THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXVIII., NO 11,939
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Tax Boost
Bill Gels
Turn Down
House Refuses lo Accept
Measure Worked Out
by Joint Committee
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—(*—'The
House today refused to accept the
$5,732,000,000 general tax Increase
bill worked out by a Senate-House
committee. The roll call vote was
203 to 157 against the measure.
However, the vote does not mean
a tax increase is dead for this ses
sion. The House voted to ask the
Senate for a new conference to try
to work out acceptable terms.
What it likely does mean is that
leaders will now have to abandon
hopes of adjourning the session this
Saturday and keep the legislators
here while another tax bill is work
ed out.
Most Republican members voted
against the compromise revenue
measure drafted by a joint Senate
House conference committee, and
they were joined by enough Demo
crats to reject the conference’
group’s recommendations.
The same House conferees were
appointed, on the motion of Rep.
Doughton (D-NC), chairman of the
Ways and Means committee.
They are Reps. Doughton, Cooper
(D-Tenn), Dingell (D-Mich), Mills
)D-Ark>, R*ed (R-Ky), Jenkins (R
Ohio) and Simpson (R-Pa).
The vote caught administration
leaders by surprise.
Approval apparently had been
taken largely for granted.
Nc Settlement in
Strike at Seward;
Deadlock Exists
SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 16—(J)—A
deadlock between the Northern
Stevedoring Company and the
dockside workers of the Interna
tional Longshoremen’s and Ware
housemen’s Union ilnd) kept Sew
ard’s waterfront quiet yesterday.
The ermpany declares the con
tract signed Aug. 30 after a strike
is not satisfactory and demands
changes in dispatching rules.
The union is standing on the
terms of the contract. The union
struck Oct. 12. Negotiations have
continued intermittently since.
Union representatives say they
asked twice for a meeting with
company officials within the 48
hour limit set by the contract, but
that James McKay, operating man
ager, denied both requests.
Unionists contended they could
not by law work under the proposed
change while the present contract
still is in force.
Meanwhile, statements that crit
ical defense and construction ma
terials are “gathering dust” on the
piers here were branded untrue by
management, which said all critical
materials were removed before the
present dispute.
Unionists said they had tele
graphed Albin Peterson of the Fed
eral Mediation and Conciliation
Service in Seattle, today, and also
are in touch with William Gettings,
the longshore regional director at
Seattle.
TheWashingion
Merry-Go-Round
(Cooy-'zht, 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
It ASHINGTON - Ordinarily
there is no filibustering at the Gov
ernors’ conference. However one
was staged this time afc a closed
door session by Governor Ernest
Gruening of Alaska.
Hitherto, the Governors’ confer
ence has always unanimously adopt
ed a resolution backing statehood
for Alaska and Hawaii. The resolu
tion has to be unanimous to pass
the Governors’; though when the
resolutions committee OK's a resolu
tion it usually passes automatically
without objection. When the Al
askan-Hawaiian statehood platform
came up in executive session this
time, however, there was a chorus of
"ayes,” followed by one lone “no.”
The Governors looked around to
find that the dissenter was “Hum
mon” Talmadge of Georgia.
Asked for his reasons Gov. Tal
madge, explained:
"My state will never consent to
the admissioh of four new Senators
not pledged to oppose cloture.”
What the Georgia Governor had
done was to express out loud the
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Many Attend
First Meettnf
P-TA, M ay
Over 150 attended the first fall
meeting of the Parent-Teacher As
sociation last evening in the high
school study hall. That it was the
largest number to attend a meeting
in many years was stated by the
President, Mrs. Florence Oakes who
welcomed the new and old members.
One reason for the great number
of parents was that the children
in each room vie eagerly for the
prize that is awarded the class
having the largest number of par
ents at the meeting. Mrs. Dale
Belcher’s class won this month’s
prize.
M.i Amanda Cook, class advisor
for last year's graduates, presented
an interesting resume on the where
abouts of her former pupils. Of the
45 seniors who were graduated in
May, 20 are now enrolled in col
leges in the states. Seven are at
tending colleges in Oregon, while
five students are enrolled in schooh
in Washington state. Two boys are
now in the service and three are
married. Thirteen students are now
working in Alaska.
Mrs. John Argetsinger and Mrs.
Oakes presented a discussion on
“What Is Your P-TA and pointed
out that the Juneau club was a
member of the National Congress
of Parent-Teacher Associations
which numbers over six million
parents and teachers.
Mrs. Will Reedy sang three songs
and was accompanied by Mrs. Jack
Popejoy. Songs given were “Animal
Crackers,” “The Mist And All,” and
“Have You Seen But a White Lily
Grow.”
The program concluded with a
I'ftbn showing of "Act Your Age,”
a sound movie prepared for the
Coronet Instructional series. The
movie showed ways in which young
people can match their emotional
development to their physical
growth.
l ommiuees warned
By unanimous vote, Mrs. Ed Hinke
was elected as secretary for the
coming year. Committees named by
Mrs. Oakes were as follows: Pro
grafn. Mr. and Mrs. John Arget
singer, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Boyd,
and Max Lewis; membership, Mrs.
Neil Pritchman, A1 Ransome; hos
pitality, Mrs. Raynor Severine, Miss
Clenevieve Mayberry; scholarship,
Mrs. Clifford Swap, publicity, Mrs.
Dorothy Pegues, Mrs. Amanda
Cook, and Miss Ethel Murphy. Mrs.
Kenneth Clem will represent the
club on the Gastineau Channel
Health Council.
It wTas decided that the P-TA will
sponsor an art print show this year
and that the show will be held on
"Back to School" night. Helping
with the art show will be Delbert
Dickson, Art Walther, and the Rev.
Samuel McPhetres. *
The first grade mothers served
refreshments in the n$w home ec
onomics room following the meet
ing. Mrs. Bill Said was chairman
and helping her were Mrs. Raynor
Severine, Mrs. Bud Brown, Mrs.
Robert Stutte Mrs. Ward Gar
rett, and Mrs. Jack Leighton.
GOPs Consider
’52 Vote-Getting
Election Plans
SEATTLE, Oct. 16—UP)—Republi
cans today considered demands for
a government boycott of cheap
labor foreign goods and a protest
against "concealed attempts” by
the United Nations to govern Am
erican fisheries.
These proposals and others with a
western tang were placed before
an 11-state Republican regional con
ference called to work out vote
getting strategy for the 1952 elec
tions.
The resolutions committee, headed
by George Hansen of ®“it Lake
City, recommended that the party’s
national platform also:
Support immediate statehood for
Hawaii and allow Alaskans to elect
the Territorial Governor, now ap
pointed by Washington.
Oppose the Valley Authority
method of river basin development
because it would put almost unlimit
ed powers in the hands of appointive
officials.
Favor U. S. return to the gold
standard.
Conference delegates turned to
the resolutions after a heavy round
of speechmaking themed to why the
Democrats should be kicked out of
office—and how.
Governor Arthur B. Langlie of
Washington, said the country just
can’t stand another four years un
der a Democratic regime.
There Was a touch of harmony
yesterday when western members
of the Republican National Commit
tee voted confidence in the honesty
and integrity of Chairman Guy
Gabrielson.
Deadliest
Jet Battle
Is Fought
Mass of Red Craft in
Action; Ground Move
ments on Front Fierce
US. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, Oct. 16—^--Ameri
can airmen shot - down nine Red
jets and damaged five today while
United Nations Infantrymen
smashed into stor^e walls of Chinese
resistance on two Korean fronts.
Three U.N. divisions smacked into
the main Chinese defense line about
four miles from Kumsong, Red bas
tion on the central front. Ameri
cans also were stopped in another
try at breaking through in the west,
near Yonchon.
The air war raging over northwest
Korea featured history's deadliest
jet battle.
The U.S. Fifth Ah- Force said
eight Red MIG-15s were shot down
and five damaged when S3 U.S.
Sabre jets tackled more than 100
fast Red-nosed planes. One Sabre
was reported damaged.
The brief battle erupted late in
the day that saw a total of 217 jets
in action.
For 15 minutes the Sabres swirled
after the mass of Red jets in dog
fights- ranging from six miles in
the sky down to tree-top level.
The ninth MIG was shot down in
a small morning fight.
Ground action was Just as fierce.
Allied Infantrymen scored gains on
three sectors.
Americans and South Koreans
drove a mile closer to Kumsong
along a 22 mile front before hitting
the solid Red defenses late Tues
day.
An Eighth Army briefing officer
said the Allies were engaged in
"heavy fighting” all along the sec
tor.
| Demo Naiionai
Treasurer Quits
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 — (M —
I Sidney Solomon resigned today as
j treasurer of the Democratic Na
| tional Committee.
He is the second top committee
official to quit within a week.
Chairman William M. B'yle, Jr.,
announced his resignation last Sat
urday.
Solomon, a St. Louis insurance
man and friend of Boyle, disclosed
h>s resignation after a call on
President Truman.
He attributed his action entirely
to his belief that the new chairman
"should have free reins to select"
his own officials.
MT. EDGECUMBE COUPLE
ARE MARRIED HERE
Miss Della Romaro and Mr.
Charles Lyle Wallace of Mt. Edge
cumbe were married on Friday eve
ning in the Memorial Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. Walter O. Sobol
eff read the vows for the couple.
Attendants were Miss Jackqueline
Hasstedt and Eli L. Petri.
BASCOM HOME
Stanley Bascom, assistant district
attorney, returned from the Ketchi
kan court term on Saturday to
spend a few days in his Juneau of
fice. He will return to Ketchikan
Wednesday. The court term will
enc. he latter part of November,
Bascom said.
NEW C D COORDINATOR
Rowland B. Livesley of Fairbanks
has been appointed coordinator for
the fourth civilian defense district
Col. Earl Landreth, director of the
territorial civil defense said today.
The four civilian defense districts
correspond to the four Alaska^ judi
ial divisions.
—
FROM FAIRBANKS
Betty Hensley, of Fairbanks, Is
a guest at the. Baranof Hotel.
FROM McGRATH
Oliver Anderson, of McGrath, Al
aska, is at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM HAINES
Katherine Clayton, of Haines, is
a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
Ship Movements
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Oct. 19.
Denali due southbound sometime
Sunday.
Freighter Coastal Monarch sched
uler to arrive Oct. 22.
| Princess Louise scheduled to sail
I from Vancouver Oc.t. 20.
Anchorage
Bank Cashier
Admits Theft
Took Funds to Uphold
Standard of Living;
2-Year Term Suspended
9
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 16—
—A bank employee who admitted he
took bank funds to maintain a
standard of living equal to his po
sition in the community pleaded
guilty to embezzlement in third dis
trict court yesterday.
The defendant, Donald W. Jacobs,
assistant cashier of the First Na
tional Bank of Anchorage, was sen
tenced to two years in prison, sus
pended after U. S. Attorney Earl
Cooper told the court that Dan
Cuddy, President of the bank, hao
recommended leniency.
Information filed with the court
accused Jacobs of embezzling $6,
143 from the bank between August
25, 1946 and September 1951.
Cooper said no complaint was ever
filed formally against Jacobs, one
of Anchorage’s most prominent citi
zens. The defendant voluntarily sur
rendered, after an investigation dis
closed a shortage in bank funds,
waived indictment by a grand jury
and pleaded guilty to the informa
tion charging him with the offense,
the U. S. Attorney reported.
Cooper told the cqurt money in
volved was not depositors' money,
but money belonging to the bank. He
said he made this statement because
Cuddy had informed him his recom
mendation would be for a suspended
sentence. Cooper said he concurred.
When the embezzlement was dis
covered, the U. S. Attorney said,
jacoos ireeiy a am it led it.
Jacobs' attorney, Paul Robison,
said the defendant came to An
chorage four years ago after three
and a half years in the Navy. Be
cause of his ability, the attorney
said Jacobs quickly rose to a
position of responsibility in the
V at.i to 6 pxJSh.a of
inencc in civic affairs.
“His position in the community re
quired certain responsibilities, cer
tain standards of living that he
couldn't get from a bank salary so
he resorted to this unfortunate, ill
egal means of getting it," Robison
said.
Jacobs, about 35, was a member
of the Board of Directors of the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce,
and was active in the Salvation
Army campaign fund, Red Cross,
Boy Scouts and iron lung fund
drives.
The defendant sat through the
short court proceedings with his
head bowed. He was visibly moved
and when he pleaded guilty his
voice was barely audible.
TWO ARRIVE TO
SERVE JAIL SENTENCES
Two prisoners were' brought to
Juneau to serve sentences in the
U. S. Federal Jail last weekend
Mrs. Alice Young of Wrangell will
serve a 35-day sentence on a dis
orderly conduct charge. She was
also given an 80-day suspended
sentence. She was escorted to Ju
neau by Deputy Marshal John
Krepps.
Raymond Brady pleaded guilty to
a reckless driving charge in Pet
ersburg and was sentenced to serve
90 days and was fined $35.00. He
was brought to Juneau by Deputy
Marshal Ralph Smith.
RICHARDSON CLOSED
AT ISABEL PASS
The Richardson Highway at Isa
bel Pass was closed to all traffic
today because of heavy snow con
ditions. Autoists driving from Val
dez to Fairbanks will now have to
travel over the Tok Cutoff for the
remainder of the winter.
JWC MEETS TOMORROW
The October social-program meet
ing of the Juneau Woman’s Club
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Don Morrison. President, tomorrow
afternoon at 1:30 .
Following the dessert luncheon,
a talk on insurance will be given
by H. S. Rowland, and F. O. East
augh will discuss wills.
__
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK, Oct. 16—(PI—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%, American Can
117%, American Tel. and Tel. 158 -.
Anaconda 51, Douglas Aircraft 64 ,.
General Electric 61'5, General
Motors 52%, Goodyear 48‘4, Ken
necott 86, Libby McNeill and Libby
9, Northern Pacific 58%, Standard
Oil of California 52%, Twentieth
Century Fox 23%, U.S. Steel 437-,
Pound $2.79, Canadian Exchange 95.,
Sales today were 1,730,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows: |
industrials 27438, rails 86.06. util-,
ities 4638. 1
Campaign for Boy
Seoul Fund Starts,
'Kickoff Breakfast
The 1951 Boy Scout Finance Cam
paign was launched this morning
at 7:45 o'clock with a "Kick-Off”
breakfast for the campaign workers
at the Baranof Totel.
A. B. Phillips, campaign chair
man, presided at the meeting at
which plans for the drive were out
lined. Following the introduction
of the 10 team captains a brief op
ening ceremony was led by Cub
Scout Stephen McPhetres, Boy
Scout Mike Walker, and Explorer
Scout Peter Argetsinger.
Alaska Council President, George
A. Parks, summarized the gains of
the Alaska Council during recent
years. The number of boys served
by the Council has more than doubl
ed in the last three years, 4aid
Parks. During the 1951 summer's
camping season 100 Scouts and Ex
plorers in the Channel area partici
pated in the Eagle River Comp
program, and 50 Explorers from this
area attended the Alaska Council
Annual Explorer Encampment at
Kodiak in June.
Scouting Program
Dr. j. O. Rude, Council Executive
Board member, reported briefly on
the extension of the Scouting Pro
gram throughout the Territory.
Maurice Powers, Alaska Cpuncil
Scout Executive, set forth proposed
plans for the coming year's pro
gram and challenged the workers to
set the pace for continued growth
and progress in the Council.
Chairman Phillips announced that
the first report meeting would be
held in the gold room of the Bar
anof Hotel tomorrow afternoon oe
| tween 3:30 and 5:30 o’clock. At that
time campaign workers will report
the results of their contacts of the
first two days of the drive.
Team personnel participating in
the campaign is as follows:
Team 1—Ray Bolton, Bill Kills,
Harold Zenger, Dr.! C. L. Polley,
Joe Thibodeau Sr.
Team 2—Carl Rusher, Dr. John
Geyer, Reynolds Young, Major Eric
Newputild.
g—Eiton Engstrom. Ed
Johnson, Fred Henning, John Hya
cinth, A. J. Alter, John Argetsinger.
Team 4—J. B. Durney, Ken Al
bertson, Angelo Astone, John C.
Daugherty, Jim Mahar, John M.
Daugherty.
Team 5—Bob Scott, Cliff Daigler,
Lee Lucas, Jack Gucker, Robert
Pheasant, Clarence Faster.
Team 6—C. A. Carroll, ''Doc” Mer
ritt, Harold Gronroos, Harry De
Land, Bert Caro.
Team 7—Ted Oberman, Wes Over
by, Wayne Richey, Ken Morgan,
Pete Warner, Russ Angell.
Team 8—Jac|: Fopejoy, Robert
Coughlin, E. S. Nielsen, Bernie
Hulk.
Team 9—Norman Sommers, Gil
'Koffil, John Satre Jr., William
Goodman, Ted Lupro.
Team 10—A. N. Eide, I. J. Mont
gomery, J. Alexander, William Winn,
Rev. Willis Booth.
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Objects te Iran
Dispute Taken Up
For UN Action
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 — UPI — An
Iranian spokesman said today Iran
would reject the latest British pro
posal for U.N. action to settle the
British-Iranian oil dispute.
Hossein Fatemi, deputy premier,
told a news conference Iran would
refuse to participate in any further
Security Council discussions if the
council adopted the British pro
posal or any other measure con
firming the council’s Jurisdiction
over the dispute.
The question comes up for further
debate this afternoon at Flushing
Meadow. At that time Iran's aged
and ailing Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh will state his views of
ficially on the British resolution.
The proposal merely called upon the
two parties to the dispute to seek
a settlement through direct nego
tiations and to refrain from any
action which might aggravate the
situation.
Iran contends the matter is an
internal question and therefore not
within the jurisdiction of the U.N.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Marion E. Rose, of Ketchikan, is
a Juneau business visitor at the
Baranof Hotel.
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• OCTOBER 17 •
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• High tide 3:09 a.m., 16.5 ft. •
• Low tide 8:54 a.m., 2.3 ft. •
• High tide 2:57 p.m., 18.2 ft. •
• Low tide 9:29 p.m., -1.4 ft. •
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Dr. MacKenzie
Resigns from
Alaska Senate
KETCHIKAN, Alaska. Oct. 16—
UP)—Dr. R. M. MacKenzie of Ketchi
kan announced his resignation to
day from the Alaska Territorial
Senate.
He said he was resigning to ac
cept appointment as dental director
of the Alaska Native Service, effec
tive.at once.
Dr. MaqKenzie, a Democrat, was
elected to the Senate in 1948. He
served in the 1949 special and regu
lar sessions and in the 1951 Legis
lature. He has served several years
as President of the Alaska Dental
Board. He helped organize the
first Lions club in Alaska and was
the first Alaska District Governor
of it. He also has served as secre
tary of the public utilities board
here.
British Troops
Called Out in
Canal Zone
CAIRO, Oct. 10 — <*) — British
troops were called out today to
quell rioting in the Suez Canal
zone and new anti-foreign demon
strations swept Cairo as public ex
citement mounted over Egypt’s de
mand to the British to get out of
the Suez and the Sudan.
An Egyptian newspaper said the
situation in the Suez zone wns
“tense and dnngerous."
A British army spokesman In
Cairo said the first battalion of
the Lancashire Fusiliers was or
dered out when “rioting followed
looting” of a British canteen at
Ismailia, a city of 50,000 on the
western side of the Suez Canal.
There are several British ramps
near the city.
The British spokesman said he
could not immediately confirm or
deny a report here that British
troops opened fire during the Is
mailia disturbance. This report
came from a Cairo business firm
with an office in Ismailia.
In Cairo, a wild anti-foreign
demonstration hailed the approval
last night by a cheering Parliament
of legislation ordering the British
out of the strategic Suez area and
the Angio-Egyptian Sudan.
All newspapers today published
statements of two Sudanese polit
ical leaders supporting Egypt's
policy unconditionally.
17 REPORTED DEAD
CAIRO. Oct. 16— 1*1 - British
troops were called out at Ismailia
today as looting and rioting erupted
at several places in the Suez Canal
area. With 17 deaths already re
ported in various clashes, the com
manding British general in Egypt
announced “we are not going to be
turned out, fqrced out or knocked
out" of the Canal Zone.
Britain announced in London it
was sending reinforcements. The
War Office wouldn’t say, however,
what troops were being dispatched.
Ten Egyptians and two Britons
were reported killed in the fight
ing fit Ismailia on the west side
of the canal. At Port Said, Egyp
tian press reports said, five persons
were killed and 20 were injured in
an eruption of rioting and looting.
Lt. Gen. Sir George Erskine, com
manding Britons in Egypt, broad
cast to his troops that if the Egyp
tians tried to carry out their inten
tion of forcing the British out of
the Suez area, “we shall resist most
strongly."
Free Gold Market
Urged by Senator
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 — (VPI —
Senator McCarran (D-Nev> said to
day the U.S. Treasury has been
“niggardly” in its consideration of
the nation’s gold mines.
He called in a Senat# speech for
operation of an unrestricted market
[ for gold in this country, declaring
miners of the yellow metal have
been victims of discrimination.
McCarran wants to restore to
Americans the right to buy, possess
and sell gold without interference
from the government.
Senator Case (D-SD) congratu
lated McCarran on the speech. He
told the Senate "a realistic posi
tion” in gold handling in this
country would help other countries
stabilize their finances.
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Taft Is Candidate for GOP
Presidential Nomination
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Juneau Man Given
Scotttish Rite
M Honors
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 — 1*1 —
The supreme council of Scottish
Rite Masons, southern jurisdiction,
today elected 332 members to re
ceive the 33rd degree.
The action was taken at the bien
nial session of the order, which is
celebrating Its 150th anniversary.
The degrees will be conferred Fri
day night.
Those elected include:
Kenneth Gordon Merritt, Juneau,
Alaska.
Assassinate
Pakistan
Premier
LONDON, Oct. 16 — M — Prime
Minister Liaquat Ali Khan of Paki
stan was assassinated today, the
Pakistani high commissoner’s office
in London announced.
Tire Prime Minister was shot while
addressing a crowded meeting at
Rawalpindi in the wild northwest
frontier region of the Indian sub
continent, not far from the border
of disputed Kashmir.
The assassin fired two bullets into
the chest of the 56-year-old Moslem
Premier. He was rushed to a hos
pital to have the bullets removed.
One unconfirmed report to the
Commonwealth Relations Office
here said the assassin was shot after
he fired on Liaquat.
The Prime Minister had arrived in
Rawalpindi today for a six-day tour
of tha northwest frontier.
There was no indication, in first
scanty reports, of the identity of
the assassin.
Liaquat Ali and his wife made
a tour of the United States last
year. In an address before the
U.S. Congress he said his hation
j was founded on a solid democratic
base and would remain true to her
principles.
Sixteen persons went on trial last
June, accused of plotting against
Liaquat All’s government. These
included Maj. Oen. Akbar Khan,
former army chief of staff. The out
come of the secret trial has not
been made public.
ASSASSIN WANTED
“HOLY WAR” DECLARED
NEW DELHI. India, Oct. 1«—(iW—
Pakistan’s Prime Minister and guid
ing light, Liaquat Ali Khan, was
assassinated tonight by a man
supporting the idea of a "Holy War”
against India.
Liaquat, 56, was shot twice—in
the head and chesL— and died in a
hospital.
The Pakistan office In London
said the incensed crowd attacked
the assassin "and tore him to pieces
on the spot.”
The spokesman said the killer,
named Khaksaw, evidently belonged
to an extreme right-wing sect of
the Moslem religion. This group has
been active in the Punjab region,
and has expressed its dissatisfaction
with "Liaquat's policy of modera
tion" toward India and other prob
lems, the Pakistan official said. The
sect is led by a man named Alama
Mashriqi and it favors "Jehad,” or
Holy War, against India on the
Kashmir issue.
The assaaslnation brought the
Moslem world to the brink 6f a new
crisis at a time the western powers
are trying to shpre up defenses
there against'the threats or Com
munism.
AT THE GASTINEAU
E R. Batterton, of Seattle, Is a
guest at the1 Gastlneau Hotel.
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• (U. 8 WEATHER BUREAU •
• At Airport: Maximum, 41; •
• Minimum, 24. •
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• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Fair with some high cloudi- •
• ness and gusty northeasterly •
• winds tonight and Wednes- •
• day. Lowest temperature to- •
• night about freezing. High- •
• eat Wednesday near 40. •
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• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 am. today •
• At Airport — None; •
• since July 1—12:52 inches. •
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 16 — M —
Senator Taft announced today he Is
a candidate for the Republican
Presidential nomination.
“I am going to run because I be
lieve I can conduct the only kind of
a campaign which will elect a Re
publican to office,” the Senator told
a crowded press conference.
Taft issued three carefully pre
pared statements to more than 100
newsmen, photographers and others
who filled the large committee room
used by Republican Senators.
The longest statement said he
would enter the Wisconsin Presi
dential primary and also accept
the bid of Ohio delegates to the
nominating convention next year.
Senator Bricker, Taft’s Republi
can colleague from Ohio, said that
the announcement would give him
a definite advantage.
Ready to take issue with Taft sup
porters on that point were backers
of Oen. Dwight D. Elsenhower, who
so far has kept publicly silent on
whether he will seek the OOP nom
ination next year.
But his supporters say they have
no doubt he will be available and
will make his announcement when
he completes his Indefinite assign
ment as supreme commander of
the North Atlantic defense forces
in Europe.
No other candidate of either
major party has thrown his hat in
the 1952 Presidential ring. The
Democrats are expected to remain
silent until President Truman makes
known his decision.
Taft today announced that he
would not comment "on other pos
sible candidates for the Republican
nomination.”
He hit at "smearing tactics" of
some organisations and singled out
one it* California for “making
wholly unjustified attacks on Gov-'
ernor Warren and Oeneral Eisen
hower.”
Schultz Is
PromtM in
Road Agenqr
Harold B. Schultz ha* been named
chief of the engineering division of
the Alaska Road Commission to
replace Oeorge M. Tapley, who re
signed last week to Join a consult
ing engineer firm working in Ran
goon, Burma. Mr. Schultz has been
chief of the bridge design branch
since Joining the staff of the Road
Commission in March, 1040.
Schultz was graduated from Iowa
State College, class of 1935, with
Bachelor of Science degree in civil
engineering. He Is a member of
Tau Beta PI honorary engineering
fraternity and the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers.
Bridge Engineer
From 1925 < to 1927 Schultz was
employed by the American Bridge
Company at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl
vania. Following this work he Joined
the Iowa State Highway Commis
sion as bridge designer. Excepting
for three years’ leave of absence
during World War II, he was associ
ated with the Iowa Highway Com
mission until Joining the Alaska
Road Commission. During World
War II he was employed by the
w* .Department in the structural
design branch of the Engineer
Beard « Port Belvoir, Virginia, and
was tsaignad to tha design and de
velopment of military bridges.
During the post several years
Schultz has rtaafgned and prepared
plans and specification for the high
way bridges of steel and concrete
which are being built as a part of
the Alaska Road Commission's ex
tensive highway reconstruction and
paving program now in progress.
Mr. and Mrs. Schultz and daugh
ter Janet reside at 606 W. Tenth
Street, Juneau. Janet is a senior in
the Juneau high school. Another
daughter, Mrs. Merton Bratton, re
sides at Earlville, Iowa. A son, Har
old (Bud) Jr., well known in Juneau
music circles, is a music major
at Central Washington College of
Education, 1/lensburg, Wash.
JUNEAU PATIENTS ARE AT
ROCHESTER'S MAYO CLINIC
News from Mrs. Hazel Hope, who
has been in Rochester, Minn., a
patient of the Mayo clinic for the
last four weeks, is that her health
is improving. "They really perform
miracles here and it is all very In
teresting," she said in a letter to
the Empire, where she has been an
employee for the last year. She also
said that Mrs. Loren Card, of Ju
neau is at Mayo Clinic; that, though
Mrs. Card has been very 111, she
has improved during the last week.
FERRY TRir CANCELLED
Sailing of the territorial ferry for
Haines has been cancelled today
because of 11 foot seas and 49 miles
per hour winds in Lynn Canal. The
ferry's next trip to Haines will be
when weather conditions permit.