The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1951, Page 1

JIBRARY b D QG HE DAILY 'A “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,859 RIDGWA j—udge Ryan Frees 15 Communists NEW YORK, July 13, — (B — Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan today complied with a U. S. Ap- peals court ruling and ordered re- lease of 15 Communist leaders un- der bail previously supplied by the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund. Judge Ryan previously had re- voked the bail, on the ground trustees of the bail fund were “unworthy of trust.” He had sentenced three of them to jail for contempt of court for P_‘a’lh__lo totalling $175,000, | refusing to reveal identities of con- | tributors to the fund. The ‘15 Communists are charged | with conspiring to teach and advo- cate violent overthrow of the Uni- ted States government and are awaiting trial, Ryan jailed them with instructions to obtain from another source. U. S. Appeals Court Judge Learn- ed Hand yesterday ordered the bail from the Civil Rights Congress re- instated. Hand held the full, three-member appeals court previously had ruled bail from the Congress as accept- able. The Congress is listed by the De- partment of Justice as subversive. Ryan’s decision today was made in the prgsence of the 15 defend- ants, who had been kept in jail be- cause of legal technicalities since Judge Hand’s ruling. Lodge Urges 150-Group Air Force WASHINGTON, July 13 P Senator Lodge (R-Mass) proposed today that the United States build a 150-group Air Force to assure itself the mightiest in the world He estimated the cost at $74,000,- 000,000 over a three-year period. Lodge told a Senate Appropria- tions subcommittee the U. S. will have only a “second best” Air Force when it reaches the 95-group goal set by the administration. “We risk national disaster unless we move faster and greatly rai our sights,” Lodge said in a state- ment given to the group. “We must no longer be content with muddling along in an atmos- phere of business as usual.” An Air Force “group” is a term not easily translated into numbers of planes. The planes in a group vary according to the size of the planes. A heavy bomber group, for in- stance, consists of 30 planes. A fighter group has 75 planes. Wednesday DENVER VISITORS William R. Judd and W. E. Col- lins of Denver arrived here yester- day from Anchorage on PNA and are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. TheWashingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Bynaicate, Inc. ASHINGTON. — It's hard tc write about a man who is dead and cannot defend himself.'However, I should like to write about Andrew Older, listed recently by an FBI undercover agent as a member of the Communist party. Older worked for me for a brief period after the war and it became my unpleasant duty to fire him During the course of firing him, I got to know a little bit about wha' makes a Communist tick. If we are going to cure Commun- ism in the American body politic then it’s important that we know what turns a man into a Commun- ist and how he can be cured. Here is one case history in point. Older worked for a group of conservative trade journals—a paint and varnish magazine, a bakery journal, a poultry monthly, togeth- er with the film and radio dailies and the Hollywoed Reporter. During the tail end of the war when man- power was short he also worked (Cvt)nlir:n;cxl on Page Four) bail United Nations and Communist : JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY Y FIRES UL PN == L Peace! representatives hike up the path leading to meeting place in Kaesong, Korea, where they are nego- tiating a possible cease-fire agreement. Army Radiophoto and (P Wirephoto. Signal Corps Photo via KANSAS CITY, July 13 | Surging flood waters crashed over | levees at this metropolitan conflu- ence of the Kansas and Missouri | rivers today and officials ordered immediate evacuation of the vital central industrial district. The widespread two-state floods had claimed 11 lives. Rolling in muddy crests out of Eastern Kansas where scores of cities and towns were struggling with overflows, the Kansas (Kaw) river by midmorning had inundated the Armourdale and Argentine dis- tricts of Kansas City, Kas. Then levees on the east, protect- ing the Missouri side, began crum- bling. City Manager L. P. Cookingham immediately ordered evacuation of the industrial district for the first time since 1903. In this area lie the Juneau's "Glow’, Hottest in 17 Years, Broken The “glow” carried by Juneauites because of the heat the past 10 days nearly equals that of the hot spell in July, 1934. It was the hottest it's been for 17 years, but as a stretch of sunny weather, it’s nothing so unusual. The highest recorded temperature in-town during the dry spell start- ing July 3 and ending this morn- ing with a trace of rain was on July 3 with the reading at 84 de- rrees. The highest temperature recorded in 1934 was 85. degrees on July 23. The last long dry spell was from June 4 to 18, 1950. DR. GRAY IS HERE Dr. Bernard Gray of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel. Alaska from Seattle due to arrive late tomorrow afternoon or evening. Princess Kathleen from Vancou- ver due 3 p.m. Saturday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle late today. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. ‘rince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver Tuesday. Aleutian from westward scheduled | southbound Saturday afternoon. | Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday. | Kansas tily Industrial Area Ordered Clear As Fioods Sweep Levees city's famous stockyards, the Live- stock Exchange building, the Amer- ican Royal Stockshow arena, the Armour and Co. packing plant, nu- merous other heavy industries and the Burlington and Frisco railroads roundhouses. The flood began backing up thru city streets. The Turkey creek pump- ing station of the city water plant was threatened with a shutdown More than 600,000 persons using city water were asked to conserve sup- plies in anticipation of a shortage. Back along the raging Kansas river, and in other flooded river | basins of that state, rescue and re- | lief teams were hard pressed. Aircraft from many areas, includ- ing the Coast Guard from New York City, were busy at rescue efforts but lowering skies made flying difficult. Yacht Named for "Tughoat Annie” Visits Juneau A famous yacht with a famous name left Juneau harbor this af- ternoon after lying here several | days while its owners cruise South- east Alaska waters. The craft is the TMea Foss, named for the founder of the Foss Launch and Tug Company of Se- attle. It was upon her life that |the well-known “Tugboat Annie” stories and film were based. Once owned by John Barrymore, stage and screen star, and known then as the Infanta, she was here 20 years ago when the “great pro- file” toured Alaska on a bear hunt. | Her present owner is C. Arthur | Foss, president of the tug company, | one of three sons of “Tugboat An- nie.” He and his wife, with a small party of guests, are aboard. | Foss visited old friends here on s first trip to Juneau in 30 years. | wife, who owns what has been | termed the most extensive collec- tion of crystal, jade, petrified wood and rock specimens in the States, | is using the tour to add to her hob-' by. Northward bound, the 120-foot yacht stopped in the Taku -River long enough for Mrs. Foss to “high- grade” a gold barge by sweeping ‘ns deck of gold concentrates milled at Tulsequah. The yacht was last in Juneau 11 |years ago as the Polarls, then owned by Ted Lowe, an early Al- aska bush pilot and founder of an | airline out of Anchorage. The army Lower Fish | Pack Brings More Money WASHINGTON, July 13 —(®— The Fish and Wildlife Service said today the pack of canned salmen [ | in the Pacific coast and Alaska last year totaled 4,274,462 standard cases, | valued at $108,590,571 to the canners. Compared with 1949, this was a decrease of 23 per cent in quantity but an increase of 5 per cent in value. > Alaska accounted for 77 per cent of the 1940 pack. Alaska's 1950 catch, by standard cases and value: Chi- nook or king, 54,053 cases, $1,542,709; chum or keta, 777,779 cases, $15,212,- 302; pink, 1,095,534 cases, $25,663,330; red or sockeye, 1,153, 508 cases, $33,- P45 862: silver or coho, 191,502 cases, $5,131,834; steelhead, 268 cases $7,472 or king, 151,928 cases, $5,382,820; chum or keta, 539,982 cases, $11,260,- 800; pink, 2,277 cases, $61855; red or sockeye, 136,741 cases, $5,308,048; silver or coho, 160,625 cases, $4,812 707, steelhead, 10,268 cases, $360,830. The service said the 1950 pack of pink salmon “was only 34 per ceni of the 1949 production dug to a combination of poor runs in South- east Alaska and the fact that prac- tically no pink salmon are caught in Puget Sound in the even num- bered years.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 13 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 109%, American Tel. and Tel 154%, Anaconds 404 Peuglas Aireraft, 464, General Blectric 55%, General Motors 49%, Goodyear 84';, Kenne- cott 66%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 41, Standard Oil of California 462, Twentieth Century Fox 18%, U. S. ‘Steel 40%, Pound $2.80 1/16, Canadian Ex- change 94.25. Sales today were 1,320,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 254.31, ralis 76.48, utili- ties 43.45. WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Perfod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 74; minimum, 54. At Airport — Maximum, 82; minimum 55. FORECAST ' Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight near 65 and highest Saturday about 75. PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau — Trace; e Since July 1 — .04 inches. ® At Airport — Trace; o Since July 1 — .04 inches. ® 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 s cececescccrvoee took the vessel during the war. Foss returned her to her original status as a pleasure craft several years ago. Aboard are the Foss' daughters, Miss Christina Foss and Mrs. Pa- tricia Peterson, and a friend, Miss Carolyn Schustrom. Mrs. Peterson’s son Eric is also along. The party took off this afternoon for Skagway, to return in several days. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sabin of Juneau ‘are on board for the short junket. Two of the five-man crew are well known here. They are Capt. Russell W. Gross and Chief Engin- eer Maurice “Whitey” Pixley. Gross, who once commanded the City of Anacortes in local waters, was last here 15 years ago. Pixley was 'aboard army vessels here during 'WOrld War II Thea Foss, mother of the vessel’s owner and his two brothers, HO. and Wedell Foss, died before the war. She and her husband Andrew started the company with a row- boat i Tacoma, Wash. With her business acumen and his ability as a ship's carpenter, they built the company to one of the largest tug- boat fleets on the Pacific Coast. Author of the “Tugboat Annie” series once worked aboard the Foss | tugs and when he became a writer, |used his former employer as his |famous heroine. 3, 1951 — | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —— IMATUM T REDS First Wr nce The Pacific Coast states: Chinook | Little Indians at the annual encampment near Nespelem, Washington. on the Colville reservation are This is a big-event in an Indian lad's life. The three-day encampment, jed by an elder in their first war presents to persons in the crowd to celebrate the occasion. dance, July 7, drew Indians of many tribes. (P Wirephoto, His parents give which ended Unlucky Friday 13th Finally Catches Up Jinx Defiers TEISBURGH, Friday, Suly 15— (M—Who says Friday the 13th isn’t unlucky? Pittsburgh has a group of 13 men who call themselves the Friday the 13th club. Every time the calendar turns up a Friday the 13th these 13 men get together and defy the jinx, They smash mirrors, walk under 1adders, spill salt, consort with black cats, and otherwise scorn super- stitutions. So what happens today, Friday the 13th? So many members are out of town that the club, unluckily, had to call off its meeting Employment Commission Seeks Diredlor The Territorial Employment Se- curity Commission adjourned yes- terday without appointing a suc- cessor to Robert E. Sheldon, exez cutive director who retired last month. It was degided to make another call for applications for the posi= tion until August 15, newly-elected Chairman Ralph J. Rivers, said here today. «To be eligiblé the applicant must have been a resident of the Territory for five years, have some under- standing and sympathy with the employment security program, be educated to inderstand fiscal and procedural matters and be of proved administrative” ability,” Rivers said. He stated that the position was not political. The salary is $8,500 per year. Written applications will be re- ceived by Rivers at Box 1951, Fair banks. The board will hold another meet- ing sometime after August 15, Rivers said. Meantime John McLaughlin, director of the unemployment insur- ance division, will continue to be acting executive director. Rivers was designated to attend an interstate conference of employ- ment security commission which 15 to be held in Florida hext October The other two members of the com- mission are Anthony Zorick of Ketchikan, retiring chairman and George Vaara, Anchorage business- man. FAIRBANKS VISITOR John Jensen of Fairbanks is at the Hotel Juneau. FAIRBANKS VISITOR Joan Rader of Pairbanks is res- istered at the Baranof Hotel. Md(inleym Scaled on Western Side ANCHORAGE, July 13—®—Three men reached the peak of Mt. Mc- Kinley late Tuesday evening and spent the night atop North Amer- ica’s highest mountain, the Alaska Military Command reported yester- day. A radio message received by the military indicated Dr. Bradford Washburn, director of the Boston Museum; James E. Gale, Anchor age, Arctic survival expert, and Capt. William D. Hackett of Denver, sta- tioned at Fort Richardson with the Army, were the three who made the fifth successful climb of the 20,270- foot peak. They were the first said the radio report, to rcach the top by a western route. The party indicated it would re- turn to the 15,000-foot level Wed- nesday and reach camp at the 10- 000-ft. level yesterday. There Dr. ‘Terris Moore, president of the Uni- versity of Alaska, planned to land a ski-equipped plane and fly the party off the mountain. Washburn has made three of the successful ascents, previously climb- ing McKinley in 1942 and 1947. Gale and Hackett were in the 1947 party. Five other members of the cur- rent expedition, conducting geologic explorations, were reported by radio to be “still climbing.” They include Drs. Henry Buchtel and John Am- bler, Denver physicians; T. M. Grif- fifths, glacial geologigt at Denver U.; Barry Bishop, University of Cincin- nati student, and Jerry Moore, stu- dent at Dartmouth College. Previous word from the climbers indicated the new route “seems faster, more reliable.” Considerable wind and many avalanches were re- ported but climbing conditions were safer, with fewer crevasses and holes. No Fires, But Firemen Have 'Hot Session | The monthly meeting of the Ju- |neau Fire Department .was held |last night, postponed one week be- cause of Fourth of July activities. Due to increased. activities at the |subport where meetings are tem- | porarily being held, the quarters al- lloted the department last night were decidedly warm and so was the meeting Member | number of duels with non-firemen reported an increasing | ‘(Iinii Discontinues For Summer; Opens 'Again in Fall Dr. C. C. Carter, city health of- | ficer, announces that for duration {of the summer, the Monthly Im- | munization clinic will be temporar. | ily discontinued. ' Those parents who urgently de- | sire their children to complete im- | munizations are asked to consult | their family physician upon advisa- bility of doing so. Parents who have their children’s immunizations com- pleted at their doctor's office are asked to report them to the Health Center, so that record cards may be completed and copy given to the parents for their permanent > | day: record. The immunizations offered at the Health Center at these month- ly clinics are diptheria,’ whooping cough and tetanus combined, and small pox vaccinations. Parents are asked to watch the paper this fall for notice of recontinuation of the clinics. The Health Center is loca- ted at 122 2nd Street, telephone 218. Wolf Control fo Be Confinued Plans are now being made for a wolf control program for the Takt and Dyea valleys this fall, Maurice W. Kelly, FWS predator contro agent said Friday. He returned tc Anchorage after a month's detai here. Last winter the Territorial Sports- men, Inc., cooperated financially with the FWS in a wolf control pro- gram for these areas. It is intended to continue the work as the area: are subject to reinfestation. The latest report on the number of wolves is 11 poisoned by Kelly and Frank S. Glaser, Fairbanks preda- tor agent. Kelly pronounced the operation highly successful. Of the $500 appropriated by the Sportsmen, only $175 was used last season racing to fire calls. Drastic will be taken shortly in order that firemen may be permitted the right-of-way when driving to an- swer an alarm I Chief Minard Mill announced a drill to be held at 7:30 p.m. July 19. Eight new firemen to membership to complete the roster of the department. Those elected were Alvin Bloomquist, James Vuille, Marvin Kristan, Grant Ritter, Robert Stutte, R. B.| Brown, Eugene Wood and Rudolph | Krusl. | Lars Sorenson’s shrimp feed were elected steps Iwound up a hot evening. ' (omm;fider Lays Down 3 Demands Get Armed Guards Out, Allow Free Moves SEOUL, Korea, July 13 —(M—The Allied command told the Reds to- Korean war cease-fire talks will be resumed only when UN dele- gates have unrestricted movement in an area free of armed guards. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway sent that virtual ultimatum to top Com- munist commanders after the Reds rejected an Allied demand that news correspondents be accepted as part of UN personnel in the conference area. The supreme manded that: 1. The Reds get their armed guards out of Kaesong — original site of armistice talks — or agree to meet somewhere else. 2. End “unreasonable ard un- necessary restrictions” on his nego- tiators and let them move freel. 3. Accept anyone he names as part of the UN delegation. Ridgway’s message was broadcast just two hours and 20 minutes after the Reds rejected the third point, originally made yesterday by Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief UN negotiator. The rejection came. from North Korean Gen, Nam II, chief = Red cense-fire delegate, in a reply to Joy. Nam suggested the delegates meet at 1 pm. Friday (8 pm. Thursday, PDT) for further d;uqumn‘l.‘ Must Agree The UN answer came at 1:16 pan. in Ridgeway's expanded demands. Joy said Thursday that negotia- tions would be resumed as soon as the Communists agreed to pass any UN personnel designated by the Al- ‘ied command, including newspaper- men, Nam replied: “Neither side’s news reporters or news representatives can come into the area . . . until both sides have agreed.” This reply was delivered to a UN liaison officer at 10:55 a.m. but the Allied command did not announce it until 12 hours later—after Nam's nessage had been broadcast by both the Red Peiping and Pyongyang radios. The delay was not explained. General Ridgway's headquarters in Tokyo said: “No Settlement” “This reply offered no settlement »f the issues contained in General Ridgway's massage to Generals Kim 1l Sung and Peng Teh-Huai, which vas then in preparation and later breadcast at 1815 hours (1:15 p.m.) today. “No reply to General Ridgway's message has been received.” Kim is the North Korean pre- mier. Peng is the commander of Chinese troops in Korea. By going directly to them, General Ridgway took the issues out of the hands of the cease-fire delegates. Last Nine Days Adds 11,506 io fnemy Casualties WASHINGTON, July 13 —A— The Army today raised its estimate of enemy casualties in Korea to 1202928 — an increase of 11,506 since its last estimate was issued nine days ago. The figure covers the period from he beginning of the nghqns thru July 4, before the cease-fire nego- tiations were started with a result- ing lull in fighting. Of the total, 872,737 were battle casualties, an increase of 8,788. Prisoners totalled 163,473, an in- crease of 343. Non-battle casualties were esti- mated at 166,718, an increase of 2,375. Of the total casualties, 608,525 were North Koreans and 594,403 were Chinese. The Chinese had 500,- 107 battle casualties and the North Koreans 372,630. Of the prisoners, 146,091 were North Koreans and 17,382 Chinese. commander de- FIRE CALL ‘The fire call this morning at 5:30 was for a furnace backfiring in the Senate Apartments on South Frank- lin. No damage was reported.