The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 22, 1949, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXIII, NO. 11,331 3 RUSSIAN SATELLITES HAULED UP DecisionW:sl Be Made Whether They Are Guilty Oppressing Human Rights BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The United Nations Assembly headed into a showdown today on whether Russian satellite countries are guilty of human rights oppres- sion. The Assembly must rule on wheth- er Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary should be cited to the International Court of Justice as violators of their peace treaties. Speakers seeking the indictment contended the trial of Josef Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary and the trials of Protestant leaders in Bul- garia were denials of human rights. The three satellite countries were charged generally with restricting press and religious freedom and cre- ating police states with “sinister features.” Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky defended the three satellites, which are not members of the United Nations. VISHINSKY SNEERS Vishinsky sneered at the trial of 11 American Communists who yes- terday were sentenced for criminal conspiracy in New York. He said U. €. Federal Judge Harold R. Med- ina “succeeded not only in convict- | ing the defendants but in passing sentence on their counsel as well"l A U. S. Emtassy attache, Isaac Patch, left Prague today for Ger- many after being given 24 hours to get out of the country yesterday by the Communist Czechoslovakian | Government. ¥ Patch was accused of leading an anti-state espionage ring. He char- acterized the charges as “absolutely baseless.” A clerk in the U. S. Embassy was arrested at the same time Patch was ordered to leave. He also | was accused of being a ring leader in an aileged spy plot. CHURCH SAYS 300 | CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PRIESTS ARRESTED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Dozens of Roman Catholic priests in Czechoslovakia are said to have been arrested in the past two weeks. And the arrests are said to have! caused unrest in the country. This report comes from Catholic Church sources. The church estimates that more than 300 priests now are in Czech- olsovakia jails. Most of them have been jailed for opposing the gov- ernment’s program for control of{ the church. Apparently the roundup of priests is separate from another purge. . .| a purge of small businessmen Thousands of these men have dis- appeared in recent weeks. Com- munist officials have taken over their businesses. And the word is; that the businessmen are in pri- sons and forced to labor camps.} The Washington !a large part of his retirement years | Lawrence, Kansas; and two broth- HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Frolics at Beach 1 ] SUNNY days at Miami Beach, Fla. provide many attractions such as Ava Hall who is acquir- ing large scale suntan with new model swim suit. (International) IS ON LAST TRAIL SKAGWAY, Alaska, Oct. 22.—P— (Special. to the Bmpire)—George Brown, Skagway pioneer, passed away in his sleep about 3:15 a.m. Thursday. He had lived in Alaska and the Yukon Territory about 55 years. He was born in Ireland, Septem- ber 18, 1878, and went to Vancouver, B. C., when he was 16. From tlwre] he went to Whiteho Y. T. where, for a number of years, he was em- ployed on the river boats between | Whitehorse and Dawson City. Lat-! er he transferred to sections and worked on all of the sections of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad irom Whitehorse south to Skagway. There -he met Mrs. Ella McWilliams, and February 20, 1914 they were married in Central Park, Van- couver. They returned to Skagway March 6 and Mr. Brown went to work on the Bridge and Builders' gang. After 11 years he transferred back to section work and was employed as section foreman until he re- tired in 1942, Always very active, Brown spent working for the City of Skagway, and had been employed the day be- fore his death. He was a memper of the White Pass Lodge No. 113, F. & AM. and of Skagway Aerie No. 25, F.O.E. of Skagway. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella Brown of Skagway; a sister in Cleveland, Ohio, two brothers in | ers in Ireland, Interment will be in the Skagway cemetery this afternoon with Ma- sonic services at the grave. TRUMAN TO MAKE Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyrignt, 1949, by Bell Byndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON A farmer poked his nead in the door of a shiny, blue avto trailer in a South Carolina town and inquirea: “Seli- in‘ refrigerators or fixin’ to put on a show?” “Neither,” grmned a wiry young| man with a crew_ haircut standing inside. “But how about a coco- cola or some orange, Pop?” as he reached into the trailer’s refrigera- tor. “Now, have -you any problems you'd like me to tackle in Washing- ton?” he added. “My name is Hugo Sims. I'm your congress- man.” This happens every week end in the South Carolina district of fresh- man Representative Hugo Sims. T'he young liberal doesn’t wait for con- stituents to come to see him when Congress isn’t meeting. He's the only member of Congress with an office on wheels. Sims plans to visit every town in his Congressional district be- tween now and Christmas. His “mobile office” is complete with T — (Continued on Page Four) TALK ON MONDAY; FOREIGN POLICY WASHINGTON, ‘' Oct. 22.—(P— President Truman was cruising down the Potomac today and put- ting the final polish on a foreign policy speech. The presidential yacht Williams- burg anchored last night a Blaki- stone Island in the lower Potomac, ready to push off this morning for the mouth of the’Patuxent River. Mr. Truman’s party will return to Washingten Sunday afternoon. The foreign policy speech is to be delivered Monday at the laying of the cornerstone of the United Nations building in New York. DIVORCE SUIT TRANSFERRED Divorce suit of Blanche Ellingen against Harry E. Ellingen, both of Haines, was transferred today from the U. S. District Court in An- chorage to the U. S. District Court | here, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1949 CHUMS, REDS GONE; PINKS MOVE FAST Alaska Pacfiollar Value Under Last Year, Says Salmon Broker SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—P—A lead- ing salmon broker said today the short Alaska pack ,of chums and s has increased the demand for pink salmon at the reduced 1949 pack prices. res released yesterday by sh and Wildlife Service showed the total 1949 pack to be the biggest since 1944. A compilaticn on the prices listed by McGovern and McGovern, how- ever showed the total dollar value about $80,000,000, compared to an all-time record $96,000,000 last year. The pack by species was: 963,656 cases of red compared with 1,634,- 466 last year; pinks 2,673,601, com- pared with 1,307,256; chums 499,863 compared with 758,457; cohoes 188,- 948 compared with 220,594; kings 49,076 and 53,767. “The chum pack is way down and is almost sold out,” said E. B, Mc- Govern. “That will strengthen the pink sales. Reds are almost clean- ed up. They are not all shipped, ‘but virtually all are sold. There are no red talls left on the primary market. Cohoes also are short and moving rapidly.” The prevailing 1949 prices to job- bers quoted by the broker are: reds, $25 a case; kings $24; cohoes $21; pinks $16 and chums $15. REPORT, MISSING PILOT SAFE, CAN'T BE SUBSTARTIATED ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 22.— (P—Hopes rose and then waned again for the safety of a pilot who has been missing for nearly seven weeks in the Alaska wilderness. The missing flier is Francis Brownfield. A report that he was safe in an isolated cabin near Tangle Lakes cames from Amos Fleury of Copper Center. He said he heard it from an amateur radio report. A check of all available sources along the Richardson Highway failed to disclose any substantiating reports. One amateur radio operator said there was a remote possitility that Brownfield could have walked in- to a mine near Tangle Lakes. The general belief, however, is that it he did the mine operator would have found some way to send word out or could have brought him out. The message was reported to have been heard Tuesday morning. Another member of Brownfield's party hiked to safety after a gruel- ing 24 days in the wilderness. He was Pat O'Donnell, who was left on a river bar by Brownfield after a forced landing. Brownfield’s plane was found at North Susitna Lake a week later, slightly damaged. AWVS PARTY WILL BUY NEW TOYS FOR NURSERY Sixty-four persons used the tick- ets they had bought for the AWVS benefit card party in the Scottish Rite Temple last night; others had purchased them, although unable to attend. Several Juneauites were prompted to send checks. So there will be new toys for the children who gather daily at the Governor’s House for the Day Nurs- ery maintained by the American Women's Voluntary Services. Last night's party was sponsored by the Nursery mothers, with this committee in charge: Mrs. Elmo Bittle, chairman; Mrs. Frank Stejer, Mrs. Marvin Kristan, Mrs. Alexand- er Young and Mrs. John Geyer. FAIRBANKS GUEST Charles M. Akims of Fairbanks is registered at the Gastineau Ho- tel. T v e FROM VANCOUVER Colin C. Campbell of Vancouver, B. C., is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. HOOD BAY VISITOR James Barker of Hood Bay is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. FROM HAINES Russell Wright of Haines stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. RUSS FASTER ON A-BOMB, SAYS UREY PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22.—®—A" Nobel prize winning scientist piteh- ed a verbal bombshell at the American people today. He said the Russians ‘are moving faster than the U. S. in atomic develop= And Dr. Harold C. Urey, ‘the scientist honored for discoven heavy hydrogen, had a ready-made reason: military secrecy. Z “It is time that we take stock of this situation and recognize it for what it is,” Dr. Urey declared, “And it is time that we stop witch-huif- ing about the ‘secret’ whichy ob= viously now dces not exist.” . He gave his views at a press gon- ference. So did Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, wartime atomic research chief. Dr. Urey said “I would fire ev- ery security officer in every atomic plant and laboratory in the United States with the exception of Los Alamos.” (Los Alamos was except- ed, he said, because of its military detail value.) “Childish,” scoffed General Grov- es. The General said U. S. atomic |secrecy since World War II was Ineeded to give European nations “breathing time for recovery. We would have shortened the time for Russian discovery of the atom bomb by making our iniormation avail- able.” INDICTMENT OF AMTORG i WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—(M-—In- dictment of Russia’s famed Amtorg Trading Corporation and its top officers as unreg\tered foreign agents appears certain to set off new tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury here and an- nounced by Attorney General Mc- Grath late yesterday. It charged the corporation and six officers with failure to register as agents of | a foreign power in accordance with American law. The maximum penalty is a $10,000 fine and five years imprisonment. Washington officials promptly be- gan speculating on Soviet reprls-' als. The Russian embassy was reported to have lodged a formal protest with the State Depart- ment and a Moscow propaganda blast denouncing the indictment was expected almost immediately. Shortly after McGrath made his announcement, five of the Russians were arrested in New York and taken before a U. S. Commissioner, who held them under $15,000 bail each pending a hearing Wednesday on removal to Washington. The sixth Amtorg official—a vice president of the company—is in Russia. } The U. S. is too concerned nbp\lfi' 1J., the “Glacier Priest,” says the: UPS TENSION : MEMRER ASSOCIATED PRESS SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition PRICE TEN CENTH | Sena_!g &diour ment and soon may be ahead of us. |4 5 Senators Elbert Thomas (D.-Utah) Knowland '(R.-Calif.) are all smile ‘Washington, D. the Senate. (P Wirephoto. ns - e, t e ), Scott Lucas (D.-TlL), Vice-President Alben Barkley and William s as the Senate winds up its business and they exchange farewells in Lucas waves a dollar bill he won from a colleague in a bet on the quitting time of Glacier Priest MONTICELLO, Ill, Oct. 22.—(#— The Rev. Bernard R. Bubbard, S.| late Dr. Frederick A. Cook may have reached the North Pole alter all, : The Rev. Hubbard told a lecture audience here that more than 300, trips made over the pole in the last! year or so Ly the U. 8. Air Force bear out,Dr. Cook's description ot polar ares. Tt~ In fact, Rev. Hubbard #aid that what the airmen have seen is closer to Ccok’s description than it is to that furnished by Adm. Robert E. Peary, generally credited with be- ing the first to reach the pole. Regarding the Peary-Cook con- troversy, Hubbard declared, “the important thing to remember is that anyone who accepted the chal- | lenge of the Arctic is worthy of the greatest consideration—whether he| reached the pole or not.” Cook made his trip in April, 1908, | andl Peary in April, 1909. Most Al-| manacs and encyclopedias credit Peary with being the first to reach the top of the world. But this, he said, is mainly because they get their information from the National Geographic Society, sponsor of the Peary expedition. DESCRIPTIONS DIFFER The priest, whose most recent assignment was with the 10th Air Rescue Squadron in Alaska, said’ Fleary’s «desciiption of the area| around the north pole was that it! was “smooth” and that the last| several hundred miles were “easy, going.” Backs Cook as Pole’s Possiblg Discoygrer ~NURSE-GOES.SOON: | lulu September 12. STEEL, COAL STRIKES ARE " TIGHTENING Now BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The pinch of the coal and steel strikes grew slowly tighter today. | There was little indication that the pressure would ease soon. Cyrus Ching, the top federal med- | iator, said things were *“no closer to settlement” last night after three | days of talks wi.h U. S. steel leaders. | He set another talk for next Mon- | day. « In the coal stoppage, western and s “nortlitrn operaturs - stopped - talk- [mg yesterday with the United Mine Io |s°lAIED !SI_A“D Workers amid a tlurry of accusa- l tions. But UMW and southern op- erators were a litlle more optim- ,':A new and_different deem“‘:, istic about breaking their stalemate is in store for Miss Marian Sanfor | as soft coal diggers cast of the Mss- Public Health Nurse, who has splent issippi wound up their fifth idle the past 12 years in the Hawalian| ... XSIN““:SOH G e A | e, the - nation’s railroads g 1av= | were beginning to curtail service Native s_ervtce, Miss Sanford wmiwlth their coal-burning passenger go to Fairbanks and Nome Tucsday | yrajng The Interstate Commerce by Pan Américan, thence to an i80- commission ordered those roads wi i °N% [ to cut back 25 percent in use of Island, the first nurse there N thejr steam locon?ouves for passen- some time. ger hauling after midnight next Miss Sanford arrived in Juncaulqyesday. about ten days ago from Seattle.; She made the crossing on the Presi- | HAWA"AN Do(KER TO RETURN AS ISSUES oughly investigated at the time as’ they could be,” She added that she thought the Peary-Cook controversy subsided long ago. Peary died in 1920 and Dr. COUR‘ died in 1940. HAWAH TO ALASK dent Cleveland, embarking in Hono- ‘ i | What Happens Now: Will Heads Roll to Unify Armed Forces! In contrast, he continued, Cook pressure ridges, ice blocks and open water with rough terrain over whicn it is bard going.” WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) with Cook’s description, stated. Dr. Cook died Aug. 5, 1940, at the age of 77, still seeking recognition said the region was “broken up in. Air Force observations coincide | Hubbarg | Armed Services Committee showed BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The hearings are finished on the inter-service row, and some 4&re wondering where we go from here. The 'testimony tefore the House how deeply the Admirals resented what they think is a bad deal from the Defense Department. But there's ARE ALL IRONED OUT HONOLULU, Oct. 22—(®—The way for peace was opened today on Hawail’s strikebound waterfront for the first time since May 1. CIO longshoremen were expected to re- turn to work Sunday—Monday at the latest. The log-jam on fringe wage is- ! sues that blocked reopening of the docks was broken yesterday. Em- ployers and the Internatiorial Long- shoremen’'s and Warehousemen'’s | Union settled on pay boosts for non- of his claim to discovery of the pole. The discredit cast on his story when he first made his claims was deepened by his conviction on ‘Texas oil fraud charges in 1925. He served five years of a l14-year term in (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 45; ! e minimum, 34. o At Airport—Maximum, 45; no indication that Secretary LOmS(sts-vedorlng workers in three of the change its policies. The break came 15 days after the There's a possibility that number | ;WU and the seven stevedoring of heads will roll because of the rov. | firms settled the main issue—a wage Two House members warn against | poost for longshoremen. They agreed this—Republican Dewey Short of|Oct. 6 cn a 14 cents now, seven Johnson’s department is going to|Territory’s five outer island ports.| is {®e minimum, 28. FORECASTY (Ju a Vielnity) Increasing cloudiness to- night with lowest tempera- ture near 37 degrees. Cloudy with rain Sunday. Highest temperature near 44 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — Trace; since Oct. 1, 9.85 inches; since July 1, 31.12 inches. At the Airport—.08 inches; since Oct. 1, 470 inches; e since July 1, 20 inches. ° ©0 000000000000 00%00000 0000000 EARLY MORNING FIRE A fire early this morning in the | Capitol Rooming House was quick- ly put out by the Davis brothers, of the North Transfer Co. and no alarm was turned in. A sleep- er’s cigarette caused the fire which was located and extinguished with- out damage to the buildir? Leavenworth ‘Penintentiary, was paroled in 1930, and in 1940 was granted a full pardon by President Roosevelt. CLAIM OMITTED One of his last attempts to gain recognition was embodied in a letter ! to the American Geographical So- ciety in 1936, seeking a “full and impartial investigation” of his story of discovery. Congress retired Peary as an Ad- miral on the strength of his ex- pedition, but a clause designating him as a discoverer of the pole was deleted from the bill before it: passed. At Portland, Me., Admiral Peary’s widow, Mrs. Josephine D. Peary,{ discounted Father Hubbard's rea- son for saying Dr. Cook might have discovered the pole, rather than her husband. “In the Arctic, terrain is always: changing,” said Mrs. Peary, who has teen far north herself. “The country never looks the same lrmn! year to year.” | Mrs., Peary said results of her | husband’s 1909 trip were “as thor- ) ' ! surance agent, Missouri, and Democrat Lansdale Sasscer of Maryland. They believe the Defense Department must try Pto press unification by getting co- loperation~nol by ruthlessly elmin- ating all opposition. LUNDSTROM RITES Funeral service for Karl Bruno Lundstrom, 46, who died Wednes- Aay will he held Monday at 2 p. m. in the chapel of the Charles W. Cater Mortuary here. Service will be conducted by the ! Rev. Samuel McPhetres: Interment will be at the Evergreen Cemetery. e man., He was born in Galliva Sweden. STAN GRUMMETT BACK Stan Grummett, wellknown in- has returned to Juneau after attending the five games in the recent world series. SKAGWAY VISITORS Max Steffen and Mova Warneri at are registered from Skagway the Baranof Hotel, Lundstrom was a halibut fisher-: cents more on March 1, The Union struck May 1 for a 32-cents hike in the $1.40 basic wage. The ILWU refused however to send Hawali's 2,000 longshoremen Lack to work until the fringe is- sues were settled for ports outside | of Honolulu POLICE HAVE SUSPECT IN LIOUOR STORE THEFT City Police have apprehended a man suspected of breaking into the California Liquor Store early yes- terday morning. The store was entered shortly af- ter 4:30 am. yesterday. Entrance was made Lty breaking the plate glass in the front door with a rock. Police said $3 in cash was taken | from the cash register, as well as jeight quarts and four pints of 1 whiskey. i YAKUTAT GUESTS Albert Tweed and family are reglstered at the Baranoi Hotel. DAYS OF '98 REPEATING WITH 'GOLD! | Strike Madfiear Circle- Nuggets 'Big as Peas’ Reported Found FAIRBANKS, Alasa, Oct. 23.—(® —“Gold!" The magic cry and magic word that brought prospectors, dance hall girls and confidence men to the Klondike in 1898, then sent them storming across Alaska to Nome at the turn of the century, was heard in Fairbanks again today. Nuggets “the size of peas” were reported found earlier this week along the Yukon River in the Fort Yukon-Circle area which hitherto has not been prospected. Fort Yu- von is just north of the Arctic Circle, | The discovery was said to have been made by Clifton Carrol, a fish- erman, who went to the Yukon Riv- er spot to pull his fishwheel from the water for the winter. He re- lated that he noticed several bright objects in the frozen sand and gravel on the axle wheel. Closer examination revealed them to be nuggets. The news was brought here by Gilbert Lord, roadhouse operator; Jim Magoffin, bush pilot, and the Rev. Edward Badten, a flying mis- sionary for the Assemblies of God Church. The Rev. Badten happened to fly into the strike area a few days after the Carrol discovery. He, too, caught the gold fever and filed a claim, = “Gold has been found for two ! miles_on both sides of the original | strike,” the Rev. Badten said, “and from all appearances it's & big strike.” Look For Big Strike He disclosed that gold panned from the Yukon shore had been and there was pronounced “good gold” by oldtimers, The mission- ary asserted these old timers opin- ed that there’s “usually a big strike where nuggets this size are found.” The discovery, although taken quietly enough here, has all the elements of 4 Rex Beach thriller, According to Badten, Carrol kept his find a secret for several days, telling only his immediate family and close friends, who filed the first claims. The tip-off finally {came, however, when samples were taken to Circle for assay. Since then a miniature srush has sprung up for miles along theriver. (A camp of more than a dozen tents mushroomed into being since mid- week. Natives from both Circle and Fort Yukon are reported deserting their fishing and traplines and flocking to the boom camp, Magoffin, operator-owner of In- terior Airways, with headquarters ihere, is enjoying “unprecedented rush business.” Rushing By Air He now has begun regular flights to the gold strike area, (Continued on Page 2) i STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Princess Louise from Vancouvet scheduled to arrive Sunday after- noon or evening. Denali from Seattle due Tues- day. Baranof from westward schedul- ed to arrive at 4 p.m. Sunday sail- ing south two hours later at € o'clock. TIDE TABLE OCTOBER 23 High tide, 2:35 am., 182 Low tide, 8:27 am., 02 High tide, 2:32 p.m, 206 Low tide, 9:03 p.m. -4.0 OCTOBER 24 High tide, 3:28 am, 175 Low tide, 9:09 am., 13 High tide, 3:12 pm., 198 Low tide, 9:50 p.m. -3.2 SUN RISES - SETS Sun rises at .. Sun sets at OCTOBER 24 Sun rises at .........7T:53 am. Sun sets at .. 5:30 pm. e e 0 0 9 00 9 0 i