The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIIIL, NO. 11,287 ONE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, A. L. AUXILIARY Ethel West of Keichikan Is Nominated fo Chaplain ~Election Tomorrow PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31—®—| Mrs. Norman I. Sheehe, 52-year- old attractive grandmother from Rockford, Ill, today was the only candidate nominated for National President of the American Legion Auxiliary. The nomination by 1,300 delegates to the Auxiliary's 20th annual con- vention assumes her election to- morrow. Mrs. Sheehe, national vice presi- dent, will succeed Mrs. Hubert A. Goode, of Portland, Oregon. Other officers nominated without opposition include: Mrs. Ethel M. ‘West, Ketchikan, Alaska, Chaplain. SALMON PACK IS 400,000 CASES OVER LAST YEAR Heavy catches in Southeast Al- aska waters since the opening ot the season August 22 continue to be reflected in the pack reports—but the cumulative total as of August 27 tells a startling story in itself. Comparing cumulative totals at the end of a heavy fishing week in ‘both 1948 and 1948 seasons, the report shows 1,041,800 cases of sal- mon packed this year, as against 640,772% in 1948—an increase of a good 400,000 cases. As fishing in the outside waters oif Chichagof and Baranof Islands was delayed this week, the figure is even more significant, for it does not represent all of South- east. Alaska. District totals, in number of cases, are as follows: Ketchikan— 421,442; West Coast—142,122; Wran- gell-Petersburg—171,218, and, in Ju- neau areas, Eastern—42,717, West- TWO AMERICANS HELD BY SOVIETS IN RUSSIAN ZONE WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—P— Secretary of State Acheson today denounced Russia’s holding of two American students in Eastern Ger- many as outrageous, illegal and improper. Acheson told a news conference the Americans wandered into the Russian zone illegally but said they were doing no harm and should be released promptly. The students he referred to are Peter Sellers, 18, of Radnor, Pa., and Warren Oelsner, 21, of Oyster Bay, N. Y. They have been miss- ing since July 29. 5 The Secretary acknowledged that the youths did not have creden- tials permitting them to enter the Russian zone. accuses them of being spies. Acheson sreminded = thai the United States does not engage in the practice of holding people who have committeed no crimes. Because of that principle, he said, the United States refused to use as a hostage for trading pur- poses a Russian flyer who desert- ed the Soviet Air Force and then wanted to return to his homeland. The flier, Anatole Barzov, was taken to ‘Austria and turned over today to the Red Army. American authorities in Vienna indicated they would have liked to trade him to the Russians for some half dozen Anfericans being held by Soviet authorities. A5M.P. H. IS NEW SPEED LIMIT ON AIRPORT HIGHWAY Effective - tomo:rrow, maximum speed on the new paving to the ! airport will be 45 miles per hour, it was announced today by Frank A. Metcalf, chief of the Territorial Highway Patrol. “While the speed limit is in- creased from the city limits to the ‘airport,” said Metcalf, “the limit will remain at 35 miles an hour on unimproved roads.” PHILADELPHIA VISITOR James Laurence of Philadelphia, Pa, is regiztered at the Gnstin- eau Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go-Round (Copyright, 1049, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) By ROBERT §: ALLEN, Substi- . tuting for Drew Pearson, Who, Is On Annual Vacation ASHINGTON — The Iranian government is attempting a new backstage squeeze for a big U. S. handout. It is a demand for a $250,000,000 World Bank loan. The proposal was sprung by A. H. Ebtehaj, head of the Iranian State Bank, and a governor of the World Bank. He is due here next month for a meeting of bank governors. Meanwhile, Ebtehaj is trying to put the heat on in Teheran. He has told U. S. officials there that Iran is entitled to the same kind of monetary and military aid the U. 8. is giving Turkey and Greece. He concluded one conversation with the haughty observation that if such assistance is not forthcom- ing “the U. S. can go to hell.” Actually, a large flow of U. S. dollars is pouring into Iran.’ Amer- ican oil interests are paying out millions monthly, and the U. S. (Continued on Page Four) But, he said, no one! ern—219,127, and Icy Strait—45,~ 174. The report is by the Pisheries Division, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. B.C. LOGGERS WILLBALLOT, STRIKE VOTE VANCOUVER, B. C,, Aug. 31.—® —A strike vote among 32,000 Coastal loggers was approved yes- terday by the Canadian Labor Re- lations Board. Date of the balloting will be determined within several days. The employees, member of the International Woodworkers of America (CIO), have rejected a majority report of the Conciliation Board that they be given no pay increase. The union has asked a ic | cent hourly boost. BEING SWEPT BY TYPHOON; 2 BLOWS TOKYO, ' Auk. 31.—(P—Tokyos worst typhoon in 11 years roared across this teeming area tonight, killing at least five persons, injur- ing 35 and loosing 14 ships in Yo- kosuka Harbor. The second half of the storm i was worsethan the first. Tokyo houses were demolished, several fires raged and streets were litter- ed with debris. Communications with large areas around Tokyo were out. An 80-mile an hour wind. whipped i the seas into a fury. Fifty-fot waves lashed the low shoreline. First Japanese reports said al steamer with 50 passengers aboard! was lost Off the China Coast across| Tokyo Bay. More than 200 fishing boats were swept away from the western shore of Sagami Bay. Japanese . police reported one dead and four injured at Odawara.} The -town is on a river in the! flats near the bay. The barracks of the U. 8. Fifth Cavalry regiment on a peninsula between Sagami and Tokyo bays were damaged. No troops were re- ported hurt. But soldiers were alerted to move to sater ground if the typhoon got worse, Groom Takes Powder After Wedding in 1923; Annulment Granfed DETROIT, Aug. 31.—®-—After 26 cided that, minus a husband, a marriage isn't a marriage. Yesterday the former . Detroit scheol teacher officially shueked herself of Walter Nichols, who has not been heard from since he bolt- ed their - wedding reception Dec. 23, 1923, she told Circuit Judge Chester P. O'Hara, Nichols left after picking up the wedding presents and the contents of ladies’ pocketbooks while the others feasted. It was the climax of a whirlwind courtship. Judge O’Hara agreed that it sounded pretty much like aban- donment and anulled the marriage. “I stayed married because I did not want to be fooled twice,” Mrs. Nichols said. ‘The Veterans Administration saysnisgomgmdlsmlssfioem- ployees in Washington and 620 in the field. They will come from the V A’s personnel division, TOKYO AREA IS/ years, Mrs. Sophie Nichols has de- |, Amer. Legion Plans Fight On Economy PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31—#— ‘The American Legion called on the United States today to = support “any patriotic groups or organiza- tions of Chinese” who would tight Communists. The resolution, drafted by the Legicn’s foreign relations commit- tee, was adopted unanimously. A contrary proposal, reported under discussion early this week, to “write off” China as lost was not offered. The Legion’s national commander declared the organization’s major 1950 fight will be against govern- ment economy which “threatens to strangle” veterans benefits. Commander Perry Brown of Beaumont, Texas, in his report to the 31st Nat'onal Convention called for strong opposition to “economy at the expense of the veterans.” BRADFORD, U.S. (. OF C. MANAGER, IS JUNEAU VISITOR Although notice of his arrival was too short to permit an offi- cial Chamber of Commerce event, Raljia Bradford, Executive Vice President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, was well entertained during his brief stay in Juneau yesterday, and had glowng things to say of his first impressions of Alaska. { Mr. and Mrs. Bradlord were ac- companied by their son, Wiliam, the cruise on the Princess Kathleen being a twenty-first birthday pre- sent for Bill ‘The Bradfords are good friends of Alfred McVay of Walla Walla, whose mother is Mrs. John (Betty) McCormick of Juueau. McVay 1s active in active in Chamber of Commerce affairs. On receipt of a telegram from McVay, the McCormicks hastily ar- ranged for the Bradfords’ enjoy- ment here. With Henry Green, Vice President of the Juneau C. of C., and members B. Frank Heint- zleman and Norman Banfield, the MecCormicks met the party when the Kathleen docked and took the Washington, D.C, visitors for a ride to Mendenhall Glacier. The Bradfords were especially impressed by the Minfield Home, which, they likened to Father Flanhnigan’s “Boystown.” “Both Minnie and Father Flanni- gan are delightfully Irish,” said vivacious Mrs. Bradford. “Mayte that's why they are doing the same fine work,” her husband chimeéd in, “giving love and care to a group of children who could not otherwise have any. “I certainly didn't expect to find such a place here,” he added. After concluding the little tourj with a visit to the Alaska Museum, the McCormicks entertained with dmner at the Baranof ‘Hotel, with Mr. Heintzleman and Mr. Banfield as' their other guests. Bradford kept the Juneauites busy answering 'questions which showed his interest in Alaska, including the statehcod question. He ex- pressed himself as being very in- terested and very much impressed so far. The Princess Kathleen tour will take them as far as Carcross, Y.T. 'Don’t te fooled by that title of Bradford,s,” commented one well- informed Juneauuite. “He’s the one who runs the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.” West Coast of B.C. Damaged, Recent Quake PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. Aug. 31 —M—The British Columbia West Coast suffered more damage than was at first realized in the earth- quake off the Queen Charlotte Islands Aug. 21. Belated reports from isolated Cumshewa Inlet in the Charlottes said the Aero Logging Company totaled up damage estimated in the thousands of dollars. The main tremor Sunday night dislodged two crude oil tanks con- taining 14,000 gallons of fuel. One carried away part of the company wharf in its fall, another crushed 75 feet of trestle when it struck the end of a logging railway. Company officlials said the resi- dents, who endured a week of diminishing shocks after the major tremor, were still “in a state of alarm.” .. | | ;Rep. Warren A. Taylor JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1949 ORGANIZATION SET, STATEHOOD MEETING ENDS IN HARMONY The organizing session of the Alaska Statehood Committee ended shortly after noon today. By-laws were adopted this morn- ing and sub-committees were chos- en to act in furthering the poli- cies of the Statehood Committee between meetings. The “qualified person to do the necessary resarch,” called for by the Statehood bill, was not en- gaged because of lack of funds. Sub-committees called for under the by-laws are: 1. Education and Public Rela- tions. Members are William L. Baker, Ketchikan publisher: Robert Atwood, Anchorage publisher; Gov. Ernest Gruening; Lee Bettinger of Kodiak and Senator Howard Lyng of Nome. 2. Legislation. Members are Sen. Lyng; Sen. Andrew Nerland of Fairbanks; Rep. Stanley McCutch- ! led eon of Anchorage; Sen. Frank Peratrovich of Klawock; Sen. Vic- tor C. Rivers of Anchorage; and of Fair- banks. These two sub-committees will be most active while statehood is still in question, committee spokesmen said todav. The first wiul nandle publicity and information in connection with the bid for statehood; the second will make available to Delegate E. L. Bartlett “pertinent information and suggestions and, such other assistance in obtaining passage of the best possible enabling legisla- tion by Congress . . . "—as pro- vided by Territorial legislation. 3. Constitution. Members are Rep. Taylor, Sen. Nerland, Judge Anthony J. Dimond, Mrs. Mildred Hermann of Juneau, and Rep. Per- cy Ipalook of Cape Prince of Wales. 4. State Organization. Members |are Sen. Rivers, Sen. Nerland, Mrs. Hermann and Rep. Ipalook. The work of these two commit- tees will be seen when Alaska’s statehood becomes a faet, commit- tee spokesmen declared. The Organization sub-committee will be charged with making a plah for bringing Alaska through il and state. The subcommittee on Constitution will have-“ . .. in prepnunon for the Consmunon Convention, fully detailed information and analysis for use by the convention in pre- paring the réquired draft of a con- stitution for Alaska . .. " accord- ing to the Statehood Committee Act. Atwood, yesterday chosen chair- man of the Statehood Committee, said thé first session was “harmon- ious all the way through.” Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett is ex-officio member of all sub-com- mittees. The by-laws also made provisions for compensation of Statehood Committee members: $20 per day when members are on official Statehood Committee business in Alaska; and $25. per day out.l\de' Alaska. However, the sub-committees set up is an effort to make ex- penditures unnecessary at present. Although $80,000 was appropriated when the Statehood,Committee bill was passed in the Terrjtoffal Tegiss lature, the money is tm_un ‘while the Territory Is ' ‘negotiating ‘a loan. Meanwhile, committee members have negotiated ,a loan on their personal notes so that funds will be available for committee ac- tion in emergencies. The. Statehood Committee’s open- ing meeting was Monday. Gov. Gruening was chairman. Rep. Tay- lor, Delegate Bartlett and Atwood were the nominating committee chosen during the first day’s meet- ing. 3 T0 SPEAK AT (C MEET TOMORROW Chief of Staff, Capt N. 8. Hau- ..ol' 17th; ‘Dist &ld- quarfiffl ‘Wil recétve official greet- ings from the City of Juneau to- morrow. at the Juneau Chaniber of Commerce noon meeting at the Baranof Hotel. A report on the meeting with Ralph Bradford, executive vice- president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, will be made by mem- bers of the Chamber's reception committee. Chamber men confer- red yesterday with Bradford who was aboard the Princess Kathleen. Freeman Schultz, manager of the Juneau Spruce Corp. mill, is ex- pected to talk briefly to the group on future plans for the mill fol- lowing the disastrous fire this week- end. Hoop skirts once were supported | by whalebone, which was expensive. WILL WITHDRAW IF NO QUARTERS No housing . . . No Coast Guard headquarters in Juneau. “That's putting it on the line,” Lt. Cmdr. E. P. Chester said today, but that is exactly what will hap- pen if housing is not found for staff personnel of the 17th District Coast Guard headquarters.” “Fourteen Coast Guard families who arrived here yesterday were sent as a ‘trial balloon’ to ascertain Juneau's ability to produce hous- ing to settle further groups,” Lt. Cindr. Chester said. By directive from Rear Admiral Raymond T. Mecilligott, Comman- dant of the 13th and 17th -Coast Guard Districts, if the trial group is not settled within a reasonable length of time, instructions will be issued ordering the group back to Seattle and the setting up of head- quarters in Juneau will be cancel- | out of the 14 to arrive yesterday, four families have been housed with 10 remaining to be settled, Chester said. Anyone having Information on available living quarters is urged to call either Lt. Cmdr. Chester at the Governor's office, Capt. N. S. Haugen, Chief of Staff at the Baranof Hotel, or Blue 820. Sign Building Lease U. 8. Coast Guard has signed the lease for occupancy of the new- ly constructed Community Building, Norman Banfield, chairman of the Board of Directors for the Com- munity Building Corp., said today. Completion of the construction of the new building is expected by Sept. 8, Banfield said. R. J. Som- mers Construction Co., notified the Community Building Corp. to this effect today. Date for occupancy of the build- ing by the Ceast Guard will depend upon the housing situation, Chester said. Nothing definite can be de- termined until living quarters are found for the “trial balloon” group. The 14 Coast Guard families ar- u¥ed here aboard the Alentian. 1 %|WORK ONLY 2 DAYS transition period between territory ; NEXT WEEK, ORDER T0 COAL MINERS WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—P— John L. Lewis today ordered coal jminers east of the Mississippi river to work only two days next week. It .was the first change in the work schedule since the mine workers' leader fixed a three-day production week for the industry and abanoned his “no contract, no work” policy July 1. In a telegram to all locals, it was learned, Lewis ordered that Thursday, Sept. 8, “is an idle day for bituminous miners east of the Mississippi river.” Lewis originally cut down the work week in order to reduce the jlarge stocks of coal above ground. Averagé daily production is about 2,000,000 tons. Roosevelt, Jr. io Wed Blonde Today NEW YORK, Aug. 31—®— Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., 35, son of the wartime President, will be married today to socialite Suzanne Perrin, 28, of New York, his office announced. Roosevelt's first marriage to the former Ethel Du Pont ended in a!Nevada. divorce last May. They have two children, Franklin D. Roosevelt 3rd, now 10, and Christo- pher, 7. It will be a first marriage for the blonde Miss Perrin. Maska Airines Planning Service PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 3l.-®— Alaska Airlines plans unschedul- ed service from here to Anchorage and Pairbanks via Seattle. President J. A. Wooten arrived yesterday in a DC-4 that will take off for Alaska tomorrow. He said the company plans about eight flights a month linking the two U. 8. citfes with tthe territory. The Civil Aeronatuics Board has been asked to approve regular scheduled service by the company as far south as Los Angeles. FROM SEATTLE E. A. Bernstein of the Coast Guard Seventeenth District in Se- attle is & guest at the Gastineau. SAYS COAST GUARD | MEMBER A |BRITISHERS COMING T0 U.S.FORAID Two CabineTfifficials En- route Now - Other In- ternational News (By the Associated Press) Two key members of the British cakinet sailed from Southampton today for talks in Washington aimed at easing the British finan- cial crisis. Sir stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ernest Bevin, Forelgn Secretary, left Eng- land on what Bevin called “prob- missions in history.” The two were accompanied by 13 aides and experts who will assist in the presentation of a 20,000 word brief on Britain's fnancial prob- lems and suggested solutions at the conference with Canadian and United <States experts opening Sept. 7. The British plan was not dis- closed. However, authoritative sources said it called for the for- :mation of an Anglo-Amen'can council to aid British manufac- turers in reaching the American market. The plan was said to urge a lowering of American tariffs and contained provisions that Britain will try to cut government spend- ing and increase factory output, with increasing costs. American Chief in Berlin, said at his final news conference [-efore retirement that Russia will try more tricks to oust the Western Allies from Berlin. He said: “They will keep trying tricks and pressure as long as they think they can get away with it.” He predicted Berlin will again besouia, the .gapital of 'a united In * London, dipiomatic officials said restrictions on the sale of military equipment to Yugoslavia may be eased shortly by the United States and Britain. The move to tald Premier Marshal Tito, who is feuding with the Soviet Union, will be discussed by Bevin when he meets U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson in Washington, these sources said. The Chinese Communist threat to Canton, provisional Nationalist capital, gained force today. Red ir- regulars invaded Kwantong pro- vince and captured Pingyun, 210 miles northeast of Canton. A Com- munist drive towards Lungchun, 145 miles from Canton was also re- ported. The Bolivian goverflment de- clared in La Paz that National forces have smashed the Cocha- tamba stronghold of Rightist Rebels. The Bolivian general staff announced some 2,000 government troops have *encircled Cochabamba | The Bolivian . radio said Rebel leaders fled by plane. Cochabama is one of three cities seized by the Rebels, led by the National Revolutionary Party (MNR). The revolt broke out Satur- day in the Andes mountain tin region. Anchorage Plane Sits Down Safely On BB Diamond LILLOOET, B0, Aug. 31—P—A single enginé plane’ ran ' short of fyel over Lillooet last night and sat down on a small baseball diamond lighted by automobile headlights. Neither, of the two occupants was hurt. . 4 e cpaft was flying from An- chorage to Vancouver. It was piloted by a man identified only . 1 commercial - flier. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—(®—Clos- ing quotation 'of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 94, Anaconda 27%, Curtiss- Wright 7%, Interhational Harvest- er 26%, Kennecott 45%, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 12%, U. S. Steel 22%, Pound $4.03. Sales today were 720,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: llndlutrllll 178.66, rails 45.10, util- |itles 36.69. Wolves appurently mate for life, and the father ajds in rearing the family. ablv one of the most important; Brig. Gen. Frank wu. Hawley, the| as Kraft, reportedly an Anchoruel SSOCIATED PRESS VOTERS CHOOSE 2YEARS, MAYOR; 1 YEAR, COUNCIL At the speclal electien yesterday to determine the length of terms for mayer and councilmen, 229 Ju- yneau citizens decided , that: Mayors of Juneau shall be elected for two-year terms as provided by Ordinance 331. The vote was 128 for the proposal, 100 against. Members of the Common Coun- cil for the City of Juneau shall be elected for one-year terms, as 103 persons voted for Proposal No. 2 (worded for three-year terms), and 124 against. Changed provisions for municip- al elections, as passed by the 1949 Legislature in Chapter 36, necessi- tated making the choice. Conisdering the nature of the election-—without fanfare and per- sonal issues—City - cfficial§ con- sidered yesterday's total vote pro- portionately good. City Clerk Jack Popejoy was sur- prised at the comparatively good turnout of voters, and by the fact that the vote was a definite “Yes” to the first proposition, and a “No” vote to the secend by nearly the same margin. “It looks as though people really thought the matter through before they got here,” Popejoy said, as he put the official ballots in the safe after the tally was comgpleted about 7:40 p. m. Judges for the speclal election were Mrs. Brita Bland, Mrs. Gud- mund Jensen and Mrs. Bert Ly- beck. Clerks were Mrs. Eva Ny- gard and Mrs. Ray Hagerup. The municipal election will be held, as provided by Chapter 36, S. {L. A. 1949, on Tuesday, October 4, Aside from the clear-cut matter of electing a mayor for two years, there will be a complication. Three present councilmen are serving in !the second years for which they were elected. Asked whether the new law re- quires election of an entire new council this year, City Attorney Howard D. Stabler said today: “I am- taking the position that | tiiose ‘three ~will ‘continue ‘10 and that three counciimen will be elected in 1949. But, starting next year, six councilmen will be elect- ed annually.” Terms of Councilmen Edward Nielsen, W. Burr Johnson and J. A. Thibodeau normally would have expired with the April, 1949 elec- tion, but, due to the change by the Legislature, they are serving until October 4. Carry-over ccuncil members are James Larsen. J. P. Christensen and George Jjorgenson. ® & & & 0 o 0 0 o . WEATHER REPORT . (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 75; minimum, 51. At” Alrport——Mnxlmum %; minimum, 42. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Cloudy with occasional light rain tonight and Thursday. Lowest temperature tonight about 50 degrees, Highest on Thursday near 57. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ In Juneau — .16 inches; o since Aug. 1, 5.72 -inche: since July 1, 11.01 inches. At Afrport — .02 inches; since July 1, 299 inches; since July 1, 6.96 inches. ® 0 e 0 0650 00 | BOAT SHOP WORK Work being done at the Juneau Marine Co., Inc., is the recaulk- ing, repitching of the deck and re- placing of stanchions on a Colum- bia Lumber Co. barge. A barge of the Foss Tug and Barge Com- pany is being pumped in pre- paration for towage to Seattle, At the Juneau Marine Base of the Northern Commercial Co, the Susie Q (Hilmar Georgeson) and the Ruby (Larry Fitzpatrick) age oft the ways after copper painting. The Macard is also off the ways after inspection. The Silver Mist (Reams-Lown) has been on the ways for shoe repair. At present, the Princeton-Hall is on the ways for shaft repair. The Marina Shop recently sold a Kermath Jeep motor for the troller Weasel (Vern Dick) and overhauled the reverse and reduc- tion gears on the Helen (George Harju). FROM SEATTL™ Registering at the Baranof Hotel yesterday from Seattle were S. W. Calvert, Max Lochman, H. K. Johnson, Lloyd M. Bell, Percy Hulf, {John R. Plut, J. I. Noble and Chris Eerry, PRICE TEN CENTS VAUGHAN ON STAND 2ND DAY Truman’s AEAdmifs FBI Looked Into His Record as 5 Percenter WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—#— The FBI once investigated Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan after he had been accused of accepting a ltribe to fix an income tax case. An alde declared he was exoner- ated. Vaughan, President Truman's military aide, told about the investi= gation today to the Senate Com- mittee looking into “five percenter” activities in Washington. Senator McCarthy (R-Wis), one of the members of the committee, had asked .Vaughan whether ‘the FBI had not taken an interest in his activities. Specifically, MecCar- : thy asked whether the FBI had not looked into a charge that Vaughan applied “pressure and in- fluence” on the Agriculture De- partment on behalf of liquor com- panies, Vaughan said- he never had i heard of that charge. Then he went* on to tell of the tax in' tion, although he couldn't recall exactly when it was. He said he understood the FBI looked into his affairs at the “request of & member of the ADMITS DEALINGS Vaughan, on the stand for the second day, previously had ack- nowledged. that he helped business ‘friends in dealings with the govern- ment. He sald, however, there was nothing improper in what he did, and he didn’t take any pay for it. He testified today that he ac- cépted a campaign contribution (“1 don't thlnk“u _have. been a 3 last fall from "A. Neblett, a lawyer who had come to him previously seeking a pardon for a client who was serving a term for selling liquor in the black market. McCarthy tried to link the two events, but Vaughan exclaimed: “I don't think that had a thing to do with it, Senator.” He said that when Neblett came to him about the pardon he refer- red him {d the Justice Department. PARDON SECURED McCarthy said the lawyers’ client |later got the pardon. While Vaughan steadfastly main- purchased In 1947 for Mrs. Morris Cavanaugh, of Spring Green, Wis., turned up in the black market 10 days later at a price of $3,500. Vaughan secknowledged buying the car for her. He said the news that it was black-marketed “is very much a surprise to me.” McCarthy saild Mrs. Cavanaugh admitted that she “black-marketed" a Buick and a Cadillac the same month. “WASH UP" FOR MARAGON WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—@— Maj. Gen: Harry H. Vaughan sald today that his friend John P. Maragon needs to be “washed up, iumigated” and that probably no longer will have access to the White House. Earlier, the President’s military aide, in testimony to & Senate com- mittee had called Maragon a “| able sort of a chap.” STEAMER MOYEMF¥TS Prince George from Vancouver due Friday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to’ sail from Vancouver Saturday. Aleutian from west scheduled southhound Sunday.