The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1951, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TIIE NEWS I L VOL. LXXVIL, NO. 11,733 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNE! ALL THE TIME” SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =1 Reds Shattered in Welter of Blood by Allies ANTI-FREEZE BILL BEATEN BY SENATE ANTI-FREEBE bm-bm-bm-bm baz The territorial senate voted today to leave the board of administration its full quick-freeze equipment. It defeated 12 to 4 the bill by Sen. Steve McCutcheon (D-Anch orage) to restrict the board’s fund- freezing power over special appro- priations to 50 per cent of any ap- propriation. The only votes for the bill were by Sens. Walter Huntley, R.M.-Mac- Kenzie, Gunnard Engebreth and McCutcheon. All but Dr. MacKen- zie, of Ketchikan, are from the third division. The only arguments on the bill were against it—by Sen. John Bu- trovich (R-Fairbanks) and Sen Howard Lyng (D-Nome) Two bills were introduced in the senate today by Engebreth. One would increase the member- ship of the territorial board of ed- ucation to seven members from the present five. Four would still be on the basis of one from each division It proposed having three appointed from the territory at large instead of the present one. His other bill proposes an amend- ment to the Alaska income tax act to set forth that excess profits tax are not included in the Federal in- come tax on which the Alaska tax is based. The Alaska tax is 10 per cent of what a person or firm pays in Federal inepme taxes. The amendment would specify that “Federal income tax” means only the normal tax and surtax. “Freeze” Issue In discussing the board of ad- ministration “freeze” issue both Bu- trovich and Lyng cited instances in which the board authority to with- hold funds got thé territory out of tough financial spots. Butrovich suggested the restric- tion on the fund-freezing power “could put the territory in an em- barrassing position.” Lyng declared the measure was aimed at limiting “what is perhaps the most important board we have in our setup. When you start to limit its powers, you weaken the board.” He cited its membership—“all the | territory’s elective officials and two appointive officials, the governor; and the commissioner of ica- | tion.” “I think it is highly essential,” he added, “that we don't interfere} with its essential duties.” Lyng cited the problem thatl arose when defalcations were dis- covered in the treasurer’s office. He | declared that if the board had not been able to step in with a quick- freeze action “the territory prob- ably could not have borrowed from banks in the emergency. We were (Continued on Page Tw:) The Washfngion: Merry-Go-Round| By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc., ) ASHINGTON-President Tru- man and top advisers decided last week that the £i. Lawrence water- way, a raging issue in congress for | two decades, must no longer be de- layed if the United States is to] maintain a strong defense in thel future. Most surprising endorsement of the seaway came from mobilization bess Charles Wilson, who once op- posed it. However, even such im-{ placable foes as Sen. Tom Connally | of Texas, Chairman of the Foreign | Relations Committee, and Rep.! Charles Buckley of New York have | now promised not to impede the proposed canal joining Detroit and Chicago with the Atlantic Ocean Citing the need for quick action, two-fisted Rep. John Blatnik of Minnesota, leading house crusader for the St. Lawrence waterway, told the White House meeting: “There is no need for long hear- ings on this. We know the whole story from previous hearings. We also know that we face a serious deficit of iron ore for defense (steel) in the next few years un- less we draw on the vast deposits in Labrador the proposed waterway can bring us.” “There’s still (Continued on Page Four) another reason,” : i ! ameny | ing, JENSEN ASKS T0 BE HEARD BEFORE HOUSE On reconsideration this morning, the House voted 11-12, McCutcheon not voting, on an executive session to hear Mark Jensen at 2 p.m. to- morrow and he will not be heard. Most of the arguments advanced yesterday were put forward again today. Voting against hearing Jen- sen’s remarks were Carlson, Con- right, Degnan, Gasser, Gundersen, Hope, Madsen, Metcalfe, Pollard, Scavenius, Wells and the Speaker. By BOB DE ARMOND Operating on the serial movie theory that the best way (o bring back the spectators is to leave thing in suspense, the House of Repre- sentatives yesterday afternocon left unsettled the hottest issue the day — whether or not to hear Mark Jensen on investigations. The question arose with the read- ing of a letter from Jensen mem- ber of the House in 1949 and of a spectal investigating committee. Jensen asked that he be heard by the House regarding matters he had turned up last summer while conducting an investigation. He was making the request, he said, because it has been alleged on the floor of the House that he misused his membership on the special in- vestigating committee. Rep. Glen Franklin, who was also a member of the special committee, moved to hear Jensen in a Com- mittee of the Whole. When thic was vigorously protested, he with- drew the motion and moved to hear Jensen in executive session at 2 p.m. Thursday. “Headline Hunter” “The old headline hunter is at work,” commented Rep. McCutch- of ieon, who had claimed the title of “most investigated guy in Alaska” largely because of Jensen’s work. “I can’t imagine that Jensen would have anything to say that would be of the slightest interest,” Rep. Scavenius said. “He used his position on the committee for pub- licity purposes.” Rep. Andrew Hope said he could see no value in such a session. “Everything is done and past ar there is no use diging it up again, he added. Rep. Franklin told the House that some reflection had been cast upon him because of his associa- tion with Jensen on the committee and that he would like very much to have the members hear what Jensen has to say. Rep. Kay alsc said he thought Jensen should b¢ heard, so long as it is in executive session — behind locked doors. Kay was one of 13 who voted tc hear Jensen, with 10 voting against the proposition and McCutcheon not voting. But Kay was also the man who put the suspense into the act. He gave notice of his intention to re- consider his vote, thus holding fina action on the matter another day H.B. 21 on Table Meanwhile ,a second “investigat- ing” hill, Rep. Kay's H.B. 21 tc create a Legislative Council with powers of investigation, was tabled by a 21-3 vote on Kay's own motion. Passed by the House during the ternoon session were HB. 26, ding the law relating to lobby- and H.B. 34, to remove the Governor from the Board of Budget and put the Attorney General on that board. The House also passed SB. 6, to amend the law relating to penalties on conviction of rape. . Memorials seeking a military road from Unalakleet to Kaltag, a road from Seldovia to Yakalof Bay and a road from Kake to Portage were quickly passed by ynanimous vote. afl GETS TEN DAYS Daniel Neeley was given 10 days in city Magistrate’s Court yester- day afternoon on an assault and battery charge brought by Regina Semakin. C OF C TOMORROW At the chamber of commerce meeting tomorrow nocon at the Bar- anof members of Game Commission will be the honored guests. Frank Dufresne will show a colored movie “Spinning for Steelheads.” FROM LADD FIELD _Paul Hotterman of Ladd Field Airbase is at the Baranof Hotel ACHESON SAYS U.S. POLICY STILL HOLDS Commun;;AItack onI Yugoslavia Would Strain Fabric of World Peace WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 P Secretary of State Acheson said to- day any Communist a on Yu- goslavia- would dangerously strain the fabric of world peace He told a news conference that i: as specific as he can be now or United States policy as to the pos- sibility of a Soviet Satellite assaul this spring on Yugoslavia. In general, Acheson said, Amer- ican policy stands now as it was summed up in President Truman’ message to Congress last July 19 after the outbreak of the Korean fighting. At that time, Mr. Truman warned those who have the power to un- leash or withhold, acts of aggres-| sion that any new aggressive move would strain the fabric of world peace dangerous 1 REORGANIZATION OF TERRITORIAL BOARDS APPROVED i i Three bills to reorganize Terri- torial boards and commissions zip- ped through the House this morn- ing, in addiiion to one passed yes- terday. This morning’s three would re- place the Governor on the Board of Public Welfare, Alaska Develop- ment Board and Board of Health, In each instance he would be re- placed by an appointive member at large. Territorial employes who are members of reserve components of the Armed Forces will be granted up to 16': days’ leave a year with pay for training purposes under House Bill 13, unanimously passed this morning by the House. The House, however, did not pass the emergency clause and the leave bill, assuming that it will pass the Senate, will not become effective until 90 days after it is approved by the Governor. A deficiency appropriation of $2,- 336.75 for the Territorial Board of Public Accountancy was approved unanimously by the House after Rep. Franklin explained that the original appropriation of $1,000 was insufficient to set up the board. Most of the expense, he said, will not reoccur. A committee substitute for Rep. Carlson’s bill to provide for the care of sick and disabled fishermen was received this morning and sent to the Committee on Ways and Means. Two new bills appeared in the House this morning. H.B. 49, by Carlson, “an Act to secure payment of wages of certain employees,” was defeated in the 1 Senate Saturday and again yester- day by a narrow margin. It pro- vides that employers must have sufficient assets at the beginning of a pay period to pay the wages of all persons to be employed, with fine and imprisonment for viola- tion. HB. 50, by Rep. Hendrickson, amends the law giving municipal corporations the power to regulate the use of streets. The Hendrickson 1 bill gives cities power to require a license for the use of streets and to collect a fee for such license: The municipality could also condition the issuance of such license upon the payment of taxes on vehicles. The House adjourned at noon un- til tomorrow at 11 o’clock and had a heavy schedule of committee meetings for this afternoon. THREE EMBARK ABOARD BARANOF FOR SEWARD Embarking on the Baranof yes- terday afternoon were three pas- !sPngerS for Seward. They were Mr. |and Mrs. Charles Roley and Mr: | Sawyer. The Baranof is scheduled southbound Sunday morning. l l l r { O. T. Finney of Fairbanks stoppinz at the Baranof Hotel. is PRACTICE ALERTS 10 BE INSTITUTED FOR ALL SCHOOLS With the cooperation of the school officials, the civil defense council hopes to institute practice alerts in all schools to teach the | children how best to protect them- selves in case of attack. The use of the Bureau of Public Roads warehouse on the Glacier Highway north of the Smith Dairy as an auxiliary civil defense head- quarters was announced at Tues- day night's meeting of the Juneau- Douglas civil defense council, Spe- cial warden to be stationed there will be Clarence Bumgarner, super- intendent of the warehouse. District 41 was definitely created at the meeting with Earl Barcus as captain. The district extends from the Marsh mink farm on the upper Glacier Highway to just be- yond the hill on Montana Creek. Tt is hoped that additional districts will be created at the next meeting of the council next Tuesday eve- ning at 8 in the City Council Chambers at the City Hall. The new districts to be created are on the Douglas Island highway north of the bridge, and on the Glacier Highway from Vanderbilt Hill to Salmon Creek and from Salmon Creek to the Charles Carter resi- dence. As soon as sites for casualty stations are determined, signs will be made by the Juneau high school manual training class to indicate the stations. The civil defense council is still perfecting the Boy Scout messenger service. Written permission from the boys' parents | is necessary for the Boy Scouts to join the organization. Dean Williams and Milt Furness, Sr. are organizing an auxiliary communication system with hamj operators using walkie talkies with @ report on progress to be given in the near future. Perfecting of the auto pool for use in case of an emergency is progressing. Fire Chief Minard Mill is invest- igating the possibilities of tying in additional alerts. Police sirens may be used with synchronization of all sirens to be made so that the entire Juneau, Douglas, Thane, Glacier Highway and Auk Bay areas can be alerted simultaneously. MISSING LOCAL MAN BELIEVED IN KETCHIKAN | Investigations by Acting U. S. Marshal Walter G. Hellan into the disappearance of Jay O'Sullivan, | ! Juneau welder, whose whereabouts were reported unknown since last Thursday have revealed it is rea= sonably certain the man left Jun- eau Friday for Ketchikan' by Ellis Airlines. The Marshal's office; learned this morning that a man angwgring the description given of O'Sullivan in” yesterday's Empire had purchased an airplane ticket Thursday morn- ing for Ketchikan and that plane being unable to fly on that day due to adverse weather conditions left on the flight made Friday. As far as can be learned no one has re- ported having seen him on Thurs- day. Hellan said if the passenger who left on the Juneau flight to Ketch- ikan thought to be O’'Sullivan was actually the missing man, he pur- chased his ticket .under the name Ray Seaman. He took no baggage on the flight and his clothing and personal belongings were left in his room at the Imperial Rooms. Ketchikan authorities have been asked to determine whether O'Sul- livan is in that city. L E e e o o o o o WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum 30; minimum, 25. At Airport 30; minimum, 26. . Maximum, FORECAST Cloudy with snow tonight and Thursday. Lowest tem- perature tonight near 25 and highest Thursday near 34. o o PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today city of Juneau — .18 inches; Since Feb. 1 — 32 inches since July 1 — 4240 inches At Airport — .32 inches; Since Feb. 1 42 inches since July 1 — 30.67 inches sirens for subsequent ] e lhas as much a chance or maybe TANANA RIVER IS FROZEN UP LOW; 10 MOVE EARLY? NENANA, Alaska, Feb. 14 —(Spe- cial to The Empire) — The Tanana River, opposite Nenana, has never in the memory of most of the old-: timers frozen up as low as it did this last r. Al Linder with 41 years of watching the ice go out agrees with Sid Sheldon, Charley Shade, Charley Wilson, Fred Clark, Charley Griess and other oldtimers, that the river being so low could move early providing a large flow of water came down, simply by rais- ing it, jerking the anchor ice loose, and there would go the tripod. Of course old Sol will have to do a lot of shining before that large flow of water comes down. Al Linder tempers this state- ment somewhat with a description of an oldtimer named Calhoun who lived up river from town across from the Mission. It seems that Calhoun kept a set of books com- parable to those that might be kept by a chartered public accountant. In those books he kept a daily rec- ord, weather, snowfall, etc. He kept a twice monthly check of the depth of ice as well as any information he felt might be perti- nent to the annual spring break up. A group of oldtimers, some 20 or more, used to buy a certain number of tickets and take them up to Cal- houn who would form a pool and do the ticket marking based entire- 1y, of course, on his scientific set of books. | | After a few years had passed, Calhoun finally figured they were ready for the kill. After much checking and cross checking of his records for many years passed, Calhoun picked (the) day. He then wrote a ticket on each odd minute of the day from mid- morning until some time shortly after 6 p.m. Al says the day Calhoun picked was alright. It was a wonderful show of scientific legerdmain, only one thing was wrong with ii. You guessed it — the ice went out on an ven minute and the members of the pool nearly had heart failure. Linder still wonders where that wonderful set of records went after Calhoun passed on. [ About all this little story shows is that a fellow standing on the deck of a halibut boat in South- eastern Alaska or a trapper above Fort Yukon pulling up his traps, 1 i more, than a man who has spent 40 years within a mile of the Tanana River. TEACHERS PICKET SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 14.—(P— Most public schools remained closed as union teachers picketed the buildings. Pickets bannered the schools fol- lowing a day-long series of con- ferences conducted by Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl at which striking teachers, janitors and clerical work- ers gained concessions. The Janitors and clerical help agreed to return to work; the teachers refused. At least two clementary schools began classes with students keeping on snowsuits in the cold rooms. A number of other schools attempted to open, but soon closed. The out- doors temperature stood at seven below zero. Some 63,000 students attend the |94 public schools. The schools closed January 23, when the janitors walked out. Janitors and clerks accepted of- fers of $15.50 to $22.50 monthly pay Loosts, The teachers spurned an across-the-board $100 annual in- crease. All are AFL affiliated. TV TRAVELS 200 MILES SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— (M —Down here in the Ozark hills, 150 milés from the nearest television station, television programs are coming in strong, despite - the accepted rule that a telecast may be seen nor- mally in a radius of only 50 or 60 miles, As a result, TV antennas are sprouting from houses as far as 200 City or Oklahoma. | L] REFUGEES OF FLOODS GO BACKHOME Damages Estimated in W. Washington as Run- ning Info Millions SEATTLE, Feb. 14 —(® — More than 4,600 Western Washington flood refugees were returning to their mud-filled homes today. Damage estimates ranged from $3,000,000 to $50,000,000 as Army Engineers and the Washington State Department of Conservation began a survey of flood areas. A weather forecast of slightly warmer temperatures with light showers in the flood-stricken area today was counter-balanced by a freezing level of about 3,000 feet which was expected to hold snow on the Cascade slopes. Gov. Arthur B. Langlie said nu- merous requests for state assis ance followed the five-day flood. He warned that state aid would @ be limited by the state’s small emergency fund. The Washington House of Repre- sentatives yesterday asked the gov- ernor’s office for a 'special survey to determine ‘whether action is needed for protection against pos- sible spread of epidemics following the flood. BERSERK GUNMAN KILLSONE WALLACE, Idaho, Feb, 14 —P—( A man broke into a downtown hardware store early today, shot and killed a passerby, wounded two others and finally was shot and captured after a four-hour gun- fight with police. The man who carried papers ! identifying him as John Stoddard, 48, died an hour later without giv- ing any motive for the shooting. Sixteen policemen, stationed in windows across the street, had pumped machine gun fire and tear gas bombs into the store. When the gunman stopped shooting back, they creft inside and found him lying on the floor. Police Chief Mace McCoy said the man was not wounded but when he made a sudden move, the of- ficer shot. The shooting started about 5 a.m when Gordon Hailstone, a miner, and Mrs. Mary Hinton, a waitress, were walking down the street in front of the store. Hallstone dropped as he held Mrs. Hinton’s arm. She ran to a cafe next door and sum- moned Willis Maitland. Maitland was shot as he raced!| to the street and lay for more than an hour before he could crawl to safety. He was not critically wounded. ‘ The early morning gun fight in this mining town of 3200 drew scores of spectators to both ends of the street. Hailstone, 33, a former rancher from Billings, Mont., came here a month ago to work in the mines. Maitland, 49, was shot and cut by flying glass. 50 PER CENT DOWN, NEW CONSTRUCTION WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 —(®- The Federal Reserve Board today clamped a 50 per cent cash down payment required on construction of new stores, offices, hotels and} other non-residential buildings. RESIGNATION OF CAPT. O'CONNOR IS REFUSED At a meeting of the directors of the Territorial Sportsmen, Inc held last evening, the board re- fused to accept the resignation of Jack O'Connor, president, on the/ basis that he could not remain away from the Territory very long. O'Connor has sold his home here| ® [miles from the stations in Kansas'and leaves for California next Sun-, | arrive Sunday morning southbound.’ities 4281, day. { ardson. Ryan Resigns As Terr. Com. | Of Education Dr. James C. Ryan his resignation today as Commissioner of Edueation He said he had submitted his resignation at the Territorial Board of Education’s meeting yesterday. Dr. Ryan has held the post 10 years through one of the most dif- ficult eras in the Territory’s school history when school problems mush- roomed during the military con- struction boom period. He said there was no personal clash with the board involved. The real reason is that I've been working under such tremendous pressure for 10 years, understaffed and with no real relief in sight,” Ryan said. “There has been no chance to keep in contact with educational leaders in the States,” he continued, “and no chance for recreation.” Ryan’s resignation is effective at the end of the school year. He said he had no plans for the future. “I'll make them between and June 30,” Ryan said. Ryan, 50, has one son in a Juneau school. Dr. Ryan came originally from the University of Alaska Dean of Education to take the commissioner- ship. The salary is $8,000 a year Members of the board said they | hoped to be able to fill the position | during the present session of the Legislature. One member said they agreed they must seek an educator | of the administrative type because of the system’s great growth in Alaska. EARTHQUAKE | OFF ALASKA announced Alaska’s now SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14—4m—" A “very severe” earthquake, believed | ceentered on the ocean floor in the Aleutian Islands off southwest Alaska, was recorded yesterday by seismographs at Corvallis, Ore., Berkeley, Calif, New York City and on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. The Oregon state college seismo- temblor at 2:17 pm. PST. The University of California inj| Berkeley logged it two minutes jater and Columbia and Fordham Universities said the shock was no- ted at 5:22 p.m. EST. 1 Authorities at the U. S. Coast| and Geodetic observatory at Bar- bers Point, Oahu, said there was no possibility the undersea quake caused @ tidal wave. Four tide sta- tions in the Aleutians reported no ocean disturbances. The earth movement continued some time after the initial shock. No disturbance was felt in Juneau or nearby sections according to the weather bureau. SERVICE MAN DIES IN REPAIR SHOP FIRE, ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 141 (m—A service man was killed in tast-spreading fire which destroyed a heavy repalr shop at Fort Rich-/ two- | 1 Damages to the year-old story concrete structure were esti- mated at $500,000. ral army vehicles were also believed lost in the fire. The name of the victim was with- held pending notification of rela- tives The flames were discovered about 4:15 a. m, and spread rapidly despite efforts by firemen The building was used by the Army Engineers for mumtenuncfl] of their heavy equipment. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Nur;;\ .k,;heduled to sailg from Vancouver 8 tonight. Denali scheduled to sail Seattle 4 p.m., Friday. Baranof from west scheduled to e from | the landing, bombarding shor« SURPRISE RAID BY MARINES Land on Port of Wonsan Under Naval Bombard- ment - Many Dead (By Associaled Press) South Korean Marines landed today at the big North Koreu coast port of Wonsan in a surprise raid under cover of a strong / Naval bombardment, Wonsan is 90 miles inside territory above Parallel 38 ¢ Sea of Japan. On the flaming Central Korean front, American, French and Dutch forces inflicted a stagger: ol Chinese and Red Korean d striving for a breakthroush along a 20-mile-wide sector. A field dispatch said the Allied defenders shattered two Commun ist divisions “in a welter of blood bombs and shellfire.” It added “The Chinese dead lay by thousands on all sides of surround ing Chipyong. Other thousands were heaped up also in the river valiey eight miles west-northwest of Won- ju where they stumbled into a murderous air and artillery am bush.” Sneakers Mowed Down On the Western Front, Americail Doughboys mowed down 1,152 Red Korean sneak troops who had crossed the Han River and slipped inside Allied lines. They captured nearly 250 more Communist soldiers. American machine-guns cut down fleeing remnants of the Red Korean force as they tried to splash back across the Han. Allied losses were reported small Red Patrols Wiped Out U. S. 25th Division troops wiped out two Red patrols who were stalking boldly across Sand Islard, a sandbar in the Han between Seoul and its industrial suburb, Yong- dungpo. The 60 Reds m the patrol used Korean civilians as a shield. At a signal, the civilians dropped to the ground and the Reds fired at Al- lied forces on the south bank. The GIs fired back. “It was like shooting sitiing ducks,” one American soldier said. A second Red patrol was wiped east the ‘graph at Corvallis picked up thefout as it raced across the Seoul cily airport which is located on the sind flat. Hit-Run Operation The Wonson landing was belicved to be a hit and run operation simi- ilar to previous landing attack South Korean Marines, who T organized and trained by American Leathernecks. A big Allied task force supporicd stallations. First reports said [he Battleship Missourli was 1 the bombardment force, but U. 5. Naval headquarters in Tokyo said this was mistaken. The Missour! erating off Korea's west coast Across the peninsula, at seven Russian-built MIG-15 jet tacked American B-29s. The suver forts were making a bomb run over Red barracks at Tokchon. All turned safely to “their Japj.. base, landing in a snowstorm. Bad weather held down the ber of Allied flights in sun; nd forces nur GIL RICH HERE popular Seattle topping at the Gil sales- man, Hotel. Baranof Jack Strai { STOCK DUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 14 Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau stock today is 3%, Ameri 109, American Tel. and Te! Anaconda 43%, Douglas 108, General Electric 54 Motors 50'%, Goodyear 727%, kott 77%, Libby, McNeil and Li 10%, Northern Pacific 37', ©tanc ard Oil of California 837 I tieth Century Fox 23%, U. S 46, Pound 280, Canadian Exc! 95.06. Sales today were 2,060,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 255.10, rails 88.65, util-