The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1947, Page 1

‘a THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,503 1947 sl PRICE TEN C JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS TS NORTH SEA PILES ON REEF DURING GALE !and still is seeking, he pointed out, | to establish an Alaskan pulp in- dustry—however, it has all phases Development Board st a inistrati id Inferrogafors of ot ‘o oomiuiener o i MOVIE MAKER (I-OSED SHOPS’}Enfire Morrfina Session Is Devoted to Question- Fund For Atty. Gen. Sundborg also pointed to the | ADB resolution advising a $20,000 | appropriation for the Attorney ! General to arm that official to battle rate cases. He said he hopes $100,000 WILL BE ;i ASKED, CAMPAIGNTO SENATE OK'S PROMOTE STATEHO0D. | Request will be made of the 18th Territorial Legislature, now in ses- sion in Juneau. to nppmprinte’ $100,000 for the promotion of state-® Secrefarylo CHANGES IN ke Victim of ADM.BOARD Rape Atfempt Causes Serfdom of Work- ers Says Cecil B. De Milleto Sen_ate(om. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—Movie maker Cecil R. DeMille asked Con- gress today to prohibit the closed shop and “free” workers “from a serfdom unparalleled in American history since the abolition of slav- ery.” Terming the power of the closed shop union absolute, the Holly wood * producer declared it controls “the right to work” and thereby “the right to live.” a grotesque departure from rican democracy,” de Mille told Senate Labor committee. The witness said he was “depriv- ed of the right to work” for refus- ing “to pay a political assessment” the of one dollar leviad by his union, the American ‘Federation of Radio Artist Referring to an incident in the 1944 election, DeMille said his lo- cal made the assessment as part of its campaign against a State election proposal which he favor- ed. “For this adherence to my poli- tical right, I was suspended by AFRA—and, under the provisions | | | | Senate Bill 4, proposing to abol-| /ish immediately the Alaska De-| propriation® so that the ADB can get out of rate cases. ing of Sundborg i(m Legislature will favor that ap- Senator Don Carlos Brownell |hood for Alaska before Congress, it |was voted by the Juneau Statehood Association at a meeting last night lin the City Hall. Rough draft of {a bill proposing the setting up of .a | velopment Board, launched the Al- | questioned Sundborg on accuracy |statéhood lobby in Washington, D, aska Senate this morning into one| of the most prolonged question mld‘ anewer sessions yet developed. As the questioners recessed for lunch,| the biggest question of the moment | was: Who will wear out first, 16| enators or the General of the Alaska Development Board, George Sundborg. Sundborg was| due to return to the stand when the Senate took up again this af- ternoon at 2 o'c 3 | A new angle to the ADB contro- | versy was opened earl | introduction, by Senator N. R.| Walker, of 8. B. 41, which would remove from the Governor of Alas- ka the chairmanship of the ADB jand the power of appointing other members of the Board. Instead, Walker's bill would put the High- way Engineer in as Chairman, with ! four additional members to be ap- |pointed by the Highway Engineer,| one from each judicial division, subject to confirmation by the Leg- islature. The bill specitically provides that|in politics, particularly regarding is @ full-time statehood advoc the divisional repri | Board shall have “special or generJ al knowledge” as follo | the Governor pressure had the of reports that exerted undue on | Board. The answer is “categorically ciation after cc no,” Sundborg said. Regafding criticism for exces travelling, Sundborg said he personally wishes Manager | his job did not require him to tra-| vel at all. In answer to Senator O. D. Coch- L Sundborg said that $54,626.13 remained of the ADB appropriation on January 31, 1947. Asked by Cochran if he knows C., | age patterned after the Hawaiian wcy, was approved by the Asso- derable discus- A bill which would replace the f.@overnor on the Board of Admin- (istration of the Territory by the j Attorney General was passed by ithe Senate yesterday afternoon by a 10 to 6 vote after it had been ,moved from second into third read- {ing by unanimous consent Under the bill, the Attorney Gen- “;Negro Assailant Admits | Previous Assaults-WAC . Officer Choked | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.—Dep- |uty Sheriff J. Daley said today that SUBSIDY FOR PASSENGERS, ALASKA SHIPS CREW TAKEN ISAPPROVED FROM SHIP | ot ‘Would Provide Inferim' All Rescued, Taken Ashore Operation for Next | at Bella Bella fo Be 16 Months : Transported South WASHINGTON VANCOUVER, B. C. Feb. 14 House Merchant ine Subcom-| Rescue ships, after battling through Feb. 14 M {sion and it is expected it will beleral would become the chairman of {Capt. Kay Summersby, who was a|mittee approved legislation yester-l, southeasterly gale, removed 150 tosced in legislative hopper | the Board of Administration, with |driver and secretary for General day to authorize the Maritime 'pagssengers and crew members from |Within the next few days. {the Commissioner of Labor, the | Dwight Eisenhower during the war, Commission to contract with private the S§ North Sea, aground on Mid- The measure will de for the|{Commissioner of Education, Trea-|Was the WAC officer whom a form- operators to furnish an interim!gle Reef near Bella Bella, B. C |creation of an Offica of Statehood { Campaign Director, whose sole bus- iness will be to promote statzhood } for Alaska up “as the | vide,” The office will be set today with | 8DV reason why the present mem-'CT, staff and salary left up to the Legislature shall pro-| { surer ditor and Highway ginee Objection to the passage of the i bill was offercd by Senators Brown- Ingebreth. Senator Brown- jell and with appointment of Direct-ej} reminded his colleagues that me\l’"" escaped further mistre: ! Governcr is appointed by the Pres- Hamilton Field janitor attempt- ;v{l to criminally attack at the Army 'base Wednesday morning. | 'The Marin county deputy sheriff Isaid Capt. Summersby was choked ment r WAC when the screams of anof bership of the Alaska De\-.»]“l,mp,,ljL('gi.\l:\(m'r A suggested salary ofjgent and represents the Chief Ex- (lll;lllfl{l‘d ],‘”v negro sailant Board should be disrupted or|$8.000 per year for the Director WaSl S ive in Alaska. |away The incident occurred in changed? Sundborg returned that Proposed. 1t was brought out thab! . are still a temitory, not ath¢ WAC barracks, according to a he believes there is “every reason the $100.000 appropriation figure| siote » the Senator said ‘14‘]:n‘n'l made by Deputy Sheriff Jo- why there should not be’ any|8150 was a suggestion and based T'g.' piamed personalities for the|SCPR Wiliams. N shange. {largely on the theme carried out in| The former janitor is Marion change » il ety Ibill being introduced and said that| g oo o Tu G T Sundborg’s most persistent inter- Hawali, which now has full nme“t Bballenges the' constituted authe yant, 21, o arin City, who s Yo g A fov. oo | BEENC in Washington, lobbying + g Marin County Sheriff Walter B rogator was Senator Coffey, co- VNG ority invested in the Governor by 2 author of S. B. 4 | for Hawaiian statehood. i >v1 2 ¥ Sellmer signed a statement i | “This is purely a matter that if, Ol eSS {admitting he had raped two wo- Asks For Views Alaskans want statehood, they' Regret Action ymen and attempted to commit Starting with a request for Sund- |must go out and fight for it just{ ngebreth neld oui a|similar assaults on three others borg’s view of his duti as Hawali is doing,” declared Pres- possible Republican Governor with- ~Bryant was arraigned yesterday asked if Sundborg had participated ident Cash Cole. “What we need|in the next two years as reason On two charges of rape, two of answered ate sentatives on the g meeting at Ketchikan. Sundborg back in Washington, selling Alaska | will feel the same way akout it.” ifor pot passing the bill. that he did not engage.-“‘““l"“'d to the right committees’ present Senate may be here to re- First Di-!in “party” politics and was unaware 0f Congress. I hope the Legislature gret their vote if this bill is pass |attempted rape and four of broak- “Some of the members of the!ing and entering. His bail was set at $20,000. Capt. Summersby, now assistant public relations officer at Hamilton of the union shop, prevented from | yision member—of forestry; Second | of the meeting referred to. Coftey appearing on the radio program pjyision member—of mining; Third|then asked -details regarding ADB which I had produced for mU"e(Divislon member—of fishing; Fourth ' contracts with Scoll, on payment than eight years” DeMille assert~| pjyision member— of agriculture.;of travel and per diem for Federal o8, adding, . |The bill was referred to the Judi-|employees and whether Sundborg i}T}‘t“S.‘: gml :i;::oc{;(;y, .u ;f‘clary Committee. had sent out wires asking opposi- i eif)t:lsofads;;fzrenc.e i e;ii:fc,';le Sundborg Called |tion to S. B. 4. “I have not,” was Sundborg, called beiore the Sen-!Sundborg's answer to the last of between it and the dictatorship we defeated. 4 ate at the suggestion of President|the series. “Hitler and Mussolini had their Nerland which was made a request| One question interspersed by majorities. Did that make them|bY Senator Walker, was first quer-| Cofiey was ~whether ~aboriginal right?” ried by Walker concerning & re-|claims would prejudice pulp in- port attributed to the ADB Mana- | vestment. Sundborg answered that | ger that ground breaking for a pulp | he thought pulp development would | mill would start at Ketchikan with- [ come anyway. !in 60 days. Sundborg replied that!| Asked if he knew why his pre- the had not been correctly quoted.'deccssor, Henry W. Clark, had re- ! that he had stated ground breaking | signed, Sundborg said that Clark’s +for such a mill could commence 60: new job paid him considerably that promise and elected a Con-|days after timber contracts are|more salary, even to start; also gress pledged to fulfill it. { completed with the Forest Service, that Clark’s then prospective bride “They did not vote to destroy‘and that he had been careful not|did not wish to live in Alaska. unions, but to restore equality and|to state a location at Ketchikan or'Sunaborg added that it was Clark freedom in labor relations.”, Declaring that “union power” was at issue in the last election, De- Mille added: “The people had had 15 years of the policy which gave unlimited power to the unions. They were promised reform. They accepted | correction in substantiation. Referring to his new bill, Walker| Senator William Munz was Sund- U. 8. ARMY OFFICERS HERE |, .ceq it the requirements of spec-| borg's last main questioner before | Three U. S. Army officers arriv- 2 > . ed in Juneau yesterday and are at would assist the working of the | tor’s querries were pointed at acti- the Baranof Hotel. They are Lt. Col.| Board. Sundborg asked for time to vities of Development Board mem- T. C. Frank and Capt. H. G.|Study the matter. | ber Antonio Polet, of Nome Dietsch, both stationed at Fort! Semator Victor C. Rivers then B Richardson; and Major Paul B, asked Sundborg to outline briefly Hansen, stationed at Ladd Field,|!he major accomplishments of the Fairbanks. |ADB to date. These were listed by TheWashirfgion Merry - Go- Round | Foremost—Paving the way for a| 1pulp and paper industry. He said| {that a good many of the obstacles] Young Mr. m“.“ Mrs. George Ito development have been removed, | Gullufsen are rejoicing over "’he [but not all of them. The greatest|2rTival at St. Ann's Hospital yes- | remaining obstacle is the terms of | terday morning of a fine baby boy, 4 vl - I ho has been named Patrick X | Forest Service timber contracts. The!w By DREW PLARSON | Board is attempting to have these Maes ilcrms re-written, he said Both baby and his mother, WASHINGTON—Some very basic| st 4 the former Caroline McAlister, are . | Second, Sundborg listed ADB in-| aspects of the post- e ) ! ¢ i e Roso AR AeTimliute | tervention which resulted in rejec- ! program were laid before President | # ‘was today able to return Truman when Albert Goss, president | 101 of considerably higher fmlght{truck-drlv{ng for the Lemon Creek ol the National Grange, called at| faxiits ESkeq Ryt VRS .B“d °p']snnd and Gravel Company. the White House recently. jerators. Rejection, he maintained,| “a1o, papny over the event arel Goss outlined for the President|W2s accomplished chiefly because of fine paterng] grandparents, Mr. and| what he holds to be the four major | ADB intervention. At a later Point | vve ™ George Gullufsen, Sr., for, doing well, and the proud father and urged him |had been carried by David Scoll,|moyyer, Mys. Nell McAlister, whui have been advocated, boiled down to | pYa i down & Sundborg also gave examples of‘,SEGER (olE wEDDI"G | | “trouble shooting” chores for bath! ’ First, the Xiemat S0 ATy the ADB. On a motion carried over! |of correspondence that comes to|and Mr. Edward R. Cole will be| -Hig 2 .i | Dad been received in th 0 ington, but this is his own analysis 0. past - bwi home, No. 8 in the Spickett Apart-| Government can let the farmer do|fTom @ New York City veteran in- te nvitad to. attand Woth. pay subsidies where nec ry in steps taken toward developing al sometime tomorrow. to stipulated levels and place a Development Board were cancelled tosadopts cne ‘onndmiralty attorney employed by "he;now has two grandsons. their essentials,” he told the Presi- “A decision will have to be! EVE“'[ _"“S EvE"'“G‘ sow exactly what the Government | ing 75 cents an hour for his labor.”| ‘married by the Rev. Robert Treat. of the National Farmers' Union | p rapsllnd L alments. No formal invitations are as he pleases, planting as much or terested in opening an Alaska i order to assure him a basic in- Squriat. sgonoy. floor, at 90 percent of parity, u.nderm“" now, Sundborg replied that he approaches to the entire question | the auestioning he stated that|ynom “patrick is the first grand-| g ‘ Board. dent. | established and contemplated in-’ asks of him, and in return will be|oPJection by Senator Edward C.| This evening at 8 o'clock in the| oms G181t tell Tribls. “m_vthe Development ‘Board, two letters X escoton A e beld fu]low-‘ program.) {atee, Tasho. semldsds socking m-'being issued for the wedding or the as little as he desires—a sort of |[BNWay trucking service. In reply E‘ M VEME"TS STEAMER MO potog . Asked it projects underway would hopes not. The U. S. Forest Ser- (Continued on Page Four) from Vancouver 9 tonight. Aleutian, from west, due south- bound February 17. of Government®farm relationship | D€ “sreatest part of the burden” | chjjq, and the maternal grand-| “These are the four courses which | “Trouble Shooting” | i aDe spdis Ks | dustries that had been handled by | guaranteed an income approximat- | COffey, Sundborg read, as examples | MELhofl% Ohiurch, Miss Edna Seper does he admit it widely in Wash- out of approximately 60 he said (e (DR Retidny tat the Daniels| “Second,” continued Goss, ‘.mejlommtion ftunsdie Dulp; Ge.offint reception, but friends of the couple laissez-faire philosophy. And it can to Rivers, Sundborg also recited “Third, we keep production down 80 by the hoards,’:1f the ‘Alasks vice has been seeking for 20 years | anywhere. He quoted an editorial | who had influenced him to apply:‘é!a’ka Sl(‘am:ship €ompany acting| cause of lack of funds to finish i for the ADB manager’s job. ,s bookkeeper 'SON BORN YESTERDAY ... 70 GEO. GULLUFSENS .= ling, in the office of James Huston, | | commissioner of Labor Henry Ben-)2sWerable to the voters of this .. Square Sinnet, from Seattle, due; Princess Norah scheduled to san] red,” Engebreth said, “and to wish | Next meeting of the Association the Governor returned to the Field, strategic army alr base in will be keld at 8 p. m. Thur Bheed Vot Adbalhisteation.” Marin county 18 miles north of |night, February 20, in the Cit; “f can admire the wishful think- San Francisco, is a tall, English ing of the Senator from the Thirg Prunette, who is scheduled to re- ceive her naturalization papers in > Division,” said Senator Cochran November. OREMEN when Senator Engebreth had fin- lONGSHvRt ; enator: Engebreth 1ad f0% "sne was General - Eisenhower | ished. secretary and chauffeur duri the | The Senator from Nome went on i war and was commissioned as a 'to give a history of the Board of all. | | Administration, which, he said, can |¢¢0nd lieutenant in the WACs in | ARMY FRE'GH]’ER veto' and nullify! actions of the | NOYeMPer: H ' ¥y e s ——————— \ | Legislature. | Picketing of the freighter: “While I do not approve of a ’sz;uare Knot by the Juneau Local“l'hird House to veto our legislation, ‘of the International Longshoremen|the Board was set up for a good {and Warehousemen’s Union con- | reason,” Senator Cochran said. tinued into its third ‘day today,i Some years ago, he explained, the with every evidence of a stale- Legislature ran wild on appropria- mate. { tions, passing bkills to spend more | The Square Knot is a Maritime money than was available. Several | Commission ship chartered to the|projects were started but were dis- . gTe U. S. Army Engineers, with the'continued and became valueless be- | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.—Re- 'tirement of Sister Elizabeth Kenny {from active duty in her infantile Control Over Projects paralysis work is announced here This brought the creation of the by a subsidiary group of the Kenny SISTER ELIZABETH KENNY RETIRING; REPORT IS GIVE | and purchasing’ jom. | agent. A The Juneau local contends that! {ial knowledge of board members| recess. The Second Division Sena-|Sce Alaska Steamship Company'pi,yq of Administration, Senacor Foundation. | In Minneapolis, Sister Kenny de- is acting even in a slight capacity| , i % ol | 2 ~ | Cochran said, ith control over | |as agents for the ship, the existing | : R, wih con ki which projects should be started |lined to confirm or deny the re- fg:trafgl:relt]:ie; tlhe lvfgmp:ny amllm,d Which’ dhaild not port, made by E. O. Hubbard, the i b adhereud o ngs aremen' “The Board has a purely Terri- chairman of the Northern Califor- ! toria 5 » {nia State Committee for the Foun- Cosaitr. ‘Edwant ¥ Chester,i'““dl function and has nothing 1&3 oy jdo with the Federal Government, Alde to the Governor of |, Nome Senator said. He contin- | Hubbard said the wiccly known : called a meenngA of the Hedd Australian nurse would make pub- |parties to the dispute this morn-! lic her retirement plans at a meet- { “I mean to cast no aspersions en £ th 2 o the Governor, but he does not be-/18 Of the Minneapolis Gity Coun- cil (oday. long on this Board. He is not 4 In refusing to cenfirm ard’s statement, Sister Lt. 'Area Engineer of the U. S. Arm; Engineers. Present were Territorial or deny Kenny | Territory and we a they can son, Horace Adams, local agent o | vote us out of office if they see Alaska Steamship Company, Hus-| ton and representatives of Lhejm The members of the Board of Longshoremen’s local. vAdmlmstmtmn should be officials meeting, but it will be ma There was no change in the sit-. ¢lccted by the people so that they 4 can by rmed. out of office it the the meeting. 1 also have sevel uaticn as a result of the meeting; can be turned out of offic {gttier’ supouncements regarding said: have an announcement to make at the Minneapolis Council to his|and according to Huston, nothing!Pcople do not like their actions.”\poyngagion activities and my own' { 1 ( further can be done until some| The 10-6 vote on she _F’”l w"“‘_‘"perwnal activities, but these are to agreement is reached in Seattle be-[not be sufficient to over-ride a pos- po mage to the people of the ltween representatives of the U. S.|sible veto of the measure. Voling | ypited States.” Engineers and the Union, ;against its passage were Senators N Meanwhile, engineers and crew'Brownell, Butrovich, Engebreth,! members of the Square Knot, in-|Pcratrovich, Rivers and Nerland. | structed by their union headquarbl Bill Held Over . S. IS READY I ers to observe the picket line, walk-| The controversial S. B. 4, which | AID BRITAI" l“ ed off work yesterday afternoon,seeks to abolish the Alaska Devel- | > thus halting all activity on the, opment Board, was held over an- freighter. jother day for final action. | GAME COMMISSION TO |+ passaze of on Alusks, St | ‘hood Law by Congress, was sent MEH Mo"DAY:OHMER |H. J. M. 2 and H. J. M. 3 were United States is making plans to quickly passed through both’ sec-|relieve the plight of the British IN FROM PETERSBURG . il \'H'Ck to the House for correction.| WASHINGTON, Earl N. Onmer, chairman of the:(’",dh and th'ird ”z“di“:"" "“; la"z‘]‘peoplt- in their fuel-shortage emer- Alaska Game'Comml&slon has ar- ’\\ls. some amendments, and on }gency‘ rived from Petersburg for thel !l passage. The former seeks a President Truman said he has di- b b . (road from Fort Davis to Council, rected the Coordinator of Emergen- Game Commission's annual meeting.| ;o yo¢ter 5 new Federal bullding|cy Export Programs, Captain Gran- which will start Monday in the of- mr‘ Valdez. : g“vi’lle xg;:wa;m::u: 7 r;lxjx: nu ”m(tu fice of Fraj - . 10, 08 T i Fnes) Raglonal Di- | Senator Coffey called attention how quickly coal can ke landed at rector. The meeti) i tend | h throneh the eeiine Wil extehd’ o the large amount of work to be|British ports. The President said (that it may be possible to divert among those expectes e v,hw"""e by the finance committee and e ‘vsm[gsg to “"endpeared Atls::" M. | the need for a longer working day,|to Britain a number of coal ships _'and the Senate adjourned until 10{now at sea in the vicinity of the British Isles. Feb. 14.—The Day, Director of Fish and Wild- " 4 § life, and W. E. Crouch, Chief Di- o'clock this morning instead of 11 vision of Game Management, both ©'¢lock. | Mr. Truman declared that he has of Chicago. | ———— 'received no request from London e i | GUESTS AT GASTINEAU (for aid. But, he added FALSE ALARM | Newly registered guests at the! “This goverhmept stands ready Over slippery streets, the Juneau Gastineau Hotel are R. G. Larsen swered a false alarm, 4-9, at 8:45 and James Brighton, from Seattle; Volunteer = Fire Department Charles Hammerly and Robert o'clock this morning. Hartley from Pelican. to do everything within its power to relieve the plight of the Brit- ish people in their present troubles.” an- steamship service to Alaska. 1300 miles north of Vancouver Chairman Bradley of] In a pounding sea, the 3,133 ton the Subcommittee said the full!ghip struck the reef in Seaforth | commitiee would approve the reso-, channel on the inside route to Al- lution today and send it to the floor | gaska, last night of the House for a vote next week.! The rescued were taken to the The measure will give the Com- ' fishing village of Bella Bella where mission authority to charter BOV= some were housed in the hospital ernment-owned vessels to the op-|for the night and others given shel- erators at a neminal charter hireter in private homes. Two stretcher to be used in the Alaskan servi cases, sick passengers enroute to The government will pay the insur- iy hospital at ittle, were among ance on the vessels but under terms | the rescued of the legislation will recapture Hull Damaged percent of the profits of the oper-i The North Sea, bound for Se- at ‘tattle from Ketchikan, Alaska, was 1so gives ine Commission au- | reported resting easily, but her hull thority to require economical op- was damaged and the No. 2 hold eration by the Alaska Steamshin full of water, Company, the Northland Transpor-| The vessel is operated hy the tation Cempany and the Alaska Nerthland Transportation Company Transportation Company and to cc- of Seattle. ordinate their operations Capt. Charles Granam sent out The measure is designed to auth- an SOS at 9:45 p.m., the call being orize the interim operation from relayed by the government wireless ! March 1, 1947 until June 30, 1948. station at Bull Harbor. It was an- Opcrators testifying at the hear- ing today told the Committee they favored the immediate passage of the resolution. The measure became | because the Maritime Commiss {has authority to operate the ser- swered by fishing boats. The Do- minion Pisheries vessel' Chileo Past took off 45; the seiner North Isle 48, mestly women and children, and smaller craft rescued the others The Canadian Naticnal Steam- ships SS Prince Rupert is due at vice to Alaska expires Feb. 28 and Bella Bella during this morning the operators announced they and will pick up the rescued ior would not resume the service un- transportation to Vancouver. (less they received an increase in rates, which is opposed by Alas- ON MIDDLE REEF | kans. S e 3 | The operators contended a 35 ms_ln't’r?‘f' A i o g percent overall increase is neces- | 008 WO stretcher cases, were I being removed early today from L Oty be. vesalistiog. 2k thies the Northland Transportation Com- pany steamship North Sea which | mission is given authority to adjust went aground last night near Bella ngles. Bella, B. C { The operators have said they "¢l O s will not enter into any agreement’ "';‘ é“ japReEsior. At Vgs with the Commission under the “’(m 'I'“' "h'(']":“k;:“"pn'flp"’:g” Al gt 3 > vessel .to a Bella Har- p"'!“"“' law until the new rates ber authorities saying - the ship have gone into effect. ; ke iy A North Isle had taken off 35 pas- | FOUR-MONTHS EXTENSION , Sengers and that several small fish- ‘ ” Ing craft had removed others, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—A four-| ppe rescue craft took the pas- ! months extension of the Maritime Commission’s authoerity to operate as a water carrier won unanimous approval today from the House | Merchant Marine Committee. | ‘ £+ | Requested by President Truman| o _'l"’"’ Full of Water and shipping interests, the legisla- _ 1 1¢ ShiP went aground on Mid- tlon will coma. to.a vite: i ”W,nlv Reef in Seaforth Channel on House next Monday. The Senate 'n° inside passage to Alaska. The has not yet considered the proposal, ' [F5¢ SOS was recelved at 10:15 { which would extend the Commis- P and said the vessel was rest- sions _authority from February 2,16 €Asily but her hull was badly e {damaged and the No. 2 hold was HGIEE L full of water. | Two passenger vessels, three sea- | going tugs and two large seiners | answered the vessel's call for aid. I'Ilw Coast Guard cutter Iroquois at Seattle also was ordered to get i !under way, but the order was re- plANE (RASH :M'ludr‘d later, the Coast Guard said. i The North Sea left Ketchikan, | Alaska, at 1 a.m. yesterday morn- ing and was scheduled to arrive in Seattle Saturday. sengels to Bella Bella for the night where they were to be picked up at 8 am. by the Canadian Pacific steamer Prince Rupert. . MACON, Ga., Feb. 14—A search| party which beat its way through a| Built in 1018, she is the former |swamp tcday to reach the wreck-!Admiral Peoples and has been on {age of an army plane which crash-!the Alaska run about 12 years. She ed after a take off from Robins|is commanded hy Capt. Charles Field reported that the seven per-| . |sons aboard were dead. | Capt. E. R. Danicls, Public Rela-| Itions officers at the field, said all seven persons apparently were Kill- «d instantly. Army officials did not release the names of those aboard. | The plane crashed about a mile| and a half from the field last! | night. Robins Field is located labout 15 miles south of Macon (Continued on Fage Eight) s o 6,000 MINERS OUT, SYMPATHY STRIKE | LANSFORD, Pa, Feb. 14.-Six ithousand miners today quit work iin sympathy with 13 hard coal dig- 'gers on a sitdown strike 800 feet | ———————— STO(K Ibelow the surface of the earth ‘The Panther Valley committee QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 14 AC)I!&]X)H:()f the AFL United Mine Workers quotation of Alaska Juneau mine voted to halt work beginning with | stock today is 5 | . American UH";lnday} first shift in a sympathy ‘93l'., Anaconda 40 (unm-Wnu}wl‘muvp for the coal dig who are {6%, International Harvester 179, protesting docking of pay. | Kennecott 48 New York Central . Meanwhile, miners went to work {207, Northern Pacific 22, | Steel 77%, Pound $4.02% | Sales today were 940,000 shares. comforts. | Dow, Jones averages today are “Is going to t |as follows: industrials 18164, rails finish,” decl 15188, utilities 37.20. spokesman. U. S. supplying the sitdown strikers with food, blankets, newspapers and other fight to the committee a d a