The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 22, 1951, Page 1

YONGRESSIONAL ABRARY VASHINGTON, D. C. THE DAILY A “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” "Not Fault of Ours’ Says OPS On Fish Deal There are no ceiling prices on fresh fish and the ceilings on the canned salmon were set by the Washington, D. C., Office of Price Administration, Julius H. Ferney, loca] information officer, said here today. Fred Hanford, Territorial di- rector, was in ‘Wrangell. This was in answer to a protest by the United Trollers of Alaska when fishing ground buyers claimed they were forced to suspend opera- tions as a result of recently impos- ed price ceilings on fish. Ferney said that Charles W. Pet- ers, price executive here, would at- tend a meeting in Seattle Sept. 30, at which prices would be adjusted up or down according to the pack. “Ceiling prices, although lower than last year’s prices, took into consideration increased canning labor, materials and freight,” Fer- ney said. He pointed out that the price of salmon increased sharply from June, 1950 to Jan. 1951, due to the small pack last year. “Current ceiling, prices will more closely approximate normal compet- itive conditions,” Ferney said. Andy Barlow, executive secretary of tne United Trollers of Alaska, said today: “Had the Office of Price Stabil- ization seen fit to place a ceiling on canned salmon before the sea- son, there is no doubt in my mind that this condition would not have arisen, “It has been the policy of the United Trollers to iron out their problems with the buyers prior to the fishing season and the relation- ship between the buyers and troliers has been harmonious. “But Uncle Sam, with the office of ‘price confusion,’ puts a main industry completely out of business. There seems little hope for a fair consideration of the problems of the fishing “industry #nd the business men of Alaska,” Barlow said. Truman Definite About Stronger Price Controls WASHINGTON, Aug. 22— The White House said today Pres- ident Truman has decided defin- itely to ask Congress for stronger price control powers and hopes to send a message to the Capitol by the week end. Word yesterday that Mr. Tru- man was considering reopening this issue — only three weeks af- ter Congress passed a bill he didn’t like — got a cool reception from' some key legislators. JUNEAU VISITOR Mrs. Muriel Gilbreath and her son Norman, 15, from North Hollywood, Calif., are visiting for the next. two weeks with Mrs, Betty Casperson who is Mrs. Gilbreath’s sister. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON Benton Documents McCarthy Case ASHINGTON. — It is a grave matter for a Senator to introduce a resolution aimed at unseating a fellow Senator. However, Senator Benton of Connecticut carefully documented the case against Sen- ator McCarthy of Wisconsin be- fore calling for his ouster. Herc are the facts that led Benton t demand a Senate investigation of McCarthy “with a view toward his expulsion.” 1. Senator McCarthy has tried to intimidate his press critics — the greatest challenge to freedom of the press since the civil war For example, McCarthy has char- ged that the Washington Post i a “Communist Camp follower. He has called the Milwaukee Jour- nal the “Milwaukee Edition” and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the “St. Louis Edition” of the Com- muist Daily Worker. He has re- peatedly lambasted the Madison Capital-Times as pro-Communist He has called this columnist the “Voice of International Commun- jsm.” On one occasion, he even accused the conservative Satur- day Evening Post of following the Daily Worker line. Actually, these publications do not follow the Communist line, but pursue their own separate, in- B ey (Continued on Page Four) Alaskas' Fishery Waste Seen as Savior of Pacific Northwest Salmon Runs Hawaiian Quake Wrecks Treasured Water Tanks HONOLULU, Aug. heaviest earthquake ever on the volcano cost the Kona Coast district most of its treasured water stores with two months of drought ahead. Property damage was estimated | officially at between $750,000 and $1,000,000, but the water loss was | the most critical. The quake jarred thelargest of the Hawailan islands in early morning darkness yesterday. It wrecked or 200 wooden water storage tanks— 20 of them on one cattle ranch. Each of 200 families along a 30- mile stretch of the Kona coast, 22—(M— The on the west slope of Mauna Lao| volcano, had at least one tank for storing drinking and household water. The Kona coast is the driest section of the islands. The tremor was centered deep below the undersea slope of mas- sive Mauna Loa, The volcano rises | 13,680 feet above sea level and slants 18,000 feet under water to the ccean floor. There was no evidence of any impending eruption by Mauna Loa, one of the world’s most ac- tive volcanoes. Museum Records Mount McKinley's Piclile with Map BOSTON, Aug. 22— P—The first| complete map of America’s highest mountain 20,270-foot ~ Alaskan Mount McKinley — now is under way at Boston’s Museum of Science. But Bradford Washburn, direc- tor of the museum, said “there’s much work to be done before the map is finished.” Washburn last month scaled the peak for the first time from its western approach. He led an eight- man téeam who mapped and photo- graphed the new route thoroughly. From their data will come a full chart of the mountain and its gla- ciers. Only six ascents of Mt. McKinley have been recorded. Washburn is credited with two of them — both along the usual Muldrow glacier route. He had his eye' on the western | royte for 15 years. “The western side offers a route | by which anyone interested in high- altitude research can get up to 18,000 feet with a maximum of safety,” he reported. Washburn and his companions began the ascent July 4 and reached the summit July 10. Washington Stale Warrants Go on - Collection Basis OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 22—(@P— The Washington State Bankers’ Association underlined the state's deepening financial crisis today with a warning to members to accept state warrants (checks) on a col- lection basis only. The warning went out as legislat- ors prepared for a special session | scheduled to convene here Friday | at 11 a.m. Governor Langlie called the session yesterday as an after- | math of a state supreme court decis- ion that the. revenue-appropriations | bill passed at a special session in April was unconstitutional. In his call for a special session, Governor Langlie reminded legis- lators the state is without funds to carry on the functions of gov- ernment as a result of the supreme court ruling. TIDE TABLES AUGUST 23 . ; 6:00 a.m,, 128 ft. 11:50 a.m., 4.0 ft. 6:02 pm., 149 ft. tide tide tide High Low Hign . — recorded | island of Hawaii | normal | damaged more than‘ WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—(P— Aluska’s fish garbage help | assure the survival of the Pacific Northwest Salmon industry, the | Fish and Wildlife Service said yesterday. The agency | that Alaskan said in a report canneries throw | away 50,000 tons of salmon vis- |cera or entrails each year. It said its laboratories at Se- attle and Ketchikan, Alaska | have ‘“successfully tested this waste as a new source of fish hatchery food to replace the Pacific Northwest's threatened supply.” | The construction of dams on major rivers in Washington and | Oregon has considerably reduced |the area of salmon spawning grounds. To make up for this loss, hatcheries are being increased in and many new hatcheries are | being built. Produces Drain The agency said this produces an abnormal drain on fish food supply “aiready- too -high- in price | and difficult to get.” The laboratories are collect- ing and testing 100,000 pounds | of salmon waste, to determine whether it can be profitably frozen and shipped to Pacific coast fish hatcheries. The material is shipped frozen in plastic-lined burlap bags. The agency estimates that about 30 per cent of Alaska’s annual salmon catch of 360,000,000 pounds is waste, It estimates the poten- tial value of this material, now dumped into the sea or allowed to rot at the canneries, at $5,000,- 000 to $10,000,000 a year. '(hargo Withdrawn Against Clydesdale | By Wildlife Service An illegal fishing complaint against the Pyramid Packing Com- pany cannery tender Clydesdale in Sitka has been withdrawn, it was announced today by Dan Ralston. law enforcement supervisor of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Doug Swanson, assistant supervi- sor, flew to Sitka and made an in- vestigation, returning yesterday to Juneau. Swanson found that an August ¢ the captain of the Clydesdale had notified the stream watchman at Fish Camp in Klag Bay that he wished to catch enough salmon for “a couple of cases” for his personal use. The stream watchman, whose name is T. A. Anderson and who is a temporary employee of the ser- | vice, failed to notify the service | agent, John Klingbiel, and Klingbiel apprehended the boat Aug. 12 at 7 pm. while it was beach seining. He filed the complaint, which was withdrawn when the stream watch- man admitted he had neglected to notify Klingbiel. Red Membership Dreps 10,000, Hoover Tesfifies WASHINGTON, Aug. 22— (B — Membership in the U. 8. Communist Party has dropped ffrom 54,174 to 43,217 in a year’s time, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover has told Senators.| And each party member now has back of him about seven to eight fellow travellers, as against ten several years ago, Hoover told a Senate appropriations subcommit- tee March 1 while testtifying in sup- port of his request for funds. His testimony was made public today. But Hoover cautioned that the remaining party members consti- tute “a hardy core dedicated to sab- otage and to militant revolt against this country if and when the time comes.” ‘Another Alaska Junket Planned By Commitiee WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 — (A — Members of the House Armed Serv- ices committee are planning to in- | spect military bases and public | works in Alaska this fall, it was | announced today. Acting committee chairman, Rep. iBrooks (D-La), told the committee ! being made and that a date will be set later, | that arrangements for the trip are[e — == SKA EMPIRE | JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1951 Where Hurricane Killed Eight Art Uggen Dead of Heart Atfack Alaska Music Supply Owner Taken Suddenly During Night Art Uggen, owner of the Alaska}. Music Supply, died suddenly of af heart attack early this morning. He had called Dr. Joseph Rude at 11:30. o'clock last night, Rude went to the Uggen apartments in the Twentieth Century Apart- ments to attend him. The doetor took him to St. Ann's Hospital where he died at 12:20 a.m., 10 min~ utes after being admitted. Mr. Uggen came to Juneau in July of 1936 to open his music store at 122 Second Street. In 1942 he moved the stofe’ to its present location at Second and Seward streets, after purchasing the Ju- neau Melody Shop fromm Mrs. Lena Pigg. Under his management, the store sold more sheet music, records and music” Supplies in ratio to popula-~ tion than any place in Alaska, Ore- gon, Washington and western Idaho. Orders were received from all over Alaska, especially for records. He attended the local Lutheran Church and was a member of its council for several years. Mr. Uggen was a member of the Elks and Ro- tary clubs. He was director of the Juneau high school and city bands from | 1936 to 1938. He played trombone in the city band for some time after directing it. Before coming to Juneau, he own- ed a music store in Colfax, Wash., selling it to come to Alaska. In 1921, Mr. Uggen started the Lyric Music House in Manila, P. 1. He sold his interest in the music store in 1829 to manage the Godino Siamesé iwins. He toured the states with Uiem unul 1vsa when he started his store in Washington. Mr. Uggen got his start in music playing in a newsboys orchestra in Minneapolis, Minn, He came from a musical family. He is survived by his children. | ME BER ASSOCIATED PRESS Spintered ruins is all that remains of one of the buildings at- the Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. L. poorhouse' where eight died in the worst hurricane in the British Isalnd colony’s history. stood at 60. (® Wirephoto. Road-Builder Steese, Four Times Retired, Treks Over Routes He LatdDown isconsin Goes| ground in Hudson River 45,000-Ton Battleship Hits Mud When Stern ‘Line Parts from Buoy W YORK, Aug. 22—(®—The 45,000-ton Battleship Wis- consin drifted aground in the Hud- son river opposite Manhattan to- day and then 13 puffing towboats pulled her free in a marine drama witnessed by thousands. A strong downstream tide held Orville of Lawrenceberg, Ind., Rich- | her fast on the New Jersey shore ard of Los Angeles, Mrs. Howard Frank of Cleburne, Tex, and Miss Gladys Uggen of Juneau. Another daughter Mrs. R. A. Sauls lives in Ames, Iowa. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. E. W. Eagle of Crookston, Minn., and his former wives Mrs. Alice Ug- gen of Los Angeles and Mrs. Lil- lian Uggen of Juneau. Funeral ararngements will be an- nounced later. Those wishing to send flowers are requested to donate to the cancer fund, Mrs. Lillian Ug- gen said. Non-Resident Fisherman Gels Refund on License Based on a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down June 25, judgment of $45 was granted John Storkersen, Seattle fisherman, in U. 8. District Court last Saturday. The case was Stork- ersen vs. M. P. Mullaney, Territorial tax collector. On Aug. 17, 1949 Storkersen paid, under protest, $50 for a non-resident commercial fishing license. On June 25 the court of appeals, in the case of Anderson vs. Mullaney handed down its opinion which stated that a higher tax on non- resident commercial fishermen than resident fishermen in Alaska was invalid. Storkersen was granted $45 refund. ‘he $5 difference being the price of a resident license. H. L. Faulkner represented the plaintiff and John Dimond, assist- ant in the affice of the Attorney Geenral acted for the Territory. ® o o o 0 o 0 0 o . . . . . ° . . . @ . . . . . PRECIPITATION o (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ At Airport — Trace; K ® since July 1—4.94 inches. ® 0o 0 0 00 00 0 00 WEATHER REPORT * (U. 5. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 61; minimum, 46. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy with light rain to- night and Thursday. Lowest temperature tonight near 50. Highest Thursday near 56. Just south of Edgewater proximately two hours. She was reported free at 8:25 am, (EST). The battleship came into New York harbor yesterday from Hali- fax, N. on a training cruise and was moored fore and aft floating buoys. A third naval district spokes- man said unofficial information indicated her stern line snap- ped and that her end swung around and touched bottom off the Jersey shore. Some eye-witnesses had repor- ted that she dragged both buoys under pressure of the river tide. No Apparent Damage The navy spokesman -said the vessel apparently suffered modam- age, but that she would proceed to Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn under her own power for an un- derwater inspection by divers. The navy declined to give out an - “official” statement until it had a complete report. From office buildings on the New York side and from Palis- ades Park and other vantage points on the Jersey side thous- ands of spectators watched the little towboats push and haul to get the huge gray-hulled vessel back into midstream. Captain Thomas Burrowes of Washington, D. C., commanding the battleship, could be seen on the bridge din:('nng operations. ires Continue Gnawing West Coast Foresis By the Associated Press Fires continued to chew into the huge timber stands of the west coast today as many areas began their 101st day without rainfall. Danger of new outbreaks was ever present with new major fires being reported from British Col- umbia. Logging operations were shut down tight in Oregon and Wash- ington as balf a dozen big fires ran wild, spurred by low humidity and high temperatur: In northern California lightning had kindled some 300 blazes since last Saturday. To the north in the Nelso est district of British C 1,600 men were struggling 32 fires, ome of them 8,000 acres. Foresters said the iire potential was the 30 years. for ap- covering coast in west highest to’ How many times can a man re- tire? Gen. James G. Steese isn't sure. He's only "been retired from the armed forces - three 'times : and | | from private business once, but he thinks this is really the last time, The General is on one of his bi- !ennial trips to Alaska — that is, since the last war. He is here vis- iting friends and resting until | saturday after a whirlwind tour around the Territory covering much of the same ground by auto and railroad that he once trekked on foot} horseback: and {with dbg- team. Steese, remembared as-.“Colonel™ to many old time Alaskans, ‘spear- headed the building of the Alaska Railroad and -carried on in the early days of the Alaska Road 1 In recognition of his work, the road from Fairbanks to Circle was named the Stebse | Highway. He recalls with relish the days when the commission was inde- pendent of Washington, red tape ‘nnd the power was vested in a commission free to settle issues { here. Steese made the necessary pil- ygrimages to Congress for funds and thereafter only reported what | he had done with them, In 1932 the commission lost its freedom and came under the Department Pof Interior, Steese said. He retired as commission chair- man in 1927, In private busin- ess from then until 1941, he saw duty with the Alaska National Guard from 1935 to 1937, when he was once more retired. He re- tired from business to return to the army in 1941 and retired for the third time in 1946. It was in 1913 that Steese first came to Alaska to report on the feasibility of constructing a rail- road from Seward to Fairbanks. He said it was possible but favor- ed extension of the Copper River and Western Railroad to Fairbanks with @& branch read to the Mata- nuska coal fields. However, in 1923-24, Steesc found ‘himself chairman and chief engineer of the Alaska Railroad. In 1913 there were no real reads in Alaska — only trails, including “Richardson Trial” from Valdez to Fairbanks, a few miles of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad in Alaska, and the Copper River Railroad, the General said. “I saw that future development (was dependent upon improved | methods of transportation but nothing like claims of many wild magazine articles that overrate | the resources of Alaska,” he said.| “‘Today‘s boom in the Interior i& predicated upon defense spending. “We had commercial aviation i in Alaska six years before the first airplane commercial ticket was sold in the United States,” he said. “The bush pilots did a | great job up here then and are trying to now, but the govern- ment is trying to choke them off.” For the past three years the General has been a world trav- eler and “has only spent a total of six weeks on U. S. soil. From here he goes to Mexico, then to Greece, *the Mediterranean coun- tries and wherever whim takes him. “There's one nice thing about | being retired,” the General chuck- led, “Maybe I don't always do ev- | | erything I want to do—but I ce tainly don’t do anything that I don't want to do!” ! | * {of the damage. ' refuge ! 1ies Death toll for the island Hurricane Kills One, Injures 15 in Tampico TAMPICO, Mexico, Aug. 22— —The fury of a tropical hurri- cane smashed into Tampico this morning, blew down houses and killed at least one person. Police offiicals said a man was killed in the Morelos section, where heaviest damage was reported. Some 15 persons were injured. The weather bureau reported the wind reached .a maximum of 95 miles an hour at 11 am. Two hours later the worst of the storm seemed to have passed. The streets in the center of this oil_port of almost 100,006 popufatibn were littered with ‘bricks from cornices, signs blown down;” fallen wires and debris. A Spanish civil war veteran -said it “looked: like -an air. said had struck.” Colonia Morelos, low-cost housing area, suffered the worst Police said it was heavy.” This whole district flooded to a depth of 18 in- a very wi ches. ; Hundreds of cheaply-built wood- en houses were blown down. Others were damaged by the wind or the flood which followed the heavy rain. Some 10,000 persons had taken in schools, the barracks, public buildings and even private ofiice buildings which offered them safety from the wind. Strong Note May Decide Korea Issue MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday—(# — The Allies today drafted a strong note to the Communists which may bear heavily on wheth- er it will be truce or continued war in Korea. The note, prepared by vice Adm C. Turner Joy, will be delivered to Communists liaison officers north of Munsan at 9 am. (4 p.. Wednesday PDT). The note, a long one, will be the chief United Nations delegate’s reply to Red charges that the Al- have violated the five-mile neutral zone around Kaesong,site of the current truce talks. Joy's reply will hit at a time when both sides are keeping up a hot exchange over the aims and intentions of the other. The Allles yesterday accused the Communists of “making a univérsal symbol cf Bad faith” out of Kaesong. CASUALTIES REACH 81,006; WEEKLY RISE SMALLEST SINCE START WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—A- Announced U. S. battle casualties in Korea reached 81,006 today, an increase of 256 since last week This is the smallest rise sincc weekly summaries were started last August. TOUR PARTY LEAVES Thirty-five members of the Cal- PRICE TEN CENTS Over 500 af Reception fo Greet Dewey Noted Republican leaders are apparently welcome visitors in Ju- neau. Last night more than 500 Chan- nel residents thronged the Gov- ernor’s House to greet Thomas E. Dewe; governor of New York, who arrived in Alaska's capital yesterday by plane from Seattle. It was the largest turnout since the t last year of Earl War- ren, governor of California, Highly tanped from his recent trip through the Far East and southern hemisphere, Dewey re- celved guests smiling affably be- side Governor and Mrs, Gruen- ing in the receiving line. He wore a tuxedo, an unusual sight on Gastineau channel. At the dinner, preceding the reception, talk was on general subjects. National personalities, television, and Deéwey’s trip to New | Zealand were main topics. ‘This morning Governor Dewei‘ and his party .\ were flown to points’ of interest in Southeastern Alaska. He was accompanied by Governor Gruening and his aide Capt. Don Morrison” of the Coast Guard. They are being flown by Regional Director Clarence Rhode of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Speaks In Ketchikan Dewey is scheduled to speak at the Coliseum Theatre in Ketchi- kan tonight, attend a cocktail party in a private home, and then a smorgasbord at the Ketchikan Elks Club, Tomorrow/ Wey will be in Sitka where a luncheon will be held for them by civic officials and after visiting Mt. Edgecumbe and other places of interest they will return to Juneau. Local GOP leaders are hoping to have a conference with the wditular . .head.: .-of -their . party ruuwrsday evening but no def- inite plans have been made, He declined an invitation to speak publicly at some theatre or haff, as was hoped for by Juneau's Republicans, Friday noon to Juneau's merce, which is scheduling its meeting that day instead of Thursday to conform with the Dewey program. It will probably be limited to members of the Chamber only, Fred Eastaugh, secretary, sald today because of seating space. Friday afternoon Dewey will fly to Anchorage and the Interior. He arrived in Juneau via Pan American plane. It was noted that his name had keen crossed off the passenger list received by The Empire Dewé; Foe Wfiipped in Long Island Primary Eledion NEW YORK, Aug. 22—(®—W. Kingsland Macy's 25-year undis- puted reign over Republican Suf- folk county was at an end today. ‘The former Congressman, foe of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and friend of Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-O), w defeated by a decisive margin in nis bid in yesterday's primary elec- tion to retain his Republican lead- >rship in eastern Long Island. The Suffolk county battle was the highlight of a primary election which had only one other major contest in the state. That was Car- mine de Sapio’s successful fight to retain control of New York county’s Tammany Hall against opposition of Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri. De Sapio’s machine, with only five leadership contests uncounted, held 1 13-3 lead over the city-hall backed forces of Robert B. Blaikie. Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Aug. 22—(P—Clos- ing quotation of American Tel. and Tel. stock today is 160%, Anaconda 15'%, Douglas Aircraft 51%, General Electric 59%, General Motors 49%, Goodyear 94, Kennecott 77%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9, Northern Pa- cific 47%, Standard Oil of Calif- ornia 487%, Twentieth Century Fox 120%, U. S. Steel 41%, Pound $2.80, Dewey Chamber will speak of Com- ifornia State Automobile Associ-|Canadian Exchange 94.62:. ation Alaska Tour left today for Seattle after three days in Ju- neau. They left Seattle Aug. 3 and have covered the Interior and Arctic. It was a first Alaska trip for most of the party and they declared they were impressed with the, size and beauty of the Terri- w1y, Sales today were 1,180,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 264.07, rails 79.10, util- ities 44.66. FROM SEATTLE W. E. Baker of the Standard Oil Co., Seattle, is registered at the Baranof Hotel,