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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-09
kLoNDIkE MIKE,
 FAMOUS IN OLD
 DAYS, pASSE5 ON

SAMOMPCA, Calif., April 9 = LR-Michael (Klondike Mike) Ma honey, colorful figure in the Alas kan gold rush, died at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital yesterday He was TT.
 Mahoney came here from Ottawa in 1948.
 One of the men who blazed trails through the wilderness in the boom days, Mahoney was reported to have trekked 80 miles in single day.
 He retired to Ottawa in 1913 and became a businessman.
 Survivors include his widow, Helen.
 Klondike Mike acquired a fabu- lous reputation during the Klon- dike gold rush. Tales of his exploits in the Yukon and Alaska are legion. Asked at one time about the perils of the rugged Chilkoot Pass, he re- marked that it depended on the man = T toted a piano over it myself"
 Mahoney, who obtained both fame and fortune from the Klondike, in later years became successful business man in Ottawa, where he retired in 1913. He lived to. see the story of his adventures make best selling book = "Klondike Mike, published in 1943. One of his greatest achievements was bringing out the body of one Judge Fumes, a former mayor oi Seattle who had been sent north to investigate claim jumping and died suddenly in Fairbanks. Mahoney brought the body out in the dead of Arctic winter, 800 miles by dog team and having to fight wolves over much of the way. His success in this venture brought him acclaim in Seattle, purse of $lO,- 900 and railway ticket to any place he wanted to go.
 Later he returned to the Yukon and staked a claim that yielded him $175,O0O. He also was credited with bringing to Seattle the largest shipment of gold ever handled by an individual miner.
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Fight 5iarts' On Reprimand. For MatArfhur.
Truman Caught in Squeeze PIdY-There' $ Going 10
 Be Some Trouble

WASHINGTON, April g --tR-- President Truman was caught today in a squeeze between home front supporters of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, mostly Republicans, and U s. Allies who want him to discipline the outspoken general for his lates policy statement.
 Capitol Hill friends though that after a weekend of studying the situation, MT. Truman might act quickly to make known his views on recent Macarthur statements which have run counter to military ano State Department policies.
 It was certain that any move tc shear Macarthur of any authority as supreme commander in Korea would touch off storm in Con- gress.
 Most lawmakers carefully avoided predicting the course of Mir. Tru- mans action, although some specu- lated privately that presidential reprimand to the fiye-star genera would be forthcoming
 Senator Knowland (R-Calif>, z persistent critic of administration foreign policy in the Pacific, fore saw even more drastic action.
 Tt now appears that the hatchel men of the administration have been turned loose to undermine tn, position of General MacArthur ans to force reprimand CT recall" hs said.
 Knowland said it would be wise to keep Macarthur and get rid O Secretary of State Acheson. Sen ator Ferguson (R-Mich) advocated the dispatch of 12-man congres sional committee six Democrat and six Republicans - to consul MacArthur and learn his views oi the Korean war and Far Easterl policy generally.
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FLOOD CAFES
 OF RESERVOIR ARE OPENED
Thousands of Tons of Wat CT Rush Down on AL
 Iied-HeId Ground
By Associated Press

Red Chinese opened the flood gates of the huge Hwachon Reser- voir dam in Central Korea today but early reports said the man. made flood did not endanger LIN forces.
 The Reds opened 10 of the res ervoir's 18 gates and sent thousands of tons of water rushing down on Allied-held ground Observers said the Chinese intended to cut the Chunchon- Hwachon highway, main Allied supply artery and pave the way for a counter-offensive down the Chunchon-W Wonju high way.
 Reds Stout Stand
 Previous to the flooding the Chi nese had made stout stand against Allied forces storming the south ern rim of the reservoir. five to eight miles inside Red Korea.
 Despite the flood. the Pukhan River rose no more than four and one-half feet and by night the water was receding.
 On the West-Central front. American artillery pounded into Chorwon, IT miles inside Red Korea
 Counter Offensive
 AP Correspondent John Randolph reported the Chinese appeared to have pulled back all along the Western front north of Seoul, It was the third straight day that con- tact was broken with the Reds. There were indications the enemy was building up in this area for counter r-offensive.
 Practically all the days fighting was inside North Korea. The ex- captions were two small sectors south and southeast of the kwa- chon Reservoir. The biggest battle ragged south and southeast of Kwa- chon city, which is on the western tip of the inverted ''T' shaped res ervoir.
 It. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said the Communists in any new offensive might make consider able penetration in Allied lines be- cause of their superior numbers ana complete disregard for the value of human life" He added he felt mo serious concern :"
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The W ashinyton. Merry Go Round.
By DREW PEARSON copyright. 1851. py Bell Syndicate. Inc.

NAoPSAAcA<es >~~>'
 WASHINGTON.--AtG General Ei- senhowers headquarters in Paris last month plans were being made to land the 4th Infantry Division at Cherbourg or Havre in sort o1 peacetime Normandy Beachhead operation and march it up the Champs Elysees as a symbol of American allied solidarity. At that time the division was scheduled to arrive about the first week in April.
 The Senate debate delayed these plans, of course, but this may have been a blessing in disguise. For plans were also under discussion to have the British land their 11th armored division in France on the same day that the first American troops arrived; and to have a French division prepared simulta- neously to meet them.
 This show of solidarity is one of the most important things needed in Europe today. There has been too much arguing oyer who would supply what; over how many troops this country would furnish against that country.
 What Europe and the United
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. April 9 Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 27s. American Can III. American Tel and Tel. 153h, Anaconda 39A. Douglas Aircraft l0lA. General Electric 55hs. Kenne- colt 74ts. Libby. McNeill and Libby 9A. Northern Pacific 37ss, Standard Oil of California 45A. Twentieth Century-F Fox 20A. U. s. Steel 42%. Pound $2.S0M. Canadian Exchange BATS.
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Averages today were as follows: Industrials 250.57. rails 82.84, utili- ties 4255.
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gressional leaders have been told that any action to relieve the gen. eral of his command might upset the existing situation in occupied Japan.
 Macarthur is the supreme repre- sentative there of the Allied Gov ernments. When he was given this post, the Russians signed an agree ment saying that the supreme com mander in Japan should be desig- mated by the United States.
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SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
 WILL BE DISGUISED

A discussion of two topics will be made at the noon luncheon meeting of the League of Women Voters Tuesday at the Baranof.
 Mrs IL. B. Avrit will lead the discussion on aid to underdeveloped countries. The second discussion will be an explanation by Mrs. Jack Popejoy of the special school bond issue on which the city of Juneau votes in referendum April 30.
 The afternoon unit of the League of Women Voters meets Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Alas ka Electric Light and Power Go. penthouse to continue with the survey Know Your Town"
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Chinese Reds Atten1pt Drown Out UN Forces
Short Notice Given For Simulated Air
 Raids in 'Firesiep

An advance notice or SeVeu oo 15 minutes will be given for any simulated air raids to be made on the Juneau-Douglas area during the Juneau portion of the territory wide maneuvers exercise "Firestep it was announced at Sundays civil defense meeting.
 Raids will last from 15 to 3O minutes during which flares will be dropped to simulate the drop ping of bombs. The flares will be dropped at great enough height So that they will be burned out before reaching the ground, thus eliminating any chance for fire.
 The first aid staffs for the civil defense districts will not be asked to report during the alert or alerts. Those on duty will be the district wardens. National Guard person. nel, city police, and the U. s. Mar shal in addition to the civil defense council. No arrests will be made but a record will be kept of all viola tors.
 All lights must be extinguished in all homes and business houses the moment the alert signal is given. Street lights will be turned out. The possibility of electricity being fluctuated on the REA cir cult serving the Glacier Highway area as signal was discussed at the meeting.
 There is to be no smoking on the streets. All automobiles are to take shelter in the nearest struc- ture. Pedestrians are to get off the streets. The only people allowed | on the streets will be civil defense personnel.
 The city fire fighting equipment will be dispersed to strategic pla- ces. The fire truck in the support area will be manned.
 Notice of approaching enemy" aircraft will be phoned from the CAA tower at the airport to the civil defense headquarters in Ju- 1 neau and Douglas and to the tele- phone switchboard. A signal will be given on the telephone circuits out the Glacier Highway and to Thane. No signal has been devised for the area on the Glacier High way not served by telephone. All navigation lights will be left on out during an actual raid, the lights would be turned off. The CAA tower will contact the two civil defense headquarters and the telephone switchboard when the raid is over. Signal for the alert will be two minute stac- cato signal on the fire horn. All- clear will be the usual fire recall 1-1 signal
 The local ham" radio operators will be on the air during any and all alerts. Amateur radio operators present at the meeting were Dean Williams, Charles Gray, Matt Gormley, Jim Langdon, Ray Hem sley and Ken Allen.
 Minard Mill and H. Shudshift, Juneau and Douglas fire chiefs re- spectively, were at the meeting along with Mike Pusich, mayor of Douglas. Major D. N. Cameron and :! Capt. Harry Germann of the AL aska National Guard headquarters were present. Maj. Cameron an- nounced that flying squads" would be sent out upon the request of R. E. Robertson, local civil defense director. Representing the Alaska | Communication System was Capt. N. H. Ahlstrom.
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Two Nations Line Up Againsf Mac
 On Korean Warfare

PARIS, April g --tR-France lined up with Great Britain today in op- posing Gen. MacArthurs proposal for use of Chiang Kai-Shek's troops by the United Nations ill an effort to win the war in Korea.
 This was reported by the semi official French news agency and later confirmed by foreign min istry spokesman.
 The French stand was made at a regular foreign ministry news con- ference. Only French reporters are permitted to attend.
 The news agency said the gov- ernment confirmed that throughout the conversations carried on by dip- lomatic channels at Washington and Lake Success to fix the common position of the powers with troops in Korea, France as well as Great Britain has constantly opposed any extension of the conflict, whether by bombing Manchuria or the use of Nationalist Chinese troops, and in general any activity of the com mander in chief not expressly ap- proved by the LIN.
 Much of the Western European press thundered against MacArthur calling for crackdown and clear directive of United Nations aims in | Korea
 Policy Disapproved The London Daily Mirrors New York correspondent wrote that Mac Arthur lis defying his own coun- Jry's government and also other LIN governments by making policy state ments of his own"
 The newspaper also declared. The campaign in Korea is at present being waged without any clear direction"
 A British foreign office spokes- man denied in London that there is any split between the two big pow CTS over Korean policy. He declared that British and American objec-
 tives remain the same" The fact remains, however. that Britain does have some differences with United
 States General MacArthur, if not with the United States itself.
 MacArthur's Hands Tied In the bitter international debate centering around MacArthur, the supreme commander of LIN forces
 was not without loyal packers. Tn New York, Erie Cooke, Jr.,
 National Commander of the Ameri-
 can Legion charged that Macarthur is having to fight in Korea with
 both hands tied behind his back /
 In Karachi, Pakistan. It. Gen.
 zehai Okan, deputy commander-in-
 chief of the Turkish army, at a
 news conference, praised MacArthur
 as a successful commander
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS

BaYanof from Seattle scheduled to arrive at T o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to arr rive from Skagway at 8 o'clock to- morrow morning and sails south one hour later at g.
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City Council

A regular meeting of the Doug las City Council will meet tonight at 8 o'clock. according to A. J. Balog, city clerk. On the business agenda will be action on the city dock and cannery buildings, be- sides regular business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-09
BACK FROM sKAGwAY

: Capt. Melvin A. Johnson, in charge of the local Alaska Con- System office, return ed from Skagway over the weekend where he had gone on semi-an- nual inspection trip of the Skag-
 way office.
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COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT

Moving problems, including what to do about keeping the City Ll- brary open for the summer, will De taken up at a special City Council meeting in the council chambers at 8 o'clock tonight.
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Health Conference

The Child Health conference will be held Wednesday afternoon be- tween the hours of ? to 4 o'clock at the Douglas Methodist Church with the Public Health Nurse in charge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-09

The Amazon River. from it's mouth to the source of it's farthest tributaries, is 2,9oo miles long.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-09

Some historians call Arizona the Valentine state since it was ad- mitted to the Union, Feb. 14, 1912.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-09
WEATHER REPORT

WEATHER REPORT { Temperature for 24-Hour Period (
 ending 6:20 o'clock this morning ( In Juneau Maximum, { } 39; minimum, 36. { At Airport Maximum, [ ) 39; minimum, 36. ( FO R E c A s T { , Cloudy with intermittent { , rain tonight becoming stead { } fer rain Tuesday. Increasing }, southeasterly winds tonight , reaching 15 to 20 miles per } hour Tuesday. Lowest temp erature tonight near 35 de- { } grees. Highest Tuesday about , 40.
 , PR E CIPI T A ION
 (Past "A hours ending ::30 am. today { , City of Juneau .99 inches; , Since April 1 = 4.92 inches; , Since July l 62.85 inches. , At Airport = .25 inches; } Since April - 1.67 inches; , Since July = 3743 inches. } . .
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Cocktails and Banquet

The cocktail party for Elks and ladies was the event Of the late afternoon held in the Baranof Bub- ble room and which was attended by several hundred.
 At 2 o'clock the Baranof Gold room seated over 200 Elks at the banquet and at the same time over 80 Elks ladies and their guests, especially Mrs. Kyle and Mfs. Charles Garfield, gathered at Mike's Place in Douglas for their spirited get together.
 It was well after 8.30 Saturday night before Juneaus Exalted Ruler Wallis George called the big session to order. The official guests were escorted to the lodge room and gwen their honored seats. The initiation was the next order of the evening. Ketchikan's degree team, to taKe charge of this feature, marched lnto the lodge room and took the chars from which they conducted the lnl- tiation. The members of the degree team. all Past Exalted Rulers were:
 Exalted Ruler, w. A. Bates Es- teemed Leading Knight, w. ', Stump; Esteemed Loyal Knight, Al Winger; Esteemed Lecturing Knight Edward Borgen; Esquire, Maurice Oaksmith; Assistant Esquire, W
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ELkS ARE CALLED TO FIGHT THREAT
 FACING WORLD
Grand Exalted Ruler Kyle Makes Thrilling Talk df
 Great Day in Juneau

Last Saturday will perhaps go down in local history as one of the greatest days of Elkdom in Juneau. It was the official visitation ot Grand Exalted Ruler Joseph B. Kyle to Juneau Lodge No. APO, which is known as the father" of Elkdom in Southeast Alaska. Perhaps never before has there been such repre- sentation of Elks at any business session of any lodge in the Territory. Here to greet the Grand Exalted Ruler were representative from Elks lodgs of Fairbanks, Anchorage Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, Skag- way and Ketchikan.
 Wrangell was represented by every officer of the Elks lodge there and Ketchikan, 13 members, all Past Exalted Rulers, comprised the degree team and gave the initiation to eight candidates.
 In attendance at the various events were two District Deputies of the Grand Exalted Ruler, Dave L. Stevenson of Skagway, repre- senting the East, and Louie Od- sather of Anchorage, representing the West.
 Accompanying the Grand Exalted Ruler on his tour of Alaska was Past Grand Exalted Ruler Elm melt T. Anderson of Tacoma. Pres ent also was Charles Garfield, of Seattle, the only living charter member of the Juneau lodge.
 Officially opening the day was the dedication of the twin Iron Lung, gift of Juneau Elks to the public, by GER Kyle, which took place in the Elks auditorium at 4:3o in the afternoon.
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, 1951-10-03
Gen. Bradley Sure UN
Forces Con Defect
Communists in Korea

General Omar Bradley, Chief
Of Staff, indicated to newsmen
in Toxic that he is convinced
the United Nations forces can
bring the protracted Korean
lighting to a successful conclu-
sion if the truce talks fail.
General Bradley said that
the Allied forces are capable
OF bringing the Korean fight
ing to a successful military
conclusion. United Nations
forces have enough strength to
keep anyone from running
over u.s." he said.
All indications are that the
Allies are prepared to strike
hard # the Reds prefer to
tight it out. Thus far, there
has been no reply to General
R~idgeway's suggestion that
the truce talks be moved from
Kaesong.
, 1951-10-03
De Castro Approves
Amdt. to st. 1.homus
Annudl License Fees

Governor de Castro yester-
day approved a bill passed by
the Municipal Council of St.
Thomas and St. John on Sep
TENDER %, amending the ordi-
nance Of July 6, 1850 to
provide annual license fees for
licenses for dry-docking
(marine railway from 5000 to
5000 per annum.
The bill also made a further
necessary amendment to the
annual license fee law provid-
ing that the fees stipulated
therein shall not apply in any
Continued on page A
, 1951-10-03
Mole Chorus Mukes
Debut in Frederiksted
Tomorrow Night

The Male Chorus will make
its Frederiksted d ebut to-
morrow night at St. Gerard's
Hall, promptly at $50. Many
patrons who heard them in
Christiansted several nights
ago plan to hear them tomor-
row night also.
Arrangements are being
made to feature the group Ill
in St. Thomas.
, 1951-10-03
Rohlsens Testimony
OFT PIMA Herring to
be Published Soon

The complete text of the
testimony of Councilman Hen
ny Rohlsen, given at the recent
hearing of the Public Market
ing Administration for the pur
pose of determining wage
rates and fair prices for the
1852 crop, will be published in
subsequent issues Of the Avis.
Mr.. Rohlsen represented the
Small Growers of the Island at
the hearings which, incidental
ly, was the only group that
was properly represented. It
was the first time in many
years that Labor, to whom the
hearings were of the utmost
Importance, had no represen-
tatlve except the impromptu
representation made by Coun-
Gil men Walter Hodge and S.
Christian Chase.
, 1951-10-03
Britons at Abudun
Asked to be Removed
by Air Transport

The estimated three hun
dred and twenty-three British
experts an dtheir families now
at Abadan in Iran, have asked
the government to send air
transports for them instead Of
them leaving by warship.
They said that they are I'M
willing to become a spectacle
by marching up the gangplank
of British warships with Per
slams laughing and jeering at
them.
Russia has indicated her in
terest in the oil fields; the Rus
sian Ambassador had a long
Continued on page Il
, 1951-10-03
Governor Leaves for
VICORP Bodrd
Meeting Wush.. DC.

Governor de Castro left for
Washington this morning to be
on hand for the Board of Di-
rectors meeting scheduled for
Friday morning, October 5, at
which there will be important
decisions affecting the future
OF the Virgin Islands Corpora
ton, including the appoint
ment of a present and possibly.
II Senator Hugh Buffers de-
mand is needed, the post Of
vice president will be
abolished.
While rumors indio~te that
IN addition to Axel Shades
candidacy for the presidency
there is that of Gordon
Skeoch. Because of violent
criticism of both there NAV
emerg" one or two dark hor-
se's", Norman Cissel, comptrol
Ter Of VICORP, or R. Norman
Skeoch, who was a former di-
rector of the Agricultural Sta
ton and now head Of the Chris
tiansted Utilities Company 81
Robert L. Harmon, present di-
Continued on page ~
, 1951-10-03
Atty. VIM. Moorhedd
Confirmed ds Police
Judge for st. Croix

Atty William Moorhead's
nomination as Judge of the St.
Croix Police Court has been
confirmed by the Municipal
Council, it was le4fned today.
The Council acted last Thurs
day with only one dissenting
vote.
Judge Moorhead will take
over when DR.. Canegata as
sumes the post of Administra
tor for St. Croix en- Nov. l.
, 1951-10-03
Gidnts, Dodgers to
Fight for Chdmp' ship
Pendnt Today

The Giants and Dodgers Of
the National League will fight
it out for first place today and
thus decide which team will
meet the Yankees for the pen
nant in the World Series
game tomorrow.
In yesterdays game the
Giants took the first game
3 to /; the Dodgers beat the
Giants in the second game 10-1
Great tribute was paid to
Jackie Robinson by the New
York Times in an editorial en-
titled Baseball at it's Bst'.
IF one man can be singled
out as the hero Of that Dodger
game, it is Jackie Robinson,
who averted defeat with a
sparkling catch and, though
injured, went on to'deliver the
winning home run" It went
On to praise the Giants ire
mendous comeback since 1914,
CONTINUED on page A.
, 1951-10-03
Van Fleets Armies
Open Artillery Fire
on Eastern Front

General Van Fleets U.N.
forces have launched a fierce
artillery barrage against hill
positions near the town Of Ko-
| angpo, Other Allied infantry
men made limited advances on
the eastern sector but were
held up by terrific small arms
fire.
Seven Russian MIG-15s were
destroyed in swirling dog
fights between So Allied lets
and 1876 MICS which took them
from stratosphere to the TOP
level, The intensification is the
result of heavy blows by UN
bombers against supply lines
and the heavy destruction of
Locomotives and bridges.
Furious fighting is taking
place all along a 1875 mile front
as UN troops are using flame
throwers and other weapons.
The mighty US. battleship,
New Jersey, in the Sea of ia
pan also bombarded commu-
mist positions on the coast.
, 1951-10-03

VIENNA = Klement Gottwald,
Czechoslovakia's Communist pres.
ident, who purCed the Czech Com
munist party Of It's "stalinist" lead
ership in a sweeping shakeup which
put nationalist" elements among
the Czech reds in power. The post
of Secretary General, formerly held
by "Stalinite" Rudolph Slansky-
the man who engineered many pre-
vious Moscow-ordered purges-was
abolished. Diplomatic sources inter-
preted the party shuttle as a vic.
tory for President Gottwald, his
son-in-law, Alexei Cepicka, who is
Minister of Defense, and other
Nationalist" communists.