The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 2, 1951, Page 1

VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,799 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ¥ALL-TUE NEWS ALL THE TIME* ' JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 , 1951 \IE)II ER A )CIATED I’I»I‘ PRICE TEN CENTS "Red Chz’nese Korean Offenswe Has Fizzled "Welcome Home” MacARTHUR HEARINGS INPRIVATE Senate Confifees Are to Work Behind Closed Doors-Hot Row WASHINGTON, May 2 — @ — The 25 senators on the Armec Services and Foreign Relations com- mittees have decided they won't let any other Congress members sit in tomorrow on their closed door ques- tioning of Gen. Douglas MacAr.hur about his differences with President Truman. The decision, disclosel today, ap- peared certain to add more heat to | the whole controversy boiling on Capitol Hill over the firing of Mac- Arthur from his Far Eastern com- mands. Even before it became known. House Republican Leader Marti:! (Mass), protesting against closed door hearings by the Senate com- mittees, demanded that similar House groups conduct a public air- ing of the matte:. Objections Raised Martin made public a letter to Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the House Armed Services committee and Chairman Kee )D-WVa) of the House Foreign Affairs committee in which he said: “These are no orinary times, and thig is no ordinary inquiry.” Some Republicans are arguing that too much secrecy in the for- eign policy field has led to mis- takes, Senator Knowland (R-Calif) con- tended that if the public and Con- gress had known the contents of the Wedemeyer report on Korea they might have prevented many Com- munists advances in Asia. “Top Secrei” Exposed This report, prepared by Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer in 1947, warn- ed that “Soviet-inspired” North Koreans might invade South Korea. Kept previously under a “top secret” label, the report was given out yes- terday by Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of the Senate Armed Services com- } mittee as a preliminary to the Mac-; Arthur hearings. Backers of MacArthur’s views on Far Eastern policy promptly claim- ] ed it proved administration policy in Korea and China was wrong. The Armed Services committee with 13 members, and the Foreign Relations committee, with 12, are to question MacArthur tomorrow as the first witness in a general in- quiry into Far Eastern policy. Nor- mally, the Foreign Relations com- mittee ‘also has 13 members but there is a vacancy due to the death of Senator Arthur Vandenberg. NO PREPARED STATEMENT NEW YORK, May 2 —®— Gen V(Contln—ued on >l;nge Two) The Washington Merry - Go - Round| By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syadicate, Inc. ASHINGTON.—There has been a significant and sincere difference of opinion regarding full and open hearings for the MacArthur testi- mony beginning tomorrow. Sen. Dick Russell of Georgia has been anxious not to have anything come out of the 'hearings that would in any way give aid and comfort to the enemy. Everyone else agrees with him on this. Not in agreement, however, are all the military men in the Pent- agon. Some of them feel that such a hearing would start an extreme- ly bad precedent in making public military mistakes of the past. This feeling is not shared by all. Gen Omar Bradley, for instance, has be- lieved in putting the cards on the table no matter whose errors it shows up, including his own. However, it has been’ a tradition- al policy among the military for 100 years or so never to make pub- lic the battle errors of war. For instance, the files on the mistakes of World War I never have been open to Congress or the public, nor of the Spanish-American war, nor even the Civil War. This is because it is definite military pol- (Conux;\;éd_ on Page Four) ' [ Gov. Gordon Browning (holding hat by side) welcomes Jean Fair- cloth MacArthur and her family ba ck to her native Tennessee, short- Iy after they landed at Stewart Air Force Base near Smyna, Tenn. (™ Wirephoto. CRUISER JUNEAU /BACK FROM YEAR OF WARINKOREA Diexlin, Gl blay o —8— | With her homeward bound pennant flying, the anti-aircraft cruiser Juneau nosed up to the pier here yesterday, one year afier leaving the United States for war. Hundreds of cheering, waving spectators lined the wharf to wel- come the Juneau home. The cruiser was off Japan when the Korean war broke ouf. On June 28, after becoming the first U. S. naval unit to join the South Korean Navy, she fired the first naval shots of the war. She destroyed five of six attack- ing Communist torpedo and gun- boats. Later she joined bombard- ment groups in action above the 38th Parallel. The Long Beach Municipal band], gave the ship a resounding welcome 4s her crew stood at attention on the port side. Nearly half of the ship’s company is due for leave. Her skipper, Capt. William T Kenny of Nashville, Tenn., was re- lieved by Capt. Alexander S. Mc- Dill of Mill Valley, Calif., in a brief ceremony on deck. GAMES TODAY Here are scores of games played this afternoon as received by the Empire at press time: ATIONAL New York 8, Chicago 1. Pittsburgh 4, Brooklyn 3. Boston 5, St. Louis 0. Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 4. AMERICAN CLEVELAND, May 2 — (? —With their sensational new rookie, Harry Simpson enjoying a perfect day at bat, the Cleveland Indians beat the Red Sox, 4 to 3, today to sweep a two-game series. An amazed crowd of 11388 saw Simpson lace three consecutive stngles off Mel Parnell and close his performance with a double off Ellis Kinder. It was the second major league ball game Simpson had ever played. Cleveland’s old manager, Lou Bou- dreau, belted a three-run home ru in the eight for Boston off Lou| Brissie, the Indians’ new pitcher. CHICAGO, May 2 — Joe Col- lins’ triple in the ninth drove in the | winning run today as the injury- plagued New York Yankees came from behind to nip the Chicago White Sox, 6-4. STEAMED MOVEMENTS Freighter Sailors Splice from Seat- tle scheduled to arrive Saturday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday 8 p.m. Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday at 3 a.m,, southbound . DOUGLAS PEAK NAMED FOR LATE GOVERNOR TROY Jurean and “the channel ~aréa now has a mountain peak to com- memorate the memory of John W. Troy, former Governor of Alaska and newspaperman. Word was received by E. L. Kei- thahn, secretary of the Advisory Commiittee on names, from Mere- dith ¥. Burrill, executive secretary of the Board of Geographic Names, in Washington, D. C., that Mount Troy had been approved as the name for the high peak in the ridee on Douglas Island that bounds the ski trail on the west. Dr. 1. J. Montgomery, president of the Shank, Ship and Shutter Club, and Keithahn, said that plans are being made to haye an official christening of the peak about the e of June, A group from the hiking club will ascend the peak and erect a cairn and as the chris- tening ceremony is carried out, Mrs. the late Governor Troy, will fly over the peak and drop a wreath of flower: John Troy was born on a farm Dungeness, Washington Terri- d was the son of Smith and Laura Weir Troy and descendant of old American families . which settled in Maryland and Pennsyl- vania in the early seventeenth century at young boy Troy went to fownsend to live with en n. Weir, who was pub- The Argus. Here, at a very he received his first ewspaper work as “prin- in his uncle’s shop. He of the Academy of Puget Sound and then returned to his uncle’s paper as reporter. In 1889, when Wash- ington was admitted as a state in tke Union, Troy became first dep- auditor, of Clallam county then served as deputy county clerk. 1892 he was designated county ned in mm post until 1897. vears he was in« ed in newspaper work, owning and puklishing the Weekly Demo- | cratic Leader of Port Angeles. In 1897 his adventurous spirit lead him to Alaska as a newspaper correspondent covering. the rush. He arrived in Skagway and, in addition to his newspaper du- ties, became manager of a pack train service operated out of Skag- way and over White Pass by “Brooks the Packer.” TRe work and responsibility were hard and he was attacked by a form of par- al which had become an epi- demic.in the frontier town. He returned to Port Angeles for treatment, recovered and then re- turned to Skagway where he be- came editor and publisher of The Sk;\"vmy Daily Alaskan. There hls unued m Two) Alf N. Monsen, daughter of | attended Port Townsend schools and | gold | PAY CUTIN TERRITORIES PROTESTED | WASHINGTON, May 2 — (@ — ! Charges that the Interior Depart- | ment's new appropriations bill | makes glaring discriminations against Territorial employes were | voiced today by deiegates Bartlett | o Alaska and Farrington of Hawaii. | The Seattle Post Intelligencer’s special correspondent reported. the | department’s new budget will el- | .minate the 25 per cent “cost of Flaming Korean Front living” wage differential to depart- | | ment employes | the Territory. | Under the new plan workers re- | cruited outside the territory would | jobs, the report stated. Both Bartlett amd Farrington said they would fighv tke cuts when the bill is debated loter this week. *This is colonialism at its worst,” Bartlett declared. “It means that residents of Al- aska would be penalized for living lvhere whenever they sought or ac- cepted a government job.” Delegate Farrington added: “It’s a stupid, dirty trick.” Hawailan workers would suffer a 20 per cent “cost of living” dif- ferential cut. 5 Commented Robert W. Atwood, Anchorage publisher and chairman of the Alaska statehocd committee: “The government will be in- creasing the cost of staffing its operations up there instead of sav- ing/ money. . It will lose time in 1@ling vacancies and 1t will have much more difficulty in making replacements.” NO PAY CUT WASHINGTON, May 2 — (B — The House voted unanimously today to retain the premium pay scale for Interior Department employes in Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Payment of the differential to i persons transferred from the con- tinental United States was not in- volved. A motion by Delegate Bartlett (D- | Alaska) to strike out the provision was accepted without debate by Rep. Jackson (D-Wash) speaking for the Appropriations committee. | Bartlett and Delegate Farrington (R-Hawaii) were prepared to argue that the provision would discrimi- nate against residents of the Ter- ritories. GOVERNMENT WILL| HOLD DAM AGAINST ANY NEW INFLATION WASHINGTON, May 2 — (@ 7‘ Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnson assured businessmen today the gov- ernment will hold the dam against “a new inflation flood” anticipated by Christmas when arms produc- tion reaches full tide. “So far we've had only a flash flood of inflation,” he said, “compar- ed to what we could have by early winter without the sternest kind of steps to counteract it.” In a speech to theU. 8. Chamber of Commerce at its 38th annual meeting, Johnson promised to write wage-price ceilings off the bookg “the minute I feel controls are nc longer necessary.” He predicted that | this day is about two years off. The ESA administrator urged his audience of industrialists not to let ! down until the job is done. “We can’t talk turkey to Communism | with a feather duster,” he said. STOCK OUGEATIONS NEW YORK, May 2 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Car 114%, American Tel, and Tel. 155% Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraf! 104, General Electric 55%, Genera’ | Motors 53%, Goodyear 787, Kenne- cott 76%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 37%, Standarc Oil of California 49'%, Twentieth Century Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 43% Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange | 94.25. { Sales today were 1,900,000, shares. Averages today were as follows: | Industrials 261.27, rails 83.84, utili- ties 42.50. who are hired in! | receive the differential for the same| Seoul to blunt Red drive, S. Army Photo via (P Wircphoto. RATIONING |Local Harbor MAY RESULT, | Improvement MEAT ORDER| Is Proposed SWBSCHINGTON, May 2 — (M — | - PORTLAND, May 2 —P-— The The Senate Agriculture committee (orps of Engineers has recommend- said today the government’s new eq further improvement of Alaska's price control order on beef will|Juneau and Douglas harbors for cause “a severe meat famine leading | navigation as a result of field in- to early rationing.” vestigations and public hearings in The committee adopted a resolu- | the two cities in June, 1946. tion caliing for repeal of the order | Brig. Gen. O. E. Walsh, North “without delay.” Pacific division engineer, said the The resolution deals with a regu- | recommendation has been submitted lation issued by the OPS last Sat-| for review to the Board of Engi- }urday. Effective May 9, it imposes | neers for Rivers and Harbors, Wash- price ceiling on beef sold at whole- { ington, D. C. sale, the committee said. The proposal calls for modifica- The resolution says the order al-| tion of the existing project for Jun- ready “has resulted in livestock [ eau and Douglas to include dredg- producers rushing their cattle to|ing a small-boat basin more than market before they are finished to|20 acres in size at Douglas 14 feet RAW SALMON CEILING PRICE END OF WEEK WASHINGTON, Mav 3 o A ceiling price On raw -ml'nan by'r the end of the week is the aim of | the office of Price Stabilization, Alger Pike said today. “We've been working frantically | for two months,” said the OP.S., consultant on fish, “trying to ar-’ rive at fair prices for fresh and canned salmon, but it's a difficult) (OMMIES SEVERELY PUNISHED Van Fleet \fisfis Front and Makes Statement New Assault Expected By Associated Press The UN ground commander in | Kofea, Lt. Gen, James A. Van Fleet, id today the vaunted Red Chinese | spring uumlvp has fizzled for the time being. After a visit to 10th Corps Ad- vance headquarters, Van Fleet de- clared that the first phase of the Red drive “has ended in a great victory for the United Nations.” He added: “We have punished the Commun- ist forces severely. The enemy has failed in the first phase of his of- 8 . ! fensive. He has paid a heavy price.” Yank 25th Division artillerymen blast at Reds within 300 yards of the Korean front south of the Imjin | River in support of infantry comrades trying to stem Red tide. Allied artillery was concentrating near } 75,000 Red Casualties After their nine-day push the Reds have now run out of steam. ‘They appear to be probing and pre- paring for another onslaught, when their supplies and fresh troops catch up. Red casualties so’far in their <prlnz offensive are well above 75,~ | 000. Manpower {8 one thing they have in plenty. Van Fleet made it clear he didn't | consider that the Chinese had ended their offensive; he said a new Com- munist assault 1s in the making. Dam Is Blasted Communist plans to dry up the | Pukhan and Han rivers before send- ing their machines. m‘m were Lhw:ged by skyr‘flden' from ™ the carrier Princeton. U. 8. pilots, using skip-bombs, blasted holes in the giant Hwachon dam. Torrents of water spilled into rivers of the in- | vasion area. v The Reds yesterday closed the | sluice gates of the dam hoping to dry up the rivers and make them | easy to fjord. Now the Communists their best marketable weights.” deep at low water. and complicated matter.” Controls for the canned salmon | Will have to build bridges to cross industry should be developed before | the Tivers. Their engiheers and sup- the season is well started in Alas- | PV lines are slow. All the time they ka, Pike added. A meeting of the . will be subject to relentless attacks salmon industry advisory from Alliéd warplanes. is scheduled for Seat-| Rogh Tmaipg. inin | AP Correspondent Nate Polowetz- 'ky said the Reds were testing the canned committee tle May 15. From this group and from the “Such premature marketing Will| ppgineers estimated construction result in a loss of meat for con-|eogy at $368,680 plus $3,000 annual sumers,” the resolution declares, and | 1o intenance. This is an addition of fresh-and-frozen fish advisory | committee a sub-group will be picked to meet May 17 and work UN lines alonpg the Chunchon-Hong- chon axis, in the spiny center of the | peninsula. “the (cattle) feeders who produce much of the meat supply will suf- fer severe losses.” The committee also said a govern- ment announcement of “further roll- backs in beef will have the effect of continued early marketing of meat animals.” Mother of ‘51 Named NEW YORK, May 2 —®— A T7- yéar-old doctor known as the “Grand Lady of the Blue Ridge"— has been selected as the “American Mother of 1951.” Dr. Mary T.’Martin Sloop, of Crossnore, N. C., was named for the honor yesterday by the American Mothers committee of the Golden Rule Foundation, an organization devoted to the welfare of mothers and children. | maintenance cost§ of the existing project. Local interests would have to fur- nish lands, easements and rights- of-way, construct moorage facilities, utilities and a public landing, alter sewer, water supply, drainage and other facilities and maintain the causeway to Juneau Island and the rockfill approach to the Douglas wharf. Interested persons may present their views to the Board of Engi- for Rivers and Harbors, Room 5, 119 D street,, N. E., Washington 25, D. C., either by mail or in per- son, General Walsh said, before May 25. Detailed informatjon on the plar is available at the office of' the Alaska engineer, Anchorage, ,or at the Seattle district engineer’s office. FROM PORTLAND B. F. Harmon of Portland is at the Baranof Hotel. NOME VISITOR E. B. Pisher of Nome is stopping | The Communists also made an 2= | tempt to break through east of ' 3 | giant Hwachen \dam near Inje on the 38th Parallel. Pounded by artil- | lery and aerial attacks, the Reds | gave up temporarily in this sector. | Seoul Pressure Lessens out the controls. The present rule of canned sal- mon covers only the 20 per cent | processed in continental United States, Pike said. She practices medicine with her |at country doctor husband, Dr. Eustace H. Sloop. Their two children also are daetors in the same county. She founded Crossnore School for Underprivilegéd Children and has been credited with bringing good roads, modern farming methods. religious tolerance, a hospital and dental elinie, and vocational in- struction at Avery County, N. C 3 CARRIED ON ELLIS. AIRLINES! Ellis Airlines carried a total of eight passengers on Wednesday's | flight with two on interport. Arriving from Petersburg: Allen. From Ketchikan: Dale Lewis, Ray Anderson, Allan McCombs, William McCombs, William Barton, Ed Whitmhrsh. the Baranof Hotel. e o o 20 0 o WEATHER REPORT Témperature for 24-Hour Pertod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum, 49; minimum, At Airport 46; minimum, 32. 28. Maximum, FORECAST Fair with some high cloudi- e ness tonight and Thursday. e Lowest temperature tonight e about 35. Highest Thursday o near 56. . e PRECIPITATION » (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today e City of Juneau — Trace; e Since May 1 — Trace; e Since July 1 — 68.05 inches. e At Airport — Trace; e Since May 1 — .02 inches; e Since July 1 — 39.29 inches. e o 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 John Lloyd Robison of Anchorage Is registered at the Baranof Hotel. forcements to support the small | Army patrol which held off the bV" rians in a delaying action, the uf-; ficials said. The new outbreak was the first| in more than a week, United Nations observers trying to enter the area | were forced back because of lu-a\'y‘ fire. Informal meetings of Israel and Syrian members of the UN| sponsored mixed armistice commis- sion had -been held up to yesterday, but a meeting set for Friday appear- | ed unlikely now. GIRL SCOUT Girl Scout Troop 5, at its meet- ing Tuesday in the Methodist| Church, completed plans for the | style show and dinner for their| parents. Mrs. 1. J. Montgomery | brought us a treat of strawberry ice cream and cake with strawber-| ries on top. All girls are reques-| ted to attend the Court of Awards| at the high school, May 10 at 8:30/ 0000 e0®000000000 00000000 pm, B Ar"_ES BETWEE“ | Yesterday. the Reds lessened thetr | pressure on Seoul; the ancient Kor- A | ean capital being defended by a iSRAEI.I SY R I A “s ‘rmg of Allied steel. Today the ene- was still out of contact with RAGE o" FRO"IE Allied forces and there were signs ! the Communists have shifted their | weight from West to Central fronts. TEL AVIV, Israel, May 2 —(P—| Unprecedented numbers of Red Heavy fighting raged today beKWEFnitrucks were still rushing south but Israel - Syrian troops near the dis- | the heaviest inerease of men and puted frontier area morth of the supplies appeared to be in the cen- Sea of Galilee, Israel officials an- ter nounced tonight. The officials said “Armed Syrian irregulars and units of the regular \4'“ .m“ (HAWM‘" Syrian Army” crossed the fruxmer[ into Israel in the neutral zone near | Io BE Elmm Al the mueh disputed Huleh swamp | onmo section on the Upper Jordan river | MEE""G ' w Just west of the Syrian border. Is- | —_— raeli forces engaged them. | A meeting of the Fourth of July With the fighting continuing after 1 committee will be held tomorrow nightfall, Israel brought up rein-|evening at 8 o'clock in the Gold room of the Baranof hotel, Mayor Waino Hendrickson announced to- day. Two representatives of each civic and community organization are asked to attend. A nominating com- mittee consisting of Larry Parker, Robert Cowling, Bill Barron, Loren Card and Lucille Johnson, will pre- sent a slate of names of two or three civic-minded persons for the chair- manship of the Fourth of July com- mittee. Representatives are request- | ed to have authority to vote upon !any questions which may arise at the meeting. Old records show that as many as 30 organizations have partici- pated in previous Fourth of July celebrations, Hendrickson sald, as he urged that every group have representation at the Thursday meeting. Abraham Lincoln from White Mountain is stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel.