The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1951, Page 1

SONGRESSIONAL A3RARY +ASHINGTON, D. a. ' 0 sn 1 VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,864 TALKS Romance Refurns House Votes "Freeze’ al July 7 Levels WASHINGTON, July 19 —iP— The House today voted a four-, month “freeze” on prices and wages at July 7 levels, excepting only farm commodities selling below parity. The vote, subject to reversal later, was 180 to 151. It was a stunning reversal for administration forces, overridden by a coalition of Republicaiis and Southern Democrats. The proposal, an amendment to the Economic Controls Extension bill, was offered by Rep. Davis. He said it would provide a “breathing spell” in the upward inflationary spiral. Earlier Price Director Michael V. DiSalle had told Congress that the “cost - plus - guaranteed profit” amendment accepted by the House yesterday would “destroy the entire price-control program.” In a letter to Chairman Spence of the House Banking committee, Disalle said yesterday's vote would: 1. Cost consumers billions of dol- lars. 2. Immediately boost virtually all food prices at once. 3. Make practically impossible the administration of ceilings. “At the same time the amendment would unnecessarily guarantee for manufacturers and processors ex- cess profits substantially higher than the highest earnings ever re- corded by American industry,” Di- Salle declared. Republicans who supported the amendments have denied this. They say that inflation can’t be beaten unless reasonable profits are as- sured. -~ -DiSalle asserted that “there are not enough accountants in the world” to determine costs so that every manufacturer would obtain a profit on every item he produces— as the amendment requires. DiSalle’s letter came at a time when House members, tempers fray- ed by partisan bitterness were near the end of their long battle over ‘wage, price, rent and other economic controls. Stock auolalions NEW YORK, July 19 —(#— Clos- ing quotation of American Can stock today is 110’2, American Tel. and Tel. 155%, Anaconda 39%, Douglas Aircraft 46%, General Electric 55, General Motors 48%. Goodyear 84, Kennecott 71%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 45%, Standard Ol of Cali- fornia 46, Twentieth Century Fox 18%, U. S. Steel 40%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 94.50. Sales today were 1,130,000 shares. Averages today were as follow: Industrials 253.75, rails 76.20, utili- ties 43.88. ED LOCKEN HERE Ed Locken of the Bank of Peters- burg, is in.Juneau for a few days on banking business. He is stopping at the Baranof hotel. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951. Dy Bell Byndicate, Inc. ASHINGTON.—Here are some ASHINGTON. — Part of the damage suffered by the people of Kansas in the current flood would have been avoided but for the cus- tom of Senatorial courtesy. Thirteen years ago, Congress passed a bill authorizing a 22,000~ acre reservoir on Tuttle Creek, north of Manhattan, Kansas. It was proposed by the army engineers as a means of controlling the floods which have swept eastern Kansas periodically. However, the dam was never| built — for the reason that the money never was voted by Congress Although authorized, it was never voted because one of the late Re- publican Senators from Kansas, Clyde Reed, objected. Every time the appropriation came up for the Tuttle Creek reservoir, Senator Reed turned thumbs down, and under the system of Senatorial courtesy he had the final say. Frank Carlson, now a GOP Sen- ator from Kansas, was then a Con- (Continued on Page Four) jof Ike Hobson Alaska, 57-years after his engagement broke up. Portland, Ore., things were straightened out with his childhood sweetheart, the former Mrs. Emma Smith Smidt (right), 73. ding jn Weiser, Ida., followed and the couple are now honeymooning in Portland. (® Wirephoto. (left), 82-year-old sourdough, recently returned from On his return to A wed- ,Aluéka’s Ldfdést 7 Caribou Herd Periled by Blaze ANCHORAGE, July 19 —/P— A 6,500-acre ligk ng-caused forest fire is endangering Alaska’s princi- pal caribou herd in the Tyone Lake area near Gulkana, R. R. Robin- son, regional forester for the Bur- eau of Land Management, reported ‘Wednesday. : Robinson sald the chief danger the herd, numbering roughly 5000 had been believed averted when firefighters swung the path of the blaze away from the caribou range. Additicnal crews taken from other forest blazes in Alaska are be- ing flown to the fire lines, he said. Of 34 fires reported Monday, about 20 were still raging out of control yesterday. The Tyone fire was the largest in the Anchorage district. Robinson said no attempt has been made to combat 12 to 15 fires in inaccessible forests in the Kusko- kwim-Fort Yukon areas, Women are on the fire lines at Chalatna river, about 220 miies west. of here, and they're doing a good job, Robinson said. The forester reported native wo- men weighing 95 to 100 pounds were hauling 150 pound sacks. “I tried to take the heaviest load,” | he said, “then they outwalked me] | to the fire and worked 14 hours.” Pacific Nofrhern Will Open States Service Sept. 1 SEATTLE, July 19 —(P— Sep- tember 1 is the tentative date for inauguration of Portland-Seattle- Alaska service by Pacific North- ern Airlines, Harold A. Olsen, vice president, announced today. PNA was granted a certificate May 25 by the Civil Aeronautics oard. Olsen said the line will operate from Portland Municipal Airport and from Seattle’s Boeing Field. PNA plans to fly later from Seat- tle-Tacoma International Airport. PNA will fly DC-4s from the Pacific Northwest to Juneau and Anchorage. The firm at present serves many other points in Alas- ka, including Cordova, King Sal- mon (Niknek), Homer, Yakutat and Kodiak, Alaska Airlines announced Sat- urday that it plans to fly its Port- lond - Seattle - Fairbanks route starting August 12. The firm was granted a route at the same time as PNA. Princess Norah arrives from Skag- way at 8 a.m. tomorrow; sails south at 9 am. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive Saturday afternoon from Van- couver. Freighter Square Knot from Seat- tle tentatively due Sunday. Aleutian scheduled to depart Seattle tomorrow. | | ;7Fishing Vessel ‘Sinks in Taku River The fishing vessel 31F847 1 hardluck boat. Several weeks ago Fred Karo, previous owner of the vessel, dis- appeared from it while it was anch- ored in the Taku river. When the boat’s motor continued running for several hours, neighboring fisher- men investigated and found no one aboard. Karo’s body has not been found. This morning Thomas W. Free- man, who had leased the 31F847, was reported missing and the fish- | ing vessel Drifter told Coast Guard headquarters here that the boat had sunk in the Taku river two miles velow Taku Point. Its decks were awash, the Drifter’s message said. At noon the fishing vessel Laddie reported that Freeman was aboard and that he believed the 31F847 had slipped its anchor. The 83-foot Coast Guard cutter is at the scene of the sunker vesseL) Coast Guardsmen are attempting to pump it out and tow it to Juneau. Well, She Didn’t | Starve fo Death, Did She! LONDON, July 19 —(®— Robert Gordon was accused in the divorce court today of selling his wife’s bed for money to bet on the races. Mrs. Rowena Gordon told the judge her mate’s luck was poor and she spent 18 months sleeping on the floor. She got her divorce — on a cruel- ty count, ? JUNEAU, ALASKA, REACH CRISI AY, JULY 19, 1951 % S1. Louis Toils fo Stave Off Worst Hood Threat Since 1844 Police Warn Molorists Against Speeding in City Juneau police today warned motorists against speeding within the city limits. “Until school starts again there will be a great many children playing in the streets,” Assistant Chief Frank D. Cavanuagh said, “and we don’t want any eof them hurt. Traveling over the legal speed limit invites ac- cidents.” Speed limits are 15 miles per hour on curves, grades and places with obstructed views and 20 miles per hour in the business district and else- where in the city. Copies of the city traffic code are a able at the Juneau oft clerk’s office at the city dock. e 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 — Outlook Gloomy For Packers To Wesiward Except for Cook outlook for pack is the picture for ‘t5 the Wes wr altso; gseistgne life ‘Service who returned to Jun- eau Tuesday afternoon from that area. He said a heavy run struck last Monday when the season opened in Cook Inlet. However, he .added extreme concern is felt by the ser- vice because of the unprecedented concentration of gear. Over 500 boats are fishing in a comparative- ly small area “and if a fish can make his way through that maze of drift nets, then he has the traps and set nets higher up the bay waiting for him.” Baltzo said conditions forced the service to increase the mid-week closed period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to 7 p.m. Thursday, an additional 13 hours, to protect the.run. Inlet Run Good However, he added that a good pack was expected in, Cook Inlet as the ‘run seems _exceptionally heavy. & ¥ v The picture elsewhere,, though, 'is degidedly gark. .. In Bristol Bay the pack.is al- ready recognized as a general fail- ure and it has been necessary to close the Ugashik River entirely. It closed Monday and will probably remain closed the rest of the sea- son, Baltzo said. The count through the weir on this river is only 68,000 reds, where the commereial eatch has reached 180,000, The Chignik district, closed and re-opened for two days at the end of last week, is producing only fair fishing despite its extended closed period. Gillnet boats there are av- eraging about 400 fish per day. It is open again two days this week, starting 6 p.m. Wednesday. o) The Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak are both failures as far as the red salmon run are concerned, Baltzo reported. The salmon industry generally is now pinning its hopes on & good pink salmon run in Soitheast Al® aska to salvage an otherwise dis- couraging year, Baltzo said. How- ever, he added, it'is still too early to predict with any assurance how heavy the pink run will be'. Escapement and survival was ex- cellent in the 1949 brood year but, Baltzo qualified, “we never Know what might happen to a fish dur- ing its time in the ocean.” Asked about “the effect of low water in Auk Creek on fish migra- tion, Baltzo said that he, person- ally had witnessed a good run of sockeyes into the lake before the low water struck and that aghough fish are schooling up at the mouth of the creek, two weeks could pass before causing any worry. See0e000s000000000000 0 5 and fis 1951 salmon AT THE BARANOF HOTEL Charles M. Marler of Ketchikan is at the Baranof hotel. BB. LOUIS, July 19 —#— Man onee again pitted ingenunity and sweat today against the treacherous Mississippi as the highest flood waters in more than a century rush- ed down the Missouri river toward 8t. Louis. Flood workers, with time still on their side, labored under a hot sun to bulwark levees from heére to Cape Girardeau, 190 miles to the south, even as the crest hit Jefferson City, the state capital, in central Mis- sourd, The waters, which already have left an estimated $750,000,000 loss in their wake in Kansas and Eastern Missouri, submerged some 30 blocks at Jefferson City and hampered eleotric service to state buildings there. Water inched into the state power plant. Confidence that St. Louis could stave off major losses turned to fear as the crest of the mighty Missouri moved toward St. Louis and a junc- tion' with the Mississippl at about 30 miles a day. Migh Parallel 47 Morton Meyer, president of the St. Louis Flood Control Association, expressed fear that damage here might go as high as it did in the disastrous flood of 1947 if the Miss- issippl climbs over the 40-foot level as ppedicted. Damage in 1947 here was éstimated at $9,000,000 and an- other $3,000,000 in the county. 8t. uis proper . sets on high like a great open fan in ; The | #rc of the Mississippl. 's water system :which supplies 1,800,000 population is believed Volumtesrs on' flopd duty"from’ St. Louis to Chester, i1, about 80 mile¥ south. y The 400 residents of West Alton, Mo., between the Missouri and the Mississippi, still refused to heed & warning of the Army to get out. The Army gave up trying to save the: dikes several days ago. ‘The 'Missouri fell slowly at Jef- ferson City this morning after reach- ing 3431 feet last night, the highest since 1844, Force -base -had 1312/ Soviet Marshal Disappears From Warsaw Post FRANKFURT, Germany, July 18 ~im—Soviet Marsial Konstantin Rokossovsky, who has been serving MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Receding Waters Uncover --'NO PROGRESS’ * L “ A jumbled mass of railroad freight cars appear above the receding flood waters in the Argentine district of Kansas City, Kans. The flood has been the costliest in the Nation's history in dollar value. ® Wirephoto. " _'SI[ande as Satellite Poland’s defense min- || ister, apparently had disappeared, and western diplomats are asking if he has been. assassinated. The ‘bemecialled hero of the Sov~ iet Union has not been seen in War- saw: for severdl weeks. One story 15 that he was, shot by a Polish major and taken to Moscow for medical treatment. APPLY FOR LICENSE George Les Baker and Elsbeth Louise: Koby yesterday applied for a license to marry. Both are of Jun- eau; Baker is a carpenter and Miss Koby a telephone operator. LARS EIDE HERE Lars Eide of Petersburg Is stop- ping at the Baranof hotel. AT HOTEL JUNEAU Frank J. Della Reyes of Anch- orage is rqllurgd at Hotel Juneau. ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YWEATHER FORECAST Tempersture. for 24-Hour Period ending 6:30 g'clock this morning © In Juneau -— Maximum, 66; minimum, 55. At Adrport — Maximum, 63; minimum, 60. FORECAST Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with occasional light rain Friday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight about 50. High- est Friday near 62. PRECIPITATION (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 s.m. todsy Oity of Juneau — ,10 inches; Since July 1 — .16 inches At Airport — Trace; Since July 1 — .08 inches. © 0 00000 0 0 00000 c0cetsrscrestdanse @eeecegeocscccccscsscsssen A Hereford steer,'its ribs showing as the resalt of s¢veral days with- out food, awalts rescue and food from its perch'sfop a shed in Kansas City, Moy Iivestock dis- trict. Many -‘Q‘Fllhll were 50 stranded wheti the raging Kansas river flooded. $he. stockyards for the first uflq‘m 1903. ‘Wirephoto. Not Caught With Pants Down, But With 'em Too Baggy LOS ANGELES, July 19.. —{P— The seat of Sam Joe- nig’s pants was to come in for further scrutiny teday in his trial on burglary and grand theft charges. The duthorities allege that Sam made his pants too long —and baggy — for the sole purpose of pilfering valuable fur pieces from downtown shops. Sam’s britches were offered as Exhibit “A” yesterday, along with testimony by a police specialist who told the jury that the seat of the trousers, enlarged by a huge patch, showed evidence of having come in contact with fur, including breath - of - spring mink. Sam, 47, denies everything. o 00 0 0 0 0 00 Franco Will Place King |On Throne Dictafor Names New Monarchist Cabinet To Tighten Relations MADRID, July 19 —#— General Francisco appointed a new govern- ment tonight to tighten relations with the West and put a,king on Spain’s throne. Decrees naming the new minis- lt.ers were signed by the Generalis simo and sent to government print- ers last night for publication in to- morrow’s official journal. The new government is over- whelmingly monarchist in composi- tion and a completely reliable source said the Caudillo told the new ministers when he met them in- formally Monday “this government will carry out the restoration of the monarchy.” He also was said to have advised them of his intention of tightening Spain’s relations with the western Democracies, especially the U. 8. WASHINGTON, July 19, — (A — President Truman said today that, for military reasons, the United States is changing its attitude to- ward Franco Spain—to some extent. In recent years, the official Am- erican attitude has been one of distaste in varying degrees for the Franco regime. Mr. Truman gave no indication of how far this at- titude might be modified. But he backed up Secretary of State Acheson’s statement yesterday that this country ' is seeking to bring Spain into “the common de- fense against possible aggression” despite British and Frecnh objec- tions. This is being done, Mr. Truman told a news conference, on the ad- vice of the Department of Defense. He added that the Madrid dis- cussions carried on by Adm. For- rest P. Sherman are only prelim- inary, although news dispatches from Madrid say a basic agreement has been reached on American use of Spanish Air and Naval bases. What About Ike? The President also told reporters he doesn’t know whether Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower may be a candidate for President next year. He said Eisenhower teld him in 11949, when they were talking about the General’s going to Europe to head a combined western European defense force, that he was not a candidate. But he added that he hasn't talked any politics with Eisenhow- er since then and doesn't know if that is still his position. ‘Alien Troop Thought Issue Agreement or "Air of Finality’ Promised; Each Side Emphatic By ROBERT EUNSON MUNSAN, Korea, July 19, — (® — Korean cease-fire negotiations near- ed a crisis in a two-hour session to- day. “No progress” was made, the United Nations said. . Tomorrow's meeting will tell the story, an official spokesman predic- ted. “We'll come to an agreement or there will be an air of finality about the disagreement,” said Lt. Col. W. P. Preston, Neither the Communist nor the United Nations. delegation.. would budge from its previous position on the one basic issue under debate, said Preston. He attended the ses- sions at Kaesong. The issue is believed to be the Red demand that foreign troops withdraw from Korea, although no one has said so officially. Same Thing Demanded “Each side was very emphatic in its stand,” said Preston. “Never have I heard the same thing sta- ted in so many different ways than today. “Each statement was just as em- phatic—or even more so—than the previous one.” Preston said his remarks had the approval of the United Nations command. Presumably this inclu- ded Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. The Bupreme Allled Commander flew back to Korea from his Tokyo headquarters in response to 8 mes- sage-from his armistice negatiators. The acuteness of, the crisis was indicated by.. the official. U. N. communique. For the first time since talks started July 10 it re- ported “no progress.” “There is one basic issue that the north Korean-Chinese delegation is holding out for,” Preston said. “It was the subject of debate all day.” Reds Ask Withdrawal Thursday night the Red Korean Pyongyang radio emphasized the tone of Communist broadcasts for two days——that the key question is withdrawal of foreign troops. It quoted an official newspaper: “The solution of the 'Korean problem hinges on the withdrawal of foreign troops.” North Korean Gen. Nam opened Thursday's discussions by asking what the allies thought of a new cease-fire agenda submitted by the Communists Wednesday. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy replied, the U. N. communique said, by re- iterating “the United Nations stand that only matters of a military na- ture would be discussed.” The Allies consider the question of withdrawing troops from Korea a political one, to be taken up la- ter at“a higher level after an armistice has been signed. U. N, ‘willing’ Preston said the U. N. was will- ing to accept agenda items already agreed upon as & complete agenda, and start actual cease-fire talks immediately. The U. N. Wednesday announ- ced it accepted two items. It didn't say what they were. No official mention has been made of agree- ment on any other subjects. Despite the sharp cleavage in views, Preston sald he would not call it a deadlock, He added; “As you know, meetings with Communists are long, drawn-out affairs. You will have to give us & little more time. Tomorrow may be A big day.” Correspondents questioned Nuck- ols and Preston at length as to whether Kaesong is actually neu- tral. They pointed out that Red troops occupied the city moved into positions below the conference city. Nuckols replied: " “The physical presence of Com- S munist troops outside the neutral area has not influenced the con- ference in the slightest degree.” T VISITORS FROM OKLAHOMA Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Childress and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Willis, all of Coweta, Okla., arrived here yes- terday on PAA from Seattle. They are stopping at the Baranof hotel. INSURANCE MAN HERE T. G. Stevens of the General In- surance company of Seattle is stay- ing at the Baranof hotel.