The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1950, Page 1

B . ing arrest, SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition S —— “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR - VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,407 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1950 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FISHERMEN MERGE VOTE , NOT PUBLIC SAN FRANCIECO, Jan. 21—P—1 An official of the International Fishermen and Allied Workers (CIO) sa'd today he does not think there will be any announcement of the local-by-local vote on the pro- posal to merge with the longshore- men’s union, He said there would be no an- nouncement of the total vote until the Sunday-Monday session of the executive board ends. The union’s; international convention opens here Tuesday. In Seattle, John Wiese, Presi- dent of the westward Alaska Fish- eries Council, said that he was unable to make any announcement on Alaska locals’ voting. He said ALBANY'S 'DOG MOTHER OF YEAR' SITTING PROUDLY WITH PUPS, Ginger, 6 year old Welsh terrier of Albany, N. Y., calmly hears she’s been voted “Dog Mother of the Year” by Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. Ginger has mothered 82 pups in five years, all surviving, (International) EMPLOYEE OF CASH FARM EXTENSION some haven't sent in their results vet. Tabulations at Cordova were not beinz made until yesterday, he said, and locals are not supposec releace their votes individually ¢ internat onal announce- ment of the overall result Juneau local voted against merger. JUNEAU SCENE OF PROSPECTING FOR SHRIMP INDUSTRY Juneau today is the scene of a new type of prospecting—a pioneer venture never before attempted in the area—as a 42-foot metor the FIRM QUIZZED ON ROBBERY "ANGLE' BOSTON, Jan, 21 - SERVICE GOES 10 ALASI(A VILLAGES WASHING ON, Jan. 21—(M A P—A veterar Brink’'s employee was slill under | Approy 15 subcommit- questioning today and police sui(!hll‘e was told a h ing on the ne would be “until we clean up |Agriculture Dej t appropria- one angle” in the hunt for the|tion bill that the Department's Hallowe’en-masked gang who loot- ‘\‘»‘K(EI‘MUH service is ng to serve ed the armored car firm of a mil- the scattered villages in Alaska lion dollars. |as well as fa Capt. Francis M. Tiernan said| W. L. Wilson, Director of the william E. Manter, 49, a 22-year |extensicn service, said in testimony smployee of Brinl Inc., was still j/made public tod: held after being picked up last| “The extension service in Alaska night when a police alarm went |is endeavoring not only to reach out for him. | the farmers of Alaska but also the Tiernan spoke of the “one angle” people who live in villages or who but would not say anything more are scattered out in the Territory about it. engaged in lumbering, fishing and The search turned today to “a|so forth. a trawler goes UU‘C::’ d"f f‘;‘:h!‘;‘f::g western Massachusetts city,” Tier-| “The children of many of these g)nnalastmeau annel al YO | pan said, but he said he could not {people do not have opportunities for a i 4 # d b . identify the city or say why it the kind of associations that come The Alaska Department of Fish-| 4o aq iy the nation's greatest|from 4-H club work, so that the eries is sponsoring the exploration of a 40-mile strip north and south ‘of Juneau by an experienced shrimper and his “crew”-—Mr. an Mrs. Harry Christman, formerly of Petersburg and Wrangell. Christman approached Clarence L. Andérson, depattmental ‘director, and told him he believed there were shrimp in the vicinity, and that he wanted to pioneer the task of find- ing them, and if successful, Juneau would have a new industry—small but energetic. Anderson, after studying Christ- man’'s conclusions regarding shrimp possibilities near here, said his de—l partment was ready to conduct ex- plorations for 50 fishing days, l nancing the venture until a “strike’ § was made. Christman was held up by freez- ing weather, but eventually got i under way yesterday and dragged in shallow water down the Channel almost to Taku Inlet, but winds forced him back. He plans on deeper drags—up to 100 fathoms—in other areas, to see what he can find. His first drage prought up some ‘pink” shrimp, tut not in commercial quantities. He uses a 15-foot-wide drag for experimental purposes. Commer- cial drags range up to 60 feet, the average running about 30 feet. He plans on going as far north as Berners Bay on Lynn Canal, and as, far south as Port Snettisham. This area, if shrimp are found in commercial numbers, would mean | a small plant springing up right in town. One dragger will keep 30 people Lusy, 20 of whom are pick- ers, he estimated to Anderson. The gear he uses is his own, the Fisheries Department furnishing & small sum of cash to keep him going while he pprospects. Christ- man, an experienced shrimper, be- lieves the bottom here might pro- duce as much shrimp as Petersburg and all there isto be done is find where the delicious little rascals live. He will take pots out on his trial runs, to augment his dragging op- erations, Anderson said. Fishery Supervisor Lewis McDonald de- signed a pot pelieved feasible for rocky areas, and which is being experimented with in Petersburg, the shrimp capital, to bring up large prawns. If the venture proves successful, Anderson said the department stands ready to pioneer similar work in other Alaska coastal com- munities, to get new industry started where it doesn’t exist now. RESISTS ARREST Paul C. Bekech was fined $100 and given a suspended 20-1day jail sentence in the city magistrate’s court this morning. Bekech was arrested last nightl after a tussle with police in a South Franklin Street cafe. The complaint, signed by police pat- rolmen, charged him with being | drunk and disorderly and ri‘sm-} cash raid. [4-H club work is being expanded A second Brink’s employee, Ger-| “The home demonstration work ard Pfaff, left headquarters today;denlmg with hoeme problems in Al- and Tiernan said he “only came |aska is being expanded and more in for questioning and was very effective service is being given to cooperative.” homesteaders and to the farm Pfaff was one of the five guards |pecple. surprised in the Tuesday night 20-| Wilson said that because many minute stickup in Brink’s counting |of the people are new to the Terri- room in a north end garage. ltm‘y and are farming under a new Two Boston detectives were in|environment, personal service by New York today but police he:'c‘lhe extension service is of great said they could give no report on]'m:wrmnce_ their investigation. | He said extension workers in the Still under consideration, Police | Territory “must like pionecering and said, was a report from a woman |not object to Al her and early this week who said she saw must be familiar with dairying and the bandit car arrive outside the the raising of potatoes and veget- Brink’s garage. ables.” Police quoted the woman as say- | ing she ‘“got a gpod look” at t e oo seped rom o EIRST | IGHT READY, Beaching Gear fo | 4 T0 GO, IN BRIGHT Be Attempted in | PATHTOGUSTAVUS NORFOLK, Va. Jan. 21—P—The ji,pi0q girway between Juneau and on :;‘;Y (fl)ialt]ls)ewn:;: :fi:g‘:e&?]‘:i“g Gustavus has been com.plelrd. and the Missouri, the nation’s only ac- | ihu :fi‘:)[m: ;:;{Lulluuun Jacheduipd g:a; T:Syl:m;rr); ;fifw:m:tfig’\ap;g:(;: .chp H. Rmt_(-n. Ci"?l Aeronau- officials announced plans for an tics Administration resident engi- investigation and a Naval court of neer In chaggs, 558 A DeRwteuction {nquirs. oh' How and’ Wiy Aha “Big! oY aboard the BSP 3144 installed Mo” ran aground. a I?r i at Sisters’ Island this The Navy will make the next try ‘,"V' k. The party ‘was o ‘return to at freeing the ship at high tide cn eHneay fg M‘lernooy_ 2 Feb. 2. i The second light will be at Point X, L ‘!\'l',{(‘il'.. where a navigation bea- con will.be converted into a com- FAIRBANKS GETS | bined aerial-marine beacon. A crew | will go out Thursday to complete ' | this work. “Ew (HIlDRE“ S Double-end rotating airway tea- icons are to be installed at another ”BRARY BY AIR‘n-.m-memme point and on 85-foot . | steel CAA towers at Lena Point SEATTLE, Jan. 21—(®—The kid- ' and Mendahall Peninsula. dies in Fairbanks could get down, The complete installation to serious library reading again amounts to about $7.500 and is ex- today. They have a new nir-bume;pmed to be finished not later childfren's lil;rary' than March, according to Reiten. A fire in the Alaska city's library ki < § last fall destroyed the clxildren's1(‘I\Y;;:k;:;i,;??sR‘;iilt]ei:n;“;h‘;cfifis bodk seetig. o | CAA construction engineer. The Seattle library put together a | ¢ g i 30-book collection—from fairy tales| Completion obshel lighted alrway for the Toddlers to Treasure Is-| Vil be dmportant in improving land, A Pan American World Air- |Service to Juneau, as pllots making ways plane flew the books norty | instrument landings at Gustavus vesterday. | will pe able to follow the path of light right to the Juneau field. Simultaneously, Reiten is super- Rivers are rising ommously 88| yjsing construc:’\on of three ::e- oy S or er's L. spell. But it’s still too early to know ‘smtiulzned at Gustavus to ie.,um if _Lhc' region faces serious 1100d | the salmon River Bridge at Straw- 90;315 | berry Point and revise the drain daye“}“gi":t“;:;;hi?hfgc‘i’f T:"\L‘:;;gago syste;‘n g& :ihe airporthtod pre- steady | yent * sucl oods as washed the ;]imtu iT();Tl:ly.b Clhey'l‘go expected 101yidge out last fall. , ; over in the balmy 50's. But there's one reassuring thing —insatar as flood dangers are con- ~ WASHINGTON, Jan, 21—(P— cerned. The rains are tapering off { Rep. Norblad (R-Ore) asked the —after drenching Western wflsh-lcivil Aeronautics Board today to ington and Oregon with more than | approve direct air service from two inches. Portland, Ore., to Alaska. | DEFENSE T0 TAKE WEEKS, BRIDGES SAYS { HONOLULU, Jan. 21—(®—Hgrry Bridges predicts his defense against federal perjury charges on [the mainland would take five or six weeks. The head of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehouse- men’s Union arrived by plane to| talk to the Hawaii conterence of the ILWU local executive board. Bridges told reporters he thought the current perjury case is “the worst one” the government ever tried against him, The guvernment twice tried to deport him. Now it accuses him of lying when he ob- |1uinvd American citizenship « by | swearing he was not a Communist. Bridges must be back at San Francisco Monday, when the de- fence pegins its case. The labor boss asserted the gov- einment had “liars, confessed liars, as witnesses.” “I think,” he added, four or five perjury out of it.” Bridzes said one issue to be dis- cussed at the Hawaiian meeting was the CIO ouster action against his ILWU. NOW IT'S WRANGELL THAT'S DRY AS A BONEPUMPS ONWAY The 1,50 residents of Wrangell)] are wringing their hands with the remainder of Southeast Ala.ska'sl southern communities—but not as drop of water comes out. The long freeze which has dried up Ketchikan and Petersburg fin- ally caught up with the island town, and today there isn't pressure enough in the water mains to wash {a small dog. With no pressure whatever along Front Street, residents are consid- erably worried over the fire hazard | presented and have contacted Lew M. Williams, Secretary, of Alaska, ! for aid. Williams, once a resident of the town, saw Coast Guard authorities and arranged for two 500-gallon-a- minute salt water pumps to be rushed to Wrangell from Juneau The Army owns the pumps, but released them for use, and now authorities are arranging to have (l)l\ cutter Storis pick them up and deposit them on Wrangell's dry i Front Street. The nearest pump is at Ketchi-| kan, but that town needs it forj fire protection itself, so couldn't( help matters. Ironic twist to the situation is that four years ago Wrangell's city ( council could have purchased the! pump from the Coast Guard, but figured they couldn’t afford it—so! it was tought by the first city. At a late hour, Williams got as-! surance from the Alaska Steamship ICompuny that the Denali, south- bound out of Juneau Monday, woulc \pick up the two-ton pumps and; imake a special stop in Wrangell { to drop them off. The ship ordin- arily passes up the little port on! its southbound voyage. 1SKI JUMPING IS TO BE PRECEDED BY SKIERS' BREAKFAST TOMORROW ¢ The first ski jumping competition of the winter season will be held at the slalom hill on Douglas Is- land starting at 2 p.m. tomorrow The jumping competition will be preceded by a Skiers’ Breakfast the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel at 10 am., Juneau Ski Club President Neil Taylor has an- nounced. Movies of skiing in Quebec will oe shown at the breakfast. The event is for all persons interested in skiing, Taylor said. Leaps of as much as 50 feet arc expected to be turned in by the slat-happy seniors and juniors in the afternoon meet. Feather- weights will perform on a special midget-size hill. Edgar Lokken, outstanding Ju-| neau ski-jumper, is pace senjor skiers. Juniors will in- clude Bob Sommers, Bill Keep.| Ronald Hildre and Jackie Gould. “we'll get indictments PERRY FUNERAL Funeral services. for Brock Perry. 66, who was found dead in No. 1} of the Bus Depot cabins Tuesday, will be held Monday at 2 pm. in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter | Mortuary. Major Eric Newbould of the Sal-| vation Army will conduct the scr-! vices, I+ tedroom strangling, beating and expected to|" Food lbir Flood Victims Mrs. Lottie Williams (right), mother of 14 children, dishe: children, who are living temporarily in a school house at Orville Ind., after being evacuated from farm Kay, 2, stands patiently next to her mother, waiting her turn. Others unidentified. (» Wirephoto. homes because of flood waters. Williams' husband, Cyril, i SEXSLAYER- SANE MAN - SAYS JUDGE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 — (B —| Fred Stroble is sane and must die: for murdering six-year-old Linda ovee Glucoft. Euperior Judge Charles W. Fricke, who ruled him sane, will pro- nounce sentence next Friday. Under | California law it will have to be death in the gas chamber because the jury convicted him of first de- ;ree murder with no recommenda- tion of leniency. Lone uncertainty for the 68: old grandfather now is when he will meet his end. The law also provides for automatic review of all death sentences by the State Su- preme Court, which sometimes takes several months. Stroble's defense counsel aban- | joned the attempt to argue his p! »{ insanity as a sixth doctor sub- mitted a report to the court find- ing the defendant sane. Previously, three court-appointéd doctors and two defense psychiatrists had ruled; Stroble was sane when he Killed little Linda, playmate of fhis grand-i daughter. Stroble’s trial included a tense reading and recording playback ol is confession of the sex slaying. He admitted enticing the girl into ar- tabbing her to death last Nov. 14 He took the court’s vercict of his ity calmly, contrasting with his | reakdown on Thursday when the]| ury of 10 women and two mci tound him guilty. GET RID OF MONEY | BOARDS, COPS TELL | JUNEAU BARROOMS| City police last, night began crack- ing down on money boards in Ju- neau, Although no arrests have been made in establishments selling chances on money boards, all have Leen warned against the further selling, city police d. Selling chances on money pools s prohibited by City Ordnance 311 Merchandise boards are allowed Police did not estimate the num- ber of money boards which they found in operation, but said some offering chances on prizes as high s $25 had been reported. The illegal boards were found in barrooms and at cigar stands. | TORONTO, Jan. 21--\P-—Three persons died and many were in- jured, some critically, .in a roar- ing factory fire in Toronto today Firemen with acetylene torches cut through iron bars in the base- ment of the three-story building, located in the heart of Toronto’s garment district, and rescued a in background, partly hidden. Anfi - Truman Force Whipped! s out food to part of her brood and other STATEHOOD sILL MAY GET BEFORE HOUSE If Peferson fiecognized. Will Bring to Floor- Talk VetHomesteads By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—P—A till to grant Alaska statehood may be brought before the House as a result of yesterday's defeat of an attempt to restore the House Rules Committee’s power to pigeon hole legislation. Under the present House Rules | a committee chairman is given the right to ask the House to take a bill away from the Rules Commit- tee if he has served notice at least 21 days before. Chairman Petersen (D-Fla) of the Public Lands Committee told a reporter he will seek recogrtion to call up the Alaska statehood bill when the House convenes Monday. Notice of his intention to do so was served on the Rules Committee during the last session. The Chairmen of five or six other committees also are expected to ceek recognition to ask House ac- tion on their measures including the FEPC, hospital and science bills. . What legislation will be called up depends upon whom the Speaker recognizes, Peterson said he wants to call up the Alaska Statehood Bill first, |if the speaker should recognize 'him. Next, he said, will be bills to { make Hawali a state and to pro- ivide for Alaska homesteading whereby war veterans can home- stead as much as 2560 acres. Mrs. JURY IN HISS TRIAL ASKS Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said he Lelieves the action on the Rules committee has improved chances of getting a House vote on the Alaska and Hawaiian statehood bills. SELDOVJA FIELD T0 BE BUILT UNDER JUDGE'S AID NEW YORK, Jan, 21—(P—A Fed- Administration leaders saw l.meltrnl jury asked guidance from the prospect today of smooth sailing | judge today and then made a new for the Truman program, desplte!ef!ort to reach a verdict in the the smarting defeat they handed |second trial of Alger Hiss. a GOP-Dixie coalition trying to| As the second day of deliberation take control of the House. wore on, there was no indication A whether agreement was near. Much credit for their 236 to 183 rpe jurors, eight women and triumph yesterday, they said, must|ouy men, filed into the courtroom ; AERO"‘"IICS Pl‘" go to the civil rights issue which{gy 10:44 am., (EST) and, at their cost the coalition a large chunk;,.m"es(v Pederal Judge Henry W.| A 2,400-foot airfield will be built of Republican votes. \Goddard re-read portions of the[at Seldovia, it was announced to- They got; little comfort from alcharge which he gave in submitting | day, as the Alaska Aeronautics and Republican hint that a new effort|the case to them at 3:10 p.m. yes- | Communications Commission “mas- to change the House rules may beterday. ter plan” received its first approval made later. He told them again that the|py Civil Aeronautics Administra- | Government must prove beyond altjon officials in Washington, D.C. 1 i WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—M— CONTROL SOUGHT 'reasonable doubt that Hiss lied when The test yesterday was On &pyo"4onjeq passing State Depart- The field will cost $10,000, with 75 percent of the cost being borne number of trapped workers huddled there. i coalit'on-backed move to give the Rules committee virtual life-and-} death control over major legisla- tion. The committee is dominated by Republican and Southern mem- bers, The debate that preceded the showdown left no doubt that thej President’s program was a major issue. Leaders of Loth sides said as much. “The issue is whether or not z!u-l re Truman program will suc- ceed or be defeated,” said ltrp.; Allen (R-TID), top minority member the Rules Committee. i “The gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Allen, has laid down the issue,” said Speaker Sam Rayburn ot Texas, head of the Truman forces. | The coalition had proposed to! knock out a 1949 rule allowing other ommittees to bypass the Rules| after 21 days. Even optimistic } administration leaders had mnot| counted on collecting more than 50 GOP votes. They actually uuti 64. But they lost 85 Democrats. ot ONE WING LOS3ES In short, the Southern Demo- cratic wing of the coalition de- livered its top stremgth, but their} Republican support didn't come ! through. Y Here are some typical explana- | tions. {wrote: ithority that places of public amuse- fment ment secrets to ex-Communist|{yy the CAA, the remainder being Whittaker Chambers for a pre-War ) yajsed through use of approximately Soviet spy ring. one-third of the motor fuel tax Hiss held one of the State De-|jeyjed in the Territory. partment’s most responsible posts| The Commission, waich got under at the time the secret papers al-|yway June 1, proposed some six or legedly were passed In 1938. eight public airfields in its master If convicted he faces a maximum | pian for the Territory, and sub- of 10 years in prison plus $4,000) itteq each to Washington official- in fines. dom. Seldovia was apparently chosen as the beginning project be- 'ause of its low cost and nearness to Anchorage, a “wheel plane” center. Float planes only have been able (0 use the Kenai Peninsula port. Announcement was made by Tony chwamm, Commission director, through Lew M. Williams, Secre- JUDGE ORDERS GOL COURSE TO BE OPEN FOR NEGRO PLAYERS CLEVELAND, Jan. 21—(®—Ap- pellate Court judges here yester-| ™Y of Alaska. day ordered the Lake Shore Qoii| He said that public floats at Club course in suburban Bratenahl | Hoonah, Tenakee and Metlakatla opened to negrods. would be installed shortly. At pre- The court found the club was be- | sent only private floats are in use ing operated as a subterfuge to|there. Floats are not in the “master keep negroes from playing there|plan” arrangement, but are ar- and was in “clear violation” of [ranged under an emergency pro- Ohio general code civil rights sec-|gram set up by the Commission. Other land bases proposed are Presiding Judge Lee ' E. Skeel|at Fort Yukon, Kotzebue and other key points, cost of each of which “It requires no citation of au-}has been nppmximateg by Com- mission members. cannot discriminate among members of the public seeking the eny: right to enjoy the facilities of suck|® ® ® ® © e o o & & * Rep. Kirwan (D-Ohio), Chair-| jaces of amusement on the ground @ L man of the Democratic Nauon‘u'“l race or color.” . WEATHER REPORT . Congressional Committee — “The L L L v aA e 3 L] progressive Republicans finally de-1 . In Juneau—Maximum 32; e cided to bow to the will of the e minmum 18, . people.” |11 0" p“‘ FlIG“IS At Airport—Maximum 15; e Rep. Clarence Brown m-omm.l e minimum -5. b who wanted the rule changed—"the Io’ FROM WE“WARD . . issue was beaten by left-wing . i g . FORECAST . Democrats and 64 me-too R(-p\lb-‘ Ten passengers were carried to)e (Junesn and Vielaits) . Reavih' three destinations to tl}e erltw:?’rd, . Continued fair and not so e P ‘and seven persons arrives n Ju-|e cold tonight and Sunday. e Rep. Cox (D-Ga),,a 'i“dm of| | cau from Anchorage, on Pacific|e Lowest temperature tonight e the Southern Democrats—“the ad-!. '\ .. ajdines flights yesterday.|e 15 in town and near zero in ® ministration just held the Repu:- Mr. and Mis. Fred Newburn,le outlying areas. Highest Sun- licans' feet to the fire too much.” | - con and daughter, went |e day 32. . Remsesisoi £ u to Gustavus; Mr. andle . Mrs. Albert Weed, Tommy and the PRECIPITATIONGE STEAMER MOVEM['"S bary, went to Yakutat, and Dee e (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 & m. today @ Brooks and G. M. Gretzer were pas-|e City of Juneau—None; . Baranof from Seattle due Tues- [Seng to Anchorage. e since Jan. 1—108 inches; o day. Arriving from Anchorage were B.|e since July 15502 inches. ® Princess Norah scheduled to sail [D. Stewart, Hazel Guy, Almer|e At Airport—None; . from Vancouver, January 28. Peterson, Edwin Wagner, Clayton|e since Jan. 1—65 inches; o Denali from west scheduled | Pollard and Tony and Tommy Go-|e since July 1—3634 inches. e o0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 southbound 7 a.m. Monday. I mez, l