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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,878
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1951
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Ship (rashes
Bring Death
To Two
SEATTLE, Aug. 4, —Ml—Marine
mishaps that plagued the Pacific
Coast today brought death to at
least two persons.
At least one small craft was
sunk, four more damaged, and an
other may have sunk, in a series
of accidents from British Colum
bia to Mexico.
In addition, the Coast Guard at
Seattle reported it had received
a distress call from an unidenti
fied vessel in Southeastern Alask
an waters early today. The vessel
reported it was seven miles off
the Coronados Islands, but failed
to identify itself, the Coast Guard
reported.
• Note: The 17th District head
quarters office of the Coast Guard
in Juneau believed the vessel off
the southern Coronados, because
the area in Southeastern Alaska
waters is dotted with well-known
points and bays which the ship
would normally have referred to,
rather than giving its position
seven miles from the small is
lands. This position would have
placed it among familiar land
marks.)
The area was blanketed thor
oughly by a search plane, the
Coast Guard said, with numerous
fishing* vessels sighted but no sign
of distress.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard at
Los Angeles reported the fishing
vessel Sea Wolf sank five miles
oif the South Coronados Islands,
off the Mexican coast about 50
miles south of the United States
border.
The Los Angeles Coast Guard
said it was possible that due to
freak atmospheric conditions,
this might be the report of the
sinking picked up at Seattle.
Two Dead •. -
Two .ship collisions - in British
Columbia and Washington waters
claimed two lives, heavily damaged
a tanker and freighter and sent
a tug to the bottom.
One man was killed when the
tanker Tullahoma and the freight
er P & T Adventure collided off
the northwest tip of Washington
state. Both vessels were severely
damaged but neither was repor
ted in a sinking condition.
Foss Tug Down
Another man was missing after
the collision of two tugs in bad
weather off the British Columbia
coast.
The 97-foot Andrew Foss tug
went down after the collision
with the tug MacLoufay. Eight
members of the nine man crew
were saved and taken aboard
the MacLoufay.
The tanker involved in the col
lision in Washington waters is
owned by the Keystone Shipping
Company of Sah Francisco, the
freighter by Pope and Talbot
Company, Seattle.
One boat sank in Mexican wa
ters and another got under way
with an escort after reporting in
a sinking condition, the Coast
Guard said.
Meager information available
indicated no one was lost.
The radio reports said the Sea
Wolf sank five miles from the
south Coronados Islands.
The Sea Wolf first reported
it was sinking, then that it had
sunk with only the mast above
water but the three persons
aboard were taken off by a fish
ing boat and were heading for
San Diego.
Another report came from the
fishing boat Seven Seas, first re
ported it was sinking, in the
same genera! area about 35 miles
due south of the Coronados Is
lands. Later she reported that
damage had been repaired and
another fishing boat, the Puget
Sound, was escorting her, also, to
San Diego.
TheWashingion
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1951. By qfll Syndicate. Inc.
ff ASHINGTON. — President
Truman has sent a confidential
memo to all cabinet officers or
dering them to clear their out-of
town appearances with Democratic
National chairman Bill Boyle,
l^ome folks consider this a tip
that he plans to run again, since
this is the first time he has sent
formal political instructions to his
cabinet. Anyway here is the con
fidential letter:
“Mr. Boyle, chairman of the
Democratic National committee,
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Tax-Rebelling Housewives
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Part of the gorup of housewives of Marshall, Tex., who have re
fused to collect social security taxes from the wages of their domestic
servants, read some of the mounting volume of mail that arrived.
Lett to right: Mrs. Carolyn Abney. Mrs Dorothy Martin, Mrs. Ruby
Pelz and Mrs. Ethe-ldra Spangler. Mrs. Abney, spokesman for the
group, said they are “very humble and most apprecaUve” for what
she called “an overwhelming response from the American people.”
The Internal Revenue Bureau says it will seize the women’s personal
property if they don’t pay up. The housewives say it’s the govern
ment's turn to move next. (PI Wirephoto.
Senator Urges West Point
Football Probe; They'll
Play,'Win or Lose'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—VP)—The*
dismissal of 90 West Point cadets
for cheating in exams brought de
mands today for Congresisonal in
vestigation of the military academy
—including its football activities.
Senator Young (R-ND) urged
Congress to probe the possibility
that over-emphasis on football
led to the breakdown of the
academy’s famed honor system.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, reportedly blamed
such over-emphasis yesterday in
telling lawmakers of the mass dis
missals, largest in the academy’s
149-year history. Senators said he
hinted that a majority of the acad
emy’s game-winning football play
ers cheated on exams because foot
ball practice cut down their oppor
tunities to study.
West Point officials said the
academy football team will play
its fall schedule — win or lose.
“Too Much Laxity”
“An investigation is in order and
it should also cover too much laxity
in conducting examinations," Young
told a reporter. Young is a mem
ber of the official Congressional
board of visitors which inspects the
academy every year.
Rep. Brooks (D-La), ranking
member of the House Armed Serv
ices committee, said "the acad
emy should be cleaned from top
to bottom of all moral dishon
esty. If any faculty members arc
involved, they should be fired.”
However, Army sources said no
faculty members at West Point were
involved.
The dismissed cadets were ac
cused of either giving or accepting
outside help to pass classroom tests
during the past four or five years.
Senators said they were told 80
of the cadets had admitted break
ing the honor code and that the
others probably would face court
martial or special trial to deter
mine the guilt.
The Army withheld the names ol
those dismissed to protect the men’s
futures. The dismissals were made
as ‘General Discharge” rather than
dishonorable discharge which car
ries much greater stigriia;
The Army defined this as "dis
rharged under honorable conditions,
service satisfactory, soldier not
qualifying for honorable discharge."
Sukkan Fish Trap
Hearing Due Today
In Anchorage
Hearing on the controversial
Hydaburg fish trap at Sukkwan
was due today in U. S. District
Court at Anchorage.
P. J. Gilmore Jr., U. S. Attor
ney, left Juneau yesterday to pre
sent the government’s case before
Judge George W. Folta who is
holding court in Anchorage in the
absence of third division Judge
Anthony J. Dimond. ■
•
The trap involved is a Libby,
McNeill and Libby fish trap at
Sukkwan. The government presen
ted an application for a prelimin
ary injunction to prevent the trap
from fishing, on May 15 in Dist
rict Court in Juneau, contending
the trap is located on the Hyda
burg Indian reservation.
Judge Folta, on the bench here
at the time, denied the petition
and gave Libby McNeill and Libby
until July 15 to bring the case to
trial.
As no trial has been called for
by the defendants, U. S. Attorney
Gilmore is renewing the govern
ment’s application for a prelim
inary injunction.
Libby, McNeill and Libby will
be represented by attorney R. E.
Robertson, of Juneau.
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAX—
15 Southeast Alaska
Boys Ordered to
Report for Draft
Fifteen Southeast Alaska youths
have been ordered to report Tues
day at Ft. Richardson for induction
into the armed services. Jenning
Grebstad of Petersburg, one of the
draftees, has been chosen by the
Selective Service Board here to be
the leader of the group.
Herbert Mead, also a draftee, of
Juneau, will assist Grebstad. The
two men will be in charge of the
group to handle tickets, baggage
and see that all report at the same
time.
In addition to Mead, four other
Juneau men have been ordered tc
report. They are: Keith Mount joy,
Walter Kleweno, George Gucker
and Daniel Gore.
From other Southeast Alaska
towns are: John Feero, Skagway;
Clarence Bowen, Mt. Edgecumbe;
Hert Hansen, Yakutat; Jess Casey
and Ralph Devenny, Wrangell;
Bernhard Baker. Petersburg; Primo
Rodrigues, Robert Johnson, and
Lieve Aus, Ketchnkan.
FROM SEATTLE
T. L. Dodge of the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce from Seattle, is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel. He has
been on a trip through the Terri
tory. - ,
Five Boats Fined
$8,175; Hope, Walton
Draw $300 Each
A total of $8,175 in fines was*
levied this morning by Judge Gor
don Gray in commissioner's court
on five boats apprehended August
1 in the Sitka area for illegal fish
ing.
Fish and Wildlife Service enforce
ment agent Dan Ralston made the
arrests while on aerial patrol. All
offenders pleaded guilty.
Four of the boats, Ralston re
ported, had their seines filled with
fish 15 minutes before the opening
of the fishing season, at 6 a.m. The
fifth boat was caught with its gear
in the water in an area never open
to fishing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stanley
Baskin prosecuted the case and
made recommendations of fines to
the court.
Territorial Representative Andrew
Hope, captain of the SJS II was
fined $300 and each of his six crew
members, $225. William R. Walton,
chairman of the Alaska Board of
Fisheries, and captain of the Sea
Ranger, drew a similar fine of $300
and his seven crew members, $225
each.
Because the Tony K., captained by
Clyde Peterson was fishing in Rod
man Bay, permanently closed to
fishing, Prosecutor Baskin recom
mended that the captain’s fine be
$500 and each of his five crew mem
bers $260, which was granted by
Judge Gray. „
These three boats were repre
sented in court by H. L. Faulkner,
attorney for the Pyramid Packing
Co., for which they were fishing
The fishermen had authorized can
nery superintendent Frank Wrighl
to enter a plea of guilty for them,
while th*y remained on the fishing
grounds.
The other two boats, the SJS and
Ginger N„ were fishing for the Hood
Bay Canning Co., owned by the com
munity of Angoon. Clay Scudder,
of the Alaska Native Service, ap
peared for them in court.
Captain of the SJS, Peter E.
Johnson, was fined (300 and each of
his six crew members, $225. In the
case of the Ginger N.. Baskin asked
for a fine of $500 for the captain
and $250 for each of the three crew
members on the ground that the
boat was apprehended for the same
offense last year. Judge Gray con
formed with the prosecutor's recom
mendations
The two Hood Bay boats had in
structed cannery superintendent Al
bert Thompson to enter pleas of
guilty. One hundred and forty-four
fish which the Ginger N. had in
possession were ordered released by
Ralston as they were still in condi
tion to go up stream to spawn. The
Tony K had no fish in possession
at the time it was apprehended.
Fish from the other boats were
taken to the Pyramid Canning Com
pany and as yet there are no figures
on the amount caught; however,
the fish were confiscated and will
be reported on and paid for to the
court later.
Fish License Bill
May Go To
Supreme Court
The $30 license fee for non-res-1
idcwt jieased bj the
1949 territorial legislature may
land in the U S. Supreme Court.
John Dimond, assistant to the
Territorial Attorney General Is in
the process of preparing a writ of
certiorari to be presented to the
Supreme Court in the case of Os
car Anderson and the Alaska
Fishermen's Union vs. M. P. Mul
laney. Territorial Tax Collector.
The ninth circuit court of ap
peals recently held that the $50
non-resident fishermen’s tax was
unconstitutional as it discrimina
ted against interestate commerce.
The Attorney General’s office will
appeal from this decision.
Dimond said it would probably
be a couple of weeks before the
writ of certiorari is completed
and presented to the Supreme
Court for its consideration.
Rouedlrip Polar
Flight Completed
MANBY, England, Aug. 4- —
A four-engiay^ Royal Air Force
bomber touched down here today,
completing a 4,128 mile polar flight
from Fairbanks, Alaska, in 19
hours, 34 minutes.
The plane carried a crew of 10,
all chosen from the RAF flying
college here, and a British newsman.
The bomber had flown to Alaska
by way of Iceland last week.
Its return was delayed by engine
trouble and spare parts had to be
flown to Fairbanks to enable the
crew to put the plane in shape for
the flight back home.
The plane, commanded by Flight
Commander T. T. Grofley took off
from Fairbanks at 1:30 p.m. EST
yesterday.
Fairbanks Bar Robbed
IX $1,800 by Pair
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 4—<JV-Pollce
are seeking two bandits who held
up the Northern Bar early Friday,
bound and gagged a bartender and
escaped with $1,800.
Mrs. Douglas Hay, owner, re
ported she found bartender John
Max Stinnet with arms and legs
tied when she arrived to open the
store at 7 a m. Stinnet said he
had been held up about 1 a.m., by
two men, one of them armed.
ENGINEER IS HERE
C. C. Pangborn, consulting me
chanical and electrical engineer
from Seatle, expected to leave to
day for Anchorage and the Inter
ior. He has been here several days
checking heating and electrical
systems of a number of Juneau
buildings, including the Scottish
Rite Temple.
Missing Institute
Ptan* Carried 2;
'Raff Is Crate
Two passengers were aboard the
raising AMic Research Xnstltwte
Norseman piloted by Maurice King,
when it left the Seward Glacier
camp at 10 am. July 27, the Air
Force search and rescue comman
der at Yakutat reported to 17th
U. S. Coast Guard headquarters
here today.
They were Mrs. Walter A. Wood
and Valerie Wood, home address
unknown.
The report said that contact
had been made with the camp to
obtain the information. Col. Wal
ter A. Wood is in charge of the
Institute’s ice studies on the Ma!
aspina and Seward Glaciers.
At the same time the Coast
Guard cutter Citrus said that a
reported upside down life raft
said to be sighted in Cross
Sound proved to be a large yel
low crate. This investigation was
in connection with the missing
Korean airlift transport which
disappeared off Cape Sjr*9ef
the night of July 20. i > ’ 1
Search operations for ^>oth mis
sing aircraft continued today with
an overlapping of "areas of prob
ability” but with the missing
Norseman believed to be some
where between the Seward Glacier
and Yakutat, its destination.
The region combed for the Can
adian Pacific Airlines transport,
however, extended from Cape
Spencer, where it gave its last
radio report, north and west to
the Kenal Peninsula covering both
land and sea.
Twenty-one aircraft were on
search today. They Included planes
from the Air Force, the Royal
Canadian Air Force, the Canadian
Palicic Airlines and the Coast
Guard. The cutter Storis was
standing by at Yakutat today.
A posible clue to the CPA plane
—army type rations found by a
fisherman enroute from Seward to
Cordova—were under investigation
by CPA officials who, were flying
to Cordova to Interview the -un
named fisherman.
Approximately 60 fishing boats
in the Cross Sound region where
the life raft was reported, were
interviewed by officers from the
Citrus and none had sighted the
reported raft. It was believed that
the large yellow crate found by
the cutter, may have appeared to
be a raft to the Alaska Coastal
Airlines pilot and passengers who
flew over it last Thursday.
Ship MoY«ments
Baranof southbound 6 a.m., Sun
day.
Aleutian northbound sometime
Monday.
Alaska departs Seattle August 8.
Freighter Sailor’s Splice arrives
from south sometime Sunday.
Princess Kathleen arrives today
at 3 p-m.,-sails for Skagway at 11:30
New Construction
Banned (or 60 Days
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, ——
The government has slapped a 60
day ban on the start of any new
construction except that requiring
minor quantities of steel, copp*»r
and aluminum.
The order issued yesterday by
the National Production Authority
(NPA) would not affect most res
idences. Small stores and even
some amusements places—hereto
fore prohibited — also may go
ahead.
But the "freei*” effective un
til Oct I, bans the start of new
factories, office buildings, schools
hospitals and public buildings.
Builders whose projects exceed
the permitted limits may apply for
metal, to be delivered after Oct.
1, under NPA's allocation system,
known as the pontrolled materials
plan or “CMP.” But they may not
get it unless NPA deems the pro
jects essential.
NPA officials said the net ef
fect of the pew order — titled
MM4-A” — will be to ease consid
erably the problems of small pro
ject builders.
O'Dwyer Demands
Expose of 'Forces’
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4—Am
bassador William O’Dwyer de
manded last night that the Senate
Investigating committee expose "the
forces” which linked his name to
a mllllon-dollar fund transfer.
The committee Issued a statement
in Washington earlier yesterday
saying it was satisfied wi£h. a State
Department exp&uifeilfei1 that the
transfer was a routine payment by
Mexico to the Udjtad States on its
lend lease account. The commit
tee said it had not spread the orig
inal reports.
The reports, first published by
the New York Daily News, said the
committee was investigating a mil
lion-dollar letter of credit “re
portedly transferred ' from ' Mexico
to a Manhattan. lor the ac
count of Ambassador O’Dwyer,’
shortly before the committee opened
televised hearings in New York last
March.
The State Department said that
what happened was that the Mex
ican government made out a mil
lion-dollar bank draft to O'Dwyer,
in his capacity as American Am
bassador, for a payment on Its
lend-lease account.
The department said O'Dwyer
asked that the draft be changed
Into its equivalent in pesos to use
for American diplomatic expenses
in Mexico. The money was then
deposited to the credit of the U.S.
gor|ernment in the Mexico City
branch of the National City Bank
of New York.
The transaction was said to be
in accord with "accepted practice
in such cases.”
Mrs. Dow Abel's
Parents Are Killed
In Auto Accident
Mrs. Don Abel received word
Thursday night from her brother,
M. J. Doerr In Bbise, Idaho, that
her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Doerr were in an accident some
where in Nebraska and that her
father was killed.
Yesterday Mrs. Abel received a
telephone call from another bro
ther, J. G. Doerr, of San Fraruils
co saying that her mother had
died as a result of the accident.
The Doerrs were enroute to Chi
cago to attend a convention and
visit relatives. They visited here
in June.
Mrs. Abel and her son, Jimmie,
were to leave today for Boise,
where .the bodies will be taken
tor burial.
Mrs. Abel’s sister, Mrs. J. M
Jensen, also of Boise, is another
survivor.
• WEATHER FORECAST
• Temperature for 24-Hour Period
t ending 8:30 o'clock thli morning
o At Airport: Maximum, 65;
o minimum, 46.
•
o FORECA8T
• (Junean end Vicinity)
o Mostly cloudy with occa
o sional light showers tonight
• and Sunday. Lowest tem
o perature tonight about 52
• degrees, highest Sunday
o about 62 degrees.
•
• PRECIPITATION
• (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 e.m. today
o At Airport — 0.10 Inches;
a since July 1—3.01 Inches.
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In Seclusion
Tak Tscr Lama, the self-exiled
oldVr brother of the Dalai Lama
of Tibet, now occupied b.v Chinese
Communists, gestures during an
Interview at his hideout in a se
cluded Virginia farm house some
20 miles from Washington, 1). C.
The Tibetan religious reader wears
embroiderd robes he brought from
his native Lhasa — and western
style moccasins and socks. He said
he would not return to his Asiatic
homeland as long as the Reds art
there. UP) Wirephoto.
Korea Rotation
Plan Extended
TOKYO, Aug. 4, —liPI—The ar
my's policy of rotating its person
nel in Korea back to the United
States will be extended Sept. 1 to
include ah soldiers In-- the -Far
East command, Brig. Gen. Bryan
L.' MllOinii, AsiM.sttt.il’*''1 C'liitf Of
Staff, announced today.
Soldiers in Korea have been
eligible for rotation after serv
ing a minimum of six months in
close combat.
Milburn said enlisted personnel
in Korea who met minimum re
quirements before June 1 will be
returned home, if possible prior
to Sept. 1. Officers in this lauer
group, he added, will be rotated
as soon as possible but not neces
sarily before the expanded pro
gram becomes effective.
The announcement did hot
specify what minimum service
would be required but said rota
tion “would depend on the num
ber of replacements available.”
It Would Have
Been a Good
Story If -
It would have been a good story
if it had been true.
The rumor that an 80-pound
sing salmon had been caught in
the Salmon Derby area early to is
week is false, according to checks
made.
The tale was brightly embell
ished with "had 16 derby hooks
In its mouth," "sold to a tourist
for $1 per pound” and "caught by
i 12-year-old boy.”
The Juneau Cold Storage Co.
has no knowledge of any such
fish being brought in. William
Passey, foreman there, said that
a 60-pound king had been brought
in by a fisherman from Hoonah
and that might possibly have
started the story.
4 Juneau Students
Enter Washington
Stale College
WASHINGTON STATE COL
LEGE, Pullman, Aug. 4— (Special)—
Four new students from Juneau are
among the first 1,400 who will be
admitted to Washington State Col
lege with the incoming September
They are Richard E. Keithahn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Keithahn:
Donald L. MacKinnon, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. MacKin
non; Donald Wingerson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wingerson; and
Gerald A. Hill, son of Mrs. William
Barron.
Also entering from Alaska arc
two each from Anchorage, Fair
banks and Ketchikan and one each
from College, Sitka, and Skagway.
Reds Hold lo
38th Parallel
Demand
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR
TERS. Korea, Aug. 4——The Red
truce team told Allied negotiators in
Kaesong today it was standing pat
on its demand for a cease-fire buf
fer zone along the 38th parallel.
Lt. Gen. Nam II. chief Red dele
gate, said the Reds could not de
part in any particular from that
stand.
In Tokyo, a press release issued
by the civil information and edu
cation division of Allied headquar
ters said the Allies want the de
militarizjrd zone located between
the Yalu river on the Manchurian
border and the present battle lines.
It was the first official an
nouncement that the U.N. wanted
the cease-fire line north of pre
sent battle lines.
The release came as a surprise,
and there was no immediate com
ment by officials either here or in
Tokyo.
Why This Agency?
Nor was there any explanation of
why such a release was issued by
the civil Information and education
division. It usually concerns itself
with picturing the American way of
life to the Japanese.
Earlier today, the same section
issued another release blaming
Russian Intrigue for the Korean
war, and declaring that the Krem
lin wanted China weakened be
cause the Soviets fear such a
strong neighbor on her borders.
An hour after that statement was
released, the section asked that lt
be withheld because of topographical
errors. It was already in print and
had been broadcast. The withhold
request was dropped.
Later Lt. Col. Donald R. Nugent,
Marine officer who heads the sec
tion, told newsmen the request was
made because the statement was
Intended" for background material
for. editors, not for publication.
The second statement, dealing
with the U.N. demand on a buffer
zone, was issued under the title
"Background material on the estab
lishment of a demilitarized zone.”
Presumably it had full official ap
proval prior to its release.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway,
Supreme Allied Commander, to
night made a hurried trip from
his home to his headquarters in
the Dal Ichi building.
He still was there three hours
later. Whether his trip had any
thing to do with the statement
was not immediately known.
Not Informed
Apparently the U.N. truce team
at this headquarters was not in
formed that the statement was being
released.
In fact, an Allied spokesman told
reporters trying to draw him out
on the subject—before the statement
was issued—"I believe it would be
seriously In error and the wildest
sort of speculation if you attempt
to draw this line in the vast area
between the present (battle) lines
and the Yalu river.”
Today's talks in Kaesong ended
with an official report of "No prog
ress.” Nuckols said the true teams
were as far apart on the buffer
zone problem as they were when
they first began discussing it. That
was July 27.
The 20th session is scheduled to
morrow at 11 a.m. (5 p.m., today,
Juneau time).
Jet Pilot Saved
When Plane Crashes
At Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 4. —(B— A
pilot was saved from a fiery death
yesterday in the crash of an P-94
Jet plane.
The jet, from the 57th fighter
interceptor group stationed at El
mendorf Air Force Base, crashed
and burst into flames neai the in
ternational airport here.
Wijrd Gay, Hal Emery and
Charles Stole pulled the pilot
from the wreckage. A few seconds
iater the stricken aircraft explo
ded.
The injured airman was rushed
to an air force hospital in serious
condition. His name was withheld
pending notification of next of
kin.
ALMER PETERSON IS HERE
Aimer J. Peterson, perennial Re
publican candidate for Congres
sional delegate from Alaska from
Anchorage, arrived here yesterday
on PNA unci is stopping at the
Baranof Hotel. _ _,