ILWU Will Fight
Juneau Verdict
SEATTLE, (/P) — Indicati o n s
► that the CIO ILWU will “continue
to do battle” against a recent
$750,000 federal court judgment in
Juneau, Alaska, even if it loses a
pending appeal were given here
last night by the union’s president
Harry Bridges.
He characterized the suit as an
attempt, under a little-used sec
1 tion of the Taft-Hartley act, to
“put the union out of business.”
The longshoremen are appeal
ing the verdict, which was award
ed the Juneau Spruce Coup. in
connection with union picketing
activities at the -company mill.
“If the verdict is upheld in
higher courts after appeal, we will
have to try to scrape up $750,000
or go out of business. I’m not so
sure we intend to . do either,”
Bridges said.
He declined to elaborate on the
statement.
With reference to the govern
ment’s recent perjury indictment
against him. the longshoremen’s
chief declared that “it won’t m-ike
Blind Girl Travels |
Ohio To Alaska |
CLEVELAND, —It’s a long
trip, even by airliner, from Co
lumbus, Ohio, to Jonesville, Alas
ka. And it’s quite a responsibility
for an 11-year-old girl to travel it
alone—much more so when she is
blind.
But little Goldie Vore is sure |
she will enjoy her long plane ride
home from Columbus, where she
has been attending a school for
the blind. She arrived at Cleve
land airport at suppertime on the
first leg of her journey.
She was met by travelers’ aid
workers who will help her along
the way. After an hour here she
left for Minneapolis where she
was to transfer to the Alaskan
run. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Vore, moved to the Alaskan
city from Athens County, Ohio.
, me any easier to deal with just
i because'there are a few indict
i ments hanging over my head.”
He addressed a Portland long
! shore group last night. And plans
•a similar meeting here.
MR. AND MRS. B. G. BAKER
HERE ENROUTE TO STATES
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Baker ar
rived from Candle yesterday en
route to the States where they
were called suddenly due to the
death of the mother of Mr. Baker.
As Mr. Baker’s father is an in
valid at his home in Arlington,
Wash., they plan to remain in the
States for at least a year to be
with him before returning to work
with the Arctic Circle Explora
tion Co., in Candle.
ARMY TUG GOES TO AID OF
FOUR-BARGE TOW
SEATTLE <JP)—The coast guard
in Seattle said it was informed
from Kodiak that an army tug
was going from Whittier to the
aid of a four-barge tow.
The report placed the flotilla
about 15 to 20 miles northeast of
Cape St. Elias. It said an army
landing barge was disabled while
towing four barges. The tug Chil
koot took over but ran into trou
ble when one leg of its towing
bridle parted and it was unable to
hold its tow.
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Parachutist Dies
In Small Pond
Near Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—An enlist
ed “para-medic” from the Tenth
Rescue squadron drowned yester
day in a small pond south of here,
after a practice jump, and an
army sergeant nearly lost his life,
in a rescue attempt.
The army withheld the victim’s
name pending notification of next
of kin.
Army authorities gave this ac
count:
The para-medic was the first of
five to jump from 1,000 feet from
a C-47. He acted as a wind guide.
It was calm when he jumped, but
the wind came up suddenly and
carried him to the small pond.
Seeing he was being carried tow
ard the water, he freed himself
I of his parachute, helmet and other
gear, but disappeared into the wa
ter almost immediately.
Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Clem
; mons, (home town unavailable).
; member of a ground crew detach -
! ment at Lake Hood, stripped and
'tried to swim to the para-medic’s
j aid in the ice-flecked lake, but
couldn’t reach him because ol the
bitterly cold water. Other para
medics whq followed the drowned
j man down, waded into the lake
and threw a line to Clemmons.
Capt. Robert Weisc, Tenth Res
cue para-doctor, canoed to the
spot and recovered the body about
20 minutes later. Artificial re.-pi
! ration for four hours proved fruit
j less.
Tornadoes Cavort
Over Midwest
i
j CHICAGO, — Fourteen per
i sons were injured and several
farm homes were destroyed Wed
nesday as tornadoes skipped over
areas in four mid-west states.
The small twisters hit rural
areas of southwestern I o w a ,
northwestern Missouri, northeast
ern Kansas and southeastern Ne
braska. Eleven persons in the vi
cinity of Tarkio, Mo., were in
jured, while the twister which hit
near Essex, la., injured a family
of three.
The tornadlc winds followed
thunderstorms over mi d west
I
states Wednesday. The shower ac
tivity yesterday was in parts of
Iowa, northwest Illinois and
southwestern Wisconsin.
Most of the country had fair
| weather and mild temperatures
yesterday. Some rain fell in Wyo
: 790 Graduate
From Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS, Md., (A>) — Yes
terday was the last full day as
midshipmen lor the 790 members
of the naval academy’s first class.
Today they graduated and em
barked on careers as navy, ma
rine or air force officers.
Navy secretary Frane.s Ma
thews made the graduation ad
dress in Dahlgrin Hall.
Six hundred sixty-nine lixst
classmen will be commissioned as
navy ensigns, and another 55 will
become second lieutenants in the
marine corps. Fifty-five have
chosen air force careers.
Of the remaining 11, three are
awaiting further physical exam
inations, five will be honorably
discharged, one will resign from
the regular navy, one will be com
missioned later in the Peruvian
navy, and the eligibility of one for
a commission has not been deter
mined.
Secretary Francis P. Matthews
told the graduating class of the
naval academy today that "This is
not the time for indecision or de
! featism in any segment ot our
, population or in any branch ot the
‘armed services.”
Matthews’ prepared address for
the 790 graduates was h:s first
formal speech since he became
navy secretary on May 25. He suc
ceeded John L. Sullivan, who re
! signed after a dispute with de
fense secretary Johnson over the
latter’s order cancelling construc
tion of a super-size aircraft car
rier. Charges have been made that
navy morale has been shaken v >
by this incident.
Tiie new secretary made no rei
erence to the dispute but did de
vote a portion of his address to
discussion of pending legislation
to tighten up the service unifica
tion law.
Matthews told the naval acad
emy graduates they could be
"confident that the new legisla
tion will not alter fundamentally
the traditional concept ol naval
power nor the fundamental neces
sitv for American superiority oi
! the seven seas.” He added:
“I believe the legislation in
: prospect will materially strength
en the power and authority of the
secretary of defense and I think
I very properly so.”
ming and Montana and in the Pa
cific Northwest. Highest tempera
tures were in the Gulf States. The
country's top mark Wednesday
was 106 at Presidio, Tex.
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