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Evening star., 1951-10-07

TWVHE FATE of the fellow
who was either too
young or too old" tried hard
to catch up with william Nc
Chesney Martin. jr.
This 44-year-old chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board
could have been content with
a junior status as well as
name. His father. famous In
financial circles in st. Louis
and Washington, set an awe
some pace for any son hopeful
of following in fiscal footsteps.
The younger Martin was too
young-so said some Of the
smart money in Wall Street in
l938-to head the New York
Stock Exchange at the age Of
81 and to handle a $48 8.00O-a-
year salary.
He was too doggone old" to
keep up with the military effort
so said an Army sergeant
who watched him as 34-year-
old private putting under sacks
of sugar.
Some who leaned on the life
begins-at-4O theory thought
the age bracket should be
raised when they saw Mr..
Martin go in as chairman of
the Export-Import Bank at 80
and as an Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury at AZ.
Yet. when he was appointed
to the Federal Reserve Board
last spring. some feared he had
grown conservative beyond his
years.
This man from Missouri.
who will be As next December
II. has been too busy to
bother with statistical charts
dotted from one extreme to
another with such quotations
as boy wonder" or practically
a grand old man of Govern
ment finance"
Although not born to great
wealth, he cut his teeth on
some hard facts about money
and the management thereof.
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Neither Too Young
By Robert X. Walsh

Out In st. Louis, where the
elder Mr.. Martin still practices
law. the boy heard many times
how his father had literally
carried the Federal Reserve
project around in his pocket.
The father organized that
bank in st. Louis In 1914 and
headed IL until he retired" in
l94l. He once served on the
same board his son now heads.
Mr.. Martin. the younger. is
also old enough to recall vivid
ly how the Wall Street failure
of Richard Whitney & Co.
touched off an internal drive
for reform of the Stock Ex-
change. There was plenty of
external drive. too. especially
from William o. Douglas, then
Securities and Exchange Com
mission chairman and now a
Supreme Court justice.
In New York. as partner of a
st. Louis brokerage concern.
Mr.. Martin served as chairman
Of the exchanges Constitution
Committee and as secretary of
a committee to reorganize the
country's oldest and largest
securities market. The direc-
tors passed over a list Of more
than 200 prominent financiers
to select him as first paid
president of the Stock Ex-
change in 1888. They drafted
him for another term in 1910
and Uncle Sam drafted him In
April. 1941.
The tall, thin youth. who
wore spectacles and never
smoked or drank. turned the
tables on the sergeant who
called him too old. He had not
only a quiet sense Of humor
but also a strong body and
keen mind. While at Yale Uni
versity and thereafter he de-
veloped into a tennis player
sufficiently skilled to compete
in national tournaments.
In the Army he asked no
favors but ended up with i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-08
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Juneau Rents Moi Up Automatically, Warns Bandeiiini

Provision for increasing rents 20 percent in Juneau is not automatic as believed by numerous landlords, it was announced today by A. Band ettini, area rent director for the Office of Rent Stabilization.
 Application for tipping of rents must be filed in accordance with provisions of the new rent control law, he explained.
 Of some 50 applications so far processed, he said. around 35 have been granted the increase.
 Tn any case,' he said, where the present maximum rent is less than 120 percent of the June 30, 1947 level-plus adjustments for improve ments and services-the landlord is eligible for the increase"
 Any decreases in services or equip ment will act as offsets against the 20 percent increase, he pointed out.
 Application forms are available to landlords in the local rent control office in the Valentine Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
AIeagtiunaS Didn't. BreUk
 Soldiers Mentally LiIse
 Other Points, SnyS Doctor

an average of 0.6 percent of the total army was confined to hos pital or quarters for neuropsych- iatric reasons. On Shemya, the average was only 0.1 percent.
 "One of the most important forces which tended to keep the rate so low was the attitude held by the average soldier in respect to his service on Shemya," Dr. Jones wrote.
 This attitude, peculiar to Aleu- tian soldiers, seemed to develop in direct proportion to the length of time on the island"
 After the initial landing party pitched tents on the diamond-shap- ed island in the spring of 1943, no person set foot on the island without hearing the universial greet ing:
 You should have been here when 1t was rough!"
 Any complaint by newcomer wah automatically answered by the same remark" Dr. Jones explained. Variations of this theme were re- flected constantly in the attitudes of the men toward each other"
 Personal prestige rested solely on the length of time a soldier had spent on one of the small, barren Islands, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Amelia Gundersen Dead in Ketchikan

Mrs. Amelia Gundersen. member of the Alaska Legislature and long time civic leader of Ketchikan. died early Saturday morning in the Ketchikan hospital. She was about 60 years old.
 Rosary services will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the Holy Names Catholic Church. The fun sral will be tomorrow at 9 am. Instead of flowers. the family re- quests that donations be made to the Cancer Fund.
 Last winter Mrs, Gundersen un- derwent major operation in &c., atte, but she served in the 1851 legislative session despite her ill., ness. She was first elected to the House in 1949.
 She was the wife of Andrew Gundersen, who served in the Ter ritorial House in 1943 and in the Senate in 1945 and special session of l946. They were Alaska's first husband and wife team to be elected to the Territorial legislature
 The Gundersens were married in Reno, Nevada, in 1930 and then moved to Ketchikan where Gunder- sen conducted herring fishery.
 Mrs. Gundersen was a veteran of both World Wars. In World War she saw active duty as an Army nurse In the last war she was sta- toned in San Francisco. She was prominent in Red Cross work. in the Ketchikan Women's Club and in nursing organizations.
 She is survived by her husband in Ketchikan and three brothers, all living at her former home in Houston, Texas.
 At the time of her death her husband was aboard the Pirate on the fishing grounds.
 Gov. Ernest Gruening, when in- formed of the news this morning by The Empire said:
 "The death of. Amelia Gunder- sci leaves the Territory of Alaska distinctly poorer. She was gall lant soldier, serving her country we'll in war as in peace. As a train- ed nurse of great ability she had repeatedly rendered valuable and devoted service.
 "As a legislator she sought to serve the public interest. She will
 be missed by the many who have
 known her. To her husband, Andy
 Gundersen, who is likewise widley known throughout Southeast AL
 aska, will go the deep sympathy
 of host of friends"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Cutting GiIInefs Discriminatory Charges Fisherman

Is cutting the length of a drift gillnet from 200 to l50 fathoms discriminatory"
 This question is the text of a suit brought by Cook Inlet fish, erman against Oscar Chapman. secretary of Interior; Clarence ttssihad,e regional director of U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service and Holgar Larsen, service agent.
 Fenley Giles is plaintiff in the suit. His discriminatory charge is based on action of the service wherein drift gillnets were cut from 200 to 150 fathoms in Cook Inlet during the height of the past fishing season.
 Reason for its actions, stated at the time by the service, was the intense concentration of gear in that area. There were 700 boats fishing within a distance of seven miles, it was reported at the time.
 Giles questions the right of fishery officials to place restric- tion on any form of gear. The of ficials have 60 days to show cause why such regulations should be enforced. Hearing will be held in Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
port Rules Are
 Negotiated with
 |Longshoremen

Two Alaska Steamship officials left Juneau yesterday after complet- ing negotiations on port rules in connection with the new Alaska longshore contract, Henry Green. To- cal agent, said today.
 The port rules involve operation of equipment, working times, number of men in gangs and other points, 1t was explained.
 The longshoremen recently re- ceived a 6-cent an hour increase for straight time and 9-cent an hour increase for overtime. The present base rate is $2.32 an hour straight time and $3.48 an hour overtime.
 In addition the company pays TIE cents per man-hour into a pension fund effective Sept. l. Since February 1850, the company has been paying 3la cents per man-hour into welfare fund.
 Representing the steamship com pany were Leonard Wesson, chief clerk of the operating department, U. w. Killingsworth, vice president and general manager of the Ketchi- kan Wharf company, and Green
 Joe Guy, Sam Adams and John Rogoski were the committee from the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union local here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
No progress,' Says Reds, Unless Allies Change Demands

MUNSAN, Korea, Aug. 13, -IR- The chief Communist armistice negotiator said tonight Korean truce talks will not make any progress" unless the United Ma tions changes its demands on where to create buffer zone.
 The statement from North Ko- rean It. Gen. Nam Il was broad cast by the Red Pyongyang radio ten hours after he had again re- fused to change his own demands.
 The Red position is so firmly fixed that in Mondays negOtia- ton session Nam II rejected a United Nations statement as mot satisfactory" as soon as it was delivered.
 And, a U. N. communique said, Nam Il made the rejection while speaking from a previously pre- pared and translated paper"
 In the Pyongyang broadcast Nam Il called on the U. N. dep- egation ito change its attitude" and ito take into consideration our demands" for buffer zone along the 38th parallel.
 He said if the Kaesong truce negotiations are to make any progress at alP' U. N. delegates must change their distorted de- mands they have made up to now"
 U. N. spokesman have made 1t clear that the Allies will not con- sider a demarcation line on the 38th parallel. They say the Reds must change their stand if nego- tiations are to progress.
 No progress was made in today's one hour and 20 minute session. the 18th devoted to the same 4uos- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13

SEATTLE, Aug. 13- R Second World War soldiers stationed in the bleak Aleutian Islands jutting out from Alaska had fewer mental breakdowns than their comrades elsewhere.
 Dr. Charles H. Jones, superin- tendent of Northern States Hospital at Sedro- Woolley, attacked com- mon belief among servicemen when he set forth the above fact in an article for the current issue of dis eases of the nervous system" a med- ical journal.
 During the war, the average serviceman had the same feeling toward Atka, Adak, Amchitka, Shemya or Attu as Russian would have toward a Siberian la bor camp.
 That is, until he got there, ac- cording to Dr. Jones, who for 18 months was the only psychiatrist on the island of Shemya. He was a major in the army medical corps.
 He said the old-timers immediate ly would convince newcomers that conditions used to be worse. This approach seemed to work wonders in keeping the mental disability rate low, he said
 On any one day during the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
LeRoy West Wins
 Tenth pIate in Soap Box Derby

LeRoy West, Jr., Alaska's 13-year- old Soap Box Derby champion. won tenth place in field of 140 entries at the all-American race held at Akron, O., yesterday.
 He met defeat in this third round heat but made the best showing of boys entered from Oregon, Wash ington and Alaska. He was the only one of the group to get past the first round, and won spray gun as prize.
 LeROy scored first and second round heat victories but was third in this third round heat. The racer that eliminated him from the final running made fourth place in the race.
 MT. and Mrs. w. B. Converse, Le- Roy's grandparents, were in Akron with him and were overjoyed at his placing. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. LeRoy West, Sr., 419 Twelfth Street.
 Tall. slender Darwin Cooper, IS, a shy boy who built his sleek black racer in the dining room of his home in Danville, Pa.. is the hero of the Susquehanna Valley today. He rode to victory in the 14th na- tional derby defeating winners from the United States, Canada and the U. s. Zone of Germany.
 Cooper roared across the finish line ahead of Raymond Marconi of Gary. Ind, who placed second and Paul F. Albright of Jefferson City, Mo, who was third. James Gary of Columbus, Ga, took fourth.
 Alaska's champion was played up on the front page by Akron's Beacon Journal. Instead of par ka, which LeRoy said he is glad he didn't wear because of the heat he wore a scarlet sourdough shirt with shining buttons of imitation gold nuggets.
 LeRoy was sponsored by the Rot ary Club, Connors Motors, Chevro- let dealer, and The Daily Alaska Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
500th Polar Flight Completed by
 Weather Aircraft

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Aug. 13.- IR-A pole-hopping B-29 landed at Eielson Air Force base at 1:02 am. today to complete the 500th flight. over the north pole by the 58th weather reconnaissance squa- dron.
 Special ceremonies marked the completion of No. 500.
 It. Col. Joseph H, Fletcher, the Squadron Commander, comment ed:
 This finishes one phase of Arc tic studies and operations. Many false assumptions about polar fly ing have existed and there have been many unknown factors. It has taken us 500 flights to under stand the polar regions aeronaut- ically. We have now completed these studies and are ready to embark on the routine phase of our work"
 For four years the "Ptarmigan' flyers have been passing over the north pole every other day. They never have had serious accident on one of the Is to 21-hour flights.
 Colonel Fletcher explained that one of the chief problems has been navigation. The magnetic compass Is cratic and virtually worthless near the pole because of it's tendency to point straight down.
 The squadron has devised a sys- tenn of navigation with gyroscopic compasses, coupled with celestial bearings and some help from the planes radarscope.f
 Once pilots baked at entering the Arctic during periods of twilight. when neither the sun nor the stars can be used to establish position. The squadron has found that the time between sun and stars Is not long enough to cause a plane to get lost.
 The squadron also has found the Pfund sky compass to be of great aid in twilight. This ingen- ious device enables fliers to estab- fish position by studying polar ized rays of light coming over the nor;onp from the set siI1 2.
 The squadron also has studied ice islands in the Arctic. At one time the fliers had three huge is- lands located for possible landing fields.
 The 500th flight was a l6-hour round trip. As the plane crossed the pole, the crew radioed: Greet ings to the world from the top Of the world on the 500th Ptarmigan flight"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
MeitaIf Will Represent Governor Al Road Opening

The office of Alaskas Cover nor will be represented at the opening of branch of the Taylor Highway on August 16.
 Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial highway engineer, has been ap- pointed by Gov Ernest Gruening to represent him when the Con- missioner of Yukon Territory cuts the ribbon at the border between Alaska and Canada which will open the road from Dawson Y. T. to Jack Wade. Alaska. The cere- nony is set to coincide with Dis ,overy Day" which is celebrated annually by the city of Dawson.
 Metcalf left yesterday for Haines accompanied by Mrs. Met calf, Territorial Treasurer and Mrs. Henry Roden and Highway Patrol officer and Mrs. Emmett Botelho. From Haines they will drive up the Alaska and Taylor Highways.
 Metcalf said he is also sending of the highway pa trol from Fairbanks and Tok Junction to attend the road open ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Million and a Half Fish Taken from
 Anan Creek 10 Dale

Over a million and a half fish for commercial use, have been taken from Anan Creek so far this season, Clarence Rhode. reg ional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, said today.
 Rhode returned last night from a days aerial survey in the area
 He said that besides the con- mercial take. the creek had re- ceived a good seeding.
 Tt proves beyond argument, Rhode said, that good escape ment will produce good run in the next two years. In 1949 the Service was criticized by various persons for over escapement in Anan, but this years run is proof that the Service policy was not wrong"
 He said there were about 200 seiners in Bradfield Canal and ad- ded that the later run Of pinks was now beginning to show in late streams.
 A. R. Brueger, of the Farwest- Wrangell Company in Wrangeil told Rhode that he had 50,0OO ca ,es of salmon already packed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Harvey 0 Apprehended
 For Fishing in | Closed Area

The seiner Harvey o was ap- prehended Aug. 10. for fishing in a closed area, according to word re- ceived by the Fish and Wiidlife Service.
 The complaint. signed by John Wendler, Ketchikan agent for the service, charges the boat with fish ing in closed waters of north Behm Canal.
 Capt. Lawrence Pawsey of the yes sel pleaded guilty before U. $. Com missioner Patrick J. Gilmore, ST. in Ketchikan and was fined $500. The following crew members. who also pleaded guilty. were given $25o fines: Joe Geist, Kenneth L. Brown. Robert Luke, R. B. Jacobs and Ed- ward Meyers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Hundreds
 Estape Injury In Train Wreck

FOUR OAKS, N. C., Aug. 13-4Rl Hundreds of passengers escaped death or serious injury near here yesterday in the wreck of the At lantic Coast Lines streamliner pas senger train, the East Coast Champ ion.
 c. G. Sibley. assistant vice presi- dent for operations, said over 500 persons were aboard the Miami New York train which crashed two miles north of here. The railroad announced no one was killed and no one was seriously injured when the nine middle cars of the 18-car train were derailed and three cars plunged down a 20-foot embank- ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Governor Dewey, on WhirIwind Trip of Pacific, Visits Juneau Aug.21

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Aug. 13-lR-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced plans today to visit Alaska on his way home from a whirlwind tour of the Pacific.
 Dewey said he would spend eight days in Alaska late this month to inspect defenses there.
 As for his Pacific tour thus far, Dewey gave gloomy picture.
 The situation is very bad" he declared.
 Russia has never ceased mak- ing war since the end of the sec- ond World War;" he told news conference. Five wars are going on in the Pacific in Korea, IndOnesia, Malaya, the Philip pines and Indochina and mo- body else is behind them but Russia. Russia has two Objec. lives: getting Japan and Ger many. If she can get both, she can tip the balance of power. Japan's ability to defend herself must be built up.'
 Arriving by plane from Australia for a three-day visit, the New York governor advocated more defense treaties in the Pacific, particularly one covering Indonesia and Burma. He emphasized that the only way to avoid World War III is to be strong enough to prevent it.
 Dewey praised the Japanese peace treaty as a brilliant piece of negotiation.
 Tn order to make the trip to Alaska Dewey said, he had changed his schedule as follows
 Leave Wellington, Aug. 16 for Fiji and Honolulu.
 Spend three days in Honolulu in- stead of the four previously plan ned and take off for Seattle Aug. 19
 Arrive Seattle F :3O pm, PSF Aug. 20, leaving at ' o'clock the next morning for Juneau where he is scheduled to arrive at Ills pm He will spend Aug. 22 to 29 in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Lake Appears Where Forest
 5ervite Had Road

There's a blue lake now where Forest Service road used to be It is on the Nugget Creek side of Mendenhall Glacier.
 Two years ago. Charles Burdick assistant regional forester said the service built a road to the face of the glacier. It braiscled of the main road just below the power house and followed the moraine about a mile.
 A log barrier was erected at the end of the road where tourists and visitors could get d ''close up of the immense chunk of ice.
 Last year ice under the graveled road began to melt and large holes appeared. The Forest Service mov- ed it's log barriers back several hundred feet to prevent cars from travel over the road, but visitors could still walk beyond the barrier.
 Today, however, Burdick said the road has finally melted" away and the lake has moved in.
 The late Charles Forward, of the Forest Service, established a network of triangulations to check recession of the glacier. These stud ies are still being carried on.
 Burdick said by this method it is determined that probably in five years the glacier will have receded far enough beyond Nugget Creek to expose more land and make bridging of Nugget Creek feasible. The creek at present flows along the foot of the glacier. .
 He explained that there are two ice sheets involved at Mendenhall. One is in the ground itself and the other is the glacier which moves over the stationary ground ice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Waterfront Screening May Half Shipping Sept. 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13-lR A new provision of the govern ment's waterfront security screen ing program was depicted in Fed eral Court here today as threat ening to bring most west coast shipping activity to a halt at the end of this month.
 Hugh Bryson, head of the left wing Marine Cooks and Stewards union, said in an affidavit that only about one-fourth of the 5000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-13
Alaska Dentists Open Convention Here Today

Gov. Ernest Gruening and Dr. William Whitehead gave addresses of welcome to the second annual meeting of the Alaska Territorial Dental Society which opened here at o'clock this afternoon in the American Legion Dugout. Dr. Joyce D. Smith said today.
 Some delegates arrived over the weekend but most of them were expected to come by air today.
 A business session was held today and a cocktail party and buffet SUD- per will take place this evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Will Hams on Glacier Highway.
 More than 50 dentists are expect ed to attend the four-day session.