The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-17
 AWAITING
 GENERAL
Dismissed Supreme Com- mander Is Due in San
 Francisco Tonight
By Associated Press

Gcn. DOuglaS MacArtnurS plane Bataan heads for the United States from Honolulu today, bringing home the Pacific war hero to receive the acclaim of the nation.
 The dismissed supreme command CT will arrive in San Francisco to- night and leave there tomorrow for Washington, where he will challenge in Congress Thursday the views of President Truman who fired him. Truman charged MacArthur's poli- cies would lead to World War III.
 Honolulu gave the five-star gen. eral foretaste of the celebrations
 ahead of him. For two hours Ha-
 waii's polyglot population lined a 25-mile route and cheered Mac Arthur. his wife, and son. Arthur.
 He received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from the Uni- versity of Hawaii. He visited the National cemetery at Punchbowl and placed a wreath os orchids at the base Of flagpole in honor of 13,000 W-rld War II dead buried there.
 Given Acclaim
 Everywhere he was given the ac- claim rendered a great cCnquering hero. There was no note of antag- onism such as has split America and the non- Communist world over his views. Macarthur had urged
 that the Allies bomb the Chinese Communists privileged sanctuary" bases in Manchuria and use Chiang Kai- -Shek's forces to open sec ond front against Red China. Military Welcome
 A 17-gun salute will welcome Mac Arthur at San Francisco tonight. The brief military welcome will give
 way tomorrow to civic celebration. The general will be driven through the streets to the city's Civic Center. where he will be formally welcomed by California's Gov. Earl Warren and San Francisco's Mayor Elmer Robinson. The ceremonies will be carried to the nation by the press, radio and television.
 Korean Warfare While the nations main attrac- ton was on the returning war hero, the warfare in Korea continued un- abated. Allied troops ripped into Communist forces on the East Gen. tral front in the mounting battle for the big Hwachon dam. The Communists have been using forest fires and smudge pots to hide their movements from the prying eyes of Allied pilots. As the man. made smoke screen began to lift. AL lied planes again roared into action with jellied gasoline bombs. rockets and machineguns.
 Artillery, Rifle Fire Allied infantrymen opened up on the enemy in the Hwachon dam area with artillery and rifle fire. Thousands of combat-ready Red l soldiers were spotted in the hills north of the dam.
 It. Gen. James a. Van Fleet, the new Eighth Army commander told correspondents the LIN forces were ready and able to contain any Com munist thrust.
 Allied troops maintained their pressure south of Cherwon on the Western front,
 Dulles, Ridgway Confer In Tokyo, John Foster Dulles, special U. s. ambassador, conferred with the new supreme commander. ! It. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway for four hours. They reportedly talked about the progress of peace treaty for Japan which Macarthur has urged at the earliest possible mo- ment.
 The latest North Korean message calling for Big Five peace con- I ference with Red China repre- sented was expected to get little support in the United Nations. The North Koreans in their message l said the Korean war could be set- tied only in accord with the decis- l ions of the first World Peace Coun- cil. Communist-sponsored meeting in the Soviet sector of Berlin last February.
 WELL WASHERS AT AIRPORT
 HONOLULU, April IT --tR- Gen.
 eral Macarthur left for San Fran
 cisco and a momentous welcome