The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 8, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” E.OL. LXVIL, NO. 10,265 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLD WITHOUT WAR NEIT §-POWER COUNCIL BREAKS /ALLIES FAIL ON POLICIES i Powers Playing Off Against Each Other Treaties to 21-Nation Peace Conference PARIS, Ma_\: 8. — Secretary of (| BERLIN, May 8—Gen Joseph T. State James F. Byrnes was said by | McNarney said today that Allied a British informant today to have|failure to achieve a common policy woposed shifting the burden of|on the treatment of Germany as a drafting® Europe's peace treaties Political unit has permitted G_er- from the four-power council to a man political and trade union 21-nation peace conference to meet, leaders to make political capital, in Paris, June 15. playing off one occupying power Nuisat Aufo - Wheels Are INGERMANY Criticised Pian ShiflinTBurden of Gen. McNarney Reports‘President Truman Wants Minimum Motor Li- cense Requirements WASHINGTON, May 8 —Presi- | dent Truman today criticized states { that permit the “insane, nuts and ! morons” to drive automobiles with- |out imposing minimum motor li- cense requirements. | Mr. Truman departed from his i prepared address before the High- GET BIDTO HIGHMANIN ATOMICTEST, OHIOVOTING Four States Hold Primaries Tuesday-Renomina- tions Recorded (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Nearly complete returns today I M zave Senator James W. Huffman some of the mysteries of the atomic victory over three opponents for bomb and its influence on tomor- the Democratic Senatorial nomin- 1owW's navy. lation in Tuesday’'s Ohio primaries, First port of call for the Mt. Mc- | including a CIO-PAC endorsed Kinley, amphibious command ship | candidate who finished third, of the atomic bomb expedition, was In the Alabama Democratic pri- "Operations Crossroads” Fleet Assembling for Bomb Trial | ABOARD USS MT. MOKINLEY, May 8.—This flz¢ship set out today om San Fraicisco to fathom i NFFE HEARS VETS BILL PRAISED BY MEMBERS OF BOARD | As guest speaker at the ;'egular !monthly luncheon-meeting of the | National Federation of Federal Em- ployees in Juneau, John Hellen- thal, Anchorage attorney, and mem. !ber of the Territorial Veterans' Board, spoke today on the new The informant said it was con-|against another. {way Safety Conference and stren- | ceded the Foreign Ministers of| The American military governor | urged all states to adopt Britain, Russia, France and the Pointed out this situation in his|minimum driving standards. | United States were unable to agree wmonthly report on occupation af-| 3 on the major points of the treaties, | fairs. McNarney also warned that| He said that when he was in the but a member of the American'tne German food crisis threatens Senate he studied the problem and delegation said the four ministers;to upset carefully laid plans in all|learned that more people were kill-| ed by automobile accidents than anchor, awaiting inspection before twg CIO-PAC choices Pearl Harbor, where virtually all mary, second testing ground of the Veterans' Bill and how it may work the 74 target ships were riding at|onjon group’s political influence, ' toward aiding ' economic stabiliza- led their tion in Alaska. they procecded to the bomb's bulls|fields and a third trailed. “We are all A 14T i familiar with the cye at Bikini. | With few exceptions, mwmbem‘l‘errltous problem of absentee Thirty-three ships, mainly "'3"5';Congremxm-n were renominaed in, °Wnership” the speaker began, “but norts, command ships, observer ves- would continue their sessions a[lyl\hascs of the Allied occur:\atlon. least into next week. i The U. S. Commander's report Details on the debate which fol- | sald that lowed Byrnes' proposal were lack- | been little progress toward the ing, but it was reported his three ' treatment of Germany as an econ- colleagues replied that they would!omic unit” He attributed this haye to consult their governments. | chiefly to French opposition, which V. M. Molotov, the Russian For_linslsts that there be prior consid- eign Minister, was reported to have said in a series of long speeches that he had hoped the drafts of treaties could be written before the 21 nations met, but he did not re- ject or accept Byrnes' proposal out- right. The present compromise form- ula for writing Europe's. peace treaties was decided in London last September. Theé Russians had then insisted upon. limiting the partici- to the big powers and the enem: belligerents. The British and Amer- icans had insisted upon inviting the. smaller allies. The compromise called for the big powers to pre- pare drafts which would be sub- mitted to a 2l-nation conference jeration of western boundaries. CAN'T AGREE ONSPLITTING i { i sion Deadlocked—Re- ported Adjourned KOREA AREA American-Soviet Commis- for discussion and suggestions, with the big powers having the final, SEQUL, May 8—A deadlocked Fay. { American-Soviet Commission has ! adjourned after the Russians balk- The skin of the yak beast of bur-'ed at a U. S. plan to abolish the den in Tibet, is so tough that line of demarcation splitting drivers use stones instead of whips Korea into two isclated zones of | s, ——— during all the wars back to the “in general there has|French-Indian hostilities. Then he ~dded: | “That's a startling fact. But more people have been permanent- .y injured in automobile accidents than in the two of the great wars.” LUMBER LANDED IN ALASKA FROM RUSSIA IN 1943 ransaclionms Kept Se- crel-New Railway Line Was Also Surveyed ! BEATTLE, May 8.— A wartime | survey for a railway line between | Prince George, B. C., and Teller, Alaska, which would make possible shipments to a port within sight of the Russian-Siberian coastline acress the Bering Strait, is !closed by the Seattle District U. 8. Army Engineers. The office also disclosed for the | T the four states voting—Ohio, Ala- sels and supply craft, awaited sail- pama, Indians and Florida. | ing dates in West Coast ports. At 5 ¥ 3 were 177 others. The final, full] _ % 2 3 a dress rehearsal, is scheduled for about June 25, when each of mE‘Ynung. Wity abbub BE. pRitER of Ohio’s precincts counted. Another opponent, former Rep. Stephen M.! |many of us are not fully cognizant lof the danger and prevalence of another problem daily threatening the basic economy of Alaska. That problem is the attitude of the ‘typi- cal Alaskan' who consciously or unconsciously is waiting to make bis stake’ and get out of the Terri- 42,000 men involved will play his 118,000 back came Marvin O. Har- part—iii the bomber, in instrument planes, in ships. k force officials say that the two prime purposes of the experi- ment are to “measure the bomb as bomb,” (its damage and nuclear efficiency) and to determine its ef- fect on ships. The experiment al- so will include tests against the cquipment used by land armies— tanks, ordnance, supplies. rison, attorney supported by the CIO-PAC. Edward A. Huth was a aistant fourth, Huffman's rival in the November election will be former Governor John W. Bricker, Republican vice presidential nominee in 1944, who was unoppesed for his party’s Sen- ate nomination, In the other Senatorial primary— Flopida’s—former Governor Spes- .Sardfg.. Holland. polled a majority overs the combined vote for three oppenénts' and won the Democratic nomination, assuring him of elec- fion in the Fall He will succeed Senator Charles 0. Andrews, retiring because of ill health. ' | i ! INVITED TO TEST WASHEINGTON, May 8. — The United States put an end today to a lot of speculation about “opera- uen crossroads” by inviting 11 na- tions to send official representa- tives and news correspondents to the coming atomic bomb tests in tory.” Hellenthal said this attitude was particularly apparent in the Third and Fourth districts of the Terri- tory. Many worthwhile projects have becen abandoned or scuttled because of this attitude, he said. Civic improvement enterprises have failed, cities have refused to build schools or pave roads because of- ten in the minds of so-called city fathers is the desire to pile up money rather, than develop the Territory. In some cases, the speaker suid, these men are not even aware of harboring this vicious attitude. They send their children to Territorial schools and take part in civic af- fairs, but when. financial assistance is required displdy a tight-fisted re- ihe Pacific. Holland had a two to one lead dis- | over. former Rep. Lex Green, who ran second. A SR CONFIDENCE IN PABESES ST S "VICTORY GARDEN" " PLOTS AVAILABLE sistance to any long-range develop- ment plan for Alaska. Loan Is Strong Weapon There is a strong weapon for com- batting this insidious attitude in the $3,500,000 fund turned over to (the jurisdiction of the Territorial AGAIN THIS YEAR to spur on the animal. S eee e Wa.shington erry- E‘E -Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON—Today, one year from the dav Germany surrendered, i it:may be appropriate to take stock ! political parties which had “active-| iv opposed the Moscow decision”! 'under which a five-year US.-Soviet of the things we should have learn- | edfrom Hitler, but haven't. Most students of the war will agree that if Hitler had been satis- fied after arcquiring.the two Ger-; man-speaking areas of the Rhine-{ land and Austria, he could have es- caped a war and might today be pelitically and economically dom- inating Europe. But his greed, his lust for territory carried him too far and proved his undoing. Likewise, had Hitler been more telerant toward religion, had he not pillaged Jewish shops, and wag- ed unmerciful war against this one religious gronp, he might not have aroused the rest of the world against him. ‘Today, in the US.A, we have to some extent become contamin- ated by th> disease of the van- quished, greed, the fatal mistake of Hitler, has insiduously crept in- to: American life. You see it on Capitol Hill where certain Séna- tors use their privileged ~position to« speculate . on - the commodity market. You see it among the hordes of business lobbyists who throng the Capitol demanding this or that concession for their group. And you see it among black mar- keteers and anufacturers who withhold their products hoping to ruin OPA. : Finally, you see it among certain labor leaders, who regardless of public interest, are determined to sgueeze out the very last penny, even if in coing so they paralyze their country. (If the shoe fits,!| Jehn L. Lewis, put it on.) KKK RIDES AGAIN Intolerance, the other great mis- take of Hitler, also "has increased to a shockinz degrée. Witness, for instance, the Ku Klux Klan. Dis- credited, and with its leaders 1n‘ (Continued on Page Four) ! occupation, it was announced offi- icially tonight. i A special press release said the ‘ Commission had adjourned Monday “sine die"—which means without i —but it was not immediately clear whether negotiations had collapsed t completely. The impasse developed, the re- {lease said, when the “Soviet dele- gation made it clear it was not prepared ‘to consult” with Korean trusteeship for Korea was project- ed. first time that the Army purchased 117,686,252 board measure feet of “Victory Garden” plots \n the Veterans' Board for loans to Alas- kan veterans H.ellenthal said. BRITISH LABOR setting a new date for assembling It was reported ‘without confir-, | .umber from Russin in 1943, It was | City Property and the adjoining unloaded at Seward, Cold Bay and Surridge property at Morris Point Adak, Alaska. % ,are again available for use this The report sald “this entire Summer, Mayor Waino Hendrickson transaction and delivery wasguard- | ":s announced, adding the hope ed with the greatest secrecy, since! (38t all who can will make use of Russia was not at,war with Japan, | these plots. and Russian vessels had to pass’ The request has been made that ! through Japanese watefs to make dn¥one who has previously signe_d delivery at a time when Russia was'UP to use the space, but who will holding Germany irl Eastern Eur-|not be able to do so this summer, cpe with- great difficulty.” j wiease notify the City Hall, in or- Previcusly, reports have been!der that ground may be assigned to made on the survey of the 1,440!0ther applicants. Those who have ! miles between Prince \Géorge and|'@d gardens in previous years, and | Fairbanks, Alaska, but. the engin- | ntend to use the ground this sum- eers said this was the first “an- mer, are asked to go ahead with their gardening. REGIME GIVEN ‘Government Gets Vote of‘ 321 to 158 in House of Commons | LONDON, May 8.—Britain’s Labor |government, accused by Winston Churchill of presiding at the de- struction of the British Empire, ,won a vote of confidence, 327 to 158, from the House of Commons last /living standards. /have a chance and @ 'reason for mation that' the Russians were | ouncement on the 730-mile sur- Inight after heated debate on a With this money, handed out not as a grant but as a definite loan, Alaskans may establish perman- ent. businessés, build homes, and foster their education. Previously, many young men left the Territory because of the lack of wide-spread development in transportation, con- veniences, and facilities for the best Now they will helping to sponsor the growth of the Territory. The speaker said the Board plans Lo operatein the initiative rather than in a stand-by capacity. Vet- erans whose proposed business plans a1e not sound will be advised, possi- bly steered toward a business idea miffed at a reported recommenda- tion by Herbert Hoover that food be imported from the Russian zone !of northern Korea to the Ameri- | can occupation zone in the south. MANTHEY ELECTED 10 HEAD JUNEAU CONTRACTORS ASSN. { W. J. Manthey was Yast night | elected president of the Juneau ! Contractors’ and Employers’ Asso- iclatlon, succeeding James Larsen. i i i suing years are as follows; first ‘.vxce-president. Hans Berg; second | vice-president, Ken McLeod; secre- | jtary, Cliff Berg, and i James Larsen. i The next regular meetihg is ! scheduled to be held Tuesday night, ! (June 4. | - e ELLIS AIR FLIES | Elis Air Transport today flew i six passengers from Ketchikan; R. »B. Clifton from Wrangell; | thur Hedges, Mrs. R. Stewart, E. | Gillenwater and A. Miller to Ketch- | ikan. Yesterday Ellis flew the follow- iing from Ketchikan: George Kar- !anen, Joseph Cutler, Claude M. Osensby, Howard J. Johnson, Ro- ébert Wright. - ,,——— Handball was introduced into the 1840. Other officers elected for the en-| treasurer, | W.! | Crosby to Pstersburg; A. Edde, Ar-| A. Olson and Mrs. Kelly| | vey from Fairbanks to Teller. | Plams for the railway proposed construction of a large port at Tel- {ser for the transshipment of goods across the Strait to an extension of the trans-Siberian raflway. Between Oct. 31, 1942 and March id1, 1943, Col. James Truitt, now with .the engineering staff of ili:lght.h Army Headquarters in Ja- pan, conducted the survey in bitter | winter weather. Temperatures sag- jged to 60 degrees below zero, the !survey party reported. | The plans were dropped, the re- | port said, when the Japanese aban- i and American strategy changed. Colonel Truitt estimated the 730- months at a cost of about $120,000,~ | 600. President, with ""Business as Usual,” Observes Birthday | dent Truman observed his 62nd birthday today by posting a “busi- ness as usual” notice at the White House. Mr. Truman hadn’t been told about it. Neither had White House offi- cials. Secretary Charles G. Ross said Mr. Truman told him it would be “like any other day, only more so,” and that if there wag to be a birth- from him. Any plots left unused at the end jgovernment proposal to withdiaw | doned -the fight for the Aleutians, ! mile link could be buflt in 13 or 14 WASHINGTON, May 8.—Presi-! If the family planned any party, | jof the next two weeks will be as- )] British forces from Egyptian signed to new applicants, who may Territory. ¢ | leave their names with Fred Gees-, The vyote, culminating an argu- ! 1if of the Alaska Native Service. A ment which marked the conserva- | checkup of the plots will be made tive party minority’s first open iin about two weeks, the announce- split with the Labor majority on | ment said, when all unused space foreign policy, came after Her- { will be considered “open” for others pert Morrison, Laborite floor lead- | who desire to grow a garden. , declared that the alternative to However, in order that all gar- pulling the British military estab-! Jdeners may get as early a start as lishment out of Egypt was “almost| possible, immediate notice of certain disturbance, riot nnd'pcv-i “availability” from gardeners who |sibly even revolution.” “re releasing the space previously Prime Minister Attlee earlier had used will be greatly appreciated. 'described the proposal as the best, = means “to calm rising Egyptian na-' tionalism” as he rose to defend the government policy against Conser- vative attacks, including an accus-| ation from Ian. Fraser that the | . Two Appoiniees . lfl AIflSka leen \government was' beginning “to un-| {button the British Empire.” { Senale Approval | | 'BOYS T0 GET DETAILS " OFSOAPBOXDERBY AT | MEET TOMORROW EVE | | 1 i | WASHINGTON, May 8. — The | Senate has confirmed Raymond E. | Plummer for ' United States’ At- |torney, Division No, 3, Alaska. He succeeds Noel K. Wennblom. The Senatq has also approved the reappointment of Benjamin B. | Mozee as United States Marshal, All boys from 9 years of age Division No. 2, District” of Alaska. tbrough 15, as well as all interested i ————— adults are urged to be present at { HEDLEY TRANSFERRED the meeting tomorrow night a 7:30 ! e 'o'clock, to discuss all details of the Fred Hedlcy, Fishery Agent with Soapbox Derby to be held here, the Fish and Wildlife Service, in probably in July, Juneau since last November, has' The High School Shop is being been transferred to Ketchikan, the used as a meeting place. Juneau's Juneau office announced today. |Soapbox Derby officials, Don Skuse! more in keeping with their capaci- ties and chance for profit. M:2n who are not sufficiently trained to take over busipess ventures for which they request loans will be ad- vised to study for a few years, or perhaps enter an apprenticeship for a time. Permanence Necessary It is only with a solid network of permanent residents who have sound businesses coupled with sin- cere interest in the development of the Territory that Alaska can ever reach its economic destiny,” the speaker said in closing. During the business meeting, a tentative draft prepared by the Bureau of the Budgét and the Civil Service Commission ih Washington, . C., on a report dealing with pay differentlals and related com- rensation matters affecting Feder- ul personnel employed outside the continental United States, was read and discussed briefly. It was voted to have the draft, together with a letter from Delegate Bartlett ap- proving the bulk of thé measure, and the report itself mimograph- ed and distributed to all heads of Federal offices in Juneau. D. Wayne Stephenson, a clerk in the Agricultural rtment, U. 8. Forest Service, s introduced as a new member. pallerioig e TEHRAN—The 3wplper Armk Milli reported today an outbreak of :‘ghting between the Iranian army and Kurdish tribesmen r Kurdis- tan and said Sau-Jbulagh, capital ingfon, ! ' WASHINGTON, May 8.-—Sale of liquor to Indians in Alaska drew sharp criticism during hearings on . the Interior Department appropria- tion bill which was introduced in, the House yesterday. Chairman Johnson (D-Okla) of! the subcommittee handling the bill' (said when his subcommittee visited ! Alaska last summer “We found one of the worst conditions which | existed there was apparently un- restricted sale of liquor to the na-, tives."” 5 The record of the hearings was made public today. H “It is the most damnable situa-! tion, to my mind, and is inexcus- | able and is a thring that ought not ke countenanced in any civilized country,” Johnson exclaimed. “What are you coing about it, if any- thing?" Don C. Foster, General Superin- tendent of the Native Service in Alaska, said it would take strong- er language than Johnson used to cescrite the situation. He said the Federal District Courts, which issue licenses to sell liquor, had been asked to refuse licenses to traders who sold liquor to natives. ! Johnson said he was told that one ‘“religious” store owner would not permit smoking in his presents, sell “hard”’ liquor to natives and “gets them drupk and is getting rich off the poor helpless, ignor- ant natives.” Commissioner Brophy of the In- dian Bureau told the committee it was not unlawful to sell liquor to natives in--Alaska. He.said a bill ‘oW is before Congress to outlaw ' B 125, Fester told the committee when an agent of the government sought to have the Federal courts refuse licenses to certain traders the trad- ers got the natives to sign petitions demanding removal of the agent threatening to keep their children out of school unle.s this was done. The agent was the village school teacher. He said the natives were informed they would be prosecuted if they failed to send their children to school. Foster sald liquor was then bootlegged. Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said the legislature had defeated a bill to limit sale of 'liquor to natives and it was defeated principally by the natives. He said the natives argued the legislature would de- prive them of their rights. Bart- lett said he believed the Federal judges should not issue liquor li- censes, that such licenses should ke irsued by a 'Territorial Board. OVER 800,000 IDLE ASRESULT (OAL STRIK Here Is Picture Following Tie-up~Ford Mofor Co. Also fo Suspend (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) 1 1 | The 38-day-old bituminous coal strike shaped up like this today: Idle: More than 800,000, includ- ing 418,000 idle soft coal miners. | Miners: AFL-UMW wage "policy committee backed up John Lewis’ demands for a health and welfare fund and other concessions. Automobiles: Ford Motor Co. to' suspend virutally all operations to- night, affecting 106,000 workers. Railroads: The Nation's railroads, | readying for freight embargo and reduction in passenger service or-, dered by government, drastically slash train schedules. ' Association | of American Railroads reports about 51,000 railroad men laid off, 250,000 others in raflroad-serviced industries. Utilities: Civillan Production Ad- ministration sets up an emergency office to keep vital utilities going. Steel: At least 50,000 men now idle with the U. 8. Steel Corp. re- porting 39,000 in Pittsburgh and Chicago district plants. - / H PRICE TEN CENTS = HER NO PEACE 11 NATIONS HUFFMAN IS (Sale of Liquor fo Alaska Indians Sharply Crificised ~ MHearing in Wash V-E DAY I§ OBSERVED ON ANNIVERSARY Estimates of Conditions Set Forth -~ One Major Problem_Agreed WASHINGTON, May 8—The world observed the first anniversary of victory in Europe today without war anywhere—but also without peace. In fact, the best estimate of dip- lomatic authorities here is it may be several years before real con- ditions of peace ave restored among nations. The prospects even for this, they say, have been darkened by the evident failure of the For- cign Minsters Conference in Paris to make progress on European peace settlements. ‘The situation in Europe is mateh- ed in Asia by the dispute between the Chinese Communists and Central Government; and in the Middle East by the tension over the war-torn Palestine erisis revolv- ing around proposals for the ad- mittance of 100,000 Jewish refugics to the Holy Land. World Condition Estimates of the condition “In which the wotld winds itself on to- day's V-E anniversary leave little doubt that the Allied Powers have made considérable progress . toward organizing machinéty to- peace once they establish it But it is the process of estal the peace, the prodents ‘the t '0! E A l_‘,' u,é“'. Britain, Rusia and France ¢ able to find a common denomitia- tor of agreément at the moment Is the one présented by the Franco government' h Spain. Theéy don't like Franco. i But in thé major political dis- putes concerning Russla’s rights in the Balkans, the future of -Gore many, British domination in the Mediterrane: n these there is no basic agr it, and officials herc kold little hope of early sottld- ments. WASHINGTON, May 8.—Prest- dent Truman sald today that a year after V-E Day the opportun- ities “to bulld a just, secure and peaceful world are still with us.” The men and women whose sac- rifices made vietory possible, Mr. Truman said in a statement on the first anniversary of Germany’s sur- irender, “Gave us not justice, but itke opportunity to achieve it, not ,security, but the opportunity to win it, not peace, but the opportunity to make it.” C. C. MEETING 10 BE 600D ONE THURSDAY Members of the Territorial Veter- ans’ Board, now meeting in Ju- neau for their first session, will be special guests tomorrow noon at the regular luncheon-mesting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. Robert Ellls, chairman of the Board, and a representative from the First Division, will speak brief- | i I | |ly on the general organizational work completed by the Board at this time. Mr. Ellis will be accom- panied to the metieng by his wife. As a special feature on ‘pro- gram memters of the High School Band under the direction of Joe Shofner will be present. Members of the Chamber will discuss in detall the propesed bill for the extinguishment of rights of aboriginal inhabitants and their successors, In charge of thg program is Har- old Foss, chairman; Hunt Gruen- ing and Dr. Willam Whitehead. p Fis B STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 8. Closing quotation of Alasks Juneau mine stock today is . Alleghany Cor- poration 6%, American Can 93%, Anaconda 16', Commonwealh and Southern 4%, " Curtiss-Wright 7%, International Harvester 92':, Ken- necott 561, New York Central 25, Northern Pacific 30, United Corpor- ation 5%, U. 8. Steel 83%, Pound $4.08%. Hedley, Fishery, Agent in Cook and' Dr. Wm. Whitehead have all|f Ghazi Mohammed's “Irndepend- Inlet during 1944 and 1945, will |the.rule books, regulations, etc., and|¢nt Kurdish Republic,” had been : United States from Ireland aboutjday cake it was being kept secret serve in the same capacity at a packed house is expected tomor- pombed, “Heavy ~casualties” were Ketchikan, row night. reported at the city. In the past school year, American Sales today Were 1,210,000 shares. Junior Red Cross members fill-! Dow, Jones averages today are ed 830,000 gife boxes for children as follows: industrials 204.17, rails overseas. 63.57, utilties 4272,