The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1946, Page 1

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LXVL, NO. 10,258 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1946 = ————— PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LOT DISCOVERED TO KILL MACARTHUR SLOWVOTE Turn Heat On HITLER PACT MENACE OF Cannery Workers' Strike PEACE PACT 1S PROPOSED Permanent German Dis-| armament s Planned- | AlertKepton Japan | PARIS, April * 30.—A United States foreign policy, ing American military might keep the peace in Germany for at|poliing places in Juneau and with |mestic food situation and halting military alliance least a quarter of a century, emerg- ed today in the form of a proposal IS POLLED INPRIMARY Vote at 3 oClock This Double AimrgAnnouncedjSoviet Press Publishes Afternoon, 317 Demo- crats, 145 Republicans At 3 o'clock this afternoon only long-term 317 Demccrats and 145 Republicans | government turned more heat on pPress A pledg- | had cast their ballots in today's the black market today with the copies of documents which it said to| Territorial primary at the three' double aim of improving the do- confirmed the signing of a secret favorable weather that should cause a large vote. SPAIN T0 " BEPROBED _ ‘Subcommittee of UNSC Be- | Documents Confirming | gins Investigation in | Secet Alliance | Secret Move " BlackMarket = WITH SPAIN - InFood Fight IS REVEALED | by Government-De- velopments Made WASHINGTON, April 30. | MOSCOW, April 30.—The Soviet NEW YORK, April 30.—The first published today photostatic|investigating subcommittee of the | United*Nations Security Council be- gan compiling evidence in secrecy Hitler today to determine whether Franco Spain menaces the peac: as charg- ied by Poland. i — The Letween the divrrsion of famine relief sup-|and Franco Spain in Madrid on | plies for overseas. February 12, 1943. AMMUNITION 'BLOWS UP AT - JERSEY PIER . S S D'estroyer Escort i 1 Negotiations ending the present cannery workers' strike are expect-| ed to be concluded satisfactorily by night fall, according to advices received up to noon today at Gov.| Gruening's office A wire this’ morning from Fed-* eral Conciliator A. L. Peterson at, Ketchikan, and addressed to the Governor, read as follows: “Salmon Industry accepted proposal last night. Union will vote on ac- ceptance today.” Just before noon, Gov. Gruening talked with Peterson over the radio- | phone concerning the situation and; was assured that “apparently the U.5. GENERAL ~ May Come fo End Tonight; | 1S MARKED ~ Proposals Acceptled, Report FOR DEATH Commander Slated for As- sassination on May Day in Tokyo TOKYO, April 30.—General Mac- Arthyr was marked for assassina- tion May Day — tomorrow — with hand grenades and pistols “some time during Communistic demons- trations” near his headquarters, his office announced today. American authorities learned 0] the assassination plot through one by U. S. Secretary of Stats James| The vote at 3 o'clock was as fol-| The ' Justice Department an- |, The Russian news agency, Tass,| I the first phase of an inquiry F. Byrnes for a four-power mutual| lows: | nounced the start of a “vigorous said the documents were discovered | authorized yesterday by a resolu- assistance pact. Precinct No, 1-—116 Democrats; | crackdown” on income tax evaders'by Red Army intelligence officers tion stamping the council's “un- The hitherto secret United States| 70 Republicans, voting slow. I'suspected of reaping huge black}in the archives of the German animous moral condemnation” on proposal, which would combine the! Precinct No. 2—109 Democrats; | market profits. military forces of the Unned" 48 Republicans, voting slow. The broad food picture was States, Russia, Britain and France| Precinct No. 3—92 Dgmocrats; 27 marked by these developments: to assure a permanent German! Republicans, voting slow. 1.—The Agriculture Department disarmament, was made public by[ The polls close tonight at 7, reported that it will take five years Byrnes at a press conference last| o’clock. Qualifications are resident | to restore European food production night following a five-hour session|of Territory for one year and pre- |to pre-war levels. of the foreign ministers’ confer-|cinct in which vote is cast, 30 days.| 2—Another agriculture report ence. | No previous registration is requir-'placed the nation’s April corn sup- Another Alert ed. ply stocks 19 percent under last The Secretary of State also dis-) At 3 o'cleck on the afternoon of | year's figures. closed he had drafted a similar pact| April 25, 1944, the last Territorial| 3.—Secretary Anderson warned to keep United States and other| Allied forces on the alert against a revival of militarism in Japan, but declined to reveal details of this; proposal. | Byrnes says Premier Stalin had| supported the idea for the four-| power treaty on Germany when the | two discussed the matter in Mos-| cow last Christmas. However, Mo-| lotov, Russian Foreign Minister, yes- 1| . terday Opposed placing the ‘matter ~oh the' conference agenda in con- nection with general' disgussions| on Germany. | France and Britain have accepted the proposal in principle, Byrnes. said, and Russia has expressed willingness to discuss it. although without setting a definite time.! Donald J. O'Connor, Price Exe- | i | cutive for Office of Price Admin-; May Go On Agenda istration’s Ninth Region (which in- Whether the treaty draft will be o jyges ataska and all other U. S. Primary, the fcllowing was the vote that food shortages here may con- at the Juneau precinct; tinue into 1948 and asserted in a No. 1—288 Democral 65 Re- speech that further food sacrifices publicans. | will be sought from the people. No 2—143 D=mocrats; 14 Republi-| 4.—Latest government statistics cans. disclosed that the general level of No. 3—120 Democrats; 23 Repub- | farm product prices soared this licans. month to their highest mark since - e jor advances in prices for meat an- m o’(m . ‘imals, fruits wmu_v“ IS IN JUNEAU |DAYLIGHT SAVING ON RATE CASE ON PACIFIC COAST NOT DECIDED YET ,July 1920. The lift came from ma- | P , Solar Demolished ,foreign ministry during the battle | the Franco regii the subcommit- | | in Explosion for Berlin. |tee disclosed it was committed to, s The Moscow radio broadcast full keep certain submitted documents EARLE, N. J., April 30.—The des- details, including texts. | confidential |troyer escort U. S. 8. Solar was The broadcast said the docu- The subcommittee called first for yirtually demolished today by three ments showed that when General- data on Spain now in the hands explosions which destroyed an am- issimo Francisco Franco formulat- of the various United Natidns. This munition warehouse and blew ed the alliance with Hitler he “un-'will be supplemented -by other evi-‘huge gaping hole in an Earle naval dertook at the appropriate moment'dence, including that of §panbh depot loading pier on lower ‘New to come out against the Allied Republican leaders exiled in Paris.' york Bay. armies.” | Very Confidential | A Navy spokesman here said one These documents show, the broad-, The investigators did not disclos? pfficer and seven enlisted men cast said, “That Hitler's accom- the sources of documents on Spain'wcre reported missing, but there plice, Franco, not only in fact as- which are classed as too confiden- are no known dead. The spokes- sisted Higlerite Germany in the tial to be aired in public now, man estimated 80 were injured, war against the Allies, but on Feb.'and ‘there was no indication that most of them suffering minor burns, 12, 1943, formulated de jure his Spain herself would offer any in- put explained the casualty list was military alliance with Hitler and formation. Inot complete. % undertook at the appropriate mo- ~As it began its inquiries, how- The Solar, which was described ment to come out against the Allied ever, the subcommittee was con-as a ‘“complete loss,” was taking |armies.” fronted with the probability that water late this afternoon and list- The broadeast followed by only new evidence would be fed to it ing, but was buoyed up partially by a few hours a decision by the Uni- from b;th Russia and the Spanish paiters. ted Nations Security Council, with Rejéileans. 3 & sailors, Jepped- Russia’s delegate abstaining, te as-| The exiled Spanish Republicans, w:?rh:.i,.n'n;em; hlngm sign to a subcommittes the investi- who are represented here by tWoO' were reseved. A railroad car, load- ‘galion of Poland’s charges that observers — Fernando de Los Ri0S eq with ammunition, was blown up: |Spain is a threat to world peace. jand Jose Antonio Aguirre — indi-| Resultant fire.on the ship and | > cated that Prime Minister Joe Gi- pier was extinguished after an lany moment with new information. was being unloaded. A The Third Naval District head- {quarters in New York sald most Fa- | Dersonnel got clear after an ini- Just An Insult MADRID, April 30—The A + ESPIONAGE LAWS strike will be settled by tonight.”{of the participants whom Hideo | Confident that the Union would|Tokayama, the accused Lut unap- vote favorably on the issue, Pet-!prehended leader, attempted to erson planned to leave Ketchikan ' poison, said Brig. Gen. F. Baker, this afternoon Ly plane for Seattle.| MacArthur's public relations offi- — . G cer, The Japanese government offi- .cla.lly presented its apologies at i MacArthur’s office as reports of “HAVE APPARENT 257230, "l through Tokyo—stirred Japaneése WEAKNESS, CLAIM 5. . o e 1 cies. ] | Kyuchi al secrefary —— of the Communist party, quickly WASHINGTON, April 30.—Sena-|said the Communists weren't in- tor Eastland (D-Miss) said today!volved and added “We have abso- there is an “apparent weakness” lnllutely no reason to do away with espionage laws whereby foreign gov- ! General MacArthur,” ernments can obtain information onI THOSE INVOLVED secret United States instruments of | 7T'okayama, jormer Kempeitas war. He made that statement to| (thought police) officer who later reporters after the first meet| o(lbnoame a Kamikage (suicide) pilot, |a senate judiciary _subeo: tee | was grenadi 7 i assistance’ .Con ing & Lill te. bit tronfc equipment to foreigners. arrangements | Eastland said the situation ap-|in a plot to kil MacA: head- peared to be such that foreign, quarters stutement added, and had governments by purchasing “de-iaccumulated 140,000 sen ($9,333) for |classified” (non-secret) parts and,the purpose. combining them through “industrial| “At one time in his negottations know-how” can make "clmmod"‘llu: attempted to kill, by putting (sseret) apparatus. | poison in his coffee, one cf the plot- The Senate judiciary subcommit-|ters becalise he felt this man tee decided to bar the public and’would fafl,” the announcement said. 'reporters from its initial hearing “Fortunately, the poison was not placed on the agenda remained un- me irovies). today sai | s), y said OPA will settled when Byrnes asked for ad- o.ommond’ freight rate increases| ral of the exile regime was e€X- hour's battle. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) IS B u l l E D The question of whether daylight | pected to arrive here from Paris &t The ship blew up as ammunition saving time shall be inaugurated ! lange newspaper Arriba asserted to day that the United Nations' Secur- |tial blast, which was moderate. isecond explosion, the Naval Dis- 'today on a proposal to prohibit nlu'lmmedldalfi fatal. He was taken journment of the confercnce last | amounting to only a small fraction'in the Pacific Northwest is still| was of major ©f American-made radar and elec- | by the Japanese police to an Ameri- tronic equipment to foreigners . incn hospital, where through €xper- night. of those demanded by the steam- pretty much undecided this morn- ity Council decision to investigate trict spckesman said, Spain was “an insult we shall for- | violence and demolisked a lighter get with difficulty.” lacross the pler which extends out |2 1-2 miles into the bay. { PR ek A MOREMINERS CARRIER TASK r' C= | c,&';’,,;’;°‘;‘;‘“;‘°§‘;‘,§;§i,g,"";‘;" fhe|ship companies when rate hearings | ing. Governor Snell said in Port- | withdrawal of Allied occupational! Té9PeR in Washington, D. C., May ‘'and last night that he is con-| forces from the Reich, and pro-jzz" {vinced after talking with Governor vides for four-power st;pervlsjpn of OConuor, economist associated | Wallgren of Washington that if, VIENNA, April 30—~Two Russian Germany for at least 25 years B'_!wizh the Juneau OPA office trom;cgmumm and Washington move |fighters buzzed the personal plane’ ter the end of the present Occu_\.‘\prfl, 1943, until January, 1946, the clock aheed an hour, Oregon of Gen. Mark W. Clark today as ————— The subcommittee took up the icnced assistance he was revived | bill amid reports that Russia was and detailed parts of the plot.” }mtere.sud in buying such equip-| $ PLOT UNCOVERED | ment. e The headquarters announcement sald: “A plot has been uncovered to i D | i ! pation. | Byrnes' suggestion wculd insure’ that German armed forces are! “completely disarmed, demobilized | &nd disbanded;” that such organi-| zations as the storm troopers and| gestapo are wiped out, and that no! military equipment or cxplos!ves! are manufactured. when he received a promotion and transfer to Washington, D. C., ar- rived Sunday on official business and wiil leave at the end of the week. Hiz wife and two sons, who | bave lived in Juneau since O'Con-|that he'il confer again with Sneil Yolving Scviet fighters and Ameri- ner’s trensfer, will follow him to the States in another week to take up residence in Syracuse, N. Y, | pending an apartment vacancy in| the Capitol City. OPA will present the following SALVATION ARMY should follow suit. He declared that it was being flown from Vienna to i assassinate the Supreme Command- he and Wallgren agree that day-Linz by Brig. Gen. Ralph A. Snave-, | | ver of the Allled Powers as an in- cident to the Communist parad:: and mass meeting scheduled for May 1. The leader of the plot is {Hideo Tokayama, who has not yot {been apprehended. = Qther known tplotters are still at large, but ars i light saving should be adopted on|ly, commander of the USF.A. Alr 2 coastwise basis, if av all. Division. | In Yakima, This was the third incident in- Wallgren announces | Thursday before announcing a de-|°28 planes in 10 dags = = | OUT BY I.EWIS SEN 'I" Al ASKA’ IS SHORI OF GOA'- | cision for his state. . nn "__h" o B-17 Flying Fortress. Clark made | Ths Salvation Army Drive f°"]be1ng rounded up."” ; {his third protest against the Rus-| e funds to cover Salvationist work' ¢ Harry 1. T. Creswell, Mac- isian activities when he learned or'l vm:;“;gmfilnsx'ihg“;ifin in Juneau for the next fiscal Year arthurs chief of Givil Intelligence, today’s attack. LG P £ closed today approximately $800" adotion. ¥ pogy ey A speed ' ment he would call out 75,000 A 4 Asid, B s no i TO BE CALLED FORCE MAY BE " oRive o et SAN DIECO, Calif., April 30— U. 8. Fifth Fleet maneuvers along the Pacific Coast this year may 'Redin Trial Date peints at the new hearings, O'Con- | nor said: (1) Snow the effect of the pre- | isent and proposed rates on mei | cost of 1iving and conducting busi- | |ness in Alaska. | (2) Forecast the level of antici-| The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON both Democrats and Republicans— | ritory in 1946-47. (He said he be- Set for June 25, Judge Indicates, SEATTLE, April iruns toward the B-17 several times |but fired no shots such as marked ithe act involving two U. S. trans-, mands similar to those which have port planes previously. vahut down the soft coal mines. ireported the details as the plane ! bilization Board that anthracite | g ol 30.—Federal | continued its flight. WASHINGTON — Ten Senators— | Pated business activity in the Ter-|; 400 Lloyd Black notified counsel| The B-17 left the airport outside Friday, May 10, and ‘that notice of {today that on May 16, they might|vienna at 9:50 a. m. and it was| dispute was being transmitted “in The Russian fighters mad2 PennBREEOIE anttirasite minArkgd T short of its $4,600 goal. |tion as to Tokayama’s politics, In 130 days to back up contract de- include a cerrier task force to the | Aleutians for a summer cruisz prior to the major operation set for No- vember or December, Vice Adm. Frederick C. Sherman, fleet com- mander, said herg today. ‘The plans are cénditioned, how- ever, he told a news conferenc2, on the availability of ships and per- The radioman aboard the B-17, Lewis informed the Wage Sta- | contract negotiations would begin got together secretly the other day |lieves the strikes already Rave im-!.y et him to set 10 . m., June 25 about 25 minutes later when the order to protect our membership .connel. Fall maneuver plans call Brigadier C. O. Taylor said the year's budget, already stripped to) bare essentials would have to be! drafted and “the cloth cut uga\n‘ to fit even a smaller man.” He thanked all Juneau resmntsl for their contributions this year, and said he understood that the campaign came at an unsettled and trying time in the life of the |tact, no political party was men- tioned in connections” with case. " Creswell said an informant told headquarters of the plot five days ago. The informant related that five or six persons were involved. Creswell said he expected stories in the Japanese press about the plot would aid in the apprehensiot the to study that most sacred of all; paired the 1946 economy but that | under the terms of the War Labor ¢, amphibious invasion of Man-,Community. of Tokayama and the others. sacred cows—Senate rules. Behind: the business outlook for 1947 is their moeting was the conviction ! “Promising” with many new enter- age trial of Nicolal G. Redin, Rus-| slan naval lieutenant. He said he! as the time for starting the espion-|goviet planes approached. — e — | Disputes Act.” \terey, Calif., or S8an Clemente Is- | Simuitaneously, Paul W. Duller.'mm-r PRI VRS | Although there were more con-| \tributions this year, many of them| \were cut from 50 to. 75 percent in! Identification of Tokayama 'u. made by Col. Larry Bunker, Mac- Arthur’s assistant military cecre- that die-hard Dixie Democrats can | Prises to be expected here.) i block any measure they oppose via the filibuster, and that the major- | ity must rule if democracy is to! function in the USA. | The secret meeting “took place | after senators received a flood of letters both for and against the| attempt by Wayne Morse, Oregon Republican to secure passage of the ‘Anti-Poll Tax Bill "through unanimous consent of the_ Senate. (3) Estimate steamship traffic for 1946-47. (4) Call the Maritime Commis- sion’s attéention to the “remarkably expensive operation resulting from ! the purchase of ancient ships.” O'Connor pointed out that the con- sumer (traveller and importer) has to pay for service on the basis of the most expensively-maintained ships in the world. . Only Senators cu the floor' at ithey Ini conciusion OPA will recom- time Morse attempted this strategy were Morse himself and Republican | William Langer’ of North Dakota. Liberal Democrat Warren Mag- nuson o Seattle, Wash., was pre- siding. Had he immediately asked Senators if there was objection, there would have been none and the Anti-Poll Tax Bill would have! d. Morse had identified the| Wonlv by number, so Magnuson | did not at once recognize it. But, even if he had, probably he would have hesitated to pass a contro-! versial bill without debate. | He was rescued from this dilem-| ma by Scnator Ernest MacFarland, Arizona Democrat, who quickly came to the floor and objected. Since then, Senate mail has been " (Continued on Page Four) | mend “certain rate increases which in OPA's judgement will be leasi disturbing to the cost_of living and enterprise in Alaska; but none of the recommended increases. will have any serious effect on Alaska's 2conomy,” O’'Connor added. - He also stated that the $10,000,- 000 deficit claimed by the company “is so far away that OPA is unable to give it any serfous attention.” Working with O’Connor in Wash- ington are Price Specialist Flor- ence Kemp, also formerly associat- ed with the Juneau office, and Wallace Lind, recently transferred from the Anchorage office. Lind is OPA’s Alaska specialist,” O'Connor said. b8 ST ol N Papua is a name for the island of New Guinea, 3 H i B Dea'h Io" m ]specml government conciliator u-‘y/ as defense attorneys had indicated | signed to the soft coal negotiations, § jsize, the Brigadier said. b they would file some motions for| Eh(“o | announced his resignation (rom'uss P’ ,h h There are still a number of No extra guards were visible hearing May 15. ‘ l“lon n government service in proml! " nn‘ an 1"cml backs” to hear from, he said. b | around the MacArthur office to: The defense had asked for anj | August date and the District At-| !tcrney had wanted it set for the, !A few late contributions were ex- |pected to be received tomorrow. | — - Bikini Atom Bomb FIRE 15 SET IN | LOS ANGELES, April 30—The! A"(HORAGE jA'l. H | battleship Penngylvania, one-time' y | i first week in Jume. | - e, ¢ [to the Manila Bulletin says that| N Y R Y AR life." Herben Hoo'er Is [} 17 more persons have been killed: {in Central ‘Luzon. This raises to Flvi MEAI plANIS : !fragship of the U. 8, Fleet, steam- | \ |ed out of the harbor yesterday for wom" m“ ANCHORAGE, Alaska April 30.—! ed in' | s |28 the number slain in violence re-| Shang Iy 10 epm;sunmg from the Philippine elec-| nIv : K To ' i UR"ED BA( | her rendezvous with the atom bomb! On Food Situatiom bex 1o sueria supporiers o at Bikini Atoll. She was the firat | PASSAGE URGED { President Manuel Osmena and two! W“ERS BY Gov' [of six men o'war o leave this o " ! military police are said to have " for the atom. test, The fire department, quarter f ! | h the same building, squelched 2 WASHINGTON. April 30.—Pas- blaze set in a bunk in the women's'gao. of the ticelands bill was urgs . In the latest out-! 30—Herbert been slain in battles in two Cen-| | it Slo(‘ oum‘“o"s { section of the city jail yesterday. o4 by the Senate Judiciary com- ttion last week. WASHINGTON, April 30. — The govergment restored the plants of ithe five big meat packers to thel‘ NEW YORK, AfiHl 80.—Closing Fifty women prisoners had S¢S mittee yesterday as the “only way |owners today. | quotation of Al Juneau mine the fire as a protest against being (o set at rest permanently” a state- ————— — round-the-world study of food con- | . o ™ Alaska Juneau Mine . 3 i The facilities were seized Janu- | stock today is 9, Alleghany Corpor- confined in the lockup where &c- federal controversy over ownarship ary 26 when z strike of AFL and ation 6':, Américan 96%, Anaconda commcdations for only 15 inmates of submerged lands. Hoover is expected to spend four or five days in China and to visit Re " ‘o, '45 Made the capital—Narfking. ! po | CIO packing house workers threat- 48, Commonwealth and Southern were avoilable. Today the femininé The gommittee voted, 8 to 6, last The former United States Presi-| SAN FRANCISCO, April 30—Al- | ened serious curtailment of meat|4, Curtiss-Wright 7%, International populaticn of ihe bastille remains Tyesday, its approval of the house- dent immediately conferred today |aska Juneau Gold Mining Company supplies {Harvester 94%, Kennecott 60, New at 50. The bunk total has dropped passed bill. Its report, submitted with anthorities about the food|reports a $103,643 net loss for 1945, The White House announced all| York Central 26%, Northern Pacific lo 14. situation in China, which is facing | compayed with $280,180 loss for except five stockyards were turned'30':, United Corporation 5%, U. &' its worst famine in many years.| 1944. President C. A. Norris sai® back to Armour, Swift, Wilson, ' Steel 83%, Pound $4.03%. The bill would surrender to the fl!om‘er is expected to go to Japan|he coulds not predict when mining|Cudahy and Morrell, | Sales today were 1,000,000 shares.| states any federal claim to owner- - operations would be resumed, la- ——————— _Dow, Jones averages today are! A. W. Brindle of Ketchikan has ship of tidelands and lands be- bor and material shortages having! There are approximately 7,083'as follows: industrials 20677, rails arrived and is staying at .the Bar- neath navigable waters within State against the government's method of | s B apery . Off for Dafe with Fuller told reporters of his de- Reporfed at 28 |rision as he left the office of Sec-| | MANILA, April 30—A dispateh!rerary of Labor Schwellenbach. | day. The announccment stated “The Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers has agsin refused to ‘permlt any unusual precautions to ibe taken for the protection of his SHANGHAI, April |Hoover has arrived here by plane tral Luzon Provinces. |trom Manila—~ weary from his, - | ——————— {was made public yesterday. A. W. BRINDLE ARRIVES , and Kovea before returning to Washington to report to President Truman. changed little: islands in the Philippines. 64.17, utilities 4334, _anof. boundaries, including filled lands. - . % g : e Vs DA ’ ; . 3 » " e {by Chairman MeCarran (D-Nev), .