The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1946, Page 1

VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,182 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS g—_____——_———_____._———-“————-_—:z————-————— TWENTY ONE KILLED IN PLANE CRASH CC RECOMMENDS PAY INCREASES MAYOR, COUNCIL A salary recommendation of $500 a month for the mayor of Juneau, following the next general election, and a $5 raise on each meeting at- tended for city councilmen was approved by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce today at the regular luncheon-meeting in the Baranof { Gold Room. The recommendation instigated | by the Chamber executive board | advocated raising the present $5 paid each city councilman for at- tending regular meetings to $10| with the total monthly payment | new construction. On top of all this, the voters want to take on public utilities as evidenced by the results of the last election. “To us it sems ridiculous to offer prospective candidates for the city’s highest office the choice of serving MASSACRE OF U.S.SOLDIERS e BULLETINS BELGRADE — The - Constitutent Assembly last © night approved unanimously the draft of a new constitution which would establish ILESLIE YAW GOES ' SOUTH T0 CLAIM BODY OF HIS SON | BRITISHWILL “HELP OCCUPY BIG ISSUES MAY BE SETTLED NOW BY COMPROMISE BIG AIRCRAFT ENROUTE EAST | for nothing or accepting $250 per Imonth ynder a subterfuge. No firm (in Juneau with half the volume of | business is managed by a person | earning less than $500 per month. “The city councilmen are paid nothing more than a portion of what they should receive. They now | get $10 a month on the ba of $5 per monthly meeting, which, we be- lieve, should be raised to $10 per regular meeting attended, but not to exceed $25 per ber. The extra $5 regular meetings would be token compensation for special meetings that the members are called upon not paid out for not to exceed $25. | The executive board's report, read today by Norman Banfield, will be turned over to the City | to attend. “The other salaries of city offi- clals are set by the council at their IS REVEALED | which the Assembly Yugoslavia as a republic. Houses convene this afternoon to promulgate the constitution, under will assume Both month per mem- ; legislative powers. SEATTLE—A marriage licence | application has been made by Lloyd, Bunstine and Daisy Osborng of Fairbanks, Alaska. ‘Americans Throw Down Arms, Surrender, Then Shot Down BY DANIEL DE LUCE | SINGAPORE —Sir Archibald NUERNBERG, Jan. 31—A Ger- Clark Kerr, enroute to Batavia to !man officer used a group 6f un-|represent Britain at negotiations |armed American prisoners of war| petween the Netherlands Govern- for target practice as a prelude to ment and the unrecognized Indo- the cold-blooded execution of 129 nesian Republic, said today he be- captured soldiers during the Battle lieved Indonesia might become a |of the Bulge last winter, the m!er-,United Nations trusteeship “when SEATTLE, Jan. 3l1.—President Lesliz Yaw of the Sheldon Jackson .School, Sitka, Alaska, left here last ‘might for San Francisco to claim the body of his son, Edgecomb Yaw, reported recovered 10 San Francisco Bay 11 days ‘after young Yaw disappeared from ‘an army hospital ship to which he was attached, The college head arrived hére last week aboard the large fishing boat, {the 8JS II, after an eight-day voy- lbge from Sitka with Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Doig, their two children iand Coast Guardsman and Mrs. Del- ibert Dixon. I The 8J8 11, now moored at a Lake Union boat basin, was built by stu- T-5 Robert | JAP COUNTRY Russian - Iran Agreement | May Lead to Settlement IS MISSING | first meeting after election. Under ts at the school from cédar and 'Commonwealth Forces 10‘ Join with Americans | in Difficult Task | WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—Plans for British commonwealth forces to take part in the occupation of Ja- pan were made public today. The terms are set forth in an agree- ment between the United States and Australia, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth. Under it the force will be drawn of Other Problems | oft Seattle Last Night= oo S e | SEOTCR Flake Fibls Gash in Mountains tions delegates privately .expressed hope today that the Security Council’s compromise decision on ENV) the Russian-Iranian dispute might m‘:he sfon‘ ‘:Lz';ni?;‘; :;;:&::’_‘ point the way to an amicable set- laine Bowwl?;m e in Wyoming ma; tlement of the Greek and Indo- |y .. ooe'4o be".he km‘o( thi nesian cases which come before the missing United Alrlines plane en- route from Seattle to New York with 121 aboard. Peace Agency tomorrow. tion, however, depends largely up- Tho e s S Council with the Juneau Chamber of Commerce’s request for action. |national Military Tribunal was told|the present difficulties are settled.” |$" the fear of criticism from people |today. During the reading of the report who berate city officials for the and subsequent discussions it was;amoum of money they spend, the brought out that for many years councils have for many years been the only salary paid to the mayor |very reluctant to pay any more has been paid him as Street Com- than has been necessary to get missioner, generally at $250 a someone to fill each job. We be- month. The present mayor, Ernest’lieve they should pay what is nec- Parsons, draws no salary becauseessary to get highly qualifieq men. he prefers that the money be paid |If the people of Juneau encourage ‘The French prosecution imroduc-! CAPE SWIFT, Tex.—Seven Gers ed a statement by Belgian civilians’' man prisoners of war have been describing the massacre, which oc-'gentenced by an Army Court Mar- curred at a crossroads near Saint tja] to life imprisonment at hard Vith on Dec. 12, 1944. i {labor after they had been found The Americans, defending the gyjity of slaying a fellow prisoner. crossroads against a Nazi offensive, - AR took to the ditches as German tanks approached, the statement said, and]| MOSCOW — Fourteen Germans, including three generals, were the tanks fired into the ditches un- * |Alaska spruce. It is the third such student project, its two predecessorsl thaving been taken over bysthe Navy “for wartime patrol service in couth- pastern Alaska waters. Sheldon Jackson school Presbyterian Mission school. STRIKE CANCELLED - is a to an additional engineer. | The report read in part: i “The city and its activities hav grown until the duties of the May: or require his full time. For many years those who have sought the office have done so considering it! a part-time job at a part-time sal-i ary. We feel this is not a sound condition and although we have, been very fortunate in the past to have had capable men in office,! we cannot expect to always be $0 | fortunate. “The present Mayor spends an average of four hours a day on the job ‘and is constantly interrupted | the passage of an ordinance be- fore the next election, providing or a salary of not less than $500 month for the Mayor after the election, we believe this will indi-| They were led to a field a short cate to the council the lack of ne-distance away, where the Germans cessity for hiring men as cheaply jSearched each man, taking watches, as possible. rings and other personal effects, the “Your executive board therefore ;Statement continued. S recommends that this Chamber go| Then a German armored vehicle on record as favoring the passage Was rolled up and its guns trained of an ordinance which will provide °n the group of prisoners. A Nazi a salary of not less than $500 per | officer mounted on the vehicle drew s p his pistol, aimed at the group and month for the Mayor's salary and P not less than $25 a month, as above fired. One of the prisoners fell, the indicated, for each | statement said. councilman | He aimed fnd fired . re t city elec- | a. r ired again. from and after the nex e Rl 1 ; ke As the second man went down, the |til the Americans threw down their (guns and raised their hands in sur- | render. An- hanged yesterday in Minsk after being convicted by a military tri= bunal on charges of exterminating 2,200,000 Russian civilians and pris soners of war. | | ! IN CHILE; STATE OF SIEGE LIFTED TODAY | SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 31.—Chil- jean labor cancelled a nation-wide protest strike today after the gov- jernment promised to lift a state of 8iege proclaimed Monday night as the result of a clash in which sev- eral labor union members were kill- WASHINGTON — Senator Bilbo (D-Miss.) announced today that he intended to fight against the pro- posed British loan “until hell freez- es over.” He said further: “I'm wil= ling to be a cousin to the British, I believe in good fellowship, and] I'm pro-British, but I'm tired of | ' yesterday morning with 300,000 ! The work stoppage, which began! from the United Kingdom, Austra- lia, New Zealand, and India with Lt. Gen. J. Northcott of Australia serving as Commander in Chief un- der the Supreme Command of Gen. | Douglas MacArthur. The agreement was reached as ithe result of an invitation extended by the United States to Britain, Ichma and Russia. China expressed willingness but sald that she was not in a position to share in the .occupauon at this time. Russia has i“m accepted. TO WELCOME BRITISH | TOKYO, Jan. 31.—General Mac- | Arthur extended a warm welcome to British Commonwealth troops who will share in the occupation of Japan and disclosed that their ’pn:sence will enable a reduction in lthe strength of American forces in Japan. At the same time, he said offi- {to maintain on the Russians, who filed com- plaints with the Council charging the British were endangering the peace by military actions in Greece and Indonesia. The Russians, if they press the cases, will find themselves in the unique position of asking the UNO to act in the absence of complaints from the countries involved. Greeks To Argue Greek delegates, planning to be on hand when the questions come up, were ready to argue that Bri- tish troops are necessary in Greece order. The Nether- lands, as a member of the 1l-na- tion council is known to favor the maintenance of British troops in Java; and even the unrecognized Indonesian government has ex- | pressed .the view that British troops should remain there until all Jap- anese troops have been disarmed and removed. seeing Uncle Sam be a Santd L yers participating, was called off | clally that while China and Russia| Soviet delegates have given no Claus.” ¥ ~orders 0f_the Chilean Workers IFederation. when the Chilean cab- i seated at the head | in his private affairs by people who; Ex-mayors want to take up city business. This apje pheside Charles W. Carter, is more than can be expected of President of the Chamber, were: A. anyone on a part-time salary ba-lp ‘grayes Isadore Goldstein, R. E. sis, and if Juneau is to have a popertson and John Reck. Mayor Mayor who is willing to occupy the p,roong was also seated at the table. office longer than one year, until| preyious to the salary discussion, | he learns the grief involved, the ', yeport favoring establishment of | city must make provision for ade-!, pranch of the University of Al-' quate compensation. Fifteen years|gqe, in Juneau was read from the ago when we had one policeman ! ommittee on that subject, and vot- and expenditures of less than 4 ed approved by the Chamber. hundred thousand dollars annually,| A copy of the letter sent from ! we made the same provision for the {{ne Chamber to Claude V. Brown, Mayor’s salary as we now make. | meteorologist with the Weather “The city has 37 employees in'pyrequ, in relation to the proposed | addition to its councilmen and|.urtailment of the U. S. Coast Mayor. They assess the city at $10- | Guarq of the marine reporting | 000,000 collect $200,000 in Droperty |y,oovam in Southeast Alaska, was i taxes, take in another $50,000 DY [yreaq. } license fees and fines, and expend| 7Tpe letter pointed out that the' a quarter of a million dollars e“hiprescnt system of reports from the vear for schools, streets, sidewalks, gistrict center of the Coast Guard ! sanitation, fire protection, engin-|,¢ gichikan—that is, one report | cering, sewers, hydrants, parks,play-}e“h hour—is highly satisfactory, | grounds, boat harbor, floats, public |ang that the proposal to change | dock, cemetery, library and other. ¢ system to one report every expenses. The city has a debt of|tpyee hours would not be. Among $229,000 and is charged with the re- | o505 for this were the following sponsibility of planning hundreds|g;o. points: of thousands of dollars worth Ori 1. Reports are made available on | ithe radio, and in case of radio| The Washingion |rner m meng o rper s LONDON—One of England'smost /inet lssued a statement asserting d that the need for the state of siege would no longer exist if the strike were ended. 8 > C10 P;ckinghouse Workers Make Plea For Wage Increases statement went on, the machine guns on the armored vehicle opened colorful generals has been promote up and sprayed lead for two or three in recognition of the part he play- minutes. Then the vehicle moved on ed in the victory of the United Na- and three others rolled past, machine tions from the dark days when Bri- gunning the knot of men, most of tain stood alone to the collapse of | them already dead. {the German army. Field" Mgrshal | Later, German soldiers walked Sir Bernard Montgomery will be- among the Americans, finishing off come the Chief of the Imperial| |the wounded, the statement said. | General Staff. The hero of El Al-| “The shame of this deed will re- amein will succeed Field Marshal | main upon the German army,” it Lord Alan Brooke in this highest | said. “We knew these men were un- British army post on June 26th. | | | WASHINGTON, Jan, 31.—Coun- sel for the CIO Packinghouse work- armed and had surrendered.” WASHINGTON—In the Senate gpg began oral arguments today be- v legislation has been introduced 0 foye the presidential fact-finding authorize the three billion, seven poard in the closing phase of the SEEKS SEAI l" hundred and fifty million dollar poard’s hearings. | loan to Britain. Senator Alben; The union counsel, Ralph Hel- Barkley drew unanimous consent to stein, argued that in seizing the enter the bill after assuring oppon- striks-bound packing plants, the ents that they would have ample government assumed a moral obliga- time to air their views. jtion to assure a fair wage to the ! |employees. The fact-finding board, Two morg names today were | counted in the lists of candidates v,y Harold L. Ickes indicates that account the national wage pattern for the House of Representatives of po”win submit a report to Con- Which has been set and is in the the Alaska Legislature from the grec soon favoring legislation ad-|Process of being established. He First Division—one of them a well- | pii0ing Hawali as the 49th state. Pointed to the settlements in the known figure in the Democratic|yoges told a news conference today 8uto industry and the President’s VRl AL that there is no doubt about the Steel wage proposal Filed with the Clerk of the Court‘p“man of the Interior Depart- The board is expected to hand up here today was the declaration nt‘mem. But he said he has not yet its wage recommendation on Satur- candidacy for the House in the signed a report on a bill Delegate day. Democratic Primaty of Robert E.|parrington of Hawali to authorize Coughlin of Juneau, former Clerk smbeho“od.n L 2 el e WASHING TGN — Interior Secre- | Helstein continued, must take into | rather than marking the repert as Merry - Go-Round| missing. Under the 3-hourly plan,[ By DRFW PEARSON if a report is missing there would ; be none available other than one { WASHINGTON—President Tru- man was having a conference with | some of his cabinet advisers the other day, including Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach. One adviser pulled out a memorandum and was about to read it, when Truman said: 2 “Can you summarize it?"” “I think I can, Mr. President,”} the cabinet adviser replied, and| proceeded to give an oral conden-| sation of what was in the memo. ! Secretary Schwellenbach was| next called on for his views, and also pulled out a memo. Again the President asked if he could sum- marize it. “I'm afraid I can't” replied the Secretary of Labor. “I think if you don't mind, I'd better read this.” Truman, who likes short, quick | discussions, said nothing. But here! is the pay-off. As Schwellenbach | read through the memo, he found it was written by none other than John Steelman, the White House aid on labor relations. And the reason Schwellenbach | could not summarize the memo was that he had not taken the time to ! read it himself before coming toi the White House! Most cabinet members carefully organize their ideas before coming | to the White House, in order -to' shoot fast during precious minutes | they are with any President. But e (Continued on Page Four) six hours old. In case of very poor radio reception this could easily be 9 or 12 hours old. 3. Mariners and fliers in South- east Alaska need reports more often than every three hours. 4. Local forecasters can more ac- curately give advices when reports are received regularly and without too long a period of time interven- WASHINGTON — President Tru- 1‘ Son o' wa’ld war I - Hero Also in Army man said today that the adminis-| MANILA, Jun. 31.—Pfc. Woodrow tration is still working on a pos-| sible price increase for steel. He ' said that selzure of the strike- Wilson York today reenlisted in the bound steel industry is not yet un- army for three years after his fath- der consideration. The President €r, Sgt. Alvin York, World War I rejected Henry Ford the 2nd’s re- hero, wrote “I probably would do the iquest for relaxation of Federal same thing if I were in your shoes.” jof the Court for the First Division. | | Coughlin, who has several property interests in Juneau, presently is i Purser on the M. 8. Estebeth. | ! The Clerk was also advised today ! jof the filing at Ketchikan of the | Independent candidacy for the| House of W. W. McCall. were dnvited to provide conting of troops, China replied ‘that is not in a position to do so and Russia had not accepted the invi-, tation. | “The present occupation forces | in Japan extend the heartiest pos- sible welcome to the British Com- | monwealth forces who are about to share with them the arduous and difficult duties which are involved,” MacArthur said in his greeting. “Their presence materially broadens the base along interna- luonal lines of the burden which up to this time has of necessity been !carried to large extent unilateral- ly by United States forces, and cannot fail to be of overall bene- ficial effect.” -, HENRY FORD Il ~ MAKES DEMAND ON GOVERNMENT Wants Prit;antrds Re- moved fo Operafe Indus- | fry in American Way DETROIT, Jan. 31—Henry Ford 11, president of Ford Motor Com- pany, was on record today with a demand that the government re- move price controls to clear the path for “the kind of operation that Americans like best — finding a way to make money by beatihg com- petition to market with something better and cheaper.” Ford expressed his views in a telegram to John W. Snyder, director | ! ents intimation of their pos it the complain: since ts were filed. Moscow Whether the latter two cases can be settled without UNO interven- overdue” this morning and a United official expressed fear it had erash- ed in the perdawn darkness. Iv wvas 'due here this morning. Capt. Frank Crimson, Assistant { Supervisor of Flight Operations in ! Denver, saw the gash on the 11,000 foot peak while flying a search plane. Men have been ordered out from here to the scene, but it will be a ‘long time before the site of the re- ported crash is reached. |, Meantime all hope has been all {but abandoned for the lives of those (aboard.. The plane was bound for i{New York and carried thirteen mili- tary passengers, five civilians and la crew of three. It was last contacted over Sin- :clalr, ‘Wyoming. i United Alrlines has not had a |fatal accident since May, 1942. | Eighteen passengers and a orew ,of three were aboard the twin-engine ,Douglas transport and of the pass- lengers 12 were army personnel be- radio, however, accused Britain to- M. and Mrs, George A. day of exerting “political pressure” |Sheffield, Ill., who were in Greece. \Monday at Twin Falls, Idaho A Russlan commentator said! In charge of the plane was Cap- Greece was in the throes of a tain Walter P. Briggs, veteran air “national economic disaster,” line pilot whose home was in Port- charged that the presence of Bri- land, Ore. Harry M. Atlas, also of tish troops hampered recovery and |Portland, was the first officer, and added that British troops have the stewardess was Dorothy Jean “become a means of brlng‘ngicn‘wr of Portland. of presssure to bear on the political situation.” Civilian passengers, in addition to. | {the Benders, as announced by UAL, 'tions leaders The Council voted yesterday to:were H. R. Glover, Vancouver, permit the Soviet Union and Irsn|Wuh.. R. T. Pirle, New York; Mrs. to resume direct negotiations on'Edward H. Blake, Richland, Wash.; their dispute but reserved the right |W. Petracek, New York City. Secael by Two Boys \Who Feared Scolding » " DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 31.—Fear of a scolding caused two 12-year-old boys to keep secret an accident yes- terday that resulted in the death of two of their playmates. The four boys were playing in a beat late yesterday in the Trinity Jan. 31.—United Na-|River channel. While they were were' reported in|standing up the boat capsized and agreement today on Feb. 9 as the threw all four into the water. virtually certain date for adjourn-| The two older boys were able to ment of the London meeting of the|reach shore, but Elizar Rubio, 11, D « UNOGENERAL ASSEMBLYTO END SHORTLY e LONDON, ing. price controls. He said such a move The younger York, who worked 5. Without such frequent reports would lead to wild inflation. |on his father’s 450 acre Wolf River, {er 99%, Jones-Laughlin 51%, Ken-jand House it appears doubtful that local air- | 'RETURNS FROM Jines would be able to fly into the THIRD DIvISIo" Juneau airport with' any regular- | ity. PAA and PNA are dependent ¥ upon an hourly report of conditions pr?ci;‘fgs sg::r‘ ggev:m;g:cmlx‘s;g: at Point Retreat in order to fly“md R. R. (Bud) Warr 2 - R. en still lead- into the Juneau Airport {from the i for yacant Senate and House Gustavus Airport according to CAAlsea'.s, respectively, in the Special regulations. | Territorial Election there. e TR RN | Trailing McCutcheon in the Sen- S‘I'O(K OUOTAIIONS late race are: Gunnard M. Enge- | breth, 692 votes—McCutcheon has NEW YORK, Jan. 31—Closing |88e; Harold W. (Tubby) Griffen, quotation of Alaska Juneau mine|194; Dr. A. W. Walkowski, 450. stock today is 97, American Can House results—Warren 1,130; Wil- 100%, Anaconda 48%, Common-|liam J. Wagner, 1,004, wealth and Southern 4%, Curtiss-| Several other persons received one, Wright 10%, International Harvest- | two or three votes in both Senate contests; including necott 55%, New York Central 33%, | Alaska’s Delegate in Congress, E. L. Northern Pacific 34'¢ United Cor- | Bartlett, who received one vote for poration 6%, U. S. Steel 94%,|the House. Anchorage Times pub- Pound $4.03%. |lisher Bob Atwood also collected one Sales teday were 1,680,000 shares. | House ballot. Dow, Jones averages today are] ————————— as follows: industrials 204.67, rails | FROM TACOMA 67.62, utilities 41.23. e | Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. LaRue Dr. F. R. Sims, a resident o!ynnd daughter, residents of Tacoma, Ketchikan, is a guest at the Gas- Wash., arrived rere yesterday. They tinean, are staying at Hotel Juneau, | Tenn., farm until drafted in March of 1944, has been guarding Japanese prisoners of war on Lingayen Gulf. A BUILDING PERMITS Pallbearers Named A For Hopkins Rifes .z rev puicing permis were | by City Engineer J. L. McNamara. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—The fam-|They were issued to: ily of Harry L. Hopkins has named The Pirst National Bank for re- former British Prime Minister modeling the premises of Kann's Winston Churchill among the hon- Dime Store on Seward street, esti- orary pallbearers for the funeral mated cost $200, Triplette and Dal- tomorrow of the special adviser of ziel contractors; J. J. Stocker, for the late President Franklin D.|repairing fire damage to the Im- Roosevelt. 3 |perial Cafe and building, $3,000 Others named as honorary bear-|Triplette and Dalziel contractors e1s included Gens. George C. Mar- | Sam Feldon, for remodeling and shall and Harry H. Arnold; Secre-|addition to residence at 242 Sev- tary of Navy James V. Forrestal; |enth street, $500, James Larsen Lord Halifax, British Ambassador contractor. to the United States; Bernard Bar- ————-—— uch, presidential adviser; Bupr’emc‘ HERE FROM FAIRBANKS Court. Justice Felix Frankfurter. | Roy Douglas has arrived here ————————— |from Fairbanks. He is stopping at PETERSBURG CC i_the Baranof during his visit here. ¥ 4 S S R At a dinner meeting of the Pe-| Richard R. Stryker and Wilfred tersburg Chamber of Commerce, |C. Trew of Anchorage have arrived Earl N. Ohmer was reelected Pres-|in Juneau. They are stopping at ident of the organization, Hotel Juneau, of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion in Washington, with a warning that unless his com- pany could get steel promptly “we will have to close down completely, cometime this week." | He declared it would cost $400,000 a day to maintain idle assembly lines and at “current OPA price ceil- ings, we are currently losing $300 on every car we make.” | The youthful company president declared “Nobody wants ‘runaway’| inflation but if we continue to stifle! American industry’s ability to pro- what weie headed for. Genoa Archbish op Dies Erly Today VATICAN OITY, Jan. 31.—Pietro Cardinal Boetto, Archbishop of Genoa, died of a heart attack early today at his residenice in Genoa. The Vatican announced that the 74-year-old prelate, who had been General Assembly. Immediately after that date all UNO establishments, including the staff and the Security Council, will| be moved to the United States. The exact site has not yet been selected, although it will be in the vicinity of Boston or New York. Word of the probable adjourn- ment date, together with plans for carrying on a high-speed program until that time, was given to the United States delegation today by American officials handling ar- rangements. Shirley Bakes Her First Cake; Hubby Is Guinea Picm HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 31~Tonight screen actress Shirley Temple will| duce, that is exactly, in my opinion, find out what her husband thinks of their first cake. She fixed up a devil's food cake with chocolate icing yesterday to celebrate the 26th birthday today of her husband, John G. Agar, recently discharged from the army and sim- ultaneously disclosed she has been taking cooking lessons the past few weeks. Asked what luck she had had with the cake, she replied: “I'll let Jack decide.” o AR S e RS HENRY GABRIELS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gabriel elevated to the College of Cardinals in December, 1935, died at 5 am, from Spokane, Wash. are in town. They are guests at Hotel Juneau. and his brother, Caleb, 10, were nob able to do so. The survivors waited until Mrs. Rublo returned home from work at 10 o'clock last night to tell her of the accident. i They sald they hadn't mentioned it earlier for fear of a scolding. The unidentified body of one of the victims was recovered at 11:30 p. m. last night. . UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT ! One hundred and eight students, the largest enrolifhent since the war, filled the classrooms at the opening of the second semester at the University of Alaska. Of the enrollment, 33 are World War II | veterans. Earl Beistline of Juneau is taking a special course. o DAUGHTER FOR JACOBSENS Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jacobsen be- came the parents of a baby girl {last night at 9:01 in St. Ann's Hospital. The infant weighs 6 pounds, 10 ounces. - e - FINED—SENTENCED Albert Lee, Juneau negro charged with assault and battery, yesterday afternoon pleaded guilty before U. 8. Commissioner Pelix Gray here and was fined $50 and sentenced to |tour months in jail. - e M. J. WRIGHT ARRIVES M. J. Wright of the Alaska Con- struction Company in Seattle ar- rifed here yesterday. He is staying at the Baranof,