The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1946, Page 1

SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition 2 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,280 MY MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1946 | ULTIMATUM ISSUED TO R.R. STRIKERS ips Favored RUMANIN APPEAL TO T bert Hoover, | Schwellenbach also assured the | |any increase decided on would be ! *3 If President Truman really had lurged by both Roosevelt and Her-| but which has been | | gathering dust in the Senate for| said did not live 1and, John L. Lewis might have| monument to effective lobbying ever seen in Washington. In part also it is a monument to Congres- ! sional inertia, Both Republican and | Democratic leaders have urged the construction of the waterway, by- Elaine nayslip, New York model, formerly ¢f Hastings, Neb., is crowned “America’s Loveliest Model of 1946” in Washington ‘by Benelee MeCool, Birmingham, Ala., President of the United Na- tions Girl organization, which made the selection, (AP Wire- photo.) AYER OF 27 LOSES HIS HEAD | | PARIS, May 25—Dr. Marcel Pe- | tiot, convicted of slayir{ 27 persons in the sensation “murders of the Rue La Sueur” during the Ger- man occupation, was beheaded by | guillotine at La Sante Prison early | today. | The slight 55-year-old physician, who allegedly collected money from his +victims by promising to help (them escape from Nazi-occupied Paris, said, “Gentlemen, I yours,” before mounting the block. His lawyer, Rene Floriot, said Pe- tiot was half smiling as he ap- | proached the guillotine. At the foot of the block, he re- }ceived religious rites: “To please; my wife.” L i PRES.TRUMAN am | tage in the porulous Tckyo-Ycko- REALITY SAYS Second Sefision of UN Eco- nomic, Social Coun- cil Convenes NEW YORK, May 25.—President Truman told the United Nations Economic and Social Council today it can make the peace a reality for the common people all over the world. In a message to the Council at its |first meeting in the United States, |the nation’s chief executive said the Council's task “is to achieve freedem from want, to encourag? production, help to open up trans- rort and clear communications and (to assure higher standards of liv- ing.” The President’s message was read {by John G. Winant, United States |delegate to the Council, shortly af-| ter the 18-nation body convened in the chamber used by the United . Nations Security Council at tre U. N. interim headquarters at Hunter College. | The delegates found a globe-full of problems bes2tting the peoples LINING UP FOR F [] of tre world awaiting them Thele Mlllme“ Council first met in London last |/ p | winter. isien of the Economic and Eoéin] Council stirs the hearts of the com- | ymon people all over the world,” Mr.| (Truman’s message said. ‘“You can (en' Boos' | . . :MP WHEAT IS | Threatened Sirike in Lum- BATTERED DOWN ber Indushry Thought i | "IN HAIL STORM. Forestalled X I {hidden rice, politics and wary farm- l signed by union and fir employers ers were today's ingredients in the| negotiation committees, appeared problem closest to Japanese hearts|likely today to forestall a threat- and stomachs — food. ened strike of 40,000 CIO Inter- great as half an inch in diameter,, The pay boost, retroactive to battered an estimated 10 percem'Aprfl 1, 1946, would put the work- of the Kanto area's wheat into the ers’ basic hourly minimum at $1.10 ground. an hour—7% cents below the un- |fecture was asked to urge the Na-|effective it will have to be rati- tional government to check reports fied by individual employers and that 300,000 bales of polished rice local unions. had been abandoned by the Japa-, James E. Fadling, union presi- i “The opening of this second w—' Agree o“ 5 | make the peace 5 reality for them."| TOKYO, May 25.—Hailstones, an-hour wage increase agreement, | The hailstones, reported to be as national Woodworkers of America. ! Tke governor of Kanagawa pre-|ion’s original demand. To become nese army in caches on Chichi| dent, and H. D. Weaver, operators’ Island, near Iwo Jima. That quan- ' committee chairman, signed the tity would alleviate the food short-!agreement yesterday after “nearly |eight weeks of conferenccs. hama area. \ has been acute. form a long line to zet their rations. ENACT STRIKE PORTLAND, May 25.—A 5-cent- | O O D—Residents of Hamburg, Germany, where the food situation Sirike Looms Next in Hard LAW THIS AFT. Coal Industry ?Pariy Leaders Agree oni UMW Sets Hs’o as Con- - Streamlined Response | fract Termination Affer Two Week_s Dickering | toTruman Request { WASHINGTON, May 25.—Speak-, NEW YORK, May 25—The AFL "er Rayburn told a news conference' United Mine Workers today served the House will be ready to pass hotice on the nation's anthracite strike legislation today “within 40 Operators that it would terminate its minutes” after the President re- contract al midnight, May 30. quests it at 4 p.m, The miners traditionally have The legislation already has beer Deld to a “no contract, no work” drafted and “I have it in my pock- Principle. et,” he said. ‘The UMW, which represents He declined to divulge its na- 2000 hard coal miners in Penn- ture or to say whether it would SYlvania, have been negotiating with seek to make strikes against the N mine owners for the past two government a felony. wecks, The legislation, Rayburn said, wili \be called up under procedure per- mitting only 40 minutes of debate and no amendments. The Speaker made the announce- ,ment following a conference with | Democratic Leader Mclormack of | Massachusetts and Republican lead- jer Martin of Massachusetts. This - SETEE 6 ALASKA TOWNS HOUSE SET 10 | b ad ST R VETERAN HOUSING IS APPROVED FOR TRAINMEN | Says Go B;dao Work or . Army Will Be Used 5 to Run Trains WASHINGTON, May 25—Presi- | dent Truman’s direct appeal to the | striking railroad workers and his ultimatum he was ready to use the army to run the trains failed to start a general back to work move- ment today and the Chiel Execu~ tive broke off further government efforts to mediate the dispute. Only a very few of the 250,000 striking locomotive engineers and raflread trainmen had returned to their posts in response to the Chiel Executive’s appeal and the only Jnicn representatives who would .omment predicted the men “would ;nct budge” unless ordered to do ;0 by their union leaders. { A Presidential announcement, di- ecting the breakoff of mediation Aforts with the striking unions, said efforts would be made to reach an agreement with the other 18 non-striking rail brotherhoods. ! ot Shortly before the President or~ dered mediation efforts infinitesimat -frmotion of strikers had returned to their posts. 3 | L. A Welss, General Chalrman of the Southern Pacific in Texas and Louisiana said “the men will fnot go back to work on this ap- | peal.”” Chairman 8. R. Clark of the Florida East Coast Railroad Train- men’s Unfon said the men won't budge until told to do so by the union chiefs.” He termed Mr. Tru- man’s radie appeal to the strikers and his summary of the dispute a “slap in the face.” New Negotiations The Presidential announcement said the negotiations with the other 18 unions, representing more than 1,100,000 railroad employes, would be started at once. They will be on the basis of Mr. Truman's com- | promise proposal for a wage in- crease of 18% cents an hour with ichanges in working rules deferred for a year. The announcement said these un- {lons “should not be penalized for 1 the failure of the two unions to ac- cept the compromise proposal” Truman's Ultimatum As the second full day of the paralysis in rail operations threat- ened to further imperil all phas of business and industry, Mr. Tru- man, in a stern ultimatum, told the strikers that if they did not re- turn to their jobs by 4 pm. EST. ARABMONARCH \rcached smong them in advance SEATTLE, May 25.—Jesse Ep-| The Washington| | OPPOSES RWY. WASHINGTON—John L. Lewis Prt {bach on Monday at which he gave ernment tock over the mines. Schwellenbach informed Lewis WASHINGTON, May 25.—Crcss-‘ miners would stay on the job when the Alaska Transportation Com-|mines in operation adding, however, yesterday how much increase in perfunctory measure. fitupanics 10 (UiGks EuR |of a new contract with the mine concerning the amount of 1ncrensefLabar that negotiations would be- Be glad to see the Way Shfpping chosen by President Truman and time, even at reduced charter rates. ..\ o.ith and welfare fund, in- rates 60 percent and planned to| el SOTRTINNE. " Egnaeh | retroactive to May 13, though the proposes to have the Alaska Rail- Lewis' truce ‘order, | “The Alaska Transportation Com- said. “The War Shipping Admin-‘him to death by resurrecting the cleared up.” bottom charter rate. There is nothing that worried with the general price increase in natural gas. And Truman also has “Our trade is highly seasonal and ' hamely, the two Government-owned there are no cargoes available” He | €rators want to take over. a subsidy should be gnnhwmmg'\vanla and New Jersey, and cheap ynions which he the maritime strike is scheduled. | The 12-year fight over the St. i carry a higher freight rate, but said | boats to transport the pack to the Scholl and other members of "hel Py when he said he believed a «nom-, Of Louisiana, who wants Great percent he, testified would have Seaway. More recently a Senate handled by his company. That, hel‘hut the absence of Senator Wal- lic can stand, and more than it blocked a vote, WSA ' peration o aska A Merry - Go- Round i, | AS 1 opERAToR‘had a confidential conference with definite assurance that his miners Ship Lines Apparently Here is what happened at the —’Nominar ASked ithat Truman had decided to seize examination of S. J. Swanson, Vice|the truce ended. Lewis replied that pany, failed to draw from him atithat he would first have to advise Alaska steamship rates he believed | Lewis then inquired if the Gov- During the afternoon session,' once the mines were seized. He he believed the commission should}gm s soon' ds a Clovermment ads Administration continue. the oper- Interior Secretary Krug. Hearings Again Rallroud Competition creased wages and other disputed reduce passenger charter rates 33, ..\ oved miners boss that steamship service to Alaska as pro-| road operate water ecarriers from Ciah. OVER 1EWIS pany does not want zovemmem,‘w“"wd to beat John L. Lewis to istration should continue operation| St: Lawrence Seaway previously ‘WSA took over operation of Alas-| Swanson suggested the “trade can}.!ohn L. Lewis more than cheap this country.” i neglected one other club he could someone has to pay the cost of | Pipe lines from Texas to the East expressed a belief it was time the With the threat of cheap natural He blamed some of the high cost electric power feeding the factories up to contracts and said “everyone” | started singing a less belligerent | Lawrence Seaway is the greatest counsel for the Alaska Development | it if was set too high the salmon g bed DiNIRE, | rapids and giving ocean-going ves- government counsel tried to get the; inal” rate increase should be grant-| Lakes traffic to flow through New been needed to balance the boonil"""e‘?n Relations Sub-Committee {lace White, a Maine Republican, should be asked to stand.” | Meanwhile, Dutch and Norwegian I ATC MANAGER The Va 07" DEACE (AN BE By DREW PEARSON | Labor Secretary L. B. Schwellen- i }wculd stay on the job if the Gov- Drop Sights on Boost - |utra-sceret meeting: {the mines and asked him if the President and general manager of he would cooperate in keeping the the Martime Commission hearing|with his policy committee, a very Hioesasty . 1o conabis. e operaung_mnmem would begin negotiation Swanson avoided a direct answer w.o assured by the Secretary of allow. He said his company would| ., ictrator or coordinator was ation of the Alaska service for a would be conducted on the propos- He said the WSA reduced freight| . +ters Lewis was told. percent. He added, however, he op;‘ of! vided in the Bartlett Bill, which ‘miners returned to work under Seattle. ‘ operation in any trade,” Swanson the punch, he could have scared until the present rate situation is ka vessels during the war on a bare"mmh& stand some rate increase consistent | €lectric power—unless it be cheap Highly Seasonal Trade | brandish over John L. Lewis— pushing idle ships around when Coast which Texas natural gas op- government took a hand and said|8as piped into industrial Pennsyl- of Alaska shipping service on trade Of New York state and New Eng- looks with fear to June 15, when|tune. He agreed with David Scholl,| Board, that canned salmon chould! packers might purchase their own 67 Percent Boust T00 MUCh | geis gocess to Duluth, Detroit and witness to define what he meant' For a long time Senator Overton ed. He said it was not the 674 Orleans, blocked the St. Lawrence last year if the ships had been feported favorably on the seaway said, would be “more than the pub-| Norman B. Stines, counsel for| steamship lines are getting the Nome and Fairbanks, Alaska, who | jump on American shipping hy' presented a plan for hnprovmg;PIlEfinB small vessels into trans- service to the Interior though joint|Atlantic service which can operate rates for steamers and the Alaska ! directly between Europe and Chi- Railroad, was prevented from ex-|cago. These boats will be shallow plaining his plan by the examin-| enough to navigate the St. Law- ers ruling that railroad rates had rence without a seaway, while no place in the present hearing. {large American vessels will be out Stines was permitted to testify,| of luck. however, that the railroad's rates; Meanwhile - also, New England were stifling the Interior gold min-| and New York industry operates at ing industry. He asked a decrease the pleasure of the bushy-browed in steamship rates. | gentleman who neads the United Scholl introduced government Mine Workers of America. statistics intended to show ship-| ments from the United States to Alaska would increase next year. lines laid during the war to carry STEAMER MOVEMENTS joil to the East Coast. But believe Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to it or not, the Federal Power Com- arrive Monday. mission has not even set a date Princess Louise scheduled to sail|for hearing tie:r appiications. If from Vancouver tonight. LEWIS’ NO. 2 FEAR Two companies have applied to the Government for purchase of the Big Inch and Little Inch pipe " North Sea scheduled to sail from Seattle Monday. (Continued on Page Four) | passing the St. Lawrence R““‘FLORIBANS SE UPBOYCOTT CN PERRY, May 25—Merchants here refused to sell food, gasoline ‘or other commodities to railroad em- ployees unless they could prove they were not on strike, President Joe |H. Scales of the Taylor County |Chamber of Commerce said. It was unanimously agreed among merchants here to discourage sales |to striking railway employees. | “These merchants feel that those |strikers who are contributing to |the _already-serious food shortage jare not themselves entitled to por- tions of the small remaining sup- ply,” Scales said. Germans in Paris 0f Occupied Areas GofoPools Sunday FRANKFURT, May 25.—Germans in 38 American-occupied industrial cities will ballot tomorrow for joint city-county councils in what may (be an important test of Leftwing strength. This first free election in 13 f the White House really wanted to|Years is expected to guage the poli-|Company here which reports that itical trend of Germans under the American rule. RAIL STRIKERS: | ALASKA AIRLINES HAS | 1 IN; TAKES 22 OUT TAKES THRONE, TRANS-JORDAN AMMAN, May 25.—Abdullah Ibn Al Hussein formally accepted the kingship over British-protected Trans-Jordan today and immed- iately urged Arabs to unite behind him for a federation of Arab states. Arriving here yesterday with Al-| aska Airlines on the Starliner Fair- | banks, with Captain Flahart, Flight Officer Coffield, and Stewardess Marjorie Stevens were the follow- ing passengers from Anchorage:| Mrs. K. Wheelock, O. Sundum, | Mrs. V. Stahl, Carl Hamilton, and Jack Gucker; from Cordova, Charles Frey, and Ernest Behrer On the return flight, the follow- ing were flown to Anchorage: Pfc. Richard Willard, Ross Mann, Lewis Rogers, Edward Krivak, Jack Osk- alkoff, L. Hunt, Jack Laster, E. Koppang, M. F. McLeod, Jim An- derson, Carrol Moore, E. A. Whalen, Daniel Johnson, Una Randi, anl Eldon Grimes. To Cordova: Virginia Burch, and Karl Rosswog. To Fairbanks: Capt. H. A. Hum- phrey, B. L. Trawicky, C. John- son, Fred Anderson, and J. Kjeld- son. lah mounted the throne and took over the nation of 307,000 persons in an Arabic ceremony which last- ed just 14 minutes. He was not crowned. Kings are not crowned in the-Arab world. Abdullah’s elevation was provided for in a treaty signed a month ago ending Britain’s League of Na- tion’s mandate, Dignitaries of Brit- ish and Arab countries attended of- | ficially, garbed in be-medaled ~uni- forms. Aaocossen o o oy FOUR FROM SPOKANE Mr, and Mrs. J. J. Ross and Mr. and Mrs, M. B. Ross, residents of Spokane, arrived here yesterday. They are staying at the Gastineau. - e HERE FROM HAINES George T. Tobasco of Haines, is in town. He is staying at the Gas- tineau. —o— DEAR OLD DAD KANSAS CITY, May 25.— Poor father! i “His Day” — June 16 — may go unheralded by greeting cards, ac- cording to a .arge greeting card — e H. DEHN HERE Calif,, has arrived and is staying the raliroad strike has held up at the Baranof, !shlnmem of Father's Day cards. ‘The bearded, 64-year-old Abdul-| Herbert T. Dehn of Stockton, January 21, for quick action on whatever the ¢ ©in, Resional Director for the ! President wants. Fedoral Public Housing Authority, AN, announced here today that annrov. al has been given to additional housging for Alaska communities, as DIRE CONSEQUENCES Ketehikan, 20 family dwelling FOR FAMINE AREM uvnits; Douglas 24 units; Seward, 40 units; Anchorage, 148 units; Fair- benks, 20 units and the University SEEN IN R. R. STRIKE o Sucen s coese” ser™s: | L family dwelling units and 50 dorm- itory units, London, May 25.—The Yogkshire' This housing is authorized as a Post said in an editorial teday that part of the Veterans Emergency the “thought of the millions of Housing Program, involving re-use cyes that are so hungrily turned or surplus, temporary war housing to the United States” should lead and Army and Navy structures. to a rapid compromise of the U. S. e railway strike, ' Assorting that “famine, involving IHOROUGH IEST an incalculable death toll, can be averted only by the swift shipment! of American grain,” the newspaper | oF BOMB IS JoB added: | “To the hungry of western Eurcpe |and the Far East the action of tre| oF TASK FOR(E jrailwaymen of the United States ::f‘e!:xc::'l'l have the direst cuns:-} ABOARD FLAGSHIP MT. Me- | i i |KINLEY, May 25—If the first | e |atomic bomb dropped in the Bikini DIVORCE FILED Lagoon test proves a dud, the task | force will determine what was | Asking ‘a decree of divorce from wrong before dropping another, John Q. Jackson, Ruth Jackson of Capt. C. H. Lyman, operators chief, Juneau has filed a complaint said at a news conference. 3 | eharging cruelty, with the Clerk of The conference was held aboard |the U. S. District Court here. The ship, enroute to the Marshall jcouple was married at Juneau on'Islands. Lyman said all but a few 1946. There are no key personnel will be evacuated children and no property is at is- sue. from Eniwetok at least two or three 'days before each test. today the army would take over tie trains. Even as Mr. Truman spoke to uie nation last night, troops were be- ing moved to “strategic locations” in anticipation of orders for protec- tion of workers obeying his request to return to work. The 4 p.m., deadline set by Mr. Truman also was the time he was to appear before an extraordinary joint session of Congress to report {on the rail crisis. | There was no comment from Al- vanley Johnston and A. F. Whitney, presidents of the engineers and trainmen, respeciively, after they had listened to Mr. Truman’s ra- dio spiech, the President, who charged they were responsible for the strike, directed his back-to- work appeal to the rank and file. Effects Widespread The President sald that the ef- fects of the strike were widespread, creating shortages in fuel and raw materials and threatened to chaos to food distribution. He as- serted that the nation's welfare | must come first and that if service |is not resumed immediately thou- {sands will starve. | Service on the nation’s 227335 miles of tracks was slowed to a itrickle as the office of defense “trunspomuon struggled to mobil- 'lze all non-rail transport facili- ties. i el Qe | snuff consumption has gone up 20 percent in the United States in the last 10 years. i