Honolulu Star-Bulletin from Honolulu, Hawaii • 3

FACE 1-3 HONOLULU STAS-SULIET1N, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1955 osi uirice weians uecisron Pear! Harbor a Possibility World's Largest' Tanker Believec i i i i ft a uouoie WASHINGTON. Oct. 9 (AP The Pest Office Department is considering a proposal to change the names ef two pes! offices in the Hawaiian Islands, but a decision in time for the Christmas mailing rush isn't likely. The suggestion from the Islands is that the name ef the Lanikai post office on the island cf Oahu be changed to Kailua. and the existing Kailua pest office on the island cf Hawaii be renamed Kcna.

At the Big Island's town of Kailua. site of the Kcna Inn. six business houses use the name cf Kcna while only three incorporate Kailua in their firm mimes. The telephone directory uses the prefix Kona for subscribers in the district. Lanikai, on the other hand, is a residential section cn the eastern side cf Oahu.

near Honolulu. I Mr. and Mrs. Stoesser have first taste of papaya during 30th anniversary breakfast at Moana Hotel. iNew a one uroup For $12.5 Million kquug uuemmG Two business establishments in the area use the name Kailua and residents are reported to think cf the community; NSi fl' T't.

tight be expected within three or four ntr.s. out cr.ange names con- PRESIDENTIAL POST OFFICE i i Fl 1 i. -Donas Smith. Barney and Company; Halsey, Stuart and Company Incorporated; Lehman Brothers, and associates. This is the first issue for the lion highway program for the Territory and the next issue cf $10-miliion cannot be put on the market before next August 1.

The average interest rate for the SO years it will take for the bonds to mature is 3.S3S39 per cent. Mr. Nutter said. The other bids quoted an average rate of 3.935 and 3.955 per cent. When Nutter puts his signature cn the bonds in New York October 24, the Territory will have a $17.5 million highway building program for this fiscal year.

This includes the present pay-as-you-go $5-million program being financed by gasoline taxes and Federal aid. FOR RIGHT OF WAYS The bond money will be used mainly for acquiring rights dT way for the Lunalilo and Nuuanu Freeway projects until other projects are ready but all Islands will benefit, Nutter said. On Oahu four projects now under design will be completed early next year and bond money will ba available to build them. They 1 A section of the Lunalilo Freeway from Middle to Houghtailing Streets. 2 A section of the Vineyard Thoroughfare from Palama Street to Nuuanu Avenue.

3 A section of Nuuanu Freeway from Wyllie to Beretania Streets" in which the freeway divides to joinFort Street and Bishop Street. 4 The Aiea interchange (overpass where Moanalua Highway joins Kame-hamcha Highway. NEIGHBOR ISLANDS The projects earmarked for construction on the Neighbor Islands from the bond money include: 1 The Lahaina Road and Main Street through Kahului on Maui. 2 The Ookala section of the llama-kua Coast Highway on the Big Island. 3 The Anahola section of the belt road on Kauai.

4 The airport junction to Kualapuu road on Molokai. Each County benefits in proportion to the amount of gasoline taxes collected -Oahu, 72 per cent; Maui. 9 22 per cent; Hawaii, 12.46 per cent, and Kauai 6.32 per cent. OTHER NEW PROJECTS Under the $5-million program the following new projects will be started soon: 1 Completion of the Kalihi Valley approach roads. 2 A divided highway from Middle Street through Fort Shaffer to Mosna-lua Bridge.

3 Correction of bad curves on the Volcano Road on the Big Isle. The Highway Department feels the interest rate cf 3.83339 per cent in the present tight money market is "satisfactory." Howard K. Hiroki. Territorial Auditor, said that for revenue bonds the interest quoted is about the going rate in the present market. Interest rate on revenue bonds are a little higher than on general obligation bonds because revenue bonds depend only cn revenue tin this case gasoline tax) for repayment while the Territorial Government is back of general obligation bonds, he explained.

So the highway revenue bonds will not raise the bonded indebtedness cf the Territory, he said. This is the first time in about nine years that the Territory has floated revenue bonds, he said. Japanese Group Names Nominating Committee HILO, Hawaii, Oct. 9 A nominating committee was appointed last night at a dinner meeting of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Hisato Isemoto and Dr.

E. M. Kuwa-hara, co-chairmen, are assisted by Taro Nakamoto, Shigeharu Miyada. Theodore M. Fujii, Eijiro Kaneshiro and Hiram T.

Hagiwara. Norio Yarnauehi, president, gava the dinner at the Kinoole Drive-in. "We have to move slonly when we consider changing the name of apres-J ider.tia! post office." he said. A presidential post office as dis- tinuished from a postal station is one for which the postmaster is appointed by the President and confirmed by the I Senate. Is Low oris in ISlGHGS tion of Pearl Harbor because of her draft i a The ship is $49.54 feet in length and 124.9 feet wide.

Exact draft figures were not available immediately, but it is estimated she draws 40 feet of water. The average depth in Honolulu Harbor pier areas is 35 feet, while the middle channel averages 40 feet. EXPRESSES REGRETS Langdon Walling, marine superintendent for National Bulk who stopped through here recently on his way to New York, expressed regrets the tanker couldn't call here so Honolulu residents could see her. The tanker, some believe, could go into Pearl Harbor, but this could not be determined definitely today because the Navy said depth information on Pearl Harbor is confidential and cannot be released. Built at the Kure Shipyards of the National Bulk Carriers Incorporated of America, the big ship sailed from Japan Sunday, according to United Press.

FIFTH ON SHIP LIST Its length places the" tanker fifth in the world shipping list, but its width gives it top listing. The four other ships which are longer than the Universe Leader are passenger liners. Built for the Liherian-registered Universe Tank Ship Company, the vessel is too wide to pass through the Panama Canal, and will be too deep when fully loaded to navigate the Suez Canal. The $9 million tanker is a product of American shipping magnate Emil Lud-wig who obtained a lease to the old naval shipyard at Kure in 1932 for use of his company, National Bulk Carriers. Since then he has delivered over a dozen vessels, averaging 30,000 tons.

Lunalilo Freeway Plans Approved in Aina Haina Plans for the proposed extension of the Lunalilo Freeway were reviewed and seemingly accepted without much opposition at a meeting open to the public at M's Ranch House last night. The meeting was intended to give residents in the area to be affected by the freeway extension a chance to air their opinions. The proposed plan would have 'the freeway continue from its present terminus at Old Waialae Road to 21st Avenue, a total distance of 2.8 miles. $4 MILLION A MILE The extension will include 1,613,000 square feet of highway and will cost $4 million per mile a total of about said Jack C. Myatt, Territory of Hawaii deputy engineer.

A sale of bonds by the Territory to New York bankers and financiers is to begin tomorrow to finance the project. Robert E. Paine, president of the Aina Haina Professional and Businessmen's Association, went on record, representing his association, as approving the proposed project. Another public' hearing is scheduled for November 8 at 4 p.m. in the City Hall.

If there is no opposition, the proposition will be up for acceptance by the City Planning Commission. Bridge Tournament Winners Announced Week-end winners have been announced for the five-day Hawaiian regional contract bridge tournament which closed Sunday at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel. A special prize was awarded Mrs. Harold J. White of Lakcwood, Ohio, who received a calabash from the Hawaii Visitors Bureau for having the most points among Mainland entrants.

THE WINNERS The first three over-all winners in the following events were: Open pairs (first session) Charles Miller cf San Francisco and Kal Bernstein: Louise E. C. Rostwiek and Sarah Snodgrass; Rose Marie Pulliam and L. J. Rhodes.

Open pairs (second session) Elizabeth Nicholson of Santa Monica and Samuel Ingham Los Angeles: Mrs. Harold J. White, Lakewood. Ohio. Ivan R.

Waterman, Sacramento. California; Mr. and Mrs. George Good en, Carmel, California. Manna Lea pairs Mrs.

Burt Osburn, Mrs, Richard Chambers, both of Salem, Oregon: Joseph Geiger, Mrs. Elsie Geiger. both cf Lansdale. Pennsylvania; Berenice Sanderson and Kathryn Pace. Oahu pairs Evelyn May.

Wahlawa, Mrs. W. Woods, San Diego; Major and Mrs. J. A.

She! ton; Robert L. Moore, Walla Walla, Washington. Mrs. Cathyrn Mitchell, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Teams of four championships Val Anastasopulos.

Marion Wildy of Aiea, Harry Fishel. FiU Do nn ell cf Kailua; Mrs. Marion MeCrackin of San Francisco, Peggy Stodard of Los Angeles. Lieutenant Colonel Morrie Benson of Hickarn Air Force Base. Gerald Pool; Mrs.

Harold White of Lakcwood. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan R.

Waterman. Mrs. Edgar t. i. i vi C' 1 I '1 Maui pairs Mr.

and Mrs. R. B. Bean, Salt Lake Citv. Utah; Captain and Mrs.

M. E. Martin of Barber's Point; Mrs. Richard Chambers and Mrs. Val Sloper Any CO iq i The world's largest tanker, the 84,750 deadweight-ten Universe leader, now making her maiden voyage across the Pacific to New York, cannot call at any Hawaii ports with the possible excep- Seamen Face Trial In Bridges Assault SAN RAFAEL.

Oct. 9 (AP Two Lcs Angelc.s seamen face Superior Court trial on charges of assaulting 5 ho. re leader Harry Bridges in the washroom of a plush waterfront restaurant September 21. Municipal Judge N. Charles Brusatori ordered yesterday that Fred Reppine.

33, and Donald Hansen, 23, stand trial on felony charges of "assault with force likely to produce bodily harm." Bridges, president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, suffered two black eyes, a bruised Jaw and a possible broken rib when he was jumped in the washroom of Sally Stanford's Valhalla restaurant in nearby Sausalito. BRIDGES TESTIFIES Bridges, recovered from the attack, testified the two defendants jumped him from behind and kicked him in the face unci body. Miss Stanford, a famed San Francisco nightlife figure, said Reppine and Hansen followed Bridges into the rest room. Two dozen burly longshoremen sat through the court hearing glaring at the two defendants, both members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, a bitter rival of Bndges's longshore union. Apartment Project Held in Abeyance The proposed 21-23 story apartment house project announced for Kalakaua Avenue between Koa and Kcalohilant Avenues will be held in abeyance "until the elections are over and the Kalakaua realignment is settled once and for all," Ir.

James S. Shinn said today. Dr. Shinn, administrator of the Li-liuokalani leasehold property held by his brothers, said W. I.

Hollingsworth and Company of Los Angeles are "all ready to send engineers here. "But there's no sense in spending $200,000 on engineering fees and detailed architectural plans" until we know whether we have a full block with 46.000 square feet or two-thirds of a block with 31.000 square feet to work with," he said. If the Hollingsworth project goes through, it will be financed entirely by Mainland money, he added. He said the announcement of the project came from the Ixs Angeles firm and was not made bv him. U.S.

Grants Parole To P. Steve Foytich P. Steve Foytich. Honolulu automobile dealer sentenced to an 18-month prison term for income tax fraud, will be paroled December 10, Sam P. King, his attorney, reported.

Foytich, who could possibly have been paroled October 6. will have spent eight months in Oahu Prison. King said he was informed of the parole date yesterday in a letter from the U.S. Board of Parole. Foytich began his sentence April 6.

He was also fined $10,000. He was convicted of defrauding the Government of about $12X00 on his 1940 income. He became eligible for parole last Sat- isrdny after serving one-third of his sen- tence. English Nobleman Due This Evening The Karl of Selkirk, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is scheduled to arrive here at 8:25 p.m. today aboard a Japan Air Line plane from Tokyo.

Lord Selkirk was a "state guest" of Japan from September 24 to October 1. October 1 to yesterday he was a personal guest cf British ambassador Sir Esler Dcning at the Tokyo embassy. rd Selkirk is a cabinet officer in the British Government 'without executive responsibility. He is a minister without portfolio. The Duchy ef Lancaster is nonexistent.

Son Is Born to Westlys I Mr. and Mrs. Rolf T. Westly of Visalia.1! i ij. I 1 i i child, a -on, Rolf Crocket, cn October 2.

Th: baby's mother is the former Joan rv p-1 1 I Th? infant is the first grandchild for i Consul cf Ncrwav and Mrs. Rolf J. West- i lv ef Honolulu. 1 Linen Drive for Hospital W'i the Wcnu-n reported yesterday a ''small mountain" ef bed linen has been colic. ted for the Territorial Hospital in Kane jhe.

Poisons hitving further contributions jr.ny eail Mrs. Malcolm Aiken, cr Gamett King, Ca in of sheets are aho being cct I ted. I i i i I i i i 4 4 FKet Chung Candidacy May Be Challenged Paul H. C. Chung.

Republican nominee for County Clerk, said today he has heard reports that some Democratic attorneys may challenge the legality of his candidacy. But his Democratic opponent, Leon K. Sterling, incumbent, promptly denied any knowledge of it and said he would not approve of it. Chung, a youthful newcomer to politics, trounced his veteran Democratic opponent by a vote of 29,427 to 24.530. Before the deadline for filing nomination papers last month, Sterling challenged Chung's right to file as a candidate because he had not taken, a leave of absence from his civil service position in City Hall.

Sterling held out Chung's nomination papers until the filing deadline had passed but later accepted them after it was decided Chung did not have to take leave from his civil service position to run. The challenge to Chung's candidacy would be on the grounds that he did not file his nomination papers before the deadline, according to City Hall reports. Chung said he has heard the reports but added, "I am encouraged by the results of the primary and my only interest at present is to win the election fairly and squarely." Questioned on the reports. Sterling said he has not heard of them: "If he has enough votes to give me another licking, more power to him. "If the party wants to file charges against him, it will not be with my approval," Sterling said.

Officials Fly to Guam To Plan School Aid Two Federal school authorities left at noon yesterday for Guam to plan Federal school aid for that island. They are Dr. Guy H. Clark, of San Francisco, regional representative of the U.S. Education Office, and O.

Booher, of Washington, D.C., chief of the school construction section for the U.S. Office of Education school assistance program. They said Guam previously has not been included in Federal school aid programs. Clark specializes ih maintenance and operation, in addition to construction. They did not say how much money Guam would get.

They visited the Territorial Department of Public Instruction today. They are scheduled to return Sunday on a Pan American Airways plane. They will leave for the Mainland October 17, Kaiser Company Asks TV Channel 73 Okay WASHINGTON. Oct. 9 (UP) A firm headed by manufacturer Henry J.

Kaiser today asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to operate a new television station on Channel 13 in Honolulu. The firm. Kaiser Hawaiian Village Television, is the only applicant for the outlet. Kaiser also is principal share holder in the company. Another of his affiliates.

Kaiser Ha- waiian Village Radio, recently applied 1 for a new radio station in Honolulu. Worker Gets Bad Taste Of Being Buried Alive Leon Hiccm of 1703-1 Lanakila Avenue today got a good idea what it feels like to be buried alive. A worker for A'! C. Chock, private contractor, Hieom shorth before noon today was buried in mud and soft dirt up to his shoulders when a five-foot ditch he was digging in caved-in at the Pearl Harbor Shipyard. He was dug out in 25 minutes by other workers nearby a ad is believed suffering from a fractured leg.

He is confined in Queen's Hospital. Repatriation Ship Sails MAIZURU Prefecture'. Japan, Oct. 9 (AP.) The Japanese repatriation ship Shintoku Maru left for Nakhodka. Siberia yesterday to pick up 45 Japanese prisoners cf war freed by Russia.

The ship is due back October 16. Island Visitor For This Year Arrives Still a little bit awed by all the fuss made over them, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stoesser of Burlingame, California, sat down today to their first breakfast in Hawaii under the banyan tree at the Moana Hotel. For one thing, they are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary today.

For another, Mrs. Stoesser, by virtue of being the visitor to the Islands, received the red carpet treatment when she and her husband stepped off the United Air Lines plane from San Francisco at Honolulu Airport yesterday. ROYAL RECEPTION The Hawaii Visitors Bureau, which kept track of the count, had a royal reception prepared for the visitor. The Stoessers were greeted by" hula dancers and musicians, official and tourist representatives and the king and queen of Aloha Week, Mrs. Kealoha Ching and William Aipalena Kuloloia.

"My goodness, I didn't know what was happening," Mr. Stoesser said. 'They started hanging stuff all over us. We were really surprised." 30 YEARS AGO The Stoessers were married 30 years ago today in San Francisco, where they met. They will be in the Islands 16 days.

Mrs. Stoesser was born in Stuttgart, Germany, her husband in Gaggenau, Germany. He moved to San Francisco 35 years ago. Both are naturalized citizens. Mr.

Stoesser is chief inspector of the tool and dye works at the Schlagelock Company, San' Francisco. "We have planned this trip a long time," he said. "We couldn't afford a honeymoon until six months after we were married because we had to save the money. Then we went to San Diego." Clyde Doran, vice-president of Inter- i Island Resorts, met them at Honolulu Airport with a promise of "every courtesy" on their trip to the Neighbors Islands. Other official greeters included William Cogswell, Hawaii Visitors Bureau executive director; Jack Bentley, Sky Room manager, who promised two flaming sword dinners at the airport dining spot, and M.

A. Blair, of M. A. Blair Company, who gave the Stoessers a monkey pod bowl. The visitor arrived late in November last year.

It was the first time 100,000 tourists came to the Islands. Woman, Child Hurt In Two Auto Accidents Two pedestrians a woman and a child were injured in separate traffic accidents yesterday. Rachel Price, of 1920-B Hani Lane, was treated at the City-County Emergency Hospital for abrasions and contusions suffered when she was struck by a car driven by Quirino Alcon, of 3176 Kai-mana Street, at 8i45 p.m. The accident occurred at King and Mckauea Streets. Police said Mrs.

Price was in a crosswalk, walking with the green light, when she was struck. Alcon was charged with violating the pedestrian's right of way. Late yesterday afternoon, nine-year-old Annie Mundon, of 94-528 Paiwa Street. Waipahu. was hospitalized after she was hit by a car driven by Martin P.

Kihana. of 94-1103 Kaaihue Street, Wahiawa. cn Oahu Sugar Company property in the country town. The child was confined to Wahiawa General Hospital with-multiple abrasions. No charges were filed against the driver.

Collapses at Desk A 57-year-old Standard Oil Company clerk suffered a stroke at his desk this morning at 9:40 a.m. and was taken to the Queen's Hospital in serious condition. Loo Duck, cf 43 Funchal Street who was the company's oldest employe in length of sen ice, collapsed at his desk in the maintenance office cn the third floor cf the Alexander and Baldwin Mr. Loo. who has been with the company for 39 years, had a "similar attack ore, company employes said.

A syndicate of New York investment firms was the successful bidder for the 512.5 million Territorial Highway De- partment revenue bond issue when bids were opened today at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. Ben E. Nutter. Territorial Highway Engineer, received a radiogram early today that the successful bidders were Suspect Is Re-Arrested In Pool Hall Slaying A 46-year-old man is in police custody for the second time since April for questioning in the bludgeon slaying of pool hall caretaker Philip M. Valen-ciano.

The suspect was arrested last night by Detectives Eichi Hongo and David Shinn, who have been investigating the five-month old killing which took place in a Smith Street pool hall. More than 100 persons have been questioned thus far in connection with Valenciano's death, according to Lieutenant C. D. Honan. Of all those questioned, the suspect held in custody appears to have had the best motive, Honan said.

The suspect was first arrested on the day Valenciano's body was discovered, but was released some time later. Marine Gets Rehearing In Fatal Shooting Case The Marine Corps today is rehearing the case of Private First Class Walter P. Powell who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment September 14 atfer; conviction of shooting a Canadian sailor in the back. A Marine Corps spokesman said the rehearing was necessary when it was discovered that part of the trial transcript was missing due to a recorder breaking down. A complete transcript is needed for reviewing authorities.

Powell was tried for the near-fatal shooting of Seaman Ian Thompson last July 15.. Hagerty Says Democrats Linked Statehood Bills WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (AP) Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said yesterday it was the "Democrat-controlled committees of Congress" that kept Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii from being considered independently. At a news conference, Hagerty was asked whether he had any forecast on the Alaskan election which is being held today.

He replied no, other than that he would assume Statehood is the main issue and that the position of both parties is known. "I sincerely hope," he added, "the people of Alaska know that we urged that both Alaskan and Hawaiian Statehood be considered independently but that was not the will cf the Democrat-controlled committees cf Congress" Southerland to Take Post at Barber's Point Rear Admiral Leonard B. Southerland will take command of Airborne Early Warning Wing Pacific at Barber's Point in change of command ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Southerland, who arrived here September 21.

relieves Captain Edward D. Rcn-fro who remains as chief of staff of the wing. Following the ceremonies, a reception will be held at the Officers Club. Marks 75th Birthday Harold G. Dillingham, presid ent of the B.

F. Dillingham Company, is celebrating his 75th birthday today. Mr. Dillingham, who was born here October 9, 1881, is six years younger than his brother, Walter F. Dillingham.

He is a director cf the Seaboard Finance Company and president cf Kaui-keolani Children's Hospital. He is active also in yachting circles..