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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE "WALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI,, ;\l’llll. 16, 1 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDA\', 51 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS R!dgway and | Home (ommand 3 CRASHES ON| MacArthur Mail FicodsP. 0. - >. and Korea, and Mrs. Ridwgay pose is nearly three, at Ft. Meyer, Va. Tanew Daugway, HEW U. to Ridgway’s departure to take command of the Eighth Army in Korea. (P Wirephoto. na U, N. commander 1n Japan with their son, Matthew, Jr., who The picture was made.just prior . PARATROOPS T0 "DEFENSE" OF FIRESTEP ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 16— (P—Defending forces in "operation} Firestep,” Alaska war maneuvers, | were strengthened yesterday by the arrival of the first battalion com- bat team, 505th Regiment, 82nd Air- borne Division, from Pope Field, N. C. ‘The fresh troops moved into the field within a few hours to replace service troops who had been bat- , tling “aggressor” forces for about three days. The combat team arrived at El-| mendorf Air Force Base in 24 C-119 | Fairchild Packets and six C-54 Transports. They are commanded by Lieut. Col. Ralph Burns. | Defenders Repulse Attack Meanwhile, defenders repulsed a surprise aggressor attack after the | “enemy” had reached the west end | of the East-West Elemndorf runway following a simulated paradrop. Tenk and infantry reserves of the defencers, aided by jet planes, forc- ed the aggressor to pullback. This placed the defenders southeast of Elmendorf facing a three-pronged attack from the enemy. One force | was moving into position in an at- tempt to cut off an aggressor re- treat. Use Tear-Gas Defenders used tear-gas forcing the “enemy” back. (A reporter, caught at an aggres-‘ sor command post during this oper- | while The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON | (Copyright. 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc., (Ed. Note—Today’s column takes the form of a letter from Drew Pearson tc ‘Sen. Robert A, Taft on the MacArthur Truman contro- versy.) April 14, 1951 Honorable Robert A. Taft U. S. Senate | Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Taft: When your father was presi-| dent of the United States, my late father-in-law, a general and mili- tary ¢man all hic life, had about the same opinion of him that Douglas MacArthur has of ' the present occupant of the White House. In fact, your father, whom history records as having done a fine job as Secretary of War, in- curred the wrath of many military men, because he both kept within his budget and kept the military in their place. He fully grasped the fundamen- (Continued on Page Four) | jrunway and plowed through a snow- | bank. ation, messaged: way out.”) Late Saturday the aggressor capt- “I had to cry my ured the eastern section of Anchor- age. Sgreaming jets flying low over | Anchora to strafe acgressor forces L esidents yesterday morn- ad hetel residents watched from windows as the planes hit the retreating “cnemy” in the Alaska Railroad yards, ‘The city underwent its second blackout in as many nights Satur- day. It was far more effective than the Friday- practice session. one amounted to no more than A man brownout. MEYERS IS | SENT BACK T0 PRISON BA[TIMORE April 16, —(/P—Ben- nett E. Meyers, cashiered Air Force General, today was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $15,000 for evading $61,400 in Federal income taxes. The 55-year old former Major General pleaded guilty to the char- ges. Meyers faced a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and $60,000 in fines—five years and $10,000 on {invite him to appear before it at each of six counts in the two in- dictments against him. One of the indictments covered his income in 1941, the other cov- |ered 1942 to 1946 inclusive. In that time, | charged, he had an income of $209,- 556 and should have paid income taxes totaling $90,986. Instead, the government charged, he reported only $94,076 and paid only $29,585. Mgyers was top purchasing agent for the air force in: Washington and at Wright-Patterson Field at | Dayton, O, during World War II. He was freed from a Federal Re- formatory Feb. 1 after serving al- the government most, three years of the -twenty- month-to-five-year sentence he was given for inducing an associate to lie to ,a senate investigating committee. HARRY, DCUG ON AIR THURSDAY WASHINGTON, April 16 —(P— President Truman, as well as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, is make a broadcast speech Thursday. In fact, Mr. Truman will go on | the air just a few minutes after MacArthur concludes what is ex- pected to be a historic address to a joint Senate-House meeting. It wasn't planned ‘that way. Just happened. TACOMA VISITOR George T. Babbitt of Tacoma is | It That | | going tol moval would not affect the proposed l\regisr,ered at the Baranof Hotel. lweatward Sunday enroute south. (ANCH. FIELD WITHIN HOUR ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 16— (M—Three plane accidents within 50 minutes at Elmendorf Field Sat- urday caused major damage to a B-26 light bomber and two F-80C Jets, All crewmen escaped injury. An internal explosion directly over the field resulted in a power failure in one of the jets damaged. The pilot, Lt. Robert H. Luedeka, cranked down the landing gear and brought the plane in to a dead stick landing. He managed to get the gear locked just as the plane hit the runway. Firemen doused the iire in the craft. The second jet accident occurred as Lt. Bendel W. McDonald lost con- trol of his plane as he brought it in for a landing. The jet veered off the The B-26 was heavily dama when its left landing gear collapsed | & after a landing and during taxiing. i The pilot was Lt. Arthur H. Gari- baldi. ‘The pilots all are serving with the 57th Figliter Interceptor Group. SENATE ASKS 2POLICIES ey WASHINGTON, April 16 —(®— Senate Republicans unanimously endorsed a proposal for a sweeping congressional investigation of Tru-' administration foreign nnd, military policies. Cheirman Millikin of Colorado tsaid 33 Republican senators agreed in a closed conference to back a, resolution to be drafted by the party policy committee, which probably will propose a two-House inquiry. ' At the same time, the Republicans | expressed “delight” that Gen. Doug- | las MacArthur will be permitted to address a joint meeting of Congress Thursday, This was settled today when the House agreed unanimously to a joint meeting with the Senate on Thursday to hear the deposed five-star general, Millikin said the Republicans also agreed to do what they can to see that MacArthur is given “adequate hearings” before congressional com- mittees. MacArthur already has accepted an invitation to testify before the! Senate Armed Services Committee. Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee agreed unanimously to .3 Stacked on tables, overflowing to the floor of the U. office in Washington is part of flood of ‘mail feceived since dismissal of Gen. MacArthur. Roy E. Riddle (top right, coastless), Senate said 125 large sacks of first class mail had been received 24 ‘hours, compared with a normal load of 25 sacks. Riddle said overtime. 5. Senate post postmaster, in the past James C. Williams (lower right), is assistant postmaster. (background, unidenitfied) Badk If Snoring Stops | Richard Michalak and his wife, Florence, 20, look at a book outside a Chicago Superior court. The book is one of many . suggestions offered Richard in an attempt to cure his snoring which his wife says is wrecking her health. Florence told Judge Rudolph Desort in Superior Court. where she has a separate maintenance suit pending, that she'll go back to Richard—if he can cure himself of snoring within 30 days. (P erephl:w‘ any convenient time. Chairman Kee (D-WVa) told newsmen the committee would like to review Far Eastern policy with MacArthur and plans to hold a public session if agreeable to the general. | | | | | i By Associated Press Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Honolulu today. He is on his way back to the United States for a war hero’s welcome and to tell Congress (ONGRESS T0 HEAR TALK, MacARTHUR WASHINGTON, April 16 —(®— House Speaker. Rayburn (D-Tex) said he and other Democratic Con- gressional leaders assured President Truman today “‘we are going to ex- tend every courtesy to General Mac- | Arthur.” Mr. Truman said last week that | he regarded it as “fitting” that Congress should hear an address i from the five-star general. | Rayburn talked with reporters | after Mr. Truman’s regular Monday morning conference with his capltol Hill lieutenants. The speaker said that, with the President approving, it was agreed | House Democratic Leader McCor- {mack (Mass) will make & request lat today’s session “for unanimous consent that the House hear Mac- DULLES ARRIVES TOKYO T0 CONFER JAP PEACE TREATY TOKYO, April 16 —M— Special Ambassador John Foster Dulles ar- rived here today after a dramatic airborne radio conference over the Pacific ocean with General Doug: las MacArthur, As Dulles’ plane passed MacAr: thur’s U. S.-bound Constellation Ba- taan the two men conferred over the planes’ radio on the proposed Japanese treat, Dulles, the 3 Department’s architect of a Japanese treaty, flew here to reassure the Japanese peo- ple that General MacArthur's re- pact. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Princess Louise from Vancouverl scheduled to arrive Tuesday after- | noon or evening. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Denali scheduled to arrive from | Rossellint and wife, actress Ingrid Berg- udience at Rome premiere of their film "Stromboll.” Arthur on Thursday. | Technically, what will be pro- posed is a recess of the regular House session. Rayburn said it means a joint meeting of the two Houses of Con- gress in the House chamber. While Senate action is not neces- sary, Senate Democratic leader Mc- \ Farland (Ariz) .said “I expect the Senate to go along with the action ‘ar the House.” | 1 JOINT SESSION OKEHED WASHINGTON, April 16 —(®— The House agreed unanimously to- day to a joint meetihg with the Benate Thursday to hear Gen. . Douglas MacArthur, { Democratic Leader McCorntack ! (Mass) asked that the House em- ! power Speaker Rayburn to declare a redess during the regular session +Thursday so that MacArthur could ; be heard, ; ‘There was no objection, so the 1 matter was settled, | The White House, meantime, said MacArthur is welcome to call on President Truman while here if he { asks for an appointment. _ Presidential Secretary Joseph Short made this clear at a news conference. He sald the President’s | Army aide, Maj. Gen, Harry H. Vaughn, will represent Mr. Truman .i at the airport when MacArthur ar- rives, This meant that Mr. Truman himself would not be on hand for the military welcome to the five- stas general. ! Vaughn once served under Gen- !Ell Douglas MacArthur, LARRY REED HERE Larry Reed of Reed and Mar- tin, Inc., a Fairbanks construction company, is stopping.at the Bar- anof Hotel. l..l~-’.‘.. WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 34-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In' Junesu — Maximum, 46; minimum, 31. At Airport — Maxlmum. 46; minimum, 27. FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday. Lowest tempera- ture . tonight about 32 and highest Tuesday near 47. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; Since April 1 — 7.27 inches; Since July 1 — 65.20 inches. At Afrport — None; Since April 1 — 2.54 inches. » . ® . . . ® . . ® . ‘e . . ° . o L] . . . . Since July 1 — 38.39 inches. © . | and the American people his side of the great dispute over U. S. policy in Asia that led President Truman to fire him, A near riot erupted near the ramp of his plane when U. 8. Air Force Ppolice manhandled at least a dozen news photographers trying to record the historic event. MacArthur, mak- ing his first trip to the United States in 14 years, remained aloof to the melee. +Tokyo’s Goodbye A dozen hours before, between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Japanese jammed the streets of Tokyo to say goodbye to their conqueror. It was the greatest acclaim the Japanese have ever shown a foreigner and' MacArthur was plainly moved. The Allied forces gave him a 19 gun sa- lute, Emperor Hirohito paid him a 45-minute farewell visit, Ridgway Takes Over Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, successor to MacArthur, moved into the plain headquarters office from which MacArthur had ruled Japan for five years and seven months. On War Front There was no letup on the war front. Allied troops punched out small gains all along the 180-mile North Korean battlefront against Communist resistance that was bit- ter in some sectors and spotty in others, MacArthur’s Tour MacArthur will stay in Hawaif for 24 hours, then go on to San Francisco and Washington. His wife and 13-year-old son, Arthur, aides and staff members are accompany- ing him. MacArthur will appear before a Joint session of the House and Sen- ate in Washington on Thursday. To- day, in the nation’s capital, Repub- licans called for a searching investi- gation of the administration’s . Asi- atic policies. This was their reply to President Truman's charge that the GOP is trying to confuse the country in order to set up the pins for an election victory in 1952. Investigate Policies Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) said that after Congress hears MacAr- thur it ought to set up a Senate- House committee for a sweeping in- vestigation of Far Eastern policies. The Republican idea is that Mac- Arthur's arrival will be the logical starting point for a probe of State Department policy in the Far East. Hero's Parade From Washington, MacArthur will g0 to New York for a returning hero's parade on Broadway on Fri- day. But his homecoming will be heralded by welcome tributes in many communities ‘across the na- tion, even though he will not be present in person. Most of these are timed to coincide with his ar- rival in San Francisco some time Tuesday. New Atomic Weapon Rep. Gore (D-Tenn) indicated that the United States has perfected “cataclysmic” new atomic weapons to spread deadly radioactivity, and he urged Mr, Truman to use them in Korea to make & belt across Korea unfit for human habitation. ‘This would serve as a barrier for all military ground operations. As a member of the House Appropria- tions subcommittee which handles funds for the Atomic Energy Com- mission, Gore has access to infor- mation about atomic developments. But that was all talk to the GIs in Korea who were fightthg the same kind of “old-fashioned” war. ‘These were the principal front de- velopments: Front Gains Reported American and Turkish troops made the best gains along the 150- mile front, maintainiag the UN initiative across the peninsula. Al- lied infantry and tanks were firm- ly entrenched in Yanggu, once a Red troop massing point on the Central front. On the” West Central front UN troops gained against light resist- ance. They held full controls of the southbank of the Hwachon reser- voir, On the West Coast Allied destroy- ers shelled Changsan Point south- west of Chinnampo — the port city for Pyongyang, Red Korean cap- ital. | ! i ! l , PRICE TEN CENTS MacArthur In Honolulu On His Way Home Thousands in Tokyo Give MacArthur Farewell; Plans 0f General Given; Is to Appear at Joint Session|cenersi Sieps on u.s. OFFI(IAl GREETING IS GIVEN Mainland First Time in 14 Years HONOLULU, April 16 —#— Gen. Douglas MacArthur, stripped of his top military commands, arrived ear- ly today from Tokyo on his way to the mainland for a hero's welcome and a political hgttle over Ameris, can policy in Asia, His big transport plane glided onto Hickam Field’s runway at. 12:28 a.m. (2:28 a.m,) PST). Seven minutes later he stepped on Ameri- can soil for the first time since his 1950 Wake Island conference with President Truman. He has not been on the U, 8. 1 mainland for 14 years. " The general issued a brief writ~ ten statement several hours after his arrival expressing his “thanks: and appreciation” to the people of Hawaii for their welcome. He praised the fighting sons of Hawall now serving on the Korean war front with the Fifth Rellmmhl- Combat team, The deposed suprcme eommnnw of United Natlons forces in the Korean war will leave Tuesday 'to carry his views on U. 8. policy in Asia to Congress and the American’ public. First Public Welcome He arrived when most of Honolulu was asleep. But hdu the public will get a good look at him — and he will gef his first faste of an American public’s welcome for a re- turning hero, The general will ride at the head of a parade through Honoluli's streets, receive an honorary degree from the University of Hawail and visit famed Waikiki Beach. The general’s plane was met by Honolulu’s military and civilian big brass. Applauding civilians were kept at a distance by rope barri- cades and aggressive Air Force po~ lice. Rough Up Reported The Air Force roughed up at least a dozen photographers who tried to get close enough for’ unobstructed views of the event, One of the manhandled photo- graphers, AP’s Paul Strong of San rancisco said, “they grabbed ome guy and literally pitched him thru the air. He actually bounced.” General MacArthur remained aloof a few feet behind him as he shook hands with Adm. Arthur W, Radford, U. 8. Navy commander i the Pacific; Hawail’s Gov. Stain- back and Army Secretary Frank Pace, Jr. Mrs. MacArthur First Mrs, MacArthur left the plane, rechristened the “Bataan,” on the arm of Lt. Col. Anthony Story, Mac+ Arthur's pilot, The five star gen= eral followed with his 13-year-old son, Arthur, who was born in Manila the and never before had seen United States. Parade Scheduled The parade through the city'fs scheduled for 3.20 p.m, It will start from the Radford residence, where the general is staying. At 4 pm, the procession is due at the University campus. University President Gregg §inclair will present MacArthur an h degree, Police Chief Dan Liu said he planned the trip through Liliha so Filipinos could see and cheer the man who become a personal hero when he liberated their homeland from the Japanese in World War 1I. Roy H. Larson of Spokane is stogpml at the Baranof Hotel. STOCK OUGHATIONS NEW YORK, April 16 — Closing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 111%, American Tel. and Tel. 155%, Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 103'%, General Electric 55%, Gen- eral Motors 53, Goodyear 75'%, Ken- necott 5%, Libby, McNeill and Lib- by 10%, Northern Pacific 37%, Standard Oil of California 46%, Twentieth Century Fox 20'%, U. 8. Steel 44, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 94.43%. Sales today were 1,730,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 254.85, rails 83.90, utili~ ties 42.32.