THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,811
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1961
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MacARTHUR
INQUIRY IS
BROKEN OFF
Argument Stops Hearing
Relative to Bradley's
Confidential Talks
WASHINGTON, May 16 — (At —
The Senate inquiry into Gen Doug
las MacArthur’s dismissal was
broken off today by a hot argument
over whether Gen. Omar Bradley
should tell about his private talks
with President Truman.
Bradley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, refused yesterday to
tell what he and Mr. Truman said
to each other prior to the firing of
the War Eastern commander. To
day, the White House said Mr. Tru
man does not want Bradley to do so. |
Nevertheless, some Republicans on
the inquiry panel — made upkW the
Senate Armed Services and For
eign Relations committees — were
insistent that Bradley should tell.
While Bradley sat silently in the
witness chair for more than two
hours today, the senators argued
heatedly. Charges, implied and di
rect, of trying to play politics fig
ured in the debate, i
Bradley Dismissed !
In the upshot:
1. Bradley was dismissed as a
witness until Monday.
2. The senators agreed to vote
at noon (EST) tomorrow on whe
ther they should insist that the
live star general tell them about
hj« (ynferew with tb pres lent
This left the course of the inquiry
up in the air for the immediate fu
ture, but stymied it for the day at
least.
Sabotage by Republicans
Atop the dharges hurled in the
committee room itself, Senator Ful
bright told reporters on leaving that
he fears Republicans may be “trying
to sabotage" the whole inquiry into
MacArthuf’s ouster.
Fulbright told reporters:
“Apparently things are not quite
going the way they (Republicans)
like. I think the inference can be,
drawn that because of this they are
making unfair and untrue charges
about ‘pulling down the Iron Cur
tain'.”
This was ? reference to a con-1
tention by Sen. Knowland that
Bradley’s stand about the talks with
the President raised a question,
whether the White House was low
ering an “Iron Curtain” on the.
testimony of witnesses.
Knowland’s statement was made
in the committee room.
KEEP TALK SECRET
WASHINGTON, May 16 — W —
The White House said today Presi-!
dent Truman does not wish ‘ Gen. |
Bradley to testify about their con
fidential talks on the ouster of Mac
Arthnr. , •
Presidential Secretary Joseph:
Short told a news conference the
President is “against it,” and added: j
“The President made the de- j
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(CoDTTttht. 1951. 07 Boll Brndlccte. Inc..
(Ed. Note—This is the second
column by Drew Pearson on Greek
shipping.)
f^ASHINGTON—While the Un
ited States has poured several bil
lion dollars into Greece to prevent
that country from going Commun
ist, a little group of Greek ship
ping men have put across the type
of high finance that helps inspire
Communism.
Paying almost no taxes in their
own country, and not carrying
Marshall plan goods to Greece
free, as did the government-owned
vessels of Prance, England, Italy,
etc., these Greek shipping men
bought surplus American Liberty
ships at bargain rates and, using
Greek government finances to
guarantee their deals, now control
a large part of the world’s ship
ping.
Meanwhile the American public
has been paying heavy taxes to
support Greece. Meanwhile also the
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Tovko Spy Trial Enlivened
Military police guards adopt persuasive methods with Korean defend
ant Chank Silk Lee when he objects to wearing a numbered identifica
tion tag at opening, in Toyko, of first spy trial in Japan since start
of Korean war. The defendant is one of IU Koreans and two Japanese
charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. Iff) Wirephoto.
Criticism of Seattle-Alaska
Relations by Senate Com. is
Resented; Report Incorrect
TERRORIST
CONFESSES
KILL PLOT
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Trouble Is Brewing in Iran
-Briton Facing "Holy
War” Is Report
TEHRAN, Iran, May 16 —(A>)— A
Moslem terrorist was arrested after
a gun battle with police, who said
he was plotting to assassinate Pre
mier F. Mohammed Mossadegh.
The Moslem was identified as
Abolghassem Rafiee, the number
two man" in Fedayan Islam, the fa
natical religious secret society which
is held responsible for the slaying
of former Premier Ali Razmara in
March.
I Premier Mossadegh has taken
refuge behind locked doors in Par
liament, fearing threats against his
life.
Police quoted Rafiee as saying
“Mossadegh is lucky I am caught.
Otherwise he would have been shot
within the next two or three days."
This was the latest incident in
restive Tehran. The Parliament’s
action in nationalizing the Ariglo
Iranian Oil Company has focused
world attention once more on this
potential trouble spot in East-West
relations.
Tempers are running high. An
editor who is a close adviser to
Mossadegh says Britons face p
“Holy War” if they try to obstruct
nationalization.
This was the most violent of the
press reaction to wholly unconfirm
ed reports that "Britain plans to
send parachute troops to the Iran
ian oilfields. Western diplomat'
here took the tlireat with a grain
of salt, but the campaign is in line
with Mossadegh’s tactics in rushing
through the oil nationalization bill
—with vague warnings of unspeci
fied trouble if the bill were blocked
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SKIFF MISSING
I Carl Rusher reported to the U.
i S. Coast Guard that his 16-foot
1 skiff has been missing from the
small boat harbor since last Sat
I' urday. It is painted white on the
outside and green Inside.
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SEATTLE, May 16 — liTI — The
Seattle Chamber of Commerce has
called upon a United States Senate
subcommittee to withdraw “incor
rect and grossly misleading" crit
icisms of Seattle-Alaska business re
lations.
Three members of the Senate
Armed Forces committee — Hunt
of Wyoming, chairman; Saltonstall
of Massachusetts and Morse of Ore
gon — constituted the subcommittee.
The subcommittee, known as the
Alaska Task Force, investigated pre
paredness problems in the Territory
and filed its report February 13.
The report said that “Alaska had
been used as a source of ready in
come for the northwestern part of
the United States, and in particu
lar for the Port of Seattle.”
As basis for this general charge
the report said it had been "alleged”
that Seattle wholesalers prevented
agencies from being established in
Alaska, that materials for Alaska
are being sold in Seattle at prices
higher than for domestic consump
tion, and that development of new
Alaska industries "is controlled to
a large extent by persons presently
entrenched in their various lines of
endeavor.”
In a report presented to chamber
trustees, Alfred Shyman, whose dis
tributing firm serves Alaska, said
the Alaska division was unanimous
in its criticism of the Senate "Task
Force” report.
"I wish it were true that Seattle
transacted virtually alf the whole
saling for Alaska,” Shyman said.
"That is not the case. Substan
tial tonnage is also served by Ta
coma, Portland, San Francisco and
Minneapolis."
Shyman noted that economic and
geographic factors make establish
ment of wholesale houses in Alaska
not feasible for most lines of goods.
In many cases, he added, Seattle
wholesalers absorb packing and
other costs, and offer special terms
of payment to enable Alaska pur
chasers to place orders for a year.
GAMEslODAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 11, Cleveland 3.
Chicago 9. Boston 5.
Two night games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 4, Boston 3.
Chicago 14, Brooklyn 4.
Two night games. ,
ARMED FORCES DAY
PARADE SCHEDULED
SATURDAY^ MAY 19
The second annual Armed Forces
Day, Saturday, May 19, will be ob
served in Juneau by speeches, radio
programs, window displays, open
houses and a parade.
The parade starts at the National
Guard armory in the subport at
11 a.m. Saturday and will pass
along Willoughby, Main, across
Front street to Franklin, up Frank
lin to Fourth street, along Fourth
and in front of the reviewing
stand at the Federal Building.
From there the parade will go
down Main to disband at Second
street. The band and service units
will return to the National Guard
Armory for coffee and the open
house to be held in the afternoon.
Parading units will include the
high school band; massed service
colors; color escort; U. S. Army
including the National Guard in
structor detachment; platoon from
the Coast Guard Cutter Storis,
Headquarters Detachment of the
National Guard; Headquarters,
Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 208th Infantry Battalion, Al
aska National Guard; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; massed veterans
colors; American Legion Juneau
Post; and the American Legion
Auk Bay Post.
Open houses and times are: Alas
ka Communication System, Federal
Building, from noon to 3 p.m.; Al
aska National Guard at the sub
port, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; Coast
Guard Cutter Storis at the govern
ment dock from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Various speeches will be delivered
at civic organizations: There will
be three programs at 12:30 p.m.
over radio station KINY Wednes-.
day through Friday. Window dis
plays by the Alaska National Guard
and the Veterans of Foreign Wars
are scheduled at the Alaska Elec
tric Light and Power Co. and Ju
neau Young Hardware.
The only service visitors will be
members of the Alaska National
Guard instructor detachment who
are holding their annual confer
ence in Juneau this weekend.
Last year the several services
gave up their traditional days of
observance in favor of the com
bined celebration to be held annu
ally on the third Saturday of May.
Throughout the States and Ter
ritories and in the overseas com
mands, the armed forces will hold
extensive programs.
A sampling of stateside programs
includes B-36 flights to all the
state capitols and Washington, D.
C., nation-wide television and radio
programs, parades, demonstrations,
open houses and wide-spread ad
vertising programs.
Alaska towns and military posts
are planning individual celebra
tions. Sitka held a successful armed
forces day parade and review, Sat
urday, May 13. Information has
been received from U. S. Army, Al
aska, that no contingents of the
armed forces will be sent to the
southeast Alaska communities this
year.
MEDALS ARE GIVEN
POSTHUMOUSLY TO
SONS KOREAN MEN
FORT LEWIS, Wash., May 16 —
OP)—Thirty-five hundred troops
stood at attention Saturday as a
General presented two wives, two
mothers and two small boys with
medals honoring fighting men who
died in Korea.
Ted Roger Delplain, 3, received a
silver star awarded posthumously
to his father, Lt. Theodore R. Del
plain. The lad held th,e hand of
his mother, Mrs. Ardyth E. Del
plain of Port Angeles, as Brig. Gen.
Leroy H. Watson pinned the medal
on his chest.
Larry Joe Peters, 4, of Hood
River, Ore., also stood by his
mother, Mrs. Jeanne Peters, as he
received a stiver star medal won
by his father, Sgt. Forrest L. Pet
ers.
TOWED TO SITKA
The 40-foot fishing vessel Pio
neer II reported to Coast Guard
headquarters here that she was dis
abled southwest of Sitka and was
drifting ashore. The cutter Hem
lock which was working aids to
navigation in the vicinity, went to
the scene and took the craft to Sit
ka early this morning. E. Miokiel
ssen is its listed owner.
GOV. WARREN
DUE JUNEAU,
FRIDAY P.M.
Governor Earl C. Warren of Cali
fornia. is due to arrive in Juneau
at 1:30 p.m. Friday via Pan Amer
ican Airways.
He will be met at the airport by
Gov. Ernest Gruneing and a group
of city and civic officials headed
by Mayor Waino Hendrickson.
California’s governor, who was a
vice presidential candidate in the
1948 Presidential election with
Thomas E. Dewey as candidate for
President, is coming to Alaska to
deliver the commencement address
at the University of Alaska next
Sunday. In the midst of a legisla
tive session in California, Warren
has expressed the wish to Governor
Gruening that on his visit to the
Territory he can “Just rest and en
joy the scenery,” Gruneing said to
day.
A fishing trip to Taku Lodge is
being planned for him for Friday
afternoon and Saturday noon there
will be a buffet luncheon at the
Governor’s House for about 50 guests
to njeet the distinguished Californ
ian. Saturday afternoon he will be
taken to Mendenhall Glacier and
about 4 o’clock Warren, accompan
ied by Gov. Gruening, will be flown
to Anchorage. The following day
they will go to Fairbanks where
they will take part in the Com
mencement exercises at the Uni
versity and then Warren will im
mediately return to California.
TOM STEWART TELLS
KIWANIS OF SKI CLUB
PLANS;UIOWS SLIDES
Tom Stewart of the Juneau Ski
Club spoke at a regular meeting
of the Kiwanis Club this noon at
the Baranof Hotel. He showed col
ored slides of the ski area on Doug
las Island and outline of a plan
for the improvement of it. A con
servative check on the number of
people who used the winter re
creation area during the past win
ter was around 850, Stewart said.
A 30 by 40-foot cabin is already
designed for a spot about a mile
from the road. The cabin is needed
for parents of skiing children and
spectators where they can watch
the activities in comfort. Some
o’clock fn the High School Gym
The club voted to provide $5
monthly toward the 1>en Age Club.
Gene Vuille invited all members
to Join the Shrine Club in a work
party at the Boy Scout camp to
assist in roofing the main build
ing and making repairs to the
camp.
In introducing Joe Fessio, PAA
sales manager from San Francisco,
President Larry Parker recalled
that Joe did much to assist in
launching the first Golden North
Salmon Derby here.
Keith Johnson, also of PAA and
vice president of the Whitehorse
Kiwanis Club, brought greetings
from that club to the Juneau group.
Ralph Johanson, Seattle PAA
sales manager and chairman of
the Alaska committee of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce, was
introduced by B. F. Dunn of the
Juneau office. Dunn also intro
duced Dick Barkle, PAA public re
lations man from Seattle; John
Moller of the Portland office; Don
McMorran, Alaska sales region su
perintendent; and Alaska sales
managers A1 Polet, Fairbanks; Joe
Coding, Ketchikan; Jim Walsh,
Nome; and Charles Fisher, West
ern Airlines district sales manager
from Seattle.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
•ndlna 8 20 o’clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
52; minimum, 44.
At Airport — Maximum,
52; minimum, 43.
FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with inter
mittent light rain tonight
and Thursday. Lowest temp
erature tonight about 44 deg.
Highest Thursday near 52.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. toder
City of Juneau — .15 inches;
Since May 1 — 1.35 Inches;
Since July 1 — 69.40 Inches.
At Airport — .16 Inches;
Since May 1 — .90 inches;
81nce July 1 — 40.17 inches
U. N. Troops Await New Assault
Black arrows show aproximately where United Nations troops are
dug in and waiting for the next Red offensive. In Chunchon area
(A) combined air and ground fire failed to break up Red concentra
tion. In Inje area (B) the Reds showed a stiffening resistance.
They were determined to' keep South Korean troops from driving
a wedge between Inje and Kansong. On the Seoul front U. N. troops
were having trouble with civilians sneaking back into South Korean
capital. OP) Wirephoto Map. __
TERR. SALMON
WORKERS GET
PAY INCREASE
SEATTLE. May 16 —Iff— An
agreement granting some 2,000 non
resident Alaska salmon cannery
workers a 10 per cent wage increase
and other benefits was signed to
day. It is between Local 7-C, In
ternational Longshoremen and
Warehousemen’s Union and the
Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.
Union and Industry spokesmen
said the settlement was the first
reached in several years without ^a
strike or other difficulties.
By the agreement, which runs
for three years, the employers con
sented to a unionshop election and
will grant the union a unionshop
contract automatically if the union
wins the election.
Thomas P. Graham, Jr., regional
director of the industry, said some
cannery workers have gone to the
Cordova area, where the fishing
season was to have opened May 1,
but has been held up by ice from
rivers.
betaTigma phi
TAKES VACATION
The Alaska Delta Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi, met in the Gold Room
of the Baranof Hotel' Tuesday
night, for their last regular meet
ing of the season. It was decided
to discontinue holding meetings
until September, but to have lun
cheons once a month during the
summer for those members who will
be in town. Plans were made for
a luncheon Saturday, May 26, for
two members who will leave Juneau
at the close of the school term.
A very interesting talk was given
by Rhoda Mae Zwickey on “Arch
itecture.” Elizabeth Coon passed
around the traditional box of choc
olates to announce her recent mar
riage.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, May 16 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2Mi, American Can
108, America* Tel. and Tel. 154%,
Anaconda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 97,
General Electric 53%, Kennecott
72%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9%,
Northern Pacific 37%, Standard Oil
of California 46%, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 19%, U. S. Steel 42%,
Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange
93.93%.
Sales today were 1,660,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 252.14, rails 81.08, utili
ties 42.27.
FROM SKAGWAY
Paul Sincic of Skagway is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
NO INTENTION
OF RESIGNING
SAYSiOIESON
WASHINGTON. May 16 — —
Secretary of State Acheson said
today he has "no intention” of re
signing and intends to stay in the'
administration "as long as the Pres
ident wants me to stay.”
Acheson was asked about his at- i
titude toward his job at a news |
conference and made the comment
which he later authorized for direct
quotation.
Acheson has been under heavy
fire from Republican Congress
members and there have been per
iodic reports that he was quitting.
President Truman told his news con
ference last week there was no
foundation in fact for the reports.
The subject came up at Acheson's
news conference when a reporter
asked what his intentions about re
signing were.
Acheson also said hotly the
United States is absolutely opposed
to Red China's membership in the
United Nations and so far has suc
ceeded in convincing a majority of
UN members to take the same view.
He also said Britain and Iran
have plenty of opportunity to work
out harmoniously a settlement of
their dispute over nationalizing
Iranian oil.
American officials are urging both
sides to avoid taking extreme steps
i and to conduct themselves with
i moderation, he said.
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BROWN BUR BAGGED
ON OLIVERS INLET
On his last bear hunt before in
duction into the Army, Ivan Wo
mak of Craig bagged a brown bear
on Olivers Inlet last Friday weigh
ing over 1,000 pounds.
It was one shot from his .30-06
that brought down the bear at 138
paces. A 180-grain soft-nosed bullet
was used. The green skin measured
nine feet three inches wide and
nine feet one inch long three days
later.
Womak was backed up by Lou
Hall. Douglas, who had a .375 Alaska
Magnum made by Art Skinner. Hall
shot a glacier bear the same day
weighing 400 pounds using a 300
grain bullet. This bear was shot at
400 yards.
FROM WHITE MOUNTAIN
Phyllis Durham of White Moun
tain is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM TACOMA
Vern L. Wood of Tacoma is at
the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
J. S. Flv of Seattle is registered
I at the Baranof Hotel.
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STRONG
ATTACK
BY REDS
Blows Struck Along East
ern Front - May Be
New Offensive
By Associated Press
Red troops poured out of the hills
In heavy artillery attacks all along
the Eastern front of Korea Wed
nesday night.
It was too early to tell whether
it was the start of the expected Red
offensive, or new probing in force.
They struck strong blows from
Chunchon. 45 miles northeast of
Seoul, eastward to the Sea of Japan.
The attacks came not long after
MaJ. Oen. William Hoge, command
er of the U.S. Ninth Corps, predicted
the Red offensive would open Fri
day. Hoge said his troops would wel
:ome it.
The general said if the Chinese
[ollow their "previous pattern of
ittacking on the full moon, the
blow should come soon. The moon
;omes full on the 18th of the month,
rhat gives him two days.”
(The World Almanac and the U.
5. Coast and Oeobetlc Survey say
,he full moon comes next Friday).
Big Striking Force
Allied Intelligence officers said a
striking force of 390,000 Reds was
•eady for the signal to begin their
aiggest offensive of the war.
One UN divisional officer said
the Communists "will have to do
more probing” before the attack.
"They are not too familiar with our
defense lines.”
Allied patrols reaching across the
10 mile wide no-man's-land also
probed continually * into Chinese
buildups. Deeper penetrations ran
Into artillery fire from self-propelled
guns.
Morale Weakening
A divisional spokesman said in
creasing numbers of Red prisoners
were being brought back, Indicating
a weakening of Communist morale.
Peiping radio sought to bolster
Chinese troops by assuring them
they have shown that the “United
States is nothing but a paper tiger.”
The Red China broadcast said the
war will continue until “we drive
the mad, shameless American im
perialists completely out of Korea.”
Defense Bolstered
American troops, somewhat bored
with waiting, have had time in a
two and a half week lull to thor
oughly bolster their defenses. A
division spokesman said the Allied
forces are probably in the best posi
tions they have manned yet. He said
they're confident and in good spirits.
MRS. GILMORE SR.
TAKEN BY DEATH.
KETCHIKAN HOSP.
U. S. Attorney Patrick J. Gilmore,
Jr., was called to Ketchikan this
morning by the death of his mother
which occurred last night following
an operation in the Ketchikan hos
pital.
Widely known throughout Alaska,
the P. J- Gilmore, Sr., family are
oldtime residents of Ketchikan
where they operated the Gilmore
hotel for many years. Gilmore. Sr.,
is also U. 8. Commissioner in the
First City.
Mrs. Gilmore had returned from
Seattle only a few days before her
death. She and Mr. Gilmore had
been there for several months while
Mrs. Gilmore underwent an opera
tion for cataracts on her eyes.
Besides her husband and son.
Patrick J. Jr., Mrs. Gilmore is sur
vived by a son John in Ketchikan
and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Balcom.
of Seattle who came north with
them at the time of their return
home. Grandchildren are Margaret
Balcom and Ann Gilmore, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gilmore. Jr.
Mrs. Gilmore and Ann expected to
fly to Ketchikan this afternoon.
STEAMERMOVEMEHTS
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Denali scheduled to arrive from
| westward Sunday southbound.