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Columns of Reds Fleeing to Escape UN Trap
Wedemeyer I
Testifying
Second Day
%
Says Request for American
Forces in Manchuria
Was Turned Down
WASHINGTON, June 12 — MV
Lt. Gen. Albert C Wed eneyer tes
tified today that lie asked for seven
American divisions to safeguard
Manchuria from Russian penetra
tion of.er Japan’s defeat but was
turned down by G;n. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
Wedemeyer at that time was U.S.
commander in China.
Testifying for the second day at
the Senate inquiry into MacArthur's
dismissal, Wedemeyer said he want
ed to employ the American troops
in Manchuria “to preclude unilateral
action on the part; of the Soviet
in that area until the situation sta- :
bilized.”
He said another purpose he had
in mind was to secure the arms of I
the Japanese troops in Manchuria:
for the Chinese Nationalist forces j
and so keep them out of the hands i
of the Communists.
Request Denied
His request for the seven U.S.
divisions was referred to MacAr
thur as the Far East commander.
Wedemeyer said MacArthur was un
certain about how the Japanese
would react to the occupation of
their homeland and declined to
make the troops available.
Wedemeyer also said he believes
the Korean war could have been
averted if a UN trusteeship over
Manchuria had been set up as he
recommended in 194T
If that advice had been followed,
he said, Manchuria would not now
be “a Satellite of the Soviet.”
His recommendation was made in
his 1947 report of conditions in Chi
na and Korea.
Report Kept Secret
The administration kept the re
port secret for many months. The
section on Korea was made public
only last May 1.
Secretary of Defense Marshall ha;
testified that he withheld the re
port from publication. He said one
reason was the recommendation for
.a UN trusteeship over Manchuria.
The feeling was, Marshall said,
that the Chinese Nationalists would
take offense at that recommenda
tion.
Now commander of the U. S. 6th
Army, with headquarters at San
Francisco, Wedemeyer has applied
for retirement. He is 55.
Policies Criticized
In his first day in the witness
chair, he sharply criticized the Tru
man administration’s Korean war
policies and said he would favor
withdrawing U. S. troops from Korea
and breaking off diplomatic rela- j
tions with Russia and her Satellites.
It was the 33rd day of the hearing.
When the general came back to
day before the inquiry panel—made
up of the Senate Armed Services
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The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
CCopyrUht. 1951, o» Bell Braaicite. Inc..
T^ASHINGTON. — Big, balding
Louey Johnson has taken his demise
as Secretary of Defense with far
better grace than most men who
are bounced from the cabinet. An
other who served in that post
cracked up. Others have sulked or
turned against the President.
Johnson, however, has not. Ini'
fact, he recently had a friendly talk
with the man who fired him, Harry
S. Truman—partly as a result
of a radio broadcast.
For a time, the Republicans were
confident they had Louey Johnson
in their corner. They were especial
ly jubilant when the MacArthur
hearings started, for they counted
on Johnson as a star witness against
the administration. Supposedly it
was all set for him to testify re
garding his talks with MacArthur
in Tokyo.
But when word to this effect was
forecast on the air by this newscas
ter. Brig. Gen. Louis Renfrow who
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BATHING SUIT WINNER
Attractive Betty Jane Barton, 21,
of Lung Beach, Calif., va- named
winner of thf bathing su t divi
sion hi „i.. laU t aln'ornia ’beauty
pageant at Santa frui, Calif.
Five-feet-five, Betty Jane weighs
115 pounds with measurements of
35-32-35. iff) Wircphoto.
2 INJURED, CASH
LOST IN FISHING
BOAT EXPLOSION
Silka and Wrangell Men
Among Hospitalized
Following Accident
ANCHORAGE, June 12, — W —
The fishing boat Larry of Seward
exploded early yesterday at Homer,
injuring two crew members and
causing loss of $18,0(50 in cash.
The money was to be used in
purchasing fish. Capt. Hans Peter
son of Edmonds, Wash., was able
to save two small bags of silver
coins from the 110-foot converted
subchaser.
The two injured men were Peter
McNulty, Sitka, fractured knee and
multiple lacerations and abrasions,
and Charles Johnson, Wrangell,
concussion, lacerations and roreign
substance in his eyes.
The 10th Rescue Squadron flew
all six crew men to Anchorage. Re
leased from the hospital after a
checkup were Capt. Peterson, Fritz
otover, Seattle, and Robert Wyman
and John Bahrt, both of Sitka.
FIRE DEPT. WILL
GIVE AWAY AUTO
THURSDAY NIGHT
Thursday is the night the Juneat
Volunteer Fire Department will
award a new Mercury automobile at
8 o’clock at the ball park, weath
er permitting, John Morrison, ol
the department, announced today.
In event of rain the award will be
made at the 20th Century Theatre
between the first and second shows,
he said.
| TIDE TABLES |
June 13
Low tide 2:08 a.m. 4.4 ft.
.High tide .7:53 a.m. 11.9 ft.
Low tide . 2:05 p.m. 3.5 ft.
High tide 8:36 p.m. 14.6 ft.
TRUMAN IS
JUMPED ON
SPENDING
Called "Fakir First Class"
by Former Govt.
Executive
WASHINGTON, June 12 —liB—
William Jeffers, former railroad and
government executive, says Presi
dent Truman is a "fakir first class"
j using the Korean war as an excuse
for a spending splurge.
It was Jeffers’ second blast at the
President and his tax policies. Prev
iously, he had charged that Mr.
Truman was pouring the taxpayers
money "down a hundred rat holes”
and had lost the people's confi
dence.
Both attacks were made in letters
addressed to Vice President Barkley
and distributed to all members of
the Senate, over which Barkley pre
sides.
“This man Truman, who is a
fakir first and who is getting $50,
000 a year tax-free, which I con
sider highway robbery, is using the
Korean situation as a device for all
kinds of expenditures that have
nothing to do with defense," Jeffers
wrote in his latest letter, dated
I June 8.
Jeffers was the former head of the
Union Pacific Railroad and boss
of the government rubber program
during World War II. He is now liv
ing in Pasadena, Calif., on a pen
sion.
M&ttITIHE
CONTRACTS
TAKEN UP
I
Negotiations Are Stepped
Up as Friday Is Dead
line for Agreements
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.——
West Coast shipowners and five
maritime unions today stepped up
,he tempo of negotiations in hopes
of reaching new agreements before
:ontracts expire Friday midnight.
Each group voiced optimism that
contracts will be renewed without
i strike. Some expressed doubt that
negotiations can be completed by
the Friday deadline. On that date,
contracts of all CIO and Independ
ent Maritime unions on the Pacific,
East and Gulf coasts will expire.
Spokesmen said a temporary con
tract * extension might delay a
,trike, however.
The Chronicle reported that AFL
hipwrights and machinists here
epudiated a flve-cent hourly wage
joost negotiated recently between
hipyard operators and the Pacific
Joast District Metal Trades Coun
cil.
All the unions are asking increa
ses in pension payments, wage boosts
ranging up to 25 per cent and im
jroved working conditions.
Harry Bridges’ International
longshoremen’s and Warehouse
men’s union announced it will call
itop-work meetings along the coast
Thursday and Friday to inform
nembers of progress in negotia
tions.
Ship Movements
Princess Kathleen from Vancouver
in port and scheduled to sail for
Skagway at 11:30 p.m.
Chilcotin from Vancouver sched
uled to arrive at 4 o’clock this after
noon.
Alaska scheduled to sail from
Seattle Wednesday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Denali from westward scheduled
to arrive 9 p.m. Friday southbound.
Mama's Their Doctor
Mrs. Richard H. Coe, 25-year-old housewife of Los Angeles, finds time to manage her three children and
study to be a doctor. She will receive her M. I). certificate at the University of Southern California com
mencement exercises June 16. Here’s Mama, who plans to be a pediatrician with (left to right) Martha,
3; Bobby, 1, and Helen, 4. I#1 Wirephoto.
Lip Warmer, Yes, Bui the Curls?
Ernest Woodflll, naval aviation electrician's mate, tells his wife
the new mustache was merely to keep his upfcer lip warm In Kodiak,
Alaska, where his patrol squadron was located until its return to
Minneapolis. He couldn’t, however, explain the curline ends to the
hirsute adornment. Nor did his wife require the explanation, as this
picture proves. The WoodfiUs live in Minneapolis. <m Wirephoto.
HIKER IS CHASED BY
MAMA ARCTIC TERN
Chased by a bird! That's what
happened to Nan Hampton last
Saturday when she got too close to
a mama arctic tern's nest. She was
with the Ship, Shank and Shutter
Club hike to Nugget Creek and
Mendenhall Glacier.
Next Saturday the group will take
the easy three-mile trail to the
Salmon Creek reservoir. Officers of
the club point out that hikes will
be taken regardless of rain.
On June 23 the Club will fly with
Alaska Coastal to Taku Lodge.
Those interested in joining the
trips can make arrangements with
, Miss Hoff at phones 874 or Blue
235.
DENNISONS VISIT
FROM WHITEHORSE
Mr and Mrs. L. H. Dennison of
Whitehorse, Y. T., Canada, are
visitors in Juneau this week. They
are on their way to Tenakee
Springs.
Dennison is owner of the '98
Hotel and Cocktail Lounge at
Whitehorse.
PROGRESS ON BUILDING
Excavation was completed last
week at the site of the new Terri
torial office building by the Hildre
Co. Excavations for footings are
now going forward according to
Robert Merrill, superintendent for
the Carson Construction Co. which
has the contract.
TEN PER (ENT
PAYROLL CUT
OREHED, SEN.
WASHINGTON, June 12, — UR —
The Senate today wrote a manda
tory 10 per cent Federal payroll cut
into the $2,528,338,000 Labor-Federal
Security Appropriations bill.
The roll call vote was 58 to 24.
The reduction, sponsored by Sen
ator Ferguson (R-Mich), is de
signed to lop off about 4,700 jobs
in the departments covered in the
bill at a saving of around $11,000,000
a year.
However, Ferguson plans to offer
the same amendments on all of the
regular funds bills for the fiscal
year starting July 1. He estimates
it will reduce the President’s bud
get by at least $400,000,000 if ad
opted in all of the 12 bills.
Before approving the Ferguson
amendment, the Senate voted down
54 to 29 an attempt to make the
cut 15 percent.
SPEEDER FINED $40
Ed Johns drew a $40 fine in City
Magistrate's court yesteylay. He
was charged with speeding within j
the city limits. Three others were
arrested on the same charge last
night. They were Jean Pearson,
Gerald Beason and Ludwig Gus
jaaa,
PICKETING AT
KETCHIKAN IS
NOW AT END
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 12 —
(if)— Picketing of the Ketchikan
canneries was stopped, this morning
under court orders. Resumption of
negotiations was expected. The re
straining orders were Issued at
Juneau.
The seiners are demanding that
the Alaska Salmon Iudustry, Inc.,
set the season’s salmon prices on
a poundage basis instead of on the
traditional per fish basis. The sein
ers also are seeking an employer
employe status with the industry.
The Purse Seiners' Union is affil
iated with the Harry ridges-led In
ternational Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s Union (Ind).
Robert D. Cummings, Seattle un
ion official, arrived by plane to sit
in on the talks.
Picketing of canneries and wire
works began June 4. The union
said then the industry “refused to
negotiate on a contract for salmon
prices by the pound for 1951."
MRS. JOHN MICHAELSON
HERE BETWEEN PLANES
Mrs. John Mlchaelson, former
Juneauite. visited here briefly Mon
day enroute to Ketchikan from her
home in Seattle.
With her was her son David.
They will spend the summer at
Ketchikan where her husband is
with the cannery.
Short as the time in Juneau was,
Mrs. Mlchaelson enjoyed her stop
over here. It was her first trip to
Juneau in lour years.
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WEATHER REPORT
Temperature (or 14-Hour Period i
ending 0:20 o'clock this morning I
In Juneau — Maximum,
58; minimum, 48.
At Airport — Maximum,
58; minimum, 48.
FORECA8T
Mostly cloudy with light
rain showers and lowest
temperature near 48 deg. to
night becoming mostly cloudy
with steady rain and south
easterly winds as high as
25 miles per fcour Wednes
day morning changing to
showers In afternoon. High
est temperature Wednesday
near 55 degrees.
PRECIPITATION '
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 am. todar i
City of Juneau .08 inches;
Since June 1 — 2.92 inches;
Since July 1 — 75.11 Inches.
At Airport — .02 inches;
Since June 1 — 1.50 inches;
i Since July 1 — 42.91 Inches.
MARSHALL
BACK FROM
WAR FRONT
Reports Very Successful
Operations of United
Nations Forces
WASHINGTON, June 12 — (/Pi
Secretary of Defense Marshall re
turned today from a swift, seven
day trip to the Korean war front. He
said he found "a very successful
operation” of the UN forces In the
field.
Marshall's plane landed after r
3,500-mile nonstop flight from El
mendorf Air Base in Alaska.
He was met at the airport by Dep
uty Secretary Robert Lovett, with
whom he talked privately for a feu
minutes as he stepped from the
plane.
Marshall told reporters that:
”1 found the Eighth Army in most
effective shape, a highly trained
professional force.”
He said that back in Tokyo after
his visit to the battlefront he dis
cussed with Oen. Matthew Ridg
way “matters that affect only our
own troops.”
SABOTAGE
RULED OUT,
1ET CRASH
Icing, Engine Inlet Screens,
Caused Mass Accident
Over Indiana
WASHINGTON. June 12 -1*1
The Air Force today ruled ou'
sabotage and said icing of enginr
inlet screens caused the crash of
eight Jet fighters over Indiana last
Friday.
The Investigation conducted by
the Air Force, the FBI, and airplane
manufacturers has revealed .“no in
dication of sabotage,” the Air Forcr
said.
The eight planes were among 3'
F-84 Thunderjets flying from Aus
tin, Texas, to Selfridge Field, Mich.
The eight crashed a few minutes
after talcing off after a refueling
stop at \y right- Patterson Field,
Dayton, Ohio.
Three pilots were killed.
The Air Force said in a forma)
statement that all of the 11 planes
Involved in the training flight are
being inspected “on a round-the
clock” basis, to determine whether
they showed any effects from fly
ing through the area where the fata!
accidents occurred.
Some 14 of the planes which ar
rived safely at Selfridge Field have
already been checked, the Air Force
said, but have fevealed "no signs
of visible damage and are ready for
flight.”
The preliminary Investigation
showed that the icing was “due to
a peculiar set of localized atmos
pheric conditions,” the Air Force
statement asserted. (
A thunderstorm had struck the
area around Richmond, Ind., Just
before the planes crashed in the
largest mass Jet disaster in history.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, June 12 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today Is 2Vi. American Can
111%, American Tel. and Tel. 155%,
Anaconda 4114, Douglas Aircraft
43%, General Electric 55Vi, Oeneral
Motors 4714, Ooodyear 79, Kennecott
74%. Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%.
Northern Pacific 41%, Standard Oil
of California 46%, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 18. U. S. Steel .40%, Pound
$2.80%, Canadian Exchange 93.18%.
Sales today were 1,200.000 shares.
Averages today were as follows.
Industrials 250.57, rails 79.21. utili
ties 42.54.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Harvey Wertz. Information of
fice for Federal rent control, from
San Francisco is In Juneau on a
routine trip.
♦
UN FORCES
MOPPING UP
EASTFRONT
"Iron Triangle” Has Fallen
to Tank Forces - Reds
May Plan New Defense
By Aaaociated Press
Three long columns of Reds fled
through East Korea’s mountains to
day to escape being trapped by Al
lied tanks rumbling through their
faillen "iron triangle."
Stout new defense lines protected
the Reds’ retreat from the East
Central front.
United Nations troops mopped up
Reds in hills around captured Chor
won and Kumhwa. The towns form
'd the southern anchors of the
Pyonggang valley iron triangle
buildup area. Chinese headed for
the hills on each side of the valley.
American tanks striking up roads
from the triangle to the east coast
would cut squarely across the Red
escape route from the Eastern front.
While Reds were pulling back from
he fighting fronts, unverified re
ports cropped up that they were
building up new forces only 30 miles
northwest of 8eoul. The buildup
was reported in the Kaesong-Ko
rangpo area.
This is near the foot of the Al
ied Western flank. This flank drags
southwest of the main front. It
reaches from Chorwon to a point 35
miles to the southwest, running
roughly along the banks of the Ira
river, . c
While the UN counterattack has
pushed northward along a narrow
ng front, patrols have probed this
long flank dally for signs of Red
itrength.
The jagged northern front has
been cut to about 75 miles. At the
height of the Communist spring of
fensive it was 135 miles long.
AIRLINES
INRECORD
ON SAFETY
Aviation Awards Announc
ed by NSC-Alaska
tines included
CHICAGO, June 12 —(A>)— Amer
ica’s airlines racked up their best
domestic safety record in history in
19S0.
The National Safety Council an
nounced this today in naming <3 V.
8. airlines as winners of 1950 avia
tion safety awards.
In scheduled domestic operations,
the nation’s airlines had a passen*
ger death rate of 1.1 for each. 100,
000,000 passenger-miles.
(A passenger-mile represents one
passenger carried one mile).
The previous best safety record
of 1.2 deaths per 100,000,000 pas
senger miles was set in 1939 and
tied in 1944
Trans-World Airlines was hon
ored for operating 4.420.434,000 pas
senger miles with a perfect record
between March 11. 1947 and August
31. 1950.
Hawaiian Airlines went through
1950 with a perfect record to com
plete 21 years — as of Dec. 31 the
longest period of safe operation re
corded by any airline.
Other winners Included:
Alaska Airlines, Alaska Coastal
Airlines, Cordova Air Service, Ellis
Airlines, Northern Consolidated
Airlines. Pacific Northern Airlines.
Reeve Aleutian Airways. Weln Alas
ka Airlines.
TO INTERIOR
Dr. Henry Harris, chief medical
office from the Veterans Adminis
tration office here, accompanied by
Dr. Manuel Kalman, chief of the
outpatients service of the area VA
office in San Francisco, left on the
Aleutian Saturday. They will visit
hospitals and doctors in Cordova,
Valdez. Seward. Anchorage and
Fairbanks beiore returning June 21.
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