The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1946, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— KEITHAHN NEW [SPAIN FEARS [SHIDEHARA ])(onlrols fo PRESIDENT OF JUNEAU ROTARY Officers for '46 Announced;5 MAKE ATTA(K —Rodent Control Talk | Given at Meeting | radio expressed fear that Russia |was planning to invade Spain as| Election of Ed Keithahn as [the Franco government awaited re- President of the Juneau Ro S from five “friendly” Club for the coming year was |nations invited to send technicians nounced today at the regular noon luncheon meeting of that organ jzation in the Baranof Gold Room.; These charges, together with an Other officers elected by the assertion that Spain was harboring Board of Directors and announced German scientists, W made by at today’s meeting were: Dr. Will- jam M. Whitehead, Vice-President; The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman Secretary-Treasurer; Joe McLean Assistant Secretary; Hank Harmon. Sergeant-at-Arms The new officers together the 1946 Board of Directors with will 'RUSSIA WILL LONDON, April 16—The Madrid e charges thaty Spain to investige 5 to world pesace. a threat Oscar Lange, the Polish delegate to; e United Nations Security Coun- The council, meeting in New today, is scheduled to take cil York up the Spanish question as soon as| |it disposes of the Russian-Iranian [at a press conference whether any!‘real improvement within the next duction of any 18 or 19-year-olds, dispute. The Spanish Foreign Ministry an- HOUSE TIES TO REMAIN GoBackon | STRINGS ON AS PREMIER’ Foodstuffs DRAFT LAW Claims It Isfis—Duly fo Re-| OPA and Ag—ri(—ulture Dept. Measure Eanding Induc- main on Job in Japan | May Program for Im- | fions Gefs 3-fo-1 Mar- dehara said today he feels it is;7overnment mapped a new attack | from May 15 of this year to next his duty to Japan to stay on the|on the snarled food situation today 'February 15 but prohibiting any in- job' and that ke might break a|involving butter, biead, meat—and ductions before October 15 has been life-long precedent by “making con- | blackmarkets. rassed by the House and sent to nections with” existing political| Wartime controls were ordered the Senate. parties to keep his cabinet in of-|slapped back in an effort to spur/ Passage was on a roll call vote of | butter production and Stabilization 290 to 108. The 73-year-old Baron was asked | Director Chester Bowles foresaw a The bill also prohibits the in- | | fice. suggestion from General MacArthur 60 days” on this front. limits the size of the armed forces, had persuaded him to retain of-, The Senate Agriculture Committee restricts service of inductees to 18 take office July 1. Directors for nounced last night that it had ex-|fice since Wednesday’s general|called for more details on factors months and permits the President the coming year are: Ben Benecke, tended the formal invitation tofelection. “Absolutely not,” he de-| dislocating meat distribution, while to reinstate inductions after Octo- Dick Burns, Mr. Keithahn, James|five council members which main-|clared. OPA and the Agficul'mre Depart- ber 15, it necessary. McNaughton, Ralph Rivers, andtain “friendly relations” with the| He firmly refuted a Japanese re-|ment moved to restore other war-! Prior to the roll call vote—the Dr. Whitehead. Stone Talks Rats James Stone, Sanitarian, Terri- torial Department of Health, was featured speaker on the day’s pro- gram. In introducing two movie reels on the detrimental habits of rodents and their nation-wide prevalence, Mr. Stone explained briefly the Juneau Rodent Control Program. Stressing the point that the pro- ject is not a rat-killing clean-up campaign, but a long-term pro- gram of education as well as a war against Juneau's rat harborages, Stone expressed his department’s desire that city residents become actively interested in sezing for themselves the harm rodents are doing locally. He called for, and received six new volunteers from the club for aid in making a cross section sur- vey of the city’s rodent problem. | “Spot Playgound” Previous to Stone's talk and the showing of the two Rodent Con- trol films, it was also announced that the Board had taken favor- able action on the “Spot Play- ground” project. The three chair- men in charge of the project, Vic- tor Powers, Lisle Hebert, and Ernie Parsons, will meet this week to divide the club into groups to cov- er the different sections of the city. Each group will be headed by a “key man” and will be re- sponsible for all purchasing and building connected with erection of an adequate playground. All bills will ‘'be paid from the club’s play- ground fund. Soap Bcy Derly Dr. Whitehead asked that all per- sons interested in obtaining infor- mation about the Soapbox Derby to be held here, contact Monty @Grisholm at Harry Race'’s Drug Btore. Entrance fee for each con- testant will be $10 to be paid to the sponsoring firm. « Contestants will be divided into three groups, to be known as A, B, and C. A and B, Dr. Whitehead said, will be composed of entrants from 11 to 15 years, with the winner being awarded a trip to Akron, Ohio. C group will be for children from 9 to 10. No prize will Te of- fered to the C Class, but these con- testants will receive excellent ex- perience in building and operating their soapbox racers, amd will be better fitted to enter the A and B groups when they are older, White- head said. | Soapboz Derby | Also announced was the Library Board's success in obtaining the deed to a favorable site for the Juneau Memorial Library. In mak- ing the announcement, SXmes Ryan called all members of the Rotary’s Library Board for a business ses- sion following the meeting. He said preliminary negotiations for the deed had been completed and | the next step was payment for the actual property following con- sent of members of the Board. Guests at today's meeting were| Jack Fly of Seattle and Marvin; Nelson of Juneau. FEMALE PRISONERS STAGE RIOTBETTER | FOOD DEMANDED |The existence of any such agree- ment was prompty denied in Paris by a source close to Franco government. The countries are the United States, Britain, Egypt, the Nether- lands and Brazil The Madrid radio, which is con- trolled by the Franco regime, said trere was a secrst agreement be- tween France and Russia which might lead to* a Soviet march through France and into Spain. the French Foreign Office. e, — GOVERNMENT FIGHTS BLACK MEATMARKET RESET WAR QUOTAS FBI Ordered fo Investigate "National Scandal” as Customers Go Without (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) A large section of the nation re- mained on a meatless diet today as the government waged a fight to preak illegal dealings in meat and to restore more equal distribution | of supplies. ‘The shortage in meat, acute in many metropolitan centers, was re- ported in nearly every part of the country. Conditions worse than in| wartime when meat was rationed prevailed in many ci large and small. Some sections said the sit- wation was “getting worse.” Butcher shops opened their doors but weary customers didn't have | much to chocse—fowl and cold cuts | —if any. A meat packer told the Senate Agriculture Committee in Wash- ington the situation was “ a na- tional scandal which makes prohi- bition look like petty crime.” In Washington, the OPA and the Department of Agriculture an- nounced the reestablishment of| porter's sharp challenge that pub-|time controls on slaughtering with only one recording how a member lic opinion demanded that he step|ine aim of spreading available sup- voted on any of the questions fac- down “and abide by the outcome”|plies more eveniy. ed during consideration of the of the nation's first democratic| A potential bread problem had Mmeasure—a motion to recommit the election. | members of the Senate Small Busi- | legislation to committee was re- ~Political Lineup proving Situation gin on Passage ‘ Conference | iy WASHINGTON, April 16.—Legis- | —— TOKYO, April 16.—Premier sm-% WASHINGTON, April 16. — The | lation extending the draft law | (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Shidehara sald no party had won a majority and that the situation ness Committee seeking ways of | meeting famine relief quotas for jected by a shcuting House. The Senate Military Committee could not be stabilized by the resig- ! gyerseas without impairing the na- has approved a measure to extend nation of his government. On the tion's flour supplies. Baking in-the draft a year beyond May 15, cther hand, he said, he felt a re-| aystry spokesmen told the Commit- | Without any draft “holiday.” sponsibility in seeing Japan's new|teq vesterday that if these supplies T constitution—which outlaws w‘“_? fall 25 percent below last year gov- EXIE"g'—o" SERVI( through the special diet session,|ornment bread i 4 | tioning or hlack scheduled to open May 13. | od { In the past, whatever [(ovemmem}marke"s tn. ke are Juohshle. | GARDEN a‘ss AII 8 happened to be in power “unfor- The move for butter producilon‘ IomGHI HI S(Hool ’ was bracketed with OPA action to tunately influenced every election,”| | but - hig e ¥t | keep consumer bills at their pre- ithe {land, Cincinnati in the balloting, he said. The gov- ernment had not party on the bal- lot. Liberals received the largest number of diet seats—approximate- ly cne-third—and immediately sug- gosted a coalition with other Con- servative elements to form a new government. Liberal party leader Ichiro Hatoyama demanded Shide- hara's resignation and frankly toid rewsmen he expected to become premier, However, he is moving cautiously. TELEVISION NETWORK - LINKED UP NEW YORK, April 16 —Three of country’s major cities—New York, Washington and ' Philadel- phia—were linked tcday in the na- tion's first permanent commercial television network. The Allen B. Dy Mont Labora- tories, operators of the network, said stations in Pittsburgh, Cleve- would be added and that it was expected that the retwork would be expanded event- ually into a cost-to-coast hookup. The network went into operation wartime meat slaughtering quotas in an effort to divert the supply of | available livestock into established | packing plants. ; The FBI also was ordered into | the investigation of the naticnwide shortage of supplies. The agents were directed by Attorney General new studios here of television sta- tion WABD, eoperated by the Du Mont Laboratories. .- SCIENCE CHIEF HERE Samuel Hutchinson, head of the p‘m‘sem levels for milk, butter, cheese. The second in the series of gar-| Marshall Is Trying For Peace ISpecial Env;y—lo China Ar-/ | ranging Important | General Marshall, recognizing the urgency of the Manchurian fight- ing, tomorrow will fly direct from | Tokyo to Peiping, the Sino-Ameri-| |can truce headquarters, to again| | throw his powerful influence into| peace negotiations. i Marshall, President Truman's| special envoy to China, cancelled |an important conference with Chi- | | nese.Premier T. V. Soong in Shang- | hai to go direct to the truce head-' ! quarters city, { | There he will meet the impotent | Sino-American committee of three | which—with substitutes for all three original members—has not had | authority to carry out its assigned Imission of affecting a truce be- | tween battling Government and \ Communist torces. He effected both military and political truces last | January, but neither was put into i effect and shortly after he went to | Washington for conferences, the | situation worsened. | There is a virtual news blackout l—unexpl:uned, but presumably caus- {by poor communications — from | Manchuria today. | However, Asscciated Press Cor- respondent Spencer Davis radioed |and other dairy products. A pro- dening classes being held here by|em Mukden that the situation is Foundations for Spring - RS Stay-Up top girdles, pantie girdles, half- size veil of youth corselettes. < Everybody needs a girdle (even a heavenly body) last night at the opening of the| Clark to probe reports that many | Fish and Wildlife Service fisheries meat packers have attempted to science station at Port Walter is a defraud the government by falsify- | Juneau arrival this week from the| [gmm of larger subsidies for dairy Harold W. Rice, of the University| | farmers was announced yesterday of Alaska Extension Service, will | to compensate for higher feed and be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the {labor costs. On butter, the OPA High School Study Hall, it has aimed at overcoming a situation been announced. which made it more profitable to| Mr. Rice will show two educa- use butterfat for ice cream and tional movies tonight. One picture other products than for butter. lentitled “Grow Your Own” is for - e | home-gardeners, while the second EARL McLAUGHLIN LEAVES | °ne. “The River”, shows soil eros- Ear] McLaughlin, of the Wen'.her.‘on Abgereiated ks el BA | Bureau Staff, left on the Pflmw‘ten‘smn Service classes are free to Norah for the couth, accompanied | by his mother. He will be stationed | in the south for the present. | —_——————— STARTING SURVEY P | Hawley Sterling, Assistant Engin- | | eer with the Alaska Road Commis- sion, flew yesterday from here to Anchorage. Engineer Sterling will commence a survey for the project- | ed Kenai Peninsula road to Homer, for which funds are pending but not yet available. sons are urged to attend. The request has been made that tending. B SL) E ARRAIGNED lice last Saturday on a charge of breaking and entering, was ar- before U S. Commissioner Felix Gray on a disorderly conduct count. Time for pleading was deferred and - - — Hallen is being helid in the' Feder- FROM EGIGIK {21 Jail. He is accused by arresting William Thomas and his daugh- | officer Walter Sinn of disturbing | ter, residents of Egigik, are guests | the peace by breaking into a build- at the Baranof, Jing at 445 South Franklin street. | i Troliers Meeting : WEDNESDAY April 17 . | | NOTE: This will probably be the last i meeting before the fleet will leave for _the fishing grounds. Please attend and secure 1946 boat plates, and hear the | Committee reports on fish prices. ithe public, and all interested per- the Sixth Street entrance to the High School Le used by those at- Bert Hallen, arrested by City Po- | raigned here yesterday afternoon | embattled Changchun, the Mnn-i | churian capital, was so tense that ! a neutral plane probably would be | | sent there to remove five Ameri- | i !ean correspondents—one a woman., 7o L e ™ 1jomen's Aveaner “It’s the Nicest Store In Town” Latest news from Changchun said Baranof Hotel Building :Communlsta. attacking from three | directions, had captured Chang- i chun’s three airfields i r e < 0 ing claims for Federal meat sub- sidy payments. SNAKE-CHARMER ELSIE UNMASKED; REVEALED AS MAN LONG BEACH, Calif., April 16— A snake-charmer who as Elsie the Cobra Woman thrilled thousands of visitors to Long Beach's Pike, was unmasked today as a man. Dr. J. L. Robinson, Assistant County Autopsy Surgeon, said he made the discovery in a post-mor- tem into the entertainer’s death | from rattlesnake bite. 'y Detective-Inspector B. C. Car- stensen said Alexander Marks, a PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man, April 16 —Forty-five female pri- goners in the Manitoba Provincial jail for women abandoned a defi-| chipyard worker, told him he was \‘E]sle‘s third “husband.” They were married 18 years ago in San Fran- cisco. He added, the detective said, that Science Division headquarters at Seattle. He plans to leave tomorrow for his station. — | TORBERT ARRIVES Harold W. Torbert of Anchorage, has arrived in this city. He is a gnest at the Hotel Juneau. | S I 1 — e TWO FROM SITKA Philip Hammond and C. B. 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Police said Elsie, 6 foot 3 inches | contended themselves with guarding |tall, weighing 295 pounds, would be thé prison to prevent any escapes.| buried as “Johr Doe Nadir,” put, During the night the women/of necessity, in feminine clothing. Glass. in most of the windows of | Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Perry are the three-story structure was brok-|the parents of a baby girl born at en and broken furniture thrown|St. Ann's Hospital Sunday at 1:46 from the upper floors littered the | o'clock. The baby weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces. Perry is a member of the ACS and s wellknown here. An.e disturbance started at the Sunday night meal. Harri Machine Shop Building successful in obtaining some of Gifts They will arrive shortly . . . Waich Our Windows for Displays! wandered from window to window, | s G i \./ ..nr shouting “we want the attorney | GIRL FOR PERRYS 1 ot . genéral,” and occasionally singing. ] . i, - (s ..' 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