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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,752
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951
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161 ST BILL
INTRODUCED
YESTERDAY
Final Day for Introduction
of Bills Finds House
with Record Total
161ST BILL INTRODUCED baz
Yesterday was the 45th day of the
20th session of the Legislature and
the last upon which bills could be
introduced except by a suspension
of the rules, which requires the
vote of two-thirds of the members.
Up to the time it quit for the day,
the House had received a total of
161 bills during the session, in ad
dition to more than 60 memorials
and resolutions.
Two years ago the number of bills
received by the end of the 45th day
was 119.
The following were among the
bills introduced yesterday:
The office of Comptroller for the
Territory of Alaska would be cre
ated by a bill introduced by Rep.
Barnes. The Comptroller would
take over the powers and duties
vested in the present governor by
past and present Legislatures. The
first Comptroller would be elected
by the 20th Legislature and, begin
ning with the election of 1952, the
office would be filled by popular
vote.
Two Referendums
two reierenciums ior me next
election are provided by bills tossed
into the hopper yesterday.
A bill by Reps. Gundersen, Sca
venius, Franklin, Madsen, Carlson
and McCutcheon, calls for a vote
on the question “Should complete
control and operation of the Terri
torial fisheries be turned over to
the Territory of Alaska by Con
gress?”
The other referendum bill, fyy
Speaker Egan, calls for an expres
sion on the matter of a compulsory
voting law for the Territory.
A bill by Rep. Hendrickson would
appropriate $100,000 to acquire sites
for Territorial buildings at Anch
orage and Fairbanks and $165,000,
in addition to the $660,000 appropri
ated two years ago, for construc
tion of a Territorial building at
Juneau.
The motor fuel oil tax would be
raised one cent a gallon by a bill
introduced by Rep. Gasser by re
quest.
Earmarks Earmarked Fund
The bill provides an additional
earmarking of the already earmark
ed fund by requiring that "an
amount equivalent to the sum yield
ed annually by a tax of one cent per
gallon shall be devoted exclusively
to the purpose of maintenance, im
provement and winter clearance of
local and farm roads and airports
in Alaska including streets outside
of incorporated cities but excluding
airports under the control of in
corporated cities of the CAA.”
A bill to prohibit political activity
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The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, oy Bell Syudlcate. Inc.,
(Ed. Note: Drew Pearson is on a
flying tour of Europe and the
middle East, surveying the world
situation.)
Pec, Yugoslavia.—For the most
of one day I have driven along
what is sometimes called ‘‘The
Little Iren Curtain” — the border
where Yugoslavia and Albania
meet, for Yugoslavia enjoys the un
enviable distinction of being
squeezed between two sections of
the Iron Curtain with Bulgaria
and Hungary on one side and Al
bania on the other.
How tiny, primitive Albania—
chiefly a Mohammedan country—
happened to fall for Russian Com
munism has always been a mystery
to me. I lived on the Albanian
border for two years after the first
World War, once crossed it on
horseback, and its people at that
time were rugged individualists who
hated all governments, including
their own, with the passion of
Pennsylvania’s high-tariff Joe
Grundy. Perhaps the explanation
is that Albania is a nation of ex
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DISTRICT COURT
OPENS MON.; JURY
CONVENES MAR. 15
Clerk of the U. S. District Court
J. W. Leviers announces that mem
bers of the petit jury of the present
term of court will meet at 10 a.m.
March 15 in the District Court in
this city.
Judge George W. Folta and his
party now in Anchorage to assist
with the business of the court in
session for the Third Division are
to return to Juneau tomorrow and
Court will open here next Monday,
March 12.
First case on the trial calendar
for March to be heard before a jury
is that of H. O. Adams versus the
Ketchikan Wharf Co., set for March
15. Attorney H. D. Stabler repre
sents the plaintiff and R. E. Robert
son is the attorney for the defense.
The trial calendar follows: March
15, Lucille S. Glafke vs. Wm. B.
Glafke: R. E. Robertson, attorney
for plaintiff. March 15, Ida Betty
Dick vs. Richard Dick; plainitffs
attorney, M. E. Monagle. March 19
at 2 p.m., The First National Bank
of Juneau vs. Douglas Plumbing
and Heating Co., and the United
States of America; attorneys for
plaintiff, Faulkner, Banfield and
Boochever and for the defendants,
Fred Estaugh and U. S. District
Attorney. March 19, Eleanor M.
Murray vs. Reece H. Murray; at
torney for plaintiff, M. E. Monage.
March 19 at 10 a.m., George
Hooker vs. Paul Sinic; attorney for
plaintiff, William L. Paul, Jr.
March 20, Harvey Hildre vs. C. F.
Lytle Co. and Green Construction
Co., jury trial; attorney for plain
tiff, Faulkner, Banfield and Booch
ever: defendant's attorney R. E.
Robertson. March 22, Wheat and
Scott vs. H. Blyberg; Fred Estaugh
attorney for plaintiff and J. A. Mc
I Lean, attorney for defendant.
No cases are on the calendar for
April. Set for May 7 are three Fed
eral tort claim cases in which
judgment is asked for damages by
fire to ah electric plant at the .Union
Bay cannery in 1948.. They are the
Nakat Packing et al vs. U.S.A.,
American Can Co. et al vs. U.S.A.
and the Northern Electric Co. et al
vs. U.S.A. Attorney R. E. Robertson
represents the plaintiffs in all three
cases and the government is repre
sented by U. S. District Attorney
P. J. Gilmore, Jr.
The trial of H. W. Nagley vs.
N. C. Stines is set for 10 a.m. June
18. William L. Paul, Jr., is the at
; torney for the plaintiff and the de
i fendant is represented by Faulkner,
I Banfield and Boochever.
July 9 has been set for the date
of hearing on motions in the cases
of N. E. Bolshanin vs. John Zlobin
and N. E. Bolshanin, et al vs. John
j Zlobin, et al. Bolshanin is repre
: sented by Attorney R. E. Robertson
i and H. D. Stabler is the attorney for
Zlobin.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. March 8 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3 %, American Can
107%, American Tel. and Tel. 156 4,
Anaconda 41%, General Electric
56%, General Motors 52%, Good
year 77%, Kennecott 73 4, Libby,
McNeil and Libby 9%, Northern
Pacific 35, Standard Oil of Cali
fornia 93%. Twentieth Century Fox
23. U. S. Steel 44%, Pound $2.80%,
Canadian Exchange 95.43 4.
Sales today were 1,440,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows;
Industrials 252.80, rails 85.01, utili
ties 43.41.
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperature for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, «
• 18; minimum, 13. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 19; minimum, 10. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• ' •
• Continued fair and cold •
• with gusty northeasterly •
• winds tonight and Friday. •
• Lowest temperature tonight •
• about 15 degres. Highest Fri- •
• day about 23. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• •
• City of Juneau — None; •
o Since March 1 — .32 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 51.21 inches; •
• At Airport — None; •
• Since March 1 — .41 inches; «
• Since July 1 — 32.38 inches. •
PORTION OF
REEVES BILL
UNDER FIRE
Certain provisions of H. B. 141—
the bill to reorganize the financial
control structure of the Territorial
government — came under fire this
morning in the House of Represent
atives when the bill came up for
further consideration in second
reading.
Asserting that "this gives the ap
pointive governor of Alaska more
power than he ever had," Rep. Step
i ovich moved to strike a portion of
the bill that says:
"In executing the power and du
ties prescribed herein the Commis
[ sioner (of Finance) shall be subject
to the executive direction of the
Governor. The Governor may in his
discretion seek the advice of the
Board of Administration but shall
! not be bound by it except as pro- {
vided by law.”
"The thing that is wrong with
out present governmental organiza
tion is that little or no respoasibil
ity is placed in any one person,”
Rep. Stepovich said. “What we want
to do is to place responsibility. That
is what Mr. Reeves came here for.
That is what this bill was supposed
to be drawn for, to place responsi
bility in the hands of officials sub
ject to our control.”
Stepovich contended that the bill
as worded "divide the responsibility
so that we are no better off than we
were before. It defeats the whole
purpose of reorganization and puts
the final responsibility back in the
hands of an appointive governor
who cannot be removed by the
I Board of Administration or the peo
j pie.”
Mingled functions
The effect of the Stepovich
amendment, Rep. Kay said, would
be to place administrative functions
in the hands of members of the
Legislature, where they do not he
i long.
"This section does not mean that
the Governor is going to direct all of
the details of the work of the De
partment of Finance,” Kay con
tinued. "It merely places a boss
over the Commissioner of Finance,
to see that he does his job. The
Board of Administration can still
remove the Commissioner if it so
desires."
“We can’t expect the Board of
Administration to ride herd on the
Commissioner of Finance,” com
mented Rep. Franklin, "especially
I when four of the members will
| probably be scattered between ses
i sions of the Legislature. I think
the section should stand as it is.”
Elective Govenor
"While it is unfortunate that
Alaska cannot elect its own gov
ernor, this is no fault of Governor
Gruening’s,” said Rep. McCutcheon.
"In 1943 Governor Gruening dic
tated a memorial which I introduc
ed, asking that Congress provide
for the election of the Governor of
Alaska. He still believes that this
should be done.”
The Stepovich amendment lost
on a 7-17 vote with Barnes, Laws,
Locken, MacKinnon, Miscovich,
Stepovich and Wilbur supporting
it.
A motion by Rep Gasser to limit
debate on future amendments to
this and other bills to two minutes
for each member was voted down
9-15. The House did agree, how
ever, to hold sessions from 9 a.m.
until noon, 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. and
7:30 p.m. until whatever time they
agree to adjourn during the remain
der of this week and on Monday.
I Monday will be the 50th day of
the session and the last day upon
which bills may be transmitted be
tween the two houses except by a
suspension of the rules.
The Rules Committee will meet
each morning during the next four
days to set the House calendar for
the day and decide which bills shall
be considered first.
Jensen Affair Again
The subject of recentf joint exe
cutive sessions at which former
Legislator Marcus F. Jensen ap
peared, again flared briefly in the
House this morning with the read
ing of a letter from Jensen.
Jensen took issue with statements
attributed to Rep. McCutcheon in
a story that recently appeared in
the Anchorage Times. He said he
thought McCutcheon revealed mat
ters that were supposed to have
been secret and therefore believed
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PRESIDENT'S
ASSAILANT IS
FOUND GUILTY
WASHINGTON, March 8 —</B—
The little Puerto Rican Oscar Col
lazo has been doomed to death in
the electric chair following convic
tion for murder during an attempt
to assassinate President Truman.
It took a Federal Court jury only
an hour and 42 minutes yesterday
to convict the 37-year-old Collazo
on two first-degree murder counts.
Each carries a mandatory sentence
of death, although the formal sent
encing was delayed.
Collazo's companion in an at
tempt to storm Blair House last
Nov. 1 paid with his life on the
spot.
Grizelio Torresola, like Collazo
a Puerto Rican Nationalist, war
shot to death by Leslie Coffelt, a
member of the President’s body
guard, after Torresola fatally
wounded Coffelt.
MAYOR OF SEWARD
IS INDICTED; JAILED;
$5,000 BOND IS SET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 8.
—I/T)—The mayor of Seward was in
the Federal Jail today, charged with
taking money to take a trip—and
then not taking the trip.
A secret indictment returned by
a grand jury February 28 and made
public yesterday specifically charged
Mayor Eugene N. Lanier with ob
taining money under false pre
tenses.
He was charged with accepting
$2C0 to attend a Coast Guard hear
ing at Juneau January 8, 1951, on
the shipment of explosives. The in
dictment said he did not attend the
hearing.
Lanier had been asked by the]
Sward City Council on January 15
of this year to resign.
He remained in Federal jail—un
able to post $5,000 bond.
CORONER'S JURY
UNABLE FIX BLAME
KETCHIKAN DEATH
—
KETCHIKAN, March 8. — (iW —
Nineteen-year-old William Flannery
came to his death Monday night
from* a "gunshot wound inflicted
by a person or persons unknown,"
a coroner’s jury verdict held late
yesterday.
Flatinery was the son of Edward
Flannery, Rt. 1, Box 285, Graham
(Pierce County), Wash.
He was riding with Frank Steven
son, 18, and Harry Allain, 19, in
Alla in’s automobile, which ran out
of gas near a poultry farm owned
by Anton Brusich eight miles north
of here.
Flannery was found shot through
the heart after the men returned
to the Brusich home after taking
gasoline to the car, testimony dis
closed.
ALASKA COASTAL HAS
32 ON WED. FLIGHTS
Alaska Coastal Airlines carried a
total of 32 passengers on flights
Wednesday with 10 on interport,
12 arriving and 10 departing.
Departing for Sitka; Mr. and
Mrs. Silas Milne, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wyman, Ruby Watts, Har
riet Nelson. Irene Zelenak; for
Lincoln Rock: Matt Gormley, Frank
Yotter; for Haines: Clyde Hawkin.
Arriving from Skagway: Bud
Phelps; from Ketchikan: D. San
chez; from Petersburg: Don Irwin;
from Sitka: Phillip Samson, Helen
Taug, Mr. Cook, E. G. Peterson, Rev.
Sweeney, W. Carlson, Mrs. D. Wil
bur and child; C. Skipton.
NAT. GUARD PERSONNEL
HERE FOR TRAINING
Elmer E. Dravage and Donald E.
McGraw, unit administrative assist
ants for companies A and B, 208th
Infantry Battalion (Sep), Alaska
National Guard, at Ketchikan and
Sitka, respectively, are in Juneau
receiving instructions in their new
jobs preparatory to the adjutant
general’s inspection in April. They
return Friday to their stations.
The authorized strength of West
Point's corps of cadets is 2,496.
MANY BILLS
IN SENATE;
5 APPROVED
By JIM HUTCHESON
Thirteen bills flooded into the
Territorial Senate yesterday, the
session’s 45th day.
It was the deadline for introduc
tion of routine bills.
The late rush raised the Senate
total of bills to 101, compared with
79 on the 45th day in 1949.
The introductions shared interest
with Senate action in approving
five bills, rejecting one and passing
three memorials. Most of the bills
were of minor nature.
The Senate passed, 14 to 1, a Mac
Kenzie bill to enable the Veterans
Affairs board to raise the commis
sioner’s salary to $10,000 a year from
the present $8,000 maximum.
The bill that lost on an 8-8 dead
lock proposed three years’ practice
of law in Alaska as qualification for
the attorney general. The require
ment now is five. The author of the
bill, Sen. Steve McCutcheon, said
it was intended to open the way
for John Dimond to run for attorney
general if he should so choose.
McCutcheon said there was a
possibility Attorney General Gerald
Williams would not seek reelection,
in which case his assistant should
be able to make the race.
Proponents argued that, aside
from any personality involved, there
were times when there have been a
shortage of candidates and if an
ittorney is a livewire enough to get
elected after only three years in the
Territory he deserves it. The op
ponents argued that anyone who is
to be top legal counsel for the Terri
tory should have more than thTee
years’ practice in it. Sen. Howard
Lyng suggested that a better alter
native would be for both parties
to pick out old-time attorneys, who
have made their stakes and are will
ing to accept the salary of the of
fice. He said young attorneys of
ability can easily make more in
private practice than the present
$9,000 salary of the office.
The school bond issue controversy
involved the Senate yesterday after
noon for the third time this session.
It came up this time on President
Gunnard Engebreth’s bill for a ref
erendum ballot at the next election
on whether the public wants to have
the Territory issue up to $12,50c,000
in bonds for school buildings,
i The fight came over a proposal
by Sen. Heinie Snider (R-Anchor
age) to include on the proposed
ballot three questions:
“If the vote for bonding is in the
affirmative, do you favor paying
the costs by—
Increased property tax?
Increased income tax?
A sales tax?
Engebreth Immediately opposed
the addition of the tax questions as
intended to cripple the bill.
Snider said "You betchd, that’s
what he wanted to do, but he didn’t
think the people should overlook the
necessity of raising the money if
they were voting about a bond is
sue.”
His amendment proposal lost on
an 8-8 vote.
The measure in final form did
not come up for a final vote.
A “little Hatch act" was introduc
ed in the Senate by Elton Engstrom
of Juneau. A similar ope was sub
mitted in the House also. They
would prohibit Territorial govern
ment personnel from trying to in
fluence elections.
The Senate Fisheries committee
introduced a substitute for the
House-approved bill to remove the
governor from the Fisheries Experi
mental Commission. It proposed
that instead of substituting some
one for the governor that the whole
thing be put into the hands of the
Alaska Fisheries Department.
Sen. Anita Garnick of Juneau in
troduced a bill for raising pay of
Territorial officials and employes.
It proposes top salaries of $12,000
for the attorney general and the
commissioners of health, education
and taxation.
Salaries of $10,000 would be pro
vided for the auditor, treasurer,
highway engineer, labor commis
sioner, directors of the fisheries
board, mines, public welfare, em
ployment security, veterans affairs
and to the adjutant general. It
lists $9,000 for the aeronautics di
rector and the Alaska Development
board manager, $7,500 for numerous
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SENATORS VOTE
FOR REPEAL OF
MEDICAL EXAMS
Repeal of the law requiring yearly
medical examinations for barbers,
cosmetologists and food and drink
handlers was voted by the Terri
torial Senate today.
The vote was 11 to 5 in favor of
the recommendation of the Board
of Health and Dr. C. Earl Albrecht,
health commissioner.
Dr. Albrecht said the law is im
practicable; there are ample safe
guards against communicable dis
eases in other statutes; the “clean
bill of health” cards give a false
sense of security to the public be
cause a person could pick up a dis
ease immediately after his blood
test and still carry his card the rest
of the year.
The Senate also:
Passed for the second time, be
cause of a previous legal error, the
Engebreth bill to exempt Federal
excess profits taxes from the com
putation on which the 10 per cent
Territorial income tax Is figured;
Passed 15 to 1 a bill to provide
substitute birth certificates for
adopted children with intent to
make them "as near as possible to
those of other children;”
Passed 14 to 1 a substitute to
Mayor Waino Hendrickson’s bill to
clarify a city’s right to make is
suance of a city automobile license
(windshield sticker variety) depend
ent on payment of city taxes on
the car.
The adopted child bill stirrea up
a bit of debate over the problem
of children born out of wedlock.
Sen. Percy Ipalook (R-Kotzebue)
cast the lone vote against it after
quoting the scriptures on the trans
gressions of mankind.
Ipalook cited the arguments for
the bill as one that would eliminate
later embarrassment for a child, but
declared:
"I am afraid this would increase
the social problem. There is a law
of nature that puts the burden on
the mother. I believe in the 10
Commandments."
Sen. Frank Barr replied that the
bill’s purpose is "to remove the man
made stigma from the child."
Sen. Dan Lhamon suggested that
■ tt was a problem that had been with
(society for thousands of years and
i he couldn’t agree that the bill would
bring any increase in the delinquen
cy rate.
The number of bills in the Senate
rose to 102 today when the rules
were suspended to allow Sen. Joe
Coble to introduce one, after the
45th day deadline. It would provide
$158 reimbursement for the U. S.
Commissioner at Fairbanks.
He got the Senate’s consent to
drop it in after he suggested he
merited the special consideration
for going the first 45 days without
introducing one.
BARTLETT WOULD
REPEAL MINE LAW
ON SCHOOL AREAS
WASHINGTON, March 8.—(A*»—
Delegate Bartlett fD-Alaska) has
Introduced a bill to repeal a 11
year-old law permitting private
companies to mine the mineral
resources of areas set aside for
support of Alaska’s common schools.
A 1915 law set aside two sections
in every Alaska township for com
mon school support by leasing foi
agricultural and related purposes. A
1939 amendment to that law opened
these lands to mining claims.
As a result, Bartlett said in a
statement, private operators have
staked some of these lands to re
move gravel which “has become
important and valuable” as a result
of Alaska's growth.
Gravel on school lands Is "con
servatively valued at $2,000,000, he
said.
WSCS MEETS FRIDAY
The World Service Circle society
meets in the sanctuary of the Nor
thern Light Presbyterian Church
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock with
Mesdames K. S. Clem and W. R
Booth as hostesses. The officers
will be installed and Kenneth Clem
will speak on "Territorial School
Needs.”
FROM MONTANA
Delores Strombo of Dixon, Mont,
has arrived from Seattle via PAA
and is stopping at the Baranoi
! Hotel.
SENATOR CHAPMAN
INJURED FATALLY
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON. March 8. itf—
Senator Virgil Chapman, 55-year
old veteran member of Congress
from Kentucky, was injured fatally
early today in a collision of his
automobile and a trailer truck. He
was a Democrat.
Chapman died about seven hours
after the accident, which occurred
on Connecticut Avenue in the
northwest section of the city.
Although Chapman was serving
his first term as a senator, he had
been a member of the house for
22 years before he moved up to
the senate in 1948. He succeeded
Vice President Barkley when Bark
ley was elected vice president.
In the house he was considered
an expert on tobacco and other
farm subjects. He carried that in
terest in farming into his senate
activities.
He was a member of the Senate
Armed Service and Public Works
Committees.
His death cuts the Democratic
majority in the senate to one, leav
ing a 48-47 margin.
Gov. Lawrence W. Wetherby of
Kentucky is a Democrat and tlpus
presumably will designate anothei
Democrat to succeed Chapman until
an election is held. ,
The senate arranged to recess for
the day shortly after Chapman’s
death was announced.
CHARGE HURLED BY
DIRECTOR DUNHAM
IN PROBING OF RFC
WASHINGTON, March 8.—lA*)—
RFC Director Walter L. Dunham
was quoted today as saying a fellow
board member urged him to resign
and “become the fall guy” in a
Senate investigation of political in
fluence in the RPC.
Senator Fulbright (D-Ark.) told
reporters Dunham named Director
C. Edward Rowe as the man who
made the proposal.
Fulbright heads a Senate Bank
ing Subcommittee which has been
receiving testimony from Dunham
behind closed doors.
Another subcommittee member,
Senator Capehart (R-Ind.) said
Dunham used the words "become
the fall guy” in describing the inci
dent. He said Dunham filed docu
ments with the subcommittee to
back his story. Fulbright said Dun
ham made a trip to Florida recently
and, before leaving, dictated a letter
of resignation but did not file it.
Despite Dunham's denial he was
ever influenced, members of the
subcommittee said they felt the
whole tenor of his testimony backed
up their charges the RFC has been
a prey to wielders of influence.
They made that charge in a report
to the Senate last month.
President Truirtan termed the
report asinine. The senators then
called the present public hearings
with the avowed purpose of show
ing the charges were not asinine.
Senators investigating charges of
influence on RFC lending asked the
Justice Department to search its
record of hearings for evidence of
perjury, tax evasion or other viola
tlons of law.
Chairman Fulbright (D-Ark.) an
nounced his Senate Banking Sub
committee had voted unanimously
to ask for the inquiry. It has been
supplying the Justice Department a
dally copy of witnesses' sworn testi
mony,.
The decision came after a private
private huddle of the senators.
Earlier, they had held a short
closed door cross-examination of
RFC Director Walter L. Dunham
and had quoted him as saying a
fellow board member urged him to
resign and "become the fall guy
In the subcommittee’s investiga
tion.
Fulbright said Dunham named
Director C. Edward Rowe as the
man who made the proposal.
WELSHS HERE
Jean and Warren Welsh of the
Icy Straits Packing Co. at Hoonah
have arrived from Seattle via PAA
and are stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
PETERSBURG GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. F. I. De Baer of
i Petersburg are at the Baranof
j Hotel.
UN FORCES
MAKE NEW
DRIVE, REDS
By Associated Press
Troops of seven U. S. divisions
and seven Allied Nations drove hard
today in their new general assault
along a 70-mile front, inflicting a
reported 11,000 Chinese Communist
and North Korean casualties.
The surprise offensive, in which
If. S. 25th Division crossed the Han
River with tanks in three places,
caught the Reds flatfooted. A fake
crossing attempt by South Koreans
near Seoul diverted the enemy at
tention while the main bridgeheads
were being effected.
South Koran troops on the eastern
end of the line near Amidong re
covered some of the ground they
lost yesterday to some 13,000 coun
terattacking North Koreans.
Stunned by the UN offensive,
accompanied by roaring artillery
barrages and close fighter-bomber
support all along the line, the ene
my attempted no counteroffensive
during the night. But there were
evidences they still were building
up for a big spring assault.
C. J. STRANDBERG
DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Inarch 8 —W—Charles
J. Strandberg, 72, well-known Fair
banks, Alaska, building contractor,
I died yesterday. He came here in
December, 1949, after suffering a
stroke earlier that year.
Strandberg, a native of Sweden,
joined the gold rush to the Klondike
in 1900. Five years later he went
to Fairbanks, and then in 1909 he
headed for the Iditarod country of
Southwestern Alaska for a nine-year
stay.
He engaged in mining until 1918
when he came to Seattle, making
his home here until 1932. Then he
returned to Fairbanks where he was
in the building contracting business
until his stroke.
Strandberg was past president of
Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of Alaska, and
a member of the Elks lodge 1552,
both in Fairbanks.
Survivors include his widow, Em
ma, Seattle; three sons, Herbert V.
and Arthur F., Seattle, and Charles
J., Fairbanks; and six grandchil
dren.
Funeral services and burial will
be here tomorrow.
! AUXILIARY TO GIVE
DINNER FOUNDERS
DAY LEGION POST
The Auxiliary Unit will be host
ess to the American Legion Post
with a pot luck dinner and other
entertainment on March 19 at the
Dugout, commemorating the found
ing of the Legion, it was decided at
a meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary Tuesday evening. All Le
gionnaires and their wives, all Aux
iliary members and their husbands,
also all visiting Post or Unit mem
bers and all prospective members
are urged to attend.
President Leona Lincoln presided
at the meeting and routine business
was conducted and committee re
ports were heard.
Mrs. Helen Otke, Americanism
chairman, reported that the Ameri
canism essays prepared by the
school children were in and judges
j would be contacted to pass on their
< merits. Two prizes are given by the
Unit and the winning essav is sent
to the Department of Alaska to
compete for the Department prize.
No essays were received from the
Juneau schools but Douglas re
sponded heartily.
Mrs. Otke also read the talk on
Americanism which she gave over
KINY last week.
The Unit voted donations to the
Girl Scouts for their Juliet Lowe
tea, to the Alaska Crippled Chil
drens Association and to the Red
Cross.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA
”orare Holmes of Carv, N. C..
who Is with the U. S. Public Health
I Service, is registered at the Hotel
Juneau.