The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1951, Page 1

CONGRESSIONAL BRARY VASHINGTON. D. © 'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,914 Government Workers Get Pay Raise WASHINGTON, Sept. 17— (® — The Senate passed a bill today to raise the pay of 1,000,000 government workers 10 percent, up to a maxi- | mum of $800 a year. Senate action was by voice vote. | The bill now goes to the House where the post office committee has re- commended a flat $400 a year in- crease. The House is expected to act later this week. The Senate post office committee had recommended an 84 percent increase but by voice vote an amend- ment by Senator Monroney (D- Okla) was written into the bill to make the increase 10 percent. The Senate measure would grant across-the-board pay raises to al- most all except postal workers, who previously were voted increases rang- ing from $400 to $800 in another bill Bush Pilols' | To Operate, New Orders ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 17— B — Alaskan “bush pilots” will be per- mitted to operate for five years| without Civil Aeronautics Board | regulations, Delegate Bartlett of | Alaska says. | An order of the CAB exempting | pilot-owners from regulation, he| said, will be issued this week, ef- fective until Dec. 31, 1956. Bartlett said he was advised by Chairman Donald W. Nyrop of the | CAB that the new regulation will| provide that: | A pilot-owner who holds a com- | mercial or nirline pilot’s license may ! operate own plane with a c:\p-} acity of not more than four pas- sengers, without regulation. He added, in a statement, how- ever, that the owner pilot will be required to obtain a non-sched- | mander’s trip to Korea and return | now before a Senate-House confer- | ence committee. } The Senate adopted an amend- | ment by Senator Langer (R-Ind) | making the proposed pay boost—es- | uled air carrier operating certifi- cate from the Board. Bartlett said the board's new rul- ing will state: “Few complaints regarding the timated to cost $340,000,000 yearly— effective as of last July 1. Under the measure, the average | pay raise would be $307.53 a year, with a limit of $800 on all increases. | New Officers Are Elected by Auke Bay Post of A. L. Jack L. Sturtevant, local Terri- | torial Employment Service official, was elected Friday to succeed George F, Cantillon as Commander of Auke Bay Post No.'25, The American Legion, at that organi- zation’s annual election of officers. Other dfficers-elect are: J. I Noble #ind Clarence C. Mosher, Vice-commanders; and Bill C. Stil- ley, Sergeant-at-Arms. Robert N. Druxman was re-elected Post Ad- Jjutant. Department of Alaska Comman- der John H. Van Horn, of Sitka, will install the new officers at a public installation ceremony on September 29 at DeHart's Store. He will be assisted by members and officers of Juneau Pgst No. 4. In other business, the Auke Bay Legionnaires voted to go ghead immediately with plans for a com- munity playground. A site has been chosen on the Loop Road a short distance -above DeHart's Store and application is to be made to the U. S. Forest Service for permission to use the land. A work crew will turn out at 9 am., Saturday, September 29 to clear the land preparatory to filling and leveling. All members of the com- munity are invited to participate in this work. The Legion also voted to put their weekly movies on a business operaticn of the pilot owners have | been received from the general pub- lic or, with one exception from the | certified carriers. Experience has shown that the certified carriers do not have the facilities to perform all needed ‘bush’ operations, and that with growing defense needs in Al- aska and the difficulty of aircraft replacement the equipment of pilgt- owners in air transportation is €s- sential to supplement the opera- | tions of the certified carriers. i “Moreover, it appears that the di- version of revenue from the certifi- | cated ‘carriers is not economically | significant and the pilot-owners are, | in the main, operating within their jurisdiction. Heretofore, the exemp- tion permission to the Alaskan pilot- owners had been extended on a year- to-year basis. It now appears to the board that th need for the supple- mentary service will undoubtedly continue to exist for the next several years and.that consequently the ex- tension of the operating authority should be continued for a period of five years.” OPERATION AUTHORITY WASHINGTON— (@ —The Civil Aeronautics Board today renewed the operating authority of Alaska’s “push-pilots” for a full five years. These airmen own and fly their| own craft in the territory, largely serving outlying communities and | remote settlements inaccessable fo scheduled operators. The board first gave the pilot- owners in Alaska authority to con- duct such irregular operations early | in 1948 and since has renewed these | permits on a year-to-year basis. The | action providing a five-year author-| ity was recognition of the fact that | a specific need has been developed | for this type of emergency and cas- ual service in the area. ' tions greater power in the early stag- | the British commonwealth might basis with admission to be charged and top quality professional films| to be presented. The first show is expected to be given in October. Details are to be announced later. Community fire protection was also discussed at the Legion meet- ing with several ideas presented for the consideration of the Auke Bay Public Utilities District. It was voted to initiate another money raising campaign to finish paying for the new post commun- ity building site. The campaign will be conducted during November and details are to be announced at that time. - TO OLYMPIA TO ATTEND SCHOOL A former employee of, the Fish and ‘Wwildlife Service has gone south planning to attend school in Olympia ‘Wash. She is Miss June Eliason, who was with the federal aid division of the service. After visiting her home in Shelton Miss Eliason will attend an Olympia school which trains persons for ser- vice in the diplomatic corps. The Washington Merry - Go- Round WASHINGTON.—The men who run the Senate Pinance Committee are among the wealthiest in Con- gress, including five millionaires. Most of the others have large out- side incomes well above their $15,- 000-a-year * Senate salaries. Yet these well-heeled Senators have just finished drafting a com- plicated, new tax bill that will spare the rich and soak the poor more than at any time since the days of Andy Mellon. It is literally L (Continued on Page 4) Carrier Crews Now Trained for Atomic Bombing WASHINGTON, Sept. 17— ® — Adm. William Fechteler said today | the Navy now has carrier crews | trained to handle atomic bombs. He said this includes both men in the ship crews and those who fly the carrier planes. The Chief of Naval operations told a news conference that the planes would be used for “tactical” opera- tions of the fleet (against naval targets ashore or afloat). He said the navy already has two types of planes which can operate off a carrier and carry atomic bombs. They are the AJ attack plane and the P2V Neptune patrol bomber. The navy started practicing with the use of simulated atomic bombs in exercises last spring and will use them again in the current exercises which started in the Atlantic yes- terday, Fechteler said. During the last year, the nuclear | fission weapon experts have report- edly developed a compact size atomic | bomb which can be handled in com- | paratively small planes. Thus they | could be used in carrier based as| well as light bombers and possibly | fighters of the air force. | [ TIDE TABLES September 18 | e High Tide 327 am., 171 ft. | e Low Tide 9:24 am., 04 ft. High Tide 332 p.m. 184 ft. Low Tide 9:56 p.m. -1.3 ft. e 6 & & o o o o | today to give the New York Yankees | | ough with 13 hits today as he turned | Cordova is stopping at the Baranof | chorage are at the Gastineau Ho- DON'T FORGET TO VOTE Ridgway Ready - For Resumption Cease-Fire Talks TOKYO, Tuesday, — —Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway notified the | communist high command Monday he was still ready to resume cease- fire negotiations broken off by the | JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, S Wild Atfacks 'Made on Hills, Korean Front Reds. mander made a 12-hour flying trip |slashed by allied artillery late Mon- to Army commander, Gen. James A.| van Fleet, in case his offer was again rejected. | He also saw British common- wealth division commanders bc{ure‘ he returned to Tokyo Monday night. | Ridgway's terse message to the Reds made no mention of Kaesong, | which he previously had declared | unacceptable for further armis- | tice talks. !‘ Ridgway's headquarters at mid- | night described the supreme com- | as “routine.” However, the gravity of the mili- tary situation in Korea has been increasing for days. The Reds have been concentrating strongly on the western front and a Red offensive there was considered very possible if not probable. small Nations Wani Bigger Yoice in NATO By JOHEN M. HIGHTOWER OTTAWA, Sept. 17— (@ —Small nation members today were reported demanding a greater voice in major policy decisions of the North Atlan- tic Couneil. A Canadian source, linking the de- mands of the current controversy over Greek-Turkish membership in the alliance, said it seemed certain some “custom” would have to be established to give the smaller na- es of policy making. Some of the heat was expected to be taken off the big nations— America, Britain, France—by ex- pected agreement on plans to ex- pand the work of the trcaty or- ganization into political and ec- onomic as well as military fields. This has been a primary concern of both Canada and western Eu- ropean countries. As the council went into its fourth closed door session, the Canadian informant, forbidding use of his name, suggested some such relation- ship as exists among the nations of provide the answer for the problem of the small nations in NATO—some of which evidently feel they are too often called on to rubber-stamp approval of major powers decisions. This feeling is sharper than us- ual at present because the United States has pressed hard against small nation opposition for a fav- orable decision on its proposal that Greece and Turkey be admitted to membership. The Danish and Nor- wegian delegations, the final ob- jectors are expected to go along in the end but only after making clear their dislike of the whole project to the council. GAMES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. l’1—4fl——PhH} Rizzuto squeezed Joe DiMaggio home | with one out in the ninth inning | a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians. The victory increased the | Yanks’ lead over the Indians in the tight American League pennant race to one game. BOSTON, Sept. 17—{#—The Bos- ton Red Sox supported Ray Scarbor- in a 12-5 victory over the Chicago ‘White Sox. The most potent Boston blows were homers by Ted Williams and Clyde Vollmer and a triple by Fred Hatfield. CHICAGO, Sept. 17—(»—Two-run homer in the seventh by Hank Sauer the pinch-hitter Gene Hermanski erased a 3-0 Brooklyn lead and gave the Chicago Cubs a 5-3 win over the Dodgers today. The setback trimmed Brooklyn's lead over idle New York to four games. VISITOR FROM CORDOVA Charles R. Nestor of PNA at Hotel. FROM ANCHORAGE Mr. and Mrs. Dave Morey of An- tel. Frank Skinner of Seattle is reg- Korea to confer with his Eighth | gay after faling to gain in a series of wild counterattacks on the east- central front. In all-day fighting, the Reds got as far as a saddle between a Red- held hill and an allied-held height. The allies have dubbed the loca- | tion north of Yanggu “heartbreak ridge” because of the many attacks and counterattacks there. As the Reds fell back down a trail toward the southwest, they came under heavy artillery fire An allied officer said results were “excellent.” It was not known how many, if any, of the enemy escaped. || On the western front, allied troops supported by heavy -artillery fire seized control of a hill northwest of Chorwon. The Reds withdrew after a two-hour battle, then fired artillery onto the hill. Patrols clashed at several points along this front. Allied air observors reported a decrease in enemy activ- ity, particularly vehicle movements. Cold rains sweeping across the peninsula brought allied air attacks to a virtual standstill. The Red counterattacks in the east began in the light of a nearly full moon. 20 Killed, Air Show Violation FLAGLER, Colo, Sept. 17—/®— A Civil Aeronautics Board official says CAA regulations obviously were vigiated 4n an uii shew plane-erash which killed 20 persons. Seventeen persons were injured. A stunt plane plunged into closely parked cars and spectators during the air show in this small farming town Saturday. Regional CAB Chief R. P. Par- shall, directing a probe today, said: «Tt was obvious the pilot was too close to the crowd.” He described the crash as “the worst tragedy involving a small air- craft in this country’s aviation his- tory.” The 20, including the pilot, were killed or fatally injured as a low wing monoplane stunt craft crashed and scattered over 150 yards packed with rows of parked cars and spectators at an air show highlighting the Flagler fall festi- val. The wing of the plane snagged on wheat stubble as the pilot, First Lt. | Norman L. Jones, a student at the | Lowry Air Force Base photo school |on temporary duty from Davis- Monthan Base at Tucson, Ariz., did a | barrel-roll in the civilian craft. The plane cartwheeled into the crowd and practically disintegrated, dealing out death, suffering and anguish. There were 13 children among the dead. Two of them were a daughter and son of Charles Keller, who also lost his wife in the tragedy. Farmers moved into the milling, stunned crowd with pickup trucks to | evacuate the dead before ambulances arrived. Private Plane Crash Sunday Takes Four Lives CHEHALIS, Wash., Sept. 17—P— Aprivate plane crashed shortly af- ter taking off from the .Chehalis airport Sunday killing the pilot and three passengers. Lewis County Sheriff Frank Thay- er said the dead were: Clarence E. Falk, 30, Pendleton Ore., the pilot. L. W. Rushton, about 50, Onalaska ‘Wash. Lloyd E. Rachau, 16, Onalaska. Lee Berg, 16, South Bend, Wash Thayer said the four-place Stin- son Voyager plunged into a COW pasture 300 yards southwest of the airport a minute after taking off on the return leg of a charter flight from Pendleton. It plowed a 180-foot furrow and burst into flames. Heavy fog covered the airport at the time of the crash. Thayer said Falk took off, climbed into the fog and was on a second circle of the field when the plane made @ istered at the Baranof Hotgl. full-power crash, U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- 3 QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 17—(®— However the supreme allied com- | A North Korean battalion was |3 "TEMBER 17, 1951 - Tank Support for Hill Battles More than a dozen tanks sit in fiska Nurses Association in Big Association NEW YORK, Sept. 17—®—The American Nurses' Association today | announced the admission of the Al- aska. Nurses' Association as its 52nd member Mrs. Elizabeth K. Porter, ANA president, said the ANA board of di- rectors at a meeting late Sunday “geeepted unanimously” the appli- cation of the Alaska group to be- come a constituent member. Notification of the action was telegraphed to Mrs. Elizabeth Fritz, of Anchorage, president of the Alas- ka association which was formally organized last spring. The ANA, representing some 175,- 000 registered nurses, has constitu- ent, embers in the 48 states, the Distriet of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Hawail. Addition of Alaska | rounds out the last of U. S. geo- graphical units. Taku Road Report Given at Lions Meet The proposed Taku road Wwas discussed at a regular Lions club meeting at the Baranof Hotel Monday noon. Chamber of Com- merce Secretary F. O. Eastaugh and road committee chairman Jer- Y1r_v McKinley outlined the history and progress of the project. McKinley estimated that the cost of the road 50 miles from here to the Canadian boundary would be approximately $5,000,000. He pointed out that the Taku was |a natural pass through the coast |range. He stressed the commercial | values that would follow as a re- sult of a road connection to a highway system. Eastaugh reported that British Columbia had made an aerial sur- vey of the old Telegraph Trail |route north from Hazelton' up the |Rocky mountain trench to Atlin |from a standpoint of development |of forest and mining resources. | He said that the Chamber con- |tinued to press for an extension |of the Glacier Highway to Berners Bay on the east side of Lynn Can- and an extension from Haines |south on the opposite side that |could be serviced by a short haul | ferry. Eastaugh pointed out that Cor- dova had put out a brochure on its projected road connection with the Richardson Highway and had suc- ceeded in getting a .survey made. In the absence of Carl’ Rusher, | vice Preésident , Al Ransome con- | ducted the meeting, Joe Werner vas programs chairman. Visiting Lions were Ray Hand of Los Angeles, Calif. and Bob Col- vccio of Centralia, Wash. Herman ithlman, Juneau high school acher was a guest. ) — ( JIM GRAY IS HERE | | James Gray, son of Mrs. Emma Gray, arrived here from Valdez | Friday where he has been with the | Alaska Road Commission for the | past summer. He will leave Thurs- | day for Corvallis, Ore. where he |teaches engineering at Oregon | state College. Gray is the son of “Dolly” Gray, an enthusiastic base- ball patron in the early days of Juneau. CONTRACTOR HERE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS , a valley on Korea Voiefs fo Ded&é & On Councilmen's Terms Tomorrow Juneau residents will go to the polls tomorrow at the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co., to decide if city ocuncilmen will be elected for two-year terms instead of one. The proposed ordinance would ar- range for three councilmen to catry over yearly, If the ordinance is ap- proved by the voters, the three can- didates receiving the highest num- ber of votes at the regular city election Oct. 2, will be elected for two years. The next three highest will serve one year, Second Pink Run Makes Poor Showing Says (. H. Baltzo The second pink salmon run on the West Coast of Prince of Wales Island is very sparse, C. Howard Baltzo, assistant regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service said this morning. ~ Rumors had stated that the run was good, but surveys carried out by Bob Baade, service agent, found them to be untrue, Baltzo stated. This was the run on which packers and fishermen had asked extension of the recent seining season. Baltzo said, however, there was a good run of chums and probabl some of the reports of the big pink run-were based on the showing of chums, [ T He said chum$|teré fairly abund- ant at Tuexhan, El Capitan Pass and Tlevak Narrows, all on the west coast of Prinee of Wales and at Klawock Creek and are also appar- | ently starting to show on Cholmon- deley and Moira Sounds on the east coast of the island. He said to date there is not a satisfactory escapement of pinks. DIVORCES FILED Two divorces were filed in U. S District Court Monday. Esther Olson fs asking a decree from Dayid Olson and Grace Kinnan filed for divorce from Arthur Kin- nan. The Olsons were married Oct. 3, 1945 in Sitka and have two children for which the mother asks custody. They separated Feb, 10, 1950. Mrs. Olson- petitioned for $50 per month for support of the two child- ren plus court costs and attorney fees. She is represented by M. E. Monagle, attorney. The Kinnans were maried March 25, 1950 in Seattle, They have one child. Mrs. Kinnan asks custody of the child and $150 per montl for support, plus the family home in Juneau. She is represented by M. E. Monagle, attorney. Stock Quofafions NEW YORK, Sept. 17—#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 118%, American Tel. and Tel 159, Anaconda 49%, Douglas Air- craft 58%, Ggneral Electric 637, General Motors 51%, Goodyear 47, Kennecott 84, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9, Northern Pacific 55, Stand- ard Oil of California 54, Twentieth Century Fox 20%, JJ. 8. Steel 44%, 0. W. McIntyre of the McLaugh- | 1 94.75. lin Construction Co. of Great Falls, Mont. is here for a road bid open- ing at the Alaska Road Commission | tomorrow. He s stopping at the Baranof Hotel, Pound $279%, Canadian Exchange Sales today were 1,830,000 shares. Averages tgday were as follows: industrials 275.09, rails 84.22, utilities 4546, . I = east central front, waiting to give support to UN F!rm)ps attacking Communist positions in the surrounding hills. The tank crewmen absorb some sun and air as they sit on top of their vehicles awaiting orders to move un. (P Wirephoto. Planes, Alaska Air Command, Are Grounded ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 17 —{M—All plane in the Alaska Air Command have been grounded “in the interest of safety until each passes an intermediate inspection,” an Alaska Air Command spokes- man sald today. The'*order, similar to one issued | the Navy last week, follows a series of military and civilian plane accidents which +<have claimed nearly 100 lives in Alaska since mid-July. ‘The Alaska command public In- | formation officer sald the ground- ing order by Maj. Gen. wiiltan 5 Old, commanding general of the Alaska Air Command, exempted emergency flights and applied only to planes under Olds' jurisdiction. “Some of the planes have been inspected and returned to flying | status,” the PIO said. “All will be |back in the air in a day or two.” ‘The Navy took similar steps last Thursday, grounding a naval air ]\\l[ufldl'flll at Kodiak, Alaska, “for morale purposes.” Francis P. Whitehair, undersec- retary of the Navy, in disclosing the action, told Rep. Mitchell (D-Wash) that three of four re- cent crashes involving Navy PB4Y2, or privateer, bombers were suffered patrol sqadron 9 at | Kodiak. The crashes claimed 45 | lies. At least 12 Air Force fliers have ybeen killed in recen’, C-47 trans- port and helicopter crashes. by Honolulu Trip Won Saturday by Rey Carrigan Winner of the round trip for two by air to Honolulu awarded saturday night at the Catholic |Church bazaar was Roy Carrigan |of the Juneau-Douglas Telephone Company. “We were very pleased with thc uccess of the bazaar,” said the Rev. Robert Whelan. “The Parish Hall was packed Saturday evening.” Other awards went to: Phil Ber- tholl, a roundtrip by air for two to Seattle; Bill Sweeney, , $100 merchandise certificate; George Mamalo, $50 savings bond; W. L. (Bud) Nance, $25 savings bond; Dr. |L. S. Thorne, rhinestone necklace and earrings; Mrs. Alex Holden crocheted table cover; Margarel sett, handmade quilt; Verne | Metcalf, "hobby horse. Co-chairmen for the event were James Cauley and John Mc- Laughlin. “Most of the credit for the success of the bazaar can be |viven to the two men,” said Rev. Whelan. Princess Leouise sails from Van- couver Sept. 19, arrives Juneau Sept. 22. Baranof sails from Seattle on Friday. Aleutian scheduled northbound Tuesday at 1 am. Freighter Coastal Monarch due to arrive Tuesday at 7 a.m. Freighter Sailor’s Splice scheduled . ) to. arrjve sometime 'I"hursdly night, ey PRICE TEN CENTS 2 Lashing Talks Given ¢ By Truman Says Bolshevik Agree- ment Not Worth Paper lts Written On WASHINGTON, Sept. 17— # — President Truman, in two lively speeches today, lashed out at Rus- sian dictatorship abroad and politi- cal maneuvering at home. He also assailed what he called the “slick” magazine publishers for enjoying “juicy subsidies” on mail rates while ‘opposing government subsidles for every one else. In his first address at the Library of Congress, he called Russian so- ciety a “jungle” and said through it “the naked power of the governmant prowls like a beast of prey, makin all men afraid.” . Mr. Truman's second speech was delivered to the National _Assocla- tion of Postmasters, assembled in Constitution Hall, He told them a lot of people “are trying to make political capital” by attacking the loyalty of government workers. He said it was “a contemptible way to get votes.” The President aroused cheers from the postmasters as he attack- ed his oppesition in a maner rem- inescent of his “given ‘em hell’ campaign of 1948, He even added a teaser on whether he might run agaln next year. He referred to a new kind of light motor vehicle appearing in.subur- ban districts and said, “if I ever get retired from the Presidency I'm going to get one of these machines to ride around in.” Mr. Truman’s first appearance was at a ceremony.in which the United States Constitution and the Declar- ation of Independence were enshrin- ed at the Library in new protective cases to preserve them for centuries, In his attack on the Soviet Un- ion, Mr, false ‘s their troaty agreements.” It was a departure .from his pre- pared text. R “A Bolshevik agreement is not worth the paper it fs written on,” he said. “It is only a scrap of paper.' 1 Fisherman Taken On lllegal Fishing Atter Sea 'Battle’ ' VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 17—(®— One fisherman is charged with il- legal fishing and two others -were sought today following a running gun fight between a PFisheries De- partment boat and two gillnetters on the weekend. William MacDonald, 38, of Stev- 2ston, 10 miles south of Vancou- ver, is charged with peaching and two boats, Lina Lee and Sandra M, have been seized. The sea ‘“battle” followed dis- covery by Fisherjes inspector Ar- chie Sherman of a half-mile gill- net strung across Cowichan Bay, closed to commercial fishing. Sherman said he waited in his launch until the net was approach- :d and arrested MacDonald, sole cccupant of the fishboat, a warn- ing rifle shot was fired across the fishboat’s bhows. As Sherman boarded the fish- boat, police sald, the other boat irew alongside and Sherman was manhandled and thrown back into the government boat. ‘This, police said, was followed by a shotgun blast fired by one of the three fishermen. In the con- fusion, two fishboats. got away, and the other two fishermen es- :aped. CONTRACTOR HERE D. L. Cheney of S. Birch and 3ons from Ancfiorue is stopping it the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 8:20 o'clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 63; minimum, §3. - FORECAST (Juneau and Vielmity) Partly cloudy with very light rain showers tonight and Tuesday. Lowest temper- ature tonight near 50. High- est Tuesday near 58. 0900000000000 0 00 PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. today At Airport — None; since July 1 01 niches. o 0 0