The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 22, 1951, Page 1

« . BY McMAHON: THE DAILY VOL. LXXVI,, NO. 11,714 ALAS “ALL TLE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ——— TH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE CPENS Two Juneau Girls: Two Queens Above is Fairbanks 1951 Ice Bowl Queen Sheila MacSpadden and Susan Williams, Queen of the 195 to defiver a double dose of royal pletely oblivious to the two blue bi nouncer Prof. Jack Warshauer. 0 ice bowl game, as they team up bridgework. John Canfield, com- loods, hands a cup of coffee to an-, Queen Sheila is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. MacSpadden of Juneau and Queen Susan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lew M. Photo is by John Sigler and the ¢ PROPAGANDA PLAN ASKED WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—® Senator McMahon (D, Conn.) to- day renewed his call for a $50,000,- 000,000 global peace plan and asked that it be linked to a resolution expressing friendship fer the Russian people. The chairman of the Senate- House Atomic Energy Committee said the United States is “losing ground” in the battle for the minds of men. He said the senate should immediately undertake “a ringing declaration of America’s inten- tions.” In a speech prepared for Senate delivery, McMahon outlined this three-point program to carry out his objectives: 1. That the United States spend $10,000,000,000 a year for five years for economic aid to all countries, including Russia, in exchange for (a) general acceptance of an ‘“ef- The Washington Merry - Go-Round| By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (Ed. Note—This is another of Drew Pearson's columns giving hitherto unrevealed information regarding our Korean defeat and the cvents leading to it.) SHINGTON—A lot of books have been written about the historic World War II decisions made at Teheran and Yalta, but nothing either official or come out about conference last fall which preces one of our most disastrous defeats in history. Because that defeat has cost many American lives and the worst proportionate casualties of any re- | cent war, and becguse it has given an equally serious setback to the United Nations’ goal to prevent aggressicn, it is only proper that the public know something of what transpired at Wake Island. The President of the United Stat- es flew halfway round the world to confer with General MacArthur, yet aside from a few conversational pleasantries reported by accompany- ing newsmen, nothing has been published regarding what happened on this mid-Pacfic island. The direct talks between Mac- s a1 v O S (Continued on Page Four) senate Williams, aiso of Juneau. ut is by courtes yof the Polar Star. fective” international atomic energy control, and (b) an agreement that al countries earmark two-thirds of their present armaments spending for “constructive” purposes. 2. That the Senate pass a resolu- tion “expressing f{riendship for the people of Russia by the people of the United States,” and ask the Soviet rulers to make it known to their people. 3. That the United Nations as- sert its right to operate its own radio station in ‘the Soviet Union so that the UN deliberations could be made known to the peoples be- hind the “Iron Curtain.” McMahon said he would continue all 1 lation which in- creases the nation’s armed might, while still working for a just amd honorable peace. ' McMahon in his prepared speech did not mention the troops-for- Burope debate. That discussion ap- | peared to be simmering down to |one question: How many? MOTHER ~ NATURE 1S BUSY (By the Associated Press) | Upheavals of nature claimed at least 170 lives in various parts of the world over. the weekend. Furious blizza hich sent great avalanches th down Alpine slopes in Austria, Italy and Switzer- land killed at least 136 persons. An eruption of Mount Laming- ton in far-off New Guinea Kkilled 23 persons and 34 others are miss- ing. Eight persons fishing boats gales in northern Besancon, France, heavy snowfall caused a farmhouse chimney to | collapse and three persons sleeping inside perished. In addition, many small streams flooded in western Germany as a 11t of heavy rain and melting | snow, but no loss of life was re- ported. | | | i I er and-11 after heavy orway. Near are dead ssing Edward Demoski Missing in Korea WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 — (@ — Casualty list No. 207, released to- day by the Department of Defense, reported Army Pfc. Edwgrd De- moski, brother of Miss Justine De- moski, Koyukuk, Alaska, as missing in action in Korea. RED PATROLS Thrust MrdeDeep Into Commie Territory-Ridg- way Says Situation 0K (By the Assoclated Press Four powerful Allied columns looking for a fight thrust deep into Communist territory today but Reds on the western Korean front didn't answer the challenge. The motorized columns were bol- stered with tanks and mobile artil- lery. They returned to the main Al- lied lines late Monday afternoon after blasting several Red patrols in minor skirmishes. The columns ranged across a 50- mile span of the western front and pushed within less than 25 miles of Red-held Seoul. Termed officially a ‘“reconnaissance in considerable force,” the scouting patrols were charged with taking Red prisoners and obtaining information on Com- munist troop buildups. Reds Run “T guess they saw us coming and ran to the north to hide,” an Allied | intelligence officer said. “They seem to be willing to stay tand fight when we send out small !pmml.\ But when we beef one up l.md hunt them out with it they run away. “Then we pull out and they filter back into their former positions.” On the central front, Allied forces retook Wonju airstrip and nearby Hill 233 Monday after a three-hour fight, A Communist regiment had held the commanding ‘hill for two days. Central Front OK Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway landed at the field a few hours after the fight. The Eighth Army (chief said the central front situa- ition “is perfect and getting better all the time.” Wonju is the road and rail gate to the heart of South Korea. Allied forces withdrew last Tuesday after la fighting stand there of nearly three weeks but strong patrols re- turned last Friday. Ridgway praised the Second Divi- Jsion for its dogged Wonju stand and lauded French troops fighting with it. Reds Massing in West Along the western front, where the Reds also were reported massing troops for a new drive, the four Allied combat patrols met virtually no opposition. west was called ‘reconnaissance in considerable force.” One column drove straight through Osan, 28 air miles south of Seoul and pushed on north of the town. A second col- jumn ranged through Kumyang- jang, 10 miles northeast of San. A third drove north between these two columns. Dead In Snow One column reached the outskirts of Ichon and, running into some opposition, left 22 enemy dead sprawled in the snow. The hour- long skirmish was fought in near zero weather. The enemy stepped up its air ‘attacks. Twelve Soviet-built MIG fighter jets made a half-hearted swipe at four U.S. F-84 jets over North Korea and then turned tail for the safety of the Manchurian border. A total of 54 Russian-type jets were spotted in the air Sunday FWS AIRCRAFT SUPERVISOR TO INSPECT SKI PLANE ! DAMAGED AT PILOT POINT ; Byron Cowles, Acting Aircraft Supervisor for the Fish and Wild- life Service at Anchorage will fly to Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula to inspect the wreckage of the i Cessna ski plane damaged when it came in for a landing there last Thursday. Advices to the local FWS office today from Cowles said he would salvage parts of the plane if it could not be repaired. | ANDY HOPE ARRIVES 1 Andrew Hope, representative from Sitka, is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. FROM OREGON Charles W. Munford of Cornelius, Ore,, arrived here yesterday on PAA and is stopping at the Baranof ‘Hotel. i 1 i ! The prowling of mechanized col-{disaster” but “if a determined enemy umns behind enemy lines in the is willing to expend the effort, PLANNING Palrol Seek Eng 5 SRR s e e Well-armed infantrymen move up hill in Wonju front sector as Allied forces launch attack against en- emy-held hill in subzero temperature. United Nations troops fought their way back into Wonju 1-19) as Red forces were routed in snow-mantled east central Korea. (P Wirephoto. MILITARY | STRENGTH Bradley Gives His Views Before Congress on | Preparedness WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 — (® &N Gen. Omar Bradley told Congress today the military forces the United States is planning “are sufficient in my opinion to avert disaster for our country.” Testifying before the Senate Pre- paredness subcommittee, the chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said bombing of American cities might be possible but “there is little real danger now of the continental United States being invaded and overrun so far as we can see.” Bradley said U.S. air defenses, “combined with the efforts of the Canadians,” could avert “complete some bombers will get through.” Bradley was before the committee to endorse the Defense Department’s proposals for drafting of 18-year- olds and extending the period of draft service from 21 to 27 months. He gave the committee in addi- tion a briefing on how the services plan to meet any attack, “The initial retaliation against an enemy by strategic bombing will be provided if the air power and the necessary army and navy support to seize and hold the bases from which to operate are in our hands the moment an emergency arises,” he said. “The closer the bases are to the enemy the easier it will be, and the less costly it will be, to provide a sustained retaliation air attack. “Our strategy does not include a retraction of all of our military power to the continental limits of the North American continent when we are attacked.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 22 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 991, American Tel. and Tel. 153'%, Anaconda 40%, Douglas Aircraft 106, General Electric 51%, General Motors 487, Goodyear 71, Kenne- cott 76%, Libby McNeill and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 32%, Standard Oil of California 92%, Twentieth Century Fox 22%, US. Steel 45%, Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange 95.06%. Sales today were 2,570,000 shares, . Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 244.29, rails 83.30, utilities 4221 FROM PETERSBURG James H. Wheeler of Pecersburg i5 at the Baranof Hotel. ‘ ‘Peacement’ Plan Projedt | By Wallace BOSTON, Jan. 22—(M—What the world needs for peace is “a really big PWA project” costing $10 billion a year and open to Iron Curtain, countries if they behave so as to deserve it. That is the new plan announced yesterday by former Vice President | Henry A. Wallace who said his idea | is not appeasement but "a-peace- ment.” Wallace told an audience at the! Non-Sectarian Community church:‘1 “I would spell out a really big PWA | project for the whole world in terms of specific dams, roads, bridges, electrification for towns and farms, irrigation ditches and | fertilizer factories in definite spots.” The $10 billion would be spent through the United Nations and | some of it would go behind the Iron Curtain on these conditions listed by Wallace: “Park the atom bombs, discon- tinue fifth column activities and build a U.N. police force stronger than the armed might of any indus- trial nation.” 5Families Burned Qut, Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jann 22—(® —irive families were made homeless by a $50,000 apartment house fire here. A frozen fire hose in 50 degree below zero weather hampered fire fighters, For 12 hours fire trucks shuttled a half mile to bring water to the fire. Cause of the blaze was undeter- mined. The homeless families were taken in by neighbors. Only casualties were frostbitten thumbs and eyelids. A policeman and fireman had to remove their boots and separate their toes, which had frozen to- gether. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle scheduled to arrive at 5 o'clock this afternoon west bound. Baranof from west in port and scheduled to sail south at 3:30 this afternoon. Princess Norah from Skagway scheduled to arrive at 7 am. to- morrow and sails south one hour later at 8 o'clock. | some in remote 100 MEN FOR JOBS IN ALASKA Government Issues Call for Certain Craftsmen for CAA in Northland By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON, Jan, 22 — (A — | Your government started out today to line up 100 men for jobs in Alaska. And it broke the news of same with one of the most fascinating handouts in the memory of a local fascinating handout editor. Meaning me. The handouts read: “Like moose meat; gold dust?” Without waiting for an answer, the author plunged right into the subject: “Would you like to work where you can pan for gold, collect fine furs, catch big fish, shoot your own meat for the winter?” If the reply is “yes,” then the Civil Aercnautics Administration appears to be your meat. Moose meat, of course. It has openings for 70 aircraft communicators and 30 maintenance technicians in Alaska. Starting pay: $3,875. Turns out they do have to know something besides how to fish. Applicants, other than veterans, must be between 18 and 40, in good health, with good hearing, vision and speech, the handout says—they should be able to use the interna- tional morse code at 25 words a minute, and type 35 words a minute. They should have three years of experience, or its equivalent. But these are messy details, and the handout author obviously was impatient to get on to some high powered descriptive matter. “Posts of duty,” he sang, “May be at any of the stations along the 8,000 miles of Alaskan airways, some of them in cities like An- chorage, Fairbanks or Juneau, and and fascinating spots like farewell, Moses Point, Unalakleet, or down in the famous Kenai Peninsula, which hardy Alas- kans call the “Banana Belt” because of its beauty and the comparative luxury of living and working condi- tions.” (Deep breath). What do the communicators and technicians do in Alaska? “They plunge into its novelties and adventures in their off hours, panning gold along the shore near Yakataga, or Nome, fishing in the teeming lakes and rivers, shooting their moose each fall and storing the meat away for winter, a¥d the lady of the house assembles a beau- tiful (Continued on P;se Two) fur wardrobe and collects carved ivory objects which make SENATORS WAIT FOR BUTROVICH Absent Member Due Here Tomorrow - Lyng Is President Pro Tem Convened shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, the Territorial Senate remained in session for approxi- mately a quarter of an hour, ad- journed until 3 p.m. Tuesday to await the arrival of Senator John Butrovich, Jr,, who is now in Se- attle. Senator Howard Lyng, veteran legislator from the Second Division, was unanimously elected President pro tem after a motion to adjourn had failed by a 9-6 vote that split both parties. After the Senate had been con- vened by Lew M. Williams, Secre- tary of Alaska and following the invocation by the Rev. Fred Mc- Ginnis and administration of the loath of office by District Judge George W. Folta, Senator Lyng moved to adjourn until 3 pm., Tuesday. Senator Lyng said he made this motion out of deference to the Re- publican members, whose senior member, Senator Butrovich, was unavoidably delayed in Seattle. Awaiting the arrival of Senator Butrovich would tend to create more harmony within the Senate than if organization were concluded at once, Senator Lyng said. Vote Is Split Senator Lyng’s motion to adjourn |was defeated 9-6, on the following vote: No — Anderson (D), Barr (D), Beltz (D), Engebreth (R), Garnick (R), Huntley (D), Ipalook (R), MacKenzie (D), McCutcheon (D). Yes—Engstrom (R), Cecble (R), Lhamon (R), Lyng (D), Nolan (D) and Snider (R). Sen. McCutcheon then nominated Sen. Lyng as President pro tem, a unanimous ballot was cast and he was escorted to the chair by Sena- tors McCutcheon, MacKenzie, An- derson and Barr. A motion by Sen. Engstrom to ad- journ until 3 p.m., Tuesday, then carried 9-5, with Senators Barr, Beltz, Huntley, McCutcheon and MacKenzie opposing. | Senator Butrovich is expected from Seattle on the Pan American flight tomorrow, weather permit- ting. ' JAP TREATY MISSION GET OFF FOR TOKYO WASHINGTON, Jan, 22 — P — A US. mission left at 3:11 pm. (EST) today for Tokyo to discuss the possible Japanese peace treaty with General MacArthur and lead- ers of the Japanese government. John Foster Dulles heads the mis- sion. COWLING BUYS VONJA D Robert Cowling entered the high- est bid for the fishing vessel Vonja D at a U. S. marshal's sale last Priday afternoon. Cowling bought the nine-tone gas screw craft for $4,300. Acting U. 8. Marshal Walter G. Hellan conducted the sale to satisfy a mortgage on the vessel. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 21; minimum, 14. At Airport—Maximum, 21; minimum, 14. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued cloudy with gusty northeasterly winds and oc- casional snow flurries to- night and Tuesday. Lowest temperature tonight near 10 degrees. Highest Tuesday about 12. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 &.m. today City of Juneau—0.02 inches; since Jan. 1 — 3.86 inches; since July 1—41.65 inches. At Airport — 0.03 inches since Jan. 1 — 224 inches; since July 1—30:24 inches. e o 0 0 0 0 0 00 EGAN NAMED SPEAKER ON OPENING DAY Mrs. Marga?eT Grisham Is Chief Clerk-Commit- fees A(e Selected The House of Representatives of the 20th Territorial Legislature was convened at 10:12 a.m. today and Qquickly organized by electing Wil- liam A. Egan as Speaker and Mrs. | Margaret Grisham of Juneau as Chief Clerk. Called to order by Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Williams, 22 of the { 24 Representatives responded to the roll call. Absent were Rep. Stanley IMcCutchenn of Anchorage, now en- {route here from Washington, D.C,, and Rep. Frank G. Johnson of Kake, delayed by weather. * Following an invocation by the Rev. Fred McGinnis, pastor of the Methodist church, District Judge George W. Folta administered the oath of office. | Nominated by Rep. Wendell Kay jof Anchorage and with opposition, Rep. Egan was first seated as Tem- porary Speaker. He was escorted to the chair by Reps. Wendell Kay of the Third Division, Glen D. Frank- lin of the Fourth, Waino Hendrick- son of the First and Frank Degnan of the Second. Egan and Barnes Nominated { Rep. Egan was nominated for Permanent Speaker by Rep. Frank- lin and Rep. George Miscovich of the Fourth Division nominated Rep. y Doris M. Barnes of the First, Divi- sion. This is believed to be the first time a woman has been candidate . for Speaker. A roll call on Egan’s name gar- nered him 13 votes, all the Demo- cratic votes present, the Republi- cans voting solidly “No.” When it I became obvious, however, that the Republican candidate did not hpe a chance, a motion to accept Rep. Egan as Speaker was adopted with- out objection. Mrs. Grisham was nominated by Rep. Jack Conright of Anchorage as Chief Clerk. Rep. Amelia Gunder- sen of Ketchikan seconded the ! nomination and Mrs. Grisham was 1 elected without opposition. Wahto is Elected Douglas Wahto of Douglas was nominated for Sergeant-at-Arms by Rep. C. C. Carlson of Cordova and elected to the office. House Chaplain for the session will be the Rev. Samuel McPhetres, Irecwr of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal, Juneau. Following a suspension of the (rules by another party-line vote, iSpeaker Egan named Reps. Doris i M. Barnes, Amelia Gundersen and Andrew Hope of the First Division, George Madsen of the Second Divi- sion, C. C. Carlson and Jack Con- right of the Third Division and Glen D. Franklin of the Fourth Division as the Committee on Committees. Rep. Franklin headed the com- mittee, which reported back after a rshort recess, recommending the committee appointments listed be- low. The report of the Committee on Committees was unanimously adop- i ted. House Committees ‘The following are the House Com- mittee memberships, as recom- mended by the Committee on Com- mittees, the first named on each committee being temporary chair- man. Each committee will elect its own chairman. The division from which each member comes is indi- cated by figures. Agriculture—Pollard (3), Gasser (4), Degnan (2), MacKinnon: (1). Banks, Banking and Corporations —Locken (1), McCutcheon (3), Step- ovich (4), Conright (3), Madsen (2). Education — Scavenius (3), Met- calfe (1), Gundersen (1), Wilbur (4), Laws (2). Elections, Election Laws and Mile- age—Conright (3), Carlsen (3), Hope (1), Hendrickson (1), Gasser (4). Engrossment and Enrollment — Hendrickson (1), Pollard (3), Wells (2), Gasser (4), MacKinnon (1), Degnan (2). Fisheries, Fish and Game — Carl- son (3), Hope (1), Scavenius (3), Locken (1), Johnson (1), Pollard (3), Wells (2). Jsudiciary and Federal Relatioms —Kay (3), McCutcheon (3), Locken l"*«cm’mnue'd on Page TWo)