The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,386 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE OVER 500 DEAD ON HOLIDAY Nearly 400?Deaths Are Reported Caused by Traffic Accidents (By the Associated Press) Black crepe replaced the green holly in the homes of more than 500 persons killed in violent acci- dents across the nation over the extended Christmas holiday. Nearly 400 of the deaths resulted from traffic accidents. The traffic toll—387—was under the estimated 435 made by the National Safety Council for the period from 6 p.m. last Friday to midnight Monday. But the total soared far above 500 with other violent deaths. Sixty- five persons were killed in fires and 92 others lost their lives in accidents of miscellaneous causes. These included shootings, falls, electrocutions, plane crashes, expo- sure and asphyxiation. Tragedy came to many homes in place of Santa Claus. A mother and her six children perished in a fire which swept their small home in San Antonio, Tex. Another Texas family of five was wiped out in an avtomobile-gasoline truck accident Texas led the nation with 55 vio- lent deaths. AFL UNIONS T0 DEMAND WAGE UP WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— (P — The AFL served notice today that its unions will seek “substantial” wage boosts in 1950. The big labor organization men- tioned incre'ses of 7 to 15 cents an hour as a goal. The wage drive was outlined in the AFL publica- tion, Labor’'s Monthly Survey. Increased wages are possible, the publication said, “without causing a general increase in living costs” if management and labor work to- gether to improve production ef- ficiency.” The article went on: “Some amazing results could be accomplished if workers were giv- en week by week cost records, SO they could see the results of their efforts, and management agreed to share the savings with them, determining the just wage increase by collective bargaining negotiation. “At least a goal could be set of 7, 10, or 15 cents (an hour) mére in wages through cost production.” The publication said that a 10 cent hourly wage increase for all the nation’s workers would boost consumer buying power approxi- mately $8,000,000,000. It said this would insure a good business year in 1950. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyrignt. 1932, hv Bell Syndicate, Inc.) erSHINGTON—-Friends of Gen. Leslie. Groves. planted a story in Newsweek that Groves was all set “to give credence by innuendo to Fulton' Lewis’s charges” that Henry Wallace urged shipments of atom materials to Russia. Groves was planning, aécording to Newsweek to say that he was barred from dis- cussing the matter by a Presidential directive, and he had “actually brought the text of an FDR war- time order into the committee hearing room.” But, continued Newsweek, “what made him change his mind and completely absolve not only ‘Wallace but Hopkins is a mystery.” Newsweek’s mystery, however, is not really a mystery at all. . Astute Congressman Francis Wal- ter of Pennsylvanla heard what was afoot and called the general's bluff. Learning that Groves was planning to wave an FDR direct- ive as a blind for his innuendo at- tack, Walter put in a phone call to the Department of Defense with highly interesting results. When Groves took the stand, his first words were about the “di- rective,” which, he said, enjoined him from discussing personnel be- fore a Congressional committee. “Oh, that's been rescinded.” in- (Continued on Page Four) . "SAUCERS' CLAIMED | PLANETARY CARS; AIR FORCE DENIES Magazine S_& Other Be-| ings Ahead of Us, Looking ‘World Over Systematically | NEW YORK, Dec. 27—(P—A sen- sational claim that so-called “flying saucers” are space vehicles from another planet kindled new contro- versy on the subject today. ! The Air Force /promptly dis- IcountEd the claim. A spokesman said: “Air Force studies of ‘flying saucers’ lend no support to the view that they come from another planet.” The assertion that the flying discs are real and that they are used y visitors from another planet was made by True Magazine in an ar- ticle it calls the “most important True story we have ever published.” It was written for the Jamuary issue by Donald E. Keyhoe, a former Information Chief for the Aeronau- tics branch of the U.S. Commerce Department. i ‘The magazine, saying its conclu- sions were based on an eight-{ months investigation, stated: “For the past 175 years, theI planet earth has been under syste-; matic close-range examination by living, intelligent observers from| ancther planet. “The intensity of this observation, and the frequency of the visits to the earth’s atmosphere, by which it | is being conducted, have increased | markedly in the past two years.” The flying discs, Keyhoe writes, vary “in no important particular‘ from well-developed American plans | for the exploration of space ex-i pected to come to fruition wimm‘l the next 50 years. There is reason | 1 to believe, however, that some other { race of thinking beings is a matter | lot two and a quarter centuries| ahead of us.” The article says that “Project Saucer,” operated by U.S. Army AirI Force investigators and charged; with solving the mystery, “are re- ceiving and evaluating’ reports of isighted flying discs at the rate of| 12 a month. 5 | FATHER IS KILLED | ANSWERING CRIES | | OF COED DAUGHTER COLFAX, Wash., Dec. 27—®—It} was up to a physician today to say ii Wayne Odell, 21, could be ques- tioned about the shotgun killing of Harold Rogers, a Winona, Wash,, | farmer. Odell was wounded in the arm yesterday shortly before he was captured by members of a 75-man sheriff's posse. The youth is charged with first degree murder. Rogers, 47, was killed with a! shotgun early Saturday morning.| He was struck down by a charge from the gun when he ran to answer the frightened screams for| help from his 18-year-old daughter, | Cora Jean. The girl told Sheriff Clarence Davis she screamed when she awoke and saw a man standing at the foot of her ted at 4 am, Saturday. Members of the search party combed the snowy Eastern Wash-| ington farmland for more than two| aays before they found Odell. Sheriff Davis said members of & the posse fired at Odell as he fled from a school building to a house about 100 yards away. Davis said a rifle bullet struck the youth in the right arm. Hospital attendants said later Odell was suffering from a “con- siderable loss of blood and deep shock.” Odell and the Rogers girl had “gone together” for a time, but a quarrel had broken up their friend- ship, Davis said. She is a student at Washington State College. ! Is Isolated; Wires Reporied Snapped VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec. 27—(®— Heavy, wet snow today snapped telegrah and telephone lines, iso- lating Vancouver from eastern Can- ada for several hours. The wire breaks were at Mission, in the Fraser Valley, 40 miles east of here, and near Ruby Creek, 81|a miles from Vancouver, on the Canadian Pacific Railwgy. | “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1949 GravifyLaw Put Forth ByEnsIein' If Proved, Would Become| "Universal Law’ and Ex- plain Motion in Universe NEW YORK, Dec. Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity helped open up the whole vast field of atomic research, has put forward an even more sensa- tional theory. He calls it “a generalized theory of gravitation.” It is a mathematical description of the mystery of gravity—the com- 27— the floor and rules the movements of the stars. If it can te proved, it will be- come a “universal law” and, in the view of other scientists, will stand as the highest scientific achieve- ment of all time, (Forces-Air Secrefary Com- n:on force that keeps our feet on | HOPE FLIES SOUTH WHILE SYMINGTON STAYS IN ALASKA Comedian Enterfains Army ments on Alaska Housing HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 27— (B — Garbed in an Eskimo outfit, com- plete with parka and fur-lined boots, comedian Bob Hope flew in .| yesterday from an Alaskan enter- tainment tour, seven and one-| half hours after leaving Anchorage. It was 72 degrees at the Bur- bank Airport when he stepped off a plane with his wife and two children, compared with 40 de- grees below zero he said they en- countered while entertaining Am- erican troops in special Christmas programs at Anchorage, Kodiak and Fairbanks. The private plane of Air Secret- ary W. Stuart Symington, wlto accompanied the actor and. his troup to Alaska brought them back non-siop. Symington remained there. It would explain every physical motion in the universe, from the inside of an atom to the enormous galaxies of outer space. It would crown with success the life work of Einstein, who has spent the last half of his 70 years looking for the answer to this ultimate!} problem, known to science as the “unified field theory.” It was revealed to the world here yesterday on 20 mimeographed pages—a mixture of typewritten words and squiggly mathematical symbols that even scientists hesita- ted to interpret. It was the English translation of Einstein's original German. Einstein describes it as an ex-| tension of his relativity theory, and was quick to point out that he has “not yet found a practical way to coniront the results of the theory with experimental evidence"—or in short, to prove it, When he published the “General Theory of Relativity” in 1015, Ein- stein suggested several actual tests that could be made to prove his ideas—and which actually did prove them in 1921. |HIGHLANDS, CITY WILL VOTE ON ANNEXATION, COURT ORDERS TODAY An order for a special election to consider the annexation of the Highlands to the city of Juneau was signed this morning by Judge George W. Folta in the U. S. District Court here, Date for the special election, at which voters of the city of Juneaul and the territory to be annexed will decide for or against annexa- tion, will be determined by the City Council. Notice of election and descrip- tion of the territory to be annexed will be published four times be- ginning four weeks before the date set for the election, according to Territorial Law. Two-thirds of the voters in the Highlands and a majority of city voters must approve the annexa- tion at the election. PILGRIMS CHILLED, HOLY YEAR DOINGS VATICAN CITY, Dec. 27—®— Near freezing weather today chilled ¢ some 12,000 pilgrims as they began] their humble Holy Year visits to the four Patriarchal Basilicas around the Vatican City and Rome. The great colorful opening and the Christmas ceremonies most of them had ‘come to witness were St. John Lateran and St Paul Outside the Walls. | Most of the pilgrims were from Spain, France, Belgium, Switzer- land, Germany and other parts of taly. Day After Just As Happy One As Day Before | MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 27—® —The day aiter was just as happy as Christmas at the Robert Dillard home this year. Santa Claus paid return call, as it were. Sometime during the holidays Mrs. Dillard lost her $1,000 diamond | It was mild on the coast, but a; cold wave continued in the interior and northern B. C. Prince George was the coldest spot with an over- package Mrs. Dillard had wrapped |cumbe is registered at the Gastin-| and sent to her. l 1mght low of 25 below zero. ring. Yesterday she got it back. Mrs. Miles Olsen found the ring, which had fallen into a Christmas {letters to Washington, D. C., pro- ALASKA HOUSI FAIRBANKS, Dec. 27—(®—Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington said here Sunday that “we know military housing is rotten in, Al- aska,” and urged troops to write testing the situation. His remarks were made in a talk before more than 2,000 air- men, their wives and children at the Ladd Air Force Base. He also explained a plan, disclosed earlier in a speech at Anchorage, where- by the housing allowance for fam- ily men stationed in Alaska will be increased by $2 per day, re- troactive to Oct. 1. He said up- ‘ By infecting ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —— JAPS PLANNED| GERM WAR ON U.S. BRITAIN Soviet Trialvlirifings Experi-, ments to Light-American Prisoners as Guinea Pigs By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW, Dec. 27—Testimony at the trial of Japanese war prisoners as carried by the Soviet Press today gave the impression that the United States and Britain were |, {0 be tragets of a germ war at-!, tack. Newspaper accounts of the trial ' quoted Japanese prisoners as say-|. ing the scheme had progressed to the point where American prisoners were sent to special bacteria plants to be experimenteed upon as hu- man guinea pigs. The trial of 12 Japanese army of« ficers was reported proceeding at Khabarovsk, Siberia. their American pri. soners with certain germs, the Japanese were quoted as say®'g they sought to determine how An- glo-Saxons would react to- various diseases and plagues. The accounts also said the Jap- Anese experimented with their Am- erican victims to find out from what diseases they were immune. The plan was, the newspapers moon, Gables’ Hawaii Bbunfld. . Clark Gable and his bride, the former Lady Slyvia Ashley Fairbanks Alderly, as they board the Hawaii-bound 8. S. Lurline at San Fran- cisco, a short hour before the midnight sailing for a two-week honey- Crowds thronged both dock and ship for a glimpse of the (RACKDOWN, | TAX EVADERS, NOW DEMAND Also Close ""Loopholes” Before Raising of Taxes Is Big Talk WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—(P— Congress may call for a crackdown on tax evaders and close some tax law “loopholes’ before it considers any legislation to raise tax rates on individuals or corporations. Reép. Forand (D-RI), member of the tax-framing House Ways and Means Committee, today told news- men: “If every tax legally owed the government were collected, I believe the budget could be balanced with- ut resorting to any tax increases.” Treasury and Congressional tax experts now are studying the prob- lem of tax dodging. Some estimated that the government is losing $5,000,000,000 a year by tax evasion and by the so-called loopholes. These permit some taxpayers to work the tax laws in a manner to trim-down their tax obligations. If that amount were collected it would just atout cover what the government neells to balance the budget. Meanwhile, Republicans on Capi- said, to find out what kind of famous couple. (M Wirephoto. germs would be best to use in a bacteria invasion of the United States and Britain by the wholeAlMIlK INJUN(IION sale use of germs against the civ-| INVAllD- FARMERS I ilian populations. proval of the increase is expected shortly. A recheck of Symington’s An- chorage remarks showed that he referred to the proposed housing allowance increase as applying only in Alaska and possibly other high rent areas. He was originally quoted as saying the increase would be worldwide. Symington flew in from nearby Eielson Air Force Base with com- edian Bob Hope, Hope's wife and three entertainers. An hour’'s show, his fifth in Alaska since leaving the states Fri- | day, was given by Hope. He and his party returned to Hollywood imimediately after the show. The Japanese were also said to have given details how these germs' SEll AT sloo (wl could be dropped by airplanes. The | accused officers related, the news- BT papers said, how special airplane groups became part of the germ warfare plan. MAN BURNED ON FACE AND NECK AS STOVE 1% co'onontainea the restrain- CAUSES HOLIDAY FIRE | C..\ "\ e i memver ey~ men from marketing their milk in- dependently, instead of through the Association. The court order was in effect only one day hefore it was voided through a legal technicality. James Wilson, Co-op General Manager, said another injunction would not | PALMER, Alaska, Dec. 27—(®— Six dairymen embroiled in a court fight with the Matanuska Valley Farmers' Cooperative Association Iwerc selling their milk to a pri- vate Anchorage dairy again yes- !tcrday after an injunction was A man received minor burns yes- terday morning when fire gutted an apartment at 333 Willoughby. Police said the man, Richard Hilins, was asleep when the oil stove in the kitchen apparently flooded and burst into flames. MINUS KEY ON | WEATHER MACHINE 1S BUSY NEAR LAKE Winter with a large minus sign took Juneau and the Weather Bu- reau by surpfise over the holiday weekend, as the mereury shrunk to a 20 below zero on the Loop Road and near the Skaters' Cabin on Mendenhall Lake. The city itself just missed the zero mark, as last night a plus 3 degrees was recorded on the bu- reau's red column atop the Federal Euilding. A predicted maximum of 26 degrees and minimum of 23 [ S Notre Dame never administered. On Sunday a plus 8 degrees was recorded in town at 11 p.m., with 5 and 6 degrees maintained yes- terday. { tol Hill—expecting considerable sup- port from Denfocrats—lined up for battle against any proposal Presi- dent Truman may make for tax increases. Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., the House GOP leader, issued a formal statement saying he expects the President to propose a multi-billion dollar tax-hiking program “so that the administration can proceed with it extravagant and illiberal plan to socialize America, ROTARIANS ENJOY XMAS LION IN ATTENDANCE One lone Lion braved a den of took a beating the like of which Rotarians this noon at the regular luncheon meeting of Rotary at the Baranof Hotel, was subdued and in- vited to be their guest. Floyd Fager= | son, well known memter of the Lions Club, got his dates mixed An unidentified passer-by opened the door of the apartment and houted, “Fire!” Hilins told police. He was in bed at the time and HIGH SCHOOL BAND be sought since the dispute is due to come up at a hearing Jan. 5. The sales at issue were made by the half dozen dairymen to the The airport shook under its|and when he entered the Gold blanket of snow as a minus 11 Was | Room for a meeting of his Club, hit last night for the year's record | found the place full of Rotarians FROM EUGENE HERE |ON SATURDAY NIGHT! EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 27—(®—The Eugene high school band left here early yesterday on a trip to AZaska.| Thirty-three members got aboard bus and car for the drive to Van-| couver, B.C. Therg they will board a ship. They will play several con»l certs in Alaska, returning the first week in January. The band will be in Juneau Sat- urday night, New Year’s Eve, and give a concert in the High School gymnasium. Furnace Explosion , Blows House Apart| AUBURN, Mass, Dec. 27—(P—A terrific explosion blew a house apart here early today-—but the Christ- mas holiday saved the family who lived there. Edward J. Leal, 22-year-old car- venter, his wife and two smail children were away visiting. Fire Chief Ralph White said a over. Today they visited the n’:”,s“r‘ preliminary investigation indicated' syrup sap running in Vermont; and icas of St. Peter, St. Mary MaJol | o piast " was what he called “a|pansies threatening to run ram- furnace explosion.” Tour fo Alaska Now Authorized SEATTLE, Dec. 27—(M—The Se- attle Chamber of Commerce Ex- ecutive Committee has authorized a | Chamber-sponsored tour to Alaska next May. John H. Perry, chairman of the Chamber's Alaska Division, asked for early authorization so business men asked to participate | could plan their schedules. FROM MT. EDGECUMBE Don Lorentzen of Mt Edge-| eau Hotel. l got up, rushed through the fire and into the street. He was burned | on the face and neck as he ran through the flames, Firemen, answering the alarm at 10:30 a.m. rushed to the scene and worked for an hour before extin- guishing the blaze, The Fire Department answered an alarm yesterday afternoon and Alaska Dairy of Anchorage for $11 per hundred pounds, or $1.46 higher than the Co-op’s scale. The retail price in milk-short Anchorage is about 50 cents a quart. Wilson said that most of the six dairymen brought their milk to the injunction was in effect. “Nqt more than one or two pour- ed their milk dowr the drain rather than allow toe Co-op to handle it,” he asserted. rushed to the Maurstad Apartments atove South Franklin Street, where an electric pipe-thawer had ! caused a fire in the floor under a clothes closet. Damage was slight, and all clear was sounded 25 minutes after first alarm. e ® v o a e e > WEATHER REPORT (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum 12; minimum 3. At Airport—Maximum 6: minimum -10. FORECAST (Junecao and y) Continued clear and cold with gusty northeasterly winds tonight and Wednes- day. Lowest tonight about 6, except near 10 in areas sheltered from the wind. Highest Wednesday near 14. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a m. today City of Juneau—None; since Dec. 1--5.06 inches; since July 1-—53.94 inches. At Airport—None since Dec. 1-—2.37 inches; since Judy 1—35.49 inches. ® 0 0 0 0 0 o o o AND SEE WHAT'S UP BOSTON, Dec. 27—(#—A Christ- mas week “heat wave” brought re- cord-high temperatures in New England today. l » . . . . . © B . . . . . . . . And along with it came strange reports: Crickets out in Waterbury, Vt.; haying in Middlebury, Vt.; Lilacs budding in Massachusetts; maple pant in Salem, N. H. ” Worcestor, Mass., reported 59 degrees above zero—breaking a 54-year-old record of 58 for the day. Boston's 60 degrees befoPs. noon equalled a record set in 1895. CANADIAN HIGHWAY SIXTEEN STILL OPEN The portion of Canadian High- way No. 16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George, which normally closes in mid-October, is still open, according to word received here by the Alaska Development Board. Canadian officials expressed high REBEKAHS TO MEET hopes that the highway would te| Perseverance Rebekahs will hold kept open all winter, Board officials | the regular business meeting Wed- were informed. nesday, December 28, at & pm The highway connects Princein the Odd Fellows Hall. All mem- Rupert with Vancouver, B.C. bers are urged to attend. . . ° ° . . . . . . . . . ] ° ® . . . . . . . . . . . . e o SKI INSTRUCTION TONIGHT IN BOWL The second skl Instruction per- jdod in the winter series is plwm incd for tonight in the Evergreen Bowl, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Dean lwnllamflm be in charge, assisted by several other experts. Similar lessons and workouts are planned for Tuesdays and Thurs- days during the season, weather conditions permitting, says Wil- liams. The first lesson was last week. low, and a 17 mile east wind buf- feted the station. A high wind hit Juneau Sunday and for a time fMonday‘ but no record was ob- ained of its velocity. Tonight the bureau says the mer- ry will hit 6 degrees, except in ered places, where they promise cl gk | morrow will be 14 here, they scid. / This morning 5 degrees _elow ':'em hit the airport. Over the | weekend local air traffic was i stopped to some degree by the extra {cold preventing planes from being jwarmed up in time for takeotfs. GOVERNOR DEPARTS Governor Ernest Ciuening de- parted this mornin for Anchorage aboard an Air Force airplane. He will spend several days there con- ferring with high military officials on housing problems. 11950 LIQUOR LICENSES |"” APPROVED AND ISSUED All liquor license applications for the First Division, with one ex- c‘ccpticn. were approved by Judge George W. Folta in the U. 8. District Court here and licenses were issued today by the clerk of the court, The exception was the Baranof Liquor Store of Juneau, which will not be allowed to open in 1950 until February 1. The Juneau City Council recommended the action because an employee of the store had been found guilty of selling liquor to minors once during 1949. A total of 166 licenses were ap- proved and issued, and $72475 in license fees have been collected. STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Dec. 27—Closing Iq\mmuon of Alaska Juneau mine | steck today is 3'G, American Can 106, Anaconda 2814, Curtiss-Wright 7%, International Harvester 27%. {Kennecott 50%, New York Central 10':, Northern Pacific 13%, U. S. | Stecel 26, Pound $280%. Sales today were 1,560,000 shares. Averages today are as follows industrials 19828, rails 51.23, util- ities 40.95. who were holding their regular meeting, © Fagerson thanked the Rotarians for making him an “un- invited guest”. at their enjoyable Lparty. President Bob Akervick announced the following committee for the coming Soap Box Derby: Ellis Rey- the Co-op during the single day!, magnanimous 10. Highest for to- | nolds, W. P. Blanton, Henry Har- mon, Don Skuse, Monte Grisham, Carson Lawrence and Hugh Wade. Major Eric Newbould, of the Sal- vation Army, expressed his appre- ciation to Rotarians for their help last week in collecting Christmas ! contributions via the iron kettle. Howard Stabler’s team were high men in collecting. . Following the business session, Rotarians held their Christmas party with members being pre- lsented with appropriate gifts. Vari- 'ous poems were a feature of the fun program. Guests attending were Alfred Newbould, son of Major Newtould and Herb Saunders. EARTH TREMBLORS, LEAVE_HUNDREDS HOMELESS, JAPAN TOKYO, Dec. 27—(M—Heavy snow today spread a new blanket of misery over central Japan, where cight persons were killed and hun- dreds left homeless by 20-odd earth tremblors between Sunday night and this morning. National Rural Police said eight were killed and one person was missing. Eighty-six homes and buildings collapsed and 283 others were badly damaged. The earth’s convulsions were felt in nine prefectures of Honshu, Japan’s big central island. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seaitle due port at 6 o'clock this afternoon. Princess Norah scheduled to sall from Vancouver tomorrow 8 p.m. Denali scheduled to sail from lseaule Saturday. in PARTY WITH ONE LONE