From Port Chatham the Talla
poosa proceeded on the active
halibut patrol and in a short time
had run into the heavy storm
around the Portlock banks off the
Northeast shore of Kodiak Island, j
during which the accident, prev
iously mentioned, occurred.
When the after davit, carrying
Mr. Hamblen to his death, broke
away, it left the boat and the da
vit still hanging in the water.
It was necessary to cut some of
this away and to shoot the rest |
away by rifle fire. Chief Gun
ner's Mate Ludwig Larson parted
the span with a single shot.
Working gradually toward shore,
through the storm, the Tallapoosa
arrived at Kodiak about 5 o'clock
on the evening of February 24. On
the night of February 26th, a
message from the halibut boat
Eagle requesting a tow to any port
where a broken intermediate shaft
could be repaired. The Tallapoosa
left the next morning to pick up
the Eagle and towed it from the
lea of Twoheaded Island, about
90 miles from Kodiak, into that
port.
On the morning of March 2, the
Coast Guard cutter left Kodiak,
headed for Juneau and, on the!
morning of March 3, received a
second message from the Eagle
reporting that a shaft had broken
and it requested aid. The halibut
boat was again taken in tow sev
efitt hundred miles off the east
shore of Kodiak Island by the
Tallapoosa. The cutter then con
tinued to Juneau, encountering
heavy seas and stormy weather
until its arrival here yesterday.
Danes “Buy English”
COPENHAGEN, March 9.—As a
result of the Ottawa agreements
and other British measures, Den
mark increased her purchases of
British goods in 1932 by $5,000,000
while American imports dropped
from $26,600,000 in 1931 to $14,500
000.
