The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 26, 1951, Page 1

S DO MINAL LIBRARY ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. THE DAILY VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,845 Skepticism Increases On The War Began Here WAR FLARES ANEW; REDS IN ACTION New Chinese Fighting | Spirit Shows on Ground, Air Aggressiveness By Associated Press i Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said | today he didn’t know what was hap- pening to cease-fire proposals “but things look better than ever.” The Allied commander made the statement on a flying visit to South Korean President Syngman Rhee. The war flared anew, fanned by new Chinese fighting spirit on the ground and aggressiveness in the ’ air. Red planes twice struck at U. S. B-29 Superfort bombers and engaged in two battlgs with Ameri- | can Sabre jets. One Red MIG-15 was shot down. Communists fought so stubbornly on the western flank of the erratic 100-mile front that one officer said “indications are the Chinese are prcp:\rmg for an offensive.” Iron Clad Agreement Ridgway bore a bulging briefcase when he called on the Korean presi- dent, Of the Russian peace bid, en- dorsed by the Chinese radio, Ridg- way said: \I would want an iron clad agree- ment. I am Hot willing to take a bill of goods.” 3 He also visited the front. He said it was just one of his usual trips ‘and “had uo connection Wwith anything regardiny a cease-fire, “Political Move” + Before he returned, a memoyan={ . dum came out of his Tokyo head= quarters raising official doubts about the latest Communist cease-fire pro- posal. It questioned the suggestion a8 a Russian “political move” that ht give the enemy a military ad- tage. There was. 1o, cessation of firing on'the fronts, ranging from the 38th Parallel to 20 miles north of it. ‘" “Attacking Chinese captured a key hill position in an early morning fight near Kumhwa, but were driven off by noon in a UN counterattack. Reds launched a series of probing attacks and raked Allied lines with artillery at scattered points. EUROPEAN CHURCH CONDITIONS TO BE TOLD IN TALK HERE Miss Elsie Penfield, formerly Dean of Women at Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin, now Secre- tary of Women’s Work for the Pres- %mmn Board of National Missions, ew York, and Mrs. D. K. Allen of Virginia, Vice-President of the Na- tional Council ¢f Presbyterian Wo- men, will speak on international and’ national church interests, at the Northern Light Presbyterian churceh, in the sanctuary, Thursday, June 28 at 8 p.m. The public is urged to hear these addresses. TheWashington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Byndieate, Ins.. .___4_._...,... (Ed, Note — Drew- Pearson’s col- umn today, the first anniversary of the . invasion of Korea, takes the form-of a letfer written to Ameri- can troops in Korea). ‘Washington; — To the G. I in Korea: This letter is in answer to the many I have .received from you asking the difficult question: “Why do we fight?” It is not an easy question to answer. One year ago when we first went into Korea, I felt certain I knew the answer. Then we were full of confidence; full of national up- surge which demanded that we stop. Moscow | ‘in its tracks; full of the Xefighn we could do it in a few with naval and air power only-»gpe hand strapped behind our back. Since then I've had a lot of mis- givings about the Korean War. I've wondered whether we were wise in getting into it. And when I read " (Continued on Page Four) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1951 YA i Pvt. ‘Donald M. Knatleenhner of from Tokyo Louisville, Ky., reads a letter from home as he sits near tent and big sign at spot on 38th parallel, north of Seoul, where North Korean forces first invaded South Korea to start war June 25, 1950. The sign was erected by the First Cavalry Division. #® ‘Wirephoto via ndh v BRITISH WARSHIP TO IRAN: Action Announch by For: eign-Miister; Tankers Ordered‘to Leave LONDON, June 26— Britain ‘ordered the _cruiser, Mauritius to “proceed forthwith” to the vicinity of Abadan, the Iranian oil. port where 27 tankers are caught in a jam in a dispute over payments for oil. British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison, announcing the action in the House of Commons, said the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil company has ordered all its tankers to leave Abadan immediately. Ten of the tankers are loaded with oil but have been refused clearance by Iranian authorities because the captains fefused to sign receipts acknowledging payment was due Iran’s new nationalized oil company. Situation . Serious The captains with oil aboard were told to pump it off if necessary to obtain clearance, Morrison said. The company issued its order “with the full agreement of his majesty’s government,” Morrison announced. He described the situa- tion as very serious. Departure of all tankers presum- ably would mean the shutdown of the Abadan refinery, the world’s largest. It is filling storage tanks because of the shipping tieup. There is enough storage capacity to keep the refinery going about a week. Morrison said if Iran persists in her present tactics AIOC will be forced to halt operations “within a matter of days.” US Prolests (zech Holding 2 Jet Pilots WASHINGTON, June 26 —(P— The United States has filed a vigor- ous new protest against the con- tinued detention of two western jet aircraft pilots by Communist Czech- oslovakia. ‘The*State Department announced today that the new note was deliv- ered yesterday at Prague by Am- bassador Ellis O. Briggs. The flers, piloting U. 8, jet planes, landéd near Prague on June 8. One was American and the other a Nor- wegian. ‘The note delivered by Briggs pointed out that the two have now been held incommunicado for 16 days while the Czech government presses an “investigation” into the circumstances of the flight. ‘The U. 8. has asserted repeatedly that the border crossing was unin- tentional and that the pilots became lost on a training flight. 6irl Drowns as Mother Hospitalized, Father Alaska Bound . SEATTLE, June 26—(P—A T-year- girl drowned in Lake Union last fht while her mother was in a hogpital and her father was enroute ‘Alaska. “The bedy of Jeannette Ann Sanuy E* found this morning after an all- into the lake. while rm@nffie houseboat home. Mrs, Lydon Sanuy. An uncle has been carifig for her. ’ ‘The father, a chief 'pharmacist’s mate, is aboard a Coast Guard cut* ter enroute to Point Barrow. Forest Fire Uncontrolled In B.C. Area VANCOUVER, B. C,, June 26 —(® Fanned by a hrisk wind, fire swept through_ rich .4 Camfl:{l« fFivet dlsfi'm on ‘Vflhg't ver Islafd today. jfib od? The: fire Inco! 4 cver 1000,:0.1;;!?::1 wL ‘ men, scor:s of W) ed on night. e fire on ureoby Is- land or the Queen chulnhtc group, 500 miles north of Vancouver, had been brought under 'control after whipping through 6,000,000 board feet of timber. SALMON DERBY FOLDERS READY TO DISTRIBUTE Alva Blackerby, Golden North Salmon Derby committeeman, to- day announced that folders contain- ing information and rules for -the coming Salmon Derby, are being dis- tributed amd can be obtained at Junen\x-Young Hardware, Percy’s, ‘Thomas, !Mwnre Madsen Cycle Shep and the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. Blackerby added that they. are also, being flown to various pdints via Pacific Northern Airlines, Pan American and Alaska Coastal and by that means will not only cover all Alaska but the Pacific Coast and Hawaii as well. Entry tickets, however, he said, would not be put on sale until after the Fourth of July and then can be obtained at the same places men- tioned above as are distributing the folders. The folders are attractively print- ed in blue and orange and besides rules ‘and information, contain a map giving the fishing limits of the derby and other illustrations. Harry J. Pederson of Seattle is stopping at the Baranof hotel. night search. She apparently, fe' She was the daughter of M( mi"“" of “must legiskation” -;-nnu- Dempcrats agreed i fered *a successtu) end” to the Kor- WASHINGTON, June 2§ =i~ today to pass up 4 smm: vacation .and’ work' ohi a four-point Majority Leader McFariand said leaders would keep the Senate in continuotis'' session’ until “tHé 15th of ~September or first’ of “October” to' push:the following: i 1. Passage of al'deféense produc- tion /contral act by ' Saturday '“if possible” by asking' 'a debate Hm- itation latér in the day “and working long hours,” The .present act ex- pires Saturday. 2. Final passage of all appropria- tions bills needed ‘to supply oper- ating funds for gevernment agen- cies. 3. Passage of the $8,500,000,000 Foreign Aid Bill and appropriations required by it. 4. Final passage of a huge new tax bill in line with the $7,200,000,- 000 additional tax already voted by the House. i Members of the Housé Republican Policy committee meanwhile ngreed informally at a mom l;““,‘,e‘fr‘ifii é.m-d-y L s Rgrleatinrtor Mr. Truman's dismissal of Gen. MacArthur since May 3, the Senate has been moving slowly on legisla- tion. GHIGLIONE LEAVES FOR SAN FRANCISOO ROAD CONFERENCES | Class A. F. Ghiglione, chief engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, left yesterday for San Francisco where he will attend a meeting of the Western Association of State High- way officials from July 26 to 28. Pom phases of road construe- tion? co-ordination of agencles, and administration will be discussed. A e . FROM HOLLYWOOD Mr. arfd’“Mrs.' 'Petér J. Velez of Hollywood, ' Calif. are at the Bar- anof Hotel. Princess Norah from Vancouver due at 5 o'clock this afternoon, sail- ing for Skagway at 11:30, returning southbound Friday. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Baranof scheduled to sail Seattle Friday. Princess Louise schedufed to sail from Vancouver Saturday. from {HALT OF RED o!'ootnoo'oocl-c‘iiii AGGRESSION WARVICTORY cheson A(Td; Foreign Aid Program is Essential fo- Peace day withdrawal of Communist forces behind the 38th Parallel in Korea could be considered “a successful conclusion of the conflict.” He told the House Foreign Affairs committee the United States mili- tary aim in Korea is “to repel ag- gression and restore peace and se- curity to the area. “If this aggression is stopped, and with guarantees that it will not be | resumed, then you will have repelled aggression and restored peace and security in the area.” Supports Foreign Aid Acheson was before the commit- tee to support the administration’s proposed $8,500,000,000 Foreign Ald !program; His statement about Kor- ean peace prospects came While members quizzed him closely on the cease fire proposal hy Jacob Malik, Boviet delegate ‘to the UN. Rep. Smith asked whether with- drawal of Communist forces behind the 38th Perallel could be consid- ean fighting, since 1t failed to um!y all of Korea. “Yes, sir,” Acheson replied, would say we would have had a sue- cessful end to the conflict. Must Step Encroachment «[Earlier, in yrging. | qunm, Acheson wld the group that, .8qviet; expsnsion by croachmeny] has: “goti to be stopped.”, Anhmn sl.ld .nluhmed self- Iinterest, “requires, us. to make sure that we haye strong and reliable friends .and allies,” The huge For- eign, Boonomic and Arms Aid pro- gram, ;he sald, is essential to the security of the United States. As Acheson spoke, before the House Foreign Affairs committee, speculation mounted in Congress over the possibility that a cease- fire in Korea might be in the mak- ing. Cease-fire talk followed sug- gestions made in a radio address Saturday by Jacob A. Malik, chief Soviet delegate to the UN. But Acheson’s prepared statement made no direct reference to Malik’s praposal . that, fighting cease and hostile forces withdraw from the 38th; Parallel, > — 3|27 CARS ENTERED INSOAP BOX DERBY ‘RACE HELD JULY 22 Twenty-one cars from Juneau and approximately six from Sitka are entered in the local running of the Soap Box Derby to be run July 22, according to Bill Leivers, race chair- man, There are nine Juneau cars in | Class A, five in Class B and seven Oh- C. It is unknown what lasses the Sitka cars are in. The huvocuon and first trial run is scheduled for the evening of July 6 on 11th street hill. There is the possibility: that: this year's race will be held on 11th street instead of 12th mut as in previous years. e ® o 0 0 0 0 0 00 L] ¢ WEATHER FORECAST ‘Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 8:30 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 69; minimum, 45. = ‘Maximum, FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and Wednesday except for some early morning cloudiness. Low tonight near 45 and high ‘Wednesday near 65. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 Bours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy l—lllilnchu: o0 0 00 WASHINGTON, June 26 —®— MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS | 15 || Secretary of State Acheson sald to- B MAN DIES RESULT INJURIES ABOARD TROLLER ON FIRE PETERSBURG, Alaska, June 26— P—A Seattle man died in a hospital Sunday as a result of injuries suf- fered in a fire aboard the salmon troller, Blue Ribbon. He was Robert H. Baker, 34. His death, nine hours after the fire, was due to asphyxiation, authori- ties said. Baker was asleep aboard the boat when an overheated stove set it afire. The boat was not seriously dam- aged. BUSH PILOT NOW. | THANFKUL HE HAD BREAD AS CARGO KODIAK, Alaska, June 26 —(P— Bush pilot Burl Clymer was fed up with bread today — but thank- (ul he had plenty of it along. ‘ The 39-year-old flier was spotted by an Air Force plane late Sunday after he had been missing five days on a Kodiak-to-Chignik flight. He was on an isolated Alaska Peninsula beach. He took off after a Coast Guard PBY delivered gasoline to him. He had eaten 15 of the 50 loaves of bread he was flying to an isolated cannery. AT THE BARANOF Metropolitan Leonty, of the Greek Russian Orthodox church from New York, is stopping at the Baranof hotel. v 830y gty Jaoob Mailk, Soviet deputy faveign minister, is overshadowed by huge portrait of Josef Stalin in New York as he makes a recording, broad- cast later, of proposal for a cease-fire in Korea. Récording was the 13th in “Price of Peace” seriés by United ‘Nations delegates. Malik proposed a eonference between both’' sides in the Korean war to arrange a ceasefire and an armistica providing that both sides with- draw from '.hel 38th parallel .éfl Wirephoto. $50 License Tax Imposed Non-Resident Fishermen Held as Untonsllluhonal SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 —(#— In a two-to-one decision, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held unconstitutional yesterday a $50 li- cense tax impesed on non-resident fishermen by the Alaska legislature in 1948, The court ruled that a tax scale | of $50 for non-residents and $5 for residents was discriminatory and “discouraged, hampered and bur- dened ' interstate commerce.” The action was brought by the Alaska Fishermen's Union (CIO) representing some 32,000 merhbers residing in Washington, Oregon and California. They lost an attempt on April 18, 1950, to have the tax set aside when U. 8, District Court Judge George ‘'W. Folta, sitting at Anch- orage, ruled the tax law valid and dismissed the fishermen's complaint. Folta said the non-resident fish- ermen were benefiting from Alaska laws without paying their fair share of taxes. Chief Circuit Judge William Den- ham agreed yesterday with Folta in an opinion dissenting with Associate Judges William E, Orr and Walter E. Pope. In a second opinion, the court unanimously reversed Judge Folta's order of June 7, 1949, in which he denjed an injunction against the tax to Pacific American Fisheries. Judge Folta, sitting at Juneau issued a summary judgment against the company, which employed some 400 non-resident fishermen. The Fisheries had claimed the Alaska Commissioner of Taxation and his agents had used “force, threats and coercion” to collect the license tax. LIBRARY CLOSED UNTIL 3:30 P. M. TOMORROW The Juneau City Library will be closed until 3:30 tomorrow after- noon for the Bert Lybeck funeral, Librarian Edna Heaton Lomen an- | nounced today. A\LASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS Russian Proposal ]Mallk Records Korean Proposal | CEASE-FIRE | PLAN TAKEN CAUTIOUSLY State Dep:fifieni Ques- fions if it is Just Russ Political Move By Associated Press The United States showed increas- ing skepticism toward the Russian cease-fire proposal today as Secre- tary General Trygve Lie hurried home from .Europe to coordinate plans for UN consideration of the Malik proposals: State Department officials ques- tioned whether the Soviet Union's Jacob Malik had not come up mere- ly with a political proposal designed to improve the military position of the North Korean and Chinese forces. This view became known in & memorandum distributed at su- preme headquarters in Tokyo. The memorandum expressed doubt whe- ther Malik had made his approach in good faith. e Ridgway's Views Gen, Matthew B. Ridgway, the supreme commander of UN forces, commented : “I would want an iron chd urn- ment, l’mlwtwllmwuhanl of voods.” Malik proposed Saturday that ‘Belligerents” in Korea diseuss cease-fire and mutual withdrawal from the 38th Parallel. He mention- ed no conditions, but yesterday the Chinese Communists, backing ! 4 PR L KR PN T el A T A M . S ARSI S 05 A TR B R J sl TN B0 R0 Bt i p: the quemmder-mmmmm-” | in the UN and the faté of Formosa. Lie interrupted his Norwegian vacation to fly here. Asked what he thought of the chancés of peace, he said“that’s what I'm golng to find out.” British Want Information Britain announced it was begin- ning talks in Wuhlncum with 18 other governments which have forces in Korea. The idea is to map some sort of joint approach to the Com- munist nations to establish exactly what they have in mind in the way of a cease-fire plan. Naassrollah Intezam of Iran, presi- dent of the UN general assembly, gave no indication whether it would be called into session on the Korean issue, He presided today at a rou- tine session honoring President Galo Plaza, , of Ecuador. Before the session, ‘Bntezam said he had not had a chance to confer with Malik, who was reported ill. Moscow Views In Moscow, Pravda printed an editorial saying the Soviet people are convinced that “there exist all possibilitities for a peaceful settle- ment ‘of the Korean question” It pictured President Truman as sup- porting the ‘Malik plan. Actually President’ Truman ‘said there must be a “real settlement” that ends the aggression and brings an assurance of security to the Korean people. The South Koreans, whose re- public was foynded under UN spon- sorship, officiglly want no cease-fire that does not reunite the entire Korean panjnsula. Gen. Ridgway visited President Syngman Rhee of South Korea taday. Ridgway carried supposedly a set of instructions, from the U. 8. government, but the nature of these was not made pub- lic. In addressing the UN assembly at Flushing Meadow today, the Ecua- dorean president urged that the Ma- lik proposal be explored thoroughly “to create a tranquil atmosphere that permits appreciation of the problems according to their own merits.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 26 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 110%, American Tel. and Tel. 153%, Anaconda 38%, Douglas Alrcraft 45%, General Electric 53%, General Motors 46%, Goodyear 80%, Kenne- cott 72, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 38%, Standard Oil of California 45%, Twentieth Century Fox 11%, U. S. Steel 384, Pound $280, Canadian Exchange 93.56%. Sales today were 1,260,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 24628, rails 74.99, utili- ties 42.58.