The administrator of the Wran
gell Polar station is charged with
the death of Dr. W. F. Wulfson who
died on a trip to barren Point Bia
son. Marks of violence .were found
on the body.
Semenchuk said the only person
who might clear up the mystery of
the doctor's death is his assistant
and co-defendant S. P. Startseff
who later took the stand and dis
claimed any knowledge as to how
Wulfson met death on the fatal
trip across the Arctic wastes.
The prosecutor expected to sum
up the charges tonight or tomor
row.
STUDENT PILOTS
DO ALL FLYING
HERE THURSDAY
Aviation in the Juneau area was
left to the student pilots yesterday.
No commercial flights were made
by any of the local air transporta
tion companies, and only one out
side plane visited Juneau, the East
man flying boat which refueled
here enroute from Vancouver to
Carcross, piloted by L. Staples with
Plight Mechanic George Land, and
one passenger, B. Brindleson.
Pilpt Sheldon Simmons of the
Alaska Air Transport made four
20-minute instruction flights in the
.iual-control Monoeoupe seaplane
owned by A. V. (Casey) Roff. Dr.
L. P. Dawes and Mark Storms, both
of whom have made solo flights,
were given advanced instruction,
and Mary Joyce, proprietor of
Twin Glaciers Lodge, and Clarence
Ferguson, each received a lesson
in the Monocouple, which was re
cently flown from Seattle to Ju
neau by Mr. Roff.
Pilot Simmons made flights
in the Juneau Flying Club Klc-mm
Skylark seaplane, also equipped
with dual controls, with students
Joe Storms, Charles Bettinger and
Tom Ferguson.
Two amateur pilots, Wilfred
(Sonny) Lund, who made his first
solo flight last summer, and Scott
Ford, who took off alone for the
first time this spring, acquired ad
ditional flying time in the Klcrnm
Skylark seaplane.
