GEORGE WILLIAMS
RECEIVES SERIOUS
INJURIES, SAWMILL
George Williams Jr., received seri
ous injuries to his right leg in an
accident last, night at the Juneau
Lumber Co. mill on low er Frankl n
street.
Workin : in the resaw department,
William appai l so that hi
leg slipp’d thr.:ur:.i a mall opening
under the guard rail in front cf
a V-belt. Wllli::!”.s was pulled against
a pulley where hi.- Icj was e-sre.y
lacerated.
•'Muscles were cut to the bone
the length of the leg and the circu
latory system w as cut to pieces,” said
Dr. C. C. Carter, one of the two at
tending physicians. "Williams was
given four blood transfusions and
several transfusions of blood plas
ma. It will be some time before it
is known whether it is possible to
save his leg."
Several employes immediately ap
plied a tourniquet to Williams’ leg.
He was taken to St. Ann’s hospital
In the city ambulance. The accident
occurred at 7:30 pan. The other at
tending physician was Dr. J. W.
Gibson.
CONVICTION
OF COPLON
!S UPHELD
Bui Appeals Court Paves
Way for New Trial on
Wire Tapping inCase
WASHINGTON, June 1 — :/P> —
The U. S. Court of Appeals today
upheld the Washing!on espionage
conviction cf Judith Cop'.on but left
the way open for a possible new trinL
because of alleged government wire
tapping.
The court, while affirming Mi*-'
Coplon's conviction and sentence of
40 months to 10 years, directed a
further proceeding to find out whe
' ther her conversation - with her at
torney before and during the trial
were tapped.
If the lower court finds that
these conversations were listened in
on by government agents, the Court
of Appeals directed that a whole
new trial be ordered.
Miss Coplon. former Justice De
partment aide, was convicted June
30, 1949, after a 10-week trial on
charges of betraying this country.
Miss Coplon, now 29, was specific
ally charged under the espionage
laws with illegal removal of gov
ernment records and with intent to
injure this country and aid a for
eign power (Russia).
In a latter trial in New York. Miss
Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev,
a Russian engineer, were convicted
of plotting to spy for Russia. Each
received a 15-year prison sentence
in that case.
Gubitchev, who had worked for
the United Nations, waived appeal
and was allowed to return to Russia.
FISH BiOLOGIST
THROUGH JUHEAU
TO BRISTOL BAY
B. W. Johnson, fishery manage
ment biologist for the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service from Seattle,
was in Juneau today en route to
Bristol Bay where he will be sta
tioned for the summer. The sal
mod season opens there June 25
and continues to July 28.
- *At .present Johnson lias a crew
of 11 men working In the area
putting in weirs on the Ugashik
and Naknek rivers, which are to
be completed before the season
opens.
In 1940 Johnson was fisheries
agent in Wrangell and was trans
ferred to Ketchikan in 1941. At
outbreak of the war he was recall
ed Into the Navy and was in Naval
intelligence and later served as
Commander in an amphibious fleet.
He returned to FWS in 1946 and
since then has been stationed in
Seattle.
ACHESONIS
TESTIFYING j
AT INQUIRY
(Continued from Page One
days of December. 1949. the Defense !
Department wanted to send a mili
tary mission to Formosa.
“The proposal was made by the ;
Defense Department,” he said. "It ,
was disagreed with by the State
Department.”
Lid Off Big Document
He said President Truman de- j
cided against sending the mission, j
Five Democrats joined with 10 j
Republicans on the vote to make j
the secret State Department For- j
mosa document public. Opposing i
were eight Democrats and one Re
publican.
The State Department originally
circulated the paper to consular
offices in the Far East in late 194S i
and early 1950.
In effect, it anticipated the fal:
of the island to the Chinese Com
munists and set out the line that
U. S. representatives should follow
as to ihc importance of such a de
velopment.
The vote was a victory for Sena
tor Knowland (R-Calif). lie hat
been battling for months to go, tlv
secrecy removed from it. lie toU j
reporters:
"It is a very important and signif
icant document. It should have bee!
made available a long time ago foi
a better understanding by the Amer
ican people.”
However, Senator Lyndon John
son (D-Tex,i called the paper “thirc
rate document.”
SAYS U.S. DID
HOT ASK FOR
RED BLOCKADE
LONDON, June 1 —tAA— A Foroigt
Office spokesman said today thi
United States never has formal':
asked Britain to join in a genera
naval blockade of Red China.
He was commenting on a state
ment made by Admiral Forres |
Sherman, chief of United State
naval operations, saying that, onh
Britain among the United Nation
has opposed a naval blockade o'
China.
The spokesman was asked at f
daily news conference whether Brit
ain in fact is the only country —
as Sherman testified yesterday—op
posed to a UN blockade of China.
He replied: "I know of no coun
try which has expressed itself it
favor of such a blockade."
He added later Britain has re
ceived no formal proposal from the
United States suggesting such ac
tion.
Sherman's testimony clearly irri
tated British high-ups.
The admiral also told the Senate
inquiry he thinks an Americar
should head a projected Atlantic
pact naval command in the Medi
terranean. Britain’s “naval capa
bilities,” he added, are not what
they used to be.
GOV. TO KETCHIKAN
TO ATTEND DERBY
MEDICAL MEETING
Gov. Ernest Gruening, Mrs. Gru
ning and Comdr. E. P. Chester
aide to the Governor, left Friday
morning for Ketchikan. They will
return Monday.
Gov. Gruening went down at in
vitation of the citv of Ketchikan
to partake in the Ketchikan King
Salmon Derby which is scheduled
for June 2 and 3. He will also at
tend sessions of the medical meet
in" of Alaska physicians and sur
geons taking place in the First
vGiy. Gov. Gruening, a graduate ol
Harvard Medical School, is an hon
orary member of their society.
O. I. Hall of Seattle is stoppini
at the Earanof Hotel.
C. Moriarity of Anchorage is at '
the Baranof Hotel.
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DRAFT BILL
IS PASSED
BY SENATE
- -- - ► '«W|fS
Measure Goes to House
Lowers Age, Add to
Military Training
WASHINGTON, June 1, — W) —
The Senate today passed a compro
r.ise bill extending the draft and
aying the foundation for a univer
al training program in the future.
Passage was by a voice vote.
The legislation, which now goes
o the House, also lowers the min
imum draft age to 18% years and
idds three months to the military
ervice required of draftees.
The house is expected to act on
the bill next week. House appcoval
would send the measure to Presi
dent Truman.
Senator Case tR-SD) forced a
one-day delay yesterday in the pas
aye vote, but he said in advance
he expected the measure to pass,
he had objected to a vote until
Senators received printed copies of
he bill.
—
JOSEPH MORGAN BACK
FROM DENVER CONFERENCE
Joseph M. Morgan, manager Al
aska district office Bureau of Rec
lamation, returned yesterday from
Denver where he had been for dis
cussion on final design and engin
eering features on the Eklutna pro
ject near Palmer.
Programming of construction to
completion was also discussed and
the job is to be finished by October
1954, or earlier if possible, he said.
Bids will be opened at Palmer
June 25 on the tunnel through
Goat Mountain and also the pen
stock, intake works and surge tanks.
Morgan is leaving for Eklutna
Sunday on a short inspection trip.
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authorized Ellis Air Lines to estab
lish regular passenger and cargo
i service between Ketchikan, Alaska
and Prince Rupert, B. C. The air
line is a Southeast Alaska .service.
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FRENCH FALL
BEFORE RED
VIET TROOPS
HANOI, Indochina, May 31 — UR—
French Army sources claim 45,000
Communist-led Viet Minh are at
tacking on a front 50 miles south
of Hanoi held by only 4,000 French
troops. French losses were described
as severe.
The Communists launched their
assault on Monday night. The Army
post at Ninh Binh was hit by 10,000 I
of the Communist-led Viet Minh,
who used mortars and artillery in
the assault. Hard fighting raged for
48 hours and one French Naval
commando unit lost 50 of its 30 men
The offensive was the most pow
erful launched by the Communists
since March. In April they wc#
told by their Moscow-trained leader
H. Chi Minh they must return to
hit-and-run war and abandon tem
porarily any large-scale effort to
break through French defenses and
seize Hanoi and Haiphong.
Lieut. Bernard de' Lattre de Te -
! signy, only son of the French com
mander in the Far East, was killed
| yesterday.
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