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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,852
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 5. 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Preliminary Peace Talk Scheduled for Sunday
HUNGARY
EJECTS U.S.
DIPLOMATS
Note Labels Two as 'Un
welcome; Plotters Against
Reds; to Leave Friday
BUDAPEST. Hungary, July 5 — W
Hungary today ordered two United
States diplomats to leave this coun
try within 24 hours, labelling then:
“persona non grata” (unwelcome
persons).
The note was handed to the U S
legation after the United States re
jected Hungary's previous demanc
that three members of the legation
be recalled as plotters against the
country’s Communist government.
The two diplomats involved must
cross the Hungarian border intr
Austria by Friday at 1 p.m.
Have 24 Hours
The Hungarian note said tha'
Budapest “considers Legation Secre
tary Albert Scherer, Jr., and Attach!
Ruth Tryofn persona non grata anc
demands that they leave the terri
tory of the country within 24 hours
upon receipS of the present note.
It added'that the Hungarian govern
ment also “considers undesirable
the legation official Mary Eich.”
Miss Eich left Budapest last week
on home leave. The Hungarian note
said Miss Eich, now staying in
Vienna, would not be granted entry
any more into Hungary.
Follows Confession
This is the latest development in
the diplomatic clash between U. S.
and Hungary followin gthe recent
trial of Archbishop Jozef Groesz,
who was sentenced to 15 years ir
prison as a plotter against the gov
ernment. The confession of the
archbiship, successor to Cardina’
Mindszenty as head of the Roman
Catholic church in Hungary, men
tioned the Americans in Budapest.
GAMES TODAY
PITTSBURGH. July 5 — !.TI —
Round trippers by Lloyd Merriman
and Dixie Howell paced the Cin
cinnati Reds to a 4-0 shutout over
the Pittsburgh Pirates today, snap
ping a four-game Buc win streak.
With Pirate Slugger Ralph Kiner
out of the game under a three-day
suspension, the official paid attend
ance dropped to 2,212 plus 1,452
ladies which club officials said was
the lowest here in several years.
DETROIT, July 5 —OfI— Chicago’s
White Sox toppled out of first place
in the American League standings
today as they were white-washed
8 to 0, by Righthander Freddie
Hutchinson of the Detroit Tigers.
The loss dropped the Chicagoans
into second place behind the New
York Yankees but they will regain
first if New York loses tonight.
National League
Boston 7, Philadelphia 6.
St. Louis 10, Chicago 2.
One night game.
William L. Lightner of Todd is
at the Baranof Hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, l»ai. OJ Bell Srnaiciw. Inc.
WASHINGTON, President Tru
man was skeptical when he first
heard about Russia's desire for a
truce in Korea. "It's like walking
across a mine field,” he told a
friend. "You never know when a
mine will blow up on you." • •
U. S. Military men have been as
skeptical as Truman, diplomats not
so skeptical. Diplomats believe that
the Kremlin has been watching our
new atomic tests, that the Chinese
have been seriously hurt by our
slaughter of their troops, and that
all hands would welcome an armis
tice . • . reasons for military
skepticism is that Russia has been
shipping new jets into Manchuria
at the rate of 150 per month. The
jets are shipped in crates via the
Trans-Siberian railroad, assembled
just across the Siberian border,
then flown into Manchuria. The
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Rejects Protest
Jan Yinar (leftt, charge IVAffaires of the Czech embassy, tells Harry Martin, president of the News
paper Guild, that the embassy rejects as “insultin?"a protest by the guild which accused communist
Czechoslovakia of exorting a “phony confession” of espionage from AP Correspondent William Oatis.
seminar told Martin the protest contained “outrageous and insulting language” and that he would not pass
it along to his government in Prague. I/PI Wirephoto. _J
And Stiii if Flew
i.i. i oi. iiien i. r.agiesion, Ainamora, i am., oommanner oi me am
Fighter Interceptor Wing, scratches his head and looks at the
damage done his Sabre jet by a direct hit from a cannon shell
in a fight over "MIG Alley.” lTN aircraft continued to pound the
Reds but ground action was confined to local patrols. (US Air
Force Photo and l/PI Wirephoto.)
175 YEAR OLD
U. 5. FREEDOM
CELEBRATED
By Associated Press
Celebration and defense of the1
rights to independent freedom pro
claimed 175 years ago by the pro
vincial colonists of America spread
around the world yesterday.
The unexampled growth of the
^lcrican people since Thomas Jef
ferson’s declaration was proclaimed
July 4, 1776. stood out as the day
was commemorated in 1951.
An American, Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, was in command, at Tokyo,
of a 1'7-nation military organiza
tion — with American forces the
backbone — which has beat back
aggression in Asia and brought
Communist forces into cease-fire
talks.
Eisenhower' in London
An American, Gen. Dwight D. Ei
senhower, took part in London
Fourth of July ceremonies as su
preme commander of a 12-nation
military organization on which the
western part of the Free World pins
its hopes for survival against Com
munism.
At home, the 13 colony-states
whose aspirations Jefferson spoke,
had grown to a continental nation of
150.000,000 people whose President
told them by radio they must bear
the cost, in blood and treasure, of
world leadership if they were to
continue to enjoy the independence
won from Britain.
Growing hopes that cease-fire
talks in Korea might end the blood
shed there brightened the 175lh
Fourth.
President Truman, however, told
the nation the w:orld faces a long
period of “great international dan
ger” and warned against relaxing.
He demanded a “hard, tough policy
of self denial.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending G;20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
83; minimum, 52.
At Airport — Maximum,
83; minimum, 46.
FORECAST
.Clear tonight. Low tempera
ture near 52. Sunny and warm
again tomorrow with a few
clouds in the afternoon. High
temperature Friday around
80.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — None.
Since July 1 — .04 inches.
At Airport — None.
Since July 1 — .04 inches.
MILLIONAIRE
IS CHARGED
IN CONTEMPT
NEW YORK, July 5 — — A
Federal Judge held Millionnalre
Frederick Vanderbilt Field in con
tempt of court today when h<- re
fused to im ulge \ftc Jinnies oUmdl
viduals w ho put up S30 000 bond for
four runaway convicted Communist
leaders.
Judge Silvester J. Ryan acted
after he repeatedly had ordered
Field, secretary of the Civil Rights
Congress Bail Fund, to produce the
names of the contributors.
Field is a Left-Wing "d< <*Hldant,
of a family long prominent in the '
nation’s financial and social circles, t
He is a direct descendant of Com
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt who
founded the family fortune in the
19th century by establishing the
Staten Island ferry in New York
harbor.
The missing Communists are
Henry Winston, Gus Ha'l, Robert
'Thompson and Gilbert Green. Ail
were convicted of advocating violent
overthrow of the United States gov
ernment.
Field was acquitted last March
by Judge T. Alan Goldsborough on
a contempt of congress charge.
PLANE OR JEEP
TO CARRY ENVOYS
FOR CONFERENCE
This is Subject to Rod As
surance ot Sate Conduct;
News Censorship
TOKYO, Friday —IAV Subject to
Red assurance of safe conduct, Al
lied emissaries who are to make the
preliminary arrangements for a
cease-fire conference will leave Kim
po Airfield for Kaesong at 9 a m.
Sunday (4 p.rr.. Saturday PDTi.
The distance r only 30 miles by
air, slightly farther by jeep, which
will be used in the event of bad
weather.
Allied military authorities have
announced that a single pooled dis
patch for all correspondents will be
permitted ogi the departure. Cor
respondents and photographers will
not be permitted to go to the Kae
song area nor to interview the
liaison officers or pilots.
Correspondents will be able to file
other stories from Seoul as usual,
the 8th Army has ruled. A jet air
craft courier service is to be estab
lished from Korea to Tokyo, but the
Army has not disclosed when or in
what manner information on the |
conference will become available.
APPLY FOR LICENSE
An application for marriage li
cense was made July 2, in U. S.
Commissioner’s office by Frank
Mose Hop)>er, Juneau fireman, and
Phoebe Murphy, also of Juneau.
i
PLUG FOR
ECONOMIC
CONTROLS |
Law Pending in Congress
Means $1 Day Increase
in Living Costs
WASHINGTON. July 5 — —
The Truman administration today
hit at the economic controls law
pending in Congress as likely to
mean si-a-rlay increase in living
costs for every American family.
Eric Johnston, economic stabiliza
tion director, made that estimate j
of it. and said President Truman |
has agreed that all elements of the
administration should engage in a |
campaign of speeches, statements;
and appeals to inform the public I
on the hazards of inflation.
Johnston added to a news confer
ence :
"We don’t want an economic Pearl
Harbor or a Dunkerque. And we
don’t want a Munich of appease
ment."
Johnston had just come from a
conference with President Truman.
While Johnston was meeting with
reporters at the stabilization agency,
Mr. Truman was holding his usual
Thursday news conference.
The ^President also plugged for
stronger economic controls, as he has
been doing for weeks, but he used
much milder language than John
ston did
Mr. Truman said he hopes the
House, beginning debate today on
controls legislation, will come up
with a workable bill. He has been
..ritical of the bill the Sen-,
ate has passed. It would restrict J
and possibly prevent — price roll
backs.
Johnston, without directly asking
housewives to write their congress
men. said he was sure that "if the
voters have convictions in this mat
ter, they will communicate with
their representatives in Congress."
1
4TH DEATHS
IN TRAFFIC
AT NEW LOW
By Associated Press
The nation s July 4th traffic death
toll was below the National Safety
Council’s estimated 130 and one of
the lowest for the holiday in several
years.
Cool, rainy and cloudy weather on
the mid-week holiday cut highway
travel in many parts of the coun
try.
The accidental death toll, with
traffic leading with 91. was 178. Two
men and one child were killed from
fireworks. Other accidental fatali
ties included 48 drownings and 36
from miscellaneous causes. The
deaths were reported over a 30-hour
period — from 6 p.m. Tuesday night
to midnight Wednesday.
Hundreds were injured from fire
works. At least 15 suffered injuries
at a fireworks display in Cheviot,
Ohio, a Cincinnati suburb, when an
aerial bomb exploded among 10,000
spectators.
CALIFORNIAN
' SUES WRANGELL
FOR $54,809.93
Suit for $54,809.93 plus costs was
filed today in U. S. District Court
against the town of Wrangell by
Myrtle J. Pulbright, a resident of
California.
The suit is the outgrowth of an
accident Mrs. Fulbright says she
suffered in Wrangell on July 3,
1950, when she alleges a loose plank
on a sidewalk gave way and she
fell, sustaining a fractured leg. Lo
cation was between the ANB hall
and the Gunderson garage.
She is being represented by
Robert Boochever. of the Juneau
law firm, Faulkner, Banfield and
Boochever.
FROM HAWK INLET
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Thompson
of Hawk Inlet are stopping at the
Gastineau Hotel.
Baffle Goes On
Although Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway accepted Kaesong as site for
talks on armistice in Korea, the battle went on with Allies blasting
key cities (bomb blast symbols) on both sides of Pyongyang, North
Korean capital. On the ground (arrows) Allied tanks blasted at
Reds trying to hold off advance toward Pyongyang. An unconfirmed
report said some 70,000 Red troops were concentrating 50 miles
northwest of Seoul. Iffl Wirephoto.
Agreement Reached in
Bristol Bay Strike; Operations
Start Tomorrow for 2,300
*
Howard R. Davit of Williamsport,
Pa., elected Grand Exalted Ruler
, of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the USA at 87th
Grand Lodge convention ia Chi*
cago, July 2./T
CHILDREN DIE,
SOVIET SHIP
EXPLOSION
BERLIN, July 5 — W— The Com
munist government of East Berlin
announced 25 children died in the
explosion of an excursion boat on
the Spree river today.
The ship, a barge, carried 120
children on a holiday outing : pons
ored by the Communist Free Ger
man Youth. Its engine blew up and
spread fire through the vessel. At
least 60 of the children were in
jured bat most were released after
first aid treatment.
The Communist government state
ment did not say whether the dead
children lost their lives through
drowning or were killed in the ex
plosion.
The ship blew up at a point not
far from the Soviet Mem .rial I'ark
in Treptow. Communist police kept
crowds from getting near the area.
Boiler Explodes
All the Communist police would
say was that there had been 120
children aboard the excursion boat
when its boiler exploded, and that
the children were from an East
Berlin 'People’s School.”
Worried mothers massed at the
Treptow railroad station, which was
ns close to the river as the Red
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DILLINGHAM, Alaska, July 5—lfl
Bristol Bay’s *20.uu0,000 salmon op
erations are set to start full blast
tomorrow.
An agreement was announced yes
terday to end the strikes of the Ber
ing Sea Fishermen's union and Local
16 of the Resident Cannery Work
ers union (both AFL). The strikes
were reported to involve about 2,300
workers.
The Bering Sea union with about
1,400 members, has been picketing
for about a month although the ac
tual fishing season didn't begin un
til June 25.
The Cannery workers’ union
members, mostly Eskimos, joined the
strike last week after switching
front CIO to AFL affiliation.
Most canneries have been operat
ing despite the strike, but on a
restricted basis with outside work
ers being flown in.
Agreement
The agreement with the Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc., provides for
payment of 40 cents a fish for the
rich red salmon catch.
It was 32 cents last year.
In Seattle, however, an Industry
spokesman said he was advised that
the welfare provision applies only to
the cannery workers. He said the
Industry agreed to it by letter to
the cannery workers’ union, without
writing it into the contract.
The union had demanded 60 cents
The Industry agreed, however, to
create a welfare fund for the bene
fit of needy and ill workers. It will
be b'.ilt by payments of 20 centra
case by the canneries. Parties to
the agreement estimated it will
reach $100,000 this season.
Organization Intact
Jim Downey, chairman of the
Bering Sea union, commented: "We
didn't get the 60 cents, but we kept
our organization intact and we had
the unwavering backing of the resi
dents.
"There is more to this agreement
than its terms. We have made good
our withdrawal from the union rec
ognized by the salmon canners."
fie referred to the BSFU break
away from the Alaska Fishermens
union (Ind.t, which has an agree
ment for the Bristol Bay area with
[ the Industry. Downey charged the
former parent union . with being
Harry Bridges-1 e d International
Longshoremen’s and Warehouse
men's union (Ind), although it is
not affiliated.
Arnold's Criticism
W. C. Arnold, managing director
of ASI voiced criticism of two mis
sionaries. Father Jules Convert and
Father George Endhal. He said they
had urged the Eskimos not to work
in the canneries. The Eskimos re
fused to cross the BSFU picket lines
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ENVOYS FOR
PEACE TALK
WILL MEET
Guarantees Sought by
Ridgway Regarding Safe
Conduct for Colonels
By Associated Press
Arrangements wtre made today
for Communist and Allied truce en
voys to meet in preliminary pence
talks Sunday. But that didn’t stop
the shooting in Korea.
Today Reds shot at two UN pa
trols as they approached Kaesong,
war-scarred ancient capital of
Korea where cease-fire talks will
be held. Yesterday they had per
mitted one patrol to enter the de
serted city near the 38th Parallel.
Guarantee Sought
UN Commander Oen. Matthew B.
Ridgway still sought a guaranteo
from the Communists they would
not fire in similar fashion on the
emissaries he will send to Kaesong
Sunday.
That one hitch remains to be
settled before representatives of the
opposing top commands can meet.
And when they do get together it
will be merely to make plans for the
real cease-fire conference. That will
be Tuesday.
Safe Conduct Demand
Thursday passed without word
that Chinese and North Korean
commanders had guaranteed safe
conduct to the UN delegation.
Instead the Reds’ Peiping radio
said the success of cease-fire talks
'depends on whether the U. S. Gov
ernment and other governments
taking part in the Korean war are
sincere.” And it told the Chinese
that even after the shooting ends
in Korea they must continue to
build defenses to guard against
American "attempts at aggression.”
Three Colonels at Talk
Thursday morning Ridgway agreed
to the Red suggestion that prelim
inary talks be held Sunday. Re
liable sources said he would send
three colonels — a Marine, an Air
man and a South Korean. Two in
terpreters will accompany them.
Ridgway asked that the Commun
ist generals guarantee them safe
conduct to the meeting in no-man’s
land.
Asks for Red Route
Earlier he had pledged his forces
wouldn’t shoot at the Red delega
tion, if their route was announced.
Battle action dwindled as armis
tice talks drew nearer. But Reds
opened up Thursday with the heav
iest artillery and mortar fire they’ve
used on the Western front in a
week. Their guns stopped shooting
in the east where they’ve dally
harassed Allied lines.
Chinese stabbed at UN lines with
three minor probing attacks. But
almost everywhere they pulled back
from Allied patrols.
CLYDE HENLEY HERE
Clyde W. Henley, National Gro
cery Co. representative from Ket
chikan is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YOHK. July 5 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2 4, American Can
1101-.-, American Tel. and Tel. 154,
Anaconda 39'4 Douglas Aircraft 46,
General Electric 55, General Motors
48' :, Goodyear 814. Kennecott 72.
Libby, McNeill and Libby 8 . North
ern Pacific 37%, Standard Oil of
California 46 4, Twentieth Century
Fox 18%, U. 8. Steel 394, Pound
$2 80%, Canadian Exchange 93.81%.
Sales today were 1,410,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 250.27, rails 76.05, utili
ties 42.70.
Ship Movements
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Saturday.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle tomorrow.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tomorrow.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Chilcotin scheduled to sail from
Vancouver Monday.
Baranof from westward scheduled
southbound Sunday.