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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Soldier Confesses
 Stealing Registered Mail ai Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. IT, R-An Air Force sergeant who con- fessed stealing hundreds of regis tered letters inadvertently throw ing some military operations off kilter, has been arrested here, Air Force officials announced.
 Postal inspectors said he was Sgt. James R. Carruthers, of Car etta, w. Va, a member of the Fourth Air Postal Squadron at Elmen- dorf Air Force Base.
 Sgt. Carruthers was arrested at his quarters Sunday morning by c4vff affu 4niiilaiy uutn5rftles, wilo said he subsequently, confessed re- moving some 300 registered letters from incoming and outgoing mail pouches since Oct. 4.
 At the time of his arrest, U. S. postal officials said, Carruthers had in his possession stolen registered letter. Complicating matters, how ever, is the sergeant's confession that except for an estimated $1,500 in cash he obtained he burned the entire contents of all the mail he pilfered.
 Officials said many pieces of the lost mail contained important gov ernment documents and several phases of military operations in the Alaskan theatre were disrupted by disappearance of official communi- cations.
 Carruthers was on night duty. along with one other serviceman.
 Inspectors said they were first notified of the disappearance of registered mail on Oct. 26, and the investigation of the matter was carried on in cooperation with Seat tie officials.
 What did he say he did it for? To buy new clothes, the postal in- spectors said.
 Carruthers will be arraigned today before a U S. Commissioner on mail theft charges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Land Claims Hearing 5ef For Tomorrow

The House of Representatives subcommittee now conducting a series of land claim hearings throughout Alaska is expected in Juneau Thursday morning in time to open hearing in the Territorial building Thursday afternoon. This was the information in a tel egram from Nome from Delegate E. L. Bob" Bartlett, member of the party, to Gov. Ernest Gruening.
 The schedule now calls for leaving Kodiak early Thursday morning after tonight's session there. Bart let's telegram stated that plans have been slightly altered to give more time in Ketchikan. The party now intends to go to Sitka early Friday morning for a hearing there. The Ketchikan hearing will start early Saturday morning
 Bartlett's message stated that most of the group was committed to leave for the States Saturday afternoon. No mention was made if members of the group will continue the hearings into the first of the next week as originally planned to hear arguments by members of the Alaska Native Brotherhood The Brotherhood is holding it's annual convention in Ketchikan next week.
 No time has yet been set for the start of the Juneau hearing. Gov, Gruening said he presumed it would be held in the Senate Chambers.
 It was considered a possibility that the group might miss a hear ing at Kodiak and come directly to Juneau Wednesday if the weather closed in over Kodiak.
 Members of the subcommittee are invited to cocktail party at Gov. Gruening's house at pm. Thurs day. They are expected to be en- tertained by the Juneau chamber of commerce later in the evening.
 The purpose of the subcommit- tees trip is said to be to gather information and to absorb the gen. eral eeling of Alaska Indians, Aler.ts Sassxhios. and busire5ss e,,.s''. .,r before further action is taken on a bill to settle the land claims. The bill was introduced to the House by Bartlett.
 Alaskans say that much of the development of the Territory de- bends upon the settlement of the claims, and the manner in which they are settled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
pAA 0ffitiaI Has High praise for
 Juneau Ski Club

John White, regional director for Pan American Airways from Seattle, praised the Juneau Ski Clubs initiative in improving the ski trail and making Juneau winter sports-minded.
 "The Juneau Ski Club is live wire organization, he said, that will do much toward attracting out siders to this area in winter"
 White said that the plans for the purchase of Tucker Sno-Cat to solve the transportation problem would do much toward making Ju- neau a ski center.
 With the launching of the AL aska Visitors Association, it is im- portant that prospective builders of lodges and chalets have both summer and winter seasons to justi- fy their investments, White point ed out.
 John White is well known to AL askans having been with Pan Am erican Airways for the past 19 years of it's operation in Alaska. Originally from Massachusetts, White joined PAA as an accountant in 1882 and was stationed at Fairbanks.
 After visiting the Juneau office and operations for the past several days, he left today for Annette and Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Milwaukee Bank Robbers Escape Win $97,oo0 Loot

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 7-lR-Three men. two armed with sub-machine guns, held up branch bank on Milwaukee's northwest side during a heavy snowstorm today and es- capped with an estimated $97 900.
 The trio entered the bank in mid morning, according to police and Manager L. L. Wahl.
 The two men remained on each side of the doorway. The third jumped over a railing and ran be- hind the row of cashiers cages. He scooped the money into white bed sheet as one of his companions at the door counted off the seconds. As the count hit zero, the trio ran from the bank and jumped into a car at the doorway. A fourth man drove the vehicle away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Sfctk Quotations

NEW YORK, Nov. 7-tR-C Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3A, American Can 106, American Tel. and Tel. 1862 Anaconda 48A, Douglas Aircraft ST General Electric 547s, General Mo tors 49A, Goodyear 421a, Kennecott 83A, Libby McNeill and Libby 8l4 Northern Pacific 525s, Standard Oil of California 487s, Twentieth Cen tury Fox 21as, US. Steel 397s, Pound S2.80, Canadian Exchange 95.75.
 Sales today were 1,490,O00 shares.
 Averages today were as follows: industrials 257.14, rails 7814, util- ities 46.01.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Meehan Ruled Off Portland Docks By Coast Guard
By Associated Press

An international representative of the longshoremen's union has been ruled off the waterfront as poor security risk by the Coast Guard. Mott Meehan said he has been denied Portland waterfront pass-but was not told the reason for the action. He is the first prominent longshore official ruled out in the waterfront screening pro- gam.
 The Coast Guard refused con- ment-but Meehan says 20 others in Portland have been denied secur- ity risk clearances. So far, however those without security cards have not been barred from the docks.
 Meehan is supporter of union leader Harry Bridges-but otherwise has not been regarded as left-wing or radical.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Fear Lives Lost
 In Fire af Bethel; ] Buildings Burned

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 7-tR A fast moving fire destroyed two buildings in the western Alaska town of Bethel early today.
 Unconfirmed reports said several persons had died in the flames.
 The fire was first reported here by the Civil Aeronautics Admins tration.
 The town movie house owned by the Northern Commercial Co.,, and a road house" or small hotel owned by Northern Consolidated Airlines were reported burned to the ground.
 Cause of the fire was not known It was reported under control at about d-morning.
 A further report of the fire was received at Seattle by officials of the Northern Commercial firm.
 General Manager Volney Rich- mond said dispatch was received at Seattle about noon from the branch manager at Bethel.
 The message said several lives were feared lost"
 There were no further details.
 Bethel is near the mouth of the Kuskokwim river which flows into the Boring Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
The W ashington Merry Co., Round
(Copy-!ght, 1851. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.
 By DREW PEARSON

~ ASHINGTON-The Pentagon is keeping mum about it, but on Oct ober 13, Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco called in Maj. Gen. James V. Spry, head of the U. s. military mission to Spain, and staged sev- age interview in which he threaten ed, in effect, to withhold the estab- lishment of American bases in Spain.
 The interview was so harsh, and Franco's general attitude has been so unreasonable that General Spry is returning to the United States with the almost certain recommen- dation that there be no U. s. air bases in Spain.
 Unless Sen. Pat McCarran, who heads the powerful Spanish lobby in Washington, is able to batter heads at the Pentagon, this recom- mendation is likely to be accepted
 What happened was that General ' Spry was sent to Spain as head of a joint Naval-Air Force mission to arrange for the much-publicized bases which Franco supposedly had
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Alaska pIywood Corp. Is Officially Launehed;; $1.0oo,ooo Capital

The million dollar Alaska Plywood Corporation was officially born yes terday when the articles of incor- poration were filed with the Terri- torial Auditors office.
 At meting this afternoon Thomas A. Morgan was named president; R. c. Avrit, vice presi- dent; and L. R. Hogins, secretary. The board of directors will be com- posed of the three officers and James Larsen and Robert Booch- ever.
 A plant engineer will arrive next week to work out construction de- tails, Morgan said today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Christmas Charities
 Meeting 10 Be Held tuesday in EIks Hall

A meeting of all organizations interested in Christmas charities will be held in the Elk's hall at 8 o'clock pm. next Tuesday.
 The purpose of the meeting is to work out plan whereby all needy and deserving families will be cared for. In the past some families have received several baskets and gifts while others have received none.
 The Alaska Welfare Department is cooperating with the organiza- tions as a clearing house to avoid Implications.
 Representatives of all lodges, or ganizations and clubs are invited to participate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
HOLM RETURNS FROM SCHOOL INSPECTION

Martin N. B. Holm, educationist for the Alaska Native Service, re- turned Monday frdm field survey of schools located in the upper Yukon region. On his supervisory trip, Holm inspected schools at Tanacross, Northway, Fort Yukon, Beaver, Circle, Stevens Village. Rampant, Panama, and Mirto.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
COPS Win Seal In House;Lose Philadelphia
By the Associated Press


 Republicans picked up one seat in the House of Representative by capturing all four special elections held yesterday. but they lost their 68-year grip on the nations third largest city, Philadelphia. The off-year balloting, generally regarded as having no great na- tional political significance, also brought victory in New York City to Rudolph Haley of Senate crime and television fame and the defeat of James Michael Curley in an at- tempt to come back as mayor of I Boston.
 Surprising few observers, Demo- crats appeared to have retained the Kentucky ,Governorship, re- turning to the state house Gov. Lawrence Wetherby and his slate of eight state Candidates.
 The city hall at Little Rock, Ark, fell to the Republicans for the first time in GA years, and the COP also took the mayoralty in Indianapolis, home of the new Democratic National Committee Chairman, Frank E. Mckinney. ,, Clean government" campaigns were waged by the New York and Philadelphia winners. Haley won New York's city council presidency second highest position in the me- tropolis, over Democrat Joseph T Sharkey and two others. Haley running on the Independent. Fusion and Liberal party tickets, rolled ur plurality of 163,0OO votes.
 In Philadelphia. City Controller Joseph s. Clark, Jr., won the mayoralty for the Democrats to end a COP regime which had stood since 1883. Promising to clean up corruption he laid at the door of the Republicans, he defeated Dr. Daniel A. Polling, Baptist minister who was the Re- publican candidate.
 Some Republicans claimed trend toward their side in the outcome oi the four special House elections, but three of the vacancies were i'll tra- ditionally COP districts and the re- maining one was in a district which had swung both ways in recent |, years.
 The COP gain was registered ir Ohio, where Paul F. Schenck wor a House seat from the district around Dayton, defeating Jesse Yoder. Democrat Edward Breer had resigned because of ill health
 New Jerseys 9th district stayed Republican, as former Rep. Frank c. Osmers, Jr., defeated the Demo- cratic candidate That seat alsc was vacant because of resignation The COP held onto two House seats in Pennsylvania, one without opposition at yesterdays balloting That was the 9th district, where Republican Karl c. King was unop- posed. In the states 14th district Republican Joseph Carrigg defeated Paul Harris, Democrat.
 Boston's colorful Curley, claim ing he hadn't the money to make campaign, lost the mayoralty to the incumbent, a fellow Democrat John E. Hynes. Boston elections are n0n-partisan. Four times mayor, four times Congressman and once Governor, Curley did not raise his voice during the campaign.
 Despite few prompt claims from each side, most observers saw little evidence in the spotty returns o1 any trend likely to mean much ir next years bigger campaigns, wher the presidency and most seats ir
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Mayor Robinson in Lead, Reelection In San Frantisro
By the Associated Press

San Francisco's Mayor Elmer Robinson claimed victory early to- day in his fight for reelection. But it won't be definite until Novem- Der p because of some 35-hundred absentee ballots.
 Robinson's lead in yesterdays close election race was less than two thousand votes over Georgs Christopher, Greek-born San Fran cisco dairyman. But observers pre- dict Robinson will take most of the absentee votes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Juneau Chamber To Have Dinner Meeting Thursday

Visiting Congressmen will be guests of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at an 8 o'clock dinner meeting at the Baranof Hotel to- morrow night. Wives of Chamber members are invited, President Her bert Rowland said today.
 The Congressmen will be guests of Governor Ernest Gruening fol cocktails preceding the Chamber dinner.
 The Taku Postmaster club i holding it's meeting at noon instead of evening in order to make the Gold Room available for the Cham Der meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Ship Movsnaents

Denali scheduled to sail from &c., attle Friday.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail Saturday night from Vancouver on last trip of season.
 Baranof from west scheduled to arrive southbound sometime Sun day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
RAY wEsTFALL ON TRIP

Ray Westfall. assistant manager of the Baranof Hotel. accompanied his mother, Mrs. R. w. Hunter to her home in Durango. Colo. Mrs. Hunter had been visiting her son and daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Vernon here for the past seven weeks. Vest fall expects to return in a week or ten days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07

Congress will be at stake. Cam paigns had been waged pretty largely on state and local issues.
 Cleveland voters returned Demo- ratio Mayor Thomas A. Burke for a fourth straight term.
 In northern New Jersey, site of a state probe into gambling in Ser gen county, one mayor under in- dictment was reelected but two others were thrown out of office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07

messages that one of the dead was the second engineer and the chief engineer had been burned severely.
 RIGA said the radio operator re- ported at pm. that the ships boiler had blown up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
AHA MAN IS HERE

Elmer E. Gagnon of the Alaska Housing Authority from Anchorage, is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
AT THE BARANOF

Vernon E. Toney of Benton, Wash, is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Ships Rush Aid
 To Survivors Of Freighfer

BULLETIN - SEATTLE, Nov. 7-tR-Twenty-f0ur survivors of the burning and sinking wheat laden freighter George Walton were pulled from stormy North Pacific waters off the Washing ton coast this morning by three vessels at the scene.
 But four other crewmen were feared lost when their lifeboat overturned during rescue at tempts. Three others had died in the boiler explosion which touched off the fire that swept the ship.
 With three dead on the Walton, this left six unaccOunted for and perhaps still in lifeboats or on rafts. Planes and ships continue the search.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
Jei Fighter
 Kills Son of Juneau Woman

WASHINGTON, Nov. ' - iA - Four Navy men were killed and 10 injured Sunday when a jet fighter crashed into parked planes on the carrier Antietam off Korea.
 The Navy. announcing the mishap today. gave this account:
 The fighter, an F9F Panther jet. failed to pick up the arresting gear and crashed through safety bar riers into other planes on the flight deck. Two other jet fighters were badly damaged and four received lesser damages.
 The pilot of the plane attempting the landing. It. George s. Brainerd. of West Orange, NJ, was killed.
 The other dead:
 Airman Edward Laverne Clark, son of Mrs. Cloie May Clark, Ju- neau. Alaska; Airman Eugene A. Pfeifer. son of Alexander H. Pfeifer. Osseo, Minn., and Airman Thomas R. Russell, son of Henry c. Russell, Barstow, Tex.
 Ai:man Edward Clark was l9 years of age and he joined the US. Navy last January after serv- ing in National Guard unit while freshman student at the Uni versity of Oregon. He was born in Pasadena. Calf. in 1882 and was graduated from the University High School in Eugene. Ore. in 1850.
 Airman Clark received his over seas orders in June and just prior to shipping out he came to Alaska to visit with his mother, Mrs. Cloie Clark. who is cook aboard the MS Hygiene, Alaska Department of Healths floating medical ship. At that time the ship was anchored at Metlakatla and Clark visited in Juneau with his brother. Harland Clark while waiting for transporta- tion to the Annette Island com munity. Harland Clark is a statis- tician With the Employment Secur- fly Agency.
 Edward clark was the youngest of Mrs. Clark's five sons. Her four older soils served in the US. Navy during World War II and three sons were in action against the enemy and did not receive any injuries. He is also survived by three sisters re- siding in the States.
 Mrs. Clark was aboard the MS Hygiene at Hydaburg when she re- ceived word from the War Depart ment that her son had been killed.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-07
TIDE TABLES
NOVEMBER 8
WEATHER REPORT GU. s. WEATHER BUREAU

At Airport: Maximum, 45; Minimum, Al.
Evening star., 1951-07-31

$50 far into his seat that it some
times looks empty.
Miss Schreiner, when the Gus
TONERS are not keeping her occu-
pied, will explain that she thinks
iof herself as playing a gigantic
chess game, moving her 5000 to
10000 Guild subscribers Cfor 7
plays over chess board that rep
resents a chart of the Gayety.
The system is to take care of
old subscribers first, to give them
their regular locations so far as
possible. Some of these have had
the same seats for Is years. a lot
Iof them balcony customers, and
regardless of the fact that the
Guild transferred last season from
its old, closed National stand to
the Gayety.
You should have seen them
beam to find they had the same
seats, and with the same neigh
bors," Miss Schreiner says. "Of
course, this was not true of every
body"
The charts of Guild subscription
sales are pretty dramatic. They
reveal a lot of interesting things
about theatergoing habits, as for
instance the fact that Monday and
Friday nights are the best nights,
or the most popular ones. These
are are performances that give
Miss Schreiner the most trouble,
the ones that make her feel she's
losing the chess game.
MatineeS, both Wednesday and
Saturday. are in great demand
and the Wednesday matinee
crowd has changed the least of
all in the Is years Miss Schreiner
has been with the Guild here. She
knows thousands of the customers,
by the way, most of them on an
old-friend basis.
She has no favorites among
them, at least she tries not to. but
one might fancy detecting a
family immoderate enthusiasm
for the thousands of balcony regu-
lars.
How they love the theater.
those who go In the less expensive
seats" she says. Every year, it's
the same, there are so many espe-
cially on the weekend nights who
want the series of balcony seats.
Il don't know what to do with
them-but we always manage
something"
Miss Schreiner considered this
dilemma for a moment in silence.
If I only could convince them,
the dearS, that they really won't
have to stay up too late-11:3O
ought to see most of them in bed
on the other nights. Moreover, it
is only seven nights out of the
whole season that they would
have to change their sleep pat
terms.
But, do you know, I've never
really been able to make them see
this"
She keeps trying. like any per-
feet hostess trying always to make
herself better.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
HOLLYWOOD.

The wives of most top star!
would leap at the chance to ge
any kind of a small role in theil
husbands pictures-just to b.
able to police the old boy while
he's moving in on the heroine
But not Mrs. John Lund.
The former conover model -ant
prominent stage actress before
her marriage turned down a roll
in U-I's "the battle Of apache
pass" because she didn't want tx
watch her mate make love tC
Beverly Tyler.
1T isn't that I'm Jealous" sale
Mrs. Lund, in refusing Director
George Sherman's proffer, "but
just get self conscious when Johr
has to moon over some othel
woman. His love scenes are al
in a days work in the movies, but
there's no rule that says wife
has to witness his laborS."
. y
Cary Grant, not nearly so we'll.
tailored as he was as the high
society doctor-hero of people viii
talk" was the cameramen's
unanimous choice az he and wife
Betsy Drake hit the kleig lights
for the Chinese theater premiere
of his latest picture.
This was all a little embar-
RAISING. too. for many prominent
personalities who followed ir
Cary's wake were utterly neg
lected. Corinne Calvet fooled 'em
however. After being lost in the
shuttle, she walked out and in all
over again after the grant COM
motion had cleared, thus getting
her rightful share of huzZahs and
snaps.
One tragic note to the festivi-
ties was the chummy greetings
exchanged by Sally Forrest and
Isabelita as they met in the aisle
Both were dressed to the hilt, bur
both wore duplicate silk net eve
ming cloaks. This seemed the only
fashion mtshap of the evening.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Hollywood Diary
Watch Hubby Make Love?
Not Mrs. John Lund
S. John Lund
By Harold Heffernon


Virtually mum for the past
three weeks, due to a throat op-
Grafton, Betty Hutton is making
up for that lost vocalizing time
All the way to her seat with hel
new beau, Norman Krasna, she
sang Come Onamy House"-and
good, too.
| Though he hasn't made a
movie in seven years, John Boles
fan mail is cluttered with queries
as to why he doesn't return to the
screen.
One answer could be that Boles
likes those night-club singing en-
lgagements better because in his
own words, I'm the rovin' kind.
He relaxes better, he claims, in an
Iairplane than in his own bed back
here in terra f1rma Hollywood.
Another could be that John is
in the jargon of the day, wei
stacked" in coin Of the realm, and
can well afford to pick and choose
his professional chores. Chalk il
off to luck or just Texan shrewd-
ness, but no Hollywood star has
ever managed so well on invest
ments-real estate, stocks, anv-
thing you name. He's known
Iaround Beverly Hills as THE
Smiling Landlord.
Just to bring the Boles work
and win" story up to date, he's
been spending much of his time
the past few weeks making per-
Isonal appearances at the front
offices of several aircraft COM
Ipanies. walking out with more
than 50 million worth of contracts
for the two war-manufacturing
plants he recently acquired.
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