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

SONCRESSIONAL IBRARY ¥ASHINGTION, D. 0. VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,970 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” J Investigate Tax Probe Chairman WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — (# — The Congressional committee mak- ing a many-sided investigation of federal tax scandals went behind closed doors today to take a look at activities of its own chairman. The House Ways and Means sub- committee probing irregularities of the Internal Revenue Bureau de- cided to look further into rumors Rep. King (D-Calif) had brought “improper influences” to bear on certain California tax* cases. King said the rumors were false, and called the full inquiry himself The committee expects to get back quickly to its investigation of the Internal Revenue Bureau, shaken again yesterday by the resignation of another top official. Daniel A. Bolich stepped aside as assistant internal revenue commi sioner. He said he was quitting because, of his health. His resignation was the third among the bureau’s top level offi- cials since last June. It came at a time when the committee reportedly had him under investigation. (onservatives of Brifain Asked to Announce Policy STRASBOURG, France, Nov. 20 —{P—American Congressmen today challenged British Conservatives to give them a clear concise statement of Winston Churchill’s official policy toward European unity. In the first working session of the Joint European-American con- ference, Rep. Howard W. Smith (D-Va), and Rep. Kenneth Keating (R-NY) asked European assembly- men to explain what steps would be backed by their peoples. “What are the official views of your governments, the views-baeked: by your peoples?” Smith inquired. Keating noted that Britain has been blamed in the past for the failure of European nations to unite. Looking to Robert Boothby, British Conservative, he said: ' “I would like a statement from the United Kingdom on what its Long-Range Plan Set for Alaska Sports Fishing By FRANK W. VAILLE WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — ® — Approval of a long-range [ ram designed to keep game fish in Alaska’s streams is announced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Prepared by the Alaska ‘Depart- ment of Fisheries, the program will be administer by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Biologist Urban lson of Juneau will head the | of the service’s federal aid branch, is needed because of heavy sport fishing by increasing numbers of servicemen and civilians. It is aimed at increasing the number of lake, brook, rainbow and cutthroat trout and grayling. As projected, the program in- volves a three-year study to lay the groundwork for future development. It will seek to determine areas of fishing concentration, types of fish caught and means of spreading the fishing pressure into areas not now utilized. The latter includes stock- ing barren streams and lakes where fish are not now found. Ways will be sought also to over- come the limited natural produc- tion of Alaska waters by increas- ing the available food supply. Although the three-year program will cover most of Alaska, attention will be given first to Southeast Alaska and to the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas where population is heaviest. Participating will be the U.S. For- est Service, National Park Service,! the Alaska Command and the Uni- versity of Alaska. # The study will cost an estimated $120,000 with first year expenditures figured at $35,000. It will be fi nanced from the territory’s $75,000- a-year share of the federal aid to fish restoration program—amassed | through a ten percent excise tax on sports fishing equipment. | | Auditor Moore Disallows Two More Vouchers Two vouchers by the Territorial Board of- Health totalling $785.37 !were disallowed by Auditor Neil attitude has been, and what, if any,! Moore this morning who said the changes we can now expect.” jvouchers were not properly drawn. Moore said the vouchers, both isigned by Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, GHQ Says Red Killings May Reach 6,000 TOKYO, Nov. 20 — ® — Allied headquarters said today there is “considerable evidence” that -about 6,000 American soldiers died in Red atrocity killings although bodies of only 365 have been recovered. The statement from Gen. Mat- thew B. Ridgway's headquarters made no mention of Communist countercharges of Allied atrocities. Fach side accused (he other of atrocities in Korea while the Pan- munjom circus tent truce talks were in a one-day recess asked by the Communists. The Reds wanted time to study a United Nations proposal for a tentative cease-fire. General headquarters of the U.N. Command made it clear the report of wholesale Red atrocities issued last week by Col. James M. Hanley did not involve an increase in the known American dead in the Ko- rean war. There were two notable dif- ferences between the GHQ re- port and Hanley'’s. The headquar- ters’ figure of 6,000 was nearly 500 above Hanley's. The Colonel listed his total as definitely atro- city victims. GHQ said “neither the fact nor manner of death” of all has been established. * It also gave Hanley - this mild reprimand for releasing the figures: “His duties do not involve respon- sibilities for reporting of casualties arising from the Korean opera- tions.” “Of the 10,836 persons (Ameri- cans) still carried as missing in ac- tion,” the report said, “there is no conclusive proof as to the number of dead, though there is consider- able evidence to justify presumption of death by atrocity of a number which may 6,000.” Broadcasts from Red radios in Pyongyang and Peiping conceded some American prisoners of war had died in prison camps but denied the report issued by Colonel Hanley of the Eighth Army's legal section as an “absurd lie” and a “slander.” Red radios in ‘turn accused the Allies of (1) killing 17,000 Chinese |and Korean Red prisoners of war or allowing them to starve to death, (2) killing or injuring 14,500 Nerth Korean civilians in bomb raids, and (3) shipping out 1,000 Korean and Indochinese Reds for use in atomic tests. approximate large | Truman Should Pay for "Junkef’ Says Congressman WASHINGTON, Nov, 20 — ® — Rep. Busbey (R-II) said today President Truman's flying trip here from Key West is a “political jun- ket and ought to be paid for by the Democratic National Committee in- stead of the Air Force.” He esti- mated the cost of the round trip at $2,280. Noting that Mr. Truman is mak- ing the trip to address the Women's National Democratic club tonight, Busbey said in a statement: “It cannot be said, by the wildest stretch of anybody’s imagination, that Mr. Truman’s trip has any connection with official business. The purpose of the trip is politics and nothing but politics.” Busbey estimated it costs $285 an hours to operate the President’s piane, the Independence. TRUMAN IN WASHINGTON ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — P — President Truman, interrupting his Florida vacation to keep a date for 2 political speech, flew back to Washington today for a *20-hour stay. His plane arrived at 12:01 p.m. (EST) from Key West. National Guard fo Have Men Flown io First Encampment Approximately 250 men will be flown into Juneau from Southeast Alaska for the first encampment of the 208th Infantry Battalion (Sep) of the Alaska National Guard to be held Nov. 25 to Dec. 9, it was announced by the guard headquar- ters today. Major Emery W. Kunkle, Warrant Officer Joseph Whlsh and SFC Tom Main, all of the U.S. Purchasing and Disbursing office, at Anchorage have srrived to handle supplies for the encampment. Fifly tons of supplies arrived on Included in the total tonnage were 12 tons of commissary Supplies of which 2% tons were meat. Eider-down filled sleeping bags will be used during the encampment. Woeoden flooring will be used in the 60 squad tents with two oil stoves per tent. A five kva. generator plant has been loaned by the Aleska Communications System for use during this period of field train- ing. The public is warned that there the Denali Sunday for the camp., UNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1951 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS Consider New |Mavor Hendrickson Traces Juneau Ambassador To Russia KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 20—(®— President Truman said today George F. Kennan is being consid- ered for the post of Ambassador to Russia, The President said he had dis- cussed the appointment with Secre- tary Acheson, and that Kennan would “make a good ambassador.” Mr. Truman made this observa- tion shortly before he took off in his personal plane, the “Indepen- dence,” for Washington where he will make a political speech tonight. Ambassador Alan G. Kirk has been anxious to give up the Mos- cow post and has expressed a de- sire not to spend another severe winter in the Russian capital. Talking with reporters at the Boca Chica Airport in response to questions about Kennan, an expert on Russia, the President asserted: “He'd make a good ambassador. He certainly ought to know his way around out there.” Kennan is a former head of the State Department’s policy plan- ning staff. He is now on leave and serving with the Institute of Ad- vance Studies at Princeton Uni- versity, Mr. Truman’s plane left the air- port at 7:58 am. for the four-hour flight to Washington. He will speak at 10 pm. at a banquet of the National Woman’s Democratic club. Although the address will be pol- itical, Mr. Truman is not expected to give any hint whether he will seek re-election. Marriage of Tone, Payfon Is on Rocks HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 20—(®—The seven-week marriage of Franchot Tone angd actress Barbara Payton' is on the rocks, her attorney said today. The lawyer, Robert S. Feder, said the couple quarreled bitterly Sunday | night and separated yesterday. He | said he plans to file a divorce ac- | tion soon, possibly next week. Feder said he did not know what the quarrel was about. | His client has moved out of the apartment she shared with the suave | lactor and is staying with friends, I'he said. | Exams Announced For FWS Special Jobs Announcement was made in Ju-| neau by Howard Baltzo, assistant regional director, that the U. S.! Fish and Wildlife Service is seek- ing men for the job of Fishery Methods and Equipment Specialist with salaries from $3,100 to $7,600 ! a year. Civil service examinations will be held for the jobs, which may be on either the Atlantic or Pacific seaboard. Persons interested, who have commercial fishing or mari- time experience, can write or see the FWS in Juneau. Baltzo said the recent work in, tuna and shrimp explorations in this area by the crew of the John‘ N. Cobb is an example of the type of work. The work would be with! the exploratory fishing and with experiments on the improvement of fishing gear. MARRIAGE LICENSE Lester Zuboff and Alice Peters,|of the need.” hoth of Angoon, applied for a mar- riage license yesterday from the office of the U. S. Commissioner. The Washington Merry-Go- Round (Copy=ight, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — The job of finding a spotless company to pro- duce aluminum for lagging defense production is much. like that of Diogenes looking for an honest man. Below are printed the war records of the three chief companies con- sidered by the National Production Authority for aid in setting up a new aluminum plant. Significantly no agency of the government both- ered to look up these records, but left it to the press. Today the FBI is required to spend weeks, some- times months, checking on the loy- alty of a prospective government employee; while there is absolutely no system for checking on the re- cords of companies getting lush war contracts. Furthmore, Secretary of Navy Dan Kimball has flatly refused to give the record on the Harvey Ma- chine Company to his Cabinet col- (Continued on Page 4) !turned for correction before they were “pulled.” commissioner of health, were re- A UN. Command spokesman cailed the atom story “pure fab- rication.” Allies Recapture Hill from Reds in Counferatfack SEOUL, Korea, Nov. 20—(®—Al- lied infantrymen recaptured a hill at dawn today a few hours after In the case of both vouchers, the auditor’s objection was that they| were addressed to firms or organi- zations other than municipalities which were supplying matching funds. One voucher to the Juneau Health Council was for $539.36; the other, $246.01, was to the Juneau-Young Hardware Co., Inc, for work and material at the Hoonah Health Center. Moore contends that the one will be continuous firing on the i | Neither Tone nor Miss Payton B pge durlnggie g weeks‘muld be reached for cmnmem}. training period. No one is to enter | ! § o the area unless checked through by“ They were married Sep}, 29 in military police. | Cloquet, Minhn,, Barbara's home Selected men from the first scout | (°%™ shortly after Tone was re- bettalion started the field training | \*%¢d from a hospital here. He for the Alaska National Guard wnh""“"" several days in bed recover- patrols on the Noatak and Kobukl“‘“ from a beating given him by rivers in September. |actor Tom Neal in a dispute over ‘The rivers are | A in northwestern Alaska and emptygll‘c blonde actress’ affections. into Kotzebue Sound on the Bering | Sea. The 207th Infantry Battalion| (Sep) encampment was held at An-| chorage in October, “More emphasis is tq be placed on| TONE FILES FOR DIVORCE LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20—(P— Franchot Tone beat his wife Bar- Lara Payton to the punch today by filing a divorce suit alleging ex- should have been made to the Ju- neau City Clerk and the other to losing it to 600 attacking Chinese. The fight west of Yonchon was the municipality of Hoonah. In each case, he says, it has to shown that the money is used as matching funds. He cited an act by the legislature allowing the Territorial Board of Health to . . .allot money here- the only action reported on the western Korean front. In the east, Allied infantrymen hacked out gains of 800 yards as they pushed forward along the ridges northwest of the punch bowl, In the Yonchon hill fight, an es- | under to muncipalities on a match- | timated Red battalion charged up ing basis, or otherwise in accord-|the slopes about 3 a.m. Flashes of ance with the financial ability of |gunfire lit up the night as Allied the municipality and seriousness|infantrymen pulled back slowly before the assault. Both vouchers were for work and| Two hours after the battle be- materials for the two health cent-|gan, the UN infantrymen counter- ers. Dr. Albrecht is not in town,|attacked. Most of the Reds got out and the payment of the sums re- of the way. The Allies were chal- quired by the vouchers will be held |lenged only by a few rounds of up until a correction is made, ac-|rifle and artillery fire, and soon cording to Moore. were back ix‘x their original positions. Didn’t Want First White Dove Given ot UN Delegation; :::! i?fl,::‘ Bols: One for Vishinsky PARIS, Nov. 20—(P—A white dove OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 20—®—| ¢ 1eqce in a blue cage was deliver- An excited man ran into a garage,|aq to the United States delegation shouting: 8 to the United Nations today. “The baby’s coming! The bird arrived by messenger. going to do?” The delegation said it had no idea “Come in out of the rain,” sug-|wno sent it. gested mechanic Thornlay Hogan. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Hogan called police, then Wwent|y = yishinsky was ‘presented with to the car—as 17-year-old Mrs.|, gove last week as a symbol of Vegas was giving birth to a 7-pound| wor1d union. daughter. “I didn’t want our first baby born out in the rain,” Vegas said. “I'm sorry if I scared the me- chanic.” What am I NOVEMBER 21 am, 31 ft. High tide 7:31 am, 129 ft. . DIVORCE FILED " Betty N. Hawkins filed a divorce petition in district court y y against her husband, William L.{e pm, 71 1t Hawkins. The charges were incom- | ® 56 p.m., 12.6 ft. patibility and mental cruelty. e 060 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the future training of the Alaska National Guard,” said Col. Lars Johnson, adjutant general of the| guard. “In the event of disaster, the guard in this way will be able to give aid to ecivilians and the armed forces in Alaska.” Nerth Star Crew Miffed Concerning "Wild Goose Chase’ SEATTLE, Nov. 20—(®—The Al- aska Native Service vessel North Star arrived back in port here with her crew still a little miffed over a “wild goose chase” on the storm-lashed Bering Sea. The skipper of the vessel, Capt. Charles H. Salenjus, told today of efiorts to save an army tug and two barges which had been lost in a storm enroute from St. Law- rence Island to Nome. The three vessels had been cut loose from the tow of another tug during a big blow. The North Star was under the impression two army men were aboard the abandoned tug and started a concentrated search. Salenjus said his ship finally located the tug—empty—and one of the barges and took them in tow.. But he, too, was forced to cut them loose when they threaten- | ed his vessel in heavy weather. After many more hours of search for the errant craft, the army tug was finally re-spotted swamped with only her bow out of the water. and as a crowning blow, Capt sal enjus said a radio report was re- jcelved that still another tug Wwas | being sent out to try to rescue thc, North Star. treme cruelty. The 46-year-old actor thus ad- mitted the futility of his seven week try at marriage with the girl he fought for—and won, although he lost the fight. Tone’s action came as a surprise to 25-year-old blonde Miss Payton just as she was readying her lawyer to prepare a suit against Tone. U. 5. 'Doctor’ fo Get Discharge from (anadian Navy . OTTAWA, Nov. 20—P—The Ca- nadian Navy prepared today to dis- charge an American who posed as a Canadian doctor and served bril- liantly as a surgeon in Korea. The man’s father doubts he ever went to medical school. The Navy announces that the man they enlisted as Dr. Joseph [ Cyr of New Brunswick is in reality 29-year-old Ferdinand Waldo De- mara, Jr., formerly of Lawrence, ‘The Navy’s “Dr. Cyr” won consid- erable fame for a series of major operations he performed on wounded South Koreans. The elder Demara said as far as he know the only previous medical experience his son had was as an orderly in a Boston eye and ear infirmary. The father isaid he hadn’t seen his son since about 1943. Denali scheduled to sail from Se- |attle on Friday. Baranof scheduled to arrive southbound Sunday morning. Freighter Sallors Splice in port. Progress During Past A full house of Juneau Rotarians® heard a review of Juneau's progress during the past 16-years given by Mayor Waino Hendrickson at a regular meeting at the Baranof Ho- tel this noon. Hendrickson’s account of Juneau's progress since 1936 brought out that many facilities and improvements now taken for granted had their be- ginnings, arguments and troubles before final fruition. Some of thie problems faced years ago are still echoed today and oth- ers have been eliminated. In 1936 Allen Shattuck of the Chamber of Commerce called the City Council's attention to the acute auto parking situation on downtown streets. In 1939 Juneau citizens were concerned with the rumor in increased freight rates from Seattle and the council veas wrestling with ways and means to build a new city and fire hall. The library committee was calling at- tention to the disgraceful condi- tion of the city library. Big Construction The small boat harbor construc- tion was started in 1938; the Bar- anof Hotel had its grand opening; and a $142,000 bond issue was ap- proved to pave Willoughby Ave., 12th Street and Calhoun Ave., in adliition to providing new sewers Supreme Court To Hear Alaska Fish Case January 7 | The U. S. Supreme Court, which {has agreed to hear arguments on, {Alaska's controversial non-resident commercial fishermen's license, has set the week of January 7 for me‘ case according to the office of | J. Gerald Williams, attorney gen- | eral: Williams and John H. Dimond, assistant attorney general, have prepared briefs in 'support of the tax from which the Territory has already collected some $350,000 in revenue. ¥ The U. 8. Court of Appeals in San Francisco recently ruled that it was fllegal for the Territory to collect a $50 fee from non-resident | fishermen, and only $5 from resi- dent fishermen. Among other 16 Years |and sidewalks. Those were the days {of unemployment and PWA. | After Pearl Harbor, civilian de- | fense was organized with everyone participating. The last year has been a weaker echo of it. The Mayor recalled the Gold- stein building fire in February of 1939 during which downtown pro- perty wasn't valued as high as it is now. It was that year that Char- lie Waynor was developing the Highlands subdivsion. The closing of the Alaska-Juneau | mine in 1943 was a blow to the city. New Library | By 1945 it was decided to do some. | thinge about a new library. Frank !Hentzleman, J. C. Ryan and B. D. Stewart were named as a commit- | tee to raise funds. Rotary took a leading part in the campaign. In 1946 Hendrickson found him- | self mayor. It was that year that | the Arctic Brotherhood Hall pro- perty was purchased by the city and a post-war planning program was adopted. A gradual replacement %of city equipment began when a new patrol wagon, new dump trucks, | street grader, pile driver and build- |ing materials were obtained. “That same year plans for the municipal airport building began to jell and a battle was on with CAA to hold the airport in Juneau. Bond Voted For Fire Hall Voters approved of a $425,000 bond issue for street improvements and $125,000 for a new fire hall in 1948. Most of the piling in the small boat harbor had been replaced with creosote piling and a new float was built back of Pete Warner's machine shop. Hendrickson recalled that 1949 was a big year for Juneau when the Coast: Guard Headquarters building was built by public subs- cription and the first municipality owned airport administration build- ing in Alaska was dedicated here. Material Progress . The past three years have seen more material progress with 5% miles of new paving, more than 9,- 000 feet™ of concrete sidewalk, %- 500 feet of wooden fire mains re- placed with cast iron pipe and hun- dreds of feet of concrete sewer pipes; establishment of the Juneau Independent School District; bigger Fourth of July celebrations; inclu- sion of the Highlands into the city; PRICE TEN CENTS Border Guards Fire on Lost U.S.Plane BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Nov. 20 ~4M—The U.S. Embassy here re- ported tonight an American mili- tary cargo plane with four men aboard was fired on by Romanian and Hungarian border guards and then became lost. It has been miss- ing more than 24 hours and is being sought in western Yugoslavia and the Adriatic Sea. . The plane lost its way enroute from Germany to Belgrade, and flew near the Hungarian and Ro- manian borders. The pilot ap- parently turned back after Ro- manian border guards opened fize, the Embassy said, and headed westward. The pilot last reported his position in the vicinity of Zagreb yesterday afternoon. “It is still not definitely possible to determine the location of the plane when it was last hard from,” the Embassy statement sald. “The U.S. Air Force has mobilized 18 planes at Trgviso, Italy. These planes will fly into Yugoslavia at daylight tomorrow and search for the missing plane.” A US. Air Force spokesman in Rome sald today’s hunt for the plane centered in the northern Adriatic coastal region of Italy, and along the Yugoslav-Italian border. «The plane is a military cargo craft which carried a crew of four. The C-47 transport, en- route from Bavaria, Germany, to Belgrade, vanished yesterday. The plane was carrying a cargo of supplies for.the American diplo~ matic and military personnel in Belgrade. The Embassy sald the pilot reported the plane was fired upon. . ‘Stockholm Peace Appeal’ Offier Freod by Judge I WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — (A — Judge Matthew F. McGuire today threw out the government’s case against one of five officers of the Peace Information Center, brought to trial here on charges of violating | | | | ! points, the appellate court said the act was discriminatory and discour- aged interstate commerce. Williams and Dimond will both | appear hefore the Supreme Court| when the case is heard. dredging of the small boat har-ithe Foreign Agents Registration bor; 450 feet of concrete bottom and sidewalls in Gold Creek; sale of tne AB and City Hall property | to the Territory for the new Alaska | Office Building; completion of the | Memorial Library; passing of the | sales tax for retirement of bonds; donation of the Elks ambulance; Question: Should School Teachers Sneak Smokes! LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 — ® — Should school teachers have to sneak their smokes? The president of the school board, Paul F. Burke, doesn’t think so. Expedients such as visiting filling Apartments; partial construction of the new fire hall; and much private construction. Forward Look Hendrickson closed with a for- ward look toward new industries planned for Juneau such as the expansion in the fishing industry, construction of a plywood plant, the reopening of the Juneau Spruce Mill since its- disastrous fire in opening of the new Mendenhall | station rest rooms to smoke a ciga- | ret are “incompatible with a wach-‘ er’s dignity,” Burke told the board) yesterday. Superintendent Alexander J. Stoddard said the matter has been under study for several months. “Some of our regulations are anti- quated,” he said. But J. Paul Elliott, board member, | said church groups will protest any relaxation of rules against smoking on school property. Second Trial Sel For Wealthy Woman In Shooting Case SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Nov. 20 — () — Wealthy Mrs. Margaret | Ryan will be tried a second time Feb, 26 for shooting.a young tres- | passer on her nearby ranch last| June. Superior Judge Ray B. Lyon set the date yesterday and continued the woman on $10,000 bail. She is charged with manslaughter. Mrs. Ryan'’s first trial ended Nov.| 7 when the jury failed to agree. Mrs. Ryan, widow of a grandson of New York financier Thomas For- tune Ryan, says she shot Leonard Durvan Ray, 21, in: self defense afler Ray pointed a 22 rifle at her. REV. WHELAN SOUTH The Rev. Robert L. Whelan, S. J., pastor of the Catholic Church, was a southbound passenger on Pan American Monday. He will attend the golden wedding anniversary celebration of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Whelan, in Portland, Ore. He will return to Juneau on November 30 ‘1 since July 1—17.13 inches. 1049 and stressed that the city must be prepared to meet the additional influx of people and industry. He referred to a special bond elec- tion to be held December 6 to fin- ance the construction of a city hall, street improvements and mod- ernization of the fire department and urged that these projects be supported. Rod Darnell announced that a children’s party would be held Dec- ember 18 and a cabaret dance for Rotarians and’ their wives was set for New Year's Eve in the Gold {Room of the Baranof Hotel. skip MacKinnon of the Alaska Laundry and Joe Waddell of the Juneau Plumbing and Heating Co., were Introduced as new members. Visiting Rotarians were George ks A Armitage of Honolulu and D. P. Dunton of Fairbanks. Other guests were Dr. Robert Shuler of Juneau and Harold Kenny of Anchorage. FROM PORTLAND K. H. Leash of Portland is regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU At Airport; Maximum, 20; Minimum, 6. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair and cold with some high cloudiness to- night and Wednesday. Low tonight 18 in town and 5 to 10 in outlying areas. High ‘Wednesday about 25. PRECIPITATION (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport None; | Act. Directing acquittal of Miss Sylvia Soloff, McGuire ruled there was no evidence to warrant her case going to the jury. The Peace Information Center, with headquarters in New York, circulated the ‘“Stockholm Peace Appeal”—a document the State De- partment denounced as a Com- munist propaganda trick. It called for outlawing the atomic bomb. The government charged the of- ficers of the center, by circulating the document, were acting as agents for a foreign (Communist) authority and should have registered as for- eign agents. Violation of the For- ecign Agents Registration Act car- ries a possible penalty of five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. FIVE ACQUITTED WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — ® — The Peace Information Center and five of its officers were acquitted today of charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. US. District Judge Matthew F. McGuire threw out the cases, and entered a judgment of acquittal for all the defendants, Steamship Alaska Will Make Run for Denali SEATTLE, Nov. 20 — ® — The steamship Alaska, which has been laid up at Houghton since the close of the summer season, i§ scheduled for one voyage to Alaska in place of the Denali. The Alaska was moved from Lake Washington to pler 42 and will sail at 9 o'clock Friday night for Alaska. Capt. Henry Burns, who was her master during the summer, will be in command. The Denali is skipping the one voyage for inspection and repairs. Steck Quofations NEW YORK, Nov. 20—M—Closing uotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 106%, American Tel. and Tel. 156%, Anaconda 50%, General Electric 55%, General Motors 49%, Goodyear 42, Kennecott. 87%, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 60, Standard Oil of California 51%, Twentieth Century Fox 21%, US. Steel 39%, Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange 95.81. Sales today were 1,120,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 259.30, rails 80.15, util- itles 46.55.