action of Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ton Adams of Granite Bay, who
arrived with their launch 30
minutes later and shoved the
240-ft. helpless vessel away from
the rocks and to a position
where anchors could be dropped.
The vessel’s propeller was
sheared off and the rudder was
crumpled when the boat hit.
The civilian passengers were
transferred to the southbound
steamer North Coast and taken to
Seattle and the military person
nel was taken to Vancouver a
board the Chelphsin, of the
Union steamship line.
The rescue work of the Adams
couple was credited in Associat
ed Press dispatches with avert
ing possible loss of life. No in
juries were reported from the
mishap.
The Lakina was scheduled to
return to Kodiak as the next
boat before Christmas but as a
result of the accident will be off
the run until dry-docked for re
pairs
Passengers from Kodiak on
the Lakina were:
Mr. & Mrs. Melville White
man & 2 children, Cy Crawford,
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Lillethun, Mrs.
Emil Knudsen & daughter, Fred
Solberg, Mrs. Dorothy Cham
bers, Kermit Batch, Mrs. Dunia
Hartman & daughter, Mrs.
Mary Case & Carol Petrich,
Mrs Frieda Bent & children
Robin & Freda, Mrs. Alta Diz
ney, Mrs. Evelyn Todd, Mrs.
Mary Dunbar & infant, Mrs.
Chlora Clymer, Ellen Leite,
Walter Lynch, Mrs. Emma Ma
thews, Vernon Ingels, Glenn
Robinson, Paul Brooks, Mrs.
Bernice Laurie, E. Arneson,
Warren JohnsoD, Jerome Brady,
Marion Cass, Howard Alexand
er, Robert McGinley, John
Ross, Edward Haines, Bring
Ursin.
Named Health Officer
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, local
physician and former director of
the Griffin Memorial hospital,
was named as new city health
officer by unanimous vote at the
council meeting Monday night.
The position has been vacant
since the resignation of Dr. A.
Bates Jones, retired. It pays.a
salary of $50 monthly.