The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1951, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS] “ALL TIHIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L\‘(VI., NO. 11,789 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1751 EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MacArthur Given Wild “Welcome Home” JURY RETURNS CAB VERDICT; DHERMINED —— E ’}« LIQUOR NEXT Convidsa Operators Assn.-2 Men—Others Found Innocent ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 20— (M—Anchorage liquor handlers ac- cused of violating the Sherman an- ti-trust law went on tri eral Court here yesterday after a jury had returned a verdict for taxicab operators tried on simi- lar charges, The jury convicted the Archorage Cab Operators Association and two Anchorage taxicab men, accused by the government of fixing prices to eliminate competition. Another cab association, two cab companies and seven individual op- erators were found innocent. Conviction carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a 3500l fine, or both. The jury returned its verdict after deliberating 28 hours. Liquor Cases Next Attorneys immediately began se- lection of a jury for the trial of liquor operators, similarly accused of anti-trust violations. Five cor- porations, five of their officers, 42‘ individuals and one association are charged specifically with conspiracy to “raise, fix and maintain arbi- trary, non-competitive prices, uni- form terms and conditions in sales of bottled alcoholic beverages to consumers in Anchorage and vicin- ity . . . ” The-trial is expected to last two months. Cab operators denied rate-fixing charges during the two-week trial. They contended the Anchorage city council and officials at military bases here were responsible for set- | ting rates. Incorporators Convicted Incorporators of the Anchorage Cab Owners Association who were convicted were Orville Walle, Charles Brady, Earl Holland, R. C. Milligan, Harry Baker, Henry Schechert, John Raquet, Lloyd Hall and Cruz Bil- bao. Individuals convicted were Frank V. Jones, operator of Radio and Hy’s Cab; and Charles Heirsey, op- erator of Union Cab. Firms and individuals acquitted were: Cab Owners and Operators Asso- cion of Anchorage; Richardson Cab Co., Inc., Yellow Cab Co., Inc., Harry N. Baker of Anchorage; the Fed- eral, 700, Checker and Clipper Cab Companies; Cruz Bilbao of the Can- teen Cab Co.; Charles J. Brady, Red { Cab Co.; L. L. Hall of the Checker and Clipper Cab Companies; Earl L. Holland of the Star and Gray Cab Companies; R. C. Milligan ull the Star and Gray Cab Companies, { and Orville P. Walle of the Red Cab } Company. i The jury thus acquitted some of the defendants as individuals in connection with théir cab companies while convicting them as incorpora- tors of the Anchorage Cab Owners Association. al in Fed-| shortly | Defendants in the liquor trial, all of Anchorage, are: (Cuotinued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (cnw;um. 1951, Dy Bell Syndicate, Inc.. /HINGTON. — At an explosive Republican Senatorial strategy meeting this week, the big GOP guns warned against tieing the Re- publican party too closely to Mac- Arthur’s kite. One of those who led the warn- ing was Senator Taft, ‘whose friends have been worried that MacArthur might crowd him as the GOP Presidential candidate in 1952. “We don't know what MacArthur is going to say when he gets here,” Taft told tha strategy meeting. “As a political party we should keep out of this.” Senator Millikin of Colorado chimed in that occasionally past “conquéring heroes” had come home and put their foot in their mouths. He recalled that Admiral Dewey, the conqueror of Manila, got a hero’s reception and was presented e i (Continued on Page Four) ~ Princess Zabariah (above), 19- year-old Malayan Princess, niece of the Sultan of Kedah, is de- termined to wed a 2l-year-old | Englishman, despite the objec- | tiohs of her father and her uncle. The Princess has been working in London as an ordinary typist under the name of Joyce Hamid. She sought family permission to marry Arthur Collins, apprentice printer, who earns §14 per week. Despite the family objections, she said she’d wed Arhtur ‘even if I l have to wait until I'm 21.” @ ‘Wirephoto. TRUMAN TOSSES OUT FIRST BALL; OPENS BB SEASON IN WASH. WASHINGTON, April 20 —(@®— President Harry Truman tossed out the first ball today as the 1951 [ baseball season began officially in the Nation’s Capital. He was mildly {booed as he entered the ball park but the demonstration I quickly. Tommy Byrne, veteran New York I Yankee lefthander, was on the mound for the visitors and Sandy Consuegra, Cuban righthander, {hurled for the Washington Nats. The crowd of 31,000 saw the chief executive make the first pitch, left | handed, from his box near the home dugout. Allie Reynolds, Yankee; pitcher, caught the ball and had Mr. Truman autograph it as a sou- enir. PHILADELPHIA, April 20 —®— Max Surkont bested Ken Heintzel- man in a brilliant pitcher’s duel to- | day as Boston Braves spoiled the ! Philadelphia Phillies home opener lwith a 2 to 1 victory before 17,423 | fans. Surkont set the Phils down with only two hits. 'LOGGING ASSN. IS AGAINST EXPORT | ALASKA SAWLOGS The Alaska Logging Association ! is against export of sawlogs from Alaska, according to Wallace West- fall, President. Westfall added that | the present Alaska mills can take care of all logs that Alaska loggers can produce during the coming year. Export would eventually work to the disadvantage of local log- gers, The better sawlog timber stands would be cut out leaving only poor shows at a greater dis- tance from the beach, thereby in- creasing cogts. “We're interested in Alaska mills | Alaska businessmen and Alaska de- velopment,” Westfall stated. of development if sawlogs go out- | side.” The Alaska Logging Assocmuon was formed last January. Members | at present consist of loggers inthe Juneau, Sitka and Wrangell areas. Mr. L. P. Hiebert is Vice-president. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Coastal Rambler in port and scheduled to sail Saturday for Haines, Skagway, Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle late this afternoon. Princess Louise scheduled to sail | from Vancouver Wednesday, April 25, Denali scheduled to arrive from westward Sunday enroute south. subsided | “We | aren’t going to get the best type | REDS TARGET OF UN BASE By Associated Press United Nations forces continue lo push forward on the West-Cen- tral Korean front. Allied tanks {moved up within range of the big ! Communist base of Chorwon and !1aid seige to one of the main Allied | objectives. ! Chorwon is 18 miles Inside Red .| Korea. Doughboys with flamethrow- ers yesterday burned a path for the tanks to plow through. ‘The tanks took up vantage points only three miles from the city. It | is the anchor point for an estimated ,600 000 Red troops being massed in ,thk area for a long-expected spring | offensive. | Elsewhere along the 140-mile | front the Communists continued tc i pull back slightly, and Allied troops followed up the Red withdmwals. In Tokyo, John Foster Dulles, U | S. special ‘ambagsador, conferrec again with Japanese leaders on the proposed peace treaty. In Washington, observers said the Truman administration knew it was | in for a fight to the finish over the best strategy for victory in the Far | East. ‘To meet the MacArthur challenge, these observers said, the adminis- tration hoped to convince a major- ity of Congress and the nation that MacArthur’s key proposals of win- ning victory by taking new military measures against Red China actually would create a serious danger of igniting World War III. The administration’s fear is that bombing of Manchurian bases might bring Soviet Russia into the war, a risk it is not prepared to take just | now. MacArthur implied it was a gamble worth taking. 'ELKS SPONSORING | TICKET SALE FOR "2 JHS CONCERTS | The Juneau Elks are sponsoring sale of tickets for the Juneau High | School spring concert which is to I be held tonight and tomorrow night lat 8 oclock in the High School gym. Proceeds from sthe concerts will | g0 toward defraying expenses of the High School Band and Chorus to |the Southeast Alaska Music Festi- {val at Ketchikan April 26, 27, and 128. Students participating will help | their own expenses in order |h1 Juneau may be represented. | A splendid program has been ar- ranged for the Juneau audiences land Elks are urging all to attend. Tickets are on sale by Elks, at the Alaska Music Supply, the Baranof {Cigar Stand and the Elks Club )and also at the door both nights. §5000 FOR REPAIRS, GOVERNOR'S HOUSE WASHINGTON, April 20 —(®— The House Appropriations Com- mittee today recommended $508,281 for administration of Alaska during the 12 months beginning July 1. Chief items are $502,141 for care of insane and $96,140 for operation ]oi the governor’s office, including $5,000 for repairs to the governor's house. o o o o o > 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Perfod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 52; minimum, 32! At Airport — Maximum, 54; minimum, 26. | | | l FORECAST ~ Continued fair tonight and Saturday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight near freezing. Highest Saturday near 55 degrees, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy City of Juneau — 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. ® 00 000000 LE] . eeccseescsscsscscscsssns MACCANBACK (ONG. SPEECH By RUSSELL BRINES TOKYO, April 20 —P— A key staff officer said today General MacArthur could document fully his speech to Congress. Asked if MacArthur could provide proof of his remarks, the oificer re- plied? “Ofr course, that will be the easiest part of il.” He added: “The big battle will come when he appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee to bring out the details.” The disputed point of whether the joint chiefs of staff had expressed pproval of MacArthur's views re- nained obscure. It was generally elt, however, that MacArthur would not have said so if he were unpre- pared to back up his statement. Key officers pointed out that many of the meetings between the visiting joint chiefs and MacAr- thur were held privately. At this|. headquarters only the general him- self knew what had been said. PARATROP DROP T0 BE EXECUTED OVER FAIRBANKS HEADQUARTER, Alaskan Com- mand, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska, April 20 — On Monday the people of Fairbanks will have the privilege of observing one of the most spectacular operations in modern warfare, Lt. Gen. W. E. Kepner, commander in ‘chief of the Alaskan command, has invited the public to witness an actual para- troop drop, to be made in conjunc- tion with the military exercise “Firestep.” The event, which will take place at 10 am, will involve the para- drop of men from C-119 aircraft of the 316th and 433d Troop Carrier groups, which are under the temp- orary command of Col. Norton H. Van Sicklen.| The paratroopers con- stitute the battalion combat team of the 505th Regiment, 82nd Air- borne Division, from Fort Bragg, N. C., under the command of Lt. Col. Ralph D. Burns. Planes of the 433d troop carrier group are from Donaldson Air Force Base, Green- ville, S, C., those of the 316th are from Sewart Air Force Base, Smyr- na, Tennessee. The paratroopers carry with them rations and ammunition. At the same time that the hundreds of men make their jump, light equipment will be dropped. Five minutes later, heavy equipment will be parachuted from other aircraft. Fairbanks residents will see the sky filled with parachutes of many colors, each color signifying the type of drop being made. The fighting men are assigned ome color, the medical supply parachutes are white with a Red Cross, and each company is assigned its own color for supply drops. The paradrop will mark the shift-) ing of action in Alaska’s execise “Firestep” to the area north of the Alaska Range. The “aggressor” forces have been defeated in the more southerly portions of the Ter- ritory. In extending his invitation to the people of Fairbanks, Gen. Kepner has pointed out that the parachute drop is the only portien of the military maneuvers to which the public will have access. STOCK OUGTATIONS NEW YORK, April 20 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 110, American Tel. and Tel. 153%, Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 100%, General Electric 55, General Motors 53%, Goodyear 77%, Kenne- cott 75, Libby, McNeill and Libby , Northern Pacific 38%, Standard Oil of California 46, Twentieth Cen- tury Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 43%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 93.93%. Sales today were 930,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 254.82, rails 82.67, utili- ties 42.35. FROM SEATTLE Harvey M. Gibbs of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel. Momentous events of the past weel MAIN BASE OF/OFFICER SAYS| StrainShowson MatAthur ‘TAFT SNIPES ,-—_\ = k which have made him the center of a boiling world controversy are reflected in the face of Gei. Doug- las MacArthur as he arrives “home” after 14 years. (P Wirephoto, DIST. COURT T0 CONVENE HEREON. MONDAY, 10 AM. With return of the U. S. District Court party from Ketchikan Fri- day morning, court will convene in Juneau at 10 o'clock Monday morn- ing, it was announced today. Members returning from Ketchi- kan via Ellis Airlines were .Federal Judge George W. Folta, J. W. Lei- vers, clerk of court; Mildred May- nard, court reporter; Marie Jen- sen, sccretary to the judge and Irene Rasmassen, deputy clerk. BARANOF T0 GIVE PERPETUAL TROPHY FOR CRUISER RACE A perpetual trophy will be awar- ded by the Baranof Hotel for the first time this year to the winner of the Capital-to-Capital Cruiser Race! The trophy will be a silver bowl with a plaque cn the base for the inscribing of each winner’s name. Plans were made at the meeting last night of the Juneau Yacht Club for the ordering of trophies to be awarded by the organization to the winners of the race ending in Juneau on June 23. Reception and banquet committees for the race were appointed at the meet- ing. Discussion was held on obtaining the Public Health Center building on Main street for the Yacht Club quarters. If the building is ob- tained, it will be placed on the site, of the present approach to the Small Boat Harbor. 15IN, 4 OUT ON PRINCESS LOUISE Fifteen passengers arrived on the Princess Louise from Skagway and four embarked south bound this morning. Disembarking from Sk:gwny: w. Heisel, Fred Marlowe, Mrs. William Carlson, Mrs. Margaret Kadanah, Mrs. P. Morgan, J. Shortridge, €. Shipp, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt, J. Faragher, Howard Stabler, Mrs. Hansen and child, Tom Dyer, John, Hvjisdock. Entbarking for Vancouver: Wal- ter Giffiths, J. Sullivan, H. A. Scott, C. F. Penney. NEW EMPLOYEE Mrs. Virginia Angell is a new employee in the Territorial De- partment of Mines office in the Federal Building. Mrs. Angell was a clerk in the Senate boiler room during the last Territorial legislature, CONTROVERSY STARTS OVER By Associated Press Gen. MacArthur's fighting speech | before Congress yesterday has split Washington in bitter controversy over Far Eastern policy that may | continue on into the 1952 president- | ial elections, The controversy largely centered around the 7l-year-old general’s four-point win-the-war program. interventionn of Chincse Commun- ists by widening the base of the conflict had in the past been shared | by most military men, including the U. 8. joint chiefs of staff, From Democrats as well as Re- that the joint chiefs of siaff answer quickly whether they agree that the general, who says he has no political is about to “fade awa The Truman administration’s re- the Pentagon said last night he had been authorized by the White House to declare that President Truman's action in firing MacArthur ‘was mendations of the joint chiefs of staff.” Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the top military policy group, told reporters at Chapel Hill, N. C,, that as advisers to the President the Jjoint chiefs “render our advice to him on a milifary point of view.” He added, without amplicatign, that “the question of General Mac- Arthur’s relief is primarily a po- litical one.” In a speech at Chicago rejected MacArthur's policies and supported those of the administra- tion, LIGHT €O, REPORT 70 BE READ COUNCIL MEETING 1ONIGHT A report from the Alast Elecmc Light and Power Co. will-be read at a regular meeting of the Juneau City Council tonight when it meets at 8 o'clock in the council cham- bers. An agreement between the city and the Territorial Board of Road of a new approach to the small boat harbor will also be read. The board has approved $18,000 for the project. for the position of summer recrea- lwm director, | MacARTHUR MAC'S SPEECH He said his views on meeting the | publican lawmakers came demands | ambitions, has done his duty, and | ply was prompt. A spokesman at | based upon the unanimous recom- this week Bradley in effect publicly | Commissioners for the construction | One application has been received | TRUMAN ON | WASHINGTON, April 20 —(®— ! Senator Taft (R-Ohio) accused the Truman administration today of “working both sides of the military innd political street” in an attempt | to discredit Gen. Douglas Mac- | | Arthur? | Taft's assertion came in the midst of a widening dispute touched off by MacArthur's claim to Congress | that the joint chiefs of staff once shared his views on Korean war strategy. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs, said last night | the quéltion of President Truman's firing of MacArthur from his Pa- cific commands “was primarily a | political one.” Then Bradley added: |“I am a military man.” Taft, chairman of the Senate Re- publican Policy Committee, told a \ reporter he thinks the Truman ad- ministration permits Bradley to speak on foreign policy matters iwhen that Serves its purpose and presents him as a purely military |adviser when that kind of a state- {ment is needed. i “Bradley says he is only a mili- {tary man, but he made a foreign | policy speech in Chicago Tuesday,” Taft said. In that speech Bradley supported Mr. Truman's view that any enlargement in the Korean fighting might lead to World War III. “Now Bradley uys he can't dis- cuss political matters.” Taft said MacArthur’s appearance before Congress has so aroused pub. fic opinfon that eventually the ad- | | ministration will have to choose “between an appeasement policy or fighting the more aggressive war in | Korea that General MacArthur has urged.” | MacArthur's reference to the joint chiefs fired demands in Con- igress for a policy showdown with ‘the high command. | (COMMITTEE OKEHS 1 MILLION DOLLARS, ALASKA RAILROAD WASHINGTON, April 20 —(®-~ The House Appropriations Commit- | tee today recommended a $2,000,000 | | appropriation for the Alaska Rail- road during the 12 months begin- ning July 1, The recommendation was $500,000 less than asked by the Interior De- { partment’s Office of Territories to | complete the rehabilitation program, | acquire boats and barges and to repair and improve facilities. “The committee does not intend | that additional appropriations be provided for the rehabilitation pro- | {gram and does not intend to sup- | port an endless program of addi- | tional capital investment in the | | Alaska Railroad,’ the report stated. “Realistic long-range ob]ectives, to accomplish well-defined trans- portationn needs will have to be worked out before estimates for ad- | ditfonal capital expenditures will be considered . . . | HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted to St. Ann's hospital Thursday were Al Matson, Mrs. | Robert Paulen, John Harris and William Smith. Discharged was J. Olson. | Born at St. Ann’s hospital to Mrs. Vincent Bogucki a girl weighing fli pounds 2 ounces, at 12:15 Thursday | afternoon. Admitted to Government hospital | Thursday were James Ward, Kluk- } wan and Ed Jack, Jr., Angoon. Dis- | charged was Lucille McKinley, Ex-l cursion Inlet. DEGREE TEAM RETURNS | FROM SKAGWAY TRIF Walter Heisel, “Doc” Merritt, J. Fargher and Howard Stabler re-| turned home on the Princess Louise Friday morning from a round-trip to Skagway. They are members of the degree team of the Scottish Rite Masons. While in Skagway they conferred degrees from fourth to thirty-sec- ond on Skagway Masons. | Mrs. Merritt lcoomp‘nled her | husband on the trip. NEw YORK ALL OUT FOR MAC ’Esiimaied_five Million People Greet General in Ticker-Tape Parade NEW YORK, April 20 —(P— A wild “welcome home” ovation was given Gen. Douglas MacArthur to- day as he toured New York's gaily decorated streets in a hero's ticker- tape parade. Cheering throngs greeted him from the moment he drove out of his hotel driveway in a big open automobile at 11:06 a.m. EST, The weather was perfect — sunny and cool. ‘The general, smiling and waving, wore his familiar crushed officers cap with its “scrambled eggs” visor and a long Army overcoat. Seated beside him was Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri in a blue topcoat and a gray Homburg hat. Also in the car were Grover A. Whalen, the city’s “official greet- er,” and Maj. Gen. Courtney Whit- ney, the general’s aide. Throng Cheers A throng gathered outside the Waldorf-Astoria hotel burst into cheering when the general’s auto- mobile appeared from the hotel's underground garage. The wives of the general and the mayor rode in & sccond car. The general’s 13-year-old som, Arthur, rode wlt.h his mfifl‘lflt. Headed b& 88" Mabumm ponee, the' 50-car motorcade turned north on Park Avenue for Central Park where thousands of school children were waiting to shriek a welcome, They were given a holiday today. Torn paper showered from build ings along the normally-staid Up~ per East Side district between the hotel and the park. “Come on, MacArthur, save America,” shouted one spectator whose strong voice echoed above the roars of the crowd. Sidewalks along Park Avenue were packed seven and eight deep. The general, seated in the right rear seat, waved a gloved hand at the noisy acclaim. Police had difficulty holding the crowds back at some points. “Hey general, hey general,” shaut'- ed excited youngsters, MILLIONS WELCOME GENERAL NEW YORK, April 20 —(P— A\ police-escorted crowd of 7,500,000 persons wildly welcomed Gen. Mac- Arthur today in the nation's greaté est ovation to a returning hero. “This, I said to myself, is America, and this, with God’s help, we shall keep American,” said Gen. Mac- Arthur when his 50-car motorcade halted at City hall for the city’s official reception, The deposed Far East commander said New York itself was a “living jexample” of the ability of men of different races to “live and progress together.” “I have just come from another striking example of unification, where men of different races and difference languages are fighting shoulder to shoulder in a common cause,” he said. “Many are your sons, ready and fit, and writing a brilliant battle record.” Deeply Moved The general appeared de€ply moved as the motorcade passed thru the hoarsely cheering throngs and clouds of paper and ticker-tape from Central Park through lower Man- hattan’s financial section. His jaw was clamped much of the time as though he were attempt- ing to control his emotions. But from time to time he broke into a smile as he waved to the crowds lining the streets and countless thousands leaning from skyscraper windows. The estimate of the crowd's size came from Police Commissioner | Thomas F. Murphy on the basis of police reports he received from all ‘sections of the parade route. APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE Harvey A. Scott, of the U. S. Coast Guard and Ann Marie Huss, | filing clerk, made application to- day for a license to marry. Both gave their residence as Juneau,