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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Alaska Hearings
 Scheduled on Bill For Native Claims

WASHINGTON, Apg. 27-sR-A House subcommittee indicated today it will go to Alaska in October t6 conduct hearings on bill to set ul an Alaska panel of the Indiar Claims Commission.
 Rep. Morris (D-Okla) chairman oi the Indian Affairs Subcommittee told opponents and proponents ol the bill today that he would make every effort" to hold hearings 1T key Alaska cities.
 The bill was introduced by Dele gate Bartlett of Alaska as a means
 of settling Indian claims to AL
 aska lands.
 Major opposition to the bill wa directed toward a clause stating nc claimants shall be awarded exclu. sive rights in coastal waters beyond the low water mark.
 Mrs. Ruth Bronson, executive di. rector of the National Congress o American Indians, asserted thi. barred any settlement of the Indian most valuable" right-water ant fishing.
 A provision to authorize $40 ,000,. 900 revolving fund for loans to aiC Alaska Indians was criticized b. Mrs. Bronson as almost dishonest and sop to get the Indians tt take the rest of the bill"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
|Le Roy West
 Lost Derbyb
 I.06 of a Second

.I.e Roy pWest 1 aesu's Soeo Box Derby champ, lost the Akron race by .06 of a second.
 This was revealed today by J. w. Leivers, derby chairman here who took Le Roy east for the national finals which were run in Akron Aug. 12.
 Le ROy's time for the third heat, which he lost, was 2S.03 se- conds. Time of the winner was not reported. Average speed for Juneau champ during the race was 2S.10. He finished in tenth place.
 Leivers said it took the electric eye camera to determine who won the third heat.
 The derby was won by Darwin Cooper of Williamsport, Penn., whose time for the final heat was 27.97 seconds.
 Leivers and Le Roy returned home yesterday via Pan American plane. They met in Seattle Saturday after Leivers had stayed on over a week in Washington, D. O., to confer with heads of the office of U. s. Courts. He is clerk of the court in tn first judicial division.
 Le Roy travelled to Denver with his grandparents two weeks ago. His grandparents, MT. and Mrs. w. B. Converse, had been their grand sons most enthusiastic rooters at the Akron event. From Denver he flew to Seattle and visited an aunt in Benton, Wash, until Leiver's ar rival
 His showing in the race was the best ever made by an Alaskan ent- rant. He was driving white speed ster sponsored by The Daily Alaska Empire.
 Le Roy's time for the first and second heats, which he won, was 23.36 seconds for each heat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Air Secretary Joins
 (onqres sional Drive |Io 'UnbaIante' Forces

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27- R = Secretary of the Air Force Finlet- ter appears to be joining powers with Congressional allies in a drive to give air power bigger share of military funds.
 In a speech over the weekend, the Air Force chief called for junk ing the old concept of balanced forces"-insofar as that means di- yiding defense dollars equally among the army. navy and air force.
 Finletter urged instead the ailo- cation of men. materials and money to those top priority tasks which can deliver military blows with the most devastating effect
 His address, to the Air Force AS sociation in San Francisco, left little doubt he thought the air force now has such top priority He em- phasized prospects for tremendous new striking power by using war planes to bring new atomic weapons directly against enemy ground troops.
 This speech came few days af- ter the launching of proposals in both the House and Senate to give Air Force funds a big boost. with out making similar increase for the Army or Navy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Truman Asked 10 Take Over
 Copper Iie-up
By the Associated Press

America's strategic copper indus try ground to halt today. Union leaders asked President Truman tc take it over when ast-minute nego. tiations failed to avert strike. 4 As ss a s sssas llaesi eI tis,,al dasdline moved across the nation, members oi The fndeperdeeat Us1son of Mna<.s Nil and Shelter Workers went off ths job.
 Hit first were the smelters or the east coast, then those in tht midwest. Picket lines were set up No violence was reported. Union members at the Big Barber, N. J. American Smelling and Refining plant said local negotiations alsc were off, at least for the time be. ing.
 Officers of the Independent Union telegraphed their seizure request tt President Truman early today.
 The strike was called over diff ferences on union requests for wage increases and contract changes principally increased pension provi. sions. The union said it asked fol general wage increase of 20 cent! an hour. Package provisions-mainly would up that by around 10 cents an hour.
 The strike call includes operation: in Montana, Idaho, California, Ari- zona, Utah, Connecticut, New York Washington. New Jersey, Nebraska Texas. Maryland, New Mexico ane Nevada.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Dewey Speaks ai |koi1ebue Airport Dedication

KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Aug. 27-tR Gov Thomas E. Dewey faced 8 brisk and icy breeze yesterday in the first speech of his career above the Arctic Circle.
 He was the principal speaker al the dedication of an air field in this Eskimo village and trading center 26 miles north of the Arctic Circle and 200 miles north of Nome.
 The New York Governor extOll- ed the prospects for Alaska and paid special tribute to the hardy inhabitants of the far north.
 The audience of Eskimos and whites came from many parts of the territory.
 Several hundred persons witnessed the dedication in intermittent rain. They were present from Fairbanks. Nome, Point Barrow, Anchorage and many Arctic villages in the northwest.
 The new Ralph Wien air field was dedicated to the memory of one of Alaska's early day bush plIOtg He was killed here In 1930 while flying Alaska's first diesel- ! eg.sI ~zd plane.
 Dewey was introduced by Cover nor Gruening. The master of cere- monies was the Rev. George E. Carroll, local Jesuit priest and mis- sionary.
 The speakers list included Sen. Percy Ipalook, Kotzebue Eskimo: Mrs. Lillian Crossen of Fairbanks, widow of Joe Crossen, another pio- neer Alaska flier; John McNess of Nome, president of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Rearsi- Davies Agreement, Giving Control of Esiaie 10 Former Adress, Has No Effed,' Administrators Claim

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27-lR-A paper supposedly giving former act ress Marion Davies voting control of publisher William Randolph Hearst's enterprises "has no more effect than if it never existed, , special administrators of his estate contend
 Renorrttss have been published here that, Miss Davies and Hearst signed an agreement on Nov 5, lyo0, under which they were to be the only two trustees in a voting trust for the stock of the Hearst Corp, holding company for the publishers vast en- terprises.
 Under the agreement, Hearst and Miss Davies supposedly pool ed their stock for voting purposes and in the event of the death of either, the other should vote the entire stock for his or her life time.
 Hearst reputedly owned the en- tire 100000 shares of Hearst Corp common stock and 170,000 shares of preferred, with Miss Davies own- ing 30,000 shares of preferred stock
 Henry S. Mackay Jr., and Ran- dolph Apperson Hearst, special ad- ministrators of the publishers es- tate, which is scheduled for pro- bate hearing today, issued state ment late yesterday saying they have known about what they tern "the so-called agreement" of Nov. 5 1850.
 They said that although published reports have the paper making Mis- Davies sole voting trustee in con- trol of all the Hearst property this so-called agreement was never executed and for this and many other reasons has no more effect than if it never existed"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Haines Dolk Being Repaired After
 SaIe 10 Businessmen

The Haines dock will be repaired immediately and be open for use, t was learned today from the Peter Wood agency, which closed l deal selling the dock to a group of Juneau and Haines men headed by Carl Heinmiller, Port Chilkoot business man.
 The business men bought out Ed Koenigs stock in the Port Chilkoot Terminal Go. after the dock had been closed for three days. Koenig entered the armed services at Fort Richardson today.
 This move insures freight nov ing over the dock and up the Haines cutoff to the Interior. Freighters will continue to unload there and will not be dependent upon the use of an army dock which is being constructed at Lu- talk Cove.
 Canadian Pacific Railway steam ships have not been calling at Haines because of the unsafe con- dition of the dock. Repairing the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
F Persons Die in Mexico Movie Panic

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27-R-Five persons were killed last night when a cry of fire" caused panic in a movie theatre.
 A man in the balcony lighted a cigarette. The pruning match light ed the program of a woman sitting beside him. She creamed fire ana 600 persons in the balcony rushed for the doors. When the crush clear ed, two children, two women and a man were found crushed to death. Some 50 persons suffered minor in juries. The burning program went out in the rush for the doors.
 Seven persons more were killed when bottled gas leaked into the kitchen of private house and ex- ploded earlier in the day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Valdez Irriiaied on No Funds for Winter
 Upkeep of Highway

VALDEZ, Alaska, Aug. 27-sR- This community at the sourth term mus of the Richardson Highway was riled this weekend by report that the Department of Interior has no funds for winter mainten- ance of the key highway to the In terior
 Word was received that the mili- tary had been informed that funds were not available to keep the high way open.
 Rep. William Egan, Speaker o1 the Alaska House of Representatives and Valdez merchant, asserted:
 Tt is inconceivable that in this time of national peril, Congress did not make funds available to keen this shortest route to inter- for bases open this winter. It is not merely a local issue.
 "The bogey that this route would be hard to maintain in the winter was knocked into a cooked hat two years ago when the Alaska Freight Lines, a trucking firm, aiding by contributions of several thousand dollars by Valdez merchants, easily kept Thompson Pass open con. tinuously without terrific expen' allure of funds.
 Last year the Department o' Interior kept the highway oper much more easily, benefiting by the previous years experience. Ter thousand tons of supplies uere speeded to the interior over thi' route in the past two winters without mishap."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Mediator Arrives |ToAiiempi Seward Strike Settlement

SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 27-tR- A government mediator flew tc Alaska from Seattle yesterday to seek settlement of Stewards waterfront strike.
 The strike started Friday mid night in this entry port for the Alaska Railroad and rail belt cities. It was called by the locals of the International Longshore- men & Warehousemen's Union ir support of demand for a higher Alaska cost-of living differential.
 The strike is against the North ern Stevedoring Go.
 Kenneth D. Baker, acting chairman of the local S2 labor relations committee, declared 1t was not a wildcat strike" but was a legal one, preceded by sincere negotiation efforts.
 Baker said Seward always has operated under a local port agree ment, so it is not included in the unions general Alaska agreement Although the local unions are a1- filiated with the Harry Bridges lead ILWU, Baker said the Inter national never has had authority to negotiate for Seward.
 The union committee contends the Is per cent cost-of-living differentiaI allowance for Alaska is not adequate in Seward; that the cost of Living index shows Seward living costs 46 per cent higher than in the west coast states.
 (In Seattle, William Gettings regional director of the lLWo said that after receiving notice ol the Seward locals intention t' strike last week We told them Don't stop work; continue work' ing while negotiating. When they told US they intended to strike we told them 1t would be on theii own responsibility.o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
1 Safe After Railing Out of Spinning C-47
 Pilots, } Passengers Ride Out Dizzy
 Loops, Land Safely

ANCHORAGE, Aug. 27-tR-Four airmen bailed out of CAY airplane when it went into spin early yes terday and were found safe near Friday Creek, close to the base of Knik Glacier.
 The men were in mountainous country too rugged for rescue planes to land, officials at Elmendorf Air Force base reported Food and sleep ing bags were dropped for them.
 A land rescue team was to be landed on a sand bar in Friday Creek some four miles away. A note was dropped telling the fliers to make their way to the sand bar ii the four could walk well enough If not, they were told to stay where they are and trail crew will go to them. Present plans call for a helicopter to pick up the men at the sand bar.
 The quartet jumped from the CAT when it was about 12,O00 feet in the air at the start of it's spin, the pilot said after he and his CO., pilot landed the plane safely at Elmendorf 28 minutes later.
 The two pilots, Capt. Ermine C. Hales and Bert E. Dowdy, and three passengers chose to remain with the plane and ride it out. At 5000 feet Hales brought the aircraft out of its spin. Their hometowns were not re- ported.
 The four who jumped were iden- tified as crew chief Sgt. Larry K. Baine, S-Sgt. Courtney T. Kruger, both crew members, and lst It. Carl E Burger and Cpl. Edward G. Szymborski, both passengers. All four are stationed at Eimen- dorf.
 Air rescuers said that. except for one who appeared to have \ sprained ankle. the men seemed n good condition. The. four are not O. gether. One pair landed a consid- erable distance from the other two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
.DeweyMay
 Boom for Eisenhower
Present Bakers Keeping Quiet = All Waits on Governors $ Return
By JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-R- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Re. publican supporters evidently ars content to let his prospective presidential candidacy rock along a while without nudging.
 Senator Duff (R-Pa, regarded as one of the leaders of the Eisen. hover boom, has told Senate friends he is content not to bea up the political buses until aftel Congress quits. probably in Octo. Der.
 Duff apparently Is well pleased with the way things are going in the absence of any definite assurance from Eisenhower that he will be available for the Re- publican nomination.
 Senator Saltonstall (R-Mass) came out for Eisenhower yester- day. Appearing on televisior program (NBC), he called the General The best man at the present time"
 Dewey Efforts
 The return of Gov. Thomas E Dewey of New York from an in spection trip to the Far East and Alaska is expected to bring renew ed efforts from the Dewey camp in behalf of Eisenhowers potential candidacy.
 The New York governor has been invited to the White House, may write some magazine arti- cles and probably has some speeches up his sleeve. It will not be difficult for him to slip in A few words for Eisenhower on occasion.
 The Dewey canipaign IS fegar- ded with some suspicion by others in the Eisenhower camp who ap- parently feel that the New York governor would be willing to bid for third presidential nomina- ton if the general makes it plain he isn't available.
 Dewey and Duff. for instance seemed to be dealing somewhat at arms length in backing Eisen- hover. Duff has made it pretty clear he doesn't want the Repub- licans to wind up with Dewey as their candidate if they don't get Eisenhower.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
The w ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

(Ed. NOte-Drew Pearson has been in Europe in connection with sending friendship balloons across the Iron Curtain, but re- ports on the prospects of peace or war;.
 FRANKFORT. = Stopping for breakfast at the shannon Airport en route to Germany, I was inter- viewed by an Irish newspaperman who wanted to know my reason for coming to Europe.
 Not wanting to tell him about. our balloon project, I replied by citing my No. reason for making this trip.
 Our secretary of defense" l said, has just told Congress that Europe is much closer to war than at any other time. I am coming to Europe to check up on the facts.''
 With this my interviewer let out a below of anguish.
 "What!" he said, in mingled ter TOT and incredulity. Are we going to have war?"
 This, I found as I travelled on the continent, was the reaction CT most. people. Nobody believed there was any danger of war-perhaps because everyone so devoutly hoped there would be no war.
 This can be a most dangerous situation. But it is fact.
 Struggling Off War
 The average man in the street simply dismisses the thought Of war. He's seen enough of 1t and doesn't even want to discuss 1t. Or if he does discuss it, he points to the emblems of peace Haunted
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Stosk Quotations

NEW YORK, Aug. 27-R-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 27s, American Can 1I4s4, American Tel. and Tel 1s0la, Anaconda 461s, Douglas Air craft 531s, General Electric 60, Gen. eral Motors 49h, Goodyear 94A Kennecott 797s, Libby. McNeill anc Libby g, Northern Pacific 47A Standard Oil of California 491a Twentieth Century Fox 19as, U. s Steel 415s. Pound s2.79 15/16, Can- adian Exchange 94.68A.
 Sales today were 1,080,000 shares
 Averages today were as follows industrials 265.59, rails 7S.47, util- ities 44.59.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
| Eisenhower Put on
 Oregon Demo Titkef For Presidency

SALEM, Ore, Aug. 27-lR-Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower was entered provisionally today as Demo- cratic candidate for president ir next Mays oregon presidentia primary election.
 Republicans are making an at. tempt to get him on their ballot too.
 State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney Portland, a Democrat, filed pc titions containing 1,l50 signatures with Dave O'Hara, state election! chief. One thousand signatures are enough to put a candidate or the ballot. His consent is not re- quired.
 O'Hara accepted the petitions, although he pointed out that Oregon law requires that pres identiaI candidate be 2 member of the party in which he makes the race.
 Gen. Eisenhower has not sait whether he is a Democrat or z Republican or whether he would be a candidate for president.
 Petitions now are being circui- ated to put Eisenhower's name on the Oregon Republican pres- idential ballot. If enough sigma lures are obtained, then the question of the generals party utilization would arise, OHara said.
 A court decision might be ne cessary in an attempt to ciarii. the question if Eisenhower make no statement. Another possioiiit. is that he could run ol both par ty tickets. O'Hara said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Reds Blast
 Allies, but Are Willing
Talk of Continuing Truce Talks = Asks Serious Consideration
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, Tuesday-The Commit hist high command today bitterly rejected the Allied reply on an alleged Kaesong neutrality viola ton but, at the same time, left the door open to a possible re- sumption of the Korean armistice talks.
 The Reds broke off the stale- mate talks Aug. 23, alleging that an Allied plane had attempted to murder the Communist delega- lion at the Kaesong conference site.
 Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su- preme United Nations commander. told them Saturday their charges were malicious lies" but that he was willing to resume the arm- istice effort.
 In a reply broadcast early to- day by the Peiping radio, North Korean premier Kim II Sung and Chinese Red Gen. Peng Teh- -Huai said Ridgway's state- ment was "entirely unsatisfac- tory"
 They accused him of manufac- turing incidents to break up the truce talks and of "slandering' the Communists.
 Following wordy complaint they reiterated all the old Red charges, they then stated.
 Open Door
 We hereby once more propose to you that this grave action of revocation should be dealt with by your side with an attitude of serious responsibility. Then the continuation of the negotiations for a just and reasonable armisIice sgree2sent can ee sApsanteeds
 At the sntss& tlnIe we demand that your Unison offers proceed to Kaesong to carry ont a re- investigation jointly with our liaison officers of the incident that occurred on Aug. 22, when your military aircraft bombed and strafed the vicinity of the residence of our delegation In order once again to prove the full validity of our protest"
 The Reds, after long weekend of vitriolic propaganda against the United States and the United Nations, thus passed the buck Lack to General Ridgway.
 On the basis of previous ex- exchanges, it appeared unlikely that he would consider their re- sponse satisfactory.
 However, the Red invitation to renew the investigation at kae- cong and to seek settlement in- iicated clearly they were not yet prepared to cancel the deadlocked truce talks once and for all.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
11,130 War Criminals pardoned for Actions In War win Japan

TOKYO, Aug. 27--tR-The Jap anese government today announced the third mass pardon of former military war criminals. It was ap- proved by the occupation authority.
 The group. slated for freedom. totaled 21,l30. It included 3oi colonels and 388 Navy captains.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
This Couldn't Happen Here. Cause There Aren't Any

ISTACHATTA, Fla. Aug. 27.
 -4R-A feur foot blacksnake { slowly wriggled down the aisle
 of the Baptist Church during . the sermon at recent service. = As it reached the foot of the { . pulpit, the Rev. Fletcher Vest . on threw hymn book but did { . not stop the snake. . Seceral women raised their . feet off the floor. One left. But | . she came back with good sized . rock and handed it to the min- . ister. He killed the snake and . resumed the sermon. = (
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
R. c. JOHNSON RETURNS

R. c. Johnson of the Bureau of Reclamation, returned yesterday from the Whitehorse and Rancheria country where he had been on min ing business for the past two weeks He reported that the Yukon and British Columbia country there was extremely dry and there were many forest fires.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
HOEING FILLS LATHROPS
 puACE ON PACIFIC NORTHERN

Arthur G. Woodley, president oi Pacific Northern Airlines, announc- ed today the election of William E. Boeing, Jr., as director of the company to fill vacancy on the board of directors. which has existed since the death of the late Austin E. Lathrop.
 Boeing is president of the Mesabi Oregon Corporation and director of the Pacific National Bank of Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
Ship Movements

Baranof due northbound Tues day at am.
 Princess Norah scheduled north bound Tuesday afternoon, south bound from Skagway Friday morn ing.
 Karin Pehrson of College. is at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
TONED TO KETCHIKAN

The fishing vessel Kathleen was towed to Ketchikan by the 52-foot U. s. Coast Guard cutter yester- day. She had a disabled engine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27

Thorium is used in atomic en- ergy work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27

dock will not have any effect on their schedules, William McFar- land, agent said today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-27
WEATHER REPORT


 , GU. s. WEATHER BUREAU { , Temperatures for 24-Hour Period { , ending 6:20 o'clock this morning { , At Airport-Maximum, 63; . minimum, Al. , F o R E c A s T . tJuneau and Vicinity { . Partly cloudy tonight and . Tuesday. Lowest tonight near , AT and highest Tuesday about . GA . PRECI IPITA TION , (Past 24 hours ending 7;3o am. today { . At Airport - .02 inches. . since July 1-5.52 inches. , . . . . .