The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1951, Page 1

ONGRESSIO AL IBRARY ASHINCGTON, D € HE DAILY VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,916 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WED AL THE TIME” “ALL THE NEWS Nl'mbé\\;. SEPTEMBER 19, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Double Drowning At Nome Atorney C. C. Tanner, Eric Nelson Lose Lives in Safety Lagoon NOME, Sept. 19—(—Nome’s on-| ly attorney, C. C. Tanner, and a companion drowned yesterday on a hunting trip. Ironically, the tragedy occurred in Safety Lagoon. The other missing man was Eric Nelson. They were lost when the boat overturned in the icy water. Tanner, a long-time Nome area resident is survived by his widow and small daughter. His loss leaves this distant Al- aska city without any attorney or judge. The only other attorney in the city the past few years, was Frank C. Bingham, who was U. S. Dist- rict attorney for the Second Divis- ion. He/is in the states and was relieved of his position by Presi- dent Truman on Aug. 31. The Pres- ident said Bingham had “disap- peared” on a trip to the states in- stead of returning to his post. Bingham responded the next day that he was only taking the leave to which he was entitled. Judge Joseph Kehoe, far western Alaska’s only jurist, also is gone. He moved to Juneau last week as the new Secretary of Alaska. Yolers Approve Two-Year Terms For Councilmen In a special city electiomheld yes- terday, Juneau voters gpproved a city ordinance changing council- men terms from one to two years, with three council members carry- ing over each year. Out of 240 ballots cast, 193 approv- ed the change while 47 were against it. All ballots were cast at the polls set up in the display room of the Alaska Light and Power Company. According to the provisions of the approved drdinance, the three councilmen receiving the thighest number of votes in a regular elec- tion Oct. 2, will go in for two-year terms. The next three highest will| serve one-year terms. Thereafter only three councilmen will be elect- ed yearly for two-year terms. To date only one citizen has filed for a candidate for councilman, C. L. Popejoy, city clerk, said today. He is Albert Glover of the Spruce Delicatessen on Willoughby Ave. At the same time a mayor and city magistrate will be chosen for | GAMES TODAY two year terms. FROM ANCHORAGE R. J. Stevenson of Anchorage arrived here yesterday on PNA and is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. o R FROM SITKA J. M. Voyles of Sitka is at the Gastineau Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON. — Jovial Mike Di Salle, the price administrator, went down to the White House the other day and broke the news to President Truman that he wanted to retire from his prickly, unpop- ular price job on December 1. Truman vigorously demurred. He protested that Mike must stay on, finally agreed only that he would discuss the matter again with Di Salle in November. During the course of the conver- sation, the President asked Di Salle what he wanted to do when he went back to private life, and the price administrator replied that he wanted to wait and see what Frank Lausche, the present Demo- cratic Governor of Ohio, did. Lausche, who refused to oppose Taft last year, is popular with Re- publicans and may run against GOP Senator Bricker. But if he doesn’t, Di Salle told Truman, he would like to run himself. “When we have a Democratic Senator from Ohio,” shot back the President, “let’s have a real Dem- ocrat. Not a counterfeit like that fellow Lausche.” Huge Loan Stopped Forty-six million dollars may not seem like a lot of money in these days of huge billion-dollar defense budgets, but several hundred thous- and little taxpayers have to chip mlj- (Continued on Page 4) Judge's Threat Forces Gambler | Gross fo Talk Is Told fo Take Chair and Testify or Be Chained fo It NEW YORK, Gambler Harry Sept. 19— B — Gross defiantly stomped down from the witness r at Brooklyn's mass police- | graft trial today, but returned af- ter the judge threatened to ‘“chain you to the chair.” “You ceme back here, and t stand,” Kings County uel S. Liebowitz shouted. don’t, I'll chain you to | chair with handcuffs.” | r the one-time multi- vookmaker ambled tand and cat down take Judge R the up to tne | mis deflant gesture came. af- ter he had refused for the second day in a row to continue his tes- timony about his purported mil lion-dollar-a-year bribery pay- offs to police. A heated exchange ensued be- tween him and the judge. “I stand on my rights,” d stubbornly. “You have no rights,” the judge retorted. “You waived them yester- day. If you don’t answer those questions, I warn you I will sent- ence you to the limit of the law. I'll do it if you have to rot in jail.” | Gross, whose abrupt halt in | testimony yesterday threatened to | wreck the graft trial of 18 pres- ent or former policemen, had re- lented after a recess, and agreed to resume his testimony today. But when the trial resumed, he announced resolutely: “I will not answer questions, or later.” | The gambler’s silence yesterday came had told of a pel a bookmaking @ |to & 320,000,00‘0 1Ca GROws anis 78 NEW YORK, Sept. 1—P—Kings County Judge Samuel 8. Leibowitz |today dismissed the indictment against 18 policemen accused of taking bribes, after gambler Harry Gross defiantly refused to give tes- | timony. The judge’s action came after | the prosecution conceded that with- |out Gross’ testimony, it could not | hope to go on with the trial. In throwing the case out, Leibo- witz sentenced the balky gambler to 60 months in jail for contempt of court, and $15,000 in fines. ! Earlier Gross defiantly stomped down from the witness chair but returned after Judge Leibowitz ‘threatened to “chain you to the | chair.” Gross i PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19— (& — Murry Dickson hurled the Pitts- ;hurghA Pirates to a 7-3 triumph over the Boston Braves today to notch his 19th win of the season. Earl ‘Torgerson smashed his 22nd home run for the Braves in the ninth. PHILADTLPHIA, Sept. 19—®— One big inning was enough to pro- vide the Philadelphia Athletics with |an 8 to 1 victory over Detroit today as they pounced on three Tiger | hurlers for seven of their eight tal- lies in the fourth frame. | BOSTON, Sept. 19— (® —The | Cleveland Indians thrashed the | Boston Red Sox, 15-2, before 23,321 | anguished fans at Fenway Park to- day to sweep the two game series land dim Boston’s fading pennant hopes. NEW YORK, Sept. 19—(P—Rookie | Mickey Mantle belted a three-run | homer in the fourth inning today to spark the New York Yankees to a 5-3 triumph over the Chicago | White Sox. The triumph enabled | the Yanks to remain three percent- (age points ahead of the Cleveland | Indians in the American League pennant race. ESIod( Quofations | New York, Sept. 19—(»—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine I stock today is 2%, American Can 117%, American Tel. and Tel. 159, Anaconda 48%, Douglas "Aircraft 60%, General Electric 63%, General | Motors 51%, Goodyear 47%, Kenne- cott 84%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 56%, Stand- ard Oil of California 53%, Twentieth Century Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 43%, |Pound $2.79%, Canadian Exchange 194.81%, Sales today were 2,060,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 274.27, rails 84.37, utilties 45.54. Senator Asks 'All-Out Use of ‘Atomic Bombs WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— (® — | Senator McMahon ‘(D-Conn) has | called for all-out mass production of | atomic weapons to equip a mighty atomic army, navy and air force. He said emphasis on atomic rather than conventional armaments would save U. 8. taxpayers $30,000,000,000 a year. The chairman of the Senate- House atomic energy committee de- clared in a prepared Senate address that all-out mass production could bring the cost of an A-bomb down to less than that of a tank. He urged that this country spend $6,000,000,000 a year to equip an atomic army, navy and air force he said could guarantee Amer] curity by making it impos: Russia to attack the free world. He said that only $750,000,000 actually was paid out of the treasury for the atomic program in the year ending last June 30. “Dollar for dollar,” McMahon de- clared, “atomic deterring power is actually hundreds of times cheaper than TNT. An atomic weapon can produce, at a cost of twenty of thirty dollars, the same explosive force which costs literally thousands of dollars to produce by ordinary means.” World Series Ticket Sales At Cleveland CLEVELAND, Sept. 19—(®—The Cleveland Indians began accepting world series ticket orders today. “We aren't counting our chickens,” the club anonunced, “but we can ne lonzer delay snnouncement of qn world series ticket plans.” The American League champion- ship may not be decided before the final day, Sept. 30, and the club has to get started with arrangements well ahead of that time—just in case. Senalgz)v—efi;s Truman Veto on Pensions 69 fo 9 WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—{#—The Senate has joined the House in over-riding President Truman’s vetc of a bill increasing the pensions of veterans disabled in civil life. The vote was 69 to 9. The action writes the measure into law despite Mr. Truman's objec- tions. B In his veto message of Aug. 6 Mr. Truman estimated the bill would cost the government about $16,700,- 000 the first year and by the end of the century, as veterans advanced in age, would cost about $400,000,- 000 a year. Veterans with non-service disabilities now get pensions rang- ing from $60 to $72 a month. The bill Mr. Truman vetoed would raise this to $120 a month. The bill would not affect pensions of veterans whose disability resulted from military service. No Senator voiced support of the President’s veto during the one-hour debate that preceded the vote on the measure. \Proposed Sales Tax Apparently Lost, Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 19— {M—Anchorage voters apparently de- feated yesterday a proposal for a two percent retail sales tax for school purposes. Partial returns indicated the vote was running about two to one against the tax. There was a heavy vote. The issue was: Shall the Anchor- age independent school district levy the tax for the building of schools and improving of the school trans- portation system. Under the school board proposal, the tax would have been limited to $5,350,000 total col- lections. PROPOSAL LOSES ~ ANCHORAGE, Sept. 19—(M—An- chorage city and vicinity voters re- jected by a 2,096 to 1,108 vote yester- day a proposal for a two per cent sales tax for school buildings and buses. It was the largest vote ever re-| cordetl in the Anchorage Independ- ent School District election. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vining of Wales are at the Baranof Hotel. Plane Crash Scene Aid is cffered to injured after a plane erashed and cartwheeled into a crowd of 1,000 persons and closely packed automobiles at an air show at Flagler, Colorado. Ninetcan e ersons were killed and more than 20 others injured. It was undetermined whether the man in the foreground was dead or injured. P Wirephoto. Fomer_ Din;d(;r o(w RFC Swears Boyle Called Him on Loans Tells Senators Meetings Were Arranged for Bor- rowers; Boyle Denies 19—{P— WASHINGTON, . Sept. | Former RFC dirgetor William E. HELES swofe Loday UL Wuillaia M. Boyle, Jr., contacted him three time about loan matters after be-| coming Democratic National chair- man. Willett, who left the RFC (Re- construction Finance Corporation) last May in a reorganization, tes- ified before Senators investiga- ting charges that Boyle brought oolitical influence to bear on op- crations of the government loan agehcy. Boyle has denied using any such nfluence. Willett told a Senate Investiga- ions Subcommittee he received telephone calls from Boyle arrang- ng meetings for various persons. One of these, he said, was on May 29, 1950, to arrange a meet- ing between Willett and two en- gineers for Thompson and Star- ett Co., which sought an assign- ment to survey properties of the Lustron Corp., of Columbus, Ohio, | a big RFC borrower. He said the firm did not get the job. He described another call, Nov. 19, 1949, arranging an interview for an official of the Wren Man- ufacturing Co.,, and a third one Sept. 11, 1950, for Sam Marks, counsel for the Copper City Min- ing Co. Wren and the mining com- pany already had received their .oans, Willett said. He was not asked immediately for further details, but Senator Nixon (R-Calif), a subcommittee member, demanded a ckeck on whether either Boyle or Max Sis- kind, Boyle's former law. partner, represent any of those firms now. The Senate investigation already has churned up a grade-A political fight. WOMAN NOW IN CASE WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—(®— E. Merl Young testified that the daughter of the Washington Rep- resentative of American Lithofold Corp. worked in the White House at the time the company got $645,000 in RFC loans. Young, former White House fre- quenter whose own alleged activities in connection with RFC loans have Leen under scrutiny, named the girl as Shirley Green, daughter of Lith- ofold employe Cecil Green. Young said Miss Green worked with his wife, Lauretta, a White House stenographer until she left the job following an earlier RFC investigation last spring. Mrs. Young's $8,450 mink coat won prominent mention in the earl- ier inquiry. Her husband testified today be- fore Senators looking into charges of political influence on the grant- |ing of loans by the RFC (Recon- struction Pinance Corporation.) Senator Nixon (R-Calif) asked Young where his wife and Miss | Truman when he was a Mlssouril Green had worked together. Young New Tax Bill ‘Would Yield Over 5 Billions ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—(P—The Senute Finance Committee today re- portsd fts new tax increase bill woutl vield an estimated $5,506,000,- 10005 seiar. This estimate, prepared by the group’s staff of experts, was well under the $6,000,000,000 estimate | given earlier to newsmen by Chair- | man George (D-Ga). ‘The $5,506,000,000 figure was con- | tained in the committee’s formal re- | port distributed to Senators shortly | before the Senate was scheduled to | bezin debate on the measure. Floor consideration may start late today or tomorrow. The report said that the 13 mem- bers of the committee believe the limit has about been reached on in- creases in income taxes both from individuals and corporations. U.S. Policy Favers 'Chinese Commies, Says Wedemeyer WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—M—Lt. General Albert C. Wedemeyer, war- time commander of American forces in China, testified today that re- ports submitted to him by his State Department political advisers were contrary to U. S. policy as he un- derstood it. The tall, silver-haired general, now retired, said the advisers’, “idea was to give more support to the Communist forces in lieu of the Na- | tionalist forces” of Generalissimo Chiang kai-Shek. He told the Senate’s Internal Se- curity subcommittee that American policy, “as I interpreted it, was to kcep China in the war and to sup- port the Nationalist government.” The subcommittee is searching for eny’traces of subversive influences on U. 8. policies in the far east, with the probe focused particularly on the Institute of Pacific Relations (IRP), ¢ private research organi- zation, WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Perfod ending 6:20 ¢ clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 54; minimum, 47. FORECAST (Junesu and Vicinity) Mostly fair tonight and Thursday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight near 42 degrees. Highest Thursday near 62. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — 20 inches; since July 1 — 845 inches. ® © 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 replied it was in the Presiden |office in the White House. | Young also said they previously had worked together for President s Fish Hearing Will 'Consider Quofas on Salmon Next Year SEATTLE, Sept. 19—M—The U S. Fish and Wildlife Service wil open hearings at Anchorage, Alaska, tomorrow to consider placing quota: on salmon catches in the territory’ Cook Inlet and Yakutat areas. The hearings, 1952 regulations will be held zy@\&m September 24th - and Y{ utat September 26th, the apenc) Suid Jouterday. Officials said.no major proposal: are planned for the Prince William Sound area but the service will con- sider closing the Bering River ares to August 20th to rebuild, early sal- mon runs. Major proposals to be considerec at the hearings are: Cook Inlet area. A quota to be placed on the catch »f king salmon whereby only 100,000 fish may be taken during the sea- son. The quota would be divided into weekly quotas to be establishec n the basis of mean weekly catche: of .recent years. A quota to be placed on the catch of red salmon whereby only 1,500,- 000 fish may be taken during the season. Weekly quotas based on weckly catches of recent years also would be established. All leads of pile traps to remain entirely out of the water until the opening of the salmon season. In addition to streams closed in 1951, all fishing would be prohibited on Willow Creek of the Susitna River drainage. Copper River area: Mid-weekly closed period to be extended by 12 hours making the closed period: 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thurs- day; 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Mon- day of each week, or a total closed time of 84 hours each week. Fall season to be from August 10th to Septemsber 18th, A quota of 100,000 red salmon to be placed on the Situk weir escape- ment. The weekly closed period in the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet district to be extended to include the period from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Monday, making a total of 84 hours each Russ Migs ‘Shot Down, Air Battles Hit-Skip Raids Reporfed Made on Allied Korean Positions U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 19—(P— Swift Allied jets shot down one Russian-type MIG-15 jet and lamaged five in three swirling aic battles over northwest Korea today. Aground the Communists struck sack in Eastern Korea. Two and vossibly three unidentified, pre- sumably enemy planes, hit-skip raids on Allied positions on the Western front Wednesday night. The Reds in the East seized a key hill north of Yanggu after two earlier futile attempts to storm it. X The planes bombed and strafed Allied front positions in the Yon- chon and Chorwon areas, a file dispatch said. Allied anti-aircraft 'zuns threw up a barrage of ex- Jlosive shells. At least 112 jets engaged in fights lashing from 30,000 feet down to tree top level. These were the first jet fights in five days. Murky weather had curtailed jet activity. : Capt. Dennis L. Skeen of Twin Falls, Idaho, bagged the jet shot down today. It was the first time he had run into the Rus- sian MIGS. It was his third mission over Korea, Skeen was leading a flight of ‘our F-84 Thunderjets southwest of Sunchon when he spotted eignt MIGS. Four made runs on the Allied planes. Skeen caught the ail-ender. Soon after, 37 American F-8( 3abre jets tangled with 40 MIGF n a swirling, 15-minute battle. On the ground, fighting raged in he Eastern sector north of Yang- Communist troops Wednesda orced Allied defenders off a com- nanding height in the “Heart- sreak Ridge” sector. The Alliec ‘orces had won the hill after hard ighting Tuesday midnight and ater had hurled back two Rec harges. Grounding Order liffed for Kodiak Naval Air Group WASHINGTON, Sept. i9—M—Tht navy anneunced today that flying restrictions have been lifted for na- val afr squadron nine in Alaska The unit is based at Kodiak. An announcemnt was made last Thursday that the squadron wa: rounded for “morale purposes” af- cr three of its Privateer patro) nlanes had been involved in crashes Undersecretary Francis P. White- hair said at the time that a special board of inquiry was being set up to investigate the crashes. No de- tails were available, however, on any inquiry that may have been con- ducted. Official Declares Welfare in Order For National Crisis POCONO MANOR, Pa., Sept. 19 | —#—Private health and welfare facilities of the nation have been | “carefully and deliberately organ- week. Gill nets in the Kaliakh River would be. limited to 25 fathoms in the aggregate. Greece, Turkey Are Voted Info Sphere Of Atlantic Treafy By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER OTTAWA, Sept. 19—(®—The last obstacle to an Atlantic council re- commendation that Greece and Turkey be brought into the North Atlantic Treaty apparently was swept away today by a Danish gov- ernment decision to vote for such action. Military leaders of the Atlantic alliance were reported already at work on plans to set up a new NATO middle east command centered on Turkey but designed to create a common strategy for of the world. These plans, it was learned, were tentatively shaped up by the top-|® level standing group of the NATO @ military committee, ized to meet a national emergency” | for the first time in history, Ralph | W. Blanchard says. | Blanchard, vice president of the | United Defense Fund and former | president of the National Social | welfare Assembly, spoke at a plan- | ning conference of United Service | Organizations, Inc., here. Earlier, the conference heard |Lawrence Phillips, executive vice | president of Camp Shows, Inc., quote performers who have return- ed from tours to Korea and Alas- |ka as saying that Korea is tougher than anything they saw overseas during World War II. In Alaska, Phillips added, the | performers report conditions even | tougher than in Korea, from the 1rmd relaxation. anti-Com- | munist ]arces throughout that area | September 20 . viewpoint of need for entertainment | PRICE TEN CENTS Reds Make Request for Conference UN Liaison Team, Com- mies Will Talk Over Latest Developments TOKYO, Sept. 19—(M—The Uni- ted Nations Command tonight agreed to a Communist request to send a liaison team tomorrow to the Kaesong neutral zone, site of the suspended Korean war armis- tice talks. The Reds made the request shortly after the U. N. Commaad announced that four unarmed South Korean soldiers yesterday mistakenly entered the neutral zone, - The Red request for a meeting raised speculation that the Com- munists may want to discuss re- sumption of the stalled talks, or they may want to lodge an- other charge of Allied violation of the neutral zone. The Reds broke off the talks Aug. 23 after charging that an Al- ied plane tried to “murder” Com- munist armistice negotiations with strafing fire in the zone the night efore. The Reds asked with Allied lialson officers at Panmunjom, Communist outpost 1ear the edge of thet neutral zone, it 6 a.m. Thursday (2 p.m. Wed- 1esday PDT). Tone of the notes exchanged between the Reds and Allies re- cently has been more moderate, a U. N. Command release sald, The Reds had charged that the ncident was a violation of the {aesong neutral zone. The U. N. Command took & ighter view. It said the four, members of an wnti-epidemic wunit, were “armed The Command said the South foreans were “not mistreated luring their overnight stay in Kae- ong, nor were their items of equip~ nent confiscated or damaged.” Their truck also was released 'y the Reds. for a meeting No Extension in rolling, Gillnet ‘ishing on Taku There will be no extension in the almon trolling season in South- astern Alaska, C. Howard Balt- ‘0, assistant regional director of the PFish and Wildlife Service sald today. The season closes Sept. 20 at 6 pm. He further announced that gill- netting would end on the Taku ind Copper Rivers at the same ime as trolling closes. Fishermen 1ad asked an extension in these wreas, No announcement has yet been nade in answer to a request for an extension in the Yakutat area. Frank Hynes, fisheries supervisor nd Gus Hilsinger, fisheries ag- 'nt, are surveying the situation here today and decision will be made on their return. Baltzo sald the decision to close she Taku and Copper River fish- ng at the regular time was based o the quality of the fish. He said they are deterforating rapidly which makes them more valuable for spawning than for commercial purposes. He added the runs are &lling off in volume and no sur- plus of fish exists. “Cohoes have been the main- stay in the livelihood of trollers and gillnetters for several years now,” Baltzo sald. “Part of the reason is due to the substantial escapements secured after the close of the season.” He added: “It would be very foolish to ‘kill the goose that lays the golden egg’ as we have seen what has happened in that line in other areas.” Rifa Alarmed, Kidnap Threats LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19—®— |Rita Hayworth, alarmed by anony- mous kidnap threats, has hired detectives to guard her 19-month- old daughter Yasmin, the Los Ang- eles Times reports. The child's father is Moslem Prince Aly Khan, whom Miss Hay- worth is in Reno to divorce. High Tide 4:46 am., 145 ft. Low Tide 10:33 a.m., 34 ft. High Tide 4:36 p.m., 16.1 ft. Low Tide 11:17 pm., 09 ft. lt.'oo._.l..o ®| The Times said in a story last ® night that the actress'’ Hollywood ® friends ascribe the threats to the ® fact that she Is seeking a large financial settlement for Yasmin.