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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,837
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1951
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Pacific Coast Shipping Strike Now Underway
REARGUARD
REDS FIGHT
, FOR ESCAPE
Allied Patrols Clash with
Retreating Reds on
North, Central Fronts
TOKYO, June 16 — Iff) — Rear
guard Reds and probing Allied pa
trols clashed head-on today in scat
tered battles across the Jagged
mountains of the East and Central
fronts in Korea,
The Communists fought desper
ately to save their escape routes
to the north as Allied armored forces
thrust toward the new Red fortress
city of Kumscng.
Chinese and North Korean main
forces continued to fall back along
the front ahead of heavy Allied ar
tillery fire.
The U. S. 8th Army commander
warned that another Red offensive
is expected.
Ked Offensive Expected
In a frontline interview Lt. Gen.
James A. Varl Fleet said “the com
munists’ declared intention is still
to throw Us into the sea. We do ex
pect a third round of the Chinese
spring offensive. The enemy has
sufficient reserve units that have
not been in contact for some time.”
The bloodiest fighting Saturday
was north of Inje on the Eastern
front, and'in the wooded hills de
fending the road to Kumsong. Kum
song is 12 miles north of Kumhwa
on the West Central front. >
AP Correspondent George Mc
Arthur said the Reds northwest of
Inje launched two counterattacks
during the day. Both_wejre tjirown
ba«fr'~"
In the same area an Allied pa
trol crashed into a village full of
Reds. A short sharp fight followed
before the patrol returned to Allied
lines.
Reds Lose Hill
A pooled dispatch from the West
Central front said UN infantrymen
captured a strategic hill overlooking
Kumhwa. The Reds fought bitterly
to hold the hill only two days ago.
Saturday, however, they left only a
small delaying force on the ridge
line.
In the “iron triangle” area bound
ed by Chorwon, Kumhwa and
Pyonggang, Allied patrols searched
vainly for Red units.
On the sea the UN suffered their
second setback in three days. The
destroyer-minesw'eeper U. S. S. j
Thompson was hit by Red shore
batteries near Songjin on the north
east coast Thursday. Three men
were killed. Twenty-six seamen
were killed Tuesday when the des
troyer Walke was rocked by an un
derwater explosion.
VISITING BROTHER
Mrs. Charles Cheatham of Chi
cago stopped over last night at the
Gastineau Hotel enroute to Pelican
to visit her brother, Tracy Huffman
He is a fisherman there and she
plans to go fishing with him. This
will be the second time she has seen
him in 20 years.
TheWashingion
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1851. By Bell Syndicate. Inc.
WASHINGTON. — If the Senate
ever gets around to a real investi
gation of the Justice Department—
which probably never will happen—
it will find tucked in a pigeonhole
a sensational report on Arabian oil
which for three long years has
been gathering dust.
The Senate investigating com
mittee, of which Harry Truman
himself once was chairman, sent
this report to the Justice Depart
ment. It outlines a scandalous
cheating of the U. S. Government,
and a possible criminal case against
the oil companies.
However, the Justice Department
has done nothing. Furthermore the
statute of limitations is rapidly
ticking away, and it will soon be
too late to act. •
The Justice Department’s stalling
in the Arabian oil base is similar
to its stalling regarding the radar
grab by the Radio Corporation of
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USS Philippine Sea Sets New Speed Mark
The 27,000-ton aircraft carrier Philippine Sea passes under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge after
II months in Korean waters. The big flattop bettered the Japan-San Francisco crossing by more than
5!4 hours the previous record of 7 days, 18 hours and 36 minutes set last year by the USS Boxer. The
much decorated Air Group 2 personnel spell out CVG 2 (Carrier Vessel Gorup 2) on flight deck. In
background is part of San Francisco skyline. U. S. Navy photo via IP! Wirephoto.
22 PO LANDERS TOi
BE MET BY JUNEAU
CHAMBER_SUNDAY!
Eight members of the Juneau j
Chamber of Commerce have volun- |
teered to meet the visiting Port
landers Sunday afternoon when
their Pan American Airways plane
arrives at the Juneau airport at!
3 o’clock.
They are Robert Cowling, Charles j
Carter, R.B.Burrows, Helen Monsen,
Joseph MacLean, Dr. J. O. Rude, j
Herbert Rowland and Peter Wood.
The party from Portland will con- j
sist of 22 members of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, including (
four wives. They plan a 12-day trade
tour of the Territory with the first
stop at Juneau. Other stops will be
at Fairbanks and Anchorage with
side trips.
According to R. B. Maloney, chair
man of the Alaska committee, the
Portland chamber’s fourth annual
tour includes representatives from
widest variety of businesses of any
tour so far, including fresh produce,
all lines of merchandise, agricul
tural machinery and implements,
building and hardware supplies, fur
naces, school supplies, banking, ship
ping and port officials from both
Portland and Longview.
Leading the tour will be Edgar
W. Smith, president of both the j
Portland Chamber of Commerce and
the Oregon State Board of Higher j
Education. A former insurance and
mill executive, Smith operates a
large wheat and cattle ranch in
Eastern Washington.
George Umbaugh, president. Port
of Longview, and Thomas Murray,1
general traffic manager, Portland
Dock Commission will be in the!
group.
Well known in Alaska, George M.
Henderson, assistant vice president
First National bank of Portland and
past chairman of the chamber s
Alaska committee, will be in charge
of the tour’s planning, along with
Maloney, who is traffic manager for
Montgomery Ward & Co.
Others in the party include: Tom
Humphrey, editor, the editorial page,
the Oregon Journal; C. V. Lynch,
Coastwise Line; John M. Clark,
manager, Columbia Produce Co.; J.
M. Constantine, Portland manager,
New York Merchandise Co.; J. O.
Davis, president, Northwest Build
ings, Inc.; Wendell Gray, partner,
Gray & Lister; Herbert W. Hall,
president, Maytag Northwest Co.;
George Hailing, general manager.
J. K. Gill Co.; Lloyd Meyers, west
ern division manager, Massey-Har
ris Co.; H. J. Sandberg, president,
Sandberg Manufacturing Co.; H. A.
Schmitt, general contractor; Garter
Brandon, manager Chamber Alaska
Department and Philip M. Hunt,
manager Chamber Publicity Dept.
The wives include Mrs. Smith,
Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Hall and Mrs.
Umbaugh.
Miss California
Patricia Lehman (above), 25, an
auburn haired Sacramento school
teacher, edged out 16 other con
testants for the title, “Miss Cal
ifornia of 1951” at Santa Cruz.
Her statistics: height 5 feet 7,
weight 125, bust 37, waist 27, hips
37. She also won a $500 scholar
ship, a $1,000 wardrobe, a dia
mond ring and a week in Flor
ida. (AP WIREPHOTO)
Ship Movements
Alaska from Seattle In port west
bound.
Prince George from Vancouver
due Monday.
Baranof from Seattle due Tues
day.
PrincQB Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Chilcctin scheduled to sail from
Vancouver 8 p.m. Monday.
Princess Kathleen scheduled to
sail from Vancouver June 20.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle June 22.
FIGHTLOOMS
ON LIFTING
BAN FOR Alii
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WASHINGTON, June 16 —(Ab—
A 90-day suspension of a congres
sional ban on economic aid to coun
tries trading behind the Iron Cur
tain wa$ likely 'to lead to another
fighb between the.White House and|
Congress. ;
The National Security Council'
(NSC), under President Truman,
advised Congress yesterday of the
"interim” suspension to allow time
for further study of trading situa
tions in the countries receiving U. S.
aid.
The ban prohibits — with one
loophole — sending any aid, econo
mic or financial, to any country
shipping war-useful goods to Russia
or its Satellites.
The loophole provides for excep
tions whenever the Security Coun
cil tells Congress that operation of
the ban would hurt the security
interest of the U. S.
President Truman called the ban
"seriously defective” on June 2 when
he signed the appropriation bill to
which it was attached.
But Republican leaders, calling
the administration’s objections
“State Department Jargon,” cau
tioned against any general suspen
sion of the aid ban.
Senators investigating the firing
of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur and
U. S. policy in the Far East were
not in session today.
The joint committee’s next meet
ing is scheduled for Monday, when
a vote is planned on how many
more witnesses will be summoned.
Nine have been heard so far, start
ing with MacArthur and ending yes
terday with former Secretary of De
fense Louis Johnson.
METHODIST PICNIC
ON NEXT TUESDAY
Members and friends of the Meth
odist church will have a special
social event on Tuesday, June 19.
The program will begin as the peo
ple gather at the church at 5:50
for loading and departing for the
Auk Bay recreation area. There the
church families will enjoy an old
fashioned picnic with their friends.
I Committees have been set up to
handle arrangements concerning
■ transportation and food and enter
tainment. In case of bad weather
the potluck picnic will be held in
the church basement.
CAPT. ANDERSON HERE
Capt. J. C. Anderson of Anchor
age is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
MACARTHUR
ASKS END OF
APPEASEMENT
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DALLAS, June 16 —IJI— General
Douglas MacArthur finishes his
Texas campaign today convinced
the people now will demand an end
to what he calls American appease
ment.
If his ouster by President Truman
is a factor, declared the deposed
UN commander “then I would be
thankful, indeed.”
Still stepping briskly after run
ning a small army of newsmen
ragged across the far reaches of
Texas, the 71-year-old commander
makes his final address today at
nearby Fort Worth.
In Dallas yesterday he drew the
most boisterous crowd of his four
day tour. And in Dallas' 76,000-seat
Cotton Bowl Stadium last night—
with only 27,500 seats filled — he
was interrupted 18 times by ap
plause.
For the first time in the tour an
unruly crowd broke through thinly
spaced police to surround and al
most engulf his open convertible.
The scene in front of the Adolphus
hotel at Dallas had some of the un
restrained enthusiasm of his public
appearances after his return from
Korea.
At the immense Cotton Bowl sta
dium later, his voice echoing against
the chasm of many empty seats,
the Pacific war hero was urged by
his listeners to “pour It on.” Other
listeners let go with the southerner’s
typical Rebel yell. ,
He said the reception given him
“offers assurance" the people will
fource into effect his program of
f bringing the Korean war "to a
’’prompt and victorious end.”
SOLDIERS FINED,
SENTENCED JAIL
FOR CARIBOU KILL
Two Army personnel were picked
up in Fairbanks, Donald L. Gray
and James L. Emery, and were fined
$500 each and sentenced to three
months in Jail by U. S. Commission
er Clinton Stewart for the recent
slaughter of fougcaribou.
The incident caused great con
sternation among residents of the
Fairbanks area about two weeks
ago as three of the caribou were
females with unborn calves. Their
bodies were left lying beside the
road on the 8teese highway.
The Fairbanks News-Miner spon
sored a public subscription for in
formation leading to the arrest of
the guilty persons, which, at last
report was near $1,000.
Dan Ralston, supervisor of law
enforcement, in a telephone call
from Fairbanks late yesterday after
noon learned of the soldiers’ arrest
but no details of how it was ac
complished will be known to his
office until the reports are received.
W. C. KERNS HERE
W. C. Kerns, Lytle and Green
superintendent at Haines, is stay
ing at the Baranof Hotel. He re
ports that a road paving job there
has been completed ahead of sched
ule and the equipment is being
moved out now.
WEATHER REPORT 1
Temperature for J4-Hour Period <
ending 8:30 o’clock this morning I
In Juneau — Maximum,
48; minimum, 43. 1
At Airport — Maximum,
SO; minimum, 44.
FORECAST
Cloudy with rain, lowest
temperature near 44 degrees
tonight, becoming mostly
cloudy with rain showers and
highest temperature near 54
Sunday. Southeasterly winds
as high as 25 miles per hour
tonight and Sunday morn
ing.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 34 houra ending 7:30 a m. today
City ot Juneau — .21 inches;
Since June 1 — 4.49 inches;
Since July 1 — 76.68 inches.
At Airport — .17 inches;
Since June 1 — 2.88 Inches;
Since July 1 — 44.29 inches.
Old Soldiers Meet Again
Gen. Jonathan Wainuright (left), hero of Corregldor, Is warmly
greeted by his former commander, Gen. Douglas MacArthur in front
of the capital at Austin, Tex., where MacArthur addressed a crowd
estimated at 20,000 persons. It was the General's first stop in his
current tour of several Texas cities. (IP) Wirephoto.
New Pel
Sandra Shenehon, 8, of Minne
apolis, hugs “Goldie,” 3 year old
terrier that is doing Its best to
take the place of Sandra’s dog
“Cookie,” killed by a dog poisoner.
Cookie died in a dog hospital.
Goldie, expert in lota of tricks,
was given to Sandra by a little
girl who read of her sorrow. Iff)
Wirephoto.
MEDAL OF HONOR
FOR MAN WOUNDED
4 TIMES, 1 BATTLE
WASHINGTON, June 15—Iff—
A 22-year old private, wounded four
times in a single battle, has won
the Medal of Honor for gallantry
in Korea. He died of his wounds.
Pfc. Robert H. Young of Vallejo,
Calif., refused medical aid for three
separate wounds before the fourth
put him out of the fight. His
unit, part of the 8th Regiment of
the First Cavalry Division, was in
the van of a United Nations at
tack last Oct. 9. Young died Nov.
5.
His father, Melvin D. Young,
Vallejo, will receive the Medal June
21 from Gen. Omar Bradley, Chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Private Young’s two sisters and,
two brothers will attend the cere
mony. They are Mrs. John F. Page,
Mrs. Dorothy F. Dagen and James
D. Young, all of Vallejo, and Ser
geant First Class John D. Young,
who will come from Fort Richard
son In Alaska.
FOUND GUILTY OF
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
Billy C. Caplett, negro messman
from the freighter Cynthia Olson
now in port, was found guilty of
assault and battery by a City Magis
trate court this morning, was fined
$100 and given a 30-day suspended
sentence., He was charged with an
attack upon Sadie White yesterday
morning at the Goldstein cabins.
WORK STOPPAGE,
PAN AMERICAN,
CANCELS FLIGHT
NEW YORK, June 16 — (*l —One
overseas flight was cancelled anc
others delayed today In a work stop
page by 500 Pan American World
Airways ground^^rvlce^wori^n^^
the company as "an Illegal contract
breaking strike" — delayed about
250 passengers on six Europe-bound
flights yesterday.
A transfer of heavy maintenance
work to the airline’s main overhaul
base at Miami, Fla., was blamed for
the dismissals.
TWU demands the reinstatement
of the 89 mechanics and the transfer
back to New York of the heavy
maintenance work.
TRAINED PERSONNEL
GIRL SC CAMP
With Director Mildred Kershner
heading the list of trained person
nel for the Girl Scout summer
camping, it is believed an excep
tional Eagle river program will be
offered this year. However local
women are urged to volunteer as
assistants.
As it was impossible to find a
nurse in Juneau who could attend
camp, Miss Kershner is bringing a
school nurse, Asta Ostlerid, ‘from
San Diego who is in the naval re
serve and subject to call at any
time. She spent the past summer in
Europe.
Trained leaders accompanying
Miss Kershner are Dorothy Arnold,
recent graduate of San Diego State
college, physical education teacher
in Los Angeles,-who'has counseled in
Dan Diego and Big Basin girl scout
camps.
Eleanor Sherman, graduate Carl
ton College, Minnesota; traveled
with youth hostels in Europe and
helped reconstruct youth hostels;
student fct Sorbonne, France and U.
of Oslo; Margaret Shaw, teacher
in San Diego.
FILIPINO AUXILIARY
TO HOLD DANCE ON
SUNDAY, JUNE 17
The Filipino Community Auxil
iary will hold a dance at Parish
Hall on the evening ol June 17, be
ginning at 8 o'clock.
There will be different contests
that promise fun for all, the com
mittee announced, and the publie
is cordially invited to attend.
A small admission will be char
ged.
ON BUYING TRIP
Kenneth Albertson of the B. M.
Behrends store, expected to leave
today for Seattle, San Francisco and
Los Angeles on a buying trip for
the store. He will be gone about
10 days.
Howard Stabler, Juneau attorney
will accompany Leonty, Primate of
all Russian-Green Catholic chur
ches in North America, on n flight
to Sitka this afternoon.
RADIOMEN
HOLD OUT,
WAGES UP
Negotiations Reported Go
ing On; Korean Mili
tary Cargoes Loaded
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 — IB—
A Pacific Coast shipping strike —
affecting all but essential military
cargoes — began early today after
the breakdown of negotiations be
tween the CIO American Radio As
sociation and the Pacific Maritime
Association.
Negotiations, touch and go all
evening, were extended more than
an hour , past the midnight strike
deadline at the personal request of
Federal Conciliator Omar Hosklng,
but failed to reach a settlement.
Said Philip O'Rourke, vice presi
dent of the Radio Operators' union:
"They gave us an offer. We count
ered. They refused to contact their
board of directors with our counter
offer. We were willing to negotiate
ill night, but now the strike is on.”
Although only some 300 radio op
erators are represented by the un
ion, they wield critical weight in
ship operktions. Under maritime
law, no ship can sail without them.
Pickets To Re Placed
O’Rouiko said pickets will be
placed immediately at all ships tied
jp on West Coast ports, but that
operators would continue to worif
oh ships carrying supplies to Korea.
Baste of the dispute is the radio
apaHtB' demand Io$ month
wPHW^fie1vBa«clwags of $325
i month. They also are seeking bet
terment of working conditions and
contend radiomen ashore get high
;r pay and work fewer hours.
On East, Gulf Ports
The trouble extended to east coast
and gulf ports.
The seamen in the Atlantic and
gulf coast ports did not talk about
• a "strike” but shippers wondered if
any would sail without a contract.
Joseph Curran, president of the
CIO National Maritime union, said:
“I expect our men will not sail
ships, because they have.no contract.
I know I wouldn’t." The contract
expired at midnight last night.
Curran and other union officials
refused to use the words "strike,”
"tie-up" or "stoppage.”
Negotiations
Despite the radio operators strike,
negotiations seemed to be proceed
ing towards settlements in other
west coast maritime union con
tracts.
Hoskins last night announced that
the Independent Marine Firemen’s
union had agreed to a 15-day ex
tension of their contract and the
CIO Marine Engineers had agreed
to a 30-day extension of theirs. The
two unions scheduled talks with
PMA negotiators for today.
Longshoremen Working
And members of the Independent
International Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s union met here last
night and approved a 20-cent hour
ly wage-pension "package" pay in
crease offered by the PMA. Five
cents will be added to wages, with
’ 15 cents applied to the union pen
sion fund.
An ILWU spokesman said long
shoremen will continue work on a
day-to-day basis until the contract
is formally ratified.
COURT ADJOURNS
UNTIL SAT., JULY 7
U S. District Court adjourned
this morning until Saturday. July
7. Judge George Folta is leaving to
morrow via Pan American plane
for Santa Barbara, California, to
attend a judicial conference of U.
S. District Court judges of the 9th
Circuit.
In Court action this morning Guy
D. Gibson was granted a divorce
from Mary Jane Gibson. Both are
from Ketchikan.
FROM ABERDEEN, WASH.
Mrs. W. H. Tucker and Mrs. Helen
Moore of Aberdeen, Wash, are sight
seeing in Juneau. They are stay
ing at the Baranof Hotel and
planned to go to Taku Lodge today.
FROM SITKA
j Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Franks of
i Sitka are at the Baranof Hotel