TTTR DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,867
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Leaders See
'Workable'
Control Bill
Neither Side Will Win,
Says Solon, but
Deadline Will be Mel
WASHINGTON, July 23 —|
President Truman’s Congressional
leaders told him today that they
are confident a “workable” econom
ics controls bill will be passed be
fore the July 31 deadline.
House Speaker Rayburn <D—Tex)
told reporters afterward that neifch-v,
er tiie administration nor opponents
of the administration proposals “will
get all they want” but “I think we
will work out a pretty workable bill
in conference."
SenaUVDemocratlc leader McFar
land (Ariz.) agreed with this view.
The President told them. Vice
President Barkley and House Dem
ocratic leader McCormack that he
hopes for a “workable” bill.
The weekly meeting of the Pres
ident and his leaders was devoted
largely to a briefing on the mili
tary actions still going on in Kor
ea. The conferees wouldn't discuss
what they were told by military
officials.
“We also discussed the program
to get appropriation bills through
Congress as soon as possible,” Mc
Farland said.
“I assured him (Mr. Truman),
that tax hearings by the Senate
Finance committee are going along
as fast as possible.”
Laura Goldstein,
Pioneer of Juneau,
Dies in South
Mrs. Laura Goldstein, wife of
Charles Goldstein, pioneer furrier of j
Juneau, died Sunday night at her i
home in Beverly Hills, Calif., ac- j
cording to a telegram received here
by Mrs. Laura MacMillan, secretary
to Goldstein.
Mrs. Goldstein is survived by her
husband Charles, who was with her
at the time of her death; her
daughter Mrs. John Dolginer; three
grandchildren, Joan and Charles
Dolginer of Beverly Hills and Mrs.
Aline Ann Pockman of San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Pockman’s son Jackie
is a great grandson.
Born in Germany 82 years ago.
Mrs. Goldstein, the former Laura
Goldman, came to this country with
her parents when she was four year?
old. She was raised in San Francisco
and was married there in 1889.
With her husband she came to Al
aska in the early 1890’s and Juneau
was her home until recently when,
because of her poor health, she mov
ed to Beverly Hills to be near her
daughter, Mrs. John Dolginer.
Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
with a reception held in their hon
or at the Governor's House in Jun
eau in October 1939.
Funeral services will be July 25
in San Franciscp and burial will
be there in the plot of her pat
ents.
Halibut Hen
Get Second
Try in Areas
SEATTLE, July 23 —North
Pacific halibut fishermen, wljo re
cently completed a disappointing
fishing season, will get another
crack at it during an unprecedented;
special season starting next Thurs-',
day and running through August 4.
The 10-day special season, for
areas 2-C and 2-B. is an experiment
by the International Fisheries Com
mission to increase production in
the areas which lie eff the south
ern end of Southeast Alaska and in
the southern part of Hecate Strait,
between the Queen Charlotte Is
lands and the British Columbia
mainland.
The two areas remained closed
during the regular season which re
cently was concluded.
Slain King and Successor
King Abdullah of Jordan (left), reported killed by an assassin's
bullet while entering a Jerusalem mosque, stands with his son during
a state function at a more peaceful period in the Middle East mon
arch’s reign. The youth. Prince Naif, has been named to succeed
his father as ruler of Jordan, according to the Arab News Agency
which announced the assassination, (P) Wirephoto,
Navy's Youngest Chief
Succumbs to Heart
Attack in Naples, Italy
NAPLES, Italy, July 23, —Iff)—
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, first
airman to head America’s Navy,
starts his last flight home tomor
row—in death.
The 54-year-old U. S, Chief of
Naval operations died in his Na
ples Hotel yesterday noon after
suffering two heart attacks. He
had just completed a tour of Eur
ope's Atlantic pact defense area.
He had also visited Generalissimo
Francisqr Franco and was believed
to have reached a tentative agree
ment for American use of Spanish
air and naval bases.
The Admiral’s body will be ta
ken tomorrbw to Naples airport
after simple services on the deck
of the American warship, U.S.S.
Mt. Olympus, anchored in the bay
of Naples.
Four U. S. destroyers, all vet
erans of the Korean fighting re
cently arrived to join the U. S.
Mediterranean fleet, will be along
side as the shipboard services are
held.
Honor Guard
An Italian armed forces guard
TheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
By BREW PEARSON
Copyright. 1861. or Bell Syndic***. lne„
WWashington. — Most Capi
tal observers agree that not in
years has there been such a tired,
listless, indifferent, do-nothing
Congress as the 82nd. - "’he famed
30th Congress, against which
President Truman campaigned to
victory in 1948, was a stem-winder
by comparison.
Not only has the 82nd Congress
failed to pass a single appropria
tion by the end of the fiscal year,
on June 30. but a good many
members don’t seem to care. They
don't even seem to care that they
are being called the “horse-meat"
Congress,
Never in my recollection have
both morale and morals been so
low, leadership so lacking.
Never in my recollection has
there been less idealism, less pat
riotism, such poor party discip
line; never such shameless absen
teeism. Some Congressmen are
present in Washington only one
day a week.
There are three main, overrid
ing reasons for this political par
alysis:
1. This is the tail-end of a tired,
uninspired administration — piiab
ably the end of a long period of
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and an honor guard ol American
sailors will render final honors
! at the airport.
A message from President Tru
j man said the "country’s loss is
I great" and Secretary of State
Dean Acheson hailed the naval
member of the joint chiefs of staff
as “a statesman who saw beyond
the military problems to the ob
jectives of national policy.”
Mrs. Sherman was at her hus
band’s bedside when he died.
Sherman replaced Adm. Louis
Denfeld as navy chief in the bit
ter squabble over unification of
the army, navy and air force. A
brilliant “flying admiral,” he was
jumped over the heads of nine
senior officers to become the
youngest chief of operations in
the navy’s history.
Although some of his fellow of
ficers weer critical when he took
the post after President Truman
fired Denfeld, Sherman's leader
ship won him the confidence and
devotion of the whole navy.
Admiral Sherman first learned
about ships from his grandfather,
a n old New Bedford, Mass.,
whaling captain. While still a
very small boy, he knew the
name of every line and spar on
a fully-rigged ship. Prom the
time he was 7 years old he wan
ted to be an admiral.
Descendant of Aldens
Forrest Percival Sherman was
born October 30, 1896, at Merri
mack, N.H., a deseendant of John
and Priscilla Alden who came to
America with the Plymouth Pil
grims in 1620.
After being graduated from
Melrose (Mass.) high school, he
attended Massachusetts Institute
of Technology for' a year. The
call of the sea was strong, how
ever, and he took and passed a
competitive examiifttlon for the
Naval Academy. He was gradua
ted with distinction in 1917, sec
ond in his class of 199 midship
men.
Almost immediately after re
ceiving his ensign’s commission,
Sherman saw service in World
War I. He was assigned to Amer
ican naval forces in the Mediter
ranean.
Prom 1917 to 1922 he was a Jun
ior officer aboard a number of
destroyers, cruisers and battle
ships. In the latter year, he cast
his fortunes with naval aviation,
then a tiny fraction of seapower.
He received his training at the
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.
VISITOR FROM INDIANA
B. F. Kendig of Elkhart, Ind. is
stopping at the Oastincau Hotel.
LeRoy West
Wins Soap
Box Derby .
By PRESTON SANDBO
LeRoy "Punky” West, 15-year
old driver, barely nosed out class
B winner Joe Garrett of Doug
las to become champ of Juneau's
annual Soap Box Derby yester
day. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. LeRoy West, 419 West
Twelfth Street.
"Punky," a sophomore in high
school, went on to win the final
race after rerunning his first heat
when his opponent failed to get
off the starting ramp.
The champion wore an air of
confidence when brought back to
the judge’s stand to receive his
trophy after the big race. James
Llghtbody, Rotary Club district
governor from Vancouver, made
the trophy presentation.
Third Try
This was the third year West
raced for the coveted award. His
car carried Number Seven, the
number he drew for heat position.
"This year I'll win at Akron,"
West confidently said through a
mouthful of watermelon when
given his plaque award. He car
ried his prize cradled in his left
arm and a piece of melon in his
right hand as he left the judge's
stand.
Alaska entrants in the All-Am
erican Soap Box Derby held an
nually at Akron, have never got
ten past their first heats, a race
committee mcfnber said.
Street Jammed
lialn ..lackentd L t lavvy mist,
by the time the races started and
continued throughout the program.
Twelfth Street was lined with
spectators to watch the 24 racers
in the three classes of competi
tion.
Tommy Blanton, son of Dr. ftnd
Mrs. William Blanton, beat out
John Pyle for top honors in class
C competition for boys 9 to 11
years old.
“Maybe you have a winner now,”
a spectator told Dr. Bla. ion when
Tommy w<on. Sandy, Tommy's
brother, came all the way to the
finals in 1948 and 1949. Tommy
carried the name of his brother’s
car on his own with another num
eral added: Hot Rod IV.
Paired Off
Fred Ross and Carl Beyer, who
went down to the finals in the
Class A race, were paired off for
third place with Ross taking thi
race by inches. Third place hon
ors in Class B were won by Joe
Abel over David McPhetres.
Nine Class A and eight Class
B drivers were lined up in their
white T-shirts and red helmets
in the rear of the ramp before
the big race began.
Awards will be gifen at the Ro
tary Club luncheon at the Bar
anof Hotel tomorrow.
The local derby was under the
sponsorship of the Rotary Club,
the Connors Motor Company and
the Daily Alaska Empire. West's
car goes to Akron as an official
Empire car since all national en
tries must have the backing of a
daily newspaper.
Club Direction
Rotary Club members carried
the whole race off with efficiency
under the general chairmanship
of William Leivers. Ellis Reynolds
directed hill-top operations with
Neil Fritschman, William Ellis,
Robert Akervick and Henry Green
as members of his committee.
Qn the finish line were Dr.
William Blanton and Dr. J. W.
Gibson. Judges were Charles W.
Carter and Howard Stabler.
At the foot of the hill to return
cars and stop racers were Ted
Heyder, E. L. Keithahn, Robert
La Joie and O. F. Beneeke. Truck
drivers to return the ears to the
starting line at the end of heats
were Rod Darnell, Keith Wildes,
Alex Young and Eldred Mallory.
In charge of concessions was
Carson Lawrence. On communica
tions were Milt Furness and Har
old Zenger, members of the Lions
club. Don Skuse and the Rev.
Samuel McPhetres were ' on the
losers’ club. This club fed watei
inelon, hot dogs and pop to heat
lasers.
All boys who competed in the
Derby are requested by the com
mittee to attend the luncheon.
The boys are to be in the loblij
of the hotel by no later than 11;50
a.m. tomorrow.
K. W. Yates of Juneau is stay- ,
tng at the Hotel Juneau.
Flood waters at left threatening to dose the last highway route still in use across the Missouri river
between Kansas City and the river's mouth above St. Louis are held back by sandbag barrier. The
state highway department employees at work have used 25,000 sandbags In an erfort to keep the route
open. Bridge spanning river 30 miles upstream from its mouth is in far background. UP) Wirephoto.
Armed Forces
Must be Upped,
Says Truman
Lane Bug-a-Boo
Disproved in
Soap Box Derby
WASHINGTON, July 23, —lift—
President Truman today told Con
gress it probably will be neces
sary to strengthen the armed' for
ces beyond the present goal of
3,500.000 men, regardless of peace
prospects in Korea.
He called for “full speed ahead"
an the military build-up, with no
yielding to those who would dis
card the anti-inflation control
system “or shoot it full of holes.”
The message was Mr. Truman’s
midyear economic report. It went
:o Congress along with a 255-page
economic review prepared by his
council of economic advisers.
Mr. Truman set his sights on a
$30,000,000,000 increase in the an
nual military spending rate in
the year ahead.
More Woikers
This, he said, will require up to
1,000,000 more workers, a five per
cent boost in national output
iespite cuts in civilian goods, plus
stiff taxes and controls to off
set a widening "inflationary gap.”
At this moment, he disclosed,
we are reviewing our immediate
joals for military strength, and
t is quite possible we shall have
;o raise them in several import
int respects.”
The President called the 3.500,
100-man strength of the armed
'orces, now almost reached, an
‘interim goal” which may be in
idequate against the worldwide
threat of Soviet “blackmail” and
rggression.
"It now appears, as we review
>ur strategic situation in the
ight of world events, that these
;oals may need to be raised,
whether or nipt we have an arm
.stice in Korea,” he told the leg
slators.
Whether or not new air groups,
army divisions and navy and mar
ine units are added, he said, "We
must move full speed ahead to
ward our present goals.”
Ship Movements
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive southbound tomorrow at 8 a m.,
sailing 9 a.m.
Princess Kathleen scheduled from
Vancouver 3 p.m. tomorrow, sailing
for Skagway at 11:30 p m.
Aleutian due tonight at 7 ;30
o’clock.
»
Rains Swell Flood
TorrenS as Peak Surges
South; Levees 'May' Hold
*
Negotiations
Resume in
Pease Talks
Foreign Troop With
drawal Vital Question
Of Agenda Discussions i
U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUART- j
ERS, Korea, July 23 —<*>— Allied I
negotiators gathered here again to- ]
day, armed with final U. N. ins true- ,
tions for the resumption of Korean j
war cease-fire talks in Kaesong j
Wednesday,
Vice Adm, C. Turner Joy, Chief j
of the five-man United Nations j
team, flew back from Tokyo to- j
night after a series of conferences j
with Gen Matthew B. Ridgeway. He j
was accompanied by two other U. j
N. delegates Maj. Oen. L, C. Craig- ;
ie and Rear Adm. Arlelgh Burke.
They talked with the Supreme Al
lied Comand’er Saturday, Sunday i
and Monday.
The decisions made in Tokyo pro
bably will remain secret until the 1
ninth meeting of negotiators in a
Kaesong schoolliouse Wednesday, j
The Korean war wll be 13 months
old Wednesday. Whether it will end j
soon or flare up anew in bloody I
fighting hinges on settlement of j
one vital question) Shall the ques- (
tion of withdrawal of all foreign ,
troops from Korea be placed on the
ccase-flre agenda?
On the fighting iront Fifth Air
Force Headquarters reported 327
.forties flown by 6 P. M. Pilots said l
they destroyed or damaged 63 build- \
ings, 10 vehicles, 18 railroad cars, |
one fuel dump, five road bridges and 1
one field piece. Highway and rail j
lines were cut at 17 placer;.
An airfield east of Pyongyang was ;
pounded with 500-pound demolition |
bombs and direct hits were reported, j
Little ground action was reported, j
The opposing armies probed ahead j
of their front lines with patrols but (
there was no major engagement.
III'IISONS RETURN
FROM VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Hudson and j
their children, Julie, Suzanne and
Henry, returned Friday on the !
Prince George from a stateside va- |
cation. They spent two and a half J
[months touring the western states. ,
The Hudsons also drove to Mexi
co City, Mexico.
ST. LOUIS, July 23 to— Th<
peak of the midwest's greatest floor
In more than 100 years rolled soutl
of St. Louis today os nature fet
another diet of rainfall on the wat
er-soaked area.
The worst of the rains fell it
northern Missouri and north-centra
Illinois. There were scattered storm
in the St. Louis area.
The new rains, accompanied b>
strong winds, aren't expected h
bring the major Missouri and Miss
issippi rivers bark to their recori
levels of last week, but may keep re
maining flood waters from drainin'
as rapidly as expected.
In Illinois the storms centercc
around Canton and Peoria wher
creeks are overflowing.
A few spots south of St. Louis stil
were considered danger areas, bu
army engineers believe all majo;
levees will hold.
Nine hundred workers, inrludin
500 airmen from nearby Scott Ai
Force Base, 111., were toiling on le
vees reported In critical conditioi
60 miles south of here in I*err.
County, Mo. A break there wouh
flood 23,500 acres of rich farm
land.
Except for the immediate river
front section, St. Louis is on higl
ground out of reach of the flood
Thirty-six miles of huge earthen
barriers protecting the heavily pop
ulated area across from St. Loui
in Illinois were pronounced in goo<
condition.
The peak of the flood rolled b;
St. Louis early yesterday when th<
river went to its highest stage in 10'
years. The top mark was 40 28 feet
just .02 of a foot higher than thi
1947 overflow.
•
• WEATHER FORECAST •
9 Temperature for 24-Hour Period •
t ending 8:20 o'clock thia morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, •
• 54; minimum. 52. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 65; minimum, 48. *
• «
• FORECAST •
• Juneau and vicinity: Con- •
•; siderable cloudiness with an •
• occasional light rain shower •
• tonight and Tuesday. Low- •
• est temperature tonight near •
• 50 degrees. A little warmer •
• Tuesday with highest temp- •
• erature near 63 degrees. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m todar •
• City of Juneau — .55 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 3 95 inches; •
• At Airport — .05 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 2.24 inches. •
Overcast
Shrouds Gulf;
Hope Dwindles
Coast Guard, Air Force
Join Forces; 3 Cullers
Scan Coast
Sixteen rescue planes fanned out
over the rugged Alaska coastline
early today In an expanding search
for a missing Korean airlift trans
port and its 38 occupants.
As the seafch for the Canadian
Pacific Airlines DC-4 widened with
a gradual Improvement In weath
er conditions, hope for the occu
pants diminished. Searchers said
the area where' the plane last re
ported was one of the wildest ou
the North American continent.
The 16 searching aircraft bastu
at Anchorage and Yakutat were
scheduled to comb land areas from
Cape Spencer to the northerly side
of Yakutat Bay and water areas
between Cape Spencer and Middle
ton Island as long as weather per
mits. Three craft remain ground
ed hefe.
Craft Listed
Involved in search operations wtefe
11 aircraft from the 10th Rescue
Squadron, four Canadian Pacific
4irline planes and one Coast Ouard
plane. The Coast Ouard cutters. Cit
rus, Cahoone and Bittersweet are
working the Oulf from Cape Spen
rer north.
The transport, carrying among its
passengers 28 Americans, including
wo "high-rated” civilians, left Van
couver. B tJ.r'WtrWHtey for Anch
orage. Alaska, on the first leg of
a flight to Tokyo.
The pilot, Capt. Victor Fox, last
reported off Cape Spencer, Alaska,
it 11:17 P. M. PST Saturday Fox
-aid the plane was on course at
l.OOJ feet, about 80 miles due west
if Juneau, with a 5'i' hour fuel
mpply. •
Poor Visibility
Low flying planes searched waters
off the Alaska Panhandle yesterday
Put poor visibility hampered their
missions. Other planes scanned
mountain peaks abov^the 8,000 foot
level without success.
Based on experience of a C-51
which vanished in the same area in
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Cook Inlet
Fishing Cut
To 48 Hours
ANCHORAGE, July 23 —tfB— The
•fish hog” ravaging of a Cook In
'et red salmon run resulted Satur
day in closing the waters to com
mercial fishing for an additional 24
lours this week.
Clarence Rhode, Regional Direct
or of the Fish and Wildlife Service,
said his emergency closure meant
there'll only be 48 hours of fishing
allowed this week, on Monday and
>n Friday.
Largest Fleet
He said the move was taken in
in attempt to save the remnant of
i big red salmon school which wits
hard hit by an estimated 700 drift
gillnet boats, the largest fleet ever
to fish a single Alaskan area.
Rhode's closure came as H. J.
Emard, Anchorage cannery owner,
resident fishing unions and others
urged the F. W. 8. to ban drift gill-'
net boats from operating in Cook
Inlet.
In reply to the requests. Rhode
said he had no authority to outlaw
completely that specttlc type of
gear.
Escape ‘Very Poor’
He said a stream survey showed
salmon escapement to Inlet spawn
ing grounds was "very poor." He
added that the red salmon pack to
dute already is greatly in excess of
last year.
A check of individual drift gili
net boats showed the catch 30 per
cent higher per boat than last year.
It was reported here that 250.000
reds from Cook Inlet were parked In
Kodiak caneries as of July 18. last
Wednesday.
Reports yesterday put estimates
of the Cook Inlet take at 500.000 to
750,000 reds, valued here at $1.10
per fish.