The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 6, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA. # “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,599 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WED? ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1950 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS KEY POSITION RETAKEN BY U.S. TROPS Senator Makes SCHOEPPL TALKS OUT IN SPEECH Also Makes Charges Against Statehood Sup- porters—Probe Seen By G. Milton Kelly WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—®—A charge that Secretary of Interior Osear L. Chapman was once closely allied with “the Russian Soviet cause” appeared headed today for an early Senate investigation. Senator Schoeppel (R-Kas) made the accusation in a Senate speech Jast night, He said the Cabinet of- ficer had associated with Communist front groups and may have left them only “to preserve his official | position.” Statehood Brought Up Schoeppel coupled his attack on Chapman with a broadside against persons pressing for statehood for | Alaska. He said he favors statehood for both Alaska and Hawaii “but not as adjuncts of the Department | of Interior. I do not want to wake | up and find a so-called Americnn‘ Quisling doing a job that might be | serving the purposes of Soviet Rus- | sia.” Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo) an- | nounced he would order an immed- iate inquiry by the Senate Interior | Committee he heads. Chapman, he | added, is “anxious” to testify and Schoeppel will be invited to astend. | “We'll let the chips fall where they may,” O’Mahoney said. | Democratic Senators had termed | Schoeppel’s accusations “politics.” Specific Charges | Schoeppel told the Senate Chap- | man’s record “is replete” with ‘“re- ferences which show conclusively the strong and close personal al-| liance between the Russian Soviet! cause and the present Secretary of Interior.” O'Mahoney said that Schoeppel’s charges were similar to ones check- ed in 1948 by a House Labor sub- committee which, he said, gave Chapman “a clean bill.” Governor Accused In his remarks on statehood, Schoeppel accused Alaska Governor (Continued cn Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go- Round (Copyright. 1960, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON WSHINGTON—Xn the desperate effort to rush more ground troops to Korea, the Marine Corps has assigned green, half-trained high- school boys to combat units due to go into battle the minute they land. While this unfortunate practice has not been widespread, it has| happened so often that senators have called for an explanation. Nebraska’s GOP Senator Wherry, among others recently told how a 19-year-old Marine reservist was being shipped off to Korea. “He has received no training ex- cept the two weeks, or whatever it is, in the summertime,” ex- plained Wherry. “Yet he has been assigned to a combat unit which will go'#mmediately into battle.” “Would he get any training be- tween here and overseas?” the Neb- raska senator inquired of South Dakota's Senator Chan Gurney, who often speaks for the brrass hats. “Perhaps he would get it very quickly at ‘the front,” suggested Gurney helplessly. “Does not the Senator think that | the more training a soldier receives, the greater will be his chances that he will not become a casualty?” broke in Pennsylvania’s Senator Ed Martin, an ex-major general who once commanded the 28th Division. “Certainly,” agreed Gurney. “But| ... we are up against it now when we must put boys into front-line service too soon.” ¥ «1 know some chaps who have had only two weeks of training last year and two weeks of training this aadbes il Sl b S g i (Continued on Page Four) MISS ALASKA APPEARS IN BIG PARADE Rides on Sfial Float at | Bathing Beauty Event in Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 6 ;74,P)-This year’s crop of compet- |itors for the title of Miss America went on public view yesterday in a colorful boardwalk parade witnessed by 150,000 persons. | Fifty-four girls from 46 states, | four cities, Canada, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii drew applause and whistles as they rode a five-mile | stretch of the beachfront. Most of the beauties rode in decorated rolling chairs but four were carried on huge Mardi-Gras type floats designed by their spon- sors. They were Miss Alaska, Miss New. Jersey, Miss Pennsylvania and Miss Puerto Rico. Maxine Cothern of Fairbanks, Al- aska, appeared in white parka and black slacks, standing high on her float behind an Alaskan sled, Four papier mache dogs were sfrung ahead on simulated snow. The parade easily was the most tuneful and colorful of the post- War years. ENROLLMENT IN JUNEAU SCHOOLS SHOWS INCREASE The Juneau Public School en- rollment showed an increase of 55 students over the 1949-50 term at the close of registration yesterday which opened the 1950-51 school year, according to figures released from the office of Superintendent of Schools Sterling Sears. Total enrollment at the close of registration day was 886, which in- cludes 216 registered in the h?:h school and 670 in the grade school. In the 1949-50 school term total enrollment was 206 in the high school and 625 in the grade school. Greatest increase in enrollment is shown in the lower grades. The second grade leads with a total registration to date of 103 students. The first grade is second with 89 and the kindergarten third with 73. The enrollment by 'grades at close of the school day yesterday was as follows: Kindergarten, 73 divided into four groups; Filst Grade, 89, in four groups; Second Grade, 103, in four groups; Third Grade, 71, in three groups; Fourth Grade, 65, in three groups; Fifth Grade, 71, in three groups; Sixth Grade, 67, in two groups; Seventh Grade, 58 in two groups; and Eighth Grade, 65, in two groups. Eight students are enrolled the Tee Harbor school. * in Son of Army Man in Alaska Killed On Korean Front WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 — (B — First Lt. John M. Nelson, son of Col. Ola A, Nelson of Fort Richard- son, Alaska, has been kitled in ac- | tion in the Korean war. The De- | fense Department announced Liet- tenant Nelson’s death today in an ‘Army casualty list, | GIL RICH IN TOWN Gil Rich, well known salesman from Seattle is stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. : BSOS Sfatehood Bill May Be Taken Up in Senate by Nexi Week; Truman Ads | WASHINGTON, Sept. 6— » — President Truman prodded Congress Leader Lucas (Ill) said the Senate may consider next week statehood bills already passed by the House. Lucas’ statement was made after | E. L. Bartlett, Alaska Delegate, and | Joseph R, Farrington, Hawaii Dele- gate, said President Truman told | them at a White House conference he would “use every possible influ- ence” to get a Senate vote. Heretofore, Lucas has taken the position that the Senate would nat have time to act on the bills at this session of Congress. But today, he commented that since the House is on vacation this week Congress won't be able to quit for a_ fall rest until September 16. He added: “If we clean up our other work this week, I may call up the state- hood bills next week and let the Senate decide what it wants to do | with them.” | Long Debate Feared The bills might bring long debate. | Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the | GOP leader, told reporters the Re- pubiicans are divided on the state- hood issue. He said he thinks Demo- | crats in the Senate are just as di- vided “This is just another example of | the President’s trying to make pol- itical hay on an issue where his | party is badly divided,” Wherry" said. Delegates Visit President The two delegates said Mr. Tru-i’ man assured them that he would get in touch with Administration | leaders in advance of a mr:etim;i of the Senate Democratic policy | committee, which will decide wheth- er to press for Senate action. The President, Farrington said, “feels it is vital to the war effort and our position in the Pacific that this recognition be extended to the people in our Pacific outposts of Hawaii and Alaska.” Farrington Talks Farrington said Mr. Truman felt that the burden of the fighting in Korea “has fallen heavily on the people of Hawaii.” . He said he told the President that the rate of casualties among troops from Hawaii is “almost five times greater than the rate among troops of the country as a whole.” Farrington said Mr. Truman ask- ed him to convey that information to the newsmen. Key administration Senators very strongly hinted last night that the Senate will start debate next week on the statehood bills. Vote Maybe Next Week Senate Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois touched off the specula- tion when he told the Senate it may have a chance to vote on state- hood for the two territories before it adjourns or recesses, possibly late next week. He observed that he had been crit- (Continued on Page Two) STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seattle due Friday. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to sail from Seattle Sept. 15. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive at 8 a.m. Friday and sails south at 9 a.m. Alaska from west scheduled south- bound early Saturday morning. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 6 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock tdday is 2%, American Can 9414, Anaconda 34'2, Curtiss-Wright 9%, International Harvester 297%, Kennecott 64%, New York Central 13%, Northern Pacific 21%, U. s. Steel 38, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,300,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 218.20, rails 62.94, utilities | 38.86. again today to vote statehood for | Alaska and Hawaii, and Democratic | Charges Against Chapman COMMIE WORLD IS - HIT HARD Korans as Aggressors -Statements Made (By Associated Press) The closed ranks of the Com- i’munlat world supporting the North | Koreans got a jolt last night with | the announcement in Belgrade that | Yugoslavia denounces the North | Koreans as aggressors. YugoSlay | Communists—ousted by the comifi~ form for failing to bow to the | Kremlin's commands consider | themselves more Communist than ;those in Moscow. ‘ Yugoslavia’s Foreign Minister Ed- ‘vard Kardelj, in a statement in the | official newspaper Boba, indicated Yugoslavia would avoid any direet !intervention in the Korean war but |he said “those who are to be blamed for the war in Korea must know that such a war will jeopar- dize world peace. Yugoslavia’s delegate in the UN. Security Council voted against its call for UN. members to furnish military aid to South Korea, but abstained in other actions on the issue. The Security Council goes into. session again today with a Soviet | veto—its 44th—expected to stop an American resolution urging all’ na- | tions to avoid helping the North Korean aggressors. Soviet Delegate Jakob A. Malik delivered a 45-minute harangue in the council yesterday after 'the United States notified the council a plane with Red Russian mark- ings and bearing a Soviet lieuten- ant was shot down Monday in an attack on U. N, fleet units oif| Korea. But Malik’s tone was com- partively mild, seemingly cautious. while he awaited word from Mos- cow. PULP FINANCING IN ALASKA TOLD BY BEN MULLEN Unstable Situation on Statehood Problem Seems Hindrance Ben B. Mullen has returned to| Juneau and Sitka from New York for a two week visit in connection with his interest in pulp. “While Yugoslavs Denounce North | S o | | U. 8. Second photo. ALAS ASKED BULLETIN—A¢t press time this afternoon the Alaska Department of the American Legion in con- vention here had elected Harold Stringer of Anchorage as Depart- ment Commander. John Van Horn of Sitka was named First Vice Commander and Aubrey Smith of | Fairbanks chosen Second Vice | Commander. | The American Legion proposed to- | day that the Territorial Legislature create a special standing committee | to investigate un-American acuv—l‘ ities in Alaska. The proposal was one of 34 resolutions acted on dur- ing the five day convention of the Legion’s Department of Alaska which ends here tonight with nl banquet at the Baranof Hotel and | a ball at the Moose Club. This afternoon officers are-to be elected and installed. Other business included resolu- tions to make shores of lakes and streams in Alaska available for set- tlement and or lease; rehabilitation of the Alaska Railroad between Seward and Portage; urging adop: | tion of the Arctic Health Institute; and to change the G.I. bill of rights so veterans can get loans on unpat- ented lands. Machinery was set in motion to amend the by-laws in order to interest still runs high regarding | the possibilities of locating mills| in this region there appears to be| little liklihood of any new develop- ments this year since the problems of financing have not been com- pletely solved,” said Mr. Mullen It is felt that the important issue of Statehood has great bearing on this matter because once settled it (Continued on Page Five) WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 52; minimum, 45. At Airport—Maximum, 49; minimum, 43. FORECAST (Junesu and Vieinity) Variable cloudiness with an occasional light shower to- night. Mostly cloudy Thurs- day with light rain by after- noon. Lowest temperature tonight 47. Highest temper- ature Thursday near 55. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 8.m. today City of Juneau—.66 inches; since Sept. 1—391 inches; since July 1—14.97 inches. At Airport—.18 inches; since Sept. 1—2.31 inche: since July 1—14.31 inches. create Legion districts in Alaska. Further resolutions provided for stationing the Department of Ameri- can Legion Service officer in Juneau instead of other Alaska cities; ask- ed for a change in the wording of the extension of the Alaska Territor- ial Loan and Bonus laws for vet- erans to cover those who enlisted for service as well as those who were drafted; opposed the Lemke Bill for homesteading in Alaska by service- men; favored the setting up of sum- mer camps throughout the U. S. for military training;'and recommended statehood for Alaska. Still other resolutions recommend- ed that veterans of the Korean war be entitled to receive the benefits of the Alaska veterans loan and bonus laws; urged granting of leave with pay to Territorial employees HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday were Pat Gilmore, Howard Donnell, Haller B. Ashley, Walter Barron. Dismissed were Richard Sorset, Mrs. John Reynoldson and baby boy, Mrs. R. H. Clark and baby boy, Miss Mary Koby, Art Sawyer, Edwin L. Stringer and Vincent Yadao. was born to Mrs. Harry Tussell! f Douglas at St. Ann’s Hospital | GIKL FOR 'TASSELS A T-pound 14-ounce baby girl this morning, KA UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES HUNT IS | eon held at Whing Ding last evening. Probe for Reds m—— Ve, Division infantrymen start dangerous task of probing for enemy snipers as they cau- tiously try to enter burning Yongsan, on central Naktong River front. Reds,” who had taken the town the day before in major offensive drive, were driven out by counter attack and artillery fire. (P Wire- | FORBY LEGION for temporary active duty training in the Armed Forces; and asking construction of a highway over the former Copper River railroad between Cordova and Chitina. A proposal to move the Legion’s Department headquarters from Ju- neau to Anchorage was defeated by parliamentary means but will prob- ably be brought up again next year. On the less serious side of the Leg- ion’s activities was a buffet lunch- It was followed by a dozen humorous | skits and stunts presented by the various posts of the Legion and Aux- iliary. CAVALRY IN ‘FALL BACK' TWO MILES By JACK MacBETH WITH THE U. S. FIRST CAV- ALRY DIVISION IN KOREA, Scpt 8,—(M—Dog tired cavalry troopers fell back as much as two miles to- day towards Taegu, at one point only seven miles from the front lines. Senior officers at the front saia the withdrawal was ordered "W shorten and strengthen” the defense perimeter of the city and that is the main communications hub of the northern front. In the center and right flank of the divisional front, the draw- back was made under savage en- emy fire, TODAY'S LANDINGS The largest landing today totaled 46,000 pounds of salmon from Elfin II, Ernie Swanson, angd sold to Al- ka Coast Fisheries. The other landings made sold to Engstrom Brothers and were from the Norfin, Rodger Baily, 1,500 pounds of sal- mon, the Aurora, Al Schraman, 2,- 200 pounds, and Jim Hickey brought in 600 pounds by truck from Auk Bay for Engstrom. FROM PELICAN Wallace and P. S. Bonty of Pelican are at the Baranof Hotel. FROM FORT RICHARDSON Janet E. Glave of Fort Richardson is registered at the Baranof Hotel. SITKA GUEST Laurence Freeburn of Sitka is a guest at the Baranof Hotel., MT. EDGECUMBE VISITOR W. Stilwell, of Mt. Edgecumbe is | @ guest at the Baranof Hotel. TRUMAN ATTACKS - MARINES Declares Corps Has "Pro- paganda Machine Al- mosf Equal fo Stalin’s” By BILL ROSS WITH U, . MARINES IN KOR- EA, Sept, 6—(P—Fighting Marines were angry and profane today on learning of President Truman's re- mark that the Marine Corps has a “propaganda machine that is al- | most equal to Stalin’s.” None would be quoted by name on what their Commander-in- i Chief had to say. Their immediate reaction generally was stunned sur- prise. (They apparently got their first word of the President’s statemerit through war correspondents and the Army's service newspaper Stars and Stripes.) Make No Comment Most Marine officers were reluct- ant to comment on President Tru- man’s letter to Rep. Gordon Mc- Donough (R-Calif.) which was made public in the United States. The officers said they believed anything they might have to say might affect their relations with other U. S, fighting forces in Korea. The nearest thing to a reply came from a field officer, who was asked for his views. “I think,” he replied, “it is very unfair to ask me to comment on such an unfair statement.” PRESIDENT’'S STATEMENT In Washington yesterday the President was disclosed to have said that the Marine Corps has a propaganda machine “almost equal to Stalin’s.” A Marine veterans organization promptly demanded an apology. Clay Nixon of Seattle, command- ant of the Marine Corps League, said in a statement that a Pres- (Continued on Page Two) MRS. BROSIUS IS T0 ATTEND GOP MEETING T0 BE HELD, CHICAGO Mrs. Helen D. Brosious of Seward, will attend the meeting of the Re- publican National Committee to be held in Chicago, September 14 and 15. Margaret E. White, Republican National Committeewoman for Al- aska, unable to attend, has given Mrs. Brosius her proxy to represent Alaska Republicans at the meeting. Mrs. Brosius, a long time resident of Seward, and active in Republi- can Party affairs, is Treasurer for the Republican Party of the Terri- tory. AIR FORCES AGAIN MAKE BIG STRIKES 'Weather Clears with Air- Airmen Dropping Bombs on Ranks of Reds (By Associated Press) U. 8. troops counterattacked today on the critical northern front and drove Communist guerillas out of Yongchon, key highway junction whose loss would place Taegu, main UN forward base, and the entira United Nations beachhead in grave peril, The town changed hands during fierce fighting on that sector, bui Eighth Army headquarters said it |now was in American hands. The town is on the main road to Taegu, provisional South Korean capital 20 miles to the west. Airmen in Action American airmen roared back into action in clearing weather and knocked 17 Russian-built tanks out of action on the northern front. The North Koreans have committed a massive force of 84 tanks—more than they have used in any drive— to the battle in the north in whick they appear to be making a desper- ate gamible to clinch the war. Allied resistance to the Red gen- eral offensive stiffened with the re- appearance of the planes oh the battle fronts. Doughboys Battle Back While doughboys battled in Yong- chon, other Allied troops battered back northward from Kyongju, an- other key highway junction 18 miles southwest of bombed and burning Red-held Pohang, east coast psrt Kyongju, reported safe for the Al- lies now, is astride the direct east coastal road to Pusan, last-ditch UN supply base. Reds Use Tanks The Red drive along the north- ern perimeter of the 120-mile bat- tlefront is powered by tanks which prisoners were quoted as saying came down from the “far north.” It is the biggest mass of North Kor- ean armor yet to appear. The armor is split up into two brigades, one operating in the big coastal drive and the other menacing Taegu from the north. ; TR After Pohang fell ‘to’ the ' coastal drive in heavy street fighting, the; . Communists poured through the gap: in Allied lines for their drive on Kyongju but they were: stalled. Meanwhile, the U. S. air strip six, » miles south of Pohang remained ! in Allied hands. British Troops Engaged ~ On the western sector of the northern front British troops werd in action side by side with the Am- ericans. They took over the lefi flank of the U. S. First Cavalry Di- vision eight miles southwest of Tae- gu and were attacked right off by Red machinegunners. The British beat off a Red patrol which had pinned down omne company. U. S. First Cavalry doughfoots withdrew from a walled citadel atop a 3,000-foot hill 12 miles north of Taegu, but headquarters said this was to consolidate positions. The Americans beat back two attacks down the “bowling alley” corridor north of Taegu. Suicide Mission On the extreme southern front, three Red battalions, evidently bent on a suicide mission, were stopped in an attempt to infiltrate U. 8. 25th Division lines. All around the 120-mile UN beach- head perimeter, airmen gave ground troops close support, concentrating the bulk of it on the critical north- ern front. Bombers and fighters also attack- ed troop concentrations and other military targets behind the Red lines. B-29 superforts dumped 390 tons of bombs on North Korean sup- ply lines. ARIZONA VISITORS John E. Simmons, W. E. Clark and Jack H. Askins, all of Phoe- ‘mx, Ariz., are stopping at the Gas- | tineau Hotel.