The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1951, Page 1

SUNGRESSIONAL LIBRARY WASHINGTON, D. C. — i - - ] " HE DAILY ALASKA EMPI . VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,863 S, E. Alaska Now Cathelic Diocese Cathedral Named in Juneau; 0'Flanagan .Named Bishop Southern Alaska was last night elevated to a diocese of the Roman Catholic Churc! in a directive from Pope Pius XII, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Washington, D. C. The change will out of mission status. likely that the Jesuit fathers, ¢ sentially missionairies, will be placed, the Rev. James U. Con-| well, chancellor of the Vicariate of Alaska, said here this morning Cathedral will be the Church of | the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in | Juneau. The Rev. Conwell said the new diocese of Juneau will include the surrounding areas of Am-huragv‘} Palmer, Sewar: Kodiak, Cordova ! and all of Southeast Alask | The Rev. Robert Dermot O'Flan- | agan, pastor .of the Holy Family | parish in Anchorage, has been | named bishop of the Juneau dio- cese which will clude “all the southern coastal region” of Alaska, the annoyncement said. Bishop- | elect O'Flanagan, born in Ireland March 9, 1901, came to Alaska in 1933. 1 The remainder of Alaska will con- tinue o be administered as a vie- | | ariate apostolic. | take the area It appeared Long Contemplated There are - approximately 12,000 | church members in the new diocese, including about 1,600 in Juneau, me‘ Rev. Conwell said. He also stated] that the formation of this new dio cese had been under consideration for some time due to the more ad- | vanced development of this region, campared to other Alaska areas. The Rev. O'Flanagan will be concecrated as bishop at a time and place of his own ch ng, fol- lowing which a formal ir will take place, the Rev. Conwell said. It is customary for concecra- tion to take place within three | months following appointment, he said. The new arrangement will m(‘an‘ that Southeast Alaska will have lh‘ cown residential bishop and not be tied in <o closely with Rome. The | Rev. O'Flanagan will choose s | own staff and it is not now known what changes will occur. New Status Change The Rev. Conwell explained that the change is similar to & territory's being elevated to statehood, with more autonomous control given by Rome. The same announcement said {hat the diocese of Seattle was el- evaled to an archdiocese. The order also created a diocese al Yakima, Wash. The Most Reverend Thomas A. Connolly, Bishop of Seattle, was nppumud archbishop. Msgr. Joseph . Dougherty, former chancellor of the diocese of Seattle, was named first bishop of the Yakima diocese. The diocese of Spokane, Yakima and Juneau will ke included in the new archdiocesan province of Se- attle. Archbishop Connolly, 51, a native of San Francisco, became pishop of Seattle in 1948. Prior to that he was auxiliary bishop of San Francisco. AR Seat LAY FROM SEATTLE J. M. Vanlandingham of Seattle is at the Baranof hotel. ° WEATHER FORECAST Temperavare for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 78; minimum, 58. At Airport — Maximum, 77; minimum, 54. FORECAST Considerable cloudiness with a little sunshine and some very light rain showers to- night and Thursday. Lowest temperature tonight about 55 degrees. Highest Thursday near 66. [ | PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. toda city of Juneau — .02 inches; Since July 1 — .08 inches. At Airport — .02 inches; Since July 1 — .06 inches e o 0 0o 0 0 0 0 0 @eveceeevec00eO00c00otd00 0 e 0coece®s0000reo0a000000e astallation ) i ’ threw another tantrum which was | newsmen Shimmy-Shaking Gilda Will Trade Adtien for Money 18, shaking slar HOLLYWOOD, July Gilda Gray, shimm of the Ziegfeld Follies in the torrid twenties, is talking to a movie producer about a picture of her “I want (6 make some more money,” Miss Gray told reporters. “i'm 48 but I still weigh only 122, I'm making plans for a 10-weeks night club tour of the Pacific Northwest. “The public wants action today— and action 1 can give them.” Americans Granled Use of Spanish Base MADRID, Spain, July 18 —i®— Spain and the United es have reached Agzreement in ])"n'\' le on Amer- the ican Na 1the today said the reached yesterday afternoon during a four hour talk between Generalis- i Francisco Franco and Adm g a Forrest P. Sherman, American chief | of Naval Operations. Technical details of the accord, | these sources said, will be worked out by an American mission (nm-! posed of representatives of the three | Armed Services and the State De- partment, which is scheduled to come to Madrid later this month. WASHINGPON. /duly 13 M | Secretary of State Acheson an- nounced today that the United States has opened talks with Spain’s | Franco government on its possible | role in the defense of Europe. | He conceded that this country is (Continued on Page Two) Weather Man's Ire {Up For First Time [Ia 11 Years The weather man scowled and frowned last night and gave Junea its first lightning display in 11 years. Previous gnashing of 1eeth was dis- played in August, 1 when the spectacle of his temper was seen from the eity. In October, 1941, he seen from the airpori. _ Lighining was observed last night south of Juneau off Admiralty Is- land. The 14-day dry spell broken by rain last night and today was toppe: by two previous “dehydrated” peri- ods recently, according to weather u recerds. There was a 16-day streteh in April this year when there was no recorded precipitation. Also for 15 days in June, 1950, Juneau went without rain. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEAERSON Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.. ASHINGTON.—Here are some backstage highlights of the Korean truce ta tho Korean Gener- al Nam Il is spokesman for the Communists, Chinese delegate Gen- eral Tung Hau really pulls the strings. General Nam speaks out, is serious, pleasant, doesn't look round for cues from colleagues However, when he makes a mis- take, Chinese General Tung Hau interrupts and the North Korean zoes into reverse. . . Once General Nam refused to reconsider admit- U. N. newsmen, whereupon Tung Hau pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, read a few curt phrases. General Nam toned down Communist negotiators keep 1sking for recesses. After two hours of conferring, they ask for a two- hour rest. I not clear whether they use this time to radio for in- structions or for private huddling Even during the showdown over th was remarkable agreement on basic issues. .. most important, the Communists agreed | pon the vital point of having the | jate area. Four hundred residents of Wes Alton, Mo., and vicinity ignored i\'\'nrmnu to evacuate their low-] | ing homes as A | by Saturday. | city | of Flood Hits St. Louis Missouri’s Crest Nears State Capital; No Evacuation ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 18 - Emergency crews worked feverishly today to bulwark dikes and check rising water that already has caused | a loss of nearly $1,000,000 to factor: ies and rail yards in this immed- Guardsmen and | abandoned efforts rengthen dikes to the point where they could hold back the torrents. As St. Louis was bracing flood, alre v the n | President an made a first han aerial survey of conditions, and the | Federal Government rushed efforts | | to rehabilitate vast o Missouri and Oklahoma, | The situati at St. Louis was| becoming worse hourly as the| mighty Missouri continued to pour iremendous volume of flood rs into the Mississippi. A stage of 49 feet was forecast for St. Leuis for the St. Leuis city officials said there appeared to be no dgnger to the of St. Louis, where there al- ready has been an estimated loss of $750,000 in the immediate area. Water Ebbs Nevertheless, they and Red Cross officials met to prepare emergency flood plans, just in case. Nature of the plans was not disclosed but they were believed to cover an emerg- ency water distribution system in cnse the city’s plants are pui’out of ‘commission, Water had subsided at Kansas City, but the major portions of the flooded industrial districis were stiill under water — eight to 10 feet waler af some place. The same was true at Topeka, where nearly 8,000 persons still lived in refugee centers because of ‘deep flood waters pouring over their homes. The crest of the Missouri was approachir Jefferson City, the state capital in the center of the state. Most of the damage through Mis- souri was (o farm land, although there was some flooding in smaller communities. A pertion of Jefferson may be inundated, although most of the city is on a high hill and apparently safe. St. Louis today felt the’ first ef- fects of the torrents that have de- vasiated vast areas in Kansas, Mis- souri and Oklahoma, but officials here hoped the city would escape the widespread destruction that hit elsewhere. 1Cont'nuod on Page u'hu Truman Slgns Aid Bill for $25 Million WASHINGTON, July 18 —(P— President Truman today signed a 11 providing $25,000,000 for relief work in the flood-ravaged Middle West. He acted less than 12 hours after his return from a flight over the stricken areas 4n Kansas, Okla- homa and his home state of Mis- souri. The money will be used to help state and local government to ease suffering and damage, with stress on health measures. Records Crash fil Stork Landings At St. Ann's The Stork is a tired old bird / tions committee last week 1o ure with a record number of land- ! that it remove the payment ban ings made this month at St. (from the Agriculture hill Ann’s hospital airfield. Twenty-five babies were born between July 1 to July 16, This record tops any entire month in the G4-year history- of the hos- pital, it was indicated by a hos- pital official. Available records reveal that the closest record number of babies born in a full month was 23 in November, 1956, Grdinarily, there are 14 to 29 babies born a month at the hos- | pital, the official said. cas of Kansas. | | “ALL THE NEW'S A stubborn oil fire, one of many, firemen struggle to extinguish it. portions of the district. A high w; Kansas river has regeded in this e JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY ALL THE TIME”? 1D — ] 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS gy o 5 TIAT pours:it la The sto ater mark on building (center, distri » “lreplmln. Pay Allowance‘ Trimfo (ome UpSoon By FRANK W. VAILLE WASHINGTON, July 18 —(® A proposal to trim the government cost-of-living allowances to its em- ployes in the Territories and Puerto Rico will be brought before Con- gress within the next few weeks, Rep. Whitten (D-Miss) said today. He indicated, however, it will not be as drastic as originally believed by Territorial delegates from Alaska and Hawa When written, a member of the House appropriations committee, first raised the question he seid he would asked that all such payments ! be banned to governmeni employes | who are hired within the Territory. He said his proposal would not affect payments to persons recruited in this country for government em- ploy in the Territories. Efforts were made to attach such a provision to the Interior and | Agriculture Department appropria- tions bills. The amendment offered to the Interior bill was defeated but the proviso was written into Agri- culture bill, The latter is now be- fore the Senate Appropriations com- mittee. Whitten told a reporter he had not worked out the final wording of his proposal | “My present thinking on the mat- er,” he said, “would be to continue payments only in such areas where the cost-of-living is reflected in local government or municipal sal- aries.” The Mississippi congressman said he has “no desire to hurt anyone” and merely wants to overcome what he describes as “administrative shortcomings.” | Delegates Bartlett of Alaska and | Farrington of Hawaii, along with resident Commissioner Fernos-Isern of Puerto Rico, have unanimously opposed any change in the cost-of- living payments as proposed the amendments to the appropi bills, They, along with reresentatives of two government employe grot peared before the Senate Bartlett told a reporter today that Chairman Russell (D-Ga) had as- sured them he is “with us and feels it would be discrimination among| citizens.” Harry A. Renzer of Bellingham, Wash. i3 staying w the Baranof Hotel. | Mr., and Mrs. R. J. Cc n of San Francisco are guests at the Baranof hotel, _|and fuel, the According to will be invaluable to the program, allowing the men to accomplish in _|two hours what had formerly |ken two days. The icefield embra- |ces some 600 square miles. K Fso ge column of smoke and flame over Kansas City, M age tank, burning for twelve hours, poured an oil slick over ground) shows how the flooding (ommumsls Play Hosls o ] 2 Two North Korean soldiers carry a case of beer through a Kaesong courtyard as the Communists play host to the Allied delegates at the third meeting of UN and Communist officials. radio from Tokyo. Two Snow For Icecap An Air Force C-82 “flyin box- car” para-dropped two “weasels” | and other heavy / equipment to | waiting members of the Juneau Ice- field Research crew today to touch | off a new and advanced phase of the four-year-old glacier research program, The expediticn the American ed by is sponsor Jeographic and the Office of Naval Research Maynard Miller, heading the gla- ¢ (cier party, stated that with the ar- rival of the weasels, power plants the summer program on glacier will go into full swing Miller, the vehicles ta- The two oversmow vehicles be- |come the second and third of their pe ever to be chuted down, ac rding to Dropmaster, Captain M Downes of the 925th Engineer ation Group at Elmendorf Air base. weasels weigh about 2': tc The drop crew readying the for the descent must A Av Force each, (® Wirephoto by “Flymcg Boxcar’ Drops ‘Weasels’ Research cur bindings to support 60,000 pounds, the amount of stress placed on rigging under extreme condi- tions. In a normal drop, according to Downes, the vehicle will pull four or five “G's” at the opening of the chute or about 25,000 pounds. Miller and his crew of scientists | will have opened five of the glaciers twelve outpost-camps at the eud of the day. The team divides its at- tentions between six scientific fields; most prominent and general is the study of snow, ice and rela- ted weather. “The vast body of ice is the per-} registering th said Mil- fect indicator, slightest climatic change,” ler Also in conjunction with the re- search program is the testing of cquipment for the military. The icefield, over a period of time, sim- ulates every condition common to the north country. The Flying Boxcar on the para- drop mission 54th Troop Carrier Squadron. Ma- seorge P. Basel, squadron com- mander piloting the plane and | co-pilot is Capt. Donald Math - Leave Reduction || handling packaged lumber. || Pacific Maritime Association, rep- is from Elmendorf's | Federal Passes Senale WASHINC IN, July 18 — A bili te reduce val and sick leave of ci mployes has been passed by the Senaie. T asure went to confer- ence With the House. | Approved by the Senate late [ yesterday by a voice vote, the b would provide this graduated scale of annual leave, based on length of service: years, 13 days; two to 15 ye 2) days; 15 years or more, days. Sick leave would be to 13 days Most civil service worke get 26 days' annual leave gardless of length of service, and 15 day I approved by the House and President Truman, the bill would go into effect Oct. 14. ¥ Coast Lumber Schooners Hit by Sfrike | SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, —(® |Harry Bridges' longshoremen shun- |ped lumber carrying steam schoon- |ers up and down the Pacific Coast today in demand for a §1 an hour bonus. The stevedores struck yesterday after their international longshore- men’'s and warehousemen's union failed to obtain the pay boost for Less than two rs, c now re- | ILWU spokesmen said the strike |was forced by the refusal of the resenting the shipowners, to ap- prove an agreement endorsed ear- lier by a subcommittee of steam hooner - operators. The longshoremen earn $1.97 an | hour for the schooner work. They want $2.97. Seven schooners operated by the Oliver J. Olson Line were struck uly 7 by the ILWU. PMA spi man said the new walkout affects five more ships. Most of the small, coastwise vessels, they said, are at sea or tied up in repair yards. William Gettings, regional LL. U. director in Seattle, said thr strike included the six ships oper- ated by the coastwise line to Al- aska, although other Alaska oper- ators will not be affected. The union, Gettings explained, has no special Alaska agreement with the line. : { He said the ships would be tied up as soon as they return from Alaska and “they may be tied up in Alaska ports. We won't know until later about that. Seaitie Prolests Low Air Rates From Portland North SEATTLE, July 18 —(®— A loud complaint was raised today by twc Seattle organizations against new freight rates announced Saturday by Alaska Airlines, Inc, It isn’t that the rates between IONS 'Red Wording Accepted on Two Poinfs Communists Nod When Allied Views Presented At Long Session + By ROBERT E SEOUL, Korea, Jul, Allied and Red envoys agreed day on two points of the cease-fire nda but a dispute over “at least major point” is blocking the armis- | NSON to- » one start of actual Korean war tice negotiations, The United Nations announced this tonight after negotiators re- turned from their longest session this week. It was the first report of agreement on any part of the agenda. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, head of the U, N, cease-fire team, ac- cepted Communist wording for two agenda items at the close of Tues- day's conference, the announcement said. When he did so, “the entire Com- munist delegation seemed to show gratification, perhaps mixed with a certain element of relief,” said Brig. Gen. William Nuckols of the U. 8. Air Force. Nuckols attended the session in Kaesong. And when Admiral Joy presented the allied view on the major unre- solved question, Nuckols said, the two “Chinese members of the Com- munist delegation nodded and ap- peared to appreciate the United Nations viewpoint.” Neither Nuckols nor the formal headquarters.. announcement.. dis- closed the points agreed upon in the sixth day of conferences. Nor did they say what was the major stumbling block to reaching a “mu- tually acceptable agenda.” But General Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme allied commander, describ- ed it as sential” to the success of the cease-fire conference. Observers speculated that the key question was whether to discuss withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. The Communists want this on the agenda. The United Nations negatiators do not. They are still trying to agree on the scope of actual cease-fire talks. “In order to hasten the conferen- W. |ces to their ultimate goal,” the U. . announcemenl said, “the United Nations senior delegate (Admiral Joy) accepted two points presented 5y the Communists on the phrase- ology of agenda items, after plac- ing on the record the United Na- tiors understanding of their basic intent.” “Some additional progress” was made at yesterday's sessions which lasted two hours and 50 minutes, the Army said. The seventh day's meeting was scheduled for. 11 a.m. Thursday, 5 pam. Juneau time today. “Today's meeting moved rather ponderously, as had the previous meetings, due to language difficul- the Army said. “Since three languages—Chinese, North Korean and English—are wed in the conferences, it was necessary for each statement from Seattle and Alaska are too high. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Seattle Traffic Association are convinced the rates between Portland and Alaska are too low. The Airlines’ freight the same from Portland to F' as they are from Seattle to Fair- banks, despite the fact that an ad- ditional haul of 135 air miles i involved, complained Don M. Fol- lett, general manager of the cham- ber. The Traffic Association said that Alaska Airlines apparently “used o different yardstic in determining ) freight and passenger rates, since passenger rates from Portland were | announced as $7 higher per flight “The firm has given Portland the benefit of Seattle rates even though Seattle is Alaska’s natural trading center,” Follett went on. The two organizations said they file a protest with ard. will the Civil Aeronautics B Tom McCahill, formerly of Ju- | neau and now of Anchorage, is reg- the istered at Baranof Hotel, | Joseph Durgin and Abe L ,ukk-' of Letchikan are at the Baranof hotel. | cither side to be translated two times.” $tock Quotations NEW YORK, July 18 —{®-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 110%, American Tel. and Tel. 155%, Anaconda 39%, Doublas Air- craft 46'., General Elgctric 55, Gen- eral Motors 48%, Goodyear 837%, Kennecott 72, Libby, McNeill and Libby 87, Northern Pacific 45%, Standard Oil of California 46, Twentieth Century Fox 18%, U. S. Steel 39'z, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 94.37%. Sales today were 1,360,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 253.67, rails 76.11, utili- ties 9. Prince George sailed from Van- couver yesterday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver today. Freighter Square Knot from Seat- tle tentatively due July 22. Aleutian scheduled to e Wriday. depart