The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 13, 1951, Page 1

ORI ss1oN AL JBRARY A SHTNGTON, D. 8 VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,834 "ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WE ALL THE TIME” ] DNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Thousands of Beaten Reds Withdraw in Korea BOMBING OF MANCHURIAN TAX LAW | RAILROAD ADVOCATED EVEN ATTACKED| AT RISK WAR WITH RUSSIA C(ONTROLS ARE TO BE . EXTENDED Rollback . on Prices Coming Up; Beef Inquiry to Start WASHINGTON, June 13 —(P— Rotund Price Director Michael V. DiSalle wag “very happy” today — stockyard cattle pens that had be- gan to have the empty look of hun- ger were better occupied. And in Denver last night, DiSalle said he was getting ready to roll back clothing prices — “in a day or two.” He told a reporter the clothing order will cover all forms of wearing apparel. Good news for DiSalle came from Economic Mobilizer Charles E. Wil- son and President Truman, as well as from the cattle raising plains. Wilson stepped squarely behind his price director yesterday, an- nouncing that DiSalle’s order rolling back the price of beef on the hoof will stand unaltered. Truman On Air Senate Majority Leader McFar- land, of Arizona, told newsmen after a conference with President Tru- man that in a radio address tomor- row pisbts (7:30 pm, PDT) the 9t on the line‘ aISKY 0 " ds* .«.-, aeek’ before. Even ds ut's b known, Senator Maybank 10U an investlganon{g spedf shortage is nothing more { strike on the part of the me: dustry.” me | 3 Beef Inquiry Wybank told newsmen the beef “&y will begin tonight by the «&tiatg-House committee on Defense Prodiletipr; which he heads. He called ghe night session because members of the joint committee are busy during the day in Senate and House Banking, committees. Both Banking committees are working under pressure to complete a new bill to extend wage, price and rent controls. The present Defense Pro- duction Act expires June 30. DORIS ANN BARTLEIT IS SCHOOL GRADUATE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Tuesday was graduation day for Doris Ann Bartlett, daughter of Delegate and Mrs. E. L. Bartlett, who was presented her diploma with the graduating class of the Anacostia High School at ceremon- ies at School Stadium yesterday afternoon. Doris Ann attended school in Juneau before her father was el- ected delegate to Congress and the family moved to the capital. The Bartletts live at 1718 33rd Place S. E, Washington, D. C. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Synaicate, lne.. ASHINGTON.—President Tru- man has always felt that he made a mistake in yielding to cabinet ad- visers in October 1946 when he modified price controls on meat. This is one reason why he has be- come literally a personal crusader against the meat packers and for the consumer in the current battle over price controls. Conferring privately with his Congressional leaders last week, the President really let loose at the big meat packers. “They are worried about losing some of their big profits,” he de- clared.“But they have brought it on lhe}nsehes by inflating prices and squeezing the consumer.” He added that certain vocal ele- ments among the cattlemen do not speak for the livestock industry. “I have some close friends in the business out in my area, which is the biggest cattle market in the world,” Truman continued, “and —_— (Continucd on Page Four) Clothing| PROPERTY Luther Hess Files Com- plaint in District Court at Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 13— (M— A new attack on validity of the Territorial Property Tax Law was launched here this week in a dis- trict court complaint filed by Lu- ther C. Hess. In a suit brought to test the law, Hess is seeking return of $729.80 which he says he paid in property taxes for the year 1949 under pro- test. The property taxed consised of mining claims and machinery out- side the boundaries of any incor- porated city, school district or pub- lic utility district. In his complaint Hess listed rea- sons he contends the property tax law is “wholly void” in the Terri- tory. Hess previously tried to test va- lidity of the act by use of an in- junction, but the circuit court of ap- peals in San Francises rnled this action improper and declined to pass on validity of the law itself. WAD THREAT 72/ o RUSSIA IS SERIOUS! WASHINGTON, June 13 —W—! A top Air Force official told re- ligious leaders today that the United States faces a “very, very serious threat of atomic attack” by Russia. Brig. Gen. Ernest Moore, Air Force assistant director of intelli- gence, said there is “no question but that the tension of danger will be} with us for some time.” ' ‘Moore told chuicmmen attending ! a National Civil Defense conference | “the Soviets have recognized that the United States is probably their only major enemy in the world to- day. “Russians are bending every ef- fort in the field of air and submar- ines to bring their force to the point that they could neutralize our strength while they proceed with the task of overrunning the world,” said Moore. DROUGHT IN SOUTH By Associated Press Southern farmers are hopefully watching a crop-saving rain moving steadily in from the northwest. Already the south has counted crop losses running into hundreds of millions of dollars, Farmlands are baked and pastures parched. Rains have ended the drought in Arkansas, Tennessee, North Georgia and South Carolina. Other areas had spotty relief, but vast areas are still suffering. Crop and pasture damage in Ala- bama alone is expected to exceed $150,000,000. A similar situation exists in Louisiana and Mississippi In all three states theyre were scat- tered showers throughout the week but the farmers want a good, heavy rain. MINING PROGRESS T0 BE DISCUSSED BY LORAIN AT (C S. H. Lorain, head of the bureau of mines here, will be guest speaker at a regular luncheon meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow noon at the Baranof hotel Lorain will discuss recent mining developments and possibilities in Alaska, stressing the strategic min- erals that are currently being sought. . WASHINGTON, June 13 —:flf Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer rec- ommended today that the United States take the “calculated risk” of war with Russia and bomb the Man- churian railroad controlled jointly by the Soviets and Red Chinese. The railroad is a ma)ur <upp]) HIGHWAY SAFETY NECESSARY FOR DEFENSE, TRUMAN WASHINGTON, June 13, — (A — President Truman told safety of- ficials today that “A highway ac- | cident does just as much damage to the defense effort as a deliber- ate act of sabotage by hostile ag- ents.” At a time when the United States and its allies face a “great danger,” he said, highway accidents “strike directly at our national strength.” The President made the state- ment in a speech prepared for the annual highway safety conference in’ Construction Hall. He cautioned that skyrocketing motor travel has raised the prospect that automobile fatalities this year may exceed the 35,000 of 1950. Mr. Truman paid tribute to Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, newly ap- pointed ambassador to Costa Rica, and chairman of the. conference sinee its.beginning 4n.1946. Fieta~ ing was absént because of filness. Secretary of Commerce Sawyer pre- slded The President told the conterem:e | of nearly 4,000 gathered from all | over the country that the defense program depends upon e(flcienu transportation. Observers from 65 foreign nations were also present. Others included representatives of farm, youth and women’'s organi- zations. ALASKA STANDARD OIL FILMS POPULAR The motion pictures “Alaska,” “Alaskan Big Game” and “Fish On” continue to remain among the most | popular in the Standard Oil Com- pany of California film library, ac- carding to word received by T. H. Dyer, the Company’s Juneau Man- ager. *% These pictures, made ln "the ter- ritory in 1947 depicting’ big .game hunting and fishing in the terri- tory as well as & complete travel- ogue, have been viewed since their completion by well over two mil- lion people, Dyer said. During 1950 alone, over 800 showings of the films were made to an audience of 252,000; in addition, 5 television broadcasts were made to approxi- mately 300,000 persons. Standard has distributed nearly 50 copies of these films to its mo- s tion picture projectionists who show them thyoughout its marketing area. The intense interest in "Alaska by the public at this time is indicated by this preference for these films which are among the most popular of the 70 films which Standard has in its film library. As a result of these showings, many people have written to Stan- dard’s Travel Service for informa- tion on the Alaskan Highway, travel accommodations, transportation, etc. and have visited the Territory. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle at 4 p.m. today. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Chilcotin scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p.m. Monday. Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver June 20, Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle June 22. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive 9 p.m. Friday southbound. | Red China as “tantamount to a re- line for the whole Communist war effort in Korea. Wedemeyer, U. S. commanding general in China in the latter stages of World War II, testified for the third days at the Senate inquiry into the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur for publicly advocating dh-ecr blows at Red China. Backs MacArthur In general, Wedemeyer backs Mac- Arthur in the controversy over Kor- ean strategy. He has declared fur- ther that the U. S. should pull its troops out of Korea — he called it a “bottomless pit” for - American youth — if the MacArthur pro- | posals are not adopted. Today’s questions ranged over many fields. In response to them, Wedemeyer testified: 1. He backed the Roosevelt ad- ministration’s efforts in February, 1945, to get Russia into the war against Japan but wae not involved in any way in the Yalta agreement making concessions to Russia. He said that in wanting Russia in the war “I made a mistake, an error in judgment, strategic judgment.” 2. His four State Department acl- visers in China in 1944 and 194§ were “very critical” of the Chinese Nationalist government but mad WITHDRAWN, ALASKA AREA WASHINGTON, June 13, — (® — The government set aside 34,861 acres within National Forests today for use as administrative centers, campgrounds, recreation areas and ranger stations. Some of the forest land with- drawn from settlement or mining or commercial development will be used for skiing and other winter sports. The lands are in 47 tracts in 14 states and Alaska. Although they are part of areas administered by the Forest Service in the depart- ment of Agriculture, the authority for such withdrawals rests with the Secretary of the Interior. Marion McLawson, director of In- terior's Bureau of Land Managment, said the withdrawals are designed to prevent mining activities in the specific areas to be used for ad- ministrative or recreational pur- poses. However, oil and gas devel-l opment will be permitted where } circumstances warrant. The lends withdrawn include: Alaska—A 39.63 acre Edna Bay administrative site in the Tongass National Forest, and the following parts of the Chugach National For- fa mile of Summit Lake, or about 790 acres, to be known as the Sum- “favorable” reports on activities of the Chinese Communists. State Department Cited 8. It has seemed to him that all “constructive” ideas for Asian poi~ icy since Japan urumiered hn\' deyeloped in 5 position to mose constructive ideas usually occurred in the State De- partment.” 4. He would regard recognition of futation of our traditional Amerxcnn fnen hip for these poople." Y Rearm .hplnm 5. He helieves the United States should go ahead and make B peace treaty with Japan” on its own, if nothing satisfactory can be worked out with Great Britain, Russia and other nations which entered the war with the Japanese., Wedemeyer said yesterday he believes the Japanese should be rearmed and allowed to fight in Korea. 6. Lack of ammunition was one of the “greatest problems” the Chi- nese Nationalists faced in their los- ing battle with the Communists on the mainland. Previously senators had heard Secretary of State Ache- son quote a report by Maj. Gen. David Barr, head of a mission to China, that the Nationalists never lost a battle for lack of bullets. International Affair | 7. In his opinion, there is lack | of coordination and planning in the % government’s handling of interna-| tional affairs. 8. MacArthur, as Pacific com- mander, gave him an order at the end of the war with Japan against letting the Chinese Communists have any of the arms taken from Japanese who surrendered in China. The Russians accepted the surrend- er of many Japanese and there has been testimony that the Chinese Communists got much of this Jap- anese equipment, Also Blockade Wedemeyer in urging the bomb- ing of the Manchurian railroad, despite Russia’s interest in it, and a naval blockade of China, said the bombing might touch off a world conflict — a “calculated risk” he would take—but disputed views that the blockade would be an act of war. For that ‘magter, Wedemeyer con- tended ‘at/ the Inquiry, the United States is.already at war. He said: “We are already at war, in my | judgment; we are already at War| with the Chinese Red government because they are killing our men.” Morse told Wedemeyer that Ad-: miral Forrest P. Sherman had testi- fied he would consider a U. S. naval blockade of such Manchurian ports as Dairen and Port Arthur — where Russia has been assigned rights— an act of war. Wedemeyer said he has the high- est respect for Sherman, chief of naval operations. “But I don’t agree that this (block- ade) would be an act of war,” the general said. The Manchurian railroad is joint- ly controlled by Russia and Red mit Lake Recreation Area; the 385 acres within a quarter of a mile of ! lower Summit Lake ,also as a re- creational area; and the 3,017.6 acres of land within one-fourth of a mile of the Seward-Anchorage highway, irom:the west end of the pridge crossing East Fork Creek northeastward for 943 miles, to be known as the Granite Creek Road- side zone. MORE BOOSTS EXCISE TAXES ARE PLANNED WASHINGTON, June 13 —I(P— ‘The House Ways and Means com- mittee today voted to boost excise taxes on gasoline, automobiles, and many other items. Making its final decisions on a bill calling for an overall increase of about $7,900,000,000 ~a year in taxes, the committee also decided to broaden the base for the excess profits levy on corporations. Chairman Doughton said the | committee expects to take a last minute look at the measure tomor- row and then introduce the bill in the House. He said he hopes to bring it to a House vote next week. The bill calls for stiff increases in individual income taxes, corporate levies and excise taxes, and for a new tax on wagering. The excise increases included: Raising the tax on new automo- biles from 7 per cent of the manu- facturers’ price to 10 per cent. ‘Tax on buses, trucks and automo- tive parts, from 5 per cent to 8 per cent. The tax on gasoline would be raised from 1% to 2 cents per gallon The excise rate on domestic tele- grams, radio and cable messages. however, would be cut from 25 to 20 per cent. GAMES TODAY BOSTON, June 13 —®— The Red Sox scored once in the second inn- ing today and added another in the eighth for a 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers, the second shutout of the season for the Bostonians Bill Wight gave the Tigers only five }hus, The victorious Sox made only |six off Dizzy Trout who lost his seventh game. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Pittsburgh, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE 8t. Louis at New York, rain. Chicago at Washington, rain. Twi- light doubleheader tomorrow. China, (One night American game). phasis: No.” Unlled Nations forces defense triangle (shaded) Chorwon and Kumhwa. Reds (solid arrows) by taking the southern key cities of (open arrows) collapsed the Communist were withdrawing toward Kumsong and were meving back to the Pyonggang area. Red resistance weakened on all Kogean fronts except east of the Hwachon reservoir. (AP Wirephoto Map) Purple Hearts Come Hard est: all lands within a quarter of I Exhausted and dejected, two GI's with similar left hand wounds sit on a bench at a mobile hospital unit near the eastern Korean front as’ they await treatment for their In]llrlel. (AP erepholo) ROLLBACKS T0 HOLD ON BEEF, SAYS WILSON WASHINGTON, June 13 —®—. Mobilization Chief Charles E. Wil- ! son today rejected demands of the | cattle industry for price relief in four words—"“The rollbacks are firm.” Wilson told a news conference there is no plan to relax either the present 10 per cent rollback on the price of live cattle or the scheduléd rollbacks of 4% per cent each in August and October. He conceded that “We will be in a terrible mess” if cattle raisers cut off the flow of beef to market. He said he hoped they would not. But when asked whether his of- fice of Defense Mobili2ation had any plans for rationing if the flow were curtailed, he replied with em- “We have a tremendous cattle population, and the celing prices are good according to most econo- mists,” the ODM director said. I hope we'll be able to supply 150,000,000 Americans with beef withcut resort to rationing.” OPS Director Michael DiSalle was reported to be preparing a new statement, possibly for issuance to- day, on the beef situation. Mean- while, OPS took action that may let the price of hot dogs go up one to two cents a pound. FROM NEW YORK D. Campbell Wydroff of Pleasant- ville, N. Y. is stopping at the Bar- | ruu)l Hotel, SENTENCED TO YEAR AND DAY TERM, LARCENY Dorothy Greenhalgh of Ketchi- kan wnlv?d prosecution by indict- ment this. afternoon before Judge George W. Folta in U. S. District Court, and pleaded guilty on an in- formation filed by U. S. district at- torney charging her with larceny in a Ketchikan store on May 29. She was sentenced to a year and a day to be served in a Federal in- stitution which will be designated by the U. 8. attorney general. FROM SAN FRANCISCO George O. Gates of San Fran- cisco is at the Baranof Hotel. Greenland is as large as the part the United States which is east the Mississippi River. o o o o 0o WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ‘ending 6:20 o’clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 54; minimum, 44. - At Airport — Maximum, 52; minimum, 44. FORECAST Cloudy with intermittent rain tonight and Thursday. Low temperature tonight about 46. High Thursday near 55. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .30 inches; Since June 1 — 322 inches; Since July 1 — 7541 inches. At Airport — 31 inches; Since June 1 1.81 inches: o Since July 1 — 44.72 inches, © 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 FOREST LAND |U. N. Troops (ollapse Tnangle "BOIIN(ING BATTLES" REPORTED | Allied Task Forces Figh- ing from Ridge fo Ridge; Advancg_c_gnsorized By Associated Press Thousands of beaten Reds stream- ed northward in Korea today as Allied task forces roamed unopposed over their abandoned “iron triangle.” Allied tanks and men spilled out over the flat lands north of Chor- won and Kumhwa. They made good advances toward Pyonggang, north- ernmost point of the triangle. But censors would not permit corre- spondents to mention the distances. The big Red withdrawal was in the wild, rugged country east of the triangle. North Koreans sweated up the mountain trails in groups rang- ing from a few hundred to more than a thousand. “Bouncing Battles” Smaller Red forces covered the retreat. They slowed advancing UN infantrymen in “bouncing battles" over the ridges stretching north of the Hwachon Reservoir eastward to- ward the Sea of Japan. The Fifth Air Force sent nnlrly { a third of the 635 flights mounted | Wednesday skimming over these ridges. The pilots burned the Reds out with fire bombs and blasted them with explosives. Largest engagement reported Wed- nesday was fought by South Kor- éans moving up the east coast hot of Kansong against an estimated' 1,000 Reds. On the west flank pa< trols stabbed across the Imjin river, probing Chinese strength. UN officials said the only sig- nificant action was the Red flight behind the cover of the mountain- top defenses. The mountain warfare , followed a, uniform pattern, bouncing' from ridge ‘to ridge. Artillery Blasts Reds UN forces attacked North Kor- eans, entrenched on hilltops and supported by artillery and mortar fire, halted them. UN air strikes and artillery then blasted the Reds. Communists pulled back to the next ridge. There the same performance Was repeated. GIs gaye this type of warfare the name: “Bouncing Battle.” Moscow radio said the Commun- ists blocked UN attacks all along the front Tuesday and shot down four Allied. planes. There were no such Allied reports. DE VALERA, PRIME MINISTER, IRELAND DUBLIN, June 13 —P—A&meri- can-born Eamon De Valera was elected prime minister of Ireland tonight. The vote in Parliament was 72 to 69. De Valera, head of the Finfa Fall party, was prime minister from 1932 to 1948, when he Was ousted by JoHfty Costello, Five of the 14 Independent depu- ties of the new dail joined with we Fianfa Fail party’s 69 deputies to put De Valera back into power. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 13 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 111, American Tel. and Tel. 153%, Anaconda 41, Douglas Aircraft 47%, General Electric 54%, General Mot- ors 48%, Goodyear 78':, Kennecott 74%, LibbyMcNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 41%, Standard Oil of California 46, Twentieth Cent- ury Fox 18, U. 8. Steel 40%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 93.25. Sales today were 1,060,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 25070, rails 79.21, utili« ties 42.56. NEW YORK VISITORS Mrs. Roland Beattie and Mrs. Matthew Cavell of New York City are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM OHIO Dr. Hugh Ivan Evans of Dayton, Ohio is & guest at the Baranof Hotel.