The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 10, 1951, Page 1

THE DAIL JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1951 \ MEMBER A VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,806 Fighters, MARSHALL UNDER FIRE FOURTH DAY Secrefary Denies Ridgway- MacArthur Statements on War Perallel’ WASHINGTON, May 10 — (P Secretary Marshall brushed aside today a suggestion that Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway had made statements of the kind that led to firing of Gen. Douy MacArthur. He said they were not “parallel.” For the fourth day, Marshall was in the witness chair before the Sen- ate Armed Services and Foreign Re- lations committees inquiring into MacArthur’s dismissal and the dif- ferences behind it. At the outset of today's session, Senator H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) quoted a two-months old statement by Ridgway which said “it would be a tremendous victory for the UN if the war ended with our forces in control up to the 38th Parallel.” Sm:th asked if that wasn't the kind ~? statement MacArthur has been criticized { making. No Paraliel Marshall replied: “I don’t think that there is a sufficient parallel there, Senator. “There Ridgway was saying some- thing to the encouragement of his forces.” Similarly, Smith raised questions yesterday about statements made by Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, air commander in the Far East. Strate- meyer had been quoted as stressing the handicaps imposed by the fact he was unable to strike at enemy planes while they ‘vere on th2 erownd “at Manchurian bases. Mac Popular, Japan In response to other questions from Smith, Marshall said the ad-{ ministration “very carefully consid- ered” the effect on the Japanese people before removing MacArthur as occupation chief. He said it was generally recog- nized that MacArthur's prestige with the Japanese people “was-not to be duplicated, certainly” in a short time, by any othér individual.” Diyiféd Authority He went on to say, however, that if MacArthur had been allowed to remain as occupation chief, while losing his post as UN commander in the Korean war, the result would have been “divided authority which might open up many confusions.” Smith had suggested MacArthur was unnecessarily humiliated by be- ing removed from his Japanese command. Smith also asked whether the ad- ministration considered, in deciding to dismiss MacArthur, the possible effect on the pending peace treaty with Japan. “Gag” Is Charged And he wanted to know whether John Foster Dulles was consulted in advance of the firing, Dulles is a Republican adviser to Secretary of State Acheson and has been hand- ling preliminary negotiations re- garding the Japanese treaty. Marshall said Dulles was not con- sulted. Only 11 of the 26 members of the combined Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees were in the room when Chairman Russell (D-Ga) rapped for order and the doors were closed. In advance of today's session, (Continued on Page T%o) The Wasrflingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEAESON (Copyright. 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.. mSHINGmN. — Harry's Let- ters — Handsome Senator Burnet Rhett Maybank, South Carolina was attending a White House Con- ference the other day on price con- trols, inflation and defense mobil- ization. Some of the price-control measures were not too popular with his constituents and Senator May- bank remarked: “Mr. President, I am getiing nn1 Baranof from westward scheduled awful lot of letters expressing views on this. Would you like to look them over?” Mr. Truman replied that he, too, had received hundreds of letters and countered by asking Maybank L (CoTunued on l;n}e Four) " Hotel. I Hoey, 8, which relled between walis of two At right he is freed by emergency I Squeeze for Ball Chaser - ds the fit too snug (left) after he chased a ball nine-inch space for 35 minutes. (P Wirephoto. ombers ' ACHESON " STAYS IN . CABINET i tke Named Ruilzer “Wifin”ners (Marshall’s fe;imony OEK | -0’Dwyer Remains, Declares Truman WASHINGTON, | President Truman, today there is no foundation il ct to reports that Secretary of State Acheson may leave office within a few months. The President also described Sec- | retary Marshall's testimony on the MacArthur ouster as the exact truth, word for word. 2 Mr. Truman also told a news con- ference: Reports he will recall William | | O'Dwyer as ambassador to Mexico | | likewise are rumors, with no found- ation in fact. | He is backing completely Price| Administrator Michael DiSalle's ! meat price control order. DiSalle’s order has brought a flood | of protests from packers and others. Same Old Fight Commenting on the protests, Mr. PSR SREy e - S O Iy (Cuctinued on Page Two) Truman Urges 10 — A | | | | | | | Bronx, New York City buildings. workers after being pinned in the | BETHELIS FLOODEDBY JAM OF ICE FAIRBANES, Alaska, May 10 — \P—Flood Waters, backed up by an idce jam in the Kuskokwim river, swirled through the town of Bethel jnear the river mouth last night. | Boiibing under the light of the mid- night sun was planned. Residents of the community of 500 persons prepared to flee to higher ground while a foot of water ran through main streets. Residents sent an emergency mes- | sage to the Air Force yesterday, ask- |ing that planes drop bombs on the | iice jam, A B-17 bomber and a flight of F-82 jet fighter planes left from nearby Ladd Air Force base here} last night loaded with bombs. They were to be joined by three bomb-j laden fighter planes from the base at Galena, midway between Fair- banks and Nome, and a C-47 trans- | port which will carry supplies. | Air Force officials here said the planes would blast at the ice jam {with bombs under the light of the fmidnight sun and continue until the Iriver is opened. 1 | | \ ICE JAM BLASTED FAIRBANKS, May 10 —(P —A bombing attack broke a Kuskokwim river ice jam under the light of the “Midnight Sun” early today and relieved a flood threat at the far eastern village of Bethel. An Air Force B-17 and a group of jet fighters showered bombs on the ice jam of the big river, which flows into the Bering Sea. A radio message to Ladd Air Force base today said the bombs “pulver- ized” the huge mass of ice and set the river moving normally again. The airplanes were ordered to Ga- lena on the Yukon river, where a smaller ice jam was threatening to cause flooding of the village. Ice is breaking loose throughout the river systems of Alaska, caus- ing many jams and floods from backed up river waters. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali scheduled to sail Seattle 4 p.m. Friday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway at 8 am. to- morrow sailing south one hour later at 9. from southbound Sunday morning. FROM LOS ANGELES N. B. Lillegard of the Allied Building Credits Corp. of Los An- geles, is a guest at the Baranof | ' to send wheat to India “in our view | ( which India asked for in December. eeee®esccceneoe ‘Korean Yels War Benef o W S WASHINGTON, May 10 — () — | President Truman said today veter- ' v jans of the Korean fighting should | be given every benefit made avail- NEW DELHI, India, May 10 —(® { able by the government to veterans Famine-threatened India announced ' of other' wars. today that Soviet Russia had agreed | He said it was up to Congress to sell her for cash 50,000 tons of | to change the law under which hos- wheat — and that Russian ships pitalization was denied by the Vet- are already on the way here with | erans Administration to a Korean some of it. veteran for a non-service-connected A government announcement said | disability. the agreement to buy the 50,000 tons | D, R. Arellano, Jr., 21, of Tucson, was the “first result” of negotia- | Ariz, was denied admittance there tions with the Soviet Embassy here, | yesterday to a VA hospital. He was begun last week, on a Russian offer | then taken to Pima County hospital to supply 500,000 tons. ,and operated on for a throat can- Earlier Prime Minister Nehru in | cer. Arellano is a former Marine a surprise announcement to an ap- | bazooka squad member, discharged plauding parliament said Russian | after Korean service. ships already were on the way t0| VA officials said they could do India with wheat cargoes. fnothmg about the case because the Nehru also told parliament that|Korean conflict has not been of- the bills before the U. 8. Congress ficially recognized as a war. Mr. Truman was asked his re- action to the VA's refusal. Up To Congress | He said he had no comment other gress. Indian differences with Amer- | :,T“h:: ::zw::‘:; 3:8 ?::ih:ule}:e ican policies, especially in Korea, have eontributed o a delay in final | 40: He said that the VA obeyed ional action on a grant or | 000,000 tons of | to change the law. “he'“'! And he said he thought that the | Korean veterans were entitled to all !the benefits that go to other vet- | erans. ! The House Veterans Affairs com- GAMBT)])AV,M . regional office at Tucson for an Here are results of major league explanation. The VA said a determination could baseball games played this after- | be made quickly whether Arellano’s | noon and received up to press time: | throat cancer was service-connected. NATIONAL (If so he could be put on the com- Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 0. pensation rolls and be entitled to Cincinnati 4, Boston i, hospitalization. Brooklyn 6, Chicago 1. New York 3, St. Louis 2. AMERICAN All games postponed, rain, wet grounds. INDIA GETS have no political or discriminatory | conditions attached to them.” i His statement appeared directed : toward conciliating American Con- | co loan of QUICK ACTION TAKEN WASHINGTON, May 10 — (A — Congress voted swiftly today to give .vel.ernns of the Korean fighting the same medical benefits now available | to World War I and II veterans. | First the Senate, then the House | passed the legislation by unanimous | voice vote and sent it to President | | Truman on the same day he asked | for it. | Korean veterans are not now elig- | !ible for treatment in veterans’ hos- pitals unless their ailments are service-connected. Under the new legislation, they will have the same rights as veterans of other wars, who may enter veteran hospitals for non-service ailments room for them. The prompt action followed the refusal by a VA hospital in Tucson, Ariz., yesterday to admit a Marine veteran of Korea. Mr. Truman first told a news con- ® 0o 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 ol ol WEATHER REPORT | ] Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 58; minimum, 43. At Airport — Maximum, 56; minimum, 41. FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight near 39 degrees. Highest Friday near 60. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .04 inches; Since May 1 — .39 inches; Since July 1 — 6840 inches. At Airport — Trace; Since May 1 — .23 inches; e Since July 1 — 39.50 inches. e o 0 00 0 0 0 00 | to Congress to act. Then he sent a the law, and it was up to Congress | if there is | | ference this morning that it was up | CERR Don Whitehead (left), Max Desfor (center) and Relman Morin (rig! hav head was honored for his story, action. ¢ been awarded Pulitzer prizes in the field of international reporting and news photography. White- written with the U. S. Marines outside Seoul, deseribing the Han River Morin was cited for his story, “Death of An Airbase,” and for another story, ‘hatred to stay long after the last shot is fired in the Korean war.” Desfor was named in news photography for his picture of refugees fleeing across a wrecked bridge in Korea. (P Wirephoto. Y ALASKA EMPIRE WALL TLE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ SSOCIATED PRESS ht), all of The Associated Pres: b | ! | King Farouk of Egypt sits with J!p_g__! I(es a Bride | instating him in the union and his OLSEN SUING AFU, CHARGES OUST ILLEGAL SEATTLE, hiay 10 —®— Ralph E. Olsen, former assistant secretary- treasurer of the Alaska Fishermen's Union (Tod), filed & Syperior Court suit today charging that he had been removed from office and de- prived of union membership illeg- ally. Olsen asked for an injunction re- office until the case can be heard.: A court hearing was set for next ‘Tuesday. Named defendants were the union, his bride, the beauteous Narriman Sadek, 17-year-old commoner, in the Royal Palace at Cairo following the signing of the formal marriage contract, an all male ceremony, earlier in the day. (P Wirephoto via radio from Cairo. COMMIE ‘WAVE I§ " BROKEN 3 TOKYO, (Friday) —(P— Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgwey sa'd Thursday the UN battle in Korea may have started the defeat of Communism’s efforts at world domination. The UN commander's comment was contained in an answer to Lt. Gen. James A, Van Fleet, Allied field commander, congratulating Ridgway on his nomination to full general, Ridgway said it is “quite possible” | that because of the UN fight, “his- tory will record that the crest of the Communist wave has been broken against your arms and . . . that the flood of this menace, reaching its high mark on your front, thereafter began its recession.” STOCK OUGEATIONS NEW YORK, May 10 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 112, American Tel and Tel. 155%, Ana- conda 44, Douglas Aircraft 101, Gen- eral Electric 55%, General Motors 52%, Goodyear 77% , Kennecott 76%, Libby,McNeill and Libby 9%, North- ern Pacific 39%, Standard Oil of California 49%, Twentieth Century Fox 20%, U, S. Steel 44%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 94.43% Sales today were 1,650,000 share: Averages today were as follows: | Industrials 260.07, rails 8439, utili- \ l!orml request for such legislation. ties 42.51. lce Moves AtDawson DAWSON, Y. T. May 10, — The spring ice breakup on the Yukon was heralded last night .at 11:06 o'clock: by the 'shrill blast of sirens. Two laundry workers, Kai Kerteen and Jennie Monk, had guessed the ice would move at 11:03 o'clock. 39 FLY IN; OUT ON PAA WEDNESDAY Thirty-nine passengers flew Pan American World Alrways Wednes- day with 11 arrivals from Seattle, nine through to Cordova, 18 to Se- attle and one to Ketchikan. From Seattle: Walter Nelson, P. Sorenson, Gordon Whitcomb, Dolly Silva, J. Alexander, D. Novick, W. A. Richardson, Kent Fuller, John Murray, Glenn and Donna McMil- lan. To Seattle: Fonald John, Billy Jean Morris, Winifred Cressey, Mrs. J. P. Crock, C. T. Davis, Fern McGart, E. Flynn, Helen Little, A. Hanson, Margaret Flaherty, Her- bert Trapp, Dr. John Reed, Willie Edlund, G .Heaton, K. C. Wood, William Farmer, Mrs. John Man- ders, Charles Gaily Jr. To Keichikan: L. J. Adler. | ! Mrs. Gine Graham of Seattle came in on PAA yesterday and is on her way to Pelican for the sum- mer. She stopped overnight at the Hotel Juneau. Mrs. J. P. Maloca of Ketchikan is at the Baranof Hotel. Secretary-Treasurer George Johan- | sen, and Hans Hansen, who suc- seeded Olsen as assistant secre- tary-treasurer. Olsen was suspended from union membership for five years and re- moved from office last March after a union trial in which he was ac- cused of promoting “dual unionism.” | The action followed a bitter fight over attempts to merge the union | with the International Longshore- men and Warehousemen’s Union (Ind). Olsen opposed the merger. Olsen’s court complaint alleged | that trial committee members were | not chosen properly, that two mem- bers were prejudiced and that the trial committee’s report was voted | on by only 196 Seattle members out of a total union membership of 6,500. PRICE BOOST OF TWO CENTS, ASTORIA, May 10 —(# Competi- tion among packers * for salmon catches brought a 2-cent price boost to fishermen from at least one can- nery. Upriver catches this week ranged from 200 to 600 pounds per boat, ORE. SALMON PRICE TEN CENTS ed Railroad Yard UN FORCES - WIPING OUT RED THREAT Allied Probing Tank Pa- frols Encounter Com- mie Mine Fields By Associated Press Allied armored patrols today stab- bed into Munsan, 21 miles north- west of Seoul, after wiping out a Red threat to flank the old South Korean capital.” Tanks and South Korean infan- trymen hunted through Munsan without opposition, then withdrew. Elsewhere along the 100 mile front the greatest obstacles encount- ered by probing tank patrols were mine fields covered by small arms fire. Chinese “Wilting” Chinese armies are “wilting on the vine” because of lack of sup- plies, said Lt. Gen. Edward M. Al- mond, commander of the U.S. 10th Corps. The Reds have withdrawn to keep out of range of UN artillery. Never- theless, Almond cautioned, they pre- sumably are preparing for another attack. “We are prepared for them,” he said. “We are killing large quanti- ties of the enemy and will kill them in the future.” Ready for Enemy Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, UN ground commander, emphasized the point. Van Fleet said his men are in excellent spirit, at the highest peak of ‘determination, and “We are ready for the enemy now and at any time in the future.” An 8th Army spokesman said 6,000 North Korean Reds who had threat- | ened to outflank Seoul were either killed or routed. The Fifth Air Force reported it still was studying the results of Wednesday's raid on Sinuiju Air Field by 812 UN planes but it was clear they inflicted “considerable damage.” Big Air Strike Eight Marine planes were hit in the raid, the greatest air strike of the war. But not a single raiding pilot was scratched, the Air Force said. American F-86 Sabre jets flew pa- trol over Sinuiju Thursday, within sight of Russian-type jets parked on an air field across the border in Manchuria, The Red planes re- mained safely on the ground. For the fifth successive day Al- lied tanks pushed into Chunchon on the Central Tront. Roads Bomb-Pocked Communist trucks and trains were still rolling fresh supplies and equip- ment down bomb-pocked roads to their withdrawing ground ‘troops. Some 275 U. 8. Fifth Air Force fighters and bombers roared out to strike at rail yards in North Korean industrial centers. The Communists’ big voice, the Pyongyang radio, claimed the Reds killed or captured 20,792 UN troops during their drive which began April 22 and continued eight days. U. S. Defense Department has an- | nounced. 2,311 American casualties | for the two weeks ending May 4. This did not include South Korean or other UN losses. The Allied ~ command has “esti- { mated Communist losses during the | nine-day offensive exceed 175,000 | men killed or wounded. while lower river boats were deliver- ing 100 to 400 pounds each, packers said. Good catches of sea-run salmon were reported by trollers working north of the Columbia river to the Willipa Bay area. One vessel landed a three-day catch of 1800 pounds. Other boats averaged about 1000 pounds. Packers agreed to pay fishermen 27'% cents a pound for salmon, but one cannery increased the price two cents to get a fish supply. FROM D T. J. MC CAULS RETURN WINTER VISIT IN SOUTHLANI After a winter in Arizona and Caul réturned to Juneau on the Princess Norah Tuesday. They are at home at their resi- | dence on the Glacier Highway ov- lerlooktna Auke Bay. California, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mc- | FIRE CAUSES B-26 BOMBER RETURN BASE } SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 —(®— | An Air Force B-26 bomber which | reported today that it caught fire | while flying to Hawaii radioed later that “everything’s okay” and that it /is returning to its home base at | McCellan Field, Sacramento. | Five men were said to be aboard. | The Coast Guard said the fire | broke out when the plane was some | 400 miles off the California coast. | Five rescue planes, including a giant Navy Mars Flying Boat, ll searched for the bomber.