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

. », 4 Wl Prad 4 .t - B ‘ o " v, - 3 » - N > SIONAL 4 VASHINGTON, D THE DAILY ALASKA EMP VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,901 “Walton Quis Fisheries Board Following Arrest; The resignation of Willlam R. Walton, chairman of the Alaska Board of Fisheries was nnnmmced‘ today by Governor Ernest Gruening. He will be succeeded by W. O. “Bo” Smith of Ketchikan. Walton’s retirement from the board was effective Aug. 11 but the governor said the announcement was held up pending appointment of a man to succeed him. It was not stated whether Walt- on's resignation had any relation to his arrest for violation of fisher- ies regulations on the opening day of the present season. He was ap- prehended by Fish and Wwildlife agents July 30 charged with fish- ing 15 minutes before the 6 a.m. leg- al opening. Fish tickets later show- ed Walton had 41 pinks and 212 chums in his possession. The Alaska Department of Fish- eries, under which the fisheries board operates, today said it had *no | comment” on ‘Walton’s resignation. Smith is a well 'known troller of Ketchikan. He was a candidate for the last Territorial legislature on the Democratic ticket, and wa feated for a seat in the Hi \Representatives in the primary ection. He came to Alaska in 1932 and has been engaged in trolling since that time except for three years when he was in the fish buying business. Smith is one of three fishermen members on the board, which was cteng under Chapter 68 of the 1949 | The other two fishermen members Karl Brunstad of Kod- jak and Ira Rothwell of Cordova. J. H. Wakefield of Port Wake- field is the fish processor member and J. P, Valentine of Ketchikan, represents the general jublic. Third Generation Kathi Deane Turner, born SunAE day at St. Ann's Hospital, is the | third generation of that family| to get its first glimpse of life in | that institution. | This was revealed today by Mrs. | John Turner, grandmother of the five-day-old Miss. | Mrs. Turner was the first born | there “a number of years ago” toJ‘ Capt. and Mrs. Tay Bayers. The late Capt. Bayers was a pioneer boat man of Juneau. His wife still resides in Juneau. Kathi Deane’s father was the second of the family to arrive at St. Ann's. He is employed by Hayes and Whitely, contractors. The baby’s mother is the daugh- ter of the Rev. and Mrs. Roy Zum- walt. Her father is superintendent of Alaska mission for the Seventh Day Adventists. TheWashingion Merry - Go-Round (Ed. Note—While Drew Pear- son is on a brief vacation, the Washington Merry-go-round is being written by several disting- uished guest columnists, today’s being by Honorable Alexander Wiley, senior senator from Wis- consin.) WASHINGTON.—Sometimes the actual Washington Merry-go-round whirls so fast and reverses direc- tions “so often that observers get pretty dizzy and confused just trying to follow it. In fact, the contradictions of certain high-up folks in Washington can really make even an expert’s head spin. These contradictions remind you of a lot of Alices in a fantastic blunderland. Do you think, for example, that the present Democratic adminis- tration is “liberal” and that its Re- publican opposition is “reactionary”? If so, consider these items which tell a revealing story: Gas Gouge. You, the consumer, are soon going to have to pay still more for natural gas fuel. How come? Well, you can thank the great “liberal” Democratic party | for those high rates. A Democratic | President Harry Truman, hadl soundly vetoed a bill ((backed by Jeading Democrats) which would have indirectly resulted in increas- ing natural gas rates. Many Re- publicans like myself supported and applauded the Democratic veto. Later, however, as reported by Drew Pearson and others, the Fed- eral Power Commission (appoin- ted by the same president) com- pletely reversed the President’s ac- tion and & Democratic-appointed __ (Continued o Page 4 " "Bo’ Smith Nam‘ed Successor Well, at Least They're 'Able and Available’ For Other Activities e TRENTON, N. J, Aug. 31— e —New Jersey brides and bride- e grooms cannot collect state un- e employment payments while e away on their honeymoons. ® The state division of employ- e ment security today announced e that its board of review has e handed down a ruling to that e effect. ® The division said the board e ruled that honeymooner, since ® he was out of town, “could not e comply with the provisions of e the unemployment compensa- e tion law that require a claim- e ant to be gble and available e and actively seeking work.” e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ®eevce0ccsssccscscoo0 Agreement fo End ard Walerfront e Reported By the Associated Press An agreement for ending the waterfront strike that has closed the port of Seward was reported today. Details of the settlement were not available immediately. Albin L. Peterson, federal labor conciliator, who went to Seward early this week, advised Harry H. Lewis, regional director of the U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service here, of a settlement during the night. . William Gettings, regional direct- or of the International Longshore- men’s and Warehousemen’s Union, call from Seward during the night which he understood to mean an end to the strike. He said the con- nections on the radio-phone circuit were so bad, however, and he could not be certain. Seward is the key port of the entry for the Alaska rail belt. The strike started last Friday. The ILWU de- manded an increase in the 15 percent cost of living differential allowed for Alaska in waterfront contracts. The strike was against the North- ern Stevedoring Co. Supporters of the contract con- tended that the 15 percent differ- ential, along with other contract provisions, actually amounted to more pay than the government’s “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1951 No ‘Permanent | Breakdown' Seen In Truce Talks TOKYO, Aug. 31—P—An allied spokesman said today “there is no indication that there will be a per- manent breakdown” in truce talks to end the Korean war. The spokesman made the state- ment amid a welter of new Com- munist charges that United Nations forces violated the Kaesong neutral zone in Korea. The UN command began immediate investigation of the new complaints. There were three of them. All previous charges have been denied. At Munsan, advance headquarters in Korea of UN truce negotiators, Major James MacMaster told news men there was no sign of a final breakdown in the talks. The allied spokesman amplified his statement only by referring to the announced UN willingness to resume talks whenever the Reds are ready. Communists broke them off eight days ago. Other sources observed that neith- | er side wants to assume responsibil- ity for renewing full scale warfore While the Reds have not answered Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's offer | to resume negotiations, they main-| tained official contact between truce delegations by the mere act of fil- ing new protests. Thousands of Reds Reported Moving Info Eastern Korea Hills U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Aug. 31—(P— Thousands of North Korean troops were reported today moving toward the -front in hilly eastern Korea. Savage fighting has been in progress | there more than two weeks. | Yesterday and last night, Allied | planes ripped into these reinforce- | ments, into their highway supply | convoys and the railroads feeding down to Communist front lines all across Korea. Screen Planned By U. S. Air Force WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—P— The U. S. Air Force is planning a “radar screen” for its bases in Britain, western Europe and the Mediterranean area. An Air Force spokesman con- firmed today that “a sizable part” of the $1,071,000,000 requested of Congress for “classified” Air Force construction overseas will go into such an air raid warning and pa- l ! allowance of a 25 percent different- ial on a 40-hour week basis. The other provisions include time and a half for work done after 5 p.m. and for all work beyond 30 hours a week. Kennecoft Copper Breaks Deadlock In Wage Dispule WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—AP—A settlement of the wage dispute at Salt Lake City plants of the Kenne- cott Copper Corp.—one of the major concerns in the nationwide copper strike—was reached today. It was regarded as breaking the deadlock and pointing to a quick end of the strike, Negotiators for the company and unions reached agreement on the basis of a 15 cent hourly pay increase. This is subject to ratification by the unions involved. The agreement represented a com- promise between the 16 cents de- manded by the unions and 14.8f cents previously offered by the Ken- necott company. Involved in the Kennecott agree- ment are 3,400 workers who ar¢ members of the Mine Mill and Smel- ter Workers, AFL Metal Trader Unions and the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Firemen and Enginemen But it might set a pattern for set- tlement of the wider walkout in- volving 58,000 workers. Baranof due southbound Sunday | construction and cost accounting. afternoon. Aleutian due to sail from Seattle| with the today, arriving at Juneau Sept. 3.| Construction Co. on the Canol pipe- Prince George scheduled to arrive| line project. His previous exper- at 5:30 p.m. from Vancouver. TO EXCURSION INLET Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allman left| the West Side Land Co, an Ar- yesterday for their home at Ton-| mour gass Lodge at Excursion Inlet. All-| Worth, Texas. man has been here for the past two months for medical treatment. trol system. Authorization for the spending is part of $5,768,000,000 military con- struction hkill approved by the House and now pending in the Senate. Work has been speeded up on the $161,000,000 defense warn- ing system around the U. §. and Europe. This radar screen is be- ing constructed to give advance warning against possible sur- prise attacks from the air. The exact number of warning stations and their locations are secret. Those in this country and Alaska work with similar instal- lations in Canada under the mu- tual Canadian-U.S. defense plan. E MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Proleslvrs at White House Pickets protesting Communist tyranny /in Czéchoslovikia march in front of the White Hn‘ne. ‘Wash- ington, while the new Czech nm’au:r{or. Dr. Viadimer Prochazka, presents his credentials to Presi- dent Truman. Bratislava, Czechosiovakia, in October 1948, the Czech parliament. (P Wirephoto. v The pickets are fed by Eva Jasko. 11 (left), and Eliska Haskek, 10, who escaped from Eva is the daughter of Matej Jasko, former member of Eruise Ships® Huli.:‘Cu't Like Butter’; Passengers Board Prince George Glacier Scientist Halis Search for Wife, Daughter Walter A. Wood, scientist in charge of the Arctie Research Insti- tute glacie dies whose wife and uugiites HOUTU THE TI Norseman missing since July 27, has apparently given up hope of finding the plane. He was due in Juneau today from Yakutat. It is understood that the Seward and Malaspina glacier camps have been evacuated and studies are clos- ed for the season. Mrs, Wood and daughter Valerie left the Seward Glacier camp with pilot Maurice King on July 27 bound for Yakutat via Mount Hubbard. Wood was conducting studies at the foot of the mountain when King failed to arrjve. An Air Force plane noted the word “Norseman?” in the snow, put there with ration cans. The craft evacuated Wood and his créw to Yakutat. The wealthy New Jerseyite remained at the vil- lage to aid in the search. Seven days earlier a Canadian Pacific Airlines Tokyo-bound trans- port disappeared off Cape Spencer with 38 persons aboard. A concen- trated search for both ships has been going forward for the past six weeks. It has been conducted by U. S. and Canadian Air Forces, U. 8. Coast Guard, Canadian Pacific Air- lines and private planes. VISITOR FROM BETHEL Phola J. Hetfield from Bethel ar- rived here yesterday on PAA from Seattle and is stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. Pat Carroll Named fo Head Alaska Office of Federal Housing Administration C. A. to be Territorial director of the Federal Housing Administration. it was announced today by Herbert Redman, assistant commissioner of FHA from Washington, D. C. He ;aid the appointment was made oy Franklin D. Richards, commis- sioner. Carroll replaces C. C. Staples, who resigned last month. The position pays $9,000 per year. Carroll has been territorial pro- perty assessor with the Alaska Department of Taxation since 1949 and has a varied background in He first came to Alaska in 1942 Bechtel-Price-Callahan ience had been with the Founda- tion Construction Co. of New York, later with a real estate division of Co. subsidiary in Fort A former resident of Skagway, Carroll served as mayor from 1945 (Pat) Carroll was named#— through 1948. He was considered for the position of U. S. Marshal for the First Division at one time. Redmond is here with Joseph Cassidy, FHA zone commissioner, also of Washington. Redmond is a former Juneau resident and a past exalted ruler of the local Elks Lodge. “We are glad to have an Alas- kan on the job,” Redmond said, “a man who has a background of accounting and construction experience. Carroll is also fam- iliar with the Territory.” The three men leave Monday on a trip to Anchorage and Fairbanks to inspect housing projects there. Carroll is married and has four children. " FROM EXCURSION INLET Ole Syre from Excursion Inlet is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. P. S. Ganty of Pelican, is stopping at the Baranof Hotel, <% PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, Aug. 31— (®—The bow-on collision of two Canadian summer cruise passenger ships yesterday cut half-inch steel plates “like butter,” but nobody among the 480 passengers aboard the two vessels was hurt, The northbound Canadian Na- tional Steamship company's Prince i Rupert collided with the southbound Canadian Pacific Steamship com- pany’s. Princess Kathleen off fog- shronded Lord Rock, 50 miles north of e Many of the passengers were hurled from their bunks. A gaping 20-foot hole was rip- ped in the port bow of the Kath- | leen. “Tarpaulin Muster” Steel plates sheered off the crews quarters, and 14 Kathleen sailors lost all their belongings. Sympa- thetic passengers, mostly touriste from the United States, collected $800 for the seamen. The Rupert’s bows were crumpled ’nbove the water line, but she ap- parently suffered no damage under water. The ships limped. into port here yesterday afternoon, nine hours after the grinding crash. Some of the Rupert passengers continued their voyage to Alaska last night aboard the Prince George. The Princess Joan headed here from Vancouver to take the Kath- leen’s passengers south. Petersburg Tops Juneaw’s Ano-er-Fish - - Juneau is not exclusive with its anoplop- -er- -anoplommid- - well, anyway, its skilfish, it was learned today from Earl Ohmer, president of the Alaska Glacier Seafood Co., of Petersburg. Ohmer read in The Empire of the 48-pounder brought to the Juneau Cold Storage by Larry Fitzpatrick, and of the gasps uttered by those standing by, who thought it was the largest black cod ever taken. It wasn’t really a black cod, however, but an anoplopmi—here we go again. (The word is anoplopmidae) At any rate, Ohmer wrote that “shrimp ecapital” has a skilfish weighing 89 pounds, brought in by Capt. “Bady” Martens of the ves- sel Louis M. from off Salisbury Sound July 5. The fish was frozen and efforts to find a home for it have failed, Ohm- er reported. The same is true of the Juneau speciman. It remains frozgn at the cold storage plant. Not, satisfied with topping the cap- ital's big catch, Ohmer goes on to tell another fish story: “About 10 days ago the boat Wan- ita, skippered by Leon Hasbrouch, was fishing off Point Kingsmill and caught what is either a tuna or a close relation. Maybe its mother was kind of careless. They say these fish are generally caught in warm a hot town, maybe that's the rea- son it drifted this way.” Just to get scientific about, Ohm- summers ago schools of tuna were seen off Ketchikan and some were caught. WALTER SHARPE IS HERE registered at the Baranof Hotel waters, and since Petersburg is such | er must be reminded that several| Walter P. Sharpe of Seattle is| Nome District Attorney Fired ‘Never Heard from’ Following Conference; Found in Private Practice WASHINGTON, - Aug. 31—#— President - Truman - today removed from office a U.'S. district attor- ney in' Alaska' who the 'White House sald juxt"r,"dlsgppenreu" af- ter -attending a-conferemey of Dis= trict Attorneys: in ‘Washington last May, and was later found' in pri- vate practice in Montana. Mr. Truman’s ‘ordef removed Frank C: Bingham -as-district at- torney for Division number . two «in Alaska, effective as of last Jure 3. The background account, given by Irving Perlmeter, assistant White House press secretary, was that Bingham'eame ‘here frém Nome for the May conference ahd “was nevel heard !‘rom again.” “The Justice Department did some checking.and found he had gone to Missoula, Mont., and set up a private law practice,” Perl- meter said. “Abandoned” Job The President’s removal order, based on the Justice Department report that Bingham “abandoned” the job, made his separation from the payroll effective ‘June 3, Perl- mater sald, because this appar- ently was -the timé Bigham was due back in Nome from the Wash- ington conference., * Bingham was appointed as a federal district attorney in 1944. Mr. Truman'’s' ofder of removal was addressed to Bingham at Nome, but left’ dellvery up to the Justice Department. The order simply notified Bing- bam “you are hereby removed” from the office effective June 3, “the last day on which you per- formed official duties.” Didn’t Follow Advice During their conference here, the district attorneys were receiv- ed by President Truman in the White House rose garden on May 24. Mr. Truman made them a lit- i tle speech and said: “1 know you are ‘going to have a constructive—and have had a constructive—meeting, and that when you go back you will be feel- ing more like doing your job than you did when you came here.” R TN S S WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 67; minimum, 4. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday8 Lowest temeprat- ure tonight about 52. Highest { Saturday near 64. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — None; since July 1—5.52 inches. e o 0 00 00 00 VISITORS FROM TACOMA Baranof Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Atkinson off Averages today were as follows: | Tacoma, Wash., are guests at the'industrials 270.25, rails 80.33, utilit- PRICE TEN CENTS Gruening Joins with Salmon Industry fo Ask Exiension Of Fishing Seaso * Gov. Ernest Gruening joined for- ces yesterday with Alaska Salmon Industry spokesman to ask for an; extension of the Southeastern Al- aska salmon season, due to close tomorrow at 6 p.m. Fish and Wildlife Service offi-| clals listened all afternoon to pleas by representatives of the in- dustry, who asked an extension| of 4 days in inside waters and 7| Price (ei“ngs On Red Salmon Raised 10 Per Cent Saw Logs Used in Alaska Removed from Price Con-| trol fo Abet Production SEATTLE, Aug. 31—M—Higher Alaska red salmon prices have been granted today by the Office of Price Stabilizatio) William C. Eardley, head of the national OPS fish section, said the ruling was based on an ab- normally small 1951 Alaska red pack. It was 783,000 cases up to Aug. 18, compared with 1,110,000 at the same time a year ago. The new case prices will be $32 for one-pound tall cans, up from $29; one-pound flats up to $33 from $30; half-pound flats $19.25, from $18. Fardley's announcement came after a meeting here with the in- dustry advisory committee. He no- ted that the salmon price order, issued’ July 30, had a provision for such adjustment in case of an un- usually large or small pack. The prices are F,O.B. in the car| t . Seattle, Bellingham, Everett ‘and Astoria. " o The new ceilings, effective at once, amount to slightly more than 10 per cent over canners’ prices for Alaska red salmon | which became effective earlier | this month. These were fixed be- fore the extent of the shortage in pack in western Alaska was evident, OPS said this is the principal producing area for this brand of | salmon which constitutes about 15/ per cent of the estimated salmon | pack in Alaska and the Pacific northwest. OPS said it will issue a regula-| tion soon allowing distributors who buy from canners to pass on the increased prices to wholesalers and others. . In other actions yesterday the OPS: Exempted from price contrel | until Dec. 31 saw logs produced in Alaska and consumed by Al- askan saw mills. Alaskan logs have been subject to control under the general ceil- ing price regulation, which froze logs at the highest level existing | between Dec. 19, 1950—Jan. 26, 19651. Since the logging industry is virtually inoperative at that time | —the normal season runs from May to November—many operators found it impossible to determine ceiling prices for the current sea- 501 n. ‘The result has been a curtail- ment of production of saw logs in Alaska. To remedy the situa- tion and encourage production, OPS decided to remove controls for the balance of the season. 1t is expected that & tailored regulation will be issued covering | Alaskan saw logs before start of the 18562 season. Lifted price controls from fur seal meal, a by-product of furseal slaughtering operations carried on in Alaska by the U. S. govern-| ment. This meal, prod:ced exclu- sively by the Fish and Wildlife Service, is used in animal and | poultry feeds and for experimen- | tal purposes. Stock Quofations NEW YORK, Aug. 31—®—Clos-| ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 116%, American Tel. and Tel. 161%, Anaconda 47%, Douglas Aireraft 52%,, General Electric 59%, General Motors 50, Goodyear 94':, Kennecott 81%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 49%, Standard Oil | of California 53%, Twentieth Cent- ury Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 43%, Pound | $2.719 15/16, Canadian Exchange 94.43%. Sales today were 1,530,000 shares. ies 45, days on the outside. Forty-nine packers attended the hearing, held in the Senate chambers of the federal building. . C. Howard Baltzo, assistant re- glonal director of the service, said he would have an answer no la- ter than tomorrow noon, after he had conferred with agents now in the field surveying present runs. Extension Doubtful “Unless there is a more fav- orable showing of fish than so far, there will be no extension,” Balfzo said late this morning. e added that Seton Thompson and Richard Shuman have flown to Ketchikan and will go to the west coast, to board the service vessel Brant to be in close con- tact with the situation. Baltzo said a decision will de- pend on their findings. 7 “Prosperity, Economy” The governor expressed hope that “for the prosperity of the Territory and economics of the tishermen”" (e "season could be extended. “I am not a seientist,” Gruen- ing sald, “but it would seem from evidence ' put forth here that the season comld go on an- other four or five days, or pos- sibly a week.” Arguments put wp by industry men, much thesame as heard in previous years at the end of each season were seasoned by a touch- and-go verbal exchange between Andy Barlow, representing the Trollers Ul Aswho opposed an extension—dnd ‘W, C. Arnold, ex- ecutive director of the industry. Everyone agreed that the early run of pinks—or humpbacks—so far as the southern end of the First Division was concerned, was the best seen in years, outstrip- ping by far the large run of 1949. The late run, however, “was the L The meeting was presided over by Ballzo, assisted by Seton Thompson, head of Alaska fish- eries for the service, and Richard Shuman, fisheries management agent. Arnold led discussion for the packers. Inside. stveams, It was gener-- ally conceded, have been well seeded by the early run and no more fish are needed. However, the question concerned streams on the west coast of Baranof and Chichagof Islands, which are notoriously late. Run Slackens Packers . presented evidence that Peril Strait and Rodman Bay have had escapement and the run is beginning to slacken. packers sald they had made sacrifices during many yeats to bulld up the early run of pinks which has apparently materfalized and occurs again now in July. They stated it would be of no advantage to allow later runs to “seed the streams twice.” Late Run The late run, packers said, nev- er starts in this area until after | Aug. 30 and reaches its peak be- tween Sept. 7 and 15. Fishermen outside of Dahl Island have been getting from two to six thousand fish a day. These late fish, they pointed out, are the run which ap- pear in the inside waters in the first two weeks of September. The only person protesting an extension was Barlow. He said the number of cohoes taken by traps and seiners would work a hard- ship on trollers. ‘Excellent Season’ At this, Arnold rose to charge that “trollers have had an excel- lent season——and why should it start and stop for the benefit of trollers ‘alone?” Nick Bez, nationally known can- neryman from Seattle, joined with Arnold in firing charges at the trollers’ representative “We sacrificed our early fish- ing in July,” Bez said, “to build up the runs and help the troi- lers, And now the seiners are asked to give up for their bene- fie.” Clay Scudder, fisheries manager for the Alaska Native Service, al- so asked for an extension. It was understood, although Scudder did not say so, that several native canneries financed by his service have not fared too well this sea- son. Baltzo, in concluding, said his seryice’s interest was to preserve the late run for future years. He explained that overfishing had de- stroyed early runs and the service ‘must prevent such & thing in the late run.” ‘He maintained that volume of the late run is still unpredictable.