THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME?’
VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,995
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1951
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Truman Ads;
PAA Workers
Back lo Jobs
NEW YORK, Dec. 19— Wl —A
three-day strike against Pan Ameri
can World Airways ended today as
CIO Transport Workers returned to
their jobs in compliance with White
House intervention.
Ground crewmen, stewardesses
and pursers lowered their picket
signs at 12:01 a.m. <EST>, agreeing
to put off the strike at least CO days
while an emergency federal fact
finding committee studies the wage
dispute.
The CIO Transport Workers
Union (TWU) said last night that
strikers voted about eight to one
to rail off the walkout. The TWU
claims to represent 5,800 Pan Am
erican employees.
Company officials earlier had an
nounced they were ready to go be
fore the three-man federal panel.
Picketing ended at Pan Ameri
can’s five American terminal cities:
New York, Miami, San Francisco,
Brownsville, Tex., and Seattle.
With overnight' shifts normally
small, the mass of strikers were
not due to start back to work un
til later this morning.
A spokesman for Pan American,
one of the world's largest airlines
with routes circling the world’ said
that 100 percent normal schedules
on all flights were expected today.
Yesterday’s return-to-work vote
came after a 25-man TWU negotiat
ing committee in New York recom
mended that the strikers return to
work.
This action followed the an
nouncement in Washington Mon
day that President Truman was
creating the fact finding panel un
der the Railway Labor Act, which
also applies to airlines.
Game Commission
Meeting Feb. 19
The annual meeting of the Alas
ka Game Commission will be held
in Juneau February 19, it has been
announced by Clarence Rhode, re
gional director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
The purpose of the meeting is to
decide regulations changes pertain
ing to fur bearing and game ani
mals, game fish and birds. Prior
to this meeting FWS agents will
hold meetings in principal Alaska
cities open to the public for dis
cussion of various game problems.
The game commission meeting
will combine with a meeting of
FWS field employees.
CHRIS DAHL THROUGH HERE
Chris Dahl of Kaylor and Dahl
fsiheries at Petersburg, stopped
over in Juneau today enroute to
Seattle to spend the next two
months. He reports that the frozen
fish market is slow at this time
due to heavy foreign importations
TheWashingion
Merry-Go-Round
■CoDTTiiht. 1851. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
Ed. Note—This is the second
of Drew Pearson’s series on cor
ruption in government).
Wf ASHINGTON.—-In considering
how corruption takes root in gov
ernment it’s necessary to give some
attention to the social whirl. There
is many an official who would be
horrified at the idea of taking
money for a faVor who nevertheless
will perform great favors as the
result of a dinner party, a yachting
trip or a weekend at a duck blind.
Take for example the ebullient
and expansive congressman from
Mobile, “Everything is made for
love" Frank Boykin, and let's see
how he operates his influence-ma
chine. While Boykin is not exactly
typical, his methods of ingratiating
himself with people in powerful
places illustrates how loans can.be
granted and prosecution circum
vented through backslapping and
partying.
On Aug. 2, 1949, Boykin threw
one oi the most notable dinner par
ties in Washington, featuring a
menu of bear meat, venison, pos
sum and raccoon; plus a huge ban
ner across one end of the banquet
hall flaunting the congressman’s
famous motto, “Everything is made
for love.” Speaker Sam Rayburn
was there, the chief Justice was
there, I was there; also Lamar
Caudle, some of the RFC directors
and about 400 members of the cab
inet and congress.
(Continued on Page 4)
Another Snow Storm
Strikes Wide Area;
Death Toil Over 290
By The Associated Press <
Another snow storm and cold has
struck again today over wide Rreas
of the nation which staggered from
nearly a week of blustery, wintry
weather.
The new storm centered in the
northern and central Rockies and
snow pelted areas in the mountain
region and the northern plains
states.
It was another morning of sub
zero cold in the snow-covered mid
west as a new mass of cold air
pushed across the Canadian bor
der.
Some areas of the storm belt
from the Pacific Northwest to the
New England states were promised
moderating temperatures today.
The death toll from weather's on
slaught since last Friday rose to
above 200. Thousands of persons
suffered injuries in falls on icy
streets and sidewalks.
Highways throughout the snow
blunkcted areas were hazardous
for travel. Schools in many areas
were closed.
It was below zero again today
in most of Montana and the Da
kotas, the upper Mississippi River
Valley and the upper Great Lakes
region.
It was 20 below in Pellston, Mich,
early today and -19 in International
Falls, Minn.
Heavy snow blanketed wide areas
I across the northern tier of states. It
! piled up to a depth of 50 inches in
; upstate New York, which yesterday
I battled the worst storm of the sea
! son.
Juneau Children
I
Giresis of Capita!,
Elks on Saturday
The cMldnen of Jynesu will he
guests of the Capitol Theatre Sat»
• urday afternoon with the showing of
j three cartoons and a Roy Rogers
! serial. Doors open at 12:45 p.m. and
1 the show starts with a bang at 1:30
p.m.
There is but one stipulation for at
tendance at the show. All children
must be unaccompanied! In other
words, this is strictly a kids' produc
tion with parents not allowed at the
theatre.
Children from the Minfield Home
will be brought in for the show.
! Eager “Red ’ Holloway is donating
i a bus for transportation from the
| home to theatre and return.
Ted Heyder, manager of the Cap
j itol, iS giving the free show for the
j children.
The fire department and city po
lice will act as guardians during the
entire show.
Immediately following the show
at 3 p.m., all children who attended
the show are to be guests of the
Elks. Santa Claus, alias Stanley
Duke, will give out candy, nuts and
toys in the Elks ballroom.
The children will be (escorted
across the street under the protective
j arms of the fire department and po
lice.
ACS Asks Public
Make Reservations
For Holiday Calls
The public is invited to make
their telephone reservations o n
calls to the States during the
Christmas and New Year holiday
season as soon as possible in order
that they may talk to their rela
tives or friends at a particular
time. This facilitates long distance
calls, and eases the extremely heavy
traffic which always occurs at this
time of the year. Simply ask the
telephone operator for long dist
ance and the long distance opera
tor will make a reservation for
you.
BETHEL TABERNACLE
PROGRAM TONIGHT
A Sunday school program will be
held in the Bethel Tabernacle at
8 o’clock tonight, the Rev. Harold
Maley announced today. It will be
in charge of Mrs. Ed Hughes, Sun
day school superintendent.
4 SHOPPING DAYS
TO CHRISTMAS
Tiny Eskimo
Miss Presents
Plea for ATA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—A
six year old Alaskan Eskimo girl
in a white-rabbit fur jacket asked
President Truman yesterday to
halt the shutdown of an Alaskan
air line.
Pearl Ittigiah, whom officials of
the airline called a princess be
cause she is the daughter of a
village chief, presented her petition,
addressed to the President, to Sec
retary of the Interior Chapman.
Chapman assured her the peti
tion will be sent to the President.
He stroked Pearl’s fur coat and
said, "I wouldn’t dare to wear such
a thing in Washington these days,
but on you its all right.”
The petition, signed by more
than 3,000 Alaskans, protested a
Civil Aeronautics Hoard order
which would close down the Air
1 ransport Associates Inc., next
Thursday.
The nonscheduled airline operates
between Seattle and Alaskan cities.
Officials said the CAB order would
ground four C-4G cargo planes, re
sult in the discharge of 200 em
ployees and curtail shipment of
fresh fruits and vegetables to
thousands of Alaskans.
The petition asked President
Truman to intervene so that Al
askans could “have fresh milk,
fresh fruits, fresh meats and fresh
1 vegetables every day, so that GI’s
1 on furlough and workers on de
fense construction jobs could travel
to and from the states at reason
able rates, and so that Alaska could
have the low cost, fast, efficient
air passenger and cargo service It
badly needs for its continuing de
I velopment."
CAB has ordered the shutdown
on a charge that the airlines has
been making unauthorized flights.
COVET A CTTON taken
WASHINGTON, Dec. x9—Cffl—Air
Transport Associates, Inc., sought
a temporary injunction today
against a Civil Aeronautics Board
order that would put the irregular
carrier out of business tomorrow.
Attorney Warren E. Miller urged
in district court that the injunction
be granted and the board ordered
to give the air carrier a hearing
on its application, pending 2!i
years, to operate as a scheduled
carrier.
He said the CAB has failed to
live up to its provisions of law re
quiring that such applications be
processed as speedily as possible.
Miller asserted that no matter of
public safety was involved in the
CAB’s revocation order. The op
erating certificate of Air Transport
was cancelled because of too fre
quent flights.
ATA WINS IN COURT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—(iW—
Air Transport Associates won at
least a temporary victory today in
their fight to renfain in business.
Civil Aeronautics Board attor
neys agreed to delay putting the
Seattle-Alaska non-schedule a i r
line out of business pending a court
ruling on the firm’s appeal.
The line had asked a temporary
court injunction.
The CAB had ordered the com
pany out of business as of Thurs
day midnight because it allegedly
flew too regular and frequent
flights.
Agreement was reached in dist
rict court today where the airline
was seeking to block the board's
death order and asking that the
board be required to hold hearings
on the line’s 2!4 year old appli
cation for certification as a reg
ular carrier.
Hearings are scheduled in appeals
court tomorrow afternoon on the
firm’s request for review of the
CAB revocation order. The agree
ment will permit the company to
continue operations if the appeals
court takes the case under con
sideration.
WEATHER REPORT
(O. S. WEATHER BUREAU)
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
Ending at 4:30 A.M. Today
At Airport—Maximum, 1;
minimum, 0.
forecast
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Cloudy with snow tonight
and Thursday. Slowly rising
temperature tonight. High on
Thursday near 28. Southeast
ly winds to 20 mph tonight.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
At Airport — None;
since July 1—19.78 inches.
Game Laws to Be
Discussed at
Jan. 8 Session
January 8 has been set for an
open meeting by the Territorial
Sportsmen, Inc., for the hearing of
suggestions for changes in current
game laws. The hour and place will
be announced later. This action was
taken last night at a meeting of the
Sportsmen, Inc., board of directors
with officials of the Fish and Wild
life Service.
The Sportsmen’s board met with
the FWS officials for the purpose
of working out programs that would
be of mutual advantage to both
groups and a wide range of subjects
was discussed with a good deal of
attention given to how sports fish
ing could be improved in the im
mediate vicinity of Juneau.
President A W. Boddy appoint
ed Henry A. Harmon, Red Williams
and Jim Orme to work with him on
a committee to make an agenda for
the January open meeting, and then
make up a list of suggestions for
presentation to the Alaska Game
Commission session which is to be
held here February 19.
The Sportsmen, Inc., will also send
copies of the recommendations to
the Stikine Sportsmen's Association
at Wrangell and the Chilkat Sports
men’s Association at Haines.
Willing To Cooperate
Clarence Rhode, regional director
of the FWS, expressed a willingness
to cooperate with the Sportsmen and
said the service would have no ob
jection to the proposed planting of
eastern brook trout in streams adja
cent to Juneau. FWS would clear
through the Forest Service on areas
in the national forest.
It was brought out that FWS
would appreciate the cooperation of
local sports fishermen in tilling
out a questionaire of fishing condi
tions as found by the fishermen.
This would be of material aid to the
sports fishing rehabilitation pro
gram as provided by funds from the
Dingle bill recently passed by Con
gress.
W. A (Burl) Kikins in ch^r-TP of
game management, suggested that
in order to work more closely with
the Sportsmen, that the club appoint
an observer to accompany a FWS
agent or. aerial beach counts of deer.
Strip Fishing
The matter of sportsmen strip
fishing in closed areas and then
! selling the fish commercially came
[ up for discussion. The board agreed
to cooperate In all ways possible to
| avoid closing certain areas u sports
I fishermen. At present sports fish
! ermen are permitted to fish in areas
I closed to commercial trailers.
] Anyone interested in leaving writ
ten suggestions for game law chang
es may do so at Skinner’s Gun Shop
where they may also get their mem
berships in the Sportsmen, Inc.
Gen. Kepner Extends
Holiday Greetings
To All ol Territory
Lt. General W. E. Kepner, com
mander-in-chief, Alaska, has issued
the following statement to all the
people of the Territory of Alaska:
“On behalf of all the members
of the armed forces in Alaska I
wish to extend to the people of the
Territory a heart-felt wish for a
very Merry Christmas and a New
Year filled with prosperity and hap
piness.
“tot us give thanks to God, Who
has kept our shores free of armed
conflict, and pray that in the years
to come He, in His wisdom, will guide
people of all nations along the path
of understanding to the end that
there will truly be peace on earth
and good will among all men.”
Kiwanis Club Agrees
To Assist Ski Club
Winter Carnival
Stanley Baskin, assistant U. S.
district attorney, agreed to take
the chairmanship of a Kiwanis
Club committee to aid the Juneau
Ski Club with its winter carnival.
The action took place at a regular
meeting ot Kiwanis today at the
Baranof Hotel.
Serving with Baskin are B. F.
Dunn, traffic manager of PAA, and
William McFarlane of the CPR
The Ski Club requested that the
Kiwanis Club manage a benefit
ball to be held in connection with
the carnival which is set for Feb
ruary 22. Herbert S. Rowland is
to be general chairman.
Some of the events planned in
clude a princess contest for small
girls, sled races, dog team races,
snow sculpture, ski skating and
hockey events.
The purpose of the festival is
. to raise funds toward the payment
of a Sno-Cat for ski trail trails
Soviets Say
2 American
Spies Killed
MOSCOW, Dec. 19—MPI—1The So
viet Supreme Court said today that
two men with Russian-sounding
names have been put to death as
American saboteur-spies parachu
ted into Russia.
The announcement from the mil
itary collegium of the court said
they were dropped into Russia from
an American plane manned by
American military officers.
Their names were given as A. I.
Osmanov and P. K. Sarantsev.
i Michael McErmott, State De
partment press officer in Washing
ton, said the State Department
knows nothing about the incident
and said he never heard of two
men with those names.
(The Russians have accused the
United States in the United Na
tions of using some of the Mutual
Security Act’s 100 million dollar
appropriation to pay for treason
in the Soviet bloc. The Act pro
vides funds to pay nationals of
East Europe for helping Western
defense.)
The two were arrested in Aug
ust shortly after dropping into
Russia's Moldavian Republic, a
small state of farms and light in
dustries near the Romanian bor
der, the Russians said.
Forged papers, guns, poison and
large sums of money were found on
them when they were picked up,
the Soviet account reported.
Vishinsky Talks in
Riddles Regarding
& Downed Fliers
?ARIS, Dec 19—<£)—-Soviet For
ei :i Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky
t i today he hoped the four Am
erican fliers forced down in Hungary
would receive “due attention from
military justice authorities” in that
Communist country.
He did not elaborate on “military
justice,” but this might indicate a ;
1 military trial for the four men [
downed by Soviet fighters while off!
their course on a flight from west
Germany to Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Only yesterday a Budapest dis
patch quoted a Hungarian weekly
as referring to "testimony” of the
detained fliers, indicating a pos- 1
sibiiity tiic Communists were at
tempting to draw a "confession”
from thcm.i
Immediately after the talk Rep
Mike Mansfield (D-Mont) of the
; U. S. delegation buttonholed Vishin
; sky and demanded to know if he
meant there would be a trial for the
fliers. Vishinsky said he was speak
! ing in general terms and was not
speaking for the Hungarian gov
ernment.
The Vishinsky remark was part
of a barrage by the Soviet Union
' against the United State’s Mutual
| Security Law.
The Soviet timing aroused spec
ulation. It appeared to be tied
in not only with the case of the
four fliers held in Hungary, but
with Moscow's report today that
two men with Russian names were
executed as spies after having been
parachuted to Soviet soil from an
American plane.
PIONEERS CHRISTMAS
FUND WINDING UP
The Christmas Fund for the Pi
oneers at their Home at Sitka, is
being closed this week, Zalmain
Gross announced today. “If we
have missed anybody or if anyone
wishes to make a contribution, call
Black 91 and we will pick it up,”
he says.
This annual fund provides a lit
tle “Jingle” for the pockets of the
oldtimers at the Pioneers Home.
FROM DENVER
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. McDonald of
Denver, Colo, are registered at the
Baranof Hotel .
portation and to focus attention on
Juneau as a winter sports area.
Christmas activities of the Ki
wanis include a Santa Claus visit,
with gifts to children confined to
the hospitals and the purchase of
groceries for the Minfield Home.
The club will hold a regular
meeting next Wednesday and offi
cers will be installed at the Janu
ary 2 meeting. They are: president,
Henry Leege; vice president, Ken
neth Morgan; secretary, Cliff Daig
ler; and treasurer, W. H. Hamil
ton. .
Next year's theme will be cen
tered around membership and at
tendance.
Pete Toste of Los Angeles, Calif,
was a guest.
Red List
Of POWs
Released
Pentagon Officials Work
Throughout Night; Kin
folk Are Notified
By ROWLAND EVANS JR.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—MV-The
news flashed out from Washington
and Tokyo, for thousands meant the j
best Christmas present ever, for
many other thousands an empty, I
hollow message of more despair. j
The 3,198 names of American war-1
riors, said by the Communists to be
prisoners of war in Korean prison
camps, were being checked by the
Defense Department in “takes" as
fast as they arrived from Tokyo.
Special Pentagon forces whipped
through the long lists, paired name,
after name with the official missing
in action list and rushed telegrams
to next-of-kin.
To Next Of Kin
“The Secretary of the Army has I
asked me to inform you the name I
of (John Doe) believed to be that'
of your (son, husband, etc.) is in- j
eluded in unverified lists released by
opposing forces of prisoners in their
custody. No assurance as to accur
acy can be given at this time.”
The list of names was little more
than one-fourth of the 11,061 Am
ericans officially listed as missing
in action. !
And the Reds said it covers all
POW’s in their hands.
That left a gap of 7,853, a ques
tion mark which only time could
answer.
Lists Compared
At the Pentagon the tedious task
of comparing names on the list with ;
names of those officially reported J
as missing proceeded slowly through ;;
the night. j
By early morning, however, the |
staff had b-en doubled and a spok- i
esman in the Adjutant General’s of- |
fice said it was likely the list would i
be fully processed by 3 p.m. (PST) I
today. Earlier estimates were that I
the Job could not be completed be
fore tomorrow.
As soon as telegrams went to kin- j
folk the names and addresses were'
made public .for instant replay over |
press service wires to the nation’s j
newspapers.
At the same time ,the original
Red list, without addresses but with
serial, numbers, rank and organiza
tion—information provided by the
Communists—hit the wires from
Tokyo by way of San Francisco.
W’arning Given
Pentagon officials again and again
underscored this important fact:
The list was prepared by the Com
munists—there is no way to verify it
—it is not official. The Reds have
not allowed such agencies as the In
ternational Red Cross any contact
with the prisoners.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, Medal
of Honor winner, was the biggest
name on the list. The 52-year old
hero of Taejon was last seen head
ing back for Taejon a few hours
after the Reds captured it in July,
1950.
Last March 29 a bullet-holed hel
met liner, evidently Dean’s, was
found in a rice paddy near Tae
jon. But veteran soldiers have al
ways said that if any one could come
through their big, redheaded general
could.
Also on it was Associated Press
photographer Frank Noel, a Pulitzer
prize winner.
Many Grocers Are
Closing Dec. 26;
Other Stores Vary
Seven Juneau grocery stores will
be closed the day after Christmas.
Most Federal and Territorial of
fices wfll be closed on Christmas
Eve and the time made up by work
1 ing full days the Saturdays of Jan
uary 5 and 12.
Banks will be open December 24
but closed on Christmas.
Grocery stores which have indicat
ed December 26 closings are Bert's,
Case Lot, Juneau Cold Storage,
Home Grocery, Sanitary Meat Mar
ket, Twentieth Century, and Cal
ifornia grocery. Drug and other
stores have not made any plans
for the Wednesday closing a check
revealed today.
Ship Movements
Dena'l scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Baranof .due to arrive southbound
Sunday.
Freighter Yukon Princess sched
uled to sail from Vancouver today.
Korea Prisoner
List Unverified
Says fruman
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—(iW—
President Truman Issued a special
warning today that the prisoner of
war list received from the Com
munists in Korea is entirely unver
ified and should be treated with
skepticism.
Mr. Truman’s press secretary,
Joseph Short, made the following
statement to reporters:
"The President has asked me to
urge every news medium to stress
as often as possible that the pris
oner of war list is entirely unver
' ified.
"He appreciates the efforts al
! ready made along this line but be
| lieves it important to continue
| them—to do even more than al
' ready has been done.
I "This country has no way ol
I verifying whether the list is ac
curate or inaccurate, true or false,
complete or incomplete.
"For the sake of the families
whose sons are missing in action,
everyone should treat this list with
skepticism.”
War Prisoner
Lists Bring
New Strife
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 19—t<T»—
Exchange of prisoner of war lists
brought new strife today for Ko
rean truce negotiators.
The Communists labeled the Uni
ted Nations list of 132,472 Chinese
and Korean prisoners useless.
The Allies complained the Red
total of 11,551} POWs was too
small.
Tiuce negotiators made no for
mal protest. The prisoner of wai
subcommittee was in recess today.
No Budging
U. N. delegates in a second sub
committee told the Reds thej
would not budge an inch on how tc
supervise the truce until the Com
munists agree to full rotation ol
troops and effective behlnd-the
line inspection to guard against a
sneak military buildup.
Communist news correspondent!
at the Panruunjom truce site said
it was impossible to identify Chi
nese and North Korean troops from
*he U. N. list. The names were
written in English. Men were not
identified by rank, unit or in anj
other way.
Another Slant
Chinese newsmen pointed oui
there arc innumerable English
spellings for any Chinese name;
and the English spelling could be
translated back into varying com
binations of Chinese ideographs.
The U. N. has promised to sup
ply a list written in Chinese and
Korean about Christmas Day. Red
China's Peiping radio said the Al
lies also agreed to identify them
by rank and unit as soon as pos
sible alter Christmas.
Brig. Gen. William Nuckols, of
ficial U. N. Command said "We
gave them exactly what we reques
ted from them."
He said the U. N. list was "just
a confirmation of Information al
ready given the Communists by the
Red Cross. The information is read
ily available to them. Nothing is
being withheld."
ANOTHER BALK
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 19——
United Nations truce negotiators
pored over a dlsappolntingly-small
Communist list of Allied prisoners
late tonight and were doubtful if
further talks on prisoner exchange
could be resumed tomorrow.
The United Nations Command
said the question of a meeting was
still open, and that it would make
an announcement in the morning
about the possibility of resuming
the session at Panrnunjom.
Rear Adm. R. E. Libby, U. N. del
agate handling prisoner negotia- J
lions and his staff were still far
from finished in their scrutiny of
the list at 11 p.m. If they work;
until dawn, as is likely, it was,
hardly possible that a subcommit
tte session would be held at 11 a.m.
16 p.m. Wednesday, PST).
VISITOR FROM FAIRBANKS
Bruce I. Thomas of Fairbanks
is at the Baranof Hotel.
TIDE TABLES
December 20
High Tide 6:28 a.m. 14,2 feet
Low Tide 12:36 p.m. 5.5. feet
High Tide 6:13 p.m. 12.9 feet
For Some,
Prayers
Answered
For Others POW List Will
Be Scanned Until End,
Hoping for Good News
By Associated Press
Days of prayers. Months of
tearsr Eternities of hope. Today
they were all crowded Into hoars.
Throughout the nation parents
and relatives scrutinized Korean
prisoner of war lists released yes
terday by Communist truce nego
tiators.
For some Americans, the vigil
ilready had ended. Their missing
ons and husbands and brothers
vere among the first names dis
closed in Washington or Tokyo.
But in other homes, the vigil will
lot end—even with the last name
on the Red list. Of more than 11.
J00 Americans officially listed as
missing in action, the Commun
sts named but 3,198 prisoners.
The Communist list has not been
verified by the Allies.
At Duluth, Minn., Mrs. John
Muskulin expressed her feelings
:his way:
“Those 21 words (in a news dis
jatch telling of her son's reported
afety) answers tens of thousands
if words of prayers.”
Mrs. Muskulin stopped milking a
;ow on her suburban farm when
;he received the word about her
.on, Raymond L. Blazevic. “Thank
3od for such wonderful news. I
,ust knew he had to be all right,"
he said.
Blasevic, a navy radar operator,
ind been reported killed In a plane
;rash behind enemy lines In Ko
ea last June 12. But his mother
aid she kept her faith despite
definite word” from the Defense
Department.
In New York City, the parents
r PPC. William Jtansen, 20, heard
the news of their son’s reported
afety on a radio news program.
Hansen was the first New Yorker
.dentified.
"I burst out crying when I heard
he news,” Mrs. Christian Hansen
aid. Her husband, however, ae
lared he had “cried so much in
he last year that I Just can’t any
norc.”
Mr. and Mrs. Hansen said they
.vere told by the Defense Depart
nent a year ago that their son
vas believed to be a prisoner. They
aid they had abandoned hope of
icing him again but never did
case to pray.
Mother Couldn’t Hear
“This sure is good news,” said
3corgc Hada of Denver, Colo, when
.ie was informed his brother, Ted,
)f Longmont, Colo., was on the list.
“It is the most we have had to go
on,” Hada said “Ted was reported
missing Feb. 12, 1951.” Ted, 22,
.erved two years in World War II.
But in Richmond, Va., Mrs. Flo
rence Leake could not hear that
.ier only son, Pvt. Charles Edward
Slllott, was on the prisoners’ list.
The 47-year-old woman drowned
herself in Richmond canal Nov. 27
because she feared the youth was
an atrocity victim.
BIGGEST NEWS OF YEAR
NEW YORK, Dec. 18—News
papers concentrated on the Korean
1st of American prisoners of war
is one of the biggest stories of the
/ear today and radio and television
networks stayed on the a i r
throughout the night, relaying the
news to anxious relatives.
Newspapers crowded edition
times to print as many names as
available and supplemented their
coverage with pictures and inter
views ' with relatives.
They also provided information
to families calling in the hope that
maybe their boy’s name was on the
list.
The radio and television net
works cancelled late shows during
the night to start the special ser
vices and continued them on into
the morning hours.
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK, Dec. 19—(^—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today U 2%, American Can
111%, American Tel. and Tel. 155%,
Anaconda 50%, Douglas Aircraft
58 *4, General Electric 58, General
Motors 51%, Goodyear 44Vi, Kenne
cott 86%, Libby, McNeill and Libby
8%. Northern Pacific 67V4. Standard
Oil of California 50%, Twentieth
Century-Fox 19%, U. S. Steel 40,
Pound 2.79, Canadian Exchange
97.75.
Sales today were 1,510,000 share*.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 267.61, rails 82.52, util
t ities 46.88. _