The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 19, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRLK “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,172 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1946 MEMBE] R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 750,000 STEEL ICITYPONDERS | . T0J0 TRIAL PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED ! Genw MacArthur Sets Judi- cial Machinery for Jap | War Criminals BY RUSSEL BRINES TOKYO, Jan. 19.—General Mac- Arthur today set up international machinery for the trial of Hideki Tojo, his Pearl Harbor cabinet and his militarists, charged with “crimes against peace and crimes against hu- manity.” i The Supreme Commander an- nounced a charter giving detailed | The {Vashinéioni Merry - Go- Round | By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON—Admiral Leahy, | who since the departure of Harry | Hopkins knows more about what | goes on behind the scenes in in- ternational conferences than an one else around the White House, dropped in to see his chief, Pre: ident Truman, the other da Leahy was worried over the mol ale of U. S. troops abroad and I called a commitment Franklin] Roosevelt had made to Churchill to keep more.than 2,000,000 men in the American Armies of Occupa- tion. “I told Franklin Roosevelt after lie=Yalta Conference,” the White House Chief of Staff said to Tru- man, “that we couldn't keep that many men abroad. The country, I told him, won't stand for it. “These are boys who were glad, to fight a war to defend their country when it was in danger. But theyre not a professional| army, and when the fighting’s ov: it'll be like a football game—every- body’ll want to go home. You can’t’ expect boys to stay 5 | i (3 4 AFTER WITNESSING a pi appeared, soldiers photo indicates that their choice has procedures for insuring “fair trial for the accused.” Cutstanding points of sted included 1. A majority of the members of the international tribunal present procedure shall ke sufficient to convict and im- pose the death sentence—subject to review by MacArthur, 2. The five-to nine-man tribunal “will not be bound by technical rules of evidence,” and even documents without proof of signature may be accepted. 3. A plea that he acted under or- ders shall not of itself be sufficient to free a defendant. The charter provided that the first trial would be held im Tokyo. It has been scheduled tentatively for early March. “A sentence will be carried out in Supreme Commander for the Allied iew of the mos' ationed on Okinawa voted Ma screen actress most likely to achieve stardom in 194 t recent picture in which she a Vi ar the 'he above studio what it takes. (International) TRAVELIS HEAVY TO NORTHLAND Jan. 19.—Unusually er travel to Alaska is SEATTLI heavy passer continuing t BSeattle Steamship operators report- ed yesterday The unprecedented winter traffic 1s attributed partly many ex-servicemen and others seeking jobs and homes in Alaskan laccordance with the order of the cities. Passenger agents report frequent over there making $50 a month | powers, who may at any time reduce instances of discharged veterans who when they know they can make $50 a week back home. i “That's what I told Roosevelt,” | Leahy continued. “I'm not at alll sure he agreed with me, but that’s exactly what's happening today. | “A few hot-heads and Commun- | ists are taking advantage of a, situation which is ready made for them and the result is making us ridiculous in the eyes of the world.” | Note—Admiral Leahy doesn't for ! a minute think we should get out | of Germany and Japan altogether. But he does think we can curtail U. S. forces in Germany down to what we actually need and let this army be one of volunteers recrui ed expressly for overseas occupa- tion. The same system should be {ollowed in Japan, where an occu- pation force of Marines eventually could take over. The islands of the Pacific and many other less essen- tial areas could easily be policed byi the Navy with much smaller use| of manpower. CORDELL HULL'S POKER Ever since the Texas Baptists iampooned President Truman for poker-playing, everyone around the White House has been poker-shy So also is Governor Dewey. Dur- ing the last campaign, one news- man, after writing a very compli- OF SERVI(EMEN | mitted it to him for comment. He | described the New York Governor as a home-loving man whose usual form of relaxation was a quiet poker game with a few friends on Saturday night, Dewey called the auther, praised his story, but finally blurted out: “Now, about these Saturday nights—couldn’t you change it from poker to bridge?” Not so sensitive is Cordell Hull. Harold Hutton, now returned from five years in the Army to rejoin the New York Times, is Cordell Hull's official biographer. In writ- ing his biography, he sent the for- mer Secretary of State several an-| ecdotes for verification. One was| a story regarding Hull's ability as! a poker player. In the Spanish-| American War, so the story went,| Hull was kept his company continually out of funds. mentary story about Dewey, sub-| i + | | e alter the sentence, “ex- he may not increase its the charter noted tribunal membership wil] be appointed b acArthur from names submitted by the Allied nations. MacArthur's orders made it clear that other tribunals may be set up “in Japan or in any territory of the United Nations for trial of war criminals.” The charter listed these crimes for which Japanese are to be tried 1. Crimes against peace — “The planning, preparation, initiation or waging of ared or undeclared war of aggression, or war in viola- tion of international law gt (Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor came beforc she formally declared war on the Allies.) 2. Conventional war crimes “Violations of the laws and customs of war.” 3. Crimes against humanity “Murder, extermination, enslave- ment, deportation and other in: human acts committed against any civilian population before or during war .o HOME J or otherwi cept th The BRI R OURNEYS " 15 MADE EASIE WASHINGON, Jan. 19.—Journeys home of servicemen discharged in Alaska will ke made easier. Delegate Bartlett said today the War Department had instructed the Alaska Commanding General to fur- nish commereial transportation, at | government expense, for discharged' veterans unable to reach home by government transportatfon. It in- - — Ballet Star Gets Divorce Quickly RENO, Nevada, Jan. 19.—Vera so good at poker that he Zorina, stage and screen ballet star, Empire. has diverced George Balanchine, New York ballet director, on grounds When the story came back from '0f mental cruelty. Hull, the Secretary of State had| cressed out the word “company” B S e (Continued on Page Four) The decree was granted 15 minutes after she filed it. The couple, who {have no children, were married on lene.W. December 24, 1938, ere stationed in Alaska during the war, returning to establish preman- ent residences. The North Sea, of Northland Transportation Company, is schedul- ed to sail today with capacity list of 160 first-class passengers. The 88 Tongass, of Alaska Trans- portation Company, is posted to sail next Friday with her limit of 12 pas- sengers. - PAN AMERICAN | FROM SOUTH, NORTH Pan American Airway: flew the following pa trips to and from Seattle, ngers on Fair- __ banks and Whitehorse. Leaving for Seattle vv‘zrc: Ole Twedt, William Caldwell, Hazel Caldwell, Alfred Adams, Albert Da- vey, Elizabeth Chapin, Ruth Rock, Arthur Hedges, Fern King, Gladys Krebs, Marvin Brandrick, Pishop, Pat Yancy, Rossie ebb, Florence Brown, and Robert Weim- jer. For Whitehorse—Pat Martin, Har- |old Dennison, Ralph Malone, Mildred | | Hodges and James Norrington; for Fairbanks—Ear] Beistline, Pauline Patchin. From Seattle—Winifred Lindsey, Dorothy Farrell, Oscar Harrison, Calvin McDonald and Blanche vice has strongly recommended a; Trimbje. Frem Whitehorse—Bob Smith, Jessie Smith and Loren Fernald; from Fairbanks—Katherine Kehoe, Judge Joseph W. Kehoe. —— < - CRIMSON BEARS 10 TRAVEL TO SITKA Juneau High's ~basketball team | cludes air, water and ground travel. with Coach Barney Anderson will leave next Wednesday morning for Sitka, where the Crimson Bears will try their strength against basket-| ball teams in that city. According to Anderson, the group‘ will return to Juneau about Jan. 30. Scorées of each game will be; radioed here and published in the| Ml 1 o e THREE FROM SEATTLE Among Seattle visitors registering at the Baranol yesterday were Al- heeler, Calvin McDonald, and | Fernard, wrough winter months, - to migration of i yesterday 'MEN MAY QUIT MONDAY GIFT OF SITE FORHOSPITAL ‘i PRI 1 Juneau - Owned Property Location Is First Choice for Sanatorium Cemetery or Sanatorium? 1 That poser was put to Juneau's Councilmen and public last night in discussion of ways and means for assuring location in the Chan- nel area of the proposed new Al- aska Native Service tuberculosis ‘ hospital. | Dr. E. W. Norris, ANS Medical | Director, drew the cemetery mwl |'the sanatorium picture at last evening's City Council session with | the statement that the Morris | property near Salmon Creek, which | the City has already picked ouf and bought for a projected new burial ground, is the. Number One site in this area for the tubercu-; | losis institution The Morris tract has already been examined by ANS engineers | and pronounced well adapted for'! !the sanatorium’s location, Dr.| Norris said. Is it out of the ques-! tion? he then asked. ¢ i Councilmen were dubious about | i. i | s | PAA Prize Winnar He Monday Getting a proview of Alaska scenery, Mrs. Floyd Miller ¢f Seattle studies photographs shown her by Pan Amcriean Stewardess Phyliis La Sota. of Alaska given a June Juneau Mond. relinquishing the ground that is also the City’s number one ceme- i tery choice, but, too, were generally | agreed that it should not definitely j be declared out of the gquestion.| | Councilman Don Skuse phrased the | common reaction when he said he | would not like to see Juneau's new | cemetery dream hold up location of | the sanatorium in this area—if | there is no other suitable site forl the hospital. Other Likely Sites Dr. Norris also stated his im- ressions of other likely s to which he had been escorted by a City committee, declaring that ot two he was shown he believed ali location across the Channel on)] Douglas Island is to be preferred— ' this is, if the Morris preperty is cut. He stated that he had been 100 percent more impressed with the Douglas Island location. How- | ever, it has not been checked by engineers for technical considera- tions. Taking a large place in his/ consideration is the much superios view offered by the cross-Channel | site. View, he said, is important | where patients are to be confined for long periods as in treatment | of tuberculosis. The ANS doctor enlarged by declaring that there {are no ideal sanatorium sites in! | the Juneau area, from. the stand- | (boint of already clearéd lands, con- | venient to utility services and weil | drained. He acknowledged, how- ver, that probably any site chos- n would have to be cleared. Regarding the Auk Bay hospi- tal location once put forward by { the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, | Dr. Norris admitted being impress- ted by sketches of the proposed in- _stitution there with its remarkablc |scenic advantages; but stated that { e {1t is necessary for a large institu- ! ktion to have easy access to a com- John Munity. He drew a five-mile line| |as an uttermost limit for location outside a city. Relaxation oppor-‘, | tunities for the staff and avail- [ ability of water supply and other | utilities are determining factors he brought out. 300-Bed Sanatorium {, Asked just how expansive an In- ! stitution is projected, Dr. Norris said that the Alaska Native Ser- { 300-bed sanatorium; 200 beds of ! which would be for treatment of | tuberculosis patients, the remaining 100 beds serve as a general hospi- tal division. If located near Ju- nieau, the additional 100 beds re- commended would replace the pre- sent Government Hospital here. The Office of Indian Affairs In pushing for an appropriation for a 200-bed sapatorium in Southeast Alaska, he said; adding that he is confident an appropriation for an| institution of at lepst 200 beds wul| be made within the next year. In reply to Mayor Ernest Parson’s query as to how many employees | such an institution would require, the Medical Director answered:| “Roughly 165.” | As to its approximate cost, he es- | timated two million dollars. 1 Pressure for City action toward | assuring location of the sanatorium | here came with Mayor Parsons'| statement that Don C. Foster, ANS | (Continued on Page Eight) | criminal eas Washington 'D. C. is, at present. DISTRICT COURT TERM CONVENING ONMONDAY P.M, Thle rapidiy-filling local docket of 5, divorce and other civil actions, is to be dug into com- mencing Menday when the U. S. District Court convenes there at 2 o'clock p. m. for the regular sprini term, This coming Cqurt term is to be presided over by J. W. Kehoe, Di trict Judge for the Second Div! 4, Whitehorse and Fairbanks. Mrs. Miller was formerly employed in Juneau so knows the city. being made by Pan American Station Manager Ken Alexander for a tour of Juneau while here. She left Seattle today, stops at Ke! Vidory Clothing Must Be Shipped To Seattle SEATTLE, Jan. the Victory Clothing Campaign said last night all contributions gathered in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho and Wash- ington would be sent here for pro- cessing and baling. AlaskaHere ion of Alaska, who is acting in the absence of First Division Judge George F. Alexander, Judge Alex- ander is in the States for his health. Twenty-four hours after the Court i term opens, at 2 o'clock Tuesday af- ternoon, January 22, the Grand Jury panel is scheduled to report in the District Court, then go into action on criminal bills presented for its con- sideration. A fortnight later, on Monday aftefnoon, February 4, at 2 o'clock, the brethren of the Petit Jury ‘panel will have their turn to report in Court and commence hear- ing the whys and wherefors The criminal docket, which high- lights the coming Court term, now includes three cases already in the Distriet Court: A shipboard slaying at Wrangell and revenue violation | charges against two Juneau liquor i dealers, Frank Kardanoff and Jack Jadoff, on* which true bills of in- dictment were returned by the {Grand Jury sitting at Ketchikan last {fall. 'The third case is a misde- | meanor charge of selling without 1i- |cense against Juneau liquor dealer, G. G. Brown. It is in the District Court on information filed by the District Attorney's office. -+ ' WHITE PASS EMPLUYEE FRED SALL IS VICTIM OF HEART FAILURE SKAGWAY, Alaska, Jan. 18— Fred Sall, 56, a section laborer at Clifton, and a White Pass employe2 for the past 25 years, has been found dead beside the track five and one-half miles from Skagway. Sall was in Skagway Thursday to have dental work dene, and at % oclock that night called Clifton to say he would start walking home. The body was found by Karl Nelson, a worker at Clifton. Death is attributed to heart failure. The deceased, who was born in Sweden, is survived by a sister in Sweden. .o SON FOR AKERVICKS 3 | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Akervick became the parents of a son born last night at 9:17 o'clock in St. Ann's Hospital. The infant weighs 8 pounds, 8 ounces. The Akervicks baye another child, a daughter 4 years old. Mr. Akervick is employ- ed by the Union Ol Company. e AR Before the Christian era there was Soulhbound; Steamer Alaska arrived in Juneau 19.-~Officials of | Holder of the lucky tickct which entitles her to an all expense tour ay by Pan American during the Eighth War Lean Drive, Mrs. Miller will visit Ketchikan, tchikan Sunday and will arrive in Arrangemunts are KOREANS RIOTING IN SEOU ‘Make Bloody Demonstra- tion Against Allied Trus- teeship for Nation BY ROBERT MYERS rioting flared in Seoul 'COMPROMISE PROPOSAL IS TURNED DOWN Steel FiresKr;Dying Oul | Across Nation-Walkout Paralyzing Blow (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) 5 The nation is threatened with an immense steel strike which promises to paralyze American industry and ‘| blast the bottom out of reconversion. The steel strike is ordered to take ;place at 12:01 a, m. Monday. | What appeared to be the last | chance of settling the dispute be- |tween 1. S. Steel President Benja- |min Fairless and CIO Chieftian | Philip Murray dissolved rapidly yes- |terday when Big Steel's answer to | President Truman's compromise turned out to be “No.” Trke CIO chief, who agreed to Mr. | Truman’s offer of 18 and one-half | cents, now says “the strike must take | place.” | Murray adds that about 750,000 | CIO steelworkers will go out of 1300 |steel, aluminum and fabricating plants in support of their demand |for at least 19 and one-half cents |an hour wag?2 boost. ! Already three-quarters of a mil- ‘llon workers are on strike at General | Motors and in the electrical,. glass | and meat packing industries. | TFairless puts the Big Steel case | this way: Steel doesn't want a strike, |but the White House proposal—in !the ecorporation president's words— 1“May spell financial disaster for a ihuge number of steel fabricators and up. Slowly and with c |steel fires are dying out across the ination. Purnaces have been bank- 2d at Carnegle-Illinols and open 'hearths are slated next. In the Chicago area the company will have slowed down enough to lay off 12,000 workers by midnight tonight. Two steel strikes broke permature- ly. In Pittsburgh more than 9,000 Jones and Laughlin workers stream- ed out last night, and they were SEOUL, Korea, Jan, 19.—Bloody fcllowed shortly before midnight by today as 3,000 workers at the Columbia Steel port last night from -Sitka at 8 right wing Koreans renewed demons- !/nt in Pittsburgh, California, o'clock and sailed at 9:30 for the trations against Allied trusteeship for South. Arriving ‘here from Sitka were: Mrs. Ray Aurit, William Peters, M Trautman, W. J. Watson, Mr. anc Mrs. Thomas Young, Thomas Young, Jr., Lawrence Young and Alfreds Young. Leaving for Seattls were: E. C NeatQery, Mrs. E, C. Neathery, Mr. Julius Heineman, Victor Edelbrook Mrs, V. Edelbrook, Shirley Edelbrco | H. K. Larsen, Mrs, H. K. Larsen, A C. Kirkman, L. W. Hollmark, J. L. Alexander, Mrs. J. L. Alexander. Lt. Col. F. J, Killzllea, R. T. Cribb, Miiton Snyder, Willlam R. Carter | John Hoff, L. Kaner, Martha Offen- | backer, Rita Willard, Jack Chisholm, Fred Da Vean, Frank Cashen, Harry ..asnen, Art Perainen, John L. Word- ing. Keith Wildes, Mrs. Keith Wildes, Benjamin Contad, and Peter Muth For Petersburg: Brig. C. O. Taylor, Mrs. C. O. Taylor, Mabel Jackson,| A, Van Mavern. For Wrangell: R. W. McKibben, ' Mfs. R. W. McKibben, For Petersburg: J. 8. Jefferiss, Mrs. J. 8. Jefferies, and W. E. Byrd. | o s Rt YOUNG PEOPLE'S RALLY TONIGHT Tonight is the night when the| young people of Juneau and Doug-! las will start wending their way to the IOOF Hall early enough to be 1eady for a live evening of enter- | tainment and inspiration in the; Christian way. | Juneau’s Youth Rally is a unlquel program designed to fill a definite | need in the life of the youth of | Juneau. The program gets under | way with a good song fest and’ their oou’ntryA iwo kcreans were killed and many ere injured in an armed battle at awn ketween civil police and more han 200 persons, said to be mem- OPA Chief John Small says that the moment the steel strike begins all priority ratings on steel will be suspended. The total strike picture is inky- black. rs of the Korean students league Packing house negotiations have vbich started the demonstrations. ended without agreement, and fact- More than 100 shots were fired as finding does not start until Tuesday. solice sought to break up a demons- ration at the rear of the Governor natlon. occupied by Lt. ien. John R. Hodge, American oc- dwindling so Yast that dealers pre- gencral’s palace, ~upation commander, and his aides. g job without assistance, arrested .19 Koreans. Americans were neither molested .or threatened during the sporadic outbursts, which began last night. There were indication the de- nonstration was organized to im- press the visiting Soviet delegates o the Russi-American trusteeship Jarley. Hedge demanded cessation of such activities in a radio appear this af- ternoon. Trouble began with a parade last 1ght. Demdnstrating studsnt groups marched past the Russian consulate, U. 8 Army Corps headquarters and jthe Chosen Hotel, headquarters of the Soviet and American leaders. Banners and placards carried in- scriptions denouncing trusteeship al- though no trusteeship yet has been cstablished under terms of the re- cent Moscow pact and provisions for setting up such a trust are indefinite, COASTAL AIRLINES FLIES MANY TRIPS Alaska Coastal Alrlines yesterday fiaw the following passengers on trips to and from Juneau: To Haines—Capt. Frank Wehrer, Mrs. A long meatless diet looms for the As the strike moves into its fourth day, the meat supplies are 'dict empty ice hoxes by the time Korean police, handling their first blue Monday rolls around. HARRY DAVIDSON, OLDTIMER, PASSES AWAYLAST NIGHT . Death came to another of Ju- neau's pioneer residents with the passing last night of Harry David- son, 62, at St. Ann's Hospita!, where he was a patient the past several weeks. A native of Scotland, he came to | Juneau 35 years ago, and was for Imany years with the Alaska Ju- neau Mine as @ messenger and watchman, following an accident In which he lost an arm. . The deceased is survived by a son and two daughters, and several brothers and sisters, all living dn | Scotland, and a sister, Mrs. Isabel | Scott of Trenton, New Jersey. Mrs. | Alex Sturrock, Sr., of this city, is a sister-in-law of the deceased. | Davidson recently returned from |a trip to the States, during which he visited his sister in New Jersey, and this was the first time they had seen each other in 33 years: Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced - Monday, by the Masonic | | | there will be some specials includ- |Robert Wehrer, Joe Wehrer, ing Sgt. Al Vaughn and his musical | Lucille Wehrer; to Skagway—Eliza- Lodge, of which he was a mem- saw and other good vocal talent. One can count on a lively time during the Whiz Quiz Special also.| | beth Brindle; from Skagway, Audrey James. To Hoonah—C. John Ulsund,| ber, and under whose direction the services will be held. The remains are at the Charles 1t will be an opportunity to hear a Bendt Erickson, Albert W. Lind- W. Carter Mortuary. fine message by Captain J. Hoog- stad of the Salvation Army. | The time is 7:45 o'clock this eve- ning. : S e — Anchorage residents registering at ! the Baranof yesterday were: F. M. strond, George Dalton, Dan White; | from Pelican—B. F. Thompson; from Hoonah—Anna Jackson. “To Hawk Inlet—J. Worgrum and Mrs. Bert D. Lashua. On today's trip to Sitka were: Roy A. Mercer, Prosper Ganty, C. W, | | an ascetic way of living known as Greening, George P, Duke, Henry Kalter and Cabrin McDonald. Monasticism, Perozzo, and J. J. Chisholm, From Petersburg: R. B. Clifton, O. F. Harrison, of Ontario, Ore., is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. el —e— FROM SITKA T/8 Marvin W. Frontman has ar- rived in town from Sitka and is stopping at the Baranof,