THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LXXVII,, NO. 11,798
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. MAY 1, 1951
MEMP.KU ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Red Advance Halted By A llied Curtain Of Steel
GREEN LIGHT
GIVEN FOR
TERR. BLDG.
Contract Signed with Car
son-NPA Permit Issued
City-Otfices Moving
The contract with the Carson
Construction Co. of Helena, Mont.,
was executed yesterday with the
Alaska Public Works in Washing
ton, D. C., for the new $1,058,390
Alaska Office Building here, the
APW office reported today*
At the same t’me the National'
Production Authority issued a per- !
mit for the construction of the I
building. The contract calls for work i
to begin on or before June 11 with;
450 calendar days for completion, j
Carson also has the contract with
the city for the demolition of the
City and AB halls which stand on
site of the new building.
In a telephone conversation with
the local APW office, Carson said!
that he expected to arrive in Jun
eou within the next few days.
Meantime construction is progres
sing rapidly on the new Sturm'
Lockers at Ninth and E streets with!
the locker tops now tarred and the!
roof going on today. Sturm Lockers,
presently housed in the AB hall, j
will be moved to the new location
as soon as the building is ready.
The Juneau City Clerk’s office is
being moved to temporary quarters
at the city dock and closed for busi
ness. City Clerk C. L. Popejoy said
that it was hoped the office " mild
tc open ivi juoigtuk. liu, I , ft h., „
that he would appreciate a little
more time to get settled as all rec
ords would not be in place immed
iately.
The Elks ambulance has been
moved to the subport and salvaging
of light fixtures and other items
were going noisily forward in the
soon-to-be-razed old city hall. The
fire department is temporarily lo
cated at the subport.
Police headquarters are now lo
cated on the Franklin street side of
the city dock building. Prisoners
are to be held in the Federal jail
and City Magistrate’s Court will
also be held there.
SUIT FOR TAXES
The Kake School District filed ac
tion in U. S. District Court this
morning against the P. E. Harris
Company for alleged taxes due from
January 1, 1948 to January 1, 1950,
in the amount of $36,487.81. Wil
liam Paul of Juneau is attorney for
the plaintiff.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday 8 p.m.
Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday
at 3 a.m., southbound .
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1951. oy Bell Syndicate, Inc..
PFaSHINGTON — Before Presi
dent Truman made his tough deci
sion to fire General MacArthur, he
asked General Matt Ridgway for
a confidential opinion as to whether
U. N. forces could hold against the
expected big Communist offensive.
Truman took this precaution,
first because it had been known for
some time that the offensive was
coming, second because he also
knew what a catastrophic torrent
of criticism would be heaped on his
head if after relieving MacArthur,
U. N. forces suffered a staggering
defeat.
Gen. Ridgway cabled back that
his forces could hold. He went fur
ther and stated that he could hold
against any enemy attack for sixty
days—even without reinforcements.
The Pentagon, reporting this* to
the White House, said they had
complete confidence in Ridgway, so
Truman shot the works with Mac
Arthur.
There are several important rea
sons for this confidence, all going
to the tremendously improved
fighting quality and command of
American troops.
Last December a Chinese Army
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GIANT PROP TESTED — This nineteen-foot air
craft propeller, developed under U. S. Air Force sponsorship, is
prepared for tests at Hamilton Standard plant, E. Hartford, Conn.
REP. BREHM
CONVICTED,
FED. JURY
Congressman FojmH Guil
ty of Receiving $1,000
Unlawfully
WASHINGTON, May I — UP) —
Republican Rep. Walter E. Brehm
of Ohio, a five-term member of
Congress, was convicted last night of
receiving $1,000 in unlawful politi
cal contributions.
After deliberating four hours and
18 minutes, a Federal Court jury
of 10 men and two women found the
58-year-old Ohioan guilty ou five
counts, involving as many 5200 con
tributions from Mrs. Emma S. Cra
ven while she worked for him in
1948.
The maximum sertonce that could
be imposed is 15 years in prison
and a $25,009 fine. But maximum
penalties seldom are imposed in
convictions on several counts.
Brehm was convicted of breaking
a law that forbids congressmen to
receive gifts from persins on the
Federal payroll.
Brehm’s lawyer, Leo A. Rover,
told reporters he will ask for a new
trial. Failing that, he said, he will
appeal the case to higher courts.
The tall, heavy-set congressman
was pale, but showed no emotion
when Jury Foreman B. Richard
Breslar, a restaurant operator, an
nounced the verdict in an almost
empty courtroom.
MEIVESBROTHERrARE
FLOWN TO KETCHIKAN
FOR HOSPITALIZATION
Two elderly men. Harry and Lewis
Meives, were transported by the U
S. Coast Guard to Ketchikan for
hospitalization early this morning,
CG headquarters said today. They
had been wintering in Trailers Cove
on Prince of Wales Island, about
30 miles from Ketchikan.
On February 5 the cutter Citrus,
in response to a distress call, sup
plied food to the pair when they
refused transportation to Ketchi
kan. Two weeks later the Coast
Guard responded to a call that the
two were again out of supplies and
a CG plane took 80-year-old Harry
Meives to Ketchikan for supplies.
Yesterday it was again reported
to the Coast Guard that the pair
were starving and in need of medi
cal attention.
engineers here
R. J. McKinney and A. R. Henny
of the U. S. Engineers office in
Portland, stopped overnight at the
Baranof hotel. They are here in
connection with a comprehensive
survey of Southeast Alaska rivers
and harbors report that is being
made up.
SENATE COMMITTEE
OKEHS $3'2 MILLION
SE ALASKA ROADS
A three and a half million dollar
supplementary appropriation bill
for Tongass Forest road» has been
: favorably reported out of the Sen
1 Ms, committee witli the entire
! tuuouat appro veil.
Word was received here this
; morning by Fred Eastaugh, secre
tary of the chamber of commerce,
in a telegram from Delegate E.
L. Bartlett and Regional Forester
Frank Heintzleman.
Thi: bill has already passed the
House and now awaits final action
by the Senate. Four projects will be
undertaken by the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads which include:
Douglas Highway, grading and
surfacing from Falls Creek to Men
denhall Bar, 2.7 miles.
Sitka Highway, grading, surfac
ing, and bridge, from Sitka to
Jamestown Bay, 3.6 miles;
] Refuge Cove to Totem Bight,
I grading and surfacing, 2-1 miles;
! Ketchikan to Ward’s Cove, grad
j ing, surfacing and bridge. 3.6 miles.
CANCER TALK GIVEN
BY BANFIELD TODAY
AT ROTARY CLUB
Norman Banfield, campaign
chairman for the Gastineau Chan
nel area for the Cancer drive, gave
a brief effective talk to members
cf the Juneau Rotary Club at a
! regular luncheon meeting at the
i Baranof Hptel this noon.
I He stated that over1 $15,000 had
teen raised last year in Alaska ol
which 60 cents of each dollar re
mained in Alaska with 40 cents
going to national headquarters. Of
the 40 cents, 25 cents goes to the
all Important research program, he
sad.
The Alaska program for this year
will be to educate the public in
! recognizing cancer symptoms at an
early stage which will often permit
cure and to give direct aid to can
cer patients.
President Ellis Reynolds gave a
short histqfy cf Rotary, its ideals
and services. He said that the clubs
were increasing at the rate of 250
j yearly.
j New members Ralph Marsh, Irv
. Curtis and Dave Dunton were pre
sented with handbooks.
Program chairmen for this month
were announced as Franz Nagel,
. Eiic Newbould, Vic Power and
James Ryan.
j Visiting Rotarians included Leon
ard Hopkins, Anchorage salesman;
T. S. Batchelder, Fairbanks con
tractor; and Larry Johnston, Wash
ington, D. C. architect.
Other visitors were Col. M. R.
Marston of the Alaska National
Guard, Anchorage: Harold L. Moat,!
of the U. S. District Engineers of
fice, Anchorage; the Rev. Fred
Knewl, Sitka; L. C. Peters, Seattle;
Dr. T. E. Tynson. Banfield, Loyd
Esslg, all of Juneau. David Graves
was the junior guest.
ICE OUT
5:54 P. M.
APRIL 30
NENANA, Alaska, May 1 — !#>—
The Tanana river broke its winter
ong ice jam at 5:54 p.m. yesterday.
The breakup ended the steadily
mounting suspense of thousands of
Alaskans.
Guessing the exact day, hour and
ninute of the breakup at Nenana
has long been a favorite pastime of
Alaskans and has been the occasion
of much speculation — both within
ind without the Territory.
More than 150,000 individual
sruesses were recorded this year
with only 17 managing to forecasi
he exact moment.
Individuals or companies holding
guesses marked for the exact break
up time included: Columbia Bar
Pool, Sitka; John Jacobs, Fairbanks;
Carl V. Anderson, Nome; Gordon's
Store, Fairbanks; Kay Handeland,
Nome; Edwin C. Scott, Sitka; Irene
Noyes, Fairbanks; Peter Coulomb?.
Fairbanks; D. O. Stockholder, Anch
orage; Otto N. Apen and Paul Ho
rat, both Anchorage on same ticket;
Ladd Air Force Base Power Plant
Pool One: C. O. Huntley and V. O.
Holdsworth, Palmer, one ticket; A.
J. Hill and J. J. Hill, Ophir, one ;
ticket; John Burke, Anchorage; R.
L. Green and G. C. Wright, Spen
ard, same ticket; Robert D. and
Dorothy Deon Patton, Fairbanks, j
same ticket; Lawson Dickson and
Company of Fairbanks; Jerry Ran- ;
dall and Jack Coghill of Nenana.
BREAKUP DATES
Here are the breakup dates at
Ne&ana $0 paste them lh year be1***
for future use:
1917 .April 30, 11:30 a.m.
1918 .May 11, 9:33 a.m.
1919 .May 3, 2:33 p.m.
1920 ..May 11, 10:46 am.
1921 .May 11, 6:42 am.
1922 .May 12, 1:20 p.m.
1923 .May 9, 2:00 p.m.
1924 .May 11, 3:10 p.m.
1925 .May 7, 6:32 p.m. j
1926 .April 26, 4:03 p.m.
1927 .May 13, 5:42 am.
1928 .May 6, 4:25 pm.
1929 .May 5, 3:41 p.m.
1930 .May 8, 7:03 p.m.
1931 .May 10, 9:23 am. j
1933..."..May 8, 7:20 p.m.j
1934.April 30, 2:07 p.m.j
1939 .April 29, 1:26 p.m.j
1940 .April ^0, 3:27 p.m.;
1941 .May 3, 1:50 a.m.
1942 .April 30, 1:28 p.m.j
1943 .April 28, 7:22 p.m.:
1944 ..May 4, 2:08 p.m.!
1945 .May 16, 9:41 am. |
1946 .May 5, 4:40 p.m.j
1947 .May 3, 5:53 p.m. i
1948 .May 13, 11:13 a.m. |
1949 .May 14, 12:39 u.m.
1950 .May 6, 4:14 pm.
1951 .April 30 5:54 p.m.
EINSTOSS VESSEL
IN TROUBLE IN
BERING SEA TODAY
The Nordic Maid, a 139-foot for
mer Army freight supply vessel, sent
a distress call to the Coast Guard,
headquarters reported today. The
message said that a fish net was
caught in the propeller and that
the vessel was drifting northwest at
about two miles an hour and gave
its location at about 30 miles north
of False Pass.
The CG cutter Bittersweet was
ordered to proceed from King Cove
and expects to arrive on the scene
about 5 o’clock tomorrow morning.
The Nordic Maid is listed in the
American Merchant Vessels as hav
ing been built in 1945 in San Fran
cisco with New York as her home
port and owned by S. Einstoss.
The Frigidland, which was dis
abled with a broken crankshaft
Sunday morning, was towed to Sitka
by the cutter Storis and moored
there at 8:30 this morning.
PLEADS GUILTY
Wilmer Austin, 18. entered, a
guilty plea to a burglary charge in
U. S. District Court this morning
and was sentenced to two years at
McNeil Island penitentiary by Judge
George W. Folta. The prison sent
ence was suspended on conditions of
good behavior. Joseph A. McLean,
appointed by the court, represented
the defendant.
Yogeler Welcomed Home by Family
Robert A. Vogeler, 39-year-old American business man who was released from a Hungarian prison (April
28), is embraced by his wife, Lucile (right) and his r.ister-in-law, Pla Eykens (left) on his arrival in
Vienna for a joyful reunion with his family. One of his sons is at right fn background and the other
can be seen in foreground with bark of head to camera. Vogeler was convicted in Budapest last Feb
ruary on charges he was a spy. His release from prison was obtained by the U. S. government In a
deal with Hungary. Iff! Wirephoto via radio from Frankfurt.
Exhausted After Long Trek
Two Korean youngsters, exhausted after long trek south, sleep on
family belongings on south bank of Han River, South Korea. They |
are among the thousands fleeing south from the advancing Com
munists. iIf) Wirephoto.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, May 1 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2 :!i, American Can
115'4, American Tel. and Tel. 155.
Anaconda 41 L, Douglas Aircraft
104 7«, Genera) Electric 55'.', General
Motors 53 i, Goodyear 79'. , Kenr.e
cott 75la, Libby, McNeill and Libby
9', Northern Pacific 37'-, Standard
Oil of California 49's, Twentieth
Century Fox 21, U. S. Steel 44’»,
Pound $2.80's, Canadian Exchange
93.75.
Sales today were 1,760.000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 260.71, rails 32.84, utili
ties 42.42.
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TUNNEL OPEN
W. J. Niemi, chief of operations
for the Alaska Road Commission,
today announced that the road tun
nel in Keystone Canyon, at Mile 17
on the Richardson Highway out of
Valdez, is now enlarged and open
to traffic on a 24-hour a day sched
ule. Previously travel had been al
lowed through the tunnel only at
certain hours.
WEATHER REPORT «
Temperature for 24-Hour Period \
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning i
In Juneau — Maximum,
46; minimum, 33.
At Airport — Maximum,
47; minimum, 29.
FORECAST
Variable cloudiness tonight
and Wednesday. Low temp
erature tonight about 35.
Slightly warmer Wednesday.
High temperature near 48.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m today
City of Juneau — Trace;
Since July 1 — 68 05 inches.
At Airport — .02 inches;
Since July 1 — 39.29 inches.
CHIEF OF
NON-SKEDS
TESTIFIES
WASHINGTON, May 1 — Iffl —
The head of the nation’s non-sched
uled airlines said yesterday the Civil
Aeronautics Board “is the most
formidable obstacle in the way of
mass air transportation.’’
As such, said Amos E. Heacoek
of Seattle, president of the Aircoach
Transport Association, the CAB “is
the chief obstacle in the way of ade
quate air lift that is needed to save
lives in an impending war."
Heacock's assertion was made be
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3 NATURALIZED,
SITKA HEARINGS,
LAST WEDNESDAY
Three persons were granted citi
zenship last Wednesday in Sitka at
naturalization hearings conducted
by the U. S. District Court.
Mary Johnson, who has lived in
Sitka continuously since 1855 and
is known throughout the southeast
area as “China Mary” became an
American citizen.
Two Filipinos were also given
their papers, Romey Molina, who
was granted permission to change
his name to Romey Moline, and
Jesus L. Bartolaba.
This was the last time the U. S.
district attorney will conduct ex
aminations for naturalization, ac
cording to P. J. Gilmore, district at
torney. By directive of the Justice
Department announces that exam
inatioas will be given in the future
■ by the Immigration officer, who i
John Brantner in Juneau.
I
REPORT ON
U. S. CRIME
IS ISSUED
U.S. Ambassador O'Dwyer
Named Contributor in
N.Y Investigation
WASHINGTON, May 1 — <>P) —
Senate crime investigators today
accused Ambassador Wm. O’Dwyer
of contributing to the growth of or
ganized crime in New York City,
where they said underworld king
pin Frank Costeilo is a power in
Democratic politics.
O’Dwyer was New York’s mayor
from 1946 until last fall when Presi
dent Truman appointed him am
bassador to Mexico, From 1940 to
1942 O’Dwyer was district attorney
of Kings County (Brooklyn).
Referring to O’Dwyer’s tenure
both as mayor and district attorney,
the crime committee had this to
say in a lengthy and hard-hitting
report on its year-long probe of
gangsterism:
Investigation Blocked
“Neither he nor his appointees
took any effective action against
the top echelons of the gambling,
narcotics, water-front, murder or
l book-making rackets. In fact, his
I actions impeded promising investi
gations of such rackets.”
The crime probers, headed by
Senator Kefauver (D-Tenn), also
said O’Dwyer had named to high
public office friends of Costello ami
Joe Adonis, another big-time rack
eteer and gambler.
And after a lengthy detailing of
Costello’s alleged political manipu
lations. the Senate committee
lummod up in these words:
Sinister Influence
“It is apparent to the committee
that despite Costello’s protestations
his sinister influence is still strong
in the councils of the Democratic
party organization in New York
County.”
The senators devoted about 35
pages of the 195-page report to their
New York City investigation, where
O'Dwyer and Costello were the ma
jor witnesses at hearings viewed on
television by upwards of 20,000,000
persons.
Throttling Laws Asked
The report, rushed to completion
late last night., also asked Congress
for a batch of laws aimed at throt
tling the nation's big crime and
gambling syndicates by cutting the
profits out from under them,
“Gambling profits are the princi
pal support of big-time racketeer
ing and gangsterism,” the senator
said.
They recommended legislation tc
outlaw transmission across state
lines of information for illegal
gambling, to prohibit illegal gambl
ing losses or expenses from being
deducted for income tax purposes,
to deny use of the mails or other
interstate communications to make
or pay off bets, to ban the interstate
transmissions of punchboards, rou
lette wheels and other gaming de
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BIG DRIVE
IS HALTED,
BRIEF TINE
Allied Power Poured .Into
Commie Ranks-Reds
Drying Up Rivers
By Associated Press
An Allied curtain of steel kept
Communists from the May Day
prize of Seoul today.
Massed artillery, warship guns
and a record swarm of planes halted
he Reds on the fringe of the anc
ent Korean capital, but there were
?lgns the weight of their massive
pring offensive was shifting to the
Central front.
Preparing for their new attack,
the Communists cut off the water
supply in an attempt to dry up the
rivers on their invasion route. They
closed the sluice gates of the vast
Hwachon Dam to lower the waters
of the Han and Pukhan rivers, pre
sumably to make it easier for their
assault forces to cross.
Ominous Red Buildup
A heavily censored dispatch from
AP Correspondent Nate Polowetzky
told of an ominous buildup of Red
forces along the Chunchon-Hong
chon invasion route. He said U. S.
artillery broke up enemy concen
trations southeast of Red-held
Chunchon and north of Hongchon.
In nine days of battfe the Com
munist casualties mounted to 75,
000 Allied sources said.
Seoul Defended
Seoul was being stoutly defended
by Allied l)lg bun f pumping thoiw- .j
ands of shells Into the northern
hills where the Communists were
grouping. Warshops off Inchon, the
port of Seoul, laid down a heavy
curtain of fir? northwest of the
ancient capital.
Air Offensive
ITN planes mounted the greatest
ah offensive of the war to hold the
Reds in check. Altogether the Far
Eastern Air Forces flew 1,277 sort
ies, a new air record. A communi
que said UN air might "smashed a
determined large scale Communist
supply buildup.”
Another jet battle was fought over
northwest Korea. Twenty-five U.S.
F-80 Sabre jets dueled with a like
number of Soviet-type MIG-15s.
One enemy jet was reported downed
and four others hit. No U. S. planes
were damaged.
Warning Given
A warning that the Communists
might strike heavily with air power
came from Rear Adm. Lyman A.
Thackrey’s flagship Eldorado. The
message said the Reds had 3,000
planes ready for such an attack but
Allied warships lying off Inchon
were ready with potent anti-air
craft fire.
Red Smash Checked
The Army disclosed the U. S. First
Marine Division and a British Bri
gade checked the crushing Red
smash at the center of the Allied
line April 22 when the Reds opened
their spring offensive. Censorship
was lifted, to tell the story of how
the Marines and the British Brij
gade held the line after their flanks
were exposed by collapse of a South
Korean division.
Fighting Terrific
One Marine officer, Lt. Col. Webb
D. Sawyer of Alexandria, Va., said
the fighting in checking the break
through by 140.000 Chinese was
worse than anything the Marines
saw in Northeast Korea last winter.
8 ARRIVE ONPNA;
15 GO WESTWARD
Twenty-three flew with Pacific
Northern Airlines yesterday with
eight arriving from Anchorage, five
■ ilying to Cordova and ten going to
Anchorage:
, From Anchorage: C. G. Jones,
. Ted Milligan, James Ryan-, Rolland
| Girktn, Art Gregory, Joe Corrillo,
Alex Stevens, Sain James.
To Cordova: Hazel and Jacob
Audlin, Clayton Langley. D. Mil
! ler, G. LaPerle.
, To Anchorage: Dr. Grace Field,
E. C. Ziegler, L. W. Coe, J. Thom
as, C. P. Steward, J. B. Steward.
D. Harper, Kenneth Henderson,
Jack Streeter. Charles Fowler.
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