The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 1, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE # “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,596 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 19: 0 5 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS REDS MAKE DESPERATE FINAL SMASH s Ii's oId in Alaska! | ANDERSON SUSPENDED FOR VIEWS Commandant Air War Col- lege Let Out for Advocal- - ing “'Preventive War" WASHINGTON, Sept. 1— # — Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson, who has argued for a “preventive” war | against Russia, was suspended to- | day as commandant of the Air War College at Maxwell Field, Ala. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air| Force Chief of Staff, said Air Force | e men at all levels must understand that the Air Force is a force Ior‘ £ maintdining peace and deterring | war, It was the second time within a | week that there has been a rebuke | | i to a high figure for talking of a “preventive war.” On last Friday, Secretary of the| Navy Matthews made a speech | suggesting a ‘“preventive” war for | peace if necessary. The State De- partment and the White House dis- avowed his views as administration policy. Earlier, an Air Force spokesman acknowledged that Anderson and | others at the Air War College had discussed arguments for and against a preventive war. Anderson was quoted by the Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser in a copyrighted story as saying: «“Give me the order to do it and I| can break up Russia’s five A-bomb nests in a week. And when I went up to Christ. . .I think I could ex- plain to him that I had saved civil- {zation.” 5 The copyrighted interview fur- ther quoted the Air War College commandant as saying that “to as- | sume that Russia won't use their A-bomb if we sit by and watch them build them is a dangerous assumption.” Further, Columnist Drew Pear- son asserted that Anderson has advocated a preventive war. i T X O Caught Shori! Not If You Shop Early For Holiday Weekend Saturday dinner. Three meals Sunday. Three meals Monday. Breakfast Tuesday. Snacks, too. Juneau housewives do not need a slide rule or an abacus to count the family feedings between store- closing hours tomorrow and reop- ening Tuesday. However, it's easy to forget in the excitement of planning for the La- bor Day week-end. Store proprietors urge early shop- ping and ordering, for the most ef- ficient service. The Washington Merry - Go - Round tt, 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (Copyris . DREW PEARSON ‘ASHINGTON—Here is a play- by-play account of what went on behind-the-scenes in the now his- toric rebuke of General MacArthur by President Truman. First inkling that MacArthur had sent a message to the Veterans of Foreign Wars on the delicate ques- tion of Formosa camé on Thursday, Aug. 24, when Carlton Kgnt of the Chicago Suq-’rimes queried Roger Tukby, State Department press re- lations office, as to whether the MacArthur statement had been | " cleared by the State Department. Tubby passed the query on to} the White House and the Defense Department, found that neither had either seen or heard of the Mac- Arthur statement. It had vheen sent direct to newspapers in aj personal letter on Aug. 21 with a/ release date for Aug. 28. This w‘:xs in direct violation of the ‘White | House directive laid down during the famous Henry Wallace-Jimmie Byrnes Tow, after which it was decreed that no statement on for- eign policy could be published by any official without clearance. President Truman himseld did not see the MacArthur statement | until Saturday, Aug. 206, durng a conference scheduled to hear the| R o (Continued op Page Four) This North Korean tank, its gun shatteerd like a trick cigar, was knocked out by the bazooka held by Pfe. Frank Schiarone (fore- ground) photo via (# Wircphoto. of Mullica Hill, N. J., scmewhere in Korea. U. 8. Army Legion (onvention Delegates Will Be On Scene Tomorrow BIDS FOR STATEHOOD 10 TRUMAN WASHINGTON, Sept. 1— ® — Bids of Hawaii and Alaska for | statehood will be carried to Presi- dent Truman at the White House Sept. 6. Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) said today he and Delegate Farrington (R-Hawaii) have arranged the con- ference with the President to “urge him to intercede once more with the Senate so that the statehood bills may be taken up.” At a news conference yesterday fr. Truman spoke of the need for statehood for the territories as a part of the National Defense Pro gram Farrington and Bartlett both ex- pressed the opinion that there would be no long debate if the bills can be brought up for consideration in the Senate. Bartlett added: “Polls show a clear majority for both bills and they would be easily passed if brought 1’Thc House has passed both bills. —_— DIONEER WOMEN'S HOME T0 OPEN AT SITKA OCTOBER 1 The Alaska Ploneer ‘Women's Home at Sitka will be formally opened on October 1, 1950. Aprglications for admission may be presented either to W. Knight, Superintendent, at Sitka, or to Henry Roden, Chairman OI the Board of Trustees, Alaska Pioneers’ House. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska from Seattle is scheduled | to arrive Sunday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 6 p.m. Monday. Princess Louise may sail from vancouver Saturday night, Marine strike not settled. Aleutian from west scheduled southbound at 9 p.m. Sunday. OMAIZ>. VISINVOR Victor E. Levine of Omaha, Neb., is a guest at the Gastingau Hotel. { i | Delegates from all parts of Al- aska are heading for Juneau today to attend the five day annual Ter- ritorial convention of the American | Legion which opens here tomorrow Legion posts from points as far }away as Adak and Nome will be represented in the convention which will elect new Department officers for the next year and act on sev- 'eml other important matters. Other posts, which will be repre- | sented, include Anchorage, Valdez. Ketchikan, Juneau, S:ward, Wran- gell, Skagway, Cordova, Fairbanks Haines, Sitka, Petersburg, Palmer, Homer, Kodiak and Toc Junction Chugach Post at Anchorage anc two all-women's posts will also be among those at the convention These are the Aurora Borealis Post of Anchorage and the North Sta: Post of Fairbanks. | In addition to the Legion con- vention, simultaneous meetings wil! be held here by the American Le- gion Ladies Auxiliary and La Soc- iete' des Quarante Hommes et Huiul Chevaux. La Societe, better known as the 40 and 8, is the fun making and honor organization of the Le- gion, Both of these groups wil: also elect department officers and transact other business. Highlight of the 40 and 8 Grande Promenade, as the meeting is called, will be the Grand Wreck on Monday when new members are initiated into the organization. Registration for members of all organizations will be held in the lobby of the Baranof Hotel all day tomorrow. TO GET NEW FUNDS; u 7 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — (B — President Truman has signed a bill }to authorize the: Interior Depart- |ment to sell all materials taken j from school lands in Alaska and to put the proceeds in the Territor- {ial treasury. The income from these materials would go for school purposes. Under a law already on the books, the department was authorized to sell timbér and dispose of minerals from the school lands. The bill signed today extends that authority to cover revenue from all materials, including gravel and peat moss, It also includes a provision al- lowing the department to dispose of sand and gréel from the beds of navigable streams and to ear-| mark schools. the proceeds for Alaskan searce CONTROLBILL | TOBEPASSED BY CONGRESS | | | {Compromise Legislation Giving Truman Broad Powers Hits No Snags WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — (B — | The House gave quick approval to- day ‘o compromise legislation hand- ing President Truman broad pow=- ers to control the domestic econ-| omy and curb war-born inflation. There was no roll call on passage, only a shout of ayes. Before tlat vote, a motion to send the bill back to committee was defeated 155 0 20 on a standing vote. The House action sent the billl on to the Senate where leaders| aimed to get it to President Tru-; man before nightfall. | A direct result of the Korean| fighting, the home-front mobilizas tion measure would permit wagel and price controls, consumer ra-| tioning, penalties for hoarding, and teal estate and consumer credit! controls. | To spur defense production, also provides for allocation of | industrial materials, prior-; ities for defense orders, government loans and loan-guarantees and the requisitioning of plants and equip- ment, A compromise between separate bills passed by the Senate and the | House, it was whipped into final| shape late yesterday by a confer-! ence committee of the two branch-| es. | The agreement was reached just about six weeks after Mr. Truma’y asked Congress on July 19 for pow- | er to combat inflation and speed | production for an expanded mfl-‘ BILL TO WHITE HOUSE | WASHINGTON, Sept. 1— (B —| Congress sent to the White House | today a bill giving President Truman | broad powers to control prices, wag- es, credit and strategic materials. Both the Senate and House passed | the compromise measure on voice | votes. The House acted first. President Truman is expected to; approve the bill speedily, but not be- | fore his fireside chat to the nation tonight on the Korean war situa-| don emergency. WANTS LIQUOR BAN/ ON INDIANS T0 BE LIFTED; ASKS REPEAL BELLINGHAM, Wash. Sept. 1—(® —The National Congress of Ameri- | can Indians has asked for repeal of the ban on sale of liguor to In- dians. It was one of the resolutions ad- | opted at, the closing session of the convention here. The Congress opposed the Alaska | Statehood bill unlesss the clause | forbidding creation of reservations for Indians in Alaska is removed. It also urged what was described | as “a living wage” for natives of the | Pribilof Islands in the Government controlled fur seal industry. Another resolution asked the Am- ateur Athletic Union to return to Jim Thorpe, noted Indian athlete, the medals he won in the 1912 Olym- pic Games. They were taken from him for professionalism. The convention called on the In- terior Department to join with the Indian Congress and the Governor's Interstate Council on Indian Affairs to develop a workable program for rehabilitation of Indians. It pro- posed a united front in asking Con- gress for funds. N. B. Johnson, a Justice of the Oaklahoma Surpeme Court, was re- elected President unanimously at the closing session of the Seventh Annual Convention. Justice John, a Cherokee, has headed the Congress since its organ- ization in 1944. Bill Paul, Tlingit Delegate from Juneau, Alaska, injected some fric- it | | tion into the convention over elec- tion of an Indian Bureau official to office. His was the only dissent- ing voice and Hiram N. Clark Sup- erintendent of the Standing Rock Sioux agency, Fort Yates, S. D., was elected Second Vice President. Clark, long active in the Congress, inform- ed delegates he is retiring this fall after 34 years with the Indian Bur- eau. Miss Maxine Cothern of Fairbanks boarded a Pan American Clipper there today enroute to Seattle and Atlanti¢ City, N. J., where she will compete as the first “Miss Alaska” in the most famous of all Stewardess Marian McAllister helped “Miss Alaska™” display the form she hopes will win her the title of “Miss America.” Miss Cothern will have one distinction over. the other contestants at Atlantic City—when she gets there, she will have travelled farther on the North American continent than any of the other beauty It's 1640 miles from Fairbanks to Seattle and mere than 0400 air miles from Seatfle to Atlantic City—4040 miles from the midnight sun to the boardwalk in search of “Miss America” fame beauty pagents. queens. and fortune. LEAGUE ALASKA CITIES FORMED AT ANCHORAGE MEET Twenty-six Changes Pro- posed for Modernized Territorial Legislation ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 1— (P—Twenty-six changes aimed at modernizing Territorial legislation were listed by mayors gathered for Alaska-wide conferences. At the conclusion of the four-day meet, delegates formed a league of Alaskan cities, then approved a constitution and elected officers. Mayor Z, J. Loussac of Anchor- age was elected President. Others i named were Mayor Lee Bettinger, Kodiak, Vice President; Mayor Waino Hendrickson, Juneau; May- or Ed Anderson, Nome; City Atty. John Hodge, Kodiak; City Mgr Irving Call, Fairbanks, and Coun- cilwoman Mildred Kirkpatrick, Seward, Board of Directors. City Mgr. Bob- Sharp of Anchor- age becomes Execu'ive Secretary of the new group, which still must be ratified by member cities. Recommended Territorial law changes included decentralization of the Alaska Public Works pro- gram to give a Territorial level of authority; clarification of existing sales tax legislation; authorization of model building codes and san- itary laws for all Alaska cities; a recommendation for amending laws on annexation and annexation peti- tions and clarification of tax ex- emption rights of churches and hospitals. CLEVELAND VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, O., are registered at the Baranof Hotel. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 1 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 242, American- Can 947, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss-Wright 9%, International Harvester 30%, Kennecott 65, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 21%, U. S. Steel 38, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,290,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: In- dustrials 218.42, rails 63.38, utilities 38.67. C. M. Grove nfl Maxine Cothern, 22, is pretty, pert and talented. She can climb a moun- tain, make a mukluk or smoke a fish —and has done them all and well. As Miss Alaska, the New Mexico- Born beauty sets out by Airliner for the Atlantic City Board Walk. l I I | tant to the Home Department Di- rector at the University of Alaska. She is an expert cook and crafts- man, and one of her many sidelines has been swapping ideas with the Eskimo women. Dark-haired Miss Alaska was born at Portales, N. M. Her mother, Mrs. Carl A. Cothern, and her step- father live at Rich Hill, Mo., where she once went to school. During the war, she attended school at Miss Cothern has been an assis-| YONGSAN IS EVACUATED; | IS BURNING Young Americans Pulled Back Following Tank- led Red Drive By BEM PRICE | | | | | WITH SECOND DIVISION, Kor- ea, Sept, 1—(M—Young Americans pulled back from Yongsan late to- day after a bitter, fighting retreat before a powerful tank-led Kid drive across the Naktong River. These men, on the left flank of the Second Division, had retreated about 8': miles since the North Koreans launched their broad as- sault before last midnight. ‘The Reds crossed the Naktong River in at least 17 places. I was with one of the last groups to pull out of Yongsan into the hills. The men were fagged, but | not beaten. They appeared to be in good spirits. In the hills behind Yongsan, | Second Division men were digging in to hold the Red thrust aimed | at cutting off the main highway | between the supply port of Pusan | and the Taegu communicaticqs center. The Red thrust was aimed |at cutting this vital supply route |for the entire northern front at Miryang, 12 miles east of Yongsan. { This Red drive is smashing a | wedge between the Second and 25th | Divisions along the eastward bend of the Naktong River. I left Yongsan burning. A mu- nitions dump was exploding just beyond the front. NEW ACTION, - ANTI - TRUST - CASES TAKEN Filling of Ggr;d Jury Vote . in Indictments May i Determine Moves r ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 1— ‘lmfil'mng of the grand jury vote in all 10 indictments of the Alaska |anti-trust case today may determXe Richmond, Calif. Mostly, she says, she'd like to win the Miss America crown to get the $5,000 scholarship to finish her education at Iowa State College, which she attended before coming to Alaska in 1947. It was a sourdough at the village of Nenana who suggested entering the Queen of the Fairbanks Winter Carnival in the Miss America con- test. “Can’t be anybody in the world more beautiful than Maxine,” the oldtimer said. “Can’t anybody do more things than she can.” ers at Atlantic City, got approval for her entry and here she comes, Truman On Ai; Tonight WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — (® — President Truman tonight will tell the nation—and the world—that the United States had no altern- ative when it sent its troops inco Korea. He ordered this step, the Pres- ident is expected to say, in the ix terests of world peace. Mr. Truman speaks White House at 9 p.m. ( frgz the T) over television, His address 1s described by the White House as a “Report to the People.” MONTANA TEACHER HERE Mrs. Ray Allen of Ingomar, Mont., a new teacher in the public schools arrived yesterday and is stopping at the Hotel Juneau. He wrote to Pageant Headquart-| all the major radio networks and . whether the 136 individuals and 23 | corporations must stand trial for ‘prlce-flxlng conspiracies in restraint of Territorial trade. | Judge Anthony Dimond has or- | dered publication of the vote on each of the indictments handed down last June. Defense attorneys challenged one unnamed juror’s eligibility on the |grounds of a felony conviction. ! They said that should the accusa- tion prove correct and he be dis- qualified, it would alter the status of any case in which his vote iyd decided the issue. ¥ Fairbanks liquor dealers who have | requested a transier of their case |to Fairbanks did not appear in |court yesterday and their arraign- ment has been set for a later date. | A government attorney indicated the transfer will not be contested. A motion for transfer by coal companies to Fairbanks as a result |ot alleged prejudice and publicity | | here was denied by Judge Dimond. | @ 0o 06 0o 0o 0o 0o 0 @ WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 67; minimum, 49. At Airport—Maximum, 64; minimum, 50. | [ FORECAST (Juneau and Vieintty) Cloudy with intermittent rain tonight. Partly Cloudy Saturday with occasional rain showers. Low temperature to- night about 50 and high Sat- urday near 60. “ . . |e | . le PRECIPITATION o @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today e e City of Juneau—.27 inches; o |® Since July 1-—1560. inchés. e . At Airport—29 inches. . $0.FRONT OFFENSIVE UNDERWAY .Doughboys‘l‘gke Success- ful Counterattack-Posi- tions Lost, Refaken (By Associated Press) U. 8. 25th Infantry Division doughboys counterattacked today in- to the teeth of a Communist south- west front offensive aimed at throw- ing the United Nations out of South Korea, and smashed the attackers back after an initial American re- treat. But the U. 8. 2nd Division, rocked by and armored ang infantry at- tack on the 25th's right flank, ab- andoned Yongsan, only 21 miles from the highway which links Tae- gu, main UN forward base, with Pu- san, the Allied last-ditch supply port. The 25th’s doughboys recaptured strategic Haman, which fell in the first hours of the Communist at. tack. It is 35 miles west of Pusan ‘This temporarily blunted the Red drive on the extreme southern front, ‘The Reds, under orders to capturc Masan within three days jumped off under a heavy mortar barrage and seized Haman before the Am- erican counterattack threw them out of the town. Haman is eight miles west of Masan, major Red objective guarding the coastal route to Pusan. 4 i Allied Air Attack A mass Allied air attack of al- most saturation proportions had slowed the, initial Red drive on the southern flank, but had failed to stop.it. Air observers said the planes and U. S. big guns took a huge toll of North”Koreans. The whole attack along a blazing 55-mile front was described by one American staff officer with the 25th Division as “their big effort—and I think it is their last one.” But most of the American lines were holding. Strong Red Wedge The Reds ,however, drove a strong wedge between the U. S. 25th and the U. 8. Second on the 25th’s right flank, driving the 2nd back into an 8% mile retreat. Yongsan was in flames as American convoys moved out of the town. This area is 16 miles northwest of Haman. Some 50,000 Red troops were coms= mitted to the southwestern front offensive on a line extending from a point only 12 miles southwest of Taegu to the extreme southern front, -About 30,000 Reds were in the van- guard, with 20,000 more behind them in reserve. The U. 8. First Cavalry was holding down the northern phase of the Red attack. All-Out Offensive A second major Red offensive, signalling the final all-out general offensive, may burst into flame at any moment just north of the present one. This would be in the Waegwan area, 12 miles northwest of Taegu and the most direct line to that base. In the area much of the Red strength is believed concen- trated. The crack Red Second Division may already be in action somewhere on the southwest front, and this would indicate that the present ac- tion is the Communists’ greatest bid to end the UN resistance. Allied planes rained 1,000-pound anti-personnel bombs, 500-pounders and heavy fighter plane fire on the attacking Reds in all-out close support of the defenders. The full force of Allied air power has been |ordered into the big payoff battle. Bridgeheads Growing Communist bridgeheads across the Naktong River were growing in the same area, 23 miles southwest of Taegu, in which Marines and the 24th Division wiped out the Red foothold two weeks ago. At 17 points along the Naktong River, which has formed the main Allied defense line in the west, the Reds struck simultaneously at Am- erican 2nd Division defenders. Two U. S. battalions were cut off, but were supplied by air and were fight- ing their way back to their lines. Reds swarmed across the Naktong, bringing their tanks with them. Reds Reckless “Bodies are stacked up by the hundreds,” a Second Division officer told AP correspondent Jack Mace beth, “but they're still coming.” e since July 1—12.29 inches. L ® e o 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 (Continued cn Page Two)