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VOL. LXXYilL, NO. 11,808_
JUNEAU, ALASKA, EATUUPAV. MAY 12, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
TESTIFIES
RED DINGER
Secretary Marshall Says
Russian Aggression Is
• . Possible Anytime
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WASHINGTON, May 12 — !<m - - j
Secretary Marshall said today he
operates on the nsr-urnpti''n Rus'.,:
“may step into the ar ris -ion id an :
moment” in Western Europe.
At the same time. Mar hall re
peated to tlie Senate Armed Service -
and Foreign Relation; <•
that he ferds thn ri k of provokiiv -
Russia to war in the Far F.ast
greater than i. the danger in Eu- i
rope.
The secretary of defense eypre ,
his views at the inquiry into t! n
firing of Gen. Doug1... ; M u Arthur
by President Truman
Replying to questions by Senator i
Cain (R-Wash) Marshall replied: 1
“In regard to Western Europe s
first I 60 on the basis my-elf that!
Russia may step into the aggression
at any moment.
“Also that that is no ar "-intent
that we do not do our b . to prr-pe
for it even though it may take two
or three years.
“In other words, v:e don’t d im
potent and say Kh • is -
any time and therefore v. e do noth
ing. That is the :iot the i s -
pean situa: ion, n-.:J the a: . -
meijM came up in confer• •*. ’ : i
the rearmament propos e Is,”
Soviet Huiidiu?
?5r.r- -d .><' . ■ :
this country indicate a continuou
Soviet build-up. by r-arran: <\»c
of her troops in Europe and by i -
creasing her strength in the F;.r
East.
Cain asked Marsnall:
“Is there any reason to bflieie
on the basis of your intelli once re
ports, that an aggressor is presently
threatening to invade We tern Eu
rope?"
Marshall replied:
“The impression from the repot?
that we gather from many sources
is there has been a continues- build
up and not necessarily in strength.;
though it may be, but particularly
in arrangements, specifically in the1
Satellite states, and in regard toj
dispositions of Soviet troops in,
Western Europe, and as i.o So vie:
increases in strength, as we under
stand them, in the Far East,."
“Is it not generally agreed ' asked
Cain, “that America and her West
ern European Allies would become
immediately involved in war if an
aggressor occupied Berlin or any
part of Western Europe by force?”
Marshall: “I would assume so.”
High Spots in Session
Other high spots to today’s ses
sion:
1. Cain asked whether Marshall
had withheld any information ’be
cause it,might seem to reflect upon
the Democratic administration in
power.” Marshall said: “That wa
not my intention whatever and I
don’t think I can recall anything I
have withheld along that line.”
2. Marshall said President Tru
man’s Jan. 13 message to MacAr
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
I Copyright. 1951. oy Bell Syndicate. Inc..
l^ASHINGTON. — Most import
ant diplomatic debate of the Kor
ean war has been going on back
stage at the United Nations —
namely, an arms boycott of Red
China.
So far our U. N. allies haven t
got around to voting to ban arm-, i
let alone an economic embargo.
However, it remains a fact that
this is one of the most important
steps to be taken against any ag
gressor.
Furthermore thdre is a long his
tory of diplomatic pussyfooting re-1
garding this by our supposedly j
good friends — pussyfooting that!
eventually has landed them in war. j
Here is some case history:
Pussyfoot No. 1 — Was when the
British undercut us in 1931 when
Japan first invaded Manchuria. Is
sues almost identical to the Kc
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Diane of San . -r ■ . if :i , • .tier i n truck and trailer which appar
ent ctu, •: ■ when she Ml »•••;•• \ n critically injured and taken to
Children’s Hospital where doctor-, operated or. ter ,,r i ■ VV’rephoto.
Ki -,., arc b; towed on either eh ■'k of IJr. Mary T. Martin .Sloop,
of (10.snare, X. C, the American Mother of th.c Year,by two Boy
Scouts as she arrived at Penn Station in New York. The Scouts, both
of Troop 360, Manhattan, are Dick Ciiino, 16, (left) and Bobby
Eouro>, IZ. In addition to their kisses of greeting, the Scouts did
their daily good deed by helping Dr. Sloop with her luggage, (/PI Wire
photo.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, May 12 —
(.TV— An aerial ice patrol is flying' the
length of the Yukon. Bombs arc the
weapons against ice jams.
.Air Force officers reported yes
terday the creation of a special
reconnaissance patrol to watch for
ice jams which migh! bac'- flood
waters into isolated Alaskan villages.
Planes of the 449th Alf-V'eaiher
squadron are patrolling the Yukon
river dally for 1,900 miles from Fort
Yukon to the Bering Sea. They also
are patrolling the lower Kusko
kwlm.-to the south of the Yukon.
Ladd Air Force base reported a
new ice barrier at Bethel, on the
Kuskokwtm, was knocked loose with
bombs Thursday night. Galena, on
the Yukon, also was reported safe
from a flood threat after aerial ac
tion.
NTGCFT CHAP. MEMBERS
ATTEND FRASER FUNERAL
Officers and members of Nugget
Chapter No. 2 are requested to be
at the Carter Mortuary Monday
afternoon at 2 fo; the funeral of
Mrs. Elizabeth Fraser, it was an
nounced today.
mm 'copter
REPORTED FOUND
Whe ! ft U. S. Geological Survey
helicopter failed" to report back to
camp at Warm Springs oti Baranof
Island 1
McLean, chief of party, sent word
to Coast Guard headquarters here.
A plane was dispatched from An
nette by the CG to conduct a search.
Another helicopter located at the
Tenakee camp also joined in.
At 10 p.m. McLean reported to
the CG that the mi sing craft had
been located. Two men were aboard.
No further details were available
at this time.
SHOOTING OH RIFLE
RAKS E SUilD&Y P. M.
Personnel of the Hn and Hq Co.
of the 201,th Inf. Bn. were remind
ed today of the drill scheduled for
rifle range on Sunday afternoon.
The company will meet at 12:45
at the Armory and will proceed to
the range as a unit.
Those with cars are urged to
. ake them. Members will take their
own lunches and gloves. Coffee will
be furnished by the organisation.
The rifle range will be closed to
civil:,. firing during the afternoon
ro th.it the proposed rangy recon
-utionhvg project may be carried
out.
ANCHORAGE VISITOR
Miss T. K. Fountai is at the
Baranof hotel.
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Col. Joseph D. Alexander, com
manding officer of the Alaska Na
It'onal Guard, returned Wednesday
from conducting National Guard
ad civilian defense matters in
Washington, D. C.
He reports that a long range
guard armory piopejn Mt pfarinej^
'for AlE' k,i. '"Jr the program is ac
tually put into execution,” he said.
"Anchorage would receive first pri
r.ty ■ re armory .since that city
has certain funds available and a
: :m:aniee of federal funds. Other
cities m the territory would receive
■ naories depending upon whether
:.e cities v. ulu raise matching
“There is the remote possibility
at this time that armories will be
. uilt by 100 per cent federal
’its,” he said.
The armories would be utilized
by all reserve components of all
tec . ervices and would be under
<.uc i federal control.
A: .0 discussed by Col. Alexander
:>i the National Guard bureau in
..shington was the field training
tins summer at Ft. Lewis by selec
teu members cf the Alaska Na
ll i...I Guard with other national
guard units from the state oi
V.. .iington. During his stay in
Washington, D. C., certain waivers
of existing regulations were obtain
ed winch would facilitate activa
te:; i •' mall guard units in South
eafii Alaska.
lie National Guard bureau has
a. .'.ed a special training library
fet lire Alaska National Guard con
hng of a number of training
i, . for Southeast Alaska units.
On tiic civilian defense side oi
the picture, Alexander attended
evi . ul sessions of the civilian de
fense staff college conference. This
is the forerunner of the regular
civilian defense staff college which
will conduct courses of two weeks
each from time to time for civil
<*c:ej: ,c ofiicials ancl workers.
The first course will begin May
21 with civil defense personnel
irom several states attending. Gov
ernor of the states and territories
will appoint candidates for the
courses. “There is the possibility ot
some one • from Alaska attending
the June course,” Col. Alexander
said.
The first increment of civil de
fense films have been received at
the territorial civil defense head
quarters of which Col! Alexander
is the director. These lilms will be
shown to the public beginning next
! week. Schedules of showings will
be announced.
FROM SITKA
Martha Cushing of Sitka is stop
ping at tiie Baranof Hotel.
SEATTLE VISITOR
Frank D. Parry of Seattle is at
the Baranof Hotel.
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali from Seattle scheduled to
arrive sometime Monday morning.
Princess Louise .cheduled to sail
I from Vancouver May 16.
I Baranof from westward scheduled
to arrive southbound at a a.m. Sun
day. £
ANTITRUST
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 12—
V -Fin.il settlement of anti-trust
against Anchorage cleanin';
cstabh-hments and Seward retail
liquoi dealers were announced in
Third District Court yesterday.
A total of *2,600 in , fines was
levied in the more recent ca: es.
E.u-'ier Federal Judge Anthony
Dimond had denied motions for ac
quittal and a new trial and pro
nounced sentence on the Anchorage
Cm Owners Association and two
cab operators.
The settlements virtually wound
up four anti-trust cases which were
It ' in the jurisdiction of the Third
District Court.
Jury Convicts Cabs
The cab defendants had been con
vict'd by a Federal Jury April 19
n charges of violating the Sherman
Anti-Trust Act. At the same time
he jury, which had deliberated 23
hours, acqunitted 10 other defend
ants.
Judge Dimond fined the Cab
Owners Association the maximum of
$5,000.
Frank V. Jones, operator of the
Radio and Hy's Cab Companies, was
fined $500. Charles Keirsey, Jr., op
erator of the Union Cab Co. was
fined $250.
On behalf of seven operators of
Anchorage cleaning firms charged
with price fixing, attorneys withdrew
previous pleas of innocent and.filed
iVas of nolo contendere too con
test). On the government’s request.,,
•charges ■ ftpt-dnst Alice Fortney, op
erator of the Rainbow Cicanci -■
were dismissed.
I: lies lcvicu
At the request of the Department
of Justice attorney, Charles Whit
tinghtll, those who entered pleas of
no contest were fined as follow.;
Peacock Cleaner^ Inc., $300: Eu
gene Craig. New Method Cleaner-,
$250; Mary Flaliart, New Method
Cleaners, $250: Frank Harris, O. K.
and Alaska Cleaners. $250; Wood
row Hile, Anehprage Laundry
Cleaners, $250; Wallace Martens, O.
K. and Alaska Cleaners, $250; and
Carl Williams, Anchorage Laundry
Cleaners, $250.
Fines of $200 each were levied
against Vance Hitt of the Palace
Bar; Cora Jacobs of the Club Bar
and Salty Mann, Moose Bar, in the
Seward liquor dealers’ cases.
Wen t Change Plea
No action was taken in the civ e
of the fourth Seward defendant on
the pride-fixing charge. William
Renfrew, attorney for the Seward
group, told the court that Howard
Smith, owner of the Roadhouse ha.>
refused to permit an alteration “l
his plea unless he was present in
court. ,
Smith was not in court yesterday
afternoon. Renfrew said il lie <
not hear something definite from
Smith by the middle of next wee.:
he would request the court to be re
lieved as attorney.
Should Smith insist upon .letting
his plea of innocent remain, it p:<>u
ably will mean a separate trial lor
him alone.
EISENHOWER
MAY NOT BE
NOMINATED
TULSA, Okla., May 12, — M —
Some Republicans contended today
the MacArthur episode has reduced
the chances General Eisenhower
will get the party's Presidential
nomination in Chicago next year.
The windy city won the 1952 con
vention—on a compromise date of
the week of July 7—by an 88 to
11 vote of the GOP Natonal Com
mittee.
Walter Hallanan, West Virginia
Committeeman, said MacArthur’s
tatements have "put Eisenhower
in eclipse’’ because Eisenhower is
1 o closely linked with Defense Kec
etary Marshall and other mill'ary
men serving the Truman Adminis
tration.
i SEATTLE VISITOR
Allan E. Anderson of the Internal
Revenue Dept, from Seattle, i top
ping at the Gastineau hotel.
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1 &
Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway and two-year-old son, Matthew, Jr., arc
shown as tiny were greeted by Gen. Ridgway at Iienada Airport in
Tokyo, Japan, after their arrival from Washington. "This is the
happiest day of my life,” Mrs. Ridgay commented, Iff) Wirephoto via
radio from Tokyo.
1
widely, known resident of Ketchikan
died suddenly last night at his home
in Ketchikan of a heart attack.
Talbot was born in Cripple Cree'.:.
Colorado, In 1893. He came to Alas
ka in 1914 as a ship’- writer for the
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
and two years later entered the e.o -
plov of the Northland Dock Co., of
Ketchikan. During later years he
operated his own dock company,
Talbot’s, but because of ill health
retired two years ago from active
business and turned management of
his dock over to his son-in-law,
James Church. Mr. and Mrs. Church
formerly lived in Juneau.
Talbot was active in Ketchikan
civic and municipal affairs. Ho
served two terms on the city coun
cil and was serving his fourth term
a . mayor of that city.
lie served in France during Woi'.i
War 1 and during his residence in
Ketchikan was president of the
Ketchikan chapter of the American
Red Cro.s ; was department com
mander of the American Legion,
president of the Ketchikan school
board, and served several times as
president of the Ketchikan Cham
ber of Commerce. He was appointed
to repre sent the first division on the
Ala ka Development Board and had
been on It continuously that time.
He was a member of the Blk, lod . ►
and M r on; and long had been
identified as a leader In Republican
politic * in the Territory.
Mews of his sudden de.ith w
telephoned last night by Dr. Dwight
Cr nner to George Sundborj. con
sultant of the Alaska Development
Board. Details of the funeral ar
rangements are not yet kno wn h'-re.
Survivors are Mrs. Talbot, hit
daughter, Mrs. Church and a son,
John J., owner of Talbot’s, Inc., of
I Ketchikan.
FROM WHITEHORSE
M. R. Mltrhell and J. Doerr o£
Whitehorse are at the Baranof
hotel.
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a •
• WEATHER REPORT o
• Tern >eruture tor 24-Hour Period
• ending 6 20 o'clotk this morning
• In Juneau — Maximum,
a 64: minimum, 44.
• At Airport — Maximum,
• 64; minimum, 40
• F O R F. C A S T
• Mostly cloudy with occas
• sional rain tonight and Sun
• day. Lowest temperature to
• night near 44, highest Sun
• day around 55.
• I* R F CIPITATION
• (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. today
• City of Juneau — None:
• Since May 1 — .39 inehe1 :
• Syice July 1 — 68.40 inches.
• At Airport — None;
; c Since May 1 — 23 inches;
, • Since July 1 — 39.50 incites.
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Sorensen Will Superintend
Radow Tin Properly
in Teller
Because there Is "no hope in
right for .gold mining lor a long
time,” Paul Sorensen, manager at
the Hirst-Chichagof mine at Kirp
rhan Cove, has announced ihat he
is closing down the mine for the
present.
"We'll keep the, mine in stand-by
condition, ready to resume opera
tions if it becomes possible to op
erate a gold mine and meet costs.
We can’t meet costs and we can’t
get labor,” Sorensen said in Juneau
Friday before his departure for
Kir d. *
. Mr. Sorensen is joining the Uni
ted States dm Company near Teller
as general superintendent.
The tin operation will be kept
rein . on p year-around basis, with
placer and lode mining in the sum
mer and lode throughout the year,
Sorensen said.
The U. S. Tin Company has been
granted the first federal loan under
the Defense Minerals Administra
tion, it has bepn announced, and
President Truman has signed the
Can for $300,000.
'file mining area show1 tin, tung
sten and fluorspar, Lhroe of the
five top strategic metals, according
to Mr. Sorensen. Both the federal
*i,d territorial mines departments
tin re aided the operators as has
the U. S. Geological Survey.
there has been placer mining
tdr tin in the area for about 40
! yea:.:, the mining mail said,
j With Kenneth Kadow, formerly
head of the Alaska Field Commit
ter for the Department of the In
terior, who is vice president and
manager of the United States Tin
Company, Sorensen will leave for
the Seward Peninsula area June 1.
For the next two weeks Mr. Sor
< ensen will be at Hirst Chichcagof.
SENATE PASSES $3%
MILLION ROAD BILL
FOR T0N6ASS FOREST
A three and one-half million dol
lar special appropriation for road
in Tongass National Foret ha
passed the Senate Frank Helntzle
man, regional forester, wired hi.
office here today from Wasliir. -.
ton. D. C.
All that remains to get the ap
propriation in action is presidentia
signature.
The money will be for road worl
in the vicinity of Juneau, Douglas
Sitka and Ketchikan.
FROM FAIRBANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley It. Sieh
of Fairbanks are staying at thi
Baranof hotel.
ENEMY IS
LINING W,
Chinese Reds Preparing
for Second Offensive
-Allies Are Ready
By Associated Tress
Hiding from Allied airmen behind
a smoke screen, Chinese Reds today
were moving troops and supplies
into front line positions for chapter
two in their spring offensive.
No one knows for sure when the
enemy would start roiling again,
'otne UN officers expected the blov^
to fall anytime within the next two
weeks.
Stepped in Tracks
The Chinese were stopped in their
I tracks in chapter one of their spring
'offensive which began April 22 and
continued nine days. Their losses
I c acceded 75,000 men.
Now hovering behind the battle
line is the same type of smoke
curtain from burning timber and
; mudge pois that bid their move
ments before the first, offensive.
Big Concentration
The biggest concentration of ene
my troops appeared to be on the
Central front near the 38th Parallel.
I A wall of spreading smoke 35 miles
| long partly covered Red troop move
1 ments on a mountainous highway
j leading toward Chunchon, 45 miles
I northeast of Seoul.
nun* i celling icewuy ,
The next blrfw may have the sup
port cf more armor and air power.
Allied troops hurried their prepara
tions to meet any emergency. Air
raid warning systems were set up,
I key buildings were camouflaged, and
sandbag shelters were built. Tank
j traps and booby traps were laid
Barbed wire defenses were tiglit
| ened.
I UN airmen reported enemy troop;
| skirling the Western edge of tin
Law :d ion Reservoir.
On Central Front
1 They were coming down the road
' from as far to the nortli as th i
| Bilo,;: could see," a U. S. 8th Army
I spokesman said.
j Allied fliers attacked 300 Red ve
hicles moving to the front. They *
reported a noticeable increase in
Red rail traffic bound for the Cen
(tral front.
j UN limbing patrols ran into tlght
lenc.l resistance. Near Uljongbu,
| ncisli of Seoul,-the Communists at
tacked a UN patrol force and hurled
hand grenades at its tanks.
BIG BLACK RABBITS
FLY PNA TO KODIAK
Three huge black rabbits from.
Anaconda, Mont., went through here
I y terday on Pacific Northern Air
I lines en route to Kodiak to start
a rabbit colony. Also flying west
ward were a dozen passengers for
Anchorage. and 3fi through for Cor
dova. Three arrived from Anchor
386.
From Anchorage: Dr. Hynson, F.
T Foard. Lew Hall.
To Anchorage: John Mouhon.
Col. M. R. Marston, Lowell Puckett
1,0, : Sorenson' Leonard Berlin, E.
Smith, Hazel Blair. B. Kirk, Don
Lowry, Anna Peterson, Carli Willie,
E. Hirat: ukn, and the three rabbits.
FRIDAY FISH LANDINGS
Halibut prices continue at 13
cents f. . mediums, 12 cents for chix
and 13 cents for large with a total
of 130,000 pounds landed Friday.
Bold to E. E. Engs tram were: De
ls, ace, skippered' by Frank Olson,
15.000 lb.-.: NelU, Eli Johnson. 11.200
peter J >h:: on 0 30 ■ lb :
Sharon, 6,SCO pounds: 31C235, L.
G |ai . 1,500 pounds.
Sold to Alaska Coast Fisheries:
Marie II., William Johnson, 35,000
is ends; Viking, John Sunderland,
17.000 lbs.; Margaret T.. Pete Hildre.
14 520 pounds: Mabel K.. Le ter
Weiss. 10.000 pounds; 31A191. 2.000
pounds.
Bold to E. C. Johnson: Nebraska,
‘Carl Marvin, 12.000 pounds.
Sold to Coop: Vesta. 10,000 lbs.
Mi .. Leo Osterman and daughter
Le: n:i flew to Beattie Friday via
Pan American Airlines. Mrs Oster
man i the wife of Leo Osterman
it deputy in the office of the Col
i lector of Customs.
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