The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 12, 1951, Page 1

NORESSIONAL JBRARY VASHINGTON, D, c. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,963 ASI Official Asks Few Land Bill Changes KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 12— (®—The Alaska Salmon Industry Inc., went on record kefore a House subcommittee Saturday favoring the Bartlett Bill to settle aboriginal rights in Alaska—with a prov The provision was that a few amendments should be made to the measure. Attorney W. C. Arnold said the high tide mark should be used in|! parcelling out any award lands. This, he said, would prevent barring of the beaches for logging or other commerce. Arnold also said the bill should state that it does not repeal the Tongass timber sales act of 1947, which allows the U. S. Forest Ser- vice to sell timber to pulp mills. Of the several Indian leaders testifying, a sensation was created by Ray Jones of Kasaan, a member of the Haida Tribe. He quoted Ar- nold as saying the U. S. treaty ces- sion with Russia was governed by Russian action which had ex- tinguished Native land claims. Jones said the treaty never had been ratified by the Haida na- tion or other Alaska Natives. The hearings conclude today. Peron Is Winnerin Election BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 12—®— Argentina has returned President Juan D. Peron to another six years of power in a record-bfeaking elec- tion which gave him a thumping| majority over his main oppodition. | ! Peron’s, chief opponents, the Rad- ical Party, conceded his overwhel- ming victory on the basis of govern- ment figures and unofficial incom- plete returns from yesterday's el- ection. With about one-third of the votes counted, the Interior Ministry an- nounced early today that Peron had a total of 1,503,161 votes to 719,,235 for Dr. Ricardo Balbin, Radical Party candidate. i The pro-government press hRilnd‘ Peron’s victory as a vete of con-|@ Lana's Lafesf? | | i | been JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1951 Seatfle Man Is Named fo Korean Fish Agency WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—(®—A former ‘Washington State fisheries director, Milo Moore of Seattle, has named Fisheries Consultant to the United Nations Korean Re- construction Agency, Senator Mag- nuson (D-Wash) said today. Moore returned from Greece last summer after serving 27 months as chiei of the Economic Coopera- tion Administration fisheries pro- gram there. He will remain on the Pacific Coast for the next several months, Magnuson said, to gather informa- tion on boats and gear and to ready a program which can be placed in operation in Korea when conditions permit. Former Coal 'Miner fo Head Mines Bureau Actress Lana Turner cuddles up to Fernanda Lamas, Argentine actor and singer, quring a surprise appearance at Ciro’s tightclub in Hol- Iywood. Some filmdom gossipers have suspected a romance between the two, but this was their first Turner recently separated from three years of marriage, w! [ nlrephom. ' "That for You' Falher Asks Highest Medal fidence by the people. It said his | final majority will be bigger than in his first election in 1946, when he polled 55 percent. Radical leaders declared that wo- men, voting for the first time in ]| an Argintina general election, were | the main instrument in me Peron vlctory‘ The ‘opposition claimed there had | been some irregularities in the vote counting,. They said that, according to their: ewn count, at least five and pessibly seven of their candi- dates won Congressional seats in the capital, which sends 30 deput-{ ies to Congress. AT THE GASTINEAU Lillian Copenhaver of Olympla,: Wash,, is stopping at the Gastineau | Hotel. BARLOWS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Les Barlow from Wrangell are at the Baranof Ho- tel. TheWashington Merry-Go-Round (Copy=ight, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — Despite Presi- dent Truman’s 1948 whistle-stop campaign based on protecting the nation from big business, his ad- ministrators have now decided to put one of the biggest metal com- | panies in the world in the already . tightly held aluminum business. | They are awarding the cheap gov- ernment water power from Hungry Horse Dam in Montana to the Ana- | conda Copper Company, despite vig- orous objections by Mr. Truman’s| own Justice Department that Lth contract violates the principle of the Sherman Antitrust Act. They are also closing their eyes | to the criminal record of Anaconda, whose Anaconda Wire and Cable| Company was twice convicted of war frauds during World War II for selling defective wire to the armed forces—wire which, if not detected, might have caused the loss of American troops in battle. Ironic fact is that a small busi- ness firm, the Harvey Machine Company of Los Angeles, was about to receive an RFC loan to help (Continued on Page 4) public appearance together. Miss her husband, Bob Topping, aiter Lamas is separated from. his wife. ror Dead Son GLENWO®D SPRINGS, Col. Nov. | | M— A retired World War I 'my captain today awaited word from President Truman in answer to the.question: “Has my criticism | of the administration kept my dead | son from getting the Gongressional ! Medal of Honor?” Eugene R. Guild, now a Glen- wood Springs rancher, wrote the President Nov. 1. He says he has received no word from the White House or Defense Department as | yet. It wasn’t that cute little Mimi Huling, 3, of Evanston, 1L, 1ik> her task of posing, publicizing the 1951 Christmas Seals. She just got tired of posing—and uncere- monicusly stuck her tongue out 2t the photographer. (P Wire- photo. "Back fo Schooi’ 'Featured Tonight By Juneau Schools “Back to School” night will be| featured tonight when the Juneau schools hold open house from 7:30 | to 9 oclock. Parents are invited| to visit the school classrooms, talk | with their children’s teachers 'md‘ view classroom art. [ The Colonial art exhibit featur- ing reproductions of famous paint- | ings will be held in the grade school gymnasium during the open house. | Max Lewis, art instructor for O.h"‘ schools is in charge of arranging| the exhibit. The paintings are on loan to the schools and may be purchased. A small admission will be charged and the money will be used to buy | pictures: NOVEMEBER 13 High tide Low tide 1:40 a.m,, 16.2 ft. 7:20 am. 30 ft. High tide 1:24 p.m.,, 185 ft. Low tide 7:57 p.m, -18 ft. e ® o o 0 % 0 0 o didn't | “No comment,” Presidential Press ecretary Joseph Short said last |night in Key West, Fla., where the ,President is vacationing. In his letter to Mr. Truman, Guild said his son, 25-year-old Marine Lt. John Guild, and an- | other officer, Lt. Henry Alfred | Commiskey, fought side by side | during a battle for Hill 85 near Inchon in Korea. Commiskey sur- vived and was awarded the Medal of Honor—the nation’s highest military award, Guild died Sept. 20, 1950, and a Navy cross was | pesthumously awarded. Guild, in releaging his letter to reporters late Saturday, emphasized [mz\t he is not challenging Lt. Com- miskey's right to the Medal. The letter said, in part: This is to ask you about evidences of political tampering with awards for the heroism of our fighting men in Korea. “In the now famous capture of Hill 85 near Inchon, two young Marines led their attacking plat- oons through a barrage of fire. One boy killed seven of the enemy and remained unscathed. The other boy, well out in front of his men, killed two of the enemy and was fatally wounded. “Marine Corps eyewitnesses, de- | ciding that each of the boys had exhibited the samie degree off heroism, recommended to higher authorities the safe award for each boy—the Navy Cross. “Some time later,” the letter con- tinued, “the’ father of the dead boy severely criticized the President for his battlefield appeasement which shackled the hands of Ameri- | can fighting men and had killed his json and thousands of others. “Subsequently, when the decora- tions were awarded, the boy whose father publicly criticized the Presi- | dent, received the Navy Cross and | the other was awarded the Congres- | sional Medal of Honor.” FROM SEATTLE Hampden (Ham) Smith, Pan Am- erican World Ajrways mechanic to assist on engine repairs on a ® | PAA freighter bound for Fairbanks, from Seattle, arrived here last week| KEY WEST, Fla, Nov. 12—®— President Truman has named John J. Forbes, one-time coal miner in Pennsylvania, to head up the gov- ernment’s Bureau of Mines. i The President gave Forbes a re- cess appointment as director of the Bureau of Mines to sutceed James Boyd, who quit recently to enter private industry. Forbes has been with the bureau since 1915. He has been chief of ithe bureau’s health and ‘safety di- ‘vision since 1948, After starting out as a coal miner, he later received his degree in min- ing engineering from Pennsylvania State College. U.§. Promotes | Austrian Envoy o Ainb’asfador | The United States today promoted | of Minister to Ambassador in a new | | gesture cf support for the anti-| | Communist Austrian regime. At the same time Under Secretary of State James E. Webb called on Soviet Russia to live up to its wartime 1943 pledge and agree with ! the western powers to withdraw all | occupation troops and restore full freedom and independence to Aus- i iria. The boost in the rank of the en- voy to Austria was announced by making public,an exchange of notes between Webb and Dr. Ludwig Kel- inwaechter, Austrian envoy here. Career diplomat Walter J. Don- nelly, now at Vienna, becomes Am- bassador and High Commissioner. Kelinwaechter likewise becomes an Ambassador, foreign representative of a govern- ment. The United States acted alone Britain and France are still rep- | resented at Vienna by ministers, but presumably will follow suit. Missing Flier Reporied Found ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 12- {M—The CAA reports that a missing flier has been located three mile: south of Skwentna. The CAA said the man was safe but had no de- tails on the condition of the plane in which the Alaska Railroad diese! mechanic was making a round- robin, cross-country flight. ‘The missing pilot was Richard D George, 25, a prominent Anchorage experience. The CAA and Elmendorf Al Force base officials reported George left Merrill Field, Anchorage’s civ- ilian airfield, at 8:45 a.m., Saturday in a Cub J-3. He was due back at 12:15 p.m,, after a trip via Skwentn: and Talkeetna. The plane had 1 radio but carried emergency equip ment. Reports at Skwentna indicated o unidentified plane was heard ov( the field around 10 a.m. Saturda morning in a heavy snowstorm. Stock Markets Observe Holiday ancial and commodity markets o through the United States wer closed today in observance of Aru- istice Day. ' J. H. Anderson of Seward i Gastineau Hotel, its envoylto Austria from the rank the top ranking| bowler with only 30 hours flying| NEW YORK, Noy. 12—®—Fin-| MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS i{Memorial Library Dedicated {Here fo Memory of Soldiers 0f Two World Wars Juneau honored the methory of its soldiers of two World wars Sun- day with Armistice Day activities which included an impressive par- | ade and the dedication of the Mem- orial Library building. Crowds lined the streets in yes- terday’s clear, crisp air to watch the ade comprised of veterans and service and civic units and the high school band. The parade, which started from the city dock, wound | its way up Franklin Street to the services at the new city library. The | Instructors detachment of the Al- aska National Guard led the par-| ade, followed by a detachment of | the Coast Guard from the cutter Storis; the Juneau high school band; members of the Company C and Headquarters, Headquarters and Service company, 208th Infantry; members of Headquarters and | Headquarters, of the Alaska Na tional Guard; the Veterans of For-' eign Wars colors guard; erican Legion color guard; and the Women of the Moose drill team. he parade units lined up in front of the Memorial Library and fell out after the band played “Stars and Stripes Forever,” directed by Hermann Kuhlmann. Dedicatory Services The crowd went to the basement jof the library, where dedicatory services were held. The girls of the high school chorus led the crowd of akout 500 persons in the singing of “God Bless America.” The girls of the Triple Trio of the clfdrus sang “In Flanders Field.” B. Frank Heintzleman made the opening remarks and introduced | Mrs. Saxon Snow, Juneau American 1 egion Post commander; Jack Stur- {evant, Auke Bay American Legion post commander; and James Burn- «tte, Juneau VFW post commander. ' ileintzleman, chairman of the llh- rary board, introduced R. E. Rob- ‘Arw)n. who made the dedicatory seech. He complimented Robert- s for his long oareer. of p service. Robertson quoted Seneca in say- | ing, “There must'be a bond be-| /tween you and others readers of good books.” “I hope all.of you will take ad- | vantage of its (the library) oppor- | tunities. I am so convinced a good "use of a public library is a vital in- ! i centive to the progress of our coun- try,” Robertson declared. “I am confident a wide knowledge gained through reading the thoughts of the great who have registered them in writing, or on whose behalf | others have registered them, will| never permit us to foresake the | doctrines of freedom upon which | our nation is founded,” he said. Dedicated 1o voierans | The speaker reminded the audi- lence that the very principles of the [library are dedicated to the veterans of both World Wars. He concluded I'by saying: “May this llbrary’s facilities be |used by you and me, by all of us, |in such manner and to such good end that the sacrifices made by | fought for freedom—shall not be in | vain.” The granite tablet was presented by VFW Commander Burnette who said he was sure “. . .our comrades would approve of the time and money spent in this memorial huilt by our people.” The hermetically sealed, copper box filled with items of interest of the times was presented by Elmer Friend, of the Empire. Heintzle- man said the box would be placed in the walls of the new building to be uncovered by later generations. Heintzleman then made his talk presenting the building to Juneau through Mayor Waino Hendrickson and members of the city council. The mayor thanked the board for its harg work and said, “We know this is a fitting memorial, a living memorial, to all of those who served theyr country from the Gastineau Channel area.” In presenting the building to the city, Heintzleman announced that | money—$71,000—is available to pay in full the 50 percent of the building cost, under the contract with the Alaska Public Works. He said the Hotal amount raised was $82,000. Payment In Full | “Due to our belief in the value io( this library in making Juneau | Douglas, Thane, Auke Bay and |the surrounding areas a better | place to live, we (members of the vllbrnry board) enjoyed the work llhe project entailed,” Heintzleman said. Heintzleman paid tribute to his Stewart, who is in Europe, and James C. Ryan, who is now super- | intendent of schools in Fairbanks. He quoted from .a letter to the Empire of two years ago which I'stated that Juneau was undertak- the Am-| |those veterans—by all who have, two associates of the hoard, B. D.| LS ing something that would reach old and young, rich and poor. | “What finer tribute could be of- fered to our/ soldiers from this area?” the letter asked. i Heintzleman added, “What fur- | ther could I say that would more | clearly and truly express the fine | purpose back of this Memorial Lib- |rary project?™ He said he believed the building (of the library was the first attempt locally to obtain a public facility ‘o( major size by the direct method of public contributions. Community Spirit * | “This project also represents, 1 ‘lhlnk, the finest example in this ‘Termory of Community spirit and | enterprise working fer a cultural roject to benefit, as quoted in the etm, ‘old and young, rich and poor”.” The chorus sang, own.” \ 'rne building is the culmlnnnon of work of five years, and is the first building of size built specifical- ly for a library in the Territory. | The crowd left the building to | watch the presentation of the flag. The high school chorus led in sing- ing a verse of “America.” The flag presentation was made by Verne Harris, past commander of the Juneau American Legion, and was raised by a contingent of Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts were: Allen Engstrom, John Holmquist and Stanley Sears. Cub Scouts were: Bill | Crisman, and Joe Heueisen. “America My Those in charge of'the various units which took part in the parade asked to convey thanks through the Empire to individuals for cooperat- iing in the Armistice Day activities. iUN Forces Hit Redsin Ground ‘Gammg Attack U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD | QUARTERS, Korea, Nov. 12— | Allied troops today seized two hil positions southwest of Kumsong ir | an attack which pushed the Red: | back three-quarters of a mile, | The Eighth Army said the attack began at dawn and both hills were | secured by 1 pm. The Allied In- 'rantrymen ran into light to mod- erate fire from a Communist pla- toon on each peak. Kumsong is an old Red supply base, 30 miles, north of the 38th parallel. Patrols clashed sharply southwest and southeast of Kumsong Sunday An Allied feeler thrust northeas of the shell-torn central front town was driven back by heavy mortar and artillery fire. Heavy clouds and dense fog kept most planes on the ground Monday The Fifth Air Force said its planes | flew only six sorties, a new low for any 24-hour period since thc outbreak of war. Four B-26s used radar sighting | to bomb Communist front line posi- | tions and two reconnaissance planes flew over North Korea on weather observation missions. United Nations artillery pounded hills near the Panmunjom area shortly before truce negotiators met in another effort to resolve the knotty problem of a buffer zone across the peninsula, ‘The Reds staged a series of sharp assaults on the eastern front Sun- | day. ' Austin, American UN Delegate, Works 'On 74th Birthday PARIS, Nov 12— (® —American Delegate Warren R. Austin celebr ed his 74th birthday today by wear- ing ‘a bright green tie, a brilliant red carnation and working as usual in the UN General Assembly. The permanent delegate, No. 2 man on the U. 8. team here, was | given a big round of applause at the delegation meeting this morning. Then Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, another delegate, pinned the carna- tion on his lapel and wished him many happy returns of the day. The Austins planned no special observance of the day. FROM FAIRBANKS | Agnes Crawford of Fairbanks is registered at the Baranof Hotel, leram returmnc on_rotation, The e Eden Asks Russia To Aid in Solving Present Cold War i Britain’s Anthony Eden | called on the Russians today to put| aside major world issues tempo- rarily and seek a step-by-step snlu-, tion to the cold war. | “Let us grasp the definite and imited problems, and work for their practical solution,” Eden said in a sonciliatory speech before the United 1 Nations General Assembly. | “That is the real road to peace.! That is the way to make a fresh start,” he declared. Eden's speech, his first in the UN. since the founding conference at 3an Francisco in 1945, was notable for its mild tone and lack of attacks on the Russians. He urged all UN. members — ncluding the Soviet Union to| work from the small issues to the| great “with real good will.” MacArthur To Greel Korean Vels SEATTLE, Nov. 12—(®-—Troops who ‘once fought under General MacArthur in Korea will be wel-| comed home Wednesday by the general himself. Officials of Greater Seattle, Inc.,| sponsors of the city's centennial} celebration, announced yesterday the general will greet a shipload of returning Korea veterans as a highlight of his two day visit here. The general and Mrs.. MacArthur | are scheduled to arrive at Seattle- Tacoma International Airport to- morrow afternoon to take part in the centennial observance. Greater Seattle officials said MacArthur will stop at the Seame port of embarkation Wednesday af- | ternoon to welcome the Korea vet- PARIS, Nov Foreign Secret 12 et Ea i by be on the program. The general’s busy schedule wlll‘ include two addresses, one from the Hec Edmundson pavilion at the University of Washington at 8:30 p.m., tomorrow to be broadcast na- tionally. The general will leave Seattle by plane Thursday morning. 'Strong Words Accuse Reds | 0f Stalling MUNSAN, Korea, Nov. 12—{P— Allied truce negotiators in strong vords “today accused the Com- munists of insisting on a phoney sease-fire line merely to stall the irmistice talks. After the subcommittees had wrangled for. four hours and 15 ninutes, an Allied spokesman said they were no closer to an agree- ment on the thorny buffer zone issue. They will meet again in Panmunjom at 11 a.m., Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chair- man of the two-member UN. Com- mand subcommittee, minced no words in telling the Communist ne- zotiators: “You intéend to establish a pre- sumptive demarcation Nne and de- myilitarized zone, which will release fi‘m of any necessity to settle the remaining items of the (armistice) agenda with speed and equity. “You want to establish a spurious line and zone which will provide you with the leisure and freedom to continue delaying the conference.” The Reds want to fix a cease-fire line before taking up any other tem on the agenda. The U.N. command insists that the line fol- low the war front at the time all other armistice terms are agreed e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU At Airport: Maximum, 37; Minimum, 21, FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair but with considerable high cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. A lit- tle warmer tonight, lowest temperature near 30. High- est Tuesday aréund 36. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m, today @ At Airport None; . from July 1—16.52 inches. . @e®e 00 cccccsscscsccscee Todktn PRICE TEN CENTS Leaders Meel MayMean New English Loan KEY WEST, Fla, Nov. 12—(®— President Truman's agreement to meet with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in January lent emphasis. today to reports a new English loan is in the making. Presidential ~ Secretary Joseph Short with apparent casualness, dis- closed Churchill’s, plans at a news conference yesterday. Short was telling reporters at a news conference of how the Presi- dent got up early Sunday and walked outside the Naval Subma- rine Station where he has his quar- ters, and of how he swam and sun- bathed at the Naval Submarine station. Suddenly, a reporter asked about a story; by John M. Hightower of the Assoclated Press, that Churchill is expected to visit Washington early in January for talks with the President, “Quite probably the Prime Minis- ter will .be in Washington some time in January,” Short said. There was no indication what- soever that the conference, cer- tain to be delayed until after Mr. Truman has submitted his “state of the union” budget and eco- nomic messages to Congress, will involve elther the French of the Russians, French President Auriol has sug- gested a meeting of President Tru- man @nd the British, Russian and French heads of state to help ease international tension, Ever since the British election campaigns that sent Churchill back into control of the government, it has been a generally known fact that Churchill would re-new his old acquaintance with Mr. Truman if | returned to power, No matter what the two discuss, nothing will exceed in importance British need for financial ald. ‘The meeting of the two will bring jan met with Churchill u 1945. Chi Labor Prime Minister Attlee in the midst of the conferences. Churchill and the President later journeyed to Fulton, Mo., where the British statesman delivered & his- toric address in which he gave popu- larity to the “Iron Curtain” phrase which has become the accepted description for the bans of mews from Russia and her satellites, Still - later, the President had | lunch in Washington with Churchill following a speech the latter made to the Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology. Brifisher Says Churchill May Meet Stalin LONDON, Nov. 12—M—A quali- fied British government official to- day pictured Prime Minister Church- ill as willing to go to Russia alone to see Generalissimo Stalin it President. Truman rejects the idea of a Big Three meeting on world tensions. A The official indicated the ques- tion of the desirability of a Big Three meeting would be high on the agenda of the Washington meeting. Churchill talked over with his cabinet today his pro- Jected visit to the U.S., on which he will be accompanied by For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden, the officlal sald. In addition, the President and the Prime Minister are likely to go over the whole range of Anglo- American political, economic and military relations, including a full U.S.-British partnership In the atomic energy field. They are ex- pected to talk over U.S. military and economic aid to prop up Brit- ain’s safety and solvency. Churchill pledged during the British election campaign that he would do all in his power to end the cold war. He committed him- self to try to see Stalin with the goal of bringing about a live-and- let-live arrangement between Mos- cow and the west. In the House of Commons today Churchill was asked when he will try to get Big Three talks under way. He replied: ‘“There are at present no plans for negotiations on general prob- lems with the Soviet Union, but the possibility of a high level meet- ing should not be excluded if cir- cumstances are favorable,”