The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 2, 1950, Page 1

i | 3 THE LY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,673 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —} PRICE TEN CENTS RED FORGCES DRIVING UN TROOPS MAGNUSON FIGHTS JAP U.S. FISHING WASHINGTON, Dec. 2— B — Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said today he plans to urge that the Japanese Peace Treaty prohibil Japanegd from fishing the Northwest Pacific Ocean, He recalled that before World War II several serious incidents arose because Japanese boats in- vaded the waters usually fished by Americans and even entered Bristol Bay, off the Alaskan coast, in 1937 and 1938. Magnuson said he had been ad- | vised by the Pacific Fisheries Con- | ference from Seattle that its mem- | bers understood Japanese already | are planning to resume fishing in| the norteast Pacific after the peace | treaty is signed. | “These fishing waters were de- veloped by North American fisher- | | in Northern # men and their business should not % be jeopardized by permitting Lhe{ Japanese to again invade the fish- | ing grounds close to the Alaskan | shores,” Magnuson told a reporter | “I intend to insist that in the final peace terms with the Japan- ese that a clause shall be included setting forth geographical ljes| beyond which the Japanese may not ply their iishing business.” The Pacific Fisheries Conference " represents figiermen, employers, and lakor in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii. Nome's New Seawall Stands Recent Test in| 85 - Mile - Hour Wind| NOME, Alaska, Dec. 2— B — Nome’s million-dollar seawall was * completed yesterday. The 3,500-foot wall contains 135, 000 tons of granite. Intended to protect Nome from Bering Sea storm waters, it al- ready stood the test during a recent 85-miles wind, KARABELNIKOFF HERE ON BUSINESS; VISITS OLDTIME JUNEAU FRIENDS George Karabelnikoff, Chief, Construction Branch of the CAA, in Juneau this week on business, was welcomed by his many old friends here. ‘With W. M. Wilkins, Airways En- gineer, Karabelnikoff left today for Annette from where the two will re- turn to their Anchorage headquar- ters. They have been in Juneau to confer with Arnold Francis, local CAA Station Manager on the con- struction program for this area next spring and are going to An- nette on similar business. Karabelnikoff spent his boyhood in Juneau and is a graduate of Ju- nau High School and also an alumnus of the Crimson Bear bas- ketball team. He is a graduate of the School of Civil Engineering at > the University of Alaska. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Copyright. 1950, by Bell Synaicate, Ine.) By DREW PEARSON 'ASHINGTON—Though Alaska | is likely to be the next “Pearl Harbor” in case of a surprise at- tack by Russia, our vital Alaskan defenses have been held up by pet- ty labor disputes, work stoppages and the short construction season. This has so alarmed Wyoming'’s aggressive Senator Lester Hunt that he has taken the problem into his own hands. He headed a Senate subcommittee which recently | jnspected Alaska during the Con- | gressional recess and discovered defense construction lagging. He' also found servicemen’s families living in tar-paper shacks without utilities, yet paying as high as $175 per month rent. The trouble was that the govern- ment was slow in negotiating con-| Little Susan Webster, three and off Fairbanks, Alaska, chats with ing a visit in Wenatchee, Washington. daughter of an Alaskan pilot, flew Neighbors one ha!f-year-old miss from far- a friend from the North Pole dur- The snugly clad youngster, unescorted to Wenatchee to spend the holidays with her grandparents. (# Wirephoto. TRUMANS AT ARMY, NAVY GAMETODAY PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 — (B — President and Mrs. Truman ar- rived here today to join a colorful crowd at the 5lst annual Army- Navy football game. The President’s 11-car” special train, with 193 persons aboard, ar- rived at the Pennsylvania railroad yards adjoining Municipal Stadium. Extraordinary precautions to guard the Presidential party were | taken in Washington, along the! route of the special train, and in | the sprawling horseshoe-shaped stadium where some 102,000 persons | will witness this afternoon’s game. Unlike the rest of the crowd, the President had a steam-heated box | on the 50-yard line awaiting him. There were lots of warm blankets, | too, and a plentiful supply of hot’ coffee. 9 CATHOLICS CONVICTED OF TREASON PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Dec. 2 —{P—Nine Roman Catholic church- men—including a Bishop and two Abbots—were convicted of espion- age and high treason today in an Allied Vatican plot to overthrow Czechoslovakia’s Communist gov- | ernment. The accused, who had joined the prosecution in condemning the Vatican as a spy center for Ameri- can capitalism, received sentences ranging from 10 years to life impris- onment. All nine had cooperated with the prosecution. They confessed to the charges against them and declared their repentence—asserting that the church hierachry had led them into anti-state activities. Bishop Zela told his judges that | the trial had demonstrated to him the “espionage activity” of the Holy See. LOOMIS-WIGGAM MARRIED Shirley Wiggam of the and John Miss | Alaska Native Service, TOP HEADS CONFER ON WAR (RISIS Secretary of State Acheson called Warren Austin, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations, here from Lake Success today for a conference on the Korean situation. At the same time the Army an- | nounced that Gen. J. Lawton Col- lins, Army Chief of Staff, is on his ! way to the Far East by air to con- fer with Gen. Douglas MacArthur on the military situation. Collins was accompanied by Maj. Gen. Charles P. Cabell, director of intelligence, and Vice-Admiral F. 8. Low, Deputy Chief of Naval Op- emuons for Logistics (supply and transportations). CHINA RED TALKS WITH NEW YORK, Dec. 2—(#—Chinese conferred for half an hour this morning with United Nations Sec- ently in connection with Lie’s ef- forts to find a solution of the Ko- rean crisis. This development, came as US Delegate Warren P. Austin flew to ret Allied parleys to Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Lie’s executive assistant Andrew that these conferences would take place “before the end of next week.” concern, but it is known that Lie s working hard on the Korean problem. sia’s Jacob A. Malik rushed up and went into a whispered huddle with Cordier. Austin’s flight to Washington is believed connected with the an- ticipated disclosure of just what action the U.S. wants the United Nations to take against the Chinese Reds. A spokesman said earlier that U.S. policy probably would be made WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 — (B —! STATEHOOD LEADER WON'T ADMIT DEFEAT ‘Senator 0'Mahoney Will ’ Keep Fighting for Meas- ure-Other Expressions | WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—(P—Sen- | |ator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) said to- | day he “won't concede defeat” in ‘Ihe Administration fight to bring | Alaska and Hawaii into the union. | “Im not through fighting by a | long shot,” the chairman of the [Se‘nule Interior and Insular Affairs | committee told a reporter. “I don't | cencede defeat, and I won't concede i defeat. Not by any means.” | However, the group of southern | Democrats which, with some Re- }publican backing has succeeded up | | to now in blocking a vote on the | | Alaskan statehood bill, still claimed | the upper hand. Most observers| held a similar view. | Lucas Concedes form her Royal Court. Which Would You Choose | between the Chinese Reds === ACK ALLIES ARE NOW FACING TOUGH SPOT {Marines, Doughboys Trap- | pedin One Sector-New Threats Apparent (By the Associated Press) Gen. MacArthur said today a halt million well-armed Chinese Com- munist troops have been thrown into Korea in the “undeclared war"” and United Nations forces in Korea, | Half of the 500,000 are already in | battle and the rest are moving'to Here are the seven happy finalists in the competition for Queen of the Tournament of Roses. One | of the Pasadena school girls will be chosen to reign over the New Year's Day festivities, the others will | Left to right: Norma Drageset, 17; Billie Joe Hudnall, 19; Glenn Louise Jose, | 19; June Roan, 18; Nancy June Rohinun, 19; Eleanor Puyne, 17, and Laura Engdahl, 18. (® Wirephoto. | | Senator Lucas (D-IN), the major | floor leader, already has conceded | | the Dixie group has the strength | to win, O'Mahoney said, however, he will | | take advantage of the week-end | Senate recess to “try to work out | something.” President Truman has | | urged pasage of the legislation atl the current session of Congress, { The Senate recessed yesterday | {until Monday amid Republican | charges that some Democratic | leaders had not fought as hard as ! they could for the two bills. Suggests UN Help MANEUVER | (By Alice Frein Johnson) WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—(#—Alas- In the meantime, the Labor Com- ' ka &atehood at this session is dead missioner of Alaska, Henry A.| as a dodo—killed, not by being vot- i Benson, predicted a move in the|ed down, but by a stubborn band Territory to place the issue of Al-|of states rights southern Demo- wasksn independence before the Uni- | crats, which, in an effort to fore- | ted Nations unless statehood is|stall furtherance of civil rights. | granted. prevented the Senate even from Benson told a news conference he | voting on a motion to take up the | expects someone will raise the issue | statehood measure. Let alone voting in the United Nations before!on the bill itself, Christmas but that the move would Just as dead is any chance for }not come from “anyone in a res-|granting statehood to Hawaii in the 1 ponsible position.” 81st Congress, STUBBORN DIXIECRATS DEFEAT OF STATEHOCD LEGISLATION he explained the reasons for his opposition, Bitler Holds to Principles Butler said today he shortly will iIntroduce an amendment to the Or- ganic Act of Alaska, to permit the Territory to elect its own Governor, He introduced such measures for' farm control social tion?” Ignorance concerning Alaska, its | geography, educational standards and modern way of life displayed in some speeches by southerners was | abysmal, but accuracy was not the ! object. Stymying a vote was. NAVY 14; ARMY 2; IS UPSET | and legisla- \ 1 | both Alaska and Hawaii in the 80th Congress when he was chairman of _ PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2— (P — the Interior committee, but pressed One of the biggest football upsets | neither when Delegates Bartlety Of recent years took place when | and Farrington (of Hawail) oppos- the Navy beat the Army by a score | ed them. Both delegates feared ©f 14 to 2. The Navy blocked ev- such measures ‘might weaken the €rything the Army put forth in to- | 1He (Continued on Page Two) Delegate Bartlett, who represents Maneuvering Killed Statehood Merits or demerits of the state- TRYGVELIE Communist Delegate Chen Chiao ! retary General Trygve Lie, appar- | Washington to report results of sec- |, Cordier said there would be more | meetings with the Chinese Reds and He refused to say what they would | Immediately after Chen left, Rus- | Alaska in the House, told reporters | he hadn’t heard of such a move | before. Other lawmaker’s declined i comment. Cordon Not Hopeful Senator Cordon (R-Ore) | hood issues did not enter into the picture, but adroit parliamentary maneuvering did. The Dixiecrats | are adept parliamentarians. Many aof them never have been to Alaska, in | illusions” that the House- apprmld‘apparexmy, care less. | statehood bills can get Senate ap-| What they did care about was proval. He charged that Democratic | preservation of the present two or leadership, with exception of O'- | three vote margin by which they ,Mahoney. has waged only a feeble | ynow can prevent the Senate from | fight. ‘envoklng cloture (halting filibuster) | Lucas said the statehood bills|on FEPC, poll-tax, or other civi {will have to be set aside Monday | to make way for consideration of a thema to them. Preservation of i rent control measure. He said hL | the status quo their chief considera- weuld like to see—but doesn’t cx-‘llon, they turned deaf ears to the | pect—some move to bring statehood majarn.y of Senators both pro-{ to a vote later, punent,s and opponents of statehood O’Mahoney Will Fight —who wished to debate and then O’Mahoney told reporters he will | vote on the measure. demand an agreement to return| To the southerners, four more to the statehood issue Wednes-|votes in the Senate—100 instead day, declaring “I believe two days|of 96—meant the possible loss of should ke enough to pass the reub‘ their club. bill.” | Lucas Sounds Death Knell If that move fails, he said, he'll| When Majority Leader Scoit Lu- \ i “but they won't have heard the last | crats could not be dissuaded from of it. I'll fight for these bills to|their stand, he sounded the death the last day of this session (Jan. 3) | knell for immediate action on state- if necessary.” | hood. Sen. Joseph O. O’Mahoney, Dem. BODY OF JOHNSON IS { Wyo., chairman of the Interior FOUND IN WRANGELL BAY | Committee, which favorably report- ed the bill last summer, said: “It looks pretty dead to me.” E. L. Bartlett, Alaska delegate, who introduced and steered Lne bill to passage in the House last | spring, said: ‘Only a miracle can save hood at this session.” Indicating lttle faith in a pos- sible miracle was Sen. Guy Ctu‘dun Rep., Ore, who declared: “Calling ST | The body of Ernest B. Johnson, | ‘ 40, was recovered from the bay off | Wrangell yesterday, according to advices received by the U.S. Mar- shal’s office here from Deputy U.S Marshal John E. Krepps, at Wran- well. The information to Acting U.S Marshal W. G. Hellan in a wire from Krepp's office gave no details An inquest was to be held late yes- terday and the Marshal’s office here will be informed if the verdict is other than accidental drowning state- understatement.” Cordon was one of two committee members who voted against Npun- : ing the bill. Recently, he rev MISSING HIKERS his stand and has actively worked LOCATED BY AIRMEN TWwo missing hikers from Good- {news Bay were reported located by {10th Rescue Squadron from Elmen- ed his mind because he it was better to take a “bad bil and amend it wisely,” than to | Senate speech declared he “has no!know little about the territory, and, | ‘rlghts measures which are ana-| let the statehood issue be set aside | cas yesterday admitted the Dixie-: the bill dead is a masterpiece oxl dorf Airbase, US. Coast Guard ‘wait in vain” (or a better bill to case for statehood in their respec- tive territories, Butler said. “I hope that the question ol statehood for Alaska is over for . quite a while,” Butler declared to- day. Will Ask Elected Governor “I also hope that all friends of Alaska, and I deem myself a real ‘mend of Alaska, will join in as- | sisting the passage of my arqend- Imun to make the governor an el- 'ull\e instead of an appointive po- sition, We thereby can get started on a course which, if wisely hand- will lead to statehood. “1 don’t think there is any chance of getting statehood on a movement {led Ly an outsider or an insides who is appointed to the governor- {ship, and then proceeds to try to shape everything so he can be- 'rome one of the first Senators.” , Butler was asked by Republican colleagues not to talk against statehood. They wanted the Fair Dealers and stales righters to make it a Democratic family fight, i led, | Principles Important Butler, it was reported by Repub- lican Senators, replied that prin- ciples were more important than party politics in times such as this, and that he would not be true to his convictions if he failed to state why he believed statehood now would harm rather than help Alaskans. ‘ Butler told a reporter that, in [view of the world situation, such an irrevokable step as granting statehood should not be taken. “Statehood is not an interna- tional issue,” the Nebraskan said. “But a domestic issue, and one I'which well can wait until more normal times.” Dixiecrats Carry Fight Before the Senate returned last week, it became known that the Dixiecrats planned to fight state- hood. Their real reason was not for the measure. He said he chang- | revealed, however, until Sen. John thought ' C. Stennis, Dem. Miss., disclosed it earlier this week In a Senate speech, Stennis said: “We'll dilute the soundness of our | | | dny s game, WANNA SKME' |COOPERATE! Juneau kiddies will have a place (to skate soon, providing the cold weather holds up and they refrain from throwing rocks and other debris in a site now being flooded for a skating pond, Mayor Waino Hendrickson said today. The City received permission from ! the Juneau School Board to flood | a portion of the new school site near the Juneau Dairy for skating. It is being flooded gradually in| order to build up good ice. “It is| impossible for the place to be po- | liced every minute and if the kids want a place to skate, it would help if they'd cooperate,” Hendrickson | stated. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seattle due late Monday or early Tuesday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive southbound 6 p.m. Sun- day. WEATHER REPORT | Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 31; minimum, 22, At Airport—Maximum, 30; minimum, 6. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Continued fair and cold to- the front, he said. ‘The winter-quilted Chinese have | driven back U.N. troops 40 miles in the northwest and have trapped United States Marines and Dough- boys in the Changjin reservoir area of North Central Korea. New Threat New threats by the Communist | hordes were mounting rapidly. More than 100,000 Red troops were roll- ing south in an assault directed at the new defense line, 30 miles north of the old Red Korean capital of Pyongyang. ‘They drove toward the right flank {in the same sort of maneuver that | earlier this week crushed Mac- | Arthur’s “end-the-war” offensive 'and routed 110,000 U.N. trodps. Allied troops and refugees began streaming south out of Pyongyang following the fall of Songchon, Al- lied anchor 30 miles northeast, to Tmrerwhelm(n; Ohinese forces. U.N. Forces Outnumbered In a public statement answering questions submitted by war cor- respondents, MacArthur said the 250,000 Reds already faced U.N, forces all along the front “over- whelmingly outnumber .our forces.” did not disclose the U.N. strength. The Allied strength, on 1500 Flee as Ice Jam Hits At Bow River CALGARY, Alta, Dec. 2— @ — Rampant waters of the Bow River blocked by an ice jam, flooded a 12-block area during the night on Calgary's east side and drove nore than 1,500 persons from their | homes in 14 below zero weather. The evacuees were being housedl jn fire stations, hotels and pri- vate homes. Police supervised the moving of the families to safety and Fire Chief Kinnear was in charge of locating living quarters for the victims, More than three feet of water covered some sections. The area af- fected was about 12 city blocks on the south side of the river just east of the center of the city. There was a considerable area on the north bank affected. At 1 am. the water level was stationary and authorities were in hopes the crest had been reached. Most damage was confined to base- ments and to homes with first floors near ground level. Evacuation of all homes in the district was necessary because of the danger of gas furnaces being extinguished by water in base- ments. Police made appeals for boats to help in rescue operations. Telephone calls swamped police and fire rescue headquarters, add- ing to the difficulty of rescue work. night and Sunday with occa- sional gusty northeasterly winds. Low temperature to- night near 18 and high Sun- day near 25. ! tracts, hence the contractors got off | be drafted. | great union by taking in more| o to a late start. Then work was interrupted by spasmodic strikes and finally halted altogether by the early, rigorous Alaskan winter. In order that the comustruction season won’t be wasted in the |don Gray. Mrs. - (Continued on Page Four) -~ | D. Loomis of the Alaska Communi- cations System were married at 8 o'clock last evening at the Juneau Hotel by U.S. Commissioner Gor- Jetta Gray and Thomas P. Smith were witnesses. The couple will make their home here. known today. Floyd Guertin, Territorial Vet- erans Affairs Commissioner is ex- pected to return to his Juneau head- quarters next Tuesday. With his |hmfly he has been on a vacation lvtslt in the states. headquarters learned this morning No rescue activity was required The men, Arthur Nickolson end Jack Baker of the Hadock Con- struction Co. at Platinum, left Cape | Newenham Nov, 28, afoot with two- days rations and did not show at ‘Plaumlm when expected. Sen. Hugh Butler, Rep. Nebr, ranking minority member of the committee was the other commit- tee members who voted against re- porting the bill He still is opposed to the bill, and gave the souther- ners an able assist this week when states. 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