The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1951, Page 1

CONGRESSI0NAL IABRARY WABHINGTON, D. ¢ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,926 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1951 Voters Will Go fo Polls Tomorrow fo (a In Annual Cify Election Tomorrow Juneau voters will go to the polls to choose their city officials for the coming year. On the ballot will be candidates for mayor, six city councilmen, a city magistrate, and a school board member. Two complete tickets have | been filed and two independents | are running. Polls will open at 8 am. and will close at 7 p.m. at the following places: Precinct 1-—basement of the new Juneau Memorial Library. Precinct 2—Alaska Electric™ Light and Power Co. Precinct 3—Juneau Dairies. According to a city ordinance re- cently approved by 'the' voters, the three candidates for councilmen'’re- ceiving the highest number of votes will be elected for two-year termis and the -mext three highest will serve one-year terms, The mayor will be elected for a two-year term, as will the city magistrate. Peoples Progressive Ticket The Peoples Progressive ticket is headed by Waino Hendrickson who has served four terms as mayor and is running for re-election. Under his administration many civic improve- ments have taken place. Running with Hendrickson are Mrs. ine Washington, Bert Mc- Dowell, ‘Walther, Solon (Dewey) Dore, Robert Stutte and J. P. (Pete) Christenson. Mrs. Washington has served on the council this year since the re- tirement of Al Zenger. She is ex- ecutive secretary of the Teachers Retirement Board, secretary of the Juneau Health Center Council, is an active member of the Business and Pro{kssional Women's Club. She lives at 319 Sixth St. ‘McDowell is owner of Bert’'s Cash Grocery and has served on t‘_vci councilvfor the gast.ypsi. M ig married, the father of three children and his residence is 707 Main St. Walther was a member of the city council in 1949 and 1950, is a driver for the Home Grocery, mar- ried and has three children. He lives at 414-Ninth and A Streets. Dore has been a resident of Ju- neau for the past ten years and was on the Juneau police force for The Washington Merry - Go-Round (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — Diplomats re- turned from the Ottawa confer- ence report privately that it wasn't anywhere near as successful as the | headlines and the official press | communiques indicated. In fact, it ducked the most im- | portant problem for which it was | called— the question of deciding how much money is to be spent on European rearmament and how much for civilian uses. Furthermore, the Ottawa diplo- mats did ‘not even bother to read General Eiesenhower's repart on Europe’s military defense. Ike had prepared - a report on the present strength of Europe, and on how much more armament would be necessary. But his. analysis was not even read. Instead it was referred to the next meeting in Rome, which will not be held until November—after Great Britain gets a new govern- men. Most of this took place at closed door sessions and was not known to the public. Keynote of the general attitude at the Oftawa conference was a speech given by Bjarni Benediktsson, foreign minister of Iceland, a hand- some Viking-type gentleman with long, drooping mustaches very much like a walrus. “Iceland,” said Foreign Minister Benediktsson at the first closed session, “has already “done her share. We can do no more. We have American troops on our soil. And we have a new air base at Rey- kjavik. which is keeping all the people awake.” ONE-SIDED GAME Other foreign ministers took a similar position. They weren’t quite so blunt, but their general feeling was that further efforts should come from the United States. As one delegate put it afterward: “It was like a tennis game played against a wall, with the United States the lone tennis player and Europe the wall.” Secretary of ‘State Acheson led off the first closed-door session with a none too inspiring speech. ‘Whereas he was very much on the sf Ballois | 4% years and was assistant chief when he resigned. At present-he 1s a desk clerk at the Gastineau Hotel, He is married, has two children and resides at Sixth and Harris. Robert Stutte, a building con- tractor, is associated with his father in business here. He is a past com- mander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is on the board of the Vet- erans Service Council for the ter- ritory, is a member of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department and lives in the Channel Apartments, He is married and has two child- ren, Christenson served on the coun- cil for 2% years. He is the local Nash car dealer, on the board of directors for the Teen Age club and has operated the Juneau school Lusses for 16 years. He is married and lives at 909 West 12th St. Civic Interest Ticket The Civic Interest ticket is head- ed by Neilsen who has served for the past year on the council and had previously been a councilman. He is running for mayor. Other candidates on the ticket for council members are: Louis Kann, owner of Kanns | Variety Store. He has been a Ju- neau resident since 1928, belongs to two local lodges and has one daugh- ter. J. A. Thibodeau, who has served a total of 3% years on the city council, is owner of Thibodeau's Grocery, has been a Juneau resi- dent for the past 37 years, a Worid War I veteran and a Past Com- mander of the American Legion here. He is married and has six children, George Messerschmidt, associated with the Purity Bakery here. He was iborn in Juneau, is married and has three childven, He cwns his home rand ade cesidence &y Juncau slice birth. He is a member of the Elks and Masons. E. O. Curley) Davis, co-owner of the North Transfer Co. He has been | a resident of Juneau since 1928 and has been in business here for the | past 20 years. | E. M. Spence, owner of the Ju- neau Transit System, has filed on this ticket. Bert Caro, owner of Caro Transfer, has served for the past year on the council. 7 Independent candidates are P. M. Schneider, local trucker, for mayor, and A. S. Glover of the Spruce Lockers for councilman. F. O. Eastaugh is the only candi- date for city magistrate. Dr. J. O. Rude and James Orme are candidates for a five-year term as member of the school board for the Juneau Independent School Dis- trict. Voting for the school board will take place at the same time and places as for city officials in addi- tion to another polling place at the home of Mrs. 8. W. Jekill at Auke Bay. Bars Are Closed On Election Day All liquor establishments, includ- i i Bitter Oil Dispute Taken Up, United Nations, Today - British Bow to Iran’s Order on Expulsion of ‘Men Employed, Refinery NEW YORK, Oct, 1— (® —The/| United Nations plunges into the bitter British-Iranian oil dispute today, with Britain apparently bow- ing in advance to Iran’s order expelling Britons from the great Abadan refinery area. A London announcement said Britain plans to evacuate all her oil men from Abadan Ly Thursday, the deadline set by the Nationalis Iranian government. Abadan dis- patches said most of the oil men would leave hy warship from Basra, Iraq, Wednesday, and the remaining few offilcals would go to Basra Thursday. Iran made it clear she was insist- ing upon the expulsion in spite of the pending British complaint before the Security Council. Deputy Premier Hossein Fatemi said in Tehran that the Security Council had no power to recom- mend that Iran lift the expulsion order. Previously, Hussein Makki, of the Iranian National Oil Board said if the Britains insisted on staying at the refinery, they would be “escorted off by police with the greatest respect and kindness.” Iran’s aged, frail and emotional Premier, Mohammed Mossadegh, has not yet mentioned flying to New York for the Security Coun- cil meeting. His deputy, Fatemi, said | Iran still has received no formal notice from the Security Council on the British complaint and no decis- ion on whether Mossadegh would go to New York would be made until such official notice was re- ceived. The government had an- nounced previcusly Mossadegh would atiend taie Nyw York meeting 3 Ten British warships are an- chored off Basra, only 40 miles from Abadan on the Shatt-El- Arab estuary, and there was some talk in London of an “oil block- ade” of Iran to insure that the Iranians do not sell stored Abadan oil which Britain considers pro- perty of the Anglo-Iranian com- pany. Makki has said that if such a Llockade were imposed, it would be “most dangerous and would be| the beginning of hostilities.” World Peace Is Platform of British Labor SCARBOROUGH, England, Oct. 1 — (# — Prime Minister Attlee de- clared today that Britain under his Labor government has been a main bulwark of world peace. He was given a tremendous ova- tion by 1,500 delegates and party leaders as he rose to speak and another when he sat down at the Labor party conference in the SPA Grand Hall in this seaside resort town. The Prime Minister struck ont on what appears to be the Labor ing lounggs, will be closed tomorrow, election day, until 7 o'clock in the evening, Confidence Vofed ‘ To GOP Chairman Gabrielson WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 — B — Forty-one of the 104 members of the Republican National Committee gave a standing vote of confidence today to chairman Guy George Gab- rielson in connection with his RFC loan activities. The action was taken unanimously by the 41 committee members at- tending a one-day regional confer- ence on 1952 campaign plans. Gabrielson himself raised the RFC question. 'He has been attacked by several members of his own party for continuing to represent a private corporation before the big govern- ment lending agency while serving as party chairman. TIDE TABLES OCTOBER 2 High tide 2:25 a.m., 17.3 ft. Low tide 8:21 am., 05 ft. High tide 2:26 p.m., 19.0 ft. Low tide 8:52 p.m., -2.3 ft. Party’s main election issue: The threat of a Third World War. “It is right that in our manifesto we should give first place to peace,” he said. On the home front, the Prime Minister declared, the Socialists would push forward to restrict divi- dends and put industry under public ownership whenever the party be- lieved it necessary. Attlee was presenting his party’s manifesto — Labar's answer to the Conservative manifesto issued last week by Winston Churchill. The Conservatives asked an end to So- cialist rule of England. TRIPPING OUTSIDE Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Loken are leaving for a trip to the states. In Portland they will visit his par- ents and then go to Boston to visit her parents. Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Oct. 1—P—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%,' American Can 116, American Tel. and Tel. 150%, Anaconda 48%, Douglas Aircraft 59, General Electric 61%, General Motors 52, Goodyear 46%, Kenne- cott 84%, Libby McNeill and Libby 87%, Northern Pacific 56%, Standard 0il of California 54, Twentieth Cen- tury Fox 21%, U.S. Steel 42%, Pound $2.79%, Canadian Exchange 94.81%. Sales today were 1,330,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: "mcd it Jast year.” New Alaska Highway Suggested SEATTLE, Oct. 1 — (® — Saving Alaska from Russia in the event of war is dependent on constructing a 550-mile stretch of highway, in the opinion of Donald MeDonald. McDonald, of Fairbanks, is a re- tired exploratory engineer. He is known as the father of the Alaska Highway. Ironically, he now despises it as “an economic waste and wholly inadequate, largely because of rough, steep stretches susceptible to washouts between Whitehorse, Y.T., and Edmonton, Alta. The solution, McDonald believes, is constructing a road from Atlin to Fort St. James, B.C, that would connect with the Fairbanks road 58 miles south of Whitehorse and with the Cariboo road at Fort St. James. Connecting the two roads would cut the mileage from Fairbanks to Seattle from the present 3,400 miles to about 1,900 miles, Mc- Donald said. Freight trucks averaging 40 miles an hour of continuous driving could haul materials from Seattle to Fair- banks in two days on such a road, McDonald said. It took him ten days to drive from Fairbanks to Seattle on the present road. He arrived Thursday night, on his first trip “outside” in six years. “Alaska is an economic island, dependent on the sea for all means of war or development,” said’ McDonald. = “If it is true that it is one of the most stra- tegic areas in the world, and I think it is, it is mandatory for the United States to hold it. “But T don’t see how we can un- Jess we build this new road. Russia has submarines and they easily could cut Alaska off from being supplied by sea. “That leaves the present highway. It is so bad that only 1,700 trucks MecDonald was « memier of the American Commission which worked jointly with the Canadian group in planning the Alaska Highway before the Second World War. Both commissions were in agree- ment the highway should be built over the route now recommended | by McDonald, he said. “When the Second World War came along,” McDonald said, “planning the road was taken out of our hands and some ‘brain ordered it built from Whitehorse to Edmonton and down into Mon- tana. That was deliberate sabo- tage. “The Canadians are about ready to scrap their section. Any good engineering outfit would give that part of it up as extravagant and wasteful to maintain.” The western route that McDonald favors would have 35 bridges, cost- ing an estimated $1,500,000, com- pared with the present road’s 78 bridges costing $16,575,000, McDon- ald sald. He estimates the new road could be built for $50,000,000, com- pared .with the $140,000,000 he say< the Whitehorse-Edmonton section cost. 5. C. Campbell Named Alaska (D Director WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—#—The Civil Defense Administration said today it has set up nine regional offices to work directly with state| directors of civil defense. Each office has a director assisted by a small staff, chiefly technicians in police, fire fighting, rescue, wel- fare and medical work. 8. C. Campbell was appointed di- rector for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island and| Guam. His office will be in Wash- ington. Nullification of New "Censoship™ Order Is Sought By the Associated Press . A Republican Senator, Karl Mundt of South Dakota, is leadin: a GOP drive to nullify President Truman’s latest security order. Thi is the one authorizing all civilial agencies to withhold information on security grounds—at their own discretion. Mundt and his supporters call the order “a dangerous impingement on freedom of the press.” DUCK HUNTING HOURS industrials 272.52, rails 8532, util- ities 46.03. Alaska Areas | others are Pan American, Northwest ALL THE TIME” MEMEER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Fighth Army Ready fo Strike Hard Warning Given Reds If They Want All-Out War Instead of Truce Talks U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Oct. 1—(#—The Eighth Army is “prepared to strike, and strike hard” in Korea if the Reds want all-out war instead of truce talks That warning was issued tonight in Tokyo by Gen. Matthew B. Ridg- way’s public information office. It came as Gen. Omar N, Bradley, America’s top military leader, and Ridgway toured command posts on the eastern front where the United Nations' autumn offensive got un- derway last Tuesday. South Korean troops in that mountainous sector bared their bay- onets Monday and drove 500 to 600 Reds off the third crest of a ridge- line west of hearthbreat ridge. They won the other two peaks Sunday night. Other South Koreans cap- twied a hill morthwest of the punchbowl, narth of Yanggu. On the other side of the war-torn peninsula, sunny skies brought the air war back to Korea. Twenty- seven U. S. F-86 Sabre jets clash- ed with about 40 red-nosed Com- munist MIG-15s in a series of dog- fights that swirled for 25 minutes north of Sinanju, The U. S. Fifth Air Force said one of the Russian-made MIGs was destroyed and three were damaged. No' allied losses were reported. Rent Confrol WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—®—Rent controls went into effect today in; the Fairbanks and Anchorage, Al-| aska areas. | Tighe E. Woods," director of rent| stabilization, announcing this, said’ rents were rolled back to July 1, 1950 in the three areas. He said the Alaska area includes all property within 20 miles of the post offices at Anchorage and Fair- | banks, and the Eielson, Elmendorf | and Ladd Air Force Bases and Fort Richardson. Expansion of the mili- tary bases prompted the action, he said. PNA Starts New Alaska Service; Inaugural Flight SEATTLE, Oct. 1 — (® — Pacific Northern Airlines started its new regular service between Portland, Seattle and Anchorage, Alaska, to- day. Thirty-eight passehgers were aboard the DC-4 for the inaugural flight. It also carried an invitation to Mayor Z. J. Loussac of Ahchorage to attend Seattle’s forthcoming cen- ennial celebration. It became the fourth airline link- ng the Pacific Northwest and Alaska n a regular schedule basis. The | | nd Alaska Airlines. KLONDIKE KATE AT START CEREMONIES PORTLAND, Oct. 1—M—Klon- jike Kate was on hand today as pacific Northern Airlines made itc irst flight from Portland to Alaska. Now Mrs. W. L. Van Duren of Jefferson, Ore., the former belle of he Yukon attended ceremonies rior to the take-off. The plane rrying 11 passengers and a crew five from Portland, stops at vattle before continuing on to An- norage. One Portland «mong the passengers, ner William A. Bowes. city official was Commis- SATURDAY FIRE CALLS A fire call Saturday at 5:30 p.m. 1s for a chimney fire in the rooms ext to the City Cafe on lower anklin street. Little damage was ported by firemen. The fire call 9:05 p.m. Saturday was for the Cottage apartments on West Sev- enth street. Firemen reported burn- ing candles had been upset on a ed with little damage resulting. HERE FROM SITKA Carl Kerr of Sitka is staying at the Baranof Hotel. FROM SEWARD Ward Carroll of Seward is regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. Bradley in Tokyo Gen. Omar Bradley (left), chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, is greeted by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme allied commander, on Bradley’s arrival at the Haneda airport, Tokyo, to begin a 10-day insgLetion tour of Japan and Korea. (® Wirephoto via radie from Tokyo. Iiépofl Sub Off Alaska Discounted ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 1—(® —~-Military authorities discount re- ports by two civilians that they be- lieve they had seen submarines not belonging to the United States near Alaska. The repbtts” we¥ainada hy Donald | Cross and Tom Costello, Fish and Wildlife Serviih: employees, who said they saw the alien craft on Aug. 28 and Sept. 12, respectively. Maj. James K. Bryan, public in- formation officer for the Alaskan qommand, sald Saturday {night the reports have proved ground- less, “Our intelligence officers say there is no evidence to show that submarines actually had been seen in the area,” Maj. Bryan said. Cross told military intelliger officials at Elmendorf Air Fo; Base that he sighted a Schnorkel- type sukmarine as it heagded away from the area. He said he also heard its motors, Cross said the incident ociurred awout 2 pm August 28 while he was in a boat off Dick Arm on the Kenai Pen- insula. Costello related seeing what looked like a sub 20 miles from Kalgin land, Sept. 12, about 6:30 p. while flying over the area. “I looked again about 30 seconds later and it was gone,” Costello said Others in the plane said they thought Costello’s submarine was only a sandbar. He said he didn't think anything about it until ne heard Cross’ report and then told e intelligence officers of the incident. | Hawalian Water Resources May Be Studied Eight-Year ‘Study Pro- posed; Bartleff to Ask Same for'Alaska WASHINGTON, Oct. 1-—{#—The House Reclamation subcommittee has approved a bill to authorize an eight-year study of water resourc: development' possibilities in the Ha- | walian Islands. As recommended to the full House | Interfor Affairs committee, the study program would be limited to $250,000 a year for eight years. The subcommittee’s action fol- lowed testimony by William E Warne, assistant seeretary of in- terior, that the efficient use of Ha- waii's water resources for irrigation is the principal hope of stabilizing the economy of the Islands. Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) said he will introduce a bill today to authol Smilar water studies in Alaska. ¥ Such studies, Warne told the sub- committee, have been carried on for several years in Alaska without basic authorization except irr ap- propriation bills. He said.the In- terior Department and Budget Bu- reau favor both the Alaska and Ha- wali bills, Tie-Up Averfed | Agreement Reached on West Coast with 48-Hour Truce on Aflantic NEW-YORK, Oct. L—(M-A tieup |of the nation's shipping threatened for last midnight was averted just ahead of the deadline by a tentative agreement on the west coast and & |48-hour “truce” for Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Shippers and the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots Union (MMP) have been trying to reach new con- tracts in separate negotiations in |New York and San Francisco, Fed- eral mediators have been participat- ng. On the Pacific, the MMP agreed to a two-year wage pact subject ; to formal approval by the union | membership, the Shippers Pacific | Maritime Association (PMA) and } the Wage Stabilization Board. New York talks were continued | by an agfeement between the union |and 40 east and gulf companies | to extend the old contract for 48 | hours. Negotiators then scheduled ew meetings today and tomorrow. Charles F, May, president of the deck officers union, said jn San Francisco that MMP members would refuse to work Atlantic and Gulf ships if they do not get an agreement equal to that attained in the west. | May had threatened a walkout for the Pacific prior to last night's agreement. Union demands concerning hir- | ing procedures are a key point in the eastern dispute. The union wants all ships’ officers, except Masters, to be signed on from union lists. Employers reportedly want to make an exemption of first mates, too. The West Coast agreement, as an- nounced by May, granted the union its demands on this point. A 25-percent wage increase had been sought by the union in both New York and San Francisco, but the MMP settled for 6.2 percent on the Pacific after once rejecting this figure, However, there was no indica- tion the union would budge on | wages in the east. Other details in the west coast | wereement, May said, include a 40- hour week in port and at sea, with ime-and-a-half for overtime; a doubling of the ship owners’ present 25 cents per man-day contribution to the union pension fund; longer vacations, and a number of other benefits in work conditions. Current pay rates. range from $378 to $750 a month. West coast companies will con- sider their agreement today. The union promised to present the pro- posed pact to the membership by Wednesday. HERE FROM VIRGINIA Robert H. Rockwell of James- ville, Va., is registered at the Bara- nof Hotel. FROM SEATTLE Campbell Church, Jr., and ». E. Christensen of Seattle are staying at the Baranof Hotel. Gianfs 3, Dodgers 1, First Playoff New York Takes Win Over Brooklyn; Second of Series Tomorrow BROOKLYN, Oct. 1 — ® — Jim Hearn pitched the New York Giants to a 3-1 opening victory over Brook- lyn today in their best-of-three playoff for the National League pennant on home runs by Bobby Thompson and Monte Irvin. A crowd of 30,707 saw Andy Pafko give the Dodgers tI only run with a second-inning Hhomer. " Thomson's homer with Irvin on base in the fourth gave Hearn a lead he never yielded. Irvin's elghth inning blast, his fifth off Ralph Branca, gave the big righthander a little insurance. Hearn allowed five hits, all singles except Pafko's homer, From the fifth on he pitehed hitless ball in the last 4 1/3 innings. 4 The Giants got only five hits off Branca in his eight inning workout but big Ralphie walked five and hit one. He nipped Irvin on thé left . elbow in the fourth, shortly before ‘Thompson drove deep into the lower left field seats. Clarence Podbielan gave up the sixth and final hit—a double by AlA Dark—in the ninth, The Dodgers had a mild threat going in the last of the ninth when Peewee Reese walked with one out. It seemed Jackie Robinsen,. yéster- day's winning hero, wor get an- other chance to bat, but Duke Snider hit into a double play. The setles continues tomorrow at 1:30 pm. (EST) at the Palo Grounds where g third, if necessary, dnesd ey will be played Wi A i 000 200 0108 6 1 New York Brooklyn 010 000 000—1 6 1 ‘BrmM' igFM panella. Homers: N.Y.—Thompson, Irvin; Brooklyn — Pafko. Losing pitcher: Branca. New York leads 1-0, in best-of- three series, £ 'Armistice Up fo Reds Says Bradley TOKYO, Oct. 1—P—Red leaders persisted today in their Jong silence on an Allied proposal to change the Korean truce meeting place from Kaesong to No-Man's-Land. Gen. Omar Bradley said Sunday the future of the armistice negoti- ations “will depend on the nature” of the Communist reply. The chairman of the US. Joint Chiefs of Staff flew to Korea Mon- day with Gen, Matthew B. Ridg- way, Allied Supreme Commander, and Charles (Chjp) Bohlen, State Department expert on Russia. Bradley, wearing battle dress, went to Korea to visit frontline divisions, He had told a news conference in Tokyo Sunday “no one can fore- see if they (the truce talks) will be successful or unsuccessful. I-dor’t think anyone expected quick re- sults.” He expressed hope that an armis- tice can be reached, but made it clear that was up to the Reds. FROM PITTSBURGH, PA. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Murray and daughter Carol of Pittsburgh, Pa., are registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM NEW YORK West J. Altenburg of New York City is staying at the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Atrport; Maximum, 52; Minimum, 40. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly fair with lowest tem- perature near 38 degrees in Juneau and as low as freez- ing in outlying areas tonight. Partly cloudy with highest temperature about 52 degrees ‘Tuesday. @00 000 evevdoeevevee 0000000000000 0000®0 00 i { PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today e At Airport Trace; ® since July 1825 inches. ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0