The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1951, Page 1

VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,775 HE DAILY “ALL TIE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS DFA Regulations Alaska Fishing Protested INFLUENCE, FAVORITISM CHARGED (AB WASHINGTON, April 4 —(® A staff investigator for the Senate Small Business Committee said to day an inquiry is being made into charges of “influence and favor- tism” involving some past and pres- ent members of the Civil Aeronau- tics Board (CAB) Lawrence Henderson, the invest- igator, told a reporter the charges are “pretty sensational” and three men have been assigned to find out whether there is any merit to them. But Committee Chairman Spark- man (D-La) told a reporter later he was surprised to learn that Hen- derson had raised the question of influence and favoritism. “Not a single soul has mentioned any irregularity or suspicion of ir- regularity to me,” Sparkman said “But of course, if something like that should be uncovered, we'd take the appropriate action.” Both Sparkman and Henderson agreed the inquiry stems from com- plaints by non-scheduled airlines against a CAB order restricting their operations. The non-scheduled car- riers contend the board, which makes rules for the aviation indus- try, is driving them out of business to aid larger firms operating regu- lar services schedules. ‘The order, which the non-sched- uled airline operators have attack- ed as a “death warrant,” forbids the non-scheduled carriers from making more than three flights a month between eight major cmes.l The order was scheduled to go into effect April 6, but was post- poned for a month at the commit-l tee's request. The operators contend they were lured into the business by the gov- ernment, which waged an intensive campaign to sell off war surplus planes suitable for passenger and cargo hauling. IMPROMPTU PROGRAM ENJOYED BY KIWANIS| Program chairman present or ab- sent means nothing to the Juneau Kiwanis Club. Today at a regular luncheon meeting at the Baranof Hotel when program chairman Paul Sutton was reported weatherbound at Haines, Bob Furst stepped in to $200,000 BOND ISSUE PROPOSED BY SCHOOL BOARD At a special meeting of the school board last night it was proposed that a bond election be submitted to the people of Juneau for their approval or rejection to raise $200,- 000 to complete the new public school which is to be erected at 12th and Glacier Way. The election will take place in from three to four weeks. At a previous bond issue $750,000 was raised which, it was expected would be matched by Federal funds through the General Service Ad- ministration. However, as appro- priations have not been forthcom- ing, GSA is unable to make any commitments and the board voted last night to proceed with con- struction with what money is on hand. About $150,000 of the $750,000 was used to buy the land on which the school will be erected, pay court costs, land clearing costs and other incidentals, leaving at present $600,- 000 for construction of the building. This, it is estimated, will construct the classrooms, but will not include the kindergartens, cafeterias, teach- ers’ rooms, nurses’ rooms, principal’s office or vault for school records, Therefore, the additional $200,000 bond issue was proposed to provide these necessities. It was thought that construction of this addition would be cheaper while the school itself is under erection, than it would be to add them at some fu- ture time. Valle and Sommers are con- tractors and construction is sched- uled to start as soon as weather permits. COL. JOHN NOYES BACK FROM VISIT EASTERN COLLEGES Col. John R. Noyes, of the Alaska Road Commission, returned to Jun- eau Monday after a two months’ trip in eastern states. Purpose of his trip was to recruit engineering personnel for the Alaska Road Commission to take care of increased operations of that depart- ment which have occurred the past year. Col. Noyes visited various colleges throughout the eastern states inter- viewing graduate and near-graduate engineers. He also had loan of the Alaska Development Board film, create a humorous anecdote-telling | “Alaska, U.S.A.” and made 20 show- contest in which nearly all members participated with much laughter. Norman Steinig, in charge of ladies night, announced that it would be held Wednesday evening, ings of it which, he said, resulted in great interest in the Territory not only among young college men but also with the general public. At the same time that Noyes was April 25, in lieu of a regular lunch- { chvering the eastern states, H. B. eon meeting. All members were | Schultz, bridge engineer for the de- urged to attend and to take guests.) partment, was on a similar mis- Robert Pheasant, Pacific North- ern Airlines traffic manager, was a guest. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.. ASHINGTON.—The Washing- ton rumor factory is probably the most active and the most irrespon- sible in the wotld. Tales cooked up in Capitol Hill lobbies, the drawing Tooms of high society or in a taxi- cab conversation are sprecad as fact within a matter of hours. The story that the late Frank- lin Roosevelt was insane and had to be chained to his bed at night was a good example. One confidential news agency believed it to the ex- tent of relaying it to its many thousand customers. o Latest Washington canard is that Secretary of Defense George Mar- shall is in his dotage and unable to come to his office more than half a week. On the contrary, I can state that Marshall, though 70, is probably in better health than before his -kid- ney operation, gets to the office before 8 a.m., has the papers read and sent out of his office by around 8:20 am. and puts in a full six-§ day week, working even on Sat- urday. This is a lot more than most ex- ecutives do in Washington, New York, or anywhere else. Marshall is alert, his memory is P e e C WSS, (Continued on Page Four) sion in the midwest and George Tapley, who is still in the states, is covering the far western states. Both men also had copies of “Alas- ka, USA” Appropriation Bill In Washington, D. C., Col. Noyes attended hearings at the House of Representatives on the appropria- tion bill for the Department of In- terior and attended many other meetings and conferences in the in- terest of his agency. He was in the Capital during the welcome of President Auriol and his wife on their arrival from France. Asked if the recent cut-back of steel, copper and other critical ma- terials had affected his operations, Col. Noyes said: “It definitely has. We are making every effort to build up our person- nel and obtain road and bridge equipment to supply our needs, and although we are making progress, we are not out of the woods yet.” While in the east Col. Noyes took leave of absence to visit his family in Oneida, N. Y. Mrs. Royes will remain in the east for some time. NINE TRAVEL ON ELLIS AIRLINES Arriving on Ellis Airlines Wednes- day flight were five passengers with four carried on interport, From Ketchikan: Laverne Fell, Dr. Vernon Forney, John Martin. From Petersburg: C. R. Barnhill, Mr. McCarty. R. M. Barnard of Seattle is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. JOE JURICH |Mock War IsTASK FORCE |Dog Musher from Alaska DEFEATED BY |Now Underway| DRIVES ON | WelcomedatHomeTownin Maine After His Long Trek * FISHERMEN SEATTLE, April 4 —®—Joseph Jurich, prominent left-wing labor leader, lost in his bid to become secretary-treasurer of Local 3, Fish- ermen and Allied Workers' Division International Longshoremen and ‘Warehousemen’s Union (Ind). Bob Cummings, incumbent secre- tary-treasurer, defeated Jurich, 399 to 219, in a referendum conducted among the union’s 2,000 members, the Times reported. Jurich formerly was president of the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America, parent unjon of Local 3. The IFAWA was merged last year with the ILWU and Jurich became chairman of the Fishermen’s Division of the ILWU a job he is leaving because of ill health. Robert Alvestad of Gig Harbor, incumbent, was re-elected presi- dent, defeating Rudy Franulovich of Anacortes, 397 to 239, Frank Bar- cott of ‘Anacortes was elected vice president, BRISTOL BAY UNION FILES CHARGES ASI SEATTLE, April 4 —{P—An un- fair-labor practice charge was filed today with the National Labor Re- lations Board against the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc., by the Ber- ing Sea Fishermen’s Union (In- dependent). The union charged that the In- dustry was recognizing the Alaska Fishermen’s Union (Independent) as bargaining representative for all fishermen in Alaska while an action is pending before the NLRB for fishermen in Bristol Bay to break away from the AFU, John Geisness, Beattle attorney, filed the charges in behalf of the| union. He filed a petition several weeks ago for an election to deter- mine the collective bargaining rights_for some 1400 Bristol Bay fishermen. A hearing was held last week. SPORTSMAN’S 400 CLUB MEETS THURS. The Sportsman’s 400 Club will meet in the City Council Chambers tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers and to make plans for the coming year. All members are urged to be present. FWS BIOLOGIST WINS PROMOTION Thomas J. Costello, Jr., who has been assistant managing biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Service in the Bristol Bay region the past year, has been promoted to manag- ing biologist in the Yakutat district. Costello is at present working in the office of Fisheries Management Supervisor Dick Shuman = in the federal building. ; MRS. SANDBO RETURNS Mrs. Preston Sandbo returned today after medical treatment at Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle. PENWOMEN TO MEET Penwomen will meet tomorrow evening at Genevieve Mayberry’s apartment in the MacKinnon Apartments, instead of at Dora Sweeney’s as previously announced. HAPPY TRANSFER Walter S. Yeargain, BOSN, who has been in the operations center of the 13th U. S. Coast Guard Dis- trict here since September 1949, has been transferred to the 11th Dis- trict at Los Angeles. He plans to leave with Mrs. Yeargain and their two children, Wincie 10, and Scot- ty, 8, on the southbound Denali next Sunday, The Yeargains are happy about the transfer. E. M. Linderoth of Seattle, ar- rived Tuesday from Annette on PAA isnd is stopping at the Gastineau Ihotel. Inferior Alaska by ot FAIRBANKS, Alaskg, April 4 — (M—Jet fighters, fighting a mock war, filled the air over this Central Alaska city yesterday. In the opening phase of a three- week concerted military operation, labeled “operation firestep,” the “ag= gressor” air craft struck first at Ladd Field in a thrust to catch the defense by surprise, Ladd Air Force officials reported, however, that the warning system eliminated all the elements of surprise, The defenders were ready, but took some stiff losses. Aggressor planes theoretically destroyed 12 defensive fighters and suffered the loss of two aircraft from anti-aircraft fire. Bases of all the Armed Services, spread across the vast territory from the Canadian border to the Aleutians, braced for surprise at- tacks. Bases in the Fairbanks area were on “alert.” All personnel was carrying full battle regalia. Paratroopers To Drop For the first time in the history of Alaska war maneuvers, para- troopers were to take part in the operations. The First Battalion of the 505th Airborne Infaniry Regi- ment of the famous 82nd Airborne Division was ready to jump into the attack. They are from Fort Bragg, N. C. The paratroopers are support- ed by a battery of 105-mm airborne Howitzers and a platoon from the 307th Airborne Engineers, also from Fort Bragg. They are staging somewhere in Canada. Where or when they will will drop in Alaska is the best kept military secret of the week. In the opening day's mock war- fare, the second attack came on Fairbanks military installations from a simulated flight of bombers, which swung later against Ladd Air Force base. Officers said the warn- ing system tipped off the defend- ers again. Jet fighters intercepted the coming force and damaged one —theoretically. At Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base was hit by three separ- ate bombing and strafing raids yes- terday. Lt. Col. Eber Jernigan, chief air umpire in the Anchorage area, said some “damage” was inflicted on lbuudings and other installations by aggressor bombers and fighters that fought their way through defending jets to the target area. But he jruled that damage was not suffi- cient to hamper base operations seriously. Anti-aircraft guns of defending forces claimed nine aggressor bomb- ers and six fighters were shot down. One friendly jet was reported “lost.” [RAINBOW GIRLS MEET SATURDAY;TO ATTEND | CHURCH ON SUNDAY All Rainow girls are reminded to attend the monthly business meeting Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. This meeting also com- memorates the anniversary of the founding of Rainbow. Pledges and all members are asked to meet at the Scottish Rite Temple, Sunday, March 8 at 10:45 to attend the Lutheran Church in a group. JIM BROWNE BACK James Browne, manager of the 7 field office for the Social Security Administration for Alaska, returned yesterday on PAA from Seattle. He had been outside for five weeks va- cationing following a regional con- ference of the Social Security Ad- ministration at Arrowhead Springs, Calif., where the matter of new amendments to the Social Security Act were discussed. He later visited in San Francisco, Portland and other west coast cities. CHAMBER MEETING Regular business will be taken up at a luncheon meeting of the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce af the Baranof Hotel tomorrow noon. A Pan American World Airways film, 1 “Wings Over France” will be shown following the business session. wiliam Edgecomb ana family of Pelican are at the Gastineau Hotel. IN KOREA By Associated Press The Allied task force drove four miles north of the Red Korean border today against heavy Com- munist resistance. A field dispatch said the task force met heavy Red mortar fire and some artillery fire near Top- yong, four miles north of the border on the Western front. But it drove ahead, . Another Allied ferce nearby punched two miles into Red Korea in the Yongpyong area. Earlier reports said an American patrol had crossed Parallel 38 on the Central front and routed Chi- nese Reds from two hills. The pa- trol was probing the outer areas of a huge Red buildup where almost one-half million Communist troops were massed for an expected Red offensive. Reds Muster 500,000 According to intelligence reports the Reds are mustering nearly 500,- 000 combat troops in this area preparatory to an all-out final at- tempt to push UN forces out of Korea. The Communists are expect- ed to take advantage of the spring’s mugdy terrain and launch their attack any day now. Korea’s glue- like mud favors the Reds in that it holds down mechanical equipment in which UN forces have super- iority. Big Air Battle For the second straight day a air battle between American 54 Jets and Russian-type MIG- 16s was fought over Sinuiju near the Manchurian frontier. Ameri- can airmen destroyed one enemy fighter and sent the others scurry- ing to their Manchurian sanctuary. This brought the Allied bag to four Red-nosed jets knocked down in two days of dog-fights, and seven enemy planes destroyed. No Al- lied losses have been reported. War of Maneuver In what General MacArthur yes- terday called the continuing war of maneuver to sap the enemy’s strength rather than cover terri- tory, two American tank forces that crossed the border yesterday later withdrew. On the Eastern front, where South Korean troops have pushed 13 miles inside North Korea, Al- lied patrels met only light resist- ance. NED ZENGER GETS PROMOTION IN (S Announcement was made today by Thomas J. Petrich, acting col- lector of customs, of the promotion of Nedford H. Zenger, clerk in_the custom'’s ,office, to Deputy Collector of Customs, to be stationed in Wrangell. Zenger will leave Friday via plane for his new post. Zenger has been attached to the local custom’s office for the past two years. He was born and raised in Juneau, graduated from the local schools and also the Behnke Bus- iness College in Portland, Oregon, He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Al- fred Zenger, pioneer channel resi- dents, and has a wife and one child, Mrs. Zenger and child will go to Wrangell later when living quar- ters are found. PERCY TURNE GETS DUNKED Wet and miserable, Percy Tur- ner was dragged out of the ley water of the old city harbor back of Warner’s Machine Shop yester- day afternoon by Walter Sperl. Juneau City Police were notified and took Turner to St. Ann's Hos- pital. Turner, a local gunsmith, said he had his gear aboard the vessel, ‘Washington, and was going to Hoo- nah to open up a shop there. He requested that the police remove his stuff and hold it for him. Turner didn’t know how he got in the water but assumed that he had slipped. PALMER VISITOR George W. Whitestone of Palmer is registered at the Baranof Hotel i Elks, Joseph B. Kyle, of Gary, Ind,, BIG DOINGS FOR ELKS SATURDAY; TWO FEATURES Grand Exalted Ruler Kyle fo Visit Here-To Dedi- cate Elks Iron Lung Grand Exalted Ruler of the Be- nevolent and Protective Order of will pay an official visit to the Juneau lodge next Saturday and the visit will be full of action including dedication of the iron lung, another public service with Elks sponsorship. Included in the official party will LEWISTON, Me., April 4-(P—A royal welcome home today awaited Cecil A. (Musii) Moore at the end of his 6,000-miie dog sled trek from Alaska, The bearded traveler and his nine huskies trotted out of Gray in fine fettle for the last 20 miles of a trip begun in Fairbanks in Novem- ber, 1949, Two brass bands mustered to meet Mush, his dogs and a state police escort for a parade to the official reception at Lewiston City Hall. Mayors Ernest Malenfant of Lew- iston and Edward M. Field of Au- burn, other officials of the two cities and members of the Lions Club were the welcoming delega- tion. Moore undertook his cross-con- tinental journey to raise money for the Lions’ underprivileged chil- dren fund. be Past Grand Exalted Ruler Em- mett T. Anderson who has previ- ously visited Juneau, at which time) yesterday in a driving rainstorm. he dedicated the Juneau Elks am-\His drenched dogs were sheltered bulance to this vieinity. In addition to the Grand Exalted | barn. Ruler’s party, Juneau lodge will also be honored with the presence|was a triumph over nature. of Charles D. Garfield, Past Exalt- ed Ruler of Juneau lodge, and Mrs.| Alaskan temperatures, sizzling Min- Garfield. Garfield {s the only sur-|nesota heat, a siege of grippe, 40 viving charter member of Juneaulpups born to his sled dogs during lodge and the senior Past Exalted|the trip, or an attack by wolves Ruler. Also in this Elks party of visitors will be Districs, Deputy Grand Exalt- {wag the absence w. alon ed Ruler for Southeast Alaska, Dave {much of his route. He eiffi’hfl his L. Stevenson, of Skagway Lodge|sled with both runners and rubber No. 431. A short brief on the Saturday program is as follows: 4:30 pm. — Dedication of iron lung, Elks hall, public invited. 5:00 pm. — Cocktail hour, Bara- nof hotel (Elks and their ladies). 6:30 p.m. — Banquet, Gold Room, Baranof hotel (Elks members only).|anq a past president of the Lions 8:00 pm. — Meeting, Elks hall,| g1y, saig sale of cacheted envel- initiation by Ketchikan PERs. 11:00 pm. — Open House, EIKS| 450 g fund, as planned. Also Moore hall (Elks and their ladies). Mrs, Kyle and Mrs. Garfield will be especially entertained by ladies|, o,y money, in fact it has not | of the Elks during the stay here,| o4 expenges this feature to be announced later.|ypcnael said. STEAMER flVtMms Princess Norah scheduicd to sail from Vancouver 8:00 tonight. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 4 p.m. Friday. Denali from westward scheduled southbound somstime Eunday. STOCK OUGTATIONS NEW YORK, April 4 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 109%, American Tel, and Tel. 153%, Anaconda 39, Douglas Aireraft 96%, General Electric 64%, General Mot- wrs_lil%. Goodyear 72%, Kennecott 72%, Libby, McNefll and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 33%, Standard Oil of California 45, Twentieth Century Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 42, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.12%. Sales today were 1,200,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 247.31, rails 80.60, utili- ties 42.10. 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 34-Hour Period @ ending 6:30 o'clock this morning @ In Juneau — Maximum, 42; minimum, 34. L . At Airport — Maximum, 44; minimum, 35. FORECAST . Cloudy with mixed rain and snow tonight. South- easterly winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. Mostly cloudy ursday with occasional rain showers. Low tonight near 36 and high Thursday near 42. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. today City of Juneau — .15 inches; Bince April 1 — 215 inches; Since July 1 — 60.09 inches. At Airport — .04 inches; Since April 1 — 79 inches; Since July 1 — 37.06 inches. e 0 0 0.0 0 0 00 e end report he made to President | o | Truman on building Amrica’s might. @ ;his report, that with “the whole- He sloshed from Portland to Gray for the night in Frank Lunch’s All the way from Alaska his trip But he didn't count on frigid in Canadian wilderness. One thing Mush did count on of snow along wheels. ¥ He began his journey with 11 dogs. One was killed in the wolf attack just after He left Alaska. Another fell victim to a North Dakotan rattlesnake. The nine others were with him all the way. Sam Michael, Moore's manager opes carried on Moore's sled will plans a lecture tour, “The trip so far has not brought | by any ineans,” INFLATION GREATEST PROBLEM But Can Béalrolled De- dares Defense Mobi- lizer Wilson WASHINGTON, April 4 —4D——I Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil- son sald today inflation is the na- tion’s greatest problem, but it "cnn' be controlled.” Wilson made the statement to the Senate-House “Watchdog” Com- mittee on mobilization at the start of a public survey of the defense program. In advance of the hearing, Sen- ator Fulbright (D-Ark) said a “terrible” inflation plight confronts the country and that Congress “cer- tainly is partly to blame.” i In his prepared statement, Wilson reviewed the highlights of the week- Wilson also said, as he did in hearted cooperation of everyone” it may be possible to remove wage- price controls and other emergency curbs “sometime in 1953." The present Defense Production Act,, which includes wage-price control authority, expires June 30. Maybank’s committee will advise Congress regarding any changes in the measure when it comes up for extension. DR. MOORE HERE PROTEST IS RADIOED TO SECY. INT. Drastic Objection Made fo Proposals—Rejectment Is Strongly Urged Addressed to Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Interior, a protest was radioed today regarding DFA fish- ing regulations. The wired commun- fcation is as follows: Alaska Fisheries Board consisting of five Alaskans representing resi- dent - fishermen, packers and gen- eral public and all confirmed by Territorial Legislature today unan- imously adopted following state- ment. We protest Alaska salmon concentration plan proposed by De- fense Fisheries Administration. As good American citizens we want to make it clear we are in favor of any plan which would really con- tribute to the defense effort but we insist from our intimate knowledge of the Alaska situation that this proposal would in no way do so. As the official body established to speak for all Alaskans in fish- eries matters we emphatically pro- test entrusting decisions governing Alaska commercial fisheries to a Deputy Defense Fisheries Adminis- trator who has no background in ac< tual fishing and operating problems but only in unrelated selling and brokerage activities. ‘We further protest method adopt- ed of formulating »m‘l.{fi Alaska on. basis only of meetin, held in Seattle with virtually no representation on recommending committees by bonafide Alaskans. Actually the committees were stacked with non-resident packers and alleged representatives of fish- ermen likewise non-resident or non- representative. The proposals which resulted reflect their selfish point of view only. It is our conviction after reviewing recommendations that the proposals for Bristol Bay, Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula, will not result in any savings of manpower or equipment in 1951 but will under the guise of doing so give the non-resident interests complete control over this Alaska industry in those areas. Any manpower or equipment 0s- tensibly saved will actually be left stranded where it will not be able to contribute in the slightest to na- tional production efforts. There is no alternative offered.under the arbitragy concentration plan to channel into other use in the in- terest of the defense effort. Moreover proposal comes so sud- denly and so late in season that equipment and supplies are already on hand for normal fishing during 1951. Improper use of the escape clause for hardship cases could readily lead to favoritism, chiseling and confusion. Already discrimination as between fishing areas is demonstrated by the proposal to limit the plan to but three specific areas. However laudable may be the objective of curtailed fishing effort in these areas for conservation purposes this so-called concentration plan is not a legitimate means of effecting such curtailment and is certain to be challenged in the courts. With- in the department’s existing auth- ority means are available for attain- ing the same objeetives legally if such are deemed advisable. Using as a base year 1950 or in one case 1949 would affect unfairly new resi- dents of Alaska who in some cases have in good faith equipped and prepared themselves to fish these areas under normal conditions. Plan differs basically from World War II Alaska salmon concentra- tion plan in which materials and manpower were saved through con- solidation of the actual canning operation but no attempt was made to limit fishing effort. On the con- trary every incentive was given for maximum production by the fish- erman. This new proposal appears to us to be nothing but a disguised effort to wipe out gains which res- ident Alaskans have made painfully and slowly over recent years thru the legitimate means of obtaining needed changes in the fisheries regulations promulgated by your Dr Philip Moore of Mt. Edge- cumbe arrived Monday from Fair-| banks and is at the Baranof Hotel. department pursuant to hearings. ese are only a few of our more (Cuotinued on Page TWwo)