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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
BLONDE GIRL E FACING JURY IN
 KILLING TRAGEDY

WAUKEGAN, Ill, July 27-tR-A 17-year-old blonde accused of mur- dering her 53 year old married boy friend said today she tried to break off her romance with him when she found out he was "old enough to be my grandfather"
 Joyce Schumaker testified in her own defense at her murder trial before crowded courtroom which included scores of bohby-soxers.
 She is accused of the fatal shoot ing of Carl Reeder, clerk in the high school she attended, in his parked car April 4.
 Shortly before her testimony, Cir cult Judge William M. Carroll denied a defense motion for a di- rected verdict of acquittal
 The state accuses Joyce of shoot ing Reeder because he refused to divorce his wife and marry her. The defense says the shooting was an accident.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
HAWAIIAN STRIKE
 SITUATION IS PUT
 UP TO LEGISLATURE
Governor Asks for Elmer geney Powers as CI0
 Continues Threats

HONOLULU, July 27.--lH-CIC strike leaders renewed threats to- day to invoke West Coast blockade against Hawaii shipping handled under proposed emergency legislation.
 Gov. Ingram M. Stainback told the legislature in opening spec ial session yesterday to ignore such assertions by spokesmen for the striking International Longshore- mems and Warehousemen's Union
 But ILWU's Henry Schmidt came right back with:
 If strike breaking apparatus is set up here. no matter how it is done, the West Coast will cooper ate with us so the strike won't be broken.
 Hawaii's six ports have been tied up 88 days by the ILWU demand to increase pay of 2,000 longshore- men from $140 to $172 an hour Before negotiations collapsed weeks ago, the employers offered Sl.52. Bill In Legislature
 Key bill before the legislature seeks authority for Stainback to take over essential industries and run them-under civil service-as public utilities if labor disputes are not settled during a 1l6 day cool ing off period. The right to strike would be restricted in hospitals sugar and pineapple operations and the docks
 Stainback said:
 The threat has heen made by certain labor leaders . that if this Territory has the audacity to operate stevedoring on its own docks and with it's own labor, this Territory will be blockaded by a refusal to unload such cargo on the coast.
 Violayon Charge
 T am authoritatively advised that any such attempt will be a direct violation of the Federal La bor Relations Act"
 The governor spoke again and again of the islands dependence on ocean going transportation. He called it the juglar vein" of Hawaii.
 Since the strike began May 1 only emergency food, medicines and livestock have been allowed to come in. There have been no exports of sugar and pineapple Stainback said, and unless they get relief soon, many of our en- terprises will be forced out oi business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
NEED MORE BOATS
 AND BOAT SPACE
 FOR DERBY DAYl

More boats, or space on boats, is the call put out today by the cen tral committee of the 1949 Golden North Salmon Derby.
 Anyone having a hoat not in use for the weekend or anyone having available space on boat is asked by the committee to give informa- tion to Ralph Wright at the Cham Der of Commerce Tourist Informa- ton Center.
 SKIFF TOW
 The committee announces thai a limited number of skiffs car be accommodated in a towing op- eration to Tee Harbor tomorrow morning at 10 am. Anyone wish ing skiff lowed to the harbol for the Derby is asked to call 961.
 BUS TO OPERATE
 A special bus will be operated tc Tee Harbor the three days of the Derby, the committee announces The bus will leave the Juneau de- pot at 5:30 am. each of the three mornings and will leave Tee liar Dor at an evening hour to accom- modate fishermen.
 ASK SAFETY FIRST
 A caution to use safety method. in boat operations was expressed today by the Salmon Derby com mittee. Do Not Overload You Boat, warns the committee. Have a life preserver for every persor aboard.
 The Coast Guard cutter Stori. will be in the area for the three days as a safety precaution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
ROYAL MAS0NS HONOR GUESTSAT
 DINNER TONIGHT

High-ranking Royal Arch Ma sons arrived here today on an offi- cial tour of the Territory.
 They will be guests at a mo- host dinner tonight at 2 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple with invitations extended to all Mas ter Masons in the Gastineau Chan mel area and vicinity.
 In the party arriving here by plane from Ketchikan were Earl E. Dusenbery, Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons with head quarters in Des Moines, Iowa Frank E. Simmons of Winnipeg Manitoba, Past Grand First Prin- cipal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; Roscoe R Walcutt of Columbus, O., General Grand Secretary of the General Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons and William E. Pool of Mankato Minn., Past Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chap ter of Royal Arch Masons.
 Mrs. Dusenbery and Mrs. Sim mons arrived here last evening aboard the Princess Louise to join their husbands during their stay in Juneau
 The Royal Arch Masons plan to continue their tour after a two day stay here, going to Fairbanks and Anchorage to visit Chapter No and Chapter No. 3.
 The four men will be speakers of the evening at tonights dinner Plans have been formulated for a school of instruction for the bene- fit of Taku Chapter during the Masons' stay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
Polar Fuehng Bases Proposed for Air Force
Committed 16 BurgIaries 10
 Get 10 Alaska

SEATTLE, July 27-tA-Gordon L. Quigley, convicted of committing l6 burglaries to get to Alaska ana become a trapper, was sent to the reformatory instead yesterday.
 Superior Judge Robert M. Jones gave him up to Is years, the time he actually serves to be set by the parole board. He turned down the plea of defense counsel P. l.. Bur ton for a deferred sentence for the man, 23, a former Boston College student.
 The lawyer told the judge that Quigley had travelled all over the United States seeking high, dry, cold climate,' that would enable him to live without suffering from his asthma. He thought he would find such a spot in Alaska, and began committing the burglaries to get the money to outfit himself as a trapper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
BRITISH REQUEST. LARGE AMOUNT FOR
 EMERGENCY NEEDS
"CouId Break Marshall Plan Wide 0pen" Is
 Opinion of French
(Ry The Associated Pressl

The British financial crisis has touched off crisis in all Mar shall Plan countries. Britain has requested an additional $624,000, 900 to meet her emergency needs. A French spokesman said the British request could break the Marshall Plan wide open"
 An American economist in Paris said the other Western European nations will never stand for" the British request. The other partic- ipating nations had become resign ed to a slash in American recov- cry aid.
 In Washington Democratic party leaders said they would support a recovery fund of about 16 per cent below what the European countries had hoped to receive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
AIR BASES IN ARCTIC
 pROp05ED
Would Provide Bombers with Posts from Which to
 Make Strikes, Any Area
By ELTON c. FAY

WASHINGTON, July 27.--tR-~ The Air Force is talking about forward air bases deep in the Arc- tic at which bombers could refuel on strikes across the Polar Cap.
 A cautious official reference to this hitherto secret plan for stretch. ing the reach of bombers operating from airfields within the United State came to light today. In a report on plans and money needs for the new heavy bomber base at Limestone, Me, the Air Force says:
 "A typical Polar operation might involve aircraft taking. off from United States air bases, the stag ing or topping off of these air craft at forward bases in north ern Canada, Greenland, or even the Polar Ice Cap.
 Made Claim Good
 This project may explain how the USAF can make good it's claim that the huge B-36 bomber can strike virtually all significant mil itary targets on the earth from bases in the western hemisphere"
 The distance from bases within the United States itself to potential targets in the heartland of the Eurasian continent would be be- yond the range of even the B-36. However, the new strategy suggest 1 cd in the report indicates that the missions. would operate like this A B-36, whose home field was Limestone or some other airdromc in the United States. would load up with bombs--and a compara- lively light load of fuel. It woulc fly two or three thousand miles to staging base on the rim of the North American continent, in Greenland or elsewhere in the far north. There the bomber would top off' it's fuel tanks fin them to capacity. That would carry the intercontinentsl bomber to the target and back to the staging base or to friendly territory be-
 yond enemy territory.
 Claims of Strategists Strategists say the advantages Of such Arctic staging bases would include:
 tA) Operation of forward air. fields with minimum of person. nel and equipment. Only refueling equipment would be needed. There would be no hangar or major re- pair facilities, The number of men required would be small.
 tB) At no time would there be concentration of big bombers at the forward fields Gas there would be if they were major airdromes, to present profitable target for any enemy air raid.
 co The striking reach of the smaller B-29s and B-50s, as well as the B-36. could be extended.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
MRS. ROOSEVELT
 MAKES REPLY TO
 CARD. SpELLMAN
Will Continue to Stand for Things Which She Be-
 Iieves Are Right

HYDE PARK, N. Y., July 27.-tR Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, deny ing any "bias against the Roman Catholic Church" said today she would continue to stand for the things in our government which I think are right"
 She made the statements in a letter to Francis Cardinal Spell man who assailed her last Friday in a letter for a record of anti Catholicism unworthy of an American mother" T assure you," wrote Mrs Roosevelt that I have no sense of being an unworthy American mother The final judgment. my dear Cardinal Spellman, of the unworthiness of all human beings is in the hands of Coc..'.
 Bardep Bill Controversy
 The controversy stemmed from Mrs. Roosevelt's opposition to fed eral aid to parochial schools. Card inal Spellman said Mrs. Roosevelt aligned herself with packers of the Barden bill in her June 23 col umn and two others. The Barden bill would permit federal aid only to public schools. Mrs. Roosevelt mentioned Cardinal Spellman's op- position to the Barden bill in her column.
 In New York, secretary of the Cardinal said there was no inn mediate reply. In his letter of last Friday the Cardinal said T shall not again publicly acknowledge you"
 Mrs. Roosevelt wrote the Card inal
 T have no bias against the Ro- man Catholic Church. She added:
 T have no intention of attack ing you personally, nor of attack ing the Roman Catholic Church but shall, of course, continue to stand for the things in oui government which I think are right
 They may lead me to be in opposition to you and to other groups within our country. but ] shall always act, as far as I am able, from real conviction and hon. est belief"
 In her reply today Mrs. Roose- welt said: T have never advocated the Barden bill nor any other specific bill on education now be- fore Congress. I believe, however in federal aid to education"
 The Barden bill is substitute for a measure already passed by the Senate which would allow the states to use the federal funds for parochial and private schools if they so desired.
 The Cardinals attack on Mrs Roosevelt brought her support from such persons as former New York State Governor Herbert L. Leh- man, Bernard Baruch and the Rt Rev. Charles K. Gilbert, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
FOREIGN AID
 BILL IS SEN I BACK TO COM.
Parliamentary Snarl Over Amendment Is Cause of
 Quick Action Today

WASHINGTON, July 27.-lR-- The Senate sent the whole $5,- 723,000,000 foreign aid bill back to its appropriations committee today
 The decision was made in the process of unwinding a parliament tary snarl over an amendment which would have forced the Economic Cooperation Administra- tion to buy $1,500,O 100000 in surplus American farm commodities.
 Senator Mcclellan CD-Ark) spon- sored the provision which was rip ped out of the bill on move by Senator Lucas GID, the Democratic leader.
 Then Mcclellan raised a point of order against the whole bill contending it contains legislation The Senate rules forbid legislation in an appropriation bill
 Vice President Barkley upheld Mcclellan.
 Then Barkley advised question ing Senators that the ruling means the measure goes back to commit tee.
 The Senate thereupon dropped the matter and took up other busi- ness.
 Earlier supporters of the move to make ECA buy surplus commod- ities won a first-round-v victory
 The initial test on the hotly dis puted amendment of Senator Mo- Clellan (D-Ark) came on tech nical parliamentary question and gave d 54 to 32. vote edge to packers of the proposal.
 A final decision will come later when the amendment itself, which would require the Army to spend an additional $500,000,0O0 on sur plus farm goods, is voted on.
 The Senate accepted without a fight the ten per cent cut in re- covery funds voted by the appro- priations committee.
 The amendment to the House. passed bill was approved by a voice vote.
 In approving a 10 per cent re- duction the Senate voted to pro- vide $3,628, ,380N00 for the Econ- omic Cooperation Administration for the year which began July l The House voted $3,568, ,47O000 with authority to spend it ia iola months, if necessary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
FISH LANDINGS

The Margaret T. CPeter Hildre) landed l,200 pounds of halibut this morning selling at 13 cents for small. IT cents for mediums. and Is cents for large. Also landed from the same boat were l2,000 pounds of black cod going at and T cents. E. c. Johnson bought the landing.
 Frcm the Carol Ann tArt Man tyla) were landed 25,ooO pounds of salmon,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
Ticking Noise In Mans Stomach Absolutely Real

KOBE, Japan, July 27.-tR-That ticking noise the doctor heard in Yukio Abe's stomach was genuine it was a gold watch with chain F inches long attached.
 Police said Abe swallowed 1t when they arrested him for pick ing the pocket of a fellow traveller on train.
 Now the police want to know if they need a search warrant to enter Abes stomach and recover the loot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
STEAMER MQVEMF.'TS

Square Knot due Saturday.
 Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight.
 Diamond Cement sails from Se- attle today. from Vancouver Friday evening Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday.
 Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive at am. Friday and sails south at 9:30 am.
 Baranof scheduled southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
APPEAL MADE
 T0(0NGRE55 BY A(HE50N
Asks Suspension of Judg- ment on Foreign Arms
 Aid Until Evidence In

WASHINGTON, July 27-tR- Secretary of State Acheson ap- pealed to baking Congress today to suspend judgment on the $l,450,- OC0,000 foreign arms aid bill until all the evidence is in.
 Acheson told a news conference that points raised on the program by several members of Congress are sound in theory but that they talked in a misapprehension of the facts.
 Evidently referring to the sug- gestion of Senator Vandenberg (R- Mich) that only an interim plan should be adopted now, Acheson said it is a good idea to have an interim program.
 But he declared that is exactly what the administration has pro- posed.
 The evidence of which Acheson spoke will be presented to Congress beginning with his appearance be- fore the House Foreign Affairs committee tomorrow.
 RUSS WAR PREPARATION
 Discussing that appearance, the Secretary refused to answer directly a reporters inquiry as to whether the United States government has information that the Russians are actively rreparing for war"
 Acheson said that was what Ee called one of those loaded nu-1 hers.
 If he replied yes, the reporters would make a lot out of that, he said, and if he replied no. they would make a lot out of that; so his decision was to make no com- ment at all in direct response.
 Reception of this proposal there appeared likely to be somewhat less hostile than by the combined membership of the Senate's For eign Relations and Armed Services Committees.
 PROGRAM OPPOSED
 Early checks indicated a sub stantial majority of that group of 26 Senators will oppose the $1,450.- coo ,0O0 program. Most of them ap- parently will insist upon much less expensive, stop-gap action until the projected North Atlantic Coun- Gil can set up committee to map overall defense of non-Communist areas in Europe.
 Senators Byrd D-Va) and Bridges (R-NH joined the ranks of those opposing the Presidents proposal. Both are members of the Armed Services Committee amt hoth voted for ratification of the Atlantic Pact. :.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
MIR, MRS. WENDLING
 BACK FROM CALIFORNIA

With healthy tans they acquired in a week at Sahoba Hot Springs, a beautiful California desert re- sort, MT. and Mrs. Herbert Wend- ling returned to Juneau via Pan American Airways yesterday.
 Vending, who was operated on in San Diego, says he feels as much better as he looks. The couple spent most of their six-week vacation in San Diego.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
COURT IS BACK FROM
 KETCHIKAN SESSION

The Ketchikan session of court having been adjourned, members of the court party are returning to Juneau, where District Court will convene next week.
 Judge George w. Folta, Miss Mill dred Maynard, Court Reporter, and Miss Marie Jensen, Deputy Clerk of Court and Judicial Secretary, were booked on this mornings flight, while J. w. Leivers, Clerk of Court, was expected this after noon.
 U. S. Attorney P. J. Gilmore. Jr., plans to return Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, July 27.-tR- Clos ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 91A, Anaconda 281a, Curtiss- Wright 81a, International Harvest CT 25, Kennecott 47, New York Central 10, Northern Pacific 1872 U. s. Steel 23, Pound $4.03 3/16
 Sales today were l,030,000 shares
 Averages today are as follows industrials 176.46, rails 45.31, util- ities 35.72.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
David bran(h
 Seattle

SEATTLE. July 27.-tR- David Wright Branch, 76, retired general manager of the Seattle headquart- CTS of Libby, McNeill and Libby died early today at his home after long illness.
 He was associated with the can- ming company A years. He retired in 1887. He organized the com pany's first Alaska cannery and a short time later was made general manager of the Seattle headquart- CTS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
CHICAGO WHITE SOx
 BLANkED BY pARNELl

BOSTON, July 27-R- Left handed Mel Parnell of the Bos- ton Red Sox blanked the Chicago White Sox with three scattered hits today to notch his 14th vic- tory of the season and his third shutout as his teammates combej Randy Gumpert for 10 hits and a 6-0 verdict.
 Gumpert was lifted for pinch hitter in the eighth and Surkont gave up the 11th Red Sox hit, 3 single by Parnell, his third of the day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
CANADIAN ONTARIO
 ARRIVES IN PORT

The Canadian cruiser HMCS Ontario tied up at PAS pm. today at the Army Engineers dock for a five-day stay in port.
 The cruiser, explained by H. F. Pullen, has a crew of more than 800 officers and men aboard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
FISHERMEN ARRIVE BY PLANE, CRAFT
 FOR SALMON DERBY
Texan Rodeo Winner Due in Tomorrow-Three from
 Hdines by 0utbodrd

Texan fish "wrangler" D. H. Me- Crory, who took top honors in an Amarillo. Texas Fish Rodeo, will arrive here by private plane to- morrow to match his fishing skill with Alaskan sourdoughs in this weekends l949 Golden North Sal- mon Derby.
 Tn the plane with McCrory when it lands at the Juneau Airport will be representatives of the Texas Rodeo sponsors - the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club and the Amarillo Globe-News.
 Lone Star state fishermen will come up against real competition from three intrepid Fairbanks sportsmen who make the claim oI taking the only trip from the In- terior city by outboard motor using railroad map as a guide
 Subtract half the story and it's still a good one. George Gilbertson, former Juneau resident, Larry Meath and Louis Riley did arrive from Fairbanks in an 18-foot craft powered by B horsepower out board motor. They made the run down Lynn Canal from Haines last weekend in an estimated six hours running time to enter the fishing classic. They Brought the boat from Fairbanks by trailer over the Alaska Highway and Haines Cutoff.
 Gilbertson, now owner of the Fairbanks Pioneer Hotel, was on the police force here at one time Meath is cigar store owner anu Riley an operator Of g lodge al Fairbanks.
 Their plan. they said. is to taks the first prize sedan back tc Haines by outboard motorl
 Other stateside fishermen were on the scene to drop their hooks into Alaskan waters in the Derby
 Three Evanston, H., sportsmen landed their twin-engine plane at Juneau Airport Monday to fish in the classic.
 Jack Leslie, Robert Hausner and Jack Hausner, friends of MT. and Mrs. Martin Victor. left Illinois Friday, spending day in Iowa and then flying overland to Ed monton, Alberta. and Watson Lake and then on to Juneau. They plan to remain here about two weeks and to take in little trout fishing and to spend sometime at Taku Lodge before flying back to the States.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis c. Thayel and their daughter Mary Lou oi Wilmette, H.. arrived here aboard the Princess Louise last night to enter Salmon Derby competition MT. Thayer is cousin of Mrs. Mar tin Victor. Accompanying the Thayer's was the Victor's daugh- ter, Joyce, who has spent the sum- mer in Illinois.
 The Canadian Navy may have good representation in the Sal- mon Derby
 A special invitation will be .ex- tended to officers and crew mem- bers aboard the HMCS ontario which is scheduled to dock here this afternoon to enter the Salmon Derby. Robert Boochever will go aboard as special representative of the Derby committee to urge Canadian navy men to take part in the weekend fun.
 Many more fishing enthusiast: from stateside and Alaska were ex- pected to converge on Juneau be- fore the opening gun sounds Fri day at 6 am.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
AWVS DANCE HELD FOR
 OFFICERS, HMS ONTARIO

A dance will be given tonight at the Governors House in honor of the officers on the HMS Ontario. Sponsoring the dance is the American Women's Voluntary Ser vices organization. Members of the AWVS are requested to be at the Governors House by o'clock to- prepare refreshments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27

Copyright. ls4s, by Bell Syndicate. Incl WASHINGTON - Last spring damning accusations were made Tn the House of Representatives lm- pugning the patriotism of high de- fense officials regarding the air plane in which the nation was placing much of it's confidence the B-36.
 The Secretary of Defense, Louis Johnson, and the Secretary Of Air, Stuart Symington, it was charg- ed, had ordered the B-36 because Johnson had previously been em- ployed by Floyd Odlum, manufact- urer of the B-36s. while Symington had been wined and dined by Od- lum. It was also alleged that Symington's former company = Emerson Electric of St. Louis
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
PHILIP TATE HERE

Philip w. Tate, principal of the Unga School in the Shumagin Islands, is in Juneau for several days, conferring with Education Commissioner Dr. James c. Ryan on needs for the school year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
kEATING TO SPEAK
 ON CENSUS, CHAMBER

Procedure of census taking in the Territory will be reviewed at the Chamber of Commerce meet ing tomorrow noon at. the Baranof Hotel Clarence Heating, Census Bureau director. will speak to the group.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
SEEKS DIVORCE

John T. Corwin. represented by Attorney Joseph Mclean, has filed suit for divorce from Dorlien Cor win, on grounds of desertion. The Corwins were married in Douglas in October, 1947.