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The beacon of Dillingham., 1953-05-30
BARTLETT. REFTTEs :IDIT0RIA L
From an editorial In tho April 23sd
Issue of the Daily A 1aska Empire, the
following quotes heve been 'lifteds.

AoA4O"111g queues nave Oo0n 'l11Te
with obvious relu3 je.tl5e, Delegate
Bartlett is finally God 20 q 1m1j a
truth about proposed src.oth op5 Ter Alaska
which tho Daily Alaska Enclro }aE stated
time and again for years-~t that statehood
has nothing to do. with tho national do .
Tense nor with tho defense Of this Terri
to1yg =
..."For years in public office Bartlett
has been one Of the leaders Of q flag
waving faction attempt ing to mi sload poo
ple into bell of that this Terri toryss
mi 1itary security is in jeopardy If it is
not granted Immediate statohood."o..
.e,"-n the faco Of such authoritative
opinion, 1T Is unlikely that the STATIC
hood clique will try any longer to foist
tho military necessity hoaz as an argu-
ment for Immediate statohood."...
n refutation to this editorial, Dele
gato Bartlett has written letter to
The Beacon in which Is found the following
exc erpts:
ALWAYS I have said that doubtless tho
Federal Cove rnment would defend tho Natic,
by defending Aeasa regardless Of state
hood. But always have added that If
history means enytiiaingc It means that
s tetehood would tri' X - !. loske. moro
population, moro bus n crEas mcro indus
try, and those would 20 p Il 5o the
military. Likewise, I havo said 5ino afto1
time that the presence Of Uwo Sonn5ors
and voting Repre- sentative in Was ington
who had specific instead Of q general
interest in the defenses Of Alaska and
the power to express that interest could
The beacon of Dillingham., 1953-05-30

not but be helpful to the military. These
views are not changed.
under Secretary Doug1ass testimony
was, in OBJECT, that the Dopte Of Defense
did not care about Alaska statehood but
stated without qualification that it was
for Hawaii statehood. Read into this what
you will oMrs Douglas did say..."It
seems c1ear to me that larger population
strong community, would be Of military
interest to the Unit cd States
..."Happily there is another witness
on record regarding Alaska stateho 3D. He
is one Of most distinguishe military
leaders. General Nathan F. Twinings
Of Alaska statehood in reference to de-
fense, General Twining said, IT feel
statehood for Alaska would help the mill
taIy.' When asked directly if he thought
statehood for Alaska would help defense
plans, he made the unqualified reply,
Yes This was in 1850 and at the
same time the Depts Of Defense, itself
supporting Alaska statehood. had this
to sey, 'Stetehood for Ale ske end Hawaii
would undoubtedly give e considerable
added measure Of strength to the overall
defense Of both areas in event Of emer-
gency,"
Evening star., 1953-01-26
By the Assoeios.d Pres.

LIVERPOOL, England, Jan.
26.-A mystery fire ragged through
the docked liner Empress OF
Canada and left the 20,235-ton
vessel lying on her side today,
a sn1oldering ruin.
A spokesman for the Canadian
Railway Co., her owner, de-
scribed the $5,600.0 ship as a
total loss"
Only dozen workmen were
aboard the Empress, which was
undergoing an annual overhaul.
when the fire broke out amid
ships yesterday afternoon. All
scrambled to safety.
Police Supt. Herbert Balmer
made a preliminary investiga-
ton of the fast-spreading blaze
and asked the British Home Or
flee for the assistance of scien-
fists. "The possibility of sabo-
tage," he told reporters, "can-
not be ruled out"
200 Firemen Fight Blaze.
More than 200 firemen with 40
pieces Of apparatus fought the
blaze, but it quickly got out of
hand and enveloped the ships
entire SuperStructure.
Flames shot high into the air
as portfolios melted and deck
plates collapsed. The yardarm
of the mast cracked of and fell
Evening star., 1953-01-26
.0Konski Says Reds
Kill U. 5. Prisoners

Representative O'Konski, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin today ac-
cused the Communists of killing
American prisoners of war in
Korea.
'"The truth is. the Commu-
nists do not have American pris-
oners of war to deliver to us, /"
he said. "They do not return
prisoners of war. They liquidate
them"
Mr.. O'Konski made the charge
in remarks prepared for delivery
before the Women's Forum on
National Security in the May
flower Hotel.
He said the Communists are
stalling on the prisoner of war
exchange-the issue holding up
truce talks-because "tlaey never
return prisoners they may have
to face again.
"The Russian policy towards
all prisoners of war is geno-
eide" the Congressman contin-
ued. He said the Communists
would be willing to murder
three-fourths of the worlds
population, if the remaining
one fourth were Communist.
He described to the forum the
murder of $4,000 Polish officers
in the Katyn Forest by the Rus
slams in the spring of 1910. This
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Court Bars Couple
In Bank Stock Vote
Until Case Is Settled

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Weis-
man will not be able to vote their
stock in the election for Board of
Directors of the First National
Bank of Arlington until their di-
vorce case is settled.
Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut,
of the U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia, made
this ruling today. He is hearing
the divorce case.
Mrs. WeiSman is suing her
husband for a divorce, charging
adultery. In a cross complaint
Mr.. Weisman accused his wife
of violating the terms of a sep
aration agreement, and asked
the court to enjoin her from
voting some 365 shares of stock
in the bank.
Mr.. Weisman had testified
that his wife had threatened to
vote him off the Board of Di-
rectors unless he dropped a suit
against her which seeks to void
the separation agreement under
which she had received bank
stock and other property. The
election is tomorrow.
Judge Schweinhaut held that
neither person could vote in
the board election until final
disposition of the divorce action.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Two Killed in Accident
Near Charlottesville
By tho Assoeiuted pre,.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan
26.-Two persons died near here
yesterday when the automobile
in which they were passengers
overturned on Route $50.
The dead were Miss" Iona Mary
Howard, 20. Of Richmond, Va.
and William Charles Fordyce, %
of elephant Furnace, Pa, a
soldier stationed at Camp
Pickett.
Miss Howard died OF a skull
fracture en- route to a hospital
MIR. Fordyce was killed almost
instantly.
Two other persons in the car
were injured. They were Joseph
F. Grouix. 80, and Miss Norma
Jean Colvin, 25, both of Rich
mond. Mr.. Grouix's injuries were
described as serious. He was
admitted to a hospital here.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Empress Of Canada Declared
Total Loss.i in Mystery Fire

across shed on the dock. Final
ly the ship began listing sharply
from the hundreds of tons OF
water poured into her and the
f1remen were called ashore to
let the blaze burn itself out.
At 1:38 this morning t8:38
pm. EST Sunday, nine and
one-half hours after the FIRE
broke. out. the Empress of Can
ada rolled over on her port side.
About 20 hours after the fire
broke out flames still roared
aboard the toppled ship.
Had Coronation Schedule.
The ship could carry 700 pas
Sengers, and had a crew of $50
Company officials said she had
been fully booked for the season
to carry coronation visitors be-
tween America and England.
The liner arrived here for an
overhaul January 10 and was
scheduled to sail for Canada
February IL.
AS the Duchess of Richmond
she ferried 10000 Allied service
men to and from World War II
battlefronts. Returning to civil
ian passenger service, she was
renamed for the original EN-
press of Canada. which was tor
pedoed by an Italian submarine
in 1913.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
BIost Kills crewmon

PORTLAND, England, Jan. &c
R. A stoker-mechanic was
killed and three other naval
ratings injured in an explosion
today in the boiler room of the
Duchess, one of Britain's newest
destroyers. The explosion was
followed by fire which burned
an hour before being brought
under control.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Allied Flyers Attack
Following Up Defeat
In Program Raid
By ,hs Associated Pres.

SEOUL, Jan. 26.-Allied fight
er-bombers ripped into Commu-
mist battlefront positions today
after United Nation troops took
a licking on the western Korean
front in an elaborately planned
program" raid.
Sabre jets swept north and
tangled with Communist MIG
15S near the Yalu River. The
United States 5th Air Force said
three Red warplanes were dam
aged.
Yesterdays 41a-hour raid was
the heaviest ground action of
the new year. Allied infantry,
tanks, f1amethrowers, artillery
and planes were thrown into the
unsuccessful assault on Spud
Hill.
High brass and correspondents
provided in advance with a
pamphlet describing each phase
of the attack-watched from
nearby bunkers. Called "Oper-
alton Smack" it had been
planned since January 10.
Caught in CrOssfire.
But the Chinese Reds were
ready. They caught the charging
U.N infantrymen in a deadly
crosSfire.
Then the allied troops tried to
burn out the Reds with flame
throwers. However, in many in
stances, the flamethroWers ran
out of fuel. Associated Press
Correspondent Forrest Edwards
reported from the scene-at the
southern end of T-Bone Hill
that hail of artillery shells and
napalm (jellied gaSoline) also
failed to dislodge the Com
muniStS.
One of the allied wounded told
Mr.. Edwards:
IF we could only have had
more f1amethrowers we could
have burned right through them.
We were doing a good job but
suddenly there weren't any more
f1amethrowerS."
Another wounded man told
AP Photographer Fred Waters
that the f1amethrowers ran out
of fuel and added grimly:
And so did the guy who was
shooting it,"
Carrier Planes Join In.
An 9th Army spokesman de-
clined to report allied casualties
but estimated 95 Chinese were
killed.
After the raid, 5th Air Force
and Navy carrier planes swarmed
over the entire front. The Navy
reported that planes from the
carriers Kearsarge and Okiskany
knocked out 800 yards of Com
munist trenches, nine bunkerS,
two gun positions and destroyed
36 trucks and A buildings.
Fourteen Okinawa based
B-29s last night blasted a 30
acre military staff installation
at Yangdok and the lateral rail
line to Pyongyang.
The United States cruisers Los
Angeles and Rochester pounded
the northeast port Of Songjin
and Communist supply lines.
In continuing air battles,
United States sabre jets de-
stroyed one MIC Is and dam
aged another yesterday. The Air
Force said that brought the
January total to 80 Red jets de-
stroyed. six probably destroyed
and 80 damaged.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Case Of PadIocked
Newspaper Given 10
Justice Department
BY the Assoeiaied' Press

SUMMIT. Miss, Jan. 26.-Mrs
Mary Cain, who hacksawed a
chain and paddock from the door
OF her newspaper when Internal
Revenue agents attempted to
seize it for back social security
payments. said today she is glad
her "tiresome" case has gone
to the Justice Department.
II am confident that the Jus
tice Department. will rule the
Internal Revenue Department
completely wrong in its posi-
tion," she said.
Internal Revenue Collector
James Enochs of jackson said
last week that Justice Depart
ment attorneys now have charge
OF the case in which the Gov
ernment claims Mrs. Cain owes
$42 in social security payments
for herself as a self-employed
person.
The woman editor of the Sum-
nit Sun, weekly newspaper of
1900 circulation, said she also
was glad Mr.. Enochs waited "un-
til the New Deal was out of pow
er before he submitted the case
to the United States Attorney
General"
God alone knows what the
New Deal would have tried to
do to me-" the 48-year-old wom-
an said.
She said President Eisenhower
has surrounded himself with
able businessmen instead of
crack-pots who were part and
parcel of the New Deal"
Mrs. Cain for more than a
year has refused to pay social
security for herself and main
tains it is forced insurance
which she does not want.
Shortly after her first argu-
ment with the Internal Revenue
Department on social security,
Mrs. Cain sold her newspaper to
her 20-year-old niece, released
her husband, John Cain, serv-
ice station operator, from all re-
sponsibility for her debts and de-
clared herself a pauper.
In this way she said the Gov
ernment had no right to inter-
fere with the newspaper, which
she claims she now operates for
her niece.
But the Internal Revenue De-
partment said her niece, Miss
Mary Lou Butler. is now sec
ondarily liable for the money
owed by Mrs. Cain since the tax
lien had been incurred before the
paper was sold.
MI. Enochs said the Justice
Department would take steps in
the near future to collect the So
cial security payments.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Ii. Col. {. A. Heller, ,
World War Il Ace,
Missing in Korea
By tho A.,oeiatsd pra.,

SEOUL. Jan. 26.-Lt. Col. Ed
win H. Heller, one of the top
American fighter pilots of World
War II, was lost over North
Korea Friday, the 5th Air Force
said today.
Cannon fire from a Communist
MIG Is presumably blasted Col.
Heller's Sabre Jet only one day
after he had destroyed two Com
muniSt jets and was promoted
from major.
Col. Heller. 33, of Wynnewood,
Pa, is listed as missing in action.
A World War II ace, he was
credited with destroying 1914
German planes in European
combat. 4
Plane Seen in Trouble.
His Korean score was 312 MICS
destroyed and one damaged.
A 5th Air Force spokesman
said other pilots in. the 51st
Fighter Interceptor Wing, busy
in dogfights, did not see whether
Col. Heller's jet was hit, but saw
it going down.
He said there was no report
OF Col. Heller parachuting.
Col. Heller was on his 58th
mission in Korea. He few l46
missions over Europe in PATS
and P-5iS.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Held Many Medals.

He was awarded the Distin-
guished Service Cross for flying
his Mustang through heavy anti
aircraft fire to make eight straf-
ing passes over a German air
field, destroying six planes on the
ground. Then he limped back
some 800 miles with 20 holes in
his plane.
Col. Heller also got the Silver
Star for destroying three. ME-
109s in a single aerial battle. He
held the Distinguished Flying
Cross with four oak leaf clusters,
the Air Medal with Is clusters
and the Croix de Guerre.
His wife, Judith, son Edwin,
jr, S, and daughter Linda Rae,
4, live at Wynnewood.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Senator's Approve s
For Treasury Posts
And 3 for Justice

The Senate Finance Commit
tee today approved a slate of
six nominations for high Office
in the Treasury Department and
three Justice Department ap-
pointments were okayed by the
judiciary Committee.
The Treasury appointments
were: Marion B. Folsom, a for
ner official of Eastman Kodak
Co., for Undersecretary: H.
Chapman Rose, an Ohio lawyer,
for Assistant Secretary; Ebert
P. futile, an Atlanta attorney,
for general counsel; T. Coleman
Andrews, of Richmond, Va, for
commissioner of internal rev.
enue; Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, of
Utah, for treasurer of the
United States, and Mrs. Alma
Kay Schneider. for superin--
tendent of the mint at Denver.
Under committee questioning,
Mr.. Andrews asked for more time
to study President Truman's 1852
reorganization of the tax-collect-
ing. machinery before passing
judgment on it.
Opposed by Many Members.
The plan, which many of the
Finance Committee members OPP
posed, placed internal revenue
collectors under the merit sys-
tenn and divided the country
into regions instead of having
one for each. State.
The Judiciary Committee ap-
proved the nomination of Will
liam p. Rogers. former counsel
to the old Senate War Contracts
Investigations Committee, to be
Deputy Attorney General.
Judiciary Committee Chair
man LANCER said approval of Mr..
Rogers was unanimous at a
three-minute closed meeting i'm
mediately after Mr.. Rogers had
testified at a public hearing.
Senator LANCER said the COM
mittee also unanimously ap-
proved the nomination of War;
rem E. Burger, ST. Paul lawyer,
to be Assistant Attorney Cen
eral handling claims against the
Government. and j. Lee Rankin,
Lincoln (Nebr) lawyer, to be
Assistant Attorney General and
special adviser to all executive
agencies.
Action Deferred on Two.
Action on two other nominees,
Warren Olney and H. Brian Hol-
land, as Assistant Attorneys
General, was deferred until the
FBI has completed its investiga-
tion of their background.
All three approved by the COM
mittee announced they would
sever their connections with
private law practice. But Mr..
Burger obtained the committees
permission to argue before the
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals a still-pending case
from his private practice. He
said it was a complex breach of
contract suit in which the Gov
eminent has no interest, and
that it would be unfair to his
client to attempt to turn it over
to new counsel at this stage.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
FOUND.

BOXER; male. brown short tail Vicin-
ity Wheaton, Md. JU. 5-5lS3 before 8.
COCKER SPANIEL, brown, in Silver
Spring area. 10. 3-5671.
COLLIE; pure bred, gable and white. VI
einity Bethesda. JU. 5-51S3 after 5.
DACHSHUND; male, collar and 1852 Va.
tags. Vic. Arlandria, Owner call XII.
DOG, fox terrier, female, 2 ~ mos. old;
also black and white female cat house.
broken; will give away. NO. 7-0075.
RING; high school, 10 karat gold. red
stone, initials L. A. p; found vic. Wood
side and North Drive, Silver Spring.
/, Ju. o-4215,
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Indiu Gets $19.5 Million
To Develop Valley
By the Associoted Press

The World Bank today an
nounced a loan of $19.5 million
to India for further development
of the country's most important
industrial area, the Damodar
River Valley.
This loan will help finance
flood control, electric power. irri-
CATION and transportation prof.
ectS.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
They Run Out Of Gasoline

CHICAGO. - The American
Automobile Association estimates
1888, 900 automobile drivers in
the United States ran out of
gasoline while on the road in
1851.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Horse Deruils Truin

BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 26 up.
"A train inspector and a fire.
man were killed yesterday when
a locomotive jumped the track
after hitting a dead horse
stretched on the rails in Santa
F'e Province. The engineer was
seriously injured.
Evening star., 1953-01-26

will go down in history as the
most ghastly crime Of the ages"
he predicted. Mr.. O'Konski
served on the special congress
sional committee which investi-
gated the massacre.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-08-01
Markets at a Glance
BY GILBERT GUSLER

Demand-Bumper farm production is in
prospect in 1858 with prices unlikely to
increase.
CattIe-Prices probably will retain part of
upturn, although slaughter is likely to be
heavy.
Hoss-seasonal decline of "a to So cwt.
probably will start soon
Lambs-Outlook for lamb feeding appears
brighter than in past season.
WooELight free domestic stocks firm
ness abroad tend to sustain prices.
Wheat-Big discount below support value
puts large profit in storing by growers for
loan.
Feed Grains-Combined crops and carry
overs promise to be about per cent over
last year.
Flaxseed-Crop appears to be about one
fourth larger than requirements.
Seeds-Forecasts of early grass seed crops
are sharply under last year.
Feedstuffs-Prices probably will continue
low until early fall.
Hay-Total supply per animal appears to
be about the same as last season
Dairy Products-Ratios of prices to feed
costs probably will hold near recent levels,
except for seasonal changes.
Eggs-Price uptrend probably will continue
until early fall Production will be slightly
larger next year.
Poultry-Stability in near future followed
by lower trend appears probable.
Potatoes-Liberal crop probably viii keep
prices low level.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-08-01

summer, when arrivals were 40 to
so per cent over year ago.
Stocker and feeder cattle prices
probably will hold above the early
summer lows. The upturn in fat
cattle prices, which put them back
on paying basis once more and a
big corn crop probably will stimu-
late demand and reduce selling pres
sure.
HOGS-Prices probably will soon
start on a 81 to Sc seasonal decline
until early winter. Slaughter is
rounding the low point. 1t was
reached in July in three of the last
four years and one in August. New
crop hogs began to arrive in SUBJ
stantial numbers in mid-July this
year. Prices will continue substan-
TALLY over last years level. Top
ping out droves at around 200 to
220 pounds on minor rallies appears
advisable.
LAMBS-Prices probably will de-
cline moderately in the next three
or four months, although they H. y
retain part of the unusual July
upturn. Arrivals probably will in
crease 10 to Is per cent by October
and supplies of competing meats also
will be larger.
Prospects for lamb feeding look
fairly promising. Costs of feeder
lambs and feed will average lower
than last season. Prices for fat
lambs are not likely to be down as
much as costs.
WOOL-Prices have been fairly
steady for several weeks. A little
mill buying has been taking place
in spite of the vacation season. There
is little or no pressure from the
new clip. Stocks of apparel wool
in all hands on July l are estimated
at 206 million pounds, clean basis
against 215 million pounds last year
WHEAT - Recent low marks il
prices probably will hold for tn
season. New crop and carryove
promise to be. about 1,775 millio,
bushels against probable domesti
usage and exports of around on
billion bushels.
However, black rust may make
stable cut in the crop of sprin
: wheat, especially durum. The di.
l count of 40 to so cents below til
: loan value is stimulating use of in
2 provised storage and holding dow
7 sales by growers. Mills are fillir
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-08-01

dictate that the rate of activity is
dwelling off. Forces that might
cause new upsurge are not IN
evidence Government spending Tor
defense is around the peak and is
scheduled to drop slightly in each of
the next four quarters.
Businessmen are not blueprint
ing as many new plants as before
and new housing starts have fallen
slightly, although actual construc-
ton under way remains near the
high point. Business inventories
have increased about 81 billions in
the past year and probably are
about as large as businessmen will
wish to carry.
Consumer spending is running
higher than year ago, but it has
been outrunning record incomes.
Consumer debt has increased over
SIS billions, in the past year and is
becoming a handicap to future
spending.
While consumer demand for farm
| products continues strong, it does
not appear likely to become still
stronger in the months ahead. Ex-
ports of farm products remain about
one-thlrd lower than a year ago in
spite of the lower prices at which
they are offered.
Total farm supplies are likely to
remain burdensome. July COM
bined crop prospects were down
about l per cent from last year, but
output of livestock products prob
ably will be slightly larger. Sur
pluses going to the government I'M
der various price support programs
probably will continue to grow, with
production and marketing controls
the chief remedy in sight.
CATTLE Prices probably will
hold part of the phenomenal July
rise. The governments relief pro-
gram, providing for cheaper feed
and easier credit for distressed cat
tlemen and direct purchases of beef,
together with some rain in the
Southwest, brought an abrupt
change in the attitude of growers
and finishers. The drop in offerings
triggered a rise of as much as 81
a cwt. from the levels reached dur.
ing the selling climax in late June
Prices lost part of the rise wher
marketing returned to more norma
seasonal volume.
While forced selling has beer
largely checked, total slaughter will
continue quite high during the res
of 1858, unless cattle herds are in
creased this year, building up t.
still larger market supplies in tn
future. Much will depend on wheth
er the drouth area shrinks Q
spreads, but substantial seasona
increase in grass cattle receipts an
decline in prices is probable in tn
next two or three months.
Numbers of cattle on feed on Jul
l were up about per cent in til
Cornbelt and to 5 per cent n;
tionally, from last year. Finishel
were planning to sell more in Al
gust and less in September than
1852. Markets are unlikely to |
so flooded with fed cattle as the
were during late spring and ear