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

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,650 UN Forces Battlin $22,121.51 NETTED ON SALES TAX Rent Control Hearing Set for Nov. 17-City Coun- cil Discusses Much Juneau’s “pennies frem heaven” sales tax program netted $22,127.51 c¢n two month’s collection, City Clerk C. L. Popejoy reported to a regular City Council meeting here last night. This money goes to retire city bonds. It was decided to refer the Ju- neau- Douglas Telephone Company’s petition for a rate hearing to the City Accountant, C. J. Ehrendeich fer investingation and report. M Ernest Gruening asked the city to employ a social worker. The matter is to ke taken up with the Alaska Department of Welfare before any definite action taken, it was decided. It was voted to grant the same sales tax exemptions to the Catho- lic school here as given to the pub. lic schoois. A meeting with Leslie Slurm was scheduled for early next week to take up problems arising out of moving his lockers from the AB Hall when the city receives notice from the Territory to vacate that property. There was discussion on the pet- ition by West Juneau residents to be taken into the City, involving paving of the highway and a pos- sible election to decide the issue. A bill for Highlands street im- provements hased on a contract with the Juneau Realty Company before the area was taken into the city limits was referred to Joe Thibodeau’s street committee. The bill amounted 'to $2716.18. Other street improvements were discussed. A city ordinance on salaries for city employees was passed on third and final reading. A hearing on rent control will be held at the next regular meeting, November 17, Howard Stabler was re-employed as city attorney. An offer was ac- cepted from Ole Johansen to-tear down old garages on the play- grounds at Sixth and Kennedy,| salvage what he could for his own| use and pile the rest for hauling. Mayor Waino Hendrickson report- | ed that inventories of city property; in all departments had been made | and were being typed up. A letter from James V. Davis of | the Department of Territories was read in which he acknowledged the | City’s protest against the cut in Alaska Public funds and stated that | the Department would work to re- | store the original appropriation. | Other matters discussed were: | adjusting some parking meters for! 2 -hour period instead of 60 min- | utes; light meters for the small| boat harbor; keeping the old grid-| iren in repair; water drain troubles in the Highlands; and clarification of sales tax items by the city at- torney. Councilmen present were: Ed Neilson, Joe Thibodeau, Bert Caro, Bert McDowell and Mayor Hend- rickson. S 1 No Action Is Taken Organize European Army ROME, Nov. 4—(®#—The European Committee of Foreign Ministers, at a closed door session here, has refused to)take any action on the proposal ‘for a unified European army for defense against Commu- nist, aggression. | The action was taken, inform-{ ants said, because of the deter-| mined insistence of the British del- | egate, Undersecretary Ernest Dav- jes, that the European council, inj its charter, was not competent mf act on matters of defense. The| council is the upper House of Eur-| ope’s unofficial Parliament. | The ministers, representing 13: European nations, made a unani- mous, decision not to consider the| proposal. | The first American native to visit | England is believed to have been an‘ Indian taken there by Sir Richard | Grenville from Roanoke Island, N.C., in 1585. 'Red Chinese | round service available through the 1 New Record Earnings for Chrysler Corp. DETROIT, Nov. 4—®—Chrysler | | Corp. announced new record earn- | ings today and a major shift in top executive ranks. K. Keller, the man now in charge of America’s military guided missiles program, was elevated from corpor-| | ation president to board chairman. A protege, Lester L. Colbert—one- time Texas cotton buyer and bomber engine builder of the last war—is Keller's successor as president. | The advancement of the two was| announced simultaneously with| Chrysler's report on nine-month earnings for the year. Net earnings, Chrysler said, were( $105,246,991, equal to $12.09 on a share. of stock. It compares with $97,651,453, or: $11.22 a share, for the same period | | (nine months) of 1949. TELEPHONE STRIKE IS WEEKEARLY NEW YORK, Nov. 4—(®—A coast |to coast telephone strike set for | next Thursday got off to a head start yesterday in the St. Louis area and threatened to spread all through southwestern states. National officials ot the union, 4he CIO. Communications Workers of America, said here, however, it} would not be used as an excuse to jump the gun on the major walk- out deadline. One of eight telephones in the St. Louis metropolitan area was| dead—or nearly dead—after some | 3,000 workers struck yesterday to protest the suspension of six truck! drivers, Joseph A. Beirne, president of the CWA, said the strike could spread through the rest of southwestern ! Bell, which operates in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and parts of Texas. The coast to coast walkout is set | for 6 am. Thursday and could in. volve most of Bell's 300,000 em- ployees. | | i { Move Toward Tibetan Capifal CALCUTTA, India, Nov. 4—(P— The Kalimpong correspondent of the newspaper Statesman reports Communist Chinese invading Tibet are near Nagchuka, about 150 miles from Lhasa, the Tibetan capital. Tibetans in Kalimpong, which lies on the Indian-Tibet frontier, | regard Chamdo's fall Sunday as a | great disaster, the correspondent said. | According to reports reaching Kalimpong, the Tibetan force had posted some of its best troops at Chamdo and they fought to the death. Of the entire force, only one officer surrendered to the Com- munists, these informants said. DOLL CLOTHES ARE TO BE FEATURED AT BAZAAR OF GUILD Doll clothes will again be feat- ured at the annual Bazaar to be held Saturday, November 11, by the Guild of Holy Trinity Episcopal | church. The committee has agreed ! it is the most popular item they | have ever offered, and hope there| are the usual number of dolls in need of outfits. Christmas and greeting cards, the | plastic goods which they have! handled for several years, hand- made gifts, and white elephants will also be featured. Subscriptions to any magazine! may be bought at the Bazaar. This | includes your own or gifts subs- criptions, new or renewal, a year- Trinity Guild. The bazaar opens at 2 p.m. in jon a | and Democratic Governors. i military | time on the air will be paid for | not know. | ject, and turn it over to the South TRUMAN ON AIR TONIGHT FOR DEMOS War Reverses May Change Theme - Stassen Will Reply to President WASHINGTON, expected reverses war clouded the political screen today as President Truman touched up the final draft for his lone campaign speech tonight in St. Louis. With a hopping radio and televis- ion audience in prospect, the Pre- sident was reported concentrating peace-and- posperity theme as the basis for his appeal for election of a Democratic Congress Nov. 4—®»—Un- in the Korean ‘The surprising revival of Com- munist military power in Korea, however, robbed the President of any chance to predict an early end to the fighting there, Military Picture Some politicians said the altered picture might have an affect on the election outcome. Sev- eral Republicans have contended | that Administration bungling in the | handling of foreign affairs invited the conflict. Senator Knowland (R-Calif) said | in a statement last night in San Francisco that the President should cancel his political talk “and give the people the full facts regarding Chinese Communist participation in the Korean conflict.” Truman On Defense Mr, Truman was reported ready to” defend his foréign policies vig- orously and point to a general high level of prosperity at home as indicating there is no need for a change in control of Congress, where the Democrats now control both houses. Harold E. Stassen, president of University of Pennsylvania and a probable 1952 GOP Presidential as- pirant, scheduled conferences with Republican leaders here during the day to whip in shape the opposition party’s reply to Mr. Truman. The President will go on the air from St. Louis at 10 p.m, Eastern Standard Time, after an afternoon flight from Washington. Stassen will reply to the Presi- dent on a single network, Mutual, at 10:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. Mr. Truman’s and Stassen's | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1950 g Chinese Red New King and Queen Slain Guard Given Hero's Last Rifes WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—®—The MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MILLIONS MAY VOTE TUESDAY | nation gave a soldier’s funeral to- | day to the White House policeman | who gave his life Wednesday to save the Commander-In-Chief from | assassins, | | volved in Election, Also Governorships WASHINGTON, Nov. Here's a quick run.down on Tues- day’'s national elections. About 42,000,000 people are ex- President and Mrs. Truman at- tended funeral services in an Army chapel for Pvt. Leslie Coffelt, the 40-year.old guard killed during the ! attack on the Chief Executive’s | Blair House home by (wo Puerto Rican revoluntionists. Mr. and Mrs. Truman drove to the chapel in a black sedan, follow- ed by an open car full of the Secret Service men who guard the| President and his family. A large| number of police stood guard out- | side the chapel, in addition to po- | lice and soldiers who took part in| the last ritse for Private Coffelt.| The slain policeman, who served | in the army during World War II, received the honors which America | gives to its greatest military heroes. STATEHOOD IS ISSSUE IN HAWAIL HONOLULU No. 4—(P—State- hood is the big issue in Tuesday'’s elections in Hawalii. The big race is for the tersi. torial delegate’s seat in Congress. Both parties have stumped for statehood. | set a record dential election. Thirty-six of the 96 Senate seats and all 435 House seats are at stake. And this year the people of 33 states have to elect governors. (Maine: has already elected a governor and three house members). Democrats and Republicans have both spend around $1,000,000 each in this year's campaigns. Senate-House Lineup At this moment ‘n the Senate the Democrats outnumber the Repub- licans 54, 42, or 12 more. The Re- publicans need a net gain of seven to get control. for a non-Presi- control. To do this they must keep their present strength of 169, fill pick up 46 from the Democrats. Among the 48 states right now the Democratic governors outnum- ber the Republicans, 29 to 19. In the 33 governorships being filled this year, the Democrats hold 17 posts, the Republicans 16. Ding-Dong Battle This year the Republicans are ge- tting up a ding-dong battle all over the country, two of the toughest The odatls | slateient. w“_[flghu being in Ohio and California. In California two members of liam B. Cobb, says a Democrat|ihe House—Helen Gahagan Doug- could turn the trick for the Ter- o i " las, Democrat, and Richard M. ritory. The Republicans say Dele-]m,m" Hypublican—are battling gate Joseph R. Farrington pmctiq for a Senate seat. cafly has clinched it already. They | In Ohio, Republican Senator Rob- say a Farrington defeat would bei gy o Tl'n i‘: trying to keep his Senate, House Seafs In- | —m pected to vote. If they do, they'll|. In the House the Republicans| need 49 more members to grab|! their own three vacant seats, and| | king will succeed his father, King at the age of 92. (P Wirephoto. ASSASSIN'S | 'WIFE GOES ON STRIKE | | NEW YORK, Nov. 4— M —The | slim, defiant widow of President Truman’s slain would-be assassin repudiation of Hawaii's expressed desire for statehood. Hawaiil’s proposed state consti- tution is up for ratification Tues- day. It also hinges on the state- hood question. Its drafters say overwhelming ap- proval would show the other states that Hawail really wants statehood. out of their respective party funds. NORTH KOREANS FIERCELY DEFEND SUIHO POWER DAM WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—(M—An army description of the Suiho power dam on the Korean-Manch- urian border underlined today why Communist troops are defending it fiecely. A spokesman for the army told reporters at the Pentagon that this Japanese-built dam has a power capacity of 700,000 kilowatts. For comparison, this is about two-thirds that of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. Asked what the intention of Uni- ted Nations forces is concerning the huge Suiho power project, in case UN troops reach the Korean side of it, the spokesman said he doés Neither would he discuss the strategic value of Suiho and its allied questions. Nevertheless, the importance is obvious. If it remains entirely in Communist hands, its power can be denied to the non.Communist part of Korea. On the other hand, should United Nations forces reach the Korean part of the power pro- Koreans, this would give non-Com- munists a hand in control of the power 1ilow both to Korea and Communist Manchuria. STORK RINGS TWICE The stork called twice yesterday at St. Ann’s Hospital. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rosenberger at 10:15 am. He weighed 8 pounds. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Beasen at 10:50 a.m. She tipped the scales at 6 pound, and the church undercroft. ST. LOUIS POLICE TO GUARD AGAINST CIRCULARS TODAY S8T. LOUIS, Nov. 4—M—Mimeo- graphed circulars urging Puerto Rican independence were distrib-( uted today in St. Louis, where Pres= ident Truman is due to arrive late today. Police ordered the arrest of any person found distributing them. Two Puerto Rican Revolutionists at- tempted to assassinate the Presi- dent in Washington Wednesday. Earlier it was announced that 600 city police, double the normal num- ber, will help guard Mr. Truman during his visit here. Only a few of the circulars had | been found. Several of them were left at an entrance to the St. Louls Post-Dispatch Building. The 140-word circulars state Puerto Rican people “are enslaved ! by Wall Street imperialism.” I They made only one reference to President Truman, saying he could veto Puerto Rican laws at any time. SHELLEY'S BODY IS BEING BROUGHT HERE The body of Jesse E. chelley will be brought to Juneau today by ‘the 83-foot U. §. Coast Guard cutter, CG headquarters reported. This arrangement was made by the U. 8. Commissioner. Shelley was found fishing vessel, the Mal outer harbor at Elfin Co day after it had run as! Shelley had appare! while the vessel was und v. The Mable C will be left in the care of Max Dorman, a friend of 5’ elley’s at Elfin Cove. @000 cc0c0cscscsc0reshooe his the urs- died Greenland is almost entirely coV= ered ‘with: ice up to a mile and & 14 ounces. half thick. i {been Juneau residents for the past 1 was on a hunger strike today in a | Pederal jail cell. ‘The woman, 21-year.old Carmen Dolores Torresloa, was tracked | down by Secret Service agents | Thursday night. She was taken to | the Federal house of detention and | a Federal official, who refused to | be quoted, said she had been on a | Democratic opponent, State Aud- | itor Joseph T. Ferguson, from un- seating him, Democratic Landslide ‘The President, going out to St. Louis to make a speech for his party tonight, has cheerfully pre- dicted a landslide for the Demo- crats. % Except for him, the political biz- | hunger strike since the arrest. shots in both camps have been| Mrs. Torresola, her dark eyes pretty cau wikht ‘heir forecasts | smouldering during her arraign- although both sides claim victory ment yesterday, heard a U. S. at- before the voting starts. \‘,Lamey say she “expressed herself ‘With “the exception of one two.| .l entire sympathy NiEh Aos Ay year perfod~1947 And 1948 when tempt on the President’s life.” the Republicans had control of | ?he was hflld in dz;laulc of‘ Tso,ogu !'bail on a charge of conspiring to Congress, the Democrats have hfldi injure the President. @ majority in koth House and Sen- | it e e EZ‘JL‘Z"S&GOV_ OUTSIDE TODAY: | MRS. GRUENING PLANS SAN FRANCISCO VISIT for 17 ;unbroken years. Instead of taking off this noon HANS NIELSENS MOVE TO PORTLAND, OREGON ]!or Anchorage, to join Alaskan | Science Conference delegates for Mr. and Mrs. Hans Nielsen left Juneau aboard the Princess Louise | the flight to Washington, D. C., by military aircraft, Delegate E. L. for Portland where they expect to make their home now. They have (Bob) Bartlett and Gov. Ernest Gruening were booked to Seattle | today by Pan American Airways, as was Mrs. Gruening. The Delegate and the Governor) will go direct to the capitol, where | Gov. Gruening will open the three- 38 years. The four children they raised in Juneau remain here: Miss Anna Nielsen, Eddie Nielsen, Albert Echramen and Mrs. Christine Ed- dleman. Mr. Nielsen is 72 years old and was formerly caretaker of the Ev-|day conference Thursday. ergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Gruening plans a leisurely ® 0.0 0 00 0 0 0 0 ttrlp from Seattle to Denver, where o she will join her husband on his o |arrival for the last of the Western e | Governor's Conference November 10 e |and 11. The Governor expects to o |be back in Juneau November 13'or o |14 e ! To join their son and his wife in o (San Francisco, Mrs. Gruening will o |stay outside another week or ten o days. . Peter Gruening, for some time o | United Press correspondent in Hon- @ | olnlu, has been promoted and trans- ferred to the division office in San Francisco. He and his bride, who visited here recently on their vacation, expect to ke in the Bay City by next weekend. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures_for 24-Hour Period ending '8:30 o'clock this morning «Ia Juneau—Maximum, 48; minfthum) '34. At Airport—Maximum, 51; minimum, 32. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight near 28 degrees and highest Sunday 38 de- grees, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ e ) City of Juneau—.83 inches; e/ More bituminous coal and lignite $ince Nov. 1 — 270 inches; e |is carried on the Monongahela river since July 1 — 3193 inches. [than on any other US. inland At Afrport — .44 inches o waterway. since ‘Nov. 1 — 92 inches; ® since July 1 — 2297 inches. @ “Roof-bolting’ is a means of mak- | ing mine tunnels safe, | | Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, who has been sworn in as Sweden’s new king, is shown above with his wife, Crown Princess Louise. The new Gustaf V who died in Stockholm EARLY TRIAL FOR (OLLAZO IS PROMISED WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—#—An early murder trial, possibly in Feb- ruary, appeared in prospect today for Oscar Collazo; Puerto Rican gunman wounded Wednesday in the wild and bloody attempt to kill President Truman, Federal investigators said they saw no need to delay the trial for many months to permit the check- ing and rechecking of all angles, particularly the question of whether Collazo and a slain companion had accomplices. U. 8. District Attorney George Morris Fay said the case may be presented to the grand jury next week, Preliminarly arraignment has been set for Nov. 21. Fay said he expects to move for an early trial as well as a quick indictment. A trial in February was regarded as probable. Collazo, a Puerto Rican National- | ist, faces a possible death sentence for the slaying of White House pol- iceman Leslie Coffelt. Collazo and | a companion, Grieselio Torresola, tried to shoot their way into Blair House, the temporary Truman res- idence. Torresola was slain in a furious gun battle with White House pol- icemen and Secret Service agents, including Coffelt. PNA TRAFFIC FROM ANCHORAGE LIGHT Pacific ‘Northern Airlines carrio? 30 passengers yesterday with nine going to Anchorage, four to Yaku- | tat, two arriving from Anchorage and one from Yakutat. To Anehorage: Mr. and Mrs. C.| Davis, Glen Jefferson, H. L. Moats, W. E. and Melva Goodwin, Ken | Bowman, Robert De Armond and V. Delude. To Yakutat: Leslie and Nick Mil- | ton, Charles Newman and Conrad Brown. From Anchorage: M. Jasker and Tony Barnhart, From Yakutat: Berg Whitten, Fourteen others were carried be- | tween westward points. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Coastal Rambier trom | Seattle scheduled to arrive 8 p.m. | Sunday. Baranof, with éargo only, sailed from Seattle Friday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver, Saturday, Nov. 11. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS Divisions ENEMY 1S RECEIVING MORE AID -~ Washington Is Concerned Over Situation ~ Eighth Army Drives, Border (By Associated Press) The United States Eighth Army officially confirmed today its men are fighting the equivalent of at least two Chinese divisions in north= ! west Korea. United Nations forces drew a firm line against further withdrawals forced by eleventh | hour Communist counterattacks. A high-ranking Eighth Army staff officer said the Chinese Reds have probably 300,000 troops deployed! | along the Korean-Manchurian bor- der and probably 1,000,000 more troops within ‘“committing dis- tance.” High officials said any protest to Red China, or a demand for a declaration of intention, must, be decided in Washington. Washington Concerned In Washington, it was reported| official concern is mounting over Chinese reinforcement of the North) Korean Reds but the administra- tion’s inclination is to wait for| the situation to develop further be- fore any open challenge to the Pei-| ping regime. ‘The Eighth Army mission ed to drive to the Manch border and to defeat any North Korean or Chinese allie posing its advance, In the Unsan sector north Anju zflm Ay, eenfre the aniiation of Shincas wer tallons through prisoners, Chinese Road Bloc In northeast Korea, where U. S. 10th Corps identified Chinese Communists regiments, ty U. 8. Marine battalions were cul off north of Sudong. An off! source said a Chinese roadblock set up behind the two bat In the most crucial area, at Un san and Kunu, inland from west coast, Gen. MacArthur’s head. quarters said the entire withdra strategy is almost complete. situation there appeared to be stab ilized. | Escape from Trap Half of a trapped regiment of th U. 8. First Cavalry Division northwest Korea escaped to th new UN defense line from a sprung Thursday by the Kore Reds, who were aided by Chinese The weather continued bad fol UN Air Forces. Rain and low cioud hampered close fighter Observation planes spotted en forces moving southeasterly fro the Yalu River boundary of Man churia but there was no indication the movement was on a scale, Neibauer Suicide In Seattle; Wife Is in Fairban SEATTLE, Nov. 4—®— Netbaur, about 30, was found deaq in his gas.filled apartment here. Coroner’s deputies said he com| mitted suicide. Patrolman Oscar Winsberg sal a note left by Neibaur to his wifg Juanita, in Fairbanks, Alaska, in| dicated he was despondent ove] living apart from her and over financial difficulties. GRAND JURY WILL BE CALLED FOR JANUARY From Ketchikan, where Disi Court is in session, Judge Geor W. Folta has notified court official here of dates for opening the firg 1951 term in Juneau. ‘The grand jury will be called fq Wednesday, January 3, 1951, petit jury for Monday, January according to Mrs. P. D. Mecl Chief Deputy Clerk. Judge Folta plans to dispose d several cases here, probably aboi November 10 or 13, before going t} Anchorage to assist Judge Antho J. Dimond. pport] Manhood is not considered Koreans to have begun until aftg marriage, even if a bachelor is 70,