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ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME»
VQL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,865
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1951
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Juneau Youth, in
Korea Duration of
War, Coming Home
After five years of Army service,
four years of which have been over
seas, Cpl. Peter C. Johnson, son
of Mrs. Joe Aliinoroing, of 924 West
Cth street, is returning home from
duty in Korea.
Word was received by The Empire
through an Associated Press dis
patch that Cpl. Johnson is arriving
in San Francisco tomorrow aboard
the transport Gen. William Weigel.
His mother, until called by The
Empire, was unaware of her son’s
return.
Young Johnson was born in
Hoonah, but the farpily moved tc
Juneau and he graduated from the
local grade school. In the early part
of 1947 he enlisted in the U. S. Air
Force and trained at Fort Richard
son.
Later he was transferred to the
States and in 1948 was sent to Japan
At the outbreak of hostilities in
Korea he was among the first troops
to land. With the 24th Ipfantry. he
saw extensive active service around
Seoul and other engagements of his
outfit.
Army Combat Team
To Land at Haines
For Alaska Duty
WASHINGTON, July 20 — Ul —
The 196th Regimental Combat team,
originally from South Dakota, will
maneuver in Alaska next month. It
then will remain there to bolster
the defense ofithat part of the U.S.
nearest Russia >• •• •
The Army announced today the
regiment will leave Seattle and go
by sea to Haines at the northern
end of the Inland Passage.
The regiment, trained in moun
tain and cold weather warfare at
Camp Carson, Colo., then will start
a 750-mile trek by road to Anchor
age in Alaska.
Canada is cooperating in the
move. Part qf the maneuver will be
in Canadian territory.
Sitka Cars Make
Soap Box Derby
Trial Runs
Two of four Sitka entries turn
ed out last night for the Soap
Box Derby Trial runs on Twelfth
Street.
They were Bruce “Warm Dri
ver” Brown and Harold Donnelly,
Jr. Brown, driving in class B, is
in his second year of competi
tion. His car is the “Columbian
Special,” sponsored by Columbia
Lumber Company. Sponsored by
the Conway Dock Company, Don
nelly is making his fourth at
tempt at winning.
All cars will be stored in the
old Southeast Alaska Pair build
ing at Eleventh and E Streets
after weighing in Friday even
ing, it was announced last night
by the race committee. Racers
will not see their cars until just
prior to the race Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock.
Drawing for heat positions is
scheduled for Sunday at 12:30
p.m. in the Fair building.
Parade of cars will proceed from
the fair building up Twelfth
Street to the starting line at A
Street. The parade starts at 1:30
p.m. Sunday.
TheWashinglon
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1931. or Bell Bindieate. Inc..
The exact terms have never
been made public, but the United
Nations have cabled Gen, Mat
thew B. Ridgway the exact con
ditions for negotiating a cease-fire
in Korea.
This column, however, has ob
tained a copy of the cease-fire
terms. The major points are: '
1. The opposing armies shall be
separated by a 20-mile demilitar
ized zone “with the southern lim
it following generally the line of
the 38th parallel.”
2. Naval forces shall keep at
least three miles from enemy
shores, except to keep the supply
lines open to U. N.-held islands
in Wonsan Harbor.
3. Prisoners of war shall be ex
changed “on a one-for-one basis
pending final settlement of the
Korean question.”
4. The cease-fire shall be sup
ervised by a United Nations Com
mission with “free and unlimited
access to the whole of Korea.”
(Continued on Page Four)
Truman Plane Over Flood
I
The President's plane Independence flies over the devastation
wrought by the flooding Kansas river as he made a personal in
spection of mid-west flood conditions. At bottom is Kansas river
and broken dikes. Under plane is stockyards and industrial area
cf Missouri side of river, still flooded. At right is skyline of Kansas
City, Mo. </Pi Wireplioto.
Swollen Missouri
Crest Surges Toward
Mississippi Junction
Seismographs
Record Earthquake
In Aleutians
NEW YORK, July 20 —(£)—Ford
ham University today reported a
"fairly severe” earthquake was re
corded on its seismograph yester
day.
The first shock was registered at
3:52.15 p.m. EST (1:52:14 p.m. PDT)
j and the distance at 4.00 miles from
j New York.
In Cleveland, however, Father
' Henry F. Birkenhauer of John Car
roll University said he believed the
tremor was in the general area of
the Aleutian Islands.
He estimated the distance as 4,20.
miles northwest of Cleveland.
Abdullah, King of
Jordon, Slain in
Jersualem Mosque
CAIRO, July 20, — cB —King
Abdullah of Jordan was assass
inated today as he was entering
a Mosque in Jerusalem.
The killing promised new dif
ficulties in the middle east for
the British, already harried by
the Iranian oil crisis. The Brit
ish put Abdullah on the Jordan
throne after World War II and
supplied funds to his government
and its strong Arab Legion.
Abdullah, 69, was shot and
killed at the entrance of the
Agsa Mosque in the old city of
Jerusalem, the British foreign
office said. The government ra
dio at Amman, in announcing
the death of the bearded leader,
said Abdullah's second son, 3a
ycar-old Prince Naif, has been
named temporarily as Prince Re
gent. The Crown Prince, Tallal,
10, has been under treatment for
a nervous disorder.
Mullahs (Moslem priests) chan
ted verses of the Mohammedan
Koran over the Amman radio In
mourning as soon as the news was
announced. Friday is the Moslem
Sabbath.
The King claimed direct de
scent from the family of the
pi ophet Mohammed.
The British foreign office said
the assassin was identified as
Mustafa Shakir. He was said to
have been shot dead.
U. S. OUT FRONT
IN DAVIS CUP
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 20 —(A1)—
Die Savltt of Range, N.J., put the
United States out front in the first
round of the American zone Davis
Cup tennis eliminations today with
a comeback 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 victory in
the opening match over Japan’s
Fumiteru Nakano.
si. iAJUis, duty zu — iin — me
untameable Missouri river headed
toward a crest near its juncture
with the swollen Mississippi today
cruiuMing protecting *ievet-s in Hi
drive toward St. Louis.
Army Engineers predicted that
all dikes at the confluence of the
two great rivers would be swep
away within the next 48 hours.
The Mississippi, c arrying the mud
dy Missouri watert which createc
the nation's first billion dollar flood
is expected to crest at 40.5 feet ai
St. Louis Mond-.y. That would be
the highest mark recorded hen
since 1844.
Most of llie 300 people living at
West Alton at the crossroads of the
rivers remained skeptical, however
even as the waters poured over the
last remaining barrier protecting the
ecmniunity.
The Coast Guard was standing
by with boats to evacuate the die
hards who through the years have
become accustomed to floods. Some
merely moved groceries and other
possessions to second floors of their
homes.
4th Division
Marshal Resigns
To Go With Airline
FAIRBANKS, July 20 ——Frank
Barr resigned as United States
Marshal in the Fourth Division yes
terday to accept a position wit!
Alaska Airlines.
Barr said he had been offered the
post as northern division manager
of the airline which is openeing s
new Fairbanks-to-Portland, Ore.,
air service.
The marshal’s office is under
manned and underpaid. Barr said
and he had no choice but to take
the offer since Alaska living cost1
are high and he has a family.
•
• WEATHER FORECAST
9 Temperature for 24-Hour Period
4 ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
• In Juneau — Maximum,
• 59; minimum, 4.
• At Airport — Maximum,
• 59; minimum, 50.
•
• FORECAST
• Overcast with light rain
• tonight and Saturday. Low
• est temperature tonight about
• 50. Highest Saturday near 60.
• Southeasterly winds as high
• as 20 miles per hour tonight.
»
a PRECIPITATION
• (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. today
• City of Juneau — .32 inches;
• Since July 1 — .48 inches;
• At Airport — .13 inches,
• Since July 1 — .19 inches.
Multi-Billion Dollar
Future for Alaska
Foreseen by Chapman
By VERN HAUGLAND
WASHINGTON, July 20 — (iW —
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
called today for joint development
of the Far North by the United
States and Canada.
He said that:
1. Alaska alone, given a boost by
the Federal Government, has a
multi-billion-dollar future and
could produce 50,000,000,000 kilowatt
hours of hydroelectric energy an
nually.
2. Thinly-settled Northwestern
Canada, properly developed, could
support a population of 6,000,000.
In a report to Congress on a re
cently-completed $150,000 field study
of the engineering and economic
problems of the northern regions,
Chapman said:
Billions Forecast
“Ultimately, Alaska will contri
bute billions of dollars a year to
national income.
"This will only be possible when
the natural resources are fully de
veloped and utilized.
"It is a task too great for small
groups of individuals, or even for
Alaska.
“It is a responsibility of the Fed
eral Government to conserve and
develop these resources so that peo
ple can utilize them for the creation
of wealth and the benefit of man
kind.”
Chapman s report was submitted
with the approval of President Tru
man, but without specific recom
mendations for legislative or fiscal
action. It has been reviewed by the
Budget Bureau, the Agriculture and
Commerce Departments, and' other
agencies.
On the international scale, the
report had this to say: •
Adjoining Areas
“In contemplating full utilization
of Alaska’s resources, the adjoining
northwestern regions of Canada —
the Yukon Territory and Northern
British Columbia — should be taken
into consideration.
“A recent Dominion Government
survey 'hows this area *» capable
of supporting as many as 6,000,000
persons.
’Like Alaska, It, too, is rich in
natural wealth.
“It is possible that a large portion
of its mineral resources could be
shipped to tidewater Alaskan plants
for smelting, processing, manufac
turing or marketing.
“Moreover, this Canadian region
would provide a nearby market for
Alaskan products.
“As the northern region of the
North American continent experi
ences development during the next
century, it appears imperative the
two nations cooperate to the ut
most in exploring the economic pos
sibilities of this vast region for full
utilization of its natural wealth, the
defense of its shores and skies, and
the welfare of the millions who will
settle it — the men and women who
will ultimately add to the greatness
of both the United States and Can
ada.”
Many Agencies
Many Interior Department agen
cies took part in the Alaskan studies,
but they were supervised by the
Reclamation Bureau. Some major
conclusions:
1. Alaska’s potential power sites
are so abundant that even the most
remote corner of the Territory Is
easily within modern power trans
mission distance. New hydroelectric
power installations are urgently
needed for civilian and military uses
and for additional defense installa
tions in the Anchorage. Fairbanks
and Nome areas.
'There are only a few remaining
undeveloped power sites in the
United States capable of generating
energy at less than three mills per
killowatt-hour” the report said.
Turn to Canada
“This has resulted in light metal
producers turning toward Canada.
“Recently, they have been eyeing
Alaska's power potentialities, which
may well be the decisive factor in
the world struggle for supremacy in
the production of light metals."
2. The government should im
mediately investigate the feasibil
ity of bringing about 87,000 acres
of new agricultural land in Alaska
into production.
3. Municipal and industrial water
supplies are urgently needed in sev
eral localities, particularly In the
Fairbanks area where cesspools have
contaminated well water.
4. Projects for flood control and
for navigation of Alaska's inland
waterways will become increasingly
important as the Territory is de
veloped.
Has Materials
5. There are possibilities for sig
nificant discoveries of oil. The Ter
ritory has sufficient deposits of
building materials for many of its
own growing needs. Deposits of
mercury, chromite, platinum, tin,
tungsten, zinc and antimony might,
under more favorable economic
conditions, contribute importantly
to American industrial needs.
6. Immediate Investigations of
the water resources for power and
other benefits should include the
big Susitna River basin, trans
mountain diversion of water from
the Yukon's Lewes River drainage
basin to the Talya River outlet 10
miles west of Skagway. and poten
tlonal power sites in Southeastern
Alaska u.t^er study for plant sites
by 9wip- Wdastries. .
Nothing “Overnight”
"There will be no spectacular and
overnight development of Alaska's
power resources,” the report said.
"Development will be slow in the
next few years, with demands for
power gaining in momentum with
time.
“Several medium-size dams should
be constructed immediately to sup
ply pent-up demand for power. Sev
eral more should be constructed
soon to supply power demands as
sured in the near future.
"However, by the end of the next
10 years, talk should turn to the
early construction of the ‘power
giants’ and plans should be fin
ished and ready for the go-ahead
signal.”
One of the proposed giant dams,
as the Wood Canyon site on the
Copper River in South Central
Ala&a, would be 700 feet high, sec
ond in size only to 726-foot Hoover
dame on the Colorado River in Ari
zona and Nevada.
A proposed reservoir on the Kus
kokwlm River, in the Yukon region
of Southwestern Alaska, would pro
vide storage space for 230,000,000
acre-feet of water, as compared to
the 32,000,000 acre-feet in Lake
Mead at Hoover dam. It would take
10 years to fill.
50 Nations
Bid to Jap
Peace Talks
WASHINGTON, July 20, —Ml—
The United States today Invited
50 nations to meet in San Fran
cisco Sept 4 to complete and sign
a peace treaty with Japan.
'i'he invitations were accompan
ied by copies of a treaty draft
jointly sponsored by the United
States and Great Britain. The
invitations specified the confer
ence would be held "on the terms
of” that draft.
Russia was among the coun
tries invited but officials here
regarded it as virtually <<srtalni
that Moscow would reject the bid.
The Soviet Union has sharply
criticised not only some parts of
the proposed treaty, but also the
way it was drawn up.
Russia had wanted a drafting
system which would give it a veto
over treaty provisions.
The treaty, as presently draf
ted, does not recognize Russia’s
possession of the Kurile Islands
Julian Rivers
Dies al Homer
FAIRBANKS, July 20, — IJ» —
Word was received here yesterday
of the death at Homer, Alaska,
of Julian Guy Rivers, longtime
Fairbanks attorney and business
man.
Rivers, 70, came north in 1915
to Whitehorse and Dawson, Y. T.
In 1923, he moved to Fairbanks
where he practiced law and be
came city magistrate and secre
tary of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Survivors include his widow,
Florence M„ of Fairbanks, and
eight children and 11 grandchild
ren, most of them in Alaska.
The sons Included Ralph Rivers,
Fairbanks attorney, and Victor
C. Rivers, architect and engineer
of Anchorage.
H. B. CREWSON RETURNS
H. B. Crewson, Juneau broker, re
turned yesterday from a trip to
Seattle and Southeast Alaska. He is
at his headquarters at the Gastineau
hotel.
or the south half of Sakhalin
taken from Japan after World
War II.
Word and War Exchange
NORTH
KOREA
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SOUTH
KOREA
While cease-fire talks kept going in Kaesong, Allied bombers kept
blasting Communist targets lblast symbols) in North Korea. Reds
were reported building up forres northeast of Kaesong. Only ground
action reported was in vicinity of Inje. Heavy exchange of fire took
place for three hours during the night between I'.S. destroyers and
shore batteries at the Red-held port of Wonsan on northeast roast.
Solid line shows approximate battleline when negotiations started.
Ifl Wirephoto Map.
Conference Papers Burned
Lieut. R. M. Hood, U.S.N., a member of the United Nations peace
negotiating team, burns scraps of paper taken from the conference
room in Kaesong after the 6th meeting. This was the first inkling
that this was being done. iff) Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo.
Soldier Gels
10 Years in
Della Slaying
ANCHORAGE, July 20 —1^1—A
Texas soldier was sentenced to 10
years yesterday for shooting to
death another soldier who failed to
stop his truck and give the Texan
some assistance with his stalled
auto.
An eight-man military court found
Pfc. Chester W. Pitts, 27, Terrell,
Tex., guilty of the slaying of Pvt.
Herbert E. Brown, 19, Denver.
"He engaged in an act inherently
dangerous to others, or in wanton
disregard for human life,” the court
held, after deliberating an hour and
a half.
The conviction carried at penalty
similar to a civilian second degree
murder conviction.
The court also ordered forfeiture
of all pay and allowances and a
dishonorable discharge for Pitts.
Pitts took the verdict stoically.
His counsel automatically will ap
peal the case to the Army Court of
Appeals in Washington, D C. It was
not known here where he would
serve his sentence if the conviction
is upheld.
Tried to Halt Driver
Testimony yesterday developed
that Pitts' automobile stalled on the
Alaska Highway 12 miles southeast
of Big rt-ita. He tried to halt Brown,
driving a truck. Brown continued. A
hundred yards along, a shot crashed
through the truck cab and hit Brawn
in the head. Pfc. Clarence R. How
ard, passenger in the truck, said he
I saw Brown slump forward. Then
Baseball Games
Are Cancelled by
Crescent Shows
Baseball games scheduled for
August 2, 7 and 9 will not be play
ed on those dates because the
ball park will be used August 1
to 12 by the Canadian Crescent
Shows, it was arfnounced last
night by Ray Day, Gastineau
Channel Baseball League presi
dent.
The games will be played at
the first break In the weather, he
said. Last night’s game was call
ed because of rain. The garm
cancelled on July 10 will be play
ed later.
Negotiations are under way to
send an all-star team to Ketch
ikan for a three-game series.
Games to be played there would
be a single Saturday game and
Sunday double-header.
Howard tugged on the emergencj
brake to halt the truck.
The servicemen were attached to
the Army Arctic Training Center at
Big Delta.
Pitts testified the rifle went ofl
accidentally, when he was attempt
ing to unload it. Pitts said he and
two companions had spent the night
drinking at three roadhouses be
fore going rabbit hunting.
The soldier testified a companion
hailed the passing truck after their
car broke down at 2 a.m.
" It didn’t make much difference
to me whether the truck stopped.”
Pitts said. “As the truck passed I
took the rifle and started to unload
it. I may have had my finger on
the trigger as I picked up the gun
or straps on the stock may have
been entangled in the trigger. I
didn't intend to fire the rifle and
didn’t Intend pointing it at the
truck.”
Crucial Korean
Peace Talks
Hailed by Rain
Knotty Conference
Postponed as Torrent
Hits Kaesong Area
By ROBERT EUNSON
MUNSAN, Korea, July 20 —1*1—
The Korean armistice talks, focus
of world hopes for peace, took a
back scat today to the weather.
A flash flood turned a rrVek 10
miles south of the Kaesong confer
ence site into a raging torrent and
barred jeeps carrying United Na
tions delegates to the truce city.
Twenty newsmen and service per
sonnel crossed the stream earlier
and reached Kaesong. They returned
by late afternoon.
Bad weather also grounded the
helicopters in which UN delegates
usually travel the 14 airline miles
to Kaesong.
The eighth session between UN
and Communist teams — generally
regarded as crucial in this first
phase of the peace talks — was
postponed until 10 a.m. tomorrow
(5 p.m., PDT today here).
Single Issue
A single major issue bars agree
ment on an agenda which would
permit the armistice talks to move
into the second phase.
While there has been official si
lence at the UN advance camp here,
both Communist and high United
States sources have made clear that
the knot was tied by Red demands
for withdrawal of all foreign troops
from Korea.
Communist radios in Pyongyang,
the Red Korean capital, Peiping
and Moscow have dinned thia
theme.
And In Washington, U. S. Secre
tary of State Acheson said a UN
force "must remain in Korea until
a genuine peace has been firmly
established.”
Icecap Will he
Drilled for
Plant Deposits
A research biologist from Ore
gon arrived in Juneau today,
with equipment to bore holes In
the Juneau icecap to find plant
pollen deposits which will enable
him to figure the age of its gla
ciers and cycles of advance or
recession.
He is Calvin J. Heusser, re
search biologist in botany at Ore
gon State College. He will fly to
Camp 10 as soon as weather con
ditions permit.
Heusser is continuing work of
previous seasons with the Juneau
Icefield Research Project. He will
study seed depcsit at various lev
els in the snow and Ice by means
of a tubular device which cuts Its
way down to secure cores for ex
amination.
Last year he set up seven sta
tions near Juneau, around the
Mendenhall Olacier and Montana
Creek. This year he has set up
dx stations In Alaskan commun
ities, Ketchikan, Wrangell and
Petersburg, and plans to visit
Skagway and Sitka for the same
reason.
Peat Bog studies
These stations are In peat bog
locations, where Heusser finds
work which interests him espec
ially. He is writing his thesis for
i doctorate degree in biology on
the study of pollens and peat
bogs.
Knowing the cycle of vegetation
development under varying gla
cial periods, Heusser said he can
decide the age of the glacier and
Ihe cycles of advance or reces
sion.
In one core of peat from a bog,
Heusser has found at 12 or 14
feet depth layer of sedge deposit,
on top of that a layer of forest
deposit, a 11 carrying varied
amounts and types of pollen.
Long periods of wet weather de
veloped a mossy growth, and drier
'periods built up the forest growth,
he explained.
The forests themselves develop
in cycles, he explained, “First
come the willows and alders," he
said, “then poplars, then Sitka
spruce, and finally hemlock."
Pollen Varies
Accordingly the kind of pollen
found In the peat or glacier
layers gives light on the forest
age and other pertinent facts.
“There is a difference In the
amount of pollen found at the
camps on the Icefield," he said.
"There Is quite a large amount
of willow pollen, and willow is
an insect pollinated plant. It poses
| the question: how did the wil
lows get there in the first place?”