The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 30, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” i) VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,543 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e Send U. S. Infantry to Korea, Says Truman Tenting on the 01d Camp Grounds STATUS ON STATEHOOD - MEASURES ‘WASHINGTON, June 30 — (» — Democratic Leader Lucas said todav that Senate action on bills to gram statehood to Alaska and Hawaii will | depend on how long Congress <ta}s in session. He told the Senate that he is| “very much in favor of statehood? for Hawaii and Alaska” But, he| said, he is not in favor of “staying | around here all summer” .to pass| these and many other measures. { Lucas, in outlining the Senate | program for the rest of the session, said that whether or not the Senate can take up the statehood bills “de- pends on how long we stay here.” He reiterated that he still is aiming for adjournment around August 1. Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) in urging action, particularly on the Alaska statehood bill, said that | because of the Korean situation “I| think it has almost become a war measure.” MILK STRIKE ENDS; RAILS STILL STRUCK ) (By the Associated Press) Here's the labor picture today in brief : Rails—sixth day of strike ot switchmen against five big mid- ‘western and western roads. No signs yet of peace. Senators in Washing- ton calling for action. The rail men want 48 hours pay for ‘40 hours work. A fact-finding board okayed the 40-hour week, but recommended an 18 cent an hour wage boost instead of the pay for | 48 hours. The switchmen are pro- testing. Three more unions may go out July 15. Federal mediators are in constant parleys with both sides. The three weeks old milk strike ended last night in Pittsburgh. The driver-salesmen will get about $12.50 a day. They used to get $10. They wanted $13.50. Bakers in Los Angeles went back to work. They'd been out in 21 wholesale bakeries since June 17. The settlement provides: wage hike of five cents an hour, 40 hour week, eight hour day, journeymen get $1.73 an hour and $37.50 each in lieu of retroactive pay to May 1 TROLLERS LAND 2,000 LBS. ‘Trolling boats landed 2,000 pounds of salmon here this morning. Among the hoats bringing in fish were the' Aurora, skipper Al Schra- man; the Atka, skipper Jim Ley; the Adios, skipper Jack Lund; and the 31A12, skipper Dick-Neimi. The Washington Merry - Go-Round Bv DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 1960, by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) WSHINGTON—The emergency cabinet session held by President Truman immediately after the at- tack on South Korea was one of the most dramatic since V-E Day. The President had just flown in from Independence, Mo. to find Secretary of State Acheson, Secre- tary of Defense Johnson, Secretary of the Army Pace, Secretary of the Navy Matthews, Secretary of Air Finletter, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Omar Bradley, Air Force Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg and various others waiting for him. “First I must call Mrs. Truman and tell her I've arrived safely; I always do that,” the President said, referring to the fact that Mrs. Truman was still in Missouri. “You make yourselves at home,” he continued. “I've ordered dinner and after we eat we'll sit around and talk this thing out. I want to hear every one of you.” After the meal the military chiefs gave their estimates of the Korean situation, Secretary Johnson said bhe expected the South Koreans to pold. General Bradley was more cautious, pointing out that it was a difficult country to defend. He said he expected rapid gains by the Communists on the first day, after which he expected three e (Continued on Page Four) L3 U S. Bombre “wl | | | | | A formation of six U. building at Fukuoka, on the Japanees isand of Kyushu as they leave to carry out a mission in South Ki facilities from Tokyo. s OH lor Korea S. B-26 bombers fly over the Export Bazaar orea. (M Wirephoto via Army radio /NLRB VOTE IS ORDERED FOR SALMON MEN SEATTLE, June 30—®—The Na- tional Labor Relations Board today denied two petitions seeking to pre- | vent an election to determine juris- diction among 2,500 cannery work-| ers in the Alaska Salmon Industry. Melton Boyd, regional NLRB at- torney, said he was informed of the board’s action in a telegram from Washington, D.C. The message also directed the regional NLRB to pro- ceed with plans for the election. Two unions — the AFL Alaska Fish Cannerys Workers' and the CIO United Packinghouse Work- ers’, Local 77, sought to withdraw petitions they had filed seeking an election. The two unions charged in the at- tempted withdrawal action that a fair election could not be conducted beeause of a contract signed by Local 7-C and the Alaskan Salmor Industry, Inc. The industry signed with Loca! 7-C after the union tied up move- ment of supplies to Alaska by pick- eting. Boyd said NLRB officials will confer today with industry and union representatives to set up elec- tion machinery. 4 He said the situation was compli- cated because numerous non-resi- dent cannery workers already are in Alaska while others have not been shipped north. Two Destroyers Leave for Hawaii SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 30—#— The destroyer-minesweepers Doyle and Endicott slid out of San Diego Bay today, headed for Pearl Har- bor to join the new task force be- ing formed as a result of the Ko- rean war. Ten other destroyers and the 27,000-ton carrier Philippine Sea are loading equipment and supplies here for departure for Pearl Harbor at a time being kept secret. WAR EMERGENCY IS SET UP, FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 30— —A system of whistle blasts has been set up to warn Fairbanks in case of a war emergency, but no plans were needed for a blackout. Right now this far northern city is having daylight around the clock. Military officials at Ladd Air Base- tightened restrictions some- what and Mayor Maurice T. John- son said the city was “not alarmed; just cautious,” . NEW RUSS BLOCKADE LOOMING BERLIN, June 30 — (# — Berlin worried today whether Russia is planning a new blockade. More than 2,000,000 anti-Commu- nists in this cold war outpost 'looked anxiously for signs that may foretell a renewal of heavy Soviet pressure here. Some feared the Kremin wouid again resort to strong-arm tactics in Berlin if for no other reason than to divert U. S. attention from the Korean struggle. West Berlin officials kept close watch on road, rail and canal lifelines to West Germany, but the city’s supplies on all these routes was reported moving normally to- day. Three Soviet-sponsored moves by East German Communists, how- ever caused definite uneasiness: 1. The Russian zone is cutting off delivery of electric power to West Berlin at midnight tonight. 2. East Berlin has threatened to | split the eity’s water system. 3. The Russian zone also has threatened to close sewage outlets of the allied sectors. e e 0 0 0 0 0 o0 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 65; minimum, 52. At Airport—Maximum, 68; minimum, 52. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Considerable cloudiness with occasional light showers tonight and Saturday. Low temperature tonight about 52 high temperature Saturday about 65. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.10 inches; since June 1 — 155 inches; sinee July 1—72.69 inches. At Airport — 0.03 inches; since June 1 — 1.10 inches; since July 1—46.87 inches. 3 . ON “LOOK” MAGAZINE ‘Two staff members of Look Mag- azine are in Alaska with people, rather than scenery, as their prin- cipal subjects. Dan C. Fowler of the West Coast editorial office and Earl Theisen, photographer, came through yes- terday enroute to Anchorage and Fairbanks. They arrived from An- went to the westward by Pacific Northern. ‘The Look staffers expect to retnm to Juneau to complete their Alasks coverage, P s S0y S S .. D cSUME, ETL S ot nette Island by Pan American and | QUEEN CONTEST ENDS MIDNIGHT, Which one of the four popular girls will reign as Queen over Ju- neau's Fourth of July celebration? This decision will not be: known until midnight, or shortly after, when the final count of queen votes will be made at the Baranof by Judy Greene. Nella Jermain was the only one of the four candidates for Queen honors who turned in her vote at 5 o’'clock yesterday afternoon. ‘Today the standings are as fol- lows: Nella Jermain 79,400 Carmen Mantyla 46,700 Shirley Casperson 40,000 Roberta Messerschmidt.... 32,400 The leader in the contest to date, Nella Jermain, is sponsored by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Carmen Mantyla is sponsored.- by | the Women of the Moose and the | Lions Club. Shirley Casperson is sponsored by the Central Labor Council and | Filipino Community. Roberta Messerschmidt is spon- \sored by the Rotary Club and Busi- ‘nesa and Professional Women's ;Club. | Many special events have taken | place by the spensors in boosting | their candjdates and the vote standings have changed repeatedly | during the short drive. | Of course tickets will be solc right up to late on the Fourth when ownership of the automobile will be announced at midnight. JONES WILL SPEED BOAT SEATTLE, yune 30—{»—The man who designed the ‘“Slo-Mo-Shun IV’ has another world beating speedboat on the drawing board, one that “will do well over 200 miles per hour.” “I'm sure she'll do that once T get her built and in the water,” said | ‘Ted O. Jones today. That would be nearly 40 miles an hour faster than the record hung up Monday by the Slo-Mo-Shun IV, with Owner Stan Sayres as pilot and Jones, a Boeing Airplane | Company assistant foreman, as pas- | | senger. But the designer disclosed that | the water-spurning hydro had ! moved much faster and once came i close to disaster by striikng a board. The first run down the measured course was missed by the official | timing device, Jones said, revealing | | that “we hit around 170 that time. | We knew then we could break v.h:i record easily, so we eased up a bit | on the other tries.” After easing up they established the new world mark for unlimited | hydroplanes at 160.3235 miles per hour. Thus “loafing,” they bested ! the old mark, set by the late Su‘ Malcolm Campbell, by almost 20‘ m.p.h. ! JUNEAU CITY BAND T0 PLAY ON FOURTH | | | There will be the usual lively | music for Juneau’s Fourth of July | parade given by the Juneau City Band. Twenty-nine members of the band reported at the special prac- | tice last night in the Grade School auditorium and a selection of pop- ular marches were put on the racks and given the once over. | The band members will report | |at 9 o'clock on the morning of the | | Fourth, in uniform, at the Grade | | School auditorium ready to march | |down Franklin Street in time to head the parade which will start promptly at 10:18 o'clock. HERY FOR VISIT [ Janet Harmon, of McMinnville, Oregon, accompanied by her cousin, Betty Lewis of Oakland, California arrived on the Baranof, Miss Har- imot.her Mrs. Rosemary Harmon. David Harmon, son of Mrs. Har- mon, recently left Juneau to spend the summer with his grandparents on their farm in Oregon. THEN LAST COUNT | Judicial Division of Alaska Jamboree. JAMBOREE OF BOY SCOUTS OPENS TODAY VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 30— M—The Boy Scouts of America open their mammoth national jamboree | today (9 am., EST), in the now- seaceful valley where George Wash- ington's " trobps fought cold and hunger that freedom might be born on this continent. And President Truman, speaking on these historic grounds tonight (8 p.m., EST), is expected to tell the massed Scouts and their leaders that the fight for liberty continues today. Nearly 50,000 attending this first national jamboree since 1937 will sreet the President when he arrives by train from Washington. The week-long eampcraft festi- val, dedicated to the Scouts’ anniversary motto of “Strengthen- ing the Arm of Liberty,” opens offi- ! cially with the raising of the colors to the accompaniment of an aerial | fireworks “bombardment” echoing and re-echoing across the wooded hills. Mostly the jamboree will be fun, | sightseeing and camping pruc!uc for the boys and their leaders who have come from all 48 states, tha Hundreds of tents go up on historic Valley Forge, Pa., 40th | Military Security Tightened WASHINGTON, June 30 — @ — The Armed Forces tightened up on military security teday at most im- | portant installations. These included not only military and naval bases but also strategic engineering installations like locks and waterway structures as well The Panama Canal is unde’ mounted “guard as military forces there went on ‘“modified alert.” The Navy said Fourth of July visits by the public to navy vessels at coastal cities may be entirely pro- hibited in some cases. Visiting may le permitted by local commanders, however. Under orders from Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Opera- | tions, general visiting aboard ships at naval shore installations has| | been banned. Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Com- | mander of the Pacific Fleet, an- nounced also that an aircraft car- | rier, an escort carrier, destroyers | and several other ships will not par- ticipate in Independence Day cele- brations as scheduled. . STEAMER MOVEMENTS territories and 17 foreign countries. ! EX - POSTOFFICE OFFICIAL NABBED FOR POSTAL FRAUD WASHINGTON, June 30—®-—A Federal Grand Jury today indicted Harold F. Ambrose, former Post- uffice Department official, for Iraud in the operation of a 3700000 pool in postage stamps. Ambrose, one time $10,000 a year special assistant to Postmaster Gen- | eral Donaldson, was indicted on 24 | counts. According to Justice Department | Investigators, ~Ambrose induced | | about 25 persons to invest between | $600,000 and $700,000 in the purchase of large blocks of commemorative | postage stamp issues for prospective resale. The Justice Department said in- vestors are believed to have lost be- tween $200,000 and $300,000. Ambrose was fired from the Post- office Department last January 11. SECOND JUDGE IN THIRD DIVISION IS APPROVED, COM. WASHINGTON, June 30 — (® — roved yesterday legislation pro- viding for the appointment of Sec- ond District Judge in the Third The bill 10w goes to the House. ! Prince George lmm Vancouver in port this afternoon. Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday after- ! noon or evening. Chilcotin from Vancouver "schéd- uled to arrive at § p.m. Sunday. Aleutian scheduled to sail from | Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. | Alaska from west scheduled to arrive at 1 am. tomorrow and sails south at 4 am. Baranof from west ;southbound Sunday. ARSONIST ADMITS CIRCUS FIRE WHICH KILLED 168 PERSONS: | COLUMBUS, Onio, June 30—m— | Ohio Fire Marshal Harry J. Callan today said Robert Dale Segee, 21, | Circleville, O., has signed state- ments admitting he set the Ring- ling Bros. Circus fire in Hartford, Conn., that killed 168 persons and |Injured 412 others in 1944. Callan said Segee also admitted setting between 25 and 30 major | fires in Portland, Me., between 1939 land 1946, other fires in New Hamp- ’smre and Ohio and that he is nally responsible for the slay- mg of four persons. Callan said all of Segee's state- | ments have been carefully checked by his investigators since Segee | { | scheduled mon came to Juneau to join her The House judiciary committee ap-, \was taken into custody last MAy '17 on the farm of a relative near East St. Louis, 11 A grand jury today indicted Segee on two charges of arson, stemming from fires in Circleville, Ohio. Park Grounds where General Washington's troops suffered through a severe winter in Revolutionary War days, but these tents are being occupied by thou- sands of Boy Scouts from all parts of the nation and several foreign countries in their National Scout STALIN ILL; HIS DOUBLE TAKES OVER SALEM, Mass., June 30—®—Col. Roland W. Estey, US.A. (R), writ- ing today in the Salem Evening Ngws, sald Premier Stalin suffered a_heart attack, June 2, while on a plane flight bound for Chuvash. Estey said he received the infor- mation from sources in Europe and that'it had been turned over to our intelligence agency. The Colonel wrote the plane was | enroute for a conference in the town | of Chita, approximately 100 miles north of the Chinese border, “The heart attack apparently was of such a nature” Estey wrote, “it seemed wise to return him to Moscow and permit his impersona- | tor to proceed on the trip.” | A former OSS officer, Estey said that during the May 31 demonstra- tion in Moscow Stalin became fa- tigued and his double again v.ook‘ his place. Estey said he received a letter June 21 from Europe containing this mossage: “Watch Formosa or Chosen before One. July.” He explained Chosen is somef used instead of Korea. Estey. said his friend had the in | formation six days before the ag- gression leading to the belief the Communists in North Korea jumped | the gun. times | Escape Arfist Gels 4% Years in Buckef; Will They Held Him! MUNICH, Germany, June 30—(® —A U.S. High Commission Court today sentenced Homer Cook, 27- year-old Oklahoma escape artist, to four and one half years in prison. Cook was convicted on 16 charges and pleaded guilty to four others, mcluding jail break, illegal entry to occupied Germany and imper- sonattlng a federal agent. The tall blond former boxer from Muskogee testified that he stowed nway to Germany last March in rder to marry his brown-eyed German sweetheart, Anna Sporr.u, a waitress. | He had broken out of jail three times since his arrest in April. He could have been sentenced to 100 years in prison. POPULATION OF THIRD DIVISION IS PUT AT 58,338 James D. Brown, Divisional Su- pervisor, Bureau of Census, in a special radiogram to The Empire says: “It- gives me pleasure to an- nounce the preliminary population i { | 101% of the Third Division to be 58338 persons.” Red Tanks Crack Lines; Navy at Work Superforts Make 183 Flights, Pound North Kor- eans - Defense Line Thin (By the Associatede Press) President Truman today autho- rized the usé of American Infantry against the Communist invaders in the Korean war. He did this as Tokyo military sources reported Red tanks lancing at last 15 miles south of the vital Han river defense line. The American headquarters posi- tion at Suwon was threatened in the new Communist thrust against the thinly defended line. Gen. MacArthur's headquarters confirmed that the invaders made a breakthrough southwest of Seoul. President Truman, apparently acting on the recommendation of Gen. MacArthur, authorized him “to use certain supporting ground units” in efforts to stop the Com- munists. MacArthur has an army strength of 123,000 men in his Pacific com- mand. Blockade Set Up Under the President’s authoriza- tion, the U.8. Air Force may fly on specific missions into Communist North Korea if necessary, and the U.S. Navy will blockade the entire peninsula coast line of Korea. U.S. warships already have been shelling Communist positions, and Air Force planes have been on fo- rays against North Korean Air Force bases wherever they could find them. The President announced his grave decisions to his cabinet, joint Chiefs of Staff and ranking mem- bers of Congress, shortly after the Defense Department received ad- vices on the breakthrough. ‘The Han river line south of Seoul {has been thinly defended by Ko- reans, pending the arrival in greater strength of American heavy wea- pons. The defenders lack artillery and tanks. A breach in the line threatens the concrete airstrip at Suwon, the only field in the area which can handle the big planes ferrying in supplies and ammuni- tion. v Reds Driven Back Earlier reports said South Ko- rean defenders, alded by American warplanes, had reentered the sub- urbs of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, and had driven out Communist tank forces. The reports came from Clarence Ryee, South Korea's in- formation director. 8-20’s and other U.S. warplanes pounded at North Korean positions around Seoul again today. They | made 183 flights yesterday—one of them a flight of 18 Superforts — and shot down five enemy planes, | ripped up Seoul's Kimp airfield ahead of reocoupying South Ko- | reans, smashed trucks and chewed |up a locomotive. Gen. MacArthur called it the most successful alr operation of the war. No American casualties were reported. Tokyo advices said it was appar- ent American foot soldiers would be needed to lead South Korean ground forces back across the territory econ- quered in the Communist surprise invasion, and in Washington the i lConunuld on Page T'o) STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 30 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can Anaconda 29%, Curtiss- erght 8%, International Harvester | 26%, Kennecott 55, New York Cen- tral 12, Northern Pacific 14%, US Steel 327%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 2,660,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 209.08, up 2.36, rails 52.24, utilities 40.64. GAINS REPORTED NEW YORK, June 30—M—Tha stock market was no more than Jjostled by a midday blast of selling today. When the bell sounded which closed trading for the week, prices were headed upward. Gains ranged to around $3 a share.’ News that President Truman had ordered U.S. ground troops into ac- tion in Korea touched off the liqui- dation. A tremor went through the market but the recovery was quick and decisive,