The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 18, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,354 AU, JUNE ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1949 MeMB I R A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Defense Attorney Scolded in Tri 480 COMBAT PLANES OUT IN NAVY CUT ASHINGTON, Nov. 18=/P—The Navy today ordered about 20 per- cent- of its combat planes taken out of service during the next four months and is considering whether others must be withdrawn. The mo¥e signals insistence from Defense Secretary Johnson on ec- onomy cuts, bitterly protested by Navy officials, which figured in recent Congressional hearings on inter-service rows. The Navy announced that a total of 35 squadrons—28 Navy and seven Marine—will be decommissioned. . The sea service now has about 2,- 250 first line combat planes, be- sides support and service airrrufl‘l The 35 squadrons to be decom- ! missioned contain about 480 coms| bat craft. The Navy Department announced some time ago that a 25 percent B-50D Superfortress Addition of two 700-gallon external fuel tanks (extreme ends under wings) has given this Boeing B-50D Superfertress a normal cruising range of more than 6,000 miles, the Department of Defense announced. Developed from the war-proved B-29, the B-50D has a speed of more than 400 miles an hour and a total Lomb an'\(‘ltv of 28,000 polllld\ L] “’irephoto cut in air strength would be re- quired under the over-all economy program order by Secretary John- GIRL SLAYER rist mporT TaRIFFs 1S TORECEIVE WILLDROP, CANNERS SAY AT CONVENTION QUI(! TRIM' LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18—®— CORONADO, Nov. 18—(#-Cha1l- Muttering “I don't deserve to live,” es Carry, Director of the Division rasty-faced Fred Stroble, 66-year- of Fish Products of the National old caker, braced himself in a Canners Association, believes im- | county jail port tariffs on canned salmon and | grand jury action in the sex slaying sardines will be''reduced as a re- 10s -year-old Linda Joyce Glu- sult of a fisheries conference to be | cof:. called next summer. | stroble, the grandfather of one of Linda's favorite playmates, proured out his sordid story to Dis- trict Attorney William ‘Simpson as a 48-hour fugitive search through- | out the west and into Mexico wound ference, to be called by the State| - yertcrd;v on'a stool in a down- Department, will be antgn.ded by |y oom Tos Abgeles’ Bariunit -Tive representatives of £0 maritime na-<| o T P00 bl Police Sta- Hoge. (tion and across the street from a He said that in the Japanese| goyntown park. Peace Treaty, expected to be drawn up early in 1950, “every effort is going to be made in the treaty it- Carry, who spoke at the closing session of the annual convention| of the Association of Pacilic Fish- | eries here yesterday, said the con- Simson said Stroble, formally charged with murder, admitted that | he cell today for . swm‘ self, or in current treaties, to pre-| ‘vent the Japanese from violating | conservation agreements, as they | did before the war.” E. M. Brennan of Seattle, was strangled and bludgeoned the CAB WANTS LINES T0 WORK OUT GWN PROBLEMS - JONES Harold A. JOX‘AEF. Civil Aeronautics ‘Bv ard member in Juneau confer- ‘1 ng with intra-Alaska airline offi- cm]< wants to see airlines in the north “work out their own prob- lems so better service may be given” rather than have the CAB | step in to make plans for them, | “from a point 4,600 miles awa | is here on th2 a ten-day trip of im n conferences wh'ch will take him Anchorage and Fairbanks. His vi here was deferred several montnhs 1s he had wished to make a month- | onz tour during the summer but was prevented from doing so by illn . Conferences wili not take in nen- scheduled States flights, or any airiine ~problems other thAn -those} immediately in the Territory, he said. STAFF WILL ARRIVE He said a group of top staff men connected with the CAB will ar- rive here later this winter to com- 0i imenia in Western Colombia. | Arraignment is scheduled at 9:30) pudgy little girl to death when she resisted his improper advances. pile data and study conditions, sc nore detailed information may Le am. today in municipal court. elected President of the organiza-| tion. Other officers, all from Seat- tle are: Vance F. Sutter, J. A.l Green, E; W. Thompson and A, R.| Barthold, Vice Presidents, and E. D‘ Clark, Secretary-Treasurer. The Washington| ilhcn told of enticing Linda into aj hei | lived with his daughter, her hus-| 1 “I had Leen drinking all day— wne. I wouldn't have done it it I hadn’t been drumk,” Stroble was quoted. ' Simpson said , the ashen, gray-haired grandpa—who liked to buy kids ice cream and candy— kedrocm of the home where bard and their two children. At his arraignment today, Judge | Leroy Dawson set . his preliminary [hearmg for next. Monday. “We will ask the death penaltv.” Merry - Go- Round l.\n the five-man board’s bidding. Next summer: he said he hopes to come to Alaska for a “lonz look’ at transportation in the north such as he was prevented from ioing this year. He didn't know it he or another board member would maks the trip. He was busy all ay meeting vith officials in the offices of | Alaska Coastal Airlines. He sald it was too early to have reached any conclusion concerning air service, but that he spent the morning -ex- plaining’ to officials the need of By DREW PEARSON (Copyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, ASHINGTON—While Presider- | Truman has been preaching civil|e rights for the south, he has prac- ticed exactly the same kind of vote e discrimination toward groups of| e young Democrats as he has crmmz— |® ed in southern states. i' The national convention of Young Democrats in Chatanooga this week illustrates this vote discrimination,|e and also highlights the fact that e the young Democrats, once a live e wire, progressive arggnization, inle many states. has become a Charley | o McCarthy , for Democratic _bosses,| ® sometimes bought and paid for. . The young Democrats of New e York State, for instance, are noje more representative of the Demo- cratic Party than Boss Hague of| Jersey City. New York Democrats‘ are not even' permitted tofhold an election. Their President is appoint- ed;. niot elected—by Paul ; Pitzpat- rick, Democratic State Chairman, who keeps an' ironclad hold on the young Dems organization for fear they will bolt to young Congress-| man Franklin Roosevelt. | “ Undoubtedly the great preponder- | ance of young Democratic voters in New York would definitely be in the Roosevelt camp—if they had a chance. Fitzpatrick has his eye on| the Governorship of New ork him- self next year, and he doesn’t want control tp slip into the hands of Franklin Roosevelt, a potential ri- val candidate. | 110 St Cnlifornia Case Flagrant The throttling of young Dems ontinued op Page Four) | |in T, 1no said Deputy District Attorney Ad- \olph Alexander. ® ® & & ©o ® o o WEATHER REPORT (This data is for 24-hour pe- rind ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum 48; minimum 37. : At Airport—Maximum 46; minimum 34. FORECAST (Junesu and Vieinity) « Cloudy with intermittent rain tonight and Saturday. Lowest temperature tonight around 40 degrees, highest, Saturday near 45. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Junéau—737. inches; since «Nov. 1-8.9Y inches; since July .. 148 jnches. At Alrport—31 - inches; since Nov. 1—7.97 ‘inches; since July 1-—3185 inches. STOCK QUOTATIONS more integrated, economical service The question of mail subsidies | has not yet been touched upon, he said. All companies have applied for more money on their mail contracts. “The board realizes,” Jones said, that Alaska flying is different from anything else of the' same nature in the States.'It is your primary mode of transportation— but it shouldn't be your only one.” EXPENSIVE HAULING Air transportation, he potntecl out, is neces=avily the most ® | pensive way to get anywhere zhnre is. And therefore it should not be} ',used exclusively for services that ® | could be rendered by some other form of haul. He admnwd he " . I z| 2) (Continued on Page FWS Velmle Loofed In Anchorage; Thief Steals Lefhal Load ANCHOI‘ AGE, ’\l\ | . Nov. 18— ice offic- fals are hoping the thief who raided vehicle here isn’t planning ¢tany personal use of the loot. It included: 20 cyanide guns, 20 s00000000000 TERRORIST PLOT; 100 ARRESTED BOGOTA, Colombia, Nov. 18—®/ —Colombia’s Conservative govern- ment, ruling this country under state of siege, said today it has foiled a vast “terrorist plot" with| the arrest of more than 100 per-| sons. The government said big store: of explosives were seized at Ar- The | press secretary to Conservative | President Mariano Ospina Perez said Liberals and Communists were involved, along with “Europeans ot undetermined nationality.” Armenia, a city of 50,000 in the Quidino coffee region, was to be| wiped out by dynamite explosions | and fire, the press secnatary said. BARUCH HAS PLANS ABOUT HIS FORTUNE NEW YORK, Nuv 18.—(M—Elder | statesman Bernard M. Baruch plans to leave his fortune to promote his pet project—physical medicine. “It’s a field very close to my heart,” he told an interviewer yes- terday, “I can't think of anything better to do with my money.” But he added that it’s nobody’s | business how much money he has to bequeath. He added with a smile: “It's much smaller than you think. I've spent a lot.” The 79-year-old philantropist made millions in his day £s 2 wali street speculator and mine de-| veloper. GUAM STRUGGLES THROUGH TYPHOON; DAMAGE "EXTENSIVE' GUAM, Ncv. 18—(P—This huge U. S. base today emerged bauered‘ and bruised from a typhoon with | 115-mile winds or more which wrought damage possibly high in the millions. No deaths were reported. There were few serious injuries. The all-clear came at 9 am. afler a night of howling winds, and the | repair of the damage began. Both civilian and military property was| hard hit. Communications been partly restored. Rear Adm. Edward C. have Ewen, NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Closing |eyanide cartridges, one can of scent }commander in the Marianas, said 1%, Northern Pacific 14, U. eel 25, Pound $2.80. Sales today were 1,690,000 shares. Averages today, are as follows: |from Vancouver Wednesday. rails 48.75, util- dustrials 193.41, ities 39.38. |quotation of Alaska Juneau minejand a can of str)chnlm |stock today is 3%, American Can |o9#., Anaconda 28%, Curtiss-Wright International Harvester 281, Kennecott 51, New York Central SIEAMER MOVEMENTS sail | from ' Denali n-hmlmpu to Seattle tomorrow. Frincess Norah scheduled to sail’ s.! Baranof from west scheduled {zouthbound Sunday evening. that damage was “very extensive.” Ewen's headquarters was badly a 1 Vice-President B-29 CRASHES - Mrs. Carlzlo ATSTART OF B-29 SEARCH Five of Nme Known Crew-| men Aboard Are | Reporled Killed TAMP’\ Fla., Nov. 18—(#—A B-29 | startng out to hunt for the B-29 | missing near Bermuda crashed “ere | seeonds after takeoff here today i Five of the nine known crew- | { men atoard were killed. The otrer | four were thrown clear of the plane | and were only slightly hurt. The plane was from MacDill Air | Pase and was one of nearly 100 Air | Force, Navy and Coast Guard planes which had been gearching i | for the bomber which ran out of | § fuel and crash landed in the sea | Wednesday. | The crash of the MacDill bomber | occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Seconds aftér 't took off from the i field which borders Tampa Bay, ‘lts number four engine began/ | smoking. As it turned to land, the enzins broke loose and the plane crashed. ! "The tide was out at the time and | the ship plunged into mud and slime. 4 The muck prevented a crash boal‘ ¢ 4 | from reaching the wreckage and | greatly hampered firemen from reach'ng the scene with hose. Goes 'I'o Congress SEARCH CRITICAL AREA HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 18.— (M—An armada of planes aided by | hips searched today in worsen- L.g ‘weather the critical area off| \Bermudn where a U. S. Air Force | \B 29 crash-landed Wednesday with 120 men aboard. | Faint radio signals and the sight- | ‘mg of two red flares reported last {night spurred efforts of the res- | {cuers searching an area of ab:ut 100 miles square, 345 miles north- east of these islands. Officials said four planes are inow combing the pin-pointed spot whe)e the signnls originated. i Mrs. Edna F. Kelly, 42, mother of two childrenj widow of judge. | Democratic ticket as successor {o late Andrew F. Somers, of D oklva., 36 CZECHS SENTENCED WINNING ballot is cast by ! She was elected to Congress on | __(International) | Barkley, n §. Hadley \ ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18—(M—Vice Precident Alben W. Barkley and | Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley were mar- | ried today in a ceremony climaxing 'a romance that has been in the putlic spotlight for the past four | months. | The Vice President, who will be "12 next Thursday, and his attrac- | tive Lride of 38 were wed by | B'shop Ivan Lee Holt of the Mis- couri area of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Hadley, who firsi. met the Vice President on a cruise down the Potomac last July, wore a smartly tailored woolen suit ot “Barkley Blue." Cnly thirty-three members of the immediate families and newsmen were in the chapel at St. John's Methodist Church when the cere- mony began w'th the familiar words, “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of God \g Newsmen outnumbered the rela- tive. The bride did not promise to “obey” the Vice President. The Methodist marriage ritual hasn’t included that word for ten years. ! They joined hands as they were | pronounced man and wife. The imshop addressed them as “Alben” ,and “Jane." . The wedding ceremony. fitst for 1 a Vice President in office, was con- cluded with the Lord's Prayer. David M. Barkley of Paducah, Ky, Barkley's son by a previous | marriage, was best man, and the {only attendant. Mrs. Hadley chose | ker brother, Willam W. Rucker ! of West Palm Beach, Fla., to give her away. Tie newlyweds planned to leave lon their honeymoon- for “Shangri- 1 La,” as “the Veep” called it. Rumor ihn» it that they are going to Key .We't Fla., where they will shortly ! ce {and his family. WEDDING VOWS ST. LOUIS, nov. 18—@--Vice :Pres dent Alben W. Barkley and | Mrs Carleton S. Hadley exchanged wedding vows today, he with a joined by President Truman | al of Bridges 'REAL PUNCH' LOOMS, TRIAL Pronounced Man and Wife| OF BRIDGES Govemment Promises Im- portant Witness as Case Is Started SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. it-—— Government attorneys promised they will call a witness today in the Harry Bridges perjury trigl who will “carry a real punch." The broad outlines of the coming court battle tock form yesterday as both prosecution =nd delensc made opening statements to the middle-aged jury of eight men and four women. First witness called for today when defense chief Vincent Halli- nan finished his opening statement, was Lloyd Garner, examiner betore whom Bridges appeared for natu- ralization. F, Joseph Donohue, chief prosecuting attorney, de- clined to name his next witness, but members of his staff said his testimony “would carry a real punch.” The government, charging that the West Coast Longshore leader perjured himself when he said he was not a Communist in his 1945 naturalization hearing, will attempt to prove he was actually a secret member of the Communist Party's powerful central committee. The defense will attempt to prove that the present trial is part of a consp'racy to get the Australian- born Bridges out of the country. Federal Judge George B. Harris called a.conference of the attorneys at the end of yesterday's session, however, and told thé defense he will limit the issue to the question of perjury and conspiracy. He sald that anything happening at prior government hearings to deport Eridges is outside the present case. Bridges and two fellow union officials, J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt, are charged with con- spiracy to defraud the government through their testimony at the naturalization hearing. In addition, Bridges is charged with perjury. COURT ABRUFTLY RECESSES i | | l ! | ) Wife Killer Carried "Last Mile"”; Pleas WALLA WALLA, Wash, Nov. 18 ~=M—A mother’s vain mile-con- | suming efforts to keep her sop | walking the “last mile” failed last {night and early today Wayne L. | Williams was hanged for the siay- |ing of his w.fe. | He was pronounced dead at 12:16 a.m. - after being carried to the, l By Mother Refused FOR SPYING By Asscented Press Thirty-five Czechs were sentenced today by a Czechoslovak state court in Prague on charges of spying for an unnamed western power. The ccurt, in sentencing the convicted to terms ranging from life to one year, announced a big spy ring had been smashed. charges of anti-state activities and treason trials are becoming'a re- gular fixture in Czecholslovakia, | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18—(P— resounding baritone “I will” and she in a low murmur. Her voice could scarcely be heard in the comparatively small chapel of St. John's Methodist Church. Federal Judge Gecorge B. Harris abruptly recessed court in the Harry Bridges case today as a de- {ense attorney tried to argue with Wholesale ! him atout an opening statement. Judge Harris scolded defense at- torney Vincent Hallinan rzpeatedly as the lawyer continued a Litter | narrative about *“the enemies of Harry Bridgzes.” “I have never heard such matters Lefcre in an cpeninz argument,” the Judge declared. ‘Trere js mo place here for those 'vitup.rative remarks. . . . The court will hue A crowd which Police Chief Jere- | miah O’Connell estimated at mote than 5000 waited outside and i cheered wildly when the couple appeared after the ceremony. There was a slight appearance of tears of happiness in Mrs. Had- |ley's eyes as she and the Vice | President, arm in arm and team- (ing at each other, walked down | the aisle from the altar. gallows strapped to a board. He had | ’remsed to walk and resisted as| the black mask was placed over ‘hxs face. Tre snap of the' trap-door | Ex rought to an end the desperate ‘bid of Williams' mother, Mrs. Nora | Williams of Everett, to stay the! i executicn, Contending that her son ‘hnd Leen insane for some time be- | fore moving to Washington trom | Tulsa, Okla, she appealed to the and then to lower courts at Walla Walla, Pasco and Yakima by ap- pus. All were denied. Williams, 32, was convicted of tludgeoning his wife, Hallie Lucile, 27, with a rock, then pushing her | Fody over a steep cliff overlooking | Puget Sound near Mukilteo June 17, 1948. His four-year-old daughter, | Bernice, also was. beaten an Mary d | | vived. East —Vl_flfi;s]les Taken Up Belween | Brifish and Russia (By Associated Press) Following a U.N. General Assem- | Ik‘]y plenary session yesterday, Rus- | State Supreme Court in Olympia | plicaticn for a writ of habeas cor-| on| | pushed over the precipice but sur- | TEN GUILTY IN RAPE * CASE;FACE $150,000 | - SUIT BY HUSBAND| TACOMA, Nov. 18.—(»—Convict- ed of the mass rape of a mentally unseund young mother, 10 Tacoma youths today still faced $150,000 Civil Court damage actions brough! by the woman's husband. The Superior Court jury took oply one ballot in finding nine of the youths guilty of rape and the tenth 101 attempted rape. The defendants range in age from 19 to 23 years. They were convicted of taking part in an all-night sex orgy May 127 with Mrs. Marie Charlton, 21, § and later turning her loose in the nude some miles from her home.) The young woman died in August at Western State Hospital, Steila- {coom, Wash, where she had been recommitted because of her mental, | condition. Attorneys for the youths said the convlcuons would be appéaled if ‘a new trial is denied. Court officials said the jury’s verdict could bring terms up to 20 years or to life. The three de- fendants over 21 years all face \mlnlmum five-year terms. No date of hearing has been set ‘on the personal damage actions | fhit, as were warehouses and quon- |sia’s Andrei Y. Vishinsky had a brought by the attack victim’s hus- The Veep did not kiss his wife Ilmmednuely after the ceremony. Buz he stopped and kissed her when they reached the chapel ves- ltlbule ADVICE GIVEN £7. LOUIS, Nov. 18—(P—A T75- year-old bridsgroom has offered the il-year-old Vicz President Barkley advice on “how to make a go” of his marriage. Andrew McAffrey of Miami, Ck!a., who six months ago married woman 35 years youngei than aself, advised: Be kind to her, but if she needs it, give har a whipping every morn- ing and a kiss every night.” McAffrey offered his advice atter Barkley wrote a letter thanking the Oklahoman for his congratulat ons {on Barkley’'s engazement to Mrs Carleton S. Hadley. MAJESTIC LUCKY "LUMBER FISHING' NEAR NEAH BAY| SEATTLE, Nov. 18—(®—The fish- iing vessel Majestic reported yes- terday it had found the fishing pretty good off Neah Bay—for lum- ber. When rough normal operations, weather prevented the Majestic +set housing. A stockpile of p\i"’ 15-minute talk with Britain's Min- band, Pete Charlton. His separate |fished for lumber and brought back at the Marines’ PFifth Service De- pot burned at the height of the. storm. Reports of heavy damage came Camp Witeck, home of the fleet Marine force. |ister of State Hector McNeil. The | results of the talks were not d's- clesed but observers said Britain is taking the lead in efforts .to !from the Naval Supply Center .xnd‘u« whether Russia is willing to compromise on some of the dead-| |locked East-West issues.” suits, totaling $150,000, allege that the youths’ actions deprived him cf his wife. FROM PETERSBURG Clarence E, Walters of Petersburg |ls registered at the Baranof Hotel. 15,000 board feet from the wreck- ed freighter Andalucia. The vessel ran ashore during an engine room five Nov. 4. i Hundreds of small craft have been vying for the foundered {reighter’s cargo. to step in." The government, wmch has the first turn at introduc’ng testimony, bad cald it was ready to put on a witness whose words would “carry a real Sunday puncn.” Hallinan argued that ‘“Bridges’ enemies’ have conspired to break him." He tried to enumerate these “enemies” in his opening state- ment. Each was the subject of hot object'ons. He referred to Harry Lundeberg, head of the AFL Sailoys Union of the Pacific. He called him “a Jack London character, a bucko, a man who has been arrested for assault in half the ports~of the world; who has burned the ballots of his union,” The government ’objected and Judge Harris warned Hallinan again, But a moment later he was tack on the same theme, N Escaped Convicl Found {When Spotted by Prison Farm Manager in Town WALLA WALLA, Wash. Nov. 18— (A—"Sometimes you mzet the darn- dest people. . . .” thought Robert Willis Echard, 25, today. Eckard escaped from the State Penitentiary prison farm yester- day. Twelve hours later, walking down a Waila Walla busi- ness street, he was spotted by Low- 11 Evans, priscn dairy farm mln‘ ager. Evans escorted Eckard back to tho Ipriscn where he was serving a five= year sentence from Pierce County on a second degree burglary con- vietion,