The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 10, 1950, Page 1

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE " “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,655 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRII JAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1950 MEMBER A SOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT Allied Airplanes VIn Ih Army Now ALASKA 1S MAINTOPIC, SCIENTISTS Shoriage May Effed Alas ka Strategic Develop- ment, Claim Made WASHINGTON, Nov. “shortage” of scientific manpower may limit research and develop- | ment in “strategic” Alaska, a De- fense Department official believes. Deputy ardson of the Defense Department’s 10—A—A b Secretary F. M. Rich- |} Research and Development Board |t told a reporter this yesterday before | addressing a private conference of | top-ranking American and Canad- | jan scientists gathered to discuss re- search “needs” of various kinds in the nation’s northern outpost. Only part of the three day meet- | ing will be open to the public. But | many prepared talks were made available to the press on subjects | ranging from agriculture to weather | from widlife and national defense.| Strategic vs Economic Value Deputy Secretary Richardson told ! a reporter: “The strategic value of Alaska has emphasized its value very great- .ly to the United States. It always | has been important to develop Al-| eska’s natural resources; hence the | territory has always been of first class economic importance. | “Now, world events have shaped | themselves so that Alaska’s strategic | importance at least equals, and may overshadow, her economic import- | ance.” | But this situation exists, he added, | at a time when there is a national “shortage” of scientific manpower for research and development work generally. | “Recent increases in research and | development,” he said, “have drawn | attention to the manpower problem. | There is doubt as to the supply of | manpower to handle a substantially | increased program beyond present | activities. | “As to Alaska, this manpower | problem may turn out to be a limi- | “Corporal Francis,” a burro picked up by the U. S. 24th Division troops in Kusong, on Korea’s ni ammunition for his new boss, Cpl. Va. Troops were later forced to pressure drove Allies back to Chongchon River line. (® Wirephoto. DEMO SENATE | CONTROLIS Check of Recent History Gives Indication of Possible Lineup ‘WASHINGTON, Nav. 10— ® — | A check of recent history indicated | today the possibility that the thin | Democratic control of the new Sen- late could be wiped out by the grim factor which the military calls at-| | trition. | There is a chance, too, that deaths | " ]nnd resignations will widen the slender 49 to 47 margin by which the Democrats expect to organize the | new Senate in January. | Senate records show 30 members | of that body died in office during the last six sessions—or 12 years. That is an average of five Senators | for each session. The fatalities rang- | _ed from three to nine for a session. Tuesday’s elections trimmed the | Democratic majority from 54 to 42 orthwestern front, carries mortar |qown to 49 to 47. Since Vice Presi- Sparrell Brooks of Lynchburg, W. |dent Barkley may vote whenever evacuate Kusong as strong Red |the Senate is tied, Democrgts would | |to 48. AL TENGER TAKES VETERANS ADM. CONTACT POSITION With his nineteenth year at the Empire, Printing Company almost completed, Alfred Zenger will have Armistice Day 1950 as his last as business manager of the company he has been with these many years. Mr. Zenger' is taking a position as contact representative for the Veterans Admin ration, replacing David A. Andrus, who has been called back into the service and is now on duty in Kodiak in thec Naval Intelligence Service. It was January 1, 1933, that Zen- ger came to the Empire from Con- nors Motors Company where he was Several times in recent years the !death or resignation of a Senator has altered the party line-up. A | change does not result every time | there is a vacancy. This is because |such vacancies are filled by the | governor of the state involved. Us- - ’ ually the governor appoints a loyal | member of his own party. Tuesday’s elections gave the GOP a majority. of the governorships, so Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg| Recommended for Assist- | ant Secy. of Defense 3 might have an edge in possible ap- pointments. Twenty years ago a sifilar close division in the House resulted in an overturn of control. In 1930 Repub- licans elected a slim majority. JUNEAU OBSERVES ARMISTICE DAY if. other factors were even they 3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 10— (B — Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg of New York has been recommended by | THREATENED {retain control if the split were 48 American Marines use a enemy in Seoul. P Wirephoto. IN STRIKE, ported.as Pickets Sud- denly Called Off NEW YORK, Nev. 10—P—Strik- ing telephone equipment workers NEW ANGLE viRepublican HELLO LINE Polled High Push Bufton” Tactics Re-| Over 40,700,000 Votes | orth Korean barricade to protect themselves as they fire on Photo by Max Desfor, Associated Press staff photographer with the Marines in Seoul. the retreating (andidates Cast Tuesday with GOPers| More than 52 Per Cent WASHINGTON, Neov. 10— (® — Republican candidates in the ag-| COLLAZO INDICTED, MURDER Grand Jury Acts in Attempt Made on Life of Presi- dent Truman WASHINGTON, Nov. 10— B — tation on what we can do in that f G | empl B six b territory in the way of rescarch and | o 'v‘u)"fdc;:lw;?c ) s A development. That is, the limitation | ™y "y ' {oon . "ong and faithful may be in the manpower field rath- ( Mr | Secretary of Defense Marshall for | the highest post ever held by a| woman in the military branch of the | government—Assistant Secretary of | WITH CEREMONIES The Arniistice Day holiday Sat- gregate polled slightly more than 52 percent of the off-year record % total of over 40,700,000 votes cast “ | Tuesday. abruptly withdrew picket lines from some exchanges across the country today in an apparent launching of er than in the dollar field.” Dr. John Reed of the U. S. Geo- logical Survey and keynoter of the conference said continuing and in- creased research is needed regard- ing Alaska not alone because of its rich natural resources but because of its strategic geographical posi- | tion. GOVS. OPEN WEST STATES CONFERENCE DENVER, Nov. 10—{®—Defenses | of Alaska are improving, Gov. Ern- | est Gruening said today, adding that the territory’s security is es- sential to safety of the United States. » Gruening made his comments just before the opening of a western gov- ernor’s conference. Also attending were Governors Dan E. Garvey of Arizona, and | employment on the part of | Zenger, and the Empire can't help | hoping that with the end of the | war emergency he will return tc | the newspaper he has helped keep | going fcr nearly 20 years. | And, since everything seems tc happen at once, Don Clark, Empirc | advertising manager is leaving tc | take a position on the Bellingham yHoml This change, tco, is re- | greted also. In the meantime there will be a {lot of pinch hitting around the | Empire, but that is nothing unusual r has done plenty of pinch for the rest of the staff, |and if the rest of us pinch hit for him and Don Clark for awhile, that {is just a matter of “turn about be- {ing fair play | One of the hard Jobs Mr, Zenger | will be doing at its next meeting will be handing in his resignation to the City Council. Zenger was recently reelected for his second term, and we imagine that Mayor | Hendrickson and the council feel |like the Empire—hope that some- thing will happen to make Al i change his mind. | Years oi active service with the American Legion, with which he | has held practically every office | available, make Al Zenger “a nat- ettt . e e et e, S e e e et et Defense. | urday will be observed with a par- Mrs. Rosenberg has yet to be ap-ade and ceremonies. at Evergreen pointed by President Truman and;Cemetery. Units in the parade will confirmed by the Senate. A Defense | he the High School Band (weather Department announcement indicat- | permitting); American Legion color ed, however, that both of these| guard; firing squad; Veterans of developments are considered a cer- | Foreign Wars color guard; Head- tainty. It said: | quarters, Headquarters and Service “Mrs. Rosenberg, in addition to|Company, 208th Infantry Battalion performing the duties of Assistant | (Sep) and Headquarters and Head- | Secretary of Defense, will specialize | quarters Detachment, Alaska Na- in matter related to manpower and | tional Guard. personnel policy, both subjects in| The National Guard forms at the which she is an acknowledged au- armory at 9 am. and the Band thority. | assembles at 'the Grade School | She would succeed Paul H. Grif- | Auditorium not later than 10 am. fith, a former National Commander | The parade leaves the armory at of the American Legion. Griffith | 10:30 a.m. resigned his Defense Department| Order of march is Band; Amer- | post last September after President!ican Legion Color Guard; firing| Truman dropped Louis Johnson!squad; VFW Color Guard; Major | from the cabinet office now held by | Arthur Walker, commanding officer Gen. Marshall. ioI Hq., Hq. and Sv. Co. 208th Inf. HOLIDAY SATURD “;j”';hf:::;d:'::r:?:ofi";:: s BUSINESS CLOSES on Willoughby to Seward, up Sew- | Juneau for the most part, will| ard to the Federal Building, ' Calhoun and thence to the ceme- observe temorrow, Armistice Day, as a holiday. | tery. At the cemetery, the 0y guard and firing squad ass Grocery and meat markets will be closed and it is announced that | at the armed forces burial plot upon Lt. Vernon Metcalf’s orders The National Guard remains on the road at “parade rest.” | Ceremonies at the cemetery start new “push button” strike tactic. Idea of the strategy, as described by union spokesmen, was to employ surprise picketing concentrating lines in some places, not in othérs, and picketing on some days and not on other days. The strike, called yesterday by of America to enforce demands for a “substantial bobst” in wages from the Western Electric Company, slow- ed long distance eservice because op- erators refused to cross picket lines. Local service generally was not af: fected. Rejects Wage Boost ‘The union, which represents 17,00 Western Electric employees, rejected a company offer or about 11 cents an hour additional in wages. Pre- sent wages now average $1.55 to $1.62 an hour. The union has not disclos- ed its specific wage demands. Length s | of contract also is an issue. First indication of the start of the new strike techniqgue came when pickets suddenly left tele- | phone buildings in Dallas, Tex., | Jersey cities. Pickets also failed to |show up in Springfield, Mo., and jother Missouri communities. | War of Nerves “We don't 'know what it means,” Walter W. Johnson of Colorado, | ural” for his new job. His loyalty both Democrats; and C. A. Robins of [ang ability are familiar to all who Idaho, Douglas McKay of Oregon, J. ! know him. Bracken Lee of Utah, Arthur Lang- | . lie of Washington and A. G- Crane} MARY GAHAGAN HERE the Juneau drug stores will also, observe the holiday and be closed for the day. | Federal, Territorial and city offi- | ces will be closed. | with the band playing “Onward, |said a Southwestern Bell telephone Christian Soldiers.” Chaplain Eric official in Dallas. “We understand Newbould will offer a prayer. The they will allow the other workers National Guard comes to -{to be on the job today—and then tion” then to “present arms. maybe stop them again tomorrow.” of Wyoming, all Republicans. | Gov. Ingram M. Stainback of Hawaii was expected in Denver to- day for the meeting. The first act of the conference was to send a telegram to Governor and Mrs, Earl Warren of California expressing sympathy over the illness of the Warrens’ daughter, Nina. Gov. Waren is chairman of tne Western Governors’ Conference, but was unable to attend the session. The Governors plunged into a d cussion of a regional compact for medical, dental, public health and vetexinary medical schools. is- VISIT THE CASH COLES Ww. A. Rushlight and Lee Thomas of Portland, Ore,, made a overnight visit ‘here with Mr. and Mrs. Cash Cole W Baranof Hot‘el. n| Miss Mary Gahagan of the Bu- |reau of Indian Affairs, Washing- |ten, D. €, is stopping at the | Baranof Hotel. | STOCK QUOTATIONS | | NEW YORK, Nov. 10—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 21, American Can 1100, American Tel and Tel 151%, ‘;Anacondfl 36, Douglas Aircraft 84, { General Electric 49%, General Mo- | tors 5215, Goodyear 60%, Kennecott {70, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8% &, \Norhhern Pacific 26%, Standard Oil A.|of California 76%, U. S. Steel 40%. ' p.m. Sales today were 1,640,000 shares.: | Averages today are as follows: ho are at the Industrials 229.29, rails 67.30, utilit- lles 40.73, firing squad fires. three volley 11 a.m. followed by buglers blowin | “Taps.” The band concludes FIRST AID COURSE | ceremonies at the cemetery BEGINS NEXT TUESDAY}lthE “Star Spangled Banne | the National Guard “orders : Henry Leege, Red Cross first ald| Moving from the cemeter instructor, reiterated today, that it |color guards and firing squad will be necessary for prospective|to their places in the column ¥ first aid instructors to take both|the entire column leaving the ¢-me- the November and December cour- |tery. The Band leaves the column ses in order to qualify for advanced |at the entrance to the cems¢ training which will be given here| Line of march from the cei in January. is over Willoughby to the | November dates are 14, 16, 21 and | where the organizations dish 28 in the sewing room at the Ju- Grocery stores and mark neau High School from 7:3 to 10| well as Federal, Territori City Offices will be closed The Empire will publish as usual | with the Saturday 1 o'clock edition. S ML S s O i SEATTLE VISITOR ! O. E. Christensen of Seattle is _at the Baranof Hotel. FROM OLYMPIA | Jim Hansen of Olympia le at the Baranof Hotel. He called the plan a “war on nerves.” As part of the plan, union spokes- man have said they intended to use mass, roving picket armies to con- centrate on certain areas on cer- tain days. There also was talk of “jamming” local and long-distance 1| circuits by placing useless calls G. L, Florence of Ketchika at the Baranof Hotel. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle at 8 pim. today, passengers and cargo, Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver, Saturday, 11. Freighter Palisana in port The figures are based on state totals which are still incomplete ; in most states. Even so, they show A Federal grand jury today indicted Oscar Collazo, 37-year-old Puerto 'Rican, for murder in connection with the Nov. 1 attempt on President Truman'’s life. The charge is based on the killing of Leslie Coffelt, 40, White House Strike Heavy Blows in Korea Enemy Barricad PI io Good Use STEELBAND FORGED WITH NEW LINKUE iChinese Commie Concen frations, Supply Lines Given Blasting SEOUL, Nov. 10—(®—The Allles forged a steel band across Northl Korea's narrow waist today with the| lineup of U. 8: Tenth Corps Forces from the east and ‘Eighth Army ele- ments from the west. Associated Press correspondent Willlam Jorden reported the linkup was made southeast of Tokchon, in north-central Korea. It came as Chinese Communists just north of the Manchurian border continued their ominous buildup of troops— now reported at some 300,000. Other Chinese Red forces already in Korea, estimated at about 60,000 were” withdrawing into far North Korea’s wooded mountain fastness under constant lashing by Allied air power, U. 8. planes hit ten Russian-built tanks and Red transports southeast of the border. Smash Supply Lines Bombers and fet fighters carrying half-ton bombs smashed at Red supply lines near the south of the Yalu River boundary of Communist Manchuria. American and Red jet fighters en- gaged in two flashing chases near the major Red crossing point—the northwest border town of Sinui- ju. No losses on either side were reported. U. 8, Jets. destroyed, eight tanks and damaged two in territory south and southeast of Sinufju. Twenty-five trucks and other vehicles were destroyed and seven trucks damaged. Puzzling Lull The puzzling lull in the ground action continued into its fifth day. There was only patrol action and minor skirmishes. Inland from the east coast, the U. 8. Marines observed the 175th anniversary of the corps by rolling onto a plateau to within three mil- es of the vital Chdngjin power dam. It was a gain of six miles. There was no opposition. Aban- doned’ packs indicated the haste of the Chigese withdrawal. Great Advance Made A U. 8. First Corps spokesman that at least 40,727,213 ballots were | guard, when yCollazo and Griselio |gaid the day’s greatest advance cast. The previous peak in a non-pre- sidential year was 37,304,380 in 1938. The figure in 1946 was 35,874,568 the IO Communications Workers and in 1942 it was 30,024,927, Republicans outvoted the Demo- crats 21,049,778 to 18,684,129—or ap- proximately 52.3 percent to 46.3. In the 1948 presidential election, Demo- rats polled about 49.3 percent of the total and the Republicans about 45 percent. . NO PAA FLIGHTS MADE THURSDAY There were no Pan American World Airways flights in or out of Juneau yesterday due to bad weather and hazardous runway conditions at the Juneaw airport. Yesterday's northbound flight was o } Ak mbles | Denver, and Newark and other NeW ly 14 ot annette Island overnight and was due in today about noon. Today’s planes were listed on schedule. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 37; minmum, 33. At Airport—Maximum, 36; minimum, 33. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy tonight and e Saturday with occasional rain ® or snow. Low temperature to- o night near 32 and high Sat- e urday near 38. . e PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ¢ 7:30 a.m. today . City of Juneau-—41 inches; e since Nov. 1372 inches e since July 1—32.75 inches. e At Airport—36 inches; o since Nov. 185 inches e since Ju 12290 inche: e e 9 0 0 0 0 0 00 ‘Torressola tried to shoot their way into Blair House, the President’s temporary residence. Torresola was killed in the rain of bullets from guards which felled Collazo with wounds in the chest and shoulder. Conviction of murder carries the possibility of a death. sentence in the District of Columbia. From the stories of eye-witnesses, there is some evidence that Torres- ola actually shot Coffelt. But under District of Columbia law when two or more persons engage in a felony and kill some one, all are considered equally liable to charges of murder. The grand jury’s four-count in- dictment charged the Puerto Ricans went to Blair House “with intent to murder the President of the Uni- ted States, who was then 'within said dwelling and building.” The additional counts charged the two with felonious assault on the Blair House guard detail and on members of the secret Service as- signed there to guard the life of the President. Finally, there was the charge that Coffelt was myrdered. | The grand jury presented its in- | dictment before U. 8. Judge Edward | A. Tamm who earlier this week ap- | pointed a defense attorney for Col- | lazo after being advised that the Puerto Rican is without funds. FROM KETCHIKAN John Dassow and Clarence J. Carlson of Ketchikan are regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel, ® o o 0 0 0 6 0 0 REGULAR EDITION OF EMPIRE ON SAT. Notwithstanding tomorrow is a holiday, the Empire will pub- lish and expects to be on the treet at the usual time with the Saturday edition at 1 'clock containing the latest local and world news. g ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 like-wise unopposed—was registered by the South Korean Capital Di- vision in the far northeast—an 11- mile thrust north of Kilchu. That’s about 75 miles south of the Manchurian forder, Elsewhere | across the peninsula, the Allied line was 45 to 50 miles south of the touchy boundary. Before the Red counterattacks last week, the Al- lies had shoved to the border at one point and 15 miles from it at anoth- er. FIRE SWEEPS VALLEY HOMES IN CALIFORNIA SAN BERNARDINO,'C&UL, Nov. 10—(A—Hundreds fled their homes |in the darkness today as a fire | swept by 50-mile-an-hour winds threatened much of the city’s nor- thern sector, Firemen sald it was almost out after a six-hour fight. At one point, police reported hundreds of homes were burning, while pajama clad residents—many of them women and children— played garden hoses on roofs. But as dawn came, only one home on a hilltop appeared a complete loss. A half.dozen others were badiy damaged and spot burns and char- red paint showed on many more. A two-mile strip several blocks wide fn places, but largely brush- land near the foothills, was black- ened. MEAT MAN HERE Donald Bland of Meats, from Seattle, Baranof Hotel. Inc., is stopping at the | FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. | William Clavier of Washington, D, C, is at the Baranof Hotel,