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VOL. LXXVI.rNO.~i.769 ■ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ... PRICE TEN_CENT8
A tomic Weapons May Be Tested Off A laska
Marooned Family Asks Help
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Members of a family whose farm near Willmar. Minn., has been marooned by the heavy snows of the
last several weeks, stamped two biff H’s in a field as a signal they needed help. They filled the let
ters (left and center) with ashes to make sure they were seen. A ski-equipped plane took two big boxes
of groceries to the farm. Pilot Ted Then was told the family had been without food for two days.
UP) YVirephoto.
IMPORTANT BILLS
ARE APPROVED BY |
GOV. GRUENING!
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Bills of principal inU.uSt ap- I
proved, by the governor were the'
General Appropriation Bill, til
Ciyil Defense Bill, the Reorganize
tion Bill, the Motor Vehicle Reg:,
tration Bill and ,the Banking Bill.
These with others earlier enactet
will give the volume to be know:
as Session Laws of Alaska 195i. 19
chapters. Memorials, resolutions
and extensive indexing a ill make
it perhaps the largest volume ol
Session Laws to date.
Bills vetoed and not earlier re
ported were for the most part o!
a technical nature. Some were tech
nically defective as to form, all wert
transmitted for permanent filing
, with the governor’s veto message
attached. Among bills vetoed were:
Senate Bill No. 63. which sought
to correct conflicting property as
sessment practices within independ
ent school districts and adjoining
municipalities. Discussion with its
author and with the Attorney Gen
eral indicated that the bill would
not accomplish its purpose if enact
ed, and that the subject was deserv
ing of fuller treatment by a subse
quent Legislature.
Senate Bill No. 70, a bill to re
quire minority stockholders to post
a bond before commencing suit
against the corporation was vetoed
because of its imposing an unnec
essary burden on the maintenance
of lawsuits.
House Bill No. 20 was vetoed be
cause of technical defectiveness
and because it sought to amend an
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1951. or Bell Syndicate. Inc..
T^ASHINGTON.—It is a scienti
fic fact that men who spend their
lives working in sewers lose their
sense of smell.
Coming back to Washington after
several weeks' absence, I am struck
with the fact that many officials of
the Truman administration also
have lost their sense of smell. They
have become so accustomed to po
litical favoritism, petty chiseling,
and party politics that their olfac
tory nerves are numb. They no
longer have that instinctive sense
of smell, so necessary to every pub
lic official, to differentiate between
good and bad.
Not only do they not realize what
has been going on around them,
but »hey fail to understand that
these stories of graft, played up
in the European press, are giving
us a black eye everywhere.
What they further do not realize
is that the men below take their
cue from the top. This is one of
the truest facts ol political life,
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earlier enabling act under which ■
cities have imposed sales taxes, by
providing terms originally reserved
to the cities and conceivably con
flicting with measures already
adopted by cities acting under the
enabling act.
Senate Bill No. 51. an cut relat
ing to the order of payment of
claim? against estate*, was vetoed
because of its conflicting with Fed
ral statute recognized and in force
ince the-early days cf the Repub
tic.
House Bill No. 93, relating to the
property tax, was vetoed because ii
■epresented legislation on mattei
low before the courts and because
it would give preferential treat
ment to one group ot taxpayers sub
ject to the property tax. *
The governor pointed out th:v
commercial boat owners had in 1941
been given an alternative formula
for fixing their property tax liabil
.ty which instead of the uniform 1
per cent levy, allowed them to com
pute their tax on a tonnage basis.
House Bill No. 93 sought to reduce
the tonnage liability by 50 per cent
md was therefore vetoed.
GOVERNMENT
ENTERS AFU
NEGOTIATIONS
SEATTLE, March 28 —(/P>—A Fed
eral labor conciliator today entered
a contract dispute between Alaska
Fishermen's Union (Independent)
and the Alaska Salmon Industry,
Inc., representing the packers.
Albin L. Peterson, conciliator,
said separate meetings will be held
with the union and packers in an
attempt to find a basis for joint
meetings later.
Negotiations between the union
and packers have been underway for
several weeks, but no agreement has
been reached.
Wages and other conditions of
employment are in dispute.
1951 FISH LIVER
MARKET TO BE BETTER
Kirk Jones of the Washington
Laboratories left today for Peters
burg after meeting with his agents
in this area. He buys fish livers and
vicera for the vitamin content and
reports that the present market is
better than in 1950. For the coming
season prices should run from 50
cents to a $1 a pound on livers and
from 10 to 18 cents on vicera de
pending on the vitamin A content.
Wallis George is his local agent;
John Enge of Engstrom Brothers
at Pelican; Knute Thompson,
Petersburg; Curley Armstrong,
Wrangell; and John Rogich, Ketchi
kan.
L. N. Lyons of Anchorage is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
CRIME PROBE
ENDING; ASKS
CONTINUANCE
Senate May Be Asked to
Bring Contempt Cases
Against 2 Witnesses
WASHINGTON, March 28.—(jW—
The Senate Crime Investigating
Committee settled down today to
try to whip into shape legislative
blows against the underworld. It
worked on its final report amid
continuing demands that its sensa
tional probe be continued beyond
March 31.
Committee members and their
staff arranged a closed-door session
after calling a halt to their drama
loaded public hearings and then
held under bond another balky wit
ness, and voted to cite two others
for contempt.
Senator Tobey (R-NH) spoke of
a compromise in the dispute over
extending the probe.
Tobey told reporters he wanted to
have “a heart-to-heart talk” with
Chairman Kefauver (D-Tenn) and
the other committee members to
‘ see if we can’t work out a com
promise.”
Kefauver has firmly insisted that
the committee should shut up shop
on schedule, submit its recommend
ations for striking at organized
; crime and try to push these pro
posals into law.
Brink Admits Interests
The committee said it obtained
from James Brink an admission
that he and members of the "Cleve
land Syndicate” had interests in
three plush gambling places in the
| Northern Kentucky area across the
Ohio River from Cincinnati.
Brink was questioned behind
I closed doors yesterday afternoon by
l Senator O’Connor (D-Md), sitting
as a one-man subcommittee. So was
William G. O'Brien of Chicago.
O’Conor reported O'Brien “stood
mute’’ on the ground that he might
! incriminate himself if he answered
questions.
O’Connor ordered O’Brien, who
had been brought in under a sena
torial arrest warrant, placed under
$10,000 bond. The bond was posted
and O'Brien left. O'Conor said he
would recommend to the full com
mittee that O’Brien be cited for
contempt of Congress.
Vote Contempt Citations
Earlier the crime probers voted to
ask the Senate to approve contempt
citations against Morris Kleinman
and Louis Rothkopf, former Cleve
| land bootleggers linked by the com
mittee with gambling operations in
, Northern Kentucky and Nevada.
Both refused to testify at a public
i hearing Monday night protesting
that television and newsreel cameras
| invaded their right to privacy.
UN FORCES
SLOW DOWN
ON ADVANCE
Center of Korean Line,
However, Sees Action
Against Massed Reds
By Associated Press
United Nations troops continued
a slow advance on both ends of the
line across Korea today while
American artillery poured heavy
fire into massed Communist units
in the center.
On the East coast, .South Korean
troops advanced behind a barrage
of naval gunfire to a point six miles
north of the 38th Parallel. They
occupied Yangyang, the first size
able coast town north of the border.
Spring Rains Prevail
The UN artillery on the Central
front had the two-fold objective
of clearing a path for infantrymen
and breaking up any Red efforts
to counterattack. Spring rains;
bogged the artillery hub deep in
i places and hampered the Allied air
; attack and mechanized ground
! forces.
| The Central front was the focal
] point for Communist troop massing
j activity. Some 10,000 Reds were
strong along the border with an
other 80.000 backing them up.
Wary of Red Push
! Front line observers were wary
of a Red push down the center of
I the peninsula. The Reds might pick
I the rainy season for such a try
| since their lightly weighted forces
j would have some advantage over
j the heavily burdened Allied troops.
On the Western front. Allied
1 Iroops encounteied some answering
Red artillery and mortar fire.
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1 On the diplomatic scene, the Big
] Four deputy foreign ministers re
; sume their talks today in Paris.
< There is no end in sight to the pro
paganda battle that has waged for
18 sessions and resulted in little
: progress toward an agenda for the
proposed foreign ministers confer
ence.
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INT. REVENUE
GETS CARROLL
ON 26 COUNTS
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...
j KANSAS CITY, March 28 ——
i James .1. Carroll, St. Louis betting
i commissioner, was charged today
j on 26 counts of failure to report to
I Federal tax authorities payments
! totaling $52,688.15 made by him in
! 1948 and 1949.
The two informations against
! Carroll invoked a little known and
] rarely enforced section of the in
. ternal revenue code which requires:
First, that all persons making
payments to other persons of more
than $600 — other than those on
which taxes are withheld by employ
ers — are required to report those
! payments individually to the Inter
j nal Revenue department’s process
ing division, which is located in
Kansas City.
Second, that all such payments
! must be listed collectively and re
| ported annually to the processing
' division. These provisions are found
I in Section 147 of the Internal Rev
! enue code.
i FANNIE HANSON DIES
HERE TUESDAY P. M.
Fannie Hanson died at her home
i in the Juneau native village yester
day afternoon. She was born in
I 1865 at Pt. Bishop in Taku Inlet
and has lived her entire life in
the Gastineau Channel area.
She was a charter member of
! the Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp
j No. 3 of Douglas and served two
terms as treasurer of the organiza
; tion. Funeral arrangements will be
1 announced later. The body is at
the Carter Mortuary.
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ANCHORAGE VISITORS
S. M. Sumrall and Williarr
' Reichers of Anchor age are stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
Warm Invitation on a (hilly Day
tiMW&ei
Friday Sahiiday. Sunc^
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Somewhat chilly and very windy weather held forth at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D. Cbut these
five barefoot lovelies are out to frame up an invitation to the nation to attend the capital s ( herr.v
Blossom Festival. Left to right: Beverly Balentlne, Ann Quacktnbush, Mary Freman, Dyan Wilson
and Barbara Ilobelman, all members of the Ambassador Hotel Swimming Club. Behind them is one
of the famed cherry trees, without blossoms. (#1 Wlr ephoto.
WILL SWAT
CONTROLS ON
MORE FOODS
WASHINGTON, March 28 — Wi—
The government was ready today to
order a new system of price con
trols on aoout 60 per cent of the
{ood in your grocery store.
After weeks of wrestling with
problems involved, the Ofiice of
Price Stabilization (OPS) has com
pleted two retail food orders and
one wholesale food order.
The change over will give the
American public some price roll
backs and some price increases with
in the next few weeks — and price
Director Michael V. DiSalle has
predicted that the rollbacks will
outnumber the increases.
The nation’s approximately 500,
000 grpcery stores will be ordered
not ,td ex< ei.'(I certain “mark-up”
percentages on about 40 categories
of foods. The orders arc expected
to cover canned goods, baby foods,
coffee, sugar, salt, butter, packaged
i cheese,' cookies and crackers break
I fast cereal, shortening, flour, flav
oring, peanut butter, jams and jel
lies, and many other items.
They are not expected to cover
bread, milk, eggs, fresh meat, fresh
fruits, or fresh vegetables.
At present, the retail and whole
sale prices of most foods are frozen
at the highest levels charged by
each seller between Dec. 19 and Jan.
25 — except that in the case of
most foods, when farm prices rise,
the food-seller may raise his price
to allow for this rise.
Jim Houston, Seattle salesman,
arrived yesterday from Cordova on
PNA and is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
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• WEATHER REPORT
• Temperature for 14-Hour Period
• endtng 6:20 o'clock this morning
• In Juneau — Maximum,
• 39; minimum, 35.
• At Airport — Maximum,
• 37; minimum, 33.
•
• FORECAST
• Continued cloudy with in
• termittent light rain occas
• ionally mixed with snow to
• night and Thursday. Lowest
• temperature tonight about 35
• degrees. Highest Thursday
• near 38.
•
• PRECIPITATION
• (Past 24 hours ending J:30 a m today
• City of Juneau—.10 inches;
• Since March 1—6.75 inches;
• Since July 1—57.65 inches.
• At Airport—.04 inches;
• Since March 1—3.61 inches;
• Since July 1—36.09 inches.
• •••••••••
A
Berlin Reds
Open Fire on
U.S. Tourists
BERLIN, March 28 — 1*1 —East
German Communist police opened
fire today on American tourists in
downtown Berlin. U. S. authorities
demanded an immediate audience
with the Russians for an explana
tion.
The Communist police fired 12
pistol shots at four buses carrying
American Army and civilian per
sonnel on the regular Wednesday
tour of Berlin sponsored by the
Army’s special services.
The buses were exactly on the j
border separating the Soviet sector
from the West.
Three of the shots hit one of the
buses and broke a window but none
of the occupants was struck.
The Communist police told the
drivers they would have to take an
other route through West Berlin t:
reach the Brandenburg Gate. When
the buses turned around to obey
that- order, one of the lx)licemen,
described as young -nd excited,
opened fire on the last of the de
parting vehicles.
iast_rTTes
HELD TODAY FOR
MINNIE FIELD
Funeral services were held for
Minnie Field this afternoon, well
loved and known as mother to many
homeless and neglected children.
The Rebekah ritualist service was
used for the services. Internment
was in the Odd Fellows plot of
Evergreen cemetery.
The Rebekah lodge hall was filled
to overflowing with friends of Miss
Field. Fourteen of the older chil
dren from the Minfield Home at
tended the funeral. The Rev. Walter
Sobolcff delivered the eulogy. There
were very few flowers because she
had requested that money be sent
to the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association.
Active pallbearers were Gene
Vuille, James Rolison, Joe Johnston,
Alva Blackerby. Ed Shaffer and
Glenn Oakes. Honorary pallbearers
were H. L. Faulkner, George W.
Folta, H. R. Vander Leest, Albert
White, Norman Cook. John Mar
shall, John Krugness, Dr. J. O. Rude
and Stanley Nowicka.
Major Chester E. Canine of
Washington, D. C., arrived here
yesterday from Anchorage on PNA
and is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
SEATTLE VISITOR
Mrs. Keppel W. Hoyt of Seattle
is at the Baranof Hotel.
DEMOS LOSE
ELECTION IN
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, March 28 —M—
The Citizens’ Association retained
control of the city government to
day, beating back a determined bid
by Democratic forces led by James
Pendergast.
It marked the first time in a
decade the Democratic organization ,
was unified in its efforts to return
to power. The Pendergast machine)
tumbled out of control in 1940.
In yesterday’s municipal election,
Mayor William E. Kemp, heading
the Citizen’s ticket, was elected to
a third term. The Citizens' Associa
tion, a coalition of Republicans, In
dependents and anti-machine Dem
ocrats, also won eight of nine posts
on the city council.
Kemp received 68,046 votes. His
opponent, Ben W. Swofford, lawyer
and member of a prominent Kansas
City family, polled 55.413 votes.
Both men are Democrats. Munic
ipal elections are non-partisan.
PRESIDENT
OF FRANCE
NOW IN U.S.
NEW YOIJK, March 28 —(<P—
President Vincent Auriol of France
arrived today for the first visit ever
made to the United States by a
French chief executive.
Whistles blew, airplanes roared
overhead and champagne flowed
in Auriol’s honor as the liner lie
De France nosed through New York
harbor.
The smiling president also was
greeted with a 21-gun salute from
an Army gun at Governor’s Island
FROM PETERSBURG
Mr. and Mrs. Afne Lund of
Petersburg are at the Baranof Hotel.
TERRITORIAL HOLIDAY
FRIDAY, SEWARD’S DAY
Territorial offices will be closed
Friday, Seward's Day, also city
banking institutions.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS )
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m. Friday.
Princess Norah scheduled to ar
rive from Skagway at 8 am. Friday’
sailing south one hour later at 9.
Baranof scheduled to arrive from
Westward Sunday morning south
bound.
ALEUTIANS
CONSIDERED
FOR TESTS
Proving Grounds Hinted
Where Weather Other
Conditions Favorable
By ELTON C. FAY
AP Military Affairs Reporter
WASHINGTON, March 28 —iifl—
The United States may be preparing
its fifth atomic weapons proving
ground, this one in a sub-Arctic
wasteland.
A lonely spot on the Aleutian Is-(
land chain, which sti etches out 800
miles from the Alaskan mainland
westward toward Russir.’s Siberian
empire, appears a probable choice.
Favorable Factors
There, for the first time, the U.
S. could test atomic bombs under
conditions of climate and other fac
tors which might be encountered
should a war require use of such
weapons against Russian cities.
Since Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman Gordon Dean hinted re
cently that new tests might be made
at locations not used heretofore,
there has been developing specula
tion that the Aleutians might be
one of the sites. Reasons for this in
due:
Weather Conditions
1. Atomic bomb tests to date
have been conducted only in favor
able weather conditions in areas
unlike those which would be logical
A-bomb targets in a war with Rus
sia.
2. The area already is owned by
the government and controlled by
the military. There is no need for
a transfer of authority or to enter
an agreement with another nation,
as would be the case if Arctic tests
were made in barren Northern
Canada.
Easily Reachable
3. Any of the Aleutian Islands Is
easily reachable by sea transport
which presumably would be needed
to get in the extensive and heavy
equipment needed for building in
stallations to house Instruments
and other material.
Kepner Is Cited
4. By coincidence, the present
overall commander in Alaska is the
former commander for air at the
Bikini tests, Lt. Gen. William E.
Kepner.
So far, atomic bombs have been
tested at the original Alamogordo,
N. M. site; at Bikini, at Eniwetok
and in the experiments during late
January and early February on
Frechmen's Flat, in the desert near
Las Vegas. Nev. .In these tests,
bombs were exploded from a steel
tower (at Alamogordo), dropped
from a B-29 bomber (the first Bi
kini test), exploded in shallow
water (the second Bikini test) and
fired in unannounced manner at
Eniwetok and Las Vegas.
Bomb Below Ground
But so far as is known, the atomic
weaponeers have not exploded a
bomb buried below the ground. To
simulate a deep-penetration atomic
bomb dropped from high altitude.
Thus there is the possibility a sub
surface explosion may be tried in
the Aleutians.
No Good—Coral Island
A buried-bomb test at the perma
ent testing ground of Eniwetok ap
peared unlikely. Eniwetok is a cor
al island. Coral is soft and fragile.
A bomb burst in the coral probably
' would create a crater so large many
of the small islands would disappear,
| leaving nothing for study of the
1 explosion’s effect.
Solid Rock Formation
On the other hand, the Aleutians
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STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. March 28 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
111, American Tel. and Tel. 153%,
Anaconda 38%. Douglas Aircraft 95,
General Electric 54%, General Mot
ors 51%, Ooodyear 71%. Kennecott
73%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9.
Northern Pacific 32. Standard Oil of
California 45, Twentieth Century
Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 41%. Pound
<$2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.12%.
Sales today were 1,770,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 246.19, rails 79.04, utili
ties 42.58.