The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 7, 1951, Page 1

GrEssionak sl N SO S _IBRARY ASHINGTON, T & T'HE DAILY A VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,829 ASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, J stk Mt £ S UNE 7 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e Allied Forces Crack First Red Defense Line "Blood for Boys in Korea" Is Wanied in ~ Pints Sought; Want Dono “Blood for the Boys in Korea,” should be the theme song for Ju- neau Saturday when the King County Central Blood staff arrives on the Aleutjan to conduct a blood- donation program in the Territory. Registration can be made today and Friday by calling the Red Cross office at 8§3, between 9 am., and 5 pm. Up to 3 o'clock yesterday afterncon oply 31 had registered— leaving 369 pints to go to the re- quired 400. It is emphasized that the process of blood taking is painless and takes only five minutes of time. The patient then rests for ten min- utes and is given refreshments. Elks hall is the place for donation. It is being equipped for the process by St. Ann’s hospital and a staff of nurses and nurse's aides will assist the Seattle crew. This is the first time that Alas- lans have been given the oppor- tunity to give blood to save lives. The blood will be flown to Seattle for processing and will be at the Korean front within, six days after leaving Juneau. * Those eligible are persons of nor- mal health, between the ages of 21 and 60, inclusive. Those under 21 can donate by consent of parents or guardians. No fats should be eaten for four hours preceding the blood giving. King County is furnishing the blood bank staff; the Alaska Steam- ship Company is transporting them free of charge; Pan American is {lying blood south; the Red Cross, lacal nurses and workers.are.dona- ting time and effort. All that is necessary for Juneauites is to give Juneau; 400 Is ive minutes of time—and one pint »f blood. Brownies Volunteer Added local interest developec when Carolyn Johnson, smal daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Johnson and a member of Brownie Scout troop, called Rec Cross headquarters to see if she vas old enough to donate blood She explained that her troop want- ed to give blood for the soldiers ir Korea, and was disappointed whet old that she’d have to grow a few more years. The Alaska Pioneers will be the ‘first donors. Others are being linec up but Juneau is still shors of it quota. It is not necessary to have blood typed in order to give biood Assistange is being given the project by the Naticnal Guard, Boy Girl and Cub Scouts; and others Pictures will be taken for a spacial edition of the Seattle P-I on the Alaska trip. Juneau has never fallen down on any project and it is a cinch the city will go over the top in blood donation. Mrs. Keith Wildes of the Pioneer: will be the first blood donor. St. Ann’s hospital has donated beds and linen to be used at Elks hall. An appeal has been made by Vern Harris, post commander of Ameri- can Legion Post No. 4, Juneau, for members of the organization to reg- ister as blood donors on Saturday. “According to reports,” Harris said, “the number of those register- ing for the giving of blood on Sat- urday is falling far short of the necoxsaRy Sl The-Bhooe o novath badly for the Armed Forces in Korea,” Ancient Aaliaslf( a Sale Opened: Lawyer Takes Liquid Asset for Fee > | Dore, Jr., representing the United | SEATTLE, June 7 —(P— They don’t have any capable safecrackers around Scow Bay, Alaska. So when two Seattle men — Jerry Oaksmith and A. L. Rogers—bought the Scow Bay Packing Co. near Petersburg, Alaska, they were puz- zled about one of the items that came with the property. It was an aged and heavy safe. It was locked. So the Seattle men directed that it be shipped aboard the Denali to Seattle, be opened, and contents noted. The old safe no sooner had been taken aboard the Denali than tongues began wagging. Maybe it was full of gold. Or, more likely, contraband liquor from the prohi- bition era. The Denali docked late yesterday. Waiting on the pier were John F. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Synaicate, Inc.. ASHINGTON. — General Mac- Arthur's trip to Texas next week is much more than a visit to admir- ing friends. Actually, it is a care- fully timed test of political popu- larity to see whether the General's backers should go any further in their latent plans to push him for the presidency. One of the men behind the Texas trip is Congressman Al “Doc” Mil- ler of Nebraska, the same GOP leader who promoted MacArthur for President in 1948. It was part- ly on Congressman Miller's urging that MacArthur entered the Wis- consin and Nebraska primaries. Both primaries proved a disap- pointment, and MacArthur felt that his Republican friends had let him down. Farlier, in Tokyo, the Gen- eral had talked with optimistic vis- iting politicians who predicted that the American people would rise up almost unanimously to draft him.j MacArthur had even told Lieut. (Continued on Page Four) States as assistant district attorney, and G. Bradley Dalton, attorney for Oaksmith and Rogers. Also standing | by were a father and son locksmith | combination: William Argens and | his son Robert. They clanked their tools in readiness as the moored. The old, inscrutable safe was un- loaded on the pier. For more than an hour father and son Argens drilled and tinkered. Finally they | could see the tumblers. They moved | the tumbers about until they could figure out the combination. The door of the old safe swung open. Everybody shrugged. “The Government has no interest in this,” he said. looked. Then Dorg Attorney Dalton said he didn't think the Scow Bay Packing Co. did, either. The safe’s contents? In an old paper sack they fished out a half-galion jug of whisky, two-thirds full. It was “legal likker.” (Calverts). Dalton said he would consider it his “attorney’s fee.” NOVELTY MAN HERE John H. Mulkey of the Washing- ton Novelty Co., Portland, is stop-% ping at the Baranof Hotel. Aleutian from Seattle with NEA ,tour party aboard due Saturday. Princess Louise from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday affer- noon or evening. Denali scheduled Seattle Friday. Frieghter Cynthia Olson scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. * Princ: Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p.m. Satur- day. Chilcotin scheduled to sail from Vancouver 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Baranof scheduled to arrive from ‘Westward Sunday southbound. to sail J and perhaps from | | | | | BRISTOL BAY SUPPLIES GO TO SEATTLE Freighter, Tied Up in Strike Bound Section, Returns South with Cargo SEATTLE, June T M — The Alaska Steamship Company ordggec the freighter Sailor’s Splice to re turn to Seattle yesterday withou unloading a cargo of cannery equip ment at strike-bound Bristol Bay Alaska D.E Skinner Steam, general manager of Ala i the vessel wa needed for commercial and defense shipments north, The ship had been strike-bound by the Bering Sea Fishermen's Un- jfon (Ind) since Friday. The union which seeks jurisdiction cver 1,40 Bristol E fishermen, called the walkout when the ship put into por The Sailor’s Splice c: 1500 tons of freight, 90 per cent'of i cannery equipment, The remainde: includes fresh food for Bristol Bay residents. Caught in Dispute “The ship was caught in the mid- dle of a dispute between the Alaska Salmon Industry and the fisher- men’s union,” Skinner said. We waited five days for the ship to be unloaded. We can wait no longer.” he Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc., the packers’ representative, earlier had filed unfair labor practices against the Bering Sea union, the Seafarers’ International union (AF- L) and the Sailors’ Union of the Pa- cific (AFL). The industry charged that the un- Sl SR YA LI A SCUET Ly boycott, prohibited by the Taft- Hartley ‘law. A stumbling block to settlement of the controversy is an unfair la-} bor practices charge the Bering Sea | union filed first against the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc. NLRE of- ficials have explained that the i sue of a union recognition election cannot be settled until clarifica- tion of the union’s charge before the board. The union filed the charge as a result of the industry’s | signing an agreement with the rival Alaska Fishermen’s Union (Ind) with which the Bering Sea union formerly was affiliated. Today, William Gettings, regional dizector of the International Long- shoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (Ind), said he had informed the steamship company that the | sailor's Splice would be unloaded by | his longshoremen if the ship docks at Seattle or Bellingham. «The freighter was loaded under fair condition Gettings said | “There is no dispute here and no pickets. We see no chance of 2 legal picket line being established here.” SCORES DIE IN FLAMES RIO DE JANEIRO, June 7, —(®— A jammed commuter train hit a stalled gasoline truck near here today and a spokesman for the i railroad said at least 80 persons— as many as 100— | burned tc death in flaming gaso- line. Fifty other persons were hurt. The spokesman for the line—the government’s railroad Central do Brasil—said the blazing gas spray- ed the first passenger car as the engine hit the truck. Then the en- gineer, trying frantically to halt his train, stopped so that the last car was in the middle of the burn- ing wreckage of the truck. All the deaths occurred in the first and last cars. The train was enroute from Qu- eimados to Rio. It hit the truck, carrying 4,000 gallons of gasoline, near the town of Nova Iguassu shortly before daybreak. The spokesman said fire caused |all the deaths and that freakishly, all the deaths occurred in the first |and last cars. K. W. Hundley of the Ocean Tow Co., Seattle, is registered at the Bat Hotel, JUNEAU CHAMBER WILL ENTERTAIN NEA ON SATURDAY Final plans for the entertalnmént of 170 members of the National Ed- itorial Association which is due here Saturday were made at a reg- Chamber of Commerce at the Baranof hotel Thursday noon. The Aleutian bearing the party is scheduled to arrive here at 7 a.m. will be met by a chamber committec and welcomed. Volunteers were call- ed to assist in preparations for a ‘uncheon set for 12:30 at the Men- denhall Flacier if weather permits. If not, lunch will be served at the Auk Bay recreation area. BusSes nd taxis will take the party from the dock at 10:45 a.m. Red Hollo- way's drivers have offered their services in helping serve lunch order to leave chamber members more free to entertain the visitol Th party will return to town at 2 p.m. Those planning participating ave requested to phone Mrs. Prest Sandbo, Red 332, in order thai sui- ficient food will be on hand. Juneau Road, Low Prierity A letter from headquarters of thej Alaskan Command was read to the chamber in which Brig. Gen. Rich« ard G. Prather indicated that road connection from Juneau to the Alaska Highway was on a low order of priority from a military stand- point at this time. This was :nl response to a letter written by the| chamber to Gen. W. E. Kepner, ' CG on “Inside Passage” | A letter from 17th Coast Guard district headquarters here was also read to the chamber regarding the classification of coastal waters in Southeast Alaska. { The district commander pointe i out that the “inside passage” 1frata SElRO# O S ;ifl been considered as coastwise waters' for the purpose of vessel opepration and inspection, “The commandant of the CG has considered that these waters must continue to be recognized as lim- ited coastwise waters,” the letter said. “Extreme weather conditions, large tide ranges, unmarked dang- ers to navigation, icebergs and float- ing logs, are some of the hazar ‘ to navigation on these waters where every year vessels and lives are lost’ and CG vessels and planes are en= gaged in continuous search and as-! sist cases.” 4 { Another communication from thei Coast Guard pointed out local re-j sponsibility in' the protection of ! waterfront facilities against Iu‘e,‘ accidents and sabotage. Curtis Shattuck recommended | that the chamber continue its ef- forts on reclassification of Alaska waters from an overall standpoint, in the interests of development of this area. Alaska Road Signs Robert Boochever reported that Highway Patrolman Al Lubcke at Haines had made arrangements for the transportation of -the Alaska Highway road signs for the cham- pber and would see about putting them up. Blood Bank Call Juneau is far behind on its quota for blood donors for soldiers in Korea and already Ketchikan' had 700 signed up whereas Juneau has less than 200, Mayor Waino Hen- drickson reported. He urged active support of this Red Cross project. Call 883 for appointments. R. E. Robertson, director of civil- ian defense for Juneau, gave a brief talk before the showing of an edu- cational picture, “Survival Under Atomic Attack.” Guests were Merriman Holtz, mo- tion picture distributor from Pori- land, and Ed Riley of the Palmer Supply Co., of Seattle. Eyattlo. i e e o . . WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period @ ending 6:20 o'clock this morning . In Juneau — Maximum, ® 176, minimum, 50. . At Airport - ® 75; minimum, 44. . ¢ FORECAST e Mostly cloudy tonight and e Friday. Lowest temperature ® tonight about 47 degrees. ® Highest Friday near 65 e PRECIPITATION o ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. toddy @ ® City of Juneau — None; ® Since July 1 — 7186 inches. ® At Airport — None; ® Since July 1 — 4141 inche ® 9 0 v o 0 0 0 0 Maximum, Hitti The Defense Depa tment released this disagramed photo of a Na ng Where i (qunls_ WIRY y dive bombing attack in support of U. S. ground troocs stopped by enemy mortars between them and the main Chinese Communist line—a distance of some 200 yards. mortars. across rice paddies to new positior Smoke rises from bomb hits (center) among buildings hiding Communist Chinese troops established along the indicated line were forced out by the attack and fled 1s (lower arrows and line at lower left), U. 8. infantrymen moved up to * this new line. Photo made from a Nayy Douglas Skyraider by Comdr. R. C. Merrick, Seattle, Wash., com~ mander of Air Group 19, based on the Carrier Princeton. Navy Photo reeent unspecified date. M ulls British Foreign Secretary Herbert in pondering a point while talking with John Foster Dulles, U. S. Ambassador at Large, at Foreign don to talk with the British abouw with top British government diplematic and military leaders with Morrison as host. # Wirephoto. ‘This action took place northwest 6f Seoul on a via (P Wir ephoto. It Over . DENY YALTA AGREEMENTS AIDED REDS {Terms with Russia Did Nof Aid Commies Against Chiang, Acheson WASHINGTON, June 7 — (# — Secretary of State Acheson. con- tended today there was no connec- tion between the Far Eastern con- cessions made to Russia at Yalta and the defeat of the Chinese Na- tionalists by the Communists, Acheson said that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, leader of the Na- | tionalists, welcomed the agreements, which gave Russia entry into Man- churia through concessions at Port Arthur and Dairen, It was Acheson’s testimony. Did Not Aid Reds Senator McMahon, a strong ad- iinistration supporter, raised the tion of whether the Yalta agree- ments weakened Chiang's forces, He sald his purpose was to dispel any notion that tlre concessions to Rus- sin “made it possible for the Chinese sixth day of Morrison holds a hand to his head Office in London. Dulles, in Lon- t a Japancse peace treaty, lunched STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June - Closing quotations of American Can today 1 Anaconda 41'%, D General Electric 54 ors 487%, Goodyear 79 3%, Libby, McNeill and Northern Pacific 4 Standard Oil of California 45'., Twentieth Cent- ury Fox 18';, U. S. Steel 41 Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exch Sales today were 1 Averages today were a Industrials 25081, rails 80 ties 42,92, SURPR. Mr. and Mus. H. C. Robinson of Skagway are in Juneau for an im- portant event, It happened thi morning when Mrs, Robinson gave birth to a ‘baby girl, their t child. They had plenty of names in mind but no girl na She was born at St. Aun’s hos; Robinsen is a partner in the Palmer Construction Co. which is dc flood control project at Haine utili- fi boy FROM SEATTLE James A. Farrell of Scuttle the Baranof hotel | Communists to ha a victory in China.” McMahon had Acheson read the terms of the Yalta agreement — an understanding reached by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill of Britain, Premier Stalin of Rus- sia at a February, 1945, meeting in the Russian town of Yalta. Russia agreed there to come into the war against Japan three months after the defeat of Germany and |in retwn, was given certain Far Eastern concessions. Not Military Strategists After Acheson had read the terms, McMahon observed that neither he nor the cabinet member was a mili- ALASKA NG 10 TRAIN, FT. LEWIS FORT LEWIS, Wash. June 7,— A contingent of the Alaska Na- tional Guard will train with the 1st Infantry Division during its summer encampment at Fort Lewis, | tary strategist, adding: Colonel Robert W. Forbes, assist-1 “Have you ever heard or have ant Adjutant General of the Wash-|you ever been told of apy military ington State National Guard an-|connection between the defeat of nounced today. | Chiang Kai-Shek and those con A party of 20 officers and non- |sions that were made to the Soviet commissioned officers of the nor-|Union at Yalta?” thern territory is scheduled to ar-| “No, Senator McMahon, I think !yive by plane Saturday in Seattle | there was none,” Acheson replied. the 15 day training session. | Acheson has said the United he group will be attached to|States was anxious at Yalta to get the 161st Infantry Regiment, Col- | the Russians into the Far Eastern onel Forbes said. The annual en-|war in time to tie down 1,235,000 campment of the National Guard|Japanese troops then in China. | and organized reserve corps will be- Tough Question vin Saturday and end June 23. Acheson called it “a hard ques- " 5 tion™ whether Russia could stop the for Hull of Seattle is stoppinz aranof hotel | Iyler at the i (Continued on Page Two) * MOUNTAINS CAPTURED BY ALLIES Approaches_I; Two Red Strongholds Seized- Lines Straddled By Associated Press Allied troops today straddled the two most important mountains guarding the approaches to Chor- won and Kumhwa, Red strongholds in North Korea. Sweating UN infantrymen clamb- ered to the top of 2,700-foot (Mount Kodae) four miles sputh of Chor- won. (The name and. location of the mountain were deleted by the cen- sor. But neither this story nor prev- ious censored field dispatches left any doubt as to the identity of the mountain). b From this height the Allies domi- nate the mountain road and valley corridor up which other troops were pushing. They are in position to pump artillery fire into battered Chorwon, 17 miles north of the 38th Parallel. Another Mountain Seized Farther to the east mud-caked UN troops Wednesday seized 3,100~ foot Kwangdok mountain, south- west of Kumhwa, a delayed front line dispatch said. Allies beat off a series of bat- talion-sized counter-attacks early Thursday morning on the road to Kumhwa, then they clawed their way 2,000 yards closer to the south=~ eastern. corner of the Reds' prized “Iron T ., 4 " To the east, Allied troops were driven from one prominent ridge- line by Red counter-attacks at noon. Elsewhere In the mountains east the Allied advance ground to a halt in the face of stubborn North Koreans. Tremendous Losses “They've _suffered tremendous losses,” a UN officer sald. “The bodies must be stacked on eact ather.” Already the Communists were abandoning more equipment than they ever did before. One officer explained it this way: “They lost so many mules and horses in their last attack, they haven’t any way of getting it out before we overrun it.” DRAFT AGE NOW CUTTO 18} YEARS WASHINGTON, June 7, — (M — House has passed and sent to Pres- ident Truman a bill lowering the draft age to 18% years and laying the groundwork for universal mil- itary training. The roll call vote was 339 to 41. In addition to cutting six months off the present minimum draft age, the compromise legislation ex- tends the draft law until July 1, 1935, and requires inductees to serve 24 months instead of the present 21, It prohibits the induction of youths below 19 until local draft boards have exhausted their pools of eligible men in the 19-25 age bracket, X The compromise was worked out by Senate-House conferees and ap- proved by the Senate last week. President Truman is expected to approve it. The present draft is due to expire July 9. The new measure requires reg- istration of all men between the ages of 18 and 26. | NEW ATTORNEY ARRIVES Francis X. Riley, from Washing- ton, D. C. arrived yesterday on PAA from Seattle to join the Al- aska Public Works staff as legal counsel. He was previously with the office of the Housing Expeditor and comes originally from Chicago. :i]e is stopping at the Baranof Ho- tel. FROM YAKUTAT Mrs. Gordon Hurst and Mrs. Clara Hussey of Yakutat came in yester- dey on PNA and are stopping at the Bararof hotel, o