DEBATE ON
TROOPS TO
EUROPE ON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — M —
The great question troops-to-Europe
debate appeared to be simmering
down to one question: How many?
And the answer may depend
largely on what Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower has to say when he re
turns at the end of the month from
a pulse-feeling tour of European
capitals.
In the meantime. Senator Taft
(R-Ohio) threatened to carry to the
Senate floor his fight to limit the
number of American troops in the
European defense line.
Taft, who heads the Republican
Policy Committee, said yesterday
that he’s willing to send some troop
in the European defense line.
Taft, who heads the Republican
Policy Committee, said yesterday
that he’s willing to send some troops
but he thinks this nation should
depend for security on "absolute
control of the sea and the air."
Today he told reporters if the
Foreign Relations Committee fails
to put a foot soldier limitation in
proposed new legislation, he will
fight to amend the measure in the
Senate itself.
"I don’t think anyone will know
until General Eisenhower makes his
report just what the limitation
should be or whether it should be
made in the form of a ceiling cn
the number of divisions or in the
form of a percentage limit on the
American contribution,” Taft said.
FOLTA WITHHOLDS
JUDGMENT FOR ONE
YEAR, DIVORCE CASE
To permit the contestants an op
portunity to reconcile their differ
ences Judge George W. Folta ruled
that he was withholding pronounce
ment of judgment until January 1
1952, at the close of a two day hear
ing yesterday afternoon in the U.S.
District Court in the suit for divorce
brought by F. H. Johnson versus
Eva Johnson. Judge Folta denied a
divorefe to either party. Custody of
two minor children engaged a major
part of the argument.
Plaintiff (in the case was repre
sented by Aytorney William L. Paul,
Jr., and y1*1 defendant was repre
sented by Attorney M. E. Monagle.
The case cf J. V. Cole versus Sam
Asp is being heard before Judge
Foloa in court today. Arguments in
tine case are being continued from
a hearing September 30. and involve
a third party property claimant in
a suit for money alleged owed the
plaintiff by the defendant. M. E.
Monagle is the attorney for the
plaintiff and W. L. Paul, Jr., rep
resents the defendants.
MEETING, SAWMILL WORKERS
Local M27I,, Fri., Jan. 26, CIO
Hall at 7:30 p.m. All members
urged to attend. 711-7t
ATTENTION REBEKAHS
Meeting and installation post
poned until Jan. 31. 713-3t
Isabelle Jorgenson, Noble Grand.
4,000 INJURED OR
! DEAB;NEW GUINEA
VOLCANO ERUPTS
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j SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 23—(<W—
! Ausralian officials said the week
[ end volcanic explosions in New
Guinea’s "extinct” Mt. Lamington
may have caused the century’s
1 worst disaster in this section of the
globe.
One Australian official directing
rescue work estimated the toll of
dead and injured New Guineans al
4,000. Others at Port Moresby pre
dicted many of these would later
emerge from the jungle into which
fright may have driven them.
At least one European was killed
and 34 others—traders, missionaries
and government officials—were mis
sing following eruptions which,
i since last Thursday, have blasted
into dust part of the four-peaked
mountain 80 miles northeast of
Port Moresby.
With poor communications on the
big island north of Australia re
tarding reports and rescue opera
! tions, the only other known dead
I officially reported were 22 New
Guineans.
j The eruptions produced an "atom
bomb” effect, one eyewitness said
, and layers of volcanic ash ham
pered efforts of rescue workers to
' reach the scene. Airline pilots said
j the ashen cloud 100 miles in diam
i eter flattened out at 40,000 feet,
j Lamington began to erupt Thurs
! day. Six major blasts were reported
| between then and yesterday.
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FED. JUDGE FOLTA
ADDRESSES WOMEN'S
CHRISTIAN TEMP. U.
Following a short business meet
: ing and musical program of the
Women’s Christian Temperance Un
ion last night, Judge George W.
Folta spoke on how the organiza
tion may best serve the community.
“The proper place to complain
about the inadequacies of liquor
laws is before the legislature while
it has under consideration the re
vision or enactment of liquor laws
and not after the legislature has
acted,” said udge Folta.
At the present time it appears
to be futile to make an appeal
I for temperance on moral grounds
5 and, hence, it would appear that
I the only recourse is to appeal on
economic grounds. If legislation
were enacted allowing those who
arc damaged, directly or indirectly
j in person or property, to receive
payment from a fund built up by
tax on liquor, it would soon become
evident that liquor could not pay
its way.
It should also be the public policy
to educate against the use of liquor
making its purchase somewhat in
convenient and remind people that
it is not a legitimate commodity
like grocieries but an evil which
may be absolutely prohibited at any
time.
All the good done at home,
schools and the churches is undone
by influences which encourage and
promote the use of liquor and by
j the disposition to gloss over oi
say little, if anything, of liquor as
a primary cause of highway acci
dents, unemployment, destitution
and crime. Seven percent of those
who commence to drink become
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drunkards and there is no way of
foretelling who is going to become
one of that class.
Pastor Ernie Broder of the Sev
enth Day Adventist Mission led
those attending the meeting in
singing and played a violin solo.
Lt. Norman Steinig of the Salva
tion Army sang a duet with Pastor
Broder. Mrs. Broder presided at
the meeting.
COAL ANALYSIS LAB
TO BE OPERATED BY
TERR. DEPT. MINES
Cooperative arrangements had
been made between the Territorial
Department of Mines and the Uni
versity of Alaska to put into opera
tion a coal analysis laboratory at
the University, it was disclosed to
day by Leo H. Saarela, Commis
sioner of Mines. Saarela returned
to Juneau Sunday on the Baranof
after a three week’s trip to the
westward and interior to inspect
coal mines and confer with De
partment field engineers.
Saarela said that in view of the
increasing importance of the coal
mining industry and the substantial
amounts of coal consumed yearly
in the territory there is an urgent
need for a testing service. At the
present time there are no facilities
for the analysis of coal in Alaska.
The laboratory formerly maintained
at Anchorage by the U. S. Bureau
of Mines was closed in 1946.
Coal to be analyzed is now sent
to the U. S. Bureau of Mines at
Pittsburg. Saarela pointed out that
as much time is lost in this pro
cess, the Alaskan coals are rarely
tested.
The coal laboratory at the Uni
versity will be operated by the Ter
ritorial Department of Mines Assay
office in cooperation with the Uni
versity School of Mines under the
direction of Dean Earl H. Beist
line. Beistllne, a graduate engineer j
of the University is formerly of I
Juneau where he was reared.
Saarela said announcement will!
be made as soon as the laboratory
is open to receive coal samples.
Alaska's coal mining industry is
in good condition Saarela said and '
the rising demand for coal should
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Pour major mines and some small
er properties are operating to maxi
mum capacity.
During 1930 coal production in
the territory declined slightly to
400,000 tons from the all time high
of 440,000 tons in 1949. The decrease
was due, Saarela said, to one of the
defense establishments temporarily
converting to oil. However the coal
production in Alaska has had a
steady climb during the past ten
years and all indications are that
the increase will continue.
HEINTZLEMAN TO
HEAD F.5. WORK IN
DEFENSE PROGRAM
Prank B. Heintzleman, Regional
Forester for Alaska has been des
ignated to head U. S. Forest Ser
vice participation in the territory
as called for in the National De
fense Act of 1950, it was learned
today. The National Forest Service
will participate in the Defense Pro
gram for providing additional tim
ber manufacture including lumber
and pulp and paper which is found
to be needed in connection with de
fense work.
C. M. Archbold, Forest Supervisor
at Ketchikan will assist the Region
al Forester in this work in Alaska
Heintzleman said today. The Reg
ional Forester returned to Juneau
yesterday afternoon from Washing
ton, D. C. where he has been since
before Christmas on business for
his office.
In regard to the work by the
Forest Service in the national de
fense program Heintzleman said his
office will study the needs for more
lumber production in Alaska for
military defense. In Washington he
acquainted himself with the pro
gram for procedures to set up the
work in the territory.
Heintzleman and Archbold will
work out plans and recommenda
tions for setting up sawmills, log
ging camps and other projects be
lieved necessary to the defense pro
gram, to be established and oper
ated by private enterprise in Al
aska with government financial
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assistance wnere it may be needed.
Heintzleman went to Washington
primarily to work with the Bureau
of Public Roads to obtain approval
! of the Bureau of the Budget for
: a three and one half million dollar
special road fund which was in
cluded in the budget presented by
President Truman. This item is un
der the authorization of the $7,000,
000 special fund approved by Con
gress last year for improvement
of roads in Southeast Alaska. The
'fund i in addition to the regular
Forest Service Highway Fund of
one and a quarter million dollars
appropriated annually.
In the east Heintzleman also at
tended the annual meeting of tech
nical foresters of the United States
in Washington, D. C., and the fifth
tieth anniversary of the Forestry
School at Yale University held in
New Haven in December.
CD LEGiSLATiON
10 BE PRESENTED
| Alter attending meetings of the
University of Alaska Board of Re
I gents in Fairbanks and the Civil
! Defense Agency in Anchorage as
well as water polution control and
j water supply problem meetings in
both cities, Dr. C. E. Albrecht,
I Commissioner of Health, who is
' back at his Juneau headquarters.
Caught in Fairbanks during the
52-degree-below-zero weather, he
said he was among those grounded
i when ice fog prevented plane travel
■ last week.
Among the actions of the Board
of Regents, he reported, was the
decision to call for bids within 60
days on construction of a new
School of Mines building for the
Alaska university, funds for which
were appropriated by the 1949 Ter
ritorial Legislature but were frozen
until recently. Also approved by the
Board, of which Dr. Albrecht is a
member, were: A program for re
novation of campus utilities: land
scaping of the grounds; continua
tion of summer school sessions;
and establishment of junior college
work there.
As a representative of the Water
Pollution Control Board Dr. Al
brecht attended meetings of the
...
U. S. Army Engineers on January
8 concerning increase in the stream
flow of the Chena Slough in con
nection with Fairbanks sewage dis
posal.
“The need for an adequate civil
defense program appears urgent,”
Dr, Albrecht stated. He said that
a model civil defense act was pre
pared for submission to the Legis
lature and the Governor at a meet
ing of the Civil Defense deputies in
| Anchorage.
The health commissioner also at
tended meetings in connection with
solution of water problems of the
Fairbanks. Anchorage and Palmer
areas where he said "a means must
be found fo’- obtaining sufficient
safe water for il -. ^:dly expand
ing population.”
EASTERN STAR
Men's Night. Juneau Cnapter No.
7. Tuesday, Jan. 23—8:00 o'clock.
The men of the Chapter entertain
ing.
ALICE BROWN, Secretary
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