The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 9, 1950, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,654 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THUR SI)A\\‘. NOVEMBER 9, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e | 2 Boys Burned To Death In Early Morning Fire Queshons (hmese Reds WAR SLOWS WITH 60,000 REDS ON LINE Commanders Await Word from UN-Seek fo Avert World War [l (By the Associated Press) Gen. MacArthur’s spokesmen in Tokyo said today there are 60,000 Communist Chinese troops arrayed against U. N. forces in North Ko- rea and a like number immediately available across the Manchurian frontier. The war itself slowed down, with commanders possibly awaiting ma- Jjor diplomatic developments. Com- munist China has been asked .to eppear before the U. N. Security Council and explain the presence of her troops in North Korea. The United States is expected tc press without délay a demand for the withdrawal of the Chinese forces fighting in support of the Red Koreans and a call on al governments to refrain from assist ing the North Koreans. Diplomats Urge Caution A number of old diplomats urg a cautious and slow approa the ticklish situation in fe: might explode into a world war. The great strength of Chines¢ Red troops in North Korea, a: disclosed by MacArthur's intelli- gence officers, means the lull i not caused by an inability of th Reds to continue their pressure or allied troops. This pressure last week forced the allies back 5( miles from the border. The Chinese seem to be awaiting orders, while the Peiping govern- ment weighs the stresses anc strains of world diplomacy. The Chinese drew back in some sectors Allied ground forces inched aheac in these spots to fill the vacuum With 60,000 Chinese against them plus about as many more North Koreans, it was a tight and cau- Jet Versus Jet War The sky war kept up at a furious pace. U. £ Navy Panther jei: warded off Soviet-built jets anc show down one in history’s second jet versus jet encounter. Yeslerday U. S. Shocting Star jets downed one Russian-type Mig-15 and dam- aged another. The Navy jets were protecting dive bombers from the aircraft car- rier Philippine Sea' which blasted bridges over the border-markin: Yalu River at Sinuiju. That bombed out city lies directly acros: the river from the Chinese city of Antung. This is the main supply route for Red forces. It was 9 per cent destroyed by superforts that dumped 600 tons of fire (Continued on Page Eight) The Washington Merry - Go- Round Copyright, 1950, by Bell Synaicate, By UBEW PEARSON WSHINGTON — The final de- cision as to how far the Russo- Chinese alliance will go toward all- out world war will depend largely on one factor—how many atomic bombs we have, compared Wwith the number Russia has. The preponderance of atomic weapons in our favor continues tc be the most reassyring thing in the otherwise unhappy internation- al picture. For definite information has been i obtained that Russia has been able to manufacture only 24 atomic bombks and is making them only at the rate of two per month. On the other hand, the American atomic stockpile, while a secret, 1t vastly greater., Furthermore our rate of production is much faster. This superiority of atomic strength has been the main factor deterring the Soviet from world | war up to now, and the chances | are it will continue to be a de- terrent in the future, It is also | why the Russians have adopted the | policy of wearing down American resources by wars of attrition in which satellite nations, not the Red army, do the fighting. In brief, it is likely that the Kremlin will not risk a major war | in which Russian troops must do e (Continued on Page Four) | o (a Major General Edward E. Almond (second from right), commander of U. S. Tenth Corps, quections a Chinese Communist prisoner through an interpreter (left) at hung. The prisoner, wounded in other Chinese Red stands at right. the Korean front north of Ham- battle, wears head bandage. An- The prisoners reported they had been in Korea two months after recruiting in Mukden and had been defending Changjin reservoir. (# Wirephoto. STRICKEN Nina Warren, (above) 17-year-old daughter of Gov Earl Warren of California is in the isolation ward of a Sacramento hospital suffer- ing from “a moderately severe case of infantile paralysis.” The governor, Mrs. Warren and an- other daughter, Virginia, rushed to Sacramento from Oakland where they voted in the Cali- fornia general election in which Warren was elected to a third term. (P Wirephoto. ANCHORAGE VISITOR Mrs. Geor; Sharrock of An- chorage is stopping at the Baranof. P. S. GANTY HERE P. S. Ganty of Pelican is regis- tered at the Barancf Hotel, € o 0 0o 2 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 36; minimum, 25. At Airport—Maximum, 33; minimum, 23. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with fight rain or snow tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight about 34 degrees. Highest Friday near 38. Southeast- erly winds as high as 25 miles per hour. PRECIPITATION st 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—.19 inches; since Nov. 1-—-3:31 inches; since July 1—32.34 inches. At Airport—.17 inches; since Nov. 1—1.49 inches; since July 1—22.54 inches. e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 Il.lct.loootooo-ool00-.00.0..0 . Farringfon ! Re-eleded In Hawaii HONOLULU, Nov. 9—(P—Joseph | R. Farrington, Republican, was re- | elected to his fifth term as Hawali's \d slegate to Congress in Tuesday's | election. Returns from all but two pre- of 138 gave Farrington to 40,299 for his Dem- | ocratic opponent, William B. Cobb. | | Farrington is publ r of the Hon- | olulu Star-Bulletin. | Republicans retained their 8- " | year-old control of the territorial They won nine of the and 20 of the 30 ! legislature. | 15 Senate seats |in the House. Voters gave Hawaii’'s proposed I state constitution better than three to one ratification. It now goes to the President and Congress for approval. More than 85 per cent of Ha- waii's 141,293 registered voters bal- loted. 'DASSENGERS ON ALASKA STEAM RATE LOW FARES Per Cent Reduction for Winter Season i SEATTLE, Nov. 9—(P—Passengers | eoing !the steamer Denali, which is scheduled tg leave at 5 p.m. Friday, will be offered a 20 per cent re- duction in round-trip fares, H. V. | Peterson, general traffic manager ‘of the Alaska Steamship Co., said | today. | This is the first time in the company’s history that this re- duction has been offered, Peterson said. The new rates, which will be effective until May 15, 1951, give “round trippers” a 120-day return limit. Peterson sald the Denali was capacity the first day after her sailing annountement. The Denali is the first passenger ship scheduled to leave for Alaska since new government regulations went into effect, making the screen- ing of ship personnel mandalou under the new security ‘law. E. J. Perkovich of Anchorage is {Peterson MOunces‘ 20 from Seattle to Alaska onj| booked to almost 50 per cent of} BE BULWARK, U.S. DEFENSE Scientists ToTtfierriiory Is Back Door fo Defend States from Reds WASHINGTON, Nov, 9—(P—Al- aska’s health commissioner said tcday the territory “must become a bulwark of defense” because of its proximity to Soviet Russia. Dr. E. C. Albrecht addressed a conference of American and Can- adian scientists, called by the Na- tional Academy of Eciences for dis- cussion of research' an such Alas- kan problems as national defense, housing, climate, settlement and | health cf the people. “Its (Aleska's) close proximity to Soviet Russia necessitates it be | strong, and well defended for it is indeed the back door to our Uni- ted States,” Albrecht said. “It is also well that Alaska be |a beacon of democracy where all the rights and privileges of free beria just across the Bering Straits | the glories and benefits of freedom under our system of government.” Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska told the conference the territory was ‘“rediscovered” with the out- break of World War II, and that he believes “America has re-dis- | covered Alaska for keeps.” He called this rediscovery | continuing and enlargihig process” which has been stimulated by the | “manifestly growing menace of the | totalitarian state, the Siberian headlands of which are visible with the naked eye from the .Alaskan mainland and from various islands off its couast.” PRODUCTION OFGOLD IS ON INCREASE | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 — (¥ Mine productiop of gold incr three per cent during September but silver and lead output declined nine per cent and two per cent respectviely, the Bureau of Mines said today. Gold production during September | totalled 229,852 fine ounces, the highest since October, 1942. The Bureau said a 41 per cent increase in Alaska over the August total, and an 11 per cent gain in Arizona accounted largely for the September increase. Production declined nine per cent in Idaho, two per cent in Montana, {15 per cent in Nevada, 13 per cent in Utah, and 11 per cent in Wash- i ington. September gold production by states: South Dakota 48,730, fine ounces, Utah 36,400; California 33, 881; Nevada 13,647; Colorado 12,149: Arizona 9,625; Idaho 7,000; Wash- ington 6,500; Montana 3,696; Ore- gon 702, New Mexico 156. Silver production during Septem- ber totaled 3,414,925 fine ounces as follows: Idaho 1,350,000; Montana 509,325; Utah 488,000; Arizona 445, Col- orado 298,321; Nevada 129,107; Cal-| | ifornia 95,543; Washington 30900; New Mexico 26,354; South Dakota | 11,920; Oregon 1,393; Texas 160; Alaska 8,241; Missouri 10,890; states | east of the Mississippi 8,821. Lead production by tons d September was as follows: Idaho 8,400; Utah 2,30 2295; Arizona and Mor each; California 1,290; Wa 790; Nevada 740; New Me Texas 10; Oregon one; 10,960; Oklahoma 1,729; 778;* New York, Tennessee ginia combined 414; southe:! neis and Kentucky 267; notherd Illinois and Wisconsin, 190 STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali scheduled to sail ! attle Friday with passencc: cargo. Princess Louise scheduled ! from Vancouver, Saturday. ¥ Freighter Palisana is 1740 | n Ti- | gistered at the isaranof Hotel. southbound 9 tonight. ALASKA MUST men may demonstrate to Red Si.| tally was 5 to 4 for a Democratic TELEPHONE WORKERS WALK OUT €10 Equipment Men of Huge Bell System Strike- Big Tie-up Threatened NEW YORK, Nov. 9— (# —CIO equipment workers struck the huge BEell Telephone network from coast- to-coast today in ‘a work stoppage that threatened to paralyze a ma- jor link in the nation's communi- cation system. The longsthreatened walkout be- gan at dawn on the east coast and spread gradually across the country as the 6 a.m. local time deadline passed. The 33,000 strikers are members of the CIO Communications Worker: Union. Some 16,000 are employed by Western Electric Company, manu- { facturing and installing arm of the - | American Telephone and Telegrap! Company. A wage dispute touchec off the walkout after the union re | jected a proposed wage increase o: 10 to 11'¢ cents an hour. The union asked a “substantia boost.” The remaining strikers are em ployed by the Michigan Bell Tele- phone Company, involved in a sep- arate wage dispute with the com- pany. Pickets Stationed Within five minutes after thc walkout, the strikers stationed pick- et lines around exchanges fron { coast to coast—a maneuver designec to keep nearly 300,000 fellow unior members, including operators, away from their jobs. | Following instructions from theil | union, most of the non-striking em- ployees refused to pass through the lines. Walkout in New York The strike struck first at the ke) American Telephone and Telegrapl building in New York City. A hand- ful of employees braved the picket lines there but others, including ¢ union-estimated 2,700 long distance operators, refused to pass through. ‘The building handles an average ur 73,000 long distance calls daily |A Western Electric spokesman sald ithere were no reports of impairec Aservice. Injunction on Pickets In Little Rock; Ark., Southwestern | Bell obtained an injunction which | forced removal of pickets from the Exchange Building there. They also | were withdrawn in' Memphis for an | unexplained reason. Service in manually-operated ex- changes was slowed in many areas. In New Jersey most manually-op- erated calls were being restricted | to emergencies only. As the walkout reached the west coast, Seattle’s 200 striking equip- ment workers also began picketing. The city has 7,000 other CWA mem- bers who had been instructed to res- pect the picket lines. CAA MAN HERE Wesley 9. MclIntosh, who is with | the CAA at Anchorage, is in Juneau at the Baranof Hotel. First Election Refurns Mrs, .Voseph Burke (rlzm) wife of the town clerk of Hnrt‘u Loeltlon, N. H,'a tiny mountain village, marks up results of election in the five-family village. governor. LATEST ELECTION RESULTS (By Associated Press) Latest election results: Senate—Demograts kept - control, 49 to 47. Present Senate 54 to 42. Needed to control, 49. Democrats elected 18, holdovers 31, lost 6, gained 1 in Missouri, Re- | publicans elected 18, holdovers 29, lost 1, gained 6 in Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah and California. House—Democrats kept control, 234 to 199, with 1 undecided, 1 In- dependent elected. Needed to con- trol, 218. Old House, 2569 Democrats, 169 Republicans, 1 American Labor Party, 6 vacancies. Net Republican gain in House 27, ret Democratic loss 27. Democrats in electing 234, gaine 2, lost 29. Republicans in electing 199, gained 28, lost 1. Independent 2lected, 1. American Labor lost 1 Governors — Republicans elected 2, lost 0, gained in 6, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico. Demo- rats elected 10, gained none, lost 3. Undecided 1 (Arizona) with the Republican leading. Governorships including those notv it stake yesterday line up: Demo- srats 22, Republicans 25, undecided 1. Old line-tp: Democrats 29, Re- oublicans 19. BODIES OF 22 PLANE CRASH 22, Encased in Burlal Bags” and Carried from Scene Down Mountain BUTTE, Mont.,. Nov. 9— Flashlights guided exhausted men down the steep west slope of the continental divide last night with the charred remains of the 22 per- sons who died when an airliner crashed against the mountains in a blizzard. Each of the bodies was encased in a “burial bag’—plastic sack. It was carried over the top of the di- vide and down a strtech of rocks, windfalls and brush covered with up to a foot of snow, to a waiting train. Then the bodies were brought here. The Northwest Airlines Martin 202, on an instrument letdown into Butte early Tuesday smashed into the north wall of Homestake Pass at an altitude of about 8,500 feet. Four crew members and 18 pas- sengers died instantly. A blizzard hindered, then halted, the search Tuesday. Early Tuesfay the airplane’s bright red tail guided searchers to the wreckage. ANCHORAGE VISITOR Sam Kelly of Anchorage is regis- tered at the Barancf Hotel. ' A\( IIOR\ 3 R. S. Rahtz of Anchorage stopping at the Baranof Hotel. Reversing 10-1 GOP vote of two years ago, the Mrs. Florence Morey (left) was voted the first State Rep- resentative the vfllage has been alotted in 20 years. (P Wirephoto. VICTIMS rounn) i HOT SESSION OF CONGRESS IS PROMISED Republican—G;ns Indicate Slam-Bang Attack on Forelgn Policy WAsx-rmo'rON Nov. 9—P—Re- publican gains in the Congressional | elections appeared today to herald a slam-bang mew attack on the Truman Administration’s handling of foreign policy, The prospect raised the question of whether President Truman will move to head off the expected volley of GOP criticism by trying to re- store bi-partisan cooperation which lately has been withering. However, the Republican price as a prelude to any real harmony ' seemed almost certain to be the fir- ing of Secretary of State Acheson. And Mr. Truman so far has refused to yield on that. Acheson said yes- terday he has no intention of quit- ting. The outcome of Tuesday’s vot- ing, where foreign policy was one of the main issues, put the Republi- cans in a position to be exceedingly troublesome so far as the Truman program is concerned in the 82nd Congress, which convenes Jan. 3. | GOP Makes In-Roads The Democrats retained numerical | control of both branches of Con- gress, but the Republicans made mg} in-roads in the off-year balloting. In the Senate, the Democrats squeaked by with 49 seats to 47 for the GOP. That is a net gain of five members for the Republicans, who | toppled key administration leaders out of the Senaté in chalking up | their victories. In the House, where one contest still was undecided, the Repub- licans hiked their count to 199 mem- | bers in contrast to the 169 they have in the present Congress. New Demo House Total The new Democratic total in the ! House stood at 234 as against 259 | currently. In the House at present there is one American-Laborite, who was de- | feated Tuesday. The new gruup‘ there will be one Independent, who | heretofore has been identified pol- | itically as a Democrat. Six vacan- | cles also were filled in the election. Two hundred eighteen House | seats are needed for a mathematical | majority. Hence, the Democrats | probably will have a margin of about 16 seats instead of the present 4“4, Coalition Possible On both sides of the Capitol the Democrats’ edge is too narrow for any comfort. It means the old coal- ition of Republicans and southern Democrats which has thwarted the administration in the past is in a position to do it again—with ease. The outcome appeared to have thrown an effective roadblock in front of the Truman “Fair Deal” program. It calls for such things as universal health insurance, pro- duction payments to farmers and repeal of the Taft-Hartley Labor FOUR ARE INJURED ESCAPING ‘jNonhern E);ms, Snake Pit Destroyed in Two- Alarm Blaze Today Two native boys were burned to death, several persons were either burned or injured in escaping from the roaring two-alarm blaze which early this morning destroyed the || two story Northern Rooms, lodging house, and spread to the two story Snake Pit building which was also | destroyed. The fire started in room six. John~ nie Johnston in room 15 first notic- ed the smoke thinking it might be from a ciggrette he might have left lighted before he went to sleep. He opened his room door to clear it of smoke only to have his room immediately filled with smoke. Go- ing down the hall, he broke into a blazing ,rom to see -if there was anyone in it. Gladys Stanley, who has been | managing the Northerh Rooms since the death of Wanda Myre, stated that room six had n¢j been rented last night nor the night before. Johnston and one other man quickly awakened others in the rooms. The two boys, Phillip and Law- rence Ward, 8 and 4 years old res- pectively, were found dead on their bed. The features of Lawrence were burned almost beyond recognition. 1t was thought at first t.hnt t.he body RN 3 o Bk AN ly identified by M Iunl. sister Ito Louise “Judy” Ward, the boys’ mother. Room five, where the two boys burned to death, was padlocked. Its window opened against the second story of the Snake Pit bullding making it impossible to gain en- trance to the room during the fire. Fire Spreads Quickly The fire spread quickly to the rooms over the Snake Pit building. The bar owned by Gorden Kazn- ouse and the rooms above were burned leaving only a shell. Almost all of the stock was carried from the bar. The slight insurance csrried on the bar was just paid up. It has not been determined if the North- ern Rooms building insurance was paid up but it is known there were two policies on it. Fifteen In Rooms It was estimated by Gladys Stan- ley that there were 15 people rent- ing rooms at the Northern Rooms last night. There had been no trans- | jent guests for several days. Though there were no names on the hotel register since August 5, several transient guests had rented rooms since that time. First alarm was sounded at 6 a.m. The second alarm at 6:08 was mis« | takingly sounded as 1-4. “Judy” Ward was seriously burned |on the back, neck and hands in an attempt to rescue her children. Margaret Hollingsworth was burn- ed on one hand before jumping from the second story of the Northern Rooms. Richard McRoberts possibly frac- | tured an ankle in jumping. Stanley Bowers was burned on the hands while Johnnie Johnston suffered from shock. The four were hospitalized at St. | Ann’s Hospital and Dr. W. White- | head was called. The Salvation Army furnished clothing to those who had no time to save auything in the fire. The bodles of the victims are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. The Juneau Fire Department bat- tled the fire for over three hours bringing it under control and pre- venting spreading. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 9—Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 100, American Tel and Tel 150%, Ana- conda 36, Douglas Aircraft 827%, General Electric 49, General Motors 521, Goodyear 59', Kennecott 69%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8, North- ern Pacific 27, Standard Oil of California 74%, Twentieth Century Fox 22%, U. 8. Steel 40%. Sales today were 1,760,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 227.17, rails 66.88, utilities Law, 40.44.