The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1951, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREK “ALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,738 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, I BRUARY 20, Allies Kick Off for Renewe GRAND 16L00 STARTS SESSION TOMORROW NIGHT Delegates to the 36th meeting of the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alas- ka, are beginning to gather in Ju- | neau for the session that starts Wednesday evening with a banquet t the Odd Fellows’ Hall 1d Mrs. E. B, Collins ar- rived here Sunday from Fairbanks and Andrew Nerland came in from Fairbanks and A. Polet from Nome yesterday. Otto Koppen has been here for several days frem Cordo- va Other out-of-town delegates now in Juneau include Senator Howard Lyng and Senator Edward Ander- son of Nome, Senator Steve Mc- Cutcheon and Senator Gerrit Sni- der of Anchorage, Senator John Butrovich of Fairbanks, = Rep. George Miscovich, Rep. Mike Step- and Rep. Alden Wilbur of Fa nks, Rep. C. C. Carlson of Cordova, Rep. Amelia Gundersen of Ketchikan and Rep. Stanley Mc- Cutcheon of Anchorage. A sizeakle delegation from Ketch- ikan is expected, and Dr. Wil 2 Chase of Cordova is expected here today or tOMOITOW. Grand President John Reck will call the meeting to order and name ccmmittees Wednesday evening, fol- The main bus- held Thurs- Fellows’ Hall. ovich lowing day in the Odd Those who wish to make reser- vations for the banquet, which at 6:30 Wednesday evening, ould call Garnick’s Store or Mrs. Olaf Bodding, Black 790. INDICT RAILROAD FOR TRAIN WRECK TAKING 84 LIVES NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Feb. 20 —(M— The giant Pennsylvania railroad stands accused of man- slaughter in 84 separate indict- ments today — exactly two weeks after “The Broker” crashed at Woodbridge with the loss of 84 lives. The indictments, in the names of each of the dead commuters, were returned by the Middlesex County Grand Jury to climax its probe into the disaster — the nation’s worst since 1918. *f convicted on each count, the railroad faces a maximum fine of $84,000. Since no individual defendants were named in the indictments, which charged that the company did “feloniously kill and slay” the 84 riders, jail terms are not possible. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Square Knot from Seat- tle due to arrive Wednesday p.m. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 4 p.m. Friday. Princess Norah scheduled to sai from Vancouver Feb. 28. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive Sunday southbound. FROM KETCHIKAN Harry and Esther Ludwigson of Ketchikan are at the Baranof Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (rnnvright, 1951, oy Bell Syndicate, Inc. ASHINGTON—Members of the Atomic Energy Committee are skeptically eyeing a leak of im- portant information in South Car- olina where the giant new hydro- gen bomb plant is to be located. Congressmen Holifield of Calif- ornia and Jackson of Washington have called the committee’s atten- tion to «a startling set of facts wherein State Senator Ed gar Brown and a group of other South Carolina politicians suddenly snap- ped up leases on important land sites just one day before the atomic energy commission announced it would locate the hydrogen plant near Aiken, S. C. Options on these strategic plots obviously were se- cured by those with an inside tip as to what was going on either in- side the Atomic Energy Commis- sion or from South Carolina mem- bers of congress. Senator Burnet Maybank of South Carolina, who is chairman _of the Senate Appropriations Sub- (Continued on Page Four) ILLEGAL FISHING CONVICTION GETS REVERSED, FOLTA convicting Cyrus E. Peck and four other fishermen of illegal fishing last summer near Peter Creek in the Juneau area was reversed in an opinion handed lown by Judge George W. Folta and received here last Saturday. Convicted with Peck were John Williams, Andrew Wanamaker, Al- bert Patty and George Hobson. The case was appealed by the defend- ants from the U. S. Commissioner’s Court. The men were charged under Sec- tion 4 of the White Fishery Act of 1924 which prohibits fishing within 500 yards of the mouth of the stream. Section 3 of the Act required that the mouths of streams be de- termined by the Secretary of the Interior and marked. Peterson Creek was not marked, and Judge Folta held that the Secretary’s general regulation defining stream mouths was not a marking. After describing the difficulty of determining what is a lagoon and where Peterson Creek ended, the Court’s opinion stated: “Since the line of mean low tide is itself extremely difficult, if not impossible, of determination with precision and must, therefore, re- main largely a matter of guesswork, the r It varying with each indi- vidual, it is obvious that the de- termination of the mouth of a stream will vary accordingly. Un- less, therefore, the mouth as de- termined by the Secretary is mark- ed, fishermen would not only not be able to determine the limits of A judgme itself would be lacking in that cer- tainty which is a_requisite of any penal statute and without which there can be no conviction or for- feiture.” William L. Paul, Jr., represented the defendants. The government was represented by District Attorney J. Gilmore, Jr., and Assistant District Attorney Stanley Baskin. (G AVIATION VSITS HERE TODAY More aircraft and facilities are needed for the 17th U. 8. Coast Guard District, it is felt by a Coast Guard aviation board from Wash- inton, D.C., Capt. W. R. Richards, | day. The board will make recom- mendations. The party of officers arrived in district officers this morning and expected to take off for San Fran- cisco today. This is part of a visit to all Coast Guard districts to make a periodic evaluation of the Coast Guard aviation program and air facilities. From San Francisco the group will go to Honolulu, re- gton headquarters. Members of the board are: Rich- ards, Capt. S. C. Linholm, Capt. Carl B. Olsen, Comdr. L. H. Seeger, and Comdr. C. L. Harding. Others in the party include Capt. G. M. Phannemiller of the engineering di- vision, Comdr. H. J. Doebler of communications; Comdr. A. J. Hes- ford from San Francisco and Comdr. R. F. Shunk from Annetie. The C.G. plane crew is composed {in of Comdr. J. N. Schrader, pilot; Lt.ia vote on the question of an addi-}4¢ schools, to tl J. P. Flessas, co-pilot; and Lt. J. T. Waher, navigator, all from Wash- ington, D. C. headquarters. SPECIAL REHEARSAL FOR JUNEAU SINGERS The Juneau Singers will hold &|e special rehearsal at 1 o'clock Thurs-| e day afternoon at the Methodistl. church. Since it is a legal holiday, | e most places of employment will be e closed, and the Singers should ar-|e range their time so as to be present| e jat the rehearsal. Is is extremely | o important as each singer Will befe assigned proper place for each num- | e ber. This is in addition to, and sep-| e arate and apart from, the regular|e Thursday evening rehearsal which|e starts at 8:45 in the church. . . OLDTIMER HERE le Abram Erickson, who has been|e living at Tenakee for several years,|® was at the Hotel Juneau last night.| e | He planned to leave today for his|e old home at Kasilof. . { Nancy J. Torum of Sitka is re-|e i gistered at the Gastineau Hotel. @ the closed area, but the regulation} BOARD| senior officer in the party, said to- turn to Seattle and back to Wash—| (OM. YOTE TODAY ON STATEHOOD WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 —M— Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) said yesterday that statehood for Alaska and Hawaii would materially help the position of the United in its fight against totaliarianism. The Senate Insular Affairs Com- mittee, which O'Mahoney heads, meets today to vote whether it will send the statehood bills to the Sen- ate for a vote without a further hearing. “International developments within the past few months have made it more important than ever that action on these statehood bills should not be still further de- ilayed,” the Wyoming senator said in a statement. “With the whole world in a tur- moil and with the peoples of Asia and Africa seeking the right to govern themselves and gain freedom from Imperialistic control, the United States, it seems to me, can- i the Federal Union to these two Ter- ritories which have sought statehood for long.” O’'Mahoney said a further hear- ing, as sought by statehood oppon- ents, would be of little use. ! “Exhaustive hearings were held only a few months ago,” he said, “on nearly identical measures, and these hearings were but the latest in a long line of such inquiries which have taken piace both in the Territories themselves ard in Wash- ington.” STATEHOOD BILLS ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—®—The voted 7-6 today against holding a ! further ~caring on statehood for Hawaii. A vote on the question of an additional hearing on Alaska statehood was postponed. Chairman O’Mahoney (D-Wyo) ! told reporters the committee, at its next meeting, probably next Tues- day, would examine the Hawaii statehood bill for possible changes fand a decision as to reporting it for Senate action. | After the Hawaii measure is con- ‘bi sidered, O'Mahoney said the Alaska 11 will be taken up. The chairman said the delay on the Alaska bill resulted from in- formation indicating a disagreement with a provision concerning appor- 5 tutional conventios. O’Mahoney said the Alaska legis- lature has adopted a resolution urging amendment of the bill to provide a different apportionment delegates among the judicial dis- tricts and eliminating all delegates- at-large. Delegate Barlett (D-Alaska) sub- mitted a statement to the commit- tee saying that the Alaska Statehood Committee now favors changes. Senator Butler (R-Neb) offered a telegram from eight members, of] the Alaska Territorial Senate urg- ing adoption of the changes recom- mended by the Legislature and ask- 7ing that all Alaskans be given op- portunity to be heard. O’'Mahoney said that as a result the committee decided to postpone tional hearing on the Alaska bill. TR FROM TULSEQUAH 1 Mrs. W. G. Warren of Tulsequah is at the Gastineau Hotel. WEATHER REPORT . . « Temperatures for 24-Hour Period not fail now to grant full self-gov- | ernment and full participation in| Senate Insular Affairs Committee ! P-TA HOLDS ONE OF FINEST PROGRAMS OF PRESENT YEAR Music by the High School Band, talks by Mrs. Doris Barnes, mem- ber of the House of Representatives from Wrangell and Mrs, Margaret Harrais of Valdez, member of the Territorial Department of Educa- tion Board now in session here, and business of importance to the organization, comprised one of the most interesting and entertaining programs held th year by the Parent-Teacher Association at its regular meeting last night in the grade school auditorium. The School Band opened the pro- gram and under the direction of Lyle Manson, instructor, played four selections to bhe included in its repertoire for the Spring Fest val at Ketchikan. Aid to Schools Mrs. Barnes discussed the import- ance of the Tobacco Tax to the building program of Alaska’s schools and said that its present use for building and repairing of sch should be guarded carefully. It her belief, she said, that the time to help children is now, and no' in some future planned date whin the need for the present child i past. The Legislator said she believes a raise in the salaries of the teachers is important and that somehow funds must be found to provide them a desirable liv wage so that Alaska’s children may have the best of instructors. “Children are our most import- ant issue now,” said Mrs. Barne “They are the responsibility of tk school, the church and the Particularly at the present ti {there is a need for economic re- sponsibility for the middle teex ager who is legislated out of W We must bend our efforts to pro- vide their economic security. The world is all right so long as we have young people Pioneer ucator Mrs. Margaret Harrais is one of Alaska’s pioneer educators. She played an important role in bring- ing into effect Alaska’s present | schools system. Before her mar- riage when she was Miss Margarei Keenan, she W superintendent, | first of the Skagway schools and later of the schools in Fairbank In a vivid and most interesting manner she gave a history of the ’early trials and continued efforts through the years to the present time to bring to Alaskan children ithe best standards of education. Following the talks by the two Juneau last night, conferred with |tionment of delegates to a consti-lgheakers the Parent-Teacher As- sociation took up its business ses sion. Contributes to Festival 1t voted to give $100 to help de- fray expenses Of Juneau students | who will participate in the Music Festival to be held in Ketchikan ,in the spring. By motion approved the Associa- tion went on record to write to the Juneau City Council recom- mending that a police woman be put on the Juneau Police force; it approved the legislation of the Alaska Education Association; went on record for approval of a raise in teachers salaries in the terri- tory; endorsed the protest to pro- posed legislation that would trans- fer the Tobacco Tax Fund now earmarked for building and repairs he Territorial Trea- d and the proposed sury general fun the Bill for thi amendment 10 purpose. J Mrs. on pen 'Harmis in her talk spoke ding territorial legislation and told members of the Assof tion that the Board of Education is protesting the proposed transfer | | | | cattle ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum 38; minimum, 30. At Airport — Maximum, 36; minimum, 31. FORECAST Fair tonight. Low temper- ature about 28. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday. High temperature Wednesday aft- ernoon about 34 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .04 inches; Since Feb. 1 — 3.96 inches; Since July 1 — 46.04 inches. At Airport — Trace; Since Feb. 1 — 210 inches; Since July 1 — 3235 inches. ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 of the Tobacco Tax to the terri-j torial treasury’s general fund. The only argument for the move so far that she knows, she said, is that the step would simplify the book- keeping in the Territirial Auditor’s office. Auditor’s Bookkeeping «I am not so much interested in simplifying the bookkeeping in the office of the auditor as I am in building schools for Alaska’s chil- dren,” she said. Mrs. Harrais pointed out that the Teachers Retirement System, | i | Alaska is still | problems in its education program, a project started by her in 1929, is now recognized to be one of the | finest enacted in the United States. confronted with | e 00®0ce0000000000000 0 | Mrs. Harrais said. It is cbvious, | she said, that in the not too distant| ® | future the territory will be resporn ! KODIAKBEAR MEMORIAL 1S VOTED, 10-5 skin- daj ted 10 to on me- und open Island’s bt memorial, pre- hou 1 of the a enate 15-C year-ar interior prayer” memoria dele- and banis Ccbhle Snider of the likes Kodiak closed door (which thi ture 1cidents wing afterno Much of the bea imony was W given Edward T rial ought in wctually of the mention: island s a I industry, ssion involve depredations spawning runs. were difference: dise \lmon There vion. Witnesses for the Rep, C. C. Carlson (D-Cordova) and Karl Brunstad = of 1k speakin the Kodiak Growers {thahn harply over whe clined to stream an the bank lik how! Carlso some op men Kod for Ca association dif | are in- in, and er a aid he em do tad read a Fisk 1 struction of run in one River area. Keithahn bears in acti only once saw one out onto the t a deep hole at falls, where one he a log and ({lipp to a partner on picked up the fish and walk the brush. He said that he witnessed salmon in their variably.” “I would sa the bears’ catch negligible.” He said Southeast creek ; salmon hat was from bottom of went out salmon up who into a the in other the bears teeth, “almost instances grabbed in- added, * salmon » he of that after Alaska predators for many years he had concluded that, | aside from man, that the mallird duck is No, 1. He said the ducks dig the eggs of the stream beds, where seagulls can't got them, ang the gulls gather 15ty to catch the the duck d: He expre the opinion that salmon is found on a stream h a bite out of it, it is usually a raven bite instead of a syer have seen & bear take a salmon from a stream and not eat it.” Some of the ators questioned Marshall Crutch: Kodiak banker in the gallery. 't know of more around the Kodiak and car would income area of the town of thought about $50.000 a be a fair estimate of to the island from bear hunting After Carlson 1 given his testi- mony on bear de L almon runs, he said he couid g assurance there wouldn’t be any extermination of the species In colorful Carlson faspion, told how 30 yea 70, in > coas| area from Katalla to Cape Spencer brown bears “were so thick they were playing leapfrog.” When Sen. Joe Coble nks asked him if t salmon runs also on ot where Carlson said the be would be preserved, and whether “we should kill all those bears, too?” the edation: he of T Fair wéren’t 5= al (Continued on fifse Twe) (Conunued cn Pagé Six) d nd Wild- . study ot BER AS R Id Appropriate n Y i tional advertising of Al ist attractions, a m basis with the n forme tion, has the House on Visitors Assoc in of K w bill in troduced sentatives by Egan. It is the by the Speaker session. The bill that the pended vertising first during the No. 64 shal ¥ Unitec H appropri exclusively in B tion for d pace newspapers of the and Canada The and distri of th or some tion ors industry penditure of the func ned upon the raisin ount by the Alaska Visitc the matching for general rt is to be the As ing ed under I Visitor other non-profit rized to promote t ist 1 but ed fon, be us ation y Calendar mac i this forenoon pro: toward clearing calendar memorials uction at 8 and" a rol ed were {ing that | tes be tran | Held | ther stud | were bill fer in second and Do to pre i nautics and i | mission. The House pa to reorganize the Fisherie | mental Commission by !the governor as a member Meeting in joint session morning, the t joint, 11 liberalize o adopted t A bill to lfor annexation pe i tions was before the (time of the noon An amendment ng requirement from reducir i majority to a 85 per was adopted The Hot at which tim other ' executive Senate and to Marcus J i scessed unti 158 it was to go ion W fi r he g of t {of . lol wurch se com In Mo will head give a lunche 1of the Churc mage sale will May, the women ing in terms of are planning spring sale. Dates for announced lat 1\\'1\“’1'7 Hendrickson, the Guild. BARRACK HERE Barrack Fai at the April held ar eahle the In be to hold ctivitie aceordi pre Barar stopping STOCK @1 NEW YORK, Feb. 20 quotation of Alaska Jun stock today is 3 Amer 105%, American Anaconda 43%, 104, General Electr 1Motors 49%, Goodyear cott 77%, Libhy, McNeil 2 19%, Northern Pacific 35 ard Oil of California 9¢ | Century Fox 23, U J Tel. and Do st v islands | poyng '$2.80%, Canadian Exchange| (place last Saturday with the Hev. Barancf ¥ 9543%. Sales today were 2,010 00 Averages today were as Intiustrinls 261.12, rails 86 lties 4281, PROVIDE 00 for National Promo- ion, Alaska Attractions A bill to provide $60,000 for produce se in an hour-and Hn: ¥ Hotel. v, Twentiet g _Ne ol | VY Gl $60,- convinced hood Senator roup of the Anct b Repre A Re lliam e m poration by 5 per He did 1 “5 per presen monly used assist government Welker ¢ administrat worst, 1€ history,” n 1 be ex ad- and slay priv ne States direction sociation, Since corpors he to (in If we and con- like s sia should of the 1 y money expenses organizatior The leave n by p! Seattle, COURT GAIN ~half some le he: seeking Michae! { HIN Censu the pe al en .\(-\vri 2 the d That wa the nine with th vo bodie: (ly The Arm again seeki “ | sonnel for at Whittie received fr U. 8. Army 16 Alpel 1 2 pm., into an- vith the from o ar i . 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AKD 4 IN VIA' PNA MONDAY! departed for on Pac four R Cowan west s and wchorage D o MARRIED SATURDAY Dick tool Elizabeth ler Davi age of Ale holeff perfor th The Mr. were Mrs. Geor couj and since the: 1050 Forv ard I gk I NO A €A Wil cut i Arbitraril By Asse 1 Mac ated Press Arthur paid the fighting Allied { rward watch e it tral Korean 1 t by Lt. G 0 and plane. French ro battal y frontline not “ark rity” to re-cr: and when” Ul that old dividing line bet mnd South Korea. Although Truman has said he has ty, MacArthur he give the order to cross the line again “if cogent polibical ns” against it advanced when the time com Having broken a massive Chinese and North: Korean @ to split open the strategic rc sector of the @entral front, inf what MacArthur d the bloodkest Toss the Allies w gain in @ H 1 corre reach ek Nort 1 dent e author said ould not I ing amghyg ern times, for d fensive,” Tank-led troops over the moun of echon and still forward, In front Comnfunists. were around Hongchon, north of Wonju Reds were reported east 1 rolling “limited of- lammed \ seven ins 1€ them mile moving *of 30,000 reported ma alr Another to )| Iy miles 10,000 north- the renewal of the Gen. Ridgw to chew up Mac. find it trom was raids Jan, 25 a y of u rd last < 2! e | Red Chi aid the Chinese wou their losses t to replace h | Commenting on the recent {ment of Prime Minister }1 Pravda, MacArthur quipped o “1 riote that Marshall & | just predicted the our forces in Korea. But hi end Korean) comrades to ‘do 2 th prove annihilation (Chi nese n tt yet him 1et.” doz pl " LAST ROADHOUSE DOOR CLOSES FOR WILUAM BUSCH behind away quietly The road closed this Busch. He | St. Ann's Hospital He was one of Juneau’ | ploneers was €= Gus Studebacher ot The Ol one 1est e saloons, i Co. r door of morn { of Juneau'’s finest Tt oca G which was now hou wh are those him HEF Fanpie T. Phillip y of Cor FOR PIONEERS nne FROM SEATTLE of & Roceo [RY Dr lU.u. nof Hotel.