Overturned Tractor Pins
Driver 40 Min. In Icy
Stream, Dies of Shock
JUNEAU, UP) — A construction
worker who was pinned in an icy
glacial stream for 40 minutes by
an overturned tractor died in a
hospital Monday.
The victim was Leonard J.
Watchman, 25, employed by the
Hayes and Whitely Construction
Co., here.
The tractor Watchman was op
erating broke through a wooden
bridge, pinning his right leg be
tween the tractor and a sub
merged log.
Fellow workers who saw the
accident jumped into the creek
. and took turns holding Watch
man’s head above water, but it
was 40 minutes before a crane
arrived to lift the tractor and
free the operator. A doctor said
shock of the crushed leg and ice
water caused Watchman’s death.
Japanese Forestry Experts
Encouraged To Remain
In Capital Another Week
WASHINGTON, UP) — Three
apanese forestry experts will con
tinue their conferences with gov
ernment officials here this week
on the possibility of Japan util
izing Alaska forests as a timber
source.
Edwin M. Cronk, of the State
Department’s Japanese finance
and trade section, told a newsman
the visitors have been non-com
mittal in their reports on the pro
gress of the discussions, but
added:
“They apparently were encour
aged enough to remain around
another week.”
The delegate, which represents
the Japanese Council for Inte
Campaigners Laud
“Freedom of the Press”
HARRISBURG, Pa., (^—Presi
dent Harry S. Truman said Wed
nesday that newspapers “which
use their freedom” of the press
“to dig out and print the truth”
are providing a vital service to
democracy. '
Mr. Truman’s remarks were
made in a letter to Theodore A.
Serrill, general manager of the
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publish
ers Association and chairman of
the National Newspaper Week
for 1952.
“I hope the annual observance
of National Newspaper Week, to
be held from Oct. 1-8 will re
emphasize to all Americans the
importance of knowing the facts,”
the President said in his letter.
Presidential candidates of both
; major parties joined Mr. Truman
| in special messages on Newspaper
: Week.
“Tyranny can never take root
or flourish in a climate which
recognizes and respects te imper
ative need for freedom of expres
sion,” said Gov. Stevenson.
Gen. Eisenhower praised the
American free press and called on
1 all citizens to resist any moves to
! suppress and censor news.
I grated Counter-Measures tor For
j est Resources, was sent here
1 with the blessing of the Japanese
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GOP Chairman Terms
HST’s Whistle-Stop Tour
“Degrading Spectacle”
WASHINGTON, </P) —Republi
can National Chairman Arthur E.
Summerfield said Tuesday that
President Truman’s whistle - stop
tour is “a degrading and disgrace
ful spectacle that will make votes i
for Ike Eisenhower.”
The GOP chairman called Tru
man “the hatchetman of the 1952
campaign” and said the President
is a “Peewee Ickes who has been
degrading the office of President
of the United States.”
This was a reference to the
late Harold Ickes, Secretary of the
Interior unde* President Roose- j
velt and Truman.
Ickes was the author of many j
verbal whacks at the Republicans
in previous national election cam
jaigns.
“The American people will not
be fooled by a the big lie tech
nique of the 1948 campaign,”
Summerfield told a National
Press Club luncheon.
“It worked once but it will not
work again.”
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W. W. “Chief” Laws Chas. D. Jones
FOR SENATOR FOR SENATOR
WE PLEDGE OURSELVES AS FOLLOWS :
1— To repeal the Property Tax.
2— For a more equitable distribution of road funds.
3— To maintain our schools at the highest possible standard
consistent with our tax program.
4— A continued program of construction of landing fields
throughout the Division.
5— To encourage in every way possible the mining develop
ment and industry and a completely equipped Assay Office.
6— To keep taxes to the lowest possible figure to efficiently
handle the affairs of the Territory.
As Gold Mining is of the utmost importance in our Division
vve pledge ourselves to do all in our power to have gold freed
\ from the crippling regulations imposed upon it.
Sammy Mogg
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Edith Bullock
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Richard E. Lee
FOR REPRESENTATIVE