The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1950, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,623 JUNEAU ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1950 MEMBER ‘ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Yanks Win First Series Game By Score I- JORGENSON LEADS COUNCIL VOTE IN SPLIT ELECTION A fifty-fifty vote yesterday spm; the city election between the Peo- ple’s Ticket and the Civic Interest ‘Ticket. Twelve hundred and sixty five votes were cast. Almost twice as many as last year—due to the fine weather or interest in the| election. George Jorgenson, People’s Tick- et candidate, lead the balloting with ‘a vote of 710. | Other councilmen were elected in this order: Bert McDowell, J. A.| Thibodeau, Alfred Zénger, Sr., Ed- ward S. Nielsen and J, Bert Caro. Baker Elected For school director, Dewey Baker received 538 votes followed by Gus Gissberg, Herman E. Beyer and Harriet A. Williams. All of the councilmen have served | previous terms on the city council with the exception of Caro. Jor- genson, McDowell and Zenger were members of the People’s ticket who | served on the council last year. Vote for the unsuccessful candi- dates followed in this order: Pauline Washington, Carl Weid- man, Pete Warner, James Larson, Art Walther, J. P. Christensen | with W. C. (Dr.) Jackson and A. S. Glover bring up the end‘of the! list. Magistrate Vote High Fred O. Eastaugh’s vote of 747 as | unopposed candidate for city mag- istrate was the high vote cast yes- | terday. 1 The total vote by pecincts is as follows: | First precinct, 410; second pre- cinct, 501 and third precinet, 354. At Auk Bay, in yesterday's school board election, there were 32 ballots | cast with results as follows: Baker, 21; Beyer, 7; Gissberg 8, Williams 0. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 4 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 104%, Anaconda 35%, Curtigs- Wright 9%, International Harvester 31%, Kennecott 64%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 24%, U.S. Steel 39%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 2,920,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- | dustrials 231.15, rails 69.97, utilities 4097, e o ® ® o o o o WEATHER RE?PORT Temperatures for 24-Flour Period ending 6:20 o'clock thys morning In Juneau—Maximum, 53; minimum, 36. At Airport—Maximum, 52; minimum, 29. FOREGOGCAST (Junesu and Vielnity) Variable cloudiness tonight and Thursdy. Lowest tem- perature tonight about 42. Highest Thursday near 56. | . | PRECIPITATION of (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 &.m. todsy City of Juneau — Trac since October 1 None; since July 1—21.97 inches. At Airport Trace; since October 1 None; since July 1—19.32 inches. e e 0 0000 0 0 The Washington Merry - Go- Round {Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON WSHINGTON — Though Con- gress has authorized President Truman to invoke price controls, he. continues to do nothing about it. Meanwhile, the deadly spiral of inflation goes up and up, and the buying power of the American people’s dollar gets less and less. The housewife probably doesn’t need to read this in the newspaper, but the nation’s market basket | now costs her almost 20 per cent more than she spent to feed her family before the outbreak of the | Korean war last June. Here are a few examples: | Creamery butter is up 16 per| cent since June, while the average family’s bread and bakery bill has risen between 8 and 10 per cent. The price of bacon is up 16 per cent since June. The family milk bill has risen about 18 per cent on a nation-wide | average. Round steak is up 33 per cent| since June—pork chops, 10 per | cent. A dozen eggs costs 70 cents and BEL A il i R (Continued on Page Four) For Councilmen J. Bert Caro J. P. Christensen ... A. S. Glover .. i W. C. “Doc” Jackson George Jorgenson . James, Larsen ... B. F. McDowell ... Edward S. Nielsen J. A. Thibodeau . Art Walther .. Pete Warner ........ - Mrs. Pauline Washington Carl Weidman Alfred Zenger, Sr. For Municipal Magistrate F .O. Eastaugh For School Director Dewey Baker ... Rev. H. E. Beyer Gus Gissberg ... £ Mrs. Harriet A. Williams HOOPES WINS IN | FAIRBANKS VOTE: OTHER RESULTS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 4 — Fairbanks’ new mayor today is Rob- ert Hoopes who defeated his only opponent, Kenneth Bell, 526 to 413, in yesterdays hotly contested mu- | nicipal election. Hoopes is a 17-yenr| i resident in Alaska, a retiring mem- ber of the City Council this year and former member of Alaska Legis- lature and owner of Hoopes Auto Service. An entirely new slate of council- men chosen were: George Gilbert- son, hotel owner;.C. L. Lindberg, merchant; ‘Gene el, owner serv- ice station; Myra'F. Rank, housewife and vice president of Alaska Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs; Earle Hausmann, merchant; T. K. Downes, credit manager Northern Commercial Company. ‘William Hunter and Einar Ton- seth, both unopposed, were reelected to posts of Utilities Board member and City Magistrate, respectively. School board members elected ‘were George Preston, office manager for NC Company and Alvin Bram- stedt, manager of radio station KFAR. A proposition covering use of $1,800,000 in general obligation bonds authorized last year for con- struction of high school to augment Public Works Funds and finance additional for two new elementary schools passed by a large margin. ELECTION AT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 4— Incumbént Dan Setchfield polled 456 and Mrs. Marshall C. Hoppin 667 for two three-year terms on the Anchorage City Council accord- ing to latest official reports. Other candidates and votes are E. G. Bar- | ber 405, James D. Brown 195, Arthur L. Engebreth 409, Ferdinand P. LeFort 126, Carl T. Rentschler 440, Evander C. Smith 178. One-year Council term voters re- elected incumbent G. E. Krause 715, Karl Armstrong 152, Thomas E. Reilly 404 and Norma E. Rucker 191. Municipal Magistrate Buell A. Nesbett, no contest for two year term, reelected by 1270 votes. Sole candidate Anton A. Ander- son poled 1327 returning to three- year term Public Utility Board Com- missioners. Attorney Edward V. Davis 709, against incumbent W. D. McKinney 378, James Everett Goodwin 239, and Phil S. Durant 146. Mrs. Hoppin's victory was an up- set against incumbent barber. Election showed a small increase in some precincts, however, not as large as hoped for by the League of Women Voters and other groups. ELECTION AT SEWARD SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 4—Unoffi- cial report of the election for muni- cipal offices in Seward yesterday gives A. G. McRea undisputed high of 162 votes. Glenn Tressler and Tom B. Reiply, other names on ballot received 54 and 66 respec- | tively. Two names were written in, Charles Cole and Lawrence Whit- more, each receiving 149 votes. These are for office of councilman. Leon Davis went uncontested for | a five year term on the school board with 210 votes. Murl Trevethan also without opposition, with 181 for Utiilty Board, three-year term. Legality of the write-in vote hns' Dennis Turner of Tulsequah is| —_— (Continued on Page Two) Results ol(ly Election Pre: No. 1 cinct Precinct Precinct No. 2 No. 3 217 153 191 143 81 n 136 3 298 193 196 130 223 158 233 176 254 159 156 148 153 Totals 531 4an 200 284 161 143 48 5 620 599 190 188 194 271 188 n 96 51 Taku River Escapement Satisfying Escapement of salmon for spawn- ing has been good along the tribu- taries of the Taku River, C. L. An- derson, Director of the Alaska De- partment of Fisheries said today. He returned yesterday from an aerial stream survey trip in that area. He found evidence of good coho spawning in the Taku and its tribu- taries from salt water to points 50 miles up stream. Investigations up the headwaters, 200 miles from salt water, showed a good spawning of red salmon in several unnamed lakes. One lake about 12 miles long and one mile wide was especially gratifying in reds, he said. He pointed out that this time of year was late for red salmon to spawn. 163 97 155 66 55 69 36 Alaska Fishermen's Union Receives Independent Charfer BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 4—/ —An independent charter was in- stalled here last night by the Alaska Fishermen’s Union Local. The Alaska fishermen have voted to withdraw from the International Fishermen and Allied Workers Union which was tossed out of the CIO because its leaders allegedly followed the Communist party line. “We are not Communist and never intend to follow them,” said Secretary E. M. Berg. Similar independent charters will be installed at Portland and San Francisco, Berg said. Union agents will meet Friday at Seattle. Three Persons Are Drowned in B. (. Boal (ollisio_n_ VANCOUVER, Oct. 4— (® —The bodies of three employees of the British Columbia Forestry Service were sought in the choppy waters off Bowen Island today following a collision between a coastal steam- ship and a launch, Four other persons—one seriously injured—were rescued by the Union Steamship Line’s Lady Cynthia which late yesterday smashed into the Provincial ‘Forestry Department launch, A. L. Bryant, while en route to Vancouver from her daily pass- enger and cargo run up the coast. The missing, presumed drowned, were identified as F. A. Longstaff, 30; W. M. Ingram, about 30, both of Vancouver ,and A, P. Wrotnowski of North Vancouver, B. C., age un- available. . Rescued were Frank Paterson of Vancouver; H. M. Coles, North Vancouver; J. W. McDonald and J. H. Kilby, both of Burnaby, B. C. Paterson was in poor condition here with one arm almost severed. The other three suffered shock. Two of the 50 passengers aboard the 925-ton Lady Cynthia said the accident occurred when “the launch ol either tried to beat us across or| Princess Louise scheduled to else it went out of control.” FROM TULSEQUAH ‘rewm/ered at the Baranof Hotel. THOUSANDS ARE SLAIN ATSEOUL SEOUL, Oct. 4—(P—A South Ko- rean official estimated today the Communists massacred more than 10,000 Seoul residents before being driven from the capital city by U.S. Marines and Doughboys. “Several thousand more are re- ported lying in the hills,” said Lee Joong Choon, chief of the Municipal Public Information section of Seoul. “Many were dumped into rivers by the Reds.” Lee said the city actually had buried only 376 bodies, some of them victims of the street-by-street fight- ing for Seoul. i Another source, who declined to be identified, said mass killings were not ‘the work of North Koreans alone. He said the number of non- combatants slain by both the Com- munist police and South Korean soldiers probably would total sevs eral tens of thousands in all South Korea. AP Correspondent Stan Swinton reported from Kunsan, west coast | port, that a survivor told Uni Nations investigators 2,000 South Koreans were killed at Chongju. Thé investigators there are Lt. Cok Benito N. Ebuen and Major. D, Dionisio Ojeda, both of the Philip« pines. One source said “People’s Courts’ in Seoul were organized hastily and. in operation within 10 days after Communist occupation of the capi- tal June 28. He said political prison- ers were “tried” this way: The prisoners were marched to the balcony of the people’s theater building. The charges were read and the crowd below was asked: “Guilty or not guilty?” He said executions followed in- Variably. Alaska Sfeam May Cut Out Passengers SEATTLE, Oct. 4—(®—The Al- aska Steamship Company today an- nounced it will be compelled to suspend passenger service unless the Marine Cooks and Stewards’ Union (independent) submits to screening of its members without delays. The screening is by the Coast Guard under the Federal Maritime Security program. D. E. Skinner, vice president and general manager of the company, sald if passenger service is sus- pended, it will become effective for the Baranof, scheduled to sail at 5 pm. Friday. Skinner said the Baranof will carry only 10 cooks and stewards instead of 54, if passenger service is suspended, Some 50 passengers | have been booked already for the voyage. The vessel carries approxi- mately 130 passengers. “We recognize the hardships the suspension of passenger service will impose on the Alaskan people, but this decision has been reached only after two months of turmoil and confusion,” Skinner said. “There -1s no indication from the union that the situation can do anything but deteriorate.” Skinner said Charles Nichols, Se- attle Port Agent of the Union, had refused an invitation to discuss the matter with company officials yes= { terday. The Unlon insists that it would be told the reason members are considered poor secruity risks, Skin- ner said, yet it has never made use of appeal procedures provided. The Union recently was expelled by the National CIO on a charge it followed the Communist Party EAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska from Seattle due to ar- rive at 8:30 tonight westbound Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. i { sail from Vancouver Saturday. I FROM ANCHORAGE R. C. Caldwell of Anchorage i$ staying at the Baranof Hotel. Turkey fo Be Associated in - AMlanfic Pad WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—(®—Tur- | key has accepted an invitation “to be associated with” Atlantic Pact defense planning in the Mediter- ranian area. Under the arrangement, Turkey does not, however, become a full- fledged member of the 12-nation defense alliance. The State Department today dis- closed Turkey's acceptance of the invitation by making public an ex- change of notes between Secretary Acheson and the Turkish Ambas- sador, Feridun C. Erkin. Acheson acted on behalf of the foreign ministers of the 12 treaty nations who met in New York last weeks to plan increased defense preparations. Acheson's note said: “It is the view of the council that association of the Turkish Government with the appropriate phase of the planning work of the North Atlantic Treaty organization with regard to the defense of the Mediterranean would contribute sig- nificantly to the defense of that area.” U.S. REDS ARE WAR MACHINE Judge Publishes Docu- ments Proving Treason of American Commies ¥ Y PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4 — A — Judge Michael A, Musmanno today released seized Communist docu- ments which he sald without question that the Commu- nist party in America is a war machine with its primary and fun- damental objective the overthrow of the government:”’ Musmanno made public photo- static copies of documents found in a raid August 31 on the Pittsburgh headquarters of party of western Pennsylvania. Originals of 17 of the papers were sent by Musmanno to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Musmanno, Alegheny County (Pittsburgh) jurist, is the Demo- cratic nominee for lieutenant gov- ernor of Pennsylvania in the Nov- ember 7 election. He was a judge at the German war crimes trials and has waged a vigorous anti- Communist campaign from the bench. EPIDEMIC POLIO IN WEST, NORTH; NO MORE HERE The steady spread of poliomyelitis in Anchorage and Fairbanks with cases divided about evenly between civilian and military residents, amounts to an epidemic there, Ter- ritorial Health Department officials reluctantly decided today. Since August 10, Dr. Rebert P. Gorman, FairbanksyHealth Officer, has reported 13 cases to date, while 10 have béen reported from An- chorage. ‘There is uncertainty as to whether some of these reports are duplica- tions, as several Ladd Field patients | are believed to have been transfer- red to the Fort Richardson Hospital, and possibly to the states. The “score” for Southeast Alaska remains the same. There was a death September 20 in Ketchikan and one active case remains. One mild case was reported here. ‘The young Juneau patient is greatly improved, and has been allowed to walk around a little in his room at 8t. Ann’s hospital. A Health Department spokesman today that reports indicate the tly reported cases were diag- nosed as polio of a non-paralytic nature, —_— ~ FROM SEATTLE Paul D, Bentley of Seattle is ‘“‘establish | the Communist MORE U.S. TROOPS IN KOREA Supply Column from Man- churia Is Atfacked by U.S. Aircraft (By Associated Press) General MacArthur announced today a new reinforcing division— the U. S. Third Infantry—has ar- rived to join the Korean fighting as South Koreans pushed further into North Korean territory. The South Koreans were reported 60 miles beyond parallel 38 in om- inously empty oountry. The Red Army appeared to have vanished but there were signs it was pre- paring a build-up in front of Won- san, important Communist oil re- finery port. Field dispatches said 4,000 Com- munists are digging into strong defenses southeast of Tongchen. That town is 25 miles from Kosa- ong, now occupied by South Kor- eans, and is about 30 miles from ‘Wonsan, The atrival of the Third Infantry brings the total American strength to six divisions plus a regimental combat team. Only Bouth Korean troops have penetrated north of the 38th para- llel. All other Allied troops are busy in mopping up operations. Besides the Americans these in- clude British, Australian, and Phil- ippines ground forces. Thai and French units also have been as- signed to the operation. No Chinese Troops Sighted Yet An Air “Poréé " spokesman said the Red mystery column spotted yesterday snaking down from the direction of the Manchurian bor- der was a regular highway supply train. He sald the transport col- umn moving in from Communist China was not a foreign troop movement, The Fifth Air Force said a 150- vehicle convoy was sighted Tues- day night by two Allled B-26 pi- lots. It was spotted 50 miles. north- west of Pyongyang, North Korean | capital. Presumably it was the same | southward bound column attacked earlier by Allled planes. Bad flying weather cut down Al- lied air operations. Most fighters were grounded Wednesday morning. Radio Pyongyang, voice of North Korean Communists, admitted Red forces were withdrawing on all fronts. It said they would under- take “new duties” but did not speci- fy what these duties would be. The indication was the Reds would make a last-ditch stand in the north. Their broadcasts said work- ers were leaving the factories to take up guns, Guerrilla Action Foreseen ‘Washington observers said all this pointed up the possibility that the Communist Army might break up into guerrilla forces which could fight on for months or even years. This might mean an indefinite delay in bringing real peace to the war-torn country. It would bring a prolonged drain on American military strength, which may "be the overall Communist aim, these informants said. The Communists have resorted to guerrilla warfare in Greece, China and Indochina The Chinese Reds built up as their strength and at- tained great skill at hit and run guerrilla tactics before they toppled the forces of Nationalist Chiang kai-Shek. UN Showdewn Coming The 60-nation political commit- tee of the United Nations faced a showdown fight over two rival plans for the future of Korea. Yhe American-backed proposal submitted by Britain and seven other nations is expected to win an overwhelming victory. It calls for a short military occupation of Kor- ea by United Nations troops, free elections, and the rebuilding of a United Korea under UN direction. The rival Russian-backed pro- posal is expected to get votes only from the Soviet bloc. It calls for the immediate withdrawal of Uni- ted Nations forces after a cease- fire. India and Yugoslavia worked for a compromise between the two plans but there was little likell- hood their efforts would be suc- cessful, IDAHO VISITOR J. L. Rohur of Boise, Ida, is re- stopping at the Baranof Hotel. ‘gi.sured at the Baranof Hotel. BOK SCORE PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 — (® — Official box score of the first game of the 1950 World Serles: New York (AL) ‘ab Woodling, If ... Rizzuto, ss Berra, ¢ .. DiMagglo, cf Mize, 1b .. Hopp, 1b Brown, 3b Johnson, 3b Bauer, rf Coleman, Raschi, p . Totals ayad Philadelphia (N) ‘Waitkus, 1b Ashburn, cf Sisler, If .. Ennis, rf ... Jones, 3b .. Hamner, ss . Seminick, ¢ Goliat, 2b Konstanty, p a-Whitman Meyer, p Totals a-Flied out for Konstanty in 8th. E—Jones. RBI— Coleman. 2b— Brown. S—Rizzuto, Raschi. Left— New York (A) 9; Philadelphia (N) 3. BB—Konstanty 4 (Woodling 2, DiMaggio 2); Raschi 1 (Waitkus). 80—Raschi 5 (Seminick, Sisler 2, Goliat, Konstanty). HO—Konstanty, 4 in 8 innings; Meyer 1 in 1. Win- e N N ) -3 =°°°°°°°°°°°WF‘oeeof“ebeaaefl coco~o~ocococoTuomo~mo~ocOoO O~ ~T CorwrorLAwNDO Nornoowawao =3 “OOMMMWOOCONP aWNOOOOOOONSE Borvwwwwueaw » [ 3 - 2 RASCHI IS WINNER OF " FIRSTGAME Engaged in Brilliant Pifch- ing Contest with Phils’ Sensational Relief Ace sflon_r__s_con! Errors .. Second game tomorrow in Phila- delphia. SCHIBE PARK, Oct. 4—/—Yan- ner—Raschi. Loser—Konstanty. U— | Jocko Conlan (N) plate; Bill Mc- Gowan (A) first base; Dusty Bog- gess (N) second base; Charlie Berry (A) third base; Al Barlick (N) left field foul line; Bill McKinley (A) right field foul Mme. T—2:17, A— 30,746. PLAY-BY-PLAY FIRET INNING YANKEES Konstanty’s first pitch to Woodling was low and in- side for a ball. After a called strike, Konstanty threw three straight balls to walk Woodling. Rizzuto singled through the 3 between third and short, We stopping at second. Berra flied to Ennis at the base of the right field wall, Woodling tak- | ing third after the catch. Rizzuto held first. g ! Russ Meyer, a righthander, started | warming up in the Phillies’ bullpen. DiMaggio took a called strike, foul tipped the next pitch, then raised an easy fly to Waltkus outside the first baseline. Mize flied to Ennis in short right. No runs; one hit; no errors; two left on base. PHILLIES-—Raschi’s first pitch to ‘Waitkus cut the heart of the plate | for a called strike. ‘Woodling slammed into the lower barrier in left field while chasing ‘Waitkus’ foul fly and appeared hurt as members of both teams gathered | around him. After a brief rest, Woodling re- turned to his post in left field. ‘Waitkus fouled out to Berra be- hind the plate after working the count to three and two. Ashburn bunted to the left of the mound, Raschi came up quick to throw him out at first. Raschi speared Sisler’s high chop- per back to the mound and tossed him out at first. No runs; no hits; no errors; none left. | i { | SECOND INNING YANKEES—Ennis raced over to ;lcht-unm to gather in Brown’s y. Hamner gathered in Bauer's slow roller and barely threw him out at first. Sisler came in fast to make a nice catch of Coleman's foul fly near the left field. No runs; no hits; no errors; none | left on base. PHILLIES — Coleman backed up to the grass to field Ennis’ bounder and threw him out at first. Jones sent a high pop to Berra in front of the plate. Hamner rolled out, Mize, No runs; no hits; no errors; none left on base. THIRD INNING YANKEES—Raschi lined a single past the outstretched glove of the lunging Hamner. ‘Woodling walked on four pitched balls. Meyer resumed warming up in the Phils’ bullpen. Waitkus fielded Rizzuto’s bunt to the right of the mound and threw to Goliat at first who made a fine catch of the low throw to retire the batter. Both runners advanced on the sacrifice. " (Continued on Page Three) Rizzuto to kee Vic Raschi won the opening World Series game today, 1-0, in & brilliant pitching duel with Jim Konstanty, the Phillies sensational relief ace, before 30,746 fans. Bobby Brown's double, followed by two outfield flies, produced the game’s only run in the fourth in- Russ Meyer, a righthander with & 9-11 season record, was the new Philly pitcher in the ninth. Me) got a tough break when “grounder took & nasty hop off the edge of the grass and bounded away from Jones for a scratch single opening the ninth. But he retired the side without a score. Raschi, strong-armed righthander who pitched the “big games” for the Yanks all season, set down the National League champs with two « singles. Both came in the fifth in- ning, the only time the Phils had a man as far as second base. Bespectacled Jim allowed only four hits in his eight innings. His first start since he was pitching with Toronto in 1948. After 74 record breaking relief Jobs Jim finally got his chance to start but lost a toughie. Russ Meyer pitched the ninth inning after he was yanked for a pinch hitter. Raschi, showing no signs of a sore shoulder that troubled him on the Yanks’ last western trip, struck out five men and walked only qne. Willie Jones and Andy Seminick singled in the fifth but that was all. Konstanty, bespectacled 33-year- ‘old bullpen king, survived serious threats in the first and third before letting the Yanks score a run in the fourth. Brown’s double, a foul-line hug- ging ball into left field led off the fowth. Hank Bauer's fly to deep cen.er on which Richie Ash- burn made a fine over-the-shoulder . catch sent Brown to third. Jerry Coleman drove home Brown with a fly to Dick Sisler near the stands in left field. There was no chance to get Brown at the plate. This was the third straight series in which a two-hit pitching job has featured the opener. Last year Reynolds won a 1-0 game for the Yanks from Don Newcombe of the Dodgers. In 1948 Bobby Feller of Cleveland lost his two-hitter to Bos- ton, 1-0. FALL FISHING FOR SEINERS OPENS AT 6 A.M. TOMORROW Seiners will start their limited fall fishing season tomorrow at 6 a.um. in six specified areas of South- east Alaska, where commercial fishing will be permitted until Oect- ober 15 at 6 p.m. These areas are Excursion Inlet, Hood Bay, Chaik Bay, Secruity Bay, Port Camden and Chomondeley Sound. According to reports to the Fish and Wildilife Service, some areas has had good escapement, but the fish are already upstream. Observations indicate very few fish in Port Camden and Secruity Bay, but Excursion Inlet is believed to have a fairly good supply.