THE DAILY" ALASKA EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,785
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Mac Arthur In Honolulu On His Way Home
Ridgway and Home Command I
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utii. itKtiwflew mu^rtu;., new t. r>. ana u. is. commander in Japan '
and Korea, and Mrs. Uidvgay pose with their son, Matthew, Jr., who
is nearly three, at Ft. Meyer, Va. The picture was made .just prior
to Ridgway’s departure to take command of the Eighth Army in
Korea. <ff) Wirephoto.
PARATROOPS
TO "DEFENSE"
OF FIRESTEP
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 16—
UPi—Defending forces in “operation
Firestep,” Alaska war maneuvers,
were strengthened yesterday by the
arrival of the first battalion com
bat team, 505th Regiment, 82nd Air
borne Division, from Pope Field,
N. C.
The fresh troops moved into the
field within a few hours to replace
service troops who had been bat
tling “aggressor” forces for about
three days.
The combat team arrived at El
mendorf Air Force Base in 24 C-119
Fairchild Packets and six C-54
Transports. They are commanded
by Lieut. Col. Ralph Burns.
Defenders Repulse Attack
Meanwhile, defenders repulsed a
surprise aggressor attack after the
“enemy" had reached the west end
of the East-West Elemndorf runway
following a simulated paradrop.
Tank and infantry reserves of the
defenders, aided by jet planes, forc
ed the aggressor to pullback. This
placed the defenders southeast of
Elmendorf facing a three-pronged
attack from the enemy. One force
was moving into position in an at
tempt to cut off an aggressor re
treat.
Use Tear-Gas
Defenders used tear-gas while
forcing the “enemy” back.
(A reporter, caught at an aggres
sor command post during this oper
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1931. By Bell Syndicate. Inc..
(Ed. Note—Today’s column takes
the form of a letter from Drew
Pearson fo Sen. Robert A. Taft on
the MacArthur Truman contro
versy.)
April 14, 1951
Honorable Robert A. Taft
U. S. Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Taft:
When your father was presi
dent of the United States, my late
father-in-law, a general and mili
tary man all hi;: life, had about
the same opirnon of him that
Douglas MacArthur has of the
present occupant of the White
House. In fact, your father, whom
history records as having done a
fine job as Secretary of War, in
curred the wrath of many military
men, because he both kept within
his budget and kept the military
in their place.
He fully grasped the fundamen
(Continued on Page Four)
ation, messaged: “I had to cry my
way out.”)
Late Saturday the aggressor capt
ured the eastern section of Anchor
age.
Steaming jets flying low over
Anchorage to strafe aggressor forces
I awakened residents yesterday morn
ing. Pajama-clad hotel residents
watched from windows as the planes
hit the retreating “enemy” in the
Alaska Railroad yards.
The city underwent its second
blackout in as many nights Satur
day. It was far more effective than
the Friday - practice session. That
one amounted to no more than a
brownout.
MEYERS IS
SENT BACK
TO PRISON
I
BALTIMORE, April 16, —PPI—Ben
| nett E. Meyers, cashiered Air Force
General, today was sentenced to
a year and a .day in prison and
fined $15,000 for evading $61,400 in
Federal income taxes.
The 55-year old former Major
General pleaded guilty to the char
ges.
Meyers faced a maximum penalty
of 30 years in prison and $60,000
in fines—five years and $10,000 on
each of six counts in the two in
dictments against him.
One of the indictments covered
his income in 1941, the other cov
ered 1942 to 1946 inclusive.
In that time, the government
charged, he had an income of $209,
556 and should have paid income
taxes totaling $90,986. Instead, the
government charged, he reported
only $94,076 and paid only $29,585.
Mayers was top purchasing agent
for the air force in Washington
and at Wright-Patterson Field at
Dayton, O., during World War II.
He was freed from a Federal Re
formatory Feb. 1 after serving al
most. three years of the twenty
inonth-to-five-year sentence he
was given for inducing an associate
to lie to a senate investigating
committee.
HARRY, DOUG ON
AIR THURSDAY
WASHINGTON, April 16 —(/T>)—
President Truman, as well as Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, is going to
make a broadcast spaech Thursday.
In fact, Mr. Truman will go on
the air just a few minutes after
MacArthur concludes what is ex
pected to be a historic address to
a joint Senate-House meeting.
It wasn’t planned that way. It
just happened.
TACOMA VISITOR
George T. Babbitt of Tacoma is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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3 CRASHES ON
ANCH. FIELD
WITHIN HOUR
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. April 16—
ISPi—Three plane accidents within
50 minutes at Elmendorf Field Sat
urday caused major damage to a
B-26 light bomber and two F-80C
jets.
All crewmen escaped injury.
An internal explosion direct'y
over the field resulted in a power
failure in one of the Jets damaged.
The pilot, Lt. Robert H. Luedeka,
cranked down the landing gear and
brought the plane in to a dead stick
landing. He managed to get the gear
locked just as the plane hit the
runway. Firemen doused the lire in
the craft.
The second jet accident occurred
as Lt. Bendel W. McDonald lost con
trol of his plane as he brought it in
for a landing. The jet veered off the
runway and plowed through a snow
bank.
The B-26 was heavily damaged
when its left landing gear collapsed
after a landing and during taxiing.
The pilot was Lt. Arthur H. Gari
baldi.
The pilots all are serving with the
57th Fighter Interceptor Group.
SENATE ASKS
REVIEW ON
2 POLICIES
WASHINGTON, April 16 — MV
Senate Republicans unanimously
endorsed a proposal for a sweeping
congressional investigation of Tru
man administration foreign and
military’ policies.
Chairman Millikin of Colorado
said 33 Republican senators agreed
in a closed conference to back a
resolution to be drafted by the party
policy committee, which probably
will propose a two-House inquiry.
At the same time, the Republicans
expressed “delight” that Gen. Doug
las MacArthur will be permitted to
address a joint meeting of Congress
Thursday. This was settled today
when the House agreed unanimously
to a Joint meeting with the Senate
on Thursday to hear the deposed
five-star general.
Millikin said the Republicans also
agreed to do what they can to see
that MacArthur is given “adequate
hearings” before congressional com
mittees.
MacArthur already has accepted
an invitation to testify before the
Senate Armed Services Committee.
Today, the House Foreign Affairs
Committee agreed unanimously to
invite him to appear before it at
any convenient time.
Chairman Kee (D-WVa) told
newsmen the committee would like
to review Far Eastern policy with
MacArthur and plans to hold a
public session if agreeable to the
general.
DULLES ARRIVES
TOKYO TO CONFER j
JAP PEACE TREATY;
TOKYO, April 16 —UB— Special
Ambassador John Foster Dulles ar
rived here today after a dramatic
airborne radio conference over the
Pacific ocean with General Doug
las MacArthur.
As Dulles’ plane passed MacAr
thur’s U. S.-bound Constellation Ba
taan the two men conferred over
the planes' radio on the proposed
Japanese treaty.
Dulles, the State Department’s
architect of a Japanese treaty, flew
here to reassure the Japanese peo
ple that General MacArthur’s re
moval would not affect the proposed
pact.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
»
Princess Louise from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Tuesday after
noon or evening.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Denali scheduled to arrive from
westward Sunday enroute south.
MacArfhur Mail Floods P.0.
Stacked on tables, overflowing to the floor of the U. S. Senate post
office in Washington is part of flood of mail received since dismissal
of Gen. MacArthur.. Roy E. Kiddle (top right, coastless), Senate
postmaster, said 125 large sacks of first class mail had been received
in the past 24 hours, compared with a normal load of 25 sacks.
James C. Williams (lower right), is assistant postmaster. Kiddle said
he was working employees (background, unidenitfied) overtime,
(ff! Wirephoto.
Back If Snoring Stops
Bichard Michalak and his wife, Florence, 20, look at a book outside
a Chicago Superior court. The book is one of many suggestions
offered Richard in an attempt to cure his snoring which his wife
says is wrecking her health. Florence told Judge Rudolph Desort in
Superior Court, where she has a separate maintenance suit pending, *1
that she'll go back to Richard—if he can cure himself of snoring
within 30 days. Iff) Wirephoto.
»
; VI EWINC THEIR PRODUCTION - Motion j
picture director Roberto Rossellini and wife, actress Ingrid Berg
man, sit in audience at Rome premiere of their film "StrombolL”
Thousands in Tokyo Give
MacArthur Farewell; Plans
Of General Given; Is lo
Appear at Joint Session
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By Associated Press
Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived
In Honolulu today. He Is on his way
back to the United States for a war
hero’s welcome and to tell Congress
CONGRESS TO
HEAR TALK,
MacARlHUR
WASHINGTON, April 16 —(A>»— |
House Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex)
said he and other Democratic Con-1
gressional leaders assured President
Truman today ‘‘we are going to ex
tend every courtesy to General Mac
Arthur.”
Mr. Truman said last week that
he regarded it as "fitting” that
Congress should hear an address
from the five-star general.
Rayburn talked with reporters
after Mr. Truman’s regular Monday
morning conference with his Capitol
Hill lieutenants.
The speaker said that, with the
President approving, it was agreed
j House Democratic Leader McCor
mack (Mass) wil) make a request
! at today’s session for unanimous
consent that the House hear Mac
Arthur on Thursday.
Technically, what will be pro
posed is a recess of the regular
House session.
Rayburn said it means a joint
meeting of the two Houses of Con
gress in the House chamber.
While Senate action is not neces
sary, Senate Democratic leader Mc
Farland (Ariz) .said "I expect the
Senate to go along with the action
of the House.”
JOINT SESSION OKEHED
WASHINGTON, April 16 —<jW—
The House agreed unanimously to
day to a joint meeting with the
Senate Thursday to hear Gen.
Douglas MacArthur.
Democratic Leader McCormack
(Mass) asked that the House em
power Speaker Rayburn to declare
a redess during the regular session
Thursday so that MacArthur could
be heard.
There was no objection, so the
matter was settled.
The White House, meantime, said
MacArthur is welcome to call on
President Truman while here if he
asks for an appointment. _
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short made this clear at a news
conference. He said the President’s
Army aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughn, will represent Mr. Truman
at the airport when MacArthur ar
rives.
This meant that Mr. Truman
himself would not be on hand for
the military welcome to the five
star general.
Vaughn once served under Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur.
LARRY REED HERE
Larry Reed of Reed and Mar
tin, Inc., a Fairbanks construction
company, is stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
WEATHER REPORT •
Temperature for 34-Hour Period •
endlnt 6:30 o'clock this morning •
In Juneau — Maximum, •
46; minimum, 31. •
At Airport — Maximum, •
46; minimum, 27. * •
•
FORECAST •
Mostly fair tonight and •
Tuesday. Lowest tempera- •
ture tonight about 32 and •
highest Tuesday near 47. •
PRECIPITATION •
(Peat 34 houra ending 7:30 a m. todar •
City of Juneau — None; •
Since April 1 — 7.27 inches; •
Since July 1 — 65.20 inches. •
At Airport — None; •
Since April 1 — 2.54 inches. •
Since July 1 — 38.39 inches. •
• •••••••••
and the American people his side ol
the great dispute over U. S. policj
In Asia that led President Trumai
to fire him.
A near riot erupted near the ramp
of his plane when U. S. Air Force
police manhandled at least a dozen
news photographers trying to record
the historic event. MacArthur, mak
ing his first trip to the United
States in 14 years, remained alool
to the melee.
.Tokyo’s Goodbye
A dozen hours before, between
500,000 and 1,000,000 Japanese
jammed the streets of Tokyo to say
goodbye to their conqueror. It was
the greatest acclaim the Japanese
have ever shown a foreigner and
MacArthur was plainly) moved. The
Allied forces gave him a 19 gun sa
lute. Emperor Hirohito paid him a
45-minute farewell visit.
Ridgway Takes Over
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.
| successor to MacArthur, moved into
| the plain headquarters office from
which MacArthur had ruled Japan
for five years and seven months.
On War Front
There was no letup on the war
front. Allied troops punched out
small gains all along the ISO-mile
North Korean battlefront against
Communist resistance that was bit
ter in some sectors and spotty in
others.
MacArthur's Tour
MacArthur will stay in Hawaii
for 24 hours, then go on to San
Francisco and Washington. His wife
and 13-year-old son, Arthur, aides
and staff members are accompany
ing him.
MacArthur will appear before a
Joint session of the House and Sen
ate in Washington on Thursday. To
day, in the nation’s capita^ Repub
licans called for a searching investi
gation of the administration's Asi
atic policies. This was their reply
to President Ti’uman’s charge that
the GOP is trying to confuse the
country in order to set up the pins
for an election victory in 1952.
Investigate Policies
Senator Ferguson (R-Mlch) said
that after Congress hears MacAr
thur it ought to set up a Senate
House committee for a sweeping in
vestigation of Far Eastern policies.
The Republican idea is that Mac
Arthur’s arrival will be the logical
starting point for a probe of State
Department policy in the Far East.
Hero’s Parade
From Washington, MacArthur will
go to New York tor a returning
hero's parade on Broadway on Fri
day. But his homecoming will be
heralded by welcome tributes in
many communities across the na
tion, even though he will not be
present in person. Most of these
are timed to coincide with his ar
rival in San Francisco some time
Tuesday.
New Atomic Weapon
Rep. Oore (D-Tenn) indicated
that the United States has perfected
"cataclysmic” new atomic weapons
to spread deadly radioactivity, and
he urged Mr. Truman to use them
in Korea to make a' belt across
Korea unfit for human habitation.
This would serve as a barrier for
all military ground operations. As a
member of the House Appropria
tions subcommittee which handles
funds for the Atomic Energy Com
mission, Oore has access to infor
mation about atomic developments.
But that was all talk to the OIs
in Korea who were flghtthg the
same kind of "old-fashioned” war.
These were the principal front de
velopments:
Front Gains Reported
American and Turkish troops
made the best gains along the 150
mile front, maintaining the UN
initiative across the peninsula. Al
lied infantry and tanks were firm
ly entrenched in Yanggu, once a
Red troop massing point on the
Central front.
On the' West Central front UN
troops gained against light resist
ing. They held full controls of the
southbank of the Hwachon reser
voir.
On the West Coast Allied destroy
ers shelled Changsan Point south
west of Chinnampo — the port city
lor Pyongyang, Red Korean cap
ital.
OFFICIAL
GREETING
IS GIVEN
General Steps on U. S.
Mainland First Time
in 14 Years,
HONOLULU, April 16 —Itfl— Oen.
Douglas MacArthur, stripped of his
top military commands, arrived ear
ly today from Tokyo on his way to
the mainland for a hero's welcome
and a political little over Amerl-.
can policy in Asia.
His big transport plane glided
onto Hlckam Field’s runway at
12:28 am. (2:28 a.m.) PST). Seven
minutes later he stepped on Ameri
can soil for the first time since his
1950 Wake Island conference with
President Truman.
He has not been on the U. S.
i mainland for 14 years.
I The general issued a brief writ
ten statement several hours after
his arrival expressing his "thanks
and appreciation” to the people
of Hawaii for their welcome. He
praised the fighting sons of Hawaii
now serving on the Korean war
front with the Fifth Regimental
Combat team.
The deposed supreme commander
of United Nations forces In the
Korean war will leave Tuesday to’
carry his views on U. S. policy In
Asia to Congress and the American
public.
first Public welcome
He arrived when most of Honolulu
was asleep. But today the public
will get a good look at him — and
he will get his first taste of an
American public's welcome for a re
turning hero.
The general will ride at the head
of a parade through Honolulu's
streets, receive an honorary degree
from the University of Hawaii and
visit famed Waikiki Beach.
The general’s plane was met by
Honolulu’s military and civilian big
brass. Applauding civilians were
kept at a distance by rope barri
cades and aggressive Air Force po
lice.
Rough Up Reported
The Air Force roughed up at least
a dozen photographers who tried to
get close enough for unobstructed
views of the event.
One of the manhandled photo
graphers, AP’s Paul Strong of San
Francisco said, “they grabbed one
guy and literally pitched him thru
the air. He actually bounced."
General MacArthur remained
aloof a few feet behind him as he
shook hands with Adm. Arthur W.
Radford, U. S. Navy commander ill
the Pacific; Hawaii’s Gov. Stain
back and Army Secretary Frank
Pace, Jr.
Mrs. MacArthur First
Mrs. MacArthur left the plane,
rechristened the “Bataan,” on the
arm of Lt. Col. Anthony Story, Mac
Arthur’s pilot. The five star gen
eral followed with his 13-year-old
son, Arthur, who was born in Manila
an'd never before had seen the •
United States.
Parade Scheduled
The parade through the city ts
scheduled for 3.30 p.m. It will start
from the Radford residence, where
the general is staying.
At 4 p.m., the procession is due
at the University campus. University
President Gregg Sinclair will present
MacArthur an honorary degree.
Police Chief Dan Liu said he
planned the trip through Liliha so
Filipinos could see and cheer the
man who become a personal hero
when he liberated their homeland
from the Japanese in World War II.
Roy H. Larson of Spokane Is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
stockoucTations
NEW YORK. April 16 — Closing
quotations of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
111%, American Tel. and Tel. 15511;,
Anaconda 41 %, Douglas Aircraft
103'i. General Electric 55%, Gen
eral Motors 53, Ooodyear 75 %, Ken
necott 75%, Libby. McNeill and Lib
by 10%, Northern Pacific 3714.
Standard Oil of California 46%.
Twentieth Century Fox 201-.'. O. S.
Steel 44, Pound *2.80%, Canadian
Exchange 94.43%.
Sales today were 1,730.000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 254.85, rails 83.90, utili
ties 42.32.