THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME* _——===
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,587
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1950_
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JUNEAU SHIP
AGROUND IN
B.C. WATERS
Robert Eugene Reported
in Sinking Condition on
Addenbrook Island
SEATTLE, Aug. 22.—Iffl—A small
freighter, with a 100-ton cargo of
general merchandise for Alaska, was ]
reported aground in sinking condi
tion on a British Columbia • coastal
island today. A crew of five was
aboard.
District Coast Guard headquarters
said other vessels had received two
distress calls from the 100-foot
Robert Eugene. The vessel is owned
by the M. B. Dahl and Sons, Inc.,
of Juneau.
The Coast Guard said the vessel
Arthur H., picked up a message from
the Robert Eugene at 7:46 a.m.
(PST) that it had run ashore on
Addenbrooke Island, in Queen
Charlotte Sound; that its batteries
were nearly under water and it
would not be able to use its radio
much longer.
Another ship had picked up a
message two hours earlier that the
Robert Eugene was in sinking condi
tion off Addenbrooke Li'iht.
Another Dahl-owned ship, the
Dorothea, was reported four hours
away from the Robert Eugene on a
trip south. The Coast Guard said
it was proceeding to the scene.
Bound For Juneau
W. R. Kuppler, the owners' agent
in Seattle, said the Robert Eugene
left Seattle Sunday. He said it op
erates under charter to Juneau
merchants. It was carrying for them
a cargo of such items as meats, gro
ceries and hardware.
He said it is a fully refrigerated
vessel that hds been on the Juneau- :
Seattle route since 1947.
Kuppler said he had no direct I
word from , the vessel. j
He ^aid tfie Robert Eugene's skip- !
per is Fred M. Dahl, oldest of the j
Dahl sons of Juneau. Kuppler said j
the other crew members were Don- i
aid Tanner of Juneau and three :
from Seattle-Male Garey Kirk-j
land; C. Reed, Chief Engineer; ,
Charles D. Gaeke, Seattle, the cook, ■
and Harry Holloway. j
Kuppler said the Dorothea, which
was heading for the scene, is owned
individually by the father, Martin
B. Dahl. It is southbound with a
canned salmon cargo.
FROM ASTORIA
T. F. Sandoz and Paul Pankey of
Astoria, Ore., are staying at the
Baranof Hotel. *
lne Wasningion
Merry-Go-Round
By TQM McNAMARA and
FRED BLUMENTHAL
^OBjrlibt, Hi-i. w •rndiotc. In«.)
(Ed. Note—While Drew Pear
son is on a brief vacation, his
column will be written by mem
bers of his staff).
Washington — Though mys
terious subs have been reported
in Panamanian waters since the
Korean fighting, our vital Pan
ama Canal defenses have been
dangerously neglected.
It is no secret in Panama, for
example, that we don't have a
single fighter Plane in the area.
When an. unidentified sub was
reported lurking off the canal
zone ’ recently, the Navy ' was
caught without even a scout plane
and had to appeal to the Air
Force for help. All the Air Force
could get into the air was one
lone SB-17, which scouted the
waters but found nothing.
Our military bases in Panama
are also supposed to be on war
time alert. Yet. one month after
the Korean invasion, a private
plane drifted in for an emergency
landing at Howard Field, a key
base now run by the Army. The
pilot, Enrique Kochman of Pan
ama City, tinkered around with
the instrument panel, then took
off again without anyone so much
as noticing him. This happened
on a Sunday, a favorite day for
surprise attacks.
Though Kochman reported
what he had done, another pri
vate pilot, Lawrence Breece, pulled
virtually the same stunt the fol
Tcontinued o» Page Four)
DEFENSE COUNCIL
DECIDES AGAINST
STOCKPILING FOOD
The Juneau Council for Civii
Defence at its meeting last night
decided against laying in an emer
gency stock of food immediately,
R. E. Robertson, chairman of the
organization, announced after the
meeting.
He said the council did not be
lieve there was an immediate nec
essity for such a step at this time,
but will make a recommendation
that such action be taken when it
feels "that precaution demands it.”
Robertson reported that organ
ization of air raid wardens and fire
patrols is progressing, and first aid
stations will be set up when or
ganization of the patrols is com
pleted.
Col. Jesse R. "Jack” Carr, wing
commander of the Civil Air Patrol,
has assured the defense council
that the patrol will cooperate in
defense work, he said.
Subject to Governor Ernest Grue
ning’s approval for including out
lying areas in the Juneau defense
organization, the council has named
E. L. Keithahn, captain of the
Norway Point area; Martin Lavenik,
airport area; William R. Norton.
Auke Bay area; Robert Druxman,
Fritz Cove Road area; R. L. Thorne,
West Juneau area; and Oscar Pear
son, Thane area.
Robertson said each area cap
tain will be required to submit to
the defense council the names of
six "loyal Americans," residing in
his area to service in defense work.
Juneau area captains are; Joseph
A. McLean, Curtis Shattuck, Leslie
Geiger, George Danner Jr„ Stanley
Grummett, Earle Hunter, John
Heimle, James Madsen, C. C. Grad
ford, M. L. MacSpadden, Jake
Cropley, K. G. Merritt, Walter G.
He.sel, Trevor Davis, George Cleve
land, Henry Harmon, Henry Legge,
Felix Toner, A1 Zenger Sr., Ed Pey
ton, William Hughes, Robert Cowl
ing, Rod Darnell, John Kennedy,
O. F. Benecke, Henry Green, Vern
Lee, Howard Simmons, Albert Ham
mer, CleO Ccmmers, John Murphy,
Glenn Oakes, and Robert Akervick,
All area captains will meet with
the defense council at its next
meeting Monday at 7:45 p.m. in the
City Hall, Robertson said.
Persons with World War II air
raid warden helmets are requested
to turn them in to the city clerk
at the City Hall, he said.
MAN ARRESTED
ON PLUTONIUM
THEFT CHARGE
DENVER, Aug. 22—M—A young
research scientist was arrested here
today and charged with the theft
of some plutonium—a vital atom
bomb component—from the Los Al
ainos Atomic Project in New Mex
ico.
Sanford Lawrence Simons, 28
year-old father of three children,
was accused officially of violating
the Atomic Energy Act and was
held in default of $10,0t>0 Bond after
arraignment today.
Russell P. Kramer, agent in
charge of the FBI office here, said
that the stolen plutonium—a highly
fissionable and very valuable ma
teril—was recovered a few days ago
from a hiding place under Simon’s
house. It was in a small glass vial.
Kramer said Simons admitted the
theft.
At the time of his arrest, Simons
was employed at the University of
Denver, doing research work on an
Army rocket project.
Kramer said he did not know ex
actly when the plutonium was stolen
but said Simons was at Lqp Alamos
as an enlisted man in the Army
from August, 1944, to March of 1946
and from March of 1946 to July of
1946 was employed as a civilian sci
entist at the A-bomb establishment.
Kramer quoted the slight, beared
scientist as saying that he took the
plutonium as a “souvenir.”
AT JUNEAU HOTEL
Although he is comfortably sit
uated, back at the Juneau Hotel
where he started, Russell Magill
again is looking for an apartment.
He had been delighted with the one
he found, but it was destroyed Sun
day in the Packard’s Marina fire.
WITH HEALTH DEPT.
Two staif members of the Terri
torial Department of Health are
; among the guests registered at the
Juneau Hotel. They are Joyce
Pickett and William E, Baird.
$29 Million
Is Asked for
Army in North
Expansion for Alaska Out
lined-Construction Pro
gram Requested
■ ■ —
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—iff)—The
Army plans to send more men to
Alaska as it carries on its present
expansion.
And it wants Congress to appro
priate $29,305,G40 for construction of
facilities for them.
This was revealed today in testi
mony made public by the House
Appropriations Committee on a sup
plemental request for $10,486,976,000
for the Armed Services for the year
that began July 1.
No figures were given on the size
of the force it was contemplated to
put in the Territory.
‘ This is all part of the Alaskan
Development Program for the de
fense of this country from that
area,” Brig. Gen. W. L. Barriger,
Chief of the Army’s Service Division,
told the committee.
“We do not have the facilities
there now to put the troops in that
should be in that area.
"As a result of expansion of the
Army we will get in that area and
we would like to have this (appro
priation) to take care of them.
New Secret Base
The Army’s request for Alaskan
construction is broken down this
way:
Fort Richardson, $16,325,000.
Ladd Air Force Base, $2,796,000.
Eielson Air Force Base, $978,500.
A communications station, util
ities, roads, walks, drainage, street
lighting and other similar itemes,
$9,205,940.
The location of this was n^t
mentioned, It was described as a
“classified project.”
General Barriger told the com
mittee the funds sought would bring
Army installations in Alaska to 75
per cent of full readiness.
Col. G. E. Galloway, Chief of the
Army Engineers construction opera
| tions division, estimated that the
new facilities would be ready within
two years.
Galloway said the request includes
no funds for new barracks.
“They are under contruction or
on the way," he said.
Rear Admiral J. F. Jelley, Chief of
the Navy Bureau of Yards and
Docks, asked the committee to ap
prove a total of $1,548,000 for Navy
installations at Kodiak, Alaska.
Of this, $835,000 would go toward
construction of permanent com
munication facilities at 17th Naval
District Headquarters.
The other $713,000 would be spent
on repair and replacement of docks
and pier at the Naval operating
base in Kodiak.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Aug. 22—Closing
quotations of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
97%, Anaconda 34%, Curtis-Wright
i 1014, International Harvester 31,
i Kennecott 64%, New York Central
14%, Northern Pacific 1714, U. S'.
! Steel 37%, Pound 2.80%.
Sales today were 1,550,000 shares.
Averages today were: industrials
219.79; rails 63.00; utilities 39.56.'
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures tor 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
| • PRECIPITATION •
; • (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today a
a In Juneau—Maximum, 74; •
a minimum, 47. •
a At Airport—Maximum, 76; •
a est temperature tonight about • •
a •
a FORECAST •
• (Joncan and Vicinity) a
a Variable cloudiness to- •
a night and Wednesday. Low- a
a est temeprature tonight about •
a 50. Highest Wednesday near a
a 69. •
a a
a City of Juneau — None; a
a since August 1—1.14 inches; •
a since July 1—11.07 inches. •
a At Airport — None; a
a since August 1—0.85 inches; a
I a since July 1—7.89 inches. a
TOTAL DRAFT
DEMANDED BY
SENATE GROUP
Majority, Armed Services
Committee, Press for
UMT Passage Now
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22— Wl —
Nine Senators who form more than
a majority of the Armed Services
committee demanded today that
Congress stay in session until it
approves universal military training
legislation.
The Senators said one by one in
brief statements that the safety of
the nation can be secured only if
young men are trained in mass to
bear arms.
Their statements came as Secre
tary of Defense Johnson told the
committee that western Europe
lacks sufficient military strength to
slow down an aggressor until Ameri
can help arrives.
He said the United States doesn’t
now have enough trained men to
"meet the threat of total war with
in the time limits which present con
ditions impose.”
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also
testified that universal military
training “is the only satisfactory
long range answer” to the need for a
reservoir of trained men to meet the
"many years of tension in interna
tional affairs” he said probably lies
ahead after the Korean situation is
settled.
WHIZ FISH SUES TO
STOP USE OF NAME
BY COMPETING FIRM
SPOKANE, Aug. 22— t*PI —The
Whiz Fish Products Company, Seat
tle, went into court yesterday to
stop a competitor from using the
name Whiz Distributors, Wholesale
Sea Foods.
The Seattle firm said in its com
plaint that it had registered the
name with the U. S. Patent Office
and had been using the designation
since 1926. It asked damages of $5
000 for alleged loss of business and
injury to reputation and credit.
The Spokane firm is operated by
Richard Williams.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Clark and
Mrs. Louise Miller are among Ket
chikan visitors stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
FIFTY THOUSAND
MAY BE OUT FROM
| RAILROAD STRIKE
‘ WASHINGTON— (A —More rail
| way workers struck today, ignoring
| a White House plea to stay on the
I job,
I The new strikes are in Pittsburgh
I and Chicago.
Like those called yesterday in
Loutseville. Cleveland and Minneap
olis, St. Paul, these are 5-day token
strikes. The idea is to call attention
to a wage-hour dispute that, has
dragged on for 17 months.
All the strikes are comparatively
small, but they are in such key
points that union leaders have es
timated they will put 50.000 men
out of work.
An attempt to settle the dispute
last night dragged on until after
midnight—but got nowhere.
Nevertheless, President Truman’s
top labor negotiator, John R. Steel
man, said he would call the unions
and railroads together again today
for further talks.
There still was no indication that
Mr. Truman planned to seize the
roads.
Steelman said he had specifically
requested the unions to call off
their strikees, but that they had re
fused.
Today’s strikes went off like clock
work.
The Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and Order of Railway
Conductors called the walkout
against U. S. Steel Corporation's
railroad, the Elgin, Joliet and East
ern at Chicago, and the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie Railroad, Pittsburgh.
NO PERSONNEL, POLICY
CHANGES EXPECTED AS
WADE TAKES OYER ANS
Hugh Wade, new area director
of the Alaska Native Service, an
nounced today that no policy or
personnel changes are contemplated
as a result of his taking over leader
ship of the agency.
Wade, formerly assistant regional
director of the Federal Security
Agency, pointed out that the ANS
is an operating agency whose pol
icies are set by the Secretary of the
Interior and the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs.
Don Foster, former head of the
ANS has been assigned to Minne
apolis, Minn., to head the Indian
Service area there.
Wade said his place as assistant
regional director for the Federal
Security Agency will probably be
filled by a U. S. Public Health Ser
vice official, who has not yet been
named.
Ace Juneau Driver Returns
Gerald (Jerry) Taylor, 12, Juneau’s ace Soap Box Derby racer. Is
shown grinning above after returning Thursday from the National
Soap Box Derby championship at' Akron, O., August 13. Jerry, first
Class B racer to represent this rity in the national coasting classic,
is holding the trophy he received for winning the Juneau champion
ship. lie was eliminated at the nationals after a photo-finish show
ed he came out second best in heat 45. (Empire Photo)
UNIFORM
CONTROLS
ARE SEEN
—
Senate Gives President Si
multaneous Across Board
Wage-Price Powers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22— (N’t —
Overwhelming Senate approval of
a home front mobilization bill vir
tually assured President Truman to
day the power to Invoke wage-price
rationing controls and otherwise
gear the nation to a wartime foot
ing.
The Senate passed the emergency
measure last night by a whopping
85 to 3 vote. It did so after writing
in some restrictions on the Presi
dent’s authority which administra
tion forces battled against in vain.
The Senate bill and an economic
controls measure which the House
approved on Aug. 10 are vastly dif
ferent in some essential details, but
both authorize Mr. Truman to im
pose wage-price curbs and other
inflation controls.
So the bill which finally goes to
! the White House—after a Senate
House conference committee irons
out differences between the two
versions—certainly will carry wage,
price-rationing authority.
Overriding vigorous administra
tion opposition, the Senate voted
50 to 36 to require the President
to invoke wage and price controls
simultaneously and virtually across
the board if he Imposed them
at all. The amendment was sponsor
ed by Republican Senators Brlcker
(Ohio) and Wherry (Neb).
That directive killed a section of
the administration bill which would
have let Mr. Truman put wage and
price controls into effect on a sel
ective basis if he cared to, in ad
vance of any overall program.
The House bill permits selective
controls.
I RETAINING WALL BUILT
AS WORK ON EVERGREEN
BOWL ROAD PROGRESSES
A retaining wall has been built
in preparation for filling the bed
of a new city road into Evergreen
Bowl, Mayor Waino Hendrickson
announced today.
The road is being driven into
the Bowl near the south end of the
Calhoun Street bridge over Gold
Creek. Except at the Calhoun Street
end. the roadway will follow Gold
Creek into the recreation area.
Mayor Hendrickson said the road
will not be for the use of private
automobiles but as a way in .which
to get heavy equipment into the
Bowl.
Up until now, equipment taken
into the recreation area has had
to be transported by wheelborrow
over footpaths.
A small city street crew is carry
ing out the job, the Mayor said. The
work is expected to be completed
in about three weeks.
Asked why the city had not ap
plied for matching Public Works
funds for the Job, he said that the
Bowl does not belong to the city
but is used with permission of the
owner, the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company.
He said the city is now investigat
ing the possibility of having the
property deeded to the city by the
mining company.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof due at 7 a.m. tomorrow
from Seattle.
Princess Norah in port from Van
couver and will sail for Skagway
at 11:30 p.m.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tomorrow night
and due to arrive Saturday subject
to settlement of railroad strike.
Alaska due to arrive southbound
Friday.
Chena due to leave Seattle Thurs
day.
Aleutian will sail from Seattle
Saturday and is due to arrive
here Tuesday.
Chilcotin scheduled to arrive here
Thursday from Vancouver.
FROM PETERSBURG
Marguerite Bidwell of Petersburg
is a Euest at the Baranof Hotel.
Yanks Retake Lost Ground
In Heavy Fighting; North
Koreans Seem 'Off Balance'
(By Associated Press)
Red North Korean rorces at
tacked at both ends of the western
front today and were thrown back
by U. S. Infantrymen In heavy
fighting. With their casualties
soaring, the apparently off-balance
Communists seemed unable to get
rolling with their ominously poised
offensives.
The Reds made their heaviest at
tack on the southern end of the
western front, but U. S. 25th Div
ision infantrymen there slammed
shut the attempt to break through
for a drive on Pusan, main United
Nations supply base. The dough
boys retook every inch of ground
they had lost in bitter fighting.
The Reds attacked the U. S. 27th
Regiment on the northern end of
the front. Nine Russian-made
tanks led a battalion of Communists
in the pre-dawn assault. When the
smoke cleared, four of the nine
tanks were knocked out, bringing
the toll to 10 Red tanks in three
nights. No American tanks were
hit.
Behind the lines enemy infil
trators raised Cain, covering roads
with sniper fire. One roadblock
two miles behind U. lines and 10
miles from Taegu was wiped out
after it stalled allied supplies to the
front for two hours. The Amer
icans fought under a rain of heavy
artillery fire.
Allies Hold Firm
But allied forces held firm all
along the battleline against the
combined weight of nine enemy
divisions—90.000 men—poised for
offensives in any of three directions
—down the east coast, from the
north against Taegu, or along the
south coast against Pusan.
On the eastern coastal sector of
the 120-mile Korean battle line, the
South Korean Third Division edged
to a point nine miles north of the
port of Pohang, under the cover of
shelling by U. S. Naval units. Just
to the west of them, the south Kor
ean capital division moved north
and east of Kigye.
On the Naktong front southwest
of Taegu, wearied 24th Infantry
Division troops dug in along the
east bank of the river where they
and Marines had wiped out a
threatening Communist bridgehead.
They kept close watch on another
small Red bridgehead Just north
of them at Hyongpung, 14 miles
southwest of Taegu.
AP Correspondent William Shinn
reported from a Korean port that
i South Korean Marines landed at
Ejak Island, off Inchon, Seoul's
port, yesterday. The landing was
the third made in the area of tht
Yellow Sea off the west coast in the
past week. Other South Korean
Marines advanced on the extreme
southern front from their penin
sular bridgehead on the Tongyong
area, south of Kosong.
Red China's Appeal
With the Red momentum ap
! parently halted on the fronts, ob
servers in the Orient looked upon
Communist China’s appeal to the
U. N. for a "peaceful settlement"
as a possible attempt to save face
and make the best of a worsening
j sitution which might develop into
i a hard defensive war for the Kor
| ean Reds. Reports reaching Hong
j Kong said the buildup of U. N.
I strength in Korea caused Red
leaders to lose heart.
I Such an attitude even has been
hinted in the wording of the Red
communiques from Pyongyang.
Where before they had spoken of
victorious advances, now they are
bemoaning "violent resistance.”
Today the Red radio' announced
that allied bombings had killed or
wounded 11,582 civilians and de
stroyed 11 important industrial
plants.
Against this changing background,
the Security Council was called to
meet again <2 p.m., EST) for what
appeared certain to be its ninth
I no-progress session on Korea. Con
| tinuation of the blockade on pro
! cedure by Russia's Jakob A. Malik,
1 President for August, was expected.
If We Go North
If the United Nations decides to
push its police action in Korea be
yond the 38th Parallel which div
ides North and South Korea, more
funds than the $10,500,000,000 asked
by President Truman may be need
i ed. Secretary of Defense Johnson
has estimated that the fighting
j might end about February if the
police action stops at the 38th Par
allel. High command planning has
been based on stopping the action
there.
One result of the Korean war will
be to give thq United States a total
of 17 Army divisions, a Fleet In
cluding 23 carriers of various types
in operation and an Air Force of
69 groups. This was the outlin;
which emerged in testimony by de
fense officials on the President's
request ior funds to prosecute tin
Korean war in the name of the
] U. N.
I Navy officials said the program
for Navy expansion envisions In
creasing combatant ships from 243
nder the present budget to 282,
and bringing the total number of
operating ships to 911. The total
number of planes for Navy and
Marine squadrons will rise from
6,233 to 7.33S.
The Tuesday afternoon (Korea
time i war summary of the U. N.
Commander, Gen. MacArthur, said
land based allied planes smashed
again at the hinterland held by the
Reds. Destroying eight tanks, six
buildings, three boxcars, two trucks,
four big gun positions and an arm
ored car. Other equipment was
damaged. B-26 bombers struck
j Monday night at Red airfields.
B-29's hit Chongjln North Kor
ea, with 700 tons of bombs.
A British Sunderland flying boat
squadron patrolled the southwestern
Korea coast to thwart sea move
| ment of supplies to the Reds whose
> land Unas Juure bean chewed to
J bits by air attacks.
STRIKEON
| CANADIAN
i RAILROADS
MONTREAL, Aug. 22—<*>— More
than 124,000 railway workers walked
off their Jobs today In Canada’s
first nationwide rail strike. Prime
Minister Louis St. Laurent announc
ed after an emergency cabinet meet
ing in Ottawa that Parliament is
being summoned to meet at once
to deal with the crisis.
The Prime Minister said the gov
ernment must act to protect the
national interest in what would
otherwise develop quickly into a
’’serious emergency.”
Stand-by services swung into ac
tion at once to ease the tie-up cris
is, but some areas faced,, grave
threats of food shortages.
Parliament has been in recess,
but had been due to be recalled soon
in any case because of the interna
tional situation. The Prime Minister
summoned it "to meet at once so
hat the representatives of all tho
oeople may act together in discharg
'ng their responsibilities to meet the
situation.”
Government mediation efforts
which began last Saturday ended
this morning with union leaders
aylng “that’s all—no settlement.” -
They sought increased pay and a
!0-hour week instead of the present
18-hour week. Management’s offer
to pay scales under a 44-hour week
were rejected.
ANCHORAGE PLUMBERS
AGREE TO END STRIKE
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 22— W —
Plumbers union members (AFL> ac
cepted last night the terms of an
Anchorage area strike settlement.
Secretary of Defense Johnson re
cently denounced the strike as a
hreat to national security. The
.greement to end it was reached
at a conference with Federal con
ciliators in Seattle a week ago.
The plumbers were to return to
their jobs on civilian and military
projects this afternoon and to
morrow.
The agreement calls for a basic
cale of $3 50 an hour. The old scale
was $3. The new agreement also
calls for one hour of straight time
travel to the local military base; time
and a half for the ninth hour of
work daily and for all Saturday
work: double time Sunday. On re
mote jobs, the ninth and .tenth
hours would be at time and a half
during five-day weeks.