The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” . VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,266 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS PORT TIEUP —_— GOVT. MAY | TAKE OVER COAL MINES Railroads—May Also Be Seized If Strike Is Finally Called WASHINGTON, May 9.—Presi- Jdent Ttumain said today the coal| strike is slowly and gradually ap-) proaching the stage of a strike/ against the Government and that| various methods of coping with it ale under consideration. | Replying to a question, Mr. Tru- | man said that he is going into the matter now as to whether he has| authority to end the 39-day old coal strike without the consent of |* Jetin L. Lewis, President of 400,000 striking United Mine Workers. But, he said he did not favor lay- | ing aside the British loan in the| Senate to take up labor legislation. | Mr. Truman termed the British loan as just as important. | Nor would the President commit himself one way or another on a proposal by Senator Lucas (D-IIL) which would empower him to seize | plants to safeguard the public in- +erest and to take away seniority rights of striking workers. | But as to Government seizure of ctruck mines, Mr. Truman said only he will cross that bridge when he comes to it. The President also declared at| a news conference that he would javor seizure ‘of America's rail-| roads if that were necessary to Kkeep - them - running. There was no' amplification on the point. As My, Trmn“spfl‘!’.’g-l short ages cut deeper into jndustrial pro- | duction &nd prompted Government agencies tb take new steps to con- . serve fuel—including a dimout in the East and Midwest. (In Detroit, the General Motors ' end Chrysler Corporations an-! nounced the impending suspension | of their assembly lines as 2z result, of curtailed rail shipments.) “BURBANK ON PARADE,” annual May 17-19, marking the city’s 59th them are posed here on the wing Shooting Star. GEN. EISENHOWER Peacefime Army Pro- | gram Not Satisfactory NANKING, May 9. — General iisenhower flew into Nanking with- out fanfarc today and told a quick- ly-arranged press conference em- phatically he was dissatisfied with ‘he program for building a peace- ime U. S. Army. | “We need men and they must be provided. Men in the service must Inot serve an unduly long time. They must have replacements. E rloE ESK'MOS;Someming must be done to insure the accomplishment of this job.” . He invited the troops to turn { over their problems to his staff and isaid if they had any feeling that they should be going home, to speak to him personally because “I do not believe in running an imbersonal Army.” ” Hé promised that the troops in China would not be the forgotten men of the world” and would be helped with “every legal effort.” S e 0 GET WAR ZONE BONUS FOR 3 YRS. IN JAP PRISONS The seven natives, still afloat on the ice floe off Cheneliack, were sighted yesterday in the Norton Sound by an Army plane dispatch- ed from Anchorage. The plane dropped a raft and reported that| the natives had reached it safely. ! Later, in the day 'a rescue plane| with necessary life " rafts and| equipment, aboard was dispatched, from Elmendorf Fleld to the scene,! according te wires received at the! Governor's office late yesterday. | The Washington Herry i Go -Roundi SEATTLE, May 9.—The American' IMail Line will pay a war zone bonus amounting to $250,000 to 40 lecrew members of the freighter |Capillo. who went through _three ies expeosin; elmisines Uiy heeiyl el "years of internment after the the lol Whishi - Xave ship was sunk by Jap bombs in pe §: ehind “ghte 5 {Manila Harbor early in the war. S sOAptioL THIL) | Attorney John Ambler, company |representative of the company who WASHINGTON—Today a vote by | said 8! By DREW PEARSON (Note — Drew Pearson today o {made the announcement, the House of Representatives willly (", oo o carring though Fad- determine | whether the soscalled(,..) ‘nisinc Gourt here and the Nylon Lobby has been able to 994 Gircuit Court of Appsals in San its job. This is the lobby Of Ar-|py,nico; He said the latter court kansas, Oklahoma and Texas utility Idecided a special rider on the ship’s hig-wigs who l_m,ve been trying 'O[amcles provided for full payment block distribution, of Government |, regular war zone voyage bonus power in competition with p“"a‘eilhrough the years of ;memment“ power from ihe Norfolk and Deni-| Ay the crew members survived the ! son Dams on the Texas-OKIahoma |pombing, but three died in tk torder and in Arkansas. {camp before their liberation. i The name “Nylon Lobby" comes| gapt, Carl A, Lundquist of tke; from the fact that Ham Moscs,|steamship Delarof was one of the' President of Arkansas Power and!men who woke up today richer by Light, arrived in Washington with|something more than $5000 be- a promise of nylons for the Wives|cause of the bonus, but he repuned‘ of Arkansas Senators and Con- for work at the cannery ship as gressmen. Hcwever, a lot of other ysual. “But don't forgst were Mmteresting “public relations” ex- taking a trip with some of that! penses by this lobby have since been |money,” his wif2 said. “We've got uncovered, including the fact tha!}that coming.” | the Oklahoma Gas and Electric| ——————— Company paid club dues and enter-‘ FURS SHIPPED SOUTH ! tainment bills for its executives st! various Oklahoma golf clubs—all at the expense of the consumer. However, the most. effective lob- | Lying done in Congress for many years is by those two spokesmen (Continued on Page Four) Beaver furs amounting to $20,000 in value were on their way this morning from the Fish and Wild- life Office, where they had been sealed and checked, to the Seattle, ,flown by Pan American Airways, | Five Queens on Wing fsetival, this year will be observed anniversary. Scecres of the com- munity’s lovelies are entered in the May Queen contest and five of of a Lockheed P-80 jet-propelied Left to right they are: Shirlie Bright, Peggy Allison, Margaret Rotta, Joyce Keye sand Mary Lahlein. FOOD ALLOCATIONS “"Plea Before 48-Gov- ernment Eouncil WASHINGTON, May 9—UNRRA Director General Fiorello LaGuar- dia declared today that famine re- lief. focd allocations are “grossly inadequate,” and besought countries with available supplies: to help “prevent a catastrophe.” LaGuardia placed before the 48- government council of the Inter- national Relief Organization the results of his study and efforts cince the group. adjourned five weeks ago at Atlantic Qity. The situation outlined in his report ap- peared as bleak now as then. Even before the session opened, a council move was anticipated to pack LaGuardia in seeking a big- wer allocation from the combined focd beard, set up by Britain, Can- ada and the United States. LaGuardia declared in his report ‘hat UNRRA at present cannot learn “even a month ih advance what it can count upomi" This sit- nation places receiving, countries “in a hopeless position in attempt- ing to plan food rationing,” he added. SEVEN BOAT LOADS, THREE VARIETIES 0 FISH SOLD TODAY Seven boats arriving with heavy catches this morning were as fol- lows: { Andrew Gjerde’s Happy with 28,- €00 lbs. of halibut, bought by Alaska Coastal Fisheries. Gjerde is from Petersburg. Peter Oswald’s Tundra with 20,000 1bs. of halinut and sable fish, which also went to ACF. Emil Samuelsen’s Dixon, Ibs. halibui, ACF. Lester Weiss’ Mabel K, 9,000 lbs. halibut, ACF. Peter E. Johnson’s Merrimac, £,000 lbs. halibut, ACF. Johnson is {rom Angoon. 8 Walter E. Johnson's Flying Cloud, 5,000 1bs. halibut, ACF. W. E. John- eon is also an Angoon man. 14,000 Lynn Flescher’s Elsie, 8,000 lbs. cing salmon, sold to the Booth Fisheries. Icing up at the Juneau Cold Storage Co. Swenson's Mayflower, the Tennes- tee and the New Anny, belonging | and Jimmy Marks of Internaticnal Harvester 95, Kenne- to Willie Hconah respectively. — - '. NO COUNCIL MEETING There will be no' special meeting of the Juneau City Couneil tomor- ceipt_of the auditing report, were the Elsie, Gus| INDUSTRIAL PARALYSIS SPREADING {Truman Sa_ys—CoaI Strike Becoming Strike =1 THREATENED Four Sisters Wed in Quadruple Ceremony B e e — Against Govt. . (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) | The natlon’s economy strangled | under the ever-increasing squeezs' of the 39-day-old soft coal strike today as President Truman suld[ (the work stoppage cf 400,600 AFL( | United Mine Workers gradually was, approaching the stage of a strike against the governmeant. | Pressure mounted for governmen- | tal action to end the growing in- {dustrial chaos which already has| |sharply curtailed steel producu(m,i |rail and water transportation and itoday spread further into the giant ,automobile industry. As the Presideny announced that various metheds to cope with the| situation were being studied, Chry- sler and General Motors Corpora- tions disclosed the impending sus-; pension of production in their as- sembly plans as a result of the strike. General Motors said it would b2 forced to close its plants within; 10 days, affecting a total of 215,- 000 workers and raising to more than a million the number of work- REACHES NANKING INADEQUATE, SAYS :' i bzl 'WITHOUT FANFARE UNRRA DIR. GENERAL Tells Correspondents that LaGuardia Makes Another #e < Ford, third member of the automo- dustries either laid off or impending unemployment. The numter affected in Chry- sler plants was not announced im- mediately. G. M. and Chrysler facing thus join tive “Big Three" as coal casualties, for previously announced lay-offs of 110,000. Steam-powered railroads pushed efforts today to meet a midnight deadline on a sweeping freight em- bargo and a 25 percent slash in passenger service as coal stocks available to the government for |emergency distribution dropped to less than a half day's normal sup- ply. The critical fuel situation brought cn by the 39-day-old soft coal strike resulted in several govern- ment steps aimed at stretching ex- isting stockpiles. The Civilian Production Admin- istration called on electric compan- 'ies in coal-burning areas of more than a score of eastern and mid-!| ‘Westem states to ration power, |starting with a “brownout” and pro- gressing to a blackout of all but the most essential services. Steps were also in preparation for ra- {tioning manufactured gas. — . DEFENSIVE AREAS ARE ABOLISHED BY ORDER OF TRUMAN WASHINGTON, May 9.—Presi- {dent Truman today abolished nine Naval air space reservations and | defénsive sea areas, along with | twelve maritime control areas. All of them are in Pacific waters. ! Discontinued by an Executive Or- :dcr were: the Sitka and Subic Bay ,Naval Air Space Reservations and | the Subic Bay, Manila Bay, Los | Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, San | Diego, San Francisco, Columbia River entrance, and Strait of Juan {de Fuca-Puget Sound Defensive Sea areas. A preclamation declared these ‘mantime control areas no longer | necessary in the interest of Na- |tfonal defense; Hawaii, Cristobal, |Gulf of Panama, San Francisco, ;| Columbia River, Puget Sound, ]Snutheastem Alaska, Prince Wil- nam Sound, Kodiak, Unalaska, Los Angeles and San Diego. | STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 9. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 8%, Alleghany Cor- poration 6%, American Can 95, An- aconda 46%, Commonwealth and Bouthern 4'%, Curtiss-Wright 7%, | cott 56%, New York Central 24%, Northern Pacific 29%, United Cor- ooration 5%, U. 8. Steel 827%, | Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,070,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today ‘are 63.25, utilities 42.98. The tour Saieg sisters in Detroit were married in a qadruple ceremony they cut their wedding cakes with assistance from thoir respective grooms. 4 and Rosie; Lonis Snage and Dorothy; Mitchell Salhaney and Marie, and George Saieg (correct) and Helen, (AP Wirephoto) MANUEL ROXAS IN U. 5.; MAKES TRIP VIA ALASKA ROUTE President-Elect of Philip- pines Is Accompanied by Paul V McNutt MeCHORD FIELD, Wash., May 9. --President-elect Manuel Roxas of the Philipnines and High Commis- sioner Paul V. McNutt arrived here at 8:27 am, (PST) today, the first ‘ime that States soil since 1939. 4 Thay kreakfasted while their plane refuelled and prepared to resume their journey to Washing- ton within an hour. The C-45 ar- rived here from Tokyo via Adak. The party arrived here after 29 hours actual flying time since leav- ing Manila for Tokyo. Elapsed time was 33 fiours. Public Relations of- ficers said this was the first from Manila to Washington via Adak, and they believed the best elapsed time cn previous flights from Man- 1la to Washington by other routes was T2 hours. ' President-elect Roxas had no comment for interviewers here on General MacArthur's disclosure in Tokyo that when MacArthur and the late Philippine President, Man- tel Quezon, left the Philippines in 1942, Roxas “purposely was left be- "hind to conduct the matter of civil covernment and to further continu- cd resistance of the Filipino people.” In a statement issued by the Piblic Relations Office, Roxas con- furmed “unswerving loyalty and continued devotion to the United Srates.” MecNutt and Roxas were wearing khaki, rather light weight for the weather here. After posing for photographers, the President-elect told interview- “I have seen my own land for three years under the iron hand of the Japanese < conqueror. I have scen the American Army return under that gallant leader, General MacArthur, “Now I breathe the free air of the land which sprang to serve the Lerty-loving people of all nations. “This is the mother land of De- mocracy. In the Philippines, you will see a daughter ever grateful to its parent.” ROXAS 4:DED MacARTHUR TOKYO, May 9.-—-General Mac- Arthur discloses that Philippines President-elect Manuel Roxas act- ¢d as his contact man in the Phil- ippines during the Japanese occu- pation. Meeting Roxas, who is enroute to Washington with Paul McNutt, U. 5. Commissioner to the Philippines, ' 1t a midnight stopover, he refuted charges made during the recent Philippines election that Roxas was 2 collaborationist. As his agent in the Islands, Mac- Arthur said, Roxas “not only was instrumental in providing me with vital intelligence of the enemy, but cuerrilla movement.” Roxas had seen United’ From Balletfo Films | ON JUNE 15 7 MARITIME UNIONS PLAN BIG WALKOUT INational Shipping Strike i ‘Looms Unless Certain Agreements Made SAN FRANCISCO May 8. — A | paralyzing tieup of the Nation's coastal and Great Lakes ports June 15 was threatened today by Joint action of seven maritime un- lons. \ The unions yesterday voted to carry out this country's first Na- tional shipping strike unless agree- mert is reached with employers by that date. Higher wages and better working conditions were the issues which moved union delegates, in conven= . 5 tion here, to approve the 12:01 a.m.,, which included four cakes. Here June 15 deadline. The maritime un- Left to right: Farah Canansi }ions represent 161,000 workers. They have been demanding up to 30 per- !cent wage increases. The strike call, drafted by a 33- ! man committee of delegates from seven unions, charged: “The shipowners have adopted a vicious, arrogant and unyielding attitude to the modest demands of the maritime unions. It fs* their BOOSIED purpose to . repeat the scandal | which followed the last war by se- - o icuring the great merchant fleet at !little or no cost to themselves, and {to scrap a great part of the fleet, “ unemploymen ; ! causing mass .\ 4 in the New Move Designed io could. not Bo 1industry in their greedy seareh for - : Obfain More Supplies ;"’fi-ummm%‘ : i profits." i, for Overseas PORTLAND, Ore, May 9.—While jtive threat of & general shipping . strike hung over the Nation, work WASHINGTON, May 9.—At the'in lower Columbia River ports re- vick of new bulges in its “hold-the- ' Sumed today after settlement of an line” policy, the Government today | 11-day-old waterfront dispute. pasted higher prices for grain in! The CIO Supercargoes and Pt £ i i a fresh move to obtain more sup-|Checkers Union, idle since April 1 Following in the footsteps of Vera Zorina and Tamara Tou- manova, Ballerina Cyd Charisse (above) has signed to play a dramatic rcle in a motion pic- ture. She announced her inten- tion to retire from the stage. (AP Wirephoto) . BROWN RECOVERING FROM BURNS; HOME NOW FROM HOSPITAL B. B. (Gus) srown, who was se- verely burned about the face and hands when an explosion destroyed his gasboat, the Vincedor of Ju- neau, some weeks ago, returned to his home today from St. Ann's dreds cf Portland high school stu- Hospital. The burns on his face are rapid- demonstrations today against a pro- ' lefy Posed budget cut which would cur- ly bealing, and part of his hand is now out of the pandages, and it is reported he is feeling fine. Brown also expressed his ap- preciation of the many calls his friends made during his stay in the hospital. D s ‘Two Confess fo Theft of Musg)!ni's Body body, telling police they would re veal its whereabouts on the promise that the body would be in the Mussolini family plot at Pre- by dappio, the Prefect of Milan said correct a faulty 1937 law and per-| today. | In Rome, Interior Minister Glu- tion for a $1,700,000 special school was one of the prime factors in the 'seppe Romita sald thez offer had levy. |been refused. . plies to aid the hungry overseas. MILAN, Italy, May 9—Two men in the newspapers and think that; have confessed stealing Mussolini's violence will accomplish something reburied a special He'described Roxas as “a staunch| The body was taken from an un-' rative of his people.” field. Far Exchange. The furs are being, rcw night owing to failure of re- as follows: industrials 204.07, rails patriot and most fitting represen- |marked grave in a Milan potteds day. ifl’ in a disagreement with employ- The price boosts are designed to°'s over the n r of checkers to make it more profitable for more | be hired, sent gut about 70 men to ‘ermers—particularly the less effi- Work this m v cient feeders—to sell their grain,| Longshoremen, left idle when the iather than use it for feeding live- | dispute halted waterfront activity, stock and poultry—a practice ‘that | Were dispatched from to the has been limiting the market sup-:¢iX or seven shipg | CArgo, ply. : the hiring hall reported. Union men The higher grain ceilings may | réturned to the Beaver Ammunition make some increases necessary in | Depot, where civilians and Seabees orices of milik and dairy products, Dave been substituting during the Agriculture Department officials| Work halt. said. They also thought it likely| that price increases may have to| be granted on wheat and corn food kery products, corn syrup and corn ¢ Rm‘m m[ sugar, No immediate hike was looked for 7 in the price of meats, poultry and Bv co‘l SmmE eggs. However, if the higher grain rrices produce the desired erlzct.g gee and poultry available later on, for| Here are results of the coal strike cyrtailment of grain feeding is ex- |10 brief: - yocted to cause heavy marketing of | Idle—Total of those unemployed fowls and animals in'the months°F facing imminent unemployment ahead. soars past one million as General . s o s B | Motors announces lay-offs of 215,- HIGH S(HoolERs Monday, Chrysler also announces | impending lay-offs as other mems I bers of automotive “big three” join | Pord, which began to lay off 110,- 1000. Number already idle includes SHOU“"G R'o {418,000 AFL and Independent Union 1 G G5 i 1000 in other coal-related industries. PORTLAND, Ore, May §.—Hun-, = goiiement-—Negotiators report no A « iprogress as President Truman on dents staged shouting, flzh!-mnrked;urmu 39th day says it gradually approaches the stage of a strike i!:i‘z-l:-.spom and other school acnv-% Railroads—Steam-powered ~ rail- In several of the city's 11 high' WAYS (o effect sweeplng Irelght em- schools, prepsters deserted classes bargo, slash passenger sefvice 25 to mill through downtown Port. Percent by midnight. land and crowd into & mass meet-| Utilities—Power rationing in score Fist fights broke out at Washing- asked by Civillan Production Ad- ton High School as strikers from ' Ministration; rationing of manu- other schools urged the Washing- |factured gas likely. tonlans to join the crowd. Princi-| Steel—Production sagging, with pal S. E. Smith condemned the, Unemployed, now 54,000 expected to agitations as “a bunch of chuckle- mount. products, such as flour, bread, ba- there will be considerably less meat | (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESC) ]000 on progressive basis beginning OF PORTLAND IN i Miners, 51,000 railroaders and 400,- |against the Government. ing near Commerce High School of eastern and midwestern states beads who read all about strikes| STEAMER MOVEMENTS in this situation.” i Princess Louise schéduled to sail Governor Snell has refused to call from Vancouver Saturday night. legislative session asked Ttngass scheduled to sail from the Portland School Board to Seattle Saturfiay. Baranof, from’ Seattle, scheduled to arrive Su A North Sea, fr0m Seattle, scheduled i to arrive late Stinday or Monday. > e Alaska, from ‘west, due south- n see only during the bound Monday, When the light fails they go Preighter sleep. attle,. due Monday. mit this district to call an elec- Chickens ca; Knot, from Se- to