The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1951, Page 1

LONGRESSIONAL ABRARY ARHINOTAN 1 VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,918 Jab Made Into Iron Triangle Allied Armored Columns Shoot Up Everything in Sight; Knockdown Fight U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Saturday—(®— Allied armored columns jabbed into the north corner of the old Com- munist iron triangle in central Kor- ea Friday, shot up everything in sight and then withdrew for the night. It was perhaps the heaviest armor- ed thrust of the Korean war. In- fantrymen followed the tanks into action. Elements of three allied divisions smashed northward within a short distance of Pyonggang, Apex of the triangluar area used last spring as a massive build-up area by the Chinese and Korean Reds. One tank infantry column reached north of Chorwon, the southwestern corner of the tri- angle, at dawn and met only light resistance from Reds lining the hills A second armored column ‘met bit- ter opposition north of Kumhwa after poking northward only a mile. What appeared the toughest re- sistance in the day’s action was met by the third tank-tipped column northeast ‘of Kumhwa. The column ran into a hail of anti-tank fire near a town and a “knockdown dragout” battle ensued. On the hitherto flaming eastern front, the five-weekp-old “battle of the hills™ ebbed to sporadic clash- es. I’-olfi Burning "Midnight OIf fo Finish Court Work Judge George W. Folta is “burn- ing the midnight oil” to wind up U. S. District Court work in order to get away on the Aleutian this weekend for Ketchikan where court is scheduled to convene Sept. 25. Hearing motions has been the main item on this short term since the Judge’s return from Anehorage Sept. 13 where he held sessions in the absence of Judge A. J. Dimond during the summer. 1t is expected court will continue until late Saturday to clean up re- maining cases. 'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Truce Talk Resumplion . Upin Air TOKYO, Sept. 21—P—Gen. Mat- thew B. Ridgway withheld his ans- wer today to a Communist proposal to resume the Korean truce talks at Kaesong. But while the move to resume armistice talks hung fire, allied armor roared out loudly across the Korean battlefront. United Nations tanks and infantry thrust into the former Communist iron triangle buildup area on the central front. The battle of words over- how to get the wheel of peace revolving again was as muted as the United Nations’ limited offensive action was loud Even Red China’s Peiping radio— the Communist sounding board that pours out tens of thousands of words each day in anti-United Nations ‘command propaganda—was notably silent. There was only a dribble of hash- ed-over complaints of Kaesong nu- trality violations where torrents us- ed to flow. Lithofold Head Tells Senators He Employed Boyle WASHINGTON, Sept. 21— (# — Robert J. Blauner, president of the American Lithofoid Corp., testified today that he hired William M, Boyle, Jr., at $500 a month because he expected “some things might de- velop.” Blauner told the Senate investiga- tions subcommittee that as it turned out “really nothing of any great moment developed” that required the services of Boyle, now Demo- cratic National Chairman. ‘The Senators have received pre. vious testimony that Boyle received a total of $1,250 from -February to April, this was for 'legal work. 5 At the time Boyle was the unpaid executive vice chairman of the Na- tional Democratic committee. Boyle was put on a salaried basis with the Democratic committee in April, and Blauner said that Cecil Green, Washington representative of the firm, advised him Boyle no longer would serve as counsel. Blauner said Green recommended that Max Siskind, Boyle's law part- ner, succeed him. TELLS ON GABRIELSON Yesterday the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Company, through its attorney Robert Boochever, pleaded guilty on two counts of an inform- ation filed by U. S. Attorney Pat- rick J. Gilmore, Jr., on Aug. 23. The information charged the company with carrying combustible liquids on two barges in Wrangell Narrows. The charges were made by the U. S. Coast Guard inspection division which found the barges were not certified for bearing such cargo. Judge Folta fined the company $250 on each count, or a total of $500. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEABSON AS}{INGTON —It was never meant to be published, but Gen. Lawton Collifls, the Army Chief of Staff, has written a' private letter to the spokesman for the 88 dis- charged West® Point cadets. In it he made the strange statement that while they were not.good encugh to be West Point officers they were still good enough to be Army offi- cers. “I will say for the Army that your separation from West Point in it- self will not be grounds for dis- barment from the reserve officers’ training corps, officer * candidate schools, or other similar programs under army jurisdiction,” General Collins wrote to the discharged cadets through their spokesman, Herbert Johnson. In other words, the army's mil- itary boss officially recognizes what reserve officers have so bitterly criticized, that the West Point clique is a separate and superior caste. In contrast, General Marshall, who re- tired last week, was not a West Pointer, while many civilian univer- sities which turn out reserve offi- cers maintain the highest ethical and academic standards. General Collins’ letter, explaining his policy, stated: “The frank ad- mission of guilt and wholesome spir- it of repentance which I find . . . * confirm my first impression that mt (Continued on Page 4) WASHINGTON, Sept. 21— M — Senator Williams (R-Del) told the Senate today Republican National Chairman Guy George Gabrielson is still representing a private com- pany before the RFC! Williams, who previously had ac- cused Democratic Chairman William M. Boyle, Jr., of taking fees to help another firm get government loans, said in a floor speech. “I do not believe that any man who holds the'position of Chairman or Vice Chairman of a political com- mittee has any right to represent private companies in a government loan.” The, Repubncnn Senator said Gab- rielson had contacted W. Stuart Symington, RFC administrator, about the loans. : The matter arose on the Senate floor after the Senate investigations subcommittee heard testimony that Boyle, Presidential Secretary Mat- J.|thew J. Connelly and other govern- ment officials had received $90 cam- eras as “good will” gifts from a St. Louis printing firm. Twe Injured in Plane Crash Near Dillingham ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 21— (M—A small plane crashed last night at Ekwok, a small village 40 miles northeast of Dillingham on Bristol Bay, injuring the pilot and an un- identified passenger. ‘The Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion here said the plane was a Tay- lorcraft belopging to Bristol Bay Airlines. It was piloted by Dick Armstrong. The CAA said a meager report from the scene said the pilot was unconscious but the nature of his injuries was not reported. Other detajls of the crash, including the identity of the passenger, were not available here. FROM SEATTLE Harvey Hesser of Seattle is at the Gatsineau Hotel. He is with |the R. C. Bagley Co. which paints loil storage tanks. 1949. Boyle himself has said |/ Search fo Keep Up for Wreckage 0f Missing Plane Trail Crew Leader Be- lieves Report of Low Merit But fo Investigate ANCHORAGE, ‘Alaska, Sept. 21— (M—The leader of an Air Force trail crew sent to investigate a reported plane wreckage was sighted on a Kenal Peninsula mountain said to- day he believes the “report was of low merit.” but worth investigation. A construction worker Wednesday spotted what he said appeared to be wreckage of a DC-3 or DC-4 in the Kenai mountains 10 miles south- west of Kenai Lake. The Air Force ordered an investi- gation on the possibility it might be the wreckage of a Korean air- lift plane which disappeared July 21. Thirty eight were aboard the DC-4. Lt. Richard Swan, in charge of the four-man trail crew, discussed | the report with James A. Carey, | Mason Oberg Construction Company worker who said he sighted the wreckage. Swan said later the country where the plane reportedly was spotted was low on the normal Anchorage- Seward airlane. He said the wreck- age should have been seen by pilets flying the route. “However, there still is a possibil- ity there is wreckage of a plane,” Swan said. “It would be covered by underbrush not easily spotted from the air. The trail crew will go up to investigate.” Alaska Gels Share Fishing Tackle Tax WASHINGTON, Sept. 21— B — Northwest States and Alaska will receive $302,661 of $2,920250 the yesterday for the improvement of sports fishing. Fishermen contributed to the fund the agency said, by paying tie 10 percent excise tax Congress imposed a year ago on fishing rods, reels, creels, artificial lures, baits and flies. Congress directed that the money be used to finance the government’s share of cooperative fishery work. The number of fishing license holders and the area determines the share each state receives. Allotments include: Alaska $75,000. U.S. Navy Bomber Found Wrecked in Canadian Wilds CAMPBELL RIVER, B. C., Sept. 21—P—A weary search party reach- ed the wreckage of a United States navy bomber yesterday, but defin- ite identification of the plane was not revealed in radio messages from the party. The plane is one of two U. S. navy Neptune patrol bombers. One disap- peared with its crew of nine three years ago.. The other, with 11 on board, vanished in the area last Dec- ember. The wreckage was located on the southwest side of bleak Mount Mc- Creight, 200 feet below the peak. Joseph Hunter Dies With Heart Atfack Joseph H. Hunter, 60 died cud- denly with a heart attack ten minutes after he entered St. Ann’s Hospital last evening akout 6 o’clock. : Hunter was a long time resident of Alaska and was a member of the Elks and American Legion here. He was born in Passaic, N.J. March 4, 1891 and went with the Fish and Wildlife Service here as a seamen op the vessel Brant. Funeral arrangements will bean- nounced later. The body is at the Carter Mortuary. Stock Quofations NEW YORK, Sept. 21—(P—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 117, American Tel. and Tel. 158%, Ana- conda 48'%, Douglas Aircraft 605%, General Electric 60%, General Mo- tors 51%, Goodyear 47%, Kennecott 85, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9, Northern Pacfic 57%, Standard Oil of California 51%, Twentieth Cen- tury Fox 21%, U. 8. Steel 43, Pound $279 15/16, Canadian Exchange 94,62%. Sales today were 2,180,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 272.11, rails 85.34, utilities 45.35. Plote-and-Wialoe. Scvies alocatoddunk. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1951 'Yankees Beat Up i Red Sox BOSTON, Sept. 21—{#—The New York Yankees, behind Allie Rey- nolds’ strong six-hit pitching, broke their Fenway Park “jinx” today and whipped the Boston Red Sox, 5 to 1, to protect their slim American League lead over Cleveland. It was the Yanks' first win in Boston this season. They had lost eight straight until today. The loss dropped the Red Sox five games off the pace, and all but end- ed Boston's hopes of a 1951 penant. Reynolds, who was magnificent in the clutch, won his 16th game. His mates backed his hurling with a nine-hit attack. ‘The Yanks, shooting for a third straight pennant, scored one run off loser Leo Kiely in the first in- ning and were never headed. A double by Phil Rizzuto and a single by Joe DiMaggio brought this run home. ‘The Yanks hit four straight singles with none out 'in the second inning —but scored only once. Hank Bauer opened the inning with a single, but ‘was thrown out attempting to steal second. Jerry Coleman, Joe Collins and Reynolds followed with one- base blows, and the New York lead was 2-0. New York, leading 3-1 in th sev- New York, leading 3-1 in the sev- Dougald’s two-run triple. This was a bad break for Boston, as the ball took a strange hop past the inrush- ing Dom DiMaggio in centerfield. It rolled to the fence, and two runs were across before Dom could re- trieve the ball. Mystery Fire Destroys Jet Plane At Eielson Field ROpr D8 ~44 —Fire of myterious origin destroyed a4 B-47 jet bomber at Eielson Air Force Base yesterday. The Air Force said there were no casualties but referred all in- quiries to the Alaska command at Anchorage. Witnesses said the plane “burst into flames” while resting on the lian employee of the base who asked not to be identified said he walked by’ the bomber shortly before the fire. He said the plane was parked near a hangar and nc one was aboard it or near it. About ten minutes later he saw smoke. ‘The Air Force had been using the B-47 on test flights between Alaska and the United States. Alaska Statehood Bill Not Considered "Must’ Legislafion WASHINGTON, Sept. 21— (A — Senator McFarland' of Arizona, the Democratic leader, told the Senate today there are no plans to act on Alaskan statehood soon. Questioned by Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) McFarland said the bil' is not considered “must” legislation. Unless leaders change their minds the Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills face delay until the next ses- sion of Congress in January. HUGH WADE ON TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D. C. Hugh Wade, Alaska Native Ser- yice area director, left by Pan Am- erican Thursday to attend a meet- ing of the Bureau of Indian Affairs area directors in Washington, D. C While there he will transact other service business. He expects to re- turn in about two weeks. CPL. JACK PENROD HOME ON FURLOUGH Cpl. Jack Penrod, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Penrod arrived home this week for a furlough from Ft. Sill Okla. He expects to be sent to Ko- rea when he reports back to his station on Oct. 3. He recently com- outfit at Ft. Sill. FISH LANDINGS ‘Three boats made landings of 21.- 200 pounds of salmon for E. E. Eng- strom Friday. Landed from the Aur- ora, Al Schramen, 2,100 pounds, Her Highness, Paul Ecklund, 1,100 pound Alrita, Albert Wallace, 18,000 pounds September 22 # Low Tide 1205 am, 23 ft ' High Tide 6:25 am., 11.7t. ® Low Tide 11:58 a.m., 6.4 ft e High Tide 5:57 pm., 135 ft. ® 0 0 00 00 o | MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS rain Jumps Track; 11 Persons Die WEEDON, Eng. Sept. 214P—A | Speeding express train jumped the tracks here today, smashing five coaches and killing at least eleven | persons, including an unidentified U. S. Air Force Corporal. Another 45 passengers on the 15- | coach train, bound from Liverpool | to London, were injured. | e council members, a_city mag- uéue and & member of the Ju< | |roy E. Ninnis, Jr., Teen Age pres- pleted training with an artillery | |area. All of them are invited to Hours after the crash, police and British army rescue workers were still combing the wreckage for possible further casualties. Earlier police had said 20 persons were killed. The accident occurred as the train was leaving Stowe Hill tunnel, half a mile south of here on the main London-Liverpool line. The locomotive plunged down a steep embankment. Five of the lead- ing coaches piled up, badly smashing the first two. ‘The engineer, buried under tons of coal which slid from the tender, 8 dug out alive but badly injured. The dead American Corporal was | ompanied by a U. 8. Air Force | geant who declined to give his name or that if his friend. The gray haired Sergeant, who said he was from Albany, N. Y., had a gash on one cheek. He told re- porters: “The train started to rock and my buddy said ‘there is a wheel off’ 1 stood up and after that I don't re- member any more. It happened so quickly.” Eletion Officials Chosen for Election October 2 Juneau voters will go to ‘the polls to elect a mayor, six neau Independent School Board. There will be three polling places. Election officials chosen to date are: Precinct, 1—in the basegent of the new library with clerks Mrs. L. G. MacDonald and Mrs. Miles Godkin: judges Mrs. Frank Metcalf and Mrs. Oscar Lundquist; and Mrs. Walter Hellan for the schools. Precinct 2—at the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. with clerk, Mrs, Julius Heinemann; judges Mrs. G. H. Hillerman, Miss Hild Krause, Mrs, Edwin Sutton; and Mrs. Her- man Beyer for the schools. Precinct 3—at the Juneau Dairies with clerks Mrs. George Clark, and Mrs. Ernest Ehler; judges Mrs. Gudmund Jensen, Mrs. Walter Kle- wens, and Mrs. L. E. Evans with Mrs. Bert Lybeck for the schools. The city clerk will compelte the list_of offfcials before Tuesday. Filings for candidates has been slow with only one declaring for city council—Albert 6. Glover of the Spruce Lockers on ‘Willoughby Ave. 4 The deadline for p.m. Sept. 26. According to an ordinance ap- proved by the voters last Tuesday, the three candidates receiving (he highest number of votes will go n ‘or two-year terms and the three -eceiving next highest will serve one-year terms. Thereafter three councilmen will be elected yearly ‘or two year terms. ' In this way there will be three carry-over mem- ers each year who are familiar with the previous year’s bLusiness. The mayor and city magistrate are for two-year terms. filing is at 5 BIRTHDAY PARTY TONIGHT AT THE TEEN AGE CLUB It's “happy birthday” tonight for he boys and girls of Juneau and Douglas in the local Teen Age club- ouse. This is the occasion of the elebration of the club’s. fifth an- iiversary. The affair will begin romptly at 10 o'clock. “There are two reasons for hay- ing this party tonight,” said El- ident. “Celebrating the lirthday s one of the reasons. Th: other s the chance for us to play host to all the new boys and girls who 1ave just recently moved to this be our guests at the party. Our mlent.ed members will put on some entertainment, and, as a result of the generosity of some adult friends of the club, there will be free refreshments. We hope t. have a very big crowd. All teen agers in the channel area will be welcome.” Guests of honor for the affair| will be Mayor. Hendricksen and Leonard E. Evans, President of v,h»J club’s Board of Trustees. | CASH COLES HERE | Mr. and Mrs. Cash Cole of Fair-| banks are stopping at the Bar-| anof Hotel. Before lliness Cut Vacaton King George VI, wearing kilts, ta lks to Flight Sgt. Lionel Parker of Vancouver, B, C, during an inspection of the Royal Canadian air cadets at Balmoral Castle in Scotland during the King's vacation there, The King cut short his treatment after the royal family oping a cough and colds. Docto vacation to return to London for became concerned over his devel-' rs for the monarch disclosed that “structural changes have developed” in one of his lungs, indicating - a serious {liness. This British official picture, made August 19, was uloased Sept. 19 in l.nndon. (P Wirephoto via radio Irom uMon ST Slmmons, l(lnq Plead Innocent 0f Defrauding BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 21—(#—Shell Simmons of Juneau and Silas King of Portland pleaded innocent yester- day to an indictment charging them with conspiracy to defraud the gov- ernment in connection with the dis- posal of a surplus navy Grumman airplane. District Judge Chase Clark set trial for Dec. 10. They were indicted by a federal grand jury which in- vestigated the disposal of govern- ment surplus property earlier this month. The third man indicted on a similar charge, Abraham Greenband of Salft Lake City, has not yet been arraigned. Simmons and King are charged with conspiring with former state | purchasing agent Harold Boyd in the purchaseé of a plane intended for use in Idaho educational insti- tutions. The indictment charged the plane was flown to Seattle and then | to Juneau for use on an airline in | which su_nmonl 1s financially inter- ested. Kids' Day Bution Sale Drive on - Today, Safurday Today members of the Juneau | Kiwanis club are selling Kid’s Day buttons ‘to raise ‘funds for its local underprivileged children’s program. | The fund drive will comlnue tomor- row, ‘This is part of Natlonnl Kids' Day, sponsored by Kiwanis clubs all over the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. The money raised by the drive remains in the local com- munities, Tomorrow afternoon all the child- ren of the Gastineau Channel area will be guests of Kiwanis at a free show at the 20th Century Theatre The committee in charge of the local activities is composed of Ken Morgan, Dr, John Clements, Joseph | Morgan, Ed Hinke, Howard Biges, Gene Vuille, and CIiff Daigler. Princess Louise due to arrive in | Juneau snuxd.y afternoon or eve- ning. Alaska sails from Seattle today. Aleutian scheduled southbound sometime Syaday. Freighter Coastal port. Freighter Sailor’s Splice scheduled to arrive Saturday- morning. Monarch in Town Is Swep! By Fire FORKS, Wash. Sept. 21—{®—Thi: fire-encircled logging town survivec a night with the doomed. Dogged fire fighters and a “provi- dential” shift in the wind brought it through last night after authorit- ies had virtually given it up for lost late yesterday. The forest fire veered off after consuming most of one residential corner of the town, Nearly a score of buildings were burned. | Evacuees of the town -of 1,120 be- |gan returning to their homes in smoky haze this morning. An esti- | mated 85 percent ‘of the populace |left before or after an evacuation | order in mid-afternoon yesterday. | Fire control officials were optim- |istic today after the wind subsided | overnight, District U, 8. Forest Rlnnr San- | ford Floe said the fast-racing fire | yesterday was fanned from ohe that had lain dormant for a month in the Olympic National Forest. He said it originally was started last month from logging engine sparks. Riding “a * 28-mil§-and-hour wind it raced southwestward 18 miles in less than 12 hours yesterday. Forks is midway between the Olympic National Park+and the Pac- ific Ocean, about a dozen miles from the seashore, The fire did not head westward of an east wind until'™t had seared | off a twa to three block strip on the north and east sides of town. Nine- teen bulldings were consumed by flames, including two sawmills, twc big logging truck garages and 15 residences. “It looked impossible to save the town at 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon,” J. W. Hull, owner of the Forks Telephone Co., said. “Then the wind shifted, providentially, you might say.” | PENRQD RETURNS FROM ) INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS | Max Penrod, area educationist fo | the Alaskd Native Service, has re- turned from an inspection trip of ‘xlhnols operated by the service at Barrow, Point Hope, Kotzebue ‘and Nome. He boarded the North Star, service supply ship, at Bar- row. While flying north to join the ‘ ship, he reported seeing an estimat- ed 10,000 caribou migrating inthe De Long mountain range. FROM ANCHORAGE | Walter Hutchinson and D. N. McDonald of Anchorage are rez~' 'istered at the Barano!l Hotel. 000000 ncevcscece PRICE TEN CENTS Gas Wrecks Many Homes Blast Results in Two Deaths; "Get Qut of Your House’ Warning ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 31— —A territying series of o plodons rocked suburban hton today, took at least two lives and destroyed nearly 20 homes, blut ing some into splinters. i Seven persons were reporud mm- ing. The .blasts , claimed at Jenst one life directly, One person died of & heart _ attack,” apparently Jrought on by the excitement, , The body of a child, burned be- yond recognition, was removed. ffom one home. i Many persons were belieyed in- jured In the demolished and bhrning dwellings. ) Near panic gripped M .fheigh- bors that were jerred mm-v. by the blasts, Police gritaly ordered all residents within two miles of the blasts to “get out of your house” until they weralmflfinwmflumm explosions. At least 22 homes were destroyed by the blasts or damaged by fire. RED CROSS llfl'flf " WASHINGTON, Bept. 21— ) — The American Red Cross héte said the information ‘chme. by téle- phone from W dm W quarters.. A THNFRANCTNCO=The fiition's 2’:.3":.,."&:““.“&""2‘&“"’" thnwzlontnt and 60,000 planies & year- a year of total ‘l'hl.l was in an address at the 70tH AFL conven- - tion, DENVER—{®—An early cold mass pushing down the Rockies today left chilly weather and up to two - inches of smow on the ground in Colorado, Wyoming and Montans. ANCHORAGE—(M—Munter Con- struction Company of Seattle was low bidder for clearing of trans- mitter and. recejver sites st Elm- endorf Air Force base and Fort Richardson. Its bid was $190,139. ‘WASHIN( | —P —The word “Korea” will be inscribed on markers on graves of all U. 8. armed forces men killed in that country and bur- ied in cemeteries. President Truman has ordered this. Stanley Baskin Admitied to Alaska Bar on Mofion Stanley Baskin, sssistant U. s. Attorney in the fixst division wi admitted to the Alasks bar yes day ‘by Judge George 'W. Folta on motion of Attorney General J. Ger- ald Williams, who is presidént ind secretary of th Board ohlAw Bx- aminers. Baskin 1s also a mher of the bar in Texas. He holds a Bachelor nl Bcience degree from Sam’ i State ‘Teachers’ and s Bachelor of Law degree from Baylor Univer- sity School of Law at Waco, Texas. Before becoming usunm U. B Attorney in January, 1948, Baskin was with the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation for five years as & special agent. He worked for the FBI in Buffalo, Albany, and New York City, N. Y., Butte, Montana and Anchor-' age, Alaska. WEATHER REPORT (U, 8. WRATHER v Temperatures dor 24-Hour Period ending 620 a'cloek this morning At Airport—Maximum, 55, minimum, 44. FORECAST (Juneas and Vielnity) Partly cloudy. tonight be- coming fair Saturday. Low tonight near 46,-high Satur- day near 60. PRECIPITAT