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VOL LXXVI., NO. 11,738 ___JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, 1-hl.kCAlvl A>. PJol._E1E ----— =3
Allies Kick Off for Renewed Fori ard Drive
GRAND IGLOO
STARTS SESSION
TOMORROW NIGHT
Delegates to the 36th meeting of
the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alas
ka, are beginning to gather in Ju
neau for the session that starts
Wednesday evening with a banquet
nt the Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Collins ar
rived here Sunday from Fairbanks
and Andrew Nerland came in from
Fairbanks and A. Polet from Nome
yesterday. Otto Koppen has been
here for several days frem Cordo
va.
Other out-of-town delegates now
in Juneau include Senator How'ard
Lyng and Senator Edward Ander
son of Nome, Senator Steve Mc
Cutcheon and Senator Gerrit Sni
der of Anchorage, Senator John
Butrovich of Fairbanks, Rep.
George Miscovich, Rep. Mike Step
ovich and Rep. Alden Wilbur of
Fairbanks, Rep. C. C. Carlson of
Cordova, Rep. Amelia Gunderson
of Ketchikan and Rep. Stanley Mc
Cutcheon of Anchorage.
A sizeable delegation from Ketch
ikan is expected, and Dr. Will H.
Chase of Cordova is expected here
today or tomorrow.
Grand President John Reck will
call the meeting to order and name
committees Wednesday evening, fol
lowing the banquet. The main bus
dness session will be held Thurs
day in the Odd Follows’ Hall.
Those who wish to make reser
vations for the banquet, which
starts at 6:30 Wednesday evening,]
should call Garnick’s Store or Mrs. |
Olaf Bodding, Black 790.
INDICT RAILROAD
FOR TRAIN WRECK
TAKING 84 LIVES
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Feb.
n0 or)— The giant Pennsylvania
railroad stands accused of man
slaughter in 84 separate indict
ments today — exactly two weeks
after “The Broker" crashed at
Woodbridge with the loss of 84 lives.
The indictments, in the names of
each of the dead commuters, were ,
returned by the . Middlesex County
Grand Jury to climax its probe into
the disaster — the nation s wor.'t
since 1918.
Tf convicted on each count, the
railroad faces a maximum fine of
$84,000.
Since no individual defendants
were named in the indictments,
which charged that the company
did “feloniously kill and slay” the
84 riders, jail terms are not possible.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Freighter Square Knot from Seat
tle due to arrive Wednesday p.m.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m. Friday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Feb. 28.
Denali from westward scheduled
to arrive Sunday southbound.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Harry and Esther Ludwigson of
Ketchikan are at the Baranof Hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
#ror.vright, 1951, t>y Bell Syndicate, Inc..
WAsHINGTON—Members of the
Atomic Energy Committee are
skeptically eyeing a leak of im
portant information in South Car
olina where the giant new hydro
gen bomb plant is to be located.
Congressmen Holifield of Calif
ornia and Jackson of Washington
have called the committee’s atten
tion to a startling set of facts
wherein State Senator Ed gar
Brown and a group of other South
Carolina politicians suddenly snap-,
ped up leases on important land
sites just one day before the atomic
energy commission announced it
would locate the hydrogen plant
near Aiken, S. C. Options on these
strategic plots obviously were se
cured by those with an inside tip
as to what was going on either in
side the Atomic Energy Commis
sion or from South Carolina mem
bers of congress.
Senator Burnet Maybank of
South Carolina, who is chairman
of the Senate Appropriations Sub
tContinued on Page Four)
ILLEGAL FISHING
CONVICTION GETS
REVERSED, FOLTA
A judgment convicting Cyrus E.
Peck and four other fishermen of
illegal fishing last summer near
Peterson Creek in the Juneau area I
was reversed in an opinion handed
down by Judge George W. Folta
and received here last Saturday.
Convicted with Peck were John
Williams, Andrew Wanamuker, Al
bert Patty and George Hobson. The
case was appealed by the defend
ants from the U. S. Commissioner’s
Court.
The men were charged under Sec
tion 4 of the White Fishery Act of
1924 which prohibits fishing within
500 yards of the mouth of the
stream. Section 3 of the Act required
that the mouths of streams be de
termined by the Secretary of the
Interior and marked. Peterson Creek
was not marked, and Judge Folta
held that the Secretary’s general j
regulation defining stream mouths
was not a marking.
After describing the difficulty of
determining what is a lagoon and
where Peterson Creek ended, th,e
Court’s opinion stated:
“Since the line of mean low tide
is itself extremely difficult, if not
impossible, of determination with
precision and must, therefore, re
main largely a matter of guesswork,
the result varying with each indi
vidual, it is obvious that the de
termination of the mouth of a
stream will vary accordingly. Un
less, therefore, the mouth as de
termined by the Secretary is mark
ed, fishermen would not only not
be able to determine the limits of
the closed area, but the regulation
itself would be lacking in that cer
tainty which is a requisite of any
penal statute and without which
there can be no conviction or for
feiture.”
William L. Paul. Jr., represented
the defendants. The government i
was represented by District Attorney I
P. J. Gilmore, Jr., and Assistant
District Attorney Stanley Baskin.
CG AVIATION BOARD
VISITS HERE TODAY
More aircraft and facilities are
needed for the 17th U. S. Coast
Guard District, it is felt by a Coast
Guard aviation board from Wash
inton, D.C., Capt. W. R. Richards,
senior officer in the party, said to
day. The board will make recom
mendations.
The party of officers arrived in
Juneau last night, conferred with
district officers this morning and
expected to take off for San Fran
cisco today. This is part of a visit
to all Coast Guard districts to
make a periodic evaluation of the
Coast Guard aviation program and
air facilities. From San Francisco
the group will go to Honolulu, re
turn to Seattle and back to Wash
ington headquarters.
Members of the board are: Rich
ards, Capt. S. C. Linholm, Capt.
Carl B. Olsen. Comdr. L. H. Seeger,
and Comdr. C. L. Harding. Others
in the party include Capt. G. M.
Phannemiller of the engineering di
vision, Comdr. H. J. Doebler of
communications; Comdr. A. J. Hes
ford from San Francisco and
Comdr. R. F. Bhunk from Annette
The C.G. plane crew is composed
of Comdr. J. N. Schrader, pilot; Lt.
J. P. Flessas, co-pilot; and Lt. J.
T. Waher, navigator, all from Wash
ington, D. C. headquarters.
SPECIAL REHEARSAL
FOR JUNEAU SINGERS
The Juneau Singers will hold s
special rehearsal at 1 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon at the Methodist
church. Since it is a legal holiday,
most places of employment will be
closed, and the Singers should ar
range their time so as to be present
j at the rehearsal. Is is extremely
important as each singer will be
assigned proper place for each num
ber. This is in addition to, and sep
arate and apart from, the regular
Thursday evening rehearsal which
starts at 8:45 in the church.
OLDTIMER HERE
Abram Erickson, who has been
living at Tenakee for several years,
was at the Hotel Juneau last night,
j He planned to leave today for his
old home at Kasilof,
Nancy J. Torum of Sitka is re
■ gistered at the Gastineau Hotel.
COM. VOTE
TODAY ON
STATEHOOD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 —OB—j
Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) said
yesterday that statehood for Alaska
and Hawaii would materially help
the position of the United States
in its fight against totallarianlsm.
The Senate Insular Affairs Com
mittee, which O'Mahoney heads,
meets today to vote whether it will
send the statehood bills to the Sen
ate for a vote without a further
hearing.
“Intern a t i o n a 1 developments
within the past few months have
made it more important than ever
that action on these statehood bills
should not be still further de
layed," the Wyoming senator said
I in a statement.
I “With the whole world in a tur
I moil and with the peoples of Asia I
and Africa seeking the right to
govern themselves and gain freedom
from Imperialistic control, the
United States, it seems to me, can
not fail now to grant full self-gov
ernment and full participation in
the Federal Union to these two Ter
ritories which have sought statehood
for so long.”
O’Mahoney said a further hear
ing, as sought by statehood oppon
ents, would be of little use.
“Exhaustive hearings were held
only a few months ago,” he said,
“on nearly identical measures, and
these hearings were but the latest
in a long line of such inquiries
which have taken place both in the
Territories themselves ar.d in Wash
ington.”
STATEHOOD BILLS
I V/ASHINGTON, Feb. 20—Idt-The
i Senate Insular Affairs Committee
I voted 7-6 today against holding a.
! further r-aring on statehood for I
Hawaii. A vote on the question of
an additional hearing on Alaska
statehood was postponed.
Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) I
told reporters the committee, at its!
next meeting, probably next Tues
day, would examine the Hawaii
statehood bill for possible changes
land a decision as to reporting it
for Senate action.
After the Hawaii measure is con
sidered. O'Mahoney said the Alaska
bill will be taken up.
The chairman said the delay on
the Alaska bill resulted from in
formation indicating a disagreement
with a provision concerning appor
tionment of delegates to a consti
tutional conventios.
O'Mahoney said the Alaska legis
lature has adopted a resolution
urging amendment of the bill to
provide a different apportionment
delegates among the judicial dis
tricts and eliminating all delegates
at-large.
Delegate Barlett (D-Alaska) sub
mitted a statement to the commit
tee saying that the Alaska Statehood
Committee now favors changes.
Senator Butler (R-Neb) offered
a telegram from eight members of
the Alaska Territorial Senate urg
ing adoption of the changes recom
mended by the Legislature and ask
ing that all Alaskans be given op
portunity to be heard.
O’Mahoney said that as a result
the committee decided to postpone
a vote on the question of an addi
tional hearing on the Alaska bill.
FROM TULSEQUAH
Mrs. W. G. Warren of Tulsequali
is at the Gastineau Hotel.
• •••••••••*
• WEATHER REPORT •
V Temperature* for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum •
• 38; minimum, 30. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 36; minimum, 31. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• •
• Fair tonight. Low temper- •
• ature about 28. Increasing •
• cloudiness Wednesday. High •
• temperature Wednesday aft- •
• ernoon about 34 degrees. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• •
• City of Juneau — .04 inches; •
• Sin?e Feb. I — 3.96 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 46.04 inches. •
• At Airport — Trace; •
• Since Feb. 1 — 2.10 inches; •
| • Since July 1 — 32.35 inches. •
!*•••••••••*
P-TA HOLDS ONE OF
FINEST PROGRAMS
OF PRESENT YEAR
Music by the High School Band,1
talks by Mrs. Doris Barnes, mem
ber of the House of Representatives
from Wrangell and Mrs. Margaret
Harrais of Valdez, member of the
Territorial Department of Educa
tion Board now in session here,
and business of importance to the
organization, comprised one of the
most interesting and entertaining
programs held this year by the
Parent-Teacher Association at its
regular meeting last night in the
grade school auditorium.
The School Band opened the pro
gram and under the direction of
Lyle Manson, instructor, played
lour selections to be included in
its repertoire for the Spring Festi
val at Ketchikan.
Aid lo Schools
Mrs. Barnes discussed the import
ance of the Tobacco Tax to the
building program of Alaska’s schools
and said that its present use for
building and repairing of schools
should be guarded carefully. It i
her belief, she said, that the time
to help children is now, and no'
in some future planned date when
the need for the present child is
past.
The Legislator said she believes
a raise in the salaries of the
teachers is important and that i
somehow funds must be found to j
provide them a desirable living j
wage so that Alaska’s children may |
have the best of instructors.
’’Children are our most import
ant issue now,’’ said Mrs. Barnes.
"They are the responsibility of the
school, the church and the home.
Particularly at the present time
there is a need for economic re
sponsibility for the middle tee); -
ager who is legislated out of work,
j We must bend our efforts to pro
\ vide their economic security. The
world is all right so long as we
have young people.”
Pioneer Educator
Mrs. Margaret Harrais is one of
Alaska’s pioneer educators. She
played an important role in bring
ing into effect Alaska’s present
schools system. Before her mar
I riage when she was Miss Margaiel
Keenan, she was superintendent,
j first of the Skagway schools and
1 later of the schools in Fairbanks.
In a vivid and most interestin’.’,
manner she gave a history of the
early trials and continued effort;
through the years to the presen’
time to bring to Alaskan children
the best standards of education.
Following the talks by the two
speakers the Parent-Teacher As
sociation took up its business ses
sion.
Contributes to festival
It voted to give $100 to help de
fray expenses of Juneau students
who will participate in the Music
Festival to be held in Ketchikan
in the spring.
By motion approved the Associa
tion went on record to write to
the Juneau City Council recom
mending that a police woman be
put on the Juneau Police force;
it approved the legislation of the
Alaska Education Association; went
on record for approval of a raise
in teachers' salaries in the terri
tory; endorsed the protest to pro
posed legislation that would trans
fer the Tobacco Tax Fund now
earmarked for building and repairs
of schools, to the Territorial Trea
sury general fund and the proposed
amendment to the Bill for this
purpose.
Mrs Harrais in her talk spoke
on pending territorial legislation
and told members of the Associa
tion that the Board of Education
is protesting the proposed transfer
of the Tobacco Tax to the terri
torial treasury's general fund. The
only argument for the move so far
that she knows, she said, is that
the step would simplify the book
keeping in the Territirial Auditor’s
office.
Auditor’s Bookkeeping
“I am not so much interested i.i
simplifying the bookkeeping in the
office of the auditor as I am in
building schools for Alaska’s chil
dren,” she said.
Mrs. Harrais pointed out tnat
the Teachers Retirement System,
a project started by her in 1929, is
now recognized to be one of the
finest enacted in the United States.
Alaska Is still confronted with
1 problems in its education program,
Mrs. Harrais said. It is obvious,
she said, that in the not too distant
future the territory will be respons
(Continued on Page Twc)
KODIAK BEAR
IMIS
VOTED, 10-5
Bv JIM Hl'TCHESON
Kodiak bears took another skin
ning in the legislature today.
The territorial senate voted 10 to
5 for the Scavenius-Carlson me
morial for a year-around open
season on Kodiak Island’s big
brownies. The joint memorial, pre
viously passed by the house, will
?o to the secretary of the interior
and game officials as a "prayer”
from the legislature.
The votes against the memorial
wt re by the solid Fairbanks dele
gation Barr, Butrovich, Coble and
Lhamon—and Heinie Snider of the
third divi ion. who likes Kodiak
bears bet e, than a closed door
session of the legislature < which
incidentally was continuing this
afternoon).
Much of the bear testimony was
a repetition of what was given
earha in the house, but Edward
Keithahn, curator of the territorial
museum and library, was brought in
as a new witness.
“In ..my view.” he said at one
point in his testimonial for the
brownies, ‘‘the bear is one of our
finest resources.”
The memorial actually mentions
only depredations of the island’s:
bears against a struggling new!
cattle industry, but most of the |
discussion involved the extent of
bears’ depredations against the
salmon spawning runs.
There weie some differences of:
opinion. ;
Witnesses tor me memorial were
Rep. C. C. Carlson (D-Cordova)
and Karl Brunstad of Kodiak,
speaking for the Kodiak Cattle j
Growers association.
Keithahn and Carlson differed i
sharply over whether bears are in- !
clined to stand playfully in, a j
stream and slap salmon out onto
the bank like a cal at a goldfish
bowl.
Carlso said he has s«a ’em do
it, Brunstad read a Fish and Wild
life Service report that attributed
to Kodiak bears a 31 per cent de
struction of salmon on a spawning
run in one creek ol the Karluk
River area.
Keithahn said he often had seen
bears in action al. ng streams but
only once saw one slapping salmon
out onto the bank. That was from
a deep hole at th‘ br ttom of a
falls, where one bear went out on
a log and flipp .! a salmon up
to a partner on the bank, who
picked up the fish and walked into
the brush.
Ke said that in other instances
he witnessed the bears grabbed
salmon in their teeth, ' almost in
variably.”
“I would say,” he added, ‘ that
the bears’ catch of salmon is
negligible."
He said that after a study ot
Southeast Alaska predators for
many years he had concluded that,
aside from man, that the mallard
duck is No. 1. He said the ducks
dig the eggs out id the stream
beds, where seagulls can't ret them,
| and the gulls gather downsti earn
to catch the floating evges irorn
the duck diggings.
He expressed the opinion that
when a salmon is found on a stream
bank with a bite out of it, it is
usually a raven bite instead of a
bear’s: ”1 never have seen a bear
take a salmon from a stream and
not eat it."
Some of the senators questioned
Marshall Crutcher, Kodiak banker
who was in the gallery.
1 He said he didn’t know of more
than about 20C cattle around the
area of the town of Kodiak and
thought about $50/'.GO a year would
be a fair estimate of the income
to the island from bear hunting
After Carlson had given his testi
mony on bear depredations a ainst
salmon runs, he said he could give
assurance there wouldn’t be any
extermination of the species.
In colorful Carlson fashion, he
told how 30 years ago, in the coastal
area from Kaialla to Cap Spencer
brow.i bears “were so thick they
were playing leapfrog." <
When Sen. Joe Coble of Fair
j banks asked him if there wei n’t
| salmon runs also on other islands
I where Carlson said the bears would
j be preserved, and whether we
j should kill all those bears, too?”
! ______
(C yminued en Page Six.)
Would Appropriate $60,
000 for National Promo
tion, Alaska Attractions
A bill to provide $60,000 for na
tional advertising of Alaska's tour
ist attractions, on a matching-fund
basis with the newly formed Alaska
Visitors Association, has been in
troduced in the House of Repre
sentatives by Speaker William A.
Egan. It is the first bill introduced
by the Speaker during the presen;
session.
The bill, H. B. No. 64. provide,
that the appropriation shall be ex
pended exclusively for display ad
vertising space in magazines and
newspapers of the United States
and Canada.
The advertising is to be produced
and distributed under the direction
of the Alaska Visitors Association,
or some other non-profit corpoia
tion organized to promote the tour
ist industry.
Expenditure of the fund is con
ditioned upon the raising of a like
amount by the Alaska Visitors Asso
ciation, but the matching money
j may be used for general expenses
of the association.
Heavy Calendar
The House in an hour-and-a-half j
session this forenoon made some
. progress toward clearing its heavy
] calendar.
Parsed were memorials seeking
airport construction at St. Michae.
and Selawtlc and-a memofia! ask
ing that control of Alaska s fishei
ies be transferred to the Territory.
Held in second reading for fur
ther study and possible amendment
were bills to provide Social Secur
* ity coverage for Territorial em
jployes and to reorganize the Aero
Inautics and Communications Com
I mission. The House passed a bin
! to reorganize the Fisheries Experi
i mental Commission by replacing
! the governor as a member.
! Meeting in joint session with the
j Senate this morning, the two bodies
1 adopted temporary joint rules. _
A bill to liberalize requirement
I for annexation petition anc! e'cc
i tlons was before the House at the
time of the noon recess.
An amendment reducing the vot
ing requirement from a two-thirds
majority to a 55 per cent majority
| was adopted.
i The House rece- ed uhtil 2 p.m.,
at which time it was to go into an
other executive : e ion with the
Senate and to further hear from
Marcus Jensen.
mil TRINITY GUILD
PLANS MANY EVENTS
At the last meeting of the GuiV,
of loly Trinity Church several fu
ture activit;r-'i of interest to the
community were discus: e !
In March, Mrs. MePSe' ‘
will head a committee that v
give a luncheon in the rndercrof
of the Church In April, a rum
mage sale wilt be held and i 1
May, the women who are think
ing in terms of saleable article
are planning to hold the annum
spring sale. '
Dates for these activities will be
announced later, according to Mr.
Waino Hendrickson, president of
the Guild.
BARRACK III PI.
J. E. Barrack of F lii banks :
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Feb. 20 - Closin’
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3 . American Ca
lC5'y. American Tel. and Tel 154
Anaconda 43%, Douglas Aircraft
104, General Electric SH Genera!
T Motor: 49 ,, Goodyear 73%. Kenn. -
jeott 77%, Libby, McNeil and Libby
9%, Northern Pacific 35%. Stand
jard Oil of California 96% . T*en""t!’
Century Fox 23. U. S. Steel 14’
Pound $2.80’;, Canadian Exchange
95 43 ..
Sales today were 2,010 000 shares.
Averages today were as follow
Industrials 251.12, rails 80.07, utili
ties 42.81.
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. 1,. 20
i.fl—An Idaho senator said here 1 ist
night his state's concres ion il dele
gation and "all Republicans" are
convinced Alaska deserves state-'
hood.
Senator Herman Welker told a!
group of fellow •Republicans from
the Anchorage area:
"I am anmzed that we spend bil
lions of dollars over the face ot
the earth and neglect you here
Much of the money that should
have been spent in Alaska through
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration ... Is now being handler
by 5 per centers in Washington."
He did not amplify his reference
to "5 per centers a term com
monly used in referring to men who'
assist private firms in obtaining 1
government contracts.
Welker castigated the Demoeratii
administration at- the "weakest and
worst leadership in this Court iy'
history," and added:
"Since June 2d we have been
fighting’an Incredible police action
(in Korea) that bolds no parallel
If we and others can not work, with
Russia in the United Nations we
should throw them (Soviets! out
of the U. N. and form a new world
organization."
i 1 he Senator was scheduled to
F ive by plane this afternoi n foi
I Seattle.
COUNTRY SHOWS
GAIN OF 1,953,553
9 MONTHS PERIOD
- :
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—UP—1
The Census Bureau estimated to-j
day the population of the United]
State-:, including members of the
armed forces overseas, totaled |
153,085,000 on January 1.
That was a gain of 1,953,000 in'
the nine months since the 1950
census made as of last April 1.
ARMY CALLS FOR
CIVILIANS, BOAT
JOBS, WHITTIER
i The Army Transport Her vice i
again seeking experienced boat per
sonnel for harbor craft tup based,
at Whittier, according to advice
j received from the Alaskan Dept.,
' U. H. Army, by Gus Gissbery, man
ager of the local office jf t;-.e
Ala-Ha Territorial Employment
Service.
Among classifications which may
be recruited locally provided there
are sufficient qualified applicants
ire the following: a master, a first
mate, a i econd mate, seamen,
i ooks. mes.inen, chief engineers,
first assistant engineers, oilers.
Masters, mates, engineers, and
oil is must be licensed, but licen:,
., - requirements for other per
, >mel may be waived at discretion
a ihe employer, provided sufficient
:: perience and moral integrity i
shown. These are year contracts.
Interested applicant, are
quested to contact the Alaska Tev
litonal Employment Service ai 121
Marine Way for further informa
tion on these jobs.
14 CUT AND 4 IN
VIA PNA MONDAY
1 -
j Fmulte.r departed for westward
j points yesterday on Pacific North
ern Airlines and four arrived.
From Anchorage: It, L. Lippis.
J. C. Jack- op, D. Cowan.
From Cordova: Henry Stewart.
To Anchorage: William C. Hestc
Tom Nally. Tom Smothers, Leiv
Aus, Don Harper, Ray Vestal, Join.
Ham on, Linda Gaisele, Mr. and Mrs.
B. J. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
it,bards.
To Yakutat: Milton Lightwood
lid Voss.
MARRIED SATURDAY
The marriage of Elizabeth' Dick
and George Alexander Davis took
j place la: t Saturday with the Rev.
| Walter Soboleff performing the
| ceremony. The couple were at
! tended by Mr. and Mrs. George
Katzeek.
Will No! Arbitrarily Exe
cute Authority Ordering
Crossing 38th Parallel
Tv \ssorlatcd Tress
General MacArthur paid another
flying visit to the fighting front
'oday to watch Allied forces kick
off on another forward drive in
the Central Korean front.
Accompanied by Lt. Gen. Mat
thews B. Ridgy-ay, U. S Eighth
Army commander. Con. Mark Clark,
hief of 17. S. ground forces, and
Lt. Con. Edward M A'-- <-nd 10th
Corp; commander, M-:rArt,hur
watched for five minute- r.-, UN ar
illcry and planes blasted enemy
positions north of Wonju. Ha then
visited a French battalion and a
U. S. Negro battalion- before re
turning to Tokyo.
He told frontline correspond >nts
he would not "arbitrarily execute
the authority” to re-cross the 38th
Parallel "if and when” UN forces
reach that old dividin': line between
North and South Korea. Although
President Truman has said he has
the authority, MacArthur said he
would not give the order to cross
the line again "if cogent political
reasons” against it are advanced
when the time comes,
j Having broken a massive Red
Chinese and North Korean assault
to split open the strategic, rr .d hub
sector of the Central front, inflict
ing what MacArthur described as
among the bloodie s Josses in rtfbl
erh times, the Allies were rolling
forward agnin in a “limited of
fensive.”
Tank-led troops slammed : o rn
I miles over the mountains northeast
of qiechon and still were moving
j forward. In front 'of them 30,000
Communists were reported mas .ng
around Hongchon, 35 air miles
north of Wonju. Another 10,000
Reds were reported to the north
east..
It was a renewal of the Red
I killing raids Gen. Ridgway s arted
I last Jan. 35 to chew up some of
Red China’s best troops. MacArthur
| aid the Chinese would find it h rd
| to replace their losses from this
push.
Commenting on the recent state
j ment of Prime Minister Stalin to
! Pravda, MacArthur quipped:
| “I note that Marshall Stalin has
j Just predicted the annihilation of
our forces In Korea. But hi (Cht
nese and Korean) comrades will
■ have to do a lot better than they
I ijave yet do.: - to prove him a
I prophet.”
I -
LAST ROADHOUSE
DOOR CLOSES FOR
WILLIAM BUSCH
i _
! The door of the last roadhouse
I closed this morning behind Billy
j Busch. Ke passed aw ry quietly at
I St. Ann's Hospital.
He was one of Juneau’s ciuly
pioneers and was co-owner wi;U
Gus S'tudebacher of The Old Stand,
1 one of Juneau’s finest early day
saloons, which was locate 1 In the
building now housing G aye Simp
* kins Co.
There are those who will rc
v member him as having grubstaked
j many prospectors.
Billy Busch was one of Juneau’s
pioneer gardeners. Upon hi; retire
ment from business he built a house
on Dixon Street. Telephone Hill,
where he put in beautiful flower
gardens, trees and flowering shrubs,
is well as a finely kept lawn on
the hillside.
No funeral arrangements have
seen announced. The remains are
;t the Carter Mortuary.
HERE FOR PIONEER*
Fanpie T. Phillips of Seat!! . f :
snarly of Cordova, is here to ’ nJ
the PI ameers Igloo. Sue is : opi .nj
,.t the Hotel Juneau.
FROM SEATTf.E
Rocco Lippis of Seattle is at the
Haranof Hotel.
Dr. Robert E. Staff of Staple
ton N. V., is re birred at the
j Baranof Hotel.