Seek Body Of
Reynolds Tobacco
Heir at Mt. Whitney
LINE PINE, Calif. (/P) — Four
veteran mountain climbers low
ered themselves over the east face
of Mt. Whitney today in a last
hope search for Christopher Smith
Reynolds, tobacco-heir son of sin
ger Libby Holman.
The climbers plan to search re
mote ledges and crevasses and, if
unsuccessful, will remain on the
nation’s highest peak overnight
and start anew tomorrow.
The frozen body of Stephen
Rice Wasserman, was found in a
snowy crevasse at the 11,500-foot
level yesterday, a week after the
two 17-year-old eastern scions had
set out to conquer Whitney’s
toughest side.
Scant hope was held by veteran
searchers that young Reynolds is
still alive, unless he wandered off
for aid for Wasserman. Today’s
search will be concentrated on
higher crevasses of the 14,496-foot
peak.
Young Reynold’s mother, for
mer torchsinger Libby Holman,
was ready to fly from Paris. The
boy, heir to a $7,000,000 fortune,
was born to Miss Holman shortly
after her husband, Zachary Rey
rolds, was mysteriously slain.
Wasserman’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Stix Wasserman of Philadel
phia and New York, were at near
by Whitney Portal when the body
Fiery Sky Object
j Scares Northwest
SEATTLE, (£>)—A fiery object
that split into three brilliant seg
| ments, then vanished, whipped
across the sky Friday night, cre
ating consternation in many parts
of the Northwest.
But experts said it probably i
was a fireball—the popular name
for a large meteor which is char-i
acterized by the intensity of the
light it displays and its size.
Untrained observers came up,
with theories ranging from flying
^ saucers to secret weapons or men
from Mars.
Telephone calls flooded news
paper switchboards at Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma. The Vancou
ver, Wash., police station was,
swamped with inquiries. A num
ber of Salem, Ore., residents re
ported sighting the bright greenish
object, as did a few sky-watchers
in Yakima and other central
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Washington cities.
By plotting the reports, it ap
peared the strange object passed
overhead between Seattle and
Portland heading west.
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of their son was identified.
Young Wasserman’s body was
found at the base of the sheer i
3,000-foot granite cliff that chal
! lenges climbers approaching from
the east.
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Administration
Keeping People In
Dark About Korea
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WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
O’Mahoney (D.-Wyo.) today de
manded “a truce on partisan poli
tics” in dealing with home front
mobilization. He did so after two
Republican lawmakers assailed
the Truman Administration’s
handling of the program.
“I think this is a very poor time
for anyone—Democrats or Repub
licans—to challenge the motives j
of those who are called upon to
make the extremely difficult de
cisions required,” O’Mahoney de
clared.
'‘This of all times is a time for
a truce on partisan politics.”
O’Mahoney was replying to
week-end attacks on the adminis
tration by Senators Aiken (R.-Vt.)
and Martin (R.-Pa.)
Aiken predicted easy Senate
passage late this week of a House
approved bill which would set up
authority for wage-price-ration
ing curbs, but he said President
Truman declined “for political
reasons to ask Congress for these
controls.
Mr. Truman did ask for imme
diate power to allocate materials,
set up priorities and curb credit.
The bill which the House passed
and which appears to face smooth
sailing in the Senate would also
give him authority, for use when
he saw it, to control prices and
wages and impose rationing.
Aiken contended that Mr. Tru
man has his eye on the Novem
ber elections and has been “negli
gent in leaving the American peo
ple in the dark about the gravity”
of the world situation.
Martin accused the administra
tion of a tendency to play politics
with the nation’s security, and
asked:
“Can we wait until after the No
vember elections to tell the people
of America the real truth? Can we
place votes first?”
REGISTRANTS MUST INFORM
BOARD OF CHANGE IN STATUS
John L. McCormick, Territorial
Director of Selective Service, an
nounced today that many regis
trants are not keeping their local
boards informed of their changes
of address or other changes of
[status which would have a bear
ing on their classification.
Some registrants are now re
porting for Pre-induction Physi
cal Examinations who are mar
ried, but have failed to notify
their local board of their marri
age.
Under present regulations, a
registrant who is married cannot
be inducted.
Therefore, it is very important
that all registrants keep their lo
cal boards informed of any chang
es in status, such as marriage,
changes of address and other
changes in status, in order that
registrants may be properly class
ified.
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Lathrop Will
To Be Probated
In Alaska
SEATTLE, (£>)—'The will of the
late Austin E. Lathrop, wealthy
Alaska pioneer businessman and
industrialist, will be probated in
Alaska, Edward F. Medley, attor
ney, said this week.
Theer has been no estimate of
the value of the estate left by the
pioneer who was killed in an acci
dent at his coal mine at Suntrana
on July 26.
Medley, for many years Lath
rops* attorney, said the Latjirop
company will continue to operate
as a corporation with Medley act
ing in Lathrop’s place as presi
dent.
Other companies in which Cap
tain Lathrop owned controlling or
substantial stock interest will also
continue to operate in their pres
ent corporate status, Medley said.
These companies include the Tan
ana Publishing company of Fair
banks, publishing the Fairbanks
News-Miner; Midnight Sun
Broadcasting company of Fair
banks and Anchorage, operating
stations KFAR at Fairbanks and
KENI at Anchorage; Healy River
Coal Corporation, Suntrana; Cor
dova Commercial company, Cor
House Votes 56
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Contempt Of
Congress Citations
WASHINGTON, (If), The House
Saturday dispatched to two U. S.
district attorneys for posible pros
J ecution contempt of ^Congress ci
| tations against 56 witnesses who
defied the un-American activities
committee.
Prosecutors here and in Hono
lulu will decide whether the cases
shall be placed before grand jur
ies.
Capitol Hill veterans said they
j could recall no previous occasion
j on which either branch of Con
gress voted so many citations in
j so short a period.
In a matter of about an hour
; the House Friday adopted 54 con
! tempt recommendations of the un
American activities committee.
Two citations had been voted the
previous day.
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More than 50 relatives, employ
ees and business associates, to
gether with various churches and
the University of Alaska, St. Jos
eph’s hospital of Fairbanks and
Providence hospital of Anchorage,
! will share in the estate.
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