[SElTHE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREIffiSLl
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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,732
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1951
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ed-killing Offensive
HOOVER FOR
STRONG SEA,
AIR ROWER
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 —UP)— Her
bert Hoover, declaring that air and
sea might are America’s best wea
pons against aggression, said last
night that land war against Rus
sia would risk “the loss of all civil
ization.”
He urged a period of watchful
waiting for evidence of Europe’s
unity and military strength before
sending more ground troops iherc.
The former Republican president
said that instead of committing
land armies abroad, the U. S. should
build "overwhelmin’ a'r and naval
power” for use against Rus i» if
she attacks Europe.
“A land offensive against the
Communists,” be said, “could bring
no military victory, no political
conclusion.” It could bring catas
trophe to America, he added “with
no salvation to Europe.”
He proposed that Chian? Kai
Shek be freed “to do what he wishes
to China” and that the U. S. “fur
nish him with munitions,”
Declaring that the nation cannot
sustain for long a budget of $71.6
billions and the tax load it demands,
he urged reduction of national
spending “to a level we can carry
over a long term of years.”
_
Both the House e id f. mate met
this morning, the Senate from It
until shortly before noon; the
House, starting at 11, recessed until
2:15 and was expected to go far
toward clearing its calendar during
the afternoon.
Four memorials — seeking air
field improvements at Valdez, Sew
ard, Gambell and Kasilof — were
passed during the morning session
A number of bills and memorials
were introduced.
Neither the House nor the Sen
ate will meet on Monday, Lincoln’,
birthday.
SHAMES! MOVEMENTS
Freighter Coastal Rambler from
Seattle in port. Scheduled to sail
for Seward tonight.
Baranof from Seattle scheduled t:
arrive sometime Tuesday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 p.m„ Feb. 14.
Denali from westward scheduled
to arrive 5 a.m. Sunday Selling south
at 10 a.m.
Cliff Emard Ketchikan salesman,
is stopping at the Baranof hotel.
—
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, ty Bell Syndicate. Inc..
l^ASHINGTON—With the nation
facing one of its biggest tax bills
in history, it is more important
than evpr that there be no tax chis
el ers.
Supporting this idea, Sen. John
Williams, Delaware Republican, has
now taken up a tax bribery scandal
first exposed in this column and
has demanded the ouster of Jame
W. Johnson as Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for New York’s Third
District. Located right In the centei
of Manhattan, this is the wealth
iest tax district in the nation.
Williams’ blast at Johnson is ar.
outgrowth of bribery and corruption
unearthed by this column on Jan.
30, 1950, more than a year ago.
Naming names and giving details
this column revealed how five oi
Johnson’s tax collectors had beer,
shaking down business firms and
collecting bribes. Several month:
later, the same five collectors were
brought to justice and sentenced
to jail as follows— William A
Ganey, five years and $14,350; An
thony V. Fiscella, two years, six
months and $2,500; John A. C-al
gano, two years and $2,850; Thomas
J. Cannon, 18 months and S2.500;
and James A. Bessell, 10 years pio
bation.
J. S. Johnson, the collector in
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film Pair Wed
Actress Arlene Dahl and Lex Barker (above) motion picture Tarzan,
arc shown in Hollywood as they revealed their engagement. They
have been seen together regularly for the past year. It will be the
first marriage for Miss Dahl, who is 24, and second for Barker, 32.
(/P) Wirephoto.
DEER FLOWN TO
TAIYA VALLEY
FOR STOCKS
Weather changed a routine job
into a project try, try again with
out lull success to date for agents of
j the Fish and Wildlife Service who
were driven back from Lynn Canal
] by winds and heavy seas after scv
tral attempts to make the run to
Haines last week. The agents,
headed by Pete Nelson, biologist of
the Game Management Division
with five live deer aboard their
vessel Grizzly Bear put in at Auk
Bay late yesterday afternoon.
The deer, tar.an on Admiralty Is
land, were destined to stock the
Taiya district in the Skagway area,
Four were flown oy plane to Skag
way yesterday afternoon and then
the weather set up its pranks an
other time and strong winds pre
vented further flying.
The five remaining deer were
still aboard the Grizzly Bear this
morning and it is hoped they can
be flown to their future homesites
today or tomorrow.
FWS agents who made the deer
transport trip with Nelson were
Bob Baker, Sandy Matson and
j Blake Kinnear.
DIDN'T MEAN 'MAJORITY'
SAYS SEN. G. ENGREBRETH
“I had no intention of misinform
ing the Senate Committee on Inter
ior and Insular Affairs about the
ij 'pulation of the Third Division,"
Senator Gunnard Engebreth told
the Empire today.
The Senator referred to a quo
tation from his testimony before
the committee at last year’s state
hood hearing. The quotation, used
n an Empire editorial Thursday
vvas that ’Anchorage and the Third
Division represent a great majority
of the population of Alaska."
“What I intended to say was
hat hur division represents a great
■portion’ of papulati .n."
Senator Engebreth said.
“Under the great stress of ap
pearing before the committee fo,
the first time, I erroneously usee
the word ‘majority.*
“Everyone knows the Third Divi
ion does not have a majority oi
the Territory’s population, and I
regret that the error was made.”
HEALTH CENTER HOI IHAYS
Due to the fact .hat Monday,
February 12, Lincoln's Bir hday, is
a Territorial Ho.iciay, the Health
Center will be closed all day, but
will reopen as usual Tuesday.
GANTY RETURNS
P. S. Ganty of Pelican returned
here yesterday from Seattle on
PAA and is stopping at the Barano
! hotel.
MIRRORED BEAUTY
— Dixieland's Maid of Cotton,
leannine Holland, of Houston,
1’ex., is a reflected beauty as she
sits in front of mirrors on her
arrival in New York,
Eddy Duchin
Dies in H. V.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10—UP)—Eddy
Duchin, whose mastery (of the
piano keyboard delighted millions
of Americans, died here last night
only a few hours after the Navy
cited him for his Wdrid War Two
combat record.
Rear Admiral Walter S. Delany,
domm Aidant of the 3rd Naval
District, delivered the citation per
:• anally yesterday to Duchin, 41,
who was a patient at Memorial
Koelptal.
Duchin enlisted in tire Navy eight
years ago. He served on destroyers
in some of the toughest engage
ments of both the Atlantic and Pa
cific. In 1S45 he was discharged as
v Lieutenant Commander.
His !■- in? battle against Leukemia
-a feno of cancer of the blcpd—
started .several months ago.
Duchin won the title of “The
Magic Fingers of Radio.” He and
his band . were featured in several
motion pictures, including “Cor
onado” in 1935 and “Hit Parade"
in 1937.
At one time, his fingers reportedly
were insured for $150,000.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Robert F. Lucason, Alaska rail
road man from Anchorage, is reg
istered at the Baranof hotel.
D. J. Matelski of Wrangell is
shopping at the Hotel Juneau.
BOND ISSUE
PROPOSAL IS
BEATEN, 8-7
(By Jim Hutcheson)
A proposal for a $12,500,000 bond |
issue for schools was killed yester
day in the Senate.
The vote was 8 to 7 against a
memorial asking Congress for the
jight to issue territorial bonds for
chool buildings. The memorial was
introduced by Gunnard M. Enee
breth, Anchorage Republican. The
:iate also killed a similar mta
ure during the 1949 session.
Four Democrats and three Re
mblicans voted for the memorial
esterday. Five Republicans and
hree Democrats vc‘."d against the
.proposal.
The arguments i f • he opponents
mphasized that with cities and
tai.es heavily ) ended, the terri
ory remains unique in freedom
Horn bonded debt; chances for
tatehood were better if it stays
that way and any such request to
Congress should be only afte" a
referendum vote by the people.
Number 1 Problem
Arguing for the memorial, Enge
1;reth said the ‘ number one prob
lem of the Territory is construc
tion of schools.” He said he opposed
such action at the last session but
added that he was "convinced it
v/as necessay now.”
He said that city and state bond
ing for construction projects is "re
cognized as sound practice.”
Sen. Steve McCutcheon, Anchor
age Democrat, declared that about!
j 7,000 children in Alaska were with
out schools the past biennium and
j added that “its about time for us
! to stop fiddling around."
j Voting for the memorial were
Democrats William Beltz, Walter j
Huntley, R. M. Mackenzie, and Me- j
Cutcheon. Republicans for the mea- !
sure were Anita Garnick, Percy
| ipalcok, and Engeoreth.
Those Opposed
| Voting against were Republicans
I -John Butrovich, A. F. (Joe) Coble,
| Elton Engstrom, W. L. (Dan) Lha
; mon, and Gerrit (Heinie) Snider.
Democrats against were Ed Ander
son, Howard Lyng, and James No- |
lan, Frank Barr, Fairbanks Demo-1
crat, did not vote.
Snicier, Lyng and Anderson alt
said there should be a referendum
first. Lyng said he would "ote for
j the measure proposing a refuendum
I ii one were introduced.
$8,000,00(1.000 Budget
Butrovich, finance chairman, said;
“We haven't neglected schools.
The budget will run over $8,000,000
for them.”
Lhamon estimated it would cost
$375,000 yearly in interest to fin
ance the bonds which he said would
have to come from the school bud
get.
The Senate also completed legis
lative approval of C. Chester Carl
son’s joint memorial to President
Truman, and Secretary of State
Acheson opposing any Japanese
treaty without a guarantee against
Japenese fishermen encroaching on
North American waters. It was a
case of a double barreled attack
because the Senate previously had,
ltassed EngsW om’s Senate Joint j
Resolution on the same subject.
U. A. ALUMNUS
TO ORGANIZE AT
MONDAY MEETING
An organizational meeting of stu
dents and graduates of the Univer
sity of Alaska of the Gastineau/
Channel area will be held at 8|
o'clock Monday evening, February j
12, in the office of Harold Gron-1
roos at the Veterans Employment
Service offices in the Juneau Young
building, it was announced today.
A local alumnae chapter of the
University in Juneau will be or
ganized. Also preparations will be
made for a reception for the Uni
versity of Alaska basketball team i
which is scheduled to arrive here
next week.
All amouni of the University arc
urged to attend the Monday meet
ing. It is estimated about 30 former J
students and graduates of the Al-1
aska university reside in the Chan
. nel area.
Any person interested and who j
I may desire further information eon-:
i cerning the Monday evening meet-1
1 in ; is asked to telephone 964 dur
i ing Monday.
P R 0 D I C Y — Gianella De
Marco, six-year-old Italian girl,
concentrates on the score as she
directs the famed Lamoureaux
Orchestra in a rehearsal at Sail*
Pleyel, Paris.
m. 1 DEADLINE
FOB FILIHG CLAIMS
PRISONERS OF WAR
The following information was
released today by Lew M. Williams,
Secretary of Alaska:
Alt prisoners of war of World War
II. thelc widows, children parents!
T e deadline for filing claims for
ti e $l-a-day payments to prisoners
of war or their sur. Ivors is March
1, 1951, The final date, March First
..as fixed by law and cannot be
changed by the War Claims Com
mission. If you or a member of
your family were held a prisoner
of war during World War II, you
may be entitled to these special
POW payments. For official claims
forms and further information,
call or see Secretary of Alaska,
Juneau, Alaska, or write the War
Claims Commission, Washington
25, D. C. Don’t delay—March First
is not far away.
TRUMAN’S
DARE NOW
TAKEN UP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 — OP)— A
key Republican member of the
House Ways and Means Committee
dared President Truman today to
present his whole $10,500,000,000
new tax program in one bite.
That was the answer of Rep.
Richard M. Simpson (R-Pa) to the
President’s own dare to Congress to
try to cut his $71,600,000,000 budget
for the next fiscal year which be
gins July 1. At his news conference
yesterday, Mr. Truman described
his financial program for the na
tion as a good budget and a tight
one.
There was word from the Senate,
meanwhile, that a single-package
tax bill lias strong support from
Chairman George (D-Ga) of the
Senate Finance Committee.
Simpson, one of the senior Re
publicans on the House Committee,
told a reporter:
“The President glibly dares Con-j
gress to try to save the taxpayers’ i
money by cutting his spending pro
gram.
“The President suggested ways
that the people could be taxed $10,
000,000,000 more, but he passed the
buck to Congress on raising an ad
ditional $6,500,000,000 on top of that.
ALASKANS PLAY
TOURISTS; SEE
GLACIER TODAY
Mr. and Mrs. Eot Rice and Paul
Greimann of Fairbanks played “vis
itors” this morning and visited
Mendenhall Glacier for the first
time before taking off jn the Rice
Beechcraft for Fairbanks. Stanley
Baskin took them on a regular sight
seeing tour.
They were here attending the
meetings of the Alaska Visitors As
sociation.
Stic UNION
IS FINED
$25,000
CHICAGO, Feb. 10— UP) —The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
a Federal judge ruled yesterday in
fining it $25,000, was responsible for
the rail switchmen's "sick” strike
last December.
Judge Michael I. Igoe imposed the
fine on the rail union as full crews
of switchmen ended a 10-day simi
lar "sick” walkout and returned to
work across the country.
The union faces a second charge
of contempt in connection with
the walkout just ended. A hearing
is scheduled for Feb. 14 but Igoe
indicated he would continue it to
a later date.
ALASKA GAME COM.
OPENS MEETINGS
MONDAY MORNING
The opening session of the Al
aska Game Commission annual
meeting will be at 9 o’clock Mon
day, February 12, in the District
Court room in the Federal building.
Sessions will continue each day
through Saturday, February 16.
Members of the Game Commis
sion who will arrive in Juneau to
day and tomorrow are Earl Ohmer
of Petersburg, and Charles Brown of
SLhumnak. Forbes Baker of Fair
banks arrived hereearlier this week
from Fairbanks. Andrew Simonson
of Lake View on the Kenai, member 1
from the Third Division has not yet
indicated whether he will attend
the meeting. His „ife was taken in
death earlier this month and it is
i.ot believed'he wi 1 be present.
Monday's session will be devoted
to a general assembly of Game
Commission members will ofticials
and agents of the Fish and Wildlife
Service, U. S. Army conservation
enforcement officers assigned from
Armed Forces units in Alaska to
work with the FWS, and FWS of
ficials here for the meeting from
Washington.
Tuesday the Game Commission
will commence a study and delibera
tions of the recommendations for
changes in Alaska's game regula
tions which have been made in
the last two months at public hear
ings throughout the territory. Re
ports have been compiled to be
presented to the Commission.
Washington officials in Juneau
to attend the Game Commission
meetings are Dr. Clarence Cottam
Assistant Director of the Fish and
Wiidlhe Service, making his first
visit to Alaska and Charles Law
rence, Assistant Blanch Chief of
Game Management, who is also
visiting Alaska for the first time.
Representatives of the U. S. Arm
ed Forces in Alaska who will at
tend are Col. Springer and Major
Fields, of the Headquarters Staff,
Fort Richardson, representatives as
signed permanently as conserva
tion enforcement officers Sgt. Cliff
Shearer from Fort Richardson and
Sgt. Saurers from the Fairbanks
units and Sgt. Barrett of the Tenth
Rescue Squadron from Fort Rich
ardson, who is on part time assign
ment.
Saturday evening the members
of the Game Commission, Fish and
Wildlife Service officials and visitors
participating in the Commission
meetings and the annual session oi
the FWS enforcement agents will
gather at Whing Dings for dinner.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum
23; minimum, 10.
At Airport — Maximum,
21; minimum, -8.
forecast
Fair and cold tonight and
Sunday. Lowest temperature
tonight 10 deg. in town and
0 to 5 below in outlying
areas. Highest Sunday about
22 degrees.
precipitation
(Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — Trace;
Since Feb. 1 — .10 inches;
since July - — 42.08 Inches;
At Airport — Trace;
since Feb. 1 — .10 inches;
since July 1—30.35 inches.
AUK BAY mm
FOR SMALL BOA!
JSE IS DESIRED
•
Forest Service Abandons
Auk Bay Telephone
System
.—
A small boat harbor at Auk Ba>
was the subject of considerable dis -
cussion at Friday night's regular
monthly meeting of the provisional
Auk Bay post of the American
Legion. Ways and means of getting
support for the proposal and for
securing such a project took up a
large part of the meeting. At the
conclusion of the discussions. Post.
Commander George F. Cantlllon
enlarged the special committee
looking into the matter by adding.
Legionnaires I. J. Noble and FI
wood Reddekopp to th" committee.
Robert J. Prueher and Jack N.
Trambitas are the other committ: e
members.
A letter from the U. S. Forest
Service informed the Legion group
that it is abandoning ‘telephone
service to the Auk Bay area.
J. C. Dodd, head of a special
committee to investigate the pos
sibilities of extending the benefits
of the Alaska World War II Vet
erans Act to all veterans in the
Territory, recommended that the
matter be dropped as unfeasible for
the time being.
Plans to raise money through the
award of a deepfreeze unit were
approved and the Finance Com
mittee was authorized to make all
arrangements. A new Post building
site was approved and a committee
was appointed to negotiate for its
purchase.- The committee includes
Commander Cantillon, Robert N.
Druxman, Clarence C. Mosher and
Trambitas
Loyd W Coe was appointed as
post service officer and Prueher
was named post chaplain by Can
tillon.
Permanent post committees were
also appointed last night by Can
tillon as follows;
Membership: Chairman Jack L.
Sturte/ant, Ilrick G. Larsen alio1.
Trambitas.
Finance: Robert N. Druxman,.
chairman, L-urtcvant and Prueher.
Public Relations: J. C. Dodd,
chairman, Richard N. Stockdale
and William L. Simonds.
Americanism: Clarence C. Mosh
er. chairman; Charles R. Nordling
and Reddekopp.
Program: Floyd E. Ogden, chair
man: Ervin E. Hagerup and Grelg
E. Ewing. •
Visiting: Robert J. Prueher, chair
man; Bill C. Stilley and Beulah
Hickey.
It was also voted to hold all fu
ture meetings at DeHart’s Store in
Auk fay. Last night’s meeting was
in the home of Lloyd Coe and was
attended by 14 Legionnaires In
cluding two new members, I. J. No
ble and Ralph A. Reischl. Post
membership has now readied a
total of 21.
LINCOLN DAY BANQUET
SET FOR MONDAY NIGHT
Annual Lincoln Day dinner will
be held Monday night at 7 o’clock
in the Gold Rpom of the Baranof
hotel, according to general chair
man Howard Simmons who will be
toastmaster for the occasion. With
the legislature in session this year
it is expected a large crowd will
turn -,ut for the event.
No ta'-cts are on sale but person
desiring reservations may call the
Baranof desk, phone 800, and leave
their names. Reservations will be
paid for at the hotel -dining room
Monday evening before the dinner
No formal long speeches are
scheduled. The occasion will rather
be key-noted by a sociable get-to
gether to become acquainted and
exchange views. Party officers, in
eluding General Counsel of the Re
publican party Albert White; and
Mrs. Margaret E. White, National
committee woman, will be introduc
ed and called on for talks. It is
expected all the Republican mem
bers of the legislature, 10 repre
sentatives and eight senators will
be guests and will each make brief
remarks.
The committee in charge assures
those attending that an excellent
dinner will be served for this an
nual affair of many years standing [
here in Juneau.
NEW CRUSH
ON REDS BY
UN FORCES
Allied Warplanes in At
tacks - Warships Shell
Areas -Jets in Action
TOKYO, Fob. 10 -Mi*- Allio i
tank-infantry columns, rolling
northward on the flood'ide of their
17-day Red-killing offensive r: ,»■
tred three big prizes around Sr d
today without fir a shot.
t. rhey swept Into the southv. cst
ndm: ml suburb o' Yongdungpo
2. They raced on to the big K)
po airfield lb miics northwest
Seoul.
3. They rumbled into th bat
tered Yellow R • port of Inchon 19
miles west of Id Souti Kmc. n
capital.
"Where the hell are the Chi
tese?” a GI shouted as he entered
Yongdungpo.
Crosses Frozen Han
One patrol crossed the frozen
Han River, breached the southern
rate of Seoul Itself and tangled In
a brisk fire-fight with a company
of Chinese troops Inside the capital
city.
Allied artillery and Howltzei
shells crumped into the capital, al
ready buffeted and devastated three
times by the tides of the strange
Korean war.
War Planes Attack
Allied warplanes buzzed low in
attack. They spewed out Napalm
firebombs, rockets and machlnegun
•hells wherever pilots could flush
t vanishing' enemy. They raked a
force of 1.000 Reds trying to flee
north across the Han.
Big guns of Allied warships in
cluding the battleship Missouri and
the cruisers U.S.S. St. Paul and the
British Belfast poured shells into
the enemy area. The warships were
prowling the Yellow Sea waters off
Inchon.
Red Defense Crumbled
The whole Communist defense in
the west had crumbled. But the
Reds were making a stand in the
central Korean area against the
northward drive of the old U. S.
10th corps. The 10th now was
fighting as a unified element of
ihe U. S. Eighth Army under over
all command of Lt. Gen. Matthew
■3. Ridgway.
Jets in Battle
Far to the north of the swif;
round action, U. S. Fifth Air Force
F-80 Shooting Star Jets tangled in
the SinnnJ’i area with Russian
nade Ml 15 jets.
No damage to either side w.
reported.
The MIGs showed up in force for
the first time in days. Three flights
of Shooting Star pilots reported
the MIG attacks. There were 12
Russian-made jets in one flight,
seven‘or eight In a second and n
unreported number in the thiru
Bridges Blasted
American B-29s blasted Red rail
bridges near the Red Korean capi
tal of Pyongyang with 64 one-ton
block-busters. Other .superforts hit
the rail yards and bridges at Sun
chon, about 30 miles north of
Pyongyang.
BLOOD DONORS REPORT
TUES., THUR5. FOR MT.
LDGECUMBE NED. WORK
Donors who are to give blood for
patients to undergo thoracic - .id
orthopedic surgery at the Mt. E' ' ■ -
cumbe Medical t > iter are as.-.
to be at the Juneau Health Center
on Main Street, next Tuesday or
Thursday afternoon from 5 to 6
.so that their blood may be typed.
Friends and relatives of patients
at the Medical Center are especially
asked to report to the Health Cen
ter. Any one else who is not regis
tered for the Red Cross blood pro
gram may give blood in this pro
gram.
Later, when the list of blood
types are compiled, those on the
list will be called upon to give
blood if they care to do so. Rev.
Walter Soboleff, minister at the
Memorial Presbyterian Church, and
Alfred Willard, grand secretary of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
are cooperating in the appeal for
blood donors.