The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,634 FWS HOLDS LAST ALASKA HEARING ON 1951 RULES| Although individual and union officials took a few cracks at Fish and Wildlife Service recommendations for 1951 fishing regulations, most of the groups represented at yesterday's hearing plan to send their suggestions as briefs to Washington, D. C., head- quarters, The meeting yesterday afternoon in the Senate Chambers was the el- even*h such hearing and the last one in Alaska. The final cne wi be in Seattle November 6 and 7. Andy Barlow, executive secretary of Local 100, United Trollers of America (CIO), said the trollers will submit their proposals to the Territorial Fisheries Department fo: transmission to Washington by De- cember 1. Kenneth Bowman, organizer for the American Federation of La- bor in the Territory of Alaska, re- presented Yakutat fishermen. He requested that, as the FWS had established Yakutat as a separate district, fishermen of that area want hearings there. Interesied persons at the 4-hour session showed 1o signs of mike ht—in fa the wire recorder teemed to fascinate at least one fisherman. Sueged:ions, cifiticism and comments for rconsideration in Washington wers taken that way later transcription. However, many of the reactions were lost, as commen's were made at a dis- tance from the equipment. Sperts Fishermen Hit Several persons, inciuding Barlow and Bowman, protested what they called abuse by sports fishermen, who, they said, “have the right to fish locel areas where trollers can- not, and are selling the fish in com. petition with commercial fishermen. although not required to buy li- censes.” “Strip fishermen,” said Barlow, “should ke classified as commercial fishermen. They are providing Ju- neau restaurants with the fresh sal- mon listed on the menus.” On the other side of the picture, Assistant FWS Director C. Howard Baltzo, who presided, took up the matter of abuse of the personal-use fishing provision. To counteract this, he said, the FWS proposes to classify as com- mercial any fishing with commer- cial gear within 48 hours of an open scason, unless the fishermen gives advance notice as to how, where and how much personal-use fishing he plans. In his cpening statement, Baltzo stated the general problem, as seen by the FWS, as “to many people wanting to make a living from fishing for the quantity of fish available. The salmon catch is go- ing down every year,” he added. “although there are more fishermon each year.” (Continued on Page Tw<) The Washinglon Merry - Go - Round (Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON (Ed. note: Here is another of Drew Pearson’s penetrating col- umns on the rulers of the Uni- ted Statss crime world, the Maf- ia.) ASHINGTON More thar three years ago this column callec the Justice Department’s attentior to the fac' that Frankie Costello head of the Mafia and king-pin American gambler could easily be deported insomuch as he had fal- sified his naturalization oath in 1925. Any other citizen with less pol- itical pull would have been deported long ago. For instance, Rudolf Sal- li, a Finn who risked going back to Russianized Finland during the war to get information for the United States, is now in the pro- cess of kbeing deported because in 1918 and 1920 he was convicted of a technical forgery and driving a car in which there was bootleg li- quor. salli worked for the OSS during the war with the German under- ground, got valuable information for the U.SA., and now, if deport- ed back to Finland, will be shot as a spy. On she other hand, Frankie Cos- tello, if deported back to his native ITtaly, would live peacefully off his accuraulated wealth. During prohib- jtion, in contrast to Salli, he op- erated the biggest fleet of rum-! yunning boats oif the New Jersey Coast, equipped with machine guns. However, ‘Costello is not being de- ported for a simple reason—he has contributed heavily to many polit- jcal campaigns, especially the De- mocratic Party in New York. (Continued on POK.G Four) fishermen | :APW FUNDS CUTS; ALASKA PROHITS BY EARLY ACTION The Alaska Public Works pro- { gram, initiated less than a year ago, was put in motion fast; projects were approved, contracts let and actual construction started in record ime. Such fast progress now proves of great value to the Territory, as the appropriation of $5,000,000 for new | projects to be started in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851, has been reduced by the Bureau of the Bud- 1 get to $4,000,000. The Bureau reserved an additional $2,000,000 for contingencies, so funds immediately available for new pro- jects stand now at $2,000,000. No information as to possible re- lease of the reserved funds has. been received by John Argetsinger, APW District Engineer. Under the appropriation and con- tract authority made available for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1950, funds were allotted for 18 pro- jects with a total estimated cost of $4,660,760. Of these, contracts have been iwarded on 13 projects with a total cost of $3,265,900. Construction is underway on 11 of these, with con- struction of the other two to begin this fall. The remaining five projects are approaching contract stage and are expected to reach the construction stage when weather permits in the spring of 1951. The projects on which contracts have been awarded aie as follows: Skagway, sewer, $76,000; Juneau library, $142,000; Juneau, Sewers, $30,000; Petersburg, school, $380,000; Ketchikan, streets and sewers $618,000. Douglas, sewer, water, streets, $69,000; Anchorage, shops and ga- rages, $374,900; Anchorage, streets and sewers, $245500; Fairbanks, school, $492,600. College, Eielson Building addition. $327,000; Ninilehik, school, $209,100; Chugiak, school, $71,500; Naknek, school, $230,300. Bids have been called for No- vember 15 for construction of three additions to Anchorage grade schools. 5 Four projects still in the planning stage are schools for Wrangell, Dil- lingham and Homer, and sanitary- sewer facilities for Fairbanks. The Alaska Public Works office was established in Juneau in Decem- ber, 1949, under the General Serv- ices Administration. It was trans- ferred to the Office of Territories, Department of the Interior, May 24, 1950. Sub-offices are located in Fairbanks, Anchorage and Ketchi- kan. £ MRS. CHASE FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for Mrs. Nora B. ‘hase will be held tomorrow after- 100n at 2 o'clock in the Charles W. Carter Chapel with the Rev. G. H. dillerman giving the eulogy. Inter- ment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Bert McDowell and Mrs. Ray Nevin will sing favorite hymns. Pallbearers will be Charles DeBoer, Herman Porter, Fred Henning, Gus George, Jack Westfall and Harold Brown. Mrs. Chase died last Friday in Gustavus from injuries received from a fall nearly a week earlier. Be- sides her husband, Mrs. Chase is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Parker, and two sons, Marvan and Archie, all of Gustavus; five grand- children, Eugene and Charles Chase and Mrs. Fred (Alberta) Newburn, all of Gustavus; Jay Chase of An- chorage, and Mrs. Lowell Trump of Juneau. She also leaves four young great-grandchildren — Muriel and Bruce Newburn, and Chris and Baby Trump. JWC MEETS TOMORROW The October social-program meet- ing of the Juneau Woman's Club will be tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ray Day on Seventh Street. A dessert luncheon will be served at 1:30 followed by a brief business session. The speaker of the afternoon will be Henry Harmon, Director of the Territorial Welfare Department. Hostesses will be Mrs. J. D. Alex- ander, Mrs. Don Burrus, Mrs. J. Gerald Williams and Mrs. M. O. Johnson. GOES TO CONVENTION Ciedamae Cammock left today j to attend the annual AFL conven- | tion of the Alaska Territorial Fed- | eration of Labor in Ketchikan October 21 to 27. She will represent the Hotel and Restaurant Em- ployees Union 871, Bartenders Union 869, of Juneau and Culinary Work- lers Union 873 of Sitka. TRUMAN SPEAKS - TONIGHT | { President to—Make Major Foreign Policy Talk- To Shoot at Russia SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17—{®— President Truman speaks to the na- tion tonight for the first time since his Pacific talk with General Mac- Arthur. The occasion is a major foreign policy address—the opening shot of a_forceful, new effort to induce Russia to talk peace in realistic terms. It will be made in War Me- morial Opera House, birthplace of the United Nations. There is a big question as to just how much Mr. Truman will disclose of his concentrated talk with the United Nations commander for the Korean war in their man-to-man meeting on isolated Wake Island Sunday. Of that meeting, the President has said, “We are fully aware of the dangers that lie ahead, but we are confident that we can sur- mount these dangers . . .” In a heavy mist and drizzle, Mr. Truman took his daily early morn- ing walk. Aides said he was taking every precaution to provide a non-partisan backdrop for his foreign policy speech, avoiding any connection with California’s hot U.S. Senatorial and Gubernatorial campaigns. His major foreign policy pro- nouncement is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. PST in San Francisco’s Opera House—where the charter of the United Nations was drafted during che final campaigns of World War I The President spent a good part of last night in conference with top officials on the wording of the address, which will be amplified in a talk before the U.N. General Assembly in New York Oct. 24. AIR LINER CRASH IN LONDON KILLS 78 OF 29 ABOARD LONDON, Oct. 17—M—A twin- engined air liner smashed into a London suburb today, killing 28 of the 29 persons aboard. British European Airways said an engine failed shortly after the plane took off from London for Glasgow. The plane, a Dakota, was attempt- ing to return to London. The air line said it carried 24 passengers, including one infant, and a crew of five. The survivor, a man, was taken i a hospital. One report said the craft caught fire in the air, hit a house top, then plowed through a wall into a garden. One wing still teetered atop a house. Founder, Providence Hospital, Anchorage, s Sent fo Fairbnks ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 17— (P—Sister Regina Marie, who helped found the Providence Hospital here 11 years ago, will take charge of the 65-bed St. Joseph’s hospital at Fairbanks. She will replace Sister Superior Melece, who is returning to the United States for a new assignment after 20 years of service at Xair- banks. EES———— BESEEAR WEATHER RE?ORT Temperatures for 24-Plour Period ending 6:20 o'clock th's morning In Juneau—Maximum, 48; minimum, 33. At Airport—Maximum, 47; minimum, 25. FORECAST (Sunesu and Vieinity) Continued fair tonight and Wednesday. Lowest tempera- ture near freezing tonight in Juneau and as low as 26 in outlying districts. Highest Wednesday near 47T. . . » . . . . . . . . . . l g le PRECLIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 8.m. today . City of Juneau — None; e since Octoher 1—3.86 inches; e since July 1—25.94 inches. . At Airport None; e since October 1-—1.40 inches; e since July 1—20.74 inches. s a9 60008889 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950 ' TERRITORIAL BLDG. MAY BE HALF-PRICE, NOT $1,300,000 Construction of the Alaska Office Building in Juneau was the subject for urgent consideration at meetings | of the Territorial Board of Ad- \mmistmtion yesterday yand this morning. The Board met to consider the effect of the U.S. Budget Bureau action cutting the Alaska Public Works appropriation from $5,000,000 to an available $2,000,000 for new projects this year. This APW project, by which fed- eral funds would match the $660,000 appropriated by the 1949 Territorial Legislature, now is under considera- tion in Washington. By APW pro- cedure, that agency would_advandb the entire cost, the Territory to pay back its half. With the intent of getting con- struction under way soon, whether the cut is restored or nat, the Board PRICE TEN CENTS e e MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS | | afternoon : | | authorized the architect to prepare,l at no extra cost, alternative plans “for whatever lesser structure may prove necessary,” and to make available full sets of plans. Architect Harold Foss, who was present, was asked to work closely with the APW office here to what= i ever extent that agency can par=| ticipate according to Burke Riley of the Governor’s staff, who took, the minutes. 3 ' In the absence of Gov. Ernest Gruening, Secretary of Alaska Leéw M. Williams presided. Board mem- bers attending were Treasurer Henry Roden, Auditor Frank A. Boyle, At- torney General J. Gerald Williams and Education Commissioner James C. Ryan. Among those attending for con- sultation, besides Foss, were these officials of the Alaska Public Works: District Engineer John Ar- zetsigner, Attorney Thomas B. Quinn and Fiscal Officer George Rogers. Action was taken on another mat- ter, this one strongly hedged with provisions. When, as and if the title rests in the Territory, and it is determined that this assistance is within the authority of the Territory, and agreements are entered into which will assure that no operational defi- cits will be borne by the Territory— then the Board will release $71,500 for construction of nurses’ quarters at Seward General Hospital. This will be built from the quar- ter-million dollar appropriation by the 1949 Legislature for hospital construetion, and is based on the Territory furnishing one-quarier, federal funds one-half and private sources one-quarter. The structure would serve all nurses in the Seward district, in- cluding those at the sanitorium. The hospital is owned by the Methodist church. W Pennies in_D;nand,( Mint Works Overtime; PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17— Employees of the Philadelphia mint are working overtime to meet 2 shortage of pennies and other coins. Edwin H. Dressel, superintendent of the US. coin factory, said yes- terday the stepped-up operations have been going on for the last} two weeks and will continue in- definitely. : The demand for coins, especially | pennies, “came up so quickly,” Dres- sel said, the mint wishes it had a much larger work force than its appropriation permits. Il | BLOOD TYPING AT DOUGLAS TONIGHT Dr. Frank Maresh and Dr. J. O. Rude will be the physicians who will carry out the blood typing program in Douglas tonight. All who regis-| ter with the receptionist be! 7:30 and 8:30 will be taken care 0! as this is the last session of (! series arranged for Douglas. Juneau residents who have not yet taken advantage of the serv offered will be given another oppor- tunity in the high school buildin next Tuesday evening. STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Oct. 17 — Cl quotation of Alaska Juneau u stock today is 2%, American C 103, Anaconda 36'%, Curtiss-Wris! 9%, International Harvester 3 Kennecott 66%, New York Ct 17%, Northern Pacific 26%, i Steel 40%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 2,010,000 Averages today are as follow dustrials 229.22, rails 70.10, utilif U hareé 1- | Lester J. Asher of Seattle iv If gistered at the Baranof Hotc! ey Hawaiian Greelinglor}ruman Governor Ingram Stainback of Hawaii (right), presents President Truman with a lei on the chief ex- ecutive’s arrival in Honolulu, The President rested briefly in Honolulu before continuing on to a meet- ing in the Pacific, Wake Island, with General Douglas MacArthur. (® Wirephoto via radio from Hono- ICORRUPTION ' IS ALLEGED, N.Y.POLITICS Democrats CTarge GOP Lt. Gov. Hanley “Paid Off”" to Step Aside ALBANY, NY, Oct. 17 — (B — Democrats today cited a letter by New York’s Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley to support their charge that he had been paid off to step aside as a candidate for the Republican Gub- ernatorial nomination, in favor of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, and become instead the party's candidate for U-S. Senator. The letter, which the 74-year-old Hanley himself released here late yesterday, said that “if I will con- sent to take the yomination to the United States Senate, I am defi- nitely assured of being able to clean up my financial obligations within 90 days.” At New York, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, said that he never had discussed the personal financial situation of Lieutenant Governor Joe R. Hanley with him. The Governor said at a press conference regarding a letter Han- ley made public yesterday: “I never personally discussed his (Mr. Hanley's) debts or his private situation with him. I never pried into his private affairs, nor did 1 ever hear anyone else do s0.” At Rochester, PFrank ~Gannett, publisher of a group of newspaper. and long a prominent Re called for a grand jury investiga- tion. Gannett, who said he lent Hanley about $19,000 to help finance his pre-convention campaign, said “the letter reveals corruption in political affairs, and the penalties for these are severe.” Hanley denied to newsmen that there was anything illegal or mor- ally wrong with any financial ar- rangements he had made. ROTARY RAISES $447.55 TOWARD LIBRARY FUND The Rotary party last Friday night netted the club $447.55 tow: its pledge to the Juneau Memo Library Fund, Floyd Guertin, cl man of the party committee, an- nounced at a regular luncheon meet- ing of the club at the Baranof Hotel this noon. “That leaves only $82.45 to complete our commitment,” he | said. Lloyd Coe of the Alaska Depart- ment of Health, provided a fine ed- ucational film on * otional Health.” The projector was run by Malcolm Greany. Guests were: T. S. Batchelder of Fairbanks; Paul Swensson of Se- attle; C. Spaulding of Ketchikan; N. Floyd Fagerson, Gerald Shaw and J. E. Ashbaugh of Juneau. iFunds Cut To Agencies | In Alaska ‘WASHINGTON, Oct, 17 — ( — Secretary of the Interior Chapman, announcing reductions in his de- partment’s spending for the year ending June 30, said today a $1,- 080,000 cut had been ordered for the Fish and Wildlife Service. The overall cuts (amounting to about $73,000,000 for the Interior Department), were ordered by Con- gress in the big 1950-1951 appropi- ation bill, were allocated among non-defense agencies by the Budget Bureau. The Congress specified that total expenditures for all agencies be re- duced by at least $550,000,000. Included in the Interior Depart- ment reductions are the following: Cuts of $50,000 each for forest management, cadastral surveys (for making large-scale survey maps), oil and moisture conservation and building construction in Alaska. These cuts include a $40,000 re- duction in Alaskan funds for cadas- tral surveys and $50,000 for storage facilities in Faigbanks and Tok Junction. In addition, Alaska is faced with 1 reduction of $1,100,000 in road construction and $1,000,000 in pub- lic works. The road construction cut elimi- i(lIMATI( | FIGHT NEAR | INKOREA Allied, Tro_o;s Reporfed Near Pyongyang-Red Masses Surrendering (By the Associated Press) The Korean war roared toward a climax today with Allied troops smashing within 12 miles of Pyong- yang, Communist capital, where the climactic battle may be fought. Two tank-led Allied columns—one American and one South Korean— were speeding toward the city. Communist troops either fled or surrendered. The Reds were re- ported offering only token resist- ance. The South Korean First Division, pushing north and west, took Sang- { won, 25 miles from Pyongyang, and plunged to within 12 miles of the city tonight. An officer spokesman said they might reach the capital by tomorrow. The U.S. First Cavalry Division, approaching the Red capital from the south, by-passed Sariwon and pushed past Hwangju, 23 miles from their goal. Spearheads were only 20 miles away. The U.S. force left Sari- won to British and Commonwealth | | | | ) nates work on the Richardson-Mt. troops, who fought their way into! McKinley Park road until at least next July 1. ALASKA DEFESES "HERE T0 STAY” iS VIEW OF SENATORS | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 17— M — The chairman of a Senate Armed Services subcommittee said yesterday that “despite high costs the U.S. military establishment must be maintained for at least 10 years.” Sen. Lester D. Hunt (D-Wyo) made the statement after he and Senators Wayne L. Morse (R-Ore) fana Leverett Saltonstall (R-M toured Alaskan bases in this area. Before their inspection of guns, shelters and other equipment, the trio was briefed by Lt. Gen. William E. Kepner, Commanding General of | Alaska armed forces. The committeemen toured the vast Elmendorf Air Force base here Sunday night and visited Seward and Whittier today by train. They arrived Sunday by plane in the late President Roosevelt’s “Sacred Cow.” Hunt's brief comment after the inspection trip was that Alaskan defenses are “here to stay.” The Senators were guests last night at an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce dinner. They will fly to Nome today. FROM HOOD BAY Allen Thompson of Hood Bay is staying at the Baranof Hotel. | the city. The capital would be in range of lus. guns tomorrow, field observers i 1 said, ROK's Advance | On the east coast, North Korea's {great industrial city of Hamhung was within the grasp of the ROK | (Republic of Korea) First Corps. | As elements of this corps reached '[ur the city, another column 18 'of Hamhung. Lt. Gen. Walter H. Walker, US. Pyongyang in a week. of the ROK First Division, was even more optimistic. He predicted his men, if all goes well, would make it in three days. “We don't intend to stop now,” he said. “The men are tired but they don't care as long as they move fast. When they get to Pyongyang they can sleep for a week.” Hard Going The South Koreans were still in mountain country, and although nearest to Pyongyang, had the hardest going. The British and Americans were on a fairly straight main artery and were taking advantage of a flat- ter terrain. The U.S. First Cavalry was driv- ing west on the road from captured Sohung to Sariwon. The US, 24th Division, driving up the west coast, made a surprising end run to come within 10 miles of Sariwon. The 4 tCox‘mn’fiM’ uh Page Two) | HEARING IS DEMANDED ON ""SCREENING "’ Atforney General Asked fo Conduct On-the-Spot Inquiry SEATTLE, Oct. 17—(—A national leader of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union (Ind) said today he had asked the US. Attorney General to hold a public hearing on his union’s objections to the Coast Guard's methods of “screen- ing” members under security rules, Eddie Tangen of San Francisco, the union’s secretary-treasurer, ac- cused Democratic ~Congressman Hugh Mitchell of Seattle of having made a “slanderous statement for political purposes” in an earlier call to the Attorney General for an on-the-spot inquiry. “After determining facts, the At- torney General's report should be termed official and made public,” the wire released by Tangen's office here said. . Mitchell had called for an in- vestigation because of interruptions in shipping schedules attributed to the union’s balking at security screening procedures. The Marine Cooks and Stewards Union was one of those recently ousted from the Congress of In- dustrial Organizations on a charge that its policies followed the Com- munist party line too closely.’ In another development in the controversy, G. D. Skinner, General Manager of the Alaska Steamship Company, called for creation of an appeal to hear the case of men who have been labeled as poor security risks. He sent a letter to the Pacific Maritime Association reviewing the screening operations in Seattle. “In view of the lack of appeal boards,”-‘he wrote; “we must ‘state that we do not feel the present méthod, manner and procedure of the security screening program is consistent with the maritime pro- gram agreed to July 24." He said the screening was started on a voluntary basis under a plan agreed to July 24 by representatives of the government, ship operators and a majority of the maritime unions. The Alaska line has been one of those hardest hit by the Ma- rine Cooks and Stewards’ Union op- position. It has cancelled passenger service to Alaska because of inter- ruptions in schedules. RUSSIA CLAIMS ATOMIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS MOSCOW, Oct. 17—P—A Soviet professor declared today that Rus- sia’s scientists already have dis- covered a means of transforming atomic energy directed into elec- cricity. Atomic energy. specialist V. Gol- dubstov claimed in the literary ga- zette that Soviet science is far ahead of the United States in the develop- ment of peaceful uses for atomic energy. “Soviet scientists,” he stated, have found other technological schemes and other technical possibilities for the peaceful use of atomic energy— transforming it into heat or elec- tricity. “Soviet science has progressed by a great margin ahead of foreign mashed toward Hungnam, the port { science in the field of atomic en- ergy.” (Direct conversion of atomic Eighth Army Commander predieted | energy into electric power would be United Nations forces would be in jone of the greatest developments in harnessing the atom for commercial Gen. Paik Sun Yup, commander | use. But Goldbustov doesn’t give any hint of how the Soviets supposedly are doing -it, and the tone of his article follows the usual Soviet line of attacking the United States pro- gram. y (The Atomic Energy Commission is working on the problem of de- veloping power from atomic reac- tors. (They are based on taking the heat from atomic ovens and using it to operate turbines or other de- vices to get electrical power, said Corbin Allardyce, director of the AEC’s information service in New York.) STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Sailor’s Splice sailed from Seattle last Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.