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Alaska SS Officials Express Amazement
At Defense Dept. Rejection of Line’s
Passenger Service to Alaska as Inferior
WASHINGTON, UP) — The De-<
fense Department has concluded
the continued operation of Alaska
Steamship Co. passenger vessels
to Alaska “is not essential ot the
national defense,” aides of Sen.
Magnuson (D-Wash) said today.
The company has announced it
will discontinue passenger service
between Seattle and Alaska
points. Magnuson and Sen. Jack
son (D-Wash) have been pressing
the Defense Depai’tment and
other federal agencies to woTk out
a plan to continue the service.
T. P. Pike, assistant Secretary
of Defense, has advised the Sen
ator that “in view of the general
condition of the vessels and the
number of adverse reports re
ceived, the military departments
are reluctant to concur with the
execution of a contract for in
ferior service unless required by
military necessity.”
He suggested instead that Al
aska Steam could make special
arrangements with the Coast
Guard to remodel its freight ves
sels to provide sufficient passen
ger space to accommodate the es
timated 100 passengers available
monthly.
Pike said that in addition to
being very old, the Alaska ves
sels contain undesirable features
not found in modern vessels, in
cluding the lack of fireproofing
of their interiors.
The cost per passenger of carry
ing passengers to Alaska on the
Alaska Steam vessels, Pike said,
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Crim Estate, Comprising
20 Tin Claims At Teller,
Settled After 43 Years
SEATTLE, (/PI—1The 43-year-old
problem of who should fall heir
to the money from 20 Alaskan tin
mines has been settled, with some
$23,000 going to the heirs of a
woman who died in a New York
alms house in 1912.
The estate was that of Leslie
L. Crim, an Alaskan prospector
who filed on 20 tin mining claims
in the Teller district along with
two partners. He died in 1911 and
the estate’s inability to sell the
claims accounted for the delayed
settlement.
The heirs of Crim’s mother,
Mrs. Miranda Crim, will receive
the balance of the estate after
$1,650 goes to A.A. Tremper as
administrator and $1,150 to the
estate attorneys.
The estate had been shaved
somewhat when 50,000 shares
were released to pay a debt in
curred by Crim.
THURSDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 4
Baltimore 6, New York 0
Washington 2, Chicago 0
Boston 8, Detroit 0
National League
New York 7-0, Chicago 6-3
Brooklyn 10, St. Louis 1
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 3, Los Angeles 2
Sacramento 9, Oakland 2
Portland 6, Hollywood 1
* San Francisco 6, Seattle 4
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16-year-old Canadian Girl
Beats Famous Channel
Swimmers In 32-mile Race
TORONTO, UR—Marilyn Bell, a
golden-haired girl af 16 captured
the hearts of Canadians yester
day by swimming 32 miles across
icy Lake Ontario—the first time
anyone accomplished it.
The charming, freckle - faced
blonde who will go into fourth
form high school next week, spent
20 hours and 56 minutes in the
water.
She came ashore here at 8:13
p.m., said she felt “terrific” and
went to bed, tucking under the
pillow a white bathing cap with
its four-leaf clover inside, symbol
of her amazing determination.
She fought against cold and
high waves, sometimes as high as
six feet, on her way from Youngs
town, N.Y., to Toronto.
About 250,000 persons, a great
many of them crowded around
the Canadian National Exhibition
shoreline and spreading out to
the finish point a half-mile away,
screamed their delight with the
local girl’s victory over the cold
and two noted English Channel
conquerors, Florence Chadwick
and Winnie Roach Leszler.
Prizes showered on Marilyn. In
real money, they amounted to
more than $10,000, in prospects,
they promised $50,000.
NATION'S POPULATION
NOW AT 162.670,000
WASHINGTON, (TP) —The Cen
sus Bureau today estimated the
nation’s population on Aug. 1 at
162,670,000, including armed
forces overseas.
That was a growth of 2,782,000
of 1.7 per cent, in a year.
The population at the beginning
of August this year was 11,538,000
or 7.6 per cent, greater than on
April 1, 1950, the date of the last
census.
Committee Refuses Sen.
McCarthy To Call
Senators To Testify
WASHINGTON, OPt —Senators
weighing censure charges against
Son. McCarthy refused Thursday
to let the defense testify about
the use of secret government in
formation by other senators, and
McCarthy’s lawyer said this rul
ing barred the “very heart and
soul” of the defense on this issue.
Edward Bennett Williams, Mc
Carthy’s lawyer, offered a brief
which contended that Vice Presi
dent Nixon, Sen. Ferguson and
others had taken stands that Con
gress members had a right to use
information which the White
House sought to withhold.
Williams suggested Nixon and
Ferguson could be called as wit
nesses if there was any question
as to their positions.
But Chairman Watkins ruled
the committee would not go into
activities of any legislators other
than McCarthy. If this was done,
he said, the Congress members
would have to be called and the
hearings could go on indefinitely.
U.N. To Discuss
Red’s Downing Of
Of U.S. Bomber
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., iff)—
The U.N. Security Council today
overrode Soviet objections and
agreed to full discussion of an
American complaint that Soviet
fighter planes shot down a U.S.
Navy bomber off Siberia last Fri
day.
The vote was 10 to 1, with
Soviet deputy foreign minister
Andrei Vishinsky casting the only
vote against it. Vishinsky said a
discussion of the incident might
intensify international feelings
rather than lessen it.
The debate was requested by
chief U.S. delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr., who charged the Rus
sians violated international law
by shooting down the bomber
over open waters. The United
States already had protested to
Russia.
Vishinsky denied the U. S.
charges and told the council the
American plane had violated So
viet territory and had opened fire
on two Soviet MIG fighters which
were attempting to warn it away.
The MIGs then returned the fire,
he said, and the bomber flew out
to sea.
Immediately after the council
agreed to take up the U.S. com
plaint, Lodge took the floor to
press his charges. He reviewed
the incident in detail and declared
“the seriousness of this incident
is apparent.”
“The gravity of the situation
caused by this attack is com
pounded by the fact that this is
not the first time such attacks
have been made by Soviet air
craft.
“These Soviet attacks show a
continuing disregard for the gen
erally accepted standards of in
ternational conduct.”
NE States Prepare
For Hurricane
Edna, 5tli of Season
The northeast braced itself to
day for fear the Hurricane Edna
might rake the coast anywhere
from Cape Hatteras north to
Maine.
Storm warnings were out the
entire length of the coast and
coastal dwellers were moving in
side. On the Long Island and
New Jersey coasts some late va
cationers were leaving their sum
mer homes, recalling the fury of
Hurricane Carol which struck
with little warning on Aug. 30
and took a toll of 67 lives and
wrought damage approaching a
half billion dollars.
Meanwhile the weather bureau
in Jacksonville, Fla., reported
that sk/ttish Edna—so-named for
the fifth letter of the alphabet
and the fifth hurricane of the
season—is expected to skim past
Hatteras.
Stores along the coast reported
runs on kerosene lamps and
candles. Beach dwellers boarded
up windows, brought furniture
inside, stored their cars in gar
ages. One man said liquor stores
were selling quite a few bottles
of the drops that cheer even in
a hurricane.
Delegate Bartlett D
Barbara Dimock
Alaska Mental H
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CAB Reported To Have
Renewed Northwest’s
Trans-Pacific Routes
WASHINGTON, UPI — Informed
sources said today the Civil Aero
nautics Board has voted 4-1 to
renew the trans-Pacific routes of
Northwest Airlines.
This would continue Northwest
in competition with Pan Ameri
can World Airways across the
Pacific, and would represent ac
tion contrary to a “chosen instru
ment” policy—that is a policy of
having one U.S. flag airline on
an international route.
It also would run counter to the
findings of a CAB examiner. He
recommended that for economy
reasons Northwest be deprived
not only of its North Pacific
route to Tokyo, but of its route
from the Pacific Northwest to
Hawaii as well.
All of the decisions require ac
tion by the White House. A White
House decision in favor of con
tinued operation by Northwest
between Seattle and Tokyo al
most certainly would assure the
company of renewal of its route
between the United States and Al
aska. A CAB examiner has found
that Northwest’s Seattle-Anchor
age route is an integral part of
its trank-Pacific operation.
Atomic Sub Nautilus To
Be Commissioned Sept. 30
WASHINGTON, OP)—The Nau
tilus, first atomic powered sub
marine, will become a member of
the fleet Sept. 30.
Formal commissioning cere
moines will be held then at Gro
ton, Conn., where she has -been
building since 1952.
The Navy, announcing the com
missioning date, said the Nautilus
will begin her tests after the final
equipment has been installed fol
lowing the commissioning. This,
it is understood, probably will be
during the latter half of October.
Skipper of the huge, nuclear
engined submersible—the first of
four either building or planned—
will be Cmdr. Eugene P. Wilkin
son, of San Diego, Calif.
Navy To Put Up For Sale
35,000 Tons of Scrap
In Aleutian Islands
SEATTLE, UP) — Thirty - five
thousand tons of scrap metal,
scattered through the Aleutian
Islands and including beached
vessels and Japanese cannon, will
be put up for sale by the Navy.
Invitations were sent out today
to some 500 prospective bidders
in the United States. Those inter
ested will be taken on a tour of
the Aleutians to look over the
scrap and present bids by the
Nov. 9 deadline.
COFFEE 50?1 A CUP IN TOKYO
TOKYO, UP) — Americans are
complaining about the price of
coffee?
Coffee soared to 50 cents a cup
in several Tokyo restaurants to
day. Owners blamed a rise in the
import cost. Some coffee shops
were selling half a cup for 20
cents.
enies Charge By
That He Scuttled
ealth Bill In Senate
” ANCHORAGE, UP)—Delegate E.
L. Bartlett last night denied
charges by a political opponent he
had scuttled a bill in the Senate
which would have revised Alas
ka’s method of caring for its
mental patients.
Mrs. Barbara Dimock, Republi
can candidate for Delegate to
Congress, accused Bartlett of
bringing about the measure’s de
feat. She made the accusation at
a meeting of the Anchorage Men
tal Health Assn.
Bartlett said in reply he had
urged that the bill be shelved
temporarily for “needed revision”
and the Senate instead approve
non - controversial legislation
changing commitment procedures.
He said the Alaska mental
health bill was hastily written
and contained unsatisfactory cost
sharing arrangements and other
provisions which needed study by
the territorial legislature and
other responsible Alaskans.
Bartlett explained he made his
stand before a Senate committee
and offered no objections to the
bill when it finally came up for
vote in the Senate. It was turned
down, as was the Alaska dele
gate’s recommendation for action
on commitment procedures.
He said further that two sen
ators who opposed the bill told
him they never would “allow it
to pass” as long as it perpetuates
a contract with the private Mor
ningside Sanatarium for the care
of the mentally ill patients from
Alaska.
The delegate said one of his
chief concerns over the bill was
a provision setting aside 200,000
acres of land to help Alaska fin
ance its mental health program.
He said the land was poorly
chosen, and might either fail to
yield enough revenue or produce
millions which could be used for
no other purpose than mental
health although other needs
“might go' begging.”
Bartlett said he felt that “a
few months delay in revising Al
aska’s archaic commitment pro
cedures for the insane would not
be as harmful as saddling the ter
ritory with an unsatisfactory cost
sharing arrangement or binding
it to present contracts.”
Seattle Businessmen
Reported Interested In
Buying Rainiers Ball Club
SEATTLE, UPl — A group of
Seattle businessmen is reported
to have put out feelers to buy the
Seattle Rainier baseball club.
Owner Emil Sick denied Thurs
day that any deal has been com
pleted although he admitted he
would be interested in a good
proposition.
“Frankly, I’m not taking this
too seriously,” Sick said. “I
haven’t seen any money yet.”
Sick, owner of a beer firm as
well as the Pacific Coast League
team, said he might consider sell
ing in the hope that the publicity
accompanying a change of owner
ship would stir up baseball in
terest here.