General Explains Why He
Split UN Forces in Drive on
Manchurian Border; Gives
Statement on Bombings
(Continued !;un Page One)
there was often considerable heat
in the words.
The transcript into mid-afternoon
(disclosed little that was new about
the Korean war or the MacArthur
Truman differences.
Here are some of the points of
information developed during Mac
Arthur’s testimony today — some
of them things brought out offic
ially or unofficially in the past:
Russians Giving Aid
1. He said the Joint Chiefs of
. Staff approved when he sp]it his
United Nations forces last fall in
a drive for the Korean-Manchurian
border.
2. He believes the Russians are
actively aiding the North Koreans
and Chinese Communists with sup
plies. but he has seen no evidence
of other aid, that is the actual
presence of Russians.
0. He considers that the loss of
Formosa — big island now held by
the Chinese Nationalists — would
mean the “collapse" of the Phil
ippines and would '“invite a third
World War."
Could Deter Russ Attack
4. He thinks the American Air
Force is big enough to undertake
bombing Manchurian bases and still
retain power to deter a Russian at
tack on Europe.
“It might be necessary to sweeten
it up a little, but we could do a
I tremendous damage with what wej
i have." was the way he put it but,
| censors then deleted three lines!
from the public record.
BLOCK PUBLIC' HEARING
WASHINGTON Mav 4 —If)— The
Senate by a vote of 41 to J7 today
blocked a Republican drive td open
the MacArthur-Far East policy
hearings to the public.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
Republican floor leader, thereupon
told the Senate that the forces fav
oring the open hearings, which he
has quarterbacked, "have done our
level best.”
He indicated there would be no:
immediate effort to re:, v h • f ht |
The vote was on a mow: to t. ke:
up a Republican-spoil ;cr:d reso u-i
tion which would dine: that the'
hearings on Gen. Douglas Mac/r-[
thur’s ouster by President Truman
be opened to the public.
MOVING TO FAIRIJA' KS
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Welch, Jun
eau residents for the past y ", an
moving to Fairbanks next week. '<
Welch is construction inspector for
the Federal Housin;; AutVr y in
the Fairbank area : n : Yr Welch,
who has been pub ic he u . uirse at
the Juneau Health Center, D b :ii
transferred to fill a vacancy in that
position at the Fairbank.; Healtli
Center.
MAKE RESERVATION 1
MOTHER S DAY .VI..ISA > id
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The Alaska Communication Sy. -
tem urges all these wl.o pi n to
make their “Mother's Day” long
distance call to file a reservation
with the "long distance operator"
as early as possible. Usual holiday
rates will be in effect.
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WOMEN’S
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TOP QUALITY *W •> pr.
BLACK RUBBER
Ideal for Garden, Boat, Fishing,
Cannery Work. Reg. 5.25 pr.
MEN’S
Leather Moeeasins
RUBBER SOLES 6) 9 fir pr.
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Forlv-fourth in a Series
SEALSKIN GAMBLE
In the rough and rugged days of
high seas fur-sealing, back in the
1880’s and 1890's, the business was
pretty much of a gamble. The
sealers gambled heavily on the
weather, especially in foggy, storm
racked Bering Sea. And they gam
bled that they could dodge the
levenue cutters and warships sent
cut to capture them.
On top of that, many a cargo
of hard-won sealskins changed
hands over the gaming tables of
Yokohama and other ports fre
quented by (be sealers.
And even today, when fur seal
ing is a government monopoly and
is conducted much more sedately,
it maintains an affinity for gamb
ling. In the recent government
auction of sealskins at St. Louis,
with bidding cheeked by OPS ceil
ings. numbered discs were spun to
decide which buyer would get the
skins.
TUNGSTEN PRICE
Alaska miners who are produc
ing tungsten ore will receive a
guaranteed price of $63 a ton if
they register with the General
Services Administration before
June 30.
The government guarantee will
apply to newly-discovered or de
veloped tungsten ores, and to pro
duction above 1950 levels for mines
already in operation.
To register for the guaranteed
price a miner has only to write
to General Services Administration,
U., S. Courthouse, Seattle, stating
that he wishes to participate in the
program.
ALCOA PROJECT
The Aluminum Company of Am
erica, which had been interested
in Skagway as a site for a reduc
tion plant, has now completed
contracts to put a big reduction
plant near Wenatchee, Washing
ton.
The plant will require hugt> quan
tities of electric power, which Alcoa
will buy from Bonneville Power
Administration at two mills a kil
owatt and from Chelan County
Public Utility District at two and
a quarter mills a kilowatt. The
$50,00(1.000 plant is expected to be
in operation in about 15 months.
NEW SHIPS
Two freighters, both new to these
I waters, will soon be plying north
i in the service of Ocean Tow, Inc.
They are the Alaska Cedar, for
! merly tile John L. Manson, and the
Alaska Spruce, formerly the Na
thaniel Matthews. They were pur
. < based on the East Coast from the
i Martime Administration by Ocean
Tow, which has operated a barge
service to Alaska and formerly op
erated the freighter Asa Lathrop.
The two freighters, built during
tlie war and operated by the Brit
ish tor a time, will run from Puget
Sound to connect with the Alaska
Railroad, according to L. B. De
Long, president of Ocean Tow, Inc.
The company eventually expects
I to erve Southeast Alaska, too,
tut hasn't any immediate plans
to do so ,
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TWKTl TOLD TALES
Washington, D, C., April, 1951—'
"Most of the food for the Territory
of Alaska could be produced in the
Matanuska, Tanana and Susitna
Valleys and the area round the
Keni Peninsul,” Dr. S. B. Fvacker
of the Agricultural Research Ad
ministration told a Congressional
Committee. He urged an appropri
ation for experiment stations to
test new varieties of crops.
Washington, D. C., January, 189S
—“General observations go to show
that, with the establishment of an
experiment station or stations and
intelligent gardening, sufficient
vegetables could be raised in the
Yukon Valley for the needs of the
country.” From a report of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
ANSWERS DEPT.
To R. H„ Juneau—Tile town of
Haines was named for a Mrs. F
I.’. H. Haines, who in 1881 was sec
retary of the Women’s Executive
Committee of Home Missions of
the Presbyterian Church. A trad
ing pest was established there in
1880, a Presbyterian Mission in 1881
rnd the postoffice on July 22, 1882.
Articles of incorporation for the
town of Haines were adopted on
November 27. 1909. and filed at Ju
neau on January 24. 1910.
To D. F. J.. Anchorage The fir: t
airplane flight in Alaska, so far as
the record shows, was at Fair
tanks on July 4. 1914. The plane
was shipped in and assembled at
Fairbanks. Thf1 flight was a part
oi the Fourth of July celebration.
AUK BAY CHURCH 1
ORGANIZATION IS
TO BE PERFECTED
—
After some years service as a
Sunday School, the Chapel-by-the
Lake Is to be organized at 8 p.m.
Sunday May o, as a Presbyterian
Community Church.
As a» result of a series of studies
of the needs of the community and
the problems involved, a petition
was circulated in the community
and at a meeting held April 1, the
people voted unanimously to ask
tlie Presbytery of Alaska to organ
ize the church.
The Presbytery, meeting at Kla
wock so voted, and elected as a
committee for this special purpose
the Rev. R. E. McCluggage, the
minister of the Chapel, the Rev.
Willis R. Booth, minister of the
Northern Light Church which has
actively sponsored the Chapel mis
sion; the Rev. Walter Soboleff,
Stated Clerk of the Presbytery and
pastor of the Memorial Church;
and an elder from each Juneau
church, Tom Morgan cf Northern
Light, and Jack Gamble of Mem
orial.
The preacher at the worship
service preceding the organization
will be the Rev. R. Holland Arm
strong, Field Representative of the
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church, who will be
assisted by tile Rev. Cyrus Peck,:
in charge of the mission boat'
Prince ton-Hall.
i
The committee of Presbytery will i
receive the 43 new members, on pro
fession of faith for those who are
not now united with some church;
by reaffirmation of faith for those
whose cert’fleate of membership
may not just now be available, and
try letters cf ti router from other
congregations.
“This will be a community type
church, and it is interesting to
note the many different denomin- ;
ational backgrounds in the list of ;
members,” says the Rev. McClug- ;
gage. “The Chapel-by-the-Lake is j
a good example of the cooperative
efforts of the denominations asso- j
elated in the Home Missions Coun
cil to avoid duplication cf effort
ard competition. Through the
Council, the Auk Bay area was
assigned to the Presbyterian
Church, and its Board of National
Missions has supported and still
actively undergirds this work. Thi >
means that the co-operating de
nominations are represented in the
work of the Chapel, that the Chap
el tries to meet the need of the
whole community rather than serv
ing along purely sectarian lines,
and that the local churrhes of the
Juneau area represented in the
Council, co-operate heartily with
it. Much of the new strength of
today s church lies in this type of
co-operation. As a lull church, the;
Chapel-by-the-Lake will be in a:
better position to serve the Auk
Bay area. Chapel meetings are
temporarily being held in the
manse basement. Auk Creek and
Auk Lake, until the new building
can be erected.
JAPAN NOW KNOWS
NO BASIC CHANGE
ON MAC'S OUSTER
WASHINGTON, May 4.
John Foster Dulles told Piesident
1 ruman today the Japanese gov
ernment and people are now aware
that Gen. Douglas MacArthurV,
aurter involved “no change in basic
United States policies toward Jap
an arid Communism in Asia.”
A White House statement also
quoted Ambassador Dulles as say
:ng the Japanese are aware the
United States will continue “vis-1
r.rously to work for an early and |
just Japan-so peace settlement.”
MRS. CH ARLOTTE SPEEGLE
ARRIVING HERE MONDAY j
' I
Mrs. Charlotte Dunlap Speegle, J
cf Keichikan. is arriving in Juneau j
Monday, according to a letter re
ceived by E. L. Keithahn, curator
of the Territorial Museum.
Mrs. Speegle was for many years
a research worker in the cookery j
department of the Ketchikan fisfJ
laboratory. At present she is Terri- I
torial Home Economist, under the j
Department of Agriculture and con- ,
nected with the University of Alaska.
MAN OVERBOARD
Cecil Nick is believed to have!
gone overboard from his '-.iff e. I
Noyes Island west cf Prince of
Wales Island, according to reports j
received here by the U. S. Coast j
Guard headquarters. The informa- •
tion, with no details, came from the
fishing vessel Beloit II this morning.;
CG planes have taken off from the:
Annette Island base to conduct a
search.
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MAY DAY TEA S.'.T.
At the monthly business meeting
of the Woman's Society of Chris-1
tian Service Wednesday evening in
the Methodist Church Mis. Floyd
Dryden announced plans for the
May Day Tea Saturday. The So
ciety will be hostesses at the tea
from 2 to 5 p.m. and will also have
charge of a food sale during the
afternoon. Mrs. Henry Lennstrom!
has completed the book of recip.es,
collected from members and friends
of the group, which will be sold atj
the tea. The booklet is illustrated'
by Miss Claudia Keltev. 1
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FROM Sill NON \K
Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Hughes from
Shungnak arrived here yesterday!
on PAA from Fairbanks. They are j
, the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE j
Art Seeley of Seattle is a guest
at .he Baranoi Hotel.
NEBRASKA VISITOR
Elmer Gray of Aurora, Neb., is
re: -.eied at the GdsLineau Hotel.
TO HAINES
Three Lytle and Green construe-,
ticn men stopped oft in Juneau at.
the Clastineau Hotel er.route to |
Bair.es where hey will work on the i
read contract. They are Russell!
vVriJU of Ii'.oiancla, Iowa; O. E.l
B. ,t of Dost, v, Iowa, and D. F. j
Weinier of Omaha, Nebr.
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FROM SAN I K \NCISCO
Hard Peterson cf San Francisco
is re d.-tered at the Baranof Kotd.
SEATTLE VISITOR
James B. Hartinig of Seattle is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Capt. j. D. Stone and Ben Craw- J
fcrd cf Anchorage are registered at
the Earanof Hotel.
SKAGWAY VISITOR
Paul Alexander of Skagway is at;
the Gastineau Hotel.
FISHERY MAN HERE
E. B. Whitmarsh of the Polar
Fisheries, Inc. at Ketchikan is reg
istered at the Baranci Hotel.
FROM PETERSBURG
D. Pettigrew cf Petersburg is at
the Bara;.of Hotel.
DeBOER HERE
Quentin L. DeBoer of Petersburg j
: i stopping at the Baranox Hotel.
' 1
FROM KETCHIKAN
C. It. Barnhill cf Ketchikan is at|
the Barr.ncf Hotel.
FROM ANGOON
Mrs. O. R. Beery cf Angoon is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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Skelton in
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HolAfiSeap
, j
HOLLYWOOD, May 4, —(,41—Red
Skelton’s manager said today the
comedian has sicned a fabulous
seven-veor contract under which
he will earn '‘between $9,000,000 and
SIO.COO.OOO."
The manager, Eo R e-, said the
deal is between Skelton and the
Procter nnii Gamble S ap Company
fer radio an l television perfor
mances and has m options.
“I believe it is the largest den.
of its typo ever Trued," Roos said.
It calls for Skelton to begin a
weekly half-hour tclev: on show
over NBC next October.
LLOYD COE RETURNS
Lloyd Coe, director of the div
ision of health education for the
Alaska Health Department returned
yectorday from Anchorage where
•he had bren In connection with thfc
lforranimation of health education
In the branch office there. Bill
Xi'ch, fc merly cf Juneau is health
education consultant there.
AWARD MADE
Today the award was made t)
the A. J. Hopper Corp, of Seattle
by the Alaska Road Commission
for the clearing and grading cf
57.S milts of the Richardson High
way between Big Timber and Pax
son for the amount oi , ’<.424,031,
the ARC oifice announced.
J. M. STREAK HERE
J. M. SLcear of Wrangell is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
ASHER HERE
Lester J. Asher, Seattle jewelry
sale man, is stopping at the Bar
anof hotel.
BENEGKES RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Beuecke re
turned Thursday on Pan America.,
from a combined bu enr. : and pleas
ure trip to Seattle, Los Angeles and
San Francisco.
KANSAS VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Fitch cf
Tcpeka, Kansas are stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
AT THE GASTIXEAU
Duncan W. Herr of Ketchikan is
at the Gastineau Hotel.
—wrrorji’^u’ui.-g ^■^saanis^-'*. laEtat. embhi
Et
Chas. Goidsiem & Co.
Your furs need summer
protection in correct
cold storage
bo bring or send your furs to
Clias. Goldstein's office
Goldstein Bu’ Uing—Phone 102
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SHOP
Tanks and General Welding
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
P. O. Box 1020-Feero Bldg.
A Service Representative of
SEWING MACHINE CO.
Will be in
JUNEAU
MAY 1-7
CONTACT M. E. ROSE
BARANOF HOTEL
PHONE 800
There has been a re
duction in prices of alt
new Singer Sewing
Machines—
SEE!
THE MANY NEW
MODELS NOW ON
DISPLAY
I
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KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
Box 609