SATURDAY
1 P.H. Edition
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”,
VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11.968
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1,7, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Atrocity
Report
Verified
TOKYO, Nov. 17—UP)—Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway today verified the
Communist atrocity killings of Uni
ted Nations soldier captives in Korea
and declared “the shocking impact
of the brutality which has been
revealed should have been no sur
prise to the American people.”
But the supreme allied comman
der in his first comment on the
sensational story that shocked the
world Wednesday expressed regret
over the way it was disclosed.
Ridgway, in a statement, said all
known deaths already had been
reported to next of kin and that
the report had caused needless an
guish among relatives of those
soldiers still listed as missing.
Wednesday Col. James M. Han
ley, head of the War Crimes sec
tionof the U. S. 8th Army, disclos
ed in Korea that nearly 6,000 al
lied soldiers—5,500 of them Am
ericans—had been slaughtered by
their Communist captors since the
outbreak of the war.
Ridgway’s statement did not men
tioned the figures announced by
Hanley.
Hanley was brought to Tokyo to
day by Col. George Patrick Welch,
Ridgway's public information of
ficer, presumably to answer any
questions while the Ridgway state
ment was being prepared.
Kidgway’s Statement
Shortly before Peiping radio ent
ered a blanket denial of Hanley’s
report;. It maintained that United
Nations prisoners of war were treat
ed well “despite difficult condi
tions.”.
Then the Chinese Communist
radio countered with its own charg
es that “thousands and tens of
thousands" of Chinese and North
Korean Red soldiers “who fell into
the hands of the United Nations
forces have been massacred.”
UN Prisoners Okch
This ran counter to all reports of
United Nation’s treatment of pri
soners. Hanley in his report said all
Red prisoners were well cared for.
Only yesterday AP photographer
Robert H. Schutz visited a large
war prisoner camp and said he
found the Communist captives well
fed and well clothed..
Ridgway’s statement emphasized
that there had been no intention
of withholding the atrocity figures,
“It had been concluded sortie
months ago, that at an appropriate
time when the accumulated evi
dence warranted and when due co
ordination had been effected with
the proper authorities in Wash
ington, this evidence should be
made public,” Ridgway said.
“That this coordination was not
properly effected at the time of this
release is of the utmost regret to
this headquarters.”
Alaskan Writer Has
Aiiide in November
Gourmet Magazine
The current issue of Gourmet
magazine carries a classic article, i
Saga of The Sourdough Pot, by Jack
Allman of Excursion Inlet.
He traces the history of sourdough
from Biblical times, its properties
and versatile uses. His praise places
it far out in front of any competi
tion. Allman makes a sourdough
cook out of his reader before the
article is finished.
Some fine Alaskan anecdotes re
lating to northern adventures are
woven into the sourdough “plot.”
In addition the reader can pick
up recipies for blueberry cordial,
sourdough beer (beewack), bread,
cookies, waffles, sandwiches, frit
ters, johnny cake, muffins, rolls and
cake.
Following his return from France
after the first World War, All
man stopped in New York to become
a popular writer of ■ ice and snow
fiction for such magazines as Ar
gosy, Blue Book, Adventure and
many others until he returned to
Alaska in 1935.
WEATHER REPORT
i (U. S. WSfATHER BUREAU
At Airport: Maximum, 29;
Minimum, 24.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Cloudy and warmer with
> rain showers tonight and
Sunday. Low temperature
tonight around 36 degrees.
High Sunday near 40 de
grees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
At Airport — 0.47 inches;
from July 1—15.99 inches.
TIME OUT — Ballerina
Elaine Fifield who dances as The
Sugar Plum Fairy in the London
production of Tschaikowsky’s
“Nutcracker Suite” relaxes dur
ing a dress rehearsal. P '
Alaska Newsprint
Can Help Defeat
Reds, Speaker Says
CAMBRIDGE, Mass,, Nov. 17—(J)
—Morris L. Ernest, New York Civil
Rights attorney, declared last night
that “we can't possibly win the war
against Communism when we are
starving our allies of newsprint.”
"There is enough newsprint in
Alaska to supply our entire west
coast,” Ernst told the Harvard
Law School forum.
He said the cynicism of the Am
erican people is expressed in the
public press, citing as an example
the tremendous publicity about the
man who receives the bribe instead
of the man who gives the bribe.
“I am much more for the corrupt
ed man than for the corrupter,” he
said.
Salmon fnduslry
Msdiimsis to Get
Wage increases
SEATTLE, Nov. 17—The re
gional Wage Stabilization Board
has approved a general wage in
crease averaging 10 percent in hourly
and annual rates for various cate
gories of machinists employed in
the Puget Sound salmon industry.
The Board voted 7-5 to author
ize the increase on the basis of the
relationship to wage increases pre
viously granted to other segments
of the Alaska and Puget Sound sal
mon industries. Four industry and
one public member of the board
dissented.
The petition for the increase was
presented by the Puget Sound Sal
mon Canners, Inc., and the Interna
tional Association of Machinists,
Local 239 of Bellingham.
The Board voted 11-4, however,
witli labor members dissenting, to
deny payment of overtime rates
to annually employed workers. Sev
enty-five workeri are affected by
the action.
In other action, employees of the
Sourdough Express Company of
Fairbanks, Alaska, were denied a
wage increase of 50 cents an hour
over the prevailing $2. The board
decided unanimously that insuffic
ient proof had been given that the
rate requested prevailed in the Fair
banks area.
New Ruling Made,
Vocational Training
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17— Itf) —
Veterans of World War y who re
turned to active duty and were dis
abled after the outbreak of fight
ing in Korea may receive vocational
training, the Veterans Administra
tion said today, “even though they
may have already trained under
the GI Bill.”
The provision for additional train
ing, VA explained, was included in
legislation approved last month. It
authorizes veterans with service
connected disabilities suffered after
Juneau 27. 1950, to take training
"if they need it to overcome the
handicap of those disabilities,” VA
said.
Ship Movements
Denali scheduled southbound Sun
day at 8 a.m.
Baranof scheduled to arrive
nor thbound Tuesday.
Freighter Sailors Splice sched
uled to arrive from Seattle on
Sunday.
UN Offer Hade
To Accept Red
Buffer Zone
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN. Korea, Nov. 17—/PI—
The U.N. Command, in a dramatic
move to end the cease-fire dead
'ock, today offered to accept the
Communist buffer zone proposal—if
an armistice is signed within 30
days. The Communists indicated
they might agree.
North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang
Cho told United Nations negotia
tors the U.N. plan “seems in the
main to be In accordance with our
principles.”
The Reds promised to study the
proposal overnight and “comment"
further when the subcommittees
working on the cease-fire line issue
meet again at 11 a.m. Sunday (6
p.m., PST, Saturday) in Panmun
jom.
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chief
U.N. subcommittee delegate, told
the Communist negotiators Satur
day that the U.N. Allies will accept
the Red proposal to fix a tentative
cease-fire line along the present
battle front. If no armistice is
signed before the deadline, then a
new cease-fire line would have to
be fixed, Hodes said.
The United Nations plan demands
clear-cut assurance from the Reds
that agreement on the tentative
cease-fire line would not be an
end to the shooting before a full
armistice is signed.
No one in official position at this
advance U.N. Command Base would
suggest that agreement on the
Allied buffer zone proposal would
mean an immediate halt in the
ground fighting.
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I
Stanford Coes
For 9th Straight
Today with OSC
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 17—OB
—The Stanford Indians, dubbed
just another football team when
the grid season started, are gun
! ning for their ninth straight win
i and a Rose Bowl bid today in a grid
] battle here with the Oregon State
I Beavers.
This one is the payoff game
I for the “know' how” boys. The In
j dians can clinch a tie for the con
I ference title. And . an invitation to
the Rose Bowl will be a foregone
! conclusion even if they lose to Cal
! ifornia a week later.
The odds makers gave Stanford
a 13-point edge despjte the fact
that center Rod Garner is out with
1 a knee injury and halfback Harry
Hugasian was to be used only
sparingly because of broken toe.
Oregon State has a 3-5 reebrd
but their losses sound better than
their wins. The Eeavers dropped a
6-0 contest to Michigan State; wilJ
ed before USC 16-14, after leading
14-0; and dropped a close one to
UCLA 7-0 last week. They also
trounced Washington 40-14, a team
Stanford had to battle all the way
to win 14-7.
UCLANS Favored
By Touchdown
Over Washington
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17—UR—'The
UCLA football team was favored by
one touchdown—to defeat Washing
ton today and retain a dim. hope
of winning the Rose Bowl assign
ment in the Pacific Coast Confer
ence.
Coach Red Sanders’ UCLANS can
stay in the picture if Stanford loses
to Oregon State at Palo Alto this
afternoon. This is the third straight
year that an undermanned Bruin
team has remained in contention
in the final stages of the campaign.
Kodiak Naval Supply
Depot Couple Killed
hi Crash Accident
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 17—'4*—
A huge van-type truck and trailer
jacknifed wildly across highway 101
just north of here last night and
crushed two automobiles in the op
posite lane of traffic. A man and
wife were killed.
Their automobile was crushed be
tweed the van and detachable truck
body and the other between the
truck and trailer.
Dead were Collins W. White, 40,
Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman, and
his wife, Catherine, 40, of the Ko
diak, Alaska, Naval Supply Depot.
An unidentified woman in their car
was critically injured.
Prize Beards lo
Parade Tonight;
Days of '98
The men will be separated from
the boys when the Elks beards are
rated at the Days of '98 this eve
ning at the Elks Ballroom. Judges
will also pass on costumes and
prizes will be awarded.
The highlight of the weekend
celebration will take place this eve
ning when the visiting Skagway
players put on their two shows, one
at 10 p.m., and the other at 12:30.
Juneau Elks will give a cocktail
party from 6 to 7 in the Elks Lounge
honoring the Skagway visitors.
Dancing will begin at 9 o’clock.
Three hundred persons crowded
into the Baranof Bubble Room last
evening to see the Skagway group
stage their Follies of 1952 directed
by Juanita Stevenson and an
nounced by Pat Carroll.
“Swiss Beer Garden" by the
players will be staged at 4 o’clock
Sunday afternoon in the Bubble
Room.
Russia to Return
Long-Demanded
U. S. Ice Breakers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 — UR —
Ru.sia notified the United States
today that it is preparing to return
two World War Two lend-lease ice
breakers. The U.S. has been try
ing for three years to get them
back.
A note delivered nt the State
Department by Soviet Embassy
Counselor Boris I. Karaev said the
two ships will leave an unnamed
Soviet port for Bremerhaven, Ger
many this month. The ships are
Uie North Wind and the West Wind.
The Russians delivered ft third
wartime, lend-lease ice breaker, the
South Wind, to American author
ities at Yokosuka, Japan, two years
ago. Moscow said the other two
have been stuck in the Arctic Ice
l most of the time since then.
—
Bulletins
The Army has made a permanent
camp out of Desert Rock, Nevada—
the scene of history’s first atomic
and-troop maneuvers recently. The
camp will be commanded by Brig
' adier General Burdet Fitch. It’s
j on the edge of the Nevada Atomic
| Proving Grounds.
The chairman of the U. S. Joint
j Chiefs of Staff, General Omar
i Bradley, flew from Paris to Rome
I today for talks with the Atlantic
i Treaty Military Committee. The full
I treaty organization will meet in
j Rome a week from now.
I Iran's Premier Mossadeg;h has
! scheduled a farewell news confer
I ence in Washington today on the
' eve of his planned departure ior
! home. He’s expected to climax his
'; ix-week stay in the United States
| with a final plea for a substantial
I American loan.
I The National Council of Churches
I for Christ in the U.S.A. has report
ed on a survey of migrant labor
conditions. And it finds that al
though the nation’s nomadic tribes
are getting better treatment in
many places, they still lead dismal,
insecure lives.
Thousands of farmers from 37
states are converging on Atlantic
City, New Jersey—for week-end
ceremonies at the National Grange
Convention. Two delegates from
each state will votp next week on
business, including a committee re
solution against universal military
training.
Tin-Pan Alley threw a birthday
party last night at New York's
swank Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It was
for 78-year-old W. C. Handy, Negro
composer of the St. Louis Blues,
who’s now nearly blind. It also
launched the W. C. Handy Founda
tion for the blind, which will aid
needy blind Negroes.
The alcohol tax unit has been
drawn into the widening investiga
tion of the Internal Revenue Bu
reau. Secret Service and narcotics
agents have been ordered to make
a complete survey of alcohol tax
unit operations. The unit now has
4,200 employees.
RECORD FANS BRING
TIIEIR OWN TO BURMA
RANGOON—i/Fl—If you want to
set up here as a disc jockey make
sure you bring your records along
The Burrhese Government does not
allow their importation, regarding
them as a luxury its austerity
afflicted subjects should .do without.
Section IV of the Trade Control
Order provides an out. This per
Win ^
WASS A I L WAIL
Plaid-bedecked Joan Weber, 3,
sounds oft on toy bagpipes, new
musical toy exhibited in New
York by American Toy Institute
for the Christmas trade.
Allies Smash
Reds in 9-Mile
Front Attack
SEOUL, Korea, Nov. 17— <*—An
Allied division supported by tanks
and planes today smashed ahead
nearly two miles in a surprise at
tack alone a nine-mile front in
central Korea.
“We caught the enemy by com
plete surprise,” an Allied officer
said. ‘They had no idea we were
coming,”
The U.N. Commnnd division
jumped off shortly before dawn in
a limited objective attack southeast
of Kumsong, former Red supply
base 30 miles north of parallel 38.
Allied Infantrymen had knocked
the Reds off 11 hills by early after
noon
On" U.N. battalion crossed the
T*ul ■ i.i river in assault boats in
pre-dawn darkness and hit the un
suspecting Chinese in a soft spot.
The Allied spokesman said U.N.
forces advanced so swiftly the
Chinese had no chance to counter
attack. At only one point did the
Reds stand nnd fight. In this sec
tor the Doughboys moved in with
bayonets and grenades.
Gen. Kepner Gives !
thanksgiving Day
Message to Alaska
HEADQUARTERS. Alaskan Com- ]
mand, Elmendorf Air Force base,
Alaska, Nov. 17—(dl—In a Thanksgiv
ing message to Alaskans, both mili
tary and civilian, Lt. Gen. W. E.
Kepner, ccmmander-in-chief of the
Alaskan command, says:
"From an humble group of Pil
grims, sending aloft fervent pray
ers of Thanksgiving for the God-1
given faith and harvest that sus
tained them, has grown the obser!
vance of Thanksgiving Day with its j
message of hope and gratitude. Our j
people and our nation have been
blessed with strong spiritual fibre,1
great material wealth and the gen
erosity to share these riches with
nations of good-will.
“On this day our prayers for i
courage and guidance in bearing the'
responsibilities of world leadership
should arise with our sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the security
and abundance thus far granted
us.”
Hemorrhagic Fever
Reported in Korea
TOKYO, Nov. 17—CPI—Gen. Mat
thew Ridgway's public Information
office today said about 300 cases
of hemmorrhagic fever have been
diagnosed among allied troops in
Korea since July.
The PIO did not say whether any
of the victims had died.
The Surgeon General's office in
Washington said Nov. 8 that there
had been 196 diagnosed cases of
the fever, with 25 deaths, among
American troops through the first
week in November.
The office said the disease ap
parently had been brought to the
battlefront by ailing Chinese Red
troops.
Captain Bilgh was set adrift by
the Pitcairn Island mutineers in
1789.
mits phonograph records to enter
the country in any quantity and to
any value provided they are: 1. In
tended for personal use. 2. Form
, part of your personal baggage.
Fairbanks Flier Makes Two-Weeks
Trip on Tool Through Icy Interior
As Woman Survives by Wrecked Plane
Gov. Warren Asks
Middle-of-Road
Course for Party
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 17—<iD—
Gov. Earl Warren of California has
opened his campaign for the Re
publican presidential nomination
witl) proposals that his party take
a middle of the road course and
support demands of the people for
social progress.
In the initial speech of his cam
paign last night the 60-year-old
Governor declared that the Repub
lican party has never been radical
and must never become reactionary.
He said the party should stand
for:
Honesty in government: a bipar
tisan foreign policy; support of the
United Nations; medical care on
reasonable terms: slum clearance,
and "the right of every segment of
our society to a measure of secur
ity.”
Report Congress
To Ask Billions
Fcr Air Power
By EDWIN B. IIAAKINSON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 — 101 —
Congressional sources snid today
they expect an administration re
quest next year for added billions
of dollars to speed expansion of air
power. -And chances appear good
now that the request will be met.
Some lawmakers look for Presi
dent Truman to stress the need for
more air power quickly in his mes
sages to the new session shortly
after the first of the year.
Three Senators, Edwin C. John
son (D-Colo), Young (R-ND) and
Lodge (R-Mass), Indicated they are
anxious to boost, the nation's pre
sent air power.
And Gen. Curtis Lemay, head of
the Strategic Air Command (SAC),
said his air leviathans can launch
swift retaliatory attack at any
enemy, but that SAC has a gigantic
task calling for more thnn "a hand
ful of bombers and atomic bombs.”
Lodge suggested that the Repub
licans use the aircraft and arms
production record of the present
Democratic administration as a
1952 campaign issue.
Judy Garland Back
in Show; Is Given
Ovation by Fans
NEW YORK, Nov. 17—(01—Judy
Garland, feeling “wonderful” af
ter her backstage collapse last Sun
day, is back on Broadway singing
her way into the hearts of her fans.
The 29-year-old actress returned
to the Palace Theatre vaudeville
show last night and received an
ear-splitting ovation that left her
and many in the 1,800 audience
sobbing.
Miss Garland, who has had ' a
troubled career in recent years,
spent four days in a private hos
pital this week recovering from what
her doctor called “nervous exhaus
tion.”
Bisque Firing by
Alaska Potters Monday
The Alaska Potters had a dem
onstration of the sgraffito method
of slip painting at the last meet
ing Wednesday evening in the club
rooms.
The firings of glaze ware has been
completed, and members are urged
to have pieces which are ready for
bisque firing, at the club rooms
before 10 a.m. next Monday, Nov.
19.' A piece of paper with the name
and number of pieces to be fired
should be placed with the pieces.
The ware will be stacked at 10 a.m.
and firing will be started when
completed.
There will be no meeting next
Wednesday due to Thanksgiving
holiday.
GIAKUSMAN HERE
FROM BETHEL AREA
Sgt. Charles H. Duckworth of the
Alaska National Guard arrived this
week to spend a month to assist
the guard instructor detachment in
preparing for the encampment of
the 208th Infantry Battalion (Sep).
He has spent about two years in
Bethel working with Eskimo guards
men in that area.
► FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov, 17—1*1
I —A two-weeks trek by a Fairbanks
| flier through wild, frigid interior
Alnska brought the daring rescue
yesterday of the woman companion
who had been marooned since their
light plune crash landed on an icy
river bed Nov. 2.
The rescue in a swirling snow
storm came only a few hours after
Bob Rouse, a construction fore
I man. stumbled into en Eskimo vil
lage and told of his friend’s plight,
lie had set out soon after the
forced landing at the junction of
the Slony and Holltna rivers, 250
mile, west of Anchorage, and
made his way through the snow
bound country 35 miles to the
village of Stony River.
The woman who survived the 14
days alone in wild country, with
i inadequate food and clothing and
I in temperatures which ranged down
■ to 15-below zero, was Viola O'Brien,
a Fairbanks cafe cashier. She and
Rouse left Fairbanks for Anchor
1 age two weeks ago today and drop
ped from sight soon after.
Miss O'Brien was snatched to
safety by Bob Vanderpool, veteran
pilot from Alaska's Crooked River
country. Vanderpool set his little
single-engined plane down on rough
ground during a blinding snow
storm, picked up the chilled woman
and flew her back to Stony River.
There last night she and Rouse
were reported in good condition.
Little could be learned of Rouse's
rigorous trip for help. But he
traversed rugged countryside now
covered by 12 inches of snow and
inhabited by many big game ani
mals.
Surprise was expressed also that
Miss O’Brien survived her lonely
vigil beside the wrecked plane. She
was rescued just before nightfall,
seven hours after Rouse stumbled
into the little Eskimo village at
11 a.m.
Vanderpool was accompanied on
Ills daring flight by a four-engined
plane from the 10th Rescue Squad
ron at Fairbanks. The larger plane
could not land and flew "cover'’
over Vanderpool's small plane.
Rouse and Miss O'Brien will be
flown to Faii-banks today.
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Princess Elizabeth !
Back in London
From (-Weeks Trip
LONDON. Nov. 17—lift—Smiling
radiantly. Princess Elizabeth came
back to London today after a six- i
weeks trip to Canada and the Uni- |
ted States.
"It's wonderful to be bafek,” she
murmured to her mother, Queen
Elizabeth, whom she kissed on both
cheeks.
Then she almost knelt on the red
carpeted station platform and hug
ged her son, three-year-old Prince
Charles, who seemed completely
self-assured.
Thousands of people standing in
a pelting rain around the station
let our a roar of welcome at the
first glimpse of the Princess.
Three-Power Plan
To Be Debated on
Monday, Paris Meet
PARIS, Nov. 17—(01—'The United
Nations political committee today
voted to begin immediate discussion
of a French-British-Amerlcan dis
armament plan. It shifted debate
on a Russian "peace plan" to the
end of the Parts session.
The vote was 45 to 5 (the Soviet
Bloc against) with 5 abstentions.
Committee debate on the three
power plan will begin Monday with
U S. Secretary of State Dean Ache
son leading the fight for adoption
of the proposals.
The 60-member committee nlso
rejected by a vote of 38 to 6 with
13 abstentions u Soviet plea thal
a Russian peace plan presented to
the U.N. General Assembly yester
day be discussed Immediately after
the western plan.
BPW MEETS MONDAY
The regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the Juneau Business
and Professional Women’s Club will
be held at the Terrace of the Bar
anof Hotel at noon, Monday, Nov
ember 19, 1951.
Mr. Leonard E. Evans, the Ter
ritorial Representative of the U.
S. Department of Labor, will speak
on "Women Workers in Alaska.”
It is requested that a large atten
dance be present as a "Question
and Answer” period will follow.
The National Geographic Society
says the Australian dingo is the
most dog-Uke ot wild canines.
Ct
Firtw
By Truman
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 — lift —
President Truman's confidants said
today the firing of Assistant Attor
ney General Theron Lamar Caudle
is the beginning of a sweeping ad
ministration house-cleaning.
The president reportedly has sent
out word to fire, retire, or get the
resignation of all government exec
utives whose outside activities, how
ever legal, might provide fodder for
Republican campaign oratory.
Sources at Key West, Fla., where
Mr. Truman is spending a vaca
tion, said other dismissals may
follow yesterday’s firing of Caudle,
and that professional politicians
are on notice to get in line for
the cleanup drive.
They said Mr. Truman, with his
eye on the hard 1952 presidential
race ahead, is determined to weed
out those who might lay his ad
ministration open to charges of cor
ruption.
Even before word came from Key
West, the feeling in Washington
was that Caudle’s firing was Just
the first move in a planned wide
.■■cale clean-up.
“This is Just the beginning,"
said Rep. King (D-C'alif), chair
man of the House Ways and
Means subcommittee, which has
been unearthing corruption and
misconduct In the Internal Rev
enue Service. ,
The president late yesterday fired
Caudle as the government’s chief
prosecutor of tax frauds less than
48 hours after the committee passed
along to Mr. Truman Information
it said it had dug up on Caudle's
activities.
Mr. Truman announced Caudle
resigned by request because he had
engaged in outside activities" in
consistent with his position as head
of the Justice Department tax divl
flon. Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short told reporters that "as far
as the president knows nothing
done has been illegal ”
In an emotional interview follow
ing the president's announcement
from Key West. Fla., Caudle said
“my heart is broken.”
'I have nothing to hide from
anybody,” he said of his four years
as tax prosecution chief.
Native Claims Bill
Nas Endorsement
At ANB Convention
The Alaska native claims bill re
ceived committee endorsement at
the Alaska Native Brotherhood and
sisterhood convention ending today
in Ketchikan, Hugh Wade, area di
rector of the Alaska Native Service
said Friday upon his return from
Ketchikan.
With the exception of those dele
gates committed to the system of
establishing reservations, sentiment
of most of the convention delegates
seemed in favor of Delegate E. L.
Bartlett's bill. Bartlett discussed
nis land bill before the convention.
Wade touched on it in his speech
before the convention, he said.
Bartlett left Ketchikan Thursday
for Wrangell and Petersburg. He
was scheduled to be in Juneau
today and leaves next week for
the Interior. The delegate Is to be
in the Territory until mid-Decem
tiT, Wade said.
COL. JELSMA RETURNS
TO ANCHORAGE OFFICE
Lt. Col. Merecntn Jc’.sma, acting
U.E. Purchasing and Disbursement
Officer for the Alaska National
Guard returns today to Anchorage
tfter conferring this week with Col.
Lars Johnson, guard adjutant gen
ral, in relation to field training
encampments of the guard.
l)Ol)GLAS FIREMEN DELAY
CLEANING RESERVOIRS
• Fire Chief Arne Shudshift an
nounces that because of snow con
ditions, the work of cleaning the
Douglas city reservoir will be post
poned.
TIDE TABLES
NOVEMBER 18
High tide 4:52 a.m., 13.8 ft.
Low tide 10:28 a.m., 6.0 ft.
High tide 4:13 p.m.. 15.3 ft.
Low tide 11:06 p.m., 1.4 ft.
NOVEMBER 49
High tide 5:38 a.m., 13.2 ft.
Low tide 11:12 a.m.. 6.8 ft.
High tide 4:55 p.m.. 14.3 ft.
Low tide 11:52 p.m., 2.3 ft.
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