The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 5, 1951, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SALL TLE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \OL L XV III NO. 11,802 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1951 SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition PRICE TEN ('ENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Mrs. Theresa Wash., i (left to right, rear) arve: cis, 21; and John 28. Behind mother are (left to right): Martin, 13; and Theophane, 15. Theresz, 5. "ir(]\hflto MILITARY (URFEW T0 PROTECY HEALTH TERR. SERVICEMEN ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 5— (P—A curfew signed to “protect 1 and welfare of service- 15 gone into effect for mil- itary personnel in the Anchorage and Palmer areas. An order announced by Maj. Maurice Murdock, Provost Mar- shal at nearby Elmendorf Air Force base, places all bars, clubs, dance halls, and night clubs off limits to military personnel between 1 a.m. and 8 am. weeknights and 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sundays and on holi- days observed by the milita Murdock said he felt it was cessary to place these establish. ments. out of bounds for the pro: tection of the health and welfare of seryicemen.” Long Confirmed As Governor of Terr. of Hawaii WASHINGTON, May § — (® — The Senate has confirmeil Oren E. Long to be governor of Hawaii. He was nominated by President Truman to succeed Ingram M Stainback, appointed to a judgeship. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951 Dy Bell Syndicate, Inc., This week Congressman Walter E. Brehm of Ohio was found guilty of taking salary kickbacks from | his stencgrapher. This culminated an expose by Drew Pearson, which began September 26, 1950, when Pearson for the first time revealed the Congressman’s kickbacks. Bréhm immediately called Pearson | a liar and threatened to sue. Pear- son’s reply was te print more facts about Brehm's kickbacks — facts that evere substantiated by a jury this week. This follows ancther spectacular Pearson expose which led to a jail| sentence for ex-Congressman Par- nell Thomas of New Jersey. Incidentally, the only two cases in the entire history of the United States of Congressmen going to jail for salary kickbacks, have re- sulted from the bird-dog r:portlng‘ of Drew Pearson. In each case, he | was called a liar. But proved his| case. ASHINGTON.—They say that woman members of Congress aren’t | smart, that they don’t measure up (Continued on Page Four) Matsudaira, 49-year- surrounded by her twelve admiring children’ that she had been chosen Catholic Mother of the Year. James, 18; Michael, 26; Pauline, 16; Fran- On fioor are Stephen, | resident, Next War May Be Deci old Japanese mother of Seattle, fter learning Children Joseph, 11; On couch are Ida, 8, (left) and 2%, (left) _and Vincent, 6. M SELECTED Dr. Mary T. Martin Sloop (above), 7%, of Crossnore, N. C., known as the “grand lady of the Blue Ridge” has:been selected as the “American Mother of '1951L.” She practices medicine with: her coun- try doctor husband. Their two children also are doctors in the same coun » \Vn'nphotn. GOV. WARREN TO ATTEND UA GRADUATION SACRAMENTO, May 5 —(#—Gov- ernor Earl Warren is going to Alaska on a four-day trip. His office said today he has ac- cepted Governor Ernest Gruening’s invitation to attend the University of Alaska commencement May 21. The governor's office said it had no details on Warren’s program in Alaska exeept that he ‘will attend the dniversity commencement, - He will leave Fairbanks May 21. Asked about the Alaska trip, the governor said: “Gee, I'd like to stay up there and fish.” He has never been to Alaska. Warren said he may take his eld- est son, Earl, Jr., 20, on the trip if Earl can get away from his studies at the University of California Col- | lege of Agriculture at Davis. John B. Covington, former Juneau returned yesterday from South Carolina. He has previously | been working at the Juneau Cold Storage Co. He is staying at the Gastineau hotel. . VERDICT IN ANTl - TRUST LIQUOR CASE I | MatAthur in Witness Chair Tofal of $12,000 in Fines Given in Nolo Con- fendere by Judge | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May {P— A liquor association, fit¢ ¢ | porations and 10 individuals ¢ cc of fixing liquor prices were fined a otai of $12,000 today. They changed pleas of innocent enders (no contest) on t charges two weeks trial started in Federal court. against more than 30 ons were dismis: 2d Those pleading no | their fines: Anchor Liquor Dealer ciation Inc, $5,000 uor Stores Inc., $1,00( $1,000; Green Lant Last Chance Inc., Lounge Inc., $1,000; Laurence rns, president of Larry's Inc., and a director of the association, $200; L. McGee, president of Anch- orage Liquor Stores Inc, and a member of the association, $200. John D. Black, Frontier Saloon, $200; John T. Campbell, Mur-Mac | Lounge, $200; Walter Davis, Davis | con.e.t $1,000; Hangar| B.| afier | As Senators listened, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur faces the joint Senate armed services and foreign rela- tions committees (left), in Washington. (right) as he told his side of the ACHESONTO' QUIT, STATES ! Liquor Store, $200; Albert Fox, D | and D Bar, $200; Esther A. Fultz, C and 9th Liguor Store, $200; Fred W. Mayer, Polar Bar, $200; Soter Chiamis, Western 1 §200; H. L. Dout, Winn Hotel Liquor | Store, £200. A settlement was !orecnst, Wed- nesday when Federal Judge Anthony .Dimond excused the jury saying the case had ."been continued for good cause.” The trial began April 20| with predictions it might last two months, This was' the second anti-trust tried here after a series of indict- st year. A trial of taxicab operators ended recently with some convicted and others acquitted. UNFORCES LOOKING FOR RED TROOPS Tank lnf_a_nFy Columns Moving Into Korean No- Man’s-Land Today By OLEN CLEMENTS TOKYO, eMay 5 —(»— United | Nations tank-infantry columns clanked into the Korean no-man’s- land on thé hunt for withdrawing Red forces. “This isn't a general advance,” said a spokesman at U. S. Eighth| Army headquarters,'“but we're spar- ring for an opening.” The armored columns struck ahead on the western front for the fourth consecutive day, The Reds had pulled back on the Central front. They withdrew on a smaller scale on the Western front. Spring Drive Wilts The Red spring drive that began April 22 had wilted in its first stage. Now the UN Army was taking up slack in the lines. Except for the British Gloucester- shire battalion which was badly mauled, no Allied units suffered se- | verely in the Red drive that was stopped just short of Seoul. Enemy Suffers Heavily The Chinese and Red Korean forces suffered heavily, however. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, 8th Army commander, estimated the number of Red casualties in the bogged spring drive at about 70,000. A daily compilation of UN air and ground forces communique tolls placed the enemy dead and wounded at around 50,000. Eighth Army staff officers re- ported heavy Red troop movements in rear areas. Field reports Saturday listed 21,000 men and 500 horses north of Chun- chon on the Central front. Mine Fields Found Presence of mine fields on the (Continued on Page Two) Liquor Store, { (CHICAGONEWS CHIGAGO, May 5 — (M — The | Chicago Daily News says Congres- | sional Democrats expect Secretary of State Dean Acheson to leave the cabinet within 90 days. In a dispatch from its Washing- | ton rbureau, by Paul R. Leach, the | paper said: | Capitol backers say so much dam- | age has been done to him in public | opinion by the running Republlcan 1 fight against his policies that Presi- | ldenc Truman will have to ‘make a | ‘sauihce' of him. { “They are worried over what the | MacArthur committee hearings will! ibrmg out on his Far Eastern poli-| cies, especially if the Republicans can prove he egged the President [ into relieving the ‘Old Soldier.” The News said John Fostcr Dulles, | former New York Republican sen- |ator and now adviser to the State | Department, is the “top man under | consideration” to replace Acheson. IAPES ORGANIZED HERE; DE LAND IS NAMED PRESIDENT Constitution and bky-laws of the newly formed Alaska chapter, In- ternational Association of Public Employment Services were adopted this week at a meeting of employes of the employment security com- mission here. Alaska has had mem- Ibership in the organization since 1940 but had not previously been {operating formally. Forty members !are currently active in the Alaska chapter, an increase of twelve over 1950. The 38th annual convention of IAPES will be held in Rapid City, South Dakota June 5-9, with Paul { Murphy of Harrisburg, Pennsylva- nia, as convention chairman. Ray Solem of St. Paul, Minnesota, pro- {gram chairman, announced that four general forums and twelve | panels are being set up for the | four days of -the convention. The forum subjects are: “The Defense Mobilization Pattern:” “Employers, Workers and the Public Look at the Employment Security Pro- gram;” “Place of Labor-Manage- ment Committees in National De- fense,” and “The Future Outlook in Canada and the United States Officers of the Alaska chapter elected this week are Harry De- Land, president; Mrs. Lucille Glaf- key, first vice-president; George | Crisman, second vice-president; Mrs. Evelyn Scott, recording secre- tary; Mrs. Pauline Whitaker, cor- responding secretary, and William Goodman, treasurer. Local chapters are contemplated ,(or Anchorage and Fairbanks as {well as Juneau, and organizational 1meeunxs are to be held this month. | Asian situation. The general was Turns head during some comment (center) and looks grim quoted as questioning Russia’s capacity to throw any great weight of troopa into the Korean fighting. ® ere‘pholo. SIGNED “Some of Acheson’s staunchest|g Cindy Garner (above) once had aspirations to become a news- paperwoman. In fact, she studied journalism in her home town of High Point, N. C., and worked on a weekly paper. But, the lure of Hollywood overcame the type- writer and she was recently sign- ed to a seven-year motion picture contract. (P erephnm. ATOMIC BOMB T0 BE SET OFF IN ALEUTIAN WATERS SEATTLE, May 5 —(P— Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said yesterday the government plans to set off an atomic bomb 300 feet underground in the Aleutians “to determine what happens when a bomb is exploded underground.” “What they want to find out,” he said, “i§s what would happen if a saboteur should cause a bomb to be detonated in a subway or in the sub-basement of some building in one of our large American cities.” SEATTLE, May 5 — (# — The Alaska Steamship Co. passenger shop Aleutian, which has spent the winter at Houghton, was taken to the Todd Shipyard today to begin getting ready for summer service. The ship is scheduled to leave Seattle June 5 on her first voyage of the season to Alaska. STAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Sailors Spice from Seat- tle due to arrive 5 p.m. today. Baranof from Seattle due to ar- rive Tuésday morning. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday at 2 am. and gails south at 5 am. 1 'today — 1,502 strong — and were WILD (HEERS GREET FIRST TROOPS HOME Seatile Blomop - Guns, Sirens, Mark Welcome 1o Men Home form Korea By PAUL WELLS SEATTLE, May 5 — (#— America’s first Army fighting iven to return from Korea on rotation ecame home given a blow-off-the-lid reception by the grateful people. From the time the big gray U. S, Navy Transport, the General Le- Roy Eltinge, poked her nose under sunny skies into the entrance of; Elliott Bay the din commenced, Sirens, Planes Scream Sirens and whistles blew. Jet planes and bombers screamed over- head. Fireboats cascaded gallons of spray, and ‘scores of small boats darted like doodlebugs around the slow-moving troopship. A 19gun salute boomed the ar- rival, Full-throated cheers rose in seem- ingly endless waves from the packed dock at the Seattle Port of Embark- ation as the 15,000-ton Eltinge inch- ed alongside and came to rest on the dot of 8 am, PDT. Bands' blared and drum major-, ettes cavorted against a background of waving hands. Long-Awaited Day This was the day the 1387 en- listed men and 115 officers had been living for. This was the first time they had set foot on American soil in six months or more. The returning GIs represented every state, but the largest dele- gation was 109 Puerto Ricans. As high military and civic dig- nitaries headed by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr., looked on, the pier became a scene of heart- touching reunions. Scores of rela- tives from far-flung parts of the country came here to meet their men. SRl SERTEE LSRR SRV R 2 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Perfod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 54; minimum, 39, At Airport — Maximum, 54; minimum, 30. FORECAST Fair tonight and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight about 40 degrees. Warmer Sunday with highest temper- ature about 65. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; Since May 1 — .19 inches; Since July 1 — 68.24 inches. At Airport — None; Since May 1 — .12 inches; o Since July 1 — 3939 inches.e e 00 00 0 0 0 00 0000000000 ec®0000000 00 istve;’ —& > Mac General On Stand Third Day Dedares Red China Could Be Defeated: Tells More On Oriental Plans BULLETIN — Washington, May 5 —iM— Gen. Douglas MacArthur testified today that “the first blow in the next war may be the de- cisive blow.” COULD DEFEAT RED CHINA ‘WASHINGTON, May 5 — (B — Gen. Douglas MacArthur testifiec today that if the United States un- leashes its power it could defeat Red China without increasing it over-all military manpower. The deposed Pacific Commander declared it would take “only a re- latively small fraction” of the tota U. 8. manpower gral of 3,462,000 tc JWCENTERS GFWC CONTEST 1951-52; OFFICERS ELECTED The Juneau Woman's Club, at its business meeting Wednesday, voted to enter the 1951-52 General Fed- eration of Women's Clubs contest on Youth Participation in Com- munity Life, “Build Freedom with Youth,” sponsered by the GFWC and thc Kroger Company of Cln- cinnati, Ohio. "The sum of 835,009 . prisés* i provided by the Kroger Company which gave $60,000 in prizes for the “Build a Better Community” con- test 'sponsored by the GFWC for 1949-50. The prizes are awarded on the basis of (1) the extent of youth participation and carrying out of the projects; (2) the degree to which the community was united through the participation of other groups and agencies, and (3) the results achieved bv the campaign as measured in terms of the needs of the community. Contest Purposes The purposes of the contest are: To help youth understand and love American freedom by working with adults to create freedom day-by- day on their own streets and their communities; to give youth the ex- perience and technique of organized action for the common good; to develop in youth the sense of be- longing and of responsibility in the community, and to unify and im- prove the communities of America as places where youth can grow into healthier personalities. The youth ages specified for participa- tion are 12-21, and the contest is nation-wide. Mrs. Gordon Gray reported that a thankyou letter had been re- celved from Austria for a shipment of clothing sent by the JWC some maonths ago. New Officers The nominating committee, Mrs. I. E. Evans, Mrs, J. V. Cole and Mrs. J. D. Alexander, presented tne slate of officers for the com- ing club year all of whom were un- animously elected as follows: Pres- ident, Mrs. Don Morrison; vice- president, Mrs. M. O. Johnson; re. cording secretary, Mrs. C. V. Ru- dolph; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. W. Griffin; treasurer, Mrs. Gordon Gray, and custodian, Mrs. Howard Schleiter. Installation of officers will take place on the evening of Wednesday, May 16, at the home of Mrs. J. V. Cole on Glacier Highway. BLG DATE SUNDAY, MEMBERS OF (DA . Tomorrow, May 6, is an import- ant date cn the calendar for all Catholic Daughters of America, the members of the Court of the Little Plower here as well as those throughout the Courts all over the nation. The occasion is the National Communion Sunday of the organi- zation and after the 8:30 mass the members will meet in the Parish Hall for breakfast. TEXAS VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Graden Harger of Ft. Worth, Texas, came in from Yakutat on PNA yesterday and are stopping at the Gastineau hotel. carry out his proposed campaign in Asia. Why Bombing Advocated For the third day, MacArthur was back in the witness chair before enators inquiring into his dismissal as Far Eastern commander and the policy differences which led Presi~ dent Truman to recall him. MacArthur had advocated the bombing of Chinese Manchurian bases, a blockade of Communist China and use of Chinese National- ist troops from Formosa. President Truman and adminis- tration leaders have opposed this program on the ground that it might ead to another great war, They take the position. the fighting should be confined to Korea if possible despite the entry of Chincse Com- munist troops into the conflict there, Effect on Manpower Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) | asl ked the five star general about Hhe effect of his program on the manpower goal. MacArthur told him: “I will say, in answer to your basic question, that I am sure-the over-all strength which is being provided now or de- bated now, would well encompass, with prejudice to any other oper- ations or. demands that may be made upon . conciusion of at I hm’&. mind in the Far East. “It would only take a relatively small fraction of that force to carry on the campaign that I would have in mind.” Release Present Power MacArthur said that to utilize full U. 8. power in the Far East, “ there should be added increments of both the Air and the Navy.” “I believe these increments would be readily available without preju- dice to any other area or operation that is in contemplation,” he added. What is necessary, MacArthur argued, “Is to release the power we now possess so that it can be util- ized.” He noted that the preparedness program goal is expected to be reached in about two years. “During that time,” MacArthur said, “those forces can be used in Korea without prejudice to their ultimate use some place else—mere= ly as a basis of training or some-, thing of the sort. “They would be quite available if the projected program is only go- ing to reach {ts completion and its fruition at some future date of two years or 18 months, whatever it may be.” Marshall To Be Called The Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, made up of 25 senators, are sitting joint- ly to make a general inquiry into the whole Far Eastern policy issue. They expect to call Secretary of Defense Marshall after completing their questioning of MacArthur. Other military figures also are to be heard, Marshall ,who may get into the witness chair on Monday, has been mentioned repeatedly by MacArthur. Yesterday, MacArthur testified he understood Marshall, despite a dif- ferent view by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had taken the position that turning Formosa over to the Chinese Communists and admission of Red China to the United Nations might properly be discussed in any Korean peace conference. But MacArthur said he did not believe that would ever be accepted as U. S. policy. “Troops to Europe” Newsmen are barred from the committee session but are given a stenographi¢ report of what is said after it first goes through censors for removal of anything they think might hurt the national security if made public. Senators coming in and out of the sessions also give rEporte‘rs in- formation. Senator McCarran (D-Nev) told them soon after the hearing began that MacArthur had refused to dis- cuss the “troops-to-Europe” dispute on grounds it involved “political controversy.” He said Senator John- son had sought MacArthur's views on how many troops should be sent to Europe to oppose Communism there. i