THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
UALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMET9 _
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,762_
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Allied Forces Run Into Stiff Red Resistance
STATEHOOD
VOTE PUT
OFF, APRIL
WASHINGTON, March 20.—UPI—
The Senate Insular Affairs Com
mittee today deferred until April 3
or later a vote cn statehood for
Hawaii and Alaska.
Chairman O’Mahoney (D-Wyol
said the delay W'as asked by Sena
tor Butler (R-Neb) because he had
to be in Nebraska for an annual
Republican observance of ’ Found
ers’ Day.”
O'Mahoney told reporters the
committee was not disposed to vote
on the statehood bills in the absence
of Butler, the ranking Republican
member.
Butler, in a letter to the com
mittee, expressed his view that the
committee should not act upon
either statehood bill until a further
hearing is held in Alaska.
21 FLY IN AND OUT
OF JUNEAU ON PNA
Pacific Northern Airlines carried
21 passengers yesterday with 13
going to Anchorage, two to Cordova,
one to Yakutat and five arriving
here from Anchorage.
From Anchorage: M. W. Peterson,
E. J. Grimstad, Martin Holm and
Perry McLain, A. Graves.
To Anchorage: W. K. Boyd, Bill
Duggin, Lottie Edleman, Vince
Broze, Garry King, Herman Haff
ner, Albert Nelson, Paul Mather,
Isaac Smith, Lewis Royer, Howard
Duncan, Vic William, Lawrence
Smith.,
To Yakutat: Bob Jackson.
To Cordova: W. A. O'Neill, Ruby
Govina.
GEOltGE HELLERICK HERE
ON MINING BUSINESS
George HeVrick, well-known
mining man of the Interior and
Seward Peninsula and former mem
ber of the Alaska Legislature from
the Second District has left after
a short visit in Juneau on mining
business.
Hellerick is now manager of the
Brinker-Johnson dredge operations
on Caribou Creek in the Salcha
District. In Juneau he conferred
with Territorial Highway Engineer
Frank A. Metcalf regarding pro
posed improvements to the Salcha
River road and airfield which pro
vide transportation to the mining
center. His company has already
started hauling of oil and equip
ment over the 50-mile road from
Richardson Highway .to its dredge.
CAPT. JOHNSON RETURNS
Capt. Melvin Johnson, in com
mand of the Alaska Communica
tions System Southeast Alaska Sec
tor returned to Juneau on the
Denali from Seattle. He has been
in Seattle the past two weeks to
confer with ACS officials at the
headquarters office there regard
ing Sector operations.
NO. AW VS NURSERY
The AWVS nursery will be closed
on Thursday and Friday this week
on account of the Easter Holiday.
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The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1951. 07 Bell Syndicate. Inc..
(Ed. Note: Drew Pearson is on a
flying tour of Europe and the
middle East, surveying the world
situation.)
FRANKFORT.—At the same time
that the West Germans want more
American troops to protect them
against the threat of the Red Army,
a steady stream of strategic mater
ials is rolling out of Germany to
help arm that Red Army.
This secret aid to Rus»a does
not represent the real sentiment
of the West German people or
their new' born government. But
it does represent the sell-both
sides-down-the-river attitude of the
big industrialists. These are the
same industrialists who cozied up
to Hitler and made his rearmament
possible, also the same industrial
ists who now want to sabotage the
Schuman plan for cooperative op
eration of the Ruhr Iron and Steel
’ (Continued oh Page Four;
NENANA ICE TRIPOD
NOW IN PLACE; DOPE
GIVEN ON SITUATION
The Nenana ice tripod is now in
place. Fred Clark and Bill Lucat
when putting it in place, found that
the ice directly beneath it to be
38 inches thick. This is slightly less
than last year. The icet according
to Slim Avery, last year’s manager,
was 41 inches thick when he had
the tripod set up one year ago.
Don Clark, manager of the classic
this year, says “There is about one
foot less snow this year than last
but according to the radio we had
the coldest March 14 on record, 33
below in Nenana and 31 below in
Fairbanks. Just what this proves
I’m not sure. I did note though
that Avery and quite a few oldtim
ers are playing dates during the
first and second weeks in May,
which leads me to believe that they
seem to look for a fairly late break
up.
“It’s always a constant source of
wonder to me. that with so many
experts on the breakup residing right
here in Nenana, .why it is that no
one in this home of the classic has
ever received the award, at least
they haven’t for the last 20 years.
“It’s usually awarded to a guy or
gal that doesn’t know the Tanana
from Ship Creek.”
8PW HEAR SENATOR
TELL HE OWES ALL
IN LIFE TO WOMEN
To (wo women, he owes his life,
his success ancf his position as a
member of the Territorial Senate,
Senator Heinie Snider told the
wo/nen of the Business and Profes
sionel Womens Club at their lunch
eon meeting in the Baranof Ter
! race Room Monday.
This popular Republican senator
j from the Third Division, who has
| become as well known for the stor
I ies he tells as for his independence
j politically, left no doubt among
his listeners of his sincere regard
for his wife and for his mother to
whom he “owes everything in life.”
As for his stories. . . he “talked
his way into election as senator in
t he Third Division" and it was his
wife who suggested that means of
winning, he said.
Snider,, who was born in Holland,
! told of twice when his life was
saved by his mother—once, when
because of her he delayed his sail
ing for America and the ship he
would have taken was lost on the
Atlantic with all aboard drowned
and again when he was lost at
night in arctic Alaska, without
matches and nearly frozen.
"When I saw my mother coming
| toward me, heard her tell me to
| get up and walk, I realized that I
had fallen asleep in the snow and
would have surely frozen to death.
... but I decided that I should obey
my mother and X forced myself to
walk and walk and walk until day
light came.”
“When my partner saw me as.
11 reached my cabin when daylight
came, and he realized that I had
spent the night in the open without
matches, his comment was 'Some
one was surely praying for you. . . . ’
and I knew it was my mother.”
Senator Snider’s mother, 86 years
old, still lives in Zaandam in Hol
land and, though he has not been
back to his home country for over
forty years, he talks to his mother
by radio on every birthday.
The BPW meeting was presided
over by President Lucile Stine. Mrs.
Kenneth Clem, program chairman,
introduced the speaker.
A convention report was made by
Mrs. Frances Paul who said that
the dates of the BPW Territorial
convention to be held in Juneau
will be May 26, 27 and 28.
Guests at tl;e meeting Monday
were Mrs. Ruth Swanson, of Elfin
Cove, and Mrs. Ethel Murphy,
guests of Mrs. Aline Warner; Mrs.
Isabell Miller of Haines House, Mrs.
Edna Frank,and Mrs. George A.
Lingo of Anchorage, guest of her
sister Mrs. Helen Monsen.
5TFAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle at 4 p.m. Friday.'
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday.
Denali from westward scheduled
; to arrive Sunday morning south
bound.
"NATIONAL
EMPIRE"
OF CRIME
NEW YORK, March 20 — UPI—
Former Mayor William O’Dwyer
told Senate investigators today there
is a growing “national empire” of
crime, and urged big-scale govern
ment appropriations to stop it.
O'Dwyer, now U. S. Ambassador
to Mexico, testified that crime in
America "will be widespread” unless
”we get an appropriation of $25,000.
000 to $50,000,000 for a continuing
investigation of it.
“There is a national crime em
pire growing,” he said, “and it will
get stronger if it isn’t stopped.”
He urged a standing committee be
set up to supervise a continuing in
quiry.
Big-time rackets can’t be curbed
locally, the ex-mayor said, in de
manding the permanent Federal
action.
“As long as 15,000,000 people want
to bet twenty billions of dollars,”
he said, “and as long as you’ve got
wires, information, racing sheets
and newspapers giving full publicity
and full information to that 15,000,
000, you have something that is not
entirely local.
(9 CARRIED ON
ALASKA COASTAL
MONDAY FLIGHTS
Passengers carried on Alaska
Coastal Airlines Monday totaled 69,
with six on interport, 28 arriving
and 3,6 departing.
Departing for Sitka: H. Douglas,
John Rowe, Fred Dawley, A. L.
Kimbel, Roy Gordon. William
Peters, Margaret Dixon, C. Zuboff,
Helen Pulju, W. W. Laws, J. Deg
nan, John Cornjohn, Jack Mitchell,
D. Van Buren; from Fick Cove:
M. Colby.
For Skagway: L. Lindstrom,
Robert Brundige; for Hawk Inlet:
Morris Scott, Albert Sjodm, Ed
Aligana, John Eiden, John J. Jack
son, George Mamolo; for Tenakee:
A. Wirun, Pete Wirun; for Chat
ham: H. Hanson.
For Ketchikan: Elvina Wagner;
for Petersburg: Virginia Davis,
Gwen Williams; for Pelican: Wil
liam Bates, T. P. Hansen, R. H.
Roecock, Mrs. Underhill; for
Hoonah: Richard Moses, Goldie
Moses.
Arriving from Pelican: Mr. and
Mrs. John Enge and son; W.
Bates; from Ketchikan: Richard
Benjon; from Wrangell: B. Han
iord; from Petersburg: C. J.
Schackmuth, L. L. Dow, Clara
Borinson; from Angoon: Mr. and
1 Mrs. Ronald John.
From Tenakee: D. O’Toole; from
Hawk Inlet: Burt Jensen; from
;Haines: Lawrence F. Strode, I. B.
Hansen, A1 Lyons, Kennetit Han
cock; from Sitka: J. Smith, Lester
Katasee, Mary L. Brown, V. Wil
liams, S. Swanberg, J. Rowe, D.
Victeroff, Mr. and Mrs. R. Peter
son and child; G. Betts.
MEXICAN DINNER GIVEN BY
FORMER TEXAS RESIDENTS
Mexican dishes were featured at
a dinner given Sunday evening by
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Brown and
Dr. and Mrs. George Caldwell at
the home of the Browns on Gold
Street. The beautifully appointed
table was in the Mexican theme.
The hostesses are both natives of
Texas, Mrs. Brown from Uvalde and
Mrs. Caldwell from Eagle Pass. The
two met in Juneau and discovered
that Mrs Brown, when a resident
of Texas, was acquainted with Mrs.
Caldwell’s family. The dinner Sun
day was in the way of a get
together to talk over old days in
Texas and present days in Alaska.
Invited to the dinner were Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Westfall, Mr. and
Mrs. H. R. McLeod, Mrs. Carl Weid
man and Miss Connie Brown,
daughter of the hosts.
PERKY M’LAIN HERE
Perry McLain, active American j
' Legionnaire from Anchorage, is in '
Juneau on CAA business. He is at j
the Baranof Hotel.
HAINES VISITORS
I. B. Howser and C. L. Lyons of
Haines are stopping at the Hotel
Juneau for a few days.
HOUSE KILLS
WORKMEN'S
COMP. BILL
By BOB DEARMOND
Committee Substitute H. B. 61,
amending upward the benefits for
permanent partial disabilities under
the Workmen’s Compensation Act,
failed to pass the House on a 12-10
reconsideration vote this morning.
Yesterday, when the bill passed
13-9, Hep. Wilbur gave notice of
his intention to reconsider.
There was no debate when the bill
■ame up for the second time, but
Rep. Kay made a plea for its pas
sage. "This is not a harsh meas
ure, will not greatly increase in
surance rates and provides a very
fair increase in the benefits to the
people who work with their hands,”
Kay said.
He said, however, that he would
not issue a call of the House for
the two absent members, although
their presence would assure pas
sage of the bill.
Reps. Laws and Degnan were ab
sent yesterday afternoon and this
morning, having gone to Sitka to
inspect the Alaska Pioneers’ Home.
They were expected to return at
noon today.
School Bills
Senate Bill 92, to amend the law
relating to the qualifications for the
office of Commissioner of Educa
tion, held over for Rep. Scavenius’
reconsideration, again passed the
House this morning. The vote was
16-6. On its first passage, yesterday,
the vote was 18-4.
The House this morning approved
S. B. 54 appropriating $1,356.86 to
compensate Alaska Coachways, of
Fairbanks, for losses sustained on
its school transportation contract
during the polio epidemic of last
fall.
Also approved was S. B. 38,
amending the law relating to re
funds to schools by the Territorial
Department of Education.
The House tabled by a 15-6 vote
S. B. 50, which would limit the
authority of City Councils to disap
prove school budgets.
Three Conference Committee re
ports were adopted oy tne nouse
this morning: On H. B. 47, relating
to old age assistance from the De
partment of Public Welfare: on H.
B. 107, the lengthy banking code
for the Territory, and on S. B. 5,
relating to checks drawn without
sufficient funds. All three bills now
go to the Governor for approval.
At 1:30 p.m. today the House was
to go into joint session with the
Senate to hear William Kepner on
problems of civil defense.
Monday Afternoon
During the Monday afternoon ses
sion of the House a bill to allow
the Territorial Board of Education
to establish the qualifications for
the office of Commissioner of Edu
cation was passed by a vote of 18-4,
but was held over another day on a
reconsideration notice by Rep. Sca
venius.
Scavenius had unsuccessfully at
tempted to amend the bill to spell
out certain qualifications for the of
fice. The amendments would have
required the Commissioner be over
30 years of age. in sound health, to
possess a master’s degree in educa
tion and to have held a supervisory
position in a public school system
for at least three years.
“The Alaska school system is piti
fully antiquated,” Scavenius charg
ed in offering his amendments. “It
is back in the horse and buggy days
and needs to be brought up to the
standards found in the States.
This statement was objected to by
Reps. Barnes. Hendrickson and Kay
who felt that the Alaska educational
system need take a back seat to no
one, and they gained Scavenius lit
tle support for his amendments.
Teachers Opposed
The bill had been opposed by a
number of Alaska school teachers,
including members of the Alaska
Educational Association, until the
last moment. Elwin Dell, of Doug
las, who had appeared before tlouse
committees as spokesman for the
Educational Association and in op
position to the bill, told the House
yesterday that his authority to
speak for the association had been
withdrawn the previous evening.
Dell offered his personal opinion
that the bill should be amended
before passage to require that the
Commissioner of Education be an
experienced school administrator
He said, however, that he did not
(Continued on Page Two)
VETO BY GOVERNOR
OVERRIDDEN, 12-4;
CD IS UNDER DEBATE
By JIM HUTCHESON
Governor Gruening’s first veto
of the session was over-ridden
quickly by the Senate yesterday.
The vote was 12 to 4.
Veteran legislators said it was
only the second instance they could
recall in recent years in which a
Oruening veto had been disregarded.
The over-riding motion was made
by Steve McCutcheon, Anchorage
Democratic floor leader.
The bill involved would allow a
chattel mortgage on merchandise to
be carried over as a preferential
lien against new stocks of goods
after the originally mortgaged mer
chandise Is sold without retiring the
mortgage.
Why Vetoed
In his veto message, the Gov
ernor declared:
“It would validate faulty mort
gages to favor mortgages at the ex
pense of other creditors. It would
promote indolence in mortgagees
by giving them a preferred claim
notwithstanding their failure to
protect themselves. It is my view
that those it is designed to benefit
are in strong position to protect
themselves.”
The Governor added it was his
belief that few if any such laws are
in effect in the States and that the
courts have held against them. He
said he believed such a law “would
open the door to fraud.”
McCutcheon said bankers had ad
vised that the law was based on a
Washington State statute. Senator
John Butrovich. Fairbanks Repub
lican, challenged the fraud sug
gestion with the statement: "I think
| it would reduce the chances of
fraud.”
“The over-riding came after the
Senate failed to reach agreement
on a civilian defense appropriation
and held another closed door ses
sion for testimony from Col. Joseph
Alexander, Alaska civilian defense
head.
CD Controversy
The afternoon and evenings ma
jor controvery was over I he civilian
defense appropriation. The bill pro
posed $1,100,000. Senator Howard
Lyng, Nome Democrat, offered a
finance committee amendment to
cut the amount to $250,000. Senator
Frank Barr, Fairbanks Democrat,
branded that as: “Ridiculous. It
cuts the program down to a useless
skeleton.”
He objected because the $250,000
contained only $50,000 for admin
istration and $200,000 would be elig
ible for Federal matching. He said
transportation costs of administra
tors would consume all of the $50,000
in the biennium.
He declared: “This is a vital
biennium. If an enemy is to at
tack, it probably will be in the next
two years.” Lyng countered that the
big question is "where is the money
coming from?” He minimized the
likelihood of attack and contended
if there were one the military would
declare martial law.
Dr. R. Ml MacKenzle, Ketchikan
Democrat, responded that critics
are subscribing to the “it can’t hap
pen here” philosophy. Butrovlch,
finance chairman, declared: “I
think even $250,000 is more than we
can afford.” He forecast that on
present revenue prospects, “we won’t
be within $5,000,000 of balancing the
budget.”
Beat Down Amendments
After the $250,000 proposal failed
8-8, Barr offered successive amend
ments for $400,000 and $500,000 but
they failed 8-8 and 7-9. Barr then
declared it is obvious some members
"don’t consider this important
j enough.” He asked for a closed door
| session for discussions with Colonel
Alexander and the Senate voted 10
6 for it. The session last about 2C
minutes.
The Senate spent most of its two
hour night session trying to reach
agreement on the civilian defense
measure. Nine separate amendments
were offered, ranging from $250,000
to $550,000. All lost on vots of 8-8
or 7-9. The Senate seemed no closer
to agreement at the 10 o’clock ad
journment than when it started.
Keep Up Funds
Steve McCutcheon told the Senate
in the civil defense argument: “l
think this is a case where dollar.'
will buy lives.”
He emphasized that it should be
called “civilian protection” and “dis
aster defense” to avoid the misun
derstanding about what the pro
gram actually entails.
He insisted the administrative
(Continued on Page E:;ht)
SENATE PUTS
O.K. ON CIVIL
DEFENSE BILL
| By JIM HUTCHESON
A civilian defense bill which tied
the Territorial Senate in a tight
deadlock most of Monday sailed
through on the first rollcall this
morning.
It was approved 9 to 7 by the Sen
ate, with a $500,000 appropriation.
Sen. Frank Barr’s original bill
proposed a $1,100,000 appropriation.
Of that total, $300,000 was proposed
for administrative expenses, train
ing and for some types of supplies
and $800,000 for matching by Fed
eral funds.
The $500,000 approved by the Sen
ate this morning included $150,000
for administrative and $350,000 for
Federal matching. That would mean
a total of at least $850,000 in com
bined Territorial and Federal funds
for carrying out the program.
The bill now goes to the House.
Barr suggested the $500,000
amendment that finally won 9-7
approval. It was the tenth amend
ment that had been submitted on
the appropriation clause. Nine had
been suggested yesterday afternoon
and last night. They ranged from
$250,000 to $550,000.
Those voting for the $500,000
I amendment that broke the log Jam
were Democrats Anderson, Barr
Beltz, Huntley, MacKenzie, Mc
Cutcheon and Republicans Gar
nick, Ipalook, Engebreth.
On final passage oi me measuic,
Senator Lyng, who had been the
proponent of the original $250,000
amendment proposal, swung across
to vote "yes.” That raised the vote
to 10-6, but before it was announced
Senator McCutcheon changed his
vote from “yes” to "no" in an obvi
ous maneuver to make himself
eligible for the eventual inter
house conference committee as f
nominal opponent.
The Senate spent most of the
morning acting on House amend
ments to numerous Senate bills. It
was involved at noontime in the
bill to reduce hair seal bounties tf
$3 from the present $6 and to elim
inate much of the Arctic region
from the bounty zone.
SKAGWAYF100D C0NTR01
SPECS AVAILABLE HERE
Word was received today frorr
Lt. Col. G. M. Dorland. acting dis
trict engineer, from Anchorage, that
J. L. McNamara, Juneau City En
gineer, has copies of plans ant
specifications for a flood contro
project at Skagway.
The plans were sent to be avail
abla for Juneau and other contrac
tors who might be interested if
bidding on the project. Bids wil
be opened at the office of the Dist
rict Engineer, Corps of Engineers
at Anchorage on March 28.
The work involves constructior
of emergency flood control struc
tures on the right and left bank
of the Skagway River and the rais
ing of the 23rd Avenue bridge, Dor
land said.
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DOUBLE CHRISTENING
The Rev. Robert Whelan officia
ted at a double christening at th(
Catholic church Sunday afternoon
The infants were children of Mr
and Mrs. George Michaud and
Mr. and Mrs. James McGahee. Both
men are warrant officers with the
U. S. Coast Guard here. The infant,1
were Cavin Michaud and Diant
Kathleen McGahee.
•
• WEATHER REPORT
• Temperature for 24-Hour period
• ending 8:20 o’clock this morning
• In Juneau — Maximum,
• 50; minimum, 35.
• At Airport — Maximum,
• 41; minimum. 33.
•
• FORECAST
• Continued cloudy but
• cooler with rain tonight ttlrn
• ing to snow Wednesday. Low
• temperature tonight 30 deg.
• High Wednesday about 32.
• pr e’c IPITATION
• (Past 24 hours ending 7 30 a m. today
• City of Juneau—.38 inches;
• Since March 1—4.02 inches;
• Since July 1—5*92 inches.
• At Airport — .21 inches;
• Since March 1—2 23 inches;
• Since July 1 — 34.71 inches.
• •••••••••
WASHINGTON STATE
LEGISLATURE QUITS
FOR SPECIAL MEETING
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 20 —Ufl
—Lawmakers called it quits on the
32nd State Legislature last night
after Governor Langlie told them:
1. To come back in a week for
another attempt to balance the
state budget.
2. To be prepared to write n
new omnibus appropriations bill;
he plans to veto the one adopted
during the 71 controversy-ridden
days of the session that ended at
11.06 p.m. yesterday.
Langlie said the special session,
the second of his present adminis
tration, would begin a week from
today. Legislators are pledged by
resolutions adopted in both Houses
to consider only problems dealing
with revenue and taxation, prob
lems they couldn’t solve in the reg
ular session.
Other than House Speaker Charles
Hodde’s guess that it “won’t be less
than 72 hours,” there was no esti
mate of how long the special ses
sion would last.
Of the special session itself,
Hodde, Colville Democrat, declared;
"If the gentleman downstairs
(the Governor) would read that
book on how to win friends and in
fluence people he and the legislators
would be a lot better off.”
(AMES H. PATTERSON,
FORMER LEGISLATOR,
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
James H. Patterson, former mem
ber of the Alaska Legislature and
former United States Marshal In the
Third Division, died last Saturday
n California, according to word re
ceived today by William A. Egan,
Speaker of the House of Repre
entatives. He was 73 years of age.
Born in Cold Spring, New York,
on May 30, 1877, Patterson came
to Alaska In 1898. landing at Valdez.
He spent the next five years pros
pecting, then opened a general
blacksmithing, horseshoeing and
sled manufacturing establishment
which later expanded into a gen
eral hardware business.
Patterson served several times on
the Valdez City Council and school
board and was mayor of the town
n 1916 and 1917. A member of the
Democratic party, he was elected to
the Fourth Territorial Legislature
and served in the House of Repre
:entatives in 1919.
He returned to the House in 1933
and 1935, and from 1937 through
1939 was a member of the Terri
orial Senate.
On April 1, 1939, Patterson was
ippointed United States Marshal for
he Third Division, a position he
leld until a few years ago, when he
esigned because of ill health.
In recent years he has made his
iome with his daughter, Mrs. War
ren Silloway, in California. He was a
nember of the Masons, the Eastern
Star and the Pioneers’ of Alaska.
Funeral services are to be held
<t the Bonney Watson funeral par
ors in Seattle at 1 p. m. Thursday
FAIRBANKS
SHAKEN UP
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 20—
—A light earthquake shook Fair
banks at 12:10 p.m. PST yesterdaj
but no damage was reported.
Officials of the Coast and Geo
ietic Survey here said the seismo
graph at the University of Alasks
indicated the quake center was 2!
miles away in an undetermined di
rection.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, March 20 — Closint
quotation of Alaska Juneau mini
stock today is 3%, American Car
108, American Tel. and Tel. 154 H
Anaconda 39 ‘-i, General Electrii
54*4, General Motors* 52, Goodyeai
72, Kennecott 71, Libby, McNeil A
Libby 9V&, Northern Pacific 33%
Standard Oil of California 45'4
Twentieth Century Fox 214, U. S
Steel 42%. Pound $2.80'm, Canad
ian Exchange 95.62*4:.
Sales today were 1.020,000 shares
Averages today were as follows
Industrials 247.87, rails 81.50, utili
ties 42.81.
CENSORSHIP
IS PUTON
WAR NEWS
Blackout One of Most Rigid
Restrictions Placed on
Correspondents
By Associated Press
Tnlted States troops battling
northeast of Hongchon on the Cen
tral Korean front today ran into
“very stiff* Communist resistance.
Red troops fighting from well dug
in hill positions hurled back an
American battalion after a day-long
fight.
In Tokyo. Oeneral MacArthur or
dered a news blackout on the dis
tance to a certain line on the Kor
ean Peninsula.
(Correspondents were not allowed
j to say specifically what this line is,
but it obviously refers to the politi
j cally important Parallel 38).
It is one of the most rigid news
| restrictions placed on correspond
ents since the war began.
At latest reports, sent before the
j ban, the Allies were reported less
I than 17 miles from the border to
i Red Korea.
Operate Near Border
j The U. S. Eighth Army said hold
i ing elements were on the line at 10
scattered points across the penin
| sula. Patrols were known to be op
erating much closer to the border.
In the action northeast of Hong
chon, Allied air and artillery at
I tack failed to knock out the Com
! munists. The Reds fought back.
| An armored patrol advancing on
j Chunchon met some mortar and
| small arms fire from Chinese rear
■ guards. Allied officers said they
j still believe the city will fall without
: a fight*.
Small Arms Barege
; North of 8eoul on the Western
front American units ran into heavy
! small arms, mortar and artillery
I fire. The resistance was south of
Uijongbu.
i In Seoul itself mines were being
; cleared from the streets and road*
j ways while the rice rations were
| doled out to long lines of civilians.
Penetrate Red Uns
On the West Central front ROK
, soldiers led the Allied advance. AP
1 Correspondent William C. Barnard
said the South Koreans made the
] deepest penetration of Communist
i lines.'
There were indications the Chi
i nese were only trying to slow the
] UN advance until they can complete
| their withdrawal north of Parallel
38.
Meantime, the Red Korean radio
at Pyongyang called on Korean
youths to rise against the UN dur*
! ing a “world youth week" to start
j Wednesday. South Korean soldiers
were urged to turn on UN troops
I in a “righteous uprising and come
to the peoples’ (Communist! Army.”
—
LABOR WAR TRUCE
SOUGHT BY TRUHAN;
JOHNSTON IS CALLED
I _
KEY WEST, Fla.,-March 20 —I*
' —President Truman called in Eco
] nomic Stabilizer Eric Johnston to
day to survey prospects tor a truce
in labor's war on the administration.
I Mr. Truman’s concern with the
union leaders’ walkout on defense
agencies, his associates say, is
greater than he had indicated in
news conferences.
In these conferences, Mr. Truman
has expressed belief that the labor
people will co-operate with the mo
bilization’ program and that he is
not worried by their disagreement
with Defense Mobilization Director
Wilson.
Nevertheless, Johnston has been
working with administration leaders
and spokesmen for organized labor
in an effort to straighten out the
disagreement on a wage formula.
Johnston, second man to Wilson,
’ flew into Miami last night. He will
’ fly over to Key West during the
day to talk with the President at
. Little White House.
FROM SEATTLE
Vernon A. Knott of Seattle is a
guest at the Oastineau Hotel.
FROM TACOMA
Jack Mitchell of Tacoma is reg
- istered at the Baranof Hotel.