The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1951, Page 1

JONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY WASHINGTON, D. O. VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,995 Truman Ads; PAA Workers Backfo Jobs NEW YORK, Dec. 19— (B —A three-day strike against Pan Ameri- | can World Airways ended today as Another Snow Sform Strikes Wide Area; Death Toll Over 200 By The Associated Press Another snow storm and cold has struck again today over wide areas of the nation which staggered from nearly a week of blustery, wintry weather. The new storm centered in the northern and Rockies and Tiny Eskimo Miss Presents Plea for ATA WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—(®P—A six year old Alaskan imo girl in a white-rabbit fur ket asked President Truman “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” J Game Laws fo Be Discussed at Jan. 8 Session January 8 has been set for an open meeting by the Territorial Sportsmen, Inc., for the hearing of suggestions for changes in current game laws. The hour and place will be announced later, This action was taken last night at a meeting of the Sportsmen, Inc., board of directors B — UNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Soviefs Say 1 American Spies Killed MOSCOW, Dec. 19—(®—The So- 'viet Supreme Court said-today that two men with Russian-sounding 'Red List 0f POWs Released Pentagon Officials Work Throughout Night; Kin- Korea Prisoner List Unverified Says fruman WASHINGTON, Dec. resident Truman issued a special | | warning tod war list skepticism. Mr. Truman's Joseph Short, press secretary 19— that the prisoner of received from the Com- munists in Korea is entjrely unver- ified and should be treated with made the following For Some, Prayers Answered For Others POW List Will Be Scanned Until End, 1 names have been put to death as American saboteur-spies parachu- ted into Russia. The announcement from the mil- itary collegium of the court said they were dropped into Russia from | an American plane manned by Amerjcan military officers. Their names were given as A. I yeetaniey i tement to reporters: he President has asked me to urge every news medium to stress as often as possible that the pris- oner of war list is entirely unver- ified. “He appreciates the efforts al- ready made along this line but be- lieves it important to continue CIO Transport Workers returned to | their jobs in compliance with White | House intervention. | ” Ground - crewmen, stewardesses | and pursers lowered their picket! signs at 12:01 am. (EST), agreeing to put off the strike at least 60 days while an emergency federal Iact- finding committee studies the wi with officials of the Fish and Wild- life Service. ' The Sportsmen’s board met with the FWS officials for the purpose of working out programs that would be of mutual advantage to both groups and a wide range of subjects was discus with a good deal of folk Are Nofified By ROWLAND EVANS JR. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—{®—The news flashed out from Washington and Tokyo, for thousands meant the | best Christmas present ever, for many other thousands an empty, | Hoping for Good News By Associated Press Days of prayers. Months of tears. Eternities of hepe. Today they were all crowded into hours. Throughout the nation parents and relatives scrutinized Korean il pelted in the mountain T halt the shutdown of an Alaskan and northern plains air line. | Pearl Ittigiah, whom officials of ithe airline called a princess be- cause she is the daughter of a village chief, presented her petition, | addressed to the President, to Sec- |retary of the Interior Chapman. the another morning of sub- zcro cold in the snow-covered mid- wesk as a new m of cold air puched acress the Canadian bor- \ | dispute. The CIO Transport wWorkers Union (TWU) said last night that strikers voted about eight to onc to call off the walkout. The TWU claims to represent 5,800 Pan Am- erican employees. Company oificials earlier had an- nounced they were ready to go be- fore the three-man federal panel. Picketing ended at Pan Ameri- can’s five American terminal cities: New York, Miami, San Francisco, Brownsville, Tex., and Seattle. With overnight shifts normaliy small, the mass of strikers were not due to start back to work un- | til later this morning. A spokesman for Pan American, one of the world’s largest airlines with routes circling the world’ said that 100 percent normal schedules on all flights were expected today. Yesterday's return-to-work vote came after a 25-man TWU negotiat- ing committee in New York recom- mended that the strikers return to work. This action followed the an- nouncement in Washington Mon- gay that President Truman was creating the fact finding panel un- der the Railway Labor Act, which also applies to airlines. Game Commission Meeting Feb. 19 The annual meeting of the Alas- ka Game Commission will be held in Juneau February 19, it has been announced by Clarence Rhode, re- gional director of the Fish and wildlife Service. The purpose of the meeting is to decide regulations changes pertain- ing to fur bearing and game ani- mals, game fish and birds. Prior to this meeting FWS agents will hold meetings in principal Alaska cities open to the public for dis- cussion of various game problems. The game commission meeting will combine with a meeting of FWS field employees. CHRIS DAHL THROUGH HERE Chris Dahl of Kaylor and Dahl fsiheries at Petersburg, stopped over in Juneau today enroute to Seattle to spend the next two months. He reports that the frozen fish market is slow at this time due to heavy foreign importations TheWashingion Merry - Go-Round (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON Ed. Note—This is the second of Drew Pearson’s series on cor- ruption in government). ASHINGTON.—In considering how corruption takes root in gov- ernment it's necessary to give some attention to the social whirl. There is many an official who would be horrified at the idea ©of taking money for a favor who nevertheless will perform great favors as the result of a dinner party, a yachting trip or a weekend at a duck blind. Take for example the ebullient and expansive Mobile, “Everything is made for love” Frank Boykin, and let’s see how he operates his influence-ma- chine. While Boykin is not exactly typical, his methods of ingratiating himself with people in powerful places illustrates how loans can_be granted and prosecution circum- vented through backslapping and partying. On Aug. 2, 1949, Boykin threw one of the most notable dinner par- ties in Washington, featuring a menu of bear meat, venison, pos- sum and raccoon; plus a huge ban- ner across one end of the banquet hall flaunting the congressman’s famous motto, “Everything is made for love.” Speaker Sam Rayburn was there, the chief justice was there, I was there; also Lamar Caudle, some of the RFC directors and about 400 members of the cab- inet and congress. K . (Continued on Pags & congressman from me areas of the storm belt! | from the Pacific Northwest to lh:“ | New England states were promised | moderating temperatures tod The death toll fre slaught since last Friday rose to above 200. Thousands of persons suffered injuries in falls on iecyj streets and sidewalks. | Highways throughout the snow- blanketed areas were hazardous for travel. Schools in many areas | | were closed. It was below zero again today, {in most of Montana and the Da- | kotas, the upper Mississippi River alley and the upper Great Lakes gion. | | It was 20 below in Pellston, Mich. | carly today and -19 in International | Falls, Minn. | 1 Heavy snow blanketed wide areas | across the northern tier of states. It | piled up to a depth of 50 inches in | upstate New York, which yesterday { battled the worst storm of the sea- , son. Juneau Children Guess of Capito!, Etks on Saturday The chilgren of Jumean will he' guests 6f the Capitol’ Theatre Sat-! urday afterncon with the showing of | | three cartoons and a Roy Rogers | serial. Doors open at 12:45 p.m. and ! the show starts with a bang at 1:30 pan. There is but one stipulation for at- tendance at the show. All children must be unaccompanied! In other words, this is strictly a kids” produc- | tion with parents not allowed at the theatre. ‘\wil] be brought in for the show | Eager “Red” Holloway is donating | a bus for transportation from the home to theatre and return. | Ted Heyder, manager of the Cap- ,itol, i8 giving the free show for the children. ‘The fire department and city po- lice will act as guardians during the entire show. Immediately following the show at 3 pm,, all children who attended the show are to be guests of the Elks. Santa Claus, alias Stanley Duke, will give out candy, nuts and toys in the Elks ballroom. The children will be pscorted across the street under the protective arms of the fire department and po- lice. ACS Asks Public Make Reservations For Holiday (alls The public is invited to make their telephone reservations on calls to the States during the Christmas and New Year holiday season as soon as possible in order that they may talk to their rela- tives or friends at a particular time. This facilitates long distance calls. and eases the extremely heavy traffic which always occurs at this time of the year. Simply ask the telephone operator for long dist- ance and the long distance opera- tor will make a reservation for you. ¥ s ( BETHEL TABERNACLE PROGRAM TONIGHT A Sunday school program will be held in the Bethel Tabernacle at 8 o'clock tonight, the Rev. Harold Maley announced today. It will be in charge of Mrs. Ed Hughes, Sun- day school superintendent. m weather's on-| - Children from the Minfield Home | carrier. Chapman assured her the peti- tion will be sent to the President. He stroked Pearl's fur coat and d, “T wouldn’t dare to wear such thing in Washington these days, but on you its all right.” ‘The petition, ned by more than 3,000 Alaskans, protested a Civil Acronautics Board order which would close down the Air Transport Associates - Inc., next Thursday. The nonscheduled airline operates between Seattle and Alaskan cities. Officials said the CAB order would ground four C-46 cargo planes, re- sult in the discharge of 200 em- ployees and curtail shipment of fresh fruits and vegetables to thousands of Alaskans. The petition asked President ruman to intervene so that Al- askans could “have fresh milk, fresh fruits, fresh meats and fresh vegetakles every day, so that GI's lon furlough and workers on de- fense construction jobs could travel to and from the states at reason- able rates, and so that Alaska could have the low cost, badly needs for its contipuing de- velopment.” 2 CAB has ordered the shutdown on a charge that the airlines has been making unauthorized flights. COVRT ACTION FN WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—@—Air Transport Associates, Inc., sought a temporary injunction today against a Civil Aeronautics Board order that would put the irregular | carrier out of business tomorrow. Attorney Warren E. Miller urged in district court that the injunction be granted and the board ordered | to give the air carrier a hearing on its application, pending 2% to operate He said the CAB has failed to live up to ifs provisions of law re- quiring that such applications be | | processed as speedily as possible. Miller asserted that no matter of public safety was involved in the CAB's revocation order. The op- erating certificate of Air Transport was cancelled because of too fre- quent flights. ATA WINS IN COURT WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—#— Air Transport Associates won at least a temporary victory today in their fight to renfain in business. Civil Aeronautics Board attor- neys agreed to delay putting the Seattle-Alaska non-schedule air fast, efficient ) air passenger and cargo service it as a scheduled | attention given to how sports fish- ing could be improved in the im- mediate vicinity of Juneau. President ‘A .W. Boddy appoint- ed Henry A. Harmon, Red Williams and Jim Orme to work with him on a committee to make an agenda for the January open meeting, and then make up a list of suggestions for presentation to the Alaska Game Commission session which is to be held here February 19. The Sportsmen, Inc., will also send copies of the recommendations to the Stikine Sportsmen’s Association at Wrangell and the Chilkat Sports- men’s Association at Haines. Willing To Cooperate Clarence Rhode, regional director of the FWS, expressed a willingness tao cooperate with the Sportsmen and said the service would have no ob- jection to the proposed planting of eastern brook trout in streams adja- cent to Juneau. FWS would clear through the Forest Service on areas in the national forest. It was brought out that FWS would appreciate the ccoperation of local sports fishermen in filling out a questionaire of fishing condi- tions as found by the fishermen. { This would be of material aid to the sports fishing rehabilitation pro- gram as provided by funds from the Dingle biil recently passed by Con- gress. W. A (Bud) Fikins, in chorge of!| game managément, suggested that ' in order to work more closely with | |an observer to accompany a FW§S | agent or: aerial beach counts of deer. Strip Fishing | The matter of sportsmen strip ifishing in closed areas and then | selling the fish commercially came | jup for discussion. The board agreed | ‘to cooperate in all ways possible 1“‘; ! avoid closing certain areas to sports| fishermen. At present sports fish- ermen are permitted to fish in areas closed to commercial trollers. Anyone interested in leaving wr! ten suggestions for game law chang es may do so at Skinner's Gun Shop where they may also get their mem- berships in the Sportsmen, Inc. | Gen. Kepner Exiends Holiday Greefings | To Al of Terrifory Lt. General W. E. Kepner, com- mander-in-chief, Alaska, has issued ' the following statement to all the line out of business pending a court ruling on the firm's appeal. The line had asked a temporary court injunction. The CAB had ordered the com- pany out of business as of Thurs- day midnight because it allegedly flew too regular and frequent flights. Agreement was reached in dist- rict court today where the airline was seeking to block the board’s death order and asking that the board be required to hold hearings on the line’s 2% year old appli- cation for certification as a reg- ular carrier. Hearings are scheduled in appeals court tomorrow afternoon on the firm’s request for review of the CAB revocation order. The agree- ment will permit the company to continue operations if the appeals court takes the case under con- sideration. e, T SR e ® o 0 0 0 0 0 o o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending at 4:30 AM. Today At Airport—Maximum, 1 minimum, 0. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with snow tonight and Thursday. Slowly rising temperature tonight. High on Thursday near 28. Southeast- 1y winds to 20 mph tonight. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport None; since July 1—19.78 inches. e e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o [Ski Club with its winter carnival people of the Territory of Alaska: “On behalf of all the members of the armed forces in Alaska I wish to extend to the people of the Territory a heart-felt ‘wish for a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with prosperity and hap- piness. “Let us give thanks to God, Who has kept our shores free of armed conflict, and pray that in the years to come He, in His wisdom, will guide people of all nations along the path of understanding to the end that there will truly be peace on earth and good will among all men.” Kiwanis Club Agrees To Assist Ski Club Winter Carnival | Stanley Baskin, assistant U. S. district attorney, agreed to take the chairmanship of a Kiwanis Club committee to aid the Juneau The action took place at a regular meeting of Kiwanis today at the Baranof Hotel, Serving with Baskin are B. F. Dunn, traffic manager of PAA, and William McFarlane of the CPR. The Ski Club - requested that the Kiwanis Club manage a benefit ball to be held in connection with the carnival which is set for Feb- ruary 22. Herbert S. Rowland 15 to be general chairman. Some of the events planncd in- clude a princess contest for small girls, sled races, dogteam races, snow sculpturé, ski skating and hockey events. The purpose of the fesiival 15 ito raise funds toward the puyment of a Sno-Cat for ski tral trans-| Osmanov and F. K. Sarantsev. (Michael McErmott, State De- partment press officer in Washing- ton, said the State Department knows nothing about the incident and said he never heard of two men with thése names. (The Russians have accused the United States in the United Na- tions of using some of the Mutual Security Act’'s 100 million dollar appropriation to pay for treason in the Soviet bloc. The Act pro- vides funds /to pay nationals of East Europe for helping Western defense.) The two were arrested in Aug- ust shortly after dropping into Russia’s Moldavian Republic, a small state of farms and light in- dustries near the Romanian bor- der, the Russians said. Forged papers, guns, poison and larze sums of money were found on themt when they were picked up, the Soviet account reported, Vishinsky Talks in Riddles Regarding 4 Downed Fliers PARIS, Dec. 19—{P—Soviet For- el n, Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky “#4 today he hoped.the four Am- erican fliers forced down in Hungary would receive “due attention from the Sportsmen, that the club appoint ' military justice authorities” in that i Communist country. He did not elaborate on “military Jjustice,” but this might indicate a military trial for the four men downed by Soviet fighters while off their course on a flight from west Germany to Belgrade, Yugoslavia Only yesterday a Budapest dis- patch quoted a Hungarian weekly as referring to “testimony” of the detained fliers, indicating a pos- sibility thc Communists were at- | tempting to draw a “confession” from them.y Immediately after the talk Rep Mike Mansfield (D-Mont) of the U. 8. delegation buttonholed Vishin- sky and demanded to know if he meant there would be a trial for the fliers. Vishinsky said he was speak- ing in general terms and was not Ispeaking for the Hungarian gov- ernment. The Vishinsky remark was part of a barrage by the Soviet Union against the United State’s Mutual Security Law. The Soviet timing aroused spec- ulation. It appeared to 'be tied in not only with the case of the four fliers held in Hungary, but with Moscow’s report today that two men with Russian names were executed as spies after having been parachuted to Soviet soil from an American plane. PIONEERS CHRISTMAS 3 FUND WINDING UP The Christmas Pund for the Pi- oneers at their Home at Sitka, is being closed this week, Zalmain Gross announced today. “If we have missed anybody or if anyone wishes to make a contribution, call Black 91 and we will pick it up,” he says. This annual fund provides a lit- tle “jingle” for the pockets of the oldtimers at the Pioneers Home. FROM DENVER Mr. and Mrs. D. F. McDonald of Denver, Colo. are registered at the Baranof Hotel . portation and to focus attention on Juneau as a winter sports area. Christmas activities of the Ki- wanis include a Santa Claus visits with gifts to children confined to the hespitals and the purchase of groceries for the Minfield Home. The club will hold a regular meeting next Wednesday and offi- cers will be installed at the Janu- ary 2 meeting. They are: president, Henry Leege; vice president, Ken- neth Morgan; secretary, Clff Daig- ler; and treasurer, W. H. Hamil- ton. Next year’s theme will be cen- tered around membership and at- tendance. Pete Toste of Los Angeles, Calif. was a guest. | hollow message of more despair. The 3,198 names of American war- riors, said by the Communists to be prisoners of war in Korean prison camps, were being checked by Defense Department in “take: fast as they arrived from Tokyo. Special Pentagon forees whipped | through the long lists, paired name after name with the official missing in action list and rushed. telegrams to next-of-kin, To Next Of Kin “The Secretary of the Army has asked me to inform you the name of (John Doe) believed to be that| of your (son, husband, etc.) is in-| cluded in unverigied lists released by | opposing forces of prisoners in their custody. No assurance as to accur- acy can be given at this time.” The list of names was little more than one-fourth of the 11,061 Am- ericans officially listed as missing in action. \ And the Reds said it covers all| POW'’s in their hands. That left a gap of 7,853, a ques- tion mark which only time could| answer. ! as Lists Compared At the Pentagon the tedious task of comparing names on the list with names of those officially reported | as missing proceeded slowly through | the night, By early morning, however, the| staff had been doukled and a spok- | esman in the Adjutant General's of- fice said ‘it was likely the list would be fully processed by 3 p.m. (PST) today. Earlier estimates were that the job could not be completed be- fore tomorrow. | As soon as telegrams went to kin- | jfolk the names and addresses were| made public for instant replay over press service wires to the nation’s newspapers. At the same time ,the original Red list, without addresses but with serial numbers, rank and organiza- tion—information provided by the Communists—hit the wires from Tokyo by way of San Francisco. ‘Warning Given Pentagon officials again and again underscored this important fact: The list was prepared by the Com- munists—there' is no way to verify it —it is not official. The Reds have not allowed such agencies as the In- ternational Red Cross any contact with the prisoners. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, Medal of Honor winner, was the biggest name on the list, The 52-year old hero of Taejon was last seen head- ing back for Taejon a few hours after the Reds captured it in July, 1950. . Last March 29 a bullet-holed hel- met liner, evidently Dean’s, was found in a rice paddy near Tae- jon. But veteran soldiers have al- o | verifying whether the list she U. N. list. them—to do even more than al- iready has been done. “This country has no way of is ac- curate or inaccurate, true or false, complete or incomplete. “For the sake of the families whose sons are missing in action, everyone should treat this list with skepticism.” Lisis Bring New Strife MUNSAN, Korea, Dec, 19—P— Exchange of prisoner of war lists brought new strife today for Ko- rean truce negotiators. The Communists labeled the Uni- ted Nations list of 132,472 Chinese land Korean prisoners useless. ‘The Allies complained the total of 11,55Q POWs was small. Truce negotiators made no for- mal protest. The prisoner of wal subcommittee was in recess today. Red too No_Budging 2 7 U. N. delegates in a second sub committee told the Reds they would not budge an inch on how tc supervise the truce until the Com- munists agree to full rotation of troops and effective behind-the- line inspection to guard against & sneak military buildup. Communist news correspondents at the Panmunjom truce site said it was impossible to identify Chi- nese and North Korean troops from The names were written in English. Men were not identified by rank, unit or in any other way. Another Slant Chinese newsmen pointed out there arc innumerable English spellings for any Chinese name; and the English spelling could be translated back- into varying com- binations of Chinese ideographs. The U. N. has promised to sup- ply a list written in Chinese and Korean about Christmas Day. Red China’'s Peiping radio said the Al- lies also agreed to identify them by rank and unit as soon as pos- sible after Christmas. Brig. Gen. William Nuckols, of- ficial U. N. Command said “We gave them exactly what we reques- ted from them.” He said the U. N. list was “just a confirmation of information al- xeagy given the Communists by the ways said that if any one could come through their big, redheaded general could. Also on it was Associated Press photographer Frank Noel, a Pulitzer prize winner. Many Grocers Are Closing Dec. 26; Other Sfores Vary Seven Juneau grocery stores will be closed the day after Christmas. Most Federal and Territorial of- fices will be closed on Christmas Eve and the time made up by work- {ing full days the Saturdays of Jan- uary 5 and 12, Banks will be open December 24 but closed on Christmas. Grocery stores which have indicat- ed December 26 closings are Bert’s, Case Lot, Juneau Cold Storage, Home Grocery, Sanitary Meat Mar- ket, Twentieth Century, and Cal- ifornia grocery. Drug and other stores have not made any plans for the Wednesday closing a check revealed today. Dena'l scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Baranof due to arrive southbound Sunday. Freighter Yukon Princess sched- |uled to sail from Vancouver today. Red Cross. The information is read- ily available to them. Nothing is being withheld.” ANOTHER BALK MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 19—(®— United Nations truce negotiators pored over a disappointingly-small Communist list of Allied prisoners late tonight and were doubtful if further talks on prisoner exchange could be resumed tomorrow. The United Nations Command said the question of a meeting was still open, and that it would make an announcement in the morning about the possibility of resuming the session at Panmunjom. ; Rear Adm. R. E. Libby, U. N. del- sgate handling prisoner negotia- tions and his staff were still far Irom finished in their scrutiny of the list at 11 p.m. If they work until dawn, as is likely, it was hardly possible that a subcommit- tee session would be held at 11 a.m. (6 p.m. Wednesday, PST). VISITOR FROM FAIRBANKS Bruce I. Thomas of Fairbanks is at the Baranof Hotel. TIDE TABLES December 20 e High Tide 6:28 a.m. 142 feet ® e Low Tide 12:36 pm. 55. feet @ e High Tide 6:13 p.m. 129 feet ® L - . e o 00 0 00 00 00 prisoner of war lists released yes- terday by Communist truce nego- tiators, For some Americans, the vigil ilready had ended. Their missing ons and husbands and brothers vere among the first names dis- closed in Washington or Tokyo. But in other homes, the vigil will 1t end—even with the last name on the Red list. Of more than 11,- 300 Americans officlally listed as missing in actiony the Commun- sts named but 3,198 prisoners. The Communist list has not been verified by the Allies. At Duluth, Minn, Mrs. John Muskulin expressed her feelings this way: “Those 21 words (In a news dis- satch telling of her son's reported afety) answers tens of thousands >f words of prayers.” Mrs. Muskulin stopped milking a sow on her suburban farm when ihe received the word about her on, Raymond L. Blazevic. “Thank Jod for such wonderful news. I just knew he had to be all right,” he said. Blageyic, a navy radar operator, aad ‘been reported killed in a plane crash behind enemy lines in Ko- ‘ea last June 12, But his mother aid she kept her faith despite definite word” from the Defense Department. In New York City, the i w&bm 20 hourd the of their son’s reported aiety on a radio .pews program. Hansen, was the first New ‘Yorker «dentified. “I burst out crying when I heard ‘he news,” Mrs. Christlan Hansen said. Her husband, however, ae- lared he had “cried so much in he last year that I just can’t any nore.” Mr. and Mrs. Hansen said they vere told by the Defense Depart- nent a year ago that their son vas believed to be a prisoner, They aid they had abandoned hope of eeing him again but never did ease to pray. ‘Mother Couldn’t Hear “This sure is good news,” said George Hada of Denver, Colo, when ae was informed his brother, Ted, >f Longmont, Colo., was on the list. “It is the most we have had to go on,” Hada said “Ted was reported missing Feb. 12, 1951.” Ted, 22, served two years in World War II. But in Richmond, Va., Mrs, Flo- rence Leake could not hear that aer only son, Pvt. Charles Edward Zlliott, was on the prisoners’ list. lhe 47-year-old woman drowned herself in Richmond canal Nov. 27 because she feared the youth was an atrocity victim. BIGGEST NEWS OF YEAR' NEW YORK, Dec. 19—@—News- papers concentrated on the Korean 'ist of American prisoners of war 15 one of the biggest stories of the year today and radio and television networks stayed on the air throughout the night, relaying the news to anxious relatives. Newspapers crowded edition times to print as many names as available and supplemented their coverage with pictures and inter- views " with relatives. They also provided information to families calling in the hope that maybe their boy's name was on the list. The radio and television net- works cancelled late shows during the night to start the special ser- | vices and continued them on into | the morning hours. Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Dec. 19—{M—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 111%, American Tel. and Tel. 156%, Anaconda 50%, Douglds Aircraft 58%, General Electric 58, General Motors 51%, Goodyear 44%, Kenne- cott 86%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 67%, Standard | Ofl of California 50%, Twentieth Century-Fox 19%, U. S. Steel 40, Pound 2.79, Canadian Exchange - 97.75. Sales today were 1,510,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 267.61, rails 82.52, \ities 46.88, it