The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1951, Page 1

O NGRESSIONAL ABRARY VASHIN “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME® VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,935 Divisions WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — # — One present and three former Alaska legislators, all Democrats, were four of the five individuals protesting against the renomination. of U.S. Judge George W. Folta of Juneau to another term. The Senate Judiciary committée disclosed the names today. Chair- man McCarran (D-Nev) said. yes- terday the personal protests had heen received, one of them con- tending Judge Folta’s manner is “harsh and arbitrary.” McCarran said the nomination had been endorsed by the bar asso- ciations of both Juneau and Ket- chikan, the two cities in which Judge Folta “holds the First Divi- sion court sessions. Disclosure of the five objectors identities showed all were from cities outside the division. ‘They were: Territorial Rep. Wen- dell Kay, Anchorage attorney; former Sen. Victor Rivers, Anchor- age; former Rep. Warren Taylor, Fairbanks attorney; former Rep. Alfred A. Owen Jr., Anchorage, and Bailey E. Bell, Anchorage attorney. A subcommittee which held a hearing on the nomination yester- day has taken no action. Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) en- dorsed the Folta nomination. THE PROTESTANTS The men identified in the above news story from Washington as three former legislators and one present legislator are the following: Former Senator Victor Rivers, of the Third Division, who was de- feated for reelection as Senator in 1950 by Heinie Schneider (R) and the late Gunnard Engebreath (R). Former Representative Alfred A. Owen, Jr., of the Third Division, now Apprenticeship Representative for the United States Department of Labor in Anchorage. He was. recently defeated for the Anchorage City Council and was .defeated for Labor Commissioner in Democratic primaries in April, 1950. Former Representative Warren A. Taylor, Fourth Division, who was defeated in the general eleetion, 1950, as a candidate for the Senate. ‘Winning Senators were Joe Coble (R) and Dan Lhamon (R). Representative Wendell Kay, Third Division, one of the authors this year of House Memorial No. 4 the ‘secession memorial” which! asked that, if immediate statehood were not granted Alaska, “abso- lute independence from the United States be declared and the ‘Repub-! lic of Alaska’ be formed.” ‘The memorial was defeated. Bailey Bell, Anchorage attorney, came to the territory from Okla- homa in 1944. SLIDE CLEARED; HAINES CUTOFF OPENED AGAIN Highway Patrolman al Lubcke of Haines telephoned this morning to report that the Haines Cutoff is now open for traffic. The road was closed on Tuesday by a rock and dirt slide near the border in Canada. The Washington Merry - Go- Round (Cony=ight, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—Around 1946 as our hoped-for friendly relations with Rugsia were turning more and more sour, Gen. Omar Bradley, meeting with a small group of Congressmen, predicted: “If the Red army chose to in- vade Europe right now, they could reach the English Channel in 12 days. Nothing could stop them.” Today, this is not the case. The Red army could be stopped at the Rhine. This change is not because the Red army is any smaller. It still has millions of men, still is com- pletely reckless in its disregard for casualties. Nor is the change because Eisenhower's army is more adequate. Though Eisenhower has. done a good job, his army is still pitifully small compared with the Russian. The change, therefore, is chiefly the result of one thing—new atomic weapons. Hitherto, the atom bomb could be used only against cities where the destruction of civilians was such that public opinion rebelled against it. Now, however, atomic artillery shells and other weapon$ make it} possible to confine the deadly des- truction of atomic energy to enemy troops in the field. This means that the civilian (Continued on Page 4) Pays Baseball Bet by Rolling Peanut with Nose on Peppered Street ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11— #—The loss of bets on four straight World Series is nothing to sneeze at—but Rich- ard Schroeder did just the same. In paying off his bet after the Yankee victory yesterday, Schroeder set out, for the fourth year, to roll a roasted peanut across the street in front of a tavern with his nose. Half way acr he discovered his annual Dbetting companion, Maurice Tebeau, had sprinkled pepper on the street. With time out +for sneezing, Schroeder needed half an hour to complete the trip. Police were sum- moned to direct traffic through the crowd that gathered. With Reds American Tanks Knife Way Up One Side of Heartbreak Ridge, Korea U. 8. 8STH ARMY HEADQUAR- TERS, Korea, Oct. 11—P—Ameri- can tanks knifed up valleys on each side of Heartbreak Ridge in eastern Korea today in a running battle with Red artillery and mortars. Behind the fire of tanks blasting from both sides, the U.S. 23rd In- fantry Regiment again stormed the northernmost peak of Heartbreak Ridge. Entrenched Reds stopped the Americans in their tracks. Other U.S. Second Division In- fantrymen overran Chinese troops and captured a dominating peak on nearby Kim ¥l Sung ridge. United Nations troops also seized two other peaks in moun- tainous east Korea. Best of Howthical Rigge o fallg battalion of the U.S. First Marine Divifion was flown to the front in ‘the “biggest - helicopter airlift in history. Nearly 1,000 Leathernecks landed almost within sight of Red positions without incident. In the hottest sector of the western front, the U.S. First Cav- alry Division renewed its attack | northwest of Yonchon after mop- ping up Chinese stragglers in hills captured yesterday: Red China’s Peiping radio said Chinese troops inflicted 13,366 cas- ualties on U.N. forces last week. It asserted nearly 9,841 Allies were killed, captured or wounded in their autumn offensive in the west dur- ing the week. Allied losses for the period have not been announced officially. Red propaganda broadcasts normally are highly exaggerated. Truman Repudiates Letter Soliciting Funds for Memorial By the Associated Press President Truman has refudiated a letter soliciting funds for a one million dollar Truman memorial library. . The letter in question was drafted by Democratic Senator Clinton An- derson of New Mexico. It’s quoted as offering contributors to the library the possibility of income tax savings. A St. Louis newspaper, the Post- Dispatch, says the President has disassociated himself from the cam- paign and authorized the following direct quote: “I didn’t know any- thing about the letter and if I had known about it, I would have stop-; ped it from being sent.” The paper lists Anderson as chair- man of a finance committee formed to raise funds for a one-million dollar memorial library to be built in Grandview, Missouri, near the Presidenf’s home town. ® o 0 0 06 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport: Maximum, 43; Minimum, 37. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness with rain showers tonight and Friday becoming cloudy with rain late Friday. Low tem- perature tonight near 38 de- grees. High Friday around 47 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — 128 inches; since July 1—12.11 inches. . . . ] 3 . . . . . . ° . . . . . . . 3 . . Second Biggest Chamber Honers Behrends Two companies that have grown up with Juneau and Alaska were given recognition at the Chamber of Commerce meeting held Thurs- day noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Honored on its 60th anniversary was the B. M. Behrends Company and the B. M. Behrends Bank. The Standard Oil Company of California which opened its first Alaska ware- house hkefore the turn of the cers tury was cited as one of the Ter- ritory’s oldest service companies. R. E. Robertson paid tribute to B. M. Behrends, founder of Juneau's first department store and bank. Mr. Behrends opened his first store in Juneau in 1897 and on October 9, 1891 founded the B. M. Behrends Company. Of Mr. Behrends, Mr, Robertson said, “he stood for reliab- ility, integrity, honesty, and square- dealing not only in Juneau, but all over Alaska.” Mr. Robertson paid tribute to Mr. J. F. Muilen, who he said has car- ried on in the same tradition as President of the company and bank. The early beginnings of the B. M. Behrends Bank were related by Mr. Robertson who said that the store became a private bank when miners lucky enough to have a poke would leave their gold in the store safe. The firm operated as a pri= vate bank untjl 1913 when the first territorial legislatfire drafted banking laws that enabled the firm to be incorporated. Mr. Mullen, president of the B. M. Behrends Company and the B. M. Behrends Bank thanked the Chtatnber {0t 18 récogrronnt, “Ha . | Albertson. who has been manager |of the store since last January said that he found it a pleasure to work for the store and said that “it has a personality.” | Children and grandchildren of Ju- neau people who once bought penny candy at the store’s counters are among the store’s younger custom- ers now and Mr. Albertson said that the store will continue to give the | best of service. Committee Praised In intoducing S. E. Stretton, dis- trict manager for the Standard Oil Company of California, Chamber vice president O. F. Benecke thank- ed Stretton for his service on the Alaska committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Of the Alaska committee, Benecke said that many times the group has supported platforms which have been beneficial to Alaska but detri- | mental to Seattle and individual | Chamber members. As an example he cited the committee’s support of the ruling that will not permit’ logs to be transported for manufact- wing in the Puget Sound area or the states. { 0il Company Honored Mr. Stretton outlined the history | of the Standard Oil Company in the Territory and said that “Alaska has been good to us and we like | Alaska.” Since the first warehouse was built at Nome in 1898 the com- pany’s Alaskan operations have ex- panded to 40 plants. He said that| the company has.done its part in | publicizing the Territory as three motion pictures on Alaska have been made by Standard Oil and have been shown to more than two and a half million people in the states. A letter from Mayor Waino! Hendrickson stating that the city property committee had inspected | the Airport Terminal Building and that necessary interior repairs| would be made, including the in- stallation of a new public address system. Next spring, the entire roof will be repaired and the building will be painted. 2 George Rogers, chairman of the Alaska Field Committee, was wel- comed as a new member. Standard Oil, officials who were guests at the meeting were M. 8. Jorgensen, Anchorage, and John Smith and William Downing of Seattle. Rod MclIntire, an architect with Foss, Malcolm and Olsen, and First Lieu- tenant William B. Lynch of the Sal- vation Army were also guests. METCALF ISSUES WARNING ON TRAFFIC LAW Highway Engineer Frank Metcalf today issued-a reminder that auto- ists passing a bus when the bus is either loading or discharging pass- engers are violating the traffic law. Metcalf stated that he had rg wceived frequent reports in the last two weeks that drivers were ignor- @ ® o o o ¢ o o o ¢ ing this road law. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDA\;U("I‘()BER 11, 1951 Tax Increase in History of United States Gefs Okeh WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—P—A $5,750,000,000 tax increase, second biggest in American history, was approved today by a Senate-House conference committee. The committee’s decisions must be submitted to the Senate and House for approval which is likely since the group’s work represents a compromise of bills previously passed separately by the two branches of Congress, For most individuals, the mea- sure would mean a tax increase in the neighborhood of 113%; percent. An alternative method is provided for persons in the higher income brackets. They would have the option of paying 9 percent on the amount of their income left over after paying taxes at present rates. Individual increase is estimated to bring in an additional $2480,- 000,000 revenue over a full year's operation. The bill boests corporation tax rates to net $2,300,000,000 to $2,- 400,000,000 more a year, and ups excise (sales) taxes $1,204,000,000. Some of the miscellaneous provi- sions of the bill reduce rather than increase the government’s income. The taxes on whiskey, automo- biles, gasoline, cigarettes, and nu- merous other items would go up Nov. 1. The individual income tax increases are due to take effect the same day. Leaders plan to call the bill up in the House Tuesday. The Senate will consider it as soon as the House acts. Plane (rashes In Ardic Pilot Harrington, Eskimo i Mother Killed; Baby Survives FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 11—(® —A Wein-Alaska Airlines crashed north of the Arctic Circle yesterday, killing the pilot and an Eskimo mother, Mrs. Ruth Sim- mons. Her infant child survived. The pilot was identified as Gecrge Harrington. The plane,a single-engined, five place ship, crashed on a scheduled “bush” flight from Pt. Barrew, 500 airline miles northwest of here, to Meade River, a short hop from Barrow. Eskimos reported from a village near the crash scene they saw an explosion in the sky just before the plane crashed to the ground. Can You Beat This! Can't Tell About Dogs SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11—P— President’ Truman’s recent security order today posed this question: does reporting the projected train- ing of- dogs “in the detection and detonation of land mines” affect national security? Officials of the Stanford Research Institute, which planned the pro- Ject, contend it does. 8o do a lieu- tenant and a civilian security em- ployee from Army Engineer Corps headquarters at Fort Belvoir,' Va. No, said Lt. Col. L. W. Correll, executive and security officer for the: North Pacific Corps of Engi- neers in Portland, Ore. Correll pointed out that dogs were used to detect land mines in World | War II and their handlers disposed of the explosives. The question arose after the,Call- Bulletin reported the project. Its information came from a public record at city hall—the institute’s request to use 10 acres of city land to. train the dogs. Institute directors demanded, said the newspaper, that the story be killed, but declined to give the rea- son. It was too late; the paper already was on the street. Later, the institute's publicist, - William C. Estler, explained the purpose of the project was made public inadvert- ently. And the two security officers from Virginia came out to ask an ex- planation. ‘Today, the project is a dead issuc for the time at least . . . The institute withdrew its quest for the land. re- nlane | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Y. 1. Lake, Bogs May Become Landing Fields WABSHINGTON, Oct. 11 — A — A small group of U.S. and Canadian Army Engineers will try to build emergency airstrips on the frozen lakes and shifting bogs of the Yu- kon Territory this winter. The Army, in announcing today the exercise which it has dubbed “Eager Beaver,” spid about 300 American and 135 Canadian Engi- neers will take part. The emergency landing fields will be constructed near Klaune Lake, about 200 miles from the Alaskan border. The operation, which will be under control of the U.S. Fifth Army headquarters in Chicago, will also test the capabilities and limi- tations of men and equipment under arctic weather conditions. Marinesin Biggest "Copter Lift EASTERN FRONT, Korea, Oct. 11—{®=-The U. S. First Marine Di- vision today completed the largest helicopter airlift in history. An entire battle-equipped bat- talion (perhaps 1,000 troops) was ferried from a rest area to a spot just behind the front lines. ‘The distance covered was about 118 miles. . The landings were made in almost full view of Communist positions on hills a few miles to the east. The Reds made no attempt to harrass the operation, although they have held the landing area, north of In- Jjue, several times in the last fow days. Twelve giant Sikorsky helicopters, each carying six men per trip, be- gan the shuttle service at 10 am, Lwhisssae morning fog lifted. ‘Within an hour the first company of the Third Battalion, Seventh Marine regimient, was on the ground behind the front. Then the battalion’s commanding officer, Lt. Col, Harvey V. Edwards of Minneapolis, landed with his executive officer, Maj. Mabie of San Leandro, Calif. The | troops immediately headed for the battle lines, less than a mile away. As the leathernecks marched single file up the narrow path lead- ling to the front, allied artillery shells roared overhead and fighter planes swept low in a strike at a The operation was completed in utes faster than scheduled. House Passes $4%Million Bill For Milifary WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — P — ‘The House today passed a $4,428,- | 357,970 appropriation bill, chiefly | for military construction and the | Atomic Energy Commission. | 1t refused by roll-call vote ‘of 182 to 127 to knock from the mea- sure $12,821,000 for an airport at | President Truman’s home town, Grandview, Mo. The measure now goes to the Senate, Almost all the money it provides for. construction of barracks, depots and bases in this country and overseas for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. The Atomic Energy, Commission’s | allotment_is $200,000,000 for work fon the big Savannah River, 8.C., atomic plant. After passing the bill, the House | took up a $1,045,000,000 bill finapc- ing the State, Justice and Com- | merce Departments and the federal judiciary for the present fiscal year, ending next June 30. An $8,200,255,006 foreign aid money bill was next in line for de- bate. Leaders were driving to get all three bills through by the day’s end. | lis AT THE GASTINEAU Daniel Sahn and Karl E. Aho, employees of ‘the CAA, are staying it the Gastineau Hotel. [TmE TABLES Low tide 5:49 am., 02 ft. High tide 12:13 p.m,, 17.1 ft. Low tide *6:19 pm. 10 ft. | 9000 s 0 e Howard | Red-held hill commanding the area | |six hours and 15 minutes- 26 min-| Alaska Labor Case vs. ASI Up Next Tuesday SEATTLE, Oct. 11—®—Unfan actice charges filed against v Salmon Industry, Inc., will be heard here next Tuesday, Thomas P. Graham, Jr., regional director of the National Labor Re- lations Board said today. The charges were filed April 4 by the Bering Sea Fishermen's Union (AFL). The union struck the in- dustry in Bristol Bay in a dispute over fishermen, beachmen, tender- area. ‘The union charged that the in- dustry illegally recognized a rival union, the Alaska Union (Independent), while action to determine representation of the “fishermen was pending before the NLRB. with the Alaska Fishermen's Union. The Bering Sea Union was formed by members who withdrew from the AFU. Graham said Patrick H. Walker, will handle the case for the board. The trial examiner has not been designated. Finnegan s Indicted by Grand Jury ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11—M—James P. Finnegan, former internal rev- enue collector here and a prominent figure in a Congressional investiga- tion into reported corruption in the nation’s tax collection service, was indicted by a federal grand jury to- day on charges of bribery. Finnegan quit under fire last April soon after the grand jury be- gan an investigation touched off by charges made against him on the Serate “ floor by Senator Williame (R-DeD). Two of the five counts in the indictment accused Finnegan of accepting a $250 check from a firm involved in income tax dif- | ficulties. The others were under a federal law prohibiting a government em- ployee from receiving compensation for services involving a controversy Finnegan, a genial, loquacious friend of President Truman, has been the central figure in hearings before a House Ways and Means subcommittee in Washington, dig- ging into widening reports of scandals in the Internal Revenue Bureau. U.S. District Judge George H. Moore set Finnegan’s bond at $5,000. Finnegan’s name was linked with that of William Boyle, chairman of | the Democratic National Commit- tee, in connection with loans of $565,000 to the American Lithofold Co., by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The loans had been rejected three times previously. The Post-Dispatch said the loans were granted after Boyle and Finnegan had gone on the St. Louis printing firm’s payroll. Congressmen Off, Round-the-World Goodwill Flight WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — (# — Rep. Peter F. Mack, Jr., (D-IIl) took off from Argentia, Nfld., for the Azores at 6:42 am., EST, today on the third leg of a round-the-world good will flight, his office here re- ported. Mack, a Navy reserve pilot, ex- pected to make the 1500-mile hop to the Azores in nine or 10 hours. He will leave there tomorrow, if weather conditions are favorable, for Lis- bon. ‘The Congressman is flying alone in a single engine plane named the “Friendship Flame.” He started the trip Sunday in Springfield, IIl, and arrived in Argentia last evening after a flight from Washington. ST. LOCIS VISITOR A. N. Beard, of 8t, Louls, s stay- ing at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SEATTLE W. G. Bonnington, of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel DUCK HUNTING HOURS . . . . October 12 . e Starts — 6:56 a.m., . Ends — men and cannery workers in the| | Fishermen'’s | | The industry signed a contract (¢ regional legal officer for the NLRB, | in which the government is a party.| Miss Europe Miss Jacqueline Grenton, curvac- eous Swiss blonde, poses in Paler- mo, Sicily, Oct. 1, after she won title of Miss Europe. Facts that g0 with her figure are: Age 20; weight 130; height 5 feet 8 ins.; bust 36; hips 36; walstline 23.and ambition: to get married. P Wire- photo. . b;mage High In Downfown Cordova Fire Many Are Homeless; Apariment, Theafre and Stores Burned CORDOVA, Oct. 11 — (# — This Prince Willilam Sound fishing com- day and many of its residents were homeless in the wake of a $500,000 business district fire. The fire swept through three buildings, including the theater, early yesterday and threatened the entire before Cordova firemen and fire- fighters from the Civil Aeronautics Administration station at Mile 13 brought it under control. Firemen said the blaze appar- ently started when the furnace in the Imperial building overheated or exploded. The flames quickly spread to the adjoining Evans building and Raynor apartments. Occupants of the Raynor apart- ment building were evacuated safely but many were left without clothes or bedding and lost all their per- sonal belongings. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Evans, who lived in the back of their store in the Evans building, were nearly trapped. Firemen helped Mrs. Evans through a back window, how- ever, and Evans crawled on his hands and knees out the front of the building. Firemen were hampered in their “(Continued on Page Two) Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Oct. 11—{#—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 117%, American Tel. and Tel. 159%;, Anaconda 51%, Douglas Aircraft 5%, General Electric 61%, Gen- eral Motors 52%, Goodyear 48%, Kennecott 86%, Libby McNeill and Libby 9, Northern Pacific 60, Stan- dard Oil of California 51, Twentieth ICentury Fox 23, U. 5. Steel 43%, | Pound $2.79 15/16, Canadian Ex- change 95. Sales today were 1,760,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: | industrials 274.10, rails 86.88, util- ities 46.35, munity was without a theater to-| Fishing Regulations [For 1952 Seasonin , Southeast Alaska Proposed SEATTLE of hearings' 1—M—A series set for Alaska |on the Fish ‘and Wildlife Service | proposals for 1968 fishing regula- | tions in the southeast areas. Fishing with set nets and indis- | criminating gaffing or snagging of salmon would. be under a blanket prohibition uUnder, the proposals. The new fules: also would force personal fishing' with gill nets, seine or trap’to conform to com- mercial ‘rules during, the commer- cial season gnd clsmp tighter re: trictions closed : The proposed fishing season, ex- cept for trolling and drift gill net- ting, is August 4 through August 130 and September 15 through 20, with the following exceptions: Taku Inlet and Port Snettisham— drift gillnetting season, May 1-31 and June 18 to September 20. 4 Western district north of Sulli- van Island—fishing ‘except troll- ing prohibited except from June 18 | to September 20. Stikine district — fishing season east of Craig Point May 1-31 and from June 18-Sept 20, but the res- triction op dates does not apply | west of Craig Point. A 72-hour weekend closure would be in effect in the three regions listed as exceptions to the general southeast season. Also from' Juné 18-Sept. 20, use of nzu having 8 mesh of more than 6 inches stretch measure would 'be ! prohibited. 4 The Fish and Wildlite Service hold hearings on its 1953 proposals ér 13; Or at Ketchikan October 15; October '17; Petersburg; . 18; Sitka, Oct- ober '20; m November lvb. SEATTLE, Oct. 11—P—Approxi- mately 1,000 purse selners and fish- crmen are idle on, Puget Sound be- | cause “they /Just. can't atford to fish.” R. C. imings, official of the | Fishermen and Allled Worker's un- ilon, said yesterday that low fish prices have the bottom out of the & n's wages. He said the of the fleet is not a strike—or even a dispute-— but is the result of a situation that | Deither the fishermen nor the pack- |ers have been able to help. “To show what the situation is, |the OPS celing price of chum sal- mon is $19 a case,” sald Cummings. “But the actual price is only $16.” He said that last year's contract i provided that fishermen should re- fceive a minimum of 11 cents a pound for chum salmon and 20 jcents a pound for silvers. But be- | cause of the market conditions they actually received 17 cents for chums and 26 ‘This y‘&" U condjtions are: | ers cannot ings, market h “that the pack- and pay 14 cents {for chums, o they are offering only {12 cents.. “And a 30 percent cut in wages is hard to take” he added, | Cummings sald he felt imports {of ilsh from foreign countries have been largely le fo: depres- sing the market. He said Japanese tuna is coming into the country | duty free. And the fariff on (‘anad- ian canned salmon has been reduced. MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO | HAVE NEW ACCOUNTING A new accounting system is being :sez up for the U.8. Marshal's office | by Mrs. Agnes H. Healy, head book- ‘keeper in the Anchorage office of the U.S. Marshal for the Third Di- vision. Mrs. Healy will work in the Juneau office for a week. Her husband, W. B, Healy is chief dep- uty marshal for the Third Division. FROM PELICAN | Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Winther, of J Pelican, are guests at the Baranof. | Baranof scheduled to arrive southbound sometime Sunday. Denali sails from Seattle Friday. Freighter Ring Splice due north- bound Friday at 6 a.m. Princess - Louise scheduled to ar- rive northbound Saturday afternoon or early evening.