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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
EXPLORERS BOUND FOR
 WILLIAM SOUND AREA
 ON GLACIER STUDY

An exploring party bound for little known Prince William Sound glaciers, stopped here overnight af- ter arriving aboard the Princess Norah.
 Neil Douglas, explorer and lectur- CT, heads the group which will make two new adventure films in color for his 1850 lecture program Unusual features of Juneau will be included in the films Douglas is building this year, as well as other areas as far north as Point Bar row and as far west ss Wales and Kotzebue.
 Blue Wrath" Douglas l947 film made in the active glaciers of Prince William Sound, will be shown in Juneau on July 16, when the party comes through Juneau cn their return,
 Douglas has explored and named a number of Alaskan regions for scientific publication and for forth coming maps. He also records his adventures for lecture touring. He was one of the first to use sound cn-wire for recording the discharge and thunder of glaciers. He discov- cred and made the first ascent of a new mountain ridge in the Muir region of Glacier Bay which he has named White Thunder Ridge"
 MT. and Mrs. James Dolan of Val deg will act as director of opera tions and commissarian for the ex- petition. Douglas brought with him live staff members.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
MANY TO ATTEND GALA NFFE DINNER
 AT COUNTRY CLUB

Tonight's banquet promises to be even more successful than the one given in October by the National Federation of Federal Employees, with George Haen, secretary of the Juneau NFFE chapter, having to call several times to increase the number of reservations at the Salmon Creek Country Club.
 While it is sponsored by the NFFE, all Federal employees and their guests are invited. There were nearly 200 reservations at noon today. About 125 persons enjoyed the October party.
 We are going to be hard put to provide free transportation as promised" said President Milton J. Furness this morning.
 However, we will do it. It will be appreciated, though, if all driv- CTS having space will stop in front of the Federal Building at 7:15 o'clock to pick up passengers"
 The dinner is scheduled for 8 o'clock. Preliminary planning was in the care of Miss Irene Lehman of the Forest Service, in the ab- sence of William E. Twenhofel, program and entertainment chair man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
JULY 4 CANDIDATES
 SERVE AS MODELS, SAT. STYLE SHOW

A chance to see all five candi- dates for Queen of the Fourth of July carnival will be given in a special event just announced fol Saturday evening.
 They will serve as models for a style show from 7:45 to o'clock Saturday on the stage of the 2Oth Century Theatre, with Miss Jacquie Fisher as commentator.
 The fashion parade theme will be crisp, cool summer cuttons loaned by Gordon's Dress Shop.
 The popular Autie Goodman Trio now appearing at the Bara- nof Bubble Room will provide music for modelling.
 In the royal fashion parade will be Betty Haynes, who is sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi Sorority; Anna belle Poe, Central Labor Council; Martha Newbould, American Le- g.on and Rotary Club; Carmen Mantyla, Lions Club, and Juanita Diaz, sponsored by four Catholic organizations and the Filipino Community.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
W0MAN'S HEAD IS BLOWN 0FFF,
 SHOOTING CASE

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 22- lR-Air Force officials today con- tinued an investigation of the death of Mrs Cora Pace, 3l, whose lifeless hody was. found yesterday r. her room at Slater camp near here.
 Mrs. Pace's head had been vir- tually blown off by the blast of . 3006 rifle.
 Ladd Air Base Office of Special Investigation agents found the tody on the floor of her locked room with the weapon by her side. AL trough no suicide note was found, investigators stated that evidence pointed to suicide.
 The victim was a native oi 5weetgrass Toole, Mont, and a former Department of Air Force civilian employee. She resigned her job Monday after having served as secretary at the Station Hos- pital here for the last year.
 Her husband, Lloyd B. Pace, is an employee of the Air Instaila- tions office at Ladd Air Base. He could give no reason tor the tragedy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22

 Testifies 10
 LoveAffairs
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 Judith Coplon refused to be shak- en today from her love-for-a-Rus- sian defense despite admissions at her espionage trial that she had spent several nights with bachelor government lawyer.
 Under renewed cross examination, the former Justice Department poli- tical analyst told and re-told her story of meeting and falling in love with Valentine A. Gubitchev.
 Gubitchev is a Russian engineer who was assigned to the United Nations staff in New York.
 The 28-year-old Miss Coplon in- sisted from the stand in a Wash ington courtroom that Gubitchev had told her he had broken with the Soviets and was going into the formalities" of becoming an Ameri- can citizen.
 The defendant made a point, too, of what she called Gubitchev's job with the U. N. Secretariat rather than with the Russian delegation itself. She said the Secretariat is like an international civil service" !"
 This is not as sensational as you are trying to make it." Miss Coplon shot at the government prosecutor at one point.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
The Washington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
lcopyrisht. ls4s. by Bell Syndicate, Inc. ,

lCopyrient' lS49 py Bell syndicate, Incl " VASHINGTON The 48-hour mystery over J. Edgar Hoover's re- signing as head of the FBI got stir red. up from two separate sources.
 One was President Truman, who got highly indignant at the smear ing of a lot of innocent bystanders when the FBI reports in the Judith Coplon case were published. Tru- man felt that unchecked rumors should not have been allowed to get into the FBI files, and for while he was all for firing the efficient FBI chief.
 The other source was J. Edgar Hoover's public relations man, Lou Nichols, a smart and likeable Greek-American formerly Nicholo- polous, who, in his zeal to protect his boss, sometimes outsmarts him. self.
 It was Nichols who set in mo- tion the rumor that Hoover was about to resign-as a backfire against Trumans intimation that it might be a good thing to have Hoover resign.
 Nichols was busy as bird dog dropping hints to newsmen about friction between Hoover and his chief, Attorney General Tom Clark,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
Fight IS Staged on Floor Of National E7ous<
SALMON ALREADY
 STACKING HIGH AT
 SEATTLE TERMINAL

SEATTLE, June 22.-tR-In the vast labrinth of Salmon Terminals, Inc, at Pier "A, sweating longshore- men began piling up fortune this week.
 They were piling up cases of AL aska canned salmon, brought in by the historic old gold ship" Vic- toria. The season is just getting started; the tiers of salmon cases are only in the formative stage. but before the season ends, there will be from two to three million cases stored in Pier "A and Pier 25.
 The Victoria, commanded by Cap tain Adolph Danielson, was unload ing Monday and Tuesday the sec ond load of any consequence of the current season--some 37,000 cases including halves and tails, from Prince William Sound. The Vie also brought in 5000 cases of clans from Cordova.
 First shipment was discharged last week from the SS. Abigail Ad- ans. Reports are that the Cordova and Prince William Sound area had it's heaviest run of red salmon ln seven years. The Adams and the Victoria brought down the bulk ot this pack, according to 2nd Mate Manuel Carames of the Victoria.
 Such loads as the two ships had however, are slight compared with the cargoes of 100000 and 25O,OOC cases that will be coming down lat CT in the season from other Alaska areas, pointed out D. c. Curtis foreman at Salmon Terminals.
 All summer long, winches will rattle and noisy jitneys will rumble over the planking with wagon loads of canned salmon at the Seattle terminal. Solid walls of smooth cardboard cases will fill two floors of the big warehouses, there to be stored until shipped to markets all over the country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
RICHMOND ON TOUR
 OF COMPANY STORES

Having quick look at Northern Commercial Companys 32 estab- lishments in the Northland (three in Yukon Territory, Volney Rich mond, Jr., Vice President, arrived yesterday from Seattle, and was scheduled on today's flight to An cborage
 Richmond, who formerly spent five or six months year in the Territory, has additional responsi- bilities in the company since his father turned over some activities, and is able to come only once or twice year.
 He was accompanied north on the Pan American flight by Howard D. Stephens, who is in charge of the N. c. machinery department. The company's large machine establishments are here dncluding the marine ways), also in Ketchi- kan, Fairbanks, Anchorage and Nome.
 Stephens plans to go out tomor- row, to meet two officials of the Caterpillar Tractor Company and show them around the Interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
FULL POWERS ASKED
 FOR PRESIDENT IN HAWAII SHIP STRIKE

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, June 22-iR-Gov. Ingram M. Stain- back of Hawaii today introduced a resolution at the Governors Con- ference asking Congress to grant the President full and adequate" pow CTS to Ideal with all matters which may interrupt" shipping to Hawaii
 He submitted the resolution u the resolutions committee of the con- ference.
 Alaska was not mentioned in the draft submitted by the governor, but he said he may broaden 1t to in- clude that Territory, too.
 Governor Stainback also offered another proposal to the resolutions committee. It would remove all ra- cial qualifications for naturalization
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
FIRST PAVING OF
 SEASON LAID ON
 ALA5KA HIGHWAY

A telegram today from Cathedral Bluffs brought good news to Col. John R. Moves, Alaska Road Con- missioner. It told that the first actual placing of bituminous sur face this season on roads under ARC. supervision is under way.
 Babler Brothers and Rogers, Con- tractors, began application of as- phaltic paving yesterday on the Alaska Highway between Tok Junc- tion and Johnson River. The rest is under contract.
 Colonel Moves planned to leave for Ketchikan this noon, to meet with the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce and the Town Council of Metlakatla, concerning right of way for the Annette Island road.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
'MtLAIN IS ELECTED C0MD0. OF ALASKA
 DEPARTMENT OF AL.
Two Juneauites Chosen 10 Offices dt Convention,
 Mi. Mckinley Park

FAIRBANKS, June 22.-tR-Perry McClain of Anchorage was elected commander for the Alaska Depart ment of the American Legion at the Territory's thirtieth annual con- vention which closed Sunday at Mount Mckinley National Park. The session endorsed Alaska Statehood and urged support by the National Legion committee for fif- teen million dollar housing appro- priation for Alaska.
 Perry s. Brown, National Con- mander, told delegates of national defense developments and housing legislation affecting the area. Mrs. Einar Tonseth of Fairbanks was elected head of the Auxiliary. Oth- CT new officers include: Al Rasmus, Adak, first vice president; John Carlberg, Fort Richardson, second vice president; John Van Horn of Sitka, sergeant-at-arms; Frank Cooper, Seward, historian; George McNabb, Fairbanks, judge advocate; Chester zenger, Juneau, and Peter Melseth, Anchorage, executive com mitteemen.
 Ethel Lindley was appointed ad- jutant.
 Auxiliary officers named were: Della Saarf. Petersburg, first vice president; Edith Davis, Anchorage, second vice president; Lida Rowley, Anchorage, secretary treasurer; Vir- ginia Noonan, Cordova, historian; Betty Lee Van Horn, Sitka, Chap lain; Sandra zenger, Juneau, ser geant-at-arms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
Big Housing Development
 Anchorage

SEATTLE, June 22-tR--A $l2,- 900, 900 housing development at An chcrage will get underway July l5 when ground for the project is broken at Anchorage, Harry Lewis, President of the Alaska Develop ment Corporation, said today
 The new corporation has plans to build housing units for 682 antilles.
 Construction will be by Lewis company, the Lewis Construction Company, of Seattle.
 The project is Alaska's largest housing development.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
MRS. SARAH IR0WER
 DIES AT HOME HERE

Mrs. Sarah Trower, 87, died at her home here yesterday afternoon.
 Born in England January l6, 1862, Mrs. Trower went to Seattle in 1888 with her husband and two infant sons, now both deceased. She came to Juneau to make her home in 1882 and has lived here since that time.
 She is survived by one daughter, Miss Olive Trower of Juneau, a sister, Mrs. James Bysouth of Seattle and two granddaughters in Seattle.
 Miss Trawer will leave aboard the Princess Norah Friday with the re- mains to be buried in the family plot in Seattle.
 The body will lie in state at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary be- tween 5 and g tomorrow evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
PUNCHES
 SWING IN CONGRESS
Two Representatives Ev- change Blows Before
 They Are Parted

WASHINGTON, June 22.--th--A punch swinging encouter between 83-year-old Rep. Sabath (D-IlD and Rep Cox (D-Ga) took place on the House floor today, touched off by dispute over the Administration housing bill.
 An eye witness, Rep. Walter (D- Pal, said Cox. who is in his 60'C Tapped Sabath in the mouth and xnocked off his glasses.
 He said Sabath countered with one two right and left to Cox face before they were parted.
 The unbilled one-rounder came during quorum call to get more members of on the floor for the start of debate on the housing bill.
 Walter said it began in an ar- gument over whether Sabath would give Cox time to talk.
 There had been a bitter previous debate. with Sabath jumping on the real estate lobby and pleading with the House to help deserving American citizens" who are crying for housing.
 Then came the quorumf call. That stops tusiness and reporters in the gallery over the chamber went outside to write. The scrap .etween Sabath and Cox sent them rushing downstairs to the floor, where Walter told, them that this ,appened:
 Sabath was sitting down at 2 table when Cox came up. leaned over and asked for 10 minutes to make speech.
 Sabath, as Chairman of the Rules Committee, is portioning out time for debate over what rule the housing legislation shall be con- sidered under.
 Sabath told Cox he didn't have that much time.
 Cox called him a "liar."
 Then, Walter went on:
 Cox slapped him in the mouth and knocked off his glasses. Sabatn jabbed him back, right and a eft to the face. A pair of beauties"
 About then, Rep. Delaney O. ND jumped in between them with nis 200 pounds Cox walked away but came back in two or three minutes.
 Sabath motioned him off with a hand and 8 crowd of Congressmen gathered around to stop any further fist swinging.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
POLICE CHIEF HAPPY
 OVER PARKING METERS

Most of the time, Police Chief Bernie Hulk probably would sub- scribe to the familiar Gilbert. and Sullivan phrase, "A policeman's life is not a happy lot"
 Today, however, the chief was in happy mood-all because of park ing meters. Downtown streets pro- vided smooth flow of traffic. and, according to Chief Hulk, many resi- dents told him how fine the new system is, that now is the first time they have been able to find parking places while downtown shopping.
 Chief Hulk reminds motorists that meters on the green posts are for a maximum of l2 minutes parking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
FINAL RITES FOR
 MRS. BESS WYNN

Funeral services for Mrs. Bess Vim were held in the Episcopal Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Samuel McPhetres conducting the ceremony. Brief graveside rites preceded the burial in the family plot at Evergreen Cemetery.
 Mrs. Vim died last week in a Seattle hospital following an opera ton. Her two daughters, Mrs. Bar bara Roberts and. Miss Suzy Vim, arrived here from Seattle yesterday to attend services. Other survivors are her son, William, and two grandchildren.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
PLEA MADE BYA(HE50N
 FOR TREATY
Secretary of State, Back from Paris, Urges At-
 Idntie Paet Approval

WASHINGTON, June 22 -R- Secretary of State Acheson ap- pealed today for action at this Congress session on the Atlantic Treaty and the Armed Assistance program He got backing from Senator Vandenberg CR-Mich).
 Vandenberg, Republican leader on Foreign Policy matters, said Congress can't adjourn without acting on both"
 Acheson met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee be- lind closed doors to discuss, among other things, the outcome of the Big Four Foreign Ministers con ference in Paris.
 Later he issued a statement which said he told the Senators the results "reemphasize" the need for Congressional action at this session on the Pact and the arms program.
 There's cautious optimism on soth sides of the iron curtain as 10 what may come of the Paris conference decisions. The general feeling is that the partial decisions may bear fruit especially in Austria.
 On that score, Britain's Ernest Bevin returned home and said possibilities for cooperation look letter. He added, however. that how the Paris decisions are inter- pieted and carried out will-deter- nine their value.
 On the Soviet side of the iron curtain, Pravda summed up the Russian view. It said the United States has not yet said goodbye to impossible hopes of dictating to the entire world. Still, Pravda said, the conference demonstrated that agreements are possible when tke practice of dictation is left at the threshold of the council cham Der.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
TRAILER TRUCKING TO BE ESTABLISHED,
 RUPERT TO HAYNES

SEATTLE, June 22.-lR-A new type of Seattle-Alaska shipping op- eration will be undertaken this week by Alaska Freight Lines, Inc, it is learned here.
 The firm will transport army per- ishable cargro from Seattle to Prince Rupert, B. C., by rail, then haul it by barge in refrigerated trailer boxes to Haines, Alaska, from where it will be trucked to Fairbanks and Anchorage.
 First trip from Prince Rupert is scheduled tentatively for Saturday. A Seattle tug, the Shinn of Ocean Tow, Inc, left this week for Haines to pick up its barge for the first voyage.
 The firm reportedly plans to schedule one round trip week. be- tween Rupert and Haines. The barge is expected to carry l2 trail CTS of from 35 to 40 feet in length with a total of from 300 to 400 tons of cargo.
 Although the plan is regarded as something of an experiment. the company reportedly hopes to com- plete shipments from Seattle to AL aska destinations in seven or eight days for each trip.
 From Haines, the trucks will carry the freight over the Haines Cutoff to Fairbanks and Anchorage it was reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
TAKU RIVER IN COLOR
 SLIDES TO BE SHOWN
 AT CHAMBER MEETING

A top-rate collection of color slides on the Taku River area, will be shown at the Chamber of Com merce meeting tomorrow noon at the Baranof, with an eye toward showing tourist attraction possi- Utilities of the inland water way.
 Harry Sperling of the US. For est Service will show films and talk briefly on the area.
 ! A special business meeting will precede the program,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
FISHING ENTERTAINS YOUNG VISITOR HERE
 FROM CALIFORNIA

Fishing is the principal interest of David Denton. young nephew of Norman Banfield who arrived in Juneau by Pan American Saturday
 David, whose home is in Vallejo. Calif., has been fishing every day since his arrival. So far. his best luck has been with Dolly Warden. caught on a trip to Eagle River with w. P. Johnson Tuesday after noon.
 At the end of the week. David will leave with his uncle and Mir. and Mrs. Bert Caro- for fishing trip to Whitehorse. Yukon Terri tory, Marsh and Teslin lakes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday
 Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday.
 Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver June 28.
 Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive 8 am. Friday and sails south at 9:30 am.
 Aleutian scheduled southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 22.-tK--Cios- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2M, American Can 89la, Anaconda 26M. Curtiss- Wright 8ls. International Harvest CT 23&, Kennecott 43as, New York Central 10, Northern Pacific 1874 U. s. Steel 21h, Pound $4.03.
 Sales today were 550,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 165.64, rails 4290, util- ities 34.25.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
IN FROM PIT. BARROW
 ON PURCHASING TRIP

Ed Burnell operator of the AL aska Native Service coal mine at Point Barrow came in aboard Pan Americans flight from Fairbanks yesterday on 10-day purchasing trip for supplies.
 Burnell said about IS men are working on the mine crew during the winter months putting out ap- proximately HOO tons of coal for consumption by ANS installations and villagers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
ROBERT FELLOWS GOES
 TO MT. MCKINLEY PARK

Robert E. Fellows, who with his wife and family, has been visiting the B. D. Stewards, left yesterday for Fairbanks.
 There he will join a party which reached the Interior by car, with all their equipment for summer geo. logical survey. Their work will be in Mt. Mckinley Park.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-22
PLANS FOR AIR ARM,
 U. }. NAVY
pIanation Given for Modernization of Car
 riers as Now Proposed
By ELTON c. FAY Associated Press Military Affairs Reporter


 WASHINGTON, June g -R- The Navy is getting a longer reaching harder-hitting air arm.
 This was the explanation in Naval circles today for the carrier modernization plans announced by Secretary of Defense Johnson yes- terday with President Truman's approval.
 The flight decks of existing car riers are being 'steefed up," the ships elevators are being enlarged and their catapults given greater capacity, to handle new long range patrol bombers and the big jet fighters with high landing and takeoff speeds.
 With the tempo increased all around the Navy is even putting in escalators to speed the airmen to their planes.
 Johnson announced yesterday that this sort of conversion has been authorized for two more 27,c0O-ton carriers. Their names were not disclosed, but they will come from the reserve fleet.
 The cost of the work was esti- mated by Navy experts at about $50 0,0oo,000 for the two. Johnson said the money would be saved through cancellation of plans to build 650o0-ton supercarrier. Its cost would have been at least $l89 100000 and perhaps consid- erably more.
 In a commencement speech at the National War College, Johnson referred to criticism of his order last spring stopping work on the supercarrier United States. He de- clared some had twisted his action into an interpretation that some national defense leaders were per- scouting the Navy.
 Then he said he wanted it under stood he is for carriers. His an- nouncement of the two additional carrier conversions followed.
 On Capitol Hill, Johnson's &C., ton was viewed by some as re- cession from his crack-down order on the superce~rier.
 Rep. Short (R-Mo), ranking Re- publican member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Johnson was "backtracking" and hf added that perhaps after all the Navy wasn't so far wrong"
 Conversion of the two 27,000- tonners-the Essex and Wasp-al- ready is under way. The cost of conversion apparently has risen sharply since work started on these two flattops. A few months ago the estimate for changes on them totaled $58, 100000. but it is understood the latest estimate has climbed to about $74,000,000.
 Another ship of the 27,0O0-ton Essex class, the Oriskay, is being built, scheduled for launching in year. Improvements planned for the four existing ships are being built into the Oriskay
 In addition, the three big 45.0O0- ton carriers-the Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Coral Sea--al- ready have been converted to handle the new type planes.
 Thus, the Navy will have eight improved carriers within the next two years, when conversion of the Essex and Wasp can be completed.