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VOL. LXXVI..~NO. 11,784 ' JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT^
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Congress To Give MacArthur Full Hearing
REDS SLOW
ALLIED PUSH,
KOREA FRONT
TOKYO, Sunday — UP) — Fierce
Red resistance slowed the Allied
advance on the Western and Central
Korean fronts to a crawl Saturday.
On the west coast, South Korean
Marines — supported by United Na
tions Naval units — were in control
of virtually all of the Ongjin Penin
sula in North Korea.
The peninsula juts into the Yel
low Sea south of Chinnampo, port
for the Korean Communist capital
of Pyongyang. A South Korean
Navy announcement said the Re
publican Marines landed April 7
and seized the towns of Kumsan and
Hwasan.
New Red Divisions
Eighteen additional Chinese Red
divisions — up to 180,000 men in six
Army corps if at full strength —
were reported pouring into the
western Communist defense sector |
below Pyongyang.
This sizable buildup had been re
ported April 11 by an Army spokes
man in Washington, but today’s re
port generally located the new
strength. If the estimate is right, it
means the Reds have more than
600.000 troops massing on the West
ern and Central fronts.
A late front dispatch said Allied
infantry and tank patrols crossing
the Pukhan River valley west of
Hwachon Reservoir drew “wide
spread enemy reaction.”
Burning Houses
The Reds were reported burning
houses behind their lines. This was
not explained, but AP Correspond
ent Tom Bradshaw reported it
might be an effort to screen some
Red activity.
On the west coast, the South I
Koreans landed with the aid of the j
Korean Youth Corps and drove
northward almost to Chinnampo.
Chinnampo is about 60 mile;j
north of the landing site.
Allied troops under a new com
mand advanced generally along the
120-mile front in North Korea Sat
urday but counted their gains in
yards.
Van Fleet in Command
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet ar
rived Saturday in Korea and took
over command of Alii id ground
forces from Lt. Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway.
Ridgway left soon after and land
ed after dark at Tokyo’s Haneda
airfield.
Heavy Red Losses
Ridgway relinquished command
of the 8th Army after his troop"
smashed- eight heavy Red counter
attacks.
It was the heaviest Red loss in
a single day for weeks, with 4.275
killed and wounded.
American troops on the Central
front drove Reds from one of the
key hill masses south of the Hwa
chon Reservoir.
The GIs, supported by a thunder
ing air and artillery bombardment
seized "Gibraltar Hill” and routed
remnants of a Red Korean division
from strong entrenchment.
Powerful UN forces followed up
(Continued on Page Two)
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1931. oy Bell Syndicate, Inc..
T^ASHINGJON.—It was not un
til about 11:15 Tuesday night that
President Truman actually decided I
to issue his 1 a m. statement firing I
General MacArthur.
The decision to make this mo
mentous step hau a’.-eady oten ta
ken, but the timing was set lor
Friday, not Tuesday midnight. And
the reason for the sudden noctur
nal press announcement was a
telephone call from Secretary of
the Army Pace in Tokyo tipping
off Truman that MacArthur plan
ned to jump the gun and get out
his own statement first.
The President was still smart
ing from an incident around March
24 when MacArthur had jumped
the gun on him, so naturally h"
was leery. He had sent MacA:
thur a policy statement for his
perusal and personal reaction—a
policy which the White House
planned to announce as a peace
feeler to China. But MacArthur,
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"Hello Bill/' George to Kyle
A week ago yesterday Grand Exalted Ruler Joseph B. Kyle arrived
in Juneau via PAA plane to dedicate the Juneau Elks Iron Lung,
gift to Juneau, and pay his official visit to the Juneau Elks Lodge.
In the above picture Kyle Is being greeted by Wallis George. Exalted
Ruler of the Elks No. 420. Both principals are shown center above.
Mrs. Kyle and Mrs. George are the ladies on each side of their
husbands and others in the picture are members of Juneau Lodge at
the Juneau Airport also extending greetings to the visitors. {Picture
by Joe Alexander and cut by Pan American World Airways).
"SABOTEURS''
RAISE HAVOC,
ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 14 —
i/P—The startling ease with which
saboteurs could work in war time
was brought home here last night
as "saboteurs” succeeded in theor
etically wiping out vital power in
stallations.
The sabotage was part of exer
cise "Firestep,” Territory-wide war
games. Target of their activities was
the Sacketts Harbor, the city power
ship, and the new Alaska Railroad
Chugack Electrical Association pow
er plant.
Sabotage Ship
The “saboteurs" walked aboard
the power ship unmolested, planted
their phoney bombs and walked off.
If they had been real saboteurs—
pocf. No more ship.
At the power plant, two men dis
guised as workmen left a box of
dummy explosives after saying they
came to install a telephone.
Six other would-be enemy agent1
were nabbed by railroad workers
while attempting to simulate acts
of sabotage of vital track points.
The city of Anchorage blacked
out at 10:30 last night in the first
full-scale lights-out since last fall.
Observers said it was ineffectual,
as several runs were made by bomb
ing planes over the city before the
more brilliant lights finally were
turned off.
Nearby Fort Richardson was re
ported 100 per cent blacked out.
A surprise “raid” at 5:30 p.m. saw
20 “enemy” bombers over Elmendorf
Field and theoretically hit the heart
of Anchorage with their spillage.
MacARTHUR GETS
ONE SHOT WHILE
MAGNUSON HAS 2
WASHINGTON, April 14 — .fl—
The day that General MacArthur
got the word from President Tru
man, Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D
Wash) dropped in at the general's
Tokyo headquarters to get some
anti-typhoid injections from medi
cal officers.
The senator encountered MacAr
thur and told him: "I just dropped
in to get a couple of shots.”
MacArthur, laughing, replied: "I
just got one.”
Magnuson described the incident
last night in an overseas radio
broadcast from Tokyo, heard on
Mutual's ‘ Reporters’ Roundup.”
ARC EMPLOYEE, WIFE
ARRIVE ON BARANOF
Wallace C. Sharpies, with Mrs.
Sharpies, arrived in Juneau this
week on the Barauof.
Sharpies, formerly with the Bu
reau of Reclamation in Boise. Ida
ho, is a new employee irt the Alaska
Road Commission as classification
analyst in the personnel branch.
MAGNUSON
FOR REVIVAL i
JAP FISHING
TOKYO, April 14, —Iff)— Senator
Magnuson (D-Wash) has called for
the revival of the Japanese fishing |
industry — and his views have been
received with wholehearted enthus
iasm by Japanese business and fish
ing circles.
Magnuson, who today went to
Korea to visit the fighting front,
conferred with many Japanese busi
nessmen.
The Japanese still are buzzing
with anticipation over prospects he
outlined.
“I have made it a point to make
my contacts directly wlfh the Jap
anese,” he said in an interview.
Magnuson said he told them “I
think we could sit down and sign
a fisheries treaty right now', as far
as meeting the conditions go. The
Japanese have been scrupulously
heeding regulations, I am surf most
Pacific nations will agree.”
$7,000,080 BIDS ARE
OPENED ON ALASKA
CONSTRUCTION JOBS
SEATTLE. April 14,—W)—Bids on
Alaska military construction jobs,
estimated to cost approximately
$7,COO,OCO, were opened Thursday
in Anchorage and Seattle.
At the main offices of Army En
gineers for the Alaska district at
Anchorage, the bid openings cov
ered family housing at Eielson and
Ladd Air Force bases in the Fair
banks area. The government esti
mate was $5,438,963. The three low
bidders were J. H. Pomeroy & Co.,
San Francisco, $4,793,966; Kuney
Johnson Construction Co., Seattle,
$5,054,200; Peter Kiewit Sons Co.,
Seattle, $5,126,165.
J. H. Pomeroy and Company,
Inc., was the apparent low bidder
on the contract to construct post
engineer facilities and a paint
storage building at Fort Richard
son, Alaska. The Pomeroy basic
bid was $959,000. The government
estimate was $889,184.
The bids were opened by Seattle
representatives of the Corps of En
gineers, Alaska district.
Other bids included A. J. Hopper,
$1,056,061; C. William Hufeisen,
$1,075,840; and Patti-McDonald
Construction Company, $1,600,000.
Another contract, to build a
warm-storage building for vehicles
at Elmendorf Air Force base, saw
some of the bids closely bunched.
Lowest basic bid was by J. C. Boe
sflug and S. Birch and Sons, $318,
118. The government estimate was
$312,415.
J. B. Warrack Company, at $319,
C00; and J. HI Pomeroy, $312,000
were closest.
FROM HAINES
Howard C. Bradshaw, of Haines,
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
QUARTERS BEING
FOUND FOR CITY
DEPTS., LIBRARY
Eight city moving day problems
were setttled within an hour at
a special meeting of the Juneau
City Council last evening.
A reduced bid by the Carson Con
struction Co. of Helena, Mont, for
$12,000 for demolition of the City
and AB Halls was accepted. W. A.
Carson is the contractor for the
new Alaska Office Building which
it to be built on the present sit|e
of the two nails.
It was provided that the buildings
could be burned on the site anU
any savings effected would be par
sed along to the city.
Library Finds Home
It was decided to move part qf
the Library to the Teenage Clujb
and store part of the books until
the new Memorial Library is com
pleted. There will be no rentil
charge for space there and oniy
two moves involved.
In a letter from the Teenagje
Club signed by E. E. Ninnis, Jr.,
and David Graves, co-presidents,
the youngsters not only offered the
space but also volunteered assist
ance in the moving.
About 2,000 books have already
been packed in boxes for storage
and moving.
Fire Dept, to Subport
Mayor Wainc. Hendrickson was
authorized to sign a use agreement
with the National Guard for two
buildings at the subport to temp
orarily house the Juneau Fire De
partment. They are the subport
fire hall building (T-4) and the
guard house (T-59>. The extra
truck can be parked in the Na
tional Guard Building. The rental
will be $75 a month and the re
vokable contract runs until Octo
ber 1, 1951.
Hendrickson was also authorized
to make an arrangement with Con
nors Motors and the Fire Depart-,
ment to house the ambulance. j
AB Hall Being Emptied
The AB Hall is being vacated.
Rifle range equipment has been
packed and stored. The Fish and
Wildlife is moving its warehoused
materials and will be out by May
X.
According to an agreement be
tween L. A. Sturm of Sturm's
lockers and the City, the lockers!
are to be evacuated from the AB
Hall by May 12. The $14,500 dam
ages due Sturm are being held in
escrow until the agreement is ful
filled.
City Health Center Move
It was decided to move the City
Health Center to the budding re
cently occupied by Fern's Photo
Shop on Second Street. The build
ing is being repaired and renovated
j since the recent fire there. The
; rental is to be $100 monthly.
' Departments to Dock
The former Northland Transpor
tation ticket office at the city
dock will house the city clerk’s of
fice, police, city engineer and street
department foreman.
MAC HAD PLANNED
IN JAN. TO PULL
ARMY OUT KOREA
CHICAGO, April 14, —OPl—
i Keyes Beech, Tokyo correspondent
for the Chicago Daily News, says
that Gen. MacArthur’s military
secretary told him in January that
MacArthur wanted to pull his
troops out of Korea and carry the
war to China by naval and air
blockade.
This was after the fall of Sen"’
to the Communists for the second
time and when American ai.u
other U. N. ground forces were hard
J pressed.
Beech's dispatch, published in
' the Daily News in January, wa
denied by officials in both Wash
ington and Tokyo. He had quoted
an "authoritative source.”
Beech’s dispatch today from An
chorage, Alaska, as released by the
Chicago Daily News said:
-I no longer see any point in
holding back the fact that my
source was MaJ. Gen. Courtney
Whitney.”.
Beech said Whitney, chief of
SCAP’s government section, also
has been MacArthur’s closest po
litical adviser for 10 years.
“It was generally agreed among
Tokyo correspondents that when he
spoke he spoke MncArthur's mind,”
Beech said.
Old and New Supreme Commanders
Thl* closeun of General Douglas MacArthur (left)— pnd he not often pictured smiling—was taken when
he visited South Korea just a few weeks ago. Now he stands dismissed by President Truman. Lieut.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway (right) has been named to succeed him as supreme commander. Ridway pic
tured as he drives home a point during an informal press conference in Korea where he commanded the
8th Army. iff) Wirephoto.
HOUSE DRAFT
BILL NOW IN
COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, April 14 —UP)—
The controversial Draft-UMT Bill,
designed to provide military man
power for the defense buildup, is
now in the hands of a Senate-House
conference committee.
The House passed its version of
the legislation by a 372 to 44 vote
yesterday after staving off a GOP
drive to add a restriction on send
ing troops to Europe.
The measure was then sent to
the conferees for ironing out dif
ferences between it and a Senate
bill passed last month.
The major differences in the two
versions are these:
1. The'Senate voted to drop the
minimum draft age to 18; the House
to ,1$^. The present minimum is 19.
2. The Senate voted to extend
the period of obligatory military
service from 21 to months; the
House stood pat for 26 months.
3. The Senate put a top limit of
4,000,000 on military manpower- the
House imposed no ceiling.
4. The Senate gave President
Truman authority to institute a
program of Universal Military
Training when drafted men no lon
ger are needed for military service
as distinguished from training. The
Seriate bill would make qualified
18-year-olds liable for UMT service
for six months at $30 a month. The
House fought over UMT and then
settled by approving creation of a
bi-partisan five member commission
to make a report to Congress later
on UMT, with no inductions per
mitted unless Congress passes a
UMT law.
5. The Senate bill requires four
months of basic training before an
inductee may be sent into a combat
area; the House bill says there
should be six months.
6. The House bill extends the
draft law three years; the Senate
extends it indefinitely. The present
law expires July 9.
P-TA MEETS MONDAY
The Parent-Teacher Association
will meet Monday night, April 16,
in the high school study hall. Dr.
Amos J. Alter will speak on his re
cent trip to Scandinavian countries.
BREHM IS SOUTH
Ed Brehm, deputy commissioner
of the Territorial Veterans Com
mission, expects to return Monday
from a trip to Petersburg, Wran
gell and Ketchikan in regard to
veterans loans.
STUMER MOVEMENTS
i _
Denali from Seattle scheduled to
arrive Monday a.m.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Baranof from west scheduled
to arrive southbound at 1 a. in.
Sunday.
Ml.-Capping
Pilot Makes
USAF Dizzy
LONGMIRE, Mount Rainier Na
tional Park, Wash., April 14 —1^1— I
What next?
That’s what Air Force and park |
service rangers asked today as they
awaited the next move of Lieut.
John Hodgkin, 42, mountain-cap
ping pilot from Selma, Calif.
He landed his “souped-up" Piper
Cub plane atop 14,408-foot high
Mount Rainier, spent Thursday
night there, zipped off the peak
yesterday afternoon before a rescue
bound park ranger crew could toil
to the top of the mountain, then
landed on a frozen lake more than
3,000 feet farther down the slope
where he apparently spent last
night.
It’s caused more talk in air circles
here than anything since Douglas
G. “Wrong-Way” Corrigan left New
York for Los Angeles back in 1938
and wound-up in Dublin, Ireland.
A C-82 from McChord Air Force
Base dropped gasoline to Hodgkin
last evening. When last seen he was
refueling his stripped-down, ski
equipped mountain-hopper. Then
darkness set in. With no radio con
tact, there was nothing but silence
from Hodgkin the rest of the night.
Air Force men said they believed
it was too cold for Hodgkin to get
the plane's engine started, but that
he probably could do so after the
sun had a chance to defrost it this
morning. As he stripped off the
automatic starter, he has to pull the
propeller by hand, as he did yes
terday near the crater at the top
of the mountain.
After landing at Mowich Lake
he stamped out instructions to drop
him some fuel, which the Air Force
did about 6 p.m.
CHRIS DAHL HERE
Chris Dahl of Kaylor and Dahl,
Petersburg, is at the Baranof hotel..
WEATHER REPORT
Temperature for 34-Hour Period
ending 6.20 o’clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
47; minimufti, 32.
At Airport — Maximum,
47; minimum, 28.
FORECAST
Fair with some high cloud
iness tonight. Increasing
cloudiness Sunday. Lowest
tonight near freezing. High
Sunday about 47.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — None;
Since April 1 — 7.27 inches;
Since July 1 — 65.20 inches.
At Airport — None;
Since April 1 — 2.54 inches.
Since July 1 — 38.30 inches.
RIDGWAY
TAKES OYER
COMMAND
TOKYO, April 14 — Lt. Oen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway flew here tonight
to take over his new duties as su
preme Allied commander.
Ridgway said he would press for
an early Japanese peace treaty and
"work toward the completion of the j
masterly task already largely ac
complished under the consummate j
leadership and guidance of Genera! j
MacArthur.” \
In a statement issued after his1,
arrival. Ridgway added:
"It is a source of great satisfac
tion to me that I am able to secure
in person from Ambassador Dulles,
almost at the moment of assuming
my new duties, the great benefits
of his rich experience and of his
wise counsel and guidance.”
Dulles was scheduled to arrive
Sunday night from Washington.
Ridgway, wearing his battle fa
tigue uniform but without the fam
ous hand grenade taped to his
shoulder, was whisked off the field
in a limousine.
An authoritative source „j,.id he
would not see General MacArthur
tonight. MacArthur was not at Ha
neda airfield when Ridgway ar
rived at 9:04 p.m.
Ridgway spent most of the trip
from Korea studying official docu
ments.
It was his second trip from Korea
to Tokyo in three days. On the
previous trip, he talked with Mac
Arthur.
FORMER ALASKA
NURSE ASSIGNED
ECA, THAILAND
WASHINGTON, April 14. —Ufr—
Lillian A. Gardiner, former direc
tor of Public Health Nursing for
Alaska, has been assigned to head
a nurses’ training program in Thai
land, the Public Health Service
said today.
Miss Gardiner will be chief
nurse adviser for the economic co
operation administration mission at
Bangkok.
Miss Gardiner was with the Al
aska Department of Health in Ju
neau from March 21, 1944 until
January 1946 holding the rank of
senior assistant nurse officer in
the Public Health Service. Prom
here she took an assignment with
the Public Health Service in Rich
mond, Virginia. i
FROM DILLINGHAM
Mrs. William Bolger of Dilling
ham is at the Baranof Hotel.
CORDOVA VISITOR
Eva Tyfault of Cordova is at the
Baranof Hotel.
GENERAL TO
BE HEARD AT
JOINT MEET
Appropriate Welcome Is
Also Planned by Legis
lators, Civic Leaders
WASHINGTON, April 14 —-lifl—._
General Douglas MacArthur Is virt-^
ually assured of a full hearing be
fore Congress next week and civic
leaders here are planning a welcome
for the soldier fired by President
Truman.
Thorton W. Owens, president of
the Washington Board of Trade,
called a noon meeting ‘*10 plan an
appropriate welcome for the gen
eral.” He said he hoped “all ele
ments of government will cooper
ate.”
Distinguished Welcome
The Army said that unless Mac
Arthur requests otherwise, he will
be greeted by a ceremonial detail
of troops, an Army band and a
salute by a battery of guns.
Senator Hendrickson (R-NJ) yes
terday offered a resolution to es
tablish a Senate Committee to wel
come MacArthur to Washington.
Prodded by President Truman,
Democratic leaders cleared the way
for approval Tuesday of a formal
invitation for the deposed Pacific
commander to speak at a Joint meet
ing of both Houses of Congress.
MacArthur has indicated he would
accept, but the timing of such an
address still was uncertain.
Okayed by Truman
Mr. Truman, who fired MacAr
thur Wednesday because of the gen
eral’s refusal to go along with presi
dential policies in the Far East, said
in a White House statement:
“X am happy to learn from Speak
er Rayburn that Congress is plan
ning to Invite Qeneral MacArthui
to address the members of both
Houses. I regard it as fitting thal
Congress bestow this honor on ont
of our great military men."
Different Views
I Chairman Russell <D-Ga), whosl
I Senate Armed Services committer
has invited Mac’Arthur to testify ir
hearings beginning Wednesday
called the President's gesture "mag
nanimous."
But Senator Wherry of Nebraska
the Republican floor leader, had
different view.
• After the general was slapped JrS£
the face, the public reaction whicl
followed made it impossible for thi
President to do anything else-,'
Wherry told a reporter.
Hof Stuff
On Moving
Of Capital
WASHINGTON, April 14, —<*
Rep. Jensen (R-Iowa) wants th
capital of Alaska moved Irom Jqp
eau. He indicated he favors Fair
banks. %
At a hearing on budget request
for the Interior Department, Jensei
commented:
“I cannot understand why »
many of our administrative office
and the capital are still located 1'
Juneau, with the big operations an«
the main part of Alaska moved awa,
from Juneau and from the pan
handle.
"I think the capital of Alask
should be moved.”
William E. Wrather, director t
the Geological Survey, had jut
testified to a House Appropriation
subcommittee that his agency ha
its territorial office at Juneau
long way from the main operation
in Alaska — and a temporary offie
at Fairbanks.
Wrather said the survey is tryin
to “settle our operations" in Fail
banks, a central location, and t
leave only a small administrativ
office at Juneau.
The exchange was made publi
today, though it took place in Febr
uary.
PROS GANTY HERE
P. S. Ganty, of Pelican, is her
in connection with contract negc
tiations with the cold storag
workers union.