The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1951, Page 1

GRESSIONAL LARY SHINGTON, D. C. R SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition R ———— HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,943 J UNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, ALL THE TIME” OCTOBER 20, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES PRICE TEN CENTS No Explosion of A-Bomb; Electrical Circui! af Fault LAS VEGAS, Nev. Oct. 20—P— | Push-button warfare just around the corner? well- - - The start of the latest atomic | weapons test was set back two days as scientists pushed a button yes- terday to explode a nuclear mass from the top of a 100-foot steel tower, and nothing happened. It took Dr. Alvin C. Graves and | his fellow Atomic Energy Commis- sion scientists aM. day to find and fix the trouble—a faulty electrical circuit, one of thousands in the in- tricate mechanism required to set off an A-weapen. By the time the scientists were so tired that the nuclear series op- ener was postponed until tomorrow morning, weather favoring. Graves and Carroll T. Tyler, AEC test manager, explained that they and most, of the workers at the Yucca. Flat test site had been work- ing 30 straight hours, Heuse Group Due fo Arrive Here on Sunday Eight members of the House of Representatives are due to arrive in Juneaw on Sunday afternoon on a round the world junket. The group is headed by Rep. Herbert C. Bonner who sub-committee on inter-government- al relations. of the House expen- diture, committee. No definite time of arrival has been announced. Members of the Chamber of Commerce reception committee will meet the party at | the airport. Two members of the Bonner com- mittee are also-cn the Coast Guard sub-committee of the House mer- chant marine and fisheries commit- tee. Coast -Guard committeemen are Rep. Bonner and Rep. John Shelley & California, who have agreed to hold a hearing here on Monday | to consider the reclassification of tnland waters and. other ing will be held at 10 a.m. in the Senate Chambers. Troublé for Man Selling Surplus Goods lo Government DETROIT, Oct. 20—®—The re- sale to the goverpment for $13,502 of tank support arms he bought as surplus for $500 put a Detroiv mer under Federal court indictment to- day. His alleged profit was 8,700 | percent. | The manufacturer, Kenneth C. Heavlin, 34, 'was ¢harged yester- day with “concealing material facts” by failing to state in his bid that the arms would be surplus instead of new. He did not comment on the charge. Heavlin was a Witness herz last, July in a Congressional probe inito purchasing operations’' ‘at the De- troit tank-autometive center. He told them of favors to cen‘er em- ployees. Following the probe,-the center's commanding officer, Brig, Gen. Da- vid J. Crawford, was transferred. Two employees were reprimanded for accepting favors from contrac- tors. \ FROM PELICAN CITY Mr. and Mrs. Peter Larson, of Pelican City, are guests at the Gas- is chairman of the | Coast | Guard regulations. The public hear- ! “lhc home of Mrs. Margaret Peter- lamong them Alaska’s Bishop Rowe, ,| owned by Les Powell. Rare View Truman, Taff Named ' As Best Qualified To Head Tickels { | \ | You have the word of a breathless Hollywood press agent that this picture of Lana Turrer is doubly important. Not only does it givé a rare view of her legs as she’s ccstumed for a scene in “The Merry Widow,” but she’s wearing a corset that shows off her 21- inch waist, (® Witaphoto. Fire Desiroys Two Buildings In Skagway S¥AGWAY, Alaska, Oct. 20 — (%gecial to Empire)—Fire from an unlmown origin completely destroy- ed \'wo buildings on Fifth Street and damaged a third Thursday af- terniion. The fire apparently start- | ed it/ an open passageway between | son and the abandoned community | hall, the first church erected in| Skagway in the gold rush days. ! Mrs. Peterson’s home at the wc:z} of the church had been built as {a manse. While the church had been built under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church, many preachers of other denominations, had used it, In later years it was use as a community hall where various organizations such as the Women’s Club, the Boy and Girl Scouts, etc., had meetings. It was Most of Mrs. Peterson's personal belongings were saved but her home was completely destroyed. The ware- house on the east, owned by George Rapuzzi, suffered several hundred dollars damage. This building was used by the YMCA in the early days and later by Carstens’ as a meat market and cold storage place. A strong north wind was blowing, Zdaking firefighting most difficult, and causing several small fires to start from sparks in the southern part of the city. tineau. TheWashmgton Merry- Go-Round (Copyright, 1951 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW. PEARSON ASHINGTON — When Sen. Walter George of Georgia heard the news that the House of Repres- entatives had rejected his loop- hole-riddied tax bill, he ‘. orted: “The CIO did it.” Big, bald, Sen. Gene Nillikin, Col- orado Republican, was more whim- sical. Meeting Democratic Sen. Hu- bert Humphrey of Minnesoa, Who had battled against tax loopholes, he joked: “When the Republicans and the CIO get together, it’s an unbeatable combinatfon.’ That's a partnership you can't lick.” What he and George referred to, of course; was that labor and big- city populations were dead opposed to the tax bill because of the many loopholes favoring upper-bracket taxpayers. 3 Both, however, overlooked one other important factor behind the State of War wjth Germany Is Ended WQSH!NGTON Oct. 20 — (A — The state of war with Germany is ended. A Congressional resolution ending it was signed by President Truman yesterday. - This means that Germans are no longer enemy aliens in the eyes of this country. But it is not a péace treaty. The East-West split in Germany has prevented that. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU At Airport: Maximum, 43; Minjmum, 26. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight about freezing. Highest Sunday about 42. PRECIPITATION: @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 aum. today At Airport —. None; ® since July 1—12:52 inches. P Iplaxm for delivery of | of Christmas toys aboard two Isth- | will finance the unloading, he said.! i Juneau High School CHICAGO, Oct. 20—(M—President Trumen and Senator Taft (R-Ohio) have beéh named in a poll of news - editors as the ““best quali- in their respective parties for the presidency. The voil was conducted by the National Editorial Association with | |319 editors, a NEA spokesman said, were “pretty well scattered” the coun! In the vote for best qualified De- mocrat, Mr. Truman received 64 Laliots, with Senator Douglas (D- 1) second with 63 and Seénater Byrd (Va) third with 62. Others receiving votes included General Eisenhower, 19; Chief Justice Vin- son of the Supreme Court 14; Sen- ator Kefauver (Tenn) 8, Governor James Byrnes of South Carolina 5. Taft polled 128 votes to lead the Republicans. In second place Wwas Gen. Eisenhower with 87, followed by Gov. Earl Warren of Calitcrnia 36, former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota 28; Gen. MacArthur 10, Sen. Morse (Ore)), 5 and Sen. Duff (Pa) 4. across 'Longshoremen fo Unload 2 Strike Bound Freighters SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20—iM— Harry Bridges' Jongshoremen don ‘| deputy sheriff badges today to par- tially unload two strike-bound {reighters they've shunned for three | months, Bridges’ International Longshore- men’s and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) agreed to furnish a depu- tized crew after Montgomery Ward and Co. filed a superior com- worth mian line vessels here tof S SeplE oot d Dunn said the crew will unload only the cargo covered by the Mont- gomery Ward complaint. The store Sl g Both Isthmian vessels, mean-| while, remained the cause of in- creasing tension of San ancwcofl jittery waterfront. One of Bridges' Harry Lundeberg, head of the AFL bitterest nvals,r | Sailors Union of the Pacific (SUP), yesterday pledged his full support to AFL longshoremen if they at- tempt to break the ILWU boycott Iof the two ships. Bridges’ men have refused to go near the ships since the Isthmian signed a contract with AFL engi- neers while the line’s CIO Marine: Engineers were on strike. Ambassador fo Vatican Named By President WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 — (B — President Truman today nominated General Mark W. Clark to be the first United States Ambassador to Vatfcan City. The President’s action, if ap- proved, means the United States will have a full ranking Ambas- sador at the Vatican for the firsi time in history. - Myron C. Taylor, New York fi- nancier, was a special representative of the President to the Vatican for several years, but resigned some time ago. He did not have regular ambassadorial status. Since Taylor stepped aut various Protestant church organizations have urged the President not to reappoint a special representative. The President made no state- ment in connection with today's nomination, which came without advance public word of any such move. Mendenhall 4-H Club Gefs Harvest Cn Summer Projecis The past summer’s work has paid off according to records kept by 1| councilor who will advise him on the boys in the Mendenhall 4-H Club. Several hundred pounds of veal end baby beef have been put in 4-H freezer-lockers. Many pounds of vegetakles have been stored and also supplied family tables during the summer by the boys. Two of the 4-H club boys raised Guernsey heifers for milk produc- tion.. The boys are Bill Gaines and Ronald Petersen. Several white Emden geese have been sold by Olaf Bartness. Don Yeluerber re- ceived top market price for his potato crop. John Tanner, "Grubstake' Fer Prospeciors Discussed Now HAILEY, Idaho, Oct. 20—P—A “grub stake” for the prospector — forgotten man in the government financed search for scarce metals— appeared today as the most likely suggestion to come out of a Con- gressional committee hearing on the program. “If the government really wants these minerals, it’s got to grub- stake the prospectors,” Ray Haw- ley, Arco, Idaho, miner, told a House Interior and Insular Affairs stra- tegic metals subcommittee. “It’s got to say ‘here’s a grub- stake; we'll split 50-50 on what- ever you find'” Rep. Wesley D’Ewart (R-Mont), who is conducting the hearing, caid there was no question of the nation’s needing the minerals. “We're having to redesign some of the machines of war because cer- tain minerals are so ‘scarce,” he said D'Ewart :nxd he thought Presi- dent Truman could set up a grub- stake program under present laws by a directive. As the program now stands, the government makes production loans only to operators who can pay part of the cost. “There's no place in it XQr the prospecto thout any money,” said Ernest Ellis, former University of Idaho Mine professor who is a mining engineer for the Defense Minerals Administration. “All he can do is get out of mining and go to work.” Fred Shirts, Hailey miner, claimed that only the large operators “with enough money to send an engineer back to Washington to lobby” were getting the government production loans. His application for one was rejected. “The government is giving no consideration to the two-man op- cration,” he declared. Ellis replied that loans as small as $500 have been made and that| the 151 loans made through Sept. 20 averaged about $40,000. (andidate Chosen for New York Trip Albert Wilson has been chosen by; a committee of Juneau High School | teachers to compete with candidates from other Alaska high schools for a trip to New York City. The New York Daily Mirror in- vites students between 15 and 18| from all the states and territories and several foreign countries to a| youth forum. The newspaper’s pur- pose in uniting these delegates is| to find out how young people think. Joe Wilson, Herbert Martin, Johnny Eldemar, Roy Peratrovich and Albert were the five the com- mittee chose to decide from. Albert will be judged by a com- mittee from-the Territorial Depart- ment of Education and the educa- tion division of the Alaska Native Service along with the candidates from all high schools in Alaska. The winner will leave his home about December 1 and travel, ex- pense free, to New York. While| there, he will be attended by a traveling, take him on tours and entertain him. The trip will take|o about two weeks, Albert Wilson is a 16-year-old| sophomore and has always attended | school in Juneau. | 'Days of "98’ Staged at High School , “The Days of 98" complete with | dancing girls and men from the creeks set the scene for the annual Publications Hop that was held Fri- day night in the high school’gym ‘The dance which opens the social season for the high school each yea! is staged by the publication staff of “The J-Bird” and “Totem”. Prizes were given to the youn men having beards that were the bushiest, best-groomed and clean- est shaved. Don Morrison won th prize for the bushiest, Jack Livic for a close shave, and Bill Orme for the best trim. Heather Hollman wa awarded the prize for the best girl costume and Dick Folta, dressed in a swallow tale coat, was judged t have the best boys’ costume. ‘The judges awarded one priz that wasn't on the program. Thcy nominated Jerry Wade as “The man least likely to find gold.” Chaperones for the dances wers Mrs. Jack Molyneau, Mrs. Kath- erine Nordale, Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth Junge, and ll.r and Mrs. Le Avyit, Full House for Taft Announcement Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohic) others — as he announces his eandidacy for the Rapublican pnsl(icnllnl nomination. persons jammed a Senate office building committes room in Washington to hear his announcement. M Wirephoto. L (left) has a room full of listeners — newsmen, photographers, and More than 100 Reds Agree To Corridor ToPeace Sife By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN MUNSAN, Korea, Oct. 20—(®—| Communist liaison officers today accepted a United Nations com- promise of a quarter-mile-wide security path to the proposed new site for Korean armistice talks, and agreement seemed near for quick resurption of ihe long-stalled dis- epdsian; Liaison officers of both sides will resume their conferences tomorrow at 10 am. (5 pm., Saturday, PST). If agreement is reached then on security conditions, full scale talks could be resumed within a few da; The Reds agreed to a United Na- tions proposal for a 400-meter corri- dor straddling the road from Pan- munjom . six miles west to Red headquarters at Kaesong and 16 miles southeast to the UN. com-i mand advance camp at Munsan. Only one point remained in dis- pute before arrangements are com- plete for resumption of full scale cease<fire negotiations — and the liaison officers appeared near werecment on that point: shall the- U.N. agree in writing to.keep its warplanes from flying over the se- curity zone around Kaesong? The corridor would be frée from attack by either side. The liaison officers talked four hours and 10 minutes today in the cold and wind-swept circus tent at Panmunjom. It was the longest one-day session since efforts were rted to get the talks going ggain. Sitka Turned Out for Alaska Day (elebration Nearly every man, woman and ild in Sitka turned out for the wual Alaska Day program that s held Thursday, October 18. B. rank Heintzleman, regional forest- er for Alaska, reported today that ver 700 people attended the buf- et supper, program, and dance that s held in Sitka’s Community Hall. Col. Earl C. Landreth of the Civ- lian Defense Agency and Mr. Heintzleman were featured speak- at the evening program. Heintz- man spoke on the industrial devel- opment of Alaska, emphasizing that orth country is at last coming ito its own. Just as America's West ch |ican tanks smashed into Red- l\clsl . | probably few — if any — Red troops had a period of rapid development w that Alaska and northern Can- da has started its development it ould advance at a rapid rate. Col wndreth spoke on the Territory’s w program for civil defense. ‘Oldfimers” in Army, Air Force May Now (ollect Bonuses WASHINGTON, Oct, 20 — (A — housands of “old-timers” in the Army and Air Force would be able ) collect re-enlistment bonuses ider a bill sent to the White House sterday by the Senate. Payments ranging up to $360 have 'en held up on a technieal ruling { the Comptroller General for men ho signed up for another indefi- | ite hitch prior to October 1, 1949, | ithout being formally discharged ind then re-enlisting. U. . Tanks Smash JBnhsh faeibased - Atlacked InPort Said By ROBERT EUNSON SEOUL, Korea, Oct. ZD—\M*Amm- FAYID, Egypt, 'Oct. 20—(P—A They: reflimind- i the mnln‘ British army truck patrol reported United Nations line two miles south | :u‘::;:&tc“‘t::p‘;x:‘ SR Enans without a casualty despite heavy, |noon in Port Said, northern ter- Red anti-tank and artillery five. |00 00 the Suez Canal, The attack broke the relative quiet that has prevailed in the dis- puted British-held Canal Zone in the last two, days. Pory Said had been calm after rioting Tuesday afternoon during which Egyntian customs and other| officials left their cffices to the Dritish. The British said they oc- cupied the offices only until the Egyptians wanted to return. Kumsong today and blasted Com- , munist\targets there for one hour. A pooled dispatch said two companies of M-46 Patton tanks rumbled into the outskirts of the Red's contral fropt hastion. Earlfier Saturday Allied probed to within a mile of the city and pounded it with high explo- sives. Allied officers ' said there tanks were in Kumsong. * “They have known we were on the way, so they have probably taken 3 their troops and as many supply|Word that the British garrison on stores .as they could,” one briefing | the island was completely stripped officer said. | to reinforce the 40,000 Tommies in At a late hour Saturday there|FSYPt with a full ‘brigade of para- was still no full report from the|chute troops. tankers who crashed into the city. | In Calro, Bgyptian officlals de-} United Nations Infantrymen livered a formal protest note ac- captured two more hills south of |CUSing Britain of “endangering the city. Stubbornly resisting Reds | Peace in the middle east” and kept them off three others. blaming her for Wednesday's pre- Saturday’s central front battles|daWn battle at the El Ferdan bridge were fought in rain and bitterly cold | O¥er the canal, Two Egyptian sol- winds. diers were killed in the battle. While the Infantry fought for the | EEYPt is trying to annex the Su- Reinforcements Come Meanwhile, from Cyprus came last major ridgeline south of Kum-| dan after repudiating a 52-year-old into the city from their vanme‘B“mm in ruling thg country. points on high ground. Repuaiate Pact An Egyptian official said British- F 4 k M controlled forces in the Sudan in- a"ban s an police and 6,000 native Sudanese against only 1,500 men under Abdel oses ppea on Hadi's orders. d The Egyptians have publicly | the Suez Canal area. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2—®— |, jjated the 20-year defense pact The conviction of Raymond Wright, |y, Britain five years ahead of its onetime operator of a Fairbanks, ..niration. The .treaty permitted Alaska, night club, on a Procuring | puitish troops to use Egyptian bases U. S. Court of Appeals yesterday.|;.ne gir force to defend the canal. late Court is Wright's appeal from a narcotics conviction. Wright was sentenced to three years at McNeil Island Peniteniary (an save "o"ble P . 1950 | By Checking OPS A Fairbanks, Alaska, jury convict- ed Wright of procuring 23-year-old | persons starting new businesses Vanada Donaby of Fairbanks for|gould check with the Office of and operated by Wright and his| qifficulties later, Fred G. Hanford, wife, Vernestine, Territorial OPS director, warned Mrs. Wright also was indicted, ‘[u(luy but-the charge against hez later anford pointed out that all merchandise shipped in from the nese"ed Boy Is outside for resale must first apply to the OPS for approval of their Puulin A price lists before placing goods on By the Assoclated Press tablished businesses which add new lines or items which they did A three year old boy is homeless | not handle during the base period ir ities are baffled. “All they know |also apply to the OPS fqr approval about the youngster is that he|of their proposed ceiling price on answers to the name of Stanley and | that particular arteile or Iine, Han- that his only ns are a|ford said. Early this month, an unidentified | instances are outlined in the regu- woman left Stanley in the care of | lation. Copies may be obtained, with Mre. Carrie Nation after agneenm‘m;lmuuum. by writing or. contact- to pay for the boy's keep. Eighumg the. OPS office in Juneau or in, Mrs, Nation was found dead in |Ketchikan and Fairbanks. her bed. The unidentified woman | never returned, and Stanley’s family name or where h' comes from are song, some troops could look down;"""’"mc"' to share jointly with clude 1,500 British regulars, 5,000 pro(uring (harge sworn to throw the British out of ‘The Egyptian government has re- charge, was upheld by the Ninth| .., 10000-man army and a 400 Stlil pending before the Appel-| New Businesses in Washington State on Nov. 22, prostitution at the Club 69, owned price Stabilization first to avoid was dismissed. retail businesses which handle ” le. Retail sales are covered by Re- 1 Los Angeles and juvenile author- | (Dedember 19-January 26) should shirt, a pair of overalls and a dog Procedures for applying in »bozh days after she'd taken the child | | any of the branches in Anchorage, ow g, FROM SPATTLE H. F. Rosler, of Seattle, is regis. tered at the Baranof Hotel. Congress May Quit This P. M. Appropriation Measures Lined Up for Final Disposal During Day WASHINGTON, Oct. 20— (B Three big money bills were maneuv- ered into position today ‘5o that Congress could pass them quickly and go home, The three, which include a $7,328,- 903,000 foreign aid measure, are the only major items standing in the way of adjournment of the first session of the 82nd Congress. The lawmakers hope to call it quits some time this afternoon. They have Leen in session for nine months and 17 days. Two of the appropriations bills were whipped into final compro- mise form at Senate-House confer- cnces last night, These are thé foreign ald bill and a $1,650,000,000 supplemental measure carrying funds for defense purposes, economic stabilization agencies and various government departments. , The third, a $4,000,000,000 military construction bill, still must bg work- cd out in a conference. Except for some miscellaneous odds and ends, all other “must” Lills were out of the way, a $5,691,- 000,000 tax increase bill having left Capitol Hill for the White House last night. Anxious to get the year's business over with, House leaders called their branch into session earlier than us- ual (10 a.m. EST). hoped for sine die, or final, adjournment in mid-afternoon, The Senate meets two hours later (noon), since the House must act first on the umm wmunn bills, Senale loam Jessup Question Up fo Truman WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—(P—Sen- ate shelving of Ambassador Philip C. Jessup’s nomination as a United Nations delegate left to President Truman today a decision on wheth- er to give him a recess appointment. The * Senate voted last night to pigeonhole the disputed Jessup romination “without prejudice,” but it confirmed the nine other per- sons Mr. Truman had named to serve as delegates or alternates at the November maellnn of the UN assembly in Paris. ' The action was by voice vote with no objections audible — on cither shelving of the Jessup ap- pointment or confirmation of the others, The nine approved were Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warren R. Austin, chief .of the American mis- sion to the UN; and Reps. Mans- tield (D-Mont) and Vorys (R-Ohio) all first string delegates. At a Senate foreign relations sub- committee’s hearings on his nomin- ation, Jessup was charged with hav- ing followed the Communist line and with having advocated a U. 8. policy toward China which his crit- ics said hastened the victory of the Chinese Reds. Jessup denled the _ charges under oath. The subcommittee voted 3 to 2 Thursday against Senate confirma- tion of Jessup, who is an Ambas- sador-at-large and a top aide to Secretary of Stays Acheson. Ship Movements Baranof scheduled to arrive northbound Tuesday. Denali due southbound sometime Sunday. Freighter Coastal Monarch sched- uled northbound Sunday at 7 a.m. Princess Louise scheduled to sail Xr(‘)m Vancouver tonight. TIDE TABLES OCTOBER 21 High tide 6:01 a.m,, 123 ft. Low tide 11:32 am., 69 ft. High tide 5:20 pm., 1338 ft. OCTOBER 22 ee0cccecsccce Low tide 12:27 am. 32 ft. High tide 7:10 am, 11.6 ft. Low tide 12:40 p.m., 7.7 ft. High tide 6:20 p.m., 12.7 ft, 0 0 00 0 L