The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1950, Page 1

L\ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,595 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BIG COMMIE THRUST IN KOREA STCPPED 2 STATEHOOD | BILLS ASKED BY TRUMAN President Bis—cusses For- mosa, Other Issues at | Today's Conference ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—{®—Pre- sident Truman repeated again today | that he is anxious for passage of | Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood bills to strengthen American defens- es. He has said it several times be- fore. | At Mr. Truman’s news conference, a reporter said Administration lead- ers in Congress had decided the two measures should not be taken up at this session. ‘The two territories are important to our defense setup, he went on, and they will never be able to obtain | the maximum defense until they | are represented in Congress by Senators and members of the House. He said he wanted somebody from | both possessions fighting all the | time for their interests and defense. The President also said it will | not be necessary to keep the Tth| Fleet off Formosa once peace has' been settled in Korea. ! Mr. Truman, at a news conference, | also told reporters: | 1. The incident created by Gen.| Douglas MacArthur’s message on: Formosa to the Veterans of For- eign Wars, which the President per- “ sonally ordered withdrawn, is a| closed incidenc. . i MacArthur had said Formosa is | a link in the American Defense chain that must be kept in friendly | hands. He implied it must be so| held even after the Korean fight- | ing is over. | 2. He hopes there is no great| danger of Red China’s becoming involved in the Korean conflict. | 8. He could not answer a ques-| tion as to whether United Nations | forces will stop at the 38th parallel | when they take the offensive in| Korea. | Mr. Truman said the Formosa | question is one for settlement in a Japanese Peace Treaty to be worked | out with Allied nations which| fought Japan. | Then he said that it would not | be necessary to keep the Tth Fleet | guarding Formosa once peace is restored to Korea. He said its dis- patch to that zone was a flanking operation to protect our forces in | Korea. ! -President Truman also said he has | not been “embarrassed” by Secre- | tary of Defense Johnson and wants | him to stay in the Cabinet. His comment added up to a de-| fense of Johnson and general back- | ing for the reply the Secretary of | Defense has made to his critics. | BOSTON VISITOR Robert E. White is registered at the Baranof Hotel from Boston. The Washington Merry - Go - Round ht. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (copm.l!y DREW PEARSON WSTHNGTON Inside fact about the White House crackdowns on Secretary of the Navy Mat- | thews and General MacArthur is that the administration had been waiting for a chance to knock down the increasing eagerness of the military to encroach on the civil- jan branches of government. A lot of things have been going on which the public doesn’t know | gbout, all pointing toward more | and more military rule. One was the quiet attempt by Secretary of Defense 'Johnson to keep Guam| under the military when it was supposed to go under a civilian | governor July 1. Another is the| Navy's attempt to hold on to the “Trust Islands” of the Pacific. An- other has been General MacAr- | thur's repeated attempts to dictate foreign policy. Another flagrant intervention of the military into foreign policy was when eleven generals secretly went up to Congress and urged a $100,- 000,000 loan to dictator Franco of | Spain—despite the fact that their Commander-In-Chief in the White House had ruled against such a loan. / President Truman was icy cool with his Secretary of Defense When L, b oo )l SR (Continued on Page Four) 1 | his union’s position because of the e | e e d J e British troops, the veteran First Battalions of disembark from an aircraft carrier at Pusan, Korea. They have been in training at Hong Kong for past 16 months. () Wirephoto via Army forces in Korea. radio. ALASKA UNION IS NOT INVOLVED IN ILWU EXPULSION Oscer Anderson, AFU Offic- ial, Says Fishermen Not Affiliates SEATTLE, Aug. 31—#—The Al- aska Fishermen’s Union does not regard itself as an wffiliate of the International Longshoremen and ‘Warehousemen’s Union, Oscar An- derson, A, F. U. Secretary-Treas- urer, said today. Anderson made a statement of expulsion Tuesday of the LL.W.U. from the National C.I.O. for as- sertedly following the Communist party line. “We want it made clear that the Alaska Fishermen’s Union does not consider itself an affiliate of Hairy Bridges’ union,” Anderson declared. The A. F. U,, with 5,000 or more members, was the largest affiliate of the International Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union which was merged several months ago with the I. L. W. U. The National C.I.O. Executive Board also- expelled the LF AW A “We had started a referendum to withdraw from the I. F. A. W. A, however, before the merger with the I. L. W. U. was put into ef- fect,” Anderson said. “Our refer- endum will be completed about October 9.” Anderson said his union considers the action of the I F. A. W. A.f Executive Board in, ordering the merger with the I. L. W. U. as ille- gal under the I. F. A. W. A. con- stitution. He said the action was taken without proper convention approval and with some board members, whose unions were In arrears in their per capita tax pay- ments, participating, The referendum proposal now be- ing considered by the Alaska Fish- ermen’s Union would give the union an independent status for at least two years. CITY COUNCIL 70 l MEET TOMORROW | Voting precincts for the coming elections will be set at the Juneau City Council meeting tomorrow eve- ning. The city election will be Oct~ ober 3 and the Territorial election a week later on Oct. 10, City Clerk J. Popejoy said today. Other business will include taking the necessary legal action to clear final arrangements with the Public Works Administration for the con- struction of the Juneau Memorial Library. K ‘FRG6M SAN DIEGO R. A. Ackley and V. Welge of San Diego, Calif., are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. Brifish Troops Reach Korea MARRIED - MENTOBE DRAFIED Those Even with Depend- | ' ents Will Be Taken- [ Order Expected WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 — A — | Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) of the | House armed services committee ;sald today the draft soon will be | extended to married men with de- | pendents, | Asked what he meant by ‘“soon” | Vinson replied: “Right away.” | At Selective Service, officials said | they could not now estimate when |the point might be reached that married men | called, Without taking fathers, told reporters, draft boards will not be able to meet future calls to increase the size of the armed forces. would have to bel Vinson | Roadblock Set Up Near the Argyll and Sutherland and the Middlsex Regiments, | These are first British troops sent to reinforce UN 'TOP COMMUNIST INPENNSYLVANIA, 2 AIDES, ARRESTED PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 31—(#— | The top Communist in western Pennsylvania and two men identi- | fied as his aides were arrested to- day on sedition charges filed by a Pittsburgh judge. City detectives arrested Steve Nel- son, Chairman of the Communist Party of Western Pennsylvania; Andrew Onda, and James Dolsen, | all of Pittsburgh. The charges were filed by Judge Michael A. Musmanno of Allegheny County, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsyl- vania, who has been waging a spirit- ed campaign against Communism. : All three men have been identified | as Communists by Matthew Cvetic, Pittsburgh man who posed as a Communist for nine years while on the payroll of the FBI. He named the men as Communists while testi- fying before the House un-American Activities Committee. The three men were arrested un- der a 1939 State Law which provides ja fine of $10,000, 20 years imprison- ment, or both, for taking action | Pa Bls ! An unidentified GI, apparently resigned to the doubtful rhythm of a Korean dance band and tiny local hostess, shuffles around the floor of the Metropolitan Dance Hall in Pusan. Admission, open to all United Nations forces, 3,000 won (Korean currency — U. S. $1.65) which pays for all dancing partners, two bottles of cider and cne of Korean wine. (P Wirephoto. aimed at overthrowing the Govern- | ment by force. COLLISION DEAD IN SEA TRAGEDY 1S PLACED AT 23 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31—®— | after the House passed a bill pro- heads soon about the present standards for draftees. ! |" “The TQ (intelligence) require-| |armed services are being too choos- Vinson made the statement just | viding for allotments of from $85| to $165 a month for GI families. | “This means,” he said, “that Sel- | ective Service now can broaden its | calls to include men with children | who are within the dratit age. | “That is the purpose of the al- lotment act, to make financial pro- | vision for the families of such| men."” | Vinson said he planned to ques- tion Selective Service and military ments now are too high,” he said. Maj. Gen, Lewis B. Hershey, Sel- | ective Service director, said yes-{ terday that nearly 60 per cent of the men now being called in the draft are rejected as unfit for ser- vice, Hershey that complained the ey. WEST JUNEAUTO | PETITION JUNEAU | FOR ANNEXATION| A petition for annexation to the City of Juneau is being circulated today among the residents of West £ < V1% Dark arrows show where North Koreans are exerting pressure against Pohang allied units (open arrows) in South Korea. Reds (1) knifed behind lines to set up roadblock on highway southwest of Pohang. arca South Koreans retook Kigye. back four miles south of Uihung to a point 18 miles from Taegu. In this Communists (2) pushed defenders " In Waegwan area Reds stopped alies from putting patrols across the Naktong River. U. Changnyong. fighting. ® Wirephoto Map. FIFTY - FIVE [CANADIAN ARE KILLED PLANE CRASH Twenty-three of Vidims Are Americans—Craft Re- “portdd Down, Flames CAIRO, Aug. 31—(P—A Trans- world Airline Constellation plane carrying 55 persons, 23 of them Juneau on Douglas Island. Americans, crashed and burned to- Twenty-five residents of the area !'day north of Cairo, killing all ab- met at the home of Joseph Morgan | last evening to discuss the develop- | ment problems of the district which | | comprises the land 4,000 feet from | the Gastineau Channel Bridge south oard. The airline announced there were no survivors among the 48 passen- gers and seven crewmen. Reports from the scene said the plane was toward Douglas and 1,800 feet back 'so badly burned that only a small from high water line. Haakon Olson and Kenneth Kad- | jow were named on the committee {to handle the petition and to meet ' a dozen countries, were so badly with the Juneau City Council Fri-|¢ day night. { i | section of it remained intact, The bodies of the victims, many of them notables and representing charred that identification at once was impossible. Down in Flames Ofiicials of the district govern- or's office in Behaira Province, placed the scene of the crash near Bridgehead at Hyponpung . forces (3) beat off two enemy attempts to cross Naktong near U. 8. troops (4) regained lost ground mear Haman. South Korean marines landed near Kosong and are engaged in heavy ,,Jul Truman Asks for Funds for Road, Turnagain Arm ) sons are still missing and presumed | The Navy says the death toll in the sinking of the hospital ship Benev- olence may total 23. Eighteen are known to have died after the Benevolence was rammed by the freaghter Mary Luckenbach in dense fog offshore Friday. A statement issued said five per- (GAMES TODAY Big Gene Bearden, the Washington Pitcher who had won only two games all season, hung up victory stumbling Detroit Tigers, 2-1. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31— (B — WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 — (® —| dead. It said the figures were based | Wes Westrum’s single to left in the President Truman has asked Fon- on coordinated reports from civil- | seventh inning scored Monte Ir-| iste—— gress for $7,500,000 to begin recon- ' jan and Navy sources. The navy | vin with the run that gave the Newlpassengers were Indian nationals|® ® ®© ® © © o e o o struction of the Turnagain Arm road in Alaska, A budget bureau message yesr.er-] day said that engineering surveys| on 20 miles of a 70-mile stretch; between Mile 58 in the Chugnch‘ | National Forest and Anchorage have been completed, and contracts can; be let soon. | raised the number rescued fion. 492 to 505. Meanwhile, a Coast Guard ! investigating the collision co to examine members of the ¢ er's crew. Capt. Leonard C. Smith, ar Fla., skipper of the Mary L bach, spent his second day a ard wed nt- DA, | York Giants their seventh straight | triuwoph over the Pittsburgh Pirates, {2 to 1. Jim Hearn, Giant bargain i buy, gave up four hits in posting | his seventh victory. NEW YORK, Aug. 31—(M—Aid- |€d by a home run barrage, the New | York Yankees swept their four It is planned to complete WOrk (itnecs Tuesday he testified the |Zame series with the Cleveland In- on the whole stretch by Dec. 1, 1951, the message added. i Funds for the road were not in- cluded in this year'’s budget be- cause of the lack of engineering surveys at that time. The road will be valuable for both civilian and military traffic, the budget bureau said. FROM SEATTLE N.C. CO., Truman Sage of the Northern Commercial Co., at Seattle is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. 65-17 ha Benevolence was making knots and the Luckenbach slowed to 9%. Asked why his bell book—on orders are recorded as soon a5 FIVO ) —did not show an order for ducing speed, Capt. Smith 201t to the initials SBE. (Stand Engines) in the book and said automatically meant slow ww. FROM PELICAN M. W. Soule of Pelican ! tered ai the Baranof Hotel pecis- | strom Brothers. dians today, 7 to 5, and thus increas- ed their lead over Detroit in the | American League race to two games. TODAY’S LANDINGS A landing of 20,000 pounds of salmon was brought in today by . A, Steven's Wanderer for Eng- Bertie II (Roy DeRoux) ' landed 2,000 pounds of salmon and the Queen skippered by Sam Bakke landed 6,000 pounds | of black cod, both landings tor E. ©. Jehnson, i WASHINGTON, Aug. 31— (B —| { lEtay Baroud, about 75 miles north- |west of Cairo. Eyewitnesses said they saw the big four-engine “Star |of 'Maryland” plummet to earth in flames. | Pive of the crew of seven aboard No. 3 today as he defeated the |, plane, bound from Bombay, gistered at the Baranof Hotel. India, to Rome, were Americans. | The other two were French. Eight- |een of the 48 passengers were Am- .ericans, and the remainder repre- sented 11 other nationalities, Two en route to a United Nations meet- | ling in Paris. Another passenger ! | was the Egyptian movie star Lil |is Camelia. She is known as “the| |Lana Turner of the Middle East.”' | Americans Listed cluded Aubrey William Schofield, (Continued on Page Two) i : | STEAMER MOVEMENTS to arrive Sunday. Seattle 6 p.m. Monday. Princess Louise may sail from Vancouver Saturday night, now that | the strike is ended, but nothing de- | finite. Aleutian from west scheduled southbound at 9 p.m. Sunday. lianne Cohen, whose screen name® The Americans listed aboard 1n-l i Alaska from Seattle is scheduled | o | Baranof scheduled to sail from | e (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today A (underlined) is quiet. RR LINES OPERATE Nine - Day Nationwide Strike Is Ended-120,00 Men Back to Work OTTAWA, Aug. 31—(P-—Canada’s trains rolled and telegraph lines clicked again today, ending a nine- day nationwide strike. The first such general tie-up in the nation’s history was called off by union leaders last night just 19 minutes after a special government back-to-work bill became law. It called for the strike to end in 48 hours; The vanguard of the 124,000 strikers responded promptly to the back-to-work call broadcast by strike leaders Frank H, Hall and A. R. Mosher. Roundhouses stirred with activity. Locomotives were fired. Switches and signals were inspected. Wire communications reopened, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Rallway officials indicated it would be 24 hours before oper- tions were normal. FROM SEATTLE Frank D. Parry of Seattle is re- KETCHIKAN VISITOR Melvin Roe of Ketchikan is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. . . WEATHER REPORT ® Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o’clock this morning . In Juneau—Maximum, 56; ® minimum, 45. At Airport—Maximum, 60; minimum, 41. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly fair tonight and Friday. Low temperature to- night about 48 and high Fri- day near 65. ® PRECIPITATION L] City of Juneau—Trace; e since August 1—540 inches; ® since July 1—15.33 inches. ® At Airport—01 inches; ® singe August 1—4.96 inches; ® since July 112 inches. ® & o 0 0o 0 0 0 0 BIG TANKS ROLLED BY UN FORCES Explosives from Sea, Air Dropped on Communisls -Heavy Red Losses (By Associated Press) Death-dealing guns of U. S. Per- shing tanks and a fiery rain of ex- plosives from air and sea stopped 26,000 Notth Koreans today in their drive on Pohang, east coast port whose capture by the Reds would haye opened the way for a final drive to throw United Nations forc- es out of South Korea. The big American tanks were re- ported to have rolled four miles north of Pohang after the fiercest battle of the 10-weeks-old war. At the same time, South Korean troops stalled a companion Communist drive nine miles northwest of Po- nang at Kigye. The Communists paid a ghastly price in blood for the yardage they picked up and then lost outside rubbled Pohang. The drive was stop- ped just a mile and a half outside the No. 2 port of UN forces in Kor- ea, Heavy Red Fatlilities In eight hours, a thousand or more Reds were killed or wounded in a frantic effort to take Pohang be- fore the month of August passed. They failed to carry out this order of the Communist North Korean Government, which had told them to take the port by Aug. 31 at ail costs. Reds in two days in this tor of the Allied northern wall. ! Reds spent lives recklessly, but stout resistance by South Koreans and GI units, backed up by the 90 mm guns of the Pershing tanks rushed to their support, heid the precious line guarding the route to Pusan, main UN base 65 miles south. Reds Mowed Down Raking fire from U. S, warships in the harbor mowed down the Red at- tackers like wheat before a scythe. Planes belched flaming death at them, but still they came on, fight- g doggedly for inches of ground. To their northwest, nine miles away, the Red drive bogged down at Kigye. The defenders still held high ground south of the catpured city, where the South Korean cap- ital division weathered a thunderous artillery assault. A Red break- through there would put the Reds on approaches to Taegu, 38 miles southwest of Pohang. Taegu, main UN forward base, is a prime Red goal. Heavy Red Attack North of Taegu in the Uthung sec- tor, the South Korean 8th Division gave up only a mile to a heavy Red attack. This was in the area south of Uihung, 18 miles above Taegu, where the Reds are believed to have massed 40,000 troops. Between Uihung and Waegwan, 12 miles northwest of Taegu, the Reds are said to have massed five divisions in all. In the Waegwan sec- tor, U. 8. First Cavalry Division troops stormed again at a hill po- sition but stalled half way up the 'steep incline. UN Strength Building United Nations strength was building slowly. There now are 1,- 500 fighting Britons in Korea. Today Australian infantrymen flew into Japan enroute to battle as the first contingent of an Australian exped- tionary force. Additional expedition- forces are arming in the Philippines and Thailand (Siam) and others have been promised by France and Belgium, B-29s Attack B-29s kept up their punishing as- sault on Red supplies. A fleet of 7E<;ntlnued ca Page Two) STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 31—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 2%, American Can 94%, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss-Wright 9%, International Harvester 30%, Kennecott 63%, New York Central | 14, Northern Pacific 21%, U. 8. Steel 37%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,130,000 sharees. dustrials 216.89, rails 62.90, utilities 9. Averages today are as follows: in-- i