The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LXXVI,, NO. 11,672 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1950 ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e e e Allied Line in Korea Now Being Established TENDIEIN DEPARTMENT STORE FIRE Browder | In Jai WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 — (# — Earl Browder, longtime No. 1 Amer- | ican Communist, was jailed today | LARGE SUM ASKED FOR ARMAMENT ARMAMENT PROGRAM | Statehoods for Alaska, Hawaii Appear Now fo Be Lost Cause; Inevitable Defeat Is Admitted MacARTHUR TALKS OUT | | A-BOMB NOT NEEDED NOW DISCUSSED {after he failed to put up $1,500 bond | on a contempt of Congress charge. | ON CRISIS s 03""0“ By G. MILTON KELLY those who favor civil rights legisla- | Spectacular Blaze Starfs | reucrs suaee mivard x our | kom Chris'mas win. remain at liberty on his personal dow Display bond. Browder was indicted earlier this HALIFAX, N. S. Dec. 1—P— Firemen probed today in the ruins | week on the contempt charge for| refusing to answer questions before | a Senate subcommittee during an‘ of a gutted department store where at least 10 persons died in a spec- | Government charges of Senator tacular fire starting from a gaily-{Mcca”hy 15 e Ten bodies were recovered lastl night from the steaming ruins of | the four story building of Kay's! Ltd., but one section of the ruins was still too dangerous to search. Hero of the fire was teen-aged | QUESIION up | Roland Mulholland who led two | other youths and three women to| To ASSEMBLY’ investigation of Communist-in- lighted Christmas window display. | One woman was in a hospital. safety through a rooftop escape lad- | der. Police estimated 29 clerks and | Nearly Eighteen Billion | Wanted Because ‘Grav- | ity World Situation’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 — (# — President Truman today asked Con- gress to provide an additional $17,- including | atomic weapons, with the “utmost 850,000,000 for arms, speed” because of the “gravity the world situation.” In a message to the legislators, Mr. Truman said “these funds are needed to support our part in the | United Nations military action in | Korea, and to increase the size and forces should action become necessary in readiness of our armed other parts of the world.” He asked: i l i Christmas shoppers were in the| store at the time. The blaze started when an em-| ployee plugged in an electrical sign in the window display. Quickly it spread. A curtain of flame across: the only entrance, licked up the| stairway and flamed through the, 57-year-old structure into Halifax’| worst fire since 1939. The Queen: Hotel burned in 1939 with a lcss of 28 lives. ATLANTIC DEFENSE TAKEN UP WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—(®—In-! formed sources said today a meet- | ing of North Altantic military | leaders has been arranged to seek | immediate agreement on creation of | combined defense force in western | Europe. A formal announcement is | probable within the next 24 hours. | President Truman said only yes. terday that it is now more neces- NEW YORK, Dec, 1—(P—Pre-| gident Nasrollah Entezam gravely informed the UN General Assembly today it must consider the Korean e because the Security Council | faild to reach a decision. | “The situation is extremely grave | but because of hope all is not lost,” he told the 60 nations’ dele- | gates. “It is vital that the peop]esI of the world not be blinded by | hatred or fear.” | The delegates convened with the spectre of atomic war looming be- fore them. Various diplomats en- gaged in round-the-clock discus- sions en how to get the Chinese Communists out of Korea without touching off world war III Entezam, an Iranian, said he hed received many messages asking him to intervene to bring peace. He made no formal move to place the Korean case on the Assembly’s | agenda. That is expected to be | done early next week. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jaccb A. Malik was conspicuously | absent from the diplomats’ private discussions. Malik last night vetoed a six power Secruity Council resol- ution calling on the Chinese Reds to withdraw and promising to safe- guard their legitimate interests in | $16,800,000,000 for a quick build up of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Forces. | $1,050,000,000 to speed up the | atomic energy program which means | increasing the stockpile of atom | bombs. Before sending his message to the | capitol, Mr. Truman had Demo-| cratic and Republican Congressional | leaders at the White House for a| discussion of the grave interna- | tional situation and an explanation] of why he was asking for the| money. In his message, the President re- viewed the cituation in Korea and | said the Chinese Communist lead- ers, known W have close relations with Moscow, could not help but know that their “large-scale assault” in Korea “involved grave risk of world war.” He said the United States and! other free nations “will not falter or turn back.” Mr. Truman concluded his mes- sage with these words: “In this critical time, the national interest is paramount, and all parti- san or selfish considerations must be subordinated.” Legislators who attended the White House meeting quoted the | President as telling them that all| per and other supplies.” Conference, Home Front Planning | WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—(RPre- | sident Truman talked over with | Congressional leaders today the front program he wants as a re- sult of the increased threat of World War III. Republican as well as Democratic leaders were called to the White House conference. Most of the Pre- sident’s cabinet also sat in. Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, director of Central Intelligence, were on hand arrived. Their job was to outline, as background for the Congress | members, the general military and | international situation. . Even before the meeting, full- scale Republican support of the Korean war effort was promised by | Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman | of the GOP Senate Policy Com- mittee. The session with the Congression- al leaders followed the regular Fri- | day morning cabinet meeting. Most | of the cabinet officers remained for the second meeting. Attorney General McGrath wld‘ reporters the cahinet talked chiefly ! akout manpower, commodities and | prices, Asked what | he meant by | commedities, he said: “Steei, cop- SIX POINTS AGREED ON BY FISHERMEN | FOR ALASKA MEET' | Six recommendations for the; Alaska Conference of union dele- | | gates from Juneau, Prince Rupert, | Ketchikan and Petersburg to be held ‘ in Juneau January 6 and 7 were | agreed upon at a special joint| President Holds Important| stepped up aramaent and home | when the Congressional delegation | | measures ‘traces back to the old | fighting the bills mainly because WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 — ® — Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii during the present Congress ap- peared virtually a lost cause today. Senate Democratic Leader Lucas { (D-IID), of Illinois, said he held no | hope & coalition of Republicans and | Southern Democrats would remove | the roadblock they set up to stall | the measures. He denounced their tactics as a filibuster. President Truman had urged statehood for both territories as a | reply to Russian propaganda in the | Orient that the U.S. has colonial ambitions. The President said, too, they deserve statehood. Opponents, on the other hanrd, argue the two territories are not ready for state- {hood and that admitting them to ! the union would not check Soviet propaganda. Defeat Expected Lucas all but acknowledged de- feat in a Senate speech yesterday. Opposition strength, he said, has made it “very clear there isn’t going to be any vote on the statehood bil.” Most opposition to the statehood | fight over civil rights, Lucas said. Dixie. Democrats reportedly are they fear Senators from Alaska and | Hawaii would join forces with ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR ELKS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, The Juneau Elks Lodge will hold | its annual memorial services at | 2:30 o'clock Sunday afterncon. The | Eulogy will be given® by Attorney | R. E. Robertson, Past Exalted Rul- er. The Methodist Church choir will participate in the services. The ! public is invited. | Services will be as follows: “March of the Priests” by Mozart sung by John Goettel and accom- | panied by Frank Barker; entrance sary than ever to establish such a force under a supreme command, | Defense and military officials of | the North Atlantic Treaty nations tried at meetings here in October ! to agree on the details of a com- | bined force for western Europs.. A deadlock developed at that time | between U.S. and French proposals | to rearm western Germany. | Appointment of a supreme com- | mander—generally expected to be| Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower—was postponed pending further efforts| to reach a detailed agreement on the combined force. Korea and respect ‘he Chinese-Xor- ean frentier. | {MPORTANT MEETING CONSTRUCTION MEN, ANCHORAGE, DEC. 9 The Associated General Contrac- tors of Alaska will meet with | sub-contractors, material suppliers, | transportation agencies and allied FROM ANé;ORAGE | construction interests on Decem- Iver 9 in Anchorage to hear Col. S. E. Vermilyea, CAA man 7 ‘mm‘L. E. Seaman, District Engineer Anchorage, is at the Baranof Hotel. | ’ ; ifor the army, outline the military a construction program for 1951-52, The w a S‘h in g 1 on : Kenneth Kadow, of the Department Merry - Go-Round of Interior Alaska Field Committee, announced today. Copyright, 1950, by Bell Syialcate, Inc.) i By DREW PEARSON Col. Seamon will discuss appro- priatiops, housing, the peak per- iod labor supply, procurement and shipment of building commodities | and the impact of the general pro- gram upon the economy of Alaska. Following the meeting with mili- tary authorities, the Associated General Contractors will hold a special afternoon session with con- ASHINGTON British and French skepticism over General MacArthur and his risking of an| all-out war with China has focused attention on some of the friction, of the more than $30,000,000,000 in | military funds Congress previously | has provided in this fiscal year| have been committed. NEW POST OFFICE HOURS SATURDAY, CHRISTMAS MAILING Postmaster Crystal Jenne today anncunced new post office hours for Saturdays for the benefit of those who mail Christmas parcels. The parcel post window will be | December 2 December 9 and Dec- ember 16 from 10 am. to 5 p.m. The present hours are 10 am. to noon but steamers are scheduled south on Sundays so longer hours are in effect for the next three Saturdays for Christmas mailing. open on Saturdays, (tomorrow) FIRE PROTECTION FOR WEST JUNEAU UP AT CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT A request from West Juneau for {men’s Union and Vessel Owners’ Association Thursday night. All recommendations agreed upon at the Alaska Conference will be taken by two delegates to the an- nual International Fisheries Com- mission meeting in Seattle January 26. Those recommendations passed at last night’s meeting are as follows: the halibut season be opened April 1, 1951; long line boats—not trollers —should not be allowed to sell to a mother ship or to a packer; all boats fishing with long lines regard- less of size be licensed through the Customs House; no boat go out for black cod at less than 12 cents a pound; an increase in the halibut quota for areas two and three (pre- | areas one, two and three); change the first class halibut poundage range from 10 to 60 pounds to the pound range of 10 to 80 pounds. Other items discussed and passed at the meeting were that the Alaska of foreign fish vitamins, the com- ing legislature’s activities and the Juneau chapters of the two unions should have the power to represent Ketchikan and Petersburg at the legislature. meeting of the Deep Sea Fisher-| sent quota is 54,000,000 pounds ror‘ Conference discuss the importation | of lodge officers and members; | “Hark, Hark, My Soul” by Shel- |ley, sung by the Methodist Church | ! Choir; introduction and prayer by | Wallis 8. George, Exalted Ruler,! | Stuart Houston, Esquire, and E. | Robert Haag, Chaplain. | “Farewell” by Schubert sung by | Harold Salisbury; roll call of de-| | parted brothers by Exalted Ruler, | and William Biggs, Secretary; “Me- | ditation from Thais” by Kriesler, | a piano solo by Frank Barker; “The !Holy City” by Adams sung by Mrs, Stanley Baskin, | Eulogy by R. E. Robertson, Past! Exalted Ruler; “Mpditation” by Brahms and “Sleep Thy Last Sleep” by Barnby, sung by the Methodist | Church Choir; “Nearer My God To | Thee” by audience and lodge mem- | bers. | The closing of the memorial ses- sion will be by the Exalted Ruler jand E. Robert Haag, Chaplain} “March of the Priests” by Mozart, | sung by John Goettel accompanied by« Frank Parker. Members of the Elks Lodge who i | departed during the past are: Belmont W. MeCormick, John | tion. Another Bill Blocked The same fight, Lucas added, also has blocked a controversial railway labor bill. This measure seeks to allow the union shop and “check- off” payment of union dues in the railway industry. Senator Jenner (R-Ind) wants it to carry a “Fair Employment Practices” (FEPC) amendment which the Southern group opposes vigorously. Parliamentary Snarlup After four days of debate, the issues have become enmeshed in this parliamentary snarlup: 1. The Senate can't proceed to vote on the Alaskan statehood bill without an impossible-to-get unani- mous agreement to sidetrack theI railway labor bill. 2. It can’t go ahead with the labor bill without unanimous approval— almost equally difficult—to side- track a pending motion to vote on statehood for Alaska. Fate of Hawaiian Bill Action on a similar bill for Hawaii hinges on the fate of the Alaskan ! measure. Both have been approved by the House. After three days of treadmill de- bate, Democratic Leader Lucas in- formed reporters yesterday that un- less a voting agreement can be reached by Monday he will with- draw his motion to take up the measure. And he indicated very plainly that he foresees no such agreement. Senator O’'Mahoney (D-Wyo), floor manager for the bill, took a similar view. Next Move After moves failed to set a voting time either tomorrow or Monday, Lucas said: “We’ll let the boys talk tomorrow, then set the statehood bill aside and take up rent control if we still don’t have an agreement to let the statehood come to a vote.” The Alaska bill has never offi-| cially been before the Senate for consideration, although both it and !the Hawail measure cleared the House early this year. Since Tues- day, the debate has been based on | Lucas’ motion to bring it up. Even if that motion prevailed, the bill itself would be subject to unlimited talk. 0’'Mahoney’s Views O’'Mahoney appraised the situa- tion in the Senate as “a full scale filibuster.” Senator Hoey (D-NC) demanded in a speech that backers of the bill abandon their fight for it “in the interests of national unity.” In light of developments in Ko- | rea, he said, “Unity is a supreme need. We should not take up this controversial matter now.” Hoey said he opposes granting statehood to any area not con- tiguous to the United States and contended Alaskans themselves are far from overwhelmingly in favor of becoming a state. Tax Issue Taxes of Alaskan communities | already are high and would double | under statehood, he said, asserting | many people in the territory want | to continue territorial status on that account. Senator Saltonstall (R-Mass) an- year |nounced in the Senate he will vote | against the proposal to take up the W. Mutch, Freeman W. Matheson, | statehood issue ahead of the pend- Marshall B. Ross, James H. Daly, ing bill | Chancy R. Willard, John W. Wilson, ' proposing to authorize union shop agreements and | Ransom C. Miles, Dean W. Knowles, | “checkoff” payment of union dues | Division will be determined offic- Is Under ‘Enormous Handi- cap, Without Precedent, Military Operations’ | WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 — (® — Gen. Douglas MacArthur said to- day his lack of authority to strike at the Chinese Reds across the Manchurian border from Korea is “an enormous handicap, without | precedent in military operations.” MacArthur said the position of United Nations forces is serious and | {eritical but not helple: “Unless |one completely discounts the com- | bined resources of the free nations | |engaged in the Korean conflict.” } His statements were made in a | copyrighted interview, to be pub-| lished in the magazine U.S. News | and World Report next week. | MacArthur said it would be “in- | appropriate at this time” for him | to comment on the possible use of ! the atom bomb in the Korean fight- | ing. He made the same reply to a question as to whether there are| {large enough concentrations of | enemy troops to make the bomb effective. In Tokyo, his top intelligence of- | ficer, Maj. Gen. Charles A. Wil- loughby, told reporters today the situation in Korea is not desperate |and implied the atom bomb is not needed to halt the Chinese Red counter-offensive. “President Truman sald yesterday active consideration is being given to use of the A-bomb but that its {use has not been authorized. MacArthur said he had to start a winter offensive in Korea to pre- vent the Chinese Communists from | building up a huge force that could destroy the United Nations fight- ling strength. He referred to the starting date of his offensive as Oct. 20, and | made other references to October. He thus appeared to regard the “End the War” assault, which he announced Nov. 24, as simply a part of the general winter offen- sive. MacArthur was asked by editors of the magazine: | “Are the limitations which pre- vent unlimited pursuit of Chinese large forces and unlimited attack on their bases regarded by you as a handicap to effective military op- erations?” He replied: | “An enormous handicap, without precedent in military history.” BOARD MEETS MON. COMPLETE CANVASS GENERAL ELECTION| Whether the Democratic or Re- publican candidate has been elect- | ed tc the fifth seat in the House of Representatives of Alaska’s 1950-51 Legislature from the Fourth ially on the completion of the can- vass of the votes cast in that di- vision in the territorial general election by the Territorial Cancass- ing Board, scheduled to start at 10 o’clock next Monday morning in the Office of the Becntary! of Alaska, Lew M Willlams. Air Force Fighter Bombers Blast at Red Buildup- Attacks Expected (By the Associated Press) General MacArthur’s top intelli- gence officer said today the United Nations situation in Korea is not | desperate and implied the atomic bomb is not needed to stem the Chinese Red tide. He reported the Allied line in the critical northwest is being stabi- lized. The U.S. Eighth Army re- treated to this shortened line' ex- tending inland from the Yellow Sea after its severe setback by the Chinese in the past week. Eighth Army sources expected strong new Red attacks on that front Friday night or Saturday. A spokesman said enemy strength was building up south of the Chongchon river, Bombers Lash Out Wave after wave of U.S. Fifth Air Force fighter-bombers lashed at the Chinese buildup south of the frozen stream. In the northeast — across the peninsula’s mountainous spine — United Nations forces were reported making a fighting retreat southward on both sides of the big Changjin reservoir. Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, war situation for correspondents in a 2,500-word statement in Tokyo, and then submitted to questioning. Situation Not Desperate Asked if there were any targets in North Korea suitable for attack with the A-Bomb, Willoughby said: “I would prefer not to answer. In any case, I am not prepared to ac- { cept this situation as one of a des- perate nature calling for desperate measures.” The question was prompted by President ~Truman's declaration ‘Thursday that atomic weapons are under consideration for use if neces- sary against the Chinese. New Line Formed This briefing of war correspond- ents in Tokyo came as the retreat- ing U.N. forces on the northwest took positions on a line 30 miles north of the former Red,Korean capital, Pyongyang. ¥ Willoughby said prisoners indi- cated the Chinese, possibly under the command of Red Gen. Lin Piao, were trying to drive the Allies back below the 38th parallel—100 air (Continued on Page Five) WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 34; minimum, 18. At Airport—Maximum, 28; minimum, 2. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy with intermittent snow tonight. Partly cloudy and colder Saturday with occasional gusty northeast- erly winds. Low temperature tonight near 22 and high Saturday near 26. PRECIPITATION long hushed up, between ‘Washing-. tractors and government depart- Bl s il B i ding ik A member of the Board, and ton and Tokyo. This friction was one reason for the President’s sud- den {flight to Wake Island. The President, of course, has| ment heads’ to discuss priorities, . manpower Tfiqfliremen!s, and asso- ciated subjects concering the con- $ struction of government projects never admitted publicly that there .. e. the jurisdiction of non-mili- was any difficulty with MacArthur. |tary agencies. Furthermore, MacArthur has Deen | pupnasis will be given to the| almost °b§eq“i°“5 in conferring construction program priorities for with Washington, and only ONCe CT'| g tarig] not presently provided for twice has he been curt or abrubt.| ., e, existing directives of the! Once, however, on or about OCtober' | yytional Preduction Authority. 12, when instructed not to bomb . " A rancements for the non-mili- bases on Chinese scil, he sent b“kl:ary session are being handled by | a very rough cable loaded With ;,.y Moore of the Associated bifternees. | contractors, Anchorage and Kadow “My troops are being bombed | o, is coordinating the agenda for and strafed by planes based on the |, opment and civilian projects. North side of the Yalu River,” iS|” o formal invitations will be an accurate paraphrase of MacAr-|; . eq but all interests concerned thur's message. “What do you Pro- | with the construction industry are pose I do about it?” | urged to be represented. MacArthur never got an answer | to_this query. i BOY FOR CHULIKS The problem involved in this and | A baby boy, Thomas Jr., was born other messages was exactly that|y, yjy and Mrs. Thomas Chulik of French and our other UN Ames—-“mfl1 tbis morning b . B:36. He| lwelghed 8 pounds and 12 ounces. (Continued on Page Four) | Spokane, Wash. She underwent an fire protection by the Juneau Vol- unteer Fire Department will comei up at a regular meeting of the City Council at 8 o’clock tonight. Whether or not West Juneau will | be the site of an Alaska Housing | Authority low rental housing pra-l ject depends on the availability of | certain municipal facilities and utilities. HUDSON'S DAUGHTER RECOVERING NICELY Word has been received by Don Hudson that his seven year old daughter Nancy is doing nicely after her serious operation Wednesday | morning at the Shrine Hospital m' i operation to correct paralysis of | The local Deep Sea Fishermen's Union and Vessel Owner’s Associa- tion are to share equally in the expense of the Alaska Conference The conference was held in Ket- chikan last year. GILMORE LEAVES Ward Gilmore, business agent for the operating engineers at Fair- banks left Juneau today for An- chorage on PNA enroute to Fair- banks. He had been here attending hearings of the Employment Se- curity Commission. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Square Knot in port and sails south this evening. 'APPLIATIONS FOR Patrick J. McEoin, Harry Sperling, He said he would vote against the Norman Kelly, Walstein G. Smith, | motion because “the Senate should | Louis C. Lemieux, John S. Boland, keep the commitment it made last| Clarence J. Alexander. CARD TABLES NOW BEING TAKEN HERE, rquotution of Al#ska Juneau mine | | September” to vote on the railway | bill, and disclaimed “any purpose |of delaying the statehood bills.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 1 — Closing{ City card table licenses for 1951 stock today is 2%, American Can will be considered at a regular Ju-| neau City Council meeting on Dec. 15, City Clerk C. L. Popejoy an-| nounced today. Applications may be made to the City Clerk before| that date. { The license fee is $35 per table. her legs. TO VISIT IBACHS Leola Cacy weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Joe |to arrive southbound 6 p.m. Si' Ibach on Lemesurier Island. left today aboard which hss bothered the British, |,/ o5, at the Government hos-|the mailboat Aegiir to spend the n Baranof scheduled to sail [t | Seattle late this afternoon. Princess Louise scheduled to sall from Vancouver Saturday night Denali from westward scheduled 1 day. The application must contain the number of tables desired to be op- erated; the kinds of games to be| | played on them, location where the | tables will be operated and be ac- companied by the payment of the | fee, Popejoy said, 96%, American Tel. and Tel. 151,/ Anaconda 36', Douglas Aircraft | 51,, General Electric 48, General| Motors 46%, Goodyear 59%, Kenne- cott 70, Libby McNeill and Libby , Northern Pacific 27%, Standard oil of California 80%, Twentieth| Century Fox 19%, U.S. Steel 39%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange | 95.25. Sales today were 1,870,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 228.89, rails 69.82, utilities 4001, Acting Chairman in the absence of Gov. Gruening from the terri-| tory, Williams called the meeting of the Board this morning. There are 16 precincts from the | Fourth Division yet to be canvassed. The precinct votes have just been received by the Board. According to the unofficial count from the Clerk of the Court at Fairbanks, Alden Wilbur (R) has a five vote lead over Tom Jones, (D). Votes from six precincts remain- ing of the Third Division to be counted officially, have also been sent in and will be canvassed at| next week's meeting, Williams said. The official count in the First and Second Divisions has been com- pleted. Canvass Board members Williame, and T. J. Petrich, Acting Collector! of Customs will make the count. Gov. Gruening, third member of the Board is in Washington. The meeting of the Canvassing Board is open to the puklic. @000 cececss000000s0000c000000 o0 (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; since Nov. 1 — 421 inches; since July 1-33.24 inches, At Airport -— None; since Nov. 1 — 2.07 inches; since July 1—23.12 inches. ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 900000 oevecscccscectonccscccsonse SHOPPING DAYS | TILL CHRISTMAS