The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1950, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,685 “ALL TLE NEWS 'ALL THE TIME" § JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 216, ] 1950 NATIONAL EMERG .;“ SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CE Eleclion New Councilmanto Be Thursday Juneau City Council action on| electing a new councilman to re-| place Al Zenger, whose resignation | becomes effective January 1, came up at a regular meeting last night, and was postponed to a special meeting to be held next Thurs- day night, Another matter to be taken up at the special meeting will be the matter of repairing the approach to the small boat harbor or build- ing a new, more centrally located approach. The trollers had asked for this meeting and will meet with the council. City Attorney Howard - read the Territorial law which said that “any qualified person” could be elected by a city council to fill a vacancy between elections, Councilman George Jorgenson said that he had been led to believe that it was mandatoty that the next highest runner-up be chosen and felt that the matter should be given more consideration, After much discussion a motion was passed to publish the city budget and a summary audit. Applications for 34 liquor li- censes were approved with the pro- | vision that immediate police action would be taken on violations of ordinances in regard to hours. Stabler closing | Harbor Pelice Asked The pelice and small boat harbor committees agreed to investigate a request by the trollers for a patrolman at the harbor from 11 pm, to 7 a.m. until the fleet goes out May 1. B. H. Manery, repre- senting the trollers, pointed out that there were 220 boats, 150 of them trollers, jn the harbor and that there had been some stealing and pilfering. He said that 40 peo ple were living on boats, that 70 stalls were rented which brought from $36 to $40 a year each rental to the city. He brought up that a patrolman on duty would be of value in case of a fire break- ing out. . Inspect Fire Hazards Police Chief Minard Mill report- ed that firemen had been working in groups inspecting buildings for fire hazards and asked 1lor the backing of the Council in taking action on building owners who do not comply with changes to reduce | the hazards. Joregenson pointed out that this was the first personal report the Council had had from the Chief in five years and was willing to throw his support behind the de- partment on taking any action nec- essary. He also asked that the Fire Department make a monthly report to the Council in order that they The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DRI‘.W PLABSUN ASHINGTON — When Gen. George Marshall was appointed Se- cretary of Defense, criticism was raised that he would instinctively break down civilian safeguards. Traditionally, civilians have com- manded the Army, Navy and Air Force, so it was argued that putting a military man in charge of all three services was dangerous. One phase of this criticism now appears justified. .Though he has been in office three months, Gen- eral Marshall has not yet called a formal meeting of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force. These three civilians—all able men—are supposed to be the real bosses at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Under Louey Johnson they met almost every week—sometimes oftener. But under Marshall they have not met at all. Instead he, a military man, leans almost entirely on the Joint Chiefs’ of Staff. In fact, the Joint' Chiefs of Staff today haye become about the most important governing factor in Washington. With broad-minded Gen. Omar Bradley as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, this is not dangerous. Fur- thermore, the other Joint Chiefs— Gen. Joe Collins, Adm. Forrest sherman, and Gen. Hoyt Vanden=« perg for Air—are also civilian- | chance any more.” minded officers. However, the pre-| . (Continued on Page Four) might work more closely together. Mill mentioned two places in particular that were dangerous. One was- the City Cafe where the stove adn grease chute were very dirty and definite hazard. The other was the Gastineau Grocery Building with a meeting hall upstairs that had but one entrance and that by an oil stove and a chimney. The rear entrances were unsafe and one was nailed shut. “Judging by the size of the chairs, children meet there for Sunday School. In case of tire with the oil stove by the only exit, there would be panié and the situation is dangerous,” he said. Inspections are continuing. Traffic Blockades Mill brought up the problem of traffic blockades when a fire alarm is sounded and suggested a series of alarm bells at strategic intersec- tions to assure that drivers would be alerted and pull over to the curb to let the fire equipment and firemen pass. Mayor Waino Hend- rickson reminded Mill that the fire- men had police authority to ar- rest persons blocking the traffic at such a time. Police Chief Bernard Hulk sug- gested that firemen be equipped with small red spotlights on theit cars to identify them when rush- ing to a 1ire. New Alarm System Th alarm system of signals should be revamped, Mill declared, and a relay box installed at the boat harbor. ‘The problen:. of an underground | creek or broken water pipe that was flooding the basements of buildings along Seward Sireet was taken up with Mill, who said that the water company was planning to do something about it next year. C. J. Ehrendreich, city account- ant, reported on his investigation of the material submitted by the Juneau Douglas Telephone Coin- pany for a rate hearing. He said that not enough evidence had been submitted at this time to war- rant a hearing, that the council | could only act on rates within the City and that no breakdown had been made for Juneau only. The Mayor was directed to contact the Telephone Company to that effect. Only one bid was received for fire insurance on three pieces of city equipment, a snowloader and a new truck. It was submitted by shattuck Agency for $133.93 on 75 percent of the value or a $50 de- ductible policy on the grader and snow loader with no deductible on the truck for $110.48. The Mayor was directed to negotiate for a $250 deductible policy if possible. It was decided to purchase two used tires and tubes for the grader from G. R. Churchill for $60, after it was learned.that the high bidder for new ones would be unable to furnish them because the military was taking them all at the factory. The City Clerk was directed not to issue vehicle licenses unless all taxes are paid up. Authorization to pay $21 monthly to the CAA for the use of water at the Juneau airport was given. There was much discussian about the enforcement of a city ordinance requiring $5 car license stickers for out-of-towners regularly using the city streeets. This does not » (apply to occasional or casual driv- ers. Councilman. Ed Nielson and Bert Caro objected to the ordin- ance. A letter was read from Gladys Stabler, executrix of the estate of Wanda Myhre offering for sale to the City, a 50 by 149 foot lot ‘Wwith improvements, rear of and adjoining the city dock property, the assessed value being $850 for the lot and $7,240 for improvements. Five thousand dollars is the least that will be considered. It was decided to investigate the harbormasters request for the City to pay his oil and light bill. He was recently granted a $50 raise and is furnished with living quarters. Police Car Radio At the request of the Council, Frank Metcalf, head of the High- way Patrol, appeared at the meet- ing to explain the working of radio copumunications in the Patrol’s po-! lice cars and how it might work in with the Juneau City Police here. He stated that it had been effective in the Fairbanks and Anchordge areas citing a case where a stolen car at Fairbanks had been recov- ered within 15 minutes, The thief had complained that “with car radios now a thief didn’t stand a He also told of a case at Anchorage where the Highway Patrol had been notified of a shooting accident, sped to the scene and took the man to the hos- (Continued cn Page TWo) FRANK A. BOYLE, LONG AUDITOR OF ALASKA, IS DEAD The death yesterday of Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle left a va- cancy in the ranks of the Territorial government and in his party that will be difficult to fill. One of the stalwarts of the Demo- cratic party and four times elected auditor of Alaska, Mr. Boyle died at his home in the Assembly Apart- ments Friday afternoon. Coming after an illness that had kept him home from his office for the last two weeks, his death shocked friends who had called earlier in the week and found him up and about his apartment, cheer- ful and interested in his visitors. News of Mr. Boyle's death reached the Empire yesterday just at press time. Mr. Boyle was born in Mt. Plea- sant, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 1877, the son of John D. and Nora Brannan- Boyle. He at- tended the public schools of Penn- sylvania and took the degree of LLB. at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. As a boy of eleven, he went to work as a slate picker in a Penn- sylvania coal mine. Later, he taught school for a short time and followed this with a period of quartz and ! placer mining in the Rocky Moun- tains. From 1906 to 1908 he was a student at Georgetown University. ! During this period, he also worked as a clerk in the United States Land Office in Washington, D.C., where his duties extended particularly to public land laws. Mr. Boyle first came to Alaska as a receiver in the United States Land Office at Juneau, continuing in this service until 1924 ungder suc- cessive appointments by Presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge. From 1925 until 1929, he served as United States Commissioner and practiced law here from 1930 until 1933, when he was elected to the office of Auditor. He was re-elected to that office in 1936, 1940, 1944, and 1948. As Auditor, Mr. Boyle's duties i were many. In addition to the elec- tive post of Auditor, he was Com- missioner of Corporations, Commis- sioner of Insurance, member of the Board of Administration, secretary of the Banking Board, member of the Board of Budget, authorized to contract for and furnish legislative supplies, custodian of Compiled Laws of Alaska, Session Laws, Jour- nals and other property of the le- gislature, custodian of Territorial inventories and Secretary of the |'Compilation Commission. During | World War II, he acted as a member of the Selective Service Board. Always interested and active in community affairs, Mr. Boyle was a member of the American Bar Association, the B.P.O. Elks, a staunch Democrat and a devout Catholic. Surviving are his widow, Jane Morris Boyle and two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Killoy of Butte, Montana, and Mrs. Ella O'Donnell who lives in Hazelton, Pa. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, though Mrs. Boyle has requested that friends plan to send no flowers, 52 ARRIVE AND DEPART ON PNA Seventeen arrived and 35 de- parted via Pacific Northern Airlines yesterday. From Anchorage: W. H. Schwind, Phillip Gray, Gerald Bennett, David Cleveland, Ernest Lincdln, H. V. An- derson, William Wagner, = Marty Fleihlner, J. Ray Kennedy, Jack C. Halderman, Fr. Toner, Dr. R. Smith, B. G. Cotts, Philip Wheeler, and Bill Hammar. From Cordova: M. White and A. ‘Wilson. To Yakutat: Mrs, Oksendal, Rich- ard Booth, James Defalo, Albert [ Brown, Ben Benson, Ernest Francis, Leigh Robinson. To Cordova: Anna Leak. To . Anchorage: Carl William Smith, George Williams, Ken Van- derweele, Fair Snodderly, Samuel ‘Thomas, August Avoian, R. Mec- Cormick, Dale Thomas, Don Van Burean, George Abadie, Severn Swanson, Jr., Ira Kerchner, Frank Marshall, Hal Fairhurst, Dr. B. Michaelson, Lois Gentes, Lucy Krautter, Elsa Lundgren, Floyd Guertin, K. K. and Jane Kelly and the five Webers—Albert, Caryl, Lee. lAmua. and Albert Jr. NEW OFFICE IS CREATED BY TRUMAN Charles E. Wlson Named Chief of All Mobili- zation Activities WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — (B — President Truman today created a new office of defense mobilization to “direct, control and coordinate all mobilization activities.” Its director will be Charles E. Wilson, President of General Elec- tric Co. Mr. Truman gave the new mobili- zation chief authority over all the powers contained in the Defense Production Act of 1950. Mr. Truman'’s executive order said the activities directed by the new agency will include but not be limited to production, procurement, manpower, stabilization and trans- port activities. Duties in these fields will be per- formed by the various agencies and officials to whom they were pre- viously assigned, Mr. Truman speci- fied, but they now are “subject to the direction and control of the di- rector.” Powerful Agency NEIL MOORE APPOINTED AS AUDITOR Announcem;fils Made by Acting Gov. Williams Tribute to Boyle Neil F. Moore, deputy auditor, has been appointed Auditor of Alaska, to succeed Frank A. Boyle, who died yesterday, it was announ- ced today by Acting Governor Lew M. Williams. The action was taken by the appointment board consis- ting of the Governor, the Attorney General and the Treasurer to fill the interim until the convening of the Legislature, which, under Ter- ritorial law, has the authority to fill the vacancy. “The board deeply regrets the passing of Mr. Boyle, a fine man and an outstanding public servant, and has full confidence that Mr. Moore, who has served under Mr. Boyle for years, will carry out the duties of the Auditor’s office in an efficient manner,” the Acting Gov- ernor said. “Mr. Boyle’s death is a distinct loss to Alaska. His many years with the general land office, his four- year tenure as U.S. Commissioner in Juneau and his 18 years as Auditor The President handed Mr. Wilson | of Alaska reveal a record of public a virtual blank check to abolish,|seérvice of the highest order.” create and reshape the defense agencies, and merge most of them into a single powerful mobilization agency when and if he chooses. The Presidentipl order followed by only a few minutes Mr. Truman's proclamation of a national emer- gency. ' Wilson, former executive vice chairman of the War Production Board, is leaving the $175,000 a year Presidency of General Electric to take the $22,500 gvoernment post, '} To Issue Directives His powers probably exceed those ever granted any other mobilization official. Besides production and priorities, he will direct the course of price and wage stabilization, plant expansion, curtailment of civilian goods, military buying, and such ‘manpower regulation as is permitted under the defense pro- duction law. Mr. Truman’s order instructed him to issue any necessary directives concerning policy and operations to the federal departments and agen- cies. The President decreed: Agencies to Cooperate “It shall be the duty of all such agencies and departments to exe- cute these directives and make to the director such progress and other reports as may be required.” ‘This means that Wilson not only will have authority over special de- . | fense agencies set up in the Com- merce, Interior, Agriculture and other departments — including the powerful National Production Authority — but also will direct the defense activities of any and all the old line agencies and de- partments of the government. Wilson’s appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. BANNERMAN OUT OF ACADEMY INTO ARMS OF BRIDE ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 16—®— Ex-midshipman Dave Bannerman, five months. short of an Ensign’s stripe, walked out of the shadow of the Naval Academy today and into the arms of his pretty young bride. Dave didn’t leave of his own ac- cord. Thé husky football star who couldn’t be stopped by the Army foothall team was tripped up by a paragraph. That paragraph, in Navy regula- tions, states simply that a midship- man “found to be married shall be recommended for discharge.” The news leaked out this week that Bannerman and Monette J. Chaney, daughter of an Annapolis professor, were married last Satur- day in Frederick, Md. The Academy took official cog- nizance of the report and investi- gated. The necessary steps for the automatic dismissal were taken by the office of Vice Adm. Harry W. Hill, Academy superintendent. r Mr. Moore was sworn in as Audi- tor late yesterday afternoon, im- mediately upon notification of Mr, j Boyle's death, and just prior to tak- ing the plane with Mrs. Moore for the South. Mrs. Helen Cassell will be in charge of the Auditor's office dur- ing Mr. Moore's absence. UN FORCES FIGHT OFF ASSAULTS Reds in Great Numbers| Make Furious Attacks- Smash af Beachhead (By the Associated Press) United Nations forces abandoned Hamhung today and pulled their northeast Korea beachhead into a tight semi-circle ringing Hungnam, port of the Sea of Japan six miles southeast of Hamhung. The Allied defenders stood off furfous Red Chinese assaults, de- scribed as ‘“sea wave” attacks, against their shrinking toehold. The Reds blew bugles and whistles as they struck ferociously in great numbers, Terror and destruction . were ap- parent as the still withdrawing U.S. 10th Corps pulled out of Hamhung into: the crescent-shaped perimeter around Hungnam. The dull thunder of demolition charges was accom- panied by huge smoke plumes as the ! strategic heart of Hamhung was blown up by army engineers. Army staff officers said the big Chinese Red offensive aimed to knock out the 10th Corps may come within the next 48 hours. While Doughboys fought off the Com- munist probing thrusts to find a weak spot, the Navy’s big guns off- shore pounded Red troops swarming along coastal roads converging on Hungnam. The warships rgoved up and down the coast, hurling steel at the enemy. Carrier-based warplanes buzzed out in murky weather and hit front waves of 112,000 Chinese massed against the beachhead. A 10th Corps spokesman said the Chinese attacks were being “con- tained” and described the situa- tion ‘as “not disastrous.” Army en- ‘gineers destroyed great stores of supplies to keep them from falling into Communist hends. The two-week lull on the US. Eighth Army front in west Korea continued, but there was light ac- tion between South Koreans and | North Koreans 45 .miles northeast of Seoul. The South Koreans re- ported their line stabilized five miles south of the 38th parallel. PLANS UNDERWAY FOR CONSTRUCTION NEW GRADE SCHOOL Juneau will have a new grade school building next year, despite the fact that the General Services Administration has advised the School Board that funds from its program will defintely not be available until the 1952 fiscal year, if then. This is disclosed by Sterl- ing Sears, Superintendent of Schools. Sears said that at a conference with School Board members it has been decided that although the original estimates must necessarily be curtailed for lack of sufficient funds, plans are now underway for the construction of a new school building to provide classrooms and an assembly room on the recently purchased site near the end of Twelfth Street and Glacier High- way. Funds From Bond Issue The new grade school building will be financed by funds from the $750,000 bond issue authorized by taxpayers of the Juneau Indepen- dent School District in the city general election last spring. Of this amount $150,000 has already been expended for the purchase of the property and for a fill and readying of the site for the construction | work. The Independent School Dis- trict recently acquired clear title to the property. Sears said he is assured there will be no difficulty in disposing of the rest of the bonds. The local architect firm of Mal- colm, Foss & Olsen has been asked to draw up plans for the building and as soon as these are completed about the end of January or in the first part of February, bids for con- struction will be let in order that the work may start in the spring. The new plans for the grade school building provide for 14 class | rooms and an assembly room. : The original plans, when it was | anticipated funds would be avail- able from the General Services Ad- ministration provided for an ex- penditure of $1,095248. The build- ing was to have provided 10 class- rooms and a large auditorium and gymnasium combined, to include a stage and all stage equipment and furnishings. INATION'S CAPITAL CONSIDERS THREAT OF WAR SERIOUS “In the many years I have known Washington, D.C., I have never witnessed so law a morale as is shown there at the present time ! concerning the possibility of the na- tion being thrown into another war,” declared Hugh J. Wade, Area Director of the Alaska Native Serv- ice, who returned to Juneau today by Pan American Clipper after a several weeks visit in the capital on business of his office. Wade said the present situation regarding a war threat is considered in Washington to be very grave. Chief business of the ANS Area Director in the capital was to dis- cuss the rebuilding of a hospital to replace the one recently destroyed by fire in Bethel. Wade said a 70-bed hospital has been recom- mended to be built on the site of the former building and the re- commendations have been turned over to the Bureau of the Budget for approval. With Wade in Washington was Ralph Mize, Chief Area Engineer for the Alaska Native Service, who also returned on today’s plane. KATE FLOOD LEAVING Miss Catherine Flood of The Em- pire staff will leave tomorrow on the steamer Denali for Seattle, to be with her family for an indefinite time. News of serious illness in the family is the cause of her decision to leave Juneau at this time. Miss Flood has made many friends during her two years with ‘The Empire, first as a reporter and more recently in the advertising department, and she takes with her their best wishes and their hopes for an early return to Juneau. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive at 7 tonight and sails for Skagway at 11:30 o’clock. ‘w arrive Monday night or Tuesday morning. | Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday | 10 a.m., going south. Baranof from Seattle scheduled NCY IS PROGLAIMED NATION SUMMONED T0 MARSHAL STRENGTH 10 FIGHT COMMIE THREAT FOUR-POINT PLAN GIVEN BY TRUMAN President fia;s Out Pro- posal for Preserving Freedom-Aims of Nation WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — # — An hour of “grave danger” con- fronts the nation, President Truman told the American people last night. He outlined this four-point plan as one to help preserve freedom: 1. This country wili uphold and defend with arms, if necessary, the principles of the United Nations. The U.S. believes in settling dis- putes by peaceful means, the Presi- dent said, but cannot yield to ag- gression; will not engage in ap- peasement. Korean Situation If negotiausns are possible, the US. will try for a settlement to make Korea a united, independent and Democratic country. 2. The United States will continue to work with other free nations to strengthen joint defenses. By working together, the Presi- dent said, free nations can offer a common front, backed by strength and that is necessary if America is to be in a position to negotiate successfully with the Kremlin for peaceful settlements. Military Power 3. The Armed Forces of the United States will be built up. The US. will make more weapons for itself and its allies. Mr. Truman said expansion of American mili- tary power is going ahead very rapidly. The country wili expand training and production facilities to make possible a very quick expansion to full mobilization if that becomes necessary. Economy Expanded 4. Mr. Truman said the economy will be expanded, too, and kept on an even keel. This, he said, means very high production tar- gets and the willingness to make an all-out effort to reach them. He said the defense effort would push prices up unless positive action is taken to keep them down. Fur- ther taxes will be needed and non- military expenditures must be cut to the bone. The government, said the Presi- dent, is starting to impose price zontrols at once on some materials and products and will also under- take to stabilize wage controls in she same fields, as the law requires. WASH. MINER'S LIFE SAVED BY MINING TIMBER SELLECK, Wash., Dec. 16—{#— His life saved by the same huge beam that held him prisoner 400 feet underground for 54 hours of torture, John Wolti was brought- to freedom by rescue crews last night. The miner, .was weak, pain wracked and near a state of shock when he was brought to the surface at 7:20 p.m. His right arm was crushed and his face covered with a grimy, three- day growth of beard. Wolti, 54, was caught in an ava- lanche of rock and timbers at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday when the coal mine roof gave way. ADOPT BABY GIRL Mrs. Woodrow Triplette has re- ceived word that Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Campbell of Seattle have adopted a six-month-old baby girl, Marlene Louise. Mrs. Campbell is the former Eleanor Gruber of Ju- neau and her husband is a marine man in Seattle where they have|e lived for the past nine years. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — ® — President Truman today proclaimed a state of national emergency, sum- moning the nation to marshal its strength against the threat of “Communist world conquest.” The proclamation called all Amer- icans to a united effort to build up the nation’s armed forces and throw the “full moral and material strength” of the country into the protection of its freedom, The White Housk released a long list of laws, carrying extra-ordinary powers, which it said automatically became effective upon signing of the. declaration. But many of them were merely re-assertions of powers already held by Mr. Truman under the Defense Production Act and other post-war ‘egislation, Further it is uncertain whether Mr. Truman will use some of the “mergency powers. Aimed at Russia The proclamation is a part of Mr. Truman’s effort to get produc- tion - speeding, inflation - curbing machinery in motion behind a re- armament program aimed at fore- ing Russia to choose peace instead 'f war. In a major address last night, Mr. Truman heralded the proclamation as intended to call on “every citizen to put aside his personal interests for the good of the country.” He called it a first step toward “rapid expansion to. full mobiliza- “don, if that becomes necessary.” Powers Available The White House said powers vailable in an-emergency include authority to lengthen hours in army arsenals, to requisition ships, call the Coast Guard Reserve to Ietive duty, make temporary promo- tions in the Armed Forces, waive competitive bids on .defense con- tracts, and authorize war-risk in- surance. “I summon every person and every community to make, with a spirit of neighborliness, whatever sacri- fices are necessary for the welfare of the nation,” President Truman sald in his proclamation. Events in Korea and elsewhere, he said, conatitute a “grave threat to the peace of the world and imperil ‘he efforts of this country and those of the UN. to prevent aggression and ‘armed conflict.” Goal of Aggression The President added: “World conquest by Communist imperialism is the goal of the forces of aggression that have been loosed upon the world.” If this goal is achieved, he said, Americans will forfeit the "full and rich life” they have built, the bles- sings of freedom of worship, of speech, and the “right to criticize their government.” Mr. Truman said Communist con- quest would cost the American peo- ple “the right to choose those who conduct their government, the right to engage freely in collective bar- gaining, the right to engage freely in their own business enterprises, and the many other freedoms and rights which are a part of our way of life.” “The increasing menace of the forces of Communist aggression re- quires that the national defense of the U.S. be strengthened as speedily as possible,” the proclamation said. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morring In Juneau—Maximum, 35; minimum, 30. At Airport—Maximum, 33; minimum, 30. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight near 28 degrees, highest Sun- day about 30 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todgy City of Junenu~012 inches since . 1 — 252 inches; since July 1—-35.76 incheg At Airport — 023 inches; since Dec. 1 — 1.79 inches; sinee July 1—24.91 inches.