Byrd Expedition Transport
Crippled By Smashing Of A
Rudder On Huge Ice Pack
Br The Associated Press
An ccident to the transport Merrick brought 'a slowdown
today in efforts of the U. S. navy to bring its ships, out of the
Hoss sea Ice pack off the Antarctic coast.
Associated Press Correspondent Alton L. Blakeslee reported
last night In a combined American press dispatch that the Mount
Olympus, flagship of the Antarctic expedit on, and the transport
Yancey yesterday emerged safely from the ice pack with 70
miles still to go to their objective, Scott island.
Left some 70 miles behind in the ice pack, however, Blakcs
lee said, was the transport Merrick, crippled when she smashed
her rudder on a lagged ice noe.
The Icebreaker Northwind stood
by. A second icebreaker, the
Burton Island, escort of the
Olympus and the Yancey, turned
back into the pack to help.
In another combined Ameri
can press dispatch, International
News Service Correspondent
Lee Van Atta told how the Mer
rick got into trouble. The 17,000
ton vessel, with 323 men aboard,
was moving through the pack
Tuesday night when a wind
arose, with gusts up to 40 miles
an hour.
Suddenly, the Merrick crashed
into the ice and the rudder was
disabled. Daring coast guards
men aboard the Northwind ma-
neuvered the icebreaker close
to the crippled ship and took her
in tow.
However, the towline became
fouled and the Northwind,
thrown against the Merrick in
the wind, punched two holes in
the hull above the waterline. The
line was cut.
Back at Little America, Bear
Adm. Richard E. Byrd, expedi
tion commander, told H. D.
Quigg of the United Press that
the nations of the world might
some day use the Antarctic con
tinent as a "great refrigerator."
When countries have crops in
abundance, they could put sur
plus supplies here to be used in
famine years," Byrd was quoted
as saying in a combined Ameri
can press report. "The world's
supply of food thus would be
evened out."
The admiral expressed belief
. the U. S. should establish at
least eight permanent bases on
Antarctica for scientific pur
poses. British Financier
Dies At Age Of 88
DERBY, England, Feb. IS
OP) Ernest Terah Hooley, 88,
who made millions of pounds
in a financial career which end
ed in disgrace when he went to
prison for fraud in 1922, died
last night in the country home
where he spent many years in
retirement.
Once a clerk at 30 shillings
(S6) a week in his father's lace
factory, he became wealthy
through stock flotations and
other transactions. He was esti
mated at one time to own 10,
000,000 ($40,000,000) worth of
land in Great Britain.
City Delivery Service. Ph. S417.
Robinson Races To
Mother's Bedside
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 13 MT
Edward G. Robinson, movie bad
man, began a race with death
to the bedside of his mother in
New York early today.
Komnson departed at a:S5 a.
m. (PST) aboard a Constellation
scheduled to make but two stops
en route, at Kansas City and
Chicago. It was due In New
York about 5 p. in. (EST).
His mother, Mrs. Sarah Gold
enberg Is 86. Robinson, whose
real name is Emanuel Golden
berg, said he was notified lust
night that she wm near death
from the infirmities of old age.
City Manager To
Go To Alaska
SEATTLE. Feb. 13 (V) Louis
D. Kelsey Sr., advised friends
today he was resigning as city
manugcr of Milwuukle, Ore., to
accept a similar position lit Kulr
bnnks, Alaska.
Kelsey wits an engineer for
the federal works administration
nt Juneiiu, Alaska, from 1035 to
1040 and residvnt engineer in
chargo of the Sitka naval air
base from 1840 to 1943.
Previously ha was city man
ager of Aberdeen from 101S to
1017 mid of Raymond, Wush.,
from 1920 to 1U22.
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Body Of Pilot
Washes Ashore
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3 (It
The body of 21-yenr-old Thomas
Michael Ryan, iireiilKNiiKlson of
the lute cupltitusl, Tliniuns For
tune Ryan 3d, washed ashore
yesterday 31 day after his prl."'
vale pliiuo crashod into SIA
Francisco bay,
Young Ryan, an army alrforre 1
liiilgiiiiiier during tho war, win
miiiilnvtiH bv a Phoenix croie
dusting firm. Ho had been visit
ing his muiner in nun r ranuisvu.
Prefabs Eye
Peeler Logs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 tPh
Low-grade peeler logs, now un
used on the timber market may
soon find their way into pre
fabricated housing, ine com
merce department said today.
Actual test construction is be
ing undertaken now by the El
mendorf Corp., of Chicago on a
six-month "actual cost" contract
financed by the department's in
dustrial research funds.
If successful, the department
said, the project will "help re
lieve current building material
shortages, release higher grade
lumber for other purposes and
speed emergency housing pro
grams." Endorsers of the project in
clude the Harbor Plywood Corp.,
National, Wash., and the Ply
wood Research Foundation of
Ta-oma.
Sun helmets lined with alumi
num foil are 20 degrees cooler
than ordinary ones, according to
an eminent London doctor.
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