The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 5, 1945, Page 1

| | | - VHE LiBRARY o5 Nmmmo "V “, - HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE -~ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXV., NO. 10,083 ]UNH\U ALASKA, FR IDAY, OCTOBER 5, I945 MEMBER ASSOC[ATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS |CUBS AGAIN TAKE LEAD IN BIG SERIES TIGERS HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY IN FIRST INNING " PLANSAID, Toolale!Too | SHIPPING TO ALASKA Senafor Mgl;uson Pro- poses Government Build Craft, Then Trade In WASHINGTON, Oct. 5—Benefits to Alaskan shippers equal to those cffered other operators under the Ship Disposal Bill are sought by Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.). 1 Magnuson has proposed an amendment to the pending bill which would permit the Maritime Commission to build ships suitable for the Alaskan trade. The amend- | ment has been the subject of dis- cussions with Senator Radcliffe| (D-Md.), chairman of the sub-| committee handling the bill. To Allow Trade-In The proposed act, Magnuson told | a reporter, would permit an oper-| ator to trade in his present vessel|” for a new one at about 50 per cent of the value of the new ship. This is a concession regarded as| partial compensation for use of the privately owned ships during the war, he explained. “But,” Magnuson said, “none of the government’s surplus ships is suited to the Alaskan trade, which requires a combination passenger and freight carrier. Therefore, ‘I , have suggested that, if a proper showmg is made and no ships to meet the need are available, the government build them.” Amendment | Magnuson said he was con-| fronted with the argument that| the amendment should be made to} the origina! Maritime Commission | Act. “However,” he said, “I shall en- | deavor to get an expression of policy from the committee, so that | I can be assured of its support' for a separate bill. If we do not| , provide for a replacement of the| present Alaskan merchant fleet, the Canadians will take over. If the| American _operators are forced to| build their own craft, the r: will have to be doubled and Llwy’ are high enough as it is.” | — .- | The Washington , Merry-Go- Round By DR FW PEAR.)ON WASHINGTON—The fast-grow- ing labor crisis presents Harry S.| Truman with the first big problem he has faced on a hitherto well- charted Roosevelt sea. Up until now, most policies, especially those ! dealing with war and peace, had been pretty well established by Truman's predecessor, In settling the current labgr turmoil, how-| ever, Harry is completely on his own. For some time, labor advice from | White House insiders has differed. | Truman’s Labor - Department has argued that labor troubles after wars were inevitable, that both Wilson and Harding had to call out U. S. troops after the last war, that labor has been in a strait jacket since Pearl Harbor, is bound to feel its wild oats now; finally, that big business was equally in a strait jacket and equally willing to row with labor especially if it could get labor in wrong with the public. Advice to Trumar?! Don't stick your neck out, let both sides battle it out for a while. Opposite advice came from an- other wing of the White House.| .. While admitting tiat all 'ne‘ above is. true, other advisers ulgedf that both labor and industry | needed guidance. For years both! labor and industry have had the‘ Little Steel Formula as their guide. | They were supposed not to x‘ above this. . Now labor nnds“ itself losing its overtime wages,| with take-home pay dropping way below lush war days, yet with the | cost of living still high. Therefore, Truman was urged to step for-| ward and set a national pol\cy.‘ suggest a wage increase which | would partly offset the drop in| take-home pay. It is this group of advisers which Truman | finally has decided to fcllow. * ¥ % FARMERS VS. LABOR UNIONS Last week Florida citrus growers (Continued on Page Four) | car, | the State Department officer {charge of fisheries be placed in a! Too Late! Too Late! Fatal Sho Fired e | FRANCISCO, Oct. 5—The | auburn-haired wife a SAN pretty of prominent San Francisco physiciani is being held in the city jail t.oday] | in connection with the slaying yes- terday of a registered nurse, whom | she thought had stolen the love of her husband. Mrs. Annie T. Mansfeldt, 45, said by friends to be a man and wonderful mother to her three children,” told Deputy trict Attorney Harding McGuire that she shot Mrs. Vada Martin, 36, while the two were sitting in | the Mansfeldt car on a San Fran- | cisco street corner. M Central terday Mansfeldt walked into the Emergency Hospital yes- morning, dropped a pearl-| ‘handlod .32 caliber revolver on the | counter, and told attendants calm- | |1y, “A woman is dying in the front seat of my automobile.” | When the attendants reached the Mrs. Martin was dead, shot through the left breast. Shocked - and f tened, Mrs. | Mansfeldt whispered, I shot her. I accused her of being infatuated with my husband. After I shot her she told me with her dying breaun she had never been intimate with him. Now I believe her and it's too late, too late.” NEW POLICY ADVANCED ONFISHING State Depz;rfient Officer | Needed for Actionin | North Pacific WASHINGTON, Oct 5—Restora- tion of the fisheries section of the | Gen. | State Department to policy-making rank is advocated by Senator Mag- nuson (D-Wash.). | He told a reporter today that | President Truman’s recent procla- | mation establishing a basis for fishing agreements in the North Pacific had made it imperative that | in position whereby he could work out {international agreements with ranking foreign officials. Magnuson said he also will pro-| pose that the man placed in d)a!"e‘ of the fisheries negotiations be la-‘v miliar with Pacific conditions. “Atlentic fisheries,” he said, isre] at present apparently well regu- lated. The problems of new agree-| ments apply primarily to the Pa-: cific areas.” Under Secretary Hull, Magnuson said, the department’s fisheries ad- visor was the capable Leo D. Stur-| geon, who ranked as an Assistant| Secretary of State. It appeared| then, he observed, that a sound | policy was about to be put into effect. When Edward Stettinius became ; secretary, fisheries matters were turned over to” the Commodmesi Division, where they remain. “Unions and operators,” Magnu- son said, “want an adequate fishing | division reestablished on a level where it can be made interna- tionally effective.” He said negotiations will be necessary not only with Canada, but with Russia and Japan if ef- fective fishing regulations are to be developed for the tuna, sardines, | crabs, bottom fish and other com- mercially exploitable sea life. The International Fisheries Com- mission, he said, has restored the halibut fishing grounds to the finest in the world. Similar pro- tection, he thinks, should be given other types of fish, seal and whale. i - | DISORDERLY CONDUCT | Ray ‘Murield Elliott, arrested by U. S. Marshal William T. Mnhoney on the northbound trip of the Steamer North Sea, between Ket- |chikan and Juneau, )es!erday‘ afternoon pleaded guilty here be- ! | fore U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray to a charge of dnorderlyl conduct. He was given a suspended | sentence of 60 days in jail, ‘call had been to inform’the Allied “wonder wo- | Dis- | This is how the Chicago Cubs made a double play on the Detroit Tigers inning of the World Scrics cpener Eddie Mayo and doubled Cramer at first (dotted line). JAPAN'S CABINET RESIGNS Former Foreign M|n|sier, Yoshida Reported New Nip Govt Head LL BRINES Correspondent) —Japan’s post- surrender ca >t quit today because it couldn't — or wouldn't—enforce | MacArthur’s revolutionary freedom policy and oust its Home | Minister —and Japanese newspaper- | men said former Foreign Minister | Shigeru Yoshida “might” be- the | new Premier. | Emperor Hirchito accepted the | resignations of Prince Higashi-Kuni | and his entire cabinet with the | comment “that is good,” and mat it clear that he would ask Mac- Arthur's prior approval of the next Premier. shida, a career diplomat, told | Japanese interviewers that “it is lmt | 1,7 but they pointed out that he * always foxy and wauldn't admit JL beforehand anyway.” They added | that two visits they said he made to the Imperial Palace today—and | two calls at MacArthur’s head- quarters—indicated his selection and approval Headquarters explained in a press | release tonight that Yoshida’s first | By RUS (Associated Pry TOKYO, Oct | | | i | | Command officially of the resigna- | tion of the cabinet and that a new | cabinet was being formed. The newspaper Asahi today cited | two “direct” reasons for thz cabinet’s I fall: It felt that it couldn’t cany| out MacArthur's freedom directive; | and it felt that it couldn’t be re- sponsible for maintenance of neace, and order after the directed re- | moval of leading police officials, Customarily, cabinet changes in Japan are watched by observing the | journeys of ministers after ihc‘ resignations. Circumstantial evidence | -Lif the itinerary of Yoshida was| correctly reported by the Japanese | newsmen—would indicate the se- | lection and approval of a new Pre- mier, since deliberations within the | palace grounds evidently ended after Yoshida reported back. sources, discussing Kon- | t to Yoshida, pointed uul. that customarily a new Premier | receives—rather than makes—calls; | Konoye called on Yoshida. WELCOMED PORTLAND. Ore. — Hitchhiker James F. Mitchell believes you can't be too careful whom you flag for a de, Mitchell stepped ‘onto a hxghwsy‘ and a state patrolman obligingly stopped. 1ue officer recognized Mitchell as |an escapee of the county jail and “the ride ended at headquarters, !in the s | for Shortstop Skeeter Web (AP Wirephoto) in Detrait. s b (s Now We Are Going Places; Up and af 'Em; Give 'Em a Doseof TheirOwnMedicne NAVY TAKES OVER MANY REFINERIES Plants in 15 Svlates Seized from Strikes on Tru- man’s Order WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—The Navy was boss today over a third of the nation’s oil refinery capacity. President Truman seized the strike-bound plants in 15 states last night, put the job of getting them back into production in the Navy’s' hands. Twenty-six companies were taken over. Mr. Truman said the two-week | strike of 43,000 workers had caus- ed “serious shortag..” in fuel sup- plies of the Armed Zorces, becides endangering essel proeduction and “all forms of transportation.” There was no immediate indica- tion whether the CIO oil workers would return at once to their jobs zed plants. POISON PLOT FOR ALLIES, LONDON, Oct. 5 — The Nazis planned a slow death by poisbning for the invading Allies; and suicide themselves if all else failed the United Nations War Crimes | Commission has disclosed Secret Nazi papers made public !by the commission revealed a plan for introducing a delayed-action poison into alcoholic beverages which “friendly folk” would offer invading troops. Poison pills and capsules also were to be prepared for Allied soldiers coming to first aid stations for treatment. Speed of the Allies’ advance was credited with foiling the scheme. .- RICE LEAVES Robert Rice, Army Fiscal De- partment of the United States Army, left on a Woodley Airways’ plane yesterday for Anchorage | where he will receive his discharge papers at Fort Richardson, ‘ Minister NAZIS' PLAN I OMORI PRI&ON CAMP Oct. 5— 4 own luggage, 31' suspected as war crimin- i"“ trudged through a driving rain |today, climked into army trucks and | were transferred from the Yokohama ’)ml to this desolate, bleak island’ | stockade where captured Yanks once, | were humiliated. The 21 included Adm. Shigetaro Shimada, former Navy Minister, and |six other members of the “Pearl Harbor Cabinet;” Lt. Gen. aru Homma, scon to be tried at Manila on charges growing out of the Bataan death march, and uthus accused of atrocities. Portly Okinori Kaya, Pinancc four years ago, alone re- c2ived any assistance, and that was not flattering. He slipped off a truck’s high step. Three soldiers un- ccremoniously grabbed the seat of his pants and shoved him aboard. The prisoners—all Japanese—had enjoyed comparative comfort at Yokohama since their arrest. At Omori they will live in barren, wooden barracks-style structures; bathe in Japan's traditional large, wooden tubs; eat food cooked in huge metal cauldrons and served from large wooden buckets, and sleep on mats on rough, board floors. That was the way it was when American and other prisoners of war were kept there and that is the way it, will be for the Japanese— Generals, Admirals, Cabinet mem- bers or plain ex-soldiers. MRS. ROOSEVELT TO MAKE PUBLIC TALKS THIS FALL SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt says she| plans to make several public ap- pearances this fall in the interests| of the Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Or- ganizations. In an interview, Mrs, said she would be speaker, adding that Oct. 5—| Roosevelt | volunteer | agen: a “any which arouses citizens to a sense of their responsibility in the gov- ernment is to be commended.” Mrs. Roosevelt, enroute York from South Hadley, where she told students and faculty at Mount Holyoke College “We should not be disturbed over the outcome” of the Big Five Conference in London. - - DIVORCE FILED Maxine Albright, Juneau, has filed an action in divorce with the Clerk of the U. 8. District Court) here, against Ned Albright, She charges incompatibility. No prop- trey i8 in dispute and there are no children, Mflsflh-‘ senterfielder Reger Cramer’s infield tap to shortstop in the first line) went to third as second baseman Don Johnsen doubled HISTORIC AIR TRIP ISENDED ‘World Higfi_DemonsIrat- | Passeau, p. | §McHale, SERIES BOXSCORE C l"(‘l\GO—(Nl"onll) AB R Hack, 3b. Johnson, 2b. Lowrey, If Cavarretta, Pafko, cf Nicholson, rf. Livingston, c. Hughes, ss. 1b. comoro~oo Sm-momNonM L T = | %1 [ Totals 3 l)l’l‘lt()l'l’ (American) AB R Webb, ss. Mayo, 2b. Cramer, cf. Greenberg, 1. .. Cull=nbine, rf. York, 1b. Outlaw, 3b. Swift, c. “Borom Richards, c. Overmire, p. tWalker Benton, p. tHostetler — O MM O W W W W~ ccococococooccocoocece ccccocooco~occoccocoy coccowomoRm~aNONO Swom~oowoooOo~owW> Totals 27 0 12712 *—Ran for Swift in sixth inning. t—Batted for Overmire in sixth inning. {—Batted for Benton in ninth in- ning. §—Batted for Webb in ninth in- ning. SUMMARY Errors-—Mayo, Webb. Runs batted | in—Nicholson, Hughes, Passeau. Two base hits—Lowrey, Livingston, Hack. Sacrifices —Cavarretta, Hughes, Paf- ko. Double plays — Johnson and | Cavarretta. Earned runs—Chicago (NL) 3; Detroit (AL) 0. TLeft on bases—Chicago (NL) 8; Detroit (AL) 1. Bases on balls—off Overmire 2 (Cavarretta, Pafko); off Passeau 1 (Swift). Strikeouts—by Overmire 2 (Passeau 2); by Benton 3 (Nichol- son, Passeau, Johnson); by Passeau I ed Successfully — Be- | Greenbere: come Roufine Affair Left Washington — 3:58 p. | (EST) Sept. 18. Arrived Washington—9:42 Oct. 4. Distance flown—23,279 miles. Scheduled time—151 hours. Elapsed time — 149 hours, minutes. Ground time minutes. Flying time minutes. P 33 hours, 8 118 hours, 23 WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 The first historic flight is over. Regular round the world air service becomes "routine starting today. This afternoon and every Friday ‘alternnun henceforth, U. S. Army Air Transport Command planes—40 passenger C-54's (Douglas Sky ' Masters)—will leave Washington on a schedule that terminates here the following Thursday night. Lt. Gen. Harold George, manding general of the ATC, pre- dicts the. “Globester” will be run ! twice weekly, in both directions in- stead of east as now, as soon as mail and courier traffic justifies. The seven men and a woman who made the flight, ended here| | last night, agreed that they'd make ithe same 23279-mile junket again, jand gladly But they would have some changes made. The ATC will give attention to their recommendations /in handling the regular service. | The passengers agreed on three main points: 1—Air mattresses used on the loor or over double seats are better than sleeping sitting up, but at least a few real berths should be |installed i the passengers’ cabin. | The only berths provided now are for pilct and crew, aft of the flight 1 deck. | pected, although there were so0 |many odd-hour stops that regular ep was out of the question. 3—More regular hot meals should | be arranged. SFRA L to New| KLAWOCK POST OFFICE, SALVATION ARMY BLDG. DESTROYED BY FLAMES Brig. C. O. Taylor, commander jof the Salvation Army in Alaska, ihas been informed by wire at his headquarters here that the Salva- |tion Army’s bullding at Klawock was damaged beyond repair by a fire last Monday morning which also totally destroyed the adjoin- ing Klawock Post Office. The con- flagration was discovered at 3 a. m. and was not under control until | Jthree hours later, com- | 2-—Nobody got as tired as ex-| ‘| Conlan (NL), PITCHING SUMMARY Overmire 4 hits, 2 runs in 6 in- .| nings; Benton 4 hits, 1 run in 3 in- | nings; losing pitcher—Overmire. Umpires—Passarella (AL), plate; first base; Summers (AL), second base; Jorda (NL), third base. Time of Game—1 hour, 55 min- utes. Attendance—55,500. Receipts—$223,497. — e PLAY-BY-PLAY FIRST INNING CUBS—Hack lined out to Green- berg in left field after looking at ‘two called strikes. Johnson bounced out, Outlaw to York. Lowery drove a hot single into left field. Cavar- retta drew a walk. Pafko forced| 'him at second, Webb to Mayo. No runs, one hit, no errors; two left on base. TIGERS-Webb went out, Hughes to Cavarretta. Hack made a good stop of Mayo's smash down the third base line and threw him out. Cramer flied out to Pafko in deep center field. No runs, no hits, no errors; none | left on base. SECOND INNING CUBS Nicholson rolled out, Mayo to York. Livingston flied out to Cullenbine in right. Hughes worked the count to 3-2 and then bounced out, Webb to York. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. TIGERS-—Hank Greenberg, hero of yesterday's Tiger victory, got a great round of applause when he toed the plate. With the count 3 and 2, he swung viciously at a third strike, and missed it country mile. Cullenbine, still hit- less in the series, flied to Lowery in short left field. York drove over shortstop, for the first hit off Passeau. Outlaw flied to Pafko in short center field. No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base. THIRD INNING CUBS-Passeau struck out, swing- ing. Webb threw Hack out at first. Johnson fouled out to York near first base. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. TIGERS—Swift popped out to Catcher Livingston just in front of the plate. Overmire bounced a hard ' one off Passeau's glove, but the Cubs' hurler recovered it in time to nail Overmire at first, Cavar-| retta taking the toss. Passeau also | threw Webb out at first on an " (Continuea on Page Three) olvscocronm> a TIGER BATS - THROTTLED BY PASSEAU One-hitter bTBruin Mound Ace Greatest in His- tory of Classic smfiffioy | | | CUBS TIGERS COMPOSITE SCORE ' (Three Games) R H 13 28 4 14 ININGS CUBS TIGERS SCORE B CUBS Runs Hits Errors § - = ecew e coow r L o omo® | 5 A TIGERS Runs Hits Errors ow cecoa - ox ®oo~ omown ceoow coo= -2 s | By GAYLE TALBOT (Associated Press Sports Writer) | DETROIT, Oct. 5. — Thirty-six- year-old Claude Passeau of the Chi- cago Cubs delivered the greatost pitching performance of World Series history today when he held the Detroit Tigers to a single hit and turned them back, 3 to 0, in the third game of the 1945 classic. Only Rudy York's clean single to left field in the second inning de- prived 55,500 spsetators of the thrill of a no-hit, no-run showing by the slender veteran from Lucedale, Miss. Only one other Tiger reached first, {on a walk to Bob Swift in the sixth inning, and he was wiped out on a double play. Only 28 American League bat- ters faced Passeau’s sharp curve and medium fast ball, as he hurled the Cubs into a 2 to 1 lead in games won and sent them joyously home- ward tonight for the remaining contests necessary to wind up the series. The only World Series perform- ance even remotely challenging Pas- seau’s brilliant feat was turned in by Ed Ruelbach of the Chicago Cubs of 1906, when he limited the White Sox to one safety and beat them, 7 to 1. Ruelbach, however, issued six passes against the single walk off Passeau today. Also, he hit one | batter and delivered a wild pitch, 50 his game, though undeniably bril- liant, scarcely equalled the gem seen | at<Briggs Stadium today. Passeau, ironically, is a former chattel of the Detroit farm system. iconmmor BATAAN MARCH T0 BE ARRESTED MANILA, Oct. 5—Lt. Gen. Masa- haru Homma, who commanded Japanese forces during the in- “hmous March of Death from . Bataan, will bé arraigned as a war | eriminal in the near future, Col. Alva Carpenter, Chief of Gen. | MacArthur's War Crimes branch, said oday. | Homma's ‘rn!nlnunt will - fol- low shortly after that of Gen. | Tomoyuki Yamashita, now sched- uled for next Monday. Homma, the chunky, bland-faced general who surrendered to Ameri- can occupation forces in Japan, |is the man who arrogantly accepted the surrender of Gen. Wainwright after the fall of Correcmor | | f AaELRea HIGHER EDUCATION | SALT LAME CITY — Some youths aren’t too fond of school but they | don’t usually go to the lengths re- norted by Police Detectives E. J. Steinfeldt and Stanley D. Butcher. | The two, accepting a truant of- ficer assignment, went in search of two boys who attend school. They located them atop a church steeple. | Coaxing failed to bring the culprits |down and its was only when a fire |enulne ladder truck was summoned that tha have ny the futility of it all and descended ¢ 2: R 4L ERINI