THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEtt S ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11.863
JUNEAU. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. JULY IS. 1951
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TRICE TEN CENTS
S. E. Alaska
Now Catholic
Diocese
Cathedral Named in
Juneau; O'Flanagan
.Named Bishop
Southern Alaska was last night
elevated to a diocese of the Roman
Catholic Church in a directive
from Pope Pius XII, according to
an Associated Press dispatch from
Washington, D. C.
The change will take the area
out of mission status. It appeared
likely that the Jesuit fathers, es
sentially missionairies, will be re
placed, the Rev. James U. Con
well, chancellor of the Vicariate of
Alaska, said here this morning.
Cathedral will be the Church of
the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in
Jun eau.
The Rev. Conwell said the new
diocese of Juneau will include the
surrounding areas of Anchorage.
Palmer, Seward, Kodiak. Cordova
and all of Southeast Alaska.
The Rev. Robert Dermot O’Flan
agan, pastor of the Holy Family
parish in Anchorage, has been
named bishop of the Juneau dio
cese which will include “ail the
southern coastal region” of Alaska,
the announcement said. Bishop
elect O’Flanagan, born in Ireland
March 0, 1901, came to Alaska in
1933.
The remainder of Alaska will con
tinue r.o be administered as a vic
ariate apostolic.
Long Contemplated
There are approximately 12,000
church members in the new diocese,
including about 1.000 in Juneau, the
Rev. Conwell said. He also stated
that the formation of this new dio
cese had been under consideration
for some time due to the more ad
vanced development of this region,
campared to other Alaska areas.
The Rev. O'Flanagan will be
concecrated as bishop at a time
and place of his own choosing, fol
lowing which a formal installation
will take place, the Rev. Conwell
said. It is customary for concecra
tion to take place within three
months following appointment, he
said.
The new arrangement will mean
that Southeast Alaska will have its
cwn residential bishop and not be
tied in so closely with Rome. The
Rev. O’Flanagan will choose his
own staff and it is not now known
what changes will occur.
New Status Change
The Rev. Conwell explained that
the change is similar to a territory
being elevated to statehood, with
more autonomous control given by
Rome.
The same announcement said
that the diocese of Seattle was el
cvaled to an archdiocese. The order
also created a diocese at Yakima,
Wash.
The Most Reverend Thomas A.
Connolly, Bishop of Seattle, wa:
appointed archbishop. Msgr. Joseph
P. Dougherty, former chancellor of
the diocese of Seattle, was named
first bishop of the Yakima diocese.
The diocese of Spokane, Yakima
and Juneau will be included in the
new archdiocesan province of Se
attle. Archbishop Connolly, 51, a
native of San Francisco, became
bishop of Seattle in 1948. Prior to
that he was auxiliary bishop of San
Francisco.
FROM SEATTLE
J. M, Vanlandingham of Seattle
is at the Baranof hotel.
WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
78; minimum, 58.
At Airport — Maximum,
77; minimum, 54.
forecast
Considerable cloudiness with
a little sunshine and some
Very light rain showers to
night and Thursday. Lowest
temperature tonight about 55
degrees. Highest Thursday
near 66.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — .02 inches;
Since July 1 — -06 inches.
At Airport — .02 inches;
Since July 1 — .06 inches.
Shimmy-Shaking
GEkfa Will Trade
Action for Money
HOLLYWOOD, July 18. — l/PI —
Gilda Gray, shimmy-shaking siar
of the /iegfeld Follies in the torrid
twenties, is talking to a movie
producer about a picture of her
life.
"i want to make some more
money,” Miss Gray told reporters,
“i'rn 48 but I still weigh only 122.
I’m making plans for a 10-weeks
night elub tour of the Pacific
Northwest.
"Tile public wants action today—
and action I can give them.'*
Americans
Granted Use of
Spanish Bases
h
MADRID, Spain, July 18 —■'ft—
Spain and the United States have
reached agreement in principle cn i
the use of Spanish bases by Amer
ican Naval and Air Forces.
Authoritative sources reportin'!
this today said the agreement was
reached yesterday afternoon during
a four hour talk between Generalis
simo Francisco Franco and Adm.
Forrest P. Sherman. American chief
of Naval Operations.
Technical details of the accord,
■ these sources said, will be worked
out by an American mission com
posed of representatives of the threp
Armed Services and the State De
partment, which is scheduled to
come to Madrid later this month.
VASHINCK^ON July S3
Secretary of State Acheson an
nounced today that the United
States has opened talks with Spain's
Franco government on its possible i
role in the defease of Europe.
He conceded that this country is
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Weather Man's !re
Up For Firs! Time
In 11 Years
The weather man scowled anti
frowned last night and pave Juneau
its fir t lightning display in 11 years.
Previous gnashing of >.eeth was dis
played in August, 1:139 when the
spectacle of his temper was seen
from the city. In October, 1941, he
threw another tantrum which was
seen from the airpart.
_ Lightning was observed last night
south of Juneau off Admiralty Is
land.
The 14-day dry spell broken by
rain last night and today was topped
by two previous "dehydrated” peri
ods recently, according to weather
bureau records. There was a 16-day
stretch in April this year when there
was no recorded precipitation. Als’
for 15 days in June. 1950, Juneau
went without rain.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
Copyright. 1951. 07 Bell Syaaicate, Inc.
TV ASHINGTON.—Here are some
backstage highlights of the Korean
truce talks: though Korean Gener
al Nam II is spokesman for the
Communists, Chinese delegate Gen
eral Tung Hau really pulls the
strings. General Nam speaks out, is
serious, pleasant, doesn't look
round for cues from colleagues.
However, when he makes a mis
take, Chinese General Tung Hau
interrupts and the North Korean
goes into reverse. . . Once General
Nam refused to reconsider admit
ting U. N. newsmen, whereupon
Tung Hau pulled a piece of paper
from his pocket, read a few curt
phrases. General Nam toned down
. . . Communist negotiators keep
asking for recesses. After two hours
of conferring, they ask for a two
hour rest It's not clear whether
they use this time to radio for in
structions or for private huddling.
Even during the showdown over
newsmen there was remarkable
agreement on basic issues. . . most
important, the Communists agreed
upon Hie vital point of having the
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Flood Hits
SI. Louis
Missouri's Crest Nears
State Capital; No
Evacuation
ST. LOUIS. Mo., July 18 —At—
Emergency crews worked feverishly
today to bulwark dikes and cheek
rising water that already has caused
a loss of nearly $1,000,000 to factor
ies and rail yards in this immed
iate area.
Four hundred residents of West
Alton, Mo., and vicinity ignored
warnings to evacuate their low-ly
ing homes as Army Engineers, Coast
Guardsmen and other workers
abandoned efforts to strengthen
dikes to the point w here they could
hold back the torrents.
As St. Louis was bracing for the
flood, already the nation’s costliest,
President Truman made a first hand
aerial survey of conditions, and the
Federal Government rushed efforts
to rehabilitate vast areas of Kansas.
Missouri and Oklahoma.
The situation at St. Louis was
becoming worse hourly as the
mighty Missouri continued to pour
its tremendous volume of flood
waters into the Mississippi. A stage
rf 4C feet was forecast for St. Louis
by Saturday.
St. Louis city officials said there
appeared to be no danger to the
city of St. Louis, where there al
ready has been an estimated loss
of $750,000 in the immediate area.
Water Ebbs
Nevertheless, they and Red Cross
officials met to prepare emergency !
flood plans, just in case. Nature of
the plans was not disclosed but they
were believed to cover an emerg
ency water distribution system in
case the citv's plants are put out
of commission.
Water had subsided at Kansas
City, but the major portions of the
flooded industrial districts were
■still under water — eight to 10 feet
of water at some place.
The same was true at Topeka,
where nearly 8,000 persons still lived
in refugee centers because of deep
flood waters pouring over their
homes.
The crest of the Missouri was
approaching Jefferson City, the
state capital in the center of the
state.
Most of the damage through Mis
souri was to farm land, although
there was some flooding in smaller
communities. A portion of Jefferson
City may be inundated, although
most of the city is on a high hih
and apparently safe.
St. Louts today felt the first ef
fects of the torrents that have de
vastated vast areas in Kansas, Mis
souri and Oklahoma, but official."
Imre hoped the city would escape
the widespread destruction that hit
elsewhere.
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Truman Signs Aid
Bill for $25 Million
Washington, July 18 —tm—
President Truman today signed a
b:U providing $25,000,000 for relief
work in the flood-ravaged Middle
West.
He acted less than 12 hours after
his return from a flight over the
stricken areas 4n Kansas, Okla
homa and his home state of Mis
souri.
The money will be used to help
state and local government to ease
suffering and damage, with stress on
healtli measures.
I
Records Crash in
Stork Landings
At St. Ann's
The Stork is a tired old bird •
with a record number of land- t
in?s made th-s month at St.
Ann's hospital airfield.
Twenty-five babies were born
between July 1 to July 1G. This
record tops any entire month in
the 64-year history of the hos
pital, it was indicated by a hos
pital official. Available records
reveal that the closest reeord
number of babies born in a full
month was 23 in November, 1950.
Ordinarily, there are 14 tn 29
babies born a month at the hos
pital, the official said.
Fire and Flood
A stubborn oil lire, one of many, pours 1 large ruin inn of smoke and flame over Kansas City, Mo., as
firemen struggle to extinguish It. The storage tank, burning for twelve hours, poured an oil slick over
portions of the district. A high water mark on building (renter, background) shows how the flooding
Kansas river has receded In this distri-t. 'ff* Wire photo.
Pay Allowance
Trim to Come
Up Soon
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, July 18 ■—I/P»—
A proposal to trim the government’s
cost-of-living allowances to its em
ployes in the Territories anti Puerto
Rico will be brought before Con
gress within the next few weeks.
Rep. Whitten (D-Miss) said today.
lie indicated, however, it will not
be as drastic as originally believed
by Territorial delegates from Alaska
and Hawaii.
When written, a member of the
House appropriations committee,
f ret raised the question he said he
would asked that all such payments
be banned to government employes
w'ho arc hired within the Territory.
He said his proposal would not affect
payments to persons recruited in
this country for government em
ploy in the Territories.
Efforts were made to attach such
a provision to the Interior and
Agriculture Department appropria
tions bills. The amendment offered
to the Interior bill was defeated bui
the proviso was written into Agri
culture hill. The latter is now' be
fore the Seriate Appropriations com
mittee.
Whitten told a reporter he had
not worked out the final wording
of his proposal.
“M.v present thinking on the mat
ter,” he said, "would be to continue
payments only in such areas where
the cost-of-living is reflected in
local government or municipal sal
aries.”
The Mississippi congressman said
he has “no desire to hurt anyone'
and merely wants to overcome w hat
he describes as “administrative
shortcomings.”
Delegates Bartlett of Alaska ana i
Farrington of Hawaii, along with
resident Commissioner Fcrnos-Isern
of Puerto Rieo, have unanimously
opposed any change in the cost-of
living payments as proposed in the
amendments to the appropriations
bills.
They, along with reresentatives of
two government employe groups, ap
peared before the Senate Appropria
tions committee last week to urge
that it remove the payment ban
from the Agriculture bill.
Bartlett told a reporter today that
Chairman Russell ID-Ga) had as
sured them he is “with us and feel
it would be discrimination among
citizens."
Harry A. Benzer of Bellingham,
Wash, is staying at the Baranof
Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Conlbrnn of
San Francisco arc guests at the i
Baranof hotel.
Communists Play Hosts
Two North Korean soldiers rarry a case of beer through a Kaesong
courtyard as the Communists play host to the Allied delegates at
the third meeting of I N and Communist officials. 'VP) U'irephoto by
radio from Tokyo.
‘Fftjrisec# Boxcar9 Strops
Two Snow 4Weasels9
For Icecap Research
An Air Force C-82 “flying box
car" para-dropped two "weasels” >
and other heavy equipment to
waiting members of the Juneau Ice
field Research crew today to touch
ofi a new and advanced phase of
the four-year-old glacier rc-earch
program.
The expedition is sponsored by !
the American Geographic Society j
and the Office of Naval Research, j
Maynard Miller, heading the gla
cier party, stated that with the ar
rival of the weasels, power plants
and fuel, the summer program on
the glacier will go into full swing.
According to Miller, the vehicles
will he invaluable to the program,
allowing the men to accomplish in
two hours what had formerly ta
ken two days. The icefield embra
ces some 600 square miles.
The two oversnow vehicles be
come the second and third of their
type ever to be chuted down, ac
cording to Dropmaster, Captain M.
K. Downes of the 925th Engineer
Aviation Group at Elmendorf Air
Force base.
The weasels weigh about 2'r tons
■ a ll. The drop crew readying the
'.'hide-, tpr the descent must . e
cur bindings to support 60,000
pounds, tiie amount of stress placed
on rigging under extreme condi
tions. In a normal drop, according
to Downes, the vehicle will pull four
or five “G's” at the opening of the
chute or about 25,000 pounds.
Miller and his crew of scientists
will have opened five of the glaciers
twelve outpost-camps at the tiid of'
the day. The team divides its at- <
tentions between six scientific
fields; most prominent and general
is the study of snow, ice and rela
ted weather. j
“The vast body of ice is the per-;
feet indicator, registering the'
slightest climatic change,” said Mil
ler.
Also in conjunction with the re
search program is the testing of
equipment for the military. The
icefield, over a period of time, sim
ulates every condition common to
the north country.
The Flying Boxcar on the para
drop mission Is from Elmendorf's
54th Troop Carrier Squadron. Ma
jor George P. Ba-el, squadron com
mander. is piloting the plane and
h. co-pilot is Capt. Donald Math
ewson
Federal
Leave Reduction
Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, July IS —
A bill lo reriucr .uiiimtl anil sick
leave of civil service employes ha.
been passed by the Senate.
The measure went to confer
ence 'with the House.
Approved by the Senate late
yesterday by a voice vote, the hill
would provide this graduated
scale of annual leave, based on
length of service: Less than two
years, 13 days; two to 15 years,
21 days; 15 years or more. 26
days. Sick leave would be cut
to 13 days.
Most civil service workers now
get 26 days’ annual leave, re
gardless of length of service, and
15 days' sick leave.
If approved by the House and
President Truman, the bill would
go into effect Oct. 14.
Coast Lumber
Schooners
Hit by Strike
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18. — (*!•
Harry Bridges’ longshoremen shun
ned lumber carrying steam schoon
ers up and down the Pacific Coast
today in demand for a $1 an hour
bonus.
The stevedores struck yesterday
after their international longshore
men's and warehousemen's union
failed to obtain the pay boost for
handling packaged lumber.
ILWU spokesmen said the strike
was forced by the refusal of the
Pacific Maritime Association, rep
resenting the shipowners, to ap
prove an agreement endorsed ear
lier by a subcommittee of Fteam
schooner operators.
The longshoremen earn $1.97 an
hour for the schooner work. They
want $2.97.
Seven schooners operated by the
Oliver J. Olson Line were struck
July 7 by the ILWU. PMA spokes
man said the new walkout affects
five more ships. Most of the small,
coastwise vessels, they said, are at
sea or tied up in repair yards.
William Gettings, regional I.L.W.
U. director in Seattle, said the
strike included the six ships oper
ated by the coastwise line to Al
aska, although other Alaska oper
ators will not be affected.
The union, Gettings explained,
has no special Alaska agreement
with the line.
He said the ships would be tied
up as soon as they return from
Alaska and "they may be tied up
In Alaska ports. We won't know
until later about that.”
Seaifie Protests
low Air Rates From
Portland North
SEATTLE, July 18 —I/P— A loud
complaint was raised today by two
Seattle organizations against new
freight rates announced Saturdaj
by Alaska Airlines, Inc.
It isn’t that the rates between
Seattle and Alaska are too high
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and the Seattle Traffic Association
are convinced the rates between
Portland and Alaska are too low.
The Airlines’ freight rates are
the same from Portland to Fairbanks
as they are from Seattle to Fair
banks, despite the fact that an ad
ditional haul of 135 air miles is
involved, complained Don M, Fol
lett, general manager of the cham
ber.
The Traffic Association said that
Alaska Airlines apparently "used o
different yardstick” in determining
freight and passenger rates, since
passenger rates from Portland were
announced as S7 higher per flight
"The firm has given Portland the
benefit of Seattle rates even though
Seattle is Alaska’s natural trading
center,” Follett went on.
The two organizations said they
will file a protest with the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
Tom McCahill, formerly of Ju
neau and now of Anchorage, is reg
istered at tile Batanof Hotel.
Joseph Durgin and Abe Lakke cf
Ketchikan are at tlie Baranof hotel.
Red Wording
Accepted on
Two Points
Communists Nod When
Allied Views Presented
At Long Session
• By ROBERT El’NSON
SEOUL, Korea, July 18, — UR —
Allied and Red envoys agreed to
day on two points of the cease-Are
agenda but a dispute over "a^ least
one major point” is blocking the
start ol' actual Korean war minis- (
tice negotiations.
The United Nations announced
this tonight after negotiators re
turned from their longest session
this week. It was the first report
of agreement on any part of the I
agenda.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, head
of the U. N. cease-fire team, ac
cepted Communist wording for two
agenda items at the elose of Tues
day's conference, the announcement
said.
When he did so, “the entire Com
munist delegation seemed to show
gratification, perhaps mixed with a
certain element of relief,” said
Brig. Gen. William Nuekols of the
U. S. Air Force. Nuekols attended
the session in Kaesong.
And when Admiral Joy presented
the allied view on the major unre
solved question, Nuekols said, the
two "Chinese members of the Com
munist delegation nodded and ap
peared to appreciate the United
Nations viewpoint.”
Neither Nuekols nor the formal
headquarters . announcement dis
closed the points agreed upon In
the sixth day of conferences. Nor
did they say what was the major
stumbling block to reaching a “mu
tually acceptable agenda.”
But General Matthew B. Ridgway,
supreme allied commander, describ
ed it as "essential” to the success
of the cease-fire conference.
Observers speculated that the key
question was whether to discuss
withdrawal of foreign troops from
Korea. The Communists want this
on the agenda. The United Nations
negatiators do not.
They are still trying to agree on
the scope of actual cease-fire talks.
“In order to hasten the eonferen
res to their ultimate goal,” the U.
N. announcement said, "the United
Nations senior delegate (Admiral
Joy) accepted two points presented
by the Communists on the phrase
ology of agenda items, after plac
ing on the record the United Na
tioi s understanding of their basic
intent.”
"Some additional progress" was
made at yesterday’s sessions which
lasted two hours and 50 minutes,
the Aimy said.
The seventh day’s meeting was
scheduled for, 11 am. Thursday,
5 pin. Juneau time today.
“Today's meeting moved rather
ponderously, as had the previous
meetings, due to language difficul
ties," the Army said.
"Since three languages--Chinese,
North Korean and English—are
ised in the conferences, it was
necessary for each statement from
cither side to be translated two
times."
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK. July 13 —Iff) - Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 2n, American
Can 1X0' i, American Tel. and Tel.
155 h. Anaconda 39Doublas Air
craft 46'.. General Electric 55, Gen
eral Motors 48%, Goodyear 83 .,
Kennecott 72, Libby, McNeill and
Libby 8 i, Northern Pacific 45'i.
Standard Oil of California 46,
Twentieth Century Fox 18'«, U, S.
Steel 39'Pound $2.80'», Canadian
Exchange 94.37
Sales today were 1,360,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 253.67, rails 76.11, utili
ties 43.69.
Ship Movements
Prince George sailed from Van
couver yesterday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver today.
Freighter Square Knot from Seat
tle tentatively due July 22.
Aleutian scheduled to depart
Ccsttlc Friday.