The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 19, 1949, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,355 IMPROVEMENT OF GOLD CREEK GETS ENGINEERS' OKEH - WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—®— Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) has been notitied of Army Engineers’ approval of a proposed flood con- trol project on Gold Creek, Juneau, ] Alaska. i The Engineers said their favor- able report on the project, to cost $311,000, will be submitted to the Secretary of the Army. The project is designed to stop periodic floods in Juneau. It would include improving the creek bed for 1,717 feet from the Calhoun Avenue bridge to the Willoughby Avenue bridge. Before the project can be pre- sented to Congress it must be ap- proved by the Interior Department and then must be authorized by Congress and an appropriation made. Moscow Tosses Out Yugo Embassy Head As Word War Grows (By the Associated Press) The diplomatic war between Yugoslavia, the Cominform out- cast, and Soviet Russia took on a new spurt today. The Soviet News Agency Tass said Lazo Latinovic, acting head of Yugoslav:a's'Embassy in Moscow has been expelled for spying and | subversive activities. The latest move looked like re- taliation in the bitter word war | between the Kremlin and Premier Marshal Tito who has snipped Moiher Russia’s apron strings. Tass | said the Russian Consul at Zagreb and a military attache at Belgrade had been ordered out of Yugoslavia | bythe Tito government. A Soviet Information Bureau official had also Leen given his walking papers. They weré accused of “‘engaging in anti-Yugoslav activities.” The Russians denied the charges, Tass said. The agehcy acdded: The .Russians regard the expul-‘l sion of their attaches “as a new manifestation of the hostile policy | of the Yugoslav government toward the Soviet Union.” Yugoslavia yesterday joined the Soviet Bloc in opposition to a: United Nations resolution ' approv- ing an arms embargo against Greece’s neighbors, Albania and Bulgaria. e o 0 0 00 ¢ 0 o WEATHER REPORT (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum 44; minimum 41. At Airport—Maximum 43; minimum 38, FORECAST ~ (Jupesn and Vielnity) Increasing cloudiness to- night. Lowest temperature near 40 degrees. Cloudy with rain Sunday. High near 47. o000 000 0000000 PRECIPITATIONG® (Past 34 nours ending 7:30 a.m. todasy ® City of Juneau—.14 inches; @ since Nov. 1—10.05 inches; since July 1—46.14 inches. At Airport—.13 inches; since Nov. 1—8.10 inches; since July 1—31.98 inches. ® ® o o & o 0 0o o o The Washington! Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) LOS ANGELES — When Negro singer Paul Robeson came out to Los Angeles shortly after the Peek- | ! 1 skill riots, it was generally expected ; that all hell would break loose. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 ,1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PUBLIC WORKS STAFF T0 ARRIVE SUNDAY Four members of the staff of the General Service Administration are ue to arrive tomorrow to open offices in the Community Building to start preliminary work under the new Alaska Public Works Act. They will spend three weeks in have planned meetings Monday and Tuesday with Territorial officers and federal officials. Similar meetings will ke held in Ketchikan, Anchorage and Fair- banks. The act carries an appro- prition of 70 millions, of which one million is now available for build- ing, and four millions in contrac- tura! authority. Two staff members will remain here until replaced by permanent employees. Approximately 25 to 30 persons will be retained when the office gets under full sail. CAB OFFICIAL 1S "MR. ANTHONY" TO AIRLINE OPERATORS In Juneau this morning, Harold A. Jones of Washington, D. C, continued his work in the role of a Civil Aeronautics Board “Mr. Anthony,” the CAB official inter- viewing Southeast Alaska small op- erators and bush pilots to consid- er their individual problems. “Jones has personally seen every- one who requested his time,” com- mented Robert V. Kinsey, Alaska CAB director, who sat in on the conferences. “Alaska operators like his mat- ter-of-fact attitude,” Kinsey con- tinued. “He's a hard-headed Republican business man and holds no truck with fancy words and double-talk —he just wants the facts.” The subject of mail contracts came up frequently. (“Don’t call the subsidies,” said Kinsey, ‘“al- though -sometimes they amount to that.”) Terms of mail contracts are changed as circumstances warrant, according to Jones, who wants to “get the picture” in Alaska in order to determine the merits of individ- ual applications. This comes under the announced objective of this trip: “to attain more integrated, economical ser- vice.” Mail contracts were part of the subject matter, for instance, in a conference between Jones and two officials of Alaska Island Airlines, formerly the Petersburg Air Service operated by Tony Schwamm. AiA cretary-Treasurer Clarence (Slim) Walters pointed out that they now have none. In connection with the responsib- !ilitles of the CAB, Board Member Jones pointed out that, in its cap- acity similar to an appellave court, the CAB rules on numerous operd- tional matters, but that actual ad- ministration of airports and ‘en- forcement of safety regulations, etc., is the function of the Civil Areon- autics’ Administration. The CAB officials planned to go to Anchorage today, .for further on their 10-day ‘Alaska tour. CONCERT GROUP PLANS LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY NOON With plans for two concerts in the early spring—three, if enough memberships are sold to warrant the extra one—the Juneau Con- ert Association will meet for luncheon Wednesday noon in the Baranof Hotel Iris Room. All persons interested in selling the memberships which will guar- antee a spring concert season invited to attend. Memberships are to be availacle Robeson 'was reported to have picked this polygot, mushroomed metropolis of the west coast be- cause of its crackpot Communist fringe and the hope that another riot would add more fuel to the| distorted flames of the Moscow ra- ' dio. But just the opposite happened. Robeson came and left Los Angeles without a ripple. No baseball bats were wielded. No rocks thrown. No ovation awaited him. And, most im- portant of all, no prcpaganda fed the Moscow radio. The man responsible for this ef- ficiency is a stocky, quiet-spoken officer who trained the 3rd Marines for the landing at Okinawa and who is now tackling the toughest job of his life. It is no exaggeration to say that Maj. Gen. William Ar- thur Worton would rather lead troops into battle than face the —_—— " (Continued on Pags Pour) A FIELDSEND FUNERAL T0 BE HELD MONDAY Algar John (Jack) Fieldsend was found dead yesterday in a room at 59 Willoughby Avenue. He had been dead for some time. Fieldsend was born in Hull, York- shire, England, 68 year ago. He is survived by one sister in England. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. Monday in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. The Rev. Samuel McPhetres will conduct the service. Pallbearers will be members of the Hotel and Restaurant Employ- ees and Bartenders International Union Local 871. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. the Territory to discuss plans, and | President James Noland and Se- | | term. conferences there 'and in Fairbanks | at $5.00 for adults, $250 for students, | midnight. CONCERT TICKET SALES INDICATE | BiG ATTENDANCE Tuesday's P;Eorman(e at 20th Century Sponsored By Beta Sigma Phi Ticket sales indicate usual en- thusiasm toward the Juneau City Band Concert to be presented at the 20th entury Theatre Tuesday evening, Those who have enjoyed the Ju- neau City Band in the past will be further appreciative of the type of music being presented this year by the band under the direction of Joseph M. Shofner. Since he has been in Juneau, he has presented interesting and worthwile programs and this year's performance spon- sored by Beta Sigma Phi is no ex- ception. Personnel of the band drawn from the townspeople and high schocl students and the success of each concert has been immeasurably due to their willingness to meet for| frequent rehearsals. Each player is important in his section. Blending ! this instrumentaticn and making good use of all talents, Mr. Shof- ner each year presents a band con- cert long anticipated and long re- membered. With the Juneau City Band Jane McMullin, Juneau pianist, will play the Grieg Concerto in A Minor, long popular with artists as a solo with orchestral accompaniment. The concerto abounds in folk-like mel- odies, colored by distinctive har- monies, that strcngly suggest the composer’s native Norway. A feature of the Tuesday con- cert will be a trumpet solo by Bill Sperling, talented high school student, whose selection is “Deep Blues” by the American artist Lou, Singer. [ The band will accompany Bill Matheny’s trombone solo of the ever popular “Nola” hy Felix Arndt. Matheny is known ' as conduetor of a popular dance band. The Delta Chapter of Beta Sig- ma Phi, sponsors of the Tuesday program, is the local organization | f an international, non-academic sorority. President is Miss Ruth Bader. Miss Freeda Bechtold is vice president. TRUMAN WILL BE RE-NCMINATED IS PREDICTION MADE WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—®— Senator Anderson (D-NM) expres- sed confidence today that the Democratic party will re-nominate President Truman in 1852 and that he will win another four-year Anderson, formerly Mr. Truman’s Zecretary of Agriculture, is now chairman of the Democratic Sena- torial Campign Committec. He re- cently returned to the Capitol from}{ the West to map a campaign for; retaining Democratic control of the 3enate in next year's election, when | 36 seats will be at stake. Talking to a reporter, Anderson |said he is optimistic about Demo- | cratic chances in both the 1950 and 1952 elections. As for Mr. Truman, he commented: . “I think he’ll be the nominee and will be elected.” RENO GAMBLING HOUSE OPERATOR SHOT, GUN BLASTS RENO, - Nev.,, Nov. 10—@—Lin- coln Fitzgerald, prominent Nevada and Michigan gambling figure, was critically injured by shotgun blasts in an ambush shooting here at Although the 57-year-old casino operator was reputed to have car- ried large sums of money, Detective Sgt. Michael Salonisan decla d: “It couldn’t have been rochery. “It must have been revenge,” the officer added. p“;"‘r'.ez(zeralcl. co-operator of the big downtown gambling house, the Ne- vada Club, was shot down as he started to leave his home f@r work ut 11:43 pm. “B:‘:‘ljl shots were fired into his back at close range. R The coal_dispute situation appar- ently has gone into a waiting-out period. Soft coal operators are waiting for John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers to offer hew terms for negotiations. Lewis is waiting for the operators to do the same thing. And government labor advisers are waiting for either side to move. COUNCIL ADOPTS SALARY ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR The ordinance fixing salaries of city officials and employces was adopted by the city council at its regular meeting in the City HalV last night. ; There was one case of salary increase over last year; salaties for three newly-created city posts were fixed; consolidation of the positions of street foreman, city engineer and building inspector was | announced &t no increase in pay; and one post was eliminated—that of relief fire truck driver at $15 per month plus regular call fees. Cemetery caretaker's salary was raised $50 per month, bringing it to $250 per month, which corres- ponds with the payment of com- mon laborers by the city. Salaries fixed for newly-created city posts were: City wharfinger, $350 per month; assistant wharf- inger, $325 per month; and airport building caretaker, $350 per month. Consolidation of three city posts made J. L. McNamara street fore- man, city engineer and building in- spector. His salary remains at $400 per month. Other city employees and officials will be paid the following salar- ies per month during the fiscal year 1949-1950: City Clerk, $375; clerk, $275; City attorney, $150; Municipal magistrate, $150; City health officer, $30; Librarian, $250; City treasurer, no salary; City Assistant. city councilmen, $60; street commission- | er (Mayor Waino Hendrickson), $600; hydrant caretaker, $1.50 per hour; garbage dump caretaker, $1t ; harbormaster (house provided), $200. Fire chief, $65; assistant fire chief, $40; fire alarm caretaker, $30; chief fire truck driver, assistant fire truck driver, $255; chief of police, $390 during trial period of 90 days, $400 thereafter; assistant chief of police, $350; pa rolmen, $310 during trial period o 90 days, $325 thereafter. All common labor employed by the city will be paid $1.37% per hour; truck drivers, $1.50 per hour; mechanics and street grader men, $1.75 per hour. Saturday afternoons, Sundays, all legal holidays, and any time over eight hours per day will be paid at the rate of time and one-half the regular pay to employees of the street department, the ordinance states. Street department will consist cf one grader man, two truck drivers and two laborers. In case of need, men will be hired on a short-time basis. A resolution was read at the council which would approve Al- aska Housing Authority’s request for 75 units of low-rental hous- ing for Juneau. However, the council did not take action on the resolution at the meeting. Further clarification of the city’s obligations under the program was considered necessary. The problem of parking zones for busses was brought up. Mayor Hendrickson asked that committees look into the problem. A later meet- | ing will be devoted to the problem, he said. With the Public Works Commit- tee due in Juneau Sunday, Mayor Hendrickson was authorized by the council to request funds under the Public Works Bill for construc- tion of a new City Hall. PNA BRINGS 14, TAKES OUT 13 Fourteen passengers were brought from the westward yesterday by Pacific Northern Airlines, with 13 going out. They were: From Anchorage—L. Babler, C. T. Brady, Agnes Brady, Ken Ulrick- son, A. E. Anderson, Mr. Rogers, Ira Wiggam. From Cordova—Bruce Parker, Wm. A. Anderson, W. E. Wall, Ed Wall, Mrs. Hickim, Mrs. Harry Hendrickson, Harry Hendrickson, Jr. To Anchorage—Robert = Sanford, Sgt. Gerald Marsh, Dr. E. F. Graves, Rev. Rl Armstrong, Buell Nesbit. Lt. Col. J. D. Alexander, Lt. Claude McBride, Herbert Folimer, Karl Brunstad, George McFatridge, Leo Ligman, Ralph cutherfand, Dorothy Rudisill, STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle due Tuesday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday. Baranof from west scheduled southbound 6. p.m. Sunday. PORTLAND GUESTS W. R. Rogers and L. Babler of Portland, Ore., are registered at the Baranof Hotel. $270; | work ¢ PART OF B-29 FLEETISTO Order Issuefihile Inves- tigation Made as fo Cause of Crashes WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—®—A {part of the nation’s B-29 bomber fleet was grounded today while the Air Force launched an investiga- jtion into a series of crashes which have killed at least 120 men in the past 12 weeks. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, chief of staff, issued the grounding ord- er last night. 1 A few hours before, the latest |crash had killed five of a nine- man crew aboard a superfortress which was taking off to help search for the 20 men aboard anotheg B-29 missing off Bermuda since mid-week. Six accidents have occurred in fthe past 16 days, with a known idealh toll of 35 and with the 20 men aboard the lost B-29 still miss- sing Available unoffocial records show that since August 26, when 16 crew- {men died after an egine caught fire !in a takeoff from Hickam Field, Hawaili, 27 superfortresses have gone down with a death toll of 120. Vandenberg's ‘order will have | this effect: Any superfortress used by the |sn'a(eglc Air Command or the 19th |Bomb Group in the Far East—un- |less all of its four engines have juntil a detailed inspection can be made by technical experts. The greater part of all B-29s are used by either SAC or the 19th Group. A second part of the order grounds all B-20s which have been |subjected to “maximum operating scresses,” but this part of the di- rective does not apply to SAC and 119th Group planes. The second part of the order |apparently applied only to a re- (latively few B-20s used in Rescue search or weather reconnaissance missions, To keep from potential enemies lan exact indication of how many |superfortresses will be earthbound until inspection can be completed, the Air Force declined to say how many of the SAC and 19th Bomb Group planes lack modernized en- |gines. The total of B-29s in operational |now is estimated unofficially at ‘between 400 and 500. Although the Air Force order in- ure was the chief reason for the grounding, not all of the crashes have been for that reason. {OLSEN OF PNA HERE; WOODLEY DUE TODAY eral Traffic and Sales Manager of Pacific Northern Airlines, timed his line (nspection to coincide with Civil Aeronautics Board hearings in Alaska He arrived Monday, and attended the hearings yesterday and today, conducted by CAB Commis- | sioner Harold A. Jones. Olsen was to go to Anchorage today for a CAB traffic hearing, *then inspect PNA coverage, which extends to Kodiak and the Bristol Bay area. He plans to be in the Territory for two weeks, with an- other stay in Juneau before his return to Seattle. PNA President Arthur Woodley was to come in from Seattle today, and join the group going to An- chorage. He "will be in Juneau for a longer time on the way back. Woodley recently spent a month |in washington, D.C, in the in- ! terests of PNA. PRESIDENT PLANS IRAN ASSISTANCE By Asscciated Press President Truman was guest of honor at a state dinner given last night in Washington by the vistt- ing Shah of Iran. The President said he hopes to help Iran become the western world’s strong “right iflank.” Apparently in the Presi- dent’s scheme the left and center in the drive to halt Soviet ex- pansion are to be taken care of by the Nortif Atlantic Alliance. The council of Atlantic Pact countries yesterday set up in Wash- ington a military production and supply board to handle the flow of military equipment and an ec- oncmic and financial committee as a watch-dog on spending. use, either in units or as spares,! idicned that engine or plane fail-| Harold A. Olsen of Seattle, Gen- | Cpening of the Lynn Canal, clos- ed for many years to salmon fish- ing will be recommended by the Territorial Department of Fish- eries for the coming season, it was disclosed this morning. A longer season, but a shorter week, for Southeast Alaska begin- ning July 31 is also among re- commendation to be put before the Fish and Wildilfe Service. its second meeting since its cre- ation and appointment this spring, by working until almost midnight to cover all phases of the work before it. They left for their homes next day, leaving the job of com- piling to Fisheries Director C. L.| Anderson. He expected to have the work accomplished in a short time. | Members of the board empowered | Anderson to make its recommenda- ' jtions public, and later a district- ~district list will be issued, to in- clude details now “buried” in the large pile of papers on the direc-| tor's desk. Trap Reduction The board’s overall policy was in favor of trap elimination at the earliest possible time. Because the Secretary of the Interior a year ago made the outright recommenda- tion that traps in Alaska be cut, out by a gradual process, the board }felt the FWS should begin mak- ing these reductions next year. | At the same time, no new areas should be opened to traps. A few traps were not installed in cus- tomary locations last year, they The five-man board wound up | (hénges Proposed, 5. E. Alaska Fishing Season; BE GROUNDED Be Opened; No More New Traps Lynn Canal fo commendations from three sources —the industry, their own men, and the Territorial board. “They have made ~o arbitrary findings,” Anderson pointed out. They have incorporated ideas com- ing them in person, by letter, |and from the experiences of three | fishermen board members, one in- dustry man, and one public mem- | ber. The board believes all its re- commendations are soung, yet re- alizes there might be changes need- ed—therefore ‘flexibility’ is the key- note of the entire report.” SITKA NOW HAS BIG SOROPTIMIST CLUB ORGANIZED Mrs, Alice Thorne returned from Sitka yesterday to announce the establishment of a Soroptimist Club there. There are a surprisingly large number of evecutive and profession- al women in Sitka, with the major- ity of the businesses being owned or operated by women, Mrs. Thorne stated. The new club met on Tuesday night in the community builidng and the following officers were el- ected: President, Mrs. Dorothy Bil- ho; Vice President, Mrs. Martha Cushing; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Lydia Tilson; . Corresponding Se- found, and these should not be placed in operation for 1950, the +board said. Because traps are the most ef-{ fective—or destructive—type of fish- ing gear legal in Alaska, the group felt that in any area that they continue to -be -allowed, all other legal types of fishing should also be allowed, which has not been the case for years—unless some local condition prevents it. The hoard particularly pointed jto the Chignik and Cook Inlet areas in this regard, stating discrimina- tdon is being shown against purse seiners, Discrimination Hit In Scutheast Alaska, discrimina- tion also exists in not allowing gill netters in various spots open to traps and purse seiners—only four mall areas in the entire district beng open to them, the board said. Unless the FWS has specific rea- scns for continuing this policy, ull‘ discrimination of this type should, te eliminated, they declared. The same policy should govern in the fall, to allow gill netters to fish where now only seiners may enter. Dates for this area recommended are: I Week of July 31—open three days; week of August 7—open three days; 1August 14—five days; August 21— five days; and August 28—five days. In the fall, the season should open September 25 for three weeks, but for only three days a week, the board felt, and only in those bays opened by the FWS, of which six are presently being fished. Anderson said the board explain- >d these dates as “entirely flexible,” to be moved backward or forward according to the show of salmon. Extend Limit he present limit of 26 inches o1 six pounds for troll-caught fish be extended to all other types of commercial gear, and that “posses- sion of any fish under that size should be considered prima facie cvidence of illegal fishing.” Purse seine size in this district was recommended to be cut from the present 300 fathom allowed length to 250 fathoms, but that leads be extended to 75 fathoms rather than the present 25 in most cases. The board was in opposition to {the present prohibition of motor, vessels using gill nets in Bermg' Sea areas such as Bristol Bay,| Chignik, Kotzebue and the Kusko- kwim. They should be allowed motors for safety's scake, they declared Each year the toll of lives in the Bering is terrific, they pointed out, and motors would bring deaths to a minimum. More dangerous areas are fished with motor vessels with rarely an accident, they said, yet lhfi Bering continues to take its toll. “Not Arbitrary” Various recommendations board empowered Anderson to change, in event the FWS presents ' a two-year term, The board also brought out that} Holloway, acceptable reasons for its present. rules. The director sald that can-| neries have men in the fleld, the!Barkley. It may be Barkley's home | er; from Hoonah: Shorty Wilson; FWS has men, and FWS officlals'in Paducah, Kentucky, or they may ' from Pelicant: ‘Mrs. H. P. Blcod, cretary, Mrs. Helen Hager; Treasur- er, Mrs. Velma Mosher; Director for Mrs. Josephine Carter; director for a one-year term, Mrs. Hopewell Rands, These officers will be instalied and the charter presented at a banquet to be held in the Lyther- an Service Conter in Sitka on 'Sat- urday, December 3 at 7 p.m., Mirs. Thorne said. Several members of the Juneau Club will fly to Sitka to conduct the installation and the chartering of the new ciub, The Sitka club has recently been visited by Mrs. Jessic McCrary of the Soroptimist Club of Juneau, 1 Mrs. Marian Hopkins of thie An- chorage Club and Mrs. Lois Beil Sandall, Past President of the Am- erican Federation of Soroptimist Clubs, their representative to tite United Nations, and chairman of the biennial convention of the Am- erican Federation of Soroptimist Clubs to be held in Seattle in July. Previous to her visit to Sitka, Mrs. Sandall, representing the Northwest Region, had installed the officers and presented the charter to the newly formed Sorop~ {imist Club of‘ Ketchikan where Miss Mildred Maynard presided as representative of the sponsorilg club, the Soroptimist Club of Ju- neau, PAN-AM BRINGS 16, 24 ARE TAKEN OUT Pan American World Airways yes- terday brought 16 passengers into Juneau from the north and south and took out 24. They were: From Seattle: J .A. Beck, J. R Adam Knight, Cliff Yates, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fryer Magnus Martens, Charles Burdick, Marie Burdick, B. E. Fexro, Re- becca Feero, Lorraine Feero, C. Z. Gordon Jr.,, Clem Jurald, Leo Jur- ald, Leo Ligman, Dorothy Rudisill Ruth Sherren, Ralph Sutherland. From Fairbanks: Paul Hawkins E. Ellingen, David Tewksbury, Capt. Stinger, Dr. H. L. Surfield. For Seattle: Regina Hetfleisch Gene Hannar, Willlam Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Al Anderson and cbild Carol, Stephen Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schmaltz, Mr. and Mrs. R. Vanderteke, S. Fisher, W. Walton, Mr. and Mrs. R. W, Wil- liams, R. [Lindsey, E. Seidenning, J. H. Wakefield, D. McKinnon, L E. Wiggam, W. E. Wall, Ed Wall, Mrs. Harry Hendrickson, Harry Hendrickson Jr., F. W. Sharpe. For Ketchikan: Kenneth Ulrick- son, Allan Anderson. AVONA SAFE The fishing vessel Avona of Ju- neau, reported overdue on a trip to Chatham cannery Wednesday, arrived safely in Auk Bay yester- | day. thel The famous newlyweds — the Barkleys—are in Shangri La on their honeymoon. Just where they are is the secret of Alben and Jan will thus be confronted with re- ‘te enroute to Florida. BRIDGES CASE "SURPRISE" IS STILL SECRET Expected on Stand Monday -Defense Bores Ahead Despite Objections SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19—(P— Government attorneys still were keeping secret today the name of a major witness they will present in the Harry Bridges perjury trial. Prosecution staff members have said his testimony will “carry a real punch.” They expected he would reach the stand Priday, but delays prevented that. They expect to get the surprise witness on Monday. The greater part of yesterday was taken by chief defense attorney Vincent Hallinan, who bored ahead despite government objections and admonitions by Judge Harris in laying before the jury a picture of a gigantic conspiracy which he sald had been evolved to force Bridges from the waterfront. The government's initial witness was still on the stand when the trial before Federal Judge George B. Harris recessed last night until Monday at 11:00 a.m. He was Lloyd H. Garner, who was the immigra- tion and naturalization examiner at Bridges naturalization hearing. Attorney James MacInnis of the defense staff was cross examining Garner as yesterday's court session lcame to a close. Australian-born Bridges, head of { the CIO International Longs:ore- men's and Warehousemen's Union i and a central figure in numerous waterfront d'sputes, is accused of perjury when he stated in a nat- uralization hearing in 1945 that he had never been a Communist. Two union officials who served as his witnesses arg accused of conspiracy. SAYS U. . MOVING INiG PROSPEROUS TIMES, BEST EVER HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 19—P— Speaker Sam Rayburn says it locks like the United States is “moving into the greatest prosperity any country or mankind ever has en- joyed.” He spoke before some 3,500 per- sons at a Democratic Party rally last night. He criticized the Re- puklican party as talking in post war years much about a coming depression. ACA CARRIES 77, FRIDAY FLIGHTS Seventy-seven passenzers wers _ ‘arried yesterday by Alaska Coastal Airknes, as the company, brought '2° persons into Juneau, took out 7, and carried eight between éther jints. They were: To Pelican: Mrs. A. Raatikainen; 0 Hoonah: Robert Hanson. To Haines: Dan Noonan, E. R. Tox, J. H. Bhanstrom, Jack Tre- rashis; to Skagway: George Ra- uzzi. To Angoon: George John, Charles Walton, Mary John, Frannie Wal- on, Ethel John, Eloise John; ta Jood Bay: Walter Hellan. To Sitka: A. Malachaff, A. Glénn, Charles Grey, Mr. and Mrs. Swan, %rnie Jacobs, Howard £ 'mmons. To Petersburg: Ken Edwards, Horton Brown; to Ketch’kan: Mr. Valentine, E. J. McRo:erts, Harold B. Foss, L. Lindstrom. From Ketchikan: Dr. Ryan, Mats tin Holm, Willlam Paul “Jr.; {rom Wrangell: James Nolan, s From Tulsequah: D. MacKinnon, Bruce Simosen, John Thomas, Ed Vogel. B From &itka: Alice Thorne, W. Stutte, B. Stutte, A. Bariow, Ben Mullen, Chris Wyler, Mrs. An- derson, Shelby Nichols, Mrs. Wally Westfall, Willlam L. Porter. From Angoon: Mrs. Peter John- son, Raymond Johnson, Gene Chil- ton, Ivan Jackson, Frank W. Sharp, Jim Paul. From Hood Bay: Roy Willlams, Walter Hellan; from Tenakee: Mrs. Harold Hangard. From Skagway: G: J. Esther Clerk and child. From Haines: J. B. Ward. Johnnie Jenson, A. C. Lutcke, Mary Lutcke, Mrs. T. Knudson, C. W. Kerns, Paul Kendall. o5 From' Gustavus: Mrs Glen Park- Loosh, John A. Stearns, Rudy Norten. .