The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 10, 1951, Page 1

—_—— SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL TLIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI.,, NO. 11,754 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1951 Back o H@IS_ Governor and Mrs. Earl Warren Force Base, nearby Arrowhead Hot Springs. (P Wirephoto. \ JUFELT - WALKER WEDDING WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOOK The marriage of Edna Mae Zu- felt, daughter of Mrs. Della Salis bury of Juneau, and Mr. Tro; Richard Walker of Juneau will b solemnized at 2 to bs performed Soboleff, at 5 o’clock Sunday noon at the home of Mr. and N M. Uggen in the 20th Apart- ments. Close friends of the couple ve been invited the weddin: and thesrgeeption Uggen, Hone. Mrs,, Evelyn Jones will be the matron of honorsand Mr. Joe Mc Nalley will be”the best man. . ‘The bride will be given in mar- ridge by Mr. Uggen. Preceding the marriage ceremony Miss Gladys Uggen will sir “Dearly Beloved” and the music c the ceremony will be played Mrs. Uggen at the piano. The bride-to-be has been a resi- dent of Juneau the past two yeal and has been employed Sugar Bowl Cafe. Mr. Walker is with the U. S. Coast Guard head- quarters office in Juneau. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951. vy Bell Syndicate, Inc.. (Ed. Note: Drew Pearson is on a flying tour of Europe and the m'd- dle East saveying the world situ- ation.) to foHlow at the BELGRADE.—You can’'t escape the fact that our new-found friend- ship with Jugoslavia is nothing les: than a marriage of convenience with a Communistic state. For Communism, though somewhat re- laxed under Tito recently, is still going full blast. In fact, Tito some extent is & prisoner of Com- munism since, in order to the radical wing of his party, he has to show more of a Com- munist than Stalin. Therefore, the present Jugoslav government line is that Stalin uses Ccmmunism merely as a cloak Kur‘ Imperialism and that Communism of the Jugoslav brand is pure and | unadulterated. What most people outside this country fail to rez is that the hard core of the Jugo- slav government was trained either | in Moscow or in Serbian jails dur- ing the Fascist regime (Continued on Page Four) prings Bound daughter, polio-stricken Nina, following their arri San Bernardino, Calif. O DEMOCRATS |Frank Meicalf Testifies in House-Police Dept. Bill Killed By OB DE ARMOND The House of Representative evening put on one of the performances of the present sion, and a packed gallery enjoyed every moment of it. The spectators saw Highway En- gineer Frank Metcalf take the stand Territorial Department of Polic | They saw Metcalf grilled by mem- ic bers of his own Democr; | who attacked and tore to s administration of the Highway Pa- trol. They also saw ‘he Iiighway Pa- trol and Metclaf’s ndministration of | it defended by members of the Re- | | publican party And finally they saw Democratic | Speaker Egan fail to recognize the" | efforts of Democratic Floor Leader | McCutcheon to get the floor so he | could give notice of his intention | to reconsider his vote and instead | recognize Rep. Stepovich’s motion to | | adjourn, which carried and cut off | McCutcheon’s chance for reconsid- | eration. | | Metcalf Called | ¢ Called to the stand at the re-| quest of Rep. Stepovich, the High-% way Engineer and ex-officio Chief | of the Highway Patrol told how he | built the patrol up from four men] tp the present 26 and said that he once had 30 members. | Metcalf said he was “ordered” by | National Defense Organization at | party, are pictured with their youngest at Norton Nina will undergo treatment at i 1 2 “.fifi ¥ & 3 Anchorage and Fairbanks to in-{ I8 ?”H X crease the patrol force. | He said he does not believe a Territorial Police Department should ! be built up at the expense of the ! Highway Patrol. ! “If T had the $20,000 you propose | to pay the Superintendent of Police | during the next biennium I could ! raise salaries 15 per cent and keep | some of the men whose pay is so GIVEN RELEASE ON PRISON SENTENCE RANGOON, March 10 —(®— The rt of Appeal has or- el se of Dr. Gordonilow they can't make ends meet up, , famed “Burma surgeon”|in the Interior,” Metcalf said. i sentenced Feb. 17 to six Salary Scale ears in prison on a charge of aid- Metcalf said patrolmen start at| 1. The reduction in sent- | experience, Metcalf said. | made in view of his age| “Are these political appoint- | and in gratitude for the services he | ments?” asked Rep. Gundersen. | | had rendered to Burma. “Not necessarily,” Metcalf replied. rmese court sentenced the Democrats Gundersen of Ketchi-| ear-old doctor on two of the[kan and Kay of Anchorage hurled e charzes of high treason filed | some of the sharpest barbs of the ! against him. evening in Metcalf’s direction. H He was arrested last August at| Appointments to the patrol, Met- | s Mission hospital in the northern | calf explained, are recommended to | mese town of Namkham. He had | him “from the field.” He then goes | ent more than 25 years giving|over the list with the FBI and the 53 by =1 The court ch: Karen trik i upplies f ~zed he helped Rebe! | finally submits the list to the Demo- | men, gave them medical | cratic Divisiona! Committee. ! their fight against the{ “Isn’t approval by the Divisional | | government and entertained their | Committee one of the main consid- | leader. ! erations?” Kay asked. | | Sea 's defense was based on] “You recently appointed a manE the fact that the powerful rebel: | at Retchikan without even con- | would have destroyed his hospita!| sulting the committee,” Rep. Gun- | OPEN FIRE | ONPATROL to talk about the bill to create a | TRUMAN f Red Defense Line | Rds _Allack --Yanks Cross Han KOREA Red forces (open arrows) and Allies (solid arrows) battled across the Korean Peninsula. Reds launched an attack near Soksa (1) as their main strength continued to build up at Hongchon (2). Allies ad- vanced in the Yangpyoun area (3) and surged across the Han River east of Seoul (4). P Wirephoto M KEEPS UP ROUTINE KEY WEST, Fla., March 10 — —President Truman, outwardly vn- coficerned by Republican criticism in Washington, pursued his custo- | mary Florida routine today with his | White House staff. The arrival of Charles S. Murps< his special counsel, will enele him to get a first-hand account of nego- tiations in Washington looking to a reconciliation of the administra- tion and organized labor, The labor leaders walked out on the mobilization program after ac- cusing Defense Mobilization Direc- tor Charles E. Wilson of weighting its decisions in favor of “big busi- ness.” Murphy, ence with the union may get in today. The White House whn has been in confer- spokesmen, insistence is this country. $400 a month and work up to $475, that Mr. Truman is getting mo ac- als Court confir with sergeants receiving $500 a | tual work done here than he couvld ed labor sentence month. iget done in Washington with the but reduced the term to the| Al members of the Highway Pa- | hormalinterruption of White House | months he already has |trol force have had former police | callers. | spe | He is swimming and sunbathing two hours each day. INDUSTRIALBOARDTO. MEET IN FOUR ALASKA TOWNS TWICE EACH The Alaska 1ndustrial Board has decided to meet twice a year in each % at the |medical aid to the Burmese people | Board of Road Commissioners and | of the four main Alaska towns, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan and Juneau and at such other times as the volume of business makes | additional meetings necessary. The board is composed of Commissioner of Labor Henry A. Benson, Attorney General J. Gerald William and Aud- itor Neil Moore. please | I of King | and endangered the lives of the pa- | tients and nurses had he not given | them the medical supplies. JAPAN'S FIRST PRIME MINISTERDIES TODA | TOKYO, March 10 —@—Kijurc Shedehara, 78, speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, died to- day of a heart attack. Shedehara pan’s first prime | minister appointed under the occu- I in 1931 when as foreign e bitterly opposed Japan's STEAMER MOVEMENIS Baranof from Seattle duc Tues- day morning. Princess Norak tuied to sail | from Vancouver March 14. Denali from westward scheduledl |to arrive at 11 am. Sunday south- | | | bound, dersen charged. “I understood he had been check- ed by the committee,” Metcalf said. ‘I didn’t think it of sufficient im- vortance to find out.” Car Purchase Opening the attack in a new sec- tor, Rep. Kay asked, “Didn’t you recently purchase a 1942 Studebaker | from Patrolman Jack Davis at An- “horage for $1200 when the bluebook price was less than $300?” “I don’t have a bluebook,” Met- calf retorted. In answer to questions, Metcalf said he did not shop around to see if better bargains were available. He said he did not know that parts 1 been forced out of poli-|for the car purchased are no longer | available. “I needed a car right now and I bought it,’ Metealf said. “The Army took three cars that were being shipped to me from Seattle and 1I needed a car.” Upon questioning by Rep. Mac- Kinnon, he admitted he didn't know that the Army took them. “I know that somebody got them and we didn’t.” Powers Outlined Several of the Republican mem- | (Continued on Page Eight) Action at a board meeting here yesterday Salvador Buffo, Bristol Bay fisherman was awarded 50 per | cent disability amounting to $2,250 for the loss of the use of a leg. He was injured at the Wingard Packing Co. at Ugashik. Modesto Quiocho, a cannery work- er at the Copper River Packing Co. i days temporary disability for con- tact dematitis. 'FRED FLETCHER DIES ? HERE LAST NIGHT Fred Fletcher, 66, died at his | home here last night after two years |illness. He and Mrs. | farmed at Hoonah for 25 years un- | til two years ago when they moved | here because of Fletcher’s health. Fletcher is survived by his wife, |a sister Mildred Eberhart of Olyrs- | pia, Wash., a daughter Rose Sim- |onson and five grandchildren. ! No funeral arrangements have been made. The remains are at the | Carter mortuary. N. N. Caldwell of Bremerton is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. and Nellie Juan was awarded 10| Fletcher had | ap. BRIDGES REPORTED VERY ILL BOSTON, March 10 —(#— Harry | Bridges, convicted West Coast labor | leader, is reported to be “desper- |ately ill with the flu in New York.” Bridges was scheduled to speak before an audience of some 300 last night under the sponsorship of the Progressive Party of Massachusetts. A spokesman for the sponsors told the audience that Bridges was unable to appear because of illness. Bridge's scheduled appearance here stirred the city council into asking Acting Mayor Willlam F. Hurley that he be barred. Hurley replied he didn’t have the power to impose the ban because a permit had been properly issued. Bridges was convicted of perjury last summer by a U. S. District Court in California on a charge of falsely swearing at his 1945 natur- alization hearing that he was not and never had been a Communist. MISSOURI CHEERS VOTE GOPVICTORY ST. LOUIS, March 10.—®—Re- publican leaders today cheered the election of Claude I. Bakewell as Congressman from Missouri’s 11th District as proof that political winds have shifted in their favor. Bakewell, who served a term in Congress from 1946-48, won an im- pressive victory in a special elec- tion yesterday over Harry Schendel, an auto dealer and former State Representative. The vacancy was created by the recent death of John B. Sullivan, Democrat. WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'cluck this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 20; minimum, 13, At Airport — Maximum, 20; minimum, 7. ee0esccccccscccscccccece FORECAST Continued fair with some cloudiness and gusty north- easterly winds tonight and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight near 12 deg. High- est Sunday near 22. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today 00000 ccc000ecccctooon . | City of Juneau — None; . ® Since March 1 — .32 inches; ® ® Since July 1 — 5121 inches; @ | ® At Airport — None; . |® Since March 1 — 41 inches; ® |® Since July 1 — 3238 inches. ® MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition PRICE TEN CENTS Political Implication of HB 141 AreReviewed by Former Member of House SENATORS HIT|: FASTCLIPIN PASSING BILLS By JIM HUTCHESON Twelve bills and two Nome mem- srials sailed through the Senate yes- ‘erday and last night. It raised the Senate's bill-passing “otal for Friday to 15. It set a record for the session. Che senators admitted late last night hat they were'nt too sure about the ‘ine points of two or three of them, ut they passed them on the basis of ‘aith in their sponsors. One of the bills approved, 15 to 1, would make a person under 21 who uys, or tries to buy, liquor, equally responsible with the seller. It was introduced, by request, by Sen. W. L. (Dan) Lhamon (R-Fair- banks). The lone vote against it was by Sen. Walter Huntley (D- Palmer). Both Huntley and Sen. Percy Ipa- look (R-Kotzbue), former mission- iry at Wales, expressed wariness ibout the intent of the bill. but Tpalook went along with the majority “fter Lhamon insisted its intent was “yery simple” and Sen. Frank Barr added: “It will make the minor who looks like he is 21 think twice before he goes in to trv to buy a drink.” The bill now goes to the House. Other bills approved by the Sen- ate would tighten up on tobacco and liquor tax collections. One would forbid a minority stockholder to tie a corporation up in litigation unless he posted 5 per cent of the stock as a bond, or posted a bond of not more than $5,000. In response to a question, Lhamon said it was introduced, on request, because of the long litiga- tion over the Chilkoot Barracks vet- erans’ colony project. Lhamon said the intent was to place a measure of responsibility on a minority stock- holder before he could start costly litigation. Bills Approved I Other bills approved by the Sen- ate (all Senate-originating bills) were: SB 65—to allow territorial officers to destroy non-permanent records after 10 years with approval of the attorney general; 8B 97—to expand the territorial texthook commission from two ap- pointive members, to four, to serve with the education commissioner; SB 32—to eliminate the need of physical examinations in non-profit mutual beneficial insurance socie- ties for benefits under $2,500; SB 91—to authorize and direct the highway engineer to survey for streets and grades outside cities, with the survey to determine where utili- | ties lines may be laid. The latter bill precipitated quite a flurry. Sen. Steve McCutcheon (D-An- chorage) said the League of Alaska Jities wants the bill passed. He said that as a member of the An- chorage Planning Commission he had experienced the problem of run- ning against a city limits barrier, with no authority to go farther. Senator Barr opposed it with the argument: “I object to spending ter- ritorial money and expending em- ployees’ time for an Anchorage prob- lem. We don't even know if the people outside the city want it.” Sen. Howard Lyng brought up an inter-diyision issue before the 13-3 vote for the measure. He commented that Nome had no planning commission, but it has a Chamber of Commerce that is trying to get road funds restored after the Federal Bureau of the Budget cut them out. He cited memorials which he and Sen. Ed Anderson had intro- duced with that aim. One of them was approved by the Senate earlier in the day. Plight of Second Division He said the Second Division hadn't !been able to get Federal road funds) while they were diverted “so they} could black-top roads in the Third Division. How long is the Second Division going to have to be sub- servient to the Third?” Senate President Gunnard Enge- | A ‘“Letter to the Editor” that deserves more consideration than usual “communication” is that Curtis Shattuck about House Bill 141. Shattuck, a former member of the Legislature and Juneau busi- nessman, addresses the Empire as follows: “Your frticle relative to House Bill No. 141, the so-called Reor- ganization Bill, which appeared in your March 9 issue, was most time- ly. You appear, however, to have missed some of the political impli- cations of this measure. “As you correcily point out, the Bill would give to our appointed Governor far more power than he now has in the financial affairs of Alaska, and would remove from control those otficials now on our Board of Administration who are elected on a Territorial-wide basis by the people. 3 “Few if any States in our Union have a setup like this, contrary to the smooth-talking Mr Reeves from Kentucky, who wrote the Bill, and has apparently sold it to our House of Representatives. Almost without exception those States which do have elected officials on their fiscal control boards place on them men who are elected at large, just as we now have without Reorganization. “The Reorganization Bill also re- moves the Auditor from the Alaska Industrial Board and replaces him with a third member to be selected by the two present members who carry over under Reorganization, namely, Commissioner of Labor Report=d Broken » REDS HIT HARD. AIR ALSO LAND TOKYO, March 10 —(®— United Nations troops rammed their bridge- head across the Han River 10 miles wide and nearly six miles deep be- fore noon today east of Seoul. Flame-throwing ™ anks rumoied ahead of UN fighting units and spit their fiery streams into Com- munist foxholes. “We killed a batch °f them and have driven many more back into the hills,” one frontline officer said. ; Patrols of the 35th and famed Wolfhound regiments ranged off the Seoul plains into rugged hills to the north. The Communists fought back with automatic weapons and mortar fire. Intelngence Officers of the 25th (Tropic Lightninrg) Division said the mighty UN artillery bombard- ment and infantry drive across the +Han apparently had broken the back of the Communists’ first’ defense line north of the river. They said the Reds probably had pulled back to defend the main road leading west to Seoul. This is about five miles north of the pres- ent line. Skies were gray but the weather was mild as the Doughboys slowly and methodically pushed thejr northward advance. They searched every yard of ground, When the Reds showed fight, the Allied units called for artillery bar- rages. Then they threw their own firepower into the Chinese positions and finally climbed the hills to and Attorney General. “The reason that the Auditor has been on the Industrial Board is that he is also Commissioner of Insurance. In ‘order to remove thlsl reason for his being on the Indus-} trial Board, the Reorganization Bill takes away these powers and hands them to, of all persons, the Com- missioner of Labor. Why? “Supervision of insurance is more| nearly a financial problem than a labor problem, for it involves super- vision of rates of financial struc- ture, of policy forms. Why should it go under the supervision of the Labor Commissioner? There ap- pears to be no precedent for this in any State. Even in Kentucky insurance is not supervised by the Commissioner of Labor. “Early in the session of this Leg- islature it became known that the Governor desired to get off the numerous boards which he has headed for many years. The infer- ence was, in short, that the Gov- ernor was disclaiming any desire to perpetuate the political control he has built up since taking office. “This was pretty well taken for l nary man a long ways from home) with an idea on how to reorganize us ordinary people in Alaska. “With everybody’s eye on the quarterbagk who was ready to pass the Governor right smack off of every board that he was on, the fullback grabbed Reeves’ ball, which gives the Governor greater powers than ever, and now has it on the 90-yard line in the House. “If there ever was a political “Statue of Liberty” play, this is it The only thing that isn’t clear is who is calling the signals, Maybe you'd better ask some of those indi- viduals you sent to the Legisla- ture. NIGHT SESSIONS, PERHAPS SUNDAY, - FOR LEGISLATURE Both the House and Senate met this morning, the House from 9 un- til 10, the Senate from 10 until noon. The House recessed follow- ing a scrap over procedure regard- ing H. B. 141, the Reorganizatior Bill. The House went back into session at 1 p.m. and was scheduled to meet again this evening at 7:30. There was also talk of a Sunday session The Senate was expected to meet again at 2 o'clock this afternoon and may possibly have an evening J (Continued on Page Eight) session also. capture or kill any who stood their ground, “The more than 300 prisoners we collected already would make up one of their battalions,” an officer American Marines pushe‘d ahead another mile north of Hoengsong. The Leathernecks called for air | strikes and slammed artillery bar- rages into Red positions honey- combing a row of 3,000 foot high mountains. Jellied gasoline hit in searing flames. Rockets zoomed into the ridges. Bombs smashed agamnst the peaks. Smoke from a dozen fires shrouded the ridgeline. “That ought to help soften them up for us,” a Marine major said. BIDS ON LARGEST ALASKA BUILDING OPENED MARCH 27 SEATTLE, March 10 —(®— Army Engineers will open bids here Marck its face value. Then along comes |27 on Alaska's “largest building”'— Mr, Reeves from Kentucky, the ex-{an $8,000,000 Army housing anG pert (usually defined as an ordi-lrecreation center at Whittier. The “composite building” was de- signed by Architect John Maloney of Seattle, whose office described it as the Territory’s largest struc- ture. It will house Army personnel and Jffices at the Army port of Whit- tier. Designed as the answer to a se- vere weather problem in Whittier, where more than 15 feet of annual precipitation is normal, the com- posite building will be of reinforced concrete. It will have a 300-seat theater, four bowling alleys, a 16-bed hos- pital and complete medical facili- ties, five school classrooms and a postoffice. It will even have a Jail, 1 beauty shop, chapel, library and hobby shop. Tse six-story structure, resting on solid rock, will be built in units with projecting wings. Between each pair of units copper “bellows” will al- low motion without damage in case of an earthquake. Low roofs between wings will be heated to keep snow melted — & problem where the annual snowfall is 11 feet a year. Water and anti- freeze solution will be pumped thru pipes embedded in gravel between slabs of concrete. On the main roofs, hot water cir- culating in gutter pipes will pre- vent ice from choking drains. Door locks in the 18th Century frequently were large and elabor- ately designed. Some were more than a foot long and required keys half that length.