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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,947
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1951
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Over Million Dollar
Plywood Plant to
Be Built in Juneau
An announcement today by TomH
Morgan, President of the Columbia
Lumber company of Juneau, prom
ised definite construction of a long
planned plywood plant here with
year-around employment for nearly
200 workers.
Morgan said that - construction
of the plant could be expected to
start shortly after January 1. Con
struction costs of the plant are
estimated at slightly in excess of
$1 million.
Morgan estimated the plant would
be completed about the middle of
next summer, when from 180 to
200 persons would be employed, for
steady work. Full production sched
ule^ call for 3-million feet of finish
ed plywood to be turned out each
month.
Timber Acquired
The announcement was made af
ter the Juneau company made a
-Successful • bid of 9410.275 for—147-|
million feet of top-grade timber in ■
a stand on Kosiusko Island. The
Legion Wants No
Substitutes for
American Flag
SEATTLE, Oct. 25—(jTI—A state
American Legion campaign against
use of the United Nations flag "or
any other” in place of the Ameri
can fldg was announced today by
State Adjutant Fred H. Fuecker
He said the Legion, under the
policy adopted at its national con
vention, believed the UN flag
should be used solely for UN oc
casions and places and should not
be allowed to fly over schools or
public buildings in place of the
Stars and Stripes.
Idaho Miner
Endures Box Car
'Jail' for Week
SANDPOINT, Idaho, Oct. 25—
(Jf)—A 47-year-old prospector, acci
dentally locked in a railroad freight
car and imprisoned more than a
week, was dragged out alive and
was recovering today.
Sheriff Robert Ellerstock said the
man, Fred S. Howerton of Platte,
Kan., "looked 70 years old,” had a
three-inch beard and could barely
speak. He had had nothing to eat.
Howerton, who tore the inner
boards from one end of the car
in . a vain atempt to escape, was
freed by a section crew Tuesday.
A railroad worker heard a noise
as he passed by, called inside and
then got the car open when How
• / erton replied weakly.
A nurse at a Priest River hos
pital said Howerton is getting along
all right ar.d may be released in a
couple of weeks.
VISITING FROM ANCHORAGE
Albert Berg and J. J. Grove of
Anchorage are staying at the Bara
nof Hotel.
FROM OKLAHOMA
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil L. Eaton of
Prague, Oklahoma, are registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
TheWashington
Merry - Go - Round
(Copyright, 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
TFaSHINGTON — When British
Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh
GaitskeH was in Washington re
cently, he held ^ private and dole
* iul conference with high U. S.
officials which presaged the chief
problem facing England after the
elections.
The chancellor didn't put it that
way, but the problem will be just
the same no matter who wins in
today’s voting.
What he told Secretary of the
Treasury Snyder, Undersecretary of
State Webb, Defense Mobilizer Wil
son, Eric Johnston and others was
that England was losing its Sterl
ing reserves at an alarming rate.
The pound Sterling, he said, was
being drained out of England ,so
rapidly that it was now at the low
est point in history—at that time
only £1,600,000,000. Since then it has
become worse.
Gaitskell did not ask for a loan.
In fact, he didn’t ask for anything
except the advance of 800,000 tons
of steel to be paid back later. He
attributed the drain of Sterling re
serves to the competition of Ger
U. S. Forest Service office in Ju
neau announced the awarding of
the contract yesterday.
The plant will be built, Morgan
said, on the north end of the Ju
neau Lumber company property.
The main building of the plywood
plant will occupy an area of 80,000
square feet. The building will be
400 feet long by 200 feet wide.
About 50 construction workers will
be used to complete the plant on
the job of about six month’s dura
tion.
To Employ 200
“I think this is one of the best
things to happen to Juneau in a
long time,” Morgan said. "When the
plant is in full operation, close to
200 workers will mean a rather
large, steady payroll for the city.
The employees will be well paid, and
because it re steady employment,
the workers wiH be permanent re
sidents here.”
Successful tests were made on
veneer logs last week brought from
Sitka down to the Everett Plywood
Corporation at Everett, Wash., ac
cording to Morgan. The logs were
of similar quality to the logs which
will be brought here from the Col
umbia Lumber company’s newly-ac
quired timber stand on Kosiusko
Island. ,
Morgan said that experts from
machinery and equipment firms
from various points in the United
States were on hand for the tests,
checking the efficiency of mach
ines used in the operations.
“The tests were very successful
in every respect,” Morgan said.
Organization Planned
Morgan said the definite acqui
sition of the timber stand with its
high-quality spruce, hemlock and j
cedar meant tnat his company could |
proceed with organization plans and j
the; forming of the corporation. |
He said tentative arrangements
had been made with the Recon- j
struction Finance Corporation for a
loan.
“As soon as this is fully accom- ,
plished,” Morgan said, “We willj
close purchasing arrangements for'
the equipment."
The lumber company official em- |
phasized that Alaskans would have
the first call on the plywood pro- ;
duced at the plant. The balance,
he said, would be shipped to east
ern markets in the United States.
Regular commercial shipping will
probably be used for transporta
tion out of Juneau, according to
Morgan. The products shipped east, j
he pointed out, would be shipped;
on a through rate on a plan now i
being worked out with three differ
ent railroad companies.
The Forest Service sale of the
timber stand provides that Col
umbia Lumber must cut at least
30 million feet of logs and not more
than 40 million feet during a three
year period.
Forest Service officials pointed
out that the stand was only a part
of the timber available on Kosiusko.
They also stated that the timber
is of exceptionally high quality.
Americans Killed
In Philippine
Roadside Ambush
MANILA, Oct. 25—</P)—Two Am
ericans were killed in a roadside
ambush near Olongapo tonight and
U. S. Marines immediately joined
in a search for the slayers, believed
to be Communist liuks.
The Philippines army identified
one victim as John Grant. The
Philippines News Service said the
other was Harold Alden.
An army spokesman said Grant s
wife and Filipino maid were criti
cally Wounded, while Grant's son
escaped injury.
Grant owned an automobile parts
firm at Olongapo.
He was the fourteenth American
and fifteenth foreigner slain in the
Philippines in the past 12 months.
All but one of the killings have
been attributed to the Communist
huks. *
FROM GULL COVE, ALASKA
Laura Shanks of Gull Cove.
Alaska, is a guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
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• Low tide 4:42 a.m., 3.0 ft. •
• High tide 11:12 a.m., 14.8 ft. •
• Low tide E:18 pun., 3.7 ft. •
• High tide 11:21 p.m., 14.3 ft. •
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While, Others al GOP Meet
Above are live of Ihe delegates who attended the Western Re
publican Conference banquet in Seattle: Ciov. Douglas McKay of
Orgon, left; Mrs. Guy G. Gabriclson, wife of the Republican Na
tional Committee Chairman; Albert White of Juneau, Mrs. Margaret
Rockwell of Thoenix, Arizona, and Fred L. Robinson of Malta,
_Montana.
The conference was held in Seattle Ocfobef 15 an<T 16 and drew'"
more than 200 delegates from 11 western states. Hawaii and Alaska.
The conference was for the purpose of discussing west-sponsored
planks for next year’s national platform.
Million Pints of
Blood Pledged
By Nation's Elks
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Oct. 25
OP—Elks lodges throughout the na
tion will pledge 1,000,000 pints of
blood for use in the national em
ergency.
Howard R. Davis, Grand Exalted
Ruler of the BPOE, made the an
nouncement here last night at a
testimonial dinner in his honor at
his home lodge, Williamsport Lodge
No. 173.
U. S. Employee
Pay Raises
Retroactive
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 — tP —
Some 1.100,000 federal "white col
lar” workers and 500,000 postal em
ployees will receive pay raises ret
roactive to last July 1
Legislation signed yesterday by
President Truman increases the an
nual pay of most white collar work
ers by $301 to $800, that of postal
workers by $400 to $800.
This will add an estimated $672,
000,000 a year to the costs of the
federal payroll.
The pay boost for classified fed
eral workers under civil service is
10 percent. But those who make
less than $3,000 a year will get $300
and those paid more than $8,000
will get a flat $800.
Acting Governor
Pledges Support
To Democrats
Acting Governor Joseph Kehoe
pledged his active support of the
Democrat Party in years to come
in an address at a meeting Wednes
day night of the local Jefferson
Jackson Club.
The hope is that the party in
Alaska will lead the nation to suc
cess, he said.
The final verdict on any presi
dential administration can not be
made before the end of a genera
tion, he stated. Great positive ach
ievements are then seen instead of
the day to day squabbles.
He said that Washington, Lin
coln. Wilson and P. D. Roosevelt
were all criticized while in office
but have been judged as good pre
sidents. “So in a sense, Truman
can’t complain,” he said.
“Truman's record is an impres
sive and respectable one,” he said.
George Sundborg reported that
the door is not closed on the pos
sibility of getting a portion of the
$7,000,000 of Alaska forest road
funds for the Taku River road.
Mike Haas, secretary of the Jef
ferson-Jackson Club, announced
that the Moose Club will award $500
to the graduating Alaska high
school senior who writes the best
essay on the subject of “Why State
hood for Alaska?”
HERE FROM KETCHIKAN
Mrs. George Burgett of Ketchikan
is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM TRAIL, B. C.
H. C. Giegerich of Trail, B. C., is
a guest at the Baranof HoteL
Post Office Service
Improvement Is Aim
Of Postal Inspectors
R. C. Sheldon, postal inspector of
Portland, Ore., arrived in Juneau
Monday and is here to make a sur
vey of ways and means of improving
local post office service.
Sheldon and S. N. Smoot, also
a postal inspector of Portland, have
recently completed the Installation
of city mail delivery in Anchorage,
and comnleted plans for city deliv.
ery for Fairbanks which will begin
shortly after the first of the year.
Smoot will arrive in Juneau later
this week, and in the meantime
Sheldon is checking on informa
tion he and Mr. Smoot will need
to put possible plans in opera
tion.
In Alaska at the request of Dele
gate E. L. Bartlett who has asked
for city delivery for Ketchikan, Ju
neau, Anchorage and Fairbanks,
Mr. Sheldon said that he and Mr.
Smoot are pleased with their ac
complishments in the northern
cities ,and with the cooperation they
received Uom Anchorage and Fair
banks business people.
Possibilities for improved service
in Juneau include city delivery,
downtown pickup service, establish
ment of a contract post office sta
tion in the downtown business area
and rural free delivery.
"City delivery will make no
change in service of local box hold
j ers,” Mr. Sheldon said today. "If
| persons or business firms want their
mail delivered to their boxes, that
I is where it will be sorted. If they
prefer delivery, their streeet addres
ses will assure delivery. There can
even be a combination of services.;
A business firm may pick up its
letter mail from boxes, and ask
delivery of parcel post packages, i
We are here to work out the best
possible service for this area, the
■ service Juneau people want.”
T. C. Hockman, Juneau superin
tendent of mails, is assisting Mr.
Sheldon with his local survey of
post office service.
Several of Crew
Survive Navy
Bomber Crash
CORPUS CHRISTX, Tex. Oct 2S
—Iff)—A big navy patrol bomber,
PB4Y, from the naval air station
here crashed, today near Rockport,
Tex., about 2 p.m.
Naval air station officials aid
there were six or eight men abo.trd.
They said there were some survi
vors.
The plane caught fire after the
crash.
Milkmen's Strike
In New York City
Cuts Deliveries
NEW YORK, Oct. 25—Iff)—House
wives and children rushed to queue
up in grocery stores and processing
plants for milk rations today as a
milkmen’s strike cut off deliveries
to 12,000,000 New York area con
sumers.
Milk drivers and plant worker; in
New York City and surrounding
counties, northern New Jersey and
souwestem Connecticut, represented
by the AFL Teamsters Union, v. alk
ed out yesterday demanding a 20
percent pay increase.
Report Says
Ike May Run,
If Duty Calls'
NEW YORK. Oct. 25 — OW — A
former New England publisher says
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told
him he would run for president “if
it were a matter of duty.”
Leonard V Finder, who was ac
tive in the short-lived Eisenhower
boom of 1S48, wr®te in Collier’s
: magazine that Eisenhower would
accept either a Republican or
Democratic draft if "it is clearly
an expression of the American
people's wishes."
Finder said the General told him:
"You have always understood
that I do not want political office,
that I have done my best to avoid
it: but that I would have to accept
if it were a matter of duty. I have
never placed myself above my coun
try's commands."
In 1948, Eisenhower sent Finder
a famous letter in whicV he said he
^could not_ accept a Presidential .
nomination. He said then that
life-long professional soldiers should
not seek high political office “in
the absence of some obvious and
overriding reason.”
Finder said Eisenhower would be
more disposed to accept a Republi
can than a Democratic nomination
to run for President next year. But
if the Republicans pick Sen. Robert
A. Taft of Ohio, Finder said Eisen
hower would be willing to run
against him on the Democratic
ticket.
“In the view of many Republi
cans," Finder said, "Senator Taft
is still 'an isolationist.’ Oeneral
Eisenhower believes profoundly in
the necessity for all free nations
pulling together or hanging sep
arately.”
NEWSPAPER SUPPORT
t
NEW YORK, Oct. 25 — (£1 — The
New York Herald Tribune is sup
porting Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
for the Republican nomination for
President in 1952.
Mrs. Ogden Reid, president of the
new'.spaper, made the announcement
last night to the audience of the
Herald Tribune forum after the
meeting itself was over. j
Simultaneously, front page edi
torials endorsing the Oeneral ap
peared in Paris and New York
editions of the newspaper, which
classifies itself politically as Inde
pendent-Republican.
Eisenhower, the paper said, “is
the man" for the Republican party.
Sen. McCarren
Says Free Gold
Market Needed
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25—Oft—A
free gold market was advocated by
Sen. Pat McCarren (D-Nev) in his
address to the American Mining
Congress meeting here yesterday.
The Senator told mining delegates
he would Introduce a bill to end
government monopoly of gold buy
ing and permit an open market if
it met with the conventibn’s ap
proval. The mining congress passed
a resolution Monday demanding a
return to the gold standard.
McCarren said he was not pre
pared to Introduce the bill during
the present war emergency.
Mining delegates struck out at
the new tax law. They said it rais
es the nation’s tax burden above
what can be carried if the U. S.
is to maintain its system of free
enterprise.
Resolutions demanding repeal of
the excess profit tax and reduction
of excessive incorrie taxes were
passed.
Government extravagance was hit
in another resolution.
FROM YAKUTAT
Kathryn and Helen Bremner of
Yakutat are guests at the Gasti
neau Hotel.
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• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU •
• At Airport': Maxjmum, 36; •
• minimum, 20. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Cloudy with rain occasionally •
-• mixed'with snow tonight and •
• Friday. Lowest temperature •
• tonight about 35 degrees. •
• Highest Friday near 42. •
• Southeasterly winds as high •
• as 25 mph. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours endlnc 7:30 a m today •
• At Airport — None; •
• since July 1—12:52 inches. •
Solution May
Be Reached on
CG Hearings
Commander Paul Savonls stated
today that he agrees with Congress
man Herbert Bonner that a solu
tion to the problems raised at the
recent Coast Guard hearings will
be made to the satisfaction of the
government and the people in this
area, and that the solution will
provide for both maritime safety
and the economic development of
southeast Alaska.
Comdr. Savonls made the state
ment at the C hamber of Commerce
luncheon held in the Gold Room
of the Baranof Hotel.
Marine safety regulations have
followed in the wake of marine dis
asters and Comdr. Savonls outlined
the history of the Steamboat In
spection Service, which was estab
lished in 1838. The Marine Safety
Code still in effect today, was ad
apted in 1871 as a direct result
of the Sultana disaster that occur
red after the Civil War.
*
The Sultana wr.s certified to carry
400 passengers but when 2,000 Un
ion prisoners were released from
Canied efcaia___ndeQn_ c&mR?,.. they
were all placed aboard to return to
the north. T”,a boiler on the ship
exploded and 1,500 lives were lost.
Impressed By Testimony
Captain G. W. Callbeck of the
12th Coast Guard District told the
Chamber members that he was
impressed by the straight forward
attitude of the men who had given
testimony at the Coast Guard hear
ings. He said, "I am sure that your
efforts will not be totally in vain.”
Robert Boochever, Fred Eastaugh,
and Jerry McKinley were given a
vote of thanks for their work on
behalf of the Coast Guard and
Bonner hearings.
Boat Harbor Expansion
E. W. Cowling of the Chamber’s
boat harbor committee reported that
he had talked with three repre
sentatives of the U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers end that, his impres
sion was that either a large boat
harbor would be constructed at
Douglas or that a small harbor
would be built at Douglas and the
Juneau boat anchorage would be
enlarged.
O. F. Benecke announced that a
new tourist pamphlet had been
written for the Juneau Chamber
and would be ready for the print
ers soon. The new pamphlet will
have more pictures and less wordage
than the former booklet.
Seattle businessmen at today’s
luncheon included: William T.
Becks, maritime lawyer, Don Davis
of the fishing industry, and Robert
E. Landweer, custom house broker,
Other guests were Paul Warber, U.
S. Post Office Dept., Anchorage,
rim Casey, FBI, Juneau, and Riggs
McConnell, attorney of the U. S.
Department of Justice.
Seattle Lawyer
Appointed lo
Fisheries Board
SEATTLE, Oct. 25—^(PI—Elton C.
Jones said today he was notified
that President Truman has ap
pointed him to the International
Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commis
sion.
Jones, an attorney here, suc
ceeds Edward W. Allen, also of
Seattle, who has resigned. Allen,
who also is chairman of the Inter
national Fisheries Commission
which regulates halibut fishing in
the North Pacific, had been a mem
ber since 1932.
Flood Control
Bill Is Cut;
Truman Signs II
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—IFI—A
sharply trimmed bill appropriating
$597,262,713 ' for flood control and
navigation projects throughout the
country was signed yesterday by
President Truman.
His budget proposed $662,437,843
for the work. The House cut the
amount to $514,427,400. The Senate
voted $638,578,213.
They compromised on the amount
finally signed Into law by the Pre
sident. Last year’s appropriation
was $645,565,350.
FORMER JUNEAU MAN
NAMED SERGEANT IN
HIGHWAY PATROL
Walter Sinn, former Juneau pa
trolman, has been advanced to the
rank of sergeant In the Territorial
Highway Pqtrol and is now in
charge of the station at Tok Junc
tion.
FROM WOODVILLE, WASH.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Mariner of
Woodvllle, Wash., are registered at
the Qastineau Hotel.
(oast Guard
Hearing Is
Ended Here
The formal Coast Guard hearings
on the re-classification of waters
in Southeast Alaska was concluded
Wednesday afternoon in the Senate
Chambers, The testimony delivered
at the hearing will be reviewed by
the Commandant of the Coast
Guard in Washington, D..C., and
Admiral Joseph Greenspun, com
mandant of the 17th Coast Guard
District, said no action can be taken
here.
First witness at the afternoon Ses
sion was Earl Ohmer, represent
ing the Petersburg Chamber of
Commerce, Deep Sea Fishing Co.,
Deep Sea Fishermen's Union, Fish
ing Vessel Owners' Association and
the Petersburg schools.
Ohmer corroborated thie testi
mony of Juneau Chamber of Com
merce witnesses as to the safety of
waters of Southeast Alaska. He con
sidered them as safe “or safer"
than wnters of Puget Sound, said
that his fishing boats opera t ed the
year round, and that it was always
possible to get into protected wat
ers when a storm came up.
Maritime Attorney Heard
William T. Beeks, maritime law
yer from Seattle, spoke on behalf
of the Alaska Canned Salmon In
dustry. Beeks, who said that his
proposal was in no way controvers
ial, presented a Southeast Alaska
chart with the area outlined that
should be classified as inland wat
ers.
His proposal, which aimed to
clarify the question as to whether
International rules or inland rules
should be applied to waters in
Southeast Alaska, was that the
Commandant of the Coast Guard
promulgate regulations specifically
declaring all of the waters of south
east Alaska from Cape Fox to Cape
5n«B'V *0- ly Oi'srri water;.
Boatmen Testify
Similar testimony was given (it |
the afternoon session by Ludw.g i
Baggen, Don Gallagher, Robert 11.,
Coughlin, and Jack Burford. All I
nen who are owners and operators
pf vessels testified that they did not1
consider the waters of Southeast
Alaska to be hazardous, and that
although none had found the Coast
CJuard regulations burdensome they j
Believed that the waters should be [
e-classlfled as inland waters rather j
than limited coastal waters.
Coughlin said that he would like j
to have the monopoly for supplying j
ilso wanted to know why the water j
'ost $2.50 for a dozen pint cans. He ,
ilso wanted to know why th water i
nad to come from Boston and ques
tioned why the regulations stated
hat canned water should be kept
in the lifeboat where during the
winter it would freeze and burst
the cans.
On lifeboat equipment, Steve
Homer alleged that the boats were
>o cluttered with necessary equip
ment that there was no room for
passengers. Referring to the regu
lation, Attorney Fred Eastaugh de
clared that there are 29 separate
items needed for lifeboats under
limited coastal regulations and 11
pieces required for inland waters.
Lifeboat Again
Jerry McKinley, who formerly
operated the MV Beachcomber as a
freighter, related that when the
boat was originally Inspected in
Seattle he had equipped it with a
life raft. The following year, he was
told that the raft was obsolete and
to comply with regulations he pur
chased a canvas covered square
floating block with ropes attached
on each side. In case of disaster,
the men were supposed to cling to
the ropes of the floating block until
rescued. He said that the block
would have been useless as no man
lives much longer than 15 minutes
when dunked into the icy waters in
this district. “The straw that broke
the camel’s back” is the way Mc
Kinley termed the next regulation
issued the following year. This time
he was required to purchase a life
boat costing $1,000 F.O.B. on the
East Coast. He said that at this
point he decided to withdraw from
public freighting business.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
Comdr. Paul Savonis of the Wash
ington headquarters stated that the
transcript would be reviewed by the
Commandant. He reminded the wit
nesses that re-classification of the
waters would not alter the basic
safety rules.
Ship Movements
Baranof scheduled to arrive
southbound sometime Sunday.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive southbound Friday at 7 a m.,
sailing for Vancouver at 8 a.m.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle Oct. 26.
British
Casting
Big Vole
Tories' Optimism Cools;
Early Vote Indicates
Socialists Active *
LONDON, Oct. 25—lift—An un
precedented surge of voting during
the first si* hours of the British
General Election today cooled some
of the pre-election optimism In
the Conservative party, one of its
officials said.
Estimates of the expected Tory
majority "have been scaled down,”
he added.
Survey reports from virtually
every major area of the country
reached Conservative headquarters
shortly after noon.
The official said the number
of people who east ballots between
7 and 9 s.m. was "much greater
than last time.” The majority
of these early voters would' be
Sovjalist government supporters,
balloting before they weilt to fac
tories and industrial planes.
“Every Indication is that they
(the Socialists) have succeeded in
getting out a big vote,” the official
said.
Between 9 a.m. and noon, the
source said, the polling appeared
to be running two percent greater
than in the 1950 election. Conser
vatives said they' were confident
that these ballots were "at least
evenly divided, if not favorable to
us.”
The source who asked not to be
identified, said “estimates of the
majority have been scaled down
now. They are talking about 35 to
45 seats.”.
This estimate, in fact, was the
one held by independent analysts
during the yastfwtr day*. But
• Conservative supporters had talked
of majorities running from 19 to
100 seats.
Both parties had observers at the
polling places in strategic districts,
keeping unofficial counts of the
voting. The figures and estimates
came from a compilation of their
reports.
Winston Churchill announced
this afternoon that he has filed
suit for libel against the London
Bally Mirror. The Conservative
party central office said the
statement eame from ChnrchlU's
London home.
It read:
“A writ has been Issued on behalf
of Mr. Winston Churchill for al
leged libel contained on page one
of today’s Issue of the ‘Dally Mir
ror’.”
The exact nature of the libel wag
not stated.
RECORD VOTE POLLED
LONDON, Oct. 25—(Jt—Britain’s
momentous general election ap
peared, by late afternoon, to be
headed for a record popular vote
and jubilant Socialist party lead
ers said "a record vote always means
a Labor victory.”
The Conservatives, led by Win
ston Churchill, went into the elec
tion heavily favored to win.
They continued to express con
fidence in the outcome but said
the heavy vote this morning prob
ably was predominantly Socialist.
An official of the party said
estimates of the expected Tory
majority In the House of Com
mons had been scaled down, as
' a result.
‘ From various polling points, elec- *
tlon officials reported voting was
more than 20 percent higher today
than during a similar period in the
1950 election. A Labor government
teller said It was the highest he
had seen “in 40 years."
The size of the popular vote is
significant.
The Labor government retained
power last year by a scant six seats.
Party spokesmen said Socialists had
been over-confident.
The polls close at 9 p.m. (1 p.m„
PST) and, unlike American elec
tions. no partial figures on the vot
ing are announced.
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK, Oct. 25—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%, American Can
111, American Tel. and Tel. 157,
Anaconda 48%, Douglas Aircraft
59%, Oeneral Electric 55%, General
Motors 51. Goodyear 45%, Kenne
cott 44, Libby McNeill and Libby
8%. Northern Pacific 56%. Standard
Oil of California 50%, Twentieth
Century Fox 22%, U.S. Steel 48, .
Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange
95.25.
Sales today were 1,360,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 264.17, rails 81.72, util
ities 46.60. _