The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1951, Page 1

SSTONAL NGTON, D, ¢ HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL'THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIX,, NO. 12,000 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Weather Rugged In Nafion By the Associated Press Holiday travelers found the go- ing rugged in snow-clogged and icy sections of the nation ‘Wednes- day. Fresh snow fell in the northern reat Lakes region, parts of New York and northern New FEngland. Freezing cold enveloped most | of the northern states. Tempera- tures slipped as low as -25 in Helena, Mont., and -11 in Huron, | 8. D. | Rain pelted a band of territory ( § stretching from Louisiana north- i castward through the Carolinasii and Virginia, Travel was slowed in a number | of states that have been swept by ,‘ a series of snow storms since the): middle of December. | § { Many trains were late in Chi- cago, which has had a record | 334 inches of snow this menth. The late:t fail, a white Christmas | topping of eight and a half in- | ches, marooned thousands of au- | tomoliles on the streets. | Two thousand men were put to work clearing clogged streets in Detroit. Detroit’s snow has meas- ured 32 inches since Nov. 1. Grand Rapids has had 546 inches since Dec. 1. In New York, trains from the west were running about an hour late and busses' coming in from all | directions were about half hour late. 11 Killed, 8 Kidnaped, Philippines - MANTILA, Dec. 26—P—Eleven per- | sons were killed and eight kidnaped | in Christmas day violence in they Philippines, Seven of the dead are Communist Huks, three were bandits and one| 2 policeman. Among those kidnaped were May- or Joaquin Andres of Lallo, Caga-! yan Province, in northern Luzon, the town’s chief of police and a po- liceman. The Philippine News Ser- vice said the kidnapers were Huks. | | | i e o o o via WEATHER REPORT (U. 5. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perfod Ending st 4:30 AM. Today At Airport—Maximum, 17; Minimum, 1. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair with some high cloudiness and gusty northeasterly winds tonight and Thursday. Lowest temper- ature tonight about 12 in Ju- neau and as low as 5 degrees below zero in outlying areas. Not so cold Thursday with the highest temperature about 20. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport — None; since July—20.45 inches. TheWashington Merry - Go-Round Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON.—The Christmas card that caused me the greatest heartache was one I received from the children of Lamar Caudle. It made me realize what an unhappy Is This Necessary? o [ i The “All American Boy” dcusn't thi from “Litile Miss America” after each won his title. 2d in the 15th annual Screen Children’s Guild contest, are kids, n: Marilyn Truchom, 11, of Clevcls ners nd get otier 1k much of the kiss he's getting The all-star 12 fi sent to vill make radio appear- ® Wirephoto. $10Paid For Caplure 0f Dean PUSAN, Korea, Dec. 26—(P— Police said Wednesday that two South Koreans led Maj. Gen. Wi liam F. Dean into Communi captivity in August, 1950, a piece. Chief investigation officer Myung Woon said the two sted and freed on bail He did n give the amount. Yoon said the province police had d to keep the men under surveillance.” Yoon been The officer said the two re- ceived “30,000 won (8$5) each from the Reds for enabling the Red ny” to capture the U. S. 24th|, ivision Confmander near Chinan, about 35 miles south of Taejon. Yoon said the men are Han Doo Kyo, 38, and Choe Chong E 22 ong, 22. He said they admitted receiving the reward for Dean’s capture but declared they turned the money over to an unidentified Red organ- ization. Yoon quoted the man as saying they had tried only to help Dean but they encountered Reds who captured him. Dean was reported missing after the fall of Taejon in July, 1950, His name was on a prisoner list handed the United Nations Com- mand last week. Quakels Registered In So. Calit. . LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26—®—The serenity and calm of Christmas in southern California was rent by a for $5, b had | Iy Pfobing Mine | Disaster Fatal Te119Men Ithe U. Red Report "Shocking Disclosure’ More Names of American Prisoners Released But Unsatisfactory MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 26—(P— The Communists accounted Wed- nesday for 726 more captured Americans, but said 571 of them d died. The other 155 escaped or were released, they said. But not one )f these has returned to Allied lines, a United Nations command spokesman The U. N. command called the report a “shecking disclosure.” None of the 726 was named in a prisoner list supplied by the Retl last week. Communists said aid. they were ‘| checking to see what happened to ‘33‘1 other Americans. After studying the Red report of 1,058 names, the U. N. command id they were all Americans. A spokesman id this was a list submitted Friday and Saturday by N. in a demand for an ac- counting. Another 45 men—20 British and 25 Americans—were not mentioned. The Allies asked about these 45 ! Monds The Allied announcement was the first disclosure of the precise number of non-Korean prisoners it had asked about—1,103. The Reds detailed by name what they said had happened to 726. Inferentially they blamed Allied war planes and artillery for many of the 571 deaths. They died, the Reds said, of air attack, artillery fire _and disease. The Reds made their report in a note. It was delivered dur- ing an unproductive armistice secoion Wednesday during the cleving hours of a 80-day Ko- rean truec trial period. The Communist note also: 1. Rejected an Allied demand for an accounting of 50,000 South Korean troops missing in action. 2. Asked the Allies what hap- Ipened to 44215 Reds the Com- WEST FRANKFORT, Ill, Dec. —An investigation to, detes what caused the nation’s mine disaster in 23 years Wednesday deep in the workings of Orient Mine yfor Corenation Ball Princess Ann Cottingham. Seat Kelley. ® Wireohoto. e e I] e S S Queen Naney Tri': Thorne of the Tournament of Roses and her Princesses display the gowns at Pasa- dena, Calif., they will wear for the Coronation Ball (Dec. 28), onc of the events preceding the annual New Ytvar's Day parade and Rose Bowl game. Left to rléht, top: Princess Marcia Long, Queen Naney, Princesses Diana Dial, Barbara Fisher. Carolyn Graves, and Sharon | Senate Group Raps Waste in | Armed Forces 1, JWASHINGTON, Dec. 26—/P—A Sehate subcommittee “has™ accused the Army of “inexcusable and in-| Sitka Ship, Maybe, Sinking Off CGregon Coast ASTORIA, Ore., Dec, 26—(P—Four Coast Guard vessels and a search plane sought a fishing boat which reported it was sipking south of Cape Lookout, some €0 miles south of here Wednesday. ‘The radio report identified the 'Holidays Take 'Near Record - Death Toll By the Press .« Violent accidents in the United States took a near record toll over, U.5. lo Pay $120,000 For Fliers WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—(»—The United States has informed Hungary that it will pay $120,000 in fines Imposed on four U. 8. airmen pro- )vided they are released promptly. The State Department announced this Wednesday on specific authori- zation of Secretary of State Acheson. At the time of the announcement, the Department was without any in- formation as to whether or when the airmen would be released. From Budapest, press dispatches said there were reasons to believe the four men had been released, or would be released shortly. The dispatches said reporters in Budapest could not say at this time what the signs were that indicated some past or imminent action for re- lease of the fliers, The State Department’s an- nouncement here sald that acting -‘“under instructions” the ranking.. U. 8. diplomat at Budapest, George ALbot, “has indicated that, pro- vided the fliers are released promptly, this government will pay the fines imposed on them.” Abbott gave this information to i the Red regime at 7 o'clock Tuesday 'evenlnz, Budapest time, the depart- ment said (10 a.m. PST yesterday). At the outset of the announcement read to reporters by press officer | Michael McDermott, the State De- partment said it had tried to obtain the release of the four U. 8. airforce i men constantly since they were forc- ed down in Hungary. Cifizens Offer ToPay Ransom ;! defensible waste” by “endlessly res | vessel only as the Susan. There are ipo:\ung training cycles” for some 12 fishing boats here by that name, | units, ranging from 28 to 105 feet. 3 | A report by the group said that{ In Bremerton, Wash., Mrs, wil- | while these units are “marking time” | liam Smith of Sitka, Alaska, re-: ,some other units are being trained | ported that the 72-foot fish packer, the four-day Christmas holiday. | ? Deaths in teaffic accidents, fires' WASHINGTON, Déc. 26— B — and from miscellaneous causes While the government itom 6 pam. Friday to last mid- What to do about Hungary's offer to night (local time) reached the free four U. 8. airmen in exc staggering total of 758, | for $120,000, private citizens in scat- { through investigators headed John L. Lewis, Unrited Mine, ers president, Jack Forbes, head of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, and - Walter Eadie, Illinois Mine Department director, descended in-| the mine. | Lewis would not confirm or deny | speculation the nation’s miners | age a work stoppage as a| to the 119 miners who | n the West Frankforf ex-| plosion Friday night. 4 X to , The investigation was conducted| jointly by union, federal and com- pany officials. The : planned to rema‘r r possibly eight hours, walking | the debri: wn work- ings which extend for miles some | 500 to 600 feet below the surface. As to the reports the miners| might go off the job around Jan. 1 in a memorial work stoppage the shaggy-browed Lewis told “Go to the people who said it. I didn’t say it.” Agehi Shooter Wins underground = munists say were captured. Pro-Western Shift Starfs Eaypt Riols CAIRO, Dec. 26—MP—A clear in- dication from King Farouk that he wants a settlement with the west touched off violent anti-palace and anti-western demonstrations Wed- | nesday. The King appears to be wor- ried about burgeoning Communist activity and to want alignment with the west in the cold war with Sov- iet Russia. In Alexandria, police used tear gas to break up a student mob of 5,000 demonstrating against the ap- pointment by the king of Dr. Hafez Afifi Pasha, strong pro-westerner, as chief of the royal cabinet and ad- viser to Farouk on foreign and dom- estic affairs. Seven police were re- ported injured there by missiles Court Delay; Victim Placed Under Bond SANTA MONICA, Calif. Dec. 26— (M—Walter Wanger was arraigned wife's agent, but won a delay -before wifes agent, but won a delay before entering his plea to give his attorney time to read the grand jury indict- ment. His wife is actress Joan Ben- nett. i The lawyer, Jerry Geisler, also noted that Jennings Lang, the vic- thrown by the demonstrators. TWO students were hurt. In Cairo police dispersed 2 shouting crowd of Fouad Univer- sity students and were ordered on state of alert against further out- bursts. The press reported a state of emergency already was in effect. The leftist and Communist-ins- pired section of the press stepped up its clamor for firmer government ac- tion against the British, using the term “traitor’ 'to describe any Egyp- tian advocating a settlement. This a at camps where there is not enough , space for field work | “The nation gains no strength! i merely because more and more men | (wear army uniforms,” the subcom- | mittee said. “With our acute nation- | al manpower shortage, any asscmb?y‘ of able-bodied men into a non-pro- | ductive enterprise like unnecessarily | repeated training is the most fla-| grant sort of waste. ‘While rapping the Army on this and other matters, the committee | said it is uear that “no one service | {1s more prodigal or more prudent than the others.” ! Waste in military forces is not| intentional the report said, but “simply resulted from unconcern ! with economy, an absence of gen-| uine enthusiasm for efficiency, a! widespread lack of any real ‘cost consciousness’.” : In a report to the Senate made | public Tuesday night, the Armed Services subcommittee on darensel preparedness suggested that promo- tion® for military officers be based in part upon “demonstrated ability to conserve men, money and mater- ials.” The group had previously criticiz- ed what it termed waste by the Air Force, Navy and Marines, The report was based on staff checks at eight Army centers includ- ing Fort Lewis, Wasn. In general the Army was credited with a good job of feeding, clothing, housing and medical care of its troops. Truman on Hurry Susan of Sitka was in the Astoria ' | area but she had no word on wheth- | er it was the bhdat in distress. Mrs, Smith said the Sitka boat, owned by her husband, had Duke de la Hunt and Jack Sheridan, both of Sitka aboarc Hard Fighting ls Expeded in Kerea Atter Thursday SEOUL, Korea, Dec, 26— ®—Fresh 'snow and a lashing wind bogged ac- | tion on the Korean war front Wed- ne n to a minimum. The U. 8. Fifth Air Force said its planes flew only seven missions in the 24 hours ended at 6 p.m. Wednesday, equalling the record low established Feb. 8-9, Ground fighting, relatively light| ffor a month, may flare in renewed fury after Thursday. A 30-day provisional cease-fire line—the present front—is due to expire then unless truce negotiators at Panmunjom come to terms of an armistice. There is Lttle likeli- hond they will do that. Battlefront changes made after Dec. 27 deadline must be taken into consideration in any newly proposed cease-fire line. Thus, troops will be fighting again for keeps after Thurs- day. Only one sharp brief action mark- ed Christmas Day along the 145- mile shooting line. In that fight, a Chinese battal- ion crashed against an Allied ad- vance pesition on the eastern front The United Na- This figure compares with the Irecord accidental death toll of 761 recorded in the four-day Christ- mas holiday in 19367 Traffic accidents caused more than 500 fatalities, but the 516 to- ital was below the 600 predicted by the National Safety Council. Fires caused 102 deaths—but none re- Isulted from Christmas trees. There Iwere 140 persons killed in violent accidents of miscellancous nature. This year's total exceeded the ;1!150 accidental deaths of 724 which ‘occurred during a three-day holi- | day. The 1949 three-day total was 580. Texas reported more than 90 of {this year's accidental deaths, in- | hape. Ice-coated and snow-covered hi- (ways in- the midwest sharply !curtailed travel and appeared a major factor in holding the trai- fic toll under the council's esti- mate of 600. The accidental death toll does not include the miners killed in a coal mine explosion in West Frank- fort, 111, last Friday night. The nation’s traffic deaths in 11651 alréady have passed 36,000, the - largest total since the record breaking 39,969 deaths in 1941 and compares with 35,000 last year. The death toll since the advent of the automobiie reached the 1,000~ 000 mark last Saturday. Former Local Woman's 1Husband Found Dead In Washingfon Woods ‘tered areas promised to raise the money promptly. ; Robert Vogeler, an American who |was a prisoner of the Hungarian Communist regime :for two' years, sald he will seek to.coordinate pri- vate efforts to raise the $120,000 in fines levied against the four fliers. | "I can understand any official ransom payment by the government might be embarrassing to the United i States,” Vogeler told a reporter in New York. “But I think this way we might accomplish the same thing without embarrassment to the gov- ernment,” There was no indieation as to how \the State Department would react to efforts by private citizens to raise the fine money and thus save the day. Heavy overcast held air ac- | cluding nearly 60 in traffic m“‘}mur fliers, imprisoned.by Hungary from serving three months each in Jail. The imprisoned airmen are Capt. John J. Swift of Glen Falls, N. Y., Capt. Dave H. Henderson of Shaw- nee, Okla, T-Sgt. Jess A. Duff of Spokane and Sgt. James E. Elan of Kingsland, Ark. They got lost in the air over Hungary Nov. 19 while flying sup- plies from Germany. to the U. 8. Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Soviet fighters forced them to lapd their unarmed C-47 on Hungarian soil, SR On Sunday the Hungarian govern- ment announced that a military court had convicted the fliers of vio- lating the Hungarian border and had fined them 360,000 florins (about $30,000 each, with the alternative of spending taree months in jail. The Stdte Department was still debating what to do about the Hun- garian demands. Some members of Congress have urged that the U. 8. not pay the fines, which they term- late aft, 4 2 tim, was not present in court, des- |section of the press has openly as ernoon earthquake that was 2 | 5 darkness fell The body of the hushand of aled ransom demand. A Department, Christmas they must be having. felt in six counties but caused no I had known the Caudle children since about the time their father first came to Washington from North Carolina as an assistant At~ torney General. I had watched them grow up, seen them go off to college, more pecently had seen them rush home to defend their father. They are fine children. And in sort of a mute appeal to defend their father, they sent me a card at Christmas time and some flow- ers. damage. Epicenter of the temblor was in the Pacific Ocean, south of Sen Clemente Island. Ocean depths there range up to 1,600 feet. Dr. Charles Richter, California Institute of Technology seismologist, said the quake, which lasted between 20 and 30 seconds, was sufficiently strong to cause considerable damage in populous areas. Dr. Richter placed the magni- tude of the quake between 5% and 6 These arrived just after I had |on a scale of maximum 12. The Long finished a column giving details | Beach quake of 1933 was 6% and of how their father had got sucked | ¢laimed 118 lives. in by Larry Knohl, the city slicker and tax-fixer who took Lamar Caudle junketing on his private airplane and paid him a commis- sion on the sale of a plane. (Continued on Page 4) Tuesday’s temblor started at 4:48 p.m. Its slow, rolling motion fright- ened many persons and some of them rushed into their yards or streets. The quake set off burglar alarms in Inglewood, southwest of Los Angeles, pite a subpoena, and won a tenta- vocated Egypt’s alignment with the Trip, Kansas City tions troops, standing on snow-cov- tive order putting Lang under bond | Communist bloc of nations, a step to appear Jan. 7, the date of the|the new chief of the royal cabinet ered ground, stood fast against the INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 26— | acsault . P—President Truman put holiday former Juneau woman was found |Spokesman declined to comment on Saturday in the woods near Everett, | various offers fo raise the fine money Wash., after an organized search for privately. plea. Lang is at home, recovering from a bullet which penetrated his groin. STILL PACKING ’EM IN SAIGON, Indochina —(P—The film “Gone With the Winfi," even though it’s ancient now as Amer- ican movies go, still is drawing crowds at cinemas in Saigon. A single seat costs $3.50. Ship Movements Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. > Denali from west scheduled south- bound Sunday. would oppose. 1 The appointment by Farouk of Affifi and another prowesterner to places in the roya! cabinet is interpreted to mean the king wants settlement with the west based upon recognition of Egypt's national demands. The Fgypii seck full control cf the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan ,and want evacu- ation of the British from the Suez Canal zone. The west, meanwhile, has been rebuffed in its invita- tion to Egypt to join a middle cast command for defense against pos- sible Communist aggressi The appointments appar a jolt to the dominant Wafdist party, whose leaders have insisted upon no compromise With the Briti-h. They want the British to clear out at once, affairs behind him Wednesday and turned again to the job of being chief executive. He left his home here at 8:18 a.m., CST, and sped by automobile direct to the Hotel Muehlebach in down- town Kansas City, where a pent- house suite is maintained as a sort of little White House when he is here. There was no immediate new word on the nature of the business which called Mr. Truman to his desk but he has told reporters repeatedly since his arrival that he has been spending even his spare time at home on the State of the Union message and the budget message 1wmch he will deliver to Congress, I shortly after the lawmakers go back | lands, on his first return from Azores Islands were built to re-|Industrials 264.10, rails to work, Jan. 8, NEGOTIATIONS EXTENDED WASHINGTON, Dec. 26— B — Gen. Matthew B. Rideway has been authorized if he sees fit, to extend for 30 days the agreement with the Communists that the ex- isting battle line in Korea shall be the line for an armistice in event one can be negotiated. Diplomatic officlals who reported this Wednesday indicated they ex- pect Loth sides to agree to a tempor- ary extension while negotiations go forward on other details of the cease fire. Columbus touched at Santa Ma- ria, one of the Azores group of America. him since Wednesday when he failed to return from a wildcat hunt. According to the Everett Herald, the body of Vernon L. Harkey, 57, was found after what the paper call ed “one of the greatest manhunts in that area in recent years. He was the second husband of his wife. who was known as Mrs. Edith Shee- lor in Juneau. Harkey was believed to have suf- fered a heart attack. The Washington National Guard, | the Coast Guard, the sheriff's of- | Civil- Air Patrol all joined in the | intensified search. Crumbling fortifications on the I pel privateers, Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Dec, 26—®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is ‘2%, American Can 110%;, American Tel. and Tel. 155%, Anaconda 50%, Douglas Aircraft 57', General Electric 56%, General Motors 51%, Goodyear 43, Kenne- cott 86, Ligby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 65, Standard Oil of California 49%, Twentieth Pound $2.78%, Canadian Exchange 9781%. Sales today were 1,520,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: ities 46.81 fice, the Air National Guard and the | Century Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 39%, ;