The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 7, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” / VOL. LXXV.7NO. 11,548 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDA\ JULY 7, 1950 e - | » | ’\’F‘.MBFR ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e .S. Forces Make Comeback in Korean Fight DRAFT WILL BE USED BY GOVI. NOW Some 600,000 Men fo Be Added fo Armed Serv- icesOrder Issued WASHINGTON, July 7 — (® — The government today ordered use of the draft to add some 600,600 | men to the armed services. Voluntary enlistments also were invited. Presumably the number of volunteers will determine how many will be drafted to bring the fighting forces to full strength to back up American troops fighting in Com- munist-invaded South Korea. No men have been drafted in the last 18 months. The Selective Service System, however, has continued to register and classify youths. On June 23 some 7,638,000 men between the ages of 18 and 26 were classified. Of that number 1,140,000 were in 1-A—meaning fit for mil- itary service. Announcement of the decision to invoke the draft was made at the Pentagon. President Truman sim- ultaneously summoned congressional military leaders to the White House to tell them of the decision. As the use of the draft was or- dered, defense officials announced that over-all ceilings on branches of the armed services had been lifted. This means that the Army, Navy and Air Force can go beyond their present budget ceilings on military personnel. Economy restrictions up to now have prevented expansion of the fighting forces. The latest total strength figure given for all the services was about 1,370,000. The authorized strength is 2,005,882. The draft act, which last week was renewed for one year, calls for registration of men between 18 and 26. Only those from 19 to 26 can be drafted. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 7 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 101%, Anaconda 29%, Curtiss- ‘Wright 9%, International Harvester 26%, Kennecott 56%, New York Central 11%, Northern Pacific 14%, U.S. Steel 32%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,870,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 208.59, rails 50.29, utilities 40.73. AT GASTINEAU Robert Pollack is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go - Round Bv DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 1950. by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) WSHINOTON—U. S. observers had picked up word, prior to the Korean invasion, that the comin- form had worked out an over-all plan of attacks and revolts by satellite countries, but such an attack was not expected in Korea. In fact, Moscow’s Korean strategy was kept so secret that not even the Communist government of Mao Tse-Tung in Peiping was told about it. Since then Mao has sent a stiff protest to Moscow that the action was in his sphere and he should have been informed. On the other hand the Chinese Communist General Staff was twice alerted for an invasion of For- mosa, one by June 15, the other by June 20. This information leaked to U. 8. Intelligence—perhaps pur- posely, in order to divert U. S. attention away from Korea to For- mosa. If on purpose, the strategy ‘was successful, for the chief thing MacArthur hammered at Secretary of Defense Johnson about during their Tokyo conference was Fcr- mosa. Korea was not mentioned. Other areas which, according to this advance information, were ready for the cominform master- squeeze were: 1. The Yugoslav-Bulgarian Bor- der—Border skirmishes had in- creased; Bulgarian troops were mas- sing; and it looked as if Moscow (Continued on Page Four) SEARCH KEEPS UP FOR SEVEN MISSING IN BOMBER (RASH ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 7— (A—Search continued today over an extended area for seven airmen mis- sing since the crash of their B-17 bomber in Kulak Bay on Adak/ Island Wednesday. A Navy crash boat reported back from the scene that it had found no sign of the airmen. There were no bodies in the plane. The report caused officials here to speculate that the crew might have parachuted shortly before the{ plane crashed. The big bomber, a 10th Rescue Squadron plane, was enroute to Shemya at the tip of the Aleutians to pick up sick personnel for re- turn to Elmendorf Air Force base here. DOG MUSHER ENDS TREK; CALLS IT GFF, - FAIRBANKS,MAINE MOORHEAD, Minn., July 7—(®— A three thousand-eight hundred | mile dog sled run has ended here for Cecil Moore of Lewiston, Me. Moore was on a 6,000-mile trek from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Lewis- ton, He was prevailed upon to discon- tinue the trip by Clay County Hu- mane Society head, Walter Erick- son. Moore is now negotiating for a truck to take the 10 dogs to his destination. | The dogs are reported to be in good shape, but warm weather orought about the caneellation. CONCERT PIANIST ENDS VISIT HERE Having come to Alaska with a va- cation and an idea, Maxim Schapiro now has interested a number of communities in a northern concert circuit and now finds himself with a concert engagement before leav- ing the Territory. The noted pianist left Juneau to- day for planning conferences in Petersburg and Ketchikan, before playing a concert Sunday in Fair- banks. This recital will dedicate a new community piano for the In- | terior city. After several days’' concentrated practice, balanced by long hours of relaxation at his Mill Valley, Calif., home, Schapiro will perform a monumental work as part of the Bach festival in Carmel, July 16-23. This is the entire series of 48 pre- ludes, a master work which Scha- piro recently played in Kansas City, Mo. His autumn tour will take him across the country and to Cuba and Puerto Rico for concerts, after which he will be soloist in Carnegie Hall January 8 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leon Barzin. LOST OR STRAYED FROM JOHNSON HOME ON FRITZ COVE ROAD How one can lose a large medicine chest with a three-way mirror, Mrs. Vic Johnson doesn’t know, but the chest and several other pieces of household furniture and appliances have been lost or have strayed from the Johnson home on the Fritz Cove road. Neither the previous renters or the owners have been able to trdce the articles, but Mrs. Johnson is especially anxious {to locate the nedicine chest which might have been sold to some unsuspecting purchaser. She says she is willing to forget the other household pieces but she does want her mirrored medicine chest returned. IT'S MR. LUCAS NOW; HE’S WARRANT OFFICER Harry I. Lucas, Jr., will mturn July 11 to his staff duties with the Alaska National Guard, although it was Master Sergeant Lucas who went on leave a month earlier. The Juneau man came back to duty for a few days and went to Anchorage to take his oath of of- fice. 9 He had to pass four rigorous examinations for the promotion by which he exchanged a sergeant’s stripes for the rounded two-color bars of the warrant officer. Mr. Lucas is administrative assist- ant to the senior instructor, ANG. Elks Are Swarming At Miami MIAMI, Fla., July 7—®—Elks by | the trainload swarmed into Miami | today for the 86th annual national convention which begins Sunday. i Special ‘trains rolled from Cali-| fornia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio | and New England for the week-long convention that is expected to draw | about 12,000 delegates and their families. When the first session is called to order Monday each of the 48 states, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Alaska, the Canal Zone and the Philippine Islands will be represented. Asks 2 Billion More for Arms Aid fo Europe WASHINGTON, July 7 — (® — Senator Lodge (R-Mass) proposed today that the United States im- mediately provide $2,000,000,000 more for arms aid to Europe to blunt the Soviet arrow he said is pointed at Western Germany. Con- gress has authorized $1,222,500,000 for a secofxd year of the arms pro- gram. | BLAZES ARE BEING FOUGHT IN CALIF.; FOUR MEN KILLED SAN FRANCISCO, July T—P— Weary, smoke-blackened fire fight- ers today battlel scattered blazes which have burned 56,000 acres of California scrub and timber land and killed four men. Almost as quickly as one fire was controlled another was reported. An estimated 500 men—aided by plane, helicopter and bulldozer—re- ported they had 75 percent control of a blaze which spread over 20,000 acres in the Las Pilitas area near Santa Margarita northeast of San Luis Obispo. Truth in War Reporting Is New o Germans Says Paper BERLIN, July 7—(®—The West Berlin newspaper, Der Tag today craised American news agencies for delivering objective reports which relate American reversals as well as successes in Korea. The newspaper said this was something new to Germans who ilived through the Hitler era. COURT OFFICIALS OFF FOR KETCHIKAN SUNDAY Federal Judge George W. Folta! and two officials of the U.S. District Court for the First Division will sail for Ketchikan Sunday. Court will open there Tuesday, and hearings on motions will be held in preparation for the fall term of court in the First City, according to court officials. 1 Besides Judge Folta, those going south will be J. W. Leivers, clerk of the court, and Marie Jensen, deputy | clerk. MRS. JACK SEY ENJOYS REVISITING CHANNELI Mrs. Jack Sey, who lived in Doug- l las for 29 years before moving out- | side in 1943, is having a wonderful reunion with old friends on her first visit in the seven years. | Her husband remained in La| Habra, Calif., while she came to spend the summer with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hall, Jr., of Juneau. She; arrived the Fourth of July on. the Aleutian. Two other daughters live in Cali- fornia—Mrs. Arthur McBride, also in La Habra, and Mrs. Jack West- fall, of Wilmar. FROM PETERSBURG Dave S. Loy of Petersburg is reg- istered at the Baranof Hotel. EVACUATION PLANS STUDIED,FAIRBANKS, BY CITY OFFICIALS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 7—® —An evacuation plan for residents in event of an emergency is being ‘studied by city officials, Mayor Maurice T. Johnson said today. The plan, similar to wartime civil- ian defense programming, would di- vide the city into sections with a director for each area. It would set up emergency units of trucks for transportation, ambulances, fire fighting and water supply. Motorcycles would be used for messenger service in event commu- nication lines are severed. Evacuation would be carried out { with the cooperation of local air- lines. The planning also includes construction units to build bridges, and organization of block wardens and home defense units composed of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars members. GOP T0 GIVE OWN REPORT ON STATE DEPT. INQUIRY WASHINGTON, July 7 — @ — | Shaiply-divided Senate investiga- tors disclosed. today there will be at least three — and possibly five — separate reports on their Commun- | ist inquiry. Senator Tydings (D-Md), chair- man of a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee which made the in- vestigation, told reporters the two Republican members of the five man group had served notice that they each will prepare their own report. Y As for the three Democratic mem- bers, Tydings said: “We have not congealed on any one report yet.” Tydings talked to newsmen after |the committee met behind closed doors for an hour and a half to discuss a proposed preliminary re- port prepared by the staff. The committee’s four-month in- vestigation dealt with charges by Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) that the State Department harbors Com- munists and fellow travelers. KOREA SITUATION CURTAILS ALASKA AIR CARGO SPACE SEATTLE, July 7 — (® — Pacific Northwest shippers may encounter a shortage of plane-cargo space, rarticularly to Alaska, as a result of Defense Department demands on commercial airlines in charfer operations to the Far East. Northwest Airlines said ® would use all available transports for iis Korean-support operations over NWA’s north Pacific route. The |firm has notified Alaska shippers that freight volume on the Seattle- Anchorage run would have to be reduced at once. Pan American World Airways ,s shifted planes from its Atlantic and Latin American divisions to fly the central Pacific route to Tokyo. If the Korean situation worsens, Pan American may have to use craft now on its Alaska run. ‘Author Kills Wife, Commits Suicide SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 7 —I{M—John Guy Gilpatric, 54, noted writer and author of the well- known Glencannon stories, and his wife, Maude Louise Gilpatric, 52, were found shot to death in their home here early today. Only a few hours before Mrs. Gilpatric learned she had cancer. Deputy coroner James W. Web- ster listed the case as murder and suicide, committed by the author. India’s Prime Minister Nehru made a statement today calling for Soviet Russia’s return to the UN and for the admission of Red China into the family of nations. He said both actions are ‘“necessary prerequisites” to ending the hostil- ities in Korea. Danish Army and Navy officers were ordered today not to leave Denmark without permission—and to remain within a 12-hour trip .ot their posts until further notice. MacArthur Is| Named Korea Supreme Head LAKE SUCCESS, July 7 — ® — General Douglas MacArthur's ap- pointment as the first Supreme Commander of UN. forces in Ko- rea was made possible today by the Security Council. The council voted 7 to 0 for a British-French resolution authoriz- ing a unified command in the Ko- rean war and asking the US. to designate such forces. There were three abstentions—India, Egypt and Yugoslavia. The U.S. was expected to desig- nate MacArthur without delay. The council also authorized Mac- Arthur to use the blue and white U.N. flag in battle for the first time. Duich Destroyer Ordered to Korea THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, July 7—®—The 1,796-ton Dutch | destroyer Everntsen, left Indonesian waters today for Korea. This is the first Netherlands vessel to be sent by the Netherlands to aid the United Nations in its efforts to repel the Communist invasion of South Korea, the Dutch Naval Ministry information service announced. CUTS IN TRAVEL ALLOWANCES FOR AGENCIES - ASKED | WASHINGTON, July 7 — ® — A Senate appropriations committee fight over individual items delayed today a Republican effort to whack 2 big chunk out of the $29,000,000,- 000 one-package spending bill. Republican members . agreed unanimously to support a proposed amendment which would force a 10 percent cut in travel allowances for most agencies. The FBI, Secret Service, Customs Bureau, Immigration Service and International Revenue Agents would be exempted. In the Post Office Department, the cuts would be two per cent for personnel and five per cent on travel. Senator Bridges (R-NH) said {he budget bureau had described the amendment as workable, It was proposed as a substitute for the House-approved Taber amendment which cut $600,000,000 off the orig- nal House bill and the Jensen amendment which would have pre- vented government agencies from filling more than 10 per cent of the job vacancies that occur. Under terms of the Republican proposal, President Truman could increase appropriations in any 2mergency by submitting suppie- mental estima'es to Congress. Members said the appropriation group, seeking a final agreement on the bill, may not get around to the Republican proposal until ‘omorrow. Vaican Silent On Bishop 0'Hara VATICAN CITY, July 7 — (@ — Official Vatican sources maintained strict silence today about the whereabouts of American Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara. Unofficial sources, however, hinted that he is leaving or has already left Ro- mania, which ordered him out Tuesday on the ground that he was engaged in espionage. Some informants expect him to reach Rome tonight. FROM SEATTLE John Carter, Jr., of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. FROM HAWK INLET Tom Conrad of Hawk Inlet is staying at the Baranof Hotel. An invasion of Formosa may be next on the Communist military agenda. Red China has filed for- mal notice with UN of her inten- tion to seize the Nationalist strortg- hold . The National Wildlife Federation estimates that there are nearly six million big-game animals in the United States. TRUMAN ASKS Experiments on Hydro- genBombs Also Pushed | WASHINGTON, July 7 — ® — President Truman today asked Con- gress for $260,000,000 to speed de- velopment of atomic bombs and push experiments on the hydro- gen bomb. Mr. Truman said the money would be used to enable the Atomic Energy Commission “to build additional and more efficient plants” to carry out his directive of Jan. 31 ordering work on the H-bomb. The President said the funda- mental objective is to use atomic energy for peace, but he added: “Until this objective is achieved, however, we must strengthen our own defenses by providing the | necessary atomic energy capacity.” He pointed out in a statement that his January directive called on the AEC “to continue its work on all forms of atomic weapons, includ- ing the hydrogen or fusion bomb.” Mr. Truman did not mention Sumner T. Pike, who has been acting chairman of the "AEC by name, but he had these words to say in connection with his confidence in the commission: “In this new undertaking (speed- ing the progress of the atomic energy program) the Atomic Energy | Commission has my complete confi- dence, ‘based upoh the vigorous leadership it has given to the atomic energy program in the past.” Pike’s nomination for a new term has been bottled up in the Senate where a vote on confirmation is set for Monday. The President empha- sized yesterday his confidence in Pike and said he is backing him 100 percent. Pike’s term expired last Friday. Concerning the new money asked, Mr. Truman said the plants to be build would be “of advanced design” and their operation will “provide new knowledge that will speed the progress of the atomic energy pro- gram.” “The expansion in the scope of our atomic energy program gives added emphasis to the fact that atomic energy has great potentiali- ties both for destruction and for the benefit of mankind,” Mr. Truman said. 3PW Buffet Supper Will Honor Delegate Miss Ruth McGrew, State Pres- ident of the Business and Profes- sional Women's Club, will arrive in Juneau Tuesday, July 11, via Pan American plane. Miss McGrew, representing Alds- <a, was a delegate to the BPW si-annual convention which was eld in San Francisco last week. ind to welcome her home and hear aer report on the convention, a Juffet supper will be held Tuesday >vening at 7 o'clock at the E. E. Zngstrom home. It will be Jor members only. Those who expect to attend are ‘equested to make reservations with Pat Baxter at the Baranof Hotel cigar stand. Due to the buffet supper meeting Tuesday, there will be no regular luncheon meeting of the club Mon- day. FOUR VESSELS LAND 93,500 LBS. HALIBUT Four boats unloaded a total of 93,500 pounds of halibut this mor- ning at the Juneau Cold Storage Company wharf. Prices paid for the fish were the same as those paid yesterday: 25 cents per pound for mediums, 24.50 cents for large, and 18 cents for chickens. Fishing closed in Area Three at midnight Wednesday. The vessels bringing their last loads here to- day were the Brothers, 20,500 pounds; the Carmelia J. 30,000 pounds; the Pelican, 8,000 pounds; and the Eastern, 35,000 pounds. BIG AMOUNT FOR A-BOMBS Tells Cong@ He Wants| | doubt. They have been approved by | cratic process by making Alaska and ®© e0ceeecvceeeccccccccnce TWO DELEGATES URGING PASSAGE STATEHOOD BILLS BartIeHFu—ts Up Argu- ments for Measure-Lucas and Cordon Give Views By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, July 7 — B — The voteless Delegates from Hawaii and Alaska protested today against | Congress possibly adjourning be- fore passing legislation to erant statehood to the Territories. Delegates Bartlett of Alaska and Farrington of Hawaii said it is “un- thinkable” that the Senate should quit before acting upon the House- passed bills. “In view of the Pacific situa- tion, it seems surer than ever that if the Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills are voted upon by the Senate they will pass,” Bartlett said. Senate Majority Leader Lucas (D-III) said Wednesday Senate ac- tion on the bills would depend upon how long Congress remains in ses- ision. He said he hoped for ad- journment by July 31. He expressed belief it would take most of this month to wspose of the tax and appropriations bills, leaving fate of the statehood bills in the Senate Insular Affairs Commit- tee. \ Bartlett said the ‘“obligation” of the Senate to consider and act upon the statehood bills should override the desire to wind up the session on July 31. “These are major measures,” he said, “they are on the administra- tion program. “The need.for statehood. is:foxti- fied by what is going on in Korea. “We are engaged in a war of propaganda as well as a war of bullets. “Nothing could be more helpful for the American side in that propa- ganda war in respect to influencing the people of the Pacific world, than to demonstrate that ‘his country is ready to move aggressively and af- firmatively in extending the Demo- Hawaii states.” Senator Cordon (R-Ore) said yesterday he will move at the earliest opportunity to have the Senate take up the Hawaii bill. He conceded the Senate prob- ably would not act upon one state- hood measure without considering the other. He said he would not op- pose a decision on the Alaska bill although he will not support it. Cordon expressed doubt that Con- gress will be able to adjourn by the end of July and said there should be plenty of time to take up the bills MAY TWIST LUCAS' ARM WASHINGTON, July 7 — ® — President Truman was urged today to “twist the arm” of Senate Ma- jority Leader Lucas (D-IID) to get Senate action on bills to grant Ha- wail and Alaska statehood. Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, after a White House visit, said Mr. Tru- man told him he would do every- thing he could to get the bills -passed. The House-passed bills have been approved by the Senate Insular Committee. Bartlett told reporters Lucas is holding them up because of efforts to adjourn Congress by July 21. Lucas has said action on the bills depends on how long Con- gress remains in session. “If we can get them to the floor of the Senate, I am sure they will pass,” said Bartlett. “The problem now is to twist Lucas’ arm.” ‘While Bartlett did say Mr. Tru- man promised to do what he could, he didn’t say whether the President would twist Lucas’ arm. ®© o o 0o 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 50; minimum, 47. At Airport—Maximum, 53; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneau and Viclnity) Decreasing cloudiness be- coming fair and warmer Sat- urday. Low temperature to- night about 48 and high Sat- urday near 65. ®eescoesese PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.58 inches; since July 1—0.96 inches. At Airport — 0.11 inches; since July 1—0.36 inches. AIRBLOWS STRUCK IN WIDE AREA Envelopingm vements Being Attempted by 2 Divisions of Reds TOKYO, Saturday—{M—General MacArthur reported today the North Korean Communists were continuing to press their envelop- ing movement deep in South Ko- rea, but fresh field dispatches credited the American and South Korean defenders with a 10-mile comeback in at least one sector. The Tokyo headquarters com- munique said the front reached from a point north of Chonan— which is 60 miles south of Seoul— northeast to Mugung, Chungju and the east coast. It said the North Koreans were pressing their enveloping movement with two divisions in the Pyong- taek area, which is 14 miles north of Chonan, However, Tom . Lambert, AP cor- respondent reporting from the South Korean front by telephone, said an American combat patrol had moved about ten miles north Fri- day against meager opposition. He said the only planes visible in the clear sky were American. Earlier a South Korean Colonel said the defenders had recaptured Pyongtaek and Chungju, 40 miles east of Pyongtaek. Showdown Battle A showdown battle is shaping up om, , force of American GI's. The battle scene is expected to be a rainswept clay area just north of Taejon and south of Communist-held Suwon. Both sides are shoving men and supplies into the battle area—the Americans by air and 'sea from Japan. The Reds: are said to have fifteen divisions—numbering up to 90,000 men—and 150 tanks already on hand. And so fast are they re- inforcing and servicing their war machine, it’s a question whether the Americans will have time to check the powerful thrust. Envelopment Threat MacArthur’s communique said the envelopment threat by the Reds in the Pyongtaek area was being pres- sed by the Third and Fourth Divi- sions. The enemy First Division was reported farther west, near the west coast, while the Fifth Division was probing south and west from Wonju, which is 60 miles northeast of Pyongtaek. North Korean divisions have an estimated combat strength of 5,000 to 6,000 each. (The communique in effect con- firmed field dispatches of 24 hours earlier. Tokyo headquarters matter has beert running consistently later than field reports, a fact which lends credence to field news of an American comeback.) Air Blows Struck MacArthur's communique also re- ported widespread American: air blows, ranging from close front sup- port for the troops to a B-29 raid on an ofl refinery at Wonsan, 70 miles inside North Korea. It added that naval patrols bom- barded enemy oil tanks, bridges and shipping along the east coast at undisclosed places. U.S. THRUST HURLED BACK AN ADVANCED AMERICAN OUTPOST IN KOREA, Saturday, July 8—4P—An American counter- thrust ten miles north into Com- munist-held territory was hurled back late Friday when North Ko- -ean Infantry sprang a trap on an advancing American patrol. (Convinued on Page Six) STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Kathleen from Van- couver scheduled to arrive 3 p.m. Saturday. Alaska from Seattle due Sunday. Freighter Ring Splice due Mon- day from Seattle. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday. Aleutian from west scheduled southbound Sunday.