The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1951, Page 1

BRARY . : Afi“T.‘DIIE 2 VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,819 WALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME® JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY ¢ DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE — e 5, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — | Allies In All-Out Offensive On Korean NO COMMENT SAYS GOV. ON AIRPORT DEAL Gov. Ernest Gruening, chairman Jof the Territorial Board of Aero- nautics, today said he had no com- ment to make concerning the Palmer Aifrport transaction which the As- sociated Press reported was de- nounced yesterday by Senator Hoey (D-N.C). Hoey told the Senate that “de- ceit and subterfuge” were used in an attempt to obtain increased Fed- eral matching funds for construc- tion of the airfield. His accusations included CAA and Territorial of- ficials, George S. Sechwamm, Terri- torial director of aeronautics, and Stanley McCutcheon, attorney for the aeronautics division, who, he said, used “subterfuge” in attempts to get $148,000 of Federal funds for the airport land and construction Hoey added that the money would not be paid to the Territory until the comptroller general has had the opportunity to make a thorough investigation of the entire transac- tion. Gov. Gruening said he would re- serve any comment on the matter until he received a full report of Senator Hoey's action, as he ques- tioned accuracy of the Associated Press dispatch. Sheldon Simmons, member of the Aeronautics Board for the First Division also reserved comment. He added that a meeting of the board undoubtedly would be called soon and a statement probably issued to the press. TAX BILL DRAFTING STARTED Work Ende_d—on Measure| fo Raise Over 7 Bil- lion Additional WASHINGTON,_May 25 — A — 'The House Ways and Means com- mittee today completed preliminary work on a tax bill estimated to yield ; an additional $7,100,000,000. In one last major change, the committee decided to have unchang- ed the 10 per cent tax on radios, television sets, phonographs, phono- graph records and musical instru- ments. The committee turned the bill over to the drafting service, which estimated it would be at least June 5 or 6 before it could be put into legal language. Since the committee plans to go over the bill once more, indications were it will be the latter part of June before it reaches the House floor. TEURSDAY LANDINGS 86,000 pounds of halibut landed Thursday sold at 16 cents a pound for mediums, .16 cents for chix and 13 cents for large. Sold to E. E. Engstrom: Princess, 28,000 pounds, Frisco, 3,000 pounds, Nebraska, 8,000 pounds; to Alaska Coast Fisheries: Bonanza, 31,000 pounds, Tenakee, 16,000 pounds. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell’Syndicate, Inc. ASHINGTON. — Just a year an American citizen, George S. Wheeler, issued a blast against the United States and announced his intention to live in Czechoslo- vakia. He and his wife are still there, reportedly teaching schocl. Interesting inside fact about Wheeler is that, five years before, the U. S. Civil Service Commission had suspected his disloyalty and ordered him fired. But thanks to the intervention of well-meaning friends, he was reinstated and per- mitted to occupy a key job in Ger- many. The man who chiefly went to bat for Wheeler ‘was David A. Morse, former counsel of the Na- tional Labor Relations Board, for- ago, (Continued on WPTuAg; Four) COUNCIL SUSTAINS HARBOR APPROACH BID GIVEN T0 COLE Over an hour of last night's city council meeting was taken up with*a discussion of a misunder- standing in a bid presented last week to construct a:new approach to the small boat harbor. A bid by J. V. Cole in the amount of $6,418 had been accepted. Jake Cropley and his attorney William Paul, Jr., were present to request reconsideration on Cropley’s bid of $4,608.75 for the construction of the job and $823.75 for tearing out part of the old dock approach. Be- cause no bid forms were made out, there was confusion in the way in which Cropley's bid read. Cropley and Paul contended that in light of the saving of nearly $1000 to the City, the bids should be reconsid- ered. The Council held the view that Cole had been present at the bid opening, which was also the privilege of Cropley and felt that since it had committed itself to Cole’s bid they would sustain their action. Councilman Bert McDowell made a motion to that effect and it was passed. The City is furnishing all mater- ials for the construction of the ap- proach and lists of necessary hard- ware have been made out and given to locai hardware companies inter- ested in bidding. Additional copies will be made available to anyone interested in bidding. These bids will be opened at a special meeting set for June 1 at which time bids on the fire hall section of the new city hall will also be opened. APW Sewers Accepted A resolution was adopted accept- ing the Alaska Public Works built sewers in the West 7th, 8th, 9th and G Street area and payment of $11,773:00 for the cily's nail o1 the actual cost of construction. No Action Boat Harbor A copy of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce letter of protest to the !Chief U. S. Engineer on the Doug- | t1as and Juneau boat harbor report iwas read. It was decided to with- {hold action until a copy of the re- port could be studied. Evergreen Bowl Report Arnold Soley, summer supervisor \ of the Evergreen Bowl, was preseni and requested authority to hire two of his high school boy assist- ants for a few days to clean up the bowl. He outlined the work they could do such as: cleaning rocks out of the pool and wire- brushing it to make it ready for painting; clean bath houses and | toilets; inventory all equipment; ipick up broken glass, rubbish, rake and burn refuse; clean equipment shed and pathways. His request* was granted with the provision the lads would be under the supervision of Street Foreman Bert Lybeck. Dock Reported Dangerous Councilman ' George Jorgenson's report that the dock near Jorgenson Motors was in a dangerous condi- tion was referred to Felix Toner for study and recommendations. Dangerous Sand Bank Councilman Ed Nielson reported that a sand bank in the Seatter Tract, where sand was being ta- ken, was sluffing and that it was a danger to children playing in that area. A landslide could occur and bury children playing below it. Mayor Waino Hendrickson was authorized to discuss the matter with Arnold Iildre who was haul- ing the sand and reach a solution. Street Repairs Needed Councilman J o e Thibodeau krought up the matter of repairs needed to the blacktop pavement, suggested they be made by a man familiar with that type of work. McDowell reported that Al Lyon, superintendent with Lytle and Green, had offered to send a man to make repairs and at the same time train a man for the city to carry on the work. Mayor Hend- tickson said that the Bureau of Public Roads would have some da- ‘@ on this type of repair soon. Thibodeau also discussed the matter of a fence on Gold Creek on Jim Larson's property. It was decided to talk wih Larson regard- ng the type of fence to be erected. | Miscellaneous The school budget was referred to the school committee for study. Authorization was given for the signing of an architect’'s agreement an the fire station. The meeting adjourned at 10 FROM NEW YORK Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Smith of the American Geographic Society, from Douglaston, N. Y., are at Hotel Juneau, SEX MANIAC ACCUSED OF GIRL'S DEATH SANTA ANA, Calif., May 25 —(® A convicted sex degenerate faces indictment today for the sadistic kidnap-killing of 10-year-old Pa- tricia Jean Hull, pigtailed fourth grader. Henry Ford McCracken, who sings and plays a guitar cowboy-style, is expected to plead finsmmy. The Orange County grand jury meets in special session at 10 a.n. to hear District Attorney James L. Davis ask for triple bills charging mur- der, kidnaping and child stealing against the B84-year-old native of Magdalena, N. M. The little girl's body — with the head brutally slashed and crushed— was found yesterday in a shallow grave in peaceful woods by Trabuco canyon. INDICTED BY JURY SANTA ANA, Calif., May 15 —(® — Hulking Henry Ford McCracken was indicted today by a grand jury on the brutal kidnap-slaying of 10- year-old Patricia Jean Hull The Orange County grand jury charged McCracken with murder Kidnaping and child stealing after hearing 21 witnesses presented by District Attorney James L. Davis. MecCracken himself was taken be- fore the jury, but did not testify. He was then retnrned to the court- room to hear Supesior Judge Robert Gardner read the indictment. Judge Gardner ordered the 34-year-old musician held without bail. Ares TN g inani o7 of collapse as she was led from the grand jury room by Sheriff's depu~ ties after testifying for less than 10 | minutes. McCracken, who has admitted only that he was at the same movie, remained stolidly in his cell after sleeping calmly all night: §GT. EDWIN HEISEL HOME ON FURLOUGH Sgt. Edwin Heisel, of the U. 8. Army Air Force, is in Juneau vis- iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heisel at their home on Seward street. Sgt. Heisel is stationed at El- mendorf Field, Anchorage, and has been in the Air Force 30 months. He took his basic training at Ko- diak and then was moved to El- mendorf. Following his furlough, which ends June 15, Heisel expects to receive orders which will transfer him to the states. He:is a drafts- man in the Air Force. Born and raised in Juneau, young Heisel is enjoying seeing old friends although he said most of the boys he went to school with are now in the Army and “Anchorage is beginning to look more like home in that respect than Juneau.” HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital Thursday were Mrs. Henrietta Lee and Tauno Freeman; discharged was Mrs. Milford Marshall. Admitted to the Government Hospital was Paul White, Hoonah. There was no one discharged. FROM PT. RETREAT Mrs. A. P. Yates and family from Point Retreat are stopping at the Hotel Juneau. ® @ 0o 00 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In’ Juneau — Maximum, 54; minimum, 42, At Airport — Maximum, 57; minimum, 39. FORECAS I’I' \ Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a few light rain showers tonight. Low- est temperature tonight about 43 and highest Satur- day near 58. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .02 inches; Since May 1 — 3.71 inches; Since July 1 — 71.76 inches. At Airport — .03 inches; Since May 1 — 2.14 inches; Since July 1 4141 inches. e 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AN ATH OF JULY PLANS ANNOUNCED BY COM. With the Fourth of July a little more than a month away, the com- munity committee for the celebra- tion is swinging into high gear on plans for the event, Orin Cleveland, chairman, said today. At a meeting of the committee in the -Gold room of the Baranof hotel last evening nearly all lodges and organizations were represented. A financial report of the 1950 cele- bration was read. It was agreed that the celebra- tion should start noon July 3 and end the night of the Fourth and that an effort would be made to have all business establishments closed during that time. The Moose lodge, represented by L. W. Card, will be in charge of the parade. Efforts are being made to have business houses enter floats in the parade this year. A sugges- tion was made that the children’s prizes for the parade be given out before the beginning of the march and that the different contests be divided into classes according to age, with consolation awards for all contestants. Bob Cowling reported on the boat race feature and is hoping to have representation from Petersburg for the event. Larry Parker said that he had contacted Jjake Cropley and assur- ed the committee of all-out cooper- ation from the Native community and their organizations. Representing the Filipino com- munity and Auxiliary were Sam Constantino, Joe Albayalde and Betty Isturis. They promised one or more floats and are seeking a co-| sponsor in backing their queen[' candidate. SQueCa T oIty Wil e Aty ited to four girls between the ages of 16 and 20 inclusive and ré- FIRST TESTS OF BABY H-BOMB HINTED MADE Announcement Indicates U. §. Perfecting Most Deadly Weapon WASHINGTON, May 25, — (P — The United States hinted today it has made first tests of some kind of a hydrogen bomb—perhaps of a “Laby bomb” variety—and said they were successful. . The language of the announce- ment was guarded. But it seemed to indicate that this nation is at least well on the way to perfecting the most powerful weapon the world has ever known. Announcipng that a series of at- omic tests had been “successfully carried out” at the super-secret Eniwetak proving grounds in mid- Pacific, the Atomic Energy Com- mission and the Defense Depart- ment in a joint statement declared: “The test program included ex- periments contributing to Therm- ! onuclear Weapons Research.” “Thermonuclear Weapons” means hydrozen bombs. Hydrogen Explosion? /There was nothing in the an- rouncement to indicate whether or Bot a hydrogen weapon of any ap- preciable size had been detonated. Fut it is reasonable to speculate taat at least a small amount of Lydrogen material was “wrapped sround” a regular A-Bomb of the Tflamum or plutonium type, “All A-bomb would" be ‘necessary to provide the tremendous heat necessary to set off a hydrogen stricted to those who have been residents of the Gastineau Channel | for at least two years. | The Ski Club volunteered to assist. Shirley Menevissen was delegated‘ to organize a tennis tournament to cover the entire Gastineau Channel | area. Baseball will be handled by Vern Metealfe. Mrs. Joseph M. Morgan will be in charge of the queen’s coronation and ball which is scheduled for the night of July 3. | Bill Barron will be in charge of the concessions at the subport. He can be contacted at Red 505. Cleveland said that if anyone having any suggestions or bright | ideas of how to make this the best Fourth of July celebration would send them to Central Celebration | ary 28, Feb. 1, Feb. 2 and Feb, 6,|suffered tremendous casualties in | the opening of their spring of- committee, Box 2314, they will be given careful consideration. | 1950 Financial Report The committee this year starts atomic explosion had been produced | to the witness chair had told the with $3,200.75 worth of assets in “fusion” reaction. But if such a process were car- ried out successfully with even a small amount of hydrogen maler- ial, the way then conceivably would be opened to producing hydrogen bombs of any size and power de- sired within the limits of engineer- ing and availability of materials. Heat is *Problem There has been unofficial spec- ulation tnat the “triggering” pro- cess to brovide the initial heat— would be the toughest nut to crack in developing the H-bomb. Before the Eniwetok tests, the United States had exploded 13 at- |omic weapons. The latest were atomic explosions on Frenchman's Flats, near .Las | Vegas, Nev., on January 27, Janu- 1951. On Sept. 24, 1949, President Tru- {man said there was evidence an in Russia. three mechanical rides for children, | $1,750; frames and mortars for fire- works, $1,300.75; and a loud speaker system, $150. Total income last ‘year amounted to $10,644.27 with car sales netting ,283.48; rides $1,089.50, and con- cessions, $1,271.29. The four heavy expense items were: Fireworks, $2523.12; prize awards, $2,284.10; car cost, $2.014.58, and the queen contest and dance expenses, $1,209.53. Other expense items included tic- ket sales commissions, $634.30; re- pair rides equipment, $529.33; ad- vertising, $168.25; insurance, $162.20; ticket printing, $156.75; street decor- ations, $83; car insurance, $4.88. Total expenses amounted to $9,- 770.04. Balance on hand October, 1950, was $2,238.60 which inciuded a balance of $1,364.37 on hand Jan- uary 1, 1950. MRS. BALTZO IS HERE VISITING SON, FAMILY On her first visit to Alaska, Mrs. G. E. Baltzo arrived in Juneau last Thursday aboard the Teal. She is the mother of C. Howard Baltzo, assistant regional director of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Mrs. Baltzo expects to be here about two weeks visiting her son and family at their home at Fritz Cove. She will return to her home in Seattle in time to welcome an- other son, Ralph M. Baltzo home from Japan cn furlough. He with a navigation unit of the U. £ Navy. TACOMA VISITOR W. G. Atkinson of Tacoma is at the Baranof Hotel. FROM YAKUTAT Herbert Bremner of Yakutat is at the Baranof hotel. (FUNERAL SERVICE | (CORA JACKSON SAT. | | Funeral services for Cora Jack- | son, who died at the Alaska Native | Service Hospital here last Mon- day will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian Memorial Church with the Rev. Walter Soboleff in charge. Interment will be in the Jackson iamily. plot in Evergreen Cemetery. |She was born at Klukwan April 11878 and has resided in Juneau | most of her life. She is survived by three sons, George in the U. S. Army Transport Service presently stationed at Guam; Johnny Q and Eddie of ' Juneau; two' daughters, Sophia Ward and Mary Jackson of Juneau; and a sister Mrs. Jeanette Phillips of Petersburg. FISH BOYS HERE Howard D. Smith and Clinton E. Stockley of the Fisheries Re- | search Institute are registered at | the Baranof Hotel. | STOCK QUGIATIONS NEW YORK, May 25 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 108, American Tel. and Tel. 154%, Anaconda 40%, General Electric | 51'z, General Motors 48's, Good- ar 78';, Kennecott 73, Libby Mc- ‘lel and Libby 8%, Northern Pa- | citic 87%, Stapdard Oil of Cali- fornia 44%, Twentieth Century Fox (1874, U. 8. Steél '40%, Pound $2.80', | Canadian Exchange 93.93% . | Sales today were 1,210,000 shares | Averages today were as follows: | Industrials 245.29, rails 77.49, utilities {4185, | ! fied in the stenographic transcript. RUSS PILOTS IN AIRCRAFT OVER KOREA Stafement Made fo Senate Investigators by Gen. Collins WASHINGTON, May 25 — (# Gen. J. Lawton Collins $aid today “we are quite convinced” that Rus- sians are flying some of the Com- munist planes in Korea. Collins, Army Chief of Staff, also said that equipment captured from the Chinese Reds is “mostly Rus- sian.” Collins was testifying at the Sen- ate inquiry into foreign policy and the dismissal of Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur. He told the senators “I did con- cur” in the decision to relieve Mac- Arthur of the Far Eastern com- mands. And, he said he felt that MacAr- thur’s proposed Korean strategy “would not be worth the increased risk of getting us now into a major war.” This was the same argument made by Secretary of Defense Mar- shall and Gen. Omar Bradley, chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who were earlier witnesses in the hearings. Russ Air Holds Off In a general discussion of the situation as to air war, Collins said “The Russian Air has never come down below this river up here in anv_strength.” He was using a map and the river was not immediately identi- Presumably it was the Yalu, the river forming the boundary between Korea and Manchuria. Then Collins said his use of the word “Russian” was a slip of the| tongue “because they have not been in at all” . He added: “But. the Chinese Air, some of which we are quite convinced is flown by Russians is what I am talking about.” Counter-Offensive Briefing the senators generally on the Korean situation as of this time, Collins said the Allies have moved to the counter-offensive and the Red Chinese “are in pretty com- plete retreat along the front.” He also said the Red Chinese fensive. Gen. Bradley who preceded Collins senators that the U. S. military high command hoped a negotiated peace | quiry, | bagged a sparrow.” might be possible in Korea if the Communist spring offensive was “bumped off.” FREED GIS SAY AP MAN SAFE, WELL CENTRAL FRONT, Korea, May 25 —IM— Eighteen American Mar- ines and one soldier captured by Chinese Communists last Novem- ber were rescued today on the out- skirts of the newly recaptured town of Chunchon. All said they had been with As- Noel at prison camps in North Korea from December until about March 7 or 8. They said Noel was in good health when they last saw him and they were sure he is alive and well. Noel was captured Dec. 2 i Nerthwest Korea. The liberated men seemed in good health, They were dirty and bearded. FAIRBANKS VISITOR Joe Hague of the U. S. District Engineer's office at Fairbanks, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. ‘ STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Denali scheduled to sail Seattle late today. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Veancouver 8 p.m. Saturday. Baranof from westward scheduled to arrive 5 p.m. Sunday southbound. from 16 Other Nations Have 50,000 Fighfing Men, Korean Front UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., May 26 ~I®— Unofficial figures Indicate that more than 50,000 fighting men of 16 other nations are in the line with U. 8. and. Republic of Korea forces as the Korean war eniers its 12th month today. The figures are incomplete here because the Pentagon declines to release them all, a U. 8. delegation spokesman said. But delegation sources in the UN and published figures combined give a picture of the UN team that has just staved off another Communist offensive in mid-Korea. The death stand of the British Gloucestershire regiment in ‘blunting the newest drive centered fresh attention on what the UN Allies were doinz. MARAGON IS JAIL BOUND FORLYING WASHINGTON, May 25 — B — John Maragon, who used to be a frequent caller at the White House, went to jail today for lying in-the Senate’s “five per center” inquiry nearly two years ago. The one-time Kansas City boot- black is due to serve an 8 to 24- month sentence. He went off to jail| after Federal District Judge Jen- nings Bailey turned down a plea that the sentence be suspended. Edward J. Haynes, Maragon’s at- torney, called the Greek-born Mara- gon “only a scrapegoat” in the in- vestigation of influence peddling. Maragon, who once was a friend of President Truman’s military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughn, heard his lawyers plea for mercy with bhowed head. His wife and son, who is serving in the Air Force, sat among the spectators. Hayes told Judge Bailey that the Senate Investigating subcommittee, which made the five percenter in- as shooting at turkeys and Five percenters are those persons who ,charge a fee — usually 5 per cent — for representing others in business dealings with the govern- ment. GAMES TODAY CHICAGO, May 25 — (# — The Pittsburgh Pirates knocked Frank Heller during a five-run sixth inning today while Murray Dickson held the Chicago Cubs to bui five hits to win, 10 to 1. It was Dick- son's sixth victory of the season. ‘The triumph, helped along on hom- ers Ralph Kiner and George Metkovich, broke a six-game Pirate losing’ streak. (Only day major league game). out | Front RETREATING REDS UNDER BATTERING Allied Tank;,—Troops Slash Across 38th Parallel After Commies By Associated Press Allied tanks and troops today slashed across the 38th Parallel at two more points in their of- ficially-designed all-out offensive to hunt down the battered and re- treating Communists. The new crossings kept up the pressure on the Reds, who already were battling an Allied spearhead now thrust four miles into north Korea on the East-Central front. Field dispatches said the new | crossings were made on the Western front north of Seoul and on the Central front northeast of Chun- chon. Both these tank-infantry teams withdrew to South Korea by nightfall, 7 Parellel Means Nothing “The 38th Paralle]l means nothing to me,” said Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, commander of the U, 8. 8th Army, He showed he meant it by cross- ing into Red Korea himself. Van Fleet visited a tank and infantry task force. It was_ sitting solidly as a huge road block north of the border astride the Reds’ es- cape route from the East-Central front. He said hig Army's tactics of pursuing the Reds intg their Territory was a gamble but is paying off, All-Out Offensive “The 8th Army is iIn an all-ou offensive,” Van Fleet, said. “Con- siderable progress” has been made. The task force seized the Cho- yang river crossing near Inje and dug in on hoth sides after a dra- matic 13-mile drive. The bridge- head was firmly established. Allied tanks patrolled the Hongehon-Inje highway and battled with Reds in the hills, Action Is Paying Off The fast action of the Allied forces, soon after they had halted the much vaunted second spring of- fensive of the Reds dead in its tracks, was paying off. The rapid advance of the mobile task force split the Chinese armies and sent them scuttling to the hills and mountain trails. There, planes and plodding troops hunted them down. AP Correspondent Nate Polpwetz- ky said the general UN advance | met only scattered resistance in the West and West-Central sectors, The ! enemy put up a stiffer fight in the Center, There Chinese rear guards fought bitterly to slow the Allied advance. Communist artillery forced {one Allied tank patrol to return tg ! the main body of troops. UNION OIL MAN HERE R. H. Grossach of the Union Oil Co. from Seattle is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. “JLest We Forget” sociated Press Photographer Frank! Saturday—May 26 (Paid adv.)