The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 14, 1951, Page 1

CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY WASHINGTON, D. C. "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” OL. LXXIX., NO. 11,990 ishing Dact Signed, 3 Nafions TOKYO, Dec. 14—(P—Japan, Can- ada and the United States today signed a ten year fishing pact that provisionally splits the North Pa- ific for salmon, halibut and her- fing fishing. The line is provisional. It is sub- ject to review by a three power commission set up by the treaty. The provisional demarcation line runs generally along the line of meridian 175 degrees, west lon- gitude. This runs almost midway between the Hawailan and Wake islands. Salmon fishing, one of the main stumbling blocks of the conference, was referred to the commission for further study to determine if there are areas where salmon originat- ing in North American waters mingle with salmon originating in Asian streams. o In such a case, the commission is charged with adjusting the _provisional demarcation line. A unanimous vote of the commission would be necessary. In the event of a deadlock the treaty provides the matter will be referred to a group of scientists from nations not involved in the treaty. The pact covers all the North Pacific with the exception of ter- ritorial waters of the nations con- cerned. The demarcation line is subject to change by the commission i‘n areas where there has been historic intermingling of fishing boats or where one nation has been “sub- stantially exploiting” a specific area for years. Movie Producer Uses Gun on Joan Bennefi's Agent BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 14 —(P—Before the horrified eyes of his wife, Joan Bennett, Producer ‘Walter Wanger shot down her agent in a parking lot last night “because he broke up my home.” The sying moviemaker ap- proached the pair as they were chatting and without saying a word fired two shots fom a .38 caliber pistol at | blank range. The agent, Jennings Lang, 39, was sericusly wounded in the groin and leg and underwent sur- gery lasting an hour and a half. Miss Benneit said she and Lang Lad been together on business during the afternoon. She denied any romantic interest in him. Wanger was booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit| murder. He spent the night in jail and was to be arraigned later to on a similar formal charge or one of assault with a deadly wepon. A bullet ripped through the left front fender of Miss Bennett’s green Cadillac convertible. She was sitting in the car when the gun roared, about 5:30 p.m., in a parking lot acress the street from the Beverly Hills police station. Lang was standing by the car, talking to her. He doubled over clutching at his abdomen. Chief Anderson quoted Miss Ben- | nett as saying she told Wanger: | “Get away and leave us alone.” She told the police chief that her relations with her agent were purely business. “If Walter thinks there is any romance between us” she was quoted by tk2 chief, “he is wrong.” | WANGER RELEASED Reds Refuse fo JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1951 Lift Curfain on Prison Camps; Truce Talks Again Fouled Harrowing Experience By Pilot BATTLE CREEK, Dec. 14—(P— Frost-bitten Lloyd Bowen cl fied the 10 minutes he spent on the tail of a spinning small plane | yvesterday as his most harrowing experience— and he was a gunner on a B-20 superfort in World War IIL Here's what happened: { Bowen, 39, landed his two-place single engined Cessna at Kellogg Airport and started taxiing toward a hangar. The engine conked out | in the seven above zero cold. Bo- | wen alighted to spin the propeller | by hand and get the engine start- ed again. It started with a roar most chopped Bowen down wrapped his arms around the rud- | der as it passed and held on, but | the plane didn't stop. He forced the | rudder to the side, making the| plane run in a circle | Finally, after ten freezing, dizzy- | i , the spinning plane was potted by the airport tower. A crash truck speeded up. Two | attendants jumped off and grabbed | the tail with Bowen, who then| let loose and ran to the cockpit, forcing in thesthrottle he'd left too far out in the first place. Caked with snow and ice when and al- He | * MUNSAN, Korea, BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 14 | he got off, Bowen got first aid for Dec. 14—M— ;Thc Reds refused today to lift |the curtain of secrecy surrounding | their prison camps, but said they | would okeh the rotation of 5,000 |troops a month if the Allies accept other Communist terms for enforc- ing a Korean truce. The limited rotation plan was part of a new six-point Commun- ist proposal which made little im- pression on Allied negotiators. An official UN communique made no mention of rotation and said the proposal showed “little significant departure from the unacceptable | proposal of Dec. 3. Negotiators have not agreed on how an armistice would be enforced. The Allies have indicat- ed they might accept a Commun- ist proposal to use representatives of neutral nations for behind-the- lines inspections. E Red delegates said international Red Cross inspection of Communist pricon camps was “out of the ques- tion.” They again refused to turn over lists of Allied prisoners unless the UN command first accepts the Communist idea of exchanging all prisoners. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby wanted to know why. He asked: “Is it because your list contains just a handfal of names and you are ashamed to give it to us?” Later a UN spokesman said the Allies would be “more receptive” to the Reds' all-for-all exchange pro- | posal if the Communists first turn- ed over a list of prisoners the UN | command considers accurate. | The Reds complained the great Two (andidates For Delegale From Alaska By Associated Press An incumbent and a widely known bush pilot both announce that they will be candidates for the post of Alaska Delegate in next year's election. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, a Democrat, said he would seek his fifth term in the office. He has held the post since Anthony Dimond left it ‘o MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Sees Her First Sanfa become a federal judge in Alaska Bob Reeve, veteran bush pilot ana owner of Reeve Aleutian Airways, said he would be a candidate on the Republican ticket. WAGE INCREASE FOR Third Division Demodarts Meet |In Convention ANCHORAGE, Dec. 14—(®—The Democrats of the Third Division have scheduled their divisional con- vention here tomorrow. i The call by .chairman William | | Egan of Valdez said the convention ! is to adopt a divisional platform, | elect.delegates to the territorial con- | vention and “consider matters for 1 the good of the party.” The Third Division is the Terri- tory’s Democratic party stronghold. es-wLtat | 'ATA Eiles Suit To Prevent License Reveke —{M—Movie producer Walter Wan- | | his frostbitten face and ears. He mafjority of prisoners held by the! WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—m—Air Princess Pearl Santa Claus during visit to M City. appeal signed by over 2,500 Ataska was chosen by natives of her vil larger air shipments of disease-c and milk. ) Wirephoto. Service - | Ittigiah, 6-year-old Eskimo child, to cancel non-scheduled flights to their Territory be rescinded. . In Split #i9 sees her first, s department store in New York She and her mother pian to see President Truman with ns asking that government orders Pearl lage to dramatize their need for ombating fresh vegetables, fruits Wagé Boo‘ilr 3 R ca by Peter Wood, 'Democrat Convention Harmony Cracks Info Pieces Over Lists of Committees, Delegates SITKA, Alaska, Dec. 14— (B — Harmony which had prevailed dur- ing the first part of the divisional Democratic convention here crack- } |ed into small pieces in this morn- ing's session. The nominating committee head- of Juneau, brought in the first real sour note | | when reporting its lists of commit- tees and delegates, James Nolan, retiring divisional chairman: Threatened to walk out if the lists were approved as they stood. “You Wnow what Al Smith did, and I'll just take a walk if this thing goes through like it 1s,” Nolan sald. Wood prefaced his report with a plea for unity, but the conven- tion split wide .open .over the Woods list. Part of the objections came over the fact that there were no dele- gates named from Wrangell and Petersburg to represent those cities at the coming territorial convention. After an involved battle on the floor and a recess while the nominating report was revised, a roll call vote on a motion to accept the report was' defeated. It was pointed owt by James Pinkerton, of Ketchikan, that the Petersburg proxies were being vot- ed “yes"—which in effect was a vote by Petersburg against repre- For 12,000 Fired from UN would not be returned if an ex- Transport Inc, an irregular car- fchange were made on a man-for- | rier pperating between Seattle and man basis as the Allies want. | Alagka, asked the U. S. District sentation at the territorial conven- The demarcation line also does tion. not apply 'fo areas where the also got a bruised leg. ger was freed from jail today after e y an overnight stay for shooting the!s Airport authorities said the engine | Committees dominant fishing poWwer is mnot one of the three treaty nations. The treaty will run for ten years. It will be extended indefinitely un- Jess one of ' the powers serves no- tice that it is withdrawing. The treaty was the first conclud- ed under the provisions of the }rcA cent Japanese peace treaty v;h.)ch will again grant Japan sovereign powers when it becomes effective. The fisheries treaty must be rat- ified by the three nations. UL A King Is 56 Today LONDON, Dec. 14 — (B — King George VI was 56 years old today. The monarch, now well advanced in his recovery from a serious lung operation in September, spent the morning reading messages of con- gratulation from many parts of the world. Members of the royal family at- tended a birthday luncheon at Buckingham Palace. TheWashington Merry-Go-Round Copy=ight, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — Speaker Sam Rayburn has grimly warned Presi- dent Truman to take the initiative j Was not brought uu} but reporters in cleaning, up the administration, { were told it was “at least six fig- or have his legislative program wrecked. The speaker recommends that a crusading Attorney General be named to start prosecutions. The shrewd ‘Texan, a veteran of many political storms, is described by friends as “extremely concerned” by the scandals. He told the Presi- dent that, if he did not ‘act quickly, mink coats would be thrown at the admipistration on every bill sent to Congress from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Under these circumstances, Rayburn warned, Democratic lead- ers would have no hope of control- ling even a majority of their party members. In private the speaker has gone much further. “Harry Truman is a dead duck politically right now,” Rayburn has told friends, “and the party will be just as dead unless we can prove to the people we're cleaning out our own black sheep. If the administration won't move, it's up to Democrats in Congress to do it. After all, every one of us is doncerned. 'The tax scandals are hurting us badly.” Rayburn has also intimated it might be negessary for party leaders on Capitol Hill to repudiate the Truman administration—unless the v (Continued on Page 4) { e' | Oliphant Links , agent of his movie star wife, Joan Bennett. “I shot him because he broke up my home,” Wanger was quoted by Police Chief Clinton Anderson af-| ter his arrest. Wanger declined to talk about| the case today, but acknowledged that he slept “very well.” He was freshly shaved and natty in a gray suit. District Attorney S. Ernest Roll‘ agreed to Wanger's release on bail, | and said he expected to file charges | after an investigation. Roll said | Lang is still under opiates after a| a wound in the groin. Grunewaldin Big Tax (ase | WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 — ® = Charles Oliphant linked the name, of “mystery man™ Henry (the | Dutchman) Grunewald with an- other big tax case today and quoted Grunewald as saying he was “help-| ing” Senator Bridges (R-NH) on it. Oliphant, resigned . chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Bureau, told House tax investigators that Bridges himself made an inquiry about the case — involving a jeop- ardy assessment against Human H. Klein of Baltimore. The amount of the assessment ures.”” Many other angles also were left hanging temporarily amid hints the investigators were building up to new sensations. For the second day, Oliphant was in the witness chair before the House Ways and Means committee investigating tax irrcgulnrit}eq. Testimony Highlights In highlights: . 1. Oliphant acknowledged that he let a tax deficiency prosecution against a Washington meat firm drop because Rep. James Morrison (D-La) had interested himself in the case. He said he let it drop despite instructigns from George Schoeneman, then commissioner of Internal Revenue, that it be prose- cuted. 2. Oliphant admitted he tipped T. Lams: Caudle, assistant attorney general who was fired last month, that Senator Williams (R-Dela) was looking into Caudle’s income tax returns. 3. Oliphant and Rep. Kean (R- NJ) disputed whether it was a “fair” inference that Grunewald once intimated to Oliphant he had influence expanding into the White House itself. Kean said it looked Planes | delicate operation necessitated by | was running around 2,000 revolu- tions per minute during its wild| but Bowen-controlled spree. At that | speed, they said, the plane, without | a man's weight on its tail, likely | would have taken off and possibly | crashed into hangars or nearby homes. 3 Allied Shot Down Reds Anti-Aircraft Guns in Action; Two Jet Fights Are Reported . SEOUL, Dec .14—®—Red Bnbl-} aircraft guns shot down three Al- lied planes today while MIG-killing American Sabre jets destroyed one Communist jet and damaged three. | The U. S. Fifth Air Force said all | the Sabres returned safely from | their two jet fights over northwest | Korea. So did two reconnaissance F-80, Shooting’ Stars that were jumped by six Red MIG-15s near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. The F- 80s outmaneuvered and outflew the Red pilots in the much faster MIGs. In unrelated actions Red flak ! brought down a Shooting Star, an F-8¢ Thunderjet and an F-51 | Mustang. All three fell in Com- | munist territory. Fifth Air Force planes flew 663 sorties up to 6 p.m., chopping up Communist transport lines. Friday'’s two jet battles came less than 24 hours after the Ameri- can Sabre pilots scored their great- est all jet victory—13 Red jets downed, two probablyl destroyed and one damaged. In a 25-minute battle Friday morning between 48 Sabres and more than 100 MIGs, one Red jet was shot down and two damaged. Another Red was damaged in an afternooh scrap. The Friday morning flash of ac- tion emphasized ' the current lead- ing role of the air in the Korean war. Warships and carrier planes ham- mered at the edges of North Korea. But the ground troops stuck closely to their defense lines. For the third day the U. S. Eighth Army sent out a ralding party to hit Communist positions, but this did not change the basic defensive characteristic of the fronts. e i ¥ that way to him. Oliphant denied it. (Continued on Page Two) HOONAH MAYOR HE Harry Douglas, Mayor of Hoonah A UN spokesman called the Com- munist's' remark a slip. A UN command broadcast from Tokyo to Korea again charged that the Red secrecy concerning prisoners was “blackmail” to win their armistice demands. The two subcommittees working lon the problem of supervising a truce and exchanging prisoners— uled new sessions for 11 am. Sat- urday (6 pm. PST Friday) in Pan- munjom. Wage Increase For Anchorage Workers Planned SEATTLE, Dec. 14—(®—The reg- jonal wage stabilization board re- ports that its action on four peti- tions covering about 600 employees in retail and service trades in An- chorage, Alaska, has been sent to the national board for review. itions were approved by an 8 to 4 vote (with industry members dis- senting), but that the decision \was then held up on motion of two of the public members. The referral to the national WEB is under a directive for regional boards to refer to the national hoard all unusual situations i which the application of regulations might be difficult. The announcement did not dis- close what the board majority had held in its original 8-to-4 finding. Denali scheduled southbound sometime Sunday. Baranof scheduled to sail fion Seattle today. Freighter Casslar due to arrive southbound sometime Saturday morning. WEATHER REPORT q (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending at 4:30 AM. Today At Airport: Maximum, 31; Minimum, 22. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy and windy with snow tonight and Saturday. LoV temperature tonight around 23 degrees. High temperature to- morrow near 25 degrees. Gusty easterly to southeasterly wind 15 to 25 mph throughout. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. tods At Airport Trace; since July 1—19.78 inches. is stopping at the Gastineau ‘Hotel. . . . . . . ° ° . . . . . . . . ° © . . . . . . . . . ° ° e ° ° . . ° . . . 3 . ° . . . e . . . agenda items three and four—sched- | The announcement said the pet- | ! Court yesterday to prevent the Civil ! Aeronautics Board (CAB) from re- {voking its permit. | The carvier has been.ordered by' CAB to go out of business by Dec 20 because it allegedly flew too! frequent flights. The petition asked that the board ; be enjoined from enforcing its| order until a hearing is held on the company’s application for a permit ! to operate as a scheduled carrier. The company asked the court last ! Saturday to order the CAB to hold a hearing on the application. Drive Carefully |Police Warn Bernard E. Hulk, Juneau Chief of Police, today issued a warn- ig to all motorists to drive care- fully. “Extra caution in driving is needed because of icy streets and poor visibility due to the blow- ing snow,” he said. g “Motorists should be especially reful around the schools and churches where classes are being eld and at points where school busses are loading and unloading,” he pointed out. “Just an extra pre- caution may be the means of sav- Siate Dept. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 — @ — John Stewart Service, long a con- troversial figure in American diplo- macy and a target of pro-Com- munism charges, was fired by the State Department last night. The department acted after the govern- ment's highest loyalty review board ruled there was a ‘“reasonable doubt” as to his loyalty. The ruling, dating back to the famous “Amerasia” case of 1945, was based on the board’s finding that Service gave secret documents at that time to a magazine editor the board said Service suspected of | Communist leanings or connections. | | In reaching its decision, the re- view board reversed a finding of a State Departnent’s own loyalty security board whizh had been favorable to Service on the basis of the same evidence. A State Department announce- ment of the dismissal, which be- comes effective at the close of busi- ness today, expressed no agreement with the review board’s conclusion. It mace clear that the department) had no choice in the matter in| view of that conclusion. | Service himself labeled the ac- | ing some youngster's life.” Bethel Hospilal Problem Taken Up SEATTLE, Dec. 14 — (@ — The Bethel hospital was among Alaska problems which Rex Lee, associate commissioner of Indian affairs, discussed here today with Hugh Wade, area director in charge of Alaska. Lee has been here the past two days and leaves this afternoon to return to Washington. MEDO-MILK MEN HERE T. A. Mardon of San Mateo, Calif., and Adolph Rugg of Everett, Wash., representing the Medo-Milk Co., are )pping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM ANCHORAGE Jeanne D. Hermann of Anchor- we is registered at the Baranof Hotel. | Stock Quofafions NEW YORK, Dec. 14—(M—Clos- ing quotation of American Can tock today is 109%, American Tel. and Tel. 156'%, Anaconda 50%, Doug- |1as Aireraft 60, General Electric | 57"z, General Motors 51'%, Good- ar 44, Kennecott 86%, Libby Mc- ill and Libby 8'., Northern Pa- cific 67, Standard Oil of California 50, Twentieth Century Fox 19%, U.S. Steel 39, Pound $280%, Ca- nadian Exchange 97.62':. Sales today were 1,360,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 265.71, rails 82.25, util- ities 46.78, tion as “a shock, a surprise, an injustice” and said that on the basis of his record there couid be no doubt of his loyalty. He and his attorney, Charles E. Rhetts, were understood to be considering whether the case, which has now run the full course of government procedures, might be taken into court. ‘The Amerasia case more than six years ago. azine ‘“Amerasia” was edited by Philip C. Jaffe of New York who became acquainted with Service after the diplomat returned home| from one of his tours of duty in China. * Conspiracy Charges Subsequently a number of .classi- died government documents, chiefly developed | The mag- { tfrom the State and Navy Depart-|food, shower i ments, were found in the Amerasia | inadequate offices. Jafle, Servicc and four| other persons were arrested on) charges of conspiracy to commit| espionage. " Jaffe and two others were indicted ‘l on a lesser charge — conspiracy to, remove government documents il- legally. The editor pleadcd umny} and was fined $2,500, But the other three persons, in-| cluding Service, appeared before the grand jury and it refused to indict them. The diplomat then was re- instated in the foreign service l:um[ which he had been suspended | CAA MAN HERE [ Mr. and Mrs. James Costello of Gustavus are at the Gastineau Ho- | tel. He is with the CAA there. 1 AT THE BARANOF H. E. Barber of Vancouver, Wash., is ay the Baranof Hotel, | I | In AIaSka |the platform and resolutions com- SEATTLE,. Dec. 14—(P—An agree- ment for a 25-cent hourly wage in- crease for about 12,000 Alaska con- struction workers for 1952 was an- nounced here today by contractors and eight AFL unions. They also agreed to join in de- manding improved living conditions for workers on government pro- Jects. The new agreement was announc- ed jointly by officials of the unions involved and the Alaska chapter of the Associated General Contractors. Negzotiations began in Alaska and were shifted here last Monday. The officials said an agreement had been delayed by the issue of living conditions in the construc- tion workers’ camps. They sald the unions had laid down what amcunted to an ultimatum on the living conditions in the camps, where workers pay $5:75 a day for lodging and food. The contractors and union will petition jointly to the construction stabilization commission of the National Stabilization Board for approval of the 25-cent wage in- crease. It would be effective Jan. 1. The unions participating in the agreement are the hod carriers, building and common laborers, the teamsters, operating engineers, plas- terers, bricklayers, iron workers, cement finishers and pile drivers. The unions agreed to withdraw demands for higher compensation to cover living expenses outside the camps if the contractors will agree to join in demanding better camps. The food and living con- ditions are provided through the government and private catering contracts. Projects at Whittier, Fort Rich- ardson, Ladd and Eielson Air Force bases were cited as the main sourc- es of complaints, The negotiators said workmen’s complaints have been almed' at and toilet facilities, housing and lack of pro- per policing of accommodations They said workmen have had to live in tents in some areas in the | spring and late fall freezing weath- er. Larry Moore of the contractor’s association and Lew Berman of the operating engineers’ union made the announcement. SHOPPING ‘DAYS TO CHRISTMAS The nominating committee and mittee were afternoon s , The nominating committee is: Peter Wood, chairman; Mike Haas, {Earl Forsythe, Robert Ellis and 'Howard Bradshaw. | The platform committee is: Ken 'Bowman, chairman; Ben Mullen, Mike Pusich, W. C. Stump, Dan Doyle, Cleda Mae Cammock and Mrs. Jeanette Edwards. The defeat of the motion to ac- cept the nominating comfhittee’s report threw nominations open on the floor. Frank Peratrovich, convention chairman, accepted a motion for a noon recess ,and the threatening storm was temporarily delayed. The split over the nominations was ex- pected to .cause the convention to drag out longer than was expected. (entralia Firm Is Low Bidder on BPR Highway Projects Pacific Sand and Gravel Co, of Centralia, Wash,, were low bidders on the Bureau of Public Roads project for surfacing and paving of 1.86 miles of road between the Gastineau Channel Bridge and Douglas and 333 miles of Glacier Highway between Duck Creek and Auke Bay with a bid of $295876. Lytle and Green of Des Moines, Towa, was the only other bidder with $313, 048. Work is to begin as soon as weather permits and is to be com- pleted next fall. The same two contracting firms bid on the Juneau city streets pav- ing and resurfacing. Lytle and Green was low with $83,745 and Pa- cific Sand and Gravel bid $87,015. The specifications required that the low BPR bidder also take the city Jobi Mayor Waino- Hendrickson said that the bids were approximately half of the estimated cost. This insures the basic street Improve- ment program. named in MR At | TAKEN TO KETCHIKAN Willard Wall, 59, was taken from Meyers Chuck to Ketchikan yester- day afternoon for emergency medi- 1 treatment and hospitalization, according to U. 8. Coast Guard hedaquarters here. A Coast Guard aircraft from Annette made the flight. TIDE TABLES DECEMBER 15 High tide Low tide High tide 2:47 p.m, 17.0 ft. Low tide 9:29 p.m., -0.7 ft. © 00 0 000 0 0 0 3:22 a.m,, 151 ft. 8:54 am,,