The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIIIL, NO. 11,308 BLAST IS TAKEN AT RUSSIANS Yugoslav F@gn Minister Talks Out at United Nations Meet NEW YORK, Sept. 26—(»—Yugo- slavia today accused Russia of using every kind of pressure, including armed demonstrations, to force Premier Marshal Tito to bow under Moscow’s will. Addressing the United Nations Assembly, Yugoslav Foreign Minis- ter Edward Kardelj blasted at what he called Russia’s imperialistic methods. He called on Russia to prove her desire for peace by leav- ing Yugoslavia alone. He spoke directly to the Russians in their own language. Soviet For- eign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky, | an early arrival, listened intently. ) He took many notes during the speech. PLANS HERE FOR SWIMMING POOL HEATING PLANT Engineer's plans for a heating plant which will warm Juneau's swimming pool have been received by the Juneau Lions’ Club. Blueprints were received in time for today's meeting at the Baranot Hotel from J. Donald Kroeker, consulting engineer of Portland, Oregon. Lions Club officers said today the heating plant should ite “ready by next summer, we hope.” Although it does not state ap- proximate cost of the heating plant, the plan is complete enough to be ready for contractors and will be submitted for bids within the next fews days. Approximately $2,000 was collec- ted in a fund-raising campaign by the Lions’ Club this year. Heating cost per day, as esti- mated by the engineer, would be $6.83. This would keep the water at a constant temperature of 65 degrees. It was pointed out that the Lions Club plan does not include roofing the swimming pool. At the noon meeting today it was announced that Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne will be guest of honor at a joint meeting of the Lions Club and the Juneau Business and Professional Women's Club next Monday. Three debates were included in the program at Lions Club meeting today. Chris Ehrendreich and M. E. Monagle argued the merits of a city sales tax for Juneau. Bill Matheny and Lt. Comdr. Edward P. Chester Jr., debated on parking meters. Peter Wood and the Rev. Walter Soboleff discussed a male quartet for the Lions. STEAMER MOYEMENTS Aleutian from Seattle scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon or evening. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p. m. Thursday. FROM MT. EDGECUMBE J. Foussaint of Mt. Edgecumbe is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—Two men domi- nate the policies of the giant U. S. Steel Corporation, and will also largely decide whether or not the nation is stymied by a steel strike. They are: Ben Fairless—President of U. S. Steel, son of a Welsh coal miner, who taught school, came up the hard way and is generally sympa- thetic to labor. Enders Voorhees — Chairman of the finance committee of U. S. Steel, son of a bank president, a tightfisted New York Dutchman, and an accountant whose job it is to pinch pennies for-J. P. Morgan and Co., which largely controls U. S. Steel. 2 These two men sometimes dis- agree. And their disagreement rep- resents a seesaw between liberal and conservative policies which have alternated in the management of U. S. Steel and J. P. Morgan. Originally U. S. Steel was one, of Pour) AMERICAN LINER LEAVES SHANGHAI WITH 1219 ABOARD Sails from Nationalist- Blockaded Port After Weeks of Red Tape ABOARD THE U.S.S. GEN. W. H. GORDON, Sept. 26 — (® — This American President Liner sailed from the Nationalist<clockaded port of Shanghai today with 1,219 foreigners. It is the. first large-scale exodus {of foreigners from Communist China. The General Gordon now is heading south off the China coast toward Hong Kong. So far the liner has encountered neither Nationalist Naval units nor aircraft which are enforcing the blockade. The ship has been granted safe conduct by both the Nationalists and the Communists. After weeks of struggling with Communist red tape to obtain exit visas, the foreigners were cleared through customs quickly. (Shanghai reported, however, that Chinese labor delegations prevented a handful of passengers trom sail- i ing. One of these was Donald King, head of the Northwest Airlines. (King’s exit permit was cancelled | yat the gangplank after a delegation of 18 Chinese workers complained | , to authorities the successor Kingl’ left to head the office was unac- ceptable.> Recprocal Trade Pad Is Signed World TraIAgreemenl Expanded by Truman Until June 12, 51 WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—(P— President Truman today signed iinto law an extension of the Recip- | jrocal Trade Agreements program until 1951. He said it will aid| “expanded world trade at a time| iwhen it is most urgently needed.” ‘The legislation, extending the law for the sixth time since it was first enacted in 1934, gives the President a free-hand in working out tariff-cutting treaties with other nations. Under the measure, the President can agree to cut U.S. import duties on articles from other countries where those countries make similar concessions to the United States. The extension is until June 12, 1951. Cordell Hull, former Secretary of State and credited with originating the trade agreements principle 15 years ago, was present to watch the President sign the bill. Making one of his rare public | appearances and showing effects of Ihis long illness, Hull walked into the White House with the aid of a cane to join other notables. It was Hull's first visit to the White House since V-J Day. JIRP OFF ICE Maynard M. Miller, director of the Juneau Ice Research Project,} and Warren Clarke, a member of ! the party, arrived in Juneau at noon today via Alaska Coastal Airlines. They were the last two members of JIRP to leave the ice cap. FIRE AT JACKSON HOME An attic fire in the Ole Jackson home at the corner of Eleventh Street and Harbor Way this fore- noon resulted in some damage to the attic by fire and water dam- age to, the rest of the house. The fire call was 5-3 at 11:50 with the Fire Department tapping out in 35 minutes. Cause of the fire is unknown. LS T R i O'SHEA-UELAND NUPTIALS Martha Caroline Ueland became the bride of Eugene O'Shea in a ceremony performed by U. S. Com- missioner Gordon Gray Saturday. Witnessing the ceremony were Mrs. Laura Mae Hills and Roy A. Minor. FISH LANDINGS The only landing this morning was from the Glacier Bay (Sivert Anderson) with 20,000 pounds of black cod. JOINS ACS STAFF [ Pfc. Gilbert Gouveia has joined the staff of ACS here. He arrived this weekend from Adak, Fish Buyer from Alaska Loses Wad In Matching Game VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 26.— (M—Angelo Bussanich, 71-year-old fish buyer, isn't going to flip coins with strangers any more. Bussanich, en route to his Long Beach, Calif, home from Alaska, cld police he met two men Sat- urday night. A “coin-matching” game was suggested and Bussanich was asked to show his money. The Californian handed one of | the men his money. They walked off, saying: “You lost.” WIFE OF JUDGE DIMOND PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY Mrs. Dorothea Miller Dimond, wife of Judge Anthony Dimond, of the Third Division, died suddenly last Saturday at Anchorage of a cerebral hemorrhage, several hours after she had been stricken at a! church service according to ad- | vices received in Juneau. Funeral services will be held at Anchorage tomorrow at the Holy Family Catholic Church. A Rosary service will be held tonight. Inter- ment will be at the Anchorage cemetery. Fifty-seven, Mrs. Dimond was & native of Seattle. She moved with her family to Valdez, Alaska, when she was 10 years old. It was there she later met and married Judge Dimond. Besides her husband, Mrs. Di- mond is survived by three children, Sister Marie Therese, a nun at Trinity College in Washington; Anne and John; three brothers, John D. Miller, a Department of Justice Attorney; Fabian Miller, Palo Alto, Calif., and Henry Miller, ! San Gabrial, Calif., and two sis- ters, Miss Catherine Miller, Oak- land, Calif, and Mrs. Andre Col- bank of Maz'erres-Sur-Ooise, France. John Dimona, Assistant Terri- torial Attorney General, and his wife left Juneau yesterday after- noon via PNA for Anchorage. ALASKAN FUER DELAYS FLIGHT, 0510 10 WSH. OSLO, Norway, Sept. 26 — (A — Strong winds in the North Atlantic early today forced Col. Bernt Bal- chen, pioneer Arctic airman, to postpone for 24 hours a scheduled non-stop flight from Sola, in Southwestern Norway, to Washing- ton. Balchen said he will start early Tuesday if the weather is favorable.! Balchen and six other U.S. air- men will take off in the S-54 trans- port in which they flew last week. from Alaska to Oslo. The others are Brig. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong, Commander for the United States Air Force in Alaska; Col. Eugene Strouse; Maj. Gene Douglas; Capt. K. Lennart; Capt. R. Shearer; and Lt. N. M. Gud- zenthe. RENOMINATED | ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—(P— President Truman has nominated Lowell B. Mason for a new seven- year term as a member of the Fed- eral Trade Commission. Mason is a legal resident of Illinois. | | | PIONEERS CELEBRATE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Pioneers are to observe home- coming night next Friday night W the Odd Fellows hall when the big doings—~the eats—will be served at 6:30 and then other big doings lat- er. FROM SEATTLE Charles Kesner and Mrs. C. W. Loop and daughter are guests at the Gastineau. FROM CALIFORNIA G. H. Crook from Ridgecrest, Calif., is a guest at the Baranof, FROM VANCOUVER, B. C. | We have more openings than we 'Coa.st Guard Cutter Unalga. Edwin Tuley of Vancouver, B, C,, is registered at the Baranof. FROM SITKA Stacy Torum and Frank Ward of Sitka are registered at the Bdranof. IR T o558 CHAPELADIES MEET The Chapeladies meet at the home of Mrs. A. E. Seaton, Auk Bay, Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All members are urged to attend to help plan for the bazaar to be held in November, “ALL THE NEW'S JUNEAU, ALASKA, MOND LABOR BOOM ON IN WEST ALASKA; MEN, NOT WOMEN ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 26.— (P—After a spring and summer slump, the labor boom is on again in West Alaska. But not for wo-: men, Private contractors are swamping the Alaska Territorial Employment Service with demands . for men, both skilled and unskilled. There are, however, few calls for women workers. “The government isn't hiring as many as in the past,” Willlam V. Frisby, acting manager of the Em- ployment Service, reported today.. He said Anchorage employment was at an all-time peak in Sep- tember, with 20,000 persons émploy- ed, and many jobs still unfilled. Placements by this office sur- passed totals of any previous month, ! can fill. Both skilled and unskilled workers are M great demand,” Frisby declared. Government agencies and private contractors are deluging the service with lists for job openings, but there are few takers, There are many openings for ex- | perienced men in the heavy equip- ment field. Euclid drivers, Turna- pull operators and blade dozer men ! are most in demand. “We have been unable to fill a large number of requests for such tradesmen as roofers, electricians, plasterers and finish-carpenters,” Fribsy said. % CAPT. HAUGENIS | NO STRANGER IN ALASKAN WATERS I [ Coast Guard Headquarfers| Commander Arrives to Assume Charge Captain N. S. Haugen, acting district commander of thé 17th Coast Guard District, is no stranger ; in Alaskan waters, nor in the Ju- neau area. He arrived Saturday to take over command of the mew headquarters here, which officially assumed full Coast Guard operational control for Alaska Saturday noon. Capt. Haugen began serving with the Coast Guard in 1924. He came to the service from the Merchant | Marine—the American Mail Line! was the last company with which | he was attached. From 1927 to 1930 he was station- ed in the Juneau area aboard the At first he was navigating officer; later executive officer. 1 During the past war for 18 months he was executive officer at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn. He was chosen for this post although he had never attended the Academy himself. His wartime service also includ- ed a two-year period as command- ing officer of the U. 8. Navy trans- port U. S. S. Admiral Capps. And since the war he has been commanding officer of the Coast Guard base at Ketchikan, as well as Commander of the Ketchikan Section which at that time was in charge of Coast Guard operations for Alaska. So he is no beginner as far as Alaska operations are concerned. This morning at his office he said he thought the building “as nice as any I've seen. We're well pleased.” ‘e also declaped that Coast Guard. operations from the new headquarters were underway with-| out a hitch. | PROFESSOR FALLS 70 FEET T0 DEATH AT FOOTBALL GAME PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 26—/P— Accidental death is the official verdict in the death of Prof. Frank D. Graham, internationally known economist who fell 70 feet Satur- day from the rim of Palmer Sta- dium. Dr. Carmine Prunetti, Assistant Mercer County Physician, said the death was accidental. Police said Graham, 59, and an expert on in- ternational financial affairs, plunged to his death a minute or so after seeing Princeton defeat Lafayette College, 26-14. HAZEL McLEOD RETURNS Mrs. Hazel McLeod, Real Silk representative, returned Saturday afternoon from a six-week business trip over southern Alaska, ALL THE TIME” AY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1949 MLMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 15 SHOWING THEM HOW NAVY WORKS Carrier Tasfirce Goes to Sea with Notables Aboard for Purpose By ELTON C. FAY Associated Press Military Writer | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CAR- RIER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Sept. 26—(P—A Navy carrier task force sailed from Norfolk today to give Defense Secretary Louis John- son and other ranking US. mili- tary officials on board a look at; how modern seapower operates. Secretary of the Air Force Syming- ton; General Omar Bradley, Chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chiefs of Staff for the three serv- ices; General C. B. Cates, Com- mandant of the Marine Corps, and a group of civilians also weré to sit in on the one-day Naval exer- cise off the Atlantic coast. The civilians—about eighty rep- résentatives of labor, education, re- ligion, industry and other units of | the nation’s economy—were finish- ing a week of talks with policy-| making military leaders in Wash- ington and visits to two Air Force and Army installations. The pur- pose of this trip, as that of previous ones, was to let representatives of the taxpayers see how the military runs, and to learn at first nand its problems. This was the reason Johnson had invited the civilian group to the fourth “Joint Orientation Confer- ence” trip of the Chiefs of Staff. The Defense Secretary started ! these trips recently to bring the heads of the three armed services together informally to foster closer ; | coordination in the military de- partment. LABOR GOVT. OF BRITAIN SEEKS AID LONDON, Sept. 26.—(#— Britain’s Labor government decided today to! stake its life on a motion asking parliament to approve the devalua- tion of the pound. Parliament reconvenes tomorrow in an emergency three-day debate on the crisis raised by the cheap- ening of the pound from $4.03 to $2.80 eight days ago. If the Labor party’'s motion should fail in the House of Com- mons, Prime Minister Attlee would be forced to disband Parliament and call an immediate general election. The government has a 60 per cent mn:ajority in the House, and if unruly Laborites can be whipped into line, the government will win out. Some Labor leaders worried that some of the leftists in their ranks might abstain from vot- ing and cut down the Labor mar- gin. y The Labor leaders also prepared a motion today asking the House to call on the British people for “their full cooperation with the government” in digging out of a desperate trade deficit. . . WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 47. At Airport—Maximum, minimum, 49. 55; 53; FORECAST (Junesu and Vielnity) Continued cloudy with rain and southeasterly winds 15 to 25 miles per hour tonight and Tuesday. Little change ip temperature with lowest tonight 50 and highest to- morrow 54. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—.22 inche: since Sept. 1, 9.52 inches; since July 1, 2053 inches. At Airport— 24 since Sept. 1, since July 1, 14.03 inches. "e000000%0000000000%00000 ® 0 00 v 5000 i FROM ANGOON Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Kahklen and son of Angoon are guests at the Baranof, DEFENSE SYSTEM FOR N.W. SEATTLE, Sept. 26—(®-—An elab- orate aerial defense system im- proved from World War II, was dis- closed today to ke operating 24 hours a day in the Pacific North- ‘west. Every plane that takes off from ia Pacific Northwest field or enters | the area is detected by radar and jidentified at a control center. If identification is not established immediately armed interceptor planes are sent up. It is partly : practice, partly precauiicnary. Operation of the defense setup was reported today by the Seattle Times, the Everett, Wash., Herald and Rep. Henry Jackson (D-Wash). Reporters for the two papers toured defense installations with Jackson and militagy authorities cleared their stories—with specific loca- tions, radar ranges and number of aircraft omitted for security rea- sons. ‘The newspapers said the control center, established by the Fourth Air Force for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, is located “somewhere near Puget Sound.” The aircraft warning system and interceptor planes of both the Air Force and ,Navy based in this area are under a single command. The Northwest’s probable targets have been catalogued and . plans have been made to defend them. Back ftone of the system is the radar network. “The general scheme,” the Times story said, “is to try to knock down the enemy far from the targets, or at least force him to dump his bombs before he enters the target area.” Alaska, in another defense area, ‘was not covered in the newspaper survey, nor was any information included on whether similar net- works operate in other sections of the United States. The stories said, however, that this area has been given a high priority for modern eguipment be- cause of its geographic location. BARKLEY, HIS LADY | FRIEND, TOGETHER ON HER BIRTHDAY ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26—M—Vice ! President Barkley spent the week- end in St. Louis, helping an attrac- tive friend celebrate her 38th birth- day anniversary. The Vice: President attended a birthday party for Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley Faturday night. Yester- day they went to church together. Mrs. Hadley's friends had specu- lated that the birthday party might be the occasion for announcement of the couple’s engagement. But it was not even known today whether Barkley had given Mrs. Hadley a present. He has made several trips to St. Louis recently to see her. DELAYS SENTENCE IN BLACKMER CASE DENVER, Sept. 26—(M—Aging Henry M. Blackmer, who fled to Europe to escape testifying in the Teapot Dome oil scandal, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to an indictment charging income tax evasion. District Attorney Max Bulkley then moved that four perjury in- dictments pending against the 80- year-old millionaire oil man be dis- 1 dence. But Circuit Judge Orrie L. Phil- lips declined to go along with ar- rangements immediately. He deferred sentencing on the income tax plea and released Blackmer under $5000 tond. The defendant’s attorney, Harold D. Roberts, said Blackmer could not remain in Denver’s mile-high alti- tude because of the condition of his heart. Blackmer was charged with in- come tax evasion and perjury in tax returns filed from 1920 through 1923. He has.paid $3,670,784 back | taxes and penalties, AtomicPower Now Claimed By Russia; Uranium Is Big (BIG LABOR IN Topic; »(onlrol Issug Is UpBIG STRUGGLE missed because of insufficient evi-| (By The Associated Press) Uranium—four-syliable synonym for destruction—still dominated the world’s news today. Statesmen of both East and West still talked of international control of atomic pow- er, but the indication that Russia now has an atomic weapon raised a ‘specter of an arms race that | could lead to cataclysm. The Russians said they still want international control. So does the United States. . Despite this apparent meeting of minds on the part of the statesmen there is no agreement. The types of control the Soviet Union wants bears no resemblance to the control urged by the West. . i What Russis Ytants Tass, the Soviet news agency, sald the Russians stand on thier former position., This would mean absolute prohibition of the use of atomic weapons. But the Russians want first, before any convention is signed, the destruction of present stockpiles. At the same time the Russians insist upon retention of the, big power veto in matters dealing with atom control, a stand which could make any agreement on the atom worth little more than the paper it is written on. Russian Bluff | Tass said Russia has had an atomic weapon since 1947. This was discounted as a bluff aimed at indicating she alfeady has begun stockpiling. The opinion in the West is that she is at a point now where the Americans were in July, 1945, when the first atom komb was exploded in a New Mex- ico desert. Some western observers expressed hope that Russia now would make some concessions to the West in the long-time quarrel over atom control, to avoid a potentially dis- astrous standoff. New Uranium Mine | A new uranium mine is reported opened in Communist-dominated Czechoslovakia under the direction of Sqviet engineers. At least two Czech mines are known to be sending to Russia now quantities of uranium, a source of atomic en- ergy. Franco Spain, already in posses- sion of uranium deposits, is re- ported to have found new veins, a discovery which could enhance Franco’s bargaining position in the West. Wants Setup Probe In the U. S. Congress, the ques- tion of American security wrs stressed. One member' of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Rep. Velde (R.-IIl) gpoke of de- manding a Congressional investiga- tion of the entire American secur- ity setup. Chairman McMahon (D-Conn) of the joint Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, disclosed a pro- posed report, on its Atomic Energy Commission investigation is being revised in the light of the Russian Explosion and changes probably will be made in the section dealing with security measures. Russ Rocket Bases Russia, meanwhile, was reported to have dotted eastern Europe with launching bases for rockets dead- lier than Hitler ever used in World War II. Reliable German sources |said a Nazi-built plant in Soviet occupied Germany is now producing rockets for Russia. - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 95, Anaconda 26%, Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvest- er 267%, Kennecott 46%, New York | Central 10%, Northern Pacific 13, U. S. Steel 23%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,020,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: | industrials 180.86, rails 47.57, util- ities 38.09. DAUGHTER FOR DEVONS & Mr, “and Mrs. James Devon of Douglas became the parents of a baby girl Saturday at St. Ann's Hospital. The child weighed nine pounds one ounce at birth, “BLACKOUT” SATURDAY Last Saturday afternoon’s “black- out” that lasted nearly one hour |was the result of a blast that sent |a large tree tumbling across -the Douglas power line, thus shutting off the power over Juneau and Douglas. Hayes and Whitely, who |have the contract for improving the highway in preparation for fu- ture black-topping, were blasting stumps along the right-of-way when the incident occurred. PRICE TEN CENT/ 1BIG BUSINESS, Steel, Autfiusfry with Coal Miners Lined Up for Fight (By the Associated Press) The three-ring bargaining struggle between big labor and big business tensed today with the prospect of new action in two of the arenas— steel and automobiles. The third contest, between John L. Lewis’ United Mne Workers and the nation’s coal producers, marked time although Lewis held a tight strangle hold on the producers. The 480,000 UMW diggers began the second week of a protest strike because their welfare fund benefits have ceased. i The CIO steelworkers’ union kept |a steady pressure on the resisting big steel employers, insisting on a company-paid pension-insurance program to cost 10 cents per man hour ;of work. Negotiation confer- ences were resumed after a week- end recess, with a strike of 1,000,000 | steelworkers set for 12:01 am, Saturday. James J. Thimmes, an Interna- ; tional Vice-President of the union, Isnys flatly he thought there was “little chance” that the strike wouldn't come off, The steelworkers' demand was backed by a recommendation made ky a Presidential fact-finding board which investigated the steel dispute. The fact-finding panel's report | figured in the automobile talks at | Detroit where the CIO United Auto Workers are spearheading thelr campaign for employer-paid bene- fits in Ford negotiations. UAW Thursday as a d ine in the Ford ltllkx. If agreement is not reached by then, he said, 115,000 Ford work- ers will be called out. The strike date hasn’t been set. Nearly 60,000 Chrysler Corp. workers authorized a strike for support of the union’s hargaining aims Saturday. In the coal deadlock, Lewis and the operators are watching to see which pattern will be set for steel and the automobile industry. Coal negotiations are to be resumed Thursday at White Sulphur Springs, Va. HEART ATTACKFATAL 110 GEORGE F. SHAW Death came suddenly this morn- ing to one of Juneau’s best-known and popular residents, when George F. (Red) Shaw succumbed to a heart attack at his home. Appar- ently in good health, he was home on his “day off” from his job with the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, when he was stricken. He has been with the A.E.L&P. Co. since 1925 as meter-man. Born October 23, 1902, in Bel- lingham, Wash.,, Shaw has been in Alaska since about 1919, coming here first to work as a walter at the Perseverance Mine. He has been one of Juneau's popular kall players, and in later years has stayed with the game as umpire. He is survived by his widow, Katherine, five children, George F., Jr., Albert, Gerald, Lorene and Mary Katherine, and three sisters, including Mrs, Herman Porter of this city and two in the states. He was a member of the Elks. Funeral arrangements have not as yet been announced. MAN ELECTROCUTED STANDING IN WATER ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 26. —(P—Standing in the water proved fatal for Reginald R. Brown, 34, Saturday. He was electrocuted when a boom on a crane putting pipe into place struckk a 2300-volt power line. Brown was helping put the pipe into place. The accident occurred near Sack- et’s Harbor, the city’'s power vessel on the water front. The fire department, pulmotor squad, police and Dr. Janles O'Malley, city physician, worked over Brown for 30 minutes to no avail. A widow and three children resid- ing at nearby Mountain View, sur- vive. 1 the city's FROM BREMERTON Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Burgess of Bremerton are guests at the Bar- anof Hotel,