The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 24, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,640 “ALL THE N S ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS New Arrests Made In Drive On Red Ranks U.N. FIVE YEARS OLD THIS DAY General Observance Over Entire World-Important Address Today (By the Associated Press) The United Nations, born of the agony of the Second World War, marked its fifth anniversary today around the world, with the Com- munist and non-Communist nations warning each other against hurtling toward World War III President Truman went to New York for a major foreign policy speech before the UN. General Assembly, pledging this country’s continued devotion to the cause of peace. Tones of Freedom Bell Half a million people in Com- munist-encircled Berlin heard the first challenging tones of a free- dom bell—a gift of the US. as a symbol of hope to the free and to| the oppressed alike. Its voice was relayed throughout the world by more than 2,000 radio stations as part of the U.N. Day celebrations. East Berlin Communists tried to drown out the bell’s message. Millions in the Soviet Union were reminded of the anniversary by Communist press articles praising the concept of the United Nations but declaring that it now has only two paths to choose from—the path of “serving peace pointed out by the Soviet Union” and the path of “abetting aggressors.” U.N. Troops Advance Victorious United Nations troops in Korea continued their final push toward the Manchurian border to| free that war-torn country from Communist armies. In liberated Seoul special services were held with speakers including President Syngman Rhee, U.S. Ambassador John J. Muccio and Dr. Chong Ii Hyung, excutive director of the Ko- rean Association of the United Na- tion. In London, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said that in Korea the UN. had “weathered its first big storm.” He said the use of United Nations forces in Korea “has made the possibility of peace nearer than it ever has been.” In Indo-China The capital of Communist-be- (Continued con Page Fight) The Washington Merry - Go - Round Copyright. 1930. by Bell Svnaicate, Ing.! By DREW PEARSON PORTLAND, Ore. Sometimes politics looks a little clearer when you get off and take a long-ranze view of it. At any rate, I have been taking a bird's-eye view of all the rum- pus kicked up in New York over the question of how Governor Dew. ey inveigled, enticed or “bribed” Lt. Gov. Joe Hanley out of the gov- ernorship race. And it seems to me that my colleagues of the press back east are missing a big part of the story. The story really began about the last week in August wh~a Winthrop Aldrich of the Chase ¥ ational Bank telephoned his brother-in-law, John D. Rockefeller- Jr., at Bar Harbor, Maine, asking his help in getting Lt. Gov. Hanley out of the race for Governor. This was before Dewcy got f‘nto the picture. Aiid the moral of the whole story is that when you get the big-money boys into politics something always smells, The story is all in the back files of the Washington Merry-Go-| Round and since the politicos are still gasping for breath over it maybe the details are worth retell- ing now. i The story began last August 31 as follows: “Powerful efforts were made over the week end to per- suade Lt. Gov. Joe Hanley to with- draw from the race for governor in favor of Tom Dewey. «Wwinthrop Aldrich, head of lh(" Chase Bank, conferred in Bar Har- por with his brother-in-law, John D. Rockefeller, and togehter they telephoned Roy Howard, head of the Scripps-Howard newspapers and a powerful Dewey backer. They also phoned Frank Gannett, head of the (Continued on Page Four) 'More Refurns, Ath Division, Jones Leading { FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 24— —Returns from the heavily Demo- | cratic precinct of Kwigillingok put | Democrat Tom Jones into an 11- | vote lead for the fifth seat in the | lower house “of the Alaska Legisla- ture for the Fourth Division. i ‘Alden Wilbur, Republican, had | held a dwindling margin for the seat since the counting started after election day, Oct. 10. The Kwigil-| lingok vote was 34 for Jones and three for Wilbur. Standings in other legislative races remained unchanged. Repub- licans were assured of the two Sen- ate seats and three of the five House seats. Democrat Glen Frank- lin had one house seat clinched. The final result of the Wilbur- Jones race will be decided by the counting of 130 absentee ballots| today.” There are only about 30 votes unreported from small outly- ing precincts. If Jones should remain ahead, it would give the Democrats an ap- parent 15 to 9 lead for the 24 seats in the lower house. They held a 19 to 5 edge in the 1949 legislature. AMERICAN TROOPS OUT OF KOREA BY CHRISTMAS, REPORT TOKYO, Oct. 24—(P—Informed sources said today most American troops may be out of Korea by Christmas. They said General MacArthur ex- pects the first elements of the Eighth Army to begin moving back to Japan by Thanksgiving. All four divisions of the Eighth Army and perhaps other American units should be out of the Korean peninsula by Christmas, the in- formants added. British and most other Allied units also presumably will be with- drawn as quickly as possible. The informants said' the time schedule depends upon the swift elimination of organized Red Ko- rean resistance. The battle-hardened South Ko- | rean army is believed capable of maintaining law and order after formal Red resistance ends. Both MacArthur and President Truman have said Allied forces would.be withdrawn as soon as pos- sible to permit the Koreans to man- age their own affairs. MacArthur reportedly stressed the necessity of this at his Wake Island conference with the President. He argued that a prolonged occupation would pro- duce repercussions among the proud Koreans. No date has been set for the new Korean election ordered by the United Nations. MacArthur, it is understood, believes it may be pos-J sible to hold one around the first of the year. PHIL BRADLEY T0 DISCUSS MINING, | C OF C THURSDAY Phil Bradley, Jr., consulting en-| gineer and member of the board of directors of the Mining Company from San Fran- cisco, is in Juneau this week re- viewing the physical situation at the mine and looking up old friends. He will be a speaker at the regular luncheon meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce Thursday and will discuss the relation of gold mining to inflation and the import- ance of it in defense production. Bradley avas reared in Treadwell and while this is only his third visit here in the past ten years, he is glad to be back in the Gastineau Channel area. FLIGHTS DELAYED Bad weather yesterday delayed two Pan American World Airways flights. The flight from Seattle arrived but the southbound plane did not leave. A flight from Fair- banks overnighted at Whitehorse and was due here today. Today’s flights were scheduled to arrive on time. Helen M. Hay of San Francisco is registered at the Baranof Hotel. Alaska-Juneau | SHIP CASE HEARING ON IN SEATTLE |Meeting for Purpose of Determining If Full In- vestigation Necessary SEATTLE, Oct. 24—(P—A brief | {hearing was held here yesterday to determine whether a Maritime dis- pute which has halted passenger | service to Alaska should be inves- tigated by a Congressional commit- tee. Rep. Hugh B. Mitchell (D-Wash) conducted the closed hearing which was attended by representatives of the Alaska Steamship Co., govern- ment agencies and an AFL union official. The Marine Cooks’ and Stewards’ Union (Ind), one of the principals in the dispute, carried out its an- nounced boycott of the meeting. Union spoksmen said last week they would not attend the meeting unless it was opened to the press and public, charging it could not ‘expect fair treatment in a ‘Star Chamber’ session.” In a statement issued after the hearing, Mitchell called the absense of the union representatives “an afiront to a committee of Cong- ress.” He said he would report facts zathered today to the House Com- mittee on Labor and Education. “It will be up to the committee to decide if there will be a hearing by full committee, and whether representatives of the Marine Cooks will be subpoenaed,” Mitchell said. Mitehell said a closed exeeutive hearing by a Congressional commit. tee is “customary procedure to develop facts without prejudice” and learn whether a full scale hearing is warranted. Passenger service was suspended o Alaska after protests by the wards’ Union over security screening procedures by the Coast Guard brought repeated delays. BLOOD TYPING IS RESUMED ON THURS. Because of the observance of United Nations Day today and this evening, the blood typing program will not be resumed until Thursday evening, October 26. Those who have not yet been typed but desire to take advantage of the service offered should be at the high school building at 7:30 Thursday, the blood typing commit- tee has announced. Sponsoring agencies are the Juneau Chapter, ARC, the Medical Association, the Territorial Department of Health, the hospitals and the Civilian De- fense, assisted by a large corps of volunteer clerical and other work- ers. 20 PASSENGERS ON PNA TUESDAY Fourteen passengers arrived in Juneau yesterday from the west- ward on Pacific Northern Airlmesl and six departed. From Anchorage: Mrs. M. D. Curry, N. B. Holm, Mrs. L. Carlson, Mrs. E. Atwood, Major Jack Hop- kins, Sonja Hopkins and Charles | | Cook. From Cordova: Dr. A. C. Powell, Dr. John Schiack, Mrs. Walt Cor-| liss, J. P. Hanson and Mrs. D. H.| | Kay. | | ¥rom Yakutat: George and Annie | Alton. { To Anchorage: | Martin Zatloukal. | To vyakutat: Alex James, H.| | Carle, Charles Thomas and W. R. | Whitterburg. STOCK QUOTATIONS Fred Muson and | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 102, Anaconda 37; Curtiss-Wright |9%, International Harvester 32%, iKennecobt 67%, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific 27, U.S. Steel 1’41“'., Pound $2.80. Sales toddy were 1,790,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- | dustrials 231.39, rails 69.44, utilities AL JOLSON San Francisco Hotel DIES WITH QUIP, LIPS Veleran Jazz Singer Pass-| JoNsaN. Koren Mednestus 7 es Away Suddenly in the church. But he had other ideas. 1 | NEW YORK, Oct. 24 — Closing |been losing our great entertail SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24—{®— Al Jolson, the veteran jazz singer who was the first U.S. star to en- tertain troops overseas in both the Second World and Korean Wars, died unexpectedly last night with | a quip on his lips: “Hell, Truman had only one hour with MacArthur. I had two!” Then . “I'm going, boys,” the tlmou;“ Mammy Singer told two longtime friends with whom he was playing gin rummy in the St. Francis hotel. He died quietly, quickly, of a coro- | nary occlusion . . . and without pain, said the house physician, Jolson, 64, had returned only two weeks ago from Korea, where he sang to Allied troops. He had a two-hour luncheon chat with Gen- eral MacArthur in Tokyo enroute. President Truman and MacArthur | talked privately just an hour on; Wake Island a week ago Sunday in their historic get-acquainted meeting. With Jolson were two old friends, song writer Harry Akst and Martin Fried, Al's accompanist and ar- ranger. They had come with him from southern California for a scheduled guest star spot on a Bing Crosby radio show, to have been re- corded here tonight. wife, Erle Galbraith, whom hi married in 1945. She was at Encino, Calif. She was reported to have collapsed with grief. Jolson was riding the crest of a popularity wave for the second time in an entertainment career that began in 1899. His popularity with the troops was unsurpassed. In ‘World War II, he traveled to Europe, Africa, India and the Pacific, en- tertaining GI's for the USO. On his return from Korea, where he gave 42 shows in 16 days, he said: “Know what it feels like to be back? I'm going to look up my in- come tax and see if I paid enough Those guys are wonderful! This is a much tougher war than the last one, believe me.” He entertained GI's at the front when the American beachhead in Korea was at its smallest and under constant attack. “I was singing up there for some guys and there was a lot of noise,” he related. “So I says to an officer, ‘Why don’t you tell those kids of yours outside to stop shooting off those rifles?’ ““Those aren’t our kids,’' he told me!” Al was born Asa Yoelson on May 26, 1886, the son of a Jewish cantor, in what was then St. Petersburg, Russia. His father trained him for TRIBUTE TO MEMORY HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 24— P —A shocked movie industry paid lavish tribute today to the memory of one of, its greatest enterainers, Al Jolson, Norman Krasna and Jerry Wald, producers of what was to have been his newest show, “Let’s Sing Again,” a story of- the USO, said: “Al Jolson is a war casualy, just as were so many of the tried| kids he sang for.” There were others: George Jessel—“The world lost the greatest entertainer it ever known.” Jimmy Durante—“A kind erous, unselfish person.” Larry Parks, who played Jolsc “The Jolson Story"—“The not only has lost its greatest tertainer but a great An as well.” Edgar Bergen—"“To me the Ame! can stage reached its heizh years ago, and one by one Wt Now we have lost the greal them all.” Eddie Cantor—“He was a There can never be, therc will be another Al Jolson BLANCHARDS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bla! Io( Skagway arrived here ¢ Princess Louise. They are at the Gastineau Hotel. | The airmen did not give the Akst _telephoned Jolson’s 1°nrwwr of ceremonies at the ban- | e New Enemy Column Seen, | I | Korean Front WONSAN, Korea, Wednesday—! led they spotted a large enemy col- reported last-stand capital of the | North Koreans. makeup of the column, nor specu- late on its destination. Hard-driving South Korean troops have been advancing from the south on Kanggye, which is not far from the Manchurian border. There were no estimates on the number of enemy troops in the col- imn, U. S. officers said they did not have any information other than the bare statement from re- turning pilots. JUNEAU OBSERVING UNITED NATIONS DAY BAN-UET TONIGHT Juneau participated in United Nations Day observance today through its schools, service clubs, Boy and Girl Scouts, and a banquet which will be held at 7 o'clock to- night at the Baranof Hotel. A'program was held at the High School this morning. Boy Scouts rang the Liberty Bell in front of the Federal Building. The Rotary Club dedicated the main part of its program to the observance. Gov. Ernest Gruening will be | 'guet and Mayor Waino Hendrickson will be featured as the main speaker. There is a full schedule of speakers representing most of the clubs, organizations, governmental agen- cies and ministers in the Gastineau Channel area. High School Program Observation of United Nations Day took place this morning in the high school gym. Following the playing of the Star Spangled Ban- ner by the Juneau High School Band, Jerry Shaw led the audience in salute and pledge to the flag. Superintendent of Schools Sterl- ing Sears introduced the program and Mayor Waino Hendrickson who | reviewed the Korean situation as it | was before and after the United Nations entered the picture. Dr. I. J. Montgomery, representing the | American Legion, gave a talk on the favorable attitude toward the United Nations by the men who had been | to war, | Mrs. Joe Kendler and the Men- | denhall 4-H Club presented a United Nations flag to the Juneau schools which was accepted by Carl Weid-| man, Jr., president of the student | body. WEATHER DELAYS WELFARE MEETING | A meeting of the Alaska Welfare Board scheduled for this morning was delayed until 1:30 this after- noon due to late arriving planes carrying board members. Mrs. Evan- geliné Atwood of Anchorage arrived yesterday and the Rey. Fr. G. Edgar Gallant flew in this morning from Skagway. Mrs, Francis Longley of| Nome and Ivar Skarland of Fair-| banks arrived on a delayed flight| from Fairbanks today. Gov. Ernest| Gruening is chairman of the board. ® © 0 & 0 0 0 0 o 0 . WEATHER REPORT ® Temperatures for 24-Plour Period ® ending 6:20 o'clock thys morning . In Juneau—Maximum, 39; ® minimum, 34. . At Airport—Maximum, 39; ® minimum, 34. .- FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinlty) Partly cloudy tonight and ® Wednesday. Lowest tempera- ® ture tonight about freezing. ® Highest Wednesday near 40. . ®* PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau—0.18 inches since October 1—6.93 inches; since July 1—29.03 inches. At Airport — 0.08 inches since October 1—2.70 inches since July 1—22.04 inches. umn moving south from Kanggye, | {which the UN charter came into {Union and its colonial satellites”— {that aggression, whatever the wea. CHALLENGE U.S.Planes SWEEP-UP - TO RUSSIA | AreReported | KEEPS UP BY TRUMAN \"Fool Proof” Unanimous Claim Chinese Communist Agreement Needed on Disarmament Plan By Ernest B. Vaccaro | FLUSHING MEADOW, New York Oct. 24—(P—President Truman pro- pesed teday a unanimous agreement ameng nations upon a “fool proof” disarmament plan to pave the way for a concerted war against want. The President made it clear he feels the United States and other free nations have no choice except té use their collective strength to curb aggression as long as “there are some who will resort to war” if it suits their ends. A “fool proof” disarmament plan, he told the United Nations General Assembly, must outlaw not only at- omic and hydrogen bombs but cover conventional war weapons as well. Given a rousing welcome on the Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations, Mr. Truman avoided nam- ing Russia of its Communist sat- ellites. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, Soviet For- eign Minister and chief Russian delegate, was among those who greeted him upon his arrival at the Assembly hall. Vishinsky and the six other UN vice presidents sat on the platform with Mr., Truman as he spoke, They arranged to attend a subseqquent reception and a luncheon with the President, Challenge To Russia His speech was @ thinly-veiled challenge to Russla to agree to his disarmament plan, which called for international inspection to as- sure compliance. The United States and other free nations, Mr. Truman said, will con- tinue to build up their militdary forces as insurance against aggres- sion until there is unanimous agree- metn on “international control of atomic energy and the reduction of armaments and armed forces.” ‘The United States, now commit- ted to that course, will follow it as long as necessary, the President said in an address at the United Nations General Assembly on the | Fifth Anniversary of the day on| force. Armed Strength Required He left the door open for east- west peace talks both “in the Uni- ted Nations and elsewhere’—a re- ference he did not expand—but said the free nations have learned the hard way that negotiation alone will not preserve peace. There must be armed strength as well, he said, to resist aggression. Mr. Truman’s indictment of Com- munist aggression followed the lines of his San Francisco speech a week ago. At that time, he said “the Soviet | in both Europe and Asia—are mail taining vast armies which pose | constant threat to worid peace.” | World Disarmament ! Much of today’s talk was devoted to the hope of world disarmament. | In that connection, he said, the| UN might well consider whether its work in that ifesld “might be revitalized” through merger of two groups it has had working on the problem, one on general dis- armament and the other on con- trol of atomic energy. Mr. Truman offered these three “pasic principles” for disarmament: What Aggression Does “First, the plan must include all kinds of weapons. Outlawing | any particular kind of weapon is‘ not enough. The conflict in Korea | bears tragic witness to the fact, pons used, brings frightful destruc- | tion. “Second, the plan must be based on unanimous agreeemnt. A major- ity of its nations is not enough. No plan of disarmament cap work| unless it includes every nation hav- ing substantial armed forces. One- ded disarmament is a sure invita- tion to aggression, Must Be Fool-Proof “Third, the nlan must be fool- proof. Paper piomises sre not enough. Disarmament must be bas- ed on safeguards which ,will in- sure the compliance of all nations. The safeguards must be adequate | to give linmediate warning of any Firgfl Upon Guns Shoot Across Man- churian Boyder, Report (By the Associated Press) Two American observation planes flying inside North Kdrea were re- ported fired on today by Chinese Communist guns shooting across the Manchurian border. The incident was reported by two U.S. Marine pilots as United Na- tions forces raced to within 30 miles of the border to seal off dis- organizd remnants of fleeing North Korean Communists. It was exactly four months to the day since the powerful North Ko- rean armies invaded South Korea. Today als§ is United Nations Day, the fifth anniversay of the UN.s founding, being observed around the world. Aggressor’ Crushed The North Korean aggressors were crushed by combined forces of the United Nations sparked by Americans. The Korean war was the United Nations' first peace en- forcement action and was backed by 53 non-Communist nations. A Marine spokesman said the border iricident took place late Mon- day near Manpojin, Korean strong- hold near th border-marking Yalu river. It occurred 20 miles northwest of Yanggye, reported new command post. of Red Premier Kim Il Sung. Ack-Ack Radar Controlled officer said that the Com~ mutist Chinese guns fired 40 rounds of heavy anti-aircraft shells at the two planes but neither was damaged. The ack-ack apparently was radar controlled. The Chinese Communists have complained to the United Nations in the past that American planes have violated their territory. They announced today that a nine-man delegation is leaving for New York to attend a U.N. Security Council session when their complaints will be aired. The incident erupted along the uneasy border as South Korean forces chased a remaining 25,000 Red Korean troops northward in the final roundup of the war. Establish' Bomb Line As a precaution against similar incidents a new United Nations bomb line only 12 miles south of the Manchurian border was estab- lished. A bomb line is usually kept 20 miles ahead of forward troops. Organized resistance on a large scale ceased—plthough there still were remnants of 16 Red divisions to be dealt with in the north. The UN. forces counted 323,000 pris- oners. FIREMAN-BRIDEGROOM HAS T0 MAKE 3 TRIES FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE| with his wedding planned for Friday evening, Joe Sadlier began to think he never would get the marriage license, Joe, who lives at the Fire Eill, started for the U. S. Commission- er's office yesterday to sign the application. Boom! went the fire alarm, 2-4, With other firemen, Joe hurried to Front and Seward. | That didn’t take long, but by thc’ time Joe got started again, it was almost an hour later. Up the hill again. 2-1 this time. Now to the Nativt| Village. | In the breather before the 4:56 | pm, signal 2-9 Joe made it on the third try. Now on the Commissioner’s re- | cord, is the application of Joseph | Byron Sadlier, 24-year-old driver, and Eileen Marie Byrne, Alaska Native Service clerk. Their marriage will be Friday evening in the Catholic Church of the Nativity. Jack and Sonja Hopkins of An- chorage are staying at the Baranof Hotel. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Baranof from Seattle, freight only, | due at 7 o'clock tonight. 1 Princess Louise scheduled to sail (Continued on Page Eight) 14103, | e v o T S R from Vancouver Saturday. 3 BY GOVT. Executive Commitfeeman of Communists Among Those Taken, Custody WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—(P—An executive committeeman of the Communist Party was taken into custody today in the Justice De- partment’s continuing sweep-up of -alleged alien Communist leaders, At least half a dozen other arrests also were made. The newest arrests took well past the one-quarter mark the roundup of 86 foreigners the Department describes as among the most active Communist organizers, lecturers and propagandists in the United States. Announcing the latest arrests, the Department identified Jose Estrada Castillo, who was taken into custo- dy at Dallas, Tex., as a member of the Communist Party Executive Committee. He is & 57-year-old Mexican who has been in this coun. try since 1919. k The Department is rounding up the 86 with the aim of deporting them or forcing their departure from. this country. In other developments: 1. The:Cemmunist Party and its affiliated groups .continued to ig- nore the law's provisions that “Communist Action” and “Com= munist Front” groups must register with the Justice Department and disclose their sources of funds. Some groups are uired also to st inatvidinl Lttt 2 A large group of persons op- posed to the new act sought ‘to enjoin enforcement of any of its numerous provisions, and particul- arly the Communist registration re- quirement, in the U. 8. Distfiet Court here, The 107 plaintiffs from 32 states Included Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, member of the Communist Party’s national commitee; and Wil- dam L. Patterson, attorney and se- retary for the Civil Rights Cong- ese, THIRD ARREST iN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Oct. 24—(®—A third irrest was made here today by im. migration service officers in their coundup of subsersive aliens. Taken into custedy was Cecil Re- ginald Jay, 59, a member of the Communist Party and a native of Great Britain. He is employed as head maintenance man at a West Seattle housing project. Yesterday Justice Department agents arrested a fish cannery un- ion official, Ernesto Mangaoang, and a book store proprietor, Boris Sasieff, COUNT OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS ' EXPECTED . BY LATE AFTERNOON The three First Divison convass- ing judges were hopeful at press time (3 p.n.) that their count of absentee votes could be completed by 5 p.n. today. However, it had taken most of their four working hours since starting at 10 am. to certify the qualifed ballots of the 375 received. First, they had to open and check the contents of the large precinct envelopes, then do the same for all the small ones. # Judges are Mrs. Edwin Sutton, Mrs. Harold Gronroos and Mrs. Russell Maynard. They met in the office of the Clerk of the District Court, as did absentee ballot count= ers in their respective courts in other -divisons. By law, this tally must be made the second Tuesday after a general election. Special interest attaches to the absentee count in this division, as the eighth position of eight House seats can well be juggled among Amelia Gundersen (D), now in that spot; Vernon Metcalfe (D) and Marcus F. Jensen (D). Although all are identified as Democrats, Jensen is an outspoken opponent of Gov. Ernest Gruening. A. C. McMaster, from Anchor- age is registered at the Baranof Hotel. I. B. Houser of Haines is a Ju- neau visitor. He is staying at the Gastineau Hotel,