THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,845
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1951
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Skepticism Increases On Russian Proposal
WAR FLARES
ANEW; REDS
IN ACTION
New Chinese Fighting
Spirit Shows on Ground,
Air Aggressiveness
By Associated Press
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said
today he didn’t know what was hap
pening to cease-fire proposals “but
things look better than ever.”
The Allied commander made the
statement on a flying visit to South
Korean President Syngman Rhee.
The war flared anew, fanned by
new Chinese fighting spirit on the
ground and aggressiveness in the
air. Red planes twice struck at
U. S. B-29 Superfort bombers and
engaged in two battles with Awri
can Sabre Jets. One Red MIG-15
was shot down.
Communists fought so stubbornly
on the western flank of the erratic
100-mile front that one officer said
“indications are the Chinese are
preparing for an offensive."
Iron Clad Agreement
Ridgway bore a bulging briefcase
when he called on the Korean presi
dent. Of the Russian peace bid, en
dorsed by the Chinese radio, Ridg
way said:
'•I would want an iron clad agree
ment. I am riot willing to take a bill
of goods.”
He also visited the front. He
said -it was just one of his usual
trips and "had no connection with
anything regarding a cease-fire.
“Political Move”
Before he returned, a ntemo.ait
dum came out of his Tokyo head
quarters raising official doubts about
the latest Communist cease-fire pro
posal. It questioned the suggestion
as a Russian "political move” that
lrilght give the enemy a military ad
vantage.
There was no cessation of firing
on'the fronts, ranging from the 38th
Parallel to 20 miles north of it.
Attacking Chinese captured a key
hill position in an early morning
fight near Kumhwa, but were driven
off by noon in a UN counterattack.
Reds launched a series of probing
attacks and raked Allied lines with
artillery at scattered points.
EUROPEAN CHURCH
CONDITIONS TO BE
TOED IN TALK HERE
J/y ,
Miss Elsie Penfield, formerly
Dean of Women at Carroll College,
Waukesha, Wisconsin, now Secre
tary of Women’s Work for the Pres
byterian Board of National Missions,
New York, and Mrs. D. K. Allen of
Virginia, Vice-President of the Na
tional Council cf Presbyterian Wo
men, will speak on international
and national church interests, at
the Northern Light Presbyterian
church, in the ^inctuary. Thursday,
June 28 at 8 p.m.
The public is urged to hear these
addresses.
TheWashinglon
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Coprrlcht. XMl. or Bell BradleaM. too..
(Ed. Note —Drew- Pearson’s col
umn today, the first anniversary of
the. invasion of Korea, takes the
form of a letter written to Ameri:
can troops in Korea).
Washington. — To the G. I. in
Korea:
This letter is in answer to the
many I have received from you
asking the difficult question: “Why
do we fight?”
It is not an easy question to
answer. One year ago when we first
went into Korea, I felt certain I
knew the answer. Then we were fuU
of confidence; full of national up
surge which demanded that we
stop Moscow dqad in its tracks;
full of the feeling that we could do
it in a few weeks with naval and
air power only-rORe hand strapped
behind our back.
Since then I’ve had a lot of mis
givings about the Korean War. I’ve
wondered whether we were wise in
getting into it. And when I read
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The War Began Here
THE WAR BtUAKHIM -
JUKI 25.1950
38TH PARALLEL,
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Pvt. Donald M. Knatleenhner of Louisville, Ky.. reads a letter from home as he sits near tent and Mg
sign at spot on 38th paraUel, north of Seoul, where North Korean forces first invaded South Korea to
start war June 25, 1950. The sign was erected by the First Cavalry Division. IP) Wlrephoto via radio
from Tokyo
BRITISH
WARSHIP
TO IRAN
Action Announced by For
! eign Minister; Tankers
Ordered to leave
LONDON, June 26 —UO— Britain
ordered the cruiser Mauritius to
“proceed forthwith” tp the vicinity
of Abadan, the Iranian oil port
where 27 tankers are caught in a
jam in a dispute over payments for
oil.
British Foreign Secretary Herbert
Morrison, announcing the action in
the House of Commons, said the
British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil
company has ordered all its tankers
to leave Abadan immediately.
Ten of the tankers are loaded with
oil but have been refused clearance
by Iranian authorities because the
captains Vefused to sign receipts
acknowledging payment was due
Iran’s new nationalized oil company.
Situation Serious
The captains with oil aboard were
told to pump it off if necessary to
obtain clearance, Morrison said.
The company issued its order
“with the full agreement of his
majesty’s government,” Morrison
announced. He described the situa
tion as very serious.
Departure of all tankers presum
ably would mean the shutdown of
the Abadan refinery, the world’s
largest. It is filling storage tanks
because of the shipping tieup. There
is enough storage capacity to keep
the refinery going about a week.
Morrison said if Iran persists in
her present tactics AIOC will be
forced to halt operations “within
i matter of days.”
US Protests
Czech Holding
2 Jet Pilots
WASHINGTON. June 26 — UP)—
The United States has filed a vigor
ous new protest against the con
tinued detention of two western Jet
aircraft pilots by Communist Czech
oslovakia.
The‘State Department announced
today that the new note was deliv
ered yesterday at Prague by Am
bassador Ellis O. Briggs.
The fliers, piloting U. S. Jet planes,
landed near Prague on June 8. One
was American and the other a Nor
wegian.
The note delivered by Briggs
pointed out that the two have now
been held incommunicado for 16
days while the Czech government
presses an “investigation” into the
circumstances of the flight.
The U. S. has asserted repeatedly
that the border crossing was unin
tentional and that the pilots became
lost on a training flight.
Girt Drowns as
Mother Hospitalized,
Father Alaska Bound
— •
SEATTLE, June 26—1*1— A 7-year
old girl drowned in Lake Union last
night while her mother was in a
iiospital and her father was enroute
to Alaska.
The body of Jeannette Ann Sanuy
WfK found this morning after an all
night search. She apparenth;, f»’ (
into the lake while fishing fWttHher
houseboat home.
She was the daughter of Mf. and
Mrs. Lydon Sanuy, An unde has
been caring for her.
The father, a chief pharmacist’s
mate, is aboard a Coast Guard cut*
ter enroute to Point Barrow.
Forest Fire
Uncontrolled
In B. C. Area
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 26 —W
Fanned by a brisk wind, fire swept
through rich iimberlaiids In tly?
Campbell rivet 4is|Mct oh Va&dmt
ver Island today.
Th* fire ragafl yncorttrblled Over
l.OOfi .acres-and was fought fcfy "600
men, scores of wjwm had stayed on
***** uni*ht
A‘fe,000-acfe fire on Moresby Is
land of the Queen Charlotte group.
500 miles north of Vancouver, had
been brought under control after
whipping through 6,000,000 board
feet of timber.
SALMON DERBY
FOLDERS READY
TO DISTRIBUTE
Alva Blackerby, Golden North
Salmon Derby committeeman, to
day announced that folders contain
ing information and rules for the
coming Salmon Derby, are being dis
tributed and can be obtained at
JuneaU-Young Hardware, Percy’s,
Thomas Hardware, Madsen Cycle
Shop and the. Alaska Electric Light
and Power Co.
Blackerby added that they- are
also being flown to various points
via Pacific Northern Airlines. Pan
American and Alaska Coastal and
by that means will not only cover
all Alaska but the Pacific Coast and
Hawaii as well.
Entry tickets, however, he said,
would not be put on sale until after
the Fourth of July and then can be
obtained at the same places men
tioned above as are distributing the
folders.
The folders are attractively print
ed in blue and orange and besides
rules and information, contain a
map giving the fishing limits of the
derby and other illustrations.
Harry J. Pederson of Seattle is
stopping at the Baranof hotel.
SENATE DEMOS
ARE TO PASS
UP VACATION
WASHINGTON. June 26 —W—
Fnate Democrats agreed unao^
motisly today to pass up a summer
vacation and work on a four-point
program of "must legislation.”
Majority Leader McFarland Said
leaders would keep the Senate in
continuous session until “thd 15th
of September or first of October”
to push the following:
1. Passage of a) defense produc
tion control act by Saturday “If
possible” by asking a debate lim
itation later in the day “and working
long hours.” The present act ex
pires Saturday.
2. Final passage of all appropria
tions bills needed to supply oper
ating funds for government agen
cies.
3. Passage of the $8,500,000,000
Foreign Aid Bill and appropriations
required by it.
4. Final passage of a huge new
tax bill in line with the $7,200,000,
000 additional tax already voted by
the House,
Members of the Ho usd Republican
Policy committee meanwhile agreed
Informally at a morning piecing
that if BAInjpc^bld t^ enact
a neW* * iWby Saturday.
a? is, fof'30 days or more.
Mr. Truman’s dismissal of Gen.
MacArthur since May 3, the Senate
has been moving slowly on legisla
tion.
GHIGLIONE LEAVES
FOR SAN FRANCISCO
ROAD CONFERENCES
A. F. Ghiglione, chief engineer of
the Alaska Road Commission, left
yesterday for San Francisco where
he will attend a meeting of the
Western Association of State High
way officials from July 26 to 28.
Various phases of road construc
tion, co-ordination of agencies, and
administration will be discussed.
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FROM HOLLYWOOD
Mr. arid’-'Mrs.1 Peter J. Velez of
Hollywood, Calif, are at the Bar
anof Hotel.
Ship Movements 1
Princess Norali from Vancouver
due at 5 o'clock this afternoon, sail
ing for Skagway at 11:30, returning
southbound Friday.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Alaska scheduled to sail from
Seattle tomorrow.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Princess Louise schedufed to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
HALT OF RED
AG6RESSI0H
WAR VICTORY
Acheson Adds, Foreign
Aid Program is Essential
to Peace
WASHINGTON, June 26 —(A>)— !
Secretary of State Acheson said to
day withdrawal of Communist forces
behind the 38th Parallel In Korea
could be considered “a successful
conclusion of the conflict.”
He told the House Foreign Affairs
committee the United States mili
tary aim In Korea is “to repel ag
gression and restore peace and se
curity to the area.
“If this aggression Is stopped, and
with guarantees that It will not be
resumed, then you will have repelled
aggression and restored peace and
security in the area.”
Supports Foreign Aid
Acheson was before the commit
tee to support the administration’s
proposed $8,500,000,000 Foreign Aid
‘program. His statement about Kor
ean peace prospects came while!
‘ members qunszeo him closely on the
cease fire proposal by Jacob Malik,
Soviet delegate to the UN.
Rep. Smith asked whether with
drawal of Communist forces behind
the 38th Perallel could be consid
ered "a successful end” to the Kor
ean fighting, since It failed to unify
all of Korea.
•Yes, sir,” Acheson replied, "I
would say we would have had a suc
cessful end to the conflict.”
Must Stop Encroachment
Earlier, In urging Ute Foreign Aid
program, Acheson told the group
that Sqyieti expansion by "en
croachmeJH? hA« “got to be
stopped.'”,
Acheson said enlightened self
interest “requires us to make sure
that we haye strong and reliable
friends and allies.” The huge For
eign Economic and Arms Aid pro
gram, be said, is essential to the
security of the United States.
As Acheson spoke, before the
House Foreign Affairs committee,
speculation mounted in Congress
over the possibility that a cease
fire in Korea might be in the mak
ing. Cease-fire talk followed sug
gestions made in a radio address
Saturday by Jacob A. Malik, chief
Soviet delegate to the UN.
But Acheson’s prepared statement
made no direct reference to Maliks
proposal that, fighting cease and
hostile forces withdraw from the
38th Parallel.
27 CARS ENTERED
IN SOAP BOX DERBY
RACE HELD JULY 22
Twenty-one cars from Juneau and
approximately six from Sitka are
entered in the local running of the
Soap Box Derby to be run July 22,
according to Bill Lelvers, race chair
man.
There are nine Juneau cars in
Class A, five in Class B and seven
In Class C. It is unknown what
classes the 81tka cars are in. The
inspection and first trial run is
scheduled for the evening of July 6
on Uth street hill. There is the
possibility that this year’s race will
be held on 11th street instead of
12th street as in previous years.
WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature ter 24-Hour Period
endlna 6:30 o'clock thle mornlmr
In Juneau — Maximum.
OS; minimum. 45.
At Airport — Maximum.
00; minimum, 40.
foHecast
Mostly fair tonight and
Wednesday except for some
early morning cloudiness. Low
tonight near 45 and high
Wednesday near 05.
PRECIPITATION
(Pact 34 hours cosine 7:30 a.m. today
City of Juneau — None;
Since June 1 — 5.51 inches;
Since July 1 — 78.10 inches.
At Airport — None;
Since June 1 — 3.78 inches;
Since July 1 — 45.19 inches;
Malik Records Korean Proposal
Jpcob Malik, Soviet deputy foreign minister, is overshadowed by huge (
portrait of Josef Stalin in New York as he makes a recording, broad
cast later, of proposal for a cease-fire in Korea. Recording was the
13th in “Price of Peace" series by United Nations delegates. Malik
proposed a conference between both sides In the Korean war to
arrange a ceasefire and an armistice providing that both sides with
draw from the 38th parallel JffI Wlrephoto.
$50 License Tax Imposed
Non-Resident Fishermen
Held as Unconstitutional
MAN DIES RESULT
INJURIES ABOARD
TROLLER ON FIRE
PETERSBURG, Alaska, June 26—
TP!—A Seattle man died in a hospital
Sunday as a result of injuries suf
fered in a fire aboard the salmon
troller, Blue Ribbon.
He was Robert H. Baker, 34. His
death, nine hours after the fire,
was due to asphyxiation, authori
ties said.
Baker was asleep aboard the boat
when an overheated stove set it
afire.
The boat was not seriously dam
aged.
BUSH PILOT NOW
THANFKUL HE HAD
BREADAS CARGO
KODIAK, Alaska, June 26 ——
Bush pilot Burl Clymer was fed
up with bread today — but thank
ful he had plenty of It along.
The 39-year-old flier was spotted
by an Air Force plane late Sunday
after he had been missing five days
on a Kodiak-to-Chignik flight. He
was on an isolated Alaska Peninsula
beach. He took off after a Coast
Guard PBY delivered gasoline to
him.
He had eaten 15 of the 50 loaves
of bread he was flying to an isolated
cannery.
AT THE BARANOF
Metropolitan Leonty, of the Greek
Russian Orthodox church from New
York, is stopping at the Baranof
hotel.
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SAN FRANCISCO. June 26 — MV
In a two-to-one decision, the U.S.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held
unconstitutional yesterday a $50 li
cense tax imposed on non-resident
fishermen by the Alaska legislature
in 1949.
The court ruled that a tax scale
of $50 for non-residents and $5 for
residents was discriminatory and
"discouraged, hampered and bur
dened interstate commerce.”
The action was brought by the
Alaska Fishermen's Union (CIO)
representing some 32,000 merhbers
residing in Washington, Oregon and
California.
They lost an attempt on April
18, 1950, to have the tax set aside
when U. S. District Court Judge
George W. Folta, sitting at Anch
orage, ruled the tax law valid and
dismissed the fishermen’s complaint.
Folta said the non-resident fish
ermen were benefiting from Alaska
laws without paying their fair share
of taxes.
Chief Circuit Judge William Den
ham agreed yesterday with Folta in
an opinion dissenting with Associate
Judges William E. Orr and Walter
E. Pope.
In a second opinion, the court
unanimously reversed Judge Folta’!
order of June 7, 1949, in which he
denied an injunction against the
tax to Pacific American .Fisheries.
Judge Folta. sitting at Juneau
Issued a summary judgment against
the company, which employed some
400 non-resident fishermen. The
Fisheries had claimed the Alaska
Commissioner of Taxation and his
agents had used "force, threats and
coercion” to collect the license tax.
LIBRARY CLOSED UNTIL
3:30 P. M. TOMORROW
The Juneau City Library will be
closed until 3:30 tomorrow after
noon for the Bert Lybeck funeral.
Librarian Edna Heaton Lomen an
nounced today.
CEASE-FIRE
PLAN TAKEN
CAUTIOUSLY
State Department Ques
tions if it is Just Russ
Political Move
By Associated Press
The United States showed increas
ing skepticism toward the Russian
cease-fire proposal today as Secre
tary Oeneral Trygve Lie hurried
home from Europe to coordinate
plans for UN consideration of the
Malik proposals.
State Department officials ques
tioned whether the Soviet Union's
Jacob Malik had not come up mere
ly with a political proposal designed
to Improve the military position of
the North Korean and Chinese
forces. This view became known in
a memorandum distributed at su
preme headquarters in Tokyo. The
memorandum expressed doubt whe
ther Malik had made his approach
in good faith.
Rldgwav'* Views
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, the
supreme commander of UN forces,
commented: „
"I would want an iron clad agree
ment. I’m not willing to take a bill
of roods." «
Malik proposed Saturday that the
"Belligerents” in Korea discuss a
cease-fire and mutual withdrawal
from the 38th Parallel. He mention
ed no conditions, but yesterday the
Chinese Communists, backing Ma
lik’s proposal, brought -up the old
questions of a’ seat for Red China
in the UN and the fate of Formosa.
Lie interrupted his Norwegian
vacation to fly here. Asked what he
thought of the chances of peace,
he said "that's what I’m going to
find out.”
British Want Information
Britain announced it was begin
ning talka in Washington with 18
other governments which have forces
in Korea. The idea is to map some
sort of Joint approach to the Com
munist nations to establish exactly
what they have In mind in the
way of a cease-fire plan.
Naasrollah Intezam of Iran, presi
dent of the UN general assembly,
gave no indication whether it would
be called into session on the Korean
issue. He presided today at a rou
tine session honoring President Galo
Plaza Lasso of Ecuador. Before the
session, Vntezam said he had not
had a chance to confer with Malik,
who was reported ill.
Moscow Views
In Moscow, Pravda printed an
editorial saying the Soviet people
are convinced that “there exist all
possibilltitles for a peaceful settle
ment of the Korean question.” It
pictured president Truman as sup
porting the Malik plan. Actually
President Truman said there must
be a "real settlement” that ends the
aggression and brings an assurance
of security to the Korean people.
The South Koreans, whose re
public was founded under UN spon
sorship. officially want no cease-fire
that does not reunite the entire
Korean paqjnsula. Gen. Ridgway
visited President Syngman Rhee of
South Korea today. Ridgway carried
a set of instructions, supposedly
from the U. 8. government, but the
nature of these was not made pub
lic.
In addressing the UN assembly at
Flushing Meadow today, the Ecua
dorean president urged that the Ma
lik proposal be explored thoroughly
“to create a tranquil atmosphere
that permits appreciation of the
problems according to their own
merits.”
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, June 26 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today Is 2%. American Can
110%, American Tel. and Tel. 153%,
Anaconda 38%. Douglas Aircraft
45%, General Electric 53%, General
Motors 46%, Goodyear 80%, Kenne
cott 72. Ubby. McNeill and Libby
8%. Northern Pacific 38%, Standard
Oil of California 46%, Twentieth
Century Fox 17%, U. 8. Steel 38%,
Pound 8280,. Canadian Exchange
93.56%.
Sales today were 1,260,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 24688. rails 74.99, utili
ties 42.58. __