The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 1, 1950, Page 8

PAGE FIGHT LARGE SHELLS T0 BURST ON FOURTH; DISPLAY BIG ONE Among the over 300 large shells to be fired over the 4th of July| weekend are some of the most un-| usual pyrotechnical effects ever de-; vised. Larry (we need more shells) Parker, who is superintendent of aerial shells and bombs for tie committee, states that it is defi- nitely the finest assortment we have ever had Among the daylight shells are a. great collection of flags of varidus countries, on parachutes, several good noisy bombs, and one huge “mystery” shell. This shell was opened and carefully examined by the committee but they were unable to recognize the contents, however, they were able to determine that it is a daylight shell, and that it contains an enormous amount of § fireworks, (the shell is 30 lhlhk\‘ in circumference and almost 2 feet high), and was hand-made in Ja- pan about 20 or 30 years ago, and has long since lost all its labels and identifying marks. Included also in the daylight shells are sev- eral large paper birds and animals which should prove of great in- terest, as well as a BPO banner naving tribute to the local Elks lodge, long time supporter and friend of the fireworks committee. 1u announce the opening of the big show on Monday night the committee has obtained a collect- jon of aerial salutes ranging in slze from 9 inches to 24 inches. The 24 inch bomb is approximately four times as loud as anything ever used here before, and wil certainly advise anyone within a radius of 15 or 20 miles that tie fireworks show is about to start. The show will be fired in the usual order, that is, there will be a ground piece, a group of roc*- ets, and a group of shells, and another ground piece etc. The first two groups of shells will be of the 12 inch size and will con- sist mainly of star shells mler-l gpersed with a few special effects. The third and fourth group will be 15 inch shells, all special ef- | executive secretary of the U PEARL HARBOR CAN FGHT OFF ATTACK, 53| AUTHORITIES SAY fnch shells, and the sixth and PEARL HARBOR, July 1 — (# —| seyenth group will be 24 inch shells | American military authorities be. fncluding flitter shells, duration|lieve Hawaii’s defenses are ade shells and various other special;quate to fight off another Pear] effects. Harbor attack. 114 [ 4 Mack v The eighth group will consist 6f 11 30 in 1 shells. U.S. officers concede that ground, | All of the 24)sea and air forces are low in num-' and 30 inch shells on this show|ber. But they feel that, “under the) were made to order and contain| present situation,” the forces are some exceptionally fine examples| sufficient. of the pyrotechnists art, such as Crosettes, White Magnesium, Battle'’ in the Clouds, Shell of Shells, Spider - Web, Octapus, etc. One shell was designed by a member They said magic-eye radar com- pletely screen Hawaii on all sides— although radar would not necessar- ily give enough advance warning to prevent an air attack such as the (Empire Photo). FOUR CREWMEN MISSING FROM B-50 PLANE CRASH (By Associated Press) Four crewmen are missing from "onNew Feef Now ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Troops Ready To Fight "Like Hell” - Twining (Continued from Page 1) that might take it. It's different, however, at Ladd Field at Fairbanks and Elmendorf here. At Anti-Aircraft Guns At both, men stand beside anti- aircraft guns. Passes are required just to get through the gates. At Elmendorf, where on a pre- vious trip to the Territory I saw jets lined up almost wing to wing FORGOTTEN SIBERIAN ALFALFA MAKES HAY WITH NO SUNSHINE WASHINGTON, Juiy 1 — ® — Plants obtained from Russia more than 40 years ago—but forgotten until recently—may help the great plains put more meat on the Ameri- can dinner table. ! They are yellow-flowered alfalfas | brought to this country from Si- | beria. | The prospects were disclosed by | Dr. B. T. Shaw, deputy administra- | tor of the Agriculture Department's research diyision. He told a recent meeting of de- partment staff officers that the Si- | berian alfalfa provides a basic germ i plasm for development of a legume which would enable the great plains | to produce much more livestock. When first brought to this coun- The courageous Ju " due to the tenseness of the interna- | With ¢l e % tion procedures. Dependents and | Siberian alfalfas that were planted] D. B. “Mack” Mercado (center) is shown just after he put hew feet on the ground at Juneau after return- ing frcm five months in Mt. Edzecumbe Hospital. amputated early in J#nuary after he had been rescued following a heated cabin at Boat Harbor on Lynn Canal. ineau fisherman's lower limbs were -day vigil in a windowless, un- He had walked ecight miles over snow and rocks in his bare feet after his trolling boat, the Helen M, sank in £t. James Bay during a stormy December night. From left to right above are B. H. “Jack” Manery, Juneau fisherman who discovered Mercado’s sunken trolling boat and rescued him; Mercado’s daughter Helen, 11; Mercade; Mrs. Mercado; and Andy Barlow, d Trollers of Alaska, Local 100, which campaigned early this year for funds with which to “put Mack back on his feet.” REDS MOBILIZE ALL KOREANS BETWEEN 18 - 36 YEARS OLD TOKYO, July 1—#—The Pyong yang radio of North Korea an- B-50 Superfortress which took ) nounced today the Communists re- fire over Tampa, Florida, during | the night and crashed and exploded at MacDill Air Force base. Eight of the crewmen aboard the bomber escaped without serious in- jury by bailing out of the flaming plane. At least five of the parashooters landed in Tampa Bay. Newsmen trying to get details about the crash encountered near-wartime se- curity restrictions. gime has started the mobilization of all Koreans between the ages of 18 and 36. along the landing strips, it is diffi- | try nearly half a century ago, the cult now to find them. They have | alfalfa was tested at a number of been dispersed and concealed :;o:experimem stations, but was aban- cleverly it’s difficult to spot them |doned because it was found to be from the air unless you know where | low-yielding. At that time interest they are. |was centered on high-yielding They would be hard to knock out. | strains. At Fort Richardson, near Elm(‘n-;r Recently, Shaw said, plant breed- dorf, another step has been taken | ers have become concerned more the possibilities of strains tional situation. Wartime instruc-}Wthh will persist under extreme tions to military dependents and | climatic conditions such as charac- civilian employees have been re-|terize areas of Kansas, Nebraska, published. Officials said it was|North and South Dakota, and Mon- mainly for the benefit of newcom- | tana. ers. “At one of the field stations in Evacuation Method | South Dakota,” Shaw said, “plant The instructions include evacua-|breedrs found growing some of the civiiians would be flown out of the almost half a century ago. These danger area in the event of attack, plants had come through the years with hospital patients and women of drought when they were eaten | with children receiving top priority. | into the ground by livestock. De- | Sounding of the post’s siren con- ispne this | tinuously could mean a serious alert. | weather they have persisted and All persons are told not to telephone | Were able to come back when con- | but remain home and listen for in- | ditions became more favorable.” structions by radio. | Some of the seeds were sent to | With all this, Twining has re- | Alaska for testing about the same assured Alaskans to avoid hysteria|time, but they too were soon forgot- arm. The moves are largely ten. Two years ago, they were found precautionary. | there growing within ten inches of | And Alaskans seem to be taking|ground permanently covered Wwith it in-stride. The Anchorage Times | frost. reflected the general feeling when | it said editorially that “life goes its | normal course here with people in- formed but not alarmed.” FROM LOS ANGELES Harriet H. Brinkley of Los.An- ‘geles is stopping at the Baranof ! Hotel. ‘leallels Are Dropped, ‘Over Red-Held Area FROM PRINCE RUPYRT f J. Cliff Giiken of Rupert Fish, i Inc., Prince Rupert, B.C,, is a guest {at the Baranof Hotel. The broadcast, monitored here. AN AIRBASE IN JAPAN, July 1 said the order is effective today. All —M—A Fifth Airforce C-46 flew men and women in the age cate- over Communist held portions of gory will be called up for the de- Korea today dropping leaflets which fense of the country, the broadcast said: said. ; | “The United Nations has appealed } FROM BROOKLYN Mrs. Alice Boe Aslaksen of | Brooklyn, N.Y., is registered at the ! Baranof Hotel. T. 8. Batchelder of Fairbanks is »iu guest at the Baranof Hotel. MINES COMMISSIONER IS GIVEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY POST FOR COAL Leo H. Saarela, Alaska commis-| sioner of mines, has been appointed district mining supervisor for the Geological Survey, he announced today. | All coal permits in the Territory,| leasing arrangements as well as royalty payments will be under his direction as supervisor. | Saarela returned to his home of-| fice this week after an extended| trip through the Interfor with D. C. Abernathy, chief of the mining! branch of the survey office, whoi| has charge of all coal leases and! lands in the western states and| Alaska. 1 | Mines visited during the trip in-| cluded those in the Matanuska field, where it was revealed that a| new contract going into effect to- day will give Jonesville miners the | highest base wage rate of any coal! miners in the country—$3.10 an| hour. severe treatment and i | After going over the Healy fields, | Abernathy expressed satisfaction | with the condition of mines here,| and left for Washington yesterday.! 7.300 POUNDS SALMON | LANDED THIS MORNING Approximately 7,300 pounds of salmon were brought to the Juneau Cold Storage this morning. & The largest landing was made by the Attu skippered by Peter Lund; and totaled 6,000 pounds. i The Pinta commanded by Walter | Maki, landed 250 pounds, While| the Bertie II, under Roy DeRoux, | brought in 750 pounds. i Other landings made were by C.! Ellis and J. B. Hickey who landed | 150 and 200 pounds respectively. i SPECIAL—1 WEEK ONLY PABCO Exterior Gloss White House | Paint—$3.95 a gallon. Juneau- Young Hardware Co., Inc. 41-4t WANT ADS BRING RESULTS QOUR INog, € £ (7] % % Ys savines® X %, 2 | % o S (&) l. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1950 IT's HAPPENED! Yo Juneau's going to have an Unpolished Whing Ding July IRVING'S 4 day 4th begins 8 p.m. each day the unprovoked Call 416 when in need of a— of the committee which is hoped will. produce something new in pyrotechnical effects. Thirty large shells have been | fused together and will be fired in| one flight to accompany the finale of the big show. There has also been a generous selection of shells reserved for the show on the night of the Fourth. BODIES WASHED ASHORE MAY BE CRASH VICTIMS (By Associated Press) The bodies of two women, maimed beyond recognition, have been cast ashore near South Haven, Mich. Authorities hope today to estab- lish their identities from finger | prints and a wedding ring. Its| assumed the women were victims of last Saturday’s airliner crash in Lake Michigan in which 58 persons | were lost. UN DELEGATES | DISCUSS UNITED ACTION, NO. KOREA' (By Associated Press) Delegates to the United Nations Security Council in New York dis- cussed today the possibility of set- ting up a high-level group to co- ordinate U.N. action against North Korea. Such a move is supported by more than half of the 59 U.N. members. There is no suggestion that any military authority be taken from General MacArthur. now supreme commander in the Korea-Japan area. [ | | SHEPARDS HERE | Mr. and Mrs. J. G. (Jack) Shep- ard of Fairbanks are guests at the Baranof Hotel. Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese raid. (It will be remembered that an army sergeant picked up Japanese planes on their way to bomb the American base by an early radar but his report to superiors wis pooh-poohed.) AMERICANS ARE T0 BE EVACUATED, KOREA 10 ALASKA (By Associated Press) Air shuttle service to evacuate Americans from Korea to Alaska will be started tomorrow by North- west Airlines. The airline said it hoped to evacuate 500 persons from Tokyo within the next two months. Some 11,100 refugees from war torn Korea are reported seeking passage back | to the United States. Northwest planes will leave An- chorage every two or three days to mid-July to shuttle to Tokyo and back. The round trip takes about 42 hours. Regular flights will then return the refugees to the United States from Anchorage. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness and svinpathy shown us during the ill- ness and loss of our beloved hus- band, father and brother; also for the many beautiful floral offerings and especially to the B.P.O.E. lor their impressive service. Mrs. Mabel Schmitz, Freddie and Lorene Gus, Bill, Pete and Frank Schmitz Mrs. Ann Matt Mrs, Mary Albright Mrs. Dorothy Gilmore Mrs. Elsie Hildinger Still time to save at L Goldstein’s. All itéms greatly reduced! e e Moosev Members Dance Tonight Moose fod Start your holiday at the Lodge z ! % | 5 z | QUEUILLE IS GiVEN APPROVAL, PREMIER OF FRENCH NATION PARIS, July 1 — (® — Henri Queuille today started putting to- zether a new French cabinet amid over internal issues might compli- cate his task. Queuille won his first test early today in the National Assembly. He was approved as premier by a vote of 363 to 208. In his statement of policy asking for mit France to do its share in solv- ing the international crisis. FROM ANCHORAGE Clem C. Philip of Anchorage is registered at the Baranof Hotel. ® !to the American forces in Japan to ¥ v" ¢ assist you peace loving citizens of WILD RUMOR OVER the Republic of Korea in your TOKYO, July 1—#—Tokyo had a wild rumor today that Okinawa, the big US. air base south of Japan, had been bombed. It turned out that a Superfort pilot yesterday, on a Korean bomb- ing mission, found his bomb bay version. BUSINESS TRIP TO SEATTLE Mr. and Mrs. !trip to Seattle. Mr. Wildes | Life Insurance Company. | tered at the Baranof Hotel. e wouldn’s close and jettisoned his indications that political bickering!pomb load near Okinawa. That's the Army public information office |WILDES RETURN FROM SHORT Keith G. Wildes y investiture | returned Wednesday by Pan Amsr- Queuille pleaded for unity to per- jcan Airways from a short business is special agent for the New York| Miriam Diehm of Sitka is regis- struggle against aggression from the north. We shall give you every support. Be stead- fast. Be calm. 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