The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,629 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1950 MEMBER A Republican Trend STEAMER DENALI DECOMMISSIONED; NO SAILING SAT. SEATTLE, Oct. 11—(®—The Al.‘ aska Steamship Company today | cancelled the Saturday sailing of the steamship Denali to Alaska and ordered the ship decommis- | sioned. | F. A. Zeusler, Executive Assistant | to the President, said the drastic | cut in the company’s Alaska ser vice resulted from a .dispute grow- | ing out of the refusal of the Mar- ine Cook and Stewards’ Union (Independent) to submit to security screenings, i The Denali was scheduled to sal at 5 p.m. Saturd: It will be de- commissioned tod Zeusler said. TWINING GIVEN FOUR-STAR RANK IN APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — (& —/| President Truman named a veteran strategic air commander to the | number two job in the Air Force | yesterday and sent one of the serv- | ice’s most noted young men to com- | mand the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. | Lt. General Nathan F. Twining | whose 15th Air Force made the long- range attacks on German targets ; from Italy during World War II, | was appointed Vice Chief of Staff of | the Air Force. This gives him four-star rank.| Until recently, Twining commanded | all US. military forces in Alaska. | Lt. General Lauis Norstad, who has been acting Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the US. Air Forces in Europe. Norstad was director of operations of the Medi- terranean Allied Air Forces and Chief of Staff of the 20th Air Force during the last war. In recent years he teamed with Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, now Chief of Naval Op- erations, to develop a plan for uni- fication of the Armed Services. Norstad’s new appointment was widely interpreted as an indication that the U.S. Air Forces in Europe are to be increased in size and im- portance. At present they include two fighter groups of 75 planes each and one troop-carrier group of 36 planes. Three American groups of medium bombers and the fighter group stationed with them in Eng- land are not now under operational control of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. The Washington Merry - Go- Round (Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—With manpower the most precious thing in the Armed Forces, some of the brass hats don't seem to realize that the GI's time is valuable. Every hour he is kept in useless lineups cuts down his training period and his preparation for the battle front. The other day at Camp Pickett, Va., for instance, the pntire camp was herded on the parade ground, then kept waiting two hours to hear a pep talk by Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army chief of staff. Camp commanders seem to think GI's had no more important train- ing than to stand two hours wait- | ing for the general to arrive. Collins, a great fighting officer, | gave a forthright talk, but left one sentence ringing in GI ears. “Don't misunderstand me,” he| said, “I'm a great believer in rank | and the prestige of rank.” While he was speaking, two Congressmen also happened to drop in at Camp Pickett—Democrats | Wayne Mays of Ohio and John Mc- | | 1,719 LARGE VOTE IS TALLIED IN JUNEAU Local Republican Candi- dates Take Lead, Three Juneau Precincts Juneau voters went to the polls strong yesterday. Only 82 | fewer votes were cast in the three | warq Gove Juneau precincts yesterday than were cast two years ago when the fish trap referendum brought out an unusually heavy vote. There was a decided Republican trend in Juneau voting, as there was in most other First Division pre- cincts from which returns have been received. Ballots cast in the three local precincts were: No. 1, 563 this year; 556 in 1948. No. 2, 720 this year; 592 in 1948. No. 3, 436 this year; 653 in 1948. Juneau Returns For Delegate: E. L. Bartlett (D) 1048; Almer J. Peterson (R) 596. Two years ago Bartlett won in Ju- neau by 1252 to 501. For Treasurer: Henry Roden (D) unopposed, 1333. For Labor Commissioner: Henry A. on (R) 945; Ross E. Kimball (D) 610. For Senator (two to be elected): Elton E. Engstrom (R), 1235; James Nolan (D), 1057; Frank Peratrovich, (D), 589. For Representative (ei¢ght to be elected): Barnes (R) 1108; Hen- | Delegate jouPaId (@ nenreg (¥) uosidad | | [ =] | | | | B | 332] 202 “453] 234 | 263| 160, Mendenhall Salmon Creek | Pennock TIsland ... Treas. Labor Com. 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[ 3| 275 4 | Wacker 35 g 14 17] 14 | Douglas Bridge | gL | 11| 20 | 12 Lynn Canal | Annette 3 |Revilla Douglas .. | Mount | Clover Pass Hydaburg ... 10 4 T 17| 10 28| 15] PRICE TEN CENTS SSOCIATED PRESS Indicated by Early Returns TERRITORIAL INCUMBENTS ARELEADING Bartlett, Benson Hold Two- fo-One Leads-Roden Is Unopposed GOP LEADS IN SENATE ANDHOUSE Peratrovich Eliminated in First Division Sen- afe Race A strong Republican tide appeared today in the early returns from yes< terday’'s Alaska legislative elections With three Territorial offices to be filled — Delegate in Congress, Treasurer and Labor Commissioner it was apparent from early returns 36| 2 | 81| 65] 87| 6 L 23] 15] 25| 18 50| 34| 21| 51 31| 41| 9 20 19| 39| 33 35| 15 19| | Grav |Skagway ... | Wrangell BT | 170] 82| 4 54 “118] 105] 1: |66 120] 4] 105 Stikine 450 7 | Ketchikan No. 1 Ketchikan No | Ketchikan No. 3 !Petersburg .| 186] 150 | 3| 7] 99 ~.| 306] 165|| 339 || 301 146|| 246 271| 252 200| 278| 148| 229| 161 194| e 11 V0ol U i 3 ko Pl 256 193] 193] | 240] 220[ 90 20 14 27 112 129] 182] 20| 17 ] 159| 163] 116, 165 142 117 1 276| 222] 186] 191] 181 119 120| 198 345] 152] 126 T | sitka . | T Totals | 357) 120]] T335¢ 401 || 241] 225| 233| 329| 254|| 241| [T621]] 3022 ||2820|1023]|3140] 3271|2166 3244 333] 216] 231] 189] 192| 150 : '$920,550 THAWED LAST WEEK: FROST IS BACK ON TODAY drickson (R), 1102; MacKinnon (R), | 1095; MacSpadden (R), 1093; Jen- sen (D), 922; Stewart (D), 847; Locken (R), 836; Metcalfe (D), 811; Johnson (R), 671; Coughlin (D), 640; Gundersen (D), 616; Peterson (R), 588; Bartholomew (R), 553; Hope (D), 539; Harris (D), 495; Smith (D), 442. BIG. TALKFEST IS T0 TAKE PLACE DURING WEEKEND Truman, Gen. MacArthur to Confer in Brief, Spectacular Meeting WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — (B — President Truman and Gen. Doug- las MacArthur will meet somewhere in the Pacific this weekend for talks sweeping the whole range of critical Far Eastern problems. The chief executive, with a party of military and diplomatic advisers, planned to leave here today (12:30 p.m., PST), on the first leg of the long flight which he will resume at St. Louis Thursday night. The party is due at Honolulu in the Hawaiian Islands Friday, and the two men, with MacArthur com- ing from Tokyo, will meet over the weekend somewhere west of Hawail. The exact location, and whether it would be on an island or a ship, were not disclosed. Plans were announced yesterday without any advance speculation, but White House Secretary Charles { G. Ross told reporters, “it is the result of no sudden emergency.” The talks will be the first meet- ing between the President and Mac- Arthur, who has not been back to the United States since 1937. Administration officials _expect the conference to produce a far better understanding between the two men on some issues, notably Formosa, which have divided them Last week, the Territorial Board of Administration unfroze nearly jorie million dollars. Some was pre- | viously committed, but all’ was re- | leased. Breakdown was $815,550— University of Alaska; $100,000 — EWOrld War II Veterans Board, and | $5,000—Pioneers’ Home. | " Today, two requests by Dr. James | C. Ryan, Education Commissioner, | were discussed, but action was post- { poned. Dr. Ryan asked for release {of $750,000 appropriated under { Chapter 60, and for $2,000 under Chapter 114, the general appropria- | tions act, providing for a Superin- ‘lcndenw‘ Advisory Commission. STATEHOOD BILLSAGAIN BROUGHTUP WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — # — | Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) said | today he sees no obstacle to final ?Senat.e approval of bills to grant Istatehood for Alaska and Hawail. | “We've got the votes, and the bills {will pass,” O’Mahoney told a re- 11’)0rter. The statehood bills are slated for Senate debate when Congress re- convenes next month. The House | has passed both bills, and President | Truman has endorsed them. | O'Mahoney said he discounts heavily reports that foes of the statehood bills plan a last-ditch | fight to beat or sidetrack them. But reports persisted that some Southern Democrats and others are | !and may even resort to marathon speechmaking to delay action. “Defeat of these bills would be | tragic,” O’'Mahoney said. “Plain com- | mon sense and justice call for their ‘approval. and we've got the votes |to get them approved. «rThe Russians would seize upon Guire of Connecticut. Having nc“n the past as well as on develop- ideleat of these bills as propaganda brass to flash, all they got was the run-around. Finally, they located | a Lieutenant Colonel at Headquart- | ers and told him whom they want- | ed to visit. “you can’t see anyone,” tartly| retorted the officer, “These fellows are busy. They're being marched to | the parade ground to hear General | Collins.” “What's to prevent us from go- | ing over?” asked Congressman | Hays. “We're all busy,” mumbled the Lieutenant Colonel. “You can park | your car and walk over to the hill | if you want to.” The two Congressmen stayed to se¢ how tha draftees were being mert of U.S. Far Eastern policy in the future. In addition, Mr. Truman'’s home- front position can be expected to be strengthened in two respects by the brief, spectacular meeting: 1. Tt will no longer be possible for his critics to accuse him of having failed to consult MacArthur on con- | troversial Far Eastern matters—a | charge which some Republicans | have thrown at the President for a {long time. 2. The meeting will dramatize a deep Presidential interest in Mac- Arthur and his views and in the Korean crisis shortly in advance of | which may turn on Far Eastern (Continued on Page Four) questions. the Congressional elections—some of | | material that would cause us tre- | mendous harm in the Orient. Pass- lage of these bills would be bold | evidence that we practice what we preach; that we stand for Democ- {racy and self-government, and not ifor colonial imperialism.” STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Sailor’s Splice sched- Juled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. | There will be no Saturday sailing from Seattle. Denali to be decom- missioned. Princess Louise due to arrive from | Skagway at 7 a.m., Friday and sails south one hour later at 8. determined to fight both measures, | 40 THOUSAND MORE IDRAFTEES WILL BE CALLED IN DECEMBER WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — B — The military gave its_Army expan- sion program another boost today with a new call for 40,000 more draftees, while at the same time it tried to decide what should be fu- ture policy about using National Guard divisions. The new draft call, issued last night, is for 40,000 inductees during December. It raises the total of calls since the defense program started to 210,000. Added to men already in the Army or brought in under federalization of National Guard units and call up of reservists, this indicates the Army has or will have within a few months more than 970,000 men. That does not include an unspeci- fied but presumably substantial number of men in reserve units brought into active duty during the last three months. The Army’s reported objective, under the 3,000,000-man Armed Force proposed by President Tru- man, is between 1300000 and 1,500,000 men. Thus it seems probable the ob- jective can be reached perhaps by next spring—if training facilities and other physical limitations on the speed of expansion permit. Tidal Wave Does 1 Million Damage JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 11— —Radio Amboina said today the tidal wave caused by Sunday's earthquakes swept away two vil- lages with estimated damage of $1.- given. The radio station, voice of Am- boinese rebels who are fighting Indonesian Republican government forces, repeated an earlier appeal for speedy Red Cross aid “prefer- akly by plane.” It said the coastal villages of Galala, two and a half miles from the capital, Amboina, and Hut- umuri, on the southeast coast, vai- ished when tidal waves crashed 200 meters (656 feet) inland. Galala has a population of 1,000 and Hut- umuri, 2,000. BLOOD-TYPE (ARDS READY HERE FRIDAY| Identification cards for those who participated in the blood tyi program September 26 and 28 October 3 may be obtained by call- ing at the office of the Juncau Chapter of American Red Cross I the Shattuck Building Friday 3:30 to 5:30. Other hours will announced later, Mrs, M. O. Johi~ son, chairman, said today. d 000,000. No casualty figures umc: Gruening, White ‘Ditfer Sharply ‘On Yole Outcome E Democratic and Republican lead- ers took sharply opposing views ;on significance of early returns. I,-Qfiqumlc Goyernor Ernest Gru- ing HEALTH OFFICER QUITS, RETURNS 'WITHNEW POWER Fairbanks Council Supports| Doctor But Theatres Not Closed | FAIRBANKS, Oct. 11— (® —Dr, | Robert P. Gorman resumed his post the Démocratic Party.” as City Health Officer last night Albert White, Republican lead-‘nner the City Council in a special er, said “I consider the big Repub- | meeting passed gn ordinance giving lican vote so far reported a man. him tull powers to carry out any date by the people for the legisla- | measures which he “deems to be ture to conduct an investigation be in the interest of public health and housecleaning. However the re- | and welfare.” turns are so incomplete it is impos. Gorman resigned Saturday fol- sible to analyze the vote fully at|lowing a meeting of a group of this time.” Fairbanks physicians and city of- ficials which decided against his! ¥ orders that the theatres be closed “Ew pOI.‘o C ASES during the polio epidemic. Schools alreay had been closed. | Gorman said he had not been “getting proper cooperation from the city administration.” The new ordinance gives Gorman | full powers to act in an heath em- |ergency. He said, however, there A sixth case o: poliomyelitis in | Was no need to close the theatres Ketchikan was reported today to|DOW unless a new outbreak devel- the Territorial Health Department —that of Clifford Hettrich, 28. For the first time, one was re- ported from Wrangell—a receding case, that of Lorane Stough, 25. These reports bring the total of polio cases in Alaska since Aug- |ops. No new cases of polio have ibeen reported in the past five days. ust 10 to 35. Of these, Fairbanks has had 15, Anchorage 11, Ketchi- Two patients diagnosed last week have” been discharged from the kan now 6; Point Barrow 1, Ju- neau 1, Wrangell 1. hospital. A respirator was flown here yesterday under auspices of the Fairbanks Elks Lodge. Dr. Owen Cranmer retired from The attending physician expects | the young Juneau patient, who is in | 'St. Ann’s Hospital with a mild form | |of the disease, can go home Sat- eming said that “when final returns are in from many outlying precincts I predict we will find the people of Alaska have reelected Delegate Bartlett by more than two to one, have preserved the status quo on other Territorial officials and again given control of the legislature to | objection. He had been appointed | to fill the temporary vacancy cre- | ated by Doctor Gorman's resigna- | tion. The dispute started when Gor- man ordered theatres here closed |and theatre owners refused until {they had checked with other au- thorities. A meeting of doctors and city officials was called by Dr, C. Earl Albrecht, Territorial Health Commissioner. The doctors voted “no” five to one, and Gorman’s | resignation followed, Dr. Gorman said at that time that polio cases here were directly traceable to personal contact. | his post as City Health Officer with | . urday. . [TAX LEGISLATION T0 | BE DISCUSSED AT " C.OF CTOMORROW “Proposed tax incentive legisla- tion” will be discussed by Joe Mc- Lean at a regular Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce meeting at the Baranof Hotel tomorrow noon, 1t was announced today. Curtis Shat- tuck will talk on Fire Prevention | Week and all City Councilmen have | METCALF TRAVELS Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial Highway Engineer and chief of the Highway Patrol, boarded the Al- aska yesterday for Ketchikan, plan- ning to be gone a week. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 11 — Closing quotaticn of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can | 102%, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-| Wright 9%, International Harvester | 32, Kennecott 66, New York Central | 17%, Northern Pacific 26%, U. S.| Steel 40, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 2,190,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 22897, rails 69.64, utilities 40.39. been invited to attend. TODAY’S LANDINGS | Two landings were made today. | The Mabel K, skippered by Lester | Weiss, brought in 700 pounds of trolled salmon and the Lonefisher- man, Clarence Moy, landed 5,000 pounds of seined salmon. FROM SEWARD Sarah May Gardett from the Jessie Lee Home at Seward is stop- ping at the Juneau Hotel. | {American General Says The outcome of many races fot both the House and Senate remained uncertain at press time today, with only 57 of the 233 precincts in the Territory reported. On the basis of these early re- turns, Republicans were ahead for five Senate seats; the Democrats were leading for one. This, does not take into consideration the scanty returns from the Second Division, where two Senate seats are at stake, Republicans also were ahead for 12 House seats; the Democrats were leading for eight seats. No trend has yet been indicated for four other seats, allocated to the Second Di- vision. ‘The Democrats apparently have most of their strength in the Third Division, where contestants for the House are in a very tight race. ‘The legislative race picture in three of the four divisions is as fol- lows: received in Juneau today that all three incumbents would = be re- elected by comfortable margins. E. L. Bartlett, present Delegate, was running better than two to one against Almer J. Peterson, Republi- can, of Anchorage. Henry Roden, appointed to the ‘Treasurer’s « office last year, was| making a lone race for election. The | only opposition appeared to be from Ketchikan, - where there were 25 write-in votes for Harry Williams, Republican . and Ketchikan public accountant. Henry A. Benson, Labor Cnmm!s-l‘ sioner, was piling up a comfortable lead over his Democratic opponent, Ross E. Kimball, as returns con- tinued to roll into Juneau from precinets throughout the Territory. On the basis of returns from 57! of the 233 precincts in the Terri- | tory, Benson was ahead of Kimball almost two to one—7,173 to 4,248. In the First Division, returns from 26 of the 57 precincts gave Bartlett 3,366 to 1621 for Peterson in the Delegate race. Roden received 3,922 votes, while Benson had 2,820 to 1,923 for Kimball, vision are now In and tabulated. Re- turns from outlying precincts are not expected to change the outcome of either contest. RED PREMIER ORDERS MEN FIGHT; DEATH First Division Incumbent Democratic Senator Frank Peratrovich, seeking re-elec- tion, was decisively eliminated from the running by early returns. Today he trailed Democrat James Nolan and Republican Elton E. and Engstrom were in a tight race for first place. Republican Doris M. Barnes was well out in front in the House con- test, followed by Republicans Hen- drickson, Locken, MacKinnon and MacSpadden, in that order. Crowd- ing the leaders were Jensen, Met- calfe and Stewart, Democrats, and Johnson, Republican. Returns from outlying precincts are expected to change the picture during the next day or two, especially among sev- enth, eighth and ninth place candi- dates. i Third Division Twenty out of 70 precincts in the ‘Third Division gave the following results: Senate: Snider, 2235; Engebreth, 2173, both Republicans. Rivers, 1,563; Loussac, 1,161, both Demo- crats, House: Egan (D), 1,905; Kay (D), 1,843; Scavenius (D), 1,829; Con- right (D), 1811; Stan McCutcheon | (D), 1805; Gill (R), 1,803; Snod- |grass (R), 1,722; Gorsuch (R), 1,717; Pollard (D), 1,687; McKinley (R), 1,627; Carlson (D), 1,587; Chase (R), 1534; Osho (R), 1425; McClane (R), 1,358. Fourth Division Republicans led both the Senate seats, on the basis of returns from | Spearheads were within 80 miles of |the Greater Fairbanks area. W. L. | Pyongyang. ¥ Lhamon and A. J. Coble, the Re-~ At Wonsan, on the East Coast, | publicans, had 1,181 and 1,082 votes two South Korean Divisions were | respectively. Jess D. Lander and mopping up the important port and | Warren A, Taylor had 780 and 757 oil refinery city which fell to them | votes respectively. Tuesday. It lies 95 miles east of | Republicans Mike Stepovich, Pyongyang. George Miscovich and George A. On a central front 30 miles wide, | Gasser were leading in the House other South Korean forces captured | race, with Democrats Glen Franklin Kumhwa, a major road center and |and Thgmas A. Jones as possibilities were within 100 miles of the capital. | for the other two seats. Frank An- Maj. Gen. Hobard R. Gay of the |german and Essie Dale, Democratic First Cavalry, the highest-ranking {incumbem,s, were trailing, American on the fighting front, said | the Red forces were doomed and the taking of Pyongyang was only a matter of time. He estimated the Reds had about 25,000 men to throw into the battle for the capital. This is a comparatively weak force com- pared to the 150,000-man force used | by the Communists in the invasion of South Korea. Gay expressed be- lief the Reds along the border had no tanks and very little artillery. “These cookies—the Reds—are | beaten,” said Gay, back at his head- | quarters from a front line visit. Premier Kim’'s radio message was obviously an answer to Gen. Mac- Arthur’s ultimatum of last Sunday, | although Kim did not mention it directly. He told of the Soviet Union which gained final victory “after numerous difficulties.” Communist China’s Peiping radio issued a warning and protested the United Natlons decision to send ! troops into North Korea which bor- | ders on her territory, The radio | Communists Doomed af Pyongyan (By the Associated Press) North Korean Communists were ordered to fight to the death in a no-surrender battle today by Red Premier Kim II Sung while United Nations forces pushed nearer their capital from three battlefronts. On the main road to Pyongyang, Red capital, the U.S. First Cavalry | drove several miles past the 38th parallel against bitter resistance. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Fiour Period ending 6:20 o'clock th1s morning In Juneau—Maximum, 48; minimum, 41, At Airport—Maximum, 49; minimum, 45. | | FORECGCAST (Ju and Vielnity) Variable cloudiness with light rain showers tonight and Thursday. Lowest tem- perature near 40 degrees to- night. Highest Thursday' about 49, PRECIPITATION o ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau—040 inches; e since October 1—-2.66 inches; o since July 1—24.73 inches. . At Airport — 0.15 inches; since October 1—0.87 inches; since July 1—20.21 inches. ® 00 000 0 0 00 (Continued o;rr’;z . . . e Five) .