The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 8, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. EXXV., NO. 11,601 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —_ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e SCHOEPPEL TO CALL HIS OWN WITNESSES Furious Battle Raging for Mountain Top - 3 AMERICANS, | REDS FIGHT NEAR HAMAN North Koreans Reporfed Budiling Up for As- sault Toward Pusan (By Associated Press) American and Red Korean troops battled furiously today for a strat- egic mountain top two miles west of imperilled Haman. This is on the southwest front, where the Reds were reported building up strength for an assault towards Pusan, main allied base in Korea. At the northern top of the rain- drenched front American and South Korean troops launched separate attacks in an attempt to close a five-mile gap in thedefense line. Some gains were made. There. was little fighting else- where along the entire 120-mile front and 130,000 Red troops were believed building up for a new of- fensive smash that Gen, MacAr- thur’'s headquarters said might come either in the southwest, north or east. Red Drive Ends . A U. S. Eighth Army spokesman ‘sald the Red drive by 50,000 \'men on Taegu, the main allied base on| the central front, had “petered out,” probably for lack of supplies and sufficient man power. The Reds had stabbed within seven miles of Taegu before the U. 8. PFirst Cav- alry Division and South Koreans broke the back of their offensive. WARTIME ~ (CHNGESMADE W CREDIT CONTROLS T0 TRUMAN President Given Power Over Wages, Prices, Pro- duction, Inflation, Efc. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8— (A — President Truman today signed leg- SCHEDULE AT P.0 STARTS SATURDAY A new time schedule at the Ju- Ineau Post Office starts tomorrow. Particulars are given in the fol- lowing communication received by the Empire from Postmaster Crystal Jenne: On April 18, 1950 Postmaster . BUYING | CURBED New Regfllgfio—ns Will Go Info Effect on Sep- General Jesse M. Donaldson issued i instructions to postmasters, requir- ‘ember 15 ing a necessary readjustment in the | Postal Service, and subsequentlyI WASHINGTON ,Sept. 8—(P—~The 'each field office has been required | Federal Reserve Board today clamp- ed cupbs on installment credit terms, islation giving him virtually war- |0 share the burden of reducing time discretionary control over the |the postal expenditures by $69,500,- Taegu appeared safe for the time being. The Red buildup seemed great@st on the approaches to Pusan. Allied authorities ordered the evacuation of civilians from Masan, 27 airline .miles west of Pusan, as a precau- tionary measure, The Reds were reported to have slipped agents into Masan to stir up t_touble among its 75,000 population. Furious Battle The U. S. 25th Infantry Division retook Battle Mountain, a peak two miles west of Masan, this morning. The Reds came back with an artii- lery barrage followed by an infant- ry attack. AP front correspondent Stan Swinton said a furious battle was being waged for the strategic height which has changed hands nine times in less than three weeks. Bad weather and rugged terrain slowed the attempt of American and South Korean troops to.close the five-mile gap on the northefn {Continued on Page Six) The Washington Merry - Go-Round (Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON WSHINGTON — At a recent cocktail party, a tall, handsome guest with a slight drawl and polished manner, stepped up to Sen. Margaret ‘Chase Smith of Maine. “we are really going to get that colleague of yours from New Hamp- shire,” he said. “When the Re- publican primary is over your friend Tobey isn't going to know what hit him.” And he went on to tell at some length about his plans to defeat Tobey. Senator Smith’s friend was Roger Whiteford, a top Washington at- torney; while the senator to whom he referred was GOP veteran Charles Tobey, now fighting for his life in the New Hampshire primar- ies. Behind this cocktail conversation was something which is axiomatic in politics—namely, “your friends nation’s economy. 000. during the fiscal year July 1, 1950 to July 1, 1951. Under such circumstances and operating under rigid limitations, Postmaster Donaldson stated, it is not possible to maintain the present standards of service during the coming year. An intensive survey of each post office and its operational require- ments have been effected and in the states necessary reductions in service have for some time been in operation. During a recent survey of the Juneau office in an effort to reduce expense in a rapidly growing office and at the same time operate ef- ficiently within the appropriation, it was noted that post offices under the law must abide by the forty hour work week and that, under present schedules of Monday through Saturday 12:30 p.m., 44 hours per week are used which necessitates the granting of 4 hours compensatory time to each regular clerk during the following week. This causes an absence of two em- ployees each day in the week which necessitates either replacement by an hourly employee or curtailment of service. To reduce man-power hours and not curtail service to the public to a greater degree than is essential the Juneau office has been in- structed as follows: 1. Al mail will be distributed and dispatched as usual. 2. All windows will be closed on Saturday except the General De- livery and parcel post window which will be open from 10 am. to 12 noon. 3. Pickup service from the drop boxes, which have finally become available, will be put into operation in both the business and the res- idential sections of Juneau as soon as a suitable vehicle bid is received. As the new time schedule will be put into operation on Saturday September the 9th patrons are respectfully requested to take care of necessary week-end registry or money order business on Friday, as is done with bank transactions. MEN'S TENNIS FINALS - THIS AFTERNOON 4:30 IN EVERGREEN BOWL In order to take advantage of the favorable weather, Will Reedy and Bob Boochever are scheduled to square off at 4:30 this afternoon in the Evergreen Bowl for the Ju- neau Men's tennis crown. Reedy won the title from Boochever last year in five sets. Boochever held the title in 1947 and 1948. Two semi-fingls matches in tour- nament play came off last night in the Bowl with Reedy defeating Dr. Ted Oberman, 6-1, 6-1, in a match that was much closer and more interesting than the score indicates, Boochever took the measure of Don Morrison, 6-0, 6-1. In a‘match played several days ago, Dr. Ober- man won from George Tapley, 6-2, 6-1. Morrison reached the semi- finals by default from Jack Frost. STEAMER MOVEMENTS The new law, put together by Congress after the Communist in- vasion of South Korea, has the double-barreled objective of spur- ring defense production and hold- ing down inflation. It would permit—at the Presi-l dent’s discretion—wage and price controls, consumer rationing, pen- alties for hoarding, and real estate and consumer credit controls. It also provides for allocation of | scarce materials, priorities for de- 1| fense orders, government loans and y loan-guarantees to expand produc- tion and the requisitioning of plants } and equipment. Knockout Is Predidion O!Eaddler NEW YORK, Sept. 8—P—Sandy Saddler boldly predicts, “I'm going to catch him and knock him out.” Featherweight Champion Willie Pep declares confidently, “I'll win." Tonight in Yankee Stadium, these two great 126-pounders will get their chance to back up their words in their third and rubber bout for the world title. For this 15-round encore, a bum- per turnout of between 30,000 and 40,000 fans is expected to contrib- ute to a record gate for “little men” —featherweights down. The mark of $134,416 was set in 1923 when France’s Eugene Criqui and Johnny Dundee fought for the featherweight title at the FPolo Grounds. Tonight's shrw may do $250,000. There will be no radio or television broadcasts. BARANOF SAILS FOR WESTWARD THIS AFT. AT 2; 16 DISEMBARK Docking at 7 this morning from Seattle with 16 passengers disem- barking, the Baranof is scheduled to sail for Seward this afternoon at 2. Disembarking from Seattle, pas- sengers were: H. C. Blakeman, Josephine Brent, C. M. Bullard, Mr, and Mrs. A. M. Cummins and son Robert; Katherine Durce, Mrs. Grace Hartley, Dan Noonan, George Sundborg, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ‘Wohleb, Sally Zoerb, P. S. Taras. From Ketchikan: Carol MacKen- zie, From Wrangell: Miss Louise Wil- lard, ARCHBOLD HERE ON TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT Because of the recent deaths of two key men on the U. S. Forest Service staff—Charles H. Forward and Harry Sperling—C. M. Arch- bold of Ketchikan is helping out in the regional office here for sev- using authority conferred by the newly signed controls bill. The initial limitations—which may be further tightened later if con- i ditions warrant, will go into effect Sept. 18 and will require: Down payments of at least one- third on automobiles and comple- tion of payments within 21 months. Down payments of at least 15 per cent, and a pay-off limit of 18 months for these appliances: refrig- erators, food freezers, radio or tele- vision sets, phonographs, cooking stoves, ranges, dishwashers, ironers, washing machines, cloths driers, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners and dehumidifiers. {HONORS SON BEFORE DEPARTURE T0 SCHOOL Phillip Lesher, teenage son of Mr. and Mrs., C, L Lesher will be the honored guest at a party given this’ evening by his mother at the fam- ily residence on Glacier Highway. | Young Lesher is leaving Sunday | enroute to Houston, Texas where| he will attend junior high school | this winter and make his home | with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. | C. F. Lesher. A varied entertainment of games is planned for the farewell party this evening and the supper will be a “Hot Dog” event, topped with pumpkin pie, To enjoy the fun with the hon- ored guest will be his friends Wayne and Warren Powers, Harold Nason, Frank Peratrovich, Henry Museth, and Casey Harris. Young Lesher will make the trip from Juneau to Houston by plane. | He plans now to return here at| the close of the school year next| spring. | ALASKA UNION IN BIG DAMAGE CASE AGAINST BRIONES SEATTLE, Sept. 8—M®—The Al- aska Fish Cannery Workers' Union (AFL) filed a Superior Court suit today seeking $22,193 damages against Cornelio N. Briones, its former business representative, whe resigned to join a rival union. The complaint charges that Bri- ones “while purporting to be a con- fidential and trusted employee and officer” of the AFL union, actually was an employee of the rival union. Briones announced July 27 that he had quit the AFL union to be- come business representative and organizer of Local 77, United Pack- inghouse Workers’ Union (CIO). The two unions and Local 7-C, In- ternational Longshoremen & War housemen’s Union (Independent), are engaged in a contest for control over 3,000 non-resident Alaska sal- mon cannery workers. The National Labor Relations Board is conduct- ing an election to determine juris- diction. Briones denied the charges, saying “they are not true. The AFL is just sore because it does not have more members. DOUGLAS MAY SOON BE INCLUDED IN CIVIL DEFENSE AREA Appointed as vice-director of the Juneau Civilian Defense Council is C, B. Holland, it was announced today by Director R. E. Robertson. The defense council has also ap- pointed Lance Hendrickson as cap- tain of the Airport Patrol Area instead of Martin Lavenik who is leaving Juneau on an extended tfip to the States. The coucil holds its next meet- ing Monday evening, September 11, at 7:45 in the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co, penthouse. All cap- tains .are requested to attend ahd to report the names of persons recommended as air raid wardens in the captains districts and also a suitable place as headquarters in each district is to be recommended. It is anticipated that official arm bands will be distributed at this next meeting, Col. Joseph Alexander, Territor- For some time Lesher was a|ial Director of Civilian Defense, is paper seller for the Empire. | arranging through Mayor Mike Pu- ey e | sich of Douglas for the inclusion | of Douglas in the jurisdiction of | the Juneau Defense Council, ac- cording to Mayor Waino Hend- . rickson. Mayor Hendrickson also NEW YORK, Sept. 8—(P—Tom- sta;ed ',:lmt a‘quam:;y of stlr‘ewhers my Holmes' seventh inning home | 204 other Hrat_iald. i supnlos; , oD run with Walker Cooper and Sid gand ltrom qur(lid w:r bl .:“;;;e Gordon on base gave the Boston r::nmocate S0E INaCeBYALa0e Braves a 4 to 3 verdict over che" i3 New York Giants today. It was the | second defeat for Jim Hearn since joining the Giants in July. BROWN IS FINED FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION JOHN AND DAN NOYES James Wes Brown was on trial LEAVE TODAY FOR COLLEGE | yesterday in the U. S. Commis- | sioner’s court for reckless driving Leaving on the steamship Princess ‘ on the Glacier Highway about 9:15 Louise on their way to college were | a, m, Wednesday. John Z. and Dan Noyes, sons of | According to the repoft of High- Col. and Mrs. John R, Noyes. | way Patrol Lt. Emmett Botelho, Dan who was a graduate of Ju-| Brown had run off the road and neau High School, class of '50 iS|into a pile of timbers, had hit a going to the University of Oregon|tree and wrecked his car. for his freshman year. He Wil Brown pleaded guilty and was major in art and music. | sentenced by Judge Felix Gray to John will enroll in the Univer-|pay a $50 fine, as this was a sec- sity of Washington for his senio’jond oftense. Assistant U. S. At- year, His major is English. John torney Stanley Baskin presented has spent the summer vacation|the case for the Government. OUSTER OF JOHNSON IS DEMANDED Marine Corps League {Takes Action-Defeats Pro- | posal fo Fire Acheson | WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—®—The Marine Corps League today de- manded the ouster of Secretary of iDeIense Johnson, but defeated a | similar proposal that Secretary of | State Acheson be fired. The Johnson resolution asked | President Truman to replace the Defense Department chief “with a | competent and far sighted states- man.” The organization of Marine Vet- erans adopted resolutions urging: 1. That the President “takqgpim- mediate and drastic action to oust every known Communist sympath- izer, leftist and fellow traveler from the State Department or any other Department of Government office where they may be found.” 2. That Congress pass legislation providing for membership of the Commandant of the Marine Corps on the Joint Chief of Staff. The resolution asking the dis- charge of Secretary Johnson passed with only one dissenting vote—that of retired Brig. Gen. Robert C. Kil- martin, of Washington. Clay Nixon, Seattle, League Com-~ mandant, supported the Acheson re- moval resolution, saying: “I might have gone along for | keeping Johnson in, but Acheson | means policy making and we can- not have any doubt as to what kind of a State Department we have.” Earlier, two ex-Marines in Con- gress urged that the lawmakers greatly increase Marine Corps strength and give it equal represen- tation in the Joint Chiefs of Staff despite Mr. Truman’s wishes. Rep. Mansfield (D-Mont) and Senator Douglas (D-IIl) said they will introduce bills to: (A) Raise the basic strength of the Marines to 300,000 men; (B) authorize four divisions and four air wings; (C) create an assistant se- cretary of the Navy for the Marines, and (D) place the Marine Comman- dant on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. FIRST VISIT IN 46 YEARS FOR FORMER DOUGLASITE Excited over the prospect of see- ing old friends, Mrs. Joseph H. Woh- leb of Olympia, Wash., arrived with her husband on the Bar#nof. Mrs. dence Wyman, was the first white child born on Douglas Island. Her father, Dr. H. S. Wyman was phys- ician for the Treadwell Mine. This is Mrs. Wohleb's first visit in 46 years, and she hopes to see many family friends before boarding the Baranof again next Tuesday for the return to Seattle and home. The Wohlebs are guests at the Bar- anof Hotel. Mr. Wohleb is a leading architect in the Washington State capital, his firm being Wohleb and Wohleb. P S FROM YAKUTAT Donald Vent of Yakutat is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning Wohleb, the former Pru-| Statehood Vofe Again Sho_v_led Off WASHINGTON, Sept. 8— (M — Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas | (-1 said last night he believed it would be three weeks before the Senate gets around to voting on bills to admit Alaska and Hawaii to statehood. He said the delay was being caused by southern Senators who were af- raid that if they admitted two more states “their power would be dimin- ished.” He also believes the serious inter- national situation may keep Presi- dent Truman from campaigning far fellow-Democrats this fall. “I doubt seriously if the President will have time if the situation re- mains as serious as it is today,” Lu- cas said on the Mutual Broadcasting System’s program “Reporter’s Roundup.” STILL HOPE FOR BILLS WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — B — Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.) said today that although prospects for Senate consideration of bills grant- ing statehood to Alaska and Ha- waii look dark he will try to get action on them. He told a reporter that if Con- gress recesses next week instead of adjourning he believes there still is hope the two bills can be acted upon by the Senate. “I do not think that with the present situation existing in this country Congress should adjourn,” Magnuson said. “I think it would be much wiser for Congress to recess from time to time and be ready to return if conditions should require it.” DR. WEINBAUM CONVICTION ON PERJURY CHARGE Alien Chinese Specialist Is Now Held Without Bond-Be Deported . LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 — ® — With the perjury conviction of Dr. Sidney Weinbaum behind them, Federal agents today take up the case of another jet propulsion scientist with an alleged Commu- nist background, B Dr, Hsue-Shen Tsien, 40, alier Chinese specialist, is held without bond pending a deportation hear- ing by the U. S. Immigration Ser- vice which charges he is in this country illegally because of mem- hership in a group that advocates overthrow of the government by force. Russian-born Dr. Weinbaum, 52 was found guilty by a Federal court jury yesterday of lying about his membership in the Communist par- ty. Both scientists were engaged in Jjet research work at California In- stitute of Technology. Dr. Weinbaum was removed from a government-sponsored secret lab- oratory at Caltech after a U, S security check. FISHERMAN'S BREAKFAST may forget you at election time, but eral weeks, your enemies never.” is rvisar of the s axiom, incidentally, 18 hav-| S AEEN L SPULIE nciudes ing important mpaey g the Jnke: the Ketchikan nréa and Prince of ;p ;;1;1: caliber of the United States | wates Istand., en 3 In this particular instance, it | happened that, 10 long years ago, Senator Tobey called Roger White- ford before the Senate Interstate i SR e AR RS o DR. CODDINGTON HERE Dr. Frederick L. Coddington of Edgecumbe is staying at the Commerce Committee and subjected e e e (Continued on Page Four) | Mt. | Baranof Hotel. He arrived from ! Anchorage yesterday. here. ON VACATION TRIP Mrs. George Messerschmidt is southbound passenger on the P cess Louise bound for a six week vacation trip on the Pacific Coa: She plans to visit with friends relatives in Washington. Oregol and California. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday. Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to sail from Seattle Sept. 15. Alaska from west scheduled south- bound tentatively at 8 a.m. tomor- TO VISIT IN EAST Mrs. Edna Polley, member of the Juneau postoffice staff, left yester- day on the Pan Am clipper for Seat- tle ehroute to the east coast where she will visit with relatives the TOW. next three months. Mrs. Polley pla Baranof from west scheduled to spend most of her time in and southbound Tuesday. l around Boston. | TODAY’S LANDINGS For Alaska Coast Fisheries to- day, landings made were from Wild Bill, Ken Millard, 1,400 pounds of salmon; Edith, Henry Anderjon, 1,000 pounds and the Buzzie, Kell Larson, 800 pounds. For Engstrom Brothers, landings were: Elliot, Bill Helin, 1,500 pounds IS HELD FOR VISITING SEATTLE SHRINERS In Juneau—Maximum, 59; minimum, 39. . At Airport—Maximum, 60; minimum, 34. A fisherman’s breakfast was Held | this morning at the Baranof Hotel | for members of the Seattle Nile | Temple Shriners who are in Ju- neau, Visiting fezes were: James H. Fletcher, H. Dan Bracken, Glenn FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Fair tonight, with lowest temperature about 43. Vari- able cloudiness Saturday, of salmon; Pinta, Walter Maki, 1,- 200 pounds and the Weasel, Vern Dick, 1,100 pounds. highest temperature about 57. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—Trace; since Sept. 1—4.04 inches; since July 1—15.10 inches. At Airport—Trace; since Sept. 1—2.32 inches; since July 1—14.32 inches. FROM YAKUTAT Willie Brown of Yakutat is stay- | ing at the Baranof Hotel. | FROM SEATTLE Mrs. Agnes McLaughlin and Mrs. Carpenter, Frank Ostrander and Harold Simpson, all of Seattle. Alaskans were: Mr. and Mrs. Sie- vertson of Wrangell and Al Cooley of Juneau, Bracken and Carpen- ter caught the fish, The visitors are leaving over the weekend after having completed an annual tour of Alaskan lodges—i Juneau, Fairbanks, Nome, Anchor- Irene Ford of Seattle are staying at the Baranof Hotel. SENATOR IS - PRESSING ON HIS CHARGES Granted Permission fo Ex- tend Fight on Int. Dept. Statehood Legislation By Jack Bell WASHINGTON, Sept. 8— (B — Senator Schoeppel (R-Kans) de- manded and was promised today the right to call his own witnesses in an effort to back up his charges of Communist infiltration into the In- terior Department and the Alaskan Statehood fight. Schoeppel made the move at a public hearing of the Senate Inter- jor Committee investigating his charges against Secretary of the Interior Chapman and others— charges which Republican colleagues said privately seemed to be back- firing. Randolph Feltus, a publicity man whom Schoeppel had denounced in a Senate speech Tuesday as an “agent for the Kremlin,” angrily denied the charge again today and said the Senator had raised a ques- tion of “guilt by association” that, could “cut both ways.” Schoeppel had accused Feltus of working “for the Kremlin via War- saw "at a time he was serving as publicity man for the Alaskan Statehood Committee, He based that charge on the fact Feltus also was on the payroll of the Ambassador of Communist Poland, as a public relations man, while working for the committee earlier this year. Feltus Testifies Feltus testified today that while working for the Polish Ambassador, he also wrote a letter, in behalf of another client, which Schoeppel and 25 other Republican Senators signed and sent to President Tru- man in 1948 demanding that the United States back Indonesia’s fight with the Netherlands. Thus, Feltus said( Schoeppel had “raised a question of guilt by asso- ciation that could work both ways.” Angrily he said he pever has been a Communist, never has been an agent of the Kremlin, and doesn’t even know any Russians. Chapman’s Denial Chapman vigorously denied Scho- eppel's charges against him when he appeared yesterday. The Secre- tary dared Schoeppel to repeat them where he would not be immune from suit for damages. Quits Statehood Job Feltus said he left his job with the statehood committee after learn- ing “six or eight weeks ago” that an attack would be made upon him in the Senate because ‘of his work for the Polish Ambassador and he did not wan, to subject the commit- ‘ee to embarrassment. Both Senators Malone (R-Nev) and Butler (R-Neb) objected to Fel- tus’ statement that he thought the attack was made for political rea- sons. Feltus said he had been told that the Republican National Committee had distributed copies of Schoeppel’s speech. But Senator Millikin (R-Colo) said he had called committee head- quarters and had got a denial. “Then I stand corrected,” Feltus said. A little later, the Republican com- mittee issued a statement saying: “No one at the Republican Na- tional committee knew about the Schoeppel speech or what it con- tained until the address was made, and appeared on the Press Associa- (Conuinued on Page Six) STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 8 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today,is 2%, American Can 95'%, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright 9%, International Harvester 307%, Kennecott 65%, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 22%, U. 8. Steel 38%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,960,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 220,03, rails 64.39, utilities I @000 00 0cve®e00ccestceetsroe e o 9 0 0 0 0 o o age, Cordova and Sitka, 138. 817,