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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
MRS. WILLIAM KLANEY
 lS CALLED BY DEATH

Mrs. William CJennie) Klaney of Juneau died in the Govern ment Hospital. She was 83 years old.
 Mrs. Klaney was born in Angoon. Mrs. Klaney's first marriage to the late Jimmie Young in 1902 was performed at Klukwan by pr. &. Hall Young. a pioneer missionary in southeast Alaska. They had ac- cepted Christianity earlier the same day.
 Theirs was one of the first bap- tisms and wedding ceremonies per formed by Dr. Young, who gave the couple his name for their Christian name.
 Mrs. Klaney was active in Presby- terian church work in Juneau where she came to from Angoon in 1902
 She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Willie Peters and Mrs. Chris Nelson of Juneau and Mrs. William s. Sutton of Sit ka. Also surviving her are IT grand children and 9 great-grand child ren.
 The Rev. Walter Soboleff will conduct funeral services for Mrs. Klaney Tuesday at ? pm. in the Memorial Presbyterian Church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
BOB HOPE,
 SYMINGT0N
 VISIT NORTH

ANCHORAGE, Dec. 23-tR-Air Secretary Symington's visit to Alaska-his second in three months -is for the express purpose of personally Investigating the terri tory's winter housing conditions, sources here said today.
 Symngton, due to arrive here this afternoon in company with come dian Bob Hope, will be joined Tuesday hys Governor Ernest Gruening fo- 2 conference on the housing situation.
 The Air Secretary will leave here Christmas Day to inspect Ladd Field at Fairbanks and other Alaska stations, including the Aleu- tians, where the Air Force recently ordered troops withdrawn for lack of funds. His visit to Ladd Field in- cludes talk to enlisted troops and an inspection of living quarters for them and their families.
 This is the second Christmas that Symington and Hope have gone abroad to be with American troops. Last year, they spent the holidays with men on the Berlin Airlift.
 ABOARD PERSONAL PLANE
 SEATTLE, Dec. 23-lR-Comedian Bob Hope and Air Secretary w. Stuart Symington flew, northward today for a White Christmas in Alaska.
 They took off in the personal plane of Brig. Gen. Prank Arm strong, the Air Force commander iii Alaska. The takeoff was shortly before 9:30 a.rn., about an hour behind schedule.
 Hope is going north to entertain Air Force units on the Christmas weekend. He is taking his wife and two adopted children, Linda, II, and Tony, 10.
 The minimum temperature last night at Anchorage, where Hope and Symington will land, was II below.
 Three other entertainers-dancer Patti Thomas, singer Jimmy Walk ely and a pianist are in the Hope party.
 Hope had turned down General Armstrong's first invitation to go to Alaska for Christmas, but con- sented to go when the General in- vited the Hope family.
 Hope expects to return to Holly wood Monday night ~in time to re- hearse for his Tuesday radio show
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
TRUMAN COULD WIN ELECTION NOW, IKE OR NOT: SENATOR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-- R = President Truman's statement that he doesn't expect General Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for Presi- dent brought this reaction today from Senator Humphrey tD-Minn):
 MT. Truman could win another Presidential election right now whoever his Republican opponent might be.
 Humphrey voiced his views to re- porters after Mir. Truman told a news conference yesterday that he and Eisenhower are friends and are going to remain friends, even if the General runs for President.
 MT. Truman said he doesn't think the wartime allied commander in Europe is seeking Presidential nomination, adding that he is talk ing Eisenhower at his word. The Generals word has always been good. the President observed.
 Eisenhower. who heads Columbia University, said recently that he has no political angle and he is not going to let talk by others make him a Presidential candidate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
JACOBSON
 ARRESTED
 'A5 "5pY''

BUDAPEST, Dec. 23--lR-The Hungarian government announced tonight it arrested Israel Jacobsen American Jewish welfare worker, on suspicion of spying against the Hungarian state.'
 Jacobsen, Director in Hungary of the American Joint Distribution Committee, was arrested week ago after returning here from a leave ir the United States.
 The Hungarisn Foreign Ministry issued a com'rlmique which said onl.
 T. c. Jacobsen, foreign citizen. was detained by the State Security Authorities for the suspicion of spying against the Hungarian state"
 Hungarian officials declined to go beyond the statement and it could rot te learned whether Jacobsen would come to trial soon, or at all.
 The statement was the first off, cial word from the government concerning Jacobsen's arrest.
 The US. State Department re- gently banned all private travel in Hungary by American citizens as a result of the earlier arrest of Robert Vogeler, Assistant Vice President of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company. Arrested with rogeler was Edgar Sanders, a British accountant for I.T&T.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
POPE ASKS
 CHECK PUT
 ION ATHEISM
By FRANK BRUTTO

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 23 -tR- Pope Plus XII appealed today to all who believe in Jesus Christ to unite under the Roman Catholic church in a solid front against militant advances of atheism.
 The Peoples address, his annual Christmas message, was addressed to the whole world on the eve of the 1850 holy year. There seemed little doubt that the address was an invitation to all those profess sing Protestant faiths to join with the church Of Rome.
 This coming holy year, the Pom tiff said, must be decisive, especi- ally for the longed-for religious re- newal of the modern world"
 "Oh that this holy year could welcome also to the great return to the one true church, awaited over the centuries. of so many who, though believing in Jesus Christ, are lOT vdIlOuS lcdoOliS SCpdl dICd from her." he said.
 With unspeakable groanings, the spirit, who is in the hearts of good people, today cries out imploringly the same prayer of our Lord: that they may be one.'
 The Pope also expressed hope that those who have been members Of the Roman Catholic church and have strayed away would return to the fold like the prodigal son.
 Apparently the Pope, in referring to militant atheism, meant Con- munism and to the extremes of capitalism when he said:
 Tn the social field, the counter feiting of Gods plan has gone to its very roots by deforming the divine image of man. Instead of his real, created nature with origin and destiny in God, there has been substituted the false notion of man whose conscience is a law unto himself"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
LIFE TERMER E
 GIVEN FREEDOM
 FOR HUMANE ACT

OSSINING, NY, Dec. 23-tR-- Louis Boy walked out of Sing Sing prison in the rain today and looked around at a world he hadn't seen in IS years.
 By risking his life for a l;ttle girl doomed to leukemia the 5O- year-old convicted murderer won freedom from life sentence.
 I'm feeling fine" he told report CTS. "This is the merriest Christ mas I've ever had"
 He was a small man, standing tefore the big gates, and he seemed a little stunned by what had hap pened.
 Boys vein-to-vein exchange of blood last summer did not save the child, taough it brought Coy. Thomas E. Deweys communication of life sentence to time already served.
 Boy. Italian born, voluntarily be- came the first person who ever knowingly took into his veins the taint of leukemia, cancerous blood disease. He acted without promise of reprieve.
 Today the prison gave him a new suit of clothes, $20 and a railroad ticket to New York. He was told tc report to the State Parole Board there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
fl AIRMEN KILLED IN
 B-5o CRASH
Plane Grounds in Marsh After Tdke-off Flames
 Prevent Reaching Scene

SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec 23-lH-A flaming Air Force B-50 bomber crashed in a dreary river marsh last night, killing all Il airmen aboard and scattering and burying bodies and wreckage in the muck.
 The big bomber had just taken off from Chatham Air Force Base here when it went down on the bank of a branch of the muddy Savannah river. The crash was only seven miles above the city, but it was so inaccessible it took rescue parties hours to reach it by boat.
 The first persons to reach the scene were forced back by flaming gasoline, floating on the water. The flames were visible for miles.
 Col. Frederic E. Glantsberg, com manding officer of Chatham Field, said it took off on a training flight to Fl Paso, Texas. It crashed about five minutes later.
 The plane had been in service at Chatham for a year or year ana a half. The B-50, an improved yer sion of the B-29 Superfortress, has a wingspread of Al feet; is 99 feet long, and weighs 125,oo0 pounds. The Air Forces describes it as a more powerful version of the B-29 which bombed Japan.
 The crash was only a few miles from the spot where a chartered air1iner crashed Jan. ', l94S, killing IS and injuring IS Puerto Ricans on a flight from Newark, Nd, 10 their home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
5ANTA(LAU5
 pARA(HUTER

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 23- Sophisticated city tots who dis Yure the existence of Santa Claus will have to argue with six child eye witnesses from Lake Minchu- nina.
 It. Louis Button of the 10th Res- cue Squadron at nearby Ladd Field clad himself in whiskers and traditional Santa apparel yesterday and dropped l,500 feet from CAT on the runway of the isolated Civil Aeronautic Administration station l50 miles southwest of here.
 Santa" carried a bag of toys from the airmen who were fed and housed by the stations fam- lilies during recent search mis- sion for It. Alexander Murphy. 10th Rescue Squadron officer who disappeared on routine flight Nov. 3.
 Button said one four-year-old skeptic demanded reindeer, but the stations five other children, aged two to four, accepted both Santa md the presents with equal credul. ity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
HOLY LAND I5
 BLANkETED, FOG

JERUSALEM, Dec. B = R = Binding fog blanketed the barren mountains of Jerusalem and nearby Bethlehem today, but weather prophets forecast the mists may lift in time for the annual pill grimage to Christ's birthplace.
 A double procession will start from the Holy City tomorrow night for the traditional journey to the Church of the Nativity in Bethle- hem, where a high mass will com- memorate the hirth of Jesus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
HUGE PASSENGER
 AIRLiNERS TO BE
 BUILT FOR A. ?. 1.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23-lR- Plans for early construction of four new modern combination passenger caroo liners were announced today by American President Lines.
 Presidens George Killion dis- closed, too, that the company was studying the possibility of building two fast passenger ships at least twice as large as the 573-foot President Cleveland class vessels TOW operated by the company.
 Tine four new 'round-the-world liners would cost approximately $40 .OOO0O These ships, Killion said. would be in addition to three V-2ooO type luxury liners now under construction at Camden, NJ.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
REPORTS
 HIGHWAY IN TOP SHAPE

The Alaska Highway from the States through Canada to fok Junction is in top shape for winter driving, according to word received here by Frank A. Metcalf, chief of the Territorial Highway Patrol.
 He said today that Sgt. E. L. Turk Mayfield, stationed at Tok Junction, has. just returned from a trip over the Highway from the States and reports the road in gooc condition.
 Word from other Alaska High way Patrol offices indicates that all open interior roads are also in good shape for winter driving, Metcali said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
PRESIDENT
 HOLDS OFF, COAL STRIKE
Refuses 10 Step Into Dis pute- e-MdY Be Strike or
 Lockout January

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23- R - President Trumans new refusal to step into the coal dispute set off more talk today of the possibility of a strike or lockout after Jan. l.
 John L. Lewis miners will work only Tuesday and Wednesday of the next two holiday weeks. After that the big question is whether Lewis will crack down hard and close the mines entirely in a real test of strength.
 Those who argue that this is Lewis plan think he adopted the three-day work week Dec. just to put some Christmas money into the pockets of his hard-pressed min CTS.
 Having done that, some operators reason, he may call the diggers out and try the big squeeze. This would permit operations onsy by those employers who sign contract for a 35-cent tonnage welfare roy alty and $15 daily wage.
 Even the three-day work week is pinching the operators.
 President Truman would not of- fer any opinion at his news con- ference yesterday on whether the three day week was causing fuel emergency.
 He reiterated that if an emergen- cy develops he will take the neces- sary action to halt it-presumably by seeking an 80 day injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act, which up to now he has avoided
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
 SEWERS A5
 NY. WARNS
By Associated Press

A cold-and probably white Christmas appeared in prospect for most of the Midwest.
 The cold air which covered ti.e central part of the country spread eastward today to the Appalachian Mountains but the Atlantic coastal areas enjoyed springlike temper atures.
 It was sub-zero weather today from the Dakotas to northern H. linois. The mercury tumbled to 2l below at Pembina, N. D.. and h. ternational Falls, Minn.. it was 2 at Rockford and Bradford, H.. and Chicago shivered at 4 above, the coldest day of the season.
 New York City's early morning reading was mild 60 and early holiday celebrators strolled Times Square carrying topcoats and ov- ercoats over their arms. Yesterday the mercury hit 62,2 record high for Dec. 22.
 Light snow fell today in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley and also in the Dakotas and Montana.
 Sleet, ice and snow storms caused at least 38 deaths across the na- ton this week, survey showed The hardest hit area was southern California which reported II traf- fife fatalities resulting from icy roads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
U. S. WILL
 AID TITO
 IS WORD
Truman Gives Message 10 Ambassador Allen 10
 Take 10 YugosIdvid

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-R- From President Truman to Marshall Tito, major target of Soviet threats; the United States is op- posed to aggression against any nation.
 This is the word MT. Truman has instructed George V. Allen, his new Ambassador to Yugoslavia, to pass on to the Tito government. Allen is due to leave for Belgrade Dec. 28.
 Tito has Teen under heavy pres sure from the Russians since his break with Moscow more than year ago. There has been specula- tion that sometime the Russians might try to break his power by means of guerrilla warfare.
 The United States and other western nations have given Tito economic and political assistance slnce he stormed out of the Soviet camp. But there never has been any official statement of what this country's' policy would be in the event of a Soviet Communist attack on Yugoslavia.
 MT. Truman had a talk with Allen, before his weekly news 5on- ference yesterday. He told Allen, he said, to state this governments policy to the Tito government. Then the President added that the United States is opposed to aggres- sion against any country no matter where it is situated
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
OFFICIALS RETURN;
 COURT IN SESSION

The US. District Court here opened this morning at 10 o'clock with Judge George w. Folta pre- siding. Judge Folta considered mo- tions and liquor license applica- tions.
 He returned yesterday by air from Anchorage where he had been aiding Judge Anthony J. Dimond with court cases in the Third Ju- dicial Division.
 Court officials returning with Judge Folta were Mildred Maynard, court reporter, Marie Jensen, deputy clerk of the court, and M. William Krasilovsky, Judge Folta's law clerk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
LA M
 CAUSE OF
 BIG FLOOD
Two Hundred Homes Are Mendced-T His
 Long Bedth

PRINCE GEORGE, B. C.. Dec 23-lR-Icy waters from the Nech- ako River swirled through Prince George streets today. backed up by an ice jam.
 As flood waters rose six inches overnight, sawmills closed, and some householders in the mill dis trict fled their homes,- Damage al- ready totals at least S75.000.
 Dynamite was used in. efforts to divert the flood waters from in- dustrial sections, and in the resi- dential district 200 homes are men, aced.
 Eight to 10 feet of freezing water has spilled into millyards, caus- ing heavy damage to machinery. Seven of II mills in the district have closed.
 LONG BEACH WHISPER
 LONG BEACH, Wash. Dec. 23-- R-A freak twister swept in off the Pacific Ocean into residen- tial district near noon today, tear- ing the roof off one house and damaging several others. No one was hurt.
 The twister, first ever reported here, followed narrow path ap- rroximately 50 feet wide. It first struck the house of Eric Watson. lifting the 24x32 foot roof off as neatly as if it had used saw.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON lCopyright. i9.c. hv Bell Syndicate. Inc.)

1V/
 WASHINGTON-Mos important backstage debate over U. s. foreign policy now involves Formosa, the strategic island north of the Phil ippines which Japan captured from China in the war of 1895. One pledge the allies made to China in the recent war was that For mosa would go back to China. But last month General Mac Arthur sent a tripll-urgent cable urging that Formosa be claimed by us and occupied by U. s. troops for Japan. He warned that Formosa was a three-hour flight from Ok inawa, two hours from Japan, and that the U.S.A. might as well kiss off all its southeast Asia program if it abandoned Formosa to Chinese Communism.
 Behind this cable was the fact that Chinese Communists are readying a giant sflotilla on the mainland to take this island, last remairing stronghold of the Chin csc Nationalists. Also behind Mac Arthur's cable is the fact that Chiang kai-Shek, immediately af- ter V-J Day, made the tragic mis- take of putting Formosa under one of his most interruptions warlords. Result: footing, terrorism and CO., GOO Formosans killed. Most resi- dents of the island would now well come the Communists. Their taste of Chinese Nationalism has been sour indeed.
 Prior to MacArthur's cable the joint chiefs of staff had decided to abandon Formosa. But his cable bucked them up. As result, they
 (COutipued on Page FOur)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
Population
 Intreasinq

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-tR-The United States population has cross ed the 150,000,000 mark.
 The Census Bureau today esti- mated the population, growing at a 200, ,OO0- a-month clip, reached l5o,- 183, ,0O0 on Nov. l.
 This was a 2,132,010 increase in the first 10 months of 1949 and a gain of 18,514,000 since the last full census on April l, 1940.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 103si, Anaconda 281s. Curtiss- Wright 73i, International Harvester 277s, Kennecott sos, New York Central 10ls, Northern Pacific l3, U. s. Steel 26, Pound $2.80.
 Sales today were 1,470,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows industrial l98.88. rails 51.50, util- ities 41.02.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver December 28.
 Denali from west scheduled southbound Sunday evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
ONE VICTIM IDENTIFIED

DENISON, Tex, Dec. 23-lA-Lt. Rogers Hornsby, 29, son of Rogers Hornsby of baseball fame, was among eleven airmen killed when a B-5O bomber crashed near Sa- vannah, Ga, last night.
 This was learned today when the victims mother, Mrs. J. R. Hayden of Denison was notified by the Air Force.
 Young Hornsby was veteran o1 50 bombing missions during the war. He was born and reared Ill Denison.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
. . 9 . . .
 WEATHER REPORT

. WEATHER REPORT Q (This data is for 24-hour pe-
 riod ending 7:30 am. PST) . In Juneau-Maximum 25; . minimum g.
 . At Airport-MaXimum 25; . minimum g.
 . FO R k c A s T . Duncan and vicintty) . Continued cloudy with in- . termittent snow tonight and
 . Saturday. Little change in . temperature with lowest to- . night 23 and highest Satur- . day 27.
 . P K K c IPl T A TT Q N
 . (Past 24 hours ending 7:3o am. today . City of Juneau-.14 inches; . since Dec. 1-4.64 inches; . since July 1-53.52 inches. . At Airport -.16 inches; . since Dec. 1-2.07 inches; . since July 1-35.19 inches. . . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
ST0RES ARE TO BE
 CL0SED FOR HOLIDAY

Juneau stores, including drug stores, will be closed for the holi- cay season which means also next Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23

The television receiver is a heavy user of vacuum tubes, re- curing 20 or more.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
KETCHIKAN GUEST

Mrs. John R. MacMillan of Ket- chikan is a visitor at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23
FROM TACOMA

Phyllis M. Brown of Tacoma is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-23

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