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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,910
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1951
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Marshall Quits Defense
Post for 'Personal Reasons;'
toveff Named Secretary
Moore Takes
Exception to
$12,000 Salary
The recent appointment of
George Sundborg to General Man
ager of the Alaska Development
Board, at a salary of $12,000 per
year has raised a question on pay
ment of the salary in the Office
of the Territorial Auditor.
Auditor Moore today revealed a
letter -he hod- written. Sundborg,
in answer to one received by him
from Sundborg wherein Sundborg
informed the Auditor of his ap
pointment and amount of salary.
In answer Moore cited Chapter
122 of the 1949 legislature which
set the development board man
ager’s salary at $7,500.
The 1951 legislature passed a
law which raised all Territorial
salaries eight per cent “Provided,
howgver, that such increases shall
not be applied to any personnel
whose salaries are established at
$5,000 or more per annum.”
Moore safd that he could not
honor a salary voucher in excess
of $625 per month until he has an
opinion from the Attorney General
on whether the Development Board
has the power to raise the salary
over the figure set by the legisla
ture.
“Since there was no one appoin
ted as general manager during the
last biennium,” Moore’s letter sta
ted, "it may be argued that you
do not come under Section 3,
Chapter 134 SLA 1951. . . .but the
fact of the matter is that the leg
islature did establish a maximum
salary for the manager of the
board.”
The Attorney General's office
said that J. Gerald Williams, at
torney general, was due home to
day from Anchorage where has
been on business for his office.
“ock Quotations
YORK, Sept. 12—UP)—Clos
ation of Alaska Juneau
k today is 3's, American
American Tel. and Tel.
Jconda 49%, Douglas Air
, General Electric 62, Gen
„tors 51 Vs, Kennecott 82%.
Libby. McNeill and Libby 9, North
ern Pacific 54%, Standard Oil of
California 54%, Twentieth Century
Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 44%, Pound $2.
79 15/16, Canadian Exchange 94.68%.
Sales today were 2,170,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 215.31, rails 83.31, utilities
44.45.
, NORMAN STINES HERE
Norman C. Stines, well known
mining man from Los Gatos, Calif.,
is stopping over in Juneau until
Friday enroute to Nome. He is at
the Baranof Hotel.
TheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
(Ed. Note—While Drew Pear
son is un a brief vacation, the
Washington.. Merry-go-round is
being written by several disting
uished guest columnists, today’s
being by Stefan Osusky, former
Czech statesman and diplomat,
now in exile).
WASHINGTON. — The lowering
of the Iron Curtain after the close
of World War II was not only
a national tragedy for those coun
tries which thus found themselves
segregated from the rest of the
free world, but a human disaster
which tore the heart out of mdn.
Soviet Russia did her devU’s
best to impress upon the nations
of central and eastern Europe that
they had been forsaken by the
West. The Iron Curtain limited
contacts to official representation,
reliable party members and fellow
travelers, making it possible for
the Kremlin to demonstrate con-;
vincingly to these unfortunate
peoples that they had been com
pletely abandoned and forgotten
by the West. There resulted a loss
of sense of belonging to the West,
which paralyzed the people's will
to resist, and which was thus the
Kremlin’s most effective tool in
the establishment of its dominion
over the central and eastern Eur
opean nations. Despairing of their
future, they lost all will to stand
fast by their own past.
So far, the crusade for freedom
by "baUooncastlng,’’ championed
by Drew Pearson, has brought the
»
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 — ^ —
George C. Marshall resigned today
as Secretary of Defense. He will be
succeeded by the present Deputy
Secretary, Robert A. Lovett.
Marshall, 70, was appointed De
fense Secretary one year ago today
He is quitting “for very personal
reasons.” An aide said later this
did not concern his health.
The soldier-statesmen, a five
star general, was Army Chief of
Staff in World War. II and later
was Secretary of State. He spon
sored the EuroDean Recovery pro
gram which became known through
out the world as the Marshall plan.
--- —First Since 1916 — —
Upon the resignation of Defense
Secretary Louis Johnson a year ago,
Marshall came out of retirement
to become the first professional
military man to head a U.S. mili
tary department since 1916.
President Truman accepted Mar
shall's resignation “with great re
luctance" and effective immediately.
He named William C. Foster,
Economic Cooperation Adminis
trator to succeed Lovett as Deputy
Secretary and Richard M. Bissell,
, Jr., deputy administrator, as act
i ing ECA administrator succeed
ing Foster to head the Marshall
] plan agency.
Lovett, 56. a close friend of Mar
{ shall, joined the Defense Depart
ment Sept. 28. 1950, succeeding the
| late Stephen T. Early.
He had served under Marshall
previously as Undersecretary of
1 state. Lovett formerly was asso
: ciated with the investment banking
; firm of Brown Brothers, Harriman
! and Co. in New York.
He said of his term as Defense
Secretary:
“When I took this job it was
my understanding I would remain ]
only until June 80.”
He then added that because of
important military legislation be
fore Coneress he was asked to re
main until now.
Agreed to Stay
He said he agreed to carry on
| until the end of the summer and
I until after issuance of a report by
] the commission created to recom
i mend basic policies to govern uni
versal military training.
Marshall’s letter of resignation
was dated Sept. 11.
In accepting it, the President paid
new tribute to the general whom
he has often described as one of the
greatest generals of all time and
one of the country’s outstanding
patriots.
Four Couples
Seek Divorce in
District Court
Four actions for divorce were
filed in U. S. District Court this
mornirig. Ail charge incompatibil
ity.
Charmaine B. Willard was seek
ing a decree from Wesley J. Wil
lard; Ruth Jackson was plaintiff
in an action against Frank Jack
son; Lucille Metjay asked a di
vorce from Charles Metjay and
Elsie Hunter asked a decree from
Percy Hunter.
The Willards, who were married
in Haines on Dec. 31, 1948 have
’ two minor children. The mothei
asks custody of the children anc
$40 per month for each child to
ward its support, plus court costs.
She is represented by Norman
Banfield, attorney.
William L. Paul, Jr., is attorney
for the other three plaintiffs.
The Jacksons were married ir
Juneau Oct. 9, 1942 and have nc
children. No property rights arc
involved. The plaintiff states the
couple has been separated since
April 1048.
Mrs. Metjay in her action ask:
custody of a minor child which i:
in her care.
The Hunters have two minoi
children. They were mariied May
17, 1946. Mrs. Hunter asks custody
of the children and $37.50 pci
month for each child plus $75 e
month for her support, until the
children are grown.
KODIAK BOAT FINED
FOR ILLEGAL FISHING
For fishing in a closed area
near Kodiak, a fishing boat war
fined $900 by the U. S. Commis
sioner there, according to word re
ceived here by the Fish and Wild
life Service.
The boat was apprehended by
service agent Roy Lindsley Aug.
9 but the case was not heard un
til yesterday.
Archibald Brunton, captain of
the vessel, was fined (175 and
crew members Emil Ambrosia,
Efsay Charliaga and Rudy Sheli
koi drew fines of (75 each.
Veteran 'Copter
Pilot Revealed
Killed in Crash
Air Force Releases
Names of C-4710th Res
cue Squadron Victims
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 12—'IF*—A vet
eran helicopter pilot who had par
ticipated in many Alaska rescue
missions was one of the victims of
two separate but related fatal air
crashes last week.
The crashes were Nos. 11 and 12
in a series of plane accidents which
has claimed nearly 103 lives in
Alaska since July 21.
The crashes occurred last week
end. but the Air Force withheld re
lease of the names.
Officers identified Capt. Frank
A. Aiden. a member of the Tenth
Rescue .Squadron here since Sep
tember of 1949, as the helicopter
pilot. He was killed Saturday
when his helicopter crashed while
enroutc to the scene of a C-47 air
transport crash in which three
died Friday night.
Due For Rotation
The Air Force said Aiden was due
to return to the States on rotation
Sept. 16. He Is survived by his
widow, Rose, and two children, at
Ladd Air Force Base near here.
The Air Force said Cpl. Joe K.
Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Allen of Versaille, Ky., was Alden’s
companion on the fatal flight. Al
len was also killed.
The three victims of the C-47
crash were identified as:
Capt. Donald Severson, pilot,
of Wheeler, Wi«„ survived by his
widow at Eielson Air Force Base
here; Sgt. Roy Spletzer, crewman,
Newaygo, Mich., survived by his
widow, Mildred, in Methuen,
Mass., and Cpl. Robert Baker,
crewman, survived by his mother,
Seattle, Wash.
Lieut. Francis J. Parik of RFD 4,
Bnuth Pc* -i ynrl was thrown clear
of the wreckage and survived the
crash. He was picked up in a dar
ing night landing of a helicopter by
Capt. Louis Erhart of New Haven,
Conn. '
Erhart made the dramatic res
cue after spotting the survivor while
hovering over the crash scene and
shining a light on it from the
’copter. He saw Parik lying on the
ground and waving his arms.
Subcommittee
Starts Boyle Probe
In Secret Sessions
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—OP—
The Senate Investigations subcom
mittee called a secret meeting to
day in its probe into the political
influence of William M. Boyle, Jr.,
Democratic National chairman.
The group, headed by Senator
Joey (D-NC), declined to disclose
details or even say where it would
meet.
The subcommittee has announced
it will start public hearings Thurs
day on a $565,000 loan the Recon
struction Finance Corporation
(RFCi made in 1949 to the Amer
ican Lithofold Corporation of St.
Louis, Mo.
Hoey has said the committee
wants to learn why RFC, after re
fusing three times to make the
loan, changed its mind and put up
the money after Lithofold hired
Boyle as its lawyer.
Committee members said the in
quiry might have wide ramifica
tions.
Krepps Arresls
Six at Yakulat
Last Weekend
Six arrests were made last week
end in Yakutat by U. S. Deputy
Marshal Jack Krepps of Wrangel
who is on temporary duty in that
town. All offenders appeared before
U. S. Commissioner J. B. Malloti
of Yakutat.
Henfy Adams, Jr., and Berthf
Reese are in federal jail In Juneau
on drunk and disorderly charges
Adams, who was arrested Aug. 2t
and given a 90-day suspended sen
tence had the suspension revoked
on his second offense Saturday and
is serving his term,
Bertha Reese wf.s given a 150-day
sentence and $90 fine.
Ned Franks was fined $75 and
given four months jail sentence
which was suspended; Dick Reese
was fined $45 and drew a 120-day
suspended jail term; Sam Newman,
arrested Sept. 7, was sentenced to
four months in jail, suspended, and
Mrs. Sam Newman was fined $40
and given a five months suspended |
jail term. All charges were for drunk j
and disorderly conduct.
Where Allies Nil Reds
Plano symbol near northwest Korea’s Manchurian bordVr locates
“Mig Alley,” where Yank and Communist planes tangled In one of
history’s biggest jet battles. Two Red planes were reported dam
aged, adding to the bag of two Migs destroyed in the same area the
previous day. Other Allited planes hit Red traffic along highways at
Sinanju, Pyongyang, Sariwon and Pyongyang (all underlined). UN
warships (battleship symbols) struck at Reds near the Han River
estuary on the west coast, not far /rom Kaesong, truce city, and
along Korea's east coast in the Songjim, Wonsan and Kosong arVas.
Box locates sector on east Korean front where Gen. James A. Van
Fleet reports high Red losses in rectent “battle of the hills.” (PI Wire
photo Map.
Taku Road Is Approved by Associated
Boards of Trade at Prince Rupert Meet
By SUSY WINN
Construction of the Taku River
highway 'WsvWcui Juneau o> i **"
lin was approved unanimously by the
Associated Boards of Trade of Cen
tral British Columbia and the Affil
iated Chambers of Southeast Al
aska at its annual meeting held last
week in Prince Rupert. The road
resolution presented by the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce asked that
Canada and the United States join
together for early construction of
the road. Only Alaska delegate at
the convention was Susy Winn, who
represented the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce and the Daily Alaska Em
pire at the three-day meeting.
First concrete action on the road
will be a meeting in Vancouver on
Sept. 20 when representatives from
Alaska. United States, Canada, and
British Columbia will meet with the
Honorable E. C. Carson, Minister
of Public Works for British Colum
bia to discuss construction of the
road.
COMPANIES INTERESTED
Two British Columbia mining
companies operating in the Tulse
quah and Cassiar mining districts
will have represeptatives at the
meeting according to C. N. Moore,
engineer for the Consolidated Min
ing and Smelting Company. Moore,
who opened a branch office in Prince
Rupert this year, said that his com
pany is actively supporting the
construction of the road which will
enable them to haul ore by road
to a deep sea location on the Taku.
The company’s Polaris-Taku mine
was the largest gold producer in
northern British Columbia last year
with a total production of 35,904
ounces. This year Consolidated ex
panded its operations to mine for
'ead, copper, and zinc.
Newest mining venture in British
Columbia is the development work
being done by the Conwest Explora
tion Company on high-grade asbes
tos ore claims on McDame Creek in
the Cassiar area. The McDame
claims were staked in 1949 by four
prospectors and this year were sold
o Conwest for $125,000 plus 16 per
:ent of the capital shares when the
isbestos company is formed. Mc
Dame Creek is located on the Dease
River, which flows into the Stikine
River, east of Tulsequah.
NEW ROUTE SUGGESTED
Mr. Moore stated that the Con
west representatives at the Vancou
ver meeting will ask for a different
routing of the Taku River Valley
road. Instead of a terminus at At
lin, the Conwest people will ask
for an easterly routing which would
connect their properties by road to
the Alaska Highway. If this routing
is used it would shorten the Juneau
highway tp the States as it would
eliminate the necessity of going
north to Whitehorse before starting
down the Alaska Highway.
OTHER RESOLUTIONS
Four other Alaska resolutions were
approved at the Associated Boards of
Trade meeting. A Prince George
Chamber of Commerce resolution re
quested that a railway be construct
ed to link the Pacific Eastern Rail
way at Prince George with the Al
aska Railroad at Fairbanks. The
►---—
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
pres nted six resolutions, three ol
■niv AP-were approved by the con
vention. One asked that the Can
adian Pacific Steamship Company
reconsider its decision to stop pas
senger service to Southeast Alaska
during the winter months.
For the second time, the conven
tion approved the establishment of
a passenger and auto barge ferry
service between Prince Rupert, B. C.
and Haines with way-points at Ket
chikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and
Juneau. The third Anchorage re
solution requested that the Alaska
Development Board and the Region
al Development Branch of the Pro
vincial Department of Trade and In
dustry cooperate on a survey ol
greater trade possibilities between
northern British Columbia and Al
aska and to investigate the possi
bility of free trade between these
two areas.
OFFICERS ELECTED
|
Walter Burns, director tf the agri
cultural experimental station al
Smithers, was elected as presiden'
of the Associated Boards of Trade
and Art Nickerson, Prince Rupert
merchant was selected as vice pre
sident. Duncan Kerr of Terrace was
re-elected as secretary-treasurer ol
the group and Susy Winn was giver
the position of associate vice pre
sident for Alaska.
It was not decided where the 1952
convention will be held but invita
1 tions from Ketchikan, Juneau, Fort
St. John and Smithers were ack
nowledged.
VISITORS AT MEETING
Featured speaker at the meetinf
was Ralph D. Baker, president of the
Vancouver Board of Trade. Mr
Baker is president of the Standard
Oil Company of British Columbia
and was at one time Alaska director
for his company and a frequeni
Juneau visitor.
The Honorable E. T. Kenney, Min
ister of Lands and Forests, address
ed the meeting. Mr. Kenney, whose
home is in Terrace, is an ardent sup
! sorter of the proposed Hazeltor
Highway, which would follow th'
coast route from British Columbia
to Alaska. He stated that the road
would probably not be built in the
near future but he is certain tha*
it eventually will be constructed.
| Ship Movements j
Baranof due southbound sometime
Sunday.
Princess Louise scheduled to arrive
southbound Friday at 8 p.m., sailing
for Vancouver at 9 a.m.
fTIDE tables]
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• SEPTEMBER 13 •
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• Low tide 6:15 a.m., -1.3 ft. •
• High tide 12:41 p.m., 16.2 ft. •
• Low tide 6:33 p.m., 1.8 ft. •
Skillful
Piloting
Saves Crew
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 12—(tf—Skill
ful piloting by a veteran of the
Berlin airlift helped save the crew
of a falling B-17 bomber which
crash-landed 150 miles south o:
here alter an aerial explosion, two
members of a para-medic rescue
team said today.
One man was killed but six
others survived the emergency
setdown Monday in a dense foresi
tetween Summit and Talkeetna.
Staff Sgts. R. P. Whirlow ami
II. W. Rushing, the first two
para-medics to reach the wrecked
B-17, said expert maneuvering by
the pilot, identified by the Air
Foice lust night as Capt. Fred
Grindle, Jr., a Berlin airlift vet
eran, and the courage of badly
burned crewmen prevented ad
ditional casualties.
Whirlow and Rushing, of Flight
D, Tenth Rescue Squadron at
Ladd Air Force base, baled out of
a rescue plane when the B-17 was
sighted.
The para-medics said the injured
crew literally saved themselves
when the bomber's No. 3 engine
exploded and the plane nosed in
to a dive.
"They told us the plane was
flying along normally when sud
denly an engine exploded with a
terrific blast and burst the side
of the ship, killing one man,”
Whirlow and Rushing said.
“ 'The pilot called to us to put on
our parachutes,’ ” they quoted the
survivors, “ ‘but suddenly the in
terior of the plane filled with dense
smoke and flames came from the
wing. Then the plane went into a
steep dive. We tried to don our
parachutes, but it was hopeless.’ ”
The para-medics said the men
told them Grindle stayed doggedly
with the controls and finally pull
ed the plane out of its dive close
to tne earth,' out it t*a.; too late
for the men to Jump.
“The pilot brought the plane
down into the trees In a won
derful landing,” the survivors
said. “No one was hurt by the
crash landing but the flames
had burned some of us."
When the plane stopped careen
,ng, the men aboard who were
able dragged their comrades out
of the ship. Most of them were
burned, some seriously. However,
every man was pulled clear and
then the least injured gave the
ithers treatment.
Whirlow and Rushing assisted
he injured, then helped in evac
uating them to a nearby area
where a helicopter could land.
Elmendorf Air Force base at An
chorage identified the survivors,
n addition to Grindle, as:
First Lieut. John B. Raher, 34, I
copilot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Raher, Seattle.
First Lieut. Dominick Delisc,
30, second copilot, whose wife
Dorlha and son, Donald Lee, 4,
live at Parsons, Kas.
First Lieut. Antenoran Lee, 31,
navigator, of Bakersfield, Calif
T/Sgt. Robert V. Klett, 27,
crew chief, of Beverly, N, J., an
other Berlin airlift veteran.
First Lieut. Michael Kelly, 31,
passenger, originally of .Wins
ton-Salem, N. C.
Identity of the crewmen killed
in the explosion was withheld.
Air Force headquarters here
:aid all of the crew were members
of an aircraft control and warning
jroup recently ordered to active
duty from National Guard organ
izations in the Pacific Northwest.
NELSONS HOME
FROM VACATION
A trip home over the Alaska
Highway was the end of a sum
mer’s vacation for Urban "Pete
.'Jelson and family who arrived here
yesterday.
Mrs. Nelson and two children
went to Minneapolis In June and
were joined by Nelson the first of
August. They visited relatives
while east.
Neison is in charge of the fed
eral aid program for the Fish and
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• (US. WEATHER BUREAU •
• Temperatures tor J4-Hour Period •
• ending «:S0 o’clock this morning •
• At Airport—Maximum, 60; •
• minimum, 40. % •
• FORECAST •
• (Jgnna ind Vicinity) •
• Partly cloudy tonight and •
• Thursday. Lowest tempera- •
• ture tonight about 45 degrees. •
• Highest Thursday near 60. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 14 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• At Airport — .14 inches; •
• since July 1 — 7.17 Inches. •
Lew Williams Is Removed
From Office of Secretary
Of Alaska; Announcement
Lew M. Williams, who has been Secretary of Alaska
since July 1, 1944, announced today he had been removed
from office as of yesterday.
Williams said he was in receipt of a wire from
Dale E. Doty informing him of the action which Doty
said had been taken by the President.
Doty’s wire said:
“It is my duty to inform you that the President
has removed you from the position of Secretary of
the Territory us of September 11. Letter from the
President en route.”
Williams said he had no comment to make until
after receipt of the letter from the President.
“After all, he’s the boss,” Williams said. “It’s the
courteous thing to let him do the talking first, if any.
As a newspaperman I’ve got the rest of my life to Write
about it.” ' ----- --—- - . - . —
Governor Gruening, when asked for a comment
concerning the firing of Williams said:
“I greatly regret that circumstances were such
that the President felt obliged to replace Lew Williams
as Secretary of Alaska when the latter refused to give
the resignation which was asked for last January and
again more recently.”
The governor, invited to enlarged on the “circum
stance..” replied: “I don’t think it would do Lew much
good
■■ ' — *1
JUDGJ KEIIOE NAMED
WILLIAM'S SUCCESSOR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—
A White House spokesman said
today that President Truman
has fired Llewellyn M. Williams
as Secretary of Alaska and named
Joseph W. Kehoe as his succes
sor.
Kehoe is now Judge of the dis
trict court at Nome, Alaska.
Wiliams' dismissal was disclos
ed by Irving Perimeter, a mem
ber of the White House press
staff.
He »ald he dirt not Snow the.
reasons for the action.
Rumors that Williams’ ouster
was pending had circulated in
Washington for several months.
Perimeter told a reporter In
response to a question that Wil
liams "did not resign." Williams’
present four-year term, his sec
ond, was to expire March 9,
1953.
Kehoe has been judge of the
Nome court for four years. He
previously served as district at
torney, as U. S. Commissioner
In Alaska and as a member of
the Territorial legislature. He
was born in Portland, Ore., in
1890 and was graduated from
the University of Oregon.
Official Announcement
The announcement came from
the White House after rumors
circulated that Williams had
been asked te resign by James
Davis, director of the Department
cf Interior’s Office of Territor
ies. The report which arose in
authoritative Alaska circles, was
that the White House wanted
the resignation and had the name
of a successor all ready.
When Davis was asked about
it early today, he told a repor
ter: "You’ll have to take that
up with the White Home.”
One of the President’s secre- ;
taries responded at that time
that he was unable to comment
on the report.
Delegate Bartlett, Just back
from accompanying a House
Armed services subcommittee on
an Alaska tour, said the resig
nation report was unknown to
him.
Williams has been serving his
four-year term as Territorial
Secretary.. He was appointed to
the post originally in 1944.
He Is a former Spokane, Ta
coma and Juneau newspaper
man. He is owner of the weekly
Sentinel at Wrangell. He first
went to Alaska In 1935 to Join
the staff of The DaUy Alaska
Empire at Juneau. He moved to
Wrangell four years later.
.
EARLY REPORTS; CAUSE
OF OUSTING ARE MADE
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12—i^i—
There were reports at the time
of the 1951 legislature that Wil
liams had been asked by Davis
to step out. Some of his suppor
ters, notably Sen. Howard Lyng
of Nome, the Democratic Na
tional committeeman, went to
bat vigorously for Williams wtfti
party leaders In Washington, D.
C.
The situation had seemed to
have simmered down In recent
months, with little heard of It.
Williams’ supporters have at
tributed the ouster move to the
rift between Governor Green
ing and Williams. One of Wil
liams' main Jobs is as acting
governor while Governor Green
ing is out of the Territory.
In that capacity, he is a mem
bfr of the key board of admin
istration.
8tirs Ire of Governor
There have been published re
ports in Alaska that one of tha
actions by Williams that stirred
the Governor’s Ire was the Sec
retary’s Joining with two other
officials, In the Governor’s ab
scence, to name Neil Moore to
• succeed the late Frank Boyle
i as Territorial Auditor.
At the time of the original re
ports of the attempt to get Wil
liams to resign, hia friends said
his response to the Interior !>•
r»«W*jgf ^enresenutlve (Boats)
was tiiat he was appointed by
the President and that he weald
consider a resignation request '
when It came directly from the
White House.
Williams io M, married, the
father of one son and two daugh
ters.
He is a veteran of World War
I.
He is an ex-mayor of Wrang
ell as well as the owner of the
newspaper there, which is pub
lished by Lew Jr.
His original appointment was
by President Roosevelt in 1944.
His reappointment In 1949 was
by President Truman. He suc
ceeded E, L. (Bob) Bartlett as
Secretary after Bartlett was
elected delegate to Congress.
'Fantastic* Machines
By I). S. Conquer
Space: O'Mahoney
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 — UP) —
Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo)
told the Senate today the United
States Is acquiring “fantastic in
struments by which man now con
quers the atmosphere itself.”
He gave no further clue as to
the nature of such contrivances.
He spoke of them in opening Sen
ate debate on the 461,103,865.030
military appropriation bill.
A few minutes earlier he had
mentioned that new bombing planes
operate two and a half times as
fast and at two and a half times
the altitude of World War II types.
He said the radar-type bomb sights
with which these planes are equip
ped cost 4250.000 each in contrast
to the 46,000 cost of the now ob
solete Norden sight.
Earlier O’Mahoney indicated the
United States now has about 433,
000 in its fighting forces in the
Korean war theater.
He did this in praising the mili
tary medical scientists for keeping
more men fit and on duty.
Senate leaders knew of no op
position to the big military spend
ing measure and hoped for final
passage by nightfall.
COURT DUE TO
OPEN TOMORROW
First Division District Court was
due to open tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock, according to informa
tion from the office of the clerk
of court.
Mrs. Peggy Mclver, assistant
clerk, said Judge George W. Fol
ta, who has been holding court in
Anchorage for two months, was
due to arrive in Juneau this af
ternoon and opening of the court
sessions would depend on hks ar
rival.