The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1951, Page 1

4 Allies Keep Falling Back On Blazing Front Anolher \_f_filvi!hé}éwal ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ¥ “ALL TUE NEWS ALL THE TIME® | VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,795 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1951 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS MacARTHUR ‘URGES NEW WARPOLICY Wants Slalatfier Stopped in Korea - Thousands Greet Gen., Chicago CHICAGO, April 27 —(P— Gen MacArthur headed for Milwaukee ASSOCIATED PRESS MAN IMPRISONED and another huge civic celebration| & today after a Chicago demonstra- tion climaxed by his speech defend- ing his policy in Korea. MacArthur, dismissed from his Far Eastern command two weeks ago by President Truman, in a fighting speech last night called for a “positive and realistic” Korean policy “to stop through strength this slaughter of America’s sons.” Milwaukee planned a huge recep- tion for the five-star general. Some 700,000 persons from all parts of Wisconsin were ready to greet Mac- Arthur, who still calls Milwaukee his home town. MacArthur, on his auto trip to Milwaukee, planned brief stops at Fort Sheridan and the Great Lakes Naval Training center. His speech last night in Soldiers Field highlighted the biggest and noisiest celebration in Chicago’s history. It climaxed his rousing welcome, had | to Chicago, whose millions cheered and acclaimed him yester- day afternoon during a 23-mile ride from the Midway Airport to the Loop. Defending his poliey in MacArthur told the Soldiers Field throng: “Our losses there ration to the men committed have | N. Oatis, arrested by secret police, | already reached staggering propor- tions, losses are progressively mounting by thousands each month . ..." three-hour | Korea, } William N. Oatis (above) Asso- ciated Press Chief of Bureau at Prague, missing since April 23, has been found imprisoned by Communist Czechoslovakia and it “activities against the state.” This trumped up charge is made because he sent out AP messages stating the truth about conditions. {(ZECHOSLOVAKIA GOV. SAYS AP MAN GUILTY OF INSULTS FRANKFURT, Germany, April 27 —®— Czechoslovakia's Commun- {ist government today accused Asso- of spreadin order.” The AP’s Prague chief of bureau, is hinted he is to be tried for | Federal Civilian Defense ~ Funds Needed for Alaska Is Demand Made, Com. Hearing WASHINGTON, April 27 — A Senate Armed Service subcom- mittee was told today that 67 per MUSIC FESTIVAL " NOW UNDERWAY, KETCHIKAN MEET | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 27— | (Special to Empire) — With the arrival of 87 airborne members of Juneau High school choral group !and bandsmen, direstors and chap- erone, the Southeast Alaska Music | Festival got underway yesterday afternoon. Many of the Juneau boys |and girls became plane sick on the | ride but recovered quickly after set- ting foot on ground. The music festival is the big |event and there are hundreds of | young musicians here to join Ketch- ikan’s choral and band. Besides the |87 from Juneau, Petersburg has a !large choral group participating |and Mt. Edgecumbe also has a large | group of singers and full band turn- out. Yesterday afternoon was devoted to solo and individual numbers, both vocal and instrumental, in the Elks and Eagles halls, | This afternoon the festival bands |rehearsed and at 7:30 tonight (bands and choruses will give three selections each fo rthe adjudica- | tors. E | An informal dance will be held (Korea) in|ciated Press Correspondent William | jn the civic center after the concert.|fense situation presents “serious Saturday morning at 9:30 the big : material insulting to | festival band rehearses at the Col= » MacArthur declared. “These | the Czechoslovak Republic and its|jseym Theatre and the chorus at | St. John’s church. Final concert will be at 8 o'clock in the Coliseum The crowd in the huge lake front | held since Monday, also is accused Theatre, stadium was estimated at some 50,- |0i “securing and verifying certain | 000. Willoughby - Refirement, | see TOKYO, April 27 — (® — Gen. thur man from the Bataan and Cor- regidor days, has asked for Army retirement so he can rejoin General MacArthur. He is the second of two-star gen- eral rank to follow MacArthur in the five-star controversy with the|Area Rent Director for the Alaska | ‘White House. “I expect to join him and offer what modest services I can render,” ‘Willoughby said today. Willoughby served as Intelligence Chief and assistant Chief of Staff under MacArthur in Japan and continued after the supreme com- mand passed to Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. - The Washington \ Merry-Go-Round ‘5 By DREW PEARSON (Covyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc., ASHINGTON.—Shrewd speak- er Sam Rayburn, one of the Pres- ident’s best assets on Capitol Hill, was talking to friends about the sad state of Mr. Truman’s pres- tige as a result of the MacArthur controversy and asked for ideas on how to improve the President’s public relations. Rayburn felt that the President was right in ousting a military commander who refused to obey orders, but deplored some aspects of the way the matter was | handled. One friend suggested that what the President needed was some smart public-relations experts to advise him. “If he got some advice from rl Newsom in New York, who andles public relations for Stand- ard Oil and Henry Ford,” sugges-; ted the friend, “and from Tim Mc Isecret reports,” the government told the U. S. Embassy Tyler Thompson, American Em- bassy counsellor, p: nted in writ- 1ing to the Czech government a for- | {mal request that he be permitted 0 | housed at various family homes here and all report exceptional hos- | 1 no definite when he Os He rece answer to this request made it orally yester: |NEW RENT CONTROL Charles A. Willoughby, a MacAr-‘ DIRECTOR ARRIVES FOR ALASKA OFFICE A. Bandettini has arrived in Ju- neau, having heen appointed the Defense-Rental Area. Mr. Bandet- tini has been with the rent pro- gram for approximately eight years, having been the Director of several of the larger Defense Rental Areas, including the Alameda County De- fense Area, comprising the cities ol Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandro and Hayward. He has also been a member of the Reg- ional Field Staff of Region Eight which includes the nine western states and Alaska. The Area Office will remain in Juneau with Branch Offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Ketch- ikan. One of his first duties will be the activation of the Ketchikan Branch Office. Since the entire Territory of Alaska is subject of rent contrel, the outlying towns will be serviced irom the four principal offices. e Churchill Cancels Proposed Trip To United States LONDON, April —P—Winston Churchill cancelled a planned trip to the United States today because of the British government crisis. VANCOUVEER VISITOR H. W. I. Hammend of Vancouver, B. C. is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. J. K. JOANSON HERE J. K. Johnson of the New Eng- A dance for the students will be held at 10:30 Saturday night in |Masonic hall. { Lunches have been served by the | Rebekahs ang the Eastern Star. Majority of the visitors are being | pitality which makes for a good |and profitable time. U, 5. MUST NOT - BE STOPPED ON " MacARTHUR PLAN i WASHINGTON, April 27 —(®— Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told the Senate today this country “mustn’t be stopped” from adopting the Mac- | Arthur Far East program “by any ;pu.\sibility the Russians may come |into the war.” | Taft demanded the resignation or | dismissal of Secretary of State | Acheson as a step in that direction |. He said the State Department has Istood firm in Europe on repeated occasions, but has followed a policy toward the Chinese Reds “that we have got to treat them tenderly.” “The Atlantic pact itself could | reasonably have been said to have jinvited from Russia some sort of | action -toward war,” Taft declared, and added there were other in- stances, too. “This country, he said, “has got to choose between Secretary Ache- ison and General MacArthur on iwhich policy to follow.” He said he |has “no hesitation” in declaring ! that it is MacArthur's program un- |der which “we can reasonably hope to win.” . STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, April 7 — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine [stock today is 2%, American Can 1114, American Tel. and Tel. 154 | Anaconda 43%, General Electric i55-’»i, General Motors 53%, Good- | year 76':, Kennecott 76%, Libby. }McNei]l and Libby 9%, Northern | Pacific 38%, Standard Oil of Cali- Inerny, who knows all the pubnc-llnnd Fish Co. from Ketchikan is|fornia 49, Twentieth Century Fox relations angles in Washington, they could probably change the Ppresent trend.” “Yes, replied Rayburn, (Continued on Page Four) “but at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SEATTLE John Anderson and Ray Miller of Seattle are registered at the Baranof Hotel. |21%, U. S. Steel 45, Pound $2.80%, | canadian Exchange 93.81%. | Sales today were 2,120,000 shares. | Averages today were as follows: Industrials 259.01, rails 83.61, utili- ties 42.23, I cent of Alaska’s population lives in critical target areas and the Terri- tory should be exempted from pro= viding its own civil defense. The testimony was given in sup- port of legislation that would exempt Alaska from contributing to civil defense in the same degree that the states must. Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska, Delegate Bartlett of the Territory and civil defense officials all joined in urging prompt action by the committee, " “We can’t afford to wait,” Bart- lett said. “The need may arise at any time.” Disclogures Disclosures at the hearing in- cluded: Plans call for spending $1,000,- 000,000 on military construction in the Territory during the coming year, Contemplated building of large underground shelters designed to accommodate 22,000 persons in an emergency and do double duty as hospitals. Millard Caldwell, civil defense ad- ministrator, joined in urging prompt | action on the pending bill. He said it “would permit . , . financial con- tributions to the Territory J[for or- ganizational equipment and shelters and protective facilities without re- quiring any contribution from the Territory or apportionment of funds on the basis of population.” Situation Serious Caldwell, in a letter to the com- mittee, said the Alaskan Civil De- difficulties.” Samuel H. Sabin, CDA’s general counsel, made the estimate that 67 per cent of Alaskans live in critical target areas. He added: “Relatively light incendiary at- tacks could render the population of most communities homeless. Should such an attack occur dur- ing the below-zero weather of the winter months, the entire popula- tion of a community would surrer‘ seriously from exposure.” He agreed with Gruening that Alaska, because of its location as an outpost of the United States, might possibly be the first to suf- fer under an enemy attack. Strategic Importance “Its strategic importance,” Sabin said, “requires that measures be taken . . . to reduce the hazards of enemy attack. “For these reasons, this (CDA) administration is sympathetic to proposals to provide more adequate- ly for the Civil Defense protection of the civilian population of the Territory.” He said that Alaska’s legislature had appropriated $400,000 for -Civil Defense. This Sabin said, amounted to about $5.50 for each of the Ter- ritory's 127,000 residents and is “sub- stantially larger” on a per capita basis than appropriations by any other state or Territory. Additional Funds “However,” Sabin added, “addi- tional funds must be made available J if an adequate system of shelters is to be provided for the people of Alaska.” He told of plans to build the large underground shelters which he said would have permanent peacetime value for storagé use or as base- ments for future public buildings. He estimated thhat the cost of the shelters would approximate $5,000,~ 000 Defense Needed Hugh Gallagher, also of the CDA, said that adequate civil defense is needed in Alaska to protect the civilian workers engaged in build- ing extensice Alaskan military es- | tablishments contemplated duling the coming year. Gallagher said the cost of such construction, is esti- mated at $1,000,000,000. Gallagher said he did not believe a prospective enemy would drop atomic bombs on Alaska. Such a powerful destructive force would not be needed, he said, because of the light construction of most Alaskan buildings. He said Nome could be reached by Russian bombers in 12 minutes ‘and that Fairbanks -and Anchor- age are only “a few hours” from the home bases of Soviet planes. Gov. Gruening told the committee that Alaska does not have the fi- nancial ability to pay for the civil defense it needs. , i S United Nations’ armored personel carriers, packed with soldiers, il roll down a road northeast of Seoul as they withdrew to better positions after Chinese Reds launched their spring offensive. Jim Martenhoff, Associated Press photographer with the withdrawing troops, made this picture two days after start of the attac! ® Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo. | A ri-e of An Hour — 4 Mrs. Andrew Masito (center), the former Dolores Spaziano, 19, is the picture of dejection as she weeps for her bridegroom, whisked away to the Army just one hour after their wedding in Paterson, N. J. That’s Josephine Ganglae, maid of honor and Dave Masito, best man, drying the bride’s tears. (® Wirephoto. Margaret in Rehearsal Margaret Truman and James Stewart rehearse in Hollywood for their radio appearance on Screen Director’s playhouse. first appearance in a straight dramatic role, with no singing. It will be her She will play Stewart's wife and mother of two children. (P Wirephoto. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or evening. Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle this afternoon and is ‘due to arrive some time Monday. Baranof from westward scheduled southbound 5 p.m, Sunday. ANCHORAGE VISITOR Charles Badger of Anchorage is stopping at the FROM S Pat Cavey bf Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hdtel. SKAGWAY VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Gene Smith of Skagway are at the Hotel Juneau. Fighter Hifs B-36 Bomber; Six Are Killed FORT WORTH, April 27 —M»— A B-36, the world’s largest bomber, was hit by a F-51 fighter plane in Oklahoma today and both crashed, Carswell-Air ‘Force Base announced. The Base Public Relations office said the B-36 was making a radar bombing run on Oklahoma City. The spokesman said the F-51 from Will Rogers Field at Oklahoma City, was making “pursuit tactical passes” at the huge B-36. A Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion spokesman at Fort Worth said at least six airmen were be- lieved dead. The crashes occurred three miles from Perkins, Okla., and approxi- mately 556 miles northeast of Okla- homa Gity. Asked if the two planes collided, the Carswell spokesman said: “No, it would be more correct to say the F-51 struck the B-36.” 11 KILLED, 5 HURT IN B-29 BOMBER CRASH ROSWELL, N. M., April 27 —(®— Eleven crewmen were killed and | five others injured in a B-2 crash in the Azores, Walker Air Force ‘Base announced today. said the four-engined.Superfortress bomber cracked up and burned yes- {terday . .at' Lages Airfield in the Azores while making an emergency Janding, Plane and crew were stationed 1 lal. Walker as part of the 50th Bomb group. Authorities here said the crash happened at 5:45 p. m. (MST). The big bomber was on a regular training mission and was en route back to Roswell, they reporfed. It was scheduled to make its first stop in this country on the return flight |at Westover Field, Mass. 27 FLY IN VIA PAA i AND 10 FLY SOUTH Thirty-seven passengers flew in and out of Juneau Thursday with 27 arrivals and ten departures. From Seattle: John Anderson, C. Allison, John Hodkin, L. Boaze, Margorie Coles, Kenneth Church, Lewis Hashbrouch, J. Hanson, H. W. Hammond, Ray Miiler, Les, Harold an@ Andrew Pepnula, Sev Swanson, I. Vog, Ole Westby, G. Johnson, C. Nelson. From Annette: C. E. and Mullins, Pat Carey. From Fairbanks: Tom Moore, P. Vanp, A. F. Ghiglione, V. C. Nel- son. From Whitehorse: A. J. Thomp- ison._ Floyd Jacobs. To Seattle: M. Ferguson, T. W. Mathiesen, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wat- kins, John 'Turcott, W. Swendsen, A. McGilvarie, Harold Jones. Irene oAy g A spokesman at the Roswell Base | PRICE TEN CENTS TOE HOLDS EVEN LOST BY ALLIES Reds Suffer Tremendous | Losses But Keep Advanc- | ing on 100-Mile Front | By Associated Press Allled forces withdrew southward on both ends of the blazing 100- mile Korean front today. The fall of Seoul appeared immi- nent. Great masses of Chinese Com- munists swarmed down the rain- swept approaches to the battered old South: Korean capital. Fighting 'ali effective delaying ac- tion, UN troops began falling back through WUijonghy, communications hub 11 m}léd to.the north of Seoul. On the Central front, the Allies abandoned Yanggu. They broke off contact with the enemy for the first time in this sector and fell back be- low the 38th Parallel. | Only One Toe Hold Held Latest reports said the Allies still maintained a toe hold in Red Korea in the extreme east, but nowhere else on the active fighting fronts. Where will the present Red Chi- {nese spring offensive be halted? {U. 8. Eighth Army Commander Lt. |Gen. James A. Van Fleet expressed hope this could be accomplished on the Han river that borders Seoul {on the south. “We are withdrawing in order,” Van Fleet sald during a frontline tour, “We are keeping units intact. We are taking a tremendous toll of | Attack Beaten Back UN troops beat back attacks in |the center aimed at roads leading, to Seoul. In the extreme west, Al lied forces fought a stubborn delay- ing action 14 miles northwest of Seoul. On the northern approaches the Chinese were last reported 10 miles from Seoul, Civillans poured south from the city, twice before taken by the ene- my. A South Korean spokesman said 200,000 persons had already fled. Another 200,000 are expected, {to follow and 100,000 will remain: {behind. The city has little military significance to either side. 1 Reds Gain Although the Reds’ have made gains of up tq 30 miles in some sectors - they are paying a terrific price in casualties. The UN com- mand estimated the enemy has lost 35,000 men Mglled in four and a half days of the present offensive. “They're spending people like we spend ammunition,” one officer said. {But the Chinese commanders seem !qune willing to spend great masses |of men from China’s millions. Bloody Incidents Allied losses were said to be light. lBut there were bloody -incidents. The sudden rush of Chinese man- power, pushing forward regardless | of losses, trapped several UN units. | Groups of Turks, Belgians, British and American soldiers were cut off for a time. An Australian outfit fought Reds on three sides, but was able to pull back safely. Britain's Royal Glou- | cestershire First Battalion came out with a bloody nose. It was over- whelmed by sheer numbers of Chi~ nese. AP Correspondent Tom Brad- pany were the only known survivors. The exact losses were withheld \by censors. e e 0 s - 2 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Pesiod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 43; minimum, 38. At Airport — Maximum, 43; minimum, 38. FORECAST Cloudy with intermittent rain tonight. Variable cloudi- ness Saturday. Low tonight near 38 and high Sunday near 50, PRECIPITATION o ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy @ City of Juneau — .54 inches; Since April 1 — 844 inches; Since July 1 — 66.37 inches. At Airport — .08 inches; Since April 1 —, 2.72 inches; Since July 1 — 38.47 inches. e e 0 0 00 00 00 the enemy while enduring minimum shaw reported that part of one com= #0000 d0p000 00,