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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-20

Guam and trust territories of the Pacific, so the committee next Mon- day will have before it, three bills which would give each of these three areas legal foundation to their existence as compared with a regulatory existence as they are presently controlled by the Navy Department. The people of Samoa and Guam are American nationals but are not American citizens. Also pending before the commit tee is a bill which would allow Puerto Rico (also taken from Spain) to have it's own constitution. Puerto Rico at the present time, Astin ex- plained, has the status of being an organized island possession of the US, and has it's own Organic Act. It now elects it's own governor, who is Munoz-M Marin, the first Puerto Rican to hold that office.
 Governor Munoz, in recent ap- pearance before O'Mahoney's com- mittee, stated that Puerto Rico had no desire for statehood, but that his people would like the authority to have their own constitution to replace the Organic Act. People of Puerto Rico are American citizens.
 A bill introduced into Congress by Congressman Mercantonio ot New York, would grant Puerto Rico independence such as was granted the Philippine Islands. Marcantonio has 250,0O0 Puerto Ricans in his district in New York. Puerto Rico itself has a population of 2,025,000.
 As to the Virgin Islands, Astin said they were purchased from Den- mark similar as Alaska was pur- chased from Russia. There are only 30,000 people on the three princi- pally populated islands, Astin ex- plained. Pending before the com- mittee are two bills effecting the VNSlll lSldIluS, Ollc Ol WlllCll WOulet grant the Virgin Islands resident commissioner in the Congress of the US. and the other would have the resident for Puerto Rico take the responsibility for representing the islands in addition to his regu- lar duties.
 Astin was leaving shortly for Hydaburg where he will investigate the question of an Indian reserva- tion in that area before returning to Washington, DC, to report back to the O'Mahoney committee his findings on his trip through the Territory.
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CAMPAIGN OF .TRUTH' PLANS
 ASkEDF0RU.5.

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GOLD RUSH CHARACTER
 PASSES ON

BELLINGHAM, Wash, April 20-- R-One of the most colorful char acters of the Alaska gold rush of 1898, William (Willie) Howard Jones. died last night at the age of 76.
 willie" as he was known from the gold fields of the Yukon to Seattle. died in his sleep. He had lived here four years.
 Back in '98, Willie Jones entered the gold territory over the Dyea Trail from Skagway. Settling first at Dawson, he established one of the richest claims in that section, on Hunker Creek. That claim is still being mined today by sons of the Stranberg family which pur- chased it from him about 1900.
 Willie worked the claim with pick and shovel, taking only the most accessible gold. From what was left, the Stranberg family established a large fortune.
 Willie Jones was personal friend of the late Jack London, writer of Northland tales, and was featured in one of his novels.
 His widow, Pearl. said his ashes will be forwarded to Fairbanks and spread over the surrounding area in which he spent so many years.
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|LATTIM 0 R E
 'CELL' MEMBER
 SAYS BUDENz
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ist editor, named Owen Lattimore as a Communist cell" member, he said he did not regard him as the top Russian espionage agent" in the United States.
 Budenz was testifying on charges of Senator Mccarthy (R-Wis) that the State Department is infiltrated with Communists and Red sympa- thizers.
 Mccarthy had named Lattimore, Johns Hopkins University profess sor, to the committee as the top Russian espionage agent" in the United States.
 Lattimore, under oath, denied the charge flatly and said he had never been Communist or Communist sympathizer.
 Not Accurate
 Edward P. Morgan, committee counsel, asked Budenz if McCarthy's charge that Lattimore was the top Soviet espionage agent" was cor rect.
 ITO my knowledge that statement is technically not accurate" Budenz replied From my own knowledge, I would not say that he Gattimore) was the top Soviet agent"
 But he had testified that during his own Communist party member ship he had considered Lattimore to be a Communist. He said too that Lattimore was party to con- spiracy to help the Communists take over China.
 No to Question
 Lattimore's lawyers passed to Morgan a series of written ques- tions. In response to these, Budenz testified that he had not given the FBI any information regarding Lattimore until very recently"
 Budenz was pressed for an answer to this question:
 Do you of your own personal knowledge know whether this man Lattimore) was a Communist"
 Budenz replied that he never had seen Lattimore at meeting but that he did know of many reports that Lattimore was a Communist.
 Without relying on what you've been told, do you know whether this man was a Communist"
 Budenz said no, he did not, that he had to rely on. reports of high Communist officials.
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Injured Alaskan Miner Has Odd Experience

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April 20- tR-Miner Ben Jokela fell down g mine shaft at Pedro Dome Creek about 20 miles from here.
 Before reaching a hospital here the following types of transporta- tion were used:
 He was pulled from the mine shaft with windlass bucket Then he was driven several miles by jeep. Then by sled. And final ly by toboggan, before an ambul- ance picked him up.
 His condition today was reported satisfactory
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for partisan presentation. The facts about Europe or Asia should not be twisted to conform to one side or the other of political dispute. Twisting the facts might change the course of an election at home. but it would certainly damage our country's program abroad"
 MT. Truman called absurd" the line taken by Russian propaganda, saying:
 Soviet propaganda constantly re- viles the United States as nation of war mongers' and tmperialists. You and I know how absurd that is.
 We know that the United States is wholly dedicated to the cause of peace. We know no purpose of going to war except in defense of free dom."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-20
FLEMISH KNOT BACK
 IN ALASKA SERVICE

SEATTLE, April 20 = tR = The Alaska Steamship Company's mot orship Flemish Knot will sail from Seattle tomorrow on her first voy- age this year.
 The Flemish Knot, which has been laid up since October, will call at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg Juneau, Hawk Inlet, Tenakee, Hoonah, Pelican, Sitka and Hood Bay.
 Two other Alaska Steam vessels also will leave tomorrow. The Pali- sana will sail for Kodiak Island and the Square Sinnet for South western Alaska.
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WE'VE GOT 37,921 NOSES COUNTED SO
 FAR; MANY TO GO

SEATTLE, April 20-tRLThe first two weeks of the decennial census brought count of 3,057 929 persons in Oregon, Washington, Idaho Montana and Alaska . Nearly hal1 of them were in Washington. Gene H. Harris, census supervis- or for the entire Pacific Northwest Alaska district, said he thought the figures represented "betweer 55 and SO per cent" of the districts population.
 The two-week breakdown in- cluded:
 Alaska-37, ,921.
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COMMITTEE HAS MORE TO CONSIDER
 THAN NA-H STATEHOOD

The Senate Committee on In terior and Insular Affairs which opens hearings Monday on Alaska and Hawaiian statehood will have more on its mind than just those two Territories of Uncle Sam's. 1 This was revealed in an interview with Mills Astin, chief clerk of the committee who returned to Juneau yesterday after making a survey ir the north and interior of Alaska or statehood and reservation matters
 Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming is chairman of Interior and InsulaI Committee and will ask his com mittee to consider, besides Alasko and Hawaiian statehood, an Or ganic Act for Guam, Samoa and the trust territories of the Pacific Constitution for Puerto Rico. and bill to allow the Virgin Is- lands to have a resident commis- sioner in the United States.
 AS matter of background. Astii, related that Guam was taken by force from Spain during the Span ish-American war and for the last 52 years has been ruled under a letter of authority granted by Presi- dent Mckinley to the US. Navy The Secretary of the Navy appoints the Governor and has permitted a Congress with only advisory powers. The Navy Secretary is the supreme authority in enforcing the laws of the island Now the President has ordered the Division of Islands and Territories of the Department of Interior, to take over the admini- stration of Guam.
 In the case of Samoa, Astin pointed out, the Kings of the East ern Islands petitioned some 50 years ago to be annexed to the United States. It was a voluntary act on their part. Through a letter from President Mckinley the Navy took control of these voluntarily offered islands and has had, for the past 50 years, complete author ity in all matters pertaining to exec utive, legislative and judicial gov ernment.
 At the time that the United States conquered Guam, Astln said, and took over Samoa, it was no longer interested in the islands of the Pacific which resulted in the col onization by the Germans of some 2,000 islands located in three mill lion square miles of water with some 56,000 people. At the end of World War I, these German islands were placed under the protection of Ja- pan by mandate of the League ot Nations. Better known islands of the group are Yap and Truk.
 During World War IT, by the method of ordinary naval opera tions, all of these islands, which had been exploited by the Japanese, were seized by armed forces of the United States and have been under military government as the repre- sentative agency for the US, by trust agreement with the United Nations.
 President Truman has ordered the Navy to relinquish it's civilian government functions over Samoa,
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Alaska Settlers
 Must File Record

WASHINGTON, April 20-R- The Senate approved House bill yesterday requiring settlers in AL aska to record notice of their set- clement claims in the land office of the district in which the lands are located.
 Under present practices land claims are registered with United States Commissioners but not in iand offices.
 The bill now goes to the White House.
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ELKS ATTENTION

Meeting of Juneau Lodge No. APO, B. P. o. Elks, TONIGHT at eight o'clock. Initiation to be conducted by the visiting delegation of OtN- cers and Members of Skagway Lodge No. 431. All Elks are urged to attend. There will be feed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-20
ELKS ATTENTION

Meeting of Juneau Lodge No. APO B. P. O. Elks, TONIGHT at eight o'clock. Initiation to be conducted by the visiting delegation of Off cers and Members of Skagway Lodge No. 431. All Elks are urged to attend. There will be a feed.
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One-fifth of the traffic accidents in the US. in 1947 involved child ren.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
By SheiIoh Grohom

never going to do a movie while
I'm doing a radio show. And I'm
never going to do movie I'm
not completely enthusiastic about.
Life is too short. I started this
plan in 1948. I've only been under
contract once in my life-to
Wanger. from 1884 to 1888. I was
at Metro in 81 and 80 to do the
French version of some of their
pictures. I did the Chester Morris
part in The Big House.
Something Not Coy"
'But two years ago I said I'd
never again do a silly love story
which they are nine times out
Of ten. You can do love stories
when you're 80, of course-but
something not coy"
Charles has strong views on the
recent setback for Hollywood
movies. Nothing could have been
better for Hollywood. Now pro-
ducers have to use ingenuity.
Those worn-out formulas will
have to change. And they are
changing. One studio sent me the
same script three times-the only
difference being three different
titles! 1t had the same plot, the
same tired cliches."
Evening star., 1950-11-19

The main reason behind the
Actors Co. plan to build a the
ater is. says Charles, TO pro-
mote new playwrights, new plays
and new players. We produce the
plays here. then send them to
New York. My theory is, there's
no such thing as unknown talent
If some one helps them get
started"
You Need the Break.
Charles is married to the former
English actress. Pat Paterson.
They have 6-year-old son
Michael. He has never seen me
on the SCREEN" says his father.
But I will let him see anything
that isn't a murder story or too
exciting. I don't let him listen
to murder-suspense stories on the
radio. Anything that is dripping
with blood he cannot see or hear.
I got killed in my play, Red
Cloves SO wouldn't let him see
that"
First acting break for Boyer
came when I was 20 years old.
An actor got sick and stepped
into the role. You need the first
break. Of course. After that, it's
up to you"
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Theoter's People Unite
To Preserve the Stuqe
By Mark Barron

try which has a theater which can
play a Broadway-siZe show.
This is not one of those move
ments, which pop UP now and
then, when a theatrical producer
attempts to send out a show, or a
series of shows. under an arty
name such as one of those Rus
sian groups, which used to plow
through, to great advantage, our
profitable playhouses in the
early 1920s. This one guarantees
integrity.
ANITA Approved.
The Council of the Living
Theater has been initiated by the
long established League of New
York Theaters and its program is
Endorsed by the American Ma
tional Theater and Academy.
What the Council of the Living
Theater has set up for its pro-
gram is not going to be an easy
task. Where, as Producer Herman
Shumlin pointed out, there were
a dozen companies of within the
Law playing to profitable busi-
ness in 1915, a similar play today
would have only two, or perhaps
three, companies on tour. Other
possible witnesses today would be
seeing such a hit play on tele-
vision, movies, radio or flying a
fast plane to see it in New York,
st. Louis, Dallas or San Francisco
or in several other cities where
esh-and-blood shows normally
stop now.
Organized as a non-profit
group of all people who have any
connection with the theater. the
Council of the Living Theater
plans to assist playwrights and
directors, actors and technicianS.
They will be guided by such sue
cessful producers, playwrights and
composers who are contributing
their efforts to this plan to build
up the living theater as Arthur
Schwartz, Vinton Freedley, Her
man Shumlin, Lawrence Langne1
and Robert E. Sherwood.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
A Farewell to Romance

HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Charles Boyer was definitely
not kidding when he told this re-
porter a year ago that he was
more or less through with ro-
mantle roles. And if hadn't
seen his name in clear type on
his dressing room door at goth
Century-Fox, I'd have walked out
on the gray-bearded, mustachioed
man with a, Sorry, I've made a
mistake!" But it was Charlie all
right.
'Is all that gray beard yours?"
I asked.
Some of it," said Boyer, lifting
up the Van Dyke. "All this on
the side is mine"
He is minus the extra piece Of
hair he used to wear for those
thrilling lover" roles. But when
he looks at any gal with those
limpid eyes. she still gets the
same pleasant shiver.
I'm playing a doctor in The
Scarlet PEN" Charles explains,
lin a little out-of- -the-way
F N C h = Canadian town near
Montreal in Canada. It's a diff
ferent kind of role for me, and
I'm enjoying it. I've postponed
my trip to Paris until the spring
But I still hope to do The Plague
as a movie in Europe. I'll also
do play"
Television Is Next.
A more immediate project on
Charles schedule is a regular
teleVision show, playing a differ
ent character for each complete
story. "And as a member of the
Actors Co., I'll appear now
and then on the weekly television
show now being planned by Greg
ory Peck, Rosalind Russell, Mel
Ferrer, Dorothy Mcclure and
John Garfield. The only two of
the Actors Co. who can't
appear on our TV show are Deb
orah Kerr and Gene Kelly. They
are under contract to Metro. OF
course, we will do all our TV
shows on f1lm-that is the only
way"
Charles resumes his excellent
radio show in January. He tells
me frankly the hiatus is because
we didn't get a sponsor, and this
is the wrong time to get one. In
January. sponsor interest starts
up again."
Boyer. who played priest in
"The First Legion" adds: I'm
Evening star., 1950-11-19
HoLLYWoOD.

|
Hal Roach. jr., today served
notice on New York that Holly
wood is to become the television
capital of the world and that the
Big Town folks had better recon-
cile themselves to that fact right
now. The film capital will do this
just as surely as it took over
motion picture making and radio
prograniming ID the past, Roach
declared.
IF New Yorkers want to stay
in television production, they'd
better pack their bags and come
to Hollywood, )" warned Roach, who
has bet the sizable family bank
roll on his belief. This includes
the SOS million Hal Roach Studio
his father built 80 years ago.
within 18 months this town
will be so jammed with TV pro-
duction that new studios will have
to be built to provide stage space" !"
said young Roach, a 6-foot- Inch,
220-pounder who has spent most
! of his 81 years in. motion n-picture
making Two years ago. follow
ing q survey Of the television
field, he plunged in head first.
During 19504we will have made
more than $50 quarter-hour and
half hour shows at the Hal Roach
Studio, and at least three full one
hour shows" he said. During
1851 we will double that figure"
40 Years Experience.
Here is why Roach believes
Hollywood has nothing to fear
from New York although that city
today is producing 80 per cent OF
the teleyision programs.
"Out here we have every techni-
cal advantage" said Roach. "plus
40 years experience. Teleyision,
after all, Is visual entertainment,
the same as motion pictures, and
the people who have dominated
the world In movie-making all
these years are not likely to sud
denly go sour at their trade.
Within two years, perhaps
sooner. 80 per cent Of television
programming will be on film. Live
shows, such as predominant in
New York today. are a waste Of
money and talent. For the sake
Iof argument let's say e sponsor
spends $4,000 or $4,000 a week
on his live show. The very mo-
ment the last bit Of action has
been televised, the show is COM
pletely gone. Sure, they kline
scope 1t for televising on other
stations, but the horribly inferior
reproduction of the show can be
shown on any other station Just
once. At the end of 80 days the
kinescope recording must be de-
|stroyed.
Actors Like 1t.
"Why throw away all that
money? Look at it this way. A
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Studio Digging
.Uncovers Relics
by the Assoeiossd Press

nO11Y WONJO.
Digging an excavation for a
water main under the old "Phan-
tom of the Opera" stage on the
international lot. work
men broke into a sealed prop stor-
age room forgotten for more than
a quarter century.
Smashed on the center of the
floor was the immense glass
chandelier the late Lon CLANCY
dropped onto the heads Of a
throng of extra players in the
silent film thriller. The cement
lined vault also contained more
than a dozen rusty swords and
two trunks full of costume Jew
elry.
Oldtimers believe the room was
abandoned after a new floor was
laid over the stage.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
When On Elephant
Drinks HeDrinks
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Sergei Petschnikof found out
the hard way-how much water
an elephant drinks in a day.
Petschnikoff was manager of
the Soldiers Three" company on
location in the arid Southern CAL
lifornia brush country. One of
his jobs was to supply drinking
water for five elephants used in
the film.
Pachyderms, he found, quaff
about rs gallons apiece, even on
cool days. Besides their needs,
he had also to provide water for
l40 horses and a stable cast and
crew and keep the two 1900
gallon tanks filled for fire pro-
lection.
He exhausted the spare water
supplies of four surrounding
ranches to get the 1,275 gallons
he needed daily.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
There's Nothing to Fear
Hal Roach, Jr., Bets His Bonkron on Te|evision

$4,000 for the stint. But there
must be 10 days rehearsal, and
when he subtracts his travel, hotel
bills and other expenses, the
$4,000 has shrunk to a few hun
dred dollars.
I'm Hollywood a player can do
the longest type of television show
filmed to date, the one-hour pro-
duction, in four days, and these
four days can be sandwiched in
between two pictures or radio
shows or what have you, and the
player takes home an almost-in-
tact pay check.
Many variety shows already
are in trouble because they are
using up talent so rapidly. After
viewers have seen the man in the
breakaway suit on the Milton
Berle show, Toast of the Town
Ken Murray's 'Blackouts' and
three or four other similar shows
they're not interested in seeing
him any more.
Stage Space Aplenty.
Another very important reason
why Hollywood is capturing tele-
vision is the problem of stage
space. Many years ago film pro-
ducers learned the economy of
building more and larger stages.
With plenty of stage space
available, sets constructed on
them can be permitted to stand
and. with minor alterations, be
used over and over again, perhaps
hundreds of times.
"Our studios, for instance, have
many standing sets such as city
and village streets, a big SWIM
ming pool. railway station,
trains. tracks, theaters, court
house. churches, and dozens of
other diversified sets.
Another thing. feminine stars
and male stars, too-will insist
on being on film. If tiny little
bags show under the eyes, there
always can be retakes. More.
over. this system will enable
them to correct any miscue or
ess-than-perfect Interpretation
in the presentation of their story.
Eyes, the glamorous boys and
girls OF movieland are going to be
In television-on finland they're
not going to travel 5000 miles to
do a show, not when the worlds
finest creative and technical mo-
ton picture talent is right here"
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