The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA. EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV.., NO. 11,646 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1950 Air Liner Crashes In Fog Killing UN FORCES CHECKED BY CHINA REDS Siiff Resistance Reported on 250-Mile Front on | Manchurian Border | (By the Associated Press) | North Koreans—aided by an un- | determined numbper of Chinese Com- | munist troops—stepped up their resistance todsy against United Na.: tions forces on a 250-mile northerx peninsula front below the Com- munist Manchurian border. The mountainous front, easily penetrated by Allied spearhead,,; has now become a blazing checker- board. The Communist aim appar- ently is to stall United Nations | forces until wintry blasts freeze the | campaign into another year. A US. Army spokesman in Wash- ington said the belated appearance of Chinese troops shows Red China's determination to protect the huge Suiho-Supong power dam on the Yalu river which supplies electricity for Manchurian points as distant as Harbin and the Russian naval base at Port Arthur. Tanks, Guns in Action Field dispatches indicated the Reds have thrown scores of tanks and heavy guns into the fighting in all sectors. Against this mounting resistance, the only impressive gain of the day was made by an armored column of the U.S. 24th Division. It skirted the British Commonwealth 27th Brigade and pushed northwest from Chongju through Conchon and! reached within 33 miles of the| border. | No high Allied commander has stated that Chinese Communist troops are in North Korea in force. A captured Red Korean officer said two Chinese divisions were attack- ing in northeast Korea. Chinese Reds Captured An intelligence officer at Gen. MacArthur's Tokyo headquarters confirmed that ten Chinese Reds were captured in North Korea. He added that there is no conclusive evidence that organized Chinese units have entered the fighting. The spokesman said headquarters is awaiting a definite statement from the U.S. Eighth Army and 10th Corps Commanders. However, there was this indication of Chinese Communist participa- tion: Chinese prisoners were captured (Continued on Page Eigk;t; The Washingtion Merry - Go-Round| Copyright, 1850, by Bell Synaicete, Inc.) | By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—At - the diplo-! matic reception following President | Truman’s ‘address to the 'UN Gen- | eral Assembly, Indian Delegate | Jamsaheb stepped up to the Pre- siden: and surprised him with an on-the.spot peace proposal. “Would it not be a good idea," said the Hindu diplomat, “to begin | the big five peace talks here and now, Mr. Vishinsky being in the} same room with you, Sir?” | “I have Secretary Acheson here ! for that job,” replied Mr. Truman, | slightly taken aback. “Quite right, Sir,” replied Deie- | gate Jamsaheb with a low bow.| “But there’s an old Indian proverb that you can't keep a dog and do your own barking.” The President did not seem to catch the point, and the Hindu Am- bassador passed on. Though what he said was meant | in all friendliness, he had unwit- tingly touched on the fact that there had been a lot of omcial] barking in Washington before the | State Department and the White House could reach an agreement | as to what the . President should say in his UN speech about dis- armament. Some advisers protest- | ed tiis was no moment to talk| of anything but arming. Other ad- visers ‘agreed that it was necessary to give Europe some hope for peace. The latter “hopeful” group finally won out. Friend of Nazi Agent Watching the . candidates — the motto, “Elect in Haste, Repent at Leisure,” has sent so many mis- - (Continued on Page Four) | determine NEW ATTACK NECESSARY IN KOREAN WAR Strength of Chinese Com-| mies on NE Front fo Be Determined HAMHUNG, Korea, Oct. 31—(®— Maj. Gen. Edward Almond said to- day that United Nations forces can | Chinese - Communist | strength in northeast Korea only by “an attack in strength.” | He indicated such an attack was | coming shortly. “In the next few days we will| develop what is there,” said the Tenth Corps commander, who is also in charge of all northeast Korean | combat operations. “From prisoner reports,” he said, “you cannot tell if there are two| | Chinese Communist divisons until | | you attack in enough strength on |a broad enough front to tell how | many there are, and what weapons lana artillery they have.” | Almond said at least one Chinese | | Red regiment crossed the Yalu| | river into Korea on Oct. 16 and I marched south to a point 15 miles jnorth of Hungnam, on the east | coast. , 10 FGHT POWER BOAT FISHING IX | BRISTOLBAY AREA \Opposition fo Proposal | Develops Strongly from Two Directions | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 31— (M—A representative of the Alaska Salmon Industry says residents of \the Bristol Bay area will join the | | industry in opposition to a proposal | to open the bay to power boat fish- | !ing. | Elmer Harris, of the industry,| | said residents will join the industry | {in opposition at a Fish and Wwildlifs | }Service hearing Nov. 6 in Seattle. | | Federal regulations keep power | boats from fishing in Bristol Bay at present. A bill aimed at forcing | repeal of the federal rule passed | the House of the Alaska Legislature |in 1949 but failed in the Senate. “The residents are vigorous in; their opposition and they have many | reasons,” Harris aid here. “The resi- | dents have no power boats to use and the industry doesn’t plan to buy any.” He said that would mean outsiders “will bring in their boats and take the fishing away from the resi- dents.” He said the industry is opposed to power boats because of the prospect of having the season shortened and a big share of the catch taken by boats equipped with freezing facil- | ities, which could take the fish back to the states for canning. COMEDIAN HOPE SCHEDULED FOR ALASKAN TOUR TOKYO, Oct. 31—{M—Comedian Bob Hope and his 40-member show party left yesterday for Alaska after entertaining troops on the Korean war front. Hope and his party made an impromptu stage appearance at Tokyo's largest theater, Nippon Gekijo, just before departing on an “Icebox” tour of Alaskan military outposts. Two of Japan’s baseball idols, Frank “Lefty” O'Doul and Joe Di- Maggio, are due Nov. 1 for a three- | weeks tour. A5 L Far be it from Hong Kong poiice to interrupt a hold-up. When they got word three bandits were hold- ing up the Nan Yang bank Monday, police just surrounded the place Time plassed but no roboers emer- ged. When the cops tinally went in, they found the three robbers missing with 20,000 Hong Kong dol- | there. 'AMAZING "WRITE-IN" | itary of Alaska were some amazing | for the position of Territorial Trea- | 3rd Polio Fatality, Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 31— ! —A 17-year-old high school youth, David Osborne, became Fairbanks’ third polio fatality yesterday. The boy was stricken with a slight par- alysis last Friday and was put into a respirator Sunday. | His father, C. E. Osborne, has been steward for mining camps of the Fairbanks Exploration Company many years. | Earlier polio victims included a| child at the Ladd Air Forcz Base and an Eskimo from Point Barrow. Meanwhile, hospital attendants said Julian Rivers, son of Alaska’s former Attorney General, appeared to be recovering. Twelve-year-old Jo Anne Wold, confined to a respirator for several weeks, will be flown to Seattle Fri- | day for rehabilitation treatment at | the children’s orthopedic hospital | CASE TO WESTWARD The Health Department in Ju- neau has received a brief report that a veteran by the name of | Knowles has been hospitalized at the Alr Force hospital at Elmendorf | Field as a polio suspect. VOTES FOR TREASURER Making the official count after a general election is pretty monoton- ous” business, but the Territorial Canvassing Board has an occasional lighter moment. Among the First Division returns received in the office of the Secre- ballots—legal, too. Whiskey Pete received two votes surer, one in Clover Pass, the ot.her{ in Ketchikan Precinct Two. | Al Capone got one vote in Moun- tain Point. It all started, Secretary Lew M. Williams thought, with this para-| graph by Sid D. Charles, publlsheri of the Ketchikan News, in his Oc- | tober 9 column, “Observations at | Random”: “We suggest as a protest vote against Henry Roden for his active partisanship, even though he has| no opposition, write in the name of | Harry Williams. That’s what we're going to do.” | Charles presumably did — along with 48 other voters. Williams re- ceived 43 Ketchikan votes, four from | Mountain Point, one vote in Cloverf Pass and one at Revilla. One voter at Salmon Creek cast | a vote for Neil Moore, Assistant Auditor. ! Sid Charles for Treasurer was the | vote of one Revilla citizen. 3 MORE METALS ARE RESTRICTED BY DECEMBER 1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 — & — Cuts of 20 to 30 percent in the civilian use of .copper, nickel, and aluminum will probably be ordered within the next 10 days, effective Dec. 1. - That was the word today from an official of the National Production Authority (NPA). Last week the NPA told manufac- turers of radio and televison sets, washing machines, refrigerators and other appliances that there was a | “tentative plan” for an across-the- | board cutback in the three vital metals, which are in demand for airplanes, radar and other war equipment. Today the plan is a bit more than “tentative,” and Dec. 1 is said to have been almost positively chosen as the effective date. BN A oo In revolution-torn Puerto Rico, Governor Luis Munoz Marin mo- bilized 3,500 National Guardsmen to put down anti-United States Na- | tionalist rebels who brought violence and bloodshed to 10 towns yester- day. | The uprising was the worst in the ih{swry of the U.S. dependency. Po- Ilice counted 28 dead and 22 | wounded.: Munoz Marin called the revolt' “a conspiracy against De- | term. Of these, eight defendants 'guilty on information filed by the | tenced to two years in a federal PRICE OF FOODWILL - 60 HIGHER That Is Pros?d for Next Year, Asserts Depart- ment of Agriculfure WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 — ® — Higher food prices — maybe the highest ever—are in prospect for next year, the Agriculture Depart- ment said today. The Department predicted that food prices, which have risen through most of 1590 with a fairly sharp upturn after the outbreak of war in Korea, probably will not go up much more before later winter. But in a report on the national food situation the Department fore- saw “reinforced pressure” on prices in the spring and declared: “Accelerated consumer demand for food, unless checked by anti- inflationary measures or other de- velopments, could push food prices by mid-year up to and even above the record level of the summer of 1948.” While food supplies somewhat larger than this year’s are expected, the Department said the increase likely will be insufficient to keep pace with greater consumer demand for food. BASKIN BACK FROM INTERESTING COURT SESSION, | KETCHINAN | Assistant U.S. Attorney Stanley D. Baskin returned last evening from Ketchikan, where he had pros- ecuted a number of cases during the court term which opened Septem- ber 26. U.S. Attorney P. J. Gilmore, Jr., who was ill then, went later to the First City, where he will remain at least until Monday. One more case has been set for trial, and court is expected to continue in session all next week. Baskin said that 16 cases have been tried during the Ketchikan waived indictment and pleaded District Attorney. The cases of the other eight, all of whom had been indicted by the grand jury were disposed of. Most interesting, according to] Baskin, was the bribery case In which a jury found Joe Patterson guilty on both charges. He was sen- penitentiary on each count (to be served concurrently) and fined $300 on each of the two counts. In the one ‘murder trial, Fritz Schloe pleaded guilty to manslaugh- ter and was sentenced to 15 years on each of two counts, to be served concurrently. ‘ STEAMER MOVEMENTS ! Princess Louise from Vancouver due to arrive at 6:30 tonight, dock- ing at City Dock, and sails for Skag- way at 11:30. Freighter Coastal Rambler sched- uled to sail from Seattle today. Baranof scheduled to sail fror Seattle, Friday, Nov. 3. STOCK OII_O_IAIIOHS NEW YORK, Oct. 31 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau minc stock today is 2%, American Can 99%, American Tel and Tel 150%. {Anaconda 35%, Douglas Aircralt |78, General Electric 48%, Genertl Motors 47%, Goodyear 57%, Kenne- cott 66%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 25%, Stand- ard Oil of California 75, Twenticth Century Fox 22, U.S. Steel 41': Sales today were 2,010,000 shares: Averages today are as follows: In” dustrials 225.01, rails 66.28, util! 40.02. PRICES FLATTENED NEW YORK, Oct. 31—#—A l&s! hour blast of selling flattened st prices today for the second day ™' ning. In the final hour of bu orders to sell suddenly flooded market. Prices tumbled a few ce’'® to around $3 a share before pressif k the lars—about $3,500 American. They left no forwarding address. llsts." above the lows for the day. mocracy helped by the Commun- l1er. up. Most issues closed 2 little BARANOF T0 CONTINUE AS | Break Passenger Tie-up Fails | SEATTLE, Oct. 31—M—A new| effort has failed to end the Seattle- | Alaska passenger ship service tie-up. Alaska Steamship Co. announced “that the former passenger steamer Baranof will continue to sail as a straight cargo ship. The Baranof has been sailing as; a freighter, carrying no passengers, since early October. The company | suspended passenger service after | Marine Cooks and Stewards Union | members delayed several sailings with disputes over the Coast Guard screening program. D. E. Skinner, Vice President and General Manager of the Alaska line, says that the company had made a new effort last Friday to settle the dispute. Skinner said the com- pany again asked the union (orI written assurance of future com- | pliance with the screening program. ‘There was no reply from the union by the 3 p.m. Monday dead- line, Skinner said. The deadline had | to be set to provide enough time to put the Baranof back in regular | passenger service, and to book pas- | sengers, for next Friday’s scheduled “We figured now that the water- | front security act has been invoked | President Truman, making the | ning program ‘mandatory, that | we could make plans for resumptloni of ‘uninterrupted passenger service,” | Skinner said. “But we cannot re-| sume that service until we receive | definite assurance that the union will supply replacements for men that might be removed under the screening program.” Union officials did not comment | on the ship line’s reported action. Meanwhile, there was no word | from the House committee on labor | and education which reporwdly: was to review results of Congress- man Hugh B. Mitchell’'s sub-com- | mittee hearing in Seattle last week. The Marine Cooks and Stewards Union ignored the inquiry into the passenger ship dispute. The union said it would not send represen- tatives to the hearing on the ques- tion unless the hearing was open to press and public. U. 5. MARSHAL OF FOURTH DIVISION TO RETIRE JAN. 1 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 31—(® —U.S. Marshal Stanley J. Nichols says he will retire Jan. 1. He said his action was taken on the advice of his physician. Nichols’ appointment as marshal ended July 15, 1950, but no successor has been announced. He has been with the Départment of Justice in Alaska for 23 years. The veteran law officer said he does not plan to leave the territory but will continue to look after in- terests in Ruby and Galena. Nichols came to Alaska in 1919, was appointed Deputy Marshal of the Third Division in 1928, sent to McGrath in 1938 and later to Ne- nana. S WEATHER REPORT ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 39; minimum, 31. At Alrport—Maximum, 38; minimum, 20. FORECAST (Junesu and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy with very light rain showers tonight becoming partly cloudy Wed- nesday. Lowest temperature tonight near freezing. High- est Wednesday near 39 PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 & 1 today City of Juneau — Trace: 8we 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. - CARGO SHIPE {Efforts of AE;I;a Steam Io3 i : MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ——— — Children of Lowell grammar school in Brea, Calif., near Santa Ana, daub on store windows donated by businessmen for just that purpese. Merchants think that providing a chance for early Hallowe'en fun will prevent any real mischief on Witches Night. Busy with paint and brush are, left to right, Barbara Ann Hyde, Billy Bartholomae, Mike Nienhouse and Judy Ann Nolan. (P Wirephoto. B Reds' Try to Qust Lie Is Fought by U. §. NEW YORK, Oct. 31—®—The United States fought in the General Assembly today against Soviet ef- forts to oust Trygve Lie as UN. Secretary General. Russia countered with a charge that Lie had become a stooge of America. Chief U.S. Delegate Warren R. Austin said Russia sought to punish Lie because the Norwegian had taken a stand against aggression in Korea and declared this must not be allowed. He said the world knows Lie will perform his duties with courage. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky declared Lie “has no in- ternational tact” and has ranged himself on the side of cne power | against another. He said Lie has | played a two-faced role and served |as an echoer of United States policy, |and declared the Soviet government will not deal with him and will not regard him as Secretary-General. ! “Lie is incapable of being an un- {mased person,” Vishinsky said. He | charged the attempt to continue :him in office is “mockery of the | United Nations and of the charter.” | Austin spoke as strongly in favor of Lie as Vishinsky did against the Norwegian. 'FIVE LIVES ARE LOST "IN OREGON FLOODS; DAMAGE IS HEAVY PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31— Mud- | dy_ river flood crests swept inte broad valleys of western Oregor | today after claiming five lives and leaving untold damage in mountain areas. 1 Headwater streams that had | driven 2,000 people from homes |over the weekend were receding ixlmosl as fast as they had swirled | out of their banks. Some commun- ities were still isolated behind flood- ed roads and broken or unsafe bridges. Many families in rural southern Orgeon were marconed |a third day. The evacuation of a Coquille val- |ley farm family led yesterday to | the drowning of Leo A. Landive 35 |and his son Dan age 8. Landive's ife, strugged ashore capsized in the churning water l | BOETTIGER IN PLUNGE T0 DEATH Former Seattle Publisher, Son-in-Llaw of Roose- veli, Is Suicide NEW YCRK, Oct. 31—#-John Boettiger, former son-in-law of President Foosevelt, leaped to his death early today from his seventh- | floor hotel suite. The 50-year-old newspaperman, who married the late President's only daughier, Anna, In 1835 after a White Hoise romance, dodged past a male nure and jumped through an open wirdow at 6:20 am_ EST Associate: said Boettiger had been mentally depressed recently and four diys ago took an overdose of sleeping pills. After his divorce in August, 193 from the Fresident’s daughter. he was remarried. He left two Zotes. one of them dllegible, the other addressed ‘0 his present wife = said: “Good nght, darling. we Jowe = Mrs. Ana Roosevell Boettiger now living in California. chasged desertion ir her divorce from Boel iger. 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