The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 4, 1951, Page 1

UONGRESSTONAL FEN *UIBRARY EY| INGTON, D. G THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,878 Ship Crashes Bring Death ToTwo SEATTLE, Aug. 4, —P—Marine mishaps that plagued the Pacific Coast today brought death to at least two persons. . At least one small craft was sunk, four more damaged, and an- other may have sunk, in a series of accidents from British Colum- bia to Mexico. In addition, the Coast Guard at Seattle reported it had received a distress call from -an unidenti- fied vessel in Southeastern Alask- an waters early today. The vessel reported it was seven miles off the Coronados Islands, but failed to identify itself, the Coast Guard reported. (Note: The 17th District head- quarters office of the Coast Guard in Juneau believed the vessel off the southern Coronados, because the area in Southeastern Alaska waters is dotted with well-known points and bays. which the ship would normally have referred to, rather than giving its position seven miles from the small is- lands. This position would have placed it among familiar land- marks.) = The area was blanketed thar= oughly by a search plane, :the Coast Guard said, with numerous fishing® vessels sighted but no sign of distress. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard at Los Angeles reported the fishing vessel Sea Wolf sank five miles oif the South Coronados Islands, off the Mexican coast about 50 miles south of the United States border. The Los Angeles Coast Guard said it was possible that due to freak atmpspheric conditions, this might be the report of the sinking picked up at Seattle. Two Dead s Two. .ship collisions . in British Columbia and Washington waters claimed two lives, heavily damaged a tanker and freighter and sent a tug to the bottom. One man was killed when the tanker Tullahoma and the freight- er P & T Adventure collided off the northwest tip of Washington state. Both ves: were severely damaged but neither was repor- ted in a sinking condition, Foss Tug Down Another man was missing after the collision of two tugs in bad weather off the British Columbia coast. The 97-foot Andrew Foss tug went down after the collision with the tug MacLoufay. Eight members of the nine man crew were saved and taken aboard the MacLoufay. The tanker involved in the col- lision in Washington waters is owned by the Keystone Shipping Company of San Francisco, the freighter by Pope and Talbot Company, Seattle. One boat sank in Mexican wa- ters and another got under way with an escort after reporting in a sinking condition, the Coast Guard said. Meager information available indicated no one was lost. The radio reports said the Sea Wolf sank five miles from the south Coronados Islands. The Sea Wolf first reported it was sinking, then that it had sunk with only the mast above water but the three persons aboard were taken off by a fish- ing boat and were heading for San Diego. Another report came from the fishing boat Seven Seas, first re- ported it was sinking, in the same general area about 35 miles due south of the Coronados Is- lands. Later she reported that damage had been repaired and another fishing boat, the Puget Sound, was escorting her, also, to San Diego. TheWashingion Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bpll Syndicate, Inc. ASHINGTON. President Truman has sent a confidential memo to all cabinet officers or- dering them to clear their out-of- town appearances with Democratic National chairman Bill Boyle. Some folks consider this a tip that he plans to run again, since this is the first time he has sent formal political instructions to his cabinet. Anyway here is the con- fidential letter: «Mr. Boyle, chairman of the Democratic National committee, gl oA S S S (Continued on Page Four) . Tax-Rebelling Housewives Part of the gorup of housewives of Marshall, Tex., who have re- fused to collect social security taxes servants, read some of the mounti Letf to right: Mrs. Carolyn Abney. Pelz and Mrs. Etheldra Spangler. group, said they are “very humble from thie wages of their domestic ng volume of mail that arrived. Mrs Dorothy Martin, Mrs. Ruby Mrs. Abney, spokesman for the and most apprecative” for what she called “an overwhelming response from the American people.” The Internal Revenue Bureau says it will seize the women’s personal property if they don’t pay up. The housewives say it's the govern- ment’s turn to move next. (» Wirep) hoto. Senafor Urges West Point Football Probe; They'll Play, 'Winor Lose’ WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—{P—The dismissal of 90 West Point cadets for cheating in exams brought de- mands today for Congresisonal in-| vestigation of the military academy | —including its football activities. ' Senator Young (R-ND) urged | Congress to probe the possibility | . that over-emphasis on football | led to the breakdown of the | academy’s famed honor system. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, reportedly blamed | such over-emphasis yesterday in telling lawmakers of the mass dis-| missals, largest in the academy’s | 149-year history. Senators said ke | hinted that a majority of the acad- | emy's game-winning football play- | ers cheated on exams because foot- ball practice cut down their oppor- | tunities to study. | West Point officials said the | academy football team will play | its fall schedule — win or lose.” | “Too Much Laxity” | “An investigation is in order and | it should also cover too much laxity in conducting examinations,” Young told a reporter. Young is a mem- ber of the official Congressional board of visitors which inspects the academy every year. { Rep. Brooks (D-La), ranking member of the House Armed Serv- ices committee, sald “the acad- emy should be cleaned from top to bottom of all moral dishon- esty. If any faculty members are involved, they should be fired.” However, Army sources said no faculty members at West Point were involved. The dismissed cadets were ac- cused of either giving or accepting outside help to pass classroom tests during the past four or five years. Senators said they were told 80 of the cadets had admitted break- ing the honor code and that the others probably would face court martial or special trial to deter- mine the guilt. The Army withheld the names of those dismissed to protect the men's futures. The dismissals were yoade as “General Discharge” rather than dishonorable discharges which car- ries much greater stigria: ! The Army defined this. as “dis- charged under honorable condit{ons, service satisfactory, soldier not qualifying for honorable discharge.” Sukkan Fish Trap Hearing Due Today In Anchorage Hearing on the controversial Hydaburg fish trap at Sukkwan was due today in U. S. District Court at Anchorage. P. J. Gilmore Jr, U. 8. Attor- ney, left Juneau yesterday to pre- sent the government’s case before Judge George W. Folta who is holding court in Anchorage in the absence of third division Judge Anthony J. Dimond. . The trap involved is a Libby, McNeill and Libby fish trap at Sukkwan. The government presen- ted an application for a prelimin- ary injunction to prevent the trap from fishing, on May 15 in Dist- rict Court in Juneau, contending the trap is located on the Hyda- purg Indian reservation. Judge Folta, on the bench here at the time, denied the petition and gave Libby McNeill and Libby until July 15 to bring the case to trial. As no trial has been called for by the defendants, U. S. Attorney Gilmore is renewing the govern- ment’s application for a prelim- inary injunction. Libby, McNeill and Libby will be represented by attorney R. E. Robertson, of Juneau. —EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY~- 15 Southeast Alaska Boys Ordered.to Report for Draft Fifteen Southeast Alaska youths have been ordered to report Tues- day at Ft. Richardson for induction into the armed services. Jenning Grebstad of Petersburg, one of the draftees, has been chosen by the Selective Service Board here to be the leader of the group. Herbert Mead, also a draftee, of Juneau, will assist Grebstad. The {two men will be in charge of the group to handle tickets, baggage, and see that all report at the same time. In addition to Mead, four other Juneau_men have been ordered tc report. They are: Keith Mountjoy, Walter Kleweno, George Gucker. and Daniel Gore. From other Southeast Alaska towns are: John Feero, Skagway; Clarence Bowen, Mt. Edgecumbe; Hert Hansen, Yakutat; Jess Casey and Ralph Devenny, Wrangell; Bernhard Baker, Petersburg; Primo Rodrigues, Robert Johnson, and Lieve Aus, Ketchnkan, FROM SEATTLE T. L. Dodge of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from Seattle, is stop- ping at the Gastineau Hotel. He has - {been on a trip through the Terri- tory. . i “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1951 Five Boats Fined $8,175; Hope, Walton Draw $300 Each A total of $8175 in fines wasé- levied this morning by Judge Gor- don Gray in commissioner’s court on five boats apprehended August 1 in the Sitka area for illegal fish- ing. Fish and Wildlife Service enforce- ment agent Dan Ralston made the arrests while on aerial patrol. All offenders pleaded guilty. Four of the boats, Ralston re- ported, had their seines filled with fish 156 minutes before the opening of the fishing season, at 6 a.m. The fifth boat was caught with its gear in the water in an area never open to fishing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stanley Baskin prosecuted the case and made recommendations of fines to the court, Territorial Representative Andrew Hope, captain of the SJS II was fined $300 and each of his six crew members, $225. William R. Walton, chairman of the Alaska Board of Fisheries, and captain of the Sea Ranger, drew a similar fine of $300 and his seven crew members, $225 each. Because the Tony K., captained by Clyde Peterson was fishing in Rod- man Bay, permanently closed to fishing, Prosecutor Baskin recom- mended that the captain’s fine be $500 and each of his five crew mem- bers $260, which was granted by Judge Gray. " These three boats were - repre- sented in court by H. L. Faulkner, attorney for the Pyramid Packing Fish License Bill May Go To _ The $50 license fee for non-res-! ident by -sthe 1949 territorial legislature ~may land in the U. 8. Supreme Court. John Dimond, assistant to the Territorial Attorney General s in the process of preparing a writ of certiorari to be presented to the Supreme Court in the case of Os- car’ ‘Anderson and the Alaska Fishermen’s Union vs. M. P." Mul- laney, Territorial Tax Collector. The ninth circuit court of ap- peals recently held that the $50 non-resident fishermen’s tax was unconstitutional as it discrimina- ted against interestate commerce. The Attorney General's office will appeal from this decision. Dimond said it would probably be a couple of weeks before the writ of certiorari is completed and presented to the Supreme Court for its consideration. Roundirip Polar Fm’(&med MANBY, England, Aug. 3 -®— A four: ne: Royal Air Force bomber touchéd down here today, completing a 4,128 mile polar flight from Fairbanks, = Alaska, in 19 hours, 34 minutes. - The plane carried a crew of 10, all chosen from the RAF flying college here, and a British newsman. The bomber had flown to Alaska by way of Iceland last week. Its return was delayed by engine trouble and spare parts had to be flown to Fairbanks to enable the crew to put the plane in shape for the flight back home. ‘The plane, commanded by Flight Commander T. T. Grofley took off from Fairbanks at 1:30 p.m. EST yesterday. Fairbanks Bar Robbed f $1,800 by Pair FAIRBANKS, Aug. 4—®—Police are seeking two bandits who held up the Northern Bar early Friday, bound and gagged a bartender and escaped with $1,800. Mrs. Douglas Hay, owner, re- ported she found bartender John Max Stinnet with arms and legs tied when she arrived to open the store at 7 am. Stinnet said he had been held up about 1 am., by two men, one of them armed. ENGINEER IS HERE C. C. Pangborn, consulting me- chanical and electrical engineer from Seatle, expected to leave to- day for Anchorage and the Inter- ior. He has been here several days checking heating and electrical systems of a number of Juneau buildings, including the Scottish Rite Temple. Missing Insiitute |had been made with the camp to Co., for which they were fishing The fishermen had authorized can- nery superintendent Frank Wright to enter a plea of guilty for them, while they remained on the tishing grounds, ‘The other two boats, the 8JS and Ginger N, were fishing for the Hood Bay Canning Oo., owned by the com- munity of Angoon, Clay Scudder, of the Alaska Native Service, ap- peared for them in court. Captain of the 8JS, Peter E. Johnson, was fined $300 and each of his six crew members, $225. In the case of the Ginger N., Baskin asked for a fine of $500 for the captain and $250 for each of the three crew members on the ground that the boat was apprehended for the same offense last year. Judge Gray con- formed with the prosecutor’s recom- mendations The two Hood Bay boats had in- structed cannery superintendent Al- bert Thompson to enter pleas, of guilty. Oné hundred and forty-four fish whichi the Ginger N. had in possession were ordered released by Ralston as they were still in condi- tion to go up stream to spawn. The Tony K had no fish in possession at the time it was apprehended. Fish from the other boats were taken to the Pyramid Canning Com- pany and as yet there are no figures on the amount caught; however, the fish were confiscated and will be reported on and paid for to the court later. ) Carried 2; ! Is Crale R mm! Two érs were &l Norseman: piloted by Maurice King, | when it left. the Seward. Glacier camp +at 10 am. July 27, the Air Force search and rescue cominan- der ‘at ‘Yakutat reported to 17th U. 8. Coast Guard headquarters here today. They were Mrs. Walter A. Wood and Valerle Wood, home address unknown. . The report said that contact obtain the information. Col. Wal- ter A. Wood is in charge of the Institute’s ice studies on the Mal- aspina and Seward Glaciers. At the same time the Coast Guard cutter Citrus said that a MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS New Construction Banned for 60 Days WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, —(P— The government has slapped a 60- day ban on the start of any new construction except that requiring minor quantities of steel, copper and aluminum. The order issued yesterday by the National Production Authority (NPA) would not affect most res- |dences. Small stores and even some amusements places—hereto- fore prohibited — also may go ahead. But the “freeze” effective un- til Oct. 1, bans the start of new factories, office buildings, schools hospitals and public buildings. Builders whose projects exceed the permitted limits may apply for metal, to be delivered after Oct. 1, under NPA's allocation system, known as the controlled materials plan or “CMP.” But they may not get it unless NPA deems the pro- jects essential. NPA officials said the net el- fect of the pew order — titled #M4-A" — will be to ease consid- erably the problems of small pro- Ject builders. 0'Dwyer Demands Expose of "Forces’ MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4—(P—Am- bassador Willlam O'Dwyer de- manded last night that the Senate Investigating committee expose “the forces” which linked his name to a million-dollar fund transfer. ‘The committee issued a statement in Washington earlier yesterday saying it was sati with a State Department iion’ that the transfer was a TOW payment by Mexico to the lend lease account.’//The commit- tee said it had not spread the orig- inal reports. The reports, first’published by the New York Daily News, said the committee was invi ting a mil- lion-dollar letter ‘of " credit ‘“re- portedly transferred,from ~México 46 a Manhattan, . dor the ac- count of Am “o'Dwyer.” shortly before the committee opened televised hearings in New York last March. The State Department said that what happened was that the Mex- ican government made out a mil- lion-dollar bank draft to O'Dwyer, in his capacity as American Am- bassador, for a payment on its lend-lease necount, ' The department' said O’Dwyer asked that the draft be changed into its equivalent in pesos to use American diplomatic expenses in Mexico. The money was then deposited to the credit of the U.S. godernment in the Mexico City reported upside down life raft said to be sighted in Cress Sound proved to be a large yel- low crate. This investigation was | in connection with the missing Korean /airlift transport which off Cape noer the night of: July 20. By Search operations for poth mis- sing’ ‘sircraft eontinued tpday with an overlapping of “areas of probe ability” but . with the missing Norseman believed to be some- where ‘between the Seward Glécier and /Yakutat, its destination. The wegion combed for the Gan- adian Pacific Airlines transport, however, - extended from Cape Spencer, where it gave its last radio report, north and west to the Kenai Peninsula covering both land and sea. Twenty-one aircraft were on search today. They included planes from the Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canadian Paficic ' Airlines and the Coast Guard. ‘The cutter Storis was standing by at Yakutat today. A posible clue to the CPA plane —army type rations found by & tisherman enroute from Seward to Cordova—were under investigation by CPA - officials who, were flying | to' Cordova to interview the /un- named fisherman. Approximately 60 fishing 'boats in the: Cross Sound region where the life ‘raft was reported, were interviewed by officers from the Citrus and none had sighted the reported raft. It was believed that the large yellow crate found by the cutter, may have appeared tO be a raft.to the Alaska Coastal Airlines pilot and passengers who flew over it last Thursday. Ship Movements Baranof southbound 6 a.m., Sun- day. Aleutian northbound sometime Monday. Alaska departs Seattle August 8. Freighter Ballor’s Splice arrives from south sometime Sunday. Princess Kathleen arrives today branch of the National City Bank of New York. The transaction was said to be in accord with “accepted practice in such cases.” Mrs. Do Abel' Parents' Are Killed In Aufo Accident Mrs. Don Abel - received word Thursday night fromher brother, M. J. Doerr in Bbise, Idaho, that her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Doerr were in an accident some- where in Nebraska and that her father was killed. Yesterday Mrs. Abel received a telephone call from another bro- ther, J. G. Doerr, of San Francis- co saying that her mother had died as a result of the accident. The Doerrs were enroute to Chi- cago to attend a convention and visit relatives. They visited here in June. Mrs. Abel and her son, Jimmie, were to leave today for Boise, where the bodies will be taken or’ ‘burial. Mrs.. Abel's sister, Mrs. J. M " In Seclusion Tak Tser Lama, the self-exiled older brother of the Dalai Lama of Tibet. now occupied by Chinese Communists, gestures during an interview at his hideout in a se- cluded Virginia farm house some 20 miles from Washington, D. C. The Tibetan religious leader wears embroiderd robes he brought from his native Lhasa — and western style moccasins and socks. He said he would not return to his Asiatic homeland as long as the Reds are there. (® Wirephoto, Korea Rofation Plan Exiended TOKYO, Aug. 4, —(@—The ar- my’s policy of rotating its person- nel in Korea back to the United States will be extended Sept, 1 to include” all ~soldiers -in’ the-Par command, Brig. Gen. B bR T e e T T or Staff, announced today. Soldiers in Korea have been eligible for rotation after sery- ing a minimum of six months in close combat, Milburn said enlisted personne! in Korea who met minimum re- quirements before June 1 will be returned home, if possible prior to Sept. 1. Officers in this latter group, he added, will be rotated as soon as possible but not neces- sarily before the expanded pro- gram ‘becomes effective. The announcement did hot specify what minimum service would be required but said rota- tion “would depend on the num- ber of replacements available.” It Would Have Been a Good Story If - It would have been a good story if it had been true. The rumor that an 80-pound king salmon had been caught in the Salmon Derby area early tais week is false, according to checks made. The tale was brightly embell- ished with “had 16 derby hooks in its mouth,” “sold to a tourist for $1 per pound” and ‘“caught by a 12-year-old boy.” The Juneau Cold Storage Co. has no knowledge of any such fish being brought in. William passey, foreman there, said that a 60-pound king had been brought. in by a fisherman from Hoonah and that might possibly have started the story. 4 Juneau Students ‘Jensen, survivor. (June: e ececcsccncceccvn e also of Boise, WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:30 o'clock this morning At Airport: Maximum, 65; minimum, 49. FORECAST d Vielnity) Mostly cloudy with occa- sional light showers tonight and Sunday. Lowest tem- perature ‘tonight sbout 52 degrees, highest Sunday about 62 degrees. PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. todsy ;e At Airport — 0.10 inches; o since July 1—3.01 inches. at 3 p.m;, sails for Skagway at 11:30 » © © o © ¢ ¢ o o o is another State College class. non; Barron. Enfer Washinglon WASHINGTON STATE COL- LEGE, Pullman, Aug. 4—(Special)— Four new students from Juneau are among the first 1400 who will be admitted to Washington State Col- lege with the incoming September They are Richdrd E. Keithahn, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Keithahn; Donald L. MacKinnon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. MacKin- Donald Wingerson, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wingerson; and Gerald A. Hill, son of Mrs. William son of Also entering from Alaska are two each from Anchorage, banks and Ketchikan and one each from College, Sitka, and Skagway. Fair- SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition PRICE TEN CENTS Reds Hold fo 38th Parallel Demand By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR- TERS, Korea, Aug. 4—(P—The Red truce team told Allied negotiators in Kaesong today it was standing pat on its demand for a cease-fire buf- fer zone along the 38th parallel. Lt. Gen. Nam I1, chief Red dele- gate, sald the Reds could not de- part in any particular from that stand. In Tokyo, a press release issued by the civil information and edu- cation division of Allied headquar- ters said the Allies want the de- militarized zone located between the Yalu river on the Manchurian border and the present battle lines. It was the first official an- nouncement that the U.N. wanted the cease-fire line north of pre- sent battle lines. The release came as a surprise, and there was no immediate com- ment by officlals either here or in Tokyo. Why This Agency? Nor was there any, explanation of why such a release was issued by the civil information and education division. It usually concerns itself with picturing the American way of life to the Japanese. Earlier today, the same section issued another release blaming Russian intrigue for the Korean war, and declaring that the Krem- lin wanted China weakened be- cause the Soviets fear such a strong neighbor on her borders. An hour after that statement was released, the section asked that it be withheld because of topographical errors. It was already in print and had been broadcast. The withhold request was dropped. Later Lt. Col. Donald R. Nugent, Marine officer who heads the sec- tion, told newsmen the request was made because the statement was intended " for ‘background material for. gditors, ko The second . statement, dealing with the U.N. demand on a buffer zone, was issued under the title “Background material on the estab- lishment of a demilitarized zone.” Presumably it had full official ap- proval prior to its refease. Gen. 'Matthew B. Ridgeway, Supreme Alliled Commander, to- night made @ hurried trip from his home to' his headquarters in the Dai Ichi building. He still was there three hours later. Whether his trip had any- thing ,to do with the statement was not immediately known. Not Informed Apparently the UN. truce team at this headquarters was not In- formed that the statement was being released. In fact, an Allied spokesman told reporters trying to draw him out on the subject—before the statement was issued—*T believe it would be seriously in error and the wildest sort of speculation if you attempt to draw this line in the vast area between the present (battle) lines and the Yalu river.” Today's talks in Kaesong ended with an official report of “No prog- ress.” Nuckols said the true teams were as far apart on the buffer zone problem as they were when they first began discussing it. That was July 27. The 20th gession is scheduled to- morrow at 11 am. (5 p.m., today, Juneau time). Jet Pilot Saved When Plane Crashes At Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Aug. 4, —(#— A pilot was saved from a fiery death yesterday in the crash of an F-94 Jjet plane. The jet, from the 57th fighter interceptor group stationed at El- mendorf Air Force Base, crashed and burst into flames near the in- ternational airport here. Ward Gay, Hal Emery and Charles Stole pulled the pilot from the wreckage. A few seconds later the stricken aircraft explo- ded. The injured airman was rushed to an air force hospital in serious condition. His name was withheld pending notification of next of kin, ALMER PETERSON 1S HERE Almer J. Peterson, perennial Re- publican candidate for Congres- sional delegate from Alaska from Anchorage, arrived here yesterday on PNA angds is stopping at the Baranof Hotel,