THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
' “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMET*
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,654
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1950
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2 Boys Burned To Death In Early Morning Fire
WAR SLOWS
WITH 60,000
REDS ON LINE
Commanders Await Word
from UN-Seek to Avert
World War III
(By the Associated Press)
Gen. MacArthur’s spokesmen in
Tokyo said today there are 60,000
Communist Chinese troops arrayed
against U. N. forces in North Ko
rea and a like number immediately
available across the Manchurian
frontier.
The war itself slowed down, with
commanders possibly awaiting ma
jor diplomatic developments. Com
munist China has been asked Xo
pppear before the U. N. Security
Council and explain the presence
of her troops in North Korea.
The United States is expected to
press without dftlay a demand foi
the withdrawal of the Chinese
forces fighting in support of the
Red Koreans and a call on al
governments to refrain from assist
ing the North Koreans.
Diplomats Urge Caution
A number of old diplomats urg'
a cautious and slow approach t.
the ticklish situation in fear i
might explode into a world war.
The great strength of Chinese
Red troops in North Korea, a:
disclosed by MacArthur’s intelli
gence officers, means the lull i;
not caused by an inability of th
Reds to continue their pressure or.
allied troops. This pressure last
week forced the allies back 51
miles from the border.
The Chinese seem to be awaitin'
orders, while the Peiping govern
ment weighs the stresses anc
strains of world diplomacy. The
Chinese drew back in some sectors
Allied ground forces inched ahea:
in these spots to fill the vacuum
With 60,000 Chinese against them
plus about as many more North
Koreans, it was a tight anc’ cau
tious situation.
Jet Versus Jet War
The sky war kept up at a furious
pace. U. S. Navy Panther jet;
warded off Soviet-built jets anc
show down one in history’s second
jet versus Jet encounter. Yesterday
U. S. Shooting Star jets downed
one Russian-type Mig-15 and dam
aged another.
The Navy jets were protecting
dive bombers from the aircraft car
rier Philippine Sea which blasted
bridges over the border-markin:
Yalu River at Sinuiju. That
bombed out city lies directly across
the river from the Chinese city ol
Antung. This is the main supply
route for Red forces. It was 9t
per cent destroyed by superforts
that dumped 600 tons of fire
(Continued on Page Eight)
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
Copyright. USO. by B«U Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
H^ASHINGTON — The final de
cision as to how far the Russo
Chinese alliance will go toward all
out world war will depend largely
on one factor—how many atomic
bombs we have, compared with
the number Russia has.
The preponderance of atomic
weapons in our favor continues tc
be the most reassuring thing in
the otherwise unhappy internation
al picture.
For definite information has been
obtained that Russia has been able
to manufacture only 24 atomic
bombs and is making them only at
the rate of two per month.
On the other hand, the American
atomic stockpile, while a secret, is
vastly greater.. Furthermore our
rate of production is much faster.
This superiority of atomic
strength has been the main factor
deterring the Soviet from world
war up to now, and the chances
are it will continue to be a de
terrent in the future. It is also
why the Russians have adopted the
policy of wearing down American
resources by _ wars of attrition in
which satellite nations, not the Red
army, do the fighting.
In brief, it is likely that the
Kremlin will not risk a major war j
in which Russian troops must do
(Continued on Page Four) *
Questions Chinese Reds
Major General Edward E. Almond (second from right), commander
of U. S. Tenth Corps, qucctions a Chinese Communist prisoner
through an interpreter (left) at the Korean front north of Ham
hung. The prisoner, wounded in battle, wears head bandage. An
other Chinese Red stands at right. The prisoners reported they had
been in Korea two months after recruiting in Mukden and had
been defending Changjin reservoir, iff) Wirephoto.
^STRICKEH^
Nina Warren, (above) 17-year-old
daughter of Gov Earl Warren of
California is in the isolation ward
of a Sacramento hospital suffer
ing from “a moderately severe
case of infantile paralysis.” The
governor, Mrs. W'arren and an
other daughter, Virginia, rushed j
to Sacramento from Oakland
where they voted in the Cali
fornia general election in which
Warren was elected to a third
term. Iff) Wirephoto.
ANCHORAGE VISITOR
Mrs. George Sharrock of An
chorage is stopping at the Baranof.
P. S. GANTY HERE
P. S. Ganty of Pelican is ’•egis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 36; •
• minimum, 25. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 33; •
• minimum, 23. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• •
• Cloudy with light rain or •
• snow tonight and Friday. •
• Lowest temperature tonight •
• about 34 degrees. Highest •
• Friday near 38. Southeast- •
• erly winds as high as 25 miles •
• per hour. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau—.19 inches; •
• since Nov. 1—3.31 inches; •
a since July 1—32.34 inches. •
• At Airport—.17 inches; •
• since Nov. 1—1.49 inches; •
• since July 1—22.54 inches. •
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I
Farrington
Re-elected
In Hawaii
HONOLULU, Nov. 9—UPl—Joseph
R. Farrington, Republican, was re
elected to his fifth term as Hawaii's
delegate to Congress in Tuesday’s
election.
Returns from all but two pre
cincts cut of 138 gave Farrington
70.834 votes to 40,299 for his Dem
ocratic opponent, William B. Cobb.
Farrington is publisher of the Hon
olulu Star-Bulletin.
Republicans retained their 48
year-old control of the territorial
legislature. They won nine of the
15 Senate seats and 20 of the 30
in the House.
Voters gave Hawaii’s proposed
state constitution better than three
to one ratification. It now goes
to the President and Congress for
approval.
More than 85 per cent of Ha
waii’s 141,293 registered voters bal
loted.
PASSENGERS ON
ALASKA STEAM
RATE U)W FARES
Peterson Announces 20
Per Cent Reduction for
Winter Season
SEATTLE, Nov. 9—1Wl—Passengers
going from Seattle to Alaska on
the steamer Denali, which is
scheduled t^ leave at 6 p.m. Friday,
will be offered a 20 per cent re
duction in round-trip fares, H. V.
Peterson, general traffic manager
of the Alaska Steamship Co., said
today.
This is .the first time in the
company’s history that this re
duction has been offered, Peterson
said.
The new rates, which will be
effective until May 15, 1951, give
“round trippers” a 120-day return
limit.
Peterson said the Denali was
booked to almost 50 per cent of
capacity the first day after her
sailing announcement.
The Denali is the first passenger
ship scheduled to leave for Alaska
since new government regulations
went into effect, making the screen
ing of ship personnel mandatory
lender the new security law.
E. J. Perkovioh of Anchorage is
registered at the Haranof Hotel.
ALASKA MUST
BE BULWARK,
U.S. DEFENSE
I
Scientists Told Territory Is
Back Door to Defend
States from Reds
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9—l/P!—Al
i aska's health commissioner said
tcday the territory “must become a
bulwark of defense” because of its
proximity to Soviet Russia.
Dr. E. C. Albrecht addressed a
conference of American and Can
adian scientists, called hy the Na
tional Academy of Sciences for dis
cussion of research on such Alas
kan problems as national defense,
housing, climate, settlement and
health cf the people.
"Its (Alaska's) close proximity
to Soviet Russia necessitates it be
strong, and well defended for it is
indeed the back door to our Uni
ted States,” Albrecht said.
“It is also well that Alaska be
a beacon of democracy where all
the rights and privileges of free
men may demonstrate to Red Si
beria just across the Bering Straits
the glories and benefits of freedom
under our system of government."
Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska
told the conference the territory
was “rediscovered” with the out
break of World War II, and that
he believes “America has re-dis
covered Alaska for keeps.”
He called this rediscovery “a
continuing and enlarging process"
which has been stimulated by the
“manifestly growing menace- of the
totalitarian state, the Siberian
headlands of which are visible with
the naked eye from the Alaskan
mainland and from various islands
off its coui'..”
—
PRODUCTION
OF GOLD IS
ON INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 — —
Mine production of gold increased
three per cent during September
but silver and lead output declined
nine per cent and two per cent
respectviely, the Bureau of Mines
said today.
Gold production during September
totalled 229,852 fine ounces, the
highest since October, 1942.
The Bureau said a 41 per cent
increase in Alaska over the August
total, and an 11 per cent gain in
Arizona accounted largely for the
September increase.
Production declined nine per cent
| in Idaho, two per cent in Montana,
15 per cent in Nevada, 13 per cent
in Utah, and 11 per cent in Wash
ington.
September gold production by
states: South Dakota 48,730. fine
ounoes, Utah 36,400; California 33,
881; Nevada 13,647; Colorado 12.149:
Arizona 9,625; Idaho 7,000; Wash
ington 6,500; Montana 3,696; Ore
gon 702, Neiw Mexico 156.
Silver production during Septem
ber totaled 3,414,925 fine ounces as
follows:
Idaho 1,350,000; Montana 509,325;
Utah 488,000; Arizona 445,950; Col
orado 298,321; Nevada 129,107; Cal
I ifornia 95,543; Washington 30,900;
New Mexico 26,354; South Dakota
11,920; Oregon 1,393; Texas 160;
Alaska 8,24i; Missouri 10.890; states
east of the Mississippi 8,821.
Lead production by tons during
September was as follows:
Idaho 8,400; Utah 2,300; Colorado l
2,295; Arizona and Montana 1 "40 j.
each; California 1,290; Washington ]
790; Nevada 740; New Mexico 428;
Texas 10; Oregon one; Missouri
10,960; Oklahoma 1,729; Kansas ■
778; New York, Tennessee and Vir
ginia combined 414; southern IHi- ,
j ncis and Kentucky 267; northern ,
! Illinois and Wisconsin, 190.
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
1
Denali scheduled to sail from Se- I
attle Friday with passenger- and
cargo.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver, Saturday. N< v '!■
Freighter Palisana is scheduled I
southbound 9 tonight.
Firs! Election Returns
Mrs. Joseph Burke (right) wife of the town clerk of Hart’s Location, N. H„ a tiny mountain village,
marks up results of election in the five-family village. Reversing 10-1 GOP vote of two years ago, the
tally was 5 to 4 for a Democratic governor. Mrs. Florence Morey (left) was voted the first State Rep
resentative the village has been slotted in 20 years. (IP) Wirephoto.
TELEPHONE
WORKERS
WALK OUT
CIO Equipment Men of
Huge Bell System Strike
Big Tie-up Threatened
NEW YORK, Nov. 9— M —CIO
equipment workers struck the huge
Bell Telephone network from coast
to-coast today in a work stoppage
that threatened to paralyze a ma
jor link in the nation’s communi
cation system.
The long-threatened walkout be
gan at dawn on the east coast and
spread gradually across the country
as the 6 a.m. local time deadline
passed.
The 33,000 strikers are members of
the CIO Communications Workers
Union.
Some 16,000 are employed bj
Western Electric Company, manu
facturing and installing arm of tht
American Telephone and Telegrap:
Company. A wage dispute touchec
off the walkout after the union re
jected a proposed wage increase o:
10 to 11*4 cents an hour.
The union asked a “substantia
boost.”
The remaining strikers are ein
ployed by the Michigan Bell Tele
phone Company, involved in a sep
arate wage dispute with the com
pany.
rickets stationed
Within five minutes after the
walkout, the strikers stationed pick
et lines around exchanges fron
coast to coast—a maneuver designee
to keep nearly 300,000 fellow unioi
members, including operators, awaj
from their jobs.
Following instructions from theii
union, most of the non-striking em
ployees refused to pass through tht
lines.
Walkout in New York
The strike struck first at the kej
American Telephone and Telegrapl
building in New York City. A hand
ful of employees braved the picket
lines there but others, including e
union-estimated 2,700 long distance
operators, refused to pass through
The building handles an average
jf 73,000 long distance calls daily
A Western Electric spokesman said
ihere were no reports of impairec
service.
Injunction on Pickets
In Little Rock, Ark., Southwestern
Bell obtained an injunction which
orced removal of pickets from the
Exchange Building there. They also
cere withdrawn in Memphis for an
unexplained reason.
Service in manually-operated ex
thanges was slowed in many areas.
In New Jersey most manually-op
erated calls were being restricted
o emergencies only.
As the walkout reached the west
:oast, Seattle’s 200 striking equip
nent workers also began picketing,
rhe city has 7,000 other CWA mem
»ers who had been instructed to res
>ecr the picket line#.
CAA MAN HERE
Wesley S. McIntosh, who i with
he CAA at Anchorage, is in Juneau
it the Br.r.mof Hotel.
LATEST
ELECTION
RESULTS
(By Associated Press)
Latest election results:
Senate—Democrats kept control.
49 to 47. Present Senate 54 to 42.
Needed to control, 49.
Democrats elected 18, holdovers
31, lost 6. gained 1 in Missouri. Re
publicans elected 18, holdovers 29,
lost 1, gained 6 in Idaho, Illinois,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah and
California.
House—Democrats kept control,
>34 to 199, with 1 undecided, 1 In
dependent elected. Needed to con
:rol, 218. Old House, 259 Democrats,
169 Republicans, 1 American Labor
Party, 6 vacancies.
Net Republican gain in House 27,
let Democratic loss 27.
Democrats in electing 234, gains
1, lost 29. Republicans in electing
199, gained 28. lost 1. Independent
elected, 1. American Labor lost 1
Governors — Republicans elected
22, lost 0. gained in 6, Colorado,
Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan,
Nevada and New Mexico. Demo
crats elected 10, gained none, lost
3. Undecided 1 (Arizona) with the
Republican leading.
Governorships including those not
it stake yesterday line up: Demo
crats 22, Republicans 25, undecided
1. Old line-up: Democrats 29, Re
publicans 19.
BODIES OF 22
PLANE CRASH
VICTIMS FOUND
Encased in "Burial Bags"
and Carried from Scene
Down Mountain
BUTTE. Mont., Nov. 9— (#1 —
Flashlights guided exhausted men
down the steep west slope of the
continental divide last night with
he charred remains of the 22 per
ions who died when an airliner
crashed against the mountains in a
blizzard.
Each of the bodies was encased
in a “burial bag”—plastic sack. It
*as carried over the top of the di
vide and down a strtech of rocks,
windfalls and brush covered with up
to a foot of snow, to a waiting train.
Then the bodies were brought here.
The Northwest Airlines Martin
202. on an instrument letdown into
Butte early Tuesday smashed into
the north wall of Homestake Pass
at an altitude of about 8,500 feet.
Four crew members and 18 pas
sengers died instantly.
A blizzard hindered, then halted,
the search Tuesday. Early Tuesday
the airplane's bright red tail guided
searchers to the wreckage.
ANCHORAGE VISITOR
Sam Kelly of Anchorage is regis
tered at the Baranef Hotel.
ANCHORAGE VISITOR ;
R. S. Rahtz of Anchorage is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel. I
HOT SESSION
OF CONGRESS
IS PROMISED
Republican Gains Indicate
Slam-Bang Attack on
Foreign Policy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9—IM—Re
publican gains in the Congressional
elections appeared today to herald
a slam-bang new attack on the
Truman Administration's handling
of foreign policy.
The prospect raised the question
of whether President Truman will
move to head off the expected volley
of GOP criticism by trying to re
store bi-partisan cooperation which
lately has been withering.
However, the Republican price as
a prelude to any real harmony
seemed almost certain to be the fir
ing of Secretary of State Acheson.
And Mr. Truman so far has refused
to yield on that. Acheson said yes
| terday he has no intention of quit
ting.
The outcome of Tuesday's vot
ing, where foreign policy was one of
the main issues, put the Republi
cans in a position to be exceedingly
troublesome so far as the Truman
program is concerned in the 82nd
Congress, which convenes Jan. 3.
GOP Makes In-Roads
The Democrats retained numerical
control of both branches of Con
gress, but the Republicans made big
in-roads in the off-year balloting.
In the Senate, the Democrats
squeaked by with 49 seats to 47 for
the GOP. That is a net gain of five
members for the Republicans, who
toppled key administration leaders
out of the Senate in chalking up
their victories.
In the House, where one contest
still w'as undecided, the Repub
licans hiked their count to 199 mem
bers in contrast to the 169 they have
in the present Congress.
New Demo House Total
The new Democratic total in the
House stood at 234 as against 259
currently.
In the House at present there is
one Amerlcan-Laborite, who was de
feated Tuesday. The new group ]
there will be one Independent, who i
heretofore has been identified pol
itically as a Democrat. Six vacan
cies also were filled in the election.
Two hundred eighteen House
seats are needed for a mathematical
majority. Hence, the Democrats
probably will have a margin of
about 16 seats instead of the present
44.
Coalition Possible
On both sides of the Capitol the
Democrats’ edge is too narrow for
any comfort. It means the old coal
ition of Republicans and southern
Democrats which has thwarted the
administration in the past is in a
position to do it again—with ease.
The outcome appeared to have
thrown an effective roadblock in
front of the Truman “Fair Deal”
program. It calls for such things
as universal health insurance, pro
duction payments to farmers and
repeal of the Taft-Hartley Labor
Law.
FOUR ARE
INJURED
ESCAPING
Northern Rooms, Snake
Pit Destroyed in Two
Alarm Blaze Today
Two native boys were burned
to death, several persons were either
burned or injured in escaping from
the roaring two-alarm blaze which
early this morning destroyed the
two story Northern Rooms, lodging
house, and spread to the two story
Snake Pit building which was also
destroyed.
The fire started in room six. John
nie Johnston in room 15 first notic
ed the smoke thinking it might be
from a ctgqrette he might have left
lighted before he went to sleep.
He opened his room door to clear
it of smoke only to have his room
immediately filled with smoke. Go
ing down the hall, he broke into a
blazing , rpom to see if there was
anyone in it.
Gladys Stanley, who has been
managing the Northern Rooms since
the death of Wanda Myre, stated
that room six had nc^, been rented
last night nor the night before.
Johnston and one other man
quickly awakened others in the
rooms.
The two boys, Phillip and Law
rence Ward, 8 and 4 years old res
pectively, were found dead on their
bed. The features of Lawrence were
burned almost beyond recognition.
It was thought at first that the body
of ttys. SidesJ. was that of a woman
but the two boys were later positive
ly identified by their aunt, sister
to Louise “Judy" Ward, the boys’
mother.
Room five, where the two boys
burned to death, was padlocked. Its
window opened against the second
star* of the Snake Pit building
making it impossible to gain en
trance to the room during the fire.
Fire Spreads Quickly
The fire spread quickly to the
rooms over the Snake Pit building.
The bar owned by Gordon Kan
ouse and the rooms above were
burned leaving only a shell. Almost
all of the stock was carried from the
bar. The slight insurance carried
on the bar was just paid up. It has
not been determined if the North
ern Rooms building Insurance was
paid up but it is known there wero
two policies on it.
Fifteen In Rooms
It was estimated by Gladys Stan
ley that there were 15 people rent
ing rooms at the Northern Rooms
last night. There had been no trans
ient guests for several days. Though
there were no names on the hotel
register since August 5, several
transient guests had rented rooms
since that time.
First alarm was sounded at 6 a.m.
The second alarm at 6:08 was mis
taklngly sounded as 1-4.
“Judy" Ward was seriously burned
on the back, neck and hands in an
attempt to rescue her children.
Margaret Hollingsworth was burn
ed on one hand before jumping from
the second story of the Northern
Rooms.
Richard McRoberts possibly frac
tured an ankle in jumping. Stanley
Bowers was burned on the hands
while Johnnie Johnston suffered
from shock.
The four were hospitalized at St.
Ann’s Hospital and Dr. W. White
head was called.
The Salvation Army furnished
clothing to those who had no time
to save anything in the fire.
The bodies ol the victims are at
the Charles W. Carter Mortuary.
The Juneau Fire Department bat
tled the fire for over three hours
bringing it under control and pre
venting spreading.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Nov. 9—Closing quo
tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock
today is 2%. American Can 100,
American Tel and Tel 150 vi, Ana
conda 36, Douglas Aircraft 82 V
General Electric 49, General Motors
52V Goodyear 59V Kennecott 69V
Libby. McNeill and Libby 8, North
ern Pacific 27, Standard Oil of
California 74 V Twentieth Century
Fox 22V U. S. Steel 40 V
Sales today were 1,760.000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
1 us trials 227.17. rails 66.88. utilities
10.44.