THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL TILE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXVI.. NO. 11,734
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951
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Allied Forces Smash Through Chinese Ring
JENSEN HOI
POTATO GETS
INTO SENATE
BULLETIN — Marcus Jensen’s
appearance before the Senate this
afternoon was blocked for at least
one day by Senator Frank Barr who
gave notice of reconsideration of
the previous vote to invite Jensen.
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By JIM HUTCHESON
The red hot legislative controver
sy over former Rep. Marcus Jensen’s
desire to tell his investigative story
boiled over into the senate today.
At an overtime morning session,
the senate voted 10 to 0 to extend
Jensen an invitation to appear be
fore the senate during this after
noon. It was set for 2 p.m.
The motion was made by Sen.
John Butrovich after Jensen had
written a letter to the senate, re
questing an appearance. Butidvich’s
motion included a proviso that the
Douglas critic of the governor and
Rep. Stanley McCutcheon be re
quired to make his appearance un
der oath.
When President Gunnard Enge
breth asked Butrovich if he meant
for it to be a closed door executive
session, the Fairbanks Republican
declared: "No sir: there was no
mention of executive session in my
motion.
The rollcall on the issue of hav
ing Jensen appear was:
In favor: Republicans Butrovich,
Coble, Engstrom, Ipalook, Snider,
Lhamon, Engebreth and Democrats
Barr, Lyng and Nolan.
Against wer-: Democrats Ander
son, Beltz, Huntley, MacKcnzie, Mc
Cutcheon and Republican Garnick.
Some Democrats argued that they
believed Jensen should be required
to outline the nature of what he
intended to discuss and what
charges, if any, he intended to
make, before he was granted the
floor.
Sen. Percy Ipalook (R-Wales)
cited the record that the senate
had told Ross Kimball, former can
didate for labor commissioner, that
he could be heard by the senate
if he wished to appear, “just as any
other citizen could."
Cant Refuse
Ipalook said he would hate to
see heated charges tossed around
in the senate by a non-member, but
he didn't see how the senate could
refuse to hear him.
The senate earlier had passed a
bill by Sen. Anita Garnick to boost
payments for indigent relief from
$30 a month back to $60. She ex
plained that the payments had been
at that level until a year and a
half ago, when an old 1929 law was
discovered which set a $30 limit.
The vote was 15 to 1. Sen. W. L.
(Continued on Page Twc)
The Washing! on
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, cy Beil Syndicate, Inc.,
W^ASHINGTON—Housing expedi
ter Tighe Woods has asked for
sweeping new rent-control powers
that will give the government more
authority over rents than at the
height of World War II.
Here are powers he is asking:
(1) To restore rent control on
housing that has been decontrolled:
<21 to clomp rent ceilings on new
housing that has never been under
controls; <3i to regulate commer
cial rents for the first time; and
• 4) to roll back inflated rents to
July 1, 1950.
These requests have already been
submitted to mobilization director
Charles Wilson in the form of pro
posed legislation. A confidential
summary was also sent to Wilson
boiling down the legal language to
plain English. Though this sum
mary was meant for Wilson's eyes
only, here are the important ex
cerpts :
“This bill amends the housing
and rent act of 1947 by rewriting
it completely; it extends to June
30, 1952, control over rents for hous
ing and veterans' preference in the
sale and rental oi new housing ac
commodations, and extends the of
fice of housing expediter for the
purpose of administering these
functions. It also adds a new title
authorizing the housing expediter
iContinued on Page Four)
Gets Firs! Korean Ribbon
Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) presents the first Korean j
campaign libbon to Master Sgt. Andy Partin of Clearfield, Tenn., at
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, I). C. (len. J. Lawton
Collins (center), army chief of staff, accompanied Pace to the hos
pital. Similar ribbons will be presented to all U. S. participants in
tlie Korean fighting. The ribbon is blue with a small vertical while
stripe. (IP) Wirephoto.
DERBY DATES !
SET FOR JULY!
27, 28, 29
At a meeting of the Golden North
Salmon Derby Committee last night,
July 27, 28 and 29 were selected as
the best dates according to tides for
this year’s big event.
Following discussion it was de
| cided that the hours of 7 a.m. to
1 5 p.m. met with the most favor with
rules and areas same as last year.
Other matters regarding awards,
publicity, Saturday store closing
during the Derby and fish check-in
systems were taken up. Enthusiasm
promises a bigger and better Derby.
Dr. D. D. Marquardt and Curt
Shattuck are co-chairmen of the ]
| committee,
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LUMBER MILL TO
START CUTTING
AGAIN IN MARCH
At a stockholders meeting of the
Juneau Lumber Co. Tuesday eve
ning a board of directors was elect
ed with B. C. Canoles named presi
dent: Minard Mill, vice president;
Les Hogan, secretary-treasurer, and
Tom Morgan and Roy Avrit named
board members.
The present schedule calls for
cutting to begin about March 19 on
a full operating scale employing ap
proximately 45 men and possibly
more. Plans call for revamping the
present setup and installation of
added equipment.
The company is locally owned
with about 150 stockholders. Ca
noles is manager and Stan John
son is superintendent in charge of
the new layout and reconstruction.
SCHOOL TEACHERS,
PROMISED BOOST IN
PAY, END WALKOUT1
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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 15— W—'
Minneapolis’ 94 public schools,
closed since January 23 by a strike,
have reopened, and : ome 63,000
pupils resumed their studies.
Olasses were scheduled yesterday.
1 Instead, picketing union teachers
marched stout the schools in sup
port of their demand for a pay i
raise higher than the S100 annual
increase offered by the school board.
The impasse was settl°d by Gov.
Luther W. Youngdahl, who assured
the instructors he would intervene
with Minnesota legislators in an
effort to gain more financial sup
: port for the city’s schools.
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"QUICKIE"
TAX UPS
VANISHES
WASHINGTON, Feb, 15 —UP)—
The prospect of any “quickie” tax
increase this spring has vanished, i
Republicans said a decision the
House Ways and Means Committee
reached late yesterday also doomed
President Truman’s proposal for a
two-package approach to raising the
$16,500,000,000 he asked to meet
mounting military costs.
Chairman Doughton (D-NC) an
nounced after an hour-long closed
session of the committee that its
current tax hearings will cover ali
revenue raising suggestions made,
by Secretary of the Treasury Sny- I
der. and any other proposals that
members of the committee desire to
bring up.
Only after those hearings are
completed, he said, will the com
mittee decide whether to proceed
with a two-package or one-pack
age bill.
Mr. Truman and Snyder urged
Congress to pass as quickly as pos
sible a bill to raise taxes slightly
more than $10,000,000,000 a year,
dating it back to Jan. 1, and then to
consider in more leisurely fashion
still another.
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EISENHOWER
OFF TO PARIS
(By Associated Press)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves
again today for Paris to take up
his task of building up Western Eu
rope’s defenses against possible
Communist aggression.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Feb. 15 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%, American Can
1C8, American Tel. and Tel. 153%-,
General Electric 54, Douglas Air
craft 107%, General Electric 54%,
General Motors 50, Goodyear 71%,:
Kennecott 77%, Libby, McNeil and
Libby. 10%, Northern Pacific 36%.
Standard Oil of California 98%,
Twentieth Century Fox 23%, U. S.
Steel 45%, Pound 2.80%, Canadian
Exchange 95.25.
Sales today were 1,700,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 253.61, rails 88.10, util
ities 42.96.
Korea became a trusteeship of
the U. N. by the formal terms of
surrender for Japan: September,
1945.
BIG FORCE
IS NEEDED
IN EUROPE!
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Marshall Says Six U. S.
Army Divisions Are Re
quired for Defense
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 —(<«—
Administration plans contemplate
that six U. S. Army divisions—triple
the American forces now in Europe
—will serve with the combined Al
lied Armies being organized to de
fend Western Europe against pos
sible Communist aggression.
Secretary of Defense Marshall
gave the figure, which means send
ing over four additional divisions,
to the Senate Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees today.
He said he did it “reluctantly” but
in belief it was better than to have
a debate over uncertainties.
Marshall gave no over-all figure
as to numbers of men, but an Amer
ican Army division consists of about
18.000 men. In addition, support ele- ■
ments — supply and maintenance, |
communication, transportation and |
other units — are needed to keep
combat forces in a state of readi- |
ness.
Present Overseas Force
The Unitel States now has in Eu
rope the First Infantry division j
and a constabulary force — equiva- ;
lent to a second division — trained |
and equipped for field combat, yet
the last official indication of troop
strength in Europe was about 97,000
men. Thus more than 60,000 men
of the present force presumably are ,
in support elements.
The Senate Committees are con
sidering whether Congress should
adopt a resolution of some nature
concerning the “troops-to-Europe”:
issue. Marshall was the first witness I
at hearings. «
In ripping the top-secret label
off this much of the government’s
blueprint for defending Western Eu
rope, Marshall emphasized that the i
aim of the forces is to keep the;
peace. I
Keep the Peace
He said the intention is:
1. “To deter aggression if that
be possible and
2. “To defeat aggression if, in
spite of all our efforts, the actions
of the Soviet Union or its Satallites
should precipitate another World
War.”
As to any congressional stand,
Marshall strongly urged that the
legilators should not do anything
which would tie the hands of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, as Com
mander of Allied Forces, by limiting
the number of troops that could be
placed under his command.
The proposed six U. S. divisions
under Eisenhower would be parf. of
a total contemplated defense force
of about 40 divisions. j
In addition to the U. S. ground
forces, there would also be American
air and naval units in the com
bined defense forces.
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« weather report •
• Temperatures (or 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o’clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum •
• 33: minimum, 28. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 32; minimum, 27. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Cloudy with rain tonight •
• and Friday. Lowest tempera- •
• ture tonight near 33 degrees. •
• Highest Friday near 37. •
• Southeasterly winds occa- •
• sionally as high as 25 mile •
• per hour Friday. •
• PRECIPITATION • !
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m todar • I
• City of Juneau — .52 inches; • i
• Since Feb. 1 — .84 inches; *■ '
• since July 1 — 42.92 inches; •
• At Airport — .56 inches; •
• Since Feb. 1 — .98 inches; •
• since July 1 — 31.25 inches. •
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah from Vancouver
due late Saturday afternoon or eve
ning.
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m., Friday.
Baranof from west scheduled to
arrive Sunday morning southbound. J
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FASHIONS ON ICE — Leah Jahns, Leta Roth, Vel Dome, Jerl Raye and Terry Gay (left
to right) model bathing suits on ice stage at fashion show In North Conway, N. IL
UMTS GIVEN
APPROVAL BY
PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON Feb. 15 —tiP)—
President Truman expressed infor
mal approval today of the Univer
sal Military Training and Service
bill approved by the Senate Armed
Services Committee.
The President has long been
an advocate of universal training
and has recommended it repeated
ly in messages.
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of the
committee discussed the measure,
which lowers the draft age to 18,
with the President today. He af
terward told newsmen:
“The President said he was ex
tremely gratified over the commit
tee action and spoke very approv
ingly of the legislation."
The House Armed Services Com
mittee is now undertaking a "Par
agraph by paragraph" study of the
Senate committee bill.
Themeasure, which would allow
drafting of 18-year-olds and ex
tend the period of military ser
vice, cleared the Senate Armed Ser
vices Committee yesterday by a 13
to 0 vote. No time has been set for
Senate debate.
The House group then ordered its
professional staff to make an an
alysis of the Senate bill as a pos
sible pattern to follow in its own
closed-door consideration of the
administration-urged plan for bol
stering the nation’s military man
power.
COUNCIL H INC
ION ROW NIGHT
An ordinance to include the
services of doctors and dentists in
the City sales and service tax is
due to come up for a second read
ing at a regular City Council meet
ing tomorrow night at 8 o’clock.
Also on the agenda for second
reading is an amendment to an ex
isting ordinance to provide a $1
fine within 48 hours of a parking
meter violation, $2 for between 48
and 96 hours and over that cita
tion into court.
Two card table licenses are to
be reconsidered, those of Joe Thom
as of the Triangle Club for one
card table, and Gaby Lampke of the
International Pool Room for two
card tables.
CALLED TO SKAOWAV
BY ILLNESS OF FATHER
Mr.;. J. R. MacMillan is in Juneau
from Ketchikan awaiting plane
transportation to Skagway to be
wtih her father M. E. Rogers who
is ill there. Rogers was a long
time employee of the White Pass
and Yukon Railway in the carpen
ter shop and is now retired. Mrs.
Rogers passed away last year.
Mrs. MacMillan is the wife of
the Vice President of the First
National Bank in Ketchikan. She
is active in civic affairs there and
is president of the Ketchikan City
Library Board.
15-Year-Old
Girl Mother
Of Twins
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15. —(»—
A 15-year-old girl became a mother
of twins yesterday, making grand
parents of her mother and father
both at the age of 32.
Mrs. Barbara Solomon, Haw
I thorne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
j Charles Brannen, gave birth to
i premature babies.
The twins, weighing four pounds,
11 ounces and four pounds seven
| ounces, were placed in incubators.
MEAT PRICE
ROLL BACK IS
NOWORDERED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 —(iD—
The government today ordered
many large meat packers to roll
back prices in a surprise move
aimed at relieving price squeezes
on wholesalers and retailers.
The action was taken by the Of
fice of Price Stabilization (OPS).
Officials there expressed doubt
the move would have any immed
iate effect on retail meat price:
paid by housewives.
Instead, they said, it is more
likely to guarantee "more equitable
distribution" of meat supplies. They
noted that meat prices generally
were frozen on Jan. 25 at the high
est level charged by a retailer be
tween Dec. 19 and that date.
NEW DiST. DIRECTOR
OF PUBLIC WORKS
ALASKA PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 —(/PI—
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
today appointed Donald It. Wilson
Woonsocket, R. I., as district di
rector of the Interior Department's
Public Works program In Alaska.
Wilson will be stationed at Jun
eau. Now on an extended vacation
In the United States, Wilson was
city manager of Anchorage. Alaska,
from June 1948 to June 1950.
John D. Argetsinger, district en
gineer on the Public Works pro
gram, has been in charge of the
Alaska office. He will remain there
as district engineer, Chapman said.
Congress has authorized a five
year $70,000,000 Public Works pro
gram for Alaska. Applications for
more than that amount of con
struction already have been receiv
ed. Congress has appropriated $10,
000,000 to start the program.
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• TIDE TABLE •
• Februaiy 13 •
• Low tide 3:40 a.m. 7.4 ft. •
• High tide 9:51 a.m. 13.0 ft. •
• Low tide 4:56 p.m. 2.7 ft. •
• High tide 11:43 p.m. 11.6 ft. •
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Ltaly ft'auic a Republic on June
| 10, lire..
BEARS OF
KODIAK!. |
ATTACKED!
j
Memorial Seeks Year
Round Open Season - j
End lo Bag Limit
By BOB DEARMOND
; Continuing the tradition of the
present session that it generates
most of its steam while considering j
memorials, the House of Represent- |
atlves this morning was the scene '
of a heavy attack on the brown i
bears of Kodiak Island.
The Carlson-Scavenius Joint Me- ;
morial seeking a 12-months open 1
season on Kodiak Island bears and
a removal of the bag limit, was t
called up as a special order of busi- j
ness.
The memorial points out that al- |
though Kodiak Island has ideal con- |
ditions for stock raising, the busi- j
ness has proved difficult and in |
many cases impossible because of
the bears.
More than two hundred head of
livestock have been killed by bears |
in recent years, according to the,
memorial.
Would include Kenai
The memorial did not reach the
final debate stage this morning,
but an amendment offered by Rep.
Pollard to include Kenai Peninsula
bears in the request, provoked some i
argument. I
Rep. Scavenius, co-author of the |
memorial, considered Kenai Penin- |
,ula an entirely different proposi
tion than Kodiak Island. He op- j
i ■ ed adoption of the amendment, i
Rep. Carlson, on the other hand, I
came out flatly as the enemy of 1
, U brown bears, wherever found.
Rep. Kay opposed both the
amendment and the memorial it
self.
"Bears are worth more to Alaska
than all of the cows on Kodiak
Island,” he asserted, and pointed out
the size of the big game hunting
business and its importance to the
Territory.
“I think it would be a mistake for
us to encourage the tourist business
on the one hand and at the same
time to wipe out one of the bigge-t
tourist attractions,” Kay said. “It
would be just as silly as wiping out
the rainbow trout."
Against Trout, Too
"Well, I’m against the rainbow
trout, too,” boomed Rep "Red” Carl
son. "Both trout ■ od bear' damage
the fishing industry m which we
make our living. As for tourists,
they don’t amount to nothing. We
never see any around my country,
but we do see lots of bear- killing
salmon in the riffles."
Carlson felt that farming and
stock raising are much more import
ant than bear hunting to the Ter- j
ritory’s economy, and Rep. Doris
Barnes concurred in this.
"Besides being des:r> ctive, bears
are dangerous," Curlsot . aid. "Many
men have been killed uy them, and
there Is a lady in tin . House who
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CHINESE IN
BREAK, THEN
IN RETREAT
Communist Push Stopped
Alter Two Days Fight
Sneaks Mowed Down
(By Associated Press)
An Allied relief column sma Fed
through a Chinese Red rin ay
to reinforce American and • ch
forces holding the Chipyon anchor
on the Central Korean w rf> at.
The relief force battle-1 < ht
hours before breaking thrm;-a to
the Chipyong perimeter at ( • m.
The action began five mil 1 -
southwest of the town.
The hard-hit Chine. limllv
broke and ran.
Chipyong. 35 air .nile east -south
east of Seoul, is tile I. it fi.u k
anchor of a 20-mile Allied .lefrn
line stretching over sno'- mmi'led
hills and valleys to Wonj
the central mountain passe
Red Push Stopped
The American-French cam i
stoutly w ithstood two day . f
massed Red infantry as.-a .
help break the back of tl~ drive
aimed at cracking the Central In ! ';.
The Communist push was m 1
Wednesday.
Red casualties were counted t
10.593 on all fronts Wedne I .. It
brought to nearly 100.00.) lio-e
killed, wounded or captuu ;
the Allied limited push by ■ r
killer columns began Jan. 25.
AP Correspondent John Ran ’Ph
reported the Chipyong garrison d
ioed that the Chinese were “fleeing
in all directions” after tie '-'lief
column rammed through fr the
south.
Sneakers Wiped Out
On the Western front, Ann -r>- .n
Doughboys and artillery wt) it
400 Chinese who sneaked an. !)U
Han {liver Wednesday niel.i mu.
Seoul.
It was the second consecut " and
disastrous Red attempt to cr the
icy stream near the burned -it Fir
mer capital. More than 1 ’au t; ;
ean Reds were killed th • i
foray early Wednesday
Elsewhen i the fri u Hi a Al
lied forces were matin- limited
counter-attacks. AP Corn poioci r
Tom Bradshaw reported An", i
troops, attacking with hand -
nades, took high ground port heart
of Kyongan, 17 miles on
Seoul.
To Strike Back
Lt. Gen. Matthew 1' ft ‘gne
Eighth Army command* • '' l l ■!
ficers of the Tenth < * 111- th n A!
lied forces “shall trite 'i k mi.t
destroy the bulk •>! * m- nv
forces which we do o »;*»
The Tenth corn ia.n br mi
of the four-day inn • m
drive down central
spine. Four Red . mi: no:
knocked out.
Rideway pinned the thir to1'
of a lieutenant • :>■■■ d Ma • O* i
Edward M Almond li. I'm t >
commander.
A-J CO. GIVES CITY
TITLE TO SWIMMING
POOL SITE IN BOWL
The City of Juneau lias i i ed
a warranty deed from the AH. ka
Juneau Mining Co. for a 100 u 50
foot tract surrounding the swin, ung
pool in Evergreen Bowl, according
to City Clerk C. L. Popejoy the
consideration involved was 1 rid
the only provision was that tie n
pany's existing water lines dr i r -a
disturbed.
NO SHOWING ALASKA
FILMS TONIGHT, ELKS HALL,
HELD AT FAIRBANKS
The showing of the two A' ka
films scheduled tonight and f
night has been cancelled fo.
night. Don Knudsen, who was ex
pected to arrive today from Fair
banks with the films has been de
layed by weather and is not ex
pected to arrive until tomo. • .
As far as was known at presstime
this afternoon, the showing of the
two films will be made only on
Friday evening.
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