The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1950, Page 1

e S— . THE DAILY H VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,680 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE ¥ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CEI Marines Walk Out of 12 Days of Freezing Hel CLOCK TURNS BACK WITH COSTUMED ELKS "WHOOPING IT UP" Days of ‘98 Ball Huge Suc- cess as Elks Hall Jams with Merrymakers It’s doubtful if the storied '98ers who trekked the Klondike trail ever whooped it up in the Malamute sa- lcon to the extent of Saturday eve- ning’s party held at the Elks Hall. The Days of '98 celebration, re- vived in Jueau after having ceased when the war began, starred 14 visiting Skagwayites and was at- tended by more than 750 Elks and their ladies. Costumes of every description, from sourdough britches to gam- bler’s attire for the men, and from high-tutton shoes to picture hats for the women, were worn by al- most every person who went to the big affair. An unwitting flair for looking perfectly natural was evi- dent in many costumed persons. Following a full retinue of acts put on by the Skagway visitors, prizes for the best costumes and the best and scantiest beards, were awarded. Pat Carroll, who inaug- erated the original Days of '98 shows held in the Gateway City with every steamer during summer! months, was master of ceremonies | and was aided in judging by a| group of Elks and their ladies. | First prize of $10 for the best beard went to Steve Sheldon, who sported an iron-gray replica of a| Copper Center grizzly bear which Mrs. Sheldon said made her think she ‘was in bed with a snor- ing doormat for the past several weeks. | “Beards of a Feather” | A set of blowing bubbles—com- | plete with instructions—went to| 22-year-old Jim Klein for coming | up with the poorest attempt at| sprouting whiskers. After three weeks, all Jim could produce was | a silky array of peach-fuzz, soft| as new snow, but certainly not as| deep. 1 Idle razors came out of their| rusty haunts yesterday, and strange “nude” men walked the streets| as if fugitive from a wire brush.| Some left on moustaches, but the | majority of faces were as smooth | as—well, you furnish the com-| parison. i Judges went into a tizzy when entrants for the best wompn's costume paraded before their eyes. It was a tought decision to make, because each had originality, au- thenticity, and realism. Finally they chose Mrs. Steve Sheldon, arrayed in gay '90s attire borrowed from her and her hiisband’s grandmoth- ers. Mrs. Sheldon was awarded a pin of a gold pan, nugget and pick and shovel. Ten dollars for the best dance hall costume went to Mrs. Ada Winther, who was decked out in a (Continued on Page Twc) The Washington Merry- Gg“ -Round . 1850, by Synalcate, Ine.| By DREW PEARSON and | 'Ross’ Son (ongrall'als Short Joseph H. Short, Jr., (left), President Truman’'s new press secretary, receives the congratulations of Walter Ross of St. Louis after an- nouncement of his appointment at the White House. | ceeds Charles G. Ross, Walter’s father, who died in his office. has been Washington correspoadent of the Baltimore Sun since 1943. ® Wirephoto. MayReluse Commiffee - CQuestions WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — B — Persons suspected of Communist ac- tivities may refuse to answer grand Jjury questions if they plead pos- sible self-incrimination, the Su- preme Court ruled today. An 8 fo 0 opinion held that to do | otherwise would place the witness in danger of prosecution under the nation’s 10-year-old anti-subversive laws. Today’s opinion was on the 3-year | unchanged for the time being at least the right of courts to penalize persons who refuse to answer ques- tions put to them by Congressional committees. The high tribunal so far has re- fused to look into any contempt of Congress cases. Its actions had the effect of upholding such sentences. Justice Black delivered the court’s opinion in which Justice Clark took no part. | In other actions today the high court: 1. Granted members of the Cali- | fornia Senate Committee on un- | American Activities a hearing in their fight against a $250,000 dam- !age suit charging violation of civil | rights. William Patrick Bandhove | brought the suit, contending the Short suc- Short ALASKA UNIONS T0 VOTE ON 10 10 15 PER CENT WAGE RISE SEATTLE, Dec, 11—#—Carpent- ers and machinists for Alaska can- | neries will vote this week on wage increase offers of 10 to 15 percent made by the Alaska Salmon Indus- try, Inc. Industry spokesmen said the wage boost—if accepted by Alaska workers—will be extended to other machinists’ unions. " The compromise wage proposal would increase the scale on the guaranteed 100-day season 12 I-DI percent for carpenters and from 10 to 15 percent for machinists. I. A. Sandvigen, of the Interna- {contempt of court sentence glven‘ticnal Association of Machinists {Mrs. Patricia Blau of Denver—left | (Ind), said the proposal will be! {CLOVER PASS FLOAT considered Saturday by the 1,000 workers involved, Meetings will be( held in Seattle and Bellingham. Machinist foremen have been of- fered a 10 percent increase which would bring their guaranteed sea- son pay from $3,750 to $4,125. Help. ers and watchmen were offered the largest raise—15 percent, which would boost their “season’s scale from $971 to $1,117.51. Workers receive board, room, transportation, overtime and other benefits. Cannery carpenters, paid on a nxonthly basis, would receive a flat 12 1-2 percent raise. Their present monthly salary is $440, Harry L. Carr, business repre- sentative for the Joint District Council of Carpenters (AFL), said ASHINGTON—Those who sat | committee subpoenaed him to a the group wil consider the offer in on the prolonged talks with Prime Minister Attlee and President “Truman agreed that they set a new highwater mark for Anglo-American cooperaiion — something that had been needed for a long time. The two men talked as if they were fellow members of the same cabinet—though the Prime Minister in his friendly way, did more talk- ing than the President. Attlee even told Truman quite frankly that both he and French Premier Pley- en were worried over his growing ppposition in Congress and wond- ered whether any military agree- ments, made now, would be hon- ored in the new 82nd Congress. President Truman ome concern about this ,and asked his staff to see what they could re- commend to get the bipartisan for- eign policy back on an even keel.. However, despite the healthy An- glo-American agreements to coop- erate on economic matters and amove for quick rearming of Europe. The two jqnen remained far apart on policy toward Communist China. In fact, the only thing they agreed 1o regarding China was to disagree. Firm Last-Stand in Korea A joint policy on the intermed- jate problem in Korea was a log, (Continued on Page Fouf) later expressed | earing on Jan. 29, 1949, for the ]purpose of suppressing his right to |free speech. Bandhove refused to answer » committee questions, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge land held in Jail from Feb. 1 to | Feb. 15, 1949. A trial jury disagreed ; |and the case was dismissed. Appeal papers say Brandhove has admitted ,being a Communist. | 2. Agreed to rule, in a number of separate cases, on the scope of thel | Taft-Hartley law’s ban on secon- | dary boycotts. In such boycotts, labor unions seek to win disputes by Itrying to compel other companies, to quit doing business with the firm directly involved in the dispute. | HOME FOR CHRISTMAS | Miss Betty Tapiey, daughter of |Mr. and Mrs. George M. Tapley, arrived in Juneau yesterday via Pan | American to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents and Ju- iends. s Tapley, a graduate of Ju- neau High School, Class of '50, is {a fershman student at Mills College, Osakland, Calif. She plans to leave !here about January 8 to return for | ;her second semester at the college. KETCHIEAN VISITOR Thursday, ’ The Alaska Fishermen’s Union served notice that it will seek nego-~ tiation on other contract benefits beyond the wage increase. The rest of the unions involved indicated they would go along with a simple wage settlement. QIR W So o v i RETURNS FROM CONFERENCE Everett Erickson, Assistant to the Territorial Commissioner of Educa- tion, was a Juneau passenger on Sunday’s Pan American clipper, re- turning frem Spokane where he at- tended a conference of the North. west Secondary Schools Associa- tion. CURTIS BACK Irvin Curtis of the Curtis Accoun- tancy returned to Juneau yesterday after a vacation trip to Washing- ton and California. His family who accompanied him south are remain- jing in Calfiornia for a longer visit | with relatives. f FROM ANCHORAGE M. A. Braund of Anchorage is | stopping at the Baranof Hotel, FROM KETCHIKAN Carl V. Linstrom of Ketchikan is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. George K. Williams, Jr., of Ket- | chikan is at the Gastineau Hotel. | today to consider final terms | political committee of the UN.| | Assembly later in the day. India’s Sir Benegal Rau, leader | they saw it in its final form. \LOST TRAPPERS FOUND Peace Plan Considered, Secref Meet LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 11—M—| Thirteen Asian and Middle East| countries met behind closed doors | of a new Korean peace plan. They were expected to submit the plan to the of the peace efforts, said he still | had received no word from the Chinese Communists as to whether | they would accept a previous appeal | to halt at the 38th parallel. ! Details of the new plan were kept secret, but informed quarters said the resolution would include an appeal for a cease-fire and prob- | ably would urge creation of demili- tarized buffer zone along the 38th | parallel, old dividing line between North and South Korea. The conference was held while the political committee, in a nearby room, continued its debate on a | six-power resolutoin demanding withdrawal of the Chinese Reds from Korea. - A spokesman for the United States said the U.S. would not com- | ment on the 13-nation plan untili MINK BAY BY (G TODAY | Jack Allen of Ketchikan was taken by a U. S. Coast Guard plane from Mink Bay to Ketchikan at| nooni today for minor medical at- tention, 17th Coast Guard head- | quarters reported. Allen and Ivan Hodges were to have been picked up by commercial plane on December 7 following a trapping expedition, but due to ice conditions in Mink Bay the plane was unable to land and the pilot dropped intsructions for the two men to hike to the mouth of the bay where the Coast Guard could pick them up. Trappers were un- located on later Sghts. Yesterday two civilian volunteers from Ketchikan who were fam- | iliar with the area, joined the®| search made difficult by fog con- | ditions. Hodges returned to Ketchi- kan on the CG 52-foot cutter. BE EXTENDED UNDER - TERR. MAINTENANCE The 126 foot dock, and the float in Knudson Cove at Clover Pass, | seven milen north of Ketchikan has | officially been turned over to'the | territory by the U. S. Forest Ser- vice, it way announced today by Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial High- way Engineer. Th structure will now be main- tained by the territory under di- rection of the Highway Engineers Office, through the motor fuel tax funds. Metcalf said his office is making plang to extend the 70 foot float to 150 feet. ‘The dock and float are used by commercial fishmen the year round | Metcalf said. It is also a protective anchorage for boats in stormy | weather, ! Ketchikan sports fishermen also use the float in the summer fish- ing season, APLANDS ON VACATION —_— ini Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Apland left on the Baranof for a months’ vacation in Washington which they will spend in Seattle, Everett and Spokane. They plan to be with Mr. Apland’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Apland in Everett and will leave there early the following morning to spend Christmas Day with Mrs. Apland’s mother, Mrs. D, Reardon in Spokane. FRANZ NAGEL TO SPEND HOLIDAYS IN CALIFORNIA On a combined business and vaca- tion trip Franz Nagel, manager of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co., left yesterday on the Baranof {enrounte to California. He will' spend the Christmas holidays with members of his family at his former Lhom in San Mateo, Calif., and; plans to return to Juneau in about | two months. jgency proclamation to pave the way | evitable, and much depends on how May Declare National Em_ergency* WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — (® — President Truman today gave in- tense study to the question of de- claring a national emergency possibly to be followed by wage- price controls — and asked both Democratic and Republican Con- gressional leaders to meet wtih him Wednesday. ! Senator Taft (R-Ohio) was one of those invited to a White House meeting at 10 a.m. (EST) Wednes- day. It was the first time Taft, head of the Senate GOP Policy Commit- tee, has been brought into the emergency consultations since the Korean war. A White House unnouncementi said the Congressional group was being called to the White House “to | discuss matters concerning the pro- claiming of a national emergency and related matters.” It added that the President “is particularly anxious now, as always, to continue and strengthen the bi- partisan approach to these mat- ters.” The President summoned his | top ranking home front economic advisers to the White House for a | 1 p.m. PST, conference today. Those asked to come included Chairman W. Stuart Symington of the National Security Resources Board; members of the President's Council of Economic Advisers; Alan Valentine, Economic Stabilization Director; Price Administrator | Michael V. Disalle and Chairman | Cyrus Ching of the Wage Stabiliza- tion 'Board. i The conference was called as Mr. Truman considered issuing an emer- for stringent new economic con- | trols over the economy. Top White House advisers say that wage and price controls are in- long it will take to set up organi- zations to administer them. The critical situation at the Korean front is expected to hasten the buildup of these organizations. ‘W. Averell Harriman, special for- eign affairs adviser to the President, was asked to sit in on the White House conference as well as mem- bers of Valentine's staff. Leon Keyserling, one of the Presi- dent’s key economic advisers, al- ready has called for heavy new | taxes and boom production to deal | with Communist aggression and home front inflation. Some Congress members voiced | approval of Keyserling's proposals | but there was disagreement as to whether those tools would be ade- quate without wage-price controls. INCLEMENT WEATHER PREVENTS BLACKWELL ATTENDING CONFERENCE Vance Blackwell, Highway Engi- neer with the Bureau of Public Roads got as far as Yakutat Fri- day on his proposed trip to Anchor- age to attend a conference of road | officials, contractors, and represen- | tatives of the Army and the Alaska | Railroad, held in Anchorage Satur- day. The weather closed in at Yakutat, Blackwell said, and the| PNA plane on which he was a pas- senger was unable to get down to refuel at that point and was forced | to return to Gustavus. Too late for | the conference, Blackwell came in to Juneau late Saturday. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 11 — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 2%, American Can | 97%, American Tel. and Tel. 152%, Anaconda 37!, Douglas Aireraft | 89, General Elcctric 487%, General | Reds in Korea. Troops Along Retreat pvoucvmc= ) g PV SO 5 | 2 o . - | SOUTH . KOREA ; Twenty thousand U. 8. Marines and doughboys retreating from en- circlement at Hagaru and Koto (A) were reported to have covered five miles in their trek toward Hamhung-Hungman area. Other troops moving north to help clear the way were reported stalled | south of Majon. Farther to the northeast South Korean troops were | retreating from Kilchu (B) while South Korean Capital division was somewhere mnorth of Chongjin (C). In the northwest (D Com- munists were probing new Allied defense lines with big blow ex- pected on the east flank. (® Wirephoto. NEW JET |30 PERCENT INACTION | CASUALTIES IN KOREA| BYMARINES TOKYO, Dec. 11—M—US. jet| WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — B — planes which can fly faster than|The Marine Corps anounced today 600 miles an hour and have a com- | that the First Marine Division suf- bat radius of 1,000 miles were in|fered more than 30 percent casu-| action today against the Chinese |alties in its desperate and success- ful fight to break out of a Chinese Lt. Gen. George F. Stratemeyer, | trap in Korea. commander of the U.S. Far East| This implies possibly 6,000 to 7,000 | Air Forces, said the Republic F-84E | casualties in the three Infantry Re- Thunderjet fighters made their | giments making up the division al- first Korean raid Thursday and |though the Marine Corps gave no have been in service every day since. | specific figure. Four Thunderjets from the 27th | The casualties include those taken Fighter Group hit two locomotives, lout of action by frost bite. some vehicles and some Communist| Gen. Clifton B. Cates, Comman- supply centers east of Pyongyang|dant of the Marine Corps, an- in their first combat flight and in- |nounced he has received a report | flicted heavy damage. from Lt. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, | The Thunderjets carry six .50|Commanding Géneral, Fleet Marine | caliber machineguns and can de-|Forces, Pacific, that he visited the | liver two 1,000 pound bombs and 18 | divisipn on Dec. 9 and found — five-inch rockets. “That they are in high spirits The Thunderjet is the third US.|from the Commanding General | jet fighter to be employed in the|[down, and the troops have their Korean war. tails up.” The Marine communique, issued heré, said: ' } “All were confident that the| ROADS GOOD BUT MOTORISTS TOLD move down to Hungnam would be completed in successful and or- derly manner with the bulk of their | supplies and equipment intact. it Arthur said his troops, DRIVE WITH CARE The Glacier Highway was in good condition today, Lieut, Emmett Bo- telho, of the Highway Patrol re- ported to Chief Frank Metcalf. The stretch over the blacktop to the Juneau Airport is clear and this morning the Bureau of Public Roads crew had sanded the road from the Airport to Tee Harbor and expected to complete the job this afternoon. Metcalf warns all motorists to | stay within the shoulder of the roadway. Ditches are being opened and drained but the safe place is on the inside, he emphasized. In Juneau last night, traffic was practically at a standstill in var- jous sections owing to the slippery condition of the streets which were covered with glare ice. The street Motors 46%, Goodyear 60, Kenne-! cott 72, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, | Northern Pacific 20%, Standard Oil of California 79%, Twentieth Century Fox 19, U.S. Steel 40%,| Pound $280, Canadian Exchange | 95.25. i Sales today were 2,600,000 shares. | Averages today are as follows: in- | dustrials 229.19, rails 7442, ®tilities FROM HAINES { Marie E. Riley of Haines is stop- l ping at the Baranof Hotel. Byran W. Burtch of Seattle is lnsmued at the Baranof Hotel, department gang was out early this morning sprinkling sand on| streets and sidewalks. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle scheduled to arrive at 7 tonight. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. AL SPIEGLE HERE Al Spiegle, Sitka fisherman, was 1 Juneau today at the Gastineau Hotel after a month's vacation trip to the states. He is a former min- ing partner of K. P. Anderson of Fairbanks. “Only through the most aggres- | sive and determined efforts by all units was the job carried off.” A Marine spokesman added that the casualties reported include. all categories such as weather cases (mostly frostbite) and injuries, as well as those killed, wounded-and unaccounted for due to enemy ac- tion. The three Infantry regiments are the First, Fifth and Seventh. R LA i FROM PETERSBURG i W. A. Lund of Petersburg is re- | gistered at the Baranof Hotel. e e 000000 0 0 o . . WEATHER REPORT ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod @ ending 6:20 o'clock this worning @ | In Juneau—Maximum, 39; e minimum, 29. . At Airport—Maximum, 38; minimum, 21 . . . . . . . . . FORECAST e (Juneau and Vieinity) . . Partly cloudy tonight and e ® Tuesday. Lowest temperature e e tonight about 25 degrees. ® o Highest Tuesday near 35. L] . . e PRECIPITATION o @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ . City of Juneau — Trace; ! e since Dec. 1 — 190 inches; e | le since July 1—35.14 inches. . . At Airport Trace; 1 e since Dec. 1 — 130 inches; MARINES IN BIG RETREAT KOREANWA Leathernecks Safe in P -MacArthur Makes | f Official Report (By the Associated Press) General MacArthur visited frontline troops in Korea today | said, “They still are an undef command of high morale.” He | clared on his return to Tokyo t United Nations forces are relath’ secure despite the great numl of Communist Chinese against them. His visit coincided with an nouncement that the last elem of 25000 Marines and Dough had reached the safety of the Hi hung coastal plane after b through a series of Chinese trap the Changjin reservoir area. Bitter 50 Mile Retreat The bitter 50-mile retreat— | longest and one of the few in | history of the spirited Marine G —was costly in casualties but N alth heavily outnumbered, had through in a superior manner. A huge United Nations fleet off Hamhung’s port of Hun ready for evacuation of troops, if necessary. Although outnumbered in the northeast, ¥ troops could hold a H beachhead, commanders bel it is considered militarily an litically desirable. to do.so. Reds on Move : A force of two Chinese Red sions—up to 20,000 men—was ported moving toward the Hi hung area. U.N. forces are ing a defense perimeter and the help of naval guns and air & port were prepared to meet | enemy. ) The northwest front was B tively quiet. A patrol of the 1§ 24th Division engaged the Reds J 45-minute skirmish. However, hé quarters reported the Chinese still pouring men across the churian frontier and there signs of a monster buildup of : forces between the Yalu river | Pyongyang, North Korean cap “Peace Resolution” At Lake Success, India’s Sir egal N. Rau announced Asian and Middle East n would introduce a “peace resoluf in the General Assembly. It | contain a proposal for an ate cease-fire by both sides in rea. The 13 sponsors are the group that appealed to Comm China last week to stop her at the 38th parallel dividing N& and South Korea to allow time| a peaceful settlement. Rau had talks with Red Chi representative Wu Hsiu-Chuan § urday. Rau said Wu told him events on the battlefield wd show Red China’s -intentions. | 'said Communist China wants | | fighting to end as quick as po but gave no suggestions as to this could be accomplished. MacArthur’s Report General MacArthur said: | our units are intact and the lof inflicted on the enemy have M| staggering =~ estimated by commanders in the field as 1 10 to one compared to our own | A Marine medical officer pared Marine casualties to the Corps suffered in taking in World War II—3,168 men, Marines were accompanied in bloody retreat by two regimen } et R R | (Continued on -Page ) TR ! | L { . . e since July 1—24.42 inches. L4 lnoo'c-oao.o ” TILL CHRISTA P