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JUNEAU, ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1951
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Upper Brass
Given Roast
In Report
t By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — UP) —
The Senate Preparedness subcom
mittee complained today that the
Washington area is overloaded with
“upper brass”—high-ranking mili
tary officers—and armed forces civ
ilian employees.
"It is obvious that the Defense
establishment is tending toward
an administrative lop-heaviness
that is inefficient, wasteful and
dangerous,” the Armed Services
group said in a report.
“Unless the trend hj halted now
we could, in the classic phrase, wind
up with the fighting forces com
posed of ‘all chiefs and no Indians’.”
The report said there now are
almost as many generals, admirals
and defense establishment civilians
stationed at the Pentagon and in
the general Washington area as
there were during World War II
peak strength when the armed
forces were three and a half times
their present size.
In an accompanying letter to
Secretary of Defense Lovett, Chair
man Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex),
called the situation startling and
asked for recommendations to
remedy it. There was no immediate
comment from the Pentagon.
Rumors that Sen.
Butler Not to Run
Again Are Denied
Val Peterson Has Eye on
Position; Discusses
Statehood Question
By ALICE FREIN JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (By air
mai < — Ruinous that Sen. Hugh
Butler, Republican of Nebraska,
would not seek reelection because of
poor health are unfounded, his of
fice here declared today.
Since Val Peterson, Republican
governor of Nebraska, recently an
nounced he would try to wrest the
nomination from Butler, the rumors
gained impetus.
Butler fell and hurt his knee sev
eral weeks before Congress recessed,
but recovered quickly. He now is
vacationing in Arizona and before
that went pheasant hunting in his
home state. t-»
Statehood
Peterson was queried this week
concerning his stand on statehood
for Alaska and Hawaii. The inquiry
was made by the correspondent
here for the Honololu Star-Bulletin.
Here is Peterson’s reply:
“I am not acquainted with Al
aska and Hawaii. When I have no
personal knowledgek it always is my
policy to turn for information to
those who have knowledge and in
whom I have confidence.
“If I am called on to vote on
statehood, I first will consult the
three men whom I believe best fit
ted to give expert and unbiased
opinion. They are the governors
Langlie of Washington, MacKay of
Oregon and Warren of California,
heads of the states closest to the
two territories.”
This statement does not indicate
that Peterson is an ardent advocate
of immediate statehood, as has been
claimed by some who attended the
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TheWashingion
Merry - Go - Round
(CoDyrlght. 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
TFasHINGTON—Three figures in
three different parts of the world
last week pointed up the story of
the world's hopes, its pains, its
fears.
Figure No. 1 was a young girl
whose courage and graciousness
won great sympathy, but who in a
way seemed a little, sad—because
she represents a once-great empire
which has seen its best days and
now' has to lean heavily on wealthy
cousins and its dominion children.
Figure No. 2 was an aged, valiant
prime minister, returned to office
at the age of 76 to guide the limp
ing destinies of a country whose
stock market skidded to alarming
lows in a virtual vote of no confi
dence in even his ability to cope
with his nation's crisis.
Figure No. 3 was an American
soldier who flew home from Europe
to report on his difficult, discourag
ing task of building up an army to
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Annual Fish
Hearing Set
For Thursday
In what is expected to be the
most heated session of years, inde
pendent commercial fishermen from
several areas and top officials of
the Alaska Canned Salmon Indus
try, Inc., will meet In Juneau with
the Fish and Wildlife Service Thurs
day and Friday to air their views of
fishing regulations.
The meetings will be held in the
federal courtroom of the federal
building, beginning at 9 a.m.. Thurs
day. Clarence Rhode, regional di
rector of the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice will act as chairman.
The occasion is the annual hear
ing on commercial fishing regula
tions. but this is the first year that
the Juneau hearing has been held
after the annual Seattle hearing.
Rhode says this was done to give
Alaska fishermen a chance for re
buttal cn the arguments presented
j in Seattle. Rhode. Howard Baltzo,
I assistant regional director, and
! Dan Ralston, supervisor of law en
forcement returned Saturday from
the Seattle hearing held last week.
24 Officials H-re
Rhode says that at lea.-t 24 indus
try officials will be on hand from
Seattle and others fro:" the west
ward. He has been n itied that
fishermen’s unions in -tiehorage,
Cordova and Kodiak a: e sending
delegates.
He reports that Alaska fishermen
were few in number at the Seattle
hearing, which may indicate, he
says, that many were keeping their
arguments to be heard at the Ju
neau hearing. The meeting was
originally set for 2 p.nu, Thursday,
| but was moved up to the morning
starting time because of the interest
being shown. Friday is also set
aside for the hearing if needed.
The meeting is open to the public
and commercial fishermen, proces
sors, and packers are especially
urged to attend.
"This is the first time the people
of Alaska have had a chance to
I .iear and discuss'the proposals made
. at the Seattle hearing immediately
i after it has been held,” Rhode
j said. "I hope they take advan
i tage of the holding of this last
meeting here instead of in Seattle,
| and that they will let their views
be known.”
Many Hearings
Hearings this year were held in
Bristol Bay, Kodiak. Anchorage,
Cordova, Yakutat, Ketchikan, Craig,
Wrangell, Petersl/jrg, Sitka and
Seattle. Rhode says the pressure
from all sides has become greater
and greater because of increase in
fishing. The discussion of the
length of seasons, the fishing area
boundaries, and the different types
of gear have beeri bringing some
heated arguments, Rhode says.
These areas will be discussed at
the hearing: Southeast Alaska and
Yakutat; Bristol Bay, Yukon, and
Kuskokv.im; Prince William Sound
and Copper River; Cook Inlet; the
Alaska Peninsula and Chignik; and
Kodiak. Shellfish, herring add
types of fishing other than salmon,
will also come under discussion.
Ann-1 rust lases
in Ketchaikan Set
For Next Week
Anti-trust hearings against Ket
chjkan meat and liquor dealers are
set for Nov.* 19, although there is
a possibility the cases may be set
tled before then, P. J. Gilmore, U.
S. Attorney, said today.
Gilmore returned from Ketchikan
yesterday where he worked mostly on
clearing the criminal docket for the
regular fall term of court there.
He said that government attorneys
are now conferring with attorneys
for the meat and liquor dealers un
der indictment, and that there has
been some hope expressed of set
tlements before the cases are
brought to trial.
Gilmor said he expects Judge
George W. Folta and his party to
return to Juneau in about two
weeks.
MONDAY FIRE CALL
A false alarm fire call was sound
ed at 3:15 p.m. Monday. Someone
in the Mendenhall Apartments mis
takenly thought smoke from a brush
fire was coming from a house, ac
cording to firemen.
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JUNEAU VISITOR
Arthur Vieweg of Wilmington,
Calif., is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM PALMER
Mrs. Ruby Zangari and Mrs.
Melba Goodwin of Palmer are stop
. ping at the Baranof Hptel,
UN Assembly
Agenda Snubs
Russians
PARIS, Nov. 13—lift—The United
Nations Assembly rebuffed the Sov
iet bloc by agreeing today to take
up both a western plan designed
as the first step toward reuniting
Germany and a Yugoslav complaint
of hostile actions by the Russians.
The Assembly, moving toward ad
option of Its agenda (program),
also:
1. Agreed, without dissent, to
consider diverse disarmament
plans presented by the Western
| Big Three and the Soviet Union,
j The western plan includes a cen
! sus of atomic weapons under UN
supervi ion. The Russian plan
calls for a disarmament confer
ence outside the United Nations.
2. Defeated a Russian attempt
to force off the agenda a longstand
ing charge by Nationalist China
| that the Soviet Union is guilty of
j aggression in China.
The vote on the German ques
| tion was 47-6 with two abstentions.
The Assembly rejected the conten
jlion of Andrei Vishlnsky, Soviet
Foreign Minister, that the German
problem was none of the Assembly's
business.
The Big Three Plan, as explain
ed by U. S. Secretary of State
Dean Acheron and British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden, calls
for the establishment of an im
partial, international commission
to investigate whether conditions
in both west Germany and Com
munist-ruled east Germany are
-suitable for holding election.',.
Both Achcson and Eden s-drt it
was designed to lead to eventual
unity of Germany, and was intro
duced at the request of west Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
‘T beg to differ,” Vishinsky 6aid
in a slashing attack on the plan
I today. France, Britain and the Uni
j ted States want “first and fore
most to perpetuate the dismember- j
meat of Germany,” he said.
The vote to keep the Nationalist j
j on the agenda was 30 to 8 with 13 I
abstentions.
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Reds Desire i
I
Quil Fire Now,
Talks Later
i
MUNSAN, Korea, Nov. 13—JR—An ,
| Allied spokesman said Communist
truce negotiators “made it even
j more clear today” they want to
create a buffer zone across Korea
to end the shooting now.
The spokesman, Brig. Gen.
William B. Nuckols, said this “re
pudiates their earlier statement”
that fighting would not end until
an armistice is signed. The United
Nations Command wants to create
a cease-fire buffer zone only after
other terms cf an armistice are
agreed on.
The Reds outlined their position
in a five-hour session at Panmun
jom while Allied artillery shells
burst on hills less than two miles
away. The white phosporous and
high explosive shells bracketed the
! town.
Nuckols said arguments became
more heated today. Rear Adm.,
Arleigh Burke, who carried the
brunt of the argument for the U.N.
Command, was hoarse when he left
the negotiating tent.
Nuckols said Communist dele
gates became more impatient and
their tempers grew shorter.
He declined to comment when
asked whether the talks were de
teriorating.
Another U.N. spokesman said the
Reds complained an Allied plane
violated the Panmunjom neutral
area Saturday.
He conceded there was some
truth in the complaint.
Lt, Col. Norman B. Edwards,
Allied liaison officer, said a pro
peller driven plane flew over the
edge of the 1,000 yard security area
surrounding the village, but turned
away immediately.
Ship Movements
—
Denali scheduled southbound Sun
day morning.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
(rive from Vancouver tonight at 7
o'clock, sailing for Skagway at 11:30
o’clock.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Freighter Sailors Splice sched
uled to arrive from Seattle Nov. 18,
Japanese
Will Protest
Fishing Ban
TOKYO, Nov. 13—The Jap
anese Diet was told today thai
Tapan will insist on freedom of the
■eas and cannot approve any gen
eral proposal which would bar Jap
anese fishermen from waters along
the U.S. and Canadian coasts.
The statement was made In the
upper house by Ryutaro Nemoto
Minister of Agriculture and For
estry. He was referring to current
fisheries negotiations here among
the United States, Canada and
Japan.
The U.S. proposes to reserve Pa
ific coastal waters to American and
Canadian fishermen.
Nemoto said any restrictions
should be on specific species of fish
and specific fishing ' ground* and
.rot be a general one.
Kumad Nishimura, director of
‘.he treaty bureau of the Foreign
Office, also told the upper house
that the tripartite talks are only
preliminary in nature and any
agreements reached would be sub
ject to change by the interested
governments later.
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida
told a committee of the upper house
that the MacArthur line — limiting
Japanese fishing operations—should
be abolished with the ratification
of the peace treaty.
The line, drawn up under the
occupation, restricts Japanese fish
ermen mainly to home waters.
The Canadian-Japanese-U.S. ne
gotations were confined yesterday
to an informal session of technical
experts, but a statement released
after the meeting indicated some
progress had been made.
Declares South
Owes loyaliy
lo No Parly
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Nov. 13—
LP—Gov. James E. Byrnes of South
Carolina declared today the south
owes its loyalty to no political
party or candidate in next year’s
presidential election.
The governor told a news con
ference that he is opposed to the
renomination of President Truman
and would support either Sen, Rich
ard Russell (D-Ga) or Sen. Harry
Byrd <D-Va) for the presidency.
He added that "true Americans"
owe their loyalty to their country
rather than to any political party
or leader.
And he made it clear that he be
lieves a southern revolt against Tru
man should not be judged on any
basis of political loyalty.
Byrnes’ statements were in direct
answer to a plea from House Speaker
Sam Rayburn for Southern Demo
crats to rerpain loyal to the Demo
cratic nominee next year regardless
of who he might be.
Rayburn threw the Southern Gov
ernors conference into a turmoil
last night when he pleaded for party
loyalty and also sharply criticized
Republicans.
Seattle Chinese
Are Victims of
Extortion Racket
•
SEATTLE, Nov. 13—Seattle
Chinese are among the victims of
an international extortion racket
conducted by Chinese Communists,
local leaders said today.
Dr. Henry S. Luke, president of
Seattle’s Chinese Benevolent Asso
ciation, said the Seattle Chinese are
being forced to provide money to
save relatives and friends in China
from execution.
Luke said the victimized Chinese
would not be quoted by name, fear
ing protests by individuals would
bring immediate retribution on their
relatives.
Sen. William F. Knowland <R
Calif) asked the State Department
to investigate the racket Sunday
after hearing complaints from Chi
nese in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
SALESMAN IS HERE
W. C. Auld, representative of the
Northwest Sales Co., of Seattle is
at the Baranof Hotel.
VISITOR FROM VALDEZ
Carl W. Aldridge of Valdez is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
E. C. WALLAACE IS HERE
E. C. Wallace of Fairbanks is at
the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
B. A. Taft of Seattle is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
MacArlhur Turns
Down Nomination,
Prohibition Parly
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 13— Itf! —
Gen. Douglas MacArthur yesterday
turned down a chance to head the
Prohibition Party's ticket in 1952.
Asked if he were available for the
party’s nomination for President,
party leaders said the general rep
lied: "I am not a candidate for the
office of President and have no pol
itical ambitions of any sort.”
On the other hand, a church lead
er made a strong bid for the nomin
ation as Prohibition Party delegates
opened their nominating convention,
but chances that he would get the
nod were remote.
That’s what Party Chairman Ger
ald Overholt, Houston, Tex., had to
say about the bid made by Bishop
Homer A. Tomlinson, adding:
"It isn't likely we'll elect a man
who is not a registered party mem
ber and carries no state delegate
credentials.”
Seattle Grocer
Is Nominated
For President
SEATTLE, ftov. 13—OP)—A Seattle
neighborhood grocer is the nation's
first nominee for the 1352 presiden
tial race.
But, he says modestly from behind
his campaign counter, he doesn’t
really expect to win.
The Greenback party announced
in Indianapolis yesterday the nomi
nation of Fred C. Proehl of Seattle
for the White House.
The party platform, in brief, Is:
“Let’s have more of the green stuff."
It a Ivocatos issuance of green
backs ->y the government “directly
to the people for services and sup
plies.”
Proe 1 said he was “mildly sur
prised’ at the nomination. His
wife s arted right off Joshing him
about shat she would wear “when
j we get to the White House."
The leighborhood grocery will be
j the p evidential campaign head
c,u.,. ..-ft:
“I've been making speeches about
! banking and money reform for 30
j yearhe declured. “I don't in
; tend to stop now.”
Proehl became Interested in the
party 10 years ago after 10 years’
banking experience.
Rotary Observes
16th Birthday
The sixteenth anniversary of the
Juneau Rotary Club was observed
at a joint meeting of the Lions
and Rotarians at the Baranof Hotel
this noon.
Howard Stabler, charter president,
gave an address on the early his
| tory of the club, tracing its pro
gress through the “brash days of
its youth to the more complacent
attitude of the present.”
He told of the organizing com
mittee composed of Robert Bender
01 the Daily Alaska Empire; Charles
Beale of the Capitol Theatre; Wallis
George of the Juneau Cold Storage
Co., A. B. Phillips, then superinten
dent of Juneau schools; and Stabler.
The charter was received on Nov
ember 15, 1935. The Juneau group
was sponsored by the Ketchifan
Club.
In reviewing the early days of
Juneau Rotary, Stabler said that
he thought the outstanding achieve
ment of the club was the staging of
| a successful district convention here
when the club was but four years
old. He mentioned its pioneering
the soap box derby in Alaska and
threw out a challenge that perhaps
the club was failing in Its previously
youthful enthusiasm.
Of the charter memebrs who are
still here are Stabler Jack Burford
and Dr. William Whitehead.
Charles Carter, program chair
man, announced that Mayor Waino
Hendrickson would give an address
on the progress of the City of Ju
neau during the past 16 years at
next week’s meeting.
Dr. D. D. Marquardt passed the
cigars in celebration of the birth of
a daughter and a bank account col
lection for the young lady amounted
to $20.65.
Guests were Leonard Hopkins,
Anchorage sporting goods salesman,
and M. S. Duke Mitrovich, Sitka
electrical contractor.
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• High tide 2:19 a m., 16.1 ft. •
• Low tide 7:56 a.m., 3.4 ft. •
• High tide 1:58 p.m., 18.2 ft. •
• Low tide 8:33 p.m., -1.7 ft. •
Trains in
Crash; Over
70 Killed
EVANSTON. Wyo., Nov. 13—<>PI—
Benumbed rescue crews today con
tinued to probe the shattered vitals
of two passengers trains in which
20 or more persons died during a
snowstorm-whipped collision yester
day.
An early morning check of the
[ morgue in this small southwestern
Wyoming community showed 14 of
he 20 bodies identified. Three per
ons were listed as missing. Eight
remained in serious condition, with
scores of others treated for minor
hurts and released.
The City of San Francisco, sleek
Union Pacific luxury train, roared
out of the swirling blizzard and
slammed into the rear of the
halted City of Los Angeles. The
collision sounded to one survivor
“like someone sereaming.”
The impact crumpled portions of
the two streamliners. Bodies and
parts of bodies were just “lying
around.”
The City of San Francisco was
thundering across the snowswept,
rolling desert about three miles west
of this small southwestern Wyoming
town. 80 miles northeast of Salt
Lake City. It plowed its way
through a snowstorm which already
had dumped eight inches of snow
on the ground. Ten minutes ahead j
ran the City of Los Angeles. Both
were behind their schedules. The
200 odd passengers aboard th
trains were getting ready for lu..ch.
Then the City of Los Angeles I
halted on the line for a block |
signal. At 11:32 a.m., the City of
San Francisco hit the last car of
the Los Angeles with a thunder
ous rending of metal.
Alex Henetz of Cheyenne, Wyo., ■
a postnl clerk, was riding In a
coach three cars back of the San
Francisco power units. “Everything
was running as usual when there
suddenly was n terrific roar and a
sound like someone sefeaming,’' he
said. "I guess that was the steel [
bring torn apart.”
Henetz said he rushed outside!
and helped a woman from the top
of the shattered wreckage. “How she
was thrown out I'll never know,” he
said.
Bodies were taken, as they were
retrieved, to an improvised morgue
at Evanston City Hall. The most
seriously Injured were talim to
Evanston’s only hospital, Uinta
Memorial. • Those suffering minor
hurts were treated at the American
Legion hall.
A large number of physicians
were aboard the two trains, return
ing from a medical convention in
San Francisco.
Dr. Anthony F. Ippolito, promi
nent orthopedic surgeon, was killed
in the wreck with his wife. He was
a speaker at the American College
of Surgeons convention.
Violence Breaks
Out in Election
in Philippines
MANILA, Nov. 13—Ufl—Nine Fili
pinos were killed, in Haring election
day violence today.
A total of 104 have been killed
since mid-September when cam
paigning started for the election </I
nine senators, all provincial gover
nors and municipal officials.
More than 66,000 army regulars
and reserves joined police in guard
ing against attempts by Communist
led Huk rebels to keep voters from
the polls. Clashes between troops
and Huks broke out In widely scat
tered spots on Luzon, main island
of the Philippines.
Rivalry between candidates and
political functions contributed to
the gunplay.
Heavy balloting was reported in
Manila.
Two Tag Days for
'CARE for Korea'
The “Care-for-Korea" project,
sponsored by the Juneau Woman's
Club as part of the nation-wide en
deavor of the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs to provide food,
blankets and other necessities for
Koreans by Christmas, will take the
form of two tag days here, accord
ing to the JWC committee, Mrs.
Don Morrison, chairman.
Cooperating in the local campaign
will be the Teen Age Club members
who will be on the streets to receive
contributions Friday, November 16,
from 4 to 5:30 and Saturday, No
vember 17, from 10 to 4.
FROM TENAKEE
C. A. Matti of Tenakee is visiting
here. He is stopping at the Gas
tmeau Hotel.
Gen. MacArthur
Due in Seattle
For Celebration
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 —B—Oen
Douglas MacArthur left for Seattli
today for a speaking engagemeiv
tonight at the University of Wash
ington.
The general Is due In Seattle ai
3 p.m. (PSTt.
His address Is part of the Seattli
centennial celebration.
MacArthur was accompanied bj
his wife; Mrs. Harry Cain, wife ol
the Senator from Washington; c
New York City detective, and foul
aides.
CONTROVERSY LOOMS
SEATTLE, Nov. 13 — MB — Oen
Douglas MacArthur flew westward
today for a key role In Seattle’s
centennial opening and as a central
figure in a possible politlcal-laboi
controversy.
The general and Mrs. MacArthur,
flying from New York, were due
here at 3 p.m., PST, after a refuel
ing stop nt Denver.
Parades, dedications, personal ap
pearances and a “welcome home" to
a shipload of returning Korean war
veterans tomorrow are on the gen
eral's busy two-day schedule
Speeeh Broadcast
A speech to be nationally broad
cast from the University of Wash
ington pavilion at 8:30 p.m., PST,
tonight draw top interest.
Congressman Hugh Mitchell ID
Wash) said yesterday that if the
general turns to politics and crit
icizes the national administration
tonight he (Mitchell) will not ac
cept the invitation to sit with the
general on the official stand at
tomorrow's troop reception.
Labor Criticism
MacArthur’s appearance here has
drawn criticism previously from
local AFL and CIO laljor groups.
Two strong AFL groups said they
suspect political, overtones because
of the connection of Sen. Harry
Cain (R-Wash) wHh the generals
appearance. They said specifically
they did not think Cain should In
Iroduce the general. Civic sponsors
of the MacArthur appearance ex
plained Mayor William F. Devin
wlH do the Introduction:
Cain is scheduled for n sent on
the platform, however.
CELEBRATION BEGINS
SEATTLE, Nov. 13—(/B—Two lit
tle skiffs scraped against the beach
at Alki Point under gray skies
here this forenoon and Seattle's
year-long centennial celebration
began.
Twenty-four costumed men, wo
men and children solemnly re
enacted the landing of the brave
little Denny party from the schooner
exactly 100 years ago.
The colorful pageantry proceeded
with dances by painted Indians,
including one by June Mllholliind,
great-grandniece of Chief Seattle,
after whom the city was named.
A five-foot time capsule, con
taining present-day mementoes,
was sealed, buried and left to be
opened In 3051.
Elks Geared
Bearded for Days
Of '98 Celebration
The stage is set for the annual
Elks Club Days of ’98 celebration
next Saturday night in the Elks
Hull, Robert Faulkner, committee
chairman, said today.
A Skagway troupe of 16 persons
is due to arrive on the Princess
Louise Friday morning. They will
present four acts: Days of ’98, Hi
Yaller, Swiss Beer Garden, and
Follies of ’52.
Assorted types and colors of
whiskers will be in place. Prizes
will be given for the best beards
along with awards for the most
appropriate costumes. The usual
Kangaroo Court of Injustice will
sit with Dishonorable Judges Pat
Carroll and Wallis George offici
ating.
The gala affair is for Elks, their
ladle; and guests.
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK, Nov. 13—(iff—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3. American Can
106%, American Tel. and Tel. 151,
Anaconda 50'... Douglaa Aircraft
57%, General Electric 56%. General
Motors 50, Goodyear 42%, Kenne
cott 87%, Libby McNeill and Libby
8%-, Northern Pacific 54V4, Standard
Oil of California 50, Twentieth
Century Fox 21 %. U.8. 8teel 40%.
Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange
95.75.
Sales today were 1,160,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 260.47, rails 79.61, util
ities 46 43. _ . t
Highest Court
Rules, Alaska
Rape-Murder
WASHINGTON, Nov, 13——'The
Supreme Court decided today a
rapt-murder "confession” made by
a prisoner while lawfully hold on
another charge may be used as evi
dence at his 'trial if it was made
voluntarily.
But the court specified that If
the prisoner claims the confession
wns coerced, he must be given a
chance to prove his contention.
Three Justices made plain they
don’t like the Idea of police ar
resting a man for one crime pri
marily to grill him shout another.
The decision was given in the case
of Harvy L, Carignan, 24, convicted
at Anchorage, Alaska, of killing
Mrs. Laura A. Showalter. 88, during
an attempted rape. Carignan was
sentenced to hang but is awaiting
a new trial.
His “confession” to Mrs. Sho
walter’s murder was given while he
was held on a charge of assault
with attempt to rape another wo
man, Mrs. Christine Norton.
Justice Reed delivered the high
court’s majority opinion. Justice
Douglas wrote an opinion which
agreed In part with the majority
and dissented In part. Justices
Black, and Frankfurter Joined
with Douglas. Justice Minton
look no part.
Reed's majority opinion said that
"so tong as no coercive methods by
threats or lnducemen « to confess
ore employed, constitutional re*
qulrements do not forbid police
examination in private of those in
lawful custody, or the use as evi-'
dence of Information voluntarily
given.”
But Douglas for the minority pro
tested :
“A time-honored police methed
for obtaining confessions Is te
arrest a man on one charge (often
a minor one) and use his {eten
| tion for Investigating a wholly
| different crime. This is a nasty
| short-cut (or the police.
■ (low CiVnvefilcht it ’ is to make
I detention the vehicle of Investiga
tion; then the police can have ac
[ cess to the prisoner day and night.”
Carignan was convicted of the
rape-murder charge on Dec. It,
1949. He is held in the Seward,
Alaska, Jail. After the rape-murder
conviction he was sentenced to It
years Imprisonment for the attack
on Mrs. Norton.
As the case now stands Carignan
will get a new trial on the rape
murder charge and also Is entitled
to a hearing before the trial In
Alaska as to the circumstances
under which the asserted confession
was given.
The high court was unsniuuMM
In holding thst the trial Judge
must comldor Carlgnsn’s demand
to testify that tha “confession”
wss not voluntary.
The trial Judge then may de
termine the necessity for or type of
instructions to the jury at a new
trial ordered for Carignan by the
US. Circuit Court in San Fran
cisco.
The Circuit Court said the murder
"confession” was not admissible gs
evidence at Carlgnan’s first trial
because at the time it was given he
had not been arraigned before a
U.S. Commissioner on the murder
charge.
However, this part of the Circuit
Court’s ruling was set aside by the
Supreme Court,
METHODIST CHURCH HOLD8
BAZAAR ON NOVEMBER 11
The annual bazaar and tea of
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service will be held at the Meth
odist church from 1:30 to 5 p.rtj ,
Saturday. Food sale of home made
delicacies will be held in conjunctldn
with the bazaar.
AT THE BARANOF
W. E. Stone of Seattle is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM UNIVERSITY
Ernest Wolff from the University
or Alaska at College, is a guest at
the Gastineau Hotel.
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• <U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU •
a At Airport: Maximum, 33; a
• Minimum, 26. P
a a
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) a
a Partly cloudy tonight and a
a Wednesday. Low tonight a
a near 25. high Wednesday a
a around'35. •
a a
a PRECIPITATION •
a (Past as hours *06101 T:M a.m. today a
a At Airport — None; a
a from July 1—16A2 Inches. a
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