The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 11, 1951, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SALL'THE NEWS'ALL THE TINE® VOL. LXXVIIIL, NO. 11,832 JUNEAU,"ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1951 Two Red Strongholds Ente TERRITORY WILL OPERATE FERRY, JUNEAU -HAINES Negotiations have been practically completed for the Territory to take over operation of the Juneau-Haines car ferry. At a meeting of the Territorial Road Board this morning in the gov- ernor’s office, it was decided to buy out the Valle-Sommers interest in the Chilkoot Motorship Line for the sum of $20,000. The Valle-Sommers partnership owned three-{ifths in- terest in the concern. Steve Homer and associates, who owned the other two-fifths, will retain their interest. Henry Roden, finance commis- sioner for the Territory who is 2 member of the Road Board, sa operation of the ferry will be re- sumed as soon as a gualified crew can be secured and the necessary transfer of papers is executed, which he added, should be within the next few days. The ferry ceased running June 4, when, due to marine regulations and other problems, it was found it could not be operated on a paying basis. Purchase by the Territory is ex- pected to be a temporary stop-gap to keep the ferry in service during the coming summer. The Alaska Road Commission is making plans to take over its permanent opera- tion in the future. BRITISH SEC. | PARRIES ON MISSING MEN LONDON, June 11 —(®— For- eign Secretary Herbert Morrison sidestepped questions in the House of Commons today on the political views of Britain's pair of vanished diplomats. A query whether there was wide- spread sexual perversion in the For- eign Office entered the discussion when a member asked Morrison to investigate such charges. Facing a barrage of critical quer- ies Morrison parried a demand whe- ther Donald MacLean, 38, and Guy Burgess, 40, had any connection with the Soviet Union or. whether Burgess had Communist associa- tions. The two men have been missing on the continent of Europe more than two weeks. MacLean has been head of the Foreign Office’s Ameri- can department, and Burgess has been an executive officer in Britain's ‘Washington embassy. Both possessed confidential infermation on British- American relations. Agents are scouring Europe for a trace of them. “I have no evidence that these men took documents with them,’ Morrison told the House. The Washinjqion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.. ASHINGTON. — The beer bar- ons are now hustling around the Capital pulling all sorts of wires to prevent beer from being sold in bottles. They want their beer in tin cans, despite the fact the Na- tional Production Authority is clamping down on the unnecessary use of tin, now one of the scarce metals badly needed for mobiliza- tion. Bottles, on the other hand, are not scare. Despite this, the brewing companies are howling to high heaven against using them. Oddly enough, the champion of the breweries is GOP Sen. Hugh Butler of Omaha, Neb.—which is a long way from Milwaukee, Wis., the beer capital. Butler has bomb- barded NPA with sizzling letters and has even made personal trips to NPA headquarters on behalf of the brewing companies. His latest letter angrily denoun- ces the “pressure” against tin for beer cans and demands that NPA notify him before taking any action in favor of bottled beer. What But- ler may not know, however, is that the “pressure? is coming from right under his nose in the Senate. Texas Sen. Lyndon Johnson’s alert watch- dog committee does not consider beer cans essential to the National New Presbyterian le__aflderv_ . . ey Dr. Ben. R. Lacy (left), of Richmond, Va., retiring Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, presents the gavel to Dr. J. R. McCain, Presi- dent of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., who was elected at Orlando, Fla., as new head of the church. (® Wirephoto. NAMED PRESID e Mrs. Lora C. Rathvon of Boston, Mass.,, was named President of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, at its annual meeting on June 4. HITS BACK AT TESTIMONY OF SECY. ACHESON L1.Gen.Wedemeyer, Back- ing Up MacArthur, Says Impressions Wrong WASHINGTON, June 11 —(®— Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, back- ing up Gen. Douglas MacArthur, to- day denied that a report they made in 1945 favored bringing the Com- munists into a coalition government in China. Testifying at the Senate inquiry into MacArthur's dismissal, Wede- meyer hit back hard at some of the testimony Secretary of State Ache- son gave the senators last week, (Senator Brewster, who left the closed door hearing, told reporters Wedemeyer also had testified he favored bombing Chinese b: in Manchuria, as MacArthur has pro- posed, and would do it even if it meant war with Russia. (Wedemeyer also urged, Brewster added, that the United States “go it alone” on a naval blockade of China if other UN Allies refuse to impose such a blockade). Wrong Impression Wedenmeyer told the senators: 1. Acheson took “out of context’” statements from a 1945 message from the military commanders in the Far East which gave some senators the impression that MacArthur and Wedenmeyer favored the Truman (Continued on Page Four) l (Continued on Page Eight) FORMER SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., June 11 —(®— District Attorney Herbert Grundell virtually agreed today with wealthy Mrs. R. A. Basil Ryan that she shot a trespasser in self-defense, but said he has a few questions to clear. “this is a clear case of self defense. But there are some things I want to check before the inquest Tues- day.” Mrs. Ryan is the widow of a grandson of the tempestuous Thomas Fortune Ryan. She told officers and reporters she shot Leonard Durnan Ray, 22, with a .38 revolver after he threat- ened her with a 22 rifle. She is building a $50,000 home on an 80- acre ranch overlooking the Pacific. She and her foreman, Evasio H. Poviera, related: Ray, en route to fish, ignored no ss signs, locked gates and entered her ranch and asked Poviera for a d&rink of water. Po- viera gave him the drink ‘and asked him to leave. Instead, Ray continued through the ranch. Mrs. Ryan got a gun and asked Ray to leave. The man thrust his cocked rifle against her. Mrs. Ryan fired. Ray staggered some 100 feet and collapsed, dead. ‘The youth’s mother, Mrs. Treasure Ray, said he had been having mar- ital troubles. His wife is in Mem- phis, Tenn., with her 18-month-old baby. Mrs. Ryan, a novelist, is the widow of Basil A. Ryan. She had lived in Mexico and Alaska since her hus- band’s death in 1946. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 11 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 111%, American Tel. and Tel. 156%, Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 48':, General Electric 55, General Motors 48%, Goodyear 79%, Kenne- cott 743%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 42%, Standard Oil of California 45'2, Twentieth Century Fox 18%, U. S. Steel 41%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 93.43%. Sales today were 1,220,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 251.56, rails 80.14, utili- ties 42.56. FROM METLAKATLA Henry S. Littlefield of Metlakat- la is registered at the Baranof Hotel. SKAGWAY VISITOR Howard Robinson of Skagway is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. “On the face of it,” Grundell said,’ (LOSE WATCH KEPT, BRISTOL BAY STRIKE Halt in Canning Season ¥ fal to Both Military, Civilians, Report SEATTLE, June 11 —(®— The salmon pack from Bristol Bay, where a strike has halted prepara- tion for the 1951 canning is vital to both the military and civil- lans, Maurice Rattray, deputy di- rector of the Defense Fisheries Ad- ministration, said here. Rattray conferred with répresent~ atives of the Alaska Salmon Indus- try, Inc,, and the Bering Sea Fisher- men’s Unfon (Ind), He stressed the need to settle the dispute -so that the canneries may operate. S0 The military estimated ear) that it would need 360,000 cases © | salmon from the 1951 pack. Most ot it would be red sal Bristol Ba is the principal salmon center. Rattray, who was to return to Washington over the weekend, said a close watch would be kept on the dispute to see if any government agency could expedite a settlement, If the dispute is not settled soon the Wage Stabilization Board may be asked to set salmon prices in the area, Rattray said. Salmon prices are regarded as wages in Bristol Bay since the fishermen use boats and gear furnished by the packers. The Beising Sea union struck. th| Hidusiry 4 week ago. It {s demands| ing recognitipn. It broke away from the Alaska Fishermen's Union (Ind) and petitioned last January for an election. The AFU has signed a con- tract with the Industry. f \DEFENSE MATERIAL IS UNLOADED NOW ON BRISTOL BAY SEATTLE, June 11 —(#— Unload ing of defense project material from two ships in Bristol Bay wa: reported today. Another ship, with cannery sup- plies, was turned back last week because of picketing by the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Union (Ind). An Alaska Steamship Co. spokes- man said today supplies for defense project contractors were being dis- charged at Naknek by the Square Knot and the Nadina. There were no details available here on whether a specific agree- ment opened the way for unloading the defense materials. The cargo is transferred to lighters from the ships about eight miles off shore. The Square Knot has 4,600 tons of cargo, of which less than 100 tons was reported to be cannery cargo. Most of the Nadina’s 9,000 tons, however, was described as cannery cargo. Contract conferences between the Fishermen's Union and repre- sentatives of the Alaska Salmon In- dustry were reported continuing to- day at Dillingham. They started Saturday. The union is seeking rec- ognition in an inter-union contest. Princess Kathleen from Vancouver scheduled to arrive tomorrow at 3 p.m. Chilcotin from Cancouver sched- uled to arrive at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Wednesday. s Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive at 8 a.m. tomorrow and sails southbound one hour later at 9 a.m. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive 9 p.m. Friday southbound FROM WASHINGTON Mrs. Harry Lakness and Mrs. Tom Tllison of Poulsbo, Wash., are at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SITKA John Salskov of Sitka Is at the Baranof Hotel. Mrs. staying The fly shuttle, patented in 1733, was the first fmportant step toward mechanization of the wool trade. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE§$S +* "Recruit” for the Infaniry Three infantrymen of the U. S. 7th Division sit by a roadside in Korea ind gaze at their new ‘re- crut,” a horse which is used as an ammunition and gun carrier. U. S. Army photo via (® Wirephoto. 360 PINTS OF BLOOD GIVEN HERE SATURDAY ;. Sore arms and that *tired feeling” Wwere badges of honor in Juneau to- day, aftermath of Saturday’s “blood for Korea” program. Juneau donors gave blood at the rate of 36 pints an hour which was the top capacity at which it could be handled. Even at that, the King County Blood {Team ran out of con- taipers and had to use bottles left over from blopd banking at Ketchi- kan. When the zero hour of 9 p.m. rolled around, 360 pints had been taken from 379 who had registered to give blood. Dr. T, D. Patel, who was in charge of the King County Blood: Team which arrived on the Aleution Sat- urday, said that he had never seen finer cooperation. He was enthus- jastic in his praise of the quarters set up in Elks hall for the blood doning. The equipment, furnished by St. Ann’s and the Goyernment hospital, was perfect, he said, for comfort, ease of operation and sanitation and the groups of trained nurses and nurses’ aides who turned out to assist were more than adequate in efficiency and numbe?s. He espec- jally praised th e nurses’ aides groups, “They worked like trained nurses,” he said. Twenty-four boxes of blood were shipped south on the Saturday aft- ernocon flight of Pan American World Airways, which was trans- porting the blood to Seattle free of charge. The balance left on a later flight -and on Sunday. Each box, thermos lined, held 24 pints of.blood packed around a con- tainer of cracked ice. Mendenhall Glacier played its part, too, in the “blood for Korea” effort, for Junegu was the only place in the count where blood was kept in transit with glacier ice. Seventy per cent of the donors Saturday were women. One espec- ially deserves mention. She was Mrs. Mike Little whose son, Laurence Davison, with the First Marine Di- vision in Korea, was wounded in combat on April 10. He suffered a concussion while in action and re- ceived a Purple Heart — his second battle wound award, Davison was in the Marines before the war and was recalled to active service. His wife and seven-months-old baby live in Seattle. Mrs. M. O. Johnson, Wwho Was chairman of the local Red Cross blogd doning program and Mrs Kenneth Clem, today expressed their deep gratitude to the many Juneau- ites who responded so willingly. “It was truly wonderful,” Mrs Johnson said, “the way people kept their appointments and their atti- tude of cheerful willingness. The King County Bank Team said they had never seen anything like it.” Dr. William Blanton, chairman of the Juneau Red Cross Chapter and Mrs. Kenneth Clem, executive secre- tary, joined Mrs. Johnson, who was blood bank chairman, in extending (Cuatinued on- Page Two) Marshall Gen. George C. Marshall, U. 8. in Ioko Defense Secreury. hat in ha, his plane on arrival at Haneda Airport near Tokyo after flying visit to the Korean battlefront. Behind Marshall is Gen. Ridgway being greeted by his attractive wife. Gen. Ridgway accompanied Marshall to Korea. ® Wirephto via radio from Tokyo. Grazed Giant Goes Berserk Aboard Plane FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 11 — (M— A crazed giant went berserk in an Alaska plane late Friday, at- tacked the pilot and wrecked the cabin in a 20-minute reign of ter- ror. The story of the man’s dangerous rampage while a mile high in the air wa$ told by the pilot, Don Hul- shizer, 32, after he landed his ship here safely. Fairbanks police and an ambu- lance crew, responding to Hulshiz- er’s emergency radio call, overpow- ered the raging, 6-foot, 200-pound passenger at the airport. But before they could shackle him, the man disrobed on the field, threw | his shoes at the police officers and damaged two parked planes with a large pipe. In Padded Cell Identified as William Henry Miles, 31, Fairbanks, he was put in a pad- ded cell at the Federal jail. ® Hulshizer said he picked up Miles and his wife at Arctic Circle Hot Springs in Interior Alaska. They were the only persons aboard the nine-passenger Wein Alaska Air- lines transport. Miles, who was being brought to Fairbanks for mental treatment, re- mained calm and normal until 20 minutes before the end of the flight. Then, said Hulshizer, he walked sud- denly to the pilot’s compartment and shouted: “Do you believe in God?” “Yes,” Hulshizer replied. Sent Sprawling “Well get out of that seat and let God fly,” cried Miles as he lunged at the controls and grabbed the wheel. Hulshizer wrested tne controls out of Miles’ hands and sent him sprawl- ing into the empty co-pilot's seat, smashing the clipboard holding the flight records. The crazed man then ran back to the cabin, grabbed some canned goods being shipped to Fairbanks, smashed three windows, and hit Hul- shizer over the head with some of the cans. After that, he began throwing packages and freight over- board through the shattered win- dows. “I didn’t try to stop him,” said Hulshizer. “He was awful big and 1 was glad enough to have him leave me alone the rest of the way.” Mrs. Miles was unscathed dur- ing her husband’s frenzy, but was unable to calm him. TIDE TABLES June 12 1:00 am. 52 ft. .. 6:37 am. 125 ft. Low tide .. 1:09 pm. 28 ft. High tide 7:43 p.m. 139 ft. —_— Low tide .. High tide . PRICE TEN CENTS red by UN Forces REDS PULL BACK FROM TWO BASES Tanks Rumble Info Soulh- ern Anchors of Com- mie Iron Triangle By Associated Press United Nations tanks rumbled tp- day into Chorwon and Kumhwa, southern anchors of the Commun- ists’ iron triangle in North Korea. The enemy pulled back toward Pyonggang, apex of the triangle 28 miles north of the 38th Paralle), abandoning huge stacks of equipe ment: Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, UN ground commander, had announced “final selzure” of the Communist assembly area last night, but Chors won and Kumhwa were not taken until today. ” The victory, after a bitter eighte day battle, underlined statements by Defense Secretary Marshall in Tokyo that the Chinese Reds “haye got themselves into a difficult sit= uation.” But Marshall added he did not expect any Chinese peace move soon. He told newsmen he couldn't conceive of an indefinite stalemate in Korea, but he no opti- mism about an early end to the war, Thick Carpets of Mines Greek, Turl Phillippine and bering tanks that entered Chorwon and Kumhwa over thick carpets of mines. The infantry fought over the last hills that barred the way to the sprawling Pyonggang valley. The flat valley lands, controlling the Central Korean road network, are perfect tank territory. 40,000 Reds Killed Van Fleet said the Reds sacri- ficed, about 40,000 troops in the last 10 days in an attempt to keep the UN forces out of the area that had served as the fountainhead of two Communist spring offensives. The only place along the entire front where Red resistance had not weakened was east of the Hwachon Reservoir. AP Correspondent George A. MacArthur noted that Allled troops in this sector are fighting through some of the heaviest Red Artillery and mortar barrages since the fighting around the Pusan Peri- meter. While the fighting went on in Korea, these were global develop- ments elsewhere: - Moscow — Russia demanded that all the natians who fought Japan . World War II be invited to a peace conference in July or August. The Russians want Communist China at such a jparley. The Soviet demand was made in a note which replied to an American message of May 19 inviting the Russians to take part in negotiations on a draft treaty proposed by the U. S. y ks Tehran — Iran replied to Presi- dent Truman’s appeal for moders> tion and negotiation in the alization of Iran’s oil industry: tents of the reply were not disclosed immediately. This development came as New British-Iranian talks were about to start. ' FROM SITKA Jane Bacon of Sitka is stopping the Gastineau Hotel. WEATHER REPORT Tempersture for 24-Hour Period ending 6:30 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 52; minimum, 48. At Airport — Maximum, 52; minimum, 50. FORECAST Cloudy with light rain and northeasterly winds as high as 26 MPH tonight and Tues- day. Lowest temperature to- night about 48 deg. Highest ‘Tuesday near 55 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 s.m. today City of Juneau — .61 inches; Since June 1 — 2.84 inches; Since July 1 — 75.03 inches. 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