The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 27, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA. VOL. LXXV,, NO. 11,643 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Gale-Force Winds Batter Pacific Northwes PLAN FOR MILITARY MANPOWER Strong Reserve Force fo Bef Maintained, Announce- ment by Marshall | | WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 — ® —| Secretary of Defense Marshall | moved today to develop long-range plans for maintaining a strong re- serve force with “a minimum inter- | ruption to the nation and the in- dividual’s normal existence.” To that end, he appointed an eight-man study committee made up of regular and reserve officers and ‘civilians. Announcing the move, the De- fense Department said steps ordered by Marshall earlier this week re- garding “orderly and effective calls” | of civilians to active duty were in- | tended to meet an immediate situa- tion. The new committee will con- recommend policies desigred to eliminate “any uncertainties and in- equities which have arisen underi Missing AP Man Killed In Action By O. H. P. KING PYONGYANG, Korea, Oct. 27—(® —William R. Moore, missing Asso- ciated Press correspondent, was killed in action on the South Ko- rean war front, while helping to save a wounded Army Lieutenant, a corporal who was captured in the | me action said today. | The 40-year-old former Oklahoma City newspaperman, an Army Ma jor during World War II, failed to re- turn from a voluntary mission which took him to the Chinju front last July 31. American forces then | were making a desperate effort to stem the Red drive on Pusan,-only 55 air miles to the east. | Cpl. Carl M. Anderson, Sioux City, Ia., said Moore had not been cap- tured. “I saw his body lying in a pool of water,” he said. “There were nine of us and some South Koreans. Only CALL FOR (ONGRESS ATTACKED Gabrielson Says Truman Afraid Republicans Will Win Election (By the Associated Press) President Truman’s consideration of a special call to Congress was cited by chairman Guy G. Gabriel- son of the Republican National Committee as an indication Mr. Truman expects the Democrats to lose Congress. “He hopes to jam through as much of his Socialist program as possible before the new 82nd Con- gress comvenes,” Gabrielson said in a statement. “President Truman shows he is aware of the approach- ing Republican victory . . .” Gabrielson commented that four “ardent supporters” of the Presi- | trict one other man and I got out alive— n |and we were captured.” tinue the study of this subject and! Anderson said he knew Moore and no mistake about his “there is identity.” “He was taking notes for the AP the present system.” {while he was with us,” the corporal Announcement of the study plans ! coincided with a number of indica- | tions that the armed forces may be | easing off the fast mobilization pace | they set following the Communist invasion of South Korea. I APARTMENT BUILDING | ON SCHEDULE THOUGH | SHIPMENTS ARE [mg Construction work continues on schedule for the Mendenhall Apart- | ments despite the present shipping delay of steel and concrete. A dry of construction time was | saved on each of the two floors giv- | ing the Anderson Construction Co., two days to compensate for time | lost in the shipment of supplles,} The next shipment of steel and con- | crete arrives on the job Saturday. | Pouring is being done on the el- | eventh floor with roofing of the| building scheduled for completion the middle of November. The two | story penthouse for the housing of | elevator machinery and exhaust, fans for kitchens and bathrooms | will be completed shortly after the building .is roofed over. The para-| pet roof to top off the twelfth | floor will be one half story in| height and will hide one-fourth of the penthouse. | BURDICK | GO TO KETCHIKAN Capt. B, R. Aikens, Forest sar-% vice skipper, came up from Ketchi- | kan to take the Ranger 7 back for winter storage. | With Charles G. Burdick, assis- | tant Regional Forester, as passen- | ger, Aikens will shove off ‘tomor- | row. Burdick will make a 10-day: routine inspection in the Ketchi- kan-Petersburg areas. The Washington Merry - Go- Round| pyright, 1950, by Bell Synalcate, Inc.) & l:y DREW PEARSON AIKENS, SEATTLE—What artificifial rain- making can do to the far west | staggers the imagination. It can make this area bloom like a garden of Eden. It can throw Secretary of Agriculture Brannann’s crop pro- gram out of balance. Or it could take rain away from other areas and make them deserts. A brief sample of what rain-} making can' do occurred at Pros-| ser, Wash., where Lee Horrigan, 8| pig wheat rancher, hired Dr. Irving Frick, of the Water resources Dev- elopment Board of Pasadena, Calif., to seed the clouds at the time his| wheat needed it most. As a result, Horrigan's crop, prev- acre, His total yield was increased | by half & million bushels. Scientific seeding of the clouds might make unnecessary expensive jrrigation projects, might raise the water level in the dry central valley of California, might settle the bitter | feud between Caliiornia and Ari- zona, over the Colorado River. On the other hand nobody knows yet whether tapping the clouds over one area will take rain away from Nsouiibtein i dusid s (Continued on Page Four) LS | northeast sector. | Korean First Division was heavily | jously estimated at 8 to 10 bushels| engaged against an estimated divi- per acre, shot up to 20 bushels per | added. CHINA REDS FIGHTING IN KOREAN AREA United Nations Forces Are Meeting Stiff Resist- ance Along Border (By the Associated Press) | United Nations forces met stif- fening resistance from North Ko- | rean troops today. New South Ko- rean reports said Communist Chi- | nese are fighting with the Red Ko- reans. Prisoners captured in the north- west near the Manchurian frontier said a heavy proportion of the foe were Chinese Reds. Col. F. E. Gill- etie, U.S. advisor with South Ko~ reans at Kunuri, 48 miles north of captured Pyongyang, said he was inclined to give the reports. “some credibility.” However, no confirmation came from any high Allied force that the Chinese had joined their Red Ko- rean comrades south of the Man- churian border. They said Chinese | may have joined the Red Koreans Tast spring after training exercises in ‘Manchuria. g Fifty thousand . Allied troops which landed at Wonsan are rushing to the aid of South Koreans, who are meeting strong resistance in the Stiff Fighting Reported | A battalion of North Koreans | was putting up a stiff fight against ROK (Republic of Korea) units seeking to capture the Changjin and Pujon reservoirs, which supply eight hydroelectric plants. A spokesman at Gen. MacArthur's headquarters said non-Korean troops would be used anywhere to wipe out the North Koreans. Earlier, there had been reports that Ameri- | can, British, Filipino, and Turkish | troops would leave the Manchurian | border area to the South Koreans on the theory that uneasy Chingse Communists on the border would be less likely to be aroused. ‘The fighting was reported fierce | north of Pyongyang, where South Korean. Gen. Paik Sun Yap was quoted as saying three regiments of | Chinese Communists attacked his troops. Ten miles south of Onjong, the| sion of Red troops. Guerrilla warfare in South Korea | |stin gave the Allied forces spotty | trouble. Intelligence’ officers said | | there were about 14,000 Reds left in | the area. H. N. PETERSON HERE 1 H. N. Peterson, General Traffic Manager for the Alaska Steamship Co. from Seattle, and G. S. Duryea, company representative from Ket- chikan, are in Juneau. They are staying at the Baranof Hotel. 90000 ec000000g000 e dent have been voted out of office —he named Democratic Senators Pepper (Fla), Taylor (Idaho), Elmer Thomas (Okla) and Graham (NC) —and said “a great many other Tru- man Democrats” will be defeated in the Nov. 7 elections. ‘When Mr. Truman confirmed yes- terday that he is thinking of issuing a call for Congress to return some- time before.Nov. 27 he mentioned as legislation on which it should act an extension of rent controls, an excess profits tax and statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. 3 Melals May Be Cut from Civilian Use ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 — (# — To speed the making of munitions, the government is planning to stem part of the immense flow of alumi- num, copper and nickel now going into civilian products. William H. Harrison, administra- tor of the National Production Authority, NPA), told manufacturers yesterday that a “tentative plan” under consideration calls for a cut of 20 to 30.percent in the non-mili- tary use of the three critical metals. He didn’t;say when the plan might be put into effect. Harrison also served notice that gnother important metal, cobalt, is $0 scarce that it may be removed from non-defense use altogether. Cobalt, similar to nickel, is used as a steel alloy and in electro-magnets. ¥t was not clear just how heavily the. proposed metals controls would affect the output of television sets, refrigerators, washing machines, automobiles, bicycles, toys, and other articles which contain aluminum, copper, nickel or cobalt. This will depend in part on the extent to which a manufacturer can adopt substitutes for those metals. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Freighter Coastal Rambler sched- uled to sail from Seattle, Monday, Oct. 30. x Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle, Friday, Nov. 3. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 43; minimum, 29. At Airport—Maximum, 42; minimum, 24. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Northeast winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. Low temperature tonight near freezing and high Saturday near 40. ‘PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; szve October 1—6.93 inches; since July 1—29.03 inches. At Airport Trace; since October 1—2.71 inches; since July 1—22.05 inches. HALLOWE'EN SOAP ARTISTS WILL WIN WINDOW PRIZES Juneau Merchants Add to Civil Air Patrol Celebration With everyone entering into the spirit of the gala celebration, Ju- neau’s first Hallowe'en Art Contest promises to turn the downtown dis- into a Wednesday morning | are gallery. Right after announcement that the Civil Air Patrol will sponsor a party for youngsters (and their parents) Tuesday evening, a large group of Juneau merchants dream- ed up a contest to “get into the act.” They worked out the rules and chipped in the prize money, which is just fine with the CAP, Nearly 20 downtown display win- dows will be used for the work of Junior artists, cash prizes to be awarded the team winners. Miss Jacque Fisher, CAP party chairman, has outlined the con- test in person to all grade school classes, and rules for high school teams will be posted Monday morn= .ing. So that everything will be impar- tial—no advance planning on known window space, no studying of inside displays as part of the background —participating merchants have asked that their names not be an- nounced until after asisgnments are made Tuesday afternoon. Merchants’ names, and those of student teams and their locations will be published in The Empire. The decorating—imaginative, re- alistic, funny or whatever—will start as soon as school is out Tuesday, and can continue until the young artists go to the CAP Capers 1n| the National Guard Armory. Pafty | hours are from 7 to 9:30 pm. Art Contest Ruler Hallowe'cn Art Contest rules pro- vide that students from 8 to 14 years old, inclusive, may sign up any time with their class room; teachers. No more than four are| permitted on a team, with two teams allowed for each class. Win- dow panels, by number, will be asigned at a drawing Tuesday af- ternoon. Team members are to go to the| manager of the assigned store, sign for the use of the window and use soap the manager gives them. | Junior artists will be disqualified | if they draw above the line under the window number, or if they use ladders, boxes or stools. | On behalf of the CAP and fhe! merchants’ group, Miss Fisher said today, ‘If everyone shows respect to the student artists, leaving the windows alone for Wednesday morning judging, we hope this can become an annual contest, with more and more prizes, Let's en-| courage the junior artists, and make this a distinctive Juneau tra- dition. Who knows, we may discover some unknown genius the morning | after Hallowe’en.” The young artists will be intro- duced at the CAP party and in- terviewed over the loud speaker by a roaming master of ceremonies. Team prizes will be awarded Wednesday, after the judging by professional artists. First prize will be $15 in cash; second, $10, and third, $5.00. All Gastineau Channel youngster: are urged to come in costume o the CAP party in the Armory, al- though it is not required. All three merry-go-rounds will be running. the committee is working on plans for some prizes in the games to be free rides. Hot dogs, pop and coffee may be purchased, and there will be games for both young and old. Free ‘movies will be shown, and the Civil Air Patrol Stinson air- plane will be on display, with & pilot there to "explain how every- thing works. Persons or groups wishing to Join the community fun by offering entertainment, treats, or noisemak- ers, are invited to come to the CAP work party in the Armory at 7 P Monday, McDONNELLS BACK Mr. and Mrs. Dick McDonnell, formerly of the Spudnut shop here, are here for two or three days i~ route to Fairbanks. They havc been visiting Mr. McDonnell's parents 11 Great Falls, Mont. They are staying! at the Baranof Hotel. SEATTLE VISITOR Arnold P. Anifinion of Seattle 5| NEW SETUP IN DEFENSE W. EUROPE Military Committee of No. Atlantic Treaty An- nounces Plans WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—(P—The combined military force for defense of western Europe may be a going concern, lreaded by an American as Supreme commander, within the next two months. The military committee of the North Atlantic Treaty organiza- tion last night completed a set of recommendations to be handed to the defense ministers of the 12 treaty powers when they meet here Saturday. ‘The bluprint prepared by the chiefs of staff composing the mili- tary committee provides: creation of an integrated force for the col- lective defense of all the North Atlantic Treaty area (both Europe and the western hemisphere group of Canada and the United States); an integrated force for protection of the European area; the estab- lishment of a supreme headquarters for the European force; the ap- pointment of a supreme command- er. There were broad hints that the nucleus of the European force, together with a supreme comman- der, would be functioning by Janu- ary. Neither the official communique nor the American spokesman who discussed it gave any hint on two points of “major interest—the size of the collective force and its com- ponents or the naionality of the supreme commander. Nevertheless, most speculation centered on Gen. Dwight D. Eis- enhower, supreme commander, Al- lied forces in western Europe in World War II. “I am a soldier and will do as I am told to do,” Eisenhower advised interviewers today at Charleston, W. Va,, soon after he arrived there to speak to Columbia University alumni. “I would be false to my training if I did not do so0.” He pointed out that as a five-star General he still is on active duty, despite his retirement to civilian life and his job as President of Columbia. NEW BARANOF HOTEL MANAGER ARRIVES| Edward J. O’Brien, new member of the Baranof and Gastineau Hotels, arrived in Juneau yesterday from Seattle. He will replace W, R. (Bill) Hughes who has resigned to open the new Chinook Hotel in Yakima, Wash, O'Brien will be joined soon by his wife Anna Mae | and two-year-old daughter, Kathy Ann. The new manager comes here | from Seattle where he reorganized | the food department for the Rhodes Department Store and managed it for three and ore-half years. Shortly before coming here he had opened the new North Gate develop- ment of the Bon Marche in Seattle. Originally from New York, O'Brien majored in hotel administration at Cornell University and was subse- quently associated with the Lake Placid Club, the Rooney Plaza in Miami and other hotels. During the war he spent two years with the Infantry and four years in the quar- termaster corps, STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 27 — Closing quotation of American Can stock today is 100%, American Tel. and Tel. 151%, Anaconda 357%, General Electric 49, General Motors 50%, | Goodyear 58%, Kennecott 67%,| Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, North- | ern Pacific 26, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 75%, Twentieth-Century Fox | 22%, US. Steel 41%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,800,000 shares. | Averages today are as follows: in- | dustrials 22834, rails 67.35, utilities 4030, | MEHERIN IN JUNEAU J. J. Meherin of Seattle, arrivedg here yesterday with Edward J.| O'Brien, new Baranof Hotel man- stopping at the Baranof Hotel ager, to spend several days. Senafe of Next Terriforial Legislature Uncerfain, Says Hufcheson; House Democratic By JAMES HUTCHESON (Associated Press Staff Writer) ‘When the Taku winds are whip- ping ‘round Alaska’s capitol at Ju- neau this winter, the Senate will BIG PUSH STARTS IN NO. KOREA Stiffened Opposition of Chinese Commies Puts Allies in New Battl‘ 13 (By the Associated Press) American and Allied forces began a big push in northwest Korea Fri- day against suddenly stiffened Red opposition as reports grew of Chi- nese Communist participation on the battlefields. At the same time a Korean Re- publican spearhead which had raced to the Yalu river boundary facing Red China’s Manchuria on Thurs- day was forced to pull back because of supply problems, U.S. Eighth Army headquarters in confirming the pullback.empha- sized that it was not because of enemy resistance, Simultafieously, Wirftér burst the war fronts with snow and icy blasts, and bypassed North Koreans in rear areas made widespread nui- sance raids. Increasing accounts of thousands of Chinese Communist troops fight- ing against the United Nations were given careful study by Ameri- can officers. At first discounting the reports, then skeptical, at least, some American officers came around to grudging credibility. Chinese prisoners taken by Ko- rean Republican forces estimated the numbers of Chinese troops at up to 60,000, with most estimates somewhat lower. VOTE DOWN RED ATTEMPT BLOCK SPAIN LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 27—#— The U.N. Assembly’s special Polit~ ical ‘Committee “today defeated s Soviet bloc attempt to delay debate on a proposal to soften U.N. restric- tions against Franco Spain. Poland asked for postponement until Monday of the discussion on a United States supported resolution which would revoke the ban on full diplomatic relations with the Franco government and would permit Spain to join specialized U.N. agencies. The vote was 34 against, six in favor and six abstentions. Just So They Don't Use Money Ordes For Hand Biks CHICAGO, Oct. 27—{®—The Chi- cago Daily Tribune said today that “an elaborate and highly efficient” handbook system is operating in the main U.S. Postoffice building. The newspaper sald thousands of dollars are wagered daily on hotse races by betters among the 15,000 employees in the building at 433 Van Buren St. Postal authorities know of the bookie network, the newspaper quoted an unidentified employee as saying, but are unable to halt it although they have tried to do so. YOUNG OHMER HERE Dave Ohmer from Petersburg is | stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM WHITEHORSE Miss M. C. Heaton of Whitehorse P.s stopping at the Baranof Hotel. |family situation. lbe holding the “pass key” on bills | before the legislature. That means it also will be holding the “don’t pass” key. With its 8 to 8 party split, the Senate will be the uncertain quan- tity. The House will definitely be in Democratic hands, by an apparent 16 to 8 margin, ‘The situation raises the question: what kind of a Senate is it going to be? Will it be pro-administration or anti? Evenly split? Are there enough independents to break the rigid party alignment? The Senate was divided 8 to 8 two years ago, too, but there were enough “non-rigid” Republicans to bring enactment of the basic tax laws proposed by Governor Gruen- ing’s administration. The big deadlock was over the presiding officers for the special and regular sessions., The stalemated Senators solved that at the start by dividing it up. General Outlook One thing appears certain at the coming session. There is likely to he less of the bitter, dead-end opposi- tion to the administration. Three Senators spearheaded the anti- Gruening Republicans right down to the last gavel. All are gone now. They were Sen. E. B. Collins of Fairbanks and Sens. Charles Jones and Willlam Munz of Nome. Collins retired; Munz Jost out in the pri- mary; Jones was defeated in the general election. Ben." Johu ‘Butrovieh' Jr. of Fair- banks is likely to be the Republican leader. He was coming to the front rapidly at the end of his first ses- sion in 1949. He is young and aggres- sive—and generally respected oy other legislators. He went along with the admini- stration in getting the basic tax law program on the books, but when he thought there were enough new ones he developed an emphatic “no” for suggestions of more. And as chair- man of the Senate Finance Com- mittee, he carried a sharp knife in his fight for balancing the income and outgo. His sharpest criticism of the Democratic administration came in his insistence on a prompt audit of Territorial books. More Speculation The two new Republican Senators —W. L. (Dan) Lhamon and A. F. (Joe) Coble—are expected by polit- ical observers to follow, in general, the Butrovich lead. They are gen- erally rated as anti-Gruening, but not so bitterly so as Senator Collins, whom one of them succeeds. On the other hand, they are not likely to show the cooperative friendship for the Governor that Andrew Nerland, the other retiring Fairbanks Repub- lican Senator, did. To keep the Senate balance, there appear to be two Republicans who can be expected to vote with the Gruening supporters on many issues, and two leading Democrats who may join the opposition on some issues. Deadlocks Likely Deadlocks may well develop on many a piece of legislation. On the Republican side, Gunnard Engebreth of Anchorage and Percy Tpalook of Wales have showed in heir legislative voting records a willingness to go along on many of rhe Democratic administration pro- posals. | On the Democratic side, James | Nolan, Wrangell business man, and Sen. Howard Lyng of Nome can not be counted on by the Gruening camp. Nolan showed his conservative independence as a House member. | Lyng, National Democratic Com- mitteernan, can be counted on nor- mally to go along on legislation linked to the party platform, but he broke openly with Governor Gruening after the election. Family Situation It raises the question of who will be the leader of the pro-adminis- | tration Democrats in the Senate.| With Vic Rivers defeated for re-| election and Lyng jumping .the traces, it might well be Steve Mc- Cutcheon of Anchorage. For a new Senator, he showed himself to be pretty quick on the parliamentary draw at the 1949 session. With! brother Stan McCutcheon leading the Democrats in the House, that possible development would present an interesting and unprecedented LIFELOST: DAMAGE IS WIDESPREAD Power, Telephone Lines Felled-Trees Smash Automobiles (By the Associated Press) Gale-force winds raked Oregon and Washington last night and early today, claiming at least one life and causing widespread damage. A $600,000 mill fire at Cottage Grove, Ore., may have been caused by the storm. Bill Willilamson, about 21, died at Grants Pass early today, victim of injuries suffered when a pine tree crashed down on the Pacific High- way last night and crushed a car. The high winds roared from Southern California north to Can- ada, snapping off trees, felling power and telephone lines and rip- ping at roofs and windows. Gusts up to 72 Miles East of the Cascades, Redmond, Ore., reported gusts up to 72 miles an hour. Portland had gusts of 66 miles an hour this morning and Seattle 65. The Weather Bureau continued whole gale warnings along the coast. Gale force winds buffeted the British Columbia coast. Power lines were snapped, black- ing-out several districts during early morning hours, and fallen trees dis- rupted traffic in some Vancouver districts. Lines of Ships Snap No ships were reportad in distress but at Victoria the 17,000-ton Ca- nadian-Australasian liner Aorangi snapped her lines at the outer wharf and crashed into the dock. Mrs. Anne Manchur of Esquimalt, the Vancouver Island Naval Base, had a miraculous escape. A large trees crashed through the roof of her home, pinning her on the bed. Gale warnings continued. Another storm, 500 miles west of Prince Rupert, is racing southward. The Washington Water Power Company at Spokane reported the blow caused more trouble for it than any windstorm in history. It had a 160-man force out this morn- ing to restore broken circuits, in- cluding several high voltage line breaks. ' Tree Hits Auto ‘Two persons were injured when a falling tree hit their car in Seattle. ‘They were Prof. J. H. Mackin of the University of Washington geol- ogy faculty and his wife. Olympia reported 300 telephones out of service because of line breaks. Small boats were blown adrift in Puget Sound. The Coast Guard went out for two which tore loose at Se- attle. Several were reported adrift for a brief period at Bremerton. A ton of bricks were peeled off a building in Spokane and smashed an automobile. GOLDEN GATE CLOSED SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27—#— The famed Golden Gate to San Frangisco harbor, was closed for 14 hours last night and today by the terrific storm. Ships could not enter or leave this port because of the huge waves kicked up by the gale. “It was the first time in several years that it was ‘too rough for ships to enter or leave through the Golden Gate,” said M. A. Cremer, manager of the Marine Exchange, CALIFORNIA STORM HIT SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27—#— One death, scores of injuries and heavy property damage were charged today to one of coastal California’s worst storms. And another, but per- 'hnps, lesser storm, was due tonight. From Santa Barbara in Southern California into Oregon trees crashed, windows were broken, basements were flooded and small boats were sunk or grounded by winds of up to 75 miles an hour and deluges of rain, One drowning was attributed to the storm. Scores were injured as trees were toppled onto automobiles and homes. The Coast Guard was kept busy answering calls from boats and skips in trouble. Two freighters dragged anchor in San Francisco bay and collided, without much damage. FROM KENT, WASH. M. Hoffman of Kent, Washington, is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.