THE DAILY EMPIRE
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,828
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Red Bastions Hammered By A llied[ Tank Units
DENIES U.S.
SUPPORTED
APPEASEMENT
State Dept. Thought Back
ing Cease Fire Order
Right, Says Acheson
WASHINGTON, June 6 — (A>1 —
Secretary of State Acheson denied
today there was any "appeasement”
in United States support of last
January’s futile move by the UN
for a cease fire in Korea,
Acheson told the Senate's Mac
Arthur inquiry that the State De
partment backed the move because
“we . . . thought that the sound
thing to do was to vote in favor of
this resolution.”
The UN cease fire resolution
sought to arrange an armistice and
submit to “an appropriate body”
of UN members the questions of
the future of Formosa and China’s
representation in the UN.
Nothing came of the move because
the Chinese Reds rejected the pro
posal.
Asked By Russell
Senator Russell brought up. the
matter at the Senate hearings. He
is chairman of the Senate Armed
Services and Foreign Relations com
mittees conducting the inquiry into
the dismissal of Gen. MacArthur.
Russell asked Acheson for testi
mony about “the resolution that we
supported that gave rise to charges
of appeasement.”
“As we interpreted it, and as we
interpret now,” Acheson said, "the
plan would have restored conditions
to their pre-Korean war status, to
permit negotiation of a lasting peace
“The question of the represents
tion of China in the UN had been
discussed before that, and there was
no reason why it should not be
discussed again after the aggression
stopped.
Formosa lip To UN
“Similarly, the President had sug
gested the future of Formosa should
be considered in the UN, and we
thought that after the aggression
stopped, that was the place where it
should be considered.
“There is not anything in our
action to indicate that the United
States changed its attitude on these
problems in any way, or that itj
would change its attitude in any of
the discussions, but it was consid
ered, and I think soundly, that if
the aggression ceased, these matters
were the subject of discussion.”
U. S. Criticized
Critics have contended the United
States, by endorsing this plan, had
risked a situation in which it would
have been outvoted by a coalition
of the Red Chinese, British and Rus
sian representatives.
It was the 28th day of the in
quiry.
Only five of the 26 committeemen
were in the hearing room at the
start of the day’s session.
Injected into the hearing was a
charge from a Republican senator
that Acheson distorted his account
of administration China policy.
The accusation came from Senator
Brewster who said Acheson engaged
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1*91. »y BeU Synhlcato, Inc..
T^ASHINGTON. — Sen. Brien
McMahon of Connecticut bumped
into Justice Felix Frankfurter,
close friend of Secretary of State
Acheson, at a cocktail party the
other day and remarked:
“What's the matter with Dean?
Why is he so cautious? Here the
Russians are out promising the
moon to the world, and we sit with
our mouths shut like a bump on
a log.”
"I know it,” replied Frankfurter.
"It’s the English in Dean.. He
won’t promise more than he can
give.”
Frankfurter referred to the fact
that Acheson’s mother belonged to
the well-known Canadian Gooder
ham family.
What Senator McMahon refer
red to ivas the fact that American
propaganda abroad has not always
shown imagination and initiative,
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Honeymoon to Alaska
Lieut. Frederick L. Nelson, Naval Aviator, and his bride, (pictures
above), the former Miss Willa Kobey, of Coronado, California, left
Seattle June 1, aboard the Alaska Steamship Company steamer
Baranof for their honeymoon trip to Petersburg, Alaska, where
Nelson was born and went to school. The couple married May 27 at
Coronado on Nelson's return after nine months combat duty in
Korea. Nelson graduated from Annapolis in 1948.
VETERANS
ARRESTED
BY F. B. 1.
Twelve Taken in Custody
on Charges of Defraud
ing AEP Program
NEW YORK, June 6, — OP) —
Twelve persons were arrested by
the FBI today on charges of con
spiracy to defraud the Veterans
Administration Educational pro
gram of $183,000.
Four arrests were made in New
York City, seven in Rochester, N.
Y., and one in Dayton, O.
Edward Scheidt, in charge of
the New York FBI office, said the
arrests involve charges of making
false claims to the government.
Scheidt identified the four ar
rested in New York City as three
officials of the Rochester School
of Radio and Television, Inc., of
of Rochester, N. Y., and an alleged
supplier. He did not release the
names of those taken in custody in
Rochester and Dayton.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LIABLE FOR WATER
FRONT PROTECTION
U. S. Coast Guard headquarters
here today issued the following
statement:
“In accordance with existing sta
tutes and Executive Order 10173
the Coast Guard has broad general
authority and responsibility to
safeguard vital port facilities and
vessels from sabotage. Particularly
at this time the situation requires
the greatest degree of protection
for waterfront facilities and losses
from accidents and sabotage.
The responsibility placed upon
the Coast Guard under the Magnu
son Act does not abrogate the basic
responsibility of local authorities,
owners and operators for the secur
ity of waterfront facilities. Coast
Guard forces are available for
shore-side protection only in spe
cial cases. Therefore, owners and
operators of waterfront facilities
are encouraged to take necessary
steps to protect their establishments
agairjst all kinds of destructive
forces—accidents, fire, and sabot
age."
FREIGHTER SCHEDULED
TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE
Freighter Cynthia Olsen is sched
uled to sail from Seattle for Juneau
on Saturday, June 9, according to
advices received by Agent Henry
Green.
Seventh
Anniversary
OfV-Day
Eisenhower Gives Warn-;
ing to Possible Fu- j
ture Aggressors
STE. MERE EGLISE, France,
June 6 —Wl— Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower stood today on the spot where
Aiiied might began the drive which
[ smashed the German conquerors,
and warned possible future aggres
sors that “all the free world would
rally here again" if western civiliza
tion was threatened.
In an impromptu speech marking
the seventh anniversary of D-Day,
the man who commanded the west
ern legions declared:
“We hope that the campaign be
gun seven years ago taught all ag
gressors one thing — that the soil
of France is sacred to all the free
dom-loving world.
“All aggressors would do well to
remember that. Our great hope is
to convince them in advance, so
that this sacrifice by all the world
will not have to be made.”
Gen. Eisenhower, now commander
of a new and growing western force
—the Atlantic Pact Army — being
built to deter possible aggression
spoke in front of the town hall at
Ste. Mere Eglise, starting point for
ceremonies marking the landing of
Allied forces on Normandy’s blood
j ied beaches seven years ago today.
FROM SEATTLE
Don S. Davis of Seattle is reg
istered at the Baranof Hotel.
Emery C. Hunter of Fortuna
Ledge is stopping at the Gastineau
Hotel.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
77; minimum, 48.
At Airport — Maximum,
76; minimum, 42.
FORECAST
Continued fair with some
high cloudiness tonight and
Thursday. Lowest tempera
ture tonight near 45 deg.
Highest Thursday about 75.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
City of Juneau — Trace;
Since July 1 — 71.86 inches.
At Airport — None;
Since July 1 — 41.41 inches.
BRISTOL BAY
(ARGO SHIP
GETS ORDERS
Unless Discharging Starts
by Noon Today Vessel
to Return South
SEATTLE, June 6—IJ’I—An Alaska
Steamship Company vessel has been
ordered back to Seattle from strike
bound Bristol Bay, Alaska^'.unless
unloading of her cannery' Ship
ment cargo is begun by noon today.
The order was sent to the master
of the vessel. Sailor's Splice, Albert
Meyer.
Some 1,400 Bristol Bay fishermen
went on strike last Friday — the
same day the ship arrived in -the
rich fishing area.
The walkout was called by the
Bering Sea Fishermen's Union (Ind)
which is seeking recognition as bar
gaining agent for the Bristol Bay
fishermen.
D. E. Skinner, general manager
of Alaska Steam, said it was "un
fortunately necessary” to recall the
vessel. It said shipping space was
critically needed because of the ab
normal movement of cargo for de
fense and commercial projects- in
the Territory.
"The Sailor’s Splice arrived in
Bristol Bay June 1, and since that
time has lain idle due to a labor
controversy between the Alaska Sal
mon Industry and the local fisher
men’s union,” Skinner said.
The vessel is loaded with some
5,000 tons of cannery equipment for
a number of canneries in the area.
The striking workers were- repre
sented by (he Alaska FidJinjSi.tii'Af
Union (Ind) before breaking to form
the Bering Sea union. The AFU
signed a contract with the indus
try for the Bristol Bay area and the.
Bering Sea group counteracted by
filing a complaint with the National
Labor Relations Board.
BREAKNOW
SEEN, STRIKE,
BRISTOL BAY
Amended Unfair Labor
Practices Are Filed with
NLRB in Seattle
SEATTLE, June 6 — IflWAmended
unfair labor practices charges were
filed with the National Labor Rela
tions Board today by the striking
Bering Sea Fishermen’s Union
(Ind).
The move was viewed as the first
break in a legal log-jam which has
tied the Bristol Bay Salmon Canning
Industry since last Friday.
The revamped charges clear the
way for an NLRB ruling on the
union’s petition for an election and
a subsequent decision on unfair la
bor charges against the Alaska Sal
mon Industry, Inc.
New Quick Action
However, the NLRB staff member
who has been working on the case
in Washington, D. C., said there was
no action foreseeable “for some time
yet.”
He said the board can not act until
disposition of the Bering Sea un
ion’s unfair labor charge and he
Indicated that even then additional
work will have to be done before
a decision is reached.
Ship Deadline 3 P. M.
Meanwhile, the Alaska Steamship
Company had ordered the return of
its vessel, Sailor’s Splice, to Seattle
with her full cargo of cannery
equipment unless the labor deadlock
is broken by noon today, Bristol
Bay Time (3 p.m., PDT).
The Bering Sea Union, seeking
Jurisdiction over 1,400 Bristol Bay
fishermen, has picketed the shif
since Its arrival with cannery sup
plies.
Industry Makes Filing
In another development, the Alas
ka Salmon Industry. Inc., represent
ing the packers, filed unfair labor
practices charges against the Ber
ing Sea union and the two AFL un
ions — The Seafarers’ International
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Lethal Lineup
Allied self-propelled 105mm howitzers fire from positions near Inje on Korea's central front as they blast
Reds in the hills near the town. Gun casings litter the ground — evidence on the Intensity of the
barrage. l/PI Wirephoto.
Pope at Beatification Ceremony
Pope Poiis XIII speaks to congregation after having venerated newly
beatified Pope Pins X in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican Ctiy. Bronze
and crystal case (above Pontiff in background) contains body of Pope
Plus X dressed in pontifical robes. More than 50,000 pilgrims wit
nessed ceremony as Pius X became eighth Pontiff to be thus honored
in nearly 2,000-year history of Roman Catholic Church. UP) Wirephoto
by radio from Rome.
DIR. SCHWAMM TO
MAKE STATEMENT
PALMER AIRPORT
George “Tony” Schwamm, Direc
tor of Aviation for the Territory,
was yesterday preparing a state
ment for the Empire on the Palmer
airport in reply to the report of the
Senate subcommittee headed by
Senator Clyde R. Hoey of North
Carolina, recently published.
Just before press time today the
following wire was received from
Director Schwamm:
“Was delayed with long distance
call. Will make new statement on
return.” The wire was from Peters
burg, Alaska.
Ship Movements
Aleutian from Seattle with NEA
tour party aboard due Saturday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Princes^ Kathleen scheduled to
sail from Vancouver 8 p.m. Satur
day.
Chilcotln scheduled to sail from
Vancouver 11:45 p.m. Saturday.
Baranof scheduled to arrive from
Westward Sunday southbound.
SAYS DEATH
TO NAZI WAR
CRIMINALS
WASHINGTON, June 6 — UP) —
The Supreme Court today denied
; a last-minute plea to stay the exe
cution of seven Nazi war criminals
in Germany.
The denial apparently clears the
last legal obstacle from the path
leading to the gallows for the seven
at the U. S. prison at Landsberg,
Germany.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. June 6 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today Is 2%. American Can
109%, American Tel. and Tel. 155,
Anaconda 41%. Douglas Aircraft
48%, General Electric 54%, General
Motors 48 %. Goodyear 79%, Kenne
cott 73%, Libby, McNeill and Libby
8%. Northern Pacific 40%, Standard
Oil of California 45%. Twentieth
Century Fox 18%, U. S. Steel 40%,
Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange
93.81.
Sales today were 1,200,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 249.09, rails 79.10. utili
ties 42.65.
BIG PLANE
IN CRASH;
9 KILLED
SAN ANTONIO. June 6 — Iffi
Ntne airmen were killed today In
the crash of a huge C-97 Strato
freighter a block from San Antonio’s
city limits.
"V >
The four- cngim! craft, c rpnblft of
carrying 60 passengers, plunged to
the ground from housetop level
shortly after taking off from Kelly
Air Force Base.
Glenn Krueger, reporter for radio
station KITE, said the plane ex
ploded once in the air, again on the
ground after striking a filling sta
tion pump, and then burned.
It ripped down two high voltage
electric wires and sheared off a
utility pole before plowing into Grey
Eagle tavern near the intersection
of Somerset and Palo Alto roads.
Most of the bodies were hurled
clear of the wreckage in the 300
yard swath it cut.
One woman in a car near the
scene was slightly burned.
NEAPARTY
IS BOUND
FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, June 6 —i#1— A tour
ist party of about 180 from the Ed
itorial Association convention, in
cluding wives, was on Its way to
Alaska by steamship today.
The convention wound up with
election of officers, selection of New
York state — probably Buffalo —
for the 1952 convention, and reso
lutions opposing pending newspaper
postal rate increases being consid
ered by Congress.
The “Grass Roots" publishers also
heard Sen. Cain (R-Wash) tell
them he believes Gen. MacArthur's
dismissal was a "blessing in dis
guise” on three counts:
Settlement of the Formosan ques
tion for a long time to come; op
position of letting Red China get
into the UN and curtailment of Red
China trade. These items, he said,
w'ere advocated by MacArthur.
Bernard E. Esters, 52-year-old
publisher of a weekly newspaper a I
Houlton, Me., was advanced from
vice president to president for the
coming year. He succeeds J. Clif
ford Kaynor of Ellensburg, Wash.
The tour party is scheduled tc
arrive in Juneau Saturday.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to St. Ann’s hospital
Tuesday were Lyle Jones, George F.
Cresman. Pete Savella. discharged
were Steve Remeto, Cliff Campbell,
Otto Schombel.
Discharged from the Government
hospital Monday was Annie Joseph,
Angoon. There were no admissions.
ALLIES NOW
NEAR GATES
RED BASES
Eighth Army Reported
Making Gates - Censor
ship, However, Prevails
By Associated Press
Allied tank patrols hammered to
day at the gates of Chorwon and
Kumhwa. southern anchors of the
Communist Central Korean strong
hold.
A tough and confident UN Army
"is standing at the front door now.
hammering at the lock," AP Tokyo
Bureau Chief Robert Eunson re
ported from 8th Army headquarters
in Korea.
Tight Censorship
Tight censorship blacked out the
exact distance Allied troops were
from the Reds’ strategic Chorwon
Kumhwa-Pyonggang bastion. The
8th Army reported gains of up to
two miles, except on the bitterly de
fended Eastern front.
In the west, Eunson reported #A1
lles had “battled all the way back
to the gates of Chorwon . . . exactly
where they were six weeks ago when
the Communists' first spring of
fensive was touched off.”
Then, the main lines was four
miles from Chorwon. Armored pa
trols stabbed two miles closer.
UN Forces Roll On
Wednesday night the 8th Army
announced UN forces rolled one to
two miles nearer Chorwon from po
sitions north ot Yonchon. And a
tan!; patrol rumbled itj miles ahead
of the line, running a gauntlet of
red fire.
Dispatches from the Central front
reported UN troops drove nearly a
mile closer to Kumhwn, eastern
gateway to the Communist supply
and build-up zone.
Red Forces Large
Eunson reported official estimates
place 300,000 Reds on the battle
front. He said 120,000 North Koreans
hold the Eastern and Western
flanks, with 180,000 Chinese in the
center defending their vital triangle.
Eunson indicated the 8th Army
was trying to provoke another Com
munist offensive; and if it doesn’t
j come the Allies may overrun the
j Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang ( area
without a bitter fight.
New Forces Join Reds
Hints of a possible new type of
warfare In Korea came in an un
confirmed report from Taipeh. The
China Union press said 30,000 Sov
iet Satellite troops have arrived in
Red Korea.
TRf Chinese Nationalist agency
said 1,000,000 conscripts are digging
deep tunnels, immune to air and
artillery attack, linking strong points
from which this new force will fight.
Thirty thousand Red Guerrillas
still are operating in South Korea,
a Korea Republic spokesman said.
Her reported 110,000 have been killed
or captured since October.
HALIBUT FISHING
AREAS 3,4.1A TO
CLOSE ON JUNE 25
SEATTLE, June 6 —UH— The In
ternational Fisheries Commission
set closing dates yesterday for hali
! but fishing in Alaskan and North
ern California waters.
Halibut fishing will be banned in
Areas 3, 4 and 1-A on midnight.
June 25.
At that time, fishing experts esti
mate the catch limit will be reached.
Area 1-A includes water south of
Cape Blanco, Ore. Area 3 lies be
tween Cape Spencer, Alaska and
Cape Sarichef on Unimak Island at
tt)e entrance to the Bering Sea.
And Area 4 covers waters of the
Bering 8eg not included in Area 3
The closure of Area 1-A and 4
automatically coincide with the clos
ure of Area 3.
FROM PETERSBURG
Mr. and Mrs. Dickson Taylor of
Petersburg are stopping at the Gas
tineau Hotel.
HAINES VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Koenig. Jr.,
of Haines arc stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.