The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1951, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,980 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1951 11 Dead as Plane Wredks Five Houses Denver, Dec. 3 — (A — A B-29 bomber trying to reach Lowry air force base with one motor not work- ing crashed into a row of swank homes today, apparently Killing eight airmen. At least one civillan and five airmen were injured. Five homes were damaged — four of them demolished. Col. John T. Sprague, command- ing officer of the airbase, said 14 men were aboard the plane. Five airmen, he said, have bgen removed to the base hospital. - One other man was taken to Colorado General hospital, but ‘it was uncertain whether he was an airman or not. Of the injured men at the base, Colonel Sprague said one—the pilot —was “in bad shape.” The othefs, he reported, were conscious. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tobias, at.first feared trap- ped in the wreckage of one house, were found safe. Their mother said the youngsters, aged 5 and 3, were away from the home at the time of the accident “for the first time in a week.” The Colonel said one propeller of the plane was feathered, indicating an engine was not . working, but added that this alone would have been insufficient to cause the crash. He said the plane was trying to reach the field. ANOTHER FATAL CRASH RENO, Nev., Dec. 3—®—A twin- engine plane, one engine conked out by freezing temperatures, crashed and burned today in a residential district. - The pilot was killed but his four passengers escaped virtu- ally unhurt. The plane narrowly missed plow- ing into a house. Reserve Army Capt. Clarence Booth, San Lorenzo, Calif., died in the flaming wreckage as he brought is erippled ‘plane down through & driving snow storm in a futile at- tempt to reach the Reno airport. 4 Alaskan Korean Vels Refurn Home SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3—(@—! Four Alaskans were among 4,777 combat veterans from the Orient reaching here aboard a troop ship| today. They were: Pvt. Roderick Beach, | Anchorage; Sgt. Harold Connor, | Star Route, Mile 45, Anchorage; Cpl. Charles Natkong, Hydaburg; Cpl. Gerald Wilson, Moses Point. Fermer Juneau Resideni Dies SEATTLE, Dec., 3—®—Funeral services will be held her¢ tomorrow for Hans Kristiah Loken, early-day Alaska miner and long-time resi- dent, of Juneau. He died Thursday at the gge of 72. He had lived here about a year. He is survived by his widow and four children. Three of the latter live in or near Jyneau—Mrs, Mary Meek, Mrs. Ethel Gray and Ken- neth Loken. Chinese Reds Convid Nuns 0f 'Murder’ HONG KONG, Dec. 3—»—Two Canadian nuns were sent to prison fer five years and three others were ordered expelled from China after a clamorous, broadcast trial Sun- day in Canton. The three sisters facing expulsion had not arrived tonight. Catholic spokesmen said the three might be escorted to the border tomorrow. Two other Canadian nuns who helped run the Sacred Heart or- phonage in Canton were sentenced to five years in prison at the close of the trial before 6,000 shouting Chinese. The shouts of the spectators could heard plainly here by radio teners. The prison terms were given Sis- ter Superior Antoninette Couvrette, 38, Joliette, Quebec; Sister Jermaine Gravel, 43, Three Rivers, Quebec. Banisted from China for life were Sisters ITmelda Lapierre, Pen- rouge, Quebec; Jermaine Tanguay, a Canadian citizen born at Nashua, N.H., and Elizabeth Lemire, La Baie du Fevre, Quebec. The five nuns for years ran the Sacred Heart orphanage and receiv- ing center for abandoned children and unwanted girls. Most of the youngsters were starv- ing and ill when brought to the sisters. Many were dying. The nuns saved hundreds, but thousands ot died and the Communists charged the sisters with one count of mur- der for each death. High Court Fails To Intervene for Millionaire Field WASHINGTON, Dec. 3'— & — | The Supreme Court has refused to {intervene in the contempt of court conviction of Frederick Vanderbilt Field, millionaire leftist serving a six month sentence. The high f{ribunal at the same time and By the same 7 to 2 vote also denied a hearing to Dashiell | Hammett and Alphaeus W. Hun- ton, also given contempt sentences which will expire next Sunday. The cases grew out of the flight under bail of four top Communist leaders convicted of plotting to teach violent overthrow of the US. | government. All three men refused to tell a grand jury who put up $80,000 bail for the four Red leaders. The four jumped bail after the Supreme Court upheld their conviction last summer. One of the group, Gus | Hall, was captured in Mexico. In another decision, the court also decided that state police who seize bookmaking equipment in raids. staged ‘without benefit of search warrants may use the evi- dence obtained in state court trials. The ‘tribunal thus reaffirmed — but did little to clarify — the dis- tinction it makes between activ- ities of state and federal law en- forgement officers. Tt ‘consistently has held that fed- eral ‘courts may not receive evi- dence obtained in “illegal” raids, that is, when the officers lack search warrants. But it has also decided — as it did again by a 7 to 1 vote — that the same rules need not apply in TheWashington;™ “= Merry - Go - Round (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON Republican members of the King income tax committee, apparently not trusting their Democrat colleagues, have re- tained their own' investigators to probe Dan Bolich, recently resign- ed deputy commissioner of Inter- nal Revenue. Here is one phase of Bolich’s act- ivities they might want to check into. In the summer of 1949, top mem- bers of the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Bureau came to Washing- ton with what they thought was a sensational tax-fraud case. They also thought it was airfight. It involved the Guaranty Finance Corp., of Los Angeles, a high-sound- ing name for one of the biggest gambling syndicates in California. Evidence which T-men turned up showed that, in 1948, Guaranty Fi- nance had deducted from its tax return $248,000 paid to “Lopez” and another $108,000 paid to “Special.” No further explanation was given, but Treasury agents Were convinced that the $108,000 was paid to run- (Continued on Page 4 Vishinsky Refuses Arswers on Afomic Weapons Conrol PARIS, Dec. 8—{P—The western powers triel to pin down Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vish- insky today on whether Russia would agree that the prohibition of atomic weapons and the start of interna- tional atomic control could become effective simultaneously. They got no answer. Following a secret two and a half hour disarmameht discussion among the Big Four — Russia, Britain, France and the United States—a western spokesman said U. S. Dele- gate Philip C. Jessup asked Vish- insky: “Would the Soviet Union admit inspectors the very day after the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on prohibition?” Vishinsky did not reply, he said. The west has always maintained that there can be no uhconditional prohibition of the atomic weapon without a fool-proof international ingpection system to guarantee obedience. Russia demands immed- iate prohibition of the bomb and then a discussion of controls.. | trapsportation corps said, “I've seen | approved by 85 percent of the Ket- Sabre Jets, Oufnumbere Score Win SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 3 — (A — American Sabre jets, outnumbered four to one, scored a sweeping vic- tory Sunday in the mounting bat- tle for aerial supremacy over Korea, The Far East Air Forces reported five Red MIG jets were shot down and three damaged without loss of any Sabres. Allied and Communist jets tangled in two brief air scraps high over northern Korea Monday. The Fifth Air Force said two Communist MIGs were damaged and all Allied planes returned safely. d, It was the eighth day of jet-to- Jjet combat. UN. pilots said the Red flers were far less eager to fight Monday than on previous day. The Air Force said 684 sorties had been flown up to 6 p.m. The calm along the Korean ground front remained unbroken Monday. The Eighth Army re- ported no significant action up to noon. Kefchikan Mayor Praises National Guard Review Mayor and Mrs. George H. Beck of Ketchikan are leaving for their home tomorrow after being here for the Governor’s review of the Alaska National Guard. Beck, an ex-army man of the professional battalion reviews that weren't as good. We are proud of our Ketchikan boys.” Beck met with Juneau’s Mayor Waino Hendrickson to discuss mu- nicipal problems. He said that a four million dollar bond issue for sewer and street improvements was chikan' voters. Ninety pereent ap-} proval was given a two million dcl- ar bond issue for schools, he said. On December 12 the voters will decide on a three million dollar bond issue for improvement and expansion of public utilities, dial telephone system, increased power and extension of lines. Red Proposal May Be Step To Armisfice MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 3— (A — Communist truce negotiators wday! proposed behind-the-lines inspec- | tion by neutral observers and a “complete freeze” on troops and arms in Korea, possibly paving the way for agreement on another step toward an armistice. The move appeared io be a major concession on the part of the Reds. In the past they have refused ad- amantly to allow observers behind their lines and have insisted on the right to build up their armed strength while an armistice is in force. \ The surprise compromise plan im- mediately drew from alled envoys more than a score of searching questions. The big one—an Allied spokes- man called it the $64 question— was what neutral nations do the Com- munists have in mind to police the truce? The Communists said they would answer 21 questions posed by the UN command when the nggotiators meet in Panmunjom at 11 am. Tuésday (6 p.m, PST Monday). The offer to permit inspection teams behind Communist lines was the Reds’ biggest concession, even though they stipulated that any such inspection” should be limited to “mutually agreed upon ports of entry.” The Reds sprang their surprise proposal at an afternoon session Monday: At Monday's morning meeting the two sides appeared deadlocked on the problem of sup- ervising an armistice. The “$64 question”—which na- tions the Communists consider neu- tral—might prove a major stumb- ling block. Among countries officially neutral in the Korean war are such Rus- sian satellites as Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Balkan nations— not to mention the Soviet Union itself. On the other hand, there are re- latively few western countries which have not participated directly in the war or supported the Allies through votes in the United Nations. 'Hendrickson Outlines Fire Deparfment Needs io Be Voled on Thursday Bond Issue Proposals Appearing on Special Election Ballot For the convenience of the voters in Juneau, The Empire presents the wording of the proposals which will be voted upon next Thursday at a special city election. Proposal No. 1—Shall the City. of Juneau, Alaska, incure a general obligation bonded indebtedness, and issue and ell its negotiable gen- eral obligation bonds, in the sum of $200,000, to finance the city's share of the cost of the City's pro- jects No. 1, to wit, a project for the construction of a city hall and safety building in Juneau, by Al- aska Public Works, at an estimated over-all cost of $579,000—the city’s share whereof, on a matching fund bass, being approximately $290,000.00 Yes. No. Proposal No. 2—Shall the City of Juneau, Alaska incur a further general obligation bonded indebted- ness, and issue and sell its negoti- able general obligation bonds, in the further sum of $287,000.00, to fi- nance the cost of the city's project No. 2, to wit, a project for addi- tional planned construction and improvement of public streets, side- walks and sewers within the city, and the preparatory work required therefor? Yes No. Proposal No. 3—Shall the City of Juneau, Alaska, incur a further general obligation bonded indebt- ednéss, and issue and sell its ne- gotiable general obligation bonds, in the further sum of $88,000.00 to finance the cost of the city’s pro- ject No. 3, to wit, a project for ad- ditional improvements to the Ju- neau Fire Station, and for rebuild- ing the city’'s fire alarm system. Yes. No. Mayo;;imdfldsm Explains Bond Issue fo Lions Mayor Waino Hendrickson gave his popular * past 15-year Juneau History” talk at a regular meeting of the Lions Club Monday noon at the Baranof Hotel: He recounted the city’s develop- ment and pointed out that while much had been accomplished, such as improvements in the Evergreen Bowl, the construction'of the air- port terminal, street and sewer im- provements, the new fire hall, the library, much remained to be done. He listed the need of a runway ex- tension at the airport, more street improvements, a city hall, and mod- ernization of the fire department. Hendrickson ended with a plea i for support of the three bond issues which will be" voted on Thursday. He explained that the present bonded indebtedness is $623,000 and new bond issues would amount to an additional $665,00 which will be paid off ‘from the receipts of the city sales and service tax. The re- turn’ from the tax so far this year is nearly $130,000, he said. It Is planned to retire the bonds in ten years. Mayor George H. Beck of Ketchi- kan was a guest. President Carl Rusher announced that Bill Dean was appointed to be Santa Claus for the Children’s Christmas party and would be as- sisted by Jerry Willlams. Charles Mountjoy gave a report on the attendance committee. Les Avrit, progrgm chairman, announc- ed that at the next meeting mem- bers would be called upon to recite their “most embarrassing moment % AT THE GASTINEAU Gordon R. Pennington with the ACS here has taken up residence at the Gastineau. Hotel. Denali scheduled to sail from Se attle on Friday. Baranof scheduled to arrive Seattle at 6 p.m. Tuesday. from % Mayor Waino Hendrickson today |outlined the needs for- the Juneau | Volunteer Fire Department that will }be made possible if a bond issue of $88,000 is approved by the voters at a special election next Thursday. The proposal is one of three that | will appear on the balot, the other two being bond issues of $290,000 for construction of a city hall, and |$287,000 for street improvements. De- i tails of these have appeared in prev- | ious stories in the Empire. | In addition to providing better | facilities for fire fighting, Hendrick- son pointed out, that the impreve- | ments would reduce fire insurance |rates in Juneau. A In 1948 the Board of Fire Under- | writers inspected Juneau and gave {it a rating of “Classification 6” to be used in issuing fire insurance | policies. Ketchikan is classified as with lower insurance rates.) The koard made a report recom- mending improvements to give Ju- neau a better rating. They includ- ed: new fire proof fire station with 2ll\mg quarters for a sufficient num- I'ber of men to man fire trucks at all fumes—especlluy at night; acquisi- tion of a triple capacity and an acrial ladder truck; modernization and extension of the fire alarm sys- tem; and additional hose. If the board’s recommendations are met, Hendrickson said that the board would undertake a re-survey of Juneau and the new classifica- tion would result in a 10 percent re- duction in fire insurance costs. If the bond issue is approved, the Fire Department will get its first new equipment in 12 years. The Fire Department recommends a 4- wheel combination high and lower presstire pumper fire truck to meet the requirements of the Board of Underwriters; a 75-foot aerial lad- der because of numercus buildings here that are over five stories; ad- ditional hose; rewiring of the Al- arm system and additional alarm boxes needed in residential areas. Equipment and furniture is need- ed for the new fire station, the up- per iloor of which will provide liv-, ing: gsarters for 14 men. i “Juneau’s Volunteer Fire Depart- ment has a record the city can be proud of,” Hendrickson" said, “and the new equipment is needed in order that they may maintain it.” The next and last story of this series will take up the handling of the bond issue and how it can be paid off by the city sales and ser- vice tax. Gang-Style Execution In Chicago- CHICAGO, Dec. 3—(®—A scorch- ng scandal touched off by an ex- M Shivering Crowd Turns Out for Governor's Review Nearly 300 shivering Juneauites turned out Saturday afternoon for the Governor's review of the Al- aska National Guard which is hold- ing an encampment on Montana Creek. The review was held at the sub- port following a parade up town. In the first line of review were Lt. General Willlam E. Kepner, commander-in-chief of the Alaska Command, Maj. Gen. William D. Old, commander general of the Al- aska Air Command; Brig. Gen. Richard Pence, deputy commanding general of the U. 8. Army in Alaska; Rear Adm. Joseph Greenspun, 17th convict’s income tax disclosures re- mained white hot today following the man's gang-style execution. Two gunmen blasted Ram Rinella, 49-year-old former Capone hench- man under indictment for income tax evasion, as he left his south side home late Saturday ' night. They caught him in the glare of a flashlight—as though they were making syre they had the right man—then opened fire. Rinella’s slaying came just 11 days after he talked to a federal grand jury about financing of his il-fated Loop nightclub the Copa- cabana. Treasury Department inves- tigators said Rinella named as one of the investors in the club Thomas J. Duffy, 66, then a $5200- a-year police captain. They said Rinella said Duffy put more than $100,000 into the night spot. Rinella was indicted Nov. 20 on charges of evading $156,986 in income taxes for 1945 and -1946. FROM PETERSBURG Miss Wilma Moffatt of Petersburg is at the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period At Airport: Maximum, 36; Minimum, 21. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with snow tonight. Lowest temperature near 28 degrees. Mostly cloudy with occasional mixed rain and snow Tuesday. Highest tem- perature Tuesday around 38 degrees. ¢ PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today . At Airport — 001 inches; o since July 1—17.67 inches. . ® 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . ° . . . ° ° o . . . . . . . . . . . . District Commander of the U. S Coast Guard; Col. Lars Johnson, adjutant general of the Alaska Na- tional Guard and Governor Ernest Gruening. The Governor presented the Eis- enhower Trophy to Company B of Sitka for outstanding achievement in recruiting, training and soldierly conduct. It was received by 1st Sgt. Kermin Gutierrez. Capt. Charles Kidd is commanding officer of the company. The Governor also presented pro- motions to three men. Warrant Of- ficer John C. Dodd of Juneau re- ceived his first lieutenant’s bars. Sgt. 1st class Willlam M. Brady, and Sgt. 1st class Joseph N. Pike, both of Sitka were given their se- cond lieutenant’s bars. Adding a good deal of snap to the occasion was the blue uniformed 43rd ‘Army band from Ft. Rich- ardson which was flown here. Lt. Col. Dwight Dean of Juneau directed the formation. Following the review, Colonel Johnson and his staff entertained the men of the guard with coffee and doughnuts in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Governor Gruening was guest of honor. Officers Dance Saturday evening, Governor and Mrs. Gruening held a formal dance for the Guard officers at the Gov- ernor’s House, The city of Juneau lived up to its name as a complete host at the dance Saturday evening for the EMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Hungary Admits Red Fi Forced Down M By the Associated Press Communist Hungary announced today that Soviet fighter planes forced down a U.S. Air Forcé trans- port, missing since Nov. 19, and that its four crew members are being held. Thus the Reds have four more American hostages to use in pres- sing demands that the United States pay up its ransom for the release of American businessman Robert A. Vogeler. Vogeler was released from a Hungarian prison April 28 after the United States agreed to a number of conces- sions, notably the return of Hun- garian property stolen by the Nazis and held by the Americans in West Germany. Significantly, a Hungarian charge that the United States had not| lived up to its bargain in the Vog-| Kelchikan Plans For Growth when Pulp Mill Starts All of the paper work from the 'U. S. Forest Service side is wound up and there is nothing in the way for the start of spring construction of the pulp mill at Ketchikan, B. Frank Heintzleman, regional fores- ter, reported this morning after his return from Seattle and Ketchi- kan this weekend. Heintzleman says that he met with the board of directors of the Ketchikan Pulp and Paper Co., in Seattle and that contracts between the company and the Forest Service have been signed and that all special -use permits and licenses have been issued. ‘The city of Ketchikan is werking feverishly to lick problems which are expected to arise with the huge incréase in population, Heintzleman said. He said the city’s chamber of members of the' 208th Infantry;commerce and other civic organi- Battalion (Sep) of the Alaska Na-|zations are working hand in hand tional Guard. Special entertainment acts were put on in the early part of the evening by Johnny and Leonard from the Baranof Hotel Bubble Room, Royal and Eleanor O'Reilly and Anita from the Pamaray Club, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Skin- ner. The Skinners gave two dance numbers. A scroll was presented to Head- quarters, Headquarters and Service Company of the 208th Battalion as the winning drill team. Because of lack of space, the team was not able to give an exhibition of its complete drill. Instead, the team went through the manual of arms. Musicians for the dance were Tom Larmon and Mrs. Phyllis Langdon. Clark, McGrath |May Testify in Tax Law Cases WASHINGTON, De¢. 3 — # — Chairman King (D-Calif) said to- day Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General How- ard McGrath will be Invited to testify at House subcommittee hear- ings on tax law enforcement. King told newsmen that the two will be heard late this week, in all probability, if they want to testify. He said Clark would be given an opportunity to “clear the record on his participation” in plane trips to Florida fishing spots with T. Lamar Caudle and others. Caudle, ousted former assistant attorney general, has testified to plane of Troy Whitehead, Charlotte, N.C., businessman who was having tax troubles. Clark acknowledged over the weekend that he took perhaps as many as three trips in Whitehead's plane. 3 Both Clark and Caudle said they did not know, when they took the trips, that Whitehead was in any tax troubles. Clark’s trips were while he was attorney general prior to his eleva- tion to the Supreme Court bench in 1949. . .. DECEMBER 4 e High tide 1 am., 154 ft. e Low tide pm., 471t e High tide pm., 158 ft. . S naking several trips in the private| | with Ketchikan officials on con- crete plans for housing, water, ut- ilities and sewage disposal to take care of the city’'s coming growth. | “With the cooperation they hlvol down there, Ketchikan won't be ‘caught short' like some other Alaska cities hdve been,” Heintzleman de- | clared. | Heintzleman said the original pro- duction of the pulp mill there will add some 1500 to 1,750 persons to the city’s population. Logging camps with workers and their familles are expected to add another 500 to 750 persons. Then, later, when mill pro- duction grows from 300 tons a day (expected original production) to 525 to 550 tons a day, the increased population figures will probably double, Heintzleman said. Roads are being built between the city and the pulp mill site and two miles beyond in order to make moré land availble for homes to take care of the influx of people in the area. Additional side roads past the mill site are also being planned. Halmz-| leman says the company and the Forest Service are planning loca- tions of small logging towns which will be layed out in lots for resi- dences. “We hope to encourage logging men to bring their families, and if we can help it we aren’t going to have a lot of scattered tar-paper shacks,” Heintzleman emphasized. He reported that he also talked to members of the group of news- paper publishers interested in locat- ing a newsprint plant at Juneau. Heintzleman indicated that he had turther informatioin of interest to, Juneau and Southeast Alaska which he would be able to divulge later. VISITOR FROM SITKA Ed L. Thomas of Sitka is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM 'SEATTLE Harold €. McGuigan of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel. Stock Quofations NEW YORK, Dec. 3—®—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today, is 3, American Can 108'¢, American Tel. and Tel. 157%, Anaconda 50'%, Douglas Alrcraft 58', General Electric 561, General Motors 50%, Goodyear 43%, Kenne- | cott 877, Libby McNeill and Llbby 0il of California 51, Twentieth Cen- tury Fox 20%, US. Steel 39%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 96.31%. Sales today were 1,220,000 shares. Averages' today were as follows: industrials 263.24, rails 8152, util- ities 46.18. 8%, Northern Pacific 62, Sundnrd[ PRICE TEN CENTS hiers issing Plane And that Crew Members Held - eler case came five days after the U.S. C-47 disappeared on a flight | from Erding, Germany, to Belgrade, | Yugoslavia, and presumably after it was down in Hungary. On Nov. 20, the Hungarian gov- | ernment told U.8. Legation officials |it had no news about the missing !plnne. which was tarrying supplies to the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, On Nov. 24, a long note from the Hungarian government said the | United States had returned only an ‘insignificant” part of the prop- erty it had promised for the release of Vogeler, sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of spying. Vogeler, writing last week in the Saturday Evening Post, said the price America agreed to pay for his release was too high. Hungary's latest mote in the Vogeler case not only ‘demanded that the U.S. turn over the rest of the Hungarian property looted by the Nazis during the war — part of the Vogeler release bar- kain—but added & new demand that the historic crown of St Stefan also be returned. St. Stefan’s crown was an ancient symbol of Hunhgarian independence. The Nazis stole it, too, during the war, and it was taken from them by the Americans. It is believed the US. Army now holds the crown somewhere in Germany. It was not included in the U.S.-Hungarian deal for Vogeler's release. Russian news agency Tass, in its account today of the dnvnlnq of the American plane in Hungary, alleged that the plane had been sent to piek up sples and saboteurs in Yugoslavia to be dropped inside the Soviet ‘Union and her Eastern European allies. y By backing up these accusations with detailed accusations that the -::od-nkn to the possibility that Hungyry fitfit crew on charges on.b::o. % The Communist report of the downed plane was the first public admission by Russia that her planes are operating in Hungary along the borders from neighboring Yugo- . slavia, x £ The Yugoslavs, ousted from the Cominform in 1048 for failing to tow to Moscow rule, have charged anew in the United Nations that Russia and’ satellites are building up an aggressive military force on her borders with the intent of over- throwing the regime of Premier Marshal Tito. Tass identified the crewmen of the plane as Capt. Henderson, com- mander (pilot); Capt. Swift, second pilot; Senior Sgt. Dofe, air me- chanie, amd Sgt. James Albert Ill- ham, radioman. (The Air Force in Washington has listed the crewmen as Capt. John J. Swift, Glen Falls, N.Y.;, Capt. Dave H. Henderson, Shawnee, Okla.; Sgt. James A. Elam, Kingsland, Ark.; and Tech, Sgt. Jess A. Duff, Spokane, Wash. - Adionfo Be Taken by State Dep]. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — (B — The State Department said today "the United States will take “imme- diate action” to/free the four-man | crew and an American Army plane | reported forced down in Cominunist | Hungary. | The Department at the same time rejected a Moscow charge that | the plane was carrying equipment to help anti-Communist “spies and saboteurs” behind the Iron Cur- tain. The blankets, parachutes, | maps and portable radio on the plane were described as standard | emergency equipment. | The C-47 cargo plane with its | crew of four disappeared Nov. 19 on a flight from Munich to Bel- grade, Yugoslavia. A Tass agency dispatch said Soviet fighter planes forced the US. craft to land at a | Hungarian Air field several days | ago. ‘ Officials here assumed this was true as a long search in Yugoslavia had failed to disclose any trace of lthe plane. However, the State De- partment said today-it is still with- | out confirmation from the Hun- garian government although re- peated requests for information have -been made to by the American Charge de Affaires in Budapest, George Abbott.