The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 23, 1951, Page 1

JONGRESSIONAL IBRARY NABHINGTON, D C HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,945 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1951 MEMBER Al SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Free Gold Market Demanded LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23—(P—The American Mining Congress adopted a recommendation Monday that producers of gold should be allowed to sell it domestically or abroad. It adopted a resolution demanding a return to the gold standard to check inflation and urged removal of restrictions on Americans’ own- ership of gold. A currency not backed by gold and silver, the resolution said, in- vites unrestrained ‘“‘deficit financ- ing, waste and careless acceptance of commitments impossible for fu- ture generations to meet.” In a second resolution, the min- ing congress asked a “streamlining and simplification of government agencies, and the elimination of a multiplicity of bureaus dealing with mining activities.” A return of “free, private, com- petitive enterprise” in the mining industry was also sought in a third resolution which included the] pledge of “unyielding opposl i to” Comm:sism.” Coast Guard Starfs Search Fer Three Boals An SOS radio signal from.the fishing , post Jewell was heard by Mr. ‘and Mrs. Richard Birch at: Security Cove on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. and this morning the Coast Guard plane based at Annette started an air search for the boat. Aboard the Jewell were Leonard Horn and Bill O'Neill. The men left 'Warm Springs Bay on Sunday at 6:15 pm. and had planned to! sail through Peril Straits to Sitka. | This first radio distress message heard by the Birchs’ was that the | Jewell was shipping water and then the men said the boat was sinking. News of the missing ship was brought to Coast Guard headquart- ers by Captain Waiter Sperl of | the mailboat Yakobi. Another Boat Reported ! The Coast Guard plane will search in this area for the fishing vessel, | Alaska Maid which is long overdue | at Sitka. The Alaska Maid, captain- | ed by Louis Basco left Juneau on | October 13 for Sitka and has not | been heard of since. The Ida II| was being towed to Sitka by thej Alaska Maid. Although there is no definite in- formation, it is believed that there are two other men traveling with Basco to Sitka. Haines, Cufoff fo Close November 1 , The HainesiCutoff is scheduled to be closed Nov. 1, according to a letter received today by the Alaska Road Commission from Brigadier H. W. Love, commandant of the Northwest Highway division, White- horse, Y.T. The road is closed each winter when snows cause difficulty in maintenance. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round (Copy=ight, 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—One day after Senator Taft’s official announce- ment that his hat was in the ring, Eisenhower forces held a private strategy meeting in the office of Pennsylvania’s Senator Jim Duff on Capitol Hill. One of those attending the meet- ing had flown in from Paris the day before, where he had spent a week end with the general and found him still in a mood to run as a Republican if the Republican Party wants him. Out of this and other conversa- tions came several tentative decis- ions: 1. Eisenhower’s name will defin- itely be entered in the New Hamp- shire primary—the first primary to be held. With Gov. Sherman Adams strong for Eisenhower, with ‘Sen- ator Tobey already publicly on re- cord, and Senator Bridges reported privately for him, an Eisenhower victory in New Hampshire is con- sidered certain. 2. Probably there will be a full- dress meeting of powerful Eisen- hower supporters within the Repub- lican Party in the near future, at which time a formal announcement will be made that Ike will be draft- (Continued on Page © EXPLOSION OF BABY A-BOMB AT NEVADA PROVING GROUNDS DEMOLISHES TOWER OF STEEL Third Atomic Biast Reporfed In Russia WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — # — A third atomic blast has occurred | the White House an- “there in Russia, nounced late yesterday, and may be more such blast: Giving those bare details, White House Press Secretary Joseph Short said the new atomic®blast in the Soviet was appm-. atly . . . part of a test series.” The announcement came same day that the US. Energy Commission (AEC) a puzzlingly small A-blast Frenchman's Flat testing near Las Vegas, Nev. The White House announcement about the Soviet explosion did not use the word set off ground ment of & second Russian blast. Secretary Short did not explain why it had been concluced that the new blast was part of a test series. "We Want Arms’ Shout (airo Mobs CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 23 — B — Egyptian mobs roamed the streets of Cairo teday shouting for arms to settle their differences with the Rritich. Tt was a nationwids “day of mourning” to honor 16 Egyptians | killed in last week’s disorders. The crowds in Cairo, estimated at several thousand, were fairly or- derly, but in Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, police were forced to fire shots into the air and buckshot into the ground to keep demonstrators in check. The new demonstrations followed a British move sharply cutting rail and traffic and banning road move- ment in the disputed Suez Canal area. The traffic cuts will remain in force until Egyptian dock labor- ers, boycotting the unloading of British supply ships at the British military port of Adabia, 10 miles south of Suez, go back to work, a British spokesman said. In Cairo where anti-British feel- ing was rising, the demonstrators yelled: “We want arms” One of the crowd held up a gun and shouted: “This is how we will talk to Attlee.” All shops were closed this after- noon in Alexandria and Cairo. An open car filled with demon- strators attempted to drive to the Garden City area of Cairo where the British and American Embassies are located. A guard of 50 Egyp- tian police turned them back when they reached within a half block of the area. The British increased their hold on the Suez Canal area last night by seizing the harbor and rail sta-| tion at Port Suez. Gamblers Threafen- Milifary Training, Says Senalor BILOXI, Miss, Oct. 23—M—Sen. Hunt (D-Wyo) sees the future of universal military training threat- ened “by gamblers around military bases. Hunt, a member of the Senate Preparedness committee, conducted a hearing here yesterday to deter- mine the effect of gambling on the 30,000 airmen stationed.at Keesler Air Force base. The committee will soon hold similar hearings at other yet undesignated bases. He said at the conclusion of the hearing last night that the testimony left the committee no alternative but to submit “an un- favorable and highly critical report” on gambling here, and warned: “If conditions like this continue, I think universal military®training will go out of the window.” The basis of the committee’s “highly critical” report will be testi- ’| mony that Sen. Hunt said showed gambling interests had so en- trenched themselves as to “virtually control the economic life of the area.” W. L. Levar, of Fairbanks, is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. on the| Atomic | on the| “bomb,” which was | employed Oct. 3 in the announce- | % LAS VEGAS, Nev,, | [ | | mission Oct. 23— Americans, always in awe of size, had something different to ponder today: the successful detonation of an atomic weapon so small it flared less than a TNT blast, yet so pow- erful it demolished a 100-foot steel tower. Yesterday's amazing test may have ushered ™ the age of the baby A-bomb. No test was scheduled today but there may be another bigger blast tomorrow. Tight lipped Atomic Energy Com- officials conceded there wouldn’t be a smaller explosion than | “Operation Pinpoint” which started a series of blasts at the TEC!s Ne- vada proving ground that prob- |ably will run through this week |and next. Many observers, including some military men just back from Korea, found it difficult to believe that a nuclear explosion could emit light for a mere fraction of a second, and make less noise than a heavy artillery shot. Yet the downward thrust of the detonation flattened the tower from which the small atomic blast was set off. “There’s nothing left of the tower,” Test-Manager Carroll L. Tyler remarked, indicating perhaps that the small portion was as lethal in some respects as the original Alamorgordo A-bomb which melted its tower. There was comparatively little radiation from the vest-pocket blast, the AEC said. The air over the test range was reopened to planes less than four hours after the 6 a.m. exp.sion. Town Seized by Russia Vacated, Back o Allies BERLIN, Oct. 23—{P—East Ger- ana Genmumunk adar. RS | sian orders, today vacated the dla— puted village of Steinstuecken af- ter controlling the area for five days. West German police said the Communist garrison left the area some time this morning. The Rus- sians notified American authorit- ies they had ordered the eastern police out. The Soviets said the U. S. and the Russians now could discuss the status of the 50-family village the Russians seized last week. The village is an island on the border between the Russian and American sectors of Berlin. The east German state of Brandenburg sent in People’s police without warning to take it over, and the western allies protested swiftly. In a conciliatory note, Soviet De- puty Commandant V. Sussnin said the final statuts of the island vill- age probakly would be decided af- ter a joint Soviet-American investi- gation, Coast Guard Hearing on Wednesday The Coast Guard hearings on pro- posed changes in regulations for Southeast Alaska will' be held to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock in the Senate Chambers. Admiral Joseph Greenspin of the 17th Coast Guard District will preside at the session, Here to attend the meeting is Comdr. Paul E. Savonis from Coast Guard headquarters, Washington, D.C., and Capt. G. W. Callbeck, 12th Coast Guard district, San Fran- cisco. Testifying at the meeting will be boat owners and businessmen from Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg and Haines. 3 MAYERHOFFER TO SERVE SENTENCE Frank Mayerhofer was re-arrested by the U. S. Marshal’s office Tues- day on the charge of disorderly conduct. Two weeks ago he was in- dicted for breaking windows and given a 15-day suspended sentence by the U. S. Commissioner’s court. After his release, Mayerhofer broke more windows and will now serve his 15-day sentence. scheduled to arrive Baranof southbound sometime Sunday. Freighter Coastal Monarch in port. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive tonight at 7 o'clock, sailing for Skagway at 11:30 p.m, Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle Oct. 26. 30 Miles of N. Y. Docks Strikebound Rebel Longshoremen Tighten Stranglehold; Spreads fo Boston NEW YORK, Oct. 23—(P—Motor caravans of striking rebel longshore- men roved the waterfront today, tightening their stranglehold that has paralyzed more than 30 miles of docks in the vast port of New York. With tons of army materiel and civilian goods piled high on the idle piers, the strikers were almost in complete control of the world’s largest harbor. To prevent a higher pile-up, the American Association of Railroads has embargoed most freight con- signed here for export and for coastal shipping. Strike at Boston ‘With the strike already spread to Boston, the assofiation said a sim- ilar embargo on freight to that port would be ordered today. About 1,500 Boston longshoremen and 400 freight handlers refused to work today, striking in sympathy with the New York wildcatters, who are demanding reopening of a wage contract recently negotiated by the AFL International Longshoremen's Association. Pickets Igrorad At one of the few piers in the New York harbor area still working i about 150 longshoremen ignored the | pleas of strike pickets and began | unloading mail and passenger bag- [gage from the French Line’s Ile de | France. “What's the hell's the idea of breaking our strike?” demanded one of the pickets, threatening .that there'd be a bigger picket line on| hand later in the day. White Collar Workers Lo fmntungyd Liae's Neath. River pier the liner Queen Mary prepared | to sail. White collar workers, sume[ wearing white gloves and with neat| | white handkerchiefs peeking from their pockets, helped load pasulger; baggage. A temporary strike truce was de- clared at the New York port of embarkation on Staten Island to permit the loading of three Army troop ships. Federal mediators are meeting with both union factions, trying to| settle the dispute. The strikers are demanding a 25- cents-an-hour wage boost instead of | one for 10 cents granted in a new . contract. The average docker’s pay | is $2.10. TO SUPPORT STRIKES NEW YORK, Oct. 23—(®—The CIO National Maritime Union offer- ed its support today to striking rebel longshoremen who have paralyzed the port of New York. Joseph Curran, president of the| NMU, said his union would respect | picket lines of striking longshore- | men. Curran’s offer to back the strikers was made in a speech to 500 dele- gates to the eighth biennial NMU convention. with scabs ,our seamen on those ships will not tolerate that activ- ity.” Curran told the delegates .that he was investigating circumstances at the pier where the U. 8. Lines passenger liner, America, is prepar- ing to sail Thursday. “If the longshoremen are on the street and the scabs let go the lines on that vessel, she is not going to move,” he declared. “My advice to the U. 8. Lines is to settle the strike with the workers.” George Aposloi Gels Appoiniment fo OPS | George N. Apostol, assistant at-|* torney general of Alaska since April | has been appointed enforcement director for the Office of Price| Stabilization. The appointment of Apostol is an nounced by Fred G. Hanford, terri- torial director of OPS. Apostol will head investigation | and enforcement activities for territorial OPS and expects build a staff of eight or 10 speciz agents, “Our plan for the time being ! to work with and assist merchant in complying with regulations,” A} ostel said. “In due time, it m v be necessary to bring action again: wilful violators.” “I have enjoyed working with thc attorney general's office and was| reluctant to make the change, said. He added that Federal civi! He.said “if the ship owners load | Congress Adjourns Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (D-Tex) clasps hands of members just after he banged the gavel (Oct. {DaNC), Byorn Rogers (D-Colo). (P W 2¢) adjourning the lower chamber of Congress for the year. Chester McMullen (D-Fla), Percy Priest (D-Tenn), E. L. irephoto. Left to right: Reps. Woodrow Jones Forrester (D-Ga), Rayburn, and Red Mao Says War Hinges \0n Peace Talk MUNSAN, Korea, Oct. 23—{M— Red China’s Peiping radio quoted Premier Mao Tse-Tung today as saying Chinese will continue to “re- sist America” until the U.S. accepts Red peace proposals in Korea, The Red Chinese premier added that armistice negotiations “will be a siecess if America takes a ra- tian,‘l stand in truce talks.” “Wire'broadeast was hedrd i Tokyo |as the Reds let another day slip by withou$ approving an asreement to reopen cease-fire talks which 1 they bre'z> off two monthr ago. Mao's ~cmarks were taken to mean (.o Communists haven't | changed their pusition during the (wo-month break in negotiations. Red megotiators had insisted on a cease-fire line along the 38th D They said the United Nations emphasis on a battle line truce was irrational. Earlier Peiping radio reported the Reds had reshuffled their five-man truce team, naming two new dele- gates. A U.N. spokesman said the change might indicate the Reds) would place greater emphasis on military realities and less on polit- ical considerations. Reorganization of the Commun- ist delegation was announced as the Reds ignored a U.N. challenge to ratify quickly new truce talk rules. That was the only thing still needed to reopen negotia- tions to end the fighting in Ko- rea. The Red delay ruled out the possibility of a meeting before Wednesday. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, top Allied negotiator, signed the new ground rules Monday a few hours \fter liaison officers approved them. He asked North Korean Lt. Gen. am 11, head of the Red truce team, to act quickly so negotiations could be resumed promptly after a two- month interruption. Tax Colledlor Asks Suspension Pending Inquiry NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 23—(®— Lipe Henslee, Collector of Internal Revenue in Tennessee, requested nd received suspension from office today pending an investigation into his personal affairs. He asked Ior “full and fair” inquiry. The action followed a broadcast. Sunday night by Drew Pearson, Washington columnist, who charged Henslee with irregularities. He also predicted Henslee soon would be nvolved in the nationwide investi- ation of irregularities in the In- ternal Revenue Department. Henslee said this morning he nade the request for suspension to U. 8. Internal Revenue Commission- er John B. Dunlap both by tele- phone and telegram, OCTOBER 24 Low tide 2:52 am.,, High tide 9:48 am., 124 ft. 39 ft. Low tide 3:35 pm. 71 ft. service advantages prompted his de cision. High tide 9:24 p.m,, 124 ft. 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 Coal Producers Face U. S. Court In Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oc} 23~W —Aiaska coal producers accused of4 Sherman Anti-Trust Law violations | | went on trial before a jury in Fed- eral District Court here yesterday. Defendants in the action which ! court . officials said may last a week or longer were the Healy River Coal Corp., Usibelli Coal mines, Evan Jones Coal Co., and Harry J. Hill and Emil Usibelli. ‘The government has charged they violated anti-trust laws by making agreements with regard to furnish- 1ing.coal to consumers. Government attorneys introduced a number of summaries of coal re- auirements of Alaska military bases, together with bids to fill the re- Iquirements os the trial spened in Judge Harry Pratt's s.irtroom. The attorneys charged tiuat the requirements and the biis usually totaled about the same amounts. Leonard O. Jones, civilian pur- jchasing agent for military, testified for the government in connection with the summaries which' were offered as exhibits. However, Judge Pratt ordered Jones' testimony stricken when, in answer to prose- cution questions, he testified to a belief that “the similarity of re- quirements to the total bids was more than a coincidence.” During cross-examination by the defense, Jones made changes in the original exhibits after the defense produced figures to show Jones had not taken into accounting the bdis of all producers along the rail belt in summarizing the bidding on military requlremem.s s isthmian Vessel Can't Discharge, Frisco Wharf SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23—(P— Spokesmen for the strike-plagued Isthmian Steamship Co., say most San Francisco docks are closed to their vessels. They discovered that Monday when they tried to move a freighter out of the bay into a wharf so0 sheriff’s deputies could unload a cargo of Christmas toys. “The white plague is on us,” an| |15Lhmian spokesman said. “The | companies are afraid their piers will be tied up if one of our ships comes in.” Isthmian, under court order to unload the toys for a local depart- | ment store, has been boycotwdi three months by Harry Brldgea In- ternational Longshoremena and Warehousemen's Union. The ILWU refused to unload the UN Planes (Isler Are fo Wed .{ { The Seattle man will be a PAA | operator on the staff of the Daily Red Jels Hurledat | Largest Battle of Kind in History Reported from Korean Headquarters U. 8. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR- TERS, Korea, Oct. 23—(P—Com- munist airmen hurled 150 jets nt‘ U.N. warplanes today and lost at least 14- destroyed or’ damaged in! history’s largest jet battle. Two'American planes were shot down and at least two damaged. The U.S. Fifth Air Force esti- mated 246 jets, plus an undis- closed number of B-29 Superforts, were inveolved in today's scream- ing engagements. The previous record in a single jet | battle was 199 on Sept. 25. The| Russian-type MIG-158 swarmed 1" waves on B-29 Superforts bombing | a new Red airficld at Namsi, 45 miles from the Manchurian bor:ier. Allied airmen were credited with destroying five Red jets, prob- | akly destroying two, and damag- ing beiween seven and ten. One B-29 was crppled and plunged into the Yellow Sea, The crew bailed out. A Fifth Air Force briefing - officer said one F-84 ‘Thunderjet was shot down, Two B-29s' from Okinawa were badlyl damaged, but landed at Allied bases in Korea. The estimated 150 fast Red jets —a record number—fought with 96 Sabre and Thunderjets and an unannounced number of B-29s. | country’s case before the Damage Suif, Spruce Corp. Back in Court WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — ® — The Supreme Court has agreed to review a $750,000 damage verdict won by the Juneau Spruce Corp. of Juneau, Alaska, against Harry Bridges' longshoremen’s union. The award was made by a federal court jury in Alaska on the firm’s complaint that its business was damaged by picketing and coercive statements by the union. The com- pany said it had a contract with the CIO International Wood Workers at the time the pickets sought to force it to give barge-loading work to members of the longshoremen’s union. The verdict, granted under the Taft-Hartley Labor Law, was up- held by the U.S. Circuit Court in San Francisco. The union’s appeal to the high court questioned whether the suit could be brought under the circumstances of the Ju- neau case. The court’s agreement to hear the case was made known yesterday. Arguments probably will be scheduled early in the new year, IranPremier, Truman Talk On Oil Dispute . WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — P — Iran’s” Premier Mohammed Mossa- degh lunched with President Tru- man today amid speculation that a new move may be near to settle the Anglo-Iranian ofl crisis. Diplomatic - informants suggested that Mr. Truman may have the premier-to re-open- direet m tiations with the British now. that the United Nations has voted to adopt a temporary hands-off atti- tude. The U.N. Security Council vmu 8 to 1 last Friday to shelve fny action untii the International omc. of Justice at the Hague decides whether the court has Jumdhfllh to intervens. Authoritative U.N. quarters said Iran and Britain ar€ nearer agreement now than .the were when Mossadegh laid | Council. Mossadegh lrxuod the U.N. had no right to intervene in the dispute, Informants said that with Y. action indefinitely postponed, Mos- sadegh may feel more inclinéd to resume talks with the British in &n effort to get his country's virtually paralyzed oil production flowing again. New York Life Group {nsurance Man Is The air pattle overshadowed ac- tion on the quieting ground fronts. United Nations tank and Infantry forces began enveloping smoldering Kumsong, deserted , former Red stronghold ‘on the central front. The Allies in the eastern mountdins beat off three Red probing attacks. And in the west, raiding U.N. patrols got into a stiff fight with en-| trenched Chinese west of Yonchon. Hazel Hope, Rudy SEATTLE, Oct. 23—(-—Rudolph H. Isler, 42, and Hazel A. Hope, also 42, both of Juneau, filed notice of intention to wed here Monday. Mrs. Hope is wellknown in Ju-) neau, owneg of the Hope Apart- ments on Gastineau Avenue and previous to going to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., was a linotype Alaska Empire. Mr. Isler is a well- ships after Isthmian signed a con- | tract with AFL marine engineers while Isthmian's CIO engineers | were on sttike. | Part of the toy shipment from | the freighter Steel Artisan was un- loaded Saturday by deputies. But | the line failed to find additional dock space for unloading the Steel | Traveler, anchored in the bay. In Los Angeles, the navy took over | unloading of 327 tons of cargo from Isthmian’s Steel Rover. It/ sald the cargo was urgently needed. Bridges’ own Local 10 of the IL- WU voted here last night to hold | stop-work meetings if Isthmian at- tempts to unload the ships with AFL stevedores, — EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY — known fisherman, o o 0. 0 0 o o o 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU At Airport: Maximum, 39; i , 24. Ml‘xmum | . . . . . . . FORECAST i |® (Juneau and Vicinity) . Fair with strong gusty e northeasterly winds tonight e and Wednesday. Lowest tem e perature tonight near 30. . . I . Highest Wednesday about 37. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today e At Airport None; e since July 1-12:52 inches. e o 0 0 0 00 0 00 Juneau Visitor New York Life Insurance man Don L. Altenburg arrived in Juneau y Pan American Airways Monday lor a short business trip from his healiquarters in Seattle. Altenburg, who is home office representative of the New York Life bandling group insurance out of Seattle, is in Juneau to work with Keith Wildes, Juneau NYL agent on group life and hospitalization plans for Juneau firms. passenger southbound tomorrow. Group insurapce programs in- stalled to date by Altenburg and Wildes are for the Alaska Laundry and for the Empire Printing Com- pany. Group plans are designed for firms’ employing 25 people or more and may cover life, dismem- berment, hospitalization, surgery and other benefits or combinations thereof. " Slock Quofations NEW YORK, Oct. 23—{?—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 3%, American Can 110%. | American Tel. and Tel. 156%, Ana conda 47%, Douglas Alrcraft u General Electric 56%, General Mo- tors 50'%, Goodyear 45%, Kennecott 81%, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 56%, Standard Oil of California 49, Twentieth Century Fox 22%, US. Steel 42%, Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange 95.87. Sales today were 1,110,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 263.48, rails 8204, util- ities 45.52. | = EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —