The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 29, 1951, Page 1

~UNGRESSIONAL LIBRARY VASHING' VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,848 lhfl 'TON, HE DAILY /ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY JU\'FT 29, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PI.AN TONEGOTIATE CEASE-FIRE IN KOREA Transformation- Army Slyle QUEEN'S VOTE FIGHTING IN LULL Patrol Adim, with One Hill Action, as Cease-fire Talk Prevails By Assoclated Press The fighting war virtually dis appeared from the Korean front today under a mounting wave of cease-fire talk. A small, fierce ngm raged all afternoon for a single Kill northwest of Yonchon on the Western front. The ridge changed hands six time before Allied forces withdrew, leav ing Communists still holding the hill. Chinese Reds threw some small probing attacks at the center of the line. Elsewhere ground action was con- | fined to patrol activity. United Nations patrols screening the lower half of the “iron triangle” were turned back by heavy, though inaccurate fire. “The Chinese don’t shoot unless we provoke them,” one officer com- mented. “They, si ‘#ight: until we come in gun range, then they let loose.” The whole battlefront was lxke‘ that. The U. S. 8th Army took only ! 108 words Friday night to cover the entire ground action in the briefest communique it has issued this year. DART BOOTH FOR 4TH, ' SOROPTAMISTS PRGJECT Fourth of Juiy plans for Sorop- timists were discussed at the club’s meeting in the Baranof Gold Room | Friday, with PresiCent Genrude' ‘Wetzel presiding. Soroptimist’s contribution to Lhe; Fourth of July program will be | the Dart Game Booth at the 4th: of July Midway in the Armury, Building at the subport. Norma Johnson, 4th of July chair- | man, told of plans and lined up, club member workers to maintain the Dart Game. Committee chafrmen announced by President Wetzel are: Ways and Means, Norma Johnson; Publicity, Frances Paul; Service, Aline War- ner; Attendance, Laura MacMillan; Social, Jane Hawkins; Budget, Jes- sie McCrary; Program, Ann De-| Long; Memkership and Classific- ation, Dora Sweeney: Legislation, Edna Lomen; United Nations, Dor- othy Novathey and Project Plan- ning, Carla Turner. Parliamentarian, Mildred R. Her- mann; Qivil Defense, Grace Fields. i FROM MICHIGAN G. R. Correll, Northville, Mich,, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SANTA MONICA H. H. Wheeler and family of Santa Monica, Calif. are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Ine.. 'ASHINGTON—Senator George Aiken was once Governor of the rock-ribbed State of Vermont, one of only two states voting for Alf Landon in 1936. Aiken is a frugal gentlemen as are most Vermonters, but he writhed as he sat listening to Senator Byrd of Virginia lead a drive to cut appropriations for school lunches, juvenile delinquency, the Women's bureau and the Children’s Bureau. Finally Aiken could stand it no more. “An $80,000,000 ship is being built at Newport News, Virginia,” he told Senator Byrd, who used to be governor of Virginia. “It will be turned over to one of the ship- ping lines for $28,000,000 or a gitt by Uncle Sam of $50,000,000. That gift is 50 percent more money than we plan to appropriate for mater- nal and child welfare work in this country under the budget cuts. “Does a five-year-old child have any cash value?” continued the usually mild-mannered Vermont Senator. “What is it worth to re- store a crippled person to a place lonnnnued on Page Four) £ § f i There’s no magic other than Army efficiency about these two piec- tures. They just show how the draftee of today gets a quick change from civilian life after his arrival at Camp Kilmer, N.J. At top, a newly arrived group of inductees load first clothing issue into waiting truck. look somewhat different after donning Army garb. ferent but it is serious business. STRIKE OF AU PILOTS IS ENDED; nounced; Carrier Line Resumes Operations CHICAGO, June 29 — A pilots’ strike that has halted operations for 10 days on the “vast United Air Lines network was ended today by a truce. The union ordered it§ 900 striking pilots to return to their posts at 3:45 P. M. EST today. The truce agreement was an- nounced by Thomas E. Bickers, ex- ecutive secretary of the Nutionali Mediation Board, after a’ pre-dawn leave initial receiving point and At bottom, the inductees It looks dif- o Wirephoto. CZECHS WILL RELEASE 2 JET PILOTS (Truce Agreement is An-| Made Emergency Landing, Held Incommunicado Since June 8 | WASHINGTON, June 29 — The | State Department said today Czech- | oslovakia has agreed to release two western pilots and their U. 8. jet fighter planes. They have been held since they made emergency landings near Prague, June 8. It said the Czech foreign office gave Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs a note which promised to free the pil- ots and the planes, but did not state when. The Czech note was in meeting with representatives of the jresponse to a vigorous protest made company and the striking AFL air- line pilots association. His board will attempt immed- iately to mediate the dispute. “The main object is to get the train back on the track,” Bickers said. “I don’t think it will take too long to reach a settlement.” UAL is the nation’s fourth larg- est carrier of passengers and freight, including all types. It is surpassed only by the New York Central and Pennsylvania Raiiroads ind American Airlines. UAL norm- aily carries 9,600 passengers in 220 daily flights. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 29 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 29, American Can 109%, American Tel. and Tel. 153, Anaconda 37%, Douglas Aircraft 44, General Electric 52%, General Mot- ors 46%, Goodyear 78, Kennecott 68, Libby, McNiell and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 35%, Standard Oil of California 45'%, Twentieth Cent- ury Fox 17%, U. S. Steel 37%, Pound $280 1/16, Canadian Exchange £3.68%. Sales today were 1,730,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 242.64, rails 7239, utili- ties 42.08. this week by Briggs. The pianes, on a training flight in the American Occupation Zone of Germany, made emergency land- ings near Prague on June 8. The pilots since have been held incommunicado while the Com- munist Czech authorities have car- ried on an “investigation” and complained that this was one of a long series of American “provo- cations.” The fliers. were Lt. Luther G. Roland of Humelstown, Pa., and Lt. Bjoern Johanson, a Norwegian, training with the U. S. Air Forc- es. \EIGHT ARRIVE ON ELLIS AIRLINES Eight passengers arrived on Ellie Airlines ¥riday flight. From Ketchikan: Conrad Nelson, Claire Terwilliger, Ray Barnecut. From Wrangeil: Mr. Gunderson. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rinehart, Mr. Reidman. f From Petersburg: Ed Fuglevog. HUTCHINSONS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hutchinson of Portland, Ore. are stopping at the Baranof Hotel, l Great interest is now being man- ifested in the vote for candidates for Queen on July 4th. There is a decided change in the first vote announced and Joyce Hope is now in the lead with others also mak- ing marked gains. The vote as anounced at noor today is as follows: Joyee Hope ... Mary Whitaker Lois Lawrence The voting closes on “the three popular young Monday, July 2. BRISTOL BAY STRIKE GETS COMPLICATED DILLINGHAM, Alaska, June 29 — (P— Bristol Bay's fishing industry labor dispute grew more compli- cated today. A statement issued in behalf of : “the strike committee, Bristol Bay President Cannery Workers’ Union | (SIU-AFL)"” listed these develop- ments: The Bering Sea Fishermen’s Un- ion (Ind) and the resident Cannery Workers' Union (CIO) have both decided to affiliate with the Sea- | farers International Union (AFL), : The cannery workers, known as Local 46, have taken over the land and sea picketing from the fish- ermen’s unjon, ‘The cannery werhra voted mimt | The approximately 1,200 members ‘ot the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Un- ion have heen striking for union recognition in' 2 complicated juris- dictional dispute. The Bering Sea union split away from the Alaska Fishermen’s union (also Ind.), which has a contract with the Industry. Members of the AFU have been working in the Bris- tol Bay industry. The Bering Sea union has kept wo major canneries on the Nush- !z\gak river closed. I Ofter Rejected The statement today by the can- nery workers union committee said an Industry offer of a 15 per cent wage increase,' without guarantee was rejected; strike was voted. It said an earlier offer by W. C Arnold of the Industry was for a 15 per cent increase in the season guarantee, hourly rates, and a wel- fare plan. The union had demanded 25 per cent and a welfare plan. The statement said the union objected however, tc a clause that the offer was contingent upon both the can- nery workers and Bering Sea unions going to work immediately. NLRB Man Due (Meanwhile, the NLRB’s regional director at Seattle said Donald D. McFeely, an NLRB field examiner, will be sent to Alaska to work on the dispute. He is slated to fly to Anchorage Sunday at the latest. Regional Director Thomas P. Gra- seasonal then the ladies at noon, | fldysBed Audioned ham, Jr., said McFeely will try to dispose of unfair labor practice charges filed against the Industry by the Bering Sea union. The charges are blocking an NLRB-di- rected election to determine collec- tive bargaining representation for Bristol Bay fishermen). COL. PALMER HERE Lt. Col. H. K. Palmer, Jr. of Elmendorf Field is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. He expected to g0 lishing from here today. Ship Movements Prince George from Vancouver due at 3:16 this afternoon. Alaska from Seattle tentatively set to arrive 1 p.m. Saturday. Princess Louise from Vancouver due Saturday afternoon. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle late today. Chilcotin scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday. Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver July 4. Aleutian from Westward scheduled to arrive sometime Sunday south- bound, Hedy Lamarr’s bed sold for $250 in Hollywood, in the first session of an auction of the star's effects which the auctionecr advertises as “the million dollar event of the year.” H. 8. Moncrieff, a Burbank, Calify businessman, bought the bed which has a diamond-tufted headboard and rose velvet spread for his 3'¢-year-old daughter— “because she locks just like Hedy.” bidder, checks the bed for softness before making her bid. Wirephoto," Jeannie McClaren, a prospective » HEAT WAVE PREVAILING Water Sho;t;aes Threat- ened; Crifical Condition in Forests (By The Associated Press) A thermometer-popping sun blist- ered the Pacific Northwest again today—the fifth day of a near- record June heat wave. No relief was in sight. Water shortages were threatened in sev- jeral cities. The weatherman predicted temp- eratures today would match or top such readings as the 97 at Eugene, Salem and Roseburg, Oregon, yes- terday, or the 92 on Washington's Grays Harbor. As the temperatures rose the humidity “fell and state officials warned of critical conditions in the forests. In Western Washing- ton, all logging operations were ordered closed from midnight last night until midnight Sunday. The State Forester's office con- sidered similar steps for Western Oregon forests. Major fires in Washington and Oregon were under control, or nearly so, but forestrymen, noting the humidity was below the crit- ical 30 per cent line, urged extra caution in tinder-dry woods. Two drownings in Oregon and one in Washington added a tragic sidebar as: thousands sought to escape the heat. FROM SEATTLE Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Guenther of the RFC from Seattle are at the Baranof Hotel WEATHER FORECAST Temperatare for 34-Hour Period ending 6:30 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 62; minimum, 52. At Airport — Maximum, 61; minimum, 50. FORECAST Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional light rain tonight. Lowest temperature tonight about 49 degrees and highest Saturday near 64, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy City of Juneay — .01 inches; Since June 1 — 6,02 inches; Since July 1 — 7821 inches. At Airport — Trace; Since June 1/— 382 inches: Since July 1 — 4523 inches. ® 0 0 000 0 00 @eecece0sessescsctscectoooe PACIHCNW| RATES 10 ~ALASKA 10 BE UPPED Alaska Sle;rfi_fiiven Ap- proval for Increase by Maritime Board SEATTLE, June 29 —(M— The Alaska Steamship Company report- ed today Federal Maritime Board approval of its freight and passen- ger rate increases. The new rates are affective im- mediately under the board’s ruling, said D. E. Skinner, vice president and general manager. The new tariffs provide for a 10 per cent boost in passenger fares for all ports. There are varying in- creases on freight to different areas, with only fishery items and ore cargoes affected outside of South- eastern. Rates Up In Alaska The company said the new rates are designed to bring a 20 per cent increase in Southeast Alaska freight revenue, The freight increases apply only to fishery items and ore cargoes in Southwest Alaska (which covers Seward, Cordova and Valdez), the Alaska Peninsula, Bering Sea and Bristol Bay. The rates were scheduled origin- ally to take effect in May. They were held up after Alaska Territorial officials protested. A hearing on the case was held Monday in Wash- ington, D.C. Skinner commented in reporting the agency’s decision in favor of the company: Cover Operating Losses “The rate increases, filed by the company to cover operating losses, have been. considered by the Fed- eral Maritime Board which has re- (Continued on Page Two) SEVEN NAVY MEN KILLED, PLANE CRASH KEY WEST, Fla., June 290 —(P— Seven Navy men were killed and4wo rescued today in the crash of a pa- trol bomber. | The plane, a PBM, fell in the Folrida Straits off a nearby island. It was based at the Key West Naval 01 Seaplane station. |Gen. Ridgway Given Orders By Government fo Negotiate Cease-Fire; 16 UN Nafions Give Supporf fo Insfructions WASHINGTON, June 29 —(P— ‘The government today sent Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway general in- structions on negotiation of a cease- fire in Korea. Just what they are was not dis- closed in the official word given out nhere. But informed sources in Lon- don said they had the support of all the 16 United Nations with fight- Ing forces in Korea. ‘The move pointed to some early action — perhaps within hours —to determine whether a truce can in fact be arranged. In Korea, itself, fighting had largely died down under a wave of cease-fire talk. There was some pa- trol and air activity but the front m the whole was quiet. Ridgway was at his Tokyo head- quarters but there were rumors he might leave for Korea at any time. Conference at' Pusan Willlam J. Sebald, U. 8. diplo- matic chief in Japan, flew to Pusan, Korea, and conferred for more than an hour with John J. Muceio, the U. S. ambassador to Korea. No of- ficial announcement was made as to ‘their discussions. A spokesman for the South Kor- 2an government, Clarence Ryee, said he felt'the shooting war would stop within ‘\,he next few days.” The Sough Koreans were unhappy, ‘I nawever, .over the prospect. of & cease-fire along the 38th Parallel— the old border between North and South Korea. Their legislature adopted unanimously a resolution opposing it. Congressional Opposition In Congress here, there was alsc some opposition expressed to & cease-fire on the old border. The official announcement thal instructions had been sent to Ridg- way, the United Nations command- er in Korea, was made by Robert A. Lovett, deputy secretary of defense. Lovett gave no information about VAN FLEET IN COPTER TURNOVER Commander of 8th Army in Korea Narrowly Escapes Injury U. 8. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, June 29 —(f— Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, 8th Army commander, narrowly missed injury today in a helicopter acci- dent. The Navy helicapter in which he was riding was caught by a gust of wind as it was landing on the cruiser Los Angeles off the Korean east coast. The 'copter turned turtle on the ship’s deck. No one was injured. Van Fleet, Rear Adm. Arleigh (31 knot) Byrke and the pilot climbed from the 'copter unhurt. Burke, a World War II hero, is commander of Cruiser Division Five. “The general took it quietly,” an aide said. Van Fleet returned to shore in a motor launch and inspected UN troops on the eastern front. GAMES TODAY Here is the report on games to- day on the major baseball leagues: American League Boston at New York, rain (day game only postponed, tonight's game still on). National League Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, rain. (Only day games scheduled). FROM VANCOUVER Arnold Kahn of Vancouver, B. C. is at the Baranof Hotel. those instructions, but did say Ridgway would have to report back to Washington on any proposed terms for ending the fighting. Truman Meets Cabinet President Truman held a meet- ing with his cabinet — a usual thing on Friday. Presumably, the Korean situation had a high place in their discussions but the White House declined to discuss the peace out- look in any way. Presidential Secretary Joseph Short said he is “standing on what the deputy secretary of defense” told his news conference. Despite the general hope, some American officials were still taking a finger-crossed attitude. Skepticism Some State Department officials have been skeptical of the cease- fire suggestion from the moment it was advanced last weekend by Jacob Malik, the Russian delegate to the United Nations. Lovett, in telling a news confer- ence instructions had been sent to Ridgway, took occasion to say that he feared any relaxation by the United States would confront the nation with an appalling situation. Another Challenge He said it may be that relief from pressure in Korea, if the fighting Is stopped there. may make. It pos- sible- far. the Communists to exert pressure elsewhere in the world. Regardless of a cease-fire in Korea, the tensions in the world add up to a dark picture, Lovett said. Continue Preparedness And, calling for continued pre- Jaredness, he said the U. 8. would most certainly be courting disaster f the United States let the Soviet Politburd write the American De- fense program. In London informed sources said the orders went out to Ridgway after the 16 United Nations with fighting forces in Korea agreed to accept Russia’s proposals for start- ‘ng truce talks, CALL FOR ARMISTICE WASHINGTON, June 29 —(P— The United States and its UN Allies were reported today to have decided to call for an armistice in Korea. Informed officials said this decision is reflected in instructions sent to Gen. Ridgway. ‘These officials said Ridgway, be- ing given the authority, might act quickly, perhaps within a matter of hours, to call for a meeting of repre- sentatives of his own UN command, the South Korean command, the North Korean (Communist) com- mand, and the Chinese Armies in Korea, That was the formula suggested by Soviet Russia earlier this week as the way to bring an end to hos- tilities in Korea, Negotiations would be on a military level under terms and conditions which presumably would be proposed by Ridgway in his initial call for a meeting. Instructions Sent The only official announcement from the government was a state- ment from Lovett, that general in- structions were being sent to Ridg- way on negotiation of a cease-fire in Korea. In mid-afternoon, the Pentagon said the message had actually been dispatched. Friday afternoon in Washington is Saturday morning in Tokyo where Ridgway has his headquarters. Details as to the instructions were supplied by officials in a position to know but who would not be quoted by name. + Eliminates Cease Fire ‘They said the instructions auth- orized Ridgway, in effect, to seek a peace showdown with the Com- munist command on the field of battle in Korea. Heretofore, most of the talk on ending the iighting In Korea has been of a possible cease-fire, That amounts simply to a halt in the actual shooting. An armistice, in the technical sense, goes a little further. It usu- ally provides for a neutral zone. An aimistice can be concluded for either a specified or an indefinite period.