The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1951, Page 1

| CONGRESSIONAL SIBRARY TASHINGTON, D. C. THE DAITLY’ VOL. LXXVIIL, . 11,861 Picnic The largest annual Elks picnic in many years was held at the Auke Bay beach Sunday afternoon. At- tendance estimates varied up to 1,600. Great quantities of food dis- appeared and when the final clean- up came there were only four bot- tles of soda pop left. Serving started at 2 p.m. and con- tinued with double lines, cafeteria style until after 4 o'clock. Con- sumed were six big hams, 26 gal- lons .of. potato salad, 40 loaves of bread, 1,600 buns, 1,700 hot dogs, 1,500 ice cream cones, 1300 bottle of pop, 2,000 beers, 60 gallons of cof- fee, two gallons of ‘mustard and two gallons of relish, according-to com- mittee chairman Robert Faulkner. Cars jammed the Glacier High- way for .miles on either side of the picnic area creating jraffic and parking problems. Activities for youngsters included pony rides, sack and relay races, pie and watermelon eating contests. A nail-driving contest was held for the women. Gus Gissherg served as starter for the races. Club chair officers supervised the games. Many took advantage of the warm water for swimming, making the beach a small Coney Island. e A tug-of-war was held between the committee men and the past exalted rulers with the PERSs los- ing, even with the help of visiting PER William Stump of Ketchikan. As part of the cleanup activities, children were given a penny for each bottle returned to a central collecting station. After it was all over, a check showed that the area was left in a clean condition. Assisting Faulkner as members of the activities committee were James Burnett, Charles Kennedy, Rudy Krusl, Art Harold, Dr. John Geyer, and Jim Fennell in addition to many others. + -~Acting Exalted Ruler Ed Peyton today expressed his thanks to all who assisted to make the affair a success. He even included the weatherman who provided a cloud- less day. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 16 —(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 2'2, American Can 108%, American Tel. and Tel. 154%, Anaconda 38%, 46%, General Electric 55%, General Motors 48%, Goodyear 83%, Kenne - cott 1%, Libby, McNeill and Libl iy 8%, Northern Pacific 41%, Standa rd Oil of California 45%, Twenticih Century Fox 18%, U. 8. Steel 31/%, Pound $2.80 1/16, Canadian Ex- change 94.06%. Sales today were 1,200,000 shnres. Averages today were as fol'ows: Industrials 252.31, rails 75.60, utili- ties 43.50. AT HOTEL JUNEAU Sgt. William F. Kelleigh of the Alaska Communications System is staying at Hotel Juneau. B. H. Parkinson of the oastwise Steamship Co. of San Frincisco, is registered at the B_anno‘: hotel. TheWashin};ion Merry-Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Byndicate, Inc.: GOP Targets for '52 A frank outline of GOP campaign strategy for 1952 was presented to key Republican Senlitors’ mssistants by Ab Hermann, the energetic na- tional committee executive director, in a private meeting the other night. The tall, banjo-eyed Iermann, onetime big-league ballplayer, con- fided: “We won Senate seats last year wherever we took our gloves off. There were only two ,states we should have taken and di¢in’t, and that was because our norninees re- fused to punch hard—Missouri and Connecticut. “Why,” complained Hermann, “we had to bootleg speakers like Mc- Carthy into Connecticut.” “The “prime targets” in 1950, he said, were Scott Lucas in Illinois; Francis Myers in Penmsylvania; Elbert Thomas of Utah, and Mil- lard Tydings of Maryland. Turning to Frank Smith, assist- ant to Sen. John M. Bugler, who defeated Tydings, Hermannu contin- ued: “We did a beautiful job in Maryland and Utah, Frank. I don’t see why the Democrats yelled so much about the compbsite picture in your campaign, when, Ly com- parison with the anti-Thomas (Continued on Page Four) Douglas Aircraft | Soap Box Derby Racers Priming For Big Race Soap Box Derby cars are being completed this week for the big race next Sunday afternoon, spon- sored jointly by the Rotary Club and Daily Alaska Empire. Trial Runs will be held this eve- ning and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 7 o'clock on Eleventh Street hill. Cars and dri- vers will be weighed in at the Fri- day trial runs with cars taken from the boys at that time. The only ex- zeption will ke for those cars need- ing final adjustments. These will oe turned in Saturday. Drivers will be given a chance to paint their cars on Tuesday with no trial runs held that day. Drawings for heat positions will be held before the race at 12:30 o'clock. Location will be announced later. Soap Box Derby helmets and I-shirts will be given to the dri- vers then. The Soap Box derby race Is cheduled for 2 pm. Sunday On T'welfth Street hill with a pare,de of cars and drivers preceding the race. Twelfth Street is used because Eleventh Street is partially bldcked by a house. The four Sitka cars arrived Sat- urday afternoon on the Alaska Coa- stal Airlines PBY. Sitka racers ar- rive Thursday afternoon on the air- lines, with trial runs Thursday and Friday evenings devoted #.!most en- tirely to them. They are Harold Donnelly, Jr., Lawrence Porter, Robert Chernikoff, and Bruce Brown. Prizes awarded in the local race are: Best upholstered var: jig saw, fi- ler and sander; the best construc- ted car: tool set, best sportsman: no prize announ ted; winner of the local race: placue and trip to the All-American Sioap Box Derby. Ak- ron, Ohio. Crther prizes will be awarded heat winners. A jacitknife is given eacly racer. The prizes/ will be awarded at the Rotary €lup luncheon July 24. Siflia Mill Expansion bels Okay The first of four timber projects slated for Southeast Alaska was ap- proved today by the Defense Pro- duction Administration, according to a dispatch to The Empire from the Associated Press in Washington, DC. The dispatch said that approval had been given for rapid tax amorti- zation for half of the nearly $120,000 cost of a new power plant and mod- | ernization of the Columbia Lumber Lumber Company mill at Sitka. Accelerated amortization will allow construction costs to be charged off against taxes in five years instead of the permal 20 or 25 years and is being granted by the government, the dispatch said, to encourage con- struction aiding the mobilization program. T. A. Morgan, operator of the mill, told The Empire that plans call for an entirely new power plant. with complete generating facilities for electrification of the mill and gen- éral modernization and improve- ment of the present installation. These will include a new head rig, motors and facilities which will step up present output of 60,000 board feet per 8-hour shift to 75,000 board feet. About 50 men are employed. How- ever, Morgan said that the payroll probably would not be increased as the modernization plan is expected to provide for the increased capacity without hiring more men. Other southeast Alaska timber projects which are awaiting final ap- proval from the Defense Production Administration are the enlargement of the Juneau Lumber Company mill, installation of a plywood plant in Juneau and the $40 million Ketch- ikan pulp mill. B. Frank Heintzleman, regional forester of the U. 8. Forest Service, who returned from Washington, D. C. about a week ago, brought the first word of these four projects pending for approval. He has done considerable work in promoting the necessity for timber expansion and production in Southeast Alaska and it is expected the Defense Admin- istration’s decision on the other three projects will be forthcoming shortly. FROM SEATTLE S. A. Brown, Seattle representa- tive of the Utah Woolen Mills, is registered at Hotel Juneau. Engebreth Dies in South Gunnard M. Engebreth, 42-year- old president of the Alaska Senate, died Saturday in Seattle while un- dergoing an operation, according to the Associated Press. He left Anchorage June 25 for a medical checkup after steadily los- ing weight. Engebreth was serving his second term as Senate president and was the only man ever to hold the of- fice twice. He regarded himself as a Liberal Republican. He came to Alaska in 1936 as a Public Works Administration offic- ial, taught in the Alaska Native Seryice at Kaltag and later entered business at Anchorage. /His widow, Violet, and their six children were in Oceola, Wis., at the time of his death. They went there last Monday to visit Mrs. Enge- breth’s father, Oscar Swanson. Funeral services will be held in Minneapolis, the Fisher-Kalfus Fu- neral home said today. The body will be sent there. Many former friends and relatives live in the Wisconsin-Minnesota area, He was born in Chicago. Surviving children are Karen, 11; Kristen, 9; Roger, 7, Evelyn, 5; Rob- ert, 3, and Nancy, 7 months. He also is survived by his father, Levord Engebretsen, Hawkins, Wis,; (Wwo brothers, Ralph and Arthur Enge- breth, Anchorage, and three sisters, Mrs. Hilda King, Seattle; Mrs. James Smith, LaPorte, Ind, and Mrs. Edward Cook, Minneapolis. Serious Blow lo Alaska: Gruening (Following is a statement by Gov. Ernest Gruening on the death of the senate president.) The sudden and unexpected death of Gunnard Engebreth comes as a |staggering shock to his many | friends and edsifirers, His passing i b sy s wis- Vo Ahe Tsreitowy of Alaska. Few-Alaskans have in recent years attained such rapid eminence and distinction as a re- | sult of their character, ability, pub- lic spirit and vision. The esteem of his colleagues in the Legislature was clearly demonstrated by Mr. Engebreth’s election and re-elec- ;uon to the presidency of the Sen- ate—the only time this honor has |gone successively to one individual. Gunnard Engebreth was in every respect the ideal type of citizen. Beginning in Alaska as a school teacher for the Office of Indian Afiairs, he brough to his business life and public career the devotion that one properly associates with the teaching profession. As a Leg- islator he took his duties seriously and devoted himself in every way to making government effective in the service of the people. He was kindly; he was thorough; he had courage; and he had a selflessness which is not too common either in public or private life. It is a trag- edy that so promising a career was cut short so early. To his wife and to his young children the deepest and most heartfelt sympathy of the community will be extended. Anchorage Cooks Refurn fo Skillets With Wage Boost ANCHORAGE, July 16, — B — The threat of a strike was averted Saturday when Hotel and Restaur- ant Workers Union members voted unanimously to accept an offer from the Anchorage Restaurant Owners Association. The union supplied taxi cabs so all its members could hurry back to their jobs, reopening the rest- aurants which had been closed for about two hours. Similarly the eat- ing houses had been closed for a time yesterday while the workers attended a meeting. The agreement calls for an im- mediate wage boost of 10 per cent for all hands, plus another 10 per cent if the Wage Stabilization Board will approve. The union had demanded 30 per cent. The new pay scale raised cooks to $19.15 per day, waitresses and fountain girls to $11.15, pantrymen to $14.90, dishwashers to $13.40, cashiers to $13.15, busboys to $12.15, Baranof due 7 a.m. from south. Princess Norah scheduled to a rive tomorrow afternoon or evening. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver Tuesday. from Vancouver Wednesday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail| “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1951 Firemen wade hip-deep h | E e MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS in fleoding Kansas river water in the Armourdole district of Kansas City, Kans,, to halt a filling station fire. The station caught fire from unknown causes after industrial were Inundated following failure of a levee. (P Wirephoto. WASHINGTON, July 16, — @ — President Truman will fly over the Missouri-Kansas flood area tomor- TOW. The White House announced to- day that Mr. Truman will leave in 11 am, (EST), tomorrow and will return tomorrow night. Mrs, Truman and their daughter Margaret will accompany him and hometown of Independence, Mo. The White Hause said the Pres- the whole picture,” undoubtedly flying as far west over the flood stricken area as Manhattan, Kas. At a breakfast in the Mayflower Hotel this morning, Mr., Truman conferred with Missouri governor | Porest Smith and members of Mis- | souri’s Congressional delegation on the flood situation. | The breakfast was planned some |time ago as a social gathering but |it turned into an emergency con- | ference on the flood. Mr. Truman asked Congress Sat- urday for a $15,000,000 emergency flood relief appropriation. Congressional - action is expected during today. Leopold Gives Up Throne fo Son BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 16 — (P— King Leopold III of Belgium surrendered today the throne he held for 17 unhappy years, and urg- ed his people to rally around his elder son, who now become King Baudouin I. Leopold’s solemn words of counsel to his son, delivered before an as- semblage of 200 Belgian government leaders, had overtones of sorrow. After years of tragedy and bitter- ness, Leopold, now putting aside his crown, begged the Belgians to sup- port his young son loyally and un- selfishly. Baudouin, 20, takes the Royal Oath tomorrow before Parliament. Leopold signed the abdication document in the ballroom of the Brussels Royal Pzlace, in a cere- mony kept simple to the point of austerity by the king’s own wish. The small Belgian Communist party tried to seize advantage of the abdication, and continued with its “Vive La Republique” meetings in defiance of the government. The Interior Ministry forbade such meetings. Leopold, now 49, was a minor player in a world drama which was beginning just as he assumed the throne. The Nazis had come to pow- er in Germany, and the way was being paved for a war which was to bloody Belgium’s soil for the second time in a generation. Leopold surrendered to the invad- ing Germans despite the opposition of his government, and he was wide- ly assailed as pro-German. During his long exile there was many a move to dethrone him. Garth B. Harlan of the U. 8. dis- trict engineer office in Anchorage is staying at the Baranof hotel. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Johnson of Ketehikan are stopping at the Bar- anof hotel. Johnson is with the New 1En|hnd Fish Co. nis plane, the Independence, about | &% will remain for a while in their !N Truman Will Fly Résearch.Ship to Plumb Vast Depths Off Aleutian Chain LA JOLLA, Calif., July 16, —(#— Another expedition into the vast depths of the Pacific got underway r last week-end with departure of the research vessel Horizon. The ship, with the latest ocean- ographic equipment, will survey the virually uncharted area of the h Pacific between the Aleutian ds and the San Francisco- Huwaii steamer lanes. “i( s being sent out by the Uni- versity ‘of California’s Scripps In- stitution of Oceanography here, in cooperation with the U. S. Navy electronics laboratory, San Diego. The office of Naval Research is sponsoring the expedition. Scripps’ scientists explained that the horizon’s new voyage will be an extension of expeditions which last year discovered and surveyed the submerged Mid-Pacific Moun- tain range, west of Hawaii, and the Mendocino escarpment—great submarine cliff that extends for hundreds of miles off the northe: California coast. f The new expedition will examine the northern ridge of the esgarp- ment, dredging bottom samples and making soundings. = It wil)f then turn north to the center/of the Gulf of Alaska. Other samples will be dredged from the tops of, sea Jatith of the Alaskan penins After a call at Kodiak, the only stopover, the Horizon will continue the research southweStward along the Aleutian trench to Unimak Pass then turn sofithward to an 1,800-mile voyage to a point about 500 miles northwest of Honolulu. It will return Ao the California coast along a spspected escarpment facing the Mendocino escarpment. Boy Scoufs, Coast Guard Rescue Injured Scout SEATTLE, July 16 — (# — The Coast Guard and a Boy Scout troop joined forces yesterday to rescue a | scout” who was injured in a 30-foot fall off a Cascade mountain cliff. While Chief Pilot Charles E. Muel- ler hovered overhedd in a Cogst Guard helicopter flown from Port Angeles, the scouts, armed with hatchets, hacked at underbrush in the Snoqualmie Pass area to pro- vide clearance for a safe landing. Then the ’copter landed and picked up 14-year-old John Pear- son, the Seattle scout who had suf- fered brain concussion and a pos- sible skull fracture in'the fall Sat- urday. John was on a hiking trip with 11 other scouts at the time cf the accident. Fellow, scouis slipped his unconscious body into a sleeping bag and sent ;’nustngers for help. Hospital attendants at Seattle told the boys’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pearson, his life may have been saved by the fact he was not moved until the hélicopter reached the area, Roy Sumpter of the Washington Mortgage Co. of Seattle is at the Baranof hotel. WEATHER FORECAST ‘Tempersture for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 78; minimum, 56. At Airport — Maximum, 78; minimum, 50. FORECAST Fair tonight. Incraesing high cloudiness Tuesday. Lowest tonight near 5 and highest Tuesday about 75 degrees. e PRECIPITATION ® (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; Since July 1 — .04 inches. At Airport — None; Since July 1 — 04 inches. ®© 0 0 0.0 00 0 0 . ] . . . . . . . e . . . [ kl Juneau’s 4th Queen Departs on Gift Trip Joyce Hope, Juneau 4th of July queen, left for Seattle by Pan American Saturday — the trip her award for her election as queen. Bidding the queen on her way were Oren R. Cleveland, July 4th chairman; Charles W. Carter, chosen /| king of Juneau for the Fourth cele- bration; Mrs. Joseph M. Morgan, coronation chajirman and Lucille ! Johnson, her assistant; Ray Hope, Joyce’s father; Miss Mary Whitaker, 4th of July princess; Mrs. Whit- aker and Mrs, Kolla Albigoff, of the Moose Auxiliary, co-sponsors with the Filipino Society, of the queen. Awards for the queen included her going-away ensemble, presented by B. M. Behrends and her trip to the Vanity Beauty Salon presented by Mrs. Wayne Ritchey. Her gardenia corsage was the gift of King Carter and her set of luggage from her father. She will be enterfained in Seat- tle and Portland before her return home. Pacitic Northern Seffing Up Portland Offices SEATTLE, July 16 —#— Pacific Northern Airlines announced two appointments today, Frederick M. Tyvoll was named personnel director and Dan W. Hutchins becomes district sales man- | ager for the Portland, Ore., area. Tyvoll formerly was field super- visor for the Employment Security Commission of Alaska and served with the War Manpower Commis- sion during World War IT at White- horse, Skagway, Cordova and the Aleutian Islands. Hutchins, a native of Spokane, previously was district | traffic manager for Northwest Air- lines in Spokane and Portland. Pacific Northern is one of the | 1argest independent air carriers in Alaska, and recently was granted routes to Beuttle and Portland by the Civil Aeronautics Board. 4 First Cease-Fire PRICE TEN CENTS Progress Reporfed; Reds In "Amiable’ Mood Kansas City Reels as Flood | Surges East KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 16—®— The nation’s costliest flood passed its destructive peak in the Kansas City area today and surged on east- ward in Missouri. But this metropolitan area of 900,0000 persons and Eastern and Central Kansas still reeled from the impact of high waters. The twin furies of fire and flood lashed at Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kas., for the fifth con- secutive day. Four industrial districts were un- der water. Transportation was crippled, The water supply was curtailed. A seven- block fire burned fiercely and destructively — just as it has since last Friday. In Eastern and Central Kansas, the swollen Kansas river and its tributaries receded generally, per- mitting some of the thousands of homeless to return to muck-caked areas, More than 7,000 persons in both states were driven from their homes. Crest Rolls On But many of the towns still lacked power and water facilities. Eastward in Missouri, the Missouri river crest rolled towards the cen- tral part of the state. Its destructive power was still there, but there were no great in- dustrial cities in its path. The towns along the river are stil! digging out of @ flood that hit runs 200 miles across the state from Kansas City on _the .west to St. Charles on the east. There it emp- tes into the Mississippi. All vehicular bridges between Kansas City and St. Charles are closed because of high water. 17 Deaths Seventeen deaths have been caus- ed by the gigantic flood. — Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of the Army Engineers, said last night it appeared the cost will run consider- ably over the $500,000,000 he esti- mated on his arrival from Wash- ington last weekend. President Truman, who requested Pick to make a personal survey, designated flooded parts of both states as disaster areas. Train and highway transportation in both states is drastically cur- tailed. The National Guard, the Red Cross, Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard have thrown men and money into the fight against high waters. Aid has poured in from coast to coast and from Canada. In this metropolitan area, muddy waters still swirled over thousands of acres of industrial districts. Waters, ranging from a few feet tc 20 feet deep, stretched over rail- road yards, livestock industries, grain elevators, oil refineries, and manufacturing plants. WINNING OUT KANSAS CITY, July 16 —MP— The twin cities of Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kas., apparently were winning their fight today tc contain the disastrous flood that has inundated four industrial dis- tricts, but a raging fire that started 72 hours ago still burned unchecked Although the crest of the flood had passed and was well down the Missouri river, water stood as much as 15 feet deep in the major flooded areas with the prospect relief would come slowly. As Kansas City operated on a state of emergency following the na- tion’s costliest flood these rapid fire development highlighted the picture: 1. Missouri’s governor and lieu- tenant governor got into a row over whether the National Guard should be called out to aid the stricken city. 2. The House at Washington raised from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000. The funds provided in a relief bill to aid the stricken areas in Mis- souri and Kansas and passed it quickly. 3. President Truman decided to fly west tomorrow to make a per- sonal survey. He probably will fly as far west as Manhattan, Kas. 4. Kansas City business operated on sharply restricted hours. Three (Convinued on Page Six) By Asscociated Press MUNSAN, Korea, July 16 —#— UN negotiators reported they made “some progress” today in Korean war cease-fire talks held in a friend- ly atmosphere with Communist dele- gates, It was the first formal announce- ment of progress. Negotiators are still working on the agenda. It may be “24 hours or 24 days” before the agenda is com-~ pleted and actual negotiations on armistice terms get underway, a spokesman said. Two 65-minute sessions were held Monday in neutralized Kaesong. The next meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. ‘Tuesday (5 p.m. today, Juneau time). No Armed Reds ‘There wasn’t an armed Commun- ist visible within half a mile of the house where talks were held. “It is much better now that we are not surrounded by guards,” said Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief UN delegate. “The Communists have fulfilled their agreement with respect to the neutrality of the conference site,” a UN communique said, “in that ne armed personnel was observed.” Armed Red military police were in the war-battered city. They were there by agreement reached Sunday. Some smiled at the second group of 20 UN newsmen to go into the city. Others scowled. The negotiations themselves were conducted in a formal atmosphere across a green-topped table in a secluded conference room, More Frinedly “But it was not a formality that would prevent an agreement,” said Lt. Col. Howard 8. Levie of New York, a UN staff officer who was present. “Everyone was more friendly to- day than ever before." AYL The two Chinese generals on seemed to be in good spirits at the afternoon session. “The Chinese smiled when they came back into the conference room,” Levie said. “They nodded to General Craigie.” (Maj. Gen. L. C Craigie is one of the five UN dele- gates), “Maybe,” the spokesman sug- gested, “the Communists have learn- ed we are not the man eaters they were led to believe from their propa- gandists.” Newsmen on the spot said both sides appeared to be in harmony at the end of Monday’s session. ‘Tuesday's meeting was scheduled for 11 am. — one hour later than usual — at the request of the Com- munists. No reason was given for the change in time. Joy took the entire 55 minute Monday morning session to present further arguments in favor of the agenda proposed by the Allied dele- gation. They took a two-hour recess at the Red’s request. Then in the afternoon, cigaret- smoking Gen. Nam I, head of the Red delegation, used another 55 minutes to present his views. Agenda Only They talked only about agenda items. An Allied announcement said: “The UN command delegation re- ports that some progress was made to the formation of a mutually agreed-upon agenda.” A press dispatch from the truce city said the five North Korean and Chinese generals were scowling as they left the morning meeting. But when the afternoon talks ended they seemed amiable. The five Red generals smiled and posed for UN photographers. Reds Massing Men For Attack U. 8. 8TH ARMY HEADQUART- ERS, Korea, July 16 —®— Allied officers said today the Reds are prepared to launch a massive at- tack if cease-fire negotiations break down, A pooled dispatch from the ad- vance base at Munsan quoted the unidentified officers are saying the Reds could throw 72 divisions at the Allies. A Red division is usually fig- ured at 9,000 to 10,000 men. They said,the Reds could sustain such an attack five to seven days. Eighth Army plans in case the cease-fire talks fail are of course secret. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Elis of the Fish and Wildlife Service from Wrangell are stopping at Hotel Juneau.