THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
UALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,730 _____JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1951_ MEMBER ASSOCIATED TRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
Allied Task Force Plunges to Han River
DAY APPROVES FWS
TRANSFER OF FLEET
BASE TO JUNEAU
Transfer of the Fish and Wild
life Service fleet base for vessels
maintenance operations from Seat
tle to Juneau was approved in
Washington last week by Director
Albert M. Day, it was announced
today by Clarence Rhode, Regional
Director who returned late yester
day afternoon from the capital.
Transfer of the operation was rec
ommended by Rhode to the FWS
Washington office several weeks
ago.
The transfer will bring the seven
large craft and 30 small vessels
presently operated by the Fish and
Wildlife Service and one large craft
to be built and five former Coast
Guard 37-foot vessels to be con
verted, to be based permanently at
Juneau. The base will be established
at the Juneau subport and office
for the maintenance division wil’
also be set up at the port.
Crews of the vessels and main
tenance personnel will include about I
40 employes, a number of whom
have families, to make their homes
in Juneau.
Northbound in May
Vessels now in Seattle for winter
over-haol will leave that port for
the last time in May for operation
in Alaskan waters.
At the conclusion of next sea
son’s operations the fleet will put
in to Juneau for the winter and
crews will go to work on annual
maintenance and over-haul work
here.
Small craft will be transported
to and from the westward areas
and Juneau by the freighter vessel
Dennis Winn. The FWS operates a
50-ton electric crane at the subport
for raising and lowering small craft.
Rhode said the transfer of the
base headquarters will bring added
business as well as residents to
Juneau. Other towns in southeast
Alaska will also be benefited.
Local Contracts
Contracts will be let locally by
the FWS for marine work opera
tions and some of the haul-out op
erations not involving major repairs
and which have previously been
carried on at the Seattle base will
now be done in Ketchikan and
Petersburg as well as Juneau.
The FWS will let contracts Feb.
15 for the construction of a new
60-foot vessel to replace the Auklet
sold last fall, Rhode said. It is
hoped to have the craft in service
by July. Plans are also underway
to replace the Scoter which was
disposed of last year.
Standard Equipment
Three and possibly all five of the
38-foot former Coast Guard craft
recently acquired by the FWS will
be converted for year-round serv
ice to be put in operation this year.
Deisel engines will be installed
in the craft, as well as in all other
vessels not yet so equipped. Rhode,
while in Washington, made ar
rangements to obtain deisels from
Navy surplus and other government
sources. Standard equipment will
be installed in all vessels to reduce
maintenance and inventory costs
in parts and tools.
The larger vessels presently op
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
«T DREW PEARSON
ICopyrlght, 1951. t>y Bell Syndicate. Inc.) !
T^ASHINGTON — Official Wash
ington has now reached an all
time high for confusion and chaos.
Part of this, of course, results
from the inevitability of war's grow
ing pains. The new stabilization
program, for instance, has been
moving ahead so rapidly that even
the most experienced Washington
, ians have been unable to keep up
with it. New agencies, new direc
tors, new phone numbers, new add
resses, new authorities and new re-,
gulations have everyone in a dither.
Take the case of ''Jiggs' Dona
hue, the able attorney Who convict
ed west coast labor leader Harry
Bridges and who was recently ap
pointed chief of enforcement for!
the new price-control agency. In
his new’ job, Jiggs will be policing1
millions of prices and collaring j
black marketeers from coast to
coast. But one morning, three days
after he'd been sworn in, he discov
ered :
l.The price-ccntrol law gave him
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WOMAN FOUND FROZEN STIFF
WITH BODY TEMPERATURE 64
MAY SURVIVE IS REPORT NOW
ALASKA LAUNDRY
PLANS TO TAKE OVER
SNOW WHITE PLAN!
Final transaction is expected to
be completed next week in one of
the biggest business transfers in
Juneau in a number of years, when
the Alaska Laundry, Inc., takes pur
chase of the Show White Laundry
equipment and good will from the'
present owner, Milton Daniel, it
was disclosed today by J. S. Mac
Kinnon, Jr., Alaska Laundry co
owner and manager.
Equipment will be moved from
the Snow White Laundry buildin
cn Admiral way shortly after the
transfer, MacKinnon said. The Al
aska Laundry will continue all ser
vices presently extended to its cus
tomers by the Snow White Laundry.
Another Business Expands
The transaction will also make
way for the expansion of another
Juneau business when in the neai
future the building housing 'the
Snow White Laundry will be leased
from Daniel by Carson Lawrence
owner of the Juno Bakery who will
install a bakery plant which when
completed, he said, will be the big
gest and finest bakery in Alaska.
John Barber, assistant to Lawrence
is now in &eattle arranging for the
purchase of equipment for the new
bakery plant.
Lawrence said the present loca
tion of the Juneau Bakery on Front
Street will continue as it Is, as the
main sales store.
Lawrence is now in the fourth
year as owner and manager of the
Juno bakery. He purchased the busi
ness from Henry Sully.
“I have finally achieved the goal
I set when I took over the Juno
Bakery, to find a suitable location;
for establishing the finest tj pe of \
bakery for Juneau," Lawrence said
today.
Equipped for Service
The Alaska Laundry plant will
be equipped to handle all the needs
of a laundry in Juneau and the
surrounding vicinity, MacKinnon
said. New machinery has recently
been installed and with the addition
of parts from equipment purchased
irom the Snow White Laundry, the
plant will be one of the most mod
ern and efficient of its size on the
coast.
Daniel said today he has been
desirous of disposing of his business
for some time. His future plans
are not yet completed he said but
he and his family will continue to
make their home in Juneau.
Daniel first became associated
with the Snow White Laundry
when in 1937 when he drove the de
livery truck for the owners, Anna
Jensen and Ida Foss who started
the business in the 1920s, then lo
cated on lower Franklin street. In
1942 Daniel purchased the business
from the two women and later mov
ed it to its present location in the
new concrete and many windowed
building on Admiral Way.
Since 1895
The Alaska Laundry is Juneau’s
first laundry and has been operat
ed continuously since it was estab
lished as the Alaska Steam Laundry
in 1895 by E. R. Jaeger, father of
Mrs. J. S. MacKinnon, Sr., who re
tains an interest. Jaegfr’s first laun
dry was located at the corner of
Second and Gold Streets and in
1S01 was moved to the large build
ing constructed by Jaeger on Frank
lin Street and now occupied by the
Juneau Clinics on the second floor
and the Kann store and Gus
George Superette on the street floor.
It was the first power laundry in
Alaska.
In those early days of the laund
ry’s history Jaeger operated on a
small scale and made his deliveries
in the summer by means of a wheel
barrow and in the winter by a Yu
kon sled. These were replaced by
a horse with a light wagon in the
summer and a cutter in the snow
months.
Govennn’s Sune
The -I'lms on tl'.e second floor
of Jaegers new launary building
then one the largest in Juneau,
were occupied by the family and
prominent persons in town who as
pired to enjoy the excellent living
accommodations afforded. Governor
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CHICAGO, Feb. 9 —t¥)—A young
woman, found frozen stiff with a
body temperature about 34 degrees
jelow normal, today was given a
'hance to survive. But doctors said
she may lose both arms and legs.
Physicians at Michael Reese hos
pital said medical history probably
Joes not show a case where a per
son with such a low body tempera
ture — 64 degrees — lived to tell
ibout it.
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Stevens, 23, a
Megro, was found yesterday morn
ng lying beside a South Side apart
ment building in subzero cold.
A hospital spokesman said it
irobably will be four or five days
before it can be determined whether
he will live, or whether her frozen
limbs must be cut off.
Today, 26 hours after she was
found, the woman’s temperature
had climbed to 100. The normal is
98.6.
Her pulse was 100, within the nor- '
mal range. When first brought to
the hospital, it was 12 beats a min
ute.
Scores of physicians visited the
patient to observe her reactions.
“It's fantastic that she should
still be alive,” said Harold Lauf
man, staff surgeon and assistant
professor of surgery at Northwest
ern University.
Laufman said there were only
two cases of hypothermia (reduction
of bodily temperature) on record
which have recovered, and in those
cases temperatures went no lower
than 75 degrees.
PLEAS FOR
STATEHOOD |
BY WNDC
WASHINGTON, Reb. 9—(if)—Pleas
for statehood for Hawaii and Al
aska were made at a special lunch
eon meeting yesterday of the Wo
men's National Democratic Club I
honoring the Territories and posses-1
sions of the United States.
Delegate Farrington (R-Hawaii) ,
said the admission of Hawaii as a j
state would be a major step in
restoring confidence in the United
States among the peoples of the Far
East.
Delegate E. L. Barlett (D-Alaska)
coupled his petition for statehood
with a plea for strengthening the;
defenses of Alaska.
"Alaska is not now defended ade
quately,” Bartlett said. "Our pro
gress in building up our defense es
tablishment there is pitifully slow.
The great need is troops and hous- j
ing for those troops.
“It is easily possible that if an
enemy were to seize our great air
ports in Alaska he could bomb our
industrial plant out of existence.
Round trip flights could be made
from these Alaska bases to the in
dustrial heart of the United States.”
Farrington said American prestige
in the Far East “has suffered ser- i
iously in the five years since the
end of World War II.”
The task of restoring confidence
in American leadership cannot be
achieved by armed forme alone, j
he said.
"It must be achieved by acts that
will convince the people of the j
Far East that we are, in earnest
in our belief in the principles of
Democratic government—self deter
mination, government by the con
sent of the governed, no taxation/
without representation, local self |
government,” he continued.
Mrs. Oscar Chapman, wife of ]
the Secretary of Interior, presided
at the luncheon.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3*4, American Can
108'i, American Tel. and Tel. 15314,
Anaconda 4314, Douglas Aircraft
104%, General Electric 54'*, Gen
eral Motors 51%, Libby, McNeil and
Libby 10‘4, Northern Pacific 36%,
Standard Oil of California 87%,
Twentieth Century Fox 24‘4, U. S.
Steel 4614, Pound 2.80%, Canadian
Exchange 95.18%.
Sales today were 2,550,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 254.27, rails 89.73, utili
ties 42.52.
Wages, Hours
Bill Is Passed
By 22-2 Vote
By BOB DE ARMOND
Rep. C. C. Carlson’s wages and
hours bill, H.B.12, passed the House
yesterday afternoon by the very
handy margin of 22-2.
There was no debate on the bill
when it came up on the calendar
for third reading. The two opposing
votes were cast by George Mlsco
vich and Stanley McCutcheon, the
latter obviously voting with an eye
to the conference committee should
the measure reach that point.
The bill’s fate in the Senate is
somewhat in doubt. The upper
House has passed a bill setting
minimum wages, without regard to
hours, and might consider its own
measure adequate.
The Carlson bill provides mini
mum wages of $1 an hour, except
for persons performing occasional
chores only, baby-sitters and part
time work by paper delivery boys,
errand boys.
Also exempt from the provisions of
the bill are persons employed in
the production of an agricultural
produce during seasonal operations
of not more than 16 weeks in a
year.
Maximum hours of work, as pro
vided in the bill, is 40 in one week,
with time and one-half for all work
in excess of 40 hours.
Other Measures Passed
During the afternoon session the
House also passed:
House Joint Memorial No. 3, by
Rep. Madsen, requesting that the
Defense Minerals Administration
offer every possible assistance to:
Alaska mining operators, and that
the U. S. Bureau of Mines under
take extensive exploration activi
ties to determine the grade and ex
tent of strategic and. critical min
eral deposits known or indicated to
occur in Northwestern Alaska, j
Passed 24-0.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, by
Senator Engstrom. asking that Jap
anese fishing vessels be excluded
from the waters of Alaska and Brit
ish Columbia and that this be stip
ulated in the treaty of peace withi
Japan. Passed 24-0.
Senate Joint Memorial No. 1, by
Senator Anderson, seeking reactiv
ation of Marks Airfield at Nome
Passed 24-0.
GASTINEAU HOTEL 15
DAMAGED BY FIRE
OF UNKNOWN CAUSE
Fire of undetermined cause last
.night damaged six rooms and the
[laundry chute at the Gastineau
Hotel. No one was injured.
Robert Dugan, delivering a meal
to one of the hotel guests, first
discovered the fire and reported it
at 9 o’clock. Warrant Officer W.
E White, of the National Guard
Instructors Detachment, Anchor
age, also a guest at the hotel, was
the second person to discover the
fire. The two men attempted get
ting the fire under control in the
laundry chute with a hotel fire
hose.
The fire started in the room in
the basement of the rear building
of the two housing the hotel where
the laundry chute emptied out, im
mediately sweeping up the chute.
There is the possibility that the
fire started in the electrical wiring,
for 24 knifeblade switches in a
switchbox in the room.
Sparks flared up momentarily at
10 .45 behind the baseboard of room
222 located in the rear building of
the two housing the Gastineau
Hotel but were quickly put out by
the Volunteer Fire Department.
The fire was brought under con
trol within a matter of minutes by
the fire department when firemen
answered the fire call at 9:15. Re
call was sounded at 11.
Mrs. Luria Jordan, owner of the
Imperial Cafe, left her room in the
Gastineau Hotel by climbing down
the fire escape from the fourth floor.1
She later took coffee to the fire
fighters from her cafe.
Damage to the hotel was esti
mated this morning by Edward J.
O’Brien, manager of the Gastineau
and Baranof hotels, as between
$35,000 and $40,000.
Dogs can see only black and
white, no colors.
30 MILL
TAX LEVY
PASSES
Senate Approves New Ac
tion for Cities-Much Busi
ness in Upper House
By JIM HUTCHESON
The Senate passed 9 to 7 today
a bill that would remove all doubt
of cities rights to boost their prop
erty tax to 30 mills.
The only outspoken opposition
came from Sen. Anita Oarnick <R
Juneau) after the author, Sen.
Steve McCutcheon (D-Anchorage)
had explained that it was just a
clarifying act to allow under terri
-orial law what Congress already
has allowed by specific act.
The Senate saw these- other de
velopments before recessing to 1:30
p. m.:
It passed Sen Frank Barr’s bill
to "put teeth into the law” against
writing or passing bad checks. The
vote was 16 to 0.
It approved unanimously Sen.
Gunnard Engebreth’s Joint memor
ial to congressional land committees
for action to block private staking,
under the mining law, on gravel
yielding public school lands. It is
a hot issue at Anchorage because
of staking on valuable land adja
cent to the city.
It passed Sen. Gerrit (Heinie)
Snider’s memorial for suspension of
annual assessment work on unpat
ented mining claims in Alaska. It
is addressed to Congress and Presi
dent Truman. It asks the suspen
sion due to “unsettled conditions in
Alaska because of the national
emergency.”
Bond Issue
It opened arguments over Enge
breth’s memorial to Congress for
the right for the territory to issue
up to $12,500,000 in bonds for school
construction needs.
Engebreth and McCutcheon car
ried the brunt of the argument for
the bonding proposal, while Sen.
John Butrovich (R-Fairbanks) and
Snider did the main arguing against
it.
A vote was postponed until after
noon after Sen. Howard Lyng (D
Nome) said he wanted to speak at
some length on the issue and Enge
breth was waiting to close the de
bate.
In the Senate's opening action on
the 30-mill city property tax enab
ling act. Senator Oarnick said she
opposed it even though she recog-'
nized it was just giving cities per
mission to raise the tax, not saying
that they should.
“Any tax increase or anything
which might increase the prospect
of a tax increase would be inadvis
able now,” she declared. "If the
territorial property tax law should
be held valid in the courts, then 10
more mills could be added on. If
property were in a school district,
it could go for another 10. If taxes
keep going up and up, people can't
continue to live in the territory.”
McCutcheon replied that costs of
government operations keep rising
with everything else and, if a city
opposes a sales tax, and the 30-n;ill
provision is not allowed, the only
alternative is for the cities to re
assess property.
"That would cost $20,000 to $75,000”
he said. "It would be much more
reasonable to allow municipalities
to raise the rate instead of having
to reassess.”
The memorial against staking on
school lands was moved up for,
ahead-of-schedule action under
suspension of the rules on McCut
cheon’s motion. He emphasized it is
“of more than usual importance”
because of the staking at Anchor
age.
"If this situation is allowed to
stand, it is going to establish a pre
cedent that will be detrimental to
Alaska schools for many years to
come,” he declared.
Engebreth added that it was not
a problem for Anchorage alone be
cause "this land belongs to the
school system of the entire terri
tory. It will be the loser.”
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle at 4 p.m. today.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 p.m.. Feb. 14.
Denali from westward scheduled
to arrive Sunday morning south
bound.
i
Government Decides Against
Underwriting New Aluminum
Plants at Skagway or Canada
REPUBLIC j
MEMORIAL
WITHDRAWN
Board Reorganization and
Teachers' Pay Increase
Bills Come In
By BOB DEARMOND
George Miscovich, Sniper first
class, fired the final shot this morn
ing in the battle for the Republic
of Alaska, but it proved to be a dud.
Miscovich moved for a Committee
of the Whole so the House could
hear Henry A. Benson "an eminent
authority of the subject of Inde
pendence for Alaska.”
He was ruled out of order because
of a motion already before the
House.
The motion was by Rep. McCut
cheon, to reconsider his vote on an
amendment offered and voted on
yesterday.
The amendment sought to strike
from the memorial the portion de
manding the right of independence
and formation of the Republic of
Alaska.
This amendment had occupied the
attention of the House during most
of its afternoon session yesterday
and resulted in a "call of the
House," several roll calls, numerous
recesses to enable the Rules Com
mittee to deliberate points of or
der, a notice of reconsideration, a
waiver of this notice and a second
notice of reconsideration.
Vote Is Demanded
Carrying out Rep. Stepovich’s
demand that members of the House
be counted on the unmodified me
morial, 10 Republicans and three
Democrats — Franklin, Gundersen
and Madsen — steadfastly opposed
all efforts to amend the measure.
The 13-11 vote held this morn
ing, on the reconsideration vote.
The Republicans were unable to
muster the necessary strength, how
ever, to force a final vote on the
memorial itself and they made an
orderly withdrawal from the field,
when the proponents of “statehood
or else” began their retreat.
"We’ve wrangled long enough over
this two-bit memorial,” Rep. Misco
vich commented when Rep. Kay
moved that the authors of the me
morial be allowed to withdraw it.
Miscovich asked unanimous con
sent for Rep. Kay’s motion and
there was not a whisper of objec
tion.
Board Reorganization
Eight of nine bills introduced in
the House this morning had to do
with reorganizing Territorial boards
and commissions by removing the
governor from membership — as
was suggested in the governor’s re
cent message to the Legislature.
The various bills were authored
by Reps. McCutcheon, Conright,
Hope, Wells, Scavenius, Egan, Gun
dersen, Metcalfe and Stepovich.
Two of them, almost identical, have
to do with the Banking Board.
The board membership changes
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperature* tor 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum •
• 22; minimum, 13. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 22; minimum, 4. •
• •
• forecast •
• •
• Fair tonight and Saturday •
• with occasionally gusty •
• northeasterly winds. Lowest •
• tonight 15 in town and near •
• zero in outlying areas. High- •
• est Saturday about 25 de- •
• grees. •
• precipitation •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau — Trace; •
• Since Feb. 1 — .10 inches; •
• since July - — 42.08 inches; •
• At Airport — Trace; •
• since Feb. 1 — .10 inches; •
• since July 1—30.35 in nes. •
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—iff)--The
Government has decided against
underwriting new defense aluminum
production facilities in Alaska 01
Canada, it was disclosed today.
Chairman Celler (D, N. Y.) dis
closed the decision by defense mob
ilization chief Charles E. Wilson
as a judiciary monopoly subcom
mittee (ended hearings on the
aluminum industry.
Wilson’s decision was contained
in a message to Marvin P. Taylor
president of the Skagway, Alaska.
Chamber of Commerce, and to Mor
gan W. Reed. Skagway mayor. It
was dated January 11 but was with
held pending conclusion of th(
committee's hearings.
Celler’s subcommittee has beer
critical of proposals by the alum
inum company of Canada (Alcan'
to build a $500,000,000 plant neat
Kitimat, B. C.. to furnish the U. S
with aluminum in return for priori
ties and assured advance contract;
on its output.
The Aluminum Company of
America (Alcoa > has favored a site
on the Taiya River near Skagway.
Alaska, for a similar undertaking.
Celler has contended that such
U. S. aid to the two industry giants
would only furthei what he has
contended is already a monopoly
concentration of power in the
world-wide aluminum industry.
Celler and the subcommittee have
contended that U. S. efforts should
be directed at expanding the do
mestic industry through encourage
ment of new independent concerns.
25-HOUR
FIRE IS
FOUGHT
Michigan's State Office
Building Blaze Believ
, ed Under Control
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 9 —<iW—
A 24-hour fire that swept Michi
gan’s State Office building, causing
an estimated $4,000,000 damage,
"appears" to have been brought un
der control, State Fire Marshal Ar
nold Renner said this afternoon.
The stubborn blaze, Renner said,
now appears to be confined to the
southeast corner of the “O” floor,
six and a half stories up, where it
first broke out.
“We’ll let it burn itself out," he
declared.
The blaze, which brought tem
porary paralysis to parts of Mich
igan’s government, began in mid- j
day yesterday. It spread, at first
smouldering and then raging, thru
.he night.
By the time it was termed under
control, it had flared more than a
full day.
Firemen from five cities Joined
in fighting the treacherous blaze.
The firefighters, working through
the night in sub-zero cold, fought I
the blaze at close quarters inside.
A total of 12 firemen and one police
officer were overcome by smoke or
injured by falling debris.
By noon, more than 25,000,000
gallons of water had been poured
into the structure. Five crews work -
ed from scaling ladders. Two other
crews attempted to find the heart]
of the blaze inside.
Six inches of ice covered thei
street outside.
ANNUAL VALENTINE
TEA GIVEN SATURDAY
The annual Valentine Tea which
will be given by Trinity Guild in
the undercroft of the church tomor
row afternoon is open to men as
well as women, the committee in
charge has announced. Visitors in
Juneau are extended a special invi
tation to drop in during the hours
of 2 to 5.
Recent Diet legislation provides
for the licensing and registration
of architects throughout Japan.
RED FORCE
DEFENSES
SHATTERED
Dramatic Climax Reported
on Advance of Allies -
61,000 Red Casualties
An Allied Task Force swept thru
shattered Chinese Communist de
fenses today to reach the Han River,
five miles southeast of burned-out
Seoul.
The plunge to the icy Han was a
dramatic climax to a UN offensive
which began Jan. 25. In that time
he Allies had pushed forward cau
iously but murderously from 35
niles south of the old Korean capi
al. They had inflicted more than
11,000 casualties on the enemy; and
heir offensive seemed directed to
ward this rather than toward the
raining of territory.
U. S. Eighth Army Commander
Lit. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway or
dered the final push to the Han
but said his troops might not try
o retake Seoul.
City Shelled
Other armored task forces on
the left flank were within two miles
of the city, pouring shells into
Yongdongpo, the ancient city’s in
dustrial suburb. One outfit pushed
eastward to within six miles of In
;hon, the capital’s Yellow Sea port.
Almost no enemy ‘resistance was
met in these drives. The only danger
vas from enemy mines strewn along
he roads leading to the city.
Only on the right end of the west
ern sector and on the adjoining
central front were the Reds show
ing any fight. They staged early
morning counterattacks but were
repulsed.
Weather Bitter Cold
On the whole fighting front, the
weather had turned bitter cold
again.
Snow and thick overcast kept Al
lied air support out of the skies. It
also kept Oen. Douglas Mac Arthur
from landing at U. S. Eighth Army
headquarters for his 10th visit to
Korea from Tokyo.
A South Korean division banged
up against 3,000 North Korean Reds
on the outskirts of Cholbal, 30 miles
north of Checon, and was stalled.
The Reds released 41 American,
British and South Korean prisoners
of war during the* night at two
places — 37 on the western front
and four on the central front.
LIVESTOCK
CONTROLS
SLAPPED
WASHINGTON, Feb. The
Government slapped strict controls
on livestock slaughtering today in
an effort to forestall black mar
kets in meat.
The Office of Price Stabilization
(OPS) issued an order bringing all
livestock slaughter under a system
of "slaughter quotas.”
OPS Director Michael V. DiSalle
said:
"We are determined to keep meat
out of the black market, and to
see that steaks, pork chops and
roasts continue to be available in
all sections of the country at a
fair price. We believe this slaughter
ing control is a step in that direc
tion.
The order will have the effect of
limiting slaughterers to the same
proportionate share of animals they
killed in 1950.
New slaughterers are banned from
starting operations, unless they can
show they are badly needed by the
public.
On another food front. DiSalle
and Economic Stabilization Chief
Eric Johnston were quoted as saying
they will not recommend any change
in the present parity protection
for farmers after further study.
That word came from Chairman
Maybank <D, S. C.) after a Senate
House watchdog committee on mob
ilization met in closed session with
the price control chiefs.
Eggs are packed with small end
down because they keep better that
way. ,