THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,928
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Hendrickson Is
Elected Mayor
For Fifth Term
FiveofSixCandidatesfor
Council People's Pro
gressive Ticket Elected
Waino E. Hendrickson was re
elected mayor in Tuesday's voting
for his fifth term and his second
for two years. He polled 821 votes
against Edward S. Nielsen .with 386
and P. M. Schneider with 63. Hen
drickson’s Peoples Progressive ticket
also won out with five councilmen
to o^i« on the Civic Interest Ticket.
Councilmen elected to two year
terms are B. F. McDowell with 810,
Pauline Washington 681 and Robert
M. Stutte, 649.
McDowell and Mrs. Washington
are present members of the city
council Stutte-threw his hat inlo
the"ring for the first time.
Councilmen elected for one year
are J. P. Christensen 637, E. O.
Davis 634, Art Walthcr 532. Chris
tensen has been a member of the
council previously and Walther is
a metnber of the present council
Davis is making his entry in politics
and was the only candidate on the
Civic Interest Ticket to be success
ful.
James Orme was elected to the
School Board over Dr. J. O. Rude
by 719 to 562 and Frederick O. East
baugh, unopposed, is again Citj
Magistrate.
Going down to defeat with Niel
sen, present member of the citj
council, were also J. B. Caro anc
J. A. Thibodeau.
Voters cast 1287 ballots yesterdaj
as follows: first precinct 423, sec
ond prec\pct 461 and third precincl
403. L
There was a heavy vote cast be
tween 4 o’clock yesterday afternocr
and up to poll closing time at ’
o’clock last night.
Two Juneau Men to
Receive Citations
At Chamber Meeting
Two Department of Reclamatior
employees will be presented Witt
^itaticfis for meritorious service
at the Chamber of Commerce meet
ing tomorrow noon in the Golc
Room of the Baranof Hotel. The
men to be honored are Terrance
Robbins and Harry Johnson, whc
completed a power survey of the
Susitna River after their canoe was
swamped and their equipment lost
in the river’s rapids.
Mrs. Oscar Ahlgren, first vice
president of the General Federation
of Woman’s Clubs will be an hon
ored guest at- the meeting.
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK, Oct. 3—OW—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 314, American Can
11614, American Tel. and Tel. 159 4
Anaconda 5014, Douglas Aircraft
60%. General Electric 61%, General
Motors 52%, Goodyear 4814. Ken
necott 87%, Libby McNeil and Libby
8%, Northern Pacific 57, Standard
Oil of California 53%. Twentieth
Century Fox 22%, U.S. Steel 44
Pound $2.79, Canadian Exchange
94.81.
Sales today were 2,380,000 shares
Average^ today were as follows
industrials 275.87, rails 86.77, util
ities 46.34.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Copyright, 1951. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.]
By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON — Most amazing
inside fact about the recent clean
up of the San Francisco Interna!
Revenue office is that certain U. S
officials tried to indict the young
man who first pushed this clean
up.
He is Charles O’Gara, assistant U
S. attorney in San Francisco, whc
for more than a year had tried tc
investigate and, if guilty, prosecute
some of the income tax officials
now suspended.
During all this period, it was nc
secret to high officials that inconn
tax wire-pulling was suspected ir
northern California. And not onlj
did these officials turn a deai
ear about a house cleaning bul
they attempted to Indict the mar
who tried to clean house.
The story is almost unbelievable
and somewhat complicated. It goes
back to August 1950 when U. S
Judge J. Waties Waring of South
Carolina, sitting temporarily ir
California, smelled something wrong
regarding a narcotics case and sug
gested to young Assistant U. S
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Results of City Election
First Sbcond Third
FOR MAYOR Precinct Precinct Precinct Total
W’aino E. Hendrickson . 277 285 259 821
Edward S. Nielsen . 128 145 113 386
P. M. Schneider . 15 23 25 63
FOR COCNCILMEN:
J. B. Caro . 164 245 160 569
J. P. Christensen . 237 184 216 637
E. O. Ilavis . 192 257 185 634
Solon M. Dore . 125 142 113 380
A. S. Glover . 70 119 115 304
Louis Kann . 82 122 82 286
B. F. McDowell . 309 254 247 810
George Messerschmidt . 161 185 162 508
E. M. Snence . 143 164 216 523
Robert M. Stutte . 227 219 203 649
J. A. Thibodeau . 198 224 168 590
Art Walther . 227 190 215 632
Mrs. Pauling Washington .... 254 212 215 681
FOR MAGISTRATE:
Frederick O. Eastaugh . 202 296 285 783
FOR SCHOOL BOARD:
James Orme . 219 280 220 719
Dr. J. O. Rude . 205 174 183 562
Artillery
Barrage Hits
Red's Supply
'Paritial Blackout' Indi
cating New Offensive,
Clamped on News
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS. Korea, Oct. 3—UPI—A
thunderous United Nations artillery
barrage roared along the western
front today while war planes tried
to break up the biggest Red sup
ply effort since the last Communist
offensive.
Red troops who held allied in
fantrymen to no gains yesterday
pressed two battalion-sized probing
attacks of thcu oviii
Over northern Korea twelve P-80
Shooting Stars, among -America’s
slowest jets, were credited with
probably destroying two Red MIG
15,’s in a brief battle with a dozen
, fast Red-nosed jets. The F-80s
, ■ caught the Reds by surprise as the
| MIGS flew to attack another flight
j of American planes.
(A “partial blackout,” frequent
I ly a sign of an impending offen
sive by either the Reds or Allies,
was clamped on news from the
war fronts Wednesday.)
The tightened censorship was an
nounc'd by .Tokyo headquairters
of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, sup
reme UN commander. There was
no explanation.
The partial blackout of news was
imposed until further notice.
While there were indications of
a possible impending Red offen
sive, a broad United Nations drive
could not be ruled out. The news
blackout recalled a Red Chinese
broadcast Saturday asserting the
allies were preparing to make sim
ultaneous amphibious landings on
both coasts of North Korea. The
allied command has not commented
on this broadcast.'
The Far East Air Forces (FEAF)
noted significantly that pilots
spotted 4,355 Red trucks on the
highways Tuesday night—“The
greatest number in a single night
since. . .the Communists’ last |
abortive offensive” in mid-May.
Warships and night-raiding planes
concentrated on breaking up this
near record volume of supplies be
ing rushed toward the front. An
PEAP communique said Red trucks
“suffered very heavy loses.”
85 Cars Checked
By Juneau Police;
16 Drivers Fined
Out of 85 automobiles stopped
yesterday by Juneau police in the
cityts lannual vte)hicle inspection
drive, 16 were found not to con
form to regulations and drivers were
issued tickets.
Chief of Police Bernard Hulk
said today that the car check will
continue to determine if drivers
held proper operators' licenses, and
if cars have effective brakes and
lights.
1-4 FIRE CALL
The 1-4 fire call at 6:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning was for a short
circuited electric mortor at the
Gastineau Hotel. There was no
damage reported by firemen.
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• DUCK HUNTING HOURS •
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• October 4 •
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• Starts 6:38 a.m., Ends 5:24 p.m. •
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Iran Takes
Over Brilish
Refinery
ABADAN, Iran. Oct. 3—</W—The
British pulled out of Abadan today
to give Iran full possession of the
world’s greatest refinery.
The British cruiser Mauritius
with some 275 Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company employees, sailed at the
Shatt-el-Arab river to Basra, Iraq,
early this afternoon.
From Baara, the evacuees are to
be flown back to Britain.
The Mauritius was accompanied
by five sea-going tugs, one ahead
and four behind.
Forty other AIOC employees left
by plane this morning.
The British departure came after
o Italian
It was a sad and solemn affair.
The evacuees privately said
this was one of Britain’s most
humiliating moments. It was, in
deed, in contrast to the proud days
when the roar of the British lion
made the world take notice.
That was the way it was when
the British came to Iran in the
early years of this century.
Iran now lays claim to oil riches
which the country has granted to
Britain under a royalty agreement
which was to have lasted until 1993.
There was no noticeable change
over here today.
Since last June, when they first
appeared on the scene, Iranian Oil
Company officials have been grad
ually taking over the fields and re
finery processes step by step.
They moved into some British
homes as more and more AIOC em
ployees left.
Today’s departure was orderly,
with only a few Iranian police and
soldiers on the streets.
Women's Club Vice
President Charms
Juneau Groups
As charming a VIP as Juneau
club women have entertained for
many months, Mrs. Oscar Ahlgren,
Whiting, Indiana, First Vice Pre
sident of the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs, is in Juneau
in her capacity as adviser to the
Women’s Clubs of eleven western
states and Alaska.
For Mrs. Ahlgren and Mrs. Doris
Barnes, Wrangell, President of the
Alaska Federation of Women’s
(flubs, the Juneau Woman’s Club
will be host tonight at a reception
in the Odd Fellows hall.
Mrs. Ahlgren and Mrs. Barnes
were guests at a monthly meeting
of the JWC in the penthouse of the
Alaska Electric Light and Power
Co., today.
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club members were hosts at
luncheon for the visitors today in
the Baranof Terrace room.
Mrs. Ahlgren is especially inter
ested in the active part women
in Alaska take in politics and gov
ernment. She expressed herself as
delighted that Mrs. Barnes, Alaska
Federation President, is a member
of the Territorial legislature.
Ring Stolen
From Dead
Man's Finger
EDRT WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 3—OPI
—Attendants at a funeral home were
a little surprised last night when a
mourner walked up to the casket
and shook hands with the deceased.
Later, they told police, they found
a $150 lodge ring was missing from
a finger of the dead man.
Sales Tax of Two
Per Cent Approved
By Fairbanks Voters
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Oct. 3—UPl
—Fairbanks school district voters
yesterday approved a two percent
sales tax to be collected throughout
the district.
The vote was 532 in favor of the
tax and 301 against. ,
School district voters also elected
A1 Seeliger, employee of the Fair
banks Electric Company and long
time resident here, to a five-year
seat on the school board.
Seeliger polled 325 votes to 282
for Prof. Louis Weinberg of the
University of Alaska, and 226 votes
for Donald McCune, production
manager for radio station KFAR.
In the city election, incumbent
C. L. Lingberg was reelected to
a three-year council post with 261
votes. Also elected to a three-year
seat was Richard Greuel, program
director for radio station KFAR,
with 171 votes. —
Robert Sachs, who was unopposed,
was elected to fill a one-year un
expired council term. Sachs is
owner of a men’s wear store here.
Five members elected to the utility
board were Tom Roberts, Frank
Link. C. W. Snedden^_Ray I£?tdsr.
m*1 ftv-lMr FeFit:dnr“‘ *
Under the sales tax plan, the
school district will collect the two
percent sales tax outside the city
limits. Inside the city limits, the
city will collect a one percent tax
for city purposes and the school
board will collect one percent for
schools. Therefore all residents in
the Fairbanks area will pay a two
percent tax both inside and outside
the city.
Green Light
Given Kiwanis
Scrap Drive
T*’..' ijfch-tT-*V-v fap Or'r? wns
given the green light by members
at their weekly luncheon held Wed
nesday noon in the Gold Room of
the Baranof Hotel. Dr. Ted Ober
man, chairman for the drive, re
ported that three firms had written
(hat they would purchase the scrap.
The drive will get underway with
a collection of small artieles that
can be handled by volunteer labor.
Henry Leege was unanimously
elected vice-president and will hold
office until January 1, when the
new officers will be installed. Leege
will preside at future meetings as
Larry Parker, Kiwanis president, is
leaving for Fort Benning, Ga., next
week.
Election of officers will be held
in November and W. H. Hamilton,
Gene Vuille and Joe Morgan were
appointed as members of a nomi
nating committee.
The club will sparkplug again
the annual Christmas seal sale for
the Alaska Tuberculosis Association.
Dr. Henry Harris, chairman for the
Juneau campaign, announced that
the drive will be held for two weeks,
beginning on October 31.
A financial report was given on
the Kids Day drive, held last month
and it was announced that the
$270 collected had been turned over
to the Youth Service committee.
Cannery, Plant
At Iron Creek,
Destroyed, Fire
KODIAK, Alaska, Oct. 3—un—‘The
Southwestern Fishery Company
cannery and herring reduction
plant at Iron Creek on Raspberry
Island burned Monday night. The
loss was estimated at $350,000. The
fire's origin is unknown.
The island is about 45 miles from
Kodiak Island. The cannery was
built in 1949. The reduction plant,
which converts herring into oil and
meal, was built in 1935.
Olaf Floe heads the operating
company, with headquarters in Seat
tle.
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• At Airport, Maximum, 49; •
• minimum, 35. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Cloudy with occasional light •
• rain showers tonight and •
• Thursday. Lowest temperture •
• tonight about 40. Highest •
• Thursday near 50. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• At Airport — Trace; •
• since July 1—9.25 inches. •
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Taylor Elected
Anchorage Mayor
In Close Race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 3—<41
—Maynard L. Taylor, Jr., an archi
tect, was elected mayor of Anchor
age yesterday in the closest election
race in the history of Alaska's larg
est city.
Taylor defeated Howard Pollock,
Army Engineers’ employee, 460-442,
unofficial final returns indicated.
He will serve a two-year term.
Others in the six-man race were
Elroy Hinman, Robert Kinsey, Fer
dinand Lefort and Fred Olivera.
Mayor Z. J. Loussac did not seek
reelection.
A businessmen’s slate swept three
incumbents out of office to win
three openings on the city council.
Fred Axford, Anchorage jeweler,
and George Jones, a public accoun
tant, won three year terms. Jack
White, radio store owner, was elec
ted for a two-year term. All three
won by substantial margins.
Marshall Hoppin, manager ot the
Anchorage Businessmen's Associa
tion, was elected to a three-year
term on the utility board, defeating
incumbent, E. Wells Irvin.
The lone woman candidate, Ruth
M. Fitzgerald, piled .up.. the_ biggest
■'/iflOdFiTv easily" defeating Edward
Bantz for a five-year term on the
school .(ward. —
Incumbent councilmen who lost
their bid for reelection were G. E.
Krause, Don Rozell and Alfred
Owen.
The total vote was 1776.
PETERSBURG ELECTION
PETERSBURG, Alaska, Oct. 3—
Carroll Clausen, who has run for
nearly everything from dog catcher
to a seat in the legislature, captured
mayoralty post 252 against 44 for
Peter Jorgensen.
Vemer Israelson 263, Willmar
Otnes 247, took council seats and
Warren Bailey beat Elmer Faber,
233 to 50, for the school board.
FT ERO SKAGWAY MAYOR
SKAGWAY, Alaska, Oct. 3 —
William E. Fccro was elected mayor
at yesterday’s election in which 245
votes were cast.
Councilmen elected are: Orrin
Edwards, Max Kopanski, Richard
Hubbard, Walter Self, John E. Heid
elberger and William Dewar.
School Board — Mrs. Edna Ra
puzzi, Erwin Fairbanks, Kent Fuller
and Gail Budd.
DOYLE IS SITKA’S MAYOR
SITKA, Alaska, Oct. 3—In yes
terday's city election Dan R. Doyle
was elected mayor for his third
term, defeatihg William Lentz 240
to 132.
Six councilmen were Charles Kidd
273. Edwin L. Reed 288 and Bob
DeArmond 313 for two year term,
J. Early Shennett 260, M. S. Mitro
vitch 258 and Pete Meland 209 for
one year. Defeated for council were
Russell Clithero 154, Laurence Doig
145, Mark Jacobs, Sr., 155 and Har
old A. Veatch 85.
P A. Haugen, Don R. McGraw,
Carl Peterson, H. E. Schaefer, and
Leslie Yaw, unopposed, were elected
to the Utilities Board of control.
L. E. Thielke received 40 write in
votes.
For school board Harold L. Don
nelly, G. P. Helland, Frank W.
Kuehn and Keith Snowden were
elected. Other candidates were
Annabelle Appling and Frank
Crosby.
Three hundred eighty-seven votes
were cast in the election.
ELECTION AT WRANGELL
WRANGELL. Alaska. Oct. 3 —
Vei n Smith was reelected mayor un
opposed with 108 of 130 votes cast
in yesterday’s election.
Vallasd Beals with 85 votes and
Charles Early. 71, were elected to
the council. E. J. Wheeler, the
other candidate, with 68 votes, was
defeated for reelection. Early is an
incumbent.
E R. Sharnbroich, Mrs. Joy Smith
and Mrs. Virginia Hay elected un
opposed to the school board.
BATTLE AT CORDOVA
CORDOVA, Alaska, Oct. 2—In the
municipal election Tuesday the hard
fought battle for a sales tax to
make repairs to city streets, sewers
and bulkheads as well as to build
a new school was defeated 105 to 128.
In the council race the incumbent
Dr. John B. Porter was reelected
and Richards Janson, Jr., was elec
ted to fill the other vacancy.
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Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive southbound Friday at 7 a.m.,
ailing for Vancouver at 9 a.m.
Denali due southbound sometime
Sunday.
Baranof sails from Seattle Oct. 5.
White House Says that
Russia Has Exploded
'Another Atomic Bomb'
Big Probe
Is Ordered
By Truman
Income Returns of All
Infernal Revenue Em
ployees Be Investigated
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3—MV-In
I ternal Revenue Commissioner John
B. Dunlap announced today he has
ordered inspection of the Income
tax returns of all Internal Revenue
! employees for the past three years.
Dunlap said the order applied to
U‘.uii\yuue--iri -the-btneatr “TKirtrTmr
| "Commissioner on down."
Testifying before a House ways
rr.nur 'mPaTT? suoSommTttee,' LKm^"
■ lap declared he had been given a
“free hand” by President Truman
I and Secretary of the Treasury Sny
der to restore public confidence in
the bureau.
He told the committee, headed
I by Rep. King (D-Calif), he had
received the “personal assurances”
of President Truman of White
House backing in establishing
“complete integrity” within the
service.
Dunlap, however, uujected for
“psychological reasons" to the com
mittee’s suggestions that Internal
Revenue employees be required im- j
mediately to fill out questionnaires
of their net financial worth and
business connections.
Dumap said he totril was the
duty of the committee to issue the
directive for a questionnaire “be
cause of the psychological reaction" j
by employees already under public
criticism as result of recent disclos- |
ure of Irregularities in the bureau.
In discussing reasons for recent
disclosures of irregularities in the
service, Dunlap said that outside
business activities by politically ap
pointed tax collectors was an im
portant factor.
Acheson Queried
On Advising No
Aid for China
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3 — (At —
Harold E. Stassen flatly challenged
Secretary of State Acheson today
to deny that in 1940 he recommended
cutting off all military supplies for
China.
Stassen’s challenge followed a
State Department reply to his tes
timony before a Senate hearing or.
Monday. He said then that the late
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R
Mich) had told him of a White
House meeting at which Acheson
and Philip Jessup had proposed
halting aid to the Nationalists.
The State Department reply was
issued last night by press officer
Michael J. McDermott who said,
“I fear Mr. Stassen’s memory is
playing him tricks.”
McDermott said a thorough check
pn the records failed to indicate
that the meeting of which Stassen
said Vandenberg had told him ever
took place.
Stassen, former Governor of
Minnesota, said in a brief statement
today: "My attention has been
called to the State Department’s
■elease of Oct. 3.
"I will make a more complete
statement later.
"But I immediately ask this direct
.pecific question of Secretary Ache
son:
"Do you deny that you were at a
conference with President Truman
and Senator Vandenberg in 1949
at which you recommended cutting
off all military supplies for the
China Nationalists, and at which
Senator Vandenberg opposed such
action?”
COL. DEAN TO ANCHORAGE
ON NAT. GUARD MATTERS
Lt. Col. D. W. Dean, administra
tive assistant to the Alaska National
Guard adjutant general, leaves for
Anchorage today to consult with
Lt. Col. George A. McLaughlin,
battalion commander of 207th In
fantry Battalion of the National
Guard, on guard activities in rela
tion to the field training encamp
ment of the 207th Battalion. Col.
i Dean expects to return Sunday.
FROM BERKELEY
G. W. Rathgen, of Berkeley, Calif..
1 is at the Baranof Hotel.
, WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—<JV-The
White House announced today that
Russia has exploded "another atomic
I bomb."
Presidential Secretary Joseph
, Short told reporters:
"Another atomic bomb has re
cently been exploded within the
Soviet Union.”
Short declined to give' any details.
Only minutes before the White
House announcement, the Associ
ated Press had received information
from other but authoritative sources
that the government wns analyzing
data which indicated Russia had
made two new atomic explosive
tests—one of them a fizzle.
The source of this information
indicated the successful explosion
had occurred within recent days or
weeks.
Short’s statement, read to ‘news
men in his office, follows:
"Another atomic bomb has re
cently been exploded within the
«eriet-t?iTWh. — ——-—
'In spite of Soviet pretension?
that their atomic energy program i;.
TJWfhg -Ttr-rya-d laayj,
peaceful purposes, this event con
firms again that the Soviet Union
is continuing to make atomic wea
pons.
"In accordance with the policy of
the President to keep the American
people informed to the fullest extent
consistent with our national secur
ity, the President has directed me
to make this statement and to stress
again the .necessity for that effec
tive, cnforcable international con
tro.' of atomic energy which the
United States and a large majority
of the members of the United Na
tions support.
“Further details cannot be given
without adversely affecting our na
tional security interests.”
■ ■ —- if . n
Gen. Omar Bradley
Meets with Top
Military Leaders
TOKYO, Oct. 3—ftfl—Gen. Omar
Bradley left Tokyo today after a
fore-shortened visit that included
a two-day tour of the Korean bat
tle front.
Shortly before his departure for
Washington the chairman of the
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held a
secret conference with top Ameri
can military leaders here amid fad
ing hopes of a negotiated truce in
Korea.
The meeting with Army, Air and
Navy commanders was presumed
to be the most significant session
Bradley held in his six-day visit.
Bradley commented only:
"It was a very interesting trip —
very helpful to us."
His plane left at 7:20 p.m. (5:20
am., EST). Bradley was accom
panied by his wife and Charles
Eohlen, U.S. State Department ex
pert on Russia.
For the seventh day Red leaders
Ignored a United Nations proposal
to reopen armistice talks at a new
site in No-Man’s-Land.
Tokyo sources said the Reds have
waited too long to make a favorable
reply to Oen. Matthew B. Rldg
way’s suggestion to hold sessions
near Songhyon, about six miles
from Red-controlled Kaesong, the
former site.
These sources said they believe
true talks actually are broken off.
There has been no meeting since
Aug. 22.
TWO WRANGELL BOATS
RECEIVE HEAVY FINES
In the Wrangell court of U. S.
Commissioner Joel Wing, two boats’
crews received heavy fines for vio
lating fisheries regulations In the
fall season, which opened Monday.
The boat Widgeon, captained by
Gordon Plancich of Seattle, was
fined for its third violation this
season. The boat was discovered
fishing in a closed area one day be
fore the season opened. The captain
was lined $1,000 and each crew
member the sum of $500.
The boat Mallard was charged
with fishing In a closed area and
her captain was fined $500 and each
crew member, $250. The arrests
were made by special agent Jim
Bronson who sighted the violations
from the FWS plane piloted by Jim
Hickey. y
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• OCTOBER 4
• High tidp 3:41 am., 162 ft.
• Low tide 9:31 am., 2.1 ft.
• High tide 3:34 p.m., 18.6 ft.
• Low tide 10:13 p.m., -1.8 ft.
GianJs5,
Dodgers 4,
Third Game
New York Team Wins
National League Flag by
3-Run Homer in Ninth
NEW YORK, Oct. 3—(A—Bobby
Thomson’s three-run homer in the
last of the ninth won the National
League pennant for the New York
Giants today over Brooklyn, 5-4, in
the last of a three-game tie playoff.
Climaxing their sensational up
hill surge that overcame a 13% game
Brooklyn lead of Aug. 11 and sent
them into a playoff, the Oiants
snatched their 18th flag out of tha
imbers of defeat.
With hope all but gone after a
three-run Brooklyn rally In the
lighth, Thomson hammered a line
Irive into the lower left field seats
in the second pitch thrown by re
'ief pitcher Ralph Branca.
The blow turned the Polo
Grounds Into a tumult with the
—CiaQtj^hogpIng over one another's
shoulders to explode their an- .
thusiasm hi a greeting to Thom
pson.
As^a' resuTt ‘ ttw—Siaftts-jpjijhJp. ^
he World Series with the New York
Yankees tomorrow at Yankee Sta
dium.
Trailing 4-1 going to the ninth.
‘he Giants closed the gap to 4-3 on
singles by A1 Dark and Don Mueller
ind Whltey Lockman's double off
‘he left field wall. Lockman's smash
knocked out big Don Newcombe,
who had a four-hitter going Into
he ninth.
On Branca’s second pitch,
Thomson broke up the boll game
and the pennant race with one
swing of hia bat.
Not since the 1914 Boston Brave
miracle men surged from Iasi to
rtrst In a superb finish has a blub
rallied like Leo Durocher's Oiants
o win a pennaWt Andthfs tops
hem all for the Oiants were hope
essly beaten, 13% games behind as
'ate as Aug. 11.
From that time on they won 39
of their last 47 to snatch the flag
from the fingers of the desperate
Brooks.
Until Thomson's blast, the Oiants
never had the lead on this dark
gloomy day at the Polo Orounds.
Defense Bill
Earmarked for.
Early Approval
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — W — A
$57,200,000,000 bill to run the De
fense Department this year was
earmarked today for early and final
Congressional approval.
A Senate-House conierence com
mittee, working late last night,
ironed out virtually all disputed
points in the huge peace-time de
fense measure. It whittled $4,000,
000,000 off a Senate-approved $5,
000.000,000 funds for an extra air
power.
Only one out of an original 57
differences between the Senate and
House bills remained unresolved.
Bdth Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo)
and Rep. Mahon (D-Tex), said Pen
tagon leaders had failed to produce
detailed plans for spending the five
billions.
“And the extra should meet all
demands until Congress meets again
in January," Mahon added.
Chief of Staff
Leaves to Tour
j Europe,Far I
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3—<*»—Gen.
J. Lawton Collins, army chief of
staff, left last night on an inspec
tion trip to Europe and the far
east war zone.
The Defense Department, an
nouncing this today, said that Col
lins will attend troops maneuvers
in Germany and make “a routine
inspection of troops and United
States military missions."
He will go from Germany to the
far east, but the army did not say
what route he would take.
Collins took off from the capital
at about the time that Gen. Omar
Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs
of staff, was heading home from
a quick trip to the far east to con
fer with military chiefs there and
inspect the Korean battle front.
FINED FOR SPEEDING
In the U. S. Commissioner’s court
on Monday, Dwain B. Allerdice was
fined *35.00 for speeding on Glacier
Highway. He was charged by John
Monagle, highway patrolman.