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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

! Waiter Bust, former resident Of the Cove and former owner of th9 boat Scout, and Barney Anderson also of the Cove and owner of the boat Alpha, are in the Pioneers ! Eome in Sitka and would be <, pleased to receive letters from their friends. Bust and Anderson are i well known in Southeast Alaska as they have been fishing here for several years. Barney's boat Alpha is cn the grid here and needs @ new keel and a few ribs. The boat can be refloated as the top part seems to be in good condition.
 F. O. Swanson on his packer Elfin II landed his fish in Pelican. last Wednesday.
 The seiner Lark came into the Cove for supplies.
 John Ursin an oldtime Alaskan has said goodby to his many friends and left fer Ketchikan where he will sell his boat the Strawberry and then will go to Norway where he expects to spend the rest of his life with his grandson and family who have a farm. Ursin has been in i'll health fer the past several years and feels he will be happier to spend bis last years where he was born. His many friends wish them speedy trip and many happy years ahead.
 Jack With on his boat the Diana. and Specks Paul went duck hunt ing Sunday. Paul is general man. ager of the E. O. Swanson store here and certainly enjoys gettin7 cut in the wide open spaces for change.
 Joe Paddock on his boat the Snuffy took a party of friends out hunting Sunday for deer Mrs. Karl Strum has been con- fined to led for the past several days with the flu. She is up again but won't go out in the cool air fer several days yet.
 There are a good many trolling boats around here for the fall fish, ing but it's still scratch fishing as the king salmon has not showed around here to date.
 Sharon Clements, four-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ray Clements was very ill Saturday afternoon and night with terrific abdominal pains, the attacks occur
 Ing every two hours. Sharon IS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

Mrs. Karl Strum has been con-
 fined to led for the past several
 days with the flu. She is up again but won't go out in the cool air fer several days yet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30
FOR RENT

WURLITZER Spinit piano for rent.
 Anderson Plano Shop. Ph. 143.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

The Haines Women's Club met in their regular meeting in the Parish Hall of the Presbyterian Church. Most of the meeting was taken up by the discussion and completing plans for the annual bazaar which will be held this year in the school on November 25. This year the bazaar will be carnival, and many booths are being planned.
 In the absence Of Miss Callecod who has been in charge of the Church Service since MT. Fox left, Miss D-fothea Fredericks will di- rect the worship service.
 Mrs. Frank Young was sworn in as mayor oi the new Haines Com mon Council and Felix Hakkinen, Carl Tagg, George Schnabie, Hoyt Day, and Harry Ellingen were sworn in as councilmen. Mrs. Flora Schomhel was to be among those sworn in cn the Council, but was in Juneau for medical treatment. Miss Clara Carson took oath as clerk and Mrs. Francis Roberts as city treasurer.
 MT. and Mrs. Karl McQuaid and small son Michael were recently in Haines visiting. McQuaid is the Canadian Customs and Immigra- ton officer at the border
 William Jahn, School Superin- tendent, left Eaines fer Juneau to attend the Superintendent's Con- ference. Mrs. Jahn substituted for him during his two and one-halt day absence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

HOTPOINT electric range, cu- it.
 Norge refrigerator, Speed Queen wash machine, all in excellent condition. Bargain prices. Inquire third house south of ski trail on Douglas Road. 644-3t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

Joe Paddock on his boat th' Snuffy took a party of friends ou hunting Sunday for deer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

F. O. Swanson on his packer Elfin II landed his fish in Pelican. last Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

The seiner Lark came into tht Cove for supplies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

45 Ford cab chassis, '46 Dodge pan- el, AT Dodge panel. Phone TOT Fosters Transfer. 625-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-30

WAITRESS at Percy-'s Cafe. 45-t
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Evening star., 1950-08-27
Irish Mail Leaves Rails;
Many Believed Injured
BY the Assoeiafed Press

CONWAY. Wales Sunday.
Aug. 27.-An undetermined num-
ber of passengers were injured
today when the Irish Mail, crack
express train. collided with a light
engine and ran off the rails near
here early today. 1t was London
bound.
The number of injured has not
been determined yet, but the
British Press Association said 1t
was feared the casualty list would
be high.
Ambulances were rushed to the
scene as rescue workers pulled the
injured out of the debris.
An official at Bangor Hospital,
some 20 miles from the accident.
said he had been alerted to stand
by for "a large number Of
casualties"
The first two coaches were
smashed by the impact and the
next three were overturned. More
than 300 yards of track was
torn up.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
By Joseph YOUNG

The House last night killed it's
Appropriations Committees ban
on future permanent status job
appointments in the Government,
but upheld a temporary bar
against permanent promotions of
employees now on the Federal pay
roll.
In approving the supplemental
appropriations bill, the House
adopted substitute amendment
that will permit the Governments
old-line agencies as well as the
Defense Department to make per-
manent status appointments In
some jobs.
While directing the Civil Service
Commission to use its authority
wherever possible to make tempo
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Budget Bureau Plans
Hearings This Week
On $3.50 Million Cut
Agencies to Be Quizzed
On Spots Where
Sloshes Can Be Made

The Budget Bureau disclosed
last night that it will begin hear
ings this week among the Govern
ment's non-defense agencies to
determine where to apply the $3.50
million cut in the Federal budget
ordered by Congress for this fiscal
year.
Representatives of the agencies
will be questioned on how their
activities can be trimmed to effect
the savings ordered by Congress
on the regular $34 billion 1851
money bill.
Budget Bureau officials said the
savings will be made along five
major characterization and rec
lamation projects, procurement
and supplies, miscellaneous ad-
ministrative expenses, personnel,
and credit programs.
Cuts in such expenditures as
those for roads. bridges, reclama-
ton and flood control projects and
building construction are expected
to provide the bulk of the savings.
Projects Underway to Continue.
Projects that have not yet been
begun and can be postponed with
out causing too serious hardships
will be among those abandoned
for the time being, budget officials
said. Projects already begun most
likely will be continued, since it
might be more costly to postpone
them.
The Budget Bureau also feels
that considerable savings can be
made by trimming procurement
and supply items.
President Truman last month
asked that purchases of new sup
plies to be held down, particu-
larly purchases of typewriters.
(See EXPENSES Page A-4)
Evening star., 1950-08-27

opened June Is when both the
tourists and weather usually are
kindest to Washington.
The amphitheater wasn't ready
and most of the tourists didn't
wait. The weather went sour, not
so much from rain (there has
been only one rainout) but from
the cool blanket of air that
dropped in every night. The at
mosphere isn't anything light
coat won't overcome, but it prob
ably frightened off some custom
erS.
Most experts consider August
Washington's worst tourist month,
and this historical pageant was
meant to appeal to all Americans,
just as Mr.. Green's other dramas
at williamsburg and Manteo,
Continued on Page AT, Col. ~
Evening star., 1950-08-27
By John M Hiehtower
Associated Press Sfoff Writer

Secretary of State Acheson,
with an assist from President
Truman, cracked down hard on
Navy Secretary Matthews yester-
day for saying that the United
States should be willing to in
stitute war "to compel cooper
alton for peace"
The action not only precipitated
the first wide-open cabinet split
on foreign policy since the row
between James F. Byrnes and
Henry A. Wallace in September,
1946-it also seemed to make in
evitable a public debate on pre-
ventive war with Russia.
Mr.. Matthews expressed his
view in speech at the Boston
Navy Yard Friday night. Yester-
day the State Department was
asked whether what he said rep
resented Government policy-or
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Pressman on Stand
Tomorrow 10 Answer
Questions on Red Cell
Ex-OfficiuI of New Deal
Expected to be Asked
About 1884 Group
BY Edwin A. Lohey
- IL 49,

Lee Pressman, former New Deal
official and general counsel of the
CIO, will appear tomorrow before
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities.
Mr.. Pressman will testify, it can
be stated authoritatively, that he
joined a Communist Party group
in Washington in 1884, when he
was an official of an Agriculture
Department agency, but that he
severed his connection a year
later, when he left the Govern
ment.
Mr.. Pressman also will tell the
committee that he met Whitaker
Chambers, the reclaimed Commu-
mist spy whose testimony con-
victed Alger Hiss, only once. That
was in the year 1886 when Mr..
Pressman was practicing law in
New York.
House committee members are
expected to ask Mr.. Pressman who
his associates in the Communist
Party group in Washington were
in 1884 and 1885.
Chambers Named Associates.
Those already named by Mr.
Chambers as associates of Mr..
Pressman in the Communist un-
derground of Washington are
John Abt, Nathan Witt, and
Charles Kramer.
Mr.. Abt was in the Agriculture
Department, and later general
counsel for the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers. He now is in
private practice in New York, and
active in the Progressive Party
recently deserted by it's founder
Henry A. Wallace.
Mr.. Witt formerly was general
counsel of the National Labor
Relations Board, and now is In
private practice in New York.
Mr.. Kramer has held a number
OF Government jobs, particularly
on Capitol Hill. He has in the past
been on the staff of Senator Pep
per, Democrat, of Florida.
No knowledge of Hiss Beliefs.
Mr.. Pressman also will tell the
committee that he has no knoWl-
edge regarding the political be-
lfefs of Hiss. the former State
Department official now under q
f1ve-year sentence for perjury. He
also will declare that during his
own participation in the Commu-
mist group in Washington, Hiss
was not member of that group
AS for Mr.. Chambers, it is
known that Mr.. Pressman will
testify that Mr.. Chambers came
to him during 1886 with mar
who represented the Spanish Re.
public and asked Mr.. Pressmar
TO represent the Spanish Govern
ment in its effort to procure wal
supplies in Mexico. Mr.. Pressman
it is understood, refused to par
ticipate in that deal.
Mr.. PreSsman became genera.
counsel of the CIO in 1886, anc
(see PRESSMAN, Page A-20
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Stories Related
ToPoge ! News

Relating to Defense.
Vote on Curbing Subversives Due
as Truman Signs Security
Bill. Page A-S
Relating to Korea.
Taegu Defense Triumph Probably
a Turning Point of War. Pg. A-3.
Stratemeyer Says AF Severely
Crippled Reds. Page A-2.
Relating to Rails.
Canadian Rail Strike Parleys
Break Down Over Pay Raises.
Page A.
Freight Traffic Pushes Toward
Wartime Peaks. Page A-31.
Relating 20 Draft.
Bill to Draft Doctors and Dentists
May Pass Congress This Week.
Page A-31.
Relating to Appropriations.
G.. o. P vote against excess profits
tax now predicted. Page A-28
Compromise. seen on age-price-
rationing controls Page AS
Evening star., 1950-08-27

Washington's main Sesquicen-
tennial attraction, Faith Of Our
Fathers" has been playing to au-
diences averaging less than 1000
nightly in its first three weeks.
Staged in the spacious 1000
seat Rock Creek Park amphi-
theater, the productions showing
thus far has raised questions
about the future of Paul Green's
third symphonic drama.
. For three weeks now, Mondays
excepted, the pages of history in
George Washington's post-Revo-
lutionary days have unfolded the
amphitheater. Much has been
written, much has been said; some
sood, some bad. How does it add
up?
Part Of the story is told in the
attendance and receipts, which
even a not-for- profit enterprise
must face UP to, but the figures
Evening star., 1950-08-27

ductions say this is a natural
phenomenon without permanent
significance. More significant,
they say, is the crowd of 1,172
Friday, the best in the last II
nights.
A quick look at the books dis
closes that the show is running
behind it's nightly budget of
81 $50, but it has not been enough
to shake the faith of the shows
fathers. The receipts through Fri
day from admissions, concessions
and parking lot, are $23, ,576.45;
the total expenses, roughly,
$29. 1000.
Far from being discouraged
the producers are gratitied by the
public response under what they
consider the most rugged condi-
tions.
First, the drama was to have
Evening star., 1950-08-27

themselves will bear good deal
Of analyzing.
In the first II days of it's young
life, the show played to a total
audience of 1892, or an average
OF 982 nightly. Whether that is a
good kickoff for a production de-
signed to run for years is one of
the debated points.
1t doesn't look so formidable
projected against a chart of the
outdoor theater's 1000 seats.
Some crowds, such as the 267
attending after an all-day rain,
have been lost in the big arena.
There have been six nights of
1000 or more, with a top Of 2,142
August 8.
Not so encouraging 70 some is
a drop-of from 1852 persons for
the six days Of August 6-12 to
4,516 persons August 1920. But
those familiar with eutdopr pro-
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Army Reports Pledge
OF Full Cooperation
After Rail Seizure
Skeleton Group of so
Is Set Up to Assure
Normal Operations

Assistant Army Secretary Karl
r. Bendetsen said last night that
railroad and union officials had
promised full cooperation" after
the Army seizes the Nations rail-
roads at pm. today.
The Army set up a skeleton
organization of fewer than so
men to take over the railroads
and see that their normal opera
tions &C on without a break.
Mr.. Bendetsen announced that
all necessary steps have been
taken to carry out President Tru-
mans order that the Army seize
the railroads to avert threat.
ened strike.
He emphasized that the Army
wants sufficient reports to be sure
that normal operations are main
tanned but that it will not inter-
fere in operations if they are car
ried on normally.
No Mediation Move Planned.
| He said that while the Army
is "as hopeful as anyone else that
peaceful settlement of the wage
dispute can be worked out in the
shortest period" it would remain
neutral and would not attempt
to undertake any coaliation movta,
The steps announced by Mr..
Bendetsen include the recall to
active duty of Col. Ernest E. Nor
ris of Washington, president of
the Southern Railway, and other
reservists to head the Army's
seven regional railroad offices. Col.
Norris will head the Southeastern
region with Offices here.
A subregional Office for the
Southeastern region will be 10
Gated at Atlanta, with 1t. Col.
Robert G. Youngblood of the 3rd
Army headquarters in charge.
Heileman Directs Operations.
Mr.. Bendetsen said he had ap-
pointed Maj. Gen. Frank A. Heile-
man, Army chief of transporta-
ton, as director of operations, and
Brig. Gen. Andrew F. Mcintyre,
an official of the Pennsylvania
Railroad on leave, as executive to
Gen. Heileman.
Luke w. Finley, wartime execu-
tive officer of the Army Trans
portation Corps, will act as special
consultant to Mr.. Bendetsen.
! Mr.. BendetSen told newsmen
that the promises of full cooper
alton should assure normal opera
tions of the railroads and relieve
the Army of any burdensome job
at a time when it already Is bur-
dened by the international situa-
tion.
The administration of the rail-
roads-which will be merely a
check to determine the opera
tions are normal-will be handled
through the seven regional Of
fees and three subregional Of
fees.
The other six regional Offices,
(See RAILS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Toll in Korean War
Exceeds 100000
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 27.-The
e-week-old Korean war has taken
n toll of well over 100000 killed,
wounded or missing on both sides.
This is q rough estimate. Moth
ing official has come from North
Korean sources, and United Ma
tions losses are not up to date.
The estimate could be broken
down this way:
North Korean losses.-Frontline,
$4,000; killed and wounded by
strafing and bombing front, &c, 900;
losses among guerrillas and in sea
actions, 10000; civilians killed or
wounded by long-range bombing
attacks as announced by North
Korean radio at Pyongyang, H.
582.
Allied losses.-American casual
ties (unofficial and estimated by
several sources which cannot be
named), more than 5000; South
Korean battle losses, more than
10000; South Korean civilians,
large. but no possible estimate.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Draft Boards Name
Sc District Men Due
For Induction Sept. s
All in 25-Yeor Bracket;
TotoI of 252 to Be CuIIed
Up Here During Month

Selective Service headquarters
yesterday revealed the names of
the Sc District men who must
report for induction September 6
the first city contingent to re-
ceive the celebrated Greetings"
in 18 months.
The draftees, all in the 25-year-
age bracket, will start through
the induction line at Arlington
Farms, Va, where they recently
passed their physical and mental
exams. with flying colors. In all.
252 Washington men are due to
walk the Ia path during Sep
tember.
District draftees last were or
dered up, 1875 strong. in the three
month period ending January,
1949. The most recent area in
auctions were four Montgomery
and Prince Georges County men
who reported last Thursday.
S8,4O2 Inducted in War.
During World War II, a total of
98,402 were indicted into the
armed services from the District.
The new calls are under the
draft act effective since June,
1948, and recently extended to
July 8, 1851. The act provides
that all men between the ages
of 10 and 25 years are subject
to induction. Eighteen-year- -olds
also must register but are not
being called.
To at least one of the young
men ordered to report September
6 the experience is. anything but
"a disappointment.
Mrs. George w. Miller, I'LL
Third street NE, relayed the re-
action of her son, William, who
will be 26 next month:
He's tickled to death to, be
taken in." said Mrs. Miller. "He
doesn't want to be 4-F."
She added that William was
rejected twice during the last war
because of a punctured ear-drum,
Continued on Page A-6. Col. ~
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Hospital Ship Sinking
Toll Is 1S Dead; Navy
Orders Crash Inquiry
Speed of Mercy Vessel and
Freiohter at Time Of
Collision to Be Probed
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 90
Seventeen men and a Navy nurse
were known dead today-victims
of the collision that sank the
hospital ship Benevolence.
Some others may have been lost.
The known survivors numbered
487.
The big mercy ship was rammed
and slashed by a freighter in a
binding fog late yesterday. just
outside San Francisco'S Golden
Gate. She overturned within Is
minutes and settled in IS feet Of
water.
The freighter was the Mary
Luckenbach, outbound for Calf
and East Coast ports. She was
not badly damaged and none of
her crew were injured.
Shakedown Cruise.
The Benevolence was coming in
from a shake-down cruise. She
had just been taken out of moth
balls" and was making her lass
trials before being put into service
to bring the wounded back from
the Korean war front. She had
no sick or wounded aboard.
The freighter, with her bow
smashed. stayed afloat and aided
in rescue work. but the hospital
ship capsized and went down in
little more than Is minutes.
While the thick, white fog was
blamed principally for the acci-
dent, the Navy and Coast Guard
indicated as they opened in
quiries today that they also were
interested in determining the
speed of the vessels. When they
sighted each other, they were on
a collision course and unable to
avoid hitting.
Sank in IS Feet of Water.
The Benevolence settled on her
side in rs feet Of water.
Capt. Barton E. Bacon, 40
skipper Of the hospital ship, was
on the bridge with Capt. Lyle j
Havens. harbor pilot, when the
crash came.
Capt. Bacon said Capt. Havens
shouted. II hear q whistle!"
The flash went to the engine
room: Full stop. Full righ!
rudder."
Then the ship appeared" Capt
Bacon related. while we were
making the turn it hit U.S."
Capt. Havens was. one of the
dead brought ashore.
Those who did not die savec
themselves or were saved, in
many ways. One young Navy
man told of playing a grim
(See SHIP, Page A-5,)
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Reds Gain 2 Miles in Northeast;
Walker Flies to Check on Front;
Foe Makes New Attacks in South
Kigye Is Captured
In Thrust Against
South Koreans
BY the Associofed Press

TOKYO Sunday, Aug. 27.-
A shifted Red power punch gained
two miles Saturday night on the
northeast end of the Korean war
front, IS air miles north of the
United Nations lifeline port of
Pusan.
On the Southern end, 35 air
miles west of Pusan, advance ele-
ments of $4,000 tank-supported
Communists forced back United
States 25th division outpost today
in a continuation of attacks pos
sibly presaging full-scale Of
.ensive.
The Communist push on the
Northeast, in the Pohang-Kigye
sector % overran the town of
Kigye: (2) drove South Korean
capital division troops eight miles
south of positions they had held
on August "a; 90 prompted the
United States Eighth Army COM
mander to fly to the sector for a
look at the situation.
The capital division, after
yielding Kigye. nine miles north
west of Pohang, withdrew two
miles to a road junction to the
southeast. August "a, the capital
division held high ground near
Odok, six miles north of Kigye.
On the capital divisions right
flank, the South Korean Sd di-
vision, which had advanced past
coastal Hunghae, was pushed back
Saturday night two miles to
position one-half mile south Of
the town. Hunghae is eight miles
north of Pohang, best United Ma
tions' port in Korea outside of
Pusan.
Navy P0urs in Shells.
These reverses were suffered by
the defenders despite a support
ing bombardment of 1,100 rounds
of heavy shells poured into Com
munist positions over 24-hour
period, starting Friday morning,
by American warships. This war
ship support may be continuing |
on an increased scale today.
The new Red coastal punches
were dealt on front some 35 to
IS miles east-northeast of Teagu.
The North Koreans had shifted
their main forces eastward since
$4,000 Reds had failed in seven
days of fierce fighting to capture
Taegu. These repeated attacks
on the advanced American supply
base had centered on the United
States 9th Regiment.
American officers, analyzing
the Red defeat before Taegu, said
1t means the United Nations
forces have passed the crisis and
will hold although minor with
drawals still are to be expected.
Situation on Perimeter.
This was the situation along
the 120-mile battle perimeter, be-
ginning at Pohang and curving
west and south:
Pohang-Lt. Gen. Walton H.
(see KOREA, Page A-3O
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Colorado Senate Wary
Of H-Bomb Site in Stute
By HE Assoeioted Pres

DENVER, Aug. 26.-The State
Senate isn't eager for the Govern
ment to choose Colorado as the
site for a hydrogen bomb plant.
Senator Sam T. Taylor mus
tered only eight votes among 30
senators present today for a
memorial to the States congress
sional delegation urging an H
bomb plant be set up in Colorado.
Senator j. Price Briscoe helped
scuttle the memorial by pointing
out that nobody knows what the
effect of an H-bomb blast would
be and that the plants location
in Colorado might.hurt the State S
tourist business.