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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
Fear atLeasf6 60 Miners Dead In Explosion

WEST FRANKFORT, Ill, Dec. 2 --iR-Sixty or more coal miners trapped in an underground explos- ion, were feared dead today as res cue workers labored frantically tc reach them.
 Only five bodies were recovered hut both mine and state officials held little hope that any of the men has survived the blast.
 State Mine Director Walter
 Eadie and the mine superinten-
 dent, John k. Foster, said at
 least GO men had been entombed
 800 feet below the earth and some
 two miles back from the shaft.
 The grim-faced rescue workers many of them miners of long ex- perience, thought there were al least 100 caught in the blocked soft coal pit. Ard Eadie and Foste, agreed their own estimate was "con- servative."
 The explosion came less than an hour after the night shift of 22( men had reported for work at 8:3( pm. (EST) yesterday. Rescue workers, some wearing gas masks, were impeded by foul air as they timbered their way toward the trapped men. The blast believed to have been set off by methane, or marsh gas, knocked out cross section air locks in the vast diggings of the Chicago, Will mingtcn and Franklin No. mine. Because of the shattered concrete air locks fresh air from the outside was throttled at the point of thu explosion. This caused fear among old-time miners that the trapped men may have died for lack of OK. ygen.
 Telephone communications wer, knocked out in the blast area Ant there was no sign of life from tha section.
 "I'm of the opinion there's nt hope at all for those that are dowl there," said Eadie at mid-morning even as rescue workers appeared t be some four or five hours ava. from reaching the men. Foster, superintendent of the min, for 9 years, said that reports iron tle rescue teams indicate they hay uncovered at least IA dead. Authorities said the condition O the bodies indicated that some 0 the dead had been killed by concus sion.
 The mine employs about 1,10' men. The night shift had began it. last trick before starting the Christ mas holiday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
Not So Wild. Bui Lots of Life al FWS Christmas Party

It wasn't so wild, but there was lots of life at the annual Christmas party of Fish and Wildlife Service employees at the subprrt shops Fri day afternoon.
 It was fitting marine and Iulet- de atnosp.lere wiei cut sp2-co 5os6sss decorating rebuilt hulls of FWS craft in the boat shop. Several or the some 50 partying employees re- marked that it was one of the best organized parties they had ever seen-planned down to details such as a megaphone for Howard Bait 20, assistant regional director, to call out names for correctly attired Santa, Mark Meyer. Flash bulbs popped as pictures were taken of merry-makers and an accordion ac- companied Christmas caroling.
 Food was prepared by the girls un- der the direction of Regina Het- fleisch, and the men furnished the liquid refreshments.
 Small gifts were exchanged rang ing from mechanical animals to a suspiciously large sort of mug. With each gift went some bit of alleged creative effort and each one was read in front of the large, lighted Christmas tree.
 With toy alligator went thls'
 Here's the answer to stream lm- provement problems-crosst this Wltn the salmon and they can climb up by themselves"
 This was supposedly signed by w. c. Arnold, attorney for the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
(annery Men Get Stayo on Land Scrip

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-R-The Interior Department has agreed to withhold action on canning industry land-scrip applications in AlasKa until Jan. 10 or later.
 Department Solicitor Mastin G White told a reporter today he has given Frank L. Mechem of Seattle an attorney for a number of salmon canneries, until that date to file an exhaustive" brief
 The canneries have filed with h. terior's Bureau of Land Manage ment some 50 applications for the use of old government land scrip in acquiring sites for canneries, wharfs and other installations in Alaska.
 The areas range from five to 50 acres each all along the coast line.
 White said all of the scrip in volved is Soldiers additional,s which was authorized in 1874 for issuance to Civil War veterans who had filed homestead claims but fail- ed to apply for the full 160 acres due them.
 The script allowed them or their heirs to select the additional land to which they were entitled.
 The Interior Department ruled in 1948 that such scrip was designed for homestead purposes and there fore may be applied only against agricultural land. There is little farm land in Alaska that has not already been taken up.
 Mechem has indicated his legal brief fill attack that ruling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
Alaska OPS Official HurIs Charge al Boss

George N. Apostol, territorial en- forcement director for the Alaska office of price administration, charges that OPS Territorial Dir ector Fred Hanforti is guilty of misfeasance and malfeasance in of flee.
 Tn letter to John J. McDon- nell, enforcement liaison officer of the Washington. D. 0. OPS office, Apostol outlined the situation as he had found it in Territorial office here since he took office last Oc- tober g.
 He charges that there is corrup- tion in office here and that viola tions have been fragrant and no action has been taken against any violator. In a prepared statement Apostol declares that he found that falsified reports had been sent into the Washington office" and that when he accepted the position as Territorial enforce ment director he discovered there had been disregard of the direc- tives sent from Washington.
 Special Agents Used
 He says that special agents had Teen sent into businesses to check their books, contrary to law,
 Fred Haniord has disclosed con- fidential government information to persons who would profit by such knowledge" Apostol declared.
 When it became apparent to MT. Hanford that I intended to conduct a fair sand impartial en- forcement program in accordance with procedure laid down by the national office, he publicly stated {, he would get rid of me. He tried to get me to take two weeks trip to Fairbanks and Anchorage to use up the appropriation for this quarter" Apostol explained.
 When I told him that the trip was not justified and I would not waste taxpayers money. he began using every means available, both within and outside OPS to get me out of office," he said.
 Attempted Firing Apostol pointed out that the Washington office had authorized the necessary personnel to staff his division. Hanford refused to hire qualified agents and became enraged when Apostol refused to fire Special Agent Lew Hurtig contrary to accepted civil service regulations
 Although Apostol received his (CAntft4t,nd nr Dann nrmal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
presidenI Is 10 Attempt 10 Averl Sieel Strike

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-- R = President Truman is expected to- day to reveal the steps he will take to try to avert a nationwide steel strike involving nearly a million men.
 Federal mediation efforts collaps- ed yesterday, after both sides had shown no disposition to budge an inch.
 MT. Truman has at least three courses open to him. Those close to the dispute said it was likely he would turn the case over to the Y age Stahilization Board for rec osllroen5aiions. Only nine days re- man bef 2 the strike d. dine. 1t was considered unnkeiy tifat the board could make it's report on a possible settlement plan by Jan. i. Its recommendations would not be binding on either side.
 The President also could invoke the Hartley Act and prob ally get an 8O-day strike post ponement through court order. Or he could seize the mills and tech nicaIly make the steel workers federal employees.
 The key role of steel in the Mob ilization program gave credence to reports MT. Truman would act promptly. He is to leave here Mon day to fly to Kansas City and spend Christmas at his Independence, Mo, home.
 Government officials emphasiz- ing the need for speed, said the threatened strike actually might affect production by next Thurs day, Dec. 27, because steel mills start banking their furnaces four days in advance of a walkout.
 The steel industry now is running at record levels but still it cannot fill all of it's orders from military and civilian users.
 Cyrus s. Ching the governments top mediator, gave Mir. Truman a personal fill-in after his talks with industry and the CIO steelworkers union collapsed yesterday.
 The union is demanding an 181a cents an hour wage increase and several other benefits. The present average pay is just under g.
 Management contends no wage increase is possible without an in crease in the price of steel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22


 WAsHINGTON.-No story of how to use influence and escape paving taxes would be. complete without telling about the honest public officials who have stuck out their necks to block the corruption deals.
 One of the best illustrations not only of an honest public official but of how every conceivable wire was pulled to save two tax crooks is that of Jacob Friedus and sam Aaron, secondhand machinery dealers ill New York.
 Though the $5.O00 commission to Lamar Caudle for the purchase or an airplane made headlines, what the public doesn't know about IS how one woman, Mrs. Florence Shientag, assistant U. s. Attorney in New York, almost singlehanded blocked the -pullers. In the end, she won out, tried the case herself and sent the. two tax de" frauders to jail.
 The story begins back in 1945 when Mrs. Shientag was prosecut- ing an alcohol tax fraud in Brook lyn and ran across the trail of Larry Knofll, the gentleman who
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
POLICE ADVISE CAUTION FOR WEEKEND DRIVING

Acting Police Chief Frank Cav- anaugh issued a warning today to drivers. With the streets in bad condition and many drivers tempt ed to get full of Christmas cheer extra caution in driving is advised to avoid unnecessary accidents" he said.
 Tt might be wise for celebrators to take along teetotaler driver if they plan on driving over the long holiday weekend" he suggested
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
ENRoUTE OUTSIDE

Mrs. Signi Homer and her son Steve. of Haines. are stopping over in Juneau enroute to the States on vacation trip. Mrs. Homer is also going out for medical atten- tion. They are stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
Ship Movements

Denali scheduled to arrive from Seattle on Monday
 Baranof due to arrive southbound Sunday at T am.
 Freighter Yukon Princess sched- uled to arrive from Vancouver on Dec. 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
TIDE TABLES
December 23

December g
 Low Tide 2:31 am. 4.8 it. High Tide 8.57 am. 15.4 it. Low Tide 3:48 pm. 2.6 it. High Tide 3:59 pm. 12.2 it.
 December "A
 LOW Tide 3:34 am. 5.2 it. High Tide 9:53 am. 16.2 it. Low Tide 4:45 pm. II feet High Tide HOT pm. 1907 it. . . . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
FROM sKAGWAY

True Derrik of Skagway is stop. ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22

Guy M. Ball of Tacoma, Wash is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
Will Curtail Flights

Nui Cuftdii rnSntS
 Amcs F. Heacock, carrier Presi- dent, said the effect would be to curtail operations from Seattle to Anchorage and Fairbanks. He said the company has operated as many as 60 flights month on the run.
 Company opposition to the boards interpretation was confined primar- fly to two points. They were:
 l. That the company not operate between any two points in the same direction on the same day or two or mora s,ceessivc calendar weeks
 9 That the carrier not operate two or more flights a week for three successive weeks between the two points without following that per- iod by a complete break in service for an entire calendar week.
 The company asked that it be per- mitted to fly on the same day in any two successive weeks.
 Require Layoff
 It argued that such restricted op- eration would not permit it to op- crate economically and would re- quire layoff of it's personnel dur ing the break in service.
 The board successfully opposed this contention, however. arguing that amendment of either provision would give the company more op- erating authority than it should have as an irregular carrier.
 In disclosing it's intentions, the court emphasized the boards inter- pretations of its regulations were cnly for the purpose of the pre- sent case and were not to be used in any other action.
 All three judges agreed to stay of the revocation order. Two-Judges David L. Bazelon and E. Barrett Prettyman-declined to stay the cease and desist order. Judge liar old M. Stephens said he disagreed with the majority on the latter question, feeling that an effort to combine staying and not staying is not practical"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
FROM MT. EDGECUMBE

Jackie Huffman of Mt Edgecumbe is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
Court Ruling
 Goes Against Alaska Airline
By FRANK vAILLE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 224R-k curtailment of the Seattle-Alaska operations of Air Transport Associ- ates, Inc, appeared probable last night as three-judge appeals court announced it's intention of requir- ing the irregular carrier to com ply with Civil Aeronautics Board re- gulations.
 The decision was announced dur ing an. informal conference after several hours of argument in open court where rival attorneys were unable to agree as to how the boards cease and desist order should be interpreted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
Must Comply

Disclosing it's intention of ac- cepting the boards interpretation of its own regulations, the court di- rected opposing counsel to draft ar order staying the Boards revocation of the carriers operating authority conditioned upon compliance with the boards cease and desist order
 The draft is to be returned for signatures of the judges tomorrow
 The Revocation was ordered or grounds the company operated toe frequent and regular flights.
 Emory T. Nunneley. chief CAB counsel. said the Boards interpre- tation will limit the company to not more than IA flights in one month and II flights the following month F,etween any single pair of points
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-22
The " ashington
 Merry Go Round
1Copy..ght. 1851. by Bell Syndicate,

By DREW PEARSON (Ed. Note-This is another in Drew Pearson's series on how to pull wires and escape paying taxes.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20
THRILL FEATURE THIS WEEKEND AT
 CAPITOL THEATRE

For a weekend thrill feature, the Capitol Theatre is presenting "Comanche Territory" starting to- night and final showing tomorrow night. All the fury of the great Indian wars are revealed in this technicolor production. Here is in brief the story:
 Travelling west in 1880 at the re- quest of President Andrew Jackson. Jim Bowie Macdonald Carey) finds gang of western outlaws planning to rob the Comanches of their lands in rush for silver. Introducing his famous Bowie knife to the Indians, Bowie becomes their friend. When the outlaws. led by Stacey (Charles Drake) and aided by his sister, Katie (Maur- cen O"Hara), attack, Bowie and his Indian scout buddy, Seeger twill Geer), aid the Comanches in the battle.
 Katie, in a last-minute switch of devotion, sides in with the out numbered Indians and is instru- mental in putting the outlaws to rout. When Bowie leaves the scene ol the action he tells Katie she can reach him in care of Sam Houston at the Alamo in Texas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20
CAPT. GLASS(0(k'S
 ASHES ON DENALI TO
 BE CAST ON WATER

In accordance with the wishes of Capt. Charles A. Glasscock, veteran master of Alaska ships, who died in Seattle cr February IS at the age of 78, his ashes are aboard the Alaska Steamship Company's Den- ali to be scattered on the waters off Cape St. Elias.
 Capt. Carl Nilsson of the steam ship Denali will perform the rites.
 Captain Glasscock, who retired in 1946, was one of the best-known masters of ships serving Alaska. One of his prized possessions was a gold medal given him by the citizens of Petersburg for taking the first steamship into Petersburg. He wore the medal as watch charm.
 Captain Glasscock joined the Alaska Steamship Go. in 1923, af- ter 12 years with the Admiral Line. Among ships which he commanded were the Northwestern. Yukon, AL ameda, Victoria and Columbia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20
''BAMBI" TONIGHT FOR LAST TIMES,
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Walt Disney's feature production "Bambi," in color by Technicolor, welcomed back to the screen at the 20th Century Theatre, reveals the exciting peak which this orig inal and fascinating form of screen entertainment has reached. "Bam- bi" is pure Disney, which means much to lovers of the world of fun, beauty, imagination and adventure.
 "Bambi' was filmed-or drawn from the best-selling novel of the same title by Felix Salten, the life story of a deer.
 The story of "Bambi," with the deer as its hero. is filled with the human emotions of love, hate. jealousy, gaiety, fear, happiness, courtship and parenthood. It is the most adult and spectacular story Disney has yet chosen.
 Bambi's friends include some of the most ingratiating characters ever created principally Thum- per, rabbit who steals many scenes of the picture. An inspired name for another character, an ir- resistibly charming skunk, IS Flower. Faline is the doe Bambi loves and has to fight for to win. Other wild animals of the great forest are characters of varying importance.
 A great forest fire provides sensational climax in the produc- ton, which. with its expressing action and musical features is distinguished example of high en- tertainment
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20

EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20
FISH SITUATION DECIDEDLY GLUM
 SAYS ENG5TR0M

Elton Engstrom, local fish buyer, returned yesterday via Pan Amer ican plane after several days in Seattle on fish matters.
 .Engstrom said that the fish ,sit- uation there is very gloomy. Hal ibut prices are so high that it is not moving.and wholesalers have a back log of three or four million pounds on hand. This is direct reversal of last year.
 Frozen silvers, he said, are at a stand-still and are being canned rather than being put on the fresh frozen market. There is next to no demand for them. He said the Army is taking some sliced halibut but not enough to relieve the situ- ation.
 T simply do not know the an- swer to it." Engstrom said. Fish buyers in Alaska paid 24 and 25 cents pound for halibut last year and in Seattle they are selling at the same price. as wholesalers must unload them to make way for the coming seasons catch. This, of course, entails considerable loss.'
 Asked if the present situation would have any bearing on this years prices paid to the fishermen, Engstrom replied that it undoubt- edly would. With such lay-over supply from last year, halibut will not meet with so great a demand, he concluded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20
MARGARET SWEENEY
 DIES IN TACOMA

Word was received here today from Ed Sweeney, who flew to Ia coma yesterday, that his mother, Mrs. Margaret Sweeney, 84, had died there yesterday afternoon just prior to his arrival.
 Mrs. Sweeney, a former Juneau resident, is well known by many of the pioneers of the Gastineau channel area. She is survived by three sons, three daughters, four grandsons, one granddaughter, and six great grand children.
 No funeral arrangements have beer made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20
NEW EMPLOYEE

Mrs. Thelma zenger is a new employee in the office of Terri torial Highway Engineer Frank A. Metcalf.
 She replaces clerk-accountant Mrs. Harriett Tucker who has re- tired from Territorial service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20

Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake in Canada are each about half as large as Lake Michigan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-20
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Evening star., 1951-04-22
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