The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1950, Page 1

| | l g s T, W THE DAILY VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,681 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE YALL TLE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CEN' mng North Korean Front Dl HERE YOU ARE; NOW TRUMAN 10 'YOU'RE THERE: NOW Go ON AIR WHERE ARE YOU? SEATTLE, Dec. 12— (®— The| |Army revealed today that one of its desk-bound soldiers didn’t shoot straight., And as a consequence, two soldiers not ticketed for Korea American People o Be woua up tisniing tere. one of Told of World Situatign, | moton. - * ™ ™ Home Fl'om S'epS he sheaf of papers on their PACT MEN IN SESSION INLONDON Military Committee of 12| Allies Meeting, Euro- pean Defense Plans unclosed case is still growing. | It all started some months ago WASHINGTON, Dec. 12— B —| Firesident Trumsh is /nrranging: to address the American people | when Pfc. Jack Wilson, Eielson, Al- | aska, Air Force Base, flew to his home at Kenton, Ohio, on 45 days by radip Friday or Saturday night | re-enlistment leave. on the world situation and the| Wilson stopped off at Fort Law- home front steps he believes are|ton, Seattle, on his way back to necessary as a result of the threat | Eielson to arrange for his transpor- of war. tation north. This was learned today from At the same time, Pvt. Evans of high White House sources, unquot- | Berkley Springs, W. Va., also from able by name. Wilson’s outfit, arrived. At the same time, there was of- | Another Think ficial word of the broadening of; ‘The sergeant took their papers, the conference Mr. Truman has | riffled through them and, shot called for tomorrow with Congres- | them into the Alaska file—he sional leaders of both parties. |thought. Instead they landed in a National Emergency file of soldiers being processed for Chairman George (D-Ga) of the Korea. Senate Finance Committee was| A couple of days later, on Oct. 10, added to the group of Senators and } Evans and Wilson found themselves Representatives Mr, Truman will | en route to the war zone via Japan consult at 10 am. (EST) tomor-|with a number of other soldiers. | row on plans for the proclamation | They said they protested but Col. | of a national emergency—a step | Milton W. Witt at Fort Lawton says expected to be preliminary to alevery officer connected with the ! rapid series of moves placing the |case swears the pair never opened coutnry’s economy on virtually a!their mouths except to eat. war footing. | Anwyay, Wilson soon was assign- i Secretary of State Acheson, Se-ied to an antiaircraft battallion at | cretary of Defense Marshall and | Pyongyang. He even got a battle- Secretary of the Treasury Snyder | field promotion to Corporal, Colonel | also were asked to be present for | Witt says . tomorrow’s meeting with the Con- | Nearly In Again gressional group. The local officials discovered the Wage, Price Controls ierrur in processing orders and noti- White House otficials, who did |fled the commanding officer at Ei- not want to be identified, said wage | €lson where his wandering Wilson and price controls are inevitable Was. and that every effort will bel Thirty days later he was on his made to speed establishment of |way back to Eielson, which he the machinery to put them into reached after one narrow escape effect as early as possible. }nt Anchorage. Military authornnes; They said it will take thousands there tried to send him to Seattle. LONDON, Dec. 12—{/—The North Atlantic Pact’s top military men met twice behind closed doors today, apparently to set up a command staff for a European defense force. The military committee of the 12 Allies spent two hours in a morning s on and then returned to work again after lunch. The meetings are a prelude to a joint session tomorrow or Thursday with the Pact Council Deputies on the problem of bringing German troops into the defense force. The meetings were held in closely | guarded Lancaster House. Problems | under consideration included defi- | nition of size and scope of the command of North Atlantic Treaty organization armies in Europe. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is ex- | pected to be named commander-in- | chief but there remains the choos- ing of his deputy and the com- manders of ground, sea and air | arms. One of the reasons for the delay | in the appointment of Eisenhower has been the lack of any clear | definition of what he would com- mand. i “You can’t have a commander- | in-chief unless he knows what he | is commanding,” one Pact official | said recently. Ligeti, Gordon Appear Tonight | of people to administer and enforce | Evans? At last reports he PEL regulations and that there is | no way of saying at this time how | soon the first controls can be put | into effect, ! President Truman met with his cabinet for nearly an hour this‘ forenoon, discussing the emergency. ‘ No Needed Legislation At the Capitol, Senate Democrat- ic Leader Lucas (Ill) told reporters he doubted that any new legisla- | tion would be required of Congress | as a result of a declaration of na- tional emergency. Lucas also said he doubts the| current “lame duck¥ session of Con- | gress can adjourn before the end| of the month. He' said it probably will recess for Christmas aboufii Dec. 22 and go back to work pos- sibly Dec. 27. The lawmakers theni (Continued on Page Six) i The Washington Merry - Go-Round| 1950, by Bell Synaicate, By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—Bellhops at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, all World War II vets, are sore| as a boil at the big liquor parties | 1 pot sergeant in Yokohama, Japan. | From Korea he was sent to Yo- | kohama, where a replacement de- got a hold of his papers and, presto, he was back in Korea. | They got him out of there again | this week and he is in Yokohama | now. But nobody will swear that he is definitely on his way back to Eielson. Nossir! Not on your sergeant’s orders, they won't. | And Colonel Witt isn’t too em- barrassed. “After all,” he said, “As far as we know it’s the only such error we've made in many, many thous and shipments.” JUNEAU LOOKS G0OD| \T0 MONTGOMERYS AFTER THREE WEE_KS OUTSIDE “Juneau looks mighty good to us,” declared Dr. and Mrs. I. J. Montgomery upon their return from a three-weeks trip outside. Dr. Mbpntgomary is director of the Alaska Merit System. In Seattle Mrs. Montgomery visit~ ed their two daughters, Mrs. John Berg and Mrs. Ira M. Porter. Mrs. Porter is secretary to the com- manding officer at the Port of | Petersburg, Vfrangell, ~Ketchikan | thrown by the Chinese Communists | in the Waldorf Tower. Embarkation in Seattle, From there| One bellhop, on being summoned | she went to Pullman where she vis to the Communist suite, was asked |ited their son Neil and his wife. to bring up the newspapers. He Neil is a graduate student there loaded himself with the New York |taking up agricultural engineering. Times, New York Mirror and the; ,Dr. Montgomery went to San Herald Tribune and rapped at the | Francisco where he spent some door. itime at the regional office of the | Taking one look at the newspa- | Federal Security Agency. Then on! pers, the bland Chinese reprimand- | to Los Angeles to visit his brother, ed: “No, no, not these papers. The | O. H. Montgomery for Thanksgiving Daily Worker.” | before going to Atlanta, Ga., where | The bellhop, though seething ln-:he attended the annual conference side, just as blandly replied: “Sor-iof the Civil Service Assembly. | ry, Sir, we can’t get it here. Youll| At the Assembly he gave a talk| have to make your -own arrange-/on “Meeting the Unexpected in | ments.” Merit System Administration.” He reported the temperature in At- {lanta was three above, much colder Trapped Marines | e Worried Pentagon strategists will | thgr‘;rg:‘;u:::: T‘eo::;;;l;;y'sw p- only talk about it pnvately, bun‘,pe it ovés in flmoln, Neb. ‘where ong gf ke, xuoee serious mxll:lg | he contends that he qualified as an ;‘::.:Asbl(e)r &:y {::;:tn:”n: 85“ rs‘!olflcial representative of the Ju- : . ! neau Chamber of Commerce, show- Marine Division and the two 7;}1:‘"8 his set of colored slides of Ju- Infaniry - regiments which ma i‘nenu and vicinity on five different ;;l:‘i;mpflmflll. gallant fight out O'“occasions to an estimated 150 per- 3 ;| sons. three unforgivable military errors.‘};';:fie dthteo D:L:r;bg‘;:,r::ris d:’;"“c:l:_ ‘The firgt:error was lack of lia:slckn I nette because of weather which between Lt. General Walton Walk- |gave them an opportunity to visit | | (Continued on Page Four) | Metlakatla. | At 8 in Concert Two artists, Desire Ligeti and | Marcus Gordon, will be heard here | tonight in concert at the 20th Cen- tury theatre. The concert starts at 8 o'clock. The two artists are brought here by the Alaska Music Trails through sponsorship of the Juneau-Doug- | las Concert Association, 1 Ligeti is a bass-baritone and; Gordon is recognized as a most talented young pianist. Both have | received pronounced praise every- | where they have appeared. | Indications are the concert to-| night will be a sell-out affair. ! Those not holding season tickets | may secure admission tickets for | tonight’s concert at the box of- fice. Ligeti and Gordon have found a larger appreciation per capita ! for good music in Alaska than anywhere they've been, It is their | Wfirst trip to the Territory and they‘ have already covered Fairbanks, | Anchorage, Palmer, Seward and ] Cordova, having given children’s concerts in each town. From here they will go to Sitka, | and Metlakatla, thus making them | the first artists to play 12 Alaskan towns, They both declare they like the informality of Alaskans. N. W Airlines fo Swing Back Info Air-Lift Action, SEATTLE, Dec. 12—(®—North- west Airlines will swing back into | full scale air-lift activities this| week in their runs to and from | the Orient. ' Seven additional DC-4 transports | have been assigned to NWA fori flying men and supplies over the | Great Circle route to Japan and | Korea. The line is now running one flight a day to the Far East, but have been authorized by the mili- tary to schedule as many flights as possible with the equipment | available. Northwest planes are still sched- uling flights from Tokyo to Seoul. FROM SITKA Donna McGraw of Sitka is re- gistered at the Baranof Hotel. | | Jerry Bradford, Alex Miller, REP. CANDIDATE WINS HOUSE SEAT FOURTH DIVISION By a majority of seven votes, A. L. Wilbur, Republican candidate, has won the fifth seat from the Fourth Division in the Twentieth Session of the Alaska Legislature, over his closest opponent Thomas A. Jones, Democrat, according to the official ballot count completed in Juneau by the Territorial Canvas- sing Board, it was announced this morning by Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Williams, Acting Chairman and member of the board. Wilbur received a total vote of 1832 and Jones, 1825. The race has been close and the last unofficial count gave Wilbur a five vote lead over Jones. Republicans were elected to the two seats in the Senate and four of the five House seats. Only Demo- crat elected to the House was Glenn Franklin. Republican candidates Lhamon for the Senate and Miscovich for the House received the same vote, a total of 2121 for each. The official ballot count as re- leased by the Canvassing Board is as follows: Senate: Lhamon (R), 2121; Cobal (R), 1971; Taylor (D), 1730; Lander (D), 1694. House: Stepovich (R), 2410; Miscovich (R), 2121; Franklin (D), 2101; Gasser (R), 1891; Wilbur (R), 1832; Jones (D), 1825; Dale (D), | 1755; Joy (R), 1747; Angerman (D), 1574; McCombe (D), 1603. The official count of ballots cast for candidates for Territorial of- fices was as follows: Delegate: Bartlett (D), 2821; Peterson (R), 1128. Territorial Treasurer: Henry Roden (D), 3057, Territorial Commissioner of La- bor: Benson R), 2108; Kimball (D), 1675. A total of 4033 ballots were cast in the Fourth Division. Despite the considerable increase in population in the Division, particularly in the Fairbanks area in the past two years, according to figures released by the Census Bureau, the vote in the last October general election was smaller than that of 1948 when a total of 4213 votes were cast, ac- cording to the count by the Canvas- sing Board. PAN AM CARRIES 35 ON TUESDAY Pan American Airways brought 12 plsengers from Fairbankp yes- terday, seven from Seattle and two from Annette; took ten to Seattle and 14 went on through from Fairbanks to Seattle. For Seattle: D. C. Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Vories, Helin Anes, J. S. Payne, Jean Marsh, Alice Emerson, T. E. Conrad, N. A, Braund and John O. Woods. Arriving here from Fairbanks: Edith Monroe, Annette Lead, Frank Chapados, Mrs: Al Vacura, Mrs. Leo- Tom Asp- nard Bragg, Mike Jakovich, Radovich, E. C. Wallace, Carl lund and Eva Johnson. Arriving from Seattle: Vince and Marjorie Addinton, Frank Dosser, Sgt. Dewey Jones, Ira Rothwell and Patricia Soroko. From Annette: Charles Adkins and W. Staudt. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 12 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine steck today is 2%, American Can 96%, American ‘Tel. and Tel. 1525, Anaconda 37%, Douglas Aircraft 89, General Electric 48'z, General Motors 45%, Goodyear 59%, Ken- necott 72, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 29, Standard Oil of California 81'%, Twentieth Century Fox 19%, U.S. Steel 39%, Pound $280, Canadian Exchange 95.25. Sales today were 2,140,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 229.27, rails 73.95, utilities 39.26. VIC POWER AT MAYOS Vic Power, prominent Juneau businessman and owner of the Vie Power paints and interior decorat- ing store here is at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for a medical check-up, In word to Mrs. Power he writes that he hopes to be home before Christmas. C. L. McCoy of Anchorage uk stopping at the Baranof Hotel. Carl Asplund of Fairbanks is stopping ‘at the Baranof Hotel. PROPOSAL TO CEASE FIGHTING Double - Barreled Peace Plan fo Be Laid Before United Nations LAKE SUCCESS, Det. 12—i®—! Twelve Asian and Middle East countries today laid before the United Nations a double-barreled peace plan designed to halt the fighting in Korea and resolve other Far Eastern problems. The plan was embodied in two resolutions worked out in a series of closed-door conferences and circu- lated just before the Political Com~ mittee of the General Assembly met. The resolutions were transmitted to the State Department immedi- ately by the U.S. delegation. A spokesman said the delegation would not comment until it had re- ceived high-level reaction from ‘Washington. One of the proposals would create a three-man commission, headed by | 7 Assembly President Nashrollah En- | tezam of Iran, to “determine the basis on which a satisfactory cease- fire in Korea can be arranged.” The other two members would be named by Entezam. Informed quarters said this for- mula was adopted to meet U.S. ob- | jections to an outright cease-fire, which might leave the way open for | a continued build-up of Chinese | Communist forces in Korea. The three-man body would get the in- terested countries to agree to fixed conditions for halting the conflict. The second proposal would create another commission to meet as soon | as possible and make recommenda- tions for settling all issues in the ! Far East. Introduction of these proposals} was expected to shunt aside debate | on a U.S.-backed resolution calling | for immediate withdrawal of Chi- | nese Communist troops from Ko- | rea. Most delegates have indicated | privately they had little hope of getting the Peiping troops of Korea | by such an appeal. | MORE SUPPORT GIVEN LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 12—#—| The United States and Britain to- ! day threw their support behind a ! Middle East-Asian proposal to seek a basis for a Korean cease- fire. The U.8. insisted, however, that other Asian problems cannot be discussed until the Korean fight- ing ends. The two big western powers spoke | immediately after India’s Sir Bene- | gal N. Rau laid before the General | Assembly’s Political Committee the plan for a special group to seek a basis for a cease-fire and for an- other group to seek a settlement of all outstanding issues in‘the Far East. N American. Delegate " Warren R, Austin said he would vote for the| cease-fire on the understanding | Dol that it provided for the safety amli security of the U.N. forces in Ko- | rea and for the Korean people. He did not ‘comment directly upon the plan for general Asian discussions. British Minister of State Kenneth Younger ‘also confined his remarks to the cease-fire proposal. He said his government supported it. ‘FROM ANCHORAGE L. L. Wood of Anchorage is re-| gistered at the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 39; minimum, 29. At Ajrport—Maximum, 31; minimum, 21. FORECAST (Juneau Vielnity) Mostly , cloudy with some light snow and rain tonight and Wednesday. Lowest tem- perature tonight about 29. Highest Wednesday near 35. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.01 inches; esince Dec. 1 — 191 inches; since July 1—35.15 inches. At Aifrport Trace; since Dec. 1 — 130 inches; 000000000000 0sene ! nant being won, or lost, through Bqlhing Sils! Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ghiglione of photographer found them on the is chief engineer for the Alaska Bureau). CHANGES MADE IN RRRULES ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. 12 —IM—The American League today eliminated any posibility of a pen- a club’s failure to play out the Certainly — bathing suits are customary winter attire — Inthe Wiler! B A In Hawaliii. Juneau and their three children, Ann, Kay and Susan, were soaking up Honolulu sunshine when the beach at Waikiki. Mr. Ghiglione Road Commission. They flew to Hawail via Pan American World Airways. (Photo by PAA News PARENTS VS. EUGENE SCHOOL BOARD ON BAND'S ALASKA TOUR| EUGENE, Ore, Dec. 12—{®—The Eugene school board last night said | it would have “no part” in a pro- posed spring concert tour of Alaska by some members of the high school | band. | Members of the board told four | parents of band members that they | consider a trip to Alaska unwise, especially in view of the interna- tional crisis. 8TH ARMY RETIRING, OLD LINE Allied Ships Are Massed in | Readiness for With- drawal by Sea (By the Associated Press) United Nations forces all bi abandoned North Korean territo: today except for a defense perime on the Hamhung coastal plain in the east. In the west, the bulk of the Allied Eighth Army had withdrawn to the 38th parallel dividing North and South Korea. A The Hamhung perimeter is not a | fighting front, AP Correspondent Tom Stone reported. A retreat by | land for the 10th Corps would mean | a suicidal run through enemy-held | territory to reach the south. Stone' dispatch indicated that fighting in| the northeast is mear an end and evacuation by sea for the cut-off 10th Corps appeared to be the logical next move. An armada of Allied ships was | lmnssed at the nearby port of Hung- nam in readiness for the withdras h‘y sea. Units Still Missing Three units of the 10th Corpi were still not accounted for. The U.S. Seventh Division’s 17th Regi~ ment, the first tg reach the Man- churian border, was somewhere in the frozen wasteland and presum= ably trying to gain the safety the Hamhung perimeter. Two South Korean divisions that spearheaded northeastward towards the Soviet | border were likewise withdrawing to. Hamhung. Retreat of most of the Eighth Army from its reformed line South of Pyongyang to the 38th parallel still was covered by security which prevented locating its precise posi= tions, Past Critical Point AP Correspondent Don White= | head reported that the U.N. forces in west Korea now are safely past | the critical point in their retreat southward and the Chinese hordes -had lost all chance of trapping the Eighth Army north of the 38th. Whitehead, newly returned to sohadul ‘becauu od?‘t Tain or any = A recent questionnaire showed other “act of God. that about 75 percent of band mem- This precedent-shattering leglsla- 0. parents favor the trip which tion was the most important news to come out of the opening ses-' sions of the Major League Baseball meetings here. The American, as well as the National League, also voted to eliminate the bonus rule | and end the high school agreement. This, however, was a foregone con- clusion since the minor leagues voted it out unanimously last week. The trading mart produced only one deal. And that was of secon- dary nature. The busy Chicago White Sox, who started the pot boiling Sunday by trading pitchers Bill Wight and Rae Scarborough to Boston for Allen Zarilla, Joe bson and Dick Littlefield, ex- changed veteran outfielders with Washington. They sent 33-year-old Mike McCormick to the Nats for 34-year-old Eddie Stwart. Detroit requested and received permission from . the National League to stage the. 1951 all-star game in conjunction with the cele- bration of that city’s 250th anni- versary. It was to have been the Philadelphia Phillies’ turn. Ford Frick was re-elected Presi- dent of the National League for a four-year-term at a salary in- crease. His new pay is reported to High tide 5:00 a. Low tide 10:45 a.l .9 tf. High tide 4:41 pm, 172 1t. Low tide 11:22 p. 09 ft. eescecccos since July 1—24.42 inches. ® ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 has been a subject of controversy in Eugene. Board members, in their action last night indicated that parents supporting the planned trip must they wish to conduct it. ALASKA COASTAL HAS 51 ON TUESDAY TRIPS Alaska Coastal Airlines yesterday carried a total of 51 passengers with ! 10 on interport, 14 arriving and 27| departing. | Departing for Skagway were: Gordon Smith, Mary Hoyt, Jackie| Budd, Mr. and Mrs. E. Fairbanks, Mrs. McGuane, Virginia Steffen, Mr. and Mrs. J. O'Daniel; for Haines: Mrs. John Fox, Tom Parks. For Pelican: J. McKinley, A. E. !Tokyo from Eighth Army headquar- | ters said the army is in a position | | to fight an orderly rearguard action } towards Seoul, 30 miles south of the boundary. Allied commanders | believed the Chinese Communists would not stop at the boundary | unless an agreement is worked out, | take responsibility for the tour 1(" | { No Defense Line Whitehead wrote: “The U. N. forces are not in a position to build a firm defense line north of Seoul. The main reason is terrain and the fact the Eighth does not have the manpower to throw up defenses on the right flank all across the peninsula. > “The Chinese know this and have massed their power in central Ko- rea where they are in a position to hit on this right flank—if the army should make a fighting stand’ for Seoul.” Compromise Talk AP Correspondent O. H. P. King +said talk of compromise with the Chinese Communists was general . l Baranof Hotel. Seaton; for Hoonah: Levi McKin-|in Seoul. He said President Syng-' ley; for Ketchikan: Marvin Nelson, | man Rhee of the South Korean Re- Don Tesdall; for Petersburg: Free- Public was adamant in refusing to man Paulsewski; for Tenakee: John | vield. King added that there are Reynoldson; for Fish Bay: R. C. | “strong undercurrents ,of doubt and Sadlier, Bill Ferrls, Leonard John- | disappointment” beneath a carefully son; for Sitka: Bud Phelps, Larry | maintained show of Allied harmony Lindstrom, Bob Fanks, Gust Gris- | in-Seoul. Annette C. Leaf of Eldridge, Md., arrived here yesterday on PAA from Fairbanks and is stopping at the| SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS be $55,000 annually. hen, Neil Miller, C. Spregle. ‘The Moscow press reported North Arriving from Sitka were: J.|Korean President Kim Il Sung had Brightman, Donna McGraw, J.| = o 0T o e . STEAMER MOVEMENTS Rinehart, K. Thurman, M, J. Klep- |___ (Ocuunued oo page S ser, R. L. Wood; from Fish Bay: % Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday { pohert Murray; from Tenakee: | i bl morning enroute south. Johnny Reynoldson, Mrs. Lyman “2 “ Princess Norah scheduled to sail | peynoids; from Tulsequah: Willlam i ’ i trom Vancouver, Wedneeday. Irwin, Willlam G. Jewett, Henry ikl g A Baranof scheduled to sail fromlgieorich, 7 h 3 Beatlle Friday. From Pelican: John O. Woods; k. . 5 from Skagway: Ken Lamioreau. J. B. Warrack, Jr., of the War- sl ff rack Construction Co., of Seattle, is ®», ¥ at the Baranof Hotel: HERE FOB FUNERAL ‘ *‘? 3 E. C. Wallace, Tom Radovich,| LR D% e o 0 o o o o o o eo]and Mike Yankovich, all of Fair- ® b/ o |banks arrived via Pan Am yes- 5 TIDE TABLE o |terday to attend the funeral of | o @ |Charles Miller which will be held ~ ~ - December 13 o | here tomorrow. | LK s . . ) i 10