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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
MAGNU50N WILL FIGHT CLOSING OF
 SHEMYAA AIR BASE

SEATTLE, March 28- R The Post-Intelligencer quoted Senator Magnuson D-Wash) today as say ing he will appeal directly to Pre- sident Truman against abandon ment of Shemya Island as an air base.
 He described the island base at the tip of the Aleutians as in dlSrenSahle' to air operations on the great circle route to the Orient.
 If Russia can build up Siberia, We can and should build up AL aska," the Senator declared. Tn stead we seem to have adopted a completely deteatist attitude to- ward Alaska, pulling. in or closing down our defenses while Russia on the other side is building hers up"
 The papers Washington, D. G., dispatch quoted Delegate Bartlett of Alaska as accusing the Air Force of 'piecemeal surrender of our north Pacific and western Alaska airways."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
NURSERY MEETING
 E SET TOMORROW

At 300 pm. tomorrow, Wednes- day, March 29, the mothers of Ale AWVS Cooperative Nursery will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Governors House. The topic for study discussion this month will be Helping Your Child by Helping Yourself"
 The Nursery is open from to 5 pm. very weekday except school holidays and accommodates child ren from 2 to years of age. The Nursery functions mainly on CO., operative basis.
 Children of cooperating mothers, who assist at the Nursery one af- ternoon each week or who con- tribute and equivalent amount of help in another capacity, may at tend every afternoon. The only charge for these children is $a per month for juice, which is serv- ed every afternoon. The Nursery is available to other children, also, at charge of 25 cents per hour, a minimum of 50 cents per day.
 Mrs. Austin Earl, Chairman, ex- tends a cordial invitation to all interested mothers to attend the meeting tomorrow to learn more about the nursery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
5 American Officials Killed in Plane Cras/
CLAIMS NORTH IS SAFE FROM LARGE
 SCALE INVASION

EDMONTON, March 28-lR-The chief of Canada's western com mand declares that the military does not expect any major invas- ion of the far north in the event of another war.
 Maj. Gen. M. H.. s. Penhale, the officer, spoke to the Edmonton Military Institutee on the recent sub-Arctic "Sweetbriar" military exercises. He said the maneuvers confirmed a military belief that only small scale operations are possible in the north.
 He said the efficiency of inexper- fenced troops drops two percent for every degree below zero. Thus at 50 below, their fighting effic- iency has dropped almost to zero.
 Weather stations and extensive radar network stations would be logical targets for invaders, he said. A larger scale attack might be aimed at northern airfields.
 Object of enemy attacks would be to damage civilian morale and tie up troops to hamper offensive operations overseas.
 Sweetbriar proved such attacks to be practical if not probable, Maj. Gen. Penhale stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
ANNUAL MEETING OF
 AHA THURSDAY SD. M.

The annual meeting of the AL aska Tuberculosis Association will be held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall Thursday evening, March 30, at o'clock. Mrs. Helene Johnson, President of the Associ- ation, will be in the chair and an- nounces that the featured speak CT of the evening will be Dr. Fred erick Coddington, thoraci0 sur geon at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, who will talk on various aspects of tuberculosis control in Alaska.
 Other speakers will be Mrs. Fran ces L. Paul, Executive Secretary of the Association, who will speak on the role of a tuberculosis associa- tion in relation to the whole pro- gram, and pr. c. Earl Albrecht, who will report on present and fu- 5ure plans of the Alaska Depart ment of Health regarding this most serious medical problem in Al aska.
 On the business agenda is the election of Is new members to the Board of Directors, as well as q financial report on the Christmas Seal Sale of 1949 which is now complete. The Board of Directors will convene for short session after the general meeting for the purpose of organization and ap~ pointment of a budget committee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
LEGION POST IN
 MONDAY MEETING

Juneau Post 4, the American Le- zion, met last evening in the Dug out for a routine business session with Commander Bob Druxman presiding and a majority of the officers and executive committee responding to the roll call
 Various committee reports were heard. The unanimous ballot was cast for John Tanner as the posts newly elected Adjutant, replacing John Parmenter, resigned.
 The recent reorganization of Post No. 20 at Hoonah was described by Legionnaire Dalton of that com munity who told of the posts &C., tivities in building a post home there.
 Highlight of the evening was the message brought by Robert E. Ellis Commander of the Ketchikan Le- zion post, and head of Ellis Airlines. Commander Ellis gave an interest ing account of various phases ot the veteran program in Ketchikan and explained the financial unde.- takings of his organization.
 In reporting further details of the annual convention to be held by the American Legion, department ct Alaska in Juneau September ? through September 6, Chester zen- ger, general chairman of the con- vention committee, called special meeting of that group in his home at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening.
 Among the important announce ments concerning activities cur rently in progress or under con- sideration, meeting of the posts executive committee has been an- nounced for Saturday evening at eight o'clock in the Legion Dugout. It was stressed that a full attend ance is a matter of first concern.
 Refreshments were served, John Tanaka and Ray Bolton acting as the committee. The customary "eats" will be served following the meeting of April 3, with Walter w. Smith and Maurice Powers in charge of the kitchen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
Hanson Dares
 Me(arthy 10
 Waive Rights
Would haIIenge Red- Manner in Law Court-De-
 nies Commie Affiliations

WASHINGTON, March 28-tR- Haldore Hanson today challenged Senator Mccarthy (R-Wis) to waive his Senatorial immunity and repeat his charges that Hanson is rro-C Communist.
 Hanson. 37-year-old State De- pertinent official, told Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that he is not Communist, has never been a Communist and never belonged to a Communication or ganization
 Mccarthy, in testimony to the committee, said Hanson had pro Communist proclivities." He also described Hanson as a man with mission to Communize the world"
 Mccarthy cannot be sued for libel for any statements he made to the committee
 But Hanson said that if Mo- Carthy would repeat the charges without benefit of Senatorial im- munity, I assure him that he will be called upon to answer to me in court of justice at the earliest practical moment"
 Asserting that he had been cleai'- ed after thorough investigation by the FBI, Hanson continued
 T deeply resent this attack up- on my loyalty. I wish to state now, under oath that 1 am not a Communist. I have never been a Communist.
 T have never belonged to an organization cited by the AL torney General as being a Com munist front organization. I have never knowingly associated with an espionage agent of a foreign pow err
 Hanson was the fourth person to come before the Committee and deny charges made against them by Mccarthy. The others were Doro- presentative on United Nations thy Kenyon, former American re- Commission; Ambassador at large Philip c. Jessup, and Mrs. Esther Brunauer, who is on the State Departments LIN Relations Staff.
 All had been named by Mccarthy drawing his charges that State Departmet is shot through with Communists and Communist sym pethizers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
BARTLETT TO PRESS . FOR RESTORATION
 OF. FACILITIES CUT
By Charles D. Watkins

WASHINGTON, March 28-lR- Delegate Bartlett of Alaska saiC today efforts will be made in tht Senate to restore a House com mittee's cut in funds for Commun- ity Facilities in the Territory.
 President Truman asked Congress to provide $12,00,O00 cash and $13,- O00,000 contract authority for the General Services Administration to carry on the Alaska Public Works Program in the year start ing July 1. The House Appropria- tions Committee cut it to $9,0O0,0OC cash and put in a restriction that the projects must be necessary tc national defense.
 Bartlett said this action was crippling to the program.
 "A determined effort will be made to increase the amount in the Senate and to strike out the crip- bling requirement for defense cer- tification," he told a reporter.
 "Of course, the legislative com- mittee of the Senate and House, in approving this legislation last year, clearly indicated it did not have as a primary purpose the granting of aid only to commun- ities where defense establishments exist.
 "The law was intended to aid the entire territory in modernizing community facilities"
 Bartlett said much of the money voted by the House Committed for other departments has not been earmarked, but he had learned these specific items would be in cluded for Alaska.
 For extension service work, $23,- $50; experiment station work, $66,- 048; school lunch program and conservation payments to farmers S47000; homstead loans, and pro- duction and subsistence livestock and equipment loans, sl6O,0O0; ru- ral identification loans, $3,000, ,000; Ciivili Aeronautics Board, $156,000; Anchorage and Fairbanks Airports, s3,200,000; Coast and Geodetic Sur vey, $2,200,0O0; Customs Bureau S2O3, 500.
 He said funds to be allocated to Alaska. by the Defense De- partment would include $800,0OO for storm protection work at Nome and $350,000 for dredging Wrangell Narrows.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
6RUEN|N6, 'B0B' GRATIFIED OVER
 STATEHOOD DATE

WASHINGTON. March 28-IR- Governor Gruening and Congress sional Delegate Bartlett expressed qualification last night over the Senate Interior Committees setting of an Alaska statehood hearing for April "A.
 Bartlett declared:
 Proponents of statehood are jubilant over this opportunity to be heard at a date sufficiently in ad- vance of Congressional adjourn ment for the bill to be reported out. debated on the floor and voted on in the Senate.
 At the same time, the hearings will be long enough so that both sides may be heard. The arguments in favor of statehood are so over whelming that am confident ot the outcome-that the Alaska state hood bill will be approved before this session of Congress ends"
 Bartlett has submitted a list of 20 prospective witnesses in behalf ot statehood
 Governor Gruening added:
 T am confident that such hear ing will produce the evidence neces- sary to enable the members of the committee to make up their minds on this supremely important issue.
 "The fact that hearings have been set four weeks away will give every body who wishes to be heard ample time to make the necessary arrange ments."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
SAARELA TALKS ON ALASKA MIN|NG AT
 MEETING OF BpW(

The future looks good for the de- velopment of the coal deposits in Alaska, Leo Saarela, Commissioner of Mines, told members and guests of the Business and Professional Women's Club regular luncheon meeting yesterday where he was guest speaker.
 Since April IT, 1880, when gold was discovered on Gold Creek, Sl55,- 100000 worth of gold had been mined in the Treadwell and Alaska Juneau Mine, prior to the closing of the latter in 1940.
 Mir Saarela urged that prospec- tors and miners avail themselves of the services provided by the Bu- reau of Mines. Four assay offices are maintained throughout the Ter ritory, as well as four divisions, namely: Safety, Continuing Survey of Resources of the Territory, Field Assistance to Prospectors and Min CTS, Protection of the Investor from Promoters Schemes.
 He said the lack of mining de- velopment is due largely to the lack of confidence on the part of the public.
 In 1913 the Office of Inspector ot Mines was established, but it was not until four years later that the laws, rules and regulations and safety measures were established. He said the miners are encourages to make recommendations for safety measures.
 Four guests at the Monday meet ing of the BPW club brought at tendance to 30. Guests present in- cluded Mrs. Joyce Howell, Mrs Frances Mae McDaniels, Mrs. Cal Brosius and Miss Kay Kennedy.
 Mrs. Elton Engstrom announced that the Juneau High School de- batting team would broadcast over KINY at pm, Thursday.
 The regular monthly meeting of the executive board is to be held Thursday noon in the Baranof Hotel was announced by President Bertha Ellinger. She also announced the regular business meeting of the club would be held next Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
SEWARD DAY NOTED THUR5DAY; TEMpUS FUGIT FOR 83 YEARS

Alaska will be 83 years old Thurs day.
 Seward Day will be noted through out the Territory March 30, com memorating Russia's turning ovei Stewards Folly to Uncle Sam that day in 1867.
 Territorial offices will be closed, as well as banks. Everything else will remain on "business as usual" basis, with no particular events planned to mark the signing of the treaty.
 Federal offices will go along as usual, with the sum of S7,200,00o which Uncle paid for the place not looked upon as extraordinary any more.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
ANCHOR FISH co.
 SIGNS CONTRACT
 WITH ILWU NO. 16

Juneau Local No. 16, Internationa! Longshoremen's and Warehouse mems Union, signed it's first can nery contract today, according tc Verne Albright. who announced the agreement with Anchor Fisn Company. Albright is Alaska rep resentative and regional director fol the international ILWU.
 The contract covering wages hours and working conditions was signed by Albright and Don Mines who formerly operated Anchor Fish at Pelican.
 Milnes will have the floating she'll fish cannery off the Juneau Lum- Der Company dock (formerly Ju- neau Spruce Corporation). Opera tions are expected to start nexl month. Milnes was not available for comment today.
 Rates for piece work will be 2a cents pound for shrimp and l. cents for crab.
 The contract covers every type oi cannery work except that of super visory employees, Albright said.
 Negotiations are now in progress between Alaska Salmon Industry Inc, and the United Alaska Fish Cannery Workers Union. the A. F. of L. union certified by workers in Southeast Alaska A.SI. member canneries at post-season election last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
DENIAL BRINGS 42
 HERE; 16 DEPART

The northbound .Denali arrived here at ' am. today, and, after AZ passengers had disembarEfd and 16 embarked for Sitka and Seward, the ship sailed at Il am.
 Passengers arriving from Seattle were. Jake Aardal, Walter G. Ab- bolt, Mike Baranof. Anne Bro- berg, James Bush, Alberta Collins, James Cranston, Otis G. Edwards, John Eieden, A. K. Eskestrand, Adolph Floe, Ronald Fowler, Mrs. Roy Fowler, Lannie Flowler, Will liam Fowler.
 Walter Graves, Milford Graves, W. Holbrcok, Ray James, Grover M. Little, MT. and Mrs. Alden M. Macdonald, Glen H. Neitzert, MT. and Mrs. Eugene w. Norton, Helen L. Pallme, Brony Pawlik, Sgt. L. K. Richardson, Jim Rude, Herman Stevenson, Edward A. Shaffer, John Thompson, Albi c. Torvinen, Louise Turner, Dr. H. vance, ana Alleh '' Vaughn.
 From Ketchikan: G. F. Clark. from Petersburg: Mrs. Earl Bland, Joseph Bland, w. E. Diers, Mrs. A. Gunderson, and Ed Locken.
 Embarking for Sitka were: MT. and Mrs. J. s. Jeffrey, Robert Boochever, and M. E. Monagle; and for Seward: Andrew Wirum, Pete Wirum, Nick Ramanoff, Lawrence Gisler, Mrs. Edwin L. Taylor, MT. and Mrs. George Metter, Mike Metter, Harry Datoff, Mary $. Miller, Shirley A. Miller and otto Fade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
ALEXANDER KIL0H,
 FORMER JUNEAUITE,
 PASSES AWAY, CALIF

Alexander Kiloh a longtime resi- dent of Gastineau channel died at Hayward. California, on March Is, according to word received by the Secretary of the local Masonic Lodge. He was made Mason in Scotland a great many years ago and in l942 affiliated with Mt. Ju- neau Lodge No. l47. F. and A. NJ. and served as Tyler thereof.
 He was formerly in the employ of the Alaska Juneau mine prior to his departure for California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
The W ashington Merry Round
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 By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON Sometimes the most important votes are cast in closed-door session. This, was true the other day when Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma finally voted with southern Senators for the new cotton acreage bill. Here are the inside facts behind his vote.
 Speculating on the commodity market has cost Senator Thomas so many farm votes that he is now trying to maneuver what amounts to a private subsidy for Oklahoma farmers to win back their support.
 Thomas's plan is to grant extra cotton acreage to farmers whose winter wheat was destroyed by green bugs. It so happens that Oklahoma farmers lost about 100,- GOO acres in winter wheat because of green bugs, but the law, on the face of it, would help farmers in other states also.
 There is one factor that Senator Thomas didn't mention, however that, although green bugs also infested wheat in the north, Ok lahoma is the chief wheat-produc- ing state infested by green bugs that grows cotton. Thus, Thomas's plan would help only Oklahoma farmers.
 Behind closed doors, the Senator from Oklahoma high-pressured the Senate conferees debating the cot ton acreage bill to accept his green bug plan as the price for his vote. Without him, the vote was split, 3 to 3. Three northerners-Senators Lucas of Illinois, Aiken of Yer mont and Young of North Dakota held out against the cotton acre. age bill. Three others-Ellender of Louisiana, Hoey of North Carolina and 'Thye of Minnesota-voted for it. Meanwhile, Thomas sat on the fence. Finally, the cotton Senators gave him a political .bribe by &C., cepting his green-bug provision.
 Later, alert Sen. Clint Anderson of New Mexico blocked this pri-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
REPUBLICAN, BANQUET
 TO BE HELD THURSDAY

Indications are there may be an
 overflow at the Republican banquet
 to be held at the Baranof Hotel Thursday night starting at ' o'clock
 This is the first time Territorial
 Republicans have gathered in one
 bunch for 16 years and visitors and locals are eager to get around the "chow" for a real time.
 Tickets for the affair may DC
 obtained from Mayor Waino Hen
 drickson, s. J. MacKinnon, Elton , Engstrom, Fred Eastaugh, Ellis
 Reynolds, Earl Hunter, Howard Simmons and Ray Beach.
 Oh, yes, Republican women VIII also be there, informal of course.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
DEMO CANDIDATE FOR COM. LABOR
 kIMbALL IS HERE

Ross E. Kimball, Democratic candidate for Commissioner of La bor, has stated that he is willing to speak before any organization or group on any problem relative to the position Of Commissioner of Labor.
 Ross Kimball further states that the Republican Club is no ex- ception. He will speak to them also While in Juneau, Kimball is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
JUNEAU COUPLE LEARN
 OF NEW GRAND(HILD

It. and Mrs. J. B. Owings be- came the parents of a daughter March IT in Frankfurt, Germany Mrs. Owirgs is the former Ruth Langseth of Juneau.
 The infants grandparents. MT and Mrs. John Langseth of this city, learned ot the blessed event yesterday.
 Mrs. Owings was member of the U. s. Army Nurse Corps dur ing World War II. She returned to Germany with her husband af- ter the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
Trust Grand Jury Siaris
 Work Today

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2f ---lR-Convening of the Third Di- vision Grand Jury to hear of pos sible antitrust law violations ir Alaska was postponed yesterday until today to permit the drawing of more names for jury duty.
 Subpoenas have been issued to 163 firms and individuals requesting them to appear before the grand jury to testify regarding violations of the 1890 sherman Antitrust Act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
5TEINHARDT, 4 OTHERS IN
 PLANE CRASH
U. 5. Ambassador to Can- ada Among Victims of
 Air Accident Today

OTTAWA. March 28--4R-Laur- ence A. Steinhardt. U.S. Ambassador | to Canada. was killed with fouI other persons today in the crash of Washington- bound US. transport plane on a farm near Ottawa.
 The two-engined US. Air Force CAT crashed II miles southeast of here shortly after taking off from Ottawa's Rockcliffe Airport. The craft was demolished.
 The victims. as listed by the Ca- nadian Press:
 Steinhardt. once Ambassador to Russia and Czechosloyakia and for l7 years career diplomat.
 Allan Harrington, son of the US. Minister to Canada, Julian Harring- ton.
 Capt. Thomas Archibald, US. Army Air Force pilot.
 It. Col. w. F. Trueblood. US. Army Air Force. an exchange officer attached to R.C.A.F. headquarters in Ottawa.
 It. Mark Belanger. US. Army Air Force. former US. Air Attache at Ottawa who was in Ottawa on an exchange basis.
 Lone Survivor
 The lone survvior was Master Sergeant Gwyn A. Long of the US. Army Air Force, crew chief on the flight. He was reported to have walked away from the wreck and was taken to a hospital.
 The plane took off at 8:20 am.. EST. Witnesses at the scene on the Gould Farm three miles southeast of Ramsayville, said the craft seemed to explode about 50 feet from the ground.
 Wreckage was scattered over 8 wide area of the flat, cleared farm- land.
 Crash Cause Unknown
 Cause of the crash was not imme- diately determined. The weather was clear and visibility good when the aircraft took off.
 Steinhardt, 57, became the Ameri- can envoy here in August. 1948. He previously served in Sweden. Peru, Turkey and Czechoslovakia. Steinhardt was Ambassador to Moscow during a critical period of U.S.- Russian relations. A New Yorker, Steinhardt gave up a profitable law and business career to enter the diplomatic sery- ice in April. 1883. He worked for the election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom he had known for several years, and was made Min ister to Sweden
 In Diplomatic Corps He stayed in Stockholm until 1887, then was made Ambassador to Peru. The Moscow assignment fol- lowed in February, l939.
 Steinhardt saw the war begin in Moscow. He was bombed and nearly captured by the Germans after they turned on their Russian Allies.
 Because one German officer he knew sent a pet dog home by plane four days before the German inva- sion in 194l. Steinhardt was able to call the turn on the Germans decision to fight Russia.
 He flew home just before Pearl Harbor and was immediately posted back to Istanbul There he matched wits for three years with Hitlers ace diplomat. Franz von Papen. He helped hold the Turks from waver- ing into the German ranks and then cinched their aid for the Allies.
 His last European post was n Prague. It was a difficult assign ment, especially after the Con- munist revolution and victory of February, l948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 28- Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 116s, Anaconda 28as, Curtiss- Wright 8A, International Harvester 26%, Kennecott 501a, New York Central 127s. Northern Pacific 15as, U. s. Steel 32ls, Pound S2.80B.
 Sales today were 1,780,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 209.52, rails 5524, uti]~ ities 43.25.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-28
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Denali scheduled southbound 4 am. Monday.