The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1951, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI,, NO. 11,727 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — | Allied Tan Aluminum Plant af Skagway FREE TRIP, NO TAKERS IN HOUSE Voie fo Send Member fo Washingfon-If They Can Pick One The House decided this morning not to send a representative to Washington, D. C. for the confer- ence on civilian defense. A motien by Rep. Barnes to name Col. J. D. Alexander the repre- sentative of the Legislature at the conference was voted down 9-15 after some members expressed the view that he should not pe encum- bered by such an appeintment. Instead, the House voted unani- mously to express its thanks to Col Alexander for his appearance yes- terday and to request him to report on the conference upon his return from Washington. A cagey game of “who's going to ‘Washington” engaged the two fac- tions of the House of Representativ- es yesterday alternoon and ended without a score. It was to be resumed this morn- ing after both sides had had an op- portunity to perfect their play. The House did decide, unanimous- ly, that it should send a representa- tive to a conference on civil defense in Washington, D. C. The confer- ence starts February 12. The two groups are so evenly matched in voting strength that the loss ‘'of a member during the week or more required for the Washing- ton trip would be a serious handicap to either side. The informal nominations for traveling representative went some- thirtg like this: Rep. Barnes, (Republican) sug- gested it would be most fitting and proper for Speaker William Egan (Democrat) to go to Washington. Speaker Egan (Democrat) said he thought the head of the Civil De- fense Committee of the Houge (Rep Alden Wilbur, Republican) ought tc make the trip. Rep. Stepovich (Republican) be- lieved they could spare Rep. Kay (Democrat) for a week. At that point Rep. Franklin, chairman of the Committee of the ‘Whole, reminded the members that (Continued onml;;giei:l"wo) The Washingion Merry - Go-Roand By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, vy Beil Syndicate, Inc.) WASHINGT N—An all-import- ant debate is going on inside the Pentagon. On its outcome will de- pend whether we keep on building up a huge land army; also whether we draft more married men and have a continuing policy of drafting 18-year-olds. . The debate is over the basic mili- tary question of whether it takes a big army of foot soldiers or a big air armada to win a war. Old line army men, led by Gen- eral Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, together with Gen. Lawton Collins, the Army’s Chief of Staff, both favor building a huge army, claim that final vic- tory will be decided on the ground. The Air Force, on the other hand, argues that we can never outnum- ber the Red hordes of Asia and Russia; that our only chance to win is to produce superior weapons and airplanes. Russia, they claim, can newxr be whipped on the ground, Her manpower reserves are too limitless and the Russian value of life too cheap. There is a very honest differ- ence of opinion about this, and the men who differ do so not to pro- mote their own type of warfare but " (Continued on Page Four) By Boyd, permanent rules for the session. 4 Is Urged WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 - James Boyd, Defense Mine minis or, told> a Cor | Committee that the shorta will continue | next year. He said the preser | thorized 446,000 tons of capacity will meet milit »— Dr. until late ntly au- v plant y and pre- of 1ts aluminum by late 1952, barring all- mobilization. A decision will be made 20 to 60 days whether to plan fur- { ther expansion, id. oposed new plant in British Columbia, Canada, Boyd said it would not be in production in time to meet United States re- | quirements. Furthermore, he said he believes [that any additional production | should be developed in the United | | States, rather than Canada, if at all possible. Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) asked the committee to urge upon government officials that a hydro- electric project at Skagway, Alaska, to produce power for aluminum production be considered in prefer- ence to the British Columbia proj- ect. Bartlett said the Canadian proj- ect would require United States purchase contracts, while the Alas-j &a proposal would require Canadian agreement on the use of the waters of the Yukon River. An aluminum plant at Skagway, Bartlett said, would be an economic boom for the Territory. He added that the site would be “just about as immune from air attack as could be found.” Dr. Boyd and Bartlett appeared before the House Judiciary sub- Committee on Monopoly Power. within SLAUGHTERHOUSE | BiLL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE TODAY Inspection of animals intended to | be sold in Alaska for human con- | sumption and the licensing and in- spection of slaughterhouses in the Territory would be required under the provisions of H.B. 22, introduced this morning by Rep. Amelia Gund- ersen. The bill sets up certain stand- ards for slaughterhouses and pro- vides for inspection and licensing by the Territorial Department of Health. | The license fee for each slaughter- house would be $50 a year. The Department of Health would | also be empowered to provide for inspection, grading and stamping of meats intended for human con- sumption and distribution in the Territory, under such rules and reg- ulations as the department might set up. The Health Department would also have the power to seize and destroy any meat or meat product sold or offered for sale in violation of the act if such action is deemed necessary for the preservation of the public health. The bill provides for a fine up to $500 and imprisonment up to six months for violations. Wages and Hours Rep. Carlson’s wages and hours bill came before the House in sec- ond reading this moruinc and was amended to exclude from its pro- visions “persons employed in the production of any agricultural product during seasonal operations of not more than 16 work weeks in a calendar year.” An effort to move the bill to third reading was defeated, as was an attempt by Rep. Stepovich to have the measure referred to the Judic- iary Committee “for study of its legality only.” Rep. Carlson objected to any scrutiny Wy the Judiciary Commit- tee as “stalling tactics.” “Let the working people the bill is going to benefit take the chance that it may be declared illegal,” | Rep. Carlson said. Before adjourning at ncon, the House set 11 am. tomorrow as a time to consider the House Rules and Joint Rules of the House and Senate, preliminary to adopting i | | Bartlel! | city. EYES RIGHT — The “Pri incely Guard of Honor” marches past the geigning ‘Printe and Princess in Munich’s first pre-Lenten carnival session in the German city’s Loewenbraukeller. 5THATOMIC TEST MADE, LAS VEGAS Windows Shattered as City| Is Rocked-White Light Is Terrifying LAS VEGAS, Nev. Feb. 6 —.‘fifi Windows were shattered in this Southern Nevada city today as twc separate shocks from the fiftt atomic test in 11 days rocked the Police reported big show windows in two automobile agencies splinter- ed by sound waves. A window in cracked. Clete Roberts, Los Angeles news commentator who saw the mid- Pacific atomic tests at Bikini, watched today’s from the hamlet of Cactus Springs, on the edge of the government’s 5,000-square mile testing range. “This was bigger than Bikini,” Roberts said. There were no reports of injuries, residents having been forewarned of the possibility of glass-breaking sho a garage also | Windows Rattle in L. A, In Los Angeles, some 300 miles distant, windows rattled in resi-} dences, and on the campus of the University of California at Los Ang- eles, at 6:12 am. (PST) — 24 min- utes after the flash. Sound travels about 1,000 feet a second. Scientists have said that sound waves might be felt as far away as 1,000 miles if proper atmospheric conditions were present to permit the concussion to bounce off clouds or str: . Television cameras picked up the flash through a fog in Los Angeles and relayed i to their watchers. Shock “Worst Ever” Las Vegas Police Capt. George Thompson called today’s shock “the worst yet.” Officers were on street patrol because of an AEC warning of danger. The Atomic Energy Commission would confirm only that a test had taken place. White Light Terrifying The white light was seen in Oak- land, on the edge of San Fran- ciscc Bay, where one witness des- cribed it as terrifying. Oakland is some 450 air miles from Las Vegas. An irregular sort of white cloud appeared over the horizon to the northwest, above the Frenchman Flat area where the atomic tests are being conducted. It was differ- ent in appearance from any seen in the previous four tests seen and heard here. 2 Distinct Shocks Two distinct shocks were felt, following about five and one-half minutes after the now-familiar blinding white flash in the pre-| dawn sky. The blast was No. 14 in the world ! list of atomic explosions since the first in the New Mexican desert in| 1945. ' Among witnesses of today’s blast| EARMARKED FUNDS ARE BILL TARGET Senate Cofi;iflee Re- ceives First Measure Rec- ommended by Auditors By JIM HUTCHESON The Territorial Senate received he first bill today aimed at re- vision of basic Territorial govern- ment procedures i line with recom- mendations ci Seattle auditing firm. The bill, introduced by the Senate finance committee, would provide \(RIPPLING STRIKE IS STILLON Some Swilchmen Return from "Sick Call”” But No Big Break Is Seen (By Associated Press) Railroad switchmen returned to work in many important centers today but there was no general back to work move. | Senator Humphrey (D-Minn) j said in Washington he had good reason “to be optimistic a settle- ment of the rail strike may be im- minent.” | The crippling “sick call” ended in the New York area. Switchmen went back to their !johs in large numbers at Philadel- phia, Boston, Washington, Balti- more, Chattanooga, Buffalo and other large cities. Stranglehold But the walkout kept a strangle- hold on much of the nation’s war! geared economy. The Defense Transport Adminis- | tration took action to make sure |that highway truckers give mails and vital freight first priority. The DTA ordered motor freight carriers to put demands of their services from the Armed Forces, the Atomic Energy Commission and the mails ahead of everything else. Trucks Get Freight { It said there has been a large- scale diversion of rail freight tol trueks because of the strike. All truckers operating for hire under; either interstate or intrastate li- censes are affected by the order. Although rail freight was begin- ning to move some places, the log- jam continued elsewhere. War Supplies In Piles Idle switchmen still let war sup-1i plies and other goods pile up in Chicago’s vast freight yards, Lho‘ | biggest in the world. Many other cities also noted no strike l i ks Chew Into Red Defcnse Li ‘Homeless Waif A Korean youngster sits in the smoldering ruins of his home in the Suwon area after it had been destroyed by fire. Native water jars are the only possessions recognizable in ruins of other native homes in the background. (® Wirephoto. BIG DEFENSE PROGRAMFOR CANADIANS OTTAWA, Feb. 6 —/— Canadian Defense Minister Brooke Claxton announced in Parliament last night a $5,000,000,000 three-year defense program providing a 40-squadron air force of more than 3,000 planes. The proposed military expendi- ture overshadows anything Canada has ever known in peacetime. It r Legislative control over special | back-to-work trend despite De-{ amounts to more than a quarter of earmarked funds for schools and |fense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson’s , Canada’s World War II costs. for roads, airfields, and water ana harbor facilities. They would come under control )f the Legislature through reversion to the general fund, from which the Legislaturc has to appropriate all expenditures. It was one of the recommenda- tions of Arthur Anderson Company, which conducted the audit of Ter- ritorial office practices during the past biennium. Reciepts from the tobacco tax and the school “head tax” now go to a special school fund. Motor fuel taxes and vehicle operators’ li- cense fees go into the earmarked fund for roads, airfields and harbor facilities. Finance committee members ex- plained that the funds are then expended as the department direct- ors or boards desire. Committee Chairman John Butrovich (R~ Fairbanks), who has been working actively on the bill, said enactment would mean every school house or airport planned by departments in e future would have to be in- cluded in the biennial budget for the legislature’s approval. The bill, however, includes a pro- vision for setting aside any parts of special funds which the board of administration feels has been spe- cifically committed to particular projects. There are numerous schools reperted to be in that cate- gory. A. M. Developments The Senate saw these other de- velopment during its morning ses- sion: A memorial to Congress, the Pres- ident and other Federal authori- ties, by Sen. Gerrit (Heinie) Sni- der (R-Anchorage), asking suspen- sion of the annual $100 improve- ment requirement for mining claims in Alaska due to “the present un- settled conditions in Alaska because of the national emergency. A unanimous “do pass” recom- mendation by the taxation commit- tee on Sen. Steve McCutcheon'’s bill to increase the cigaret tax to 5 cents a pack from the existing 3 cents. $1 An Hour Minimum A labor committee “do pass” rec- ommendation on Sen. Frank Barr's $1 an hour minimum wage bill. Re-reference to Sen. Anita Gar- nick of her bill to restore indigent (Contirued cn Page Two) 1 (Continued on Page Two) |essiened b service. the workers last night. “Creeping Paralysis” Wilson told them their strike could hurt the United States “more than all the Communist armies in IKurea put together.” ! Speaking with President Tru- man’s approval on a nationwide broadcast from the White House, he said a “creeping paralysis” of the rail system was crippling the country’s defense effort. Mail, express and freight em- bargoes continued. | Some 250,000 industrial workers |remnmed idle, including some 130,~ 000 automobile workers. Layoffs threatened thousands of other workers. At the peak of the rail tie-up, some 12,000 switchmen were off the job. Their union, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, contends it did not authorize the walkout. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 6 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can {108%, American Tel. and Tel. 154, Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 100%, General Electric 54%, Gen- | eral Motors 51%, Goodyear 2%, | Kennecott 76%, Libby, McNeil and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 35%, Standard Oil of California 98%, Twentieth Century Fox 23%, U. 8. Steel 47%, Pound 2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.12%. Sales today were 2,360,000 shares. | Averages today were as follows: ) Industrials 25464, rails 89.85, util- ities 42..39. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle at 4 p. m. Friday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p.m., Feb. 14. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive Sunday morning south- ‘bnund. {plea to l RUSSELL IN COAST GUARD Marcus Russell, son of Mrs. Leota Smith of Juneau, has left to report for Coast Guard duty at Seattle February 8. Russell enlisted in the Coast Guard recently and has been visiting at home awaiting to be i The program places the accent on air power as Canada’s major con- tribution to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower’s Atlantic Alliance forces. ROTARY OBSERVES BOY SCOUT WEEK The Juneau Rotary Club observ- ed Boy Scout Week at its regular luncheon meeting this noon at the Baranof Hotel, with Henry Harmon in charge of the program. | Boy Scout Field Executive Ken Ubbelohde gave a talk on scout- ing and its importance in build- ing for good citizenship, especially in these times. He paid high com- pliments to the Rotary Club and | Harmon for the active interest in scouting. Among visiting Rotarians were! Alden Wilbur, chairman of the Fairbanks Rotary Scout committee; Phil Johnson of Fairbanks, member of the Alaska Scout Council; Dan Llamon, of Fairbanks, vice presi- « dent of the Alaska Council; and Ed Locken, also a council member and active in scout work at Peters- burg. Other visiting Rotarians were Marshall Crutcher of Kodiak and Larry Johnston of Washington, D. C. Guests were Lyle Manson, Juneau High School handmaster, and Percy Ipalook of Wales. A Valentine party for February 17 in the Baranof Gold Room was announced to begin at 9:30 p.m. and is to be formal for the ladies. Ted Hyder will be in charge of the program for the luncheon meet- | ing next Tuesday, instead of a fentatively planned dinner meeting to dedicate the Southeast Alaska Traveling Library, which had been postponed because officials of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, co-spon- sors of the project, would not be able to attend at that time. v TRIP TO TACOMA Mrs. Julius Heineman left Sun- day on Pan American for Seattle from where she will go to Tacoma to visit for the next month or six weeks with her brother and his family. FROM PALMER ' A. V. Burr of Palmer is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. STATEHOOD BILL AGAIN BROUGHT UP WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 —(#—The Senate Insular Affairs Committee will vote Feb. 20 whether to report the Hawaii and Alaska Statehood bills without hearings. Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) announced this today after a closed door meeting of the committee. Both Statehood bills were passed by the House last year and approv- ed by the committee last year after hearings but the Senate did not act on them. O'Mahoney has said he favors acting on the two measures this year on the basis of the previous hearings. Senator Butler (R-Neb), who last year opposed statehood for both territories, has said he wants a committee hzaring in Alaska. White's Objections O’'Mahoney disclosed today receipt of a telegram from Albert White, general counsel of the Republican party in Alaska, objecting to pro- visions of the Alaska bill relating to election of delegates to a consti- tutional convention. White said Alaska Republicans are against election of delegates on| a non-partisan basis. He also protested the proposed apportionment of 10 delegates out of the total of 31 to the populous Third Judicial Division. “This appears,” White said in his telegram, “to be an effort to stack the convention in favor of the Third Judicial Division most of the popu- lation of which are newcomers and a large percentage of whom are transients and whose votes are con- sistently Democratic.” The bill provides for nine dele- dates to be elected at large and 10 from the Third Division, which in- cludes the city of Anchorage. LEGISLATURE TAKES RECESS, RESPECT OF FORMER LEGISLATOR Both houses of the Legislature adjourned at noon in respect to Joe Green, former representative 'and senator whose funeral was being held this afternoon. Members of both houses sent floral tributes. Rep. Amelia Gund- ersen in the House and Howard Lyng and Elton Engstrom in the Senate suggested an afternoon re: cess so members could attend the funeral. FROM SITKA . George Beacom of Sitka is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. WRANGELL VISITOR Neil Grant of Wrangell is at the| ]Bsrano( Hotel. nes ' FIERY PATH PAVED FOR UN ATTACKS Chinese E—First Time Throw Tanks Into Battle for New Offensiva (By Associated Press) Allied tank columns chewed into the main Red defense lines south of Parallel 38 today and ground ahead against Chinese resistence that stiffened with the dawn of their Lunar New Year. United Nations air, naval and artillery barrages paved a fiery path for the attacks. Allied foot soldiers slogging behind the tanks wiped out nests of Reds. The Chinese threw tanks into the | battle for the first time in this | phase of the Korean war. They rushed reinforcements south from | Seoul over a plank bridge spanning the Han River. There were indica- tions that this was the big effort to salute the outset of the new “Year of the Rabbit.” On the Western front a daylong ibattle raged northwest and north- east of Anyang, a town nearly nine miles south of Seoul. i On the Central front, American | troops blasted a hole through a Red battalion on the Hoengsong-Hong- ichon road. The South Korean regu- lars rolled through the gap to a point only 25 miles from the old | Parallel 38 border. This was the northernmost thrust of Allied Forces since they regained the offensive in Koreéa 13 days ago. A Tokyo dispatch said Gen. Douglas MacArthur is believed to have recommended to Washington that Chinese Nationalist troops ba used in Korea and elsewhere. “Else- where” might mean a thrust against {the Chinese mainland, to draw off ithe pressure in Korea. There was speculation that spring would be an | advantageous time to employ Chi- ang Kai-Shek's Formosan troops. (OL. ALEXANDER GOES T0 WASHINGTON FOR CIVIL DEFENSE MEEY Col, Joseph D. Alexander, Ter- ritorial Director of Civil Defense, leaves today or tomorrow to attend A meeting on February 16 of all state civil defense directors in Wash- ington, D. C. To be discussed at the meeting are state civil defense legis- lation, bomb shelters, federal fund- ing program and matching funds for civil defense activities, standards for various civil defense equipment, and exchange of information and experiences to date amongst the |states on civil defense, Also to be ! handled at the meeting is a dis- cussion of mutual aid between the states and mutual aid compacts be- tween the states and provinces of Canada and Mexico. National Guard business will be dealt with at the guard bureau in the Pentagon before and after the civil defense meeting. LOWELL FROM SEATTLE John Lowell Juneau halibut fish- erman, returned on the Princess Norah from a trip to Seattle.’ e ® o ®» o o o o o WEATHER REPORT ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum 17; minimum, 11. At Afrport — Maximum, 16; minimum, 7. FORECAST Clear and cold again to- night. Low temperature near 8 in town and from zero to 5 below in outlying areas. Fair Wednesday. High after- noon temperature about 19 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; since Jan. 1 — 395 inches; since July 1—4194 inches. At Airport — None; since Jan. 1 — 225 inches; since July 1—30.25 inches. e 0o 0 0 2 0 o 00