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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
NEW CLUES FOUND BY
 5EAR(HER5
sos, Also Footprints Re- porfed Seen-Severe
 Weather on Isle

McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. Feb. l7-R-Snow, rain and wind hampered the search of deso- late Princess Royal Island today for five airmen still missing from the B-36 crash off the British Co., lumbia coast Monday night The storm, with winds up to 50 miles an hour, broke as search parties trudged through the rough. wooded hills. encouraged by sight ing yesterday of tree-snagged para chutes and tracks in the snow.
 The search was also sparked by two new clues--a blood-spattered patch in the snow where man had apparently fallen and a sos stamped in the snow
 A Royal Canadian Navy spokes- man at Esquimalt, B.C.. said these were sighted yesterday. but north ern darkness closed in before in vestigation was completed.
 One search party did not return to the Canadian destroyer Cayuga until nearly midnight. It was de- layed when thickness of island growth forced members of the party to crawl a considerable distance" on their hands and knees.
 sos Spotted
 A United States helicopter spot ted the sos and imprint. Four para chutes also were sighted. but it is i not known whether they belonged to the missing men or to those 1 already rescued.
 r Better weather was forecast for tonight and tomorrow, but todays storm not only bothered searchers but would be an additional blow to the five missing men. s Unaccounted For They alone were unacounted for of the IT who parachuted from the ice-coated, blazing bomber. Eleven men have been brought here. and another was rescued yesterday. The nine uninjured crew meni- bers, who arrived here by plane from the north Wednesday night. took off as passengers in a C-54 before noon today for the flight back to their home base at Fort Worth, Texas.
 Survivor Found Inland
 Meanwhile. s /Sgt. Vitale Trip podi, 23-year-old radio operator from Brooklyn. joined 10 other sur vivors at the McChord Base Hos pital.
 A 18th man, Lieut.. Charles c. Pooler, 36, engineer from Beloit. Kans.. was to be flown here today. Pooler. suffering from a broken ankle. was found yesterday some distance inland by searchers rom the Canadian destroyer.
 Trippodi was returned in q litter aboard an Air Force flying boat He , could not be interviewed but his condition was described as "satis- factory"
 ! Col. Hervey Porter, Air Force doc
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
LION PETE R0A25 WITH PAIN N-RED OF
 FACE, PURSE FLAT

Peter Wood nominated himself today for president of the Red-in- the-Face Club.
 What really hurts, though. is the pocketbook department.
 It happened like this: Pete is chairman of the conyen- ton committee for the Juneau Lions Club. For weeks now, he has been trying to drum up interest in the district convention this weekend in Seward. He thought it would be nice if eight or ten fellows could go from Juneau
 When it came right up to the date, though, there was only one delegate-President Val Poor.
 Well, Val left his drugstore in Douglas, rode with Pete to the air. port yesterday and had waiting time to humble ideas for his speech.
 dot, dot, dot, for 24-hour interim.
 At 1:30 this afternoon, Pete re- ceived this telegram:
 Advise where and when is con- vention. Be prepared to explain"
 Pete consulted the files for the first time in six weeks and came on this wire January 8 from District Governor Maurice Oaksmith of Ketchikan: "1950 district convention Seward March IT and IS, George Green chairman. Regards to all Whats cooking your plans?"
 Red of countenance and roaring with pain from his flattened wallet. Lion Pete dispatched this message:
 Enjoy your fine winter vacation my expense. Be prepared return Seward in March"
 "Ou-u-uch!" howled Pete. Round trip fare is $144.90. There he is, stay ing at the Westward Hotel in An chorage.
 And the guy has to eat some- thing. too"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
CONFESSIONS
 ARE ALLEGED
 AT SPY TRIAL
A eriean Businessman voge|er, Others Facing
 Court in Budapest
This home of Mir. and

BUDAPEST, Hungary. Feb. IT. tR-American businessman Robert Vogeler's British assistant and two Hungarians confessed in court today to spying for the west, but the court skipped over Vogeler in the first day of Hungary's newest spy trial.
 (There was no indication whether the courts action meant that Vogeler had refused to plead guilty along with the others. The govern ment had announced previously that he had confessed)
 The British assistant, Edgar Sanders, testified in a firm voice that he was guilty of seeking out information on Hungary's military economic and political situation and passing it on to his superiors.
 Vogeler, an Assistant Vice Presi- dent and European representative oi International Telephone and Tele- graph Co.,, is on trial with Sanders his British assistant. and five Hun garians. One defendant is a Catholic Priest, another a barmaid.
 The indictment against Sanders read in court today, charged he had been British spy since 194O.
 Britain charged in a note last night that Hungary had violated standards of civilization and justice in preparing for Sanders trial.
 The first two defendants to. be called, Imre Geiger and Zoltan Rado confessed to spying and sabotage Geiger is the Hungarian managing director of I.T&T. Budapest branch Rado, a former government em- ployee, is listed in the indictment as ministry chief of section"
 Geiger told the court he became US. agent in 1946 and delivered spy reports prepared in five copies" to various Americans. He said that since 1949 Vogeler received the re- ports. Geiger said an escape from Hungary was prepared for him by the US. Legation in Vienna but that he and his family were arrested last November on the train, before it reached the border.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
MILITARY PLANE IN
 CRACK UP
Fourteen Aboard But Only One |njured-Tdkes Place
 Near Snag, Yukon I.

DONJEK RIVER, VT. Feb. IT, R-The seventh large military plane to come to disaster in the northwest area of Canada and the United States within the past three weeks crashed yesterday on an icy lake between here and Northway, Alaska.
 Only one of the four Canadians and 10 Americans aboard was in- jured.
 The plane, Canadian Dakota (C-4D, was participating in Exer- else Sweetbriar, the joint U.S.- Canadian Arctic maneuver.
 Land vehicles are being sent to aid the crashed plane which piled up eight miles from the Alaska Highway near Snag.
 It was another chapter in a dis aster-ridden three weeks for mili- tary aircraft throughout the north west.
 The series of tragedies began when a U.S.A.F. C-54 vanished Jan. 26 with A persons aboard while flying from Anchorage, Alaska. to Great Falls, Mont. No sign of the plane has been found since. but the search continues.
 Two CATS, participating in the search for the C-54. cracked up but all occupants of both planes were rescued. Another C-54, also par ticipating in the search for the big transport, piled up out of Great Falls, killing three persons.
 Then Monday night. r persons parachuted from an ice-sheathed burning B-36 off the northern Brit ish Columbia coast. Twelve Of the F have been recovered but five still are missing.
 A B-29 cracked up Wednesday morning near Great Falls shortly after taking off to aid in the hunt for the B-36. Eight crewmen per- ished in the flames.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
LONELY RAN REUNITED WITH HIS DAUGHTER AFTER TWENTY
 SEVEN YEARS; FUN EXPECTED

EUREKA, Calf Feb. l7-lH-A retired contractor and his daught- CT, whom he had believed killed in an accident, were reunited here last night after 27 years.
 It was the first time that J. E. Miller Of Los Gatos, Calif., had seen his daughter. Mrs. Viola Sedgewick of Seattle, since leaving Colorado for Alaska. A conversation he overheard last summer while driving through Grand Junction, Colo, from the east led him to Eureka.
 Here he met members of the Barnett family, whom he had known years ago in Colorado. And, in turn, they knew the whereabouts of Mrs. Sedgewick.
 Miller said that, in 1925, he was advised by relatives that his two daughters had been killed in an automobile accident. He said he came to California from Alaska His other daughter, Mrs. Hazel Rosson, resides in Portland and he has granddaughter-about whom he learned last night-residing in Oak land, Mrs. Janet Medling, 24
 i've been living all alone, an these years said Miller Will we have fun!"
 He said he and. Mrs. SedgeWick would return to his home at Los Gatos and that the other daughter and Mrs. Medling would join them later. sf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
lo Trace Of F1ue Missing Bomber Surviuors
 0bjett
 IsSeen

CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 17-tH- A bright gleaming aerial object moving at terrific speed was re- ported by a Cordova Air Service pilot and passenger yesterday near Hinchinbrook Island between here and Seward
 Pilot Lawrence Barr and the pas senger, Mrs. Florence Earth, said they got an excellent view of the fast-fiying object before it disap- peared. and that it answered de- scriptions of flying disc.
 Barr, sighting the object at pm, checked with the Civil Aeronautics Authority after landing here and said he learned there had been no other civilian or military planes in the vicinity.
 "The object definitely could not be identified as any known type of aircraft" Barr said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
TRUMAN HITS G0pER5 HARD
 IN ADDRESS
Negative Inaetion ofRe- pubIiCdns Discussed
 by President
By JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17-lR - President Truman is taking for his 1850 political line: the Republicans are croaking about Socialism to hide their own negative inacsion. " That brought new COP challenges today for November vote test of the issue.
 MT. Truman told glittering gath cring of $500 Democrats at the $10O plate Jackson dinner here last night that the Republi- cans just sit around waiting for the Democrats to propose something.
 "Then they react with an outburst of scare words." he said. To the chuckling appreciation of his steak fed listeners, he added:
 They are like a cuttlefish that squirts out cloud of black ink whenever it's slumber is disturbed
 Calls for Full Speed
 The President called for full speed on "our domestic programs for health, education, social security and economic stability" He said Republican charges that these in- volve Socialism lis an insult to the intelligence of the American people.
 'Now of course" he said, this pro- gram is not Socialism. Tt is based upon firm faith in the strength ot free enterprise.
 Confronted by the great record of this country and the tremendous promise of its future, all they (the Republicans) do is croak Social ism" he declared.
 Taft Makes Reply
 Senator Taft (R-Ohio), who took leading part in framing the COP campaign slogan of liberty versus Socialism" told reporters that if MT. Truman doesn't know his pro- gram is Socialistic The is being hoodwinked by his ADA (Americans for Democratic Action) and CIO- PAC (Political Action Committed supporters who have sold him most of it's features.
 Police state economic controls, price fixing, wage fixing. govern ment operation of steel and utility plants, the farm controls of the Grammar plan, socialized and fed- eralized medicine and repeal of the Taft Hartley Act would duplicate the program of the Labor Socialist government in Great Britain" Taft said, adding:
 "No wonder MT. Truman and his friends are publicly praying. TOT a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
If. D. R. Failing
 Jei Crash Victim

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. IT, R-Air Force headquarters today identified the victim of a Tuesday collision of two jet planes as It Donald R. Failing, 25. His parents live in New York State and his wife in St. Paul, Minn. He was thrown clear when the plane crashed to the shore of Cook Inlet near Pt. Redoubt.
 He was the winner of several decorations in World War II.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
The W ashington Merry Go Round
lcopyrisht leso by Bell Syndicate. Inc, By DREW PEARSON

VASHINGTON-At his weekly Cabinet luncheon, shortly after news of the London atom-secrets leak, President Truman told his official family that he had never been SO alarmed over the interna- tional situation.
 Not only was he alarmed re- garding leaks to Russia, he said, but it now appeared that Russian war production had advanced much further than our intelligence infor- nation had any previous idea of
 All this has resulted in a decision by the President and the Secretary of State to write a new blueprint of foreign policy. This will include a revision of the American defense problem-based on the assumption that Russia now possesses all our atomic and hydrogen secrets-and will probably result in tipping the budget. ~
 Meanwhile, here is an overall picture of what the U.SA. faces on the two most important but widely separated fronts of the cold war.
 Revolt in Balkans
 1. Eastern Europe-Developments here are highly encouraging. They are so encouraging that President Truman's long face may not be entirely justified.
 In Bulgaria, long considered a Soviet stronghold, unrest is so rampant that Civil War prevails outside the big cities. It began when farmers staged sit-down against Communist demands, re- fused to plant grain and concealed
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
CONVICTION FORECAST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17-lR-Thf State Department charged today that the Communist Hungarian Government decided in advance of the trial to convict Robert Vogelel of spying and sabotage.
 The Department said that 10 days before the trial opened in Buda- pest, the Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Matyas Rakosi asserted the guilt of MT. Vogeler" in public speech. >
 A formal statement by the De- partment also raised the question of whether Vogeler, an American communications company represen- tative, has been subjected to CO., ercion by intimidation, lack of food drugging, or other forms of mis- treatment" since his arrest las' November.
 The Hungarian Government has said that Vogeler Confessed" tc spying,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
ATTLEE COMPLETES
 POLITICAL SWING
 TOUR OF BRITAIN
tBy Associated Press)

Labor Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrived back in London from his 1,200 mile political tour ot Britain. His folksy chats with the voters on planned economy and full employment convinced him labor will be returned in next Thursdays election.
 His chief opponent, Winston Churchill, will make the Conserva- tive Party's last political broadcast tonight. The Conservative Party too, said confidently we are going to win"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Feb. 17-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can ll2la Anaconda 29l2, Curtiss- Wright 91s, International Harvester 291a, Ken necott SIS, New York Central 12A Northern Pacific 15ss, US. Steel 20ls. Pound $2.80 /16.
 Sales today were ,94O,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows industrials 203.17, rails 57.7O, utili- ties 4265.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver February 25.
 Denali schedule,. southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
SETTLEMENT
 ExpECTEDIN
 COAL STRIKE
Efforts Being Made to Stall Off Contempt Court
 ACtion-Miners Out
By Sterling '. Green

WASHINGTON, Feb. IT, R - Government mediators said today they are shooting fer a settlement by Monday" of the coal strike.
 David L. Cole, chairman of Pre- sident Turman's Board of Inquiry tcld reporter a weekend set clement is desired to stall off pos- sible contempt of court action against the strikers.
 The 37O,00O miners have ignored all this week an order from a Fed eral Judge for return to work.
 Cole said Monday is the target for return to work as John L. Lewis and mine operators began their third successive day of talks.
 Hopes were high, because of a secret. three-hour meeting held last night.
 At this session, wages and other contract terms were said to have been discussed more realistically than at any time in the past eight months of the coal contract dispute
 Cole asked each side to reduce their representations to not more than four persons. There have been 20 representatives for each side.
 It was reported that Lewis has thrown on the table Appoint list of demands. He made no flat wage demand, it was said, but left this open for settlement when other points were agreed.
 Lewis also has suggested that the mine owners guarantee the miners 200 days of work year.
 Cole and Cyrus Ching, Federal Mediation Chief, brought about last nights unscheduled talks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
ASKS FOR REPORT

WASHINGTON, Feb. IT. tR - President Truman today asked his fact-finding board in the coal dis pute to give him personal report tomorrow.
 The White House announced the Presidents move amid signs that the Government was putting on heavy pressure to get the dispute wound up this weekend.
 David Cole, the chairman of MT. Truman's board, told reporters that government mediators were shoot ing for settlement by Monday"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-17
WEATHER REPORT


 . In Juneau-Maximum IS; , minimum 10. , At Airport-Maximum IT; , minimum 4. . 20 R E C A ST . Juneau ana vtetnitsp |, Cloudy with snow and low , est temperature l2 degrees . tonight. Snow flurries and , highest temperature g Sat- , urday. Gusty northeast winds , decreasing late tonight. . F K E CIPl A T q N . (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 . in. tods, , City of Juneau-.02 inches; , since Feb. 1--1.63 inches, } since July 1-56.74 inches. , At Airrort-.03 inches; } since Feb. 1-1.5l inches; } since July l--37.94 inches. } . . .
 Holly berries are comparativel carce because only female tree
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Holly berries are comparatively scarce because only female trees produce. berries. and then only ii weather is right.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-22
Admiral Sherman Heads
For Europe Talks Toduy

Admiral Forrest P. Sherman
Chief of Naval Operations, was
scheduled to leave today for a
weeks visit to Europe to confer
with naval commanders there.
He will confer with Admiral
Richard L. Connolly, commander
Of naval forces in the Eastern
Atlantic and the Mediterranean,
in London.
Then he will fly to Germany to
see Gen. Thomas T. Handy, Euro
pean commander-in-chi and
Rear Admiral John Wilkes, who
commands naval forces in Ger
many. In Southern France, he
will meet Vice Admiral John j,
Ballentine, Sixth Fleet comman-
der. who succeeded Admiral
Sherman. there when the latter
was transferred here.
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that members could be reimbursed
for legal advice received.
An official who is in no way as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Friedman OF
the Department of Justice esti-
mated that an attorney in private
practice would have received q
fee of at least $4,000 for the
work performed by Mr.. Friedman
for Capt. Collision.
The fact that Mr.. Friedman
had received the $4,000 fee was
brought out in hearings last sum-
mer before a subcommittee of the
Senate Banking and Currency
Committee. News accounts printed
at the time carried the story.
Asked Reimbursement.
The Senate committee records
show that Mr.. Collision wrote Mr..
Lewis in March, 1949, asking re-
endorsement of $4,000 for legal
services performed by Mr.. Fried
men. ST..
The committee records then
quote from welfare fund trustee
meeting minutes of April Z, 1949
authorizing the reimbursement OF
the money to Mr.. Collision.
Mr.. Friedman helped H. Ora.
ham Morrison, assistant attorney
general, handle the Governments
prosecution Of the UNIV for con-
tempt In the recent coal crisis
The union was acquitted Of con-
tempt OF back-to-work tnjunc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-22
Byrd
Continued From First Page.)

administrator of the soft coal
mines during a period of Govern
ment operation of the mines in
1946-47. The mines were seized
by the Government in May, 1916,
to end a long strike. The mines
were not returned to private op-
Grafton until July /, 1947. -,
The first welfare and retire.
ment fund for the miners was
set up during that period. Capt.
Collision was put on the three
man trustee board as representa-
tive of the owners.
Signing of a new contract be-
tween the UNIV and private oper-
ators in June, 1947, brought about
Government release of the mines.
The contract also created a new
welfare fund with new trustees.
Wished to be Released.
Capt. Collision wished to be re-
leased as a trustee of the 1916
fund. He also believed it desir-
able for the remainder of the
old fund to be joined with the
new one. In order to accomplish
his detectives he believed it would
be necessary to obtain approval
of the District Court. -
John L. Lewis, as the UNIV
trustee, opposed the court action.
He held that the legal procedure,
coupled with necessary special
audits. would cost the fund per-
haps 100000. Weeks of pickering
among the trustees followed.
Capt. Collision Then took his
problem to Mr.. Friedman who had
been advising him for months. Mr..
Friedman, on his own time, worked
out formula providing for dis
charge Of the trusteeship and
mingling of the two welfare funds
without court suits. Capt. Coli
son was released as trustee and
the two funds merged.
Submitted $4,000 Bill.
Later, Mr.. Friedman submitted
a bill for $4,000 to Capt. Collision.
The former coal mines admin
istrator then applied to the new
fund trustees for reimbursement.
1t was subsequently approved by
the Trustee Board consisting OF
MIR. Lewis, Ezra Van Horn, opera
tors representative, and Senator
Bridges, Republican. of New
Hampshire, the neutral trustee
The board previously had ruled
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/. The actual cost Of maintain
ing the unit at Cambridge is less
than it would be toemaintain the
same facilities in Baltimore.
2. That removal of the unit to
Baltimore would work undue
hardship on Eastern Shore vet
Grams in travel costs and loss OF
time.
8. That while 8 to 10 per cent
! of Maryland veterans live on the
Eastern Shore, they are asking
much less than 8 per cent of the
WAS services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-22
LoqisticuI Unit to Train
On Ship Tomorrow

Officers of the 2009th Army
Reserve Logistical Division will
receive a new type of training at
8 pm. tomorrow when they go
aboard a freight supply vessel
The vessel will be moored at
Washington Channel Pier at
Maine avenue.
Instruction will cover opera
tional procedures, deck manage
ment fundamentals and storing
and tactical requirements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-22
Lawrence Tibbett's Son
WEEDS Medicine Heiress
By the xssoeiotsd Press

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 22.-Law-
renee Tibbett, jr., and heiress
Norma Fletcher are honeymoon
ing today after their marriage
Monday in Las Cruces, N. Mex.
his mother says.
Mrs. Grace Tibbett said the son
of the opera singer would return
here with his bride to make theil
home. The new Mrs. Tibbett il
the granddaughter of the late
Charles H. Fletcher, founder of 8
patent medicine fortune. It is hel
fourth marriage and the seconc
for Mr.. Tibbett.