The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1950, Page 1

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FEBRUARY 15, 1950 2 SURVIVOR Others Are Reported o JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNES OF CRASHED BOM n Rocky Isla FIGHTING CABIN BLAZE ~ DLANE ON CHINA-RUSS U ECONOMIC AID A WARACE PA(T S | G N E D White, Rob;rwts‘on Address large Crowd at Re- publican Dinner | “Unifi {all Repul Loan of Three Hundred Million Also fo Be Made | with New Territory (By Ass After n iations in ion and the ification of last Lincoln Day Howard 1MOoNS, introductic of kers at th uet last night in the Baranof cld Ro nons was chairman the attended some including :mber of seid before | dinne | shertly ciated Press) two nths of nego- Moscow, the Soviet Un- Chin(‘\ Communist | a 20-year | of friendly alliance directly ing 700,000,000 people of the| countries. main by 100 White, gen- > in Al politics ears, life-long Repub- Jure te V'S, in both t menace c inevitabl; ch t with Roosevelt, Truman, is a h The pact is said to be aimed at | strengthening the economic Lulluxal ties of the two nations. It R ; for a Russian loan of |} ,000 over the <t five years will be used China to buy machinery and pplies {rom Russia. . Robkertson, lican. B Emphs whic! to “the thr as a The alliance promises either n: tion will come to the aid of other if she is attacked by Ja or nations directly or indire allied to Japen or using Japan| D the past y for aggressive aims. }"\':u have known defeat, The pact also provides that Ru ,_; trife for the party, financial hard sia will hand over to China within [$hip. We have hit bottom and ¢ two years the south Manchurian |0 oW railway which the Soviets now|that, in Ala operate. To Surrender Daricn Russia also promises to hand over the port of Darien and to| withdraw t frem Port Arti 2 sions of the rush.” said White, Must Free Alaska “As Abraham Lincoln nncc I"l‘cd (Continued on Page Democrats are socialism, high taxes. The Repub- was White, " of socialism and becomes worse .All that will be left will be Stations KFAR in Fairbanks, pocketbook Company, effective immediatel; | try he loved developed and he was Capt. Austin E. Lathrop. The NBC |bis spirit and we still have Alas The announcement said KFAR | s as | means of -short-wave or tape u-i“can Party s \‘ ht Eisenhower, former Secr Tne waShlnglon‘amt Britain landed in sncmxsm ASHINGTON — Most southern |deal more than security. The slav land of Mississippi. He bestows| | but gave them liberty to pmsur‘ Reputlican, bumped into Eastland too, have ‘swallowed young Dixiecrat friend ‘of mine|regime so fast we scarcely garb bobbed his head nervously. to the true principles of American- The boy said nothing. Robertson recommended the read- fling his feet. After a ican committeewoman te ((ll\“lluf the path ch 3 corruption, unjust.taxes, lgn p , la ts; no outside invest- & | ments. All we Wit Nall Broadecsi Rl practiced the art of dev aska, and KENI, in A “The Alaska pioneer was here; anncueced heir @ c }vw was not in any moocd for any KFAR and KENI, stations of the |doing it. He is passing from the Midnight Sun Broadcasting Com- |scene. Decay has set in. We can affiliation was announced at the| “United effort can save Alaska. Broadcasting Company’s Seatlle of- | is more important than l‘“' and KENI also would provide NBC | 2aV with on-the-spot coverage of Al- cording. and | r taxes.” Beware of Socialism of State James Byrne olnen urged, “On the high road ICopyriaht. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc) |we Will be there soon if we do Bv DREW PEARSON |uot tumn back. Senators shy away from the label | had the security of food and shelter. “Dixiecrat” like a "scared rabbit.|Abraham Lincoln took away t the honor on reluctant page boys. |the American constitutional form | A few days ago, white-thatched |of government. on the elevator. In his jolly, ex- |this stuff put out by bureaucracy. pansive manner, Eastland drawled, | a is a striking example: We from Mississippi—This House page here.” Back to Americanism Senater Eastland went on, half |ism cn’ which our country questioningly, “Yes, Sir, he's a Dix- feunded. We must do it at the p Senator Ferguson, teasing, said,|ing of John T. Flym): “you are a Dixiecrat, aren’t you?"|Ahead.” pause, the boy said, “Yes, recken Ah am a Dixiecrat—if the id the nation ate. In a pum have is government spending. SEATTLE, Feb. 15— (M --Radio|territory only from the with the Natio; n.\l Eroadcasting | Welfare state; he wanted the coun- rany, are owned and operate by"?»‘-'e Alaska, because we still have fices, nalities or individual ambitions. aska news and special evenis by | Robertson, after; quoting Gen to socialism we must turn b eedom,” he said, “is a great But not easygoing Sen. Jim Eas(- |maferial security of their ma Senator Ferguson, -the Michigan| “We are all guilty,” he said. “R “Senator, I want you to meet a ve been forced into the socialized i3 A slim blond kid in a pnq»-»‘ “Now we must turn around, back \ iecrat.” lnci by violence.” By this time the page wrs Margaret Senator savs so.” the ps saying “We cannot cha national picture, but we c: 't by changing our | Le M"umL en a little | e gnature G'nssware bit will A checky West Virginian is pr ing to Washington there is plenty of opgertunity for a go-get- | ’em small-business man. Henry Brown, a hearty Lathrop's Greelings Through Mrs. Whi good of- |fices, one of Alaska’s most promin- fellow |ent citizens, A. E. (Capt.) Lath- (Continued o;‘i’aig‘c Four) ‘\Contmucu on Pngc Two) the | annual | a| Com- rnal | ;| ASK CONGRESS FOR 0 | ex | | st | nds for liberty, pro- | and | NEEDED FOR ARMY iN ARCTIC REGION (By A The nation | disclosed today | cal cuht-mv | | | ary chiets their defense | bi i on the ar breaks out, the | i 12 will be in the Arctic region. In other words, if there is |a “hot war, of the fighting will tak it'is b 1 | cold. With th view, the Army [ : ) for huge sums | for cold weather training and equip- ment. | Tip From Eskimos Inciden 1adian service men ‘X’ghtm‘ pinary invasion of n a tip from the that | Eskimos. have been v | fur turned in- side first layer and outside in or econd. Now some | -} 1 and ground troops | ax out ! a light one-piece nylon suit. P Man Tries One Associated Correspondent Clarke Beach one on and i\\nlh"v(l ar tried He said it quite spite of the fact he wore cks and boots. No underwear, either. The suit has | a hood that can be puiled over the | head. But Beach didn’t think quite |s0 much of that. He added, how- ever, he hasn’t as much hair as ‘mofl. of the fight! men. " IMMEDIATE CUT | - ON EXCISE TAXES | | (By I\‘Qn(‘"\'(‘d Pr | An organization of businessmen | has asked Congress to cut federal| tes right away—to the umc‘ of three billion dollars. h a move, the national com- | mittee for repeal of wartime excise ed, would bring prices d')\\n at ol and help the retail and manufacturing business. If adopted, the proposal wipe out completely the 20 percent, ail sales tax on jewelry, luggage, osme! and furs. It would result| in a tax cut five times as great as| the reduction proposed by Pres. mcm { Truman, would | ‘Lower Air Rafes, Seaffle fo Alaska, | - Are Granted by CA SEATTLE, Feb. 15—#—Permis-| ion for Northwest Airlines to estab- | r air freight rates between | e, Alaska, and various| i in 15 degrees below | | good will toward the Russian people | ned to offer help for reconstruction H-BOMB ISSUE | talks between Western leaders | Stalin in a final effort to stop the|niteq Nations. UNCCLN DAY GOP_ WARMER DUDS ARE | LEND-LEASE A1RR ((ONTROVERSY IS STARTED WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—#—The White House said today that Presi- dent Truman, weighing the down- turn in Russian-American relations, believes thi country’s wartime lend-lease program was ended “too| abruptly.” Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters he has heard Truman express this view. Ross added: g “I think he had in mind the method rather than what was done.” Ross was discussing with news- an interview printed in today’s | New York Times by Arthur Krock, ington correspondent, Ross replied, “I don’t know,” to this question prompted by Krock's interview: “Could the President’s feelings now be the basis for a new approach to the Russians?” Krock wrote that in discussing the cold war as contrasted with the | prospects of peace surrounding the founding of the United Nations in| 1945, Mr. Truman was asked: “When | did you conclude that normal nego- icn with the Kremlin was hope- | Truman) said he re-| membered that time (of the U.N, conference) well, and with what! (Mr. and their rules he went to Potsdanr| shortly thereafter. There he plan- ! of Russia as well as the rest of the | world, on a very large scale. . . But | he found that all Stalin wanted to talk about was the cessation of lend-lease; hence the atmosphere| ! was unfavorable to what Mr. Tru- man had in mind.” " The lend-lease program, under which this country sent nearly $50,- 000,000,000 worth of supplies to its World War II allies, was formally suspended on Aug. 21, 1945. Krock wrote that Mr. Truman called it a mistake to abolish Jend- lease at the time. INTERJECTED IN BRIT CAMPAIGN (By Associated Press) | Tery chieftain Winston Churchill s xme:fec'ed the hydrqgen bomb | discussion into the British election | campaign. Without mentioning the | bomb by name Churchill called for| atomic arms race. It was interpreted as a Conservi-| tive attempt to convince Eritor Churchill is the man to tall K /ANY DAY WITH RUSS | States is ready “at any time to sit| | that the United States and other | tionalist representatives. | ferring | sion when Malik walked out of the The Roa | spénd $75,000 yearly for game pro- national | tection in. Alaska, $25,000 in Hawaii, from | was intrcduced, and spoke | e | Territorial | | in the states. lat the Gastineau Hotel. Umwd States points was gnmm‘ Stalin instead of Labor Pr by the Civil Aemn’vmcs‘l‘:tel Attlee. The new rates, averaging| Attlee, in reply to a Quaker ¢ bout 12 cents a ton mile from |gestion recently ,said a meetin | Alaska, nnd 16 cents to Alaska, are| among the leaders of Russia, Britain q!and the United States to set major difference would be useles this time. by Northwest. 'WILDLIFE SERVICE GETS $50,000 RAISE T0 PROTECT GAME WASHINGTON, Feb. 15A—‘.4"—\. Legislation to increase funds for| the Fish and Wildlife Service us in the Territories was approved yes. terday by a House Fisheries sub- committee. It would permit the service to WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum minimum 13. At Airport—Maximum minimum 9, FORECAST | (Juneau ana Vieloity) Variable cloudin with northeasterly gusty winds to- night and Thursday. Low- [ est temperature tonight near [ 10 degrees; highest Thursday about 22. CSPRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 & m. today ® City of Juneau—.09 inches ® since Feb. 1—1.00 inches; since July 1—56.71 inches. At Airport—22 inches; since Feb. 1—144 inches; since July 1--37.27 inches. © o0 0o 0 0 0 0 0 99: 21; . o Previously, Alaska has received $25,000 and Hawaii received $10,000 a year. A subcommitwe also approved a bill to extend to Alaska the law which now protects the bald eagle FROM SEATTLE Among Seattleites stopping at t Baranof Hotel are I. A. Savyc John E. Putnam, Samuel Colir Rex Morris and E. W. Myers BAGGENS BACK Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Baggen, who returned to the North last nighit on the Princess Norah, are registered | that all atomic weapons be de-| | stroyed, Hickerson said if etfective | international control is established | PAA COMMUNICATIONS | . ‘ ing VHF (very high frequency) ¢ | cisco was to go to Annette Island | staff of Pan American World Air- | Hotel, ALL NIGHT, LONE AGED MAN SHOOTS FAITHFUL COMPANIONS HE !COPIER LANDS, 10 GET DEAD PILOT - OF CRASHED JET SHI? 15— FATRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. _Eighty-four-year-cld Jerry s,umJ ders shot two of his oldest com- anions near the ruins of his wilderness cabin Saturday It was a “mercy killi controversy. It was in which he felt only the without emergency strong |could survive. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 15—/ P—A helicopter pilot prepared to- to bring the body of a jet fighter pilot from the isolated shore where he crashed yesterday atter| .um ion at 20,000 feet. 1 The pilot of the other plane, Lt. rry S. Hanna, flew safely back| » Elmendorf Field. The second helicopter to make the | attempt succeeded in landing late vesterday at the crash scene at Point Redoubt, southwest of here. Lt. Nonald Griffis, the pilot, made the | landing after a battle with winds hat reached up to 70 miles an hour. His fuel was exhausted after a 60- mile flight from Anchorage. A medical officer, Capt. G A. Guinn, was a passenger on the haz- ardous landing. A fuel supply was to be flown to the helicopter today. The dead pilot has not been iden- tified. The collision occurred —during practice with an aerial target Other fliers said the pilot ap- parently tried to get out of his nmeting plane. They saw the anopy of the plane released at abouv 8,000 feet. WE'LL TALK ATOMS, SAYS STATE DEPT. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—#— Assistant Secretary of State John D. Hickerson said today the United down and talk” with Russia on the control of atomic energy. Hickerson made this response to a charge by Russia’s Jacob A. Malik | Western powers are responsible for the Soviet walkout from the United Nations Atomic Energy Comi The Russian delegate quit th’ other U.N. agencies over a demand for expulsion of the Chinese Na- Hickerson declared at a news con- ference that the “Soviet Union and the Soviet Union alone is blocking the agreement.” In saying the United States ready to discuss the subject “at an time” ke made plain he was re to discussions .within the Hickerson was U.S. representative {on the six-nation atomic commis-| group. The Russian left when t‘\(‘ commission refused to act on Rus- | a’s demand that the Chinese Na- tionalist delegate be replaced by representative of the new Chinese Communist regime. On the point of Russia’s refusal| there would be “auwmanc destruc- tion of atomic weapons.” | Hickerson stated the U.S. stand as some lawmakers said there is a better than even chance that Ameri- can scientists will produce an effec- | tive H-bomb. MAN CHECKS EQUIPMENT | After spending two weeks check- tions in the Juneau and Gustavus areas, W: L. Rumple of San Fran- | there for further work. He expects to return to California this weck- | end. Rumple is on the communication. ways. FROM SAN FRANCISCO W. L. Rumple of the San Fran- cisco office of Pan American World | Airways is a guest at the Baranof| Facing his 85th birthday, he felt |ne was the only one of the three-! some who was strong enough. So he shot his two dogs. The mercury hovered around 50 below that night. The old prospec- tor built & roaring fire in old Yukon stove—the one that had been keeping the frost from his little cabin for years. But this was one winter too many ifor the aged stove pipe. It got red hot and set the roof afire. The old man fought the blaze alone until daybreak, then he sal- vaged what little he could of his personal belonging The closest settlement was Manley Hot Springs, four miles across the frozen Tanana River and the snow-drifted tun- dra. Saunders thought he could make it. He was sure his two faithful huskies couldn't. Old age had taken too much out of them. One W lind. He knew they would starve without him. He patted them on the head— then shot them, he said today. He started alone on the trek threugh the snow, carrying his salvaged, mementoes. An Alaska bush pilot, Bob Byers, sighted the smoke rising from the cabin ruins, He circled back to in- vestigate and spotted the lonely figure on the tundra. The pilot landed on the river, picked up the old man and flew him to safety. 'ANCHORAGE MAN'S BODY FOUND ROBBED IN OREGON RIVER PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1 lig A bruised body found in Willa- mette River shallows was identi- ied yesterday as that of Myles W. Jones, 59, Anchorage, Police learned he had been absent from his hotel for some time. An autopsy was ordered when county detectives reported bruises |on Jones' head. All clothing pock- ets had been turned inside out The body was found Monday and believed to have been in the River everal days. Eaton Hotel Manager J. B Steinbeck reported Jones was a mining engineer and that his wife, Bertha, directs a USO center 1n the Alaska City. She is in Anch- Jrage. Steinback reported Jones me [Eight Men flfied, Seven his | ~ SEARCHIS IN CRASH Escape-Accident Soon After Take-Off GREAT FALLS, Mont., Feb. 15— (M—Eight men were killed and seven escaped when an Air Force B-29 bomber crashed shortly after taking off from the Air Force base here about 6:30 am. (MST) today. | The big four-engine plane, which had been searching for a missing B-36 in Queen Charlotte Sound, slummeted to the prairie about three miles southwest of the local base from a low altitude. It burn- od shortly after it hit one side of U. S, Highway 87, and careen- ed over the road, the Air Force nformation officer said. WAS SEARCH PLANE SPOKANE, Feb. 15—(P—A B-29 that crashed near Great Falls, Mont., early today was a search olane from the Spokane Air Force base, Capt. K. D. McFarland said. There were 15 crew members iboard, the officer said. McFarland, information officer at the Spokane base, said the plane was taking off from the Great Falls field to resume search for a B-36 bomber reported missing yesterday. The B-29 returned to S£pokane last night after searching most of the day in the Queen Charlotte Sound area off the coast of Brit- ish Columbia, Weather conditions it its home field near Spokane would not permit a landing and the pilot went on to Great Falls for the night. He identified the ship as frem the 99th Bomb Group. one “MISSING” IDENTIFIED SPOKANE, Wash,, Feb. 15—(®— Gight men killed in the crash of a I B-29 bomber today near Great Falls, Mont., were identified by the Spokane Air Force Base. The Air Force did not list the men as dead, but “officially miss- ing.” They included: Maj. Clyde Butts, Aircraft Com- mander, Salt Lake City, Utah. Capt. Lester V. Johnson, co-piiot, Cove, Ore. Capt. Johathan M. Herbold, co pilt. Anoka, Minn. Jr. FAIRBANKS TO VOTE, ANNEXATION ISSUE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 15— M — Fairbanks voters will decide next Tuesday on the annexation of | 370 acres to the city. nere about a year ago for hemlln The only previous annexation to reasons and usually carried a roll !me city was in 1921 when 28 acres of -billa; were added. Identification was made by (rac-| = sy qepending on the outcome of ing a laundry mark on a shirt col-| ). ejection fs the construction of Lu(immzm:‘:fi;:r confirmed by the | more than 400 homes in the annexa- & . | tion area at an estimated cost of 1SG.OOO,D()(). including the purchase STOCK QUOTATIONS | “"vroponen or Proponents of the annexation say o | it will add more than $10,000,000 NEW YORK, Feb. 15—Closing| in taxable city property, in addition quotatien of Alaska Juneau mine|to money from the sale or lease of stock today is 3%, American Can | the land. 113%, Anaconda 20'%, Curtiss- Wright 9, International Harvester B et e ok v 2 MILLION ASKED ' FOR RESEARCH ON SECRET WEAPON U. S. Steel 29%, Pound $2.80%%. (By Associated Pyess) sales today were 1,730,000 shares. | Averages today are as follows:| industrials 20193, rails 54.80, util-| The Army has asked Congress for | four and a half million dollars in | cash to continue research on a top- ities 42.56. reighter Squme Knot scheduled | secret anti-aircraft weapon. The rive at 1 a.m. tomorrow. | gun, called the “skysweeper,” Is Princess Norah' from Vancouver | described as so efficient that it can arrived last evening, delayed in|score direct hits on aireraft flying port by weather but expected to| faster than sound—in broad day- sail for Skagway during aner-;hvht or total darkness. noon today. Baranof scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday. Denali schedu'& Sunday. 0 FROM FAI“BAVKS Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Shepard of Fairbanks are guesis at the Baranof | Hotel from | | | southbount! RELAYED T0 VANCOUVER Survivors Said fo Have Been Picked Up by Fish- ing Boat Cape Perry BULLETIN VANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 15—P—The Canadian’ Press reported this afternoon that two survivors of a missing Air Force B-36 were found. They were found on Ashdown Island in the Queen Charlotte Sound, the news agency said. Other survivors were reported sighted along the rocky, wind- swept island. The report was relayed to R.C.AF. headquarters here. The survivors were picked up by the fishboat Cape Perry, one of many on the alert following the disappearance of the big plane carly Tuesday. The bomber, en route from Alaska, carried 17 per- sons. Ashdown Island is 150 miles north of Port Hardy, and some 400 miles northwest of Vancouver. MORE DETAILS BULLETIN — VANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 15—M—Royal Cana- dian Alr Force reporfed ' nine known sarvivors this afternoon from Air Force B-36 missing two days off British Columbia coast. All good condition. Fishing hoat picked them up. Others sighted on the coast. Two men aboard the Cape Perry are reported in good condition, crew members of fishboat said. Several other men could be scen along on shore but stormy seas prevented immediate rescue. RCAF has dispatched Canso flying boat from Port Hardy. Men rescued were second and and seventh members of plane to parachute when it was ditched. Some of the survivors were picked up from Ashdown Island and others from Princess Royal Island about 85 miles south of Prince Rupert. One man was in- jured when trapped on a rocky cliff. Those ued finctuded Capt. HL B‘rrz:lfllbnrofilh. L., skip- per of the plane; Lieut. Raymond Whitfield, Lieut. Paul Gerhart, Capt. Daniel McDonald, Sgt. James Ford, Lieut. Ernest Todd, Sgt. Martin Stevens, Sgt. Biealc Tripode. Captain of the Peary in a radio interview with the Canadian Press from the fishboat said: “Ditched” plane at 7 a.m. Pacific Time Tuesday after battling three engines afire and plane iced up at 1500 feet. We tried to climb out but fire broke out in No. 1 engine and flames showed above engine. Two minutes later No. 2 burst into flames. We started to lose altitude. ‘We were dropping 300 feet a min- ute and then engine No. 3 stop- ped with plugged line. OIL SLICK FOUND SEATTLE, Feb. 15—#—An omi- nous oil slick was sighted today in the hunt for a missing Air Force B-36 bomber, just after a search plane crashed killing eight men in Montana. Planes and ships sped to inspect the oil slick, sighted in the Queen Charlotte Sound area some 400 miles northwest of here, where the B-36 vanished before midnight Monday with 17 aboard. The slick was sighted from the air, but first reports did not give its exact position. The Armed Services Public Relations Office at Seattle, which announced the development, said searchers did not place too much credence in the report. It was pointed out that ships traveling to and from Alaska follow that route and might leave oil traces. Search Plane Crash The search plane crash occurred about 8:30 a.m. (EST) near Great Falls, Mont. A B-29 from the Spokane, Wash., base taking off to resume search (C;)ntinl;ea on FMTWD) J