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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,789
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1751
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PRICE TEN GENTS
Mac Arthur Given Wild Welcome Home
JURY RETURNS
CAB VERDICT;
LIQUOR NEXT
Convicts Cab Operators
Assn-2 Men-Olhers
Found Innocent
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 20
M'l—Anchorage liquor handlers ac
cused of violating the Sherman an
ti-trust law went on trial in Fed
eral Court here yesterday shortly
after a jury had returned a verdict
for taxicab operators tried on simi
lar charges.
The jury convicted the Amchorage
Cab Operators Association and two
Anchorage taxicab men. accused by
the government of fixing prices to
eliminate competition.
Another cab association, two cab
companies and seven individual op
erators were found innocent.
Conviction carries a maximum
penalty of a year in jail and a $500
fine, or both.
The jury returned its verdict after
deliberating 28 hours.
Liquor Cases Next
Attorneys immediately began se
lection of a jury for the trial of
liquor operators, similarly accused
of anti-trust violations. Five cor
porations, five of their officers, 42
individuals and one association are
charged specifically with conspiracy
to “raise, fix and maintain arbi
trary, non-competitive prices, uni
form terms and conditions in sales
of bottled alcoholic beverages to
consumers in Anchorage and vicin
ity .. . ” The trial is expected to
last two months.
Cab operators denied rate-fixing
charges during the two-week trial.
They contended the Anchorage city
council and officials at military
bases here were responsible for set
ting rates. >
Incorporators Convicted
Incorporators of the Anchorage
Cab Owners Association who were
convicted were Orville Walle, Charles
Brady, Earl Holland. R. C. Milligan,
Harry Baker, Henry Schechert, John
Raquet, Lloyd Hall and Cruz Bil
bao.
Individuals convicted were Frank
V. Jones, operator of Radio and
Hy’s Cab; and Charles Heirsey, op
erator of Union Cab.
Firms and individuals acquitted
were:
Cab Owners and Operators Asso
cion of Anchorage; Richardson Cab
Co., Inc., Yellow Cab Co., Inc., Harry
N. Baker of Anchorage; the Fed
eral, 700, Checker and Clipper Cab
Companies; Cruz Bilbao ot the Can
teen Cab Co.; Charles J. Brady, Red
Cab Co.; L. L. Hall of the Checker
and Clipper Cab Companies; Earl
L. Holland of the Star and Gray
Cab Companies; R. C. Milligan of
the Star and Gray Cab Companies,
and Orville P. Waile of the Red Cab
Company.
The jury thus acquitted some ol
the defendants as individuals in
connection with their cab companies,
while convicting them as incorpora
tors of the Anchorage Cab Owners
Association.
Defendants in the liquor trial, all
of Anchorage, are:
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The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1831. hr Bell Syndicate. Inc..
pJ^.HINGTON. — At an explosive
Republican Senatorial strategy
meeting this week, the big GOP
guns warned against tieing the Re
publican party too closely to Mac
Arthur's kite.
One of those who led the warn
ing was Senator Taft, whose
friends have been worried that
MacArthur might crowd him as the
GOP Presidential candidate in 1952.
"We don’t know what MacArthur
is going to say when he gets here,”
Taft told tha strategy meeting. “As
a political party we should keep out
of this.”
Senator Millikin of Colorado
chimed in that occasionally past
"conquering heroes” had come home
and put their foot in their mouths.
He recalled that Admiral Dewey,
the conqueror of Manila, got a
hero’s reception and was presented
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DETERMINED
Princess Zabariah (above), 19
year-old Malayan Princess, niece
of the Sultan of Kedah, Is de
termined to wed a 21-year-old
Englishman, despite the objec
1 tiofls of her father and her uncle.
The Princess has been working in
London as an ordinary typist
under the name of Joyce Hamid.
She sought family permission to
marry Arthur Collins, apprentice
printer, who earns $14 per week.
Despite the family objections, she
said she’d wed Arhtur ‘even if I
have to wait until I’m 21.” UP)
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j Wirephoto.
TRUMAN TOSSES OUT
FIRST BALL; OPENS
BB SEASON IN WASH.
WASHINGTON. April 20 —(AV
President Harry Truman tossed out
the first ball today as the 1951
baseball season began officially in
the Nation’s Capital. He was mildly
j booed as he entered the ball park
| but the demonstration subsided
i quickly.
Tommy Byrne, veteran New York
1 Yankee lefthander, was on the
I mound for the visitors and Sandy
I Consuegra, Cuban righthander,
hurled for the Washington Nats.
The crowd of 31,000 saw the chief
executive make the first pitch, left
handed, from his box near the home
dugout. Allie Reynolds, Yankee
pitcher, caught the ball and had
Mr. Truman autograph it as a sou
enir.
PHILADELPHIA, April 20 — OW—
Max Surkont bested Ken Heintzel
man in a brilliant pitcher's duel to
day as Boston Braves spoiled the
Philadelphia Phillies home opener
with a 2 to 1 victory before 17,423
fans. Surkont set the Phils down
with only two hits.
LOGGING ASSN. IS
j AGAINST EXPORT
ALASKASAWLOGS
The Alaska Logging Association
is against export of sawlogs from
Alaska, according to Wallace West
fall, President. Westfall added that
the present Alaska mills can take
care of all logs that Alaska loggers
can produce during the coming
year. Export would eventually work
to the disadvantage of local log
gers. The better sawlog timber
stands would be cut out leaving
only poor shows at a greater dis
tance from the beach, thereby in
creasing co^ts.
“We re interested in Alaska mills,
Alaska businessmen and Alaska de
velopment,” Westfall stated. “We
aren’t going to get the best type
of development if sawlogs go out
side.”
The Alaska Logging Association
was formed last January. Members
at present consist of loggers in the
Juneau. Sitka and Wrangell areas.
Mr. L. P. Hiebert is Vice-president.
JIEAMtRMOVtHENTS
Freighter Coastal Rambler in port
and scheduled to sail Saturday for
Haines, Skagway.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle late this afternoon.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday, April
25.
Denali scheduled to arrive from
westward Sunday eproute south.
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MAIN BASE OF
REDS TARGET
OF UN BASE
By Associated Press
United Nations forces continue
to push forward on the West-Cen
tral Korean front. Allied tanks
moved up within range of the big
Communist base of Chorwon and
laid seige to one of the main Allied
objectives.
Chorwon is 18 miles in ode Red
Korea. Doughboys with flamethrow
ers yesterday burned a path for
the tanks to plow through.
The tanks took up vantage points
only three miles from the city. It
is the anchor point for an estimated
600,000 Red troops being massed in
this area for a long-expected spring
offensive.
Elsewhere along the 140-milt
front the Communists continued tc
pull back slightly, and Allied troop?
followed up the Red withdmwals.
In Tokyo, John Foster Dulles, U
S. special ambassador, conferrec
again with Japanese leaders on the
proposed peace treaty.
In Washington, observers said the
Truman administration knew it was
in for a fight to the finish over the
best strategy for victory in the Far
East.
To meet the MacArthur challenge,
these observers said, the adminis
tration hoped to convince a major
ity of Congress and the nation that
MacArthur’s key proposals of win
ning victory by taking new military
measures against Red China actually
would create a serious danger of
igniting World War III.
The administration’s fear is that
bombing of Manchurian bases might
bring Soviet Russia into the war, a
risk it is not prepared to take just
now. MacArthur implied it was a
gamble worth taking.
ELKS SPONSORING
TICKET SALE FOR
2 JUS CONCERTS
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The Juneau Elks are sponsoring
sale of tickets for the Juneau High
School spring concert which is to
be held tonight and tomorrow night
at 8 oclock in the High School gym.
Proceeds from -the concerts will
go toward defraying expenses of the
High School Band and Chorus to
the Southeast Alaska Music Festi
val at Ketchikan April 26, 27, and
28. Students participating will help
pay their own expenses in order
that Juneau may be represented.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged for the Juneau audiences
and Elks are urging all to attend.
Tickets are on sale by Elks, at the
Alaska Music Supply, the Baranof
Cigar Stand and the Elks Club
and also at the door both nights.
$5000 FOR REPAIRS,
governor;; house
WASHINGTON, April 20 —tPI—
The House Appropriations Com
mittee today recommended $588,281
for administration of Alaska during
the 12 months beginning July 1.
Chief items are $502,141 for care
of insane and $96,140 for operation
of the governor’s office, including
$5,000 for repairs to the governor’s
house.
• •
• WEATHER REPORT ' •
• Temperature for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o’clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, •
• 52; minimum, 32; •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 54; minimum, 26. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Continued fair tonight and •
• Saturday. Lowest tempera- •
• ture tonight near freezing. •
• Highest Saturday near 55 •
• degrees.
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau — None; *1
• Since April 1 — 7.27 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 65.20 inches. •
• At Airport — None; •
• Since April 1 — 2.54 inches. •
• Since July 1 — 38.39 inches. •
• ••••••••••
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OFFICER SAYS
MAC CAN BACK
CONG. SPEECH
By RUSSELL BRINES
TOKYO, April 20 — ifl— A key
staff officer said today General
MacArthur could document fully his
speech to Congress.
Asked if MacArthur could provide
proof of his remarks, the oificer re
plied r
'•Of course, that will be the easiest
part of it." He added:
“The big battle will come when
he appears before the Senate Armed
Services Committee to bring out the
details.”
The disputed point of whether the
joint chiefs of staff had expressed
pproval of Mac Arthur's views re
mained obscure. It was generally
elt, however, that MacArthur would
not have said so if he were unpre
pared to back up his statement.
Key officers pointed out that
many of the meetings between the
visiting joint chiefs and MacAr
thur were held privately. At this
headquarters only the general him
self knew what had been said.
PARATROP DROP
TO BE EXECUTED
OVERFAIRBANKS
HEADQUARTER, AlasKan Com
mand, Elmendorf Air Force Base,
Anchorage, Alaska, April 20 — On
Monday the people of Fairbanks will
have the privilege of observing one
of the most spectacular operations
in modern warfare, Lt. Gen. W. E.
Kepner, commander in chief of the
Alaskan command, has invited the
public to witness an actual para
troop drop, to be made in conjunc
tion with the military exercise
“Firestep.”
The event, which will take place
at 10 a.m., will involve the para
drop of men from C-119 aircraft of
the 316th and 433d Troop Carrier
groups, wjjich are under the temp
orary command of Col. Norton H.
Van Sicklen.! The paratroopers con
stitute the battalion oombat team
of the 505th Regiment, 82nd Air
borne Division, from Fort Bragg,
N. C., under the command of Lt.
Col. Ralph D. Burns. Planes of the
433d troop carrier group are from
Donaldson Air Force Base, Green
ville. S. C., those of the 316th are
from Sewart Air Force Base, Smyr
na, Tennessee.
The paratroopers carry with them
rations and ammunition. At the
same time that the hundreds of men
make their jump, light equipment
will be dropped. Five minutes later,
heavy equipment will be parachuted
from other aircraft.'
Fairbanks residents will see the
sky filled with parachutes of many
colors, each color signifying the type
of drop being made. The fighting
men are assigned one color, the
medical supply parachutes are white
with a Red Cross, and each company
is assigned its own color for supply
drops.
The paradrop will mark the shift
ing of action in Alaska’s execise
‘‘Firestep” to the area north of the
Alaska Range. The “aggressor”
forces have been defeated in the
more southerly portions of the Ter
ritory.
In extending his invitation to the
people of Fairbanks, Gen. Kepner
has pointed out that the parachute
drop is the only portion of the
military maneuvers to which the
public will have access.
STOCK OUCIATIONS
NEW YORK, April 20 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
110, American Tel. and Tel. 153%,
Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft
10012, General Electric 55, General
Motors 53%, Goodyear 77%, Kenne
cott 75, Libby, McNeill and Libby
9%, Northern Pacific 38%, Standard
Oil of California 46, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 43%,
Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange
93.93%.
Sales today were 930,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 254.82, rails 82.67, utili
ties 42.35.
FROM SEATTLE
Harvey M. Gibbs of Seattle is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
Strain Shows on MacArthur
Momentous events or the past week which have made him the center
of a boiling world controversy are reflected in the face of Gefi. Doug
las MacArthur as he arrives “home” after 14 years. (If) Wirephoto.
DIST. COURT TO
CONVENE HERE ON
MONDAY, 10 A.M.
With return of the U. S. District
Court party from Ketchikan Fri
day morning, court will convene in
Juneau at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing, it was announced today.
Members returning from Ketchi
kan via Ellis Airlines were.Federal
Judge George W. Folta, J. W. Lel
vers, clerk of court; Mildred May
nard, court reporter; Marie Jen
sen, secretary to the Judge and
Irene Rasmassen, deputy clerk.
BARANOFTOGiVE
PERPETUAL TROPHY
FOR CRUISER RACE
A perpetual trophy will be awar
ded by the Baranof Hotel for the
first time this year to the winner
of the Capital-to-Capital Cruiser
Race* The trophy will be a silver
bowl with a plaque on the base
for the inscribing of each winner’s
name.
Plans were made at the meeting
last night of the Juneau Yacht
Club for the ordering of trophies
to be awarded by the organization
to the winners of the race ending
in Juneau on June 23. Reception
and banquet committees for the
race were appointed at the meet
ing.
Discussion was held on obtaining
the Public Health Center building
on Main street for the Yacht Club
quarters. If the building is ob
tained, It will be placed on the
site, of the present approach to
the Small Boat Harbor.
15 IN, 4 OUT ON
PRINCESS LOUISE
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Fifteen passengers arrived on
the Princess Louise from Skagway
and four embarked south bound
this morning.
Disembarking from Skagway: W.
Heisel, Fred Marlowe, Mrs. William
Carlson, Mrs. Margaret Kadanah,
Mrs. P. Morgan, J. Shortridge, C.
Shipp, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt, J.
Faragher, Howard Stabler, Mrs.
Hansen and child, Tom Dyer, John
Hvisdock.
Embarking for Vancouver: Wal
ter Giffiths, J. Sullivan, H. A.
Scott, C. F. Penney.
| NEW EMPLOYEE
Mrs. Virginia Angell is a new
employee in the Territorial De
partment of Mines office in the
Federal Building.
Mrs. Angell was a clerk in the
Senate boiler room during the last
Territorial legislature.
CONTROVERSY!
STARTS OVER;
MAC'S SPEECH
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By Associated Press
Gen. MacArthur’s fighting speech ;
before Congress yesterday has split!
Washington in bitter controversy'
over Far Eastern policy that may ;
continue on into the 1952 president- 1
ial elections.
The controversy largely centered j
around the 71-year-old general’s !
four-point win-the-wnr program.'
He said his views on meeting the j
intervention of Chinese Commun- |
ists by widening the base of the i
conflict had in the past been shared j
by most military men, including the ,
U. S. Joint chiefs of staff.
From Democrats as well as Re
publican lawmakers came demands
that the joint chiefs of staff answer j
quickly whether they agree that the
general, who says he has no political
ambitions, has done his duty, and
is about to "fade away.”
The Truman administration’s re
ply was prompt. A spokesman at
the Pentagon said last night he had
been authorized by the White House
to declare that President Truman’s
action in firing MacArthur "was
based upon the unanimous recom
mendations of the joint chiefs of
staff.”
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of
the top military policy group, told
reporters at Chapel Hill, N. C., that
as advisers to the President the
Joint chiefs “render our advice to
him on a ipilitary point of view.”
He added, without amplicatipn,
that “the question of General Mac
Arthur’s relief is primarily a po
litical one.” In a speech at Chicago
this week Bradley in effect publicly
rejected MacArthur’s policies and
supported those of the administra
tion.
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LIGHT CO. REPORT
TO BE READ COUNCIL
MEETING TONIGHT
A report from the AlasJfe Electric
Light and Power Co. will be read
at a regular meeting of the Juneau
City Council tonight when it meets
at 8 o'clock in the council cham
bers.
An agreement between the city
and the Territorial Board of Road
Commissioners for the construction
of a new approach to the small boat
harbor will also be read. The board
has approved $18,000 for the project.
One application has been received
for the position of summer recrea
tion director.
TAFT SNIPES
TRUMAN ON
MacARTHUR
WASHINGTON, April 20 — (.«—
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) accused the
Truman administration today of
"working both sides of the military
and political street” in an attempt
to discredit Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.*
Taft's assertion came in the midst
of a widening dispute touched off
by MacArthur’s claim to Congress
that the joint chiefs of staff once
shared his views on Korean war
strategy.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman
of the Joint chiefs, said last night
the qu^tion of President Truman's
firing of MacArthur from his Pa
cific commands "was primarily a
political one.” Then Bradley added:
"I am a military man.”
Taft, chairman of the Senate Re
publican Policy Committee, told a
reporter he thinks the Truman ad
ministration permits Bradley to
speak on foreign policy matters
when that Serves its purpose and
presents him as a purely military
adviser when that kind of a state
ment is needed.
“Bradley says he is only a mili
tary man, but he made a foreign
policy speech in Chicago Tuesday,"
Taft said. In that speech Bradley
supported Mr. Truman’s view that
any enlargement in the Korean
fighting might lead to World War
III.
“Now Bradley says he can t dis
cuss political matters."
Taft said MacArthur's appearance
before Congress has so aroused pub
lic opinion that eventually the ad
ministration will have to choose
“between an appeasement policy or
fighting the more aggressive war in
Korea that General MacArthur has
urged."
MacArthur’s reference to the
joint chiefs fired demands in Con
gress for a policy showdown with
the high command.
COMMITTEE OKEHS
2 MILLION DOLLARS,
MASK ARAILROAD
WASHINGTON, April 20 —
The House Appropriations Commit
tee today recommended a $2,000,000
appropriation for the Alaska Rail
road during the 12 months begin
ning July 1.
The recommendation was $500,000
less than asked by the Interior De
partment’s Office of Territories to
complete the rehabilitation program,
acquire boats and barges and to
repair and improve facilities.
"The committee does not intend
that additional appropriations be
provided for the rehabilitation pro- •
gram and does not Intend to sup
port an endless program of addi
tional capital investment in the
Alaska Railroad,’ the report stated. ;
•Realistic long-range objectives .
to accomplish well-defined trans
portation needs will have to be
worked out before estimates for ad
ditional capital expenditures will
be considered ...”
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to St. Ann's hospital
Thursday were Al Matson. Mrs.
Robert Paulen, John Harris and
William Smith. Discharged was J.
Olson.
Born at St. Ann's hospital to Mrs.
Vincent Bogucki a girl weighing 8
pounds 2 ounces, at 12:15 Thursday
afternoon.
Admitted to Government hospital
Thursday were James Ward, Kluk
wan and Ed Jack, Jr., Angoon. Dis
charged was Lucille McKinley, Ex
cursion Inlet.
DEGREE TEAM RETURNS
FROM SKAGWAY TRIP
Walter Heisel, "Doc” Merritt. J.
Fargher and Howard Stabler re
turned home on the Princess Louise
Friday morning from a round-trip
to Skagway. They are members of
the degree team of the Scottish Rite
Masons.
While in Skagway they conferred
degrees from fourth to thirty-sec
ond on Skagway Masons. t
Mrs. Merritt accompanied her
husband on the trip.
NEW YORK
ALL OUT
FOR MAC
Estimated Five Million
People Greet General in
Ticker-Tape Parade
NEW YORK, April 20 —IA
wild "welcome home” ovation was
given Oen. Douglas MacArthur to
day as he toured New York's gaily
decorated streets in a hero’s ticker
tape parade.
Cheering throngs greeted him
from the moment he drove out of
his hotel driveway In a big open
automobile at 11:06 a.m. EST.
The weather was perfect — sunny
and cool. •
The general, smiling and waving,
wore his familiar crushed officers
cap with Its "scrambled eggs" visor
and a long Army overcoat. Seated
beside him was Mayor Vincent R.
Impellitteri in a blue topcoat and
a gray Homburg hat.
Also in the car were Grover A.
Whalen, the city’s “official greet
er," and Maj. Gen. Courtney Whit
ney, the general’s aide.
Throng Cheers
A throng gathered outside the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel burst Into
cheering when the general’s auto
mobile appeared from the hotel's
underground garage.
The wives of the general and the
mayor rode In a second car. The
general’s 13-year-old son. Arthur,
rode with his mother.
M-Car Motorcade
Headed by 88 motorcycle pence,
the 50-car motorcade turned north
on Park Avenue for Central Park
where thousands of school children
were waiting to shriek a welcome.
They were given a holiday today.
Torn paper showered from build
ings along the normally-staid Up
per East Side district between the
hotel and the park.
"Come on, MacArthur, save
America,” shouted one spectator
whose strong voice echoed above
the roars of the crowd.
Sidewalks along Park Avenue
were packed seven and eight deep.
The general, seated In the right
rear seat, waved a gloved hand at
the noisy acclaim.
Police had difficulty holding the
crowds back at some points.
“Hey general, hey general,” shout
ed excited youngsters. *
MILLIONS WELCOME GENERAL
NEW YORK. April 20 —UH— A
police-escorted crowd of 7,500,000
persons wildly welcomed Gen. Mac
Arthur today in the nation’s greaW
est ovation to a returning hero.
“This, I said to myself, is America,
and this, with God’s help, we shall
keep American,” said Gen. Mac
Arthur when his 50-car motorcade
halted at City hall for the city’s
official reception.
The deposed Far East commander
said New York Itself was a "living
example" of the ability of men of
different races to “live and progress v
together."
“I have Just come from another
striking example of unification,
where men of different races and
difference languages are fighting
shoulder to shoulder in a common
cause,” he said.
“Many are your sons, ready and
fit, and writing a brilliant battle
record.”
Deeply Moved
The general appeared deeply
moved as the motorcade passed thru
the hoarsely cheering throngs and
clouds of paper and ticker-tape from
Central Park through lower Man
hattan’s financial section.
His jaw was clamped much of
the time as though he were attempt
ing to control his emotions. But
from time to time he broke into a
smile as he waved to the crowds
lining the streets and countless
thousands leaning from skyscraper
windows.
The estimate of the crowd’s size
came from Police Commissioner
Thomas F. Murphy on the basis
of police reports he received from
all sections of the parade route.
APPLICATION FOR
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Harvey A. Scott, of the U. S.
Coast Guard and Ann Marie Huss,
filing clerk, made application to
day for a license to marry. Both
gave their residence as Juneau.
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