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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,773 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATEdTkESS PRICE TEN CENTS
Commies Mass For All - Out Spring Off ensive
WARNING
IS GIVEN
BY AURIOL
French President Talks
Straight to Joint Ses
sion of Congress
WASHINGTON. April 2. — '.fl —
President Vincent Auriol of France
told Congress today that if his
country falls before the forces of
aggression “the whole world, indeed
civilzation itself, will be in mortal
danger.”
Addressing a special Senate
House session, he said to prevent
such a disaster the West must base
its defense strategy on "shielding"
Western Europe against attack.
The alternative, he said, is to
"liberate a Europe which may once
more be occupied, enslaved, ex
ploited and ravaged and whose
name, you may be sure, would only
recall the final ruin of a civiliza
tion.”
Auriol’s speech climaxed a formal
six-day state visit here as guest
of President Truman. He planned
to leave by train for New York soon
after for three more days of speech
es, dinners and receptions.
In his final appearance here,
Auriol cautioned America's legis
lators of the dangers of “uncoordi
nated diplomacy and strategy.” The
West must stand together, he said,
building regional defense pacts “to
deter aggression and strengthen the
peace.”
Auriol specifcally mentioned only
the 12-nation North Atlantic Pact
and did not elaborate on his refer
ence to possible additional “pacts.”
The bespectacled chief of state
vigorously defended the French
fighting record. France, he said, has
lost 1,932,000 nten as a result or
the past two World Wars and is
now fighting Communism in Korea
and Indochina.
MRS. SANDBO SOUTH
Mrs. Preston Sandbo flew to Se- I
attle Saturday via Pan American i
Airways where she will enter the
Virginia Mason Clinic for medical
attention.
PASSMORE TO SEATTLE s
Victor Passmore, who has been
rrv the Daily Alaska Empire mech
anical staff for the past three
months during the legislative rush,
flew to Seatle Saturday where he
will join his wffe -who has been
living in Seattle while her husband
was in Juneau.
ROCKY ROTHWELL HERE
Ira (Rocky) Rothwell, of Cordova
arrived yesterday on PNA to attend
the spring meeting of the Alaska
Fisheries Board, of which he is a
member. He is stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
The Washingion
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1951. oy Bell Syndicate, Inc..
J^ASHINGTON. — One trouble
with holding down prices is that
some officials inside the office of
Price Stabilization seem more in
terested in upping prices than in
preventing inflation.
Here’s an example of the public
be-hanged behavior of certain of
ficals which occurred at a recent
closed-door meeting between price
official Charles W. Carvin and rep
resentatives of the woolen industry.
This meeting, like most of the
important price-control meetings
held in Washington, had no spokes
man for the consumer. The group
consisted entirely of wool manufac
turers—with the exception ot
Charles Carvin, the government’s
man. Carvin, however, is not ex
actly a friend of the consumer,
haing spent most of his life in the
textile industry and currently is on
leave from his own large New York
textile firm, Charles W. Carvin Co.
During their meeting Carvin and
the wool manufacturers discussed
the question of how much of a price
increase the manufacturers should
get, and Carvin astonished the
group with this advice:
“Go see Mike Di Salle (OPS Ad
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Love Bloomed at Rose Parade
Marine Corp. Robert Gray, 22, who replaced Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
as grand marshal of the 1951 Tournament of Roses parade at Pasa
dena, Calif., and Betsy Josi, 18, one of the Rose Queen's princesses,
are going to be married. They’re pictured as they announced their
engagement at Pasadena, They met at the Queen's breakfast a few
days before New Year’s Day and said it was love at first sight. (If)
Wirephoto.
TO SUIT THE PURPOSE -a crashed C-119. with
Its windows boarded up and a door added, is converted into a
snack bar for officers on air strip somewhere in South Korea.
MARBLE DANCERS - Roy E. Swain, Huntington
Park, Calif., consultant engineer, points to one of his picturesque
signs showing two Spanish dancers which is made of approxi*
mately 15,000 brightly colored glass marbles.
JUNEAU WOMAN HAS
TWO DEEP FREEZES
What to do with two deep freeze
refrigerators? Thnl’s the question
facing Mrs. Wayne Johnson today
who received a brand new 12 cu. ft.
Frigidaire food freezer Saturday
night from Auk Bay Post No. 25,
The American Legion.
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It seems that Mrs. Johnson is al
ready the owner of a 9 cubic foot
deep freeze outfit and so, she’s
looking around today for means of
disposing of the surplus box.
Mrs. Johnson and her husband
are proprietors of the City Dry
Cleaners.
IIAINES VISITOR
Flex F. Hakkinen of Haines Is
stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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LEFT FORCES
LEADING AFU
ELECTIONS
' t
SEATTLE, April 2.—tfft—Candi- t
dates supported by left-wing forces
in the Alaska Fishermen's Union [
(Independent! appeared to have!
been elected to head the union for j
the coming year, it was learned j
today.
In the race for secretary-treasur- :
er. George W. Johansen of Seattle,
was leading Louis Motsad of Port
land, who was supported by the more
conservative forces, 541 to 348, in
voting in West Coast ports.
Votes from Alaska still were to be
counted but they were not expected
to change the outcome. Johansen’s :
strength in Alaska, especially in the j
Southeast, is generally conceded. j
Johansen would succeed Oscar j
Anderson of Seattle, who did not
seek re-election. Anderson ha sbeen!
under attack of left-wing forces. j
Hans Hansen of Seattle, also sup- ■
ported by the left-wing, is leading !
for assistant secretary-treasurer, it)
was reported. Other candidates were j
Ralph E. Olsen of Seattle, Mrs. j
Lottie Edelman of Anchorage and ;
Oluf Johnson of Seattle.
24 LEAVE ABOARD
BARANOF JOUTHBOUKs]
—
Embarking on the Baranof for j
Seattle and Ketchikan Monday af- j
ternoon were 24 passengers.
For Seattle: Mrs. Malcolm :
Greany and two sons: James Bush, j
Inga S. Miller, Les Joe, Mrs. Mar
tha Ulrich, Mary Ann Ulrich, Mr j
and Mrs. J. E. Hutson, Mrs. G. M. |
Lowry, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mac Kin- ,
non. Howard E. Martin, Gerald j
Williams, Howard Lyng.
For Ketchikan: Andy Barlow, B. :
F. Kane, Glenn Leach, Ralph E.
Smith. Aaron Johnson, Mae Ja- j
ger, Frank A. Metcalf, Alberta j
Cole,
Body of Wrangell
Man Found in Canal j
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SEATTLE, April 2, —W—The |
body of a man identified front per
sonal papers as Sylvester T. Con- (
traro of Wrangell, Alaska, was |
found yesterday in the Lake Wash
ington ship canal.
Coroner John P. Brill ordered an j
autopsy performed.
GUARD OFFICER RETURNS
Harry Lucas, warrant officer of
the National Guard, returned to |
Juneau yesterday via Pacific Nor- |
them Airlines after having been!
on an inspection trip of National i
Guard units in Anchorage and j
Fairbanks He was gone a week. I
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TO OCEAN BEACH
Mrs. Dorothy Novatney, of the ;
Territorial Department of Educa
tion flew south to go to Ocean |
Beach, Calif., where she was called
because of illness of an aunt.
NEW EMPLOYEE
Mrs. Beatrice Buchanan is a new
employee in the disbursing office of
the U. S. Treasury Department, j
Arthur Adams is in charge of the J
office.
Mrs. Buchanan was recently em- |
ployed in the Territorial legislature. |
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WEATHER REPORT «
Temperature tor 84-Hour Period a
ending 6.20 o'clock this morning a
In Juneau — Maximum, <
42; minimum, 38. <
At Airport — Maximum, *
43; minimum. 37. 1
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forecast «
Rain occasionally mixed 1
with snow and southeasterly <
winds of 15 to 25 miles per
hour tonight. Lowest temp- 1
erature near 35 degrees. '
Mostly cloudy with rain «
showers Tuesday. Highest '
temperature near 42 degrees.
PRECIPITATION '
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau—.27 inches;
Since April 1,—.27 inches;
Since July 1 — 58.21 inches;
At Airport — .09 inches;
Since April 1 — .10 inches;
Since July 1—36.36 inches.
New Army Tank
Army and government officials view a new Walker Bulldog tank as it rolls off the production line at the
Cadillac Division of General Motors' plant at Cleveland, Ohio. The tank, railed the T-41, weighs 2(i
tons and came off the assembly line three months ahead of contract schedule. i/Pi Wlrephoto.
THREE HELD
OH CHARGES
OF GRAFT
SEATTLE, April 2. — t/P* — Three j
women, whose arrest in a North i
End house of prostitution led to the j
•payoff” discharge of a King County
Deputy Sheriff, are held as material
witnesses.
Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll said
he had order^l ,a ''hold’, on 1
women after a 'nrfysterlotls offer to*
pay their fines was rejected. The
offer was accompanied by a mes
sage to get out of town.
The "hold" was apparently all
right with Mrs. Eileen Avanzino,
26, whose statement on the “pro
tection payoffs” was read in Justice
Court Friday. She said she wished
the protection of the jail because j
she believed herself in danger and
feared violence.
Mrs. Avanzino said in her state
ment she had paid since discharged
Sheriff’s Deputy Elmo Hudgens $500
in cash plus a promised $500 a
month to keep the hou se in opera
tion!
She also named Steward O. Jac
obson, private detective. Nelson
Durham, attorney, and Deputy
Sheriff F. J. Sands as participating
in the payoff deal.
The other two women held were
Rita Curtis, 22, and Ida Bernardino,
28, who said she was the house
keeper.
Both Hudgens and Jacobson have
denied the charges.
MRS. LUTHER HESS
IS DEAD IK SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 2. — W — Mrs.
Harriet Hess, 74, of Fairbanks, Sec
retary of the University of Alaska
Board of Regents for 34 years,-died
in a hospital here Saturday after
an extended illness.
Long active in civic and educa
tional work in Alaska, Mrs. Hess
was named in 1916 to select the site
near Fairbanks for the first build
ing of what is now the University
of Alaska. She was appointed Sec
retary of the Board of Regents in
1917 and served until her death.
Mrs. Hess was principal of the
Juneau High School from 1902 to
1907, and was Fairbanks High
School principal from 1907 to 1910.
In 1911 she married Luther Hess,
widely known Fairbanks business
man. They had no children.
Andrew Nerland of Fairbanks,
President of the University Board
of Regents, is in Seattle and is as
sisting Mr. Hess with funeral ar
rangements. The funeral will be
at 1 p.m., Wednesday at the Bon
ney-Watson Funeral Home, in Se
atle, with entombment in mauso
leum at Acacia Cemetery.
C. L. Watson of Sitka, is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
Eisenhower
To Get Men
Under 20 Yrs.
WASHINGTON, April 2—Iff)—Ad- j
ministration forges won the first
tests today as the Senate drove to
ward a decision in the great debate
over sending U. S. troops to serve
in a North Atlantic defense force
ifi Europe.
At session lasting into the night
appeared probable before a final
vote on a Senate resolution on the
troops issue.
Knocked down by only two votes
—46 to 44—was a move by Senator
McClellan (D-Ark) to put the Sen
ate on record as saying that no
more than four additional divisions
should be sent to Western Europe
“without further Congressional ap
proval.”
A vote of 62 to 27 rejected a move
by Senator Case (R-SD) to ban the
sending of any foot soldiers under
age 20.
The committee's resolution en
dorses the administration plan to
send four divisions—about 100,000
men—to join the two divisions al
ready in Europe and ticketed for
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Wes
tern defense command. It also calls
for Congressional approval of "any
new policy” for troop commitments
beyond the four divisions.
The Senate met two hours ear
lier than usual in an effort to come
to a final decision on the troops
for-Europe issue after weeks of de
bate.
Two separate resolutions were be
fore it. Both would endorse the
administration's program. One
would express only Senate senti
ment. The other, if adopted by the
Senate, would be sent on to the
House.
Neither resolution has the force
of law. They would call upon the
President to get “Congressional ap
proval”—without defining the term
—before assigning any additional
forces. Legally, the President, who
has contended he has the final
authority on troop deployment,
could ignore this advice.
STOCK OUCiATIONS
NEW YORK. April 2.—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 27», American Can
109, American Tel. and Tel. 1537*,
Anaconda 38 ., General Electric 54,
General Motors 51 ‘•i, Goodyear 71-%,
Kennecott 72'», Libby. McNeill and
Libby 9, Northern Pacific 32, Stand
ard Oil of California 451 k . Twen
tieth Century Pox 20:1i, U. S. Steel
41%, Pound $2.801«, Canadian Ex
change 95.25.
Sales today were 1.280,000 shares
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 248.63, rails 70.09. utili
ties 42.21
FLOWERED HAT —
Roses and egrets are used as a ,
combination on a black horse
hair crown for a pretty evening
hat by Rose Valois of Paris. A
large diamond clip placed in the
center of the hat gives it a glit
tering. effect.
GOVERNOR TO
WASHINGTON TO
CONFER, DEFENSE
Governor Ernest Gruening is fly
ing to Anchorage tomorrow where
he will confer with military heads
on civilian defense for Alaska and
Wednesday will go on to Washing
ton. D. C., where he will see Mil
lard F. Caldwell, national admin
ilstrator for civilian defense. Main
object in his talks with Caldwell
will be an effort to secure addition
al federal funds for Alaska civilian
defense. The recent legislature
passed an act appropriating $150,000
for administration and $250,000 for
work of civilian defense in the Ter
ritory, the latter to be matched
with federal funds.
"However,” the Governor said, "I
feel that half a million dollars is
not a sufficient sum to carry out
civilian defense properly in the
Territory.”
He expects to be gone about three
weeks.
MRS. 8HUDSI1IFT RETURNS
Mrs. Arne Shud.shift. of Douglas,
returned home this morning on the
Denali after a visit of six weeks in
the Pacific northwest.
In Seattle Mrs. §hudshift was a
house guest of Mrs. Nils Furness
who formerly lived in Juneau. Mrs.
Shudshift said that she enjoyed
visits with many former Juneauites
while in Seattle. Vancouver, B. C.
and other cities and towns in the
Seattle area.
Vernon J. Forney of Denver is
a guest at the Barannf Hotel.
STRENGTH
OF ENEMY
IS TESTED
Tank - Led U. N Infantry
Patrols Cautiously Stab
at Boundary Line
By The Associated Press
Tank-led United Nations lnfan
! try patrols stabbed across the Kor
ean 38th parallel several times to
; day testing enemy strength. The
Chinese Communists were reported
massing their forces for an all-out
, spring offensive.
After short periods north of the
; boundary, Allied patrols presumably
returned to their main lines. One
patrol on the West Central front
encountered stiff enemy resistance
one and a half miles north of the
border before pulling back.
The Allied advance was cautious
in the face of the expected all-out
Chinese counterattack. Patrols led
the way through heavy mine
fields.
Communist vehicles jammed the
roads of Northwest Korea — more
than 2,300 were spotted by Allied
airmen last night.
General MacArthur’s communique
said the main Chinese thrust might
come in the Central sector, where
the enemy is building up great
strength in the Chorwon-Kumhwa
Hwachon triangle.
Hwachon is 15 miles aue norm
of Allied-held Chunchon and seven
miles north ot the border separat
ing North and South Korea. United
Stales units advanced east of Chun
ehon without firing a shot. Greek,
Thailnnd (Siamese) and South Kor
ean troops fighting with the Am
ericans ran into pockets of resist
ance north of Chunchon.
Allied warplanes punched at en
emy troop concentrations and build
up areas north of the border.
On the Western front the Red
Chinese planted mines to protect
their flank while they carried forth
their preparations on the Central
front.
There were no indications of any
fresh Allied crossings of the bound
ary line. No further advance was
reported on the East Coast where
South Korean troops are 10 to 12
miles north of the border.
THIRD WRANGELL
MAN CHARGED IN
ILLEGAIJUR CASE
Another Wrangell' man, Orrie C.
Harris, was apprehended in Wran
gell Friday in what' appears to be
an illegal fur racket which seems
to have struck the town. He Is the
third man to plead guilty of such
charges within a week, according
to word received here by Regional
Director Clarence Rhode of the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service office.
Harris pleaded guilty before U.
S. Commissioner Joel Wing on two
counts, taking and possession of
illegal fur and was fined $1000 and
given a jail sentence of one year
which was suspended.
Last week Cal Zuver was appre
hended in Seattle as he stepped off
a plane from Wrangell. He was
given a $500 fine and six months
suspended jail sentence for posses
sion of illegal fur. Last Friday U.
S. Deputy Collector of Customs,
Ben Carson was charged and plea
ded guilty to possession of 14 mink
skins and was fined $500 and given
a suspended jail sentence of 160
days. Carson has since resigned his
Wrangell Customs post, the local
Collector of Customs office re
ported.
MRS. V. SOLOFEFF HERE
Mrs. V. Soboleff arrived Monday
on the Denali from Ketchikan and
is staying at the Baranof. She is
an aunt of Rev. and Mrs. Walter
Soboleff.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
j from Vancouver 8 p.m , Aoril 4.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m. Friday.
Denali in port and scheduled to
sail westward at 4 o'clock this af
i ternooti.