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JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1951
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Cannery Hen
Ge! Stay on j
Land Scrip !
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—iff)—'The
Interior Department has agreed to
withhold action on canning industry
land-;crip applications in Alaska
until Jan. 10 or later.
Department Solicitor Mastin G.
White told a reporter today he has
given Frank L. Mechem of Seattle,
an attorney for a number of salmon
canneries, until that date to file
an "exhaustive” brief.
The canneries have filed with In
terior’s Bureau of Land Manage
ment some 50 applications for the
use of old government land scrip in
acquiring sites for canneries, wharfs
and other installations in Alaska.
The areas range from five to 50
acres each ,all along the coast line.
White said all of the scrip in
volved is "Soldier’s additional,* i
which was authorized in 1874 for |
issuance- to Civil War veterans who I
had filed homestead claims but fail- ;
ed to apply for the full 160 acres due j
them.
The script allowed them or their |
heirs to select the additional land j
to which they were entitled.
The Interior Department ruled In j
1948 that such scrip was designed j
for homestead purposes and there- ,
fore may be applied only against |
agricultural land. There is little j
farm land in Alaska that has not,
already been taken up.
Mechem has indicated his legal
brief fill attack that ruling.
Not So Wild, Bui
Loti ol Lite at FWS
Christmas Party
It wasn’t so wild, but there was
lots of life at the annual Christmas
party of Fish and Wildlife Service
employees at the subport shops Fri
day afternoon.
It was fitting marine r id Yulet.de
atmospiiiit’ with cut ap.ucc boughs
decorating rebuilt hulls of FWS
craft in the boat shop. Several of
the some 50 partying employees re
marked that it was one of the best
organized parties they had ever
seen—planned down to details such
as a megaphone for Howard Balt
zo, assistant regional director, to
call out names for correctly attired
Santa, Mark Meyer. Flash bulbs
popped as pictures were taken of
merry-makers and an accordion ac
companied Christmas caroling.
Food was prepared by the girls un
der the direction of Regina Het
fleisch, and the men furnished the
liquid refreshments.
Small gifts were exchanged rang
ing from mechanical animals to a
suspiciously large sort of mug. With
each gift went some bit of alleged
creative effort and each one was
read in front of the large, lighted
Christmas tree.
With a toy alligator went this:
"Here’s the answer to stream im
provement problems—cross this with
the salmon and they can climb up
by themselves.”
This was supposedly signed by W.
C. Arnold, attorney for the Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc.
TheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
‘Copyright. 1951. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
(Ed. Note—This is another in
Drew Pearson's series on how to
pull wires and escape paying
taxes.)
J^ASHINGTON.—No story of
how to use influence and escape
paying taxes would be complete
without telling about tne honest
public officials who ,have stuck out
their necks to block the corruption
deals.
One of the best illustrations not
only of an honest public official
but of how every conceivable wire
was pulled to save two tax crooks
is that of Jacob Friedus and Sam
Aaron, second-hand machinery
dealers in New York.
Though the $5,000 commission to
Lamar Caudle for the purchase of
an airplane made headlines, what
the public doesn’t know about is
how one woman, Mrs. Florence
Shientag, assistant U. S. Attorney
in New York, almost singlehanded
blocked the wire-pullers. In the
end, she won out, tried the case
herself and sent the.two tax de
frauders to jail.
The story begins back in 1945
when Mrs. Shientag was prosecut
ing an alcohol tax fraud in Brook
lyn and ran across the trail of
Larry KroM, the gentleman who
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Jet Jockeys
Some of the nation’s top jet fliers are shown at a ft air base in Korea. Frt)tn left with number of
MiG's uOAned are: Mai. Rirhard Creighton, Baton Rcuge. La., (5); Maj. Winton W. Marshall, Man
hattan Beach, Calif. (4'j); George A. Davis, Lubbock, Tcv. (9); Col. Benjamin S. Preston, Jr„ Holly
wood. Ha. (3); Capt. Theodoi’a S. Ccberly, Seattle, Wrrh. (2); Lt. Alfred W. Dymock, Jr., Grants Pass,
Ote. (2); and Lt. Claude C. M'tson, Coeer d’Alene, Ida. (2). (ffi Wircphoto.
President Is to
Attempt to Avert
Steel Strike
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22— iff) —
President Truman is expected to-!
day to reveal the steps he will take|
to try to avert a nationwide s^eel |
strike involving nearly a million
men.
Federal mediation efforts collaps
ed yesterday, after both sides had
^how'n no disposition to budge an
inch.
Mr. Truman has at least three
courses open to him. Those close to
the dispute said it was likely he
would turn the case over to the
" ’§e Stabilization Board for rec
jii.r"°r>'irl!ons. Only nine days re
man bci ■■ the strike dt d<ine.
i't was 'considered unnkeiy ul.ti
the board could make its report on
a possible settlement plan by Jan.
1. Its recommendations would not
be binding on either side.
The President also could Invoke
the Taft-Harlley Act and prob
ably get an 80-day strike post
ponement through court order. Or
he could seize the mills and tech
nically make the steel workers
federal employees.
The key role of steel in tne Mob
ilization program gave credence to
reports Mr. Truman would act
promptly. He is to leave here Mon
day to fly to Kansas City and spend
Christmas at his Independence, Mo.,
home.
Government officials emphasiz
ing the need for speed, said the
threatened strike actually might
affect production by next Thurs
day, Dec. 27, because steel mills
start banking their furnaces four
days in advance of a walkout.
The steel industry now is running
at record levels but still it cannot
fill all of its orders frorp military
and civilian users.
Cyrus S. Ching ,the government’s
top mediator, gave Mr. Truman a
personal fill-in after his talks with
industry and the CIO steelworkers
union collapsed yesterday.
The union is demanding an 18' -i
cents an hour wage increase and
several other benefits. The present
average pay is just under $2.
Management contends no wage
increase is possible without an in
crease in the price of steel.
FROM MT. EDGECUMBE
Jackie Huffman of Mt. Edgecumbe
is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
Ship Movements
Denali scheduled to arrive from
Seattle on Monday.
Baranof due to arrive southbound
Sunday at 7 a.m. ,
Freighter Yukon Princess sched
uled to arrive from Vancouver on
Dec. 26.
TIDfc TABLES
o December 23
• Low Tide 2:31 a.m. 4.8 ft.
• High Tide 8.57 a.m. 15.4 ft.
• Low Tide , 3:48 p.m. 2.6 ft.
• High Tide - 3:59 p.m. 12.2 ft.
•
• December 24
• Low Tide 3:34 a.m. 5.2 ft.
• High Tide 9:53 a.m. 16.2 ft.
• Low Tide 4:45 p.m. 1.1 feet
• High Tide 11:07 p.m. 13.07 ft.
• •••••••••
Iron Curtain
Dims Lights in |
4 0. S. Homes
By The Associated Press
The Iron Curtain shuttered the'
lights of Christmas joy in the homes
of four American airmen today.
Communist Hungary, obedient to
the public hopes of Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Vishinsky, announc
ed last night that the four airmen
flew into Hungary “with criminal j
intention of dropping spies."
The four fliers are Capt. Dave
Henderson of Shawnee, Okla., Capt.
John J. S^’-'t'c. of 'Herns Fall1 T’ Y..
Set. James A. FTam of KingSland,
*Ark., and Tech. Sgt. Jess A. Duff
of Spokane. Wash.
At least two of the men—Swift
and Duff—had been expected home;
for Christmas with their families j
until their twin-engined C-47 cargo
plane was forced down in Hungary
by Soviet fighter planes Nov. 19.
American officials said they got
lost over Hungary while on a flight
from Erding airbase, Germany, to
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, with supplies
for the American Embassy in Bel
grade.
News they will be tried struck
their families like a blow in the
face. The kinfolk—and the U. S.
State Department—had hoped the
men would be released soon.
The State Department waited for
official word of the Hungarian note,
delivered to the A erican legation
in Budapest, before commenting.
Hungary kept secret the fact the
men had been forced down for
several days, while American planes
searched Italy and Yugoslavia for
wreckage of their plane.
•When last heard from by radio,
the men had reported they were
lost and were turning around in an
effort to reach Italy or Yugoslavia.
The Russian fightj .* planes which
forced them down are based in
Hungary under terms of the peace
treaty.
A-TRAVELING WE WILL
GO VIA PAN AM AS
20TH CENTURY GUESTS
An appropriate 20th Century Sup
er-Market Christmas award was
made to Mrs. E. J. Krause, who was
the fortunate recipient of the Pan
American World Airways deluxe
round trip plane trip between Ju
neau and Seattle.
Seoond Holiday Dinner award
went to F. P. Vetterick, as a special
dividend on purchases, while a third
food bonus to supplement the
Christmas dinner larder went to \
the Rev. John M. Peters. Here, Bill
Cope said, are those super-Christmas .
surprises that should bring added
joy into the households of three
families.
WEATHER REPORT
(U. S. WEATHER BUREAU)
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
Ending at 4:30 AJQ. Today
At Airport—Maximum, 25;
minimum, 22.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Cloudy with intermittent
light snow tonight. Partly
cloudy Sunday. Low tonight
near 18 degrees in town ahd
10 in outlying areas. Highest
Sunday near 25 degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
At Airport — Trace;
since July—20.29 inches.
Allies Carry War
fc Reds in Korea
By Smashing Hits
By William C. Barnard
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 22—(j?’!—Al
lied planes and ships carried the
war to the Reds Friday in smash
ing attacks on Communist supply
and communications lines.
Aground, United Nations infan
trymen stormed out of their cen
tral front foxholes and raided a
Communist position northwest of
Chonvon.
Far behind U. N. lines, South
Korean forces continued their
drive against Communist guerrillas
and bandits. U. S. Eighth Army
said 297 Reds were killed, and 238
raptured Thursday and Friday.
The Air Force pulled its most
spectacular raid in months. U. S.
F-84 thunderjets swooped down on
Red supply dumps near Kunu and
set an entire valley ablaze.
East Air Forces announced that
14 United Nations planes were
shot down over Korea during the
week ended Friday.
Red ground fire accounted for
13. One was lost in an air battle
with Communist MIG-15 jets.
Christinas Spirit
Abroad in Juneau
The Christmas decorations con
test sponsored by the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce will be
judged between 5 and 8 p.m. to
morrow, Mrs. Jessie McCrary chair
man of the civic affairs commit
tee, reminded contestants today.
"Good lighting, originality, and
stressing the Christmas theme will
iate high in the judging,” she said.
A set of four gift certificates will
be given for downtown store win
dow displays and another set of
four will be awarded to the best
decorated and lighted homes and
apartment 'houses. The certificates
will be delivered immediately fol
lowing the judging in order that
the winners may take advantage
of Monday shopping.
The certificates will have values
of $20, $15, $10, and $5, and will
be honored at any store in Juneau.
The past few days have seen a
sudden blossoming of window dis
plays. While many present mer
chandise in attra'ctive arrange
ments in a setting of Christmas
decorations, more than ever this
year the Nativity scene is shown
in mininature. At least seven win
dows have It. Cowling Motors are
serious contenders for high rating
in the business section with three
little Eskimo girjs in the shadow
of the Nerth Pole with a sled and
hag of letters to Santa Claus.
The Pan American Airways win
dow is attractive with candy and
frosting decorated church a n d
trees, a lighted world and two
small airplanes suspended above.
The toylands in many windows
cause wishes in many small hearts
and the practical gifts of clothing
and household goods hold appeal
for adults
The recent heavy snow, still un
disturbed by wind, blankets Juneau
and its surrounding mountains in
fairy-like whiteness assuring a
white Christmas. Lights in home
windows cast a friendly glow on
the steep hillsides. The community
Christmas tree at the corner of
Seward and Front Streets :.in< •
its lights through the snow heavy
on its branches.
Court Ruling
Goes Against
i Alaska Airline
By FRANK VAILLE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—<*— t.
curtailment of the Seattle-Alaskr.
opt rations of Air Transport Associ
ates, Inc., appeared probable last
nit lit ns a three-judge appeals court
announced its intention of requir
ing the irregular 'carrier to com
ply w ith Civil Aeronautics Board re
gulations.
The decision was announced dur
ing an informal conference af,c:
several hours of argument in open
court where rival attorneys were
unable to agree as to how the board's
cease and desist order should be
interpreted.
Must Comply
Disclosing its intention of ac
cepting the board’s interpretation
oi its own regulations, the court di
rected opposing counsel to draft an
order staying the Board’s revocation
of the Carrier’s operating authority,
conditioned upon compliance with
the board's cease and desist order.
The draft is to be returned for
signatures of the judges tomorrow.
The (revocation was ordered on
grounds the company operated too
frequent and regular flights.
Emory T. Nunneley, chief CAB
counsel, said the Board’s interpre
tation will limit the company to
not more than 14 flights in one
month and 11 flights the following
month between any single pair of
points
Will Curtail Flights
Am E. Heacock, carrier Presi
dent, said the effect would be to
curtail operations from Seattle to
Anchorage and Fairbanks. He said
the company has operated ns many
as 60 flights a month on the run.
Company opposition to the board’s
interpretation was confined primar
ily to two points. They were:
1. That the company not operate
between any two points in the same
direction on the same day or two
or mnrq "T" revive calendar weekr
2. That the carrier not operate
two or more flights a week for three
successive weeks between the two!
points without following that per- j
iod by a complete break in service!
1 for an entire calendar week.
The company asked that it be per
mitted to fly on the same day in ‘
any two successive weeks.
Require Layoff
It argued that £uch restricted op
eration would not permit it to op
erate economically and would re
j quire a layoff of its personnel dur
ing the break in service.
The board successfully opposed
this contention, however, arguing
that amendment of either provision
would give the company more op
erating authority than it should
have as an irregular carrier.
In disclosing its intentions, the
court emphasized the board’s inter
pretations of its regulations were
only for the purpose of the pre
sent case and were not to be used
in any other action.
All three judges agreed to stay of
the revocation order. Two—Judges
David L. Bazelon and E. Barrett
Prettyman—declined to stay the
cease and desist order. Judge Har
old M. Stephens said he disagreed
with the majority on the latter
question, feeling that an “effort to
combine staying and not staying is
not practical."
Free Show and Santa
Ready for Children
this Afternoon
Children by the hundreds, 14
years old and under, are expected
to swarm into the free show this'
afternoon at the Capitol theater,
and then across the street to see
Santa at the Elks Club.
The free show is t(ie Christmas
present to the many children of
the Gastineau Channel area from
Ted Heyder, Capitol theatre man
i"er.
After the show, the children are
invited guests to the Elks Club to
receive individual gifts from San
ta Claus. Police and firemen were
to attend them in the show and to
escort them across Franklin street
to the Elks annual children's
Christmas party.
Following the meeting with San
ta, there is scheduled group sing
ing at Juneau’s Christmas tree on
Front street at 4 o’clock.
Santa reported there would be
1,500 packages containing apples,
oranges, nuts, candy and toys to be
given away at the Elks Club. -
—
FROM SKAGWAY
! True Derrik of Skagway is stop
' ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
I
1 Guy M. Ball of Tacoma, Wash,
'is at the Baranof Hotel.
Where Reds Hold UN Prisoners
Map locates the 11 prism camps in North Korea where a UN com
mand spokesman said the Reds arc holding Allied prisoners. The
camps I 'a between North Korean capital of Pyongyang and the Yalu
River boundary of Manchuria. The 3,198 Americans the Red ac
acknowlcdgc holdin); are in four tamps — 1, 2, 3 and 5 — near the
Yalu border northeast of Slnuniju. IPl Wircpholo Map.
Fear at Least 60
Miners Dead
In Explosion
WEST FRANKFORT, 111., Dec. 22
——Sixty or more coal miners,
trapped in an underground explos
ion, were feared dead today as res
cue workers labored tranticaliy to
reach them. !
Only five bodies were recovered
but both mine and state officials
held little hope that any of the;
men has survived the blast.
State Mine Director Walter 1
Eadie and the mine superinten- !
dent, • John It. Foster, said at i
least GO men had been entombed I
500 feet below the earth and some j
two'miles back from the shaft. i
The grim-faced rescue workers,
many of them miners of long ex- I
perience, thought there were at J
least 100 caught in the blocked soft
coal pit. Ar.d Eadie and Foster
agreed their own estimate was “con
servative."
The explosion came less than an
hour after the night shift of 220
men had reported for work at 8:30
p.m. (EST) yesterday.
Rescue workers, some wearing |
gas masks, were impeded by foul
air as they timbered their way
toward the trapped men. The blast
believed to have been set off by
methane, or marsh gas, knocked
out cross section air locks in the
vast diggings of the Chicago, Wil
mington and Franklin No. 2 mine.
Because of the shattered concrete
air locks fresh air from the outside
was throttled at the point of the
explosion. This caused fear among
old-time miners that the trapped
men may have died for lack of ox
ygen.
Telephone communications were
knocked out in the blast area. And
there was no sign of life from that
section.
“I’m of the opinion there’s no
hope at all for those that are down
there,’’ said Eadie at mid-morning,
even as rescue workers appeared to
be some four or five hours away
from reaching the men.
Foster, superintendent of the mine
for 22 years, said that reports from
lift rescue teams indicate they have
uncovered at least 14 dead.
Authorities said the condition of
(lie bodies indicated that some of
the dead had been killed by concus
sion.
The mine employs about 1,103
men. TIm night shift had began its
last triel? before starting the Christ
mas holiday.
I OLICE ADVISE CAUTION
lOIl WEEKEND DRIVING
Acting Po'.lce Chief Frank Cav
anaugh issued a warning today to
drivers. "With the streets in bad
condition and many drivers tempt
ed to get full of Christmas cheer,
extra caution in driving is advised
to avoid unnecessary accidents," he
said.
“It might be wise for celebrators
to take along a teetotaler driver
if they plan on driving over the
long holiday weekend,” he suggested.
Alaska OPS
Official Hurls
Charge at Boss
George N. Apostol, territorial en
forcement director for the Alaska
of lice of price administration,
charges that OPS Territorial Dir
ector Fred Hanford i» guilty of
misfeasance and malfeasance in of
fice.
In n letter to John J. McDon
nell, enforcement liaison officer of
the Washington, D. C. OPS office,
Apostol outlined the situatidn as he
had found it in Territorial office
here since he tdbk office last Oc
tober 22.
He charges that there is corrup
tion in office here and that viola
tions have been flagrant and no
action has been taken agnlnSt any
violator. In a prepared statement
Apostol declares that he “found
that falsified reports had been
sent Into the Washington office”
and that when he accepted the
position as Territorial enforce
ment director he discovered there
had been disregard of the direc
tives sent from Washington.
Special Agents Used
He says that special agents had
teen sent into businesses to check
their books, contrary to law.
"Fred Hanford has disclosed con
fidential government information
to persons who would profit by
such knowledge," Apostol declared.
“When it became apparent to
Mr. Hanford that I intended to
conduct a fair annd impartial en
forcement program in accordance
with procedure laid down by the
national office, be publicly stated
he would get rid of me. He tried
to get me to take a two weeks trip
to Fairbanks and Anchorage to
use up the appropriation for this
quarter," Apostol explained.
"When I told him that the trip
was not Justified and I would not
waste taxpayers money, he began
using every means available, bc^h
within and outside OPS to get me
out of' office,” he said.
I
Attempted Firing
Apostol pointed out that the
Washington ofiice had authorized
the necessary personnel to staff
his division, Hanford refused to
hire qualified agents and became
enraged when Apostol refused to
fire Special Agent Lew Hurtlg,
contrary to accepted civil service
regulations.
Although Apostol received his
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1 SHOPPING DAY
TO CHRISTMAS
UN Suggests
Exchange of
Sick, Wounded
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 22—(^P>—
United Nations negotiators today
suggested an immediate exchange
of sick and wounded war prison
ers. The U. N. disclosed that 37,
300 South Koreans they have held
.n prison have been reclassified
and will be released.
The Communists said they would
hink over the exchange proposal,
tut n U. N. spokesman said he bc
ieved there was less than a 50-50
chance they would agree.
The announcement that 37,500
South Korean civilians are to be
fieed from Allied prison camps
came only a few hours after Red
negotiators at Fanraunjom de
manded an explanation of why
44,539 names reported by the
Red Cross were not Included on
the prisoner list turned over by
the U. N. last Tuesday.
Rear Adm. R. E. Libby said the
discrepancy between the U. N. list
and that submitted by the Red
Cross was due to a lag on Infor
mation reaching the Communists
from Geneva. The Allies have no
iified the Red Cross that 37,500
names should be removed from
the list of prisoners. There was no
immediate explanation of the dif
ference between the U. N. and
Red figures.
Staff officers abandoned their
attempt , to reach agreement on
how to supervise an armistice af
ter a brief session Saturday. They
turned the problem back to the
official subcommittee. The negoti
ators made "absolutely no head
way,” said Brig. Gen. William P.
Nuckols, official U. N. spokesman.
Hopei dwindled for an arm
; istlce before the provisional
I cease-fire line agreement expires
next Thursday—In just five days.
! However, both the truce super
, \ islon delegates and the prisoner
exchange eubeoinmlttee, which met
Saturday atut after -a three-day
I recess, scheduled meetings for 11
I n.m. Sunday (9 p.m. EST Satur
j day) jn Panmunjom.
U. N. Command Headquarters in
Tokyo said the 37,500 South Ko
rean ciilians were inadvertently
picked up in the confusion of war.
Nov/, however, they are being held
in separate camps away from the
prisoners of war.
Christmas Music
Sunday Morning
jBy NLPC Choir
i The Choir of the Northern Light
I Presbyterian Church will present the
I Christmas music at the 11 o’clock
| worship service Sunday morning.
1 The choir will sing a Christmas Can
I tata, entitled “Christ Is Born," by
j Joseph W. Clokey, which is based
! on the texts of ancient hymns.
The program will include the fol
lowing:
The solo—“Night of Nights—by
Van de Water—Miss Frances Paul.
“The Prophecy”—Chorus.
“The Annunciation”—Mr. Robert
Rabe.
"Advent"—Chours.
"Christmas Eve"—Mrs. R. B. Bur
rows and Mrs. J. A. Herdilck.
“The Shepherds"—Chorus.
“Christmas Day"—Women’s Voic
es.
“The Mother”—Miss Frances Paul.
"The Holy Child’’—Alto, Tenor
and Bass.
. "The Star’’—Chorus.
"Bethlehem”—Mrs. W. W. Reedy.
‘‘8ong of Praise”—Chorus.
Choral Benediction: "The Lord
Bless You’’—Lutkln.
Choir Personnel
Sopranos—Miss Jessie Barlow,
Mrs. Stanley D. Baskin, Mrs. Roland
B. Burrows, Mrs. Eli Post, Miss
Frances E. Paul.
Tenors—William L. Paul, Sr., Wil
llahi L. Paul, Jr., Robert Rabe. OMf-,
ford L. Swap.
Contraltos—Mrs. J. A. Herdilck,
Mrs. Leslie R. Hoglns, Jr., Mrs. W.
VV. Reedy, Miss Miriam Troutman.
Basses—William H. Barron, Ken
neth S. Clem, J. W. Leivers, Geof
frey Peg:es. A. B. Phillips.
William W. Reedy is 'choir direc
tor and Mrs. Carol Davis is organist.
The public Is cordially Invited to
share this delightful occasion.
LNKUUTe UUTSIUE
Mrs. Signi Homer and her son
Steve, of Haines, are stopping over
in Juneau enroute to the States
on a vacation trip. Mrs. Homer is
also going out for medical atten
tion. They are stopping at the
Gastlneau Hotel.