The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1951, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” | VOL. l“\\\l NO. 11,724 EAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEB lnL'Al\\ 2‘ 1 Ml..\! JE R A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN (‘E.\'T@ Strengthened UN Forces s Press Closz=r tc Seoul Her 18th Child FIVE-CENT TAX ONCIGARETTES | IS PROPOSED Senalor Mc&f?heon Inro- duces Bill-Liquor Li- ense Blll Alse In A 5-cent a pac landed in the ter day. ! Sen. Steve McCutcheon (D-Anch- orage) introduced the bill to amend | the 1949 3-cent a pack law. McCutcheon predicted passage of the ta e. He many 1ators new tax measure: favor for boosting because most price an even nickel when tax was put on. All tobacco tax still go to an earr ction fund. The es no change in that provision The tobacco ta wceording reports. said any ed cig 1 ret; revenue would ~hool con- str amendment ma of the present law. raised $442,000 to tax comumn. The bill filed today the tax on packs of from 8 cents to 10. It held top inte among three bills filed in the Senate. One of the others was a tax enabling ! the other a liquor amendment. The former, by McCutcheon would allow an increase to 3 per cent (30 mills) in the tax on I and personal property for municipal and school district- purposes. The present maxim pllowed under the law is 20 mills (2 per cent) McCutcheon said the 30-mill ceil- | ing is asked by the territ Mu- | nicipal League. He Congress authorized the legislature seve years ago to boost the tax ceil to 30 mills. Sen. R. M. MacKenzie (D-Ketch- ikan) dropped in a bill to reliey liquor dealers outside of incory ated towns from the neces: circulating petitions for r signatures for each annual renewal | of their license, providing they have not been found guilty of any law infractions. would 50 cigs act was ients’ i The petitions still would have to |; dispenser a new be circulated before a could get a license to open spot, but thereafter the license re- newals could be obtained from y to year by merely paying the quired fee. MacKenzie said the purpose to equalize the situation for de jnside and outside incorporats od | towns. He said the petition lating for renewals in towns is NOT | required because a dealer can go before the city council for his re- newal. | The Senate received a sheaf of correspondence today from Ro Kimball of Fairbanks, Democratic nominee for labor commissioner last year, asking that he be sum- moned to air officially his com- plaints against the territorial veter- ans affairs office. He enumerated several tions in strong language. The Senate sidetracked the matter | by referring the correspondence tow the education committee. Sen. Howard picked up the chance to put in a| plug for the legislative nncsm,,u-\ ing committee that has been propos- | ed in a House bill. Lyng said he didn’t think the in- dividual complainant should be called before the Senate *but this is one more reason we should have | h a committee. It could handle suLh complaints as this. There are many rumors and repor‘s fiving about and such a committee (‘r:\l‘d look into them.” (The investigating committee bill | was still land-locked in the House judiciary committee, to which it | was referred a week ago). Sen. Frank Barr (D-Fairbanks) | suggested that if the Senate should be inclined to start calling in indi- viduals to air their complaints about | government or government agen- cies, “perhaps we should engage a psychiatrist, too.” Sen. John Butrovich banks) su ed that any person with a grievance can receive a hearing from legislators, but declar- | ed “we can’t call them in here by subpoena. If we did we would be paying transportation” for a parade of them. The Senate adjourned before noon | until 10 a:m. tomorrow. . re- a aler | allega- | | in readines Lyng (D-Nome) "l | Michig | tax | substantial amount, the corre siled by eight of withh arm ¢n bed. Other ch Thor 2 bed) mag 4. Joseph and James, 4. B Wir FIREME !a’ TO GIVE LHJ FER 168 Ew iv B meeting d e ant its 'w'mh.y tk the club \andling February 10, r ed e for 'I funds by e the F 1 0! blowc held over big A long (’xx;m ion wa. the operation of the bulance. It was pointed out that calls are handled by firemen immediately “\xl‘l':lb](’ on a non-reimburseable asis. Chief Minard Mill announced the cheme of dispersal of fire equip- | and the | n to be taken by the depart- in case of an air ra ests at the meeting were Miss y Kennedy, Elmer A. Friend, Ed- Sweeney and Bert Caro. ef Sorenson officiated with his usual professional style over a lunch of Alaska shrimp. TOR eattle is stop- Hotel, SEATTLE :The Wavh'ugion Merry-Go-Pau By DREW PE'\RH()V iCopyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—The two men who rule t 1icago underworld to- are Tony Accardo and Jack Gu- Not only e they taken over st and profitable domain of ne along the shores of Lake | they ime have spread out |into the lush cr fields of Flor- ida and Cal 5 go Accardo and Gu- informally as a r partnership | overnment that had earned the 1946 they and notified for the year a total of $130,000 The source |listed me: 3 which poses an obviou Uncle Sam’; al Revenu writing the {followir the hottom of Guzik’'s and return: ¥ “The ed fo divulge { the soure me. Inso- much as the partner: !.m reports a s profit they | “other income,’ problem for Intern- that year by notation at Accardo’s of ctors. ne of which is impossible to chec opined that further investigatio: S impracticable.—(signed) Ned Klein, Revenue Agent.” This was about the Klein could do under the stances.’ However, if Secreta the Treasury Snyder wanted to {up a special tax squad to watch (Continued on Page Four) ; twins Deloris and John, nd her 18th child, children. Agnes Griser, 16, hildpen (left to right) 11; 16; Dorothy, 7; twins (leaning on ephoto. CITY FATHER §¥9 FACE MOVING DAY new born amuel, that t w Juneau City il be at tonight find housi for to var- it is y for ce Building built on the present y Hall and AB Hall iven to the City for the pro- to be opened for the Fire the subport or Young warehouse to store. The building the Juneau Health be moved. Of- ave to be found k, city engineer and au r of the in a the re whic! have already been e U. S. Marshal’s of- to he city prisoners in the feral J fice se { moving the Sturm { ers will also be business pending includes jon regarding a hearing to rates by the Juneau-Douglas vul phone Co.; publication of the ¢ budeet and audit; possible pur- c of the Myhre property ad- | joir the city dock; an oil stor- age tank for city vehicles; result: | of an application to the Territorial Highway Engineer for a new ap- proach to the small boat harbor; a'*d report on clarification of city \ur ng code which has been re- ‘quv\ud by the electrician’s union. STUDENT OFFERS EVES | CAIRO.—(P—An Egyptian law | student has offered his eyes to replace those of Education Minister | Taha H ein Pasha, who has been | totally blind since early childhood. The student is Abdel Hadi Heikal, who is enrolled at Egyptian Uni- versity’s £chool of Law. Friends of the blind minister say the offer | probably will be turned down with/ han A similar offer came from | st student durinz the mini- ster's recent trip through Europe. Taha Hussein Pasha is Egypt mest prominent writer and scholar despite his handicap. His crusade | to spread education in Egypt has! won him great popular support. ACS STAFF MEN FROM SEATTLE IN ALASKA Enroute to their Alaske Commun- ication System headyuarters office in Seattle after a two weeks visit to major stations in Alaska, Capt Brook C. Yden, Assistant Adjutant, | and SFC George Y. Jenick were in Juneau yesterday and today. ‘The ACS staff men left this aft- ernoon and will visit the stati at Petersburg and Ketchikan c« tinuing from the latter city tc Seattle. INLRB Finds Two Coast Ship-| ROBLEMS TONIGHT, 1 T0 BLIND OFFICIM| Marine Union Bargaining Righfs Taken pers, Three Ship Com- panies Guilty SEATTLE, Feb. 2 —(®— A rec- ommendation that the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union (Ind) be stripped of its collective bargain- ing rights in all West Coast ports was announced -today by Robert L. Piper, trial examiner for the Na- tional Labor Relations Board. Piper found the union, two coast wide shipping associations and three Seattle steamship companies guilty of violating the Taft-Hartley Act by operating under a contract in which union members are given job preference through a hiring hall. Other defendants in addition to the union were the Pacific Ameri- can Steamship Owners Association, the the Alaska Steamship Co., the American Mail Line and Pope and Talbot, Inc. Seattle Attorney J. H. Geisne: who filed unfair labor practice charges against the defendants, said Piper’s decision ordered the union and the shippers to make up all wages lost by stewards since Dec. 2, 1948, when the contract became ef- fective. Geisness said restoration cost more than $400,000. The Alaska Steamship Co. was directed to offer reinstatement to! s and to offer employment 100 stewards who the N. L.R.B. trial examiner held had been victims of discrimination. The defendants have 20 days in i which to notify the N. L. R. B. of compliance or to file an appeal with I the board. FOURTH ATOMIC BLAST Explosion Has Force of Earthquake - Felt 400 Miles-Sky Lit Up LAS VEGAS, Nev. Feb. 2—(M— Concussion from another atomic blast some 75 miles away hit this 1 Nevada city today with the force of an earthquake. It shattered a glass window in a downtown department store and would i Pacific Maritime Association, | for raising the $10,000,000,000: The Sabre Strikes An i bre jet pfl‘\s off for a screaming attack on a Communist troop an snow covered village below. U. S. Air Force phuto via P “lr(‘photo. QUICK TAX INCREASE i5 SOUGHT OnlyTen Bllhon Requested by Truman-Another Boost Expected WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — . — President Truman today asked Con- | gress for a quick $10,000,000,000 tax increase and said he will ask still another increase later. In a message to the Legislators, Mr. Truman set out this program 1. A $4,000,000,000 increase in in- dividual income taxes, already scheduled to yield a record $25,000,- 000,000 in the fiscal year starting July 1. 2. A $3,000,000,000 increase in corporation income taxes. These with excess profits taxes included, are scheduled to hit a record $20,- 000,000,000 next year. 3. A $3,000,000,000 increase in ex- cise (sales) taxes — to be “concen- trated upon less essential consumer goods.” These taxes are estimated to yield $8,222,000,000 next year, un- der present tax laws. The schedule outlined would mean a total tax take of $64,200,000,000. This is nearly a third more than brought a flood of calls from alarm- ed citizens to police. One observer on a downtown street said - “Windows in the big stores bulg- ed in and out like balloons. I thought they were all going to do.” Tt was the first damage reported here in the series of shocks. The fourth atomic flash in less than a week lit up the pre-dawn sky with noontime brilliance and was visible in a radius of more than 400 miles throughout the west. Tt was reported seen as far away as the San Francisco Bay area, Brilliance of the light’ and the force of the explosion, which rock- | ed downtown buildings, touched off | new culation about what the| Atomic Enercy Commission is test- ing at its big new range in the ! desolate desert northwest of here. The AEC, as customary, confined tself to confirming that a test had | taken place. | Most witnesses agreed that today" ! concussion came in three waves— |1 small one, then two with stiff, | jolting punches. | As dawn broke, darkish brown | clouds were visible in the clear | morning air in the direction of the | range. They were stretched widely across the horizon in a sort of |cirrus pattern. Both the flash and the concus-| i sion today seemed to last longer than in either of the three previous; FROM SKAGWAY E. H. Richter of Skagway Mrs. A 1 correspondence and ‘Cancer Society activities ils a guest at the Baranof Hobel.lTerriWry. the record collections of World War II when the take reached $43,000,- 000,000 in 1945. The understanding among Con- gress members is that the further increase Mr. Truman is to request Jater would raise government rev- enues to more than $71,000,000,000. SOROPTIMISTS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY COL. ALEXANDER At the business meeting of the Juneau Soroptimists in the Baranof Terrace room today, President Dr. Grace Field announced that speaker at the meeting Friday will be Col. Joseph D. Alexander. Reports were made by Dr. Field and by Alice Schnee and, on mo- tion of Mildred R. Hermann, Alice Thorne was appointed by Dr. Field to be a club liaison officer to handle reports from the regional and national Soropti- mist organization. It was announced that Soropti- mist Laura MacMillan had been clected finance officer and a mem- ber of the board of the Alaska Di- vision of the American Cancer Soc- jety and other Soroptimists on the ACS board were Priscilla Parker and Heléen Monsen. Soroptimist Mildred R. Hermann is commander of the Alaska Division, ACS. The club has been active in sponsoring in the BRIDGES LOCAL IS WINNER N VOTING- ALASKA SCW ISSUE SEATTLE, Feb. 2 —P— The Har- ry Bridges Longshoremen’s Local |7-C rolled up almost a 6-1 margin ,:ator ay in its fight to regain domination over more than 2000 non-resident Alaska Salmon Can- nery workers. Local 7-C polled almost six times as many votes as its nearest op- position in a National Labor Re- lations Board union authorization election for the industry. Local 7-C tallied £64 votes, With the CIO United Packing House Workers drawing 167 votes and the AFL Alaska Fish Canoery Workers 66. Six voted against any union af- filiate and 158 challenged baliots were not counted when Field Fx- aminer Julius Draznin found Lhey, would not affect the result. Workers voted in the election last summer when they returned from their Alaska jobs. However labor practice charges delayed the count until yesterday.” Voting was light | among the 2,060 workers eligible. As results were announced, the defeated unions readied moves to block certification of the election which would restore Local 7-C to the position it held before it lost union authorization rights last year. The election was an effort to unsnarl a maze of conflicting claims which followed when the CIO ex- velled 7-C’s parent union, the To- bacco Cannery and Allied Workes for leftist leanings. The leaders re- taliated by forming 7-C and joining Bridges' International Longshore- men and Warehousemen’s Union and picketing Alaska salmon can- neries and shipping last spring un- til it won equal bargaining rights with the other two unions. The °I0 | also expelled the LLW.U. PETERSBURG VISITOR Finney Trones of atersbunty stopping at the Bdmxmr Hotel. e o o o 5 o 0 00 WEATHER RTPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum 36; minimum, At Airport 27; minimum, 22. 12, Maximum, FORECAST Continued fair with occa- sonal gusty northeasterly winds tonight and Saturday. Low temperature tonight near 18 in town and 5 to 10 in outlying areas. High temperature Saturday near 22, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 &.m. today City of Juneau — Trace. since Jan, 1 — 395 inches; since July 1—4194 inches. At Airport — Trace; since Jan. 1 — 225 inches; since July 1—3025 inches. RED FORCE ~ RESISTANCE WEAKENING - Allies Using Deadly Fire d supply concentartion in the FISENHOWER DIDN'T TELL EVERYTHING Opposes Limit fo American ! Troops fo Europe But He Doesn'tSay How Many WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — (M — Gen.Dwight D.Eisenhower’s opposi- tion to a limit on the number of | American troops to be sent to Eu- rope split the ranks of lawmakers demanding such a ceiling today. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told a re- porter he has not changed his posi- tion that Congress ought to tie down the number of foot soldiers who could be dispatched to help man | Western Europe’s defenses. However, Senator Douglas (D-I1), who has advocated that Congress lflx a ration of American to Eu- ropean troops, said he is surprised at Eisenhower’s opposition and will have to “think the whole matter over.” Radio Talk Tonight Eisenhower has an opportunity tonight to explain more fully his | position on this point when he re- ports to the nation by radio on his survey of Western Europe's de- fenses. His address will be carried on all radio and television net- | works. There were indications, however, that the Pentagon does not want to | disclose with any exactness the | probable U. S. contribution. The | reasoning is that Eisenhower's hands should not be tied. | The general will report to the | House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees in closed ses- | sion earlier in the day. | 42-Division Force l Eisenhower was quoted by lators who heard him in a closed session yesterday as fixing his sights on a 40-division land force by the | end of next year to help guard Eu- | rope against possible Communist | attack. | Some senators said Eisenhower, i Supreme Commander of the North | Atlantic Defense setup, estimated fended successfully by a future land force totaling 1,600,000 men. He gave no estimates on the | American contributions to such an | Army, his listeners said, but insist- {ed that all the Atlantic Pact part- | ners should contribute proportion- ately to the growing defense he has |in mind. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or even: Denali thEd\lle to Seattle, 4 pm. today. Baranof from westward sched- uled to arrive southbound Sunday morning. sail from that Western Europe could be de-! | Power-Trapped Unit, En- circled, Makes Escape (By Associated Press) United Nations forces in strength pressed relentlessly closer today to the Han River which skirts the old Korean capital of Seoul, chiseling away at the main Communist de- | fense lines. Added to the deadly fire power of the Allies was a report of wide- spread typhus among North Kor- ean troops and serious losses by frostbite and trench foot among the Chinese Reds. Enemy will to resist was noticeably weakening, al- | though military experts would not say whether the Allies had cracked the main defense lines. Enemy Death Toll An Eighth Army spokesman esti- mated enemy killed by ground ac- tion at 6,650 since the U. N. limited offensive started Jan. 25. Air re- ports listed an additional 1,442 killed in the same period; but there may be some duplications. Responsible authorities in Wash- ington reported a decision has been made to stop the U. N. drive at the 38th Parallel in the hope that some diplomatic solution to the Korean problem can be found. But com- manders in the field would not com- ment on whether or not they had received such orders. ‘Trapped Unit Escapes On the Allied right flank, a French-American combat team which yesterday was trapped by two enemy regiments totalling about 6,000 Banzai-screaming men, had fought its way out with the aid of Allied air power and reinforce- ments. The main body of the encircling enemy had jumped out of hideouts to squeeze the U. N. outfit on three sides. To the rear, a strong enemy roadblock was set up near Chip- yong. But Allied reinforcement ele- ments coming up from the south virtually wiped out the roadblock. Aggressor Move Blocked The United Nations, having put the brand of aggression on Mao { Tze-tung’s Peiping regime, faced a bigger internal struggle on what to do now. The battle was shaping up behind the scenes, with many of the nations which supported the U. 8. showing strong reluctance to take collective measures against China tual Insurance Company. before all avenues toward a nego- The United States is eager to have the committee on collective measures — sanctions — get to work quickly. FIRST AID COURSE IS ANNOUNCED BY AWVS; T0 START ON MONDAY A First Aid course, sponsored by the American Women'’s Volun- tary Services, will start next week, it was announced today by Mrs. Ernest Gruening, and first meet-* mg of the 30-hour course will be at 8 o'clock Monday, February 5 at the Governor’s House. New and revised First Aid books that cover new techniques includ- ing atomic bomb first aid will be used for the course, Mrs. Gruening said. All interested, whether AWVS members or not, are invited to at- tend the course. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 2 — Clo&&iz quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 107, American Tei. & Tel. 153%, Anaconda 41'%, Douglas Aircraft 104, General Electric 54%, General Mot- ors 50'%, Goodyear 72%, Kennecott 76, Libby, McNeil & Libby 9, North- rn Pacific 35%, Standard Oil of California 97, Twentieth Century Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 47%, Pound 280, Canadian Exchange 95.12%. Sales today were 3,030,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: | Industrials 25278, rails 89.12, util- liues 4247, I i