HUKS KILL
AMERICANS,
(OLD BLOOD
MANILA, April 23 —Philip
pines Army troops swept the north
ern fringe of the misty Candaba
swamp today without finding a
trace of the Communist Hukbalahap
band which killed five American
airmen and a woman in an anibush
Saturday night.
A second woman was wounded
seriously. Both women were wive.1
of two of the victims.
Army sources said they believe
the Huks still are in the area.
An unestimated number of Hukf
attacked an Army barracks neai
the scene of the slaying last night
• The attackers were driven off. One
Filipino soldier was wounded.
The U. S. 13th Air Force sale
names of the slain Americans wil
be released Wednesday, after rela
tives are notified. A board was ap
pointed to investigate the slayings.
The five Americans were enlistee I
men from Clark Air Force Base.
They were killed near Santa Rosa
60 miles north of Manila, on their
way back from a village fiesta neai
Cabanatuan.
Defense Secretary Ramon Mag
saysay said they were "mowed dowr.
in cold blood.”
The deaths of the airmen brouglr
to 11 the number of foreigner;
killed by the Red-led raiders since
January.
B. F. HEINTZLEMAN IS
ELECTED VSCE-PRES.
TRADE ASSOCIATION
PORTLAND, Ore., April 23 — 'JTt—
Franklin Greenough. Spokane
Chamber of Commerce president
urged Pacific Northwest planner;
today to get away from the short
sighted viewpoint of some politic
ians.
He told the Pacific Northwest
Trade Association that only witi
long-range policies and co-operatior
among varied interests can the
Northwest reach the prosperity i'
should.
In the keynote speech opening t
semi-annual meeting of the asso
ciation here, he cited development
along the Columbia river as “one of
the most tangible examples of unity
oft interests."
In a session yesterday, director;
of the association elected new' of
ficers.
L. A. Colby, Missoula, Mont., w'af
named president, succeeding Frank
E. McCaslin, former president of
the Portland Chamber of Com
merce.
Other officers elected include:
Regional Vice Presidents: Alaska
—B. Frank Heintzleman, Juneau.
BASGER HERE
Charles Ba-sger of Anchorage ar
rived yesterday on PNA and is
stopping at the Baranof Hatel.
FROM MONTANA
C. C. Harvey, Chinook, Mont, is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM FAIRBANKS
Albert W. Williamson of Fair
banks is at the Baranof Hotel.
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finer drycleaning!
TRIANGLE
CLEANERS
“for better appearance'’
Phone 507
“Cravenette Headquarters”
DOUGLAS I
MAYS
F. & A. M. MEETING
Tr.ere will be a called communi
cation of Gastineaux Lodge 124, F.
& A, M., Tuesday evening at 7:30,
in Masonic hall. There will be work
in the E. A. Degree.
MARSHAL’S SALE
A marshal’s sale was held Fri
day with Walter Hellan conducting
the public auction on the farmer
Claude Smith plumbing and heating
building, described as Lot 21 ir
Elock 32. The highest bidder on the
property was William Btehl of
Douglas, who is a local boat built.e.
and building contractor.
CANNERY MATERIALS HERE
Lumber arrived last weekend
from Sitka, and is being hat lad to
the Douglas dock in preparation cf
the re-building of the Douglas Can
ning Co. buildings which were
wrecked in wind storms last win
ter. The Douglas Volunteer Fire De
partment members have contracted
to erect the building ns a project
to secure funds for a : pecial fire
truck purchase fund.
SCHOOL BAND OUT
The Douglas school band paraded
on downtown streets for several
appearances last week, under the
leadership of Music Instructor ■ oh.i
Zawalnicki. The band and orches
tra are making preparations to par
ticipate in exercises for the 1951
graduating class. Their parading last
week was to get practice In march
ing with their instruments.
W.S.C. SERVICE MEET
The Women’s Society of Christian
Service will meet on Thursday eve
ning at 8 o’clock at the home of
Mrs. Frank Mcllhardy. The public ]
health nurse will give a short talk
as part of the evening’s program.
BIRTHDAYS AT RICE HOME
Last w’eek was a busy and en
joyable week for the Ray Rice fam
ily with three birthdays. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Rice had birthday dates
one day apart, and they celebrated
w ith an evening of canasta with the
William Kerns family. Earlier in
the week, their son. Dennis Ray, had
several of his little friends in to
help eat ice cream and cake, in cele
bration of his third birthday.
"Cordon of Prayer"
for Gen. MacArlhur
LOS ANGELES, April 23, —W—
Dr. James W. Fifield, Jr., pastor of
Los Angeles' First Congregational
Church, has announced the laun
ching of a national ’’Cordon of
Prayer" for Gen. MacArthur.
The minister said he expects to
/ enlist 5,000,000 persons in the
movement. He announced the cam
paign, which has been approved
by the Church’s board of Deacons,
at services yesterday.
FROM TACOMA
An Falk of Tacoma is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY—
100-MILE
FRONT IS
ATTACKED
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forces appeared to be bearing out
the general's words.
The longest pullback was in the
Far West. There Allied units which
had been as much as 12 miles north
of the 38th Parallel pulled back
south of the hypothetical dividing
line between North and South
Korea.
FURTHER PULL BACK
TOKYO, April 23 — W— United
Nations pulled back 15 miles at one
point and six miles or more at others
Monday under the impact of a
major Communist offensive which
raged along 100 miles of the Korean
front.
Headquarters source said the or
derly 15-mile retirement was to the
' south bank of the Hantan river or.
the West-Central front from the
previous Allied positions just south
oi Chorwon, a big Red base.
Eighth Army censors deleted dis
tances from field dispatches but
sources at Eighth Army headquar
ters conceded the 15-mile figure
was "realistic.”
DELAY GRANTED
CONTEMPT TRIAL
OF SEa SAWYER
WASHINGTON, April 23 —UP)—
A three-judge panel of the U. S
Court of Appeals today put off the
contempt of court trial of Secre
tary of Commerce Sawyer and nine
others.
The court divided two to one ii
granting the delay to give govern
ment attorneys more time to pre
pare their case.
The presiding judge, Bennett
Champ Clark, announced from the
bench that he wanted to go aheac
immediately but found himself ir
the minority.
No date was'fixed for the trial
! but the judges indicated they want
I ed it as soon as possible.
( The crux of the contempt actioi
, is the failure of Sawyer and the
others to turn over to R. Stanley
Dollar and his associates effective
possession of 92 per cent of the vot
ing stock ef American Presiden
Lines, Ltd.
DIVORCE DISMISSED
The divorce case of Eleanor M
Kobbevik against Arthur Kobbcvik
was dismissed this morning in U.
S. District Court by Judge George
W. Folta.
TO VISIT IN WRANGELL
Mrs. Lee Lucas and two children
were passengers on the Denal:
Sunday for Wrangell where they
will visit Mrs. Lucas' parents, Mr
and Mrs. Leo McCormack, for a
few weeks.
"I save at least 12 ways
when I ship by
Clipper* Cargo!”
You c»n’t compare tea and air ship
ping costa by weight rates alone I
You must also count these special
economies of Clipper Cargoi
• Crating it ttldom necessary.
t Shipping weightf art lest, because
you use lighter packing.
• Ne deterioration.
• Loiter insurance costs: goods are In
transit so briefly.
• Inventory and warehouse tout can
be drastically reduced.
• Shipping ratet go down at weights
go up.
• Working capital works harder . • •
because payment Is quicks*.
• Documentation llmt amd roil* are
reduced. One Air Waybill town
shipment from origin to dselinstlnn
• Goods orrivo whom noodod.,, while
the market is strongest.
• Damagt ond piltorago lonti as*
greatly reduced.
• C.O.D. ond coll tel torokot available
to many countries.
• F tutor handling foot,
Clipper schedule* are tut, tuquu
In Alaska and to the Stats*. Pee
rates and schedules cell your Clipper
Cargo Agent or Pan Aaaerine.
BARANOF HOTEL — PHONE 106
tui. hm Ammtm W*U *m
x Only Fan American offers the advantages of
Chpper'Cargo
MRS. VOGELER
AWAITS RELEASE
JAILEDHUSBAND
VIENNA, April 23—(Pi—Wife of
Rbbert A. Vogler anxiously awaits
word from husband who spent 17
months in Red prison in Budapest
as convicted spf\ Hungarian gov
ernment announced Saturday he
would be released but date and
place undisclosed.
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY—
highway engineers
LEAVE FOR VALDEZ
Leaving today for Valdez were
Ala't'i Road Commission Highway
Engineers Joe Bell, Ernie Ruoif,
Norman Glover, Olaf Svennis and
Oscar Sihler. They will remain
there for coming construction sea
son.
WARNER’S
for
FISHING GEAR
106 S. Franklin — Phone 473
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FROM CORDOVA
E. J. Logan of Cordova, is stop
ping at the BaranoU Hotel.
IF
in town or
in ihe "Sticks"
CALL
Glacier Cab
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THE PRODUCER IN A TEN MILLION BSIME ALASKA II1SSTHY
Don’t Tatee Him for Grmsiml
Based on figures estimated from the 1951 Pacific
Fisherman Annual Year Book.
Salmon trolling in Southeastern Alaska pro
duces a Ten Million Dollar income for Alaska ports
annually.
These figures are approximations, necessarily
expressed in round numbers, since no agency, gov- .
ernment or private, have been able to pierce the
iron curtain which surrounds the operations of the
integrated buyers who dominate the domestic and
international market.
The prices paid to the producing trollers is not
net income. Out of that price, he must pay the cost
of packing his fish from the fishing grounds to the
dock - at a cost of two and four cents a pound; buy
fuel; ice, bait, and provisions; that income must
also furnish gear, and provide repairs and mainte
nance for his boat. (All his purchases are at Al
aska prices) What little remains after paying these
necessary operating expenses goes to house, feed
and clothe himself and his family in Alaska. Some
trollers being of congenial but beastly nature, even
spend a few dollars for a beer at the friendly
tavern.
The Agents' commission (Four cents plus per
pound), not only pays the agent a profit but pays
wages of labor to process the fish, buys lumber for
packing boxes from his local sawmill, and other
minor incidentals.
The money paid annually for storage and pro
cessing charges helps make our Alaska cold stor
ages plants sound, permanent, and profitable in
vestments. In addition to this, the plants derive
substantial profit from the ice, bait and services
which the trollers purchase out of their income.
The thousands of dollars paid to Transportation
Companies for taking frozen fish out of Alaska is
the most profitable single item in the rate structure.
(See Maritime Commission Reports)
Those who know these facts have chosen to ig
nore them. They are facts which are unknown to
the general public and are disregarded or unrecog
nized by Alaska merchants. We direct attention
to them at this time when the United Trollers of
Alaska, Local 100 C.I.O., is striving to reach an
♦Estimates are based on average annual production for the
past ten years at 1950 prices.
agreement with ike buyers, an agreement for a
realistic and fair price for iroll caugh! salmon, a
price which will allow the primary producer, the
Irdler, an enquliable share of the profits o! his
labor. We believe that such an agreement can be
reached within ten days. Failure ic reach an agree
ment will result in infermpiion and dislocations
which will affect every segment of the Southeast
ern Alaska economy.
Mow, as in the past, the United Trailers have
only cue objective—the benefit of She working peo
ducer in She ten million dollar Industry. Whatever
benefits our Alaska trcller — benefits directly or
indirectly everybody in Southeastern Alaska. Our
prosperity is your prosperity.
These are a few of our accomplishments as an
organization in the past:
We were active in defeating the 2increase in fuel
taxes in the 1949 legislature and successfully opposed
the marine tax in the ’51 session.
We secured elimination of the Tonnage Tax pro
posed in the original property tax law and obtained an
alternative which gave relief to small boat owners.
We supported Labor Unions and working people of
Alaska, in getting better labor laws for the terri
tory.
We testified in behalf of the Government in the
Court cases involving increased taxes on trap caught
fish.
We have been instrumental in obtaining improved
Harbor and moorage facilities for Trollers and other
fishermen in every Port in Alaska.
We have extended aid and assistance to some of
our members, who have suffered accidents and mis
fortune.
We sponsored and successfully advocated the en
actment of a law to provide sickness and accident
benefits for the commercial licensed fishermen — a
measure of special benefit to operators of undocu
mented boats.
We have successfully negotiated with oil and fuel
deaers to avoid price increase for the smaller con
sumer.
We were prime movers in the establishment of a
Territorial Department of Fisheries.
Our outstanding accomplishment was *hc 19.>0
price agreement providing a minimum price on all
troll species of fish. A minimum price which put
dollars in the pockets of every 1 roller.
We have maintained profitable relations with most
fish buyers through successful collective bargain
ing. These are demonstrations of the effectiveness
of the United Trollers of Alaska.
Let it he understood that these accomplishments were
made by the trollers as an organization. All trollers are not
members of our organization. A large number of non-resi
dent non-members troll in Alaska every season. Our books
are open to all trollers and we continually urge membership
upon every troll fisherman, for we feel that all should share
the cost as well as receive the benefits from our united action.
Any troller who wants the facts and the benefits of member
ship should immediately contact a union member.
In the past we have'enjoyed public confidence and support
of our objectives and accomplishments. Aie have tried to
justify that public approval by acting responsibly and hon
estly both for the benefit of our members and in the public
interest. In our present difficulty we again solicit the public
confidence and assure all Alaskans that any temporary dis
tress caused by failure to reach an agreement will only be
for the real and ultimate benefit of all our citizens.
UNITED TRCLLERS OF ALASKA
Loral 100, C.I.O.
ANDY BARLOW
Executive Sbcretarv