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VOT. T .XXVIII.. NO. 11,854
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1951
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Allies Ordered to Blast Open Highway Road
BRISTOL BAY
ELECTION OFF
THIRD TIME
SEATTLE, July 7 -MV- The Na
tional Labor Relations Board today
postponed for the third time an
election among 2,300 resident and
non-resident Bristol Bay fishermen.
Thomas P. Graham, Jr., regional
NLRB director, said the election
may be cancelled entirely.
Seven election examiner; froir
Washington, Cleveland. Chicago aru
Seattle were ti have left by plan;
this morning for Naknek to carry
oat ti e election. They arc waiting
her. for a final decision.
A decision probably will be made
Monday in Washington, D. C.,
Graham said. The election was orig
inally ordered for June 1 to de
' to rrnine whether the Bering Sea
Fishermen’s union <AFL> or the
Alaska Fishermens union (Ind.)
should have collective bargaining
rights.
An election has been successfully
blocked byk nttfair labor practice
charges filed by' the Bering Sea
union against the Alaska Salmon
Industry, Inc. Such charges form a
legal block to an election.
The Industry was charged with
signing an illegal contract with the
AFU and with aiding the rival un
ion. Officials of the Bering Sea
union yesterday informed the-NLRB
that they wanted to withdraw their
petition for an election. The union
petitioned for the election last Jan
uary after it broke away from the
AFU.
George Johansen, secretary-treas
urer of the AFU, sent a telegram
to the NLRB demanding that the
election be held.
"If something isn’t done now to
straighten out the jurisdictional
dispute in Bristol Bay. we will have
more trouble than ever next year,
when a much 6etter salmon run is
expected,” Johansen said.
Members of the Bering Sea union
returned to work yesterday follow
ing a strike which had been called
to gain recognition. The strike end
ed last Wednesday.
MODERN CRAB CANNERY
GOING IN AT CORDOVA
A new and most modern crab
cannery is being installed at Cor
dova by Whiz Halferty, C. L. An
derson, director of the Alaska De
partment of Fisheries reported up
on his return from the westward.
The cannery is more modern than
any he has seen in the states, he
' says.
Fishermen are bringing in large
quantities of big dungeness crabs
from outside waters, as many as
600 dozen in one haul. The meat
from the outside water crabs is
: of high quality and firm.
GHIGLIONE RETURNS
A. F. Chiglione, chief engineer of
the Alaska Road Commission, re
turned to Juneau Friday via Pan
American after attending a meeting
of road officials of the 11 western
states in San Francisco.
FROM ANCHORAGE
S. R Duke of Anchorage arrived
on PNA yesterday and is at the
Baranof hotel.
TheWashingion
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(CopTTlgbt. 1951, D» Bell BrndieM*. Ine.,
Itashington, July 7 — close
friends who have talked with Gen
eral Eisenhower on a strictly per
sonal and confidential basis report
the following developments in Ike's
political thinking:
1. The General has now conced
ed that he must run on one party,
not on both. This is a change.
Some months ago Ike nursed the
hope he could carry both conven
tions.
2. He would prefer to run as a
Republican, because he does not
jvant to be saddled with Democrat
ic holdovers, previous errors and
Democratic policies. However, he
will not make any decision on
which party until he knows: <A)
The degree of opposition to him
in the GOP; and <B> The recep
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Wartime Pals Meet
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left), Atlantic Pact supreme comman
der. and Winston Churchill, Britain’s wartime premier, exchange
warm greetings at a parly in London’s Grosvenor House. The occa
sion was a dinner given by the English Speaking Union in honor of
: the general and Mrs. Eisenhower. (PI Wirephoto.
PRICE ROLLBACKS
DEPEND ON KOREAN
TRUOOUTCOME
WAoHINU'iON, July 7 — (tfl —
The House took time out today in
its consideration of economic con
trols legislation. Many members
looked to the forthcoming truce talks
in Korea for a possible clue on how
to vote.
The actual voting starts Monday,
with a crucial test due in mid-week
! on a move to prohibit pricf.
| backs during the one year for which
i it is proposed to keep the Defense
Production Act in operation.
It became increasingly apparent,
however, that if next week’s peace
talks bring about an end to the
fighting in Korea, there will be
strong sentiment to junk controls on
prices and wages.
MINIMUM TROLL
COHO PRICES SET
UNTIL JULY 15
A meeting between the fish buy
ers and representatives of the Un
ited Trollers of Alaska has been
called in Juneau for July 15 to
discuss minimum prices for troll
er-caught cohos. Andy Barlow, ex
ecutive secretary of UTA (CIOi
has announced.
Barlow returned from Ketchikan
where minimum prices with buy
ers were set until July 15 with
20 cents per pound on the fishing
grounds and 23 cents at dockside,
he said.
ALY'S ATTORNEY
HAS 'SECRET' WORD
AND HOPES RE RITA
—
NEW YORK, July 7 —Prince
Aly Khan’s attorney arrived here
by plane from Paris today with a
secret message from the prince to his
estranged wife, film actress Rita
Hayworth.
Charles Torem, the attorney, de
clined to disclose the nature of the
message or whether it was written
or oral.
Asked if he hoped to effect a
reconciliation, Torem told reporters:
‘Tf possible it would make us very
happy.”
Tor£m was accompanied to New
York by" Miss Hayworth’s attorney,
Bartley Crum, who has been nego
tiating with the prince’s lawyer in
Europe.
Both said they Would fly west
Monday night to confer with Miss
Hayworth in^Hollywood or Nevada.
Nothing But Solid
Green Accepted
By This Court
VAN NUYS, Calif., July 7 — (>P>—
Frank Gratzer tried to pay a $20
traffic fine with a personal check.
I It was refused, so Gratzer went out
and came back with 200 dimes.
The court refused that, too. Grat
zer finally paid off in bilks.
Russ Prepare
for Invasion
of Iran: Brock
NEW YORK, July 7 —Ult— An
American broadcasting company
correspondent says Russia is "pre
pa ilrrgl or a full-seair invasion “al
Iren." ’
.'he coirespondent. Kay Brock
reported to his New York office
from Ankara, Turkey, last night
that Russian soldiers "conduct al
most nightly forays" across the
northern Iran border to test Iran
ian defenses.
Brock quoted an unidentified “of
ficial U. S. Army observer recently
arrived from Tehran” as saying that
the “Red Army is receiving the ful;
cooperation of the Iranian Com
munists in these patrols across the
border.”
The observer was quoted as say
ing the Russians are arming the
Iranian Communists in the hope oi
an uprising. Brock said, "The Rus
sians will then invoke the terms ol
an old Russo-Iranian treaty where
by the Red Army is permitted tc
come to the aid of the Iranian gov
ernment.”
“In this way,” Brock added, “the
Russians plan to put the Tudeh
party (Communist) in power.”
Cars Hay Be Short
For Several Years,
Says Ford Executive
DETROIT, July 7 —I* —A pos
sible passenger car shortage that
could last several years Is fore
seen by Ernest R. Breech, executive
vice president of the Ford Motor
Co.
In a statement issued at the com
pany offices today Breech said this
could result from 'reduced produc
tion during the balance of 1951 and
probably further reductions in 1952."
Breech said mounting unemploy
ment will subside slowly as auto
workers are absorbed into defense
projects. He added, however, that it
will be 1953 before the major phase
of Ford’s defense program will reach
its peak.
JOINS TERR. CD OFFICE
Miss Helen Hejl has joined the
Territorial Civilian Defense office
with headquarters in the Alaska
National Guard building .
The Civilian Defense office is
now being set up.
TIDE TABLES
July 8
3:50 a.m. 15.8 ft
.10:26 a.m. -0.4 ft
.... 4:48 p.m. 14.9 ft
10:42 p.m. 3.6 ft
July 9
4:28 a.m. 15.0 ft
.10:59 a.m. 0.4 ft
5:21 p.m. 14.9 ft
11:28 p.m. 3.5 ft
1
Low tide
High tide
Low tide
High tide
Low tide
High tide
r tide
WORKMAN BREAKS
BACK IN BRIDGE
FALL FRIDAY P. M.
I _
D. E. Ashley, bridge painter, is
in St. Ann's hospital with a broken
back as a result of an accident on
the Douglas-Juneau bridge yester
day afternoon at 5:30.
Ashley was painting a girder above
the bridge deck when a Douglas
dump truck driven by A. J. Balog
passing underneath hooked Ash
ley's spraygun hose on the truck,
body and jerked Ashley down about
15 or 20 feet.
Lee Lewis, who was also working
on the bridge, anticipated the acci
dent and in trying to rescue Ashley,
lost his balance and Jumped, in
juring one foot. Ashley landed on
his head and shoulders, according
to workmen at the scene.
Balog, unaware of the accident,
drove on to Douglas with the spray
gun hose still attached to the truck.
Earl Seebree, Yellow cab driver,
saw Ashley fall and notified the cab
stand which called Juneau police
and the ambulance. Traffic was tied
up for about 15 minutes until the
two men were removed to the hos
pital.
Anderson and Runnels, Seattle
contractors, have the bridge paint
ing contract let by the Bureau of
Public Roads. Paul Anderson, in
charge of the job, was unavailable
for comment before press time
The attending physician said that
Ashley’s condition is serious and is
operating on his back today. Ashley
is also partially paralyzed, the doc
tor reported, and will no doubt have
to remain in a cast or frame for
several months.
Ashley’s wife and 3-year-old
daughter Jenny, are here. They are
living in Mary Joyce’s house. Their
Seattle address is 1512 Summit. He
w.iongs to the Structural Bridge
Builders and Ornamental Iron
Works Union.
Lewis was treated at the hos
pital and It was discovered that he
may have sustained a cracked foot
bone. However, he left the hospital
on crutches and is expected to re
cover shortly.
3 Polio Cases
Reported From
Fairbanks Area
FAIRBANKS, July 7 — Dr. Rich
ard P. Gorman, Fairbanks Health
officer, announced today that one
confirmed case of infantile paral
lysis and two suspected cases had
been treated at the Ladd Air Force
Base hospital in the past three
weeks.'
The three patients recovered and
have been released. Ladd Field is
on the outskirts of Fairbanks.
FISH LANDINGS
Salmon landed Saturday morn
ing sold to E. C. Johnson. The
Packer Elizabeth from Punter Bay
skippered by Gilbert Blxby landed
8,500 pounds. The troller Grey Mist
landed 900 pounds and sold at 39
cents for large reds, 28.5 for small
reds ,23.5 for whites and 23 for
cohoes.
PACKING MEN HEBE
Lewis Lund and William Niemi
of the Columbia River Packers at
Astoria, Oregon, arrived here yes
terday on PAA and are stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ST. LOUIS
Marie Etter of St. Louis arriv
ed on PAA from Seattle yesterday
and is at the Baranof Hotel.
OWENS BROTHERS
GRANTEp) JUDGMENT
George B. Schmidt, trustee for
Owens Bros., a logging company,
was granted a judgment against
the Alaska Lumber and Shingle
Co., in District Court yesterday
afternoon. Owens Bros., was award
ed $838.97 plus interest at six per
cent from December 15, 1949.
LIQUOR LICENSES
GRANTED YESTERDAY
In U. S. District Court yester
day Judge George W. Folta grant
ed to the Port Chilkoot Bar a
license for the sale of liquor at
Port Chilkoot.
Transfer of a liquor license was
also made to William D. and T.
M. Shoeppe from Martin Lynch,
who operated a bar near the Jun
eau airport.
U. S. Might Parades in Germany
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C. S. medium tanks in two long lines move down street decorated with German Hags in Stuttgart, Geo
many, during an Independence Day parade before more than 1(*0,080 German and American spectators.
Five hundred combat vehicles and 120 tanks accompanied eight thousand marching U.S. soldiers under
a canopy of warplanes. It was the biggest dlspla y of American armed might in Europe since the war.
In center background is tower of Stutgart’s main station. ((*) Wirephoto via radio from Frankfurt).
ANNOUNCES
SPARE TIRE
BAN LIFTED
WASHINGTON, July 7 — UP —
spore u« for new cars has
just, about quit its disappearing act.
Manly Fleischniartn, head of the
National Production Administration,
said yesterday the spare tire-ban
will be lifted next week “because of
an improvement in the rubber sit
uation and a reduction in passen
ger car production.”
The ban went into effect April 2.
Fall From Truck
Kills Minnesota
Man al Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, July 7 — A Min
nesota youth doing summer work
in Alaska was killed late yesterday
in a fall from a truck on the out
skirts of Anchorage.
He was Duane W. Neal, 19, Stap
les, Minn., an employee of the
Haddock Construction Co.
Shifting cargo is believed to have
caused hip fall from the top of
the loaded semi-trailer truck.
Neal was dead'of head injuries
by the time he was rushed to the
nearby Elmenderf Air Force Base
hospital.
An inquest is scheduled today.
BILL NELSON OF TODD
IN HOSPITAL HERE
Bill Nelson with the Todd Can
nery, stepped on a nail two weeks
ago and when the injury did not
heal properly he was brought to
St. Ann’s Hospital for treatment.
FORESTER IN TROUBLE
The motor vessel Forester, with
four crewmen aboard, reported en
gine trouble this morning to U. S.
Coast Guard headquarters here.
She was near Point Augusta in
Chatham Strait. The 83-foot cutter
is enroute to assist. The listed
owner of the vessel is James V.
Cole of Juneau.
OLSON IN TOWN
H. M. Olson, wellknown lumber
operator, is in Juneau having ar
rived Friday via Pan American from
Seattle. He is leaving Sunday for
Wrangell and then will return to his
Seattle headquarters.
TOWED TO KETCHIKAN
A 30-foot troller owned by M.
Jocson was towed 25 miles from
Percy Island to Ketchikan after she
eported a broken crankshaft. The
50-foot Coast Guard cutter from
Ketchikan did the Job, it was re
ported at headquarters here.
BAKER ARRIVES
Frank Strong of Walla Walla,
Wash., arrived Friday to Join the
staff at the Messerschmldt Bakery
here. He is stopping at Hotel Juneau.
I
Millionaire Lacks
Money to Bail Self
From Lockup
NEW YORK, July 7 — <*— Fred
erick Vanderbilt Field, wealthy “Ar
gel” who bailed many a Communld
still was confined to jail on a con
tempt charge today for lack of $10,
000 bond.
His attorneys were reported at
tempting to obtain the money or
securities but their task was com
plicated because banks and safe de
posit vaults were closed until Mon
day.
As of noon, there had been no
court move by his attorneys to re
lease Field.
Field is secretary of the Civil
Rights Congress Bail Furid which
posted $80,000 bail for four convicted
American Communist leaders who
now are fugitives and object of an
intensive manhunt.
He was jailed yesterday for 90
days by Federal Judge Sylvester J.
Ryan for refusing to tell who loaned
the $80,000 to the bail fund.
The fund is not permitted to post
bail for Field.
Field’s detention prevented him
from attending his appeal hearing
later yesterday before Appeals Judge
Thomas W. Swan in New Haven,
Conn.
Judge Swan ordered Field freed
in $10,000 bail pending a formal ap
peal of the contempt sentencing the
government described the bond
amount as temporary and said it
may later be changed.
FISH RESEARCHER HERE
Edwin Iversen of the Fisheries
Research Institute at Seattle Is
topping at Hotel Juneau.
FROM UNALAKLEET
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Heinbuck of
Unalakleet are stopping at the Bar
anof hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
E. J. Schneider of Seattle Is at
the Baranof hotel.
AT THE BARANOF
Bessie Siefferman of Marysville,
Wash., Is registered at the Baranof
hotel.
A. H. ZIEGLER HERE
Attorney A. H. Ziegler of Ketch
ikan is at the Baranof hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
p. D. Teed of Seattle arrived here
Friday from Anchorage on PNA and
is stopping at the Baranof hotel.
AT THE BARANOF
Mrs Bee Bowman of Juneau is
living at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
Robert D. Broad of the Fish and
Wildlife Service from Seattle, is
stopping at the Oastineau Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
R. L. Faubert of Seattle is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ALABAMA
Coastguardsman Harold J. Web
er of Mobile, Alabama, is register
ed at the Hotel Juneau.
Aerial Tanker
Crash Kills 11
il, S. Airmen
. V / , .
i PRESTWICK, Scotland. July 7,—
1A U. s. Air Force b-29 aerial tank
er crashed and burned in a mist
shrouded valley 40 miles from here,
apparently killing the 11 crewmen
aboard.
The huge four-engined plane had
been converted to a tanker used
for in-flight re-fueling. The type
is technically known as KB-29.
The big plane spun out of the
clouds with smoke trailing from
it and crashed in flames in a
wooded area near Carsphairn.
Firemen had to pump water from
a river 200 yards away to fight
the flames which roared through
the wreckage for more tan two
hours.
Headquarters of the U. S. Third
Air Force at Rulslipp. on the out
skirts of London, said the crashed
plane was based at Lakenheath,
England, and assigned to the Sec
ond Bomb Wing.
The plane and its crew were in
the United Kingdom for 90-day
training under the Strategic Air
Command's rotation training plan.
At the time of the > crash the(
plane was on a navigational train
ing flight from Lakenheath, Third
Air Force officers said.
Names of the crew members were
withheld by the U. S. Air Force
pending notification of their next
of-kin.
'Unloaded' Gun
Leads to Tragedy
SAN GABRIEL, Calif., July 7—
(£1—"I never fool with this thing
when it’s loaded,” Frank Gibiser, 42,
told his bride of two months, as he
twirled his pistol on his trigger
finger.
Just then the gun discharged. A
bullet through his head killed him
instantly, sheriff’s deputies reported
last night.
WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature for J4-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o’clock thla morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
74; minimum, 54.
At Airport — Maximum,
80; minimum, 54.
forecast
Decreasing cloudiness to
night becoming fair and
warmer Sunday. Low temp
erature tontfcht near 54, high
Sunday near 75.
PRECIPITATION
(Pact 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — None.
Since July 1 — .04 inches.
At Airport — None.
Since July 1 — 04 inches.
#••••••••
Delegation
Ready to Hop
To Truce Point
Reds Given Clear Road for
19 Hours; Bombard
ment Ordered
TOKYO, Sunday, July 8 —WI—
Allied planes were ordered to re
sume military operations today
(Sunday) against the highway left
clear all day Saturday for use of a
Red delegation to go from Pyong
yang to Kaesong for a preliminary
parley with Allied envoys.
This indicated Allied belief that
19 hours of immunity from air at
tacks had afforded the Reds ample
time to travel the 130 miles for to
day's scheduled meeting to arrange
for cease-fire talks.
The Allied delegation was ready
to depart this morning from the
Seoul area, probably in two heli
copters, for the 38-mile trip to Kae
song, three miles south of Parallel
38 in Western Korea.
The Reds had sent word by radio
that their motor convoy would leave
Pyongyang at 5 a.m. Saturday. They
were presumed to have arrived at
Kaesong long before now, although
there was no information whether
they had actually done so, or even
whether they had left Pyongyang.
Road “Opened”
At any rate, a spokesman at
Tokyo headquarters said the route, _
which had been declared off limits
to Allied attacks from 5 a.m., was
now again subject to attack, effec
' tive Saturday midnight (noon, Sat
urday, PST).
A ttve-mile radius around Kae
song continued to be recognized by
the Allies as a neutral zone.
The UN delegation to the pre
liminary talks will leave Seoul for
Kaesong by Jeep or helicopter Sun
day, depending on the weather.
Whether by road or air, the group
will cross the Imjln river at 9 a.m.
(4 p.m. Saturday, PDT).
Two helicopters which may carry
the Allied emissaries to Kaesong,
'eft from an airport near Seoul late
this afternoon for an undisclosed
rendezvous point. One was a huge
H-lfl, capable of carrying 10 per
sons. The other was an H-5, which
normally carries three.
Standing By
General Rldgway’s headquarters
will be represented by three colonels
and two interpreters. Their names
have not been announced. One col
onel is believed to be a South Kor
ean. The other two may represent
the U. S. Marines and the U, S. Air
Forces. They have been standing by
in Seoul since July 4, it was learned
tonight.
The Reds said they would send
three officers, including a colonel,
two interpreters and "reception"
personnel and assistants to Kaesong.
The South Korean defense min
ister and top officers of the Repub
lic’s Army, Navy and Air Force met
for two hours Saturday aboard a
Korean naval vessel to discuss the
proposed cease-fire.
What they decided was not im
mediately disclosed, but it is known
the South Korean government is
violently opposed to any end of the
war that does not put all Korea un
der administration by the Republic.
There was little action on the bat
tle lines Saturday. The Eighth Army
communique reported only light con
tact as Allied patrols probed to for
ward areas.
But spread across the Korean
peninsula were thousands of UN
and Red troops.
If the cease-fire plans go awry,
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Ship Movements
Freighter Flemish Knot from Seat
tle in port.
Princess Norah from Vancouver
due at 4 p.m. today sailing for Skag
way at 11:30 p.m.
Aleutian from Seattle due some
time Monday.
Prince George from Vancouver
due Monday p.m.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Chilcotin scheduled to sail from
Vancouver Monday.
Baranof from westward scheduled
southbound 7 p.m. Sunday.