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'Stripped' j
Control Bill
Passes House
Rents Upped, Down
Payments Reduced in
One Year Measure
WASHINGTON. July 21 — :.<P) —
A stripped-down Economic Controls
bill, minus most of the added fea
tures President Truman wanted, was
passed by the House early today.
The measure, extending wage,
price and other controls for one
year, now goes to a Senate-House
conference committee to iron out
differences between it and eight
months extension voted by the Sen
ate on the whole, the two differed
but little on several major points;
none on a few.
‘Patchwork’ Bill
As the House bill finally emerged,
it was a patchwork of amendments
which appeared to satisfy neither
Democrats nor Republicans entirely.
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston
said the hill does not give consumers
“the break they deserved.’’
But administration House leaders
conceded it might have been worse
In the gruelling 14-hour windup
session ending early* this morning,
they were able to snatch at least
partial victory out of a fight stud
ded with defeats over the past two
weeks.
Kents Upped
The bill would:
1. Allow a 20 per cent increase
in rents over July, 1947, levels.
2. Increase the pay-off time for
both new and used cars, bought
on the installment plan, from 15
to 21 months.
3. Reduce down payments on
household appliances from 25 to 15
per cent and lengthen the pay-off
period from 15 months to 18 months.
The trade-in value of an old ap
pliance could be used as part of the
down payment.
4. Reduce down payments on
household furniture and floor cov
erings from 15 to 10 per cent, with
21 instead of 15 months to pay.
5. Allow homes costing up to
$10,000 to be bought with only a
10 per cent down payment, with 25
years to pay off the mortgage.
Contains Bans
The bill also: Contains a ban on
imports of fats and oils, peanuts and
dairy products for two years: keeps
the 10 per oent beef rollback in
effect, but bars any further re
duction; allows a 10 per cent roll
back in the prices of some other
farm products; and refuses Presi
dent Truman the authority to ac
quire and operate defense plants or
to license businesses.
All these actions are subject to
change by a House-Senate Confer
ence committee.
That's where the bill goes next.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Joe Diamond of the Ellis Airlines
from Ketchikan is registered at the
Baranof Hotel.
TheWashinglon
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(CoDTrUnt. 1861. DT Bell Syndicate, Inc.,
rf ASHINGTON.—It was kept
out of the newspapers, but Pres
ident Truman had another of his
confidential talks with members
of Congress at Blair House over
coffee and sandwiches some time
ago. Most significant development
at the session was a blast at Wil
liam Boyle, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, and
an impassioned Presidential plea
for peace by the President.
Present at the meeting were
Senators Clements of Kentucky,
Hennings of Missouri, Humphrey,
of Minnesota, Murray of Montana,!
and Smathers of Florida; togeth
er with representatives Boggs of
Louisiana, Hays of Ohio, Eugene
McCarthy of Minnesota, and Yor
ty of California—all Democrats.
Truman opened the discussion
by urging his guests to speak
freely on any gripes they might
be nursing. He is used to criticism,
he said, alter all the brickbats
tossed at him following the ouster
of MacArthur.
"I don’t care what the news
(Contlnued on Page Four)
4th Queen
Miss Joyce Ifcope, Juneau’s 4th of
July queen, waves goodbye to Ju
neau friends as she took off for
her Seattle roundtrip, her award
as queen.
Driver Starts
'Strip' Ad a!
Derby Weigh-ins
One driver at the Soap Box Derby
weighing-in last night thought for
a moment that he would have to
“strip" to get within the 250-pound
maximum weight allowed for driver
and car.
Shedding his rain-soaked jacket
and taking a wet towel from the
cockpit of his, car, the total weight
of himself and car was then exactly
250 pounds.
All ears, with exception of those
needing 'minor adjustments, were
left at the old Southeast Alaska Fair
building after the weighing-in until
the race tomorrow afternoon at 2
o’clock. Those cars needing ad
justments are to be turned in thft
afternoon at 1:30 at the Fair build
ing.
The appearanre of two policemen
at tlie weighing almost put a scare
into two drivers. One driver asked
the other whether he thought the
“cops” would allow them to exceed
to 20-mile-an-hour speed limit.
Hearing the question, one police
man told the two boys that Sunday
was the only day that all Soap Bo>
Derby racers would be allowed to
exceed the limit.
Estimates of the speed by spec
tators at the trial runs varied from
25 to 35 miles an hour for the cars
as they sped down Twelfth street
hill, site of the race.
Development
Board Xamed
Procurement Agency
In order to give Alaska manu
facturers and producers a chance
;o participate in the National de
fense program by supplying ma
terials and products of the Terri
tory to federal agencies carrying
jut that program, the Alaska De
/elo|Jment Board has been des
gnated as an official procure
nent cooperating agency for Al
iska.
“In Alaska,” George Sundborg,
;onsultant for the board said,
‘the individual manufacturer or
producer would have difficulty
procuring information as to the
■equirements of the various de
fense agencies, so the Develdp
nent Board has addressed re
juests to the various federal quar
ts asking that Alaska producers
se given an opportunity to sub
nit bids for such commodities as
,hey are able to supply.”
The board has issued a folder
jointing out markets for miner
ils, fish, fur, boats, lumber and
jther products of the Territory,
jiving the defense agency inter
red in obtaining such products,
rhe folder, or any further infor
nation can be secured from the
Maska Development Board.
Sundborg also said the board
ntends to get in touch with Hon.
E. C. Carson. Canadian Minister
jf Public Works, whether they
neet with him here or in Can
ada, concerning building of the
raku River valley road.
J. E. Bradfute of Seattle is at
the Baranof hotel.
Mrs. W. S. Pullen
Dies in Denver
Mrs. Valeria Pullen, wife of W.
3. Pullen, retired manager of the
Alaska Electric Light and Power
Company, died yesterday in Den
ver, Colo., after a six-weeks ill
ness.
The Pullens, after more than
40 years in Juneau, went to the
states last year after he left the
company he managed since 1918.
Mrs. Pullen, lived with her hus
band at the home of their daugh
ter, Mrs. Emerson Ellett, at 714
Humbolt St. in Denver 7.
Her husband wired friends here
that funeral services will be held
Monday, and requests that instead
of sending flowers, they give
money to the Cancer Fund in *her
memory.
Last winter the Pullens lived
in Santa Barbara, Calif., return
ing to the home of Mrs. Ellett,
the former Elizabeth Pullen, this
spring.
Born in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Pul
len was married May 24, 1807, and
came north with her husband.
She was a graduate . of a nursing
school in Portland, Ore. The
couple lived in Thane from 1907
to 1918, wheie Puiien was with
the Alaska-Gastineau mine.
Besides her husband and daugh
ter, Mrs. Pullen is also survive*,
by a son, Winfield Scott Pullen,
jr. She was the sister of the late
rtalph Martin of Juneau.
Millions in
Military Work
For Alaska
Haines Pipeline,
Skagway Flood Control
Approved by Committee
WASHINGTON, July 21, —Mt—
An Alaska military construction
program totaling more than $335,
000,000 is included in the defense
plans approved today by the
House Armed Services committee.
It includes big expenditures at
the air bases in the Anchorage j
and Fairbanks areas, work on
bases in the Aleutian chain, im
provement of the naval station
at Kodiak and varied other de
fense projects.
A $61,223,800 item was listed
under "Alaska, General” and in
cludes troop housing, tactical,
supporting facilities;, petroleum
pipeline, ammunition dock and
utilities.
Line From Haines
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said
the pipeline project would be a
six or eight inch line from Haines
to Eielson Air Force base near
Fairbanks to carry gasoline and
jet fuel. He said there also are
plans for reconditioning the ex
isting Canol line.
Like other projects in the mil
itary construction bill, the Alaska
work is merely authorized by the
committee action. The actual
money would be provided later.
The Alaska program includes:
Big Delta, Alaska: family hous
ing, troop housing, supporting fa
cilities, utilities, Arctic test branch
and Arctic indoctrination schools,
$13,506,200.
Eielson Air Force base, Alaska:
troop supporting facilities, utili
ties, $1,571,900.
Ladd Air Force base, Alaska:
troop housing, supporting facili
ties, utilities, $10,370,800.
Fort Richardson, Alaska: troop
supporting facilities, utilities, $12,
009,930.
Skagway Money
Skagway, Alaska: Flood control
facilities, S84.000.
Whittier, Alaska: troop support
ing facilities, utilities, $5,688,500.
Operational support in Alaska:
Cape Air Force base, Umnak
Island: $2,450,000.
Eielson Air Force Base, Fair
banks: $41,625,000.
Elmendorf Air Force Base, An
chorage: $97,007,000.
Ladd Air Force Base, Fairbanks:
$67,1C6,000.
Naknek Air Force Auxiliary
Field, Naknek: $750,000.
Shemya Air Force Base, Shem
}a Island: $2,450,000.
Thornbrough Air Force Base,
Cold Bay: $2,450,000.
AT THE BARANOF
E. II. Schrocder of San Francisco
Is stopping at the Baranof hotel.
'Fish Hogs'May
Force Cook
Inlet Closure
100 Boats per Mite in
'Mad Confusion' to Get
Salmon; 134 Arrests
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, July 21 —
(iP— Wholesale salmon ‘ fish hog"
violations by the largest fleet of
ships ever to fish Alaskan waters
may force closure of Cook Inlet
near here to commercial fishing.
Clarence itolide, regional director
of the Fish and Wildlife Service,
estimated today that 500,090 to
759,000 red salmon, valued at PI.10
per fish, were taken by 700 gillnct
ters in a seven-mile area between
Kalgin Island and Kenai in a two
day period this week.
Rhode, lea\ ing on a new survey of
the fishing fleet, said whether the
Inlet will be closed depends on de
velopments.
Arrests to Continue
Despite the freeing of a majority j
of 134 fishermen arrested earlier,
this week near Kalgin Island for
fishing too close together, fishing
during closed periods and using il
legal nets, Rhode said arrests will
continue to be made where Fish and
Wildlife Service agents find viola
tions.
The first two fishermen who ap
peared before the eommissicner’s
court at Kenai pleaded guilty ami
paid their fines. Rhode said lesti
mony of seven Fish and Wildlife
Service agents failed to gain a con
viction on half the fishermen
brought to court. The remainder
will he tried later.
Rhode saief ftsHei'tfTdh'T^d Byiafe'
Kenai commissioner declared they
could not control their nets or were
ignorant of regulations.
He said the heavy concentration
of outside gillnet boats brought the
Inlet's $7,000,000 fishery “to a crit
ical stage.”
“Mad Confusion”
Rhode declared he never had seen
such an assault on salmon like that
staged near Kalgin Island.
An agent described the Inlet gill
armada operating in mad confusion
in the rush to get red salmon.
“They're supposed to stay 600 feet
apart, but the boats were running
bow to bow as they stayed atop the
school. Poles were used to steer the
fish into the nets. The race to catch
salmon was so furious that boats
fishing illegally ignored enforcement
agents until they were on top of
them,” the agent recounted.
Fish and Wildlife Service agents
reported one two-man boat took
1,500 reds in one tide. They esti
mated that each of approximate^
700 boats caught 650 to 700 salmor.
daily during the peak three-day run
Navy Wants
Aleutian island
War Scrap Salvaged
WASHINGTON, July 21 — UP) -
The Navy has asked commercial
firms to submit bids for the salvage
of about 40.000 tons of iron anc
steel scrap abandoned in Alaska anr
the Aleution Islands by Japanese
and Americans in World War II.
Bidders are asked to contact the
Commandant of the 17th Naval
District care the postmaster in Seat
tle, Wash.
A representative of this command
which covers the Alaskan area, will
be at the Public Works office of the
11th Naval District of Seattle dur
ing the week ending July 28 to in
terview interested parties.
Information may also be ob
tained from the Office of Naval Ma
terial in Washington.
T. Sheehan of Seattle is a guest.
at the Baranof hotel.
Ship Movements
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive 4 p.m. today. Sails for Skagway
11:30 p.m.
Baranof due southbound 4 p.m.
Sunday.
Freighter Square Knot from Seat
tle due tomorrow.
Aleutian due Monday afternoon
from south.
Double Duty Peace Bridge
This bridge across the Imjin river, built especially to carry UN convoys to Kaesong for the cease-fire
meetings, also serves as a diving board and shelter for a swimming pool. MP's in foreground arc posted
to see that no unauthorized personnel cross the bridge. i/Pi YVircphoto.
Committee
Okays Huge
Defense Sum
WASHINGTON, July 21 — /PI —
rhe House Armed Services Com
nittee today approved a $5,767,
/OO.COO military construction pro
gram aimed at shoring up defenses
it home and abroad against any
soviet aggression.
The Air Force gets the biggest
ihare — around $3,480,000,000 — in
cluding about $1,000,000,000 to build
i chain of overseas secret bases
'irdling Russia.
Approximately $1,368,000,000 is
arniarked for the Army and $787,
167.000 for the Navy and Marines,
nostly for work on camps and
>ther installations in this country.
Secret projects are included also
n their programs.
Chairman Vinson ID-Gai told
eporters he plans to call up the
egislation for House action within
i few weeks.
In submitting the program to
Congress a month ago, Secretary of
3efen.se Marshall said the work is
‘urgently needed” and called for fast
iction.
He also warned it will be neces
:ary to ask approval later of still
nore projects. As it stands now,
he construction program is the
liggest since World War II.
Today’s committee action simply
luthorizes the work. The actual
noney will have to be provided
a ter.
The Defense Department orig
nally sought approval for a $6,561,
!62,000 program at home and
ibroad. But it asked that only
4,500,000,000 be appropriated now
,o pay for construction planned be
bre next July.
In line with that, the committee
generally approved only projects
hat can be completed in that time.
WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
57; minimum, 53.
At Airport — Maximum,
58; minimum, 52.
FORECAST
Mostly cloudy, with light
showers tonight and Sunday.
Lowest temperature Sunday
about 52 degrees, highest
about 58 degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Post 24 hour» ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — .70 inches;
Since July 1 — 1.02 inches;
At Airport — .76 inches;
Since July 1 — .89 inches.
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Chinese Commandeer Peace
i '
Talks, Obtain Recess;
Progress Questions Posed
By Associated Press
MUNSAN, Korea, Sunday, Julj
21 —!jf)— fled China’s, two armistice
negotiators took the leading rol<
from the North Koreans for the first
time at Kaesong today and obtained
a recess until July 25,
The Chinese, hitherto slaying in
the background, began calling the
signals after the Allies firmly re
fused to include the subject of
wiihdrawing t'nited Nations troop
frem Korea on the proposed agenda.
An Allied staff officer said that
at one point the Chinese Red?
whispered conferences interrupted a
statement by North Korean Gen.
Nam II the chief Red delegate.
Recess to “Study"
The Reds said they wanted the
recess “to enable both sides to
study the proposals thus far pre
setned.”
UN headquarters in Tokyo said
in a statement the UN command
agreed to the temporary halt in the
talks "although it sees no need for
such a recess in view of the agree
ment reached thus far on points It
considers necessary for an agen
da.”
A question not immediate!)
answered was: Did that mean tlia
not many points had been agreed
upon?
Or did it mpnn that negotiation
had been progressing so smotthl)
and agreeable that the United Na
tions delegates saw no reason foi
any backward looks?
At Eighth Army headquarters, AF
Correspondent Nate Polowetzky said
there was speculation that Com
munists needed time to receive fur
ther instructions to deal with the
UN delegation’s adamant stand
against withdrawal of foreign troops
from Korea.
Shrimp Processing
Fo Star! in Leased
Douglas Cannery
A long-term lease has been signed
for the Douglas Cannery, according
to Hiram McAllister, president of
the Olympic Seafood Company of
Seattle,
"The cannery will be used by the |
company for the processing of
shrimp. We hope to pack salmon
I '.ater in the season,” McAllister said.
'Beginning operations will be small.
We expect to start canning shrimp
in the next week or 10 days."
Two boats have been making land
ings of crab for the company at th<
Don Milnes floating cannery sinct
early in June. The cannery is tied
to ’the” former Packard “Marina”
shop wharf.
“Quick frozen crab have been
shipped to Seattle for canning b>
the Olympic Seafood Company ant
for sale on the open market,” said
McAllister. “We will continue send
ing the crab to Seattle. Our broken
are the Haines Oyster Company in
Seattle.”
Two boats, equipped with live
tanks to keep the crabs several day
have been operating for the Olym
pic Seafood Company, McAllistei
aid. They are the Betty Jo. owned
and operated by Ernie Fletcher, and
the Sue, owned and operated by Mc
Allister.
‘ We are well satisfied to date on
our crab fishing. Crabs have been
taken in local waters. The operation
will never support more than a mod
erate operation. Reason for this is
the difficulty in taking the crabs
and moderate amounts in which
they are found," McAllister said.
Accused Embezzler
Jailed a! Seward
Under $10,000 Ball
ANCHORAGE, Alaska; July 21,
—(/PI—The U. S. Marshal’s off ic(
said it was informed today that
the missing Paul Wise, former U.
S. Commissioner at Kenai, has
been taken into custody at Sew
ard.
Wise Is charged with embezz
ling public funds.
A bench warrant with bail set
at $10,000 was issued Wednesday
by Judge George Folta after Wist
failed to appear »in Third Dist
rict court.
Seward officials quoted Wise as
saying his attorney had not in
formed him of the trial date.
Officials here said Wise prob
ably would remain in jail at
Seward until a new time is set
for a trial.
Old Santa Fe 'Trail'
Soon Back on Beam
Following Floods
KANSAS CITY, July 21 —(iP!—
The Santa Fe Railroad lines, hard
hit by the Kansas and Missouri
floods, reported today passenger
service would be about normal by
tomorrow.
Fred G. Gorley, Santa Fe pres
ident, said on an inspection trip
here that the first transcontinen
tal train is moving on its own
tracks from Los Angeles to Chi
cago.
ON, Military
Personnel on
Missing (raff
Coast Guard, 10th
Rescue Launch Search
From Juneau
VANCOUVER, B. C„ July 21 iff)
A Korean Airlift plane carrying
three United Nations officials, 28
American military men and a crew
of seven was reported missing today
on the Gulf of Alaska leg of a
1,348-mile flight from Vancouver,
B, C., to Anchorage,
The big four-engined plane, oper
ating by the Canadian Pacific Air
lines on military charter for serv
ices to Korea, was last heard from
at 12:17 a.m. PST (3:17 u.m. EST)
off Cape Spencer, about 80 miles
due west of Juneau.
The CPA office here said the U.
S. Coast Guard had launched a
search of the area, and Royal Ca
nadian Air lerc-e xe-trrh and rescue
planes were standing by at Van
couver* Sea Island base.
The usual military restrictions
prevented immediate release of the
names of the passengers. The air
line said it would Identify the crew
men as soon as next of kin hud been
notified. Two of the crew members
were stewardesses. All lived in Van
couver.
Crossing Gulf
At the time of its last radioed
position report, the DC-4 was about
500 miles out of Anchorage. From
Cape Spencer, the course head:; out
over the Gulf of Alaska for some
400 miles to Whittier on the Alu.ka
mainland.
»•. -I,,
officer for Ihe airline herr, said
thp pilot's final message s' ortly
after midnight indicated he was
on course and in no difficulty.
Weather conditions In the area
were favorable.
The vanished plane was to have
made another position check at 1
a.m., but there was only silence.
Behind Time
The Orient-bound flight originated
hi Vancouver, where the DC-4 took
| off at 6:42 p.m. <PST> last, night.
1 he flight time to Anchorage was
estimated dt 7 hours and 3 minutes.
The big plane appeared to have
been running slightly behind sched
ule when last heard from.
Spencer said CPA operates four
flights a week from Vancouver on
'.he Korean Airlift. Under the char
ter arrangement, Vancouver is
CPA’s eontincntal base of operations
for the Airlift service.
American military personnel flying
to tit? Orient cn CPA planes must
assemble here.
McChord Air Force base near Ta
coma, Wash., the stateside terminus
for American Airlift flights, said the
CPA DC-4 is the first aircraft to
encounter trouble in more than 17
million miles of Airlift service to
Korea.
Two SB-17 rescue planes at Mc
Chord have been alerted for search
flights to the area. The SB-17-; are
remodeled B-17 bombers equipped
to drop anything from a power
iCu.utiued on Page Six)
Salmon Derby
Committee
Calls for Help
• The Golden North Salmon
• Derby Committee today is
» sued a rail for volunteer eler
• iral help during the Derby
• days. July 27, 2X and 29.
• Curtis Sliatturk and Dr. D.
• D. Marquardt, co-chairmen,
• said that help would be
• needed at the Auko Bay and
• Tee Harbor checkins sta
• lions to validate tickets and
• keep weight records.
• "We can use women as well
• as men for this,” Shattuck
• said. "Anyone who wishes to
• help can contact me or Dr.
• Marquardt.”
• Derby arrangements are
• shaping up. prizes are on dis
• play at the Alaska Electric
• I.lght and Power Co., and
' • tickets are on sale at Juneau
• Young, Thomas Hardware
• and Percy’s, he said.
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