The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-08
TALEAPOOSA IS. BACK FROM FAST TRIP TO KODIAK
Good Weather Encountered All the Way Until Re-
 turn to C. Spencer

Reporting good weather and a fast trip for nearly all the cruise, the Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa returned to her Juneau base last evening at 6 o'clock Carrying in all. approximately 1900 sacks ot mail during the entire cruise, the Tallapoosa made stops at Yakutat, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and Ko- diak. n
 Stopping at Yakutat outbound, the cutters personnel gave third class radio telephone operators examination to MT. Morlander, teacher there, besides rendering medical attention to three Indian and one white.
 Arriving at Kodiak on the morn ing of December 1, the Tallapoosa received report that Mrs. H. Vincent, the wife of the principal of the Territorial school there. was ill and after the ships doctor had diagnosed the ailment as acute appendicitis, she was taken aboard and rushed to the hospital at Seward, where she was successfully operated upon. Leaving Kodiak on the afternoon of December l, the Tallapoosa made the run to Seward in the fast time of seventeen and one-half hours Outbound to Ko- diak from Seward, the cutter car ried Deputy U. s. Marshal and Mrs. Joe Zimmerman and eight other passengers. M
 Tows Starr
 On the return to Seward. Lieut.. Comdr. N. G. Ricketts, in com mand of the Tallapoosa, conferred with Alaska Steamship Company officials there and took in tow for Cordova the mail steamer Starr, which was lying in dangerous an- chorage at eward, exposed to- winds which might have caused it to drag its anchor Considerable difficulty was met with in raising the Starr's anchors, one of which was on chan and the other on a cable, and the two having become intricately entangled by the swing ing of the vessel. By means of good luck and excellent seaman ship the Tallapoosa was able to pull alongside the Starr and circled that ship around seven times, un- winding the cables so that the an- chors could be raised. A good deal of the credit for the successful ac- complishment of the feat was given to Lieut.. O. A. Anderson, executive officer, and chief engineer.
 The remainder of the towing of the Starr to Cordoya was unevent- ful. and after moring her at the Ocean Dock there, the Tallapoosa continued on toward Juneau, meet ing with excellent weather until alter rounding Cape Spencer. when a binding snowstorm was encoun- tered which reduced visibility prac- tically to nothing, causing the cut ter to anchor overnight at Dunbas Bay. from where she came on into Juneau yesterday.
 Medical Attention
 While at Kodiak, the ships phys ician gave medical attention to five Indians and two whites, be- sides Mrs. Vincent. From Seward to Cordova the Tallapoosa carried one passenger, and from Seward to Juneau twenty-one passengers. in- cluding: Postal Inspector G. M. Marchand, MT. and s.ssss " M Blackwell. Robert w. Bowling. of the Gastineau Construction Com pany; M. w. Winters, city attorney fer Valdez; H. c. Cooper. c. Lov- cite, Joe Leahy. John Wilkins, w. M. Motts. M w. Jasper. c. V. Titcomb. L. c. Gleason, o. North, C. Paddock, F. Curran. L. Me Learken. H. Milroy. A. Englebreth, G. Turnquist. Alec Karviuk. and R. s. Marsh.
 Unless unexpectedly called out for emergency duty. the Tallapoosa will remain at Juneau for about two weeks. during which time her boilers will be cleaned It is ex- pccted that she will then again carry mail to the Westward, follow ing about one week behind the steamer Arctic