THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,987
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Joe DiMaggio
Says He Won't
Play Baseball
NEW YORK, Dec. 11—UP—Joe
DiMaggio, 37 year old New York
Yankee outfielder, said today he
would not play baseball again but
refused to tell his future plans.
Although Yankee officials ex
pressed hope that the one-time
great would remain with the or
ganization, DiMaggio added he
would reveal his future line of
work in either Los Angeles or San
Francisco next week.
‘ My home is in California and
I intend to keep it there,” he said.
Thus the lithe outfielder con
lirmed the hint he gave the Associ
ated Press last Oct. 12 that he
would not play baseball again. De
spite denials from other sources,
neither DiMaggio nor the AP
backed down from the statement.
"I told you fellows last spring I
thought this would be my last year.
I only wish I could have had a
better year, but even if I had hit
.350 this would have been the last
year ror me.
‘ You all know I have had more
than my share of physical in
juries and setbacks during my
career. In recent years these
have been much too frequent to
laugh off. When baseball no
longer is fun, it is no longer a
game.
“And so, I’ve played my last
game of ball.”
Dan Topping and Del Webb, co
owners of the Yankees, said ‘in
some way, Joe will be associated
with the Yankees.”
Topping told DiMaggio: “Up to
yesterday I had not given up hope
that "you would change your mind.
It is a sad day for the Yankees as
well as for all baseball.”
Webb added: “I did my part in
trying to convince you that you
should play one more year and
should play in only part of the
gr.me3.”
Britain to
Ask Millions
From U. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — OP) —
Britain was reported today to have
requested about $600,000,000 In
American economic aid during the
next six months to prevent a new
financial crisis.
But the informed officials who
reported this said the U.S. probably
will grant Britain no more than
half that amount. The officials
asked that their names not be used.
They said a delegation represent
ing Prime Minister Churchill's gov
ernment outlined Britain’s need for
American dollars during talks here
last week with the Economic Co
operation Administration (ECA).
Americans, the British talked
with, the officials said, made no
promises. But, after studying Brit
ain's case Americans dealing with
British-U.S. finances reportedly
have concluded Britain urgently
needs American help.
TheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
■CoDTrlght. 1951, b7 Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
rr ASHINGTON — rt’s a poor
example of the good-neighbor pol
icy, but Canada is deliberately with
holding precious aluminum from the
United States. This has already
pinched the aluminum supply for
home construction and other civilian
uses. But far more serious the Air
Force is not getting all the alumin
um it needs to build .jet fighters.
Furthermore, part of the alumin
um Canada is withholding from us
was financed by American RFC
loans during World War II.
What Canada has done is divert
aluminum from the American to the
British market. It won't be admit
ted, but the real reason for this
diversion is to force this country
to swap steel for aluminum.
For example, Canadian alumin
um shipments to the United States
dropped from 34,800,000 pounds per
month last March and April to a
meager 5,300,000 pounds per month
today—a decrease of 85 percent.
In the same period, Canadian ship
ments to Britain have shot up
from 21,100,000 pounds to 39,700,000
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Great Probe of
Tax Scandals
Is Indicated
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—(if)—Pre
sident Truman arranged to talk to
day to Democratic Chairman Frank
McKinney, who has called for a
“dramatic and drastic” cleanup in
the wake cf spreading tax scandals.
McKinney himself has been un
der fire for a stork deal in which
l:e turned over a quirk S68.000
profit on a S1.0G0 investment.
Senator Fulfcright ID-Ill) said to
day there ought to be full public
ailing of the transaction “for the
good of the party.”
McKinney was put on the White
House calling list for a mid-after
noon appointment. There was no
announcement on the subject of
their conference, but it seemed
certain they would discuss condi
tions exposed by the House Tax
investigation.
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short told reporters, however, it
was expected that MeKinney, as
Democratic National Chairman,
would have regular conferences
with Mr. Truman each Tuesday
from now on.
Mr. Truman cut short a Florida
vacation and flew back here Sun
day amid rumors that he was plan
ning some sensational move in the
tax matters. These reports said
' Mr. Truman might assign FBI Di
rector J. Edgar Hoover to a govern
ment-wide inquiry or might name
a bi-partisan commission to investi
gate.
Fulbright sounded his call for an
airing of the McKinney stock deal
after the party leader hit back at
critics of the transaction,
i “This thing ought to be looked
1 into, and clearly explained,” Ful
I bright told a reporter.
Wilson Believes
i Stalin Should See
jU. S. Industry
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 11 — —
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil
son said if Joseph Stalin could have
i attended an industrial ceremony
here today the Communist ruler
“might drop his dream of being
able to dominate a living force like
ours.”
The production chief spoke at the
| dedication of a new aluminum
plant at Chalmette, a suburb south
of New Orleans. He said the plant
is expected to produce 200,000 tons
a year of the scarce defense metal.
Wilson called the plant an exam
ple of American industrial expan
sion that, he said, in the past year
has tripled the dollar value of mili
tary deliveries.
He defended the program he
heads from criticisms of both under
and over production, and indicated
he intends to stand by a "three-year
plan that contemplates production
of $150,000,000,000 worth of military
goods . . .”
American Press
Praised by Hoover
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — «l —
J. Edgar Hoover today commended
the American press for publicizing
the FBI’s "Ten Most Wanted Fugi
tives.”
The newspapers and news serv
ices are performing a service vital
to the public interest by publishing
the photographs and descriptions of
the ten “most wanted” criminals,
Hoover said in a statement.
"The American press has pub
lished information about these
fugitives not only for its news value
but also because of a real interest
in the welfare of society, and is to
be congratulated,” the FBI director
added. "Cooperation between the
press and law enforcement agencies
has proved itself a most effective
weapon in the fight against crime."
Hoover noted that several of the
most wanted fugitives have been
arrested as a direct result of stories
and pictures in the press.
FROM YAKCTAT '
Clem Simmons of Yakutat is at
the Baranof Hotel.
TIDE TABLES
• DECEMBER 12
•
• High tide 1:32 a.m., 15.1 ft.
• Low tide 7:00 a.m., 4.6 ft.
• High tide 1:01 p.m., 17.5 ft.
• Low tide 7:42 p.m., -1.2 ft.
Aleutian Sea
Fishing Clause
Delays Treaty
TOKYO, Dec. 11 — Jl — Japanese
opposition to restricting salmon
fishing in the Aleutian Sea is the
only point to be settled before a
three-nation conference here can
write the final draft of a U.S.
Canada-Japan fishing pact.
Kyodo News Agency said the U S.
wanted to restrict the area but
that the U.S. delegation had asked
Washington for new instructions.
If these are favorable to the Jap
anese view, the agency said, a draft
treaty could be completed tomorrow.
Wage Dispute in
Marine Circles
Reported Settled
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11—</Pl—
A wage dispute that delayed the
sailing of several ships late last week
was settled yesterday by the Marine
Firemen’s Union and the Pacific
Maritime Association.
PMA agreed to pay increases al
ready approved by the Wage Stab
ilization Board and to bargain with
the union after the WSB has acted
upon the association’s contract with
the AFL Sailors’ Union.
On July 3, PMA signed an agree
ment which entitled the firemen
to reopen their contract if subse
quent negotiations with the Sailors’
Union disturbed existing wage par
ities. Ship owners complained they
could not discuss parity before they
knew what the WSB would approve
for the sailors.
Jet Pilots
Find MIGs
To Battle
SEOUL, Korea. Dec. 11—IM—Al
lied jet pilots battled Russian-made
MIG-15s In MIG Alley today and
reported one Communist fighter
probably destroyed.
The U. S. Fifth Air Force said
all Allied planes returned safely.
A 12-minute battle over Anju
broke the two-day lull in aerial
duels. MIGs were spotted Monday
but avoided contact.
The Tuesday battle pitted 26 F-86
Sabre jets against about 50 MIGs.
United Nations ground units
threw back a probing attack by a
Red squad in a half-hour engage
ment on the eastern front Tuesday
about dawn. Allied patrols on the
central and western fronts report
ed only light enemy contact.
The U. S. Eighth Army reported
only five ground contacts with the
Reds across the 145-mile front
Monday. All were small.
There were few casualties.
In the southern provinces, Repub
lic of Korea (ROK) troops pressed
their campaign against an esti
mated 8,000 Red guerrillas and ban
dits in the Chiri Mountains.
Thus far the ROKs have reported
1,043 Red killed and 1,580 captured.
Many guerrillas have surrendered.
The alleged Red chieftain, Lee
Hyung Sang, still is at large. He
is a former leading member of the
outlawed Communist labor party.
The government has placed a price
of 1,000,000 won ($167) on his head.
ROMIGS GO THROUGH
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Romig of
Anchorage went through Juneau
yesterday enroute home after at
tending the funeral of Dr. Romig’s
father, Dr. J. H. (Dog Team Doctor)
Romig, in Colorado. They visited
with Juneau friends while the
Denali was in port here.
TO SEWARD
Wallace Pearson of Excursion In
let boarded the Denali yesterday
bound for Seward.
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK, Dec. 11—UR—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 2:4, American
Can lll’.i, American Tel. and Tel.
158' j, Anaconda 49%, Douglas Air
craft 591 -, General Electric 57%,
General Motors 51%, Goodyear
42 7s, Kcnnecott 87, Libby McNeill
and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific
66%, Standard Oil of California
49%, Twentieth Century Fox 19,
U.S. Steel 39%, Pound $2.80, Cana
dian Exchange 97.87%.
Sales today were 1,360,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 265.77, rails 82.74, util
ities 46.53.
ASI Again Asks
To Acquire Land
On Alaska Coast
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — UP) —
Representatives of the Alaska Sal
mon Industry have asked the In
terior Department to reconsider n
1948 decision which prevents them
from using government land scrip
to acquire land along the Alaska
coast.
Mastin G. White, department
solicitor, told a reporter today a
decision on the request will not be
made for 30 days, at least.
The 1948 decision requires that
land exchanged for scrip must be
of an “agricultural character.”
Reconsideration was asked by
Frank L. Mechem, a Seattle attor
\ ney who said he represents “a sub
stantial segment of the Alaska Sal
mon Industry.”
Claims, ranging from 5 to 40 acres
each, have been filed by about 5C
members of the fishing industry.
Whitesaid said. The land would be
used for cannery, wharfage and
other industrial sites. Most of the
land sought, he said, is not agricul
tural.
The scrip involved is known as
' Soldiers Additional.” It was autho
rized in 1874 for northern Civil War
veterans who previously had filed
a homestead claim for less than the
maximum 160 acres. It is negoti
able until used. Land claimed under
it Is not subject to the normal home
stead requirements of residence and
cultivation necessary to acquire
title.
This is the second time within
recent weeks the department has
had to reckon with land scrip. It
rejected last month an application
by E. L. Cord, former automobile
manufacturer, and others to ex
change scrip for submerged oil
lands off the coasts of Texas, Loui
sana and California.
Rev McGinnis Gives
Thoughtful Talk
To Marians Today
The Rev. Fred McGinnis gave a
thoughtful talk at a regular meet
ing of the Juneau Rotary Club to
day at the Baranof Hotel. Assist
ance to the Salvation Army Christ
mas fund drive was discussed and
the children's party announced for
next Tuesday.
The Rev. McGinnis brought out
that the "enthronement of man has
led to tragic' consequences” and
that man had come to “worship the
creature instead of the creator.”
He pointed out that this error in
man’s ethical behavior had been
brought about through subtle con
ditioning over a long period of
‘ time. He cited Hitler’s rise to power.
Tom Petrich was program chair
man.
i Committees were announced to
aid in the Salvation Army Christ
mas fund drive to man the kettle
in front of the Juneau Drug store
and to canvas certain areas on De
cember 18 and 19.
The Rotary children’s party will
be next Tuesday.
Philip Hale of El Cajon, Calif.,
was a visiting Rotarian. Guests
were Dr. Milo Fritz, Robert Buech
ley and Miles Cooper, all of Anchor
age and Holly O. Alter of Rensse
leer, Ind.
—
Act Requires All
Aliens to Give
Address Reports
All aliens must submit current
address reports from January 1
through January 11, according to
U.S. Attorney P. J. Gilmore, who
today released the Information
from U.S. Attorney General J.
Howard McGrath.
The statement from McGrath
states that such aliens can submit
the reports through any United
States postoffice during that period.
The statement says:
"Under the amended law any
alien residing in the United States
on January 1, 1952, except one in
an authorized temporary status,
must notify the Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization,
Washington, D.C., of his current
address within ten- days thergaft el
and during the same period each
succeeding year."
Forms will be made available at
all postoffices. It was stated that
the address report should not be
confused with alien registration. It
was pointed out that the address
report must be made each year, re
gardless of whether or not an alien
previously registered or reported his
address. •
MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS
Marriage applications listed to
day in the office of the U. S. Com
missioner were: Louis E. Wiegand,
of Douglas, and Ruby C. Zangari.
of Juneau; and Eldon L. Taylor
and Opal I. Mohn, both of Juneau.
North Pole
Plane Poised
For Take-Off
BILLETIN — FAIRBANKS,
Alaska, Dee. 11——Frank Barr,
operations manager for Alaska
Airlines here, says that the
“Polar Express" plane Is being
readied for a quick takeoff for a
flight over the North Pole.
Neither Stan Garson nor “North
Pole Nellie" were to be aboard.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Dec. 11—(jP
—An airlines plane was scheduled
to lake off from here today to air
drop on the north pole a real pole,
colored like a candy cane, along
with 5.000 J itters to Santa,
Airlines officials expressed doubt
that the flight would be made be
fore Wednesday.
Alaska Airlines, whlcn plans the
flight with a specially outfitted
DC-4, left unchanged Its schedule
calling for a departure from here
at 12:30 p.m. The plane, 'The
Polar Express,” arrived from Seattle
last night.
The weather bureau also said It.
had not been asked for a forecast
on pole weather and did not expect
the plane to leave today.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that
the Air Korce has turned thumbs
down on plans for some of its navi
gators to make the trip.
Two navigators from the 58th
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,
which makes the flights over the
pole every other day, had been in
vited.
Instead, the squadron invited
Wayne Wisting, chief navigator
for the airlines on the polar flight,
to its Eielson base here and gave
him a thorough briefing on prob
lems involved.
Polar flights are nothing new In
the Wisting family. His uncle,
Capt. Oscar Wisting, was navigator
for Roald Amundsen in a flight
over the pole in 1926.
„ T>'' of the leading figures In the
plan to drop the pole and letters
are not expected to make the trip.
They are Stan Garson, ex-Point
Barrow oil worker who created the
red and white striped steel pole,
and North Pole Nellie (Audree
Vance), whose idea it was of having
children send letters to Santa in her
care here.
Mrs. Vance had been announced
among the crew members but she
said today she never had received
; definite permission to make the
flight as stewardess. She said the
hitch is that women are not allowed
at Navy bases in the Point Barrow
area. The plane is scheduled to fly
from here to Barrow for refueling
before making the 12-hour flight
over the polar region. Under fed
eral regulations, Garson would
have to be a crew member to make
the trip.
Mrs. Vance said she still hopes
to make the flight and is telephon
ing Washington in efforts to get
the Navy to lift its ban.
Two Mothers, 7
Children Burned
To Death, Home Fire
SUMMERVILLE, S. CN, Dec. 11—
—Two mothers and seven child
ren burned to death before dawn
today in fire that destroyed their
[five-room frame home one mile
south of here.
‘The whole house was afire and
we couldn’t get up to it,” said fire
man Ted Limehouse, who arrived
on the Summerville fire truck at
5 n.m., in a light rain.
Husbands of the two women had
left home shortly before for work;
at a sawmill.
'There was no way to tell how
it started,” Limehouse asserted. Ev
erything burned up. There probably
was a fire in the house, all right,
because the two men had had break
fast."
•
• WEATHER REPORT
• (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
• At Airport: Maximum, 46;
• Minimum, 40.
•
• FORECAST
• (Juneau and Vicinity)
• Cloudy with intermittant
• rain tonight changing to snow
• Wednesday. Low tonight near
• 35. Slightly cooler Wednes
• day.
•
• PRECIPITATION
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
• At Airport — 0.28 inches;
• since July 1—19.63 inches.
*•••••••••
Patrolling on the Up Grade
ThiVo GIs, the first two wearing bullet-proof' vests, move up u
craggy Korean slope on the Western front past the bodies of Chinese
Communist troops cut down in an earlier action. Iff) Wireplioto.
War Prisoner
Exchange Talk
Brings Snarl
MUNSAN, Korea., Dec. 11—UP)—
Truce negotiators discussed ex
change of war prisoners today for
the first time and immediately
tangled on how to do it.
The Communists proposed all
prisoners be released by both sides
when an armistice is reached. The
United Nations insisted on a “fair
and equitablu” exchange, whicVi
was interpreted as a man-for-man
swap.
The prisoner question was taken
up by a two-man subcommittee
(one from each side) a few min
utes after the Communists capitu
lated to Allied insistence that the
subject be tackled now.
Simultaneously the Red negotiat
ors intimated they would agree
to continued rotation of troops and
to two other Allied demands if the
United Nations command would
agree to neutral behind-the-lines
inspection during a Korean arm
istice.
The Red concessions rekindled
hopes of a possible truce by Christ
nfas.
There has been no official word
on how many prisoners the Reds
hold. But Lt. Col. Howard M. Levle,
UN spokesman, said Communist
broadcasts reported 139,000 UN and
South Korean troops were held
by the Reds.
“Roughly I’d say we hold 100,000
North Koreans and between 15,000
and 20,000 Chinese," Levie said.
He estimated that the Commun
ists have 70,000 to 85,000 South Kor
ean prisoners, and 12,000 to 14,000
UN prisoners. Of the UN group
he estimated 1,000 to 1,500 were
British, 1,000 were from other coun
tries and the remainder were Am
ericans.
Doubleheader Game
Scheduled Tonight
in Juneau High Gym
The Juneau High School Crimson
Bears take on the Alaska Road
Commission in the first basketball
jame of a twin bill tonight at 7:30
in the high school gymnasium.
The Columbia Lumbermen tangle
with the Coast Guard cutter Storis
crew in the second game of the
evening.
SHOPPING DAYS
TO. CHRISTMAS
Anti-Trust
Suit Lost by
Ohio Paper
WASHINGTON, Dee. 11—W—1The J
Supreme Court today decided the
Lorai, Ohio, Journal violated the
Sherman anti-trust act by refusing
to accept advertising from merch
ants who patronized a competing
radio station.
The high tribunal by 7-0 vote
upheld a derision by U. S. District
Judge Emerich B. Freed of Cleve
land. Judge Freed said the Journal
could not deny space to advertis
ers who used radion station WEOL
of Lorain and Elyria, Ohio. He
found the Journal was trying to
“destroy” WEOL as a competitor.
Justice Burton delivered the high
court's opinion. Justices Clark and
Minton took no part in the case.
The Journal appealed to the
Supreme Court to overturn Judge
Freed's ruling on the ground that
it violated the freedom of the press
and the search and seizure provis
ions of the Constitution.
Lawyers for the Journal argued
that the paper's refusal to accept
advertisements was “a legitimate
competitive weapon” and its ac
tions were taken “solely for its
own economic protection.”
Solicitor General Perltnan in de
fending Freed's decision told the
Supreme Court that owners of the
Journal had sought a Federal Com
munications Commission permit to
operate a station in the Lorain
Elyria area. FCC denied them a
permit and instead gave one to
WEOL.
"The Journal then set out to
destroy the new station" Perlman
said, "one of the reasons being
that they themselves didn’t get it.”
Lions Christmas
Party, Dec. 17
*
A Christmas party for approxl
I mately 15 younger children of the
Juneau Children’s Home will be
held next Monday noon at. the Bar
anof Hotel, Carl Rusher, president
| of the club announced today.
Bill Dean will officiate as Santa
Claus. There will be presents and
< andy for the children and arrange
ments are being made to have
l ictures taken of the children with
Santa.
CANTY’ GOES THROUGH
P. S. Ganty of Pelican stopped
overnight at the Baranof Hotel
enroutd to Seattle.
Ship Movements
Denali scheduled southbound
ometime Sunday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle on Friday.
Freighter Cassiar due to arrive
I tonight at 0 o’clock.
Freighter Flemish Knot sched
| uled to arrive from Seattle Dec. 14.
Caudle Was
Honest Says
McGrath
WASHINGTON, Dec. II—(jK— At
torney General J. Howard McGrath
testified today that President Tru
man fired T. Lamar Caudle on hts
own motion and without giving
McOrath a “bill of particulars."
McGrath told House tail investi
gators he had not reconsidered
dismissal of Caudle as an Assis
tant Attorney General. He said lie
felt he could not “qaeatlan a
Presidential appointment ..prev
iously made” unless he had "real
cause” to suspect the integrity
or honesty of the official.
McGrath added:
"So far as I ever Knew or could
find out, Lamar Cnudle was hon
est.” ,
Sitting with McGrath, alto as a
witness before the House Ways
and Means subcommittee investigat
ing tax scandals, was Joseph C.
Duggan, an Assistant Attorney
General.
Prom the two of them, it was
developed that:
1. The FBI reported certain “de
rogatory Information” about Caudle
to then Attorney General Tom
Clark, now a Supreme Court Jus
tice, In 1945 when Caudle was first
appointed an Assistant Attorney
General. The nature of this infor
mation was not brought out.
2. So far as the files show, no
Investigation was made on Caudle
when he was appointed by the lsje
President Roosevelt. In response to
a question from Rep. ByrneS <R
Wlsi McGrath said an investiga
tion was customary tor Hew ap
pointees to high office.
McGrath Uld tbs Investigators
at the outset that he hold “no
btlcf” for any "indiscretion*" by
Caudle “nor do I presume to
pass Judgment on him.”
But in response to questiorts, Mc
Grath defended the propriety of a
$5,000 commission Caudle received
on an airplane sale, and he declared
he l'elt sure Caudle "never meant
to do anything wrong" in connec
tion with an Alabama tax fraud
case.
Gov. Gruening Will ,
Make Keynote Speech
At Sitka Convention
Gov. Ernest Gruening will make
the keynote speech ‘at the di
visional Democratic convention in
Sitka which starts Thursday, It
was announced today.
Gov. Gruening was Invited to
make the speech by Sitka chairman
of the precinct committee. The gov
ernor says his talk will outline
the achievements of the Democrat
ic party regionally and In the na
tion.
Delegates and other interested
Democrats began leaving Juneau
today by Alaska Coastal Airlines
to attend the convention. Another
group will leave tomorrow morn
ing, and others are expected to
leave tomorrow afternoon.
Important party programs are
expected to be considered at the
convention and delegates will be
chosen to attend the Territorial
convention to be held after the first
of the year.
Rules Announced
For Christmas
Display Contest
Jessie McCrary, chairman of the
Juneau Chamber of Commerce civic
affairs committee, announced to
day that the annual Christmas dls*
play contest will be held again this
year.
Regulations under which all Judg
ing will take place this year are:
1. The Christmas motif or theme
must be followed throughout the
display.
2. Business houses can be either
interior or exterior with awards
based upon originality of the dis
play. Merchandise will not be con
sidered as decoration but can be
incidental to the real decorations.
3. Home and apartment house
decorations must be exterior lighted
displays, with awards being based
upon originality.
4. The contest is open to all
business houses and all Juneau
homes and apartment houses.
5. Judges will make decisions on
December 23 between 5 and 8 p.m.
Prizes will be announced later.
FROM MT. EDGECUMBE
Annie M. * Hearn and Neta Mae
Pearce of Mt. Edgecumbe are stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.