Another Associate
Testifies Bridges
Was A Communist
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — Long
shore walking boss Henry Sch
rimpf testified in federal court
here Friday that West Coast wa
terfront leader Harry Bridges was
an active participant in commun
ist party councils during the 1934
general strike.
Schrimpf’s testimony largely
supported that of John H. Scho
maker, the government’s “Sunday
punch witness” in Bridges’ per
jury trial.
Both Schrimpf and Schomuker
testified that they were commun
ist party members themselves at
the time and were present at
meetings atended by Bridges.
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Whether Bridges was a com
munist prior to 1945 is the key is
sue of the trial being heard before
Judge George Harris in United
States District Court.
Bridges was born in Australia
and was granted United States
citizenship after a naturalization
hearing in 1945. Government ai
torneyr have presented testimony
that Bridges sw'ore then he had
never been a communist. They
are attempting to prove he was.
The defense, led by attorney
Vincent Hallinan, has fought to
impeach every witness and to
prove that the charges against
Bridges are part of a giant con
spiracy to force the CIO Interna
tional Longshoremen’s and Ware
housemen’s chief from the water
front.
Defense attorney James Macln
nis was cross-examining Schrimpf
when last week’s session ended,
and said “I’m just getting started.”
Chief prosecutor F. Joseph Don
ohue said when the defense is fin
ished with Schrimpf he will call
two other witnesses to corroborate
Schomaker’s testimony, then start
a new line of attack.
Cross -questioning was left
hanging when the court recessed
until today.
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A newspaper article appearing
in the Anchorage Times describ
ing the plight of a tubercular na
tive in the city jail resulted last
week in a series of letters, tele
grams and phone calls from Ter
ritorial agencies to city officials.
But today still no bed has been
found for him in any of the Alas
kan sanitoria.
Following an attempt to place
the man in a Tacoma or Seward
hospital Howard P. Andresen,
Alaska Native Service, Juneau,
notified the city clerk that no beds
were available in Tacoma. He
quoted a telegram sent to Dr.
Chalmers at the Bethel hospital.
It read: “Can you accept Rob
ert Keghictoc, of Nome, a tuber
culosis case far advanced? He re
ceived a disciplinary discharge
from Seward. The city of Anchor
age is having difficulty as he is
an open case and spends most of
his time in jail. No beds at Nome
or Tacoma at present. Would ap
preciate your assistance on this.
See copy of Anchorage Times
dated Nov. 4, if available.”
Andresen shifted the problem
back to city authorities by sug
gesting that an official of the city
prevail upon Dr. Lowell at Sew
ard Sanatorium to readmite Kegh
ictoc, adding that the Alaska Na
tive Service would authorize the
move.
Dr. Robert Smith, assistant
commissioner of health for the
Territorial Health Depart m e n t
said yesterday that the sanitoria
in the Territory had enough diffi
culty providing beds for cases who
wished to enter hospitals, without
having to care for those who dis
dained care.
He agreed that the presence of
an active TB case in the jail
among men of below average
health exposed the Territory to
most costs of caring for additional
cases.
Smith pointed out that there
are no isolation or confinement
wards available in the Territory
for sick people who refuse care.
The city clerk meanwhile re
! ported that Keghictoc, now out of
I jail, is lodging at the Salvation
Army, waiting for official action
which will either send him back
to Nome or back to a sanitorium.
Keghitoc returned to Nome Fri
day with the Alaska Airlines.
About two million people live
in the Sahara Desert.
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Five Survive
Petersburg Crash
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PETERSBURG, Alaska, UP) —
Five survivors and the body of a
tentatively identified woman vic
tim of Friday’s crash-landing by
an Alaska Coastal Airlines flying
boat were to be removed to Wran
gell Saturday.
The plane, piloted by Mike Fen
ster, was forced down in a snow
storm shortly after leaving Peters
burg for Wrangell Friday. A wing
and an engine were torn off the
plane, which wound up on the
bench of Farm Island near the
mouth of the Stikine River.
The crash victim was listed as
Margaret Bell, about 40. A report
from Juneau identified her as a
nurse enroute to a nursing job in
Wrangell. At first it had been
thought the victim was the Alaska
woman author of the same name.
However, a report from Wran
gell said the woman might be
Miss Margaret Annis, who was
going to Wrangell as a nurse.
A relative in Puyallup, Wash.,
; said she had been notified by
Alaska Coastal Airlines that it
was Miss Innis.
Survivors were taken to the
Borland Breeze cabin on nearby
i Dry Island, where they were
i treated by Dr. Harold Bangerman,
who was flown in from Peters
! burg.
Most seriously injured of the
survivors was A. “Zeke” Dale,
who suffered two broken legs, ac
cording to sketchy reports from
the isolated crash area late Friday
night. Others received scratches
adn bruises.
Two passengers left the plane at
Petersburg. They included Col.!
Fred P. Andrews, wartime com-1
mander of the army’s Alaska i
Communication System, who re-,
cently returned to that post. He is,
making an inspection tour of:
Southeastern Auaska stations. An- (
drews took another plane from
Petersburg to Ketchikan about
three hours after his previous
plane was wrecked.
Ex-Congressman
May- 74, Enters
Federal Prison
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ASHLAND, Ky. (JP) — Andrew |
.T. May, complaining of his heart
and protesting his innocence to i
the last moment, became a federal j
prisoner for wartime bribery and
; conspiracy today.
The 74-year-old former chair
man of the powerful House mili
tary affairs committee succeeded
in slipping—without fanfare—into
the government correctional insti
tution near here before daylight]
with the help of his personal
friend. John M. Moore of Lexing
ton, U. S. marshal for eastern
Kentucky.
May and the Garsson Brothers,
Henry and Murray, operators of n
wartime munitions combine, were
convicted July 3, 1947, for using
for profit May’s considerable in
fluence as committee chairman.
The former Congressman, him
self. was accused of accepting
more than $50,000 in bribes for
getting war department favors for
the Garssons.
Moore had denied to newsmen
last night that he had received
any commitment order for the ex
Congressman.
May’s final appeal to escape
serving the eight to 24 month sen
tence imposed on him after his
conviction two years ago, had
been based on a claim of poor
health, and his age. ^
NOME PLANNING COMMIS
SION MET FRIDAY EVENING
The first meeting of the Nome
Planning Commission was held
held Friday evening at the City
Hall under the chairmanship of
Mayor Steve Anderson who ex-1
plained to the committee its very
important and immediate function
in regards to the Public Works
Appropriation Bill. He then ap
pointed Luthr Dunbar to a five
year term of office, Robert Long
to a four year term of office, Jer- [
ome Trigg, three year; John Mc
Nees, two years and Lester Bron
son, one year.
Chairman named was Lester
Bronson, vice-chairman, Luther j
Dunbar, and John McNees, secre-;
tary.
Projects suggested at the meet
ing included street drainage and
surfacing; sidewalks, school ex
tension, fire protection, snow re
moval and Several other necessary
improvements to the city.
Robert Long volunteered to
supply each member of the group
with copies of the city plat for
study. The next meeting is sched
uled for December 11th.
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Honor Crosson
WASHINGTON </P>—The name
of Joseph Crosson, famed Alaskan
bush pilot who died in Seattle last
June, will be perpetuated in Alas
ka’s Mount McKinley national
park.
The board on geographic names
Friday approved naming a 12,780
foot mountain and a 12-mile long
glacier at its base after Crosson,
whose many mercy flights in the
north land brought him lasting re
nown.
He first gained prominence in
1931 when he braved a gale in
his small plane to fly serum to
Point Barrow during a diphtheria
epidemic. He also was chosen to
fly the bodies of Will Rogers and
Wiley Post from Point Barrow to
the States in 1935 after their death
in a plane crash.
The proposal that Crosson be
honored by naming the scenic at
J tractions after him was made by
explorer Bradford Washburn, di
rector of the Bostom Museum of
| Science. The Fairbanks chamber
! of Commerce and University ot
1 Alaska lent their support.
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