The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1951, Page 1

SUNGRESSIONAL TABRARY YASHINGTON, D € SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,896 Dewey in Huff "+ AtMagazine on .. Trip Finances . » o - 4 - . » [ » » Publication Says He Will Write Six Articles on 42,000-Mile Trip Gov. Thomas E! Dewey, who left Juneau yesterday in an Air Force plane for Anchorage, is mad at Collier’s Magazine for revealing that “we helped finance his trip.” The national magazine announced that Dewey will write six articles on his trip to the Orient and Alaska, but refused to divulge how much they would pay him. But Louis Rup- pel, editor, made the statement to the Associated Press. The North American Newspaper Alliance, a news service in the states, revealed the Dewey ire in ' a story appearing in various news- papers dated Aug. 22, but delayed in transmittal. Met With GOP No word has been received yet on the New York governor’s trip to the Interior. But late yesterday it was revealed here that he met informally with a small group of Juneau Republicans to talk over Alaska problems regarding politics, economics, revenues, forest reserves and matters pertaining to state- hood. He seemed anxious, according to Republican National Committee- woman' Mrs. Al White, to obtain all information possible concerning the Territory. The meeting took place shortly before he spoke before the Chamber of Commerce. Trip Details In the njeantime, details concern- ing his trip on the yacht Manana IT were learned by The Empire. Accompanying Dewey to Ketchi- kan were Governor Gruening, his aide, Capt. Don Morrison, Burke Riley, administrative assistant to Gruening and Paul Lockwood, Ray I. Borst and E. M. Galvin of Gover- nor Dewey's party. They were flown in a Fish and Wildlife Service plane piloted by Regiohal Director Ciar- ence Rhode. A noon stop was made at Water- fall salmon cannery where the party were luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Friele. Friele is vice pre- sident of the Nakat Packing Corp. Also present was W. C. Arnold, man- aging director of the Alaska Salmon Industry who after the luncheon flew from Waterfall to Ketchikan with the party. Sees 'Em Canned Governor Dewey was taken all through the cannery, in full opera- tion, to show him how Alaska’s salmon are put in the can. Arriving in Ketchikan, Dewey was taken on a tour of the town’and to Ward's Cove where the $40,000,- 000 pulp mill will be established. Al- though Dewey did not appear to speak publicly, he was guest of hon- or at a cocktail party at the home of Ketchikan’s mayor, George Beck, and later attended a Smorgaashord at the Elks Club. Dewey was presented with a case of canned Alaska seafood, put up by Charlotte Speegle in Ketchikan, (Continued on Page Two) The Washington . Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Ed. Note — Drew Pearson, in Europe for the launching of friendship balloons behind the Iron Curtain, has also picked up some important reactions re- garding the vital problem of war and peace.) EN ROUTE THROUGH EUR- OPE — Europe today is a study in contrasts — contrasts between East and West, contrasts between this continent and the USA. Here are some scenes which, though I have left them, remain vividly etched on my mind. Scene 1—East Berlin: As you walk behind the Iron Curtain through the bomb-riddled city of ¢ [East Berlin you are struck with " ‘ the way Moscow has played up the thing that appeals most to men'’s hearts. Flags are everywhere. And be- tween every German, Chinese, Czech, Korean, Hungarian flag is the blue and white flag of peace. Atop every pillar also squats the dove of peace — a plump, dumpy dove, a_ little too smug and self- satisfied to sit surveying the stark remnants of what was once Ber- lin — but nevertheless a constant reminder that the Soviet Union supposedly craves peace. And at the base of every pillar are featured the international words for peace—“paz—fhir—paix —beke—peace.” Over and over again are repeated these words, ey 'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SA' Ridgway Blisters SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition AY, AUGUST 25, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =3 Reds, Leaves Door Ajar for Confinued Negoli? | Allies Blast Port i | MacArthur Wasn't Allowed fo'Bomb Rashin, Close fo Russ Border, Pasted by 35 Superforts U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Aug. 25—(#— ,U. S. B-29s today, for the second the tender age of two months, Joe Wayne Lewis of San Angelo, Tex., had a head of hair that would have madt Samson envious. His mother, Mrs. Mike Lewis, was far from pleased with her baby's ‘plunging s “He looks too shaggy,” she told barber Emmett Butts, who is applying the seissors, while little Joe howls lustlly from atop a stack of barber toewls, supported by his father, Mike. Wirephoto. Juneau By KAY J. KENNEDY The Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. has faith in the future of Juneau. It has backed that faith with the investment of more than a quarter of a million dollars on the expansion of its facilities to meet increasing power needs. ‘Within the past year the company has installed a new $77,000 Pelton vertical water wheel, a $26,500 gen- erator, $77,000 worth of new pipe running 1,500 feet from a penstock on Mt. Juneau to the power house off Willoughby Avenue, and a new $5,000 machine bookkeeping system in the uptown office. New Diesel Foundations will soon be laid for the installation of a $180,000 Enter- prise diesel generator in the power house. It will have 1,700 horsepower and is expected to be ready for op- eration sometime in December. At present there are over 5,000 meters in service covering the area from Thane to Mile 11 on the Glacier highway and in Doug- las. The company employs 27 persons, which represents a $12,000 monthly payroll. ‘The early history of the company’s beginning is as dim as a kerosene lamp and does not seem to be pre- served in any records — in fact, it is doubtful records were kept 60 years ago. Under the dust of memories it appears that sometime in the early 90’s Frank Thorpe, a butcher or grocer on Gold Creek, rigged up a small Pelton water wheel to generate electricity to light his store and home. His neighbors soon applied to get on the line and Thorpe found him- self in the electric light business. Bought Out ] It was in 1896 that four pioneers, who had come to Juneau ten years previqusly, decided to buy out ‘Thorpe’s plant. They were J. F. Malony, Rotert Duncan, A. W. Corbus and J. P. Corbus. William Corbus, a son of A. W. Corbus, is the current president of the company and resides in Menlo Park, Calif. Miss Mary Corbus of Los Gatos, Calif,, is the daughter of J. P. Corbus, and she is secretary- treasurer. John Malony, a son of J. F. Malony, is on the board of di- rectors. There are 20 stockholders in the company. E. J. Margrie was manager from 1913 to 1918 when W. S. Pullen took over until March of 1950. Franz D. Nagel has been vice president and general manager for the past three years. He came here from San Francisco, where he had been an engineer with the General Electric Co. He is a graduate of the University of Santa Clara and spent 2% years in power and industrial work on the West Coast, Hawaii, Guam, .Bikini, f Company, Starfed with Grocer's Water Wheel, Expands Facilifies World War II. Before Nagel took the position, he visited Juneau first to see if he would like it. He did. Only One Here The new Pelton 1,200 horsepower, six-nozzle, vertical water wheel was installed during the summer of 1950 and first placed in operation April 15 of this year. It is a miniature of a huge 62,000 horsepower water wheel at Bridge Rover, B.C, and is the only one of its type in Alaska. “It used to be that 85 percent cfficiency from a water wheel was regarded as tops,” Nagel ex- plained, “but tests run on our new AEERdex, that ho.repeatedly time in the Korean war, bombed Rashin, Red supply port 20 miles from Russian territory which Gen- eral MacArthur wanted to kmock out early in the war. Thirty-five J more than 300 tons bombs on Rashin (Najin) in elear weather. The Fas East air forces in Tok- yo gave no report of damage. But it said 100-pound and 500-pound bombs were dropped on the port's marshalling yards and railroad fa- cilities. The superforts met no anti- aircraft fire or ememy planes. All returned to their ba- ses in Japan Okinawa. Almost 50 B-20s hit Rashin in the first attack Aug. 13, 1950, They struck by radar in heavy overcast and dumped some 500 tons of bombs on their targets. Rashin, one of the best ports on the east coast of Korea, is 110 miles southwest of Vladivostok. Asked Permission MacArthur testified before Sen- ate committees last May after his removal as supreme Allled com- hurled Washington in February or March for permission to continue bomb- #%and other Pacific Islands during {08 Bashis, DUt i denied. 1t Defense Secretary Marsh: told the Senators permission was denied because the port was so close to the Soviet border. “It was a question of the risk involved in an operation so close to the Soviet frontier,” Marshall said, “and as to the question of ships in the harbor and other mishaps that might occur.” MacArthur described Rashin as “the great central distributing point from Manchuria down the east coast of Korea.” U. S. Navy panther jets escor- ted the B-20s on Saturday’s raid. Hit Railroads The bombers hit a locomotive repair yard containing a round- house and 15 tracks, an 18-track wheel shows 89 percent efficiency.” The company has two horizontal water wheels of 600 horsepower each. They were installed in 1914 and rebuilt in 1935. The advantage of the new wheel is that it occupies less space, saves on building costs and permits more effective dis- charge of water from the buckets to give greater power recovery, Nagel said. The 130-ton new wheel and gen- erator are housed in a small addi- tion to the old power plant. The foundation was first laid, the wheel installed, and the building con- structed around it. New Switchboard In 1949 a new switchboard was installed at the power house at a cost of $32,000. It replaced an old open type board that was a fite and electrical hazard and inade- quate to meet the increased power load, Nagel said. Studies show that the company has gone as far as econompically possible with the 'Gold' Creek de- velopment which operates. from April through November when the power lines are switched over to the Alaska-Juneau Mining Co. lines. . The average stream flow is 127 cubic feet per second through the machines, A neat trick was worked out in connection with the new steel pipe that runs from the forebay of the flume on the side of Mt. Juneau to the plant on “Pipeline Alley.” “Nested” Pipe In order to save money on ship- ping costs the pipe was made in three sizes, 48-inch, 46-inch, and 44-inch, so they could be “nested” for shipment. There are 2,700 feet of flume from the intake grizzly on Gold Creek by the Basin Road bridge to the pen- stock above Calhoun Avenue. About 200 feet of flume are now replaced each year, Nagel said. Some of the flume is over 40 years old. Damage occurs annually from snowslides, rock slides and bears. Occasionally a big bear will walk the flume and his weight will break in an old section. In his storage yard, a 17-track marshal- ling yard capable of handling 750 cars, a six-track car repair yard, a 12-track holding yard, an en- gine house, a car repair shop, central heating plant, two ware- houses and many smaller struc- tures. In other air action Saturday, flashing U. S. F-86 sabre jets won a 51-jet sky fight over northwest Korea — the second jet battle in two days. Twenty-one sabres damaged at least one Red MIG-15 in brief but aggressive action with 30 enemy jets near Sinuiju, northwestern Korea border city on the Yalu river, Friday night 26 sabres tangled briefly with 40 MIG-15s over Sin- anju, midway between the border and the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. The sabres shot down two MIGS. 3 No sabres were reported lost in either action. Allied intelligence said large numbers of Communist troops were observed moving into the old Red “iron triangle” of central Korea on Saturday for the sec- ond straight day. On the east-central and central fronts Reds patrolled and fought fiercely for the second day in a row. Intelligence said they were be- coming increasingly sensitive to Allied stabs. . haste to get away he will some- times tear up many yards of it. Special Trucks Arne Shudshift is general foreman and is in charge of the rolling equip- ment which includes four especially equipped trucks that “can do every- thing but talk.” There is a meter truck, a line truck fully equipped with the latest hoist and A-frame to raise poles, two utility trucks for wiring, and one flat bed truck. One of the old steam boilers in the plant which Hasn't been used since 1915 has been sold to Colum- bia Lumber Co., and the other has been destroyed to make room for the ‘new diesel generator. with yours, with a view to a _reasonable armistice | ‘”L&mfi" fions F, ROBERT EUNSON A (3 TOKYO, Aug. 25 —®— Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway today sent a Blistering message to top Red nanders in Korea and left it them whether armistice would continue in Kaesong. supreme Allied commander he was willing to resume ne- tions, halted by the Reds. 3:1( he rejected as “malicious hoods” Communist accusa- that United Nations forces ted Kaesong’s neutrality. s broke off the talks two ago. They demanded a “satis- ry” answer to their charge 4 United Nations warplane al ked Kaesong to murder the Red! delegation. “Utterly False” Ridgway's reply said the charge was “so utterly false, 50 prepos- terogs and so obviously manufac- tured” that it did not merit a reply. The next step was up to the Communists. Ridgway's scathing message gave them a hard choice. | The harshly-worded reply was sent to Kim Il Sung, North Kor-; ean Premier, and Gen. Peng Teh- Hual, commander of Chinese Red | forces in Korea. It was first broadcast over the Armed Forces radio, then de- livered to a Chinese liaison of- ficer at the Red outpost of Pan- munjom, six miles east of Kae- song. The last paragraph left the door open — just a crack — for a re- sumption of talks. “Reasonable” Agreement Ridgway said “When you are prepared to terminate the suspen- sion of armistice negotiations . . . I will direct my representatives to up tal da; b¢ The Allied delegation, headed by { Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, stood by at United Nations advance | headquarters in Munsan,.ready to go to Kaesong if the Reds give the word. Ridgway's reply, in tone and content, came as no surprise to observers here. They said he could hardly apologize for incidents he had already branded as “manufac- tured in advance.” Nor, the observers added, can the Reds accept the blast as the {"sausfactory” answer they deman- | ded. It is possible, said the obser- vers, the Reds will agree to con- tinue negotiations, and try to con- vince the world they are doing so for the sake of peace. Senale Group Lops 'Tax Increase; We Get 2 Options WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—M—The Senate Fingnce Committee has lop- ped about $800,000,000 off the House passed $7,200,000,000 tax increase bill and still has several important phases to consider. The group agreed tentatively yes- terday to boost personal income taxes by about $2,409,000,000 a year. This is $438,000,000 less than would be raised by the individual income hike voted by the House. The committee meets again today in an unusyal Saturday session to try for more action on the bill. Chairman George (D-GA) said the group would tackle corpora- tion tax rates first. The House boosted these to get an additional $2,855,000,000 in annual revenue After finishing with corporate lev- ies, the Senators still must work on excise taxes. Two Ways, Yet! The tentatively-approved Finance Committee income tax hike formula gives the taxpayer two options. He may take the lesser of: 1. An 11 percent levy figured én the tax he pays now. 2. An eight percent levy figured on the taxable income he has left after deducting his present tax. Ship Movements Princess Kathleen due north- bound- at 3:30 p.m. today, sailing for Skagway at 11:30 p.m. Aleutian due to aprive south- bound Sunday noon. Denali due southbound Friday noon, sails at 2:30 p.m. bound at 7 p.m. today. Baranof due northbound Tues- lday evening, Hawgiian Qua}ke Damage . 7 Richard Sweet points to cracks intense earthquake cver recorded hit, but there were no fatalitics. Wirephoto. ghrine Tour Group : Have a Good Time Despife Rain its of 104 members of a Shriners tour group from San Diego, Calif., who spent six hours in. Juneau and” VICTITeY " Tst “mght. hey - ars rived aboard the 8. 8. Chilcotin. The Shriners and their wives and Auke Lake, Territorial ~ Museum, other sights including life of the city. visited the and saw the night cier The visitors were met by a group of local Shriners who ac- companied them. Most of them were in an older age group and the party was accompanied by Dr. Charles L. Oliphant, a retired vy heart specialist, who kept an eye on seven heart cases. In the party was a retired Navy Admiral, John P. F. Miller, who had visited Alaska in 1915. He was impressed with the growth of the’ Territory since he saw it last. Dr. Roy French Kidd, potentate, declared that they all were en- joying the trip and did not mind the rain. “It has been a most rest- pur,” he said. B. Albertsen, cruise direc- sald that this was the last Shrine tour to Alaska this year. From now on the tours will be made to Hawali and South Am- erica, he said. i tor, Salmon Pack for Alaska Reaches 2,351,745 Cases . Alaska’s total salmon pack up to the week ending Aug. 18, is 2,351,- 945 cases, according to figures re- leased today by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Last yeag, for the same period, the total pack was 2,281,455 cases. The pack is gradually surpassing | last year's figures. For the week end- ing Aug. 11, it was lagging over 93,- 000 cases but this week had reached 70,490 cases above 1950. Southeastern Alaska is contribut- ing largely toward boosting this year’s pack. This area has already put up over four times last year's amount. Wildlife service records show 916,689 cases for 1951 as com- pared with 286,429 last year. Pinks number 530,599 of the cases. In Central Alaska the pack is 1,- 045,905 cases, still several hundred thousand cases beloy last year's number of 1,377,003. Gillnetting at Port Moller brought Western Alaska’s pack up 500 cases the past week. This district is clos- ed to fishing, except at Port Moller. The new figures show 389,351 cases this year and 618,023 in 1950. Pinks are leading the total pack for Alaska with 890,760 cases. Reds are next with 783,171 cases and kings are low with 86,905. JUNEAU VISITORS Dr..and Mrs.. James P. Mooney of Roslyn, Wash. are registered at ! the Baranof Hotel, Alaska scheduled to arrive north- | Kona in the south coast of the big island of Hawaii after the most Rain did not dampen the spir-‘ made a trip to Mendenhall Gla- | in the Central Union Church at in the islands. Kona wa Property damage was hteavy. hardest [ frfruneral Services [For Art Uggen Sef for Monday Funeral services for Art Uggen | will be held next Monday after- | noon at 2 o'clock in the Carter Chap- | el with the Rev. G. H. Hillerman condiucting . e Wi e assisted by John ‘Greeny. 1 James Mahar will be vocalist ac- companied by Christine Rassmus- sen in two songs. Pall bearers will be Glen Leach, James McNaughton, K. G, Merritt, Stanley Grummet, Bert McDowell and Zack Gordon. Burial will be in Elks Rest in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call at the Carte Chapel between 7 and 10 p.m. Sun-s day. | Mr. Uggen, owner of the Alaska| Music Supply died suddenly of a heart attack last Wednesday morn- | ing. He was about 63 years old. | He is survived by his children, Orville of Lawrenceberg, Ind., Rich- 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. Those wishing to send flowers are requested to donate to the can- |cer fund, Mrs. Lillian Uggen said. \Air Board, FBi 'Open Query Infe Fafal Air Crash Calif. Auyg. 25—P— Aerpnautics officials tions today into_the’ newest type hir- went over a outh of here for the last of 50 broken bodies. OAKLAND, FBI and Ciy 1 of Unit Object of the FBI probe is to nined wether sabotage caus- the DC-6-B to plow into the shrouded hill a few moments from the end of its transcontin- ental flight early yesterday. The FBI, in announcine the inves- tigation, would not elaborate or comment whether it was routine. The Civil Aeronautics Board’s investigation was to cover ail phases of the accident. Regionaly investigator Ralph A. Reed said it weuld last several days but the CAB probably would know some- time today whether the ship had strayed from it landing course, as several residents of the area sug- gested, United Aly Lines said last night searchers quit after bringing down ps 41 bodies, most of them on back, They were to return to- day for the other nine—or what- ever can be found of them. The 50 victims included the six- man crew and all 44 passengers- eight children, nine women and 33 men. The ship was flying to Oak- Jand from Boston, It had stopped at Hartford, Conn, Cleveland and Chicago. Sgrapx;ed Warli_me Shells Kill 3,- Injure 4 in Seattle SEATTLE, Aug. 25— M—Exvosion of World War II shells in scrap metal cargoes killed three men and lijucet “four here yesterday. Thé Tatal blast occurred at the Ames Terminal Company waterfront yard where workmen were burning powder remnants from inside shells with acetylene torches, The shells were from scrap metal cargo brought from the Philippines on the Chinese freighter Hai Yu. The cargo included 57 millimeter and five inch shells and 1,000-pound bombs. They were to have been cleaned of all explosives before leav- ing the Phiflppines Anv ordnance adviser for the sal- vage operations, Paul E. Martin, caid eight checking tables had been sel up to avoid accidents. “The powder in the shell that killed those men was confined by a ‘booster well’ which should have heen removed in the Philippines, Martin said, “but occasionally we find a shell in checking that hasn't been deactivated.” Lightning Hits Dynamife Charge, Kills 9 Workers Fishermen Gasp at Big Anoplopmidae “Anoplop” may be the beginning of a frozen fish museum for Juneau if Wallis George of the Juneau Cold Storage Co., takes the advice of many‘who saw the 48-pound | (dressed) skilfigh brought in tc his plant yesterday. “Anoplop” is short for the fish's family name of “anoplopmidae”— of the blackcod (sablefish) tribe. Fishermen long ago tavged the fish with the unromantic nomer of “skilfish.” ’ While this “anoplop” is not 2 giant of his family, he is a specie seldom caught anywhere, C. L. And- erson, director of the Alaska Depart- ment of Fisheries, said after exam- inging him, When Larry Fitzpatrick of the fishing vessel Ruby, brought “anc- plop” up from 300 fatheoms of water on a long line near Cape Fairweath- er three'days ago, hé thought he had caught the biggest blackcod under the sun. He would have, too—if it had been a true blackcod. It was about 20 pounds heavier than the largest blackcod ever caught. Now the problem still remains. . . what to do with “anoplop.” FROM SEATTLE Mrs. Florence Smith of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM YAKUTAT Jack Krepps of Yakutat is stay- Jing at the Baranof Hotel. WONDERVU, Colo.,, Aug. 25— Lightning set off a dynamite charge at a dam construction site yesterday, killing nine men and injuring nine others. Rescue - workers finished today removing tons of rock and dirt that cascaded down on the work- ing men when the dynamite explo- ded prematurely, Officials said there were no: other casualties. The explosion sent a rain of Loulders and debris smashing down on the site of a $12,000,000 dam project of the city of Den- ver in south Boulder Creek can- yon, a gash ip the frent range of the Rocky mountains, The damsite is about 65 miles northwest of Denver, and is south- west of Boulder, site of the Uni- versity of Colorado. Between 50 and 60 men were working in the area when the lightning touched off the dyna- mite which was to have been fired when the day shift went off duty at 5 p.m. (MST). The blast was at 1:30 p.m. “Both sides of the canyon caved in,” said Noble L. Benson, 29, of Nampa, Idaho, operator of a heavy earth moving machine. “A big rock hit my euc (earth mover) and just about pushed the motor into the ground.” SALLY NEVITT IS HERE Mrs. Sally Nevitt, formerly of Juneau, now of Mt. Edgecumbe is ip Juneau until tomorrow. She is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. gl SRR R AT THE BARANOF James Davis, head of the De- partment of Territevies, from Washington, D. C. is stopping at the Baranof Hotel, S