The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1951, Page 1

THE DATL — ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE -TIME” VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,716 JU. EAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1951 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN TENTS — Extension of Draft Period Is Now Eye Stalin’ STATEHOOD, DEFENSE ATiSSUE Committees Créfated - New Bill Would Eliminate Highway Patrol es ! The House of Representati this morning voted to create two| new committees—a standing Com- | mittee on Civilian Defense and special Committee on Statehood. The vote came only after consid- erable wrangling and after the original motion to throw the two| matters together in a Committee on Statehood and Defense had been | voted down. Three new bills were introduced during the morning session, includ- ing one to abolish the present| Highway Patrol and to set up a] Department of Police under a Su- perintendent of Police appointed by the Attorney General. The statehood-and-defense ques- | tion, carried over from yesterday, was briefly debated. Rep. Scavenius, who made the motion to create the committee, asserted that statehood is imperative to defense of Alaska and the two are inseparable. Rep. Waino Hendrickson said civilian defense has been weakened | by being spread among too many | agencies. He felt that questions of | civilian defense should be kept| separate from statehocod. The motion to create a committee was defeated 10-11 Committee on Statehood Rep. Kay then moved for the cre- ation of a standing Committee on | Statehood, | When Rep. Miscovich pointed to the existing Alaska Statehood Com- mittee, Rep. Kay said he believes the Alaska Statehood -Committee has fallen down on a part of its job and that this might be considered by a legislative commitiee. Rep. Kay went on to say that he has heard objections to features of | the statehood bills presently before | Congress and he thought the mat- ter should be considered by a legis- lative committee which could then adopt recommendations. | Rep. Amelia Gundersen com-| mented: “The Statehood Commit- tee hasn’t done much and should be looked into.” | The vote on the motion was 14-7/| but after objection by Rep. Stepo- vich that a two-third vote was re-* quired, it was decided by the Ruleai Committee that the motion was | out of order. - Subsequently, a motion by Rep. Kay to create a special Committee on Statehood, which would function only during the present session, car- ried 20-1, with 3 absent. Laws Named “Enemy” There was another fuss over statehood when the Committee on Committees named Rep. W. W. Laws of Nome temporary chairman " (Continued on Page Two) The Washingtion| Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON — Last week I¢ went up to the little Pennsylvania town where I spent most of my boyhood, to help dedicate the begin- ning of a new town hall. It brought back a lot of memories. It also set me thinking about what forms the real foundation of govern- ment in this country—namely, the small towns of America. Swarthmore boasteq about 2,000 people when I grew up there, and it still isn’t much bigger now. The houses are of that early peniten- tiary, mansard-roof type; solid, a little ugly, but both the hearth- stones and the hearts of the people inside are warm. A few things about my town have changed in the 30-odd years since I moved away—but not many. There’s a new movie house—un- hearqd of in my day. And an under- pass has replaced the old railroad grade crossing where watchman, Mike McCarthy, friend of every| kid in town, used to fret and fume until school was out and | said 1 Kuhel of Cleveland, Ohio. saw his shadow as he crawled out of his elaborate heated dugout on Korea’s central front. groundhog, Kuhel could tell that spring was not just around the corner as he felt the nip of 24-degrees-below-zero temperature. (# Wirephoto. Like the PRICE, WAGE FREEZE NOW Stabilizer Johnston Expect- ed fo Issue Orders in Next Few Days WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 4] Price Stabilizer Michael Disalle said toddy he has given Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston recommen- dations for a price freeze. He made the tement before the joint Senate-House Economic Committee. Disalle did not ms tails of his e public de- recommendations but that an announcement prob- ably will be made within a couple of days. His testimony followed word from other officials that a price rollback | may be expected tomorrow, possibly followed by a wage freeze on Friday. of Jan. 2 was reported by informed government sources to be in the works. Lid on Wages The wage action, it was under- stood, will put a lid on wages as of the day announced. Johnston, long time president nf.m the United States Chamber of Com- merce and lately the president of the Motion Picture Association, is understood to be planning a radio and television broadcast tomorrow the public of his plans. Order Expected He took the oath of office from Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson in a brief ceremony in President Tru- man’s news conference room in the old State Department building. An order was due shortly from Johnston giving autonomous power over prices to Price Stabilizion Di- rector Michael V. Disalle and over wages to the nine-member Wage Stabilization Board headed by Cyrus S. Ching. Under Johnston’s predecessor, Alan Valentine, who resigned Fri- day, Disalle enjoyed only limited authority and the wage board had received no delegation of power—it was merely an advisory body to Valentine. LOW ROUNDTRIP FARE T0 ANCHORAGE $85 FEB. 13 T0 MAR. 4 A short period low-fare, round trip rate to Anchorage will be of- fered by Pacific Northern Airlines from February 13 through March 4, Robert Pheasant, Juneau agent, ,€ald today. This takes in the Fur; | Rendezvous dates. The special fare iwill be $85, plus tax. The present’ | closed toda i | | the 1 would An overall price ceiling at levels | | Ke s - ! | evening, at which time he will ten| ™ | til { Service ELIMINATE LANDS IN 5. E. ALASKA| i Formal recommendation has been' made by the U. S. Forest Service: that certain lands adjacent to towns in Southeast Alaska needed for community growth be eliminated | from the National Forests, Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman dis- . This recommendation was made in the last month while Heintzleman was in Washington on Forest Service business. Lands eliminated by the Forest Service from the National Forests will come under the regulations of 1 of Land Management, | uarters in Anchorage. recommendations by the | Forest Service are a result of a! survey made last summer by the Bureau of Land Management and : Forest Service to determine 1 lands that are to in order to simplify of homesites. with he: of going through two before finally acquiring to his land only one process then be required of the homesteader. Towns to be chiefly affected by the transfer will be Juneau, Doug- las, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell and chikan and Craig. The boundaries in the Juneau area extend on the beach and along the highway from Juneau north Eagle River, and on Douglas Island from Douglas north to the omuth of Fish Creek Heintzleman Similar areas along National place said. [Recapture Key Mountain | attack after an air and artillery ! the ice-covered Han river after an i Force later revised its toll. i Iters said patrols were sweeping the highways will be aifected other Southgist Alaska Forest the towns. Date of the actual transfer has not yet been made known and un- such time the Forest Service will continue to handle applications for homesites. It is expected the entire regula- tion of the lands to be eliminated will require that the Bureau of Land Management extend its or- ganization from Anchorage to Southeast Alaska to handle the work involved. Heintzleman said that after the transfer is effected the main high- ways in the eliminated areas would continue to be Forest Highways and thus continue to be built, im- proved and maintained with Na- tional Forest Highway funds by the Bureau of Public Roads. However, he said, the branch roads system can then no longer be maintained or extended as has been done in the past by the Forest but will have to be taken over by some other agency. While no statement was made, presumably these secondary roads, after the elimination of homesites from the National Forests, will have to be taken over by the Territory. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof scheduled to sail from ALLIES IN SLASH OF 10 MILES Town - Air and Arfillery Bombardment Reported (By the Associated Press) Allied troops slashed more than 10 miles beyond Wonju on the cen- tral Korean front today and to the southeast recaptured the key moun- tain town of Yongwol. A heavily-armed patrol with tanks blazed through Hoengsong, 10 miles north of Wonju, and pushed on to within 33 miles of the 38th parallel before withdrawing, 'a field dispatch said. It was the farthest northward advance by any Allied force since Seoul, the Korean capital, was abandoned. On the way back the task force was engaged by a com- pany of enemy troops. The Reds retreated with heavy casualties. Air Bombardment The Han river town of Yongwol southeast of Wonju fell to Allied bombardment. The capturing force was not iden- tified. However, the U.S. Seventh | Division, only American force to; reach the Manchurian border ir the Korean war, has been operating south of the tungsten mining town. AP. Correspondent Tom Stone said the attacking force drove across intense air and artillery barrage. Keds Flee The surprised Reds fled, leaving only light opposition. In the air, swift U.S. F-84 Thun- derjets damaged three Russian- built MIG-15s in northwest Korea. First reports had claimed one enemy jet shot down but the Fifth Airy On the western front, the Eighth Army communique reported that enemy troops had been seen enter- ing the town of Ichon, 30 air miles southeast of Seoul: The communique said there was no contact in this sector. Lt. Gen.; Matthew B. Ridgway’s headquar- eastern and central front in an ef- fort to keep contact with the enemy, now showing a reluctance to fight. West Europe Nalionsi MustBrand Red China To Receive Mil. Aid| (By Associated Press) Washington lawmakers are de- manding that Western European nations expecting military did from this country join in the move to !brand Red China an aggressor in Korea. Among them, Republican Sena- tor Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa’ says the Senate resolution passed yesterday endorsing U.S. efforts in the U.N. should serve notice of this country’s sentiments to Atlantic Pact partners. And Oregon’s Republican Senator Wayne Morse says its time Britain decides “whether she is on our side or on the side of Red China.” e o o 0 o l WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 12; minimum, 9. At Airport—Maximum, 13; minimum, 8. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with gusty northeasterly winds and light snow flurries tonight and Thursday. Lowest tem- perature tonight about 7, highest Thursday near 10. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.02 inches; since Jan. 1 — 394 inches; 5 Georgi M. Malenkov (left), who controls the Commu nist party apparatus; Lavrenty P. Beria (center), controls the police system; and Deputy Prime Minister V. M. Molotov (right)—are believed by w officials to be sharpening their contest for the top spot in Russia as Premier Stalin’s scccessor. o s Mantle i who tern Stalin’s health isa taboo subject for the Soviet press, but at 71, Stalin apparently is aware he cannot long sustain the iron grip which he has held on his subordinates. (P Wirephoto. TREND T0 SEND TROOPS 10 EUROPUE WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—(P—The administration can count on the Senate Foreign Relations and Arm- ed Services Committee to approve a resolution indorsing the dispatch of American troops to Europe. A spot check by the Associated Press of 21 of the 26 members of the two committees showed that as of today 14 favor such a move and not one publicly opposes it. A favorable recommendation by the two committees would carry heavy weight with the Senate it- self, However, there was a sharp but inconclusive difference of opinion among the 21 committeemen reach- ed on whether Congress should put a ceiling on the number of ground forces that may be dispatched un- der the North Atlantic Treaty. Senator Taft (R-Ohio), who fa- vors limiting the number of divi- sions involved, has said he will carry that issue to the Senate floor. BARTLETT PUTS [N 2 MEASURES WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 — (® — Delegate Bartlett of Alaska has in- | troduced a bill to allow lands re-| served to Alaska for educational purposes to be leased for periods not to exceed 99 years. Another bill would permit govern- ment agencies to pay cost of living allowances and additional compen- sation to officers and employees of | the United States stationed outside | this country or in Alaska. | Brifish Fereign Secrefary Is lIl; LONDON, Jan. 24—®—The For-l eign Office disclosed today that Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has pneumonia. Bevin, who has been in poor health for the last two years, came down yesterday with what was first diagnosed as influenza. He will be 70 in March. i HOUSEWIFE IMPROVES ART LOS ANGELES—#—Mrs. Eliza- beth Ann Fry, a housewife who! has never had an art lesson, spends | her spare time improving on the work of professional painters. Mrs. Fry specializes in renovating statues and religious objects in| churches, convents and monasteries. | She touches up paint faded by the | passage of time or if necessary removes the old pigment and ap-| plies a complete new coat. She got the jdea “while putting on my makeup one day” and has been { ment, Free World Unity Plea 0f Acheson WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—{P— Secretary Acheson said today every possible effort is being made to pre- serve unity of the free world in the United Nations crisis over branding Communist China an aggressor in Korea. Making it clear he considers the situation to be too delicate, the Secretary of State declined at a news conference to comment on: 1. British Prime Minister Attlee’s speech in Parliament yesterday calling for a wait and see policy by the UN toward Red China, or 2. Today's speech by Prime Min- ister Nehru of India criticizing the United States condemnation of Communist China. Acheson said in response to a question on the Attlee speech that he did not think it would be at all helpful for him to comment at this time. Every possible effort, he said, is being made to preserve the unity of the great free world and that is what the United States wants to achieve. Despite Acheson’s refusal to com- it was plain the Nehru speech haq aroused immediate in- tense interest at the State Depart- ment. y NATURALIZATION NEW CITIZENS Bt HELD TOMORROW A class of 14 and possibly 15 pot- itioners for naturalization as citi- zens of the United States will ap- pear with witnesses in the U. S. Distrdict Court to be examined by Judge George W. Folta, commenc- ing at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. will be completed so that the nat- uralization ceremony may take place in court at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, At that time petitioners for naturalization will take the oath of allegiance to the United States of America and will be sworn in by Judge Folta concerning the priv- elges and duties of a citizen of the United States. The program arranged for the occasion will include an address by Territorial Treasurer Henry Roden, and the presentation to each new citizen of an American Flag by Dr. 1. J. Montgomery, who will repre- sent the American Legion. United States District Attorney P, J. Gil- more, Jr. will present each of the new citizens with a pamphlet en- titled “A Welcome to U.S.A. Cit- izenshop,” prepared by the Immi- gration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice. The naturalization ceremony will It is expected the examinations | NEHRU HAS CRITICISM, US. POLICY NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 24—#—} Prime Minister Nehru of India, in a broadcast bristling with criticism of the United States’ policy in Asia, called tonight for a conference of | major powers to discuss world prob- lems, “instead of talking at each other across thousands of miles.” “It is clear that enough has been | said on both sides for negotiation in a conference to be the next fruitful step,” Nehru said. The Indian leader contended the American proposal to name Com-1 munist China an aggressor in Korea —a policy backed by both Houses of the U.S. Congres cannot lead to peac 8 i H “It can only lead to imemmcu-i tion of conflicts and might perhaps | [close the door to any attempt at! solution by negotiation “It is a tremendous respon.slbllity[ for any person to take such a, | step.” Nehru's broadcast marked his re- turn from the London meeting of Prime Ministers of the British Com- } monwealth of nations. Great Britain | also is opposing any plans to imA] pose U.N. penalties against the Red Chinese as aggressors. | At no point in his address did! Nehru refer to the United States by name. | i GOVERNMENT LOSES 'TAX WITHHOLDING! 'SUIT IN CONNECTICUT i | NEW HAVEN, Jan. 24—{P—A fed- | eral jury here today returned a ver dict for Vivien Keller in the | Stongington industrialist’s with- holding tax suit against the United ! States and the Collector of Internal | Revenue for Connecticut. The jury was out approximately | 1 three hours. 1 The action ended a two-day civil suit in which the interpretation of the word “wilfull” was the major | tactor. | The jury’s job was to determine| whether the Kellems, who brought | ithe suit, were entitled to get pen- | alty money $6,133.80, back from the! | collector, John W. atrick. srofiggpflbns | NEW YORK, Jan. 24 — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 3%, American Can| 97%, American Tel. and Tel. 152, Anaconda 39%, Douglas Aircraft 1102, General Electric 53%, General Motors 487, Goodyear T1 Kenne- cott 74%, Libby McNeill and Libby | 9%, Northern Pacific 327%, Stan- dard Oil of California 92%, Twen- tieth Century Fox 21%, U.S. Steel 45, Pound $2.80 1/6, Canadian Ex- U TRAINING PERIOD IS INCREASED tAnna Rpsenbeig Gives Testimony at Hearing- Save Taxpayers' Money Jrged WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 — (® — The Defense Department said today extension of the draft period from 21 to 27 months would save tax- payers $700,000,000 annual training costs and yield 50 percent more service from troops. These arguments were advanced by Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary, in further support of the Department’s request for the 27-months draft period, along with { power to draft 18-year-olds under a universal military service and train- ing program. She appeared before the House Armed Services Com- mittee. She said the 27-month period would mean fewer men would have to be trained, at a consequent sav- ings. Present Training Since from 9 to 11 months are now consumed in training, travel and leave, an inductee under the present 21-month draft limit has only 12 months “effective service” in a possible Western Defense the- ater and 10 months in a Far East theater, she told the committee, ‘With the same nine to 11 months deducted under a 27-month draft limit, Mrs. Rosenberg said, the in- ductee would have 18 months “ef- fective service” in a European the- ater and 16 months in a Far East theater. The question of deferring the military service of thousands of young men while they study to be dentists, physicians, engineers or scientists came up at a meeting of a preparedness subgroup of the Senate Armed Service Committee. Want Dental Students Dr. Rudolph Friedrich of Plain- field, N.J., said the American Den- tal Association recommends that at least 5,000 pre-dental students be assured each year, of whom 2,800 eventually would graduate four years later. : Senator Saltonstall (R-Mass) questioned the wisdom of heavy de- ferments, asking: “Where are you going to get the men to fight?” LOWEST WEEKLY KOREA CASUALTY LIST SINCE NOY. WASHINGTON, Jan, 24 — (B — A Week's rise of 1,064 in Korean War casualties—the smallest weekly increase since late in November— was reported today by the Defense Department. This raised the total to 46,201, By comparison, the Department’s figure on new casualties last week was 2424, Last September, -there was one. week when it reported 4,974—the largest weekly figure re- orted for the war. The new cumulative total in- cludes casualties whose next of kin were notified through midnight, Jan. 19. It compares with 45,137 in the Department’s last previous weekly report. Total Army casualties were 37,953, Navy 519, Marines 7,369, and Air Force 360. Total deaths were Army 5971, Navy 67, Marines 1325, Air Forg 136. COURT PARTY LEAVES SAT. FOR ANCHORAGE Judge George W. Folta and a court party from the staff of the District Court here expect to leave Juneau Saturday for Anchorage to assist Judge Anthony J. Dimond with business in the Third Division present term of court for the next several weeks. In the party accompanying Judge Folta will be Thomas Stewart, law clerk, Mildreq Maynard, court re- all the children had been herded be held in open court and the pub- lic may attend. change 94.87%. Sales today were 2,000,000 shares Averages today are as follows: in- There are 12,500 practicing for-!dustrials 244.34, rails 82.28, utilities esters in the United States. 142.01. porter and Marie Jensen, secretary to the Judge. since July 1—41.93 inches. At Airport Trace; doing it for several years. | is | Seattle 4 p.m. Friday. ross the tracks, rate is $113.40, plus tax. t % flcs?);e ;wank new homes have | Princess Norah scheduled to sail 1t the cow pastures and | rom Va_ucouver, 8 p.m., January 31.| e since Jan. 1 — 2.24 inches; heey bl e k: 1 Denali from west scheduled to|e since July 1—30.24 inches. ® 0o 00 0 00 00 0 s e ceeececcsccccccoceccsoe William F, Robertson of Seattle iis staying at the Baranof Hotel, It is less likely to snow in very cold weather because cold air does not hold much water vapor. AT THE GASTINEAU 2 Sereant i AR e RS . B R S0IIn, 9T, of Anchorage | (Continued on Page Four) lis stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. lnrrive Sunday morning southbound. L