THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,957
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1951
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Chance of Bail
For 12 Accused
Of Red Charges
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5 — «> —
1 The Supreme Court today gave 12
persons accused of Communist ac
tivities a new chance to win re
lease from Jail irr Los Angeles on
bail of less than $60,000 each.
The 12 appealed to the high tri
bunal after lower federal courts in
California refused to cut their bail.
The Supreme Court, In ail opin
ion by thief Justice Vinson, said
the U.S. District Court in San
Francisco had not used “proper
methods” In fixing the $50,000
figure.
Vinson said the 12 should be per
mitted ' to go back to the district
court and asked for reduced bail,
and that they should have the right
to appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court
in San Francisco if denied a reduc
tion.
Among the group is William
Schneiderman, referred to as the
acting head of the Communist
party in the United States. He
was arrested in New York last
summer and taken to Los Angeles.
Among its other actions today the
high court:
1. Voted G to 3 against hearing at
this time the government's chal
lenge of a lower court’s decision
that FBI informants may be sued
for libel and slander if their state
ments are motivated by malice. The
decision was handed down by the
U.S. Circuit Court in New York,
but actual trial of the suit is pend
ing. The FBI asked vainly for a
quick Supreme Court ruling over
turning thj circuit court.
2. Refused to review the murder
trial of Grant E. Rio, convicted in
Whitman County, Wash., for the
killing of Joe Roberg and James
Beckner. The jury ■ recommended
the death penalty.
3. Keiusea 10 review a occasion >
holdingi invalid a Utah law which j
required employers to make union
dues deductions from wages when |
asked to do so by workers.
4. Granted a hearing to Yvette
Madsen, who is serving a 15-year |
prison term in this country for the j
slaying of her army officer husband i
after a party at an American air :
base in Germany two years ago.
Wade Leaves Sunday to
Attend Land Hearings
Hugh J. Wade, area director for
the Alaska Native Service, left Sun
day aboard the Pacific Northern
plane for Anchorage wher^ he will
join the House of Representatives
subcommittee holding hearings on
Indian, Aleut, and Eskimo land
claims.
Wade will return to Juneau on
Thursday when a hearing is sched
uled to be held here. Other hear
ings will be held in Anchorage, Fair
banks, Kotzebue, Nome, Kodiak,
Sitka and Ketchikan.
TheWashington
Merry - Go - Round
(CooyrigHt, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
WAsHINGTON—The Democrat
ic National Committee almost came
apart at the seams last week when
party . officials went to Washing- i
ton to "elect” President Truman's!
hand-picked candidate as party!
chairman.
On the surface all was sweetness
and light—just as sweet as the
Princess Elizabeth, whom he was
entertaining whije his party chief
tains boiled. But underneath, con
troversy was. so bitter that at one
point top lady Democrat India Ed
wards resigned as vice president of
the Democratic National Commit
tee.
In the end, visiting Democrats
came to heel in a most undemocratic !
manner They did exactly what the ;
White House wanted them to do—
thanked outgoing Chairman Bill:
Boyle for his past services and duti
fully elected Indiana’s Prank Mc
Kinney, a little-known amateur, to
leplace him. It had the efficiency
of a well-trained animal act.
The revolt which simmered, but,
never reached the boiling point, got
its initial touch-off two weeks ago
when President Truman called in j
vice chairman India Edwards and
offered her Bill Boyle’s place. Mrs.
Edwards, an energetic and popu
lar figure among all Democrats, de
clined on the grounds that the ’52
election campaign should be run
by a man. But she specifically and
categorically asked that she be con
sulted on the selection of the new
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Going Out for Dinner
Princess Elizabeth, who may be Queen of England some day, wears •
a diamond tiara on her head and a fox stole around her shoulders
as sii'e leaves Blair House in Washington (11-1) to be hostess to
President and Mrs. Truman at a dinner at the Canadian embassy.
(/PI W'irephoto.
Gov. Gruening
Says Statehood
Fight in Open
Opposition in some parts of the
south to Alaska becoming a state
was finally voiced and the true rea
son given at the recent Governors
Conference, according to Gov.
Ernest Gruening who returned last
weekend from a six-weeks’ stay in
the States.
Gov. Gruening said that this
year’s conference was the firot
where the Alaska and Hawaii state
hood resolutions met witli opposi
tion when they came to a vote.
The Governors Conference passed
the statehood bills for the fifth
consecutive time, but Gov. Herman
Talmadge of George set a precedent
by voting “No.” He later withdrew
his negative vote with the provision
that it be made a matter of record.
Gov. Gruening said today that
Sen. Ernest W. McFarland, of Ari
zona, has promised that the bill
will be brought up in the coming
session of Congress. Senator Mc
Farland Is majority leader of the
Senate.
According to Gov. Gruening. it
has been a rule of the conference
that all resolutions be approved
unanimously because, he says, the
group Is formed on a non-political
basis and it.would not be desirable
to split the conference with high
controversy. All resolutions are
presented to a committee of a num
ber of governors who sift each cne
to discuss the advantages and dis
advantages before deciding to report
favorably to the entire conference.
Therefore. Gov. Gruening says,
almost invariably the resolutions re
ported on favorably are approved
by the conference.
“No” Against Statehood
“But when the statehood resolu
tion came up at the executive ses
sion—which was the last session cf
the conference,’" Gov. Gruening ex
plained, “Everyone was surprised to
hear a lone ‘no.’ It proved to come
from Gov. Talmadge of Georgia.
“When asked by the chairman of
the session, Gov. Battle of Virginia,
if he would have any objection to
Stating his reasons for voting against
the resolution, Gov. Talmadge said,
‘Not at all’.”
Talmadge then went on to explain
that the people of Georgia were
opposed to any more senators who
might be in favor of cloture — the
procedure limiting debate, and
whereby filibustering is finally stop
ped.
Gov. Gruening says that the fact
that Gov. Talmadge stated his rea
son will prove useful.
‘>It was at last stated clearly what
those who have watched the state
hood battle have long suspected,”
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Japan Urges
Conservation
Of Fisheries
TOKYO, Nov. 5—UfI—Japan urged
conservation of North Pacific sea
| resources at the. opening today of
i negotiations with the United States
1 and Canada for an International
] fisheries agreement.
The negotiations were provided
| for in the Japanese peace treaty
signed two months ago in San Fran
| cisco.
A Japanese delegate said fishing
! "is a life or death matter to the
i Japanese people.” He said Japan
; favors "appropriate conservation”
of North Pacfic undersea life and
has “no desire or intention to leave
| fisheries activities uncontrolled and
j unrestricted.”
William C. Herrington, Assistant
! Undersecretary of State who heads
1 the 10-man U. S. delegation, said
’ the United States feels sure ar
; rangements can be made which
| will maintain maximum produc
tion of present fisheries and en
courage development of resources
“not now being* fully realized.”
1. He proposed: A commission be
established to coordinate fisheries
research and to administer conser
vation regulations.
2. Each nation agree not to in
vade fisheries which can be proven
already fully utilized by another of
the three nations.
3. Each nation agree not to in
, vade fisheries where another of the
three nations has imposed limita
tions on its own fishermen.
4. Each nation harvest fish in
high seas contiguous to its territor
ial waters and in areas it has helped
develop.
Canadian Minister of Fisheries,
R. W. Mayhew said Canada wants
an agreement “based on good sense,
giving to each of us some respon
sibility for promoting the develop
ment of fisheries in a way that will
maximize production and maintain
constant yields of food for the peo
ple of the world."
The negotiations are expected to
last three or four weeks.
AT THE GASTfrfEAU
T. K. Curtis of Ketchikan is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
. 1
Baranof from Seattle scheduled
to arrive 7 a.m., Tuesday.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle Friday.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive from Skagway at 6 a.m., Tues
day and sails south one hour latei
at 7 aun.
Demands Cut
In Governmenl
Spending
Senator Asks for Caution
in Military Expenses;
Limit on Taxes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — —
Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo) said
today he has cautioned Secretary
of Defense Lovett and Pentagon
officials to cut next year’s mili
tary spending to fit the pattern of
tax revenues.
OMahoney got immediate sup
port in this move from Senator
Flanders (R-Vt>, who told a re
porter Congress must inform the
Defense Department: ‘Here is how
much money we are going to allow
you to spend and you shape your
budget accoidingly.”
President Truman will go to work
on the over-all budget, including
the military items, at his winter re
treat in Key West, Fla., after his
conferences this week with Gen.
Dwight D. Elsenhower.
O’Mahoney said he has conferred
with Lovett and Pentagon officials
in an effort to head off any out
sized military requests.
"From the secretary on down, I
told them they had better cut their
requests to fit the pattern of rev
enues or Congress would be likely
to do it for them,” he added.
“O’Mahoney, who heads the Sen
ate-House Economic committee, and
Flanders, a member of the group,
agreed that any additional tax in
creases are unlikely.
“We have reached the limit on
taxes, so far as rates are concerned,”
O'Mahonev said.
Reds Say U. S.
Building Base
Near Siberia
MOSCOW, Nov. 5—VO—The Soviet
news agency Tass said today the
northern Japanese island of Hak
! kaido — 200 miles west of Siberia —
is being “feverishly transformed”
! into Japan's largest military base.
| A Tass dispatch from Shanghai
said great attention is being at
tached to the recent visit of U.S.
Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Col
lins to northern Japan.
The dispatch said Collins’ inspec
tion trip of Hokkaido was particu
larly interesting and “reveals the
intensification of American mili-.
tary preparations in north Japan.”
The dispatch added that Japanese
authorities are being given “full co
operation by the Americans in the
militarization of Hokkaido.”
Japanese police reported several
weeks ago that sounds of Soviet
gunfire on the Habonai Islands off
Hokkaido’s eastern tip were creating
mounting fears among Japanese.
One official said Japanese police
reserves were training with bazookas
and mortars on Hokkaido, but added
that this use of heavier weapons was
not related to difficulties with the
Russians.
CLAY SCUDDER TO
ATTEND SEATTLE
FISH HEARINGS
To attend the annual fisheries
hearings, Clay Scudder of the
Alaska Native Service left Sunday
aboard the Pan American plane for
Seattle. Several Fish and Wildlife
Service officials left last week for
the fisheries meetings on the pro
posed regulations for 1952. For the
first time, the final hearings on
regulations will be held in Juneau
instead of Seattle. The Juneau
hearing is scheduled for November
15. •
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• WEATHER REPORT 0
• (D. 8. WEATHER BUREAU •
• At Airport: Maximum, 42; •
• Minimum, 34. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Rain and southeasterly winds •
• occasionally as high as 20 •
• mph tonight. Lowest tern- •
• perature near 37 degrees. •
• Mostly cloudy with rain •
• showers Tuesday. Highest •
• temperature Tuesday near 42 •
• degrees. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours tndtnc 7:30 a m. today •
• At Airport — 0.09 inches; •
• from July 1—15.42 inches. •
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5th Atomic Blast
Exploded; Perhaps
Biggest One Yet
LAS VEGAS, Nev„ Nov. 5—tW—
The fifth atomic blast in the cur
rent test series exploded at 8:31
a.m. (PST) today.
Thirty seconds later the atomic
cloud customary in the detonations
could be seen from Las Vegas ris
ing over the Yucca Flat test site 75
miles away.
B was a big one. perhaps the big
gest yet, observers here who have
seen the previous blasts reported.
There was a purplish color to the
mushrooming cloud.
An indication of the size and
potency of this detonation was in
dicated by an unusual warning from
the Atomic Energy Commission.
Radio stations in a wide area
covering Ooldfield, Beatty, and
Caliente, Nev., were asked to warn
residents to open windows in their
homes and stores.
Presumably this would be to les
sen effects of tremendous concus
sion expected.
Seven minutes after the detona
tion there was a perceptible rumble
in Las Vegas, along with a sudden
blast of wind.
Tire brilliant flash of the burst
was as bright, at least, as the big
one last Thursday, the first detona
tion in which troops participated
in atomic maneuvers.
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 5—(iff -
The fifth and biggest atomic blast
in the current series of tests gave
a Nevada town a realistic disaster
drill today.
The detonation sent a cloud
mushrooming from the Vucca Flat
test site, 75 miles from here, at
8:31 a.m. (PST). The burst's bril
liant flash, plainly visible here, was
followed by a perceptible rumble and
a windy gust. The bomb was
dropped from a B-29 plane.
But In Caliente, Nev., 185 miles
northeast of here, the 2,500 resi
dents had an exprience such as they
might have in a real atomic war.
The sheriff’s office in Caliente
had only about 15 minutes’ notice
of a warning. But deputies treated
it li't" a genuine disaster. ’ Officers
ifuri'tKi through the town, telling
citizens to get out of buildings.
Children were hustled from class
rooms into school !yards. Residents
emerged from houses, stores and
business places throughout the
town.
The atomic cloud today could be
seen from here rising 30 minutes
after the blast.
Use ei Atomic
Weapons in Korea
Urged by Senator
V/ASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — Oh —
Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo)
today urged use of atomic weapons
against the Communists in Korea
— and said the possibility of re
taliation of Russia is "to absurd to
consider.”
Johnson, a member of the Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee,
spoke out against the background
of the latest series of atomic tests
in Nevada. He declined to discuss
information he has about the out
come of these tests, except to say
they showed “great progress” in
building America’s atomic might.
The Colorado lawmaker told re
porters he saw "no conflict at all"
between his call for use of atomic
weapons in Korea and his state
ment last night that the small
countries of the United Nations
"must strike a hard blow for Korean
peace right now before it is for
ever too late.”
In that statement, Johnson said
the United States and the other
great U.N. powers have made only
"futile efforts to end the violence"
in Korea and had "forfeited the
trust” placed in them.
Thousands Pay
Homage io Memory
Of Will Rogers
CLAREMORE, Okla., Nov. 5—(A*)—
More than 3,000 persons, including
cowpokes, aviators, businessmen anc
the curious, gathered at the Wil
Rogers memorial here yesterday tc
pay homage to the memory of thr
late humorist on his 72nd birthday
anniversary.
Rogers was killed with aviatoi
Wiley Post in a plane crash near
Point Barrow, Alaska, on Aug. 15,
1935.
W. T. (Bill) Piper, president oi
the Piper Aviation Corp., Lock
haven, Pa., was the principal
speaker.
He said, “Will, with his analytic
mind, saw the day coming when
aviation would span the world and
bring nations within hours of each
other.”
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Troops See Atomic Blast Cloud
Members of the 11th Airborne Division kneel and watch cloud
formed by atomic explosion in Nevada (11-1). While the atomic
bomb actually burst, troops squatted on the ground, heads on chests
with their backs to the detonation site. After the blinding flash,
they swung around to watch the resultant eloud formation. This was
the iirst time troops liad participated in an atomic explosion teBl.
UP) Wirephoto.
Cold Wave
Lashes Out;
88 Deaths
By Associated Press
Lashing cold and snow which
jerked winter into high gear weeks
ahead of schedule booted the weath
er death toll to at least 88 In the
east and midwest today.
Temperature records continued to
crack and shatter.
Two Arctic cold fronts a day \
apart struck from the Canadian
prairies like boxers’ one-two
punch. They whipped through to
the eastern seaboard and into the j
deep south.
The first, which caught many..!
. areas basking in mild weather Sat- j
urday, came with winds up to a
mile-a-minute velocity and hit the
northern plains and parts of the
Great Lakes, Appalachian and east
coast areas with heavy snows. Far
ther south, sleet and freezing rain
fell.
Highways throughout the storm
area were generally left slippery
and dangerous. At least 64 of
those killed as a result of the rig
orous weather conditions were
victims of traffic accidents on icy
pavements.
The second cold front, less than
the first, drove temperatures to new
low records for this early in the
season.
Today’s early minimums included
three sub-zero reports: Lone Rock,
Wis., -9; Bismark, N. D. -9, and Far
go, N. D., -6.
A record low of 7 degrees at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., slowed loading
of ore boats and froze hopes for
record lake shipment this year.
Western New York had the heav
iest snowfall on record for the first
week of November, with some drifts
several feet high. The Niagara area
had 11 inches of snow Sunday.
Chicago, with an early morning
11, set a fourth successive minimum
record.
More Milk Coming
Up; Five Jersey
Heifers Arrive
Five Jersey heifers were unloaded
from the ship Sailor Splice over the
weekend. Coming from the L. H.
McKee Registered Jersey herd of
Perrydale, Oregon, they will be add
ed to the Glacier Dairy herd of
Dwight Nash.
These Jerseys take their place
beside their year older sisters that
arrived in Juneau last year. All are
daughters of the same sire, Remus
Baronet Highspot. His daughters
have responded well to the climate
here Nash says. The older daughters
have produced an average of five
gallons a day and under test the
remarkable content of 50 percent
more energy units than ordinary
milk was found.
Truman May
Ask for World
A-BombCensus
VAIiKJ, ' ' 5: -Iff-'JV tTi-‘trr|
States was reliably reported today
to have decided to propose a world
wide arms census including a com
plete accounting of all atomic wea
pons.
Tiie U.S. plan, which will be
placed before the United Nations
Assembly here this week, calls for
a strict system of verification for
the atomic accounting. This may
prove to be the stumbling block
which could hold up Indefinitely
any disclosure of the number of
atom bombs in the U.S. and Russia.
Informed quarters said the arms
proposal was the heart of the
reported peace plan which Presi
dent Truman will announce Wed
nesday night and which Secretary
of State Dean Achcson will lay
before the United Nations Assem
bly, perhaps on Thursday.
Inclusion of atomic weapons in
the proposed arms census represents
a drastic change tn U.S. policy. The
census question has been before the
U N. since 1948, but was blocked
by the Russian veto because the
U.S. refused to include atomic wea
pons.
Word of the U.8. policy shift
leaked out as the 60-pation
assembly prepared to launch Its
1951 meeting here tomorrow. The
U.S. was reported asking Britain
a lid France to support its new
peace formula, timed to beat
Russia to the peace punch before
the Soviets-have a chance to re
new their expected peace offen
sive.
The main points of the arms cen
sus, are expected to be:
1. A U.N. demand upon all coun
tries for a complete accounting of
all troops and weapons.
2. An ironclad system for send
ing inspectors into any country to
make first-hand verification of the
figures submitted.
The arms census plan is Intended
as a preliminary step toward gen
eral reduction of armaments and
armed forces. ,
President Truman proposed to
the last assembly that the U. N.
combine atomic discussions with
talks on conventional armaments.
This idea has been accepted by the
special committee which studied the
question during the summer. It is
now before the assembly for final
action.
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• High tide 7:45 a.m., 13.7 ft. •
• Low tide 1:31 p.m., 6.1 ft. •
• High tide 7:27 p.m., 14.4 ft. •
Eisenhower
In U. S. for
One Purpose
To Confer with Presidenf
On Western Defense
Problems; Talk Politics
i WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — IA>I —
President Truman and Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower confer on western
defense problems today in a confi
dential meeting affording an op
portunity to talk politics -t- if either
man wishes to do so.
Another topic which administra
tion officials said is due to come up
is a foreign policy speech the Presi
denf will make Wednesday night.
This is understood to be concerned
with a new American move toward
a settlement with Russia, to be
made in the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly opening in Paris
Tuesday.
The White House announced
Saturday evening that Mr. Tru
man will make his address at
10:30 p.m., EST, Wednesday ahd
that It will be carried on all major
radio and television networks. It
reportedly will be built around a
formula for disarmament and
atomic controls, peace In Korea
and other major east-west Issues.
As a preliminary to the meeting
wfth the President, Eisenhower
went to the Pentagon for talks with
defense leaders during the morning.
He met first with Gen. Omar Brad
ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. The two later went on to
see Defense Secretary Lovett.
Eisenhower arrived in Washing
ton at 6:54 p.m., yesterday and told
reporters he was here "for one pur
pose only — to talk military affairs
with my superiors in the Pentagon
and elsewhere in Washington."
Asked whether he would see
Senator Duff (R-Pa), who la
booming Elsenhower for the Re
publican Presidential nomination
noxt year, the General replied
that he had not heard from Duff
“MUMP directly or lulu nip l* a
i&ig, long time.”
Eisenhower arrived In the V.8.
Saturday afternoon and went to
Ft. Knox, Ky., where he and Mrs.
Eisenhower visited their son, MaJ.
John Eisenhower and his family. He
disavowed any intentions of talking
politics with the President.
He also declined at Mitchell Field,
Long Island, a yea or no answer to
a question as to whether, "Come
what mny," he would not be a
candidate for president next year.
, "Of course you can’t say that,”
Eisenhower responded. "I will not
indicate political leanings of any
sort. I’m doing a Job. That’s my
statement.”
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5—m—Oen.
Dwight D. Elsenhower and President
Truman met today lot conferences
cveidently concerned, among other
things, with the military situation
of the western world.
Eisenhower arrived at the White
House 10 minutes early for his meet
ing with the President. He had been
invited to come at 12:45 p.m. (EST>
for luncheon alone with the Presi
dent.
The general posed for photo
graphers but had little to say to
reporters. He did tell the newsmen
he expected to fly back to Europe
tomorrow and hoped to talk with
them just before leaving.
A few minutes after Eisenhower
went into the President’s office, the
two men came out together to go
across Pennsylvania Avenue to the
Blair House for luncheon.
They posed together for photo
graphers.
| While the picture-making was on,
Eisenhower asked Mr. Truman how
he likes Princess Elizabeth, who
visited the Trumans last week.
"She was wonderful,” Mr. Tru
man said.
Although all circumstances point
ed to the prospect that momentous
decisions were in the making, there
was little expansion from official
sources on the reasons for the con
ferences here.
Informants said Mr. Truman
would discuss with Eisenhower the
speech the President will make
Wednesday night on foreign policy.
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK. Nov. 5—Wi—Closing
quotation of American Can today
is 107%, American Tel. and Tel.
156%, Anaconda 48, Douglas Air
craft 58%, General Electric 55, Gen
eral Motors 50, Ooodyear 42%, Ken
necott 83%, Libby McNeill and
Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 53%,
Standard Oil of California 50%,
Twentieth Century Fox 21%, Pound
$2.80%, Canadian Exchange 05.75.
Sales today were 1,120,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 250.74, rails 70.20, util
ities 46.15. „