The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 28, 1947, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” i VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,745 JUNEAU 1947 13 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, PRICE TEN CENTS 3 SURVIVORS, Last Anchorage of Wredked Army Transport SHIP WRECK, AT KETCHIKAN Ground Parly Desapirs of Finding Any More Sur- vivors on Hippa Isle K}.ICHIKAI‘;, V”Nn\' 28.—(® Three survivors of the ill-fated ransport Clarksdale Victory rest- .d comfortably in a hospital uere today, as a Coast Guard ground party continued a final dispair ing search for 45 other ofticers and crewmen now believed almost certainly to have perished when the vessel's 'n snapped off and sank from sight along the Britisa Columbia coast. Taird Otficers William M. Ras- musson of Modesto, California and Clair E. Driscoll of Los Angeles, were flown here yesterday, and Second Mate Henry H. Wolfe, Oak- land, was flown to Annette Island and brought here by boat. Wachusett At Scene The fourth known survivor, man Carlos Sanabria of Hondur still is aboard the Cutter Wachu- sett which remained at Hippa Island to continue the search, All four of the rescued suft from exposure and shock, and on not identified, was said to have re- ceived a broken hip when bashed against the rocks by pounding Nore of the ered thus far have been returned here. Only two have been iden- (Continued on Page Thres) > The Washington Merry - Go- Round By LREW PEARSON four bodies ov- WASHINGTON — Yesterday the United States enjoyed its 326th Thanksgiving—a day given over to prayer and thanks ior our good fortune For the horn of plenty has been heaped high cn America’s table. During the past threc weeks have been privileged to witness first hand a great display of public , as the American people, = Friendship Train, spon- pilgrimage in reverse to sored a the lands of their forefathers. The Friendship Train, still grow-, ing 4s 1t move: in new sections| across the land, will bring both the | material nourishment that keeps men alive and the spiritual hope that makes men hold their heads| high. It will carry a message of thanks to those who still protect our remaining beachhead of free- dom m Western Europe. As Michigan’s Senator Arthur Vandenberg, introducing the interim Eurcnean Aid Bill in the Senate this week, told his colleagues “We have been witnessing a dra- matically significant coincidence in the life of the nation these recent days. Two special railroad trains have been steaming across the broad expanse of our great and precious America One is the Freedom Tram, the other is the Friendshin| Tran. “The Freedom Train reminds all people that their heritage stgms from liberty under law; that their richest blessing is a Constitution | and a Bill of Rights which protects the spiritual dignity of man and the ‘ndependence of the citizen; and that there are no values inl life which could compensate us for the less of these 'divine privileges. “The Friendship Train exempli- fies the devotion of our people tO | Eleven-year-old Donald J Hurleyiaru attacking in the ru the *humanities which make most of the world akin; demonstrates our deatn instinct our tradition and our im- parents’ heme, where he had spent Haight's This view cf the grounded bow section of the Clarks still whipped the seas i a white fury shows that sta le Victory, taken while the sterm that wrecked it arboard anchor is dewn, heiping to hold the forward part of the breken ship in its death trap on the Hippa islands recks. (U. 8. Coast Guard photo dis- C(OLD WEATHER tributed by Associated FPress). US. COWBOY R USSIA TAKES PREVAILING IN K. E. MIXING IN STAND ON JAPAN (By The Associated Press) R Nov. Z8.—l@—ine So- Cold weather lingered over the viet i irm today on its northeastern quarter of the coun- oft-repeated position that ground- try today and Federal forccasters — k for the Japvanese peace treaty said there was no immediate relief R ; d [_ 4 " must be Jaid by the Council of For- in sight \ eporte eadmg Fron |@r | eian Ministers, where the veto may In other sections of the country, p Y Bgnasnd temperatures were moderate i i d A inct The Russian Foreign Ministry sunny skies were predicted for I”bal Ral ers gams' I reported, rejected a Chinese most of the South and West. The ipc | estion that the treaty be con- mercury climbed into the 50's In TWO Armle) |sidered by the Far Eastern Com- Kentucky yesterday and was ex- o mission, with a unanimous vote of pected to Oklahoma seasonal ed in sections of the midwest weather sota with Dulutl the early morning Minneapolis and St of New coldest est map. shiver on red in today lows was Zero for the season. Snow flurries during the night from the Dakot were were ch that mark in paris and eastern Nebraska eastward the Appalachians. - BOY HAMMERLD today 10 DEATH IN BED reporf The in Minne- two helow low-|~ weather . Cloud temperatures.| Chicago's 12 above was & new low reported NEW DELHI, Nov. 28— The| . S. Embassy said today it is in- vestigating reports that a former army cergeant leading a com- northwest frontier tribal against the Indian and {Kashmir State army forces southern Kashmirvm, Accounts published m New Del-! (hi and London said the man iden- {|tified himself as Russell Haight s|of Denver, Colorado, and that he; to| wore cowboy garb, He said he ‘v\ns to have left a road building ljob in Afghanistan to join the linvaders of Rawalpindi and Pakis- {tan. Reports said that he took |part in the Dieppe raid in France and that he planned to teach the Lal raiders commando tactics he learned during the war. - is of iders The raiders have been ejected CLEVELAND, Nov. 28.—(@® - from parts of Kashmir, but still ged, moun- was found hammered to tainous southern area in his bed at his grand-! The Embassy could revoke passport, possibly caus- pulse to feed the hungry and to Thanksgiving, and Police Lt. Peter|in Pawistan to deport him or re- feed the sick; ahd personifies the Allen quot ed the grandfather fortnrightness which is the genius saying he killed the boy. “I don’t know why I did it. of a lasting peace. “This bill is both a freedom train loved the boy,” it grandfather, and a friendskip train when reaches those for whom these bene- told him dictions are intended. I hope that Arrested Senators will choose to ride.” THANKSGIVING THE WHITE HOUSE President Truman celebrated Thansgiving Day by worshipping at the PFirst Baptist Church, followed Wother, Mrs by a quiet family dinner. For most President’s Thanksgiv- i 1 (Continued on Page Four) where he was employed as a sales-|the | man-collector, Hurley was taken to figure” | Central police station, where Allen ! quarters for Pakistan. | said charges would be filed agamsvi him. The boy was found by his grand- Lar stopp! at as;quest him to leave A British correspondent who in- 1l terviowed the man in Rawalpindi Allen said the|said a large hat, high Joseph Hurley, 62, yellow combat jacket and three and a half yows of cam- a West Side dairy!paign ribbons. The Briton said man was “cutling quite a Estella H .- urley. FROM KETCHIKAN g at Gastin Lindstrom of Ketchikan is the eau. in Rawalpindi, army head- e, — FROM ILLINOIS aine Foreman of Galesburg, Il- 2 at the Baranof. - -, HERE FROM SITKA and Mrs Paul Ruddell ot M. Sitka are stopping at the Baranof. anot in the Big Four—in this case, Britain, China, Russia and the United States—required for any decision The Russians expressed agree- ment with the Chinese concept ot unanimity of the Big Four (the the Japanese peace should be undertaken fi Foreign Ministers of Brit Russ‘a and the United States, and proposed that tney meet in China next January for that purpose. Coples of the Soviet note, Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, t by the | [ | | | { i | | | i i n, China, | mont. T YAKUTAT Severed Bow of Wrecked vArmy Transpo_fl ;WRE(!(AGE Still upright and wedged in the rocks on a fairly even keel, the pears almost normal in this picture—but two-thirds o’ the ship is missing. rammed onte the treachercus rocks of Hippa Island apd lest its stern crew members io their deaths. Army Four crewmen were foand alive and thy Coast Guard photo distributed by Associated Press). CURLEY ONCE Released from Prison After, Five Months, Goes Back | AGAIN MAYOR ATBOSTON to Old Position BCSTON, Nov. £ raud. Congenial as ever—but solemn-| time—the faced Ju were sent to the United States and Britain. Thus, presumably, the United States will be required once more to state its position on the Japanese treaty. Up to now the United States has been against any use of the veto in a peace conference. Molotov's note was in response to cne frem Chinese Foreign Min- ister Wang Shih-chieh, deliv- Nov. 17 > e —— STEAMER MOVEMENTS ered here Alaska, from m. tomorro Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle tomorrow morning Princess Norah scheduled from Vancouver Dec. 2. Baranof, from west, southbound Sunday. et FROM FT. RICHARI Seattle, due a a scheduled ON Lt. Col. F. W. Herberth of Richardson is staying at the Fort Bar- Japanese ; to sail o | { g wife {Curley was “Good 1 Then, to most of by Year-old Mayor told report v 14 going to take up wi hurry f Eoston again after se hs in Federal prison for mail' o' thy 28 e —(®—Cr-2ered gnt to exercise the veto) but said {by 400 fcliowers, James M. Curley settlement | today formally took over as Mayor ving five 13- rs: “I'm ere 1 left he prodded photographers with tl neir picf tures as 've got a day’s work to do.” Looking drawn and said he younger neverthele; than when' I went ss felt * tired, Curley ‘10 years away.” About 300 waited outside an hour in another biting cold 100-—most for his arrival of th and em City Hall employees—lined the stairways and corridor to his office They {“Good Old U come b Curley, iness suit his son Ge rector Waiting office Hynes, made cheere ack.” dressed daughter orge, who of public alone for Curley whom the “temporary in pri morning \later,” said Clrley ! Hynes then dropped into the back- photographers ground. found (Continued him When later on nd Jim" ar in a Mary, the celebatio in the W State Le mayor son Johnny, s as he and o Page blue applauded— would not be in it d “Wel- busi- and his city’s di- oS Mayor's John B. lature while you entered. suggested hree) BLAMES TRUMAN'S ADMINISTRATION 05 ABROAD | FOR CHA WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—(® Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told the Senate today that the Truman ad- ministration’s policies are “large- the that Amer- much long- they are Igency relief measure, however, continue assistance Senator said, icans cannot er the rate of ing Europe Taft spoke after the Senate had approved an amendment by Sena- aylor (Ida) to the $507,000,000 ergency assistance bill to ban | France, Ita and Austria from using any aid received to purchasc | arms. { + The ‘vme after action was taken by voice Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mich) of the Senate Foreign Relations committee commented that nothing in the bill “remotely ! of contemplates” arms purchase 'any kind. Taft, an announced Presidential candidate, said he has “full, sym- I pathy” with objectives of the mea- sure to ward off hunger in Eu- rope and halt encroachments of | Communism, but he insisted Europe present plight followed other if this country had | policies. | - o was accompanied by this| : Sugar Marketing Quofas for 1948 In I{rptlamalion 28.—(P— signed | SHINGTON, President Truman today proclamation which will allow es tablishment . of sugar marketing quotas in 1948, Because of time shortages, sugar quotas have been ispended since April 13, 1942 Nov I ly responsible” for chaos in Europe iking the floor to announce| that he will vote for the :-mcr-[ Ohio| © Photo sho transport Clarksdale Victory ap s how the vessel tion which carried 44 of the 51 (U, S, bodies were on th: bow. DEWEY, TAFT MAY CLASH INILLINOIS the economic ¢ © T Both Wll Probably Enter Primary in Contest for Pres. Nomination WASHINGTON, Nov 28.—(M Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Senator Robert A. Taft! of Ohio ms / collide head on in the April 13 Illinois primary contest for the 1948 Republican Presidential nomination. While meither has given any dication of his plans, friends Taft said today he is almost tain to enter the Illinois' lists if Dewey decides to try openly for the state’s 56 conventicn delegates is an announced candidate, in- of cer- Taft but Dewey hasn’t said publicly that he is running again for the nomi- nation he won in 1944 Politicians generally have look- ed on the Illinois Republican sit- uation as unsettled because of re- jerted opposition within party ranks there to Gov. Dwight Green as a “favorite son” candidate Under Illinois law, the name of any candidate may be entered in a preferential primary with or without his consen results are merely “advisory” t state’s delegation, but prestige is i ved Dewey's friends have given no- tice that his name will be ente ed in the March 9 New Hampshire primary, where former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesot an an nounced candidate already has pitched his hat Dewey forces also are € ted to be marshalling for a battle with Stassen, and probably Gen. Do las MacArthur, in the Wis (Continued on Page Three) in their| IS STREWN, ~ WIDEAREA {Twin- engifiéd Transport | Down for Unknown ' Cause on Trip South | TWO CREWMEN, ELEVEN ~ PASSENGERS PERISH I\Ships Is About Two-third Burned-One Wing Torn Off as Tree Is Hit BULLETIN—Seai.e, Nov. 28 President Joe Dobbins, of Col- umbia Air Transpert, indi- cated before flying north from Portland, that he planned to 11y bodies of the wrecked plane of state recidents, at least, to Portland for relay to their homes. The cause of a twin-engine air transport’s crack-up and death ot | its 13 occupants remained unknown today, but an atrman who followed the ill-fated shin into Yakutat two hours later expressed belief it re- sulted from some emergency other than weather. ‘Weatner conditions required a standard instrument approach to Yakutat, but there were no severe atmospheric conditions and we made a smooth landing,” said Emmett Flood, - Renton, Wash., co- | piot ef a Northern Airlines plane. | The DC-3 transport crashed early vesterday as it approached the Ya- kutat village afiport for a sched- uled landing. All of the 13 persons {akoard--11 passengers and two ewmen—perjshed in the wreck- se which is reported “about two- thirds burned.” - | Wart'me Pilots Aboard i The plane was operated by the | Columbia Air Cargo Company of | Portland, one of several firms op- lnxuuug in Alaske and between Al- aska and the states on a non- schedule basis. Two wartime pilots | were at the controls. They were pilot Jay B. Haworth Jr, 26, and co-pilet T. A. Keranen, 27, both of ! Portiand. | Flood, who accompanied a ground | pa*y to the crash scene, said one wing had been torn from the trans- pert, apparently when it hit a tree. | Wreckage was strewn over a 100- yard area Yakutat is about 200 miles north- t ot Juneau and about 350 miles west of Anchorage, from which the plane had left, The plane was headed back to Seattle and Port- land after picking up seven pas- sengers at Fairbanks and four at Ancnorage. Passenger Victims | The passengers were: | Harold Ames of Longview, Wash., | who was employed by the air firm in Anchorage; Ralph Chinella, Seattle; Edward Novans, Seattle; Ec Marek, of Séattle and Anchor- age, who was enrcute to his former home in Schuyler, Neb., for a holi- | day visit; T. 8. Morgan, Fairbanks; Hugh Walbert, Spokane, Wash.; Donald C. Smith, Denver, Colo.; A. Miller, Seattle; Lawrence W. Sellers, Ore Betty Carter, Portland; R. M. Murdock, La Salle, Il Milwaukie, News Receved Here The news of the crash was re- ceived here early yesterday morn- ing and both the Empire office and KINY were repeatedly called by telephone for the meagre informa- | tion possessed here. Relief was ex- pressed when 1t was announced the plane that crashed was not one of the regular Alaska systems. Information received here stated that about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, the pilot of the plane ra- diced he was descending from 6,000 foot altitude and a landing at the Yakutat airbase. It about 15 minutes later, according to belief here, the plane crashed about one mile from the airbase. Cnast Guardsmen at Yakutat and townspeople hurriedly went to the scene and gave any assistance possible, It understood here that re- (Continued On rage Two)