THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,922
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1951
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Lifhofold
Hearing Is
Getting Hot
I
Story Session Held as
Washington Lawyer
Gives Testimony
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— (fll —
Max Siskind, Washington lawyer,
testified today (lie bought some
law practice from William M. Boyle,
Jr., the Democratic National Chair
man, in 1949 for $150,000 but balked
at giving Senators a list of the
clients.
In an often stormy session, Siskind
insisted to a Senate investigating
subcommittee that the account of
American Lithofold Corp., was not
among those he purchased from
Boyle. And he declared that Boyle
gets no part of a $500-a-month re
tainer fee he now receives from
Lithofold.
The Senators are looking into a
$565,000 government loan to Ameri
can Lithofold, a St. Louis printing
firm, and the question of whether
Boyle exerted political Influence
to get the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to make the loan.
The loan was made in 1949 when
Boyle was the company’s la wye:
here. He said he had nothing to do
with it. Boyle became Democratic
Chairman that same year and an
nounced he was giving up his law
practice.
Boyle is to take the witness chair
tomorrow.
Siskind testified that he had no
part in getting the government loan
for Lithofold. He said too that he
never solicited government busi
ness for the company.
When Boyle retired from law
practice, Siskind related, he pur
chased some of Boyle’s law
practice for an agreed price of $150,
000.
“Since May, 1949, I have paid Mr.
Boyle approximately $99,000 which
represents term payments on the in
debtedness of the $150,000,” he con
tinued. “About $50,000 is still due
this account.”
Salmon Stored
At Three More
Northwest Ports
SEATTLE, Sept. 26—UTI—Belling
ham, Anacortes and Tacoma are
profiting from a congestion of Se
attle’s clogged fish storage spaces,
a salmon terminal official said to
day.
Some salmon ships are already
unloading at those ports. A. J. Ba
con, general manager of Salmon
Terminals, Inc., reported, and the
diversion may increase unless Se
attle improves its storage facilities.
The problem became acute when
the Navy took over Pier 90 in Se
attle during World War II, and
thus removed 600,000 square feet of
floor space formerly available for
salmon storage, Bacon said.
700 Die When
Temperature Ups
To 129 Degrees
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 26—UP—An
Aram news agency dispatch says
temperatures reaching 129 degrees
in the shade have caused the
deaths of 700 Moslem pilgrims at
Mecca. The heat wave comes at the i
peak of the yearly pilgrimage sea
son.
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
(Copyright, 1951. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
TKsHINOTON — I have seen
General Eisenhower on both my
trips to Europe this year, but in
neither case have I talked to him
about politics. Furthermore, I doubt
whether 99 percent of the political
pundits who have come back frt^n
Paris as alleged interpreters Of
Ike’s desire to run or not to run
have really broached the subject
to him either.
Only on one occasion—and that
was several years ago—have I ever
mentioned personal politics to Gen
eral Eisenhower. I reminded him of
an incident back in Kansas when
he was a Democrat.
Ike gave me a quick look, asked
"where did you hear about that?”
and promptly dropped the subject.
It was obvious that he did not want
to discuss the days when he start
ed life as a rootin’-tootin' WiUiam
(Continued on Page 4)
Anxious Britons Await News of Ailing King
London'ors gather outside the gates of Buckingham Palace as they seek news on the condition of King
George VI, the 53-ycar-old monarch. (IP) Wirephoto v la radio from London.
King Gains
in Strength
LONDON, Sept. 26 — TP) — King
George’s doctors reported today
the monarch spent a less restful
night but still keeps on gaining
strength after Sunday's dangerous
lung operation.
They also said his general condi
tion is good.
One medical expert said the
phrase “less restful night" need not
necessarily cnuse any coneern. He
explained that the doctors prob
ably have cut down the amount of
opiates given to the king to ease
his pain in the period immediately
after the operation in which all or
part of a lung was cut out.
Meanwhile, a Buckingham Palace
spokesman disclosed the four doc
tors who have attended the king 24
hours a day are now able “to come
and go.”
But at least two have stayed at
the palace all the time along with
eight nurses.
The bulletin today was signed by
these four doctors and the surgeon
who operated on the king. The
surgeon has called each morning at
the palace to consult with the others
on terms of the bulletin.
rERIOD OF ANXIETY
LONDON, Sept. 26—-7B—Bucking
ham Palace said tonight there “in
evitably will be a period of some
anxiety” abcut the condition of
King George VI for the next week
or ten days.
This formal statement was issued
after doctors reported the monarch
spent a less restful night, although
he continued gaining strength.
The condition of the king, how
ever, caused postponement of the
plans of Princess Elizabeth, heiress
to the throne, to visit Canada and
the United States.
Tour of Princess
Elizabeth, Husband
Is Now Postponed
LONDON, Sept. 26—(IP)—A Buck
ingham Palace spokesman said to
night the Canadian-American tour
of Princess Elizabeth and her hus
band, the Duke of Edinburgh, has
been postponed because of the
King's serious illness.
The spokesman said a formal
statement from the palace on the
change in plans would be forth
coming shortly.
He declined to give any details on
rearrangements.
In Ottawa, a Canadian govern
ment official said the postpone
ment would be for a minimum of
two weeks.
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK, Sept. 26—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 2%, American
Can 116%, American Tel. and Tel.
159-%, Anaconda 49, Douglas Air
craft 60%, General Electric 601 i,
General Motors 51%, Goodyear 46%,
Kennecott 84%, Libby McNeill and
Libby 8i, Northern Pacific 57%,
Standard Oil of California 521 -,
Twentieth Century Fox 21 'i, U. S.
Steel 43 'ii. Pound $2.79, Canadian
Exchange 94.81.
Sales today were 1,520,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 272.24, rails 85.88, utili
ties 45.49.
VISITOR FROM LOS ANGELES
Lt. D. A. Brown of the U.S. Coast
Guard from Los Angeles, Calif., is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
Non-Schedule
Air Transports
Will Fight CAB
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— UR —
Atr.os E. Keacoek, President of
Transport Associates, Inc., of Seattle
raid today his company will take
every posible legal step to keep
its operating rights.
The Civil Aeronautics Board af
firmed last Friday the findings
of a hearing examiner that Air
Transport Associates had operated
regular flight service between Se
attle and Anchorage, Alaska, in
1949 and 1950, in violation of its
limited authority as a nonsched
uled carrier.
The board directed revocation of
the operating permit after 30 days,
that is, on October 21.
However, the board on the same
day announced a new general in
vestigation into irregular air lines.
It said the future operating rights
of Air Transport Associates would
be further considered in that pro
ceeding.
Heacock said today the board
will be asked to reconsider the re
vocation order. If this is refused,
he said, the case will be appealed
to the U. S. Court of Appeals here
with a request for an injunction
against the CAB directives.
Heacock said his company is will
ing to make its challenge of the
board action a test case for all
other carriers in the non-scheduled
category.
He asserted that the CAB is pur
suing a policy of "picking off the
non-scheduled carriers one by one,"
after running into Congressional
and court opposition to its plan for
sharply limiting the flights which
such carriers may make between
any two points in any one month.
The board has been enjoined on
this proposed limitation order, on
grounds that it was issued with
out public hearings.
Heacock said the new general in
vestigation fs intended to give the
board an opportunity to back up and
complete the hearing and other
procedural steps in order to issue a
new limitation order later.
He said that in order to avoid
any grounds for further CAB com
plaints, his company has this week
i educed its Seattle-Alaska opera
tions by about 50 percent, sharply
cutting into the volume of fresh
foods which the firm has been
delivering into the territory.
Happy Hunter Bags
Big Moose at Haines
Angelo Astone, cashier at the B.
M. .Behrends Bank, was a proud
hunter when he returned last night
from Haines where he had bagged
an 800-pound bull moose ydth a 40
inch antler spread.
He had been hunting since last
Saturday with A1 Lubcke. The moose
was shot in Moose Meadow at be
tween 450 and 500 yards with a 30.
05 Winchester which had been im
proved by Art Skinner, local gun
smith. It had a four power scope.
This is Astone’s first moose in
12 years residence in the Territory.
U. S. Given Long
Lease on Burial
Grounds in Europe
THE HAGUE, Sept. 26—UPI—'The
Netherlands have granted the Uni
ted States a 50-year lease on the
grounds of the second biggest Am
erican war cemetery in Europe,
Margraten the foreign office an
nounced today. It is near Maas
tricht, in the southeastern corner
of the country.
EijJht thousand American World
War II dead are buried there!
Brooks
Wallop
Braves
BOSTON, Sept. 26 — Ifl) — The
Brooklyn Dodgers smeared the Bos
ton Braves, 15-5 today to pull 1%
games ahead of the New York Giants
in the National League pennant
race. Earl Torgeson, Snohomish,
Wash., got his 24th homer of the
season in the eighth inning for the
Braves.
The Giants were scheduled to
meet the Phils in a night game at
Philadelphia. The Dodgers have
four games to play and can clinch
the pennant by winning three
games.
Big Don Newcombc coasted to his
19th victory as the Dodgers belted
six Boston pitchers for 14 hits. The
Brooks scored four in the first, four
in the fifth and sewed it up with
seven runs in the eighth. Roy Cam
panella was the big man for the
Dodgers, driving in five runs.
ATHLETICS BEAT YANKS
NEW YORK, Sopt. 26—I/O—The
Philadelphia Athletics interrupted
the New York Yankees’ pennant
march today, beating the bombers,
4-1, on the strength of three home
runs and tight pitching by little
Bobby Shantz.
The defeat cut the Yanks’ edge
over the runnerup Cleveland In
dians to 2M> games. A triumph
would have assured the Yanks of
no worse than a tie for the flag.
The Yanks have five games to play
and the Indians only two. Any com
bination of two Yankee victories
or Cleveland defeats will give the
Yanks the title.
Ferris Fain, Gus Zernial and
Dave Philley clouted home runs tc
lead the Athletic attack against
Bob Kuzava and Johnny Sain. Zer
nial's blast, his 33rd, came in the
second inning and was one of the
longest ever hit in the stadium
Zernial drove one of Kuzava’s
pitches 430 feet in the left field
bleaches with Elmer Valo aboard.
Shantz limited the Yanks to six
hits in posting his 18th victory
against nine defeats. The A’s came
up with three double plays to run
their season's output to 200.
Three other major league games
are scheduled, all night.
| Ship Movements
Princess Louise sails from Van
couver Sept. 29, arriving at Juneai
Oct. 1.
Alaska scheduled to arrive south
bound Monday at 6 p.m.
Denali sails from Seattle Sept
28, arriving at Juneau Oct. 1.
WEATHER REPORT
(U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o’clock this rooming
At Airport: Maximum, 51;
Minimum, 27.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Cloudy tonight and Thurs
day with light rain showers
beginning late tonight. Low
est temperature near 42 de
grees tonight and highest
Thursday near 52.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. today
At Airport — None;
since July 1—8.85 inches.
_ _ _ ^ ^ a A A A
Attlee Is
Asking Aid
Of Truman
Wants President to Per
sonally Help in Crucial
Iran Oil Dispute
LONDON, Sept. 26—(>P*—Prime
Minister Attlee is asking President
Trurngn personally for help in Brit
ain’s crucial oil dispute with Iran,
informed sources said today.
Britain protested in the strongest
terms in Tehran earlier today
against an Iranian edict ordering
some 300 British oil men to quit
the world's biggest refinery in
Abadan by Oct. 3.
In a personal message to Tru
man, informed sources said, Attlee
likely will make it clear that
Britain U determined to stay on
in Abadan.
Attlee conferred last night with
his top advisors and military chiefs
after Iran ordered the British oil
men expelled.
The informants said Sir Oliver
Franks, British Ambassador in
Washington, was expected to seek
a meeting with President Truman
to deliver a message from Attlee.
The Foreign Office said Brit
ain’s protest to the Iranian gov
ernment, “phrased in the strongest
terms,” was being delivered in
•Tehran by the British Ambassa
dor, Sir Francis Shepherd.
Tire protest underscored the grav
ity of developments in the months
old wrangle over the $1,500,000,000
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Pre
mier Mohammed Mossadegh's Na
tionalist government has nationa
j lized the properties of Anglo
Iranian, which is controlled by the
British government.
British government leaders
have hinted they might order the
use of force to keep the tech
nicians at Abadan.
If Britain takes a most forceful
toward Iran it.would pose grave
international problems for ail
North Atlantic Pact Allies.
Iran has a mutual defense treaty
with Russia, signed in 1921, that
entitles Russia to send troops into
Iran if Iran is invaded. This must
be taken into account in the reck
oning on whether force should be
used at Abadan.
Ciiy Election Pot
Simmers for Tuesday
The city election pot which is to
jr served up next Tuesday is quiet
ly simmering today with two more
expected filings made.
Bert Caro, local transfer opera
tor who has served on the council
for the past year, officially filed
for the council yesterday.
F. O. Eastaugh, local attorney,
filed for the position of city mag
istrate. He was elected to that po
sition last year. The office is for
a two-year tern.
Two tickets and two independents
are presented to the voters of Ju
neau.
The Independents ara P. M.
Schneider, local trucker for mayor,
and A. S. Glover of the Spruce
Lockers for councilman.
Waino Henriqkson running for
re-election as mayor for the fifth
time heads the People’s Progres
sive ticket.
With him are Mrs. Pauline Wash
ington, Bert McDowell, Art Walther,
Solon (Dewey> Dore, Robert Stutte,
and J. P. (Pete) Christenson.
The Civic Interest ticket is head
ed by Ed Nielson for mayor. For
council are Louis Kann, J. A. Thib
odeau, George Messerschmldt, E. O.
Curley) Davis and E. M. Spence.
Dr. J. O. Rude is the only can
lidate filing for board of the Ju
cau Independent School District.
Voting will take place at three
places: Precinct 1, in the basement
of the new Juneau Library; Pre
cinct 2, at the Alaska Electric
Light and Power Co., and Precinct
1, at the Juneau Dairies.
City Clerk C. L. Popejoy said to
lay that he was still short of judges
nd clerks for the election and asked
ihat qualified voters see him. His
office is at the city dock. He asked
'hat those interested apply in per
son.
MEETING REPORTS WILL
ME GIVEN AT CHAMBER
President Herbert S. Rowland and
,Tert-y McKinley, chairman of the
Chamber's road committee, will
give reports on meetings they re- j
rently attended in Missoula, Mont., j
and Vancouver, B.C. These re-'
ports will be given at a regular
Chamber luncheon meeting at the
Baranof Hotel tomorrow noon.
FROM SITKA
H. R. Smith of Sitka is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
Marines Land Via Helicopter
'-■K' *M
Battle-ready marines land atop a rugged mountain top In Korea In
a helicopter. It was the first timv In history of warfare that giant
helicopters were used to ferry combat troops. The 'copters delivered
men and supplies in four hours. By loot the same task would have
takVn two days. UP) Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo.
Lifting
Lid Off
Italians
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— UR —
The United States, Britain and
France declared their readiness to
day to lift the "permanent restric
tions and discriminations" imposed
on Italy by its World War II peace
treaty.
One big result would be to remove
treaty limitations on Italian arm
ing.
The three governments also jointly
confirmed their determination "to
make every effort to secure Italy's
membership in the United Nations,"
something which has been blocked
In the past by Russia's veto.
Today’s declaration followed talks
among the three big powers and
conferences here with Italian Pre
mier Alcide De Oasperi.
The allied powers called on other
nations which signed the Italian
oeace treaty five years ago to act
in concert with the big three.
Today’s declaration said Italy had
"loyally cooperated with the allies
during the latter part of the war as
a co-belligerent.’’
It added that she has re-establisn
ed democratic institutions and has
lent her oooperation to "other
peaceful and democratic^ govern
I ments" for the strengthening "of
the free world.”
Despite this record, the western
big three said, Italy Is still prevented
by Russia’s "unjustifiable veto” from
getting into the UN and is also
still subject to peace treaty res
trictions which are no longer in
line with Italy’s role "as an active
and equal member of the demo
cratic and freedom-loving family of
nations.”
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— W —
President Truman said today that
if Russia continues to block Ital
ian membership in the United Na
tions, ‘‘other ways must be found"
to enable Italy to play “a full and
equal part" in upholding UN prin
ciples.
The President also reaffirmed
American intentions to try to re
store Italy’s rights as a free nation
by seeking to ease the terms of the
Italian peace treaty.
He spoke at the dedication of four
equestrian statues, given to the
United States by the people of Italy,
at a ceremony at the Arlington
Memorial Bridge. The bronze gold
gilded groups, placed at entrances
to the bridge and the Rock Creek
parkway facing the Lincoln Mem
orial, were formally presented by
Italian Premier Alclde De Gasperi.
Even as Mr. Truman spoke, the
United States, Britain and Franct
were moving to relax restriction
imposed on Italy by the peace
treaty. They proposed to do it Lj
renouncing some clauses, especially
a provision limiting the size of It
alian armed forces.
Mr. Truman said the treaty “does
not give Italy the position of equal
ity among the free nations to which
it is now entitled."
“Among other things,” he added
“the treaty places unnecessary
shackles on Italian efforts for the
common defense of the. community
of free nations. We intend to do
everything we can to see that these
unfair restrictions and discrimina
tions are removed.
“We also intend to keep on-work
ing for the admission of Italy to the
United Nations. If the Soviet Un
ion keeps on vetoing Italy’s mem
bership, other ways must be found
Truce Talks
Are Stalled
Once Again
Red Demand for Full
Dress Conference Re
■ jecfed by UN Command
By BON IIUTI1
TOKYO, Sept. 26—Itfl—The Uni
te^ Nations command today rejectee
another Communist -suggestion that
full-dress Korean truce talks tx
resumed immediately.
The ullles insisted that arrange-'
men. iir ,t be m-.de to •revent
I further interruptions when the
! meetings are resumed.
The Reds made the'r repeat pro
posal at a meeting of allied am
Communist liaison officers in Kae
song, Korea, site of the stallec
cease-fire talks.
Peiping radio said the Communist:
suggested that the full truce talks
be resumed Thursday but the allie:
"again (resorted the old stalling
tactics of discussing condition.
first.”
It was the third and longest ses
sion held by the liaison teams ir
an effort to get the talks rolling
again.
The Wednesday meeting lasted
one hour and 20 minutes. The first
liaison session, on Monday, lasted
on hour.
Solemn Rites
Mark Creation
Church Province
SEATTLE, Sept. 26——The Ro
man Catholic church formally in
1 augurated the new ecclesiastical
province of Seattle in solemn cere
! monies at St. James Cathedral to
; day.
Five archbishops, 18 bishops, 11
; monsignori and five provincials ol
I religious orders were here for the
1 elevation of the most Rev. Thoma.
: A. Connolly to the newly created
archbishopric, and the installation
| or the most Rev. Joseph P. Dough
! tery as the bishop of the new diocese
| of Yakima.
Among high church prelates ir
i attendance was the most Rev. Der
mot O'Flanagan, bistyop-ldect ol
| the new Juneau, Alaska, diocese
| Tiie new province, presided ovei
by the archbishop, embraces thr
: Yakima, Spokane and Juneau dlo
| coses.
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| TIDE TABLES”!
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COUNCIL TOMORROW
A regular meeting of the Juneau
City Council will be held tomorrow
at 8 p.m., in the city clerk's office
at the city dock. No special busi
ness was scheduled on the agenda,
Mayor Waino Hendrickson said to
day.
to enable Italy to play a full and
equal part In upholding the prin
ciples of the United Nations."
All-Jet
Battles
Raging
Over 250 Jets in Single
Day Action Dwarfing All
Previous Engagements
UN. COMMAND HEADQUAR
TERS. Korea. Sept. 26—MP)—Allied
pilots today destroyed or damaged
14 Communist planes over north
west Korea in history's greatest
lay of all-jet battles.
There were 256 Jets in action. The
number dwarfed all previous Jet
ictions for a single day.
“The MIG war is getting grim
mer," said Col. Francis 8. Gab
reskl, America's leading ace, “Their
planes are better, their pilots are
better and their system Is better.
“Whoever is flying these MIGs is
using some of the old Qerman Luft- .
waffe tricks. They are as good as
iny Qerman pilots I met in the last
var.” v
(Oabreski's comments, the range
if the new Red Jets and the unusual
agerness of their pilots In seeking
battle hinted the Communists may
have thrown a newer model Jet, pos
sibly the MIG-19, into the sharpen
ing air war.)
Seventy-seven Allied Jets tangled
with 120 Russian-type MIGs in a
roaring duel Wednesday morning
over northwest Korea's MIG alley.
It was the biggest single jet fight
of all time.
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said its
pilots probably oestroyed one Red
let and damaged four. It said no
Allied planes were lost.
Then 24 American Thunderjets
swooshed back into MIG alley in
the afternooh and clashed with 35
MIGs. 1
The score, as reported by Fifth
Air Force: one MIG probably de
troyed. eight damaged. It gave no
eport on the American planes.
The afternoon battle was joined
it 18.000 fWt near Blnanju. The
VfIGs roared in fast and forced
he Thunderjets to Jettison their
bomb loads before they had made
their target runs.
In the morning battle, the MIGs
roared out of the north in a bold
attempt to block an Allied smash
it Communist rail lines.
On the ground, Allied forces
itormcd again at Heartbreak Ridge
n east-central Korea. They were
carrying on their five-weeks old
irive to take the height command
ng a key Communist supply area.
Salmon Pack Is
2 Million Cases
Below Average
WASHINGTON, Sept.-26— I* —
The Pish and Wildlife Service
aid today that the Alaska pack of
almon through September 6 to
aled 3,338,418 cases, 161,415 more
than last year.
The agency said the yield in a
normal year averages about 5,
>00,000 cases.
The increase this year was due
o a southeast Alaska pack of 1,
147.127 cases, 703,214 more than last
year.
The Columbia River pack in.mid
leptember was reported to be about
20 percent above the 1950 figure
>r around 230,000 cases.
In the Puget-Sound area, the pack
»t the end of the first week In
3eptepiber was 413,420 cases, com
mred with 123,135 at the same
ime last year.
The service estimated the total
Jnlted States and Alaska salmon
Jack this year at about 4,500,000
■uses, an increase of about 500,000
jver the 1950 figure and a decrease
)f about 525,000 from the 1949 to
al.
Alaska Railroad
labor Grievances
To Go Before Committee
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— —
The Interior Department announced
vesterday establishment of an ad
justment board for settling griev
ances with train and engine ser
vice employees of the Alaska Rail
road.
Secretary of the Interior Chap
man said the board will have three
members, one appointed by the
railroad, one by the union Involved,
and one by agreement between the
two parties.
The board will handle grievances
arising out of Interpretation of la
I bor agreements.
Chapman said a new board will
be set up for each dispute. No un
settled disputes are pending, Chap
man said.