The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 13, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA_ EMPERE “ALL THE NEW'S ALI IHI' 'I'I‘IF VOL. LXVI, NO. 10,116 BRITISH KEEP BLASTING AT SOE Interior Manchuria Scene of Sermus Fighting = —————— ] GRE M‘ F'GH]’ WIDOW RECEIVES BUCKNER'S DSM ‘REAL PEACE ‘BUILDING Up [ il A " NEAR BORDER Denials Made that Amer- ican Forces Are fo Give Aid fo Chinese CHUNGKING, Nov. 13.—American officials denied flatly today, amid increased reports of civil war, that the United States had gone beyond war-time assistance to China. An American Embassy spokesman termed completely unfounded the Communist published report that China would get a $64,000,000 loan far purchase of munitions from the United States. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer said the United States would keep its war-time contract to equip 39 Chi- nese divisions, but denied the Com- munist’s reports that 70 divisions woud be supplied by the United States. He said conversations re- garding military aid to China were on a much higher governmental plane than his and he had no in- formation on whether commitments might be increased. In Washington, Secretary of War Patterson said “There is no danger of our troops becoming involved in civil war in China unless they are attacked, in which event we may ex- pect the American troopq to react with vigor and success.’ The Americans in China, Patter- son stated, are concerned entirely with disarmament and repatriation of Japanese troops and when that mission is concludfld will turn over (Continued on P(lgl' “Three) R The Washington Merry - Go- Roun By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON For 20 long years, ever since Charles Evans Hughes was Secretary of State, it has been traditional that the heads of the State Department meet the | press five or six times Hughes inaugurated this policy after a long period of hush-hush diplomacy when Woodrow Wilson was ill and his foreign policy w marking time. Frank B. Kellogg, Hughes during the Coolidge ad- ministration, continued the prac- tice religiously. At times Kellogg was badgered on such subjects as sending the Marines to Nicaragua and his bellicose notes to Mexico. However, he took the pummeling with good spirit, eventually re- covered his equilibrium, and used his press conferences effectively when it camé to marshaling public opinion for his treaty to outlaw War. Henry L. Stimson, the next Sec- vetary of State, was also punc- eoliously cereful to hold press| conferences five or six times a week. Stimson, too, staged rough- and-tumble debates with the press, but sometimes remarked that in the end he got more out of press| conferences than newsmen because it gave him a barometer of what| the public was thinking. Cordell Hull, who followed Stim- son, also eontinued the tradition of regular press conferences. Hull, is true, was ill for long periods, but during his absence conferences were held regularly by the Acting Secretary of State Sumner- Welles, or Acting Secretary Ed Stettinius. The latter, when he became Secre- tary of State, leaned over back- ward never to skip a press con- ference. BYRNES SHUNS PRESS Today, however, it is different. Jimmy Byrnes, who passicnately | loves the phrase “Freedom of the Press,” inmplv hates press con- ferences. His aides almost have to hog-tie him to get him into the, diplomatic reception room where for 20 years Secretaries of State el g (Continued on Page Four) a week.| who followed | it | commitments in military | AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY in San Francisco, Mrs. Adele Buckner | proudly displays the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, awarded posthumously to her husband, the late Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, commander of the U. S. 10th Army. before the capture of Okinawa. Shown in the group are (L. to r. He was killed in action shortly Adn. Royal Ingersoll, who made the presentation; Lt. Gen. Robert Richards | son, Jr.; Mrs. Buckner; and Maj. TRAINING BILL EVADES DELAY IN TIGHT VOTE Congressional Probe Groups Moving Toward | Center of Stage Now By MAX HALL WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — Con- gress today heard Prime Minister \Clemcm Attlee of Britain speak | for strenger “bonds of peace” soon | after an American peacetime mili- tary training plan escaped a set- iback in a House committee. | Attlee spoke in the House cham- (ber. Some lawmakers piled into the room to hear him after an important vote in the House Mili- tary Committee. | The vote: 15 to 12 against sus- pending consideration of militar; training until January. The committee will resume hear- ings on the training program— President Truman wants it — on { Thursday. Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower will be heard then. Other events in Congres Auto Prices—Price Administrator Chester Bowles told a House com-' mittee he is turning down demands of car dealers for higher Tetail prices. He assailed as an “ominous sign” what he termed “government by pressure” on lobbyists. He esti- mated congressmen had received more than 5,000 telegrams pmtrst-‘ ing OPA’s auto price plans. USES — Secretary Schwellenbach told a Senate committee the Labor| Department wants to operate the | public employment offices in states which don’t run them “in accord- ance with federal standards.” The Senate atomic energy com- | | mittee decided to leave next Tues- day to take a look at the Oak Ridge, Tenn., atomic bomb plant.! ‘Ic starts hearings on atomic control | legislation Nov. 26. | Sentiment w: strong among | members of the House Military | Committee to reconsider the atomic | energy bill which the committee has recommended. This is the bill! that would set up a commission of | nine non-salaried citizens to boss on Puge Eight) STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 13 — quetation of Alaska Juneau | stock today is 8, American 11024, Anaconda 40, Curtiss ‘8 International Ha er 92, Ken- | necott 45', New York Central 287, \Mulhexn Pacific 30'%, U. S. Steel| | 79%, Pound $4.03%: } Sales today were 2,500,000 share | Dow, Jones averages today wer as follows: Industrials, 190.56; rails, 61.85; utilities, 38.13. Closing Mine Can | was posted to sail at 10 a. m. Gen. H. C. Pratt. (International) | Thanksgiving Day On November 22 Proclaims Truman WASHINGTON, Noy. 13 — Presi dent Truman has proclaimed Nov. 22, fourth Thursday of the month, as Thanksgiving Day: His proclamation asked that “we give thanks with the humility of free men, each knowing it was the might of no one army but of all tegether by which we were saved.” - Baranof Is Tied Up; Is NotSailing SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—Another Al- aska Steamship Company vassel, the Baranof, was tied up today and her sailing canceled in the dispute with the Marine Cooks and Stewards ! sociation over the use of the m: meetings during | dining rocm for voyages Union members failed to appear to sign on at 9 a. m. The vessel MOrTrow. The Yukon, delayed since last Wednesday, was still tied up and orders were issued to dock employees to put ashore all perishables, mail, express and baggage. Many of the| va- | 220 passi tions. The Alaska, Columbia and Aleu- tian also are 1d1e here. ngers hqd canceled ress COURT TERM HERE CALLED T0 BEGIN . NEXTJANUARY 21 Judge Geamge F. Alexander has called the next term of U. S. Dis- trict Court in Juneau to convene January 21, 1946, it was announced here today by the office of the Clerk of Court Judge Alexander has set January 22 as the date for the Grand Jury panel to report, with the Petit Jury | being called February 4. Veniremen are to be term here before the Court ad- journs : chikan. With the criminal docket for the present Ketchikan term already dis- pesed of and remaining civil actions few in number, it is anticipated that the Court may soon have its First City business completed, perhaps by | the end of the week. - WALTER METROKIN HERE Metrokin, resident is registered at the Baranof Walter Naka, Hotel. to- drawn for the coming | its present session at Ket- | of | Jorie Kiester - PLEA MADE BY ATTLEE § Labor Prime Minister of‘ Brifain Addresses Joint Session of Congress WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Prime | Minister Clement Atutles told Con- | gress today that the foundations of e must be “World prosperity and good neighborliness.” There “no reason” he said for economic ri- valry between Great Britain and the United States. | Speaking in the House of Repre- sentatives to Senators and Con- gressmen who must approve any U. S. financial aid for Britain, Att- lee frankly sought to remove what called “some apprehensions” 1t his Labor party's program In his 3,000-word address, the British leader mentioned only brief- lly the prime purpose of his visit to this country—to discuss with President Truman the eventual dis- position of the secrets of atomic | bomb production. He gave no in- du ation of the course which the u,urum\cra are taking | Attlee likened his country to in returning from the “his h(\mv blitzed and ruined.” ‘We \\xnl all out to win the and now have to start afresh,” He said “Like him, we are facing the | future with courage and a determin- lation to win through.” Attlee said he looked forward lu “an era of increasing and friendship” between the jand Britain. That i-md. should not be | rather u. “exclusive,” but the bonds of pmce." Personal Scrap Involving Lafe | FDR Underway | WASHINGTON, Nov. | Democratic and ‘Republican leaders headed today into a personal scrap mvomnfl the late President Roose- i | ially at.issue is a bill by| ader Joseph Martin Massachusetts proposing a consu- tutional amendment to limit any! ,plesldent to two terms. The measure, on which the elec-| tions committee will begin hear- ings Thursday, is an outgrowth of Mr. Roosevelt’s terms. | Martin will be the chief 0- ponent. Democratic Leader John { McCormack of Massachusetts will i be his No. 1 foe. - e "Buicher of Warsaw"" Being Winged Back To Germany Via U. §. TQKYO, Nov 13 —Col. Josef Al bert Meisinger, “Butcher of Wa saw,” left by air today on the first leg of his trip back to Germany via the United States. Gen. MacArthur's headquarters | reported he will be taken to an Allied interrogation center near Frankfurt, Germany, for question- mg and possible trial as a war | eriminal suspect. Meisinger has been detained since Oct. 12 in the U. 8. Eleventh i Corps stockade on the outskirts of Yokohama. He thus far has denied any war crimes guilt. He came to Japan from Europe to carry Nazi activities among German resi- dents here. > FROM THE STATES |- Stateside arrivals registered at | the Baranof include: Bruce Parker. | Seattle; E. A. Robinson and R. E. | Robinson, Las Vegas, Nev.! Mar- and Dorothea Pom- ton, Tacoma, Wash, and Ralph | Lomen, Seattle. cooperation | s.‘Amnm. friendship, he|to the extreme/its zeal for supress- “a contribution to the knit-| Naz | ting together with all people through ' tior 'the United Nations organization in!ccmmunique | x\s\ third and fourth! | the 'several weeks ago The Sixth Marine Tank Battalion enters Tsingtao, China, main st . (AP Wirerhoto) ARGENTINE ATTEMPTS TOBEGOOD AIR Nov government has Tangled Romance 3.—The “carried BUE shing all centers of Facist or Tetalitarian inspira- the Foreign Office said in a reiterating the nation’s | complete adherence to the Chapul- tapec agreement. The bulleiin, apparently prepared for prasentation to the other na- tions of the Weastern Hemisphere, said the government’s action “honors nw country's swern word and g u)nlmr ntal unity and ing and exting’ as- har- mony.” At considerable length the docu- ment set forth the measures taken ‘3_[10“59‘(0 \uonmhm alien property con- trols, close German and Japanese | schools, eliminate German and Japa- | nese societies, and suppress publica- tions disseminating “anti-democratic | propaganda.” It also detailed mea- | es mknn against German firms - oo MUST HAVE UNITY - FOR PEACE AS IN WAR SAYS BISHOP NEW, YORK, N p G.' Bromley Oxnam, Pres of the | Federal Council of the Churches of st in America, said today t)nl‘ “forces seeking to divide lhe‘ Allies whose unity was essential to! victory in the war just ended, are Bv BoEING (aMpANY mux‘mally batraying the American | servicemen, our country and !\wl e peoples of the world.” | SEATTLE, Nov. 13—A fasi new In a speech prepared for a world fighter plane with a long propellor | fellowship breakfast sponsored by hub that makes it resemble, some- YMCA. and the YW.CA, what, a swordfish in flight was an- Bishop Oxnam said the question|nounced today by the Boeing Air- the American people have not yet craft Cc ny, which said tt answered was “Do we really 1t could slice through the air at more peace?” {tlian 450 miles an hour. IT BEGAN when Mary Cardin, New York, told her parents she had married Seaman James Bass, USN. To make good the story, they start- ed hitch hiking to Elkton, Md, famous Cupid-town, for the cere- wmony. Tney innocently got a lift ia | @& stolen car, and were jailed with the guilty driver, Trial in separate courts was arranged, but the Navy ly, a kindly magistrate went to bat for them, end they were married in New York. (International) FAST NEW FIGHTER PLANE ANNOUNCED L i} the wn S50 - PHILLIPS BACK ON JOB_ A. B. Phillips, superintendent of Juneau schoc returned to his office this morning a A brone 1 cold had kept him home for seven days. severe “If we do,” he said, “then we! The overlong hub is needed way we can have it is through a erate in tandem off the single 3,600 continuing cooperation among ali horscpower afr-codled engine, 10- powerful ones. We cannot afford Terming it the most versatile air- to distrust our allie: icraft. ever manufactured, Boeing i pound homb load or lug two one-ton torpedoes, as an interceptor or and SER'OUSI.Y nl'wnnm comparable to the B-29 i .| Boeing said the plane was desizn- HUNTINGTON, N. ¥, Nov. 13 d and built for the Navy and had man who served in the cabinets of yie three presidents, has been confined | West Hills near here following & s ious heart attack stricken soon after he arrived h She said his con- must face it squarely that the only mount the two prepeilers which op- nations and especially among the tating in opposite divections. - said the plane could carry a 6,400 Superfortres: Henry L. Stimson, 77 year old states- 1 (55 L i Tares for several weeks to his home =t His wife said her hsba Wi dition was “progressively improved.” and is warmly | resented Jimmy's behavior. Flnal- | Lo 2 §. Marines ccted by the populace en the CAUTIONIS REQUEST OF N EISENHOWER BOSTON, Nov. 13—A caution igainst too rapid return of Ameri- can soldiers from Europe was left| with the natlon tods by General Dwight D, f The American soldiel 10uld be return- ed to thelr homes,” but added, merica’s obligations to the world and ourselves should be fulfilled.” Speaking last night to 500 wildly enthusiastic persons at a state din- ner, Bisenhower said: “If disintegration of our forces goes too far, it will provide evidence to the German people that we are not equal to our task, and an endur- ing peace may disappear and the war may have been fought in vain. “The day of eritical decision rwshing upon us.” - ARMY CFFICERS 0 EXPRESS OPINIONS OF MERGER FREELY, WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—Secre- tary of War army officers today with the asser- t they may “express their own personal convietions with forcer and vigor” when diseussing proposals to merge the armed forces Patterson took his stand in reply to a lette the Navy Forr ments by Lt. little before Committee. e read his testimony,” Pat. wrote, “and I am certain had no intention of pre- the case for unification on other than its merits.” Doolittle touched off hen he remarked “our resting uneasily in the wise of claims by Admirals Chester W. Nimitz and Marc Mit- scher about the importance of the Navy's role in the Pacific victory. Lord Haw Haw in last Appeal for EStapmg Gallows .I)T‘U()n Nov. l! Attorneys for Williem Joyee (Lord Haw Haw) applied today to the Attorney Gen- eral for permission to appeal to the House of Lords his sentence to hang for high treason Joyce's conviction was affirmed by the Criminal Court of Appeal last weck and the House of Lords is the last tribunal which can review it. he i8¢ his al protesting state- Gen. James H. Doo- the Senate Military that he senting the row B-29 boys r graves” believed | Patterson backed up| from Secretary of | SHELLS FALL ON BASE IN- JAVASTRIFE 'New Premié?thosen Who Promises to Negotiate Peace Plans By LEIF ERICKSON BATAVIA, Java, Nov. 13—Sutan jahrir, described as a Moderate (with whom the Dutch are likely to deal, became Premier of the unrecog- | nized Indonesian republic today as British forces blasted as Indonesian Natlonalists in the heart of Scera- baja Sjahrir's selection as Premier by !the cabinet meant that the Nation- alists had decided on & new gov- ernmnetal system under which Pres- ident Soekarno will have but a minor role. A 36-year-old Soclalist leader, ! Sjahrir retained temporarily the vpox't(nnm of Home Affairs and For- eign Affairs in the Nationalist cab- inet Sjahrir, described as moderate and a4 man with whome the Dutch are likely to deal, sald in an interview he would make sharp changes in the cabinet. Soekarno, just 1cturned from Nationalist rallles at Jog- jakarta, seemed destined for a sub- | crdinate position and the new Prime Minister was expected to ullot much | wider powers to his ministers. Elec- tions were plannad before Jun. 31 Polisy ¢f Cooperation .The youthful Sjahrir said his | policy would be cooperation with the British in the task allotted them at | Potsdam—releasing internees* and |rounding up Japanese. So far I the Dutch are concerned, he said, "l |shall encourage our getting together,” Ojahrir said the fighting between British and Nationalists at Scera- baja had hurt the Nationalist | cause, and that one of his first acts \as Premier would be to send a threa- member commission there to investi- |gate the entire affalr. Warfare Intense ‘The warfare between the British, charged with the task of occupation, ‘and the Nationalists rose in inten- (sity, with Naval and fizld guns and | RAF planes supporting troops which {hammered through at least half of | Boerabaja. Troops of the 49th In- 'dmn Brigade battled house-to-house Ealong a general line from the Hotel y%cx abaja through the captured J Postand Telegraph office to the Ho- |tel Grand. Seven Indian soldiers (V\('n' wounded in yesterday's fight- lng. but Indonesian casualtiss were o have been high. Assm iated Press correspoment \Vcln Haugland, in a dispatch from \. cerabaja quoted British officers as | estimating the Indonesians had 110,- 000 men — 20,000 trained soldiers |and 100,000 other armed natives. He |said fanatical Indonesian . youths were flinging themselves against the \Brm«m lines in fierce attacks . NEGOTIATIONS ASKED LONDON, Nov. 13.-—A mass meet- !ing sponsored by the Indis League passed a resolution today that the British government “im- mediately initiate negotiation” with the Duteh and French governments and leaders of Indonesian in Indo- china Nationalists to settle current disputes on a basis of “National in- | dependence and self-determination.” { R BILL PERMITTING FREE CIRCULATION OF GOLD PROPOSED WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—A return to free circulation of gald was pro- posed today by Senators Murray. (D- Mont) and Tayler (D-Idaho). The two announced they would present a bill to: 1. Permit the coinage of a $50 gold piece. 2. Provide for free circulation of gold and the convertibility of gold with currency. 3. Authorize the President to in- crease the price of gold above $35 an ounce. 4. Permit mints to exchange coin- ed geld or currency for gold bullion,