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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,879
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, At LUST 6, 1951
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Stalled Armistice
Talks to 'Probably'
Resume Wednesday
Ridgway Prepares
Statement to Red Apol
ogy for Armed Forces
TOKYO, Tuesday — Wl — Word
from Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
that the stalled Korean armistice
talks will be resumed was expected
at any time today, but Wednesday
appeared the earliest likely date the
Allied negotiators could meet the
Reds again at Kaesong.
Viee-Adm. C. Turner Joy and
three other members of the five
man United Nations delegation flew
to Tokyo late Monday and conferred
privately with General Ridgway.
An aide said la.er that General
Ridgway was preparing a message
of reply to the Communist apology
for presence of armed troops in
Kaesong Saturday.
However, Admiral Joy was at his
home in Tokyo early today, so any
resumption of the Kaesong meetings
before Wednesday seemed only
dimly possible.
The Supreme Commander called
off the talks Sunday morning.
He charged the Reds with “flag
rant violation” of Kaesong's
neutrality.
Late Monday afternoon Vice Adm
C. Turner Joy, senior U.N. delegate
and three other Allied negotiator,
flew to Tokyo from Korea.
They immediately went into con
ference with Ridgway at his head
quarters.
The conference ended several
hours later when Ridgway returned
to his home.
In breaking off the talks Sun
day morning, Ridgway demanded
assurances 'that armed Red troops
would not again violate Kaesong's
neutrality.
About 160 Chinese soldiers marched
within a few hundred yards of the
U.N. staff house during the lunch
eon recess Saturday. They carried
rifles, machine guns and hand gre
nades.
Old Sol Burns
(Censored) Out of
Juneau in July
The weather man was in a good
mood during July allowing Juneau
to have lots more sunshine and
lots less rain than usual.
Juneauites had more than twice
as many clear or partly cloudy days
compared to the average, according
Weather Bureau. There were 16
days when Old Sol showed his face
[ Average for the month is eight
days, the bureau stated.
The month had 55 percent
sunshine as compared to the
normal of 21, the sun watcher
said.
A new high temperature was set
since the weather bureau was es
tablished in 1943. The record wa~
posted at 83 degrees. Figures show
! that the past month had a mean
i maximum temperature of 70.5 de
grees as against an average of 62
The minimum was raised by 1.8 de
grees, he explained.
The mean monthly temperature
during July was 60.3 degrees, 4 8
I points higher than normal, he stat
:: ed.
[ Juneau was slightly “dehydrated"
i because of less rain. Total percip
i itation was almost less than hall
i of the normal with 2.67 inches re
i corded, according to the bureau's
figures. July's regular rain is 4.22
inches.
VISITOR FROM FLORIDA
Mrs. C. J. Heyer of St. Peters
burg, Fla, is registered at the Bar
anof Hotel.
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iTheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1»S1. BT Bell Syndicate, Inc.
J^FaSHINGTON. — One of the
most interesting aspects of Con
gress is to see what inspires a
speech or who influences a vote.
Most of the time the public has
no idea what backstage factors
are responsible. Frequently not
even other members of Congress
know.
For instance, a rash of speeches
broke out in the House of Rep
resentatives the other day attacic
iing the Voice of America and
State Department propaganda. In
fact seventeen speeches were
made, one after another, bitterly
critical of the Voice of America.
(Continued on Age Four)
Gee Whiz?
ggggggp
Sgt. Michael P. Mccre, 24, of New
y crk ( tty, looks shaky, ami is, as
lie gets one of those welcomes
GI’s dream about when Yolande
Bet'jcrr, ltl.'.S Miss America, gives
him a hero’s hug as he debarked
from the transport Con. M. C.
Meigs. He was the 20,C90th vet
eran to return from Korea. The
Gen. Meigs arrived at Scatile,
Wash., with 4,737 veterans, the
largest numWor to reurn to the
U. 8. (/PI Wirephoto.
Boyle, 'Always
KofioraLk/
Remain in Pcs!
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, — UPl—
William M. Boyle, Jr., conferred
with President Truman today and
said afterward he has na inten
tion of resigning as chairman of
the Democratic National commit
tee.
Boyle told reporters: “I have
always conducted myself honor
ably.” Boyle's name has been
trough, into published accounts
of a $556,000 government loan to
a St. Louis printing firm. The St.
Louis Post-Dispatch said the loan
was turned down three < times but
was granted after the firm retain
ed Boyle.
Bojlc has denied he had any
connection with the loan, but
there have been demands In
Congress for an investigation of
it.
Senator Byrd <D-Va) has de
clared that if Boyle used his in
fluence to get the loan for the
firm, then Boyle should be fired
or should resign from his part;.
,.ost.
Boy'e spent 30 minutes with
president Truman, his first call
it the White House since the
Post-Dispatch published its stor
es that he received fees from the
American Lithofold Corporation,
he RFC borrower.
Boyle told reporters he had dis
cussed the matter with Mr. Tru
nan. A:; to what he intends tc
lo, Boyle said:
“I was elected by the Demo
cratic party to serve until af
ter the Democratic convention.
"My intention is to serve out
my full term, which lasts until
the convention in July, 1952.
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 6.—UP)—Edgai
J. Davis, 63, died her Saturdaj,
;fter a lengthy illness.
Davis, born in Illinois, was rearet
in Bremerton. Wash., and came U
Alaska in 1904. He worked in Skag
way and Dawson, spending severa
years in the Interior. i
Later at Cordova he was pay
master of the Copper River North
western Railway, operated a hotel
and served one term as mayor. In
later years he was a purser on the
Admiral Rogers and other Admiral
Line boats before taking to salmon
trolling.
Survivors include a brother, Herb
ert Davis, Tacoma.
FROM CORDOVA ' v
Anna Scott of Cordova is stopping
at the Hotel Juneau.
Wes! Point Dismissal
Wastes 1\ Millions, but
Worth It' lap Senator
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, —Ml—AH
Senate, committee decided today
to look into the cases of no West
Point cadets accused cf cribbing
on examination. .
Senator Huey <D-NC> said an
inquiry will be r. ade by agents
of the Senate investigations sub
ommittce which he heads.
Iloey spoke of this ic a “pre
liminary inquiry.” He told a re
porter that the Armed Services
committee may conduct a fuil
lledged investigation.
In a Senate speech. Senator
Benton (l>-('onn) said the 00
cadets were “much more sinned
against' than inning.” He said
he believes they were the “vic
tims cf a vicious systc in, not its
perpetrators.”
Benton called for abolishing in
tercollegiate football at both West
Point and Annapolis.
, In the House, Rep. Murray <R
Wds), propped that Congress or
Jer a 30-day "cooling off” period
before the army ousts any of the
■adets.
“If there was ever a time when
to err is human, to forgive div
ine,’ it is now,” Murray said in
\ statement accompanying a res
clution he introduced in the
House.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6—1®—Sen
ator Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo)
said today more than $2,500,000
would be wasted through the mass
dismissal of 90 West Point cadets
for cheating on examinations.
'But,” he added, “it. is worth it.”
“I tltink thr Army is to be con
gratulated for stepping in and
cleaning lip their own house, and
fliere is no need for a (’ongres
rional investigation,” Johnson, a
former chairman of the Senate
Military Affairs committee, told a
reporter.
•Johnson said it costs an average
of more than $30,000 for each young
man appointed to the West Point
Military Aeademy and so, he said,
the mass dismissal could waste a?
much as $2,700,000.
“It's been a shocking and un
pleasant affair but tlie cadets and
officials have done their duty."
Johnson said. “The dismissals
may save future billions of dol
lars in defense costs and what is
more precious — many lives of
the young men who fight under
these future officers.”
At West Point, Harold J. Joeh- [
lein, captain-elect of the 1351 foot- |
ball team and president-elect of
the senior class, told newsmen yes
terday he was one of those to be
dismissed. He added:
“We are not culprits, not incom- j
petents, and have not corrupted the
nation’s morals.”
The Washington Post, quoting
unnamed West Point sources, said
there were 44 football players among
the cadets facing dismissal.
$56 Billion
Armed Forces
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, — UP)—
A record $56,062,405,890 peacetime
military budget was approved tc
| day by the House Appropriations
committee.
It is $1,542,608,500 less than the
President requested and does not
include 9-i.500.000,000 for public
works construction to be consid
ered later this year. Neither does
it include financing of the fight
ing in Korea since June 30, the
bill for that to be footed in a la
ter measure.
With that one exception, the
,rt (nt measure is to finance the
lefense department for the fiscal
ear ending next June 30.
Accompanying the big money
bill to the House for debate
starting Wednesday was a state
ment by Itep. Mahon (D-Tex).
are cast in some of the town of
Wrangell’s regular elections.
Well over 100 ex-Wrangell per
sons enjoyed yesterdays picnic.
Because the fishing season is now
in full swing in Wrangell only
one person was able to come up
for the event. He was Lew Wil
liams, Jr., editor of The Wrangell
Sentinel, who brought greetings
.rom Mayor Vern Smith of Wian
;ell and other townspeople.
It is planned to hold next year’s
jicnic at an earlier date so more
eople can come up from Wrangell
or the event.
Rubber Barrel
fails Daredevil
n Niagara Plunge
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Aug. 6—
K\—William "Red” Hill pressed his
lick too far and lost his life trying
o go over Niagara Falls in a home
made rubber “barrel.”
But already one of his brothers,
Lloyd, is preparing to try the same
dare-devil feat—in a steel barrel.
Lloyd said last night he'd prob
ably make his attempt next Sunday.
The 38-year-old "Red” had teased
fate for years on the treacherous
rapids of the Niagara River.
His ambition was to become the
fourth person to go over the falls
and live.
But yesterday, with 200,000 spec
, a tors lining the river banks, his
rubber barrel failed him and he
was swept to death over the 165
foot Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
His body was recovered today.
Hill’s barrel was made out of 14
old innertubes, inflated and bound
together with cotton canvas and
j heavy fish netting. It was shaped
like a jelly roll, closed at both
i ends, with an air mattress inside
to help him breathe.
Itiew Ren! Control
ineffective In
Alaska a! Presen! i
|
The new rent eaptrol law will '
.hi \ O’ ilfciatr tzi&c-Ji ' Wt iziic Upt'iU*
tions of rent control in Alaska i
until the Territory is declared a
critical defense housing area, A.
Bandettini, area rent director, in
! formed his local office from San j
Francisco this morning.
■ Bandettini had been conferring j
. ith the regional director of rent j
! stabilization there. He was to |
leave San Francisco today for
Washington, D. C. to confer with
iTighe E. Woods, national director
I of tlie organization.
“When the Territory is de
clared a critical defense area by
the secretary of defense and the
director of mobilization, acting
jointly, it will then be possible j
to control rents on all types of
1 housing accommodations in the
areas designated,” he said.
Bandettini said that when thp
i necessary action is taken he will
| be in position to remove the ren
I tal inequities now existing through
| out the Territory, including the
; unincorporated areas.
“In adjusting rents, we will be
able to do a flexible overall job
that has not been possible because
of the restricted provisions in the
old law,” he said. At present rent
control is under local option.
Jones Twins Here
To Televise Juneau
[re Cap Project
If weather co-operates, the Ju
neau Ice Research project will be
televised today for showing on
screens in the states.
Due Saturday from Anchorage
was a B-17 carrying Charles and
Gene Jones, of a National Broad
casting Company television news
program which is released from
New York. They are known as
“The Jones Twins."
The two men have been in An
chorage making a military film
for the armed forces in Alaska.
The Alaska Development Board
has aided in planning" their itin
erary, George Sundborg, consult
ant, said today.
Sundborg .said the TV photog
raphers were accompanied to Ju
j neau by Gen. W. E. Kepner, com
mander of the Alaska Command
and by several other top officers.
Their interest in the ice cap.
project is in televising activities of
the Air Force’s 10th Rescue Squa
dron while bringing in supplies to
camps and parties on the glacier.
Sundborg said they will also
interview Governor Ernest Gruen
ing.
| On Tuesday the Jones Twins
! will fly to Nome to film arrival
[there of the King Island Eskimos
in their skin boats.
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Quarantined Veterans
With (doom written on their faces, these GI’s. part of a group of 277 quarantined Korean veterans,
sit in the hosnital roam of the Navy Transport Marine Adler as vessel- decked at Sratt.V. AH troops on
board, 2,697 Army rotation men, were re-vaccinated for smallpox as precaution when it was discovered
some ol tiro men may have had recent contact with smallpox in Japan, (S’) Wircphoto.
Souniougftts Mush dfver
Colorful Days at 6FinaP
Alasim-Yukon Pienic
Slo-Ho-Shuit V Wins
Speedboat Even!
HcfiRed fey Tragedy
SEATTLE, Aug. 6—(/P)—A water
skipping, almost flying mahogany
saucer fresh from the boat works,
ran away from America’s finest
speedboats Saturday to keep the
Gold Cup In Seattle.
But the city’s jubilation over the
record-smashing triumph of Slo
Mo-Shun V was dulled when de :l)
closed its fist on another entry, the
Quicksilver, early in 'the third and
final heat, snuffing out two lives.
One moment the Portland, Ore.,
newcomer to racing was leaping
lljc wave crests past the officials
barge. Then site was gone. Nothin
but a cloud of spray, quickly .sett
ling, was left. Killed were liei
driver, Orth Mathiot, 57, and a me
chanic with him, Set. Tom Whit
aker. 28, of'Vancouver, Wash.
Lou Fageol, a quiet guy ashore but
a wild man on water, manhandle;
the new Slo-Mo to her victory. Hi
was chased to a new- lap record oi
97.820 miles per hour by Miss Pepsi
in the first tliree-mile #circuit oi
the Lake Washington course.
Fageol romped on to lap the entire
field of eight surviving boats ant
set a speed record for the 50-milt
heat at an average of SI.766. The
old lap record of 86.2 mph was set
a year ago by My Sweetie, which
placed sixth in the race this year.
^aska Pilots
bad States in
°lane Accidents
Alaska pilots have nearly 10
times as many accident as fliers
.n the states.
But qn a "per airplane" basis
in 1949, Alaska compared '
favorable with the states, which
had approximately the same num
ber of airplanes, according to an
announcement today by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
“How much .ipore Alaska pilot ;
flew than stateside pilots is net
i matter of record,” D. M. C-rct
zer of the aviation safety offiet
sf the bureau stated in the an
nouncement.
The bureau summary for 195C
shows that Alaska leads the state;
with five fatal And 85 noiyfat.d
icc: dents. South Carolina was next
with four fatal mistiaps. Nev
Mexico highest accident state
had 50 less non-fat^ mishap
than Alaska.
States used in the compari oi
have approximately the satin
number of airplanes as Alaska
the announcement explained
"Thus, the newest report deprive
us of the only yardstick we coul.
dig up to show an accident rati
in Alaska which was not too un
favorable,” Gretznr stated.
SETTLE, Aug. 6.—1/7)- Tales of
the colorful and dramatic days of
the Alaska gold rush were recounted
over and over at lower Woodland
Park yesterday at the final picnic
of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers.
AMfeough scheduled
as the last one to be held, the light
hearted story swapping by men and
women, who are still rugged despite
^ their years, showed that the friend
I ships which developed during hard
| ships mere than 50 years ago are not
1 going to end for some time.
The oldest man present was
Nathan Kresge, 93, who no a lises
in West Seattle. Kresge was
known as the “Yukon Kid” hack
Dawson. He first went north in
when lie discovered Gold Hill at
1887, and returned less than two
years later with $25,000.
His Gold Hill discovery netted
him $6,375 in ten days from a plot
f ground only 11 fee", long and 7
feet wide.
Another old timer, r3r. Sr is tin;
I nlkenberg, who gets a bit cagey
when h;s age is asked, became fa
mous for opening the Edmonton
Trail.
There was Leonard Seppala, 74,
who was one of the champion dog
sledders in the frozen north. His
most fametts exploit was a 2ill
mile day and night dog sled race
with strum during an epidemic.
Another man was Andy Nylen, 89,
who roamed Nome and Kotzebue
areas for 40 years, and who hasn't
yet forgiven Seppala for a rough
dog sled ride back in the early days
Once on his own, Nylen sledded for
18 hours just to attend a two hour
dance.
One of the first men in Dawson
was Billy Hudson, 89, now of Sum
ner, who went north four years be
fore gold was discovered. He packed
the first piano into Dawson for use
in his hotel. He and Charles Cevey,
84, a baker who spent 43 year., in
Dawson and Nome, ignored gold fut
he most part in favqr of more prac
tical business..
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—MPI—Clos
i Ing quotation or Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 2 American
'alt 115'i, American Tel, & Tel.
i7 ■ , Anaconda 45, Douglas Air
raft 50'i, General Electric 58'i,
■:ier.,l Motors 49, Goodyear 95,
Cennecott 77 is, Libby, McNeill &
,ibby 9, Northern Ftcific DO7*,
Standard Oil of California 49'.,
f" r ntieth Century Fox 29'-,. U, S.
Steel 42 , Pound 2.79 15 16, Can
:i n Exchange 95.03';.
Sales today were 1,600,009 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
ndus: rials 285.21, rails 82.60, utilities
>5.43. "
One of the largest national mili
; 1 tary parks is at Chickamauga, Ga.,
I. near Chattanooga, Tenn., marking
;! the site of the battle of Chlcka
. mauga in the Civil War. It covers
18,127 acres.
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 6—.UPt—'The
body of a woman believed to be
Mi:;; Constance McKeen, 20, of
Ottawa, Canada, was recovered oil
Point Caamano north of here after
the Canadian National steamer
Prince George reported a passen
ger of that mime missing.
'*Xi<«**Fritwz Swot’S P pas .Ci
Caamano Point about 6:33 a.m., Fri
day, before docking here.
Pilot Pete Co nun - of Wcbbc;
Air Service saw u body floating on
signalled fish trap watcher;, whe
recovered tha body and brouglit it
here.
The girl \va: clad only in pajama
and wore a wrtetwatch that stop
ped at 7:30 tun. A U.S. marshal's
ueputy reported the body was un
ci: iked except for minor abrasions
on a knee and forearm.
Tlie Prince George proceeded tc
Prince Rupert, B.C., where Cana
disn authorities questioned passen
gers, Including a roommate of Mis
Mi Keen.
Late Fishing
Gets Trap
$1,250 Fine
A fish trap drew a $1,250 fine in
U. S. Commissioner’s Court this
morning.
The trap, owned by the Nov
England Fi-h Company and loca
ted at Point Pybus, was caught
fishing after the 6 p.m., dosiii!
[ time last Saturday by Dan Ral
ston, law enforcemeif? supervisor
for the Fish and Wildlife ServW e
and agent Blake Kiimear «:•
flew over it at 0:25 o'clock in .
plane piloted by Boo Meek.
Ralston said that at thut -It: «
the tunnel poles were approx:
inately in fishing position with,
the two trap watchman endeavor
ing to close the trap. By the tin ■
the plane landed and the Service
a rents boarded the trap, five min
ute.; later, the watchmen ha
succeeded in closing it. Raj :tn:
I said the men told him they hut
| started to close tile trap at 5:1'
p.m., but that strong tides ham].
I ei ed them.
| H. L. Faulkner, attorney, ap
' peared in court to plead guilty for
I the trap owners. Assistant .U. S.
Attorney Stanley Baskhi was pro
ecutor. The . complaint was sign':!
by Dan Ralston.
Judge Gordon Gray asses ec
the line and ordered the fish eon
fiscated which were in the tr<i
! at the time.
Ralston said that, at a icu; !
I estimate, there were between 1,001
and 1,500 fish In the trap.
GIl.-MORE DEE HOME
U. S. Attorney Patrick J. Gil
more, Jr., who has been in Anch
orage since Friday on court bus
iness, is expected to return to Ju
ineau tomorrow.
4 Marooned
Ice Research
Men Sated
Air Force Picks Up Iso
lated Parfy-Norseman
Still Mystery
An Air Force C-47 brought in
four persons from Yakutat from
the icy slopes of Mt. Hubbard Sat
urday after they had been mar
Soneo by (he disappearance of
their own plane with three aboard.
All were members of an Arctic
institute ice studies expedition.
The four reported rescued were
Walter A. Wood and his 20-yoar
jld son, Peter, of Far Hills, N. J.
Robert Bates, believed to he lrom
3oston, and Nicholas Clifford.
Three others who vanished
in the scientific expedition’s
Norseman plane were pilot Mau
rice King, Mrs. Wood and the
Woods’ daughter, Valerie.
Lf. Col. Wallace Walton, com
mander of the Tenth Rescue
Squadron's Flight A, reported ihe
1 re cue by one.of the flight's ski
quipped C-47’s.
Wood was In charge of the in
titute’s ice studies.
Colonel Walton said the res
cue plane was attracted by the
word “Norseman?” tramped in
the snow. The rescued four were
flown to Yakutat. They had ex
pected to be supplied by ihe
mb sing plane, and did not know
it had brc.i lost.
The rescue plane had been mak
ing flights in connection with the
ice project until it entered the
parch for Ihe party's missing
Norseman. It also has been lielp
ng in the search for a mis ang
Canadian Pacific Airlines Korea
ound transport which vanished
in the area July 21 with 38
aboard..
A note of optimism was injected.
Tdfo ' the search for the missing
Norseman today when Walter A.
Wood at Yakutat in a telephone
ohversatlon with Maynard Mit
er here said that the missing ’
Jane might possibly be on th’
.o. t .side of Seward Glacier.
K :ii contact from the main
■ ward camp from which Pilot
Maurice King left with Mrs. Wood
md daughter, Vale-.ie, revealed that
ifter taking off, the plane circled
n i headed away from a deck of
louds. It went in the direction of
he upper Seward Glacier, pre
umably to allow Mrs. Wood to
ake photojrayji of the mountain
range,
Only low level flying was done
yesterday due to weather, Wood
■eported. As soon as conditions
lermit, the upper Seward Glacier
irea, only casually -covered to date
will be intensively combed, Wood
aid.
Thirteen planes made flight yes
erday in the search lor the two
ist aircraft.
Wood was the sole recipient
ol a SI, 148,800 estate left by. his
mother, Mrs. Harrison Eustis,
founder of the seeing eye or
ganization who died in 1948.
Wood was her son by a first
matriage to the late New York
State Senator Walter A. Wood.
From 1929 Wood made expedi
ions to various parts of the globe
or the American Geographical
Society. Among them were the
Ilmalayas, Panama, Guatemala,
Mexico, Columbia, the Grand Can
,on and four trips to Canada.
He served as military attache
to the L'. S. Embassy in Otta
wa with the rank of Colonel
during the last war. His son
Peter is 20 and liis daughter
Valerie, 18.
Wood’s wife and their daughter
tad been expected to return home
,oday in preparation for a com
ng out party for Valerie on Sept.
I.
Peter is a student at Haverford
College.
Bates, 40, is an English instruc
or at Phillips Exeter Academy,
:xeter, N. H.
He is a veteran of .several Al
.. kan expeditions and made the
drst ascent of Mt. Lucutiia with
xplorer Bradford Washburn in,
1937.
A lieutenant Colonel In the ar
my reserve, he left for Alaska
early last June on “project snow
ornice," an army expedition to
test winter military equipment.
It is believed he joined the
Norseman” group upon comple
tion ol the tests.
(Elsewhere in today's Empire
is a more detailed and later ac
count of the search.)
The Alaska Highway, stretch
ing from Dawson Crock, B. C. to
Fairbanks, Alaska, was opened to
t
tourists in the
summer
of 1943.