The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW S ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,131 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1945 5 MEMB! ER ASSOC IATF D PRESS PRlCE TEN CENTS NO CHANGE IN ALASKA ADMINISTRATION FAKERHESS WILLING TO0 GO ONTRIAL S 1 (ross Examination of Im-| portant Witness Aid- | ing Prosecution | NUERNBERG, Dec. 1—The inter-| national military tribunal ruled | today that Rudolf Hess, who con-| fessed he had been faking am-| nesia, must continue to stand trial| with 19 other Nazi leaders accused | of war crimes. | Lord Justice Sir Geoffrey Law- rence, presiding, announced that | no further mental examinations of | Hitler's former deputy were neees-| sary and that he was capable of' standing trial Hess, who had read novels and; paid scant attention to early por- tions of the trial, created a sensa- tion yesterday when he told the| court he had simulated loss of memory for “tactical” reasons and announced he would stand respon- sible for all of his actions. | Relief Shown The black-browed Hess appeared much relieved by his confession and for the first time since the trial began engaged in lively con-| versation with other prisoners in the box just before the session| opened. | Defense counsel got their first! chance at cross-examination when the court recalled Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahousen, leading German Army Intelligence officer whose testi- mony yesterday placed the blame| for mass murder of Polish and! Russian prisoners directly on Hitler| and the high command’s chief or staff, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel,| one of the score of German leaucrs on trial. Asked if any other prolessed anti-Hitler military leaders knew the attitude of Franz von Papen, former German diplomat and one of the defendants, toward the Nazi war policies, Gen. Lahousen re- plied: “I recall that Canaris said they were negative.” He referred to Ad- miral Wilhelm Canaris, German spy expert who was described as (Continued on Page Siz) bl iGNl Ty | i The Washington Merry-Go- Round| By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON—It{ has now be- come fashionable in some quarters to get out the dead cats and sling them in the direction of the White House. Some of - the ivory-tower columnists are limbering up their arms. Some of the newspapers, hitherto gentle, have taken off the! gloves. In other words, the honey- moon is definitely over—and no| one knows it better than Truman himself. However, the Truman adminis- tration marriage has got to last three more years, and there is no use .brandishing the rolling pin or waving the skillet unless it gets us somewhere. Instead let's take an unbiased look at the man who didn’t want to be President—his| mistakes, his qualities, his achieve- ments. In the first plxce. you can chalk up two - definite accomplishments| for Truman: (1) He has appointed | a better cabinet than ‘Roosevelt; and (2) He has carried on Roose- velt policies unflinchingly. The latter,’of course, will not be considered much of an achieve- ment by Republicans or many Southern Democrats. However, Truman was elected on a Roose-| velt ticket, pledged his word to! continue the Roosevelt program and | has lived up to his word. * % x TRUMAN STICKS CHIN OUT In fact he has shown more courage than FDR in many things. For instance, the late President had been urged to recommend a| broad national health program, but! he always side-stepped. Truman has now sent a message to Con-| gress urging what Roosevelt balked | at doing. Again when it came to FEPC, FDR ducked at (oo openly| offending Southern Congressmen | and let others carry the ball. But Truman stuck his chin out by; e NN (Continued on Page Four) THEY ALSO FIGURE ON ICE CHAMPION FIGURE SKATER of Sweden, Britts Rahlen, is shown at the bottom of the ladder while runners-up for the top honors also figure in the picture as well as on the Margare( Hobson and Britta Lindmark, junior champion. They’re all SOVIETS WILL DELAY DEPARTURE FROM MANCHURIA Agreement-Will Enable Chinese Govt. Personnel ( | | | { | By SPENCER MOOSA | CHUNGKING, Dec. 1-Russia has | agreed to delay withdrawal of | Soviet forces from Manchuria until | Jan. 3, the Chinese government an-| nounced today i The agreement will enable Chi-| nese government personnel to take over the administration of Man-| |churia and will permit Chinese! | government troops to move in be=| | fore the viet withdrawal is com- 1plctcd‘ the announcement stated. | It was for this purpose, the! | government said, that the date was | changed. The Russians had been | scheduled to withdraw Dec. 3, but' | Generalissimo Chiang Kai - shek 1k-su'ed that Chinese Communists | P -thick in Manchuria—would as- ! sume control if Soviet forces were evacuated that soon. Central gov- | ernment troops have not yet been able to penetrate the territory in controlling strength. | Chinese government troops now are driving toward Mukden. Dis- | patches reported the Nationalists | advancing along the Peiping- | Railroad have reached a point 20 miles from Tahushan, 65 miles | west of Mukden. They have not yet | contacted Chinese Communist | forces reported to have dug in near ice. They are Ulla-Britta Eriksson, in Stockholm but consider American appearances. (International) | Tahushan | — | The dispatches reported alleged | representatives of several Com- ID HolDup of | munist puppet forces approached GOING T0 GET THEM BOTH FOR COMING, GOING Japs Responsible for War, Also Losing I, fo Be Ferreted Qut TOKYO, Dec. 1-—Diet members came up with the idea today of| establishing blame not only for those responsible for starting ‘the war—but also those who helped lose it. In the House of Representatives, Liberal and Progressive Party mem- bers declared blame should be ex- tended to “those diet members who failed to cooperate in the war ef- fort during hostilities, thereby causing the nation to be defeated,” | Kyodo news agency reported. There was speculation that the whole ticklish matter might lead up to mass resignation of the diet just before it is scheduled to be dissolved. There was progress, the change-over of the beaten nation from a war to peacetime basis. With the dissolution of the War and Navy Ministries, the gov- ernment has decided to staff their successors, the first and second de- mobilization ministries entirely with civilians. Previously there had been talk of retaining military staffs. however, in Japan’s revived Communist Party today opened its first rally in 20 years—while a demand was voiced in the House of Peers for legisla- tion forbidding agitation for elimi- nation of the European system. Elimination of the emperor is a ! major Communist Party plank. - No Mass Funeral For Bus Victims CHELAN, Wflsh Dec. 1.—The Rev: L. H. Camp said today there would. be no mass funeral for the 16 persons carried to their deaths in icy Lake Chelan Monday even if the school bus and its bodies are recovered. This decisicn, he said, was reach- ed by the Chelan MiniSterial Asso- ciation to conform with the desires of the parents and to avoid the possibility of mass hysteria among the young friends of the children whose lives were lost. . Divers, who spent yesterday searching the deep lake for the sub- merged bus, planned to resume the quest early today. From the depths yesterday they recovered the motor hood of the vehicle and some sodden examination papers bearing the name of an 11-year-old victim, Louie Asklund J 1825, | Nationalist headquarters at Shinh- \xm\ with cffers of surrender. - - i MERCHANDISE IS | . SEENBY BOWLES labor-Managemenl | WASHINGTON, Dec. l—Go\'mn- (on'eren(e Ended ‘ment officials are confining thlm- I Sh ' ']Lsh question of whether manu- s or' o Goal | facturers are withholding consumer ! | Jan. 1 tax cut. !of the National Labor-Management | The chiefs of at least two‘Conrerence, admitting their gains selves to verbal jabs on the mk- | merchandise to benefit from al WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—Leaders | agencies have suggested that there had fallen short of their goals, to- as been some withholding and day saw in its completed delibera- have deplored it. tions some hopeful signs for the The latest dig at producers future. | comes from OPA Administrator| Their statements, however, were Chester Bowles, who said in dis-, Overshadowed by speculation whe- cussing reasons for the clothing ther John L. Lewis' closing appeal shortage: for unity in the policies and lead- “I think . . . a most important! ership of “the house of labor” factor is the tax situation. meant he might return to the AFL. “Companies can look forward to, The man who split off from a windfall if they withhold ship-{ AFL to form CIO and then split ments now and release them next|Off from CIO to run his United year when the excess profits tax is| Mine Workers as an independent out of the picture.” ‘ union told the labor delegates they Bowles added in a statement that | had worked at a disadvantage in “under the circumstances, the|the face of the management group’s public’s need for clothing seems to| “organized, efficient functioning” mean very little to some pro-|While the labor groups quarreled ducers.” The conference closed in dis- agreement on three major subjects, half its agenda. The split recom- mendations were on collective bar- gaining and observance of con- tracts, on management’s right to | manage, and on jurisdictional dis- putes. Its chief accomplishment, in the 15,000 DOCTORS, 5,000 DENTISTS T0 BE RELEASED WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-—The War Department made ready today to release 15,000 doctors and 5,000 dentists from the service under a labone oongrpete: ment that arbitration or umpire-| ship, instead of strikes and lock- outs, should be the final word in grievances arising under exlstin"‘ reduced discharge score, 7 The score for these medical of- ficers went down from 80 to 70‘|S SHoT To DEAIH points, or three less than the new! critical total for other officers| BYF which became eifective today. IRING SOUAD\ In addition, medical personnel [y i | with 42 months of service or who are 48 years of age are eligible‘German WhO Ofdered EX' for discharge now. . ++e | eaution of 15 U. §. STORM LEAVES 45 | SoldiersPaysPenalty DEAD- MOVI“G ou'l' AVERSA, Italy, Dec. 1—German I {Gen. Anton Dostler was shot to I death by a firing squad today for | (By The Associated Press) | ordering the execution of 15 Am- A two-day storm which resulted | erican soldiers captured behind the in the deaths of at least 45 perJGerman lines in Italy in March, sons in the northeastern section 1944. of the nation moved slowly out to| Dostler, the first German Gen- sea today, leaving in its wake snow | eral to die for war crimes partici- and ice, disrupted communications| pation in western Europe, was con- and considerable coastal damage| victed in October by a U. S. court from lashing tides, and winds of martial, which disregarded his plea gale force. | that in ordering the executions he Hundreds of families, whose resi- was carrying out the commands of dences had been isolated by huge higher officers. tides, were temporarily homeless in' Holding himself stiffly erect in the six-state New England area. [the prisoner stockade, the German ———le | general died without flinching be- The Erie Canal was opened in fore a firing squad of U, 8. sol- diers, | | to Complete Occupation :‘ ‘ | There they were saulted by yelling men with “any- "That's Him,” Says Carole Landis Exelaiming “That's him,” Actress the actress' complaint of a zipper pulling incident in her studio dressing rcom. The suspect, who denied « the charge and looked away from an attorney. GENERAL MOTORS 'PLANS REOPENING | A((ESSORY PLANTS' Dec. 1—The automobile industry was started today by General Motors’. proposal to reopen some of its 70-odd strike-bound plants to produce parts and accessories solely for its rivals. C. E. Wilson, GM president, made the unexpected move last night in a letter to the striking CIO Auto Workers Union, which withheld comment pending further study. Increasing the proposal’s import- ance—and therefore the union’s reaction—was the dependence of most other car manufacturers on General Motors for essential parts An industry spokesman had pre- dicted a virtual shutdown of other| automotive firms as a result of the GM strike The UAW's DETROIT, competitive highly reaction was watcned also ‘in light of the union's an- nounced strategy to “blockade” General Motors while assisting other producers in a hasty return to peacetime production. The proposal came shortly after Reuther and GM officials had failed to reach an agreement at a| meeting called to discuss the cor-| poration's charge of “illegal picket- ing” at the struck plants. T! company has refused to reswm negotiations as long as supervis until the union “modifies” its 30 cent wago increase demand. > New Horror | per IsRevealed BEKASSI, Java, Dec bodies, believed to be those of 18 Indian soldiers and four English-| | men, were found in a shallow grave in this village 12 miles west of Batavia today. The Dutch news agency said the bodies were those of the crew and passengers of a transport plane which crashed in Batavia’s out- skirts last Priday. An Indonesian woman, been held prisoner in the barracks where the men were confined, led a British unit to the burial spot,! about 50 yards from the She said four white men Indians were brought here naked in trucks last Saturday evening They were beaten that night, she prison said, and Sunday they were led to the nearby river bank, one by one, with their hands tied behind them. individually as- thing that would cut,” the woman sald. At the right is Carole Landis’ black ¢ was wearing at the time an uninvited man allcndly cnurcd her studio dressing room. 1— Naked | who had and 18| Carole Landis po finger at a the actress as she ideritificd him, was RUSSIANS EVACUATE TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 30.—(Delay- ed) —The Russians began carrying out a surprise evacuation of Tehran ust night. The railway station, communica- tions centers and private billets in- cluding the military headquarters werz ccmpletely evacuated The Governor of Azerbaijan, ap- pointed recently by the Central Tranian government, arrived in the | provincial capital of Tabriz today |from Tehran in a plane put at his | disposal by Soviet authorities | Meanwhile, the Iranian foreign | ministry said the Russian note re- | fusing passage of Iranian troops into troublz spots of Northwestern |Tran asserted that “fighting and ‘bluc(l\ red would hreak out” Iranian trocps entered the territory and that tke Soviet government would be forced to bring in addi- ticnal troops The ncte denied that Russia was | intervening in the political or econ- cmic affairs of Iran and termed un- rue allegations that the Soviet gov- nment had given help to Kurds of hat region - > view of most leaders, was agree-|employes are denied entrance and‘IRIAl OF 10 JAPS ) i | FOR BEHEADING OF | I 5 AMERICANS ENDS KWAJALEIN, De(/, 1—The deci- as to whether 10 Japanese officers must die for the beheading of five | American airmen in the Marshalls week. Trial of the 10 for offenses com- mitted on Mili Atoll in February, 1944, was completed yesterday on the eighth day, withe the prosecu- tion demanding the death penalty and the defense pleading “fair, righteous and impartial considera- tion.” - o —— IN MEMORY | RATON, N. M., Dec. 1.—Those at- tending an Elks memorial service in Santa Fo teday are going to hear a 23-yea.-old speech, asked on short notice to make the address, Daniel K. Sadler, New Mexico Su- preme Court Justice, recalled he gave a similar address in his home town of Raton on the same date in 1922, ed to ha ' newspaper files stume with zipper which the actress teld police she if the| sion of an American military court probably will be handed down next | By telephone Sadler arrang-| the 1922 text copied from | AUTHORITY ~ TOREMAIN ~ ASISNOW Four Departments Object fo Any Upsetting of Responsibility By HARRY HUMPHRIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—~The Navy, Army, State Department and (nterior Department strongly oppose ermination of civil administration in the Territories and island posses- sions, Delegate J. R. Farrington of Hawail disclosed today. Farrington made public letters rom the four departments to the House Territories Committee oppos- ing legislation proposed by Rep. Cole (R-NY) to give the Navy exclusii2 urisdiction over the administration nd protection of Alaska, Hawaii, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. “It is not belleved desirable that | h» Navy Department should assume dministrative authority over Alaska, ii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin s, or the axdreise of civil and sory functions in the Canal said a letter signed by H. Struve Hensel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Want No Change ‘Tt aprears that the government of such territories ahd possessions, due to their very nature, should re- main under ¢jvil administration rather than under Naval authority. With respect to the Canal Zone {there appear to be no reasons for the transfer of the ci¥il and super- visory functions from the War De- partment to the Navy Department. ‘GERMAN STEEL MAGNATESARE =i heiel: in these posnualom as duly authorized by | Congress.” War Dept. Says OK The War Department, in a letter |signed by Henry L. Stimson, then | Secretary of War, declared it is the i | joint responsibility of the Army and dlISfflal Area 'Navy to privide for the protection wor of the territories and island posses- ISERLOHN, Germany, Dec. 1—| gjons, British troops arrested between 60 «prom the millitary point of view, and 70 steel magnates in a series ojyj) jurisdiction over our territories of raids last night in the Rubr ang island possessions is adequately industrial area, it was offieially an-' proyvided for by existing legislation nounced today |and executive obders,” Stimson said. ‘Those arrested included such| 1Tt State partment expre:sed prominent figures in German heavy the view that “a change in policy industry as Heinz Gehm, chairman with regard to our territories and of the Deutsche Edelstahlwerke; possessions of the nature and magni- Walther Schwede, director of the tyde contemplated In this measure Reichsverinigung Stahlwerke, and (the Cole resolution) would be un- Frederich von Beulow and Dr. Ed- | wise and unjustifiable. Civilian ward ~ Hudremont, directors of rather than milifary control has Krupps. |been the traditional American prac- A senior British officer described tice.” the raids as part of the applica-| Secretary of Interior Ickes told the tion, by the Allied Control Cum-‘commnue “The effective and effi- man jailed for “attempt rape” on bocked as Charles L. Gramlich, 31, of Raids in Ruhr In- mission, of the policy of eradi-|cient maintenance of defense bases cating German militarism and does not require the military or na- Nazism. val administration of civil govern- BURNED TO DEATH - IN COTTAGE BLAZE _‘menl in the whole or surrounding regions.” Strike W StrikeWave - ~ InAustralia to dvalh last night and his wife ..md one remaining child were in| SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 1.— A | serious condition after fire swept wave of strikes affecting steel, corl their cottage here. land shipping industries threatened In an Elgin, 11, hospital with today to make idle approximately | second degree burns were Mrs. 300,000 Australian workers in what | Pred Ertman, 2% and her one-year- Sydney newspapers described as cld daughter, Sharon. The dead clashes between “Communist-domi- are Frederick Lynn, 6; Janet, 5; nated unions and moderate antl- Richard, 4, and Judith, 2. The Red Communist unions.” FOX RIVER (xR.OVE I, Dec. 1| soldier’s four; children burned 1 Cross is trying to reach their| - ———— father at Camp Crowder, Mo. Th2 “Big Inch” is the largest - petroleum pipeline in the United | States, and measures two feet in STEAMER MOVEMENTS ik S Alaska from & Altl(-, westbound, (] is scheduled to arrive at 11 o'clock YOO HOO! YOO HOOONLY tonight, weather permitting. SHOPPING | Freighter - Cricket due Monday DAYS UNTIL : morning. CHQIS‘TMAS_' Baranof sunduud to sail from Seattle this morning, and if she left on time, is due Tuesday Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Monday night. North Sea scheduled to sail from Seattle December 5. Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle December 5. Tongass scheduled to sail from Seattle December 6. [ Yukon scheduled southbound abeut | December 6. — e Wood duck: Goldeneyes and Hooded Mergansers .nest in trees.