The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1946, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVI.. NO. 10,244 NO SETTLEMENT IN LONG WOMAN, 15T CANADASPY, FACING JAIL FormerCipIEr—Clerk Pleads Guilty-Is Russian Lover OTTAWA, April 13.—Mrs. Emmm Woikin, first of 15 persons to be | tried on charges involving mem-| bership in a Soviet-directed spy| ring in Canada, faced a jail sen- | tence of two years and six months today on two counts of violating the Official Secrets Act. i The 25-year-old widow, formerly | employed as a cipher clerk in the Canadian External Affairs Depart- ment, pleaded guilty and said she | had given secret information to an official of the Russian embassy be- | cause she loved Russia, although she had never been there. Mrs. Woikin added that she once had applied for Russian citizenship “to learn the facts” and said she felt there “is hope for the poor”| in, the Soviet Union. She said shef had not intended to bring harm to Canada. Four of the other persons charg— ed with espionage activities have | been committed for trial and nine others still must face police court. | The 15th person is being held in‘ England. - THIRTY COME IN VIA PAN AMER. Pan American Airways yestétday flew the following passengers to and from Juneau: From Seattle: Gene Torkilson. Douglas Blanchard, Jack Templin, | Thomas Sanford, Donald Ness, Gus Berg, Harold Monson, Helen Bon- ney, Jascolyn Dimbat, Tom Dooley,‘ Orrin Freeman, Burke Riley, M’.T-i dred Couey, Aline Warner, Charles | Goldstein, Anton Bartness, Robert Norton, Ernest Culbertson, - Eric | Bostrum, Thorsten Erickson, Robert | Luckensmeyer, Leonard Johnson, Harold Marshbanks, Roy Lewis, Lena Lewis, Vivian Embike. i From Whitehorse, Kathleen As- | plin, Virginia Douglas, William | Douglas. i To Seattle: Thersa Penor, Alex | Penor, Fred Hanford, Ronald Wed- | der, Stephen Petrenshak, Myronl Coleman, Bernard Porter, Rose| Haines, Stephan Haines, Gem Her- | eny, Robert Fleming, Francis Hen- ery. Fred Haller, Guy Bone, Paul, ‘Williams. T To Fairbanks: Dorman LaBounty, | Aline Albright. | The Washington| Merry - Go- Round| By DREW PEARSON ! WASHINGTON Inside fact| about the arrest of Russian naval officer Nicolai Redin is that J. Ed- gar Hoover’s G-men had their case‘ sewed up 100 percent before they: cracked down on him. The facts were even placed before President Truman in advance. Those aitending the White House conference regarding Redin xnclud-“ ed hard-working Attorney General Tom Clark, Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and the Pres- ident himself. Clark outlined the facts briefly and then asked Ache- Lon: “Now, if this is going to embar- rass our relations with Russia, I'll| hold it up.” “The only thing I'm interested ,” replied Acheson, “is whether vou have a case. If you have, then| go ahead.” Clark replied that, unquestionab- | 1y, J. Edgar Hoover had built up an airtight case, and outlined the re- ¢ord briefly, Truman expressed | great interest and said he would, like to see the record himself. The record consists of about 100/ pages conclusively showing that‘ Redin tried to buy and eventually | did obtain the plans of the USS‘ Yellowstone. The FBI had been shadowing him for about eight months, in fact ever since he ap- proached a member of the ship’s crew. The crewman reported the con- T~ o PR AT e el (Continued on Page Four) JUNEAU ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, I‘)46 Ml:MBl:R ASSOCTATT D PRESS — - PRICE TEN CENTS BRIDES HAVE FlNAL FlING IN PARIS THE LAST TIME THEY SAW PARIS the French war brides of Gls made the rounds of the cafes and here Corp. Joe Kneer, San Mateo, Cal., with his French wife (at left) watch a floor show girl model the sort of bathing suits to be worn this summer on the Riviera. But wait until they see the new diaper suits on the beaches of the U. S. A. (International) Three Boalmg Farmers Have Pioneering Spiril Alaska BUllS AT PARTY HQ CAUSE DEMOS TO WHET UP AXE - {Hannegan Due to Be Call- ed on Carpet at House Caucus Monday WASHINGTON, sprii 13—Angry ! {Hcuse Democrats hit the warpath today for the scalps of officials at the party’s national headquarters { responsible for recent mistakes which | | have riled legislative tempers. One lawmaker, Rep. Cox of Geor- igia, even went so far as to say the | expedition may culminate in an ef- {fort to oust National Chairman |Robert E. Hannegan himself Most of the lawmakers expressed doubt, however, that such drastic action would be taken. They pre- dicted, instead, that Hannegan would | merely be called on the carpet, al- though some of his aides would get the axe. Cox told a reporter the whole matter probably would be discussed | at an official cancus of House Demo- crats tentatively set for Monday. A caucus is a party meeting at which policies usually binding on members are decided. “The caucus may draft a message requesting the President to dismiss | Hannegan,” | Cox asserted. The Georgian wa$ one of more; Ithan 50 who signed a petition yes- \terday demanding the party meet- ing be held to discuss recent trouble involving some national headquart- lers personnel ALASKA AIRLINER Arriving on the Alaska Airlines Starliner ~ “Fairbanks” yesterday, with Captain Al Peterson, Flight Officer Whitting, and Stewardess Marjorie Stevens were the follow- ! ing passengers from Anchorage: George Martin, John Boland, Guy| !Bone, H. L. Johnson, and A. Stur- rock. On the return flight, the follov\-: ing were flown to the Westward, City: T. A. Erickson, L. Johnson, | R. Luck°nsmeyer, David Brow Stuart and Vivian Imdike. i S FROM HAINES registered at the Gastineau. jined to own farms of their own.} ARRIVES WITH 5; “Asks of Seftlers [ S | | it wants only permanent with the pioneering spirit settlers | Three such—Howard, Fawn and ‘U)c McLaughlin, sons of Mr. and | Mrs. Walter E. McLaughlin, Win- om, Minn, farmers—have started | pamtmg a shallow-draft, 19-foot, \mwn -cockpit, cutbotrd motorboat, the “Mackie,” in which they plan to depart late next week on the first leg of a trip to homestead quarter- sections of the lush farmland on | Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. They are : 125, 25 and 21 years old. ! Balked, by strikes, from taking brothers turned in their steamer tickets and bought the “Mackie.” A fourth brother, Floyd, 33, wants no here and await steamship passage north. Oldtimers Snake Heads Oldtimers who know the perils of | scenic “Inside Passage,” shook their heads as the brothers painted their craft, hunted up canvas to protect the 1,200 pounds of equipment they will load, and quizzed boat owners where they are outfitting their | craft. ‘The McLaughlin boys are determ- ined to make it — “We'll take our and weather—and fog and tides,”| said the eldest, Howard. He and {Fawn served in the Army. Lyle, a Navy veteran, will be “navigator.” Want Farms of Their Own 'The McLaughlin boys arg determ- | Their parents have rented farms for ! | years. ! And. when the McLaughlin boys» worked at Anchorage, Alaska, before ! they were called to the armed serv- ice, they saw something of the latent riches of the Kenai Peninsula— “strawberries as big as teacups and | Howard, going all-dreamy. The McLaughlin boys plan to) |cruise to Ketchikan and Juneau; | \shlp the boat to Seward, then board her again for a trip around the ipenmsu]a and up Cook Inlet to Homer—and the homestead sites they have in mind. NEW ROACH ROLE TULSA, Okla.,—Millard Bashaw credits a cockrcach with saving his' life. Just as he was ready to climb { ;sect near a gas outlet and stepped SEATTLE, April 13.—Alaska says; steamship pasage north, the three‘ {part of the venture and will stay | smallboat travel on the comparative- | ly sheltered waters of the famed | arcund the Lake Washing~on whnrf] time, and travel according to wind | 18 {in Juneau enroute to Nome. The | children are John:P., Maureen, Dr. Ralph Snaverly, ‘anot Hotel. Ellise Hirt, Ray Britton, W. T.}mw bed, Bashaw sighted the in-| i'over to destroy it. There he dis- 1 covered that the valve was open | Karl O. Johnson bf Haines is|and rapidly filling the room with of gas. SPAIN ATOM RESEARCH IS BEFORE UNO Franco Inv@ Probe German Scientists’ Activities ! NEW YORK, April 13.—Members jof the United Nations Security j Council guardedly studied today an |invitation from the Spanish cabli= "net asking the council to determine for itself by inspection |refugee German scientists are én- gnged in atomic research in Spain | Council reaction was immediately {lacking, but one delegation which | declined to be identified had indi- cated previously that an invitation {from Generalissimo Franciso Fran- | !co asking for such an investigation \would seem a logical answar for i|the Spanish leader to mak2 to Po- Jand's chargess. ! While there probably will be no (immediate decision on acceptance! or rejection of Franco's invitation,| {the possibility arose that Spain| imight be permitted to state Ler| !case before the council. Spanish sources said Franco might send a representative to the ! council, if asked, on the condition| /that he be allowed to speak with-| {out taking the role of defending a (nation “on trial.” Some authorities suggested that ,the council under its elastic pow- iers could call upon a none-voting inon-member to participate in ns own interests, if desired, In ord +that both sides might be i | g CLOTHING SHORTAGE - WILL EASE Bowles ConTiE;ntSiTuafion Will Be Better by Mid-July WASHINGTON, April 13.—Sta- bilization Director Chester Bowles expressed confidence today that the shortage of inexpensive cloth- ing will have eased considerably in three months. ! In a radio address he appealed to the public to be patient “a little while longer.” Stating that production of cloth and apparel is on the uptrend, Bowles added: “Ordinarily it takes about 14 weeks for new fabrics to show up as finished garments in your stores. This whole troublesome situation, I am confident, should be a lot! better by the middle of July.” | i i i | MRS, FAULKNER BACK AFTER TRIP SOUTH, Mrs. H, L. Faulkner arrived on the Princess Norah after a four-| months vacation through the States nd Mexico. Mrs. Faulkner, with Mr. and Wellman Holbrook, who are ex- pected to return to Juneau the first of next month, toured by automo- bile across California, the South- ern States and into Mexico. | She and the Holbrooks spent five .weeks in Mexico and returned to jthe States with a full suitcase of souvenirs. During her.stay in Cau—‘ |son-in-law at Menlo Park, near Stanford. | At present Mr. and Mrs. Hol- brook are visiting in Bellinghcem,| Wash. —— e NOME FAMILY ARRIVE Mr. and Mrs. John Hudert with their five children have arrived’ Dorothea, Audrea, and Christine. | The family is registered at the Bar- T — o FROM ANCHORAGE Mrs. Martin Fieldstead and baby Anchorage are guests at the Baranof whethier | 4 13 ! James Smith, Dr. Manchurian Faclories E@éiéd“by Russ INTERIOR VIEW of another looted rubber factory i1 Mukden s stripped of all mach rted the machinery wire left intact by "FRENCH FRIES" FIGHT ENDS | Friend” Over Four Pieces of Potato JORDAN, Mont., April 13.—An argument over four pieces of French fried potatocs in a Jordan restaurant resulted in the fatal vy hy the lusive ph«m.. taken 4 FATAL GUNNING' ‘Momana Man Slays "Best | shooting of one man yesterday, and | a coroner’s jury named his long- time friend as the man who lired the lethal weapon, a 45 caliber revolver. The jury's verdict said Claude Watson, 45, a State Hizhway De- partment maintenance superinten- dent, “came to his death from § bullet - inflicted on him by Frank Foster,” who, Sheriif-Corner Phil- lip J. Fellman d had admitizd the shooting, declaring “I believe ihe's gone — the best friend I ever had.” Fellman said witn |at the inguest that F ing in the restaurant midnight, when Watson entered and grabbed four pieces of French friend potatoes from his plate. An argument resulted in a fist (fight between the two and Fmev was handed “a |said, adding that F appeared and returne taurant a few minutes later brand- ishing a pistol. “‘You haven't guts | shoot,”” son as saying. “The gun then went off,” Fell- | man said. —— PNA BRINGS NINE FROM ANCHORAGE Pacific Northern Airlines’ coast- liner on the Anchorage-Juneau run (arrived frem the Westward City yesterday with Captain Ernie Da blitegrass as high as your belt,” 5ays | fornja, Mrs. Faulkner visited her Vis First Officer Ferguson, Stew- ardess Elly Crane Frcm Anchorage passengers were Margaret Fleldstead, Bernard Por- ter, Mrs. Rose Haines, Fred Hal- ler, Francis Henry, Jem Henry, Wm. C. Iryine, S. B. Simmons, Ro- | bert Fleming. To Anchorage: Commander Earl Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. M. Snyder, J. Sizelove, Dr. George Dale, Dr. Willard Beatty, M. Pytel, Eric Bostrum, Hal Marchbank, E. Cul- bertson, Ray Lewis and Lena Lewis. - H. ‘K. RICHARDSON HERE H.K. Richar_dson. a resident of Tulsequah, B. C., arrived here yes- terday. He is staying at the Bar- ancf. enough to| the sheriff quoted Wat- ACPROB AT—Mar(aul Jean Thornton, Goldsboro, N. C., does a routine on a swinging rope at a gym meet at Woman's College of the University of Vorth, Carolina, Greenshoro GUEST SPEAKERS AT VFW MEETING Charles T. Smith, Administrative Aide to Gov. Gruening, epcke on the beneficial rights in the “Vet- erans’ Bill” and Walter Lee, Sen- jor Representative of the Federal Apprentizeship Service of the State Department of Labor, discussed problems concerning “Job Train- ing” at last night’s regular weekly meeting of the Veterans for For- eign Wars, Taku Post, 5559. Both guest speakers were given a vote of commendation for their ex plenations and informatjon coi cerning the l\w topics. G o i SMITH RETURN' Dr. Joyce D. Smith, dentist, in the s for the pest several weeks, returned to Juneau on the ‘Princess Norah acccmpanied by Mrs. Simth, | { | | Dl‘. e e FROM VANCOUVER Edwin Tuley and’ Terry. Angle- win of Vancouver, B. C., are guests at the Baranof. Manchuria Kussian troops, This photograph shows the In this same picture, the Russians in their systematic by Bob Bryant. MAGNUSON HINTS MAINTENANCE OF HAINES HIGHWAY :If (Canada W?n't Keep Up| lts Part, ARC May, Says Senafor WASHINGTON, April 13.—Sena- | tor Magnuson (D.-Wash.) said today |he beiieved if Canada dces not | maintain the few miles of the Haines | cutoff on the Alaska Military High- way it will permit the Alaska Road Commission to do so. The Al n Military Iighway con- | structed through Canada by the Army Engineers during the war was turned over to Canada on April 2, Canada announced the road will not | be opened for civillan travel at this time, but will be used for Canadian Army maneuvers. Magnuson told a reporter he be- lieved the action was taken by Canada because there are no gaso- | line service stations o tourist ac- | commodations along the road, and also because af maintenance costs The Haines cutoff, from Haines, Alaska, to the Alaska Highway Sys- tem, runs through Canada for a few miles and Magnuson said the State Department had inquired if Canada intended to maintain it, as it is an important link in the Territqry’s highway system, Kere's Some 'More News for The Fair Sex WASHINGTON, April 13—Hark to the sad tidings, ladies—the man says nylons for everyone are a year and a half away. This mournful news, which should cause women's pages from coast to coast to be bordered in black, comes from Worren A, Beh, the man who peddles the yarn for every pair of nylons made in the u. 8. Beh heads nylonr sales for the Dupont Co., the only company which knows the magic nylon se- cret, | | | e, —— RIGHT LANE PLAINVIEW, Tex., April l!.—«“ When Mrs. Ivan Adkins was stop- ped by a traffic officer she didn't get a ticket. She got a pair of nylons. | Followed for eight blocks, the of- | ficer told Mrs Adkins that she had | done everything right, “whereas five lady drivers checked before her over the same route had committed one or more traffic violations.” | pay. RE STRIKE ATTEMPTSTO END DISPUTE HAVE FAILED LWL @resenlafive | Makes Statemeni-Big Passenger Tie-up | s | SEATTLE, April 13.—Steve Glu- | maz, northwest representative of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, said | 1ast night attempts to bring to ar- | bitration the Alaska longshore dis- pute has failed, continuing the two-weeks old tieup of Alaskan ports, i Shipping circles reported here, | meanwhile, that hundreds are seek~ ing passage to the north and sched- |uled sailings, when they resume, 1 are booked full well into June. Airlines are reported carrying all the passengers they can handle, but applications continue to pile up. People Stranded Many people, stranded here by ‘thc strike, are seeking passage on | fishing boats or any other craft I northward bound. | Thousands of essential Alaska cannery workers, mining and con- jstruction men must be transported | in the next few weeks in anticipa- | tion of the Territory’s busy season, shipping men said. “No vrelief & im sight,” | spokesman {out labor disp passenger | wouldn't be enouah to meet teavy demitnd: 207 ApHice, suilable extra ships are m for the run" No spokesman for the Alaska ! Dock Operators could be reacheil | here for comment on the stalemate {in the arbitration move. Glumsz Places Blame Glumaz blamed the operators, | saying they had “retracted their | proposal to arbitrate because, it | seems, they want to provoke a stalemate to tie up Alaska ship- ping in the hope of arousing senti- ment ageinst the longshoremen for going on strike for just demands.” The longshoremen are demanding | wage wdjustments with retroactive | | | Moore Eleded ATFL President ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 13.— (Special to the Empire) — Tom Acore, delegate of the Ketchikan Bar and -Culinary Workers, Local 167, was elected President of the Alaska Territorial Federation of Labor (AFL) for the next year, succeeding Frank Marshall. Moore was elected at the Federa- tion’s annual convention here by 4 to 8 vote. STREETS ARE T0 BE WASHED SUNDAY; AUTOISTS WARNED Streets in the business district from Fourth §treet down will be given a washing Sunday morning and autoists in the section are warned to park elsewhere, The street department gang will start on the washing job at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning and the streets must be cleared by that hour until the work is mpleted. EXPRESS AGENT HARTER LEAVES E. J Harter, Railway Express Agency agent in Juneau for sever- al years, accompanied by Mrs. Har- ter, leaves tomorrow on the Prin- cess Norah for the south. Harter came north to relieve William R. Mulvihill who joined the Armed forces and has now re- turned here to his old position, During his stay in Juneau Har- ter has made scores of friends who The nylon idea was part of a tafety educatienal program., will regret his transfer back to the states,