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ASI Official |
Asks Few Land
Bill Changes
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 12—
MV-'The Alaska Salmon Industry
Inc., went on record before a House
subcommittee Saturday favoring the
Bartlett Bill to settle aboriginal
rights in Alaska—with a proviso.
The provision was that a few'
amendments should be made to the
measure.
Attorney W. C. Arnold said the
high tide mark should be used in
parcelling out any award lands.
This, he said, would prevent barring
of the beaches for logging or other
commerce.
Arnold also said the bill should
state that it does not repeal the
Tongass timber sales act of 1947,
which allows the U. S. Forest Ser
vice to sell timber to pulp mills.
Of the several Indian leaders
testifying, a sensation was created
by Ray Jones of Kasaan, a member
of the Haida Tribe. He quoted Ar
nold as saying the U. S. treaty ces
sion with Russia was governed
by Russian action which had ex
tinguished Native land claims.
Jones said the treaty never had'
been ratified by the Haida na
tion or other Alaska Natives.
The hearings conclude today.
Peron Is
Winner in
Election
BUENOS AIRES, NOV. 12—UP!— j
Argentina has returned President j
Juan D. Peron to another six years
of power in a record-bfeaking elec- !
tion which gave him a thumping!
majority over his main opposition,!
Peron’s chief opponents, the Rad- |
ical Party, conceded his overwhel- '
ming victory on the basis of govern
ment figures and unofficial incom- |
plete returns from yesterday's el
ection.
With about one-third of the votes !
counted, the Interior Ministry an
nounced early today that Peron had
a total of 1,503,161 votes to 719,,235
for Dr. Ricardo Balbin, Radical
Party candidate.
The pro-government press hailed !
Peron’s victory as a vote of con- !
fidence by <he people. It said his !
final majority will be bigger than
in his first election in 1946, when
he polled 55 percent.
Radical leaders declared that wo- '
men, voting for the first time in
an Argintina general election, were :
the main instrument in the Peron j
victory.
The opposition claimed there had
been some irregularities in the vote
counting. They said that, according
to their own count, at least five
and possibly seven of their candi
dates won Congressional seats in
the capital,, which sends 30 deput
ies to Congress.
AT THE GASTINEAU
Lillian Copenhaver of Olympia,
Wash., is stopping at the Gastineau
Hotel.
BARLOWS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Lbs Barlow from
Wrangell are at the Baranof Ho
tel.
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TheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
(CooyrUht, 1951. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
WAsHINGTON — Despite Presi
dent Truman's 1948 whistle-stop
campaign based on protecting the
nation from big business, his ad- J
ministrators have now decided to,
put one of the biggest metal com- 1
panies in the world in the already i
tightly held aluminum business.
They are awarding the cheap gov
ernment water power from Hungry
Horse Dam in Montana to the Ana
conda Copper Company, despite vig
orous objections by Mr. Truman’s
own Justice Department that the
contract violates the principle of
the Sherman Antitrust Act.
They are also closing their eyes
to the criminal record of Anaconda,
whose Anaconda Wire and Cable
Company was twice convicted of
war frauds during World War II
for selling defective wire to the
armed forces—wire which, if not
detected, might have caused the
loss of American troops in battle.
, Ironic fact is that a small busi
ness firm, the Harvey Machine
Company of Los Angeles, was about
to receive an RPC loan to help
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Lana's Latest!
Actress Lana Turner cuddles up to Fernanda Lamas, Argentine aetor
and singer, during a surprise appearance at Ciro's nightclub in Hol
lywood. Some filmdom gossipers have suspected a romance between
the two, tut this was th'eir first public appearance together. Miss
Turner recently separated from her husband, Bob Topping, alter |
three years of marriage, while Lamas is separated from his wife.
[ifl Wirephoio.
That for You'
It wasn’t that cute little Mimi
Hilling, 3, cf Evanston, 111., didn't
lik'e her task of posing, publicizing
the 1951 Christmas Seals. She just
got tired of posing—and uncere
moniously stuck her tongue out
at the photographer. (/PI Wire
photo.
'Back to School’
featured Tonight
By Juneau Schools
"Back to School" night will be
featured tonight when the Juneau ]
schools hold open house from 7:30
to 9 o’clock. Parents are invited
to visit the school classrooms, talk
with their children’s teachers and
view classroom art.
The Colonial art exhibit featur
ing reproductions of famous paint
ings will be held in the grade school
gymnasium during the open house.
Max Lewis, art instructor for the
schools is in charge ol arranging
the exhibit.
The paintings are on loan to the
schools and may be purchased. A
small admission will be charged
and the money will be used to buy
pictures;
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• Low tide 7:20 a.m., 3.0 ft. •
• High tide 1:24 p.m., 18.5 ft. •
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Father Asks
Highest Medal
For Dead Son
GLENWOCD SPRINGS, Col. Nov.
12—1/P)— A retired World War I
army captain today awaited word
from President Truman in answer
to the-question: "Has my criticism
of the administration kept my dead
son from getting the Congressional
Medal of Honor?”
Eugene R. Guild, now a Glen
wood Springs rancher, wrote the
President Nov. 1. He says he has
received no word from the White
House or Defense Department as
yet.
"No comment,” Presidential Press
Secretary Joseph Short said last
night in Key West, Fla., where the
President is vacationing.
In his letter to Mr. Truman,
Guild said his son, 25-year-old
Marine Lt. John Guild, and an
other officer, Lt. Henry Alfred
Commiskey, fought side by side
dining a battle for Hill 85 near
Inchon in Korea. Commiskey sur
vived and was awarded the Medal
of Honor—the nation's highest
military award. Guild died Sept.
20, 1950, and a Navy cross was
posthumously awarded.
Guild, in releasing his letter to
reporters late Saturday, emphasized
that he is not challenging Lt. Com
miskey’s right to the Medal.
The letter said, in part:
This is to ask you aboift evidences
of political tampering with awards
for the heroism of our fighting
men in Korea.
“In the now famous capture of
Hill 85 near Inchon, two young
Marines led their attacking plat
oons through a barrage of fire. One
boy killed seven of the enemy and
remained unscathed. The other boy,
well out in front of his men, killed
two of the enemy and was fatally
wounded.
“Marine Corps eyewitnesses, de
ciding that each of the bo^js had
exhibited tihe same degree of
heroism, recommended to higher
authorities the safe award for
each boy—the Navy Cross.
"Some time later,” the letter con
tinued, “the father of the dead
boy severely criticized the President
for his battlefield appeasement
which shackled the hands of Ameri
can fighting men and hnd killed his
son and thousands of others.
“Subsequently, when the decora
tions were awarded, the boy whose
father publicly criticized the Presi
dent, received the Navy Cross and
the other was awarded the Congres
sional Medal of Honor.”
FROM SEATTLE
Hampden illami Smith, Pan Am
erican World Ajrways mechanic
from Seattle, arrived here last week,
to assist on engine repairs on a
! PAA freighter bound for Fairbanks.
Seattle Man Is
Named to Korean
Fish Agency
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—IjW—A
former Washington State fisheries
director, Milo Moore of Seattle, has
teen named Fisheries Consultant
to the United Nations Korean Re
construction Agency, Senator Mag
nuson (D-Wash) said today.
Moore returned from Greece last
summer after serving 27 months
as chief of the Economic Coopera
tion Administration fisheries pro
gram there.
He will remain on the Pacific
Coast for the next several months,
Magnuson said, to gather informa
tion on boats and gear and to ready
a program which can be placed in
operation in Korea when conditions
permit.
Former Coal
Miner lo Head
Mines Bureau
KEY WEST, Fla,, Nov. 12—UPI—
President Truman has named John
J. Forbes, one-time coal miner In
Pennsylvania, to head up the gov
ernment’s Bureau of Mines.
The President gave Forbes a re
cess appointment as director of the t
Bureau of Mines to succeed James
Boyd, who quit recently to enter
private industry.
Forbes has been with the bureau
since 1915. He has been chief of
the bureau’s health and safety di
vision since 1948.
After starting out as a coal miner,
he later received his degree in min
ing engineering from Pennsylvania
State College.
U. S. Promotes
Austrian Envoy j
to Ambassador
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 — 1/PI —
The United States today promoted
its envoy! to Austria from the rank
of Minister to Ambassador in a new
gesture cf support for the anti
communist Austrian regime.
At the same time Under Secretary
of State James E. Webb called on
Soviet Russia to live up to its
wartime 1943 pledge and agree with
the western powers to withdraw all
occupation troops and restore full
freedom and independence to Aus
tria.
The boost in the rank of the en
voy to Austria was announced by
making pubiiCian exchange of notes
between Webb and Dr. Ludwig Kel
inwaechter, Austrian envoy here.
Career diplomat Walter J. Don
nelly, now at Vienna, becomes Am
bassador and High Commissioner.
Kelinwaechter likewise becomes
an Ambassador, the top ranking
foreign representative of a govern
ment.
The United States acted alone.
Britain and France are still rep
resented at Vienna by ministers, but
presumably will follow suit. I
Missing Flier
Reported Found
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Nov. 12—
UR—The CAA reports that a missing
flier has been located three mile;,
south of Skwentna. The CAA said
the man was safe but had no de
tails on the condition of the plane
in which the Alaska Railroad diesel
mechanic was making a round
robin, cross-country flight.
The missing pilot was Richard D
George, 25, a prominent Anchorage
bowler with only 30 hours flying
experience.
The CAA and Elmendorf An
Force base officials reported George
left Merrill Field, Anchorage's civ-1
ilian airfield, at 8:45 a.m., Saturday
in a Cub J-3. He was due back at
12:15 p.m., after a trip via Skwentna
and Talkeetna. The plane had no
radio but carried emergency equip
ment.
Reports at Skwentna Indicated an
.unidentified plane was heard over
the field around 10 a.m., Saturday
morning in a heavy snowstorm.
Stock Markets
Observe Holiday
NEW YORK, Nov. 12—W—Fin
ancial and commodity markets all,
through the United States were j
closed today in observance of Arm-:
istice Day.
J. H. Anderson of Seward is at,
Gastineau Hotel.
Memorial Library Dedicated
Here to Memory of Soldiers
Of Two World Wars
Juneau honored the methory of1
its soldiers of two World wars Sun
day with Armistice Day activities
which included an impressive par
ade and the dedication of the Mem
orial Library building.
Crowds lined the streets in yes
terday's clear, crisp air to watch
the parade comprised of veterans
and service and civic units and the
high school band. The parade, which
started from the city dock, wound
its way up Franklin Street to the
services at the new city library. The
Instructors detachment of the Al
aska National Guard led the par
ade, followed by a detachment of
the Coast Guard from the cutter
Storis; the Juneau high school
band; members of the Company C
and Headquarters, Headquarters and
Service company, 208th Infantry:
members of Headquarters and
Headquarters, of the Alaska Na
tional Guard; the Veterans of For
eign Wars colors guard; the Am
erican Legion color guard; and the
Women of the Moose drill team.
The parade units lined up in
front of the Memorial Library and
j ell out after the band played "Stars
and Stripes Forever,” directed by
Hermann Kuhlmann.
Dedicatory Services
The crowd went to the basement
of the library, where dedicatory
services were held. The girls of the
nigh school chorus led the crowd of
about 500 persons in the singing of
"God Bless America.” The girls
of the Triple Trio of the cWbrus sang
‘ In Flanders Field.”
B. Frank Hblntzleman made the
opening remarks and introduced
Mrs. Saxon Snow, Juneau American
1 egion Post commander: Jack Stur
tsvant, Auke Bay American Legion
jiost commander; and James Burn
i tte, Juneau VFW post commander.
Helntzleman, chairman of the lib
l ary board, introduced r! E. Rob
i rtson, who made the dedicatory
>eech. He complimented Robert
for his long career , of public
service.
Robertson quoted Seneca In say
ing, “There must be a bond be
tween you and others readers of
good books.”
"X hope all of you will take ad
vantage of its (the library) oppor
tunities. I am so convinced a good
use of a public library is a vital in
centive to the progress of our coun
try,” Robertson declared.
“I am confident a wide knowledge
gained through reading the thoughts
of the great who have registered
them in writing, or on whose behalf
others have registered them, will
never permit us to foresake the
doctrines of freedom upon which
our nation is founded,” he said.
Dedicated to Veterans
The speaker reminded the audi
ence that the very principles of the'
library are dedicated to the veterans
of both World Wars. He concluded
by saying:
“May this library’s facilities be
used by you and me, by all of us,
in such manner and to such good
end that the sacrifices made by
those veterans—by all who have
fought for freedom—shall not be in
vain.”
The granite tablet was presented
by VFW Commander Burnette who
said he was sure . .our comrades
would approve of the time and
money spent in this memorial t^uilt
by our people.”
The hermetically sealed, copper
box filled with items of interest of
the times was presented by Elmer
Friend, of the Empire. Heintzle
man said the box would be placed
in the walls of the new building to
be uncovered by later generations.
Heintzleman then made his talk
presenting the building to Juneau
through Mayor Waino Hendrickson
and members of the city council.
The mayor thanked the board for
its hard work and said, “We know
this is a fitting memorial, a living
memorial, to all of those who served
the^r country from the Gastineau
Channel area.”
In presenting the building to the
city, Heintzleman announced that
money—$71,000—is available to pay
in full the 50 percent of the building
cost, under the contract with the
Alaska Public Works. He said the
total amount raised was $82,000.
Payment In Full
“Due to our belief in the value
of this library in making Juneau
Douglas, Thane, Auke Bay and
the surrounding areas a better
place to live, we (members of the
library board) enjoyed the work
the project entailed,” Heintzleman
said.
Heintzleman paid tribute to his
two associates of the board, B. D.
Stewart, who is in Europe, and
James C. Ryan, who Is now super
intendent of schools in Fairbanks.
He quoted from a letter to the
Empire of two years ago which
stated that Juneau was undertak
►
ing something that would reach
old and young, rich and poor.
"What finer tribute could be of
fered to ouri soldiers from this
area?,” the letter asked.
Heintzleman added, "What fur
ther could I say that would more
clearly and truly express the fine
purpose back of this Memorial Lib
rary project?”'
He said he believed the building
of the library was the first attempt
locally to obtain a public facility
of major size by the direct method
of public contributions.
Community Spirit'
"This project also represents, I
think, the finest example in this
Territory of Community spirit and
enterprise working for a cultural
project to benefit, as quoted in the
letter, ‘old and young, rich and
poor'.”
The chorus sang, “America My
Own." .
The building is the culmination
of work of five years, and is the
first building of size built specifical
ly for a library in the Territory.
The crowd left the building to
watch the presentation of the flag.
The high school chorus led in sing
ing a verse of "America.” The flag
presentation was made by Verne
Harris, past commander of the
Juneau American Legion, and was
raised by a contingent of Boy
Scouts. Boy Scouts were: Allen
Engstrom, John Holmquist and
Stanley Sears. Cub Scouts were: Bill
Crlsman, and Joe Heueisen.
Those in charge of ‘ the various
units which took part in the parade
asked to convey thanks through the
Empire to individuals for cooperat
ing in the Armistice Day activities.
UN Forces Hit
Reds in Ground
Gaining Attack
U. 8. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Nov. 12-,*)
Allicd troops today seized two hil
positions southwest of Kumsong ir
an attack which pushed the Red:
back three-quarters of a mile.
The Eighth Army said the attack
began at dawn and both hills were
secured by 1 p.m. The Allied In
fantrymen ran into light to mod
erate fire from a Communist pla
toon on each peak.
Kumsong is an old Red supply
base, 30 miles north of the 38th
parallel.
Patrols clashed sharply southwest
and southeast of Kumsong Sunday
An Allied feeler thrust northeas
of the shell-torn central front town
was driven back by heavy mortal
and artillery fire.
Heavy clouds and dense fog kept
most planes on the ground Monday
The Fifth Air Force said its plane?
flew only six sorties, a new low
for any 24-hour period since thi
outbreak of war.
Four B-26s used radar sighting
I to bomb Communist front line posi
tions and two reconnaissance plane?
flew over North Korea on weather
observation missions.
United Nations artillery pounded
hills near the Panmunjom area
shortly before truce negotiators me;
in another effort to resolve thi
knotty problem of a buffer zone
acroks the peninsula.
The Reds staged a series of sharp
assaults on the eastern front Sun
day.
Austin, American
UN Delegate, Works
On 74th Birthday
PARIS, Nov 12— I*) —American
Delegate Warren R. Austin celebrat
ed his 74th birthday today by wear
ing a bright green tie, a brilliant
red carnation and working as usual
in the UN General Assembly.
The permanent delegate, No. 2
man on the U. 8. team here, was
given a big round of applause at the
delegation meeting this morning.
Then Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
another delegate, pinned the carna
tion on his lapel and wished him
many happy returns of the day.
The Austins planned no special
observance of the day.
FROM FAIRBANKS
Agnes Crawford of Fairbanks is
registered at the Baranof Hotel,
Eden Asks Russia
To Aid in Solving
Present Cold War
PARIS, Nov, 12 — UP) — Britain's
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
called on the Russians today to put
aside major world issues tempo
rarily and seek a step-by-step solu
tion to the cold war.
"Let us grasp the definite and
united problems, and work for their
practical solution,” Eden said in a
conciliatory speech before the United
Nations General Assembly.
"That is the real road to peace.
That is the way to make a fresh
start,” he declared.
Eden’s speech, his first in the U N.
;ince the founding conference at
San Francisco in 1945, was notable
for its mild tone and lack of attacks
on the Russians.
He urged all U.N. members —
including the Soviet Union to
work from the small issues to the
great "with real good will.”
MacArthur
To Greet
Korean Yets
SEATTLE, Nov. 12—UPI—'Troops
who *once fought under General
MacArthur in Korea will be wel
comed home Wednesday by the
general himself.
Officials of Greater Seattle, Inc.,
sponsors of the city’s centennial
celebration, announced yesterday
the general will greet a shipload
of returning Korea veterans as a
highlight of his two day visit here.
The general and Mrs. MacArthur
are scheduled to arrive at Seattle
Tacoma International Airport to
morrow afternoon to take part in
the centennial observance.
Greater Seattle officials said
MacArthur will stop at the Seattle
port of embarkation Wednesday af
ternoon to welcome the Korea vet
erans returning oti rotation. The
♦* v, as - v
be on the progrum.
The general's busy schedule will
include two addresses, one from the
Hec Edmundson pavilion at the
University of Washington at 8:30
p.m., tomorrow to be broadcast na
tionally.
The general will leave Seattle by
plane Thursday morning.
Strong Words
Accuse Reds
Of Stalling
MUNSAN, Korea, Nov. 12—(A>>—
Allied truce negotiators In strong
Vcrds today accused the Com
munists of Insisting on a phoney
;ease-fire line merely to stall the
irmistice talks.
After the subcommittees had
wrangled for four hours and 15
minutes, an Allied spokesman said
they were no closer to an agree
nent on the thorny buffer zone
issue. They will meet again In
Panmunjom at 11 a.m., Tuesday.
MaJ. Oen. Henry I. Hodes, chair
man of the two-member U.N. Com
mand subcommittee, minced no
words In telling the Communist ne
gotiators:
“You intend to establish a pre
sumptive demarcation Bne and de
militarized zone, which will release
jfou of any necessity to settle the
remaining items of the (armistice*
agenda with speed and equity.
“You want to establish a spurious
line and zone which will provide you
with the leisure and freedom to
continue delaying the conference.”
The Reds want to fix a cease-fire
line before taking up any other
item on the agenda. The U.N.
Command insists that the line fol
i low the war front at the time all
other armistice terms are agreed
upon.
• •••••••••
•
• WEATHER REPORT
• <U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
• At Airport: Maximum, 37;
• Minimum, 21.
• FORECAST
• (Juneau and Vicinity)
• Continued fair but with
• considerable high cloudiness
• tonight and Tuesday. A lit
• tie warmer tonight, lowest
• temperature near 30. High
• est Tuesday around 36.
• precipitation
• (Past 24 hour! endlm 1:30 a m. todar
• At Airport — None;
• from July 1—16.52 inches.
Leaders Meet
May Mean New
English Loan
KEY WEST. Fla., Nov. 13——
President Truman’s agreement to
meet with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill in January lent
emphasis today to reports a new
English loan is in the making.
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short with apparent casualness, dis
closed Churchill's plans at a news
conference yesterday.
Short was telling reporters at a
news conference of how the Presi
dent got up early Sunday and
walked outside the Naval Subma
rine Station where he has his quar
ters, and of how he swam and sun
bathed at the Naval Submarine
station.
Suddenly, a reporter asked about
a story, by John M. Hightower of
the Associated Press, that Churchill
is expected to visit Washington
early In January for talks with the
President.
“Quite probably the Prime Minis
ter will be in Washington some
time In January," Short said.
There was no Indication what
soever that the conference, cer
tain to be delayed until after Mr.
Truman has submitted his “state
of the union,” budget and eco
nomic messages to Congress, will
Involve either the French or the
Russians.
French President Aurlol has sug
gested a meeting of President Tru
man and the British, Russian and
French heads of state to help ease
international tension.
Ever since the British election
campaigns that sent Churchill back
into control of the government,
it lias been a generally known fact
that Churchill would re-new his old
acquaintance with Mr. Truman If
returned to power.
No matter what the two discuss,
nothing will exceed In Importance
British need for financial aid.
The meeting of the two will bring
two oid^ngrwts utM4KHfM«Mfor the ,
fourth time.' Mf. Truman met with
Churchill and Stalin In Potsdam In
1945. Churchill was replaced by
Labor Prime Minister Attlee In the
midst of the conferences.
Churchill and the President later
journeyed to Fulton, Mo., where the
British statesman delivered a his
toric address In which he gave popu
larity to the "Iron Curtain" phrase
which has become the accepted
description for the bans of news
from Russia and her satellites.
Still later, the President hsd
lunch In Washington with Churchill
following a speech the latter made
to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Britisher Says
Churchill May
Meet Stalin
LONDON, Nov. 12—WV-A quali
fied British government official to
day pictured Prime Minister Church
ill as willing to go to Russia alone
to see Generalissimo Stalin if
President Truman rejects the idea
of a Big Three meeting on world
tensions.
The official indicated the ques
tion of the desirability of a Big
Three meeting would be high on
the agenda of the Washington
meeting. Churchill talked over
with his cabinet today his pro
jected visit to the U.S., on which
he will be accompanied by For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden, the
official said.
In addition, the President and
the Prime Minister are likely to go
over the whole range of Anglo
American political, economic and
military relations, including a full
US.-British partnership in the
atomic energy field. They are ex
pected to talk over UB. military
and economic* aid to prop up Brit
ain’s safety and solvency.
Churchill pledged during the
British election campaign that he
would do all in his power to end
the cold war. He committed him
self to try to see Stalin with the
goal of bringing about a live-and
let-live arrangement between Mos
cow and the west.
In the House of Commons today
Churchill was asked when he will
try to get Big Three talks under
way. He replied:
There are at present no plans
I for negotiations on general prob
lems with the Soviet Union, but
the possibility of a high level meet
ing should not be excluded if cir
cumstances arc favorable."