The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1950, Page 1

'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,417 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRRUARY 2, 1950 New Signals Reported From Mis CHAMBER HEARS NEWS OF LEMKE BILL AT MEETING The Lemke Bill will be consid- | ered by the Western States coun-| cil when it meets in Reno, Nev., early in April. This was revealed in a message | from A. L. Ganson, manager of the Cominercia! Development Depart- ment of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, which was read at the noon meeting of the Juneau Cham- ber today in the Baranof Hotel. The message answered a letter from the Juneau Chamber asking for concerted opposition to the measure, which would grant more than 2000 acres of Alaska grazing, farm and timber land to each vet- eran applying. The veteran would qualify for a patent to the land after a short residence within ten miles of the land applied for. Ganson’s message said he had contacted the Western States Coun- cil regarding the bill. “This matter will be placed on the agenda of the forthcoming meeting,” he wrote. He enclosed a wire from a Cham- ber representative in Washington, D.C., which explained the present status of the bill. The wire was dated January 26. Bill Reported Out It said the bill had been reported out by the House Public Lands Committee and is now in the Rules Committee. There is no assuranice that action will be taken or 1t. “However,” the wire read, Lemke has been making a lot of noises about this bill and it is pos-. sible he may try to bring it to tlour under the 21-day rule.” The wire also said that “if the measure did happen to pass the House it is extremely doubtful it would survive the Senate.” A letter written by Chamber president Robert Boochever to push a campaign for the use of Alaskan lumber had received favorable re- plies from the mayors of Fairbanks and Ketchikan, the Alaska Rail- road and William Arild Johnson and Associates, Everett, Wash., architects. All expressed favorable opinions of the campaign, and agreed that Alaska lumber should be used for construction work in the Territory. It was announced that B. Frank Heintzleman and Boochever had been appointed as a special com- | mittee to contact officials connected | with the planning of a new Terri- torial Building here and determine the progress that has been made. Methodist College Fred Eastaugh pointed out that the Library Fund Campaign should receive fullest support because a library in Juneau would be yet an- other argument for the establish- ment of the Methodist College for Alaska in Juneau. He said five sites have already been found which have the charac- | teristics necessary for location of ) (Continued on Page Eight The Washingion Merry - Go- Round Bv PREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—Ever since the Acheson statement supporting Al- ger Hiss, Congressional corridors have been teeming with comment regarding the so-called Frankfurter “red-hots” and the Supreme Court Justice who has put Hiss and Ach- eson plus 50 mapy other men in key spots in Washington. This columnist has no reason to love Felix Frankfurter. Not only have his Supreme Court opinons been a disappointment, but twice in private Sureme Court discus- sions, Frankfurter has berated this | writer, and on one occasion de-| manded that he be jailed for crit- icising certain Supreme Court mov- es. When Chief Justice Vinson and a majority of the court ruled against any criminal action, Frankfurter even went over their keads, through a friend, to the Justice Department and demanded prosecufion. | However, in the spirit of fairness —which Justice Frankfurter has not always shown to others—I| should like to review the whole list| of sg-called “red-hots” whom the Supreme Court Justice has brought to Washington. Frankfurter and Republicans Most people don’t remember that Frankfurter's influence began long pefore the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations. As a Harvard Law School professor, he enjoyed a un- jque relationship with two of the “Bill | OFFICE - SEEKERS PICTURE DEFINED - AS BATTLE OPENS The political picture in regard to | office-seekers is already fairly well drawn, as filings closed last night— with one exception: the hotly- contested battle for the post of Commissioner of Labor. Two Democrats and two Repub- licans have filed intention to line up for the primary battle for the job held by Henry A. Benson since | 1946. Benson is one of the Republi- ! cans, the other being Ray Beach, | who worked for Benson before going |into the office of the Territorial | Treasurer as cashier. | The two Democrats are Alfred A. | Owen, Jr., of Anchorage and Ross | E. Kimball of Fairbanks. So far as the office of Treasurer ‘ is concerned, Henry Roden has been already elected merely by filing. No | one opposes him from either party. | The job as Congressional Dele- | gate, now held by E. L. “Bob” Bart- | lett, is sought by not only Bartlett | but Almer J. Peterson of Anchorage | Hope for Contest The picture on the Labor post was | looked upon in political ecircles as a personal feud on the Republican | side of the canvas, while the Demo- | cratic side gave hopes of giving Ben- |son a contest—if not in the pri- (maries to be held April 25—then in {the general election this fall. Benson won over Demucrat Wal- ter P. Sharpe in 1946, the latter be- lieved to have lost mainly because of an Independent’s pulling vote | from him, plus the fact he had many enemies in labor ranks. Kim- | ball was the Independent. | The outcome gave Benson slightly | more than 900 more votes than | Sharpe, while Kimball drew more | than 2,000. Many considered Ben- son’s election was obtained by Kim- ball’s pulling votes that wanted to | vote for neither party-candidate. Kimball’s pulling power as a member of the Democratic ticket (,is’ still considered too weak to upset the picture, and that Benson Wil probably face Owen when this tall { rolls around. This is believed true because an incumbent always holds the reins in a party race. But this fall Demo- crats have hopes because of a sharp division which has sprung up in labor concerning Benson's policies. But then, even in the primaries, an incumbent is difficult to oppose be- cause “he’s there.” Shows Popularity The Appointive Board, who placed Roden in office to take the post of | Oscar Olson, who resigned and later | was indicted for embezzlement, was | congratulating itself this morning on having made him their choice last May. The fact no one filed against him, even for token resist- | ance, shows his popularity and in- tegrity, they said. Roden in fact has held office and | seats in the legislature off and on since 1913, only being defeated once —when he ran on the same ticket | as Bartlett for Delegate. He was | formerly attorney-general. The Delegate post is not con- sidered a main event in political circles, because in 1946, when Peter- son .ran against Bartlett, he re- ceived only 4,368 votes to the in- | cumbent’s 11,516, No one sees how this picture will change. Peterson ran for attorney-general in 1948, losing to*Gerald Williams by another considerable margin. Tomorrow The Empire will give its readers a picture of the House {and Senate lineups, and follawing { that, a “round-up” of filings from | throughout the Territory. Tickefs Filed, 4th Division 2 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. —Three Democrats and one Repub- lican filed for the two Fourth Di- vision Senate seats to be filled in the 1950 election. The Demccrats are Rep. War- ren Taylor, Robert Hoopes and Jesse Lander; the Republican is W. L. (Dan) Lhamon. Candidates for the Division’s five seats in the House are: Democrats—Rep. Essie Dale, Rep. Frank Angerman, Rep. Glen Frank- lin, Thomas Jones, Duke Kniffen. Everett Smith and Robert Mc- Combe. i Republicans—Rep. George Misco- vich, Alden Wilbur, Charles West, Lou Joy, Mike Stepovich, Thomas Wilson, C. J. Woofter, Irving Reed, (Contti'med on Page’ Four) Prof. George Gasser and George King, T-HACTION | POSSIBLE IN COAL STRIKE WASHINGTON. Feb. 2—(#— President Truman said today his request for a. 70-day coal strike truce does not rule out possible ac- tion under the Taft-Hartley law. Whenever an emergency develops he will invoke the T-H Act, Mr. Truman told a news conference. On Tuesday, Mr. Truman asked | John L. Lewis and the soft coal operators to agree to 70 days of full coal production while fact- finders look into their contract dis- pute. He asked for replies to his pro-| posal by 5 pm. (EST) Saturday. The proposed fact-finding board would be appointed outside the Taft-Hartley Law. In reply to questions from re- porters, Mr. Truman said today that when he as for normal produc- tion on ¢ he meant a five-day wveek generally. ' But he remarked that normal production in some areas - might not require a five-day week. Then, when asked whether he might follow through by invoking the Taft-Hartley Act if his present course fails, he said that he had stated repeatedly that he would in- voke the Taft-Hartley Act when- ever there is a national emergency. Neither Lewis nor the operators s yet replied to the President’s Jroposal. But negotiations between the nine workers’ chief and northern and western operators were resumed yesterday. This raises the possibility »f some agreement before Satur- day's deadline for replies to the President. A second negotiating session was held this morning, raising hopes of government officials that something nay come of the meetings. PROPOSAL ACCEPTED WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—®— Northern and Western coal opera- tors today accepted President Tru- ndn’s proposal for a T0-day strike truce while fact-finders investigate the coal dispute. They advised the White House of their acceptance shortly after col- lapse of direct negotiations—begun only yesterday — with John L Lewis. Lewis, chief of the mine workers, told reporters he would reply to Mr. Truman by Saturday. He did not say what his reply would be. Mr. Truman asked for replies by 5 p.m. (EST) Saturday and for re- sumption of full coal production on Monday. In a statement, the northern and western operators promised their cooperation Wwith the fact-finding board “in the hope that it may tind just grounds for a fair and equitable settlement of the current dispute.” They said their mines would be ready for operations on Monday. Lewis blamed the operators for collapse of the direct negotiations. He said they wanted government intervention. STAFF CHIEFS URGE KEEPING BIG NAVAL BASE ON TOKYO BAY (By the Associated Press) American commanders in Japan today urged the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff to retain for a long time the big naval base of Yokosuka on Tokyo Bay. With the troubled Far East in mind, the visiting military chiefs were urged to increase American Army, Naval and Air strength in this part of the world. They in- spected Yokosuka, only U.S. naval base west of Hawaii capable of handling and repairing major war- ships. Commented Adm. Forrest P. Sher- man: “It is our best base in this part of the world—a very useful base.” Martin Borleck Gels License in Sealtle SEATTLE, Feb. 2—(P—A marriage license application was filed here yesterday by Martin Borleck of Ju- neau and Ina J. Anderson, Seattle. TRUMAN WANTS ATOMIC CONTROL DESPITE H-BOMB WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(®—Pre- sident Truman made plain today the U. S. stands by its demand for tight international control inspec- ticns before outlawing atomic wea- pons including the projected new hydrogen bomb. | Mr. Truman also told a news con- ference he sees no reason for for- mal notification to the United Na- tions on his order for the Atomic Energy Commission to continue its work on atomic weapons, including the hydrogen bomb. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich), the Republican foreign policy lead- er, has suggested that the Presi- dent let the world know this coun- try is ready to stop work on the | H-bomb if all such weapons can be cutlawed definitely. Vandenberg said the President could act through the United Nations. A reporter asked Mr, about that suggestion. | Mr. Truman said he does not| believe a separate notification to the UN is necessary. Also, he said, he does not pro- yose to use the hydrogen bomb order as a basis for a new move m the international control front The President said this govern- ment has repeatedly and continu- | ously made its position clear to the United Nations, that it favors in-| ternational controls with rigid in-| spections. ! He said hardly a week goes by but | that such assurance is given. Soviet Russia differs with the United States on the matter of in- spections safeguards as a prelimin- ary to international control. No progress ha$ been made in he UN thus far toward reconciling the United States and Russian| viewpoints on controls. i Congress members who deal with atomic matters already have been studying the possible costs of pro- ducing the H-bomb. They have es- timated its cost at hundreds of millions of dollars—not billions. GROUND HOG HAS HIS DAY AND HOW: READ ABOUT IT Scene,. in front of the local Post Office: Empire reporter sees Mr. Groundhog staggering drunkenly from building. Reporter: “Well, good morning Mr. Groundhog, how’s tricks? Those doors too much for you?” (Groundhog groans) Reporter: “What's the matter? See your shadow?” Groundhog: “And that ain’t all,! brother!” (He fumbles in the pocket of his fur coat and brings out a sheaf of letters—business looking missles) “Look at these!” Reporter: (Glacing at window- faced envelopes) “Yeh, I know just how you feel. I got some too.” Groundhog: “You can’t even guess how I fe€l. Before I went to sleep last fall I had my income tax all figured out, laid my head on thej pillow and slept like a baby. Look what I wake up to! General prop- erty tax, business license tax, Ter- ritorial income tax, all due March 15—Holy Chestnuts, they're taxing me right out of my burrow!” Reporter (sympathetically): “I can see your property tax and income tax, but how come you pay a busi- ness tax?” Groundhog: (indignantly) “I'm a forecaster, ain’t I?” Reporter: “Which brings us back to the subject—did you see your shadow?” Groundhog: “You're darned right I saw my shadow—I had to see my shadow.” (Indicating the offending tax notices) “It’s going to take me the next six weeks to figure il these out. There’s going to be no sleep for me, brother.” Reporter: “You mean we're going to have spring?” Groundhog: “Spring?” (vaguely) “I'm going back in my burrow and let the Weather Bureau take the brunt for what comes. I wash my paws of it. Trouble, trouble” (mum- bling in his whiskers) “I got enoush to last 'til Easter.” Groundhog moves on, stagging drunkenly under burden ot his taxes up-hill toward Mt. Roberts. He turns at the top of Fifth St. tor one last wave to reporter. i Groundhog: “I don’t care what you folks have—spring, summer, winter, fall—take your pick. I might just as well send Mullaney my store of chestnuts and call it a seasom. Seems a guy can’t lay up a cent!” Truman | sident TRUMAN IS MUM OVER 1952 PLANS Sidesteps Mering Re-| garding His Candidacy for Re-election WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(# - Pre Truman sidestepped today the question of whether he will be a candidate for re-election in 1952 conference during a discussion of a proposed constitutional amend- ment to change the method of electing presidents. Mr. Truman said there is no likelihood that it will be in effect in 1952. The Senate yesterday approved the proposal to abolish the electoral college but it still needs two thirds approval by the House and ratifi- cation by 36 state legislatur The President described the pro- posal, which would divide each |state’s electoral votes among the andidates in proportion to their popular vote, as a forward step. He said he had made some suggestions about the measure which were ad- opted before it was passed. A reporter asked Mr. Truman whether he thought the new bill ill help you get re-clected in 1952." The President laughed but avoid- ed a direct answer, He replied that for the information of reporters he doesn’t think the measure will be part of the Constitution by the time the next Presidential election rolls around. Gruening Visits : Tn@gn Briefly WASHINGTON, Feb. 2— ® — Governor Gruening of Alaska dis- cusSed statehood and other matters pertaining to Alaska with President Truman yesterday. Gruening declined to give report- ers details of his White House visit. DISCUSS DEFENSES WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—@®— President Truman disclosed today that he and Governor Ernest Gruen- ing of Alaska had discussed step- ped-up defense plans for that Ter- ritory during a White House vmn%chapman. by Gruening. He told his news conference Gruening had discussed Alaskan de- fense both with him and the Secre- tary of Defense, in connection with the overall defense program. TRAPPER WILL GO ON TRIAL TUESDAY ON TWO-COUNT CHARGE {Chapman felt obligated only t0}ang total cost was less than $300,- The matter came up at his ncws} | | | | | I MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(®—The Senate Interior Committee this afternoon called on Secretary Chapman to post- pone elections among the Alaska Indians on the question of estab- lishing reservations at Barrow and Shungnak scheduled for Feb- ruary 4 and 8. Chairman O'Mah- oney, Democrat of Wyoming, said the committee would transmit the request to Chapman tonight to give committee his answer early tomorrow. O'Mahoney called the commitiee to meet to inquire into action of Krug signing orders on his last day as Secretary of In- interior on creation of Indian reservations. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2— (B — Chairman O‘Mahoney (D-Wyo) to- day called a meeting of the Senate Interior committee for this after- noon to inquire, he said, into the action of Julius A. Krug in sign- ing orders, on his last day as Se- cretary of the Interior, for creation of Indian reservations in Alaska. Governor Gruening of Alaska, here on business, and Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said they had been notified to be present. Bart- lett said he understood that Secre- tary of the Interior Chapman &¥50 had been asked to appear. Protests mounted, meanwhile, over the Interior Department’s an- nounced plans to go ahead with el- ections among Alaska natives this month on the question of creating two reservations, “Changed Mind” Senator Malone (R-Nev) accused Secretary of the Interior Chapman of “changing his mind” and said I there was talk of calling Chapman | |back before the Senate Tnterior ! mmittee “to find out why.” Both Malone and Senator Cordon (R-Ore) sald they understood Chapman's testimony before the committee on Jan. 16 to mean that he was postponing all the elections pending further study. Governor Gruening of Alaska, said he had the same impression. And Delegate Bartlett, Alaska’s non- voting representative in Congress, made public a letter to Chapman asserting the Department had “sac- rificed” its ‘“credibility.” No comment was available from col William E. Warne, Assistant Sec- retary of the Interior, said the Department was proceeding with plans for putting the reservation proposals before 150+ Eskimos of the Shungnak and Kobuk villages |and 385 Eskimos of Barrow, a third scheduled election, among the 360 natives of Hydaburg village, has keen postponed until April 24. Wants It Over Warne told a reporter Secretary ReservationMixuplsioBe Investigated; Why Chapman | (hgfiged MlinA The Shungnak Reservation would row Reservation 480,000 acres. The Hydaburg Reservation would embrace 100,000 acres in Southeast Alaska, Official Record Cited Bartlett cited the official record of the Jan. 16 committee hearing which read: Secretary Chapman — “I would not want to answer a specific ques- tion as to whether a particular Indian reservation should or should not be established in Alaska. I think there should be careful at- tention to, and a review of, the total question involved, and for that reason I have asked that the elec- tion in the Hydaburg case, the election to be held by the people themselves, be postponed until I can review the matter. It should not be inferred that I intend to cancel the Hydraburg reservation or that I intend to create more, but merely that I intend to find out more about it. I do not know what the policy ought to be until I have a better study made. Also, I want to discuss before making any statement.’” Senator Cordon—“You refer to the Hydaburg reservation?” Secretary Chapman—*“That is one of the three to which you had ref- erence.” Senator Cordon—"I have a note here about the Hydaburg, Barrow and Shungnak reserves. What about those?” Secretary Chapman — “They are : all in the same class except that on i the one for Hydaburg an eiection Ihas been called for Feb, 6. Since 1 conld not, between now and Feh. 6, iget any adequate review of the itacts. I asked that the election be | postponed.” U. S. MINES BUREAU MOVES T0 NEW HOME ON JUNEAU ISLAND With completion of their beautiful new building on Juneau Island— known to many as Mayflower Is- land—the 16-person staff of - the U. S. Bureau of Mines completed a two day moving job today from | their old quarters in the Federal Building. While much still remains to be done to complete structures on the island, Sinclair H.- Lorain, chief of the Bureau's Alaska Division, sald his staff may carry out their duties completely. Some work remains to be done on the laboratory building and other structures to house working materials, with completion expect- ed with in the near future. Work began about a yeur ago, { | postpone the Hydaburg election. He [oq0 cluded the main build A Port Snettisham trapper Will 0| o,54" that public hearings already . This include i {on trial before U.S. CommISSIONer |y, e poen held on the questions of Gordon Gray on Tuesday morning e ghungnak-Kobuk and Barrow at 10 am. on charges of 1legal ioqoryations fn Arctic Alaska and trapping and possession of POISON |ya¢ the Department wants to “get Ithe elections over with so the na- He is Sanders A. Wilson, arrested | jvos will know what to expect.” while trapping. December 6, 10 days before the rran- | ping season opened legally, by Fish and Wildlife Service investigators. Arraigned yesterday afternoon before Gray in his capacity of jus- tice of the peace, he pleaded not | guilty on both counts of the charge. He was released on $250 bond. District Attorney P. J Gilmore,| Jr., will try the case for the gov-| ernment. The case will be heard; before a jury. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 2—Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock | today is 3, American Can 117, An-| aconda 29%, Curtiss-Wright 8%} International Harvester 277% Ken-| necott 54%, New York Central 127%, Northern Pacific 15, U. S. Steel 30, Pound $2.80%. | Sales today were 2,040,000 shares. | Averages today are as follow: industrials 204.11 plus 222, rai 55.17 plus .58, utilities 4245 plus| STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar-| rive Priday at 7 am. and sails| south one hour later at 8 am. Governor Gruening referred tc Chapman’s Jan. 16 testimony and added in a statement: “I was surprised to learn later that the Department had given the go-ahead signal for elections at Shungnak and Barrow. I thick |they should bie postponed until the entire question of reservations can be reviewed.” Harmful to Natives Delegate Bartlett said plans for the reservations, if carrjed out “eventually would prove more harmful to the natives than to their white neighbors.” He explained that the natives ac- cepting reservations would have to renounce their claims to all other lands. And in the case of Hydaburg re- servation, he said, the natives could have no title to the timber there- on, “although the area is asserted to be the property of the Hydaburg people.” “At a minimum,” Bartlett said, poned until there has been an op- portunity for those who eppose reservations, as well as those who to the natives concerned.” Warne said the elections with which the Department is going ahead this month are scheduled Denali scheduled southbound on Monday afternoon, for Feb. 4 and 8. favor them, to present their views I |bureau of metallurgy; ing, adjacent shops and a major share of improvemends to the causeway which connects the 2'%- aare island with Douglaj, and 1landscaping. Enlargement of the Bureau’s quarters will enable work to be accomplished in research, metal- {lurgy and other phases connected with the department’s activities, and expected enlargement of ex- rloration in this area. The move precedes development of similar facilities of the federal bureau in the Interior, it is bellev- ed, with the Juneau Island location to be the focal point of work. Lorain considers the project an “investment In the future of Al- aska” to give new impetus to pros- pecting and mining generally. The island was originally a coal- ing station for the Navy, put to that purpose in 1880, and rechrist- ened Mayflower Island in 1910 be- cause of its wild flowers. Several deer and bear were kept there for a time as a “zoo” for children, and a large bandstand once was the center for dances and community festivities, Heads of the various divisions on Lorain’s staff are: Gerald D. Jermain, chief of the ‘mining di- “these elections should be pest-iyision, Alaska branch; A. W. Hack- wood, chief of the dressing branch, Elford L. Ransome, chief of the economic branch, and Lawrence J. Wilcox, chief of the administrative division. Ray D. Spencer of San Marino, Calif., is registered at the Baranof cover 1,472,000 acres and the Bar- Hotel. dllndgr_Fir_ef such a matter with the President | PRICE TEN CENTS sing Plane ND RADIO SIGNAL IS PICKED UP Voice Transmission Also Reporfed-Snow Blanket- ing Search Area Today By Ray F. Harvison WHITEHORSE, Y. T.—(#—Men and planes battled against a fresh onslaught of Arctic weather today in their efforts to find a missing C-54 and its 44 occupants. The snowfall, blanketing the en- tire northern half of the “probable search area” from Watson Lake to the Alaska boarder, dimmed hopes of pinning down the origin of weak signals heard anew over Smith River last night. A B-17 sent from Fort Nelson, B. C, to check the latest report still was In the air early today. Air Commodore Martin Costello, coordinator of the joint U. S~ Canada search now in its seventh day, said that because of weather’ conditions only 10 planes would tdke off here todfy. Pilots practiced GCA (ground controlled approach) landings yes- terday. Signals Heard Again Costello said the signal was heard about 7:30 p.m. Yukon time, It consisted of a series of VVV’'s and was picked up on the 500 kilo- cycle distress band, A similar signal reported last night resulted in a concentration of planes in the Smith River area, about 300 miles southeast of White- horse, Returning pilots reported N0 BUGCRSS. .. .. . PMNM another “report, that of smoke clouds in the vic- inity of Teslin, 80 miles, southeast, 21s0 came back empty-handed. They reported seelng only vapor clouds rising from an ice fault in the vic- inity. Voice Transmission (Canadian Press said a third r dio signal, a voice transmission, also was reported south of Alshi- hik, about 105 miles northeast of Whitehorse of the route the miss- ing plane would have taken. (Source of the Canadian Press report was not known. However, the news agensy said the voice transmission gave figures of long- itude on the distress band). Costello ordered a 24-hour check on the 500 kilometer band in hopes that additional signals would be heard that a position “fix” could be obtained on the point of orig- in. Unusual Signal The search coordinator said it was unusual for a “Gibson Girl"— an emergency radio transmitter— to transmit the letter “V". “However, it could be done,” he added. The latest report was received here'as snow fell for the first time in several days. Weather fore- casters sald the next few days would be cloudy and snowy with the storm intensity ranging from “moderate to severe.” “All-Out Effort” More than two score planes par- ticipated in the search yesterday, completing what Costello described as the “preliminary all-out effort.” from now on the search will be re- newed over areas covered only once or twice before. The misding C-54 disappeared last Thursday a week ago today, while enroute on a non-stop hop from Anchorage, Alaska to Great Falls, Mont. Aboard were 34 .servicemen returning to the” states for dis- charge or reassignment, an ex- pectant mother and her young son, and the eight crewmen. WEATHER BLOT-OUT WHITEHORSE, Y. T, Feb. 2— |m—Sub-Arctic weather blotted out most of the search for a missing {U. S. Air Force C-54 and its 44 ioccupants today. | Only five search planes took off this morning from the big White- horse air base. It was the only area along the more than 750 miles of the search route that was not “socked in" by the weather. A wide scale search has been |pressed for the C-54 since it van- |ished a week ago today on a flight |from Alaska to Montana. | The briefing officer told pilots /to take no risks in today's foul flying weather, They were instruct- ed to return to base if the weath- er in the area took a turn for the (Continued on Page Eight)