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

SATURDAY l P.M. Edition VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,298 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1946 e e SETTLE WAGE DISPUTE; MEN STILL OUT BRUTALITIES PINNED UPON LIEUTENANT BAD NAUHEIM, Germany, June 15.—Lt. Grauville Cubage, of Ok- lahdma City was reprimanded and fired $250 today upon conviction by f U. S. military court of author- lzing and permitting “unauthorized punishment” of American soldier | | | | | priscners at the Lichfiled, England, | § detention camp barracks. Like three enlisted men who were | tried previously and convicted, Cu- bige contended that Lichfield dis- ciplinary policies were dictated by cfficers ranking above him. (OURT RETURNING | HERE ON JUNE 25 The Office of the Clerk of the District Court here has been ad-! vised that the term of Court at Ketchikan -was adjourned at| Ketchikan Thursday, to be re-con- vened here on June 25, at 2 o'clock | pm. Thursday was Naturnlimtion! Day at Ketchikan ‘and 11 persons | were admitted to United States ecit- | | izenship there. {1 The Washington | Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON | WASHINGTON — Obscured by | news of strikes, hotel. fires and.Su- preme Court bickering, the most| important conservation of the‘ Western Hemisphere quietly took place in Washington. It was be-! tween the Argentine Chief of Staff, | Lieut. Gen. Carlos Von der Becke, | and U. S. officials, especially Gen; | eral Eisenhower. | The conservation was important for the following reasons: { 1. This is the first time in re-| cent history that the U. 8. Army! has taken foreign policy away from | the State Department and has vir-! tually attempted to dictate its own policy for Latin America. I 2. The U. S. Army is now forc-' ing close military cooperation with the chief dictatorship in Latin Am- | erica which, up until a short time ago, we were officially denouncing | as pro-Nazi. ] Here is the inside of story of what happened. | For some weeks, General Eisen- hower, worried about Russian pen- etration of Latin America, has been | pushing the idea of standardizing weapons and ammunition among the Americas, so their armies can cooperate with the United States. The State Department, while| sympathetic to this general idea, has argued that we should not put the cart before the horse. In other | words, the arming of Latin Ameri- | can armies by the USA must not | spart until we have signed an in-| tetnational defense pact and ar-| rafiged for the control of arms. Otherwise, the State Department argues, the arms we send Latin: America will be used by military; juntas to promote revolution, build | up dictators and foment wars. i IMPATIENT EISENHOWER However, General Eisenhower, without waiting for the State De- 169TH FLAG DAY IS | declaring that " MISSES DRAFT LAW COMPROMISE SEEMS SURE :Commitfeemy Recom- mend Taking 18-Year- Olds as Last Resort WASHINGTON, June 15.—A con- ference committee of Senate and ! |House ironing out kinks in a bill i (to extend tke draft law plans to meet again Monday amid indica- | tions a compromise is near. | The biggest headache is over!| whether to draft teen agers, but | Senator Gurney (R-SD) told a re- porter that probably would be cur- | ed by recommending drafting boys | of 18 only as a last resort, with | the proviso they could not be sent overseas before they are 19. Chairman Thomas (D-Utah) of the Senate Military Committee said it was agreed to restore the draft age limit of 45 years in place of the present 29. However, the Army has said it does not want men over 30 years of age. ‘The present draft law expires on June 30. \ Crash Makes Stewardess the rail ef the brideship Brazil if ‘\ proxy.Widow[ ed her husband, Lieut. Lloyd A. | Lider cf Esparato, Calif., by two days. He is on his way to the West Coasi for discharge. - | \ ; i \ ‘ \ Miss Isabella Lider, 23-year-old Polish dancer who said she sur- vived a year of torture in a Ger- man concentration camp, sits on BURLINGAME, Calif., June 15.— The crash of a B-20 at Guam brought a tragic end to a Trans- | Pacific proxy marriage between a young Army flier and an airline, stewardess, it was revealed here: to- day. { Lt. Drew Smith, son of Nevada | State Engineer Alfred M. Smith,| was killed in the bomber crash. He | had been married by proxy at Kan- | C(OMMEMORATED BY, ELKS LAST EVENING ::.cuoe ceier s ! flight to Cairo, Egypt. { Thor Smith, brother of the flier, told today of the proxy ceremony, performed to enable the bride to join her husband at Guam. He| said the War Department had noti- fied the family last night of Smith’s death. Mrs. Harry S. Hills, mother of the young widow, was enroute to- day to Washington to inform her daughter of the tragedy when she returns frcm the flight. Miss Mills and Lt. Smith were sweethearts at the University of Nevada before 'he entered West Point. SIS e The theme of the 169th anni- versary of Old Glory, commemor- ated in the Elks annual Flag Day program last night, was the Ameri- can Flag as “at onc: a history, declaration and a prophecy. The Rev. Herbert Hillerman, pas- | tor of tke Resurrection Lutheran | Church and last night’s principal! speaker, told a capacity audicnce in the Elks" Hall that as Americans we must fulfill ths high hopes of these who first raised the Stars and Stripes as the emblem of a free Teople. He said that freedom inevitably demands responsibility and that the individual American must recognize his part in keeping faith with the ¢ (laims Concrefe 1 e .2 4 tounders o the nation. . ROOF I Sufficient | ahn, curator of the museum, trac-| 5 v ; A-Bomb Prolection ed the history of the flag from the | Red Cross of England raised by John Cabot in 1497 to 1885 when ! Congress decreed that the original| LOS ANGELES, June 15. — Dr.| thirtcen stripes be preserved and | Verne R. Mason of the University | new stars added to mark the ad-|of Southern California faculty says vent of each new state. three feet of concrete is protection E. C. Reynolds, Exalted Ruler of jagainst the type of atomic bomb Juneau Lodge No. 420, also spoke,|dropped on Japan. “the flag is the| Dr. Mascn told a civie group yes- heart and soul of Elkdom” and link- | terday that 22 telephone operators | UNLUCKY FAMILY OF 13 EVICTED FROM HOME an evicti companies refused to carry the furniture. The Roedels will stick together, come what may. THE TRUMANS REQE!VE DEGREES ‘PIESID!NY HARRY §. TRUMAN is all = smiles as he poses with his daughter, Mary Margaret, following commencement exercises at George \{Vnshing- ton University, Washington, D. C. While his daughter received her diploma, the President was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree. The nation’s Chief Executive told the graduating class that he proposed to continue to fight for individual rights, deciding issues “in a way that 1s best for the welfare of the country.” ‘Allorneys for War (riminals Leave Defense (International Soundpohto) U. 5. WILL TRADE 'A-BOMB | i } NEW YORK, Jun: 15.—An au- thoritative source suggested today ithat the United States is willing nesday night at the start of the| lto trade its atomic bomb for a FOR PEACE R DENVER, COLORADO, HOME are Mr. and Mrs. Emil Roedel and their eleven children, recelving order from City Deputy Ventrees (left). Although neighbors offered garages as storage, moving (International) BULLETINS ROME—Italy’s political crisis has | blown cver as suddenly as it blew jup. No instaaces of disorder are re- ported from any section. VICTORIA—Striking loggers have been promised negotiations to set- tle the wresent strike will continue tomorrow. st WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed a ‘measure giving war veterans free insurance benefits under the Sccial Security law. The bill, which now goes to the House, would cover a three-year period from the date of discharge. PARIS—The new French Con- stituent Asscmbly has chosen a Socialist, Vincent Auriol, as presiding officer. . NEW YORK—Reports received ports on thz Atlantic seaboard are well back to normal or will be by tomorrow morning. the ringside Wednesday. WASHINGTON—President “man today renominated John L. ! McCormick as Director of Selective '\nent and the private ship operators AUTHORITY" SAYS Scervice for Alaska. FULLER FLIES 10 N. Y. TO ATTEND - LOUIS-CONNBOUT When the kell sounds next Wed- Joe Louis-Billy Conn fight, there's NEW YORK, June 15.—NBC re- yorld government or security system going to ‘be one very enthusiastic ported in a Tokyo broadcast today that can and will keep the peace. Juneauite right there in a ringside that six members of the Japanese War Crimes Tribunal defense coun- cil had resigned, charging they | This source, who would not p: Imit himself to be identified, envis- joned a guardian of world peace seat, which, counting a long-dis- Itance telephone call, cost this Louis fan approximately $115, but that's pamment, jumped the gun and be-|ing the histories of the emblem and |in a Hiroshima shelter with alhad not been given sufficient time'even higher and mightier than the all right with him. gan asking Congress to okay stand- | ardized arms for Latin America. | Meanwhile, Dictator Peron, sit- ting isolated in Argentina, worried | over the Brazilian Army’s modern Lend-Lease equipment, rose to U. 8. Army bait, and decided to g0 over the State Department’s head.| This he did, first. by a personal letter to Eisenhower, later-by hav-| the order through the course of the nation’s growth. jured, despite the fact their shel-/ The Jundau City band, directed|ter was under the main blast area. by Joseph Shofner, player the Star| — e Spangled Banner, “Southern Airs";JUNEAu BMD I" and America in the course of the| progfam and Dorianne Barnes pro- | vided incidental piano music dur- ing the story of the flag. ““The evening was highlighted by three-foot concrete roof were unin-|to prepare their case and asserting United Nations Security Council if| Dan Fuller, popular janitor about that continuation of the trial under the Counci) holds tight to the veto.|town, employed at the First Na- present conditions would be “a re-!just what form it should take, he|tional Bank, left by plane today flection on American justice.” The six attorneys conferred with Gen. MacArthur last week in an ef- ort to persuade him to intervene, but MacArthur refused to act In the grounds that a postponement is a matter for decision by the tri- ing his Chief of Staff General Von(an altar service by the officers,i Tne Uniformed Juneau City Band bunal itself, the broadcast said. der Becke, resign and go to Wash—-: ington as a private citizen. ! The Argentine General, who is pute German, and once openly| stated that the German Army| could not lost the late war, called on Eisenhower last week. When he | walked into his office, he did not| know that only two hours before, | the U. S. Chief of Staff had re- ceived a phone call from Assist-| aft Secretary Spruille Braden seek- | ing to put a damper on Ike's cor- dility. Braden informed him that| yeports on . Peron’s inauguration | were disquieting and the American mmdor had been roundly (Woannm)‘ in which the Liberty Bell was rais- ed in layers of flowers: roses top- ped with lillies and crowned with.my exercises. Vi violets. | Twenty-six musicians, led by T 1 ST |Majorette Carol Jean MacDonald, FRED J. KALN HERE land with Director Joseph M. Shof- Fred L. Kaln, of Petersburg ‘s:ner, marched frébm the Grade| staying at the Gastineau. School down Franklin street to BB Wy 0 5 the Elks hall, played a lively march STANLEY DUBLE HERE number on the street then partici- Stanley Duble is registered at the pated in the program, with the Gastineau. National Anthem, “America” and i “Southern Melodies” among the The amethyst is also known as|pumbers. the bishcp’s stone because of its —— wide use in the bishop’s ring, FROM ELDRED ROCK ——eo—— e A grenadier originally was a sol-| Paul T. Vandone Mas arrived here made its second public appearance! dier who carried and threw hand from Eldred Rock. He s staying | Vaisvila and Mel Stafford, both of | grenades, at the Gastineau, The six have expressed an in- jc bomb. The United States wants air. last night, playing at the Elks Flag |tention to urge a congressional in-|peace and means to have it. vestigation of the trial. — e — ARMY BOAT HERE The Army boat FS 241, skippered by Jim Bradley with a civilian crew, arrived late yesterday after- ncon and will sail for Seattle to- mcerrow. The boat is enroute south from Adak for repairs. T LICENSE TO WED é marriage license was issued here, this morning by U. 8. Com- missioner Felix Gray to Mary Olive Juneau, {added, is under study. i Te Security Council might con- ceivably become this powerful in- ternational guardian if the veto power is scrapped, this informant said. He outlined the situation sub- |stantially as follows: ‘The United States has the atom- The i United States will sacrifice the ;a(omic bomb if adequate world se- curity and atomic energy controls |are set up but the United States will not destroy one bomb until the rest of the nations of the world, including this country, of course, |have set up this world organization by treaty. | Thus the United States was rep- resented as being in a position to!Scouts from Douglas and part of jorganized and working again, after lattain peace by an old-fashioned |swap — the bomb for peace. ! i i FROM WINDHAM Carl B. Carlson of Windham is a ‘guest at the Gastineau, |enroute to New York, which he ex- pects to reach no later than Tues- 'day. | After the big event, Puller will !return by way of Chicago, then a (visit in Oklahoma, from there to |Los Angeles, San Francisco and | Seattle, making the entire trip by He expects to be away about (two weeks. 6. 5. CAMP OPENS TOMORROW, PICNICS ALSO ARE PLANNED Girl Scout Camp offiaially opens {tomorrow, with the Brownies, Girl | { ) |one troop from Juneau leaving in 'the morning for Eagle River Camp. Another event which will take many people out the highway is the parish picnic sponsored by the K. of C. and the C. D. of A, to be )hfld at the Shrine, its | that mea | up to noon indicate that ali major NEW YORK — Boekmakers are mystified at the Conn money (‘h“'the is being sent in to their houses. | Louis today is favored 12-5 to win. The price may shorten to 8-6 at Tru- | PRICE TEN CENTS NICK - OF - TIME PACT-SIGNING EASES CRISIS, ’Agreemenl—firalds WaI-! erfront Peace Until | { | | SCALE MUST BE RATIFIED BY WORKERS General Back - fo - Work Will Probably Be Started Monday (By The Associated Press) The nation’s mighty shipping in- dustry was slowed to a snail's pace today as thousands of maritime union workers remained away from their ships in key ports—despite settlement of their wage dispute. A general back-to-work movement hinged upon ratification by union membership of the terms agreed upon by maritime union leaders in Washington last night.' Most of the unions of the East and West Coasts meet today to vote on acceptance—or rejection—of the agreement, reached shortly before midnight. Pacific Coast ports were crippled as a union-estimated 22,000 CIO dockworkers along the coast quit ‘heir jobs. 4 Idle in New York In New York City, members of five unions were idle and a loud- speaker at union headquarters ad- vised them: “The strike is still on and will’ remain on until it is voted of.” AFL Longshoremen, however, re- sorted for work, The National Maritime Union (CIO) which claims 30,000 men In the port, scheduled a membsrship™ neeting for noon. SRR maritime workers in Seattle had been told to quit work until they took action on the Washington igreement. Stay on Ships In San Pedro seamen were in- structed to remain aboard thelr thips but not to work pending a membership vote and in Portland, Ore., the union local issued a stop- vork order for meetings. Longshoremen in 8dn Prancisco :alled off work until units ratify the recommendatiohs of the NMU 'eaders. * In Philadelphia, however, more ‘han 500 NMU geamen voted to catify the Washington pact and ctivity returned to mormal. X At Los At the Los Long Beach 1arbor, more than 5,000 seamen and vaterfront workers were called out on strike at 12:01 (PST) and L. B. Thomas, local chairman of the Com- nittee for Maritime Unity, instruct- ad all seamen to remain aboard heir vessels, to live in their quarters out not to work on the ships. Thomas said he doubted if the membership of the seven unions in- volved could be called together today ‘or ratification, Plans for picketing New York's waterfront were called off by the New York Joint Maritime Commit~ tee, which has nearly 30,000 seamen n five unions. Sept. 30 Only WASHINGTON, June 15.—Liter- fally a last-minute settlement saved the country today from a formal, “crlppllng maritime strike but never- | theless unionists by the thousands ; stayed away from ship and dockside | jobs. | They were awaiting rank and file approval of the bargain their lead- ers made in a hectic, nick-of-time agreement to halt the long and stormy wage and hour dispute with | ship operators. In New York City, members of five unions followed this advice from union headquarters: “The strike is still on and will remain on until it is voted off.” Along the Pacific Coast, the sit- uation was much the same. In Philadelphia, seamen in the | National Maritime Union voted to ratify the pact reached here last night exactly one minute before midnight, when the all-coast strike | was to begin. 1 Act On Pact Today Most unions on both coasts sched- juled meetings today to act on the | agreement. The agreement, which seven mari- time unions hailed as a sweeping | victory, saved the country from hav- !ing a third major labor emergency !plled on top of the coal and rail |crises. And it heralded peace—at |least temporarily—in the shipping |industry for the first time since last July. | The break in the strike threat | deadlock came last night at 11 p.m. | (EST), after a long day of suspense jand an evening of helter-skelter !chaos at the Labor Department. |1t was then union leaders and em- ! ployers began signing the documents nt they had agreed at last. | 60 Seconds to Go | Only 60 seconds later the strike | deadline arrived in New York, Bos- ton, Philadelphia and other East Coast ports. | oday these main facts emerged |from the settlement of -the most !complex and confusing big labor | dispute in recent years, 1. A powerful new labor alliance, Committee for Maritime Unity | (CMU), composed of seven unions | claiming 214,000 members, had sail- ,ed successfully through its first test under the joint leadership of Bridges ;and Curran, | 2. By threatening a disastrous ,strike it had won from the govern- L |large wage increases and other con- cessions, 3. Not-only that, but it served notice it will “come again” in Sep- | tember. Bridges agreed to the set- itlement only as far as September 30, and said his West Coast long- (shoremen will seek still higher pay at that time. CIO radio operators and engineers also have contracts expiring September 30. i AFL Still in Talks Meantime AFL sallors—not rep- resented in the CMU negotiations here—were seeking more pay in |wage talks at San Francisco and New York. The newly-won CMU agreements | give seamen: A wage increase of $17.50 a month, retroactive to April 1, and a dollar- an-hour overtime pay for Sunday {work at sea and for Saturday and |Sunday work In port, effective to- day. The Labor Department estimated that all told, a seamen's monthly pay check will rise about $50. Wit rahiiao 'PAST PRESIDENTS’ PARLEY OF ALA T0 BE RE-ACTIVATED A bit of confusion slipped into the notice regarding the meeting resentative from outside the United of American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents to be held Monday night. | States at the meeting, said Canad- |The purpose of the meeting is *to|lian towns along the route are in- get the Past Presidents’ Parley re-|terested in making the link interna- 'uomlnndmumwnu.kecm- a long period of inactivity, it has|adian highways suitable for all- been announced. weather travel. All Past Presidents are urged to|! The annual meeting, first in two attend. Mrs. Ted Johnstone and|Years continues through today with Mrs. Ray Peterman will be »!m«emwm(mm jhostesses, at Mrs. Johnstone's home, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Apartment 211, in the Fosbee Apts, Mexico and Texas attending. | : CURRAN SIGNS WASHINGTON, June 15.—“We'll teep 'em sailing!"” That was Joe Curran, President of the CIO National Mariiinfe Un- lon, leaving the conference with a broad grin after signing the mari- time agreement last night. “At a price!” shouted Granville Conway, War Shipping Adminis- trator, also smiling. Alaska-Gualemala Hook-Up Via Rocky Mounh! Pressed DENVER, June 14.--Members of the U. S. 87 Highway Association, meeting here, expressed hope that the Highway might win official designation as an international link between Alaska and Guatemala. Cleve Hill of Alberta, only rep-