The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TLIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” p— VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,694 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1950 nR bE MI.A\[ l\ A\\(N h\[I D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS eds Probing At | DRAFT CALL FOR 80,000 MEN, MARCH WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 — The Army today issued a draft for 80,000 men in March. This will bring the total of Ar; requests for draftees to 450,000 since the outbreak of the Korean wa The 80,000 asked for March is the same quota requested in January and February. The Defense nouncement said Force and Marines “do not pian to place calls upon the Selective Service System in March.” Only the Army has used the draft up to now. The original quotas for January and February were boosted on De 12 to provide 80,000 draftees in c: of the two months. Phe first call for January was only 40,000 and the original call for February was 50,000. The draft calls are part of a build up to give the Army a combat force equal to 24 divisions when il reaches its current expansion goal next July 1. Although the figure used by the Defense Department involves only 18 divisions, an Army official teld a reporter today that the fighting Department, the Navy, Air an- force will be augmented by the so- called Regimental Combat Teams to equal the strength of 24 full di- visions. Korean War At a Glance (By the Associated Press) Fighting Front — U.N. forces de- fending 150-mile front near 38th parallel brace for Communist blow. Gen. MacArthur says major of- fensive may come any time in next two weeks. Commander says Red China is mobilized on national scale with 1951 military budget three times greater than in 1950. Diplomatic Front — Twelve Asiar countries expected to meet today at Lake Success to urge United States to.negotiate with Red China for a settlement of all Far Easter~ prob- lems. Americar uttitude I stile to appeasement SOUTH FROM CORDOVZ Leo C. Von Tersh and Oral Burch of Cordova arrived here on the Pz cific Northern Airlines plane yester- day and left by Pan American Clip- per for Seattle. The Washingion Merry - Go- Round, By DREW PEARSON Copyright, 19¢3, by Bell Synaicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON — Claire Chen- nalt, a big leathery man who speaks ! with a gruff intensity, has a plan for starting fires against Stalinism in Asia. The famous Flying Tiger general who fought with the Chinese Na- tionalists has been pounding on doors in Washington and saying: “Let’s arm the hatred against Rus- sia which is spreading across China. The greatest fear of the Commun- ist is of the guerrillas—a million of whom hold great pockets on the mainland. We should ‘drop weapons to them, and smuggle munitions across the borders.” | “The spirit of revolt is so strong in China today,” says Chennault, “that Communist members don’t dare go out alone for fear of being ambushed. The Communists con- trol only the cities, the rail centers and the ports. The best troops are engaged in Korea, Tibet and along the Indo-China border. But the guerrillas have only the arms they can steal. If we give them help, they can take the pressure off Korea.” According to the intelligence slip- ped out of China to General Chen- nault, this is the picture on the Chinese mainland: Mao tse-Tung, the titular boss of Red China, is acting as a moder- ator between quarreling Communist war lords and pressure from Mos- cow. The general in command of Chin- (bontinued on-Page Four) Mrs. Jewell Crowell, in Oakland, Ca » mother of these Burmese kittens owned by points admunlahiug paw ai one wandering off tune. Commiltee On Satehood Meels Jan. 6 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 28— M—The Alaska Statehood Commit- tee will meet here Jan. 6 to discuss | plans to push the new statehood bill to be presented to the 82nd Congress and to consider a research program in connection with a pos- sible state constitution. Bob Atwood of Anchorage, com- | mittee chairman, called the meet- ing. Fourteen committee members | from all parts of Alaska are ex-/ i pected to attend, as will (_mvemm‘ Gruening. Territorial Delegate R{ L. (Bob) Bartlett also is expected here from Washington, D.C., if he | can get awa | “The Statehood Committee has been advised that the new state- hood bill will win quick approval m TR . N % the Senate Committee if it is in- troduced in the upper house,” AL-\ 1wood said. “Members probably will mscuxs the feasibility of making some| |changes in the new legislation. They | also are expected to consider plans Ito launch a research program with a | | view toward developing a (unda-} | mental principle for a state con- | | stitution.” I 1t will be the second official meet- |ing of the committee since it w ,‘ created by act of the 1949 Legisia- | { was ture. An organization meeting | held in August, 1949. WASHINGTON, D3, 28 — (P — The Civil Aeronar ucs Board today | authorized #wo air lines to m~'. jchanges _u ther services to Al~ska. Ala’«a Air Lines was given per- mission to eliminate Flat as an in- termediate point on its Nome-An- chorage route; and to include Moses 4| Point as an intermediate stop be- | tween Nome and Unalaklett. Its authority to handle mail over these routes was extended to June 30 | 1953. Members of the committee be- | side Atwood include William L.} Baker, Keichikan, vice chairman; ! Mrs. Mildred Hermann, Juneau, sec y Lee Bettinger, Kodial Percy Ipalook, Kotzebue; Howa Lyng, Nome; Stanley McCutcheon, Anchorage; Andrew Nerland, Fai { ban Frank Peratrovich, Klawok; tor C. Rivers, Anchorage; War-| ren R. Taylor, Fairbanks; Del .n.c\ | Bartlett and Governor Gruenin and Judge Anthony Dimond, An- chorage. ‘ Flat is inadequate for the type of | equipment used between Nome and Anchorage, and Flat is being served by another route between McGrath | and Flat via Cripple Landing. ¥ EE(H | Northern Consolidated Air Lines HOOVER S Sp iwas authorized to include McGrath as an intermediate point between Is 'SolAIIoNiSM | Sleitmut and Anchorage; to handle -m'|il between Platinum and Anchor- | age by way of Bethel and McGrath; | and to handle passengers, cargo, and | mail between Bethel and Hooper ‘Ba_' with intermediate stops at WASHING".QN, Dec. 28 — (® — | Kwigillingok, Mekeryuk, and Tu- President Truman said today former | nunak, for a period ending June President Hoover's foreign policy |30, 1953. specch last week was nothing but | | isola:ionism, and added this country | {is not going back to that. You can bet on that, Mr. Truman told a news conference. Hoover, in his broadcast address |on Dgcember 20, proposed that the the stat after a visit over the United States quit sending men and | Christmas holidays with Dr. and money to western Europe until che:Mr Robert Simpson, Sr. Europeans themselves raise a big| Miss Simpson will go east to New enough army “to erect a sure dam ‘Ymk where she is a staff writer on against the Red flood” of Commun- \L)fe magazine and Dr. Simpson and ist aggression. 'hh family are returning to their T Hoover also urged the United |home in Seattle. States to concentrate on turning | e — the Western Hemisphere into a TO SITKA “Gibraltar” with defense frontiers| Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Nelson and stretching from Britain to Japan. ‘theu' daughter, Marian, arrived in At Mr. Truman's news confer-|Juneau Wednesday on the Pan | ence, a reporter asked him: “Do you | American Clipper and left on the consider his (Hoover's) recommen- | Alaska Coastal Airlines plane for ‘dauom LEAVE FOR STATES 1 Dr. and Mrs. Robert Simpson, Jr., and their two children, and Mis | Annabelle Simpson, left yesterday the Pan American Clipper for The board said the airport at| S8 | | Seattle 5 pm, | West Sunday sol NEW WAF GARE _ capt. Carolyn F. Greenw Marsaret Van Hellen and Cpl. Doratha Wunderlich (left to show new Women's Air Force uniforms in Washingto! U $.GOVT. CONTROLS RUBBER WASHINGTON, Dec. @ — rhe government placed itself in control of virtually all rubber sup- plies today, announcing it will be sole importer and distributor of natural rubber. The National Production Author- ity ordered that effective tomorrow, only General Services Administra- tor Jess Larsen may import natural rubber and matural rubber latex. 28 Heretofore government agencies have had control over synthetic rub- ber because the government owns the synthetic rubber plants. It has been attempting to cut down the use of rubber in civilian goods. STOCK QUOTATIONS | i i 1 organization under LONGSHOREMEN SPLIT REGARD, SECURITY CARDS StalemeFls Issued by Bridges” Spokesman-Se- attle Workers Processed SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28—P— West Coast longshoremen appar- ently were split today on procedures to follow in regard to the Coast Cuard’s new waterfront security cards. A spokesman for Harry Bridges' 70,000 man International Longshore- men’s and Warehousemen’s Union said the locals up and down the Pa- cific Coast had agreed to delay any action until a meeting Jan. 11 at Longview, Wash. Bridges' spokesman, Morris Wat- son, ILWU publications chief, de- clared that regardless of cards “the longshoremen aren't going to com- mit any sabotage.” In Seattle ILWU members began | the necessary processing to obtain cards. The Coast Guard reported at least 100 lcngshoremen had been proces- sed in Seattle yesterday and most| were members of the ILWU. Art Olsen, an ILWU business agent, said Seattle members were being sent to the Coast Guard office as fast &s they could be handled. The Seattle local voted “99 per- cent plus” to go ahead with the ap- | plications, Olsen said. “Usually,” he explained, “we make decisions on a coastwide basis. But with the war on, we decided to go iahead.” Hugh Bryson, president of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, sais he would withhold comment on the security card order until the union had a chance to study it But he added: “If the final authority on whether a man can make a living going to sea is up to the Coast Guard Com- mandant, then the whole thing is a farce.” 1 " CAUCUS OF FISHERMEN IS CALLED SEATTLE, Dec. 28—(M—A coast- wide caucus of the Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Division of the In-| ternation Longshoremen and Ware- housemen’s Union (Independent) will be held here Jan. 29, 30, and 31, Joseph Jurich, division chair- man said today. The caucus takes the place of the annual convention of the, Inter- national Fishermen and Allied Workers of America held before the IFAWA was merged with the ILWU, Jurich said. The caucus will be held in the ILWU Hall, It will be open at 10 am. day with some 50 delegates tending. One of the principal items of ousiness on the caucus program will be the completion of the division the merger, Jurich said. The delegates will de- cide the method of eclecting the each at- NEW YORK, Dec. 28 — Closing | vrious oeticers, quotation of Alaska Juncau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 94%, American Tel. and Tel. 150%. Anaconda 40%, Douglas Aircraft 97, General Electric 49':, General Motors 46%, Goodyear 66, Kenne- cott 757%, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, NorthZrn Pacific 3 indard Oil of _alifornia 89° Twentietb Centu.y Fox 20%, U.S. Steel 42z Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchunge 9437%. Sales today were 3,560,000 shares. Averages today are 0 | dustrials 23534, rails 40.88. STEAMER MoV FMFNIS Freighter Coac(. 1 Seattle schedulec row night or Satu: la Baranof scheduled ton scheduled to sail Saturday. to arrive from bound. Monarch from arrive tomor- y norning to sail from Princess Norah fiom Vancouver Denali scheduled e®0ec0eececseosiv0 000 WEATHER REPORT ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 oclock thls norning e 0 & o o o 0o in Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 34, At Airport—Maximum, minimum, 32, . 40; 38; FORECA T (Juneau ana Vicinity) Cloudy with light rain to- night and Friday. Lowest temperature near 34 degrees tonight. Highest Friday about 36. PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7 30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.01 inches; since Dec. 1 —. 394 inches; since July 1—37.18 inches. At Airport — 001 inches; since Dec. 1 — 292 inches; since July 126,03 inches | resale The Duchess of Windsor (center) prize-winning cake baked by Mrs. Peter Wuebel (left), baker, in the Grand National Bake-off spon- Redwood City, Calif,, “fi*asle PR savors the flavor of the $25,000 wife of a sored by the Pillsbury Mills. Holding the cake as Mrs. Wuebel holds her check, is Philip W. Pillsbury, president of the sponsoring company. Presentation of check was made by Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. . the Duchess at a luncheon in the An orange “Kiss Me Cake” won the contest for Mrs. Wuebel. (P Wirephoto. HOARDING MATERIALS IS BANMD e | WASHINGTON, Dec, 28 — B —| The National Production Authority today banned hoarding of 55 scare materials essential to defense and civilian production. The order makes it illegal for | businessmen, consumers or hou holders to accumulate these pro- ducts in excess of the “reasonable | demands.” It.also specifically pro- | hibits acquiring the products for | at prie-; in excess of pre- | vailing me~ ¢t prices—a provision aimed at ‘ #/ock marketing.” The 57 .cems include cement, soft- wood !umber and plywood, paper and paperboard, cast iron soil pipe, | and a long list of metals and chem- | icals. Any violation of the order is pun- | ishable by up to a $10,000 fine und! a year's imprisonment,. | The anti-hoarding decree extends ang re-enforces an earlier NPA in- | ventory control order which upphedx only to business and industry and | covered only 26 materials. | The new order is effective at once NPA said, and accomplishes these | ends: | 1. It sets up a ban against house- hold hoardirig and starts a list to| which NPA later could add such| items as automobile tires, cars and | other consumer goods—though none | of these is named in the present| order. 2. It plugs a loophole in the ru - nal urdyr, by eliminating chance that a businessman hoard materials with the e that they were for personal cor sumption, 3. It discourages the entry of in-| dividuals into the business of specu- | lative buying in hopes of making resales to industrial consumers later | at higher prices. Such speculative | trading, particularly by newcomers in the field looking for a qui profit, is often termed “gray mar- ket” or “black market” operations. PATROLMAN WITH 3 : COLLEGE DEGREES IS RETIRING NOW BOSTON, Dec. 28 — (¥ — Done pounding a beat is patrolman Edwin | F. Flanders, AB., BLI, LLD But he wasn’'t promoted, he’s r tiring after 28 years in the depar L-q ment’s lowest grade — despite his | three college degrees, | The 60-year-old cop said he took | some examinations for promotion to Sergeant but never made it. He's a bachelor of arts from Portia Law School, a bachelor of literary interpretation from Emer- son College and. a doctor of laws from Boston University. Flanders says he has no special | plans for his retirement but “might write a book.” | local | shoremen’s Association (AFL). | ler-Dahl | affairs, Cold Storage Plant Workers, Petershurg, ' Switch Affiliafion PETERSBURG, aiaska, Dec. 28— (M—Employees r* (ne Kayler-Dahl | Cold Storage ant have voted to switch their affiliation to the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. They have been affiliated with the Harry Bridges-led International | Longshoremen’s and Wm:-lmuse‘ men’s Union, which was ousted from | the CIO earlier this year. The switch will associate the cold | storage worker’s union with the of the International Long- unit signed a memorandum agreement with Kay- on wages and working conditions, to run to next March 31. The employees' ‘(anadian Troops Slated for Europe Is Otfawa Belie! (By Associated Press) There's more and more of a feeling in Ottawa, Canada, that certain troops are slated for ser- |'vice in Europe, not Korea. The troops in question are 10,000 recruit- ed to back up the United Nations It's . thought they will be used to| strengthen the defenses of western Europe. The Canadian army has recalled most of an advance party sen’, t/ Zorea to set up a training area. - Dulles 0 Answer - Hoover's Foreign Affairs Speech (By Associated Press) John Foster Dulles has been |chosen to deliver the administra- tion’s reply to former President | Hoover's recent speech on foreign In the speech, Hoover urg ed the United States to stop send- | {ing money and troops to western | Europe until the nations showed more determination to de- fend themselves. Dulles—a Republican—is now an American delegate to the United Nations, He will make major radio address Friday night. Work (ommues on . Civil Defense Plan (oslmg_3 Billion (By Associated Press) Senate and House conferees will continue work today on a measure providing machinery for year civil defense program. Officis estimate the plan will cost at leas some threé-billion dollars. The con- ferees hope to mplete their work today. The measure then would go to the House and Senate for action y next week. a there | a three- | tacks on UN Defense Lines Heavy Blow IsExpecied By MacArthur Communisimieskepofi- ed Massed Near 38th Korean Parallel (By Associated Press) General MacArthuy warned to- day that Communist China has mobilized on a national scale and that a heavy blow from Communist armies massed near the 38th para- llel may come any time in the next two weeks, Pressure in the form of Red probing attacks appeared to be In- creasing along the 150-mile defense line across Korea’s midsection be- ing held by the U. 8. Eighth Army. But there were no major battles, The Communists apparently have thrown more air power into the area. One Allied fighter group re- ported sighting 35 Russian-built | Mig-15s yesterday. Two Soviet-built jets were reported destroyed and a third damaged in a series of | engagements with American jets | over North Korea. Coordinated Assault MacArthur's analysis speculatéd lon the possibility of a coordinated assault by 19 Chinese Divisions be- \twecn Jan. 1 and 10, perhaps sup- ported by the Chinese Communist | Air Force, | A U. 8. Eighth Army hrleflng of- | ficer said two Chinese armies of about 60,000 men were building up for a blow 5 miles north and north- | west of Seoul, jittery Republic of | Korea capital. Probably half the | citizens of Seoul have fled to the south. United Nations patrols on the western sector of the defense line destroyed and dispersed several enemy groups in the Changdong area Wednesday, Allied troops threw back enemy attempts to penetrate defense lines in the area southeast of Taedong. MacArthur’'s Changes MacArthur's comununique again debunked Chinese claims that their troops intervened in the Korean war as “volunteers.” It said: “The character of a major military ef- fort by the Chinese Communist Government, though initially mask- ed under the treacherous ruse of a ‘velunteer participation,’ is only too apparent in the deployment of all elements of the Third and Fourth Field Armies constituting the entire military structure of | China.” MacArthur stated that Red China’s military spending in 1951 as provided by its budget would be three times what it was in 1950 “and eight times more than the Chinese Nationalist ~Government has ever spent in one year.” Estimated Red Strength The UN commander earlier esti- mated that Red China has com- mitted great numbers of men to the Korean conflict and that with the reorganized North Korean forces, their total strength is 1,350,~ 000. Twelve Asian and Arab cuunmes in the United Nations are urging the United BStates to negotiate with Communist China for a settle~ ment of all Far Eastern problems. They are expected to meet today o discuss ways and means of bringing about such talks, The United States so far has been opposed to the proposed pel- itical conference. The Americans |view any move for a cease-fire with concessions to the Chinese ‘Rvd.s as yielding to blackmail. Red China has rejected a cease- fire proposal put forward by the United Nations three-man truce | commissio Federal Reserve Bank Lending Is | Increasing, Claim | (By Associated Press) Lending by Federal Reserve Board member banks rose during the week which ended December 20—it rose despite efforts of the Federal Reserve Board to check lending on a voluntary basis, The ;Bu. d s the week's figure was | the second greatest rise on record,