The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1951, Page 1

~a U RESSTONAL IBRARY AETINATON. D 4m “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,874 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1951 — | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DEADLOCK ON BUFFER ZONE GCONTINUES Souttiern Area Open fo Fishing Friday Except for the Southwest section of Clarence Strait and entire south Prince of Wales Island district, the balance of the southern portion of Southeast Alaska will be thrown open to commercial fishing at 6 a.m., Aug. 3. This was the announcement made this morning by Clarence Rhode, regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, the second earlier opening date set. Opening tomorrow are the Icy Strait district; Western district, except the western section; East- ern district, except the mainland shore from Midway Island to Horn Cliffs; Anan and Ernest Sound. Opening of the southern portion August 3 instead of August 6, Rhode said, was decided upon this morn- ing and was brought about by the sharp increase in pink salmon es- capement the past three or four days in nearly all of the early pink salmon streams to the south. The Fish and Wildlife Service, Rhode continued, has been mak- ing continuous surveys in that area the pest week and has re- ceived detailéd reports from other surveys made by the Alaska Sal- mon Industry and personnel of the Fisheries Institute Research. Frank Hynes, fisheries manage- ment supervisor, southern sector the past two days and he reported to Rhode last night that the picture there is very sim- ilar to that in the northern dis tricts which open temorrow. A good many streams, he reported, have quadrupled in the number of es- capement the past few days, re- sulting in what appears to be a safe escapement for these early streams. Districts which will open Fri- day are: the balance of Sumner Strait district. (Ernest Sound anc Anan open August 1); In Clar- ence Strait: the Northern, Cen- tral, north Behm Canal and Southeast sections, and the entire Southern district. Remaining closed until August 6 are the Southwest section of Clar- ence Strait and the entire south Prince of Wales Island district. Rhode pointed out that these are known to be late salmon areas, and poor seeding of streams there is no cause for alarm. While no official request had been made for an earlier opening of the southern sector, Rhode explained that his action in step- ping up the opening date three days was in conformity with the service’s policy, and keeping faith with the general public by open- ing the season when and where escapement warrants, “I think the early good escape- ment this year,’ 'he said, “proves the wisdom of restrictive seasons of the past several years. The result of the good return downstream in 1949 is now paying off. TheWashington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON fronvright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Ine.} ASHINGTON. The tax gravy passed out by the Truman Administration for building de- fense plants is so juicy that even the anti-Truman Chicago Tribune wants to get in on it The Tribune, believe it or not, has applied to the national pro- duction authority for special tax benefits for building a $2,022,285.17 enlargement of its composing room, engraving room, pressroom, and circulation room. This seems to be a long way? off from mobilization. Yet a re- quest was made to amortize this new addition to the Tribune plant in five years—the same benefit given to manufacturers of guns, tanks, airplanes, and war goods. In a way you can’t blame the Chicago Tribune for trying to horn in on this tax gravy. So many companies have applied for it—and got away with it—that it's become one of the biggest give- aways of mobilization. However, the Tribune's reasons are interesting. It stated in its e has been in the( 51000 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh V. 00 Rug Gilter and their daughkr, Deloris (center) are shown in Pueblo, Colo., with huge leopard skin rug sent them by their son, Sgt. Elverne H. Giltner with the Eighth Army. from Korea where he is serving The New York Times quoted Korean consul general, David Namkoong, as saying that rug is worth $109,000, “is a priceless national treasure” and was formerly owned by the late Queen Min. made up of 48 matched leopard ski It is 18 feet, 11 inches by eight feet in size and is ns. Sgt. Giltner wrote his mother that he pought the rug from a Korean and it came from the Chang Duk Palacde in Korea. /# Wirephoto. New Secref Siorage Siles, "Much More Frequent’ Testing Ahead for Afom WASHINGTON, July 31 l:d The Atomic Energy Commisslon disclosed today it is developing new but secret sites to “store” atomic weapons—and is planning “much more frequent” test blasts. Word of the new storage sites (Continued on Page Four) came out of a news conference held n connection with AEC's tenth semi-annual report to Congress made public today. A reporter noted a statement in | the report that “development of | new facilities for weapons purposes | proceeded (in the first six months of this year) and announcements were made of some of the sites.” AEC Chairman Gordon Dean said :he AEC had already announced the location of sites for “produc- tion,” but added: “We don’t announce where we store our bombs.” Bigger “Bang” At the conference it was also disclosed that the United States has developed some weapons that have a bigger “bang’—that is, greater “energy release”—than others. The commission said that was one of the reasons why some weapons have been tested in remote Eniwetok | people.” | while others with lesser have been tested in Nevada. “One of the considerations . (in choosing testing grounds) is hurting somebody,” AEC Chairman Gordon Dean told reporters. “When they get very large (in energy-releasing capacity) we take them away from “bang” Progress Report To Congress, AEC reported: 1. Continued progress so far in 1951 in military and peacetime applications of the atom—includ- ing advances towards developing atomic-powered submarines and aircraft. 2. Increased acquisition o uranium ores and stepped-up production of fissionable materials from them. 3. Achievement by the United States of the No. 2 spot among “the free nations” in the produe- tion of uranium—second only to the Belgian Congo. (Sumner Pike, a commission member, said some time ago that the U.S. had sur- passed Canada to take over sec- ond place.) San Francisco Cable Cars Losing Grip on Hillside Of Woe — City Moves In SAN FRANCISCO, July 31—®— The California Street Cable Car Co —whose quaint hill-climbing cars are a tourists’ delight but a poor source of stockholders’ income — faced new woes today. 1. Lloyds of London cancelled the company’s insurance. 2, Out-of-towners sought mys- teriously to buy up the stock. 3. Myron Kunin of Los Angeles, largest stockholder, tried to re- sign as vice-president. 4. Stockholders were called to meet today on a city move to take over the money-losing line. The city already operates the other two cable car lines which carry pedestrians up and down the steep downtown hills here. Senti- mentalists have won out against practical souls who periodically have sought to have the unprofit- able cable cars abandoned. The taxpayers got a look yester- day at some headaches they may | inherit. City Utilitles Manager James H. Turner said that if the city takes over the line Sept. 1, as proposed, the taxpayers will have to make up a $121,577 deficit at the end of the fiscal year next June 30. Dr. John O. Haman, president of the company, said he would seek new insurance. As for Kunin’s resignation, Haman said he would refuse to accept it. The bid to buy the stock at $3 a{ share came in an unsigned letter postmarked Los Angeles and only with the return address: “R. A. Lee and Associates.” Later it was learned that the inquiry came from Ralph A. Lee, a Los Angeles accountant. Inter- viewed by telephone, he said he represented a few stockholders who feel that through a consolidation of ownership they might retrieve past losses by getting into a more profit- able business.” He refused to elab: orate. Two Clues Traced on ‘Missing Plane Plywood Investigated; Storis Seeks Flotsam Spotted Near Yakutat Two clues to the missing Cana- dian Pacific Airline transport, which disappeared in the vicinity 20, are being investigated today, ported here this morning. A searching Air Force plane sighted a yellow object on Knight | Island west of Prince William Sound. It was picked up later by a plaie from Cordova and proved to be a piece of plywood the size of a signal panel. It did not appear to be from an aircraft but was taken to Yakutat today for further inspection. Another Air Force plane re- ported sighting objects that might be life rafts and jackets floating offshore about 30 miles southwest of Yakutat. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Storis, which is operating in that vicinity, was seeking the objects today. A Royal Canadian Air Force Da- kota from Edmonton, Alta., arrived and three other RCAF planes from Whitehorse were expeected to join the continuing search today. Coast Guard headquarters said that some improvement in weather conditions was expected today and it was planned to utilize 21 air- craft. ” Search Hompered Lov\ cellmgs yewterday hampered search efforts but from 60 to 100 percent effectiveness was achieved in various areas which included a | concentration north and west of | Prince William Sound, Kenai Penin- sula, Cook Inlet, the north half of | { Baranof Island and Yakobi Island. Nineteen aircraft flew 21 sorties yesterday spending 122 hours over the areas of probability. The CPA Tokyo-bound transport, with 38 persons aboard, was on the first leg of a flight from Vancouver, , and was headed for Elmen- dmf Field. An intensive search has been conducted by seven organ- izations under the coordination of 17th Coast Guard headquarters here. (See elsewhere in today’s Empire for an Associated Press dispatch from Vancouver, B.C., on the search efforts.) 'Race Haired' Handbill Plane Sought in Defroit DETROIT, July 31, —®—The hunt for an airplane that dropped race hate handbills in the Detroit tank arsenal vicinity was pressed into a third day today. The FBI examined Sunday flight records of airports in three counties—Wayne (Detroit) and neighboring Oakland and Macomb. Scattering mimeographed leaf- lets, a small unidentified plane made two flights over the arsenal area Sunday. The leaflets appear- of Cape Spencer the night of July| U.S. Coast Guard headquarters re-| at the Juneau airport yesterday. 1t | ing out for the present battle line, Pite 4 s, e OO 3 J B Residents, headed by men earrying United Nations flags and banners parade (July 28 Korean llme)“‘ through streets of Seoul, South Korea, protesting the establishment of the 38th parallel as the armistice line across Korea as proposed by the Red cease-fir: negotiators at Kaesong. UN. negotiators are hold- w wirephoto. Protest 38th Parallel 'Korean Peace ' Talks Turn fo SalmonDerbyAwards Presented Tonight | AMTdsHall ‘Tonight “will be the finale of the, ‘biggest Golden North Salmon |Derby ‘ever Held when the | sun- burned, happy anglers gather at |the Elks Hall at 8 pm. for the distribution of awards. Over 100 prizes will go to thel skillful fishermen, with E. E. Nor- |ton heading the list for the 1951 sedan. Norton's 56-pound king was the largest salmon ever to be entered in any Juneau derby. ‘ Ernie Whitehead, manager of |the local Northern Commercial Co. |office, will get a 16-foot boat and |outboard motor. Edward Cwik will |get the . stratocruiser round, trip for . two to Homolilu. Keith Weiss comes fourth to receive a large refrigerator. The event drew 42 outsiders from as far away as New Yorl Globe, Ariz,” Birmingham, Mich.; Pendleton, Ore.; Walla’ Walla; Se- attle; Kellogg, Idaho; Yakima; Richmond,. Calif.; Tacoma; Glen- dale, Calif.; and Portland. i Twelve persons from other Alas- ka towns participated in’ the fish- ing contest. They were: Ketchi- kan—R. J. Jernverg and Irl That- cher; Skagway—Geore Rappuzl, James Sallivan, Barney Anderson, Malcolm Moe, and Roy E. Eogle; Anchorage—Cliff Roland and Jo- sef M. Smith;. Haines—Mr. and Mrs, Al Libcke, and Gus Jurgel- iet. Thousand Entries Around 1,000 _tickets derby were sold bringing in a total of approximately $9,000, Ir- vin Curtis, secretary-tereasurer .of the Territorial Sportsmen, Inc. re- ported ‘today. Expenses, including for the ed anti-Semitic. Police said the same leaflet was dropped near London, Ont., sever- al weeks ago. WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau: Maximum, 63; minimum, 52. At Airpot: minimum, 51. Jf . Maximum, 65; ] . je . FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with occasional light rain tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temperature tonight about 50. Highest Wednesday near 58. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau—0.06 inches; ® since July 1—4.08 inches. et At Airport — 0.08 inches; since July 1—2.36 inches. ® Qo 0 0 0 0 00 . ‘ncall, the purchase of the automobile, round trip to the Rosebowl Foot- ball . game -in Pasadena, printing, canning ‘the . fish and other items will run between $4,500 and $5,000, Curtis estimated. Money left over will be used to launch next year's derby and ad- vertise it more widely than ever. It will alse be spent on sportsmen projects such as deer feeding, ju- nior trout. derby,. transplanting game, birds and fish to the Jun- eau area, Derby co-chairmen, Curtis Shat- tuck and Dr. D. D. Marquardt, today expressed their gratitude to all those who assisted in making the 1951 Golden North Salmon Derby a big success. A complete list of winners will be published in the Empire follow- ing presentation of awards. TOOL CO. MAN IS HERE Ralph G. Fear of the Shearcut Tool Co. from Hollywood, Calif., is here accompanied by 'Mrs. Fear. They are stopping at the Hotel Ju- l Lines Wanfed RED PROPOSED NEUTRAL ZONE Shaded areas on map show where Allies and Communists want to draw cease-fire lines. Area running from point about 35 miles north of the 38th parallel and following .area proposed to Reds in Kaesong by Vice Admiral C. Turney Joy. Communists want line to follow the 38th parallel, coast would be a three-mile neutal zone off the shores of Koera. erephnlo, STATUTE MILES | present battleline is th'e cease-Tire Shaded area along » Telephone Strike May Spread SEATTLE, July 31, —(®—The threat of another telephone strike hung over the Pacific Northwest today. At the same time, no pro- gress was reported toward settle- ment_of an eight-day walkout by 1,100 employes of the West Coast Telephone Co. Negotiations were underway here on a new contract for 7,300 Pa- cifc Telephone & Telegraph Com- pany workers in the principal cit- ies of Washington and Northern Idaho. The present contract ex- pires August 9. Douglas M. Chisholm, Washing- ‘on-Idaho director of the CIO Communications Workers of Am- rica, sald yesterday ‘“economic pressure” an agreement is not reached the next 10 days. His words “economic pressure” appeared synonomous with “strike.” Baranof scheduled southbound Sunday morning Princess Louise at 6:30 p.m,, today; yay at 11:30 p.m, in due northbound sails for Skag- may become necessary if = Iulsequah Glauer Break Causes Taku Floed Dean Goodwin, local freelance pilot, reported today that a lake formed by the Tulsequah Glacier above the @onsolidated Mine at Tulseqquah, B .C., broke last Fri- day. It dumped into the Taku River causing extreme high water The crest of the flood was reached Sunday night he said, but the water was receding rapidly today The glacier moves out across a canyon each summer and when the pressure of the impounded wa- ter becomes great enough it breaks the ice dam, similar to Lake George cn the Knik River near Anchorage. MUKYUK IS DEAD Muktuk, the pet hair seal at Taku Lodge, is dead, Mary Joyce reported here yesterday. Muktyk lost a bout with the two big St Bernard dogs at the lodge last week. Miss Joyce came to Juneau on Al Ritchie’s Totem to fish in the Golden North Salmon Derby {over the weekend and was return- ed to the lodge Monday. FROM MONTANA Gordon Merrill and L. L. Jones| of Helena, Mont,, are at the Hotel | Juneau. Merrill is a brother of Robert Merrill, construction super- | intendent for Carson Construction Co., here, | last night. l'Tug-ol-War "No Progress’ after Five Days; South Koreans Cry "On fo the Yalu’ BULLETIN U.N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR- TERS, Korea, Wednesday — (P — Communist and United Nations negotiators appeared ready to- day to attempt a compromise on where to set up a buffer zone or admit that Korean truce talks have reached a deadlock. The sixteenth meeting at Kae- song was scheduled for 11 am., (6 p.m,, Tuesday, PDT). Tuesday's fifteenth session lasted only one hour and 3% min- utes and resulted in “no progress,” the U.N. command communique reported Tuesday night. Fér the fifth straight day the Communist delegation insisted that a 12'¢ mile wide buffer zone be centered glong the 38th par- allel. The U.N. delegation again sought to establish a 20-mile de- militarized zone along the present battle line, from 20 to 35 miles farther north. Two compromise possibilities have been speculated upon at ad- vance headquarters. One was for Communist acceptance of the Allied position provided there was an immediate cease-fire ahead of agreement on all terms of an armistice. The other was that the Allies could draw back to a defensible line ‘which would run two to 10 miles of the 38 rallel in gl L Qi S north cf fint old political bound- ary in central and eastern Korea. U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUART- ERS, Korea, July 81 —(M—Armis- tice negotiators argued stubbornly for an hour and 34 minutes today on where to draw the cease-fire line in Korea without getting any closer together. * It was the fifth successive dny United Nations and Communist del- | egations devotéd to the buffer zone | issue. The announced result of each session was the same: No progress. “The area of disagreement has neither broadened mor narrowed, an official U.N, spokesman said. The Reds want U.N. forces to abandon their present battle line and pull back to the 38th parallel. Delegates meet again at 11 am. Wednesday (5 p.m., today, Juneau time), in their 16th session at Kge- song for another try at breaking the deadlock. “There was no indication of a compromise to ‘me today,” com- mented the briefing officer, Brlg. Gen. William P. Nuckols. “On the other hand, as you know, a position can be adjusted very quickly. That is neither optimistic nor pessimis- tic.” “No Change.” The official U.N. communique said: “There was no perceptible change in the expressed viewpoints of the two delegations,” in Tues- day's sessions. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy ampli- fied the Allied position, the an- nouncement said, trying to sHéw “the mutual benefit to be derived from acceptance of this view.” North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam Il replied by repeating “his previously stated stand.” South Koreans demonstrating in their temporary capital at Pusan shouted : “We oppose any cease-fire at the damned 38th parallel.” Thousands paraded through the busy streets of the southern port city Tuesday shouting “on to the Yalu." Cunningham of Alaska Packers' Association Dies SEATTLE, July 31—®—Harry B. Cunningham, purchasing agent for the Alaska Packers’ Association, died of a heart attack at his home He was 51, Esther Rose of New York City s in guest at the Baranof Hotel.