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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,709_ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 16, 1951MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESSPRICE TEN CENTS
Northwest Airlines Plane Down, On Fire
SOURDOUGH DIES
IN CABIN B E
IN ZERO WEATHER
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 16—(/Pt
—An elderly sourdough died and a
companion was critically burned in
a log cabin fire here last week
end.
Mike Hays, 72-year-old miner and
prospector, burned to death as he
tried vainly to open a sealed rear
door in the blazing cabin. His
body was found in the charred
ruins.
Harry Fouts, about 50, staggered
from the cabin entrance with his
clothing afire and collapsed 'in the
snow. Hospital attendants place
him on the critical list.
Fifty below zero weather hamp
ered firemen in efforts to combat
the blaze. Firehose nozzles froze
solid.
Neighbors said the fire was caus
ed by the explosion of an oil
container.
ALASKA STATEHOOD
BILL INTRODUCED IN
HOUSE BY BARTLETT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16— W) —
Legislation to grant statehood to
A h ska was in t roduced in the
House yesterday by Delegate Bart
lett of Alaska.
It is substantially the same as
a bill introduced in the Senate
last week bv Senator O'Mahoney
(D-Wyo) ana 18 other Senators.
Bartlett’s bill provides the con
stitution to be adopted by the peo
ple of the Territory shall be ap
proved by the President. The Sen
ate version provides for approval
by Congress.
Bartlett’s bill provides for a pri
mary and general election to choose
delegates to the constitutional con
vention. Candidates would run
without p irt-y designation.
U. „J CUSS MEETS
TONIGHT, NOT WED.
The canteen services class meet
ing for Wednesday evening has
been t urged to this evening be
cause tne Elks Hall will be in use
Wednesday evening. The class meets
-n 7; 30 to 9:30. A makeup class
-reld for those missing the
hass tins evening, it is announced
by Miss Hallene Price, who is teach
ing the dietetic portion of the
course. There were 12 in attend
ance at the afternoon class while
15 have attended the first night ses
sion.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Louis Austin and Mrs. Donald
Morrison were admitted to St. Ann’s
hospital yesterday.
Jacob Pratt, Roy Allen and Ray
Hope were dismissed.
Virginia Afcan of Fish Village and
Chris Lake of Hooper Bay were ad
mitted to the Government hospital.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, oy Bell Syndicate. Inc.l
Washington—Tim Mclnerny,
the ex-Justice Department offic
ial and friend of statesmen, was
visiting with Pope Pius XII at
Castel Gandolfo, his summer pal
ace. Mclnerny, formerly a Boston
newsman, had known the Pope
when the latter visited Boston
as Papal Secretary. As they paced
up and down the terrace together,
the conversation got around to the
Teheran Conference, at which
Churchill, arguing for a second
front through southern Europe,
pointed to the influence of the
Catholic' Church in that area. To
this Stalin replied: "And how many
divisions has the Pope?”
“Tell me, your holiness,” asked
Mclnerny, “what was your answer
wtyen Churchill later told you
about that?”
Quick as a flash, the Pope re
plied: "Tell my son Joseph that
he will meet my divisions in eter
nity.”
Tax Frauds
Presiderit Truman has now warn
ed the nation that Mr. John Q.
(Continued on Page Four)
BUDGET
BATTLE
STARTS
Senator Byrd Also Hits Out
at Tax Increases
Coalition Formed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 — UPI —
Senator Byrd proposed today that
Congress carve $7,000,000,000 out of
President Truman’s huge new bud
get and raise taxes by $9,500,000,000
instead of the $16,000,000,000 the
President suggested.
The Virginia Democrat, an out
spoken foe of what he calls ex
travagant administration spending
policies, said that plan would not
deny a dollar needed for defense
and produce a balanced budget well
under the $71,594,000,000 the Presi
dent asked.
Meanwhile, crying ‘‘Socialism,"
the potent coalition of Republicans
and Southern Democrats in Con
gress made ready to war on a flock
of “fair deal” measures the Presi
dent put into his “national survival”
budget, his estimates of government
spending and revenues in the fiscal
year starting July 1.
Uudgel Assailed
Top Republicans assailed the
budget as a “spending-as-usual"
plan for the “same old, tired Soci
alist program.”
They promised to crack down
generally on non-defense spending.
That is a pledge which Congress
members of both parties normally
voice every January but is not al
ways fulfilled.
Mr. Truman has presented five
budgets to Congress, other than the
one submitted yesterday. Twice at>
tual spending has been less than he
proposed. Twice it has exceeded his
estimates.
Prospects are that the current
year’s spending, spurred by the Ko
rean war, will exceed the budget
by more than $6,000,000,000.
Ending a short-lived surface re
conciliation following Mr. Truman’s
“Dear Harry” letter to Byrd, the
Virginia Senator declared in a state-1
ment:
“In my experience of 18 years,,
considering the perils that confront
our nation, this (budget) message
represents the very height of fiscal
irresponsibility. The President re
news his advocacy of the Socialistic
measures known as the fair deal.”
48 ARRIVE ON BARANOF
THIS MORNING; SAILS AT
5:45 THIS AFTERNOON
Passengers disembarking from the
Baranof this morning totaled 48.
Scheduled time of departure for the
westward is 5:45 this afternoon.
Master of the ship is Capt. Henry
Burns.
Disembarking from Seattle were:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crosby and
two children; S. M. Dore, Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Feist, Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Finch, Richard C. Grosse, Mrs.
Wellman Holbrook, Harvey E. Kil
mon, A. L. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs.
Florence Martin and two children;
John Nowicka, Carl Paulsen, N. M.
Richardson, P. R. Ruen, E. O. Swan
son, Albert Thompson, Mr. and Mrs.
K. H. Ubbelohde and son; Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Vienola.
From Ketchikan: Sgt. Louis R.
Hall, Mrs. Della Hall and two
children; Irl Thatcher, John Wan
berg, J. C. Wilson.
From Wrangell: Mrs. Doris M.
Barnes, Mrs. R. W. McKibben, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Wells.
From Petersburg: Mr. and Mrs.
OcCar Arness, Mrs. R. L. Elkins and
two children: Agnes Goodwin, Alex
and Glen Reid, F. R. Stevenson.
CHARLES WHYTE IS
AT 20TH CENTURY i
Charles Whyte, wellknown Gasti
neau Channel young man, is now
manager of the 20th Century The
atre, taking over now. Whyte was
formerly associated with the Gross
chain of theatres, managing the
Petersburg movie house and is well
up in the show business.
IOOF INSTALLATION
The Odd Fellows, meeting tonight
in the IOOF Hall, will have instal
lation of officers and all members
are requested to attend.
BIGGEST BOMBERS
OF U.S. ON FLIGHT,
LAND IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Jan. 16 — (tf) — Six of
America’s biggest bombers—B-36’s
which can tote ah atom bomb 10,000'
miles—thundered out of the Atlan
tic mists today and landed in Eng
land for the first time,
They arrived singly at Lakenhenth.
Airdrome, 70 miles northeast of
here, after a one-stop flight of
about 7,000 miles from Carswell Air
Force base at Fort Worth, Te/as,
starting last Saturday.
The 400-mile per hour air goliath.4,
powered by six regular and four
jet engines, flew the Atlantic after
pausing at Limestone Air Force base
in Maine. Actual flying time was
about 24 hours.
Tney dropped some practice
bombs enroute, the Air Force re
ported, without saying where.
The flight was part of the pro
gram for teaching navigation and
fuel consumption techniques to the
crews, an Air Force spokesman said.
The planes and crews are sched
uled to return home this weekend.
However, there have been rumors
that B-36’s would be stationed in
England because of the worsening
world situation. Lakenheath field
has been used by the U.S. Third Air
Division since 1948 as a base for
B-29 Superfortresses and B-50
training operations.
The training mission was headed
by Col. Thomas P. Gerrity, com
mander of the Eighth Air Force’s
11th Bomb Wing. The first plane
to arrive was commanded by Lt. Col.
Richard T. Black of Hollywood, Cal.
Drop Bombs
On Pyongyang
TOKYO, Jan. 16 — </FI — Sixteen
Superfortresses dropped 130 tons of
bombs today on Pyongyang.
The half-hour bombing by radar
through a heavy overcast continued
the B-29 pounding of the battered
Red Korean capital.
i The B-29’s encountered no anti
i aircraft or fighter opposition.
Flying through snow flurries,
Fifth Air Force fighter bombers
killed or wounded about 150 Com
munists in strikes on the Suwon and
Seoul areas. B-26’s bombed and
strafed airfields at Pyongyang,
Kimpo and Sunanju. The B-26’s
damaged 10 boxcars in the Seoul
marshalling yards.
LOUSSAC WILL BE
KIWANIS SPEAKER
WEDNESDAY MEET
Mayor Z. T. Loussac of Anchor
age, vice president of the board
of Commissioners of Alaska Hous
ing Authority will be the guest
speaker at the regular meeting of
Kiwanis in the Baranof Hotel
Wednesday noon. Loussac has been
instrumental in the construction of
a large amount of housing in the
territory and his talk should prove
interesting and Informative.
Larry Parker, President of Ki
wanis, has annouced that the ap
pointment of the new committees
will take place at this meeting
and all members are urged to at
tend.
Patricia C. Meyer of St. Mary’s,
Pa., is at the Baranof Hotel.
• ••••••••••
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 22; •
• minimum, 13. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 20; •
• minimum, 1. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) 9
• Clear and cold tonight. •
• Low temperature near 12 in •
• the city and around zero in •
• outlying areas. Continued •
• fair Wednesday. High tern- •
• perature around 17 degrees. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau — Trace; •
• since Jan. 1 — 3.81 inches; •
• since July 1—41.80 inches. •
• At Airport — Trace; •
• since Jan. 1 — 2.19 inches; •
• since July 1—30.19 inches. •
• ••••••••••
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE, ALASKA R. R.
SHOPS, ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 16—
OW—Flames, believed to have started
in a blacksmith shop, last night
destroyed the Alaska Railroad's car
repair shop here, with a loss unof
ficially estimated at $1,000,000. There
were no casualties.
Railway officials declined to set a
damage figure, but firemen, who
, waged a successful four hour battle
to control the blaze in 26 below
zero weather, said the shop, equip
ment and rolling stock loss was
“tremendous."
The blaze engulfed the 550 by 90
foot shop building shortly after
breaking out at 7:45 p.m. Fire
fighters from the railway depart
ment, Anchorage, Elmendorf Air
Force Base and Fort Richardson,
Joined in the battle. They managed
to save nearby equipment and build
ings of the government-owned rail
way.
Equipment Lost
Lost were a new diesel engine, a
new power car, three coaches, thei
shop building, and adjoining coach
shed, machine tools, three coaches
and "at least” two steam engines.
At the height of the fire, the shop
building walls collapsed inward, aid
ing firefighters’ efforts to save
nearby buildings.
Flames and sparks shot several
hundred feet into the night sky,
attracting hundreds of Anchorage
residents to the scene of the fire in •
the middle of the freight yards.
Firemen saved the No. 2 ware
house r nd south side repair shops,
but a frame coach shed adjoining
the -epair shop was lost. Railroad
crews said they were able to get
out “quite a bit” of rolling stock.
Eight coaches and one car trailer
were saved before the coach shed
went up in flames.
Army firemen saved a big snow
plow and spreader.
The main repair shop contained
machine, wheel, carpentery, paint,
coach repair and upholstery shops
as well as the mechanical depart
ment offices.
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SECOND FIRE, $250,000
LOSS AT ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Jan. 16—
(jW—Fire destroyed two separate res
taurants here early today before
the embers were cool from a million
| dollar fire which raged through
Alaska Railroad shops last night.
Authorities have given no indica
tion of any connection between the
three major fires which broke out
in the city within the past 12 hours.
Hard pressed firemen were called
to battle flames at the two eating
establishments after a fire at the
railroad car repair shop was barely
under control.
Completely Destroyed
Both the Thompson’s Restaurant
and the Belair Drive-In were com
pletely destroyed. Loss at the
Thompson establishment was esti
mated at $250,000.
Three persons suffered minor in
juries in the railroad fire.
A cleaning woman broke a leg
in a leap from the second story
window of the repair shop. Two fire
men suffered frost bite in the 26
degree below zero weather.
ALASKA’S SECRETARY
RETURNS FROM WRANGEL
Lew M. Williams, Sr., Secretary
of Alaska, returned to Juneau yes
terday on the Alaska Coastal Air
lines plane from Wrangell where
he has been in connection with bus
iness of the Wrangell Sentinel owned
by the Williams.
MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS
Application for a marriage li
cense has been filed in the office
of the U. S. Commissioner by Eve
lyn Ruth Lohr and Claris Lee
Jones. Both are residents of Ju
neau.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 — Closing
quoation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%, American Can
99%. American Tel. and Tel. 162%,
Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft
107%, General Electric 42%, General
Motors 49%, Goodyear 70%, Ken
necott 77%, Libby McNeill and Libby
9%, Northern Pacific 33%, Stan
dard Oil of California 93%, Twen
tieth Century Fox 21%, U.S. Steel
46, Pound $2.80, Canadian Ex
change 95.12%.
Sales today were 3,740,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 246.65, rails 83.93, utilities
42.25.
ALLIES ON
AIRPORT IN
SUWON NOW
Crack Through Shell of
Commie Resistance
Western Drive On
(By the Associated Press)
An Ailied tank-infantry combat
team cracked through a shell of
Communist resistance today and
plunged into the airport city of
Suwon. It is 17 air miles south of
the Red-held capital of Seoul.
It was the fourth town—and first
major objective — to fall to the
United Nations troops in their big
western front counterthrust—called
a reconnaissance in force.
There was no indication that
Allied forces would remain in Su
won for any length of time.
A spokesman in the field ex
plained that it is the usual prac
tice on reconnaissance missions of
this type to probe enemy positions,
determine their strength, gather as
much information as possible and
then withdraw.
An A.P. field dispatch said three
separate light plane observers first
confirmed the Allied entrance into
Suwon. The drive into the old walled
town began at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
! Reds Routed
The Allied force routed about 100
Red troops in Suwon. The bulk of
the Communist garrison had fled
Monday under fierce Allied bombing
and strafing attacks. Hundreds of
Reds were machine-gunned on the
road running north to Seoul.
The Allied western drive began
Monday south of Osan.
Allied forces on the central front
pulled back out of the Wonju wedge
in what the Eighth Army communi
que described as a redeployment to
"usher in a new phase” of the battle
for the vital Sobaek mountain
i passes.
j Censorship forbade mentioning
the new defense line. The communi
que said the “United Nations line
has been strengthened and short
ened.”
There was no indication Allied
troops were planning to go all the
way to Seoul. In the path lay three
Red armies totalling about 120,000
troops south of the Han river near
SeouJ.
Planes Renew Attacks
Allied warplanes resumed their
attacks on Red concentrations.
Airmen said they spotted about
5,000 Communist troops southeast
of Seoul, of which they claimed to
have killed 1,600 in bombings and
straftngs.
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, U.S. Air
Force Chief of Staff, flew a heli
copter over the central front today
for a first-hand look at how Allied
planes were working in support of
ground forces. On his return he
said “the Allied bombing, napaim
ing, straffing and rocket attacks
(appeared to have been very effec
tive.”
SHRINE CLUB TO
SPONSOR DANCE
BOY SCOUT FUND
For the benefit of the Eagle
River Scout Camp Building Fund,
the Juneau Shrine Club is sponsor
ing a free public dance to be given
January 20 at the Elks Hall, it was
announced today. Cooperating with
the Shrine Club, the Elks Lodge is
furnishing the ballroom without
charge.
Awards to be made on the eve
ning of the dance at an intermis
sion at 11:30 p.m., are now on dis
play in the windows of the Thomas
Hardware store.
The committee on arrangements
for the Shrine Club are Gene
Vuille, G. E. Cleveland, George A.
Parks, Dr4 James C. Ryan, John
Maurstad, Wallis S. George, Dr.
John Clements, Cecil easier.
Elisa Browne of Nome is stopping
at the Gastineau Hotel.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof from Seattle in port and
scheduled to sail for the westward
at 5:45 p.m.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from' Vancouver, 8 p.m., Wednesday.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle 4 p.m., Friday.
Four Victims of Plane Crash
Near Cordova Frozen, Death;
Rescue Party Also Crashes
CORDOVA, Alaska, Jan, 16—W—
The bodies of four persons who
froze to death after their Cordova
Air Service passenger plane crash
landed on blizzard-swept Copper
River Flats will remain at the crash
scene until weather conditions im
prove.
Rescuers said storm conditions
make it almost impossible to do any
thing about getting the bodies out
of the wrecked transport.
A rescue party braved high
winds and subzero cold Sunday to
reach the scene of the crash, 32
CONFERENCE FOR
ALASKA DEFENSE
CALLED, JAN. 22
Secretary of the Interior Oscar L.
Chapman advised Oov. Ernest
Gruening today that a conference
of unions and contractors engaged
in building construction in the Ter
ritory is to be held in Anchorage,
January 22.
The conference is sponsored by
an Inter-Departmental Committee
of executive agencies of the United
States with defense responsibilities
in Alaska.
The purposes of the conference
are (a) to discuss with the unions
and contractors the urgent import
ance of efficient production in de
fense construction in Alaska with
out stoppages or interruptions dur
ing the ensuing construction, and
(b) to promote agreement among
the unions and contractors which
will provide assurances that they
will resort to mutually acceptable
special procedures to determine
equitable wages and other terms
and conditions of employment with
out stoppages should the negotia
tions to take place fail to result
in collective bargaining agreements.
Secretary Chapman advises that
he has been requested to make it
clear that this conference will con
cern itself with the above matters
exclusively.
It is anticipated that Wayne
Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon
and members of the Armed Services
Committee of the Senate w 'J! act
as chairman of the conference.
Gov. Gruening has been invited
by the Secretary to be represented
at the conference. Invitations have
also been sent to Henry Benson,
Territorial Commissioner of Labor
and business representatives of
union locais in Juneau and Fair
banks.
Further information will be pub
lished tomorrow.
IMMUNIZATION SHOTS
HEALTHCENTER WED.
All parents in this area wishing
to have their children immunized
against whooping cough, diphtheria,
tetanus and vaccinated against
smallpox are invited to attend im
munization clinic at the Juneau
Public Health Center, tomorrow
morning, January 17, at 10 a.m. Dr.
J. W. Gibson will be in attendance
at the clinic. «
To those pawnts who have been
inquiring, booster shots will also be
given for any of the above named
diseases as well- as combined boost
ers. To keep up a child’s immunity
to whooping cough, tetanus and
diphtheria, it is well to have one
booster shot a year after the first
series and then one shot every two
years thereafter. The average opin
ion concerning smallpox vaccina
tions is every five years and before
entering kindergarten.
The Health Center has literature
available concerning any one of
the above diseases and also on all of
the common communicable disea fs.
Those interested are invited to
come in to the Juneau Public Health
Center, 318 Main Street, to inquire
about this available literature, or
to phone 218 for any information
which is desired.
DOOLINS RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. John Doolin and
daughter, Kathleen, returned yes
terday from Seattle where they had
been on a two weeks vacation.
Doolin is in the traffic department
of Pan American Airways here.
miles northwest of here. Rescuers
found the bodies of the four victims
huddled in the cabin of the plane.
They apparently had escaped in
jury when a snowstorm forced the
plane down Saturday but froze to
death while awaiting rescue.
The dead were Mr. and Mrs. B.
R. Dyson, Albany, Ore., Fena Ekmo
and Ernie Cruz, both of Cordova.
Pilot Seeks Aid
The pilot, Bud Richardson, after
making his passengers as comfort
able as possible, set out through
deep snow and bitter cold to get
help. He was spotted Sunday near
an old cabin about five miles away.
He was near exhaustion when help
finally arrived.
The passengers were frozen after
apparently having escaped the
crash-landing without injury.
Rescue pilot Stewart Starbuck got
out word of the tragedy yesterday
after narrowly averting disaster
himself.
Rescue riane s.rasn
Starbuck made a daring landing
of a rescue party Sunday near the
spot where Richardson had been
sighted. A doctor was included.
As Starbuck took off from the iso
lated area, a terrific wind caught
his plane and carried it backward.
It crashed on its back, breaking in
two.
He escaped without injury, spent
the night in the plane wreckage and
mushed to the same "Mile 27” cabin
in which Richardson had taken
refuge.
Both pilots were flown to Cordova
yesterday in small planes.
Below Zero Weather
Temperatures in the region have
sunk to 20 and 25 degrees below
zero in the past nights.
It was almost a miracle that Rich
ardson survived after *uui mis
fortune as falling into water on his
trek for aid. He was near exhaus
tion but his condition was reported
as satisfactory.
Some members of a ground rescue
party, who were flown to a spot
several miles from where Richard
son’s plane crash-landed, said con
ditions were as bad as they ever
have seen in the region.
The sub-zero cold was made more;
intense by strong winds. It took
them three hours to hike five miles
from the crash scene to the cabin
to which Richardson had trekked.
Pioneers Victims
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Dyson, pioneer
Alaskans, operated a clothing estab
lishment in Cordova for a long
period of years. Mr. Dyson retired
from active business three years ago.
He and his wife moved to Valdez
where they spent one summer with
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Burch. They left
for the states to make their perma
nent residence two years, finally
settling in a home at Albany, Ore
gon. Just before Christmas. 1950,
they jame back to Valdez to spend
th' noliday system with the Burch’s
and a granddaughter, Mrs. Angus
Whyte. They left for Cordova last
week to spend a few days visiting
their many Cordova friends, and
were on their way back to Valdez
when the tragic landing which
claimed their lives occurred. They
had planned to return to their Ore
gon home in February.
Mrs. Fena Ekemo came to the
Territory as a young girl nearly 50
years ago. She married in Valdez
and raised a family of five children
there. A few years ago her two
sons moved to Cordova where they
purchased a mercantile establish
ment. Mrs. Ekemo, an expert dress
maker, moved to Cordova also,
where she established herself in her
trade. Last fall, her boys sold out
in Cordova and moved back to Val
dez. Her children had been ex
pecting her to visit them in Valdez
during the Christmas holidays but
her own business detained her until
she boarded the plane that was to
prove such a fateful journey. Fena
Ekemo is survived by two sons, John
and Bill, two daughters, Mrs. Pete
Lovseth and Mrs. E. M. White, all
of Valdez and a daughter Marguer
ite of San Francisco.
Ernie Cruz had been a resident
of the Valdez area for many years.
He had been steadily in the employ
of Dayvllle Packing Company. Cruz
had been in Cordova on a short
trip and he, too. was returning home
when the tragedy occurred.
PLANE IS
IN CRASH,
IS AFIRE
Seven Passengers, Crew of
Three Reported to Be
Aboard at Time
EDWALL, Wash., Jan. 16—(fl—
A Northwest Airlines plane crashed
on an Eastern Washington farm
today and a farm housewife said
she "could see no sign of life.”
A company spokesman at Seattle
said there were believed to be 10
persons aboard, including a crew of
three.
“DOWN AND ON FIRE*”
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 16—I4V
The State Patrol said today it had
learned a Northwest Airlines plane
"is down and on fire" about 20 miles
west of Spokane.
State Patrolman Jordan said he
did not know the type of plane and
had no other Information.
The airline said it had no other
information than that received.
The airline headquarters at Se
attle said the plane, which had re
ported trouble a few minutes after
taking off from Spokane, was a two
engined Martin transport.
It was due for stops at Wenatchee
and Yakima on a flight to Seattle.
An airline spokesman said the
plane had taken off at 12:04 p.m.,
by 12:07 it had reached its cruising
altitude of 6,000 feet.
• At 12:12 the radio reported the
plane was having trouble.
That was the last report from it.
The spokesman said 10 were be
lieved aboard—seven passengers and
a crew of three.
He said the crew members were
all of Seattle.
The crew members were identified
as Lloyd Richman, pilot; Ed Gan
der, co-pilot, and Joan Tabor, stew
ardess.
35 FLY WITH PAN AM
MONDAY; 21 ARRIVE
Pan American World Airways
brought 21 passengers from the
South yesterday and took out 14.
■ Arriving from Seattle were: Don
Behurst, Sadie Billis, Leonard
Bragg, Earl Kline, R. E. Engelking,
John Gleason, Fred Hosel, Wlnni
fred Ibach, Irma Loomis, Lillian
Loser, Opal Peterson, Harry Pink
ham, Robert Slater, Patricia Stern,
John Woodruff, Frank Yotter, Mr.
and Mrs. John Doolin, and A. E.
Allen.
Lloyd Cook and Bernard Guthrie
came from Annette.
Southbound, Grant Saylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Moore went to
Annette and Virgil Stone went to
Ketchikan.
To Seattle: Leota Smith, Charles
Hatcher, Grace Whiteside, Betty
Gruening, S. C. Wellman, George
Hadoff, Beatrice Simmons, John
Bruce, Pete Haugen and R. A.
?aul.
JACKSON FUNERAL
TO BE HELD WED.
Funeral services for Sigurd Jack
son will be conducted by the Moose
Lodge in the Carter Chapel Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ern
est Ehler will sing. Pallbearers will
be members of the Moose Lodge
and interment will be in the Moose
plot, Evergreen cemetery. Friends
who desire may call at the chapel
at 8 o’clock tonight.
Friends wishing to send flowers
are asked to send contributions
to the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association, Box 1539, Juneau.
Jackson is survived by his wife
Helen, one daughter Roberta who is
now at Mt Edgecumbe; three sons,
Stuart, Gene and Ralph, three
brothers, Jack <Happy) Jackson of
Juneau, Emil Jackson of Blaine.
Wash., and Chris Jackson of Friday
Harbor, Wash, and a niece Gertie
Berggren of Juneau.
He was a member of the Moose
Lodge, the Sons of Norway and the
Gillnetters Union.
Leota Smith left yesterday on
PAA for Seattle and Chicago on a
month's buying trip for her ladies
, ready to wear shop here. In Chicago
she will attend the spring market
week.