The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1951, Page 1

= THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SALLTHE NEWS'ALL THE TINE® JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1951 VOL. LXXVIII, NO. 11,811 Reds Attack Allied Lines PRICE TEN CENTS —— | With Artillery Fire MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MacARTHUR INQUIRY IS BROKEN OFF Argument §Eps Hearing ; Relafive to Bradley's Confidential Talks WASHINGTON, May 16 — (® —|} The Senate inquiry into Gen Doug- las MacArthur's dismissal was broken off today by a hot argument over whether Gen. Omar Bradley should tell about his private talks with President Truman. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, refused yesterday to tell what he and Mr. Truman said ' to each other prior to the firing of the War Eastern commander. To- Toyko Spy Iral Enlivened day, the White House said Mr. Tru- man does not want Bradley to do so. Nevertheless, some Republicans on the inquiry panel — made upfof the Senate Armed Services and For- eign Relations committees — were insistent that Bradley should tell. ‘While Bradley sat silently in the witness chair for more than two hours today, the senators argued | heatedly. Charges, implied and di- rect, of trying to play politics fig- ured in the debate. Bradley Dismissed In the upshot: 1. Bradley was dismissed as a witness until Monday. 2. The senators agreed to vote at noon (EST) tomorrow on whe- ther they should insist that the five star general tell them ahout hie ernferenc: Wwith th, Pres ient This left the course of the inquiry up in the air for the immediate fu- ture, but stymied it for the day at least. Sabotage by Republicans Atop the dharges hurled in ‘the committee room itself, Senator Ful- bright told reporters on leaving that he fears Republicans may be “trying to sabotage” the whole inquiry into MacArthur’s ouster. Fulbright told reporters: “Apparently things are not quite going the way they (Republicans)l like. I think the inference can be; drawn that because of this they are| making unfair and untrue charges about ‘pulling down the Iron Cur- tain'.” This was 2 reference to a con- tention by Sen. Knowland that Bradley’s stand about the talks with the President raised a question| whether the White House was low- ering an “Iron Curtain” on thel testimony of witnesses. Knowland’s statement was made in the committee room. KEEP TALK SECRET WASHINGTON, May 16 — B — The White House said today Presi- dent “Truman; dogs not wish *Cen. Bradley"to testify about their con- fidentiak talkes on'the ouster of Mac- Presidential Secretary Joseph Short told a news conference the President is “against it,” and added: “The President made the de- (Cootinued on Page TWwo) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Beil Byndicate. Inc.. { (Ed. Note—This is the second column by Drew Pearson on Greek shipping.) ASHINGTON.—While the Un- jted States has poured several bil- lion dollars into Greece to prevent that country from going Commun- ist, a little group of Greek ship- pifig men have put across the type of high finance that helps inspire Communism. Paying almost no taxes in their own country, and not carrying Marshall plan goods to Greece free, as did the government-owned , vessels of France, England, Italy, etc., these Greek shipping men bought surplus American Liberty ships at bargain rates and, uslng' Greek government finances to! guarantee their deals, now cantroli a large part of the world’s ship- ping. Meanwhile the American public has been paying heavy taxes to support Greece. Meanwhile also the | (Continued on Page Four) l H Military police guards adopt persuasive methods with Korean defend- of Korean war. ant Chank Suk Lee when he objects to wearing a numbered identifica- tion tag at opening, in Toyke, of first spy trial in Japan since start The defendant is one of 16 Koreans and two Japanese charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. (F Wirephoto. TERRORIST CONFESSES KiLL PLOT Trouble [s l?na;ling in Iran —Brifon Facing ""Holy War"'Is Repart TEHRAN, TIran, May 16 —(®— A Moslem terrorist was arrested after a gun battle with police, who said he was plotting to asassinate Pre- mier F. Mohammed Mossadegh, The Moslem was ldentified as Abolghassem Rafiee, the mnumber two mran in Fedayan Islam, the fa- natical religious secret society which | is held responsible for the slaying of former Premier Ali Razmara in March., Premier Mossadegh has taken refuge behind locked doors in Par- liament, fearing threats against his life. Police quoted Rafiee as saying “Mossadegh is lucky I am caught. Otherwise he would have been shot within the next two or three days.” This was the latest incident in restive Tehran. The Parliament’s action in nationalizing the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company has focused world attention once more on this potential trouble spo$ in East-West relations. Tempers are running high. An editor who is a close adviser to Mossadegh says Britons face “Holy War” if they try ‘to obstruct nationclization. ‘This was the most violent of the press reaction to wholly unconfirm- a send parachute troops to the Iran- ian oilfields. Western diplomats here took the threat with a grain of salt, but the campaign is in line with Mossadegh’s tactics in rushing through the oil nationalization bill —with vague warnings of unspeci- fied trouble if the bill were blocked. SKIFF MISSING Carl Rusher reported to the U. S. Coast Guard that his 16-foot skiff has been missing from the! small boat harbor since last Sat- urday. It is painted white on the outside and green inside. Crificism of Seafile-Alaska | Resented; Reporf R 4 # A PR ] Incorred SEATTLE, May 16 — (# — The Seattle Chamber of Commerce has called upon a United States Senate subcommittee to withdraw “incor- rect and grossly misleading” crit- icisms of Seattle-Alaska business re- lations. Three members of the Senate Armed Forces committee — Hunt of Wyoming, chairman; Saltonstall of Massachusetts and Morse of Ore- gon — constituted the subcommittee. The subcommittee, known as the Alaska Task Force, investigated pre- paredness problems in the Territory and filed its report February 13. The report said - that “Alaska had been used as a. source of ready in- come for the northwestern part of the United States, and in particu- {lar for the Port of Seattle.” As basis for this general charge the report said it had been “alleged” that Seattle wholesalers prevented agencies from being established in Alaska, that materials for Alaska are being sold in Seattle at prices higher than for domestic consump- tion, and that development of new Alaska industries “is controlled to a large extent by persons presently entrenched in their various lines of endeavor.” In a report presented to chamber trustees, Alfred Shyman, whose dis- tributing firm serves Alaska, said the Alaska division was unanimous ! in its criticism of the Jenate “Task Force” report. “I wish it were true that Seattle transacted virtually all the whole- saling for -Alaska,” Shyman said. “That is not the case. Substan- tial tonnage is also served by Ta- coma, Portland, San Francisco and Minneapolis.” Shyman noted that economic and geographic factors make establish- ment of wholesale houses in Alaska not feasible for most lines of goods. In many cases, he added, Seattle wholesalers absorb packing -and other costs, and offer special terms of payment to enable Alaska pur- {ed reports that Britain plans to| chasers to place orders for a year. GAMES TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 11, Cleveland 3. Chicago 9, Boston 5. Two night games, NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 4, Boston 3. Chicago 14, Brooklyn 4. Two night games. ARMED FORCES DAY/ GOV. WARREN PARADE SCHEDULED SATURDAY, MAY 19 The second annual Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 19, will be ob~ served -in Juneau by speeches, radio | programs, window displays, open houses and a parade. The parade starts at the National Guard armory in the subport at 11 a.m. Saturday and will pass along Willoughby, Main, across Front street to Franklin, up Frank- lin to Fourth street, along Fourth and in front of the reviewing stand at the Federal Building. From there the parade will go down Main to disband at Second street. The band and service units will return to the National Guard Armory for coffee and the open house to be held in the afternoon. Parading units will include the high school band; massed service colors; color escort; U. S. Army including the National Guard in- structor detachment; platoon from the Coast Guard Cutter Storis, Headquarters Detachment of the National Guard; Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Com- pany, 208th Infantry Battalion, Al- aska National Guard; Veterans of Foreign Wars; massed veterans colors; American Legion Juneau Post; and the American Legion Auk Bay Post. Open houses and times are: Alas- ka Communication System, Federal Building, from noon to 3 pm.; Al- aska National Guard at the sub- port, from 1 pm. to 3 p.m.; Coast Guard Cutter Storis at the govern- ment dock from 2 p.m. to 4 pm. at civic organizations. There will, be three programs at 12:30 p.m. dayy through Friday. Window dis- plays by the Alaska National Guard and the Veterans of Foreign Wars ‘are scheduled at the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Co. and Ju- neau Young Hardware. The only service visitors will be memkbers of the Alaska National Guard instructor detachment whoj| are, holding their annual confer-| ence in Juneau this weekend. Last year the several services gave up their traditional days of observance in favor of the com- bined celebration to be held annu- ally on the third Saturday of May. Throughout the States and Ter- ritories and in the overseas com- mands, the armed forces will hold extensive programs. i | A sampling of statesidc programs | includes B8-36 flights to all the state capitols and Washington, D. C., nation-wide television and radio programs, parades, demonstrations, open houses and wide-spread ad- vertising programs. Alaska towns and military posts |are planning individual celebra- tions. Sitka held a successful armed forces day parade and review, Sat- urday, May 13. Information has been received from U. S. Army, Al- aska, that no contingents of the armed forces will be sent to the southeast Alaska communities this year. MEDALS ARE GIVEN POSTHUMOUSLY T0 SONS KOREAN MEN FORT LEWIS, Wash.,, May 16 — (M—Thirty-five hundred troops stood at attention Saturday as a General presented two wives, two mothers and two small boys with medals honoring fighting men who died in Korea. Ted Roger Delplain, 3, received a silver star awarded posthumously to his father, Lt. Theodore R. Del- plain. The lad held the hand of his mother, Mrs. Ardyth E, Del- plain of Port Angeles, as Brig. Gen. Leroy H. Watson pinned the medal on his chest. Larry Joe Peters, 4, of Hood River, Ore, also stood by his mother, Mrs. Jeanne Peters, as he received a silver star medal won by his father, Sgt. Forrest L. Pet- ers. TOWED TO SITKA The 40-foot fishing vessel Pio- neer II reported to Coast Guard headquarters here that she was dis- abled southwest of Sitka and was drifting ashore. The cutter Hem- lock which was working aids to navigation in the vicinity, went tc the scene and took the craft to Sit| ka early this morning. E. Miokiel- ssen is its listed owner. Various speeches will be delivered over radio station KINY Wednes.: DUE JUNEAU, FRIDAYP. M. Governor Earl C. Warren of Cali- fornia, is due to arrive in Juneau at 1:30 pm. Friday via Pan Amer- fcan Airways. He will be met at the airport by Gov. Ernest Gruneing and a group of city and civic officials headed by Mayor Waino Hendrickson. California’s governor, who was a | vice presidential candidate in the| with | M 1948 Presidential election Thomas E. Dewey as candidate for President, is coming to Alaska to deliver the commencement address at the University of Alaska' next Sunday. In the midst of a legisla- tive session in California, Warren has expressed the wish to Governor Gruening that on his visit to the Territory he can “just rest and en- joy the scenery,” Gruneing said to- day. A fishing trip to Taku Lodge is being planned for him for Friday afternoon and Saturday noon there will be a buffet luncheon at the Governor's House for about 50 guests to meet the distinguished Californ- ian. Saturday afternoon he will be taken to Mendenhall Glacier and about 4 o'clock Warren, accompan- ied by Gov. Gruening, will be flown to Anchorage. The following day they will go to Fairbanks where they will take part in the Com- mencement exercises at the Uni- versity and then Warren will im- mediately return to California. TOM STEWART TELLS KIWANIS OF SKI (LUB PLANS; SHOWS SLIDES Tom Stewart of the Juneau Ski Club spoke at a regular meeting of the Kiwanis Club this noon at the Baranof Hotel. He showed col- ored slides of the ski area on Doug- las Island and outline of a plan for the improvement of it. A con- servative check on the number of people who used the winter re- creation area during the past win- ter was around 850, Stewart said.| A 30 by 40-foot cabin is already designed for a spot about a mile from the road. The cabin is needed for parents of skiing children and spectators where they can watch the activities in comfort. Some o'clock fn the High School Gym- The club voted * to _ provide $5 monthly toward the Teen Age Club. Gene Vuille invited all members to join the Shrine Club in a work party at the Boy Scout camp to ‘assist in roofing the main build- ing and making repairs to the camp. In introducing Joe Fessio, PAA sales manager from San Francisco, Presidept Larry Parker recalled that Joe did much to assist in launching the first Golden North Salmon Derby here. Keith Johnson, also of PAA and vice president of the Whitehorse Kiwanis Club, brought greetings from that club to the Juneau group. Ralph Johanson, Seattle PAA sales manager and chairman of the Alaska committee of the Se- attle Chamber of Commerce, was introduced by B. F. Dunn of the Juneau office. Dunn also intro- duced Dick Barkle, PAA public re- lations man from Seattle; John Moller cf the Portland office; Don McMorran, Alaska sales region su- perintendent; and Alaska sales managers Al Polet, Fairbanks; Joe Goding, Ketchikan; Jim Walsh, Nome; and Charles Fisher, West- ern Airlines district sales manager from Seattle. ® o 0.0 00 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 52; minimum, 44. At Airport — Maximum, 52; minimum, 43. FORECAST Mostly cloudy with inter- mittent light rain tonight and Thursday. Lowest temp- erature tonight about 44 deg. Highest Thursday near 52. PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .15 inches Since May 1 — 135 inches; Since July 1 — 69.40 inches. At Airport — .16 inches; Since May 1 — 90 inches; @ Since July 1 — 40.17 inches.® ,® ® 00 00 0 0 00 IR R R NENNE RN EENE ] N k arrows show aproximately Blac! (A) combined air and ground fire tion. were having trouble with civilians capital. (» Wirephoto Map. SEATTLE, May .agreement granting some 2,000 non- resident Alaska salmon cannery workers a 10 per cent wage increase and other benefits was signed to- day. It is between Local 7-C, In- ternational. Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union and the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc. Union and Industry spokesmen said the settlement was the first reached in several years without P strike or other difficulties. By the agreement, which runs for three years, the employers con- sented to a unionshop election and will grant the union a unionshop contract automatically if the union wins the election. Thomas P. Graham, Jr., regional director of the industry, said some cannery workers have gone to the Cordova area, where the fishing season was to have opened May 1, but has been held up by ice from rivers. BETA SIGMA PHI TAKES VACATION The Alaska Delta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, met in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel Tuesday night, for their last regular meet- ing of the season. It was decided to discontinue . holding meetings until September, but to have lun- cheons once & month during the summer for those members who will be in town. Plans were made for a luncheon Saturday, May 26, for two members who will leave Juneau at the close of the school term. A very interesting talk was given by Rhoda Mae Zwickey on “Arch- itecture.” Elizabeth Coon passed around the traditional box of choc- olates to announce her recent mar- riage. STOCK QUGTATIONS NEW YORK, May 16 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock ‘today is 2%, American Can 108, Americam Tel. and Tel. 154%, Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 97, General Electric 53%, Kennecott 72%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 37%, Standard Oil of California 46%, Twentieth Cen- tury Fox 19%, U. S. Steel 42%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 93.93%. Sales today were 1,660,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 252.14, rails 81.08, utili- ties 42.27. { FROM SKAGWAY Paul Sincic of Skagway is stop- pnig at the Gastineau Hotel U. N. Troops Await NORTH \ & dug in and waiting for the next Red offensive. In Chunchon area PAY INCREASE SAYS ACHESON New Assault Smed. STATUTE MILES g 3 = Hwachon | 36" uf_Aun" 4 where United Nations troops are failed to break up Red concentra- In Inje area (B) the Reds showed a stiffening resistance. They were determined to keep South Korean troops from driving a wedge between Inje and Kansong. On the Seoul front U. N. troops sneaking back into South Korean TERR. SALMON/NO INTENTION WORKERS GET OF RESIGN ING 16 —P— AD| WASHINGTON, May 16 — B — Secretary of State Acheson said today he has “no intention” of re- signing and intends to stay in the! administration “as long as the Pres- ident wants me to stay.” Acheson was asked about his at- titude toward his job at a news conference and made the comment | which he later authorized for direct quotation. Acheson has been under heavy fire from Republican Congress members and there have been per- fodic reports that he was quitting. President Truman told his news con- ference last week there was no foundation in fact for the reports. The subject came up at Acheson’s news conference when a reporter asked what his intentions about re- signing were, Acheson also said hotly the United States is absolutely opposed to Red China’s membership in the United Nations and so far has suc- ceeded in convincing a majority of UN members to take the same view. He also said Britain and Iran have plenty of opportunity to work out harmoniously a settlement of their dispute over nationalizing Iranian oil. American officials are urging both sides to avoid taking extreme steps land to conduct themselves with { moderation, he said. BROWN BEAR BAGGED ON OLIVERS INLET On his last bear hunt before in- duction into the Army, Ivan Wo- mak of Craig bagged a brown bear on Olivers Inlet last Friday weigh- ing over 1,000 pounds. It was one shot from his .30-06 that brought down the bear at 138 paces. A 180-grain soft-nosed bullet was used. The green skin measured nine feet three inches wide and nine feet one inch long three days later. Womak was backed up by Lou Hall, Douglas, who had a 375 Alaska Magnum made by Art Skinner. Hall shot a glacier bear the same day weighing 400 pounds using a 300- grain bullet. This bear was shot at 400 yards. FROM WHITE MOUNTAIN Phyllis Durham of White Moun- tain is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM TACOMA Vern L. Wood of Tacoma is at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SEATTLE J. S. Fly of Seattle is registered | l“ the Baranof Hotel. STRON ATTACK BY REDS Blows Slrumlong East- ern Front - May Be New Offensive By Associated Press Red troops poured out of the hills in heavy artillery attacks all along the Eastern front of Korea Wed- nesday night. It was too early to tell whether it was the start of the expected Red offensive, or new probing in force. They struck strong blows from Chunchon, 45 miles northeast of Seoul, eastward to the Sea of Japan. The attacks came not long after Maj. Gen, William Hoge, command- er of the U.S. Ninth Corps, predicted the Red offensive would open Fri- day. Hoge said his troops would wel- come it. The general said if the Chinese follow their “previous pattern of attacking on the full moon, the blow should come soon. The moon comes full on the 18th of the month. That gives him two days.” (The World Almanac and the U. 8. Coast and Geobetic Survey say the full moon comes next Friday). Big Striking Force Allied Intelligence officers said a striking force of 390,000 Reds was ready for the signal to begin their biggest offensive of the war. One UN divisional officer said the Communists “will have to do “They are not too familiar with our defense lines.” Allied patrols reaching across the 10 mile wide no-man’s-land also probed . continually 4. into Chinese buildups. Deeper penetrations ran into artillery fire from self-propelled guns, Morale Weakening A divisional spokesman said in- creasing numbers of Red prisoners were being brought back, indicating a weakening of Communist morale. Peiping radio sought to bolster Chinese troops by assuring them they have shown that the “United States is nothing but a paper tiger.” The Red ‘China broadcast said the war will continue until “we drive the mad, shameless American im- perialists completely out of Korea.” Defense Bolstered American troops, somewhat bored with waiting, have had time in a two and & half week lull to thor- oughly bolster their defenses. A division spokesman said the Allied forces are probably in the best posi= tions they have manned yet. He sald they're confident and in good spirits. MRS. GILMORE SR. TAKEN BY DEATH, KETCHIKAN HOSP. U. S. Attorney Patrick J. Gilmore, Jr., was called to Ketchikan this morning by the death of his mother which occurred last night following an operation in the Ketchikan hos- pital. Widely known throughout Alaska, the P. J. Gilmore, Sr, family are oldtime residents of Ketchikan where they operated the Gilmore hotel for many years. Gilmore, Sr., is also U. . Commissioner in the First City. Mrs. Gilmore had returned from Seattle only a few days before her death. She and Mr. Gilmore had been there for several months while Mrs. Gilmore underwent an opera- tion for cataracts on her eyes. Besides her husband and son, Ppatrick J. Jr., Mrs. Gilmore is sur- vived by a son John in Ketchikan and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Balcom, of Seattle who came north with them at the time of their return home. Grandchildren are Margaret Balcom and Ann Gilmore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gilmore, Jr. Mrs. Gilmore and Ann expected to fly to Ketchikan this afternoon. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vanceuver 8 tonight. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Denali scheduled to arrive from westward Sunday southbound.