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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE COME HERE; BOARD
 YACHT FOR SOUTH

Six prominent Fasteners and MiddleWesterners arrived here Sat urday afternoon via PAA and left yesterday on board the Campbell Church yacht Deerleap for two and a half week cruise to Van couver, B. c.
 The group included MT. and Mrs. Ray Ryan, of Evansville. Ind, who were host and hostess of the party. Ryan is president of the Ryan Oil Co.,, and has many other interests in the petroleum busi- ness.
 Also, in the group, were Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Strauss, of Chicago Dr. Strauss is one of the owners of the Franklin Park Hospital in Chicago, but has also achieved much fame as one of the more prominent alumni of the Univer- sity of Washington in Seattle. For many years Dr. Strauss has secuted prospective football players in the Chicago vicinity and has been re- sponsible for their attendance at the Puget Sound institution.
 Harry O'Shea, Chicago indus trialist, and Ed Burke, of Miami and New York, another prominent businessman, made up the rest of the party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
HELI(0pTER
 TO BE USED
 FOR PATROL
Graft Now in Seattle with Pilot, Mechanic, Wait
 ing to Come North

SEATTLE, July 21.-tR- With the belief that the helicopter has a definite place in Alaska and the far north, Tom Hall, pilot, and his mechanic, Bernie Rolling CT, both of Yakima, await final instructions on a job to patrol and inspect the Canol Pipeline in northern Canada.
 They will sail to Ketchikan or possibly another Southeast Alaska rort, and then fly the helicopter to Whitehorse, Y T.. and to the Canol operation. An original sail- ing set from the eastern United States of a representative of the projects purchaser United States Auto Sale Corp) is now awaited.
 They have a contract to fly 10 hours a day over the several hun dred miles-long pipe line and ad- joining highway, and expect to do the work in from 10 days to two weeks, Hall said.
 We hope to prove that the heli- copter can be used in places in the far north, where airplanes can't do the work" Hall said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
Economy Reportby
 President
By STERLING F. GREEN

by D EICLllN0 T 0ttEEN
 WASHINGTON, July 21--R- President Truman said today the nation has surged to a pinnacle of unprecedented prosperity" but must strengthen it's defenses against imitation.
 In a special mid-year economic report to Congress, the chief exc cutive declared that prduction is now running at rate of s225,- 000,000,00o year, far surpassing anything in history, and added.
 We can place the high pro- duction and the high employment that we have today on firm foundation of enduring prosperity and peace"
 Forming price reductions still necessary in many areas, the Pres ident said they must not be swamped in a wave of speculation caused by the forecast of a short corn crop or a wave of new wage and price boosts begged to John L. Lewis coal contract settlement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
MASS FLIGHT OF B-295 IS NOW PLANNED
Longest, Fastest Ever Af-
 tempted : Be Nonstop, Toyko, Washington

Z WASHINGTON, July 21-tR- The Strategic Air Command says eight B-29's will make one-stop flight from Tokyo to Washington next week in the longest and fast est mass flight of B-29s ever at tempted"
 Described as a training mission, the planes will hop off at ' am. tEST) Thursday, July 3l, and aim at crossing between the Washing ton Monument and the Lincoln Memorial here at Il am. tESTo on Friday, Aug. l, which is Air Force Day The distance is about 1000 miles.
 They will land at Andrews Air Field, l2 miles southeast of here. Headquarters for the Strategic Air Command the scheduled stop is at Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, Alas ka, with a maximum of three hours allowed for refuelling.
 The eight ships are of the 492nd Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force. based at Fort Worth, Tex. They will be under command of It. Col Howard F. Hugos of Oklahoma.
 The estimated time from Tokyo to Anchorage is 1212 hours and from Anchorage to Andrews Field, 13 hours and 10 minutes.
 The planes will be directed to fly separately in single file, about one minute apart, until they reach Martinsburg Radio, point in West Virginia about 50 miles from Washington, when they will assume formation.
 Officials told newsmen the trip is intended to tram crews in long range overwater navigation and other techniques of such missions.
 The planes will carry an estimat- cd 160 men, including their own ground maintenance crews.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
NEW ANGLE SPRUNG BY
 HOUSE COM.
Witness al Communist Al- tivities Hearing Ex-
 plains Financing

WASHINGTON. July 2l.--tR-- The House Committee on un-Amer- ican activities asked witness on Communist activities today for his records on The New Republc" magazine. of which Henry A. Wal lace is editor.
 The witness, Walter s. Steele, Chairman of the National Security Committee of the American Coali- tion of Patriotic Civic and Fra ternal Societies. said he would be glad" to supply them.
 Questioned by Rep. Mundt tR- SD). Steele said the New Republic is financed almost 98 percent by foreign capital
 Steele said that Wallace "ap- pears to be the mouthpiece" for the progressive citizens of America. He described this organization as resulting from reorganization of political Red fronts" so as to pen citrate other political parties or to launch third party.
 "Is that Mundt, the organiza- ton of which one. Henry A. Wal lace, is a spokesman and member?"
 He is," Steele replied.
 Steele also said the group is con- nected with one in California head ed by Robert Kenny which has proposed Wallace for President
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
RENAL FIRE iS SLOWLY
 ADVANCING
Soldier Fighters Blocked in Attempt al New
 Baekfiring

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 21.- R-A patrol of soldier fire fight CTS, headed by L. w. Bryson of the Alaska Fire Control Service, forged into the Funny River Valley where it is hoped backfiring may partially check the huge Kenai Peninsula forest conflagration.
 Smoke forced the men back when they attempted a reconnais- sance of the area.
 Latest reports from the fire lines said the long uncontrolled blaze was slowly but steadily advancing south and east in the direction of Seward and Homer. Neither city is in any immediate danger, however.
 During the last two months the fire has burned over more than 300,000 acres comprising the penin- sulas best bird and game refuge and prime spruce stands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
NAVY DESERTER IS
 UNDER ARREST HERE

Richard Harshman, 19, was ar rested here Saturday as he was about to board an outgoing plane at Alaska Coastal Airlines. The arrest was made by Assistant Chief of Police Walter o. Sim and Deputy U. s. Marshal Sid Thompson, who were looking for Harshman in connection with the burglary of a fox farm on one of the Keku Islets, north of Kuiu Island.
 Harshman was implicated in the crime, and possibly others, as the result of the confession of his alleged accomplice, George Freel, who was arrested Saturday in Petersburg by Deputy U. s. Mar shal Chris Christiansen.
 U. s. Marshal William T. Ma honey said that he is also investi- gating the youths confession that he is a deserter from the U. s. Navy. Harshman made full con- fession to Mahoney in which he also admitted escaping from the Navy brig at Bremerton in April and then travelling all over the U. s. and Alaska before his ar rest here He said that he hitch hiked to Alaska on the Alcan Highway and came to Southeast Alaska by boat from Anchorage.
 Harshman also admitted to using the aliases of Tom Godfrey and Tom Cody.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21

General Arnold, on Visit 10 Alaska, Sounds Warning on
 Next War; Gives His Views

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 2l.- R-Because through the nature of atomic warfare mo nation--and that includes the United States can win another war" General Henry H. CHap) Arnold, retired head of the U s. Army Air Force, said yesterday and the only form of victory left in the world is pre- vention."
 The five-star General, now on an inactive status, told an interviewer his statements were merely medi- tations of Sonoma County (Cali) farmer" but added
 The only proven method to pre- vent aggressive nations from pull ing the world toward war is by making such nations afraid to wage war"
 Arnold said the United Nations should consider forming a swift striking aerial international riot squad based at strategic centers. This force. he suggested, should consist of 1000 to 1,500 long range planes.
 The wartime cinef of the Army Air Force voiced his views while reminiscing at the scene of one of his earliest achievements in Am erican military aviation. Thirteen years ago as a Lieutenant Colonel, Arnold led the first long range mass flight of Army bombers from the United States to Alaska.
 The longest single hop on the flight which included mapping 60000 square miles of previously uncharted Alaska and won him the Mackay Trophy in l935-was 960 miles from Seattle to Juneau, Ar hold recalled.
 We made that hop in six hours, " he said. "Today's Army bombers fly nonstop from Seattle to An chorage-twice the distance-in approximately the same time.'
 Arnold said his present visit to Alaska was purely personal va- cation He is accompanied by Mrs. Arnold.
 While here he inspected several air bases and Army installations which were constructed on his re- concentrations. He sailed to Sew ard aboard tanker, rode the AL aska Railroad from Anchorage to Fairbanks, and flew to Juneau. He re-boarded the tanker Sunday en- route to the States.
 Arnold said that on his visit he has seen tremendous development in every field except agriculture and, commenting as a California faf1ner," said he believed no heal thy growth on any frontier area is possible without a sound founda- ton in farming
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
The W ashingto ion Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-It's not gener- ally known, but the kingpin of Am erican gamblers, once the biggest liquor racketeer in the country, Frank Costello, could be deported from the United States if anyone really wanted to get tough about it.
 Frankie Costello, who put one New York Judge on the bench, who dominates the swankiest gambling houses around Miami and New Or leans, who controls the one-arm bandia and slot machine racket of Louisiana, and who runs several large Apadhouses in New Jersey migratAi here from Italy around 1895 and became naturalized cit izcn in 1s25.
 At thelS time Costello took the oath of .itizenship, however, he glossed ovtr certain things which if discoverc,i in the record of any other less Powerful person would cause him t, lose his citizenship and be deported.
 For instanceA Costello did not tell the Government, when he took the oath as a citizehS that he had pre- viously served aAterm in jail for carrying a concealed weapon.
 Eve, more important, new citi- zen of the United States takes an oath to uphold the laws and Con- stitution of the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
CONVICTION E SECURED,
 SLAVE CASE
Maid Was Threatened with Jail and He'll for
 Nearly 40 Years

SAN DIEGO, Calf, July 2l.-lR Convicted of slavery charges in a case rare in the nations modern annals, Boston-born Mrs. Alfred Wesley Ingalls was held a Fed eral prisoner in the county jail to- day awaiting sentence July 29.
 A Federal court jury Saturday night convicted the 62year-old Mrs Ingalls, a descendant of Mas sachusetts colonial governor Brad ford. of enslaving her negro maid, Dora Jones.
 The maid had testified that she was threatened with jail and hell' for nearly 40 years because of an affair with Mrs. Ingalls, first hus- band in Washington, D. C., which resulted in pregnancy.
 Mrs. Ingai1s' second husband, AL fred w. Ingalls, GA, was at liberty on bail of S2,500 after the jury was unable to agree on conviction or acQulttal on similar slavery charge.
 The four week trial was describ- ed as the first outright slavery case under the 18th amendment to the United States Constitution since 1880.
 Maximum penalty for the offense of which Mrs. Ingalls was con- victed is five years Imprisonment or $5,000 fine, or both.
 Defense counsel announced an ap- peal would be taken. They said also they would seek to have Mrs In- gals removed from jail to hospi tai.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
COMMUNISTS OR SykpAIhIzERSM
 U. }. 5 MILLION
House Committee on Ae- tivities Makes Report
 Third Party Is Aim

WASHINGTON. July 21.-lR- An estimate that there are about 5,000,000 Communists or sympath- izers in the United States-all pushing for major third party was given the House Committee on Unamerican Activities today by Walter S. Steele of Washington.
 Steele was the first of 14 wit nesses scheduled as the committee began a week of public hearings on Communist activities. He testi- fled as chairman of the National Security Committee of the Ameri- can Coalition of Patriotic, Civic and Fraternal Societies. The coal ition is an organization of 84 so- cieties promoting patriotism, Steele said
 He gave this break down of Communists and their sympathiz- CTS in this country.
 l. Upwards of 100000 card carrying members of the Commun- ist party.
 ?. Another 100000 candidates for party membership.
 3. Approximately 4.800.0 900 mem- bers of Communist front organi- cations.
 As for their political activity, Steele asserted.
 They are now pushing for coalition of leftists with the ex- pectation of forming major third rartY"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive early tomorrow afternoon
 Princess Norah. from Vancouver scheduled to arrive tomorrow af- ternoon or evening.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle tomorrow.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle July 26.
 Lucidor scheduled to sail from Seattle July 29.
 Princess Louise scheduled to ar rive from Skagway at o'clock to- morrow morning and sails south one hour later at 9 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
BUSH PILOTS
 FORM ASSN.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 21.- have been received from all over Alaska for admission to the newly organized Alaska Bush Pilots Association formed to fight the CAA ruling that pilots must hold scertificates of conven- fence or temporary exemption or ders, Acting Secretary Bill CuffeI said today Sixteen groups have all ready been incorporated into the Association and total of 52 are expected to join, he said Protests will be made to Washington, D. C.. officials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ALASKApA55El
 AWAY IN SEATTLE
Most Rev. Walter J. Fitz- gerald Dies in Hospital
 Burial in Spokane

SEATTLE, July 2l.--tR- The
 body of the Most Rev. Walter J. Fitzgerald, Bishop of Alaska and ! first Washington-bo Bishop of the Catholic Church, will lie in State at St. Joseph's Catholic
 Church here today and tomorrow when it will be taken to Spokane
 for burial.
 Bishop Fitzgerald, 63, died of
 cerebral hemorrhage Saturday af- ternoon at Providence Hospital, five days after he had been flown south from Juneau for treatment. Office of the Dead will be chant ed this evening by priests from Seattle College and Seattle Pre- paratory School.
 In Spokane, Bishop Charles Daniel White, who participated in
 Bishop Fitzgerald's consecration, will sing the solemn pontifical requiem mass Thursday morning
 in St. Aloysius Church Burial
 will follow in St Michaels Gene
 tery there.
 The body will be accompanied to Spokane by the Very Rev. liar old o. Small, president of Seattle College. ssss@ ,.s Administration of the Bishopric iof Alaska will be taken over, Rev Small said, by Rev. Paul de Schout, Superior General of the Jesuits in the Territory, now at
 Nome, pending selection of a new
 bishop.
 Bishop Fitzgerald became Bishop ,of Alaska on the death of Bishop
 Crimont, May 20, 1945. He was
 born in Peola, Garfield County,
 Wash, March IT, 1883. He at
 tended Gonzaga University at
 Spokane, was ordained in 1921 and
 became President of that institu tion in 1921, remaining in that official capacity until 1927. He then became rector of Man resa hall at Port Townsend and in 1928 became rector of Seattle college, Seattle. In 1881 he was vice provincial. Society of Jesus, Rocky Mountain region, and be- came provincial of the S.J. of Oregon province in 1892, where he remained until his appoint ment in Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
CONDITION OF ALA5kA RR IS
 JUST TERRIBLE
Vice President of Brother hood Railroad Trdinmen
 Backs Up Johnson

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 21 -lR-Charles w. Stephens. vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said here to- day he agreed completely with Col. J. P. Johnson that the "en- tire Alaska Railroad is in terrible condition"
 Stephens is here for conference with officials of the Federal gov ernments Alaska line, of which Col. Johnson is general manager.
 The trainmen's union is asking for many changes, with adequate housing as the prime objective, Stephens said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
FRITZ COVE CUTOFF
 CLOSED ON WEEK DAYS

The Fritz Cove or Engineers Cut off, officially known as the Men denhall Peninsula Road, will be closed daily, except Sunday, be- tween the hours of a.m., and 5 pm. according to an announcement made today by the U. s. Forest Service The closure will be effec- tive for three or four weeks.
 The Forest Service explained that continuous hauling with heavy gravel trucks by the Sommers Con struction Go. makes driving on this narrow road extremely hazardous during working hours. The Som- mers Go. is constructing a one mile spur road on the peninsula.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
SNETTISHAN AREA OPEN
 TO COMMERCIAL FISHING

The Regional Office of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announc- ed today that Port Snettishan northeast of line from Sentinel Point to Sharp Point, is now open to commercial salmon fishing by gillnets only. The order was effec- tive at m. today and extends until 6 pm, Aug. Is. The area will be recpened from 6 am., Sept. to pm. Sept. 20.
 It was also announced that cOm- mercial salmon fishing has been closed, effective last Saturday, in the Nushagak District of the Bris- tol Bay area until am, Aug. 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
ON JUNEAU FISHING TRIP

Gen. H. H. Arnold and his wife were visitors in Juneau over the weekend, arriving from Fort Rich- ardson on a Boeing B-17 on Sunday afternoon. They left this morning aboard the Standard Oil tanker Lombardi fol their home in Cali fornia General Hap" Arnold, for mer Commanding General of the U. s. Army Air Forces and his wife have been on an Alaskan va cation as the guests of the Stan dard Oil Company and Major Gen eral Howard Craig, Commanding General of all Armed Forces in AL aska.
 While here, Gen. and Mrs. Ar hold were guests of Jim Huston, District Engineer and Mrs. Illus ton on a fishing trip. Arnold hook ed 35 pound salmon, the largest fish he has ever caught in his life, off of Point Salisbury. Arnold was the only one to catch fish on the trip. Gen. and Mrs. Arnold also called on Mrs. Ernest Gruening yesterday afternoon.
 The General and his wife tray elled to Alaska on the so tanker Lornbardi to Seward. where they were met by Gen. Craig, who es- corted them on a flying trip around the Territory. Gen. Craig flew them to Juneau yesterday after noon in his Boeing B-17 bomber Craig returned to Whitehorse in the hopes of securing the addition al company of Lord Halifax, the Governor General of Canada, who is visiting there. Lord Halifax was unable to accept the invitation and Craig returned to Juneau.
 Other members of the Alaskan Air Command accompanying the Arnolds were It. Col. Stilwell, son of General Joseph Stilwell, Capt. Paul Shirley, Capt. Robert J. Luehke, M-Sgt Alfred Riyen and T-Sgt. Harold R. Hoyt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
Veterans May Cash Their
 Terminal Leave Bonds Any
 Time After September One

WASHINGTON. July 21.-iR- The Senate has passed and sent to the White House bill per- hitting veterans to cash Sl,800,- 0G0,000 worth of terminal leave pay bonds.
 Passage was by vote of 85 to O. The bill was passed by the House 386 to o about two weeks ago.
 The bonds are held by approxi- mately 9,O00,000 veterans, most of whom are former enlisted men. They were issued last year after Congress voted to pay enlisted men for unused leave which they had accumulated in service. Offi- cers were paid in cash for accrued leave.
 The bill sent to the White House would permit-but not require cashing of the bonds any time after September l. At present the bonds have maturity date five years from their issuance.
 Previously the Senate passed by voice vote and sent to the House another hill to increase liv- ing allowance to veterans attend ing school under the CT Bill of Rights.
 The living allowance bill is as follows: single veterans, from the present $65 a month to $75; mar ried veterans without children, from $90 to $105; married veterans with children, from S90 to Sl20.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
LABOR DEPT. (URTA|LIHG
 ACTIVITIES

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2l.- Curtailment of services of the U. s. Department of Labor for the West Coast region was announced here today to meet the l947-48 de- partment budget as finally ap- proved by Congress.
 Liquidated was the Information Division, distributing point for eight western states, for informa- ton emanating from regional of fices here. This division closed it's door permanently July IS.
 A 20 percent curtailment of ser vice has already been put into effect by the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions in charge of enforcement and com pliance under the minimum wage, 40-hour week, child labor and contracts governing labor condi- tions for supplies to the federal government. Since the cessation of hostilities of World War II, the Wage and Hour division has cut it's services 50 percent.
 The Child Labor and Youth Elm ployment Branch closed it's offices last month.
 U. s. Employment Service. with 25 employees last January l, is reduced to three professional per sonnel, and due to the failure of the passage of the Presidents Re- organization Plan by Congress is slated to leave the Department of Labor within six months after the termination of the war and become a branch of the Federal Security Agency.
 Consolidation Service is trans ferred out of the Department of Labor, effective August 23, to be- come an independent agency to be known as the Federal Mediation and Consolidation Service.
 Bureau of Labor Statistics is re- duced from 70 personnel in five states to 25 personnel in an ex- banded region of Il states.
 The Regional Attorneys Office retains the same personnel but adds the State of Montana, while Apprentice Training Service took an overall 20 percent cut in bud get.
 Post war automatic liquidation had previously eliminated the war necessary Labor Department agen- cies of Retraining and Re-employ- ment Administration, Wage Ad- justment Board and Ship Stabili- zation Committee.
 Added to the Departments re- responsibilities, however, is the new Veterans employment Rights Division, which has taken over the postwar work of Selective Ser vice.
 National Labor Relations Board, outside the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Labor or his depart ment, will have the responsibility of administering the Taft-Hartley National Labor Relations Act, and expects an expansion in personnel.
 Representative of the Labor Department will continue to par ticipate in International Labor ac- tivities.
 In the agencies retained, many area offices in cities outside Of San Francisco have been closed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
lT0(x 0uOTA7i0Nl

NEW YORK, July 21.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 92h, Anaconda 37is, Curtiss- Wright Az, International Harvester 88, Kennecott 45a, New York Central 16ls, Northern Pacific 20s4, U. S.. Steel 737s, Pound S4.02%.
 Sales today were $40 600 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 1852, rails 5025, utili- ties 3544,