The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 24, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVI, NO. 10,252 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS e PRICE TEN CENTS MORE SAILIN mo SPAIN| THree GENERATION;);!YA STUDENTS OF INQUIRY GOES | BEFORE UNSC ~Australian Proposal Back- 4 ed Up by U. S.-Rus- sia Loses Ouf NEW YORK, April 24—Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., U. S. Delegate to the United Nations Security Coun- ,cil, was reliably reported today to have indicated he would support the Australian proposal for a thor- ough investigation of Franco Spain. Sources close to Stettinius said he might ask Australian delegate W. R. Hodgson to clarify the scope of the inquiry but that he was prepared to go along with the growing list of delegates who have lined up behind the proposal. Y Russian Boycott This word came as the Council took a one-day recess after yes-| ) terday's stormy session in which | Soviet Russia lost her battle to ! have the Council drop the Iranian | case and announced she would boy- | cott any further discussion of the case. Sir Alexander Cadogan, British Delegate, also was reported to have received instructions to back the, Australian proposal. Mexico and| ‘* Poland previously had indicated | they would support the measure, | and it was believed Russia and | France were ready to go along. i 13 To Follow Leaders The other delegates, while re- uctant to commit themselves in ance, were expected;; to follow | the lead of the big powers, which | for once seemed to be in agreement | It thus appeared that the Span- ish question was finally headed to- [3 i i § B B R G A S | (Continued on Page Eight) | —————— — | | HERE IS A RARE PICTURE representing three generations of Britain's royal family—two queens and a princess at a piano recital in King's Lynn Town Hall. They are (L. to r.) the present Queen Elizabeth of Eng- land, Dowager Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth. (International) ALLOCATION OF HALIBUT CONTINUES Price. Coilings. Made This " Necessary Detlares Secrefary Krug WASHINGTOYN, April 24, — The allocation of halibut, in effect for two years, will be continued during the seasen beginning May 1. Secretary of the Interior Krug G ANCHORAGEHI GO ON STRIKE Demand Dismissal of Prin- cipal, Also Reinstate- ment of 3 Teachers ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 24— ! | Eigh school students went on strtke‘ | yesterday, demanding the dismissal of Principal Chester Peterson and | the reinstatement of three teachers, |one of whom teaches the sixth | grade in the elementary school. ! | ‘Petersen is “too strict,” student | | spokesmen asserted. He banned the | | wearing of turbans in class and | | frowned on girls coming to school | ¥ i in slacks. The students paraded with ban- | | ners reading “Down the Dictator! | FOR ALASK A SCHED FLYING BOXCAR Army pilots call this Fairchild packet eargo plane, which carries a nine-ton load at 200 miles ner hour. the “fiyine boxcar.” Its carzo hold is feet lonz. ~ On All Ame iann with Peterson! Give Us Free- | }dcm," after a mass meeting in a‘ M | study hall at which J. Lester Min~ | ner, Schools Superintendent, Bn-tD"t swered students’ questions. Sixth | graders also <truck but quickly re-| turned to their classes. Minners ! sald no disciplinary action was contemplated. | The three teachers, over whom | | the demonstration was precipitated | Monday received notices that their ! | contracts would not Be renewed. | NEW JAPANESE " GOVERNMENT IS ' FLIGHT CRASHES; BURBANK, Calif, April 24—A Social Democrat Makes ween awiner samport, on ‘s Demand - Shidehara iad with an engihbdhtire Bnte Reportsto Emperor PLANE IN TEST house today, killing its three crewmen. Occupants of the house escaped The residence, on busy Ii‘naryfl(rkackd_oWn In Europe Ordered Now ~ BRITISHLOAN IS PROTESTED BY SEN. TAFT | ‘r | [ rican Troops o averorr, cemaoy. g Will Be Instrument of Il \day ordered w assciptinary crack-" Will Instead of Good 4down on all American troops w_" H I op2 because . ‘discipiine in, cer- " { localtt fig i H; GDOGBHS this theatre has deteriorated to the 5 point of discrediting the fin: per-' WASHINGTON, April 24—Sena- formance of our troops in gencral” tor Taft (R-Ohio) said today the In orders issued to unit com- United States is buying “50 years manders, the theatre commander of friction” with Great Britain by declared “All commanders and their offering a $3,750,000,000 loan. «He subordinates must now devote susgested instead a $1,250,000,000 themselves to the reestablishment of 8ift. discipline.” O ng passage of loan eqith- ation legislation, Taft told his ULED FOODSTUFF (OMING T0 NORTHLAND :Picketing Continues on Ships Destined fo Load Cannery Supplies SEATTLE, April 24—Two Se- attle-Alaska steamship lines today scheduled more sailings north, promising an early end to tieup of the Territory's ports as far as non- cannery freight is concerned. Willlam Semar, General Manager tof the Northland Transportation | Co., said the North Sea, now on {her way here from southeast Al- aska, will sail May 2 for retuin with a tull cargo of non-cannery shipments, including food and gen- eral merchandise. It will be follow- ed by the Square Sennett, also with a full cargo. The Alaska Transportation Co., iannounced that the steamship Ton- gass which sails tomorrow evening with a capacity cargo of non-can- nery freight, has been scheduled for a second voyage about May 15. The Sword Knot will also sail May 4. They will load for points on the Yukon river. The Alaska Steamship Company announced earlier in the week the - ! steamers Cordova, Denali and Col- umbla were to load immediately for | sailings to westward Alaskan ports. | The Baranof is scheduled to sail {May 1 tor Ketchikan, u, Ya- kutat, € \Seward. . i | Alaska cannery workers, mean- ‘while, continued to picket craft loading cannery supplies for Alas- ka in an effort to bring a settle- ment in their demand for a wage increage of 20 cents an hour. Long- ,shoremen stopped work today on the British motorship Silver Oak ‘and thé Army cable ship Lenoir | | ( “This,” he said, “becomes their or g ry workers' p ap- peared at the pier. M. .G. Ringenberg, Vice President and Manager of the Waterfront Employers of Washington, said at noon that picketing of the Ames Terminal had been stopped after !the concern gave the union assur- ‘ance no Alaska cannery Cargo would he received or delivered TOKYO, April 24—The Japanese ‘nJury. d 3 - The waShlngton re . said today continuance of the al-! b i 3 location plan was made necessary Struggle to establish a new gov- I Merry - Go-Round by price ceilings on this species of ernment was stalled today by a So- By DREW PEARSON fish. cial Democrat demand for the Pre- “The purpose of the order,” Krug miership and other important posts ‘WASHINGTON—The inside story | of why the House didn’t vote on said i a 2 k. e as the ice fi ration in \?(.?m:;,‘i Z‘;“,ff:‘x;;:,'u,f,,!,a;cfr::;xu]f coutition Rk ke ® Prychta, less than 20 fee oM froquent changes of station of Sider harsh trestment to an ally lations between fishermen and| Lead f the Social De: ts e bedroom of his three children, units and aesignments of enlisted in the war.” aealers and”to assure the orderly con::rree;s :hro\:geholxo:l;‘he d:;oc;?t: e {3 e B e Carol, 2 men and officers, firm ties of unit It is likely that in many cases final enactment of the Patman, marketing of halibut within the re- Liberal chiefiains and with Baron m?;f?kne,s all employees of the pride have been weakened g g‘: interest f”m be forgiven,” the Housmg"bm before the Easter tr’e- gular channels of primary distribu- | Kijuro Shidehara, outgoing prem- WEst;rn Ah: T, alod Tttty Team work often has been forgot- “ ::r;‘ Sennt:)rxl sfi:;d;ze:nd then €V there, ::;;;mno?ap:gm::i::ifsm W:\T‘l \:ulx; d h i {ler and ‘President of the Progres- They were Pilot Wayne M. Fidroeff, Le]‘?'meequemly discipline in ccr“d?e;n‘et llil!:(e ';e :Bx;mxh mte;uw::f Arhiiatiog Qfter - véterans. Here's what happened: | o i e el ki 26, Los Angeles; Marvin SchWartz- tain’ locqlities and commends in and denounce them for falling to rp . o hokd Salmon Industry, | i3 ke v and n A. Turgeon, 36, Holly- v sy o House Committees was c;llled jusk: {421 Bell Street Terminal, Seattle. Emperor, who asked for a Progress wood, mechanic. ¢ v ,"“)’r‘;'“ :fl‘e i‘?‘;fi:’r“‘l’t‘go ‘:“m“‘;:ng:; “llcile«\rf:; a fl;;; ?m;;:c;m people. | itration to the Coneliation Service before the Easter recess in a rush| Most of the halibut catch is| report, wes that meetings had been| The wives of Fidroeff and equdiostions of this state can b6 netruent ot 11 wih Saoan 18 an{,e the Department of Labor. Albin to get House approval of Senate | landed in the Pacific northwest,| held and more were planned, in an Schwartzbach were at the nearby found in: i mf';u"f'l'ln of Il will and not of 'y peterson, Coneliation Service i e e r”;‘sm"(,';‘:mj | Canada, and Alaska. cffort to reach an agreement. |airport, awaiting thelr husband’s s participation in black mar- Taft said he doubted that the POKEsman, commented, however, included restora ‘°‘:m°l ol Terhune, who has been coordin-| Tetsu Katayama, Secretary Gen- |return from the test flight of the pot aoiivities and in indulgence in loan led ed o € that “no progress has been reached in subsidies to stimulate produc- | ator of the Pilchard Production eral and chief negotiator of the So- |21-passenger plane el iy b NRea- poviiee the expected ¢ouarg o settlement.” 5 tion of scarce building materials. | Compaign in San Francisco, is ex-|cial Democrats, the only Left of| ~The sacrifice, which Pilot Fi- THprc il (oo imout leave o oin ©f world trade $rom cur-. “'mne ynion's Regional Director, s M o A oo | pected in Seattle in a few days. | Center group among the Big Three droeff chose to make, Was 0 1he yae;gnd an excessive Incidence of (e Britin mave. promies 16, Wendell Phillips, said the industry conference lasted all day in hope | A hearing was held at Seattle| Japanese parties, said his group finest tradition of commercial avia= giyo g i B e o ic Dritieh have promised 10 un- pag woffered to submit to arbitra- » that the bill could be passed before | other disciplinary infractions. dertake in return for finanelal yoo o T e - House members left on their Easter u holiday. Soon after the ccn(erence} got under way at 9 a.m., however, | immediate func- cclleagues in a prepared address that eve,y time the British pay the order $141,000,000 annusl interest on the ' (loan “they will groan heavily and Lankershim Boulevard, was severe- mcst important ly damaged by flames. tion.” The crash, only two miles short Gen. of Lcckheed Air Terminal, occur- said: red in the back yard of Mathew «pue to rapid mobilization and the press will recall what they con- | | { McNarney’s written { i | s NEWCOMER —Recently a photographer who took pictures of Hollywood stars, Leza Hol- land, (above) a Kansas City girl, has signed a contract to appear in films herself., RELEASE OF - FRITZKUHN 1 b recently at which the entire hali-| would not retreat from its demands tion,” said C. N. (Jimmie) James, S s | o SESY- » e ' C.—High autonobile saccident bt-allocation program was réVIW- for the premiership and other of- Vice President of the airline and i ¢ i they want to arbitrate.” ed and a majority of the dealers fices as the price of collaboration. |himself & veteran pilot. “D—&Excessive i favored its continuance. | - v ot v Terhune will hold Seattle hear-| i - CITY ENGINEER AT venercal disease ACTION BY GOVERNOR Gov. Ernest Gruening today tc it became apparent that this was) | ings to decide on a program of| Period of | “E.—General lack of smartness in fgrlorn hope. Four of the seven House confer- ! Fuehrer of German Amer- . ees—Republicans Wolcott of Mich-| & Lk igan, Crawford of Michigan nnd‘[ Ican VOlkaund an Gamble of New York, plus Demo- allocation among Seattle dealers. Approximately one-fourth of the 1646 Seattle halibut fleet has left |for the banks, and will be ready! crat Brown of -Georgia (all VAV | Prison Since 1939 to begin fishing soon after mid- 'ALASKA' AIRLINES ~ ARRIVES WITH 11; } |Mourning ’ FLIES OUT WITH 14 s Is Ordered i appearance and conscientious ob- AN(HORAGE RE I servance of military courtosy. N | “F—Complaining attitude toward ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 24— constituted military authority and city Engineer Hal Reherd, who has |those duties essential to maintain waged a prolonged court battle with | |the following action on thwe strike emergency. To Steve Glumaz, ILWU sentative, he wired: “Alter h ing both sides I see no reason for FTA refusing to arbitrate issues re- —For hilgh s'tvandards of soldierly effi- Mayor Manders over Lack salaryin conflict with Sal Cannerles. Alrlines on the Starliner Nome were the second time in a year, the b payment, announces he has resign-iThis is orderly, fair and decent way the following passengers from An- | United Btates went into a month of | «The low state of discipime with- 4 0 60 Intd private business. |to proceed. If union hes confidende !chorage; Florence Blanchard, Joe Officlal mourning today—this time jn the commands leads to a loss T - in justice of its demands it should |Columbus, Charles Turner, Helen |for Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. of respect for American euthority “0(“ 0“0]“"0“; Inot be afraid to arbitrate. Why not McAllister, Marilyn McAllster,| President Truman late yesterday py the enemy people and fufuries to, the PTA?" Elizabeth McAllister, Ed Davis, E. ordered flags lowered to half staff gur reputation amonz our Alles.' NEW YORK, April 24—Closing| To Donald Henderson, President 5 ) quotation of Alaska Juneau mineiof FTA, he wired as follows: “Af- this country and abroad for the 30- loss of self respect to the individuel Stcck today is 8%, Alleghany Cor- |ter three weeks strike by longshote- W. Philpot, Ifene Graham, W. E over all government buildings In put even more important is the S.ee and Jean Sunday. | : SO 4 On the return flight, the follow- 98y mourning period. Funeral ser-: Americans ccncerned . . . poration 6%, American Can 97, men which we succeeded in settling g Coffesiit 5 0 L, | Anaconda 46%, Commonwealth and satisfactorily to all parties, PTA is Southern 4, Curtiss-Wright 7Y%, now picketing Alaska bound steam- ing were flown to the Westward vices for Stone, who died Mon- | R G _ e ay will be held at 2 p. m. to- |Mon g g International Harvester 94'%, Ken- ers in Seattle on the basis of con- night Tuesday, Manager H. E. Looken of the Seattle Fishing Ves- sel Owners’ Association said. e COASTAL AIRLINES Congressmen)—served notice they | would make a Dbitter-end fight| ppANgRFURT, A . April 24.—Fritz against the $600,000,000 in subsid- g ynp, Fuehrer of the German-Ameir fes, as well as.the Senate’s amend- | .,y yolksbund, will be released by ment calling for a government-iiy. v, 5, Army from a German guaranteed market to producers of |jnternment camp tomorrow morning 200,000 pre-fabricated houses. Since |gccording to orders jssued today. | pre-fabricated houses are produc-| chastened by long confinement y edm?:e fld "":355 basis, the Senate and troubled by a heart illness, [ Te necessary to guaran- gyhn was declared to be “not a | Alaska Coastal Alr] tee builders a market of 200,000 threat” to American occupation following passengers Ilynee:sze:‘l;v; tl:; houses. |forces in Germany. Hawk Inlet: Hans Floe, C. €. Por- Arriving yesterday with Alaskal WASHINGTON, April 24, Wolcott, Crawford, Gamble and Brown weren't really opposed to this guaranteed market amend- ment. but used it as a compromis- ing weapon to scuttle subsidies. In other words, they offered to back down on a guaranteed market if the other conferees backed down on subsidies—described by Presi- dent Truman as the “heart” of the bill. This proposition was flatly re- jected by the remaining three House conferees — Representative Wright Patman of Texas, author of the original bill, Brent Spence of Kentucky and William Barry of New York (all Democrats). The seven Senate conferees were also unanimously opposed, includ- 4 ing Barkley of Kentucky, Murdock | of Utah, Taylor of Idaho, Mitcheil of Washington, Taft of Ohio, Buck (Continued on Page Four) ‘e He was expected to proceed di-'tor. rom Hawk Inlet: Porter; rectly to Munich, where his wife from Sitka: Bill Douglas, E. A. and_two children live in a bomb- neGullough, T. S. Fly, Donald T. damaged house. {Bogi; to Wrangell: Leroy Luecien; { A statement today by Gen. JO-|gom Ketehikan: Mrs. . E. {sept T. McNarney's headquarters gpyiont steve Vukovich, J. L. Laud- said Kuhn “is an unknown figure o.4ae: from Petersburg: Carol J. |in Germany and his health and Machenall, Annie Cooday, = Dick spirit are broken.” Jameson. In jail since 1939, Kuhn served| S P S0 % years in prison in the United;m(KFA(E ART'S'S A' (States for embezzlement of bund {ing his sentence he was interned at | |Crystal City, Texas, and a year lat-| The entertainment feature of to- more than three and a half| funds. Immediately after comp!et-[ (( MEH'"G Iomow er lost his American citizenship. morrow’s Chamber of Commerce 1945, to Germany, a country he by the “Blackface” section of the 'had left in 1922 !school pageant, which is to be an IR g event on Friday night. Miss Al- JACK LYONS HERE | berta Murphy will be in charge of Jack Lyons, a resident of Fair-ithe students, and the announce- banks, is staying at the Baranof|ments added thz program will start at 12:30 o'clock. during his vistt in this city. He was deported in September, luncheon meeting will be provided | Morris, A. Peterson, E. H. Hmmg-‘mmo“ i ton, O. E. Wheeler, W. F. Jordan, e G {c, W. Norton, W. C. Burkett, C. T.| HERE FROM ANCHORAGE Chancellor, R. H. Holmberg, and R.| o 'E. Holmberg; to Cordova: J. F.| Arriving from Anchorage yester- {Fly and R. A. Sullivan; to Yakutat: {dxy were the following registrants {Major Elmer Wiles. at the Baranof: Marge McDonald, WM. MURPHY, PIONEER OF "86 DIES AT HOME One of Juneau's earliest settlers,| {William Murphy, was found dead| {at his home near Auk Bay this morning by a grandson, Morris| Mr, and Mrs. Billy B. Short, of Nelson, when the boy went out to Fairbanks, are registered at the visit him, | Baranof. He was one of the '87 Pioneers, | and was about 87 years of age, his| |friends said. Death resulted from natural causes, it was reported. | ‘The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. H. McDonald, Cpl. Ralph P. Garo- ifano, Sgt. Jessie Lader, Jr, OCpl IR. G. Kann, Jr.; John F. McNailly, H | McAllister, Irene Graham. SHORTS FROM FAIRBANKS R S DICK' JAMESON IN TOWN Dick Jameson has arrived here from Fairbanks. He is a guest at the Baranof. Jerusalem Strike Situaion Clear | JERUSALEM, April 24—Striking their jobs today after the Civil| Service Workers’ Association had accepted a compromise settlemext | United Corporation 5%, U. 8. Steel 82, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,500,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today were follows: industrials, 206.13, rails Catherine Baranoff, Dr. and Mrs. Civil Service workers returned to 63.85, utilities 42.87. - GOPERS TO BE ON AIR Campaign speeches by Rpubli- | necott 58%, Northern Pacific 27%, tracts for the coming season, which does not begin until several weeks 'hence, and attemipting to use the pressure on the cannery operators ,which can only work great hard- "ship on a lot of innocent people in (Alaska who are in no wise related ito this conflict. Another stoppage ,on top of three weeks stoppage ,Which the people have already en- | James Blair, James C. Rains, F. M. «of their wage demands, but railway cans will be made over KINY Sat- dured will work irreparable dam- | workers declined to accept a similar urday, and again next Monday 28 since activity in Alaska are | compromise. Eprmdmx;tely 50,000 of whom had been on strike, began to straggle' back to work shortly after mid-| night. } | | The strike, during which Arab |and Jewish workers joined forces, had brought to a virtual stand- still the country’s postal, tele- phone and cable services, and par- +alyzed rail and shipping service. I night at 7 o'clock, the night before The Civil Service workers, ap- the Primary election, according to| an announcement made today. i 7 s BUYS JUNEAU HOME George Fournier has purchased the former homeé of Mr. and Mrs. Albert White, 621 East Street, a five room home with full lot and marine i%:w, furnished. The trans- action was handled through Mur- phy and Murphy. largely seasonal. i Union Must Act “I have urged both cannery op~ erators and officials of union in | Seattle, Wendell Phillips and Pru- dencio Mori, to submit dispute to arbitration suspending picketing decision of arbitration. Cannery operators have agreed to arbitrate. Refusal of the union to submit this matter to arbitration. (Continucd on Page E!ght)