The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1950, Page 1

R a—— e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,598 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS RUSS BOMBER IS SHOT DOWN OFF KOREA Allied Wall in South Korea Cracke BIG DRAFT ASKED FOR NOVEMBER Army Calls for Sevent Thousand Raising Toll Now to 170,000 WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—#—The Army today asked for a draft of 70,000 men during November. This raised the total draft call to date to 170,000, all for the Army. In earlier calls the Army asked for 50,000 men in September and 50,- 000 in October. The Defense Department said to- day the Navy and the Air Force do not plan to ask for draftees in Nov- ember. Both services have been building up their manpower Wwith volunteers and by the recall of re- serves. x The draft now is limited to single men, aged 19 through 25. Draft Boards are calling the old- er men first. But with a goal of 3,000,000 men | under arms by next June, there is every sign that the draft will soon be broadened. Only last week, Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the House Armed Services Committee said that in January his group will consider raising the draft age to 35. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 52; minimum, 47. At Airport—Maximum, 50; minimum, 46. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy with occa- sional rain showers tonight and Wednesday. Lowest tem- perature tonight near 48 de- grees and highest Wednesday 56 degrees. PRECIPITATION ¢ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy & City of Juneau—I.25 inches; @ since Sept. 1—3.25 inches; since July 1—18.58 inches. At Airport—.74 inches; since Sept. 1—2!13 inches; since July 1—14.13 inches. ® ®o ®o o ® 0 o 0o o FROM KETCHIKAN S. L. Jackson of the U. §. Coast Guard from Ketchikan is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go - Round ght. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (o DREW PEARSON WSHINGTON — The Senate is now debating a tax bill which will affect the pocketbook of almost every American family. Yet this important legislation is so full of fancy, legal language that half the senators—let alone the public—do not understand it. As a result the big corporation lawyers and tax lobbyists, who helped backstage to write the tax bill, have been able to juggle the commas and slip in clauses mgt will save their clients millions in taxes. But every penny that Fhe big taxpayers wriggle out of paying will have to be made up by the little taxpayers who can't afford high-priced lawers to lobby for special tax privileges. | It is no exaggeration to state| that in the form adopted by the Senate Finance Committee, the tax pill would permit enough money to slip through loopholes to finance a large part of the Korean war. Tronically, it is the same senators, who profess a belief in saving Fed- | eral money, who are most willing to let tax millions slip through these loopholes. The principal senators, who as members of the Finance Committee were supposed to tighten the tax Joopholes, but didn't are Democrats O pe: (Continued on Page Four) _| munity and Any Aggressor Would Get V Big Jolf in | On Alaska, Says Kepner | Z “Alaska can be defended with | the troops we now have,” said Lt. |Gen. W. E. Kepner, Commander- |in-Chief of U. S. Armed Forces iny {Alaska who addressed the 3lst an- | | nual Department of Alaska conven- |tion of the American Legion | ‘Junenu Sunday. | General Kepner, who stopped here overnight Saturday on his first visit to the Territorial Capitol, told Legionnaires, “I don't say that Al- aska couldn’t be taken by an en- |emy force nor do I say it could be |taken but, any aggressor would re- |ceive a big jolt in an attack on | Alaska.” | He also pointed out that present | military strategy is to defend the | heartlines of the Territory rather lthnn the costly deployment of men jall along the many thousands of | miles on the Alaska coastline, He | reminded his attentive audience |that the aréa north of the Ohio River contains approximately 85 |percent of U. S. economy and | strength and can be easily reached |by bomber from Alaska. The Ter- ritory is the closest to this area that an enemy would want for a base of operations to make it pos- sible to bomb our large centers of population, Alaska Strategic Point The General also said that, using the type of military planes which have been in general operation for |the past year, Seattle is now only about an hour’s flight from Alaska He stated that Alaska is definitely strategic to the defense of the United States. Salutes Legion Efforts General Kepner complimented the American Legion for its past and present activity on behalf of national defense. He pointed out |that what little preparation this nation made prior to World War II was due largely to the voice ot |the Legion, He stated flatly that there is nothing for anyone to be com- placent about in the present inter- national situation and pleaded for continued watchfulness and prepa- ration. He was especially con- cerned about a good research and development program for the Armed Forces pointing out that the results from such a program will not only save the lives of American boys but will aid in winning wars when it is necessary for us to fight them. “We must prepare ourselves,” he said, “to avoid costly sacrifices of American lives. However, when the Chips are down, we can depend upon America's sons. But,” he asked, “can we depend on our leaders?” “You are the leaders,” he told the assembled Legionnaires, “and it is up to you to see that our leaders do not fail.” Assails Labor Disputes “I have a job to do,” General Kepner said, “and I'm not going to take sides in disputes between labor and management but, because of the short construction season in Alaska, I find tieups costly. A tieup of a few weeks may mean a delay of several months on a vital military project. I would like to see work continue and have dis-{ putes settled by negotiations dur- ing the construction season.” Kepner’s talk which preceded those of Governor Ernest Gruening and American Legion National Vice-Commander J. E. Martie, was warmly received by the audierice who gave him a great ovation. Democracy is Next Topic Gov. Gruening, the next fea- tured speaker, discussed the ma- chinery and theories of democrgcy and the democratic way of life. He stressed the fact that “dem- ocracy, in order to work, réquires unceasing effort by everyone. We get out of democracy,” he declared, “just what we put into it.” He urged everyone to take an interest in the affairs of their com- its various organiz- ations, “We are enjoined to dem- | onstrate by our deeds and actions that democracy is a living faith and,. although it is far from per- fect, it carries within itself thel Atfack Made seeds of regeneration,” said the Governor. Legion Activities Named J. E. Martie, American Legion" Vice-commander for the Western states and Alaska, was the final speaker on Sunday’s program. He described the many activities spon- sored by the Legion all over the U. s. Martie listed the junior baseball | program, sponsorship of Boy Scout | troops, playgrounds, parks, benches,; school oratorical contests, scholar- ship awards and many other things in which the Legion participates. He pointed out that American Le- gion has spent $73,000,000.00 in Child Welfare work and that it will spend approximately $6,000,000 in 1950. He called attention to the Boys State and Girls State pro- grams of the Legion and compli- mented Legionnaires for their un- limited number of hours in such unselfish work. “Legionnaires everywhere,” he de- clared, “have the interests of their country at heart in peace or war.” Costs of War Martie urged that the people of | the United States figure as part of the cost of war, the finances nec- essary for caring for the sick and disabled and the widows and child- ren of those who have served their country in time of its greatest need. “They are a living example,” he said, “of what it takes to maintain democracy.” He also pointed to the Legion’s program for keeping the U. S, pre- pared against aggression. “Those of us who fought in wars before are not warmongers,” he declared. “We do, however, want | our sons to have the proper train- ing and eguipment for their own protection in the event that they would have to go to war, too.” Stop Cause of War Martie assailed both international and domestic communism. He said that Stalin is sitting in Moscow starting small wars all over the world that can break us financially and wear us down so that the corh- munists can then come in and take over the U. S. without firing a shot. He called the communists a can- cer and declared “The time has come to remove that cancer and we mustn’t wait too long.” “We must understand the danger of the Trojan Horse,” he said, “and the infiltration and poison of com- munism into our life.” Martie also discussed communism in schools and said that we must pay more attention to getting the right kind of things “inside” our children. He said this could be done through good salaries and working conditions for teachers and complimented Alaskans for leading the way in this field. Many Other Speakers Other distinguished persons speak- ing at the opening session of the convention in the Elks Hall in- cluded representatives of three gov- ernment agencies on veterans af- fairs. Each explained various phas- es of his work, Floyd Guertin, Commissioner of Veterans Affairs for the Territory of Alaska; Ernest E. Lintoln, Re- gional Manager of the U. 8. Vet- erans Administration; and Harold B. Gronroos, Territorial Represent- ative of the Veterans Employment Service, U. S. Department of Labor, were those speakers. Rear Admiral Joseph Greenspun, Commander of the 17th District, U. S. Coast Guard, emphasized the need for a Port Security program in the nation and also explained other phases of Coast Gtiard act- ivities. Mrs. Ethyl West, of Ketchikan, National Chaplain of the American Legion Auxiliary, spoke briefly and extended greetings of the National Auxiliary President. Welcoming addresses were made by Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, on behalf of the City of Juneau,| and by Commander Robert N. Druxman, for Juneau Post No. 4, which is acting as convention host. Department Commander Perry Two North Korean prisoners, dressed in stolen U. §. army clothing, are through one Red's pockets as Cpl. Charles Johnson (second from right) Meridi dore Norris, Detroit, Mich., keep guns handy. U. S. Army photo via (® Wirephoto. Cughln 61 Cothes P arched at gun point by 25th Division infantrymen in wooded area on the Korean front. Pfc. James Burnell (left) Ferris, Tex., goes n, Tex., and Pfc. Theo- FORD UPS [Hurricane WAGES FOR | Hifs Down AUTO MEN On Florids €10 Elecirical Workers Call Fifty-Mile Stretch of Resort! Off Strike for Today | Coastline Damaged- Against GE Tides Are High (By Associated Press) MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 5—®—The screaming winds of a tropical hur- Labor Day 1950 brought & Wel- ricane bore down on mainland cities come wage boost to Ford MOotor today, toppling trees and sending ' Company workers yesterday (MOn- regidents scurrying for storm shelt- day) and an agreement by CIO[ep g jts center crossed the coast- electrical workers to call off a strike| jie from the Gulf of Mexico at | scheduled for today. Cedar Keys, 52 miles southwest of The electrical workers accepted, g inesville. | without reservation a governmeni Heaviest winds reported were 75 proposal—based on the hope Offy, gy miles an hour at Cedar Key, averting a defense production cut-{wpere the storm started inland. { back—to mediate a dispute Over| mpo“ormatic storm left a 50-mile | wages with the General Electric)preen of resort coastline damaged | i and soggy. Ford workers won a new {ive-: “myges from six and a half to eight year contract, carrying a wage boost | fee¢ ghove normal swept the pretty which union officials estimated| . o™ o0 from Clearwater to H would mean from $45,000000 t0|go ncota washing out roads, tap- $50,000,000 yearly to some 126,000} o peachfront houses, sinking a workers. | few small boats, putting a tug into nounaay Oratory distress and piling sea water like Labor’s annual holiday also pPro-ijakes around homes and hotels. | killed in accidents from 6 p.m., (lo- | Reds already had OVER500 KILLED IN 78 HOURS Motor Mishaps Causes Greatest Number of Deaths (By Associated Press) More than 500 persons were killed | in violent accidents over the Laborz Day holiday—One of the biggest tolls on record. Traffic fatalities were under the predicted total, but as usual the heaviest toll was in motor mis-| haps. A nation-wide survey showed 512 cal time) Friday to last midnight— | a period of 78 hours, This figure was under the record breaking toll of 550 over last Labor Day, but above the previous high record of 428 in Of the total 361 were killed in traffic accidents. The National Saf- ety Council, in a pre-holiday state- SERIOUS THREAT 15 MADE Thirty Thousand Tank-led Reds in Attack-Allies Are Hard Pressed (By Associated Press) At least 30,000 tank-led Commu- nist troops cracked the northeast- ern Allied wall in South Korea to- day, threatening to force United Nations withdrawal all along the northern front. Allied troops dug in on high ground opposite a deep Communist salient in an attempt to thwart the North Korean bid to seize control of the strategic roads which could put the Reds in position to attack westward at Taegu, main Allied forward base, or southward at Pu- san, the last-ditch supply base. Gen. MacArthur's headquarters admitted that the Red breakthrough in the eastern sector posed a serious threat. Red mortar fire already was falling on Yongchon, road junction town 20 miles east of Taegu. Gaines—Losses Elsewhere on the 120-mile battle perimeter, the Allies held their ground. Americans gained and then lost a stronghold 12 miles north of Taegu, but on the Naktong River front to the south, U. S. Marines advanced two miles against stiffen- ing resistance. On the extreme southern front U. 8. troops mopped up remnants of a trapped Red force. | In today’s fighting counterattack- ing US. and Southern Korean troops checked one North Korean prong of the eastern sector attack five miles north of Kyongju, a high- way junction south of the bypassed port of Pohang. Another Communist column, however, punched toward Yongchon, a main highway junction 20 miles east of Taegu. Reds Stab Capture of this point would put the Reds in a position to strike west- ward toward Taegu, 20 miles away, or south toward the main Allied base of Pusan, 45 air miles away but on a winding main road. The stabbed 12% miles into the defense perimeter in their Monday drive, but American and South Korean lines in the sector were reported holding thereafter. Force Is Cut The drive already has cut the Po- hang-Taegu highway in force. Ele- ments of the South Korean capitol division were forced to withdraw ment, estimated the highway toll | would be 435 uniess motorists used |y jang from almost-encircled Po- south of Kigye, which is nine miles duced the usual flow of oratory— some of it keyed directly to work-} ers’ problems and others calling on! all citizens to gird for a struggle against Communism. The dispute with General Electric had threatened to affect 46 or more GE plants and 180,000 workers—only { about a third of them members of the CIO Electrical Workers Union Some 37,000 members had been called upon to strike today. Cyrus Ching, head of the U. S Mediation and Conciliation Service called on the union and GE yester- day to settle the dispute peaceably. AFL Makes Pledges Leaders of the CIO, AFL and United Mine Workers all made speeches. President Philip Murray of the CIO told a Birmingham, Ala., aud-| ience that labor will give full sup-| port to the nation's fight aga;mv,l Communism, but he said workers “do not intend to be the goat onto whose shoulders big business will pass its rightful share of the cum-l mon burden.” Speaking at Chicago, President| William Green of the AFL pledged full support in the Korean war ef- fort, which he said is “merely the opening skirmish of a global strug- warfare at any time.” e of Ketchikan, National Executive; Committeeman for Alaska; Mrs.| Nema Ellis, National Executi Committeewoman; and Robert Dil-| McLain, of Anchorage, who pre-| sided, introduced Walter B, King,' lard, National American Legion gle which may break out into open; Earth Shakes, (enl_ral Italy ROME, Sept. 5—M—A series of earth tremors shook central Italy from Rome to the Adriatic coast early today. The only damage re- ported was at the Abruzzie town of Teramo and nearby villages where it least a dozen persons were slight- ly hurt. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver scheduled to arrive at 5 o’'clock this ifternoon and sails for Skagway 't 11:30 tonight. Baranof from Seattle due Friday. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. % Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to ail from Seattle Sept. 15. Alaska from west scheduled south- bound early Saturday morning. FROM HAINES June Day and Katherine Clay- extreme caution. The highways Were | pong ne North Korean 5th, 12th jammed with millions taking trips on | .4 " 15h Divisions, supported by the last long weekend holiday of |, iiary units and armor, have the summer. The traffic toll ““;hecn pouring into the eastern as- Labor day was a record 410. sault against battle-weary elements | Sixty-five persons drowned and |, . gth grq and Capitol Divi- | 86 others lost their lives in acci-| oo of the South Koreans, bul- dent_s of Fniscellanenus nature— in- | oo paq by elements of the U. S. cluding airplane crashes, fires, falls, | o4p), pyvicion etc. A plzx‘ne crash at Uti A N. Y., Air Support Groundéd and a train wreck near Milwaukee The rain virtually grounded the were the worst accidents. Thirteen | o o oo o + which hi died in the crash of a DC-3 airliner | 2o PRors high Mes dane 50 much in the past to slow Red | in a pasture near Utica yesterday.| ... 1 | Nine were killed Saturday in the mmeii‘e“:":flvely few planes got train accident near Milwaukee. U. S. 25th Division infantry mop- ped up remnants of a Red Force | trapped west of Masan, a key city . ps v ' |27 miles west of Pusan. s ishinksy fo gl g Rep]'ese|“ Su attacks, inflicting an estimated 13,- " At UN Session 000 casualties on the Communists MOSCOW, Sep.t 5— (B —Soviet in that sector alone. On the Naktong River front, U. Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vish- insky will head the Soviet delega- S. Marines and the 2nd Infantry tion to the United Nations General Assembly opening in New York Sept. 19, the Government disclosed today. (Continued c.';-i’nge Two) STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Sept. 5—{#—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2'¢, American Can 95, d by Reds RED STAR - BOMBER IS SHOTDOWN {Opens Fire on U.N. Fighter Plane Which Returns Fire with Resuls WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—{M—The United States declared today that a bomber marked with the Red Star of Russia was shot down after at- tacking United Nations Naval forces off Korea . In an unusual flurry of post-mid- night activitity, the State Depart- ment called the incident to the at- tention of the UN, under whose flag U. 8. and oher forces are fight- ing off the Communist invasion of South Korea. It was the first time this Govern- ment has charged direct Russian participation in the fighting around Korea. (In Tokyo, both British and Am- erican officials said they knew noth- ing of the official announcement in Washington. A British aircraft carrier and supporting units are op- erating off the Korean west coast, but British naval officials said the incident had not been reported to Tokyo.) The Sate Department said that one body had been recovered from the twin-engined bomber and that it had been identified from papers’ as a Lieutenant in the Soviet Armed Forces. Formal notification was immed-' iately handed tp UN Secretary-Gen-"* eral Trygve Lie and to Sir Gladwyn" | Jebb of Britain, this month’s Se-* curity Council President. President Truman was informed of the incident but Presidential Se- cretary Charles G. Ross told report- ers he did not hear him express any reaction. Ross said he assumes Mr. Truman had approved in advance the submission of the report by the State Department to the UN as a matter of course. Where Occurred The Departmen located the inci- dent “approximately” at the 38th, parallel, which is the boundary be- tween North and South Korea, The brief announcement did not pin- point the action above or below that parallel. Thus there was no indication whether the shooting took place in waters which the ('?ommums'.s re- gard as their own. It was on the west coast, which borders on the Yellow Sea south of Communist Manchuria and east of Red China. Bomber Opens Fire ‘The State Department said the bomber “identified only by bear- ing a Red Star” passetl over one of the outer ships in a UN formation and headed toward the center “in a hostile manner.” “The bomber opened fire upon a United Nations fighter patrol which returned its fire and shot it down,” | the State Department said. “A United Nations destroyer suc- ceeded in picking up the body of one member of the bomber crew. Identification papers indicated that the body was that of Lieut-Mishin Tennadii Vasilebiu of the armed formes of the USSR, serial No. 25054." U. 8. two-engined bombers carry a crew of from four to seven men. The State Department said the incident occurred at 1:29 p.m., Kor- ean time yetserday (10:29 p.m. Sun- day EST). It was made public in the early morning hours today, at a time when officlals who generally had been away from the desks over the long holiday weekend were reluc- tant to comment without additional facts. FIRE ALARM The Foreign Affairs Ministry ap- plied for a Urjted States visa for Vishinsky. Anaconda 34%, Curtiss-Wright 9%, International Harvester 20%, Ken-| The, Fire Department was called ton of Haines are registered at the| Gastineau Hotel. NEW DOUGLAS TEACHER FROM MT. EDGECUMBE l John P. Zawalniski, new Douglas D. W. Lucas and R. D. Larson of \ high school ieacher, arrived hereI Mt. Edgecumbe are stopping at the yesterday. He is a guest at the Ho- Field Representative. Baranof Hotel. I tel Juneau. necott 65%, New York Central 14, out at 1:15 am. to extinguish a Northern Pacific 21%, U. S. Steel | fire in a cabin back of the Occiden- 38%, Pound $2.80%. | tal rooms on South Franklin Street. Sales today were 1,250,000 shares. The fire was caused by an over- Averages today are as follows: in- x heated homemade stove that burned | dustrials 220.02, rails 63.29, utilities a hole in the floor. There was no 38.90. | other damage.