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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
SITKA GAME CANCELLED; LIONS MANAGER COMES
 HERE TO ARRANGE DATE

MT. EDGECUMBE, Alaska, Feb, 4-(Special to Empire)-The Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe basketball fans still have hopes the House of Da- vid team scheduled to play the champion Alaska Native Brother hood team at Mt. Edgecumbe can be arranged
 The Mt. Edgecumbe Lions Club and students have been busy every day and night for the past three weeks constructing a new first class basketball court in hangar number one with seating capacity of 120C and are in all readiness for arrival of the House of David team.
 Mt. Edgecumbe now has the largest basketball arena in Alaska which has been constructed by volunteer labor with the materials purchased from student association funds. Weather conditions in Ket- chikan yesterday prohibited arrival
 (COntinued on Page SiX)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
ANOTHER SEARCH
 PLANE NORTHBOUND

DENVER, Feb. 4-B-Anothef' amphibious search plane has left Lowry Air Force Base for Great Falls, Mont, to take part in the hunt for a missing C-54 in the Arctic Wilds.
 The plane. an SA-16, is piloted by First It. Lester TT. Kearney and carries a crew of siz.
 It is the 18th plane sent from the Fifth Rescue squadron at Lowry
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
RESERVATION fiExUp STIRS
 up ELECTIONS
Barrow and Not Shungndk Goes on Today-Confusion
 Leads 10 Misinformaiion

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-lR-The Interior Department said today the Eskimo election to determine whether a reservation should be created at Barrow, Alaska, will go ahead today as scheduled.
 The election scheduled at Shung- nak on Feb. has been postponed until April "A or 28, it added.
 The department announced yes terday that the Barrow election had been postponed and the Shungnak election would be held today. It said today this was erroneous and due to misunderstanding but did not explain how it occurred.
 Senator O'Mahoney D-Wyo) Chairman of the Senate Interior Committee which asked that both elections be postponed until the committee could study the situation, announced yesterday Secretary Chapman had told him the Barrow election was postponed and that at Shungnak would be held as sched- uled.
 The department said it found it was impossible to postpone the Bar row election because of lack of com- munication to the large area in- volved.
 nf ynrtn fl axffe- announcement added another de- gree of confusion to a situation that already had been marked by contra dictions. An Interior Department announcement three weeks ago was interpreted generally to mean post ponement of all reservation votes. A department spokesman later said the postponement applied only to ohe Hydaburg election in southeast Alaska, that the other two elections were going ahead on schedule. Then, after the Senate Interior Committee entered the picture with a demand for postponement of the titCJiOilo, tiiC oCJOiid ClCIttOti RCot- ponement was announced by the department-with the resulting con- fusion over which one it was.
 Chief Counsel of Interiors Indian Bureau says mixup dates on Alaska reservations occurred because no written record of dates were kept in Washington. Delegate Bartlett calls the mixup "alltime high of bureaucratic bungling."
 Reinholt Brust. assistant area di- rector of the Alaska Native Service with offices in Juneau, talked over radio long distance telephone to an Interior Department official late yesterday afternoon and was told that information concerning the election was given out correctly but received wrongly by correspondents.
 This is in contradiction to Asso- ciated Press information given above. Information sources have at times put blame on newsmen f. wrong information when they ther-- selves are wrong.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
SON FOR CHRIsTENsoNS

MT. and Mrs. Richard Christensen of Juneau became the parents of baby boy early this morning at St. Ann's hospital. The child. born at 3:26 a.m., weighed seven pounds one ounce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
FROM VIRGINIA

MT. and Mrs. George w. .Rogers and their two children are guests at the Baranof Hotel. They are from Alexandria, Va.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
NORTHERN
 BRINGS ]; TAXES }

Pacific Northern Airlines flights yesterday brought seven persons to Juneau and carried three from here to Anchorage.
 To Anchorage: Mrs. John Sisson, Miss Willie Baan, and Raymond Spencer
 From Anchorage: Mrs Dell Hend- erSon, E. V. Clayton, Evonne Miner. and E. L. Stuart; from Cordova: s. s. Lee; and from Yakutat: Rex Hermann.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
FROM DAYTON, OHIO

E. Balbach of Dayton, Ohio, IS now staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
FROM ST. LOUIS

E. R. Clayton of St. Louis, Mo- is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
QUER Y ASKS
 lgNHY MO WAS HIGH AND DRY


 NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 4-R-A Naval Court of Inquiry is spending the entire weekend boring over the battleship Missouri's navigat- ing and operating charts and logs, seeking to learn why the ship got stuck in the mud
 The court opened briefly yester- day, then adjourned until Monday hitting the charts and logs in evidence.
 BEALS HERE
 Larry Beals of Seattle is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
FROM CORDOvA

s. S. Lee of Cordova is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
F o K E c A s T (Juneau ana Viclnity)

} Partly cloudy and continu- D ed cold tonight and Sunday. 3 Strong gusty northeasterly l, winds decreasing gradually D tonight. Lowest temperature } tonight near degrees above 3 in town and 5 below in out } lying areas. Highest temper } ature Sunday 10 degrees. . P k E IPI T A T l Q N
 . (Past 2s hours ending 7:30 a m. toda, . City of Juneau-.02 inches;
 . since Feb. 1-.39 inches; , since July 1-55.50 inches.
 , At Airport-trace;
 . since Feb. 1-.16 inches;
 , since July 1-36.59 inches. . . . . . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
BEALS HERE
WEATHER REPORT

In Juneau-MaXimum 27; minimum 10.
 At Airport-MaXimum 24; minimum 12
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-04
The W ashingfon Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON

1850. by Bell Syndicate. Inc
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Judge Ryan 10 Decide
Tomorrow Whether
TO Order CopIon Trial
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Federal
Judge Sylvester Ryan expects to
decide tomorrow whether the
Coplon -Gubitchev espionage case
shall go to trial, or be thrown
out of court.
He said yesterday the trial will
be set for next Tuesday if he
does not grant defense pleas to
scrap the indictment.
Pre-trial hearings in the case of
Judith Coplon and Valentin A.
Gubitchev were in recess today.
AS the hearings ended yester-
day in burst of oratory, one de-
fense lawyer accused the Federal
Bureau of Investigation-from Di-
rector j. Edgar Hoover on down
of "wanton, wholesale and sys-
tematic criminality."
FBI Assailed.
Another defense lawyer charged
FBI with employing 'peeping
Toms and listening Jills"-a refer
ence to the agency's admitted
wiretapping in the case.
Miss Coplon, 28-year-old for
mer Department of Justice en-
ploye, and Gubtichev, 32-year-old
Russian engineer and suspended
United Nations employe, are
charged with conspiring and seek
ing to make United States Gov
ernment secrets available to the
Soviet Union.
At the end of the six-week pre-
trial proceedings, lawyers for the
two defendants attacked the FBI
bitterly for its tactics both before
and after their arrest here last
March 4.
Kelley Fights Back.
Government Prosecutor John M.
Kelley, jr.. made a spirited de-
fense of the Governments case.
Mr.. Kelley contended the Gov
ernment can prove its case with
out resorting to wiretap testi-
mony, illegal in Federal courts.
Wiretapping is one of several is
sues raised by the defense as
grounds for scrapping the indict-
ment. Judge Ryan has said he
might have to toss out the case
If he found it was based solely on
such evidence.
The Government, Mr.. Kelley
told Judge Ryan, started its es-
pionage investigation of the bru-
nette Judith Coplon three days be-
fore the first tap was put on her
telephone wires.
Judge Warns Palmer.
Contending that most Of the
wiretap information was "unim-
portant," Mr.. Kelley said the pro-
secution's case is based upon "tes-
timony from eyewitnesses as to the
defendants movements"
The "criminality" accusation
against the FBI was made by
Gubitchev's lawyer. Abraham L.
Pomerantz. The "peeping Toms"
charge was made by Miss Coplon's
lawyer, Archibald Palmer.
. Judge Ryan, who warned Mr..
Palmer several times about his re-
marks, told him at one point to
stop making an ass of yourself" !"
Mr.. Palmer told the Judge that
the FBI destroyed some of the
wiretap records to prevent the
world from knowing this girl had
been framed" The FBI contends
the destruction of records. no
longer useful, was routine.
Evening star., 1950-01-19

ut (the gum was developed In
the utmost secrecy and one of my
duties at Aberdeen was to accom-
pany a Russian officer stationed
there to see that he did not obtain
information on such projects.
Then they order me to crate
it for delivery to Russia"
Col. Lynch, the newspaper added,
said the gun could rapidly slam
high-explosive shells to very,
very high attitudes. shells that un-
doubtedly would be equipped with
proximity fuses to explode when
near enough to a plane to knock
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Wartime Colonel Says Russia
Received Supersecret u. S. Gun

to the Russians from Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Md, in the sum-
mer of 1914.
The assertion followed disclos-
ure by Senator Lodge, Republican
of Massachusetts,, that Army ex-
perts have developed new air de-
fenses which satisfies one that no
enemy plane will ever come out
of this network alive"
Evening star., 1950-01-19

1t down" His account described
the gun as fully automatic, with
gunners required only to feed
shells into a cradle.
Finally" the story quoted the
colonel. "the gun was Grated and
I accompanied it to Philadelphia
and saw it safely loaded aboard a
freighter that carried it across the
Atlantic"
Col. Lynch. now a consulting
engineer of nearby Pasadena, is
quoted as saying he doesn't know
where the order to ship it to Russia
originated"
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Ministers Discuss PIon
OF Ev1nqeIistic Effort
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ROANOKE. Va, Jan. 19.-Co.
operative effort by city and rura
churches to extend evangelism
throughout Virginia was discussed
here today by ministers of the
Baptist General Association of
Virginia.
The occasion was the associa-
tion's Conference on Evangel
ism" at the First Baptist Church
attended by $50 Virginia min
listers. Sessions will continue
through noon tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-01-19

The Times quoted Col. Lynch
with regard to the Lodge report:
IT am disgusted that the Amer
ican people should be given the
impression that we alone have
such effective weapons when Rus
sia undoubtedly has the same de-
fense-perhaps with improve
ments-to be used against our
planes in case of war.
mo, I don't think America is
the only Nation with the impene-
trable defense attributed to this
gun.
lone other nation has it.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-The
Times today quoted a wartime
Army colonel as saying that an
American supersecret self aiming
anti-aircraft gun has been in
Russian hands since 1914.
Col. Frank c. Lynch, an Army
ordnance officer, is quoted as say
ing he was ordered to deliver it
Evening star., 1950-01-19

Beautiful bananas .
80 mellow they will
melt in your mouth.
Buy enough for school
lunches :. kids love
'em!
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Caps Play Warriors at UIine.s
Tonight After Victory in PhIIy

Even In those days when the
Philadelphia Warriors were lead
ing the league the Washington
Caps seldom had too much trouble
with them and now that the War
riors are at the bottom in the
National Associations Eastern Di-
vision the Caps love it even more.
They beat the Warriors, 77-67,
in last nights basketball game at
Philadelphia and bring them here
for another game at Uline Arena
lat $3.50 o'clock tonight. If won by
the Caps it vii pull them up to
the 500 mark.
The victory was No. 3 in a row
for Washington and the District
boys feel they have hit their
stride now. Altogether it was the
18th time the Caps have beaten
the Warriors in % games.
Bones Mckinney looked okay in
setting a 17-point scoring pace at
Philly last night. with Coach Bob
Feerick coming along with Is to
show that the old pros still have it.
Evening star., 1950-01-14

Games nave cor SlSt e n tly
brought major league track and
field competition to our part Of
the country. My interest in
the collection of outstanding
specialists whom you have
brought together in one meet
Is such that only serious illness
would prevent my being among
the spectators"
A football and basketball
standout during his college years
at Mount st. Mary's, Mr.. Whel-
tie has long been identified with
amateur sports in the South
Atlantic area. He served as
president of the South Atlantic
AAU for six years, and from
1886 to 1946 headed the Legis-
lative Committee of the Ma
tional AAU.
Last month at the annual
convention of the AAU of the
United States he polled a total
Of 303 votes to assume the Of
flee of the presidency by an
overwhelming majority.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Baugh Turns Down Jot
As Coach at Baylor;
Recommends Todd

Sammy Baugh's decision not tx
accept the head football coaching
job at Baylor University appar.
emily has settled the Redskins
quarterbacking problem for 1850
but Coach Herman Ball still hac
a number of vacancies to fill as he
pored over the list of players te
be drafted at next weeks Phila-
delphia meeting of the new Ma
tional-American Football League
Baugh's decision was announced
here yesterday by George Mar
shall, Redskin president, following
a telephone call from the stal
passer from his Rotan (Tex.)
home. Baugh told Marshall Bay
lor officials had pressed him for q
reply to the question whether he
would accept the job vacated by
Bob Woodruff and Sam told them
13 years was too long to spend
with one club and then leave. He
indicated that his football future
would be wholly with the Red
skins, even when his playing days
are over.
Marshall said Baugh told Bay
lor he thought he was fortunate
to lead the National League In
passing last season, but that he
expected to have another good
season in 1850. Sam said he
thinks he has a couple of good
years left to play. Marshall re-
lated, and didn't want to begin
coaching before he was through
playing. The quarterback said he
also was just getting to know the
T formation real well.
In rejecting Baylor's offer
Baugh suggested that the school
consider his old teammate, Dick
Todd, now backfield coach al
Texas A. and M.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
A.U., Sparked by Neer
lin Win Over Mounts,
Meets Cards Toniqht
By MerreII Whittlesey

Jackie Neer, q little guy who
makes habit Of making the op-
position mad. has spanked Ameri-
can University to two straight
Mason-Dixon Conference triumphs
and has earned a starting role in
the Eagles game tonight with
Catholic University on the C. U.
court. Game time is 8:15.
Neer scored only four points as
American U. skinned past Mount
st. Mary's 60-56 last night in the
A. U. gym, but his ball-hounding,
interruptions and dribbling antics
threw the Mounts off guard time
and again, and in the last two
minutes he staged one-man ball
freezing exhibition that protected
the Eagles slim margin.
Neer is only feet 4, but he's
recognized as the fastest player in
town. He sneaks around his op-
ponents, stealing the ball, forcing
them into jumps and generally
making them mad. He did the
same thing against Hampden-Syd-
ney on Monday night. and in both
games somebody took poke at
him. Lucky-for Neer-they
missed both times.
Neer also Is a set-shot specialist
and although he hit only twice
last night for 4 points, he was
A. us most valuable player. He
was on the floor a half-dozen times
but came up fast. The Mount st
Mary's rooters called him the
Mighty Mouse" and pleaded with
their team to make him look bad
but Neer was on bis game.
American us scoring was left
mostly to Sherwood Webster and
Ronnie Garshag. Webster was
high point man for the second
straight game but made Is Of his
Is points in the first half. Ronnie
Garshag made 13 of his Is in the
second half but it was his hook
shots that overcame the Mounts
last lead at 45-42.
It was the ninth defeat in 10
games for the Mounts-who are
not that bad. They have lost six
times by 5 points or less. Ted
Kachnowski, the star Of their rally
that overcame a 9-point A. U. lead
and Gene Janis, a rebound artist
led the Mounts with 13 points
each.
American rules a choice over
the Cardinals tonight. with c. U.
having a "a record, but Catholic
U. often saves its best games for
It's crosstown rival.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
6. U. Plays Holy Cross
Tonight After Bowing
Ito ST. John S, 67-m
Special Dispo4eh TO The Stor

WORCESTER. Mass. Jan. A.
Georgetown's basketball tie a m
commands increased respect to-
night as it meets flfth-ranking
Holy Cross here after giving st.
Johns of Brooklyn, rated the No.
l team in the last Associated Press
poll, a tremendous scare last night.
The Hoyas, fresh from being trim
med by Maryland in their last
game, forced the Mighty Redmen
into battle right down to the
wire before giving up a 67-66
decision.
Only 1900 spectators were at
New York's seth Regiment Armory
last night for a real basketball
treat as Bob (Zeke) Zalowuk
pulled the Redmen from behind
a 63-58 Georgetown lead with 5
points in the last 3 minutes. The
sensational 6-foot-6 sophomore
was the games high scorer by
far with % points. In the clos
ing minutes he tied the score at
64-64 and followed with a layup
to put the Redmen ahead. Frank
Mulzof added free one that was
to provide st. Johns with its win
ming margin as Georgetown's Dan
Supkis scored as the final horn
sounded.
It was the closest call for the
Redman outside of their lone de-
feat by c. c. N. Y. and gave them
a season record of 14-1. George
town now has lost three of eight
games.
Georgetown surprised the slim
crowd and st. Johns, too, by tax
ing 1896 halftime lead, largely
through a 17-point scoring spree
engineered by Tom O,Keefe with
good help from Dick Fanvely who
earned all his 13 points in the first
half. O'Keefe was held to only
two points the rest of the way, and
1t was to make a big difference at
the end.
The Redmen bounced back to
earn $3.50 deadlock early in the
second half, and it was nip and
tuck the rest of the way.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Crosby Golf Tourney
Threatened by Storm;
HOGAN Five Over Par
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PEBBLE BEACH, Calf, Jan
14.-Slammin' Sam Snead, the
long ball hitter, and Ben Hogan,
the ex-champ who's coming back,
were the big attractions today as
play opened in the second round
of the 54-hole Bing Crosby Invita-
tional Golf Tournament.
A winter storm sweeping down
from the northwest-tne worst of
the year-threatened to put a
crimp in both play and the size
of the crowds.
Cold rain today and tomorrow
with winds 40 to SO miles an hour
this morning, was the forecast.
Hogan and Snead. two natural
rivals, lured the crowds for differ
ent reasons this time. Snead led
the field. Hogan was in the un-
familiar spot of trailing far back.
They tied this week for first
place in the Los Angeles Open
and will play off the deadlock
Wednesday. Meanwhile. the battle
shifted to this golflng capital,
where Crooner Crosby annually
puts on his $4,000 show.
Snead ran true to form in yes
terday's opening round. In spite
Of cold weather and an annoying
wind, the National PGA titleholder
toured the Cypress Point course
in 36-33-69. It gave him a one
stroke margin over his nearest
rival. Newt Bassler of Carmel
Calf, as the field shifted today
to the nearby Monterey Peninsula
course.
Hogan, back in the thick OF
battle after the near-fatal auto
accident laid him low IL months
ago, was sailing along rather
smoothly yesterday for 13 holes
He was stroke under par.
The big blowup took place then
Hogan went two over par on two
holes, hitting tee shots to the rocky
ocean beach, and three-putted
two other holes. When he cleared
his final score Of 37-40-77, he
was five over par for the round.
The disastrous first round left
Hogan eight shots behind Snead,
Evening star., 1950-01-14
New Contract Sent
To Scarborough

Another contract for Pitcher
Ray Scarborough of the Mats
is in the mail to replace the one
originally sent him and which
he returned unsigned to the
club.
Vice President Calvin Griffith
OF the Washington Baseball
Club refused to disclose what
amount the Mats are Offering
Scarborough now. but 1t is be-
lieved to be still below the sal
ary Ray received last summer.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
DR.. Byrd Seeks Year
Of Grace for Schools
Breaking Sanity Code
BY the Asseeiated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Dr. H. c
(Curly) Byrd, president Of the
University Of Maryland, said to-
day he had prepared a resolution
that would grant the seven viola
tors Of the National Collegiate
Athletic Associations sanity code
year of grace.
Maryland is one of the seven col
leges whose membership in the
NCAA is at stake In this after
Moons voting at the annual con-
vention. There was no indication
when DR.. Byrd planned to intro
duce his resolution.
DR.. Byrd, one time football coach
at the college he now heads, said
his resolution also asks for the ap-
pointment of a committee to over
haul the code and make it accept
able to all members.
Citadel Formally Withdraws.
Even as DR.. Byrd was outlining
his compromise resolution, DR.
Karl Leib of Iowa, president OF
the NCAA, read to the delegates
a telegram in which The Citadel
collegiate military school at
Charleston. S. c.. formally with
drew from the NCAA.
Today's business meeting started
an hour early to clear the decks
for the afternoons voting, de-
scribed by DR.. Leib as the "most
important session in the history
of college athletics"
There were numerous hints that
a compromise had been reached
There were almost as many hints
that the violators wanted to carry
the fight to the floor.
In addition to Maryland and
The Citadel, the seven are believed
to be Boston College, villanova
Virginia, Virginia Military and
Virginia Tech.
William Connolly, athletic di-
rector at Villanova, was not i'm
pressed by DR.. Byrd's compro-
mise proposal.
I'VE want to be cleared or be
expelled" he said.
Vote Due Late Today.
In DR.. Byrd's proposed resolu-
ton, all onus of guilt would be
removed for the one-year grace
period.
DR.. Byrd said he could not speak
for the remaining Dixie rebels
He added, however, he felt that
most Of them preferred to fight
1t out on the convention floor this
afternoon.
II the expulsion comes to vote
it is not expected before late this
afternoon. It is possible that the
smaller schools in the NCAA will
hold the balance of power against
the rebels If the vote is taken.
Earlier. DR.. Byrd admitted that
the university at one time was not
sticking to the National Collegiate
Athletic Association sanity code
But he said yesterday that
Maryland now is in complete
compliance"
He added that he did not think
there are very many colleges that
can say that. honestly"
DR.. Byrd explained that wher
the NCAA questionnaire was sent
to Maryland 1--WE replied that we
would comply with the code as
soon as certain questions were
answered for U.S."
He said the university would
not break contracts with teams
on our schedule because they ad-
NIT they are not complying" He
said when he brought up the sub.
ject the NCAA assured him 1--WE
could continue to play schools
with whom we had contracts ane
still be within the CODE"
Evening star., 1950-01-14

Joe FulkS and George Senesky tied
for Philadelphia scoring honors
with IA points.
The teams were deadlocked at
the end Of the third quarter, $3.50,
but Chick Relser, Johnny Nor
Lander and Feerick spanked a
fourth-semester comeback that
put the Caps ahead to stay,