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

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 'ALL THE TIME” SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,360 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1949 OCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ‘MI. CROSSON' . S IS CONSIDERED | BY BOARD Cordova Asks that Moun- tain Be Named for Tom White, Explorer By VERN HAUGLAND { WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—R—A/| mountain in the shadow of Alaska’s | famed Mount McKinley, and a gla- | cier 12 miles long, soon may bear the surname of the late Joseph| Crosson, pioneer Arctic bush pilot. | Another Alaskan mountain may | be named for the late Tom Wihite, | a founder, explorer and developar| of the Territory’s Katalla oil and| coal field. . The Board on Geographic Names said it would consider the proposals on or after Dec. 1. The proposed Mount Crosson stands at an elevation at 12,780° feet, at the head of Kahiltna Glacier. Crosson Glacier extends to the northwest. Crosson died recently in retire- ment at Seattle. He was the hero of many a dramatic mercy flight in the northland and a former manager of Pan American Airways in Alaska. FLEW OVER MCcKINLEY H Crosson was one of the first| persons to fly over Mount McKinley | —highest peak in the United States —which is almost 10 miles to the northeast of Mount Crosson andl Crosson Glacier. Alaskan Explorer Bradford Wash- burn proposed to the board that] the flier's name be approved. The Cordova, Alaska; Chami of Commerce and the Cordova town council asked that a 10,000-foot/ peak east of Cordova—about five miles east of the head of Miles Glacier and 20 miles northwest of Mount Steller—ce named Mount Tom White. White visited Alaska twice with the St. Elias expeditions of the| Geological Survey and National | Chiiness! fugation. Geographic Society, and on thej 5 b ; second visit in 1891 remained to| Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei try to find gold. !'Y. Vishinsky took a walk, announc- Y Rfauna the Haballa it Helns. {106 Begkes gging home 40 reft, He _/motioned to his Deputy Jakob A. He also took part mds\:’rv?;s ;‘Z:t Malik to serve as acting head of road construction and develop! the Soviet delegation. ot the lower Copper river urea‘ The debate north of Cordova. when the Chinese Nationalists will REDS SILENT By Associated Press Russia gave the silent treatment oday to Nationalist China’s at- | tempt to stop world-wide recogni- tion of the Chinese Communist Re- publie. Dr. T. F. Tsiang, Chinese Nation- | alist delegate to the United Nations ber.yestexdsy asked the world organi- | |zation to find the Soviet Union |guilty of having violated the UN |charter by aiding Red Cha. As the representative of the Na- | tionalist Government began a 17,- 1000-word indictment of Russia and the Chinese Communists, Soviet |Russia and other members of the Soviet bloc announced they would continues Monday The board also will try to decide |attempt to get a binding agreement | | whether the nve-mfle-lt:ngmecf;st‘rmm UN members not to recognize flowing southwestward into ithe new Communist regime nor :‘virt,h ah:;lt ;}‘:zm;.‘:fs ‘::’:e"lf fl;’:‘gwe it aid or encouragement. 01 A S P s T Alaska should be known as| Boulder, Silver orStibnite. e o 0 00 0 e WEATHER REPORT | ® (This data is for 24-hour pe- “HMER MOVEME“TS ! e riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST. In Juneau—Maximum 42; . mimmum 34, At Airport—Maximum 40; minimum 32, FORECAST (Juneau 4 Vielnity) Continued cloudy, inter- mittent rain tonight and Sunday. Lowest temperature Princess Norah frozmi Vancouver| at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Baranof from Seattle due Tues- day. Denali due southbound 6 am. Monday. tonight about 36. High Sun- The waShlngton day about 40. Merry Go RoundlcPREClPlTATION Bv DREW PEARSON | ® (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today e City of Juneau—.01 inches; dicate, Inc.) 4 (Copyriant, 1949, by Bell Byndicate. Inc since Nov. 1—11.16 inches; since —July 1—47.25 inches. At Airport—.02 inches; since Nov. 1—8.77 inches; since July 1—32.67 inches. o = o 0 o 0 0’ 'ASHINGTON—Mrs. India Ed- wards, the lady brain of the Demo- cratic National Committee, was de- bating on the New York Herald Tribune Forum with the Ieads of | two leading women’s clubs—Dr. K. Frances Scott, President of the Na- ©0 0000000000000 0%0000000000 ON CHINA TRY FOR "GUILTY" take no part in the debate on lhel tional Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs and Mrs. J. Blair Buck, President of the PARDONS GRANTED 102 CATHOLICS BY General Federation of Women's Clubs. Both these organizations are sup- | posed to be nonpartisan, but, -in their debate with Mrs. Edwards, Dr. Scott and Mrs. Buck admitted | frankly that they worked for the; election of Margaret Chase Smith, .‘ tor from Maine. ?:p::::cag}ass:;amd Mrs. Bux::k‘men sentenced during the Church- i | State fight. almost outdid themselves in claim- | ing eredit for Sen. Smith's election,| It Was the latest in a series of They said they supported Mrs. ‘amrestxes granted since the gov- Smith not because she was a Re- ‘"“m"" pushed through its church | control law. € Was a wo- xx::can but because sh | " Although details were not given, Many listeners expected that | it was believed some of the Slovak 4 laymen were arrested in last sume when Mrs. India, g;:id: wslgw‘:.ych Democrat, re-|Mer’s clashes when parishioners plied, But Mrs. Edwards sweetly S0ught to guard their priests from agreed. She said there should be, arrest. more women in politics and she was delighted at the support given to| (Continued on Page Four) SLOVAKIAN BOARD PRAGUE, Nov. 26.—(#—The Slo- | vakian Bpard of Commissioners to- |day announced pardons had been granted to 102 Roman Catholic lay- ADAK VISITOR Edward R. Dobrasz of Adak is a ‘guest at the Baranof Hotel. IRELAND'S CANDIDATE — Margaret Lalor (above) will compete as “Miss Ireland” in international beauiy festival lor the selecuon ol "Miss Europe” at Palermo, lhl.v Crackdown On Afom Secrets Over Telecast WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—(®—A kigh government official said pri- vately today that a Senator’'s tele- sion discussion of atomic weapons | helped touch off a Presidentia | crackdown on talk about defensc secrets. | But the Senator—Edwin C, John- fon (D-Colo)~—denied -ernphaticall; that the Lroadcast had any part in President Truman's action late yes- terday. And Johnson reiteratec that he thinks there has been too iittle secrecy—not too much—a:out the atomic energy program, The President late yesterday di- ected Attorney General McGrath to tighten up the safeguarding ot atomic and other national security information. McGrath and Senator McMahon (D-Conn), Chairman of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, told newsmen about the order after conferring with Mr. Truman for more than an hour. The television program referred to originated in New York on Nov. . The subject of the panel dis- ussion was: “Is there too much sec- recy in our atomic program?” Johnson, a member of the joint atomic committee, argued that here is not enough secrecy. But during the debate he assertsd that: 1. This country’s scientists have developed an A-bomb which hat ix times the effectiveness of the >omb dropped at Nagasaki in 1945, 2. The United States is workin: -and has made considerable pro- | Jress—~on an A-bomb 1,000 times more powerful than the Nagasak weapon. 3. American scientists have gone far toward finding a way to ex- plode an enemy bomb. tefore it reaches its target. Johnson said later that he dis- closed nothing that was not already public information. BRADLEY GIVES HIS VIEWS ON { ATLANTIC PACT WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—(®— ;Gen. Omar Bradley said today that ithe Atlantic Treaty Military Com- mittee “has developed” a plan on which to base the collective se- curity of the vast area covered by the pact. His statement was broadcast over the Government's Voice of America radio program and released by the State Department. The chairman of the United Stat- es joint chiefs of staff also declar- ed that the 12-nation North Atlan- tic bloc “shows promise of being an even g er deterrent to fu- I ture aggression” than the atomic bomb. Bradley, who is chairman of the Military Committee and a member of its important standing group, | declared that meetings of the 12- nation military and defense com- ! mittees in Paris next week will cre- ate “a new era of collective secur- | ity.” /BRIEF REPORT ON [MPROVEMENTS BY CITY THiS YEAR| E. Hendrickson, Mayor The largest project undertaken by the city during the past year consisted of underground improve- | ments and the paving of our| streets. To finance these improve- ments two bond issues totaling 410,000 were approved by the voters. A prief summary of the improve= | ments completed include 5': miles| of asphalt paving; 5 miles of the ‘otal eing ne-hali mile of resurfacing of 2xisting concrete pavement in need of repairs. The final payment was made to the contractor on October 8, to the amount of $30,432 37 mak- | ing a total cost to the city for| paving of $258,685.86 or approxi-! mately $3.45 per square yard. (These{ figures were not available for thé, present audit as the fiscal year ended as of Septemer 30, 1949.) 1t | s interesting to note that of the | 2 miles of streets within the city | iimits less than two miles remain | «npaved pending necessary under- ;round improvements cons.sting ot mproved water and sewer lines, | most of which will be installed | during the coming year. By Waino To comblement the paving pro- ! rem, 3500 lineal feet of concrete | idewalks were poured, replacing | ;ld wooden walks or providing new | valks were none existed prev.ously. | Chis was made possible through the | -ooperation of adjacent property | »wners who paid two-thirds of the | ost of sidewalk construction with he city paying the remaining one- ! hird. The total cost to the city for hese sidewalk improvements amounted to $3,515.16. Underground improvements neces sary previous to paving and con- | ieted this year include the re- | placement’ of 38,000 lineal feet of wood pipe with cast iron pipe. This | project completed the replaccmem‘ 5f all remaining wcod pipe with/ ast iron pipe in the city-owned! igh pressure mains used for fire ! fighting purposes. This system ls‘ naintained in cooperation with the | Alaska-Juneau mine through the | ase of their pumping plant in mak- ing salt water available in these naing at a pressure of 120 pounds. The Juneau Water Company | orovides a duplicate system with | fresh water available, giving the Jity of Juneau the unusual advan-| age of two separate systems of ~ater mains for fire protection.| Jight additional fire hydrants wer: nstalled in areas previously with-, Jut adequate fire protection. 1 Additional underground improve-! nents consist of the installation of | more than 2,000 feet of concrece ;ewer pipe, 1,000 feet of under-| ground perforated drainage pipe,| 30 catch basins for improved street drainage and the replacement of| all valve box and manhole covers ir the newly paved areas. The o8t of these underground improve- | ments totaled $62,488.64. By careful planning and through judicious use of funds, it was pos- | sible to acquire approximately | 11,000 square yards more paving han originally planned for, and | till have available a fund tc@ling 381,61744 as of November 1, 19:8/ ‘or additional street improvements. | In conjunction with the under- ground and street improvement program it was possible to include a number of local improvements oy | say of street widening, rounding | of corners, moving or elimination | of light and telephone poles and | sther obstructions to traffic. These improvements plus the installation new pavements with | | weod, ; $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, ms ait‘? of Car l;mdenfilled spectators .nucn{m to aid a man identified as Robert Cogan 25, a San Francisco fireman trapped in the wreckage of his automobile in San Francisco, minutes after it and several other machines were struck by a heavy truck loaded with composition fireplace logs. jured, but police said (ognns lnjlll'.(’: may be fatal. (@ erephoto “TAPS” FOR TAP DANCER BOJANGLES 26—(P—Bo-~ way upstairs . for the last NEW YCRK, Nov. danced his again last night . . time. Death came to America’s great; tap dancer—the smiling Negro with the twinkling feet—while he slept jangles | under an oxygen tent with a fail- ing heart. Cnce before, when asieep, Bill Robinson had dreamed nis lamous upstairs-tap rc ne—-and woke to make a fortune with it. “I was :eing made a-Lord by the King of England,” he explained, “and he was standing at the head of a flight of stairs. Rather than walk, I danced up to get it.” Robinson, 71 entertainer from the age of eight He carried his nickname, “Bo- Jangles,” for almost 40 years, It meant happy-go-lucky. He began as a little stable boy dancing for pennies in Washington beer halls, reached the top of his world on Broadway and in Holly- and made anywhere from Eojangles was almost broke. when he went to the hospital two weeks aro, and his friends were arranging A benefit when he died. AIRPORT GOES T0 SEA; AURORA WILL TAKE FROM THERE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 26— (#—Anchorage’s International Air- ., had been a public; Reds’ Atomic: -BombsWould Hit Key Cifies A!:AHNGTON. Nov. 26—®— Russia’s first atomic blow in event of war would be aimed at Boston, New York Baltimore, Norfolk, Seattle, San Francisco and Panama Cenal. A retired Air Force | General says. on the list, Hugh J. Knerr, “itts urgh, Chicago. In an article in the current issue »f Nation’s Busness, a magazine published by the US. Chamber of “ommerce, Knerr called America’s harkor cities perfect atomic targets. Three atomic bombs, he said Ret., would be vould “kill” New York harbor and! very ship in it. Less than a score gt tombs, he added, would de- sri this country of its pr'ncipal orts for “the initial, perbaps the lecisive, ;mn:e of the war.” BARKLEY SAYS 'DO NOT DISTURB' AND MEANS IT! SEA ISLAND, Ga., Nov. 26—(®— ‘ep. Don Waeeler (D-Ga) put in . phone call to the hofeymooning Iben Barkleys, to welcome them to s Congressional district. Sorry, ¢aid the room clerk, the ice President left this message: “Barring the untimely death of he President or a declaration of war, not to be contacted, much less disturbed.” said Maj. Gen. | Cleveland, Detroit and Several other persons were in- RUSS SENTRY FKILLS 6. 1. BERLIN, Nov. 26—(P—Maj. Gen. Maxwell D, Taylor filed a strongly | worded protest with the Russians | today on the fatal shooting of a Russian sentry last night. The | | Army identified the dead soldier as Staft Sgt. John E Staff, of Ramsey, Il General Taylor charged that the sentry was gullty of ‘‘sense- less brutality.” U.S. Army authorities, after an inquiry, gave this version of the incident through a spokesman: «The sergeant, two soldier com-| rades and a German girl were “joy-riding” in an official Air l"orce automo:ile’ in the British sector uear Gatow airfield. border without knowing it until & Soviet soldier halted them at an olsscure checkpoint, The driver spun the car around toward the British sector and re- fused to heed a command to halt. The Russian shot through the back of the car and hit the sergeant in| the head. He died later in the R.A.F. Lospital at @atow. SUSPECT QUIZZED IN PITTSBURGH MURDER CASE 26— A—Po- lice today quesuuncd an unidenti- fied suspect a few hours after the discovery of the battered body ot a 38-year-old woman in PMuburghs | East Bnd, NEAR BERLIN They came to the Russian z'one[ of parking meters, and the inaugu- | port will arrive at Seward today in ration of one way traffic in cer-|21700 barrels—all containing as- tain areas of the city are designedl phalt atoard the motorship Ter- The body of Jean Br\ucn was | found sprawled in the rear of a kouse across the street from her HOWARD NAMED to improve and eliminate some of the traftic problems created by our narrow streets and the constantly | increasing number of cars and trucks. ‘The city administration is proud | of these accomplishments and we are sure that you taxpayers are well satisfied with the results. i CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 26—(P— | Cordova took a step toward possible acquisition of its water, light and telephone systems at a special cuyi council meeting this week. | The council approved application | for a Rural Electrification Admini- stration Loan. The application is being prepared on the basis of a| proposed purchase price of $287,000. | &hould the REA fail to approve the loan, the possible alternative would be a vote on a bond issue for the purchase. | age. minal Knot. It will take 150 freight cars tc move the “airport” 114 miles north via the Alaska Railroad to Anchor- fficials called the shipment one of the largest ever hauled by the Alaska Railroad, The shipment is sufficient to supply the entire airport project as it now stands. The 21,700 bar- rels will cover the 150-foot by 4,500- | foot north-south runway, the 200 ty 17,000-foot east-west strip, aprons and parking areas. A special charter service was arranged with the Alaska Steam- hip Co., to bring the asphalt north. The Terminal Knot loaded at Long Beach, Calif. ANCHORAGE GUEST Richard T. Roberts of the CAA in Anchorage is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. CHAIRMAN OF MUNITIONS' BOARD WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—M President Tryman has named for- mer Chicago industrialist Hurbert E. Howard to be chairman of the Defense Department’s Munitions Board. The appointment to the $14,000- a-year post was announced yester- day. Hubert would be responsible for advance planning for the indus- trial mobilization of the nation in case of another war. The position had been vacant for many months. FROM WRANGELL A. V. Ritchie of Wrangell is re- glstered at the Baranof Hotel. home. Police said evidence indicated she had ceen raped. Police said the suspect was picked up at the murder scene. SENATE WILL OKEH SHERMAN: TYDING WASH'INGTON, Nov. 26—D A key Senator predicted today that| { the Senate will approve Adm. For- | | rest P. Sherman as Chief of Naval Operations without reviving bitter unification scrap among the | armed forces. The prediction came from Sena- tor Tydings (D-Md), Chairman of | mittee which will be the first Con- gressional group to act on Sher- man's appointment. the | the Senate Armed Services Com-| Assured SAILORS VOTE ON CONTRACT Apbroval Ex—;;ded atMon- day’s Balloting-Strike Is Now Averted SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.—(P— Peace on west coast waterfronts appeared assured today as the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific pre- pared to vote on a new labor con- | tract. Other maritime unions have al- ready signed contracts running into 1951. Harry Lundeberg, Secretary of the Sailors’ Union, announced that “the basis for a satisfactory settle- {ment has been reached” with the Pacific Maritime Association. The Association represents shipowners and operators. The agreement av- erted a threatened strike. | Lundeberg said the 8,000 west ccast AFL sailors would hold stop- |work meetings at 1 p.m. Monday !to ratify the new agreement. l The shipowners withheld com- |ment, but it was reported that the Pacific Maritime Association Board ;uf Directors met yesterday and ap- proved the proposed contract pro- | visions. | The sailors’ union will decide by | vote Monday whether the contract will run until September, 1950 or | September, 1951, Lundeberg sald. He ]snld the shipowners prefer the lifil |date. The AFL Masters, Mates and Pi- lots contract runs to Sept. 30, 1961, The other west coast maritime unions® mm to June 15, 1951. All of the contracts are re- ported to contain no-strike - and no-lockout clauses. Lundeberg sald the new contract | grants: | 1—A pension and welfare plan | financed by shipowners through 25 cents a day payments per man. ! 2—Penalty work payments averag- {ing, Lundeberg estimated, $20 a the | an American Air Force sergeant by*momh to each SUP crew member. |Outright wage were rejected, E 3—“Ironclad protection” of saflors |rights on coastwise, Alaska and | deepsea vessels, including award of | certain painting and chipping jobs Hn port. These previously had been "Iune l-y C10 ahlpscnlen AACA CARRIES 63, . FRIDAY FLIGHTS increase demands Sixty-three passengers were car- | ried yesterday by Alaska Coastal | Airlines, with 25 persons leaving | Juneau, 27 arriving, and 11 carried | etween other points. They were: | To Haings: J. Flakne, J. Arget- 1-amger to Angoon: Fannie Ben- | nett, Certram Bennett, Mrs. George ;Jameq | To Sitka: Comdr. E. Chester, Les- ter Marx, Frank Heintzieman, Dr. {Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Stev- ns, Bernice Refling, Gertrude Wet- vel, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rice, Mr. { and Mrs, Rollo Shoquanee, Beatrice Amurak, Wesley Amurak, William | Featherstone. To Petersburg: Bob Boochever, | Percy Reynolds; to <Sunset Cove: | Wesley Rose. | To wrangell: Bill Collins; | Ketchikan: Gil Reese. From Petersburg: Edward Prog~ | resz; from Ketchikan: Jim Lange don. From ‘Wrangell: Elton ‘Engstrom, ‘Jl to Mr. and Mrs Elton Engstrom Allan Engstrom, Al Ritchie. From Tulsequah: Dr. Howard | JTames, George Robinson, Phillip Alton, Karl Johnston. From Patterson Bay: Rudy Isler, Stanley Bowers; from Pish Bay: | James F. Neilson. From Sitka: Mrs. Blankenship, , R. C. Roberts, Mrs. Glbson, Pat McGee, Max Rogers, | Tal Guppy, Derothy Olson, Albert { Frank. From Tenakee: C. E. White, Matt Nvala; from Skagway: Mr. Sims, | Mr. Mosher. PICCO FUNERAL Funeral services for John Picco, who died here Thursday, will be held in the Church of the Nativity Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Picco, 56, was a native of Italy. |He was single. | Interment will be in the Ivuh green Cemetery.