The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1951, Page 1

» THE DAILY A “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11.880 Demands Red "Guaranfee’ Apology Not Enough for Communist Armed Troops in Peace Talks TOKYO, Aug. T—(M—Gen. Mat- thew B. Ridgway told the Reds to- day Korean cease-fire talks will not be resumed until they assure him they will keep their Kaesong neu- trality agreement. The Allied Supreme Commander bluntly acknowledged the Red apol- ogy for last Saturday's violation of the neutral zone. Then he told them that wasn’t enough. In a strongly-worded message to' the two Red commanders in Korea, Ridgway said he needed new assurances that Communists will keep their word. Only then, he said, will he send his five negotiators back to Kae- song to resume armistice negotia- tions. No “Accident” Ridgway, who has twice broken off talks because armed Red troops violated the neutral area, said he didn’t think the appearance of a company of heavily armed Com- munists last Saturday was an “acci- dent,” as the Reds stated. He told Korean Gen. Kim I1 Sung and Chinese Gen. Teh-Hual that he considered the incident neither miner nor trivial. . And, he said: “It must be clearly understood that my acceptance of a resump- tion of the armistice talks is conditional on complete, compli- ance with your guarantees of neutralization of the Kaesong atda. Any further failure in this regard will be interpreted as a - deliberate. .move—en -yeus. part -te terminate the armistice negotia- tions. “I await your acceptanve ui ulis condition.” A company of armed Red soldiers had marched through the Kaesong neutral zone while the armistice conference was underway Saturday Because of this, Ridgway abruptly broke off the conferences Sunday. Generals Kim and Peng replied Monday that the presence of the troops was “a mistake and an acci- dent.” TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Covyright, 1951 by Bell Syndicate, Inc. ASHINGTON.—Reason behind the alarming war-warning made by Secretary of Defense Marshall and Army Secretary Pace'is the latest intelligence from the Bal- kans. This reports, among other things, that Communist medical units have- arrived along the Bul- garian-Yugoslav border. Medical units do not participate in ordinary troop maneuvers. They are the last to arrive before mil- itary action begins. Maneuvers along the Yugoslav border in themselves may not mean much. They have been going on for months, and when I visited the Bulgarian border last Febru- ary, I interviewed refugees who had just escaped from behind the Iron Curtain with news of new Russian concentrations in certain areas. However, latest U. S. In- telligence indicates that this has increased. Bulgaria’s army of around 200,- 000 men is now reported equipped with Soviet combat vehicles, heavy artillery, and new type of fighter plane more powerful than the Yak. The Bulgar army is under Gen- eral Atanasov, a Soviet citizen trained in Russia, though of Bul- garian origin. His command post has been moved from Sofia to the field. All along the Rumanian and Bulgarian sides of the Yugoslav border, a strip of land has been completely cleared and a Siegfried line of pillboxes built behind it. This could be part of the war of nerves against Tito, or it could mean that the Kremlin is ready to give Tito the bizzness, Late Aug- ust or September, after the har- vest is in, always has been the time when dictators get trigger- happy. _ Crime Probe Stymied Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona, one of the most conscientious and respected members of the Senate has taken a strange stand regard-' ing the crime committee. It puz- zles his colleagues in the Senate. (Continued on Page Four) Air Search Exte Weather Hamp Search for the missing Korean airify piane, lost while enroute from Vancouver, B. C to Anchorage, extended northward yesterday to near Mount McKinley. Eight search craft attached to the 10th Rescue Squadron covered the Cook Inlet area as far north as Summit, a stop on the Alaska Rail- road, and in 31 hours of flying, achieved from 40 to 70 percent cov- erage. Planes attached to other services n the search at Yakutat, Juneau and Whitehorse were grounded by the weather, it was reported by 17th District Headquarters of the Coast Guard, which is coordinating the missions. The Coast Guard said they had little hope of weather clearing to- day in the southern districts. Meanwhile, a wealthy scientist who came to Alaska three weeks ago to study glaciers was also- hampered by weather as he pressed a search for his wife, their daughter and pilot, missing since July 27 in the expendition’s supply plane. The scientist, Walter A. Wood of Far Hills, N. J., learned only Sat- urday of the family tragedy when he and three others were picked off Malaspina Glacier by an Air Force plane in response to a message thay wrote in the snow. Missing aboard the supply plane, a Norseman, were Wood's wife and 18-year-oid deughter, Valerie, and pilot Maurice King. Tenth Air Rescue Squadron of- ficlals 2t Anchorage said it was not known until Saturday that two wemen were with King on a flight te the glacier area. They said the Wood party was not taken off the glacier in the Mt. Hubbard area earlier because they were known .to. be well supplied. They said no request was made earlier to remove the party. Ration Canz ~ The word “Norseman?” seen in the snow surrounding the Wood camp by an Air Force plane, was made with numerous since July | for Missing Norseman small ration nds North; ers Quest cans, it was learned by Maynard Miller A of the Juneau Teeeap Research Project, when he talked with Wood yesterday. | Miller said King's plane was equipped with a stove, gasoline, ra- tions, sleeping bags, four life cush- fons, and probably a supply of flares. Note Left The Arctic Research Institute’s New York office said it had learn- ed a west coast relative had talk- ed by telephone to Wood, who said that at the Seward Glacier camp he found a note left by his daughter, stating the plane was taking a two-weeks supply of food. This was interpreted as a precau- tion against hunger in case the plane was forced to land short of its goal. With Wood's return, the search area shifted. Previous searches had been south of Seward Glacier. But Wood said he was advised by radio from the Seward camp that when King took off he circled to get away from a deck of clouds and at first headed northwest. Wood himself flew over possible routes taken by King. A total of 21 planes were availabie for searching as weather permitted. Washburn On Way In New York, the Arctic Re- search Institute said Dr. A. L. Washburn, director of the Wash- ingten office of the institute, left yesterday for Alaska to aid in the search, He is expected to reach Yakutat late today. John Case, vice president of Soc- ony-Vacuum Oil Co., said at his New York office that King was a very skiliful Alaskan pilot who flies the year around in that area. Case said he spent about a month with King and left Yakutat for New York on July 25, two days before the Wood expandition’s supply plare Norseman, disappeared. Case said he received a message today from Wood stating that the weather was delaying the search. 136 Allied Planes Hammer Reds; Ground Action Dies U.S. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR- TERS, Korea, Aug. 7—P—A lone Communist plane combed Allied lines in Korea today while 236 United Nations planes hammered back at the Reds in combat sorties. Ground action quieted so much the U.S. Eighth Army omitted its customary evening communique. The single Red air raider struck shortly after midnight. Five bombs were dropped. There was no im- mediate announcemeht of casual- ties or damage. Low-flying U.N. fighter pilots re- ported they killed or wounded at least 200 Reds. A strike led by Maj. Jack A. Davis of Okmulgee, Okla., caught 150 of them near Pyongyang, the Red capital. $6,000,000 in Loans Granfed fo Dale To Alaska Vefs Almost $6,000,000 in loans has been granted to date to 1200 vet- srans of the Territory since the veterans’ revolving fund program has been in effect, Floyd Guertin, territorial commissioner of veter- an’s affairs said today. The veteran loan program Was set up by a special session of the legislature in 1946, During the past month 28 Alaska veterans of World War II received 5181,200, bringing the total num- ber of outstanding loans at pres- ent to 643 and a total of $2768, 996.09. Veterans of the First Divi- sion have received 311 loans, most of which are home loans, totaling $879,994. Guertin said ‘lhat besides the $6,000,000 loaned by his depart- ment, Alaska banks have loaned an additional million under guar- antees of the Veterans' Commis- sion. Bonuses of $1,392,960 have been paid to 3,894 veterans. The current seasonal demand for loans has been met from funds recently “thawed” by the Board of Administration, Guertin stated iand added that it is expected ap- plications can be promptly pro- cessed during Lhe present quar- ter Carson Will Call Meefing fo Discuss Tulsequah Road The proposed Tulsequnh road, up the Taku River valley, will be (discussed at a meeting scheduled for the near future in Victoria by Hon. E. C. Carson, minister of public works for British Colum- bia. This was the word brought back to Juneau by Ralph Browne, as- sistant manager of the Alaska De- velopment Board, who returned from the south Saturday. In Victoria, Browne .conferred with Carson and said he was set- ting Sept. 10 as a f.gntative date for gettting togefher ' officials -of British Columbia, * Alaska, ‘the Ca- nadian government and the Con- solidated Mining - and Smelting Company, which has mining in- terests in the area, for discussion of construction of the' road. Browne reported Carson was much in favor of the road and that Carson added he could for- see no great obstacle in its con- struction. It would supply the missing link between Tulsequah and Atlin, which connects with the Alaska Highway. Carson also told Browne that the John Hart Highway between Prince George and Dawson Creek, will be delayed in opening on September 15 as was expected. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, Largest Log Raft Delivered fo Juneau Lumber Co. The largest log raft ever to be delivered to the Juneau Lumber Company arrived here Sunday from Cape Fanshaw. tained 526 logs, from 21 to 93 feet long and added up to over' 700,000 board feet. The raft it- self was 1,000 feet long. It came from the Echo Log- ging Company, which is owned and operated by A. A. McMur- chie who, with Mrs. McMurchie, is in town for a few days. McMurchie said the raft was towed to Juneau by the tug Sampson II, owned and skipper- ed by George Baggin and his son, George, Jr. The tow from Cape Fanshaw to Juneau took. 48 hours, McMurchie has been in the logging business for seven years and is a charter member of the Alaska Loggers Association. Marshal Asked To Help Locale Missing Workman The Juneau Lumber Company yesterday requested the U. S. Mar- shal's office to aid in locating a man they report missing, accord- ing to Walter Hellan, acting mar- shal. The man is Robert Atwood, hired in Seattle by the mill and arrived in Juneau via Pan Ameri- can plane on July 29. Lumber mili officials said they had verified his arrival here by a check with the Pan American office. Since that time Atwood has failed to report for work. Hellan said no foul play is sus- pected but he is of the opinion that the man may have jumped Lin. _Alaska this_summer. . had Jlawnhis—esttract ~and —gone 10 SO other project in Alaska to work. He is asking the Anchorage mar- sballe. nifide that locality today. Juneau Lumber Company paid Atwood’s fare to Juneau from Se- attle but have no further inform- ation on him other than he has a sister in Seattle. Old North Sea Being Burned SEATTLE, Aug. 7, Workers have apparently been burning the wrecked former Seattle-Alaska steamer North Sea for salvage, word from Prince Rupert, B. C., discloses. A clipping from the Prince Ru- pert daily news received here said that a Canadian National steam- ship captain had reported seeing flames shooting from 'the wreckage as his vessel passed the area near Bella Bella, B.: O Salvage of steel scrap from the ship had been planned. The North Sea Has lain as a landmark on the reef between Idle Point and Ivory Island, 170 miles south of Prince Rupert, since she piled up in a storm sev- aral years ago. Boy Scout Office Moved fo Anchorage The Alaska council of Boy Scouts was recently moved to An- chorage from Juneau. Maurice F. Powers, territorial scout council executive, made the transfer, according to Ken Ubbel- ohde, in charge of the Gastineau district, Powers had made his headquarters in Juneau since ear- Heavy rains have hampered con- struction so it probably will not be ready for travel until early next year. CIGAR MAN IS HERE S. G. Spring of the Spring Whole- sale Cigar Co., of Seattle, is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. o oo 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 56; minimum, 50. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with light rain eshowers tonight and Wednes- e day. Lowest temperature to- o night near 50 degrees. High- l. est Wednesday about 58. e PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. today * At Airport — Trace; since July 1—3.13 inches. . v ®© 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ly in 1948. Miss Dorothy Meyers leaves for Anchorage next week to continue as secretary to the coun- cil. The Juneau office now operates as field headquarters for the Gas- tineau area. Ubbelohde leaves this week to assist in the operation of a summer scout camp near Fair- banks. "White Olueds Seen on Search VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. T—® —Searchers for the missing Queen Charlotte Airlines plane today cent- ered the hunt on the shores of Tah- sis Inlet on the west coast of Van- couver Island. “White objects” were reported sighted floating in the inlet last night. 1t is in the Tahsis Inlet area that the plane with seven aboard disap- peared Saturday on a 37-mile flight from Muchalat Arm to the seaplane base at Tofino. t A flat raft of spruce, it canm- to ‘maks ac.cheok' o8 SKA EMPIRE 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Two (adefs Admit Ouster Cadet Sgt. Harrison Travis (eft) of Atlantic Highlanis; N. J, and Cadet Ronald E. (‘Inl[h (right) of Waukesha, Wis,, two cadets who said they were amaeng the 90 dismissed from the United States Military Academy for acadamic cheating, listen to some words frcm the father of Cadel Travis, a retired lieu- tenant colonel and a former engin: ering instructor at West Point. Th's elder Travis said he thought the boys got a “raw deal” and plans to provide legal aid for as many of the dismissed cadets as possible. (P Wirephoto. \ Air-Conditione d Cub Bear Goes on Prowls He (or She) ‘Wanted Alive’® Non-resident Cannery Workers Yole Union Shop SEATTLE, Aug. 7 — (® — Non- | regident cannery workers employed | b'%he. Alaska Salmon Industry. have voted overwhelmingly for a union shop, Field Examiner Julius Draznier of the National Labor Re- lations Board announced here yes- terday. A count of ballots in the elec- tion conducted from May 24 to Aug. 1 showed that of 2,459 eli- gible voters, 1,763, fayored .the union shop, 69 were against, ‘20 ballots were void and the re- mainder did not vete, Draznier said. The vote merely means that Local 7-C of the International Longshore- men and Warehousemen's Union, | the authorized bargaining agent, can now enforce a union shop, Braznier said. Up to now, the union has had | a preferential hiring system. Salmon Men fo Confer with Price Office on Ceilings WASHINGTON, Aug. T — (B — Fishing industry leaders will get a chance to bolster their protests against new salmon price ceilings at two meetings in Seattle with rep- resentatives of the Office of Price Stabilization (OPS). | The salmon ceilings are sched- | uled to go into effect tomorrow. Packers have protested that al- lowable maximum prices are not high enough because of the short- age of some types of salmon. The red salmon pack in Alaska’s Bris- | tol Bay area is expected to be the smallest in 50 years. Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said yesterday the OPS has agreed to meet with a few industry spokesmen | in Seattle later this week, and will consult there the following week with the salmon advisory commit- tee. He sald the meetings, “will give the industry an opportunity to fully present its facts and figures.” British, Iranian Meet Begins fo Seek Oil Solution TEHRAN, Iran, Aug 7, —P— British and Iranian representa- tives were called to. a meeting to- night to begin negotiations aimed at a settlement of the critical dispute over the nationalization by Iran of the Anglo-Iranian oil company’s holdings. The first ses- sion was to be an exploratory one |° seeking a common ground for fur- ther discussions, Some light tanks patrolled the streets and other precautions werc taken against possible violent ANCHORAGE, Aug. 7— ® —A wide search is being made here for a Kodwiak bear not in rug form. The 60 pound, six-month-old cub | was supposed to leave~fere today by airplane on the first leg of a | trip that would have put him (or ber) in the National.Zoo.at Wash: ington, D. C., bit Friday the husky cub bent the bars of its tempor- ary 'home in the outskirts of An- thovoge nhdd‘sdnvered < ite way 4od freedom. Now the cub is “nndcrinn around the Goose Lake-Campbell district. The local office ¢t tne Fish and Wildlife .Service has .posted a “Wanted Alive” sign, giving a desparade’s deseription. Besides listing the height and weight, the sign: descriles ! the ' jail-breaking cub as not too friendly, strong for its age, and reminds would-be captors that he is a junior mem- ber of a family that produces the biggest meat-eaters in the world. Crated and put aboard a North- west Airlines Stratocruiser Friday to Russ Brandish New ‘Peace’ Pact WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, —(P— The United States today rejected Russia’s proposal for a five-pow- er peace pact as “ a propaganda trap.” The State Department said: “The Kremlin has violated ob- ligations to such an extent that the world has lost confidence in the Soviet's respect for treaties.” < Russias.. Prosident. Nikelad S ernik renewed Russia’s ofier— first advanced two years ago—in a letter to President Truman last night; Tt rejection had been ex« pected since U. S. officials des cribed it even then as “the same old chestnut tied with a new rib- bon.” The proposal was that the United States, Britain and France join Russia and Com- munist China in a disarmament program aimed at guaranteeing world peace. In the first formal American re- action a State Department offic- ial today challenged Russia to live up to existing obligations be- fore taking on new promises. Press officer Michael J. Me- start his trip to Washington, the youngster did not appeal to pass- engers when the plane’s air con- ditioning system was turned on. He was removed from the plane s0 a bigger, more scent-proof cage could be built. Meanwhile, National Zoo officials in Washington are probably wondering what happened to !helr new bear 17-kmot Pairol Boa, Auklef Ii, Due Here Socn SEATTLE, Aug, 7—P—A long and busy career lies ahead of the Auklet IL The sturdy 57-footer, built for Alaska service as the Fish and Wildlife Serviee’s new patrol boat, has been undergoing engine tests and sea trials and will be delivered to the government agency this week. When she heads for Juneau those aboard on her maiden trip will include N. J. Blanchard, president of the firm that built her here, and William Garden, the designer. The boat is valued at about $50,000. ‘The Auklet II is powered by two 165-horsepower diesels, driving through a gear box on one shaft. She is expected to be able to do at least 17 knots. Stock Quofations NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—/#/—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 115, American Tel. & Tel. 157% Anaconda 45%, Douglas Aircraft 507, General Electric 58, General Motors 49%, Goodyear 94%, Ken- necott 77%, Libby, McNeill & Libby 87, Northern Pacific 49%, Stand- rd Oil of California 50, Twentieth Century Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 42%, Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange 95.00. Sales today were 1,810,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: demonstrations. Today is an Iran- jan National Holiday, industrials 264.94, rails 8241, util- ities 45,59, Ldinder. i chief of state, \ France and Communist China | disarm and prohibit manufacture of Dermott told a new conference: “There is no sense in the So- viet government’s assuming new treaty obligations until they have restored the confidence of the world by honoring existing obli- gations.” ‘The United Nations which Russia has signed, a5t tutes a solemn peace pact,” Mc- Dedmott emphasized and added: “Need exists for the fulfillment of the United Nations charter and other obligations which the Krem- lin attempts to sabotage rather than for a new pact of the great powers,” Shvernik’s message, bristling with denunciations of western “war- mongering,” was accompanied by & 2,500 word resolution proclaiming Russia’s alleged “dedication to werld eace.” This appeared to be Moscow's answer to a resolution Congress passed last June. The American document expressed friendship and goodwill toward the Russian people. President Truman sent it along to Shvernik, technically Russia’s Aug. 17. And he called on Russia’s leaders to 1nake it public so the Russian people can learn the “peace aims of the Ameri- can people and government.” Russia’s replving resolution came from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament), a small group which acts when the Russian legis- lature is not in session. In his accompanying letter, Shver- charter J}ik called for an agreement by the Britain te | United ~States, Russia, atomic weapons. He reiterated Rus- sia’s willingness to agree to some ,| form of inspection as a guarantee | of her good faith. AUGUST 8 High tide 4:51 am. 145 ft. Low tide 10:59 am. 16 ft. High tide 5:12 p.m,, 164 ft. Low tide 11:44 pm. 13 ft. e 9o 0o @ 0 0 ¢ @ o o o ternoon. PRICE TEN CENTS Leg Bone Thought Clue fo Airliff Yakutat Discovery Will Go East to FBI for Investigation ‘The discovery of a human leg bone and parts of a pair of green whipcord trousers on the beach near Yakutat was held a possible clue today to the fate of a Korean airlift plane missing since July 20 with 38 passengers aboard. Tenth Rescue Squadron officials at Anchorage said searchers are now concentrating their search for the craft along the shore waters of the Yakutat area, The squadron was assumed to have considered the find as a clue. A message received from Yakutat late Sunday at 17th District Coast Guard headquarters here said that the bone and trousers were being flown to Anchorage for investiga- tion. However, U. 8. Commissioner Gordon Gray reported that the ob- jects arrived here yesterday after 4 pm. and were turned over to the U. 8. Marshal's office for investi- gation. Short, Stocky Man Three Juneau doctors examined the bone which they said appeared to be the left foreleg and part of a foot from a short stocky human male and has been exposed less than a month. Gray said that the leg and foot bone, with cartilage attach- ed, had first been found on the beach and the trousers were found about 20 feet away. The trousers were from another person, offic~ fals in Anchorage ‘said. Further wearch revealed a spinal section. A check of the laundry marks i Uhe Blfek "BEar bratid Trousers, © 686" and “K 1096 WED,” was being made. The pants, size about 30 by 30 inches, had frayed cum, it vlu seport. i b Gray said that no pervon had been reported missing in that area recently. U. 8. Coast Guard district headquarters here today made It plain that it did not assoclate the trouser and bone find with either of the missing aircraft sought. in the Yakutat area. Across Monti Bay Headquarters said that the leg bones and trousers were found on the south side of Monti Bay, a small branch to the eastward of Yakutat Bay, and the spinal section was picked up qn the north side of Monti Bay. Both finds were be- tween high and low water marks.. The bones will be sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation lab- oratory in Washington, D. C., for study to determine the size, age, weight and other details of the person to whom they belonged. The Marshal's office said they would be enroute tomorrow. 9 Navy Men Die 'n Plane Crash; 2 Bodies Recovered SEATTLE, Aug. 7, —®— Eight Californians and an aviation tech- nician from West Virginia were aboard a navy patrol plane that crashed yesterday near the mouth of Puget Sound. Two bodies weer recovered with- in an hour of the crash on a low altitude training flight. The other six men are listed by the navy as missing. There was no hope for survivors as the air and sea search of the area continued today. All the men were members of the naval reserve who had re- urned to active duty, a 13th Na- val District spokesman reported. The plane belonged to a patrol squadron stationed at Sand Point Naval Air station in Seattle. The plane was a four-engine PB4-Y privateer. Aleutian due southbound Satur- day afternoon. Denali scheduled southbound Fri- day at 7 a.m, Alaska due northbound sometime Saturday. Freighter Sailor’s Splice in port from Seattle. Princess Norah arrives from Var- couver this afternoon. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Vancouver Saturday af- : -