The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXV., NO. 10,024 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - o —————=t JAPAN REJECTS POTSDAM ULTIMATUM TAXPAYERS ASKREVISE | OF VALUES Mass Me;;ting Adopfsi PERMANENT TAXPAYERS GROUP SET IsRevealed Baranof Meet ing Today|No Deaths Caused So Fari Resolution for Equali- | Sows Seeds of Active | But Plague of Absen- | zationof Assessments | Organization Here feeism Resulls | | Establishment of the JuneauTax-| NEW YORK, July 27 — Workers payers Association on a permanent|in a Brooklyn war plant have been basis today received the approval!poisoned systematically for days, of members of the Special Com-|and although there have been no | mittee appointed at last evening's|deaths, the plant has been plagued public meeting held in the Coli- by absenteeism, Assistant District seum Theatre. Attorney Louis Aldino announced. formed Juneau Taxpayers Associa: The committee met this noon in, The poison had been placed in tion. the Gold Roem at the Baranof the bottle-type water cooler of the Most of those present seemed will- | Hotel, at which time Charles E.|plant, said Aldino, who is investi- Juneau’s imporied property evalu- rtor, Howard S. Henretta, his meth- od of arriving at property valuey| and subsequent City tax assessments based on his evaluation were tar- gets of concerted criticism at last cvenings’ first meeting of the newly ing to hold back from blaming the|Naghel was unanimously elected gating “criminal aspects” of the City Administration for the prevail-| Permanent chairman of the Dr-{(‘nsr, ing condition until the Council has|ganization. Members of the com-! Aldino, declaring that it was had its opportunity to act as the mi"f“‘ present were: Temporary “fortunate no one was killed,” said Board of Equalization. Henry Mes-|Chairman William E. Hixson, Tem- the poison had been weakened by serschmidt received a strong vocal| borary Secretary J. ‘W. Leivers, dilution in the water. He said work backing, however, from the crowd|Charles Goldstein, Walter E. on a “highly secret instrument” for more than half-filling the Coliseum | Sharpe, Dr. W. P. Blanton, H. L.'the Army and Navy Air Forces had Theatre auditorium when he pointed! Faulkner, Allen Shattuck, James peen greatly retarded by the ab- cut that the next election will bring | Larsen and Mr. Naghel. | sence of as many as 20 of the 70 the day of reckoning—“Then we On motion duly carried, the com- cmployees daily. can dump 'em all,” he declared, “if ' mittee went on record that it is they'rz arbitrary.” the consensus of opinion that the “JAPANESE” PICKED UP tJuneau Taxpayers Association to be a permanent organization, and not of a temporary nature for the present emergency, and that the feasibility of joining the Na- IS NEW YORK, July.27—A high police official said today authori- ties were questioning “a Japanese” who was picked up by detectives near a Brooklyn war plant where 90 per cent of the workers have Committee Named Bill Hixson, acting chairman for the meeting, named a committee to| present the views of the taxpayers m-;:amzationi . G Cltyd 0‘;"’;“%‘&" tional Taxpayers Association be in- e e etnrsGnarles Gola. | vestigated. To this end the chair- been systematically poisoned, mak- stein, Allen Shattuck, Charles Nagh- man appointed Messrs. Faulk‘ncr, ing many viclently ill. None have Pt 5r. W. P. Blanton, Clarence Shattuck and Blanton to look into died. Wise and Walter Sharpe, it to be on| 1S, matter. | A spokesman said the man was band in the Council Chamber this| The commnittee approved plans to being questioned in connection with cvening when the City Fathers con-| [Cld Weekly noon meetings at the the poisoning. His name was not sider the budget for next year. | Baranof Hotel. At next Friday's disclosed. Chairman Hixson .stated the put_;mcenng, a statement of the alms The man was described by police pose of last evenings' meeting as:|2nd Purposes of the organization,'as being 26 years old. He had been “To get a definite explanation from | !0 be drafted by the committee on | employed at the war plant for the the City Administration and its/Permanent organization, is to be past year as an engineer. assessor of the inequities and incon- | Presented for approval. PP o encies of the present property| A further motion unanimously tax program.” He stated that addi- Prevailed that the organization go ticnal mectings of the Taxpayers OR record as considering that the Association will be held, at which|Present Assessment Roll of the Cic, i time the appointed committes will Of Juneau for the current year is report back and when “several issues | grossly inequitable and that it before the Council which concern|should be reviewed. The same mo- oo R | tion further provided that the City Five) !Councfl be requested to appoint ‘a jman to a committee for this pur- i \ | 1vposc; the Association to appoint ni FIG HI jApS | second member, and these two men |to choose a third member. All to ] | be property owners and taxpayers. 5, was ‘e w Tech Sgf. Paddock, 5 MAN (Continued on gt The Washington Merry - Go- Round | | oo | It was pointed out that the law provides that, a tax rate of up to, 2 By DREW PEARSCN {20 mills may be assessed agamst, MoNths Overseas, Slgns Lt. Col. Robert 8. Alien now on active tN€ actual value of property, real . service with the Army.) jand personal and that'any such for mp campmgn WASHINGTON — Secretary ar“‘;.lax in excess_thereol based on in- DA State Jimmy Byrnes already has fizgo;:]:fifn;fil Btno:'e‘:] by 1aw. DENVER, July 27.~The war isn't two key men up his sleeve. for top ;o ypic soi)n it :; om';_t;: megt"cver yet for Tech. Sgt. Charles M. jobs in the State Department. Un- | cjqeq povk m-e i isfl % ”‘ - Paddock, 27, of Haines, Alaska, who less something changes his mind| ity “oon 1€ PRRCAl COMIME pas accumulated 243 discharge before he gets back from Potsdam,! goun i :i Yok b °:°M e City points, served 52 months overseas in the new Under Secretary of State, cuenino o u Zi eeting this thres combat theatres and survived replacing Joe Grew, will be SPruille | qonten ot the orne e Lettion three crash landings. Braden, now U. 5. ‘Ambassador to| ‘°:t w“ l:l e public meeting last! He has volunteered for a tour in Argentina; while the Asustant\?g » together with signatures of the Japanese war, and will leave Secretary for Latin America, re_;i:xri:l);;rs gbtained] at that meet-ELowry Fleld soon to join a B-29 placing Nelson Rockefeller, will be | i iujequem y." | group. Norman ~Armour, now U. 8. Am-| | Veteran of eight and one-half bassador to Spain. < . {years in the Army, Paddock wears The promotion of Braden to the 30 m ME" OF 427 combat ribbons, including the Under Secretary will be a direct () |Croix de Guere and Allied Govern-| slap at the Argentines, where| |ment ribbons. He has served with crowds have been booing Braden: NAVY Go'NG To ithe ‘Air Forces in England and North and hand-bills have ' been posted. ,Alnca. _Paddcck was assigned to all over Buenos Alres denouncing BE D'S(HARGED?LOWW Fieli s Senin) photogrnpher,! hig dbeca(l;se % Ao accident Jg thely it oy | Tech. Sgt. Paddock was in Juneau| Braden Copper ' sicin’ Opfle. | several months ago on furlough, en-! route to Haines to visit his rela- tives, | oeden i ol amomci B listments, However, He worked on the fringes of the! WI" Keep For(es Up to J B S R | Present Srength Winston Churchill | old Roosevelt, Brain Trust in 1932, ] { N sos o, moere Praised, All Ranks| and FDR considered appointing | him Ambassador to Chile in 1933. However, there was too much re- sentment from Chilean labor be- cause of Braden's copper interests ;hx ffl'flufi, menb will ‘:eddi“hflrxet‘ll P LI e avy by nex anuary fi::,r;e;ndd:“;o‘::;‘fwej:bgnei:t :::hmdsr the new “adjusted service LONDON, July 27 Political Western Hemisphere instead. He age” system, Vice Admiral Randall énemies and friends of Winston Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel, Churchill have joined in high | discloses, praise of the former Prime Min- | Enlistments, however, will keep ister's wartime leadership. ' the Navy at its present strength of ~ Professor Harold Taski, Chair- man of the Labor Party’s National Executive Committee, told a Laber| | Ambassador to Colombia and Cuba where he did an A-1 job. Norman Armour, slated to suc- ceed Nelson Rockefeller, is one of the outstanding career diplcmats, | having been Ambassador to Argen-| tina and Chile, and Minister to! Canada and Haiti. When Braden| leaves Argentina as Ambassador, | his post will not be filled—a slap | at the Argentine Fascists, and also | indirectly at the State Department was made a diplomatic trouble- chooter to iron out the Chaco War hetween Bolivia and Paraguay, and other, troubles in the Western % s approximately 3,389,000 officers and Hemisphere. Later, Braden became| o, "ol Jacobs said fn an In- | terview. | Victory Rally: “I want on behalf | He declared the Navy hopes to of the British Labor Party to thank | keep half a million enlisted men and Mr. Churchill for the great services Le rendered the nation.” | % i Anchorage Man Is GOOQNESS | To Wed in South Park Golf Club has a membership SEATTLE, July 27 — Marriage 52,000 officers after the war, Con-' gress willing. group who rushed us into Argen-| tine recognition at San Francisco. (Continued on Page Four) committee that is rated plenty good. license application has been made The co-chairmen are Carl Good by Vernon M. Looney, of Anchor- and Justin Two-Good. Jage, and Edith Michlidge, Tacoma, SURPRISE Mixed Reaction Brought Throughout World, Re- sult Britain's Election .| (By Associated Press) Tre passing of Winston Churehill| as Britains' Primce Minister braughtl a mixed reaction world teday. Threre was general rejoicing in the ranks of labor, scme anxiety on the| part of business interests with Brit-| ish affiliations and consternation in! Rightist circles. Everywhere the pro-| portions of the defeat of the Churthill government caused sur- prise. | Tihe Moscow radio, making the Russian comment on the Brit- h Labor party victory, said the is! 1 of relations of fri sagreed n ther opnoniiiadiofl, anti-Soviet propaganda.” The Mos-| cow commentator predicted that| with the election “a mnew chapter have been called to meet here to-! opens in the life of Britain.” 1 In Washington, members of Con-| 5 disagreed in their opinion of wh have on the war with Japan and on' gencral British-American interna-! tional relations. Most Congr'.-ssmen‘ thought the British would press the war against Japan, but Senator Mc-' Farland (D-Ariz) was “afraid the British regard the war as over.” ! Victory by the Labor party, which'® "t -ted to-Commons. seeks government ownership of Brit- ains' basic ~ industries, convinced' many Congressmen that similar is- sues must be faced in the United States. Tke leading Swedish conservative newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, said Crurchiil had kteen “betraysd by his SENATE SPEEDS UP FOR RATIFICATION OF PEACE CHARTER WASHINGTON, July 27—Senator Barkley (D-Ky. urged the Senate teday to prepare for a final vote ratifying the United Nations Char- ter at 5 p. m,, (EWT) tomorrow. The Democratic leader told his colleagues he wants them to stay on the job until 7 p. m. tonight. He asked for a meeting at 10 a. m. tomorrow, two hours earlier than usual. . Barkley's move to wind up con- sideration of the 50-nation peace- keeping agreement this week won the support of Senator White (D-, Me.), the minority leadgr. White said it was “difficult to conceive that anything new can be said” | about the charter. However, Senator Morse (R-Ore.) served notice he would object to any limitation on debate. - Resfauranfs in Olympia Serve Notice on OPA OLYMPIA, Wash., July 27—Res- taurants closed since Saturday mid- night re-opened in Olympia today. But most don’t expect a rush of business. Only a few of the 36 eating places have red points and the| others will serve unrationed food and no butter. A newly-formed Restaurant Operators’ Association says it has advised the OPA that the cafes will clcse when all red points are exhausted, and has ap- pealed for supplementary points to tide’ the establishments over. Sweden Denies Being Used as Go-Belween STOCKHOLM, July 27. — Widar Bagge, Swedish Minister to Japan, and the Swedish Foreign Office to- day denied reports published in the United States that Bagge had brought from Tokyo a Japanese re- quest for clarification of American | interpretation of unconditional sur- | render, throughout the | TO BUSINESS Major Cabinet Positions May Be Filled Before Returning fo Potsdam By W. W. HERCHER (Associated Press Correspondent) LONDON, July 27.—Clement R. Altlee plunged into work today as }!e.;d of Britains' {irst Labor govern- ent in 14 years, which he pledged to give top priority to fin- iShing the war with Japan. There was a general belief here the the new Prime Minister would 'réturn to Big Three conferences at | Potsdam during the weekend. How- cver, it seemed likely that he would 14111 at least the major cabinet offices before leaving. Th triumphant Laborites, holding 2 and issued a warning against|doWn for a long ilerm in office—de peosibily the full five year Laber statutory members of Parliament morrow to re-clect the leader of the party, which always is done at the start of each new session. it effect the voting result would” Mcst London newspapers predicted Churchill would not return to Pots- dam, although it was reported Attlee alrcady had asked him to accom- pany him. Eden, however, said he would return to the conference if a‘k d and would continue to do his ke:t to help. Churchill and Eden beth were re- For Churchill was left the relative humble position of leader of the Hcuse of Commons minority—one s0 small it can wield but little in- fluence in shaping Britains' im- mediate future. TO BEAT JAPAN LONDON, July 27—Prime Min- ister Attlee was reported tonight to have chosen the senior members of his new Labor Government and political writers said he would re- turn to Potsdam at the weekend with Ernest Bevin at his side as Foreign Secretary. Attlee has pledged top priority to beating Japan. Attlee conferred for five hours with Bevin, Herbert Morrison, Arthur Greenwood, Hugh Dalton and 8ir Stafford Cripps, all former Coalition Cabinet Ministers and all sure of high places in the Labor Government, strong and secure with 390 seats in Commons — a working majority of 70. Wholly unconfirmed reports were that Churchill contemplated yield- ing his role as leader of the oppo- sition to Anthony Eden and retir- ing to write his memoirs at leisure. Scme writers conjectured that King ‘George might proffer him a Dukedom. CABINET APPOINTMENTS LONDON, July 27—Ernest Bevin was named Foreign Secretary to- night, succeeding Anthony Eden. Text of the announcement fol- lows: “The King has been pleased to approve the following appoint- ments: “Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of De- fense—Clement Richard Attlee. “Lord President of the Council— Herbert Stanley Morrison. “Beerefary of State for Foreign Affairs—Ernest Bevin. “Chancellor of the Exchequer— Hugh Dalton. “President of the Board of Trade ~—Sir Stafford Cripps. “Lord Chancellor — Sir William Allen Jowitt, “Mortison will be leader of the House of Commons. “Further lists of appointments will be issued in due course.” Ay Ul TR STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 27 - Closing ouotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine stock today is 67., American Can 96, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss-Wright 6%, International Harvester 81%, Kennecott 37, New York Central 26, Northern Pacific 27%, U. S. Steel 67. Pound $4.03. has | | | | VIEWS GIVEN ONREJECTION OFCHURCHILL ;May Bring American Turn . fo Left-What Wil Hap- L. pen Ii_ls_ Does? By Jack Bell | (Associated Press Correspondent) | WASHINGTON, July 27-—British rty last May called a "uunsolidl-}“" of the 640 seats in the I{ouscvu(,m]ectmn of the Churchill Govern- D with | Commcns, appeared to be settling| ment set American politicians won- g today whether the postwar era will bring an American turn to the left and what will happen it it does. Members of Congress voiced wide disagreement over the effect they think the British voting results might have on the war with Japan and on general international rela- tions between this country and Britain. | But the victory of a labor party which campaigned for government cwnership of Britain’s basic indus- tries convinced many that the United States may face similar ‘\ss\\es when the Pacific war ends. | Senator Austin (R-Vt), for in- | stance, said he thinks the two major parties will have to improve upon their flexibility to meet do- mestic and foreign problems. “We are confronted with the greatest attack on free economy in history,” Austin told a reporter. “If we maintain the capitalistic system and free government we will have (to improve our flexibility and move quickly to meet economic, po- litical and international problems.” Senators Johnson (D-Colo), and (Wherry, (R-Neb), said they thought the left wing victory in Ingland “shows the way the world is going.” Senator Morse (R-Ore.) com- mented cryptically that “the elec- tion demonstrates that historically we have entered into the era of the common man.” | — .- Trapped Japs Being Killed, rea EXTRADITION ON Burma Area BIGAMY CHARGE Former Policeman in Cus- | MR | CALCUTTA, July:27—PBritish and indian trcops havz wiped out half the mimber cf Japs believed to be trepped in the 77-square-mile en- emy pocket of southeast Burma. {Mere than three thousand Japs have {been killed and more than 400 cap-| |tured in the past six days of figh'.-} ing. The enemy force is cornered !between the railroad and the |stretching from Toungoo south to a town ninety miles above Rangoon. | the enemy launched powerful ar- |an effort to breach the Allied cor- don. cyr Seven thousand additional soldiers are telleved to be hemmed {in farther north—around the Thazi- Taunggyi road. AUSSIES PURSUE BIG WITHDRAWAL MANILA, July 27.—Japanese trcops in Borneo are making a gen- ced today. Australian troops moved steadily WarPlant ~ DEFEAT OF |ATTLEE GETS |Pofsdam UltimatumOn PoisonPlof = CHURCHILL, | RIGHTDOWN Japan fo Surrender to Go fo Emperor Hirohito WAR T0 END By MORRIS J. HARRIS (Former Chief of the Shang- hai Burcau of the Associated Press and long-time resident of Japan.) WASHINGTON, July 27 — In theory, the issue of the Potsdam immediate goes ultimatum for Japan’s unconditional surrender, straight before the Emperor. He is, in the eyes of his loy: subjects, the source of all authority froe | in Japan—the All-Highest whom all decisions flow. In truth, however, Emperor of Japan, 124th ruler his line, likely will bave littie do with the reply,'if any, that sent to the Truman-Churchi Chiang Kai-shek pronouncement. Instead, Japan's warlords, ones who will say quit or co tinue fighting. i For generations Japan's Emper- more than, figureheads, and Hirohito can claim no better rating. Should the big decision to admit defeat or cast' the empire to its destruction really he wil mor: etrenzth with him for its making. Hirohito is the son of Yoshihito, 1928 after five years ors have been little into Hirohito's little political lap and fall catry who died in of insanity. For years before his death, Yo- shihito had ceased to appear public; his government was in the hands of a regency of élder states- men His son, Hirohito, Princes receive—coddling in hands of private tutors and smattering of military tactics an display know how to ride a horse and ri view thé nation’s troops. At the age of 20 the insanity his father demanded that the na- tion have a titular head and th: Hirchito assume the title of Prin Regent, A shert while before, was assigned to travel | Japanese Prince was done, called for other Japanese more schooled in the affairs of the world in order to relieve the tediousness of the { royal tour. ,oo— FOWLIE WAIVES tody of Juneau Deputy for Return Here NEW YORK, July 27. — Alexands Mandalay-Rangoon poyie, 50, today waived extradition Sittang RIVer, ¢, a)qqa where he is wanted on a polygamy charge. Magistrate Raphael R. Murphy | The battle flared up July 21, When , qareq him turned over to Deputy § U. 8. Marshal Walter G. Hellan, of tillery-supported counter-attacks i jinuqy, Alaska, who will take him to Juneau for trial. Fowlie, a former New Jersey po- JAP jiceman and prison guard, is under suspended sentence in Federal Court herz on a charge of illegally wearing | the uniform of a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He was arraigned today on charge of being a fugitive fros Alaska. U. 8. Commissioner Ga! rett W. Cotter previously dismissed | jApS A“EMPIING iu Faderal polygamy complaint for lack of jurisdiction. - No Monkey Business Jerseyville, 111, July 27—Pfc. Louis eral withdrawal along the inland Whitley wrote his mother, Mrs. Mary road to the Samarinda oil fields, 60 Whitley, that he and his buddies in miles north of Balikpapan, General the Philippines, wanting a mascot, MacArthurs' Headquarters announ- set a trap and baited it with candy bars. Hirohito, | i1- lons ~ since run amok and leading their nation to its doom, likely are the received the same education all Japanese Crown the in order that they might the then Prince of Wales—later to become Edward VII and Duke of Windsor— | paid a state visit to Japan. I was in Japan at the time and with the NIPPONS T0 'PROSECYUTE Domei News Agency Makes Announcement- Other Sources Not Sure BULLETIN—GUAM, July 28. —The citizens of 11 Japanese ci werc bluntly told today (Saturday, Japan time) in pamphlets drepped by B-29s that their commanities will be fire-bombed to the ground, with the first four or more to be ignited within the next few days. al of | The unprecgdented warning to! of coming air strikes put addi- is| tional punch in the Allied Pots- dam statement calling upon the Japanese to surrsnder or be ut- torly destroyed. Dirccted at 890,000 cnemy civ- ilians, the warning was issued by Maj. Gen, Curtis LeMay, i Commander of the 20th Air Force, who sent six B-29s to snread the pamphlets over the 11 cities. It was eloguent tes- timeny to the American men’s scorn of Japan’s defenses, n- By Leonard Milliman (Ausociated ¥ress War Edior) Tokyo said today Japan would choose ‘“utter destruction” under admittedly superior Allied might rather than yleld to the Potsdam uncenditional surrender ultimatum. Other spurces, not so sure of Nip- penese detetmfiation, hinted Japan might fold up before invasion. The Japanese Oabinet, meeting in special session at the residence of Premier Suzukl, heard Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo on the ecight-point definition of uncondi- tional surrender issued yesterday by President Truman, Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang - Kai- shek. i Shortly thereafter the govern- ment-controlled Domei News Agency said Japan wouldn't ca- pitulate. “Japan will prosecute Greater East Asla to end," Demel said, “in with her fixed policy.” This was a complete reversal of vesterday's unprecedented appeal al in a nd e- of at ce the war of the bitter accordance two Royal Printes. by Tokyo radio for leniency. It I remember well how Edward, ignored a recommendation that ]urter the “day’s work” with the Japan surrender, which was re- portedly made by Gen. Hiroshi Oshima, one of Nippon's foremost military diplomats. As Ambassador to Geimany he saw Tokyo's Axis partner beaten into submission and was convinced . of the futility of lighting further. Quit Before Invasion | From Manila came a report that Japanese leaders were preparing the country for surrender before invasicn, Washington buzzed with rumors and speculation of prompt surrender. Churchill commented (Continued on Page Two) RIS AN AT MORE MEN 10 BATILE IN PACIFIC Military Time Table for. De- feat of Japan Moved Forward WASHINGTON, July 27 — Maj. a Gen. John M. Franklin told a Sen- m ate committee today that the r- “military time table for the defeat of Japan” had been moved for- ward. | For that reason, he said, more soldiers will be sent directly from Europe to the Pacific than origi- nally anticipated. Franklin, Acting Chiel of Trans- portation for the Army Service Forces, asserted this would cause a reduction in' the rate of return of troops to this country in August |and succeeding months. He testi- er They experted to catch a monkey. fied before the War Xnvestiga_nng Sales today were 920,000 shares. |in pursuit of the ememy and en- As they watched the trap, a hand Committee, currently inquiring into transportation erisis resulting 156.37; Dow, Jones averages today are as!countered small units six miles north reached for the candy. A minute a ; follows: " Industrials, 160.52; rails, |of the fallen Japanese strongpoint of later, Whitley wrote, there was one from tthe heavy transcontinental utilities, 32.30. Batochampar. less Jap in the Philippines. movement of troops.