The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1951, Page 1

' . - [ SONGRESSIONAL RARY VASHINGTON Do 'HE DAILY VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,903 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1951 400,000 Reds May Launch New Offensive Fighting Infense as Curt Nofes Exchanged-Dim Hopes Still Persist By the Associated Press TOKYO, Sept. 4—P—Truce ne- gotiators exchanged accusing, un- compromising notes today amid pre- dictions a 400,000 man Red army may soon launch a new offensive in the Korean war. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's head- quarters said the Communists have a total of 70 divisions available backed by 1,000 planes, plus tanks and artillery. It added: “Large numbers of Caucasian Soviet puppet troops” have moved into North Korea. - Fighting Intense L Along the battle line fighting reached its greatest intensity in four months. Reds were reported to have re-equipped and resupplied at least 40 divisions, about 400,000 men, on the front with 30 more in reserve since now disrupted truce talks started July 10. Chief truce negotiators ex- changed six sharp notes today. Each accused the other of dis- tortion. Neither proposed resum- ing armistice meetings which the Reds broke off two weeks ago. The notes between U.S. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy and North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam Il dealt solely with three asserted violations of the Kae- song neutrality zone in Korea. They were Red accusations. Joy denied them all. He said Nam II's “distortion” could “not trans- form allegations into realities.” Hope Still Exists Despite the bitterness of the notes, a source close to the United Nations command said hope still existed among truce negotiators that armis- tice talks would be resumed. Afvwever; -the general -view was heavy with pessimism. Responsible quarters said efforts to get truce talks going again appeared to have deteriorated under a welter of wasted words. Nam Il sent three lengthy notes telling Admiral Joy “your consistent method of distorting facts and flat denial” was not a satisfactory an- swer to Red charges. Admiral Joy’s replies were sharp and curt. He again denied all three | charges In his three replies Joy told Nam I “Nothing in your many intemper- ate statements” changes the already announced UN denials. “Mere volume of words does not transform allegations into realities.” FROM KETCHIKAN Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Powers of Ketchikan are registered at the Bar- anof Hotel. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round (Ed. Note—While Drew Pear- son is on a brief vacation, the Washington Merry-go-round is being written by several disting- uished guest columnists, today's being by Gordon Dean, chairman of the U. S. Atomic Energy Com- mission.) WASHINGTON. — The other day I received this letter from a lady who lives in a town where I spent a good share of my teen-age years: “My dear Mr. Dean: “I see by the inclosed clipping that the United States is planning new A-bomb tests, and that the purpose is to see whether they have been made more deadly. I take 1t that, as in the past, the big aim i to scare the daylights out of Rus- sia. She will, of course, go at it with a will, and try to outdo us in this devilish weapons-of-mass-desttuc- tion armaments race. Nice busin- ess! “I should think that the terrible and disgraceful result of our little experiment with the A-bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki woulc make men, who call themselves Christian, confine their experi- ments with atomic energy to the wonderful things that can be done with it to improve life and indus- try—not destroy them. “I remember your father héreas| a courageous and fine sermonizer, Mr. Dean. I think it is too bad for his son to concentrate on the murderous aspects of atomic en- ergy.” This was a disturbing letter to receive, not because the lady is right—because she isn't—but ra- ther because it shows that there (Continued on Page 4) To New Eev. reses Heights - the Navy's rocket-powered, needle-nosed, Douglas Skyrocket + ship that shatterd all altitude records by climbing to what aviation “sperts believe to be more than 14! miles. Flight was made with Dou sias test pilot Bill Bridgman at the controls. ed was lln’.{flf:lllly 77,674 feet wher plane levelled off at 1,300 miles ver hour, according to the experts. # Wirephoto. Height reach- Three American Divisions Affack U. S. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR- TERS, Kovea Sept. 4—(#—War guns roared their loudest in months to- day amid official Allied reports that the Reds have 400,000 men in the front lines, backed by armor and 1,000 plalies, ready for-a aew offensive. { The Allies are attacking now. Three American divisions form the main United Nations assault force—the U. S. Second and Sev- | enth Infantry Divisions and the First Marine Divis These three outfits were iden- tified Tuesday as the power which has carried. Allied troops five miles forward in a 17-day “battle of the hills” in East Cen- tral Korea. In a special announcement, Gen. James A. Van Fleet, United Na- tions ground commander, said the “magnificent effort” of the three American divisions and about an equal number of South Koreans “seriously decreases the Commun- ist potential to wage an offensive operation in the near future within this sector.” Japan Militarism Not Allowed by Treaty, Says Dulles SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4—(®— U. S. Ambassador John Foster Dul- les, who steered the Japanese peace treaty from its inception, today de- fended the document against Soviet attacks. Th pact is to be signed here in the next few, days. Dulles denied flatly Russian al- legations that the treaty restores militarism in Japan. Japan has bean so completely disarmed, he said, that she does not even have an ace- quate coast guard or police force. For that reason, Dulles, said, “the U.S. has told Japan it is prepared to station some armed forces in Japan at Japan’s request so that Japan will not be a total vacuum of power.” Anchorage Major's Brother Killed WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—IP— A weekend defense casualty list for the Korea war carried the name of Lt. Francis McLaughlin, brother of Maj. George McLaugh- lin of Anchorage. He was killed in action. TIDE TABLES SEPTEMBER 5 High tide Low tide High tide Low tide 1 o o o o 3:54 am,, 159 ft. 9:56 am, 1.0 ft. 4:01 pm,, 178 ft. 0:32 p.m., -0.6 ft. . |5,000 Utah Tofs To Try Polio Serum PROVO, Utah, Sept. 4—{®—The little children today embark on a test which may stop polio paralysis. Scientists hope to inoculate 5,00 youngsters in the three to eight age group in this polio-ridden county by Suttirday. Hai® e e group will receive an injection of £ be given a harmless blood substitute, to insure scientific accuracy in test results. Gamma globulin is the key to the west. This blood fraction has prov- ed successful in preventing para- lysis resulting from polio in monkeys and mice. Whether it will work on humans will be discovered here. Tiny, four-year-old Kristine Ham- mond, a cute blond and the daughter of Utah County Medical Society President Dr. Roy Hammond, yester- day became the first to receive an injection. In time, perhaps a year, after all results have been compiled, science may have an answer to the effective- ness of gamma globulin. Boost in Prices . To be Allowed WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—(P— A price control official said today an order permitting higher prices for new automobiles will be is- sued before the end of the week,| will be privabe; possibly tomorrow. Several car manufacturers have asked boosts averaging nine to 1C i 1 per cent, but this official declined] i I‘I“GIS Dee' Bag to say how much the increase would be. Stock Quofations NEW YORK, Sept. 4—#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneat today is 2%, Americar Can, 11 American Tel. and Te! 161%, Anaconda 47'¢, Douglas Air- craft 53, General Electric 60, Gen- | mals. [ eral Motors 497%, Goodyear 93% Kennecott 82, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 4 Standard Oil of California 53 % Twentieth Century Fox 20%, U. S jers. The goat season opened Aug. 20 Steel 43%, Pound 279 15/16, Can- adian Exchange 94.75. Sales today were 1,520,000 shares Averages today were as follows:jon Douglas Island. Hunters and air- industrials 270.63, rails 80.80, util-| craft’ pilots report that the deer| ities 45.08. 8 —_— WEATHER REPORT (U. 5. WEATHER BUREAU ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport: Maximum, 62; minimum, 50. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy tonight and " Wednesday. Low tonight near 50 and high Wednesday near 65. . . . . . ®eeccccceec®svcoe PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — None; since July 1—5.52 inches. ® 00 0 0 00 00 0 v ' Russ Attempls fo Stall re-globulin.- The remainder will} |On Eve of Treaty to Ask e o o o o o o ® o o]guide is now in the Ketchikan area o | with Gen. Richard Mellon of Pitts- o | burgh, Pa., on a 30-day big game o | hunting trip. Lane is taking a cus- o | tom-made 375 calibre Alaska mag- o | num made by Art Skinner of Ju- ® | City Council will be held at 8 o'clock | ® | Thursday evening in the offices of ® | the city clerk on the city dock. . i ® ard Oil Co. of Seattle, is nopmr.'t'— between 6 p.m. Friday and mid- Force base here. Americans Can Ouivofe Japanese Peace Treaty By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4—P— A few hours before the Japanese peace conference opening today, th United States and Britain not- ified all participating nations of rigid proposed rules by which they hope to prevent Russia from dis- rupting the signing of a treaty. Intensive behind the Scenes ne- cotiations already had convinced American leaders, including Presi- dent Truman, that they have the votes necessary to defeat any such Russian moves in a showdown. As anticipated, the proposed rules call for each of the 52 na- tional delegations to be limited to one hour of speaking each, with no further turn until all others have had a chance. The aim is to try to present the treaty for signing as near as pos- sible-to-schedule -on -Saturday af- ternoon. There could be a Soviet filibuster on the rules themselves, however, as they have to be adopted by the conference. Mr. Truman flew in from Wash- ington yesterday with a new warning of possible Communist offensives in Korea, Asia or Eur- ope. He will open the conference tonight with a major address. The address will be televised and broadcast nationally. The first working session will be held tomorrow morning. Russia's tactics are expected to be quickly disclosed at that time. delegate Andrel Gromyko, Truman Warning | The heart of Secretary Ache- The President’s latest warning!son’s strategy for dealing with to the country to be on guard and| Gromyko is to get the conference continue massing its defenses| to adopt a set of rules which would sounded a grim note. It came on| limit speech-making by each del- the eve of the gathering of 51| egate to one hour and prevent any | #in the Pacific. Though his speech | was aimed at a homefront audi- ence of potential defense bond | buyers, it had a direct significance for the host of diplomats assemblec here from over the world. “Whether the negotiations in Korea are successful or not,” he &aid, “we must continue to drive ahead to build defensive strength for our country and the free world. “The plain fact is that the Com- munists may try to resume the offensive in Korea at any time Moreover, they are capable of launching new attacks in Europe, in the middle east or elsewhere in Asia—wherever it suits them” Permit Armament As conceived by the American government, conclusion of the Jap- anese peace treaty is a major task in_the drive to build the free world’s defenses. - ending World War II and restor- ing Japan’s independence, it would permit Japan to rearm and sign a projected Japanese-American agree- ment to station United States for- ces in Japan after the occupation. That is why these officials ex- pect Russia to put up a stiff fight against the pact. Secretary of State Acheson and his aides, in close coopera- tion with British delegate Ken- neth Younger and other key en- voys here, have worked out an elaborate battle strategy to meet a disruptive campaign by Soviet delegations at San Francisco's' amendments to the treaty text gilt-and-marble opera house te!d by the United States and close the books on World War II B & b g et 3 i — 300 Tuna Clippers Parade Protective Tariff Some 300 Pacific Coast tuna boats demonstrated on San Francisco Bay yesterday in support of a protective tariff on imports of frozen Japanese tuna. Collision Inquiry Sef for Tomorrow A double column of vessels par- VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 4—(® | aded past the waterfront to the —The inquiry into last Thursday’s| Golden Gate bridge, on the eve collision between the Cnnadiani of the Japanese peace treaty con- Pacific steamship Princess Kath- ference and a few hours before leen and the Canadian National| President Truman reached San steamship Prince Rupert will start | Francisco. “We mneed tuna tariff. Save here tomorrow. The two vessels collided indense| our tuna fishery. Tell your Con- fog about 50 miles north of Prince| gressman. Write today,” was Rupert. | spelled out by 30-foot banners. Captain J. C. Barbour, transport Hundreds watched from the piers. department representative in Van-| “We face bankruptcy and ruin couver, has been appointed by | unless we get some protection,’ transport minister Lionel Chevrier | declared Fred Wolleson of Astor- to conduct the inquiry. | ia, Ore., who organized the par- Captain Barbour said the inquiryf ade in a week of radio-telephone | calls with his colleagues at sea. ——— | The fishermen contend foreign | competition has resulted in a drop in tuna prices from $500 to $250 a ton, ‘ Canners are protected by a tar- iff on imports of canned tuna anc the fishermen insist frozen tun: from abroad sold to canners alsc should be subject to duty. Vessels from San Diego to Sit- ka, Alaska, participated in the parade. Largest vessel was a 150- foot whaling ketch. Lee Scuhpp, a Seattle skipper, said loss of time from the fish- ing grounds probably cost the men, all told, $1,000,000. “But we're making- a fight ou of this,” he told a reporter. “W¢ are getting a coastwide organiza- tion .Were going to see that ou children get food—not one bow Scant; Three Killed On Douglas Island | Five deer—so far as could be as-| certained—were brought into Ju-| neau over the weekend by lucky; hunters out at dawn Saturday when the season opened on the fleet ani- A total of seven mountain goats | bagged by local hunters are now in cold storage, one at the Juneau Cold | Storage Co., and six at Sturm Lock- | and continues to Nov. 15. | It was reported that at least three | of rice a day. of the deer brought here were killed | “we're not radicals, either. Ther | is not a Commie in the whole out fit; these boys are Americans,” he are still ranging high on the islands. | 4qded. Carl Lane, Juneau registered | ‘Weekend Holiday Takes 12 Lives in Washington State SEATTLE, Sept. 4—®—Highway | and water accidents claimed 12 live: |in the state of Washington over | the long Labor Day weekend. | Nine persons died in accidents cn highways crowded by vacationer: bound to and from holiday outings Three persons were drowned. ‘The state patrol said scores were injured, many seriously, in other J. H. Shanstrom of the Stand-:.accidents during the period checked neau to try out on big bears. Meantime Juneau ‘fishermen re- port having had good fishing at Tec | Harbor over the long holiday week- end. COUNCIL MEETS THURSDAY A regular meeting of the Juneau at the Baranof Hotel, I night, last night. While ' formaliy || ~|More fhai 630 # SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4—P—| ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER AS SOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =] 9 0'Clock Not -only in Juneau, but acress the flocking to school to the familiar the three R’s, from the smallest hamlet to the largest cities, America's youth will settle down again to the business of learning, (Associated Press Photo) "Chimes’ nation on Sept. 4 children will be ring of the school bell. Back to laborDay | Death Toll By the Associated Press A staggering death toll of more | than 600 from violent accidents| | marked the nation’s observance of the Labor Day weekend. Fatalities on the highways, in the air and in the water hit an all-time high for the holiday. Deaths in traffic accidents soared to a record high for Labor Day. A survey from 6 p.n. Friday to: midnight Monday (local time) | showed: 637 accidental deaths, compared to the 559 over the 1950 Labor Day weekend, the previous high. 1] 447 traffic fatalities as compared to the old record high of 410 for | a 78-hour Labor Day holiday in 1949, 97 persons drowned, including 37 on the capsized fishing boat Peli- can off toe ecastern tip of Long Talk Abouf Meals On the Fly- LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 4— m — A Louisville restaurant soon will be flying the Pacific. LS ), eaend: in-the fuselage of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster, has been bought by a small, ntified ¢ . ° ° ol ° ° unidentified airiifie that operates fom Seattle to Tokyo by way of Alaska. Herman C. Weist, who built the cafe in 1946, said the fuse- lage will be taken to a western aircraft plant, fitted with wings, tail assembly, engines and controls. Then it will be put into service. He declined to identify either the airline or the aircraft plant. High prices and the difficulty of obtaining new planes influ- enced the deal. ® o 0 0 00 0 0 0 Aleutian, Norah Have Minor Collision The northbound Aleutian and the southbound Princess Norah col One Saved in Navy Privateer Plane Crash Light on Lifebelt Leads Rescuers to Injured Enlisted Man; Nine Dead KODIAK, Sept. 4—P—A light attached to a lifejacket led rescuers to a Navy enlisted man, the only survivor of a plane crash on little Tanaga Island, 20 miles from Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Nine others died when the Privateer bombing plane crashed in flames last Friday. The Navy, identifying the survivor as Frgnk W. Mullick, airman metal- smith first class, Oakland, Calif., re- leased this story of his ordeal yes- terday. When the plane struck the ground, Mullick was thrown elear. His clothing caught fire and Mullick rolled on the ground to put out the flames. Althougih temporarily wl down the slope, where the nine others were killed, to the beach where he stopped between two large | boulders. Rescue parties landed nearby sev- eral hours later but the rescuers did not see Mullick until after dark when they spotted the light on his life_jacket, | Mullick was taken to Adak where he was hospitalized from first and second degree burns on the face, hands and legs. The Navy said he is recovering and will be able to return to duty soon. The nine killed were identified as: Lt. Burdel A, Cook, Pensacola, Fla. Willlam H. Diana, Jr., Lt. (jg), Wilkesbarre, Penna, MEnslgn Frank H. Sutley, Bessemer, a. George Y. Jenkins, Aviation Ma- chinists Mate, Alameda, Calif. Don R. McNair, Airman, Eden, Texas. Anthony C. Molina, Airman, Del Monte, Calif. Aames T, lfl&x}:’ Aviation Ma- { chinists " . Los Angeles, | Calif. Huron, Mich, Marvin P. Huber, Chief, New Iberia, La. Bad Weather Hampers Search For Missing C-47 ANCHORAGE, Sept. 4—P—Bad weather continued today to hamper the search for a C-47 Air Force transport and its four occupants missing in the Platinum and Naknek areas of western Alaska. Three B-17s and three C-47s were standing by at Naknek, headquar- ters for the search, awaiting clearing weather, Other planes were expected to join .the hunt. The C-47 vanished Friday on a Electronics Island. The fishing boat disaster|lided early Sunday morning soutl | flight from Elmendorf Air Force was the worst accident over the|of Ketchikan, it was revealed here | base here. holiday period. today. 93 persons lost their lives in ac-| Only slight damage occurred, the cidents of miscellaneous nature, i cluding - plane crashes, fires, falls, | etc. | /The, National Safety Council had estimated the traffic death toll| would reach 390 for the holiday. | Last Labor Day 383 were killed | in highway accidents while the total accidental deaths numberc 583. “It’s a high priee indeed to pay| for a little holiday fun,” comme:- | ted Fred H. Dearborn, council| president, on the record traffi ! toll. 6 Injuredin Alaska Labor Day Traffic FAIRBANKS, Sept. 4—(P—Six persons were injured in Labor Day weekend accidents on interior Al- aska highways. The series of accidents began Priday night when an Air Force bus, bound for a recreation camp at Paxton Lake, overturned on the Richardson highway 25 miles south of here. Four soldiers were injured, two of them critically. Hospital attendants listed the critical cases as staff Sgt. Jerome Dunnaway, who suffered a frac- tured skull, and PFC Arron Mitch- ell, treated for cracked ribs and internal injuries. Both were attached to Ladd Air| Two men were injured in separ- | | Coast’ Guard reported. A plate wa damaged on the Alaska Steamship Company vessel, aud the bow of the “anadian Pacific. Steamship crafl dented. No injuries to passengers or crev was reported. The collision took placr in dense fog at 4:21 am. in Tolm Channel, located in British Colum bia waters. Both were midway i the channel. The Aleutian docked in Junea: vesterday and proceeded to th westward, The accident was the se cond in the general vicinity in th past several days. The Princess Kathleen was badly holed when shr and the Prince Rupert rammed eac’ other near Prince Rupert, B. ( Both the Aleutian and Norah which were navigating by radar were going astern when the accident happened, company officials saic The Norah was said to have stoppe: when the two vessels scraped, the Coast Guard learned. Toimi Channel is about 15 mile long and is between three-quarter of a mile and a mile wide. John Feero of Skagway is regis tered at the Gastineau Hotel. ate accidents on the Richardson highway early yesterday. Cpl. David Kruze, of company A, 807th Aviation Engineer Battal- ifon at Eielsony Air Force base,suf- fered a broken back when his automobile overturned at Moose Creek 18 miles south of here. A civilian, Robert Lee Jones of Fairbanks, suffered serious head and internal injuries when a car in which he was riding left the highway at Big Horn Lodge, 16 miles south of Fairbanks. The | driver of the car, John Langford of Fairbanks, escaped injury. "Copter Ambulance Crashes in Cascades DARRINGTON, Wash.,, Sept. 4— M—A helicopter crash on an “aerial imbulance” flight to a mile-high “ascades ridge set a major rescue yperation in motion today. ‘Two rescue parties took to the mountain trails east of here today— me coming out with an injured forest ranger; the other going in to neet it and take over for the sec- ond lap. Four forest service men parachuted to the isolated scene late yesterday. The two men aboard the crashed helicopter were able to walk away from the wreckage yesterday af- ternoon and were expected to be able to hike out with the rescue teams. The pilot was Lt (jg) Charles E. Mueller of the Coast Guard. His passenger on the am- bulance flight was Dr. Howard R. Terry. Both are of Port An- geles. ‘The injured forest ranger was Warren Pressentin, 35, the Suiattle district ranger. It was his injury late Sunday that set off the string of events in the Upper Skagit river wilderness. Pressentin fell through a miners ridge lookout tower manhole that had been left open by a com- panion. He fell about 30 feet onto rocks. He was believed to have fracturéd ribs, a neck in- Jury and possible internal injuries. The Coast Guard helicopter crashed in tricky winds while trying to provide medical aid and ambu- lance service for him. ! Meric Williams of Sitka is stope ping al the Baranof Hotel, blinded . he managed fo _roll and. T OWITOTT TELTTREHE, AT AN, Pore T