The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXII, NO. 11,167 President Tr e TOT IN WELL TRAGEDY IS FOUND DEAD Body Reco;r;d After 52, Hours of Frantic Work | by Rescuers i SAN MARINO, Calif., April 11— (#—The world is a little sadder to- day. Little Kathy Fiscus was brought up dead from her well tomb after 52 hours. All mothers and fathers shared | in some measure the grief that| overcame David and Alice Fiscus | when the body of their tow-headed | three-year-old was found lying in| water, wedged about 100 feet down in the 14-inch pipe. i The announcement by death, by | drowning, at 8:58 (PST) last night brought to a tragic end the tire-‘ Jess digging of weary rescuers and | the anxious waiting of sympathizers i everywhere. More than 15000 watched final rescue efforts. 52 FRANTIC HOURS Those efforts took, in all, 52 hours; but it would have been the same if she could have been| reached. in two hours. Dr.. Robert McCullock, family physician, said Kathy had been dead “since last heard from Fri-| day afternoon.” Then her terrified| screams drifted faintly up to her mother, efforts to have her grab a rope falled, and all was silent. There was still water in the welll after 45 years. ' SILENT BREAK-UP The parents. had received the news at home. And soon'the crowd, numbering hundreds of other par- ents, began breaking up silently. Thus culminated the most con- certed rescue attempt of an indi- viduagl since Floyd Collins was fatally trapped in a Kentucky cave in 1925, That lasted days, this hours that seemed like days. It started after Kathy, running | a footrace with her elder sister, Barbara, nine, and a cousin, Gus Lyon, five, fell behind in the - dash across the vacant lot on the corner of her block. When the older child- ren turned around, there was no Kathy. LAST FAINT SCREAM They called and looked, and Gus almost fell into the concealed well- hole himself when he heard a faint scream coming up from below. The kids ran for their mothers. Mrs. Fiscus called to her young- est. Frenzied screams, “Yes, yes, yes,” came up in answer to all the mother’s: questions. The fire department and police were summoned. A rope was drop- ped and Kathy tried to grip it. But e SOUTHERN QUEEN _ niiss Jeanne Ziegler (above), 21-yeax-old seniqr of Wayne, Pa., anniversary ceremonies of Florida Southern College, Lakeland. i | will rule as Queen over the 64th SEINERFOR JUNEAUIN | AVIATRIX EXPLOSION | Damaged B;_Fire Which Follows-Wm. Wright Suffers Burns SEATTLE, April 11— (®—One man received burns when a 40- foot purse seiner exploded and caught fire at the Standard Oil |Co., docks on Lake Union late | Saturday. Battalion Fire Chief Gordon Martin said the explosion occurred as Willlam Wright, 38, tried to start the engine and move away from the dock after gallons of gasoline. ‘Wright's right suffered second and burns. Boat damage was eslimaied hand and ar: third degr at $1,300. The fire was confined to the engine compartment and pilot- | TRIP OF | uman’s Bu i housemen’s Union. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” = ———— JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE, TEN CENTS 0PPOSITION 10 BRIDGES| AS PRESIDENT | Tom George of Portlandls Also Nominated for ' Head, CIO-ItWU SAN FRANCISCO, April 11— | —Harry Bridges today faced his first opposition in eight years for the presidency of his CIO Inter-! national Lengshoremen's and Ware- Bridges and Tom George, of local 8, Portland, Ore., were nomi= nated for the office as the ILWU'S eighth biennial convention closed yesterday. : George’s sponsor, M. J. Eddy of the Portland local, explained he thought the whole union would benefit from the challenge. Ballots have been sent out ‘to members of all locals. Complete election returns are expected to be tabulated within two weeks. Bridges, who sharply criticized national leadership on certain pol- icies, was the first to be nominated. ‘The convention by resolution ask- ed that the Department of State and the Congress review the na- tion’s foreign policy. It declared | that “today the foreign policy of our country and those with which it is allied in the Atlantic Alliance is unified only on the basis of be- ing against our former ally, the USSR." erican Truck Associaticn award as MACHINISTS, pht §INDUSTRYIN. AIR CARRIERS | AGREEMENT loading 847! DElAYED}f Mrs. Morro;T—ait Encount-{Musi Ask for?nancial Aid ers Another Hiftch of | —Johnson Wants fo Proposed Flight Know About Red Ink VANCOUVER, B.C,, April ll—mi WASHINGTON, April 11— (®— i cncountered another hitch In herior tne civil Aeronautics Board, efforts to resume a raund-the-worldigaiq toda; { y flight. ‘s ~_iment aid” will be needed to help i The red-haired British aviatriXisome airlines achieve a “sound lsald‘ yesterday her scheduled take-|financial structure.” 10ff in a “borrow” Beattle plane for: Nerthway, Alaska would be de- layed because of a faulty radio. But O'Connell told a Senate Commerce subcommittee that agency, favors a ‘“general baliling out” of financially-distressed car- riers. He did not identify such carriers {yack Ellis of Seattle, former Royal Air Force flyer. } From Northway she will fly over Tok, where her global flight was nalted last Nov. 21, then point her INVESTIGATION —Mrs. Richarda Morrow-Tait has, joeeph J. O'Connell, Jr., chairman | “substantial govern- | She expects to head up theneither the CAB nor Reconstruc-| 3¢ i British Columbia coast Tuesday|tion Finance Corporation, tne;.mgth of‘ seasons in all ia')tea.w, !morning with her new navigator, ! principal government lending | which will be unchanged. They ARE NOW UNDER Last Year's Contract fo Be Renewed for Alaska Fishing Season SEATTLE, April 11.—#—A con- tract proposal made by Hope Lodge No. 79, International Asscciation of Machinists, Ind., has been accepted the Alaska Salmon Industry, {Inc, & joint announcement disclos- ed today. | A spokesman for the Industry,! {and 1. A. Sandvigen, union business | |agent, sald the proposal provides for a renewal of last year's con- | tract, including guarantees on the 'said the agreement will be signed | | romorrow. | In turn for thne icnewed season | | guarantees, the union agreed to | (began after an all-night she couldn’t fasten it around her- self as firemen hoped. The rope house, the flames being subdued went loose as Kathy slipped into by firemen before reaching the her tomb. i stored gasoline. ‘The vessel was delievered Friday RESCUE WORK Bulldozers, clamshell cranes and rotary well diggers went into full swing. One pit, 30 feet wide, wenti down more than 75 feet, before it (Continued on Page Sixi The Washington| Merry-gg- Round} By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) 'ASHINGTON— The late and lamented 80th Congress was widely publicized as one of the most lobby - ridden in many years and probab- 1y deserved that reputation. When it was thrown out of office last November, Democratic leaders an- nounced that the 81st Congress would immediately start an investi- gation of lobbyists, and to that end conscientious Senator Kilgore introduced a resolution calling for a sweeping probe. That resolution is still stymied in the Senate Judiciary Committee where ‘Senator Wiley of Wisconsin, Republican, is staging a one-man filibuster in the subcommittee. Meanwhile the new 81st Congress js just about as lobby-ridden as the old—possibly more so. There is one big difference, however. This time the lobbyists have been smart- er. They work in disguise. One devise is te- pressure a few key business friends: in @& ' Congress- man’s home district. Another amaz- ABIGAIL S (Continued " on Page Four) [to the Parks Canning Co., of Ju- neau and was being readied for the trip north. AIL ADAMS IS RETURNING, ROUTE 10 ALASKA PORT 11—A— The Adam¥, which SEATTLE, April fueighter Abigail has been tied up since March 11, is |returning to the service of the Al-lg)sy said it would maintain radio aska Steamship Company. The vessel will load for Valdez Seward. The Abigail Adams is a Maritime Commission vessel under charter to the Alaska Steamship Company. STEEL CABOOSE CARS SHIPPED 10 ALASKA RAILROAD SEATTLE, April 11—®— The begun the and Alaska Railroad has cars from Seattle to Whittier for service on its freight trains. Four of the cars are on their way north on a barge of Ocean Tow, Inc. Eight or 10 or the cars will be loaded on two barges of Ocean Tow within the next few days. The cars were bullt by the Pacific Car and Foundry Company here, :;‘:I-"I‘asiiflt;rl:i i‘l:l:rd:ir:ue:m‘::;; O’Connell .sa‘ld, “that certain of| G LA with cold weather gear by the|the carrer in this group willbeig ¢ o ¢ o 0 v 0 0 0 0 o Royal Canadian Air Force, which ahle to reestablish a sound rmhn-‘, . 3 lcm structure without substantial{ , WEATHER REFORT * vernment aid. We believe that in| Icomncz on the Bige o Norlhway.[%ge long run aid will prove to l:e‘: (U. 5. WEATHER BUREAU : | advantageous ‘lo the government.”| g vy data is for 24-hour pe- ® lIRIAl or “Iss IS ~TerT T e riod ending 6:30 am. PST. e e In Juneau— Maximum, 43; | SH m MAY 2 ® At Airport— Maximum, 45; e | FUTURE PROJECTS |« minimum. 3s. . ° | NEW YORK, April 11—(®—Trial| AT SPE('AL MEH . FORECAST . of Alger Hiss, former State De- . (Juneau and Vicinity) . 'pulment official, on a charge of All members of the Junior ® Cloudy with occasional light e perjury was adjourned today until|cpamier of Commerce have been ® rain showers tonight and e May 2 by Federal Judge Alfred C.|;zed tc attend a special business |® Tuesday. Southeasterly winds e e meeting, to be held tonight at|® s high as 30 MPH. Lowest o Hiss was indicted on charges that 8 o'clock at the home of Lois Es- ® temperature tonight about g7 . he denied he turned over secret tepp, 123 Main Street. ® degrees. Highest temperature e government papers to Whittaker| o the agenda for the session|® Wednesday, 42 shipment of 20 new steel caboose Chambers, former courier for 2| the planning of projects for fu- o PRECIPITATION o Communist spy ring | Jaycee work @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ey [ e ® In Juneau — .23 inches; e STOVE FIRE ‘ e since April 1, 529 inches; ® SKAGWAY MAYOR HERE ® since July 1, 102.63 inches. @ | The 1-3 fire alarm at 1:15 o'clock | ® At Airport — 21 inches; ® iyesterday afternoon was for a C. A. Carroll, mayor of Skagway,|® since April 1, 199 inches; e grease-blaze in a range in the in from Skagway yesterday aboard |e . since July 1, 5830 inches. e Baranof Kitchen, There was no Alaska Coastal Afrlines for several | @ . e oo v 000000 ton and—she hopes—home. Mrs. Morrow-Tait, housewife, said that if all well she will reach England byl mid-May. Her first plane, an RAF Percival Proctor Four, was damaged beyond | repair when it crash-landed on the | Alaska Highway at Tok. Since then she has been attempting to raise funds in Alaska, Canada and the i war surplus trainer toward Edmon-j 25-year-old goes O'Connell was the first witness|drop its demand for a 15 per ccm; in -a general investigation into the wage increase. Previously the in- finances and economics of the na-|dustry had offered a counter pro- tion'’s commercial air carriers. posal to the wage demand provid- Chairman Edwin C. Johnson (D-|ing that the 100-day guaranteed Colo) said the committee wants to|season in Southeast Alaska be cut find out why the industry “in,one|in half. The season could only of the greatest prosperity eras this have been lengthened in proportion country has ever had uses so much | to the size of the pack in excess | red ink.” |of 15,000 cases of salmon. i O'Connell sald mauy The contract settlement affects| turned to debt financing, instead, ..o .. g5 and 1,000 union mem- airlines |of equity financing, atter the war. Jnited ates 5 = e States 0., Su i | dagthey He said that as a result some will aircraft and complete her journey. able Ibers employed in the Alaska salmon |industry. Some of the workers are | seattle and Vancouver friends do- nated $600. * After an uneventful flight here ! damage. |days on business. not be u; hwnhstznd agy now being ‘cleared to go north and further period of heavy OPerating|, ..., the canneries for opera- gvacs. .| tions, “It is extremely doubtful to us"| |to ask the UN to return all the| dget Given "Driver of Year” President Truman congratulates Martin Larson (right), 41, St. Paul truck driver, who won the Am- Mrs. Larscn (center), accompanied her husband on his Washington visit which is part of the award for his safe driving. Wirephoto. “driver of the year.” Strike On Washinglon . Nevis_papers; Publications Halted for Second Time Within Week Over Wages WASHINGTON, April 11.—#R— A strike of about 200 mechanical workers today halted publication ot the capital's newspapers for the| second time within a week. | The strike of pressmen and stero- typers against the four daily papers “peace” meeting failed to end a wage dis- pute. Afternoon. editions of three newspapers were the first affect- ed. \ Publishers said both unions re- fused thew offer a $6 weekly ase, and a third week of vaca- tion to employees with five or more years service—terms similar o these accepted by the AFL print- | ors and protosagravers. I | | | They said the pressmen heid out for an $8 increase, along with re. | duction. of the present 7% hour| day and 387% hour week to a 7 hour ddy and 2 35 hour week, plus an increased manning of the press- es. The publishers’ statement said| the. sterotypers asked a $9 weekly raize and a reduction in the work week from 33'% hours to 32': hours. UN RECONVENES TUESDAY; AGENDA | HAS MANY ISSUES| LAKE SUCCESS, April 11.—(®— At the United Nations, the Politi-| cal Committee resumes debate on the African colonies. And the Italian Foreign Minister is expected to speak. ! Count Carlo Sforza is expected | pre-war African colonies to TItaly. These are Eritrea, Italian Someli- land and Likir, which Italy lost during World War Two. The UN General Assembly prob- ably wili reconvene tomorrow and it will have a full agenda. This| includes such items as the case of Cardinal Mindszenty, the Indone- sian case and Israel's application for membership in the UN . STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska from Seattle scheduled to arrive 5 p. m. Tuesday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver at 9 tonight. Are Hit Hard by Trimming BIG CUT IS MADE IN FUNDS Veterans' Adminisiration Feels Slash-Gther Re- ductions Announced By WILLIAM ¥. ARBOGAST | WASHINGTON., April 11—(P— /A hailf-billion dollar cut in Vet- |erans’ Administration funds high- | lighted a $7,576,886,231 multi-agency 'money bill approved by the House | Appropriations Committee. | The bill carries funds for the { fiscal year beginning July 1 for 28 so-called independent agencies, in- cluding $5,145431,940 for the Vet- eran's Administration and $1,090,- 1120,397 for the Atomic Energy Com- | mission. i Every agency in the bill shared in the overall reduction of $734,- 680,599 from the Presidential budget |requests for $8,311,566,830, but the Veterans' Administration took the | deepest slash. The bill's total includes $7,104,~ {571,603 in cash and $472,314,628 in contract authorizations for which future appropriations may be re- |quired. The President asked for | $7,775,566,830 in cash and $536,000,- 000 in contract authority. | Armed Forces | i Budget Upset Not only did the committee upset the President’s budget on the money items, but it refused to fol- low his Budget Bureaw’s recommen- dation for cancellation of $237,000,- 000 in previously authorized Vet~ erans’ hospital construction. Hoover Reporfi.ixes s wammes: ‘, tion operations: Administrative expense, from $848,897,000 to $820,673,940; pensions, Charges ’Pa_titflng" in De-| mands - Alaska Hous- | ing Instance Cited WASHINGTON, April 11 —@®— Former president Herbert Hoover accused the armed service today of “padding” money demands, waste and extravagance. He cited air- force’ plans to build houses ini Alaska costing $56350 each and| Army requests to modernize 102/ tanks it doesn't have. Hoover laid before the Senate! Armeg Services committee a re- port wurging appointment of three assfstant secretaries of defense to take the wasté and inefficiency out of military spending. The . Senate group is studying proposed changes in the law which put the army, navy and air force under a single department, Hoover was called as a witness because of the studies his commission has| made. The report said: “The army's original budgetary request for 1950 also included anj| from $2,220,890,000 to $1,998,801,000; | readjustment benefits under the GI Bill, irom $2,441,670,000 to $2,197,- 508,000. But even with the overall $508,- 750,060 reduction, the total VA fund would be $14,977,940 more than Congress gave the agency this year. However, the committee said, the VA will have abqut,$800,000,000 lless to spend next year than it had this year pecause some of the new funds will be used during the remaining months of this fis- cal year. Why Big Cuts' In explanation of the big cuts in VA funds, the committee said there is no way to determine ac- curately the exact needs of some of the programs. In refusing to go along with the Budget Bureau in cancelling $237,- 000,000 in hospital building author- ity for which the money has not yet been provided, the committee said the President could decide what part of the construction pro- |gram’ should go ahead. The Budget Bureau proposal, the committee said, would have elimi- nated 24 hospitals and altered the i budget called for the building of | item ‘of $108,200,859 for ‘tropical worsted uniforms,’ ‘which would; purchase 838,000 uniforms at $129, apiece, enough for all the enlisted | men in the army, and then some! | The report said the air force| size of 15 others in the proposed construction program. Hospital Program The cost of the entire hospital program has been estimated " at $822,000,000, of which $202,000,000 already has been appropriated. 910 family homes in Alaska “at a cost of $58850 a house.” It noted that the air force also proposed to | The Atomic Energy Commission’s |share of the bill- s /$1,080,120,397, | consisting of $702, cash and {U. 8."Steel 72%, Pound $4.03% y}z{l}fil a:s l;omu k:m " (fl-lu ssf;‘zfljszs7,lanm in contract authority. cach and 7,880 in the Unite 7 The President wanted '$740,000,000 at $:8,000 each, |cash and $427 ) The report sald the army had re- authority. TR0 "Ag ool quested $100,000 per tank t0\ " apoue” one-third of the commis- modernize 1215 existing M-26|gong progrand for next year in- tanks, forgetting that it already | yolves weapons and re ‘de- had sturned over 102 of these m"kslvelcpmem which the tee to the Marine Corps. - STOCK O_U({IATIONS NEW YORK, April 11 ing quotation of Alaska |said should not be cut because they !deal with “our first line of de- fense.” | There 'was no further explana- tion. Clos-, The ‘committee acted ' on'the Juneau | Atomic fund after hearing David Lil- mine, stock today s 3%, American | 1enthal, commission ehairman, say Can 82, Anaconda 30'¢, Curtiss-|there currently is no indication of Wright 9%, Intzrnational Harvest- 8N agreement to. outlaw the use er 24%, Kennecott 44%, New York |Of atomic weapons. Central 11%, Northern Pacitic 15%, | But Lillenthal said prospects for |peace “are by no means dim" and Sales today were 720,000 shares. | predicted that permanent peace Averages today are as follows: Will Include “some effective control, industrials 176.54, rails 49.20, util- Some foolptoof control of atomic ites 35.79. {weapons as a surprise weapon.” - | Until conditions change, he said, {the United States must retain its ilead in . the atomic weapon field {and remain in the forefront of ato- Rep. Warren Taylor, Fourth mic development and production of Division Democrz (. who joined sup- | A-bombs. porters of Gov. Gruening in Wash- e ington, D. C., returned here yester-| '‘The Isle of Wight, in the British P s ,TAYLOR FOR FAIRBANKS Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Sagurday. 1 day enroute to Fairbanks., He will|Channel, has a total area of less remain here until Wednesday. ‘than 150 square miles.