The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS'ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,382 CENSUS IS | 'CHANGED T0 APRIL DATE Date for starting census, taking in Alaska has been changed from February 1 to April 1, the same as throughout the states, it was an- nounced today. . Gene H. Harris, Eleyenth Area Supervisor of the Bureau of Cen- sus, telephoned the information to Gov. Ernest Gruening immediately after receiving word directly from headquarters in Washington, D. C. Gov. Gruening said the change was in response to representations from the Governor's office against the proposed earlier dafe. He added, “work, however, will begin earlier in order that the necessary supplies and personnel reach the more re-; mote areas on this date.” HANGAR COLLAPSES SMALL BOAT HARBOR An aircraft hangar in the Small Boat Harbor collapsed late this afternoon trapping two sons oi Douglas Mayor Mike Pusich be- neath it. The boys, Mickey and Rudy Pu- sich, were rescued by two unide: tified men who ripped out one side and brought them to safety. The hangar fell from its log floats and made a 45 degree plunge into the water. ‘The two youths were able to clingl to its sides until they were reached The Juneau Fire Department answering the alarm 5-3 rushed to the scene, but the lads were safe before they arrived. They were un- injured, although wet and cold. They remained on the scene, how- ever, to attempt to raise the col- lapsed structure. | The hangar, belonging to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and housing an Aeronca Sedan belor/g- ing to the Pusich boys, was noticed to be sinking slightly earlier in the day. “We were in a rowboat attempt- ing to get the plane out from un- der,” Rudy said, “when suddenly the whole thing went ka-plunk” The structure, approximately 40 feet square and some 15 feet high, went down at a 45 degree angle, Dynamite Try Fails in UAW Headquarters DETROIT, Dec. miters made an attempt to blow up the CIO United Auko Workers' headquarters last night. They failed, but only by a hair's breadth, A stack of 39 sticks of dynamite. wrapped in tape and colored Christ- mas gift paper, was found at a side stairway of the union building Two fuses had burned to within an inch or less of the explosives before they sputtered out, harm- lessly. Except for two night workers, the union building was empty. However, lives were imperiled in a neighkorhood General Motors build- ing. As a result, authorities were con- ironted ‘today with a new tack in solving mysterious acts of violence against the big auto union and its leadership. Within less than two years would be assassing have tried to kill two of the UAW'’s prominent Reuther Brothers. Walter Reuther, President of the UAW, was shot by an unknown assailant in April of 1948. He al- most lost the use of an arm. Victor Reuther, the union’s edu- cational director, lost an eye in a similar shotgun attack last May. Both shootings are still unsolved. Police immediately linked last night's incident with the attempts on the Reuthers’ lives. There is “no doubt™ of it, ac- cording to Inspector Joseph A. Kurg of the Police Special Inves- tigation Squad. Kurg said he was convinced it was a deliberate attempt to blow up the building. “The dynamiter knew what he was about and he meant business,” Kurg said “This was no scare at- tempt.” SEARCH ENDS FOR SHELTER THOUGHT BROWNFIELD CLUE 21—(P—Dyna-' JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1949 "Pérly" Front Lured Men Te Communism! JURY HEARS LONG SPEECH FOR BRIDGES SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21-—(®- Liquor and Women Used to Entice Soldiers fo Follow the Line By Fidwin B. Haakinson WASHINGTON, Dec. 21— (B — Testimony that the government Party used liquor and women with- jout morals to lure American ser-i vicemen to Communism was made public last night by the Senate Ju- diciary Committee. The detailed testimony came from John J. Huber, who said he was an undercover FBI agent in the Communist Party from 1938 to 1947. The FBI declined comment. Huber’s testimony was heard be- The defense in the Harry Bridges perjury trial managed today to get before the jury some cutting com- ment on an earlier deportation hearing for the longshore union leader. It was the hearing in which Judge Charles Sears concluded that Bridges should be deported to Aus- tralia, where he was born, because of asserted fissociations with Com- munists. The U. S. Supreme Court later overturned this decision, and Bridges was granted U. S. citiZen- ship. The perjury charge on which he now is on trial stemmed from his 1945 naturalization hearing. The government says he lied in denying Communist affiliation. hind closed doors weeks ago by a subcommittee studying the problem of subversive aliens. It has just now been released, Huber said girls who had “no morals whatever” and “went to any extremes” were used to lure soldiers, sailors, merchant mnrinel school graduates and others to Communist Party doctrines. He pictured the Communist Party in this country as part of “a world wide conspiracy” which tak- es orders from leaders in Moscow. Huber said the eventual goal is overthrow of the present U. S'] Government by force and violence. Huber’s testimony about party | [sessions, Communist-front scores of names. ! During the recent |said “cne of the most ambitious 'plnns of the Communist Party to carry cn its subversive work among memnbers of the armed services wa: the cstablishment of an organi zation called S.0.8.—“Sweetheart ol Servicemen.” “This group consisted of young i women,” he continued, “who were; instructed to. pick up servicemen (off the streets and bring them to {the S.0.S. club rooms, where they war, Huber were given liquor, enterainment, and dancing.” Huber said the young women “were prepared to do—and they ANCHORAGE, Dec. 21— [# —A|did—anything that the party as- the high end facing shore. The|close, on-the-ground search and a plane is believed partly under wat- recheck with one of the men who er, but because of its floats, prob- | first reported it brought to a close ably not far down. ilast’ night the hunt for a canvas The boys believed they were |shelter and clues to the where- in the water 15 or 20 minutes, they |2bouts of missing pilot Francis said. Rudy’s wife was awaiting | Brownfield. their getting the plane out in their| A 10th Rescue Squadron trail car on Harbor Way, and when she |Crew reported by radio it found no saw the collapse, telephoned the fire | trace of the canvas shelter earlier department. They received the al.;believed to belonz to Brownfield arm at 3:58 p.m. in the big Kozima Creek bench A cattrpiller tractor was being!|area. secured late today to right y,hel Brownfield has been missing since structure and release the plane, [September 5. His parents live in Sequim, Wash, *The crew reported to a C-47 John Sparkman says the govern- |Filoted by Capt. Charles Holdiman ment may have to expand its social |85 he circled overhead, saying if welfare program. He says a study)had covered the entire area thor- of low-income families indicates a|Oughly but was unable to find need for wider aid. ;any sign of the canvas shelter. The Washingon|c e i & it Merry - Go-Round and crew members questioned pilot Bv DREW PEARSON Alabama’s Democratic Senator who gave the original report™ of lthe\ shelter. Don Sheldon, one of two men ICopyright, 1949, by Bell Syndieate, Ine. | ASHINGTON—The inflation Sheldon denied he ever said he was positive he saw a canvas shel- ter in the big Kozima area. He said row between Secretary of the Trea-|he and trapper George Blair spot- sury Snyder and Federal Reserve ted what “looked like it might be dynamo Marriner Eccles attracted |& canvas shelter.” headlines recently: But when thej The trail crew headed to Elmer two men met behind the closed|Simco’s cabin near Lake Watana doors of a Senate committee, the |to spend the night. A plane wil pick final results of the feud were hush- [UP the en there tomorrow. ed up. S It was Snyder who, perhaps '(A (ARRIESI . : knowing he would be no match for 1% 8' the shrewd and experienced Eccles, insisted on a closed-door meeting. 19 Go Slx ARRIVE However, here is what happened. L Present at the Senate session was| Twenty-eight passengers were Tom McCabe, popular, easygoing jCartied yesterday by Alaska Coastal Federal Reserve Chairman who|Airlines, with 19 persons leaving agrees with Snyder on most things, [Juneau and six arriving. Three and who pleaded with both Eccles|passengers were carried = between and Snyder to cease their “public|other points. They were: squabbling” because of repercussions| To Hoonah: J. A. Stearns, Mrs. on business and the stock market. |K. Raatikainen, Fred Emerson, Mrs. Eccles shot back that stock-mar- |J. A. Stearns, Howard Gray, H. W. ket reaction to his dispute with [Tandy. Snyder was far outweighed by the| To Pelican: Don Chase, Marianne future economie and financial wel- |Olson; to Port Althorp; Carl Lar- fare of the nation. It would be bet- |SOR- ter to have a showdown now, pub-| To Excursion Inlet: Mr. and Mrs. lic or otherwise, he said, rather|Jack Allman, than wait until inflation hits us.| To Baranof: Tom McCahill; to “The press has made this a per- |Angoon: James Klushkan. sonal dispute between Secretary| To Sitka: Victor Hardin, Dr. and Snyder and myself, but it's not|Mrs. Shuber, But Whiteside. that at all,” Eccles declared. “It's) To Tenakee: E. P. Virden, Carl a question of deep, fundamental|White. policy that affects the future wel- From Funter Bay: H. F, Har- fare of every man, woman and|Brave. child in the United States. The gm’m !s{;’&nflhi Jacob White, e Tom a: (Continued wv Foun) Ernest. Knox, H. J. 3 i 1Nelson, John Milton, Dr. Moore. | \ signed or demanded, As I have already pointed out there was no 'sucn things as morals in carrying ‘out party work or in organization ( activities.” | CAGE GAMES Final results of college basket- ball games last night are as fol- lows: Stanford 70, Oregon 67. Indiana 58, Oregon State 53. Minnesota 55, Washington 53. Wash. Frosh 85, Wenatchee J.C. 27T. Fuget Sound 47, Pacific Univ. 37. Portland 68, Linfield 63. Vanport 56, Clark J.C. 46. Central Wash. 66, Lewis & Clark 43. Facific Lutheran 62, St. Martin’s 48 Indiana State 62, Southern Ore. 52. Gonzaga 61, East: Wash. 5¢ (over-| time) Idaho 41, Iowa State 39. Montana Univ. §1, Whitworth 61. Long Island 70, Southern Cal. 45. Boston College 55, Los Angeles Loyola 53. 1 New York U. 89, California 50. Holy Cross 57, Kansas 53. Springfield (Mass) 59, Harvard 55. Fordham 75, St. Peters (NJ) 50. North Car. State 63, Michigan 52. South Carolina 54, Duke 44. Auburn 45, Alabama 40. Missouri 50, Wisconsin 48. St. Louis 59, Georgia Tech 45. Wichita 65, Texas Christian 48. Tulane 86, Baylor 53. Texas 46, Houston 44. Hamline 75, St. Marys (Calif)- 41. Oakland (Calif) Blue 'n Golds 67, Pepperdine 44 Utah State 65, Montana State 56. River Falls (Wis) 64, Regis 52, Wyoming 54, Emporia (Kas) 43. Colorado A&M 61, Nevada 44. North. Idaho 54, West. Montana 41 Southern Idaho 56, Boise (Idaho) Jc 53. $TOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 21—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 994, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss-Wright 71, International Harvester 28%, Kennecott 50%, New York Central 10%;, Northern Pacific 127%, U, S. Steel 25%, Pound $2.80. Sales today were 1,270,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: | industriels 196.45, rails 50.86, util- ities.40.62. The prosecution, up to today, had been successful in excluding as evidence anything pertaining to the two deportation hearings. A gavernment witness had testi- fied that Bridges, in 1941, appeared before a CIO meeting in Oakland and read a resolution by direction of Communist officials. This was just after Germany attacked Rus- sia, but before the United States was in the war. The resolution called upon all to unite to defeat Fascism. Vincent Hallinan, chief of Bridg- es’ defense attorneys, insisted on reading a speech—one and a half hours long—which Bridges made as to whether Bridges’ appearance to read the resolution was dictated by the Communists. The prosecution objected violent- ly to many parts of the Bridges' peech. RAMSAY FAMILY SAILS ON DENALI FOR SITKA A number of friends were at thg deck yesterday afternoon to wave goedbye to Mrs. Dave Ramsay and the two Ramsay boys, The younger generation threw colored streamers of serpentine to David, Jr., (Jake), whose birthday it was, and Stevie. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CLARK CABLE WEDS EIGHT YEARS AFTER CAROLE'S DEATH HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21—(®—"“The King” has a new lady—a laughing, lovely blonde reminiscent in many ways of the girl whose death kept him lonely and distant for almost eight year Jlark Gable is honeymooning somewhere today with the former Lady -Sylvia Stanley, the 39-year- widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. They were married in a surprise ceremony late yesterday at a lux- 'urious guest ranch 40 miles north of Santa Barbara, Calif. After the wedding, they departed for points unknown. Sometime today or tomorrow they are expected to return to Holly- wood, in time to sail tomorrow on the Lurline for a two-to-four-week junket to Honolulu. “The King,” so-called because of his box-office drawing power, and his bride long have been friends. She arrived here about 10 days ago, but there were no rumors of an engagement. The new Mrs, Gable divorced Lord Stanley of Alderley 18 months ago. Gable, 48, is her fourth hus- band. She was divorced in 1935 by Lord Ashley, who named Xair- banks as co-respondent. Gable’s first wife was Josephine Dillon. They were divorced six years later anu in 1931 he mar- ried Ria Langham. Their divorce came in 1939. Shortly afterward Gable took his third kride, actress Carcle Lom- bard. Both had a great capacity for fun. Once she gave him a ham as a tribute to his acting. On an- allies | before the resolution was adopted.other occasion, it was a jalopy, Ibenefits, and Communist training!The court finally agreed on the|painted white and decorated with | schools and camps was filled with | grounds that it involved a question {red hearts, as a valentine present. { Miss Lombard was killed in 1942. lsmfi*v—mfi‘u The plane carrying her home from a war bond selling tour crashed near Las Vegas, Nev, carrying Carcle, her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, and 19 others to their deaths. mourned fol openly FOR MRS. PETRILO, MURDER CONVICT RIVERSIDE, Calif. Dec. 21—(®— VANDENBERG | SAYS REDUCE EUROPE AID WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (D! Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) call- ed for continued economic and military aid to western Europe but said it should be on a “sharp ly reduced” scale. Vandenberg, who wields great {influence on Republican Foreign Policy stands, also told a news conference that: 1. The Communists regime in China should be recognized by this country only when it demonstrated it has control of that country and will carry out the basic obligations of international law. He said Com- munist China does not now meet these requirements. 2. Full diplomatic recognition should be granted to the Franco Government in Spain. 3. The Bipartisan Foreign Policy involves no “me-tooism” on the part of the Republicans, since it is open to vigorous debate while de- cisions arg in the process of be- ing made. 4. The objective of the Republi- can Party should be “to restore the American system to safe founda- tions before it is too late, and to gear dependable progress with na- tional solvency and individual free- dom.” Vandenberg returned to Wash- ington yesterday. It was his first visit to the capital since he un- derwent a lung operation last Oct- ober. To more than 50 reporters gath- ered in the Senate Foreign Rela- stions Committee room, Vandenberg- read self-typed statements of “his views on major foreign policy - sues. DIRECT EVIDENCE OF HISS DENIES | CHAMBERS STORY NEW YORK, Dec. 21—IP—Alger Hiss completed his direct testimony in his second perjury trial today after denying that he ever headed any kind of Communist under- fground apparatus. PRESIDENT SAYS WORLD DOES 27 WANTFURTHERWAR WASHINGTON, Dec. 21— (P — President Truman said today there would never be another war if the peoples of the world, “sick of bloodletting,” could have their way. But while captive peoples “are | made to respond to our handclasp with a mailed fist, we have no choice but to stand ready in self defense” he declared. The President spoke at Arlington National Céemetery, accepting a Carillon memorial to the war dead from the American Veterans of World War II. Allied diplomats from many nations, and high rank- ing military and civilian officials were in the audience. It was only coincidence that Mr. Truman spoke on the birthday of Soviet Russia’s Premier Stalin and he did not mention Russia by name. But allusions ,to the Russian threat to peace were plain and repeated. They were clear, too, in a brief address from Norweglan Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, the dean of the diplomatic corps. The Ambassador said those who died in the war sfould know that “without their fight the entire world might today be in a state cf abject slavery.” OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL | RECEIVE BIG PRIZES| The test outdoor Christmas de- corations for a residence or apart- ment house will be awarded prizes donated by Juneau merchant Many residents are busy erecting | outdoor trees and other appropriate | decorations to join in the season’s festivities. Already some very eftractive designs have been| worked out, with electric lights creating a striking etfect to all pas- sers-by. Judges have been appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, one! group of which will concern them- | celves with awarding prizes to those best outdoor Christmas decorations adorning ' dwelling and apartment! bouses. The rules under which af display becomes eligible for a prize are very simple. The decoration must be outside the residence, and He also denied that his brother | may be anything appropriate to mei shortly before After long residence here, the|A jury, returning found Mrs, Ramsays were moving, bag, baggage | midnight last night, and household effects, as Mr. Ram- say recently was appointed Alaska [Stcamship Company agent for Sit- ka. He preceded his family, goinglment last September 19. early this month. The Ramsays, She screamed at the verdict and who will spend Christmas with Mr. had to be partly carried from the and Mrs. Jack Conway and be]courtroom. Last week the same their houseguests until after the|jury convicted her of second degree holidays, were honored with much |murder on her plea of innocent. infogmal entertaining before de-! She was given a second trial on parture, her plea of innocent by reason of _— insanity. By being found sane, she will be subject to the second 'IRUMAN IS l“vIIED degree murder penalty of five years ! | TOICE BOWL GAME to life imprisonent. The prosecution asserted that WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—(P— President Truman is to have the Mrs, Petrillo killed her ‘husband because of jealousy over Alma Ross opportunity of attending a football game at which he can wear ear- Prima, 30-year-old dancer and ex- wife of .bandleader Louis Prima. muffs, heavy boots and a fur coat :in sub-zero tempertures. Sporis Briefs Secretary of Interior Chapman will present him at tomorrow’s cabi- Tuesday night was a black one shot and killed her husband, Peter, 35, in their Palm Springs apart- -iities for repair of the net meeting with three tickets' to the “Ice Bowl” game at Fairbankg, Alaska, Jan. 2, between the Uni- versity of Alaska and the Ladd Air Forbe base eleven. The tickets came from President Terris Moore of the University of Alaska. For the game, players will wear mukluks and Eskimo boots, and— if necessary—glover. Mr. Truman is just back from & vacation in Florida. DISCOVERER TOWED 10 KETCHIKAF. BY CUTTER The mailboat Discoverer, which called for Coast Guard assistance after burning out a stern bearing off Marsh Island in Clarence Strait Monday evening, was being towed to Ketchikan by the cutter Citrus today. é Earlier plans were to tow the ves=- sel to Wrangell, but lack of factl- mailboat there made a change in plans nec- essary, Coast Guard headquarters here said today. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof schedyled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to safl from Vancouver December 28. Denall from west scheduled sounthbound Sunday evenir ‘or Pacific Coast Basketball teams. They engaged in nine intersectional games against foes from the east and midwest—and lost eight. Idaho, 41-39 victor over Iowa State, was the only winner. Salt Lake City—Two of Utah's top heavyweight hopefuls meet Joe Louis, retired world’s heavyweight champion, in separate fouy-round exhibition bouts here tonight. Rex Layne of Lewiston, Utah, former National A. A. U, heavyweight ' champ, and Jay Lambert of West Jordan, Utah, U.8. heavyweight champ in the 1948 Olympics, are the Brown Bomkters' opponents. New York — Georgie Kaplan, Brooklyn heavyweight prospect, makes his first move toward the hig time tonight when he tops the show at St. Nicholas arena, farm club of Madison Square Garden. Kaplan, a lanky 6-foot-3 youngster, weighs 185. Italy’s Duilio Spagnola is a unanimous choice to become Kaplan’s 20th victim in tonight's 10-rounder. FIRE-ALARM A 2-6 alarm brought the Juneau Fire Department to the Messer- schmidt Building on Second Street at 9:35 am. today, where they ex- tinguished a fire in a mattress in a second floor apartment. Damage was limited to the mattress and a little smoke damage, Fire Chief Minard Mill said, All clear was sounded aat 9:55 a.m, ' Donald, an ex-State Department employee, or former Assistant Se- Sophie Petrillo, 35, sane when sie|cretary of State Francis B. Snyrel ture have been made available by ever led such groups or were Com- munists. Testifying in his own defense for the third day, Hiss flatly contra- dicted the story of his chief ac- cuser, Whittaker Chambers, whc named both Hiss brothers as prom- inent members of a Communist junit that. tried to influence pre- war government policy. §3 FAIRBANKS RURAL RESIDENTS 10 GET LIGHTING ' FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 21— | —The land of the Midnight Sun— pretty much blacked out during the winter—is going to brighten up for 53 rural residents ‘Thursday. The Golden Valley Electric As- | sociation is going to energize 20 |miles of power lines near here It’s part of ‘the 75-mile project financed by loan funds from the Rural Electrification Administra- tion. Power will be tapped from the Northern Commercial Co. The loan was negotiated In May, 1947 for $270,000. Most construction was completed this year. Nick Ei#- em, President of the Association, said the rest of the project should be finished by the end of Janvary. e o & .- e » & WEATHER REPORT (This data 1s for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST) In Juneau—Maximum 34; minimum 25. At Airport—Maximum 34; minimum 25. FORECAST (Juneau ana Vicinity) Decreasing cloudiness with snow flurries and lowest temperature near 25 degrecs tonight. Cloudy with highest temperature near 25 Thurs day. Northeasterly gusty winds. . PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a m todny City of Juneau—.01 inches; since Dec. 1—4.44 inches; since July 1-—53.32 inches. At Airport—5 inches; since Dec. 1—180 inches; |® since July' 1--34.22 ‘inches. (ve e 0 000 0 00 T e e M R R R o N s o L E o R A . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . o . Power spirit of the Yuletide. Prizes of a very worthwhile na- the Home Beautiful, Parsons Elec- tric, Alaska Electric Light and Co., Jineau-Young Hard-| ware and Thomas Hardware. An an- nouncement regarding them will be made tomorrow. The judges have indicated they will be inspecting all of the city and the Highlands on Christmas Eve. Empire reporters will make a roundup Friday night for a report in Saturday’'s edition on the out- door decorations, PARCEL WINDOWS AT POST OFFICE OPEN.UNTIL 8 P.M. Swamped by the Christmas load of parcel post, the Juneau Post Office will remain open evenings| until 8 p.m. in an effort to move all Christmas packages before the | holiday. Only parcel and C.O.D. majl [would extend PRICE TEN CENTS PNAMAY GET FOR ONE YEAR SEATTLE RUN First Alaska Carrier fo Link with States-Pan Am May Fly to Anchorage WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—P—A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner recommended today that Pacific Northern Airlines, Inc, be given authority for one year to operate Scheduled services between Juneau, Alaska, and Seattle, Wash. The examiner, William F. Cusick, also recommended that Pan Ameri- can World Airways, Inc., be autho- rized to fly for one year between Juneau and Anchorage, Alaska. Cusick recommended further that Pacific and Pan American be di- rected to begin negotiations imme- diately for a through service agree= ment ‘on flights between Seattle and Anchorage with the provision that they toth be exempt from the requirement to stop at Juneau on through flights made under the agreement. FIRST LINKAGE The recommendations, if adopted by the board, will result in the first certification of an Alaskan carrier to link the territory with the states. Two international carriers, Pan American and Northwest Airlines, now fly from the United States to Alaska and beyond to the Orient. Cusick recommended dismissal of an application of Northern Air- lines, Inc., for a route between An- horage and' Seattle. MID-WEST DENIED He recommended denial of an application of Alaska Airlines for roytes linking Fairbanks with Chicago by way of' Great Falls, Mont., and ‘Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn, and linking Anchorage and cisco. Cusick sald Pacific Northern pro- poses to use five PC-4s equipped to carry either passengers or cargo or both in its Alaska-Seattle service. Pacific Northern now flies from Juneau to Anchorage and west- ward from Anchorage to the Bristol Bay area. The firm, headed by Arthur G. Woodley, Seattle, re- cently announced plans to acquire Reeve Aleutian Alrways, which its route network west to Attu. Pan American now flies a Seat- tle-Juneau-Whitehorse, Y.T.- Fair- banks route. The agreement would offer di- rect competition. to Northwest Air- lines on its Seattle-Anchorage run. RAPE SLAYER MUST | HANG;TO APPEAL IN S. F. CIRCUIT COURT ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 21— (M—A 22-year-old Alr “Force enlist- ed man was sentenced yesterday to hang for the rape slaying of Mrs! it will be the first such execution Federal Judge George Folta pass- ed the sentence on Harvey L. Car- ignan, who entered the service Kodiak with Los Anzelea by, &! of Seattle, Portland and San - Laura A. Showalter. Barring appeal, | in Third Alaska Judicial District. windows will be open after usual'from a Mandan, N. D, reform | post office hours, Mrs. Crystal Jen- ne, Juneau postmaster, said today. A few parcels brought to Juneau by the Princess Norah and all brought by the Denali are yet to be distributed, she said, People of Juneau should pick up their parcels as soon as possible after being notified to speed up distribution of the remainder of the packages, she declared. Although no extxra help has been hired for the Christmas rush, Mrs.! Jenne said that eight substitute post office employees and the re- gular staff are working as much as 15 hours each day tussling with holiday mail problems. She said it is the largest Christ- mas the Juneau Post Office has had. Explaining the lack of extra Christmas help, Mrx. Jenne said the funds for operating the Juneau Post Office were so short, due to the increasein year-round emmloy- ment to handle increased amounts of mail handled here, that no extra: employees could be hired. Mail shipments to Juneau have been so heavy that the full staff plus eight substitutes have had to be used continually, she said. H school which hé had called “home!” since the age of 12. March 3 between 6 and 8 am. Before passing sentence, Judge Folta denied a defense request for a new trial. The court-appointed attorneys indicated, they would ap- peal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Defense counsel cited 11 grounds for asking a new trial, including refusal of the Court “to select a fair jury because of the wide pub- licity given the murder.” Christmas greetings to friends in Juneau brought news of the mar- riage of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ham- berg, both former residents of Ju- neau, in Reno, Nevada, on Novem= ber 19, Mrs. Hamberg was Miss Ruth Anderson when she lived here many years ago. After she' left Juneau she was married to Lester Rhodes, Seattle business man, who died in 1946. Mr. Hamberg, formerly with FROM SKAGWAY Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dalby and| son 0f Skagway are ctopping at the Baranof Hotel, Charles Goldst«qn in his department store and later his fur business, operates his own fur brokerage company in Seattle, The hanging will be held “ad= Jjacent to the Pederal Jail” next