The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1951, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,728 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL TLE NE?S ALL THE TIME” SCORES ARE KILLED IN TRAIN ACC!DENT MEMORIAL WOULD TRIM THIRD DIV. First, Second, Fourth Pro- test Ailotment of Con- vention Delegates By BOB DE ARMOND Seventeen members of the House of Representative all of the members, that from the First, Second and Fourth Divisions banded together in an efforc to the Third Division down (o siz a proposed constitutional conven- tion., Co-authoring a memorial just be- fore noon, the 17 Representatives attempted to secure immediate ac- tion but were blocked by the seven Third Division Representatives on technical points, It was obvious, however, that with more than two-thirds majority of the total House membership sponsoring the memorial, its pas- sage could be delayed only momen- tarily. A vote was expected during the afternoon session, which was to start at 2:15. Protests S50 The memorial protests the pro- visions of a statehood bill intro- duced by Senator Joseph O'Ma- honey as to delegates to a constitu- tional convention for Alaska. The bill, S50, provides for a con- stitutional convention with 31 dele- gates, apportioned as follows: First Division, 5, Second Division, 2. Third Division; 10. Delegates-at-large, 9. This would make it possible, the memorial points out, for the Third Division to control the convention. It could do this by electing six of the nine delegates-at-large in ad- dtion to its own 10 delegates. a | | Vegas, Nev., accept periodic » More or less typical of the nonchalance with which residents of Las test atomic explosions in the | northwest of the city is this scene. Geiger counter to determine if there’s any radioactivity in the beard of Prospector Smiley Washburn. And if you suspecte the fine hand. 1 of a press agent behind this, you're quite right. /% Wirephoto. deesrt Terry True is the girl using the Fed. Judge . Condemns | Strikers { | | (By Associated Press) The memorial proposes an ap- pirtionment of delegates according: A Federal Judge hearing a con- t¢' population, following the formula | tempt charge against railroad f¢r apportionment of Represcma-{srrikers declared today switchmen ‘i:es in the House, and that there|have challenged U. S. sovereignty 1}: no delegates-at-large. and that army officers should be The memorial suggest the follow- | running the railroads. 2 apportionment of delegates: rst Division, 1L Second Division; 3. Third Division, 12. Fourth Division,| 8. Recess Vot'd Down A move to plac? the memorial immediately into second reading was blocked when| Third Division members moved fol' a recess. The motion failed, as did .sevnral, others for recess, the seven Third Division members standing alone in their desire for a breather. Efforts to act upon the memorial were stalemated by repeated mo- tions for recess, which take pre- cedence over all other matters. Rep. Franklin moved to suspend the rules regarding the precedence (Continued on Page | The Wésrhingian Merry - Go - Roand By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Beil Syndieate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—AImost as inter- esting as the military secrets he re- vealed—which cannot be told—was the human side of General Eisen- hower as he briefed the House Armed Services and Foreign Af- fairs Committees on his recent trip to Europe. Ike impressed Congressmen withl his honesty and humility during the closed-door session. There wasn't a member present—Democrat or Re- publican—who wasn’t solidly in his corner when it was over. Probably the best compliment was paid by articulate Carl Vinson of Georgia, House Armed Services Chairman, who didn't open his mouth once during the entire meet- ing. As one Congressman remark- ed: “A guy has to be good to make Car], who dominates all our meet- ings, take a back seat.” Eisenhower reported that Europ- eans generally were “determined” to fight Communism, with our help but he added that we should not adopt a “mendicant attitude” to- ward Germany or any other nation, as though they are doing us a favor by fighting their own battles aginst Soviet aggression. “I'm the kind of a guy who (Continued on Page Four) ight) / Judge Michael L. Igoe made this observation from the bench in Chi- | cago. Over thescountry back-to- {work movements of striking switch- men were gaining momentum. Some key railroad centers, includ- ing Chicago, Cleveland and St. Louis and in Pacific northwest, still re- mained undermanned and the long tieup continued. The back-to-work trend began ;uslcr(lay in New York, Philadelphia and a number of other eastern points. Judge Igoe unloosed a verbal blast at strikers during a hearing of Federal contempt charges against officials of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen for a sick call strike jin December. Several bright spots appeared on the troubled rail front following the first major break yesterday | when thousands of switchmen re- Uturned to work. 3 Service was normal on major lines in the New York and New England areas. It was near normal in many other cities. And many carriers ex- pressed. hope for normal service soon as the back-to-work move- ment spread from city to city. But there were some dark spots too, in* the overall picture. No im- i attle area. e e o 0o 0 8 s 0 0 WEATHER REPORT for 24-Hour Perlod 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum 21; minimum, 11. At Airport — Maximum, 18; minimum, -8. FORECAST Cloudy with intermittent light snow and gusty north- easterly winds tonight. Low temperature about 24 de- grees. Occassional light snow Thursday. High temperature 29 degrees. @00 000000000000 00 PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; since Jan. 1 — 395 inches; since July 1—41.94 inches. At Airport — None; since Jan, 1 — 225 inches; since July 1—30.25 inches. ® 00000 0 0 0 . L] . . provement was reported in the Se- STATEHCOD BILLS TO BE DISCUSSED SEN. COMMITTE WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — (& — Chairman Murdock (D-Calif) of the House Insular Affairs Commit- UN FORCES SMASHING FORWARD fDoughboysmwvith Flashing Bayonets Charge on Reds -Navy Blasting Enemy (By Associated Press) Allied ground forces smashed for- ward today with three powerful tank columns to the last hills guavd- ing the plains of shattered Seoml. American Doughboys with flash- “ing bayonets drove Reds from vital heights at one point. 8 The Chinese and Korean Reds were digging in for a new stand on the ridges just south of Seoul. At their backs was the Han River, still an ice-covered way of retreat for the Reds but now on the verge of thawing. On the central front, United Na- | tions forces with South Koreans in the lead pushed northward toward the old Parellel 38 border. Navy Blasts Reds On the east coast, South Korean { forces secured high ground three miles east and west and five miles south of Kangnung, a coastal road town. Allied naval power blasted the Reds in Kangnung itself. ‘The whole complexion of the war had shifted once again. The Allies had regained the initiative in their 14-day-old “limited’ offensive and the Reds were giving ground. Allied artillery was in position to pour shells into the old Korean cap- ital of Seoul, abandoned Jan. 4 far ithe second time in the Korean war by anti-Communist forces. Epidemic Reported In the west, an Intelligence Of- ficer said Chinese Army headquar- ters had warned Seoul residents to stay indoors because of an epidemic. tee has tentatively set Feb. 21 as the date for considering the Hawaii statehood bill. Earlier yesterday, the Senate In- terior Committee decided to vote waii and Alaska statehood bills without further hearings. Delegate Farrington tee to act promptly on Hawalii state- hood “without extensive hearings.” Most committee members are fa- miliar with the legislation, Farring- ton added. Farrington said he will seek an amendment, which would ratify the action of aiian voters, who ap- proved a state constitution at the November election. | The Senate Committee decision was announced by Chairman O'Ma- honey (D-Wyo). |SCOUTING STRESSED AT KIWANIS MEETING ] Boy Scout Week was observed at a regular meeting of the Juneau Kiwanis Club at the Baranof Hotel today. Colored slides of the Eagle River Scout Camp were shown with Scoutmaster Tom Cashen giving a | running commentary. Field Execu- tive Ken Ubbelohde talked briefly on the objectives of the Scout pro- gram and said that many paralled the Kiwanis objectives for 1951. He | said that 1778 Alaska boys were en- rolled in scouting work. Cashen,” who accompanied the {Alaska Scouts to the National Jam- | boree at Valley Forge last summer, said that in watching the thousands of boys there, he was impressed with their spirit of Americanism. Check of those present showed had been a Boy Scout at one time or had been affiliated with Scouting activities in one way or another. Lt. Norman Steinig told about the World Day of Prayer. Gene Vuille announced that the Business and Professional Women were holding a smorgasbord February 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Scottish Rite Temple. President Larry Par- ker said that a ladies night would be held soon. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle at 4 p. m. Friday. from Vancouver 8 p.m. Feb. 14. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive Sunday morning south- bound. Feb. 20 whether to report the Ha-| (R-Hawaii) | said he expects the House Commit-{ed heavy ammunition into the In-| ‘There have been reports of louse- I'borne typhus among Red troops. ‘ The Reds were sowing minefields. Engineers cleared paths through {them and the bank columns killed hundreds of Reds. American warships pounded ene- my buildings on the east coast and British and American vessels pour- chon-Seoul sector on the west coast. Tacks Dropped on Roads Allied transport planes roared low over enemy roads during the night, sowing millions of big tacks which punctured the Chinese truck col- |umns moving up to the fighting |from and left them prey to daylight strafing and bombing. GIRL SCOUTS OFFER BABY SITTING TIME IN INTERESTS OF (D Many of the Girl Scouts of Ju- neau from Tth grade through high school have volunteered to do free 1baby sitting so that mothers of small children wishing to take Red Cross courses in the interest of civ- ilian defense, may do sO. As the courses are all on school nights, it is expected that the mothers using this privilege will see that the baby sitters can be home by 10 p.m,, and use the service only when necessary. A geographical list of names has been made out so that mothers can obtain girls in their own neighbor- hoods. Further particulars can be obtained by calling Mrs. Will Reedy, Black 353. Any teen age girl not already 1 to volunteer for this service in the interest of civilian defense, may do so by calling Mrs. Reedy or Mrs. M. M. Flint, Black’ 413. ¥ v STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 7 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 3%, American Can 108%, American Tel. and Tel. 153%, Ana- conda 42%, Douglas Aircraft 101, General Electric 54%, General Mot~ jors 51 Goodyear T3%, Kennecott {77%, Libby, McNeil and Libby 9%, | Northern Pacific 35%, Standard Oil of California 97%, Twentieth Cen- i tury Fox 23%, U. S. Steel 46, Pound Sales today were 2,020,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: ‘lndusmnls 252,71, rails 89.47, util- lifies 4248, i Sun-tanned and burdened with Sheldon Simmons of Juneau. Packers Association.. FISHERMEN'S UNION WILL ' VOTE FEB. 16 SEATTLE, Feb. 7—®—Some 5,- 000 members of the strife-torn Al- aska Fishermen’s Union (Ind) will jbegin their ballot for new officers 1 Feb. 16 at Alaskan and West Coast ports. The voting will be held at meet- ings and will continue until March 30. Union Secretary-Treasurer Oscar Anderson will not seek re-election to the post he has held for eight years. He has been under fire from one faction of the union which ini- tiated a referendum election accus- ing him of failure to carry out cer- tain directives from headquarters here. ! pose George Johansen, Seattle, for the post. Ralph E. Olsen, Seattle, will run i for re-election as Assistant Secre- |mry-’n-easurer. He will be opposed | by Mrs. Lottie Edelman, Port agent of the union’s Cook Inlet branch at Anchorage; Hans Hansen and Olof, both of Seattle. The union memkership will also elect port agents for San Francisco, Portland, Ketchikan, Anchorage, and the Bristol Bay branch at Dill- ingham, Alaska. Gover;; me IsflHosipiIal SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 —f— Gov. Earl Warren is hospitalized with an acute pain in his right arm — possibily bursitis, neurolo- gists said today. The pain followed a severe cold the 59-year-old Republican suffered last week. MISS HALVORSON ON DENALI Miss Christine Halvorson visited that nearly every Kiwanian present| sontacted, Scout or not, who wishes | with Juneau friends while the Den- ali was in port yesterday. Miss Halvorson is a former Juneau busi- ness woman and is now representing firms carrying womens wear lines, She is making a business trip through Alaska. FLIES HERE Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rice of Fair- banks arrived here yesterday in their own Beechcraft. Rice is a pilot and is here to attend a meet- ing of the Alaska Visitors Associ- ation. They are at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SITKA George R. Redding of Sitka is Princess Norah scheduled to sail|280%, Canadian Exchange 95.12%.(staying at the Baranof Hotel. ANCHORAGE VISITOR James E. Swan of Anchorage is registered at the Baranof Hotel. : Alaskans Ba;k Iom H prominent Alaskans returned recently from Hawaii. off their Pan American Clipper at Seattle are Lawrence Freeburn of Kodiak, Mr. and Mrs. P. 8. Ganty of Pelican and Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Simmons is co-owner of Alaska Coastal Air- lines. Pan American Airways Photo. {R. M. MacKenzie Louis Mastad, Portland, will op- | awaii ) leis and tropical flowers, these Shown stepping Freeburn is with the Alaska LIQUOR BILL IS APPROVED BY SENATE By JIM HUTCHESON Over two members’ protests that it would make life easier for Demon Rum, the territorial senate today passed a bill to simplify the re- newal of liquor dealers’ licenses out- side incorporated cities. The bill would eliminate the nec- essity of circulating petitions for residents’ signatures for the year-to- year renewals of a license, if an operator’s record is clear. The sig- natures still would be needed, how- ever, to obtain a new license. The bill was introduced by Sen. (D-Ketchikan). The vote was 14 to 2. The pair against it to the bitter end — and bitterly — were Sen. Walter Hunt- ley (D-Palmer) and Sen. Percy Ipa- look (R-Wales), an Eskimo mis- sionary. Both agreed that it would make things easier for the liquor busi- ness and they were fundamentally opposed to making it easier in any form. After other senators had referred to the liquor business as an estab- lished one that was entitled to con- sideration, Ipalook referred to it sharply as one that “is breaking homes and breeding crimes.” Ipalook Objects Ipalook also insisted that because of “ever-changing populations” the people of an area should have a right to decide annually on the li- cense renewals. In replying to Ipalook’s criticism, Senator MacKenzie said the Soc- ond Division senator was failing to take the judiciary into account; that renewals still would have to be is- sued by the courts. “This doesn’t make it easier to get licenses,” MacKenzie declared. “It just eliminates the possibility of bad practices in renewals. Liquor dealers might be forced to go to un- desirable means to renew their li- censes.” Sen. Elton Engstrom (R-Juneau) got into the discussion with the comment that “I don't see why an established business should have problems in renewals.” Sen. Steve McCutcheon (D-An- chorage) denied that the bill would in any way alter local option. Huntley Adamant But Huntley was adamant in his opposition. “Ever since I have been coming down to the legislature,” he declar- ed, “bills like this have been coming in. I have always opposed them and T will continue to do so. “There has been a trend for liquor dealers to move just outside of cities to avoid city regulations..If they did s0, they have had the problem of| licenses and renewals. Now this " (Continued Gn Page TWo) Major Train Disasters JJEW YORK Feb. T —(#-— Among major train disasters in U. S. his- tory: Dec. 29, 1876 — Ashtabula, O., 84 killed. Aug. 10, 81 killed. Aug. 7, 1904 — Eden, Colo., killed. March 1, 1910—Wellington, Wash., 96 killed. July 9, 1918 — Nashville, Tenn,, 115 killed. Sept. 6, 1943 — Frankford Junc- tion (Philadelphia) Pa., 80 killed. Dec. 16, 1943 — Lumberton, N. C,, 73 killed. Dec. 31, 1944 — Ogden, Utah, 50 killed. Feb. 17, 1950 — Rockville Centre, N. Y., 32 killed. Sept. 11, 1950 — Troop train near West Lafayette, O., 33 killed. | Nov. 22, 1950 — Richmond Hill {New York City, 79 killed. Among the worst railroad disas- ters in other pars of the world was a derailment near Nowy Dwor, Po- land on Oct. 22, 1949, which took Iflw lives. | PIERCING, I CHILLING Chatsworth, Il 96 SCREAMS Injured Survivors Tell of Grinding, Tearing Crash on Wintry Night ! WOODBRIDGE, N. J. Feb, 7 —® A bright red commuter train flash- ed toward Jersey'’s North Shore resi- dential area last night. It was mak- ing good time. | mnen.. . . A quiet section of town, a tempor- ary wooden trestle and a grinding, tearing crash in the wintry night. Silence — just a billowing cloud of dust and dirt mingled with sear- ing steam from the Pennsylvania ‘Raurond Express — followed by (pierclng. chilling cries. Eighty one persons died. Those who escaped considered themselves lucky. Mrs. Isabella Carlington of Ash- bury Park is one of these. “I was thrown out of the window, smashing my face and landed in three feet of mud. A man’s leg was lying alongside of me and I got up and fled,” she said. Mrs. Josephine Brydon of South Belmar, clutching a bloodied rag to her face, said she was saved “by {landing on a pile of dead.” i They talked as acetylene torches bit their way through twisted metal in the glare of floodlights. “It happened so quickly that no- body had time to shield their faces,” Leslie Cavanaugh of Sea Girt added “I saw many nearly cut in half by glass splinters . . . the man next to me lost his arm . .. " ‘ CONFERENCE OF ALASKA NATIVE SERVICE DOCTORS Dr. Erwin 8. Rabeau, medical of- ficer in charge of the Alaska Na- tive Service hospital at Kotzebue is here to discuss hospital repro- graming with Dr. Duncan H. Chal- mers, acting area medical director. Dr. Rabeau will confer with Dr. Phillip Moore of Mt. Edgecumbe on extension of orthopedic pro- grams in the Arctic regions. Obtain- ing the best utilization of ANS hos- pitals in the interior will be workec out by Dr. Rabeau and Dr. Chal- mers. This is Dr. Rabeau’s fifth year in Arctic Alaska and he has also cov- ered every ANS hospital in the Interior when other physicians were out on leave. HERE TO CONFER A, D. Burr, program and financc division of the Bureau of Recla- mation from Washington, D. C., is in Juneau conferring on the Eklut- na project near Palmer. He has been temporarily assigned to the project until personnel can be re- cruited. v FROM SITKA Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Somers of Sitka are at the Baranof Hotel, | ABOUT 500 INJURED IN R.R. WRECK Commuter rrfi Loaded fo AislesPlunges OffTrestle and Down Embankment WOODBRIDGE, N. J,, Feb. 7 —(® —A crowded commuter train plung- ed off a newly-erected trestle last night, killing at least 81 persons and injuring about 500. It was the nation’s worst train wreck in 32 years. Throughout the night and far into today, rescue workers hacked through the twistéd mass of wreck- age. They said other bodies still may be found in the crumpied coaches and debris. The 11-car Pennsylvania railroad train, “The Broker,” swerved wildly and jumped the tracks as it sped onto the midtown overpass. The cars, jack-knifing crazily, hurtled down a 20-foot embankment. The new, temporary overpass had been put in service only a few hours before the crash. In Newark, the FBI said it was investigating to determine “whether sabotage was involved.” No Explanation The railroad, conducting its own probe, said it could offer no im- mediate explanation for the cause of the wreck. The dead included bankers, law- yers, and businessmen, prominent n their localities and civic life, most of them home-bound from New York City offices. In mid-morning, the list of known dead stood at 77, with four bodies still unidentified. Rush-Hour Crackup The rush-hour crackup was the worst in the nation since 1918 when 115 were killed in a Nashville, Tenn., wreck, and more disastrous than a 1943 accident outside Philadelphia that took 80 lives. It was the third major train wreck in the metropolitan area in less than a year. A total of nearly 200 died in the three crackups. In Washington, the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an inquiry into the new disaster, with a public hearing to open in New York tomorrow. Investigations On orders of New Jersey Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, the state’s at- torney general, Theodore Parsons, also began an investigation. He reached the scene early today, and sent an assistant to a hospital to question the critically injured en- gineer of the wrecked train. It was loaded to the aisles with homebound commuters —' mostly from New York — on their way to Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park and other communities on New Jersey's wealthy north shore. Places Tragedy Cause Engineer Joseph H. Fitzsimmons, a veteran of 33 accident-free years on the road, blamed the overcrowd- ed coaches and the new trestle for the tragedy. Alive but injured, the 57-year-old Fitzsimmons said from a hospital cot: “The moment my engine passed over the trestle and lurched sharply I felt the rest of the cars would never make it. “I hit the trestle at about 25 miles per hour and the speed of the train certainly couldn’t be blamed for the crash. When I started to sway, I ipplied the brakes, but it apparent- y was too late.” Disagrees on Speed Passengers and at least one rail- road detective — who did not give his name — disagreed with the en- zineer on the speed of the train. The detective said it was going at top speed when it hit the trestle. The Pennsylvania, in a statement, said a 25 mile an hour speed limit vas in effect on the new track. The new track was swung about 50 feet from the old one to clear the way for the Jersey turnpike, big ross-state highway now under con- struction. Trestle Not Factor The Pennsylvania said six trains passed over the new trestle safely Yefore “The Broker.” The railroad said the trestle it- self was not a factor in the acci- “(Continued on Page Two)