The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,529 FUNDS FOR MILITARY IN ALASKA ‘WASHINGTON, June 14 — (& — More than one-fifth of the $956,- 000,000 authorized in the military Ppublic works bill will be spent in Washington and Alaska. The bill was passed by the Senate yester- day and sent to the President. ‘The Washington and Alaska items included in the measure total more then $120,000,000. The measure authorizes later ap- propriations for numerous construc- tion projects by the Armed Services, some of them highly secret. ‘They include: Army Alaska Communications station, $7.873,700; Eielson Air Force base, near Fairbanks, Alaska, $12,590,200; Fort Richardson, near ‘Anchorage, Alaska, $36,882,845; Whittier, Alaska, $3,131,000. & Air Force ) Great Falls Air Force base, Mont., $4,361,000; Moses Lake AFB, Wash., $4,195,000; Spokane AFB, Wash., $6,- 645,000; Alaska, warmup shelters for aircraft, $700,0000 Eielson AFB, near Fairbanks, Alaska, $11,213,320; Elmendorf AFB, Fort Richardson Alaska, $1,191,746; Ladd AFB, Fair- banks, $11,283,000. BREAKS JAIL 3RD TIME; HAS ELUDED SEARCH PARTY MUNICH, Germany, June 14—#® —Homer Cook, the Muskogee, Okla., prison escape artist, today eluded 4,000 rain-soaked searchers after his third jailbreak. The day wore on without a clue to thé whereabouts of the 27-year-old former soldier whose love for a fraulein landed him in an Army jail here to face 18 separate charges. Commented an Army spokesman ruefully: “He is big and he’s fast and he’s slippery. He is not the sort of char- acter who likes to stay in jail.” The search centered in the vicin- ity of this Bavarian capital, but searchers conceded he might have boarded a train or hitched an auto ride before the hunt got organized. ‘Thus he might be far away by now. Cook was to have gone on trial here next week before an American military court. The charges against him include illegal entry into Ger- many, attempted armed robbery, re- sisting arrest, escaping jail—twice before—and posing as an American agent. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1960, Dy Bell Syndicate, Ine.) WSHINOTON — A sensational report on wire-tapping in the na- tion’s capital 1§ now in the hands of the Justice Department, but for some strange reason so far has been suppressed. The report, prepared by the met- ropolitan police, indicates that Washington. D. C., has been going in for the same police-state meth- ods we are opposing in Europe. Two of the worst offenders are leading Republican senators, Owen Brewster of Maine and Homer Fer- guson of Michigan. The report, which resembles a detective-story thriller, tells how Senators Brewsfer and Ferguson tapped the telephone of Howard Hughes, head of Trans-World Air- lines, when Hughes was summoned to Washington for a Senate: hear- ing, i There was not a thing that Hughes said while in Washington that the snooping senators did not lisken to. Not only was his phone at the Mayflower Hotel tap- ped from the day he set foot in the capital, but the senators rented a room just above Hughes and dropped an electronic-induction microphéne down an air vent to pick up conversations between Hughes and his lawyers. The “mike” they used was so sensitive that it could pick up con- versations 700 feet away. These were all recorded on wax discs. Under the law, a man’s conver- sations with his lawyer are held privileged and cannot be revealed in court. However, this made no difference to the two Republican eavesdroppers. 2 Argentine Ambassador Embarrassed Justice Department officials, when queried about the report, ad- /GRAYS RETURN | MILE VACATION I With 40,000 miles logged behind | them by “official logger” Felix Gray, 27,000 miles of it driven in their car by “pilot” Mrs. Gray, the Couple returned to Juneau last night from Haines—the end of a perfect trip. Leaving here a year ago last April the Grays went to Seattle, bought a new car and then headed into a 14 months’ vacation. They went first to Miles City, Montana, where a ‘family' reunion of Mrs. Gray’s. five brothers and two sisters was held. Joined there by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith, former well known Juneauites who accom- panied the Grays on most ot their travels, they went to Yellowstone and points south, winding up at Acapulco, Mexico, where Mr. and Mrs. Gray caught a sailfish—of the size that generally get away. After a month in Mexico they drove to Quebec, stopping at in- teresting places enroute and sailed for Liverpool, England, just a year ago this month. Visits Scotland ‘They visited mostly in Edinburgh, Scotland, where Mrs. Gray has relatives, took a thousand mile high- land tour, saw Queen Elizabeth open an art show, went to Ireland for & horse show and finally wound up seeing historic sights of London and Paris. It was Mrs. Gray’s first visit to her original home in 50 years. Returning to America they visited he Thousand Islands, then picked Jp their car in Quebec and drove to Indiana where they saw Mr. Gray’s people. On their travel back to the west coast they saw many ex-Juneau residents, all of whom will be re- membered by friends here and to whom all the ex-Juneau residents wish to extend greetings. Among them were: Mrs. James Christoe, whose husband was for many years bookkeeper and cashier of the old Treadwell Mine. Mrs. Christoe is now editor of the Portales Tribune in Portales, New Mexico; Mrs. Isa- bel Stanford,” who ¢ame to Alaska in the days of '98 and now lives in San Diego; Capt. Sandy Smith, San Bernadino; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mc- Nutt in southern Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Al Forsythe—he was formerly on the Juneau police force; Mrs. Nell Kilburn, former resident of Douglas for 40 years; Dan Moen, who built Juneau Cold Storage, married Askrid Ask of Petersburg and now lives in Medford and num- erous others, present and past local residents in Seattle. Over Highway From Seattle, Mrs. Gray drove the 2785 miles to Haihes ‘in eight driving days, averaging around 350 {0 400 miles per day. The couple re- port the road as very dusty. One of the highlights of their visit in Los Angeles was when' Mrs. Gray appeared on a radio program and, by telling the best “story of the week” won a beautiful large mirror, a wrist watch, a dozen sterling silver and gold cigarette lighters, a new suit for Mr. Gray, and a trip for them both through Universal Studios. Last, buf§ not least the announcer told her she was going to get to kiss a male movie star—and lead in Universal Studio’s talking mule. Mrs. Gray promptly took advantage of her privilege. Friends who heard the broadcast report that Mrs. Gray, who is noted for her wit, “brought down the house.” Both Mr. and Mrs. Gray, how- ever, in their 40,000 miles of travel said: : “It was a wonderful trip. We saw many scienic places, especially in the mountains of Mexico, but the most beautiful spot we saw was the T5-mile trip by ferry from Haines to Juneau. Nothing we saw can compare with that.” = ARCHAEOLOGISTS 0. TRACE BERING STRAIT MIGRATIONS PHILADELPHIA, June 14—®— ‘The University of Pennsylvania announced today that Dr. Froelich G. Rainey, director of the univer- sity museum, and three other ar- chaelogists will go to Alaska this summer to make a study of the Bering Strait region. The group will work with archae- ologists of the Danist National Mu- seum in Copenhagen and the Uni- versity of Alaska. Dr. Rainey said that for many years authorities have believed that ithe early inhabitants of Alaska ithousands of years ago may have lcrnssed the Bering Strait into Al- aska from the Siberian wastes. Expedition members hope to dis- cover traces of these earliest migra- D A (Continued on Page Four) jtiom from Asia to North America. ’ .2 CANNERY LOCALS, AFTER 40,000 |PULLOUTFROM ILWU; 1 ALASKA, 1 OREGON (By the Associated Press) An Alaska and an Oregon union local disclosed they have voted to withdraw from the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America (CIO). The move was anuounced hy can- nery workers at Copper River and Prince William Sound from Cor- dova, Alaska, and by Local Newport, Ore. The Alaska secession does not in- clude fishermen, who are out fish- ing, but they are expected to take similar steps when the red salmon season ends about June 20, said H. J. Hannen, local secretary. Mrs. Nell J. Walters, secretary and business agent of the Newport local, said the withdrawal resulted from the union’s international exec- utive committee decision to affili- ate with the CIO Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union. RENT CONTROL BILL BACK IN SENATE FOR SECOND "LONG LOOK" BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, June 14—M@—The Senate today refused to accept the House rent control bill, keyed to a seven months extension of present con- trols. The Senate asked for a con- ference. That means a Senate- | 49,1 ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1950 Milk Supplies Cut Off from Four Million Six-Day Strike of Dairy Workers Continues - Other Labor Troubles (By Assoclated =accss) Sixty-eight struck milk compan- ies at Pittsburgh carried their ap- peal for arbitration to the public today amid new violence in the six-day-old dairy workers strike which has shut off almost all deliveries in a seven county Penn- sylvania area, The Greater Pittsburgh Milk Dealers Association inserted ads in strike-area newspapers which listed the issues and urged the AFL Dairy Workers Union to accept wrbitration. Negotiations are at a standstill. A carload of pickets escaped pol- ce after hurling a beer bottle into a second plate glass window of a dairy bar in Westmoreland County, in southwestern Pennsylvania, 14 milk strike pickets have been ar- rested. % The na‘ion’s continuing strikes also: Cut deeper into scarce supplies of milk and dairy products in western Pennsylvania and Washing- ton D. C, affecting nearly 4,000,000 persons. Brought about the suspension of House committee will try to work | publication of the New York World out a compromise acceptable each branch of Congress. WASHINGTON, June 14 — & —}, to Telegram &nd Sun, one of the na- tion’s biggest evening newspapers, Forced Columbia Broadcasting System to cancel three television shows, House passage of a rent control| mp. w, orld-Telegram and Sun bill bounced it back to the Senate today—and the threat of a new fili- buster there. Changes which were voted late yesterday by the House as it passed |)ication followed refusal suspended publication after a strike by the ,CIO American Newspaper Guild’s Editorial and Business em- ployes. The order to suspend pub- ,of AFL the bill 202 to 163 make It necessary yymechanical workers to cross guild for the Senate to take another’look, and Senator Cain (R-Wash), who picket lines. The strike’ marked the first time’} started a filibuster last week before| .,y major general circulation New the Senate passed the bill, indicated | york Ci%y newspaper has had to that he wants a good, long look. suspend publication because of la- He might want to start another|yor difficulties. filibuster which conceivably could prolong final action beyond June 30, when the present rent control act expires. Cain told newsmen he is “study- ing the possibility of fighting the changes.” The House-voted changes are rel- atively minor. NEW ORLEANS PAPER IS HIT BY TRUST SUIT WASHINGTON, June 14 — (® — The Senate voted for a one-year| Attorney General McGrdth today extension of the federal of control affecting only those com- munities that request continuance | Orleans, from next January 31 to June 30. The House decided to make the general extension until next Janu- control | announced he has filed a civil anti- program, with the last six months§ trust suit against the Times- Picayune Publishing Co., of New charging monopolistic practices. He said the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court at New Orleans, ac- ary 3l—seven months—with com- | cuses the company and four of its munities having the option of keep- officers and employees “with com- ing controls for an additional five| bining and conspiring to restrain months instead of six. Aviation Awards i By Safety Counci (By Associated Press) The National Safety Council named 36 airlines today as winners of aviation safety awards. The .ci- tations were for operations during the year 1949, when the airlines flew nearly ' six-billion passenger miles without a single passenger or crewman losing his life. The out- standing safety record was marred by four accidents on other lines— which resulted in 112 fatalities. Two of the accidents occured in Alaska operations. Airlines receiving awards in- and monopolize commerce in news- papers, in the dissemination of news and advertismg and in supplies, and with entering into unlawful con- tracts with advertisers.” ‘The announcement said those named in the suit, in addition tc the company, are L. K. Nicholson, president of the company; John F. Tims, Jr,, is vice president and busi- ness manager; Auburey F. Murray. advertising director; and Donald W. Coleman, circulation manager. Homer Eledric Assodiation Is to Get $14,000 Loan WASHINGTON, June 14 — (® — The Rural Electrification Adminis- cluded: Northwest, Cordova, Ellis,| ¢ration approved 28 loans totaling Northern Consolidated, Pacific $8,689,000 yesterday. They included: Northern, Reeve Aleutian and Wein{ gomer Electric Association, Homer Alaska. TOKYO POLICE GET|: weurm sarons READY FOR TROUBLE: WITH LEFTIST GROUP: (By Associated Press) In Tokyo, police prepared to deal| ¢ +anti-American| o week | o with = any leftist demonstrations here next when U.S. Defense Secretary John- son and Gen. Omar Bradley visit| e the city. There have been indica- tions leftist groups and students!e PRECIPITATION plan a demonstration during the| e (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today visit of the American leaders. In Formosa the Nationalist Chi- Alaska, $14,000. e o 0 06 0 0 0 0 0 ¢ In Juneau—Maximum, 66; minimum, 46. At Airport—Maximum, 66; minimum, 42. FORECAST (Junesu and Vieinity) Continued fair with lowest temperature near 36 degrees tonight. Increasing cloudi- ness and not much change in temperature Thursday. City of Juneau — None; since June 1 — 0.75 inches; nese néwspaper Chuen Min Jih Pa| e expressed hope the visit of Ameri-| o can defense leaders to Japan may| e bring reconsideration of the US.|e hands-off policy towards Formosa. since July 1—71.89 inches. At Airport — None; since June 1 — 0.33 inches; since July 1—46.10 inches. ) 1 © | dustrials 223.32, rails © 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 o v f346 BOMB T0 SIGNAL FLAG DAY RITES BY JUNEAU ELKS A bomb—a harmless bomb—will explode at 7 o'clock tonight as a signal that Flag Day ceremonies in the Elks’ Hall will begin an hour later. Then two balloons will be re- leased, from which will float down an American flag and a BPOE banner. For the youngster finding the flag ard taking it to W. H Biggs, secretary of the Elks' Lodge shere will be an award of $5. The public is invited to the Flag Day exercises at 8 o'clock ,which will include ritual observances by lodge officers and feature a patri- otic address by United States At. torney P. J. Gilmore, Jr. He wil speak on “Forces at Work Against Democracy.” A history of the flag will be ziven by Pas! Exalted Ruler M. E Monagle, assisted by Boy and Gir 3couts. Officers of Juneau Lodge No. 420 will unite in building & floral Liberty Bell. Other program numbers include che entrance of lodge officers anc members to the strains of “Col- ambia, the Gem of the Ocean, played by Lilllan Uggen, plano and Corrine kenway, violin. Further program numbers are Contralto solo, “God Bless Amer- ica,” By Mildred Lister; introduc- lory exercises by Lodge officers; invocation by Chaplain E. Robert Haag; soprano solo, “America, Love You,” by Frances Paul; afic the singing of “America” by the audience, led by Mrs. Stanley Bas- %in, Mildred Lister, Frances Pau and Edith Moore, to piano anc violin accompaniment, The audience will pledge alle- ziance to the flag, led by Exalted Ruler Wallis George, and dismissal will be to the violin and pianc music of “America the Beautiful’ T0 FTC "POLITICAL" WASHINGTON, June 14 — ® — Senators Byrd and Robertson today opposed the nomination of Martin A. Hutchinson of Virginia to be & meml| of the Federal Trade Com- mission. They conténd Hutchinson is not: qualified and that his ap- pointment by President Truman was political. The two Virginia Democratic Senators said in a lengthy letter tc the Senate Commerce Committee that they feel Hutchinson “lacks judicial temperament and exhibits a blind support of public policies merely because such are advocated by certain party leaders.” Byrd and Robertson expressed opinion that “Mr. Hutchinson’s nomination' is political and made for a definite and obvious political purpose,” and added: “This opinion was expressed by nearly every newspaper in Virginia that made comment when the nom- ination was first announced.” Hutchinson, a Richmond attorney ran unsuccessfully against Byrd for the Senatorial nomination in 1948. Hutchinson, who was the only witness, testified before.the Byrd- Robertson letter was read. He said he considers himself qualitied to do the job and that he would consider himself an arm of the Congress in carrying out his duties. SECRETARY SAWYER TALKS ON BUSINESS (By Associated Press) One thing is essential to pros- perity, according to Commerce Sec- retary Sawyer: businessmen must have faith and confidence in the future. Sawyer added: “The government should do all it can to help busi- en make a profit. It is idle to talk about putting men to work un- less there are profitable business concerns that can offer jobs.” The Commerce Secretary ~spoke at the Controller’s Congress of the National Retail Dry Goods Associ- ation. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 14 — Closing ‘quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 116%, Anaconda 32, Curtiss-Wright 8%, International Harvester 28%, ® | Kennecott 57, New York Central 13%, Steel 35%, Pound $2.80%: Sales today were 1,650,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- 56.34, utilities KA Northern Pacific 15%, U. 8.|rive 8 am, Friday and salls south i &« MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ——————————g SOVIETS LAY 8 20 BILLIONS ON DEFENSE Percentage Going Down, But Hard to Compare with U. S. Figures (By the Associated Press) The Soviet Union has earmarked the equivalent of $19,850,000,000 for defense this year. This represents 18.5 percent of her total expendi- tures. This was disclosed in the budget speech of Finance Minister A. G. Zverev to the Supreme Soviet (Paf- liament) last night. Prime Minister Stalin and members of the foreign diplomatic corps weré present. By contrast, Zverev said, the So- viet Union spent 32.6 percent of its income on defense in 1940 and 24 percent in 1946. The figure last year was 19 percent. There is no easy standard to compare what the United States and the Russian governments con- sider defense items. The current U.S. budget calls for an expendi- ture of $13,028,000,000 for defense which is 30.6 percent of the total budget. Comparative figures be- tween the U.S. and Soviet budgets vary because experts disagree on the ruble's purchasing power in re- lation to the dollar. Speaking in Dallas, Tex., US Secretary of State Dean Acheson charged the Russians are using their military preparations and Communist plotting to break down the resistance of non-Soviet na- tions. He accused the Soviet Union of holding a “poised bludgeon” over the weak nations to soften them for absorption by Russia. He added: “I do not believe this creates an immediate danger of war, but it is being used as a poised bludgeon to intimidate the weak, and it doef confront, the world with the: possi- ‘bility that the Soviet leaders, when they feel that they are strong enough, may be tempted to make use of military force as an instru- ment of their policy.” (LAIMS ENDANGERED BY HOUSE DELAY ON SENATE'S EXTENSION A warning to claim holders throughout the Territory was issued today by Leo H. Saarela, commis- sioner of mines, not to pin hopes on extension of time allowed for assessment work, which expires at noon July 1. A bill has passed the Senate ex- tending the time until October 1 but has been in the House hoppei since, with no action taken on it. With but several weeks left, Sa- arela sald that holders of claims should get busy immediately to dc their required $100 of work or face loss of possibly their entire: hold- ings. A claim not worked on the asses- sment basis may be staked by an- other with no recourse by the or- iginal holder, he pointed out. His office has received numerous queries from those holding proper- ties concerning the time allowed and some are under the impression, § ne said, that passage by the Sen- ate insures they need not com- plete their work un‘il October. “The bill might be at the bot- som of the House hopper,” he said ‘and favorable action might well be delayed until later this summer. By then it will be too late, if work has been put off.” Mother of Mrs. Lulu - Fairbanks Passes 0 SEATTLE, June 14 — (A — Mrs. Lucy Ellen Fairbanks, 86, died to- day at her home. She would have | been 87 Friday. Mrs. Fairbanks was the mother of Miss Lulu M. Fairbanks, well- } known Seattle and Alaska newspa- per woman. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sall from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- EXTENSION PLAM GIVEN APPROVAL Benefit Pa;t;mts to 10 Million More Ameri- cans Is Assured WASHINGTON, June 14 — & — Key Republican Senators today gave their backing to legislation extending the Social Security pro- gram to 10,000,000 more Americans dnd boosting the size of benefit payments. Their support virtually assurec passage of the measure since ad- ministration Democrats are behino it although some of them want an even larger expansion of the pro- gram. A An agreement was reached for ¢ Senate vote at 3 p.m. next Tuesday Senator Taft (R-Ohio), GOF policy leader, told the Senate that he would support the bill because it made improvements which werc long overdue in the Social Security system. But he said that the sooner a “pay-as-you-go” system is worked out the better it will be for the country. Senator Millikin (R-Colo) sala most Republicans would vote for the bill. Senator Martin (R-Pa) told re- porters the existing system of ola age and survivors insurance “is not actuarily sound.” Despite a reserve of nearly $12,- 000,000,000 piled up by taxes on workers and employers, Martin said promised benefits “may exceed in- come and revenues in three or four years.” Other backers of the bill also have made it plain that they regara it as only a step toward further revamping of the system. mou.:l ARE Mhsrs,m ON HUNTING TRIP INBERING STRA Anxiety Is Aroused Over Bush Pilot Ziegler-Also Eight Arctic Nafives NOME, Alaska, June 14—(/»—Nine persons including an Alaska Airlines pilot, were missing today on a hunt- ing trip in Arctic waters in a native skin boat. The pilot was Tex Ziegler, a bush pilot for the airline, who joined the party to take pictures. The others are natives. The group, overdue a week, was believed to have ventured into the Bering Strait in an attempt to reach Diomede Island. Searchers expressed fear that an early spring storm and heavy ice may have crushed the skin boat unless they found anchorage in some obscure spot not visible from the air. The bpat, known as an Oomiak was powered by two outhoard motors. The hunting party was last reported at Wales, Alaska mainland point nearest to Siberia. Party Located NOME, June 14—(®—A ninerman hunting party, unreported for 2 week, has been found safe at an JArctic’ village north of Nome. The group, composed of Tex Ziegler, an airline pilot, and eight natives, was reported waiting for ‘avorable weather to continue & rip to Diomede Island. Ziegle: wccompanied the party to take pic- Jures, 45 LIVES ARELOST WHEN BIG PLANE “HIT BY TYPHOON PARIS, June 14——Frénch offi- clals said today a typhoon may have caused the crash of an Air France C-54 Skymaster in the Persian Gult Monday night with a loss of 45 lives. Air France offices here said eight of the bodies had been recovered. Many of the remaining 37 bodies probably will be found in the fuse- lage of the plane after salvage op- erations, the officials said. One of the six persons saved, pilot Jean Sladek, was too critically in- jured to be questioned about the cause of the accident, but the offi- cials said they had received word that a typhoon was blowing in the area of the crash, north of Bahrein Island, at the time. The crash oc- curred only three miles from the alrport after the pilot had been given' landing instructions, 1 ! 9 am. Alaska from west scheduled south- bound at 8 p.m. Friday. Baranof from west southbound Sunday. unmuled} OCIAL SECURITY | VAST (LOUD HANGS OVER - 50. PACIFIC Is of Mysterious Origin- Maybe from Atomic Ex- plosion-What Caused If? HONOLULU, June 14—M—A vast cloud of mysterious origin has blanketed 1,200,000 square miles of the Pacific. US. Weather Bureau Meteorologist R. H. Simpson said it might last a day or week. At Wak~ Island 2,000 miles west of Hawali, the cloud rose to 16,000 feet. At Hawali, near the eastern !imit, it had a 7,000 foot ceiling. ‘What caused it? Maybe windblown African desert sands, said Simpson. Or an explosive eruption down around New Guinea. Or—an atomic 2xplosion, “A concentration of ijons in the air could result in such a condi- tion,” Simpson explained. Ions are electrified particles jarred loose when an atom is split. The Eniwetok proving grounds, where new atomic tests are being made this summer, lie about 600 miles south in the South Pacitic. In Washington, U.S. Weather Bu- reau headquarters expressel in- terest in the reported haze, but sald no details concerning it have been recelved from the Honolulu weather office. Bureau speclalists were skeptical of a speculation an. atomic explo- sion may have caused the cloud. They said they could recall no such development after U.S. atomic ex- periments in the Pacific. On the basis of news reports these specialists leaned toward the idea the haze might be connected with a volcanic eruption. The Atomic Energy Commission, ollowing its usual policy, declined to comment on speculation the cur- rent i WASHINGTON, June 14 — (P — The White House' said today it knows of no new atomic explosion in the world, nor does it know the reason for the appearance of a vast, mysterious cloud stretching from Wake Island to Hawail, Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said in response to an in- quiry: “I'm sure if there had been an explosion, we'd know of it. There is an air of great placidity here. If there had been an atomic or hydro- gen bomb explosion I think some- body here would have heard about it ‘The White House was the first to announce last year that Russia had exploded an atomic bomb, HITS PLANE FLYING WASHINGTON, June 14 — (A — The Civil- Aeronautics Administra- tion said today its regional director in Honolulu has reported all plane flying is on instrument basis in the . Pacific area blanketed by a vast cloud of mysterious origin. The - report by telephone from Honolulu was made to Charles F. Horne, director of the CAA’s office of federal airways. A CAA spokesman said the haze covering an estimated 1,200,000 square miles of the Pacific was re- ported to be 8000 feet thick In the Hawailan area. ‘There has been no explanation for the cause of the cloud. Weather Bu- (cdntlnued on Page Three) & WILDLIFE SERVICE COUPE FOR SALE; BIDS OPEN JUNE 20 A 1942 Plymouth five-passenger club coupe, property of the Fish and Wildlife Service since it was new and used only on roads around Juneau, is up for sale, it was an- nounced today by Dan Ralston, law enforcement supervisor for the serv- ice. The coupe’s mechanical condi- tion is excellent, Ralston said, and it has less than 25,000 miles on it. Some rust has shown on the fen- ders, but otherwise the body is in good condition. ‘The car will be sold on a bid basis, with forms available through him at his office in the Federal Build- ing. It may be inspected by pros- pective purchasers by contacting him during office hours. The service will have a new car delivered to it soon, he said, mak- ing the present one available, Bids will be opened in Ralston’s office June 20. No deposit is re- quired from bidders. 4 l