The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,129 —= — — — — - — Som— = — ] jU’\lhAU ALASKA, THU%DA\ NO\ FMBER ") I‘)4> Ml HIR ASS ()(l\ll D PRI PRICE TEN CENTS URGES GOVT. SUBSIDY FOR ALASKA LINES GOERINGIS SHOWNUP, NAZI TRIAL Plans for “'Surprise War” on Austria, Invasion Are Revealed By WES GALLAGHER NUERNBERG, Nov. 29~Gex'mnn Army plans for a “surprise war’ against Austria and Nazi Finh Column plots leading to German invasion of the little country in 1933 were placed today before the, International Military Tribunal, trying 20 Nazi leaders on war crimes charges. | Fat, and not-too-happy, Hermann Goering was described as the man who directed by telephone the blitz] invasion of Austria after Austrian, Nazis paved the way by deposing Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg Goering became serious as As- sistant U. S. Prosecutor Sidney S. Alderman read in detail trans- cripts of telephone conversations between Goering and Austrian Nazis on the days before and on, the day of the unopposed invasion.! The records were found in the ruins of the Berlin Air Ministry building by Associated Press Cor- respondent Dan De Luce and given to the prosecution for evidence. Grim Days Lived Over “This highly interesting ment allows us to live again in those grim days of Anschluss,” Al derman declared. | Many of the telephone conversa- tions were with Arthur Seyss-In- quart, Austrian Nazi leader and one of Goering's fellow defendants. The prosecution said the records clearly disclosed Nazi plotting to absorb Austria into the Reich. Transeriptions of the telephone conversation disclosed Goering succeeded in having Seyss-Inquart installed as Austria’s chancellor by threats and dictated the telv:‘-i gram in which German troops were| invited by Seyss-Inquart into Aus-! tria in the Anschluss coup. Threats Cause Laugh The Reichsmarshal laughed and most of the other top Nazis in the prisoners’ box seemed amused as the prosecution read off in Goer-| ing’s words the threats, bluffs, ca- joleries and lies that resulted in the downfall of Austria. [ At the height of the pre-An- docu- | P AL Pt R TR (Continued on Page Two - The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON—Clearest call for Congressional action on reconver-/ sion was voiced last week in a little-noticed speech by the ex-| Minneapolis street-sweeper, Repre- sentative William J. Gallagher.; Without any hesitation, he pinned responsibility for the congressional | sit-down strike right where it be-| longs—on the leadership of import- ant House committees. Gallagher, a member of tourl committees (Census, Indian Affairs,| Mines and Mining, and Pensions),! pointed out that only the Indiam Affairs Committee has been at all! active. | “I might just as well not be on| a committee at all,” he remarked. The bent, white-haired former; supporter of Henry George called for an end to the long delay in| stalling off the St. Lawrence Sea- way project. He called for acion | on the Full Employment Bill, the| 65-cent Minimum Wage Bill, and| other important measures bound up/| with reconversion. ! Reason for the long delays in! committees, he said is that “leaders| on both sides of the House do not| trust the members. If they are not| in complete agreement on the ob- jective of these measures, at least they sheuld permit them to come before the House for a vote. “Why should we sit here day after day doing nothing but talk, talk, criticize, and fight battles| that are past, in place of having| our eyes to the future for the bene-‘ fit of our country and for the| benefit of the soldier boys? . .. I want action and sane thinklng." It was one of the sanest speeches Congress has heard in weeks. — e (Continued on Page Four) [today with | pepulation? | United Nations Organization. ! Eastern Advisory Commission, 10- YAMASHITA HAS | NO KNOWLEDGE ANY ATROCITIES Denies He Ever Isued Ord-| ers for Killings or Brutalities MANILA, Nov. 20—Direct exam- | ination of Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yama- shita, testifying in his own defense on war crimes charges, concluded the former Philippines commander steadfastly denying any knn“ledg;- of atrocities committed | ¢ his Japanese army subordinates. In response to questions by his defense attorneys, Yamashita ad-| mitted close liaison with his various chiefs of staff but snapped an em- phatic “no” to a question whether | he ever issued any orders for killings or brutal treatment of civilians. In fact, he testified, he had in-| structed his subordinates to cooper- ate with the Filipinos as much as ! possible. The coolness and courtroom skill of the General was apparent when Kerr pointed a finger at him and asked emphatically: “As military commander, wasn't your duty to protect the civilian it ‘Yamashita looked unflinchingly at Kerr and coldly replied: “It was a duty, but military oper- aticns came first.” e BULLETINS ! reports that 700 U WASHINGTON—Interior Secre- | tary Harold L. Ickes has indicated that he will make no early recom- | mendation favoring statehood for, Hawaii. Ickes told newsmen today that he is not necessarily against statehood and that he wants to let| people have the kind of govern- | ment they want but declared that the economic control exerted by five families in Hawaii disturbs him LONDON The Beigrade radio announced today that the Yugoslav Constituent Assembly has declared Yugoslavia to be a republic. The, broadcast said that young King| Peter has been deprived of all his vested rights. Peter has been in| London ever since the German m- vasion of his homeland. 2 . | WASHINGTON - The Senate re- jected by a 41 to i8 vote today the | initial attempt to tighten rules for United States participation in the | It} defeated an amendment offered by Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) to the leg- islation already approved unan . mously by the Senate Foreign Rela- | tions Committee. \VAlehGTON——H<se|() Ala, the Iranian Ambassador, informed President Truman today his gov- | ernment had received a note from | Russia formally refusing permission | Envoy. for Iran to reinforce its garrisons in the northern part of the country. | MANILA—President Sergio Os- | mena today signed an order creat- ing a national park on bloodstained Bataan Peninsula, honoring its| heroic Filipino and American de- | fenders. | MOSCOwW The Soviet Tass| Agency, quoting newspapers in Te- heran and Copenhagen, said today‘ that the United States was apply-! ing “pressure” on both Iran and| Iceland for air bases in the two! countries. | WASHINGTON—The Allied Far nation group, will leave about De- | cember 26 for Tokyo to inspect the country it will help govern in de- | feat, WASHINGTON-—Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc, announced today that it would inaugurate serv- | ice to Europe and the Middle East next Monday with a flight of one of its Constellations from Washington to Paris. The flight will mark the | first use of the giant transport in passenger travel by a commercial airline. BOMBAY Thirteen persons were drowned today by a tidal wave which swept the beaches at Bom- bay. The tidal wave was believed to, be the resnlt of the earthquake | reported Ves!?rdny somewhere ntl | sea. 6 . | BURBANK, Calif.—Alan Curtis, 36-yearold film actor, was under) treatment in St. Joseph’s Hospital | R ler ‘ing to his duties in the capital, SINO-SOVIET ACCORD MAY BE REACHED Would PerfiNafionalisij Occupation of Manchuria United States May Help (By The A\w(lalcd Press) Chinese press dispatches told to- day of a possible Sino-Soviet accord on Nationalist occupation of Man- churia, and Lt-Gen. Albert C. Wede- meyer, U indicated that the United States may be contemplating giving mili- tary a ance to the Chungking government The press reports said General- | issimo Chiang Kai-shek's troops have halted their march toward Mukden, Manchuria, because the ians have agreed to their un- hindered, peaceful entry later. Much of Manchuria is held by Chinese Communist forces. Wedemeyer's suggestion of pos- sible U. S. aid to China was included in comments on the appointment of | General Marshall as a special envoy to China. The American Command- said he thought Marshall's trip was for the purpose of making a “survey of the situation” to make appropriate recommendations to the President concerning future U,] S. assistance — or military aid — to China.” ‘While branding erroneous previous S. planes had bsen flown to China for turning over to Chiang's government, Wede- meyer said the planes were being collected at Shanghai and could be bought by the Chinese, or by some other government, or shipped back to the United States, The Orient's gecond trouble spot, Indonesia, quieted somewhat as | British Indian troops completed oc- | cupation of the key naval base city | ;oI Soerabaja, scene of a prolonged struggle with Native Extremists. A local administration has been set up under British control. Military operations at Bandoeng with Soetardjo, Indonesian “Gov- erncr” of West Java, for evacuation of the city by native forces continue. today for serious injuries incurred in an automobile accident yesterday. WASHINGTON — President Tru- man declared today he was opposed to any more Big Three conferences at the present time, He said he saw no need for such meetings if the United Nations Organization works | at it should. WASHINGTON—General George C. Marshall will appear before the ; ! Congressional Pear]l Harbor inquiry and the former Army Chief of Staff will testify before leaving for China as President Trumdn’s special MOSCOW—Generalissimo Stalin has decided to prolong his vaca- tion and take what was described as a “good long rest” before return- | a well informed and highly reliable source said today. DETROIT-C. E. Wilson, Presi- dent of General Motors, said today the corporation has offsred to meet with Federal conciliators to discuss the strike of CIO United Automo- bile Workers which has made 225,000 GM employees idle. e STEAMER MOVEMENTS Steamer Alaska due Saturday from the south. Freighter Margaret Shafer, of the Northland Transportation Company. sailed this morning from Seattle for Juneau. Baranof scheduled to Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled ‘o sail | from Vancouver Monday night. Te- cember 3. North Sea scheduled to sail from Seattle December 5. sail S. Commander in China, | from | MARSHAll GETS - READY TO HURRY i T0 CHINA DUTIES Closed Door Sessuon How- | ever, Planned by Sen- | ate Foreign Com. WASHINGTON | with broad powers, | Marshall sped preparations Nov. 29—Armed today | door session, perhaps Monday The purpose, Connally | be an informal discussion of Hur- |ley’s contention that he has been | crossed up as Ambassador to China by subordinates both in the State Department and at Chungking. ! Connally stressed, however, 3 he has no intention of ordering any such full-dress hearing Wherry (R-Neb.) demanded bitter Senate speech late yester- day. This would have covered just i about everything connected with the State Department, the Atlantic Charter and the Potsdam “Big| Three” agreement As personal representative President Truman and u‘balmm_ his five-star, General of the Army rank, Marshall will be able to ex- ercise virtually unlimited authority | over American personnel, both mili- ' tary and diplomatic, The former Army Chief of Staff has the absolute backing of Mr. Truman, and observers agree that j anyone who fails-to do what M {hmll seriously wants done might ivery well find himself packing his ! bags for home. ! U. S. CRITICIZED NEW DELHI, Nov. 20 — Sharp criticism of United States foreign *policy was touched off today in! ! Indian newspapers representing all shades of political opinion by the . sudden resignation of Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley as ambassador to China and his statements attack- !ing State Department operations. i Dawn, official organ of the ! Moslem League, declared that “it appears that Wilkie's ‘One World’ ideal has come to be by the United States’ diplomats as a world dominated by America, a world in which perialism is safely entrenched and { colonialism has scope to expand, a world in which there only for big powers.” The paper declared “it will ever ‘redound to the discredit of Am- erica that her lend-lease supplies after World War IL” The Hindustan Times, edited by | |Devadns Gandhi, son of Mohandas' i K. Gandhi, spiritual leader of the, all-India Congress Party, concurr d in Hurley's statement that America ! is being “sucked” into a power bloc on the side of colonial imperialism - Mother Believed Baby Was Boy But MUSKOGEE, Okla., Nov. 29.—Joe| Ella Hull, who went home from the| ! hospital as Chalcy Charles ten days after her birth last September, was the center today of a controversy stirred up by a $100,000 damage suit. Basis of the action against hospital, a doctor and nurses was Mrs. Hull's contention that upon return to her home near Checotah, |she discovered she had been assured .was was actually a girl. Dr. Charles Ed White, a defen- dant, admitted there might have {been an error in records, but said a a boy Gen. George O, for a quick flight to China as his predecessor’s explosive resignation; 1 headed for an airing on Capitol Hill. Chairman Connally (D-Tex.), of | the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee, told reporters he pla to |call both Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley and Secretary of State | James F. Byrnes before a closed- said, will| that | as Senator in a} interpreted : power-drunk | im- ! is freedom | were used for predatory ob)ecuves‘ Turned Ouf as Girl the child she said i 1 8 | | Several unidentifie woman and four children survived. | in water 66 feet dcep and might have slipped into a depth ef several hundred feet. "ROUGH AND Greatest NLRB GET ‘TOUGH" IN U. §. RELATIONS URGED ‘Many Troufiléfiome Issues Discused in United States Senate WASHINGTON rage of words I stalled Senate action today on leg Nov A bar- Chelan, after hitting a rock in a blinding snowstorm. Divers are making a search but so and amendments nearly School Bus Plunge Scene d persons view the scene at Chelan, Washington, where a schoel bus crashed into Lake The bus driver ‘Vofe Ever Taken Favors Strike PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20.—Officials of the CIO-United Steelworkers held in their hands today authority to call a nationwide strike to enforce their demand for a $2-a day pay increase. The power was.given by members of their Union who voted in a na- tional Labor Relations Board elec- tion yesterday, favoring a strike 5to1 There was no indication a strike islation to mesh this government’s would be called immediately or even | machinery with that of the infant | United' Nations organization 1 Weary but confident, Senator | Connally (D-Tex.) told a reporter \UL\L UNO supporters had ample | voting strength “but no man | force the Senate to vote when they want to keep on talking.” can | Russia had much attention in | speeches to a nearly vacant Senate chamber yesterday Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D- Colo.) declared this nation is; “drifting toward war with Russia with certainty and speed.” He called for al of the pending bill without nge because, he aid, war with Russia “would mean suicide* for both nations. Johnson said it was time to get “yough and tough” in our relations (with all the world, adding: | “With vision and guts and plenty of atonme bombs, ultra modern planes and strategically located air bases, the United States can out- law,wars of aggression Senator Morse (R-Ore.) said the future will bring a U.S.-Soviet dis- pute that would require action by the new World Court proposed under the UNO charter. The Oregon Senator before agreeing use {or military sanction i . | any international argued that “economic in settling disputes, the to ! United States should agree to be| | bound by any decisions of the court.” his, Morse demonstration '\w intend to live up to this method I of settling international disputes.” - ,ee — MRS. MANSFELDT FAINTS AT TRIAL SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.—Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt’'s murder trial, halted abrutedly late yester- day afternoon by collapse of the ner- vous, almost-emaciated defendant, will be resumed today with the State scheduled for early completion of Denali scheduled to sail from he was certain Mrs. Hull, wife of a|its case against the 45-year-old San Seattle December 5. & he = HELLENTHAL GOES WEST | soldier in Germany, jomn child. | “This is the first time,” he told now had her Francisco socialite. Deputy Prosecutor Norman Elk- ington said he will call final prose- Judge Simon Hellenthal has left a reporter, “That I have ever heard cution witnesses to the stand to- for Anchorage, via Alaska Airlines,| 1of a mother not examining her child ' da on a professional trip. it FROM KETCHIKAN Louis Richmond arrived in neau yesterday from Ketchikan. i stoppmg at the Gastineau. e FROM GULL COVE Ju- He W. C. Graham of Gull Cove is a guilty of selling liquor to an in- with Dr. John M. Mansfeldt, prom-' as follows: Industrials, 189.55 63.19; i guest at the Gastineau Hotel. lhv[orc she left the hospital.” i - e ; AFTER LIQUOR VIOLATORS At Fairbanks, three arrests were ' recently made for selling liquor | after hours, and at Anchorage, a ! bartender was arrested and found toxicated man. | Mrs. Mansfeldt fainted and was carried from the court room late vesterday afterncon as Elkington emphasized the State's contention the auburn-haired matron delier- abely shot and killed Mrs. Vada Martin, 36-year-old registered nurse, whom she suspected of an affair inent San Prancisco physician, in the near future. The election was the greatest NL- RE vote ever undertaken in the involving 766 plants 650,000 workmen, many of whem did not cast United States, and some > > . Alaska's Posiwar Prospedts, Plaas Will Be Discussed SEATTLE, Nov Zfl.fiA panel dis- cussion of Alaska's postwar pros- pects and plans will feature the weekly luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow. Speakers will include Ernest N. Patty, man- ager of Alluvial Golds, Inc., on min- ing; . Crosson, on tion; E. W. Allen, on the fishing industry, and F. L. McGovern, just back from an Alaska tour as head of the Cha Alaska Department D Insurgent Forces in {ran in Sudden Move;Nole Deliveied TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 20.—Azerbai- said, would “be a Jan insurgent forces, swerving sud- to Russia to show denly in their push down the main railrcad toward Tehran, apparently had abandoned today any attempt to march upon the Iranian capital itself, but Iranian government troops maintained a vigilant watch in the capital. Meanwhile it was disclosed offi- cially that the Iranian government 1as received a note from the Soviet emba in reply to Iran's pro- test that its military forces were being impeded by Russian author- ities. The contents of the Soviet reply were kept secret, but the best informed sources described the note unss Inc(ory STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 29 — Closing quotation on Alaska Juneau Mine stock today was 8%, American Can 103'2, Anaconda 48%, Curtiss Wright 8%, International 100, Kennecott 487, Central 30'4, Northern cific 34, U Steel 79', $4.03'% les shares. Dow, Jones New Pa- Pound S today totaled 1,750,000 averages today were rails, utilities, 38.51. and 15 children were lost. One ar the bus has not been located AP Telemat Service. WOODLEY AIRWAYS SEEKS TRANSFER TO NEW AI.ASKA FIRM Joe Crosson to Be Director -Major Karl K. Katz in New Lineup NEW YORK, Nov. 20—A hearing was held yesterday in Alaska be-! fore R. W. Stough, CAB director for Alaska, for permission to transfer the assets and routes Airways to Pacific Northern Airlines, Inc., a newly formed $2,000,000 Alas- kan corporation. President of the company is G. Woodley, pioneer Alaskan operator who will retain control Joe Crosson, noted Alaskan nm and former general manager of Pan| American Airways, Alaskan Division will cerve as director of the com- | | pany New capital is represented chiefly by Seattle and west coast business- men, including Willlam E. Beeing, founder of Boeing Aircraft and one- time board chairman of United Air Transport; Ri rd Ludington of Ludington Airlines, one of the early demestic operators, and Robert Ro- wan, who is in the real estate busi- r2ss in Los Angeles. . Reports from Alaska state that| Stough indicated at the hearing that he will recommend the mnwsed transfer. Woodley Ai Ays is an applicant an Alas Seattle route in a case pending before CAB. t re: cently purchased three Douglas DO- 3s for use on its Alaskan routes. Major Karl K. Katz was ed general traffic manager and will| bave his headquarters at Seattle, | Mr. Woodley announced. Prior to entering military service in the Transpert Corps of the United States Army, Major Katz was for 25 years district passenger agent for| the Northern Pacific Railroad cov- fo ering its territorie in the north-| west and Alaska. He will assume his duties ‘with Woodley Airways to-! morrow, December 1 - Move Is Blocked By Soviet Union : LONDAN' Nov 29 —The Soviet Union today opposed the creation of a temporary torates—one of the most controver- sial issues awalting solution by the United Nations preparatory commis- | sion A. A. Gromyko, Soviet Ambassa- dor to Washington, said the char- ter of the United Nations did not provide for the establishment of any tempors organ of trusteeship. Gromyko was supported by the Yugoslav delegation D SCOTTY O’'DONNELL HERE Scotty O'Donnell is here from St. Paul, Minn, stopping at tineau Hotel - ARCHIE CHASE HERE Archle Chase, Gustavus resident, is registered at the Gastineau of Woodley ' appoint- | trusteeship committee to deal with mandates and protec-| the Gas- | L SHINNER INDEFENSE OF ALASKANS ‘Does Not Believe Resi- dents Should Pay Pro- | posed Tariff Increases | SEATTLE, Nov. 28.-The Presi- |dent of the Alaska Steamship Com- pany, Gilbert W. Skinner, testificd today at the Maritime Commission's inqyiry into the steamship freight and passenger rate steucture he be- lieved Alaska residents should not pay the proposed increases but that government subsidizs should be granted “We are not insisting on rats in- creases we believe necessary be- | cause we think they would be disas- |trous to Alaska,” he sald. | Other compahy witnesses had as- !sr-ru.-d earlier freight rates must be Increased by as much as 108 per cent to meet operation costs. I Skinner, C. M. Mitchell, the com- | pany's secretary-auditor, and J. P. ! Zumdieck, Labor Relations manager, ! were cross-examined at length. Zumdieck testiffed of labor con- |ditfons and increased costs under { which the lines now operate and said annual earning of crews had In- lzzn.m’d from 50 to 160 per cent qver [those of offshore vessel crews. The iturn -around, or voyage period, has imcreased 26,4 per cent since 1930, he said. The War Shipping Ad- ‘mmLstrauon. which petiticned for the hearing, has eliminated all Sat- . im'dn_v and Sunday ship repair work because of the Unions’ demand for | overtime and bonuses, he asserted. Ralph J: Rivers, Jumeau, -Alasks Attorney General, Atty. Lawrence . Bogle, Seattle, and Malcolm D. Mil- ller, of the Washington, D. C., OPA office, directed the questioning. ‘Rivers also conducted a lengthy cross examination of company wit- nesses at yesterday afternoon’s ses- sion. | g NINE ARE DEAD IN PLANE CRASH; 16 HOSPITALIZED ; AUBURN, Calif, Nov. 20.—Nine men are dead and 16 hospitalized with serious injuries as the result lof a C-47 Army Trausport plane \ersh rear here last night, DeWitt Genmu] Army Hospital authorities |sald today. The big craft, enroute to Me- | Clellan Field, Sacramento, from ! Palm Springs, Calif,, plunged Into a | mountainside in rain swept darkness and immediately caught fire. All of the 22 passengers aboard lare believed to have been Japanese- | Americans who fought = with _th~ VN)mh Air Gerps in Xlnly " JUDGMENT APPEALED TO DISTRICT COURT Appeal has been taken to the Dis- | trict Court here from an U. S. Com- missicner’s Court judgment by de- |fendants Ed Burnell and Mrs. Ed |Bunu-ll in an action brought by |the Alaska Oredit Bureau to re- ‘A«Mr as assignee, on a prior judg- ment of the Superior Court of the State of Washington, returned at Spokane. | The judgment issued by the Com- missioner’s Court here states the liability of the defendants in the | amount of $611.85 plus interdst at six | per cent since Mareh 31, 1939, with $21.89 in costs and $121.17 attorney William L. Paul, Jr., is attor- ey for the Alaska Credit Bureau. Robertson and Monagle are attor- neys for the appellants.