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Alcoa Siill
Considers
Alaska Plant
No Site Mentioned but
Skagway Still Has Chance
-Similar to Kitimat
SEATTLE. Srpt. 7—(/PI—The pos
sibilities of a giant power and al
uminum development in Alaska
still is being studied but the pro
ject probably will not be started
for several years.
Ijoy A. Hunt, chairman of the
executive committee oi the Alum-1
inuni Company of America, made j
the report here yesterday.
lie said the Alaska project is i
similar to the half-billion dol- I
lar Kitimat, B. C., development
of the Aluminum Company of
Canada, Ltd. The engineers’ plans
call for bringing water through
the coastal range l>y tunnel from
the east to provide power for the
aluminum plant.
Hunt did not mention a prob
able site. Ihe Skagway area how
ever, has been cited in the past
as the site for any such develop
ment.
He said a big step toward whip
ping the nation’s defense needs for
aluminum will be the completion
of the $50,000,000 Alcoa Smelting
plant recently started near Wen
atchee, Wash. It will use power
from four new generators to oe
installed at Rock Island Dam.
Where Reds Mass
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SOUTH
KOREA
As warships (symbols) bombarded morn than 250 miles of (Up past
roast of Korea, from Chongjin southward, and heavy fighting
raged cn past-central front, Reds were reported building up in force
tc.1 what might become a new offensive. Reds' were reported to have
18 divisions—100,000 men—in the battleline with another 300,000 men
in reserve (boxes). A thousand combat planes were In sanctuary
across thv Manchurian border. Solid arrows show main forces of
Allied troops fighting Reds (open arrows) in the hilly country
above Yanggu and south of Kumscng. Rail yards at Chongju were
blasted by superforts. OP) Wirephoto Map.
Fores! Service Luring
Pulp industry with Three
Prospective Milt Sites
By FRANK W. V'AILLE *
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—(I—j
Lika a hopeful fisherman, the For-!
est Service reported today it still
is dangling three well-baited lines ]
which it hopes will land a sizable j
pulp industry for Alaska.
The bait is the near virgin tim- j
ter of the Tongass National forest j
—lil.OCO.OOO acres of spruce and
hemlock.
Originally, four lines were out;
but the Ketchikan Pulp and Paper j
Company of Bellingham, Wash..—
after numerous nibbles — finally
snapped up the bait. It is sched
uled' to start construction this
spring at ^Vard Cove, near Ketch
ikan, of a high-grade rayon plant
capable of daily production of be
tween 300 and 525 tons.
So far, according , to B. 11.
Payne, assistant in the Forest
Service’s timber management di
vision, the other three sites—Ju
neau, Sitka and Thomas Bay
near I<-tirsbuig—have received
no sclid strikes.
The Alaska Industrial Corp. of
New York has made premliminary
inquiries regarding the Sitka lo
cation, Payne said, but apparently
dropped out. The D & F Co.,
headquartered in New York and
Los Angeles, even went so far, he
said, as to request that the Thom
as Bay location be advertised, then
failed’to submit an offer. No spe
cific commitments have been re
ceived on the Juneau location.
Service Hopeful
Payne said 'none of the inquiries
is considered active now but th?
Forest Service is hopeful that in
terest might be revived or other
companies lured in by the Ketch
ikan development.
During hearings before the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee last spring, B. F. Ileinlzlc
man, regional forester for Alas
ka, estimated the Tongass for
ests capable of "annual produc
tion of 1,000,000 tons of pulp in
addition to an increased quant
ity of lumber.” This harvest
would be on a sustained-yield ba
sis and could go on “forever, he
declared.
Cut Only $20,000
Heintzleman’s testimony, releas
ed only recently, was in support
of the Bureau of Public Roads’ re
quest for $3,500,000 to build high
ways in the Tongass forests. The
request, cut only $20,000 by the
Senate, now is awaiting confer
ence action.
The regional forester j>aid the
appropriation would be divided
among Ketchikan, Sitka and Ju
neau with “approximately one
third to each.”
He also detailed sketchily the
status of negotiations at both Sit
ka and Juneau, but did not men
tion the Thomas Bay site. He
mentioned no companies by name
but said the Sitka -location was
being considered by a group “that
is connected with Belgium inter
ests.”
Approximately $200,000 has been
Sjpfilrofi sai^eys at cnutu, he Said,
but the company has "not made
enough showing to justify” adver
tL'jing the timber.
The Juneau situation, he con
tinued, included the possibility of
a large newsprint plant which
"could make as much as 700 tons
of newsprint per clay forever.”
Highway Patrol to
Check Headlights
And Auto Licenses
Automobile headlights, drivers’ li
censes and license plates will come
under scrutiny of the Territorial
Highway Patrol starting Sept. 15. it
was announced today by Officer
Emmett Botelho of that agency.
A close check will be made to see
that headlights are properly focused
and in working order; drivers’ li
censes will be inspected and all out
of-Territory license plates, which
are overdue the allowable 90-day
period, must be replaced with Alaska
plates.
Botelho said the campaign would
be carried on for several days fol
lowing the announced date.
Juneau Volunteer
Fire Department
Renames Officers
Nomination of officers was held
by the Volunteer Fire Department
at its meeting Thursday evening.
Nominated to succeed themselves
were Minard Mill, chief, Roy Noland
assistant chief, and John Morrison
secretary. Elroy Ninnis was nomin
ated as trustee. Election Of officer;
will be held at the November meet
ing.
The resignation of Harry Luca*
from the department was accepted
An officer in the Alaska Nationa’
Guard, he is being transferred tc
another station, Lucas said.
A discussion was held at the meet
ing on the need for additional firp
fighting equipment. "Some of the
present equipment is obsolete and
not in condition to give efficient
service,” said Mill.
Ship Movements
Denali scheduled southbound at
midnight tonight.
AleutianViue southbound Sunday
afternoon.
Alaska scheduled northbound on
Sunday evening.
Princess Louise due to sail from
Vancouver, Sept. 8, arriving at Ju
neau Sept. 11.
Alaska Papers Sell
For $1 Each-But
They're Old Ones
• SEATTLE. Sept. 7— UP> — •
• Shades of the gold rush days! •
• Alaska newspapers sold here •
• today—at one dollar per copy. •
• A department store cFred- •
• erick and Nelson) advertised ®
• them. The advertisement said «
• they were "rescued from the re- •
« mains of an Alaskan ghost- •
• town" and chronicled “The •
• Lives and Times of the Klon- o
• dike Gold Rush Era, Before o
• World War I.” •
• The department store said a
• most of the collection was ob- •
• taincd from Dawson, Y. T. •
Rail Extension
To Alaska
Again Urged
Canadian Group Asks
that Pacific Great
Eastern Road be Pushed
PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 7—<*)—
Extension of the Pacific Great
Eastern Railway from Prince
George, B. C., to Alaska was urged
again yesterday.
This time the urging was done
by the Prince George board of
trade at the annual convention r.f
central British Columbia associa- j
ted boards of trade here,
j The cost of such an 1,800-mile j
extension has been estimated at I
around $1,000,000,000.
The Prince George group said
a rail link with Alaska would
provide an important step in dc
i fedse cf the Pacific ('oast and
1 ■ i ■■ trr- oi-v in v>>rtb
j ern British Columbia for Indus- ;
i trial and agricultural develop- j
! ment.
H. G. Perry, .chairman of the
I resolutions committee, said the
| United States Congress had al
I leady passed two resolutions call
I ing for the rail extension.
Policy Work
The Prince George resolution
urged the provincial government
to work out a policy with the Uni
ted States government and United
States private interests on the rail
link.
(Various talks have been held In
the past by Canadian, United
States and British Columbia gov
ernment officials on the subject
but nothing came of them. Prin
cipally, the high cost has ruled
out the., project).
Another resolution, presented by
the Juneau, Alaska, Chamber of
Commerce urged construction of
a highway from Juneau to Atlin,
on the province’s far-northern
boundary. The Chamber suggested
that Canada and the United States
make it a joint project.
Senate Committee
Money Bill Ups
Air Forte Funds
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—MV
A $61,190,313,000 defense money
bill, with emphasis on air powei
and devastating new weapons, was
approved today by the Senate Ap
propriations committee.
The action came amid new hint.1
that secret "fantastic" weapons,
first disclosed by President Truman
earlier this week, are in such ar,
advanced stage of development
that they could be used soon after
the outbreak of a new World War
The bulky defense bill carrie
$3,000,000,000 more than the House
voted. It will be called up Monday
in the Senate with quick passagt
indicated.
The $5,000,000,000 added by the
Senate group Is for additional air
power, and the committee recom
mended an air force of not less
than 95 groups._
• WEATHER REPORT •
• (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• At Airport—Maximum, 58; •
• minimum, 49. •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) *
• Cloudy with light rain to- •
• night and Saturday. Low to- •
• night near 50 and high Sat- a
• urday near 58. •
9 •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• At Airport — Trace; •
' • since July 1 — 6.26 inches. •
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In Floodlights' Glare
—irmiiiai—li—me——mm
President Truman stands in glare of floodlights on San Francisco Opera House stage as he opens J.tpa- '
ncse peace treaty conference. On the stage behind Truman are deft to right) I)r. Warren Kclchner,
of state department and secretary general of conference; California Gov. l ari VVurrcn; Secretary of
State Dean Acheson; and San Francisco Mayor timer Robinson. »PI Wircphoto.
Indonesia Blasts Russian
Hopes !o Break Non-Red
Bkck in Signing Treaty
(Ec Note: See Page 2 of today’s I
vpa^-JOrsr *i<*ry en truck overturn- J
ing in path of Gromyko's automo- i
bile, and revelation of plot on his
life.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7—<M—
Indonesia decided today to sign the
Japanese pence treaty, thereby des
troying Russia’s last chance of block
ing a solid lineup of non-Common
ist nations in the San Francisco
conference.
The decision taken by the govern
ment in Jakarta came as the con
ference hummed with speculation
that Soviet Delegate Andrei Gro
myko and his Communist cohorts i
would walk out before the treaty i I
signed.
It was believed he might act after
Poland’s scheduled speech late today
or wait until just before the signing .
ceremony begins, probably Satur-1
day morning.
The sixth plenary session of the |
conference adjourned at 12:41 p.m.,
and will resume at 3 p.m.
Foreign Minister Ahmad Soe
bardjo of Indonesia addressed the
conference before he had received
his new instructions from Jakarta
to sign. The information minister
of (lie government there announc
ed after a two-hour cabinet meet
ing that the decision to join the
meeting had been taken by a nar
row margin.
Peace Brought Them
Soebardjo told the conference his
delegation had come here not be
cause it 'agreed to all provisions
of the treaty, but because "the cop
ference was an effort to bring peace
to the world.”
Most speakers who walked to the
rostrum this morning briefly ex-1
pressed their overall satisfaction
with the treaty and made clear the
intention to sign. The lineup of na
tions due to sign the peace treaty
with Japan stood at 48. That left
only the three Communist bloc
countries in the minority.
Barring last minute delays, the
treaty will be signed tomorrow by I
orobably 48 nations—but not by
the Reds. It seemed doubtful they
w ill even make an appearance at
the ceremony.
Speakers from 22 countries were j
scheduled to tn've their views to
day. Wierblowskt was exnectod to
echo the blasts against the treaty
loosed by Russia's Andrei <;r«. -
myko Wednesday and Czechoslo
vakia’s I)r. Gertrude Sekaninova
yesterday.
Nineteen of the other 20 were
expected to express their general
approval of the American-Britisli
draft.
Decides To Sign
Indonesia decided reluctantly s*
the eleventh hour today to sign. This
made the final lineup to countries
' »r the treaty and only Russia's
three-nation bloc against.
Soft-spoken Dr. Sekaninova
lacked Gromyko's fire as a speaker
—but she had ail the pet words
and phrases.
Speaking In fair Knglish. she
called the treaty a "springboard
to a new war." She deplored the
absence of Ked China at the <.in
ference.
French Foreign Minister Rolj rt
Schuman chided 'the Communi I
bloc.
“We want pence,” he declared
Schuman also proposed a treaty ef
mutual assistance binding all coun
tries “concerned by the remainin
threats” in the far east.
Troops to Stay
Tlie United States already hr
signed mutual defense pacts with
Australia, New Zealand and tl
Philippines. It and Japan are selu
tiled to sign a similar agreement
Funday or Monday. Under i: t)
United States will keep troops in
Japan after ratification of the peat
treaty ends the occupation.
Speaking in Cleveland, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur .said the treaty
“while far from flawless, embodir
much of human justice and en
lightenment." The former occupa
tion commander in Japan was not
invited to the conference, but his
work in preparing Japan for the
treaty has been w id ley acknow
ledged.
,U. S. Ambassador John Fosb r
Dulles said in a radio (CBS) into:
view: “I assume that Ru.ia v.iii
walk out of the conference.
"I doubt that they will sign
treaty, and they won't want to L
spectators to the signing."
BARE-HANDED FISHING
DU QUOIN, 111.—UPl—Boy Scout
Leader Les Harrison has a new trick
to teach his charges. It's how to
land a big bass without pole, line
or net.
Harrison snatched a 7 pound, 3 !
ounce bass from Du Quoin’s reser
voir with only his bare hands. His
fishing gear was still in the car.
No further verification seemed re
quired, Harrison being a scout mast
er But he refers doubters to a wit
ness to the feat.
Two days later two city water
workers duplicated the barehanded
catching of another big bass. But
their fish was handicapped. Their
motorboat propellor had KO’U it. j
MRS. BI D BROWN AND SON
RETURN FROM ALABAMA
Mr. Bruce Brown and her small
son David are home after vi .in.
her mother, Mrs. R. P. Goodwill,
in Birmingham, Ala.
On her way to Juneau, Mi Brown
stopped in Seattle to visit her moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Florine Housel, and
arrived in town with arms full of
plants and flowers from Mr Hou
sel’s Green Acres nursery. She has
been “busy digging" in her Glacier
Highway yard since her return
north several days ago.
Chesapeake Bay gives Maryland
3,100 miles of tidewater frontage al
though it has only 31 miles of sea
coast.
Devastating
New Weapons
'Ready for Use'
Solon Discloses Power
'Beyond Pagination'
-Korean Use Seen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—</P)—
Senator Young (R-ND) disclosed
today that the United States has
more than one devastating new se
cret weapon - powerful "beyond
imagination” and that they ail
probably would be ready to U: ■
if war should come suddenly.
"They are in a high Mate of de
velopment,” Young told a reporter
us the Senate Appropriation, com
mittee met behind doors to give
i xpected approval to a $5,000,000,
000 increase in defense funds for
air power, including an air force
of at least 1)5 wings.
This increase would push the
tolai cf the record-breaking bill
above $01,000,000,000. It contained
more than $50,000,000,00!) as pass
ed by the House.
Asked if the ultra-powerful weap
ons—lirst mentioned by President
ruman earlier tins week might
be used in Korea in case truei
talks finully break down, Youn
replied: “That would be a rnilltaiw
decision.”
lie indicated that Pentagon
leader ,, who pledged Senators to
ecrccy in disclosing the ‘fan
(a ie new secret weapons,” had
net outlined probable uses.
President Truman said the;,
could destroy civilization and that
he hoped they would never be
1 ed.
Doth Young and Senator May
I .nk D-SC>, another committee
man, agreed that the mysterious
new weapons were devastating and
i,on-atomic.
Otherwise, official secrecy
hrouded the nature of the
wjupors, Phdged to secrecy,
oil:or Senators didn’t even want
to be quoted by name about
ihem, and Pentagon officials re
mained tight-lipped.
Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo)
chairman of the subcommittee
made no mention of new weapon;
v hen he announced the Increase
i i funds above amounts asked bj
President Truman or voted by tht
House.
Sleek Quotations
NEW YORK, Sept. 7—1®—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juncai
mine stock today is 2'., Americui
Can 117'., American Tel. and Tel
162%. Anaconda 48’s, Douglas Air
craft 54. General Electric 61%, Gen
eral Motors 50%, Goodyear 96
Kennecott 81, Libby, McNeill anc
Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 52
Standard Oil of California 54
Twentieth Century Fox 201 , U. S
Steel 43%, Pound $2.79 15 16, Can
adian Exchange 94 68 ..
Sales today were 1.930,000 share
Averages today were as follows
industrials 273.89, rails 82.82, Util
ities 45.33.
(-47 Wreck
Found On
Saytsland
Air Force Identifies Miss
ing Plane's Wing Num
bers-Rescuers on Way
ANCHORAGE. Sept. 7— Wl —An
Air Force amphibian plane landed
it Hirli Island today after its crew
identified the wreckage of a missing
C-47 transport on it.
The amphibian radioed that the
Air Force C-47, which had been
mi sing a week in western Alaska,
was identified positively by the
numbers on the wing.
High Island is in Bristol Bay.
A land rescue group was on the
way to the crash scene today. The
wreckage was sighted yesterday. The
amphibian was turned back by dark
ness late yesterday and spent the
right at Naknek.
The plane, with at least four men
(.board, disappeared Saturday while'
flying 175 miles from Naknek to
Platinum, on Goodnews Bay.
High Island, one of the Walrus
Island group, lies about midway
along the route. 20 miles south of
the village of Toglak, on the main
land.
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis
tration reported there apparently
were no survivors. The wreckage
was sighted by Col. Patrick Arn
old, commanding officer -of the
Tenth Rescue Squadron, while fly
ing in a C-54.
The rescue party planned to land
as close to High Island as possible,
1 then wade ashore to investigate.
J The two-engine transport con
I (acted Bethel Saturday asking per
: mission to fly on instruments at 7,
| COO feet. When the Bethel radio tried
| 'o contact the plane two minutes
J later there was no answer.
I The missing C-47 was from the
I 5036th Base Flight Squadron at El
! mendorf.
T' vninth lr a series of dis
j a irons Alaska air crashes which
I 1 laimed upwards of 84 persons since
| July 20. when a Korean airlift plane
i disappeared with 38 aboard. No trace
’ of it has been found.
explain, Bride
Among Victims of
; faming Air Crash
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 7— :ffi - An
Air Force captain and his Air Force
njir e, also a captain, who had only
been together in all about two weeks
mce they were married last Jan. 0,
riled together.
The Air Force identified them last
i night ns the military personnel killed
•with three others Tuesday in the •
crash here of a twin-engine Christ
ian en Air Service plane In the
backyard of a suburban Rogers Park
home.
They were fa pi. Donald V.
Drake, about 30, on leave from the
B-47 training school of the 3335th
Bombardment Training Group at
Mather Air Force Base, Calif., and
('apt. Clara Mary Sullivan Drake,
■J8, Air Forte nurse of the 39th
Medical Group at Elmcndorf Air
Force Base here.
Their varied military duties kept
I hem separated most of their brief
married life. They had headed for
Reward for a vacation trip.
One of the plane’s engines appear
ed to catch fire just after the take
off. The plane angled down between
two houses, one occupied by a
mother and baby, then crashed in
Hie backyard of a third home.
The pilot and four passengers—
Including the Drakes—perished.
A brother, Timothy Sullivan of
Ballston Spa, N. V., was listed as
Mrs. Drake’s next of kin.
5ianl$ Sweep 3
Game Series with
Boston Braves
BOSTON, Sept. 7—MV- Right
hander Larry Jansen became an
18-game winner today as the New
York Giants swept a three-game
series with the Boston Braves with
a 7-3 victory. Jansen, sidelined for
eight days with an ailing back,
kept thj’ tribesmen’s 10 hits well
scattered.
Yanks Nip Senators
!n Ninth Inning
NEW YORK. Sept. 7—Oft— The
New York Yankees, stymied for
3 2 3 innings bv Sid Hudson,
scored twice in the ninth inning
with two out to nip the Washing
ton Senators, 3 to 2, today.
Reds Driven
Off 2 Hills
X.T.S. ETCtHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 7--^
Allied Troops drove Chinese Com
munists off two hills today on the
western front where Reds earlier
encircled two United Nations out
posts.
Both surrounded units fought
free. One immediately counterat
tacked.
A front line dispatch reported
two companies of Reds fled from
hill without firing a shot after
the allies blasted them with tank
ind field artillery. The recaptured
anoll is northwest of Yonclion.
which is seven miles north of the
38th Parallel.
Farther north UN infantrymen
won a second hill after three hours
of close infighting.
Reds fought and attacked all
along the western half of the front
in actions that had the earmarks
of a prelude to a new offensive.
In the mountainous east, stiffen
ing Communist resistance checked
two attacks by U. S. Second Division
infantrymen.
Second Division troops were en
gaged in a pitched battle with
Reds atop one ridge north of
Yanggu. A Second Division as
sault on another hill was stalled
by fiercely resisting Reds.
Low hanging clouds shrouded most
of the battle area, hampering allied
warplanes and furnishing cover for
Red troop movements.
TheWashington
Merry - Go - Round
(Ed. Note—While Drew Pear
son is on a brief vacation, the»
Washington Merry-go-round is
being written by several disting
uished guest columnists, today’s
being by the lion. Maurice J.
Tobin, Secretary of Labor.)
WASHINGTON. — I'd like to use
this moment in the conductor’s
chair of the Merry-go-round to
pass out some brass rings to the
American worker and his boss.
So much has been written about
their quarrels and their problems
that we tend to forget their joint
accomplishments. Together they
have built a remarkable record of
industrial peace. Together, with
the help of that record, they have
made America the most productive
nation on earth.
[Most people have learnod to
read of killings and robberies in
the newspapers with the realiza
tion that these things are the ex
ceptions and not the rule in Am
erican life. But too many fail to
apply the same understanding to
stories of strikes and labor-man
| agement disputes.
It cannot be pointed out too of
ten that most of the workers and
most of the employers settle their
problems most of the time in a
peaceful way. The newspapers
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