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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
'AfrotifY
 vi(iims Now 5000

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 = tR = A newly disclosed report from Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Supreme AL lied Commander in the Far East, has raised the possible total of American prisoners slain by Com munists in Korea to 5000 That is 2,o00 more than previously indi- cated.
 The new atrocity report was to the United Nations, and covered the period through July 20. O Herschel Schooley. chief of the Pentagon press section, told re- porters about it last night, in re- sponse to inquiries.
 It was described as saying exact evidence of executions, obtained through July 20, numbered about 400 killings.
 This report was apparently made days, or even weeks, before Col James M. Hanley, chief of the 9th Armys war crimes investigations section, said-on Nov. 14-that the Reds had slaughtered about $500 of their American prisoners and 290 other Allied prisoners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Bark|ey Celebrates, War Front

CENTRAL FRONT, Korea, Nov. 24--Vice President Alben Barkley celebrated his 74th birthday today by firing an autographed artillery shelf at the Chinese Reds.
 He said he was coming through his long trip to Korea fin good shape" then added tits not too rough"
 When he landed at the forward airstrip of the U. s. 25th Division, the division band broke into Happy Birthday to You"
 T expect to live to 105, especi- ally after this exhilerating trip to Korea he said with broad grin.
 Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Su- preme Allied Commander, and Gen. James A. Van Fleet, Eighth Army Chief, accompanied Barkley on a swing along the front in an aerial caravan of light planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Russia Claims U. S. Bomber Fired First

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-lR- Russia claims that the American patrol bomber which Soviet fight CTS fired on in the Far East opened fire first when the Red fliers sought to force it to land. The American plane has been missing since the encounter.
 The Russian charge was disclosed today with publication by the State Department of the protest which Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko handed to American dip- lomat Hugh s. Cumming, Jr., in Moscow, November T.
 This country countered in Paris today with an accusation In the United Nations that Soviet air. craft attacked the patrol craft without warning while 1t was flying over international waters off Siberia.
 The Russian version was that the twin-engine bomber flew over the Soviet border in the area of Cape Ostrovnaya, on the Sea of Japan, about 90 miles east of Vladivostok at 10:10 am. Vladivostok time, Nov 2.
 Two fighter planes approached the aircraft with the intention of forcing the American plane which had violated Soviet state frontiers to land on Soviet airport" Gromyko told Cumming.
 "The American airplane opened fire on them," the protest con- tinued. ''rhe Soviet airplanes were forced to open return fire. after which the American airplane went off in the direction of the sea and disappeared"
 The sharply different American account was set forth in report from Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's LIN. Command, delivered to LIN. Secretary General Trygve Lie at the General Assembly meeting.
 The aim in Paris apparently was to forestall any Russian move in the LIN. This country did not ask for any action on the report.
 Ridgway asserted the plane was on route that did not approach closer than Afl yr,ilac to Rlissian tar- ritory and the crew had strict orders not to get closer than 20 miles under any circumstances. He ac- cused the Soviets of having inter cepted and attacked (the Ameri- can bomber) without warning while over international waters, and fur thermore, while well outside of 20 miles from the Russian coast line
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Keithikan Liquor
 Dealers Pay Total Of $5,OO0 Fines

Thirteen Ketchikan liquor deal CTS paid fines of $200 each and the Ketchikan Retail Liquor Dealers association paid fine of S2,400 after nolo contendere pleas to price fixing charges were ac- cepted by Judge George w. Folta in U. s. District Court Friday af- ternoon in Ketchikan.
 This made a $5,000 total in fines paid by the liquor men in the an- ti-trust suits brought against them by the U. s. government. The liquor. dealers had previously of fered to pay fines of S5,000 against the association with the individual cases dismissed. The court refused to accept this disposition, accord ing to P. J. Gilmore, Jr., U. s. At torney in Juneau.
 Previously, meat dealers of Ket- chikan had paid fines totalling S2.800 in a compromise settlement after entering no contest pleas. The meat dealers had been charg- ed with boycotting rather than fixing as in the case against the liquor dealers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Garland Fund Tie-up Denied By Governor

When called upon today by an Empire reporter to explain the gov ernor's name being listed as an official of the Garland Fund in an excerpt of the California senate committee on n-American activltles printed in Fridays Empire, Gov. Ernest Gruening said he couldn't explain it. and reiterated that he had never been a member of the organization.
 Reproduced were pages of the California committees investigation of Communist front organizations, including the Garland Fund, and lists of men and women said to be officials of the organizations. These reproduced pages listed the Daily Worker Ca New York Red news paper) and the Young Communist League among other firms and organizations as alleged benefici- aries of the Garland Fund.
 Following are questions asked by the reporter: and answers given by the governor:
 Reporter: Were you, to your knowledge, an officer or director of the Garland Fund or any of it's subsidiaries?"
 Gov. Gruening: "The Empire asked me this question on Novem- Der 5, 1851, and I then replied that I had never been an officer or di- rector of the Garland Fund, and had had no connection with it whatever. This reply was printed in the Empire on page 3, November 5, 1851, and so there is no particu- lar point in my repeating my state- ment since the Empire already had this information, but am glad to do So."
 Reporter: "If yours and others names were used without yours or others knowledge, how did that come about?"
 Gov. Gruening: "The answer is I do not know It would have been good aud fair journalism tc have made these inquiries before publication and to have secured the answers
 Reporter: If you gave permis- sion to use your name, what was your understanding of the purpose of the Garland Fund.-"
 Gov. Gruening: T never gave my permission to anybody to use my name in connection with the Gar land Fund and had no firsthand knowledge of the Fund or it's pur- pose"
 To other questions concerning the governors alleged connection with the Garland Fund, Gov. Gruening's only replies were that he had an- swered them in his denial that he had ever been connected with the Fund.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
By KAY ]. KENNEDY

A box factory in connection with the Alaska Plywood plant which will soon be under construc- ton here, is a possibility, Mark Bernhard, consulting engineer for the Alaska Plywood Corp, reveal ed here yesterday before he re- turned to his Seattle headquar- .ers.
 K. H. Leash of Western Wire bound Box Go. of Portland, Ore. was here conferring with Thomas A. Morgan, president of the cor ooration, and Bernhard, regarding she possibility. Leash's company is interested in obtaining supply of spruce veneer.
 If all goes well it is anticipated hat the new plywood plant will be n production by next August, Bernhard said Preliminary work
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Pioneer Alaskan, Dr. J. H. Romig, 76, Dies in Colorado

Dr. J. H. Romig, 76, former Alaskan missionary, author, and mayor of Anchorage, and US. Con- missioner, died Thanksgiving Day in Colorado Springs, Colo, where he had made his home for the past 10 years, according to advices re- ceived by the Empire.
 Dr. Romig came to Bethel in July, 1896, as young doctor to the Moravian Mission there. He spent 41 years in his profession and was credited with opening the first hos pital in the Territory west of Sitka. He was first to make use of an- esthesia in the Kuskokwim area.
 He later became US. Commis- sioner at Bristol Bay From 1850 to 1897 he was chief of staff of the Alaska Railroad hospital After his retirement, he served a term as mayor of Anchorage.
 Dr. Romig's four children, all born in Alaska, survive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Agree Upon Half of Korea Buffer Zone

MUNSAN, Korea, Nov. 24-4R- United Nations and Communist staff officers today pinpointed half the 145-mile cease-fire line across Korea.
 A JUN. spokesman said Allied military experts hope to complete the job tomorrow but couldn't make any guarantees"
 The spokesman, It. Col. Howard Levie, indicated that if the staff officers are unable to map the entire battle line Sunday, the joint cease-fire subcommittee will take over. This apparently means the full truce delegations cannot approve the buffer zone clause before Monday.
 The staff officers meet in Pan- munjom for the third time at 10 am. f5 pm. PST Saturday..
 If they fail to reach complete agreement tits not to be consid- cred failure" Levie said. He ex- plained that subdelegates have far more latitude and would be able to make quick decisions.
 The staff officers met for more than five hours Saturday. Levie said they agreed on 65 to 70 miles of cease-fire line.
 Our staff officers expect to go back tomorrow and make consider able progress right from the be- ginning because both sides will have had an opportunity to get the latest information from the front lines, " he said.
 While progress was made Satur- day, Levie acknowledged there were certain areas of major difference. Levie said major difference would involve five miles of terri tory or strategic terrain point.
 Several times during Saturdays session the Allied staff officers agreed to fly the Communists over disputed areas for an on-the-spot inspection.
 Levie said the Reds refused each
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
vishinsky Asks Big Revision Of Arms n Plan

PARIS, Nov. 24--tR-Soviet For eign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky demanded today that the Western Powers rewrite their disarmament plan almost completely to make it acceptable to Russia.
 Spokesmen for Britain and the United States immediately expressed disappointment and discourage ment with Vishinsky's long awaited reply to the arms reduction plan submitted by the western big three Some said, however, that they thought Vishinsky had left the door open for negotiation.
 The Soviet demands for revision of the western plan were incor- porated in a series of 12 amend ments submitted to the 60-mem- Der United Nations Assembly po- litical committee. The amend ments, to all practical purposes, would transform the western plan into the one the Russians sub mitted two weeks ago.
 Ambassador Philip c. Jessup United States delegate who is hand ling the disarmament debate in the political committee now, made this comment:
 We are very much disappointed MT. Vishinsky still seems to prefer denunciation to negotiation. Sec retary Acheson's speech made Il clear that we desire to forsake in vective and go to work. We vii proceed in the hope that progres! toward a genuine system of dis. armament is still possible"
 Vishinsky's amendments called fol immediate prohibition of the atomic bomb under international control an immediate one-third reduction of arms by the US, Britain, France Russia and China; emphasized tha the control committee on atomic energy and conventional arma- ments be under the authority O the Security Council, where Russia has veto, and cut out all refer. ence to a step-by-step census O. arms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Reds HurI
 1,0oo-Man Attacks
By JOHN RANDOLPH

SEOUL, Korea, Nov. "A = tR = Reds hurled thousands attacks at United Nations outposts ins four sectors but today had made no major change in the fighting front that may become the basis for a cease-fire line in Korea.
 An Allied officer said the attacks were designed to wipe out small LIN. outposts in front of the main United Nations line.
 They came at us two or three to one, to surround small units on hills, then tried to kill as many as possible" he said.
 He called it change from the Reds 'homan sea" wave attacks of the past.
 The Red tactics apparently were to bleed the JUN. forces at night, then pull back before daylight out of range of Allied fighter planes and artillery.
 But even in the dark firepower still chews them up," the officer said. That's why you can hear our artillery going so hard"
 The heaviest Red attack came on the western front west of Yonchon. Two Chinese battalions knocked LIN. forces off a hill on Little Gibraltar" ridge Friday night but fresh Allies counterattacked in sub freezing temperatures and by dawn Saturday had regained the peak.
 The Reds threw in a battalion of reserves Saturday at nightfall and the fighting ragged on in the dark ness.
 Red battalions Of about 1000 men each hurled hit-and-r&n attacks in darkness early Saturday at United Nations outposts north of Yanggu, northwest of the Punchbowl and south of Kosong on the east coast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Advance pariies
 Arrive for National Guard Entampmeni

Advance parties of Alaska Ma tional Guard units stationed at Sitka and Hoonah arrived Friday on Alaska Coastal Airlines for the guard encampment Nov. 25 to Dec. of the 208th Infantry Battalion (Sep).
 A total of $40 guardsmen are ex- pected for the encampment at Montana Creek from attachments 1t Skagway, Sitka, Hoonah. Angoon, Ketchikan. Metlakatla and Juneau.
 Twenty-seven scouts from the First and Second Scout Battalions stationed in the Bethel and Nome areas are scheduled to arrive today on Pacific Northern Airlines.
 It, General William E. Kepner commander -in-chief, Alaska, is to attend the Governors Day review on December l at pm. at the support. The Eisenhower Trophy t to be awarded to Company D of Sitka as the outstanding unit of the battalion. The public is in- vited to attend the review.
 "A lot of planning and training has gone into the encampment, said Col. Lars Johnson. guard ad- jutant general. The camp pre- sented a logistical problem that would not avicf iy, fhn Cfafac ha- cause of the distance involved in transportation and the bringing in of supplies"
 The public can visit the camp ii they are checked through the MPs. But those visiting the camp are warned to stay out of the rifle range because it will be in use throughout the encampment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
MeILeath Slabs Son and Self; Boy(ritieaI

Little 5-year-old Jimmy Leath is in St. Anns Hospital today in a critical condition as a result of ] knife wound in his lung inflic- ted on him last night by his father, Melvin Leath.
 After stabbing the boy, Leath knifed himself in the chest ac- cording to his wife Mary, and IA year-old step-daughter Carol, who were all in the kitchen of their home at 233 Franklin Street at 7:30 o'clock last night
 While Mrs. Leath grabbed Jim- my and ran into the street to hail ] passing car, Carol called Juneau police who arrived to find the girl nearly hysterical and Leath lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor. They ordered an ambulance and took Leath to the hospital and Carol went to a neighbours house.
 Under Guard
 Leath was placed under arrest and guard during the night. His condition was described by his attending physician as fair
 Mrs. Leath said today that Leath had been drinking and ap- parently went berserk as he called the little boy to him with, Come here Jimmy, I want to tell you something" and then grabbed a 6-inch blade kitchen knife and rammed it into the child's chest.
 She snatched the boy from Leath and ran into the street to get a taxi or car to take them to the hospital.
 Mrs. Leath said that she would file charges against Leath. He is a former guard at the Federal jail here and has been working for a construction company on Douglas Island. She formerly was a waitress in the Baranof Coffee Shop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Danish Arsenal Explosion Kills 16, Lnjures 79

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 24-tR-Exploding half-ton mines last night blasted the Danish Navy's arsenal here into a charred tangle of death and wreckage.
 At least Is firemen and Navy enlisted men were killed. Others possibly were blown into the harbor or still may be lying under the tangle of concrete and metal debris, Seventy-nine others were injured, at least 20 of them critically.
 The violent chain reaction oi fire and explosion, which destroyed five buildings and heavily damaged other navy installations, shattered windows throughout Copenhagen set off hundreds of burglar alarms and knocked people out of their beds as far away as Sweden, 30 miles across the straits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Court Of Appeals UphoIds Alaska
 Air Rafe RuIinq

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-lR- The U. s. Court of Appeals yes- terday upheld the Civil Aeronau- tics Boards handling of case involving a reduced air fare from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Seattle, Wash
 The board in October, 1850 al- lowed Pan American World Air ways to put into effect $75 fare on cargo planes from Fairbanks to Seattle Air Transport Associ- ates, which operates between AL aska and Seattle, asked the board to suspend the fare, then went to court when the board refused.
 The board, however, has pend- ing an investigation of this and other fares.
 The court said it found no er- TOT in the boards findings in the case, including it's refusal to sus- pend the $75 fare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
The W ashington Merry Go Round
IC0py-!ght, 1851. by Bell Syndicate, Incl
 By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON. Exuberant George Bender, the Ohio Cong ressman, popped the question to General Eisenhower during two and one-half hour relaxed chat with the General in Paris.
 Bender, a rootin'- -tootin' Taft supporter, looked Ike in the eye and said with grin: General, is you or ain't you. and how?"
 general Eisenhower's eyes twinkled but he made no direct reply Instead he emphasized to Bender and three other visiting congressman the great importance of his job in Europe. It was vital to the safety of mankind to rearm Europe, the General said, no mat ter what individual sacrifices were involved.
 Young Dick Boiling. the clean cut Kansas City Democrat, sug- gested in half-humorous vein: General, if you do run for Pres ident, I am sure you will be much happier on the Democratic ticket .'
 Eisenhower did not answer that one either, but Rep. Leon Gavln, Pennsylvania Republican, did, ana in no uncertain terms.
 "The Republican party is the only party of free enterprise" he said loudly and firmly. "The Dem- ocrats are all Socialists and you would not get along with them"
 At another point in the conver- sation, Congressman Bender ask ed Ike: What about that Arthur Krock story in the New York Times saying you and President Truman talked politics?"
 This was the only time during the visit that the General appear ed upset or irritated. There was not a word of truth to the story, ; he said indignantly and with great firmness. He added that he could not understand why reputable newsman would fall for, such a phony."
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
DAN MoRELAND IS HERE

Dan Moreland. employment se- curity representative from the San Francisco Bureau of Employment Security regional office. will be here until next Wednesday. He is making a routine visit to the AL aska Employment Security Con- mission here. reviewing operations and assisting in training pro- gram.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Box Fadory Possibility for
 Juneau in Connection with Alaska P|ywood Corp. pIani

on the site at the Juneau Lumber Mill is to get under way after the first of the year and building er- ection is anticipated to begin in March.
 Negotiate Contracts
 Two separate contracts will be negotiated on construction; one for a concrete or blacktop floor and foundations for 200 by 400 frame structure and another for sheathing and roofing.
 There will be 20 feet clearance between the floor to the bottom of the trusses and possibly a sec ond deck in part of the building,
 The building and equipment will cost more than million dollars. Plans are made in such a manner that when it is feasible, additional machinery can be installed to double the plant capacity, origin ally to run about three million square feet monthly.
 In an effort to obtain necessary additional storage space the Alas ka Plywood Corp, has requested to lease or buy a warehouse at the city dock from the City of Jun- eau.
 Employment
 Tine plant will require 50.000 feet of logs daily that will provide em- ploypent for about 25 men in the woods and 200 in the plant.
 It is expected that the plant can operate for at least ten months year.
 Morgan estimates that the Col umbia Lumber Co. yards in the Territory will be able to absorb at least half of the plant produc- tion.
 Many inquiries have been re- ceived from the West Coast and as far east as Indiana for the AL aska spruce plywood, Bernhard said. Spruce plywood is particularly de- sired by furniture manufacturers for oveflaving with hardwood ven- eers or plastic veneers," he ex- plained.
 Another advantage of the spruce over fir, Bernhard pointed out. IS that it's weight of 175 pounds per 00O feet t3l8-inch plywood) is much less than fir and effects a Is per cent in freight costs for shipping.
 Machinery
 Equipment is on order and in- cludes a veneer lathe to handle logs up to no inches in diameter and 133 inches long; clippers to cut the veneer into widths; tran- sfer system; barker the same capacity as the lathes; two over- head cranes for the log deck; six-line, 18-section dryer IA feet long which will feed from two levels; two glue spreaders; a 20- opening hot press; veneer patch ing compliment; automatic loaders and off-bearers: complete skinner and trim assembly; an eight-drum sander and one or two belt can ders.
 The corporation has acquired IF million feet of top grade tim Der on stand on Kosiusko Is- land from the Forest Service and test runs at Everett. Wash. were highly successful.
 Bernhard, who is consulting en- gineer and will supervise the in stallation of the equipment, has previously been with the Penin- sula Plywood Go. at Port Angeles. Wash. when It was organized in l94l and remained there through l943. In i944 he went with the Fir Manufacturing Go. at Myrtle Creek, Ore. where he remained until three years ago when he went into business as consulting engineer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
AT THE BARANOF A. c. Sundsgaard of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel

time.
 After the cease-fire line is ap- proved by the subcommittee. the entire buffer zone clause will be turned over to the full armistice delegations, which are expected to adopt them speedily. Then the negotiators will move on to the next item on the agenda = supervision 1 the armistice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Ship Movements

Alaska scheduled to arrive north- bound Monday morning.
 Baranof scheduled to arrive southbound Monday at 10 am.
 Freighter Yukon Princess sched- uled to arrive Monday morning from IancouYeT.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
FROM MoosEHEART, ILL.

Herman c. Fischer, auditor oi the Supreme Moose Lodge from Mooseheart. Ill. is in Juneau for a week or two. He is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
Antareiit Jaunf Planned by Byrd For Exploration

COLUMBUS, Ga, Nov. 24-th- Another trip to Antartica is plan ned by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, but he doesn't count on making the jaunt until the pres- ent world crisis passes.
 The famed explorer said yester- day he wants to make the vast south Polar area which was dis covered on his last expedition southward in l946-47.
 He added he would like to ex- ploit any material resources in the 6,O00.O00 square mile area.
 The 63-year-old Admiral is on active duty as an advisor to the department of defense on cold weather warfare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-24
VIRGINIA DAVIS TO
 BROADCAST DEC. 3

Word has been received here that Miss Virginia Davis, who ap- peared here on the Alaska Music Trail last season, will broadcast over the Canadian network from Vancouver, B. c. December from 9:30 to 10 pm.