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VOL LXxVT^ ^ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS I PR1CE CKNTS
Marines Shove Through Hub in Tanks on Foot
SLEUTH BILL
GETS TABLED
BY SENATORS
By JIM HUTCHESON
The Senate late yesterday tabled
the Legislative Investigating Com
mittee bill which had stirred one
of the session's longest controvers
ies before passing the House.
The 11-5 tabling vote on the bill
by Rep. Glen Franklin (D-Bound
ary) did not mean the Senate ma
jority was opposed to it.
It was interpreted as indicating
some supporters felt a substitute
was taking form in a move to over
haul the Territory’s financial ad
ministration which a joint session
approved in principle earlier yester
day.
Under the proposed reorganiza
tion bill, four members of the Legis
lature w’ould be named to a board
of administration.
Sen. John Butrovich (R-Fair
banks) moved for tabling after he
hit a snag in trying to postpone
action until next week. He explain
ed later he felt there would be no
need for a committee if legislators
are added to an administration
board.
II senators want 10 uovc me
measure off the table later it will
require a majority vote, but sup
porters pointed out it couldn’t pass
anyway unless it got a majority.
Both Houses spent most of yes
terday afternoon in hearings or
reading bills without taking final
action.
The Senate passed a bill by Dr.
R. M. MacKenzie (D-Ketchikan)
which would impose 5 per cent pro
gressive penalties for wilful failure
to pay the motor fuel tax within 30
days after the due date.
The Senate passed two House-ap
proved memorials to the Federal
Government — one by Rep. Ed Loc
ken (R-Peter.sburg) asking rein
statement of war risk insurance in
Alaska to give reassurance to in
vestors, and one by Rep. Frank G.
Johnson (R-Kake) asking a two
year extension for filing of Indian
tribal claims with the Claims Com
mission.
Sen. Gunnard M. Engebreth <R
Anchorage) introduced a bill yester
day designed to crack down string
ently on attempts by department
heads or employes to influence or
‘pressurize” legislators.
The measure would forbid their
public speaking, writing or adver
tising to try to influence appropria
tions or legislation affecting their
department. It would even forbid
sending a letter or telegram to a
legislator for such a purpose.
It proposes a $500 fine or a year’s
imprisonment or both as a penalty,
plus ouster for any non-elective of
ficial.
Sen. Frank Barr (D-Fairbanks)
introduced a bill calling for regis
tration of all aircraft and pilots,
emergency equipment inspection,
and compulsory filing of flight
plans.
MacKenzie introduced a measure
(Continued on Page Eight)
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1951. or Bell Syndicate, Inc..
WASHINGTON. — Beside Iron
Curtain, Adrianople, Turkey. — I
have just interviewed a Bulgarian
Refugee who lived six years be
hind the Iron Curtain and then
fled to safety across the Turkish
borders one hour before I talked
to him. He was almost like a man
coming out of a dark attic and see
ing the modern world for the first
time in years.
He did not know for instance, ex
actly what the United Nations was.
He thought the Korean war was
won by America, having heard the
voice of America broadcast that
MacArthur was bringing U. S.
troops home by Christmas. He had
been told also that people in
Greece and Turkey were living on
grass and leaves because America
was starving them under the Mar
shall plan. The most significant,
immediate news he brought was
that the Communists had come in
an automobile to Oseno, a vil
age near him last week, to notify
the people that Briitain and United
States were about to attack them.
(Continued on Page Four;
Big Snow of '51
Mrs. Virginia Steman of San Francisco makes a snowball from snow
on the hood of her automobile during the worst snowfall in San
Francisco since 1932. Snow is a rarity in San Francisco and the
natives insist this fall was “unusal.” Iff! Wirephoto.
VOTE MONDAY
ON DRAFTING
j18?YR.0LDS
! WASHINGTON, March 2 —4JH—
I The Senate has agreed to a test
1 vote Monday on the ,controversial
Issue of lowering the draft age to
I 18 years and G months.
The present Selective Service Act
allows induction at age 19.
A pending bill approved by the
Senate Armed Service Committee
would allow calling up of 18-year
olds.
The test will come on an amend
ment by Senator Morse (R-Ore) to
make the minimum age 18’j years.
The committee bill would require
local draft boards to take older men
in the present 19 to 26 draft man
power pool before calling any 18
I year old. It also would require that
I the 18-year-olds nearest 19 be in
I ducted first.
The Morse proposal would elimi
nate both these restrictions, allow
'ing boys 18'- years of age as well
as those 19 to 26 to be taken at
the same time.
The test will be the first on a
series of amendments proposed to
the broad universal military train
ing and service bill. It has been de
bated intermittently this week and
the voting agreement was by unani
mous consent.
Senator Cain (R-Wash) urged to
day that the nation draft 18-year
olds because “we need every man
we can get in Korea.” Cain had
sharp criticism for Morse's pro-1
posals.
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SYLVIA DAVIS WITH
BUFFALO SYMPHONY
OVER KINY SUNDAY
! Miss Sylvia Davis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Davis of Jun- j
I eau is with the Buffalo Symphony
: Orchestra to be heard in a musical
■ program presented by the Alaska
Electric Light and Power Company
over radio station KINY at 2 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. Miss Davis plays
first violin with the symphony or
chestra.
Miss Davis is a talented musician
and her name is well known in the
east. Born and reared in Juneau
she has delighted her Juneau
friends by appearing in concert
here on two of her visits to her
hometown.
PELICAN VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Winter of
Pelican are at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ANCHORAGE
C. V. Huttine of Anchorage is
at the Baranof Hotel.
K. C. Patton of Seldovia is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
i'
American
is Dead in
Red Prison
TAIPEI, Formosa, Marcch 2.—itf)
—Foreign sources said today Dr.
William L. Wallace, American medi
cal missionary, died in prison after
he was arrested on trumped-up
charges by the Chinese Reds.
The U. S'. State Department in
Washington said yesterday the
Southern Baptist medical mission
ary died February 10 in jail at
Wuchow, Kwangsi Province.
Dr. Wallace, 42, was superintend
ent of Stout Memorial Hospital at
Wuchow.
RATE HEARING REPORT
AT CITY COUNCIL
Bids will be opened tonight on
125 light meters by the Juneau City
Council. All interested persons and
firms have been notified that the
City wishes to dispose of the me
ters.
C. J. Erhrenreich has prepared a
report relative to the Juneau
Douglas Telephone Co. rate hear
ings and it will be presented to
night. 4
Two applications have been re
ceived for card table licenses, those
of Joe H. McNallen of the Arctic
Bar and Manuel Diaz of the In
ternational Pool Room.
FROM A LIGHT
Troy R. Walker, U. S. Coast
guardsman from Five Finger Light,
is stopping at the Hotel Juneau
for a few days.
Ray L. Helland of Seattle is at
the Baranof Hotel.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum
33; minimum, 28.
At Airport — Maximum,
33; minimum, 26.
forecast
Cloudy with intermittent
light snow tonight. Lowest
temperature near 29 degrees.
Mostly cloudy with occasion
al light snow Saturday. High
est temperature about 32
degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — .05 inches;
Since March 1, —.13 inches;
Since July 1 — 46.96 inches;
At Airport — .12 inches;
Since March 1 — .12 inches;
Since July 1 — 32.62 inches.
NO STRIKE
IN SEATTLE
ON SUNDAY
SEATTLE, March 2 —Ufl— AFL
Electrical Workers yesterday called
off their scheduled Sunday strike
against Seattle City Light after
reaching an agreement with the
city council on contract differences.
Mayor William Devin announced
after a meeting with representatives
of Local 77 of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
settlement of the threatened strike
was ‘positive and definite."
Devin said the union and city
council had agreed to a compro
mise. Under its terms, the union
will not get a formal contract with
the city but will have the right to
negotiate with City Light officials
on wages and working conditions.
The procedure agreed upon is
similar to the practice followed in
Tacoma for the five years in adjust
ing wages and working conditions
in its municipal light and power sys
tem.
The threatened strike would have
brought a power blackout for more
than half a million residents of
Seattle and some of its suburbs.
14 KILLED;
8 SURVIVE
IN CRASH
SIOUX CITY, la., March 2 ——
A DC-3 Mid-Continent Airline
plane crashed and burned here to
day and 14 persons were reported
killed.
A Sioux City Journal reporter
said 14 persons were killed, includ
ing the pilot and co-pilot, and that
eight persons survived.
The north-bound ship was coming
in for a landing when the crash
occurred about 9:11 a.m. Witnesses
said visibility was fair, but a sud
den snow squall blotted out the
plane just before the crash.
Latest Report
The Mid-Continent Airline plane,
groping for a landing during a
heavy snowstorm, crashed and
burned, killing 15 persons.
The two-engine craft, trying the
second time to land at the air
port, went down into a cornfield
bordering the airfield.
The airline reported 12 passengers
and three crewmen died in Iowa’s
worst plane smash-up. There were
ten survivors.
The dead included Mrs. J. D.
Alway, of Aberdeen, 3. D., who sur
vived another Mid-Continent plane
crash last Tuesday at Tulsa, Okla.
Her husband, Dr. Alway, who was
with her on the trip to Tulsa, was
not with her today.
The crack-up came only a few
minutes after the pilot had been
in contact with the airfield tower
and had been cleared for a landing.
Ceiling was reported as 500 feet |
and visibility a mile. I
It was the first fatal crash for
Mid-Continent Airlines in its 17
year history, Bert Blackstock, of
Omaha reported. It was the second
crack-up, however, this week for
the company.
Last Tuesday, 29 passengers and
the crew of four walked away from
one of its airliners just before the
craft was enveloped in flames after
crashing at Tulsa, Okla. Six of those
aboard the Houston-bound plane
given hospital treatment but
none was injured critically.
FROM SITKA
H. L. Aga of Sitka is stopping
at the Gastineau Hotel.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, March 2 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%. American Can
107%, American Tel. and Tel. 157%,
Anaconda 42%, General Electric
56%, General Motors 50%, Good
year 78‘4, Kennecott 75%, Libby,
McNeil and Libby 9%, Northern Pa
cific 35%. Standard Oil of California
93 i, Twentieth Century Fox 23, U.
S. Steel 44%, Pound $2.80%, Canad
ian Exchange 95.50.
Sales today were 1,560,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 253.61, rails 86.26, utili
ties 43.80.
1
Marines Advance Again
U. S. Marines, baek in action again, move over a crateerd bridge as they advance on the central front in
Korea. It was disclosed (Feb. 27) that the leathernecks were back in the righting for the first time
since their historic withdrawal from the Changjin reservoir near the Manchurian border last December.
Iff) Wirephoto. ____ __
WAGEBOARD!
REBUILDING
HITS SNAG
WASHINGTON, March 2.—(JPI—
I Rebuilding of the shattered Wage
j Stabilization Board today ran up
; against a major obstacle—a demand
by unions that it handle labor dis
putes as well as wage controls.
Economic Stabilization Admini
strator Eric Johnston was making
cautious moves to fashion a new
industry-labor-public board to re
place the nine-man panel from
' which organized labor has with
drawn its three representatives.
Labor Leaders Resign
Top labor leaders, acting o n
orders from the United Labor Policy
Committee, showered all the mob
ilization agencies with resignations
yesterday, in protest against alleged
“unfair” wage oontrol and “big
business” domination of the defense
drive.
Mobilization Director Charles E.
Wilson was the major target of
their charges.
Two Actions Taken
Johnston, recognizing more storms
and delays ahead, acted as his own
one-man wage board in two actions
announced last night:
1. He relaxed the 10 per cent
ceiling on wage boosts by permit
ting workers to get full benefit
of cost-of-living wage increases up
to June 30—provided their "escala
tor”-type contracts were signed be
fore January 25.
“Escalator” Benefits
This may avert unrest and pos
sible strikes In the auto industry,
where about 1,000,000 workers enjoy
“escalator” benefits.
2. Johnston set a precedent for
handling “hardship” cases. A three
member board was named to study
whether CIO and AFL packing
house workers should get the full
| nlne-cent hourly pay boost won
from major packers just after the
freeze. It would pierce the ceiling,
but the unions claim the freeze
caught them kt a substandard pay
level.
A 3 Vi per cent price increase for
passager car manufacturers was
ordered at the same time by price
officials, to offset “partially" higher
wage and other costs.
FROM HAINES
Mrs. Bonnie Loop of Haines is
registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
STUMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Saturday after
noon or evening.
Denali from Seattle scheduled to
arrive sometime Monday.
Baranof from westward scheduled
to arrive at 7 a.m. Sunday south
bound.
HELD
CaMffM’V i——Uli1 1 1 1 11,1,1" "Wi
Donald Arceo (above), 14, sits in
an Oakland, Calif.) police station,
holding rosary beads after telling
Police Inspector Meric I.ongnecker
that he had fatally shot his father,
i John, 37, and his mother, Dorothy,
31, as they watched a television
program. Inspector Longnecker
said the youth told him he sur
rendered after visiting a Catholic
priest. l/P) Wirephoto.
CONCERT BY FRANCES
PAUL. LOIS REEDY, TO
BE GIVEN TONIGHT
The concert tonight by Prances
Paul and Lois Reedy will be of in
teract to all musiacl tastes, with
songs by a variety of composers.
Outstanding numbers will be "De
puls le Jour” from Charpentier’s
“Louise,” sung by Miss Paul; “Der
Erl-konig” by Schubert, sung by
Mrs. Reedy; and a duet. Flower
Scene” from Puccini's "Madame
Butterfly.” Of special interest will
be “Sancta Mater” from Pergolesi's
"Stabat Mater,” which was com
posed for Lenten performance.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m.
at Northern Light Presbyterian
church and will be followed by a
reception in the church parlors.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Lynn O. Hollist from the Uni
versity of Alaska, is in Juneau for
a Department of Agriculture field
committee" meeting. He is staying
at the Hotel Juneau.
HOUSEHOLDS
HEADINGS OH
(OMP. BILL
House Bill 61, rewriting and revis
ing the Alaska Workmen’s Compen
sation Act, was the subject of a
Committee of the Whole hearing in
the House yesterday afternoon and
this morning.
Appearing before the House were
Labor Commissioner Henry A. Ben
son, E. H. Hall, president of the
Alaska Territorial Federation of La
bor; James Swan, Anchorage labor
attorney, and Leonard Evans of the
U. S. Department of Labor, all in
support of the bill; L. A. Moore of
Associated General Contractors,
Curtis Shattuck, insurance broker;
and R. E. Robertson, attorney, al!
opposing the bill.
Benson gave a brief review of the
history of workmen's compensation
legislation in the Territory and said
increased benefits are long overdue.
House Bill 61, he said, combine
the “best” features of the present
Alaska law and the Federal Long
shoremen’s and Harbor Workers
Act.
He said he was unable to state
how much the bill, if enacted, would
increase compensation rates ant
had been unable to get figures frgn.
insurance companies. He estimated,
however, that the increase would
not be more than 50 per cent.
"It is my observation," Benson
-,a.d, “that what the insurance com
panies do is to charge what they j
,hink the traffic will bear.” I
Highly Competitive
This assertion was denied by in
suranceman Curtis Shattuck, wh<
cited examples to show the highlj
competitive nature of the casulty
insurance business.
“The Longshore Act Is rated a.1
60 per cent more severe than the
Alaska Act,” Shattuck said. ‘This
bill virtually changes the Alaska
Act to the Longshoremen’s Act, but
it leaves out the limitations pro
vided by the latter.”
It was brought out several times
during the hearing that the Long
shoremen's Act provides the better
long-term benefits, while the Alaska
Act has better short-term benefits.
“This bill would be the most se
vere Act ever to pass a legislature
and is perhaps the most severe ever
presented to a legislature,” asserted
Larry Moore. "It would spell dis
aster to Alaska industry.”
Double Rates
Moore said passage of the bill
would double present compensation
insurance rates and read a letter
from a Seattle insurance brokerage
in support of his statement.
At present, Moore said, costs of
compensation insurance amount to
5 per cent of payrolls on big con
struction jobs, and most of the con
(Continued on Page Two)
KEY TOWH,
RED FRONT,
ABANDONED
Leathernecks Fan Out as
Opposition Fades-Han
River Is Crossed
The U. S. First Marines shoved
through the Korean road hub of
Hoengsong today in tanks and on
foot. The Communists had aband
oned the key Central front town,
leaving behind only the bodies of
Dutch battalion troops they had
ambushed there three weeks ago.
Sweeping into Hoengsong after
Red opposition faded, the Leather
necks fanned out. north before they
were pinned down by Red machine
gun fire. This was on the ap
proaches to Hongchong. 15 miles
to the north, the Chinese strong
hold where an estimated 40,000 en
emy troops are said to be dug in.
Han River Crossed
On the Western front, U. S. pa
trols crossed the Han River in rub
ber boats and probed the outer ring
of Red-held Seoul in several places.
On the eastern end of the 60-mile
Central front, the South Korean
Seventh Division pushed up between
pangnim and the east coast to
draighten out the Allied line across
the peninsula. They were reported
to have driven 16 miles in the last
four days.
U. S. Second Division troops
astride the Pangnim-Hoengsong
highway fought off night-long Red
assaults to keep control of the sup
ply route which had been vital to
the Reds.
Resistance Increases
Increasing Communist resistance
indicated further that the Chinese
and North Koreans are planning a
Dig spring offensive. General Mac
Arthur’s operational summary said
some 31 Red divisions are arrayed
across the peninsula.
Despite the estimated 140,000 cas
ualties they have suffered since Jan.
17, MacArthur said the Communist
attack potential still is "unim
paired."
British Commonwealth troops on
the left flank of the spearheading
Marines punched northward in the
Yongdu area, 17 miles west of
Hoengsong, against stiff Chinese
opposition.
The crew of a U. S. Superfort
reported it shot down one of six
attacking Russian-built jets over
North Korea and damaged another.
U. S. ENTERS
BIG-4 TALKS
SKEPTICALLY
WASHINGTON, March 2 —-W*—
Ambassador Philip Jessup, said to
day the United States Is entering
the Paris Big Four talks in a high
'y skeptical frame of mind as to
what the Russians will do.
Jessup, preparing his departure
for the negotiations, spoke out after
i conference with President Tru
nan.
"We have got to approach the
meeting on the basis that we are
from Missouri’." Jessup said. "We
want to see if they are ready to
demonstrate that they will get
down to brass tacks and talk about
‘,he things that really are causing
all the tension.”
Jessup leaves the United States
tonight for Paris, where Big Four
deputy foreign ministers will open
talks Monday on arrangements for
a meeting of the ministers them
selves.
Parliament ol Norway
Approve Contribution
To North Atlantic Pad
OSLO, Norway, March 2.—Iff!—
Pull approval of the government
proposal that Norway contribute to
the Atlantic Pact defense army was
voiced last night by the foreign
policy and military committees of
the Storting (Parliament).