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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,851
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1951
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r'KICK TEN CENTS
FIGHTING
BY CHINESE
IS FIERCE
Three-Hour Artillery Duel
Shakes Front; Reds
Like "Maniacs”
By WARREN P. FRANKLIN
8TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN KOREA, July 3 — iffl— Allied
and Communist troops fought at
both ends of the Korean battleline
today while their commanders pre
pared to negotiate for a cease-fire.
A three-hour artillery duel, shook
the Eastern front, and one UN of
ficer said "we never before encount
ered anything likAit in the way of
counter-battery fire.”
At the western end of the line Al- ,
lied troops won a 3,00-ft. peak after
they had run into bitter resistance
for three days from 5,000 Chinese j
.^Communists.
The Reds fired more than 250
rounds of 76-millimeter high veloc- |
Ity shells in the Eastern front duel.
UN batteries hurled twice that
amount back, shifting their guns
after every few volleys so the enemy
could not spot their positions.
An armed column of 40 tanks
sliced behind the Red positions and
protected sweating Allied troops who
scaled the north peak of the 3,500
foot mountain, highest in the So
bang range, south of Pyonggang.
The Allies had tried vainly, in
bloody hand to hand fighting, to
scale the eastern, western and
southern slopes.
A cease-fire seemed a long way
off to the troops who stormed the
cliffs.
Front dispatches said the Chi
nese fought "like maniacs” to stem
the Allied drive. But the Allies inch
ed ahead in bloody, close-range
combat.
NO PARKING ON
PARADE ROUTE
TOMORROW A.M
In order to clear the streets lot
the Fourth of July parade tomorrow
morning, Chief of Police Bernard
E. Hulk has announced that there
will be no parking on either side of
Franklin street from the Dreamland
Bar to Front street: no parking or
Front street to Main street to Jun
eau Motors Co. This order will be
In force until the parade is over,
he said. Cars not moved will be im
pounded.
Murlin W. Day of Sitka is at
the Baranof Hotel.
TheWashingion
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. XSSI. »» Bell Srodlo»W. I»e..
PHILADELPHIA—Tomorrow the
nation and this city celebrate the
175th signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Here are facts about
that great cornerstone of our
liberty which some of us may not
know or have forgotten:
THE LIBERTY BELL did not
ring out when the Declaration was
signed July 4. It rang only on July
8, at which time the Declaration
was read in the public square, now
Independence Square . . • failure
to rejoice on the first day was due
to the fact that the signers were
by no means popular. They got
angry glances on the streets of
Philadelphia, were considered "radi
cals," and called "dangerous per
sons”—even after the revolution
was a year old . . . four months
after the signing, a powerful group
in the Continental Congress —
chiefly from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey. Maryland, Delaware, New
York and South Carolina—wanted
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Nina Warren Honored
Capt. Ira E. Hobbs, skipper of the aircraft carrier Philippine (Sea,
places a floral crown on Nina Warren, polio,stricken daughter of
California’s governor, alter site was chosen “tJUeen of the Ball” by
the carrier’s crew. Nina’s sisters Dorothy (left) and Virginia stand
on the improvised throne aboard the vessel at the Hunters Point Naval
Shipyard at San 'Francisco. Nina will be honored guest at a ball
which will climax a drive for polio funds. The ship’s crew collected
some S>9,(J00 for the March of Dimes while in Korean waters. IP)
Wirephoto.
FORMER STAR
OF BASEBALL
KILLS SELF
ATLANTA, Jilly 3 —Hugh
Casey, former baseball pitching
star, killed himself here early today
seconds after assuring his wife he
was innocent of a charge that he
fathered a son out of wedlock.
Lieut. C. R. Fleming of the At
anta' police said the former Brook
yn Dodger player shot himself thru
,he neck with a .16 gauge shotgun
in a downtown hotel room at 1 a.m.
Mrs. Kathleen Casey, an attrac
tive, 34-year-old blonde and the
pitcher’s estranged wife, said she
lrgued for 15 minutes over the tele
phone seeking to dissuade him from
committing suicide.
Interrupted by Blast
She said in an interview she arg
ued desperately with him but her
pleas were interrupted by a shat
tering blast that faded into silence.
When the gun sounded, a friend
if Casey’s was only a few feet from
the door of the 38-year-old athlete’s
room, hurrying to prevent the trag
edy.
“I begged and pleaded with him
not to do it,” Mrs Casey said, tear
fully. “I tried to tell him that it was
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WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
59; minimum, 47.
At Airport — Maximum,
63; minimum, 42.
FORECAST
Mostly fair tonight and
Wednesday except for some
variable high cloudiness. Low
temperature tonight near 50
and high Wednesday near 70.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — .04 inches.
At Airport — .04 inches.
GOVT. SLIDING
BACK TO RED
SAYS SNYDER
WASHINGTON. July 3 — Ml —
The government began sliding back
into the red today after chalking
up a $3,509,782,624.25 budget surplus
for fiscal 1951, ended Sunday.
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder,
who announces the final 1951 fig
ures, said government spending may
exceed income as much as $3,500,
000,000 over the next three months.
Expenditures in July, August and
September will continue heavy but
tax receipts will be seasonally light.
Furthermore, Snyder predicted,
fiscal 1952 as a whole will pile up a
$10,000,000,000 deficit "unless appro
priate new taxes are enacted as soon
as possible.” The House has voted
a $7,200,000,000 tax hike. The Senate
gives indications of making it less,
despite the administration’s lnsist
'ance on a budget-balancing boost
of $10,000,000,000.
The nearly $3,510,000,000 surplus of
fiscal 1951 will go down in the books
as the 76th in the nat.on’s history.
It was the biggest so far except for
the $8,419,000,000 record setter of
three years ago. The third largest
surplus was $1,155,000,000, recorded
24 years ago.
Treasury records show 25 years
of deficits.
Ship Movements
Kathleen from Vancouver sched
uled to arrive at 3 this afternoon
sailing for Skagway at 11:30 p.m.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver July 4.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle July 6.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Friday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Chilcotin scheduled to sail from
Vancouver Monday.
Baranofi from westward scheduled
southbound Sunday,
CORONATION BALL
IS STARTER FOR
4TH OBSERVANCE
Observance of Juneau’s Fourth of
July celebration will start at 10
o’clock tonight in the Elks ballroom,
with Pat Carroll as master of cere
monies, and the big feature will be
at 11:30 with the announcement as
to who will be Queen of the big day.
The vote will be announced at that
time. Various prizes will also be
awarded at the same time. King for
the day will be announced at the
dance.
Previous event at the ball will be
a special square dance, In costume,
with Les Linehan as caller.
Music is to be provided at the
coronation ball by Douglas Gregg
and his six-piece orchestra, With a
vocalist.
The coronation ball will «ontinue
to 2 a.m. on the Fourth, says O. R.
Cleveland special chairman of the
entire celebration.
Then tomorrow the day will start
at 10:30 with the parade. The signal
for the start will be one long blast
of Juneau’s fire siren. Veterans of
the Foreign Wars will be the color
bearers heading the parade. The
sum of 2 cents will be given to all
children in the parade.
Following the parade the sports
for children in the ball park will
start with prizes for all participants.
The Queen and attending Prin
ccjsWa, wili ot ar art ait.actions giv
ing the starting signal for all events.
Johnny Goettel has kindly donated
his convertible and will be escort
to Juneau’s royalty to and from the
various affairs.
Following the sports doings for
the children, there will be a base
ball game and water sports with
evening events in the official pro
gram listed as to hours.
The last feature of the day will be
awarding of the automobile which
will take place at 11:59 tomorrow
night at the fun zone.
The fun zone, with all concessions,
will be open during tonight, and aft
ernoon and evening tomorrow.
I
PRESIDENT WILL
ADDRESS NATION
TOMORROW, 6:30
WASHINGTON, July 3 — —
President Truman will make an In
dependence Day address to the Na
tion tomorrow night 6:30 (PDT)
from the Washington monument
grounds here.
His speech will highlight the cap
ital’s observance of the 175th anni
versary of the signing of the Declar
ation of Independence.
PELICAN OIL STATION
SEATTLE, July 3 ——National
Production Authority approval of
three private building projects in
Alaska was reported today by the
Commerce Department office here.
They were: Union Oil Co. of Cali
fornia, Marine Service Station at
Pelican, $46,000; Basil Sinclair,
Fairbanks, retail grocery, $29,700;
Alaska Plumbing and Heating Co.,
Anchorage, warehouse, $26,600.
GAMESTODAY
Here are results of baseball games
played this afternoon up to press
time:
The Chicago White Sox today cut
New York’s lead in the American
League to one half game by defeat
ing Cleveland, 4-1, while the Yanks
were idle. Lefty Billy Pierce regist
ered his third consecutive victory
over the Indians, holding them to
three hits. The White Sox shook off
their batting slump with 12 hits.
Washington 4, Boston 1.
National League
Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 0.
Boston 4, Brooklyn 3.
Cincinnati 10, St. Louis 4.
New York 9, Philadelphia 8.
Japanese Holdouts Surrender at Anafahan
The 19 surrendering Japanese wave and cheer as th ey leave their isolated stronghold of Anatahan
Island, in the Marianas, after seven years of self-i m pose cl exile from their native Japan. The group
had refused to believe that Japan had been defeated for six long years after the end of World
War II. Letters from home deposited on the beach by U.S. Navy convinced them of the futility, of
their stand. (U.S. Navy photo via radio from Guam and (#) Wirephoto).
4 TOP REDS
DISAPPEAR;
FORFEIT BAIL
NEW YORK, July 3 —1*1— Four
top U. S. Communists failed to sur
render to begin serving prison terms
today, heightening speculation they
had either gone underground or
fled the country.
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan,
who yesterday had set a 9:30 a.m.
deadline for their surrender this
morning, immediately ordered bonds
of the four forfeited. Each had been
free in $20,000 bail furnished by the
Civil Rights Congress, an organ
ization tagged subversive by the U.S.
attorney general’s office.
The motion to forfeit the bonds
was made at the government’s re
quest when the missing Reds failed
to appear In court by the deadline.
Seven In Prison
Seven other leaders, al3o members
of the party’s American politburo,
began serving their prison terms
yesterday. The four missing leaders
were to have appeared in court at
the same time.
The four are Henry Winston, the
party's national organization secre
tory; New York State Chairman
Robert Thompson, Illinois Chairman
Gilbert Green and Party National
Secretary Gus Hall.'
Convictions Npheld
The 11 leaders were convicted
nearly three years ago of plotting
to reach the forcible overthrow of
the United States Government. The
UJ3. Supreme Court upheld their
convictions last June 4. Their prison
sentences ranged from three years
for Thompson to five years for the
others.
All four of the missing Reds are
American-born but each has either
visited or studied in Russia.
OFFICIAL WARNING
WASHINGTON, July 3 — Iff —
Attorney General McGrath threat
ened today to prosecute anyone
helping the four fugitive officials
of the Communist party to evade
arrest.
McGrath warned, in a statement,
that “any person concealing a fugi
tive from justice is liable to Fed
eral prosecution.”
He noted the law provides fines
of $1,000 and six months prison
terms, or both for persons convicted
of such concealment.
McGrath’s statement followed a
vain 24-hour hunt by the FBI for
four leaders of the party who failed
to show up in Federal court at
New York yesterday to start serving
prison sentences for advocating vio
lent overthrow of the government.
LIBERTY BELL HERE
TO TOLL 175 TIMES;
STARTS NOON ON 4TH
Alaska’s replica of the famous
Liberty Bell, which has stood silent
before the Federal building since
its dedication last year, will claim
its rightful place in Juneau’s cele
bration of Independence Day, July
Fourth. As the original bell is said
to have proclaimed its great mes
sage to waiting hearts and ears of
young America, so its copy will re
peat that message to Juneauites and
visitors at noon tomorrow.
The honor of carrying out this
part of Juneau's Fourth celebration
goes to the Fireworks Committee
members who have so faithfully
served the community with the
greatest shows ever presented in the
Territory. Permission has been
granted by the responsible Territor
ial agencies for using the bell.
It has been requested that other
bells in the community answer the
salute of the Liberty Bell by "sound
ing off” after the 175-bell toll has
been completed.
The original Liberty Bell was*
rung on every anniversary, July 8,
not July 4, until it cracked in 1835
while being tolled at the death of
Chief Justice Marshall, who died
July 6 and was being taken from
Philadelphia to his native state, Vir
ginia.
Again it will ‘‘Proclam Liberty
throughout all the land unto all the
inhabitants thereof. Lev. XXV, 10.”
JUNEAU BANDSMEN
TO BE IN PARADE
Twenty-nine bandsmen turned out
last night in the Grade school audi
torium for a short practice on
marches and unless something goes
radically wrong Juneau will have a
good band In the Fourth parade.
Last night there were several former
Juneau City bandmen in the turn
out, back in Juneau from college
for summer vacation.
Tonight at 8 o’clock there will
be another short practice including
marching. Several of the older
players will be in the parade tomor
row but unable to attend practice.
The bandsmen will meet at 9:30
tomorrow morning at the grade
school auritorium to get ready for
the parade. Those who have uni
forms are requested to wear them
otherwise white shirts, white trous
ers with black neckties will be
worn.
Carol Jean (Doll. MacDonald, the
Juneau Band’s original majorette,
back in town from college, will
again be chief majorette for to
morrow’s parade.
Hustling for a big turnout of
bandsmen are Walter Soboleff, Bill
Logan and as usual Elmer Friend.
TAX BOOST
IS URGING
OF WILSON
Proposed Korean Truce
Must Not Stop Nation's
Preparedness Plans
WASHINGTON, July 3 — Ufi —
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson
told the tax-writing Senate Finance
committee today a Korean truce
'will have no effect” on the nation's
preparedness program.
That program, he declared, “must
be based, not upon the Korean
fighting, but upon what we know to
be the ultimate aims and present
tactics of the Soviet Union.”
“Until we know that there is a
genuine change in the long-term
aims of world Communism, we can
not afford to slow the pace of our
own defense build-up and our aid
to other countries."
Wilson urged the committee to
approve the $10,000,000,000 tax boost
which President Truman has asked.
As to the rearmament program,
Wilson said “Frankly ... I am not
satisfied with our progress in
achieving defense production.”' He
added he was taking numerous steps
to speed up output.
Wilson said orders for military
goods and facilities have totalled
$42,000,000,000 since the Korean war
began. He summed up:
Contracts still are being let at the
rate of $3,500,000,000 to $4,000,000,000
a month. Deliveries now are at the
level of $1,500,000,000 a month but
are expected to reach $4,000,000,000
a month in a year.
Although Wilson said a Korean
cease-fire should make no differ
ence in the preparedness program.
Senator George (D-Ga> said it un
questionably would affect the Sen
ate's attitude toward a steep tax
increase.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. July 3 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3*1, American Can
109'4, American Tel. and Tel. 154,
Anaconda 38'4, General Electric
53'i, General Motors 47Vi, Goodyear
79‘4, Kennecott 69%, Libby. McNeill
and Libby 8>i, Northern Pacific
36'i, Standard Oil of California
45'4. Twentieth Century Fox 18, U.
S. Steel 38 4, Pound $2.80‘n, Canad
ian Exchange 93.81'4.
Sales today were 1,250,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 245.92, rails 73.90, utili
ties 42.50.
CEASEFIRE
TALKS COME
UP TUESDAY
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Ridgway Urged Earlier
Date to Stop Killing War
Artillery Duels
By Associated Press
The Allied command agreed to
day to an armistice meeting next
week with the Reds in Korea —and
tried to speed It up to stop the kill
ing war.
Oen. Matthew B. Ridgway pro
posed a preliminary meeting Thurs
day.
The UN commander-in-chlel ac
cepted July 10 as the time.for cease
fire talks. Herald he WQuld like to
meet sooner if the Communists can
make it. July 10 was the earliest
date proposed by the Reds' top gen
erals.
Meet in Kae-Song
Ridgway agreed to their sugges
tion that negotiators meet in Kae
Song, ancient Korean capital near
the 38th Parallel, instead of aboard
a Danish hospital ship as he had
proposed,.«.,* ••
A reply from the Chinese and
North Korean commanders was
hoped for soon. None had been re
ported by 11:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m.,
PDT), nine hours after UN radios
began broadcasting Rldgway's mes
sage.
His message was the third - in
preliminary radio exchanges be
tween opposing commanders.
speea stresses
Rldgway stressed speed to halt
the 53-weeks-old war. He said: ,
“Delay In initiating the meeting
and in reaching agreement will pro
long the lighting and increase the
losses.”
There was no break in the light
ing, nor in disagreement between
opposing capitals.
The Chinese Reds’ Peiping radio
said the cease-lire would be on the
38th Parallel. President Syngman
Rhee ol South Korea said "we can
not accept” an armistice on the
38th Parallel, old dividing line of
Communist and Republican Korea.
Dispatches from the Iront lines
told ol one ol the longest artillery
duels ol the war lought on the East
ern Iront.
On the Central front exhausted
UN infantrymen captured the high
est peak in the Chorwon-Kumhwa
Pyonggang iron triangle after a
three-day battle. But they failed to
dislodge Chinese from neighboring
hills from which the Reds poured
a searing mortar barrage.
“Those hilltops looked like explod
ing volcanoes when our artillery
hit.” an officer said. “Those Chinese
must be dug in deeper than at any
other time of the war.”
Sixty American Jets and six B-29
Superforts bombed, rocketed and
strafted the Pyongyang downtown
airfield in the heart of the Red
Korean capital. Returning pilots
called it a terrific blow.
INQUEST HELD
An inquest was held at 2 p.m. to
day into the death of Joe Stevens,
Jr., whose body was found floating
in the bay off Mayflower Island
Friday.
Verdict of the Jury was that he
met death by accidental drowning.
Stevens disappeared several weeks
ago. He was 19 years oltf and a fish
erman.
The ferry leaves Tee Harbor
every Sunday, time of departure
depending on tide conditions.
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