The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 13, 1951, Page 1

b SONGRESSIONAL i mum ASTTMATAN T P ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,911 'Administrative Reasons’ - Given as Cause for . Removal of Williams "Pilofless Bombers' New War Weapon (Special Washington Service) WASHINGTON, Sept. 13~un4 President Truman’s firing of Lew- ellyn M. Williams as Secretary of Alaska was prompted by “admin- istrative reasons,” Interior Depart- | ment officials said today. James Davis, director of the Of- | fice of Territories, told a reporter that the dismissal, disclosed yes- terday, was effective Tuesday. He declined to enlarge on the broad term . “administrative rea-| WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—(P— sons.” .. | The Air Force disclosed today it is But he confirmed reports Wil-| forming its first guided missile liams had earlier been asked to|squadron, equipped with a new “pi- fesign, and had refused. lotless bomber” type of weapon ap- The dismissal was the second i’ parently intended for tactical use it a Presidential appointee in Alaska | warfare. to- be ordered by the President| An announcement said the bomber within two weeks. On Aug. 31;| squadron is being formed at the President Truman dismissed .Frank | guided missile center, Cocoa, Fla., on M. Bingham as U. S. Attorney in Oct. 1 and that it “will be the first Alaska’s second judicial division at|operational unit of its kind in the Nome. | Air Force.” Mr. Truman said Bingham had| The squadron, the announcement left his post and entered private|said, will be equipped initially with law practice at Missoula, Mont.| the “Matador, B-61 pilotless bom- Bingham later denied this, saying. ber, now in production by the Glenn he was on annual leave which had | L. Martin Co., of Baltimore, Md." been approved by the Department| The squadron will train at first of Justice. as part of the air research and de- In announcing Wlliams’ dismis-|velopment command but later “it sal, a White House press spokes- |'will be made combat-ready by in- man said the President would | tefisive unit training under the sup- name Judge Joseph W. Kehoe as|eryision of the tactical air com- Williams' successor. - -Kehve has| mand,” the announcement spid. been district court. judge at Nome‘ Today’s disclosure followed closely for the last four years. He was recent statements by President born in Portland, Ore, and is a|Truman and several Senators re- University of ©regon graduate. | garding creation of “fantastic” new Judge Kehoe is 61, five 5ears weapons. older than sWilliams. | An Air Force spokesman describ-| ed the missile as being similar in TRUMAN REVEALS WHY WILLIAMS WAS FIRED WASHING ¥ONy = :8ept, 13-411— President Truman said today he fired Llewsllyn ‘(Lew) Williams 25 Secretary of Alaska because. he! said, Williams ‘was incompetent. The President told his news con- | Martin jet fighter, but smaller. “It is powered with one jet engine. | The spokesman emphasized that it is a “guided missile,” not merely a drone airplane of the type used| experunentally QUTing recent years. There is no provision for a pilot in s the plane. The spokesman said thej ;“*Jr:s‘:icgr'] ":h’:’:pg?;oi:’u:s"?;“zs< missile has been tested at Toloman| volved in the dismissal. In support | Alr Force Base at_Alamogordo, N. Williams is a Democrat. A White House secretary had ]'ax Statements announced Willilams' ouster yeste day. Williams is serving his second Are Sen' ou' io was appointed originally by Presl- dent Roosevelt iyf 1944 and reap- Pmper Owners pointed by President Truman, and | confirmed by the Senate, in 1949, | Tax statements were being re-| " | Juneau Independent School Dis- said earlier that the ouster was .| trict and the Auk Bay Public Util- prompted ‘by “administrative reas | hno it s i by i Robert N. Druxman, tax collecter juneau Fi'm Bids School district taxes should be paid at the tax office, 123 Front Street or mailed to Post Office Box 3051 instead of the Juneau City I S |em . ¢+ /'t Phblic* Utility District. taxes may a er ys | be paid at 123 Front Street or eve- g (|nimgs at. the Druxman residence cn The Valle Constmcuon Co'npany‘n.nz ‘Covée Road. However, within of Seattle is the.low bidder onj dence will be moved to Pedersen Hill at Anchorage. - on the Glacier Highway. Payments The Alaska Publjc Works De- | may also be mailed to the tax office partment said the Seattle flrm\;at Auk Bay, bid was $226,820,$44,349 above the : Birch, Lytle and Green offered| Annie Bennett of Angeon is at to take on the job for $295,667. the Gastineau Hotel. The same two companies sub- mitted bids on the Anchorage 4 water supply system, with Valle The Washlng—ion of that contention, he noted that| B ROdvat; Coous, FiRy term as Territorigl Secretary. Hc Interior Department officials | ceived by property owners in the for both districts. Low on Hoonah iClerk's. office as in former years. the next week, the Druxman resi- sewer extensions and replacements | engineer’s estimate, VISITOR FROM ANGOON pidding $75,587.67 and the Birch ASHINGTON. — I have come group $207,424. _ The Grizzly Construction Co.| and Hayes Whitley Enterprises of Juneau bid $57,462.25 on a water supply project at Hoonah, Alaska. appearance to the swept-wing XB-51| — Al Skaflestad of Hoonah bid $170,678.36. Nomination of 1 ‘Lovelt Given Com. Approval WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—P—1 The Senate Armed Services Com-] mittee today unanimously approv- ed confirmation of Robert A. Lovett as Secretary of Defense to succeed | Gen. George C. Marshall. The action came just 24 hours af- ter Marshall resigned and President Truman nominated Lovett, now De- puty Secretary, to succeed him. The nomination now goes to the Senate. SCOUT FIELD EXECUTIVE LEAVES ON FIELD TRIP Kenneth Ubbelhode, Boy Scout executive, leaves Friday on a field| trip to Sitka and Hoonah. Reregis- tration of scout units and laying of initial plans for the annual fi- nancial campaign will be completed in Sitka, he 'said. Training sessions for scout leaders will also be held there. Ubbelhode returns in about 8 week, back from Europe with a new feeling of hope—more hope than 1| | had on any previous trip to Eur- ope. The United States, in my opin- ion, is definitely winning the cold war. Furthermore, time is running on our side. If it runs long enough I believe,, it may still be possible to accemplish the miracle and Ering about permanent peace. This may seem like a strange | summation coming from a hard- bgiled and sometimes cynical news- paperman. However, I am con- vinced it is accurate. Like most newspapermen, I somatimes 'get so close to problems that I can't see the trees for the leaves. This is likewise true of gov: ernments and of the public. We read the pessimistic headlines and we conclude that the world is in a helluva state. To some extent, of course, it! still is. But success does not make headlines, while tragedies do. When the train gets in on time you never read about it in the paper. If it’s wrecked; on the other hand, it's all over the front pages. A wreck is a tragedy,.and that’s news. But (Continued on Page 4) ,-a; Mrs, Central Florida, Peggy E. Creel of St. Petersburg, Fla, is kissed by ler daughter, Victoria, 3, on boardwalk overlooking At- lantic Ocean at Ashbury Park, N. J. Mrs. Creel was awarded third place in Mrs. America contest but later screen star Wendell Corey and several other judges protested that she was the real winner. They said she received first place votes from 23 of the 24 judges. ‘Mrs. New York City, Penny Dun- can, was announced thle winner. P Wirephoto. Big Cutin 'Funds, Armed Forces, Order WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—(P— The Senate today otdered a cut of an estimated $1,500,000,000 in a record peace time money bill for the Armed Forces. An amendment directing a two- and one-half percent reduction in the total funds allowed in the huge appropriation - measure Was accep- ted by a voice vote. Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo), floor manager of the bill, said that he was willing to take the amend- ment to conference with the House after efforts to whack first $6,000,- 000,000 and then $5,000,000,000 off the bill had failed. As submitted to the Senate by its appropriations committee, the bill carried a total of $61,103,856,~ 030 but the Senate earlier had voted a .$70,000,000 cut. Senator’ H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) offered: the amendment ordering the bill to be trimmed by 25 per cent. He was joined by Senators Case (R-SD3, Ferguson (R-Mich), and Flanders (R-Vt). They told the Senate it would save approximately $1,500,000,000. Earlier the Senate voted to re- strict military flight pay to those who fly in actual combat or who spend at least 20 hours aloft each month. FROM SEATTLE Dan Burt of Seattle Is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. TIDE TABLES SEPTEMBER \14 am., 179 ft. , =19 ft. High tide 1 Low tide High tide Low tide o o o WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport—Maximum, 59; minimum, 36. e®o00c e FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with oceasional light rain showers tonight and Fri- day. Low temperature tonight about 47. High Friday near 56. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — .14 inches; since July 1 131 inches. e 0o 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, 13, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PTEMBER Seauty and the Bbe | Truce Talk Resumption Now Hinted TOKYO, Sept. 13—(®»—The Pei- ping radio threw out a hint tonight the price for resuming Korean truce talks would be allied admission that all Red truce violation charges are true. The United Nations command has rejected all of a long string of Red charges except one. It has ad- mitted the accidental strafing of the Kaesong neutral zone Monday. The Peiping radio quoted a Com=- munist correspondent at Kaesong as declaring: “The cease-fire talks could start again immediately and agreement could be reached in a short time if the Americans accepted the mili- tary realities” and took the respon- sibility for all the-alleged neutral- ity violations. The UN command for the momel,lt was saying nothing. It would not. even say what was in the latest Red note handed allied liaison officers Wednesday. The allied officers had just hand- ed the Reds a note apologizing for the accidental strafing of the Kae- ! song neutral zone by an allied B-26 bomber on Monday. UN command has not made the Red note public, and has .et‘medl to comment on it. Heintzleman Will Boost for Alaska Projectsin Stafes | Several projects for Alaska will osceupy B. Frank Heintzleman fol- lowing his attendance at a Pacific! Northwest Trade Association meet- | ing in Missoula, Mont., next week. One of the main projects on which he will be working is es- tablishment of a newsprint plant in Juneau. Heintzleman said e will con- tact various publishers in the states in attempts to interest them in| such a-plant, which he said would produce between 500 and 600 tons of newsprint per day. “It would be a big industry for Juneau, and all of Southeastern Alaska, if I can get a group of publishers interested,” he said. In connection with this project, Heintzleman said several companies | have expressed interest in running a ferry system from Puget Sound and Prince Rupert to Juneau, Haines and Skagway to carry pro- ducts of the mill to eastern mar- kets. The ferry would be designed to haul railroad cars for newsprint loads and refrigerated vans and large trucks from the states to connect- with the Interior at Haines. Heintzleman said he has been in- ‘terested . in promoting such a fer- ry System ever -since the Haines Highway was first considered. He added that he will also work on the Sitka pulp project which, he said, looks promising. Another objective of Heintzle- man’s will be to get in touch with headquarters of, the Ketchikan Pulp Company which is planning to install a dam, .reservoir, —pipe iines and a big filtration plant tc process water for the mill. These installations " will follow quickly the building of a wharf for the plant at Ward’s Cove. Heintzleman said he hoped tc return to Juneau by October 1, o before dedicatory services for Ju- neau’s Memorial Library. He has long been one of the main insti- gators and workers for this addi- tion ‘to Juneaw’s civic life and headed the committee which made the building possible. Stack Quofations NEW YORK, Sept. 13—(M—Clos- ing “quotation of Alaska Juneal mine stock today is 3%, Americar Can 118%, American Tel. and Tel 161%, Anaconda 49%, Douglas Air- craft 59, General Electric 62 General Motors 51%, Goodyear 48% Kennecott 83%, Libby, McNeill anc Libby 9, Northern Pacific 55%, Stan- dard Oil of California 54%, Twen- tieth Century Fox 20%, U. S. Stee 45%, Pound $2.79 15/16, Canadian Exchange 94.62%%. Sales today were 2,340,000 shares Averages today were as follows industrials 276.37, rails 83.61, util- ities 45.49. Ship Movements Baranof due southbound gometime Sunday. Princess Louise scheduled to arrive southbound Friday at 8 a.m., sailing for Vancouver at 9 a.m. Chilcotin due to arrive at 7 p .m today. out. Enemies No Longer Japan's Shigeru Yoshida and America’s Dean Acheson shake hands after signing of Japanese peace teaty, formally ending war which began Dec. 7, 1941, Harbor. (™ Wirrphoto. with the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Behind Yoshida is U. 8. Senator John-J. Sparkman (D-Ala). 'Atforney General CK’s Salary of Boz:d Manager Atto ney General J. Gerald Wil- iams. paday ruled that the $12,000 a year salary for George Sundborg, | general manager of the Alaska De- velopment Board is valid. Neil Moore, Territorial auditor, yesterday stated that he questioned the authority of therboard to set the general manager’s pay. However, Williams quoted a law of the 1945 legislature which gave the board authority to fix the sal- the act and set the salary at $6,600. This was followed by action of {he | 1949 legislature which boosted the| sum (o $7,500. The last legislature| repealed the 1949 law, thereby, Wil- liams said, making the original 1945 law effectiv Sundborg, in a statement today, said the matter had been investi- gated before his salary was set and had the approval of the Attorney General at that time. Congress May invesfigale Tuna Foreign Imports WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—(@— Congressional hearings were asked yesterday to determine the effeci| of foreign tuna fish imports upon the domestic fishing industry. The request was made by Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash) to chairman Hart (D-NJ) of the House Merchant Marine ghd Fish- committee. Omaha Firm Bids ow on Eklutna Dam Project DENVER, Sept. 13—®—Palmer “onstructors of Omaha, Nebr., sub- ( tted a low bid of $17,348,865 for he rehabilitation of a dam already{ in cxistence at the site of the wkiutna hydroelectric project in | Alacka, the Bureau of Reclamation reported today. This compared with an engineer’: estimate of $18,175,568. B. G. Gordon, Grafe Callthan Construetion Co., and the Rhoades- | cchofner Construction Co., all of, Los Angeles, jointly bid $16,391,182 for construction on the project which includes the building of a tunnel and power house, but does not inelude rehabilitation of dam, this work was $15,687,384 Reclamation Bureau officials said that only one of the proposed jobs| will be undertaken at this time The bids will be sent to the office of Commissiorler Michael Straus in' g, washington for review and a de- cision on which one will be carried Announcement of the award will be made later by the chief en- gineer’s office in Denver, in a letter| | By the Associated Press the | | The engineer’s estimate for| Sales Tax Suggesied For Nafion By the Associated Press mittee He says: transaction tax.” lections by six billions, Glacier lce From Juneau InSeatle SEATTLE, Sept. posed to take care of them. ILngineers. Engineers in Seattle said, ever, that they merely were |'their instructions are to keep ther ord are received. in some scrt of research, as'ir struetions for taking care of der, a scientist with the snow, and permafrost research establish- ment of the Corps of Engineers The ice was prepared for shipment here by the Forest Service in Ju- neau. |Broad Powers \Are Now Given To Japanese The allied occupatign powers Ir 'Tokyo have granted Japan broac powers to negotiate directly with foreign diplomatic missions estab- lished in Japan. A Japanese foreign ministry spok- esman says this action now makes it possible for Japan to deal directly with foreign nations on mutual problems, The action ordered by General | Matthew Ridgway is the first major step takén toward restoring Japan's complete freedom as a result of the peace treaty signed last week in san Francisco. FROM KODIAK istercd at the Hotel Juneau. t The chairman of the Senate Com- that writes taxes—Senator Walter George of Georgia—says a sales tax or the like will be needed if another tax increase is to be made. “We simply cannot raise another six billion dollars in new revenue ary. The 1947 legislature amended | yignoyt going into a sales tax or a His committee has just completed a measure to boost federal tax col- 13—(M—Seven- ty-five cartons of crystal ice from an Alaska glacier arrived in Seat- tle today, to puzzle everyone sup- The ice arrived on the steamer Aleutian, for the Army Corps of how- the forwarding agent for the ice, and it |in a cold-storage plant until fur- The ice apparently is to be usec it were received from Dr. Henri Ba- ice Peaks Are Caplured Ry Allies Roller-Coaster Drive Forcing Reds from Korean ‘High Points U. 8. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 13—»— Allied troops won apother command- ng mountain peak today In their roller-coaster drive to force Reds off high points in rugged east-central Korea. The allies gained the mountain top northeast of Kumhwa in less-than three hours of fighting against only light Red resistance. The same United Nations troops captured another peak and seven surrounding ridges in the same area Wednesday. The Reds put up a foot- by-foot defense, Little Red Strength An allied officer said Thursday there was “a definite decrease of Red strength in the sector.” The area is just east of the Reds’ old “iron triangle” troop assembly area in central Korea. Allied troops with flamethrowers and bayonets captured six vital peaks Wednesday in bitter local fights that raged east of Kumhwa to the vicinity of Kaesong on the Sea of Japan coast. Present Battle - Line The battle line in the east Is roughly .25 miles north, of .pagaliel 38, thé old dividing line between north ang south Korea. The fight- ing of the past few days has push- ed allied positions forward as much as three and one-half miles in some sectors. On the rolling hills and plains of the western front, action was slow. for signs of a strike from their built- up forces there. AP Correspondent Stan Carter re- ported that at least 250,000 tank- supported Communist troops were believéd in position on the western ind west-central fronts for a pos- sible thrust at Seoul, south Korean capital, He said there are no signs that a Red smash is imminent. Acheson fo Remain as Secy. Stale Truman Makes Declara- tion at Conference; Statement Is Pointed Sept. WASHINGTON, 13—@— Acheson State.” Mr. Truman gave newsmen per- mission to quote part of his re- marks to emphasize that he does “will be Secretary of Grounding of Naval |Air Squadron in Alaska Is Ordered squadron’s | sald, proceedings of the investiga- e —— PRICE TEN CENTS WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—P—A naval air squadron in Alaska has been grounded by thé Navy for ‘morale reasons” after a series of recent air crashes theré, Word of the action was given to Rep. Mitchell (D-Wash) today in'a letter from Francis P. Whitehair, Under Secretary of the Navy. Whitehair said a special board of inquiry is investigating the dents, Mitchell recently requested that the Navy ground all'Navy Privateer bombers pending a check into the circumstances ‘of four crashes in the Alaska area. The ' erasheés claimed a total of 48 Whitehair inform mwmu that three of the crashes involyving Priva- _ teer bombers weré suffered by pa- trol squadron 9. ) v “Morale - ” For “morale - res " he said, this squadron, had: been temporarily grounded by the commanding, offi- jcer of the Alaskan Ses Frontier. The special ‘inguiry board -has been convened by the -commander in chief of the Pacific fleet. It will be headed by a. rear admiral who is a naval aviator. Because “of the nuure of - the operations,, Whitehair tion must be, confidential. A Navy air squadron in the’ Alas- kan area presumably wouw be pod to patrol . the ocean lru m Alaska and Russia. In addition to the N:vy crubfi nine other cratt heve crashed. or vanished 1n the Alaskan sector since July. Several were air force planes. ’l‘httulloldelllolmwhcm to 160. } ' Whitehair vy's string of accidents ‘“baffling” uu “distressing.” i The most recent crlcknp Involv <Priva- Aug. 24 on an op- erational Tlight out of Adak. i Whitehalr said the Navy hopes a lone survivor “may be able to shed considerable light ‘ on ; the cause of this accident as soon as his condition permits detailed in- | terrogation.” Allied patrols scanned Red positions | “In this case, as in previous ac- cidents,” Whitehair ‘wrote, “no in- formation has been received to in- dicate that the crash was catised by any structural weakness of m aireraft. “., . I should like to reiterate that there is no. question in the minds of experienced aviators- as to the ruggedness and dependability of the PB4Y-2 alrcraft.” He said the plane is used almost exclusively in the Navy's hurricane reconnaissance work and is consid- ered “to be one of the sturdiest planes of its type.” Special Election Coming Up Tuesday - A special city election will be held next Tuesdsy to ratify an or- dinance changing the terms of councilmen from one to two years. Only one polling -place . will ‘be used, that of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co., City Clerk C. L. Popejoy sald today. Hours e from 8 am. to 7 pm: Qualification’ for voters are one President Truman said today that | continuous year of residence in as long as he is President, Dean|the Territory and 30 days in the city, 21 years'of age and to be cit- izens able to read and write -the English . language. . The ordinance provides that .the three candidates recelving: the not contemplate Acheson’s leay- | highest number of votes will hpld ing the cabinet, despite frequent | office for two years and the next Republican .demands that Acheson | three highest will go in for one- J quit or be fired. As for how long he may remain | councilmen will President, Mr. Truman told repor- ters that may be some while. But he laughted off any sugges- tion that his words might be con- trued as an indication he will cek reelection. Mr. Truman voiced his new sup- port for the Secretary of State i a news conference in which he al- so disclosed: 1. The announcement Air Force that it is forming first guided missile squadron, to be equip with a new pilotless bomb} type weapon, involved one of the “new weapons” he referred to in a speech at San Francisco Sept. 4. At that* time Mr. Truman said there are some super-deadly wea- pons under copstruction “which are fantastic in their operation.” 2. He fired Llewellyn Williams as Secretary of Alaska because, the President said, Williams was in- competent. He said there was no politics involved and added that James Corbett of Kodiak is reg-| Williams was a Democrat. 3, He will soon send the Japan- zm by the; its Thereafter, three be elected eu:h year for two year terms. This is the system used until & iew years ago when the current system_was chosen. Election clerks will be Mrs. Gertie year terms, 'Berguren and Mrs. L. G. MacDon- ald. Judges will be' Mrs. E. F. Roden- berg, Mrs. Gudmund Jensen, and Miss Hilda Krause. FROM ANCHORAGE Elmer E. Gagnon of the Alaska Housing Authority from Anchorage, arrived' y on PNA and is stopping ",m, Baranof Hotel. ese treaty 1o, the BSenate and ask prompt action to ratify it. He did not know. how . long that might take, but said he would request that it be ratified promptly. The President said he had a very satisfactory conversation with Gov. Thomés E.. Dewey today and that this government has always endeavored o strengthen its defen- ses h\ a just as it sdways ,’f«\nmthon them in