The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1951, Page 1

SONGR LIBRAR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,898 Red Plane Made Fake Raid: Ridgway "Unidentified’ Plane Flew Over Area, Says U. N Commander By DON HUTH ‘TOKYO, Aug. 28—®—The United Nations command charged today that the Communists sent one of their own planes through the mo- tions of bombing Kaesong last Wed- nesday and then blamed the Allies for the attack. The charge was contained in a bulletin released by the Public In- formation Office at Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway’s headquarters as the U.N. Commander studied a Com- munist note that could shatter hopes of a truce in Korea. “There is as yet no indication as°to the nature of the reply Gen- eral Ridgway wil make to the latest Communist letter,” the Pub- lic Information office said. The Reds offered to resume truce talks — which they broke off last| Thursday — on certain conditions. Primarily, they want Ridgway to say a U.N. plane bombed the Kae- song neutral area Wednesday. He has already said no U.N. plane was even in the area. He told the| Communists they manufactured the incident. Less than 24 hours after the Reds rejected this, Ridgway's public in- formation office restated the same position in detail. Unknown Plane It said no U.N. planes were in the area at the time of the attack but that an unidentified plane was. It added: ©° “It is beyond doubt that this was a Communist aircraft. “All evidence established the clear conclusion that on the night of Aug. 22 the Communists per- petrated a_deliberate fraud.” The reiease said there were 16} bomb craters, no bomb: fragments, | “no evidence on the ground of a United Nations command air at- tack.” The Reds asked Ridgway to make a new investigation of their evidence of the asserted bombing. To this, the public information office com- mented the Reds have had time to prepare “more convincing evidence of a bombing.” “Transparent” “The original evidence was SO transparent as to immediately indi- cate the fraudulent nature of the bombing charge,” the release said, “but this defect in the evidence could be cured. “Should the investigation be re- opened it is probable that much more convincing evidence of a bombing attack would be presented.” Officials at general headquarters said it was virtually unthinkable Kor_ean War Map sy JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1951 Truman Asks Betier |law Enforcement | In Alaska 100 More Deputy Mar- shals Urged-Wants Cor- dova:Road Connection By Frank W. Vaille ! WASHINUGTON, Aug. e 28—IP— President Truman has asked govs| 2 K argest Piece Solid arrows on map show areas of limited offensives by United Na- tions forces in Korea as Reds broke off cease-fire talks over alleged U. N. air attack en Kaesong. Opens arrows indicate Red forces. Scuth Korean forces (1), backed by fire from U. 8. warships, ended a five-day successful fight for chain of hills in east central Korea. On central front (2), Allies repulsed an attack on positions north of Kumhwa. To the west of the old “Iron Triangle,” northwest of Yonchon (3), Communist troops were object of a heavy artillery barrage. (®) Wirephoto Map. Korea 'a Blessing !ihips Diverting In Disguise,’ Says iFrom Seward as Marine Corps Head Concilation Begins ernment agencies to prepare a'pros . gram to improve law enforcement in. Alaska. B: Delegate Bartlett of Alaska_told reporters the question was a majog topic in his 20-minute meeting -wil the President at the White, Hous! today. & Bartlett sald the President- ferred to a recent Department 3 Justice report urfing 100- deputies for the four U. S. Marsh: als in the Territory. ! Despite a doubling of its popuid‘ tiong Alaska has 11 fewer deputie than it had 20 years ago, the Delé. gate said. P Wants Program- He added the President ‘told Ifll"\' | J he has’asked the Secretaries of Ag- riculture and Interior and the At torney General to submit a program to improve law enforcement in Territory. The President was outspoken, Bartlett said, in behalf of immed- iate construction of a highway link between Cordova and the Richardson Highway. “Mr. Truman got out an atlas and went over the road in detail, referring to the mineral possibilities of the area,” the Delegate declared. I;nilorial Navy Back in Calm Waters; Indian Allo}neys Blast NEW YORK, Aug. 28—®—The| Korean war was a “blessing in dis- guise,” says Marine Corps Comman- dant Clifton B. Cates, because of its effect on U.S. national defense. The human sacrifices in Korea, he adds, “contributed a considerable SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 28—(®— | A government conciliator started conferences here yesterday in an attempt to end the waterfront strike | in this shipping gateway to Alaska. | Albin L. Peterson, of the Seattle | office of the federal conciliation ser- Bartlett added he urged the Pre- MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS of Wretkqge ‘Rescuc workers look over the largest picce of wreckage found after a UAL DCGB air liner, enroute from (Chircago to Oakland with 50 persons, including six crewmen abox pear Oakland. Calif, in the early morning fog. M Wirephoto. = PRICE TEN CENTS Seventh Plane Crash Kills 5 One Badly Injured When Float Craft Hits amount to the defense of America, because if we hadn’t had Korea — God help us if we had started a war.” Gen, Cates, addressing the 52nd | national encampment of the Vet-| érafts 6f Foreign WArs, Safd yester= day the United States is “four times as strong” now as when the Korean war started 14 months ago. Wash-out Repaired On Alaska Highway; Road Open fo Traffic | ™ *ewecs g d | The management has withheld The Alaska Highway, which was|comment on the strike, except to reported closed from Haines Junc-|japel it an illegal action. The union tion to the Canadian-American|jeaders have denied it. border last week is now open to| Seward is the main port for the traffic, A. F. Ghiglione, commis- | «rajl belt” cities, such as Anchor- sioner of the Alaska Road Com-|age and Fairbanks, but army-built mission, said today. | Whittier is an alternate. Longshore Heavy rains caused a trestle to|equipment, jitneys and lifts have wash out over the Donjek river at | been shipped from here, presumably Mile 1130. Ghiglione, in a tele-|to Whittier. phone conversation late yesterday | | vice, conferred first with Frank Setterston of the Northern Steve- | doring Commpany. The strike started Saturday against the firm. It was called by the Seward local: oF g Titerrational ongsAoremen and Warehousémeén’s Union (Ind) in support of a demand for an in- | crease in the 15 percent pay dif- | ferential for the higher Alaska cost | of living. The 15 percent is above the Pac- ific coast scale. The umnion com- mittee contended the Seward cost of living index is actually 46 per- sident to give his personal attention to the Alaska Public Works program which the Delegate described as far less effective than had been hoped.” Now in its third five years, the program has received appropriations of only $16,000,000 of the $70,000,000 originally authorized for it, Bart- lett said. The Delegate is leaving tonight for Alaska. The Interior Department is trying. to Work out means of keeping the| Richardson Highway and Alaska's other key transportation routes op2n next winter. James P. Davis, director of the department’s division of territor- ies, told a reporter that winter maintenance of the Richardson highway is “still in discussion among the various departments.” Davis said plans for the main- tenance have been made, but act- ual methods of doing“ the work with the funds that will be avail- able have not been yet completed. “We are giving the problem care- ful consideration, and have been discussing it with the military au- thorities,” Davis said. Sumner Strait Veuchers Are Paid _It's “heave ho” and calm waters again, for Alaska’s “navy”—the M/V Chilkoot. g The snag it hit two weeks ago in Territorial Auditor Neil Moore’s of- fice when two vouchers against it were disallowed, has been 'blasted and the payments approved. One was for a $2800 insurance pr .and_the other $600 in fines ag the owners -of the barge. ‘Hoth had been submitted by the of- fice of the Territorial highway en- gineer under which the vessel op- erates a ferry service between Ju- neau, Haines and on some trips, | Skagway. Moore had disallowed the insur- ance voucher because, he said at the time, the premium payment had not been prorated. The policy had been taken out May 9, 1951 to run one year. The Territory did not buy the barge until June 9. Form- er owners, Robert Sommers, Steve Homer and associates had paid $900 of a $3,700 total for two policies covering insurance on the boat and liability for passengers and freight. Upon being presented with a new voucher containing specific data on payments, Moore ordered the $2,800 paid. “As to the $600 in fines against Alaska Panel; ‘Confiscation that Ridgway would retract his charge that the entire incident was a frameup. The Washington Merry-Go-Round By’ DREW PEARSON Editors Note: wtih this column, Drew Pearson concludes his re- porting on Europe and will go on a two-week vacation. During his absence the column will be written by distinguished guests— the chairman of the atomic en- ergy commission, members of the cabinet, of* Congress and others. ¥ The Bell Syndicate MUNICH. — At this writing it looks as if the Czech Communists had adopted the same strategy toward the “winds of freedom” operation as the U. 8. Army did toward the Japanese balloons of death which floated all the way across the Pacific during the war. What the army was afraid of was that the Japs would realize how successfully their balloons were getting across the vast 5,000- mile stretch of the Pacific; there- fore, the balloons’ arrival was one of the most carefully censored pieces of news of the entire war. The army adopted this policy even though it risked the lives of many Americans who did not know that the balloons carried bombs. And as a result, five children and the wife of Rev. Archie Mitchell of Bly, Ore, while on a picnic, went to examine a strange ball- oon in a tree and were Kkilled. Adoption .of the same policy of silence by the Czech government means either that the Commun- ists don’t want us to know that the balloons have been hitting their target; or else Prague is frantically consulting Moscow as (Continued on Page 4) with Lt. Col. J. S. Beeman, senior highway engineer of the North- west Highway System, was advised that repairs have been completed and the entire highway from Haines to Fairbanks is in good condition. Thursday Hearing Will Decide Fish Season Exiension Whether to extend the commer- cial fishing season beyond scheduled closing date of Sept. 3 will be discussed at a meeting in the Fish and Wildlife Service of- fice Thursday afternooh at 2 o'clock. This was announced today by C. Howard Baltzo, assistant reg- ional director of the service who will preside at the meeting. All interested persons are invi- ted -to attend. Fish and Wildlife officials, as well as packers and the Canned Salmon Industry have been mak- ing surveys of the late run of pinks and their findings will be considered. Seton® Thompsan, head of the Alaska fisheries for. the service, will be ir Jdneau to assist atthe meeting. Yo is at presen in the Prince of Wales area watching the fish run. CONCERT ASSOCIATION WILL HAVE MEETING AT ELKS HALL TONIGHT Ticket sale plans for the Juneau- Douglas Concert Association will be made tonight at a meeting of interested Channelites in the Elks Hall. The meeting has been called for 8 o'clock, and Mrs. John McCor- mick, president has asked that ev- the | | The pasenger ship 8.8. Alaska | of the Alaska Steamship Company was diverted to Whittier yester- day. It was there today. | Southbound passengers were leav- ing Seward for Whittier by train. Contractors’ supplies have been | affected materially by the strike ‘This is the main port of entry for | them. In an emergency, ships can by- | pass Whittier and go directly to An- | chorage, also. Some ships have un- loaded there this year to avoid the congestion of the Seward docks, but it takes a long loop around Kenai | Peninsula to get into Cook Inlet. Couldn't They Mak A Lengshoreman Out of Him! e SEWARD, Aug. 28—(®—This ® Alaska railroad port city was so ® quiet last night, as a resulf of o the waterfront strike, that a ® black bear ambled down the © main street of the business dis- ® trict. e It investigated the railroad @ depot and dock, then took to ® the hills after a watchman took @ a shot at it. e o o .0 0 0 0 0 o o o e 0000 0 0 0 WEATHER 'REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for M4-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 67; minimum, 41. FORECAST (Juneau and. Vicinity) Fair tonight and Wednes- day. Lowest temperature to- night about 46 degrees and highest Wednesday near 70. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today Pink Run Good; the ‘owners’ of the vessel” Moore West Coast Poor Outer Summer Strait, Tuxekan and Tebenkof, are beginning to make a good showing for the late run of pinks but the west coast is poor. This was the word brought to Juneau today by C. Howard Balt- 20, assistant regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Baltzo, with Seton. Thompson, chief of the Alaska division of fish- eries for the service, and Frank Hynes, fisheries management sup- ervisor, made an aerial survey of southeastern Alaska fishing area: over the weekend. He said seiners in west coast waters off Cape Addington are at a virtual standstill, as far as fish- ing goes. The west and east coasts of Prince of Wales Island are as bad, Baltz reported but added that Thompsor. 5 and Hynes are aboard the service vessel Brandt in that area watching to see if a run materializes. He said that numerous requests are already coming in for an ex- tension of the season beyond Sept. 3, when it is scheduled to close. Baranof and Ohichagof districts seem to have had their late runs Baltzo said. The only exception ir|. that area is a run into Sisters Lakg which appears excellent. “The res! of the area is disappointing” he said, He pointed out that one of the brilliant features of the year i the excellent cohoe run. “It has been very profitable for trollers and gill- netters. “So many fish have been available that canneries have been buying them for canning, which is unusual Cohoes are geénerally sold to cold storages and shipped south frozen.” GOES_TO SEATTLE Charles W. Peters price executive said, “I could not honor that voucher until I was sure what agreement had been' made with Sommers and Homer at the time of the purchase.” He said he had not been shown the purchase agreement until after he disallowed the voucher. “It appears,” he said, “the form- er owners agreed to knock the $600 off the purchase price if the Ter- ritory would pay it. The Territor- ial road , handling the trans- action, consented but neglected to indicate any such information on the voucher or to inform me of such an agreement made. I felt it my duty to disallow the voucher until I was informed of the facts.” . Moore said that Monday Terri- torial ‘Treasurer Henry Roden had brought the agreement in for him to ‘tead. Today Moore ordered the $600 fine paid. The fine was levied by the Coast Guard on June 4 against the owners of the vessel, who were at the time, Sommers and ‘Homer, for carrying freight from ‘ Seattle to Juneau without proper-certificate. Stock Quofations NEW YORK, Aug. 28—P—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 116, American Tel. and Tel. 160%, Anaconda 46%, Douglas Aircraft 53, General Electric 59's, General Motors 49%, Goodyear 94, Kennecott 79%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9, Northern Pacific 48%, Standard Oil of California 51, Twentieth Century Fox 19%, U. 8. Steel 41", Pound 2.79 15/16, Canadian Exchange 94.50 Sales today were 1,270,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 26558, rails 79.02, util- ities 44,66. SOMMERS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Sommer ® | with the Territorial Office of Price | turned from a pleasure trip into the eryone interested in making a success of the 1951-52 concert season attend. At Airport — None; since July 1—5.52 inches. ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 © | Stabilization, left today for Se-|Interior: during the past month ® attle to attend a hearing in regard’ They visited Atlin, Whitehorse, Fair- ® to ceiling prices on canned salmon. banks, Anchorage and Seward, Withouf Compensation’ By FRANK W, VAILLE WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — (B — Indian representatives have bitterly attacked a proposed bill to set up a special ‘Alaska panel within_ the Indian Claims Commission. | _ Sponsors tontehid the hHl would provide an orderly proeedure for settling the disputed title to Alaska land. But two witnesses, James E. Curry attorney for the Alaska Native Brotherhood and National Cengress of American Indians, and Mrs. Ruth Bronson, executive director of the Indian Congress, differed with that interpretation yesterday. Appearing before the House In- dian Affairs subcommittee, they centered their attacks on a single clause which would prohibit any claimant from being awarded “ex- clusive rights in coastal waters beyond the low. water mark.” Mrs. Bronson asserted the phrase amounted to “confiscation without compensation” of the Indian claims to water and fishing rights. Adverse Curry agreed, declaring it was “perfectly clear that the main pur- pose of the bill is not to settle — but to settle adversely” the Indian claims. He contended that ample oppor- tunity is available, unders present law to settle the Indian claims. “This bill,” he asserted, “is an attempt to take the most import- ant part of the Indian lands without ever a court hearing.” | » The limitation was objected tc also by the Forest Service but ir different fashion. ~Ridelands Timber ©. M. Granger, assistant chief of the Forest Service, urged the fom- Tittee wo stucy ‘olesaly the effeet which granting tidelands claims might have on the ability of the service to get its timber to market. Most forest service timber in Alaska, he said, grows down to the shoreline and is most easily moved by water. Lack of assured use of tidelands might tie up the timber movement. But Granger, along with Dillor S. Myer, Commissioner of Indiar Affairs, and Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, sponsor of the bill, urged its approval with amendments, Such ¢ law is necessary, they contended, to permit the continued development of the territory. “Sham and Delusion” Shortly after Chairman Morris (D-Okla) expressed his intent of doing “everything possible” to hold hearings on the bill in key Alaska During Seldovia Takeoff ANCHORAGE, Aug. 28—(P-An Alaska Airlines float plane crashed during.a take-off at Seldovia yes- terday, killing the pilot and four passengers. The Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion said the dead were Tex Hick- erson, ‘pilot of the Travelair, Mrs. Jack Edelman and her son, Jackie, both of Seldovia, Johnnie Alex and Art Haugen. Shirley Edelman, daughter of the dead woman was seriously injured, the CAA said. The hometowns of Alex and Haugen were not avail- able here, The fatal accident was the sev- enth in a series which started July 20 when a Korean airlift plane with 38 aboard disappeared on a flight to Tokyo. Crashed Plane Circling Too Low, ard, crashed and. hl_nrne.d against a bill Says Federal Repo" OAKLAND, Calif,, Aug. 28—(®— Federal investigators say initial sur- veys indicate the United Airlines DC-6 which crashed near here Fri- day was cireling too low. Fifty per- sons died in the flaming wreck. A Civil Aeronautics Board official, who asked he not be identified, said the plane apparently was swinging in a wide arc as it approached Oak- land airport for a landing. “Apparently the erash wa: at- ter of altitude while circling,” the unnamed official said. “He was in the proper maneuvering area.” (anadian Forest 10 from Homes VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 28— —Forest flames, swept by a 50-mile an-hour wind, cut a path six to seven miles across Cracroft Island yesterday. " A logger was dead, three logging operations were wiped out and 70 women and children had to be ev- acuated from a camp. Cracroft Island is at the north- east corner of Vancouver Island, where forest fires have taken a heavy toll in the last three weeks. The logger was killed when struck by a snag as he and other workers were trying to save valuable mach- inery. The blaze had been brought under cities, Curry stoutly protested that|.,ntro] and then it ran wild as the such hearings would be a “sham and delusion” unless the Indian¢ were given the right to choose their own counsel. Contracts for legal counsel pre sently are subject to approval b; the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Morris indicated the Alaska hear- ings probably would be held in Oc- tober. Judge Refuses fo Stop Walerfronf Sareening Program ' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28—(P— Federal District. Judge Edward P.| Murphy refused yesterday to stop Sfi Million Engineer Corps Bids Awarded ANCHORAGE, Aug. 28— B - (Special)—Activity of the Corps o Engineers contract market continue 50-mile-an-hour gale swept the is- land. Forestry officials said the damage will amount to thousands of dollars. Explosion in Dentist’s Chair Kills Youth WATERLOO, Ia, Aug. 28—(®— An accidental explosion which oc- curred while he was being given an anesthetic in a dentist’s office brought death to Owen Hindal, 20 yesterday, Hindal died of a burned throat and ruptured lungs. Dr. George Foster, the dentist, said he did not know what caused the the waterfront security screening | with two huge contracts totalins | explosion. program. This program-is intended | to keep Comunists' and “other -sub- versives away from the docks. Richard Gladstéin, ‘4’ left wing lawyer, had asked a hearing on a temporaty injurnction to prevent the Coast Guard from requiring full security clearance as a condition of maritime employment. The regula- tion is scheduled to go into effect Sept. 1. Baranof due southbound Sunday afternoon. Princess Norah in port, sailing for Skagway at 11:30 p.m. Scheduled southbound Friday morning. MRS. BRANTNER TO ENTERTAIN SEWING CIRCLE AUG. 30 Mrs. John Brantner, 534 East St.| will entertain the sewing circle of the Lutheran Ladies Aid Society this Thursday at 8 p.m. Members and friends are invited to come pre- pared to sew for the coming baz- aar, nearly eight million dollars being awarded by Colonel L. E. Seeman Alaska District Engineer. Contract for the construction o two airmen’s barracks at Elmendor’ Air Force Base went to L. E. Bald- win Inc., of Seattle, who last weel underbid all six other competitive bidders with a low $3,481,400 to wir this award. The second contract for construc- tion and installation of outside ut- ilities at Eielson Air Force Base in the amount of $3,492,460 was award- ed to joint-bidders Lytle, Green Birch and Boespflug. Official notice to proceed witl construction has béen given to these Iowa, Montana, and Washington firms. LORAIN RETURNS 8. H. Lorain, director, U. S. Bur- eau of Mines here, returned yester- day from a two week’s trip into the Interior where he had visited the bureau’s exploration operations at Golden Zone in the Alaska Range, cinnibar properties in the Kusko- kwim, and tin deposits on the Sew- ard Peninsula. Dack Reporied Best in 48 Years SEATTLE, Aug. 28—(P—Fraser river’s sockeye pack has surpassed iny full season pack in the past 18 years, the state department of Pisheries reported today. By August 18, Puget Sound can- neries had packed 180,278 cases and Canadian plants had packed an estmated 85,000 cases. This ex- ceeds any annual pack since 1903 when the total was 372,020 cases. The Fisheries Department attri- Luted the big increase to the ex- tensive rehabilitation program of the International 'Pacific Salmon Commission MRS. TOM DYER RETURNS FROM ANCHORAGE VISIT { Mrs. Tom Dyer returned to Ju- neau Friday after visiting her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy G. South- worth, in Anchorage for the past six weeks. Iliness of her mother had called Mrs. Dyer to the west- ward town,