The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1946, Page 1

P 4 * P ) A é; A & THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVI;, NO. 10,250 ONGSHORE ST FLOUR SLASH 'ORDEREDFOR THIS NATION ‘More Vigorous Self-Ra- + tioning of Food, Ameri- can Homes Requested WASHINGTON, April 20. — The United States opened an intensive new attack on the global food cri- sis today, ordering a 25 percent slash in domestic flour consump-/ tion and calling for even more vi-i gorous self-rationing of food in| American homes. . The emergency, President Tru- man revealed, has become so acute | that this country’s already low| wheat reserve are going to be cut) even further to furnish famine re- | lief, Mr. Truman somberly told the nation it confronted “the greatesi threat of mass starvation in the history of mankind.” “Millions will surely die unless we eat less,” he said in a plea to “the warm heart of America” for greater voluntary food conserva- tion by the people. i Flour Cut ! The flour consumption cut was| a_ direct step toward' helping the (Continued on Page Two) The Washington lisland was found groaning on the lers on Formosa, some “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CITY OFFICERS GEN. ANDO ARE NAMED AT jA I l (Ell At the meeting of the City Coun- | cil last night practically all of the | present city staff were reappointed, | Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson also | Former Jap Governor of s, e Postion of Street com- FormoSa Iakes I-ife_s | “The official staff is as follows: Hangings Monday City Clerk, C. L. Popejoy. Assistant City Clerk, Helen V. | Friend. | SHANGHAI, April 20.—Gen Ri- kichi Andc, highest ranking ana-i‘ |nese to be brought to China for|C: City Engineer, James L. McNa- | mara. | city Health Officer, Dr. C. C. arter. trial as a war criminal, died ig-| Librarian, Edna H. Lomen. nobly and fainfully in his jail cel!| Harbormaster, Albert F. Bixby. last midnight of self-administered| City Magistrate, Judge William poison. | A. Holzheimer, The wartime Japanese governor | o® Formosa and commanding gen-| A. M. Mill was reappointed Fire eral of all Japanese troops on that|Chief with William Neiderhauser, Assistant Fire Chief; Lars Soren- floor of his cell in the Ward Roadson, Fire Truck Driver; George jail by a guard making a routine| O'Brien, Assistant Fire Truck Dri- check. He was dead when the|ver; Herman Porter, Alarm Care- guard returned from summoning a | taker. doctor. L. J. Willlamson was named American war officials| Chief of Police with Milo G. Clouse, crimes sible for most of the atrocities and | patrolmen: Max J. Rogers, ‘Walter {brutal treatment given war prison-|O. Sinn, Franklin T. Allen, Solon of them|M. Dore, Ernest L. Mayfield, Bel- downed American fliers. Ando was mont W. MeCormick, and police arrested in Japan on a warrant|woman, Isabel Hartung. signed by Generalissimo Chiang| In the Street Department Roy Kai-shek. | Thomas was named Street Foreman As Ando chose suicide in prefer-|with Arvid Anderson, Joe Anderson, ence to trial, amnouncement was| Ole Fredrickson, Knut Nystrom, |made that Maj. Gen. Masataka Ka- | anq Albert F. Tucker, laborers;|Viewpoint. {buragi and four subordinates will| Richard Harris, Jack Hegstad and| die on the gallows at 8 a. m. Mon-' 5 A Mortensen, truck drivers; day for their part in the torture!mmj rLang, garbage dump care tak- parade and strangulation of four|er; g W, Marshall, hydrant careta- | American fliers at Hankow in De-|yor. George F. Martin, mechanic; jden and Changchun: Merry - Go-Round By DREW. PEARSON . (Note—Drew Pearson today awards the Brass Ring, _xood for a free but somewhat bumpy ride on The Washington Mer- ry-Go-Round, to Lewis Doug- las. VETS ADM. ~ PERSONNEL says cember, 1944. The five executions' ere set. for the charge of The office of city attorney and | cemetery caretaker, the latter va- |cated by the resignation of Hans | Nielsen, were left open. i |y b R e 4 [ { . WASHINGTON—For some time 8, hot behind-the-scenes row hasj been raging over the person of charming, vivacious' Lewis Doug- | las, who has held more jobs in Government than anyone else in| ARRIVES Set-up of the Regional Office of | the Veterans Administration in Al- aska, with headquarters in Ju- | considered Ando primarily respon-| assistant chief and the following | HARBINNOW THREATENED, (OMMUNISTS {Chinese Government Of- | ficials ‘Flee - Fate of Americans Unknown (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Chinese government ‘officials in |Harbin, frightened at the prospect of capture by Communist forces— a fate that presumably befell their {fellows in Changchun—fled by air- {plane today to goverhment-con- {trolled Mukden. Simultar.eously, an official spok2s- man in Chungking conceded that the Communists could take Har- ibin without a struggle after Rus- {sian troops withdraw from that im- portant North Manchuria city next Friday. He said the government had no troops there. The Com- munists dominate North Manchuria. | He also made the startling ac-| \knowledgement that National troops | have not capture Szepingkai—de- spite previous claims—and belated- | !ly reported the fall of Changchun, the capital of Manchuria. Situaticn Grave | In fact, said the spokesman, the |central Manchurian situation “is} |very grave” from the government| | S5 | i FORMER JAP He gave this explanation of -the ibattle for Szepingkai, important |railroad center about half way be-| |Lw€en government-controlled Muk-' | A vanguard of the goternment's rnew First Army éntered Szepings kai, meét strong Communist “resfs- itance, and halted tc consolidate its forces. Taken Prisoners { An officials dispatch pyblished in |Peiping said 50 government offi-| |cials had been taken prisoner in| | Szepingkai by ths Communists. ‘ClosaWakmpl by Occu- | It was the withdrawal of Rus- . i3 pation Authorities on | succcessful onslaught on the Mxn—j |cations center for North America. |E8FOUPS, some on govenment-sub- ‘Washington, and who is now up for | q neau, has been practically complet- ;,p:;g‘:‘::: o5 Heant (g Mg l’lewied by the arrival of personnel from ! This bnnk- 16 218 'Srantad mde’_iSeattle by plane yesterday a!ber-l 3 | ! Bretton Woods, will be about the ™00 | IN lA | Learns of Flight Associated Press Correspondent Joseph Spencer Davis learneq of the flight of Harbin officials to government |controlled Mukden, 324 air miles i WARSAW, April 20.—Dr. Tenebaum, President of the Ameri- isia’s last occupation trocps from{ ,Changchun last Sunday midnigh'.i ! . !that precipitated the Communists'| Farm GfOUpS ichurian capital. | Harbin, 150 air miles north of| TOKYO, April 20—Many former | Changehun, is the key communi- JaPanase Army officers are forming | sidized farms, and secreting supplies in the obvious hope of one day iregaining power. | This is learned from reliable | sources—Japanese, Allied nationals most powerful economic force in the world. It will have the power to develope or retard countries. It can_make or prevent revolutions. It will become, for smaller coun- tries, what the small-town banker is to the corner grocer. The man so far slated for this important job enjoys the unique distinction of being the only man whg could outcharm Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas rowed with Roosevelt, resigned as his Director of the Budget, organized the “Ih- dependent Democrats,” did his best tq defeat Roosevelt in 1940. Yet he was always able to win his wayd back into FDR's good graces. Friends said Douglas fascinated the late President because he was the only man who had a better ique as a charmer. ., Once during the 1943 Churchill- Roosevelt conference in Quebec, FDR asked Douglas to fly up from . ‘Washington and serve as special charm disseminator. General Mar- shall and Admiral King were row- ing with Sir Allen Brooke and the British General Staff over Far Hastern strategy, so Douglas was esked to pour oil on the troubled waters. He did. CANADIAN BACKGROUND A lot of people have had their doubts as to whether Lew is a Republican or a Democrat, and some friends chide him as to whe- ther his family is American or Canadian. He has operated success- fully in both parties and both countries, Lew’s grandfather was a Scottish professor of geology who migrated to Arizona via Canada and estab- lished the beginnings of the Phelps- Dodge copper millions. Douglas, Arizona, is named for the family. Lew's grandfather kept his Can- adian citizenship, even sending his wife back to Canada whenever a child was expected, so that it, too, would be Canadian. Of his two sons, Valter Douglas kept his Can- adian citize p to the end, but Lew’s . father, Jimmy .Douglas, daidn’t. —_——— e % (Cpntinued on Page Four) The personnel came north on the | can and World Federation of Polish | C-54, four motored Navy plane, the ' Jews, said today that 800 Jews had | first of the kind to land at the|been slain in Poland since the lib- {Juneau Airport. ieration and that Jews were being | Aboard the plane were the fol-|murdered and intimidated daily, al- |lowing: Mrs. Inez Hogins, Robert | though the Polish government is R. Carlson, Miss Margaret Colliton, | them protection. g;m ;x;r:;r:méthé::::i v;,‘,'ug;:t;l The Federation President charged lin an interview that a two-week B alker, Dr. Ronald P Oarter. | itudy of the Jewish situation had | convinced him that the Jews were division in the Seattle office, and, Y Diwlel Krell, photographer, 'also’| o6 Killed mostly by, handits, f ito the south, at Sino-American Nafional Services . . On Easter } I (By The Associated Press) | Christians throughout the United | States will celebrate tomorrow their irst peace-time Easter since 1941 in | ymbolic open-air afil church cere- nonies. H At the nation’s eapital, 16 State: ire expected to be represented at srogram in the amphitheatre in \rlington National Cemetery, while sther sunrise services will be held at Fort Lincoln Heightg, at Walter | Reed Hospital and on Bhe steps of !the George Washington Memorial. | | Worshippers will gather on a seawall at Corpus Christi, Texas, [ George and Micl'mcl Rcman of Chicago spent the fir ¢ feur yrars of thelr Lves with curls, They made gecd looking “girls” (left), but were real beys after getting a haircut (right). (AP Wirephoto) WILL AID IN NORT Alaska Veterans Coopera- tive Company Organ- ized in Washington WASHINGTON, April 20, — A group believing in the coming pros- RIKE REPORTED ENDED Twins Find Clothes Make the Ma SETTLEMENT 1S REACHED AT KETCHIKAN Announcement Is Made by, Gov. Gruening Affer 4 Hour Conference The scttlement of the 19-day old longshore tie-up in Alaska was an- nounced in Ketchikan shortly be- fore midnight by Gov. Ernest Gruening according to advikes re- ceived by the Empire. Gruening’s announcément follow- led a four hour mesting Letween the Governor, Waterfront employ- ers, longshore represemtatives and Federal Lator 'Conciliator A. L Peterson. | Formal announcement of the ¢o- tails of the settlement are expect- ed to be made later today. The announcement from Ketchi~ kan also stated that it was promised |that the freighter Taku would be unloaded there during today. In Juneau, at 12 o'clock noon today, no particulars had been re- {ceived by the Northland Transpor- | tation Company relative to d! charging freight from the Nerth Sea, in port for several weeks. In San Francisco, a Federal Fact-Finding board headed by former Communications Commis- isioner James Fly s scheduled to, begin hearings todsy i the long- sstandlna longshore dispute Letween Harry Bridges' CIO 's and Warehousemet | Watertront L,‘ B pen the into the holds of | !wm: +Jithey drivers and |freight car loading in am 4 to_ obtain first hand information about the industry they will, in- i vestigate. SENTENCED 10 | | perity of Alaska has formed the Alagka Veterans Cooperative Com- | pany, designed to aid persons who | wish to settle in the Territory. The Executive Committee is com- DEATH, 4 YRS. posed of Lt Ted Gregg of the Navy; G. Rice, Donald W. Mahoney, Carl | doing everything in its power to give | truce headquarters in Peiping. He said the Harbin officials fled | “for reasons of environment” {fear of repetition of Changchun's| | violence. { Davis said Sino-American head- \quarters had no work concerning |seven Americans—five dents and two army men—who went to Changchun last week to ob- serve the Russian withdrawal. Head- {quarters assumed that Chinese gov- correspon- | came north on the plane. Ross will | | remain here only a brief time be-| fore returning south. ‘The plane also brought 3,5001 pounds of office equipment. ! | Formal opening of the head-| | quarters will take place Monday. NEW CRISIS IS FACED BY FRENCH CABINET nanced abroad by agents of the | ernment officials in Changchun former exiled government in London. | were taken into custody by the 2L0CAL MEN AMONG 35 AWARDED SAFETY ‘The Government News, in Chungking, published a special dispatch from Szepingkai reporting that government troops which entered the outskirts of the city early this week “found the city devastated, with corpses piled Peace Dnfly‘ and American occupation officials— |during a careful investigation of | more than two months. American officials, rather than looking upon. it with undue alarm, isee in the situation a naturally ex- | pected one. In many instances, the | identities and logations of the groups i “To date there has been no evi- dence of any subversion of any ex- tensive scale,” said an authoritative oource at General MacArthur'’s headquarters, Much of the evidence cannot be divulged now . for obvicus reasons, but here are some of the findings: On so-called “cooperative farms,” Japanese Army officers are well equipped with vehicles, maintain | formality of rank, are well financed and are on guard for snooping neighbors. are known. They are being watched. | Maj., Carl Heinmiller; €. L. Homer, former Navy Lieutenant; James Troelford and C. Squares. No other officers have been elected. The purpose of the group is to make it as easy as possible for per- sons desiring to settle in the Terri- tory to make a start. Action was taken, members said, because at present many government depart- ments are concerned in arrange- ments to handle the migration and the group plans to bring all arrange- !and speakers and choruses will ar- rive by boat. The embankment of the huge Denison Dam will be the scene of services in that Texas City, while Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will speak at Texas A. and M. College at | College Station. | Fifteen miles northwest of Law- ton, Okla, in the Hoy City of the , Wichita Mountains, 150,000 persons are expected fo watch a sunrise vageant in which a cast of more | Army Court Martial System Too Harsh, House Sub- Committee Reports WASHINGTON, April 20.—Court martial sentences sent 142 soldiers to their deaths durtng the war years and ensuing months, a House military sub-committee disclosed to~ day in recommending an extensive overhaul for the Army’s system of [} I | | than 1,000 will depict the life, cru- +ifixion, and resurrection of Christ, | !while another observance will be held at the rim of the Grand Na- tional Park in Arizona—at Bright Angel Point. About 50,000 persons are expected to climb Mount Davidson, San Fran- cisco’s highest peak, to attend day- break services. ,e- f ASSN. MEDALS WASHINGTON, April 20—Deeds | of herolsm performed by workers! many places, inglulding the bodies of women and children.” In Chungking, General Marshall's headquarters today sought the re- One such farm near Tokyo is/ ments under one organization. "J“;%:l?",wp reported that in the Mary Lee Councll, Becretary t0 perjoq between Dec. 7, 1941, and Delezate Bartlett, one of the or-|pep, 27 1946, 72 men were executed canizers, said the group hoped to|for murder, 51 for rape, 18 for arrange boat and rafl transportation murder and rape, and one for de- for prospective settlers, Many of the |gertion, a 100 members, she said, served in| ‘Therfindings were ot forth in & OVER ONE CHAMBER PARIS, April 20. — The French Cabinet faced a serfous crisis today following approval by the Con- stituent Assembly last night of a new leftist - sponsored constitution which would establish a powerful one-chamber legislature. The constitution for the Fourth Republic was adopted by a vote of 309 to 249, over the objection of rightist parties, including the strong Popular Republican = Movement (MRP) and the- Radical-Socialists. It will be submitted to the electorate at a national referendum May 5. Observers said the assembly’s ac- tion was almost cetrain to result in a bitter campaign over France's or- | ganic law, and might split the coali- | tion government at a Cabinet meet- ing next Wednesday, when President {Felix Gouin will ask his ministers to endorse the constitution. Some sources predicted that such in the mineral and allied industries during the past five years came today from the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association. Bronze medals and diplomas for workers who “seriously risked their own lives, but saved the lives of one or more persons” were award- ed 35 men, Dr. R. R. Sayers, Di- rector of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Mines and President of | the Association, announced. The Association, founded in 1916, commemorates the efforts of Dr. Holmes, first Director of the Bur- eau, to reduce accidents and ill health in the mining industry. ‘Two sets of brothers were in- cluded among the recipients of the medal and diploma awards. Six- teen others received diplomas, while certificates of honor were given to 162 companies and 64 in- dividuals for ‘“excellent long-time safety records.” Those receiving top awards in- moval of the seven Americans from Changchun. CRISIS EXPECTED IN JAP CABINET FIGHTFOR POWER TOKYO, (April 20.—Authorita- tive Japanese said today that a crisis is expected next week in the enlarging controversy over whether the Shidehara cabinet should re- main in office. ‘They agreed anything could hap- pen—including possible disqualifica~ party president—as the battle for power contintes. Hatoyama, whose record is under scrutiny by both the Japanese government and the Allied com-~ tion of Ichiro Hatoyama, Liberal| major and a large staff live in a shrine ‘near a former arsenal and, through eonnivance with police, have | obtained ample supplies of gasoline’ for their automobiles. ————.ee —— Skipper of Sardine Boat Rescues Movie Star from Briny sea MONTEREY, cCalif, April 20— Hospital attendants sald Greer Garson, film star who was swept ‘ofl a. rock by a high wave near . here yesterday, was resting com- |fortably, but that X-rays would |be necessary to ke sure she suf- fered no serious injuries. Miss Garson was standing on a rock on the coast six miles south of here while working in a film e e s AT PASSENGERS | - FLOWN BY PAA ‘ Pan American Airways flew the 1!0uawlng passengers yesterday: | From Seattle: Joseph Brunner,| | willlam Lightner, Harvy Robbins,| {Almon Woho, Jack Gurtler, Her- 'mit Gysler, Elmer Carver, | Cdrsten Strangeland, Magnus Johnson, Alf Jacobson, L. Legary, Ceorge Jonkel, Albert Larsen, Martin Wormsen, Bjarne Jacob~ sen, \ Gen Kirsten, Anva Gottstein, Phylis Brazeau, Irene Robinson. 'Ralph Robinson, Linda Jones, Harry O'Brien, Betty O'Brien. Rone Orum, Lund Utness, Arthur Hensen, Louise Houston, Smith, Jacob - Jendressen, Nelson. | To Seattle: Virginia Carter, John| DeLozier, Dorothy DeLozier, Ray| Cockston, Harry Larber, Simon Tor-| main. ! Robert Pratt, Glenn Thayer, Bes- | the Territory during the war. Most 125 000-word document sharply criti- membership. jerity of sentences and tre partial- Th full millAry committee, it was FlIES IWENTY-"IHEthe War Department’s request, but jfore the full committee takes and Hoonah, Minnie Obert, James Os- pie s O N i PACIFIC NORTHERN dez; from Petersburg, Ken Ed- members are veterans, but that is|ca) of what the subgommittee cali- not one of the qualifications for jeq the injustices, the extreme sev- | AR et g et ity resulting. from the existing |coun martial system. (OASMI. AIRI-I"B llnmed today, has temporarily tabled the subcommittee’s report at will consider it next month. Army Alaska Coastal Alrlines fle the |y eases probebly will be heard be- following passengers yesterday: Wllomul action. born and Mr. and Mrs. Chester! Zinn; from Hoonah, 8. Rude; w' Haines, Robert Wahl; to Peters- burg, W. 8. Smith, Cecil Hernan- m' w' vm" Pacific Nc:ihern Alrlines’ Doug wards; to Ketchikan, L. W. Chris- Coastlin tomos, George Ford, L. R. Sonne- :;bg.? Des u.;,"g,"&fd,;',’n“&t_ son; from Ketchikan, Elsie K. ficer A. Ferguson and Stewardess uckner, William Wooters, Mayn- pauline Knight, flew the following ard Morrls; to Skagway, D. M. passengers yesterday: Blanchard, Orrin Edwards, G. To Gustavus~Willlam Peck. + To Ancl — A. Geiser, B, To Sitka, Mrs. Max Clifton, G. Weir, Ina Shields, Lorraine Shields, E. Randolph, Elizabeth Parks, Mrs. Jack Paulle, Mrs. J. Rasmussen, Ketelsen, Mrs. Rhea Black, James Marjorie Rasmussen, Garry Ras- Dalten, Russ Clithero. mussen, Sherry Rasmussen. From Sitka, Jack Conway,' Bill Maitland, Nan Holt, Clell Charles Olson, William Bates, Wil- Lloyd, Jan Simpson, Ward Johnson, cluded: a request might lead to the resigna- Elwood James and Nick Moorat, tion of Foreign Minister Georges mand, suddenly has grown silent.when a wave swept her into the But his supporters and officials|surf. sie Zobel, Charles MeDonald, John | lism Wilson. { Helfrich, Lorraine Harhil. From Fairbanks: Ernest Berry, S e “Gentlemon Jack” Jackson was | Arthur Henson, Anna Gottstein, Phyllis Brazean, C. Jenderson.. From Anchorage—Robert Pratt, Bidault and other rightest members of the Cabinet, now composed of ‘Communists, Socialists and members of MRP. Juneau, Alaska, for assisting in of the BSocialist, Cooperativé and She was rescued by Vincent Sol-| the rescue of a fellow worker who had fallen down a chute at af Alaskan gold mine. meeting April 28 to demand the Premier’s resignation. suffering minor abrasions and shock. Jackman; 1 Kelley. Communist parties called a mass|lecito, a sardine boat skipper, after Cherles Miller, Blanche Berry, Earl|the first and only amateur to hold Gienn W. Thayer, Simon Torolan, to Fairbanks: mxeiml b e, i the world championship boxing A. .C. Lubike, Mrs. A. C. Lubike, Dorald Peterson, J. E. Tyson.