THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXV1II., NO. 11,924
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Over $118,000 Collected
Past Year from City Sales
Tax; Improves City Status
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Revolt Staged
In Argentina
Against Peron
Is Swiftly Put Down
According to Report by
Official State Radio
By FRED L. STROZIER
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept.
28—(fl—The official state radio an
nounced today a revolt was staged
by two former army generals against
the government of Juan D. Peron
and was swiftly put down.
The radio, a short time after an- ;
nouncing civil war had broken out
in Argentina, declared the govern
ment quelled the rising headed by
former Gen. Arturo Rawson and
former Gen. Benjamin Menendez.
Rawson was a leader of a 1943 re
bellion which placed him in the
presidency Just two days.
There was no information avail
able from other sources. The capital
has been closed down tightly, with
business establishments shuttered.
There were many rumors of troop
movements, but fthese, too, could not
be confirmee!. J'
No fighting was observed in the
streets of Buenos Aires except for
sporadic fist fights. But a large
crowd was pouring into the Plaza
De Mayo in front of Peron's offices,
shouting “La Vida por Peron” (our
lives for Peron.)
(In Washington observers close
to Argentine affairs said the revol
ution may have been a bona fide
one, but could have been a staged
affair to whip up sentiment for
Peron in the forthcoming Nov. 11
elections in which he is a candidate
to succeed himself. However there
have been many reports of army
dissatisfaction with the regime.)
nawauu active uciuic
Rawson overthrew the govern
ment of President Ramon S. Castillo
in 1943, and was president for two
days before he was ousted.
Rawson was arrested, ousted from
the army and sent to prison for six
months on a charge of being in
volved in a short-lived revolt of
the Cordoba garrison in September,
1945.
The general confederation of la
bor, backbone of the Peron regime
which has held undisputed rule of
this country since 1946, first an
nounced a revolt by “some military
men” and ordered workers in the
capital to mass in the square in
front of the president’s offices. ...
Peron, Wife Not Seen
By noon thousands had poured
into the Plaza Mayo. There was
no sign of either Peron of his wife,
who was the target of army criticism
recently.
Office workers in the presidential
palace leaned from the windows
and balconies, but there was no
indication that Peron was in the
Casa Rosada. Mrs. Peron has been
ill for a week and has not been at
her office.
The state radio repeated inces
santly the announcement that state
of “internal war” existed and that
army officers participating in the
uprising woidd .be. shot. This an
nouncement was in the form of an
official decree..
PERON APPEARS
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept.
28—<41—The state radio announced
rebellion and civil war broke out
in Argentina today and was swiftly
crushed, with its leaders in flight.
A few hours after the reported
surrender of the rebels, President
Juan D. Peron appeared on the
balcony of the presidential palace.
A multitude of workers, ordered to
the square by the government-con
trolled labor confederation, cheered
his appearance.
“A group of bad Argentinians dis
honored the uniform of the father
land,” Peron told (be crowd. "But
most of our leaders and officials
wear this uniform with honor.”
“To the scaffold!” yelled many
in the crowd.
Person said officers responsible
for the rising would face the pen
alty of the law.
Assassination Planned
Peron told the crowd the rebels
plotted to kill him and his wife,
Eva Duarte Peron, but were
thwarted by his non-appearance at
a scheduled ceremony at Campo
Mayo garrison on the outskirts of
the city, where the revolt started.
The presidential appearance, he said
was cancelled at the last minute.
The collections of the Juneau city
sales and service tax has materi
ally improved the city’s financial
position from the standpoint of bond
retirement. Mayor Waino Hendrick
son revealed today.
R. L. Shephard, Vice President of
Grande and Co. of Seattle, which is
handling the city's bond issues, re
cently wrote Hendrickson, "If re
ceipts from collection of your sales
tax continue at the \urrent level,
you will have sufficient surplus to
call all of the then outstanding
$113,000 of bonds of the 1948 issue
at the first call date (July 1, 1955)
and $195,000 of the 1949 issue (April
1, 1956).
“In fact, unless you sell additional
bonds *i the interim, Juneau may
well be in the enviable position oi
being debt-free in a relatively few
years,” he wrote.
Hendrickson pointed out that re
tiring the bonds on a short schedule
will save the city nearly $50,000 in
interest over a 20-year period.
3118,758.62 Collected
During the past year a total of
$118,758.62 has been collected from
the sales tax. This is all earmarked
for bond retirement.
In the first quarter consisting ol
August and September 1950. after
the tax went into effect, $22,669.46
was collected. The last quarter of
last year realized $33,281.81. The
first quarter of this year brought in
$28,786.28 and the second quarter,
$34,021.05.
Sales tax for the third is due for
payment beginning next Monday.
Another Bond Issue Needed
Among the first business of the
new city council, which is to be
elected next Tuesday, will be con
sideration of a bond issue for street
improvements, fire department
equipment and for the completion
of the new Municipal Safety Build
ing this coming year.
Street improvements for next year
are to consist of underground work
on sewers and drainage, sidewalks
and street paving.
Badly needed new equipment for
the fire department, will, when put
in operation, move the classifica
tion of Juneau up from a low Six to
a Five rating for the purpose of
establishing fire insurance rates.
This will reduce the rates paid by
individuals and businesses and be a
material saving to residents.
Funds not to exceed $300,000 will
be needed to build the remainder
of the Municipal Safety building to
house city offices and have a per
manent jail. The fire department
section of the building is due for
occupancy in late November or early
December of thus year.
Sharp
Attacks
By Reds
Communist Troop
Movements Sharpened
as Truce Talks Bogged
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 28—W—
Communist forces launched a series
of sharp attacks last night at widely
scattered points across 50 miles of
the Korean battle front.
Behind the lines, they rolled a
mass of men and supplies toward
the front along all the major north
! south roads across the waist of the
Korean peninsula. V
They took advantage of a moon
less night. But Allied planes con
verged on the main arteries and
the U.8. Fifth Air Force said
its pilots destroyed 508 Communist
vehicles and damaged 613—a re
cord. The old mark was 964, set
Wednesday.
The roving airmen attacked more
than 1,700 trucks from dusk 'Thurs
day to dawn Friday, the Fifth Air
Force said.
The tempo of Communist troop
and transport activity sharpened as
efforts to revive the stalled truce
talks reached a virtual standstill.
The Communist forces threw their
sharpest attacks in the Yonchbn
and Chorwon sectors near western
Korea’s iron triangle, and in the
east-central area at Heartbreak
Ridge and the Punchbowl heights.
The Reds lobbed artillery and
mortar shells throughout Thursday
night at Allied Infantrymen dug in
just below the crest of Heartbreak,
a hill mass north of Yanggu.
William H. Miller of Detroit,
Mich., is at the Baranof Hotel.
U. S. and Italy Sign Treaty
In a move lo ease restrictions imposed pn Italy by its World War II treaty, Italy and the United States
sign a treaty at the State Department tn Washington. Guiseppe Pella, Italian Minister of Budget, (right
foreground) signs as Italian Prime Minister Alcide deGSsperi (left, rear) and U. S. Secretary of State
Dean Acheson (seated left) look on smiling. Also witnessing the ceremony are Italian Ambassador Al
berto Tarchiana (standing center) and Assistant V. S. Secretary of State tjeorge W. Perkins (standing
right). UP) WiCephoto.
Water Rates
Reduced by
City Council
The Juneau and Nelson water
companies will be directed by the
;ity to return to their old rates un
less they can show cause before
Nov. 1 why the rates should be
raised.
A 5-cent per foot moorage fee for
boats in the small boat harbor is to
stricken from a city ordinance re
cently passed by the council.
These and many other actions
were taken at a regular meeting of
she Juneau City Council last night.
Keeps No Books
Discussion regarding the increas
ed rates by the water companies
brought out for the past two years
the Juneau Water Co., had promised
to install a business-like book
keeping system on its operation as
a public utility and that nothing had
been done.
Request by the council for a re
port by the water company have
produced vague estimates of in
vestments and operation costs, C. J.
Ehrendreich, city accountant said.
It was stated that no accurate books
of the company’s business were
kept and that R. F. Lewis, owner
of the company, kept his records in
i small black notebook and in his
head. t
Councilman Bert McDowell in
quired of Ehrendreich if the com
pany was making an excessive pro
fit judging on the basis of the in
complete report received. Ehren
dreich replied, “No, but the com
pany uses estimates of labor costs
and other items instead of true
ligures and it is difficult to arrive
at any net valuation to establish
a base rate. A compromise figure
was arrived at $125,000 net valua
tion.”
McDowell moved that both water
companies be notified to reduce
water rates established two years
ago, that refunds be made to users
and that if a raise was needed that
a regular hearing be held before
Nov. 1.
An ordinance on the books pro
vides that the water company be
permitted a fair return on its in
vestment but does not define a
“fair return.”
It was pointed out that both the
light and power company and the
telephone company had filed satis
factory reports and hearings had
teen held to establish fair rates
on their services and it would
be discriminatory not to require
the same from the water companies.
Petition Presented
A petition bearing 59 signatures,
54 of them boat owners, protesting
the additional 5-cent per lineal foot
increase which is to become effec
tive for moorage in the small boat
harbor Nov. 1.
The petition stated that each
of the boats in the harbor put
from $1,000 to $15,000 annually into
circulation in the City of Juneau
for supplies, repairs, equipment, and
various services offered by busi
ness men in the city. It contended
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Barbara Changes Planes
- -—
Accompanied by her son, John, 4, Actress Barbara Payton, central
figure In the Franchot Tone-Tom Neal brawl, pauses at Midway
airport, Chicago to change planes. She is cn route from Hollywood
to her home in Cloquet, Minn., near Duluth. In response to qutestlons
from newsmen, Barbara said: “I’m definitely going to marry Franchot
Tone.” UP) Wirephoto.
Thousand Warplanes
Are Maneuvering
In Weslern Europe
By Associated Press
More than 1,000 warplanes arc
maneuvering today in western Eu
rope. . .They’re testing .their ability
to withstand an enemy assault. And,
incidentally, they are a gauge to the
western defense buildup and a
warning to any potential aggressor.
The planes are from Britain, the
United States, France, Belgium
Holland, Denmark, Norway and
Italy.
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK, Sept. 28-^Pi—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Junea
mine stock today is 3, American Can
116*4, American Tel. and Tel. 138
Anaconda 48*4, Douglas Aircral'
59%, General Electric 61%, General
Motors 51*4, Goodyear 46%, Ken
necqtt 84%, Libby McNeill and
Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 56.
Standard Oil of California 52
Twentieth Century Fox 21*4, U. S.
Steel 42%, Pound $2.79 15 16, Ca
nadian Exchange 94.81%.
Sales today were 1,390,000 shar
Averages today were as follow
' industrials 271.16, rails 84.76, util
' ities 45.67.
Churchill Puts
Out Manifesto,
British Election
By Associated Press
Winston Churchill called upon
Britain today to free itself of soclal
: m in order to rebuild its life at
une and its prestige abroad.
In a conservative party manifesto
the 76-year-old former Prime Min
ister asserted that the October 25th
general election may well be the
turning point in the fortunes and
even life of Britain. He said:
"There must be no illusions about
our difficulties and dangers.”
Churchill demanded an end to
rlass warfare and a growth in na
tional unity. He blamed what he
ailed the “frantic extravagances”
if the labor government for de
valuation of the pound on Septem
ber 18, 1949.
Ship Movements
Princess Louise sails from Van
couver Sept. 29, arriving at Juneau
Oct. 2.
Alaska scheduled to arrive south
bound Monday at 6 p.m.
Denali sails from Seattle today
arriving at Juneau Oct. X.
No-Hifter
Hurled by
Reynolds
NEW YORK. Sept. 28—Allle
Reynolds, the big Cherokee Indian
from Oklahoma, pitched a magnifi
cent no-hit game, his second of the
season, as the Yankees smashed the
Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in the first
?amf of today’s doubleheader and
clinched a tie for their third straight
American League pennant.
Only once before in all major
league baseball did a pitcher deliver
two no-hitters in a single campaign
Johnny VanderMeer performed that
feat in 1938 for the Cincinnati Reds.
Reynolds became the first American
Leaguer ever to deliver a pair of
no-hitters in a season.
When catcher Yogi Bera circled
a couples of times and gathered in
Ted Williams’ high foul in front
of the Yankee dugout for the final
out, the entire Bomber team poured
out to engulf Yogi in a Joyous mot
scene. In another instant Reynolds
were getting the same happy treat
ment.
The Yankee fielders did not
have a single hard chance in the
entire contest, so absoldte was
Reynolds' domination of the Sox
batters. He struck out nine, and
only 17 balls were hit fair off his
terrific fast ball and sharp-break
ing curves.
It lacked only four walks of being
a perfect game. Two of Reynolds’
passes came after two were away.
One was wjped out on a cute double
play en gtjewfcr/ fej' slffortstop Phil
Rizzuto. The otitis perished on
first.
The big Indian’s other no-hitter
this year was hurled against the
Cleveland.!.Indian?in Cleveland, a
1-0 vietorJ*T>n Jin&JB.
Get to ftirnell
While Reynold* Was spinning his
magic, the Yaotyf jost no time in
getting to, Mel Mtmell, starting Sox
lefty, for th,3 twv«W»s they needed
ir» v***) «■» * - TH f
the winning run grossed before a
Yank was retired.
Most of the drama’ was packed
into the final inning. Reynolds got
the first Sox batter, pinch hitter
Charlie Maxwell, on a roller to sec
ond. Then he Wavered and gifted
Dom DIMagglo with hl’s fourth pass.
There was a roar through the
Bronx as Johnny Pesky watched a
third strike go. past for the second
out, and thgt; hxpUfth^ up the one
md only Ted WfHffmks.
With a strike op him, the lanky
slugger lofted a high foul which
came down just back of the plate.
It hit Berra's big mitt and then
bounced off as Yogi sprawled on
the ground and the crowd groaned.
But on the next pitch Ted again
hoisted one high overhead, and this
ime Yogi didn't miss.
Airplane
Wreckage
Reported
Search Party Landed on
Mt. Susitna-Bodies
Reported Sighted
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 28
VP1—An Air Force search party
landed last night on Mt. Susitna.
10 miles northwest of here, to in
vestigate airplane wreckage reported
'")y a prospector.
The Elmendorf £ir Force base
oubllc information office said a
hree-man crew and the prospector,
3111 Lyons, were flown by helicopter
o a mountain ledge near the
wreckage. An on-the-spot check
will be made today.
Lyons reported yesterday he
stumbled upon the aircraft near
the top of the 4,397 foot mountain
while investigating mining possi
bilities. He said he found six
bodies, four inside the plane and
two nearby.
Capt. Ronald Green, 39th Air
Depot Wing PIO, said no planes
were reported missing in the area.
Airmen said they believed the
search party would find the wreck
age that of a C-47 which crashed
Sept. 10, 1950, killing five persons
Bodies of the victims were recovered
after the crash and airmen said
they were unable to account for
the bodies reported by Lyons.
MaJ. Joseph C. Rollins, of the air
craft investigating board; Maj. Z
J. Beczewski, of the para-medics,
Sgt. Howard Morrah, a trail crew
man, and Lyons made up the search
1 party.
1 — EMPIRE WANT ADS PAT —
Charges of Perjury,
Deception Are Hurled
Against Sen. McCarthy
Agreement May
Avert Coast
Strike Sunday
Tentative Pact Reported
Reached; Four Points
Are Given Outline
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28—(jPI
—A tentative contract agreement,
which miSht avert a threatened
coast maritime strike Sunday mid
night, was reported *here today.
Harry Lundeberg, secretary-trea
:urer of the AFL Sailors Union of
the Pacific, reported union negoti
ators said a tentative agreement
had been reached with shipowners
in major points In dispute.
Lundeberg, Just before going into
i stopwork meeting here, said the
agreement included the following
points:
1. Overtime to be paid at the rate
of time and a half—unprecedented
■n the maritime industry.
2. Wage raises ranging from $25
to $70 a month. (Sailors now receive
from $198.50 to $341 a month, plus
l $7 50 clothing allowance.!
3. Manning scale increased to one
ixtra day man on all offshore ships.
4. Shipowners to increase contri
butions to the union welfare fund
from 25 to 50 cents u day.
In view of these gains, Lundeberg
said the negotiating committee
would recommend against a strike
until negotiations were completed
"sometime Sunday.”
There was no immediate comment
from Capt. C. F. May, head of the
Masters, and PWts, whose
contract also expires Sunday mid
night.
Both the sailors and the masters,
mates and pilots have authorized
strike action if negotiations fall.
Coast Sailors
Are Discussing
Strike Action
By Associated Press
AFL sailors will talk over possible
strike action today In a series
of stop-work meetings up and down
the Pacific Coast. The meetings
were called by union leaders after
failure to come to terms with ship
owners on a new contract. Current
working agreements expire Sunday.
The sailors union, along with the
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots Un
ion, has authorized strike action If
the negotiations fail.
Freight Embargo
To Be Lifted by
Northwest Airlines
SEATTLE, Sept. 28— 1*1 —North
west Airlines announces the lifting
>f its recent air freight embargo
between Seattle and Anchorage.
Plans to increase the service also
were announced.
Early this week, Northwest es
tablished the newest of several em
bargoes because it had more air
reight than it could handle.
Its backlog was down to 9,000
pounds today.
Thomas W. Marshall, district
sales manager in the Seattle area,
said service will increase, beglnlng
Sunday, with the addition of two
weekly round trips by a Douglas
DC-4, an all-cargo plane with an
18,000-pound capacity
With increased facilities, North
west will make 21 trips weekly,
WEATHER REPORT
(U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
Temperatures for 34-Hour Period
ending 0 20 o'clock thla morning
At Airport: Maximum, 57;
Minimum, 34.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday with scattered rain
showers. Low temperature
tonight about 44 and highest
temperature Saturday about
50.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
At Airport — Trace;
since July 1—8.85 inches.
aaaaatlti
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 — Cfl —
Senator Benton (D-Conn) today ac
cused Senator McCarthy (R-Wls)
of “perjury and deception of the
American people" in pressing his
Communists-in-govermnent charges.
Benton made the accusation under
oath at a public hearing on his
[ resolution looking toward the possi
bility of ousting McCarthy from
the Senate.
He said his testimony would help
a Senate Rules subcommittee decide
whether McCarthy "has committed
perjury and whether he has prac
ticed calculated deceit on both the
U.S. Senate and the American peo
ple.”
The Connecticut Senator called
the attention of the subcommittee
to 10 "case studies" of persons at
tacked by McCarthy on loyalty
grounds.
He declared:
“All these 10 eases fit Into my
general charges against 8enat«r
McCarthy of perjury and decep
tion of the Senate, and, through
his role as a Senator, deception
of the American people.”
The “case studies” listed by Sen
ator Benton included:
“Case number one establishes that
Senator McCarthy apparently lied
under oath to a Senate Foreign Re
lations subcommittee last year by
denying he had said In a speech at
Wheeling, W. Va., that there aye
“205 Communists In the State De
partment known to the Secretary qt
State.’ This case further indicates
deliberate deception of the Senate
by Senator McCarthy In altering
the text of that seneatlonal speeoh
when he read It into the Congres
sional Record.
Lack of Character
“Case, number two illuminates the
lack of character. etMtfcl standard",
and integrity of Senator McCarthy
by detailing his acceptance of
$10,000 from the Lustron Corpora
tion, a corporation which had had
a vital interest in the outcome of
the deliberations of a Senate Hous
ing Committee presided over by
Senator McCarthy as acting chair
man and vice-chairman, and a
corporation dependent en the RFC,
which in turn is the concern of the
Banking and Currency committee
of which Senator McCarthy was a
member.”
The $10,000 McCarthy reoeived
from Lustron was for a booklet on
housing put out under his name.
“Case number three highlights
Senator McCarthy’s efforts to hoax
the Senate with the Incredible
charge that General George Catlett
Marshall has been part of a ‘con
spiracy so Immense and an Infamy
so black as to dwarf any previous
such venture In the history of man.”
“MENTAL MIDGETMCCARTHY
SANTA FE, Sept. 28—<*1—Senator
McCarthy (R-Wis) again today
called Senator Benton (D-Conn)
a “mental midget" and refused to
comment on Benton’s statement to
a Senate subcommittee that Mc
Carthy “has committed perjury
and has practiced calculated deceit.”
McCarthy, who has campaigned
vigorously against asserted Com
munists in government, arrived here
by plane at 3 a.m. He is_to address
two sessions of the Republican
party’s midwest and Rocky Moun
tain state chairmen’s association.
Senate Turns Down
Closing 'Loophole'
In One Tax Issue
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20 — tffi —
The Senate*as refused to cut down
tax depletion allowances on oil.
?as and other minerals.
By a vote of 71 to 9, Senators
voted down an amendment by Sen
ator Humphrey (D-Minn) which he
said would close one of the “inex
cusable loopholes" In the tax laws.
President Truman had asked Con
fess particularly to reduce the al
lowance-allowed for tax purposes
—on oil and gas Income, describing
it one of the biggest loop holes in
the laws.
Opponents contended that allow
ances are necessary as a tax incen
tive to exploration for new sources
of oil and other depleted natural
resources. ’
Humphrey charged present allow
ances amount to an annual $750.
000,000 subsidy to oil, gas and min
ing Interests.
Earlier the (Senate also .had re
jected a proposed two percent tax
on pari-mutuel race track bets and
J a 20 percent withholding tax on
winnings. ___