The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 15, 1945, Page 1

"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 00,118 “UP, SEATILE, JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES _— THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION Proclaiming Thursday, November Day ( | | SETTLEON 122, officially as Thanksgiving | ? " PUNISHMENT BY DEATH" IS | | Universal Military Training Advocated | | | "DELICATE" | SITUATION, PRICE TEN CENTS WARS SPUTTERING IN LIBERATED AREAS " ALASKATIED |BIG THREE OERABAJA RESISTANCE S |in the Territory of Alaska, Gov. Er-| | nest Gruening today called upon the | | people of Alaska for rededication to | the principles for which'the Nation | |has just successfully fought. | Atomi( E"ergw The Governor's Proclamation de- | idar%' | “Whereas, following time honored | custom, the people of America have set aside Thanksgiving Day as & national holiday to express their CHINALAND ‘General Roundup of Con- | ditions Given by Asso- ciated Press Writer By SPENCER DAVIS PEIPING, Nov. 15—Three months o |after Japan's capitulation, the sit- uation in North China and Man- churia is described politely as “deli- | cate.” CONTINUES Long, BIO(W Campaign Forecast in China and Manchuria Sectors (By The Associated Press) War and embryo wars sputtered and cracked in liberated Asiatic areas today while conquered Japan peacefully sought means for “de- | mocratization” of its throne and Chinese Communist and Natio-|ways to pay its tremendous repara- nalist forces jockey for positionations and occupation costs. and occasionally clash for control| U, 8. Reparations Commissiorier of territory which belongs no longer Edwin 8. Pauley said Nippon pro- to a foreign enemy. | bably won't even be able to pay all The Japanese wait for their ar- the occupation costs, let alone rep- mies to be disarmed and sent homelarauons. but the process still is far from In Soerabaja Area complete 3 The sixth day of bitter battling American Marines wait impa-|over the Soerabaja naval base found tiently for orders to return home|pative Indonesian resistance con- and frequently swonder what tinuing without letup while British brought them to China in the first 'Indian troops madé slow headway place. ‘into resistance strong-points. Some 10,000 Koreans in North| Native elements, armed with light China are waiting repatriation. |automatic weapons, medium mach- Small numbers of German na- ine guns and some armored vehicles tionals know that eventually they were driven from the Justice and will be sent to the Reich. They Government buildings, despite *‘par- await the day with mixed emo- ticularly determined” resistance. tions. Seeds of Hate JEW WARNING Brritish Par;—cfiulers land-‘ ed in Trouble Center | | | | | By Gen. Eisenhower | United States,” clared In testimony prepared for an ap-| pearance before the House Mili-| | tary Committee, Eisenhower cau- | | tioned. that the development of war | | technique would give the United | | States no time to prepare if it were| | attacked again | |* “With the introduction of atomi | and electronic warfare and the astounding advances being made | almost hourly in aerial warfare in-| creasing in geometric progression,” | Eisenhower stated, “if war comes |to us again the fact seems ines-| capable that we will not have time to train units before we are faced with the final issue of defeeat or | victory. “Certainly iv would be unconscion- | able to gamble on a fortuitous re- currence of the time to prepare bought by the blood of our Allies in 1917 and 1942. “We must be prepared on M-Day —the day the enemy strikes—or we may never be prepared to avert BIG ISSUE BY DISPUTE phi [ Al Vessels of Alaska' Control of SteamshipCo. AreNow I Announced in Of- Out of Operation ficial Statement in Palestine AT R gratitude for the many blessings they | —_— SEATTLE, Nov. 15—The Alaska| WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—The ,ave received, and | JERUSALEM, Nov. 15 — British; Steamship Company’s entire pas-|United States, Britain and Canada Whereas, the unconditional sur-'Acting High Commissioner (nr‘ senger fleet is tied up in a union today propesed to hand over to the render of our enemies, and the re- J. V. W. Shaw, issued a “punish- | dispute and the Marine Cooks and United Nations the task of arrang-|establishment of peace, give the ment by death” warning today m“ Stewards Association received an|ing world controls for the destruc- | American people special cause for rioters in the all-Jewish city of] open letter from Army men in |tive forces of atomic energy. |thankfulness, and an opportunity | Tel Aviv, where street demonstra- | Anchorage, Alaska, observing that| The three powers made plain for rededication to the principles tions broke out for the second day.| “gne week is more than enough|that the know-how of making theifor which we have successfully, Two persons were killed and 27} time to waste striking over such a|atomic_bomb would be kept secret fought, and | wounded last night when troops of trivial matter.” {from all other nations—which would| «wy.creas, tne Presideut of the | the British Sixth Parachute (Red The message, quoting the|nclude their Russian ally—until “ef- | ynjtod States has proclaimed Thurs- Devils) Division fired to break up “opinion of high-point Army pros- | fective, reciprocal and enforceable, qay, November twenty-second of this| crowds and suppress riots. i pective passengers on the Yukonl"lsafi‘guu"ds acceptable to all nations” | vaar Thanksgiving Day for the Na- Police were reported have was unsigned. ]”C devised. ; | tion, now, |opened fire after fresh rioting| Issues of overtime and the A statement signed by President| Terefore, I, Ernest Gruening, broke out at the port clty today kst abitng ) Fool. ) br] TrNTAR, and Prims Mintsiams Attlee Governor of Alaska, do proclaim and ady from Tel Aviv sal meetings at sea are hubs of me”‘“d Mackenzie King laid down the|hursay, November twenty-second, | gunfire was continuing. dispute, which encompassed thc:c;’"“mm“S .f('r‘fhf'r“‘p"oc"fl ;h”:‘:‘fi to be Thanksgiving throughout the! Parachute troops, withdrawn from company fleet as it spread to the|® atomic information for industrial | Territory of Alaska, and a legal|the city for a time, were returned Steamter Alasks when the steward [P ooocs i holiday. |this morning when police trucks crew refused to sign on after being Their statement, issued the press at > were stoned BULLETIN—WASHINGTO! Eisenhower de- Nev. 15.—Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hewer told Congress today “Russia has not the slightest {hing to gain by war with the United States” and wants to be a ‘friend. He added that “there will nev- er be a war between Great Brit- ain and the United States.” Testifying in support of Presi- dent Truman’s request for uni- versal military training, Eisen- hower tcld the House committee: “I believe Russia’s policy is friendship with the United States. There is in Russia a desperate and continuing concern for the lot of the common man and they want to be friends with the United Sta | WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower today made | a personal plea to Congress for the |adoption of a postwar universal! | military training program. to use denied use of the main dining room!“‘c White House after six days of A military statement said casJ “The greatest single motivating defeat at the hands of any ag-| for meetings at sea. The Alaska"“"“’”“' s, proposed that a special ualties last night included two|force for world peace today is the|gressor who .uses against us the I | commission should be set up under | Jews killod, 11 Jews injured, 14|organized military potential of the'weapons of the future.” i | col was scheduled to sail for Alaskan , 3 the United Nations as soon as possi- { police injured and two soldiers in- | | jured. ¢ | pofts Saturday, but this trip has‘blv to work out recommendations now been cancelled. “The union is just as anxious as anybody else to see that the troops get home,” Joseph Harris, union business agent, commented on the Army protest. “If the company lives up to our agreements and recog- _/Cunlx';l;ed on Page Ei;h‘l)‘ —————— STOCK QUOTATIONS designed “to attain the most effec- tive means of entirely eliminating the use of atomic energy for destruc- | tive purposes and promoting its wid- {est use . . . for industrial any hu- | manitarian purposes.” ‘While Russia was nowhere men- |tioned by name, the question which| immediately arose among diplomats (her® was how fully acceptable to ’Mascw +the Anglo-American-Can~ adian plans for controlling atomic energy would be, particularly in view IS ASHORE; TOTALLOSS KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 15.— The 439-ton Army freight passenger smp Colonel Quackenbush, which grounded last night a mile northeast of Green Island in Prince Willlam| Furniture, presumably (A British foreign office spokes- |man in London said British Army {clashes with demonstrating Jews lin Tel Aviv were in line with Foreign Secretary Emest Bevin's ]statement Tuesday that any at- tempt to sway the Palestine issue by force would be firmly resisted. The British Army- is preparing to St toetlity 7o ST he declare force, d) looted from e with PearlHarkor 40 GERMANS " inquiry Gels Start Teday FACE TRIAL, FACE DEATH Full Scale Civil War Over all, hangs the threat of a full scale civil war.+Thus far the Chinese civil strife has been more a battle of wits and maneuver, more a paper offensive of rumors ‘and reports th'an actual pitched | engagements. | _But all elements of a long and bloody cempaign are here. The { Communists, who have a strong ‘hold on six provinces, feel they must fight to survive. Central Gov- Premier Sutan Sjahrir, new lead- er of the unrecognized Indonesian republic, ascribed the unrest of his country to the seeds of hate plant- ed by Japanese propaganda which taught his people to hate all forelgn- ers. His government apparently has made little-Qeadway in its effort to° The situation in North Ci s Manchuris continued laden with' possibilities of open warfate as the Chinese Communists and National- <ound, was believed a total loss to- the Light Industries Building, was day. (being burned in the street, the The crew abandoned the ship and British declared. Thousands of per- went aboard the Coast Guard Onan- | sons were said to be milling daga to be taken to Cordova. through the streets in defiance of A Navy tug was awaited today |rigid curfew restrictions. from Seattle to assist in refloating, Many shops also reopened in vio- the Tanker Illinois, which ~ went|jation of the curfew, the announce- |aground on Mogris Reef, off Point! ment said. Hayes Tuesday night. Gasoline will of Russia’s reluctance throughout the war to exchange information even on established weapons, ‘ e Oh,Boys! NEW YORK, Nov. 15 — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today was 9%, American Can 103%, Anaconda 40, Curtiss-Wright 8%, International Harvester 92%, Kennecott 457%, New York Central, 30%, Northern Pacific 32%, U. S. Steel 80, Pound $4.03%. | Sales today were 2,500,000 shares. ' i | ( i ' | Hnvestigation Into Darkest Notorious Dachau Concen-| Bl . . .. ernment forces feel they must ex- ists sparred for position in their Hour of Nation's His- fration Camp Officials | terminate an obstacies in the path struggle for control, sometimes clash- t B £ . {of a unified China. How far these}inx in armed skirmishes. Ory egms Al'e Deham Bl.ln(h I two forces will go in settling their! Daily evidences of the growing cop- i —_— <. differences depends upon nego- flict are reported from Shantung, tiators who will meet in Chungking | Shansi, Honan, Sulyuan and Chahar WASHINGTON, , Nov. 15 A| DACHAU, Germany, Nov. 15—For- | Noy, 20. provinces where Communist forces !searching investigation into one of |ty Germans, charged with torturing catie: Revortd jwere in control before Nationalist the darkest hours in the nation's and robbing prisoners in the notor-\ p. .. 4oy in the vernacular press troops could arrive, as Dow, Jones averages were follows: Industrials, 191.13; rails, 63.72; utilities, 38.14. The Washington| Merry -Go- Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — Frieénds of Atomic-bomb Inventor J. Robert Oppenheimer are trying to persuade him to run for Congress from California. Oppenheimer made a big impres- sion on the Senate Kilgore Com- mittee when he’ dramatically urged the only defense against atom bombs was world peace, and that atomic energy should become the means of raising living standards the world over. Fellow scientists say there is need in Congress for an experienced sclentist, now that we are entering into the atomic age. All the ex- vperts agree no one knows atomic power better than Oppenheimer. Friends also point out that 30 learned men were elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in the recent election; that 70 scientists are being voted members of the Supreme Soviet; that A. N. Black, one of the world’s greatest bio- chemists, is vice president of the Ch, Girls! |have to be removed from the tanker LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15—Youll! be bare, brown and beautiful on| ithe beach next summer, if Fred| { Colg, of ‘California, has his way— | but in any event you'll be bare. | New swim styles shown to visit- ing fashion editors from all sec- tions of the country today reduced| {coverage to bare minimums, with' iexpanses of sun-tanned skin the | most important part of every out-| fit. The scraps of fabric which | ;mflke up the high-style swim suits, i however, are stretched and draped with flattering and functional ef-| tlect. As Mr. Cole explained: | “We want to keep 'em bare but, Read It pjaskans Will ofore it can be refloated. Fight Raise of Steamer Rates Proposed Increase Gels Rise Out of Sen. Walker -Talbot Presents Case KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 15.— | flattering. We want 'em functiorial,| Alaskans are showing concern over }but beautiful. And the average Proposed increased freight rates to | figure is bad.” pmd from Seattle. With the average figure in mind,i “We cannot and will not take an | Mr. Cole does swim shorts in elas- | unjust freight rate without protest- |ticized shirred treatments which|ing its iniquities” Sen. Norman I have the effect of a girdle. He ties Walker declared. |bra tops with the artistry of al Governor Gruening called any in-| corsetiere. He adds brief balley Creases unjustifid and suggested skirts to cover the widest part of|{ormation of a city-wide commit- the female anatomy. But mldriirs“_ee to forward resolutions to his of- lare almost uniformly bare, bralfic® and to Congress and Delegate| tops have one strap or none at|Doruett. all, and el Sulls have an-air ot} Afe™We going to_ be gouged be- cause we are a Territory, with a carefrop sbandon . very - popular, small representation in Congress?” :upre:le mi‘;‘::t;r:::er ";;" S‘;:;:‘ | says he, with femininity in general. egrin, 21 .o was a professor of philosophy. Delegate Bartlett asked. The views and case of shipping * ¥ * G.L's KEEP OUT American soldiers taking a few day off to see the sights of Japan| recently, drove toward Mount Fuji,| one of the most historic and beau- tiful spots in Japan. But when they entered the area around the base of the mountain, they found it “off limits” for all U. 8. Army spersonnel. Investigation found that the boundary between the U. 8. Sixth Army Command and the Eighth Army runs near Fujiyama, and the Sixth Army Command declares its {lines will be presented tomorrow IAKU BRI"GS EGGS; Inight by J. A. Talbot, an official of Is 0" "Ew s(HEDulE"the Alaska Transportation compony. ' e | Eges, but only 50 cases—arrived w Ik ' 'Bo i g in Juneau last night. They were| a ou a e n |included in the cargo of the| | Freighter Taku which arrived here | |at 8:45 and sailed for Pelican today | | at 2:30 o'clock this afternocn. Egg-hungry experts around the| dock today said the 50 cases of! | eggs would only “serve to sharpen ,Juneau's egg appetite.” The local SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Operations are proceeding normally today at the Seattle and Renton Boeing Aircraft | plants despite a walk-out of 500 supervisors which started on swing Plant Near Seattle' egg shortage has been acute for shift yesterday. There were unconfirmed repor!s" circulating that a series of explo- sions had been heard in Tel Aviv. Today's reported fatality was said to have taken place when police used firearms against demonstrat- ore in the Petah Tikva quarter, which is near the railway line. "THE MAGIC EYE” " DECIDED FATE OF Sirange Testimony Given i atTrial of Yamashita in Manila MANILA, Nov. commission at the war crimes trial of Lt. Gen. Yamashita heard strange testimony today about a mysterious, hooded informer called “The Magic Eye.” A witness, Mrs. Felicidad Manuel, declared that 400 residents of two towns in Bulacan Province north of Manila were scheduled for death at the hands of the Japanese by this unknown traitor. The witness said that Jap troops paraded the inhabitants past the informer and as each passed, a silent nod or shake of the hooded dividual. e (oasl%uardsma{n, In Alaska for 18 | Months, Drowns BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 15.—The body of a Coast Guard‘coxswain who a liefboat into Lake Washington, The Supervisors | has been recovered. He was enroute history began at 10 o'clock this MANY FILIPINOS tmorning when a joint congressional !committee began inquiry intdo the Pearl Harbor disaster. It was began exactly three years, 11 months and eight days after the | Japanese inflicted on the United States armed forces the worst de-~ i feat they ever suffered. | Thousands clamored for !exlstent reserved seats for the year's biggest congressional show. As a result, Committee Chairman, Senator Alben Barclay (D-Ky.), ruled that the 265 seats available for the public would be first come, first served. Only two men were assured of seats for all the committee’s ses- Isions. They are Maj. Gen. Walter | Short and Rear Admiral Husband non- {manders at Pearl Harbor at the jtime of the Japanese attack. ious Dachau concentration camp, were brought before the U. S. Mili- |tary Court today in a trial which |may cost them their lives. An example of rigid military bear- ing was set for the defendants by Martin Weiss, handsome black-hair-| jed 88 officer who once commanded ! i tke horror camp where it is estimat- | ed the bodies of 200,000 persons were | consumed in crematories. When the eight-officer court call- ed upon Weiss to identify himself, Iths‘ German snapped to attention| |and spit out his name, age and other | particulars in a sharp voice. He, stared antagonistically at the judges land held his head high. | with fow exceptions, the others {imitated his demeanor. Prosecution witnesses former inmates of Dachau brought include | | continue to be 1y. -, 15—The military Public Hearings Held The public hearings will last g total of feur hours each day, from 10 a. m. until noon and from 2 until 4 p. m. The 10-man ‘committee half from the Senate and half from the House, and with Demccrats in the majority—must complete its; findings no later than Jan. 3, 1946.' It plans on calling hundreds of| witnesses and sifting through thou-;cent” of Alaska, Will H. Chase, the isands of pages of documents be- Mayor of Cordova, today adtled his tween now and the date its report voice, and those of his townspeople, is due. !to the swelling roar of protest to 'CORDOVA MAYOR DECRIES RAISE OF SHIP RATES Styling himself “40 years a resi- | Committee Counsel William D. ;pmposed doubling of shipping rates head decided the fate of the in-|Mitchell has set up special rulesto Alaska. drowned last night when he fell from | In a wire to Gov. Ernest Gruening, Ithe Cordova Mayor declares: “The development of Alaska has| | to expedite the hearing and these | will be followed scrupulously. But the Pearl Harbor investi- | gating committee begins its work | been greately retarded in the past mid charges and counter-charges due to excessive freight and pas- regarding the political implications Senger rates. Should the proposed) of the hearing. Democrats charge |Increase be allowed, it will be im-| that Republican members of the |Possible to interest capital in an- committee are out to “smear” the|ticipated mining activity. | Democratic administration, while| “The cost of living will discourage |GOP members assert that mevpeuple from establishing their homes Democrats will attempt to issue a in Alaska. Living cost is now almost {in uwhite! " report. ! prohibitive and many who have Evidence Presented imade their homes and established Japanese envoys in Washington | !businesses in the Territory are al- ready seriously considering leaving there are long reports of trouble | tung, Hopeh, Shansi, Honan, Sui- yuan and Chahar. It is evident that the Communists seized the in- itiative and had theiz armies in motion before the Nationalist troops were fully deployed to the north. Observers believe that the con- ciliation meeting in Chungking next | Tuesday, with orders given on both sides to cease fire and withdraw from the railroads which will be placed under police protection, will be the last opportunity to settle China's largest problem without a showdown battle. If it fails, it is altogether pos- sible that war and bloodshed will this nation’s way of Kimmel—the Army and Navy com-|pack from seven countries to testi- | life, as it has been for so many:' { years. A - iAir Force Said fo Be 'Disintegrafing’ Right Before Eyes WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 — The Senate Military Committee heard | warning today that this nation’s | powerful and victorious air force {1s “disintegrating before our eyes.” Tha the word from Gen. Carl Spaatz, who commanded the stra- | tegic bombing air force in the Pa- cific at the war’s end Gen. Spaatz mentioned what he termed “almost hysterical demobi- lization” and urged unification of all armed forces into a single agency. Half oi Briifl? Population ““Worse Than Heathens” LONDON, Nov. 15 — The Church 1 1 i throughout the provinces of Shan-| : goon, reported to Tokyo the day before Vof England Assembly has approved | Bloocdy Campaign Associated Press Correspondent Spencer Davis reported “All ele- ments of a long and bloody cam- palgn” are present in the area, al- though the conflict has been thus (Continued on Puge Etght) GOVERNOR WILL ' HOP TOMORROW " 10 CONFERENCE Shipping Rate Batle fo Be Carried fo Nafional Capifal | Returning thl—lTlofnng from An- where he addressed thq Grand Camp of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, Gov. i | | Ernest Gruening declared his in- tention to,carry straight to Wash- ington, D. C., the battle against in- creasing freight and passenger rates to Alaska. The Governor plans to leave to- morrew for the States by plane. He will first attend the conference of Western Governors, to be held this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday a! Cheyenne, Wyo., and will solicit their support in Alaska's problems, At the conclusion of the Chey- enne meeting, the Governor will go direct to the National Capital, where, in addition to waging the shipping rates battle, he will fol- low up action on several other matters he launched on his recent stay in the capital, including the handling of Alaska's veterans. The Governor will be accom- panied east by Mrs. Gruening and his Naval Aide, Lt. Comdr. Warren M. Caro. The Governor anticipates an extensive stay in the nation’s headquarters, but today declared himself unable to estimate just how long he will be called upon to remain there. Comdr. Caro an- 'because of prohibitive cost in en- deavoring to carry on. “During the war ths people of the past week. | Association is protesting a ruling |in the boat to a fire barge when he The Taku is expected to return|which prevents its members from|fell into the water. The 23-year- | con, Lorber that they had been working ‘with “influential” indi- the expenditure of $4,000,000000; ticinates that, after disposing of area—which includes Mount Fuji_‘ during the next five years to fin-| ortain matters in connection with off limits, in order to keep thej Eighth Army out. Meanwhile, in nearby Miyano- | shita is one of the most beautiful hotels in Japan. There live the “Yormer German Ambassador, mem- bers of his staff, the cabinet of the puppet Filipino government e e i (Continued on Page Four) to Juneau the first of next month. taking jobs with the company which |cld serviceman was a veteran of 18 She will make service runs between requires joining the Aeronautical Southeast Alaska ports and Prince Mechanics Union. Association Sec- iRupert to relieve the frozen fishirctary David Lombard says no picket situation. With many ships not|line will be established. making their usual runs at the; - e present time, frozen fish dealers| John Washington, great-grand- ;have been experiencing difficulties father of George Washington, emi- in shipping out their commodities. grated from England to America. service His | iname has been withheld pending | notification of his family. - eee KETCHIKAN MEN HERE G. E. Burbank and R. Miller, from Ketchikan, are registered at the Baranof Hotel. months in Alaska. viduals behind their “frontal nego- Alaska have accepted conditions, iations” 2 HationsT SR (Framdent. Ty el contributed generously to bond calls, | |and Secretary of State Hull. S | Thisiwas disclosed today in me!Red Cross calls, assisting our gov- relegse by the Congressional com- | mittee investigating the Pearl Har- isaste: i “We urge that you do all within | di ted L | s ¥, 9 lereen Hplp | your power to avert this contemplat- Jed injustice to our eitizens.” (Continued on Page Two) ance a publicity program designed to revive interest in religion. The program was adopted by the H England, that the clergy’s “spiritual ' anemia” had left half the British. population “worse than heathens.” the Coast Guard and Navy in Washington, he will be returned while there to inactive status in ernment in prosecuting the war; | assembly after hearing a warning'ip. coast Guard Reserve. He will ;meanwhue endeavoring to carry on.| from the Bishop of Rochester,'ihen return to private law practice in New York City. (Continued on Page Eight)