The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,459 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Plan Bristlir L Soes Ji C0-OP PLAN BEATEN: WILL BE HOT ISSUE House Votes Down Build-} ing Plan-Truman May Use | Issue on His Western Tour| I \ l | WASHINGTON, March 23— L!’l-‘ Thrown out of Congress in a defeat ! for President Truman, the $2,000-| 000,000 co-operative housing prog- | ram bounced back today as a warm | political issue. | Ignoring a personal plea from the President, the House rejected the| co-op idea for middle income hous- | ing last night 218 to 156. It then| went on to approve 361 to 10 a| $4,000,000,000-plus expansion of the existing program. The Senate turned thumbs down on the co-op plan last week, 43 to 38. A House-Senate conference com- | mittee now will work out a com- promise housing bill—without the Co-0p program. | But the President’s lieutenants in | Congress served notice that co-op; housing forthwith is a political| issue for the November Congres- sional elections. And it may get high billing in Mr. Truman’s rear plat-| form speeches when he makes a swing to the West Coast this spring. | Over jeers rising from the Repub- | David Russo, 15, of San Francisco, the Columbia Park Boys Club i Vaichunas points out the sights of "Boy ol(!‘ear Manhattan from atop the Empire State Building. judges committee of the Boys Club of America, David is a member of , the 1950 “Boy of the Year,” sees Selected by a n San Francisco. Guide Stanley New York City. (P Wirephoto. { | | | BRADLEY OFF T0 DEFENSE CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, March 23—#— Gen. Omar Bradley left today for the Netherlands to go over regional defense plans with military leaders of the 12 Atlantic Treaty allies. The four-engine plane carrying the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff took off at 8:40 a.m. for the flight to the Hague where the- meeting will be held. In advance of his departure, Bradley and Secretary of Defer Johnson, who will follow him Tues- day, conferred with Secretary of State Acheson. Bradley will preside at a meeting BOMBER CRASHES, ARIZONA Nine Bodies Found, Two| Airmen Alive, Fate of Others Unknown' TUCSON, Ariz, March 23—{f— A B-50 Air Force bomber with 14| | persons aboard crashed on the tiat | desert west of Gila Bend, Ariz, | today. | The Southern Pacific Railway of- | | fice at nearby Hyder reported nine bodies had been found and that two of the airmen were still ahve. The fate of others aboard was not known, | The big bomber—a modernized (8¢ n of the B-29 Superfortress— { was on a routine training tlight at | the time. Public information offi- ‘;cers said it was flying at 17,000 feet {and it was believed an engine caught | fire. | Gila Bend is about 150 miles northwest of here. The train dispatcher reported the Britain. (P Wirephoto. ng Air Defense Fortress Sendoff for Aid o Brilain Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (right on platform) speaks at Andrews Field, Md., ceremonies prior to takcoff of four American-built B-29s (background) for delivery to Britain under the military aid program. Secretary of the Air Ferce W. Stuart Symington (second from right, light coat) attended. A guard of honor (with flags) stands in front of a long line of U. S. crewmen who flew the planes to big ship crashed about eight miles ! from a road and investigating par- ties had been forced to travel part- way to the scene on foot. An unidentified pilot of a com-| mercial airliner reported at Phoenix | that he saw the Air Force plane| | crash and explode, He said he saw two parachutes in the air, MCCARTHY IS NOW CHARGING TRUMAN WITH HINDERANCE Declares President Refuses fo Release Government Loyalty Files WASHINGTON, March 23—(P— Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) today accused President Truman of en- dangering the nation’s security by what he called the President’s “ar- rogant refusal” to release govern- ment loyalty {iles to Senale investi- ! zators. BE'[IEVED SI pE‘ERv Actually, Mr. Truman has not | : thus far refused to turn the files WAS BURIED UNDER over to the Senate Foreign Rela- SITE OF ST. PETER tions subcommittee which is look- ing into McCarthy’s charg that Communists and fellow travelers have infiltrated the State Depart- ment. NEW YORK, March 23—(P—Ten | | years of digging in long-hidden | grottoes below St¥ Peter’s church | has yielded archeological evidence | | supporting the Roman Catholic be- | C-47 TRANSPORT CRASHES ROME, N.Y. March 23—#—An Air Force C-47 transport plane i crashed and burst into flames in a driving snowstorm here today. One| -man was killed and another was injured slightly. Three others escaped injury. The crash occurred while the plane was taking off from Griffiss Air Force base, about four miles | north of Rome in Central New York. | | | { | High White House sources have sald the President is considering approval of limited access to the loyalty records of persons whom McCarthy has accused. A key Democratic Senator termed Schools at ~ Cordova Closed; Flu + CORDQVA, Alaska, March 23— —Imported flu bugs were blamed today . for- the closing of public schools for the rest of the weck. Authorities imposed the ban after more than one-fourth of the number of students were absent. City Health Officer Dr. Will H Chase said there was a mild cpi- demic of flu or virus infection. He 10ped to reopen the schools next week. Dr. Chase blamed the epidemic on the influx of residents returning from winter vacations at Seattle and other places, bringing with chem the infiuenza infection. PILOT, WITH LEGS FROZEN, RESCUED MAY QUIT AIR ROUTE T0 ORIENT |CAB Nofifies Northwest I Airlines Aleutian Bases Are to Be Closed WASHINGTON | March 23—(M— The Cviil Aeronautics Board told Northwest Airlines today it may have to quit flying the Alaska- Orient route because the Air Force is closing six bases in the Aleutians chain for economy reasons, Northwest now flies three round trips weekly from Anchorage to Tokyo, Okinawa and Manila. It depends upon the Air Force bases for radio navigation, weather in- formation and on most flights for refueling at Shemya Island, off the western tip of the chain. The CAB made public a letter from Chairman Joseph J. O'Con- nell, Jr, to Croil Hunter, North- west President. { of the Military Committee of the, lief that St. Peter was buried on| After thorough study and consid- for Alaska Hugexlaskan Program for Arms Planned Territory toEri#sfle with Air Defenses fo Protect En- emy ‘Sneak Punch’ WASHINGTON, March 23—(#— ‘The U.S. military torces are em- barking upon a huge building prog- | ram at bases outside the continen- | tal United States, especially in Alaska. This can be seen from the fact | that they propose to spend on these | bases about $239,409,000 of the $665,~ 200,000 they are asking Congress to wuthorize for military public works. ! An analysis of the requests shows that the Army, Navy and Air Force are joining in the major objeciive. | The idea is to safeguard the United States from a sudden ‘“sneak punch,” possibly with atomic wea- pons. The announced bases that will be strengthened range from Aluska to Okinawa, Hawaii, Kwajalein and Johnston Island in the Pacific to Bermuda in the Atlantic, up to Labrador, over to the Azores, Libya and Saudi Arabia. In January the Senate approved a military public works bill of slightly less than $500,000,000. Housing Picked Out This is about what the Armed Services had requested last year. Congress delayed action after sing- ling out for separate authorization $115,000,000 for housing in Alaska and Okinawa, Tast wock 'tho " three - mititary branches appeared before the House Armed Services Committee during its hearings on the Senate Bill. The military brought in amendments totaling $187,144,000, including new projects and stepping up amounts previously requested. The House committee is expected to approve the amended Senate bill tomorrow. If passed by the House, it will go to conference with the Senate. There is a possibility the Senate may reopen hearings on the new amendments with committee ses- sions behind closed doors, as many of the additional requests are highly “classified” or secret. Will “Bristle” Alaska apparently is-to be made into a bristling air defense fortress. To make it so a total of nearly BY HELICOPTER North Atlantic Treaty nations onilhnt site, Life magazine reports to- | McCarthy’s criticism of Mr. Tru- A House committee begins con- to give “absolute Leader McCormack of Massachu- Y SH’"FT which I hope will be used advan-| crats joined 137 Republicans to one American Labor party member. | President Truman's press secrefary !the chairmanship of the National stock today is 2%, American Can cast that Symington would be suc- Central 13%, Northern Pacific 16%, | called “Finletter Report” on the industrials 209.62, rails 55.58, util-|is no cabinet shakeup” in contem- | President Truman will appoint a iCopyrisht. 1960. by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) - AWARDS MADE T0 1y rolling up the bulwarks to prozect! . around $14,000,000. The net income|jca’s 'Silver ~Beaver—the highest $2263 a share and his common Charles G. Burdick, assistant re- lush profits and low taxes. Ee has| Only one Silver Beaver had been which would increase the price in Alaska, Judge Folta said. The ator now wants to appoint a Fed-|tion of years of outstanding service what it is—might find his rulings| Boy Scouts of today who become ma City, long-time attorney for the Sideration today of a bill ployees forth between the Republican and| setts shouted: “You may fool the public today, but not next November. This is| agpannly. pex Tall. | AIR FOR(E He accused” Republicans of “vot- ! ¥ ing one way and talking the other.” SYMINGTON strike down the co-op proposal. Supporting the plan were 141 - ” | refused to confirm or deny today a SIO(K OUOI‘A]‘[O“S i report that Secretary of the Air | Security Resources Board. NEW YORK, March 23—Closing| Secretary Charles G. Ross de- 116%, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- | ceeded as Air Force Secretary by Wright 8%, International Harvester | Thomas K. Finletter. U. S. Steel 32%, Pound $2.80%. |nation’s air power z-eds. Sales today were 2,020 000 shares.| Ross did say, in response to news ities 43.51. | plation. Ross said he had no idea when ;4 - Tne Washlngionichairman of the Atomic Energy | Commission. Bv DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — Bible-quoti his oil and gas interests. | llwo JUNEAU MEN Senator Kerr's oil and gas lands | are valued at approximately $100,-| Two Juneau men . today Wwere from his Kerr-McGee Company award which can be made by an last year was $1,218,627, on which area council. the company paid only $6949 in| They were George A. Parks, stock $1.40—all of which isn’t bad gional forester here. The awards for a Senator. |were made 'at the Chamber of #lowever, the gentleman from Ok- Commerce meeting at noon today already put his brother, Aubrey awarded in Alaska prior to the Kerr, on the Federal payroll Wlnliawards made today. the RFC. He has been lobbying, Parks and Burdick are among of natural gas to almost every| membership has increased from northern city—and also increase 150 to 1250 under their leadership. his own dividends. “These men have been given the eral judge who for years has beenim the Boy Scouts,” Judge Folta in the pay of the oil companies, said. “It may be that the life of from the bench leaning toward men of affairs tomorrow.” his old clients. | The proposed judge is popular] Magnolia Oil Company, a subsid-{mp government heads jary of the giant SOcony-vacuum.:dlscreuon“ to fire federal em Democratic parties, but has flwfly5! Northern Senators are sharply been as good a friend to Bob Ke,r‘crmcnl of a new Senate-House em- as he has been to the ofl compames,’e"ge"c)’ farm price support mea- lican side of the House, Democratic | A going to be a live issue—an issue ! In the House showdown 81 Demo- Democrats, 13 Republicans and the| KEY WEST, Fla., March 23—(#— | Force Symington may be shifted to quotation of Alaska Juneau mine clined to discuss a published fore- 307%, Kennecott 50%, New York| Finletter was author of the so- Averages today are as follows: |conference questioning, that “tnere Merry-Go-Round: —— 'HIGHEST SCOUTING Bob Kerr of Oklahoma is real 000,000 and his gross income is|awarded the Boy Scouts of Amer- taxes. His preferred stock earned former governor of Alaska, and lahoma is not content with these py Federal Judge George W. Folta ceaselessly to pass the Kerr Bill the founders of the organization But on top of all this, the Sen-|Silver Beaver awards in recogni- and who—human nature being our civilization will depend on the W. R. “Bob” Wallace of Oklaho-| Wallace has wandered back and|for security reasons. In fact, he has been counsel for which deals with potato and cotton (Continued on Page Four) surpluses, favors the south. March 28. The announced purpose of this conference is to consider the accomplishments of five jional planning groups. These groups are planning for the defense | day. | vations, the magazine prints In connection with the publica-| re-! tion of first pictures on the exca- article by Msgr. Ludwig Kaas, ad- | telim man “such a lowly attack that I can't think of a fitting reply.” He withheld use of his name, but add- an| “Let the American people be the judge of that kind of criticism of sure. They contend the compromxse.’ >f northern Europe, western Europe, southern Europe, North America, ind the North Atlantic Ocean. DEFENSE TACTICS HOLDS UP FINALE OF BRIDGES TRIAL' SAN FRANCISCO, March 23—®{ —Defense strategy extended clos-| ing arguments today in the Harry, Bridges perjury trial, indicating the long, drawn out case will not reach the jury before about Tues- day or next Wednesday. Vincent Hallinan, chief defense) lawyer who has already been ar- guing for five days, opened pro- ceedings today by apologizing for his “bad estimate” of the time he would require, 'NORTHWEST COAST HIT BY GALES AND STEADY DOWNPOIR PORTLAND, Oregon, March 23— (P—Gale force winds swept the Oregon and Washington coasts to- day, accompanied by steady rain. Cape St. James on the southern itip of Queen Charlotte Islands was hit this morning by hurricane force winds of 78 miles an hour. The Weather Bureau at 10:30 lam. reported winds off Cape | Blanco at 55 to 60 miles an hour. | The. Columbia River Lightship re- ported 40-mile winds. ministrator of St. Peter’s, 8 | how Vatican workmen plumbed the unexplored lower passages beneath the nave of the world's larzesi ; church. They penetrated into a pagan | cemetery buried for 16 centuries. Kaas does not say the explorations launched in 1939 resulted in finding relics of the Chief Apostle, but he asserts a scientific commission is; analyzing discoveries which give archeological support to Catholic tenets. | Pope Pius XII said more than a | year ago, without going into detail, that archeological discoveries dem- onstrated the Apostle’s burial place “js and was under the cupola of St. Peter’s church.” BERING STRAIT TO BE SURVEYED DURING SUMMER SEATTLE, March 23—(P—The Coast and Geodetic Survey said to- day two ships would be sent to the Bering Strait this summer to make the fifst United States government survey of waters between Alaska's Seward Peninsula and Siberia. Information used in charts of this area heretofore was obtained years ago from Russian surveys, officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey said. Bering Strait is used by ships sailing to and from the Arctic, in- cluding the Navy's annual expedi- tion to Point Barrow. The survey ship Explorer will sail from Seattle and the Pioneer from San Francisco April 17. After’ operating in the Western Aleutians {during the early summer, they will 1 1 1 SEATTLEITE VISITS {man of th the President of the United States.” Senator Tydings (D-Md), ckb inquiry committee, said he had “absolutely no comment’ o McCarthy’s remarks. The Wisconsin Republican made his blunt attack on Mr. Truman in a telegram to the vacationing Pre- :ident at Key West, Fla. 'AIR FORCE SHiFTS SEARCH, RESCUETO CIVIL AIR PATROL PORTLAND, Oregon, March 23— M—Air Force plans to shift main- land air search and rescue work to the Civil Air Patro]. This was re- vealed in Portland last night. Major General Lucas V., Beau, national commander of the volun- teer CAP, said regular Air Force air search and rescue units would concentrate on offshore routes flown by the Military Transport Service. He said the CAP did 65 percent of the air search work during the past year and in the future would be doing about 100 percent. Major General Beau spoke to 200 officers and cadets of the CAP at a banquet. Attending were rankmg Air Force officers and CAP offi- cials from the United States, Ha- wali and Alaska. The CAP national executive board met the day pre- vious at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood. Chrysler strike negodators re- fused to accept union or manage- ment proposals late yesterday. But conciliators - will try’ again today Lloyd M. Bell of Seattle is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. igo to the Bering Strait in July ibegln the new survey project. i to work out terms for ending the 58-day-old pension dispute. CLE ELUM, Wash., March 23—(# —An amateur Spokane pilot, his legs pertially frozen from the soles of his feet to above the knees, was snatched by helicopter yesterday from a snow-covered cleariny in he Cascade mountains. The dramatic rescue, which itsell umost ended in disaster, ended four iays of desperate survival for Vic- or C. Roberts. The 29-year-old flier nad been missing since Sunday vhen his plane crashed on frozen Lake Waptus during a tlight irom @phrata to Seattle. Dr. F. J. Rogalski said at the Roslyn-Cle Elum hospital that Rob- ris suffered also from frosted 1ands, severe shock and a possible sack injury. There is a danger Oi pneumonia. Roberts was lifted to shortly after he was overl two Air Force men—Lt. Wallace L. Boyd and Sgt. John L. Robbins. They parachuted into the area late Tuesday to follow the stumbling rail which the hobbling man lett in ais efforts to reach Easton, a small town on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass. Initial efforts to launch the Coast Guard helicopter failed whe it mired in the deep snow blanket- ing the area. It took nearly halt an hour to dig it free. NOSE COUNTING STARTS TODAY IN NATION'S CENSUS (By Associated Press) The taking of the 1950 census starts today. Mailmen are delivering farm census forms to rural boxes except in some southern states with complicated tenant-farm and share- cropping systems. They will be handled in the nationwide house- to-house interviews which start Ap- ril 1. eration,” O'Connell said, “the board has reached the decision that ex- penditure of the substantial amount of federal funds which would be necessary for the continued opera- tion of the facilities essential Northwest operations betWeen An- chorage and Tokyo are not justified on economic grounds and that it could not support the appropriation or use of funds in the amount that appears to be necessary for this purpose.” The amount has been estimate it $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 a year. British Issue White Paper fo Bar African King (By Associated Press) The British Labor government has issued a white paper saying it considers Seretse Khama unfit to rule his African tribe. The paper said the qualified himself by marrying a white English girl in 1948. Seretse old newsmen that his people ac- why it concerned the British more than his own people. ® o0 s v s e o > WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum 47; minimum 32, At Airport—Maximum 45; minimum 28. FORECAST (Juneas and Vielnity) Fair' tonight with lowest temperature 30 degrees. Part- ly cloudy Friday with high- est temperature 45. SPRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 & w. today City of Juneau—.03 inches; ince March 1-2.88 inches; since July 1—60.13 inches. At Airport—Trace; ® since March 1—85 inches; o since July 1-39.54 inches. LI seoceeee to! elected tribal chief dis- epted him and that he didn't see| $117,861,000 is to be poured into that frontier nearest Russia. The Air Force proposes to spend about $43,637,000 for such items as units of the radar ‘“fence” long- range weather stations and highly secret “interceptor stations” cap- able of eavesdropping on messages 1,000 to 2,000 miles away. The Army has requested $74,- 224000 to strengthen troop bases that will defend these secret instal- { 1ations and the air fields from which fighters and bombers would rise to !wurd off attack or to retaliate. Included in these amounts are re- quests by both services for funds to | build storage facilities, some of them | in secret strategic spots, for aviation gasoline and jet fuels. They also want repair shops. The Navy is seeking $23316,000 |for a secret base outside the United States. No details have been re- leased—not even a hint as to the location or purpose. The largest item in the Navy's program for construction outside this country is $46,856,000 for Guam. JUNEAU CITY BAND T0 PRACTICE TONIGHT At 8 o'clock tonight in the Grade School auditorium, the members of | the Juneau City Band will hold a | short practice under Director Joe Shofner. Spirited selections will be put on the racks to be played at the | big basketball game Friday night between the Lions and Rotary Club members, for the benefit of the library fund. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive 7 am. Friday and sails south at 9 am. Baranof | | scheduled southbound ® o o & o o o o o pm Sunday,