The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1951, Page 1

SONGRESSIONAL Lk ] IBRARY YASHINGTON. D € VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,947 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — ——— — JUNEAU, ALASKA, THU. RSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Over Million Dollar Plywood Plant fo Be Built in Juneau An announcement today by Tom# Morgan, President of the Columbia | Lumber company of Juneau, prom- | ised definite construction of a long- planned plywood plant here wnLh‘ year-around employment ipr nearly 200 workers. Morgan said that . construction of the plant could be -expected to start shortly alter January 1. Con- struction costs of the:plant are estimated at .-slightly in excess of $1 million. Morgan estimated the plant would be completed about the middle of next summer, when from 180 to| 200 persons would be employed. for | steady work, Full production sched- | uleg call for 3-million feet of finish- | ed plywood to be turned out each | month. Timber Acquired The announcement was made af- | ter the Juneau company made a | SucTesStut—bid ut million feet of top-grade timber in{ a stand on Kosiusko Island. The Legion Wanis No | Substifutes for i .American Flag | SEATTLE, Oct. 25—P—A state]| American Legion campaign against use of the United Nations flag.“or| any other”'in place of the Ameri- can fldg was announced today by | State Adjutant Fred H. Fuecker ! He said the Legion, under the policy adopted at its national con- | vention, believed the TUN flag| should be used solely for UN oc- | casions and places and should not | be allowed to fly over schools or | public buildings in place of the! Stars. and Stripes. | ‘Idaho_h;Iiner Endures Box Car “'Jail' for Week SANDPOINT, Idaho, Oct. 25— (#—A 47-year-old prospector, acci-| dentally locked in a railroad freight car and imprisoned more than a| week, was dragged out alive and| was recovering today. Sheriff Robert Ellerstock said the | man, Fred S. Howerton of Platte,| Kan., “looked 70 years old,” had a| three-inch beard and could barely | speak. He had had nothing to eat.| Howerton, who tore the inner boards from one end of the caf | in,a, vain atempt to escape, was freed by a section crew Tuesday. A ‘railroad worker heard a noise | as he passed, by, called inside and then: got- the car open when How- | erton replied weakly. | A npurse at a Priest River hos- | pital said Howerton is getting along | all right and may be released in a couple: of weeks. VISITING FROM ANCHORAGE ‘Albert Berg and: J. J. Grove of Anchorage are staying at the Bara- nof Hotel. FROM OKLAHOMA Mr. and Mrs. Cecil L. Eaton of Prague, Oklahoma, are registered at the Baranof Hotel. el TheWashington Eflerry -Go-Round 03 ht, 1951 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — When British Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Giditskell was " in Washington re- cently, he held g private and dole- ful conference with high U. S. officials which presaged the chief problem facing England ‘after the elections. The chancellor didn't put it that way, but the problem will be just the same no matter who wins in today’s voting. What he told Secretary of the Treasury Snyder, Undersecretary of State Webb, Defense Mobilizer Wil- son, Eric Johnston and others was that England was losing its Sterl- ing reserves at an alarming rate. The pound Sterling, he said, was being drained out of England ,so rapidly that it was now at the low- est point in history—at that time only £1,600,000,000. Since then it has become worse. Gaitskell did not ask for a loan. In fact, he didn’t ask for anything except the advance of 800,000 tons of steel to be paid back later. He | struction Finance Corporation for a | phasized that Alaskans would have | lis of exceptionally high quality. {In Phiilppine | been attributed to the Communist U. S. Forest Service office in Ju- neau announced the awarding of the contract yesterday. The plant will be built, Morgan said, on the north end of the Ju- neau Lumber company property. The main building of the plywood plant will occupy an area of 80,000 square feet. The building will be 400 feet long by 200 feet wide. About 50 construction workers will be used to complete the plant on the job of about six month's dura- tion. To Employ 200 “I think this is one of the best things to happen to Juneau in a long time,” Morgan said. “When the plant in full operation, close to 200 workers will mean a rather large, stcady payroll for the city. The employees will be well paid, and because it 12 steady employment, the workers will-be permanent-re- sidents here.” Successful tests were made on veneer logs last week brought from | sitka down to the Everett Plywood | Corporation at Everett, Wash., ac- | cording to Morgan. The logs were of similar quality to the logs which will be brought here from the Col- umbia Lumber compary’s newly-ac- quired timber stand on Kosiusko Island. 3 Morgan said that experts from machinery and equipment firms from various points in the United States were on hand for the tests, checking the efficiency of mach- ines used in the operations. “The tests were very successful in every respect,” Morgan said. Organization Planned Morgan said the definite acqui- sition of the timber stand with its high-quality spruce, hemlock and] cedar meant that his company could | proceed with organization plans and | the forming of the corporation. He said tentative arrangements had been made with the Recon-| loan. soon as this is fully accom- plished,” Morgan said, “We wi]l“ close purchasing arrangements for the equipment.” The lumber company official em- | | | | the first call on the plywood pro-: duced at the plant. The balance, he said, would be shipped to east- ern markets in the United States.| Regular commercial shipping will | probably be used for transporta- | tion out of Juneau, according to| Morgan. The products shipped east, | he pointed out, would be shipped | on a through rate on a plan now! being worked out with three differ- | ent railroad companies. The Forest Service sale of the| timber stand provides that Col- umbia Lumber must cut at least 30 million feet of logs and not more ! than 40 million feet during a three- year period. Forest Service officials pointed out that the stand was only a part of the timber available on Kosiusko. | They als6 stated that the timber| Americans Killed Roadside Ambush MANILA, Oct. 25—®—Two Am- ericans were killed in a roadside ambush near Olongapo tonight and U. S. Marines immediately joined in a search for the slayers, believed to be Communist huks. The Philippines army identified one victim as John Grant. The Philippines News Service said the other was Harold Alden. An army spokesman said Grant's wife and Filipino maid were criti- cally wounded, while Grant’s son escaped injury. Grant owned an automobile parts firm at Olongapo. He was the fourteenth American and fifteenth foreigner slain in the Philippines in the past 12 months. All but one of the killings have huks. FROM GULL COVE, ALASKA Laura Shanks of Gull Cove, Alaska, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. OCTOBER 26 | i Low tide 4:42 am., 3.0 ft. High tide 11:12 a.m., 14.8 ft. attributed the drain of Sterling re- serves to the competition of Ger- Low tide €:18 pm., 3.7 ft. High tide 11:21 p.m., 143 ft. o o o o Above are publican Cenfere Orgon, left; Mrs. Guy banquet in Gabriel ve of the delegates who attended the Western Re- Seattle: Gov. Douglas McKay of Ison, wife of the Rupublican Na- tional Committee Chairman; Albert White of Juneau, Mrs. Margaret Rockwell of Phocnix, Arizona, and Fred L. Montana, The conference was held in Seattic October 15 and 16 and drew | Robinson of Malta, more than 200 delegates from 11 western states, Hawaii and Alaska. The conference wa planks for next y for the purpose of discussing west-sponsored national platform. Million Pints of Blood Piedged By Nation's Elks WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. Oct. 26— (®—Elks lodges throughout the na- tion will pledge 1,000,000 pints of blood for use in the national em- ergency, Howard R. Davis, Grand Exalted Ruler of the BPOE, made the an- nouncement here last night 2t a testimonial dinner in his honor at his home lodge, Williamsport Lodge No. 173. U. 5. Employee Pay Raises Refroadive WASHINGTON, Oct Some 1,100,000 federal “white col- lar” workers d 500,000 postal em- ill receive pay raises ret- roactive to last July 1 Legislation signed yesterday by President Truman increases the an- nual pay of most white collar work- ers by $30) to $800, that of postal workers by $400 to $800. This will add an estimated $672,- 000,000 a year to the costs of the federal, payroll. o The pay boost for classified fed- eral workers under civil seryice is 10 percent. But ‘those who ‘make less than $3,000 a year will get $300 and those paid more than $8,00¢ will get a flat $800. Ading Governor - Pledges Support To Democras Acting Governor Joseph Kehoe pledged his active support of the Democrat Party in years to come in an address at a meeting Wednes- day night of the local Jefferson- Jackson Club. The hope is that the party in Alaska will lead the nation to suc- cess, he said. The final verdict on any presi- dential administration can, not be made before the end ‘of a ‘genera- tion, he stated. Great positive ach- ievements are then seen instead of the day to day squabbles. He said that Washington, Lin- coln, Wilson and F. D. Roosevelt were all criticized while in office but have been judged as good pre- sidents. “So in a sense, Truman can't complain,” he said. “Truman’s record is an impres- sive and respectable one,” he said. George Sundborg reported that the door is not closed on the pos- sibility of getting a portion of the $7,000,000 of Alaska forest road funds for the Taku River road. Mike Haas, secretary of the Jef- ferson-Jackson Club, announced that the Moose Club will award $500 to the graduating Alaska high school senior who writes the best essay on the subject of “Why State- hood for Alaska?” HERE FROM KETCHIKAN Mrs. George Burgett of Ketchikan is staying at the Baranof Hotel. FROM TRAIL, B. C. H. C. Giegerich of Trail, B. C,, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. wm — | Post Office Service Improvement Is Aim 0f Postal Inspedors R. C. Sheldon, postal inspector of Portland, Ore., arrived in Juneau Monday and is here to make a sur- vey of ways and means of improving local post office service. Sheldon and S. N. Smoot, also | & postal inspector of Portland, have | recently completed the installation of city mail delivery in Anchorage, and completed plans for city deli shortly after the first of the year. | Smoot will arrive in Juneau later |this week, and in the meantime Sheldon is checking on informa- tion he and Mr. Smoot will need to put possible plans in opera- tion. In Alaska at the request of Dele- gate E. L. Bartlett who has asked for city delivery for Ketchikan, Ju- neau, Anchorage and Fairbank: Mr. Sheldon said that he and Mr Smoot are pleased with their ac- complishments in the northern cities ,and with the cooperation the received fsom Anchorage and Fair- banks business people. in Juneau include city delivery, downtown pickup service, establish- ment of a contract post office sta- tion in the downtown business area and raral free delivery. » «City delivery =~ will = make no change in service, of Jocal box hold- " M. sSheldon 'said today. “If persons or business firms want their neail delivered to their boxes, that is where it will be sorted. If they nrefer delivery, their streeet addres- ses will assure delivery. There can even be a combination of services. A business firm may pick up its letter mail from boxes, and ask delivery of parcel post packages. We are here to work out the best possible service for this area, the service Juneau people want.” T. C. Hockman, Juneau superin- tendent of mails, is assisting Mr. Sheldon with his local survey of post office service. Several of Crew Survive Navy Bember Crash CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. Oct. 25 —{®-—-A big navy patrol bomber, PB4Y, from the naval air station here crashed_ today near Rockport, Tex., about, 2 pm. Naval air station official there were six or eight men ab They said there were some vors. The plane caught fire after crash. Milkmen's Strike In New York City Cuts Deliveries NEW YORK, Oct. 25—(# wives and children rushed tc up in grocery stores and proce: plants for milk rations todav milkmen’s strike cut off dell to 12,000,000 New York are: sumers. s Milk drivers and plant w s in New York City and surrounding counties, northern New Jerscy and souwestern Connecticut, repre-cited by the AFL Teamsters Union, walk- ed out yesterday demanding # 20 dpercent pay increase. aid rd. wrvi= the | House= queue eries on- White, Ohers al GOP Mee! | v, fery for Fairbanks which will begfl Possibilities for improved service | Report Says ke May Run, "I Dufy Calls' NEW YORK, Oct. 25 — (# — A former New England publisher says Gen. Dwight D.. Eisenhower told him he would run for president “if it were a matter of duty.” Leonard v Finder, who was ac- | tive in the short-lived Eisenhower boom of 1648, wrgte in Collier's magazine that Eisenhower would accept either a Republican or Democratic draft if “it is clearly an expression of the American people’s wishes,” Finder said the General told him: “You have always understood that T do not want political office, that T have done my best to avoid it; but that I would have to accept if it were a matter of duty. I have never placed myself 2bove my coun- try's commands.” In 1948, Eisenhower sent Finder a famous letter in whic® could_ not ascept nomination, He s life-long professional soldiers should not seek high political office “in the absence of some obvious and overriding reason.” Finder said Eisenhower would be more disposed to accept a Republi- can than a Democratic nomination to run for President next year. But if the Republicans pick Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, Finder said Eisen- hower would be willing to run against him on the Democratic| ticket. | “In the view of many Republi- {cans,” Finder said, “Senator Taft is still ‘an isolationist.” General ; Eisenhower believes profoundly in the necessity for all free nations ;pulllng together or hanging sep- grately.” NEWSPAPER SUPPORT NEW YORK, Oct. 25— (P — The New York Herald Tribune is sup- porting Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican nomination for President in 1952. | Mrs. Ogden Reid, president of the newspaper, made the announcement |1ast night to the audience of the | Herald Tribune forum after the meeting itself was over. i " Simultaneously, front page edi-| | torials endorsing the General ap- peared in Paris and New York | editions of the newspaper, which | classifies itself politically as Inde- f pendent-Republican. Eisenhower, the paper said, “is the man” for the Republican party. Sen. McCarren Says Free Gold Marke! Needed LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25—(P—A tree gold market was advocated by Sen. Pat McCarren (D-Nev) in his address to the American Mining Congress meeting here yesterday. ‘The Senator told mining delegates he would introduce a bill to end government monopoly of gold buy- ing and permit an open market if it met with the conventfon’s ap- proval. The mining congress passed a resolution Monday demanding a return to the gold standard. McCarren said he was not pre- pared to introduce the bill during the present war emergency. Mining delegates struck out at the new tax law. They said it rais- es the nation’s tax burden above what can be carried if the U. 8. is to maintain its system of free enterprise. Resolutions demanding repeal of the excess profit tax and reduction of excessive incomle taxes were passed. Government extravagance was hit in another resolution. FROM YAKUTAT Kathryn and Helen Bremner of Yakutat are guests at the Gasti- neau Hotel. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU At Airporz: Maxjmum, 36; minimum, 20. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with rain occasionally mixed*with snow tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight ‘about 35 degrees. Highest Friday near 42. Southeasterly winds as high as 25 mph. ~ PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy At Airport — None; since July 1—12:52 inches. © 0 0000 0 00 | Conjederate _prison camps, _they Solufion May Be Reached on (G Hearings Commander Paul Savonis stated today that he agrees with Congress- man Herbert Bonner that a solu- tion to the problems raised at the recent Coast Guard hearings will be made to the satisfaction of the government and the people in this area, and that the solution will provide for both maritime safety and the economic development of southeast Alaska. Comdr. Savonis made the state- ment at the C hamber of Commerce luncheon held in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Marine safety regulations have followed in the wake of marine dis- asters and Comdr. Savonis outlined the history of the Steamboat In- spection Service, which was estab- lished in 1838. The Marine Safety Cmde. still in effect today, was ad- cpted in 1871 as a direct result of the Sultana disaster that occur- red after the Flvu War. The Sultana wens certified to carry 400 passengers but when 2,000 Un- jon prisoners were released from were all placed aboard to return to the north. The boiler on the ship| exploded angd 1,500 lives were lost. Impressed By Testimony Captain G. W. Callbeck of the 12th Coast Guard District told the Chamber members that he was impressed by the straight forward attitude of the men who had given testimony at the Coast Guard hear- ings. He said, “I am sure that your efforts will not be totally in vain.” Robert Boochever, Fred Eastaugh, and Jerry McKinley were given a vote of thanks for their work on behalf of the Coast Guard and Bonner hearings. Boat Harbor Expansion E. W. Cowling of the Chamber's boat harbor committee reported that he had talked with three repre- sentatives of the U. 8. Army Corps of REnginesrs and .that his jmpres- sion was that either a large boat harbor would be constructed at Douglas or that a small harbor would be built at Douglas and the Juneau boat anchorage would be enlarged. O. F. Benecke announced that a new tourist pamphlet had been written for the Juneau Chamber and would be ready for the print- ers soon, The new pamphlet will have more pictures and less wordage than the former booklet. Seattle businessmen at today’s luncheon included: William T. Beeks, maritime lawyer, Don Davis of the fishing industry, and Robert E. Landweer, custom house broker, Other guests were Paul Warber, U. S. Post Office Dept., Anchorage, Tim Casey, FBI, Juneau, and Riggs McConnell, attorney of the U. 8. Department of Justice. Sealll;Ewyer Appointed fo Fisheries Board SEATTLE, Oct. 25—®—Elton C. Jones said today he was notified that President Truman has ap- pointed him to the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commis- sion. Jones, an attorney here, suc- ceeds Edward W. Allen, also of Seattle, who has resigned. Allen, who also is chairman of the Inter- national Fisheries Commission which regulates halibut fishing in the North Pacific, had been a mem- iso cluttered with necessary equip- Coast Guard Hearing Is Ended Here The formal Coast Guard hearings on the re-classification of waters in Southeast Alaska was concluded Wednesday afternoon in the Senate Chambers. The testimony delivered at the hearing will be reviewed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard in Washington, D..C. and Admiral Joseph Greenspun, com- mandant of the 17th Coast Guard District, said ng action can be taken here. First witness at the afternoon ses- sion was Earl Ohmer, represent- ing the Petershurg Chamber of Commerce, Deep Sea Fishing Co., Deep Sea Fishermen's Union, Fish- ing Vessel Owners' Association and the Petersburg schools. Ohmer corroborated the testi- mony of Juneau Chamber of Com- merce witnesses as to the safety of waters of Southeast Alaska. He con- sidered them as safe ‘“or safer” than waters of Puget Soun that his fishing boats opera year round, and that it was always possible to get into protected wat- ers when a storm came up. Maritime Attorney Heard Willlam T. Beeks, maritime law- yer from Seattle, spoke on behalf of the Alaska Canned Salmon In- dustry. Beeks, who said that his proposal was in no way controvers- ial, presented a Southeast Alaska chart with the area outlined that should be classified as inland wat- ers. His proposal, which aimed to clarify the question as to whether International rules or inland rules should be applied to waters in Southeast Alaska, was that the Commandant of the Coast Guard promulgate regulations specifically declaring all of the waters of south- east Alaska from Cape Fox to Cape; Spencer 1o.he inlard waterg. 4 Boatmen Testify Similar testimony was given '&l." the afternoon session by Ludw.g Baggen, Don Gallagher, Robert Coughlin, and Jack Burford. All men who are owners and operators of vessels testified that they did not! consider the waters of Southeast | Alaska to be hazardous, and that although none had found the Coast Guard regulations burdensome Lhey' believed that the waters should be | re-classified as inland waters rather | than limited coastal waters. Coughlin said that he would like to have the monopoly for supplying also wanted to know why the water | cost $2.50 for a dozen pint cans, He | also wanted to know why th water had to come from Boston and ques- tioned why the regulations stated that canned water should be kept in the lifeboat where during the winter it would freeze and burst the cans. On lifeboat equipment, Steve Homer. alleged that the boats were ment that there was no room for passengers. Referring to the regu- + Brifish (asting Big Vole Tories” Optimism Cools; Early Vote Indicates Socialists Active LONDON, Oct. 25—M—An un- precgdented surge of voting during the first six hours of the British General Election today cooled some of the pre-election optimism in the Conservative party, one of its officials said. Estimates of the expected Tory majority “have been scaled down,” he added. Survey reports from virtually every major area of the country reached Conservative headquarters shortly after noom. The official sald the number of people who cast ballots between 7 and 9 a.m. was “much greater than last time.” The majority Sovjalist government sypporters, balloting before they to fac- torles and Industrial planes. “Every indication is that they (the Socialists) have succeeded in getting out a big vote,” the official sald. Between 9 am. and noon, the source said, the polling. appeared to be running two percent greater than in the 1950 election. Conser- vatives sald they® were confident that these ballots were “at least evenly divided, if not favorable to us." The source who asked not to be identified, sald “estimates of the majority have been scaled down now. They are talking about 35 to 45 seats.” . This estimate, in one held by MM bl during the Both parties had observers at the polling places in strategic districts, keeping unofficial counts of the vuung.h: .The figures and estimates came from a compilation. Sl pilation. of their Winston announced lh:: 'lficrnoon that he has filed suit for libel against the Daily Mirror. The Cw’““v: v:.ny centra! office said the statement éame from Churchill's Londen home. It read: “A writ has been issued on behalf of Mr. Winston Churchill for al- leged libel contained on page one of today’s issue of the ‘Daily Mir- ror” The exact nature of the libel was not stated. RECORD VOTE POLLED LONDON, Oct. 25—(#—Britain’s momentous general election ap- peared, by late afternoon, to be headed for a record popular vote lation, Attorney Fred Eastaugh de- clared that there are 29 separate items needed for lifeboats under limited coastal regulations and 11 pieces required for inland waters. Lifeboat Again Jerry McKinley, who formerly operated the MV Beachcomber as a freighter, related that when the boat was originally inspected in Seatfle he had equipped it with a life raft. The following year, he was told that the raft was obsolete and to comply with regulations he pur- ber sinee 1932. Flood Control Bill Is Cuf; Truman Signs It WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—(/P—A sharply trimmed bill appropriating $597,262,713 “for flood control and navigation projects throughout the country was signed yesterday by President Truman. His budget proposed $662,437,843 for the work. The House cut the amount to $514,427,400. The Senate chased a canvas covered square 'rlonuns block with ropes attached on each side. In case of disaster, the men were supposed to cling to the ropes of the floating block until rescued. He said that the block would have been useless as no man lives much longer than 15 minutes when dunked into the icy waters in this district. “The straw that broke the camel’s back” is the way Mc- Kinley termed the next regulation issued the following year. This time he was required to purchase a life- boat costing $1,000 F.O.B. on the East Coast. He sald that at this point he decided to withdraw from public freighting business. voted $638,578,213. They compromised on the amount finally signed into law by the Pre- sident. Last year's appropriation was $645,565,350. FORMER JUNEAU MAN NAMED SERGEANT IN HIGHWAY PATROL Walter Sinn, former Juneau pa- trolman, has been advanced to the rank of sergeant in the Territorial Highway Patrol and is now in charge of the station at Tok Junc- tion. FROM WOODVILLE, WASH. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Mariner of Woodville, Wash., are registered at the Gastineau Hotel. At the conclusion of the meeting, Comdr. Paul Savonis of the Wash- ington headquarters stated that the transcript would be reviewed by the Commandant. He reminded the wit- nesses that re-classification of the waters would not alter the basic safety rules. Baranof scheduled to arrive southbound sometime Sunday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive southbound Friday at 7 am., sailing for Vancouver at 8 am. Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle Oct. 206. and jubilant Socialist party lead- ers said “a record vote always means a Labor victory.” The Conservatives, led by Win- ston Churchill, went into the elec- tion heavily favored to win. They continued to express con- fidence in the outcome but sald the heavy vote this morning prob- ably was predominantly Socialist. An official of the party sald estimates of the expected Tory majority in the House of Com- mons had been scaled down, as a result. * From various polling points, elec- tion officials reported voting was more than 20 percent higher today than during a similar period in the 1950 election. A Labor government teller said it was the highest he had seen “in 40 years.” The size of the popular vote is significant. % The Labor government retained power last year by a scant six seats. Party spokesmen said Socialists had been over-confident. The polls close at 9 pm. (1 pm., PST) and, unlike American elec- tions, no partial figures on the vot- ing are announced. d Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Oct. 25—{P—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 111, American Tel. and Tel. 157, Anaconda 48%, Douglas Aircraft 59%, General Electric 55%, General Motors 51, Goodyear 45%, Kenne- cott 44, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 56%, Standard Oil of California 50%, Twentieth Century Fox 22%, U.S. Steel 43, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.25. g7 Sales today were 1,360,000 shares, Averages today were as followa: ities 45.60. e b