The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 8, 1945, Page 1

| J THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL LXV., NO. 10,085 - _ JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1945 MEMBPR ASSO‘CIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —— i CUBS BEAT TIGERS IN 12 INNINGS TODAY ' NEW CABINET FOR NIPPONS . ORGANIZED Portfolio Xooounced by‘ Shidehara - Not Re- ported to Emperor _ TOKYO, Oct. 8 — Aging, dapper Premier Kijuro Shidehara com- pleted his “Safe and Sane” Gov- ernment for a hungry, restle: Japan today, and planned the f meeting of his 15-man cabinet im- mediately, even before reporting its roster to the Emperor—an unpre- cedented procedure. Domei news agency said he would | bluntly the headaches for the new government, most observers say cannot than a few months. new domestic trouble outline ahead which survive more A brand was added to Shidehar: today strikes. More than 6,000 Korean coal miners in the Yubara Mine, near Sapporo, Hokkaido, have struck, Domei said, and the “unrest seems to be spreading” to an adjoining Mine. Cause of the| strike was nct announced. For MacArthur’s Approval Acceptance by Admiral Soyemu Toyoda of the Navy portfolio com- pleted the new cabinet—all, Secretary Baisaburo Tsugita, to meet with Gen. approval. Tsugita also predicted that “another new cabinet will be formed by political party men when a majority party comes ou of the general elections” ary. Baron upon tried liberals—to make up his new government. Average age of the new ministers is 61. The roster in- cludes: like! Shidehara drew heavily Cabinet Roster Shidehara, 173, -career (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Premier | Merry - Go-Round o By DFPW PEARSON WASHINGTON—Now that Presi-, dent Truman is having his troubles with Gen. MacArthur, he probably looks back on an off-the-record session of his Truman Committee where MacArthur was a hot topic of discussion. The question was whether Mac- | Arthur should be publicly spanked in a Truman Committee report for his negligence in losing 300 planes | on the ground in Manila, after the Pearl Harbor attack had warned him to be prepared. A brief reference to this was contained in the Truman Commit- tee report scheduled for release on March 4, 1944. Copies of the report were in type and circulated con- fidentially to all committee mem- bers. The criticism of MacArthur read as follows: “Censorship is an insult to the patriotism and intelligence of the American people. In the past, it has led to many unwise acts such as the concealing of facts known to the enemy, and even the dissemi- nation of distorted information. For' example, the Japanese knew perfectly well the destruction they had wreaked upon our airplanes in the Philippines, but for two years the War ' Department re- quested that it be kept secret from the public that 300 plapes were de- stroyed on Philippine airfields a number of hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor was known. “The loss was only recently made public, and there is at least a sus- picion that part of the reason for requesting the committee to con- sMer the information ‘secret’ was the desire to avoid resentment by the public of the loss of 300 planes which would have been so valuable to the defense of the Philippines. When this came before the full Truman Committee, however, two Democrats, and Connally of Texas, objected, together with one Republican, Ball of Minnesota. They did not believe the committee should criticize Mac- Arthur. Truman, on the other hand, felt that MacArthur's being caught with (Continued on Pag: Four) 's burdens | MacArthur’s next Janu- parliamentarians — and un- Hatch of New Mexico| BRITISH WAR BRIDES STAGE ~ DEMONSTRATION Demand Sh|ppmg Com- panies Supply Passages to U. S. and Canada Oct left LONDON, war brides, | British Isles when their | bands were shipped home, are, planning a demonstration aimed at| stirring shipping authorities to ac- tion in getting them to the United States. A parade of protest—planned by the brides for Thursda was called off today by police. So, the girls are now looking for a large hall, since 10,000 women are expected to attend. They will represent the wives of 54,000 Americans, Canadians and enough others from British Dominions to bring the total to about 100,000. At Edinburgh, more l)')nd(‘d into a “League Wiv LAVAL IN DUNGEON IN PARIS Former French Permier: Refuses fo Stand Trial ‘, for His Life behind in the than 100 of Angry PARIS, Oci. 8—Pierre Laval is reported by court attendants to be|peen under their domination since band! Nothing can locked in a dungeon beneath the | Palais de Justice today as the fourth|touched off the Sino- -Japanese war | He's gone and I loved him so,” !day of this treason trial started late {without the swarthy defendant on hand. | The former Premier’s lawyers con- sulted Judge Paul Mongibeaux and 35000 troops camped in the “’"“’.1'"‘ dead inside.” told him Laval refused to “associate myself with a judicial crime.” Thus, the former Vichy chief of govern- |ment was maintaining a decision he reached Saturday not to attend the | trial for his life. Part of the hour and 33 minutes delay was caused by the absence of one of the resistance jurors, Germinal. He was replaced by one of the two remaining jurors. Twelve of the jurors are from Lhe Parliament; the other 12 are from| the resistance movement which op- posed Germany and the Vichy gov- |ernment during the occupatmn - GASBOAT FIRE Fire, aboard the troller Diana of Pelican City, at the Small Boat Harbor in the early morning hours | today, resulted in minor burns to | {the boat’s owner, Johnny Hines. The fire call was turned in at 3: o'clock. The flames guished after damage to bedding and clothing. Only damage resulted to the boat. Hines attempted to save clothing which was already ablaze, it is reported. He was taken to a hospital for | treatment. .- AR ARRIVES from Ketchikan, is an arrival in Juneau, stopping at the Baranof Hotel. — e OFF CYANE John J. McGarry, William H.| Barton and Louis E. Grenfer, all| | off the Coast Guard Cutter Cyane, |are registered at the Baranof Hotel. BRRES, AP e | KETCHIKAN PAIR HERE from Ketchikan, are A. L. C. L. Flor- Hotel, Florence and his son, Saturday. - REGISTERED AT BARANOF Registered here at the Baranof | {Hotel are: Mr. and Mrs. John| | Littlefield, Edna Nelson, M\x Wen- | dell Andrews. > FROM SEATTLE John Smith, from Seattle, stopping at the Baranof Hotel here. e AT THE GASTINEAU Stopping at the Gastineau Hotel over the weckend was Emma Thompson, of Ketchikan, 8—Thousands of | GI hus- | 34,000 | Jean | ’»‘ub%titut[‘ | were = extin- ! superficial | was burned on the hands when he Dorothy M. Clay, SK 2/c, USCG, | Registerec. here at the Gastineau | ence. They arrived from Sitka on| is | U. 5. MARINES HAVE LANDED, CHINA PORTS‘ Troubled Spots Are Takenr Over to Give Aid to Chiang By SPENCER DAVIS (Associated Press Correspondent) TIENTSIN, China, Oct. 8—U. S. Marines landed in force at three points on the shores of troubled North China yesterday to assist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek re- |gain control over the last major area still dominated by Japanese. While a force of 200 U. S. Tth| Fleet transports and warships stood | off the Taku River bar, veterans of | the First Marine Division, accustom- ed to “pay as you go” jungle warfare from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, took | possession of Taku and nearby Tangku port facilities and moved progressively inland toward the fa- mous treaty port and railroad hub ol | Tientsin Another Landing Team At the same time, a smaller land- ing team from the 6th Division swept | inshore at Chinwangtao, an all weather port and outlet for the rich Kailan coal mines on the gulf of | Chisli. Third Amphibious Corps head- quarters, commanded by Maj. Gen | Keller Rockey, Washington, D. C., made is plain that return of the Marines to China was for the pur-| pes2 of maintaining law and order land not to participate in internal | disputes. Tension Mounts | Tension has mounted in this area of North China, where the Japa-| | nese have more than 250,000 troops“ supported by puppet forces who have | ‘kh" Marco Polo bridge incident ‘elght years ago. \ Chinese Communists Eighth Route | larmy Turcds, whils fiob g ponteo) 0(1 any major cities, have more than try outside Peking and Tientsin. | ‘These elements have continued de- | site the cessation of hostilities else- | where. WILD FIGHTING AT STUDIOS OF WARNER BROS. 1SIX Strikers in in Picket Lines| Charged by Peace Officers HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 8—At lfi'\bl Isix strikers were injured early to-| 'day in brief but wild fighting at |the entrance to Warner Brothers| studio when officers charged a | mass group of approximately 200 pickets to clear a passageway for | studio workers. Approximately 150 police and sheriff’s deputies and the pickets | fought for about 15 minutes as the officers, using night-sticks but no tear gas, cleared a way through the movie strikers and formed a {double line through which the workers passed into the studio. Witnesses said some of ¢he pickets used canes and clubs in the battle. The entrance gates to the studio lwere the same: place where fighting | broke out last Friday and some 25/ or more men and women were in- | jured. Court injunctions were issued Saturday ordering the studio and| workers to refrain from violence. - e BACK FROM VACATION | | Mr. and Mys. Charles W. Csroer'} and Mrs. Claude Carnegie returned | to Juneau this morning on the| | Steamer Denali from a vacation (spent at Bell Island Hot Springs | Resort. They report an enjoynblv; trip and a real rest, although Mr.| | Carter claims to have done more| “manual labor” during his vacatign than he ever does at home. g MABEL TAIT HERE | Mabel E. Taif, an arrival in | Juneau on the Steamer Denali, is | to be employed here by the Alaska | Native Service. She is registered at | 'the Hotel Juneau. [Dr. Mansfi;ESu icides, | charged with murdering in a tragic |in | taken his own lie | psychopathic Mnuson Presents Broad Program for - Alaska Developmenl WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—Senator Wayrren G. Magnuson (D.-Wash.) advecates a broad development pro- gram for Alaska to match Rus: snterprise in Siberia, the Post- ln— telligenc Washington correspond- ent reported today. Magnuson said Russia some roads in the ma inces cf eastern Siberia now and plans to build an extensive inter- connecting system in the near fu- ture, In contrast, he said, Alaska re- ! ceives no funds whatever under the Federal Highway Act. The United States Department Magnuson continued, nothing in Alaska. He declared there is an immediate need for hospitals there both for veterans and for the treatment of Alaska's “alarming” tuberculo program. Senator’s Program The Senator’s program calls for: 1. Immediate construction of both Public Health Service and Veterans Administration hospital facilities. 2. Establishment of Federal agri- cultural research stations with a TRAGIC MURDER | ENDING Joining Nurse Whom Wife Killed SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 — Dr. John H. Mansfeldt has joined in death the nurse his wife has been has done climax to a supposed love triangle. The body of the 48-year-old | prominent San Francisco physician was found Sunday morning slumped in the front seat of his car, parked at the top of a cliff a remote ocean front picnic ground 19 miles south of this city. | 3 farm, possibilities for veterans Deputy Coroner Ira M. Lasswell| » D 3. Inclusion of Alaska in the Fed- aid he had been dead for three | grai aiq highway program with rec- days. Evidence showed -he had|.ni0n given its wide area. with a powerful| "4 - congtruction of coast highway | poison within a few hours of the |y to Alaska. time his wife, Annie Irene, 45, had Fishing Developments been charged with the murder of| 5 Deyelopment of fishing ar Mrs. Vada Martin, the woman sl\(';nlmlg the continental shelf, over believed was the rival for her hus- | which President Truman recently band’s affections. declared American jurisdiction, and Mrs. Mansfeldt collapsed in the pernanent exclusion of all aliens city jail when she was told of her'frgin fishing those waters. husband’s death. | 6. Improvement of water “I killed him. I killed my hus-|portation. selp me now. I/ War has worn out the ships form- killed him and I wasn't even llfihL erly employed in Alaskan trade, she | Magnuson said, and none of the |ships now in the hands of the “Oh what will happen to myMaritime Commission or under con- poor babies (Her three 'teen-age | struetion by it are adaptable to that children). My whole life is gone— trade. The Senator said he will sub- trans- screamed incoherently. At first the stricken woman re-|posal act in the Senate to allow the fused treatment, but later she was' Maritime Commission to construct transferred by court order to a'or modify ships to meet Alaska's ward in the County needs. “for observation.” | Mansfeldt’s body | ended a state-wide search for the physician after his disappearance | Thursday. He had appeared for few mcments at the Central Emergericy hospital to identify his| wife, stared briefly and silently .n - ->oo YAMISHITA ENTERS PLEA -~ NOT GUILTY ' Blatant Japanese Officer | Makes Usual State- ment on Charges MANILA, Oct. 8-—Big blatant | Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, who swngge)ed to victory for Japan in ‘Malaya then hid in the hills when {the Americans came back for the ' H h | Philippines, pleaded innocent to fom lg EI"IIDS war criminal charges today, and —_— his trial was set for Oct. 29. LUENEBURG, Germany, Oct. 8 The six-foot, paunchy Yamashita —Josef Kramer swore on the Bible was the first of a long list of Japa- today that he was innocent of war nese war-criminal suspects to be crimes and that atrocities com-'hauled into court for arraignment. mitted at the Oswiecim and Belsen' Clicking his spurred bootheels to- Concentration Camps he com- gether, he responded a brisk “Not manded were on orders from hi’;hcr‘Guilty" to charges that he per- placed Nazis. !mitted brutal atrocities ,against Hospital Discovery of Dr. |her and then drove away. NAZIKRAMER ' DECLARES HE IS INNOCENT WhalAIrocmesWere Com- mitted Were Orders Kramer said he was a loyal Nazi' Americans and Filipinos while he! and a member of the 8S and as commanded Japanese forces in the such only carried out obediently Philippines. the orders of the Hitler Hierachy.| A United States Military Com- While the other and camp attendants jointly on plea, immediately fixed the date | trial with Kramer before a British|of the trial and directed that it be military court, listened intently, he held in the war-scarred former told of a riot in a concentration!residence of the Philippine High | camp just a year and a day ago: Ccmmissioner “Therc was a revolt. Prisoners tried to escape and there was firing near crematoriums one and three. I was in the garden of my home about four kilometers away. My driver came and asked me knew crematorium three was in'stock today is 7%, American Can flames. When I arrived, it was|110%, Anaconda 387, burned out already. All the prison-|Wright 7, Kennecott 44'i, New ers who tock part in the mutiny York Central 28, Northern Pa- were shot when I got there.” |cific 28%, United States Steel 78%, Eyes to the floor, Kramer in- Pound $4.03'%. 4 sisted he did not know who ordered | Sales today totaled the prisoners shot. | shares. He described the Polish camp at| STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 8 — Cl()smp, 1,780,000 not wish to enter.” I5939, utilities, 35.06. of Agriculture, | | comprehensive survey to determine | mit an amendment to thz ship dis- | 44 SS Guards mission of five generals heard hm‘ if I'quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine | Curtiss | Dow, Jones averages today were Oswiecim as “a cnmp which I did | as follows: Industrials, 185.46; rails, major industries will be the key- |- 8 KILLED ~IN CRASH ~ ATKODIAK Navy PBY Bomber Swoops Down for Landing, then Up, Hits Mountain KODIAK, Alaska, Oct. 8.—A Navy PBY bomber, returning from the | western Aleutians, crashed when' the | pilot attempted a landing at the Na- | val Air Station in bad weather last ‘[W(‘(lnvm:«_\'. killing eight of the 15 men aboard, the 17th Naval District headquarters announced. Six were killed instantly, two died in the hospital later. The pilot was {one of the victims. The bomber crashed at the side of Woman's Mountain. of the overcast and almost settled on the runway, then rose and crash- ed. A Board of Inquiry has started an investigation. Names of the personnel lost will be released as soon as the next of kin has been notifled | Webb, ss It came in out .| Cavarretta, SERIES BOXSCORE DETROIT (American) AB R Hostetler Hoover, ss. Mayo, 2b, Cramer, cf. Greenberg, If. Cullenbie, rf York, 1b. Outlaw, 2b, Richards, c *Maier Swift, c. ‘Trucks, p. Caster, p. tMcHale Bridges, p. Benton, p. fWalker Trout, p. o 1 [ 1 ccn:va:auu:-—-bxl.a-—:;uo 0| [ cmocCooCCRMANrNN MM ~OC Y | Totals 48 713 35015 | *—Batted for Richards in sixth. Batted for Caster in sixth. —Batted for Webb in seventh. | #—Batted for Benton in eighth. ! | 1—Two cut when winning run was | scored. [ CHICAGO— (National) AB R Hack, 3b. l.!nhnson 2b. Lowrey, If. —pwQ 1b. | Pafko, cf. | Nicholson, rf. | Livingston, c. HESS FLYING ' TOGERMANY, ~ STAND TRIAL Number Two vo Nazi War Criminal Has Been in Secret Guarded Place LONDON, Oct. 8—The British {Rudolf Hess had left England in an RAF plane this morning for Frank- furt on the first leg of a journey to Nuernberg, where he will stand trial as a Nazo war criminal. ‘The erstwhile Number Two Nazi, who parachuted down on the Scot- tish moors in May of 1941, was driv- en from his place of detention to |the airfield in a British army car | with the blinds drawn. Unshaven and impassive, Hess ap- ]wured much thinner than his most recent photographs. He was wearing a gray civilian suit and a gray slouch ss was accompanied by one Army guard, a medical officer and {attendant and an official of the Allied War Crimes Commission. Hess’ whereabout had been slose- iy guarded secret throughout the {war. During the past six months, at least, he had been living under guard near the little Welsh village of Ab- ergavenny. Slalehood Favored ' By 131 Out of 250 Polled at Ketchikar, KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 8—| The majority of persons inter- viewed by the Ketchikan Chronicle favor immediate statehood for Al- aska, with 131 out of 250 polled endorsing the proposal. The paper said Saturday that 61 indicated they had open minds on the issue, while 58 definitely were opposed. The opponents showed greatest concern over ability to finance statehood without | more permanent population and the tremendous development |sources needed to overcome present seasonal 1nduslnv' their the ,labor Parliament - Of British Faced ? With Big Problem LONDON, Oct. 8 — An untried Labor Pariiament embarks tomor- row on the gigantic.task of con- verting Britain’s war-geared | economy to a peacetime basis and ‘provimnu homes for 4,000,000 bombed-out persons—a job which ‘wnl be the supreme test of | Sccialist reform program sponsored by the new “People’s Government Nationalization of the country 'note of the session, Air Ministry announced today that| Alaska’s | re- | the | o | Lowrey in left-center. Passeau was Gillespie | Williams, c. Hu[..mw | Becker Block | Merullo, ss. ssecox y Pnsseau, p | Wyse, p. | Prim, p. »Burowy p. CoORHOOCCCHOONO O o~ cocoo~ooowWooNOBE o CooCcCoO~oCoRARMO NN~ Totals “—Batted for Livingston in ninth. |+ Batted for Hughes in ninth, —Run for Becker in ninth. Batted for Merullo in twelfth. ~“Run for Secory in twelfth. 1 SUMMARY | Errors—Johnson, Richards, Hack 2, Greenberg. Runs batted in—Rich- ards. Hack 2, Cavarretta 2, Hughes 2, Livingston, Cullenbine, York, Hoover, Greenberg, Mayo, Cramer. Two base hits York, Livingston, Hughes, Walker, Pafko. Home runs-- Greenberg: Stolen bases—Cullenbine. Sacrifices—Johnson 2. Double plays —Mayo, Webb, Richards, and Webb; Merullo, Johnson and Cavarretta; Mayo, Hoover and York. Eamed runs—Detroit (AL) 5; Chicago (NL) | 8. Left on bases—Detroit (AL) 12; | Chicago (NL) 12. Bases on balls—off | Trucks 2 (Hack Lowry); off Bridges | 3 (Cavarratta, Nicholson, Living-| ston); off Wyse 1 (Swift); off Trout 2 (Hack, Becker); off Passeau 6 (Cullenbine, Outlaw, Richards 2, Trucks, Greenberg). Strikeouts—by ‘Trucks 3 (Hughes, Passeau, Lowrey); | by Passeau 2 (York, McHale); by | Caster 1 (Nicholson); by Brldges 1 (Johnson); by Benton 1 (Wyse); Trout 3 (Nicholson, Johnson, Bor- owy). ! PITCHING SUMMARY | Trucks, 7 hits, 4 runs in 4 1/3] innings; Caster, 0 hits, 0 runs in 2/3 innings; Bridgss, 3 hits, 3 runs in |12 3 innings; Benton, 1 hit, 0 runs m 1/3 inning; Passeau, 5 hits, 3 runs in 6 2/3 innings; Wyse, 3 hits, 3 runs | in 2/3 innings; Prim, 1 hit, 1 run in |2/3 innings; Trout, 4 hits, 1 run in |4 2/3 innings; Borowy, 4 hits, 0 runs in 4 innings. Winning pitcher—Borowy. Losing pitcher—Trout. | Umpires—Jorda (NL) plate; Pas- sarella (AL) first base; Conlan (NL) | second, base; Summers (AL) tmrd | base. Time—3 hours, 28 minutes. Attendance—41,708. Rl‘ceipts~$204 531 PLAY-BY-PLAY TIGERS—Skeeter Webb bounced oute Johnson to Cavarretta. Mayo ;fllk‘d out to’ Nicholson close to the right field wall. Cramier hit the first | pitch and rolled out, Johnson to| | Cavarretta. | No runs, no hits, no errors; none | left on base. CUBS—The crowd was about 44,~ 000. Hack worked Trucks for* the full count and then walked on an | cutside pitch. Johnson sacrificed, | York to Mayo. Lowrey flied out to Cullenbine, Hack holding second. | Cavarretta went out, Webb to York. | | No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. SECOND INNING | TIGERS—Greenberg flied out to working very deliberately. Cullenbine BIG CLASSIC 1 OF BASEBALL : NOW KNOTTED 1 Two Teams Take Day Off Tuesday with Final Game Wednesday SHORI SCORE R 1 8 H 13 u TIC Cu (OMPOSITE SCORE (Six Games) R H 23 45 26 54 IIIIIIIIGS TIGERS CUBS SCORE WRIGLEY GIELD, CHICAGO, Oct. 8—Stanley Hack plastered a hit into left with two out and a man on second in the twelfth inning today to drive in a run and give the Chicago Cubs an 8 to 7 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the sixth game of the world series, and knot -the set-up at 3 { victories each. It was a great game, perhaps the best of all World Series classics. Despite chilly weather, a crowd lof 41,708 turned out, contributing to a gross gate of $204,531, which made this the richest series in his- tory. With today's receipts, the first six games have drawn $1288,277 |into the cash regjster, which, with the $100,000 radio rights, eclipses the previous high mark of $1,322- 328.21 set in the 1940 serfes be- tween the Tigess and Cincinnati Reds. The two clubs will take tomorrow off, and the final game will be played here Wednesday. The more than. 35000 box and grandstand tickets will go on sale | at Wrigley Field box offices at 8 ., (EST) Tuesday. No more than four reserved seats will be sold to a customer. Bleacher tickets will go on sale at 8 a. m. Wednesday. - (OAST GUARD PLANE (REW STOPPING HERE After bringing the Coast Guard plane here from Annette Island over the week end, the four crew mem- ibers are registered here at the Bar- anof Hotel. They are: Lt. (jg) James C. Walker, pilot; Ensign James P. Gwy co-pilot; Leon Tanner, Av. MM 1/s; Hugh M. Kell- er, Radioman. A passenger northbound to Ju- neau aboard the plane was SPAR Dorothy M. Clay, SK 2/s, making a personal visit here from Ketchikan District Coast Guard Headquarters. - > '), A, FREDRICKSEN DROWNS AT ELFIN COVE FRIDAY P. M. James Andreas Fredriksen, better known as Andrew, was accidentally drowned Friday afternoon at Elfin Cove, and the body brought to Ju- neau on the Treva C., by Ralph Reichl. He was the owner of the gasboat Vamp, and had been engaged in trolling. Born April 20, 1892, in Ostafjord, Norway, the deceased Is survived by his wife, Olga, a daugh- ter, Udiki, and a spn, Magnar, all of whom are in Norway. The remains are at the Charles | W. Carter Mortuary. - TO LOCATE HERE and Mrs. Albert M. Machin and son, arrivals on the Steamer Denali, are stopping here at the | | Mr. | carried the count to 3-2 and then |L‘unllnuea on Page Eight) Hotel Juneau. They plan to locate !in Juneau. Mr. Machin is with the Civil Agionauties Authority.