The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1951, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TLIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,735 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS STATEHOOD ONCE MORE CONSIDERED New Memorial Asks Bill Be Reported Withut Further Hearings By BOB DE ARMOND Alaska statehood again became an issue before the House of Repre- sentatives this forencon with the introduction of House Memorial No. 6, urging that S. 50 be reported to the U. S. Senate without further hearings. The memorial, introduced immed- iately after a Democratic caucus called by Rep. McCutcheon, wa signed by nine of the 14 members of that party in the House — Rep: Metcalfe, Gundersen, Carlson, K Conright, Pollard, Scavenius, Egan and McCutcheon. Democrats not sponsoring memorial were Hope of the First Division, Franklin of the Fourth and Madsen, Degnan and Wells of ! the Second. “Further hearings statehood would serve other than that of delay,” morial states. The memorial claims that S. 50 is “substantially” the same bill as| the ones on which hearings were{ held in Washington last year, and that opponents of the statehood bill | have been fully and frequently heard. on Alaska no purpose " the me- To Second Reading i inl(\" The memorial was moved | second readi; at once on a mo- tion by Rep. McCutcheon. The mo- tion carried 18-6 despile Rep. Step- ovich’s objection that the measure should go to the Special Committee on Statehood for review. “Failure to support this memorial in effect asks that additional hear- ! ings be held McCutcheon said. “We have had many, many hes ings on the statehood bills and the people have voted overwhelmingly in favor of statehcod.” The statehood memorial was one of several introduced this morning. | Rep. Frank Johnson of Kake seeks a two-year extension of the time limit for filing Indian clai under the Indian Claims Commission Act ! of August 13, 1946. Time for filing claims, under present law, expires | next August. Reps. Laws, Wells, Madsen and Degnan, in H.J.M. No. 8, seek a! road from Nome to Teller. HJM. No. 10, by Rep. Locken, asks that war risk insurance be re- instituted for Alaska shipments. Rep. McCutcheon’s HM. No. 25 requests that the recent decision against the Alaska aluminum proj ect be reviewed immediately and {Continued on Page Two) The Washington! Merry - Go-Round| By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc., 1 WASHINGTON—Probably the only American who has ever met Stalin’s mother is Carleton Smith, director of the National Art Foun- dation, who while traveling near Tiflis in 1936 was taken to a village where Stalin’s mother lived. Her home was a mud hut dug! out of the side of a hill, and shc‘l proved to be a wrinkled, kindly old lady. Telling Smith how she had raised her son to be a priest, the old lady added: “I hear he’s now running all cf Russia, but I don't believe it.” A year later, Smith was in Moscow at the Bolshoi theatre when Stalin was also present, and had an interview with the Russian| Dictator. Among other things he|have purchased the stock of the|east coast, was Yokohama. Rescue vessels reported‘ told him about the visit to his| mother. Stalin maintained an icy silence. He did not seem interested in his{ mother. 2| Victory in Korea Gen. Matthew Ridgway personal- ly is largely credited with turning| the most humiliating defeat in 85 the | ¢ HAWAIITO STAYON JOB Inew governor since Stainback's last | |c. Howell. Former U. §. Marshal af Fairbanks Dies as Result 0f Bealing in INE” “LITILE MISS VALENT An incurably sick little Atlanta, Ga., girl only wanted to be your Valentine and she got her wish. A lot of warm hearted folks respond- ed when her plea was made through the press. Jacguelyn Marre (above), 12, who is suffer- ing from brain cancer, lies amid a tidal wave of greetings and gifts from both the United States and ‘anada. (A Wircphoto. GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —P— President Truman says he does not intend to replace Ingraham Stain- back as governor of Hawaii He was asked at a news confer- ence if he planned to appoint a| term has expired. He replied in the negative. He was not asked, however, if he intended to reappoint Stainback. The President has long advocated | statehood for Hawaii. SUFLYWITHPHA | IN AND OUT THURS. Ten passengers arrived here yes- | terday from the westward en Pa- cific Northern Airuncs and 41 de- parted for the westward. From Anchora K. S. Hotter, Dr. R. H. Shuler, Linde Guesell, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gerde, R E. McFarland, George Abadie, Dr. John Libby. From Yakutat: Anne Simmons, To Anchorage: Neil Ohashi, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burns, E. Zollman, Mr, and Mrs. M. Sipes, Ed Cowan, Helen Esye, Al Bonnett, F. Charles, Dr. and Mrs. Smithson and scn Chris, E. W. Norton, Lloyd Bell, Roy Avrit, Frank Kimuri, Paul Dewoody and two draftees. To Yakutat: Mr. ard Mrs, Dan Schlichtig. CREDIT BUREAU HER Irvin Curtis and David P. Dunton | Alaska Credit Bureau here from Sue Kennedy wio is leaving about March 31. The Bureau is now be- | ing reorganized and the offices will be completely remodeled. Curtis has operated the Curtis Accounting Service here for the past four years and plans to nove/ his office to the new location/ shortly. ! | Cushing, | floated and back Key Wesi KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 16 - Stanley J. Nichols, 50, former U Marshal at Fairbanks, Alaska, died today of injuries which Justice of the Peace Roy Hamlin said resulted from a “bad beating.” Hamlin reported a being made for an unidentified companion reported seen with Nichols and who drove away with his car. Nichols at a motor court and never re- gained consciousness. An inquest was planned by Hamlin. 77 CARRIED ON ALESKA COASTAL THURSDAY TRIP Alaska Coastal a total of 77 passengers on flights Thursday with 11 on interport, 31 departing and 35 arriving. Departing for Sitka: Cecil Gould, Mr, and Mrs. D. Wright, C. Crab- tree, Capt. Stone, G. Miles, Ray » search was (ONTROL SYSTEM BLOCKED Labor Memaa_rs of Wage Stabilization Board Stage Their Own Walkout WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —@P— Uncertainty clouded the whole gov- ernment effort to controi prices and wages after labor members of the wage stabilization board walked out today in protest over a recommend- ation for a 10 per cent ceiling on wage increases. By a six to three vote, the board came forth with a long-awaited formula which would limit wage in- creases to 10 per cent between Jan. 15, 1950 and next July 1. Thus if workers had already had their pay hiked 8 per cent, they would be held to a 2 per cent boost until July 1. The three public and three in- Airlanes carried | dustry members, who approved this formula, promised to review the entire wage picture before July 1 and revise it if necessary to keep wages in line with the mounting cost of living. The labor members, who had been DePriest, Jon Waldorf, Don Huber, | holding out for a 12 per cent ceiling, Bob Gray, Jesse Hatch, Jim Sey, | promptly withdrew from the board Larry Clarke, Lud Urick. For Haines: George Meacock, R. A. Young, Mrs. Clayton, for Skag- C. J. Ehrendriech, . Mrs. J. McMillen, Dan Gore: for Tena- kee: F. Abraham; Peter Jack; for Sentinal Island: Mrs. T. Cook; for Hoonah: Ed Metz, Eric Jackson. For Pelican: P. Ganty; for Pe- tersburg: Tim Casey, Marie Shipp; for Ketchikan: E. M. Sundblad, Major Dunnell, Fred Brandis, Jr., Tom Nalley. Arriving Boker Gregory A. Williams; from Hoonah: Tom Johnson, Mrs. James Young, Paul Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tem- plin, Mrs, Paul Smith. ’ From Kimsham Cove: Paul Sor- enson; from Skagway: Mr. and Mrs. R. Smithson and two children; from Haines: Norvin J. Lewis, Paul Karlock, Mr. and Mrs, Marks; from Sitka: Rosalee Ratch- menot, Les Florence, Mr. Ashby, Winnefred John, G. E. Munger, Juanita Underwood, Bobby Ander- R. E. DeRae, Johana Clark, y Anderson, Dr. Diesher and A. E. from Petersburg: V. Baker, T. Casey, son Lar | child, Elizabeth Didrickson, Martha Pat Smith, Georgia Smith. TOKYO IS BURIED BY SNOW FALL TOKYO, Feb. 16 —IP— Fleecy white snow flakes paralyzed Tokyo —something Allied fire and demoli- tion bombs failed to do in the Pa- cific war. Eight persons were dead and 83 injured in the Tokyo-Yokohama area as 12 inches of snow fell, Kyo- do News Agency reported. Sixty- six fishermen were listed as miss- ng. Thirty-three fishing boats were sunk and 66 others washed from moorings. Fourteen U. S. Naval ships were grounded by high winds at Yoko- suka Naval base, but 13 were re- in service. The Jo Carter, for Angoon: | from Elfin Cove: Claire H Johnnie | | in protest. In effect, they had been instructed to do so under the cir- cumstances by the United Labor Policy Committee, a group repre- senting nearly all the 16,000,000 un- ion members in the nation. Emil Rieve, one of the members is president of the CIO United Tex: | tile Workers. The other two labor members are Elmer E. Walker, president of the Machinists Union, recently reaffil- jated with the AFL, and President H. C. Bates of the AFL Bricklayers. TEXTILE STRIKE STARTS Picket lines—A_re Formed in First Woolen Walk- outin 11 Years BOSTON, Feb. 16 —®— Picket lines began forming before day- break today as an estimated 70,000 CIO Textile Workers struck against 1160 wool and worsted mills in the i first industry-wide walkout in the|senate heard the house invitation Pextile Union's 11-year history. Some 700 men and women formed a picket line at 5:30 am. outside two American Woolen Company plants — the Wood and Ayer mills —at Lawrence, Mass. Other pickets marched around three mills in the Passiac, N. J. area, where 11,000 workers are af- fected, beginning at 6 am. The Wood mill was described as the largest worsted goods plant in the world. The strike, which directly in- volves half the nation’s wool and m. after negotiations broke down can Woolen Company. The com- pany generally sets the industry wage pattern. The union demands a 15-cent- an-hour increase. It says the aver- age industry wage now is $142 an 14th, the Badoeng Strait, was ex- |, .. with the minimum $1.17. pected to be refloated today. ‘The 4,928-ton Swedish motor ves- sel Christer Salen, her bow snapped off in raging seas 100 miles off the being towed to her 10 passengers and 37 crewmen safe. Tokyo’s snowfall was the heaviest since the record of 14 inches Feb. 26, 1936. . MacLEAN TO JUNEAU A. K. (Spike) MacLean, mechan- ical engineer with the Alaska Road Union President Emil Rieve said the American Woolen refused to make a “reasonable offer.” He quoted company officials as saying that price ceilings must be lifted before wages could be raised. Rieve, who is also a labor member of the Nationa! Wage Stabilization Board, said there was nothing in the wage freeze which prevented an em- ployer from negotiating a wage in- crease with a union. DR. SHULER HERE between the union and the Ameri-" ’ JENSEN HAS FOOT INSIDE HOUSEDOOR By JIM HUTCHESON It appeared noon that former Rep. Marcus Jen- sen had one foot inside the legisla- tive doors. The senate morning to sit with the house in joint session behind locked doors to hear what the former Douglas legislator has to lay before them., Jensen has virtually had his hand definite this after- voted 9 to 7 this C on the door twice before, but notices || for reconsideration of the votes blocked his appearance before each house individually. This time he ap- peared definitely slated — beyond hope of reconsideration — to go be- fore the joint session at 3 p.m. to- day in what many legislators have predicted was likely to be a stormy session, It is the fourth straight day that “l'affaire Jensen” has been the day's major issue before one house or the other. ; Through those four days it has been an “on again, off again, gone again” proposition. The senate did considerable talk- ing about Jensen and what he might present to the legislature be- fore it voted to join the house be- hind closed doors. The senate also found time to pass two bills, Bars Legislators It voted unanimously for Steve McCutcheon’s bill to forbid ap- pointment of any member of the legislature to any board or com- mission. McCutcheon said there had been charges from some sources that the | administration had “been loading some commissions with members of the legislature.” He expressed the opinion it was undesirable to have legislators passing laws about; boards or commissions and then sit-! ting on them. Sen. Frank Barr (D-Fairbanks), a member of the aeronautics com- mission which the legislature cre- ated, said he favored the bill al- though it was some times difficult to fill boards with a member from each division without going into the legislative ranks. He said there was danger of a legislator favoring put- ting projects in areas Where the reliable report of a “flying saucer” able to these cosmic balloons. Th the Universtiy of Minnesota. (P Wi EUROPEAN FORCESMAY BEDOUBLED WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —P— Secretary of State Acheson said to- day “the comat forces of our Euro- pean Allies may be expected to dou- ble in the next year.” He gave no figures in prepared testimony calling upon the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Serv- ices Committees to support the Tru- man administration’s plan to send 100,000 _additional United States troops to Europe to bolster defenses against Communist aggression. Acheson said the United States must use the time it has — by vir- tue of its lead over Russia in air power and atomic weapons tol build up with its Allies “balanced ; collective forces” needed to deter most votes might be. The other bill passed by the sen- ate was a house-approved measure to allow the attorney general to name more than one assistant. At- rney General Gerald Williams had told the senate his office was unable to give proper legal service to all departments with the present manpower. Jensen Case The Jensen affair came up the first thing this morning when the to a joint session. The house had voted for it late yesterday. Senator McCutcheon asked unan- imous consent to accept the invita- tion to the house. Sen. John Butro- vich (R-Fairbanks) objected. Both Sen. Howard Lyng (D- Nome) argued that the senate should go ahead and hear Jensen without the house. “The letter was addressed to the senate and it is our duty to hear him,” said Lyng. “The house refused to give him a hearing. Nothing pro- hibits thé house from advising Jen- and is willing to hear him.” A bit later Lyng suggested that Jensen might not want to be heard by a joint session. “His feelings may have been hurt ! when the house so summarily turn- ed him down,” said the senator. “Whatever other qualities Mr. Jen- sen has, he is a temperamental and excitable person, you know.” The vote came after senators re- ported Jensen would be glad to ap- pear before a joint session. Jensen’s request, however, had been for an open session. Open Hearing Sen. Heinie Snider argued that it should be open; “it’s the people Iwho send us down here and why should we go behind closed doors so they don’t know what is going on?” Senator McCutcheon argued for Ithe joint session. He said that | IMarsha]l told the committees yes- | i |n worsted workers, began at 12:01 a.lsen it now has changed its mind} aggression. He added that “the value of our lead” in atomic weapons will de- cline but he said balanced land, sea and air forces in Western Europe will help offset the loss of that ad- | vantage. | Acheson said America’s Allies “are | now taking steps which bring us measurably closer to realization of our ultimate goal” of an adequate defense force Secretary of Defense . George terday of the plan to send to Europe This picture of a “skyhook” balloon, 77,000 feet above Minneapolis, was taken through a refracting telescope during cosmic ray studies. Look magazine guoted Dr. Urner Liddel, chief of the nuclear physics branch of the Office of Naval Research, as saying there has been no A & Allied Bayonets Slash Back Rec Basislor'FIyin Saucer’ Regporis observation which is not attribut- is is a Look magazine photo from irephoto. ILLEGAL FOR FAIRBANKS 10 HAVE UTILITY FAIRBANKS, Feb. 16 —(®—Fed- eral Judge Harry Pratt has ruled that the city of Fairbanks had o legal right to establish a utilities board .in 1947, and rates set by this board were invalid. He ruled there is no terriforigls law permitting Alaskan cities to appoint utility boards. Such a law was passed in 1935 and repealed in 1939. In what may be a far-reaching, decision in the Territory, the judge ruled that the city council must fix utility rates, and bondholders would have to approve any dele- gation of power by the city to a utilities board. The judge made his decision in the case of Robert Claus, who re- | fused to pay rates set for unmeter- ed steam here and brought suit in | a test case. The judge ruled Claus must pay only a reasonable cost for steam, but his decision did not touch on what “reasonable cost” might be. PASSES SENATE, 16-0 The following communication from Edward Anderson, senator ! four more Amecrycan divisions plus supporting troops to reinforce the two already in Germany Marshall's disclosure of the defi- nite figures took much of the steam out of the opposition in the troops- to-Europe controversy. The size of the forces contemplated was smaller than had been anticipated. FROM CALIFORNIA K. S. Hauter, Orinda, Calif., gistered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SITKA Josephine Carter of Sitka is at the Baranof Hotel e 8 o 0o 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ¥nding 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum 39; minimum, 32. At Alrport 37; minimum, 30 Maximum, FORECAST Cloudy with showers of mixed rain and snow tonight and Saturday. Lowest temp- erature tonight near 32 Highest Saturday near 37 eeecceevecsvenra | PRECIPITATION | ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today |® city of Juneau—129 inches; | Since Feb. 1—2.13 inches; * since July 1—4421 inches; ‘Imm the Second Division, explains | itself: | Editor of The Empire, Feb. 16— | "WXH you please be so kind and pub- | {lish in today's Empire that Senate | | Joint memorial No. 4 passed the | senate unanimously (16 to 0). For | some reason it was left out from !the senate’s Boings in yesterday's! Empire, February.15. This memorial refers to a | from Nome to Solomon in the Sec- road | 'their {North Korean Red capital. RED DRIVE IS CHECKED, ONE FRONT Commies A;;fiurling New Forces Info Battle De- spite Severe Losses By Associated Press Allied bayonets slashed back Red attempts to outflank both ends of the Central Korean warfront today. On the left flank, southeast of Seoul, American infantrymen —al- most out of ammunition — bared bayonets and charged. They chased the fleeing Chinese survivors half a mile. The Doughboys killed some 56 Reds. Artillery already had killed about 100 of a dug-in force of 300. On the right flank of the rela- tively quiet Centrol Front, South Korean infantrymen used bayonets and grenades to throw back Chinese troops north of Chechon. But Comi= munist pressure in that mountain- ous sector continued. On the Western Front south of Seoul, an American tank-infantry patrol ran inmw more than 500 Chi- nese just south of the Han River. The Reds were dug in but lost at least 100 men. Red Drive Checked Action all along the curving bat- tlefront was relatively small in com- parison with fighting in the past five days, in which a Communist drive on the Central Front was checked. The Eighth Army counted Fed casualties at 4,935 for Thursday which 2275 were on the Central Front petween Chipyong and Won- ju. This brought to more than 100,« 000 the Red losses since the Allied limited offensive jumped off J uary 25. Reds Shift Strength Friday’s action on the right flank of the Central Front indicated the Chinese may have shifted much of strength to the area north and northwest of Chechon. Despite the severe losses dealt the teds in their offensive, the North Korean radio hoasted that the Com munists had shattered elemern the U. 8. Second and Seventl di- visions and wiped out the South Korean 28th division. “The enemy’s line has crumbled,” sald a broadcast from Pyongyan, “Our and - forces presently are pursuing continuing to advance.” 38th Parallel Issue President Truman said in Wash- ington yesterday that Allied troops in Korea still have UN authority to cross the 38th Parallel dividing North and South Korea. He told his news confercnce any future cross- ing was a matter of military strat- egy and was in the hands of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Headquarters officials in Tokyo hailed the state- ment as clarifying the “muddy waters” concerning the issue. Kadow Has Resigned | ond Division. I wish you would be 150 kind and publish it in today’s | | Empire. T would appreciate it. It| | will help to show my memorial| passed the senate in the forenoon, | Thursday, February 15. Thanking | you for your kindness i A. L. FLORENCE HERE l.sn A. L. Florence of Ketchikan stopping at the Baranof Hotel, STOCK QUCTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 16 Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 3%, American Can 108%, American Tel. and Tel. 154, Anaconda 44%, General Electric 54%, General Motors 50's, Goodyear 71%, Kennecott 78%, Libby, Mc- Neil and Libby 10, Northern Pa- cific 37%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 98%, Twentieth Century Fox 23%, U. S. Steel 46, Pound 280%, Canadian Exchange 9531'%. is | | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 » Interior Secretary Chapman said today he had accepted the resis pation of Kenneth J. Kadow as Chairman of the Alaska Field Com mittee, Chapman informed Kadow he “With regret.” The resignation March 31 Kadow mittee lid is effective on head nearly t has [ef for He plans to private business. | Kadow left his | several weeks ago for |He has a home qn the {Highway where his family located. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver due late Saturday afternoon or cve- i ning. t Denali scheduled rem 1as ow Dou to sail from Dunton has been accountant at|Commission, is expected to .arrive ' “whatever Jensen may have to pre- | 4 years of American military history inches; Sales today were 1,860,000 shares. |Seattle 4 p.m. today. into gradual victory in Korea. Military men say that Ridgway "~ (Continued on Page Four) the R. W. Cowling Co. for the past year and a half and will be the new manager of ihe Credit Bur- eau. {in Juneau Sunday from Glenn Al- len where he has been stationed the | past several months. He has been transferred to the local ARC office. Dr. R. H. Shuler of Mt. Edge- cumbe arrived here on PNA from Anchorage yesterday and is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. | 1 l sent, it seems to be a matter for all | * the legislators. Jensen says it is for : gl ol (Conttuzed on Page Two) | | At Airport—.58 Since Feb. 1—.1.56 inches; since July 1—31.81 inches. © 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Averages today were as follows: Industrials 254.90, rails 8840, util- ities 42.90. | Baranof from west scheduled io arrive Sunday morning at 10, south- bound.