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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-02-16
Aye (35)
For the disabled

For the disabled
zimmerman Jensen
Andersen Karlberg
(Richland) Lien
Anderson Lobe
(Cascade) Magnuson
Aronow Mcbride
Barnard Michels
Barrett Nixon
Beck Page
Blikken (Granite)
Clark Parker
Cook Rieder
Emmons Trip
Goodgame Trout
Graybill Valach
Harpster Van Dyke
Hauge Westlake
Hess Wilson
Holtz (Jud. Basin)
Item
Nay (5O)
Against the disabled
Anders Mackay
Armstrong McElwain
Atkinson Mountain
Babich Norby
Blewett O'Connor
Bradley Omholt
Bremen Page
Brownfield (Missoula)
Corcoran Peters
Cowley Phillips
Crist Pierce
Dokken Prill
Esp Purdy
Foley Reed
Fulton Rostad
Freshman Sales
Gebhardt Schiltz
Haines Scofield
(Flathead) Skibby
Haines Smith
(Missoula) Sykes
Hartford Taylor
Hawks Watkins
Higgins Wiedman
Leuthold Wilson
Lockridge (Treasure)
Loughran Working
XCUSED Dryer, Sagunsky.
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-02-16

EXCUSED Dryer, Sagunsky.
ABSENT: Mcdonald, Mccarthy, Sci
fert.
, 1951-11-30
ASSEMBLY

for making public contracts;
an act which will make it pos
sible for certain municipal
employees to participate in the
Old Age and Survivors Insur-
ance provisions of the Social
Security Act: acts to amend
the Civil Defense Act and the
ordinance setting up the In
sular Youth Commission, and
a bill to provide TO rthe identl-
fcation of laws passed by the
legislative bodies.
Rejected were bills to pro-
vide for misunderstanding and
to revise the law creating the
office of the Virgin Islands
Auditor.
When the Assembly recon
venes today, it will have to
consider only five bills"
, 1951-11-30
MYSTERIOUS =.

main on the front steps," they
will be taken up and carried
to the Fort, if caught after the
curfew hour of 9. Owners will
then be obliged to call at the
Fort within 48 hours and pay
a fine to redeem their dog.
Those who would protect their
pets are therefore urged to see
that they are inside their own
premises between 8 pm. and
6 am.
, 1951-11-30

that he has an opportunity to
reflect upon the past years,
the disagreeable memories are
crowded out of his mind and
crowded out of his mind leav-
ing only the happy things to
be remembered.
Refreshments were served
at the conclusion of the meet
ing.
, 1951-11-30
FOR SALE

Largest model ls48 Ford
Station Wagon. number C-13O.
Good mechanical condition;
4 very good 6 ply tires; Philco
radio; sound top. Needs paint
badly. Can be seen at Durieux
Auto Repair. rear of Caribair
office.
, 1951-11-30
CHAMBER OF COMM. =.

would make this Island a bet
ter place to live.
Following the election the
lst vice president assumed the
chair and Mr.. Alexander took
the floor to pay tribute to DR.
D. c. Canegata, the retiring
member Of the Executive Com
mlttee who is now Administrs-
tor for st. Croix. He suggested
that DR.. Canegata should be
made an Honorary Member
Of the Executive Committee"
in recognition for his tireless
work for the Chamber.
The matter was put to the
members who promptly. Great
ed the office and unanimously
elected DR.. Canegata to it.
Canegata to it.
Mr.. Alexander again took
the floor to pay his respects
to the former Administrator
Harry E. Taylor, who has been
a member of the Chamber for
many years. He moved for a
was unanimously given.
In acknowledging the honor
Mr.. Taylor expressed the hope
that he had known in advance
that this would be imposed
upon" him. He thanked MI
Alexander for his kind re-
marks and fair expression. The
relationship with him while he
was a legislator was with mu-
tual respect. The legislators
battled for power while there
was resistance on the part of
the Administration. But they
were good days, he said. He
recalled many happy days and
sad ones; victories and defeats,
disappointments and many
happy days and sad ones; vic
tories and defeats, disappoint-
ments and many happy out
comes and endeavors. Just as
when you leave a hospital the
unhappy things dim out of
ones mind fast SO it is with
him.
Concluding he said the less
desirable things are dimming
and that he was thankful for
the chance to speak, and for
the consideration shown. In
his past associations with the
n11 ~
, 1951-11-30
APPLICANTS !!
REGISTER NOW IL!

There will be many job opportunities in a few weeks
The tourist season will soon be in full swing. Also, sever
al construction projects will begin.
Let US help you find the best job available for your
training and experience. Therefore,
REGISTER NOW with your
Virgin islands Employment Service
10 ABC Queen Street (Hannchen Hus), Christiansted
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Halasz Promises 10 Fight
Firing as Opera Director
By the As.ocio,ed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Laslo
Halasz says ne will fight to the
last" his dismissal as musical
director of the New York City
Opera Co.
Il vigorously protest having
been found guilty of unnamed
charges without even a sernblance
of trial." he said in a statement
Hast night.
The company's board chairman,
Newbold Morris, announced Fri
day that Mr.. Halasz was being
fired for "the best interests of the
opera company" Mr., Morris men
toned no other reason. Mr..
Halasz's contract was to have ex-
|pired at the end of next year.
Mr.. Halasz said, however, that
Mr.. Morris told him Of COM
plants from a dozen or more
members" of the company. These
charges, Mr.. Halasz said, crystal
Ilized as follows: Autocratic run
ming Of the company, the use of
foul language; rude manners; in
security of the artists in conjunc-
ton with premiers. He denied
the charges.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Death Toll in Fire
AT Party in Tijuana
Placed at Al 10 90
BY the Assoeioted Press

TIJUANA, Mexico. Dec. "a
Screams of dying children anc
women left this city gripped to-
day in the horror of Christmas
party fire that took a toll esti-
mated at Al or more lives.
Burned and broken bodies were
still being examined in an effort
to complete an accurate count
There were unofficial estimates
ranging up to 80 or more.
District Attorney Francisco
Gastanon, jr., who announced the
official estimate, said he believed
lit was the highest toll of deaths ir
a single fire in the history o1
Mexico.
Eighty-eight who escaped from
the burning, three-story building
downstairs to single doorway
were treated for burns at the
Miguel Aleman hospital. Official:
said the only fire escape was not
only locked but boarded up.
80 Still In Hospital.
1hirty-three were still in thu
hospital, five or six of them on the
verge of death, doctors said.
| Among the 33 were 10 children
Officials said this probably indi.
Gates the ratio of little one.
among the dead.
Only 26 of the bodies had beer
identified early today.
The annual party for needy
children was in full swing wher
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Generals Rush Oversize Pants
SO Marine Can Go Home

B. Gates, saying she had done a
lot of baking and other prepara-
tions for Buds" visit but it looked
as though he wouldn't get home
because of the pants situation.
That put the problem into chan
Inels. The Brigadier General in
charge of personnel of the corps
'telephoned the Brigadier General
who is chief of staff at the San
Diego recruit depot. Suddenly the
usual six weeks needed for max
ing up special size uniforms dwin-
died to practically no time at all
Marine corps headquarters noti-
fed Mrs. Waldeck that Bud. with
pants, would be home soon. They
also explained that while in train
ing he hadn't needed uniform
pants; he wore the utility garb fol-
ItraineeS.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
10 Bodies Recovered
From Burned Liner
BY the Assoeioted Press

ASTORIA, Ore, Dec. 24.-The
bodies of 10 persons, missing since
Thursday in a fire aboard the
Danish ship Erria, were recov-
cred today.
All but two of the bodies were
in, the, ships lounge. The corpse
Of 6 year-old Elizabeth Brun.
lees was found still seated on the
the lap of her dead mother, Mrs
Kathleen Brunlees.
Coroner Raymond o. Luce SAID
that all but one of the bodies
in the lounge still were seated in
chairs. Death from suffocation
apparently was quick, he said.
Besides Mrs. Brunlees and her
daughter, the other dead pasSen-
gers were identified as Dorothy
Myers, G. F. Scott and Mrs. C. M
Taylor, all of Vancouver, British
Columbia; Mrs. A. Sorenson, Co.
penhagen, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hoist
Anderson. Copenhagen.
The bodies of two laundresses
Thorn Andersen and Lilly Haase
both of Copenhagen. were found
in passageway on a lower deck
Still missing is A. S. Iversen
Copenhagen, a steward. Mr.
Luce said he thought his body
probably was on a lower deck
where firemen have not yet beer
able to penetrate because of heat
from the still-burning fire.
The ship was anchored at the
mouth of the Columbia River
awaiting calmer water before sail
ing when the quick-spreading fire
was discovered. Eighty crew
members and % passengers es-
capped.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Frozen Breed Louves
Are Shipped to AIosku

SEATTLE.-You've heard the
old gag, of course, about the super
salesman who could sell refriger-
ators to the Eskimos. ..
But would you ever expect to
hear that they actually are ship
ping frozen bread to Alaska?
What's more, the going price
for a large loaf (six days old, OF
thereabounts is around 40 cents
ID sells at the standard price ir
Anchorage, which is a booming
military center with high prices
and too few bakeries to meet th'
demand.
The bread is frozen, then packee
with dry ice in wooden boxes. Each
holds 5000 pounds of bread ane
from 200 to 400 pounds of dry ice
And. says Kiert Smith, who de-
yeloped the shipping container
the bread reaches Anchorage will
the same quality of freshness !
had when it left the bakery.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Dying Miners ScrowI
Tells Last Thoughts
For Wife and Christ
By the Associated Press

WEST FRANKFORT, III,
Dec. pa dying miners
last thoughts in the West
Frankfort explosion were of
his wife. and of God.
Scrawled on the inside of
a cigarette package. the note
said:
II love you all way lsic). I
go tonight with Christ. I love
Him too.
1t was signed, Bill Will
liams."
Morgue attendants found
the note when they examined
the still-warm body of B. r.
Williams, 40, of West Frank
fort.
Authorities said he had
been dead only a few hours.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Lions Club Sends Gifts
To 100 Needy Families

Toys and baskets of food are
being distributed today by the
Mount Rainier Brentwood Lions
Club to approximately 100 needy
families in the area:
The toys were collected and re-
paired and the food baskets pre-
pared under the direction of
Hiram L. Wohlfarth, Brentwood
town clerk. The donations were
made by residents and merchants
of the area.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Christmas Dinner for &
lis Just for The Family
BY the Asseeiaied Press

FAGLEYSVILLE. Pa. Dec. "a
Christmas dinner was served
two days early at the Eastern
Pennsylvania home of J. L. Het-
rick. 81, retired farmer. and the
house was literally bursting at
the seams"
There was "only the family
at the dinner-an annual affair
held on the Sunday before Christ
mas-and 81 children, grand
children and great-grandchildren
sat down to Christmas dinner,
served in five shifts.
| The family slowed away four
turkeys, six chickens, six ducks,
one goose and two hams, not
counting the pounds and pounds
of stuffing. vegetables, pies, cakes
and cookies,
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Air Force Releases Names
OF Airmen Killed in Crash
BY the Assoeioted Press

COCOA, Fla, Dec. 24.-Names
Iof three of the four airmen killed
in a plane crash at Nassau, Ba-
Ihamas. Saturday night were re-
LEASED today by Patrick Air Force
Base, to which the twin-engined
plane was attached.
Name of the other victim was
withheld pending notification of
next of kin.
The dead included:
First 1t. Howard v. Young, %,
the pilot, Melbourne, Fla; First
1t. Dwayne F. Bishop, 81, Co
pilot, Cocoa, and .Sergt. William
J. Paddock, 20, Olney, Ill.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
One Man Found Alive
In Shattered Mine as
Death Toll Hits 119
BY the Asseeiated Press

WEST FRANKFORT. Ill, Dec.
24.-One miner was rescued from
a 56-hour entombment today
after the Nations worst mine
tragedy in % years claimed 119
lives.
Taken from the shaft $50 neet
below the surface was Cecil
Sanders, A. of Benton, Ill. He was
taken to the United Mine Workers
Hospital in fair condition, and is
expected to survive, a physician
said.
Shortly after Mr.. Sanders was
brought to the surface, Mine
Supt. John r. Foster said:
There are five men down
there-no more alive. We believe
that is all"
All but one of the bodies had
been recovered from the debris
Uttered shafts at noon (EST).
The discovery of the last of the
1l9 bodies on the day before
Christmas added a poignant chap
ter to the desperate rescue efforts
that have been in progress day
and night since the violent ex-
plosion shattered the Orient No.
2 mine Friday night.
One miner died last night in a
hospital of injuries received in the
explosion. He was Ralph Kent of
Marion, Ill.
Worst Since 1909 Blast.
1t was the worst mine disaster
In Illinois since 1909 and the worst
Evening star., 1951-12-24

trampled to death before they
were burned"
Many of the bodies were found
in two restrooms into which the
victims apparently had been
pushed by the crowds surging
toward the exits.
Many Leap to Street.
The confusion was increased by
frantic mothers and fathers try
ing to get into the building to
save children. Firemen arrived
(aided later by fighters from Cali
formal but there was no pressure
in the water mains.
People leaped from the con-
.crete-and-wood building to the
street and crawled away injured.
United States Navy men in
Evening star., 1951-12-24
BY the Associated Press

If it hadn't been for his mother
and two or three generals. Pfc.
Morton Charles Waldeck of the
Marines might still be lacking the
pants he needed to wear home on
leave.
Pfc. Waldeck is six feet tall,
weighs 245 pounds and his pants
size-44 inches at the waists
something made up special at the
Marine depot of supplies in Phil
adelphia.
His recruit training finished,
Pfc. Waldeck was getting set to
go home to see his mother, Mrs.
Morton Waldeck, sr., at Sturte-
want. Wise. but he didn't have any
uniform with the right size pants.
His mother wrote the Marine
Corps head man, Gen. Clifton
Evening star., 1951-12-24

it's joy was turned to terror at
11:15 o'clock Saturday night.
There were different accounts
of how the fire started. Tijuana
Fire Chief Gill Chidez declared
some one was criminally respon-
sible. He did not elaborate. Every
one agreed the flames spread with
terrible speed from near the loca-
ton of Christmas tree.
AS panic took hold among the
800 or 400 people in the third
floor hall of the old Coliseum
Building. three blocks from tt
juana's gay main street, the lights
went out. Then all was Madness -
said Luis Alarid, "a, radio station
announcer. IA lot of people were
Evening star., 1951-12-24

in the Nation since 1928. The
Cherry Mine blast in Illinois on
November 13, 1909 claimed 259
lives. An underground explosion
at Mather, Pa, in 1928, killed 1875
miners. In 1947, Ill miners were
killed in a blast at Centralia. Ill
w. w. Lamont. hospital SUPER
intendent, said conditions of the
last bodies removed from the mine
indicated at least six still had
been alive as late as this morning
Some of the bodies were warm
when rescuers reached them.
One of the bodies was found
with its head in a hole that had
been hastily dug in a desperate
search for life-sustaining air.
Virtually all hope for survivors
had been abandoned. Mine and
union officials had felt that those
who had escaped death in the
explosion died from gas or lack
of oxygen.
Occurred Friday Night.
The blast ripped through the
tunnels at 8:35 pm. (EST)
Friday. 1t occurred about 2 miles
back from the shaft. And it
shattered timbers for 3 miles in
the sprawling mine, which covers
a 12-mile area.
Most of the trapped miners
never knew what hit them. Ply
sicians said death in most cases
was quick. The bodies were
horribly burned and mutilated.
Limbs were ripped from some.
Others were roasted.
Grave concern in the blast was
shown in the flight here from
Washington of Secretary of the
Interior Oscar Chapman, John l.
Lewis, United Mine Workers
president, and John Forbes, direc-
tor of the United States Bureau OF
Mines.
The three men went below the
surface with rescue workers yes
terday for a brief personal inspec-
ton Of the damaged sections.
Mr.. Chapman ordered a dozen
Federal mine inspectors to open
an investigation into the tragedy
Most officials agreed the blast
was touched off by the ignition o1
accumulated methane gas. The
gas often is found in coal mines
Carl Lingo, a county mine in
spector, said he believed coal dust
explosions helped spread the de-
struction, but Mr.. Foster discount
ed this.
Mr. Chapman went to Spring
field to confer with Gov. Adlai
Stevenson on the explosion before
returning to Washington. Mr.
Lewis was scheduled to address
the UNIV local here today.
Several rescuers were overcome
in the dense smoke and gas that
filled the tunnels. Some were
taken to the hospital for treat
ment. Jack Wilkerson, rescue
worker, was overcome this morn.
ing while his team was bringing
Mr.. Sanders to the surface. Mr.
Wilkerson, too, was hospitalized.
Evening star., 1951-12-24

Tijuana for a Saturday night Of
recreation smashed windows and
helped pull children out.
Some of the survivors said two
rowdies knocked over the Christ
mas tree on the stage and that
the flames apparently started
from shorted electric lights.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
WATCHDOG Group
Putting Defense Costs
Under Close Scrutiny

The cost of the defense program
went under official microscopes to-
day in moves to prevent over
charges on military equipment
and duplication of armed services
food inspection.
A Government watchdog COM
mittee is being set up to check on
prices charged for airplanes. tanks
and other weapons and equipment
the Government buys. the Office
|of Price Sterilization and the De-
fense Department announced.
The committee, disclosed in a
Joint statement yesterday by OPS
and the Defense Department, is
Expected to include representa-
|tives of OPS, the Munitions
Board. Atomic Energy Commits
sion. Defense Production Admins
tration and the General Services
Administration.
To Study Practices.
It will consider price and re-
pricing policies procedures and
practices at all military levels
and provide a tighter civilian
watch to prevent price, -gouging
against the Government. OPS
also will survey military procure
ment practices throughout the
country, the anne uncement said.
OPS officials said they thus will
be able to determine whether
price controls should be placed on
any military items now exempt.
"As the military procurement
program swings into high gear
and inf1ationary pressures in
crease" OPS Director Michael v
Disable commented, "the need TO,
the very best defense contract
pricing increases A slight re-
duction in average prices paid 70,
defense goods could not only save
billions of dollars over a period
OF several years but. more i'm.
lportantly, would result In the OBJ.
tanning OF more implements oj
national security for the dollars
spent"
Improved measures to save tax
payers money on food used by
the armed services were cited yes
terday by Senator Johnson. Demo-
crat. of Texas. chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Subcom-
mittee on Preparedness.
Senator Johnson's subcommit-
tee has frequently criticized what
It regarded as wasteful use of men
materials and money in the de-
fense program. Yesterday he
commended Secretary of the Army
Pace for moving promptly to enc
duplication in food inspection and
grading by both the Army's Quar-.
termaster Corps and the Agricul-
ture Department.
: The Quartermaster Corps is
spending more than 81 billion a
year on food for all the armed
services. The Senate subcommit.
tee during the past year has called
attention to duplication between
Army and Agriculture Department
in food inspection.
Given Broad Authority.
Formation of the watch-dos
committee announced by OPS anc
the Defense Department was de,
scrihed as part of a tightening O
industrial mobilization all alons
the line. The new committee, i
was explained. will deal only with
the pricing part of the accelerat.
led defense drive.
Clay p. Bedford, as d specia
assistant to Secretary OF Defens,
Lovett. was given broad authorit,
last week over military production
problems. Plans also are bein,
completed to set up a board tt
supervise legal and economic as.
poets of mobilization. Alfred E
HoWse, Wichita (Kans9 business.
man, is reported to have been Sc.
ilncfad tn head this hoard
Evening star., 1951-12-24
County Agent in New Job

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec.
"a (SpeciaD. - Hugh Henderson,
former assistant county agent for
Albemarle, who left here in May to
take a similar post in Clarke
County, has accepted a position
with the Extension Service in
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Blacksburg, in animal husbandry.
Evening star., 1951-12-24
Work Week Reduced

The work week of $4,000 auto
workers in Italy was reduced
from 48 to 40 hours in a move
attributed to reduced demand for
new cars.
Evening star., 1951-12-24

1t was the worst mine disaSte,
In Illinois since 1909 and the wors
Evening star., 1951-12-24

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-30

900 damage largely because theii hundreds of electric motors were running when the flood struck the plant. The motors were all shor- ted out and will have to be re- built completely.
 2. The Sherold Crystal Corp. makers of strategic aluminium castings, had their huge furnaces going full blast until extinguishec by the flood. Some of their fur naces are now damaged beyond repair.
 3. Gustin Bacon Manufacturing Co.,, was due to start production I tisiz55 wceK. Trey n1aKC q speclal fiberglass essential to the Navy Months of production and ont million dollars were lost.
 4. General Motors Corp. had g large auto factory badly damaged They were in the process of re- tooling the plant to turn out fighter planes. Full extent of the damage is still unknown.
 5. TW As gigantic airplane maintenance and repair shop was badly flooded. VIVA was only major company covered by flooc insurance. They had taken ou' policy only five weeks before the flood
 6. Heaviest damage was suffered by the railroads. More than 2,O0( freight cars were derailed. Many weer loaded with strategic cargoes 200 cars of grain were destroyed A total of 1000 freight cars were totally submerged.
 '. The survew estimates that 9t per cent of the industrial damage was concentrated in the field oi electric motors, cables, transform CTS and switches.
 Hatfield concluded his survey with a warm tribute to the spirit and resourcefulness of the average citizen.
 Throughout the whole ordeal, Hatfield reports, there was a great spirit of cooperation among all the people All the muscles, brains, and equipment of the whole area were voluntarily of fered to meet the common danger. It was an inspiring sight"