THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMET
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,629
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1950
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Republican Trend Indicated by Early Returns
STEAMER DENALI
DECOMMISSIONED;
NO SAILING SAT.
SEATTLE, Oct. 11—UP!—'The Al
aska Steamship Company today
cancelled the Saturday sailing of
the steamship Denali to Alaska
and ordered the ship decommis
sioned.
F. A. Zeusler, Executive Assistant
to the President, said the drastic
cut in the company’s Alaska ser
vice resulted from a dispute grow
ing out of the refusal of the Mar
ine Cook and Stewards’ Union
(Independent) to submit to security
screenings.
The Denali was scheduled to saH
at 5 p.m. Saturday. It will be de
commissioned today, Zeusler said.
TWINING GIVEN
FOUR-STAR RANK
IN APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — —
President Truman named a veteran
strategic air commander to the
number two job in the Air Force
yesterday and sent one of the serv
ice’s most noted young men to com
mand the U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
Lt. General Nathan F. Twining
whose 15th Air Force made the long
range attacks on German targets
from Italy during World War II,
w'as appointed Vice Chief of Staff of
the Air Force.
This gives him four-star rank.
Until recently, Twining commanded
all U.S. military forces in Alaska.
Lt. General Lauis Norstad, who
has been acting Vice Chief of
Staff of the Air Force, was appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the U.S.
Air Forces in Europe. Norstad was
director of operations of the Medi
terranean Allied Air Forces and
Chief Of Staff of the 20th Air Force
during the last war. In recent years
he teamed with Admiral Forrest P.
Sherman, now Chief of Naval Op
erations, to develop a plan for uni
fication of the Armed Services.
Norstad’s new appointment was
widely interpreted as an indication
that the U.S. Air Forces in Europe
are to be increased in size and im
portance. At present they include
two fighter groups of 75 planes each
and one troop-carrier group of 36
planes. Three American groups of
medium bombers and the fighter
group stationed with them in Eng
land are not now under operational
control of the U.S. Air Forces in
Europe.
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
(Copyright. IBSO. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
TFaSHINGTON—With manpower
the most precious thing in the
Armed Forces, some of the brass
hats don't seem to realize that
the GI’s time is valuable. Every
hour he is kept in useless lineups
cuts down his training period and
his preparation for the battle front.
The other day at Camp Pickett,
Va., for instance, the entire camp
was herded on the parade ground,
then kept waiting two hours to
hear a pep talk by Gen. J. Lawton
Collins, Army chief of staff.
Camp commanders seem to think
GI’s had no more important train
ing than to stand two hours wait
ing for the general to arrive.
Collins, a great fighting officer,
gave a forthright talk, but left one
sentence ringing in GI ears.
“Don’t misunderstand me,” he
said. “I’m a great believer in rank
and the prestige of rank.”
While he was speaking, two
Congressmen also happened to drop
in at Camp Pickett—Democrats
Wayne Mays of Ohio and John Mc
Guire of Connecticut. Having no
brass to flash, all they got was the
run-around. Finally, they located
a Lieutenant Colonel at Headquart
ers and told him whom they want
ed to visit.
"You can’t see anyone," tartly
retorted the officer. “These fellows
are busy. They’re being marched to
the parade ground to hear General
Collins.”
“What’s to prevent us from go
ing over?" asked Congressman
Hays.
“We’re all busy,” mumbled the
Lieutenant Colonel. “You can park
your car and walk over to the hill
if you want to.”
The two Congressmen stayed to
set how the draftees were being
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URGE VOTE
IS TALLIED
IN JUNEAU
Local Republican Candi
dates Take Lead, Three
Juneau Precincts
Juneau voters went to the polls
1,719 strong yesterday. Only 82
fewer votes were cast in the three
Juneau precincts yesterday than
were cast two years ago when the
fish trap referendum brought out
an unusually heavy vote.
There was a decided Republican
trend in Juneau voting, as there was
in most other First Division pre
cincts from which returns have been
received.
Ballots cast in the three local
precincts were:
No. 1, 563 this year; 556 in 1948.
No. 2, 720 this year; 592 in 1948.
No. 3, 436 this year; 653 in 1948.
Juneau Returns
For Delegate: E. L. Bartlett (D)
1048; Aimer J. Peterson (R) 596.
Two years ago Bartlett won in Ju
neau by 1252 to 501.
For Treasurer: Henry Roden (D>
unopposed, 1333.
For Labor Commissioner: Henry
A. Benson (R) 945; Ross E. Kimball
(D) 610.
For Senator (two to be elected):
Elton E. Engstrom <R), 1235; James
Nolan (D), 1057; Frank Peratrovich,
<D), 589.
For Representative (eight to be
elected): Barnes (R) 1108; Hen
drickson (R). 1102; MacKinnon <R>,
1095; MacSpadden (R), 1093: Jen
sen (D), 922; Stewart (D), 847;
Locken (R>, 836: Metcalfe (D), 811;
Johnson (R), 671; Coughlin (D),
640; Gundersen <D), 616; Peterson
(R), 588; Bartholomew (R), 553;
Hope (D), 539; Harris (D), 495;
Smith (D), 442.
BIO TALKFEST IS
T 0 TAKE PLACE
DURING WEEKEND
Truman, Gen. MacArthur
to Confer in Brief,
Spectacular Meeting
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — Wl —
President Truman and Gen. Doug
las MacArthur will meet somewhere
in the Pacific this weekend for
talks sweeping the whole range of
critical Far Eastern problems.
The chief executive, with a party
of military and diplomatic advisers,
planned to leave here today (12:30
p.m., PST), on the first leg of the
long flight which he will resume at
St. Louis Thursday night.
The party is due at Honolulu in
the Hawaiian Islands Friday, and
the two men, with MacArthur com
ing from Tokyo, will meet over the
weekend somewhere west of Hawaii.
The exact location, and whether it
would be on an island or a ship,
were not disclosed.
Plans were announced yesterday
without any advance speculation,
but White House Secretary Charles
G. Ross told reporters, “it is ^ the
result of no sudden emergency.
The talks will be the first meet
ing between the President and Mac
Arthur, who has not been back to
the United States since 1937.
Administration officials expect
the conference to produce a far
better understanding between the
two men on some issues, notably
Formosa, which have divided them
in the past as well as on develop
ment of U.S. Far Eastern policy in
the future.
In addition, Mr. Truman’s home
front position can be expected to be
strengthened in two respects by the
brief, spectacular meeting:
1. xt will no longer be possible for
his critics to accuse him of having
failed to consult MacArthur on con
troversial Far Eastern matters a
charge which some Republicans
have thrown at the President for a
; long time.
2. The meeting will dramatize a
! deep presidential interest in Mac
Arthur and his views and in the
Korean crisis shortly in advance of
the Congressional elections—some of
which may turn on Far Eastern
i questions.
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS - FIRST DIVISION - GENERAL ELECTION -1950
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I Ketchikan No. 1 .| 1861 150j] 206 ]] 225 ) 98]] 214; 214] 135)| 240 ] 3201 90] 131] 85|'T7HTl2j 1291 182| 206] 179| 167)Il2r211|'l30| 114
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| Petersburg .| 2751 99] 319 || 182 151|| 233 ; 264] 1461 j"~270|~I56j 75) 'l82j 66j 155] 119] l20| 198 ) 345| 152] 126] 1311 138] 133) 102
j Sitka .7777' 357] 120; | 401 || 2411 225 j | 233) 329| 254 241 163 ) 230 250 ~218] 217 ) 333 216 231) 189 192' 159 250 167' 224 229
i Totals .[3356 1621 j 3922 , 2820 1993 3i49 3??TJl66: 3i44 2140 1821 2185 1609:267(f2038 2332 2286 2621 2554 2438 2329j20^811899! 9179
$920,550 THAWED
LAST WEEK; FROST
IS BACK ON TODAY
! _
Last week, the Territorial Board
of Administration unfroze nearly
one million dollars. Some was pre
viously committed, but all was re
[ leased. Breakdown was $815.550—
University of Alaska; $100,000 —
i World War II Veterans Board, and
! $5,000—Pioneers’ Home.
Today, two requests by Dr. James
! c. Ryan, Education Commissioner,
j were discussed, but action was post
! poned. Dr. Ryan asked for release
| of $750,000 appropriated under
I Chapter 60, and for $2,000 under
i Chapter 114, the general appropria
: tions act, providing for a Superin
tendents’ Advisory Commission.
STATEHOOD
BILLS AGAIN
BROUGHTUP
—
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — UR —
| Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo) said
today he sees no obstacle to final
‘ Senate approval of bills to grant
i statehood for Alaska and Hawaii.
| "We’ve got the votes, and the bills
j will pass," O’Mahoney told a re
| porter.
The statehood bills are slated for
'senate debate when Congress re
I convenes next month. The House
j has passed both bills, and President
: Truman has endorsed them.
O’Mahoney said he discounts
heavily reports that foes of the
statehood bills plan a last-ditch
! fight to beat or sidetrack them,
j But reports persisted that some
| Southern Democrats and others are
i determined to fight both measures,
! and may even resort to marathon
| speechmaking to delay action.
! “Defeat of these bills would be
tragic,” O’Mahoney said. “Plain com
mon sense and justice call for their
approval, and we’ve got the votes
I to get them approved.
-The Russians would seize upon
defeat of these bills as propaganda
| material that would cause us tre
mendous harm in the Orient. Pass
i age of these bills would be bold
evidence that we practice what we
I preach; that we stand for Democ
'racy and self-government, and not
for colonial imperialism.”
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Freighter Sailor’s Splice sched
' nied to sail from Seattle tomorrow.
There will be no Saturday sailing
j from Seattle. Denali to be decom
j missioned.
i Princess Louise due to arrive from
Skagway at 7 a m., Friday and sails
| south one hour later at 8.
40 THOUSAND MORE
DRAFTEES WILL BE
CALLED IN DECEMBER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — (At —
The military gave Its Army expan
sion program another boost today
with a new call for 40,000 more
draftees, while at the same time it
tried to decide what should be fu
ture policy about using National
Guard divisions.
The new draft call, issued last
night, is for 40,000 inductees during
December. It raises the total of
calls since the defense program
started to 210,000.
Added to men already In the Army
or brought in under federalization
of National Guard units and call up
of reservists, this indicates the
Army has or will have within a
few months more than 970,000 men.
That does not include an unspeci
fied but presumably substantial
number of men in reserve units
brought into active duty during the
last three months.
The Army’s reported objective,
under the 3,000,000-man Armed
Force proposed by President Tru
man, is between 1,300,000 and
1,500,000 men.
Thus it seems probable the ob
jective can be reached perhaps by
next spring—if training facilities
and other physical limitations on
the speed of expansion permit.
Tidal Wave Does
1 Million Damage
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 11—M
—Radio Amboina said today the
tidal wave caused by Sunday's
earthquakes swept away two vil
lages with estimated damage of $1,
000,000. No casualty figures were
given.
The radio station, voice of Am
boinese rebels who are fighting
Indonesian Republican government
forces, repeated an earlier appeal
for speedy Red Cross aid “prefer
ably by plane.”
It said the coastal villages of
Galala, two and a half miles from
the capital, Amboina, and Hut
umuri, on the southeast coast, van
ished when tidal waves crashed
200 meters (656 feet) inland. Galala
has a population of 1,000 and Hut
umuri, 2,000.
BLOOD-TYPE (ARDS
READY HERE FRIDAY
Identification cards for those who
participated in the blood typing
program Sfeptember 26 and 28 and
October 3 may be obtained by call
ing at the office of the Juneau
Chapter of American Red Cross in
the Shattuck Building Friday from
3:30 to 5:30. Other hours will he
announced later, Mrs. M. O. John
son, chairman, said today.
I
Gruening, White
Differ Sharply
On Vote Outcome
Democratic and Republican lead
ers took sharply opposing views
. on significance of early returns.
^5Kmocratio Governor Ernest Gru
' etr.ng said that "when final returns
are in from many outlying precincts
I predict we will find the people
of Alaska have reelected Delegate
Bartlett by more than two to one,
have preserved the status quo on
other Territorial officials and again
given control of the legislature to
the Democratic Party."
Albert White, Republican lead
er, said “I consider the big Repub
lican vote so far reported a man
date by the people for the legisla
ture to conduct an investigation
and housecleaning. However the re
turns are so incomplete it is impos
sible to analyze the vote fully at
this time.”
NEW POLIO CASES
FROM KETCHIKAN
AND WRANGELL
A sixth case of poliomyelitis in
Ketchikan was reported today to
the Territorial Health Department
—that of Clifford Hettrich, 28.
For the first time, one was re
ported from Wrangell—a receding
case, that of Lorane Stough, 26.
These reports bring the total of
polio cases in Alaska since Aug
ust 10 to 35. Of these, Fairbanks
has had 15, Anchorage 11, Ketchi
kan now 6; Point Barrow 1, Ju
neau 1, Wrangell 1.
The attending physician expects
the young Juneau patient, who is in
St. Ann's Hospital with a mild form
of the disease, can go home Sat
urday. .
TAX LEGISLATION TO
BE DISCUSSED AT
( Of (TOMORROW
“Proposed tax incentive legisla
tion" will be discussed by Joe Mc
Lean at a regular Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce meeting at the
Baranof Hotel tomorrow noon, it
was announced today. Curtis Shat
tuck will talk on Fire Prevention
Week and all City Councilmen have
been invited to attend.
TODAY’S LANDINGS
Two landings were made today.
The Mabel K, skippered by Le3ter
Weiss, brought in 700 pounds of
trolled salmon and the Lonefisher
man, Clarence Moy, landed 5,000
pounds of seined salmon.
FROM SEWARD
Sarah May Garr(ett from the
Jessie Lee Home at Seward is stop
ping at the Juneau Hotel.
HEALTH OFFICER
QUITS, RETURNS
WITH NEW POWER
Fairbanks Council Supports
Doctor But Theatres
Not Closed
I _
j FAIRBANKS, Oct. 11— W —Dr.
Robert P. Gorman resumed his post
as City Health Officer last night
after the City Council in a special
i meeting passed an ordinance giving
| him full powers to carry out any
j measures which he “deems to be
j be in the interest of public health
| and welfare.”
Gorman resigned Saturday fol
j lowing a meeting of a group of
j Fairbanks physicians and city of
I ficials which decided against his
orders that the theatres be closed
during the polio epidemic. Schools
alreay had been closed.
Gorman said he had not been
“getting proper cooperation from
I the city administration.”
I The new ordinance gives Gorman
1 full powers to act in an heath em
j ergency. He said, however, there
I was no need to close the theatres
i now unless a new outbreak devel
j ops. No new cases of polio have
I been reported in the past five days.
| Two patients diagnosed last week
j have' been discharged from the
| hospital. A respirator was flown
! here yesterday under auspices of
I the Fairbanks Elks Lodge.
Dr. Owen Cranmer retired from
his post as City Health Officer with
objection. He had been appointed
to fill the temporary vacancy cre
ated by Doctor Gorman's resigna
tion.
The dispute started when Gor
man ordered theatres here closed
and theatre owners refused until
they had checked with other au
thorities. A meeting of doctors and
city officials was called by Dr. C.
Earl Albrecht, Territorial Health
Commissioner. The doctors voted
"no” five to one. and Gorman’s
resignation followed.
Dr. Gorman said at that time
that polio cases here were directly
traceable to personal contact.
METCALF TRAVELS
Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial
Highway Engineer and chief of the
Highway Patrol, boarded the Al
aska yesterday for Ketchikan, plan
ning to be gone a week.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Oct. 11 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine {
stock today is 2 Vs, American Can
102%, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss
Wright 9%, International Harvester
32, Kennecott 66, New York Central
17‘,4, Northern Pacific 26%, U. S.
Steel 40, Pound $2.88%.
Sales today were 2,190,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 228.97. rails 69.64, utilities
4039.
TERRITORIAL
INCUMBENTS
ARE LEADING
Bartlett, Benson Hold Two
to-One Leads-Roden
Is Unopposed
With three Territorial offices to
be filled — Delegate in Congress,
Treasurer and Labor Commissioner
—it was apparent from early returns
received in Juneau today that all
three incumbents would be re
elected by comfortable margins.
E. L. Bartlett, present Delegate,
was running better than two to one
against Aimer J. Peterson, Republi
can, of Anchorage.
Henry Roden, appointed to the
Treasurer's. office last year, was
making a lone race for election. The
only opposition appeared to be from
Ketchikan, where there were 25
write-in votes for Harry Williams,
Republican and Ketchikan public
accountant.
Henry A. Benson, Labor Commis
sioner, was piling up a comfortable
lead over Ms Democratic opponent,
Ross E. Kimball, as returns con
tinued to roll into Juneau from
precincts throughout the Territory.
On the basis of returns from 57
of the 233 precincts in the Terri
tory, Benson was ahead of Kimball
almost two to one—7,173 to 4,248.
In the First Division, returns from
26 of the 57 precincts gave Bartlett
3,356 to 1,621 for Peterson in the
Delegate race. Roden received 3,922
votes, while Benson had 2,820 to
1,923 for Kimball.
The larger precincts of this Di
vision are now in and tabulated. Re
turns from outlying precincts are
not expected to change the outcome
of either contest.
RED PREMIER
ORDERS MEN
FIGHT, DEATH
American General Says’
Communists Doomed
at Pyongyan
(By the Associated Press)
North Korean Communists were
ordered to fight to the death in a
no-surrender battle today by Red
Premier Kim II Sung while United
Nations forces pushed nearer their
capital from three battlefronts.
On the main road to Pyongyang,
Red capital, the U.S. First Cavalry
drove several miles past the 38th
parallel against bitter resistance.
Spearheads were within 80 miles of
Pyongyang.
At Wonsan, on the East Coast, i
two South Korean Divisions were
mopping up the important port and
oil refinery city which fell to them
Tuesday. It lies 95 miles east of
Pyongyang.
On a central front 30 mile% wide, |
other South Korean forces captured
Kumhwa, a major road center and I
were within 100 miles of the capital.
Maj. Oen. Hobard R. Gay of the !
First Cavalry, the highest-ranking!
American on the fighting front, said '>
the Red forces were doomed and t
the taking of Pyongyang was only
a matter of time. He estimated the
Reds had about 25,000 men to throw
into the battle for the capital. This !
is a comparatively weak force com- !
pared to the 150.000-man force used
by the Communists in the invasion
of South Korea. Gay expressed be
lief the Reds along the border had
no tanks and very little artillery.
“These cookies—the Reds—are :
beaten,” said Gay, back at his head- j
quarters from a front line visit. j
Premier Kim’s radio message was!
obviously an answer to Gen. Mac- I
Arthur’s ultimatum of last Sunday,
although Kim did not mention it
directly. He told of the Soviet Union
which gained final victory “after
numerous difficulties.”
Communist China’s Peiping radio
Issued a warning and protested the
United Nations decision to send I
troops into North Korea which bor- |
ders on her territory. The radio
(Continued on Pa"e Five)
GOP LEADS <
IN SENATE
AND HOUSE
Perafrovich Eliminated in
First Division Sen
ate Race >
A strong; Republican tide appeared
today in the early returns from yes
terday's Alaska legislative elections
The outcome of many races fol
both the House and Senate remained
uncertain at press time today, with
only 57 of the 233 precincts in the
Territory reported.
On the basis of these early re
turns, Republicans were ahead for
five Senate seats; the Democrats
were leading for one. This does not
take into consideration the scanty
returns from the Second Division,
where two Senate seats are at stake.
Republicans also were ahead for
12 House seats; the Democrats were
leading for eight seats. No trend has
yet been indicated for four other
seats, allocated to the Second Di
vision.
The Democrats apparently have
most of their strength in the Third
Division, where contestants for the
House are in a very tight race.
The legislative race picture in
three of the four divisions is as fol
lows :
First Division
Incumbent Democratic Senator
Frank Peratrovlch, seeking re-elec
tion, was decisively eliminated from
the running by early returns. Today
he trailed Democrat James Nolan
and Republican Elton E. Engstrom
by approximately 1.900 votes. Nolan
and Engstrom were in a tight race
for first place.
Republican Doris M. Barnes was
well out in front in the House con
test, followed by Republicans Hen
drickson, Locken, MacKinnon and
MacSpadden, in that order. Crowd
ing the leaders were Jensen, Met
calfe and Stewart, Democrats, and
Johnson, Republican. Returns from
outlying precincts are expected to
change the picture during the next
day or two, especially among sev
enth, eighth and ninth place candi
dates.
Third Division
Twenty out of 70 precincts in the
Third Division gave the following
results:
Senate: Snider, 2235; Engebreth,
2,173, both Republicans. Rivers,
1,563; Loussac, 1,161, both Demo
crats.
House: Egan (D). 1,905; Kay (D),
1,843; Scavenius (D). 1,829; Con
right (D), 1,811; Stan McCutcheon
<D), 1,805; Gill (R), 1,803; Snod
grass (R), 1,722; Gorsuch (R), 1,717;
Pollard (D), 1,687; McKinley (R),
1,627; Carlson (D), 1,687; Chase (R),
1,534; Osbo (R), 1,425; McClane
<R), 1,358.
Fourth Division
Republicans led both the Senate
seats, on the basis of returns from
the Greater Fairbanks area. W. L.
Lhamon and A. J. Coble, the Re
publicans, had 1,181 and 1,082 votes
respectively. Jess D. Lander and
Warren A. Taylor had 780 and 757
votes respectively.
Republicans Mike Stepovich,
George Miscovlch and George A.
Gasser were leading in the House
race, with Democrats Glen Franklin
and Thomas A. Jones as possibilities
for the other two seats. Frank An
german and Essie Dale. Democratic
incumbents, were trailing.
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WEATHER RETORT •
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
ending 6:20 o'clock thu morning •
In Juneau—Maximum, 18; •
minimum, 41. •
At Airport—Maximum, 49; •
minimum, 45. •
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FORECAST •
'Jonenu and Vlclnltjr) ft
Variable cloudiness with •
light rain showers tonight •
and Thursday. Lowest tern- •
perature near 40 degrees to- •
night. Highest Thursday •
about 49. •
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PRECIPITATION •
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ft
City of Juneau—0.40 inches; •
since October 1—2.66 inches; •
since July 1—24.73 inches. •
At Airport — 0.15 Inches; •
since October 1—0.87 inches; •
since July 1—20.21 inches. •