The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1951, Page 1

GR f‘ "IONAL HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIX., NO. 12,001 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 27, 1951 MEMBER Al SSOCIATED PRESS Famlly In ior (h nsimas Dinner J. L. Hetrick, 81-rear-old retired drea and great-grandchildren at € invite stead. hams. @ a The family ate, amnong ot Wireploto. ne else because there jusi isa’t rcom.” ‘mer of Fagleysville, mas dinner” (Dec. Here keys and 82 rt of the six chicke! "k her things, four tur entertal . grandchii- t down for din “We don't roun peses at the family home- n, six ducks, one gouse and two TaxLiens Are Filed Against 6 WASHINGTON, Dec. An Internal Revenue Bureau spokesman says he knows of no coordinated pattern in the filing of tax licns against persons who have figured in a House investiga- tion of tax collection irregularities. Liens were filed Thursday against L Abraham Teitelbaum, -Chicago ut- torney, and Henry Grunewald, Washington man who refused to answ questions hefore a House subcommittee. 27— r And it was disclosed that a tax lien was filed Nov. 19 against property believed to be held in Houston, Te by Troy. White- head. Whitehead’s name came up in the inquiry as having taken jovernment officials on pleasure trips in his airplane. A spokesman for the Revenue Bureau said he didn't know of any “concerted effort” which might be indicated by the actions. Teitelbaum told the House group early this month he had been threatened by two Florida men with “bad tax trouble” unless he paid them $500,000. He said the two claimed to be in contact with a combination of high Washington officials, all of whom said they knew of no such clique. Liens were filed in Chicago against Teitelbaum, his wife, his law partner and the partner’s wife. They charge the four owe more than $500,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest. The lien against @irunewald and his wife charges he owes $51;157 for 1950 income taxes. It was filed in Miami, Fla., where Grunewald has an expensive home and othey property. Four liens aggregating $1,528,464 were filed at Houston against Whitehead, the machinery com- pany he heads, and his wife. They allege he owes that amount on taxes for the years 1942-46 and for 1950. The Washington Merry-Go-Round #Copyright, ml. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON.—It wasn't an- nounced at the time, but General Eisenhower gave Winston Churchb-| ill some very blunt talk at their recent luncheon in Paris. It was about the bluntest conversation | anyone has had with the eloquent Prime Minister of England who us- ually dominates every conversation and who usually was able to have | his way with Franklin Roosevelt. Eisenhower opened the luncheon by telling Churchill that he felt the time had come'to speak frank- ly. He added that he had always been a close friend of England—| in fact, had been criticized in the | United States for being too friend- ly to the British. Therefore he indicated that, as a friend, he was in a position to speak frankly about England’s fail- ure to cooperate in Europe. Eng- land, he said, was not supporting Bahy Sitling (ase Marked Closed Now LYNN, Mass., Dec. 27—{®—The Nahant baby sitting case was mark- ed “closed” Thui y with the three school girl principals under court sentence for the theft of $18,000 from the home of a doctor. Roberfa McCauley, 15, the baby- ions, Marilyn Curry, 16, were placed Wednesday of the Youth Service Board, agency which handles rehabilitation of juvenils offenders. Eileen Jeffrey, 17, was placed on probation for two years with the; condition that she spend one year at the House of the Good Shepherd, operated by Catholic Sisters for the/ of all creeds. The girls were accused of stealing $18,000 from Dr. Covner for whose baby Roberta was a sitter. They went to New York with the money, the girls admitted and spent $3,000 of it on good clothes and entertain- ment. They were fleeced out of the rest of it by three men. Dr. Albert Covner, apparently up- set by the furor caused by the theft of his money, committeed suicide several weeks after the girls’ spree. Sailors Get Wage Boost A wage-boosting contract for the Sailors Union of the Pacific has been approved by the Wage Stabil- ization Board, Lundeberg said Wednesday. The contract was negotiated Oct. 26 with the Pacific Maritime Associ- ation, retroactive to Sept. 30. It grants a 6.2 per cent wage raise, flat “inequities” raises, time and a half for all overtime, an ex- tra deckand on all offshore ships, and increased employer payments on the SUP welfare funds. Two Tulsequah Miners Survive Dynamite Explosion A premature dynamite explosion at the Consolidated Mine at Tulse- quah, B. C., sent two miners to St. day. George McLeod and Harry Cald- well were brought in by Alasks | Coastal Airlines Tuesday afternoon | Dr. William Blanton interrupted hi Christmas dinner to take care of them. Pieces of rock wepe removed from their bodies and he reported that they were in fair condition to- | day. Merit Certificate Given BPR Engineer A certificate of merit has been | awarded Chris Wyller, district- en- gineer for Southeast Alaska in the Bureau of Public Roads, for 25 years of responsible service in highway work. The award was made by the Amer- ican Association of State Highway officials. Wyller's 25 years of high- (Continued on Page 9 ' way work has been in Alaska. sitter and one of her two compan- | under the jurisdiction| a state ! rehabilitation of girls and v.orrcn‘ Russia Will Accept New Ambassador By EDWARD E. BOMAR WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— M — Russia has agreed to accept George F. Kennan as the new U. 8. Amba | sador to Ru | | time denouncin Soviets President Truman announced at Kansas City Wednesday night the ! selection-of the 4T-year-old career { diplomat, wha is credited with being {a principal author of the present | American policy of containment to counter the threat of Communist geression. Kennan will succeed former Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk, whose | request for retirement President- | ial Secretary Joseph Short said | Mr. Truman accepted with reluct- ance. i ter the Kremlin orally informed the almost at the same g Rim as a foe of the | The announcement was made af-: No Action Yel On $120,000 For L. S. Fl|ers By RICHARD O'REGAN Embassy said Thursday night the Hungarian Communist government s still “considering’ 'the American of four jailed U. S. fliers. Such a stand conflicted with -the nnouncement of Hungary's legation in Washington last night that the offer of $120,000 in fines—called a ransom in the west—had been ac- cepted for the prompt release of the four men. In Washington, the legation said that no further word had been received from Budapest. The press attache, Madame Zsuzsana Szucs, said the only information receiv- ed by the Minister, Dr. Emil Weil, was last night’s message saying the American offer to pay the fines had been accepted but that the fiiers could not be released be- garian Christmas holiday. The night's development raised doubts on the status of negotiations for release of the fliers, convicted of violating Hungary's borders after their plane losi its course on a Mu- nich-Belgrade flight. It seemed pos- sible the Hungarians had raised new conditions. The Ambassador here, Walter J. Donnelly, talked with George Ab- bott, U. S. Charge D'Affairs in the American legation at Budapest. “Phe Hungarians merely told Ab- | bott our proposition was being con- sidered,” Donnelly said. But American officials in Budn- 1 pest still hoped the fliers soon \\mlm Ibe on their way to freedom. Abbott | also expressed hope that the Hun- | garia hen their decision wa made—would turn the fliers over | to the U. S. legation in Budapest i rather than dump them on the Aus- | trian border without previous notice. i i HUNGARIAN REPLY | VIENNA, Austria, Dec. |am., (1 am. PST) Friday to receive ithe Hungarian reply to the U. S. corded here by the Associated Pres: wu)vmnmonts offer to pay the fines for four American airmen, |learned here Thursday night. | This means the fliers, held since ! Soviet fighters forced down C-47 transport Nov. 19, will not be their | offer to pay a fine for the freedom | fere Thursday because of a Hun- | | | l it was | Dean | ! Red 27—M— , broadcast letters The Hungarian government has ask- Maj. Gen. William Dean, now in a ed U. S. representatives in Budapest | North Korean prison camp. to his| |to call at the foreign office at 10 Wife and daughter in California, PRICE TEN CENTS "That's My Husband' VIENNA, Dec. 27—®—The U. S. | Mrs, William F. Luan, wife of the prisoner-of-war general now confined in a ecamp at Pyongyang, North Korea, had no hesitation in identi those of her long-missing husband. prints in her Berkeley, Calif.,, hom @ “’lrrllhnta fying Associated Press pletu.. s radio “It's just wonderful (o see him,) e, oed Dee. 23 from Teyko, as being she said repeatedly on receiving With her is LeonarG Ver Mehr, husband of General L'.an’s sister. 'Distressed Sllka Letfers From Dean Broadcast SAN FRANCISCD, Dec. 27—f—| China’ s Peiping radio has| it said were from The broadeast Wednesday was re- | and the letters were relayed to Mrs in Berkeley. She said they sounded authentic. The letters said he was well car| ed for and had become fond of rice, ‘to 50 ‘U\r Susan, a 72-foot fish packer. | the staple of the Orient. But he | | Fishing Boat Has Harrewing Day ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 27—(®—An Alaska fishing boat arrived here under tow today after a harrow- ing day in stormy seas off the Oregon coast. It was identified by the Coast Guard as the Susan of Sitka. Ra- dio reports yesterday told of the two men aboard bailing by hand |to keep the disabled craft afloat after the pumps went out. There were winds with gusts up miles an hour. William H. Smith of Sitka owns H(' caid the men aboard, on a 1 Francisco-to-Sitka voyage, re Jack Sheridan, about 38, of |Sabre Jefs (Chase MiGs From Air Battles Resumed Qver Northwest Korea; Fight at Heartbreak Ridge By John Randolph SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 27—(Ms-Am- erican sakre jets shot down two Red jets and badly damaged an- other in a ‘renewal of air battles over northwest Korea Thursday, the Fifth Air Force reported. The MIG-16s were shot down in a 30-minute battle between 32 (ease-Fire Agreement Runs Out Ominous Note Further Received About Prison- ers of War Deaths MUNSAN, Korea, Friday—(®— The 30-day Korean cease-fire line greement ran out today on “a ‘ather ominous note” in truce alks about Allied prisoner of war Jeaths. There was no indication here of slans to extend the agreement re- sponsible for the 30-day twilight var. The full five-man armistice ommittees which signed the orig- nal agreement Nov. 27 did not wven meet. An.official U, N. spokes- nan said neither side asked for m extension. But in a subcommittee session at 2anmunjom Thursday, Rear Adm. R, E. Libby said the Communists anted: they may report many of the 50,000 unaccounted for Allled prisoners of war dled of exposure d disease, Litby sald it was “a rather ominous note. It might havé been a forewarning that all these people died of illness.” Subcommittees working on the sroblems of exchanging war pris- oners and supervising a truce still were deadlocked when they ad- ourned their last session before the scheduled expiration hour. The \greement was timed to run out 1t midnight (7 am. PST) Thurs- lay Each committee scheduled an- sther meeting for 11 am. Friday 6 p.m, PST Thursday) in Pan- munjom. Waskington sources expressed belief Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway would approve a 15-day exten- sion of the period in which the rea Nov. 27 could become a per- manent cease-fire line, High diplomatic officials i n Washington sald the Supreme U. N. Commander had been author- zed to approve an extension of up 0 27 days if he felt there was wpe of reaching an agreement. On Nov. 27 negotiators drew a tentative ‘cease-fire line and agreed it would become the cen- ter of a 2!¢ mile wide buffer zone if an armistice were signed with- in 30 days. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27T—{#— | SUP chief Harry | White House that Kennan would be | released in any case before tomor- acceptable. There had been some oW though the United States has cpeculation that he would mot be,| Otfered to pay the $120,000 in fines ! It arose after attacks on him by Assessed against them as border both Pravda and Radio Moscow, the”“‘hmn latest only yesterday. ! Kennan, former State Department | { counselor and recently chief of| wWASHINGTON, Dec. 27— ! Secretary of State Acheson’s policy 'genator Morse (R-Ore) Th\mflqy planning staff, is now on leave mth‘rmp%ed a Senate investigation of | the University Institute for Advanc- {the case of the four American ?d Studies at Princeton, N. J. He| piors who were forced down and is expected to take over the Ambas- ax rested in Hungary. ’\adonhip probably in Apr:k ldi Morse telegraphed chairman Rus- Short sald his nomination would |y (p.Ga) of the Senatc Armed ;?e éufinmfli o threb Ser(l:aw for con-| geryices Committee suggesting that | lrmanon ng'm : e:’-e ongrgszvxc- the group make an inquiry “at convenes. There has been no Indica- | yne earjjest possible time conven- ient” for the fliers to appear be- fore the Senators. Russell could not be reached im- mediately for his reaction. He was reported en route to Washington from his home at Wynder, Ga. Senator © Humphrey (D-Minn) called Wednesday for an investi- gation through the United Nations. He termed Hungary’s actions “in substance an act of aggression against the United States and its people.” WANTS INVESTIGATION | tion of opposition to Kennan. Kennan has had long experience in dealing with the Soviets, previous service in the embassy at Moscow, and speaks the Russian language fluently. Ickes Is In Hospital WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— ® — Harold L. Ickes, self-styled cur- mudgeon who was Secretary of the Interior from 1933 to 1946, is a pa- E. O. DAVIS FINDS SWEET GASOLINE Ann’s Hospital here on Christmas i tient in a loeal hospital suffering from what his wife described as “a mighty painful nerve root condi- tion.” Mrs. Ickes told a reporter Wed- nesday her husband entered George- town University Hospital a week ago Thursday. She said he is “getting along all right.” She said: “It is no dread disease, but it does give con- siderable pain.” Ickes, who is 77, has lived on a nearby Maryland farm since he left the cabipet. Funeral Friday For George Amner Funeral services will be held for George Amner, of Tenakee, by Rev. Willis R. Booth in the C-m,er Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Ceme- tery. Mr. Amner died Sunday in St. Ann’s Hospital at the age of 79 years. He lived at Tenakee for many years, but there are no known living relatives. Mr. Amner was born placed*in the gasoline tanks of two trucks belonging to E. O. (Curley) Davis of the North Transfer Co. when they were parked behind his Front Street shop on Christmas night. It was discovered yester- day. Juneau police are investigating Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Dec. 27— /—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, 110%, American Tel. and Tel. 155%,| Iowa) alrea Aircraft| lal General} whethey Ken- | cover spending. Anaconda’ 50%, Dougla 1581, General Electric 57 Motors 43%, Goodyear 437, necott 87%, Lfl{hy, McNeill and Lib- 8%, Northern Pacific 65", Stand- ard Oil of California 497., Twen- tieth Century Fox 19%, U. S. Steel 40%, Pound 2.79, Canadian Exchange 97.81%., Sales today were 1,460,000 share Averages today are as follo Industrials 266.74, rails 8199, utilit- ies 46.99. 1 American Can| headed by Senator Gillette \Bodeza Bay, Calif,, and Thomas R. (Duke) DeLaHunt, 30, of Sitka. The Susan sent its first distress call before 5 a.m. yesterday. The Coast Guard sent out two cutters, |two smaller search craft and three planes. One of the planes finally hted the disabled vessel about miles southwest of the Colum- pia river mouth in mid-afternoon. A cutter towed it in. expressed a longing for “frizzled | beef” just like mother makes. The letters were filled with re- { membrances of anniversaries. He wondered hopefully if he had becone a grandfather. He has. A son, Robert Dean Williams, wa born to his daughter nine months ago. That was just five months af- ter the U. 8. division commander disappeared on the Korean battle- front. The Communists say the gen- | eral is in a prison camp near Pyong- yang, the North Korean capital. | “I hope that the uncertainty sur- nlon I(Ia OnDeporfafion rounding my disappearance was not too much for you and mother,” Dean SEATTLE, Dec. 27—{M—The Uni-| ted States District Court will be| wrote his wife. “I am sorry that I asked to review an jmmigration have been the cause of so much con- cern.” Much' s § uch’ Is Spent ) On Campaigning |rokeie s oncerea o Seatie une ion official deported, Attorney John WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— (P —i Caughlan szid Thursday. Senator Humphrey (D-Minn) invit-} The recent Seattle hearing for the ed fellow Congress members Thurs- | official, Ernesto Mangaoang, was day to “tell the people the sorry|upheld by the Board of Immigration truth” about the high cost of run-|appeals in Washington, D, C., John | ning for federal office, and who pays| p, Boyd, District Director of Immi-' Asserts 'Far Too sabres and 50 fight-minded MIGS,| Otherwise the line would be re- Earlier 100 MIGS had run for | rawn just before a truce is signed cover when a flight of sabres op-|© follow changes resulting from ened up on them. The Fiith Alr|attle action. Force sald no American planes| Expiration of the cease-fire line were hurt in cither encounter, \greement could bring an explo- ive end to the month-long lull n the battle front; or the twi- ight war could continue while ne- otiations go on. CLAIM 5,000 DEAD MUNSON, Korea, Friday, Dec. 37 —(M—The Reds dropped a veiled been | aint Thursday that 50,000 unlisted since | Allied prisoners were all dead of dis- and | ease or exposure. At the same time Allied armistice attacked | negotiators indicated that if the Communists would give a ful and The air war broke out anew in clear skies as Allied infantry- men fought in knee deep snow and subzero temperatures near Heartbreak Ridge to regain an advance pecition cut off by the Reds. The Communists have fighting, intermittently Christmas night to “capture hold the outpost. A company of Reds again shortly after last midnight, just 24 hours before the end of | honest accounting for all prisoners, the 30-day truce trial period. the Allies might consider the all-for- The fight continued through the| all exchange that the Reds de- bitter cold early morning darkness, | nanded. By 7 am. the Reds cut off the| The conferences ended, however, position. ° | with agreement only one thing: to met again today at 11 a.m. (6 pm. Thursday, PST) even though the 30-day deadline on the provisional cease-fire line expired at midnight United Nations troops counter- attacked at 11:10 am., the U. 8. Eighth Army reported, and at noon “were fighting in knee deep | Thursday. A snow to regain the position.” There was no indication here of Chilled .infantrymen of both sides | any plans to extend the agreement stayed mainly behind their own | responsible for the “twilight war” lines. Patrols, as always, roamed| ,f the past 30 days. The full five- the no-man’s-land between. The U, | — e Sugar was found to have been|ibe bills. “It would be a good idea if every member of Congress were required to go before a subcommittee and tell how his campaign was firaaced,” the Senator told reporters. He, contended “far too much” is spent on campaigning, the bulk of it raised by contributions from well wishers. In exchange for their con- (ributions, he added, “some people expect something besides just good government.” A Senate subcommittee (D- is studying Senator- costs to determine laws are needed to Rules campaig new Shlp Movomenh Freighter Square Knot from Seat- tle-due Friday at 7 am. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Denali from west scheduled south- in Kent, Enfland, January 24, 1872, — m WANT Aus PAY — 'bound Sunday. . strative Procedure Act. He said he pration, said Wednesday, Caughlan said review by the courts is possib! der the Admin- 128 petitioned the Board of Appeals o stay all proccedings while the board reconsiders the case. If it ioes mot act before Jan. 2, when Mangaoang is scheduled to be sur- rendered to Immigration authorities for deportation to the Philippine {slands, the case will be taken into Federal court, he said Mangaoang’s deportation was on zrounds he was a member of the Communist Party. Caughlan said he contends the immigration laws provide for depor- tation only of an alien who has been a member of the Communist party. He said he takes issue with govern- ment on whether Mangaoang was an alien in 1938 and 1939 when it is charged he was a Communist. The defense holds he was a national at | that time, Caughlan said. Mangaoang recently reelected bus- iness representative of the Cannery Workers, Local 37, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s S. Eighth Army reported that, for the third day within a month, no Ameriegn soldiers were killed in ground action in the 24 hours end- inz 6 p.m. Wednesday. In the hunted for MIGS and flew cover for heavier planes, fighter-bombers resumed their relentless attacks on North Korean roads, rails and sup- ply lines. ‘FIELD COMMITTEE MEET The Alaska Field Committee will hold a meeting here January .8, 9 and 10, George Rogers, chairman said today. December 28 High Tide 1:47 am. 16 ft. Low Tide T7:21 am. 32 ft. High Tide 13:23 p.m. 19.1 ft. Low Tide 20:08 p.m. -3.7 ft. Union, ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 air, while the sabre jets| (Continued on Page 3) 165 Americans deld by Commies (laims Senalor By Associated Press A Republican Senator from Cal- fornia claims Communist China s detaining 363 American citizens . and he demands the govern- nent arrange for their release luring the Korean truce negotia- tions, Senator William Knowland says his information is that 33 Anc— icans are in’ Chinese jails, 30 out of China. Knowland has dcmmd-d the State Department sure that the detained are able to leave China and to the United States. *