The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1951, Page 1

CONGRESSIONAL LIB! RY VAs NGTON, D. c. VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,987 Joe DiMaggio ‘| Says He Won'i Play Baseball NEW YORK, Dec. 11—P—Joe DiMaggio, 37 year old New York Yankee outfielder, said today he would not play baseball again but refused to tell his future plans. Although Yankec officials ex- pressed hope that the one-time great would remain with the or- ganization, DiMaggio added he would reveal his future line of work in either Los Angeles or San Francisco next week. “My home is in California and| I intend to keep it there,” he said. | 1 Thus the lithe outfielder con-} firmed the hint he gave the Associ- ated Press last Oct. 12 that he would not play baseball again. De- spite denials from other sources, neither DiMaggio nor the AP backed down from the statement. “I told you fellows last spring I thought this would be my last year. I only wish I could have had a better r, but even if I had hit 350 this would have been the last year for me. “You all know I have had more than my share of physical in- juries and setbacks during my career.. In recent years these have been much too frequent to | laugh off. When baseball no longer is fun, it is no longer a game. { “And so, I've played my last game of ball.” Dan Topping and Del Webb, co-! owners of the Yankees, said “in| some way, Joe will be with the Yankees.” Topping told DiMaggio: “Up to yesterday T had not given up hope | that -you Would change your mind.| It is a sad day for the Yankees a: well as for all baseball.” Webb added: “I did my part in, trying to convince you that you| should play one more year and should play in only part of the gomes.” { Brifain fo Ask Millions From U.S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — # — Britain was reported today to have, requested about $600,000,000 inl American economic aid during the | next six months to prevent a new; financial crisis. But the informed officials who| reported this said the U.S. probably | will grant Britain no more than half that amount. The officials asked that their names not be used. | ‘They said a delegation represent- ing Prime Minister Churchill's gov- | ernment outlined Britain's need -for American dollars during talks here last week with the Economic Co- operation Administration (ECA). Americans, the British talked with, the officials said, made no promises. But, after studying Brit- ain’s case Americans dealing with British-U.S. . finances reportedly have concluded Britain urgently needs American help. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round ¢Copy:ight, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON i ol Y ASHINGTON — It's a poor example of the good-neighbor pol- icy, but Canada is deliberately with- holding precious aluminum from the United States. This has already pinched the aluminum supply for home construction and other civilian uses. But far more serious the Air Force is not getting all the alumin- um it needs to build .jet fighters. Furthermore, part of the alumin- um Canada is withholding from us was financed by American RFC loans during World War II What Canada has done is divert aluminum from the American to the British market. It won’t be admit- ted, but the real reason for this diversion is to force this country to swap steel for aluminum. For example, Canadian alumin- um shipments to the United States dropped from 34,800,000 pounds per month last March and April to a meager 5,300,000 pounds per month today—a decrease of 85 percent. In the same period, Canadian ship- ments to Britain have shot up from 21,100,000 pounds to 39,700,000 (Continued on Page 4) HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1951 Great Probe of Tax Scandals Is Indicafed WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—(»—Pre- sident Truman arranged to talk to- day to Democratic Chairman Frank McKinney, who has called for a “dramatic and drastic” cleanup in the wake of spreading tax scandals. MecKinney himself has been un- der fire for a stock deal in which he turned over a quick $68,000 profit on a $1,000 investment. Senator Fulbright (D-RI) said to- day there ought to be full public airing of the transaction “for the good of the party.” McKinney was put on the White House calling list for a mid-after- noon appointment. There was no nnouncement on the subject of their conference, but it seemed certain they would discuss condi- tions exposed by the House Tax investigation, Presidential Secretary Joseph Short told reporters, however, it was expected that McKinney, as Democratic National Chairman, would have regular conferences with Mr. Truman each Tuesday from now on. Mr. Truman cut short a Florida | vacation and flew back here Sun- day emid rumors that he was plan- ning some sensational move in the tax matters. These reports said Mr. Truman might assign FBI Di-| rector J. Edgar Hoover to a govern- ment-wide inquiry or might name a bi-partisan commission to investi- gate. Aleufian Sea Fishing Clause Delays Trealy TOKYO, Dec. 11 — (P — Japanese opposition to restricting salmon fishing in the Aleutian Sea is the only point to be settled before a three-nation conference here can write the final draft of a US.- Canada-Japan fishing pact. Kyodo News Agency said the U.S. wanted to restrict the area but that the U.S. delegation had asked Washington for new instructions. If these are favorable to the Jap- anese view, the agency said, a draft treaty could be completed tomorrow. lWage_Di;puIe‘ih Marine Circles Reported Setled SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11—P— A wage dispute that delayed the sailing of several ships late last week was settled yesterday by the Marine Firemen's Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. PMA agreed to pay increases al- ready approved by the Wage Stab- ilization Board and to bargain with the union after the WSB has acted upon the association’s contract with the AFL Sailors’ Union. On July 3, PMA signed an agree- ment which entitled the firemen to reopen their contract if subse- | quent negotiations with the Sui]ors" Union disturbed existing wage par- ities. Ship owners complained they | could not discuss parity before they ASI Again Asks To Acquire Land On Alaska Coast - WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — (B — Representatives of the Alaska Sal- mon Industry have asked the In- terior Department to reconsider & 1948 decision which prevents them from using government land scrip to acquire land along the Alaska coast, Mastin G. White, department solicitor, told a reporter today a decision on the request will not be made for 30 days, at least. The 1948 decision requires that land exchanged for scrip must be of an *“agricultural character.” Reconsideration was asked by Frank L. Mechem, a Seattle attor- ney who said he represents “a sub- stantial segment of the Alaska Sal- mon Industry.” Claims, ranging from § to 40 acres each, have been filed by about 5C members of the fishing industry Whitesaid said. The land would be used for cannery, wharfage and other industrial sites. Most of the land sought, he said, is not agricul- tural. The scrip involved is known as “Soldiers Additional.” It was autho- rized in 1874 for northern Civil War veterans who previously had filed a homestead claim/ for less than the maximum 160 acres. It is negoti- able until used. Land claimed under it is not subject to the normal home- stead requirements of residence and cultivation necessary to acquire title. This is the second time within recent weeks the department has had to reckon with land scrip. It | rejected last month an application |by E. L. Cord, former automobile manufacturer, and others to ex- knew what the WSB would approve for the sailors. associated | - Fulbright sounded his call for an| airing of the McKinney stock deal | after the party leader hit back at critics of the transaction his thing ought to be looked nto, and clearly eaplained,” Ful- bright told a reporter. Wilson Believes Stalin Should See U, §. Indusiry NEW . ORLEANS, Dec. 11—{®— Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil- son said if Joseph Stalin could have attended an industrial ceremony here today the Communist ruler “mjght drop his dream of being able to dominate a living force like ours.” Jet Pilofs FindMIGs | :-ToBaIIIe % | SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 11—(P—Al- | lied jet pilots battled Russian-made | |MIG-15s in MIG Alley today and |reported one Communist fighter probably destroyed. The U. S. Fifth Air Force said | all Allied planes returned sarely.‘ ! A 12-minute battle over Anju broke the two-day Ilull in aerial duels. MIGs were spotted Monday !but avoided contact. change scrip for submerged oil lands off the coasts of Texas, Loui- sana and California. Rev McGinnis Gives Thoughtful Talk To Rofarians ioday The Rev. Fred McGinnis gave a thoughtful talk at a regular meet- ing of the Juneau Rotary Club to- day at the Baranof Hotel. Assist~ ance to the Salvaticn Army Christ- mas fund drive was discussed and the children’s party announced for next Tuesday. The Rev. McGinnis brought out that the “enthronement of man has led to tragic' consequences” and that man had come to “worship the creature instead of the creator.” He pointed out that this error in The production chief spoke at the e Tyesday battle pitted 26 F-g6| man’s ethical behavior had been dedication of a new aluminum plant at Chalmette, a suburb south of New Orleans. He said the plant is expected to produce 200,000 tons a year of the scarce defense metal. Wilson called the plant an exam- ple of American industrial expan- sion that, he said, in the past year has tripled the dollar value of mili- tary deliveries. He defended the program he heads from criticisms of both under and over production, and indicated he intends to stand by a “three-year plan that contemplates production of $150,000,000,000 worth of military goods . . .” American Press Praised by Heover WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — (# — J. Edgar Hoover today commended the American press for publicizing the FBI's “Ten Most Wanted Fugi- tives.” The newspapers and News serv- ices are performing a service vital to the public interest by publishing the photographs and descriptions of the ten “most wanted” criminals, Hoover said in a statement. “The American press has pub- lished information about these fugitives not only for its news value but also because of a real interest in the welfare of society, and is to be congratulated,” the FBI director added. “Cooperation between the press and law enforcement agencies has proved itself a most effective weapon in the fight against crime.” Hoover noted that several of the most wanted fugitives have been arrested as a direct result of stories and pictures in the press. FROM YAKUTAT 9 Clem Simmons of Yakutat is at the Baranof Hotel. . . . DECEMBER 12 . . . e High tide 1:32 am, 151 ft. e e Low tide 7:00 am. 46 ft. e e High tide 1:01 pm, 175 ft. e Low tide 7:42 pm, -12ft. ® e o 0 0 0 0 0 o o o ! Sabre jets against about 50 MIGs. United Nations ground units: threw back a probing attack by a; |Red squad in a half-hour engage- | |ment on the eastern front Tuesday | labout dawn. Allied patrols on the | |central and western fronts report- ed only light enemy contact. The 'U. S. Eighth Army reported‘ only five ground contacts with the Reds across the 145-mile front | Monday. All were small. | There were few casualties. In the southern provinces, Repub- lic of Korea (ROK) troops pressed | their campaign against an esti- mated 8,000 Red guerrillas and ban- dits in the Chiri Mountains. Thus far the ROKs have reported 1,043 Red killed and 1,580 captured. Many guerrillas have surrendered. The alleged Red chieftain, Lee Hyung Sang, still is at large. He is a former leading member of the outlawed Communist labor party. The government has placed a price of 1,000,000 won ($167) on his head. ROMIGS GO THROUGH Dr. and Mrs. Howard Romig of Anchorage went through Juneau yesterday enroute home after at- tending the funeral of Dr. Romig’s father, Dr. J. H. (Dog Team Doctor) Romig, in Colorado. They visited with Juneau friends while the Denali was in port here. TO SEWARD Wallace Pearson of Excursion In- let boarded the Denali yesterday bound for Seward. Slock'()uolalions NEW YORK, Dec. 11—{®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau ntine stock today is 2%, American Can 111%, American Tel. and Tel. 15812, Anaconda 49%, Douglas Air- craft 59', General Electric 57%, General Motors 51%, Goodyear 427, Kennecott 87, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 66%, Standard Oil of California 497, Twentieth Century Fox 19, U.S. Steel 397%, Pound $2.80, Cana- dian Exchange 97.87%. Sales today were 1,360,000 shares.| missioner were: Louis E. Wiegar Averages today were as follows:|of Douglas, and Ruby C. Zanga'! industrials 265.77, rails 82.74, util-|of Juneau; and Eldon L. Tay! ities 46.53. brought about through subtle con- ditioning over a long period of time. He cited Hitler’s rise to power. Tom Petrich was program chair- man. Committees were announced to aid in the Salvation Army Christ- mas fund drive to man the kettle in front of the Juneau Drug store and to canvas certain areas on De- cember 18 and 19. The Rotary children’s party will be next Tuesday, Philip ‘Hale of El Cajon, Calif,, was a visiting Rotarian. Gues were Dr. Milo Fritz, Robert Buech- ley and Miles Cooper, all of Anchor- age and Holly O. Alter of Rensse- leer, Ind. Act Requires All Aliens fo Give Address Repors All aliens must submit current address reports from January 1 through January 11, according to US. Attorney P. J. Gilmore, who today released the information from U.S. Attorney General J. Howard MeGrath. The statement from McGrath states that such aliens can submit the reports through any United States postoffice during that period. The statement says: “Under the amended law any alien residing in the United States on January 1, 1952, except one i an authorized temporary status, must notify the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Washington, D.C., of his current address within ten days thergafter and during the same period each succeeding year.” Forms will be made available at all postoffices. It was stated that the address report should not be confused with alien registration. It was pointed out that the addre report must be made each year, re- gardless of whether or not an alien previously registered or reported his address. MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS Marriage applications listed t0- day in the office of the U. S. Com- and Opal I. Mohn, both of Juneau |« @Wc of the leading figures in the ,| @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 am. today North Pole Plane Poised For Take-Off BULLETIN FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 11—M—Frank Barr, operations manager for Alaska Airlines here, says that the “Polar Express” plane is being readied for a quick takeoff for a flight over the North Pole, Neither Stan Garson nor “North Pole Nellic” were to be aboard. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 1P —An airlines plane was scheduled to take off from here today to air drop on the north pole a real pole, colored like a candy cane, along with 5,000 J2tters to Santa. Alrlines (fficials expressed doubt that the {jight would be inade be- fore Wednesday. Alaska Airlines, which plans the flight with a specially outfitted DC-4, left unchanged its schedule calling for a departure from here at 12:30 pm. The plane, “The Polar Express,” arrived from Seattle last night. The weather bureau also said it had not been asked for a forecast on pole weather and did not expect the plane to leave today. Meanwhile, it was disclosed that the Air Force has turned thumbs down on plans for some of its navi- gators to make the trip. Two navigators from the 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, which makes the flights over the pole every other day, had been in-| vited. Instead, the squadron invited Wayne Wisting, chief navigator for the airlines on the polar flight, to its Eielson base here and gave him a thorough briefing on prob- lems involved. Polar flights are nothing new in the Wisting family. His uncle, Capt. Oscar Wisting, was navigator for Roald Amundsen in a flight| | over the pole in 1926. | plan to drop the pole and letters jare not expected to make the trip. They are Stan Garson, ex-Point { Barrow oil worker who created the {red and white striped steel pole, {and North Pole Nellie (Audree! | Vance), whose idea it was of having children send letters to Santa in her | care here. | Mrs. Vance had been announced | among the crew members but she said today she never had received { definite permission to make the flight as stewardess. She said the hitch is that women are not allowed at Navy bases in the Point Barrow area, The plane is scheduled to fly, from here to Barrow for refueling before making the 12-hour flight over the polar region. Under fed- eral regulations, Garson would have to be a crew member to make the trip. Mrs. Vance said she still hopes to make the flight and is telephon- ing Washington in efforts to get the Navy to lift its ban. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Thive Gls, Patrolling on the Up Grade the first two wearing craggy Korean slope on the Western front past the bodies of Chinese Communist treeps cut down in an earlier action. (P Wirephoto. H | witness bullet-proof ' vests, move up a War Prisoner Exchange Talk Brings Snarl MUNSAN, Korea., Dec. 11—(P— Truce negotiators discussed ex- change of war prisoners today for the first time and immediately tangled on how to do it. The Communists proposed all prisoners be released by both sides when an armistice is reached. The United Nations insisted on a “fair and equitable” exchange, whidh was interpreted as a man-for-man swap. The prisoner question was taken up by a two-man subcommittee (one from each side) a few min- utes after the Communists capitu- lated to Allied insistence that the subject be tackled now. Simultaneously the Red negotiate ors intimated they would agree to continued rotation of troops and to two other Allied demands if the United Nations command would agree to neutral behind-the-lines inspection during a Korean arm- istice. The Red concessions rekindled hopes of a possible truce by Christ- ntas. | Two Mothers, 7 Children Burned Te Death, Home Fire SUMMERVILLE, 8. Oy, Dec. 11— P—Two mothers and seven child- ren burned to death before dawn today in fire that destroyed their lfive-room frame home one mile south of here. “The whole house was afire and we couldn’t get up, to it,” sald fire- man Ted Limehouse, who arrived on the Summerville fire truck at 5a.m., in a light rain. Husbands of the two women had left home shortly before for work at a sawmill. “There was no way to tell how t started,” Limehouse asserted. Ev- {crything burned up. There probably a fire in the house, all right, cause the two men had had break- fast.” ® 0 @ 00 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period At Airport: Maximum, 46; Minimum, 40. . . . . . . . |® . FORECAST lo (Juneau and Vicinity) |e Cloudy with intermittant | o rain tonight changing to snow | » Wednesday. Low tonight near | @ 35. Slightly cooler Wednes- | o day. le e PRECIPITATION e At Airport — 0.28 inches; o since July 1—19.63 inches. e @ o 0 00 0 0 00 ‘e®000cs0c0e0vses0000 e There has been no official word on how many prisoners the Reds hold. But Lt. Col. Howard M. Levie, UN spokesman, said Communist broadcasts reported 139,000 UN and South Korean troops were held by the Reds. “Roughly I'd say we hold 100,000 North Koreans and between 15,000 and 20,000 Chinese,” Levie said. He estimated that the Commun- ists have 70,000 to 85,000 South Kor- ean prisoners, and 12,000 to 14,000 UN prisoners. Of the UN group he estimated 1,000 to 1,500 were British, 1,000 were from other coun- tries and the remainder were Am- ericans. Doubleheader Game Scheduled Tonight In Juneau High Gym The Juneau High School Crimson Bears take on the Alaska Road Commission in the first basketball jame of a twin bill tonight at 7:30 in the high school gymnasium. The Columbia Lumbermen tangle with the Coast Guard cutter Storis crew in the second game of the evening. TO 1 'SHOPPING DAYS 4 | Duggan, an Assistant Anli-lruslh Suit-Lost by Ohio Paper WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—(P—The Supreme Court goday decided the Lorai, Ohio, Jowrnal violated the Sherman anti-trust act.by refusing to accept advertising from merch- ants who patronized a competing radio station. The high tribunal by 7-0 vete upheld a decision by U. S. District Judge Emerich B. Freed of Cleve- land. Judge Freed said the Journal could not deny space to advertis- ers who used radion station WEOL of Lorain and Elyria, Ohio. He found the Journal was trying to “destroy” WEOL as a competitor. Justice Burton delivered the high court’s opinion. Justices Clark and Minton took no part in the case. The Journal appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn Judge roed's ruling on the ground that it violated the freedom of the press and the search and seizure provis- ions of the Constitution. Lawyers for the Journal argued that the paper’s refusal to accept advertisements was “a legitimate competitive weapon” and its ac- ticns were taken “solely for its cwn economic protection.” Solicitor General Perlman in de- fending Freed's decision told the Supreme Court that owners of the Journal had sought a Federal Com- munications Commission permit to operate a station in the Lorain- Elyria area. FCC denied them a permit and instead gave one to WEOL. “The Journal then set out to destroy the new station” Perlman said, “one of the reasons being that they themselves didn't get it.” Lions Christmas Party, Dec. 17 . A Christmas party for approxi- | mately 15- younger -children of - the- Juneau Children’s Home will be held next Monday noon at, the Bar- anof Hotel, Carl Rusher, president of the club announced today. Bill Dean will officiate as Santa Claus. There will be presents and candy for the children and arrange- ments are being made to have pictures taken of the children with Santa. GANTY GOES THROUGH P. S. Ganty of Pelican stopped overnight at the Baranof Hotel enrouté to Seattle. southbound Denali scheduled ometime Sunday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle on Friday. Freighter Cassiar due to arrive | tonight at 9 o'clock. | Freighter Flemish Knot sched- PRICE TEN CENTS Caudle Was Honest Says | McGrath WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—(f—At- torney General J. Howard McGrath testifigd today that President Tru- man fired T. Lamar Caudle on his own motion and without giving McGrath a “bill of particulars.” McGrath told House tag invisti- gators he had not reconsideréd dismissal of Caudle as an 8- tant Attorney General. He sald he felt he could not “quéstien Presidential _appointment . jprev- iously made” unless he had “resl cause” to suspect the or honesty of the McGrath added: “So far as I ever xnew Of could !find out, Lamar Caudle WH8 hon- est.” \ Sitting with McGrath, alfo as a before the House' Ways and Means subcommittee investigat- ing tax scandals, was Joséph C. Attorney ! General. From the two of them, it was !developed that: 1. The FBI reported certain “de- rogatory information” about Caudle to then Attorney General Tom Clark, now a Supreme Court Jus- tice, in 1945 when Caudle was first appointed an Assistant Attorney General. The nature of this_infor- mation was not brought ou 2. So far as the files , no { investigation was made on Oaudle when he was appointed by l.a President Roosevelt. In respanse a question from Rep. Byrned (R- Wis) McGrath said an investiga- [tion was customary for new ap- pointees to high office, - McGrath uumltvwhn at the outset that he “ne brief” for any “indiscretions” by | Caudle “nor do I presumé to | pass judgment on him.” But in response to questions, Mc- x::.h_ defended the e of on an airplane sale, and he declared he felt sure Caudle “never meant to' do anything wrong” in cofinec- tion with an Alabama tax fraud case. Gov. Gruening will |Make Keynole Speech At Sitka Convenfion Gov. Ernest Gruening will make the keynote speech ‘at the di- visional Democratic convention in Sitka which starts Thursday, it was announced today. Gov. Gruening was invited to make the speech by Sitka chairman of the precinct committee. The gov- ernor says his talk will outline the achievements of the Demacrat- ic party regionally and in the na- tion.' Delegates and other interested Democrats began leaving Juneau today by Alaska Coastal Airlines to attend the convention. Another group will leave tomorrow morn- ing, and others are expectéd to leave tomorrow afternoon. Important party programs are expected to be considered at the convention and delegates will be chosen to attend the Terrjtorial convention to be held after the first of the year. Rules Announced For Christmas Display Confest Jessie McCrary, chairman of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce: civic affairs committee, annouriced to- day that the annual Chrisf disé play contest will be held agdin this year. Regulations under which all judgs ing will take place this year are: 1. The Christmas motif or theme must be followed throughout the display. 2, Business houses can be either interfor or exterior with awards based upon originality of the dis- play. Merchandise will not be con- sidered as decoration but can be incidental to the real decorations. 3. Home and apartment house decorations must be exterior lighted displays, with awards being based upon originality. 4. The contest is open to all business houses and all Juneau homes and apartment houses. 5. Judges will make decisions on December 23 between 5 and 8 p.m. Prizes will be announced later. FROM MT. EDGECUMBE Annie M.+Hearn and Neta Mae Pearce of Mt. Edgecumbe are stop- | uled to arrive from Seattle Dec. 14.'ping dt the Baranof Hotel.