The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 17, 1951, Page 1

s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE % "ALL-THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,786 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —_— ] MacArthur Flying from Honolulu over Pacific ANTI- TRUST SUIT AGAINST CABS ENDING ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 17— (P— Attorneys were to begin clos- ing arguments today in the gov- ernment’s anti-trust action against Anchorage taxicab operators. Final testimony was given yester- day in the case against nine individ- ual taxicab owners, two taxi com- panies and two cab associations. Court officials said the Federal Court jury probably would begin its deliberations some time tomor- row. The defendants are accused by the government of illegally fixing prices to eliminate competition. Concluding witne: sterday was Lt. Col. James B. Davis, former legal officer of the 57th Fighter Wing president Truman’s firing of Gen.| Air Force pouglas MacArthur from his Far| at nearby Elmendorf Base. Meets With Operators Davis told of meeting with Anch- orage cab operators when bids were opened for runs at the military post. “They (cab operators) indicated they were making a joint bid so Carl Sturdavant (head of the Inter-Post Cab Company) would not get the gravy and cream cof the business,” Davis testified. Davis was recalled here from the TinkerAir Force Base in Oklahoma, | where he is now stationed, to testify. He told the court Sturdavant originally was restricted in opera- tions at the base but later began operating between Anchorage and the base. “In effect, they felt he took a portion of their business away from ‘them and they were submitting a bid to get away from that sort of business,” the officer said. “They said that as Intra-Post and later the Richardson Cab Company they would restrict their operations to the base.” Discuss Sturdavant Davis added that Sturdavant was the subject of a “bit of conversa- | tion at the meeting.” “None of them held him in very high regard because of his ways of doing business,” he said. Davis said representatives of the Yellow, Hy’s Red, and Union Cab companies, plus one other, City or Gray, were present at the meeting. All the firms are defendants in the trust case. The government has contended during the prolonged trial that com- peting Anchorage cab oOperators banded together to get the post con- tract away from Sturdavaht, whose minimum rates were theirs. Denies Rate-Setting Davis also testified he had never: heard of a base commander setting“ taxi rates, H In an attempt to refute testi- mony of Capt. William Rawls, 39th Air Police Squadron, who stated Friday he had never told operators what rates to charge, the defense yesterday called Mrs. Harry Baker, wife of one of the defendants, as a rebuttal witness. She said Rawls came to their of- fice where she was a dispatcher, and produced an advertisement giv- ing rates of the Red Cab company. “Those are the prices you will charge from now on,” Mrs. Baker ! said Rawls told her. COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY The second regular meeting of the Juneau City Council will be held Friday night in the City Hall | Council Chambers. e o o v ® 0 o WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Perfod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 48; minimum, 33, At Airport — Maximum, 46; minimum, 28. FORECAST Continued fair this after- noon and Wednesday. High- est temperature this after- noon near 50 and lowest to- night about 32. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juncau — None; Since April 1 — 7.27 inches; Since July 1 — 65.20 inches. At Airport — None; Since April 1 — 2.54 inches. Since July 1 — 38.39 inches. © o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000 v0eeccct0000000 00 | | | | 9000000000000 00000000%0000 lower than | | the Foreign Relations Committee, | Some of his {headed by Senator Connally (D-|friends have been counseling himthc need for den mothers in the | FAR EASTERN POLICY WILL WASHINGTON, April 17 —#— Senate Republicans today proposed creation of a 24-mbmber Senate- House Committee to make a broad | investigation of Far Eastern policy. | The GOP Policy Committee en- | dorsed the idea as drafted by Sen- ator Ferguson (R-Mich) in tls2 | form of a resclution for introduc- | tion in the Senate | The resolution calls for “a com- ! plete evaluation of the United | States policies in the Far East and their relation to the foreign and | military policies of the United States | as a whole.” | Senate Democratic leaders have | agreed there should be an airing {of the policy differences behind Eastern commands. | However, the Republicans pro- | posed equal party representation on | the suggested committee — 12 Dem- ‘ocrats and 12 Republicans. | The Democrats could be expected | to insist that, as the majority party, i they should have majority repre- | sentation on any inquiry group. Both Senate and House would {have to approve in order for the ;, Republicans plan to be put into ef- ect. Both parties have accused each | other of playing politics in the Tru- man-MacArthur controversy. Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) said the { GOP resolution had endorsement from 33 Republican senators in ad- ivance of the policy committee ac- : tion. OPPOSITION RISES WASHINGTON, April 17 —(@P— | Senate Republicans, asking . jequal | representation for their pasty, to- | day propoSed creation of a special 24-member, Senate-House commit- | tee to investigate Far Eastern pol- | icy. ;. They promptly ran into Demo= | cratic opposition. Senator Russell | (D-Ga) told the Senate the Armed i Forces Committee, which he heads. iand the Senate Foreign Relations | Committee are already moving | Jointly to make an inquiry into for- | eign and military policy. He said | they would cover the same ground. Russell also announced postpone- | ment of tomorrow’s scheduled start | | ices Committee only. Secretary of | Defense Marshall was to have been | the lead-off witness. i He said the postponement is de- Tex), time to work out plans for joint hearings. Russell raised his objections im- | troduce the resolution late today if [ persons as to the work of his de- | mediately after Senator Ferguson | he could get the Senate floor. (R-Mich) introduced a tesolution for a special Senate-House com- mittee. This idea had received for- Policy Committee at a forenoon meeting. MISSISSIPPI RIVER RISES ST. PAUL, Minn,, April 17 —#— Mississipp! river communities in Southeastern Minnesota are getting | their worst flooding in 70 years. The river crested at 13 feet in | St. Paul last night — highest since the peak of 19.7 feet in 1881 — and the South St. Paul stockyards were flooded out of operation for the first time since their opening. Several packing plants also shut down. Huge ice cakes boosted along by the rushing current yesterday tore out a 480-foot section of wooden trestle and pontoon bridges at Read’s Landing, 75 miles south of St. Paul. Wrecking of the span forced rerouting of a Milwaukee road branch line serving Minnesota and Wisconsin. Night and day shifts of trucks and bulldozers hauling and placing rock were strengthening dikes at Wi- nona, industrial center of more than Mississippi. The Sahara Desert of northern | Africa is the largest arid region | in the world. GET PROBING 25,000 population 125 miles down the 65 COUNCIL TO MEET TONIGHT, LUTHERAN CH. — [ | DOROTHY PETRON | Scout official now in Juneau. the Girl Scout and leaders of held tonight at 8 Lutheran church. A meeting of | council members fn'oops will be jo'clock in the tector of the National Field staff, | will discuss activities and a future [Scuut program for this area. | Tomorrow a group of councii {members and leaders will make a ;trip to Tee Harbor with Miss Pet- {ron to the site of the proposed girl |scout camp. Tentative plans are | under way to kuild within the next iyear or two at this location to | provide facilities for summer camp- |ing. Thursday afternoon at 4:30 {o'clock Miss Petron will be inter- {viewed over KINY by Mrs. Elton Engstrom, . radio and publicity chairman of the Girl Scout coun- cil. Friday will be the no-host | luncheon in the Gold Room at the | Baranof. This is open to. parents, irriends and the general public, | RESOLUTION 10 ASK FOR WAR, CHINA | WASHINGTON, April 17 —(®— he has decided to go ahead and in- troduce a resolution for a declara- | tion of war against Red China, | Cain has been talking since Sun- Republican Senate against it. | Cain told a reporter he might in- “I have the resolution drafted jand a speech written,” he said. 1 Asked about reports that his Repub- i him yesterday to delay introducing | the resolution, Cain said: “I have delayed — 24 hours.” The Was‘hingion ‘Merry - Go- Roun By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Ine., ASHINGTON.—In private cau- |cuses Congressional Republicans haven’t been quite as outspoken for General MacArthur, or against President Truman—as in their pub- lic statements. ‘Some have feared |the MacArthur issue, unless care- {fully handled, might backfire and |give the public the impression that {Republican chiefs favor a third | World War. | Congressman A. L. (Doe) Miller |of Nebraska warned of this at the | first caucus of House Republicans. “We must not leave ourselves open to Democratic charges that we are subscribing to a war policy by jdefending MacArthur,” Miller cau- |tioned. “In inviting the General Iback here, it should be made clear that we are not necessarily con- firming his policy on the far East until we have heard his story.” Congressman Fred Coudert of New York seconded Miller, as did several others, including Congress- man Jack Javits of New York. “The American people,” Javits cautioned, “have a right to hear " (Continued on Page Four) | Miss Dorothy Petron, Regional dir-, HARMON EXPLAINS WELFARE PROGRAM Henry A. Harmon, director of 'the Territorial Departmént of Wel- ifare, gave an interesting talk on the work of his department at a regular Rotary Club luncheon this noon at the Baranof Hotel. Bob Akervick also gave a resume of the additional $200,000 school bond issue to be voted upon April 30. A drawing for the Rotary-sponsored Cub Scout Pack 311 basketball tournament took place. Harmon compared the ideals of service in Rotary with the Welfare department as the “service arm of the Territorial government.” He ex- plained the five programs carried on within the budgets allowed: 1. Old age assistance which is not a pension, but aid to those over 65 years who are in neegd. There are 1628 being cared for in the Territory at an average expen- diture of $52.94 each with 90 cases in Juneau alone. | 2. Aid to dependent children with 1664 families with 1,515 children be- ing cared for in the Territory. In Juneau there are 30 families total- ing 87 children receiving aid. 3. Juvenile code program takes the cases which come from the U. S. Commissioners courts. These are the big problems, because home and other influences have failed in adjusting the children. In the Territory there are 273 committed to the department, of which 149 are being paid for at the average rate of $51.11 per month per child. Parents are charged with contrib- uting to the costs wherever possible. 4. General relief program for those persons unable to make a living and whose aid has been raised from ‘$30 fo $60 per month by the !ast legislature. Of the $300,000 appropriated for the last biennium, $162,000 went for med- bt hospital and burial of indig-; ents, leaving the rest forthe most edy. { 5. Child welfare service, which secks through. social workers to aid iparents and children in the home before the problems reach the acute ( stage. There are child welfare so- cial workers in Ketchikan, Fair- banks and Anchorage, but none in Juneau, Harmon pointed out. The} cost to the City of Juneau for such a work would be $250 monthly, he said. The district welfare worker who cares for cases north of Pet- ersburg to Haines and Skagway of an inquiry by the Armed Serv- | Senator Cain (R-Wash) said today | takes care of Juneau, making 806 cases in this district. The normal load for a welfare worker is from 50 to 100, he said. Harmon cited the constructive signed to give his committee and | day of proposing such a resolution.|Work with boys carried on through the Scout program and stressed Cub work. He said there was some misunderstanding among many | | partment and concluded with “Don’t talk about us. Talk with us.” ‘ Harmon’s talk was most enthus- mal endorsement from the GOP‘:lican colleagues had prevailed on |iastically received. Akervick traced the history of the new grade school building for Jun- eau which is to be built on the old dairy property; the approved bond issue of $750,000 when the Alaska Public Works was to hawe participated in the construction; the $150,000 spent for the property, architects fees, and other expendi- tures; the revised plans to meet the amount of money available; and a plea to get out and vote for the additional $200,000 bond is- sue on April 30. Drawing of the Cub basketball team play resulted in matching Dens Two and 8ix; Dens Five and Three; with Den 4 drawing the first bye. The games are to be played at 7:15 p.n. on Thursday and Friday of this week in the Grade School gym. Old members present were Claude Carnegie and Charles Carter. Lar- ry Johnston of Washington, D. C. was a visiting Rotarian. New mem- bers introduced were Ralph Marsh and Dave Dunton. Dr. I. J. Montgomery provided the program and Tom Morgan will be in charge of the program for next week, it was announced. TAX NOTICES OUT ! Notices for taxes on the last half of 1950 and delinquent taxes for 1950 were mailed out yesterday, City Clerk C. L. Popejoy said to- day. The notices are on property, personal property, automobiles and boats. e I e i e The Alaska -bound schooner Tantalus (right) and present crew (left to right, standing), Merle Dick and ’s Enfid Fred Parker and owner-skipper Warren Christianson (beard) and wife, Faith have sailed from San Fran- cisco with a final destination of Alaska, The craft, built in Columbus, O., in 1946, started the present voyage at Minneapolis nearly two years ago. Cruise will continue to Seattle, then (about May 1st) Chris- tianson plans to take inland passage to Anchorage where he will take up the practice of law. CANNERIES “TOOPERATE THIS YEAR Consolidalimrogram Is Postponed According to Secrefary of Inferior WASHINGTON, April 17, —P— The Interior Department postponed for a year yesterday its proposed consolidation program for the Al- aska Salmon Industry. The plan calls for the closing of some salmon packing plants and the use of other ts to their fullest capacity, in Order to save critical materials, 'manpower and shipping space. Interior Secretary Chapman said the decision against putting the program into effect this year was made on the basis of recommenda- tions by Maurice Rattray, Deputy Administrator of the Defense Fish- eries Administratior., Rattray conducted a series of hearings on the plan at Seattle last month. He said that because supplies and materials for the 1951 season already have been procured for the most part, the savings in ma- terials and manpower would be in- sufficient to justify the cost of administering and supervising the program. Chapman saia a plan to make the industry even more compact will -be considered for the next season. STOCK QUCHATIONS NEW YORK, April 17 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, - American Can 110%, American Tel. and Tel. 153%, Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 103, General Electric 557, General Motors 53%, Goodyear 767%, Kenne- cott 75%, Libby, McNeil and Libby 10%, Northern Pacific 387, Stahd- ard Ofl of California 46%. Twentieth Century Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 44, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 94.43%. Sales today were 1,440,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 25634, rails 8399, utili- ties 42.36. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver scheduled to arrive at 6:30 tonight Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Denali scheduled to arrive from westward Sunday enroute south. New Halibut Areas Given Oufl)y (! Cafch Limifs for Various Areas Also Announced —Opening Dates SEATTLE, April 17 —®— The International Fisheries Commis- sion announced today the creation of two new halibut fishing area: off the British Columbia and South- east Alaska coasts. It announced the 1951 regulations have been approved by the govern- ments of the United States and Carada. “Important changes are the es- tablishment of two recently under- fished sections of previous area 2 as separate areas and the opening of these in late summer, at the time when they used to yield their great- est catches,” said the commission announcement. “Among minor changes is a re- duction in the pre-season period during which vessels may have their licenses validated, to reduce chances for illegal pre-season fishing.” The areas (in full): 1A—South of Cape Blaneo, Ore.; 1B—From Cape Blanco to Willapa Harbor, Wash.; G 24—Between Willapa and Cape Spencer, Alaska, except for new areas 2B and 2C; 2B—Southern Hecate Strait, off British Columbia; 2C—Between Cape Addington and Dixon Entrance, Southeast Alaska; Area 3—Cape Spencer to a line west from Cape Sarichef on Unimak Island; Area 4—Bering Sea north of Sar- ichef line. Catch limits will be — 25,500,000 pounds for 2A; 28,000,000 for area 3 and 400,00 for area 4, both un- changed from 1950; no catch limits set for 1A, 1B, 2B and 2C. The fishing season will open again on May 1, except in 2B and 2C. They will open for 10 days on July 26. The season ends in 1B and 2A when the 2A limit is caught and in 1A and 3 when the 3 limit is caught. Area 4 closes at the same time as 3 unless it is closed earlier by reaching its own catch limit. The commission predicts a 1951 halibut catch “in excess of 56,000, 000 pounds,” which conforms closely to the five-year average. The 1950 Pacific Coast catch was 57.250,000 pounds. The commission said the 56,000,000 catch is about one-third greater than the unrestricted fishery yield- ed in the year before commission regulation began. | BRADLEY BACKING TRUMAN Declares Mmur's Asi- atic Poicy Would Jeo-' pardize Peace | CHiCAGO, April 17 “(B— Gen. Oma:= N. Bradley, five-star peer of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, today de- clared Asia military policies adve- cated by the deposed commander Bradley was the first or the home- would “jeopardize world peace.” coming general's five-star brothers in rank to speak out publicly against the theory of carrying the war to China since President Truman dis- missed MacArthur last week. Brad- ley. did not mention MacArthur's name. Last year's quick UN action in Korea, Bradley declared, may have stayed the Kremlin’s hand as it was about to precipitate World War II1, Bradley roundly backed the Presi- | dent’s stand against MacArthur's ideas and defended the administra- ticns’ policy of limiting the war in Korea. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Bradley ha's a large part in policy making. In Washington, the Defense De- partment said Bradley’s speech was cleared by the State Department in line with a White House edict last December requiring clearance of policy statements by government officials. In ousting MacArthur from the Far East command, Mr. Truman cited disregard of that order as a reason for the action. TWO-PIANO RECITAL OUTSTANDING EVENT High school students of Carol Beery Davis preesnted an.outstand- ing two-piano recital at the Gover- nor's House Saturday evening. In a setting of spring flowers, the two grand pianos with performers in vari-colored formals made a lovely picture. The program ranged from Bach to present day Infante and were well interpreted, and en- thusiastically received by the au- dience. Dainty refreshments were served at a beautifully appointed table afterward. The Grade school recital Friday evening in the Presbyterian church parlors exceeded previous years in excellence of performance and ar- tistic atmosphere. M's. Davis ex- presses thanks to ail co-operating in the success of the two recitals. * 1 WELCOME AWAITING GENERAL Dismissed meme Com- mander Is Due in San Francisco Tonight By Associated Press Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s plane Bataan heads for the United States from Honolulu today, bringing home the Pacific war hero to receive the acclaim of the nation. The dismissed supreme command- er will arrive in San Francisco to- night and leave there tomorrow for ‘Washington, where he will challenge in Congress Thursday the views of President Truman who fired him. Truman charged MacArthur’s poli- cies would lead to World War III. Honolulu gave the five-star gen- eral a foretaste of the celebrations ahead of him. For two hours Ha- waii’s polyglot population lined a 25-mile route and cheered Mac- Arthur, his wife, and son, Arthur. He received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from the Uni- versity of Hawaii. He visited the National cemetery at Punchbowl and placed a wreath of orchids at the base of a flagpole in honor of 13,000 W.rld War II dead buried there. Given Acclaim Everywhere he was given the ac- claim tendered a great conquering hero. There was no note of antag- onism such as has split America and the non-Communist world over his views, MacArthur had urged that the Allies bomb the Chinese Communists’ “privileged sanctuary” bases in Manchuria and use Chiang Kai-Shek's forces to open a sec- ond front against Red China. Military Welcome A 17-gun salute will welcome Mac- Arthur at San Francisco tonight. ‘The brief military welcome will give way tomorrow to a civic celebration. The general will be driven through the streets to the city's Civic Center, where he will be formally welcomed by California’s Gov. Earl Warren and San Francisco's Mayor Elmer Robinson. The ceremonies will be carried to the nation by the press, radio and television. Korean Wariare While the nation’s main attrac- tion was on the returiiing war hero, the warfare in Korea continued un- abated. Allied troops ripped into Communist forces on the East Cen- tral front in the mounting battle for the big Ewachon dam. The Communists have been using forest fires and smudge pots to hide their movements from the prying eyes of Allied pilots. As the man- made smoke screen began to lift, Al- lied planes again roared into action with jellied gasoline bombs, rockets and machineguns. Artillery, Rifle Fire Allied infantrymen opened up on the enemy in the Hwachon dam area with artillery and rifle fire. Thousands of combat-ready Red soldiers were spotted in the hills north of the dam. Lt. Gen, James a. Van Fleet, the new Eighth Army commander told correspondents the UN forces were ready and able to contain any Com- munist thrust. Allied troops maintained their pressure south of Cherwon on the Western front. Dulles, Ridgway Confer In Tokyo, John Foster Dulles, special U. S. ambassador, conferred with the new supreme commander, Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway for four hours. They reportedly talked about the progress of a peace treaty for Japan which MacArthur has urged at the earliest possible mo- ment. The latest North Korean message calling for a Big Five peace con- ference — with Red China repre- sented — was expected to get little support in the United Nations. The North Koreans in their message said the Korean war could be set- tled only in accord with the decis- ions of the first World Peace Coun- cil, a Communist-sponsored meeting in the Soviet sector of Berlin last February. WELL WISHERS AT AIRPORT HONOLULU, April 17 —@— Gen- eral MacArthur left for San Fran- cisco and a momentous welcome e ——— (Continued on Page Two)