THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,921
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1951
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Rogers Will
Head Field
Committee
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— UR —
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
today appointed George W. Rogers,
34, Juneau, chairman of the Inter
ior Departments’ Alaska Field com
mittee.
The field committee is the co
ordinating body for departments
of interior agencies operating in
the territory.
Prior to his appointment, Mr.
Rogers was an economist on Gov
ernor G naming's staff. He first
came to Alaska in 1944 as a price
economist with the Office of Price
Administration. He was awarded a
Littauer Fellowship for advance
study at Harvard University and
received his doctor's degree from
Harvard in 1949. Following his
graduation, he returned to Alaska
as financial economist for the Al
aska Public Works. His wife and
> two children, Geoffrey and Shelly
reside in Juneau. He will return
to Juneau this week to take over
his new duties.
Mr. Rogers succeeds Kenneth J.
Kadow who resigned as chairman
of the field committee last spring.
Since Mrs. Kadow's resignation,
Clarence Rhodes, Alaska director of
the Fish and Wildlife Service, has
been acting chairman.
Ground Survey
Is Planned for
Taku Highway
That a ground survey of the
Taku highway would be made next
summer if funds are available was
agreed upon by Canadian and Am
erican officials, who attended a
meeting last Thursday In Van
couver, B. C., to discuss the pro
posed international highway that
would join Juneau to Atlin and the
Alaska Highway.
Attending the meeting were pro
vincial and federal Canadian of
ficials and territorial and federal
American officers ,as well as re
presentatives of the Consolidated
Mining and Smelting Company
and the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce. Chairman of the meeting
was the Honorable E. C. Carson,
Minister of Public Works for Brit
' ish Columbia.
Support From Mines
Herbert Rowland, president of the
Juneau Chamber of Commerce, said
that one of the major arguments ■
in support of the road was pre
sented by an official of the Con
solidated Mining and Smelting
company who stated that the road
would save his company a total
of $8 a ton handling charges over
the present method of stockpiling
ore during the winter months and
shipping it by river barges during
the summer.
The Honorable R. C. MacDonald
Minister of Mines for British Col
umbia, stated that he would sup
port the road program if the im
mediate economic benefit to the
Tulsequah and Atlin mining dis
tricts will justify the expenditure
of funds. Mr. MacDonald stated
that he would request funds from
the federal department of mines
for the proposed ground survey.
Officials Present
American officials present at the
meeting included: Joseph Flakne,
director of the Alaska division, de
partment of Territories and Insu
lar Possessions, Department of In
terior; A. F. Ghiglione, Commis
sioner of Roads for Alaska; Frank
Metcalf, Territorial Highway En
gineer, and George Sundborg, di
rector of the Alaska Development
Board. Representing the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce were Mr.
Rowland and Jerry McKinley,
chairman of the road committee.
TheWashington
Merry - Go - Round
(Copyright, 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
T^ASHINGTON—The month of
September and early October when
the harvest is in is the time the
chanceries and general staffs of
Europe watch closest for signs of
war. Tf Europe can get by this
period of dry, mild weather before
winter bogs down an attacking
army, they figure there wUl be
no danger of war at least until
June.
Top U. S. officials, likewise, have
made all-important surveys of the
war possibility, and it is possible
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SE Alaska Airlines Pul Out
Over $750,000 Payroll; Carries
Three Times SE Population
By KAY J. KENNEDY
Commercial airlines in Southeast
Ala; Ka now carry nearly three times
its current population in the course
of a year—or about the entire pop
ulation of the Territory in 1940.
This is a long flight from the
early and mid 1930's when the Pan
handle people started “'taking to
the air" with airtrail-breaking pilots
who foresaw the future of commer
cial air travel in this region.
Conservative estimates show that
approximately. 75,000 persons, will
have flown with the two major air
lines this year. That is about 2,500
more than the 1940 census for all
of Alaska. The present head count
of the First Division is 27.572.
Both Southeast Alaska major air
lines, Alaska Coastal Airlines of
Juneau, and Ellis Air Lines of Ket
chikan. report a 20 percent increase
in passenger traffic over a year ago.
Everybody Flies
It seems that everybody flies. Air
craft here have become the aerial
street cars for travelers and com
muters.
Reasons given by airline officials
for the recent jump in traffic, in
addition to the natural trend toward
flying are: 1) all cannery personnel
are now transported by air; 2) in
creased governmental travel such
as for surveys and movement cf
Alaska Native Service people;
3) construction work in the area;
4) tourist travel; 5) and a reflec
tion of prosperity.
Many local and visiting sports
men and fishermen fly to hunting
and fishing camps. Various groups
get together for aerial sightseeing
trips, such as flights over the Ju
neau Icecap. Traffic from Juneau
to Taku Lodge is estimated to have
doubled over the last summer sea
son. Then there arc z~ avcssga cf
40 emergency flights yearly.
Over $750,000 Payroll
On the financial side of the ledger
the two major airlines put over
three-quarters of a million dollars
into circulation each year through
payrolls alone.
Alaska Coastal has 79 employees
on its payroll that runs around
$400,000 annually. Ellis Air Lines
King Is
Gaining
Strength
LONDON, Sept. 25——A medical
bulletin from Buckingham Palace
this morning said King Feorge “con
tinues to gain strength” after a
restful night.
It was the fifth and most en
couraging report from the king’s
doctors since they performed a
major operation on one of his
lungs Sunday morning.
The bulletin was signed by four
doctors who spent the night at the
palace and the surgeon who per
formed the operation.
As soon as they agreed on the
bulletin, the doctors telephoned the
good news to members of the royal
family staying outside the palace.
Princess Elizabeth, heiress pre
sumptive to the throne and her
husband, the Duke of Edinburg,
received it at Clarence House, their
London residence.
The news also went to Marlbor
ough House, home of Queen Mother
Mary. With her were the Duke of
Gloucester, youngest brother of the
king, and Princess Mary, the prin
cess royal, his sister.
The Duke of Windsor, the man
who gave up the throne to George,
was reached at the home of a friend
where he is staying while in Lon
don.
WEATHER REPORT
(U. S. WEATHER BUREAU i
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period <
ending 6:20 o’clock this morning
At Airport: Maximum, 56;
Minimum, 31.
FORECAST '
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Continued lair with some
high cloudiness tonight and
Wednesday. Lowest tempera
ture tonight about 37 in <
Juneau and near freezing
in outlying areas. Highest
Wednesday about 56.
precipitation
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
At Airport — None;
since July 1 — 8.45 inches.
I>)
puts out $357,000 in wages to 71
employees each year,
Hlgli Safety Records
Both airlines have received Na
tional Safety Awards from the Na
tional Safety Council, All precau
tions are taken to maintain a high
order of performance of aircraft
and pilots.
ACA shop facilities for many years
have been certified by CAA as an
approved repair station and a li
censed CAA inspector is on the pay
roll. The shops are equipped for
complete overhaul facilities for en
gines, radio, Instruments and all
types of repair.
ACA Shows Steady Growth
Alaska Coastal Airlines is a part
nership of two corporations, Alaska
Air Transport, Inc,, was organized
in 1935 by Sheldon Simmons and
was financially backed by Thomas
A. Morgan, Dr. W. W. Council, Dan
Moller and Tom McCall.
Capt. James Davis backed and
financed A. B. (Alex) Holden in Ma
rine Airways which was organized
in 1936. Simmons and Holden are
co-managers of the ACA.
From two single-engine seaplanes
at the inception of the cooperative
venture, the company now has 13
aircraft ranging from a 24-passenger
Catalina type PBY to two Aeroncas
for training and one-passenger
charter trips.
Other aircraft include five 8
passenger Grumman amphibians,
two 5-passenger Lockheed seaplanes,
one Ballanca for five passengers,
one 3-passenger Seabee amphibian
and one CurDis Kingbird. The King
bird carries seven persons and is
used on the contract Tulsequah run
for the Consolidated Mining and
Smelting Co. of Canada.
Alaska Coastal’s recently ex
'’.TVS ynwvnqpr
terminal at times resembles a mini
ature “Grand Central Station."
The peak travel months of this
year have been July, August and
September which show an increase
of 30 percent over the same months
in 1950, ACA officials reveal.
The first week in September of
this year was something of a re
cord when 1,500 passengers were
transported. On Sept. 8—the high
day—283 persons flew with the air
line.
To hark back to 1940, about 1.500
persons were carried during the
entire year, but by 1946 ten times
that number were carried and in
1946 ACA counted over 20,000 pas
sengers.
During the past 12-month period
Alaska Coastal has moved 38,500 ton
miles of mail, 51,000 ton miles ex
press and freight in addition to
30,000 passengers.
ACA Has 11 Agents
The Juneau airline is represented
in most of the outlying towns by
the following agents: Kyra Games,
Angoon; Jack Templin, Hoonah: Joe
Sadlier, Pelican; Ira Powell, Haines;
Christine Lamoreau, Skagway; Har
old Hargraves, Funter Bay; Dermott
O'Toole, Tenakee; Robert Martin,
Kake; O. E. Swanson, Elfin Cove;
j Eldor Lee, Petersburg; and Orville
Paxton. Sitka.
Ellis Air Lines represents ACA in
Ketchikan and ACA does the same
for Ellis here.
Ellis Air Lines Growing
R. E. (Bob) Ellis of Ellis Air
Lines operating out of Ketchikan
serves that city, Wrangell, Peters
burg, Hydaburg, Klawock, Craig,
Annette and Juneau.
He, too, reports about a 20 per
cent increase in passenger traffic
over last year with July up 44 per
cent.
Ellis operates the shortest and
busiest aerial route in Alaska — 21
miles between Ketchikan and An
nette—where he handles Pan Amer
ican Airways connections between
the two points. He says that nearly
19,003 persons were carried on that
route last year.
“While most of the passengers are
PAA connections, a substantial
portion can be classed as commuter.
Approximately 300 persons live at
Annette, largely CAA, PAA, Stan
dard Oil and Coast Guard person
nel,” he pointed out.
Ellis Air Lines carried 34,000 pas
sengers in 1950 and it is expected
that the figure will run close to
40,000 this year. Ellis reports a great
increase in airmail. It has tripled
since 1948. However not as much
cargo is carried by air since much
of it is transported by small boat.
Six Grumman amphibians and
three Aeronca sedans are operated
by Ellis and he says this is the
first year that he has had sufficient
aircraft to handle the business of
fered.
Improvements in seaplane facil
ities are constantly being made at
various points in Southeast Alaska.
These aid materially in the hand
ling of passengers and cargo.
Uninfication with
CIO Resolution
Before AFL Meet
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25—t/P)—
The American Federation of Labor
convention — without a dissenting
vote — today called for unification
with the CIO.
But the resolution — as in past
AFL stands — called for "organic
unity" within the AFL. And there
was slight possibility it would be
accepted by the leader of the na
tion’s second la'rgest labor group.
There was no voiced objection
when the resolution, read by AFL
Vice President Matthew Woll, was
put to a vote among the 700 dele
gates but Frank R. Tureo, of the
Seattle News Vendors Union, earlier
took the floor to ask that it be
amended to include John L. Lewis’
United Mine Workers by name.
Lewis, who quit the AFL execu
tive board and started his 600,000
member union out of the AFL in a
similar convention here four years
afo, was extolled by Turco as "just
as hon“".t as anyone.”
“Ever, if you disagree with Lewis,
and think he did you wrong,” Turco
said, the United Mine Workers be
longs In any possible single labor
organization.
Control of
Meatls
Underway
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — <m —
The government today threw all
available price control personnel
into a nation-wide pre-dawn check
of some 500 slaughter houses in a
drive to stamp out illegal practices
in the handling of beef.
Price "n'nrcsment Director Ed
v. T. >: rt-n aSA Slaughtering
operations in more than 50 cities
were being checked. He expected
hundreds of packers would come
under inspection before nightfall.
Price Stabilizer Michael V. De
Salle ordered all regional and dis
trict price stabilization offices to
help special enforcement agents in
the coast-to-coast crackdown.
OPS agents were ordered to in
spect records of slaughterers, their
cattle weights, scales and invoices.
The agency said the aim is to
determine whether they are pur
chasing livestock in compliance with
the control law, and whether anyone
is selling beef at illegal prices.
Sealskin Prices
Drop 12 Per Cent
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25—W—Prices
on sealskins, most of them from
Alaska, fell 12 percent from last
April’s prices in the semi-annual
government auction at the Fouke
Fur Company yesterday.
The average price for an esti
mated 30,000 skins was $89.76 a
skin.
Most of the drop was in the
higher priced types. A reduced de
mand for those types was caused
by high prices for necessities and
high taxes, a spokesman said.
Bidding in the auction was ac
tive.
About 80 percent of the skins were
sold for the U.S. government. The
rest came from the Union of South
Africa and some private shippers.
Bonneville Pcwer
Seeks Rainmaker
In Power Shortage
PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 25—
uT)—The Bonneville Power Admin
istration turned today to rainmak
ing to help out in the Pacific North
west’s power shortage.
It announced a contract for cloud
seeding in the upper reaches of
the Columbia system.
The Columbia, falling steadily,
had a flow into the reservoir at
Grand Coulee dam today of about
58,000 cubic feet per second. That is
1900 cubic feet per second less than
yesterday—the average daily rate
of fall recently has been 1000 to
2000.
Today’s general rains brought
hope but little else. As Elmer
Fisher, weather bureau river fore
caster at Portland put it, a lot of
water is needed to equal the daily
drop-off. However, today's weather
is the sort of thing needed to check
evaporation, and generally help to
restore stream flow.
AT THE BARANOF
Ray J. Lee, of Seattle, is stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
Five Are
Missing,
Anchorage
Air Search Launched for
Residents Now Ten Days
Overdue, Moose Hunt
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 25
—(AB—An extensive air search was
launched today for five Anchorage
residents 10 days overdue on a
moose hunting trip by dory into
the Alexander Creek area.
Numerous private planes joined
in tl|e search.
The missing are Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Burdett, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
son Anderson and Rex Hall.
Th# party left Sept. 10 in their
22-foot dory, powered by two out
board motors. They planned to re
turn Sept. 15.
The Alexander Creek area is
about 40 boat miles from Anchor
age. Although the creek area is
considered safe, Cook Inlet waters
leading to it have tides which are
often treacherous lor small craft.
Burdett and Anderson are part
owners of the City Cab Company
here and Hall is a driver.
Save Money by
Paying Taxes Up
Before October 1
Taxpayers, outside of ths City
of Juneau, were reminded today
that this is the last week in which
they can pay their taxes and earn
a two percent discount. After Oct
ober I, unpaid taxes are subject
to a penalty of one percent per
month until paid.
However, property owners may
pay half of their taxes before Oct
ober 1, and the other half before
Mai, .‘.'"i, 1952 and avoid penalty.
No discount will be allowed on
such payments. ,
Juneau Independent School Dis
trict taxes should be paid to Rob
ert N. Druxman District Tax Col
lector, at 123 Front Street or mailed
to P. O. Box 3051.
Auk Bay Public Utilities District
taxes may be paid in the same
manner or mailed to the PUD
through the Auk Bay Post Office.
They may also be paid in person
evenings at the Druxman Auk Bay
office on the Glacier Highway.
Need Applications
For Controlled
Building Metals
October 1 is the deadline for fil
ing applications for "controlled ma
terials” (steel, aluminum, and cop
per), C. A. (Pat) Carroll. Territorial
director of the Federal Housing Ad
ministration, announced today.
"Builders and sponsors of multi
family residential structures who
need these materials for the first
quarter of 1952 must file a National
Production Authority Form (CMP
40,” Carroll stated.
A multi-unit family structure is
one that contains more than four
family units.
Copies of the form are available
at the field offices of the Depart
ment of Commerce. Builders of
private multi -family housing
(whether conventionally financed or
FHA-insured or VA-guaranteed)
will file in the local offices of FHA.
Builders of public multi-family
housing (federal, state or local)
will file in the field offices of the
Public Housing Administration.
Carroll said that builders of one
through four family residences op
erate under a system of self-autho
rization which permits the use of
specified quantities of "steel and
copper without filing for authoriza
tion.
A builder requiring more than the
maximum amounts of steel and
copper permitted under the self
authorization system must file a
CMP-4C application with the Di
rector, Defense Liaison Staff, Hous
ing and Home Finance Agency,
Washington 25, D.C. Such authori
zation will be granted on an ex
tremely limited basis and only in
! the event of undue and exceptional
hardship, Carroll pointed out.
detached service for
NATIONAL GUARD MEN
Cpl. James A. MfcGilvray of
Company A, 208 Infantry Battalion,
Alaska Nationals Guard, stationed
at Ketchikan, Is taking on the
job training as a company clerk
with the senior instructor’s detach
| ment of the guard. He will be here
for two weeks.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Snodderly of
Ketchikan is at the Gastineau Ho
'tel.
Tax Boosting
Condemned by
Senator Georoe
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— (£1 —
Senator George (D-Ga) accused the
administration today of demanding
"more, more and more taxes" while
remaining as "silent as the grave"
when it should speak up for econ
omy in government.
In a Senate speech, the chair
man of the tnx-writing Senate fi
nance commute also denounced n
move by Senator O'Mahoney <D
Wyoi to boost excess profits taxes
under the $5,500,000,000 tax Increase
bill now before the Senate.
George charged the administra
tion with -relying too heavily on
taxes to curb inflation.
George took the floor after O'
Mahoney launched a fight to re
capture some $730,000,800 of excess
profits tax revenue knocked out of
the tax bill by George's committee.
Italian
Treaty
Is Off
PARIS, Sept. 25—lift—The United
States, Britain and France will pub
lish a Joint declaration tomorrow
saying Ifcily "is no longer subject”
to her peace treaty arms limitations.
Russia was the fourth major
power involved in Imposing the
treaty terms on Italy.
Diplomatic Informants in Paris
said the three western powers would
say in the declaration “changing
circumstances” since the Italian
treaty was written have made it no
longer necessary to compel Italy
to abide by certain treaty clauses.
These clauses mainly are those
that restricted Italy to an army of
250.000, an air force of 350 planes
and 25,000 men, and a navy of no
more than 132 ships of all kinds.
U. S. TO CONTINUE AID
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— UtI —
President Truman today assured
Italian Prime Minister De Gasperi
that the United States will "con
tinue to assist Italy and the other
allies in. . .increasing their cap
acity for defense.”
A Joint communique released af
ter a 50-minute White House con
ference said that Mr. Truman
agreed with De Gasperi "that the
defense of Europe is vital to the
preservation of the free world."
The communique added:
“The President and the Prime
Minister agreed on the importance
of continuing the joint effort of
the free nations united in the
North Atlantic Treaty organization
to the preservation of world peace.”
In a speech after his White
House visit, De Gasperi urged
the western powers to use his
country’s idle factories and man
power to turn out goods for the
common defense.
Speaking to the National Press
club, the Premier acknowledged
that Italy is so poor in raw mater
ials that “its existence for years,
when viewed from a statistical
viewpoint, has seemed an impos
hibility.
“Italy has, however, a rich re
iource in the ability and willing
less of its industrious people to
work,” he said.
He said Italian factories could
oe used for defense production “in
such a way that costs are less for
vou and at the same time the
standard of living of our people
s, not lowered."
(lock Quotations
NEW YORK, Sept. 25—(if)—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 2%, American
Can 118, American Tel. and Tel.
158%, Anaconda 48%, Douglas Air
craft 60, Oeneral Electric 61 %, Gen
eral Motors 51%, Goodyear 47%,
Kennecott 84%, Libby McNeill and
Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 57%,
Standard Oil of California 52,
Twentieth Century Fox 21*4, U. S.
Steel 42%. Pound $2.79%, Canadian
Exchange 94.81%.
Sales today were 1,740,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 272.24, rails 86.05, utili
ties 45.31.
| TIDETABLES|
SEPTEMBER 26
Low tide 4:54 a.m., 2.8 It.
High tide 11:34 a.m., 13.0 It.
Low tide 5:15 p.m.. 5.8 It.
High tide 11:13 p.m., 13.8 It.
Reds Quit
Truce Talk;
Stalk Out
Insistence of Directed
Discussion Causes Break
-New Offer Made
TOKYO, Sept. £5— (<f> —Com
munist officers angrily stalked out
of a meeting today at Kaesong but
Gen, Matthew B. Ridgway asked
them to return tomorrow for an
other try at reviving the stalled
Korean truce talks.
The Reds walked out when al
lied liaison officers Insisted on dis
cussing conditions under which the
truce talks could be resumed. The
allies earlier told the Reds that
Kaesong was not a satisfactory
site.
The Communists wanted to
get the truce talks going right
away. But they demanded that
the first session be given over to
plans for processing a string of
charges that the allies had vio
lated the neutrality of Kaesong.
Eight and one-half hours after
the Reds stalked out of the Tues
day morning meting, an allied of
ilcer left the advance camp at
Munsan with a message for the
Reds.
He made the extraordinary
night flight to Panmunjom, near
Kaesong, by helicopter
The message, signed by the sen
ior allied liaison officer, Col. An
dew J. Kinney, under instructions
from Ridgway, said:
“Despite your unilateral ac
tion in recessing the meeting to
day and your abrupt departure
therefrom, I am prepared-to meet
you tomorrow. . .at 10 a m. 'to
discuss conditions mutually sat
isfactory (or resumption of the
armistice talks.’'
The talks have been stalled 33
days.
The word “conditions” left the
dtuation Just where it was when
the Reds walked out of Tuesday's
meeting.
Eisenhower
To Be Candidate,
President - if
NEW YORK, Sept. 25—</TI—Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower will run for
President only if he thinks such
a move is necessary to preserve the
Nortlj Atlantic Treaty organization,
a Republican Governor said today.
Gov. Walter J. Kohler, of Wis
consin, returning by plane from a
three-week European tour, said he
had a “frank talk” of 45 minutes
with Eisenhower.
"Only if NATO were Jeopardized
and he felt he 'alone could save 11
would he declare himself a Presi
dential candidate,” Kohler said.
Last Ship Sails
For Nome Before
Winter Season
SEATTLE, Sept. 25—IM—'The last
ship scheduled to go to Nome and
other ports on the western edge
oi Alaska this season will leave
Seattle tomorrow.
The Square Knot was assigned
by the Alaska Steamship Co., tc
make the final trip before winter
She will call at Unalaska, Naknek,
St. Michael, Unalakleet, Nome and
Teller.
No more ships will visit those
ports until next May. or June.
Only three other commercial ves
sels this season have gone to the
Bering Sea and the Arctic.
LENOIR CHECKING
SUBMARINE CABLE
On'its semi-annual maintenance
trip to Alaska, the MS Lenoir, ACS
cable barge docked in Juneau Sat
urday and sailed for Skagway. The
Lenoir, commanded by Captain J.
H. Connely, will check the sub
marine cable stations at Haines,
Skagway, Eldred Rock, and Sentin
el Island before returning to its
home port at Seattle. The 157-foot
ship carries a crew of 24, includ
ing civilian and military personnel.
TEACHER ARRIVES
Mary Robinson of the University
of Alaska extension service, from
Petersburg, arrived hen*; yester
day to teach a course in upholstery
class. She is stopping at the Hotel
Juneau.
VISITOR FROM CORDOVA
Mrs. N. A. Jorgensen of Cordova
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel
Big Jet
Battle
Fought
Five Red Mig-I5s Shot
Down, Five Damaged in
35-Minute Fight
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 35—UD—
American F-86 .Sabres today won
the longest Jet battle In history.
They shot down five Communist
MIG-15s and damaged live In a
35-minute fight In MIO Alley
over northwest Korea.
The U. S. Fifth Air Fore* said
all the American planes returned
safely.
The fight roared from 36,000
feet to ground level. It produced
the biggest one-day bag of Jlus
slan-type MIQ-lSa since April 13
when U. S. pilots shot down four,
probably destroyed two more and
damaged 14.
The fight was not only the
longest but also one of the biggest
Jet battles of the war. It In
volved 117 planes—37 Sabres
against 80 MIG*.
The Sabres were led by Ameri
ca's top ace, Col. Francis S. Gab
reskl, Oil City, Pa. He was credit
ed with damaging one Red plane.
The Air Force and Navy an
nounced in Washington they have
destroyed or damaged 1,430 loco
motives In Korea since the war
started 15 months ago.
The two services said also they
destroyed or damaged 33,008 rail
road cars and 41,339 motor ve
hicles.
On the ground, United Nations
troops Tuesday captured a eute
mandlng peak west of “hedst
brrak ridge" on the rugged east
ern Korea front
The mountain, like the ridge
the allies want so badly, loefea
! down on a CMMniMtfst. mmk
I and assembly base.
A UN unit battled to the mount
ain top. northwest of Yanggu,
through intense mortar and small
arms fire. It kicked an estimated
two north Korean battalions off
the peak In nearly three - hours of
fierce fighting.
There was a comparative lull
Tuesday around 'heartbreak ridge”
twice lost to counterattacking Reds
in 14 days of bitter .lighting.
High Peak Lost
Grenade-tossing Reds drove V.
S. troops off the highest peak In
the ridge Monday for the second
time In 10 days.
i Weary American soldiers holed up
on the steep slopes and repulsed
three small Red probing attacks
before dawn Tuesday. They re
ported that by Tuesday afternoon
there had been no further contact
with the Communists.
Battleship In Action
To the east, the 16-inch rifles
of the battleship New Jersey
pounded Reds In the hills north of
he punchbowl, a one-time Com
munist assembly point.
The one and one-quarter ton
shells arched miles through the
air. Dozens hit the heart of the
Communist defenses on the north
eastern front, the navy said. Ob
;ervers called the results excel
cnt.
Alaska Mapping
Program Underway
WASHINGTON, Sf.pt. 35H*—
The Geological Survey says a pro
cram for mapping Alaoka Is un
derway.
The agency said it plans to map
he entire territory on a scale of
l-to-250,000, and to map selected
ireas of strategic and economic
importance on a larger scale of
-to-63,360.
The agency said the navy and
Ur force are making air photos
if the territory and have com
peted about one-third of the area.
Ship Mov«m«nts
Princess Louise sails from Van
couver Sept. 29, arriving at Juneau
Oct. 1.
Alaska scheduled to arrive south
bound Monday at 6 p.m.
Denali sails from Beattie Sept.
28, arriving at Juneau Oct. 1.
SQUARE DANCE FRIDAY
The regular square dance for
young people in the 7th, 8th, and
9th grades will be held Friday,
September 28, at 8 p.m. in the
Parish Hall. Will and Lois Reedy
will again be on hand to instruct
and call the squares.
FROM KODIAK
James Corbett of Kodiak is regis
' tered atthe Oastlneau Hotel.