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

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,906 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE PRICE TEN CENTS | Alcoa Siill | : Considers - Alaska Plant No Site Mentioned but Skagway Still Has Chance ~Similar to Kitimat SEATTLE, Sept. 7—(M—The pos- sibilities of a giant power and al- uminum development in Alasks still is being studied but the pro- prokably for several years. Roy A. Hunt, chairman of the executive committee of the Alum-| inum Company of America, made | the report here yesterday He said the Alaska project is similar to the hali-billion doi- Jar Kitimat, B. C., development of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. The engineers’ plans | call for bringing water through the coastal range by tunnel from | the east to provide power for the aluminum plant. Hunt did not mention a prob- able site. The Skagway area how- ever, has been cited in the past as the site for any such develop- ment. - He said a big step toward whip- ping the nation’s defense needs for aluminum will be the completion of the $50,000,000 Alcoa Smelting plant recently started near Wen- atchce, Wash. It will use DOWEr from four n generators to be installed at Rock Island Dam. Reds Driven Off 2 Hills US. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. TP~ Allied Troops drove Chinese Com- munists off two hills today on the western front where Reds earlier encircled two United Nations out- posts. [ Both surrounded units fought free. One immediately counterat- tacked. A front line dispatch reported two companies of Reds fled from (hill without firing a shot after the allies blasted them with tank and field artillery. The recaptured 4noll is morthw of Yonchon, which is seven miles nerth of the 38th Parallel. Farther north UN infantrymen won a second hill after three hours | of close infighting. Reds fought and attacked all along the western half of the front in actions that had the earmarks of a prelude to a new offensive In the mountainous east, stiffen- ing Communist resistance checked two attacks by U. S. Second Division infantrymen. Second Division troops were en- gaged in a pitched battle Reds atop ome ridge morth of Yanggu. A Second Division as- sault on another hill was stalled by fiercely resisting Reds. Low hanging clouds shrouded most of the battle area, hampering allied warplanes and furnishing cover for Red troop movements. TheWashington Merry - Go-Round will not be started | § (Ed. Note—While Drew Pear- son is on a brief vacation, thes Washington Merry-go-round is being written by several disting- uished guest columnists, today's being by the Hon. Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Labor.) \WASHINGTON. — I'd like to use this moment in the conductor’s chair of the Merry-go-round to pass out some brass rings to the American worker and his boss. So much has been written about their quarrels and their problems that we tend to forget their joint accomplishments. Together they have built a remarkable record of industrial peace. Together, with the help of that record, they have made America the most productive nation on earth. Most people have learnzd to read of killings and robberies in the newspapers with the realiza- tion that these things are the ex- ceptions and not the rule in Am- erican life. But too many fail to apply the same understanding to stories of strikes and labor-man- agement disputes. It cannot be pointed out too ten that most of the workers an most of the employers settle their problems most of the time in a peaceful way. . (Continued on Page 4 of- ‘The newspapers ests. arded ngjin As warships (symbols) bom coast of Korea, from C raged on e f6= what might become a new offensive. sions—400,000 men—in the battleline with another 300,000 men 15 di A thousand e nehurian border. Allied troops fighting Reds above Yanggu and south of -central front, Reds were reported building up in force Solid arrows show main forces of (open arrows) umseng. blasted by superforts. (P Wirephoto Map. . 24 Songin * more than 250 miles of the east southward, and heavy fighting Red¢ were reported to have ombat planes were in sanctuary in the hilly country Rail yards at Chongju were Forest Service Luring Pulp Industry with Three Prospedive Mill Sites By FRANK W. VAILLE WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—(@—| Like a hopeful fisherman, the For- est. Service reported today it still is dangling three well-baited lines| which it hopes will land a sizable | pulp industry for Alaska. | he of the Ton 00,000 acres mlock. 1 Originally, four lines were out; but the Ketchikan Pulp and Paper Company of Bellingham, Wash after numerous nibbles — finally ped up the bait. It is sched- uled to start construction thisj oring at Ward Cove, near Ketch- , of rade rayon pl pable of daily production of be- 300 and 525 tons. National forest | of spruce and ! he So far, accerding ,to B. H. Payne, assistant in the Ferest Service's timber managément di- vision, the other three sites—Ju- neau, Sitka and Thomas Bay near If:tersburg—have received no solid strikes. The Alaska Industrial Corp. of New York has made premliminary inquiries regarding the Sitka lo- cation, Payne said, but apparently dropped out. The D & F Co, headquartered in New York and Los Angeles, even went so far, he said, as to request that the Thom- as Bay location be advertised, then failed*to submit an offer. No spe-| cific commitments have been re- ceived on the Juneau location. Service Hepeful Payne said ‘none of the inquiries is considered active mnow but the Forest Service is hopeful that in- terest might be revived or other companies lured in by the Ketch- ikan development. During hearings before the Senate Appropriations Commit- tee last spring, B. F. Heintzle- man, regional forester for Alas- ka, estimated the Tongass for- ests capable of “annual produc- tion of 1,000,000 tons of pulp in addition to an increased guant- ity of lumber” This harvest would be on a sustained-yield ba- sis and could go on “forever,” he declared. Cut Only $20,000 Heintzleman's testimony, releas- ed only recently, was in support of the Bureau of Public Roads’ re- quest for $3,500,000 to build high- ways in the Tongass forests. The request, cut only $20,000 by the Senate, now is awaiting confer- ence action. The regional forester said the appropriation would be divided among Ketchikan, Sitka and Ju- neau with “approximately one- third to each.” He also detailed sketchily the status of negotiations at both Sit- ka and Juneau, but did not men- tion the Thomas Bay site. He but said the Sitka focation was being considered by a group “that is connected with Belgium inter- Approximately $200000 has been | o | SPETON smVeys v sisa, e baid, | hait is the near virgin tim-| @ but the company has “not made enough showing to justify” adver- the timber. The Juneau situation, he con- tinued, included the possibility of a ge newsprint plant which ould make as much as 700 tons of newsprint per day forever.” Highway Patrol fo Check Headlights And Aufo Licenses Automobile headlights, drivers’ li- censes and license plates will come under scrutiny of the Territorial Highway Patrol starting Sept. 15, it was annouticed today by Officer Emmett Botelho of that agency. A close check will be made to see that headlights are properly focused and in working order; drivers’ li- Alaska Papers Sell For $1 Each-But They're Old Ones SEATTLE, Sept. 7— h — o Alaska newspapers sold here today—at one dollar per copy. A department store (Fred- erick and Nelson) advertised them. The advertisement said they were “rescued from the re- mains of an Alaskan ghost- town” and chronicled “The Lives and Times of the Klon- dike Gold Rush Era, Before World War 1" The department store said most of the collection was ob- ined from Dawson, Y. T. e o 06 0 0 0 0 0 0006000000000 80 G Rail Extension To Alaska Again Urged Canadian Group Asks that Pacific Great Eastern Road be Pushed PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 7-—(#— Extension of the ' Pacific Great Eastery Railway from Prince George, B. C, to Alaska was urged again yesterday. This time the urging was done by the Prince George board of trade at the annual convention of central British Columbia associa- ted boards of trade here. The cost of such an 1,800-mile extension has been estimated at around $1,000,000,000. The Prince George group said a rail link with Alaska would provide an important step in de- fease cf the Pacific Coast and ersn L terrery in Nerth- ern Brilish Columbia for indus- trial and agricultural develop- | ment. { H. G. Perry, .chairman of the resolutions committee, said the United States Congress had al- | ready passed two resolutions call- {ing for the rail extension. | Policy Work The Prince George resolution arged the provincial government to work out a policy with the Uni- ted States government and United | States private interests on the rail link. | (Various talks have been held in the past by Canadian, United States and British Columbia gov- crnment ofiicials on the subject but nothing came of them. Prin- cipally, the high cost has ruled out the_ project). Another resolution, presented by the Juneau, Alaska, Chamber of Commerce urged construction of a highway from Juneau to Atlin, en the province’s far-northern Loundary. The Chamber suggested censes will be inspected and all out- of-Territory license plates, which are overdue the allowable 90-day period, must be replaced with Alaska plates. Botelho said the campaign would be carried on for several days fol- lowing the announced date. Juneau Volunfeer Fire Department Renames Officers Nomination of officers was held by the Volunteer Fire Department at its meeting Thursday evening. Nominated to succeed themselves were Minard Mill, chief, Roy Noland assistant chief, and John Morrison secretary. Elroy Ninnis was nomin- ated as trustee. Election of officers will be held at the November meet- ing. The resignation of Harry Luca: from the Gepartment was accepted An officer in the Alaska Nationa! Guard, he is being transferred tc another station, Lucas said. A discussion was held at the'meet- ing on the need for additional fire| fighting equipment. “Some of the present equipment is obsolete and not in condition to give efficient service,” said Mill. Denali scheduled southbound at midnight tonight. * Aleutiandue southbound Sunday d| mentioned no companies by name | afternoon. Alaska scheduled northbound on Sunday evening. Princess Louise due to sail from Vancouveér, Sept. 8, arriving at Ju- neau Sept. 11, that Canada and the United States make it a joint project. Senate Commitiee Money Bill Ups Air Force Funds WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—®— A $61,190,313,000 defense money bill, with emphasis on air powel and devastating new weapons, was apptoved today by the Senate Ap- propriations committee. The action came amid new hinis that secret “fantastic” weapons, first disclosed by President Truman earlier this week, are in such ar advanced stage of development that they could be used soon after the outbreak of a new World War The bulky defense bill carrie $5,000,000,000 more than the Housc voted. It will be called up Monday in the Senate with quick passage indicated. The $5,000,000,000 added by the Senate group is for additional air power, and the committee recom- mended an air force of not less than 95 groups. ; e o & 0 0 o o o . » WEATHER REPORT . (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU e Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ® ending 6:20 o'clock this morning L At Airport—Maximum, 58; e minimum, 49. . FORECAST . (Junesu and Vielnity) . Cloudy with light rain to- o night and Saturday. Low to- e night near 50 and high Sat- e urday near 58. L e PRECIPITATION © (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today . At Airport — Trace; . since July 1 — 6.26 inches. ® o 00 00 0 0 00 Shades of the gold rush days! e | President Truman stands in glare of floodlights on & On the nese peace treaty conference. of state department and secreta State Dean Achesor y Indonesia Blasts Russian ancisco Mayor Elmer Ro | "“ Floodlights’ Gl n Francisco Op stage behind Truman general of conference; are (le Califorpia son. (M) Hones fo Break Non-Red Bleck in Signing Treaty (B¢ Note: See Page 2 of today's ' PPy siory en truck everturn- ing in path of Gromyko's automo- | bile, and revelation of plet on his life.) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. T—# Indonesia -decided today to sien the ce treaty, thereby des- ast chance of block- solid lineup of non-Commun- ist nations in the San Francisco conference. The deeision taken by the govern- | ment in Ja 1 came the con- | ference hummed with speculation that Soviet Delegate Andrei G | myko, and his Communist cohorts | would walk out before the treaty is! signed. | 1t was believed he might act after | Poland’s scheduléd speech late today or wait until just before the signing ceremony begins, probably Satur- day morning. The sixth plenary session of the conference adjourned at 12:41 p.m and will resume at 3 p.m. Foreign Minister Ahmad Soe- bardjo of Indonesia addressed the conference before he had received his new instructions from Jakarta to sign. The information minister of the gevernment there announc- ed after a two-hour cabinet meet- ing that the decision to join the meeting had been taken by a nar- row margin, Peace Brought Them Soebardjo told the conference his delegation had come here mnot he- cause it “agreed to all provisions of the treaty, but because “the con- ference was an effort to bring peace to the world.” Most, speakers who wilked to the rostrum this morning briefly ex- pressed their oyerall satisfaction with the treaty and made clear the intention to sign. The lineup of na- tions due to sign the peace treaty with Japan stood at 48. That left only the three Communist bloc countries in the minority H Barring last minute delays, the treaty will be signed tomorrow by orobably 48 nations—but not by the Reds. It seemed doubtful they will even make an appearance at the ceremony. | ro- Speakers from 22 countries were seheduled ta- pive their views to day. Wierblowski wis éxnected to | echo the blasts against the treaty loesed by Russia’s Andrei Gro- myko Wednesday and Czechoslo- vakia’s Dr. Gertrude S yesterday. Nineteen expected to approval of craft. of the express the other 20 were the general American-British Decides To Indonesia decided reluctantly the eleventh hour today to sign. This iade the final lineup 48 countric r the treaty and only Russ three-natibn bloe against Soft-spoken Dr, Sekaninova lacked Gromyko's fire as a speaker —but she had all the pet word and phrases. Speaking in called the treaty a “springh to a new w. deplor absence of Red China at the co ference, French Foreigiy Minister Rol wman chided “the * Communist bloc. “We want peace,” he declared Schuman also proposed a treat mutual assistance binding all col fries “concerned by the rem I threats” in' the far east. Treops to ‘The United State signed mutual defense pac Australia, New Zealand and (! Philippines. 1t and Japan are sche uled to sign a' similar agre funday or Monday. Under it United States will keep troop: Japan after rafification of the peac treaty ends the occupation. Speaking in Cleveland, Deuglas MacArthur said the t “while far from flawless, embo. much of human justice and en- lightenment.” The former occupa- tion commander in Japan was not invited to the conference, but his work in preparing Japan for (he treaty has been widley acknow- ledged. »U. 8. Ambassador John Dulles said in a radio (CBS) view: “I assume that Ru walk out of the conference “I doubt that they will treaty, and they won't want k pectators to the signing.” a’s fair English ment ia fen BARE-HANDED FISHING DU QUOIN, Ill.—®—Boy Scout Leader Les Harrison has a new trick to teach his charges. It's how to and a big bass without pole, line or net, Harrison snatched a 7 pound, 3 ounce bass from Du Quoin’s reser- voir with only his bare hands. His | fishing gear was still in the car.| No further verification seemed re- | quired, Harrison being a scout mast- | er. But he refers doubters to a wit- ness to the feat. | Two days later two city water !workers duplicated the barehanded | catching of another big bass. But | stopped in Seattle to MRS. BUD BROWN AND 50N RETURN FROM ALABAMA Mr. Bruce Brown and her st son David are home afte i her mother, Mrs. R. P. Go in Birmingham, Ala. Brown oth- er-in-law, Mrs. Florine Housel, and arrived in town with arms full of plants and flowers from Mrs. Hou- sel's Green Acres nursery. She has been “busy digging” in her Gl Highway yard since her r north several days ago. On her way fo Juneau, Mr rn Chesapeake Bay gives Maryland | 3,100 miles of tidewater frontage al- nova » are era House ft to Gov. stage as he opens Japa- right) Dr. Warren Kelchner, Larl Warren; Wirephoto, jDe»\Afa»sIafihg ' New Weapons "Ready for Use’ Solon Discloses Power Bevond tmagination’ ~Korean Use Seen WASHINGTON, Sept. Sepator Young (R-ND) disclosed today that the United States has more than one devastating r cret weapon powerful | imagination” — and probably would 1 if war should cc uddenly. “They are in a high sta velopment,” Young told a repo is the Senate Appropriation: uttee met behind doors” to 2 cxpected roval to a $5,000,000,- e in defense funds for inel Secretary of TP — beyond they ail ready to u o of de- o1 a would push the total of the record-breaking bill above $61,000,000,000. It contained more than $56,000,000,000 as pass- d by the House. Asked if the ultra-powerful weap- ons—first mentioned by Pre umen earlier this week—mi used in Korea tru lgs finally break down, Youn wag would be a military ¢ in case edt ecision, He indicated that Pentagon leaders, who pledged Senators to cevecy in disclosing the “fan- tasic new secret weapons,” had net outlined probable uses. President Truman sald could destroy civilization and that hoped they would never be 1. th Young and Senator May- D-SC), another committee- agreed that the mysterious weapons were devastating and atomie. Otherwise, official secrecy hrouded the nature of the capons, Pledged to secrecy, otker Senators didu't even want to be quoted by name aout them, and Pentagon officials re- mained tight-lipped. | senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo), | chairman of the subcommittee | made no mention of new weapon: 1, he announced the increase | i1 funds akove amounts asked by President Truman or voted by the | House . $tock Quotations NEW YORK, Sept. T—(P—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Junea mine stock today is 2%, American Can 117%, American Tel. and Tel 162%, Anaconda 48'%, Douglas Air- craft 54, General Electric 61, Gen- | eral Motors 50%, Goodyear 96%, | Kennecott 81, Libby, McNeill and | Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 52 ler | gtandard OIil of California 54% Twentieth Century Fox 20%, U. § | Steel 437, Pound $2.79 15/16, Can- adian Exchange 94.68%. Sales today were 1,930,000 shar Averages today were as follows: their fish was handicapped. Their | though it has only 31 miles of sea- | industrials 273.89, rails 8282, util- motorboat propellor had KO'd it. | coast, ities CATWrek Found On Baylsland Air Force Idenlifies Miss- ing Plane’s Wing Num- bers-Rescuers on Way ANCHORAGE, Sept. 7— (® —An Air Force amphiblan plane landed \t High Island today after its crew identified the wreckage of a missing 7 transport on The amphibian radioed that the Air Force C-47, which Bad been sing a week fu Western Alaska, as identified positively by the numbers on the wing. High Tsland is in Bristol Bay. A land rescue group was on the way to the crash scene today. The wreckage was sighted yesterday. The amphibian was turned back by dark- ness late yesterday and spent the night at Naknek. The plane, with at least four men board, disappeared Saturday while * ving 175 miles from Naknek to num, on Goodnews Bay. High Island, one of the Walrus Island group, lies about midway along the route, 20 miles south of the village of Togiak, on the main- land. The Civil Aeronautics Adminis- trati reported there apparently were no survivors. The wreckage was sighted by Col. Patrick Arn- old, commanding officer ~of the Tenth Rescue Squadron, while fly- ing in a C-54, The rescue party planned to land close to High Island as possible, n wade ashore to investigate. * two-engine transport con- tacted Bethel Saturday asking per- mission to fly on instruments at 7,- 000 feet. When the Bethel radio tried L’” contact the plane two minutes | later there was no answer. | The missing C-47 was from the 503¢th Base Flight Squadron at El- | mendorf. [T amdba it in a serfes of dis- | astrous Alaska afr crashes. which i claimed upwards of 84 persons since July 20, when o Korean airlift plane | disappeared with 38 aboard. No trace Caplain, Bride ‘Among Victims of Flaming Air Crash | | ANCHORAGE, Sept. 7— ® —An | Air Force captain and his Air Force nuree, also a captain, who had only been togepher in all about two weeks ince they were married last Jan.. 9, died together, The Air Force identified them last } night as the military personnel killed twith three others Tuesday in the - 1 here of a twin-engine Christ- Air Service plane in the rd of a suburban Rogers Park home, They were Capt. Donald V. Drake, about 30, on leave from the B-47 treining school of the 3535th Bombardment Training Group at Mather Air Force Base, Calif., and t. Clara Mary Sullivan Drake, 28, Air Forte nurse of the 39th Medical Group at Elmendorf Air Force Base here, Thelr varfed ‘military duties kept them separated most of their brief married life. They had headed for Seward for a vacation trip. One of the plane’s engines appear- ed to catch fire just after the take- {f. The plane angled down between > houses, omne occupied by a mother and baby, then crashed in ‘he backyard of a third home. The pilot and four passengers— including the Drakes—perished. A brother, Timothy Sullivan of Ballston Spa, N. Y. was listed as Mrs. Drake's next of Kin. Giants Sweep 3 Glame Series with Boston Braves BOSTON, Sept. 7—(®— Right- hander Larry Jansen became an 18-game winner today as the New York Giants swept a three-game series with the Boston Braves with a 7-3 victory. Jansen, sidelined for eight days with an ailing back, kept thé tribesmen’s 10 hits well scattered. |Yanks Nip Senators {n Ninth Inning NEW YORK, Sept. 7—®— The New York Yankees, stymied for 8 2/3 innings by Sid Hudson, scored twice in the ninth inning with two out to nip the Washing- ton Senators, 3 to 2, today. tr