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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,662
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1950
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PRICE TEN CP]NTS
Armored Column Thrusts Ahead on War front
RENT CONTROLS
EXTENDED, ACTION
OF CITY COUNCIL
Rent control for Juneau was ex
tended to June 30, 1931 by action
of the City Council in regular ses
sion here last night. Juneau the
second Alaskan city to pass a rent
control extension resolution. Pet
ersburg was first.
There were 130 signatures on pet
itions, several letters from indi
viduals and organizations and a
full house of interested persons at
the TteeHn? ur mg the action.
Dorothy C. Farrell, rent examiner
inspector from the office of the
housing expediter in Juneau was
present to answer questions and
clarify issues.
Letters supporting continued rent
controls were read from Roy K.
Stewart of the Veterans Admin
istration, the executive board of
tne rsat.onai Federac.cn of Feder
al employees, Lillian Uggen, Mrs.
A. W. Belay and Erma E. Wainner.
Mrs. Farrell explained how rental
fees could be adjusted under the
present law.
Landlord’s Side
Harold Foss presented the land
lord’s side of the question although
he stated that he did not oppose
rent control until such time that
sufficient rental housing was avail
able. He pointed out that when the
rent freeze was put into effect that
Juneau was in a slump while An
chorage was enjoying a boom and
that Jure au was caught short.
Building costs have increased 250
percent, l oss sard, while rent con
trol does not allow rcr interest on
money invested in housing. This
has seriously discouraged building
in Juneau compared with Anchor
age and other towns.
John Klein also presented the
landlord view of rent controls re
ferring to the troubles encount
ered in evicting undesirable ten
ants once they get in an apart
ment.
Tenant Evictions
Mrs. Farreli explained conditions
under which tenants could be re
moved.
A representative of the VFW
spolce for continued controls.
Cledamae Cammock of the Alaska
Terri / rial Federation of Labor
went on record as favoring con
tinued controls.
Klein countered that salaries of
labor had doubled while the line
in rents had been held.
T. B. Erickson of CIO reminded
the council of the importance of
controls to protect federal and ter
ritorial employees whose salaries
were frozen and furnished the
main payroll for Juneau.
Mrs. Mildred Hermann received
a round of applause following the
presentation of her case as both
a member of the rent advisory
board and a landlord. She stressed
the fine work done by the Alaska
office which had been both fair
and rapid and feared that removal
of controls would result in apart
ments going to the highest bidder
thereby working a hardship on
many people.
“There was a time when Juneau
apartment houses were not filled,”
she said, “now they are full. At
present there are 1988 dwelling
units in Juneau and 2295 cases of
adjustments have been made in the
past year.”
Councilman George Jorgenson re
marked that the evidence presented
showed a demand for extension
of controls. Councilman Bert Me
Dow'ell moved that the City At
torney prepare a resolution for
the extension. Councilman A1 Zen
ger, Sr., seconded the motion and
it was passed without a dissenting
vote.
Telephone Rate Issue
The matter of a hearing for the
increase in telephone rates was
discussed. City Accountant J. C.
Ehrenareich suggested that while
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Copyright* uSOi by Bell 8yuilcttei Inc.I
By DREW PEARSON
"Washington — it will be foui
score and seven years ago tomorrow,
since Abraham Lincoln delivered his
famed address dedicating a battle
field at Gettysburg. That address
lasted only 10 minutes, and followed
a two-hour speech by orator Edward
Everett.
The photographer was still load
ing his camera when Lincoln sat
down, and when he did so there was
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ELKS GIVE LARGE
SUM TO LIBRARY
BUILDING FUND
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A pleasant surprise awaited B.
| Frank Heintzleman, chairman of the
j Juneau Memorial Library Board,
‘ when he returned to Juneau this
i week from Washington. Surprise
was a total sum of $2,250 paid in to
the new library building fund from
previous pledges.
A check for $2,000 was on Heint
zleman’s desk from the Juneau B. P.
O. Elk’s No. 420, payment in full
of the pledge to the fund from the
Elks Lodge.
The Juneau Painters Union, local
1504. Charles Hall, president sent
in a check for $100, a half of its
pledge.
The Alaska Native Brotherhood
made a $25 contribution, a part of
the pledge made by that organiza
tion.
A total sum of $125 in pledge pay
ments was made by Caslers store
and Ned Kester, individual contrib
utors.
Heintzleman said he could not ex
press too emphatically the deep ap
preciation of the Library Board
members for the generous contribu
tions and prompt payment of
pledges by the lodges, civic organi
zations and individuals.
“These generous contributions to
so worthy a cause is a contribution
to the benefit of thousands who will
enjoy Juneau’s new library,” he
said.
SEVERN SWANSON
BELIEVED DEAD
It is believed that Severin Swan
son. about 60, has been drowned.
He has been missing since Wednes
day night. Mrs. Swanson reported
to Juneau City Police late yesterday
afternoon that she thought he was
cn the ANS vessel Hygiene where
he works. A check showed that he
had not been aboard for two days
and the crew believed that Swanson
was at his home here.
Swanson was last seen by Ray
Maxine, Far West cab driver, at 1
o’clock Thursday morning when
Maxine delivered him to the lower
city dock where the boat was tied
up. Maxine reported that when he
departed Swanson was going down
the gangplank. At the time the tide
was going out and a heavy wind was
blowing.
Police have checked all places
where he might have been found
with no reports of anyone having
seen Swanson since. It is believed
that he may have fallen off the
gangplank or dock. The U.S. Coast
Guard has been requested to do
dragging operations.
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Juneau Teacher
Objects Paying
Tax on "Phantom"
Miss Genevieve Mayberry, Juneau
teacher, called the attention of the
Juneau City Council to an error
in her tax statement through a
letter which was read to the group
at a regular meeting last night.
Wrote Miss Mayberry, . .the tax
is levied cn the entire amount of
the assessed value of the personal
property. The $250 allowable de
duction has not been made. The
explanation for this, X believe, is
the fact that I am entered on the
city books as “Mr. and Mrs. G.
Mayberry.” Last year my statement
was addressed that way. Howeter
the city files seem to have liqui
dated ‘Mr. Mayberry’ this year. He
doesn’t seem to be in existence
any more. I would like to elminate
him too, as he seems to be the
piece of property on which I am
paying a luxury tax of sorts.
“I will appreciate the adjustment
very much. I am not trying to
evade taxes, but I am too much of
a realist to pay taxes for, or on.
a phantom.”
She was referring to a $7 tax
on $350 worth of personal property.
ACCA MEETS MONDAY
The regular meeting of the Ju
neau- Douglas chapter of the Alaska
t Crippled Children's Association
which was scheduled for November
I 15 was cancelled on account of the
| adverse weather. The meeting now
i has been called for Monday eve
i ning, November 20, at 8 o’clock
! at the heme of the President, Mrs.
I John McCormick, 436 West 12th
1 Street.
, There will be a report on the
! membership drive, and also plans
j will he completed for Christmas.
ACHESON
TO FIGHT
CRITICS
WASHINGTON, Ncv. 18 — ,W —
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
has decided to fight it out with his
Republican critics, some of whom
want him fired.
This became clear today in the
light of his sharp attack last night
on post-election statements made by
Senator Taft (R-Ohio). It was
verified by Acheson’s aides.
In last night’s speech, Acheron
said, without naming Taft, that he
had read that the “isolationist” has
disappeared from the American
scene and that a new figure has
appeared, whom he called the "re- j
examinist.”
Taft, in post-election statements,
said that “anybody is an idiot who
calls anybody else an isolationist."
He also said that “only an idiot
would be an isolationist today.”
He called for a reexamination of
the American program for rearm
ing western Europe.
Acheson spoke before the Na
tional Council of Negro Women, in
an acidly humorous series of jibes,
which drew frequent chuckles from
his audience.
HOMES IK JUNEAU
CHANGE OWNERSHIP
Several of Juneau’s homes have
changed ownership this month.
Dr. and Mr.;. John Gibson have j
puurchased the Martin Victor resi- !
dence, formerly the Judge Alexan- |
der home on West First Street. :
They expect to move from their j
apartment in the Baranof Hotel to j
their new home about December 1. j
The Hugh A. Stoddart home on
Main and Seventh has been pur- i
chased by Dr. and Mrs. D. D. Mar- ;
quardt. They will move to their new
home about the first of the year. I
The Wayne Johnsons have purch- ;
ased the Floyd Fagerson residence!
on Twelfth Street and will be at j
home there in January after they ;
return from a trip on the states, j
The E. E. Stender residence at
218 Gold Street has been purchased
by Julius Heineman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oldham
purchased the Albert Cooley home
in West Juneau. The Cooley’s have
left to make their home in south- ■
ern California.
Mr. and Mrs. Nils S. Anderson j
purchased a house and lot on Ninth !
Street from James Larsen, building
contractor.
Mrs. Hulda Peterson sold a house
and lot on Pederson Hill in the Auk
Lake area on Glacier Highway to !
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard P. Peterson. ;
JUNEAU DAIRY CATTLE
LINE UP, SAY "AH” AS I
INSPECTED BY DOCTOR
Dr. Earl F. Graves, Territorial
Veterinarian, Alaska Department of
Agriculture, has been in Juneau
the past week giving the local dairy ;
stock their regular annual health1
inspection.
Dr. Graves says all cattle are in '
good condition.
He has been staying at the Hotel j
Juneau and left for Palmer on j
today’s PNA plane.
HYNES SOUTH ON TRIP
Frank W. Hynes, biologist with
the Fish and Wildlife Service and
Mrs. Hynes who is in the account
ing division of the Alaska Depart
ment of Health, have left for the
states on a visit to relatives and
friends in Seattle and Tacoma and
other points in the northwest. They
expect to return shortly after the
first of the year.
SKATING ON AUK LAKE
NEXT WEEK IF PRESENT
COLD WEATHER PREVAILS
If the prevailing cold weather
holds out for another week ice
skating enthusiasts should find
Auk Lake just about to their lik
ing according to Forest Service of
ficials who made a survey of the
ice conditions cn lakes in the Gla
cier Highway area yesterday.
Smooth ice has formed around
the edges of Auk Lake but so far
the center remains open Gla
cier Lake is frozen over, the of
ficials said, but it too rough to
i be satisfactory for skating.
RESERVATIONS
FOR NATIVES
BIG MISTAKE
Governor Discusses Pro-1
posal at Convention
of ANB and ANS
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The policy of establishing reser- j
nations in Alaska for the Native I
people would be a grave backward !
step Gov. Ernest Gruening told the j
37th annual convention of the!
Alaska Native Brotherhood and i
Sisterhood at Craig, in an address 1
Thursday evening.
It would be in conflict. In his j
view, he stated, “with our basic j
ideas and ideals of democracy.”
".Tim Crow”
“Whatever may be the allegations !
of benevolently intended purpose!
of those who advocate reservations j
there is no question in my mind I
that it is merely a form of ‘Jim j
Crow’ with sugar coating,” declared j
the Governor.
“It would permanently establish I
the Native people as wards at a time :
when they are achieving, or op their
way to achieving, the fuller; equal
ity politically, economically and so
cially.
“The setting apart of reservations
all over the territory would perman
ently divide our people into castes
and classes. It would revive the ra
cial prejudice and inter-racial fric
tion which is on its way out and 1
has almost disappeared and will j
completely disappear in the course
of another generation providing the 1
policy of reservations is not estab- |
lished.
No Advantages
“Those who advocate them por
tray in glowing colors what they
claim to be the economic advantages
of reservations. I fail to perceive
any advantages. On the contrary,
once established on reservations the
Natives have no right to ownership
and will ever be continued as wards
of a federal government agency.
“This reservation policy is not a ;
policy which originated with the
native people. It is a policy which
was thought up for them in a dis
tant government bureau and urged ;
upon them by employees of that
bureau and by lawyers who expect
to profit by the continuation and
perpetuation of this wardship. The ;
bureaucrats who urge you to accept,
reservations likewise wish to per- j
petuate their bureaucratic structure, |
and control.”
Better Solution Possible
Governor Gruening said that in j
his view an entirely different and ,
a far better solution would be the !
determination of aboriginal rights. |
He said he would urge this solution j
and he believes that it is not only
possible but probable of accomplish
ment.
“I am confident that a bill pro
viding the machinery for determin
ing and settling possessory claims
could pass the Congress. Through it
if your claims are valid you would |
secure something real, something
tangible, something valuable. The
reservation policy gives you nothing, j
Victims
“I realize that some of you have |
been persuaded to reverse your pre- |
vious stand of opposition to reserva- I
tions and have been asked to believe j
that the creation of reservations is j
the best you could hope for. I dis-1
agree wholly with that view. I feel
that the victims of that reservation
policy will be none other than the j
Native peoples themselves.”
Shriners Hold
First Dance of
Season Tonight!
Tonight, at Scottish Rite Temple,<
Juneau Shrine will hold its first
Shrine dance of the season, the first,
also, of a series held annually dur- ,
ing the winter months.
John Maurstad is general chair- i
man in charge with Les Holmes |
heading the refreshment committee
and Oscar Eliason chairman of the ,
decoration committee. These coin- j
mitteemen will serve for all the j
dances to come.
Dancing starts at 10 p.m with [
Gregg’s orchestra furnishing the
j music. A large crowd is expected
! t° attend these ever popular Shrine
! affairs.
(RAZED MAN |
KILLS FIVE IN
FAMILY FEUD
Refusal to See Children
Brings Death to 3 Fam
ilies-Admits Slayings
VINELAND, N.J., Nov. 18—idl—A
slim young appliance salesman after
hours of questioning today admitted
he shot to death five members of his
estranged wife’s family and
wounded four others in a crazed
tour of three homes last night.
His face haggard and drawn, 25
year-old Ernest Ingenito told ihe
state police troopers who had cap
tured him:
"I did it and I don’t want to talk
any more about it.”
The oral statement wa3 made to
troopers Leonard Cunningham and j
Raymond Vorberg, who had seized I
Ingenito after an automobile chase
down a country lane in the scrub
pine flatlands of nearby Landis
township four and a half hours after
the slayings.
Reconstruct Crime
A few miles away, authorities j
pieced together the story of the j
horror-filled moments that brought
death to:
Michael Mazzoli, 44, Ingentio's
father-in-law; Mrs. Pearl Mazzoli,
45, Ingenito's mother-in-law; John
Pioppi, 46, uncle of Ingenito’s wife;
Mrs. Theresa Pioppi, grandmother
of Ingenito's wife; Marion Pioppi,
28, John's wife.
Wounded were the gunman’s wife, j
’iWsie, 23; a nine-year-old cousin,!
Jean Pioppi; Frank Mazzoli, 35, |
Michael Mazzoli’s brother, and
Frank’s wife, Hilda, 34.
At 9 p.m., Ingenito went to the'
home of his father-in-law', Michael;
Mazzoli, and asked to see his two !
children, Ernest, Jr., 4, and Michael, I
2
Can't See Children
Mrs. Ingenito told her husband I
he was prohibited under a court j
Separation order from seeing the
' children.
Ingenito then shot his father-in
; law, mother-in-law, and wife. With j
| the smoking weapon still in his j
hand, he dashed across the street
to the Pioppi home. His wife’s |
; grandmother, Mrs. Theresa Pioppi
[ had heard the shots and was stand- j
: ing at her doorway.
Ingenito turned the gun on Mrs.
; Pioppi and also on Marion Pioppi.
who came running to the door at j
| that moment. Both women fell dead, j
Wounds 1, Kills 2
The crazed gunman stepped over
[ their bodies and walked to the kit
chen. Seated around a table were!
\ three children—Jean Pioppi, eight,
Armando Pioppi, six, and Tessie
Pioppi, one and a half.
Sitting nearby was the children’s .
great-grandjmother, Armando Pi- ;
1 oppi. Ingenito leveled his weapon'
once more and opened fire. The
three youngsters and elderly man i
dove for the cover of the table. Jean !
Pioppi was wounded.
Their assailant ran from the,
house, drove five miles to Minatola,:
N.J., and entered the home of j
Frank Mazzoli.
“I cleaned out the other family.” '
Ingenito shouted. “I came here to
get you.”
Mazolli and his wife fell in a
blaze of gunfire.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 23;
minimum, 12.
At Airport—Maximum, 17;
minimum. 5,
forecast
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Continued fair and cold
with occasional gusty north
east winds tonight and Sun
day. Low temperature to
night near 15 in town and
near 5 in outlying areas.
High Sunday near 25.
precipitation
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m today
City of Juneau — none;
since Nov. 1 — 3.99 inches;
since July 1—33.02 inches.
At Airport — None;
since Nov. 1 — 1.95 inches;
since July 1—23.00 inches.
Granted Citizenship
T]'JMKIBI'JB- 7**~ 'T—■— 'LJEW—*
I*la Llndstrom, 12-year-uid daughter of Actress Ingrid Bergman, sits
on the lap of her father. Dr. Peter Lindstrom. and puts her arm
around his neck in Federal Court at I>os Angeles, where she was
granted American citizenship. An amendment to her papers also
Americanized her name to Jenny Ann. (i?) Wirephoto.
FUR COATS SAVED
AS HOMES BURN;
BELOW ZERO FIRE
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 18—1.11
—The wives fortunately saved their
fur coats as two families were
burned out in house fires Thursday
night, while the temperature was
20 degrees below zero.
lire destroyed the $5,000 frame
home of Sgt. William Pyvas, his
wife and two children. It also razed
tlie $10,000 log house owned by
Chailcs Preston, his wife and two
children.
The Prestons were trapped in an
upstairs bedroom. They climbed out
on a second-story porch in their
nightclothes.
Neighbors rescued them. An el
ectric short in the basement was
blamed for the blaze.
Hie Pyvas family fled into the
toy weather after an oil furnace
exploded.
Only personal posse sions saved in
each f:re were the wives' fur coats.
FISH BOARD HEARS
FWS EXPERIMENT
The Alaska Fisheries Board in
its third day of session yesterday
here was interested in a report
given by Richard Schurnan of the
Fish and Wildlife Service. An ex
periment made In Bare Lake on
Kodiak Island has shown that the
apparent food supply in the lake
can be increased for young red sal
mon and gives promise to aid the
rehabilitation of red salmon runs
there. The Board offered to assist
the program with financial aid
in any other way they cou rt.
Most of the day was given over
to discussing recommendations to1
be made to FWfc.' for the 1951 l.sh- j
mg regulations. This continued to- (
day and is likely to run into a
night session this evening. !
WILDER BACK
Glen Wilder of the Alaska Hous
ing Authority at Anchorage, is back
in Juneau for a few days after a
business trip to Seattle. He is at s
the Baranof Hotel.
Ethel MacNair of Sitka is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
L. C. Doheny of Fairbanks is
staying at the Baranof Hotel.
Harry C. Lyons of Kodiak is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
Martha Cushing of Sitka is at the
Baranof Hotel.
Dr. R. A. Smithson of Skagway
is stopping here at the Juneau
Hotel.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof from Seattle scheduled
to arrive sometime Tuesday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Denali from west is scheduled to
arrive southbound 4 a m., Sunday.
WARNING 10 |
FISHERMEN
OF JAPAN
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov.
18—(M—A warning to Japanese
fishermen to stay out of North
American waters has been issued
by the Pacific coast fishing industry.
W. C. Arnold of Seattle, speaking
at the Association of Pacific Fish
eries conference here yesterday,
told two Japanese delegates that un
less Nippon keeps its fishing opera
tions to a respectable distance, "ser
ious trouble, will result.” Japan’s
prewar fishing ranged frequently
into American waters and was a
subject of much dispute.
The conference was attended by '
Susumu Nikaido, of the Japanese |
Diet's fisheries committee, and J
Take! Iiyama, fisheries department!
chief, who recently conferred with !
Washington officials. They ex- :
pressed the hope the two countries ]
can work together.
Vance Sutter of Seattle was elec
ted president of the association.
P-IA MEETS MONDAY
FOR GOOD PROGRAM
A good crowd is expected to at
tend the Juneau Parent-Teacher
[ Asxciation meeting Monday, Nov
ember 20 at 8 p.m. in the high j
school study hall.
Max Lewis, supervisor of art in !
the Juneau schools will talk on
; rt in the public schools. Those at
tendin'- the meeting may also view
the Ccl.'nial art exhibit which is
row on d.splay in the grade school \
gymni.-ium. An admission charge
of 23 cents will bo made to the
exhibit.
Refreshments will be served fol
lowing the meeting by the second
grade mothers with Mrs. Urban
Nelson as chairman.
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PATROLMAN HAS WORKOUT
“I come down from the Third Di
; vision to help out the boys here and
I they put me to sweeping highways,"
| Jack Davis, Highway Patrolman and
J former Juneauite, might have been
heard mumbling yesterday after
noon.
Seems Jack, while making a rou
tine inspection along the Glacier
Highway yesterday afternoon, came
across a stretch of about 50 feet!
beyond (he long bridge near Lemon
Creek which was literally strewn
with brand new shingle nails, ob- i
viously accidentally dropped from a
vehicle passing over the route. Im- !
mediate action was necessary so;
Jack spent close to an hour on the ;
busy end of a broom clearing the
roadway.
CHARGED WITH NON-SUPPORT
La Verne Wells was taken Into
custody last evening by U. S.
Marshall Sid Thompson on a war
rant from Ketchikan, the complaint
charging abandonment and non
support of his family in Ketchikan. I
He will be arraigned Monday in the
U. S. Commissioner's court here.;
TANK-LED
U.J. TROOPS
MOWS ON
Advance In 5nowstorm
with Little Resistance
Allied Air Strikes Made
(By the Associated Press)
An armored column of the U.S.
Seventh Division plowed through a
snowstorm today to within two miles
of Knpsan, 21 miles below the Ked
Manchurian border, as Communist
resistance faded on the northeastern
Korea warfront.
On tlie western end of the 250
mile front, however, 100,000 Korean
and Chinese Communists were dig
ging in on a mountain defense line
south of the Yalu river’s power
plants on the Manchurian frontier.
U.S. Eighth Army Intelligence
sources estimated about 28.000 Chi
nese and about 70,000 (Worth Ko
reans are on the Taechon-Tokchon
line, w’ith other units in supporting
positions. There was no evidence
the Reds intended to pull back to
the Yalu in that area, 45 miles
northwest of Taechon.
Defend Powcrsiies
The powersite area apparently
will be defended at all costs. Presi
dent Truman’s assurance that the
powersites would not be molested
by U.N. forces was met with this
answer of the Chinese Com
i mtinists, broadcast on Peiping radio:
I he Chinese people are not de
ceived by wlmt they sec through
this curtain of lies and bellicosity.”
Only scattered rifle fire from the
hills opposed the tank-led Seventh
Division column in the rugged
northeast. The snowstorm and
rocky roads were the biggest ob
stacles. A field officer said the
column expected to reach burning
Kapsan tomorrow.
Allied Air Strikes
Heavy Allied air strikes covered
the advancing column. The advance
was delayed three hours yesterday
to let Sherman tanks wheel off the
road and clean out entrenched Reds
waiting to ambush the column.
After the skirmish, 128 Reds were
j counted dead, many more wounded.
: U-S. casualties were light.
| Air observers reported no sign of
! enemy life all the way to the Yalu
river. The Seventh expected to reach
| the near side, opposite Manchuria,
not later than Monday on a slow
march with an eye cocked for am
bushes.
Temperatures Milder
The snow was accompanied by
milder temperatures—a rise above
freezing at some places from near
zero early in the week. The predic
tion was clear skies with dropping
temperature.
A spokesman at Gen. MacArthur’s
headquarters in Tokyo said nearly
40 percent of 2,838 Red prisoners
questioned said United Nations
broadcasts and air-dropped leaflets
had influenced them to quit fight
ing. The leaflets included safe
conduct passes.
COAST GUARD BUSY
WSIH MANY DISTRESS
(ALLS HERE TODAY
Seventeenth U.S. Coast Guard
headquarters here were busy today
with four distress calls. The 40-foot
fishing vessel Dixie was reported to
have gone aground on Yhkobi Roclc
late Wednesday. The information
reached headquarters here late last
night and an air search is being
made today for survivors. There
were three men aboard. An unveri
fied report was received that an
other fishing vessel had picked up
one man on the Rock about 3 a.m.
The motor vessel Pomare with 22
persons aboard went aground on a
reef near Bushy Island in Snow
Pass west of Wrangell last night.
The CG cutter Citrus is proceeding
to the scene. No further information
was available at press time.
The cutter Sweetbrier • ntacted
the fishing vessel Wanderer with
the body of Paul Kinch jf Douglas
who was drowned in Seymour Canal
last week.
Today Coastguardsmen were
dragging in the neighborhood of the
Government dock for the body of
Severin Swanson who Is believed to
have drowned last Wednesday night.