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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,848
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY JUNE 29. 1951
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FIGHTING
IN KOREA
IN LULL
Patrol Activity, with One
Hill Action, as Cease-fire
M Prevails
B.v Associated Press
The fighting war virtually dis
appeared from the Korean front
today under a mounting wave of
cease-fire talk.
A small, fierce fight raged all
afternoon for a single Hill northwest
of Yonchon on the Western front.
The ridge changed hands six time
before Allied forces wi.hdrew. lcav
ing Communists still holding the
hill.
Chinese Reds threw some small
probing attacks at the center of tht
line.
Elsewhere ground action was con
fined to patrol activity.
United Nations patrols screening
the lower half of the “iron triangle”
were turned back by heavy, though
inaccurate fire.
“The Chinese don’t shoot unless
we provoke them.’^one officer com
mented. “They sit •»fehti until we
come in gun range, then they let
loose.”
The whole battlefront was like
that. The U. S. 8th Army took only
108 words Friday night to cover the
entire ground action in the briefest
communique it hp.s issued this year.
DART BOOTH FOR 4TH,
1 SOROPTlMISTS PROJECT
Fourth of July plans for Sorop
timists were discussed at the club’s
meeting in the Baranof Gold Room
Friday, with President Gertrude
Wetzel presiding.
Soroptimist’s contribution to the
Fourth of July program will be
the Dart Game Booth at the 4th
of July Midway in the Armory
Building at the subport.
Norma Johnson, 4th of July chair
man, told of plans and lined up
club member workers to maintain
the Dart Game.
Committee chairmen announced
by President Wetzel are: Ways and
Means, Norma Johnson: Publicity,
Frances Paul; Service, Aline War
ner; Attendance, Laura MacMillan;
Social, Jane Hawkins; Budget, Jes
sie McCrary; Program, Ann De
Long; Membership and Classific
ation, Dora Sweeney: Legislation,
Edna Lomen: United Nations, Dor
othy Novathey and Project Plan
ning, Carla Turner.
Parliamentarian, Mildred R. Her
mann; Civil Defense, Grace Fields.
FROM MICHIGAN
G. R. Correll, Northville, Mich.,
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SANTA MONICA
H. H. Wheeler and family of
Santa Monica, Calif, are stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
TheWashinglon
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
iCoDTTicbt. 1951. Dr Bell eradicate, Inc..
WASHINGTON—Senator George
Aiken was once Governor of the
rock-ribbed State of Vermont, one
of only two states voting for Alf
Landon in 1936. Aiken is a frugal
gentlemen as are most Vermonters,
but he writhed as he sat listening
to Senator Byrd of Virginia lead
a drive to cut appropriations for
school lunches, juvenile delinquency,
the Women's bureau and the
Children’s Bureau.
Finally Aiken could stand it no
more.
“An $80,000,000 ship is being
built at Newport News, Virginia,”
he told Senator Byrd, who used to
be governor of Virginia. “It will
be turned over to one of the ship
ping lines for $28,000,000 or a gilt
by Uncle Sam of $50,000,000. That
gift is 50 percent more money than
we plan to appropriate for mater
nal and child welfare work in this
country under the budget cuts. ]
“Does a five-year-old child have
any cash value?” continued the J
usually mild-mannered Vermont
Senator. “What is it worth to re
store a crippled person to a place
* (Continued on Page Four)
Transformation-Army Style
There’s no magic other than Army efficiency about these two pic
tures. They just show how the draftee of today gets a quick change
from civilian life after his arrival at Camp Kilmer, NJ. At top, a
newly arrived group of inductees leave initial receiving point and
load first clothing issue into waiting truck. At bottom, the inductees
look somewhat different after donning Army garb. It looks dif
ferent but it is serious business. </P) Wirephoto.
STRIKE OF
AU PILOTS
IS ENDED
Truce Agreement is An
nounced; Carrier Line
Resumes Operations
CHICAGO, June 29 — A pilots’
strike that has halted operations
for 10 days on the vast United Air
Lines network was ended today by
a truce.
The union ordered its 900 striking
pilots to return to their posts at
3:45 P. M. EST today.
The truce agreement was an
nounced by Thomas E. Bickers, ex
ecutive secretary of the National
Mediation Board, after a pre-dawn
meeting with representatives of the
company and the striking AFL air
line pilots association.
His board will attempt immed
iately to mediate the dispute.
“TTie main object is to get the
train back on the track,” Bickers
said. "I don’t think it will take
too long to reach a settlement."
UAL is the nation’s fourth larg
est carrier of passengers and
freight, including all types. It is
surpassed only by the New York
Central and Pennsylvania Railroads
ind American Airlines. UAL norm
ally carries 9,600 passengers in 220
daily flights.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. June 29 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
109%, American Tel. and Tel. 153,
Anaconda 37%, Douglas Aircraft 44,
General Electric 52%, General Mot
ors 46%, Goodyear 78, Kennecott
68, Libby, McNiell and Libby 8%,
Northern Pacific 35%, Standard Oil
of California 45%, Twentieth Cent
ury Fox 17%, U. S. Steel 37%, Pound
$2.80 1/16, Canadian Exchange
93.68%.
Sales today were 1,730 000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 242.64, rails 72.39, utili
tie^, 42.08.
CZECHS WILL
RELEASE 2
JET PILOTS
Made Emergency Landing,
Held incommunicado
Since June 8
WASHINGTON, June 29 — The
State Department said today Czech
oslovakia has agreed to release
two western pilots and their U. S.
jet fighter planes. They have been
held since they made emergency
landings near Prague, June 8.
It said the Czech foreign office
gave Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs a
note which promised to free the pil
ots and the planes, but did not state
when. The Czech note was in
response to a vigorous protest made
this week by Briggs.
The planes, on a training flight
in the American Occupation Zone
of Germany, made emergency land
ings near Prague on June 8.
The pilots since have been held
incommunicado while the Com
munist Czech authorities have car
ried on an "investigation" and
complained that this was one of
a long series of American “provo
cations."
The fliers were Lt. Luther G.
Roland of Humelstown, Pa., and
Lt. Bjoern Johanson, a Norwegian,
training with the U. S. Air Pore- j
es.
EIGHT ARRIVE ON
ELLIS AIRLINES
Eight passengers arrived on Ellis
Airlines Friday flight.
From Ketchikan: Conrad Nelson,
Claire Terwilliger, Ray Barnecut.
From Wrangeli: Mr. Gunderson.
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rinehart, Mr.
Reidman.
From Petersburg: Ed Fuglevog.
Hl TCIirNSONS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hutchinson
of Portland, Ore. are stopping at
the Baranuf Hotel.
QUEEN'S VOTE
Great interest is now being man
ifested in the vote for candidates
for Queen on July 4th. There is
a decided change in the first vote
announced and Joyce Hope is now
in the lead with others also mak
ing marked gains.
The vote as anounced at noon
today is as follows:
Joyce Hope .35,000
Mary Whitaker .30,000
Lois Lawrence .27,000
The voting closes on the three
popular young ladies at noon,
Monday, July 2.
BRISTOL BAY
STRIKE GETS
COMPLICATED
DILLINGHAM. Alaska, June 29 —
— Bristol Bay’s fishing Industry
labor dispute grew more compli
cated today.
A statement issued in behalf of
j “the strike committee, Bristol Bay
President Cannery Workers’ Union
(SIU-AFL)” listed these develop
ments :
The Bering Sea Fishermen’s Un
ion (Ind) and the resident Cannery
Workers’ Union (CIO) have both
decided to affiliate with the Sea
farers International Union (AFL).
The cannery workers, known as
Local 16, have taken over the land
and sea picketing from the fish
ermen’s union.
The cannery workers voted against
accepting the latest offer .of the
Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc?1, , \
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The approximately 1,200 members
j of the Bering Sea Fishermen's Un
ion have been striking for union
recognition in a complicated Juris
dictional dispute.
The Bering Sea union split away
from the Alaska Fishermen's union
i also Ind.i, which has a contract
! with the Industry. Members of the
AFU have been working in the Bris
tol Bay industry.
The Bering Sea union has kept
two major canneries on the Nush
agak river closed.
Offer Rejected
The statement today by the can
nery workers union committee said
an Industry offer of a 15 per cent
wage increase, • without seasonal
guarantee was rejected; then the
strike was voted.
It said an earlier offer by W. C.
Arnold of the Industry was for a
15 per cent increase in the season
guarantee, hourly rates, and a wel
fare plan. The union had demanded
25 per cent and a welfare plan. The
statement said the union objected
however, to a clause that the offer
was contingent upon both the can
nery workers and Bering Sea unions
going to work immediately.
NLRB Man Due
(Meanwhile, the NLRB’s regional
director at Seattle said Donald D.
McFeely, an NLRB field examiner,
will be sent to Alaska to work on
the dispute. He is slated to fly to
Anchorage Sunday at the latest.
Regional Director Thomas P. Gra
ham, Jr., said McFeely will try to
dispose of unfair labor practice
charges filed against the Industry
by the Bering Sea union. The
charges are blocking an NLRB-di
rected election to determine collec
tive bargaining representation for
Bristol Bay fishermen).
COL. PALMER HERE
Lt. Col. H. K. Palmer. Jr. of
Elmendorf Field is stopping at the
Baranof Hotel. He expected to go
fishing from here today.
Ship Movements
Prince George from Vancouver
due at 3:15 this afternoon.
Alaska from Seattle tentatively
set to arrive 1 p.m. Saturday.
Princess Louise from Vancouver
due Saturday afternoon.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle late today.
Chilcotln scheduled to sail from
Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday.
Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver July 4.
Aleutian from Westward scheduled
to arrive sometime Sunday south
bound.
{Hedy's Bed Auctioned
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Hedy Lamarr's bed sold for $250 In Hollywood, in the first session of
an auction of the star's effects which the auctioneer advertises as
"the million dollar event of the year." II. S. Moncrleff, a Burbank,
Calif., businessman, bought the bed which has a diamond-tufted
headboard and rose velvet spread for his 3'i-year-old daughter—
"because she looks just like Hedy.” Jeannie McClaren, a prospective
bidder, checks the bed for softness before making her bid. Of)
Wirephoto.
HEATWAVE
PACIFIC NW
Wafer Shortages Threat
ened; Critical Condition
in Forests
(By The Associated Press)
A thermometer-popping sun blist
ered the Pacific Northwest again
today—the fifth day of a near
record June heat wave.
No relief was in sight. Water
shortages were threatened in sev
eral cities.
The weatherman predicted temp
eratures today would match or top
such readings as the 97 at Eugene,
Salem and Roseburg, Oregon, yes
terday, or the 92 on Washington’s
Grays Harbor.
As the temperatures rose the
humidity fell and state officials
warned of critical conditions in
the forests. In Western Washing
ton, all logging operations were
ordered closed from midnight last
night -until midnight Sunday.
The State Forester’s office con
sidered similar steps for Western
Oregon forests.
Major fires in Washington and
Oregon were under control, or
nearly so, but forestrymen, noting
the humidity was below the crit
ical 30 per cent line, urged extra
caution in tinder-dry woods.
Two drownlngs in Oregon and
one in Washington added a tragic
sidebar as thousands sought to
escape the heat.
FROM SEATTLE
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Guenther of
the RFC from Seattle are at the
Baranof Hotel.
• •••••••••a
• •
• WEATHER FORECAST •
• Temperature for 34-Hour Period •
• ending 8:30 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, •
• 62; minimum, 52. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 61; minimum, 50. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Mostly cloudy tonight and •
• Saturday with occasional •
• light rain tonight. Lowest •
• temperature tonight about 49 •
• degrees and highest Saturday •
• near 64. •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau — .01 inches; •
• Since June 1 — 6.02 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 78.21 inches. •
• At Airport — Trace: •
• Since June 1 — 3.82 inches: •
• Since July 1 — 45.23 inches. •
**•••••••••
RATES TO
ALASKA TO
BE UPPED
Alaska Steam Given Ap
proval for Increase by
Maritime Board
SEATTLE, June 29 —(At— The
Alaska Steamship Company report
ed today Federal Maritime Board
approval of its freight and passen
ger rate increases.
The new rates are affective im
mediately under the board’s ruling,
said D. E. Skinner, vice president
and general manager.
The new tariffs provide for a 10
per cent boost in passenger fares
for all ports. There are varying in
creases on freight to different areas,
with only fishery items and ore
cargoes affected outside of South
eastern.
Kates Up In Alaska
The company said the new rates
are designed to bring a 20 per cent
increase in Southeast Alaska freight
revenue.
The freight increases apply only to
fishery items and ore cargoes in
Southwest Alaska (which covers
Seward, Cordova £nd Valdez), the
Alaska Peninsula, Bering Sea and
Bristol Bay.
The rates were scheduled origin
ally to take effect in May. They
were held up after Alaska Territorial
officials protested. A hearing on the
case was held Monday in Wash
ington, D.C.
Skinner commented in reporting
the agency’s decision in favor of the
company:
Cover Operating Losses
“The rate increases, filed by the
company to cover operating losses,
have been considered by the Fed
eral Maritime Board which has re
(Contlnued on Page Two)
SEVEN NAVY
MEN KILLED,
PLANE CRASH
KEY WEST, Fla., June 29 —Wl—
Seven Navy men were killed and A wo
rescued today in the crash of a pa
trol bomber.
The plane, a PBM, fell in the
Folrida Straits off a nearby island.
It was based at the Key West Naval
Seaplane station.
Gen. Ridgway Given Orders
By Government to Negotiate
Cease-Fire; 16 UN Nations
Give Support to Instructions
WASHINGTON, June 29 —1/0—
The government today sent Oen.
Matthew B. Ridgway general In
structions on negotiation of a cease
fire in Korea.
Just what they are was not dis
closed in the official word given out
here. But informed sources in Lon
don said they had the support of
ill the 16 United Nations with fight
ing forces in Korea.
The move pointed to some early
action — perhaps within hours —to
determine whether a truce can in
fact be arranged.
In Korea, Itself, fighting had
largely died down under a wave of
cease-fire talk. There was some pa
trol and air activity but the front
in the whole was quiet.
Ridgway was at his Tokyo head
quarters but there were rumors he
might leave for Korea at any time.
Conference at Pusan
William J. Sebald, U. 8. diplo
matic chief in Japan, flew to Pusan,
Korea, and conferred for more than
an hour with John J. Mucclo, the
U. S. ambassador to Korea. No of
ficial announcement was made as
to their discussions.
A spokesman for the South Kor
ean government, Clarence Ryee, said
he felt the shooting war would stop
within “the next few days.”
The South Koreans were unhappy,
however, over the prospect of a
jease-fire along the 38th Parallel—
the old border between North and
South Korea. Their legislature
adopted unanimously a resolution
opposing it.
Congressional Opposition
In Congress here, there was alsc
some opposition expressed to a
cease-fire on the old border.
The official announcement thai
Instructions had been sent to Ridg
way, the United Nations command
er in Korea, was made by Robert A
Lovett, deputy secretary of defense.
Lovett gave no information about
VAN FLEET
IN COPTER
TURNOVER
j
Commander of 8th Army
in Korea Narrowly
Escapes Injury
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, June 29 —m—
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, 8th
Army commander, narrowly missed
injury today in a helicopter acci
dent.
The Navy helicopter in which he
was riding was caught by a gust of
wind as it was landing on the
cruiser Los Angeles off the Korean
east coast. The 'copter turned turtle
on the ship’s deck.
No one was injured.
Van Fleet, Rear Adm. Arleigh (31
knot) Burke and the pilot climbed
from the 'copter unhurt. Burke, a
World War II hero, is commander
of Cruiser Division Five.
"The general took lt quietly,” an
aide said.
Van Fleet returned to shore in a
motor launch and inspected UN
troops on the eastern front.
GAMES TODAY
Here is the report on games to
day on the major baseball leagues:
American League
Boston at New York, rain (day
game only postponed, tonight’s
game still on).
National League
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, rain.
(Only day games scheduled).
FROM VANCOUVER
Arnold Kahn of Vancouver, B. C.
| is at the Baranof Hotel.
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' those Instructions, but did sny
Ridgway would have to report back
to Washington on any proposed
terms for ending the fighting.
Truman Meets Cabinet
President Truman held a meet
ing with his cabinet — a usual thing
on Friday. Presumably, the Korean
situation had a high place in their
discussions but the White House
declined to discuss the peace out
look in any way.
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short said he is “standing on what
the deputy secretary of defense”
told his news conference.
Despite the general hope, some
American officials were still taking
a finger-crossed attitude.
Skepticism
Some State Department officials
have been skeptical of the cease
fire suggestion from the moment it
was advanced last weekend by
Jacob Malik, the Russian delegate to
the United Nations.
Lovett, in telling a news confer
ence instructions had been sent to
Ridgway, took occasion to say that
he feared any relaxation by the
United States would confront the
nation with an appalling situation.
Another Challenge
He said it may be that relief from
pressure in Korea, if the fighting
is stopped there, may make it pos
sible for the Communists to exert
pressure elsewhere in the world.
| Regardless of a cease-fire in
Korea, the tensions in the world
idd up to a dark picture, Lovett
;aid.
Continue Preparedness
And. calling for continued pre
paredness, he said the U. S. would
most certainly be courting disaster
f the United States let the Soviet
Politburo write the American De
fense program.
In London informed sources said
the orders went out to Ridgway
ifter the 16 United Nations with
fighting forces in Korea agreed to
accept Russia’s proposals for start
ng truce talks.
CALL FOR ARMISTICE
WASHINGTON, June 29 —Git—
The United States and its UN Allies
were reported today to have decided
to call for an armistice in Korea.
Informed officials said this decision
is reflected in instructions sent to
Gen. Ridgway.
These officials said Ridgway, be
ing given the authority, might act
quickly, perhaps within a matter of
hours, to call for a meeting of repre
sentatives of his own UN command,
the South Korean command, the
North Korean (Communist) com
mand, and the Chinese Armies in
Korea.
That was the formula suggested
by Soviet Russia earlier this week
as the way to bring an end to hos
tilities in Korea. Negotiations would
be on a military level under terms
and conditions which presumably
would be proposed by Ridgway in
his initial call for a meeting.
Instructions Sent
The only official announcement
from the government was a state
ment from Lovett, that general in
structions were being sent to Ridg
way on negotiation of a cease-fire
in Korea.
In mid-afternoon, the Pentagon
said the message had actually been
dispatched.
Friday afternoon in Washington
is Saturday morning in Tokyo where
Ridgway has his headquarters.
Details as to the instructions were
supplied by officials In a position
to know but who would not be
quoted by name.
- Eliminates Cease Fire
They said the instructions auth
orized Ridgway, in effect, to seek
a peace showdown with the Com
munist command on the field of
battle in Korea.
Heretofore, most of the talk on
ending the lighting In Korea has
been of a possible cease-fire. That
amounts simply to a halt in the
actual shooting.
An armistice, in the technical
sense, goes a little further. It usu
ally provides for a neutral zone.
An ai mistice can be concluded for
either a specified or an indefinite
period.