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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,714 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1951 ^MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS
20TH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE OPENS
Two Juneau Girls; Two Queens
Above is Fairbanks 1951 Ice Bowl Queen Sheila MaeSpadden and
Susan Williams, Queen of the 1950 ice bowl same, as they team up
to deliver a double dose of royal hridgework. John Canfield, com
pletely oblivious to the two blue bloods, hands a cup of coffee to an-,
nouncer Prof. Jack Warshauer. Queen Sheila is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. MaeSpadden of Juneau and Queen Susan is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lew M. Williams, a;so of Juneau.
Photo is by John Sigler and the cut is by courtes yof the Polar Star.
PROPAGANDA
PLAN ASKED
BY McMAHON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.— UP) —
Senator McMahon <D, Conn.) to
day renewed his call for a $50,000,
000,000 global peace plan and asked
that it be linked to a senate
resolution expressing friendship for
the Russian people.
The chairman of the S’enate
House Atomic Energy Committee
said the United States is ‘‘losing
ground" in the battle for the minds
of men. He said the senate should
immediately undertake "a ringing
declaration of America's inten
tions.”
In a speech prepared for Senate
delivery, McMahon outlined this
three-point program to carry out
his objectives:
1. That the United States spend
$10,000,000,000 a year for five years
for economic aid to all countries,
including Russia, in exchange for
(a) general acceptance of an "ef
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, Dy Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
(Ed. Note—This is another of
Drew Pearson’s columns giving
hitherto unrevcaled information
regarding our Korean defeat and
the events leading to it.)
Washington—a lot of books
have been written about the historic
World War II decisions made at
Teheran and Yalta, but nothing
either official or semiofficcial has
come out about the Wake Island
conference last fall which preceded
one of our most disastrous defeats
in history.
Because that defeat has cost
many American lives and the worst
proportionate casualties of any re
cent war, and because it has given
an equally serious setback to the
United Nations’ goal to prevent
aigressicn, it is only proper that
the public know something of what
transpired at Wake Island.
The President of the United Stat
es flew halfway round the world to
confer with General MacArthur, yet
aside from a few conversational
pleasantries reported by accompany
ing newsmen, nothing has been
published regarding what happened
on this mid-Pacfic island.
The direct talks between Mac
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fective” international atomic energy
control, and <b) an agreement that
alt countries earmark two-thirds of
their present armaments spending
lor “constructive” purposes.
2, That the Senate pass a resolu
tion “expressing friendship for the
people of Russia by the people of
the United States," and ask the
Soviet rulers to make it known to
their people.
3. That the United Nations as
sert its right to operate its own
radio station in 'the Soviet Union
so that the UN deliberations could
be made known to the peoples be
hind the “Iron Curtain.”
McMahon said he would continue
to support all legislation which in
creases the nation’s armed might,
while still working for a just and
honorable peace. .
McMahon in his prepared speech
did not mention the troops-for
Europe debate. That discussion ap
peared to be simmering down to
one question: How many?
MOTHER
NATURE
SS BUSY
(By the Associated Press)
Upheavals of nature claimed at
least 170 lives in various parts of
the world over* the weekend.
Furious blizzards which sent great
avalanches thundering down Alpine
slopes in Austria, Italy and Switzer
land killed at least 136 persons.
An eruption of Mount Laming
ton in far-off New Guinea killed
23 persons and 34 others are miss
ing.
Eight persons are dead and 11
fishing boats missing after heavy
gales in northern Norway. Near
Besancon, France, heavy snowfall
caused a farmhouse chimney to
collapse and three persons sleeping
inside perished.
In addition, many small streams
flooded in western .Germany as a
result of heavy rain and melting
snow, but no loss of life was re
ported.
Edward Demoski
Missing in Korea
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 — <^Pi —
Casualty list No. 207, released to
day by the Department of Defense,
reported Army Pfc. Edw^rd De
moski, brother of Miss Justine De
moski, Koyukuk, Alaska, as missing
in action in Korea.
RED PATROLS
BLASTED BY
U.N. FORCES
Thrust Made Deep Into
Commie Territory-Ridg
way Says Situation OK
(By the Associated Press)
Four powerful Allied columns
looking for a fight thrust deep into
Communist territory today but Reds
on the western Korean front didn’t
answer the challenge.
The motorized columns were bol
stered with tanks and mobile artil
lery. They returned to the main Al
lied lines late Monday afternoon
after blasting several Red patrols
in minor skirmishes.
The columns ranged across a 50
mile span of the western front and
pushed within less than 25 miles of
Red-held Seoul. Termed officially
a “reconnaissance in considerable
force,” the scouting patrols were
charged with taking Red prisoners
and obtaining information on Com
munist troop buildups.
Reds Run
“I guess they saw us coming and
ran to the north to hide,” an Allied
intelligence officer said.
“They seem to be willing to stay
and fight when we send out small
patrols. But when we beef one up
and hunt them out with it they run
away.
“Then we pull out and they filter
back into their former positions.”
On the central front, Allied forces
retook Wonju airstrip and nearby
Hill 233 Monday after a three-hour
fight. A Communist regiment had
held the commanding hill for two
days.
Central Front OK
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
landed at the field a few hours
after the fight. The Eighth Army
[chief said the central front situa
j tion "is perfect and getting better
all the time.”
Wonju is the road and rail gate
to the heart of South Korea. Allied
forces withdrew last Tuesday after
a fighting stand there of nearly
three weeks but strong patrols re
turned last Friday.
Ridgway praised the Second Divi
sion for its dogged Wonju stand
and lauded French troops fighting
with it.
Reds Massing in West
Along the western front, where
the Reds also were reported massing
troops for a new drive, the four
Allied combat patrols met virtually
no opposition.
The prowling of mechanized col
umns behind enemy lines in the
west was called “reconnaissance in
considerable force.” One column
drove straight through Osan, 28 air
miles south of Seoul and pushed
on north of the town. A second col
umn ranged through Kumyang
jang, 10 miles northeast of San. A
third drove north between these
two columns.
Dead In Snow
One column reached the outskirts
of Ichon and, running into some
opposition, left 22 enemy dead
sprawled in the snow. The hour
long skirmish was fought in near
zero weather.
The enemy stepped up its air
■attacks. Twelve Soviet-built MIG
fighter jets made a half-hearted
swipe at four U.S. F-84 jets over
North Korea and then turned tail
for the safety of the Manchurian
border. A total of 54 Russian-type
jets were spotted in the air Sunday.
FWS AIRCRAFT SUPERVISOR
TO INSPECT SKI PLANE
DAMAGED AT PILOT POINT
Byron Cowles, Acting Aircraft
Supervisor for the Fish and Wild
life Service at Anchorage will fly to
Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula
to inspect the wreckage of the
Cessna ski plane damaged when it
came in for a landing there last
Thursday. Advices to the local FWS
office today from Cowles said he
would salvage parts of the plane if
it could not be repaired.
ANDY HOPE ARRIVES
Andrew Hope, representative from
Sitka, is stopping at the Gastineau
Hotel.
FROM OREGON
Charles W. Munford of Cornelius,
Ore., arrived here yesterday on
PAA and is stopping at the Baranof
i Hotel.
Patrol Seeks Enemy
Well-armed infantrymen move up hill in Wonju front sector as Allied forces launch attack against en
emy-held hill in subzero temperature. United Nations troops fought their way back into Wonju 1-19)
as Red forces were routed in snow-mantled east central Korea. Iff) Wirephoto.
PLANNING
MILITARY
STRENGTH
Bradley Gives His Views
Before Congress on
Preparedness
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 — UP! —
Gen. Omar Bradley told Congress
today the military forces the United
States is planning “are sufficient
in my opinion to avert disaster for
our country.”
Testifying before the Senate Pre
paredness subcommittee, the chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
said bombing of American cities
might be possible but “there is little
real danger now of the continental
United States being invaded and
overrun so far as we can see."
Bradley said U.S. air defenses,
"combined with the efforts of the
Canadians,” could avert "complete
disaster” but "if a determined enemy
| is willing to expend the effort,
some bombers will get through.”
Bradley was before the committee
to endorse the Defense Department’s
proposals for drafting of 18-year
olds and extending the period of
draft service from 21 to 27 months.
He gave the committee in addi
tion a briefing on how the services
plan to meet any attack,
"The initial retaliation against an
enemy by strategic bombing will be
provided if the air power and the
necessary army and navy support
to seize and hold the bases from
which to operate are in our hands
the moment an emergency arises,”
he said.
“The closer the bases are to the
enemy the easier it will be, and the
less costly it will be, to provide a
sustained retaliation air attack.
“Our strategy does not include
a retraction of all of our military
power to the continental limits of
the North American continent
when we are attacked.”
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%, American Can
99'i, American Tel. and Tel. 153Vi,
Anaconda 40 %, Douglas Aircraft
106, General Electric 51%, General
Motors 48%, Goodyear 71, Kenne
cott 7614, Libby McNeill and Libby
9%, Northern Pacific 32%, Standard
Oil of California 92%, Twentieth
Century Fox 22%, U.8. Steel 45%,
Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange
95.06%.
Sales today were 2,570,000 shares.
• Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 244.29, rails 83.30, utilities
42.21.
FROM PETERSBURG
James H. Wheeler of Petersburg
U at the Daranof Hotel.
'Peacemenf
Plan Project
By Wallace
BOSTON, Jan. 22—W-’What the
world needs for peace is “a really
big PWA project” costing $10 billion
a year and open to Iron Curtain
countries if they behave so as to
deserve it.
That is the new plan announced
yesterday by former Vice President
Henry A. Wallace who said his idea
is not appeasement but ”a-peace
ment.”
Wallace told an audience at the
Non-Sectarian Community Church:
“I would spell out a really big PWA
project for the whole world in
terms of specitic dams, roads,
bridges, electrification for towns
and farms, irrigation ditches and
fertilizer factories in definite spots.”
The $10 billion would be spent
through the United Nations and
some of it would go behind the
Iron Curtain on these conditions
listed by Wallace:
“Park the atom bombs, discon
tinue fifth column activities and
build a U.N. police force stronger
than the armed might of any indus
trial nation."
5 Families
Burned Out,
Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jann 22—(Jfl
—if ive families were made homeless
by a $50,000 apartment house fire
here.
A frozen fire hose in 50 degree
below zero weather hampered fire
fighters. For 12 hours fire trucks
shuttled a half mile to bring water
to the fire.
Cause of the blaze was undeter
mined. The homeless families were
taken in by neighbors.
Only casualties were frostbitten
thumbs and eyelids.
A policeman and fireman had to
remove their boots and separate
their toes, which had frozen to
gether.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali from Seattle scheduled to
arrive at 5 o'clock this afternoon
west bound.
Baranof from west in port and
scheduled to sail south at 3:30 this
afternoon.
Princess Norah from Skagway
scheduled to arrive at 7 a.m. to
morrow and sails south one hour
later at 8 o’clock.
100 MEN
FOR JOBS
IN ALASKA
Government Issues Call for
Certain Craftsmen for
CAA in Northland
By ARTHUR EDSON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 — M —
Your government started out today
to line up 100 men for jobs in
Alaska.
And it broke the news of same
with one of the most fascinating
handouts in the memory of a local
fascinating handout editor. Meaning
me.
The handouts read:
"Like moose meat; gold dust?”
Without waiting for an answer,
the author plunged right into the
subject:
“Would you like to work where
you can pan for gold, collect fine
furs, catch big fish, shoot your own
meat for the winter?”
If the reply is "yes,” then the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
appears to be your meat. Moose
meat, of course.
It has openings for 70 aircraft
communicators and 30 maintenance
technicians in Alaska. Starting pay:
$3,875.
Turns out they do have to know
something besides how to fish.
Applicants, other than veterans, j
must be between 18 and 40, in good
health, with good hearing, vision
and speech, the handout says—they
should be able to use the Interna
tional morse code at 25 words a
minute, and type 35 words a minute.
They should have three years of
experience, or its equivalent.
1 But these are messy details, and
the handout author obviously was
impatient to get on to some high
powered descriptive matter.
"Posts of duty,” he sang, "May be
at any of the stations along the
8,000 miles of Alaskan airways,
some of them in cities like An
chorage, Fairbanks or Juneau, and
some in remote and fascinating
spots like farewell, Moses Point,
Unalakleet, or down in the famous
Kenai Peninsula, which hardy Alas
kans call the “Banana Belt” because
of its beauty and the comparative
luxury of living and working condi
tions.” (Deep breath).
What do the communicators and
technicians do in Alaska?
"They plunge into its novelties
and adventures in their off hours,
panning gold along the shore near
Yakataga, or Nome, fishing in the
teeming lakes and rivers, shooting
their moose each fall and storing
the meat away for winter, a>d the
lady of the house assembles a beau
tiful fur wardrobe and collects
carved ivory objects which make
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SENATORS
WAIT FOR
BUTROVICH
Absent Member Due Here
Tomorrow - Lyng Is
President Pro Tern
Convened shortly before 11 o'clock
this morning, the Territorial Senate
remained in session for approxi
mately a quarter of an hour, ad
journed until 3 p.m. Tuesday to
await the arrival of Senator John
Butrovlch, Jr., who is now in Se
attle.
Senator Howard Lyng, veteran
legislator from the Second Division,
was unanimously elected President
pro tern after a motion to adjourn
had failed by a 9-6 vote that split
both parties.
After the Senate had been con
vened by Lew M. Williams, Secre
tary of Alaska and following the
invocation by the Rev. Fred Mc
Ginnis and administration of the
oath of office by District Judge
George W. Folta, Senator Lyng
moved to adjourn until 3 p.m.,
Tuesday.
Senator Lyng said he made this
motion out of deference to the Re
publican members, whose senior
member, Senator Butrovich, was
unavoidably delayed in Seattle.
Awaiting the arrival of Senator
Butrovich would tend to create more
harmony within the Senate than if
organization were concluded at
once, Senator Lyng said.
Vote Is Split
Senator Lyng’s motion to adjourn
was defeated 9-6, on the following
vote: I
No — Anderson (D), Barr (D),
Beltz (D). Engebreth (R), Garnick
(R), Huntley (D), Ipalook (R),
MacKenzie (D), McCutcheon (Di.
Yes—Engstrom (R), Coble <R),
Lhamon (R), Lyng (D), Nolan (D)
and Snider (R).
Sen. McCutcheon then nominated
Sen. Lyng as President pro tern, a
unanimous ballot was cast and he
was escorted to the chair by Sena
tors McCutcheon, MacKenzie, An
derson and Barr.
A motion by Sen. Engstrom to ad
journ until 3 p.m., Tuesday, then
carried 9-5, with Senators Barr,
Beltz, Huntley, McCutcheon and
MacKenzie opposing.
Senator Butrovich is expected
! from Seattle on the Pan American
! flight tomorrow, weather permit
ting.
JAP TREATY MISSION
GH OFF FOR TOKYO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 — <*l —
A US. mission left at 3:11 p.m.
(EST) today for Tokyo to discuss
the possible Japanese peace treaty
with General MacArthur and lead
ers of the Japanese government.
John Foster Dulles heads the mis
sion.
—
COWLING BUYS VONJA D
Robert Cowling entered the high
est bid for the fishing vessel Vonja
D at a U. S. marshal's sale last
Friday afternoon. Cowling bought
the nine-tone gas screw craft for
$4,300. Acting U. S. Marshal Walter
G. Hellan conducted the sale to
satisfy a mortgage on the vessel.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 34-Hour Period
ending 9:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 21;
minimum, 14.
At Airport—Maximum, 21;
minimum, 14.
FORECAST
I Juneau and Vicinity) i
Continued cloudy with gusty
northeasterly winds and oc
casional snow flurries to
night and Tuesday. Lowest
temperature tonight near 10
degrees. Highest Tuesday
about 12.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. today i
City of Juneau—0.02 inches;
since Jan. 1 — 3.86 inches;
since July 1—41 65 inches.
At Airport — 0.03 inches;
since Jan. 1 — 2.24 inches;
since July 1—30.24 inches.
EGAN NAMED
SPEAKER ON
OPENING DAY
Mrs. Margaret Grisham Is
Chief Clerk-Commit
tees Are Selected
The House of Representatives of
the 20th Territorial Legislature was
convened at 10:12 a.m. today and
.quickly organized by electing Wil
liam A. Egan as Speaker and Mrs.
Margaret Grisham of Juneau as
Chief Clerk.
Called to order by Secretary of
Alaska Lew M. Williams, 22 of the
24 Representatives responded to the
roll call. Absent were Rep. Stanley
McCutcheon of Anchorage, now en
route here from Washington, D.C.,
and Rep. Frank G. Johnson of Kake,
delayed by weather.
Following an invocation by the
Rev. Fred McGinnis, pastor of the
Methodist church, District Judge
George W. Folta administered the
oath of office.
Nominated by Rep. Wendell Kay
of Anchorage and with opposition,
Rep. Egan was first seated as Tem
porary Speaker. He was escorted to
the chair by Reps. Wendell Kay of
the Third Division, Glen D. Frank
lin of the Fourth, Waino Hendrick
son of the First and Frank Degnan
of the Second.
Egan and Barnes Nominated
Rep. Egan was nominated for
Permanent Speaker by Rep. Frank
lin and Rep. George Mlscovich of
the Fourth Division nominated Rep.
Doris M. Barnes of the First, Divi
sion.
This is believed to be the first
time a woman has been candidate
for Speaker.
A roll call on Egan’s name gar
nered him 13 votes, all the Demo
cratic votes present, the Republi
cans voting solidly “No." When it
became obvious, however, that the
Republican candidate did not h> e
a chance, a motion to accept Rep.
Egan as Speaker was adopted with
out objection.
Mrs. Orisham was nominated by
Rep. Jack Conright of Anchorage as
Chief Clerk. Rep. Amelia Gunder
sen of Ketchikan seconded the
nomination and Mrs. Grisham was
elected without opposition.
W»hto is Elected
Douglas Wahto of Douglas was
nominated for Sergeant-at-Arms by
Rep. C. C. Carlson of Cordova and
elected to the office.
House Chaplain for the session
will be the Rev. Samuel McPhetres,
rector of the Church of the Holy
Trinity, Episcopal, Juneau.
Following a suspension of the
rules by another party-line vote.
Speaker Egan named Reps. Doris
M. Barnes, Amelia Gundersen and
Andrew Hope of the First Division,
George Madsen of the Second Divi
sion. C. C. Carlson and Jack Con
right of the Third Division and Glen
D. Franklin of the Fourth Division
as the Committee on Committees.
Rep. Franklin headed the com
mittee, which reported back after a
short recess, recommending the
committee appointments listed be
low. The report of the Committee on
Committees was unanimously adop
i ted.
House Committees
The following are the House Com
| mittee memberships, as recom
mended by the Committee on Com
mittees, the first named on each
committee being temporary chair
man. Each committee will elect its
own chairman. The division from
which each member comes is indi
cated by figures.
| Agriculture—Pollard (3), Gasser
(4), Degnan (2), MacKinnon' (1).
Banks. Banking and Corporations
—Locken (1), McCutcheon (3), Step
ovich (4), Conright (3), Madsen (2).
Education — Scavenius i3>, Met
calfe (1), Gundersen (1), Wilbur
(4), Laws (2).
Elections, Election Laws and Mile
age—Conright (3), Carlsen (3), Hope
(1) , Hendrickson (1». Gasser (4).
Engrossment and Enrollment —
Hendrickson (1). Pollard (3), Wells
(2) . Gasser (4), MacKinnon (1),
Degnan (2).
Fisheries, Fish and Game — Carl
son t3), Hope (1), Scavenius i3).
Locken (1), Johnson (1). Pollard
(3) . Wells (2).
judiciary and Federal Relatio-s
—Kay (3), McCutcheon i3>, Locken
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