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JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
'Administrative Reasons'
Given as Cause for
Removal of Williams
By FRANK VAILE '
(Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—UFI—
| President Truman's firing of Lew
ellyn M. Williams as Secretary of
Alaska was prompted by “admin
“ istrative reasons,” Interior Depart
ment officials said today.
James Davis, director of the Of
fice of Territories, told a reporter
that the dismissal, disclosed yes
terday, was effective Tuesday.
He declined to enlarge on the
broad term . “administrative rea
sons.”
But he confirmed reports Wil
liams had earlier been asked to
design, and had refused.
,« The dismissal was the second of’
a Presidential appointee in Alaska
to be ordered by the President j
within two weeks. On Aug. 31v
President Trilman dismissed . Prank
M. Bingham as U. S. Attorney in
Alaska’s second judicial division at
Nome.
Mr. Truman said Bingham had.
left his post and entered private j
, law practice at Missoula, Mont.
Bingham later denied this, saying
T he was on annual leave which had
been approved by the Department
of Justice.
In announcing Wiliams’ dismis
sal, a White House press spokes
man said the President would
name Judge Joseph W. Kehoe as
Williams’ successor. Kehbe has
been district court judge at Nome
for the last four years. He was
born in Portland, Ore., and is a I
University of Oregon graduate. i
* Judge Kehoe is 61, five years j
older than Williams.
TRUMAN REVEALS WflY
WILLIAMS WAS FIRED
WASHINGTON, - . Sept. 13-LU—
President Truman said today he
fired Llewellyn ILew) Williams as;
Secretary of Alaska because, h“
said, Williams was incompetent.
The President told his news con
ference, in response to a reporter's
question, that no politics was in
volved in the dismissal. In support j
of that contention, he noted that
► Williams is a Democrat.
A White Hopse secretary had!
announced Williams’ ouster yester
day. Williams is serving his second
term as Territorial Secretary. He
was appointed originally by Presi
dent Roosevelt in 1944 and reap
pointed by President Truman, and
confirmed by the Senate, in 1949.
Interior Department officials
said earlier that the ouster was
prompted by “administrative rea
sons.”
Juneau Firm Bids
Low on Hoonah
. Water System
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The Valle Construction Company
> of Seattle is the, low bidder on
sewer extensions and replacements
at Anchorage.
The Alaska Public Works De
partment said the Seattle firm s
bid was $226,829, $44,3*9 above the
engineer’s estimate,
Birch, Lytle and Green offered
to take on the job for $295,667.
The same two companies sub
mitted bids on the Anchorage
water supply system, with Valle
bidding $75,587.67 and the Birch
group $207,424. _
The Grizzly Construction Co.
and Hayes Whitley Enterprises of
Juneau bid $57,482.25 on a water
supply project at Hoonah, Alaska.
Ai Skaflestad of Hoonah bid
$70,678.36.
Nomination of
Lovett Given
Com. Approval
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—®—
The Senate Armed Services Com
mittee today unanimously approv
ed confirmation of Robert A. Lovett
as Secretary of Defense to succeed
Gen. George C. Marshall.
The action came just 24 hours af
ter Marshall resigned and President
Truman nominated Lovett, now De
puty Secretary, to succeed him.
The nomination now goes to the
Senate.
SCOUT FIELD EXECUTIVE
LEAVES ON FIELD TRIP
Kenneth Ubbelhode, Boy Scout
executive, leaves Friday on a field
trip to Sitka and Hoonah. Reregis
tration of scout units and laying
of initial plans for the annual fi
nancial campaign will be completed
in Sitka, he said. Training sessions
for scout leaders will also be held
there. Ubbelhode returns In about
a week.
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'Pilotless
Bombers' New
War Weapon
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—jP
The Air Force disclosed today it is
forming its fi'rst guided missile
squadron, equipped with a new “pi
lotless bomber” type of weapon ap
parently intended for tactical use in
warfare.
An announcement said the bombei
squadron is being formed at tht
guided missile center, Cocoa, Fla., on
Oct. 1 and that it “will be the firsi
operational unit of its kind in the
Air Force.”
The squadron, the announcemem
said, will be equipped initially with
the “Matador, B-61 pilotless bom
ber, now' in production by the Glenn
L. Martin Co., of Baltimore, Md.’
The squadron will train at first
as part of the air research and de
velopment command but later “it
will be made combat-ready by in
tensive unit training under the sup
ervision of the tactical air com
mand,” the announcement spid.
Today’s disclosure followed closely
recent statements by President
Truman and several Senators re
garding creation of “fantastic” new
weapons.
An Air Force spokesman describ
ed the missile as being similar in
appearance to the swept-wing XB-51
Martin jet fighter, but smaller.
*■ It is powered with one jet engine.
The spokesman emphasized that
it is a "guided missile,” not'merely
a drone airplane of the type used |
experimentally nurmg recent years.
There is no provision for a pilot in
the plane. The spokesman said the
missile has been tested at Toloman
Air Force Base at Alamogordo, N.
M. , and at Cocoa, Fla.
Tax Statements
Are Sent Out to
Property Owners
Tax statement! were being re
ceived by property owners in the
Juneau Independent School Dis
trict and the Auk Bay Public Util
ities District, it is announced by
Robert N. Druxman, tax collector
for both districts.
School district taxes should be
paid at the tax office, 123 Front
Street or mailed to Post Office Box
3051 instead of the Juneau City
Clerk’s office as in former years.
Public Utility District taxes may
be paid at 123 Front Street or eve
nings at the Druxman residence on
Fritz Cove Road. However, within
the next week, the Druxman resi
dence will be moved to Pedersen Hill
on the Glacier Highway. Payments
may also be mailed to the tax office
at Auk Bay.
VISITOR FROM ANGOON #
Annie Bennett of Angoon is *at
the Gastineau Hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
W ASHINGTON. — I have come]
back from Europe with a new
feeling of hope—more hope than I
had on any previous trip to Eur
ope.
The United States, in my opin
ion, is definitely winning the cold
war. Furthermore, time is running
on our side. If it runs long enough.
I believe,. it may still be possible
to accomplish the miracle and
bring about permanent peace.
This may seem like a strange
summation coming from a hard
bQiled and sometimes cynical news
paperman. However, I am con
vinced it is accurate. Like most
newspapermen, I somotimes 1 get
so close to problems that I can't
see the trees for the leaves.
This is likewise true of gov
ernments and of the public. We
read the pessimistic headlines and
we conclude that the world is in
a helluva state.
To some extent, of course, it1
still is. But success does not make
headlines, while tragedies do. When
the train gets in on time you never
read about it in tho paper. If it’s
wrecked; on the othef hand, it’s
all over the front pages. A wreck
Is a tragedy, ■ and that’s news. But
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Beauty and the Babe
^f>,V imM—■■■III
Mrs. Central Florida, Peggy E.
Creel cf St. Petersburg, Fla., is
kissed by her daughter. Victoria,
3, on boardwalk overlooking At
lantic Ocean at Ashbury Park, N.
J. Mrs. Creel was awarded third
place in Mrs. America contest but
later screen star Wendell Corey
and several oth'er judges protested
that she was the real winner.
They said she received first place
votes from 23 of the 24 judges.
Mrs. New York City, Penny Dun
can, was announced the winner.
UP) Wirephoto.
Big Cut in
Funds, Armed
Forces, Order
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—UP!—
The Senate today ofdered a cut
of an estimated $1,500,000,000 in
a record peace time money bill
for the Armed Forces.
An amendment directing a two
and one-half percent reduction in
the total funds allowed in the huge
appropriation measure was accep
ted by a voice vote.
Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo),
floor manager of the bill, said that
_jie was willing to take the amend
ment to conference with the House
after efforts to whack first $6,000,
000,000 and then $5,000,000,000 off
the bill had failed.
As submitted to the Senate by
its appropriations committee, the
bill carried a total of $61,103,856,
030 but the Senate earlier had
voted a $70,000,000 cut.
Senator H. Alexander Smith
(R-NJ) offered the amendment
ordering the bill to be trimmed by
2.5 per cent. He was joined by
Senators Case (R-SD1, Ferguson
(R-Mich), and Flanders (R-Vt).
They told the Senate it would
save approximately $1,500,000,000.
Earlier the Senate voted to re
strict military flight pay to those
who fly in actual combat or who
spend at least 20 hours aloft each
month.
FROM SEATTLE
Dan Burt of Seattle Is registered
at the Gastineau Hotel.
1 TIDE TABLES]
SEPTEMBER »14 •
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High tide 12:40 a.m., 17.9 ft. •
Low tide 6:59 a.m., -1.9 ft. •
High tide 1:19 p.m., 17.6 ft. •
Low tide 7:18 p.m., 0.2 ft. •
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WEATHER REPORT •
(U. S. WEATHER BUREAU •
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
At Airport—Maximum, 59; •
minimum, 36. •
forecast •
(Juneau and Vicinity) •
Cloudy with occasional light •
rain showers tonight and Fri- •
day. Low temperature tonight •
about 47. High Friday near 56. •
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PRECIPITATION •
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
At Airport — .14 inches; •
since July 1 — 7.31 inches. •
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Truce Talk
Resumption
Now Hinted
TOKYO, Sept. 13—(/W—The Pei
ping radio threw out a hint tonight
the price for resuming Korean truce
talks would be allied admission that
all Red truce violation charges are
true.
The United Nations command has
rejected all of a long string of
Red charges except one. It has ad
mitted the accidental strafing of
the Kaesong neutral zone Monday.
The Peiping radio quoted a Com
munist correspondent at Kaesong as
declaring:
"The cease-fire talks could start
again immediately and agreement
could be reached in a short time
if the Americans accepted the mili
tary realities” and took the respon
sibility for all the alleged neutral
ity violations.
The UN command for the moment
was saying nothing. It would not
even say what was in the latest Red
note handed allied liaison officers
Wednesday.
The allied officers had just hand
ed the Reds a note apologizing for
the accidental strafing of the Kae
song neutral zone by an allied B-26
bomber on Monday.
UN command has not made the
Red note public, and has refused
to comment on it.
Heintzleman Will
Boost (or Alaska
Projects in Stales
Several projects for Alaska will j
occupy B. Frank Heintzleman fol- i
lowing his attendance at a Pacific!
Northwest Trade Association meet-!
ing in Missoula, Mont., next week, j
One of the main projects on!
which he will be working is es- (
tabltshmqnt of a newsprint plant |
1 in Juneau. )
Heintzleman said ne will eon
| tact various publishers in the states I
in attempts to interest them in
such a-plant, which he said would
produce between 500 and 600 tons
cf newsprint per day.
“It would be a big industry for
luneau, and all of Southeastern
Alaska, if I can get a group of
publishers interested," he said.
In connection with this project,
Heintzleman said several companies
have expressed interest in running
a ferry system from Puget Sound
and Prince Rupert to Juneau.
Haines and Skagway to carry pro
ducts of the mill to eastern mar
kets.
The ferry would be designed to
haul railroad cars for newsprint
loads and refrigerated vans and
large trucks from the states to
connect with the Interior at Haines.
Heintzleman said he has been in
terested in promoting such a fer
Ty system ever since the Haines
Highway was first considered.
He added that he will also work
on the Sitka pulp project which,
he said, looks promising.
Another objective of Heintzle
man's will be to get in touch with
headquarters of the Ketchikan
Pulp Company which is planning
to install a dam, reservoir, pipe
lines and a big filtration plant tc
process water for the mill. These
installations will follow quickly
the building of a wharf for the
plant at Ward’s Cove.
Heintzleman said he hoped tc
return to Juneau by October 1, oi
before dedicatory services for Ju
neau’s Memorial Library. He hae
long been one of the main insti
gators and workers for this addi
tion to Juneau’s civic life anc
headed the committee which made
the building possible.
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK, Sept. 13—iffi—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneai
mine stock today is 3'A, America!
Can 118%, American Tel. and Tel
161 %, Anaconda 49%, Douglas Air
craft 59%, General Electric 62%
General Motors 5114, Goodyear 48%
Kennecott 83%, Libby, McNeill am
Libby 9, Northern Pacific 55'i, Stan
dard Oil of California 54%, Twen
tieth Century Fox 20%, U. S. Stee
45%, Pound $2.79 15/16, Canadian
Exchange 94.62’ 4.
Sales today were 2,340,000 shares
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 276.37, rails 83.61, util
ities 45.49.
ipa^Mc 'v.'gjl
J Ship Movements
Baranof due southbound sometime
Sunday.
Princess Louise scheduled to arrive
southbound Friday at 8 a.m., sailing.
for Vancouver at 9 a.m.
Chilcotin due to arrive at 7 p .m.
today.
Enemies No Longer
Japan's ShiRcru Yoshida and Amerira’s Dean Achcson shake hands
after signing of Japanese peace teaty, formally 'ending war whirh
began l)cc. 7, 1941, with the Japanese surprise attack on l’earl
Harbor. Behind Yoshida is U. S. Senator John J. Sparkman (D-Ala).
I/PI Wireplioto.
Attorney General
OK's Salary ol
Board Manager
Atto oey General J Gerald Wil
' xdav ruled that the $12,000
a year salary lor George Sundborg,
general manager of the Alaska De
velopment Board Is valid.
Neil Moore, Territorial auditor,
yesterday stated that he questioned
the authority of the .board to set
the general manager's pay.
However, Willinms quoted a law
of the 1945 legislature which gave
the board authority to fix the sal
ary. The 1947 legislature amended
the act and set the salary at $6,GOO.
This was followed by action of the
1949 legislature which boosted the
sum to $7,500. The last legislature
repealed the 1949 law, thereby, Wil
liams said, making the original 1945
law effective.
Sundborg, in a statement today,
said the matter had been investi
gated before his salary was set and
had the approval of the Attorney
General at that time.
Congress May
Investigate Tuna
Foreign Imports
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—(/?)—
Congressional hearings were asked
yesterday to determine the effect
of toreign tuna fish imports upon
the domestic fishing Industry.
The request was made by Rep.
Toll'fson (R-Wash) in a letter
?o chairman Hart (D-NJ> of the
House Merchant Marine iftid Fish
eries committee.
Omaha Firm Bids
’ow on Eklutna
Dem Project
DENVER, Sept. 13—W>—Palmer
Constructors of Omaha, Nebr., sub
mitted a low bid of $17,348,865 for
;hc rehabilitation of a dam already
In existence at the site of the
Eklutna hydroelectric project in
Alaska, the Bureau of Reclamation
reported today.
l hls compared with an engineer'
climate of $18,175,568.
B. G. Gordon, Grafe Callahan
Construction Co., and the Rhondes
Schofner Construction Co., all of
I ns Angeles, jointly bid $16,391,182 i
for construction on the project
which includes the building of a
tunnel and power house, but doe
not include rehabilitation of the j
dam. The engineer’s estimate for i
this work was $15,687,384.
Reclamation Bureau officials said |
that only one of the proposed jobs j
will be undertaken at this time i
The bids will be sent to the office J
of Commissioner Michael Straus in •
Washington for review and a de
ci ion on which one will be carried
out. Announcement of the award
will be made later by the chief en
gineer’s office in Denver.
Sales Tax
Suggested
For Nation
By the Associated Press
The chairman of the Senate Com
mittee that writes taxes—Senator
Walter George of Georgia-says a
sales tax or the like will be needed
if another tax increase is to be made.
He says:
•We simply cannot raise another
six billion dollars In new revenue
without going into a sales tax or a
transaction tax.”
His committee has Just completed
a measure to boost federal tax col
lections by six billions.
Glacier Ice
From Juneau
In Seattle
i
SEATTLE, Sept. 13—UP)—Seven
ty-five cartons of crystal ice from
an Alaska glacier arrived in Seat
tle today, to puzzle everyone sup
posed to take care of them.
The ice arrived on the steamer
Aleutian, for the Army Corps oi
Engineers.
Engineers in Seattle said, how
ever, that they merely were thf
forwarding agent for the ice, and
their instructions are to keep it
in a cold-storage plant until fur
ther orders are received.
The ice apparently is to be used
in some sort of research, as ■ in
structions for taking care of it
were received from Dr. Henri Ba
der, a scientist with the snow, ice
and permafrost research establish
ment of the Corps of Engineers
The ice was prepared for shipment
here by the Forest Service in Ju
neau.
Broad Powers
Are Now Given
To Japanese
By the Associated Press
The allied occupation powers in
Tokyo have granted Japan broac
power.; to negotiate directly with
foreign diplomatic missions estab
lished in Japan.
A Japanese foreign ministry spok
esman says this action now makes it
possible for Japan to deal directly
with foreign nations on mutual
problems.
The action ordered by General
Matthew Ridgway is the first major
step tak&i toward restoring Japan's
complete freedom as a result of the
peace treaty signed last week in
San Francisco.
FROM KODIAK
James Corbett of Kodiak is reg
istered at the Hotel Juneau.
Grounding of Naval
Air Squadron in
Alaska Is Ordered ^
Peaks Are
Captured
?y Allies
Roller-Coaster Drive
Forcing Reds from
Korean High Points
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 13—(*>—
\llied troops won another command
iik mountain peak today in their
roller-coaster drive to force Reds off
high points in rugged east-central
Korea.
The allies gained the mountain top
northeast of Kumhwa In less than
three hours of fighting against only
light Red resistance.
The same United Hattons troops
I captured another peak and seven
surrounding ridges In the some area
Wednesday. The Reds put up a foot
by-foot defense.
Little Ked Strength
An allied officer said Thursday
there was “a definite decrease of
| Red strength In the sector.” The
area is just east of the Reds’ old
"iron triangle” troop assembly area
in central Korea.
Allied troops with flamethrowers
and bayonets captured six vital
peaks Wednesday in bitter local
fights that raged east of Kumhwa
to the vicinity of Kaesong on the
Sea of Japan coast.
Present Battle Line
The battle line In the east Is
roughly 25 miles north of parallel
38, the old dividing line between
north an(l south Korea. The fight
ing of the past few days has push
ed allied positions forward as much
is three and one-half miles in some
sectors.
On the rolling hills and plains of
the western front, action was slow.
Allied patrols scanned Red positions
for signs of a strike from their built
up forces there.
AP Correspondent Stan Carter re
ported that at least 250,000 tank
supported Communist troops were
believed in position on the western
ind west-central fronts for a pos
sible thrust at Seoul, south Korean
capital.
He said there are no signs that
a Red smash is imminent.
Acheson to
Remain as
Secy. Stole
Truman Makes Declara
tion at Conference;
Statement Is Pointed
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13—tiW—
President Truman said today that
us long as he is President, bean
Acheson "will be Secretary oi
State.”
Mr. Truman gave newsmen per
mission to quote part of his re
marks to emphasize that he doer
not contemplate Acheson's leav
ing the cabinet, despite frequent
Republican demands that Acheson
quit or be fired.
As for how long he may remain
President, Mr. Truman told repor
ters that may be some while.
But he laughted off any sugges
tion that hLs words .might be con
strued as an indication he will
t ek reelection.
Mr. Truman voiced his new sup
port for the Secretary of State at
a news conference In which he al
so disclosed:
1. The announcement by the
Air Force that It is forming its
first guided missile squadron, to he
equipptf with a new pilotless
bombm* type weapon, involved one
of the “new weapons” he referred
to in a speech at San Francisco
Sept. 4.
At that? time Mr. Truman said
there are some super-deadly wea
pons under construction "which
are tantastlc in their operation."
2. He fired Llewellyn Williams as
Secretary of Alaska because, the
President said, Williams was in
competent. He said there was no
politics involved and added that
Williams was a Democrat.
3. He will soon send the Japan
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—Ofl—A
naval air squadron In Alaska has
been grounded by thd Navy for
“morale reasons" after a aeries of
recent air crashes there. •
Word of the action was given to
Rep. Mitchell (D-Wash) today In a
letter from Francis P. Whltehair,
Under Secretary of thfe Navy.
Whltehair said a special board of
Inquiry Is Investigating the acci
dents.
Mitchell recently requested that
the Navy ground all Navy Privateer
bombers pending a check Into the
circumstances of four crashes In
the Alaska area. The Crashes
claimed a total of 48 Uvea.
Whltehair informed Mitchell that
three of the crashes involving Priva- - .
teer bombers were suffered by pa
trol squadron B. ,
“Morale Reasons"
For “morale reasons,” he said,
this squadron had; been temporarily
grounded by the commanding offi
cer of the Alaskap Sea Frontier.
The special inquiry board has
been convened by the commander
in chief of the Pacific fleet. It will
be headed by a rear admiral who Is
a naval aviator.
Because of the nature of the
squadron’s operations,, Whltehair
i said, proceedings of the Investiga
tion must be confidential.
A Navy air squadron In the Alas
kan area presumably would be used
to patrol the ocean area between
Alaska and Russia.
In addition to the Navy crashes,
nine other craft here crashed or
vanished In the Alaskan sector since
July. Several were air force planes.
The toll of dead or missing is close
to 100. >
Accidents "Baffling"
Whltehair termed the Navy’s
string of accidents “baffling” and
“distressing."
The most recent crackup involv
ing the • Navy's >MYd, or Prtn
teer. occurred Aug. 34 an an op
erational fUght out of Adak.
Whltehair said the Navy hopes
a lone survivor "may be able to
shed considerable Ugbt on the
cause of this accident as soon as
his condition permits detailed In
terrogation."
"In this case, as in previous ac
cidents," Whttejialr wrote, “no in
formation has been received to in
dicate that the crash was caused
by any structural weakness of the
aircraft.
”... I should like to reiterate
that there Is no question in the
minds of experienced aviators as
to the ruggedneas and dependability
of the PB4Y-3 aircraft.”
He said the plane Is used almost
exclusively In the Navy’s hurricane
reconnaissance work and is consid
ered “to be one of the sturdiest
planes of its type.”
Special Election
Coming Up Tuesday
A special city election will be
held next Tuesday to ratify an or
dinance changing the terms of
councilmen from one to two years.
Only one polling place will be
used, that of the Alaska Electric
Light and Power Co., City Clerk
C. L. Popejoy said today. Hours
are from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Qualification for voters are one
continuous year of residence in
the Territory and 30 days in the
city, 21 years of age and to be cit
izens able to read and write the
English language.
The ordinance provides that the
three candidates receiving the
highest number of votes wllL hold
office for two years and the next
three highest will go in for one
year terms. Thereafter, three
councilmen will be elected each
year for two year terms.
This is the system used until a
lew years ago when the current
system.was chosen.
Election clerks will be Mrs. Oertie
Berggren and Mrs. L. O. MacDon
ald Judges will be-Mrs. E. F. Roden
berg, Mrs. Gudmund Jensen, and
Miss Hilda Krause.
FROM ANCHORAGE
f
Elmer E. Gagnon of the Alaska
Housing, Authority from Anchorage,
arrived hare'yesterday on PNA and
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
ese treaty to the Senate and ask
prompt action to ratify it. He did
not know how long that might
take, but said he would request
that it be ratified promptly.
The President said he had a
very satisfactory conversation with
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey today and
that this government has always
I endeavored to strengthen Its defen
ses in. the East, just as it Mways
endeavored to strengthen them in
the West; .)'