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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,715__JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1951 . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS
Soviet Planes Shot Down Over Korean Front
GOVT. WANTS
NO DELAYS
IN BUILDING
No-Strike Pledge Is Being
Sought at Meetings
in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan, 23—
UP|—A group of contractors and
labor union officials were told by
government representatives yester
day that the coming construction
season is the most critical in Alas
ka's history.
Ex-Sen. Frank P. Graham of
North Carolina presided over the
meeting during which the govern
ment will try to obtain a no strike
pledge frt>m unions in case nego
tiations for working agreements fail
to result in contracts.
Marine Col. Justice M. Chambers
said ‘ this year is the most critical
and if certain projects are not com
pleted, it will leave us wide open."
Chambers said other talks of this
nature are scheduled on a national
basis, but warned that “Alaska is
too close to Russia to wait for these
national conferences.”
Chambers, who was a member of
a Senate Armed Service Committee
that visited Alaska last year to see
what was wrong with military con
struction in the territory, said:
"The world situation is like fire
and we don’t know whether it will
be put out or spread.”
Graham said it was not the in
tention of the government to inter
fere with the right to collective
bargaining. He said:
"We want cooperation. We all
are American citizens and nbt a
combination for profiteering at the
expense of the people of the United
States by taking advantage of this
hour of peril.”
Need Housing
Lt. Gen. William E. Kepner, head
of the Alaska Command, pointed
out that housing must be completed
before additional troops could be
brought to Alaska. He said housing
at military bases in the territory
already was overcrowded.
Col. L. E. Seeman. district engi
neer, told of construction delays
(Continued on Page Two)
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Jan. 23 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%, American Can
99, American Tel. and Tel. 153%,
Anaconda 40%, Douglas Aircraft
106%, General Electric 55%, General
Motors 49%, Goodyear 71%, Ken
necott 75%, Libby McNeill and Libby
9%, Northern Pacific 32%, Standard
Oil of California 93%, Twentieth
Century Fox 22%, U.S. Steel 45%,
Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange
94.93%.
Sales today were 2,080,009 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 245.30, rails 82.83, utilities
42.36.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, oy Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Washington—Not much gets
into the newspapers about the so
cial lobby these days, but an awful
lot of business is still done over
Washington dinner tables—even in
cluding war contracts.
The other day, Victor Emanuel,
power behind the far-flung AVCO
Manufacturing Corporation, Stand,
ard Gas and Electric, Crosley
Broadcasting, and Republic Steel,
gave a dinner in honor of S'tuart
Symington, svelte, efficient head of
the National Security Resources
Board.
Symington got a lot of publicity
once before from accepting the
hospitality of Floyd Odium of Con
solidated Vultee, who manufact
ured B-36’s at a time when Sym
ington was buying B-36 s for the
Air Forces. Emanuel is now making
B-36 parts, Symington is out of the
Air Forces, though he packs a
powerful wallop in a lot of other
remcfbilii'y.tion fields. i
At any rate, Symington, an ex
tremely busy man, went to the
dinner, which was attended by
various bigwigs, including homey
Senator Homer Capehart of Indi
ana. Later it developed that Homer
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Senate Is
Stiffening,
Red China
Brands Communists as Ag
gressors - Would Deny
Membership in UN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—UPl—The
Senate today adopted resolutions
declaring the United Nations should
(1) brand Communist China an
aggressor in Korea, and (2) deny
Red China membership in the UN.
The first resolution was adopted
unanimously, without a record vote,
but a roll call was taken on the
second. The roll call vote was 91
for the resolution and none against.
The House similarly approved a
resolution last week declaring the
UN should brand the Chinese Com
munists as aggressors in Korea.
I Both Senate resolutions were in
| troduced a week ago by Senator
McClellan (D-Ark).
The resolutions have the effect
merely of expressing Congressional
sentiment and are not binding on
U.S. delegates to the United Na
tions.
STATEHOOD
BILL AGAIN
DISCUSSED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — </P) —
The Senate Insular Affairs Com
mittee discussed statehood for Ha
waii and Alaska for an hour today
without taking action.
Chairman O’Mahoney (D-Wyo)
told reporters after the closed-door
i meeting he is hopeful the two state
; hood bills may be brought to a vote
j in the committee without additional
I hearings.
I However, O’Mahoney said Senator
j Butler (R-Neb), an opponent of
i statehood for both territories, ex
pressed a desire for a committee
hearing in Alaska.
O’Mahoney announced he will
bring up the subject of statehood
again, either next week or two
weeks from today. Meanwhile, he
said, he gave copies of last year’s
: hearings transcript to the new mem
bers of the committee.
Both statehood bills passed the
House last Congress and were ap
proved by the Senate committee.
But they failed to reach a vote in
the Senate.
SENATECONFIRMS
TRUMAN APPOINTEES
JOHNSTON, HARRISON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — iffl —
The Senate confirmed today Presi
dent Truman’s nominations of Eric
A. Johnston as Economic Stabiliza
tion Administrator and William H.
Harrison as Defense Production Ad
ministrator.
The appointments were approved
on a voice vote.
Johnston, head of the Motion
Picture Association, on leave, and
former president of the U.S. Cham
ber of Commerce, succeeds Alan
Valentine.
Harrison, former International
Telephone and Telegraph executive,
has been serving in his government
post for several weeks.
JUNEAU MOTOR CO.
IS LOW BIDDER ON
AUTO FOR NURSES
The Juneau Motor Company was
low bidder on a four-door sedan to
be delivered within 45 days for use
of the public health nurses at the
i Juneau Health Center. The bid
was for $1906.94.
Other bidders and the automo
| biles on which the bids were offer
1 ph included: Cowling Motor Co.,
Plymouth, $2100; Connors Motor
Co., Chevrolet, $2209.20; Christen
sen Brothers Motor Co., Nash.,
S'300. Invitations to bid were of
fered by the Alaska Department
'of Health (and the bids were open
ed January 19 at 4 p.m.).
20 PEOPLE
ARE HIRED
BY HOUSE
Standing Committees Will
Elect Chairmen De
spite Protest
The Territorial House of Repre
sentatives met briefly yesterday af
ternoon, hired 20 people to assist
Chief Clerk Margaret Grisham with
the paper- work and to perform
routine work, and voted 14-8 to
allow each of the 20 standing com
mittees to elect its own chairman.
The vote came after Rep. Andrew
Hope protested such elections as
dangerous to party solidarity.
Since the Speaker represents the
party that won the majority of the
House seats in the last election,
Rep. Hope asserted, the Speaker
should name the committee chair
men.
Rep. Glen Franklin and Rep.
George Miscovich stated that the
various committees elected their
chairmen in the 1949 session, when
the Democratic majority was con
siderably greater.
Permanent Help
The Committee on Permanent
Help, headed by Rep. Jack Conright,
j recommended hiring the following
i persons and the report was unani
| mously adopted by the House:
Flora Woodworth, assistant clerk.
Mrs. Kathleen Prather, Judiciary
clerk.
Elna Barrington, bill clerk.
Edwin Coonjohn, engrossing clerk.
Phyllis McClellan, enrolling clerk.
Mrs. Helen Johnson, stenographer.
Alcesta Brandes, Patricia Met
calfe, Mrs. Bonny Wright, Mrs
Irma Scavenius, Mrs. Beatrice
Buchanan, Mrs. Ada Waid and
Margaret Brown, clerk-typists.
Mike Cary, doorkeeper.
! Eugene Lockridge, messenger,
j Sandy Stevens, watchman,
i Helmi Bach and Mrs. Gleaton.
mimeograph operators.
Arnold Hendrickson, Janitor.
William Estrada, assistant jani
| tor.
I Both the House and Senate were
j to meet at 3 p.m., today.
WHAT PRICE
ALASKA HCL!
DEPT. ASKS
SEATTLE, Jan. 23— UP —Uncle
Sam wants to know how living
costs in Alaska compare with those
in Seattle. Accordingly, residents
of Anchorage and Fairbanks will
be asked how much they spend for
food, rent, clothing and other items.
Groundwork previously had been
laid for such an inquiry in Seattle.
The Alaska survey plan was an
nounced in Washington, D. C. today
by Maurice Tobin, Secretary of La
bor, and is to start “immediately.”
Kenneth Joseph, Held supervisor
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
already has enlisted 15 interview
ers, who are to obtain information
in Seattle. They are due to take
the field the middle of next week.
Joseph said he had no informa
tion about the Alaska portion of
the survey.
Tobin said the comparison of Al
aska and mainland costs will be
valuable in forthcoming wage nego
tiations in Alaska.
Dawson Is Coldest
Spot, North America
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 23—GP>—
One of the coldest spots on the
North American continent today
was Dawson, in the Yukon, where
the mercury burrowed down to 55
degrees below zero. Weathermen
predicted it might warm up a little
bit, though—to 50 below.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Marvin J. Lewis of San Fran
cisco is staying at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM WRANGELL
Patricia Devenny of Wrangell is
staying at the Baranof Hotel.
$500,000
BLAZE AT
FAIRBANKS
Bakery and Drug Store De
stroyed in 50 Degree
Below Zero Weather
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 23—
*—Firemen laboring in 60 below
zero temperatures battled flames
in downtown Fairbanks early to
day. They estimated damage at
$500,000.
A bakery and a drug store were
destroyed.
Firemen reported the blaze under
partial control. Flames, however,
still menaced several nearby struc
tures, including an apartment
building.
An unidentified fireman from
nearby Ladd Air Force Base was
injured. He toppled from a roof
into one of the burning buildings.
He was rescued by other firefighters
and rushed to Ladd Field hospital.
Encased In Ice
Firemen were described as "walk
ing cakes of ice" in the extreme
cold. Only a trickle of water flow
ed from their frozen hoses.
The flames broke out late last
night in the Cooperative Drug store,
and spread quickly to the North
Pole Bakery. The Burns Apart
ments, Avakoff Jewelry store, Kay’s
Curio Shop and the Arcade Restau
rant were evacuated of persons and
valuables.
A 20-foot fire lane separated the
blaze from the Nordale Hotel.
C. J. Newlin, co-owner of the Co
operative Drug store, said a base
ment explosion preceded the fire.
Newlin was writing a letter in an
apartment above the store when
the explosion occurred. Flames
spread so rapidly that Newlin bare
ly escaped with his life.
FIRE CONTROLLED
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 23—*
—Firemen controlled a fire in the
downtown district today after it
destroyed several business build
ings in 50 below zero weather.
The blaze destroyed the Coop
erative Drug store, the North Pole
Bakery and a building housing Ak
akoff’s Jewelry store.
The Burns Apartment building
was vacated but was not burned.
LATE REPORT ON FIRE
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 23—
t#l—two Air Force men were injured
and three business buildings de
stroyed today by a blaze controlled
after firemen battled for hours in
an icy fog and 53 below zero tem
perature.
Firemen said the loss would be
several hundred thousand dollars.
One unofficial estimate placed it at
$500,000.
The injured men were firemen
from nearby Ladd Air Force base.
One toppled from a roof into the
flames and was rescued by other
fire fighters. The other was struck
by a falling timber. The Air Force
withheld their Identification.
Buildings destroyed were the Co
operative Drug Store, the North
Pole Bakery and Avakoff’s Jewelry
Store. Also burned were two apart
ments, Boutlet and Kohlers account
ing office and Dr. E. I. Baggen’s
dental office, all south of the bakery
and drug store buildings.
The darkroom of the Fairbanks
News-Miner in the basement of the
Empress Theater was flooded. The
darkroom is in a separate building
from the newspaper plant.
The bakery saved some supplies
and machinery.
Water sprayed on nearby build
ings to prevent spread of the fire
froze quickly and thick sheets of
ice covered facades.
The Red Cross arranged emer
gency housing for persons whose
apartments burned.
mail line vessel .
IN TROUBLE SW ATTU
The S.S. Oregon Mail is having
trouble 350 miles southwest of
Attu it was learned at U. S. Coast
Guard headquarters here this morn
ing. The 7,886-ton vessel of the
American Mail Line of Portland
was unable to steer it reported and
assumed a broken rudder stock. The
S.S. New World Victory whose
home port is San Francisco is in
the area and is proceeding to the
scene and the.USCG Minnetonka, a
weather station vessel, is standing
by.
B-36 Leaves England for Flight Home
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One of the huge B-36 bombers that flew to England, takes off (Jan. 20) at Lakenheath air base, near
I London, for the flight to the home base at Fort Worth, Texas. It was the first trip to foreign soil for
I any of the big planes, capable of flying 10,000 miles non-stop. The bombers fanned out on separate
I practice missions during the return flights, and routes they took were secret. (#1 Wirephoto via radio
| from London.
INQUIRY ON
TAIYA NOW
REQUESTED
(By Frank W. Vaille)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—Wl—A
House Judiciary Subcommittee,
studying the defense program for
expanding the nation's aluminum
production, will be asked to look
into possible development of the
Taiya project near Skagway, Al
aska. j
The request will be made by Rep.
Tcllefson fR-Wash> and Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska to the group
headed by Rep. Celler <D-NY>.
This committee is inquiring into
the possible monopolistic tendencies
in the expansion program and
specifically into a reported agree
ment under which this country
would help increase Canada’s al
uminum production.
The Taiya hydroelectric project
would cost about $300,000,000, pro
duce 750,000,000 pounds of alum
inum annually and support a com
i munity of possibly 40,000 persons,
officials have said.
Taps Yukon River
It involves tapping the headwat
ers of the Yukon River by means
of two tunnels, bored through the
coast range of mountains to empty
into the Taiya Valley in southeast
Alaska, where the plant would be
established.
The Alaska Development Board,
in a letter to the two Congress
men, said the project’s possibilit
ies have been under consideration
by the Aluminum Company of Am
erica since 1947.
, ALCOA Ready
The Board said it has learned
that ALCOA is prepared to under
take the project "if granted gov
ernmental assistance comparable to
that which is suggested would be
given the Aluminum Company of
Canada" in connection with its
proposed development at Kitimat,
British Columbia.
“We are advised,” wrote George
Sundborg, Board consultant, “that
the only thing that makes possible
the construction of Kitimat devel
opment is a contract reportedly ne
gotiated betwen C. D. Howe, Can
adian Minister of Trade and Com
merce, and Charles Sawyer, U. S.
Secretary of Commerce, for the
future purchase by our government
of around one billion pounds of al
uminum.”
One Hitch
Pointing out that one "hitch in
1|ie Taiya development is th#
necessity of getting Canadian per
mission to divert a portion of the
YuJaon River wtaters from the
Territory and northern British Col
umbia, Sundborg said any agree
ment for the purchase of Canadian
aluminum should be preceded by
an agreement guaranteeing the nec
essary water rights to make the
Taiya project possible.
; STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m., Friday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver, 8 p.m., January 31.
Denali from west scheduled to
arrive Sunday morning southbound.
Alllee's
Warning
Given U.S.
LONDON, Jan. 23 — <#! — Prime
Minister Attlee admonished the
United Nations today not to take
new and Important decisions on Ko
rea "at this stage,” and Britain’s
House of Commons cheered.
A moment later Conservative
Leader Winston Churchill warned
the nation not to fall into "any
serious division in the United Na
tions brought about by maneuvers
which are obviously to the Interest
of Soviet Russia.”
Attlee's advice against a new U.N.
decision now obviously referred to
American demands that the world
organization brand the Chinese
Communist government as an ag
gressor.
"We do not believe the time has
come to consider further measures,”
Attlee said, as the House cheered.
“To do so implies that we have
abandoned hope of reaching a
peaceful settlement, and this we
have not done.” \
Conservative Leader Churchill
countered:
"Bear in mind constantly the
grave dangers which will fall upon
us all. should any serious divergency
occur between our policy and that
of the United States.”
NINE ATTORNEYS
ARE ADMITTED TO
ALASKA LAW BAR
Alaska now has nine new at
torneys-at-law, one in Sitka, six
in Anchorage and two in Fairbanks,
who were admitted to the practice
in the Territory this month, it was
announced today by Attorney Gen
eral J. Gerald Williams, member
of the Territorial Board of Law
Examiners.
Paul A. Dupler of Sitka was the
last of the nine to be admitted
to the bar after successfully passing
the oral examination held in open
court in Juneau before Judge Geo.
W. Folta yesterday afternoon. The
examination was given by Attor
ney General Williams.
The written examinations were
given all nine applicants in Ju
neau by Williams last October.
Applicants who took their oral
examinations before Judge Anthony
J Dimond in Anchorage and were
Emitted to the bar there were
Roger Creme, William S. 9anders,
John R. Connelly. Juliana D. Wil
son, T. Stanton Wilson, and Victor
P. Guns.
Admitted to practice law in the
territory after taking the oral
examinations in open court before
Judge Harry Pratt in Fairbanks
were William V. Boggess and Corn
elius P. Coughlan.
JOHN ADAMS BACK
John Adams, engineer with the
Alaska Public Works office here,
returned aboard the Denali, after
spending the holidays with his
family in the states.
AIR GIANTS
MAKE GREAT
NON-STOPPER
FORT WORTH, Tex., Jan. 23—4/P)
—Six B-36 bombers—able to lug
more bombs than any other war
plane—thundered more than 5,000
j miles non-stop through high head
winds to return home from England.
The air giants ended a training
mission of more than 10,000 miles
here Sunday, hampered only by
“minor difficulties” — a broken
windshield wiper and a broken oil
line.
On schedule the half dozen big
planes landed at Carswell Air Force
base here, the first stop since leav
ing Lakenheath Air Base in Eng
land 30 hours and 16 minutes earlier.
Air Force officials and the 90-odd
crew members had nothing but
| praise for the plane designed to
carry an atomic bomb anywhere in
the world.
Just Training Mission
“Our trip to England was a rou
tine training mission," said Capt.
Bobbie J. Cavnar of Oklahoma City,
commander of the only crew re
I porters were allowed to interview,
| “The only difference was that we
landed the B-36’s on foreign soil
for the first time.”
"Only minor difficulties were re
ported throughout the operations,”
said Brig. Gen. C. S. Irvine, com
manding General of Carswell,
The six ships left Fort Worth Jan.
13, stopped at Limestone, Me., and
then flew to Lakenheath last Tues
day.
The flight was another in a series
of record performances for the B-36.
On Dec. 7, 1949, a B-36—without
jet engines—flew 5,000 miles to Ha
waii and returned, dropping a prac
tice bomb load half way there. Eight
days ago a Jet-assisted B-36 stayed
aloft 51 hours and 20 minutes.
WSCS WILL MEET
The evening group of the WSCS
will meet Wednesday at 8 o’clock in
the home of Mrs. H A. Saunders,
29 Channel Apartmpnts. Mrs. A.
Robinson will continue the study
“So Sure of Life.” All are urged
to attend.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperature* for 24 -Hour Period
ending 8:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 17;
minimum, 11.
At Airport—Maximum, 16;
minimum, 11.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vlctnltr)
Continued cloudy with
gusty northeasterly winds
and occasional light snow to
night and Wednesday. Low
est temperature tonight about
6. Highest Wednesday near 8.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. todaj
City of Juneau—0.06 Inches;
since Jan. 1 — 3.92 inches;
since July 1—41.91 inches.
At Airport — Trace;
since Jan. 1 — 2.24 inches;
since July 1—30.24 inches.
AIR BATTLE
IS FOUGHT;
JETS WIN
I —
Four Russian-Made Big
Mig-15s Shot Down
Won ju Reoccupied
(By the Associated Press)
American Thunderjets streaking
over northwest Korea shot down
four Russian-made MIG-15s today
in history’s biggest jet air battle.
The F-84’s also scored one prob
able kill and damaged four more of
the Russian speedsters with the
back-swept wings.
A.P. Correspondent John Ran
dolph, at U.S. Fifth Air Force head
quarters in Korea, said all the
American planes returned safely.
Not a single bullet hole was found
in the Thunderjets, he added.
Wonju Occupied
On the ground, Allied combat
team Tuesday reoccupied the cen
tral Korean road-rail hub of Wonju
and its airstrip. They also seized
nearby Hills 233 and 273, ousting
a force of nearly 100 Reds off the
latter with an artillery barrage. A
spokesman said at 10 p.m. <5 a.m.,
PST), Tuesday that United Nations
forces were "in control of all Won
ju.”
Thirty-one miles southeast, Allied
forces were battling Red Koreans
in Yongwol. Heavy fighting also
raged southeast of Tangyang.
That Air Tangle
In the air fight, 33 U.S. Thunder
jets tangled with 18 to 28 MiG's
over Sinulju, just across the Yalu
river from Manchuria.
"There was a real commotion, a
real mixup,” said one airman.
In a companion raid, 46 F-86
Shooting Star jets screamed down
on the flak defenses of Pyongyang
to clear the way for a massive B-29
strike on that Red Korean capital.
The FiftVi Air Force had 79 Jets
in the air in the two strikes.
Last Dec. 22, eight F-86 Sabre
jets shot down six MiG’s and a
probable seventh.
Tanks and Patrol
The Allied patrol that pushed
through Wonju was bolstered with
tanks. U.N. forces withdrew from
the town one week ago after a
fighting stand there but returned
last Friday and have poked into the
road center almost every day since.
Communist resistance there has
lessened steadily.
Ground Battle
The heaviest ground battle in
several days broke out on the east
ern central Korean front with
United Nations troops attached to
the U.S. Seventh Division pouring
artillery and mortar blasts into
nearly 3,000 Red infiltrators they
had trapped there. Field reports
said 400 Reds had been killed in
the sharp action.
There was little fighting in any
other section, but intelligence re
ports said the Chinese Communists
are moving tanks across the Han
river southward from the burned
out formed South Korean capitol of
Seoul.
MAIL FREIGHTER
IS DISABLED 500
MILES SOUTH ATTU
SEATTLE, Jan, 23—PI—A Coast
Guard cutter and a sister ship
were enroute today to aid the
American Mail Line freighter Ore
gon Mail, disabled in the North
Pacific about 500 miles south of
the Aleutian Island of Attu.
The Oregon Mail radioed she
was disabled by a broken rudder
control but was in no danger.
The Cutter Minetonka was ex
pected to reach the freighter at
1 p.m. (PSTi. She will stand by
until another American Mail Line
ship, unnamed for security rea
sons, arrived to take the Oregon
Mail in tow.
SEATTLE VISITOR
| R. L. Ramsey of Seattle arrived
' here via PAA over the weekend and
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
HURLEY THROUGH
Julien Hurley, well known Pair
j banks attorney, spent last evening
I here with friends. He was a pass
enger on the northbound Denali.