The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 30, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,671 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1950 MAY USE ATOMIC BOMB ON COMMIES MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS T S " "Seasonality’ "Suitability’ Topig al ESC Labor - Management Ends Two-Day Meeting with Employment Sec. Com. Discussions of seasonal industries, the possible inclusion of the con- | struction business as a seasonal in- | dustry and presentation of employ- ment conditions with the Alaska Air | Command and the Alaska Railroad | with a view to acceptance of such | employment as “suitable” closed the two day meeting of the Employment Security Commission of Alaska late Wednesday afternoon. Ralph Rivers, Fairbanks member | of the Commission, presided at the meeting in the Senate Chambers as chairman, with George Vaara, An- chorage and Robert E. Sheldon, executive director of the commission present. Anthony Zorich, chairman of the board and member from Ket- opinion that such a change in Em- ployment Security regulations would impede the progress of construc- | tion.” Mr. Berman questioned the ESC pe~.phlet, “Study and Analysis of the Seasonal Provisions of the Ala- ska Employment Security Law” as it applied to outdoor construction wo “Evidence proves there construction in Alaska in winter.” 3 is the We Do Not Champion Chislers | His statement opposing any i change in the status of the con- struction business concluded, Mr. Berman declared, “We do not ! champion or condone the cause of | the chisler.” Ward Gilmore, representing the Building Trades and Central Labor Council of Fairbanks, read a brief expressing the opposition of the labor organizations whose members SIDETRACK |EASTLAND STATEHOOD | BLOCKING IS PLANNED ~ STATEHOOD ]’ RED DELEGATION WARNING NOT COMMENTING | LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 30—M— | The Chinese Communist delegation to the United Nations declined | comment today on President Tru- | man’s statement that use of the Dixie Democrats Get Ad- vantage in Blocking Bill Democratic Senafor Ob- jects to Take Up Motion are employed by heavy construction firms to any attempt to place con- struction on a seasonal basis. $25,000 a Week in Benefits *The brief, read by Mr. Gilmore, called attention to the payments in | Fairbanks in the winter of 1948-46 of over 1,000 claims for benefits “At an average of $25.00 per week, these 1,000 unemployed people rep- resent a sum of $25000.00 being spent in the community. Now if any or all of these unemployed were -Rent Control Is Up fo Vote on Meaesure WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — (B — Bulletin—WASHINGTON Nov. 30 Dixie Democrats claimed a tactical | —(P—Lucas Democratic Senate floor wdvantage today in their fight to|leader conceded to backers of block twin administration bills to|statehood for Alaska and Hawaii nt statehood to Alaska and Ha- | that the biils face almost inevitable waii. defeat. Me told" the Senate that They greeted with delight the | “It is very clear there isn’t going Senate Banking Committee’s swift| to be any vote on the statehood pproval of a bill proposing exten- | bills” and added in a speech that sion of rent controls. | railway and labor bills also pend- One Southern strategist who|ing, seems also doomed. He told didn’t want to be named told a re- | the Senate the statehood bills face porter his group hopes now to side- | defeat in “fillibuster” because of track the statehood issue for de- | civil rights. bate on rent controls. The hope of | the bills’ opponents is that the state-| WASHINGTON, Nov. 36 — (# — hood fight ultimately will get lost{Senutor Eastland (D-Miss) today in the shuffle. | blocked, at least temporarily, a move President Truman has urged that | to place formally before the Sen- "Prepare for Worsl” Is Declaration Made by Secretary of State | WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—(®—Se- cretary of State Acheson’s declar- | ation that the free world must| “prepare for the worst” heralds an admistration drive to spend an even greater arms program in both ithe U. S. and western Europe. Officials said today that will be the government’s initial response o the new global crisis created by Communst China’s intervention m] the Korean conflict. | The gravity of that crisis was| pointed up by Acheson’s warning to | the nation and the world last night that “no one, can guarantee that war will not come.” | Dark Threat | atomic bomb against the Chinese | Communists is under consideration. Pu Shan, a member of the Red delegation, was shown a news dis- patch on the President’s statement. He said Gen. Wu Hsui-Chuan, head of the delegation, would have nothing to say at this time. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik and Ales Bebler of Yugoslavia, November President of the Security Council, also declined comment. ACTION FOR ATOMIC BOMB BRINGS OUT DIVIDED SENTIMENT WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — (B — | placed on a seasonal industry basis. 1 it would be a blow to the entire | community.” { “In our opinion there is inequity | in the present administration of the ‘! Alaska Employment Security Law chikan, was not in attendance. Representatives of both labor and management appeared before the n, and Chairman Rivers, at the close of the session yesterday Congress, in this brief “Lame Duck” session which must end not later than Jan. 3, pass the statehood and rent control bills, and, among other things, provide more money for the | ate a bill to grant statehood to | Alaska. | Eastland acted after Senator |O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) asked unani- mous consent for the Senate to thanked those present for their in- terest in the ons before the commission, and for their attend- ance. First speaker yesterday was Larry Moore, general manager of the Alaska Chapter Associated General Contractors of America, who recom- mended a study by the Commi on seasonal phases of the construc- tion business, and “if it is decided that some area for the construction business in Alaska be declared sea- sonal, that seasonal area should be confined to north of the Yukon River.” Asked by Mr. Vaara if ground ex- cavation would be started in An- chorage after November 1, Moore said “I wont say that it can’t be done, but I'll say it is not done at this time.” Ervine Hill, Alaska Territeri Federaticn of Labor, asked all interestec parties Le ~iven an opportunity to appear at a later hearing regarding any contemplated changes in regu- lations regarding seasonal indus- cf the | by having people doing the same | type of work, such as two bull- | dozer operators,” and not getting the same compensation—the bull- jdozer employed by the mining op- | erator would not be entitled to bene- | fits while a man in the same em- | ployment employed by a contractor { would receive benefits when unem- | ployed. “But this inequity cannot i be corrected by placing the rest of | the people engaged in heavy con- | struction on a seasonal basis.” | “Let’s take the mining industry | off of the seasonal industry basis,” Gilmore's brief concluded. Al Anderson, executive secretary | of the Alaska Mining Industry, de- | clared that the industries already | covered as seasonal under the se- surity law — mining and fishing — some of the same problems as uction. But he called atten- ilinn to the figures provided by the { ESC that indicate that 59.6 percent |of construction’s 11,150 benefits in | 1949 were paid outside of Alaska, | while in placer mining, few of the 325 benefit checks issued in 1949 | went out of Alaska. defense effort. Administration leaders fighting | pending motion to take up the for the statehood bills conceded |statehood measure. that the Southerners may have| Under Senate rules the objection jained some advantage through of a single Senator is enough to quick committee approval of the|block such a motion. And Eastland cent bill, but said they are far from |shouted: ceaten yet. | “I object. I object.” i | Southern Democrats generally May Vote Tomorrow | have been fighting the bill as well They are fighting now to have o jts twin to grant statehood to hhe statehood issue placed on the | pp Lo Hesite ealenaae SRER. £F ell other | "o goutherners have been ke p- pending legislation, and -hope ""‘ing to push aside the statehood set a vote on that motion by tomor- | yeagure and take up other legisla- row (Friday). Senator Russell (D-Ga), who calls the signals for the statehood foes, told a reporter a vote on the motion | by the Senate Banking Committee. Friday “might be possible.” Statehood Denounced | May Wait on Debate His followers have staved off a| They met today to consider the vote on the motion for two days | situation but reached no decision with oratory denouncing the state- ]on whether to continue organized hood bills, and have openly served ' opposition to the statehood bill. notice that they would mihusv,er.‘ Senator George (D-Ga), one of in earnest if the bills ever do get|those at the conference, told a re- the right of way. | porter the Dixie Senators agreed “I'm much encouraged,” Russell | instead to wait and see what hap- told a reporter. “We're a lot more pens in the debate on the take-up| confident now.” | motion. vote Monday at 3 p.m., EST, on a| | tion. As a substitute, they had their | eye on the bill extending rent con- | " | trols which was approved yesterday | tries. “The ATF of L went on record | “If seasonality is fair to fishing at its recent convention in Ketchi- {and mining, it would be fair, too, kan as opposed to the construction | to construction—if the unemploy- But Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo), | chief pilot of the statehood bills| told reporters “I'm still hopeful” ] Filibuster Threatened ! The Southerners are opposing the | business being put on a seasoml{mcm compensation fund is to be basis,” Hill said. from depletion,” Louis Berman, attorney for the Operating Engineers, Local 302, Se- attle, with sub-offices in Fairbanks and Anchorage, spoke opposing sea- sonalization in construction. “In construction work, our men, the operating engineers, work along side of other crafts—the carpenters, laborers, plumbers, electricians. ‘Where would one draw the line of | demarcation as to who should be covered, should construction work be declared seasonal?” Berman asked. “We are definitely opposed to any attempt to make construction sea- sonal and we are definitely of the The Was-hingtofi Merry - Go- Round Copyright, 1850, by Bell Syuaicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—It was all hush- ed up, but one day last week prac- tically every top military man in Washington was anxiously scanning the sky in anticipation of an enemy air raid on the nation’s capital. Reason for their concern was a cable from India which read: “Al- ert all U. S. cities they are due to be bombed within the next twenty-four hours.” Astonished clerks at the message center immediately made a dozen copies—on message center forms— and shot them out to the key of- 1i The crytic message, on of- ficial stationery, had all the ap- pearances of being an official warn- ing and remembering Washington was caught asleep during Pearl Harber, word of the impending at- tack was flashed from the Pentagon to every key office throughout the city—including the White House. Uniformed couriers sped the mes- sage to the National Security Coun- | sergeant raced into Defense Mayshall's office, the cil, Secretary | saved Anderson | said. Chairman Rivers asked if it would aid the mining industry if the short season for hydraulicking be elimi- | nated and only the 6 months season | considered; 'if a partial change would aid the present situation of | discrimination against mining em- ployment. To this suggestion Anderson ex- pressed himself as vigorously op- posed. In conclusion he asked that the construction industry be de- | clared seasonal. Reconciliation of Cannery Seasons Asked Reconciliation ~of established “long” and “short” seasons in can- nery employment as established by a benefit regulation of the Unerp- ployment Compensation Cox_nmxs— sion in 1940, with present fishing regulations as established by the {Fish and Wildlife Service were asked by P. F. Gilmore, manager of the Juneau office of the Alaska Salmon Industry. “Benefit Regulation No. 10, adopted by the ESC recognized @he canned salmon industry as being | a seasonal industry, of varying sea- | sons to be reconciled with the vari- ous fishing seasons as established | by the FWS and so set up as two | seasons,” Mr. Gilmore said. i In the meantime the short season, | approximately three months, as set |'up in 1940, has been “dropped” by | the ESC in consideration of unem- Yploymem claims, and only the long | | season of approximately 6 months | is used, Mr. Gilmore testified. Deletion of Short Season «How then, since search of the | session Laws of Alaska does not “disclose any change on this subject |by the legislature, was the short !Sénsnn deleted from Benefit Regu- |ation No. 10,"and all computations | of benefits made on the basis of the | 1ong season?” Gilmore asked. Short seasons as set up in 1940 | were, for S.E. Alaska, approximately ! three months, and the long season (Continued on Page Feur) 1 (Continued on Page Five) D-NM) said | check-off in the railway industry. The Senate has been debating bill since Tuesday. When it met today, O'Mahoney, | a chief sponsor of the measure, said he would like to sound out senti- ment on the chances of getting a vote on the take-up motion tomor- TOW. Bill Blocked ' i Senator Russell (D-Ga), who is against the bill, suggested changing ! the time to Monday. O’Mahoney | statehood bills because they evi- dently fear admission of the two more states would add strength to The day’s debate yesterday ended | the civil rights forces in the Sen- without a vote being scheduled, ate. Both bills have been passed by ind with Southerners still threat- |the House. ening a filibuster. | Senator Maybank (D-SO), chair- | Wherry Opposed Bill man of the Senate Banking Com-| Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the mittee which approved the rent|Republican floor leader, told re- bill, told reporters he planned to POrters he is going to vote against demand that the Senate set every- |considering the Alaskan measure thing else aside and take up that | Decause he thinks the Senate ought measure not later than Monday.|to act on a pending bill which it He is one of the strong opponents | Would replace. That bill would of the statehood bills. Senator Anderson ( he was confident that once the facts | were developed in debate, the Sen- ! ate would pass the bill to admit! Alaska to statehood. He said he also " felt this was true in the case of the Hawaiian statehood measure. Argue for Statehood . Anderson argued that statehood would contribute more than any- thing else to the development of Alaska, which critics have com- plained has been slow. |authorize a union shop and the| the motion to take up the Alaskan | {(C PROTESTS 10 P. 0. Linked te this immediate danger, | Congress members divided sharply. Acheson pictured the free world as | 1P their reaction to President Tru- being under dark threat of Soviet|Man’s report that use of the atomic military power with great “capa- | bomb against Chinese Communists bilities for conquest and destruc-|!s being considered. tion.” Senator Brewster (R-Me.), who The intention of free men, he|Nas been Urging,, se of &:tomlc said, is to preserve their institutions | POMbs, ‘sald “it’s high time. by peaceful means but history has | “We ought to use it against proved that “if we must, we will| Chinese troop concentrations and fight for them.” :ammunmon dumps,” Brewster told “We must hope and strive for the | newsmen. “I think it would save best while we prepare for the|? thousand of our troops in the worst,” he declared in a speech DXt tWo weeks.” . | celivered from his office to the| Senator Millikin (R-Colo), a | National Council of Churches of |member of the Joint Congressional ! Christ in America, meeting at| Atomic Committee, took a different (leveland, and broadcast by radio|@nd anore cautious view. and television. He had canceled| “That's the most serious weapon | plans to go to Cleveland because | that could be used,” Millikin said. {of the crisis. < | “It should not be used short of Arms Speedup dire necessity.” Acheson himself called for the| Senator Young (R-Ind.) opposed | arms speedup which appeared to be | US¢ of the atomic bomb. against | in the making. Declaring that the |Chinese Communist troops. s | “It should be used only againt¢t jonly test of defense preparations | whether they are adequate to meet | T¢Ally important and permanent targets,” Young said. ‘“That is not | the danger the free world faces, he & | said: the present case from the facts we | " get. | of the United States and other free ! MARSm"S PROSPECT 1S FULL . U.S. MOBILIZATION | nations are inadequate. (By Associated Press) {LONG RANGE PLANS DISCUSSED TODAY BY FIELD COMMITTEE Defense Secretary GCicorge Mar. islmlx has held out the eventual prospect of full Agaerican mobiliza- Long range program plans for | Department of Interior agenci:s | tion as the resw.. of Chinese inter- | vention in Korea. were considered today at a special Fish and Wildlite | In a new York speech, Marshall meeting of the Alaska Field Com- mittee held here today. Chairman {called the Korean situation critical. | He said it calls for at least a par- QKennem Kadow presided. | tial mobilization right away—geared | Others in attendance were Clar- |ence Rhode, Mr. | 0 iz |to become full mobilization at a S. H. . Service; Joseph Morgan, Bureau of | Reclamation; Col. John R. Noyes, G eitas | moment’s notice. 'BRITISHERS GIVEN " SHOCK BY TRUMAN Lorain, Bureau of Mines; Rogers, Alaska Public Works; Mar- i LONDON, Nov. 30—(#—President Truman’s statement that the com- vin Ripke, Alaska Native Service; Ralph Marsh, U.S. Geological Sur- mander in the field can decide whether tq use the atomic bomb vey; and George Sundborg of the against Chinese Communists shock- | Governor’s office. | If all matters to be considered ed and astounded British govern- ment officials. cannot he completed today the meeting will continue tomorrow. There was, however, no formal statement by any, government de- DELETE PELICAN FROM MAIL BOAT ROUTE The Juneau Chamber of Com- (Continued on Page Eight) then proposed the ®Monday vote. But Eastland’s objection blocked | ! that. He could, of course, withdraw | his objection later but there was| no indication he would do so | Even if a vote on the take-up| motion eventually is arranged, there would remain the possibility | of a Southern filibuster on the bill | itself. } The indications are that the; Alaska measure probably will be| shelved by Monday, if no voting| agreement can be reached. | Varying Views | Delegate Bartlett and Gov. Ernest | | Gruening of Alaska reported they | had been given varying views | the outlook. They said ! { Democratic Leader Lucas told he did not believe the statehood bill could be passed. | On the other hand, they said; Senator Anderson (D-NM), :wl(l; them he believed prospects for the | bill were improving. At the outset of his speech ;O”Mahoney said he had ! ports that a “full-scale ! would be launched if the @ o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 25; minimum, 18. At Airport—Maximum, 23; minimum, 2. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight near 15 in Juneau and as low as 5 in outlying areas. Highest Friday about 28. PRECIPITATION | (Past 21 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; since Nov. 1 — 421 inches; since July 1—33.24 inches. At Airport None; since Nov. 1 -- 2.07 inches; since July 1—23.12 inches. ® ® o 0o 0 0 0 0 o 0 ter nate merce today protested by telegram partment. to A, D. L. Lawrence, general sup- erintendent of the Postal Service, the elimination of Pelican from the boat mail run. The telegram read: “We are in- formed mail boat Aegir route now shortened to eliminate town of Peli- can just 20 miles beyond last call at Elfin Cove. We prot this | change and urgently request that| Pelican mail by mail boat be rein- stated.” A White House spokesman, who | declined to be named, said Mr, Truman’s remarks did not mean MacArthur himself can order use of the bomb. He noted that under the law all A-bombs are in custcdy of the Atomic Energy Commission, | and that only the President him- self can order their use. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 30 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 95, American Tel. and Tel. 150%, Anaconda 36, Douglas Aircraft 85, General Electric 47%, General Mo- tors 46%, Goodyear 59%, Kennecott 69%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8% | Northern Pacific 27%, Standard Oil | | of California 80, Twentieth Century Fox 20%, U.S. Steel 39%, Pound | $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.56%. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday afternoon. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday night Denali from westward scheduled to arrive southbound on Sunday. takes up the bill. ' O'Mahoney deplored that possi- | bility, saying it would be a terrible | mistake “at this crucial period in| Sales today were 2,080,000 shares. history . . . when the whole cause | Averages today are as follows: in- jof human freedom hangs in the | dustrials 227.60, rails 68.53, utilities nalance,” 39.80. { | J RED FORCES | INANOTHER | OFFENSIVE {One U.S. Div—isi_on Encircled ~Thousands of Chinese Thrown Info Batfle (By Associated Press) An estimated 80,000 Chinese Com- munists suddenly mounted an of- fensive against the U.S. 10th Corps in northeast Korea today while a strange Iull hovered over the critical northwest front. Elements of the U. S. First Mar- ine and Seventh Infantry Divisions were encircled and isolated by ov- erwhelming Chinese Communist forces in the Changjin Reservoir sector. The Allled supply line was cut, In Washington an army spokes- man sald the Marines in the Res- ervoir area are holding their line and are not in a hopeless posi(,im\.l He said they are being supplied | by parachute drops. New Defense Line [ The ‘new attack in the east came | as the 110,000-man Eighth Army | was withdrawing to establish a new | defense line south of the Chong- chow river. On this front the Chin- | ese slowed their furious advance| of the last few days, probably be- cause they had over-extended their lines. | A field dispatch said the last American troops protecting the re- treat across a ‘key ferry point on | the Chongchow withdrew safely | through flaming Kunu village. Reds Regrouping Having forced the United Na- tions army to retreat along an 80- | mile front, the Communists were | | pausing to regroup, resupply and | prepare their next move. There was no indication any| undercover decision on the diplo- | matic front has stayed their hand. | Their propaganda boasts are that they will remain fighting until ev- ery American is driven from Kor- ean soil. Retreat Completed The badly mauled Eigth Army has completed its retreat over the Chongchon River. The bulk of the Army has withdrawn to a line running 17 miles along the south bank of the river with another 25- | mile front slanting southeast to Singhang. In the northeast, the appearance of tens of thousands of additional Chinese brought new threats to the U. 8. First Marine and Seventh Infantry Divisions and to the ROK (Republic of Korea) Capital Divi- sion, More Reds Appear Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, commander of the 10th Corps, sald up to 80,000 Chinese suddenly con- fronted his troops and the situa- tion “manifestly requires an entirely new evaluation.” Up until now the main weight of the Red Chinese power play has been against the UN forces in the northwest. A. P. Correspondent Don White- head reported that' many military men are questioning General Mac- Arthur’s setup, in Which the 10th Corps is operating entirely inde- pendent of the Eighth Army. Closer liaison between the two main UN forces was advocated. Criticism Hurled Newspapers in western Europe yesterday hurled criticism at Mac- Arthur for mixing politics with mil- itary matters. Paris teports said | the French and the British were' annoyed that MacArthur had laun- | ched his “end-the-war” offensive | against the advice of British and | French advisors in Tokyo who urg- | ed that a buffer territory be worked out in the Manchuria-Korea bor- der region. Usual Soviet Veto At Lake success, a Soviet veto| was expected tc block Security | Council action on Korea, But the western powers planned to indict the Chinese Communists within 24 hours in the veo-free UN Assembly. The council has before it a six nation resolution calling for Com- munist China to withdraw her troops from Korea and assuring the Peiping government that her bord- ers will be held sacred by UN forc- i SOUTH ON TRIP Kalle Raatikainen, fish buiyer ai STATEMENT IS MADE BY PRESIDENT Truman Cofiering Defi- ite Action in View of Korean Situation WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — (M — President Truman said today active consideration is being given to use of the atomic bomb against the Chinese Communists if that step is necessary. The President spoke of this pos=- sibility at a news conference in which he also expressed continued hope that a third world war can be averted. MacArthur Backed Mr. Truman also made clear he is strongly backing Gen. Douglas MacArchur who has been under some criticism chiefly from abroad. The President sharply denounced a complaint by three Republican Senators that Secretary of State Acheson had been critical of Mac~ Arthur, the United Nations Com- mander, To Stick in Korea In a statement, the President said that the Chinese Communist attack, made in great force, may lead to further reverses but “The forces of the United Nations have no inten- tion of abandoning their mission in Korea.” He said if the Chinese aggression is successful in Korea, “we can ex- pect it to spread through Asia and Europe to this hemisphere,” and added:- -~ “We are fighting in Korea for our own national security and survival.” More Appropriations Mr., Truman announced he is calling, Democratic and Republican Congressional leaders to the White House tomorrow to ask “urgent con- sideration” for heavy increases in appropriations. He said the funds to be requested are needed to intensify the mili- 1mry mobilization and speed up the atomic energy program. The President plainly laid on Rus- sia the responsibility for the Chi~ nese Communist attacks in Korea. Chinese Cautioned He said: “We hope that the Chi- nese people will not continue to be forced or deceived into serving the ends of Russian colonial policy in Asia.” Appealing for unhy in this coun- try, Mr. Truman asked all citizens “to lay aside differences” since the United States is “the keystone of the hopes of mankind for peace and Justice.” He said there is no indication that | the Chinese Communist delegation at Lake Success will agree .to a “peaceful process of discussion and negotiation,” Increase Military The President said it is necessary for us “to increase at a very rapid rate the combined military strength of the free nation” and that he is ready to appoint a Supreme Com- mander in Europe as soon as our Allies can get together on that course. There was no reference in Mr, Truman’s prepared statement to the atomic bomb, It was in response to questions that he said active consideration is being given to the use of it. Quickly then, he expressed a devout hope it would not have to be used. Bombing up to Commander He said consideration of the use of every weapon is being given con- stantly and that the decision of whether to drop atomic bombs was one for the commander in the field. In replying to other questions, the President said the matter of '(Con':l;ue;i Pelican, " left on Wednesday’s Pan | American plane for Seattle on a business trip. SHOPPING DAYS | TILL CHRISTMAS J