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JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1951
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Reds Firing
; Rockets into
! Allied Lines
Russ Pilots Thought
Flying Migs-Missites
/ Cause No Damage
H U. S. EIGHTH ARMY IIEAD
k' QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 10— I.F
Rockets cl the type used by tin
Russians in World War II hav<
landed behind Allied lines on tin
east central front, it was official
ly reported today.
There was speculation they
rciyht have boon brought to Ko
rea by Communist Caucasian
\ troops recently reported near the
battlefront.
L’. - No Allied installe±lons were- -hi’
Official sources refused to disclosi
the number of rockets that landed
In the air war, 30 American
1 F-8G sabre jets tangled with P(
Russian-type MIG-15s over north
\ west Korea in one of history’s
i biggest jet battle.';. Two Commun
|| 1st planes were damaged.
»<■ It was the second jet battle
ft in two days. Sunday the Allies
jf shot down two MIGS and dam
M aged another. There were no
. Allied losses in either scrap.
Russ Flying?
Army sources said unofficially
they have reliable but not con
clusive evidence that Russian
pilots have been flying some of the
MiGS in battles against the Uni
ted Nations.
Since rockets, to be effective.
). must blanket an area, it is pcs
) tible those which landed on the
east central front were fired ac
J cidcntally. They apparently were
not aimed at any specific target
Reports indicated onjv a smai:
number were fired.
The Allies have used rockets in
frequently in the Korean war,
primarily to blanket an area which
infantrymen are going to attack.
Monday’s jet air battle rnr.ee
from altitudes of 40,000 feet cTovrl
to tree-top level.
The Allied warplanes were led
into battle by Col. Francis Gab:
: ‘ reski, America's top ace.
L
! Russians Express
'Rearef Over Slain
H t
teerttan Soldier
,) 1 BERLIN,^Sept. 10—Tl—An Ameri
| y can soldier shot and killed by c '•
% German police on the Soviet Zone
$ border last week was identified to
i day as Robert de Brake of Antioch
Galif.
The Army held up the announce
ment until the soldier’s father, Frank
de Brake, had been notified.
De Brake had driven his car inn
a Soviet border barrier, apparently
' y by accident, Thursday night. Eyew’it
i nesses said a Communist policeman
.f shot the soldier as he.sat behind the
steering wheel. Russian authorise
expressed regret.
The Washington
j Merry-Go-Round
(Kd. Note — While Drew Fcar
son is on a brief vacation, the
Washington Merry-go-round i
being written by several disting
uished guest columnists, today’s
being by Corpora! Charles Fran
ce eo, with the U. S. Army’s Sev
; enth Division in Korea. -Corpora!
i Francisco, a native of Urbana,
S’ Illinois, was inducted in Septem
% ter 1950, and sent to Korea as
I? a machine ‘gunner shortly therc
M alter.)
With the 17th Infantry Rcgt
§ ment, Seventh Infantry Division,
U. S. Army in Korea. — What h
^ it like in Korea? What is it like’
to the men who are here? I think
• of three things around mc-moun
* tains, loneliness and death. I think
of rotation and home and the fu
ture. And I know that those thin":
are in the minds and bones ol
most infantrymen in Korea.
f As a soldier lies in his foxhole
and tries to peer through the mist
that covers the top of a mountain
he thinks of many things. This
the war in Korea as I see it.
It seems to me that civilian
writers covering the war have not
made enough mention of the hills.
At any rate, the hills have a majoi
bearing on the job of the indivi
dual soldier and the entire tacti
cal situation.
Put yourself in the place of any
man here. You're no military super
man, you’re just an average guy
carrying around 50-00 pounds cf
equipment on your back. Your job
| (Continued on Page 4)
Pens Wrote History
ii-i: -funo™™*—<»b—■ as*we ■■ i wiiei mwhmi
TIeic-ii <■. Lana';uii, peace rontettwe administrative aidv, fills and
tc ‘.s some 20C pens used in • inning the Japanese peace treaty in
San I ranciseo. The pens have an assorted number of points varying
from broad to fine, tailored to the preferences of the diplomats who
used them. PR ’IVlrephcto.
Gromyko loads to Wreck
Treaty; Separate Red
Peace Hay Be Planned
Deslswsr Escort
Damaged fey Sticre
3m »B Wonsan
WASHINGTON, Sept, 10—W—
The U. S. destroyer escort Sever
ing suffered some damage but r.o
casualties yesterday when it re
ceived three direct hits from en
emy shore guns at Wonsan, the
Navy reported.
The ship's No. 2 fireroom was
ilcoded and there was other mi
nor damage from the hits and
t , r misses. The escort was able
0 proceed under its own power
to Sasebo Naval Base in Japan.
The Navy said combined air and
surface bombardments silenced
the enemy batteries, knocking out
at least nine guns.
The Seiverling was the 13th U.
3, fighting ship appreciably dam
aged or sunk by enemy shellfftt
1 Korea. Several other vessels
have received superficial damage
which did not remove them from
the operating units along the Ko
rean coast.
Reds Charge
Another Allied
Site Violation
MUNSAN. Korea, Sept. 10—(,JP>—
United Nations officers swapped
sharp words with Reds in Kaesong
today alter investigating a Com
munist, charge that an Allied war
plane strafed the cease-fire con
ference city this morning.
The U. N. officers refused to
give the Reds an on-the-spot re
port of their investigation. Thpy
also refused to concede that an
attack had occurred or that a U.N.
plane was involved.
They acknowledged that dur
ing a four-hour checkup of the
alleged neutrality zone violation
they found one bullet mark and
a dozen .50 caliber slugs in and
around a group of stone houses.
The houses were about three
quarters of a mile from the site
of the Suspended armistice talks.
The investigators said the bul
lets appeared to have been fired
from several directions and at
different angles.
This would oonflict, they said,
with the Red assertion that the
plane made a pass over the house.
When the investigation was com
pleted, the senior Allied officer re
fused a Communist demand for
a reply to the charge.
t
S* SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10—Wl|
from the San Francisco confer
ence with Russia's worst postwar
diplomatic defeat on his record—
and with ammunition in his poc
ket for a new wrecking campaign
against the Japanese peace treaty.
American diplomats, winding up
their affairs in the Conference
city today, predicted Russia will
do its utmost to undermine popular
support for the treaty with a mas
sive propaganda attack through
out Asia and the Far East.
Gromyko, who left by train
for New York yesterday, prepar
ed the ammunition fer that as
sault in his speeches and actions
at the peace conference—not
ably by his charges of American
“dictation” and his repeated
forecasts of a "new war” in the
Oiienf. He also made much oi
Red China's exclusion.
Separate Block
At some point, it is consideree
probable that RusJta will put forth,
in collaboration with Red China,
plans for a separate Communist
t’.oc peace treaty with Japan.
Presumably this would embod.\
provisions which Gromyko advan
ced here in his vain efforts to get
the British-American sponsored
pact rewritten.
Forty-eight nations signed the
peace treaty with Japan in a 63
minute ceremony Saturday. Foi
three tense days of debate Grom
yko had cried his warnings of
war and had tried to get accept
ance of amendments which would
have rendered Japan defenseless
when the treaty becomes effect
ive.
But when the document was put
on the table for signing the Uni
ted States scored a clean sweep.
Not one nation was held back hy
Gromyko’s arguments.
Soldiers with One
Winler in Korea
Op for Rotation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10—MV-Al.
U. S. soldiers who fought in Korea
last winter must be brought home
“before this coming winter,” the
army chief of staff said today.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins made the
statement in a letter to Senatoi
Dworshak (R-Ida), who had protest
ed against nrmy plans to use Idaho
National Guardsmen as combat re
placements.
Collins said “there is no satis
factory alternative" but to depend
I upon guardsmen now In federal
1 service to help meet a “pressing
manpower problem.”
Collins added:
"The overriding need is the re
quirement for rotation of men from
overseas, including the rotation be
1 fore this coming winter of all per
' sonnel who endured the bitter com
bat conditions in Korea last winter.
143-Pound Blonde
Named Miss America
• ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 10 •
o — i.H—1The 143-pound, five feet •
• 10 Miss America of 1952 is n •
o Sunday school teacher who •
« doesn’t smoke or drink. •
• Blue-eyed blonde Colleen Kay •
o Hutchins of Salt Lake City, *
« Utah, didn’t believe it when she «
• was chosen queen over 50 other «
n contestants to climax this re- «
• sort city’s five-day annual «
o beauty pageant Saturday night. •
e “I thought I was too darned «
» tall,” the statuesque beauty said «
e in a poised cultured voice that «
• reflects her dramatics training. •
• , At 25, she is the oldest to «
o wear the crown and matches •
o the record height ot Miss Am- «
c erica of 1945. Bess Myerson cf •
• New York City. Colleen is the *
o first blonde to win the title in «
® 13 years. •
e - «
• On the movie page In today's «
• -Empire is a picture of Miss «
• America taken prior to her win- *
« niiig the title. •
Test Run’ Will Be
Made fer Juneau
Plywood Plant
A plywood test run on 50.00C
board feet of Sitka spruce will bf
made in Seattle within the next
two weeks, Thomas A. Morgan
president of the Columbia Lum
ber Co. said here today.
The timber is scheduled to leave
Sitka Wednesday on a Puget Sound
Tug and Barge Co. scow towed by
the tug Dolly C.
Determinations will be m. de by
engineers and equipment men re
garding the type of machinery
needed for a plywood plant to be
constructed here in the near fu
ture.
The finished product will be
shipped Lack to Alaska, Morgan
said.
Anchorage Bank
^resident Dies
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 10— UP) —
Warren N. Cuddy, 65 prominent
Anchorage banker and attorney,
died in a hospital here last night.
Ke suffered a heart attack several
days ago.
Cuddy was president of the First
National Bank of Anchorage.
While he was in the grocery bus
iness at Valdez he studied law
and later became assistant dist
rict attorney for the Third Divi
ion. He moved here about 20 years
igo and started practicing law.
n recent years he devoted more
‘ime to his extensive banking bus
n.ess than to laws
Cuddy was born in Maryland in
l88S. He is survived by his widow
uid a son, Daniel. Another son.
David, died in action during World
Afar II in Italy.
Alaska Division of
Science Association
Formed at Meeting
MOUNT McKINLEY NATIONAI
PARK, Sept. 10—UP)—Formation oi
an Alaska division of the Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science
was completed at the science con
ference that ended here Saturday
Dr. Laurence Irving, chief of th<
physiological section of the Arctic
Research Center at Anchorage, was
named first president. W. Wilson o!
the soil conservation service wa;
named vice president and Rachel S
Simett of Palmer was elected secre
tary-treasurer.
The distinguished gathering oi
scientists expressed optimism ovei
the possibilities of scientific re
search in the territory.
Mary Morris of Arcadia, Calif., i'
at the Hotel Juneau.
• ••••••••**
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
» (U S. WEATHER BUREAU •
• Temperatures for 24-Ilour Period •
• ending G;20 o’clock this morning •
• At Airport—Maximum, 54; «
e minimum, 47. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
» Considerable cloudiness with •
• some light rain showers tonight •
• and Tuesday. Lowest temper- •
• attire tonight about 47 degrees. •
• Highest Tuesday near 55. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION • j
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today • ,
• At Airport—.13 inches; •
• since July 1—6.81 inches. •
• ••••••••••
New British Fighter-Interceptor
This i- the r.’.'W British lighter-interceptor which ,*c Royal Air Force claims is the “best fighter In the
world. It Is the Hawker T-10G7 poweerd by an Avon jet engine. Sp» d, range, armament and per
formance dala are secret. </P) Wlreplioto.
fax Collections Up 25%
In Alaska; 8 Months Income
Levy Exceeds All of 1950
Saliron Pack Here
More than Double
Last Year’s Figure
Southeastern Alaska's fishery pack
Is more than twice that of 1950, ac
cording to figures released today by
the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Commercial salmon pack figures
up to Sept. 1, the close of the sein
ing and trap season, showed the
area had canned 1,843,621 cases,
compared to 915,662 last year.
Tr r district still leads others by
• -dfSfc.' figures show.
Final pack figures for seining
will not be available until nest
week as most canneries were still
operating on Sept. 2. Gillnetting
and trolling, which does not close
until Sept. 20, will also add slightly
to the pack although many of
these fish are frozen and shipped
south.
Humpies were leading here with
1,153,894 cases and chums were next
with 394,191.
Central Area Up
In central Alaska the pack was
up by 28,595 from the week ending
Aug. 25, Total pack up to Sept. 1
was 1,079,997 cases. Up to Aug. 25
the pack was 1,051,402. The pack
for 1951 was s'till behind that cf
Iasi year up to the same period,
when 1,404,831 cases were up.
The western district was also up
during the week, the Port Molln
gillnetting adding several thousand
cases. Total pack up to Sept. 1 was
403.663 cases as compared with 622,
698 last year. Up to Aug. 25, cases
parked totaled 389,351.
Grand total for Alaska is nearly
400,000 cases more than that of
last year. The pack for this yeai
-bowed 3.327,281 cases as compared
with 2,943,191 for 1950. This district’s
catch is responsible, officials point
ed out.
Trade Association
Meet to Feature
Alaska Problems
SEATTLE, Sept. 19—Wl—Alaska
problems will receive special at
tention at the Pacific Northwest
Ptade Association general confer
i nee in Missoula, Mont, o.i Sept,
17 and 18.
At the opening session Archie
’.V. Shields, a director of the as
sociation fren the Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce and also
from the Bellingham Chamber,
will give n preliminary outline of
ime of these problem-,.
Tuesday morn ng an Alaska pan
el, with B. Frank Heintzieinan of
Juneau as moiurator, war make an
authoritiative presentation of out
standing opprri unities ana prob
lems. Among those participating in
the panel will be Don Goodman of
Anchorage, chairman of the Alas
ka Development Board, W. K.
Boardman, m; ,iager of the Ketch
ikan Chamber of Commerce, ar.ci
Herbert Rowland, delegate lrom
the Juneau Jhrnlie".
Ship Movements
Baranof due northbound 3 a.m.
Tuesday.
Princess Louise scheduled to arrive
northbound some time Tuesday.
> By KAY J. KENNEDY
Territorial tax collections are up
approximately 25 per cent over last
year at this time, Alaska Tax Com
missioner M. P. Mullaney revealed
today.
As of Sept. 1 gross collections
amounted to $9,505,982 68, he said.
Last year at this same time $7,040,
585.16 had been collected.
Mullaney pointed out that since
the inception of the Department of
Taxation on Jan. 1, 1946 through
Aug. 31, 1951 a total of $38,460,789.96
had been brought in through an as
rortment of tax levies
The cost of collecting SI lax
is only 1.9 rents, ivlullanev said.
The department has an average of
60 employees to imr. the Juneau
headquarters office and four field
offices. Recently installed new
bookkeeping machinery has greatly
aided in facilitating the handling
of records.
Record show that the income
tax is the greatest source of Terri
torial revenue. As of Sept. 1 income
lax collections exceeded the entire
total for last year when $3,302,077.76
was garnered. The first eight months
of this year has dumped $3,412,326.
27 into the Alaska treasury.
According lo the U.,S. Internal
Revenue Department at Tacoma,
Alaska's income tax ratio increase
is higher than any state in the
union.
Raw fish taxes (Chap. 82> are al
so ahead of the 1950 total with cur
rent collections reaching the $1,
426,408.51 mark. Last year the entire
total wai $1,399,913.05.
Liquor Tax Reutnr
Excise taxes on alcoholic bever
ages are a high contributor to Ter
ritorial finances with $1,178,347.36
brought in so far this year. The en
tire total last year was $1,367,836.49.
A breakdown of tax collections
from various sources for the fli t
eight months of 1951 show:
Income $3,412,326.27
Raw fish 1.426,408.51
Liquor 1,178,347.?6
Business 796,209.73
Motor fuel 668,014.33
Tobacco 423.581.72
Fish traps 359,900.00
Auto plates 337,462.00
School 225,861,20
Other 677,851.56
Total $9,505,902.68
Field Committee
Will Meet in
Anchorage Next, Week
The Alaska Field Committee, set
! up in Alaska two years ago by tin
i Department of Interior, will meet
in Anchorage Sept. 18 and 19, ac
cording to information reaching
Juneau today.
Since the resignation of Ken
neth Kadow a year ago Clarence
Rhode, regional director of the
Fish and Wildlife Service, h:e
been acting chairman.
Two department officials are
now in Anchorage to attend meet
ings of the committee. They are
Vernon D. Northrop, administra
tive assistant to the secretary ot
interior and Otis Beasley, director
of the budget and finance.
Following the committee meet
ings and a tour of the Interior the
two men are expected to drive
from Anchorage to Haines and
make a visit to Juneau.
FROM FAIRBANKS
! Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Pugh of Fair
banks are stopping at the Baranof
1 Hotel,
Short Circuited
Plane Fires 1,576
Bullets al Homes
LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 10
wP Set off by a short circuit, 1,571
rounds of .50 cnliber machine gui
bullets were sprayed into an ex
clusive north Long Beach residen
tial area yesterday by an anchoret
Air Force lighter plane.
Twenty five homes were struct
by the bullets. There were no cas
ualties.
Sam McGill, owner of one of
the damaged homes, said he
counted IS slugs in his house. "I
thought the Russians were here,”
hr exclaimed.
The armor-piercing lnoendlarj
bullets were fired from u F-5i
Mustang fighter plane of the 188ti.
Fighter Squadron, a unit on con
stant emergency alert. The plant
was at its base at the Long Beach
Municipal Airport, It was under
going a routine check.
The trajectory of the bullets
carried them over thousands of
homes between the airport and
the Virginia Country Club. In
tliis area, which is on ground
considerably higher than the air
port, the bullets camp hurtling
into homes, garages and automo
biles. They sheared off branches
of some trees and frightened
scores of persons from their beds
al 5:45 a.m.
One bullet whizzed through the
nursery in the Ralph Kemmeret
home but missed the two Kim
merer children, Phil 1. and Dawi.
4.
Plane SOS Believed
Hoax; Search Hailed
WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE
Mass., Sept. 10—I.T>—A Westovei
Air Force base spokesman sait
today that an alert for a possible
search for a possibly distress^
plane at sea had been called ol
here.
•Weak'' SOS signals previouslj
had been described as an apparen
hoax after they were picked ui
ly a radio tower at Tinker Field
Okla. Widely separated sources hat
followed up with reports of a plane t
crew bailing out.
The Westovcr spokesman sail
that New York oceanic contro
uilled off all Westovcr particlpa
tion and that a temporary alert
here had been relaxed when th>
New York authority transferri r
the checkup to units at Fort Pep
pered, Newfoundland.
Westover said a check of th<
ct,st coast showed no bomber nois
ing Air Force oflieials at thi
Pentagon In Washington said the>
couldn't locate any flight plan
which would place a plane in the
,,■ported position off Greenland.
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK, Sept. 10—l/W—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneat
mine stock today is 3, Americar
Can 118'*, American Tel. and Til
163, Anaconda 48 h. Douglas Ait
craft 55'h. General Electric 62*.
General Motors 50a, Goodyear 88
Kennecott 81H, Libby, McNeill anc
Libby 8's, Northern Pacific 53'■>
Standard Oil of California 545 *
Twentieth Century Fox 20. U. S
Steel 45, Pound *2.79 15 10, Canad
ian Exchange 94.68 a.
Sales today were 2.190,000 shares
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 275.25, rails 82.91, util
ities 45.38.
MONDAY FIRE ALARM
The 2-6 fire alarm at 11:45 a.m
Monday was for an overheated oil
stove In the AFL hall on Second
Street. Firemen reported no dam
age. ___
'Copter (rash
Kills 2; 13th
Ship Missing
Air Force B-17 Overdue
at Ladd Field-Missing
'Copier Safe
ANCHORAGE. Sept. 10—(fl—An
Mr Force B-17 was reported over
due today on a flight to Ladd Air
Force base near Fairbanks.
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis
tration report said it was from
Elmendorf base. It was listed as
15 minutes overdue when the re
port was made at 9:30 a.m.
It was reported to have enough
fuel to last to about 6 p.m., If it
continued in the air.
There was no Information on
the number aboard, but the big
bombers normally have seven to
10 men aboard.
The plane left Anchorage at
G:31 a.m. It was due at Ladd at
8:27 a.m. It was last reported at
7:01 a.m., over Talkeetna, about
onr-tlilrd of the way on the ap
proximately 300-mile flight.
At the same time, a missing
helicopter was reported safe.
A Tenth Rescue Squadron B-17
reported the sighting of pilot Jack
Shields and the 'copter in which
he vanished Saturday. Both were
reported O.K.
Another 'copter of Ricks Heli
copter, Inc., of Los Angeles, was
prepared to go to Shield’s aid.
Shields flew for Rick*. He disap
peared on a flight to the wreckage
if another of the firm’s helicop
ters.
Two Killed
The deaths of two men in nn
Air Force helicopter crash Sat
urday raised to 94 the number
lost In 12 aircraft whi"h have
crashed or disappeared since July
21, when a Korean airlift plaue
vanished with 38 aboard. Shield’s
disappearance is No. 13.
Fnroute to C-47
Victims cf the helicopter crash
were enroute to the scene of a
C-47 transport plane crash Fri
lay night between Ladd and Eiei
on Air Force bases near Fah
anks. Only one of the four men
aboard survived the latter acci
dent. The helicopter had been sent
lo the crash scene to remove bod
ies of the three victims.
Lt. Francis J. Tart!: was the only
urvivor of the C-4t crash, which
occurred when the plane wa.> ap
iroachlng El’ison base for a land
ing.
Tarik helped save his own life.
He applied iourniquetr to both his
legs and set fire to leavss attract
ing the attention of a Tenth Res
ue Squadron ’copter.
Jet Crash
In ot.e other crash Saturday, a
plane was badly damaged in land
ing at Elmendorf Air Force base.
But this lime there were nn
fatalities. The pilot of the F94
jet plane, Lt. William W. Locke
Jr. was slightly Injured and ta
ken to the Air Force hospital for
observation.
A board of officers begun an In
vestigation.
local men were to
HAVE CHARTERED SHIP
Bureau of Reel imation officials
in Juneau today said that tbfee
local men, now surveying for tne
bureau in the area, were to have
chartered Field’s plane.
The three, now at Talkeetna, are
Daryll Roberts and William Weber,
■ngineers, and Clark McHuron, ge
jlogist. A telephone call placed this
morning revealed that none was
iboard the missing ship.
Norseman Plane
Crashes, 4 Walk
Away Unhurt
VANCOUVER, Sept. 10—^— A
Queen Charlotte Airlines plane
made a crash landing yesterday
near Garibaldi Lake, 30 miles
north of here. The light Norseman
plane was badly damaged but the
four occupants walked away un
hurt. .. * ..
Johnny Hatch, the pilot, said
the plane was caught in an “e*
ceptional downdraft” as he came
in for a landing on the lake.
The plane plunged 80* feet to
a crash-landing In a group of
trees.
The three passengers, Shirley
Hill, Norah Neilsen and Marqe
Schmidt, all of Vancouver, con
tinued the trip to a camp near
tlie lake on foot.
FROM WRANGELL
Verne Smith of Wrangell Is at the
Baranof Hotel.