The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE : “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,271 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, ! T1AY 15, 194 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DRAFT Aciress Marries Doclor ' PAYROLL | LEVY IS | REJECTED i [ | | | | [ | | { | 3 ‘Negoliationfil Soft Coal | i and R.R. Sirikes Make | Little Progress : i (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) ! BULLETIN — Washington, 15—The Government re- cessed the soft coal negotiations | indefinitely today after the op- | erators rejected “unequivocal- 1y” John L. Lewis' demand for | a seven percent payroil levy to | finance a miners’ health and welfare levy. Howcver, Reconversion Di- rector John W. Snyder said | President Truman was ready to | use ‘“‘every possible action” E within his power to prevent . a resumption of the strike. | Government Conciliator Ed- ward F. McGrady said he would | l not term discontinuance of contract parleys a “collapse of | negotiaticns.” Both sides, he | added, agreed to resume nego- tiations at the call of the gov- ernment. McGrady said Lewis had sub- mitted all his specific demands except on wages and hours. I f | The soft coal operators rejected, “unequivocally’ today John L. Lewis’ demand for a seven percent payroli! levy to finance a miners’ health! and welfare fund. i The operators’ - megotiating committee in rejecting the proposal said the effect would extend to every industry in America and as such must be considered and acted' FRANCO The Washington, Merry - Go- Round (Continued on Page - e ght) By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — Insiders who have watched the Hoover, Roosevelt and Truman administrations, point G enera I |SS imO ASSE”S to two events as best illustrating | their methods of approaching na-' SPAiN’s Problems Are tional problems. Those two events | are: the bonus army under Herbert Hoover, and the coal strike under| Harry Truman. H Strictly Her Own MADRID, May 15.—Generalissimo Rocsevelt also was threatened with a bonus army, also with sev- 7 _ b eral coal strikes. But they have 8ime before a cheering cortes (par- been forgotten, whereas the public liamen®) last night, asserted that will always remember the Hoover Spain’s problems were her own and bonus army and the current coal not that of other staves crisis. w < - T deny that there are any poli- And in this very fact is foundicq) problems in Spain to be solv- the basic difference of technique g PFranco said, “We have solved between Hoover, Roosevelt and our political problems with our Truman. : Iblood and effort.” Hocver sat in the White House Francisco Franco, defending his re- watching the bonus army of veter- tThg United Nations Security S - daily grow.. Jacger it it Council in New York, through a |special subcommittee, is mow col- reached the unruly total of 20,000 , . s - men, and finally was driven out of ICHRE e‘”derf(“ Sy o > land that Franco Spain is a treat the city by General MacArthur, to world peace. Poland is secking };avmg. ad bi’;‘:kl ":_“k :gal;ls: t:e to have all the United Nations sever u::;e(lio:lnm istration never 10 be | giplomatic relations with the Fran- i |co government.) As Roosevelt came into office, | ° o bonus army veterans continued to| enter Washington. But FDR, with-| out fanfare, sent them to Ft. Hunt, Br"ain plan's (orn i Va.,, where they were fed, clothed : ¥ | . g gnd sent 1o areas where work was () Nayal Airfields In handling the threatened coal‘ strikes, Roosevelt also tried to meet | PORTSMOUTH, England — Brit- the issue before it met him. SiXty ish naval planes will take off and days in advance of the contract jand this summer amidst waving deadline—not thirty days as this corn as the Admiralty’s contribu- time—he had Harold Ickes, one of itions to the drive for increased food his strongest cabinet members, start | production. 2 knocking Lewis’ and the mine op-| The Admiralty has ordered the erators' heads together. And at one planting of corn between the run- time he was all set to go on the ways and on all spare land on its radio with the most scathing de-'air fields in England, Scotland and nunciation Lewis had ever received, Northern Ireland. It was estimated when John L. tipped off in ad- that the order would add several vance, yielded. ymillion bushels to Britain’s corn Roosevelt, of course, had the full crog:. force of “no strikes in wartime,” | behind him. Truman didn’t. How-! ever, not only did Truman delay, intervention between the warring! miner-cperation factions, but nc<f glected all the many steps he| could have taken, both to soften| the coal miners and cut the ground | it from undeér Lewls, | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 15— |Ray Goldsmith, 27, of Valdez was BEST LEWIS WEAPON | killed Sunday when the plane he NEGLECTED | was piloting crashed, it was learned Last autumn, for instance, whenfhe"e today. Two passengers, whose names were not reported here, were taken to a hospital in Valdez, on a charge by Po- P!I.OI'GOlDSMITH w- (Continued on Page Four) Joan Roberts (Teft), 28, stage star of “Are You With It” and who was the original star of “Oklahomd,” leaves St. Patrick’s Cathedral # $Jdpan, in New York, with her husband, Dr. John J. Denlen, 32, of Rockville Center, N. Y., after their wedding ceremony. (AP Wirephoto) YOSHIDA MAY - REGIME OF JAPANESE COMMUNISM PROPAGANDA 15 CHARGED \ Unsigned l‘vTe_;sage Being I Investigated by Allied Council for Japan Jr., General MacArthur's poli- isor, today told the Allied | Council for Japan that a Japanese | May Day message placed before it |by Russia’s member was “an at- | tempt to spread Communistic pro- | paganda.” The message, addressed separate- ly to the four council members and !to MacArthur, called the Japanese | governmeént “enemies of Democratic i revolution” and asked the Allies | for cooperation and assistance to achieve freedom. The message was not signed. The Russian delegate, Lt. Kuzma Derevyanko, brought the message to the council with a re- quest to MacArthur for information on the statements made therein. “According to translators, the document was not written in idio- matic Japanese, but rather gives |the impression that the original had been drawn up in a foreign language and then translated into Japanese for presentation,” said and chairman of the council as well MacArthur's aide. “I do not need to tell you the United States dees not favor Com- |munism in the United States—or Atchesofi Coitiiitied. Atcheso! remarks were made during a verbal engagement be- tween him and Derevyanko on the authenticity of “the facts” in the message and whether it represented the views of an estimated 500,000 Day demonstration here. The discussion was concluded mation at the next meeting, May 29, on an investigation that Atche- son said was being conducted into allegations made in the document. Foreign Minister Becomes NEW BROADCASTING President of Liberals STATION IS SOUGHT TOKYO, May 15.—George Atche- Gen. Atcheson, who is American member* Japanese who took part in a May | ~In Line o Go Up TOKYO, May 15.—Foreign Min- BY CAPT. LATHROP' ister Shigeru Yoshida, who today e President of the Liberal y, appeared tonight to be on way to the Premiership of Ja- Files Petition for KENI at Anchorage-Equipment bec: P, pan. Political leaders conferred on IS Now Assured | plans for a right-wing cabinet to sicceed that of Premier Shidehara! FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 15— as the new, and mostly untried, Application for a new radio station members of the Diet reported to in Anchorage, Alaska, has been fil- open tcmorrow the 90th extraor-|€d Wwith the Federal Communica- dinary sessicn. * |tions Commission in Washington, !'D. C., by the Midnight Sun Broad- The Diet must organize tomorrow | casting Company of Fairbanks. to comply with the law providing a| The application requested permis- meeting wit five months of the sicn to transmit with a power of dissolution of the previous Diet. It '5000 watts on a frequency of 550 then is cxpected to récess until|kilocycles under the call letters the new cabinet can‘develop a pro- | KENI. gram, probably 'in about three| Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, Presi- w 3 |dent of the Midnight Sun Broad- Shidehara was expected to re- ' casting Company, which now oper- commend to Emperor Hirohito that ' ates 10,000-watt KFAR in Fair- Yoshida be commanded 'to form a ' banks, said modern studio facili- new government. The Foreign Min- i ties for KENI are being designed ister accepted thejLiberal Party to occupy the third floor of the Presidency on the 'urging of the|new Fourth Avenue Theatre build- | ing now nearing completion in An- lchomge. In addition, architectural {and engineering plans are being {drawn for a building to house the 5,000-watt transmitter a few miles |outside the city. August Hiebert, Midnight Sun Chief Engineer, said delivery of latest model Radio Corporation of ¥ 8 | America equipment for both trans- Patrick J. Gilmore, Jr., United| mitter building and studio opera-| States Attorney for the. Pirst Ju-|tion has been assured, pending dicial Division, Alaska, is to fly FCC approval. present. Empe oo DISTRICT ATTORNEY 10 ATTEND MEETING IN WASHINGTON,D.C.. south from his headquarters here| i R s P on Friday, enroute to Washington,l . D. C. to attend a conference o:,l ' h nal w District Attorneys from 'all over nema o ar United States -called by At- torney General Tom Clark. “ (rimes Iribunal in The first such conference to be| . 5 Japan in Time OQu! heid since 1941, the meeting at the National Capital is scheduled for May 22, 23 and 24. General poli-| TOKYO, May 15-—The Interna- cies and new Federal Court rules tional War Crimes Tribunal, which are to be discussed. i1s to try ex-Premier Tojo and other Gilmore, traveling alone, expects high ranking Japanese for war to be gone from Juneau about lhree;crimes, adjourned indefinitely to- weeks, During his absence, Asst.'day to study the extensive demands U. 8. Attoyney Robert Boochever of an American defense attorney for will.be in charge. a bill of particulars. LAW IS EXTENDED SEASIDE SIRE F— e R i S s ol i N S—JYan Streate, Carmen Payne, Vicki Cheesebro,” Charlotte Black and Sandra Nelson (left to right) display new beach togs on the sands at Miami Beach, Fla, SHORTAGES IN C OSE ML Govt. Bonus to Farmers for Overseas Cutting Do- mestic Supplies WASHINGTON, May 15.—Fast- dwindling wheat supplies at the mills threatened today to cause a six-week holiday in the output of floor for domestic consumption. ‘This possibility arose as the House Agriculture Committee an- nounced a comprehensive investi- gation of both the domestic and world food situations, with the first session set tomorrow. Chairman Flannagan (D-Va) said if evidence warranted the commit- tee would consider the necessity for renewed food rationing., lawmakers, however, apparently re- mained unconvinced that there is Most !need for restoring such controls at this time. The flour situation this way: On May 1, mills were required to cut their stocks to a 21-day supply. Few, if any, have hezn able to obtain wheat in tre meantime because ‘the government is offering farmers a bonus cf 30 cents a bushel above the ceiling price— which is the top legitimate price millers may offer. And the 1946 wheat crop wiil not start moving to market until July. Some mills already have shut down and a survey last night indi- cated many others either will close of curtail operations sharply. This prospect posed two problems for the government: (1) 'Will flour stocks on hand be sufficient to supply consumers un- til the new wheat crBp becomes available. (2)Should the government direct some of the famine-relief wheat it is buying to American mills in or- der to keep them operating until the new harvest. ————— CAUSES FORLABOR DISPUTES WILL BE INVESTIGATED NOW WABHINGTON, May 15.—A reso- lution ealling for an investigation of the eauses of labor disputes was approved today by the Senate La- bor Committee. ‘The resclution proposes that in- quiry be made into “union and employer policies and practices.” Chairman Murray (D-Mont.) told reporters the resolution was ap- proved without opposition. - eee The Luxembourg Palace was the £t heldout in Paris. shaped up HEAT MAY PAUEY OECS FIGHTING IN "To¥ortikoRea. MANCHURIA 15 REPORTED TOKY¥O, May . la-—~Reparations Commissioner Edwin = W. Pauley said today he will go to the Russian occupation boundary in Korea, “knock at the door”, and expects to be admitted to the Soviet Zcne although Moscow Idas \failed to answer his request. “I shall be there physically Pauley told a press conference. don't think I am going to be de- nied admission.” ! Reminded that Moscow never has Government Supply Train Is Strafed by Com- munist Planes (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) replied to his October request to The Chinese government com- visit Northern Korea to survey mander in Manchyria reported to- Japanese assets, Pauley said sim- day his forces south of the capital of Changchun were under attacks. Gen. Tu Li-ming, the government ply, “we expect to go north of 38." The 38th parallel is the boundary ! UNTIL JUNE INDUCTIONOF CHILDLESS 10 30 YRS. SEEN Calling of Fathers, Teen- | Agers Banned Under Stop-Gap_Measure | WASHINGTON, May 15—Child- less men 26 through 29 years old came back into the draft picture |today as President Truman's choice of “the lesser of two evils" kept Selective Service legally alive - but crippled. For the moment, however, only men 20-25 will-be inducted. Mr. Truman chose last night to Isign a 45-day stop-gap extension ’ol the draft law—but with an out- right ban on inductions of either fathers or teen-age youths—rather !than let the act expire at midnight. The chief executive affixed his ° signature just four hours before ithe deadline. Less than two hours earlier the Senate rammed through the extender after Senator Lang- er (R-ND) abandoned his threat to talk Eelective Service to death. Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey immediately wired local boards to confine inductions to men in the under-26 group Mr, Truman desig- nated when Japan fell last August, 'but army officials in a pesition to know said this will have to be changed. Noting that the new law specifi- ically permits men 20 through 20 to I'be drafted, one official said, “Of {course, that's what we'll have to by name. Wi s ! Draft leadquarters spokesmén Isaid that undeér the new setup Se- *|lective Service has a pool of only |about 59,000 eligibles 20 through 35 from which to meet monthly | calls They estimated that of these perhaps 60 percent may be physically unfit. % '2 RESIGNATIONS ARE SUBMITTED CAB Chairman Quits, Also between American and Russian oc- commander, said two Communist Ch i 'M "' cupation zones. American freely planes yesterday strafed government X me have admitted Russian observers in Supply trains between Kaiyuan and airman 0' % ariil Southern Korea, but Russians Szepingkai, where some of his COmmlsflon have permitted very few Americans. trcops have been stalled for weeks. = — Asked what Russia could gain by, An increasing number permitting him and his staff to munist warplanes were survey former Japaness industry.{sixhtEd in this fighting of Com- reported WASHINGTON, May 15. — L. zone of Welsh Pogue has resigned as chair- +e remarked, “I don't see any harm |South Central / Manchuria. Iman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. in it | Tu claimed his trcops held the White House Press Secretary “My trip is an exchange of southern portion of Szepingkai, with Charles G. Ross said Pogue wanted courtesy such as we are allowing the Communists in control of the to return to private law practice. them. I assume that fhelr desire northern section.'He said the fight- ~Ross said the resignation would is the same as OUrS = to continue'ing inside the city was restricted | become effective with the qualifi- these relations.” |to minor skirmishes. cation of a successor. BRSNS | The Communists, however, pour- President Truman has also ac- ‘ed in @ heavy artillery barrage on cepted the resignation of Capt. Ed- |the scuthern part of the city yes- ward MacAuley as 8 member and AASKA Ro(K \terday while their warplanes were acting chairman of the Maritime |striking at the supply trains, Tu Commission. | ceclared. MacAuley attributed his resigna- + Renewz2d fighting in North China tion to his own health and ‘the H I M E w | l‘l {aml the wounding of two U. 8. health of his wife, b Marines also were reported. The, —————————— gtvernment's Central News Agency !a-s'xl"d the Marines were wound- USES (E"sus SA'S E H IppE ie:l when a Tientsin-Chinwangtao express train was fired on 45 miles| F 9 mim | north of Tientsin. It said Marine| 8 o | headquarters is investigating. PORTLAND, Ore, May 15—The! e i | H“D E"plovmm Aluminum Company of Amerlca' : ! has asked the Portland Commission | A of Public Docks to provide unlofld-'JuDGE AleA"DER? ST. LOUIS, "ifay, 15.—Eight out ing _faciities here for rock lime | {0 Dine, war YMIRGE BAVE ‘e Alcca plans to ship here from 'l opE |Jobs, census figures showed today. Aldbks. : | Rcbert C. Goodwin, director of The company s it plans to |the U. 8. Employment Service, told ship 150,000 tons tH8)tirst year for KET(HIKAN MONDAY an employment conference the bu- use in its Vancouvet, Wash., plant, | |reau of coyigus had just informed and other Columbia Valley . indus-, I him that of 9,110,000 veterans re- \tries, but later will boost shipments; With the Spring term scheduled turned, 8,120,000 are employed. to 1,000,000 tons annually. !to cpen in Ketchikan next Monday,, More than 1,000,000 found em- i U 15 B May 20, John Walmer, Clerk of the ployment in April and more than ! . ; District Court, Miss Mildred May- 200,000 in Match, he said, and he (Ialms u, S, w‘nh !nard, Court -Reporter, and Prancis called the record “surprisingly 1 s 'H. P. Rogers, Bailiff, are to leave good.” lo Domlna'e ,here Friday on the steamer North' . {Sea, for Ketchikan. ! b E“’ope District Judge George F. Alex~,F“‘M Io BEM £ ander is to arrive at Ketchikan A'l( ( 'mw MOSCOW, May 15—A Red Star directly from the States where he b writer today cha: that publish- has been receiving medica} treat- A speclal U. S, Government doc- ed comment in' the Pnited States ment jsince last Fall when he umentary film, “The River,” will showed some Americans wanted to went directly to Portland, Oregon, be shown tomorrow noon at the re- kecp permanent military bases in following the close of the Fall term gular luncheon-meeting of the Iceland as part of @& program to at Ketchikan. Juneau Chamber of Commerce. A dominate Europe. During the indisposition of Judge brief introduction to the sound film P. Rysakov sald mewspapers of Alexander, J. W. Kehoe, District Will be given by Dr. Dorothy Hol- ‘Denmark, Sweden and Norway had Judge for the Second Division, pre- verson, Alaska Education Super= Czclared “many times that reten- sided over the January Court term visor. {tion of American military forces here. Guests at the head table will in- in (celand contradicts the wishes, - e, clude Burr Johnson and Mrs. Scott |of the Icelandl€ people and vio-' Alaskan Indians erect totem poles Murphy who will make an an- lates their sovereignty, no matter to the animgl from which they nouncement concerning the Girl ‘on what motives it ug‘(busod," relieve therr wibe descended, Scout drive in Juneau.