The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 7, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,445 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUES SDAY, MARCH 17, 1950 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS __PRICE TEN CENTS Fishing Regulatlons For 1950 Anncunced STATEHOOD FORHAWAII IS DEBATED Argumentsfir, Against' Made-in House - Final OK Action Expected BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, March 7-(P—The House passed a bill today to mnke Hawaii a state. Passage was by a vote of 261 to 110. Last Friday, the House passed the Alaska statehood bill by a vote of 186 to 146. Sernte action on the two mea- sures is uncertain. Two years ago, the Senate Interior Commit- tee allowed a House-passed Ha- waiian statehcod bill to die with- out action. The Alaska bill Ins never before been considered in the Senate. Only a few House members op- posed Hawaiian statehood dur- ing debate. Rep. Cocley (D-NC) challeng- ed arguments that statehood would strengthen the 1ption’s defenses in Hawaii. House action followed pleas by Delegate Farrington (R-Hawaii) and nearly a score of House members to give the people of Hawaii the rights of full citizen- ship they have sought for mnny years. By HARRISON HUMPHRIES WASHINGTON, March 7—#— Definite House approval of a bill to make Hawali a state is expected today. All debate was completed yesterday and the measure was brought to the verge of a final vote. Last Friday, the House passed a! bill to admit Alaska to statehood by a vote of 186 to 146. Neither bill has been approved by the Senate, and may not be this year. Several of the House oppon- ents of the Alaska statehood bill joined the backers of Hawaiian statehood. Among them was Rep. Johnson (R-Calif), who said he felt that Hawaii has the population and the financial resources to support a state government, while in his opinion Alaska does not. Hawaii’'s population is Alaska has about 100,000. Delegate Seeks Support Led by Delegate Farrington (R~ (Continued on Page Eight) The Washington Merry - Go- Round | (Copyrieht. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc. )| Bv DREW PEARbON ASHINGTON — In a recent | conference with Congressional “Big Four” leaders, the President made it bluntly clear that he expected | them to finish passage of the fed- eral aid-to-education bill, which already has passed the Senate. “I'm depending on you to get a satisfactory bill through the House during this session,” Truman told Speaker Sam Rayburn and House Majority Chief John McCormack. The President added that he wouldn't attempt to dictate the terms of the bill regarding such controversial questions as free bus transportation for parochial stu- dents. “The Democratic Party,” he said, “has promised aid for our schools and I am determined that we will. make good on that promise. You bring me a bill down here and I'll sign it.” Briefing Public on A-War A plan to form a chain of air- craft spotters across the United States has been drawn up in the National Defense Department. The idea is for the public to do less worrying and more preparing for possible atomic attack. To this end the geperal public Will be briefed on how to escape danger and stop panic, while civilian min- ute-men will be trained in peace for possible duties in case of war. One of these is a civilian air- craft warning net, stretching in an arc across 25 northern states from North Carolina to California cut- ting across the middle of Illinois, Ohio and Indiana, Civilian vol- unteers will be trained, then kept 530.000; HOPES FOR STATEHOOD BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, March 7—(P—There is strong be- lief in some House circles that neither the Alaska nor the Ha- waii Statehood bills will be ap- proved by the Senate. Chairman O’Mahoney, Demo- crat of Wyoming, of the Senate Interior Committee said he would present the bills but not imme- diately. He told reporters the com- mittee’s schedule was already clogged with legislative matters vying for prior consideration. He declined to express his personal views regarding the two measures but said they will not necessarily be considered together as they present entirely different prob- lems. ROYALISTS HOLD NARROW LEAD NOW IN GREEK VOTING (By Associated Press) The Conservative Populist (Roy- alist) Party held a narrow lead in near final returns today from the Greek election, but it may not be included in a new coalition gov- ernment. A surprise was the showing made by the newly-organized Leftist Na- tionalist Progressive Union, which ran second to the Populists. The Liberals, under former Pre- mier Sophocles Venizelos, came third. Before the election, Venizelos and other party leadgrs said they would not enter a coalition headed by Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Constantin Tsaldaris, who heads the Populists. This presented the possibility that imiddle road and leftist parties { might unite to form a government, leaving Tsaldaris as the main op- position leader in the 250-member parliament. LIBRARY" BCOKS T0 START SEARS' PLAN “Floating libraries soon to be established in Southeast Alaska by Sears, Roebuck and Company, will be stocked with 2,000 books as a starter, to be chosen by three Ju-| neau education leaders. Dr. James C. Ryan, commissioner of education for the Territory, said this morning that B. Frank Heintz- leman, regional forester, recently talked with a Scars representative in Seattle and committments were made by the large mail order Jhouse to go ahead on the project, pending for some time. Sears will furnish the books, sea- going bookcases, and replacements as time goes on. They will be car- ried to outlying villages by small craft, ranging from forest serviee patrol boats and J jsh and Wildlife| boats, to missior/ boats and mal | boats. Rotary clubs m\ weau and Ket- chikan are co-spefsoring the ven- ture. Books will /i)e landed at a small outport, td bhe read until another vessel arrfves. It will have another case on board, and Wil pick up the used case and take it to another village. Thus circu- lation will be gained, to go on until navigdtion ceases because of weath- er conditions. The Juneauites who will choose the beginning stocks are Mrs. Edna Lomen, city librarian; Martin Holm, acting director of educatioh of the Alaska Native Service, and Mrs Dorothy Novatney of Dr. Ryan’s staff. The education ‘commissioner could not say how long the listing would take, but assumed the books will be ready by the time sailings begin later this spring.»Sears is at present manufacturing the bookcases, which will number between 60 and 75. Each will hold from 75 to 100 books, to include fiction, non-fiction and some textbooks. / FROM ANGOON Charles Gamble of Angoon is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. 5 COWAN HERE F. K. Cowan of Ketchikan is e N R RN S LD L (Continued on Page Four) registered at the Gastineau Hotel. NOTROSY 2,000 "FLOATING townsmen held tails. Bndy portion, at right, Oregon beach residents of Lelake were excitedly searching for a marine biologist to help identify a long dead mass—with tails, hair, no teeth and a strong smell — washed up on the Pacific shore. had feather-like hairs on underside. (» Wirephoto. Unidentified COPLON, RUSS FOUND GUILTY ON 3 COUNTS Judith Inno& One Count -Will Be Sentenced on Thursday Morning NEW YORK, March 7—(—A fed- eral jury today found Judith Cop- lon and Valentin Gubitchev guilty. The federal court jury found the former government clerk and the Russian guilty of conspiracy and attempted espionage at 11:45 a.m. (EST). The jury of six men and six women had been out since 4:3¢ p.m. (EST) yesterday and had been locked up over night. It resumed its deliberations at 9:50 a.m. today. Miss Coplon was found innocent of one count of the four count in- dictment which charged her of at- tempted espionage in that she attempted to transmit classitied documents to unauthorized persons. Gubitchev was convicted with Miss Coplon under the first count, which charged conspiracy to com- mit espionage by removing classi- fied documents from government tiles and to defraud the United *smws of Miss Coplon’s impartial services. Under count three of the indict- ment, Gubitchev was found guilty of attempted espionage in that he | was an unauthorized person at- tempting to receive secret ducu- ments. This count named Gubitchev alone. Miss Coplon was found guilty under count four which charged her alone with attempted espionage in that she attempted to transmit documents relating to the national defense to a citizen of the Soviet Union, “with intent and reason to believe same were to be used to the injury of the United States for the advantage of a foreign power.” At the request of U.S. Attorney Irving H. Saypol Judge Ryan re-| manded both defendants until Thursday at 10:30 a.m. for sentence. FULL CREWS IN COALPITS PITTSBURGH, March 7— (B — Soft coal production took a big spurt toward normal today with full crews resuming work in pits across the nation. The steel industry revived sud- denly. Retail stores in the coal re- glons said sales were improving rapidly with the end of the long “no contract no work” strike. United States Steel Corporation reported most of its curtailed op- erations would be back at near capacity operations by the end of the week. About four-fifths of western Pennsylvania’s miners are on the job. The rest will be back at work within hours, New Pacl Proposed By Lewis WASHINGTON, March T7—®— John L. Lewis today proposed a “mutual aid pact” between the United Mine Workers and the CIO United Steel Workers. He said other unions might also want to Join. The UMW leader suggested it i. 1 letter to CIO President Philip Murray. - He returned to Murray uncashed a $500,000 check which Murray had sent Lewis as help dur- ing the coal strike. Since their strike settlement, the coal miners have offered to lend $1,000,000 of union funds to the CIO automobile workers union, now en= gaged in a strike at Chrysler plants. Lewis thanked DMurray for the $500,000 check and said: “Conditions did not permit the usage of this money.” Lewis’ letter went on to say that n recent months major unions have been confronted by the “financial interests in America” with a notion that “our great industrial unions should be attacked and crippled, one by one. “This idea should be knocked in the head,” Lewis sdid, and added his proposal that the CIO and UMW negotiate a “mutual aid pact for common defense.” STORK CALLS TWICE AT ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL The stork called twice at St. Ann’s Hospital this morning Mr. and Mrs, Evan Wruck of Juneau became the parents of & son. The child, born at 1:35 am., weighed eight pounds two ounces. An eight pound two ounce son was also born 'to Mr. and Mrs Robert McKay of Juneau. The child was born at 8:12 am ® ® 0 0> o oo v TIDE TABLGYE MARCH 8 High tide 4:17 am, Low tide 10:48 am., High tide 4:56 pm., 154 ft. Low tide 10:52 pm., 16 ft. e o o @ o o v ¢ 18.6 ft -16 ft. WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum 45 minimum 29. At Airport—Maximum 41; minimum 21. FORECAST (Juneau a: Vielnity) Continued fair with occas- ional gusty northeast winds tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temperature tonight near 32 degrees in Juneau and as low as 25 degrees in outliying districts. High- est temperatures Wednesday near 45. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a m. toda? City of Juneau—Trace; since March 1—2.72 inches; since July 1—60.63 inches. At Airport—Trace; since March 1—.72 inches; since July 1—39.41 inches. ®© 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEVENPERISH 'HOUSEBLALE, OCEAN FALLS One Entire Efiily Dies in Fire-4 Women, 2 Chil- dren, 1 Man Dead OCEAN FALLS, B. C, March 7 —(M—Seven persons perished in a fire which swept through the up- per floors of an apartment house here early today. One man was still missing. The bodies of four women, two children and a man were recov- ered after the fire had been con- trolled, One entire mmfly‘ a man, his wife and their 18-months-old child, died in the blaze which swept through the 25-apartment, wooden building at 2 am. The names of the dead and missing were not immediately known. The blaze, which broke out at 2 am., lighted the entire town of 3,000. Residents rushed to the aid of firemen who brought the blaze under control after two hours. Ocean Falls, 250 miles north of Vancouver is owned by Pacific Mills Ltd., pulp and paper mill operators. The three-story frame building housed 18 families, which included many children. BRIT.LABOR GOVT. FACES TOUGH TIME (By Associated Press) The powerful Conservative bloc in the British House of Commons s pressing today for a vote ex- oressing dissatisfaction with Labor’s Jolicies on nationalization of steel and construction of housing. The Conservative amendment was introduced during the debate on the speech from the throne. Labor had a slim majority of seven votes in the House. WSCS MEETING The afternoon circle meeting ot the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church, will meet at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 9, at the home of Mrs. A. J. Larseh, 222 Seventh street. Program will be contributed by | Mrs. Popejoy giving a lesson on Japan, SUNKEN TROLLER RAISED AT BROWNSON BAY BY CG The fishing vessel 315878, which e | sank February 15 in Brownson Bay at the south tip of Prince of Wales Island, was successfully raised yes- terday by the Coast Guard cutter . lwmue Holly. The cutter towed the vessel to Ketchikan. The 318878 is owned by John Christovitch of Ketchikan. ;AIR DID NOT * KILLWOMAN, EXPERT SAYS Nofed HarvafiPathologisl By VERN HAUGLAND Testifies in "Mercy Death”” Murder Trial MANCHESTER, N.H., March 7— (M—A medical expert testitied today that in his opinion air did not cause the death of Mrs. Abbie Bor- roto. Dr. Richard F. Ford, a noted Har- | vard pathologist, gave this testi- { mony at the “mercy death” murder trial of Dr. Hermann N. Sander. After Ford had spent a long day on the witness stand, defense lawyer Robert Booth asked him: “Did air cause the death ot Abbie Borroto?” “No, it did not,” replied Dr. Ford The witness attended the autops; of Mrs. Borroto. An indictment charging Dr. Sander with first degree murder accuses him of killing the cancer- stricken housewife by injecting cubic centimeters of air into her veins. Opening the morning session ot the 12th day of the trial, Dr. San- der's wife, Alice, took the witness three daughters wore a snug, brown felt hat and grayish-brown tailored suit. “I never wanted to marry a doc- tor,” Mrs. Sander said as she re- called her meeting and romance with Dr. Sander. Mrs. Sander went on to explain that as a trained nurse she knew that most doctors spent long hours at their work and put their work ahead of their families. DUST STORMS, FIRES STRIKE PLAINS AREA (By The Associated Press) A double-barrelled threat to farmlands—fire and dust—plagued wide areas of the plains states today. One man, Leroy Little, Fire Chiet of Sunray, Texas, was burned fat- ally fighting a fire which raged out of control for hours, near Dumas, Te:\'ss Anothe¢r Sunray fireman, Fred Carter, was burned -ritically. High winds whipped up dust clouds yesterday over thousands of acres of eropland. Visibility was :ut to half a mile in some parts of Texas and New Mexico. ‘In Kansas, two traffic fatalities were klamed on dust clouds. At Garden City in western Kansas vieibility and ceiling was reported at zero for a 30-minute period. The dust brought back memories of the “black blizzards” of the 1930s because it started blowing so early in the year. However, 1t is not anywhere near as severe as n 1935 and 1936 when dust storms$ destroyed’ thousands of acres of rich cropland and ruined count- less farmers. Yesterday's high winds also sent prairie fires whipping across parts of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska. In Texals four separate fires blackened thousands of acres of choice ranch and wheatlands. All were in the Texas Panhandle. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seattle due at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver tomorrow. { Denali scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 7—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 110%, Anaconda 29%, Wright 8%, International Harvester 27%, Kennecott 52%, New York Central 13, Northern Pacific 157, U. S. Steel 31%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,590,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: from Curtiss- | AP Special Washington Service WASHINGTON, March 7—®— The Interior Department will cpen Alaska's Bristol Bay fishing grounds to motor-age development next year. Interior Secretary Chapman said oday that starting in 1951 in the famed salmon area, and some less important ones, motive power wil be permitted in boats less than 32 leet long. “Advisability of replacing the tra- ditional fleet of gill net sail poats with motor boats has been the sub- ject of controversy for several years,’ Chapman said. “It has been contended, on the one hand, that the conservation ot the salmon runs would be threat- y ened by such a technological ad- vancement, and on the other hand that this obsolete method of trans- portation is made efficient by the current practice of supplylng a 40 | large number of auxiliary vessels {or towing purpo: “However, the ish and Willlite Service now possesses sufricient en- forcement facilities and scientitic knowledge to protect the runs stand. The 37-year-old mother of | 28ainst undue depletion despite the type of motive power utilized in the fishirig boats.” Chapman added that the one- vear delay will give the operator who wishes to do so an equal chance o “motorize” his fishing boats. The change was one of a number nnounced in the 1950 regulations joverning Alaska's commercial fish- eries. ‘The new rules were based in part upon public hearings held at Seattle «nd in Alaska. Change In Seasons In three major areas fishing sea- jons were shortened, and in two .hey were slightly liberalized. A uniform closure will apply to the entire Kodiak area from July 15 to July 31, with the limited ex- ception of certain recognized red salmon localities. Seasonal opening and closing dates in Kodiak otherwise remain .he same as last year. Fishing in the Resurrection Bay wea will begin July 1 instead ot June 1, as previously. The general fishing season in the Yakutat area will start July 1, but zing salmon fishing in Dry Bay .nay begin June 1. In SE Alaska Seine and trap fishing in South- east Alaska will be from Aug. 15 to Sept. 3, much the same as last year. Annual quotas of herring, stabi- lized for a three-year period and based largely on average produc- tivity in the past, will be inaugu- rated in the Kodiagk and Resurrec- tion Bay-Prince William Sound fisheries. This is a new principle, replacing frequent quota adjust- ments based on predictions devel- oped by analyses of catch data from preeceding seasons. ‘The Kodiak quota is 275,000 bar- rels of herring and that of Resur- rection Bay-Prince William Sound 180,000 barrels, for each of the years 1950, 1951 and 1952. The quota season was shortened in each area. It will end Sept. 30 at Kodiak, Aug. 10 at Resurrection i Bay-Prince Willlam Sound. Herring Regulations Herring may be caught after those dates without regard to the quota limit because “the fall runs are be- lieved distinct and not sufficiently in need of such protection,” the an- nouncement said. In Southeast Alaska the herring guotas will be adjusted annually, based * ‘upon developments of the years immediately preceding — the principle used in the past. Because | of current natural scarcities of her- ring the 1950 guota will remain at the comparatively low limit of 150,000 barrels. The new regulations remove the ban against use of pounds (im- pounding nets) on herring spawn- ing grounds except in the fish egg island grounds near Craig. Closed Herring Area The area closed to herring fish- ing along the western shore of Ad- miralty Island was extended to in- clude the entire side of the island between Point Gardner and Point Retreat, in order to protect small populations of fish in two bays at industrials 203.69, rails 55.52, util- ities 42.86, the nothern end. Fishing boats and processing op- Changes in Flshmg Are ~ Made in Several Sedions; PowerBoating, Brisiol Bay erations not only must be registered in advance of seasonal activities, as in the past, but operators hence- forth must notify the Fish and Wildlife Service before moving to a new area or district. Local repre- sentatives of the service will serve as registration agents. King Salmon Trolling Trolling for king salmon in the outside waters of Alaska is pro- nibited from Nov. 1 to March 15, and for coho salmon from Oct. 31 to June 15, The fall trolling closure in inside waters has been reduced to extend only from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5, ta conform with the special seineing season which opens in several places in Southeast Alaska waters Oct. 5. Fish Traps The ban against taking under- slzed king salmon, formerly ap- plied only to trolling, was extended to all forms of gear. Identifying names and numbers on fishing boats and net floats must have lines at least an inch wide ;0 that they can be readily seen. The Service removed three regu- lations applying to fish traps which: 1. Prescribed the rights of natives to trap site privileges on land set aside for their special occupancy. 2. Required the filing of trap site locations with the Service. 3. Specified methods of determin- ing priorities of applicants for the same trap site. The new regulations define a trap specifically, so that any net or other device set or ted in the mannet of 4 trap ‘Shall be subjeet to all trap regulations. Other Changes Bering Sea—the use of motors in gill net fishing boats is no longer prohibited in the Kotzebue-Yukon- Kuskokwim areas. The minimum legal size of king crab is increased from 5% to 6' inches in width of shell. Bristol Bay Area—regulations for the Hagemeister District deleted; no commercial fishery has existed there for many years. Numbers and letters of fishing boats must be at least 12 inches high, and each boat must be lettered to indicate the dis- trict in which it operates. It is now illegal to set any net further than 150 yards from the mean high tide mark. The 1950 regulations are based on the premise that no more than the recommended maximum of 426 drift gill net boats will be operated in the entire area. Alaska Peninsula Area No change in dates; except for Port Moller, fishing will. end throughout the district Aug. 5 unless escapements are so unexpectedly good as to warrant local extensions. Motive power no longer prohibited in the gill net boats of the Chignik area. Thin Point Cove closed to commercial fishing to protect its runs of red salmon. Canoe Bay closed to king crab fishing for use as a spawning and nursery ground. Kodiak Area Closed season from July 15 to July 31 generally in order to pro- tect runs of pink salmon, excep- tions will apply only to certain pre- dominantly red salmon localities where the catch of that species is controlled by weir counts and where the abundance of pink salmon is not an important factor. Kaiugnak Bay and Sukhol Lagoon closed Lo commercial salmon fishing. Cook Inlet Area! No change in the season dates normally governing even-year op- erations, and the weekly closed i period will remain the same as last year. However, the tremendous in- crease in amount of fishing gear | which has come irfto the Inlet dur- ing the last two years is causing grave concern for the conservation of the salmon runs. A complete analysis is now being made. Com-~ pensatory weekly closing restric- tions will be imposed if there is any increased intensity of fishing over that of 1949. Nets must now be marked with letters at least 6 inches high instead of the 4 inches previously required. Drift, as well as fixed, gear must never be op- erated less than 600 feet from any other gear. Resurrection Bay Area—Red sal- mon, being accorded almost com- plete protection from commercial capture by keeping the season closed (Continued on Page Eight)