The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 26, 1946, Page 2

S —— ( -~ womomomm”.’ 1 (7 SIS W e s U, . —————————— e e St Attt A ettt e e | ) ( PAGE 'IWO They are lovely and , geometric new lawns color squar collars . Wear skirts 1 slacks and pedalpt ¢ 4 sloeve Peter mad dotted collars, necot leeves and hand- edge front Pan crochet 4.50 . Short and long sleeve: the dainty and pinafores . . . First Blouses of Summer dotted score rayons . . . cotton Comes in solid flowered and plaids , with and without ones with your Tailored blouses with Swisses, es, 1shers. Cotton lawn, cap sleeves, col- larless string tie, Venise lace down front. 30 to 38 4.50 B o 5/1/( Bzé’zsncz/i go. Q(/‘fl//f_‘/ S/noE /887 because of a affair while he was a student in Switzerland or be- :ause of dis isfaction with his | role as Monarch, or that he had been killed by reactionary Royal- ists who disliked his democratic tendencies. As a result of the rumors the commission was appeinted to make an investigation. The committee or-| dered the body taken from its great | golden urn in Dosit Hall for exam- | ination and X s were made to | determine the course of the bullet. committed suictde thwarted love ASSASSINATION THECRY GAINING, DEATH OF KING Ananda Mahidol Now Be- lieved fo Have Been Murdered - D BANGKOK, Siam, june 26.—A s S 3 reliable report today said medical RIVERS TO KETCHIKAN cvidence secretly studied by a toard of 18 physicians supports Attorney General Ralph Rivers a considrable extent the theory| left yesterday for Ketchikan where examinations Territorial le- he will conduct bar and attend to other gal matters. He plans to remain in that youthful King Ananda Mahi- dol ‘was the victim of an assassin. The 20-year-old Monarch was found dead in his apartment June Ketchikan approximately three 9. The official report to Parliament | days. the next day said he accidentally s Y e R shot himself and that the bullet| Ben Johnson, famous English went through the forehead !poet and playwright, is buried in There were numerous rumors, a sitting position in Westminster however, that the King either had Abbey. : U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN INDED AT 4:30 A. M., 120TH MERIDIAN TODAY IME ATA FOR 2 Lowest 4:30a.m. 24 hrs. Weather at Station temp. temp. Precip. 4:30 am. 40 50 0 Clear 29 01 Fog 44 48 0 Cloudy Cordova 61 39 50 0 Cloudy Dawson o 50 56 0 Cloudy Edmonton 63 43 49 13 Rain L& 3 45 47 0 Clear " 62 52 54 0 Cloudy l.lm 1 61 51 53 10 Cloudy Juneau Airport 59 48 19 07 Rain Ketchikan 57 50 52 1 Rain Kotzebue 49 44 417 01 Cloudy McGrath 66 44 48 0 Clear Nome 50 38 46 01 Cloudy Northw 68 49 54 15 Cloudy Petersburg 55 51 51 09 Rain - Fog Portland Trace Cloudy Prince George u 05 Cloudy Prince Rupert 54 52 Cloudy 66 51 Trace Rain 55 50 Trace Cloudy hitehorse 80 51 07 Cloudy akutat 56 48 Trace Cloudy ~(4:30 a. m. yesterday to 4:30 a. m. today) WEATHER SYNOPSIS: The ridge of high pressure continues from a high center located about 1200 miles south of Kodiak Island north- westward over the Alaska Peninsula and western Alaska. A trough of pressure center located in the Manitoba nada westward to Southeast Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska. were below normal over Southeast Alaska yesterday. Rain the 24 hours over southwestern Canada, north- low pressure extends from a low Province of Ct Temperatu has fallen du past western ited tes and southern and western Alaska MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports fronf Marine Stations at 1:30 P. M. Teady WIND Height of Waves Station Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) Cape Decision Fog 57T NW 5 1 foot Cape Spencer Pt. Cloudy 53 W 2 Calm Eldred Rock Cloudy 59 SW 3 Calm Five Finger Light Cloudy 61 0 0 Calm Guard Island Cloudy 61 0 0 Calm Lincoln Rock Pt. Cloudy 58 NNW 4 1 foot Point Retreat Pt. Cloudy €2 NNW 4 Calm MARINE FORECAST FOR PERIOD ENDING THURSDAY.EVE- NING: Protected waters of Southeast Alaska and outside waters, Dixon Entrance to Yakutat—variable winds under 15 miles per hour. Variable eloudiness with local light rain, 'MEDFORD HIT BY MILLION DOLLAR FIRE MEDFORD, Ore, June 26. — A three block sector of this southern Orezon city’s industrial district was a smoldering ruin today after the worst fire in Medford's history lev- eled fruit packing and plants valued at more than $1,000,- 00. J There was fear too that the re- gicn’s multi-million dollar pear owing, industry would suffer even greater loss because the fruit plants —iwo of them among the largest tin the district—could not be re- vlaced before the Augzust fruit har- Vi Fire Chief Roy Elliott listed the $500,000 American Fruit Packing Company and the Reter 'Packing Plant among -those destroyed. A large lumber yard, a lumber milling plant and a feed and seed company were also leveled. ., Retroactive Wages ~ To Walerfront Men - ToBe Tested, Court SEATTLE, June 26.—The Su- preme Court will be asked to de- termine whether Washington ports fcan legally pay $200,000 in retro- active wages to waterfront work- men. The back pay springs from !the June 15 maritime agreement, which staved ¢ off a nationwide strike. Edward Savage, Port of Seattle | President, ys attorneys for nine |state parts are doubtful whether |statz laws permit payment of the ‘back pay. i The test case will be brought by th Port of Olympia. e Two Important Measures Await Truman's Signature WASHINGTON, June 26.—The bill to extend the draft act and its companion measure providing for pay increases to military personnel are awaiting President Truman's signature. ‘The President is expected to act quickly on - the draft extension bill, inasmueh as the present draft law expires on July first. If he also signs the pay boost measure, the increases will become effective on the first of th: month. It he delays until after July 1, the lumber | SPIKES BRITAIN, CANADA DICKER Test Case,of Mulh-laferal Trade Policy Seen in * Wheat Deal ‘ i {ficer here for the Alaskan section OTTAWA, Ont June 26.—A pro- troyer tender Yellowstone, —Ass "anco man, in their fight for thé, WASHINGTON, June 26—Navy|Continental Division of the USAAF |posed long-term wheat agreement |tant District Attorney Allan Pom-|Republican Senatorial nomination Secrotary Ferrestal has notifed|was announced today by Brig. Gen between Canada and Britain has €roy today told the jury trying|as returns from nea ly half of President Truman of his desire to|Dale V. Gaffney. ’ | foundered on the rocks of United Redin on espionage and conspiracy | North Dakota’s precincts were re- cooperate “‘ful to achieve thej Gen. @Gaffney and members o | States opposition, in what may )y-‘mdulmf‘m' 4 | ceived late today. goals of the President’s Army-Navy| his staff are being assigned to new regarded as an important test case' Pomeroy’s opening statement, de-| panger, opponent of the United mer ram duties elsewhere but Col. Jones wil {of the post-war intemational trade livered from a handsome carved | Nations, led Bridston 33641 to 33| F attitude toward the| remain here and likely will have % structure, it was learned today wooden lectern in Disfrict Judg2|131 with totals from 1,076 of the merger pr al w expressed in aff of mm” personnel and| | British Food Minister, John Lloyd L. Black's courtroom, related state's 2266 precinets in. a letter to Mr. Truman. The let- ritians ; |Strache> is returning to London|that Herbert Kennedy, _S'“f’_"f""i Bridston had taken an early lead ter was released by the White!. Thé Gontinental Division of the { without an agreement after talks in born Seattle shipyard worker andyhich Langer whittled gradually Hous Transport Command of the USAAF {Washington and Ottawa. He had Eritish subject, went to the Federal| a5 returns from ruarl areas began. Tre Navy Chief said he consid-|plans to maintain permanently the {hoped to take a ‘pact ‘back with Bureau of Investigation last OClo-|(; pour in from Tuesday's voting.'cred the objectives recently outlined ! air rozwe throush Edmonton. for him. ber, 1045, after Redin had hinted| aeanghile U, S, Senator Milton by the President as® “attainable.” requirements of bases i) The British and Canadfans, it is 1S Interest in confidential warshib g ‘young (R-ND), whose election He added tt ved it possi- ; vl | understood, were about to enter o' P, and, Pomeroy added, Ken-|u¢ g term Senator already has ble to cvercome difficulties in draft- g L {ten-year agreement under which D0y Was in “llmm' (h‘”’ .”’"l( ‘l“ been conceded by his two oppon- ing the necessary legisiation i Britain would buy Canadian wheat }‘”v“ the FBI during the period Ne|gni former Senator Gerald P.! “I wish to tha u for the at $125 Canadian per bushel, or ~UIhished Redin with phn; and re- | nve and P. W. Laner, Jr., stretched Patience with which you have lis- I$1.18 U. S. The current Canadian|®“\d ‘[:;'; S “‘;,p;l'”””" his total to 42,607 votes with 1,016 tered to t} s on the prige is 8155, ahd ‘the American. ... ol KOS PAE gold | Precinets in. Lanier, the Democratic '€organization tional de- {and world price is approximately | ...t oo oS B0t f . nominee, had 21968, while Nye,"a fense h you {8200 Canadian, or around $180 U.| 4 "\ iantie twiddling the thumbs| PYe-War critic of ‘interventionisi have devoted t For- |S. Hence the proposed contract o p.- (l;;svped hands, during the peliies running as an Independ- ; : [Would ‘have been at @ little more | iocuo to the actual testimony, @t had 11 fusy ba sssured of my ¢ th;" ::;{ m:mf\:"e,rxfi;:t"“fp . 'Cnce he allowed a smile to flit] PR S S R o o PR el rtant than - St aroy tol 1e t SEEE LS Aferican opbosition to this parti-' | rer: tayg e o5 Pomeroy told the effort to achieve the objectives in cular ‘deal, however, ' the firm ipem all the details of the Yellow- | your program. Amerfcan stand favoring multi-la- gtone plans, “as they are still & T gin g teral trade agreements for the post- comewhat confidential.” } . war world, enunciated by the U. S. pomeroy said he taieana WARM lEITER S'alemaie Resu“s Government in its white paper of Kennedy first met Redin when the 't last winter which laid a framework for the oft-postponed but still projected world trade conference. Canada, as so often in the past, found herself caught between Bri- tain and the United States in their conflicting views. Britain, with' Russia, has shown a frequent pre- ference for bi-lateral trade pacts, and in the wheat case certainly preferred it. s —ee SPANISH CASE 10 BE CONTINUED ON - AGENDA OF UNSC : | NEW YORK June 26 —The Uni = {ted Nations Security Council today |approved an Australian-British pro- ’posal to keep the Spanish case on its agenda “without prejudice to the irights of the General Assembly” jtake the case up in September. | The vote was 9 to 2 with Russia 1nnd Poland opposing the proposal | {which was offered by Australian| |Delegate Herbert V. Evatt to re- place a resolution submifted last| Monday‘ by Polish Delegate Osacr | Lange. | to The vote was taken after {session became snarled in an ex-| change of sharp remarks between ! Sovlet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko 'and Evatt. | The disagreement extended even ito the question as to whether Evatt's proposals shculd be con- idered an amendment to Lange's jresolution, and therefore, should be ' ivoted on first. i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE——JUNEAU, ALASKA U.S. OPPOSITION | |sian Ining as Kennedy waited for » Enroute home, Redin explainad that Lh";: 'SPY CASE STARTED! OPENING STATEMENT SEATTLE, June 262-The Cana- dian Russian “spy scare” this spring halted all contacts between Rus- Navy Lt. Nicolai Gr: gDXOVth and the Seattle &hipvdl(l who furnished him the| Redin worker lBRIDSTON !Nf i FARGO, N. D, | William Langer o 1 June 26.—Senator forged ahead of! Iplans and specifications of the des-| | d. B. Bridston, Grand Forks insur- Lieutenant picked him up outside the Todd Pacific shipyard one eve- a bus. lonely because thev and invited Ken- his wife was knew no one here, nedy to bring his wife and visit them - > - e e 00 00 e - e * WEATHER REPORT ° . (U. S. WEATHEK BUREAU) . ® Temperatures for 24-Hour Period o Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning @ e o o . In Juneau—Maximum, 61; e minimum, 51 . At Airport—Maximum, 59; e minimum, 50 . . L] WEATHER FORECAST . . (Juneau and Vicinity) . ° . Variable cloudiness tonight e e and Thursday. . ° . e 00000000000 - - - Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 tonight. Freighter Clovehitch scheduled to ail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to from Vancouver, 9 pm. Saturday. Alaska, from west, scheduled to arrive at 8:30 o'clock tonight, | southbound - - > FROM THE STAT Arrivals from the States register- WASHINGTON, June 26.—Sena- SEATTLE, June 26—The Inter- S DIV YOUE epD- T tor Tobey (R-NH) said today he nal Maritime Conference ha crty, but we can’t make was “amazed” to receive a letter failed to come forth with a pro- YOU buy it! from President Truman accusing pcsal for an international schedule 2 him of “unwarranted” attacks on of wages and hours for maritime Yet it’s true that losses Edwin W. Pauley and raising many workers. eccur unexpectedly and “Macedonian cries or yells.” A subcommittes investigating in- unusually when you can Before an attentive Senate, Tobey fernational wages and hours I least afford {o stand teday read the Truman letter, dat- lailcd to mak2 its roport and! gham. ed May 29 last. The Senator said recommendations, The stalems . he had decided to make it public is reported to bz caused by Ameri- \ because of press reports be b on can insisience on an cight hour| , Gel sound, dependable 4 information from other Senators, day for all seafaring men. United ~insurance, NOW, from— The Truman Ietter sugeested Kingdom representatives are ask- b - that Tobey take a “cooling off per- inZ a nine-hour day \for coastal icd” and then continued in the ships. and see me.” BOY FOR P Even before Tobey read the let- ter, there appeared to havedevelop- My, ani Mrs. Clayton Fieek be- Ag@lley ed a marked poiitical coolness be- come the parents of a boy at 4:16 tween Mr. Truman and Senators g yesterday in St. Ann's Hos- Seward Street who successfully fouzht his nomin- The child weighed eight Junau Phone 249 ation of Pauley to be Under Sec pounds, twelve ounces at birth. iretary of the Navy. o | Skagway, | D FROM TRUMAN COASTAL AIRLINES IN, OUT YESTERDAY Alaska Coastal Airlines flew the owing passengers yesterday: to Mr. end Mrs. D. Story, Reynoldson, Jimmy Davis, R. s James Davis: from Skagway, James Davis, R. Davis, Jimmy Da- vis, O. Edwards. To Sitka, Harold Foss, Hugh An- trim, H. Jimmy; to Hoonah, E. Gromyko appealed to Assistant|¢d 8t the Baranof H_OtPI are: Mr.| Sheflestod, A. Sheflestod, Robert | Eecretary-General Arkady Soboley, 21d MIS. Owen Bryant, Springs,|Hansen, Nellie Hansen; from Hoo- a Soviet compatriot, for a rul- | Colo.; Dr. C. J. Keeton, San Diego, | nah, Alice White, §. Hinchunan, ing and Sobolev held that the|C4lif; Edward Pigg, C. D. Oum-iumrs. H. Douglas, Martin Douglas, council must decide the procedufal’ Max Haury, David P. Flem-|p 5, ‘Ganty, Tom Dye question by a vote. The Council ™ Jack McDonald,| 7o Sitka, Lola Berry, R. Mar- Ivoted 9 to 2 to consider Evatts|S . and Mrs. J. M. Saurey | chent, Len Pelerton, Ken Nordby, proposal first. Chicage, Ill; Hugh Turnstall, Johnin. C. Warrick, Andrew Gusoff; Immediately after the Council{F- Greathem, Los Angeles, Calif. |fycm Sitka, Ray Johnson, E. A. had adopted the Australian-British 7 s AR DR David, Charles Johnson, Hans proposals, Gromyko raised the veto TENDER IN Lindselt, Al Peterson, R. Prather, question. : S J m. | He contended that since he, as| The Libby, “MeNeill and Libby S S a representative of one of the five|cannery tender Moira was in toda permanent members, had voted in|from Taku for supplie e the negative, the measure was de-| feated. = Two Can Companies, 1 Officials Indicted SAN FRANCISCO, June 26—The Federal Grand Jury today returned a criminal indictment against the American Can Company and Con- tinental Can Company, Ine., .both lof New York, and seven company officials, on charges of conspiracy to violate the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The indictment charges those named with fixing terms, conditions and prices upon which tin cans were sold to packers. WILLIAM A. BATES IN. CITY WITH HiS BRIDE William A. Bates, Manager of the Miners and Merchants Banks at 'Ketchikan and owner of the Sit- ka Bank, arrived in Juneau yester- day with his bride, the former Kathryn Betten, of Seattle. The couple is honeymooning at the Baranof. The bride arrived in Ketchikan last Saturday afternoon from Se- attle and the weddinz took place at the Bates apartment in the Revilla that evening, U. S. Com- missioner P. J. Gilmore performing the ceremony. HOSPITAL NOTES St. Ann's Hospital has admittec Plorence and Gerald Luickfassell FISH LANDINGS Len Flesher's Elsie brought 22.- 000 pounds of salmon here today, bought by Booth Fishe: O. Swanson’s Elfin II, peunds bought by Alaska Coastal Fisheries. > FROM CIRCLE Herman L. Larson and Max Lar- scn of Circle have arrived here. They are staying at the Baranof. ST S S ENSIGN FROM KODIAK Ensign Leland A. Dare arrived here yesterday from Kodiak. He is registered at the Baranof. — - J. 8. CULBERTSON HERE J. S. Culbertson, Assistant Man- ager of Alaska Salmon Industry, arrived here yesterday. He is stay- ing at the Baranof. B CHARLES JOHNSON HERE Charles Johnson from Sitka is a ruest at the Baranof. AT S DI ANN DILLS ARRIVES Ann Dills of Bethel is registered it the Baranof. — e R. BROWN HERE R. S. Brown has arrived here rom Anchorage. He is a guest at HUGH WARD ARRIVES Hugh Ward of Ketchikan staying at the Baranof. . R R. ‘E. MOORING HERE R. E. Mooring from Ketchikan is jtaying at the Baranof. ——————— FROM ANCHORAGE is Victor Morgan has arrived in Ju-{cent interest frem July 31, 1945, is 40.UUD| , and E.| i | \PRICE OF COFFEE ISSUED AGAINST 4 KETCHIKAN STORES - Perzianeny mjunctions against four Ketchikan shops dealing in! ladies apparel were issued June 17| during the U. S. District Court s&-; sion in Ketchikan, Enforcement of- | ficials of Alaska OPA reported to-: day. Injunctions restraining sale of | gcods at over ceiling prices were granted against Eden Abercrombie, doing business as the Abercrombie Shop; Herb Coleman, doing busi- ness as Coleman’'s and Margaret E. Collins; Martine Oaksmith, opera- tor of Martine’s; and Elsie O. Rob- inscn, operator of the Style Shop. T0 BE ADVANCE WASHINGTON, June 26.—The government today announced a forthcoming coffee price inerease of 3 to 4 cents a pound for the retail buyer. e ,e——— CLAIM FILED Secking judgment on two assigned claims he Alaska Credit Bureau has fied legal action and under- taking for attachment here in the U. 8. District’ Court against Osear Pederson, reported now in Valdez. “Tne claims aggregate - $287.15. First claim is assigned from the Pacific Fruit and Produce Com- pany, Seattle, and totals $202.30 plus $62.71 interest at six pereenft from April 28, 1941. The seeond claim, $2099 plus $1.15 as six per- men in the service won't get the|for tonsillectomies and Mary A:lneau from Anchorage. He is stay-|from the McCarry Hotel Supply increases until August 1. Marshall, a surgical patient. ng at the Baranof, Co., Eeattle, [ANGER I_EADS MERGER OF ARMY, fAIR FORCE, USA, S E NAIE R A ( E |Writes fo President His De- | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 194 NAVY SUPPORTED | WILL CLOSE IN BYSEC.FORRESTAL EDMONTON AREA | EDMONTON, Alberta, June 26.— Closing of Alaskan Division Head of the United States Army here July 15 and ap- of Col. William Joned ntro, Calif., as liaison of sureio[ooperate "Ful- ly"" in Proposal ’s Too Bad? WE CAN threaten you with dire consequences if yveu don’t carry sufficient in Infernationa! Maritime Schedule [ EA i’l‘ AT 'l‘llE BABBEQUE Delicious luncheons and dinners, home-made pies and + cake ——— Special barbequed spare ribs and chicken Under New Managament—DMrs. Jessie Cochrane OPEN—10 A. M. to 10 P. M Winter & Pond Bldg. M. S. ESTERBETH | LEAVES FOR SENTINEL ISLAND, ELDED ROCK HAINES and SKAGWAY and return JULY 111 P M. and every Monday thereafter | LEAVES FOR 1 SITKA and WAYPORTS - | Every Wednesday—6 P. M. ‘ Passengers, Freight and Mail T DR T oM TRANSPORTA"ION ‘ C O M P ANY o