The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1951, Page 1

3STONAL AN N A THE D VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,895 Slight Hope Held for More Truce Talks Allied Troops Ready fo Whip Enemy if Reds Refuse fo Negotiate TOKYO, Aug. 24—(P—Only a tiny ray of hope remained today that Korean truce talks might be resumed. If they break down completely, the United Nations ground com- ‘mander said his troops will go back to fighting “with hate and eagerrass,” “We feel very confident we can whip the enemy in the pres- ent battle area,” Gen. James A. Van Fleet said at his Eighth Army Headquarters, The U. N. Command in Tokyo had not abandoned all hope for the armistice talks. Officers searched through anew message from top Communists for an indication that they might want to resume the Kaesong ar- mistice talks which they broke ofi abruptly Thursday. It was in this harshly worded message they found a ray of hope. Message From Kim The message was from Kim Il Sung, North Korean Premier and Supreme Commander, and Gen, Peng Teh Huai, commander of @hinese troops in Korea. It was addressed to Gen. Matthew B. Rigdway, top U. N. Commander. The protest, formally adjourn- ing negotiations, was based on the charge an Allied plane bombed Kaesong, narrowly missing "Red truce delegates—a charge dubbed by President Truman as a “new Communist masquerade” contain- ing “no truth.” The message said: “It is our hope that the armis- tice negotiations will procecd smoothly and that a just and reasonable agreement acceptable tc both sides will be reached.” But, it continued, because of “the deliberately] murderous bombing” the Reds declared “the meeting adjourned as from Augusi 23rd” to wait for Ridgway “to take responsible action with regard to this serious provocation by your side.” U. S. FIFTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Satur- day —®— Two Communist jet planes were shot down Friday when 24 American sabrejets at- tacked 40 Red MIGS over North Korea, Fifth Air Force Headquar- ters announced today. All the American turned safely. planes re- WASHINGTON, 24—P— Rep. Brooks (D-La) for use of the atomic bomb in Ko- rea if the Communists definitely end the Kaesong cease-fire talks. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON EN ROUTE THROUGH EUR- OPE — Here are some spot obser- vations. gathered in yarious parts of Germany regarding one of the most_important problems we face either in preventing war or win- ning a war after it gets started: Frankfort — High Commissioner Jack. McCloy, who is performing a remarkably fine job, is supposed to be the top man in Germany. He can and does set ‘aside German court decrees. He cgn give or with- hold American money, the life blood of Europe. He can order the American army to get out of this area or into that. But when it comes to Russians escaped from behind the Iron Curtain, High Commissioner Mc- Cloy has as much influence with the American ariny as a Commu- nist youth demonstrator in the east zone of Germany. The Amer- jcan military flouts his orders and thumbs its nose at McCloy much like the above Cemmunist youth demonstrator at the West German police. Perhaps because of this, the young socialite central intelligence agents of Gen. Bedell Smith and the amateur detectives in counter-intelligence do such a successful job of alienating these Russian escapees that a lot of them decide Soviet Russia is bet- ter than the much-vaunted west and return home. Just outside Frankfort is a Rus- sian refugee camp. Its name, its exact location, the number of Rus- slans in it are supposed to be top secret. Not even McCloy knows how many Russians are in it., Nor (Continued on Page Four) Aug. { called today ; | chanee for a happier future. Singer V|s| fs Honkers “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1951 Troops (an Rlde fo Fronl Dewey Decries "Frontier Socialism’ Likens Alaska fo Aus- fralia-Wishes Us Luck in Government After beginning in a light ¥ regarding his Alaska trip, V. 11 Thomas E. Dewey of New York}d swung into a serious dlscuuh& ot world affairs when he spol about 175 persons at the Chamber of Commerce this noon nt the Baranof Hotel. He declared he was “overwhelmed” by many facts he learned about the Territory with its limitless undevel- |1 oped resources during the past 84 years. “You still have only 140,000 per- sons here and half of them by grace of the defense effort. Alaska is 12 times bigger than my home State of New York, but we have 1,000 | times as many people,” he said. 0pera singer L-ulrnz Melchoir, a good man for a gag or a wnoefl locks in on the geese in Seattle’s Woodland Park. Melchoir recently had trouble with Florida game authorities when he was pictured with an over-the-limit bag of geese on them belonged to him. The singe: » ercpnoto. a hunt. He protested o:fly one of r is in Seaitle on a concert tour. Slx Buii Moose Retewe lovely "Grani-in-Aid’ from Beneficent Untle Sam - a Willing Femme a big bun mnnw of a transplanted herd neat’ ‘het¢ have a fighting The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice has brought them one of the nicest presents a bunch of bull moose ever received from a benificent gov- ernment. It’s lady moose. For a year, the herd rollcall has included six bulls and a belle. It wasn't considered a happy situation from either the standpoint of the gentleman moose or the govern ment agents, The latter are inte asted in keep a “balance of nature” Roughly speaking, that's 1t t the bull moose are in- terested in, too. a e 'fl-u«mw*m&fifi‘ll, - ‘Big Fish Deall believe in bigamy. The new feminine addition to the herd arrived in the best of modern transport—an airplane. To keep her company on the flight—and possibly to bolster her courage for the ex- perience—a bull moose was assign- ed to fly with her. The lady was willing. She walk- ed right into the plane. It took four struggling men to push the timid male in with her. The plane landed safely with the herd additions. Of course, it means which is sort of a hauling coals to Newcastle proposition, but the per- centage is better. Wildlife Agent } Holger Larsen predicts the com- | petition is going to be terrific. Alaska’s Audiior Turns Down Seward Hospital Youcher Another disallowetl voucher for| funds from Alaska’s treasury was on Territorial Auditor Neil Moore's desk this morning. Yesterday he dis- allowed the sum of $5 for transport- ating Governor Dewey's bags to town from the air t. Today’s amount was for $82,070, and was requested by Dr. C. E. Al- brecht of the Board of Health, as the share for construction home at the Seward Territory’s of a nurses’ hospital. Moore, in giving his reason for not honoring the voucher, said the Sew- ard hospital was a private institu- tion, owned by the Women’s Divi- sion, Christian Service Board of Missions of the Methodist church, and Chapter 81 of the 1949 session laws of Alaska, which provides for aid to hospitals, limits such aid to commuzity operated non-profit hos- pitals, “Construction of such a private- ly owned institution is not, and can not be classed d4s a community pro- ject,” Moore stated. The Federal government, under the Federal Hospital Survey and Construction Act, has appropriated $164,140 for the project and owners of the hospital have put up a sum similar to that requested from the Territory. DAN MAHONEY FAMILY IS CALIFORNIA BOUND Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mahoney and their young son left aboard the Prin- cess Louise this morning on their way to Arcata, California where they will join his mother who preeceeded them south several weeks ago, call- ed by the sudden death of her broth- er. The Mahoney family plans to live in Arcata this winter, where the senior Mrs. Mahoney, widow of the late Marshal William A. Mahoney, ! will establish her home, 50 Juneau Service Businesses Must File Ceiling Prices Over 900 service establishments in* Alaska are now required to file their celing prices with the Territor- ial Office of Price Stabilization, Fred G. Hanford said today. Hanford estimated there are about 50 such businesses in Juneau. He gave as types affected those of cleaning and pressing shops, laund- ries, all kinds of repair shops, de- livery services, and any service where the custoraer is charged an hourly rate. The deadiine for filing the ceil- ing prices is Sept. 25. One copy of the prices is to be filed with the local Office of Price Stabiliza- tion and a carbon, or copy, is to be posted in the place of business by the same date, Hanford said. All service trades in Alaska have heretofore been controlled by the Geenral Ceiling Price Regulation, which froze their prices to the level of the period Dec. 19, 1950-Jan. 26, 1951. They are now under celing re- gulation No. 34, in effect in the stat- es since May 16. “Placing service trades under CPR 34 will have little affect on their prices,” Hanford said. “The main difference is that they must now place their price lists on file with the OPS, They did not have to do this before.” Hanford pointed out that service businesses which have raised their prices since Jan., 26 have done so illegally. Under the new regulation, however, provision is made for price adjustments in cases where a seller’s costs have gone up. FROM SEATTLE Irv Cunz, U. 8. Rubber represen- tative from Seattle, is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. NOTICE Who is Mr. Bazaar???? 894-1t there is now another extra male, He said he regarded Alaska 88 the great, open, undeveloped frontier of the United States. “Australia also, is an undeveloped frontier but I hope you don't get their brand of soclalism—I wish you luck,” he said seriously. Alaska Defénse Dewey spoke of Alaska defense as a primary interest but said that it is being defended on fighting fronts in Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaya. He pointed out our proximity to Russia at the Bering Strait "justr as one of the Japanese islands is |only three miles from a Russian island on which the Soviet is build- ing up fighting divisions.” “World War II has never stop- ped and the third world war is under way,” he said, “full scale wars are going on in the countries muued _and three more are dom from the uhn bomb nnd ‘ opportunity to escape our obli- | gations in this world as long as Comunism occupies the Kremlin.” “The Russians are doing very well,” he said, by peaceful means in bringing more lands and peoples in- to their orbit and we must vigorously resist them. Treat Equally “We must learn to treat the peo- ples of the free world with equality and understanding to keep our alli- ances. We cannot remain free with- out them.” On the lighter side the New York governor reminded his audience that he had a standing invitation from Alaska'’s governor for the past nine years to visit the Territory and he was glad to have accepted it. § qulck dllmnnnllnx. Armed infantrymen sit in a new MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS armored troop carrier designed to protect them against small arms fire and shell fragments while they | ride to forward combat posts. Big Ones, Loke Presidency. Slip Off Dewey’s Hook:; éRut He Got a ] 4-Pounder “Nervous' Seems Hardly the Word ® ELIZABETH, N. J, Aug. 24— Mrs. Elsie Petgozello of Spring- field won a divorce yesterday on grounds of cruelty. She test- ified her husband's habit of throwing knives, forks and wa- ter at her made her “nervous.” ® 0o 0 0 0.0 00 0 00 Ouf at Theatre More than 300 youngsters filled thie front seats of the 20th Century theater last night to see the award- | ing of the Junior Trout Derby prizes. Donald Barcus won first prize, a bicycle with his 4-pound, 1-ounce trout. Second prize, a sleeping bag, went to Casey Harris for a 3-pound, 15- ounce fish. Three were tied for third place with fish weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces each. The prizes were boxed in identical boxes and Kenneth Merritt drew the box containing a | complete fishing outfit of creel, rod, He pointed out that he and Gov. Earl Warren of California were the two oldest elected governors who had been attending gover- nors’ conferences consistently. Fish Grades Differ In recounting his fishing adven- tures the Governor admitted that he was not a good fisherman but while fishing yesterday he caught a cod which the Alaskans aboard the ves- sel Manana, tossed back contempt- ously. “Where I come from, the cod is considered a respectable fish,” he laughed. His second catch, he said, was 8 red snapper which received the same treatment and added, “To me a red snapper would be at the top of the menu.” The third fish was a 12-pound king salmon which he was allowed to keep. Governor Dewey was introduced by Herbert S. Rowland, Chamber president. Paul Lockwood, associa- ted with Dewey for 15 years, was also introduced. Besides Dewey, Lockwood, and Rowland at the head table were Gov. and Mrs. Ernest H. Gruen- ing, Governor's Aide Capt. Don Morrison, Chamber secretary F. O. Eastaugh, Miss Annabelle Simp- son of Life Magazine staff and Ray McFarland of Libby, McNeil and Libby. In conclusion Dewey said, “I hope to induce my wife to join me and come back to Alaska sometime for a real vacation.” Scriver Relatives Sought by Elks Lodge Efforts to locate relatives of James H. Scriver, former Juneau resident who died Aug. 14 at Big Delta, have proved unsuccessful, William Biggs, Elks Lodge secretary, said today. Scriver was a member of Juneau Lodge No. 420 and was buried at Fairbanks on Aug."2l. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of any of | his relatives are requested to con-| tact Biggs. 5 and tackle. camera. Rudy Maier got a fishing outfit the same as Merritt's. Fom Peters, who had entered a 3-pound, 4-ounce trout, got a fish- ing rod, an airplane kit with motor donated by Nina’s, and a belt knife and hatchet set given by Pan Ameri- can Aijrways. Fishing Trip Joe Albayalde and Russell Hop- kins tied wlt.h 8-pound fish and each got a Coastal Airways to a good trout lake. Lynn Barcus, the only girl win- ner, was awarded a complete fish- ing outfit of rod, reel and tackle plus a candy fish that Mrs. James Orme brought back from Oregon. Joe Thomas and Douglas Boyd tied with 2-pound, 8-ounce trout. Each won year passes to the the- aters. Thomas was out of town but his pass will be sent to him at Fish Bay by Alaska Coastal Airlines. B. F. Dunn presided as master of ceremonies. He introduced James Orme, member of the board of di- rectors of the Territorial Sportsmen, Inc., who sponsored the kid event, and whose idea it was in the first place. Orme received an enthusiastic ovation and said he hoped that a regular “derby day” could be ar- ranged for the Junior Trout Derby next year, Foster Sportsmanship Dunn explained that the object of the derby is to develop and foster good sportsmanship, interest in fish- ing and the outdoors. He pointed out that one of these days some of the youngsters in the trout derby would be running the bigger event, the Golden North Salmon Derby “Carrying out the derby would not have been possible,” Dunn said, “without the fine cooperation of the Juneau-Young and Thomas Hardware stores which took regis- trations, weighed in the fish and kept the records.” He said that the prize display would be at Juneau-Young and Norman Clark got the | ishing trip on Alaska | The vehicle runs on a full track, like . @ tank, and Is powered by six-cylinder engine. “of 12 men anywhere a tank can operate, U. S. Army Photo via (® Wlnpholo It can carry a squad Double rear doors permit Thomas E. Dewey of New York tangled with Alaska’s famed fight- ing salmon yesterday and had a one out of four batting average. The Governor was the first in the party to land one of the silver beaut- ies, a 14-pounder. He hooked three others, but. they, like the Presidency, were the big ones that got away. The Governor’s secretary, Paul Lockwood, landed two. He also lost one of about 36 pounds. Capt. E. M. Galvin of the New York State Police and Ray Borst of the Buf- falo Evening News each caught 12 pounders, ;. Governor Dewey had expecled to be a spectator only. but membe of the party said he became an en- thusiastic fisherman after landing the first one in 15 minutes. He fished aboard the chartered yacht Manana out of Ketchikan. iLnler he transferred to the Brant] | Fish and Wildlife Service boat, spending the night at Tracy Arm. |He arrived back in Juneau this | morning. $11 Million Airport At Anchorage Wil ‘Open in October ANCHORAGE, Aug. 24—(®—Op- ening of the new $11,500,000 In- ternational Airport here is sched- uled early in October, A. A. Lample announced yesterday. Lample administrator of public airports for the Civil Aeronautics Administration, said construction was progeeding’as rapidly as pos- sible so airlines may evacuate fa- cilities at Elmendorf Air Force base which are badly needed by the Air Force. Originally scheduled to begin operations Aug. 15, International | Airport construction has been de- layed repeatedly by a lag in the delivery of materials. A temporary passenger office be- ing erected is expected to be com- plete by the time operations- begin in October. Work on permanent administration . buildings .should be completed in the next construc- tion season. 5 0006000 0 00 . . WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 54; minimum, 49, FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Lowest temperature tonight near 46 and highest Saturday about 64. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — .14 inches. since July 1—5.37 inches. e 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 the awards will be given at the Cap- ital theatre next year. Dunn said: that the Daily Alaska Empire had been generous in giving stories about the progress of the derby and the list of registrations. ‘The 20th Century theatre manage- ment reported that 175 children at- | tended the show as guests of the Sportsmen and the rest paid their own way. KETCHIKAN, Aug. 24—®—Gov. (atalina Flying Boat Crash Kills 8 Reservists ATLANTA, Aug. 24—P—A Navy Catalina flying boat carried eight men to a flaming death last night in a crash down a 60-foot cliff at the end of a runway. The dead, four officers and four enlisted men, were reservists on two weeks active duty at the Naval air Islntlon here. [laming Engine Drops off B-29; |Safe Landing Made TAMPA, Fla, Aug. 24— P —A flaming engine dropped off a B-29 plane today just before the pilot brought the superfort in for a safe emergency landing. The 2,500-pound engine fell when the plane was at a 1,500-foot alti- tude. It landed near one of the en- trances to MacDIill Air Force base. Airmen said 1st Lt. Paul K. Greenwade of Farmersville, Texas, the pilot, skillfully brought in the big ship “like a fighter plane.” It fully loaded with gasoline. ‘The left inboard engine burst in- to flames shortly after the ship, with its 10-man crew, had taken off from MacDill on a training flight. 150 Feared Dead As Dam Bursts in Hurricane Wake MEXICO CITY, Aug2é —P— Fifty persons were feared dead today from' the flood of a burst- ing dam which yesterday wiped out a whole village in the wake of a spent-out hurricane. The dam at Cardenas, 150 miles north of here, crumbled under the pressure of heavy rains which followed a killer hurricane. The hurricane itself had left more than 150 dead in Jamaica, slam- med into the Gulf of Mexico and left one person dead in the oil port city of Tampico before spend- ing itself against the Mexican mountains. The government railways said 27 bodies of persons living in the | town—=a few hundred feet below | the dam had been recovered. About 23 others were missing. Searchers were still hunting in the corn fields below the dam. Waterfront Fire Destreys Tacoma Boat Company TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 24—(P— | A costly waterfront fire destroyed the Tacoma Boat Building Co., early today. Fire chief Charles Eisenbacher said company officials estimated damage would exceed $1,000,000. Arne E. Strom, company president, would not confirm the estimate. The company manufactures fishing boats and recently was wwarded a |navy ming sweeper contract. Flames covered a whole city block and, at the peak of the hree-alarm blaze, was visible for miles. Ten engine companies, two truck companies and a fire boat had the fire under cnotrol about n hour after the first alarm at {08 am. Cause of the fire was not im- mediately determined. Ship Movements Princess Kathleen due north- bound Saturday at 3 p.m. Aleutian due to arrive bound Sunday noon. Denali due southbound noon, sails at 2:30 p.m. Alaska scheduled to arrive bound Saturday evening. Baranof due northbound Tues- day evening, south- Friday north- pp——— PRICE TEN CENTS 50 Killed When United Near Oakland Fleld By JERRY T. BAULCHM. OAKLAND, Calif, Aug. 24—iP— | Fifty persons died on the crest of a low hill near here today as a million- dollar air liner crashed and disinte~ grated. There were no survivors. Hours later broken bodies were being taken from the shattered wreckage of the United Air Lines plane. At the top of the hill there lay the body of a little tow-headed boy. His skull was grusied. - Others lay in the tangled in a ravine. The plane, a D! non-stop from Chicago {8 The flight originated in Boston last night, and the four-engined ship had stopped at Hartford and Cleveland, in addition to Chicago. In Chicago, United Air Lines sald the list of 44 passengers was sketchy, with some names incomplete, and few home towns listed. Five Minutes Only five minutes before the plane was to have landed at Oak- land airport, it crashed inexplicably into & low hill 1'% miles east of Decoto, a farming community about ten miles southeast of Oakland. Three minutes before the crash, Pilot Marion W. Hedden of Los Altos, Calif., had given the control tower a routine report. ‘Then residents of the area were startled by a flaming flash and the rumble of a blast. The six crew members and the passen died when the huge liner plowed into the hill. The shattered debris rained down for 200 yards as the plane slid into the sharp | ribbed ravine at the base of the knoll. The DC-6-B type plane has been in United Air Line service sincc Aug. 1. TIts use has been the sourse of a controver: tween [ SRR various air lines. Cause of Strike Last June the pilots struck United for ten days, demanding that their mileage pay be geared to the hand- ling of the faster and larger plane. There was no road to the tragic scene. Ambulances and other res- cue cars slipped and slid over the smooth dry grass as they tried to make their way up the slopes and through the many small ravines. About two acres of grass and scrub brush burned as the fire and blast shook the giant liner into a thousand pleces. Baggage, personal effects, letters, | clothing and bodies were strewn over the area, but most was found in the ravine at the foot of the | hin, Engines Scattered Pieces of the four engines were scattered over the grass and brush | patches. It was just a bumd hill- \slde of debris. ‘Thtee hours after the crash thir- teen bodies had been recovered and placed in ambulances. | Joe F. Angel, who operates a motor | tow services in nearby Hayward, | said he saw the fire and started | toward it. He said he heard a sec- ond explosion about 25 minutes after | the crash. The Weather Bureau sald vis- ibility was about six miles, and the cloud celling was between 1,100 | and 1,500 feet at the hour of the crash, Photographer Paul Strong of the Associated Press San Francisco Bu- reau flew over the scene a short | time after the crash and said heavy | fog had settled over the hilltop. His pilot said he had never seen such demolition in a crashed airplane. In addition to Captain Hedden, the crew members—all Californians — were First Officer George A. | Jewett of Redwood City, who made 30 missions in World War II as | pilot of B-24s; Flight Engineer Mario A. Durante of Sausalito: Arthur W. Kessler, 42, of Redwood City, veteran of 20 years with UAL, who was on the trip as flight ob- server after a vacation trip to Chi- |cago, and Stewardesses Marilyn | Murphy of San Mateo and Le Verne | Sholes of Palo Alto. ‘FBI fo Inmhgale Possible Sabofage OAKLAND, Calif. Aug. 24—P— ‘The FBI said today it was investi- gating this morning’s United Air | Lines plane crash in which fifty | persons died. The terse announcement said “The FBI is making an inquiry to determine whether sabotage has been committed.” The statement was issued over the I name of Harry Kimball, FBI agent ‘v,,, (Continued on Page Eight)