The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 26, 1950, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” pis s VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,591 CHINESE « JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURD}Y, AUGUST 26, 1350 PRICE TEN CENTS REDS MASSED NEAR KOREA MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 o | Storm ashes asra oast Vessels ] ] . e i Isning vessc Founders | ' ‘ | { ] e | [] [ ; | | f s L landing (raft in Danger 25 000 CASES 7 As Hospital | ATTACKS BY NORTH : As Storm Thrashes Coast oFF FOR 1950 - Ship Sinks KOREAN COMMUNISTS | | 5 ! BULLETIN—The Coast Guard| - | REER P SRAONIRN s s PR AT Ry | 4 BIG EARIHOUAKE I cutter Citrus reported to headquar-| The total Alaska canned salmon i jters here Litc this mor sing that|pack to date is 25,234 cases less H H H ' " TAKES PLACE IN [ oo e tohne v Thay a1 0 AR IR e o Eighteen Die When Vessel 4 United States Concerned { may’s master, identified only as|it was reported by the fisheries| H - H AI_E“"A“ |S|_[ 1:s‘mmsen, was picked up off Point division of the Fish and Wildlite | Rammed by Ffelgmer ! over POSSIbIe ""efl' Of | Cornwallis, five miles northwest of | Service today. The Southeastern | H | i i Cape Muzon by the fishing boai!district, however is 132,020 cases | in 60|den Ga'e | Chmese En'ry n war Maxine. |behind. The Icy Strait area had i R BGE . | = CLEVELAND, Aug. 26—®—A ma-| The two survivors of Vermay 25,154 cases at this time last year SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26—(P— | (By Associated Press) jor earthquake occurred at 8:45:20 { sinking were identified in (he mess-|and now has only 754l The Tihtcen persons died as the Hos- | United Nations troops today forc- pm. (Juneau time) yesterday flt|age as Norman Ranguist of Kirk-|Juneau western area has about sital ship. Benevol ith ab u | ed invading North the eastern edge of the Aleutians. ¥ i 1 pital ship Benevolence, with about | ng North Korean forces to g land, Wash., and Harley Miller of half of the previous year—49,064 5 d ' withd 4\ It was recorded today on the John | g ¥y 15 aboard, was rammed by a thdraw from the Kumhwa cor- verett, Wash. They were quoted |cases as against 92,833. H oiehter AbA. overtarnsd, 1Rkt wight. e ridor north of i T Carroll University Seismograph. ing that the fourth o A s g aegu, key Allied | as saying thai e fou crew| Juneau eastern pack is slightly . lieve basi " | ® Father Henry F. Birkenhauer, ob- | member, known to them only a*!up with 18,223 cases over 14,019 a s o u‘btlh’.ed it a ews a ou' Pre- t:be' EX:: l’epellzdml T Seeult on A x g =¥ = » were accounted for. e south coast ail Wi Pusal et (- pervatliny direclin, Japld the quake | Arnold, was washed overboard from | year ago. Wrangell-Petersburg has The survivors were Scattered veniafive War | D vital supply port. e f registered about 3,400 miles north-|the Vermay yesterday. |8 pack of 32611 compared with | through various hospitals in the S Isap- Fleld officers sald three North west of Cleveland. £ The survivors are being taken to[58117 last year. The west coast | san Francisco Bay area, or had roved by Di lomafs i Korean divisions were so badly bThe :IEULIMH Lrelchm'ai.z‘rlei Hydaburg aboard the fishing vessel| region is more than double with | gone to their homes in neardy p y p mauled in the Kumhwa “death trap” y quakes close to the surface Ol{Enos. 3 a current pack of 62,130 as against citie: 3 g ; 3 v 5. that they could not mo the earth. The quakes usually are 130720 a year ago. Ketchikan 1s | rme cragh’ coGUFER] SOULL ol the | T Y a RO ECTYG AU 26 — M — | offensive in this sector t;l:: :‘:‘:ZM: strong enough to cause tidal waves| One fishing vessel was lost and down with only 114193 cases com- lomain ship; shanasl SBtRHGE. Han | Shc.c e, Deppstmniiany, axiid Sl 64l if they occur off the coast, he said.|a landing barge was in grave dan-|pared with 197,606 in 1949. | Pranbises By - EBokl: fohie . siles| Prouma SHstp Bieeppiavel of ' 1 "IN the Reds pushed m in. LI S ger today as the result of a storm | The total Central Alaska dis- | irom the Goiden Gate bridge. speech by Navy Secretary Matthews | ously 23 miles northeast ““’e omin- NOME FEELS IT, TOO which thrashed onto the coast of trict is 1377,003 cases to date it ’ k " |at Boston in which he sald the|entn consecutive d:”t" the sev- NOME, Alaska, Aug. 26—®—Three | Alaska yesterday. |Sokien 05 Flihe b bt vans Sy e blinding | United States should be willing 0| fignting around Toegs. A maes ' sharp earthquake tremors rattled| The Coast Guard cutter Citrus|pack of 1252118. Bristol Bay and| g start a war In the interest of peace. | Red push by probably e n windows and shook houses in Nome | reported from Cape Muzon on Dix- | Western area is slightly up over Lu ;:nb:“lt,hm‘,nd drr_eii;m:;, M)n:y Repariers were (id by WIS OH Sioad SR defflpl:;n B:; ::0;0 Stk yesterday afternoon, but no damage [ on Entrance this morning that two | last year with 618,023 cases as| (la‘x:xk of c,,{ rfig‘-’ t:l‘ 05».; 4 wh\_ Lfi ser: EROREE Tubby Cint e apoei] ek g mile ‘along t?’xe l;liao s Was reported, The quake was the|survivors of the foundered fishing|against 586654 cases last year. | B e i P WAL A by £ Depart- yong road in the vicinity ;‘"5“"" first ever felt in the far north com- | vessel, the 58-foot Vermay, had been | S - Nita i _;Ehe m‘s“me i, SRS : ment of State.” He added: no. Bk Ak m:, Chong- munity. The tremors occurred at|picked up by another fishing vessel. | | Dark arrows show re North Korean forces are making probing | o oo 0% 5o g SppaNres 'Mr. Matthews’ remarks about in- qmm“' Mg mm& m” head- 5:40 p.m., Nome time (8:40 p.m.] Farther north, at Cape Sucknng.lARMY GETS READY attacks against U. S. znd South Korean defenders (open arrows). d“rie a:;:aze .m crept into port|:tituting a war for peace do not regained the )} tor :1 Koreans Juneau time), 5:42 and 5:85. about 80 miles southwest of Cor- North of Taegu (1), a Red spearhiead is within eight miles of the Axngthe elo:mm'ted AR A ie;rcunqz U. 8. policy. The United | gpiaok angd h":’u;m a counter- . 8. it~ & States Government does not fawe said their o b gt g lo OPERAIE RA". city. North Koreans have massed(ve divisions in this sector for |the 522-fopt hospital ship could be |instituting a war of any kind." O tnes axe. holding...-: ot JUDGE FOLTA NAMES | comericd, Jnding barge which : what may be-ail-ont drive againsh Taequ.. Commmniet Naktens . |seenl lyng fiat on s #lde, WA 108/, The White Houss refused coffi Rt be e o Soiith GEEL o the rocks while atbempting SYS'I'EM TOMORRow River bridgehead at Hyonpung (2) has been built up to 6,000 men. |boat davits exposed and the giant|ment on the speech. White House| o yero gith UN fore- to salvage a fishing boat which U. S. troops beat off two assanlts by the enemy in Chungam-Tundok (Ted crosses shining on the white | officials said in response to a mvnnbme e o T i WAIJER G HEI_'_ A"'mec disaster there two months ago .| area (3) in the south. North of Pohang (4) Reds have stiffencd |PU . query that it was not cleared there | ; g slightly, t-2 ©. 8. Army o i WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 — (# =1 "4 * Capt. T. R. Wirth, Chief of Staff adv: showed concern in Washington over , Aug. 26 in advance. with the loss of two lives. before attacking allied units. P Wirephoto Map. . i y ! ' st 9 | The Army drew up its plans today __|of the 12th Naval District, said the| 1In his address, at the Boston ts disclosure that Chinese Communs AS (Il“fi A Al eanwhile, tne Alaska Line Te-| o rynning the nation’s railroads| T 9 s ; | Benevolence keeled over within 15| Navy Yard last night, the Navy's ists have massed two armies n ;mrted Lk‘;e Al;ska hadibet;n d:layed»unm The owlers R thro it minutes after the collision. alvillin . oblef .aaid this ,_.mmf,y Manchuria near the Korean border, E or one day because of e storm. i : The Benevolence, until recently |s] . Upon request received from the (Associated Press dispatches from r:n:;s P AEIEE DS ‘opergriE SENATOR BuIlER SAYS laid up with the rescl‘-ve nefln a); x‘hould b: wlne to pily e pie 200,000 Chinese Reds Massed Department of Justice, Washing- | Ketchikan said cannery tenders S 4 even the price of instituting al Tne number of Chinese Reds con- President Truman directed Sec- Mare Island Navy Yard, had been|war, to compel cooperation for] c ton, D. C, and under authority in- | evacuated several fish trap wateh-|yeiare” of the Army Pace to take pulled out for duty in the Korean | peace.” 7 centrated in this section was said vested in the courts by the Act of [men yesterday from their wave-| e, "the 131 majo,-ymnmad: criss SUNDBORG AIIEMPTED war zone. She was on her last ”H‘é‘m not represent this view be 200498, & U'B: Aty spokess June 6, 1900, Judge George W. Folta lash_ed posts.) : !crossing the continent at 4 p.m shakedown cruise -preparatory to|to be government policy, though it @an said 120 huge tanks have been appointed Walter G. Hellan as tem-| First indication of danger to the | psr (omorrow. This led the train- entering on duty. g o sent to the North Korean Com- $i porary United States Marshal today. | Vermay came as a distress message - 7 o UG ETR Sh g was stated by a cabinet officer} munists from the Russian-controlled %€ (men and conductors unions to call She was just off the gate, head- | with the prestige which he pos- Hellan, who was deputy marshal | picked up by the Coast Guard radio | o¢ plans for a nationwide walkout ing in for her Mare Island dock, | ses: PoEGiof S « under the late Marshal William T.|station at 9:25 a.m. yesterday and 7 ; h o ‘This report came on the heels of Aitoney will seive a3 Macshal unbil] relayed to O & 7 Monday of their 300,000 members. when the Mary Luchenbach loomed | State Department officials anc | Red China’ ntil ; relayed to Coast Guard headquar-| gy the President's seizure ord up precipitiously out of the thick . na's accusation the Uni- a permanent Presidential appoint-| ters here. b i | - e fog many OHhers 10 e Ay [ 120, States Smitied an aggtesive & i S act r e % have always talked very strongl, ment is made. Five minutes later another mess- | {ime being, and assured that the | Survivors said the Benevolence | again: y A ¥ | act by giving Naval protection to b Epees Tarhad 4 g S | Tell S i th t A against any action by the United| pormosa, Ni HAINES VISITOR o ATEoroe oyl trains will keep running. The olon Tells Senate fhat A.|swung sharply to port detty and|states or the western powers to markedflt-orfltwnme-l:e‘n Chloess I;hnd T e 58- gt % “liberation” e Com- . unions said their members would . the freighter rammed her star-|undertake what is sometimes called ists. Th Y e H. L. King of Haines 1s registered iz:;s Vermay was drifting toward| «gladly» work for the government, (RII'(IZES u s } N-B- Consu"an‘ cn"(ll' board side, ripping open her plates | the “preventive war.” They con- 3‘:‘:“:}"“‘ gnn;lneun:}t: dm'fd s ‘. But the Jusl as . L . and causing her to sink rapidly. Security ik e e The cutter White Holly, dis-| eqqy witeh Lhenc:ecfi::‘;’mllee;;l ::j I Ed MaSka legISIB'Ufe The hospital ship capsized pa“); :]e(m;:;?: t‘!::t};lbiofl:gglvll:gg;)paléa Council. The United States said it & 2 patched from Ketchikan to the|pners to rush in for a court in- ASIAIK pol'(v went down in 75 feet of watér,|to resist aggression—as in Korea— Would not. object to putting Farmosa' ' rhe w ashlng fon|xene wes foreed to seek sheliel) junction Monday in case there is R WASHINGTON, mug, 26— (P — |Managing to send out one call for| can the U. . hope ither o] o7 the Counéil’s agenda. foX Miscies, L . ?X l;:c\eye ;ezs). u’f;hes ci:‘c:u:t o;d;l’:: any hitch in the announced decision | §AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26—(P— | Senator Butler (R-Neb) said today | 3ssistance just before sinking. achieve the kind of world it wants :“‘z:ml;ix’: l:.e;:'zut r'vfin :::’u:: ity 2 -4 to work. 2 A & 5 4 “ 2 s The Coast Guard sent out 15 put it al ' an P - - Ve v H di 1 b ster- | that Alaskans are “not strangers to or to maintain its position of v Menv GO Round Jestarday, was ‘o foréed 10 TAKE | mace was: expsctad b turm e ey i et slamm | e pernia ? angers 0 cutters, the Army dispatched half| cadership among the peacefully In-! e resolution aimed-at lo- for sheltered waters to re-stow and | ; day, immediately took another slam the pernicious practice O 4 p a g the pf ully lizis FRED BLUMENTHAL o stow and | joh of operating the lines over to[at U. S. policy in the Far East, the promise of extra rewards from |4 dozen tugs and fishing craft | clined nations, ICH zing the Korean war. | ‘onpraht, 1580, me a0 Syndicate, Toe | 1EaSH & deckload of buoys it had | bwo generals, Maj. Gen. Frank A| it e follow through campletely | tax funds dangled before their eyes (conversed from all over the arca; 1f the Communist Chinese foroet g xgid Hellman, Chief of Army Transpor- | i the President’s decisions with re- | —to influence their choice of candi- pulling survivors from the debr's- In Manchuria move southward .tg; Drew Pearson will be back lec reached Cape Muzon at 8 &m. | tation, and Brig, Gen. Andrew F.|upect to Korea, Formosa, the Phil- | dates at the poll” littered sea so quickly that the ARMY H“DS MORE aid the North Koreans, it would from his vacation and writing I!yl and reported that the fishing | McIntyre, Philadelphia, a reserve Whinse sad Im’lflchlna “- inovitably | His comment came as he present- death list was held far below what mean a sharp revision of fighting ' the Washington Merry-Go-Round Z;SSE Enos had two survivors from| officer on leave from the Pennsyl- | means a third World Wars he told|ed to the Senate a letter which he might have been expected in those Ev plans for United Nations forces now on Monday. e Vermay aboard. Their names| yanis Railroad. Assistant Army |, news conference. d S5l ‘was written-by Gecigs, Sund- [Ireachezous watets where the sea holding the South Korean bridge- H were not given. They were being|gecretary Karl R. Bendetsen was ¢ ka | SWirls out through the Golden Gate head. /ASHINGTON — The Russians given medical treatment by a Co8st | gesignate $ The President of the CIO long-lborg, a consultant of the Alaska Sonih s » bruptly stopped broadcasting wea- Guard hospitalman, the report from e;gna c 84 the OVGFATMUPErVIer: | ahore uuion s freed Dy arder of | Detelopment Board,itg Arvo Haatlo, o " Along the E; L.Cf: cnuu sbruplly stopp S from | the Citrus said oth sides in the 18-month dis- |ihe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.| President of the Northwest Alaska Shingasd st Coast two South ther information this week from g pute suggested that their differ- $ - G AL pASSEYS BA(K FROM orean divisions opened the second Fate of the oth d In a 2-1 deciston, the judges ruled | Chamber of Commerce in Nome, b their weather stations north of e other two men aboard | ences might now be allowed t i WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. — ‘A —}day of a coordinated assault north the Vermay wi t k but O|his $25000 bail should not have|aska. It was dated March 14, 1950. Korea. This apperently was done |{be 70 Ay was not known, bul|simmer for a while. The unions|peen cancelled August 5 at the re-| In a statement for the Congres- FAIRBANKS REUNION; oy reponied JeY eyidanee | of Pobang, TUSTRird Divizic. R to hinder U. S. airmen, who had. arc r them was continu-|called the seizure order a “trem- g s . % = today of recent Russian shipments ed the invaders back in the H - been using the Soviet weather'ing, :eccardlnsbo Coast Guard head- | endous victory” because they had uest of the government. ::::Lkfitf‘:;:be Bv‘;;:::m:z;dbofi:rg “Ews oF S"Mso"s of fighting equipment to the Korean | hae sector, five miles north o(u::. broadeasts to help plan their raids. | QY20 “‘v"e'e- ; been urging such action since Aug- . f establish a branch office in Nome Oommunists. hang, while to the west another di- These Soviet stations are part of % e 5 eémays ll.s;.ec:( owner is|yst 4, Elmer F"end WI“ fo aiipport 5 prOgram. |t0 promnbé Atboar % aeny teksion with. Bt A briefing officer at defense head- [ vision was fighting to regain twu international network which Verne J. Swanson of Ketchikan. Y o quarters told reporters of the de-} ———— — o ¢) exchanges weather information in| The landing craft, identified as Refurn on Monday HiuEE businee, 5 akand o Pasbenis. Meg. VUGS Igplpprent. “The disclosure came on| (Continued on Page Five) peacetime, However, the Russians | the Mahina Ho, reported that “Ew WAIERFOWL £ Butler said that irl reply Sund-|Passey returned yesterday, accom- |the heels of a report from the same e et d , apparently decided to help the|it Was sinking oft Cape Suckiing, ) From Arnual Vacation REEE wrote, it AR Bad Pk pabel by ok children—David, 7, |source yesterday that 120 heavy[® © © © ¢ & = o o o & North Koreans and put the weather about 25 miles East of Cape St. been able to establish suc : an of- and Marie, 5. tanks were shipped to North Korea | ® ° stations under. & wfmm blackout. | Elias. A ship was requested to The Empire's managing editor, | fice “for budgetary reasons.” Butler| Mr. Passey, assoclaled with the |in July from the Russian-controlled | ® WEATHER REPORT . “remove family and crew.” Elmer A, Friend, will be back at|said Sundborg added in his letter [Juneau Spruce Corporation, has|Manchurian port of Dairen. | ® Temperatures for 24-Hour Period @ Democrats Tangle Two Children Aboard BE SIG“ED IUES nis desk Monday following 'a two| that “all four of the Senators fxom |been in thie Interior since My, NAW| Russian spokesmen have insisted ® ©nding 6:20 o'clock this morning @ Speaker Sam Rayburn and Sen-| myo children were reported t '« | weeks vacation at his summer home | the Second Division voted in the|with the Independent Lumber Com- |that the Soviet Unjon has provided| ® In Juneau—Maximum, 60; e Prlcgiom Lo LA AR R Al SRR o e on the Fritz Cove Road. 1047 Legislative sessions to complet- |pany (formerly Juneau Spruce) | the Korean Reds with no additional | & minimum, 52 . of Illinois tangled hotly on the A': e me ey, e ATy WASHINGTON, Aug. 26— (P —| For the first time in many, many | €1y abolish the Alaska Development |there. Mr. Passey will remain there | fighting tools since Russian soldiers| ® At Airport—Maximum, 57, & “adjournment” question at the big|ym_ gy re';)o;'ted it 'was standing of? Sportsmen may have to wait until|years, -Elmer had a vacation that Board,” Sundborg named the Sen-|until the end of the season. pulled out of North Korea. e minimum, 52. ° four leaders’ meeting with President | cane suckling and would attempt next Tuesday to find out when they | gave him more sunshine than ramn ators. 3 | The Juneau family drove home| Coupled with the report on tanks | ® ' . )/ Truman this week, g can go duck-hunting and how many | Needless to say, he looks good, fecls| Butler said that Sundborg’s let-|alone on the Alaska Highway, as|was an account of the massing of(* FORECAST o Rayburn insisted that Congress (Continued on Page Eight) birds they may kill. fine and is eager to get back to|ter told of other activities by the |their northbound companions decid- | two Chinese Communist armies near | ® @ and Vieinity) . * should adjourn “sine die” when all The Fish and Wildlife Service In- | work again. He's been an Empire | four Senators which did not support | ed to extend their visit in the north. |the Korean border. ® Mostly cloudy with occas- e emergency bills have been passed dictated a month ago, in announcing | fixture for over thirty years and the i the Board, and then read the con-|They are Miss Sumaya Sahawl of| e ional showers tonight and ‘e early next month. This would STHMER MOVEME“TS that the waterfowl hunting regu-|nlace is never the same wlthuu!ld\ldmg paragraph of the letter: Bagdad and her University of Cali- | SEATTLEITES HERE ® Sunday. Little change in tem- @ mean a complete shutdown until lations would be out about a month | him. “Whether we will be abl_e to pro- |fornia room-mate, Miss Betty Mc-| Seattle visitors registered at the|® perature with the lowest to- e next January 3, barring a recall by i later than usual this year, that| Friend’s granddaughter, Helen|ceed toward these objectives next| Nalley. | Baranof Hotel are: E.F. Raymon,|® night 52 degrees and the e the President. Aleutian will sail from Seattle |the season’s bag limits and other |Jane Adams and her companion, biennium will depend entirely on| Other members of the Fairbanks- | Alfred Millikan, Larry Hagan of | ® highest Sunday 60. . “It would be better for the coun- | foday and is due to arrive here|rules might be announced today. Patty Kadow, shared ‘his vacation | 3¢tion taken by the 1951 Legislature |pound party August 16 had not ex- Standrd Oil, Ed and Nance Oritten- | & . try if we adjourned and let things Tuesday. But an Interior Department spok- | with him. and, of course, upon the makeup of |pected to return. They are Mrs.|den, Walter Sharpe of the Alaska|®* PRECIPITATION o settle down argued the speaker.| Baranof due southbound Sunday. | esman said there was no likelihood| As usual, Bob “Dunking With" | that body.” Maynard Stimson and her 2-year-|Salmon Industry, Rev. and Mrs. L.| ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todas @ ¢~ walmo, the rest of fie world wowd | ' Susitna due to sail from Seattle | they would be signed by President| Druxman held the fort at the Em-| Butler told the Senate: old son, Eric, who joined Mr, Stim- | H. Steinhoff, James Houston, Perry | ® City of Juneau—133 inches; ® get the impression that we aren’t Tuesday. Z Truman before Tuesday. pire during the Friend vacation| “This is anotber example, small | son and 4%-year-old Clifford. These | Huff, Meyer Horowitz, E. E. Daven- | ® since August 1-3.01 inches e \ fearful of a third world war.” Alaska due to sail from Seattle R e and he, too, is hoping that he can|but revealing, of Government by | former Juneauites were fortunate | port of Union Ofl, Mr. and Mrs. H.| ® since July 11294 inches. However, Lucas strongly urged Thursday and is due to arrive here FROM CHATHAM soon find time for a vacation.|Pressure. It is activity which ill be- [in finding a place to live ‘while Mr.| A. Doudenspeck, O. H. Chamerlain, | ® At Airport—1.81 inches; that Congress remain formally in Sunday, Sept. 3. Mr<.*John and Clarice Likness of |“This two and three and four jobs | cOmes the appointed official of a|stimson is associated with the Uni-|Trv Cunz, Walter H. Zobrist and | ® since August 1—3.80 inches; ‘e T—,,A_ Until further notice there will|Chatham are guests at the Baranof at a time business gets nwmuylgovernment entity now aspiring to|versity of Alaska as assistant pro-| W. J. Jolly of Libby McNeil and e since July 1—1080 inches. e {Contir on Page Four) be no sailings of Candian le!-lflml. Saleioy o A e ialtiring” he said. statehood.” Ifessor in civil engineering. | Libby. O 1- e o 00600 00 0 0