The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 23, 1946, Page 1

NATIONAL THE DAILY A VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,278 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SKA EMPIRE — ] JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS 0PA 0'CONNOR SUBSIDY GOOD RAILRO LOADED CANNERY | CHARGE FRANCO rMANCHURIAN | IS ARMING FOR ATTACKS SHIP SOLUTION FOR “s0viet mkce 'a1 cobs powis CAPITAL 1S 0S.’ POSITION 'Ghost Fleel’ Cost Brought Price Officer Testifies Ships Under Fire at Alaska | RafesHearing | WASHINGTON, May 23. — The} Office of Price Administration de- clared at the Maritime Commission hearing yesterday on proposals to| increase shipping rates from the | northwest to Alaska that no testi-| mony so far offered justified any substantial changes in rates. | Donaid J. O'Connor, Regiona % ¥price Executive of the OPA for the “ Terxitories and possessions, de- clared that the carriers, in present- | ing proposals for increases, which | at the Seattle hearing last fall! were set at 100 percent, and now have been brought down to 67 per- | cent, had based some of their cal-|, culations on “ghost” ships and “ghost” voyages. “The Office of Price Administra- tion objects to a consideration of the costs of a “ghost fleet,” O'Con-' nor said. The witness said that the ship- ping companies had projected the costs of a 1939 fleet in reaching their conclusions, part of which' they did not have in 1945 Blames Canning Industry “We take the position that the; present rates to Alaska are already too high in comparison with those | ALASKA RATES "Worn Out,” Fully Depreciated ‘WASHINGTON, OPA official sidies for Alaska steamship “would be a very good way” solve rate problems. John J. O'Connor, OPA Regional Price Officer for Territories and Possessions, made the statement at May 23—An lines to 12 maritime commission hearing on|ing in the month-long inquiry, said rate increases sought by the War Shipping Administration and private shippers. Asked by John Jago, Shipping Counsel, whether he believed a sub- sidy would solve the Alaskan ship- ping problem, he replied: ‘ “The importance of Alaska from| defense | standpoint of national and as a colony prompts the no- tion that a subsidy would be a good way out of the situation O’Connor agreed that before the maritime commission could subsi- dize the lines, Congressional ac- tion would be required. He said during cross-examination by Council for the Alaska shipping companies “that the vessels now in service were “worn out” and should lbe replaced. i Ira L. Ewers, counel for the Alas- ka Steamship Company, questioned O’Connor closely about figures on #in effect on somewhat comparable accounting practices presented yes- routes,” O'Connor said, “that some | are higher than=what.the traffic. should bear and that the cannifig need for a rate increase could be| industry, which causes a marked shown if the figures had been prop- arms from other countries but “he seasonal unbalance; is not paying erly prepared. He insisted ships in /did not name them. either what its traffic could bear or, for the services it demands, the costs those services entail.” | The witness said the OPA took the position that the chief consid- ing to do in presenting their fig- said Franco now is putting many terday. ¢ - Tke OPA- officiél contended e the Alaska service had had their value depreciated fully. Ewers asked O'Connor if he.un- derstood what the carriers were try- | eration of the hearing should not ures to justify a rate increase. e be rates but a “realistic considera- tion of the post-war traffic condi- | carriers were trying to do,” O'Con- anticipation of visits by United tions of Alaska, the number and types of vessels needed to satisfy Alaska traffic and costs projected from a 1945 or 1946 base.” | He asked for a comparison of the rate from San Francisco to Hono- Julu with those from Seattle to Ko- /Was not in effect asking the people| diak, the former distance being ut 11 percent greater than the latfer. He said the rate to Kodiak was 220 percent of the rate to Honolulu. The witness asserted that “lump- (Continued on Page Two) i A | [tation company has insisted they Congressional Pearl Harbor investi- The washinglon:would need an increase in rates be- 8ation ended today with a state- “My understanding of what the nor retorted, “is unprintable.” Ralph Rivers, Attorney Genf‘x'al' of Alaska, said much of the depr ciation of the ships had Leen in- curred during the war years and asked if the rate increase request of Alaska to pay tke full cost of war damage. “Exactly,” O'Connor replied. Hec !said the ‘depreciated book value of! the Alaska fleet was $2,139,416, and the repair estimate of the carriers for this year was $2,088,002. The Alaska Steamship Company, the Alaska Transportation Com pany dnd the Northland Transpor- Premier of Exile Faction Ships Delayed in Sailing,:ifRJE( APTURED | Tells UNO of Spanish | Awaiting Sefflement ~ * i) ¢ Forces in Hiding of que Issues | SEATTLE, May 23.-—Three ships' loaded with cannery and fishing' | | { ‘Chinese Govt. Forces Rou |~ Red Remnants Left to Hold Changchun MUKDEN, May 23.—The govern- NEW YORK, May 23.—Jose Gir- | al, Plemier of exiled Spanish Re- | publican Government, told & Unit- supplies for Alaska were held up) 'ed Nations subcommittee investi-|here and at Astoria today, await- | gating Franco Spain today that the ing the outcome of negotiations be- declared today sub-| Franco regime has told every Span- tween the Alaska Fishermen’s un- ment today announced that Nation-| highways in McKinley National liard he could arm himself to de- ion and the Alaska Salmon Indus- al troops had formally recaptured |fend Spain “against an attack by|try, Inc. |Changchun at 11 a. m. after hav- Russia.” | The three ships, scheduled also ing emgagel “Communist remnants i Giral, appearing before the Unit- to carry more than 1,000 salmon. remai in the city in sporadic led Nations Security Council sub- | fishermen north, were the Cape:flxuhfi' | committee in its first public hear- | Victory and Chirikof here and the Astoria. The! come seid the communique, from W. L. Thompson in |fishermen seek price increases for|thz adquarters of Gen. Tu Li- | Cook Inlet members. ming, ‘government commander for Aorthehst China (Manchuria). | It réported that advance elements !of Gen. Cheng Tung-kuo's new First Army : entered Changchun, Capital of Manchuria, at 7 4. m. Earller government dispatches said Communists were seen with- drawing from Changchun yesterday, | presumably headed for Yungki (Kir- in) @0 miles to the east. (There ‘was no immediate indi- cation what effect the capture of Changehun might have on Sino- Amerigan negotiations for peace in Manchuria. Possession of Chang- chun had given the Communists a big stick at the truce conferences. (Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang party bad refused to negotiate while the Communists held Changchun. The Demccratic League, a minor party, yesterday suggest2d that the istance scor was over- that: | “Two months ago the Franco re- me decreed that every citizen | - ~ could arm himself to defend the | Fatherland against an. attack by B0 |Russia.” He did not expiain ms‘ | reference to “an attack by Russia.” With the 1946 sale of Buddy Answering committee guestions | concerning the armed forces of Spain, Giral said “it is difficult to set the armed strength since the whole population is entitled under law to be armed.” | Paul Hasluck, Chairman of the | sub-commiittee, had called atten- tion’ to a voluminous report on Franco Spain submitted by Giral poppies scheduled for tomorrow, /in which the armed forces of Fran- members of the Taku Post, Veter- co were set at 840,000 ans of Foreign Wars, were busily posting last minute bulletins and pictures in downtown stores today asking Juneau residents to “wear B popiay. - in: Srwmany. S NS Communists withdraw from ithe fogdl city ' And the government refrain The posters were displayed: side grom antering. until a -truce had by -side.with American Legion bills pgen agreed wpon. proclaiming that ‘organization’s (Loss of Changchun was a severe PPy Aay. on: Bakurdey. blow to the Communists, but they Both organizations will get 0~ iyng they still control, directly gether tomorrow night at a dance .. 4ivectly, six of Manchuria’s «given in the A. B. Hall to boost njne provinces and more than hail oppy sales. it: ulation.) Harold Mayo, Commander of .the o mp, ,,m Taku Post, VFW, said it was hop- ed that all members nf the Ameri- can Legion and of VFW could be - , y present at the dance, which is open {NKHops ffl"ej"m' LS {to the public. “Admission price” A will be the wearing of a poppy. " Patrons at the dance will. be: For Emmons Mrs. Ernest Gruening, Douglas Superintendent of Schools Hy Sea-| \ASHINGTON, May 23—Secre- man and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. tary of War Patterson has present- {E. Glover, Mr: and Mrs. John Mc- g two decorations to Lt. Gen. De- | Cormick, Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. o5 C. Emmons for services as Com- pearl Harbor |Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Henry manding General of the Alaskan ‘ Hogue, Mr and Mrs. Ray Peterman, pepartment and of the Western The sub-committee is inquiring | iinto Poland’s charges against | Franco's regime, which include the | | contention that refugee Nazi scien- ‘tAsLs ore conducting atomic researci inside. Spain. : # Giral said Spamn WAS THiporting He ceclared that Franco had 250,000 troops along the French border. However, he said, a cable | today from unimpeachable sources p of them in civilian clothes and is | camouflagirig gun emplacements in !the party deputies from Alabama piloted by Americans had been shot | STRIKE STARTED ! (General Exfolls Arrogance | | CREWS OF Of Alaska Wolves But Asks | TRAINS IN That They Be Exterminated warxouT | WASHINGTON, May 23. — The |-t g ol Deadline Is Reached in Transportation Dispute With No Settlement . {brought home in fresh. detail to the House Public Lands Commit- BULLETIN — Chicago, May 23, —Announ t was made tee. | several weeks ago the Committee was told the wolves werg using over Union Station loudspeak- ers shortly after 3 pm. (Cen- tral Standard Time) today that “information has just been re- ceived that the national rail- road strike is on." The General said wolves are lit- | erally “shredding” the Alaskan big | game herds. Even coyotes, formerly . not known in the Peninsula, have | learned of the happy hunting, ground. They are beginning to edge in. ' Gaffney told how once his’ chauffeur had seen a woii kil a| caribou 100 yards from his automo= bile. The chauffeur, “a young man from Arkansas,” thought something ought to be done about it. But when he approached, the annoyed, wolf promptly chased him back to | the car. 4 At other times, the General said, he had seen packs of wolves “bed- | ded down" in areas where caribou were grazing. “The caribou is a sort of fatalis- tic animal,” he commented. Gaffney related that the preda- tors have practically denuded Mec- Kinley Park of big game and are| now cutting the herds to pieces at' other points. He gave his own remedy for thelrl control: extermination. i ARMY DENIES | U. 5. PLANES BATILE REDS: No Aircraft Missing Say ;' Commanders in China, ! Refuting Moscow | |Park to run down their prey. Yes- terday it heard: | They practically sleep with the |caribou herds that serve them as | breakfast, lunch, dinner and in- | between snacks. ‘They take a dim view of humans | bothering them at meal-times and sometimes chase them back into i their automobiles. Not content with living off the |caribou and reindeer herds, they slaughter great numbers “appar- lently out of pure devilment.” | Brig. Gen. D. V. Gaffney, head of the Army Air Transport Com- mand in Alaska, drew this bleak i picture for the Committee which is studying a bill for control of pre- datory animals in McKinley Park. "COMPROMISE” ON MILITARY MERGER 1S "PRESUMPTUOUS™ 'Democratic Whips-of Sen- ' ale, House Air-Views | on Big Issue | WASHINGTON, May 23.—Demo- | cratic whips of both the House and | Eenate said today it was “presump- | tuous” of the two Naval committee | chairmen to advise Secretary of the BULLETIN—New York, May 23.—Train crews in Grand Cen- tral Terminal left their posts at exactly 5 pm. (EDT) this afternoon (4 p.m. EST) as the deadline for a nationwide rall strike arrived with no word from Washington of a post- ponement. BULLETIN - Washington, | | i | White CONTROLS CLAMPED ON WASHINGTON, . May 33. — The strike of 250,- ! hour for starting . and - train- 1000 railroad PEIPING, May 23.—United States men passed today #nd the govern- B - Hllvy P\:rresv:,nl against-a merger| Aymy and Marine Corps leaders ment controls over non-rail trans- ; et o l ‘compromise. | today firmly denied a Moscow re- portation to CIH"‘.ulmthl food Senator Hill and Rep. Sparkman, | nort that. seven American planes and mail. 5 When the 4 pm, e for the declared that in effect Senator gouwn jn Manchuria while bombing | walkout was ‘: lwl“"v Office “g’lsch‘ ‘D'v"'“.‘_“"nl;“"d l;:)p. V!nl.son Chinese Communist forces. | of Defense Transportation directed dizrepard president Trumane viows oo rh6 MBI States Ary his no ihe truck, and DS taducien 1o = :grm P iy o iy tactical alr force in China,” Brig.!airlines; water carviers and those Y y 2 |Gen. Henry A. Byroade, Director railroads still functioning to work And they added to a reporter that Of the Army Executive Headquart- jointly, pool equipment and doves the two chairmen were presump- Crs here, asserted. | tail schedules for maximum move- tuous, tco, in their assertion that: “The only planes the United|ment of persons and goods. Congress will pass no merger bill, States Army has here are unarmed . pPromptly also, &: Interstate | Both Hill and Sparkman express- transports which are used for logis- Commerce Commission ordered a (o es lo En d and Mrs. Olaf Bodding, and pefense Command. | Mr. Mayor and Mrs. Waino Hendrick- WASHINGTON, May 23. — The |fore the fleets are returned by the ment by former Secretary of War son. Emmons yesterday received the eq emphatic belef that unification tic support of Executive Headquart- general embargo on railroad freight oak leaf cluster to the Distinguish-' Commander Mayo said the Am-ieq Service Medal for services as erican Legion and the VFW had & ajaskan Commander from June, total of 15,000 popples to sell this|jgeq to April, 1946, and the Legion | year; Heé declared that personally or Merit for outstanding services he felt both the Legion and the i, Command of the Western De- VFW would sell every poppy during’fense Command from September, legislation will be enacted this year. BB i 1 ‘Soldn Charges Yers. | “No American planes have been} | reported , either in China |or Manchuria.” i | Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rokkey, | Commander of U. S. Marines in! China, declared in a telephone in- movements, but with some excep- tions. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Some raflroads began canceling or delaying train schedules this afs igovernment. They contend they Stimson that President Roosevelt the two sales'because “Juneau resi- 1943 to June, 1944. need new, bigger and more luxur- | “was undoubtedly tconsidering!’ an denfs have not forgotten those who' Lt ST icus vessels for main runs and thatattack on Japanese forces threaten- gave'their lives that Alaska and all A“O“.' OST | present vessels can be uced only on, ing south Asia late in 1041 | parts of the United States could Merry - Go-Round terview “the Marines have no ' ternoon as President Truman made planes in ‘Manchuria.” | & last ditch effort to stave off a ——— nationwide rallroad strike set for 14 pm. (Local Standard Time). Labor Forcing By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — The last time |vestment, they said, would require Herbert Hoover went to the Ar- gentine—as President-elect in 1928, —he put his foot in his mouth at almost every step he made, begin- ning by kicking the representucive; of the powerful newspaper La Na-| cion off his battleship. i Today it looks as if the Argen-| es were going to help him re-| peat. Already they have devised a ¢ plan to challenge us to restore side route. To finance this in- about a 70 per cent rate increase. e P RN Totem Tofer Tenders Take Apparently feeling lower than even the “low man on the totem ‘iqgl;plns during Herberf HOGVEr'S|pole» was somebody who came to 1 the first place, the Argentines | rg?;d Hoover’s trip as primarily | 'pmpngandn" move. Argentine Government officials say that not o grain of wheat or another ! ounge of fats for European famine velief can be squeezed out of thetr\l country. Therefore, they argue, the| former President’s tour must be in- | W"ed as “a gesture, intended to 2 South' Americans with the | bumanitarianism of the USA.” So, President Peron is planning | to g0 the United States one better. He will inform Hoover that Argen- tina is prepared to institute food rationing, and urge that the Unit- | ed States do likewise. This sug- ! will be given full publicity, | with the idea of bringing Argen- tina out on top no matter what I the U. S. Government aneu; to return to rationing, Peron-will | get. credit (he figures) for having | proposed the move. If not, Argen- | -3 the Yanquis up.” i scheme has been carefully vesterday morning with the five- foot totem displayed in front of the Baronof Gift Shop on his hands. At any rate, a taxi-driving emis- sary who claimed ke had “found it” drove up to the gift shogjto return the decorative chunk of carved wood yesterday' afterrioon. Owners of the shop had reported the totem as stolen, to the City Police early yesterday morning, and a night-long search for it had en- |sued, to be halted by voluntary re- turn of the sought article. e g i |, But to his recollection, Stimson advised the Senate-House inquiry| | committee in written responses to a | :series of questions submitted by Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.), the, |late President .never formally an-| incunced any decision of this kind !to top military advisers. Nor would ' he have acted without the consent iol Congress, the former eablnet} | member added. | Stimson's answer went into . the ! | Committee’s record along with re- ! I plies by former Secretary of State: ;Hull to 169 additional gquestions,| | mostly about reputed agreements; | with the British for parallel action | | before the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. Hull | { denied - knowledge of any ;uch‘ ! agreements. Also included In the record, now | closed to further evidefice, was a| !copy of the memoirs of Prince ! Konoye, Japanese Premier whose | cabinet fell in October, 1941, | By Konoye's account, he peace negotiations with the United | States in good faith. However, the Prince quoted Foreign Minister Matsuoka of his second cabinet as expressing conviction in May, 1941, |that President Roosevelt “was ap- IN AUTO PRICES: live as a free nation.” DE AD vol(‘"o l“ | As the strike deadline came with- L e SR lass on'rol . !in two Hours away, the Pennsyl- EARL BROWDER IS IN ; OREGON REPORTED i o vt bisener i o % S * i I tion of threé er trains to .SIEWA‘SHIN‘OTON, May 23. — OPA . 4 Ithe. srtan TRk Srioh Teeicn it MOSCOW; GIVES OUT 5 s, & i et EMITTING SMOKE e, o s, . ' (price hikes on top. of previcus in-. e gfe Leader Expecls o {ew o e sation to hundreds f Y 2 , Ore., May 23.—Smoke or | of persons '] board PURPOSES OF TRIP (2o, o o * »osn ™ Passage of Dispules uum e et scning eom, w508 : | ‘tu- 3 . ithe glopes of lor Butte, an! By Rembert James a!l‘;l ;E:pfi':fe:"?:f::;cgp‘:fl_l . Measure ThisWeek !extinet voicano cone, win be inves-| The Southem Tallway held in MOSCOW, May 23.—Ear] Brow- dered cut in ceiling prices when the ‘“flfll'fl} Lhym‘-‘ Ul:l:emzy or Orecon'um;n:el: all passenger ‘mm‘a der, describing Soviet-American re- industry achieves full scale produc- | WASHINGTON, May 23.—Sena- "", o8 BB i ;—e end, Gl d (scheduled to leave between 1 an: lations as the most important thing | tion. [tor Reed (R-Kan.) declared in the 'wo Bend skiers sald they "m.l‘ p.m. the announcement said the ¢ 3 high who asked Senate today that “monopolistic” ed the phenomenon on the north-!trains would depart later, in event in the world, told foreign corres: A high OPA official i r P g o S T Do 10 Caeanit e st R oo ¥ pondents today he was in Moscow to remain- anonymous said the,labor unions are trying to ‘control LU "'l;’e 4 dw scade of settlement of rail dispute’ to arrange details for opening a agency “does not plan to try to, government in the interest of one '1‘8:"“ ne, while standing at sev-l The White l;louu nnm::need. New York office as the American reduce prices” after. cars begin to!oOrganized class.” ’an'c l:;m";v'.’d"“'z Da e )mennwhfle, that “every effort” was representative for Soviet book pub- roll {rom assembly lines at the The Kansas Senator took 'he‘Mosén o theym RIS D n | being made to head off the threat- . 3 'y observed a pecul-!ened strike of 250,000 trainmen lishers. pre-war rate. Manufacturing 'costs ' floor to urge action on pending tar dark ‘spot on the snow covered . s “The trip here was entirely my usually decline as. production goes labor .disputes legislation as Sen- alope. nbor where the Butl Ippe“_y““m"‘:vnm- A own idea—a perfect example of up. lator Hill of Alabama, the Demo-'oq"p b coutd not reach it becv‘m! “ m: e ‘Ww "“x private . enterprise,” said the form-| The official asserted that car cratic whip, ,told a reporter he .¢ tne late hour. 'nf orte 9' WO i hoods an er leader of the American Com- | makers “have had a pretty tough saw no reason why a measure, py warren D. Smith, Unlvenlty’ 'erhc:rcnl';' “’f :h: erence. munist Party. “I am out of political | time of it” and that a price cut should not clear the Senate this of Oregon geologist, ul;: 4% wwld'. e '.:rm "‘tlmzu gu‘:. life and I came here as a writer by OPA Would be out of the ques- | week. {tour the slope this weekend. W‘:il:nx hwwntum e They seemed to know me. T had no tion. [ Reed told his colleaguges he thinks g ol o by :’““' an l'd T Mldl. trouble with the visa.” The increases announced range the time has come to write into > | & e bflw“i and engineers' Browder said Forelgn Minister | from $33 to $167, averaging about law the principle that the public SIO(K 000""0“5 ;“":’“S rought Mr. Truman their V. M. Molotov had received him $75 for 16 makes of cars built by welfare transcends the rights of, 45 reply on his compromise proposal 2 NEW YORK, May 23—Closing % €nding the dispute. and that a Deputy Foreign Minis- | Chrysier, ° Ford, * General Motors, any particular class. ¥ 'he discovered it was on fire. LOTS OF HELP SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 23. — Phillip Rupp was driving his auto- mobile in the business district when ter, S. A. Lozovsky, was helping Hudson, Nash, Packard and Stude-| “Today,” he said, “orgapized la- him see the book publishers he baker. | bor, despite internal divisions, has wished to meet. ————— - |a composite political power greater Re PROPERTIES SOLD than any other economic class in al estate transactions record- the United States. § “osp"‘l NIB ed here during the week past are:| “It has been endowed with spec- St. Ann’s Hospital has admitted|J. S. and Hazel MacKinnon, pur-|fal privileges and immunities and Robert Andrews for medical at-|chased from L. H. Hautaling,|powers of aggressive action which tention and Helen C. Lister for a!ground and buildings on Shattuck |permit and actually encourage na- tonsillectomy. | way opposite the Alaska Laundry;|tonal unions to override the police Dismissed are Andrew Gjelme-|Ernest ‘Gruening, purchased from | powers of local and state govern-| land and George Dalton, medical |Ralph Treffers, four acres of shore | ments, and even to over-awe the' patients, and Alfred Johnson, sur-|land. dock and dock site at Eagle Federal government with demon- glcal patient. River Landing. w strations of private foree.” : parently determined 'to enter” the European war. Nt NEW ENGLAND FISH-€0. BUYS TODAY'S HALIBUT| In with halibut today. were . the following boats: John = Lowell’s station six blocks away. Fern II, 19,000 lbs.; Carl' Baker's The visiting firemen extinguished | Sadie, 6,000 Ibs.; and the the blaze in Rupp’s car just as the|6,000 lbs., all bought by New ' downtown station firemen returned.)land Fish Company. A He stepped on the gas and drove to the downtown engine house, but as all the firemen were out fight- ing a blaze, the telephone operator summoned firemen from another quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8'%¢, Alleghany Cor- poration 67%, American Can 99%, Anaconda 47%, Commonwealth and | Southern 5, Curtiss-Wright 8, !n-; ternational Harvester 98%, Kenne-' cott 58%, New York Central 26%, Northern Pacific 317, United Cor- | (poration 5%, U. S. Steel 86%, Pound $4.03%. { Sales today were 1,340,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 208.05, rails 66.09, utilities 43.30. John J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroads, * headed the carpier delegation. No indication of the brotherhoods reply was given. e ————— LOS ANGELES, May 23.—Car- toonist William Mauldin, known for his grim portrayals of G. I. life, has been granted & divorce from Norma Jean Mauldin after testify- ing he had heard her say it “would have been better if he had been. killed.” His sult was uncontested. -