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VOL. LIV No. 117 , NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1952 _Per Copy—15c
Attv. Gen. Blocks Payments Out of
Special Ferry Fund In Juneau Bank
Established Bv Territorial Officials
JUNEAU, (JP) — Territorial
Treasurer Hepry Roden has chal
lenged the authority of the Attor
ney General’s office to block pay
ments out of the special Chilkoot
Ferry fund in, a Juneau bank. '
The fund was established by
deposit of receipts from the ferry,
which is operated under the Ter
ritorial Engineer. Then the fund
is drawn on for operational ex
penses in connection with the
ferry project.
Auditor Neil Moore has insisted
all funds should go through his
office under the regular warrant
process. Asst. Atty. Gen. John Di
mond upheld Moore’s stand and
ordered payment halted on checks
against the fund.
Roden’s response to a reporter
was:
“What authority do they have
to stop payment?”
Asked if the ferry would con
tinue operation, Roden replied:
“Absolutely.”
The fund was established by
the Board of Road Commission
ers, made up of Roden, Governor
Gruening and Highway Engineer
Frank Metcalf.
Roden added the comment that
"my bondsman isn’t worried”
about the fund operation. His
reference obviously was to the
bond company which insured the
territory against loss in the event
any funds are handled improper
ly.
There has not been any charge
of misuse of any monies; only
that the procedure is not the pro
cedure specified by law.
Moore’s contention is that the
ferry receipts should go into the
Territory’s general ' fund, along
with most tax receipts. Then it
could be taken out only by legis
lative appropriation or as part of
the regular appropriation for the
Highway Engineer’s office.
The auditor said the balance in
the fund is slightly above $4,000;
that $17,915 had been deposited
in it and $13,648 taken out.
Atom Powered Navy
Just Question of Time
Says Secretary Kimball
PARIS, (JP) — Navy Secretary
Dan Kimball said Wednesday the
U.S. has ships and Navy planes
capable of carrying atom bombs
as well as a special guided missile
■hips “already in being.”
The secretary, here during a
torur of American and Allied in
stallations in Europe, predicted it
would be “only a question of time
before we can take advantage of
atomic power” for propelling sur
face craft, including the largest
combat ships and aircraft carriers.
Such a development, he con
tinued, “will mean that carriers
will be able to store a great deal
more aviation fuel for their
planes. It will increase the ef
fectiveness of the carrier by more
than 100 per cent.”
Kimball discussed guided mis
siles also. He said the guided
missile ship the Navy now has
is intended for anti-aircraft use.
Chamber Recommends
Re-Opening Of Land
Office In Nome
The N.W. Alaska Chamber of
Commerce at their noon luncheon
yesterday endorsed the recom
mendation of the Board of Equal
ization of the Department of Tax
ation and the U.S. Tin Corp., for
the re-opening of the Land Office
in Nome, due to the fact that
with the rapid increase in the de
velopment of strategic mineral
mining in the area, requires in
formation from the land office to
be available locally.
Letters of appreciation were
read from both the Seattle and
the Fairbanks Chambers of Com
merce for work of this active or
ganization as well as for cour
tesies received.
Harry Ludbrook is assisting
secretary Terry Jackson with the
the correspondence.
Report Cites Need
Additional
Alaska Judgsliip
WASHINGTON, (^)-Nevv evi
dence in support of an additional
judge in the U.S. District Court
at Anchorage, Alaska, is cited in
a report prepared by Henry P.
Chandler, director of the adminis
trative office of the U.S. Courts.
Such a judgship has been rec
ommended repeatedly without
success by the judicial conference
made up of Chief Justice Fred M.
Vinson and the chief judges of
the 11 judicial circuits.
All Alaska courts except that in
the first (Juneau) Division ended
up the 12 months ended June 30
with more cases on file than at
the same time the previous year.
The breakdown for civil cases
by district (cases begun, ended
and pending with the 1951 pend
ing figure in brackets) includes:
First Division (Juneau) — 266,
278, 182. (194); Second Division—
32, 21, 29 (18); Third Division
iAnchorage)—853, 707, 814 (668);
Fourth Division (Fairbanks —
351, 283, 343 (275).
The criminal caseload break
down includes:
First Division — 26, 29, 10 (13);
Second Division — 8. 6, 5 (3);
Third Division — 135, 109, 96 (70);
Fourth Division — 73, 61, 29 (17).
60 Girls To Take Part
In Scouting Activities
It has been announced that over
60 girls are taking part this year
in Scout activities with all groups
represented, from Brownies to
Senior Scouts.
The Brownie will be broken up
into several groups this year, in
stead of one large group as here
tofore and announcement will be
made where the groups will meet.
This is being done so that the
children, who are from several
grades, can be grouped according
to the time their classes in school
let out. Meetings will be in the
home of leaders in most cases,
similar to the Cub Scout program.
Longshoremen Call Strike
But Return to Work Today
Pending WSB Permission
The MS Ring Splice arrived in
port abo'ut noon yesterday but due
to a sudden strike called by the
natives who longshore the ship,
it proceeded to Teller where it is
discharging freight.
After completing work at Teller
the ship plans to proceed to Lost
River, stated Jack Dillon, agent.
Only part of the freight can be
taken off there as the ship was
loaded to take off Nome freight
first.
The Lomen Commercial Co. and
the longshore workers reached an
agreement this morning when it
was learned by wire from the
States that the company, which
was willing to increase the hourly
pay to the demanded $2 an hour,
were not permitted to due so
without permission from the
Wage Stabilization Board.
As the time element was costly
to all concerned and it might take
some time for the Lomen Co. to
receive the necessary permission
the crew agreed to go back to
work.
The workers were urged to
make their plans now for any
changes for next year so that
service will not be interrupted
while there are boats in port.
New CAA and Weather
Bureau Offices Slated
For Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Anchorage
is slated to get new building
quarters for its Civil Aeronautics
Administration and Weather Bu
reau offices.
The General Services Adminis
tration opened bids here Monday
for providing the space. What ap
peared to be the lowest over-all
bid of three submitted was by the
Anchorage American Legion Post.
It proposed to put up a new sev
eral story building and provide
the government agencies 40,940
square feet of office floor space
at a yearly rental of $231,770.
It was reported unofficially in
Anchorage as possibly a two mil
lion dollar building project.
Dog Bequeathed $5,000
Must Pay Income Tax
BOSTON, OP)—State Tax Com
missioner Henry F. Long says he
wants $369 inheritance tax from
Lassie, a Quincy collie bequeathed
$5,000 in the will of her late
master.
“Dog or no dog,”' Long told re
porters, “she must pay an inheri
tance tax.”
Lassie’s late owner, Axel R.
Carlson, left the bequest to care
for the collie and sent her to live
with Mrs. Gertrude Hanson of
Quincy, a friend.
Long said he figured the tax
at $369 — 6 percent of $5,000 plus
23 percent temporary surtax.
“Lassie will also have to pay
a tax annually on any income her
$4,631 draws,” he added.
DODGERS TAKE FIRST GAME
In the first game of the World ,
Series, played at Ebbetts Field,
the Brooklyn Dodgers won 4 to 2
over the New York Yankees.
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Truman Says Eisenhower Gave
The United States Bad Advice
About Russia’s' Intentions
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Govt. Does Job With
Maximum Employes While
Business With the Least
YAKIMA, Wash., (JP) — Dr.
Terris Moore, president of the
University of Alaska, urged upon
Pacific Northwest business lead
ers yesterday a closer cooperation
between business and teachers.
He was one of the speakers at
the Pacific Northwest Trade As
sociation’s annual conference, in
which business speakers had criti
cized what one of them called
“high-falutin" mumbo-jumbo” of
liberal arts educational trends.
In comparing government and
private business, Dr. Moore said
government leaders increase in
stature by doing a job with a
maximum number of employes
while the business executive who
gets ahead does the best job with
the least.
Truman and Ike
Duel In Campaign
Spotlight
iBy the Associated Press)
Dwight Eisenhower today ac
cused the Truman administration
of crushing a bipartisan approach
to foreign policy; and President
Truman accused Eisenhower of
turning against public power
projects and talking like a lobby
ist for private power “mono
polies.”
Eisenhower and Truman, close
associates for years in history
making events, dueled in the
presidential spotlight today while
Democratic nominee Stevenson
prepared for a new vote drive
next week.
GOP candidate Eisenhower said
in Flint, Mich., that the bipartisan
approach to foreign policy “is
being crushed by the abuse” of
Democrats. Eisenhower said the
Truman administration trys to
take all the credit for the good
things and blame the Republicans
for all the bad.
• The President said in speech
prepared for dedication of the 108
million dollar Hungry Horse Dam
in Montana that “it will be a long
time before you see another struc
ture of this kind” if Eisenhower
is elected.
It was another in the-Preident’s
coolly-calculated attempts to de
stroy Eisenhower’s prestige in a
8,500-mile coast-to-coast cam
paign tour.
Eisenhower and Stevenson,
meanwhile, appeared to agree on
one thing; the Central Intelli
gence Agency, the government’s
super-secret spying and security
information outfit, should not be
drawn into the crossfire of the
presidential campaign.
After Eisenhower talked to Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith, head of the
intelligence agency, a spokesman
for Eisenhower quoted the candi
date as saying he would never
attack the CIA or Smith; and Ad
,lai Stevenson said the CIA should
not be made a “political football”
because it was too important td
America.
' WASHINGTON, (JP)—President
Truman said Tuesday General
Dwight D. Eisenhower while com
manding general in Europe en
dangered this country by giving
bad advice about Russia’s inten
tions. He called the advice grave
“blunders.”
Truman chose a whistle - stop
speech at Havre, Mont., to launch,
the latest of his increasingly bit
ter attacks on the Republican
presidential candidate.
The President said Eisenhower
told a congressional committee in
November, 1945, that Russian
policy was guided by a desire to
keep friendship with the United
States.
“He said he saw no reason why
Russia and the United States
would not remain the closest pos
sible friends,” Truman said, add
ing: “His foresight was not near
ly as good as his hindsight.”
“Of course we all make mis
takes, but the Republican candi
date was the commanding gen
eral in Europe and was in close
contact with the Russians. His ad
vice carried great weight and it
therefore did a great deal of
harm,” he said.
On the other hand, Truman
said, Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the
Democratic candidate, was “one
of the first to warn that the Rus
sians were becoming a threat to
peace.”
Stevenson warned of this in
1945 and 1946, Truman said, while
he was on important missions to
Europe.
Communism was the theme of
the day:
Stevenson says that no matter
what steps the Democratic admin
istration had taken in Korea, the
Republicans today would be criti
cizing them.
Eisenhower also chose the Com
munist issue for an attack on the
administration, and he received
unexpected new ammunition from
Washington.
General Walter Bedell Smith
said in Washington' that he be
lieves the Reds have penetrated
every U.S. security agency even
the super-secret Central Intelli
gence Agency which he has head
ed for two years.
Smith an old comrade in arms
of Gen. Eisenhower said he has
not found any Reds in his agency,
but believes they are “so adroit
and adept they have infiltrated
every security agency of the gov
ernment” including his own.
MAN OF HIS WORD
BALTIMORE, {JP)—Ernest Ford
is a man his word.
Magistrate James C. Tate dis
missed vagrancy charges against
the 47-year-old Negro Monday,
provided he would go out and
pick vegetables for a living.
Later in the day he was back
before the magistrate. A patrol
man testified Ford was arrested
picking up a bag of cabbages from
a produce stand when no one
was watching. He was sentenced
to six months in jail.