The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1951, Page 1

SATUBDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” lTHE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE il i SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition \() 11 766 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Offer Made to Talk Peace with Korean Reds PAA FACES STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT NEW YORK, March 2¢ —®— Pan American World Airways faced a strike at midnight tonight by 150 port stewards unless a Federal med- iator succeeds in a last -minute set- tlement, The CIO Transport Workers’ Un- ion says another 4,200 emplo; will not cross the stewards’ picket lines in New York, Miami, Scattle, San Francisco and Brownsville, Tex. The TWU seeks a cost-of-living wage increase of 16 cents an hour. The union said present wages range between $1.25 and $1.91 an hour. Originally set for March 14, the strike deadline was put off 10 days by the union to give Mediator George McSwan a chance to nego- tiate a settlement. SEATTLE, March 24 —(®— Local heads of the CIO Transport Work- ers’ Union said more than 100 work- ers here and in Alaska would stay off the job to back the stewards in the wage dispute unless a settle- ment is reached tod If the walkout occurs as sched- uled, Pan American officials said| they will man the planes to main- tain schedules to Alaska. GOV.'S VIEWS, TERRITORIAL RETIREMENT In a letter to Secretary of Alaska ! | | I EASTER PARADE--Then and Now E in New York is a glamor center for. the Easter Parade. to ccencs of former modern p;\rzdt‘ which .drives traffic from the street. At mid-century attention turns ars. Pictures show Fifth Avenue at Easter near the turn of this century and a Happy Bnde and Groom Lew M. Williams, Governor Gruen- ing says: | I am transmitting Senate Bill No. 53 for permanent filing. | ever, in order to clarify as far as possible the conflicting views on Territorial retirement, I ami meking' the following comments on the sub— jeet: By this new Act the Tulltuxm]' Public Employees Retirement Sys- tem enacted by the Nineteenth Legislature two years ago will be re- placed by extending to the employes of the Territory and its political subdivisions and to their depend- ents and survivors, the basic protec- tion accorded to others by the Old Age and Survivors Insurance sys-, tem embodied in the Social secur- | ity Act. In general, I feel that this fiepl will represent an advance in pro-j| viding security for our employes only if supplemented by further legislative action. The Old Age and Survivors Insurance is a family in- surance plan which aims to prov)de- the maximum coverage for the fam- ily unit at the lowest cost. It is a system which has the advantage of virtual universal coverage of all fields of employment. It is actuar—‘ jally sound which means that funds for payment of benefits will be ever available from the Federal Treas- ury. It has also had a long operating experience, and provides basic pro- tection at extrtmely low cost to the worker and to his employer. This system, however attempts to The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, Dy Bell Syndicate, Inc.. ! to be paid to our employes upon re- PARIS—It is now more than t years since the foreign mimsl?h' of 12 nations met in solemn con-) clave in Washington and, accom-} panied by Klieg Lights and overseas broadcasts, signed the North At- lantic pac* The purpose of that pact was to protect the liberty-loving democ- racies from Soviet aggression. In the two years that have passed, however, not one single division has been raised to block that aggression and there has been no agreement on pooling of raw materials, no schedule for production, no pro- gram for propaganda and pom'nnlw warfare, and no coordination of in- telligence reports—in brief, all' that the North Atlantic pact countries have after two years of talking is a piece of paper plus an array of cumkersome committees which got in each other’s way. It was this emaciated skeleton (Continued on Page Four) I “menu will be ham, scrambled eggs, ) . e ¥ Elliott Roosevelt and his bride, the former Mrs. Minnewa Bell Ron. greeted guests at their wedding reception at Miami Beach, Fla., "with these smiles. bride. (P Wln'phow. provide merely a floor of protec- | tion. Retirement benefits are ac-| cordingly very small and it is as- sumed that supplemental retire- ment programs over and above this basic program will be provided by the joint action of employers and | employe groups. However in this| case the employer is the Territory and its political subdivisions, I strongly recommend, therefore, that during the coming bienium all in- terested parties study the matter of designing a sound supplemental pension system to bring the benefits tirement up to a more adequate level, and that legislation be pre- pared well in advance to present to the Twenty-First Legislature in January of 1953. 'BIDS DEMOLITION (ITY HALL TO BE OPENED MARCH 28, Bids will be npened March 28 at 8 o'clock p.m. on the demolition of ! the City Hall and AB hall on the site of the Alaska Office building, C. L. Popejoy, city clerk, said today. No date is set at this time for completion of the job but the con- tractor is to begin work within 10| days of notice to start. EASTER BREAKFAST Men of the Methodist church will prepare and serve an annual Easter breakfast tomorrow. morning be- tween 7:30 and 9:30 in the church parlors. The public is invited. The fried potatoes and drink. P. 8. Ganty of Pelican is at the; Baranof hotel. l They wer married at the Sunset Island home of the HUNDREDS OF EASTEI! LILIES FLOWN HERE During the past week-Pan Amer- ican World Airways has been bring- ing hundreds of cut flowers and Easter lillies to Juneau by air in addition to regular passengers and mail. Eleven arrived from Seattle yes- terday, two from Annette. Twenty flew to Seattle and one to Ketchi- kan, From Seattle: Harold Dent, Mr. and Mrs, Phil Hight, Gordon Heij- zey, H. Kling, Leo Tuttle and the Smith family consigting of Gil, Betty, Chris, and Sharon. From Annette: T. Ray Runnells and Harry Forehand. To Seattle: Mrs. Jerry Jones, Lil Fitzgerald, A., F. Coble, Mrs. Earl Anderson, Elizabeth McCabe, Ted Graham, D. H. Chick, Florence Ford, J. Halat, P. Walsh, F. Farrell, | 8. Frapz, Lillian Frambrough, John Graf, Mrs. Fred Geeslin, Harold Lee, Carol Davis and children Carel Davis and Lavina Peterson. To Ketchikan: Mrs, Clarence Pur- dy. CONTRACTOR HERE H. H. Dent, Seattle contractor, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM BREMERTON Robert T. Hadley of Bremerton, Wash. is at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SITKA John Bahrt, Sitka, is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel, FROM ONTARIO W. G. Wegenast of Port Arthur Ont. is at the Baranof Hotel. LAWMAKERS ARE FLYING Like the birds, Alaska legislators took off in many directions yester- day and today following 60 days of law making, wrangling and argu- ment Time was when legislators travel- ed by steamer, dogsled, doubleend- ers and plain mushing to return to their scattered homes, but in 1951 they sailed grandly like the birds —only in aircraft. A few stuck to restful steamer travel and local law- makers have dropped out of sight to catch upon their sleep. A. F. Coble and W. W. Laws flew to Seattle yesterday on PAA, Jack Conright, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Huntley, Steve McCutcheon, Dr. C. A. Pollard and Ed Anderson flew to Anchorage on PNA yesterday. Hoping to get out for Fairbanks on PAA today, weather permitting are George Miscovich, Mike Stepo- vich, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Alden Wilbur, Mr, and Mrs. Dan Lhamon and daughter, Donna, and John Butrovich. Expecting to fly to Cordoya on PNA today were Mr. and Mrs. Ches- ter Carlson. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Kay were billed for Anchorage. Stan McCutcheon was to go to Seat- tle today. The lone northbound boat travel- ing legislator is Heinie Snider on the Baranof Tuesday. Boat passen- gers southbound Sunday morning include Amelia Gunderson and Doris Barnes. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seattle scheduled to arrive sometime Tuesday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive SunGay morning at 4:30 southbound. Coastal Rambler from Seattle scheduled to arrive 8 a.m. Sunday. WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock’ this morning In Juneau Maximum, 39; minimum 30. At Airport 40; minimum, 31. Maximum, eeecescessoe FORECAST Cloudy with mixed rain and snow tonight. Becoming mostly cloudy with showers Sunday, Low tonight about 35, high Sunday near 40. PRECIPITILTION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .45 inches; Since March 1 — 5:30 inches; Since July 1 — 56.20 inches, At Airport — .12 inches; Since March 1—2.84 inches; Since July 1 — 35.32 inches. S e e e e e e e { many Americans made the CHRISTIANS T0 CELEBRATE EASTER MORN Christians of the old and the new world prepared today to celebrate the Easter miracle of the risen Christ in sunrise services, pontifical masses and pilgrimages to holy places, A record number of Pilgrims at- tended services and visited shrines in the drought-parched Holy Land. In a world beset with anxiety, prayers for peace dominated the 1961 Easter .observances. ‘Churchés. — both Protestant and Oatholic — were crowded through- out the United States yesterday for sqlemn ,Good Friday services Stock Exchanges were closed in most countries. Shops were filled with last min- ute buyers of Easter finery. In New York — filled with an influx of: visitors — a close watch was kept on weather prospects for the annual Fifth Avenue Parade. Francis Cardinal Spellman sent a message to the people behind the Iron Curtain saying that Americans would pray tomorrow that the cele- bration of Christ's resurrection would be “prophetic of your own delivery from persecution and en-| slavement.” In Jerusalem, before the door of! the darkened Basilica of the Holy| sepulchre, the Easter theme of the !~ rebirth of Christ was enacted. The Holy City, crowded with Pil- grims, ended its traditional Holy| Week services of mourning lut! night and prepared for the. joyous | teast of the resurrection. Pontifical | high mass in the Basilica tomorrow morning will be attended by diplo- mats in formal attire. Thousands of Europeans and Good Friday journey in the footsteps of Christ through the winding coble- stoned streets of the old walled city, the storied last journey to Cav- 1| alry. OPEN HOUSE ABOARD JOHN N. (0BB SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SUBPORT Open house will be held for the! public aboard the John N. Cobb, ex- ploratory vessel of the Fish and Wwildlife Service, tomorrow after- noon from 2 to 4 o'clock. The Cobb ! will be moored at the subport dock because prevailing low tides make it inadvisable to dock the vessel in the small boat harbor. i All types of fishing gear used in its exploratory work will be on dis- play as well as the laboratory used in ‘making tests on types of fish caught. The FWS vessel has been doing exploration work in waters adjacent to Juneau. This is the first time for the vessel to dock here. It is in its second season of work. Captain Sheldon Johnson will be aboard to welcome all visitors. (OURT ADJOURNED SINE DIE TODAY The January term of the U. S. District Court was adjourned sine die at the conclusion of court bus- iness shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. Jidge ~George W. Folta ana_a court party will leave tomorrow morning on the steamship Denali for Ketchikan to hold a short term of court in that city. In the court party will be Judge Folta, Clerk of the Court J. W, Leivers, Court Reporter Mildred Maynard, Deputy Clerk Irene Rasmussen. Thomas Stewart, law clerk, will join the party in Ketchikan next week. In court this morning Judge Fol- ta heard testimony in the case of Mielke against the City of Craig and took the cage under advise- ment, A decree of divorce was granted to Albert W. Earl from Mona W. Earl on a cross complaint. Mona Earl had previously filed a suii asking for separate maintenance. Mona Earl was represented by At- torney M. E. Monagle and Attorney J. A. McLean represented Earl. Pauline Sanders was granted a divorce from Walter L. Sanders. Attorney M. E. Monagle represen- ted the plaintiff, o “The Emply Tomb,” pnlnun; by Bernhard Plockhorst (1825-1907). Proud Parenls Mrs. Bette Byrd, 18-year-old University of Washington freshman who gave birth to twin girls unassisted in her dormitory room in Seattle, (Mar. 10), smiles at her soldier husband, Cpl. Don Byrd, in Doctors Hospital. Byrd rushed from Camp Stoneman, Calif., after the births had revealed the couple’s year.old marriage. The twins, confined to hospital incubators, were reported in good condition. » Wirephnw. lmda Happy Agam Linda Oliva, four-year-old (center) who survived a plunge from a passenger train in Arizona recently in which her mother died, smiles happily as her uncle, Elbridge Hosmer, gives her a pic-a-back ride around her new home in Landis Township, near Vineland, N. J. Uncle and aunt, Rose Hosmer (right) who are making new home for Lifia, plan to adopt little girl. P Wirephoto. el Y MacARTHUR PROPOSING PEACE TALK But at Same Time Orders UN Troops to Cross 38th Parallel By Associated Press General MacArthur offered today to talk peace with the Korean Reds but at the same time ordered his UN troops to cross the 38th Parallel whenever “tactically advisable.” MacArthur’s order came as ad- vancing Allied troops had all but stamped out the last organized Communist resistance south of the Parallel. “I stand ready at any time to con- fer in the field with the commander- ! in-chief of the enemy forces in the earnest effort to settle the UN ob- jectives in Korea and end the fight- ing,” MacArthur said. The general emphasized that a settlement would be based on “real- izing the political objectives of the United Nations in Korea.” MacArthur made the statement | before he flew to Seoul Saturday night on his 14th visit to the fight- ing front. On his return to Tokyo, MacArthur said he had directed the U. 8. Eighth Army to cross the 38th Parallel “if and when its security makes it tactically advisable.” The UN commander said the status of the old dividing line be- tween North and South Korea had been thoroughly discussed in Lon- don, Washington. and other capitals. He said the boundary actually had | no military significance and he added that Naval and Air Units cross it at will. There was no immediate Com- munist reaction to MacArthur's statement. ————— Reporf Life Rafts Seen, 'Downed Plane SHANNON, Airport, March 24 — (P— Forty planes criss-crossed the cold waters of the Atlantic today in | & hunt for a giant United States Air Force transport with 53 persons aboard. They were spurred by a re- port that “quite a few” life rafts | had been sighted in the search area. Five ships were also steaming full | speed for the area about 450 miles west of Ireland. An NBC broadcast from London quoted the British Admiralty as | source for information that surviv- | ors already were being picked up. | The Admiralty denied it had issued | such a report. It could not be con- | firmed by the U. 8. Navy in London lor the U, S. Alr Force mission at | Shannon, either. A B29 pilot; in two dramatic radio messages, reported sighting flares, wreckage or life rafts in four Ldmerenz locations in the general | search area. Aboard the missing plane which disappeared in fog and rain early yesterday was Brig. Gen. Paul L. | Cullen, deputy commander of the | U. 8. Second Air Force, and four | officers of the Strategic Air Com- mand (SAC) headquarters at Omaha, Neb. The big missing transport — 2a Globemaster II — was on a flight from the United States to England. It carried a crew of five and 48 passengers. HERE IT IS NOW, EASTER WEATHER | Well—the prediction on weather for Easter Sunday is—mostly clou- } dy, with showers. But, that does {not mean one may stay at home land forget Easter services. Put on | the old duds, hit the slippery side- | walks or order a taxi, and go to | church where special services are belng held. Might be able to make n between showers. Might also put !on the glad things and trust to lluck they will not be showered.