The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 15, 1951, Page 1

CONGRESSIONAL I! LIBRARY ¥ ASHINGTON, D. . VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,836 Reds Digging FEARED US. | WOULD ADMIT CHINATO UN Johnson Tesfifies Military Worried, China's Vote on Security Council WASHINGTON, June 15 —P— Louis Johnson testified today that as :‘ecretnc{ of defense he feared the United¥States was moving to- ward recognition of Red China. Johnson told the Senate’s MacAr- thur inquiry that he “never knew of any decision by the State Depart- ment, despite the British talk and the Britigh recognition, for us to recognize,” then he added: “But because of the things that were said in those days, I feared that we would not oppose their be- coming a member of the United Na- tions, and then we would have to recognize them. “We of the military particularly worried about it because it meant another voté on the United Nation Security Council antagonistic to the fundamental interests of the United States and for Communism.” Differed with Acheson Johnson was dismissed from the defense post last September. His exit from President Truman's cab- inet is widely reported to have re- sulted in part from his differences with Secretary of State Acheson. Johnson also told the senators: 1. Gen. MacArthur took responsi- bility and carried out the Inchon landing in Korea despite misgivings by the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. He said the JCS gave MacArthur 2 chance to call it off a week before it was launched. The “White Paper” 2. He questioned the “aceuracy” of an early draft of the State De- partment’s 1949 “white paper” on China. This document was a bulky ‘account. of developments in China and contained a good deal of mater- ial highly critical of Chiang Kai- Shek’s Nationalist government.John- son said some of the material in the Defense Department’s files conflict- - First Accident Buzz Kavoian (above), 7-weeks-old, suffered his first accident, a fractured left femur, when his 8-year-old cousin, Sandra DeLiddo, tripped on a rug in their Fresno, Calif., home while holding him. Doctors say it is very unusual for an infant to suffer a fracture, Buzz will be confined to his crib under traction for ome month, P Wirephoto. Woman Would Not Give Up Telephone for Fire Call; ==~ Four Chiidren Lose Lives|U.S. DEFENS INFLATION C(OULD MEAN ed with things in the proposed drafi. And before publication of the final draft, Jahnson said he raised “the question Wf the political advisabil- ity of the \\ocum{;t.” Calls Do/ nment False 3. He regatds as a “false docu- ment” the Sta'4 Department memo- randum of De/s'23, 1949 which fore- cast the fall o/ Nationalist-held For- mosa to the Caumunists and in- structed employes\ to discount the strategic vafue of \the island. 4. He ajked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to re/iew the question of send- ing a mjfitary inquiry mission tc Formosa|in 1949 after a decision Tirst in ffvor of it, and later against it. Johnson said he thought the de- cision_against sending the mission “was following political considera- tions and npot the military security of the United States.” Can Whip Russia Johnson also told senators he is —— e e (Cuatinued on Page Two) TheWashington Merry - Go - Round ! By, DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Synaicate, Inc. ASHINGTON. — Some high- ranking Generals seem to have the jdea that the taxpayers’ money is lying around for the sole purpose of being wasted, The other day Brig. Gen. Emil C Kiel, Commander of the American air forees in the Caribbean, flew to Quito, Ecuador, on a courfesy visit. He took with him four uni- forms with corresponding accessor- ies, plus an extensive selection of sports clothes. In the Ecuadorian capital, how- ever, General Kiel was invited tc a formal dinner given by Defenst Minister Diaz Granados, who, like cabinet officers In the United States is a civilian. \Therefore General Kiel decided it would be improper for him to attend this dinner in military dress. Instead he decidec to wear a black 'civilian dinne: jacket. \ So he sent his official plane, s converted B-17 Lomber with full crew, all the way back 'to Panama RED VICTORY President Calls on Nation to Fight Against Run- Away Prices WASHINGTON, June 15 —®— Fighting for stronger economic con- trols, President Truman declared last night that runaway inflation could give Russia global victory “without firing a shot.” Administrative leaders in Con- gress hoped his plea would fire a wave of public opinion to help them put across the President’s program which was still in trouble on both sides of the capitol. Congressional sentiment appeared strong for continuance, with some modifications, of the present De- fense Production Act instead of the new and tougher law asked by the President. In carrying his appeal to the peo- ple by television and radio, Mr. Tru- man said: ¥1gnt For All To Join “This is a fight for everyone tc join — a fight for the very life of this nation. we've got to have a good, strong inflation-control law on the books if we are going to get through this emergency succes fuily.” Although the present law expires June 30, the House Banking com- mittee recessed until Monday ite closed-door consideration of the President’s proposal for a new two- year law. Chairman Spence Wwas anything but optimistic about the chances of turning out a tougher controls measure. ‘Wants Tough Bill He told a reporter today that while he hoped for committee’s action next week, he wouldn’t be surprised if enough Democrats and Republi- cans teamed up to put acrees a straight continuance of the présent law. v Mr. Truman said in his message to the nation that some congres- sional leaders told him “they were under a lot of pressure from the spe- 2L (Continued on Page' Four) (Continued on Page 'i‘;('n) i L i EVERETT, Four childre; a residential fire yesterday because, firemen said, a woman on a party telephone line told neighbors who | tried to sound an alarm: i “Fire? Who are you trying to | kid?"” | Fire chiet ¥rank Schroeder said {last night telephone company of- | ficials confirmed that the party |line was in use at the time neigh- l‘bors of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bryant {tried to call the fire department. Beth Bryant, 2, her brother Boyd, 3, Paulann Sweeney, 5, and her sis- ter Rence, 2%z, were trapped on the second floor of the Bryant home jand died before firemen could freach them. Schroeder quoted the neighbors as saying when they tried to phone the alarm, that the woman—whom firemen did not identify—refused to give up the line and told them: “I'm paying for my phone, t00.” Schroeder said the telephone company reported the woman was talking to a phone company em- ploye about her phone bill. The employe said she heard someone ask for the phone and then hang up when she couldn’t get it. NSLI Checks Are Mailed Out fo Vels By Associated Press More than one million checks have been mailed for the Second Division under National Service Life Insurance. The Veterans Adminis- tration said a total of 8 million, 200,000 checks will be sent to com- plete payment by early next year. Wash., June 15, —®— n burned to death in ® ® o s o 0 0 o 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 49; minimum, 45. At Airport — Maximum, 49; minimum, 44. FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Lowest tempera- ture topight about 44. High- est Saturday near 54. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .29"inches; Since June 1 — 4.28 inches; Since July 1 — 76.47 inches. At Airport — .23 inches; Since June 1 — 2.71 inches; Since July 1 — 44.12 inches. e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 P “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —_— J In For New WAGES OF MARINERS ADVANCED longshoren;n— Get Baost; Walkouts are Postponed For 24 Hours SAN FRANCISCO, June 15 —/P— Reliable sources indicated today, without confirmation; that Pagific Coast longshoremen and shipowpers have agreed on a 20-cent an hour pay raise. Five cents would be in straight pay, and 15 cents would go to a pension fund. § This would give the ILW urion members a pay rate of 1.97 an hour. Meanwhile the CIO Marine Engi- neers were said to have agreed to a contract extension. i Shipowners and CIO radio oper- ators called another conference, hopeful of averting a coast-wide strike already postponed for 24 hours. The CIO American Radio Asso- ciation had called a strike for 12:01 a.m. today, demanding a $70 & month wage boost and - improved working conditions. The walkout was postponed at almost the last minute. The two factions agreed to fur- ther talks today with Federal Con- ciliator Omar Hoskins. The new strike deadline is 12:01 am., to- MOrTow. i The 300 radiomen are the smalles. group among five maritime unions bartering for replacement of con: tracts that expire at midnight to- night. 2 'PLANS AWAIT | FRENCH VOTE WASHINGTON, June 15 —(P— Gen. Omar Bradley said today im- portant decisions in completing the Western European defense plans have been held up until after the French elections next Sunday. { The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff appeared at a Pentagon news briefing to answer questions | about his recent trip to Europe for | talks with U. S., British and French military leaders. He also disclosed that the size of the Western German force in the mutual defense organization is still a troublesome question both here and in Europe. He was asked about published re- ports that an Alliéd committee had recommended a 10-division force for Germany. “That whole thing is still under discussion,” Bradley said. “We are going to talk about it at a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today.” Bradley also said no final agree- ment has been reached yet on nam- ing American Admiral William Fechteler to command the North Atlantic pact sea forces. A SRR SWANSON RETURNS * FROM CG TRAINING Douglas Swanson, lieutenant in the Coast Guard Reserve, returned to his office in the FWS today from two weeks in Ketchikan. He was on training duty at CG headquarters in the First City. / Another Juneau maji wWho attend- ed was John Branter, with the local immigration off/ce, who is also in the Coast Guard| Reserve. STOCK QUOTATIONS il 'NEW YORK, Jyne 15 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 112, American Tel. and Tel. 154%, Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 47'%, General Electric 556%, Gen- eral Motors 48%, Goodyear 79, Ken- necott 75%, Libby, McNeill and Lib- by 9, Northern Pacific 42'%, Stand- ard Oil of California 487, Twentieth Century Fox 18% U. S. Steel 41': Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 93.31%. Sales today were 1,370,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 254.03, rails 79.86, utili- ties 42.65. UNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1 Korean Defens Atomic Explosion 5, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS * The general view of the 1951 atom bomb test at Eniwetok, shows an early phase of the nuclear explo- sion was released (June 13) in Washington, D.C., by the Atomic Energy Commission. The conclusion of the mid-Pacific tests was announced May 25. (Atomic Energy Commission Photo via (» Wirephoto.) ARMY ORDERS COL. NOYES 10 FAR EAST DUTY Announcement is made by the Alaska Road Commission of the im- pending_departure of Col. John R. Noyes, commissioner of roads for Alaska, from his present position as head of the Alaska Road Com- missign. toa new assignment. with the Army.in an important position in the Far East. 'The exact nature of Col. Noyes' new Army assign- ment was not disclosed. He will leave Juneau on June 23 for Wash- ington, D. C. During the past three years Col. “+ Commission and directed the exe- cution of a program of road work| in Alaska aggregating $75,000,000. | This work includes the reconstruc-! tion and paving of the main hlgh-f ways with a bituminous surface; the | construction of the new highway| from Seward to Anchorage, now | nearing completion; the completion ! of the Sterling Highway on the Ke-l nai Peninsula; the reconstructioni of the Tok Cutoff Road connecting | Anchorage with the Alaska High- | way; the continuation of construe-| tion upon the new road from the ! Alaska Highway to Eagle, including| its connection to Dawson; and the, commericement, of.a new road con-| necting the Richardson Highway at| Park. Much of the paving work and | the construction of the Seward- | Anchorage Road were executed pursuant to cooperative ugreemem-“,? with the Bureau of Public Roads. | Big Road Program ‘The big road program required a | considerable expansion of the force; of the Alaska Road Commission and | many changes in its organization. | Col. Noyes’ Army service in Alaska | dates back to 1926 when he arrived | in Juneau as a young lieutenant to| join the force of the Alaska Road | Commission, then an agency of lhe‘ War Department. He served with the | commission from 1926 to 1928 and | again on a second tour of Army duty in 1931 and 1932. Later, in 1933 and 1934, he was in charge of river and harbor improvement in the Territory while that work was under the sup- ervision of the Seattle Engineer Dis- triet. Returns in 1946 Returning to Alaska in 1946, Col. Noyes made a thorough examina- tion of the Alaska Railroad for the war Department in June of that year, and his reports on Alaska led the way to support by the De- partment of Defense of the Seward- Anchorage Road and indirectly of the entire road improvement pro- gram. In 1948, he was requested by the secretary of the interior to as- sume the new position of commis- sioner of roads for Alaska to take charge of the road improvement " (Continued on Page Twa) Paxsons with Mt. McKinley National 5 i Mrs. Clark Gable, the former Lady Sylvia Ashley, who is seek- ing a divorce from her screen-star husband, arrives in Honolulu, aboard the George Vanderbilt yacht Pioneer The Gables honey- mooned in Hawaili in December, 1949. » Wirephoto. APPLY FOR LICENSE Charles O. Barker, logger of So. Prairie, Wash.,, and Eleanor June Barker, of Wrangell, have applied for a license to wed. Ship Movements Alaska from Seattle scheduled to arrive sometime Saturday morning. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle late today. | 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 at 9 tonight, / HOSPITAL IN _FLAMES; 19 INMATES DIE MONTREAL, June 15 —(®—Nine- teen persons died today in a fire that swept hospital Ste. Cunegonde on Atwater avenue. The building housed 450 persons, some of them blind or crippled Most of them were led to safety after the blaze broke out suddenly. Two of the bodies were identified as those of women. Mother Superior Cervais and Sister Chauven of the Grey Nuns who operated the hos- pital, were among those missing. At one point 40 persons were re- ported trapped in the blazing build- ing. Some 200 children, apparently all the children who had been housed in the building, were led to safety by nuns, Most of the old men lived on the lower floors of the building and it was believed most or all of them escaped. Within two hours firemen brought the blaze under control but clouds of smoke still rolled from the build- ing in midtown Montreal, and flames still could be seen on several floors. Sections of the roof collapsed intc the fifth floor, where blind persons have been housed. WANTS MEETING OF BIG 4 MINISTERS ON WORLD UNREST LONDON, June 15 — (® — The United States, Britain and Franct suggested to Russia today Big Four foreign ministers should meet discuss easing world tensions on the basis of agreement already reached by their deputies in Paris. Identical American, British and French notes handed to Soviet Dep- uty Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko in Paris called for a Big Four parley “without further ef- forts by the deputies to complete agreement ont he agenda.” The deputies have been trying vainly to hammer out an agreed agenda for the parley since March 5. LEAVING FOR SEWARD Alva Blackerby, forester, is ex- pecting to leave Sunday or the first of the week for Seward on an in- spection trip of forest work on the Kenai Peninsula. He will return the latter part of the week and then, the following week, go to Washing- ton, D, C., on organization and ad- ministrative matters for his depart- ment elLine UN FORCES RUN INTO RED FIRE Fighler-Bomrs Locafe Large Commie Group, - Let Loose With Blasts - By Associated Press Large numbers of fresh Red troops were reported digging in today on the rain-swept ridges of Eastern Korea, i/ Reds battled UN tank columns on the Central front, but vanished com- pletely in the west. Allied tank columns rumbled up two roads toward Kumsong, new Chinese base in the center. One pa- trol moved through a mountain pasi to the Chupa area, nine miles south of Kumsong. It met only sporadic fire. Another tank patrol clanked out of Kumhwa, 11 miles west of Chupa, blasting at determined Chinese along a ridge route. Commie Group Bombed UN fighter-bombers slipped thru rain clouds to aid the drive toward Kumsong. Pilots reported they caught a “large group” of Reds on the open banks of the Kumsong river just before dusk. They said they got *excellent coverage” with their bomb strikes. To.the southeast, North Koreans showered the Allied line with mor- tar fire, AP Correspondent George A. McArthur reported. “The Reds are digging in,” a UN | official said, “trylng to establish @ detense linel™ Intense Red Fire In the Yanggu-Inje area Red ar- tillery semetimes set the hills ring- ing with continuous explosions, Mc- Arthur reported. UN foot troops straightened theit lines and probed Red positions all ' along the east. North of Infe the Allies pushed about a mile through intense fire. Chinese Air Force Busy Meanwhile, the dormant Chinese Red Air Force showed signs of life. Two planes struck far behind UN lines yesterday in their deepest pene- tration in months. One plane bombed and strafed an Allied" air field at Suwon, 25 miles south of Seoul, Another raided Yongdongpo, a suburb of the old Sowth Korean capital. 3,000 Red Planes Air Force Secretary Thomas Fin- letter told Allled newsmen in Tokyo today that UN combat planes now in Japan and Korea would be able to handle the Chinese Air Force should the Reds elect to make & fight of it. The U. S. Army officers have estimated the Reds have 3,000 planes in Manchuria. Finletter sald it would be & different story, how- ever, if the Russians enter the Korean war with their powerful air force. That, sald the Air Force sec- retary, would create a very serious situation. 100,000 PEOPLE FOR ANCHORAGE 1S PREDICTED BY FA ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 15— (® —The Alaska director of the Fed- eral Housing' Administration pre- dicts Anchorage will have more than 100,000 population within five to seven years. C. C. Staples, the FHA official, made this forecast at a chamber of commerce meeting. He said development of water sources and distribution systems Is the only element hampering the tripling of the present population. KARLUK DISTRICT CLOSES TO FISHING Karllk district, on Kodiak Island will close this weekend to all com- mercial salmon fishing, according to C. Howard Baltzo of FWS. Baltzo said the closure was made necessary ‘because the commercial fatch is far in excess of escapement. is far in excess of escapement. COMPLETES TRAIL WORK A forest service trail crew, headed by Jack Mills, returned to Juneau this week after completing main- tenance work In the Taku river area,