Russian 'Woman *
Accepts Subpoena
4 To Testify
* NEW YORK, OP)—Mrs. Oksana
Stepanovna Kosenkina, seriously
injured when she jumped from a
window of the Soviet consulate
where she claimed she was im
prisoned, was placed under the
“protective custody” of the fed
eral government Saturday.
The 52-year-old Russian school
teacher formally was granted
protection of the United States
» government when she accepted a
subpoena to appear as a witness
before the Houes un-American
activities committee.
The subpoena was served at her
bedside in Roosevelt hospital by
Robert E. Stripling, the commit
tee’s chief investigator.
« The teacher, center of a bizarre
tug-of-war between top-level dip
lomatic circles here and in Mos
cow—was asked if she had any
objection to appearing before the
committee and replied in the neg
ative, Stripling said.
William Taraska, Russ 1 a n -
speaking New York City detec
tive, accompanied Stripling and
•William Wheeler, another com
mittee investigator, to Mrs. Ko
senkina’s room.
The investigators’ visit lasted
less than 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, federal and state
law enforcement agencies were
assembling information in the
case.
Mayor William O’Dwyer said
the police department was turn
ing over details of its investiga
tion of the case to federal and
state prosecutors “for action.”
Friday night, officials of the
FBI, the state department and the
city police met in an hour-long
conference in the office of United
• States attorney John F. X. Mc
Gohey.
The meeting came after Mrs.
Kosenkina was visited by Soviet
vice-consul Chepurnykh in her
hospital room. She told the Rus
sian representative; “You kept
me a prisoner. You would not let
me go.”
Chepurnykh’s visit to the Rus
Coast Guards Find1
Old Wreckage Of I
Canadian Plane
KETCHIKAN, </P) — A coast
guard party reported yesterday
it has found the scattered remains
of what appear to be six bodies
in airplane wreckage on Cape
Chacon at the southern tip of
Prince of Wales Island.
The searchers identified the1
plane as a Royal Canadian air
force Hudson bomber. They said
it appeared the wreckage had
been there for several years.
An Ellis Airlines plane spotted
the wreckage Saturday. The coast
guard group, headed by Comdr.
John Glatz hiked in yesterday.
Glatz reported the wreckage
was strewn over a large area, but
it appeared that six died in the
crash.
Canadian officials in Vancou
ver have been notified.
1 Airmen here say the Canadians
«
stopped using Hudsons late in the
war, indicating the plane may
have gone down as early as 1939
or 1940.
1 The coast guard also reported
that a two-place military training
plane which radioed Saturday
that it was in trouble has landed
safely at Torrance, B. C.
The plane was on a flight from
Annette Island, Alaska, to Port
Hardy, B. C. Torrance is about 75
miles west of Prince Rupert. A
coast guard Grumman which had
been sent to its aid returned to
Annette.
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CHICAGO. (/PI — The battle of
the butcher — the housewives
buy-no-meat campaign — went
through the week-end with meat
prices still up.
This was the report from many
meat dealers throughout the na
tion as the score was tallied. Some
dealers reported business had
fallen off, but that prices gener
ally remained at high levels.
sian teacher’s room Friday was
permitted by a heavy police
guard, which earlier had barred
his admittance.
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Many Thousands
On “Purge” List
In Berlin
BERLIN, iJP) — Berlin’s Liberal
Democratic press declared today
the communists have prepared a
purge list of hundreds of thousands
of anti-communists upon whom re
venge would be taken if the west
ern allies left the city.
The newspaper Montags Echo
said a communist fifth column is
working in the blockaded west
ern sectors of Berlin, occupied by
the U. S., Britain and France.
“The communist spy system
has wormed its way into indus
trial workers’ councils, into com
merce, into postal and telegraph
systems of western Berlin and
there makes systematic prepara
tion for “X-Day”—the day the
communists hope the western al
lies will leave Berlin,” the Liber
al Democratic newspaper said.
The Socialist Telegraf said that
“the blockade must be lifted and
the roads to Berlin must be guar
anteed with restrictions.”
Berlin’s anti-communists urged
the west to take a firm stand in
the big four negotiations in Mos
cow, while German communists
prodded the elected city govern
ment of Berlin to quit.
Ernst Reuter, whose election as
Lord Mayor of Berlin was vetoed
by the Russians in June, 1947, de
dared “there cannot and must
not be a simple and convenient
withdrawal” of the western pow
ers from Berlin.
SEEK MISSING PEOPLE
Anyone having information
concerning the following missing
persons is asked to communicate
with the Governor’s Office in
Juneau:
August Teoder Anderson—Born
in Sweden on August 19, 1873.
Came to United States in 1901.
Last heard from in Hyder, Alas
ka, in 1923.
Alfred Gran—Born in Sweden
on July 10, 1887. Came to the
United States in 1909. Last heard
of in Juneau in 1933.
Ole Viktor Gunnarskog — ‘May
have been called Viktor Skog*.
Born in Norway. <Is 61 years of
age. Came to the United States in
1910. Last heard of in Juneau in
1939. Stated at that time he was
moving to another city to work in
an airplane factory. At one time
using crutches after an accident.
Wildlife Service
Gels Five Experts
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The fish
and wildlife service has engaged
five technical experts to head up
its $1,000,000 Pacific Ocean fish
ery program.
The program is designed to ex
plore and develop fishing possi
bilities of waters from Hawaii
westward to the former Japanese
mandated islands.
The agency has estimated that
the central and southwest Pacific
tuna fishery alone, as yet barely
touched, ultimately may be worfh
from $80,000,000 to $100,000,000
a year.
Oscar E. Sette, an authority on
Pacific pilchard and tuna, was ap
pointed director of the fishery
laboratory to be established on
the university of Hawaii campus
at Honolulu.
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Seward Seeks Link
In Tourist Chain
—
SEWARD, <yT>>—The possibility
that Seward might become a link
in a chain of tourist attractions to
stabilize the future of Alaska was
cited here as needs of the city j
were aired at a meeting of the
city council and government offi
cials.
Sitting in attendance at the ses- j
sion were Reed Sailsbury, RFC
consultant; William Warne, as
sistant secretary of interior; Ken
neth Kadow, director of the Alas
ka field staff; Rex Lee, assistant
director, division of territories; j
and Col. J. P. Johnson of Alaska
Railroad.
Construction of a hotel, airport j
improvements and widening and
straightening of the Seward-to
Homer road were listed as “com
pulsory” in any tourist program.
Other Seward needs discussed
included hydro-electric power,
dredging of a small boat harbor
and repairing of the b^eakwatar
to promote halibut and salmon in
dustry now being fostered by the
i city.
j
Ray James, local manufacturer
of birch novelties marketed
i throughout the Territory, report
|ed on the wooden novelty markets
j in Oregon and Michigan. He sug
; gested that such an item might be
matched on the Kenai peninsula.
Financial Study
Of Air Transport
Industry Ordered
WASHINGTON, </P)—President
Truman has ordered a govern
ment financial study of the entire
air transport industry.
Mr. Truman acted after a con
ference with top-ranking officials
of the reconstruction finance cor
poration, the civil aeronautics
board and the budget bureau.
The White House said later
that Mr. Truman is “extremely
interested” in finding means by
which the industry can best fin
ance its immediate requirements
and long-term development.
He asked the RFC to make a
study with a view of making
recommendations to him “at an
early date.” The CAB and the
budget bureau were directed to
assist the RFC.
Conferring with the President
were RFC chairman Harley Hise,
; CAB chairman J. J. O’Connell,
and budget director James E.
Webb.
A White House statement said
I the conference was “for the pur
; pose of discussing the general fi
nancial situation of the air trans
port industry.’
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