THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
! VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,841
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1951
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HAWAIIAN! BRING
FLOWERS AND SONG
ON ALASKA TRIP
From the moment of their arriv
al by Pan American clipper Wed
nesday afternoon, the members of
the Honolulu Chamber of Commerct
tour won the hearts of the Juneau
people who met them at the air
port, met them later at cocktails on
the Baranof terrace, joined them
at dinner in the Gold Room and
for entertainment later in the Bub
ble Room.
Everyone of the party was born
in Hawaii—except the cruise dir
ector, W. W. Cruse. Col. F. L. Tur
ner, president of the Honoluli
Chamber of Commerce is a second
generation Hawaiian.
Six of the women in the party
are teachers.
They are all gracious, friendly
guests.
In Hawaiian Costumes
For the evehing's entertainment
at the Baranof, many of the women
In the party wore native Hawaiian
costumes, the holoku, holomuumuu
and Aiuumu, and half a dozen of
them led by Mrs. William (Rosa
line) Stephenson sang Hawaiian
songs and attractive Miss Alberta
Ahin, a University of Hawaii stu
dent danced a hulu.
The meeting in the Terrace room
established the feeling of the eve
ning. Orchids, dozens of them, were
given to the Juneauites present,
and decorated the tables for the
banquet.
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
President Herbert Rowland presi
ded at the banquet, introduced the
speakers and expressed the feelings
of all of the Juneau people present
when he mentioned the infectious
good will, the flowers and songs
they brought to Juneau.
, Governor Ernest Gruening, who
with Mrs. Gruening had met the
travelers at the airport, greeted
them again at the banquet.
The Aloha Spirit
A frequent visitor in Hawaii, the
governor told of the warmth and
fond affection he felt for the Is- 1
lands and said that they were con- |
tributing something the world sore- j
ly needs—"The Aloha spirit.”
"The Hawaiians have made of the J
, aloha spirit a living thing,” he said.1
Mayor Waino Hendrickson /pre
sented, he said, “the key to our
hearts” to Col. Turner.
To add a welcome from a pioneer
—or sourdough—Charles W. Carter,
chairman of the Juneau C of C
tourist committee told of his early
experiences as a “mule skinner” in
the north.
Col. Turner presented orchid leis
to Mrs. Gruening, Mrs. Hendrick
son, Mrs. Rowland, Mrs. E. J. O'Bri
en and asked Gov. Gruening to give
one to Mrs. Doris Barnes, member
of the House , of Representatives
and visitor in Juneau from her
home in Wrangell. Another was
presented to Fred Dunn, Pan Am
erican manager, to give to Mrs.
Dunn.
It was Fred Dunn who said,
“Herb Rowland and I were trying
to figure someway to sell Alaska
to you people from Hawaii, and here
you are selling us Hawaii.”
Col. Turner said that the Hawai
ians had found their trip north
magnificent.
He is an enthusiastic supporter
of statehood for Hawaii.
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TheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
tCoMrlCtn. 1051. Df Bell Sraateate. Inc.
Washington. — The ladies of
the air force are getting more and
more wrathy over Jacqueline Coch
ran’s report that the WAPS aren’t
glamorous or shapely. Miss Cochran,
who is the wife of Wall Street fin
ancier Floyd Odium, but who oper
ates a cosmetic business on her
own, has submitted a confidential
report to air force chief Gen. Hoyt
Vandenberg, describing the WAFS
as ‘'tattered," “bedraggled” and
even “cross-eyed."
To say that this has the ladies
of the air force in a hair-pulling
mood is putting it mildly. They
have retaliated by calling Miss
Cochran “Stonewall Jacky,” and
even go so far as to suggest that
since her husband, as head of Con
solidated-Vultee, manufactures the
B-36, Miss Cochran should not have
been called into the air force even
for consultation.
Stuart Symington, when Secre
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ARMY DAY OVERSEA S — Jet planes of the AmerW
can forces in the free territory of Trieste flash overhead as U. S.
servicemen carry unit flags during their Army Day celebration.
NO KOREAN
PROPOSALS
FOR PEACE
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That is What Truman Says;
"No Comment," he Re
plies to Many Question*
WASHINGTON, June 21 —UP)—
President Truman today discounted
rumors of Korean peace proposals.
He told a news conference ques
tioner that no peace proposition
had been taken up with him by the
United Nations. He added he be
lieved a thing of this kind would
come to him if any action were con
templated.
Mr. Truman had very little new?
at his first press-radio conference
in two weeks.
"No Comment”
He fired “no comment” replies ir
quick succession to questions re
garding Iranian oil, congressiona
committee actions in .toning down
his inflation control proposals, and
Senate votes cutting 10 per cent
from requested appropriations foi
Federal pensonnel.
He said control and appropriation
bills are still in the formative stage
and he will withhold comment un
til they are passed.
Politics
He also declined to throw any
light on his 1952 political Inten
tions or to mix again in the Mac
Arthur controversy.
A reporter asked if Jonathan Dan
iels, Raleigh, N. C.. publisher and
Democratic National committeeman,
had shown anything more than
sharp reportorial instinct in pre
dicing at the White House Monday
that Mr. Truman would run again
next year.
The President, grinning broadly,
replied the reporter had stated the
case exactly.
SALVATION ARMY
QUOTA ONLY HALF
RAISED IS REPORT
Over half of the funds necessary
to support the work of the Salva
tion Army in Juneau for the next
year have been raised so far in the
annual campaign for funds, accord
ing to R. M. Ackervick, campaign
chairman. He said this morning that
$3,206.17 had been received as of
yesterday.
Many workers have not yet re
ported in to campaign headquarters
and others have not yet sent in their
contributions.
Contributions may be mailed to
Don Sku.se, treasurer, the Salvation
Army, Juneau.
ALLIED
PATROLS
ON MOVE
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Make Advances on West
ern Korean Front; Red
Offensive Predicted
By Associated Press
Allied patrols roamed far beyond
their lines today on the Western
front, where officers predicted the
Reds would launch a “limited of
fensive” by Monday, first annivers
ary of the Korean war.
United Nations patrols twice en
tered Kaesong, 25 miles northwest
of Seoul on the main highway to
Fyonggang, capital of Communist
North Korea. A thousand Reds in
the hills made no move to intervene.
This is the most westward push of
Allied units since Reds swept across
Parallel 38 in the April 22 offen
sive.
Three other UN patrols reached
to within four miles of Pyonggang.
bumping into Chinese outposts.
Powerful Chinese forces were re
ported grouping behind these out
posts north of Pyonggang, northern
tip of the iron triangle. Pyonggang
is 92 miles southeast of Pyongyang.
Air Attacks Off
All along the quiet front UN
scouts probed for Red strength.
Rain clouds forming over Korea
cut air attacks down to the lowest
figure this month. The Fifth Air
Force reported only 186 sorties, most
of them in the early morning dark
ness before storm clouds blanketed
the country.
For the first time in five days
no Communist warplanes were aloft.
In the first four days this week
the Reds roared across the Yalu
river from Manchuria into flaming
battles in the North Korean skies.
Far East Air Forces (FEAF) an
nounced three Allied planes were
lost in these fights. An American
Sabre jet and a Mustang fighter
were shot down. Another Sabre Jet
was missing.
FEAF revised Red losses down
ward, the corrected total listed 24
Communist aircraft destroyed oi |
damaged, instead of 28.
FINED $35
George Williams, longshoreman,
was fined $35 in City Magistrate’s
court yesterday on a charge of giv
ing liquor to a minor.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Juanita Underwood of the Alaska
Broadcasting Co. from Anchorage
is a guest at the Gastineau Hatel.
ONTARIO VISITOR
George Bander of Kitchener, On
tario is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
RODEN PRAISES
STEVE HOMER AS
FERRY PIONEER
Territorial Treasurer Henry Roden
paid high tribute to Steve Homer
as an energetic pioneering young
man for tackling the job of launch
ing the Juneau-Halnes ferry serv
ices. Roden spoke at a regular meet
ing of the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce at the Baranof hotel Thurs
day noon.
He pointed out the difficulties of
making a financial success of the
operation since costs ran $200 per
day and said that larger companies
would have started such a seritlct
sooner had they regarded It fi
nancially profitable. However, Ro
den said, that he felt Homer had
jeen successful from the standpoint
if contributing to the development
if the Territory.
"I am proud," Roden stated, "to
lave had a small part in getting
the first ship on the high seas to a*U
under the Alaska flag."
He traced the steps which oc
curred in the acquosltion of the
motorship Chilkoot and said that
the operation of the vessel would
come under the jurisdiction of High
way Engineer Frank Metcalf. It Is
<oped that eventually the Alaska
Road Commission Will operate a
terry service but certain details
would have to be worked out before
.hat could happen, Roden said.
Territorial Operation
Because the service had been
widely advertised the Board of Road
Commissioners felt that the Terri
tory should take it over and keep
it going for at least the coming three
months.
The Territory paid $40,000 for the
vessel. It is insured for that amount
and can be sold for as much so there
is little likelihood of loss; however
its value runs close to $126,000, W“»
den said.
The first trip brought an income
of $907 and if that rate is main
tained, the vessel can make ex
penses.
New Business
"We brought a new business to
Juneau,” he said, "a family from
Talkeetna with several children and
nine malamute dogs. They expect
to provide dog team rides for local
youngsters and tourists."
Regarding rates for the present,
it was decided on $35 per automo
bile. $10 for the driver, and $5 each
for passengers. Freight woulcl run
about $5 per ton but would have to
be handled in a truck to avoid
longshoring.
Schedule Planned
It is planned to run two trips a
week and the next departing ferry
will leave Tee Harbor at 3 pjn.
Sunday for Haines, and also Skag
way, returning here Tuesday.
Col. John R. Noyes, Alaska Road
Commissioner, was present and
stated that it had been his dream
that the ARC? could eventually pro
vide a car ferry system for all of
Southeast Alaska.
Secretary F. O. Eastaugh an
nounced that the U. S. Engineers
report on the Douglas and Juneau
boat harbors had been received for
study.
Trout Derby
President Herbert S. Rowland said
that the Chamber Trout Derby
would be from July 1 to September
4. He also urged members to at
tend the no-host Yacht club ban
quet at the Baranof hotel Saturday
evening at 7:30 as the finale of the
capital-to-capital yacht race. J. B
Burford is handling reservations.
Guests included Territorial Sen
ator Doris Barnes of Wrangell; Mrs.
William L. Paul and Mrs. Norman
Banfield of Juneau; Farrant Tur
ner, president of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce; Henry Asa
noma, heating and plumbing con
tractor from Honolulu; Dr. Harri
son Leer of Portland; Laurance J
Foley of the Port Chilkoot Co. from
Haines, and David Dudley of the
Alaska Native Service.
At the close of the meeting Roden
and Homer were given a round of
applause in appreciation for their
efforts on the ferry.
EIGHT CARRIED OH
ELLIS AIRLINES
Eight passengers traveled on the
Ellis Airlines Thursday flight with
two traveling on interport.
From Wrangell: Mabel Harrison
From Petersburg: Fred Lewis, R
Newton.
'From Ketchilcan: Mrs. Reiderer,
Milo Taber, Charles Mountjoy.
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TO MEET ARCTIC WEATHER C O N D I TI O N S — a new type inflated radar
dome built of rubber and fiber elass by Goodrich for the V. S. Air Force, will house aircraft warn
InTequipment In the Arctic. The dome is 37 feet hl*h and can withstand 120-miie-an-hour winds.
STATE DEPT.
CRITICIZED
BY HURLEY
Alleges Attempt Made to
Disparage Him,- Yalta
fact "Cowardly"
WASHINGTON. June 21 —(/P»—'
Patrick J. Hurley accused the State
Department today of making “a de
liberate attefnpt to disparage me”
n its 1949 "white paper” on China.
Hurley, World War II ambassador
o China, was testifying for the see
ing day at the Senate inquiry into1
Par Eastern policy generally and the
dismissal of Gen. MacArthur.
Much of the questioning, as on
the first day, turned toward the
Yalta agreement.
Senator Wiley brought out .that
one of those who attended the Yal
ta conference was Alger Hiss, a State
Department official since jailed for
perjury. Hiss was convicted of lying
when he swore he did not give U. S.
secrets to a pre-war Communist spy
ring.
“Cowardly” Pact
Wiley noted that Hurley, in his,
testimony yesterday, had bitterly
denounced the 1945 Yalta agreement
as an “immoral and cowardly" pact
which he said amounted to appease
ment of Communism.
Wiley then questioned Hurley as
to who were “the prime actors In
that great drama” at Yalta “which
so changed’the world?’*
Hurley replied he was not at
Yalta, but “there are a number of
witnesses who were
“Well,” said Wiley, “Hiss was at
Yalta, wasn’t he?”
Hurley: “Yes, sir, Hiss was at
Yalta.”
Wiley: “Do you suggest that we
subpoena Hiss?”
Hurley; “Well. I am afraid that
there is a certain provision that
enables a man to be relieved from
testifying against himself, and I
think, I'don’t believe you could get
Mr. Hiss to tell you the facts about
Yalta.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
t In Juneau — Maximum,
53; minimum, 47.
At Airport — Maximum,
56; minimum, 41.
FORECAST
Considerable cloudiness to
night and Friday. Low tem
perature tonight around 46.
High Friday near 59 deg.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. toda:
City of Juneau — Trace;
Since June 1 — 5.33 inches;
Since July 1 — 77.52 inches.
At Airport — Trace;
Since June 1 — 3.27 inches;
Since July 1 — 44.68 inches.
IVORY CHAMP
Billy Goodman (above) Is only a
year old, but already he's got 16
teeth. Incisors, molars, canines—
you name ’em, Billy's got ’em. He
cut his first one tvhen he was 41
months old and they've been pop
ping out like pop corn ever since.
(/P) Wirephoto.
TRUMAN CREATES
STRATEGY BOARD;
NAMES GRAY HEAD
WASHINGTON. June 21 —UH—
President Truman created a cold
war strategy board and named Gor
don Gray Its director at $16,000 a
year.
The President said the purpose of
the new organization will be to pro
vide “for the more effective plan
ning. coordination and conduct,
within the framework of approved
national policies, of psychological
operations.”
Other members will be James E.
Webb, undersecretary of state; Rob
ert A. Lovett, deputy secretary of
defense, and Lt, Gen. Walter Bedell
Smith, director of central intelli
gence.
Gray has obtained a leave of ab
sence as president of the University
of North Carolina to take the job.
SEATTLE VISITOR
R. A. Cook, Seattle, is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
Ship Movements
Chilcotin frqm Vancouver In port
with tour party.
Princess Kathleen from Vancou
ver due Saturday afternoon.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Tuesday.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive from Skagway at 6 a.m. Friday
sailing south at 9 a.m.
Baranof from west scheduled to
arrive sometime Sunday p.m. south
bound.
NO STRIKE
CANADIAN
S.S. LINES
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VANCOUVER. B. C., June 21 —(AT
The Seafarers International Union
<AFL) withdrew a strike notice last
night after three steamship com
panies serving the upper British
Columbia coast made an undis
closed wage offer.
Some 900 seamen on JS’ ships were
to have gone on strike at midnight
tomorrow night to support demands
for an additional $30 a month above
the basic deckhand pay of $153.
Federal Conciliator G. R. Currie
revealed the union's decision to with
draw the Rtrike notice "as a result of
a further offer by the companies
concerned,” the Canadian Pacific.
Canadian National and Union lines.
The union posted the strike notice
after the seamen had rejected the
companies’ offer to tncrease wages
$13.87 a month.
NAVY PUNE
(RASHES IN
PUGET SOUND
SEATTLE. June 21. — (AT — A
Navy patrol plane crashed in a
Puget Sound mud flat north of here
at 11 a m. PDT <1 p.m. EST) today.
Three hours later the 13th Naval
District reported "There are some
dead and injured."
The exact number of casualties
was not yet known because of the j
difficulty in reaching the crash i
scene. An unusually low tide ham- |
pered rescue efforts.
The plane, a PB-4Yf four-eng
ined "privateer." carried a crew of
10. All of the men were believed to
be Naval Reservists recalled to ac
tive duty.
The plane and its crew were
based at the Sand Point Naval Air
Station in Seattle.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, June 21 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2 ’ j, American Can 110.,
American Tel. and Tel. 154, Ana
conda 40'4. Douglas Aircraft 46'i.
General Electric 54 V General Mot
ors 48!». Goodyear 79 V Kennecott
75. Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%,
Northern Pacific 41, Standard Oil of
California 45%, Twentieth Century
Fox 18. U. S Steel 40, Pound $2.80,
Canadian Exchange 93.75.
Sales today were 1,100,000 shares
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 250 43, rails 78.55, utlli-j
ties 42.68.
FROM FAIRBANKS
Gerald R. MacCarty with the
Arctic Research Laboratory at Fair
banks Is stopping at the Uaranof
Hotel,
SEATTLE (C
TOUR PARTY
MAYBE OFF
Longshoremen Stop Load
ing of Freighter Alaska
Military Supplies
SEATTLE. June 21 —(PI— Long
shoremen stopped loading Army
construction cargo aboard the Alas
ka motor vessel Square Sinnet last
night after pickets from the strik
ing American Radio Association
(CIO) appeared at the dock.
The pickets said the longshoremen
"took one look at the picket line
and left.” It was the first tieup of
Army cargo since the West coast
maritime labor disputes started last
Saturday.
Spokesmen for the radiomen said
the vessel was picketed because the
Alaska Steamship Cimpany had not
obtained a clearance from the spe
cial government board set up in
Washington, D. C.
Carl Lundquist, port agent for
the union, said the clearances are
necessary for all ships not operated
directly by the Military Sea Trans
portation service.
A steamship company official said
an application for clearance of the
Square Sinnet had been forwarded
to the board but no immediate
answer was received.
The Square Sinnet was to have
loaded: 4,000 tons of material for
Army construction in the Anchor
age and Fairbanks areas of Alaska.
< CC Tear Party Maybe Off
annual goodwill tour to Alaska to
morrow afternoon.
This morning longshoremen were
loading the Aleutian, scheduled to
sail tomorrow with some 276 pas
sengers, including the chamber’s
goodwill delegates.
However, the Alaska Steamship
Co. vessel may be picketed later,
Lundquist said.
“In any event, If there is not a
settlement of our dispute with the
shippers, the Aleutian will not be
permitted to sail," Lundquist added.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21. —<*l—
Federal Conciliator Omar Hoskins,
still wearily seeking a settlement of
the strike, scheduled another meet
ing with shipowners today.
Hoskins, dog-tired after almost 12
hours of fruitless negotiating with
the two factions, met separately with
the radiomen late yesterday.
Joint negotiations collapsed com
pletely earlier when the radiomen
walked out of the meeting.
They have tied up some 20 non
military veasels In Pacific coast
ports In demand for a $63 monthly
wage Increase that would put them
on a par with second mates. They
now earn an average of $352 a
month.
Back Where Started
"We are back where we started,"
Vice President Philip O'Rourke of
the radiomen said after the Joint
session collapsed. “The strike will
continue.
After sitting up with them all
night and all morning, we came
back, and they gave us nothing.”
The shipowners blamed the radio
men for the breakdown. The Pacific
Maritime Association, representing
employers, said It offered the radio1
men an 8 per cent wage Increase and
the adjustment of certain fringe
Issues but asked the ARA to hold
its demand for a 40-hour week in
abeyance.
Also, the employers said, they re
quested the ARA to extend Its con
tract as the CIO Marine Engineers
and the Independent Marine Fire
men have done. Contracts for each
of the three unions expired June 15.
PORTLAND VISITOR
Robert R. Harris of Portland is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
WYOMING VISITOR
Criss A. Morgan of the Husky
Oil Co. from Cody, Wyo, is regis
tered at the Baranof hotel.
MICHELSON HERE
Eino Mlchelson who is with the
Department of Labor is stopping
at the Hot'el Juneau.
LIBBY MAN HERE
R. C. Wood of Libby, McNeill and
Libby, from Seattle Is stopping at
the Baranof Hotel.