The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 26, 1950, Page 1

i THE DAILY ALASKA. EMPIRE ! “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,642 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1950 New Regulations Issued on Poor Security FREEGOLD | 10 FIGHT INFLATION Mining Men Awaiting Fed- eral Policy Toward Min- | ing Under Act, Bradley “Gold mining men believe that the best weapon against runaway inflation is return to the gold stan- | dard,” Phil Bradley Jr., told a Ju- | neau Chamber of Commerce meet- ing this noon at the Baranof Hotel. “For years mining men have tried to free gold and have it placed on the markets of the world where it would find jts true level and give this country a stable currency,” he said. He stated that Canada had | recently removed controls on cur- rency and have gone back to gain- ing public confidence by foresigh* instead of money-management. Statistics H Bradley gave some interesting ap- | proximate statistics on the Alaska- Juneau mine. It has produced $81,- | 000,000 worth of gold, 88,500,000 tens cf ore, and paid out $34,000,000 | in wages. He pointed out that every | dollar paid in wages in a mining | community created from $7 to $9| in business for that community. On | that basis the A-J mine created | $200,000,000 in business fer Ju-| neau during the period of its op- | eration. He pointed out that this could not return until the price| of gold goes up to its true level. “When gold was raised to $35 nn*} ounce in 1934 it merely restored ! gold mining to its position ir. 1313,” he said. “A check and comparisonj of percentage of profit at the! Treadwell mine in 1912 and 1934 showed that there was no differ- | ence.” INFLATION DISHONEST | “Inflation hurts everyone. It is dishonest. In 1913 the gold dollar | was worth 100 cents; in 1934 it was worth 59 cents; in 1939 had| dropped to 50 cents; in 1940 it was ' down to 39 cents and today the 1913 gold dollar is only worth 29 cents. Gold cannot be mined on thgt basis. In order to make a gold | dollar worth a dollar today the| (Continued on Page Two) Merry - Go- Round | Copyright, 1350. by Bell Synaicate, Ine.) By DREW PEARSON LOS ANGELES — Watching the | candidates—These are days so many { claims are made by candidates that | it’s hard for the average voter to: sift the true facts before election | time, | As a 'result, voting in a hurry and repenting at leisure sometimes | saddles unfortunate Congressmen | on the nation. As a guide to voters, therefore, this column will attept to point | out some of the phony statements issued by candidates. t Take for instance, Jack Hardy, GOP candidate for Congress in Helen Gahagan Douglas’s old dis- trict in Los Angeles. His campaign literature features pictures of him- self and wife with his three child- ren. The-pi¢ture even names the | children “Tertie, Margaret and Charlies” and quotes them saying: “We live with Jack (Hardy and know what kind of a person he is at home. We know he is a profes- sional man, not a professionai poli- tician.” The three Hardy children, whom | the GOP candidate thus features; |ing started the annual week long | giving the scout law. Allen Shattuck, | viously mentioned i ments of all times that will be re- | Harmon. | head table with Powers and Shat- FLORIDA TOWN FINANCE CAMPAIGN FOR BOY SCOUTS IS STARTED HERE Three Boy Scouts from Troop 23 | in an impressive but short ceremony at the kick-off breakfast this morn- scout finance campaign. | The scouts were in charge of Jerry Wade with Gary Hedges reciting the Boy Scout law and Jack Rhode campaign chairman, introduced the speakers who gave short instruc- tional pep talks to the teams and | special workers present. Not pre- as a special worker is Ralph Browne who handles the campaign for the ter- ritorial and federal employees. Charles Burdick noted that the Boy Scout enrollment for the ter- ritory showed an increase of 659 scouts during the two year period from October 1948 to the present. There are 1,649 Boy Scouts now re- gistered in the three divisions of scouting, Cubs, Boy Scouts and Ex- wlorers. Opening remarks by Shattuck in- cluded the fact that the scouting program is one of the social move- corded. “Only now can work be done for boys,” said Dr. Joseph Rude, “before they grow out of the period in life when they need it most.” Subscriptions are to be turned | in tomorrow afternoon between 4:30 and 5:30 o'clock in the Gold Room of the Baranof with the carry-overs | to be turned in to the members 0f= the Boy Scout executive committee or to Maurice Powers, scout execu- tive, it was announced by Henry Local members of the territorial- wide executive committee sat at the tuck. CHALLENGING JUNEAU SKISH| A Juneau skish club has been challenged to a telegraphic match by the junior members of the St. Augustine, Florida Skish team. There’s just one catch in the whole | performance. Skish has not been introduced in Juneau, Skish (is an accuracy castihg| game that is almost as much fun | as skeet and fishing—that is, for fishermen at least. This new sport has become popu- lar throughout the states and is! indulged in by persons from six to sixty and many handicapped per- sons. fome fans of the game have gone on to be¢yme trick-shot champs. ‘The St. Augustine juniors are rat- ed the No. 2 team in the United | States and as far as Juneau com- petition is concerned it appears that they will remain that way. However it anyone in this area is | interested in launching the sport here, he can contact Johnny Qul- ico at the Juneau-Young Hardware Co. BRUST TRANSFERRED 70 5. DAKOTA FROM ANS. AREA OFFICE The transfer of Reinholt Brust, assistant area director of the Alaska Native Service, to the same posi- tion in the area office of the Bu- reau of Indian Affairs at Aberdeen, South Dakota, was announced today by Hugh J. Wade, area director of the ANS. Brust went to the ANS from the Shawnee Agency in Oklahoma in ANNOUNCE BUILDING CONTROLS Ban on New Structures for Amusement, Recea- tion, Enferfainment WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 — (B — The National Production Authority today banned the building of any new structures for “amusement, rec- reational or entertainment pur- poses.” The order, effective at midnight tonight, was issued to conserve ma- terials for armaments. Covered by the ban are theaters of all kinds, amusement parks, race tracks, golf courses, night clubs, skating rinks and summer camps. In all, there are 44 forbidden types of structures. The NPA Administrator, William H. Harrison said in a statement accompanying his action that the barred construction “is of a type which does not further the defense effort, either directly or indirectly, |and does not increase -the nation’s productive capacity.” Risks Are Taken Persons who start other buildings which do not further the defense drive—even though not on the pro- hibited list—run the risk of being barred from completion of the building, Harrison said. Such construction begun after midnight may be halted “even though its commencement at the present time is not forbidden by this order,” the production chief specified. The order applies to federal, state and city recreational projects as well as private buildings. More Defense Yokes The NPA simultaneously issued two more orders settling the ‘de- fense yoke more firmly on ‘the economy: 1. The steel industry was directed to furnish steel for the production of at least 10,000 freight cars a month. This will take upwards of 300,000 tons monthly from the civil- ian supply. 2. Other allocation programs of the same type were made possible by an NPA amendment to its steel distribution order. This will permit allocations of steel, similar to the freight car plan, for steel deliveries to the petroleum and mining in- dustries, farm machinery makers, and other defense-supporting in- dustries. THREE JOINTLY AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE, MEDICINE STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 26— (M—Two Mayo Clinic doctors and a Swiss professor are jointly award- od the 1950 Nobel Prize in medicine. The award recognizes their work on two hormones—cortisone and | acth—which have brought the pro- mise of relief to millions from the great pain of rheumatoid arthritis. Their work has opened up a new field of medicine—one of the most important of the century. The Caroline Institute, which awards the prize, announced the winners tonight — Drs. Philip S. Hench and Edward W. Kendall, both of the Mayo Clinic at Rdh- ester, Minn., and Tadeusz Reich- stein, professor of chemistry at the University of Basel. Their work also has promised aid to suffers from rheumatic fever, geut, asthma, certain eye inflam- in his literature look to be around | January, 1941, as chief clerk, Dur- | mations, psoriasis and eukemia. the ages of 12 to 14. However, the interesting thing is that candidate | Hardy married his wife only lasll May and Tertie, Margaret and | Charlie are not his children. They | are the children of his present | wife, Georgia Sibley, by a former | marriage. Furthermore, the only child of his own which candidate Hardy ever | had was the daughter of actress Fay Helm, who divorced him five | years ago. At that time, Hardy re- | linguished all rights to custody of | his baby, including even the right of visitation It was agreed hcw-‘ ever, that he would contribute $35 a month to the baby's support. However, even this mere pittance was too much. He defaulted on | payments to the tune of $800 and, | e B (Continued on Page Four) { | | Meteetsee, Worland, and Ten Sleep. lYork are at the Hotel Juneau. ing the past nine years he ad- vanced in the agency and on Decem- ber 11, 1949, was named to the posi- tion of assistant area director. “Brust’s transfer will be a great loss to the Alaska area office but the transfer is at his request. In view of his faithful service to the agency, we could do nothing else but approve it. Brust will be very difficult to replace,” said Wade. BACK FROM WYOMING Lee Richard of Sitka flew home today following his return from a trip to the states. He visited friends and relatives in Wyoming at Cody, FROM NEW YORK Thomas and George Rome of New The prize money totalling 104,- 303 crowns ($31,715) will be divided among the three scientists. It Wil be presented to them in Stock- holm Dec. 10. SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY AT TEEN AGE CLUB AL the girls and boys are re- minded by Dave Graves and Joe Ninnis, co-Presidents of the Teen Age Club, about the special en- tertainment at the clubhouse to- morrow night at 10:15 o’clock. For this musical treat an admis- ‘sion of 25 cents will be charged. | The proceeds are to be used to help | meet the Club’s pledge to the Lib- rary Fund. All Juneau and Douglas teen | agers are invited, whether or not they belong to the Club. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS BARTLEIT GIVES OUT. HIS VIEWS Talks About Statehood, | Democracy-Labor Con- vention ls in Session | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 26— —(M—Congressional Delegate E. L. Bartlett declared before the Ter- ritorial Federation of Labor yes- terday that Alaska’s Democratic Party is not “going conservative.” He said it would not desert its| “historic liberality,” as indicated | by some party leaders after the re- cent territorial elecifon. Bartlett asserted efforts of At- torney James E. Curry of Wash- ington, D. C., on behalf of Indian groups, to turn labor against the| statehood bill because the bill freezes reservations at the present status, ought to fail. He said the bill has a clause guaranteeing all Federal and In- dian lands and fishing grounds. He | added that the issue is not import- | ant because Secretary of Intenior Chapman had declared publicly" he would not establish any more re- servations in Alaska without a full review and public hearings. b AFL Purposes | Harry O'Reilly of Washington, or- | ganization director for the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, told the convention the AFL has no right or left wings. He said it has only | “a single purpose to improve m-} social and economic lot of ¢he; working people through voluntary association for that purpose.” Factional Fight A factional fight was reported to be brewing behind the scenes between the Dave Beck-led Team- sters’ Union and the operating en- gineers. The teamsters tried two, years ago to gain several import- ant posts in the Territorial Fed- eration, but failed. The operating engineers are strong in Alaska,| where they handle heavy equip- ment. Rank-and-File Control Ed Weston, President of the Washington State Federation of Labor, told the convention earlier in the week that Dave Beck, using one.man control in his union, has kept its members out of the State Federation. He said his own Boiler- maker’s Union and the State Fed- eration insist on rank-and-file con- trol. { The convention voted to continue publishing the monthly Alaska Fed- erationist after Anchorage Electri- | cians’ Union had tried to kill the news organ. The convention went on record | by resolution for Alaska rent con- trol and broader unemployment benefits. New IB Clinicls | To Give Patienis Addjigml Care. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 26—/ —Care of tuberculosis victims will be available at a chpst clinic soon to be opened here at thej Health Center. Previously only X- ray and diagnosis were available. With the use of additional equip- ment purchased through the locil sale of Christmas Seals the clinic| will be able to provide facilities for | patients who would otherwise be hospitalized. Specialized treatment for per-| sons released from hospitals but| still requiring assistance, and for| those who do not require extended hospital care, will be made possible. | FAIRBANKS MAN GETS MARRIAGE LICENSE | SEATTLE, Oct. 26—P—A mar- riage license application was filed| here yesterday by Jim B. Petersen | 31, Fairbanks and Viola Kotalk,| 30, Yankton, SD. KOREAN CASUALTIES (By Associated Press) | ‘The latest tabulation of Korean casualties released by the Defens Department shows that 618 mor¢ casualties were announced laStl week. The notifications to next of kin through October 20th w:a‘x‘ 26,701. This includes 3,682 killed in| action and 4,337 missing in action, | as well as 442 who have died of lnhelr wounds, i cover money paid them to the Ter- | | New York asks $9,136.81 plus in- | terest for unlawful checks Olson | BONDING COMPANIES SUE BANK, RECOVERY ON OLSON'S CHECKS SEATTLE, Oct. 26—-(P—Legal ac- | tions were filed Wednesday by two surety bonding companies against Seattle-First National Bank to re- ritory of Alaska to make good un- | lawful checks written by Oscar G.| Olson, fermer Treasurer of the Ter- | ritory. American Surety Company of wrote between April 1, 1939, and | March 30, 1947 during the period the company carried Olson’s bond. General Casualty Company of America asks $1,120.54¢ for unlaw- ful checks written by Olson between April 1, 1949, and May 7, 1949, when General Casualty guaranteed his bond. Both companies claim that Seat- tle-First National Bank, as depos- itory for funds of the Territory of Alaska, was negligent in honor- ing the checks. Olson was sentenced to 10 years each on two counts of embezzle- ment last January, the terms to run concurrently. FRONTIER OF TIBET CROSSED (By Assoclated Press) In Berlin, a Soviet controlled newspaper announced that Chinese Communist forces have crossed Tibet’s frontier to “liberate” the/ people of the little mountain na- tion. The first assertion that Red Chi- nese actually had entered Tibet came from Taegliche Rundschau, which said: “In the early morning hours of Tuesday, a formation of the Chi- nese People’s Army crossed the Ti- betan frontier.” The advancing force was identifed as the Second Chi- | nese field army. This followed an announcement by the Peiping radio yesterday that Red China’s troops had been ordered | to march on Tibet. The Communist Chinese have| been hinting and threatening an in- | vasion of Tibet for months. In Moscow, the Communist newspaper Pravda said the Chinese Second Field Army has been ordered into action. It said the “liberation” army would bring freedom, peace and | democracy to the 3,000,000 inhabit- ants of that remote region. The Communists charge Tibet is domi- nated by Britain and the United States. COMMANDER FOR | NO, ATLANTIC PACT 10 BE NAMED SOON (By Associated Press) A key officlal—who has asked that he not be named—is predicting that the North Atlantic military men will recommend that an Ameri- can be appointed supreme com- mander—and soon. i General Dwight Eisenhower often has been rumored to be in line for| this critical job. And the General himself has added to the specula- tion by saying that he’s coming to Washington in the next few days to talk with officals in the Defense Department. 1t is thought that either General Eisenhower or General Omar Brad- ley would be welcomed as the top man by all concerned in the 12- nation alliance. BOLAND FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW Funeral services for John Boland will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock in the Catholic Church here. Pall bearers will be Harold and John Fennel, Gordy Kanouse, Wen- dell Schneider, Erland Pearson and | Herbert Hakala. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. | Boland was a member of the Elks | and Moose lodges here. | CONGRESS CALL BACK PROBABLE Truman to Make Decision Soon-Many Topics Dis- cussed with Newsmen By D, HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 — (B — President Truman may call Con- gress back before its scheduled re- turn Nov. 27, but he said today he has not yet reached a decision. He said if the call is made it would be to give Congress a little more working time on a whole list of things, including an excess profits tax, rent control extension, and statehood for Alaska and Hawali. Mr. Truman discussed the possi- bility in a White House news con- ference that covered a wide range of topics. The new 82nd Congress does not meet until Jan. 3, nearly two months after the Nov. 7 elections. Mr. Truman said he has taken up the matter of recalling Congress with Vice President Barkley, but would talk it over with other party leaders before making a decison. He said he would announce his decision when he reaches it, whether it is before or after the elections. Answers Questions Responding to other questions, Mr. Truman said: 1—He does not expect any trouble in Western Europe this winter. A reporter had remarked that some people in Holland were anticipating war in a few months. 2—He knows of but one atomic ex- plosion ever having occurred in Soviet Russia. Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission had |been asked at a press conference Tuesday whether he knew of any more atomic explosions in Russia and he replied that “the President hasn’t seen fit to make any more announcements” beyond the one he made last year. Drop Bomb Order 3—That Gen. Douglas MacArfhur {knew in advance of this country’s plan to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, A newsman had said that writer John Gunther had reported otherwise. The President said that was not true. He added he gave the order to MacArthur and the Gen- eral issued the order to drop the bomb. 4—He 1is seriously considering making one or two campaign speeches but said he probably will not leave Washington for it. He said National Democratic Chairman Wil- liam Boyle had urged him to make several speeches before the election, but that he had not made up his mind. Probably No Vacation Mr. Truman said he did not be- lieve he could take a brief vacation in Key West, Fla., next month be- cause he will be too busy. Asked to comment on the state- ment last night by Harold E. Stas- sen that the President will favor ad- mitting Red China to the United Nations after the November elec- tions, the President said he won- dered where Stassen got his infor- mation. Smiling, he added Stassen prob- ably got it from Chairman Guy Gabrielson of the Republican Na- tional Committee, not from me. Korean Border Occupation He said it was his understanding that Korean Republic forces would occupy the entire border between North Korea and Manchuria, with no American troops participating in this function. Mr. Truman was asked to release the report on the investigation of the Philippine situation made by Daniel W. Bell. He replied that the U.S. is trying to work out an ap- | proach to implement that report, but that it could not be done in the newspapers. The President said nothing has come to his attention about a re- ported contemplated visit to the United States by President elect Vargas of Brazil. Denying reports that the admin- istration has given up the idea of dispersing government buildings in the Washington area, he said this is a logical and practical thing and should be done. ANCHORAGE VISITOR James A. Westbrook of Anchor- age is registered at the Hotel Ju- neau. PRICE TEN CENTS Carpenter Accused as Dynamifer Wilmingfon, Ohio, Man Admits Wrecking Voice of America Radio EL PASO, Tex. Oct. 26—(»—An Ohio carpenter was accused today of the Sept. 17 dynamiting of a Voice of America radio transmitter at Mason, O. D. K. Brown, in charge of the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation office here, said Herman Floyd Kinner, 38, of Wilmington, O., admitted he “did the job.” He sald Kinner also admitted opening a switch Oct. 1 on the main line tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Wilberforce, O. No damage resulted because the open switch was found before a train was passed. Kinner was formally charged in both cases. Agent Brown supplied details to newsmen here after FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover first announced the arrest in Washingtan. ' Kinner was taken into custody in El Paso last night two hours after hitchhiking from Houston, Tex., Brown said. He declined to say where the arrest was made. Brown described Kinner as a mental case and said the Ohioan told FBI agents he acted after “hearing voices, voices, voices.” Reperters ‘were given this account by Brown: Federal agents gathered fragments of a fuse from around the dyna- mited Voice of America radio tower. These were linked to fuse and dyna- mite purchased from a Yello_w Springs, O., dealer four days before the transmitter was blasted. On seeking Kinner, they found he had disappeared from his Wilming- ton home. Subsequently Sheriff Howard | Botts at Clinton County, Ohio, re- ceived a letter bearing Kinner’s sig- nature and stating he placed the {dynamite at the radio tower base | and set it off. The letter was mailed from Houston and the handwriting matched that of Kinner. AMERICAN TROOPS INKOREA 60 ON MOP UP CAMPAIGN (By Associated Press) {'headquarters said American troops in Korea have a mission to perform that is far from completed. This was interpreted as meaning there could be no early evacuation of U.S. troops as long as there are ex- | tensive mopping up duties to per- form. . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 26 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 99%, American Tel. and Tel. 151, Anaconda 36, Douglas Afrcraft 79%, General Electric 48%, General Motors 50%, Goodyear 58%, Kenne- cott 67, Libby, McNeil and Libby 8%, of California 75%, Twentieth-Cen- tury Fox 23, U.S. Steel 40%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 3,000,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 226.65, rails 66.79, utilities 40.26. STOCK MARKET BATTERED NEW YORK, Oct. 26—#—Two selling waves battered the stock market today, prices fell $§1 to more than $3 a share before finding a bottom. Nearly $2,000,000,000 was hacked off the market value of all stocks listed on the exchange. The plunge was the steepest since the sensational drop which followed outbreak of war in Korea. Twice during the day trading hit such a hot pace that the high-speed ticker tape dropped behind in re- porting transactions from the floor of the exchange. ‘Wall Street quarters saw nothing specific in the news to account for llhe market’s weakness. A spokesman at Gen. MacArthur's | Northern Pacific 25%, Standard Oil | Risks U. 5. GOVT. TAKES OVER SCREENING Coast Gua?d_Announces New Program for Ships, Designated Routes SEATTLE, Oct. 26—{—The Coast Guard issued new regulations today making it unlawful for anyone found to be a .poor security risk to sail on United States merchant ships in designated trade routes. The regulations mark the end of the voluntary screening program in operation since July. Now any per- sons considered a security risk will be kept off ships at government orders. ‘The new rules apply to licensed officers and crew members on United States ships sailing in inter- coastal routes or to Alaska, Hawail and foreign countries, with excep- tion of vessels trading only to ports in Canada, the West Indies or Mexico. Under regulations, a form letter will be given to the person involved, telling him that he is to be denied employment and explaining how he may appeal the ruling to the Coast Guard Commandant in Washington. Copies of the letter are given to the ship’s master and sent to Washing- ton. HELD FOR AL JOLSON | HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 26—#—"“The entertainment world has lost its king, but we cannot cry ‘the king is ! dead! long live the king!' for there is no one to hold his scepter. Those of us who tarry behind are but i poor imitations, mere princelings.” Thus did George Jessel eulogize over the body of his friend, Al Jol- son, today. There were hundreds of Jolson’s co-workers and friends in- side Temple Israel on Hollywood Boulevard who heard Jesfel's words. Outside there were an estimated 20,000 representatives of the little people who had been thrilled by the majestic Jolson voice for the last 140 years. Jessel's eulogy came after Rabbl Max Nussbaum, assisted by cantor Saul Silverman, intoned the ancient Jewish funeral ritual over the shawl- draped body of the immigrant can- tor’s son who won international ac- claim. A “The American Jewry are sufferers as well,” Jessel eulogized. “And I J must pechologically inform you of the great inspiration that Al was to the Jewish people in the last 40 years.” | Before the services began in the | temple—not far from the theater lights where often blazed Jolson's name—thousands of his fans walked somberly past his casket as it lay |in state. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. | Freighter Coastal Rambler sched- uled to sail from Seattle, Mondsy, Oct. 30. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 40; minimum, 31. At Airport—Maximum, 41; minimum, 30. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness tonight and Friday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight about 30 degrees. Highest Friday near 40. PRECIPITATION ast 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — Trace; siace October 1—6.93 inches; since July 1—29.03 inches. At Airport Trace; since October 1—2.71 inches; since July 1—22.05 inches.