The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1945, Page 1

e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXV., NO. 10,093 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1945 ; MEMB ER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PROPOSES CUT IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING JAP EMPEROR TELLS NIPPONS T0 CELEBRATE To Pay Honfioday when First Rice Crop Offered ~Prisoners Freed SPENCER | By MURLI JAVA SEETHING WITH UNREST AS CRISIS DEVELOPS Demands fc;rgélf;fiovern- ment Made-Only Way to Bring Peace fo Land By RALPH MORTON (Associated Press Correspondent) BATAVIA, Java, Oct. 17—Poli- tical unrest seethed throughout Java today as the Indonesian Na- Council awaited a reply NAVYPOINTS BULLETINS WASHINGTON — President Tru- { man will use his personal influence next week in an effort to sell some kind of universal military training to a rcluctant Congress. He will {address a joint session Tuesday on |the subject, Congressional leaders announced today after conferring with Mr. Truman. EUGENE—A former Army major who served four years in Alaska, George Hall, has been named Assist= ant Dean of Men at the University {of Oregon. The 1939 graduate has WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 The L en living in Seattle since his dis- Navy has marked down discharge charge from ihe Army. He will toBeDischarged by | First of Year | 1S PREMIER OF GREECE Archbishop Damaskinos Takes Over Government 4 ~Cabinet Is Organized | ATHENS, Oct. | Damaskinos, the Regent, took over| C(LERGYMAN ’ (o May Soon B SpeedfasIer than Sound WASHINGTON, Oct. gress heard today that aeronautical 7T — Con- ! scientists believe airplanes will be built with speeds faster than sound -exceeding 750 miles an hour—| and that there is no limit to thnir; size. The National Advisory Commit- ngress Told Airplanes [ | | | | | | 7 | the future of our nation and of all nations.” | The statement was presented to | the House Appropriations Commit- tee in an appeal for continued al- | lotments for money for research in | aeronautics | Testimony by the scientists was | taken behind closed doors, and the | e Built with 52 BILLION OLLARS BE LOPED OFF Cancella!iofiBig Appro- priations Asked by Committee WASHINGTON, Oct, 17.—Cancel- lation of $52,453,535,278 in govern- (Associated Press Correspondent) | tional itk ans aldt’ work 3 sCo! for most of assist with veterans ald work. the government of Greece today 85|ae for Aeronautics reported that appropriations committee disclosed ment spending authorized for the TOKYO, Oct. 17.—Emperor Hiro- |from the Allied command in The hito, whose futurs has been & burn- | Netherlands East Indies to a set ing topic of speculation ever since | of four major Nationalist demand the American occupation, today urg- | which ~ Council Vice President ed Japanese to join the move tu;Hutmn said represented “the only unite Nippon “in meeting a great|way to bring peace to this troublec change in history.” | 1and.” Domei Agency noted that one ef-| (In Amsterdam, Dr. H. A. Longe- fect of the rescript, honoring the |mann, Minister of Overseas Terri- day when the first rice crop is| tory, said the government W offered to the gods, would be | ready to offer Indonesia self-gov- enabl> as many people as possible | ernment within the Dutch Com- to take part in the coming clec- | monwealth and would deal with Hons. | Indonesian leaders “who merit “We, in meeting a great change | congideration,” but not with Soe- in history, indeed concerned t0 | yarno, president of the “Indonesian conquer the difficulties of the times | Republ with the country united as one and |y, Ngayonal Council met yester- will trust in the cooperation and | A 5 % day-in a bid to present itself as a a ance of all the people,” said | o 3 N o & i national government. Soekarno was the rescript. “Therefore, we have | s not present. He was touring western ordered our officials to carry out | an amnesty. All our officials and | people embody our will.” The rescript, unprecedented in scope, pardoned 320,000 Japanese, | reduced the sentence of 37,000 and | ordered restoration of civil rights to | 600,000, Domei pointed out the rescript provides that persons recovering | their rights must have lost them | five years prior to September 2| 1945. Previous rescripts had \')ush-i ed the date back 10 years. | The Emperor’s appeal for unity | was mad= at a time when Japanese | Communists, celebrating the release | of some of their leaders from prison on orders of General MacArthur, | were working openly for an end to imperialism. | - SHIP FROM ALASKA ( SEATTLE, Oct. 17—The Navy| said today salvage crews were | ‘abs(‘ncn Hatton promised the 187] |to Lt. Gen. A. F. Christison, Allied try. sections of his| violence, In his restrain on Java follcwers bent to council delegates that there would e a national election within six months and that in the interim Soekarno and his cabinet would be assisted by a working committee of the council in representing the! people. The four-point program submitted coemmander in The Netherlands East Indies, called for removal of | all Japanes deportation of all Dutch troops and prevention of the arrival of additional Dutch soldiers, a quiescent role for The Nether- | lands Indfes Civil Administration, | the recognition by an impartial United Nations committee of the Indonesian National Council as the de facto government of the coun- This correspondent asked Hatton if he expected “to beat the Dutch by force when you have no guns, tanks or planes,” and he replied: “We shall win through peaceful means. That is why President Soe- working to refloat the Navy refri-|karno is now touring Java to re- its personnel, LONDON-—A broadcast by the All- India radio today said an attack by with a goal of releasing more than | 1,100,000 officers and men by New | Year's. Previously, the service had expected to send home only about A 830,000 by Christmas. ;us(d pistols and poisoned arrows Announcing cuts effective Nov. 1|has been repulsed in Saigon, Indo- for all but a few classifications, the |China. Navy last night also promised | R T further reductions in point scores, BERLIN--One of the most im- in December and January. The | portant documentary catches of the formula by which the scores are war was disclosed in Berlin today. computed was left unchanged. | The Americans have unearthed the For most enlisted men the point | Nazi Party’s master file of personnel score total was cut from 44 to 41.|records. The file includes almost Further reductions to 39 on Dec.|8,000000 membership cards, includ- | and to 38 on Jan. 1 weré prom- |ing those of the Ausland Deutsche sed organization. Other groups affected by the shange which steps up the Navy's iischarge program by two months are Male officers, other than doc- tors—Point totals reduced from 49 to 46. Effective Dec. 1, the score needed will be 44, and Jan. 1, 43. Wave officers—Point total cut from 35 to 32 Nov. 1; to 30 Dec.! 1; to 29 Jan. 1. Enlisted Waves—Total cut from 29 to 26 Nov. 1; to 24 Dec. 1; to 23 Jan. 1. Medical officers—Previously an- nounced reduction from 60 to 53 points will become effective Nov. 1. Further cut to 51 forecast for Jan, 1. The Navy estimates 3,300 doctors will be released by New Year's. Nurses—Present point score of 35 for unmarried nurses will be cut to 33 on Jan. 1. All married nurses will be rele d by Nov. 1. MOSCOW--Residents of portions of East Prussia, wrested from Ger- | many, and the Kuriles and southern Shakhalin Island, taken from Japan, will vote in the Russian general election February 10 and elect depu- ties to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S. 8. R. LONDON—The Brussels radio de- cla endum on the return to the throne | of King Leopold. CHUNGKING—Foreign Minister | Wang Shih-chieh said today the Chinese Central Government has been informed by Moscow that So- | viet forces have begun a withdrawal | from Manchuria which will be com- pleted by the end of November. GUAM—Marine Brig. Gen. Lee B. | Hermle, Island Commander here, Aviators—Navy expects to an- estimated today there were 300 or nounce plan before Nov. 1 for|more diehard Japanese soldiers still speeding releases. No change now at liberty on Guam and playing a in 44 total for fliers above rank |deadly game of hide and seek with of ensign and 36 for ensigns. | American forces. STRIKELINES LOS ANGELES—This is Admiral William F. Halsey Day in Los An- geles. The famed Commander of about four hundred Annamese who | ed today that the Belgian Cham- | ber of Deputies has blocked a refer- | | provisional Premier, ending a pro- {longv. d cabinet crisis which he said| {he could not permit to continue. | News of his move caused a sensa- | {tion throughout Greece. It was the| | first time in Greek history that a| tclergyman had headed the govern-| ment. Immediatly after Damaskinos’ in-| duction all the members of the cab- | inet of former Premier Petros Voul- garis except Voulgaris himself and| Undersecretary Lambrinopoulos were | swcrn into office. The Voulgaris| | government resigned last week. Da- | maskinos took over the reins of | government after five previous at- tempts to.form a cabinet had failed During the crisis the Populists re fused to participate in any govern- ment which included representatives | of the left wing, who are demand- ling pestponement of the elections| January 30. i D INDIANS WANT BILL OF RIGHTS | BROWNING, Mont, Oct. 17— | American Indians want “a Bill of | Right; | The National Council of Ameri-! |can Indians plans to inaugurate “a| campaign to remove all racial dis- | | erimination,” when it convenes for | |its second annual convention at this, | northwestern Montana Blackfeet ' | reservation agency October 22-25. | Delegates from 40 different tribes| in 20 states are expected. | ( | { | | “Aeronautics is changing our pat- revolutionary changes are in pros-| pect both in the form of airplanes and the means of propulsion. “The world is about to enter the | aerial age about which men have dreamed, the committee said. tern of life and our vision of the future. It is a force that will affect NEW AGENCY OF UNITED NATIONS no details dealing with new forms current fiscal year was recommended of airplanes and new means of | today by the House Appropriations propulsion. | Committee. The conventional air transport| A direct result of the war's end, cruises now at about 160 miles an |the legislation which the committee hour; some fighter planes hit 450 sent to the House for consideration miles in level flight, while jet- tomorrow provides for: propulsion performance has been| Cancellation of $48,264,441,439 in described as “more than 500." direct appropriations already made for the yeaf ending next June 30. Wiping out $4,187,903,339 in con- tractural authority for the same period. If used, this would have required additional appropriations of that amount. Recovery of $1,180,500 in funds HOLIDAY 1S BEING SET UP QUEBEC, Oct. 17—Thirty of the of corporations created by the Co-, ordinator of Inter-Amerfcan Affairs. While the committee made no re- ference In its written report to the possible effect that huge savings THURSDAY ! Tomorrow is a Territorial holiday, | 45 members of the United Nations Alaska Day. were linked together today in an| All Territorial offices will be clos-| effort to raise living standards of ed, also city offices including the | the world's undernoudished and to public library, banks and schools. provide greater econcmic stability| The four Juneau drug stores will| for its food producers. observe holiday hours, and ke opened They joined hands at a con- ference here to set up a permanent International Department of Agri- culture to guide the world to greater and more efficient produc- tion of agricultural products and to higher dietary standards. This new agency will be known as the Food and Agricultural Organiza- tion (FAO) of the United Nations. Missing for the present from the list of cooperating nations is Russia. Its delegation was present at the conference, but had not yet received authority from Moscow. The FAO is the first of a num- | ber of United Nations organization to be launched. Similar organiza- FULL CITIZENSHIP BILL | WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Senator | Robertson (R-Wyo) is advocating: full citizenship rights for the Ameri- | can Indians ; He said today he would introduce | legislation for that purpose. American leaders have criticized gerator ship Athanasia, which went aground Sunday in thick fog 150, miles up the west coast of Van-| couver Island. Crew members and officers all | were safe and the ship, which was | southbound from Alaska when it hit the rocky beach, was in no danger, the Navy said. strain hot-head sections who use violent methods. But the Dutch aiming tommy-guns at us does not help the situation. In fact, it pre- sages trouble. We stand on non- violence.” e — - EXPANDING IN LABOR CRISIS The nation’s strike lines again the American Third Fleet arrived in | European countries for their treat- southern California aboard a Navy | mant of minority groups, but Have| transport plane from San Francisco | gone nothing to “straighten out their and was greeted by city and Navy | oyn minority suppression,” he told officials. la reporter. 4 | “We have herded the American NEW YORK — Billy Conn, out- | rngians into tiny reservations and }stunding_ challenger for Joe Louis'iueated them like children. We have heavyweight title, today refused 10 yijjeq personal initiative and the de- sign a contract for a bout with In a 'ALVAREZ FORMING U. S. salvage vessels were joined by the Canadian Steamship Sal- | vage Queen in the effort to re- float the Athanasia. e The Washingion Werry - Go- Round By DBFW PEARSON | { | WASHINGTON — Resentment is rising among the scientists who developed the atomic bomb over rigid censorship. This secrecy goes far beyond revealing how the bomb | operates, but actually applies to any discussion of international | agreements or politics regarding the bomb. To stop such discussion, the Army | has issued one of the most stiff- necked orders in peacetime history, curbing civilian discussion. On the | stationery. " of the Carbide the = censorship directive} { Army, reads: L “There will be no discussion or speculation on the following sub “a. International agreements, be- yond the ptesidential releases, | Treadwell Gold Mine. Post-war usage of the prin- ciple. Post-war use of present, fa- cilities. {pleted within 24 hours. |of the appointments would go to| | Wing members and |vices will be held tomorrow for An-| Carbon Chiemicals Corporation, Oak |drew Martin, 87, long-time Alaska‘ Ridge, Tenn,. but signed by tho{re:ident. who»died here last Monday Executive Offiter in charge of the [after a brief illness. took part in most of the major gol stampedes in the far North, includ- _.ing the Klondike and Circle City ' gold rushes. 0 ea I1as, where he worked for the famous Harry Bridges and CIO Maritime ARGENTINE GOVT. BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 17—Attor- ney General Juan Alvarez, charged by President Edelmiro Farrell with the task of forming a new Argen- tine cabinet, held out hope today that the assignment might be com- Political observers believed most the Conservative Party or to Right of the Radical (Center) Party. Alvarez himself is a member of the Conservative wing of the Radical Party. | ! | OLDTIMER JOHN MARTIN IS DEAD SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—Funeral ser- | | expanded as the number of idle |y . " ovt June. Conn and his uyer labor . disputes jumped manager, Johnny Ray, objected to 450,000 foday. a clause in the contract stipulating Major Strike Developments [ihat Conn could not engage in COAL—Widespread strikes in 50t | {,,0up pouts or exhibitions without coal fields in six states crippled peymicsion of Promoter Mike Jacobs. production in more than 1,000 mines, remained country’s most | critical post-war labor dispute;| WASHINGTON — Overnight stalemate in conciliation confer-'slaughter of 40,000,000 American to| dollars daily; other industries mt.i this country” were described by atom new layoffs add to 216,000 idle bomb makers today as possibilities miners, mass furloughs in steel |of the terrible new weapon. Both mills indicated; operators hint new | "ore seen as conceivable should war proposal, possibility of reopening break out again in a distrustful of conciliation; John L. Lewis family of nations. The scientists, considers calling upon policy com- |i«. v. R. Oppenheimer of the New mittee to confer on strategy. | Mexico Laboratories of the bomb- STEEL—Production in steel mills | making profect and Dr. H. J. Curtis drops sharply as additional fur-|of the Oak Ridge, Tenn, plants, tes- naces shut down because of fuel|tified at Senate committes hearings. ence; loss estimated at millions of | citizens and “virtual destruction of | shortage; Sacaiea tons of steel ingots this week by enforced shutdowns; two of world’s estimate loss of 300,000 | | NEW YORK — Police estimated | that 10,000 longshoremen returned |sire to learn and to acquire | broad sense they have alw fprisoners of the government.” | .- - FORTUNES FOUND " CACHED IN JAPAN TOKYO, searchers have found fortunes in | diamonds, platinum, gold and silver | which Japanese admirals and gen- erals had cached in secluded areas —hut never were able to remove [from the country because the war 'ended so abruptly. General MacArthur’s headquarters disclosed today that one party dis- | covered “a fabulous fortune in dia- |monds” in a chicken coop, atop a | mountain 160 miles north of Tokyo.| |In another instance, a package re- |sembling a - packet of hamburger| s been tions have either been proposed or are envisioned in the fields of se- curity, monetary stabilization, in- ternational trade, finance, labor education and health. > Reconciliation Fails; Adress, Flier Will Part HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 17.—Film ac- tress Ella Raines has disclosed that an attempted reconciliation with her | husband, Kenneth Trout, failed and that they have separated. The actress and Trout, Army Air Forces Major recently released from the cervice, were childhood swect- hearts in Snoqualmie Falls, Wash., and were married August 11, 1942, at Palm Beach, Florida. They kept their marriage a secret for a year. D CULINARY STRIK AT FAIRBANKS IS AVERTED, REPORT A threatened strike of culinary workers at Fairbaiks has been avert- ed, it was disclosed here today by the U. S. Department of Labor’s Conciliation Eervice office. The Cooks and Culinary Workers yiclded 8,000 karats of diamonds. Union at Fairbanks last week was in only from 12 noon to 6 p. m. Commercial houses will, however, be open as usual tomorrow. R o o SONG COMPOSER DEAD, HOLLYWOOD BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, Oct. 17 —Jimmie Monaco, 60, composer of | many popular tunes, died at his| home of a heart ailment yesterday. His songs included “You Made Me Love You,” “Madam LaZonga,” “Pecketful of Dreams,” “Mr. Dream | Map,” and “Only Forever.” BUILDING PERMIT NO. 1,000 ISSUED HERE DURING WEEK One building permit was issued | here by City Engineer J. L. Mc-| Namara during the past week; to Abe Friesen, in the amount of $250, for a two-car garage addition to a| residence at 903 West Ninth Street. ‘The permit to Mr. Friessen was the one-thousandth issued here since the City went into the building permit business. MAJOR GREEN LEAVES | ON TRIP WESTWARD! Major R. Stedman Green, Di- rector of the Division of Public Health Engincering, Territorial De- partment of Health, left Juneau on the Aleutian for the west on a two weeks' trip to attend business mat- ters concetning his division. He will make an inspection of the city water suppl¥ in Cordova and the sewerage system at Valdez and from Valdez will go to Anchorage to confer with District Health Officer D. M. Cow- gill, M. D, and Irving Gerring, Sanitarian, concerning health sani- tation in the Interior. -+ jan American citizen. | arrcsted she had been turned over would have on taxes, Chairman Cannon (D.-Mo.) cautioned against | any over-optimism on the part of taxpayers. “This means that there will be just that much less deficit spendinz for the current year and the national jdebt will be slowed down a little,” Cannon said in an interview. ‘T 5% no prospects for substantial tax re- ductions as a result of this legisla- tion.” ¢ eee $7,000 LOANED 10 JUNEAU FOR AIRPORT PLANS WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—The Federal Works Agency announced loans to finance planning of needed | public works, recipients, estimated costs of projects and amounts of payable loans/today. They include: Alaska, Juneau, Municipal Airport buildings, $189,600 and $7,000. "Tokyo fi Is in Custody, U. S. Army TOKYO, Oct. 17~—Los Angeles- born Iva Toguri, accused of broad- casting propaganda to American : troops from Tokyo as "Tokyo Rose” i was placed in the Yokohama Pre- fecture jail today, U. S/ Eighth Army officials said. The U. 8. Army is reassuming authority in the case because she is When first to Japanese civilian police. ——— Foster Savs Truman Gels ”I@ggrhlislk” WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—Will- iam Z. Foster, head of the Commun- ist party in America, asserted to- day that “The Truman administra- tion is yielding to the pressure of im- | perialistic forces.” He particularly criticized appoint- \ment of James Byrnes as Secretary BOB RICE OUT OF ARMY ot State, saying {t was “A concession Sgt. Bob Rice, with the Fiscal largest mills face operating at 25 per cent of capacity by Friday, 30,000 workers may be furloughed. SHIPPING ' — Dissension within ttle in 1886 and | 4 Martin left Sea He later went to Doug-f 1 He is survived by his son, Johnj | - large part of NewYork Harbor idle with hundreds of ships tied up in| strike, insurgent stevedores demand ousting of Union President Ryan as his faction blames CIO Leader Union for split ranks. LUMBER—Lumber operators and Martin, of Seattle, and three grand- | representatives of 40,000 CIO work- ! children. i ers continue negotiations in effort: to settle wage demands; no indi AFL longshoremen’s uniom keeps | !to their jobs bn New York City’s | cluttered docks today. And the President of the AFL International Longshoremen’s Association, Joseph | P. Ryan, declared more than 7,000 | were back. | WASHINGTON—John L. Lewis | today called off the soft coal strikes | effective Monday. A United Mine Workers’ spokesman said the action WASHINGTON — The National Association of Manufacturers join- ed the United States Chamber of | Commeree today in recommending a No estimates of the value of Lheidlspuw with the Restaurant Associa- Department, U. 8. Army, in Juneau, | to the Imperialists.” gL e 3 OO ! was taken “in the public interest.” | | cations of ending near-month long | ; v Medical speculation. | ALEUTIAN GOES WEST Relative importance of vari- ous methods, of plans, of their relative functions or efficiency.” Some of-the scientists who ma- The Steamer Aleutian sailed west from Juneau yesterday afternoon |at 5 o'clock with the following pas- | sengers for Seward: Albert L. Kim- terially contributed to the develop- ment of the atomic bomb were’ refugees fleeing Germany because | (Continued on Page Four) ley, Jr., 1. Green, | berley, Robert E. Webb, John T.|picketing—by movie i Mike | Hollywood’s prolonged AFL juris- | gq¢ complately out of hand in many | Bailey, Robt. W. Holmes, Sinkovich, E. L. Twete, Jake Crop-i Harold Glaser and Richard Jend walkout, 20 per cent cut in individual income taxes next year. The Chamber es: timated the cut might range up t 25 per cent. strike of some 61,000 AFL lumber | | workers in five Pacific Northwest | States. | MOTION PICTURES—New tech- !nique in strike procedure—sitdown BATAVIA, Java — Extremists of workers inithe Nationalist Youth Movement dictional dispute; union leaders and | ar-as of Java tonight, killing and film producers continue efforts to|icoting in frenzied zeal to show their hatred for Europeans, |loot have been made. | Two Japanese admirals’ aides guided | | Americans to the cache. " STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Oct. 17 — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8, American Can | 108%, Anaconda 39, Curtiss Wright 8%, International Harvester 91'%,| Kennecott 44%, New York Central 28%, Northern Pacific 29%, United | States Steel 81%, Pound $4.03%. | BSales today totalled 1800000 | shares. i Dow, Jones averages today were | as follows: Industrials, 186.10; rails, 160.10; utilities, 35.48. RN DB T ITKA VISITOR Lowell Colby, a resident of Sitka, is registered at the Gastineau| Hotel, d | MacLane, was effected this morning off Cape Decision by Guard’s amphibian plane, currently tion there. At the request of the Eleven crates of platinum were |disputants, Leonard Evans of the discovered beside the chicken coop.|Ccnciliation Service was dispatched to Fairbanks last Friddy. Last night Mr. Evans wired the office here that agreement had been | Without its b reached between the parties. | (6 PLANE FLIES T0 ASSIST SK SHIP PASSENGER it | A transfer at sea of an ailing passenger from the steamer Cor- a to the Coast Guard Cutter the | Coast based at Juneau. The plane returned making the transfer, at 9 o'clock this morning, while the passenger was transported to Ketchikan by the cutter, here after has returned from Anchorage where | he received his discharge papers. | His present plans are indefinite | with the exception he is going to| get his auto in shape to operate ucking. MARINES RUSHED - TO HAKATA WHERE ovonce vur | MINERS FIGHTING Charging personal indignities and | incompatibility, May Ann Matazel has filed an action in divorce mth‘otnal_(AsTA'Pf&:.nbge‘:iog‘_fi::g: the Clerk of the District court naye peen to coal mine camps here, against August Raymond‘\ne., Hakata to qusH fighting be- Matazel. The couple has no chil- | tween Chinese laborers, former pris- dren and no property is in dupube.jonem of war and slaves, and Japa- - B SEATTLE VISITORS Mrs. M. Baker and William Rueter, both from Seattle, are Juneau. Both are registered at the Baranof Hotel. e Andre Sainte-Marie of rived this morning by plane and is registered at the Baranof. Sitka @r- | nese police and civilians. Marine Correspondent Staff Sgt. Paul G. Sturges of Salem, Ore., re- ported two Chinese were killed, two |among air passengers arriving in|others wounded seriously and more | than a score of Japanese police and | civilians beaten. The Marines took over the polic- ing job after Japanese police re- | ported they weer unable to control the situation,