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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXVII, NO. 11,797 Red Tide Surges Down On Allies _Mac_Athur Visiis Korean Wound Gen. Douglas MacArthur visits wounded veterans of the Korean war Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Il Thomas F. Cooper, commandant ., enroute to Milwaukee. of the hospital. Walking P Wirephoto. ed : as he stopped at Great Lakes at right of MacArthur is Capt. 10 KILLED INRUNAWAY BUS CRASH WEIRTON, W. Va., April 30 —® ~A runaway bus pitched down a mile-long hill yesterday and crash- ed into a concrete wall, taking the | lives of 10 persons. Just before the horrifying smash- up, the driver, George Kraina, 35, cried to his church-bound passen- gers: “Hang on everybody We're going { to crash!” Those were his last words. He was dead when pulled from the twisted wreckage of the bus. Some of the nine passengers were killed outright. Others died a short time afterward. Of the 65 persons; aboard, 46 were injured. At least three, including a child, were re- ported in critical condition. Police said there were no eye-! witnesses and no indication of how | fast the bus was running but one of the uninjured passengers, 14-year old George Stunda said: “We must have been going 60 be- fore we hit that wall.” Patrolman Joe Rodak, who with Patrolman Frank Ticich, was the first to reach the scene in the quiet residential neighborhood, said: “It was like a gruesome jigsaw, puzzle.” Most of the passengers were en route from their homes to attendj mass at St. Paul's Catholic church. D FIRE C A deck fire of spilled gasoline aboard the fishing boat Tundra Saturday afternoon caused no dam- | age. The 2-9 fire call late Sunday afternoon was a false alarm for Thane. The 2-3 fire call later was a test alarm for the'fire horn. | The Washingtoné Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEAESON (Copyright, 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.. ASHINGTON. Republican leaders in the Senate have not been too happy about General MacAr- thur's talks with Herbert Hoover. It began when they were not able to get MacArthur on the telephone in Tokyo, and later learned that the General had several phone conversations with Hoover. Later, in Washington, their approaches to MacArthur about politics were po- litely ignored. The suspicion has prevailed, therefore, that MacArthur and the ex-President have been discussing polities at the Waldorf Tower in New York. Such, however, has not been the case. Hoover did approach MacAr- thur as to whether he was interes- ted in politics, but got an unquali- fied negative. Hoover then gave MacArthur his own ideas about I "Corporal lke” | | | | . JUNEAU, ALASKA, MO v "ALL TLE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ 1 NDAY, APRIL 30, 1951 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 60 BILLIONS ARE WANTED i | | | President Sends New Bud- get to Congress—For U. S. Military Purposes | | President Truman sent Congress a | $60,679,414,690 defense budget today and said Russia’s rulers have pushed | the world “to the brink of a gen= eral war.” i The huge requested appropriation i is for the United States’ own milis | tary costs and to help arm its Allies. The message broke down in more | detail the military estimates includ- ed in Mr. Truman's general budget, sent to Congress in January, for the | fiscal year beginning July 1. In a letter to House Speaker Ray~ | burn, accompanying today's esti- mates, Mr. Truman said: “If the Soviet Union chooses to unleash a general war, the free { world must be in a position to stop ithe attack and strike back decisively and at once at the seats of Soviet power.” Sub-Totals The over-all figure was broken down into these sub-totals: $1,424,839,700 to pay for various projects Congress already has au-! thorized. $56,179,414,690 of “new obligational | authority” — meaning for direct ex- penditures and for letting of con- tracts for future payment. $4,500,000,000 to cover needs “for a large military public works pro- gram to be recommended soon for authorization.” ! Mr. Truman noted that thel amount of actual spending proposed for the next 13 months was notf changed much from his January estimates. (Actual spending from the treasury may lag far behind appropriations because it takes sev- eral years to fill some military con- tracts). Estimated Expenditures “The revised estimate of expendi- ture for 1951 (the fiscal year end- ing next June 30) is 194 billion dollars, compared to 20 billion car- Ined in the January budget. For fiscal year 1952, expenditures are estimated at 395 billion dollars | compared to 40 billions carried in the January budget.” The $60,679,414,690 asked compares | | | l i with the $47,500,608884 which has Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower wears an Alpine hat as he returns salute of Italian troops stationed in Alps on Austrian border during inspection of troops who may become part of Atlantic Pact army. Eisenhower, who wears the five stars of a general of the army, was made an honorary corporal in the Italian Army by a squad of infantry of the Mantova Division “Pm glad to have this as my own. squad,” Eisenhower said when the men handed him the red and white foulard decoration of the unit. (P Wirephoto via radio irom London.) SUPREME COURT | MAKES DECISION, | SUBVERSIVE CASES| WASHINGTON, Aprii 30 —@— The Supreme Court today wipec out — pending further hearings the Communistic designation of three organizations listed as sub versive under President Truman's loyalty program. The high tribunal in its 5 to 3 decision did not rule on the validity of the loyalty program itself. imply held that the The majorit government had failed to give proper hearing to these organiza- tions before proclaiming them to be subversive: The joint anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship Inc. and the International Workers Or- der, Inc., of New York City. The tribunal sent all three cases back to the U. 8. District Court here for a hearing on their contention that the loyalty program is uncon- stitutional and their names hence should be stricken from the sub- versive list. The District Court had thrown out the cases on the government’s motion the organizations had failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. GENERAL'S HEARING THURSDAY WASHINGTON, April 30 —»— Senators who are going to question Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Far Eastern military and foreign poli- cies decided today to hear him be- hind closed doors — unless MacAr- thur requests a public hearing. | been enacted or recommended for | the current fiscal year. Armed Korces Sketching broadly the planned use of the money, Mr. Truman said: | “For the Army, these funds will ‘equip and maintain 18 divisions plus | separate combat and supporting | units. The Navy, under.these recom- | mendations, will maintain an active | fleet of 1,161 ships. The Marine |- 'TAFT ADVOCATES LESS MILITARY FORCES, BUDGET | WASHINGTON, April 30 —(®— | Senator Taft (R-Ohio) today urged | a half-million man cut in projected | American military forces and a $20,000,000,000 reduction in the mo- bilization budget — but called for 2. more aggressive war in Asia.” The policy of neutralizing Chiang {ai-Shek’s forces in Formosa is “complete nonsense,” Taft told the | United States Chamber of Com- | maerce. (Continued on Page Two) Senator Sparkman (D-Ala) came | 'The present fighting, he said, is out of a closed meeting of the Sen- |a “stalemate war” which the Ameri- ate Armed Services and Foreign Re- | can public will, in his view, not tol- lations committee to tell reporters the vote to adopt this system was “substantial.” MacArthur is to appear before a joint meeting of the two committees on Thursday. Their general inquiry into Far Eastern policy was touched off by President Truman’s removal of the five-star general from his com- mands. Some Republicans have been de- manding public sessions, but Sen- ator Russell (D-Ga) committee could not “get all the facts” in such sessions. argues the! ita'rm,e indefinitely. { He addressed the chamber’s 39th | annual meeting an hour after Secre- | tary of State Acheson had expound- ad the government’s foreign policy | from the same platform. | The businessmen received Acheson politely . they gave Taft an avation and interrupted frequenily with applause. Taft asserted his belief that the | 1proposed 3,500,000 strength of the| American Armed Forces is “tco high” for the egonomy to support indefinitely. { It will mean a budget of $85,000,~ 000,000 for three years, the Republi- can Senate leader said. 4 1 FOR DEFENSE| K s WASHINGTON, April 30 —(®—/g Infantrymen of the 187th Regiment fire at enemy located 50 yards in'front and 30 feet behind them This picture, just released by the U S Army, was made when Allied troops were on the offensive in the area. Fierce fighting took place in this area as UN forces continued to fight at Munsan, north of Seoul. The Firing Line “ T a stubborn delaying action. (® Wirephoto from U. 8. Army). KOREAN POLICY - UPHELD Acheson Claims Stand Tak- en fo Hold Line s Best for Ultimate Victory ‘WASHINGTON, April 30 —®— Secretary of State Acheson today claimed successes for the stand this country has taken in Korea and said the best chance of real vic- tory lies in firmly holding to that line. He explained to the United States Chamber of Commerce that it may be possible there to convince the enemy that “his aggression cannot pay.” His claims of successes were in that field. The fighting in the Far East “may spread despite our efforts to limit it,” Acheson said, but added: “If this happens the responsibility for it will rest squarely on the Krem- lin and its agents in Peiping.” His audience had up for consider- ation a resolution endorsing direct negotiations with Russia for world peace. The proposed policy state- ment, one of dozens to be voted on at the chamber’s 39th annual meet- ing here, called for a Soviet-Ameri- can effort to reach “truly effective solutions” not mere paper agree- ments.” Acheson in his prepared address stayed away from the controversy over Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s pro- posal to ‘adopt new strategy in Korea. He made no mention of Taft or other critics. He gave this summation of his views: “If we remain firm and steady on the course we are following in Korea, if we don’t flinch or get rat- tled, we shall have the best chance of bringing this action to a success- ful conclusion.” In Europe, Acheson said suffie- ient progress has been made to justify confidence that we can build up western strength sufficiently. to prevent the Soviet thrust in this di- rection from achieving its aim. In Asia, the secretary declared that “a great deal has already béen the steadiness” with which we have held to UN purposes and by the “heroic devo- tion of our men in Korea.” LABOR LEADERS 10 SEND MEN BACK T0 DEFENSE AGENCIES WASHINGTON, April 30 —(A— Union labor leaders voted today to send labor representativés back im- mediately to all the defense agen- cies they bolted from two months ago. accomplished by [mericans Are Warned By Vogeler Says His Arr_esT Only One of Series Planned fo At- fack Democracy VIENNA, Austria, April 30 —(#— Robert A. Vogeler and his family left Vienna by plane today for the United States. The 39-year-old American busi- nessman, released last Saturday after 17 months in a Communist | jall in Hungary, was taken to ‘hel afrport with his family by Ambas- sador Walter J. Donnelly, U. 8. High Commissioner in Austria. With his handsome Belgian-born,; wife, Lucille, her sister Pia, and the" Vogelers' two sons, Bobby, 11, and Billy, 9, Vogeler hoarded a Pan American Airways plane at Tulln Airport, in the Soviet occupied zone of Austria. Vogeler mustered his shattered strength to deliver what he called “a message” to the American peo- ple yesterday before a television camera and microphone. He broke down once but insisted on continu- ing. “I am convinced,” he said, “that my incident (arrest by Hungarian Communists as a spy and saboteur) is just one of a series of planned at- tacks on democracy. “The American people must bei made aware of what can happen. I| feel that every individual American should realize that what happened to me can happen to them if we don't all band together to destroy these enemies of individual free- dom.” STOCK OUGATIONS NEW YORK, April 30 — Closing quotation of American Can is 113%, American Tel. and Tel. 154%, Ana- conda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 51%, General Electric 55., General Mot- ors 53%, Goodyear 76%, Kennecott 75%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 37%, Standard Oil of California 48%, Twentieth Cen= tury Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 4%, Pound $2.80', Canadian Exchange 93.56%. Sales today were 1,790,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 259.13, rails 8292 utili- ties 42.36. - STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Princess Louise scheduled to arrive at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and salls one hour later at 9 am. Denali scheduled to arrive Sunda at 3 a.m., southbound . y FROM SITKA J. Loyd Ripley of Sitka is stop- ping at the Baranof hotel. MacARTHUR'S At NOSRIEREEA RS WIND CAUSE OF PLANE CRASH; 11 PERSONS KILLED FT. WAYNE, Ind., April 30 —(®— Investigators today blamed high winds for the crash and explosion of a United Air Lines passenger plane which took. 11 lives. The plane, a DC-3 Wound from: Cleveland to Chicago, approached Baer field for a landing Saturday evening just as a violent storm hit the Ft. Wayne area. When wind gusts up to 85 miles an hour began whipping the field, Neal Rupert, the tower operator, told Pilot E. K. Fwallow of Hins- dale, Il1, to head east to escape the storm. Henry Facks, 62, a farmer, said: he saw the plane about 1,000 feet up. As he watched, the plane turned over in the air and plunged into | a muddy stubblefield. All aboard the plane — eight pas- sengers and three crew members— were killed. None were from the Pa- cific Northwst, WIFE TAKING OVERTODAY MURFREESBORO, Tenn, Aprit 30 —iM— Jean Faircloth MacArthur, pulling rank on her general hus- band, brought her famed family home today for a triumphant return | in which she held the commanding | role, They arrived at Sewart Air Force | base from New York for a five-hour homecoming-wedding anniversary celebration and drove the 12 miles to Murfreesboro over roads lined .with ccheering throngs. A 16-man Air Force “salutation party greeted the MacArthurs. The Air Force explained this was equiv- alent to a 17-gun salute, adding that it flies airplanes and doesn’t shoot cannons. Then a civilian welcoming dele- gation took the party in hand for an all-stops-pulled blowout that had | this picturesque little city in a tu- mult, Gov. Gordon Browning greeted the family at the air base. JUNGE AND MRS. MOTHER RETURN HOME Mys. Kenneth Junge and her mother, Mrs. S, Carlson, were re- turning passengers arriving onthe steamer Princess Louise. They had spent the past three weeks visit- ing friends and relatives in Seattle and Portland, after Mrs. Carlson had received medical attention in Seatle. Mrs. Junge said they saw many former Juneauites in Seat- FROM SEATTLE D. E. Styke of Seattle is at the Baranof hotel, | Seoul COMMIES SEEK MAY DAY PRIZE Shock Forcggathered for Initial Assault{o Recap- fure Korean Capital By Associated Press Communist troops poured down from the north today in an attempt to capture Seoul as a May Day prize. United Nations troops, committed to defense of the war-battered South Korean capital, laid down a terrific artillery barrage ip the path of the Red _tide. Censorship cloaked the exact dis- tance of the Reds from the city.. The latest Communist broadcast said the Red troops were only seven and a half miles from Seoul. Heav- ily-censored front dispatches indi- cated they were much closer. Prob- ing attacks marked the first phase of the battle for the city. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, the Allied ground commander, put his defending troops north of Seoul. He does not plan house-to-house street fighting or to sacrifice his men un- necessarily in the city’s defense. - Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen, Matthew B. Ridgway had made no attempt to hold the city before, But Van Fleet said Seoul has ‘p:bsun as the South Korean capital, , " 20,000 Shock Force A shogk force of 30,000 Communist troops were reported gathering for the initial assault. Allied airmen said-they spotted 3,366 Red vehicles moving along the Western front. It the Allies withdra® from in front of the city they will take up a line on the Han river on the south, Maj. Gen, Willlam M. Hodge of the Ninth corps said the question of whether the Allies can hold there “depends on what is thrown at us.” The Reds have suffered 70,000 casualties in their seven-day-old offensive but they have plenty left. 20DEADIN NORTHWEST FATALITIES By Assoclated Press Death strode heavily through the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, unmindful as ever of the manner. in which it reaped a harvest of 20 lives, Two plane crashes killed four in Oregon. Bob Stephens, 22, of Hepp- ner, and Mrs. Betty Groves, 28, of Lexington died when their small ship hit a rocky hill near Heppner. Orlie Johnson and Murry Page of Tillamook, both in their late 20s, were killed when their plane dived into the surf at Rockaway. Thomas Trude, 25, of Aberdeen, Wash., took his own life because he believed himself respensible for an accident in which six persons were . hurt Sunday. Coroner Dr. E. B. Riley said Trude shot himself a short time after the five car smashup which caused no serious injuries. Six persons drowned; four were killed in traffic accidents and mis- cellaneous causes brought the other deaths. e o o WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:30 o'clock this morning In .Juneau — Maximum, 40; minimum, 34. At Airport — Maximum, 41; minimum, 34. FORECAST Variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with an occa- sional light rain shower to- night. Lowest temperature tonight about 37 and high Tuesday near 47 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. todsy @ City of Juneau — 57 inches; & Since April 1 — 10.12 inches; Since July 1 — 68.05 inches, At Airport — 21 inches; Since April 1 — 3.52 inches; Since July 1 — 3937 inches. e o 6000 0 0 0 9200000000000 00000 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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