The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,290 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 MEMB| ER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS _—— WEST COAST SEAMEN WALK OFF SHIPS CHIANG GIVES HALT ORDERS T0 HIS ARMY Three Points Stipulated for Settlement During 15-Day Truce NANKING, June 6—Chiang Kai- | shek today issued a cease-fire or- der calling a 15-day halt in the Jong, bloody conflict in Manchuria. The truce, effective tomorrow, is| expected to clear the way to per- manent settlement of differences between the Chinese government | and the Communists. Gen. Chou En-lai, Chief Com-| Junist negotiator, concurred in the | truce although expressing concern about the shortness of the period. Communists Concur “I concur in the cease fire ar- rangement, having in mind that Do opportunity for peace should bé skipped over,” Chou said. “In do- Vinson Named As Chief Justice Of High Court Reconverié;—Snyder Suc- ceeds to Treasury Cabinet Position WASHINGTON, June 6—Presi- 'dent Truman today nominated Sec- !retary of the Treasury Fred Vin- son to be Chief Justice of the | United States. PROBE BEGUN INTO TRAGIC HOTEL BLAZE Chicago Omals Tardily Infernational Minimum Pay Pad Pfiyposed | Novel Suggestion Put for | Chi ! Maritime Industry by Order Strict Fire Code Schwellenbach Enforcement SEATTLE, June 6.—Bringing lht‘} CHICAGO, June 6—A series of| greetings of the President of the|offigial investigations was begun to- | United States, Lewis B. Schwellen- day, in the disastrous La Salle Ho-, bach, Secretary of Labor, today tel fire while friends and relatives| told fellow delegates to the Interna- of wictims were completing positive tional labor organization's maritime, i¢emtification of 54 of the 58 dead. | REPUBLIC OF ITALY TO BE PROCLAIMED Formal Anflnguncemeni | Saturday-Orlando May Be First President ROME, June 6—Grizzled 86-year- old Vittorio Emanuele Orlando was | winning wide mention today as a | likely compromise candidate for | first president of TItaly’s new re- 1 | ‘Wagner fo _C:r;y Adminis- Senate Poised For Debate On OPA Exiension tration Fight Against Drastic Changes By Francis J. Kelly WASHINGTON, June 6. — An OPA Dbill laden with grief for the Administration began its journey to the Senate floor today. Over bitter minority protests, the |dJohn W. Snyder The President at the same time| nublic as the nation awaited form- | nominated Reconversion Director; al proclamation of the end of the to succeed Vin- Monarch. son as Secretary of the Treasury. Orlando, only survivor of the Big He named John L. Sullivan as Four of Versailles, was being pro- Undersecretary of the Navy. pesed, political’ observers said, be- The President disclosed the ap-‘cause as a Sicilian he would be |pointments at a crowded news con-|able to repair the schism shown;('ummenl to interviewers on the, ference. He said the office of at the polls between. the industrial |war mobilization and reconversion | north—which favored the republic | page to co would be terminated. | —and the south—which supported | Asked if this meant that the|tne House of Savoy. ! country’s reconversion troubles were 1y appeared likely, however, that ! ment, however novel, is feasible and and a torso of undetermined sex. ber that it vote to extend price | conference that he believed an in-! S#ll remaining unidentified were! Banking Committee drafted a for-| ternational minimum wage agree- the pv(hes of two women, a man,! mal recommendation to the Cham- | practical in the maritime industry.'A fifth body was tentatively identi-| contrcl one year beyond June 30 Schwellenbach’s prepared address fied, through personal possessions,‘huc in sharply curtailed form. did not mention, nor would ke as Louis Marco, 57, of Chicago. Chairman Wagner (D-NY), who Under Official Scrutiny |led a losing Administration fight | AFL-affiliated seamen’s work stop-| AIl phases of the terrifying llash'ngamst dr-guc revisions in the nsider demands for a new blaze which routed guests from the present law, announced he \.\,-ouu_-“l contract, which occurred simul- Locp hotel early yesterday morn- jssue a report denouncing the taneously with his arrival. ling were under official scrutiny. | changes. “The cooperation of the wartime| As city, county and state officials' Although half a dozen members | proceeded with their separate in-|of the 19-man committee signified ANNIVERSARY OF NORMANDY IS OBSERVED Celebration in France| Without Fanfare or Revelry-Tribufe By G. K. Hodenfield TREVIERS, France, June 6.— The people of Normandy paid tri- bute teday to a memorable morn-: ing two years ago when Allied troops, in the greatest invasion in history, surged over their beaches to begin the long, bloody attack against Hitler's fortress Europe. The commemoration was held for the most part without fanfare or revelry, but with a dignity befit- ting an occasion when men fought and died to liberate other men from the yoke of oppression, In St. Mere Eglise there was an all-day observance honoring the men of the 82nd Airborne Division which floated out of the sky two vears ago to begin the invasion. In Beyeux and Caen there was an- riversary celebration honoring the | British and Canadian troops who ' 1 i { STRIKE HOT SAILORS T0 MEET DAILY 'AFL Seafarers Denounce Washington Talks as "Political Circus” DEMAND NEGOTIATIONS RESUME IMMEDIATELY Clo Group;JGining Stop Work Movement in "Unity’ Demonstration SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.—Be- tween 2,000 and 2,500 AFL sailors, described by their leaders as “hot for a strike,” quit work for an hour today, voted another “stop-work" meeting at 11 a. m. tomorrow, and over, the President replied not all| orlando would face powerful Op_fshlpping pools taught us that gov- i M i i i demanded that contract negotia. o8, their intention to side with the ¥ ernments, managements and work- quiries fought there. ing so we will expect our best ef- forts toward bringing negotiations to success.” “I am issuing orders to my arm- ies to hold all advances, attacks and pursuits for a period of 15 days from noon Friday, June 7" the Generalissimo announced in a, message delivered to newspaper- men through Minister ~of Infor-“ maticn Peng Hsueh-pai. “Deing this gives the Communist Party an opportunity to demon-| strate its good faith and intention of carrying out the agreement pre-; viously signed. In taking this ac-' tion, the government in no way!' prejudices its right under the Sino-Soviet treaty to recover Man- churian sovereignty.” of them, but most of them. position from the Communists, | S v e third strongest party in the week-, lend elections. Palmiro Togliatto, | Minister of Justice and a Com-! munist leader, declared in a final campaign speech that the Com- s munists “never” would collaborate VICTORIA, B. C.—The strike of with Orlando, whdse National| 35,000 British Columbia loggers en- Democratic Union ran fourth in ters its 23rd day today with settle-‘ the balloting. 1 ment negotiations hopelessly dead-| The first president of the new ! locked. | state will be selected at the new, Constituent Assembly's first session ' CHOS1, Japan — Emperor Hiro- | june 24, and he in turn will select hito trudged through heavy mud the new premier. Premier Alcide along rice paddies today and urged de Gasperi is expected to be called farm workers to help overcome Ja-| upon to continue in office, pan’s food crisis. | 'The republic will be proclaimed ifcrn'.nlly Saturday at a solemn cer- Tru- emony in the ornate “Hall of the : WASHINGTON—President ers can pull together to save c.r- disaster in history, the hotel man- selves from a vicious foreign en- agement crdered evacugion of the em the Secretary recailed. “This fire-swept ruins of the 22-story coenference may tell us if there is structure at La Salle and Madison hope that we can continue to co- Street. More than 1,000 transient operate internationally in this pe- and permanent guests at the 1,000 culiarly international industry room, 37-year-old Loop hostelry “Thus we may save ourselves were affected. from inhuman working conditions Theatres, Clubs Closed and cut-throat, uneconomic com- In the wake of the tragic blaze, petition.” | city officials ordered the imm~diate ALASKA HIGHWAY 8 2l it 5y COMMISSION IS | cal of alleged failure to comply |with fire and building code regula- 1 tiol { nyEsing homes also were. or- dered closed, but- action was delay- ed pending arrangements for new Spokes- | extention bill which Administration | chairman, the effect on the Senate during next week's debate was highly problematical. The House already has passed an spokesmen have said would mean | the end of price control next month unless the Senate took a different tack. PRBRREIRE SN SHIPS ENDANGERED, BY JAPANESE MINES ADRIFT ON PACIFIC PEARL HARBOR, June 6—An es- tions with ship owners be resumed immediately. Harry Lundeberg, who heads the AFL Seafarers International Union and the Sailors Union of the Paci- fic, said of the sailors, “we had to hold them back. They wanted to strike at once—these men are hot.” No Instructions As the meeting broke up some sailors were heard to say they were returning to their work. Lundeberg said they had no instructions; they But in most of the little villages and along most of the duty rqads: bordered by hedge rows the people | of Normandy regarded the day quietly. They prayed for the men who came to liberat® them and who stayed behind under the White Cross or Star of David in one of Normandy's nine American Military Cemeteries. PARADE IN FRANKFURT H FRANKFURT, June bo.—Military were free to do as they liked. Police 250 strong paraded with al brass band in Frankfurt's Hinden- Ihe astiog BAEDeE oty A4 a -packed. burg Platz today in observance “Yh::dv‘:d ;:; g:;dtd f-h'!‘ DovaS! | the second anniversary of the ang the street. Normandy invasion. ! The meeting was closed to all ex- The public address system OVer;cept members of the Union. Lunde- VOTED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 6—Creation Jof an International Highway Com jmission to study routes between the United States ana Alaska was ap- !praved today by the House, | As sent to the Senate, the bill] (would set up an eight-man (‘om-‘ |mission, two of whom would te Dederer 'o jmembers of Congress, to cooperate |with a similar group to be ap- quarters for the inmates. men for the two theatres, the Shu- jkert and the Great Northern, said they would! protest the closing or- der. Mayor Edward J. Kelly said other buildings with fire hazards would be closed. - — which an Army order of the day berg said it was voted unanimously was being translated into German (o' notify the Secretary of Labor for 3,000 civilians broke down four and the ship owners that the SUP times, causing many German, (gaflors Union of the Pacific) smiles. {would not be bound by any condi- o s G H o] political circus now tak- WONDERFUL TIME Prior. Yruoe Vidited !man is said to have promised Pro-| Woli” in the Chamber of Deputics. | The previous agreement Was & testant churchmen that Myron C.| January political-military truce, rayior, the President’s representa- since violated by both sides. tive to the Vatican eventually will SE“ATOR Aus‘l“ IS SUCCESSOR | Chiang stipulated that the fol-. e recalled. June G.—Presi- timated 30,000 Japanese mines adrift in the Pacific are a con- tinual threat to shipping, Rear Adm. Arthur D. Struble, Command- ier of Pacific Amphibious Forces, "disclosed yesterday. | | Simultaneously, the Star-Bulle- ;Lln says six ships, including five| American vessels, had been damag- ed by mines since V-J day and| that stray mines had been sighted | lowing three matters must be set- tled within the 15-day period: | 1.—Detailed arrangements gov-' erning the complete termination of hostilities ir Manchuria. 2—Detailed arrangements time schedules for the complete NEW YORK-—Dr. Herbert Vzme-| vatt of Australia, Chairman of the| | United Nations Security Council| and | Sub-committee which investigated | Spain, today called wupon the !ing place in Washington, D. C." referring to negotiations between |the government, CIO maritime un- jions and ship owners, WASHINGTON, | Council to approve his group’s re-| restoration of communications in China. 3.—A definite basis for carrying out, without further delay, the Feb. 25 agreement for demobiliza- tion, reorganization and integra- tion of China's darmed forces. —_— -+ - FROM THE STATES | o | { | commendations for an eventual world-wide break with Generalissi-| mo Francisco Franco. : WASHINGTON—House and Sen- ate braced today for a tug of war over resuming the teen-age draft. There were hints of a compromise making 19-year-olds eligible and dent Truman has selected SenatorZ | Warren R. Austin, Vermont Repub- | lican, to be America's representa- tive on the United Nations Secur-| ity Council. ! The appointment will not become | offective until next January. 'I'heI White House explained that a con- ! stitutional limitation prevents Aus-! tin in Hawailan waters, and one only ome or' 600 miles off San Francisco. | | Struble, former Pacific Fleet, | Minecraft Commander, said the| Japanese mines had worn loose SEATTLE, June 6.—M. Dederer, frem their moorings and that most | chairman of the Seattle Chamber of them were drifting toward of Commerce Alaska Committee, Alaska. Others were caught by ! will fly to the Territory Sunday to currents drifting southward. support Alaska’s protests against Some of the mings, he added, will! pointed by the Canadian govern-! Passage of the measure came on a voice vote in which memkers are not recorded. Rep. Mansfield (D-Mont) told the House, during debate last week that the commission would investigate needs for highways going through British Columbia, Saskatchewal, Al- AT SCOUT CAMP Leo Jewett who, with the assist- ance of Harold Zenger, acted as Roy Scout Camp Director for the first six days of the current camp period, yesterday afternoon wmcd; over the reins of camp manage- ment to Scout Executive Delbert | NEW THREAT | WASHINGTON, June 6.—Thous- lands of AFL seamen walked off |their ships in American seaports itoday, adding the threat of an AFL strike to the grave maritime labor | situation. As the AFL men met in simul- {taneous “stop-work” meeting at 2 {p. m. (EST), Harry Lundeberg, from succeeding now to thel | pesition just resigned by Edward g Stcmmus,‘ Jr. “Close collaboration between the Until Austin can take over, abiiy, couptries is an absolute need, the end of the Senate term to0|necquse of the importance of the which he was elected, Herschel!protic and sub-Arctic areas’ he Johnson will represent the United |gcserted. “Canada and Alaska can States in United Nations affairs.(essily become our first lines of | Johnson has been serving as de-{gefense.” puty American representative. Hanks, upon the latter's return!president of the AFL Seafarers In- frem Ketchikan. ternational Union, said in San Jewett today reported that the'Francisco it was possible that the cxceptionally fine weather hss‘,merzency meeting would develop made for a very successful campiinto a nationwide maritime strike. season so far, with the boys mak-| Until today the maritime crisis ing progress on their bids for ad-|centered on CIO unions whose rep- vancement in scouting besides resentatives were in Washington, twice daily swims. The fine food| Also in the capital, a Congress- has been heartily ional committee decided to hold berta, the Yukon Territory and connecting with Alaska. an increase in steamship passeng- undoubtedly reach the Northwest er and freight rates. | Pacific coast, taking about chree! “This is & subject in which Se- years to drift from Japaness wat-| attle is just as vitally interested as ers. They would continue to be a Alaska,” Dederer said. “We know menace to shipping for at least much of our prosperity has been five years, Struble asserted, the and always will be contingent upon 'tir2 necessary to corrode and sink. Alaska’s well-being.” - | exempting those of 18. Arrivals from the States register- ing at the Baranof are Jesse Ep- stein, Seattle; D. Damon, Holly- man royal jewels worth $1,500,000 wood, Calif.; Edward Hamilton,| vanished from a German castle; Nellie R. Hamilton, Long Beach, while it was in use as an American | Calif. officers club and an official an-| FRANKFURT, Germany — Ger- i Jnoxuncemenf. today mnte: thrat t?lm—‘ The Washington | Merry - Go- Round By DREWTPEARSON WASHINGTON—It is now pos- sible to give a play-by-play account of what happened inside the White House during the “lost weekend.” This columnist has been around Washington a good many years, theft. An investigation is being made. L § NAVY'S PACIFIC BOSS IS ON WAY Austin will, however, resign his ‘:—’,flnaw seat at once and be named | 'special representative of the Presi-| | dent, with rank of Ambassador to! serve as an advisor to Johnson. l Austin, 68, is a member of the! Senate Foreign Relations Commit- wee and often has supported for- eign policies of the Democrnncl Chief Executive. He has been in ~ TOKODIAK BASE | SEATTLE, June 6—After a 13 | the Senate since 1931. NEW SOVIET ATTITUDE TOM STEWART IS LEAVING TONIGHT 10 ENTER SCHOOL Tom Stewart, son of Territorial Commissioner of Mines B. D. Stew- art, is to sail for the States tonight aboard the steamer North Sea. He plans to enter U. S. Diplomatic Service School, in New England. A Ski-Troop Captain during Places Still Shut By Wage Disput KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 6.— Meat Packer Hormel Dies af Age of 85 LOS ANGELES, June 6.—George Albert Hormel, 85, an immigrant’s| son who rcse from butcher boy to millionaire packer, died yesterday.| He fcunded the George A. Hor-| | Ketchikan eating houses closed for | 1927, when he came to California, A wage dispute with the AFL Cul-’mel Packing Co.sat Austin, Minn, | inary Workers Union has kept in 1892, retiring as President in the past two days. Yesterday pick- but continuing as board chairman.; ihour and eight minute non-stop | flight from Honolulu, Arm. John| but the events preceding Harry | {H. Towers, Commander uman’s labor message tow Con- were the most bizarre ever| : il of the Pacific Fleet, arrived in| b'm"“::' ;:'r:i' e‘:::;fy ‘ji“:‘ufl:‘;gl{s«eame vesterday, bound for an in-| Trumaj S spection tour of Alaskan Naval loyalty to friends. Here 15 What|racilities and a visit with Lt. Gen.| happened: Delos C. Emmons, commanding in Chief| World War II, Stewart has been dent Truman’s choice of Senator|ccncentrating here on preparatory Austin as American representative | studies since his separation from on the United Nations Security!the’ Army. A Juneau High School Council prompted official hopes of | graduate, he served as Chief Clerk encouraging a new Soviet attitude|of the House during this year's| in that body. special session of the Alaska Leg- The Vermont Republican said|islature and, as President, con- WASHINGTON, June 6.—Presi-x ets appeared at two cafes which| were undergoing repairs during the closure, ! The restaurants closed Tuesday when owners said they were unable to meet demands for wage increas- es of $2 to $3 a day. e, > - TERMINALKNOT | T0 SAIL NORTH SEATTLE, June 8.—The Alaska| On Friday morning, just after|General of the Alaskan area. the Juneau Ski Club Steamship Company, announces the received by. staunch appetites. ; Thirty-nine boys are now in! camp, with two or more additional | lads expected to arrive for the last | week, Jewett said. Boys now in camp include: thirteen from Troop 668, Skagway; one from Troop 643, Sitka; two from Troop 610, Doua-! las; four from Troop 612, Juneau | and 19 from Troop 613, Juneau. o - Finds Lost Flier, Now Gels Best Type of Wife SINGAPORE, June 6.—Sakai, an aboriginal hillman, found and led to safety today RAF flying officer William Leslie McLachlan of Lon-! hearings in an effort to prevent a maritime strike. Demonstrate Unity One CIO national maritime union official, George M. Kekiche of Seattle, said enroute to join his eci~ leagues in Washington, that NMU members at ports throughout the country were joining the AFL sea- {men in today's “stop work move- |ments” as a “demonstration of un- iy, | Negotiations between the NMU and eastern ship operators con. itinued at the Labor Department ‘and signs they were reaching a deadlock after the operator’s re- jection of the union's last offer— ia 44-hour week at sea. Seamen Inow work 56. The union first de- !manded a 40-hour week. ! There were reports that the War the rail strike started, Truman held a cabinet meeting. He was hopping mad at A. F. Whitney and | Alvanley Johnston. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach was equally hurned up, but not at the strikers. He was sore at likeable John Steel- man, the White House labor ex- pert, and John Snyder, the war re- converter, for messing up the ne- gotiations. % At the cabinet meeting, Postmas- | ter General Hannegan wanted Tru- | man to go on the air with an IP—; peal to the public, but no crack- | down on labor. Secretary of Warl Patterson wanted the President to Navy officials here said they be- lieved the flight from Hawaii was only that as the successor to Ed- {ducted ward R. Stettinius, Jr., he con-!through the recent season. STOCK QUOTATIONS Terminal Knot, a tal type mo- don, who had been lost in the:sml’p‘"‘ Administration might step into the talks soon, shoving the the first between the two cities. |The air distance was 2,350 nautical miles. Adm. Towers left here today at 7:46 a. m. on a direct flight to Kodiak, accompanied by Vice Ad- miral A. E. Montgomery, Naval Air Commander for the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Towers said this was his first opportunity to visit Naval installations in Alaska, and that he planned to “drop over and visit General Emmons while in the North.” He said a flight to the Aleutian take over the railroads at once, Chain is planned, before he makes even produced a blueprint for the\'the return nonstop flight from Ko- Army's strike-breaking operations.idiak to Hawaii June 10. Secretary Byrnes said he thought REAES s PR a settlement could be reached but GEORGE GREEN ARRIVES George Green, of Seward, is in (Continued on Page Four) *town, He is staying at the Baranof. | siders himself the President’s de- | puty, to carry out policies Mr. Tru- man formu'ates. But Senate colleagues noted that the 68-year-old New Englander will take into his new post a publicly- | recorded understanding of what he has termed the “security-conscious” position of Russia. | As American representative, Aus- itin will deal directly with Andrei A. Gromyko. his Soviet counterpart |who on more than one occa.sionl has failed to seeeyetoeyewith the| | sles called to the Council's at-| tention. i ———el e HAMAN HERE i Edward Haman, salesman has x arrived here and is at the Gasti-| neau, ) Upon completion of his studies at the Foreign Service School, Stewari expects to enter the United | States diplomatic service. FAIR EXCHANGE SPOKANE, June 6.—Misery loves1 company—fortunately for Mr. and/ iMrs. A. Strickler of Orpville and‘lmratlon 5%, U. S. Steel 89%, |Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wynecoop of| Wellpinit. The Wynecoops had a flat tire| on the highway and no spare. United States on world controver-ignory after, the Strickler's car|i6.18, utilitles 43.15. NEW YORK, June 6.—Closing|torship, will be the first ship of | oration 6%, American Can 101%%, quotation of Alaska Juneau mine! stock today is 8%, Alleghany Cor-| Anaconda 47'%, Commonwealth and | Southern 5%, Curtiss-Wright 8, International Harvester 99%, Ken- necott 56%, New York Central 267%, Northern Pacific 327, United Cor- Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 980,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 209.50, rails slowed to a stop behind them —| S out of gas. AT GASTINEAU It was simple: The Stricklers| Arrivals from the States register- loaned the Wynecoops a tire and ing at the Gastineau last week the Wynecoops “owed the Stricklers'were: Emil E. Olson; E. A. Larson, to town. The Wynecoops bought a Sellingham, Wash.; T. A. Mansker, tube and the Stricklers bought gas. Seattle. the year to enter bleak Kotzebue Sound on the Arctic Gircle. Flow ice, blocks ports there from late September to July. The ship was to leave San Franeisco today | for Seattle to load freight for Kot- ! zebue, Deering, Peewalik, Teller and other Arctic outposts. — e DIVORCE ACTION Verina Mae Ginnett vs. Robert Walter Ginnett, an gction in di- vorce, has heen filed here with the Clerk of the U. S. District Court.; Incompatibility and = cruelty are charged as causes of action. The two were married at Tacoma, Washington, July 28, 1943. They have no children and no property is involved in the action. |a wife when he found McLachlan, jungle since he left the Cameron Highlands leave center May 28. Sakai, who was enroute to buy said he would use his $250 reward ! to purchase the best type of wife instead of the $40 variety he plan- ned before. - - BETHEL VACATION BIBLE SCTOOL PUPILS PARADE I Those attending the Bethel Ta- bernacle Vacation Bible School, led by Ralph R. Ficks and attended by | the teachers, gave a parade this forenoon down Franklin street, on Front Street and up Main street. The youngsters all carried flags. - eee — Gibraltar has hbelonged to the | British since 1704. 'after a operators aside and deali directly with the CIO maritime leaders, Harry Bridges and Joe Curran. g “STOP WORK" DAILY SEATTLE, Juhe 6—Members of {two ALF-maritime unions returned to their ships this afternoon stop-’ meeting which drafted an ultimatum that they (will refuse to sail any ships unless wage nej tions meetings are ar- ranged definitely within one week. A committee was appointed to meet Secretary of Labor Schwel- lenbach here late this afternoon. Leaders of the Sailors Union of |the Pacific and the Seafarers’ In- ternational Unioh, of which the Sailors Unilon is the Pacific Coast (Continued on Page Two)