The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,415 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDA\V' JANUARY 31, 1950 Plane Searchin JOHNSON SAYS U.S. STRENGTH TOPS SINCE '45 Alaska Strfih Up-Arctic Methods Studied - At- tention on Barrow Oil By C. Yates McDaniel WASHINGTON, Jan, 31— @ — Becretary of Defense Johnson calls in his first annual report for Am- erica to stay powerful and alert , until international cooperation “is accepted by the adversaries whgq | are now doing their utmost to des- troy it.” He coupled this call, in the re- port issued last night, with a warning that his country could be attacked “from the opposite hem- isphere without warning and with unpredictable fury.” Johnson noted that Russia now . has the atomic explosion secret. But he also expressed his belief that “the threat of war has dimin- ished as our strength has increas-| ouwr He assessed this strength cs the most formidable since the height | of our military power in 1945. Else- where he termed the readiness of our armed forces and our military potential ‘“greater today than in any previous peacetime period in our nation’s history.” Johnson urged, at another point, positive action “to prevent piece- meal aggressions, which unopposed, might lead to another world war.” Scientific Slant Johnson gave armed services un- ification some of the credit for America's current military stréngth. But Johnson’s heaviest accent on power was slanted toward scien- tific developments. In highlight- ing some hitherto secret work he said the United States must con- sider “every important weapon and combination of weapons might be used against it.” Johnson reported evidence that ! “indicates that other nations have experimented with new and un- tried forms of toxic (poison) chem- ical warfare.” The report also disclosed that the mystery base at Sandia, New Mex- ico, assembles atomic bombs and teaches selected men how to use them. Sandia is a joint Army-Navy- Air Force project near Albuquer- que, the report added, that also gives technical advice and assis- tance “for the preparation of at- omic warfare.” Alaska Hints The reports gave some hints of how matters are going in the north- ern bastion, Alaska, and the whole Arctic defense perimeter. Army Secretary Gray reported troop strength in Alaska last June 30 was 6,500. It has since grown to about 8,000. The combat force was made up of a single battalion of an infantry regiment and one anti- aircraft battalion. He disclosed that three more anti-aircraft battalions and another increment of infantry were earmarked for permanent sta- tion in Alaska, but still are in the states because no housing is av- ailable. Arctic Plans Navy Secretary Matthews gave| brief glimpses of some new plans| for the sea service in the Arctic zone, beyond which lies Russia. He spoke of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock) being equipped for polar work, and said it is capable of launching “substantial numbers of amphibious craft in subfreezing areas.” Landing craft and amphib- jous tanks have been equipped for such Arctic operations, Matthews said. Some strategists have contend- ed that the short route to Russia, for surface attack as well as bomb- ing planes, is through the Arctic to the Siberian coast. On the defensive side of the Arc- tic picture, the Navy report showed attention being given to a matter long disturbing strategists—trans- portation to the remote but highly valuable oil fields near Point Bar- row, on the north coast of Alaska. The Navy report said an ice-break- er and several cargo ships have been operating in the area, studying “various aspects of the logistic support” of the Navy’s petroleum reserve near Point Barrow. which | Asks Truce For 70 Days, (oaI_SIrike WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—®— President Truman today called for a | 70-day truce in the coal mining deadlock while Presidential fact- finders investigate. A | He proposed to act outside the union-hated Taft-Hartley Act, fol- lowing the same pattern he used in last year’s steel strike. In messages to the United Mine Workers and leading operator groups, Mr. Truman asked that they agree to: 1. Seventy days of full coal pro- duction beginning Feb. 6. 2. An investigation by a Presi- dential board of three which would be under instructions to make re- commendations within 60 days for a settlement of the mining contract dispute. Neither side would be bound to accept the board’s recommendations. The President asked for replies to ' his proposal by noon Saturday, Feb. 4. At Pittsburgh, a United Mine | Workers official predicted the strik- ing miners will return to work. Fred Gullick, Secretary-Treasurer of UMW District Five (Pittsburgh Area) said of Mr. Truman's pro- posal: “I'm happy to hear it. It's clear that this was the President’s only !alr,emnmve. I'm sure the miners | will carry out the President’s pro- posal and return to work Monday.” CHILD LABOR LAW CHANGES TAKEN UP AT HEARING HERE Proposals for revising the rules adopted under the Child Labor Law will be heard by Commissioner of Labor Henry A. Benson in the of- fice of the Department of Labor in i the Triangle Building at 2 p.m. to- morrow. | The particular rule under consid- { eration will be that prohibiting the i employment of minors under the { age of 18 years aboard seine boats. These hearings are being held at the request of a number of organi- | zations who feel that the rule is in need of change to permit the em- ployment of boys under the age of 18 in this occupation through some system of supervision which will permit their working under pro- tected conditions. . CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—®— iThe Senate confirmed today these nominations by President Truman: To be U.S. Attorneys—Everett W. Hepp, Alaska, Division No. 4; Henry L. Hess, Oregon. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) | | | | | | 'ASHINGTON—Before President Truman cut loose against tax ev- aders in his message to Congress he got some rugged pointers from Re- presentative John Dingell of Michi- gan. “The costliest ‘economy” move ever made by Congress was when it lopped 7,000 Internal Revenue agents off the payroll two years ago,” Dingell told the President. “This was an open invitation to dishonest taxpayers to cheat the government, “We saved $20,000,000 by that cut, but it cost the government about $600,000,000 in uncollected taxes. In other words, for every dollar saved by the penny-pinchers in Congress we lost $30 in tax frauds.” Dingell added that most of the discharged agents have been rehir- ed, “but we are still paying for the mistake.” As u result of the cut, he said, some 300,000 cases of tax frauds, many of which were close to comrletion, had to be dropped or pigeonholed by the In- ternal Revenue Bureau. FAIRBANKS HAS BAND . Millikin Joke Fairbanks now A gy tend Solemn-looking' Senator Eugene and the first concert, varied pro- gram, has been given at the Em- press Theatre. Millikin of Colorado is a conser- (Continued on Page Four) g HYDROGEN BOMB 10 BE MADE | President Trum an Gives| His Order fo Atomic Energy Commission WASHINGTON, Jan. 31— B —| President Truman today told the Atomic Energy Commission to work on the “so-called hydrogen or sup- er-bomb.” He said in a 120-word siatement that he has ordered the AEC to continue work on all forms of At-| omic weapons, including the super‘ bomb, because of his responsibility | “to see to it that our country is| able to defend itself against awmy possible aggressor He added that this work will be | pursued on a basis consistent with American plans for peace and se- | curity. The development of atomic wea- pons is to continue, the President directed, “until a satisfactory plan for international control of atomic! energy is achieved.” His statement launching the gov- ernment officialy into a hunt for| a new weapon perhaps as much as | 1,000 times as powerful as the original A-bomb said in part: “It is part of my responsibility as commander-in-chief of the arm-| |ed services to see to it that our| country is able to defend itself | against any possible aggressor.” | The question of whether the} United States should undertake pro- duction of the bomb has been under behind-the-scenes debate for at least four months—perhaps longer. | A government committee has con- sidered it as well as key members | of Congress. i The cost of the project has been} variously estimated up to $4,000,600,- | 000. But some estimates have run as |low as $100,000,000. C(OLD WAVE | | (By Associatca Press) Bitter cold gripped the Pacific Northwest today as records, many going back to the 19th Century, toppled in a score of cities. central Oregon and Washington were the coldest, but it was in the rormally mild region west of the Cascade Mountains tcat this cen- tury’s records fell, Salem, in Oregon's Willamette Valley, was the coldest in its Wea- below zero, Forest Grove’s -18 set a record there. Portland at 2 below was the cold- est since Jan. 15, 1888. Seattle re- ported a temperature downtown of 12 above zero but zero at the Se- attle-Tacoma Airport, 10 miles fo the southwest. The coldest ever re- corded in downtown Seattle was 3 above on Jan. 31, 1893. 16 ARRIVE HERE ABOARD DENALI The Denali arrived at Juneau at 1 o'clock this afternoon from the south. It was to sail for Sitka and the westward at 5:30 p.m. today. Disembarking at Juneau from the south were 16 passengers. From Seattle: Mis. L. B. Auld, Mr. and Mys. Frark FEurns, Rod G. Darnell, Touise I. Farnus, Gene Hauris, Betty Hogan, Robbie Hogan, varde A. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Ronning, and Wiima Schlei- che1. From Ketchikan: Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Jeffrey and Mr, and Mrs. M, A. Levenick. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 31 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can %, 116, Anaconda 29%, Curtiss-Wright Kennecott 54%, New York Central 12%, Northern Pacific 14%, U. 8.| Steel 28%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,690,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 201.77, rails 55.09, util- ities 42.20. MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS for Missing Craft Crashes "BABY BLOCKADE" OF RUSS OFF AGAIN ON AGAIN, BERLIN (By the Associated Press) The Russians today resumed their “ereeping blockade” of East-West truck traffic in Germany. There was no reason given for the re- newal of the blockade which had been lifted yesterday. Western officials in Berlin who have repeatedly protested the stall- ing action of the Russiany said the matter would have to be settled by the Western High Commissioners and the Soviet Commander, Gen. Vassily Chuikov. Waler-Pipe Thawing Is Blamed for Second Blaze Wllgln Week Firemen last night fought another blaze caused by home-made attempts to thaw pipes with a blow-torch. The fire, confined to the basement of the Paul Groven residence, 1563 Evergreen Avenue, is the second within a week to grow out of at- tempts to unfreeze water pipes. It started in a box of sawdust in the basement while a blow-torch was being used on frozen Dpipes, firemen said. With no hydrants yet installed in Seatter tract, firemen were forced to extinguish the fire with 80 gallons of water in the booster tank of the fire truck. Damage to residence was limited to a badly scorched basement ceil- ing, firemen said. Seatter Tract has its own water system now in the process of being supvlemented by Juneau Water Company line extensions. Hydrants, which arrived here too late to be 'Rain-Making Totem, installed until spring, will be con- nected as soon as the weather | breaks, Mayor Waino Hendnckson} said today. | Honesty of Bridges Is N FRANCISCO, Jan. 31—P— Robert W. Kenny, former Attorney General for California, testified to- day the reputation of Harry Bridges for truth, honesty and integrity was zood. | He was another character witness | called on behalf of the CIO long- | shore leader, on trial in Federal | court for perjury. The Federal Grand Jury indicted Brid on a charge he lied when he swore at his 1945 citizenship | hearing that he was not, and had | never been a Communist. Chief government prosecutor F. Joseph Donohue asked Kenny wit'i | whom he had discussed the honesty | and integrity of Bridges. Kenny said “with various groups. “Name them,” said the prosecutor. “Well, with Justice Rutledge of the United States Supreme Court,” Kenny answered. Judge Harris was expected to rule today on admissibility as evidence of the 1945 U.S. Supreme Court de- cisions which halted Bridges’ de- portation. Juneau Aqua, Fly By PAA_!ofNew York If any more regions in the United States run dry, they may well call on the Juneau Kiwanis Club for “good things directed to the earth féom the heavens.” Concerned over the plight of New York City, and the possibility of another drought at some future time, Kiwanians bestirred them- Goo(&_keporl; 'AIRMAN TALKS OF 'OBSERVER SEARCH MADE FOR MISSING PLANE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 31 M—An airman who returned yes- erday from the big scale Yukon | search for a missing C-54 said he discovered how the lost plane could have passed the Whitehorse Air Base easily without radio con-| act. | He couldn't contact the field| himself. ‘ “It happened to me when I flew | down to join the search,” said the | flier, who asked that his name not | be used. | “I tried raising Whitehorse radjo | for a long time on all frequencies, but could not. Half and hour out I finally heard Whitehorse but| they couldn’t hear me. It was pos- | sible the same thing happened to | the missing C-54." He said it was miraculous that | more than one search plane have ! not cracked up in the hazardous | hunt for the missing C-54¢ and the | REPORTS ON TRIP Reporter Tells of Flying Over Sector Missing Plane Was Flown By Lachlan MacDonald | (Anchorage Times Reporter) | WHITEHORSE, Y. T, Jan, 31—(® I flew as an observer on a search mission yesterday and learned the | dangers faced by scores -of pllms‘ and crewmen in “Operation Mike,” | the farflung search for the mis- | sing C-54 and its 44 occupants. A dozen times during the 7 hours 15 minutes we were aloft in our RCAF Dakota—a C-47—we Sighl(’d} holes in the ice of lakes, sun-light glinting from rugged peaks and| | today as SIX MEN GODOWN IN CRASH Heroic Piloi_T—rudges Five Miles for Aid—Rescue Party Starts Out By Lachlan MacDonald (Anchorage, Times Reporter) WHITEHORSE, Y. T. Jan. 31— (M—Backtracking on an heroic's cearch pilot's trail through waist deep snow led a rescue party to give other crash survivors aid, early the great C-54 plane search pressed on. The survivors, three reported in- jured and the other two “all right,” were being brought to a military camp hospital today. They crashed 21 miles south of #4 persons aboard. The weather is iurlmr formations that seemed to 50 bad, he said, that planes would be wreckage in the heavy forest. not be flying at all in the area f it were not for the urgency of the mission. NOT UNUSUAL EDMONTON, Alta., Jan. 31—(@— | Inability of an aircraft to contact| an airport radio station is not un- | nsual, an airlines official said to-| day. He was commenting on the statement of an airman at Anch- orage, Alaska, that he had been | unable to contact the field at Whitehorse, Yukon, “for a long time” while taking part in the search for a missing C-54. The official said the trouble is sometimes encountered in airlines flying. He did not wish to be quot- ed by name, “A plane may contact a field by radio from 100 miles out and then be unable to contact the field when : close in due to adverse radio con- | tions, peculiar to short wave radio. | We call it skip.” | lSweeLbrinr," the joint U.S.-Canada Once we skimmed within inches of a peak 7,500-feet high and were tossed vioiently by the drafts. The plane slipped 10w over peaks | in the bumpy air, covering a sec- | tor 60 miles long and 30 miles| wide just south of Whitehorse, The area straddled the radio beam the missing C-54 was to follow. We did | 14 trips the length of the sector. Flying Officer Donald Hill of the | 414th Photo Group, the pilot, twice | narrowly avoided mountains as we | craned to scan the cloudtopped | reaks and virgin valley. “If we go down here we've had it,” said M. C. Barnes, 31, of Tren- ton, Ont, who volunteered to gb along as observer from “Exercise| maneuvers now forming nearby. Ohfef crewman Innes Bruce of Ottowa ‘has been doing aerial pho- tography from 20,000 feet altitudes for several months. “I've never been 8o close to the top of a muuntuin,"’ he said. | GRIPS N.W. Northern Idaho, and eastern and | ther Bureau history at 10 degrees| | The five-one alarm last night was | selves in a spirit of helpfulness, and sounded at 8:30 o'clock; all clear|sent a present to Manhattan today. i not sounded until an hour later. | Pan American World Airways, | Attempts to thaw frozen water|noted for its cooperation in such | Pipes resulted in a $5,000 fire in the | helpful, impulsive gestures, volun- | Converse residence at the corner of | teered to perform the actual mis- | 10th Street and Harbor Way last } sion of mercy. I Thursday. | So, when the Seattle-bound flight o ¢ left the Juneau airport today, it o | carried a two-gallon jug of Juneau | @ @ # ¢ o o © » @ |® WEATHER REPORT . In Juneau—Maximum 32; e |Vater (the finest), and a famous ;® minimum 21. o | Thunderkird totem pole, which is I At Airport—Maximum 25; e % symbol of “good things directed |® minmum 4. o |0 the earth,” etc., addressed to |o FORECAST o | Willlam O'Dwyer, Mayor of New e (Juneau and Vieinity) | York. e Mostly cloudy with an oc- | i le casional snow flurry tonight e SSmbara of the Ju"‘?"“'."las‘“‘,: e and Wednesday. Lowest tem- |Kiwanis Club and their friends, ® perature tonight near 22 de- (‘l::n i abzc;';lpz:{;h:fw ;::";‘; o;e:l(el:: ® grees; highe: 2 ° B hesy Aucaueggay 93, York this bottle of water and the | Thunderbird totem pole as a friendly token and symbol of our deep wish that ybur state may be plentifully supplied with the rains s0 badly needed. . . and so it is |our sincere desire and wish that| o | your needs be fulfilled, now and in o the future.” It was signed by Ki- « | wanians Dr. D. D. Marquardt, Dr. | John M. Montgomery and Fred | Dunn. By a curious coincidence, J. CePRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 & m. today . City of Juneau—None; e since Jan. 1—1.17 inches; |® since July 1—55.11 inches. e At Airport—None; ® since Jan. 1—94 inches; ® since July 1-—36.43 inches. ® 0 0 06 0 0 0 0 eeoecsccccccoc M. L. MacSPADDEN, DICK HARRIS FILE FOR HOUSE We were just one of more than two-score planes participating in a search which now involves more planes than any other in Canadian or Northwest history. SEARCH UNTIL PLANE FOUND: A. F. OFFICERS JUNEAU PLAYERS T0 HOLD TRYOUTS FOR NEXT PLAY, SUNDAY Tryouts for the next play to be oresented by the Juneau Players, “Pettycoat Fever,” will be held Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in the Council Chambers of the City Hall This play by Mark Reed will be directed by Dennis Campbell, form- or Regional Director of the Fed- >ral Theatre in the Southeastern Division of the United States. “Petticoat Fever” is a comedy in three acts, a non-tropical farce. The Juneau Players plan to pre- | sent their play sometime in March PRESIDENT (ALLS FIRST MEETING OF | CHORUS DIRECTORS | Lauris (Larry) Parker, who was clected president of the Juneau Community Chorus at the organi- ! GREAT FALLS, Mont.. Jan. 31—| (M—Search for a missing U.S. trans- | port plane that disappeared Thurs- | day with 44 persons aboard will con- | tinue until the plane is found, or until its flight route is covered' thoroughly, Air Force officials said | last night. “The entire flight route of the missing plane will be covered thor- oughly if the plane is not found,” said Maj. J. C. Smith of the 4th/| Rescue Squadron, McChord Field, Wash. ! ON OPPOSITION TICKETS Late filings for Territorial House seats this afternoon in the district clerk’s office included M. L. Mac- Malcolm Greany was present in the Pan American office with all neces- | sary equipment for taking indoor | and outdoor pictures of the travel- | ing exhibit, and of the stay-at-home zation meeting Thursday evening,| 1as called a meeting of the board )f directors for this evening. The group will gather at 7:30 | o'clock in the Methodist church, to discuss completion of the organiza- | Smith is directing search-rescue operations from here. About 50 Air| Force planes are here from half a dozen states to join in the search, which extends to Anchorage, Alaska. Plan¢es and crews that sped here this Yukon base yesterday while engaged with more than 50 other planes in the search for a missing U.S. Air Force C-54 transport with 44 aboard. The rescue party slogged through five miles of waist deep snow to the C-47 search plane crash scene at the base of isolated Caribou Mountain. Rescue Party op Trail ‘The party followed the trail left by Lt. Charles H. Harden, pilot of the crashed C-47. With his face broken and bloody, he stopped a truck on the Alaska Highway late yesterday after a desperate five- {mile hike, He stopped the truck early in the long sub-Arctic night by signaling frantically with his flashlight. Harden is from Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, Alaska. The rescue party” i headed By Lt. Edwin Gulezynski of Camp Carson, Colo. “Help On Way” Planes circled over the wreck- age throughout the night to assure the men that help was on the way. How seriously three of the men were injured was not known. Haf- den was unable to tell. Among the ‘wo who escaped with shock and minor bruises was Jack Borges, of the Midnight Sun Byroadcasting Co., Anchorage, ‘who was aboard as a civillan cbserver. Names of the others were not learned, but all were crewmen from Elmendorf Field. Plunges Into Trees Harden's plane plunged into the trees near the foot of Mount Cari- bou in midmorning while flying low in search of the vanished C-54. He waited with the others for |several hours, then set out alone for help. For six hours he struggled through waist high snow and brush then darkness fell, but he kept on. Waves Flashlight At 7:20 p.m. (Yukon Standard Time) he reached the road. There he was found by the Engineer Corps workers, standing unsteadily in a snow bank and weakly waving his flashlight. Blood trickled down his tace. One foot was crippled. Willard Batchelder, 34, of Duluth, Minn., one of the men in the En- gineers’ truck, said: “He waved his flashlight like mad, afraid'we wouldn't stop. When we did he said, ‘God, I was afraid you guys wouldn't see me’.” Ronnie Spadden, prominent Juneau culd;mwanm‘“- storage man and sportsman, on the | Republican ticket for representa- tive, and Richard (Dick) Harris, prominent Juneau laborite, on the| Democratic ticket for Representa-! tive. Several other filings of prominent Juneauites were in prospect for the House, but despite premature an- nouncements elsewhere, they had| not been received by District Clerk | J. W. Leivers at a late hour. | Robert E. Coughlin late this af- | ternoon filed for the House on the | Democratic ticket and Ralph A Bartholomew, of Ketchikan, has/ filed for the House, Republican ticket. GLEN WILDER MEETS WITH ADMINISTRATION BOARD, * E. Glen Wilder, executive direc- tor of the Alaska Housing Authority, | arrived from Anchorage yesterday | 8%, International Harvester 27%,|and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. | looking over the local housing situ- He plans to go to Ketchikan to- | Wilder was to meet with the Territorial Board of Adminiscra-‘ tion here this afternoon on xseverml1 matters pertaining to the AHA. | particularly as related to the fed eral housing program. \HEAD OF WRANGELL INSTITUTE NAMED ANS EDUCATION SPECIALIST Earl Intolubbe, principal of the Alaska Native Service’s Wrangell Institute, has been appointed ANS education specialist with headquar- ters in Juneau, it was announced today. As education specialist, he will act as advisor to ANS teachers throughout the Territory. ANS of- ficers said. Intolubbe has been principal of the Wrangell Institute since March, 1945. He came to Alaska from Oklahoma City, Okla., where he was principal of a city school. Although he is in Juneau now, conferring with ANS officials and ation. Intolubbe will return to Wrangell and remain until his suc- cessor arrives. ANS officials indicated that In- tolubbe will probably take over the post as education specialist here about March 1. ‘ion and matters of policy. | Board members also will make | plans for an Easter-time concert for which the Easter portions of | “The Messiah,” presented at Christ- | mas, will be programmed. FELIX TONER, WM. PAUL, SR. FILE FOR HOUSE CANDIDACIES A Republican and Democrat added | their names to the list of candi-| dates filing for seats in the Terri- torial House of Representatives to- | day, bringing the count so far to| do battle in the April 25 primaries to 11 Democrats and five Republi- | cans. | Filings close at 5§ p.m. tomorrow. New filings are by Felix J. Toner, civil engineer of Juneau, who posted his name on the Democratic ballot, the first time he has run for public office. On the Republi- can side was William L. Paul, Sr., who filed from Wrangell. M-V HYGIENE LEAVES The Alaska Department of Health’s floating clinic, the M-V Hygiene, arrived in Juneau Satur- to join in the largest search of its| Batchelder’s companion, kind in North American ‘history will | watson, 32, nodded agreement and remain here “for some time,” if t.he!snm Harden was “completely done missing plane is not found, Smith | d. Only 11 planes succeeded in tak- | ing off yesterday. Twemy-rour! others were unable to fly because of | bitter sub-zero weather that has| plagued the air base for days. Criss-Cross | Fliers who returned last night| afier criss-crossing the blizzard- swept north country between here | and Fort Nelson, B.C., reported no sign of the missing C-54. Royal Canadian Air Force planes | searched the area north of Fort Nel- son. American planes from Anchor- age and Fairbanks also pressed the; search from the north. | Four paradoctors who rushed here from other bases are| on stand-by orders. They are ready to leave for the accident scene as soon as the missing plane is found. The paradoctors and seven en- listed men will be carried to the scene in a C-82 flying boxcar. Hospital Ready The paradoctors are Capt. R. R. Hessberg, Selfridge Field, Mich.; 58 were | in” Misses Crushing The exhausted pilot had carried his pack and sleeping bag with him in the long, arduous trek through the woods. He said he had planned to sleep by the road- side if no one had come along. While making his way out, Harden barely missed being crushed by 1 falling tree. Batchelder and Watson joined the ground crew, forging to the crash survivors with food and med- ical supplies. The swift moving operation tem- porarily eclipsed the search for the C-54 which disappeared on a homeward flight from Anchorage | to Biggs Field, El Paso, Tex. Airway Scoured The big four-engine transport last reported over Snag, 20 miles inside the snowbound, mountainous Yukon Territory. It is believed down somewhere between Snag and Fort Nelson, B. C., but the entire 1300 mile airway to the American border is being scoured by scores of planes. Lt. D. C. Humphrey, Lowry Field, day and left early this morning for Kake and Petersburg. Thirty-two rescue craft from " (Continuec on Page Two) (Continued on Page Two)