THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LX XV., NO. 11,643
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950
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PLAN FOR
MILITARY
MANPOWER
Strong Reserve Force to Be
Maintained, Announce
ment by Marshall
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 — (A*) —
Secretary of Defense Marshall
moved today to develop long-range
plans for maintaining a strong re
serve force with "a minimum inter
ruption to the nation and the in
dividual’s normal existence.”
To that end, he appointed an
eight-man study committee made
up of regular and reserve officers
and civilians.
Announcing the move, the De
fense Department said steps ordered
by Marshall earlier this week re
garding “orderly and effective calls”
of civilians to active duty were in
tended to meet an immediate situa
tion.
The new committee will con
tinue the study of this subject and
recommend policies designed to
eliminate "any uncertainties and in
equities which have arisen under
the present system.”
Announcement of the study plans
coincided with a number of indica
tions that the armed forces may be
easing off the fast mobilization pace
they set following the Communist
invasion of South Korea.
APARTMENT BUILDING
ON SCHEDULE THOUGH
SHIPMENTS ARE LATE
Construction work continues on
schedule for the Mendenhall Apart
ments despite the present shipping
delay of steel and concrete.
A dry of construction time was
saved on each of the two floors giv
ing the Anderson Construction Co.,
two days to compensate for time
lost in the shipment of supplies.
The next shipment of steel and con
crete arrives on the job Saturday.
Pouring is being done on the el
eventh floor with roofing of the
building scheduled for completion
the middle of November. The two
story penthouse for the housing cf
elevator machinery and exhaust
fans for kitchens and bathrooms
will be completed shortly after the
building .is roofed over. The para
pet roof to top off the twelfth
floor will be one half story in
height and will hide one-fourth
of the penthouse.
aiacns, bujvuiviv
GO TO KETCHIKAN
Capt. B. R. Aikens, Forest Ser
vice skipper, came up from Ketchi
kan to take the Ranger 7 back
for winter storage.
With Charles G. Burdick, assis
tant Regional Forester, as passen
ger, Aikens will shove off tomor
row. Burdick will make a 10-aay
routine inspection in the Ketchi
kan-Petersburg areas.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
copjrt8^ drew SM38TIae-’
SEATTLE—What artificifial rain
making can do to the far west
staggers the imagination. It can
make this area bloom like a garden
of Eden. It can throw Secretary
of Agriculture Brannann's crop pro
gram out of balance. Or it could
take rain away from other areas
and make them deserts.
A brief sample of what rain
making can do occurred at Pros
ser, Wash., where Lee Horrigan, a
big wheat rancher, hired Dr. Irving
Frick, of the Water resources Dev
elopment Board of Pasadena, Calif.,
to seed the clouds at the time his
wheat needed it most.
As a result, Horrigan’s crop, prev
iously estimated at 8 to 10 bushels
per acre, shot up to 20 bushels per
acre. His total yield was increased
by half a million bushels.
Scientific seeding of the clouds
might make unnecessary expensive
irrigation projects, might raise the
water level in the dry central valley
of California, might settle the bitter
feud between California and Ari
zona, over the Colorado River. On
ithe other hand nobody knows yet
whether tapping the clouds over
one area will take rain away from
(Continued on Page Four)
Missing AP
Man Killed
In Action
By O. H. P. KING
PYONGYANG, Korea, Oct. 27—UP
—William R. Moore, missing Asso
ciated Press correspondent, was
killed in action on the South Ko
j reaii war front, while helping tc
save a wounded Army Lieutenant, a
| corporal who was captured in the
j same action said today.
The 40-year-old former Oklahoma
City newspaperman, an Army Major
during World War II, failed to re
turn from a voluntary mission
which took him to the Chinju front
last July 31. American forces then
were making a desperate effort to
j stem the Red drive on Pusan, only
! 55 air miles to the east.
Cpl. Carl M. Anderson, Sioux City,
la., said Moore had not been cap
tured.
"I saw his body lying in a pool of
water,” he said. “There were nine of
us and some South Koreans. Only
one other man and I got out alive—
and we were captured."
Anderson said he knew Moore and
“there is no mistake about his
identity.”
“He was taking notes for the AP
while he was with us,” the corporal
added.
CHINA REDS
FIGHTING IN
KOREAN AREA
United Nations Forces Are
Meeting Stiff Resist
ance Along Border
(By the Associated Press)
United Nations forces met stif
fening resistance from North Ko
rean troops today. New South Ko
rean reports said Communist Chi
nese are fighting with the Red Ko
reans.
Prisoners captured in the north
west near the Manchurian frontier
said a heavy proportion of the foe
were Chinese Reds. Col. F. E. Gill
ette, U.S. advisor with South Ko
reans at Kunuri, 48 miles north of
captured Pyongyang, said he was
inclined to give the reports "some
credibility.”
However, no confirmation came
from any high Allied force that the
Chinese had joined their Red Ko
rean comrades south of the Man
churian border. They said Chinese
may have joined the Red Koreans
last spring after training exercises
in Manchuria.
Fifty thousand Allied troops
which landed at Wonsan are rushing
to the aid of South Koreans, who
are meeting strong resistance in the
northeast sector.
Stiff Fighting Reported
A battalion of North Koreans
was putting up a stiff fight against
ROK (Republic of Korea) units
seeking to capture the Changjin
and Pujon reservoirs, which supply
eight hydroelectric plants.
A spokesman at Gen. MacArthur's
headquarters said non-Korean
troops would be used anywhere to
wipe out the North Koreans. Earlier,
there had been reports that Ameri
can, British, Filipino, and Turkish
troops would leave thje Manchurian
border area to the South Koreans on
the theory that uneasy Chinese
Communists on the border would
be less likely to be aroused.
The fighting was reported fierce
north of Pyongyang, where South
Korean Gen. Paik Sun Yap was
quoted as saying three regiments of
Chinese Communists attacked his
troops.
Ten miles south of Onjong, the
Korean First Division was heavily
engaged against an estimated divi
sion of Red troops.
Guerrilla warfare in South Korea
still gave the Allied forces spotty
trouble. Intelligence* officers said
[ there were about 14,000 Reds left in
the area.
H. N. PETERSON HERE
H. N. Peterson, General Traffic
Manager for the Alaska Steamship
Co. from Seattle, and G. S. Duryea,
company representative from Ket
chikan, are in Juneau. They are
staying at the Baranot Hotel.
CALI FOR
CONGRESS
ATTACKED
Gabrielson Says Truman
Afraid Republicans
Will Win Elecfiori
(By the Associated Press)
President Truman’s consideration
of a special call to Congress was
cited by chairman Guy G. Gabriel
son of the Republican National
Committee as an indication Mr.
Truman expects the Democrats to
lose Congress.
"He hopes to jam through as
much of his Socialist program as
possible before the new 82nd Con
gress convenes,” Gabrielson said in
a statement. “President Truman
shows he is aware of the approach
ing Republican victory . . .”
Gabrielson commented that four
“ardent supporters” of the Presi
dent have been voted out of office
—he named Democratic Senators
Pepper (Fla), Taylor (Idaho), Elmer
Thomas (Okla) and Graham (NC)
—and said “a great many other Tru
man Democrats” will be defeated in
the Nov. 7 elections.
When Mr. Truman confirmed yes
terday that he is thinking of issuing
a call for Congress to return some
time before Nov. 27 he mentioned
as legislation on which it should act
an extension of rent controls, an
excess profits tax and statehood for
Alaska and Hawaii.
3 Metals May
Be Cut from
Civilian Use
■
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 — UP) —
To speed the making of munitions,
the government is planning to stem
part of the immense flow of alumi
! num, copper and nickel now going
into civilian products.
William H. Harrison, administra
tor of the National Production
Authority. NPA), told manufacturers
yesterday that a “tentative plan”
under consideration calls for a cut
of 20 to 30 percent in the non-mili
tary use of the three critical metals.
He didn’t say when the plan might
be put Into effect.
Harrison also served notice that
another important metal, cobalt, is
so scarce that it may be removed
from non-defense use altogether.
Cobalt, similar to nickel, is used as
a steel alloy and in electro-magnets.
It was not clear just how heavily
the proposed metals controls would
affect the output of television sets,
refrigerators, washing machines,
automobiles, bicycles, toys, and other
articles which contain aluminum,
copper, nickel or cobalt.
This will depend in part on the
! extent to which a manufacturer can
adopt substitutes for those metals.
STUMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Freighter Coastal Rambler sched
uled to sail from Seattle, Monday,
Oct. 30.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
j Seattle, Friday, Nov. 3.
1 • WEATHER REPORT •
l • Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6.20 o’clock this morning •
1 • In Juneau—Maximum, 43; •
• minimum, 29. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 42; •
• minimum, 24. •
• •
• FORECAST •
I • (Juneau and Vicinity) •
! • Partly cloudy tonight and •
! • Saturday. Northeast winds •
j • 15 to 25 miles per hour. Low •
j • temperature tonight near •
i • freezing and high Saturday •
I • near 40. •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
; • City of Juneau — None; •
• since October 1—0.93 inches; •
• since July 1—29.03 inches. •
• At Airport — Trace; •
• since October 1—2.71 inches; •
• since July 1—22.05 inches. •
• ••••••••••
HALLOWE'EN SOAP
ARTISTS WILL WIN
WINDOW PRIZES
Juneau Merchants Add to
Civil Air Patrol
Celebration
With everyone entering into the
spirit of the gala celebration, Ju
neau's first Hallowe’en Art Contest
promises to turn the downtown dis
trict into a Wednesday morning
are gallery.
Right after announcement that
the Civil Air Patrol will sponsor
a party for youngsters (and their
parents) Tuesday evening, a large
group of Juneau merchants dream
ed up a contest to "get into the
act.” They worked out the rules
and chipped in the prize money,
which is just fine with the CAP.
Nearly 20 downtown display win
dows will be used for the work of
junior artists, cash prizes to be
awarded the team winners.
Miss Jacque Fisher, CAP party
chairman, has outlined the con
test in person to all grade school
classes, and rules for high school
teams will be posted Monday morn
•ing.
So that everything will be impar
tial—no advance planning on known
window space, no studying of inside
displays as part of the background
—participating merchants have
asked that their names not be an
nounced until after asisgnments are
made Tuesday afternoon.
Merchants’ names, and those of
student teams and their locations
will be published in The Empire.
The decorating—imaginative, re
alistic, funny or whatever—will start
as soon as school is out Tuesday,
and can continue until the young
artists go to the CAP Capers In
the National Guard Armory. Party
hours are from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Art Contest Ruler
Hallowe’en Art Contest rules pro
vide that students from 8 to 14
years old, inclusive, may sign up
any time with their class room
teachers. No more than four are
permitted on a team, with two
teams allowed for each class. Win
dow panels, by number, will be
asigned at a drawing Tuesday af
ternoon.
Team members are to go to the
manager of the assigned store, sign
for the use of the window and use
soap the manager gives them.
Junior artists will be disqualified
if they draw above the line under
the window number, or if they use
ladders, boxes or stools.
On behalf of the CAP and Che
merchants’ group, Miss Fisher said
today, ’If everyone shows respect
to the student artists, leaving the
windows alone for Wednesday
morning judging, we hope this can
become an annual contest, with
more and more prizes. Let's en
courage the junior artists, and
make this a distinctive Juneau tra
dition. Who knows, we may discover
some unknown genius the morning
after Hallowe’en.”
The young artists will be intro
duced at the CAP party and in
terviewed over the loud speaker by
a roaming master of ceremonies.
Team prizes will be awarded
Wednesday, after the judging by
professional artists. First prize will
be $15 in cash; second, $10, and
third, $5.00.
All Gastine&u Channel youngsters
are urged to come in costume to
the CAP party in the Armory, al
though it is not required. All three
merry-go-rounds will be running,
the committee is working on plans
for some prizes in the games to be
free rides.
Hot dogs, pop and coffee may be
purchased, and there will be games
for both young and old.
Free movies will be shown, and
the Civil Air Patrol Stinson air
plane will be on display, with a
pilot there to explain how every
thing works.
Persons or groups wishing to
join the community fun by offering
entertainment, treats, or noisemak
ers, are invited to come to the CAP
work party in the Armory at 7 pm
Monday.
McDonnells back
Mr. and Mrs. Dick McDonnell,
formerly of the Spudnut shop here,
are here for two or three days en
route to Fairbanks. They have been
visiting Mr. McDonnell's parents in
Great Falls, Mont. They are staying1
at the Baranof Hotel.
Seattle Visitor
Arnold P. Anifinion of Seattle is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
NEW SETUP
IN DEFENSE
W. EUROPE
Military Committee of No.
Atlantic Treaty An
nounces Plans
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—1*1—'The
combined military force for defense
of western Europe may be a going
concern, headed by an American as
Supreme commander, within the
next two months.
Tiie military committee of the
North Atlantic Treaty organiza
tion last night completed a set of
recommendations to be handed to
ihe defense ministers of the 12
treaty powers when they meet here
Saturday.
The bluprint prepared by the
chiefs of staff composing the mili
tary committee provides: creation
Of an integrated force for the col
lective defense of all the North
Atlantic Treaty area (both Europe
and the western hemisphere group
of Canada and the United States);
an integrated force for protection
of the European area; the estab
lishment of a supreme headquarters
for the European force; the ap
pointment of a supreme command
er.
There were broad hints that
the nucleus of the European force,
together with a supreme comman
der, would be functioning by Janu
ary.
Neither the official communique
nor the American spokesman who
discussed it gave any hint on two
points of major interest—the size
cf the collective force and its com
ponents or the naionality of the
supreme commander.
Nevertheless, most speculation
centered on Gen. Dwight D. Eis
enhower, supreme commander, Al
lied forces in western Europe in
World War II.
“I am a soldier and will do as I
am told to do,” Eisenhower advised
interviewers today at Charleston,
W. Va., soon after he arrived there
to speak to Columbia University
alumni.
“I would be false to my training if
I did not do so.”
He pointed out that as a five-star
General he still is on active duty,
despite his retirement to civilian
life and his job as President of
Columbia.
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NEW BARANOF HOTEL
MANAGER ARRIVES
Edward J. O’Brien, new member
of the Baranof and Gastineau
Hotels, arrived in Juneau yesterday
from Seattle. He will replace W, R.
(Bill) Hughes who has resigned to
open the new Chinook Hotel in
Yakima, Wash. O’Brien will be
joined soon by his wife Anna Mae
and two-year-old daughter, Kathy
Ann.
The new manager comes here
from Seattle where he reorganized
the food department for the Rhodes
Department Store and managed it
for three and one-half years.
Shortly before coming here he had
opened the new North Gate develop
ment of the Bon Marche in Seattle.
Originally from New York, O’Brien
majored in hotel administration at
Cornell University and was subse
quently associated with the Lake
Placid Club, the Rooney Plaza in
Miami and other hotels. During the
war he spent two years with the
Infantry and four years in the quar
termaster corps.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Oct. 27 — Closing
quotation of American Can stock
today is 100%, American Tel. and
Tel. 151%, Anaconda 35%, General
Electric 49, General Motors 50%,
Goodyear 58%, Kennecott 67%,
Libby, McNeill and Libby 8Vi, North
ern Pacific 26. Standard Oil of Cali
fornia 75%, Twentieth-Century Fox
22%, U.S. Steel 41%, Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 1,800,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 228.34, rails 67.35, utilities
40 JO.
MEHERIN IN JUNEAU
J. J. Meherin of Seattle, arrived
here yesterday with Edward J.
O’Brien, new Baranof Hotel man- j
ager, to spend several days.
Senate of Next Territorial
Legislature Uncertain, Says
Hutcheson; House Democratic
By JAMES HUTCHESON
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
When the Taku winds are whip
ping ’round Alaska’s capitol at Ju
neau this winter, the Senate will
BIGPUSH
STARTS IN
NO. KOREA
Stiffened Opposition of
Chinese Commies Puts
Allies in New Battl:ig
(By the Associated Press)
American and Allied forces began
a big push in northwest Korea Fri
day against suddenly stiffened Red
opposition as reports grew of Chi
nese Communist participation on
the battlefields.
At the same time a Korean Re
publican spearhead which had raced
to the Yalu river boundary facing
Red China's Manchuria on Thurs
day was forced to pull back because
of supply problems.
U.S. Eighth Army headquarters
in confirming the pullback empha
sized that it was not because of
enemy resistance.
Simultaneously, vMrftef burst upon
the war fronts with snow and icy
blasts, and bypassed North Koreans
in rear areas made widespread nui
sance raids.
Increasing accounts of thousands
of Chinese Communist troops fight
ing against the United Nations
were given careful study by Ameri
can officers. At first discounting the
reports, then skeptical, at least, some
American officers came around to
grudging credibility.
Chinese prisoners taken by Ko
rean Republican forces estimated
the numbers of Chinese troops at
up to 60,000, with most estimates
somewhat lower.
VOTE DOWN
RED ATTEMPT
BLOCK SPAIN
LAKE SUCCESS. Oct. 27—Wt—
The U.N. Assembly’s special Polit
ical ‘Committee today defeated a
Soviet bloc attempt to delay debate
on a proposal to soften U.N. restric
tions against Franco Spain.
Poland asked for postponement
until Monday of the discussion on
a United States supported resolution
which would revoke the ban on full
diplomatic relations with the Franco
government and would permit Spain
to join specialized U.N. agencies.
The vote was 34 against, six in
favor and six abstentions.
Just So They Don't
Use Money Ordes
For Hand Books
CHICAGO, Oct. 27—W—The Chi
cago Daily Tribune said today that
‘an elaborate and highly efficient"
handbook system is operating in the
main U.S. Postoffice building.
The newspaper said thousands of
dollars are wagered dally on horse
races by betters among the 15,000
employees in the building at 433
Van Buren St.
Postal authorities know of the
bookie network, the newspaper
quoted an unidentified employee as
saying, but are unable to halt it
although they have tried to do so.
YOUNG OHMER HERE
Dave Ohmer from Petersburg is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM WHITEHORSE
Miss M. C. Heaton of Whitehorse
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
be holding the "pass key" on bills
before the legislature.
That means it also will be holding
the “don’t pass” key.
With its 8 to 8 party split, the
Senate will be the uncertain quan
tity. The House will definitely be in
Democratic hands, by an apparent
15 to B margin.
The situation raises the question:
what kind of a Senate is it going
to be?
Will it be pro-administration or
anti? Evenly split?
Are there enough Independents to
break the rigid party alignment?
The Senate was divided 8 to 8 two
years ago, too, but there were
enough "non-rigid" Republicans to
bring enactment of the basic tax
laws proposed by Governor Open
ing's administration.
The big deadlock was over the
presiding officers tor the special and
regular sessions. The stalemated
Senators solved that at the start
by dividing it up.
General Outlook
One thing appears certain at the
coming session. There is likely to he
less of the bitter, dead-end opposi
tion to the administration. Three
Senators spearheaded the antl
Gruenlng Republicans right down to
the last gavel. All are gone now.
They were Sen. E. B. Collins of
Fairbanks and Sens. Charles Jones
and William Munz of Nome. Collins
retired; Munz lost out in the pri
mary; Jones was defeated in the
general election.
•utrovtch Jr. Cited
Ben. John Butrovich Jr. of Fair
banks is likely to be the Republican
leader. He was coming to the front
rapidly at the end of his first ses
sion in 1949. He is young and aggres
sive—and generally respected oy
other legislators.
He went along with the admini
stration in getting the basic tax law
program on the books, but when he
thought there were enough new pnes
he developed an emphatic “r.o" for
suggestions of more. And as chair
man of the Senate Finance Com
mittee, he carried a sharp knife in
his fight for balancing the income
and outgo.
His sharpest criticism of the
Democratic administration came in
his insistence on a prompt audit of
Territorial books.
inure o|icvuuuiuii
The two new Republican Senators
—W. L. (Dan) Lhamon and A. F.
(Joe) Coble—are expected by polit
ical observers to follow. In general,
the Butrovich lead. They are gen
erally rated as anti-Oruening, but
not so bitterly so as Senator Collins,
whom one of them succeeds. On the
other hand, they are not likely to
show the cooperative friendship for
the Governor that Andrew Nerland,
the other retiring Fairbanks Repub
lican Senator, did.
To keep the Senate balance, there
appear to be two Republicans who
can be expected to vote with the
Gruening supporters on many issues,
and two leading Democrats who may
Join the opposition on some issues.
Deadlocks Likely
Deadlocks may well develop on
many a piece of legislation.
On the Republican side, Gunnard
Engebreth of Anchorage and Percy
Ipalook of Wales have showed in
heir legislative voting records a
willingness to go along on many of
.he Democratic administration pro
posals.
On the Democratic side, James
Nolan, Wrangell business man, and
Sen. Howard Lyng of Nome can not
be counted on by the Oruening
camp. Nolan showed his conservative
independence as a House member.
Lyng, National Democratic Com
mitteeman, can be counted on nor
mally to go along on legislation
linked to the party platform, but
he broke openly with Governor
Gruening after the election.
Family Situation
It raises the question of who will
be the leader of the pro-adminis
tration Democrats in the Senate.
With Vic Rivers defeated for re
election and Lyng jumping the
traces, it might well be Steve Me
Sutcheon of Anchorage. For a new
Senator, he showed himself to be
pretty quick on the parliamentary
iraw at the 1949 session. With
brother Stan McCutcheon leading
the Democrats in the House, that
possible development would present
an interesting and unprecedented
family situation.
LIFE LOST;
DAMAGE IS
WIDESPREAD
i _
Power, Telephone Lines
Felled-Trees Smash
Automobiles
(By the Associated Press)
Gale-force winds raked Oregon
and Washington last night and early
today, claiming at least one life
and causing widespread damage.
A $600,000 mill fire at Cottage
Grove, Ore., may have been caused
by the storm.
Bill Williamson, about 21, died at
Grants Pass early today, victim of
injuries suffered when a pine tree
crashed down on the Pacific High
way last night and crushed a car.
The high winds roared from
Southern California north to Can
ada. snapping off trees, felling
power and telephone lines and rip
ping at roofs and windows.
Gusts up to 72 Miles
East of the Cascades, Redmond,
Ore., reported gusts up to 72 miles
an hour. Portland had gusts of 66
miles an hour this morning and
Seattle 65.
The Weather Bureau continued
whole gale warnings along the coast.
Gale force winds buffeted the
British Columbia coast.
Power lines were snapped, black
ing-out several districts during early
morning hours, and fallen trees dis
rupted traffic in some Vancouver
districts.
Lines of Ships Snap
Np Ships were reports^ in distress
but at Victoria the 17,000-ton Ca
nadian-Australasian liner Aorangt
snapped her lines at the outer wharf
and crashed Into the dock.
Mrs. Anne Manchur of Esquimalt,
the Vancouver Island Naval Base,
had a miraculous escape. A large
trees crashed through the roof of
her home, pinning her on the bed.
Oale warnings continued. Another
storm, 500 miles west of Prince
Rupert, is racing southward.
The Washington Water Power
Company at Spokane reported the
blow caused more trouble for it
than any windstorm In history. It
had a 160-man force out this morn
ing to restore broken circuits, In
cluding several high voltage line
breaks.
tree mis auio
Two persons were injured when a
falling tree hit their car in Seattle.
They were Prof. J. H. Mackin of
the University of Washington geol
ogy faculty and his wife.
Olympia reported 300 telephones
out of service because of line breaks.
Small boats were blown adrift in
Puget Sound. The Coast Guard went
out for two which tore loose at Se
attle. Several were reported adrift
for a brief period at Bremerton.
A ton of bricks were peeled off a
building in Spokane and smashed
an automobile.
GOLDEN GATE CLOSED
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27—tfi—
The famed Golden Gate to San
Francisco harbor was closed for 14
hours last night and today by the
terrific storm.
Ships could not enter or leave this
port because of the huge waves
kicked up by the gale.
"It was the first time in several
years that it was too rough for
ships to enter or leave through the
Golden Gate," said M. A. Cremer,
manager of the Marine Exchange.
CALIFORNIA STORM HIT
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27—LB—
One death, scores of injuries and
heavy property damage were charged
today to one of coastal California’s
worst storms. And another, but per
haps, lesser storm, was due tonight.
From Santa Barbara in Southern
California into Oregon trees crashed,
windows were broken, basements
were flooded and small boats were
sunk or grounded by winds of up to
75 miles an hour and deluges of
rain.
One drowning was attributed to
the storm. Scores were injured as
trees were toppled onto automobiles
and homes.
The Coast Guard was kept busy
answering calls from boats and ships
in trouble. Two freighters dragged
anchor in San Francisco bay and
collided, without much damage.
FROM KENT. WASH.
M. Hoffman of Kent, Washington,
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.