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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-06-15
What Is the Program?

IT is NOT program. as a few have
been led TO believe. Of putting every acre
into grass and legumes al the expense Of
cultivated crops. On the contrary. the
program is aimed at stimulating greater
interest among producers in making
grasses and lequmes a PART of well
balanced farming and ranching systems.
that will conserve the soil maintain pro
ductivitY and at the same time build a
permanent and profitable agriculture.
fundamentally Montana's grassland
program embraces five major phases
range. irrigated pastures. nonirrigated
crop land. utilization. Of grassland and
conservation.
The first Of nge-is discussed
in this issue Of Montana Farmer Stock
man (see page s. by Ray G. Johnson.
range specialist for the Montana Es<ten-
sion service. The other four will be
treated in later issues.
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Girls Body Is Found in
 California

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 24, -R In a shallow grave, barely cover ed with dirt and leaf mold, search CTS today found the body of 10- year-old Patricia Jean Hull.
 The pig-tailed girl vanished from a movie matinee last Saturday.
 Near the body was bloodstained yellow bedspread. A yellow bed- spread was missing, Sheriff's off, cers said, from the motel cabin of Henry Ford McCracken, who is held on suspicion of Kidnapping in the case.
 Undersheriff Steve Duhart said two forest rangers found the girl, buried beneath barbed wire fence, after following footprints from the highway. si
 Deputies said they will intensity questioning of McCracken 34-year- old guitar player with a record of sex offenses. He has steadily de- nied any knowledge of Patricia Jeans disappearance but has ac- knowledged attending the movie from which she vanished.
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L. K. WAGNERS ARE HERE
 EXECUTE TO FAIRBANKS

Back in Alaska for the first time in nearly ten years are MT ana Mrs. L. R. Wagner, in Juneau on their way to Fairbanks.
 Mrs. Wagner, the former Eopa Erickson. lived in Juneau for sev- eral years prior to 1s4o and has many friends in town. She was housekeeper at the Governors House and later was housekeeper for Col. Otto F. Ohlsen in Anchor age.
 The Wagners now have a home in Sacramento Mrs. Wagner came north by Pan American and MT. Wagner brought the family car north and travelled by steamer. They will take the first ferry from Tee Harbor to Haines and drive over the highway to Fairbanks.
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FERRY SERVICE
 HAS PROBLEMS
 CHAMBER TOLD

tf
 The Juneau Chamber of Com merce considered four important matters at its regular luncheon meeting at the Baranof hotel Thursday noon: CD continuation Of -Haines ferry service; (2) protest errors in U. s. Engineers report on Douglas and Juneau small boat harbors; t3) protest cut in cost of living allowance for Federal employees hired in the Territory, and (4) the resignation of Secretary Fred Eastaugh.
 Ferry Service
 Steve Homer of the motor vessel Chilkoot reported that the present situation for the Juneau-Haines ferry service appeared black and it was doubtful if it could operate un- less something could be done to clarify the present interpretation of Southeast Alaskan waters by the U. S. Coast Guard.
 Homer traced the efforts to main- tain the service and the continued obstacles tending to prevent it. He pointed out that transportation companies, with exception of air lines, were tending to move away from this area and said that one company was considering limiting it's service drastically. Even the small boats that serve communities adjacent to Juneau were discour- aged, he said, although there was a definite need for their operations. Outlook Gloomy After three years operation or lthe Chilkoot barge between Juneau and Haines, we felt last year the company would have to be liquidat- ed." Homer told the chamber, how ever. R. J. Sommers came in and we decided to carry on. Changes were made and the barge made ready. It was inspected, passed ana certificated in Seattle. We left May lis. Interpretation of Coast Guard regulations and classification of these waters, and the addition o1 an extra crewman, together with re- striction of our operation to only Haines, Skagway and Juneau makes the outlook appear anything but profitable"
 An attempt will be made to oper- ate, he said, and the first trip will be made toriorrow.
 Homer discussed an old law which l was passed in the early 190Os re- quiring that when a vessel hits a beach it must be hauled out foc 1 inspection. The law was passed long before such craft as the Chilkoot which was designed by the Navy l during the last war for just such beach landings.
 1 In the past the ship has oper- ated with a crew of five men and ] payroll of $2.oO0 a month which is good deal for the small oper- ation. The addition of another crew member will necessitate added in | come.
 SEE. Alaska Qualifications
 He pointed out that different classifications had been made for other waters but that none had ever
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been definitely set up for Southeast Alaska and other regulations do not fit the situation here. In treaty with Canada the waters are desig- mated as sheltered waters" but that the Coast Guard regards them as limited coastwise waters" when inland waters" would more proper ly fit the area.
 There was some discussion and the matter was referred to the transportation committee. It was decided to wire Delegate E. L. Bart lett for his aid.
 Sommers was present and he pointed out that the 30 per cent in creased cost in operation was un- foreseen. He felt the ferry service was big asset to the community and he had put in $17,000 because of his interest in seeing it continue but there would be no sense in operating at, a loss. T do not feel that we're asking for anything un- reasonable" he concluded.
 Employees Pay Cut
 Ava Blackerby spoke on the be- half of federal employees in AL aska regarding the elimination of the 25 per cent cost of living al- lowance from Department of Ag- riculture employees who are hired in Alaska but allows it to those hired in the states to work in AL aska. He said it would be chaotic for employees working side by side, doing the same work and paying the same cost of living to have that differential in their pay checks.
 The present federal payroll in Juneau amounted to about $3,000.- coo in 1850. This slash would cut that by $6Oo,O00, he said. He re-
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ouested that the Chamber protest this cut which has already passed the House and is now in the Sem ate. President Herbert Rowland suggested that letters be written to each member of the Senate appro- priations committee and that indi- vidual members write to any sen- ators they know in an effort to stop it.
 Engineer Report in Error
 Secretary Fred Eastaugh read a letter sent to the Board of Engin- eers for Rivers and Harbors in Washington, D. c. regarding err ors in report on the improve nent of Juneau and Douglas har- ;ors. It was signed by R. w. Cow ing chairman of the maritime de- yelopment committee.
 A copy of the report was reques- . ed for detail study together with 50 days for examination and reply.
 It was stated that possibly the greatest error was in taking a five minute sustained wind velocity or A miles per hour as an indication of the greatest winds encountered at the Douglas site" Bowling then pointed out that the Taku wind reaches gusts over 80 miles an hour and that while possibly not sus- tained for as long as five minutes are sufficient to raise and direct swells of at least 21a feet directly into the proposed Douglas boat basin.
 Another error, the letter said, was the assumption that the proposed Juneau boat basin requires pro- tection by a costly rock breakwater It pointed out that members of the
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(Continued on Page TWo) The W ashinyt0n Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Copyright. ls5l. oy Bell synoicate' Anc''

lCopyrisht. 1881. oy sel esno'0A'e' A1'S' WASHINGTON. = One result or the Macarthur controversy IS a field day for the lobbyists. With the country absorbed with the MacAr- thur dispute, the lobbyists are able to put across all sorts of fancy deals without the public realizing it. One of the latest is a move to reverse the Supreme Court in re- gard to tidelands oil.
 In 1886, when President Roose- velt tried to reverse the Supreme Court by an act of Congress, 1t made headlines for weeks. But without benefit of headlines, the big oil lobbyists are now trying to reverse the Supreme Court ruling that the submerged oil lands off the coast of the United States be- long to all the 48 states, not mere ly to California, Texas and Louis- jana.
 Last week the lobbyists quietly won out in their initial move. They finagled the Senate Interior Con-
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SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May "A = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 27s, American Can 106H, American Tel. and Tel. l53% Anaconda 40A, Douglas Aircraft 94, General Electric 51M. General Mot tors 48, Goodyear 78, Kennecott 72%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8A Northern Pacific STA. Standard Oil of California 45. Twentieth Century Fox 19, U. s. Steel 40M. Pound $2.801s, Canadian Exchange 938lA
 Sales today were 2.580,000 shares.
 Averages today were as follows; Industrials 245.78. rails 76.86. utilities 41.73.
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NEW ANGLE FIR HING OF
 MACARTHUR
Bradley SaysMethod Could
 Have Been Better
 Handled d-BeIiefs

WASHINGTON. May 24 = tR - Gen. Omar Bradley told senators today he thinks President Truman was right in firing Douglas Mac Arthur but the method" of doing 1t probably could have been handled better"
 This implied criticism of the sum- mary fashion in which Macarthur was dismissed came at meeting With Senate investigators in which Bradley also:
 @ U. S. Casualties
 l. Disclosed that total U. s. cas- uaities in Korea both battle and non-battle - total 141.955. This includes 72,679 non-battle casual ties, and 69,276 combat casualties, with l0,680 listed as killed in action and SIP dead of non- combat causes.
 No-battle casualties are those re- suiting from such things as acci- dents and illness. In this case, it includes also the frost-bite victims of last winters cold.
 ?. Testified the North Atlantic Treaty nations do not have the capability. right now, of stopping an aggression by Russia"
 Iran Danger Spot
 3. Said that while Iran is a danger point he is mot too sure the Russians are going to start some thing in Iran before they start it somewhere else"
 4. Declared that in his opinion the issue of whether to admit Reo China to the LIN should have nc place in negotiating a settlement oi the Korean war.
 MacArthur's Firing
 Senator Wiley asked Bradley. Do you think that General Mac Arthur was treated in the way ht should have been treated in hand ling this matter?"
 Bradley replied: From military point of view. I agree that he should have been relieved.
 "As to the method of relief, agree that it probably could hav' been handled better"
 MacArthur, when testifying a the beginning of the Senate inquir. into his dismissal. indicated som bitterness over the way he was dis missed. He noted he was relieve' on receipt of his orders and so coult not make farewell statement t his troops.
 Macarthur also declared he fel the national interest was jeopardiz ed by his having to turn over hi command immediately to It. Ger Matthew Ridgway who was at tha time several hundred miles away.
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16 ARRIVE ON
 ELLIS AIRLINE5

Sixteen passengers arrived on El- lis Airlines flights Thursday.
 Arriving from Ketchikan: R. E Hawkes., J. Johnson, D. F. Chis- holm, G. Chisholm, c. Madeire, L. Morrison, L. c. Alcala, H. Wingen, F. c. Guylett, R. McPhetrick, J. Hoper, K. Scofield.
 From Petersburg: Camille Tor wick, Roy Torwick, It. Taylor, c. Hirschy.
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PALMER AIRPORT
 DEAL UP
Transaction Denounced by Senator HoeY in Sub-
 miffing Report

WASHINGTON, May "A = tR - Senator Hoey D-NC) denounced in the Senate today the Alaska transaction aimed at obtaining add ed Federal financing of the Palmer Airport.
 "As a direct result of our in- vestigation, the $145,000 authoriza- ton in Federal aid for the airport has not been paid to the Territory nor will any part of this sum be paid out of the Federal treasury until the comptroller general has had an opportunity to make thor ough study and review all the facts" :" the North Carolinan told the Senate.
 He made his statement in submit ting a report of last years Senate subcommittee inquiry into the trans action. He was chairman of the group.
 Deceit Subterfuge"
 He told the Senate deceit and subterfuge" were used in an at tempt to obtain increased Federal matching funds.
 In the Senate hearing in Wash ington, Alaskan Aeronautics Com mission officials and Palmer Airport officials denied such allegations. They testified that the whole pro- cedure was in good faith and with approval of Civil Aeronautics Ad- miniStration officials.
 Senator Hoey declared:
 We found that officials of the CAA and Territory of Alaska at tempted by deceit and subterfuge to obtain indirectly Federal match ing funds which could not have been obtained directly under exist ing law.
 Shift Entire Cost
 Tt is the conclusion of the sub committee that officials attempted to shift the entire cost of new im- provements on the Palmer Airport to the Federal Government"
 The Senate investigation was asked last summer by Sen. Hugh Butler (R-Neb). The Palmer deal was a controversial issue in the 1850 political campaigns in the Ter ritory.
 The subcommittee asserted it feels Edward G. Fisher, Chris Lample "and possibly other CAA officials in the Alaska Regional office were aware of devious methods =. (and) failed in their duty to disclose fully these facts to CAA officials in Washington who were handling the case"
 Second Application
 A second project application, the committee report continued, was handled in slipshod, careless ana incompetent manner by the CAA in Washington"
 The committee report said it was ascertained that the Territory had arranged to receive matching funds to reimburse it for some $53,O0O "ai- legedly expended" on the Palmer field prior to March 3l, 1850, when if entered into a grant agreement with the CAA. It said these funds
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SIEAMER MOVEMENTS

Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 pm. Saturday.
 Baranof from westward scheduled southbound Sunday.
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 DISCUSSES
 7 ISSUES
Believes Pc ace Program
 Will Avert War-PoIi- fitdI Intentions

WASHINGTON, May 24 R - President Truman said today he. is confident his program for peace will avert new World War.
 He told a news conference that another global war would mean a return to the dark ages. And. he said, he objected to the use of the term cocky in describing his attitude that his program would succeed. He said some columnists have so described him and he thinks it is the wrong word. His attitude. MT. Truman declared, is one of con- fidence that the people of the Unit ed States and of the world believe his domestic and foreign program both are right.
 Open SeaSOn-P0litics
 The President, asked whether he would run for the presidency again next year, said the season is still open.
 As he has before, he told his news
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RANGER TO SITKA
 FOR ROAD WORK

U. s. Forest Service vessel Ram ger 10, with William Fromholz in charge, has gone to Sitka, towing a scow, which is carrying material for improvement work on the lower portion of the Harbor Mountain road. Chief work will involve im- provement of culverts and putting in drains, according to Ava Black erby, Administrative Assistant
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WEATHER REPORT

Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending $40 o'clock this morning
 In Juneau = Maximum, 54; minimum, 38.
 At Airport =. Maximum, 54; minimum, 36.
 FOR RE c A ST
 Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a few scattered rain showers. Low tonight about 40, high Friday, near 55.
 PRE- CIPIT ATT IN (Pasts 24 hours ending 7:3o am. today City of Juneau IT inches; Sine eMay 1 -- 3.69 inches, Since July 1 = 7l.74 inches, At Airport - .05 inches; Since May 1 - 2.ll inches; Since July = 41.38 inches. . .
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ALLIES IN BIG DRIVE,
 NO. KOREA
Cut Escape Route in Red- Killing LIN Counter
 Offensive
By Associated Press


 An Allied tank-task force smashed across Korea's 38th Parallel today in a daring l3-mile drive that split the retreating Chinese armies.
 This bold move in Red-killing LIN counter offensive cut the escape route for the Communists still south of the Parallel on the East-Central front.
 The task force, self-sustaining column of tanks. artillery infan- trymen and engineers, battled thru Red screening troops and seized Choyang river crossings in North Korea. It had air support.
 The operation was planned and directed by It. Gen. Edward M. Almond, who said the enemy is like "a boxer reeling to the edge of the ring, and we want to clip him before he bounces off the ropes"
 We expect great things of this effort he said.
 CnuuGnOn Hocaptureu
 Smaller American forces recapt- ured Chunghon. most important rail and road hub in Central Korea, 50 miles northeast of Seoul. The Amer jeans lunged within five miles of the border in the west.
 It. Gen. James A. Van Fleet said his forces were attacking all along the l25-mile front and there Ifs no Imitation on objectives. He said his 8th Army severly defeated five Chinese armies and three North Korean corps, transforming the Reds May l6 offensive into com plete failure.
 No Buffer Zone Van Fleets statement indicated that the LIN forces would not re- frain from any general advance across the border in order to hurt the enemy as much as possible. There has been talk of trying to establish 20-mile buffer zone north of the Parallel as part of the at tempts to end the shooting in Korea.
 Reds Have Power l Van Fleet warned. however. that 1 the Communists have the power to strike again. Today the enemy mounted only small delaying actions against the advancing LIN troops. On the Western front, where the LIN counter offensive started. South Korean tanks clanked to within a mile and half of the 38th Parallel. Reds Pull Back On the Eastern sector Red units which had swept 25 miles below the border around Socsa had pulled back before attacking the Amer jeans. z Tn the air war. American cargo planes supplying ground forces III the mountains encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire. Three planes were hit. but the crews escaped injury the Air Force said. The Red radio al Pyongyang claimed g U. s. planes had been shot down in Eastern Korea in four days. The Far East Air Forces had no such report.
 In the naval warfare. U. s. rockel ships opened up again on blockadeo Wonsan in what was, described as deadly display of fire-power."
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B. Martinsen of Seattle is reg istered at the Baranof hotel.
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(0NN0R5
 RESIGNS
 JUNE 30

WASHINGTON, May "A = R - The White House announced yes- terday President Truman's accept ance of the resignation of James J. Connors as collector of customs for Alaska. effective June 30
 Connors, who has held the office since July 12, 1883, is retiring be- cause of ill health.
 Connors came to Alaska in 1902 and served on the Juneau city coun- cil in 1918 and three terms there after. He was elected mayor of Jun- eau in 1925 and 1926 and was ap- pointed U. s. Collector of Customs of the 31st District in 1883 by Pres ident Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was re-appointed in 1887, 194l and 1945
 For the past several years he has been in i'll health, the latter sev- eral months being confined to St Ann's hospital.
 Mrs. Connofs is in Juneau and 8 son, James J., Jr., resides in the states.
 For many years, in the POS, wher the Territory was overwhelmingly Republican in politics, Connors ane the late John w. Troy were cred ited with keeping the Democratic party alive in Alaska.
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Open Season-Politics

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Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending $40 o'clock this morning
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Evening star., 1951-12-03
By HoI Boyle
Associated Press Sfoff Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Why did
the late Mrs. George Bernard
Shaw leave $243,0Oo to teach the
Irish people "the social graces?"
If London court now consider
ing the bequests does rule it is
valid. how should the Irish spend
the money? Do they, as Mrs.
Shaw intimated. need lessons in
"self control, elocution, deport-
ment, the arts of personal con-
tact. and social intercourse?'
These questions have stirred ur
a number of the ould sod's ex-
native sons here.
James McGurrin, president gen.
eral of the American Irish His
torical Society, suggested tina;
Mrs. Shaw made the bequest be-
cause her playwright husband had
been painfully shy and awkward
in public. But as for the Irish as
a race. well, says Mr.. McGurrin:
although Mrs. Shaw was her.
self born in County Cork, I'm
afraid that her knowledge of her
native land was either very defec-
tive or her use of it disineenuous.
Shaw Big Exception.
During her own early years in
London the most brilliant takers
at the English dinner table were
Irish-Oscar Wilde, Justin Nc
Carthy and T. P. O'Connor.
"Curiously enough. Shaw him
self was an outstanding exception.
According to Mrs. William Morris,
wife of the poet. he was the only
awkward and reticent Irihsman
she had ever met"
And then Mr.. McGurrin deliv-
cred this verbal shillelagh:
My own suggestion about the
bequeSbs is that it be used in Eng
land to promote a sounder knowl-
edge of Irish history, life. and
character. For any one who knows
Ireland is well aware that in the
arts of department, courtesy and
natural eloquence the Irish people
need neither advice nor instruc-
ton"
A reporter who entered an
Irishman's bar and brought up
the subject was first made to show
his credentials to remove any sus-
picion he was a British spy.
Must Be a Fraud.
He subsequently noted down
the following observations by the
patrons, many of whom had been
born in Ireland.
The whole thing must be a
fraud. Now, whoever heard Of an
English judge handing down a
decision that would give 1858 900
to Ireland?"
That's right. All England ever
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Need to Teach Social Gruces
To Irish VehementIy Denied

gave Ireland was trouble, the po-
tato blight and weak tea."
"Self-control. is 1t? I'd like tc
see anybody try to teach me self
control"
What is it Mrs. Shaw said
about department? I thought
department was something they
gave you in school. That's where
my kids get it anyway-all they've
got of it. that is"
Erin Go Bragh.
"Who will teach the Irish bet
ter manners? The English? We've
been trying to teach them man
lners for 500 years---and the jot
lis only half DONE"
"All the English ever taught the
Irish was how to eat stones"
Erin go bragh!"
erin go braghw
Erin go bragh!"
Oh, pshaw. Mrs. Shaw. It..
hopeless. The Irish like them.
selves as they are-shy though
they seem to the rest of the world
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Folk Musical Scheduled
Al Agriculture Auditorium

! A folk musical. THE Wishful
Taw," will be presented Deem
ber II through IA at the Agricul-
ture Department Auditorium,
Independence avenue and Twelfth
street S. w.
| The play is a project of the
Department of Agriculture's Opera
Workshop, and is sponsored by the
American Legion Agriculture Post
and Unit 36 as a benefit for their
welfare programs.
Among members of the cast
are Anita Herndon. Anne Gould
Irving Chandler, Leonard Holmes
and Armand Thierry. G. o.
Trondson is music director and
stage direction is by Frank and
| Ionia Zalenka.