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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Mortar She'll Blows Up; Two -1rainees Dead 1, Y Injured

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., July 12 -tR- A faulty mortar shell. ex- ploded prematurely killed two Mar inc trainees and injured IT yester- day.
 Marine Corps officers said all normal precautions had been taken before the IS nm. shell was fired in mortar practice. Maj. K. A. An gell said the shell was faulty.
 Some 50,trainiess were on the gum nery range of this vast training base when the round exploded. It sprayed fragments for a 30-yard radius
 Killed were Ptc Haskel Graves. Jr., l9, of Oklahoma City, and Pfc. Wallace DuWayne Wherley, 20, of Minot, N. D.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
.abeF BaIks
 On Ceilings

WASHINGTON. July 12 R = AFL President William Green told Democratic congressional leaders to- day that labor unions Twill not and cannot" submit to wage ceilings without effective price control.
 Green attended Capitol Hill con- ference of House members backing the Truman administrations request for strong anti-inflation controls.
 James Carey, CIO secretary-treas- urer.. said the whole labor move ment" was behind Greens declara- ton.
 "If an unavoidable controls bill is made law labor will not support wage controls" Carey said.
 The session was in the nature of strategy meeting on how to save the administration wage-price con- trols. program from threatened total defeat. 7s'
 Also sitting in was Defense Mo bilizer Charles E. Wilson.
 Green, Carey, Wilson and T. V. Anderson, chairman of the Rail- way Union Executives Association, all pleaded for strong controls program.
 Green told newsmen afterwards he had stressed that the nation IS facing a great emergency filled with uncertainty, and that it was up to Congress to pass a reasonable controls bill" =
 Labor agreed to wage controls and is submitting to them now" Green said, but we cannot continue if Congress refuses to pass a de- fense production act which does not give the government authority to exercise price controls in a reason able and adequate manner"
 Today's session was the second labor union leaders have had with Congress members backing strong intimidation controls. .s Meantime. for the moment, MT Truman's lieutenants in the House were playing for time in the hope an aroused public opinion would swing some votes to their side III the controversy over controls.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Ship Movements

Princess Louise from Skagway at 8 am. Friday, sailing south g am.
 Chilcotin from Vancouver due at 4 this afternoon.
 Alaska from Seattle due to arrive Saturday.
 Princess Kathleen from Vancou- yer due pm. Saturday.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday.
 Aleutian from westward scheduled southbound Saturday afternoon.
 Denali from westward scheduled to arrive southbound 8:30 pm. Fri day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Seven Dead In Worst
 Kansas Flood

TOPEKA, Kas., July l2 = LR - Flood waters poured over Eastern and Central Kansas in the greatest torrent in the states history today and Tapped over into parts of Mis- souri leaving seven dead and five to eight missing.
 At least five persons were dead in Kansas. and two in Missouri. Two more were killed by, lightning at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo, which was not affected by floods. Army Eng ineers estimated damage from the floods totaled at least .$85, 900, ,000 It likely would go higher.
 The Kansas river valley was the hardest hit although the Neosho. Marais des Cygnes, and Cottonwood rivers in Kansas were causing wide spread damage and the Blue river in Missouri was overflowing in Kansas City threatening many plants in the rich industrial district on the city's eastern edge.
 Many of the states major cities were deep under the waters of the swollen Kansas river, including the North Topeka and Oakland sections of Topeka, the state capital.
 Hundreds of residents of North Topeka who ignored evacuation or ders yesterday were trapped by water that poured through two leyee breaks and covered the area to a depth of six feet or more.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
The W ashington
 Merry Go Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
1851. py Bell Syndicate. Inc

(Copyright. 1851. py Bell SynolcSte' Anc-
 WASHINGTON. - The White House was considering a plan to send Supreme Court Justice Will liam O. Douglas to Iran as special mediator, when two published items suddenly knocked these plans into a cooked hat. One item was m Winchells column, the other an ar ticle in Life Magazine.
 The Winchell item read: Per sonal memo to Tito of Yugoslavla, Nehru of India and other chiefs of foreign nations: When Bill Douglas (of Oregon and Washing ton, D. e. calls on you soon-all courtesies extended will be appre- ciated by this column. MT. Douglas will file copy exclusively to us. !. it will be relayed to all I.N.S. clients under the byline: by Bill Douglas, special correspondent of the Daily Winchell'"
 This did not go down well at the White House. Nobody really be- lieved that the Supreme Court Jus
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Williams Fighfs Field In New Sefup
By WINNIE WILLIAMS

Dog fights between U. s. Sabre jets and Commie MICS were ap- parently backed off the map yes terday if the blue smoke emanating through the key-hole of the door of the Governors office was any indication of the battle going on over the Reorganization Bill.
 Scuttlebutt, however, has it as an uneven fight with Attorney Gener- al J. Gerald Williams against the field. From it's inception, Alaska's attorney general has held and sta- ted in the press that the bill is illegal. Yesterday when attempts were made to appoint new aud itor, Williams stuck to his guns.
 Crux of the whole argument is the same one pointed out when the shill came fresh from the legislature during it's dying hours.
 The bill provides for two mem bers from the House and two from the Senate to serve on the Board of Administration. The Organic Act, in Section II, states that no mem Der of the Territorial legislature may serve on any board or com mission created while he was a member of the legislature, or can receive any emoluments thereof un- til a year after the expiration ot his term.
 Serving on the board are Sen- ators Gunnard Engebreth, Steve McCutcheon, and Representatives William Egan and Glen Franklin. Senator Anita Garnick and R. M Mckenzie are alternates in the present meetings for Engebreth and McCutcheon, respectively.
 S45 Per Day
 The alleged 'legaI' act provides for each of them Sl5.0O per diem in lieu of maintenance and SSo.Oo per diem compensation while en route to and from and attending meetings" In other words, Sl8O.OU Der day expenses is paid the four legislative members each day the board is in session.
 This morning, however, Terrltor- ial Treasurer Henry Roden said these legislators would collect "oniy their actual mileage"
 Auditor or Not Auditor?
 The big question before the house is Neil Moore, appointed to succeed Frank Boyle, who died last year in his elective post.
 Section 32 of the Reorganization bill thereby repeals' the old law of the Territory setting up the o1- flee and duties of the Territorial Auditor and "re-enacts" an Auditor to be elected by the legislature, or if that body is not in session. ap- pointed by the Board of Admin istration. His salary to be Slo,ooo per year.
 This morning Treasurer Roden stated that Moore was still Auditor of the Territory and would contln- ue to serve. The Governor stated that Roden had been instructed to Hook around" for a post auditor,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12

WASHINGTON, July l2 = R = President Truman asked Congress today to vote 2 per cent across the board" pay increase for the gov- ernment's postal and Civil Service workers
 MT Truman said the present emergency demands prompt ana adeouate adjustment of Federal compensation levels as practlcai matter so that the government may continue to attract and retain skilled employees of the highest com petence."
 The President made his request III identical letters to Senator oiln D' Johnson and Rep. Murray, chalr- men of the Post Office and Civil Service committees of the Senate and House.
 Mir Truman said that in general nav scales in the higher ranks oi Federal employment are too LOW Ill relation to the lower grades TIC added:
 q urge most strongly that any increase enacted be on an across tiie board percentage basis rather tnaii on a uniform dollar or sliding scaie basis. so that disproportionateiy lower adjustments for the mloaie and upper grades may be avoided.
 Federal workers received a gen eral pay raise late in 1949. It aver : aged $140.50 year.
 The starting rate in the lowest Civil Service classification was rals- ed from S2,020 to S2,200 year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Reds Stop .Newsnlen; Allies Quif
By JIM BECKER

MUNSAN. Korea. July l2 --tR--- The United Nations broke off cease fire negotiations today over the question of press representation at Kaesong after Red guards challenged part of LIN convoy.
 The Allied command put the next move up to the Communists.
 Up to 10 pm. tonight 6 am. PDT) U. s. 9th Army communique said, the Reds had not replied to an AL lied ultimatum that LIN peace con- voys pass unchallenged.
 There was no indication when the talks would be resumed.
 Sessions scheduled for today were cancelled after Communist guards refused to let truck load of 20 newspapermen pass 8 check point with LIN convoy.
 Vice Adm. c. Turner Joy, chief LIN delegate, said there would be no more cease-fire talk until the Reds agreed that my convoy, bearing the personnel of my choosing, in cluding such press representation as I consider necessary, will be cleared to the conference site,",4,t,
 Joy ordered the entire l7-vehicle convoy to turn back from the Red check point where the newsmen were halted. a1tres
 The LIN commander, Gen. Mat thew B. Ridgway, said it was "all or nothing"
 Won't Return
 The five Allied armistice nego- tiators did not leave Munsan Thurs day for their scheduled sessions in Red-occupied Kaesong, l2 miles away.
 They won't return. Joy announc- ed. until the Reds permit the LIN party, as selected by LIN represent atives, to proceed intact.
 Joy so informed North Korean Gen. Nam H. head of the Commun- ist cease-fire delegation. in a strong ly worded dispatch sent to Kaesong by helicopter.
 General Ridgway informed the Communists Wednesday that the presence of a selected number of newsmen at conference of such major importance is considered an inherent right by members of the UN."
 At that time he said flatly they would be "an integral part of the LIN command delegation to any and all future sessions beginning July 12."
 Press - Not Yet
 Thursday morning the Commun- ists replied that they would Ike to have press representatives - but not yet The convoy, including newsmen. already was on its way.
 When armed Red guards insisted, politely but firmly. on cutting the newsmen out of the convoy, all ve- hicles were ordered back and talks were broken off.
 The general impression here was that the break was temporary
 The opinion among many military men and some correspondents was that the whole situation was the result of Communist misunder- standing. although delegates have been arguing over press represent ation since talks started Tuesday.
 There was feeling that talks might be resumed later in the week. Admiral Joys message to General Nam made it clear the LIN is ready to go on with the cease-fire talks, but insists on deciding for itself who shall be in the Allied party.
 Censorship Fouls
 Army censorship second-guessed itself in releasing Admiral Joys me ssage. Eighth Army cen- sors approved story containing the text of the message. Subse- quently, Army censors at general headquarters in Tokyo asked press
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
OPEN HOUSE FOR
 MRS. E. L. BARTLETT TOnAX EROM 4 T0 6

This afternoon, from 4 to 0 o'clock, Mrs. Ernest Gruening IS holding open house at the Cover nor's Mansion, honoring Mrs. E. L. Bartlett, wife of Alaska's Dele gate to Congress. Mrs. Bartlett ar rived here a week ago for sum- mer visit.
 Mrs. Gruening extends an invi- tation to all residents of the chan nel area to renew acquaintances and meet Mrs. Bartlett.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. July 12 --tR-- Clos ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2ss. American Can l099s, American Tel. and Tel. l54%, Anaconda 39%, General Electric 55A, General Motors 49, Goodyear 83ss. sKennecott 73h. Libby Mo Neill and Libby 8ls. Northern Paci- fic 38. Standard Oil of California 46A, Twentieth Century Fox ITS. U. s. Steel 4Oss, Pound $2.So ll8, Canadian Exchange 94.37@, esssa
 Sales today were l.950.O 900 shares.
 Averages today were as follows: Industrials 252,59. rails 75.73. utili- ties 43.24.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
ASHLEY'S CONDITION
 REPORTED IMPROVING

The condition of D. E. Ashley, bridge painter injured in fall on the Gastineau Channel bridge Friday afternoon, is fairly good, his attending physician said today.
 Following an operation, sensation is returning to Ashleys paralized limbs. In addition to broken hack, he also suffered a broken collar bone and fractured shoulder blade. He is in St. Ann's Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
KOREAN CEASE-FIRE TALKS BREAK OFF
Defense Work In Alaska
 To (ontinue'

SEATTLE, July 12 -tR- What ever the outcome of peace nego- tiations in Korea, the government will not slow down it's vast defense program in Alaska, a Seattle banker predicts.
 Walter F. Mitchell. head of the Alaska department of the National Bank of Commerce, said today the 500 million dollar defense expansion program in Alaska will continue in full swing.
 MiJcnen recently returned from a 22 month tour of Alaska, during which he inspected defense work, toured through many Alaska com- munities and consulted with busi- ness leaders.
 What the Alaska Road Com mission is doing in blacktOpping Alaska roads is astounding" he said. Forty per cent of the road between Fairbanks and Anchorage already is blacktopped.
 Everywhere I went in Alaska l was amazed at the Air Force and Army installations that are being built. Ninety cents of every dollar spent in Alaska is government money. There are huge civilian apartment projects going up, along with the actual military installa- tiOns."
 Mitchell said he found Alaska businessmen optimistic over the fu- ture. No one expects the defense program to collapse because of a Korean peace.
 Tourist Potential
 Alaska will also grow as tour fist attraction for Pacific Northwest people after completion of the John Hart highway. which will cut more than 900 miles off the driving dis tance from Seattle to Dawson Creek. Mitchell said.
 Dozens of. Seattle area contractors have participated in Alaska defense work. Portland contractors are pro- viding stiff competition for such contracts, Mitchell said.
 Within the last year Anchorage has become a notable immigration point" he pointed out.
 He saw Malayans, Indians, Jap anese and many other nationalities at Anchorage, entering the United States over the heavily -traveled Great Circle Air Route.
 With it's growth Alaska will also continue to be heavy importer of food. Agriculture in the Matanuska Valley is highly developed, but ex- pensive, and Alaska is able to raise only fraction of the food it uses, he said.
 The economic importance of the Territory to the Pacific Northwest will continue to grow rather than diminish, Mitchell concluded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Reorganization BiU Battle Roars
HEADLINES
 ARE THIS WAY AND THAT WAY

The Empire is in the process
 of changing it's style of head
 line, as was evident yester-
 day. In this complicated deal,
 which takes a bit of doing on the part of all hands, some ] "heds" came out in the new style and some remained in the old style.
 This mixup win probably ! stay with us a few days, so don't be alarmed.
 / Reason for the change is for
 speedier handling of news copy. Almost all newspapers
 now use what is termed the
 flush left" headline.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
MAYNARD MILLER HERE

Maynard Miller of New York, and his mother Mrs. Davison Mill Ter of Seattle, are guests at the Hotel Juneau Miller is with the Juneau Icecap Research Project.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Truman Asks Raise for
 Civil Service
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, July 12 = R = President Truman today asked Con- yress for : per cent pay increase for government workers, and Sem lte committee approved increases the members said would average 8.4 per cent.
 The action by the Senate Post Office and Civil Service committee came less than three hours after MT. Truman's request, but was not di- rectly responsive to it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
WEATHER FORECAST Temperaturs for al-Hour Period ending e:2o o'clock this morning

, Temperature for 2S-Hour Period
 i, ending s:2o o'clock this morning
 |, In Juneau - Maximum. , 83; minimum, 54. , At Airport IT Maximum , 82; minimum, 52. |, FOR E c A s T
 Continued fair and warm , with some cloudiness tonight
 , and Friday. Lowest tonight
 , near 55 and highest Friday
 , about 90.
 , PRE- PIT FAT O N
 , (Past 2l hours ending 7:3o am. today , City of Juneau - None.
 |, Since July l .04 inches. , At Airport = None. l. Since July l - .N inches. ,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
LOS ANGELES VISITORS

MT. and Mrs. Joseph Schapiro of Los Angeles came in from Anch- orage Monday on PIMA and are guests at the Baranof Hotel. [.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-12
Parents of Young vandals Agree 10 Pay for Damage

The IA families whose children were involved in the demolition of Dale Osterman's trucks at the ball park last week, have agreed to pay SIS. each toward the damage on the vehicle, Juneau police repor- ted today.
 The p juveniles. ranging in age from to 13 years, did thorough job of running the carryall truck when Osterman left it at the ball park after the Fourth of July when he was unable to get it started.
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LARRY HAGEN HERE Larry Hagen with the Standard oil Co. of Seattle is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-08-23
SarahsyiIle

SARAHSVILE - Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Snode and Mrs. Nellie
Snode were Cambridge shoppers
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boley and
Bradford Stottsberry of Ava,
called on Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E.
Stottsberry, Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Bates and
son, Terry of GAINESVILLE, visited
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Bates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Khune
Akron, spent the weekend with
Maggie Beymer and family.
Recent guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Robinson
were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cole
man and children of Washington,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Hague
and son of Oregon, Missouri, are
spending their vacation with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hague.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Stottsberry
visited relatives in GAINESVILLE,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Vorhies
and daughter, Sandra of Colum-
bus, visited Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold VorhieS and Ruth
Kirk and family.
Crock and Schafer Contractors
have started construction of the
new Sarahsville high school gym.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Snode and
children and Mrs. Nellie Snode
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Reed of near GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Clara Gordon and grand
daughter, Connie Sue Gordon of
Los Angeles, Calf, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Cooper and
other Noble county relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mellon
and son of Canton, spent the
weekend with Miss Della Mellon.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Spence of
Columbus, Mrs. Charles David
son and daughters, Charlene and
Jean of Lewisburg, visited last
week with Mrs. Pluma Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Leasure
and children and P. H. LeaSure
attended the Leasure at Stat
ford, Sunday.
Mrs. Pluma Smith is visiting
this week with John R. Buckley
and family of Ava.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-08-23

Smith of Caldwell. Mr.. Smith
recently broke his arm.
Mrs. Nora Chambers is visit
ing Miss Eva Davis.
Mis- Virginia Brechbuhler of
Canton is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Gladys Stevens and grandmother
Mrs. Hattie Tucker.
Olen Channell has moved his
family from Racine to the c. o.
Channell property in the Moor
head addition.
Recent guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Basford were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Basford and
daughters of Columbus; Mr.. and
Mrs. Dick Anderson and children
of Columbus; Mr.. and Mrs. E. E.
Finley and children of Dover and
Earl Finley and daughter of near
Kennonsburg.
Mrs. Robert Mccormick of
Flushing recently visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. julius
Johnson.
Mrs. Martha Campbell has
returned home otter spending
weeks in Columbus, she was ac-
companied here by Mrs. Elder
who will remain for a visit.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-08-23
Cumberland
CUMBERLAND

CUMBERLAND - Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Hites of Wooster,
visited on Sunday with their son,
Bob Hites, wife and daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Martin, son
and daughter of Winfield, Iowa,
spent the past week visiting in
the Melvin Spratt home.
Miss Helen Moore and Bert
Christian of GAINESVILLE, spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs.
Alice Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Larrick of
Pleasant City, spent Sunday at
the Paul Kackley home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ellis, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Hickle, daughter,
Goldie Ellen, Mrs. Myron Hickle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud McDaniels
enjoyed a picnic supper, Sunday
evening on the beautiful lawn
at the Peter StakaSh home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Conn, Jr.,
of Elyria, spent the weekend
with his parents, Harry Conn,
Sr., also his brother, James and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Craig OF
Cambridge, accompanied by his
brother and wife of st. Louis,
Missouri, spent Saturday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Peter SAX
ach
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-08-23
Sarallsville ;Ri. |

oARAHSVILLE ROUTE -
We had d nice rain here Friday
night which was very much ap-
preciated.
Miss Marie Green visited rel
atives in Marietta on Sunday.
Miss Eula Archer and Mrs.
Charles Stevens were shopping
in Caldwell on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Parrish and
family, of Los Angeles, Calf,
are visiting relatives in this COM
munity.
John w. Kirk, Of GAINESVILLE,
has been down at his ranch the
past week assisting in putting up
hay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Argyll Vorhies, of
Akron, called on relatives here
Sunday and attended the Went
worth reunion at Cambridge.
Mrs. Clara Sealock and family,
of Buffalo, visited relatives here
over the weekend.
John Grimes spent one day last
week at South Olive, where he
will be in charge of the Free
Methodist church and also
Barry's Ridge for the coming
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McLaugh-
lin were in GAINESVILLE on Friday.