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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE L4 WALL TLIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,684 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDA\ I)F( EMBER 15, 1950 MEMBER A! SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN ('ENT% Reds Attempting EMBARGO ASKED BY DOCKMEN longshorem_en— Wants Tru- man fo Stop Shipments fo, from Commies SEATTLE, Dec. 15—P—Seattle lorigshoremen voted last night to ask President Truman to place an embargo on all shipments to and| from Communist-dominated count- ries. An official reported longshore- men at the closed meeting discuss- ed a proposal to refuse to hantle such cargo, but decided on embargo request instead. The Federal Government already has clamped restrictions on ship- ments of many strategic materials to countries under Communist con- trol. Harry Bridges, President of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union (Ind) canse here from San Francisco to speak at the meeting. The Times said “it was reliably reported” that Bridges was greet- ed by “catcalls” from some Seattle dock workers while discussing the Coast Guard security screening program and the present world cri- sis. Art Olsen, secretary of the .,ult-‘ tle union local, would not confirm | “booed” on some | | President Truman outlined to his | that Bridges was issues. Bridges has opposed the present Coast Guard screening program. Movie Beaufy Weds At18;IsDivorced Before She's 19 HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15 — ® — Married at 18, divorced before she’s 19. That, from the star herself, is the prospect before Elizabeth Taylor. The British-born beauty, who won't be 19 until next Feb. 27, said yesterday she will file a divorce suit against hotel heir Nick Hilton early in the new year. “I am very sorry that Nick and I are unable to adjust our differences and that we have come to a final parting of the ways,” the actress said in a statement prepared by her studio. FREIGHTER IN PORT The freighter Flemish Knot dock- ed this morning from Seattle and is scheduled to sail tomorrow morn- Jng for Skagway and Haines on the return trip to Seattle. The Washington Merry Go-Round Bell Synaicate, Ine.| B] DRFW PEARSON t ASHINGTON—A Senate com- mittee will take the hide off the munitions board next week ofr fail- ing to stockpile wool, so urgently needed for shivering troops in Korea. In a blistering report, the Sen- ate preparedness subcommittee headed by forthright Lyndon John- £on of Texas, will charge the muni- tions board with “shortsightedness that will cost the taxpayers a min- imum of many million 'dollars.” Two months ago this column warned of the wool shortage and revealed munitions board failure to stockpile. “While the munitions board was obviously doing plenty of ’'wool gathering’,” says the Senate com- mittee, stockpile. . .Today the Urfited States—faced with the prospect of a long winter campaign in Korea and’ the maintenance of a three- million-man armed force—has no wool in stockpile, no wool in inven- tory and less than enough woll in prospect t.hrm‘gh domestic produc- tion. . .Training men with wooden guns in 1940 and 1941 was tragic. . . .But the prospect of outfitting | men in clthing inadequate to pro- | tect them from the elements is a greater tragedy still. “The munitions board was not created to underwrite complacency, (Continued on Page Four) ~ the | “none of it was for the| Americans To Get It This Night Truman Expected fo Tell Us to Prepare for Great- er Sacrifices By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 — (#— President Truman calls on Amer- icans tonight to unite in greater sacrifices behind the critical effort | might. | The tempo of that effort was al- ready being speeded up rapidly, but members of Congress and others were demanding definite manpower and production goals. Mr. Truman, speaking at 7:30 p.m. | (PST) on radio and television, plans to outline the home front sacrifices he thinks are necessary to meet | the grave crisis of military defeats }in Korea and the threat of new }Communist aggression elsewhere. A declaration of national emer- gency—to speed up military con- | tract letting and put the country |nearer to a war basis—seemed cer- math of the President’s speech. | This could be accompanied or | followed by selective price and wage controls. Most speculation was that their application would be gradual while personnel -is being built up to administer them. cabinet today what Attorney Gen- eral McGrath called the general tone of the speech. |ing the subjects in the speech are | important, McGrath would not dis- | cuss it. SENATOR T0 BLOW HIS TOP; ESKiMO ROOFING, CAUSE WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—®#— Rep. Lovre (R-SD) blasted a Fed- eral agency today for a housing | program that allows Eskimos to obtain scarce corrugated alumin- | um roofing. The South Dakotan told a re- porter he would call this to the attention of the House. His state- ment for the Congressional Re- cord said: “While we here in’' this country are being called upon to accept less of certain strategic materials, the Eskimo who conforms to Bu- reaucratic edict can get corrugated aluminum roofing for his house. This is a time when we desperately need critical materials in the war effort.” Lovre said his information came from a press release Dec. 2 from the Housing and Finance agency. He said the release said Eskimos could now get loans with which to buy materials from the agency to build or improve a house, in- cluding aluminum roofing. SOROPTIMISTS CHRISTMAS PLANS DISCUSSED TODAY Soroptimist ~ Christmas plansj were discussed at the club's regular business meeting at luncheon on the Baranof Terrace today. President Dr. Grace Field called for committee reports and Mrs. Ilah Parmenter, chairman of the social committee said ‘it had been decided to have a' Christmas dinner party at the home of Mrs. Helen Monsen on Thursday, December. 28. The adoption of a family for Christmas has been arranged and Miss Gertrude Wetzel and Mrs. Carlie Turner announced that the gifts purchased by Soroptimists would be ccllected at Garnick’s store on Saturday, December 23. MISS BOND TO STATES Miss Mary Bond, secretary in the office of H. A. Stoddart, Division Engineer for the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, has resigned her posi- tion and plans to leave Sunday for | the states. She will go to her home in LaGrande, Ore, to spend the Christmas holidays with her family and expects to remain in Oregon for the present. Miss Bond has been with the BPR for the past year coming here from Portland. | to build up the free world’s military | tain either as a prelude or aiter-l‘ IGNORE Aside from say- | HOUSE GOPERS SEEK OUSTER OF ACHESON Senate Reml icans fo| Consider 'No Confidence’ Vote Lafe Today WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 — () — House Republicans today adopted a resolution calling for the ouster of Secretary of State Dean Ache- son. The action was taken at a closed meeting of all House party mem- bers. GOP leaders said the resolu- tion was approved “overwhelming- 1y The resolution will be sent to President Truman. In addition to asking for Ache- son’s replacement, it urges ‘chan- ges in the personnel and policies responsible for this lack of confi- dence” in the State Department. Senate Republicans may take some stand concerning Acheson be- | fore the day is over. While the House Republicans| were in session, the Senate GOP | policy committee called a meeting of all Republican senators for late this afternoon to consider a formal vote of no confidence in Acheson. COURT ORDERS Railroad Slfirs Make No Attempt fo Return to Work CHICAGO, Dec. 15—(P—Striking railroad workers in Chicago and other key cities made no attempt to return to work today, apparently ignoring three Federal court orders and their union president. The strike, which'in two days has distupted vital shipments of freight and mail and slowed some industrial output, hit on the home front. The postoffice department last night clamped a partial em- bargo on parcel post mailing. The order, coming at the peak of the Christmas mailing rush, in- cludes all parcel post and is effect- ive immediately in hundreds of postoffices throughout the country. Airmail and air parcel post is not affected. Intervention Necessary Meanwhile top officials of ' the union, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said in Washington they believed personal intervention by President Truman might .be the only hope for quick settlement of the strike. The union’s attorneys are pre-| paring a brief in reply to the “back to work” orders obtained by the government in three cities. The brief declared the union is trying “by every means at its command” to control the strikes and remedy their causes. Edward B. Henslee, general coun- sel, who is preparing the union’s answer, denied the union is striking as an “entity.” . Truman Must Act Both Henslge and a union spokes- man said possible settlement was contingent on action by President Truman or someone designated by him. The strike, which started on a small scale in Chicago Wednesday and snowballed into a full* grown stoppage, spread to the big indus- trial center of Peoria, Ill, today. The stoppage spread yesterday to Washington, St. Louis and Alex- anglria, Va. The ‘walkout, railroad sources said, apparently started in an ef- fort to get the wage dispute settled before any wage freeze is ordered by President Truman. The union is seeking a 40-hour work week at 48 hours pay for its yard workers. Negotiations for settlement have been in progress for several months in Washington. George and Art - Jurgeleit of ‘by President Truman after Exira Funds For Defense Asked Now Nation Must Arm Rapidly, Be as Strong as We Can, Soon as We Can WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—®—Rep. Cannon (D-Mo), head of the House Appropriations Committee, asked the House today to.approve &n $18,033,000,000 defense bill and des- cribed it as “the first installment on a preparedness program that will go to astronomical heights.” Cannon said his committee pre- sented the measure “reluctantly but there is no alternative.” It pro- vides the extra defense funds asked the Chinese Comunists launched their offensive in Korea, “We must arm as rapidly as we can,” Cannon told the House. “We must ‘be as strong as we can—as soon as we can.” Even as Cannon spoke, Mr. Tru- man sent Congress a new requést for an extra $1,834,911,000 for stock- piling more strategic and critical materials. A White House statement, an- nouncing Mr. Truman’s action, said the stockpiling program must be speeded up in view of recent worid developments. The additional money would make a total of $2,923911,000 for the stockpiling program in the cur- rent fiscal year ending next June 30. Cannon appealed for approval of the big defense measure as the House began three hours of debate on it. In clearing the bill for House action, Cannon's committee did not cut a single penny out of the funds Mr. Truman esked. $500,000,000 ATOMIC PLANT FOR KENTUCKY WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 — B — e Atomic Energy Commission of- ticially announces that it will build a huge new plant near Paducah, Ky. The House Appropriations Com- mittee disclosed at about the same time that the project is expected to cost $500,000,000.° The committee has been considering funds for a $1,050,000,000 expansion program for atomic production facilities, of which the Paducah plant will be a part. The AEC said the Kentucky site will cover about 6000 acres, “a considerable part of which will be obtained through purchase,” around the present Kentucky Ordnance Works, 16 miles west of Paducah. The commission’s announcement gave these other details about the Paducah project: ‘The new plant “will further ex- pand capaeity for producing uran- jum-235 for use in weapons or in fuel elements for nuclear reactors.” B. C. HIGHWAY CLOSED BY HEAVY SNOWFALL Advices have been received here that the Northern Trans-Provin- cial Highway from Skeena to Ter- race, B, C,’ was officially closed to traffic December 12 due to snow conditions. It will remain closed until further announcement &c- cording to the Division Engineer of the British Columbia Depart- met of Public Works. CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT Liquor and card table licenses will come up for consideration at a regular Juneau City Council meeting in the Council Chambers tonight. This will be the last re- gular meeting of the year. If a replacement for Councilman Al Zenger is not chosen tonight, it will have to be considered at a special meeting because his resigna- tion becomes ,effective January 1. Morton M. Flint, Bureau of Pub- lic Roads official, is scheduled to leave tomorrow for Seward where he will confer on road matters in that district with District En- gineer B, M. French whose head- Haines are stopping at the Gas- tineau Hotel. quarters are at that city. He ex- lm“ to return next Wednesday. under a rock APPROVE DEFENSE REQUEST House Con?fitee Quick- ly Okehs Fund Asked by President (By William F. Arbogast) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—(®—The White House Appropriations Com- mittee today urged Congress to grant the entire $16,845,181,000 ask- ed by President Truman to speed up national defense. It did not cut a single penny from any of the extra funds re- quested for defense after Chinese Communist forces launched their successful offehsive in North Kosea. But the committee trimmed amounts sought for the Atomic En- ergy Commission, the National Ad- visory Committee for Aeronautics, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Subversive Activities Con- trol Board created by the new anti-subversive law. House To Take Action Appropriations for these and var- ious other agencies were lumped by the committee in an omnibus §. 820,404,424 bill slated for House consideration later today. The total is $260,641,610 lower than the amounts proposed by the President through the Budget Bu- reau. The largest cut—$210,000,000 —was made in the $1,050,000,000 sought by the Atomic Energy Com- mission for an expansion of atom bomb production. Defense Allotment The new allotment for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force would boost defense appropriations to al- most $42,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending next June 30. And the committee said “there are already indications of need for more funds.” There were reports the Pentagon might ask for an- other $8,000,000,000 before the fis- cal year ends. That would push the year's to- tal for defense close to $50,000,000,- | | 000 and represent about $330 for eevry man, woman and child in the country. By departments, the new defense funds were allotted this way: Army, $9,211,799,000, including $934,000 for the Alaska Comumuni- cations System. Navy, $2,979,371,000; this includes the Marine oCrps. Air Force, $4,603,011,000. NAVY'S EMERGENCY REQUEST INCLUDES FUNDS FOR ALASKA WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 — # — The Navy's emergency request for $49,002,700 for overseas construction of public works was approved by the House Appropriations Commit- tee today. The Navy's breakdown of how it plans to spend its overseas and Alaskan public works funds in- cludes: To complete plans for Alaskan stations, $660,000. Kodiak, Alaska, additional oper- ational facilities, $1,525,000. NO PLANE FROM SEATTLE NO STUDENTS HOME TODAY Parents of Juneau students at- tending schools outside, due home | today for the Christmas holidays were disappointed to learn that the Pan American clipper flight sched- uled from Seattle this morning had been cancelled out, However, tomor- row is another day, and the wea- ther at press time looked promising. HIT AND RUN JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 15— (M—A pedestrian was hit by a truck on Run Street here yesterday. Police said it was a case of hit and run. SELLECK, Wash., Dec. 15—P— Rescue workers reported early this forenoon that a trapped coal miner for whom they had been digging for a day and two nights was alive slide. Territorial Tax ForFirst 11 M EXTRA BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—Truman will issue pro- clamation national emergency to- morrow, high officials disclosed late today. They also said he will follow up his major speech to- night on world crisis with execu- tive order tomorrow setting up office of defense mobilization un- der Charles E. Wilson, The pro- clamation of emergency to ac- company this executive order will tighten controls over the nations economy and to proceed under lines laid down in his pro- clamation. Frank Boyle Passes Away Frank A. Boyle, 73, Auditor of Al- aska and pioneer resident of Ju- neau, passed away late this after- noon at his home in the Assembly Apartments, after a lingering ill- ness. He had been in a state of coma for the past 48 hours. Word of the death of one of Ju- nea's best known and highly re- | spected citizens was received at the Empire office just as the paper was going to press. Mobilization At a Glance ( By the Associated Press) A brief sum-up of America’s cur- |rent steps along the mobilization- | preparedness road: President Truman speaks tonight lon radio and television (7:30 p.m. PST) to outline home front duties in the world crisis. Gov. Dewey of New York calls { for all-out mobilization, including 'reglstrauon for national service of {an persons over the age of 17. | Government announces uniform system of air raid warning signals— “red alert” when an attack seems imminent and “all clear” when dan- ger is past. Charles E. Wilson, head of the General Electric Company, accepts appointment to direct industrial mobilization. Secretary of the Army Pace tells Congress the lid is off U. 8. mili- tary spending, because of Chinese Communist intervention in Korea. House appropriations committee approves, in full, an extra $16,845, 000,000 for national defense. Ad-| ministration officials talk of raising a 4,000,000-man armed force, with military spending perhaps to reach $100,000,000,000 a year. Parking Fine Is Remitted; Milk For Children CLEARWATER, Fla,, Dec. 15—® —The police gave back a $1 parking fine to a man who wrote that pay- ing it “is depriving my three chil- dren of much needed milk.” Chief George McClamma did not identify the man but said he in- vited an investigation to prove loss |of the dollar would hurt his fam- (ly. McClamma did not investigate, but returned the money with a note that he hoped it would be used to buy milk. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or evening. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle tonight. Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday morning enroute south. Collections onthsof 1950 Reporfed OverNine Million Territorial tax collections for the first 11 months of 1950 totaled $9,- 027,601.10. The figures were given out by M. P. Mullaney, Territorial Tax Commissioner, who said a full re- port would be made in booklet form after the first of next year. Mullaney called collections the highest in Territorial history. Largest single source was the in- come tax, with $3,180,20592 paid through November 20. Second larg- est was the tax on raw fish, net- ting $1,399,913.05. Third was the excise tax on liquor, $1,367,591.69. By Divisions Totals by divisions were: First (Juneau) $3,265411.92; Se- cond (Nome) $203,688.86; Third (Anchorage) $4,158,180.42; Fourth (Fairbanks) $1,400,319.90. Collections this year, with those of 1949, bring the total thus iar in the biennium to $15,193,725.74. 000. The Anchorage division paid more than half the total revenue for the territory from the motor fuel tax, automobile license plates, drivers’ licenses and school tax. The division paid almost half the total from tobacco and business li- cense taxes. Tax records reflected the Gif- ferences in the economy of the var- ious divisions. Lead in S.E. Alaska Southeast Alaska led all divisions in revenues from Fishermen’s li- censes and fish license taxes. An- chorage and Fairbanks provided virtually the entire $17,844 in driver }licenses. The Panhandle produced only $2,187 and the Nome division only $253 under this item, while Anchorage paid more than $10,000 and Fairbanks more than $5,000. Revenues from license plates showed the same geographical dis- tribution. From Punch Boards Collections of $6,885 were made from punchboards, which are illegal under existing laws. Most punch- board revenue came from south- east Alaska. Punchboards were vir- tually eliminated in Anchorage af- ter authorities confiscated and des- troyed those they found in several raids.” Mullaney said heavy collections are due on Jan. 15 under the raw fish taxes for-1950, and additional funds will come from income tax and the business license tax due March -15. Compilations were based on the calendar year, although the Terri- tory's fiscal year gdoes not coincide. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 15 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 92%, American Tel. & Tel, 149%, Anaconda 36%, Douglas Afrcraft 89%, General Electric 47%, General Motors 437%, Goodyear 58, Kegpne- cott 73, Libby, McNeil & Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 28%, Standard Oil of California 79%, Twentieth Cen- tury Fox 19%, U. 8. Steel 39%, Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange 95.12%. Sales today were 2410000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 224.70, rails 73.38, util- ities 38.75. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 35; Minimum, 29. At Afrport—Maximum, 36; Minimum, 28. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy with intermittent light snow tonight and Sat- urday. Lowest temperature tonight near 28 degrees and highest Saturday near 34. PRECIPITATION o (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ City of Juneau—none; since Dec. 1 — 240 inches; since July 1 — 35.64 inches. At Airport—none; since Dec. 1 — 1.56 inches; since July — 24.68 inches. e 0 0 0 0 0 00 I Mullaney predicted an additional $2,500,000 would be collected, bring- ’ ing total revenues to near $18,000,- | to Drive UN Forces Into Sea BIG ATTACK NOW FACING DOUGHBOYS |Enemy Delfing Lines of Dwindling Beachhead, Last Stand of Allies (By the Associated Press ) A fiercely attacking {oo.ooo-man Red Chinese army swarmed over the blazing flatlands of the dwind- ling Hungnam beachhead today, at- tempting to drive United Nations forces into the sea. The allies hit back with air, tank and military support. The Chin- ese losses in infantry and cavalry- men were heavy. But still they came on, Fighting , continued throughout the day and by night- fall was increasing in intensity. America doughboys pulled back into a smaller and smaller peri- meter with their backs to the sea of Japan. The North Korean high command said the whole U. 8. Tenth Corps was being evacuated by sea from Northwest Korea. The beachhead was the last stand in the Northeast for around 60,000 allied troops assembled there after a general retreat from the icy mountainous hinterland. Serious Threat AP correspondent Tom Lambert with the U. 8. Third Division re- ported the Chinese broke through the outlying mountain barrier onto the plains fringing the seashore. One Third Division platoon was lost in early - fighting. ..Lambert said i the advance onto the beachhead’s flat plain poised a serious threat to U. N. forces. Earlier, allied forces were reported to ‘have pulled back to within 2% miles of Hungnam port. A security blackout covered allied troop move- ments, No End of Reds General MacArthur's war sum- mary said: “The bottomless well of Chinese Communist manpower in Manchuria continues to flow into Korea,” The 10th Corps defenders were fighting with their backs to' the sea in efforts to hold the beach- head. On the west coast, above Seoul, Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker's Eighth Army braced itself for another * blow. Field dispatches continued to report a massing of Chinese and North Korean Communists in the center of the peninsula. If was a breakthrough in the center, on the Eighth Army's right flank, that precipitated the general retreat earlier this month. All-out Air War The enemy showed signs it may be ready for an all-out air war. Fifty-seven sorties in Soviet-built Red jets have been counted in Northwest Korea in the last 10 days. Up until now U. N forces have held the mastery of the skies. Washington observers said the actualities of war in Asia are only slightly more grim than the pros- pects of conflict with Communism in Europe. New Threat They said the outnumbered land forces of the United Nations in Korea might soon be faced not only with an enemy armada in the sky but that a hitherto non-existent enemy navy might appear in the same abrupt manner and from the same “neutral” origin. The first big assault from the Communist Chinese ringing - the Hamhung-Hungnam perimeter be- gan in darkness and continued through the daylight hours Friday. Beating drums and blowing bu- gles, the Reds dented the allied lines at Oro, a town six miles northwest of Hamhung, abandoned by the allies yesterday. One U. S. Third Division platoon was cut off in the Oro fighting. SIM”IIIG 04YS TILL CHRISTMAS |