The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 15, 1950, Page 1

VOL. LXXVI,, NO. 11,659 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE * “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1950 TENTHOUSAND \CANADIANS TO TRAIN IN U. 5. Unit on Volunfary Basis Goes fo Fort Lewis, then Korea, If Necessary FERDINAND VOICES LOMPLAINT AGAINST TAKU;SOME DAMAGE Old man Winter spoke in sharp gusts last night and today. Ferd- inand, the fire whistle, complained |about the bitterness of the wind twhen one of the four wires leading ! | to the main switch box was broken | this morning. The short in Ferdie’s | voice was quickly repaired. The first damage reported was two plate glass windows blown | out of the Baranof Gift Shop. The Bridges May Head New Sen. (omflillee GOP Want Early Start Win Control 1952 Senate- Plans Made i PROPOSAL IS MADE \Secrefary of Treasury Sny- Territorial Legi Il(onvgles Here on January 22 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS slature When (By Bob DeArmand) There will be 14 “freshmen” der Seeks Fund for Efforts at Defense among the 40 legislators who con- vene at Juneau on January 22 for the 20th session of the Alaska | Territorial Legislature. Twelve members of the House Frank G. Johnson, Republican, re-elected. Served in the House in 1947 and 1949, Waino Hendrickson, Republican, elected for his first term. Andrew Hope, Democrat, re-elect- ed. Has served continuously in the Superforts Leave Border Town Mass of Flames NEW TAX [14'Freshmen’ Among Those in FIRE BOMB - RAID TOLD in Cold Wave-Strikes Are Reported BY WRITER Trip fo Target Area Made PRICE TEN CENTS -t | HOERYONG IS ‘FIRE-BOMBED BY 305UPERS Commies Open Offensive on Two Korean Fronts -Weather Severe | | | | first window was broken shortly House since 1945 (By 0. HV. P. KING) WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 — (® — A special Canadian force of ap- proximately 10,000 troops, recruited | on a voluntary basis for possiblei service in Korea, will begin unitj training late this month at Fort| Lewis, Wash. | Announcing that the Canadians | will train at Fort Lewis, the U. S.| Army said facilities there have been made available because winter wea- | ther in Canada would severely han- ! dicap unit training exercises. A Canadian spokesman here said | that the brigade is committed to| after midnight and the second one about 2 a.m. Glass from one win- dow was blown a half block and the- metal frame from the other ended up across the street. Both windows were boarded immediately after breaking. Several smaller windows around town were broken by sharp gusts of wind. Flying debris broke a fourth floor room window in the Gastineau Hotel. The iron grill around a kitchen window of the Barancf Hotel was torn off by bhe‘ force of the wind. service in Korea if needed. He said | that whether the unit goes to Kor-| ea after its training in the U. S.|torn loose and scattered over the depends on the wishes of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the United Na- tions commander for Korean oper- ations. An advance party of 350! Canadians is in Korea now. In its announcement that the| A portion of the tar paper roof- ing on the Goldstein building was | downtown business district. Alaska Coastal Airlines flights were held because of rough water| in the channel making it impossible’, for takeoffs and landings. Spray from the water made for icing | Vice President who could break a Canadians will train at Fort Lewis, the U. S. Army said their training will extend over a period of about four months. KIWANIANS RAISE §670 ON CHRISTMAS SEAL DRIVE FOR TB A total of $670 has alreeady been collected on the Christmas Seal| drive by Kiwanians, Dr. Henry Harris, chairman, regular luncheon meeting of Ki- wanis at the Baranof Hotel this noon. “This is gratifying,” “and I hope we can raise another $150 before the end of the week.” In the absence of newly-elected President Larry Parker, past Pres- ident Stanley Baskin presided. John Griffin was program chair- man and introduced Ernest Broder, tenor, of the Alaska Seventh Day Adventist Mission, who sang three numbers that were well received. He sang “Without a Song,” “Danny Boy,” and “Short'n Bread,” accom- panied by Miss Dolores Mattila, Ju- neau school nurse. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof scheduled to sail Beattle Friday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway Friday at 6 a.m. and sails south one hour later at 7 am. b Denali from west is scheduled to sail south Sunday a.m. The Wés‘hingion Copyright. by Bell By DREW PEARSON from ASHINGTON — Yesterday I abandoned my alleged crouching position under the cabinet table long enough to report on the dis- tressing way some of our west Eu- ropean friends are drifting, away from us. Today I want to report some brighter phases of the Europ- ean picture; also suggest some ideas for making them even brighter. Cracks in the Curtain—While we have headaches in western Europe the Kremlin is having' worse in eastern Europe. . .In Poland, troop trains between Russia and east Germany are dynamited almost weekly. The Poles hate the Russians more than the Germans—which is saying a lot. And the underground in Pcland is more active than ever before. . .Czechoslovakia is seething and turbulent. . .Bulgarian troops, deserting in driblets across the Turkish border, report intense dis- like cf the Russians. . .Most import- ant of all, every satellite country is watching Yugoslavia. If Tito can get by the present winter, des- pite crop failures and near-starva- tion, more satellite countries will follow his lead. More bad tax news—Meanwhile, st i VB A, _ (Continued on Page Four) reported at a| he said, | | conditions on the planes. The Ellis | Airlines flight from Ketchikan | landed at the airport. The Coast Guard -cutter, 182524, had its run to Eldred Rock =lighz station cancelled out because jof the gale. | The Glacier Highway is in good { condition for traffic. The Taku | wind, flowing strong in the city, reached in blasts only.as far out fon the highway as Norway Point, | Frank A. Metcalf, chief of the high- | way patrol, reported this morn- | ing. Wind velocity at the airport at its peaks was only 15 miles per hour as reported by the Weather | Bureau. Gusts in town, though, | were estimated at 50 to 60 miles per hour, ROOF IS STARTED ON 'MENDENHALL APTS., COMPLETION FRIDAY Roofing of the Mendenhall Apart- ments building started this morning | with the completion of the twelfth | story walls. One-third of the roof will possibly be completed today { with final pouring expected Friday. | Dismantling of the twelfth floor | slip form starts late Friday after- | noon and forms for the pouring of concrete on the penthouse will be started that same afternoon. Two weeks® will be needed to cumpletel construction of the penthouse, ac- cording to Ken Eskestrand. building superintendent for the Anderson Construction Company. Heating of the building for inside | work will be possible after construc- tion of the penthouse is completed providing there is no hold up in| the delivery of materials. The gov- ernmental allocation of steel as a result of the Korean situation is beginning to affect the delivery dates of steel used in the construc- tion of the building. " “We are getting all of the steel needed,” said Eskestrand, “but the delivery dates are set back some because of the governmental allo- cations.” Water will be heated by two boilers ‘in the basement' of the apartment house with manifold dis- tribution from the penthouse to the various convectors in the apart- ments for heating. > Laying of the fire brick lining in | the incinerator and boiler flues will | be started with the building of the | slip form on the penthouse. This procedure makes it pussible for the | completion of the fire brick laying | at the same time of the penthouse completion. The boilers will be put into immediate use at the comple- tion of the penthouse. All of the windows will be in- stalled shortly. Crews of lathers, plasterers -and carpenters will be working through the winter months. Completion date for the apartment house is scheduled for mid-June inext year. The hoisting tower remains up until the building is finished be- cause the installation of the two inside elevators will take three CG | 1 | | { | i need, however, the Republicans will | they now hold, while the Democrats {in the solid south. And only four | man said the explosions and fire be- Sitka are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 — () — Senator Bridges (R-NH) was re- ported in line today to head a new Republican committee to begin work on the 1952 senatorial cam- paign as soon as the 82nd Congress meets. Despite a net gain of five seats in last week’s election, Republican leaders are said to have agreed in- formally they had better get an early start on what looks like an uphill battle to win control of the Senate two years from now. Unless deaths or resignations change the party standings before then, the Republicans will need to gain only two seats to take over theé Senate-or gain one and élect a tie vote in their favor. The new Senate, meeting in January, will have 49 Democrats and 47 Repub- licans. Against the small net gain they be risking in the 1952 vote 20 seats will have only 12 at stake. Of the Democratic seats, five are Republicans can be counted as safely within GOP territory. If Bridges is chosen to head the campaign group, he will succeed Senator Brewster (R-Me). Brew- ster will be up for reelection in 1952 and party rules limit membership on the campaign group to Repub- licans from states where no Senate races gre involved. EXPLOSIONS ROCK TEXAS OIL SECTION PORT ARTHUR, Tex., Nov. 15— (M—A serfes of seven explosions rocked a sprawling oil refinery near this gulf coast city early today. Three men.were injured, one crit- ically. The blasts set off fires which were brought under control about 6 am. and extinguished about two hours later. The huge refinery and tank farm belongs to the Gulf Oil Corpora- tion of Houston. A company spokes- gan as escaping gas struck a fire box. Morgan Swinney, 42, was critic- ally burned. Francis Lawernce, 49, and R. T. Smith, 58, were serlously hurt. ‘The refinery is only 70 miles up the angling Texas coast line from the site of the 1947 Texas City dis- aster in which more than 500 per- sons were killed. The . explosions forced Gulf to close down its huge catalytic crack- ing unit, vital in processing pet- | roleum for aviation gasoline, The firm said the unit may be back in operation Monday or Tuesday. The huge refinery can process up to 230,000 barrels of oil daily. SITKA VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Crosby, of STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Nov. 15—M—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine istock today is 2%, American Can 100%, American Tel. & Tel. 151, {Anaconda 36%, Douglas Aircraft 184%, General Electric 50, General| | Motors 49%, Goodyear 60, Kenne- cott 70%, Libby, McNeill & Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 27%, Stand- ard Oil of California 78%, Twentieth | Century Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 40%, Canadian Exchange 96.43%, Pound $2.80%. Averages today are as follows: months. The elevators are expected next month with installation to start about the first of the year. industrials 22952, rails 68.6, utilities Sales today were 1,620,000. 1 | WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 — B —/ Secretary of the Treasury Snyder today proposed a 75 percent excess profits tax on corporations to raise the extra $4,000,000,000 that Presi~ |dent Truman wants to help pay for the expanding defense effort. Snyder sald he is “confident” the proposal—a modified and softer ver- sion of the 855 percent excess profits tax of World War II—can be passed at the short session of Congress opening Nov. 27. ‘The Treasury chief appeared be- fore the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee to back up of Representatives and two mem- bers of the Senate will be serving in their first session at Juneau. ‘This is a smaller proportion of green hands than in the last three regular session. In 1947 and 1949 there were 15 “freshmen” in the House and in 1945 there were 18. In 1949 the Senate had two “fresh- men” legislators, the same num- ber as there will be in 1951. In each 1945 and 1947 there were three newcomers. Politically, the Territorial Sen- ate will be divided 8-8, while the House will be divided 15-10 or 14-9, Mr. Truman’s plea yesterday for a $4,000,000,000-a-year retroactive to July 1, as “part of a sound program of defense taxation.” ‘The President said profits are soar- profits levy, ing under the rearmament program. Tax Details Given The committee called in Snyder | to give details on Mr. Truman's re- quest as it began hearings under a mandate for Congress to try to pro- duce an excess levy bill as quickly as possible. Mr. Truman also has asked for speed, but prospects for action this year are none too bright. Sentiment has been building up for other methods of boosting government | revenue, including further increases in individual income taxes and ordi- nary corporation taxes. Snyder proposed that corpora- tions, as in World War II, be given the alternative of figuring their taxes through a “base period earn- | ings credit” or an “invested capital credit.” Either system would set a level of earnings on which the regular cor- porate income tax, which ranges up to 45 percent, would apply and leave all profits in excess of that sum subject to the 75 percent “excess” profits rate. ARCHITECTS PLANS OF TERR. BUILDING | APPROVED BY BOARD Favorable - recomn¥endation for the adoption ~of the architect’s plans for ‘the Alaska Territorial Building to’ be erected in Juneau was made by the building sub- committee of the Territorial Board of Admini§tration this morning and approved at & meeting of the Ad-| ministration Board in session w-i day. The plans, drawn by the Ju- neau architects firm, Foss, Malcolm and Olsen, had been approved pre- | i depending upon the outcome of the Fourth Division election. At this writing Alden Wilbur, Repub- lican, and Thomas A. Jones, Dem- ocrat, are in a tie for the fifth seat from that division. A flipped coin may ultimately resolve the tie. ‘The following are the people who will sit in what many Alaskans believe may ' be the last Alaska Territorial Legislature. SENATE | First Division—Dr. R. M. Mac- | Kenzie, Democrat, holdover. This will be his second legislative ses.l sion. Miss Anita Garnick, Republican, holdover. Senator Garnick served in the House in 1947 and was el- ected to the Senate two years ago. James Nolan, Democrat, will be serving his first session in the Sen- ate. He was in the House in 1947 and 1949, Elton E, Engstrom, Republican, is a newcomer to the legislative halls. Second Division: Howard Lyng, Democrat, holdover, will be, in length of legislative service, the veteran member of the 1951 Legis- lature in either House. He came to the Alaska Legislature first in 1935 as a Representative. He was back in 1939 and that year was Speaker of the House. In 1941 he again served in the House and in 1945 and 1949 in the Senate. Edward Anderson, Democrat, holdover, will be serving his second Senate session. He served two trems in the House, in 1945 and 1947, Percy Ipalook, Republican, will be serving his first gession in the Senate. Two years ago he repre- sented the Second Division in the House. William Beltz, Demoerat, is also a newcomer to .the Senate and has one House 'session: behind him. Third Division—Steve McCutch- eon, Democrat, holdover, first came to the Senate in the 1046 Extra- viously by the local office of the Alaska Public Works Agency. Board of Administration members present at the meeting held in the office of the Governor were: Chairman Gov. Ernest Gru- ening, Henry Roden, Treasurer; J. G. Willlams, Attorney General; Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial High- way Engineer; and James C. Ryan, Director, Territorial Department of Education. The AT THE GASTINEAU Gifford M. Close of Ketchikan registered at the Gastineau Hotel. WEATHER. REPORT Temperatyres for 24-Hour Period ending 6:30 o'glock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 25; minimum, 18; At airport—Maximum, 25; minimum; 17.: FORECAST (Junesu and Vicinity) Continued cold and fair with gusty northeasterly winds. tonight and Thursday Lowest temperature tonight near 14 in Juneau and as low as 6 in outlying areeas. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy City of Juneau—None; since Nov. 1399 inches; since July 1—83.02 inches At Alrport—None; since Nov. 1—1.95 inches; since July 1—23 inches. ordinary Session when he was el- ected to fill the seat vacated by the death of his father, the late H. H. McCutcheon. In 1947 Steve sat in the House and two years ago he returned to the Senate. Walter E. Huntley, Democrat, holdover, will be serving his se- cond session in the Senate. He pre- viously served in the House in 1945 and 1947 as well as in the 1946 Extraordinary Session. Gunnard Engebreth, Republican, re-elected this year for his second term im thie Senate. He served in 1947 and 1940 ‘and was Senate Pre- sident I the latter ‘session. Gerrit Snider, Republican, returns | to the Legislaturé aftet’an absence of four years. He was in the House in Y947. This ‘will be his first ses- sion’ in the Senate. Fourth Division—John Butrovich, Jr. Republican, holdover, will be the senior member of the 1951 Sen- ate *in length of service in that body. It will ‘be his fourth Senate session. Frank Barr, Democrat, holdover, | was elected two years ago and this will be his second session. A. F. Ooble, Republican, will make his first appearance in the Senate. He served in the House in 1947, W. L. Lhamon, Republican, will be serving his first term in the Alaska Legislature. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | First Division—Doris M. Barnes, | Republican, re-glected and will be serving her.second session in the House, Ed lacken.‘.liqmbncnn, elected ! 1lor his fizst term in the House. | J i) J. 8. MacKinnon, Republican, an- other newcomer to the Legislature. Vernon Metcalfe, Democrat, like- wise a freshman this year. Amelia Gundersen, Democrat, serving her second session in the Legiflature in 1951. Second Division: W. W. Laws, Republican, is the only Second Division representative who is mak- ing a return trip to Juneau in 1951, He served in the House in 1947. James Wells, Frank Degnan and George Madsen, all Democrats and all newcomers to the legislative halls at Juneau. Third Division: William Egan, Democrat, re-elected, is the senior member of the House in length of service. His first session was in 1941 and he returned in 1943, 1947 and 1949. Stanley J. McCutcheon, Demo- crat, re-elected. He served in the House in 1943, 1945 and 1949 and was Speaker in the latter session. Jack Conright, Democrat, re-el- ected, will be making his second appearance in the Third Division | House delegation. Dr. C. A:; Pollard, Democrat, re- elected and will be serving his fourth term in the House. C." C. Carlson, Democrat, re.el- ected, will serve his second term. Wendell Kay and Jack Scaven- ius, Democrats, both newscomers to the Legislature. Fourth Division: George Misco- vich, Republican, re-elected and will be serving his second term. Glen D. Franklin, Democrat, re- elected - and serving his second | term. George Gasser and Mike Stepo- ! vich, both Republicans and both elected for the first time. ! Alden Wilbur, Republican, and | Thomas A. Jones, Democrat, are in a tie for the fifth seat. Neither has previously served in the Ter- | ritorial Legislature, NAVY PLANE GOES CRASH; | SIX MEN DIE PAGE, Okla., Nov. 15—P—8ix men died in the crash of a Navy plane on Rich mountain near this | little eastern Oklahoma town last | night. ‘, The bodies—burned as was the plane—were found early today by a ! crew of forest rangers. Five lay in the wreckage of the plane—which bore U.S. Navy mark- | ings—and one lay nearby. | At Shreveport, La., the Journal | reported it was advised by the Vet- erans Administration that two of the dead were Shreveport men: E. O. Phillips and Willlam Q. Stroud. Phillips was chief of the educa- tion training section of the Veterans Administration at Shreveport and Stroud was a supervisor in the same office. Both were on military leave | and had left Shreveport for active military duty two days ago. The two-engined Navy SNB, the ! same as an Air Force C-45, was en- | route from Lincoln, Neb., Naval Air | Station to Barksdale, La., according to the Lowry Air Base flight service | at Denver. ARC ENGINEER AT VALDEZ COMING HERE On temporary duty in the local officee of the Alaska Road Com- mission, Merle Harding, materials engineer in the Valdez district will arrive possibly tomorrow on the Pacific Northern Airways plane. He was expected on today’s plane | which was cancelled out because of | weather conditions. Harding is coming to the Juneau office to aid in the preparation ang | plans for the Richardson Highway | roadwork from Big Timber Lodge to Paxons for the 1951 construction U. S. AR FORCE BASE IN JAP- | AN, Nov. 15—(P—A« fleet of 30 Superforts today made a devastat. ing fire homb raid on Hoeryong, big railway city on the Manchurian border in northeast Korea. This correspondent made trip to the target area in lead bomber. Except for the cold—it was 20 degrees below zero over the target but 40 degrees warmer inside the | pressurized cabin—it was an un- eventful trip. The entire formation made its bomb run over the city of 450,000 the the (By Associated Press) In the air war on the Korean front, 30 Superforts fire-bombed Hoeryong in northeastern Korea. This city of 450,000 on the Manchur- ian border is an important com- munications and supply front. It was left a mass of smoke. and flames, Communists opened an offensive on the central and far northeastern front today driving back South Ko- reans near Tokchon and raiding South Korean Capital Division lines population in 11 minutes. No antiaircrat fire had been in that area, The lead plane was piloted challenged the bombers. There were no enemy fighter planes although a report had circulated that enemy jets Capt. Vance W. McCollum of Okla- |90 miles from the Soviet border. The Tokchon bulge is the biggest 1in the Allied defensa line. The Com- munists began their attack in bat- talion strength Tuesday and con- tinued Wednesday mornjng. The of- fensive drove the Republic of Korea (ROK) Eighth Division back four miles. It withdrew to the south bank by homa City, ‘The bombs went away at about three miles elevation. As the lead plane moved away from the wreck- ed Communist city columns of smoke boiled up through the haze. Back at the base, Maj. Gen. Em. mett O'Donnell Jr., Brooklyn, head of the Far East Air Force Bomber Command, praised his crews and declared - the Chinese Communists “Haven't got us worried.” “It's no child’s play,” he said. “We've had one airplane knocked down and crewmen hit but these guys (Chinese Communists) haven't of the Taedong river. Away to the northeast, where the Capital Divislon was creeping up to- ward the Soviet border over snow- filled and rough terrain, six tank- led North Korean assault battalions tore five holes in the South Korean lines. The U.8. 10th Corps said the South Koreans counterattacked and ‘The Reds con~ repaired: thejr. lines. tinued to attack fiercely but ground was lost, an Allied spokesman said. Cautious Headway Elsewhere on the frozen front, United Nations forces made cautious got us worried.” TELEPHONE STRIKE IS in Philadelphia, New York-Lockout Charge with Philadelphia police today {they tried to block non-striking telephone operators from reaching their jobs in a Bell Telephone Com- pany exchange. NOTBROKEN Mass Pitkel_sgage Trouble Massed pickets struggled again After five minutes of pushing and and slight headway due to severe winter conditions. U.S. troops reached the shores of North Korea’s two largest reservoirs which produce power also for Communist China’s Manchuria. U.S. Marines, wrapped in their parkas, took Hagru at the southern tip of Changjin reservoir without opposition. The 31st Regiment of the U.S. Seventh Division, hauling supplies on sleds, attained the northeastern shores of Pujon re- servoir. Wartime Mystery ‘The great mystery of the northern campaign was why had Communist Chinese not put up a fight for these two reservoirs. Defense of these two vital dams earlier had been cited as one possible reason why Chinese Reds intervened on the side of North Koreans, The American troops are encount- ering the most bitter wartime weather since the Aleutian cam- paign. It presents a major supply problem in equipping front line ' troops with adequate clothing. shoving, police drove a wedge in the picket line and about 15 workers slipped into the building. Police sent for reinforcements after the line reformed and blocked other non- striking workers outside the build- ing. ‘The new flareup came as the par- tial coast-to-coast telephone strike neared the end of its first "week | with tension mounting on picket lines. The tension reflected the strike's inconclusive effect on national phone service, the unbroken dead- | lock at the bargaining table, and the huge Bell System's growing counter-measures against the walk- | out. In addition to the original issues of pay and contract-duration, the CIO Communications Workers of FISHERIES BOARD MEET GETS UNDER WAY HERE; ALL MEMBERS ON DECK All members of the Alaska Fisher- les Board were present for a regular fall meeting which opened this morning in the offices of the Alaska Department of Fisheries. Howard Wakefield, Karl Brunstad, and Wil- liam Walton arrived yesterday from Seattle via PAA; J. P. Valentine came in yesterday from Ketchikan, and Ira (Rocky) Rothwell, arrived from Cordova two days ago. Routine reports by members of the fisheries staff were heard this morning and continued through the afternoon. Tomorrow an open hearing on America (CWA) now states. accuses the company of a lockout and unfair labor practices. It also is contesting picketing injunctions in at least 10| recommendations for 1951 Alaska fishing regulations will be held in the ADF office. All interested per- sons are invited to attend. WEATHER DELAYS ‘The company strongly denied the lockout charge. A company spokesman said long distance service was normal today in the 14 cities where long lines ex- changes are located. Local service was described as slow in 40 to 45 communities. FIRE-FALSE ALARM There was plenty of smoke com- ing out of the chimney of Jack O’Connor’s house on Sixth opposite St. Ann's Hospital at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon and neizhbors agreed there was a fire and the alarm 3-6 resulted. Jack was just clean- season, ARC officials sald. | ing out his furnace, that was all CHRISTMAS SHIP FOR PRIBILOF ISLS. The Pribilof Islands Christmas ship Penguin II of the Fish and ‘Wildlife Service fleet had been de- layed in the Wrangell Narrows dis- trict because of weather, but was on its way north again today, the local FWS office was advised this morning. Weather permitting the ship will make port in Juneau this evening. FROM PELICAN Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Chase of Peli- can are stopping at the Baranof,