The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1951, Page 1

SONGRESRIONAL %330 4 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,883 Reds and Allies "Happy’ Family — For 2 Hours, 11 L U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR- TERS, Korea, Aug. 10—P—Dead- | locked United Nations and Com- munist truce negotiating delegations | sat for two hours and 11 minutes in | dead silence today, each waiting for | the other to change his position | The unprecedented silence wae} precipitated, the United Nations | command said, when the Communist ‘ refused to talk about anything ex- | cept a buffer zone located where | they want it. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief U.N. delegate, proposed several | alternatives to break the dead- lock. Then he waited for North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam Il, head of the Red delegation to reply. Nam said nothing. For 131 minutes, nobody spoke. Air Charged “The air was full of electricity,” | said Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, official U.N. command spokesman. He said General Nam fidgeted in nervous embarrassment, smoked cigarets incessantly, drummed on the green-topped conference table with his fingers or his cigaret lighter, and glanced repeatedly at his wrist watch. Occasionally he received notes from staff officers behind him. But | he said nothing. The other four Communist Gen- erals held occasional whispered | conferences. Most of the time, Nuckols said, they remained impas- sive. Admiral Joy sat calmly, Nuckols said, “Writing notes in a detached sort of fashion.” Joy appeared patient, sometimes bored, Nuckols said. Joy finally broke the silence. | Whon negotistions vesumed sfter | a five day break, U.N. delegates of- fered a series of alternatives in- tended to break the disagreement oyer where to end the shooting war. The Communists turned all U.N. proposals down. The five Red Generals refused to consider anything except a buffer zone back along the 38th parallel. | The armistice talks appeared to! be at their most critical point since they began a month ago today. The U.N. communique indicated the ten- sion ridden conference might be nearing a breaking point. The Allies described the position of the Communists as “adamant.” For ten consecutive sessions delp- gates have been stuck on the ques- tion of where to create a buffer zone. Admiral Joy tried to break the | deadlock by proposing that negoti-‘ ators temporarily pass over this question and go on to the next point. That deals with *“concrete ar- rangements for the realization of military armistice and the resultant | cease-fire.” But Nam 11 refused. Professor Retires Alaska Universtiy | Dr. Enoch F. George, head of the University of Alaska physics department, retired August 1. He returned' to his old home in Lubbock, Texas but expects to spend his summers on Vancouver Island, B. C. where be owns.a tract of land, an announcement from the school said. He had held his position at the University since 1944. TheWashingion Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Béll Syndicate. Inc.. ASHINGTON. — Much of the | waste of Chinese Nationalist war supplies could be avoided if the millions of dollars worth of mun- itions we have sent to Formosa were handled diregt by the U. S: government and Supervised by us. Instead, a peculiar system of middlemen is used, thereby per- mitting graft, rake-offs and com- shaw to creep in. It's suspected that part of this is to help finance the China lobby which at times has had powerful ‘influence in the U. S. Senate. Just who is getting the rake-offs remains a mystery. Here is one illustration of how 2,956,170 galions of - aviation gaso- line was ordered for the Chinese air force on Formosa, a purchase costing a cool million dollars. This order was placed on Jan. 1, 1950—not during the hectic war days when the State Department white paper .tells of widespread graft in the Chinese army. —————————p i emepntn (Continued on Page Four) — Just Like Nota Word Minufes President fo Inquire Info West Point Wants Remedy Without ‘Killing Patient’ fo Cribbing Scandal WEST POINT, N. Y., Aug. 10—® —A private Presidential inquiry into football emphasis at the nation’s service academies—prompted by the cribbing scandal at the U. S. mili- tary academy here—was under way today. President Truman, an avid foot- | ball fan, told his news conference yesterday he was attempting to find a remedy for the situation at West Point without killing the pat- ient. All but a few of West Point’s var- sity football team were among the 90 cadets who have been dismissed for violating the academy's honor system by cribbing in exams. The Presidential inquiry will in- clude a study of the athlete re- cruiting system of the schools. Superintenden Pléased Meanwhile, West Point's Superin- tendent, Maj. Gen. Frederick A. Irving said he was “pleased” that Earl “Red” Blaik had decided to remain as head football coach and director of athletics at the avademy. Commenting on Blaik’s announce- ment made yesterday in New York, Irving said: “He is a fine forthright.centle~ man in whom I have the utmost confidence and I know he will act in the best interest of the military academy.” Meantime Blaik, a father and coach, began building his eleventh afmy football team today from the remnants of a squad that could have-been one the nation’s best until it was riddled by the current crib- bing scandal. Blaik’s Son Gone Gone is his son, Bob, who iden- tified himself as one of the 90 in- volved cadets yesterday just a short time after the father told sports writers in New York City he would stay as coach at the mil- itary academy. Young Blaik, who would have been a senior, was a quarterback. Some rated him as the nation’s best. Others who have identified them- selves as involved include Harold { loehlein of Kiimball, Minn., captain- elect of the team and president of the senior class; J. D. Kimmel, pow- erful Tyler, Tex., tackle; and Gibby Reich, an outstanding defensive back from Steelton, Pa. \Gamblers Helped Bring Resignation, Says Marshal Barr WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, —(®— One of Alaska’s U. S. Marshals has quit his job, attributing his decision in part to opposition by advocates of “wide open” gamb- ling. Besides, Frank Barr wrote the Justice Department, he has been offered a job by a former employ- er paying him nearly $200 more a month than his pay as Marshal of Alaska’s Fourth Division. President Truman accepted the resignation, effective last Tuesday.| Barr said in his letter of resig- nation: “Since taking office, 1 have been successful in keeping the gambling closed down in this area, but there has been an or- ganized campaign to discredit me by the gambling element, aided by quite a few towns- people and merchants who want a wide-open town.” Barr said that his opponent seemingly has been successful in implanting “suspicion and dist- rust” ig the minds of his super- iors, making it impossible for him to continue his work. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Aleutian due southbound Satur- day afternoon. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Vancouver Saturday af- ternoon. Prince George scheduled to arrive at 8:15 tonight. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1951 ‘Every Soulin U. S. Will Pay $1 a Day To Military Budget WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—P—The House was expected to approve to- day a $5,768,000,000 military con- struction bill aimed at bolstering U.S. defenses here and abroad against any Communist aggression. The Foreign Affairs committee last night okayed a $7,848,750,000 foreign aid bill to help friendly na- tions strengthen their military and economic muscles. The House may vote on this next week. Both measures together would add another $13,568,000,000 to the record peacetime $56,662,405,890 military budget passed yesterday by the House, 348 votes to two. Both pending measures will require Sen- ate approval and separate legisla- tion later actually putting up the money. The $56,062,405,890 bill to finance the armed forces for fiscal 1952 was strictly cash. Its prompt approval by the Senate was expected just as soon as routine committee consid- eration is compieted. It represents a cash charge of $364, or almost one dollar a day, for every man, woman and child in the United States during the fiscal year ending next June 30. Troops-fo- Europe Battle Knofs Senafe Connally’s Warning Re- vives Six-Division Ques- tion in Both Houses WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—®»—A warning by Senator Connally (D- Tex) that the U. 8. hay have to send more' than six divisions fo the At- lantic pact army has itensiried ui€ bitter troops-to-Europe battle. The issue which had Congress tied in knots earlier this year un- derwent a strong revival yesterday on both sides of the capitol. In passing a $56,062,405,890 money bill to finance the military estab- lishment for the fiscal year, the House declined by a vote of 131 to 84 to put a six-division lid on U. S. contributions to the European de- fense army. Connally's remarks, made at news conference, indicated that he may be concerned over the possibility of a similar Senate test. His warning brought critical response from sev- eral Republican Senators. The Senate checked its earlier controversy over troops for Eu- rope in a resolution which said “it is the sense” of the Senate that only four U. 8. divisions. . . in addition to the two already there. . . should be sent to Eu- rope. OnWayfoa MEMBER A Record SSOCIATED PRESS Zip! A Record WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, —(®— An Air Force “Stratojet” B-47 med- fum bomber has flown 2800 miles non-stop at an average speed of At_zero plus one second (left) the camera catches start of the record breaking flight of a Viking rocket at the White Sands, N. M, proving grounds. from the liquid oxygen fuel can be sten on rocket body. in climb toward a new 135-mile altitude record. tum which reached 4,100 miles per hour, (P Wirephoto. Exhaust blast is still in pit below rocket. (Center) rocket reaches the twenty-foot mark (R ight 100 feet up the rocket is rapidly gaining moment- Ice formation Long-Legged Bird Landing gear that won't op- Gt orTan airpostdhat dees not pass his inspection may be reasons the stork hasn’t landed recently at the Government Hospital. The old bird has not made a delivery for the past 12 days, said a hospital spokesman. An average of six or seven babies a month are born at the institu- tion, This means that deliveries must pick up for the rest of August if the stork is to adhere to his scheduled flight plans. Non-scheduled flights are not announced. e e o 0 0 0 News Briefs The Seattle Rainiers extended their lead to four games with a six- to one win over seventh place San Diego. Second place Hollywood @00 ececcvcscecssoiae ©®cec0cev0cccsssesr e However, this is not legally bind- ing on the President as commander- in-chief. Connally, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke out shortly after his group and the Senate Armed Services Committee wound up joint hearings on the ad- ministration’s $8,500,000,000 foreign aid bill . A similar bill—but cut to $7,848,- 150,000—cleared the House Foreign Affairs Committee last night by a 20 to 0 vote. It is slated for Rules Committee clearance next Monday, House debate starting Wednesday and House action by the end of the week. Girl Borrows Car, Crashes Truck, Gets $85 in Fines A sixteen-year old Juneau girl was cited into City Magistrate's court yesterday afternoon on char- ges of negligent driving and driv- ing without an operator's license. Police said she had borrowed a car from Willlam Forward and was driving down Willoughby Avenue when she crashed into a dump truck driven by Jim Neilsen at the turn by Thibodeau’s Gro- cery. About $50 worth of damage was done to the left rear fender of the truck, police said, and the left front fender of the car was damaged. A $50 fine for negligent driving was suspended but the girl paid a $35 fine on the charge of driv- ing without an operator’s license. METALS MEN ARE HERE Hubbard M. Smith and Norris W. Campbell of the Reynolds Metals Co., Seattle, are registered at the Baranof Hotel. dropped a two to five decision to Los Angeles. In other games, San Fran- cisco bopped Oakland 11 to four and Portland shaded Sacramento six to five. Republican backers of General D. Eisenhower have agreed with Pre- sident Truman’s guess that the five- star commander isn’t interested in the Democratic Presidential nomin- ation. Mr. Truman made the com- ment at his news conference yester- day, saying he didn’t think the gen- eral was a candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination and that he— the President— couldn’t help him get the Republican bid. The Atomic Energy Commission will begin a new series of small ex- plosions August 15 at the Indian Springs testing ground in Nevada. In it’s announcement yesterday, the commission did not say the blast would be of atomic origin but re- ferred only to “small amounts of high explosive: JUNEAU VISITORS Mr. and Mrs, M. D. Nowell of Bur- bank, Calif., are staying at the Hotel Juneau. WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport: Maximum, 61; minimum, 50. FORECAST (Jumeau and Vicinity) Juneau and vicinity contin- ued fair tonight and Saturday. Low tonight near 50 and high Saturday near T4. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — 001 inches; sipce July 1—3.19 inches. ee00 000000000000 e Seeks ‘Good Democrat’ fo (Carthy. Uses Immunity To Name ‘Communistic’ State Employees WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, —(®— Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) offer- ed today to let a “committee head- ed by a good Democrat” decide who is right in his latest feud with the State Department and some fellow Senators over his charges of Communism in govern- ment. He suggested Senator McCarran (D-Nev) and the Senate Internal Security subcommittee he heads. McMarthy used his Senatorial immunity from libel suits yes- terday to name in the Senate 26 persons he ‘identified as State Department officials and em- ployees “charged with Commun- ict activties.” This stirred majority leader Mc- Farland (D-Ariz) to protest vig- orously against what he called a Senator’s use of his immunity “to smear any individual” or become “a character assassin.” And Senator Lehman (D-NY) charged that McCarthy had given “shabby and dastardly treatment” to Ambassador Phillip G. Jessup, one of the 26 on McMarthy’s list. Jessup was not immediately available for comment but under Secretary of State Carlisle H. Humelsine issued a statement ac- cusing McCarthy of “smear tactics in making this misleading list of names public.” MecCarthy challenged this and declared he is anxious to have the McCarran subcommittee “de- cide the whole issue.” McCorthy's Senate speech, well | publicized in advance, drew large |crowds to the Senate public gall- eries, but few Senators listened to the entire exchange. City Law on Fire Alarm Not Observed By Eight Autoisis The 1-6 fire alarm Thursday at 3 pam. was used as a check by the Volunteer Fire Department to see | how many cars violated a city ord- | inance. The law states that all vehicles must stop while the alarm is sound- | ing. Fire Chief Minard Mill stated that most drivers were very cooperative. A car with license number 24201 followed the department’s truck, ac- cording to firemen. Autos that failed I;hilip—f. Jess;p 500 miles an hour. The flight yes- | terday--from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Witchita, Kas.—set a new distance record for planes of this type. The five hour, 36-minute flight was made to test the B-47 and col- lect long-range cruise control data. The jet bomber has been described as the backbone of the U. S. med- ium bomber fleet. | Yesterday's flight sxceeded by 200 | miles one made last May by a B-47 | between Hawall and California in{ five hours, 50 minutes. | i | SHREVEPORT, La., Aug. 10, — (M—Barksdale Air Force base re-‘\ ports that an RB-45 jet bomber | has averaged a speed of 886 miles | per hour—believed to be a rec- ord for that type of plane. This speed was made possible, it was explained yesterday, by a “jet air stream,” which traveled at a speed of from 225 to 300 miles per hour. The stream is an air current which encircles the earth at certain stratas of the atmos- phere. Barksdale sources said the plane’s average was made on a recent 13-minute 50-second 205- mile flight from Fort Worth, Tex., to Shreveport. Heads McCarthy's Dis-loyalty List WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, —®— Senator McCarthy listed to the Senate today what he said were the names of over 20 State De- partment officials and employees whose loyalty is under question. He topped his roll call with Am- bassador Phil C. Jessup as “the prize of them all.” The State Department shortly got out a statement in which it said the Wisconsin Republican had used “smear tactics” and was de- liberately violating the fundamen- tal tenet of “freedom from intimi- dation.” The statement said McCarthy's list includes the, names of *per- sons who are not employees of the Department of State, employees who have been cleared by the De- partment’s Loyalty Security board, as well as individuals in process through the loyalty program.” No names were mentioned in the statement. “Negotiated With Russians” In his Senate speech, McCarthy declared that Jessup, Ambassador- at-large, has “negotiated with the Russians much as Hiss negotiated with them at Yalta.” This was a reference to Alger Hiss, former State Department of- ficial now serving a prison term on conviction of lylng when he swore he never gave secret papers School Confracs On Oil and Freight Contyacts for hauling oil to various Juneau school buildings were awarded Tuesday evening at a regular meeting of the School Board. Reliable Transfer was success- ful bidder for oil hauling to the Juneau Grade School. Its bid was $3.50 per 420 gallon load. Caro Transfer was low with a bid for a like amount for hauling to the Willoughby School and Alaska Transfer and Storage Company won the contract for hauling to the Tee Harbor School. Alaska Transfer bid was $2.75 for the first 100 gallons with an addition- al charge of 1'%c per gallon over 1100. From a Hat As all bids offered were the same for hauling to the Alder Terrace Apartments, names were ldrawn from a hat with the result that that contract was awarded to North Transfer, Of the transfer companies bid- ding, two were left which had not reecived contracts for hauling oil. Their names were placed in a hat and one drawn for freight hauling for the school year of 1951-52. The name of Orme Trans- fer was drawn, School Sugerintendent Ster- to a Communist spy ring courler. McCarthy said he had turhed over a total of 106 names of gov- ernment employees suspected for loyalty but that 28 of them had been cleared. McCarthy delivered - his speech before crowded galleries but only about half the' Semators were at their desks. A7 Twits Democrats He - twitted = the.. Democrats by noting that ' former Democratic leader Lucas (Tll), Wwho challenged McCarthy last year to make names public, “is no longer with us,”and that Senator Tydings (D-Md) “al- so is no longer with us” . Tydings conducted ‘an ~ investi- gation last year of McCarthy's charges of Communist infiltration of the State Department and was one of ‘& Demogratic committee majority which called the charges a' “fraud.” Both Lucas and Tydings were defeated for reelection. WILLIAMS AND WIFE DUE HOME TUESDAY Attorney General J. Gerald Will- jams and Mrs, Williams are due home Tuesday from the south. The Attorney Genera} was in San | Francisco appearing before the | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for | the Territory and then attended an Attorney’s ' General conference in Seattle wher he was one of the main spea iers, They are returning via Pan Am- erican plane. to stop, said firemen, were: 1737, 1603, 24242, 1189, 17, 1462 'and a U. S. Mrs. Ellen Bowman of Wrangell @ @ o 0 0 o o o o v Signal Corps jeep numbered 32830. is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. ling Sears sald that in the fu- ture it will be the policy of the School Board to award the freight hauling contract for a full school term. However, the contract will mot be given to a company whivh has any other contract with the school for that year and no company will be awarded the freight hauling con- tract for two successive years. He added that the board feit this policy would divide the oil and freight hauling business with the school equitably be- tween Juneau's various transfer companies, Ralph E. Kibby, of the Channel Bus Line, was low bidder and re- ceived the contract for transpor- tation of school children from be- tween the Johnson Children’s Home and the city limits. LA SESSION LAWS RECEIVED BY MOORE Territorial Auditor Neil Moore was busy this morning finding storage place for books in his of- fice. He received 500 volumes of the 1951 session laws and 250 volumes for 1949. They arrived in Juneau yester- day from Seattle where they were bound after being printed by The Daily Alaska Empire. Moore said the 1951 volumes will sell for $22.08 each and the 1949 laws, which are reprints, are $7.14 per volume. B VISITOR FROM ANCHORAGE David J. Nichols of Anchorage is at the Baranof Hotel, said. This is the same district comb- ed yesterday. The Coast Guard cutter Storis continued to drag a portion of Mon- PRICE TEN CENTS Air Search Pressed; Landings Planned on Malaspina Glacier ——=& Search for two missing aircraft in the vicinity of the Gulf of Al- aska coast went forward today un- der excellént weather conditions. It was anticipated that 21 aircraft, in- cluding a light ski-wheel equipped plane, would be in the air today. Meanwhile, two members of the Juneau Icecap Research Project walked over the icefield to Juneau | yesterday because the 10th Air Res- cue C-47 servicing the camps had been tied up by bad weather and the search for the missing aircraft. Dr. Fred Golomb, expendition doctor from Bellevue Hospital, New York City, and Fred Milan of Fairbanks, made a three-day trek from a camp near the Canad- ian border acress the vast icefield and down Salmen Creek. They carried only sleeping bags and light equipment. Doctor Golomb was scheduled to leave here today for New York after five weeks with the expedition. The C-47, however, arrived here late this morning and was scheduled to make four or five landings on the icecap with about 5,000 pounds of supplies and equipment, Lt. Col. W. G. Walton, pilot of the plane, sald today. “If conditions permit we may land at the main camp of the Are- tic Institute on Malaspina Glacler Sunday to remove that camp,” Colonel Walton sald. “Landings will depend on snow conditions and other factors.” Search Continues Meantime aircraft were on the search today for a Canadian Pacific Airlines transport which disappear- ed 21 days ago off Cape Spencer and a Norseman aircraft overdue at Yakutat since July 27. Excellent weather yesterday per- mitted 28 aircraft to make 29 sorties involving 150 search hours. Planes from the 10th and 4th Air Rescue Squadrons, Ro; the U. S, Coast Guard and a Piper Cub piloted by Dr. Terris Moore, president of the University of Al- aska, particjpated in yesterday's op- erations, Continuing good weather raised hopes for good coverage by the 21 aircraft expected to be in the air today. It was anticipated that Dr. Moore’s light plane might make some glacier landings today. Area Probed Today's areas of search will cover glacier and mountain regions north and west of Yakutat to the Chugach Mountains. Icy and Yakutat Bays and from Cape Spencer to Yakutat, U. 8. Coast Guard headquarters ti Bay, near Yakutat where an oil slick had been reported two days ago. Beach parties are investigating the beaches of the vicinity. Leg and spinal bones found on a beach near Yakutat have been sent 40 Washington, D, C., for identifica- tion but no word has yet been re- ceived. The Canadian Pacific transport was carrying 38 persons on the first leg of a Vancouver to Tokyo-Korean airlift flight. Walter A. Wood, whose wife, Foresta, and 18-year-old daughter Valerie, were in the lost Norse- man, continued steadfast in his belief they would be found safe with pilot Maurice King. Wood has been at Yakutat since he and three others were picked off Mt. Hubbard Glacier by a 10th Air Rescue Squadron C-47 several days ago. He was engaged in ice research work for the Arctic Insti- tute.” Further south, heavy fog hamper- ed a search for a Queen Charlotte Airlines float plane which disap- peared six days ago on a 37-mile flight to the fishing village of To- fino, on Vancouver Island, B. C. Six loggers and the pilot were on board. Stock Quolafions NEW YORK, Aug. 10—®—Clos- ing quotation of American Can to- day is 114, American Tel. & Tel. 157%, Anaconda 45%, Douglas Air- craft 49%, General Electric 57%, General Motors 50, Goodyear 91, Kennecott 76, Libby, McNeill & Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 48%, Standard Oil of California 48%, Tdentieth Century Fox 20%, U. 8. Steel 41, Pound 2.79, Canadian Ex- change 95.12. Sales today were 1,260,000 sales. Averages today were as follows: industrials 261.92, rails 8099, util- ities 45.24. Mildred Powell of Seattle is regis~ tered at the Gastineau Hotel.