The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1948, Page 1

f b f il THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1948 '\1[‘\/1BH( ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CI;NTS + VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,785 REYNOLDS IS FLYING T0 ALASKA Prominent_fianufadurer Enroute to Western China on Expedition — { CHICAGO, Jan. 15—(®—Milton Reynolds, prominent manufacturer “and famed around-the world flier, will leave by Northwest Airlines for the Orient tomorrow to make plans for a Reynolds-Boston Museum Aer- ial Expedition to western China to determine whether mountains there rival 29,141-foot Mount Everest. He is scheduled to be in Anchorage Saturday. & Chief interest in the propos2d ex- pedition, which originally was sched- 4uled for the first week in January, is the little known Amne Machin mountain range. “Nokody has ever been there to. make accurate finding said Bradford Washburn, Director of the| Boston Museum of Science and a leader of mountain expeditions in| the United States and Alaska. “We| are almost certain to find the world’s # highest unmapped range of moun- tains.” | Members of the projected 10-man! expedition team said recently that ! available reports on the area are skimpy, but some reports indicated tie lowest of three peaks in the mountain range is 28,000 feet. Richard Coldthwait, Ohio State University geologist, said the plan| also calls for a study of rocks that might indicate oil, metakdeposits or uranium, The party, after Reynolds makes suitable arrangements, is scheduled | to fly in a C-87 Consolidated Vultee| plane, piloted by Bill Odom, who, flew around the world twice last! year, once with Reynolds. The base; of the expedition would be at Lan-, chow, about 1,250 miles from Shang-| hai. | They also will watch for any evi-! dence of U. S. Airforce personnel who might have landed in the \nld area during the war, v in EXPEDITION DETAILS | NEW YORK, Jan. 15—M— A spokesman for the Milton Rey- ‘nolds-Boston Museum of Science | Aerial Expedition to Western Chi- na said today that Reynolds and | Bradford Washburn, 1epresmtmg\ the Boston Museum, will leave b)\ plane from Chicago for China to- | morrow night to make preliminary arrangements for the aerial par- ty. The two will make final arrange- in Nanking, the spokesman remaining there returning in about | | and Reynolds a week. S eeo | 2-ENGINED NAVAL AIR TRANPORT IN CRASH; MAN DEAD (that has teen leveled at the WHIDBY ISLAND, Wash, Jan. 15.—(M—Officials today were con- ducting an investigation into the! crash of a twin engined Naval air transport in which one person was * killed and three others injured herc‘ o last night. i The plane was coming down for a landing in a low overcast when it crashed and burned near the end of the runway. The dead man—a | #Naval mechanic—was trapped in| the wreckage of the craft. The three ! injured were thrown clear of the wreckage by the force of the im- pact, Naval officials said. Thirteenth Naval District omc« ‘jals said the plane was enroute from | Medford, Ore., to its home base at| the Whidby Island Air Base whsn «the accident occurred. The injured were removed to Lhe\ Air Base dispensary and treated for, burns and ere bruises. The names of the victim and in- jured could not be obtained immed- | ] I | | due the first day’s witnesses. Winferized Jet Airplanes committee | witness. these winterized Lockheed P8OB jet-propelled fighter planes are at Ladd Ficld, Fairbanks, Alaska, for mass tactical operational tests under Arctic conditions, the Air Force has disclosed In order that the planes may operate at temperatures down to 65 degrees below zero, the turbo-jet engires been altered so that they can be started with gascline and then switched over to regular fuel kero- Other changes include new greascs and auxiliary defrosting The training pericd will last six months. (® Photo. have sene. equipment. Says European Recovery Plan Must Be Accepled or Drailmg fo Be Posmve CONTROLOF =7 RENTS WILL BE TAKEN UP Senators today that the alternative | 2 | Mass) to a European recovery plan may | | be drafting men for military ser-; V/ASHINGTON, Jan, 15— ®—/ Senale Tommittee hearings on leg islation to extend rent controls, now to expire Feb. 29, will begin Saturday. Senator Cain (R-Wash), man of a banking subcommittee on rents, tod: announced plans for the hemmm He said Rent Admin- istrator Tighe Woods will be among vice Royall made the statement to the | Senate Foreign Relations commit- | tee tcday in response to quostmns, frcm Chairman Vandenberg (R~ | Mich) and Senator Lodge (R-1 The Army Secretary lesuhed| vesterday that unless the recovery ; plan is accepted, the Army &nd its | Ludget will have to be “measurably | and immediately” increased. Chair-! | Asked how this can be accom-| plished, Royall said either through | an increase in voluntary enlist-| ments, which he said is doubt- | | iul, or “some method of selective ! Extension of these controis is cal- ! led tor in one section of President Truman's 10-point cost-of-living program. It is one of the points he appears to have the best chance of getting from Congr although there is opposition. It has not drawn the fire, however, Pre- sident’s request for price-wage con- trols. Sharp opposition to that crop-! ped out in Democratic ranks toda; p with Senator Maybank (D-SC) as-| Royall said this is the “logical ing that “all this talk about ra-|conclusion” unless some ways can tioning and price control is omy‘bc found through increased com- serving to frighten people and mll pensation or some other means. do more harm than good.” i T e Cain told a news conference that, other witnesses scheduled to appear VEIERANS BOARD Saturday include Secretary of Com- | merze Harriman and Senator Myers| With reference to the recent de-: (D-PA) ; sponsor of a rent control bill, !cision of the Circuit Court of Ap-: p91l< affirming Judge Folta's order} {in the mandamus case brought by the Territory for repayment of $350,- SHORIAOE OF ME"‘OOOOO to the general fund by the | Veteran's Board, Norman Haley, Ter- (P Thc]moxial Commissioner of Veterans’ made the following state- Ii we assume that voluntary en-, listments have not produced as ! many men as necessary, that leaves only the draft, Lodge comment- od. Royall replied that this is cor- rect. In other have the ropean recovery plan, or ing back to the draft.” i i i | WO! Lodge said, we alternative of the Eu- “else go- e, i TWO BATTLESHIPS % WASHINGTON, Jan. |Navy announced today n had laid | Affairs land lorget { income i two | and reduce t others. | Ser | Hagerup, TAX BILL WILL GET HEARING Discussion Starts Tomor-| row with Treasury Secre- tary Snyder as Witness 26. WASHINGTON, Republicans today Jan, pasted tag on President Tru- proposal f “cost of liv-| cui in income taxes balanced | new excess profits levy on| rations. | even key congressional | ats showing little enthus-| jasm for the White House plan, the | majority leadership signaled in- stead for action on a measure by | Rep. Knutson (R-Minn) to reduce taxes $5,600.000000 a year, | mainly on a percentage basis The House Ways and Means | which Knutson h(’ad\; was summoned to take up his bill tcmorrew. Secretary of the T ury Snyder was invited as the man's a mu The White House plan would 1. Give cach taxpayer flat $40 a year reduction for himself and each dependent dated back to Jan 1. Thus a man with a wife and children would pay $160 less in 1948. This would remove 10,- 300,000 persons from the tax rolls the taxes of 54,500,000 a of Recoup the $3,200,000,000 federal revenue by a new percent excess profits tax on cor porations. Corporations with pro- | fits of $50,000 or less would be ex- | empt. Others would receive an ex- emption of 135 percent of their average 1935-39 profit plus $50,000. | - e MRS, ARAL BROWN 'PASSES AWAY HERE (anvuled Slayer Gn!led on Other K:IImgs Jake Bird (center), 45, negro tram coma, Wash., mother and her dau ingtcn State Penitentiary coma) presceuting attorney. up. (P Photo. New Plan fo Be at Walla Here Bird is being questicned by Prison Warden Tom Smith (right) and Pat Steele, Pierce County (T A stay of execution has been ordered so the other killings may be cleared sient who was sentenced to hang J ughter, has brought a ha a Walla with his Submitted To Congress for Solving of Alaska Shlppmg Problems THREAIENED\ 7 UN Must Take Measures at | DILLINGHAM TRAGEDY IS - NOT SOLVED ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 15.—| {®—A strong possibility exists that wife of D! Mrs. Aral D. Brown, Robert R. Brown of Juneau, ed away at St. Ann’s Hospital | terday. Mrs. Brown was bern ember 3, 1891, in Seattle. She was married to Mr. Brown in Se- attle June 22, 1918 and the couple came to Alaska in 1928, and lived in Douglas for a number of years. In 1943 Mrs. Brown moved to Elfin Cove to teach school and for the past five years has taught the 1irst seven ades there Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Ervin a son Leroy Brown, and a grandson, three mont old Er- vin Leroy Hagerup, all of Juneau; three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Hughes of Juneau, Mrs. O. E. Holmdahl of Seattle and Mrs. Ann Von Schrad- er of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral arrangements are await- ing word from the sisters. The re- mains are at the Charles W. Cart- er Mortuary. - HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Steve Willilams, Mrs. Ray Rhoades and Gardner Sullivan we. admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital ye terday for medical treatment. Joseph Echmitt, Richard Stein, R. | Pekovich and Mrs. Ansonio De Min- guo and baby boy were discharged At the Government Hospital, Jun Borbridge was admittad for medical treatment. Katherine Zacher was discharged this morning and sent to Sitka to the Orthopedic Hospital at Mt. { Edgecumbe. i e Tanker, in Dock, Is Ripped by Explosion HOBOKEN, N. J. Jan, 15.—®—An empty tanker was ripped by an ex- plosion today at the Todd Ship- yards Drydock, but workmend who, were repairing her were not in- jured {turning from Dillingham wher lan | Tripoli, iately. ‘up two battleships, the 45,000-ton | New Jersey and Wisconsin, because ‘mem The blast tore a 50-foot gash in “The decision means that two in-!the ocean-going vessel and started e unexplained deaths of two Al- ka men in the isolated Bristol Bay | area were caused by exposure, Clin-, ton Stein, FBI Agent in charge here, said today. He statement after re- e the made the bedies of Harold W. Griffen, ing past manager and Martin nes 42, fisherman and canner. worker, were found Jan id interviews with Mrs. Griffen Mazxine Harris, who attended a at the Ernestus home New Eve, failed to clarify the m party Yea tery A dislocated wrist and cheek abra- sions received by Mrs. Griffen might have been caused by a fall, he sa of that death may have been d by exposure was prompted by discovery that the fire in the house had gone out and that the temperature fell to around 10 be- low that night, Stein said. The or- gans of the two men have been sent to Washington, D. C., for analysis by the FBI lahoratory. - e U. S. Airfield is Opened, So. Afria 15, —(P— of wartime WASHINGTON, The re-opening American airfield base in North Africa fits dnto a strategy of ex- panding American strength in the turbulent Mediterranean area where Greeee, Palestine and Trieste are focal spets for trouble. The field, Mellaha Air Port, near is calculated to increase substantially the ability of the Air ‘Force to operate the North African ferry route to the middle t and keep American supplies and key personnel moving in and out of the troubled areas. FUEL OIL TANK EXPLODES, PLANT Jan a itold a trad-! 3. Stein| 15. M) exp: WASHING' TU]\ Jan. The Maritime Commission {to be able to submit to Unngr&m | shortiy a plan for solving the trans- ation problems of Alaska Parkhurst, Commission teld two members of the Housc Special Committee on Alaska transportation he would let them know shortly just when the pro- gram for needed legislation will be sent to the Committee. | Parkhurst conferred with Rep. ‘JJhn J. Allen (R-Calit), Chairman, land Rep. Tollefson (R-W ot the Committee and gave them new |data Parkhurst Richard sh) told us,” Tolletson “that he would give us a cutline for legisia- Ition to s Alaskan transpor- {tation problem in a short time. “hairman Allen and myself are janxious to get this material o that ! the people of the Northwest and Al- aska will know just what is plan- ned. We feel the question should | be settled just as quickly as possitl | The Alaska transportation prob- lems came to a head last February |when Seattle companies operating shipping servics to tife Territory as agents for the Maritime Commission rotified the Commission and Con- gress they would not continuz the operation independently after their ships were returned to them by the Government at the end of February. { dozen Midwest investig confessions to 10 other slayings over the last 20 years. FULL - SCALE he House merchant Marine and isheries Committee and the Com- mission worked out an interim plan under which the Government fur- nishes vessels to the companies at nominal charter hire until June Before the plan was put into éf- fect the Commission granted the shipping companies an increase in ratcs which they said averaged 35 percent but which Alaskans insist- ed averaged 60 percent. The increase is being ccntested by the Territory. Recently examiners of the Com- mission reported the rates were not exhorbitant but the Commission has not acted upon those findings. e LISLE HEBERT TO ATTEND FURNITURE MART, CALIFORNIA Lisle Hebert of Young Hardware left this morning via PAA for Seattle and the Pac- ific Coast cn a buying trip he is in California, he the Furniture Mart show Francisco the first week ruary. Hebert stated that obtain the latest and best the Juneau- San Feb- at of he hoped to in mod- 30., ! General Electric |of North Richland Lent While ! will attend | ern hardware and furniture to keep | MEEKS GOES 7 ON RE-TRIAL, MURDER CASE Faces Jury for Second Time Charged with Death of Clarence Campbell The re-trial of George Harrison Meeks, convicted of the murder of Clarence J. Campbell on March 9, 1946, opened at 10 o'clock this morn- (ing in the U. S. District Court, | with Judge George W. Folta pre- siding The defense (UIIH‘-I'I is Attorney | William Paul, and Attorney M, 'E. Monagle U q District Attorney iP. J. Gilmore is the prosecuting at- | torney, d by Robert Boochs ever Meeks, who was brought here last y week from the Federal Penitentiary {at McNeill Island, was present dur- ling the selection of a jury, this | morning Up to the time the court reces- *d at 12 o'clock, eleven jurors were disqualitied, chiefly on the grounds of objection to capital punishment lon circumstantial evidence. They I were excused from the court until 10 a.m. Monday, January 26. In answer to the query of Judge Folta, who expressed his desire to . expedite the selection of a jury, the counsel stated that the selection might be completed by the end ot 's court session . Judgc Folta conducted the prelim- inary questioning of the prospective Jjurors, followed by examinations by iboth Gilmore and Paul. At the outset of the proceedings, (two persons were dismissed from the ! Petit Jury because of the inability ito read in English and understand the Constitution of the United Stat- of assiste ors to the 16 for the ax-murder Once to Halt Fighting in Kashmir LAKE SUCCESS, Js India told the United Nations Secu: ity Council today that a full-sca e; » war with Pakistan may develop un-| Court reconvened at 1:30 in the less the UN takss measures to han'uflel noon in the Meeks case. tighting in Kashmir. iy RN Delivering “the “opening speech inl support of India’s charges against! Pakistan, the Moslem Dominion,! Minister Gopalaswami Ayyangar | ' moment a small wa rgaing on in| ' FATHER, IS DEAD Ayyangar specifically asked the Council to pursuade Pakistan to: | 1.—Prevent Pakistan Government personnel, military and civil, from participating in or assisting the in- n of Kashmir; an. 16— Lloyd J. Campbell, father of the late Clarence J. Campbell, was /found dead from heart trouble at ‘6 a. m. today in his room at Pakistan Na- Hannah's Boarding House. Camp- taking -my‘brll arrived here Tuesday on the { Aleutian from, Seattle to attend the trial of (x(‘oxgv Harrison Meeks who is accused of murdering the younger Campbell here Dec. 10, 1945. The elder Campbell registered at ! Hannah's Boarding House for sen- timental reasons as that was his son’s former residence. He shared ia room with Steve Chutuk, a wit- noss in the Meek’s trial. Chutuk, who came home about 5 a. m. | fetched a glass of water for Camp- | bell before going to sleep. At 6:10 a. m., Charles Dinsdale, hushand of the boarding house pro- prietor, entered the bedroom to check up on Campbell as he had been ill for some time. Dinsdale +found him dead, nnd telephoned Dr. J. O. Kude, whe had been treating him since his arrival in Juneau. Campbell had been ill of a heart ailment for several months. Apparently, Campbell had some | premonition of his forthcoming death because he’called in Atcor- ney Joseph A. McLean on Tues- day night and asked him to draw up a will leaving everything to his widow and only survivor, He also checkad most of his personal effects with Gordon Gray at the Hotel Juneau, a personal friend. He was approximately 60 years cld at the time of his death. US. oner Felix Gray telephon- s. Carmappell in Seattle this morning and notified her of her husband’s demise He was in- structed to ship the remains to Se- attle. ‘The body is at Carter Mortuary Call upon other tionals to desist from part in the fighting; 3.—Deny to the invaders access to and use of its Lerritory for opera- tions against Kasmir, military and| other supplies, and all other kinds of aid that might tend to prolong the present strugele. - - New Consfrudion Work at Hanford fo Cali Many Workers SEATTLE, Jan. 15— From 10,000 to 16,000 workers will soon be employed in new construction work at the Hanford, Wash, plu- tonium producing plant, David H. Lauder, plant manager for the; Company, told the | Rotary Club her Lauder said the construction city will soon have a populaticn of about 23,000 per- sons, including workers and their families. The population at pr is about 4,300, he id. Workers from all parts United States e being in by contractors to take the expansion program, he id Lauder also announced a rever- sal in government policy that will permit operators of commercial en- | . terprises in Richland to construct their own buildings on ground leased by the government Pre- vicusly all buildings have been built by the government and leas ed to business concerns of the brought part in the Charles W. awaiting trans- The Hanford plant produces plu- tenium, which is nuclear fuel portation 5 U OF BC NEWSPAPER Port Alberni, B. C. Jan. 15.—#— A 600-gallon fuel oil tank exploded and burst into flames in the press room of the Daily West Coast Advo- used as fisslonable material for military and research purposes .o up the standard of one of Alaska’s lof a manpower shortage. Naval of-|stallment payments of $175,000 each!a fire that trought out cight fire finest stores. ficials pointed out that this leaves will be due as originally ordered, onjcompanies. The fire was brought, only two battleships in the active January 31, 1948, and April 30, 1948, under control quickly, with major (fleet. Irespectively. By direction of the|damage confined to the drydock The officials disclosed that the Veterans' Board, our office has held! itself. " John Back, Yukon ; Band Pradice > STEAMER MOVEMERTS Lattlewagons were put in the re- Terr. Sourdough, ls Dead ln Sea“' <e|ve force on January first. The' | new Jersey, which now is at the Na- SEATTLE, Jan 15— (P —John!yal shipyard in New York, will be Black, 70, Yukon Territory sour-/kept at Bayonne, New Jersey, af- dough who helped build Canada’s ter decommissioning. The Wisconsin w/first continental highway through! will be at Norfolk, Virginia. the Rockies at Crew's Nest Pass, B. In wartime the vessels carry a C., died Tuesday. 1complement of 2700 men each. He went to the Yukon during the — - e | »gold rush and stayed about eight FROM GUSTAVUS years, and had lived here 25 years RS §! *working as an accountant until hi Richard W. Stein of Gustavus' retirement. is registered at the Hotel Juneau. The tanker, the Elks Hills, is own- ed by the Grastos Brothers Corpor-| ation of New York City. Shipyards officials said the cause of the blast was still undetermined 317500000 pending the Appeal Court’s decision, Rather than hold! the money until the end of the: month, when it must be repaid, and to ease the financial embarrassment of the General Treasury, we have e | | today issued a voucher for $175,000,! MRS. CARRIGAN TRAVELS | payable to the General Fund. + Mrs. Roy Carrigan has left for “The case has already curtailed| Anchorage by plane where she Alaska World War 11 veterans’ lmns will be the house guest of Mr. and bonuses to the amount involved ' and Mrs. Lu Liston, former well- 'and will continue to do so until fin- known residents of Juneau. She al payment is made and new reven- will probably remain on her visit ues collected.” i for a week or ten days. | i cate here today causing an estimat- ed damage of $5,000. Publisher Irving Wilson said the explosion occurred before pressmen reported for work and that no one was injured in the blast. Wilson said preliminary investi- gation indicated the fire started by a blowback from the oil furnace. He said it was possible the press was damaged by the explosion and fire and he could not say whether today’s editions of the newspaper would be published. Denali scheduled to sall Seattle Saturday Alaska scheduled Seattle January 20, Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver January 23 Coastal Rambler scheduled to sail from Seattle January 23 Aleutian, from west, scheduled southbound Sunday - An acre-inch of top soil weighs, on the average, 150 tons. te sail from from i | | | STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 15 -Clos- ing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 77%, Anaconda 33%, Wright International Hur\l‘\(lr 89, Kennecott 47%, New York Central 14’ Northern Pacific 19%, U, Steel 756%, Pound $4.03, Sales today were Averages today Industrials 177.04, 780,000 shares. follow: rails 51.11, util- | ities 33.12 | !'tinue them | brograms ‘At 8 Tonight The Juneau City Band will hold a practice tonight at 8 o'clock in the Grade School auditorium. Director Alfred Ventur says at- tendance will decide whether to call off rehearsals during the re- mainder of the winter months and resume them in the spring or con- weekly and work up for coming events.