The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,338 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, \U(,UbT 2, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATE! D PRESS — PRICE TEN CENTS sTeT ASKED MORE FUNDS Sireamlined NORTHWEST - T0 SIT AMID FOR A. MAY (ongress Is MAKES PLANS, ‘leys from the Washington Arms| TREATY MEET SPOTLIGHTED At Hand Now. ORIENT ROUTE; 5,000 Loan Made Con-| gressman, af Garsson’s | King Says Peace Writing ‘Be Speeded by Confab During Conference PARIS, Aug. 2—Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King of Canada proposed before the 2l-nation Peace Conference today that the Council of Foreign Minister of the four principal powers speed the writing of the peace by holding a meeting of their own during the conference. King sai “I would like to see the four great powers willing to consider and consider promptly any | changes in thé foreign ministers’ proposals (contained in the five draft treaties before the confer-; ‘énce)) which are seriously suggest- ! ed by strong arguments.” Under the present procedure any changes suggested by the Confer- ente have to be approved by the Foreign Ministers of Britain, Rus- sia, France and the United States. Chairman Not Decided The Canadian Prime Minister’s speech before the general assembly followed a morning of wrangling in the rules committee over who should be permanent chairman of the Conference. The question was left undecided. Preceding King, the Foreign Min- ister of Czechoslovakia, Jan Mas-, aryk, in an obvious reference to Hungarian minorities within his country, declared the Czech people would not accept renewal of pre-. war treaties . fcr of minority groups. “If the Czech goverfiment should | try to force the people into it, it would very likely have to look mx another job,” Masaryk said. protection Under pre-war treaties, Hungar-' ian minorities in Czechoslovakia practically enjoyed autonomy. Since | the end of the second World War ' Czechoslovakia has insisted upon | getting rid of both German nnd Hungarian minorities, who con-| tributed to breakup of the country after the Munich Agreement of| 1938. | Many of the smaller nations, led by New Zealand, lined up against a decision of the Foreign Min- | Constitutionality of Georgia's Coun- (Continued on The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW "PEARSON PARIS—It is always easy to give advice from the sidelines and if the newsmen now coaching the American Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, were really running| the Conference of Paris, it wnuld‘ probably accomplish even less‘ However, this observer — having| attended many international par- Conference of 1921 to the present —humbly offers two suggestions: 1. The United States has be- come so confused trying to; straighten out the back alleys of “Trieste that we have lost sight of the guiding stars for which we fought—the Four Freedoms and The Atlantic Charter. 2. Any ytreaty signed at Paris} will be a mere scrap of paper un-/ less there 'is good will between peoples to guarantee that its terms| are carried out. NO HODGEPODGE TREATY WANTED Some old-school diplomats have the idea that if Secretary Byrnes) should return from Paris without a tresty. it would be a defeat for American diplomacy and a setback to world peace. On the contrary,| it might be extremely healthy to| end this Conference without a| treaty, especially if that treaty is! a hodgepodge which adds to the! Rotating Chairman | BRUNSWICK, Ga., age Siz) | and seeking to block the nomina- Inickel will buy an airmail stamp| |mon signs the bill Congress senll thim late yesterday. ‘month after White House approv- | Request, Still Unpaid WASH[NGTON. Aug. 2.- Walker, senior partner York firm of Kuhn-Loeb, informed Senator Mead (D-NY) today in 1941 he lent $5,000 to Rep. An-j 'drew J. May (D-Ky) at the request of munitions-maker Murray Gars- son. Walker said he still has not ‘been paid back. The New York financier confes red here with Mead, who is cha —Elisha ‘ man of the Senate War Investi- gating Committee Afterward, Walker told report-| ers that prior to the maturity of; the note, he had written May about | it, and had received a reply from May “that he had given the ori-| ginal note as an accommodation to Mr. Garsson and that Mr. Gar: had advised him that such renewal note would be paid in a few days.” “In vitw of Mr. May's statement, Walker said, “I took up with Mr. Garsson the matter of paying lhfll}August 1 to January 1, Up to the present time, how- | members more time note. ever, it has not been paid.” Walker said that he had the de- tails of the case before Mead be- cause he “thought the should have all the facts” cerning the relations between Gars- son, one of a munitions combine ; which has been under investigation, and May, chairman of the House Military Committee. ‘GEORGIANS TAKE TALMADGE FIGHT Conshtuhonahty of Couniy Unit Primary Will | Be Tested ! Aug. 2 — A suit was filed in Federal District {Ceurt here today attacking the ty Unit Primary election systcm< tion of Eugene Talmadge for his fourth term as Governor. ! Talmadge won the nomination | | under the County Unit System in a July 17 primary. He received a ma)outy of the county unit votes,; in the popular vote trailed )oung James V. Carmichael who! had the blessing of Governor Ellis Arnall. Nomination in the Demo- | cratic Primary is tantamount to| election in one party Georgia. The suit contended that the Georgia Primary law, which pro- vides for the County Unit system|nounces that three landing craft| feeder line service from Seattle to o Soon Cost Nickel — A . WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 come October 1 if President Tru- It lowers the present eight ceml an ounce rate to five cents, ef-{ fective the first day of the second | al. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah, from the south, '"ighlies; wome“ vcheduled to arrive tomorrow af- ternoon .or evening. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Princess Louise scheduled to sail of the New|dent Truman signed into law to- that | son ' from 33 to 15 and House commit- committee con- { {mend a Federal budget for the en- Iaumg year, with a specified maxi= INTO U. §. (OURT P | flights a week from the Alask.x {warning from CPA that ceilings jwas 139 for overriding jto curb an Truman Sin?s Legislative Service will firobably Be Overall Bill-Commit- | Started Before End of tee Ranks Cut | Summer Says Hunter WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 — Presi-: ST. PAUL, Mnm Hunter, President and Manager of Northwest Airlines, said air service by its line to the Orient, authorized yesterday by the Civil Aercnautics Board, ‘probably be started before the end of summer.” { Preliminary plans already have been worked out, Hunter said, add- | ing that the Alaskan and Oriental service will be inaugurated with four-engine DC-4 airplanes, some of which now are in use on do- mestic routes of the airline. Hunter said the DC-4's will be Aug. 2—Croil | day a bill calling for an extensive overhaul of the legislative ma- chinery in Congress and including a $2500 pay boost for members. The measure raises the yearly salary of legislators from $10,000 to $12,500. It also retains a $2,- 500 annual tax-free expense allow- ance. Another provision permits members past 62 years to retire on pension after six years:service, if they contribute to a Civil Service retirement fund. Among several precedent-break-| ing changes in Congressional pro-'replaced on the foreign routes ear- cedure is one provision slashing ly next year by Boeing Strato- the number of Senate committees cruisers, a fleet of which was re- cently ordered by Northwest Air- lines at a cost of $15,000000. | tees from 48 to 19. Other key provisions include: 1. Adjournment—Congress woujd| Cities in Northwests transconin-| adjourn each year from at least ental domestic system will be with- | to allow D 16 to 31 hours of Tokyo, Shang- at home. |hai and Mdl}ll<l. as a result of| 2. Lobbyists—Congressional lob-|the new “Great Circle” route, byists would be required to regis- Hunter said. i [ ter their names, employer, and ex.| FUght time over the 2367 miles penses so the legislators could keep 'oute from the Twin Cities to An- a better check on them. ! chorage is listed as eight hours and 3. Bills—Federal agencies are 10 minutes. given broader authority, so that, Northwest said three flights Congress will not have to act on weekly probably would be the maxi- ""_‘1‘“"‘ claims, pension and local mum at start of the Orient ser- { bills. vice, with daily trips expected 4. Budget—Four major commit- tees are required to meet at the start of each Congress and recom-' early in 1947 when sufficient equip- | ment, becomes available. s { FLIGHTS PLANNED SEATTLE, Aug. 1 Nurthwesl Au'lin('s will operate daily from Se- Anchorage, three mum amaunt with B u l l E I I N S‘clty to the Orient when the new North Pacific service starts, offi-| cxals said today. Three flights weekly also will| be made from Chicago to Anchor SEATTLE—Complaints that hsh are being bought and sold at high- er than legal prices today bmught‘ Flank C. Judd, Western Regional Manager, said the Northwest Bomdl‘ on salmon, halibut and tuna auto-| : of Directors would meet here next matically were rolled back to June é 3 30 ceilings when the new Price [Eiehdas, to. disouss: the new routes. e e Judd - said the line would use Se- C;fntml Act was signep b - Jnly attle’s Boeing Field until construc- jtion of the new Bow Lake Airport midway between Seattle and Ta- coma is completed, probably in 18 months, J. A. Earley, Chairman of the' WASHINGTON—The House to- day sustained President Truman’s veto of the Tidelands Bill, thus killing the legislation. The vote Pacific Northwest Oriental Airlines the veto! Committee which urged a Seattle and 95 against, but this fell 17|sateway, said “We're disappointed ballots short of the two-thirds ma-'that we're not going to be the lone jority required to enact a measure gateway.” into law over the President's ob-| "“But this decision,” he added, jection. “is much better than the recom- | mendations of the CAB examin- Lers NEW ORLEANS — The Elghlh The examiners had recommended Naval District headquarters an-la main cross-Canada route, with WASHINGTON—The Senate vot- ed today to leave it up to the! SHIP w { United States to decide what dis-| GOB Do putes involve purely domestic mat-[ ters and as such are to be ex-| - cluded from jurisdiction of the| KFTCHIKAN, Alasks, Aug. 2 — new Word.Corirt: | One trolling vessel was sunk and h3 | another damaged yesterday as VICTORIA, B. C.—Several thou-| €€t ©f the Nordby Supply Com- sand wasps are being released ln";lfla"ywdoc: collapset:“ and :em“a.‘ the northern part of the Queen| arehouse crashing into the Charlotte Islands in an &ttempt| %" incipient epidemic of| Sunk was the troller Gony while the hemlock sawfly before m!he trolling poles and pilot house reaches serious proportions in valu-/Of the troller Redwing were able timber stands. smashed. Several tons of halibut —_— gear was dumped into the bay . from the pier. There was no loss Thin Sheels for ot lie, STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 2 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Flee from Flames ! PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2—Thirty unrest of the world while simul-| taneously lulling the American frem Vancouver 9 p. m. Wednes- ladies, many undressed eXcept for|stock today is 7i, American Can people to sleep. day. la thin sheet wrapped round their|101%%, Anaconda 47, Curtiss-Wright 1f Secretary Byrnes should de-| North Sea, from Sitka, scheduled wet bodies, fled smoke and flames|7'4, International Harvester 94' mand treaty giving American, and other members of the United | Nations free access to the Rus- sian people, it would be worth all} B (Continued on Page Four) here that Russia sign a|to arrive 7 o'clock tonight, passen—,wflch enveloped the steam rooms Brmz,hlgers may go aboard at 8, steamerjof the Pine Baths in West Phila- saile for south 9 p. m. Baranof, from west, scheduled couthbound about next Thursday. Estebeth scheduled to sail for! Skagway 10 p. m. Monday. | Kennecott 57%, New York Centr 23%, Northern Pacific 33, Steel 90%, Pound $4.03'%. Sales today were 750,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as| follows: industrials 202.82, rails 062,63, utilities 41,50, delphia yesterday in a fire that destroyed two buildings housing the establishment. Firemen were unable to save the clothes of any of the women, General| can | the | INDIAN BOY ~ MURDERED SITKA GIRI. 'Chris Dldnckson 13 Con- fesses Stabbing toDeath ' }Homer Has Plans If He Wins Chilkoot Barracks In Drawmg NextMonday ANCHORAGF Almk A, * Aug. 2, Steve Larsson Homer, one of two| men whose bid for Chilkoot Bar- IONGRESSIONM ; DEI.EGA'ION IS racks will be drawn from & hat, $ said today the historic southeast | | Acka Aty post wouldbe wsed »s ANNA Marie Ward i NEARING JUNEAU a staging area for families of vet-| erans should he be successful in| SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 2.-A 13- the drawing |year-old boy was held today for 11-year- daughter William Ward Homer is one of thres heads of [the stabbing to death of Fly North iO Kekhlkan To- Veterans of Alaska Cooperative old Anna Marle Ward, Company Organization (VACCO) of of City Supervisor day - Coming Here Via Washington, D. C. The organiza-| FBI Agent Lee O'Teague reported coast Guard cu”er tion has been recruiting veterans a confession to the crime by Chris and families in the United States Didrickson, 13. No motive is dis- to settle in Alaska on land office!closed. The Creek, Aug. A Congres ation, headed for Alasl - approved townsites. | a Units of these families would be girl's body, found in Dog near the Ward and Didrick- to hold hearings on fish trap and quartered at Chilkoot Barracks son homes, bore 30 knife wounds. freight rate problems, departed for pending completion of the town-| O'Teague said the girl was kiil- Ketchikan early this morning by sites, Homer said. led under the Didrickson home and Navy plane. Homer and Kenneth O'Harra,|dragged during Tuesday night to The party will go from Ketchi- both veterans holding equal prior- the creek 100 yards distant. kan to Juneau by Coast Guard ity rights, submitted idential bids| The girl disappeared Tussday eve- cutter, then fly back to Seattle on and each offered $10,500 for the ning after returning home from a! August 11 for hearings here the one-tenth down payment required. |trip to a store for ice cream A following day. Under the law, a drawing was brother found the fully clothed In the group are Rep. Henry necessary and will be held here on body during a concerted search the {Jackson of Washington, Delegate August 5. next day. An autopsy showed 10 E. L. Bartlett of Alaska and R(’p\ e ‘lab wounds within a radius of two |Bland, Virginia, and Herter, of nches in the upper part of the ' Massachusetts. bodv Marvin Coles, general counsel to | the group, a subcommittee of the | SUFFICICNT EVIDENCE | House Mx-x'cl‘mnt Mamw and Fish- t SITKA AIu ka, Aug. 2.—United Advices received in Juneau today | Unned smu- Commissionsr refus> make a statement on the murder, but 13-year-old Chris, breed son of |Alex Didrickson, has been bound over lo the grand jury for trial 11 be flown to Juneau ln an interview with the Ward family this morning these facts were given: | Chris was a next door playmate from Commodore N. H. Leslie, trict Coast Guard officer, ¢ that the Navy plane bringing Jackson Sub-committee to Lns the Alaska, was to land at Annette Island at DECISION WOH : noon today. The Congressional | (Graw e to come on to sunenu Communist Leader Warns aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Haida, and is expected to arrive, Present Fl h"n M | & ks r 1of Anna Marie. Anna left her ‘::: 715 Geibdy. TiGmgrrow; exer S E g" Ng' d home about 8 o'clock without her Tre transportation and fisheries] S00N ENQUITNGNON - lcont. ~ Chris came to the - Ward inqun'y is scheduled to open.in the ! wanting to exchange funny books. Senate Chamber of the Foderal| NANKING, Aug. 2.—Chinese yypen f“]d P “'f“ G0 B Building here at 10 o'clock Mon- Communist spokesman Wang Ping- |y, stated he'd just seen her going day morning. nan said today that the government p, ok to the house. The family was gapRE y ‘ :"hl dih"mhf within the next few |not gver-anxious during the night, . ays whether China fis to have thinking Anna probably was sitting SEN MtKEl lAR peace or war. with a neighbor's baby, and had b . Unl Chiank Kai-shek makes| gorootten to me; a decision to ask for an uncondi- tional cease-fire and implement de- cisions calling for a coalition gov-|gyig remained calm and told a ernment, the present fighting “mvstxnlxh( forward tale of lies about NASHVILLE, "l'enn., Aug. 2.—Sen- soon engulf all China,” Wang sald. pic movements and didn’t break ator Kenneth D. McKellar, the 77- “The next few days should give|gqow " o1 aamit the crime until year-old dean of the upper house, the answer to whether it is fight o0 to look at pletures taken of won Democratic renomination and or peace.” |the bedy. He then admitted he a sixth term in Washington yes- General Marshall, President Tru- |y dered the child with a pair terday in a statewide primary elec- man’s special envoy to China, 15| his mother’s scissors which he then mtion it The family stated that inquest held yesterday during the morning, |tion marked by bloodshed and vio- conferring with Chou En-lai, chiefi wached and returned, and carried lence in Atkens. Communist negotiator, before re- |y poqy less than 100 yards to Backed by the powerful Demo- newing discussions with Chiang Dog Creek, where it was found cratic organization of Edward H. Dr. Jochn Leighton Stuart, U. S. He stated he did it because Anna Crump in Shelby county (Mem- Ambassador to China, still is in the called him a dirty Siwash \phis), the veteran McKellar rolled summer capital of Kuling, where he 2 up a margin of nearly two to one has had several discussions with against his chief opponent, CIO Chiang. backed Edward Ward Carmack The Communist Also assured of renomination was that Chou is waiting in Nanking incumbent Democratic governor Jim for Chiang’s decision and that it Nance McCord, who ran on a coal- is “useless to do any more talk ition ticket with McKellar and also until we have a reply from hi At the time Chris and three small "half brothers and sisters were at home, but the mother was away, and his father is fishing. The family told the authorities that the child was dead by 8:30 o'clock. Didrickson was married to spok2sman said his as supported by the Crump or- Wang den>d reports that Chou present wife seven years ago. Anna of nominating state officials, wasjare thrge days overdue on a voy-' Alaska. ganisaiie ReN mnis s forin s Tequtst to- Clen POTEHa'" XEbLDAR AT SoVER: Bkra in. CoRtlic MUIL o - fourteenth fage fraig | Funaine . jo REw, . 0% | e Unofficial returns from 1925 out cral Marshall for the removal of ago and she was raised by her AWEASOIBEE JRGHIs Hepstintion of | lear . S1G < Vosesla miEke carrylngw of approximately 2,300 precincts U, 8. M; s from North China|fatber and half-sisters. The fath- e tted ke A totpl aIE4ID men. JHbShaeutel | KEI(HIKA" Do(K gave for United States Senator: as a consequence of an armed clash er, Willlam Ward, City Supervisor, ’mem Bl e ate hetngnn "“ Carmack 94314; McKellar 165,836; | with Communists 35 miles south-|is very conscientious and greatly s porte “of oy Nong; el e | John R. Neal 2,168; Herman H. east of Pelping Monday. But the admired for the way he reared his A“’mall S'amp May i (ou_ApSES ONE Ross, 2,125, .« | spokesman said “the incident should |step-children and wife’s niece who For governor: Gordon Browning Cord 164,389; Mrs. son 1,55 4 1920 precincts gave prove a lesson” and that Chou had are all a credit to him and the 105,221 Mc- jurged Marshall to have spc('ldl community He adored his only Leah Richard- truce teams dispatched to investi-!daughter, who was petite and de- !gate the clash. | mure. e i RS | = i e | pRE | Thirty-five SOCIAL SECURITY Thar's Gold for stab wounds were |found in the body instead of 15, as | previously reported. The body was found with the blouse still button- Blll To IRUMAN (“y n New led, but pulled and twisted over! her head. One arm was out of R po"te (ar s |the undershirt. % WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Con- | gress gave final approval today on| Juneau’s new black Dodgs Police! United States Attorney Patrick a compromise Social Security bill | Patrol truck, which the force is|Gilmore, Jr., reported here today freezing the old age insurance pay- proudly chauffeuring about town,’ 'that 13-year-old Chris Didrickson rcll tax at one percent. \began to pay for itself last night has been bound over to face a The -action, subject to Presiden-|when two speéders were nabbed an‘grand jury on a charge of murder, tial approval, will prevent a $2,000.- Willoughby Avenue. |by U. 8. Commissioner W. W. 000,000 tax rise for employers and| Catching speeders was just about |Knight at Sitka. employees in 1947. ;hey(md the abilities of the old| The lad is to be transferred to With this bill tossed to Presi- red patrol jalopy, police say. jcustody in the U. S. dent Truman's desk, a major bar-| Arrested last night were: Sam Marshal. rier to Congressional adjournment Converse, driving 35 miles per hour,| Gilmore stated that it is —slated for late today—was remov- and George Robert Churchill, a uncertain when the case will Laxl driver traveling at a 40 m.|called to hearing as, under new Converse was fined $15|Federal Court Rules, it is permiss- Magistrate William A.|able for the youth voluntarily Juneau by now ed. Both houses approved the com-‘p h. clip. promise Social Security bill over- by City » whelmingl, by voice votes. - eee ill failed to appear for hearing. jed directly in the District Cu\ut‘fvl NEW YORK-—The United Na-| sy lupon information. SAM ASP HERE - tions announced today that Cuba " - JACK DIXON ARRIVES had filed a request that the Gen-! eral Assembly call a special con-! Sam Asp has arrived here from ference to amend the veto pro-!Tenakee and is registered at the! visions of the U, N, Charter, i Baranof Hotel, resident of Tul- at the Baranof, Jack Dixon, a sequah, is a guest of | be | to| Holzheimer this morning. Church-|waive indictment and be progecut-|charming 7 pound granddaughter |and Mrs. ‘Alheniitene 0f Sheoting Casting Votes \Quiet Is Finally Restored After Long Period of Dlsorder in Town ATHENS, Tenn., Aug. 2.—A bj~ partisan group of G I's, their elec- tion to McMinn county offices con- ceded by a leader of the opposi- tion, brought quiet to bullet-riddled Athens today after a bloody 6-hour gun battle around a now battered Jail At least 18 persons were injured, six riousy, in the election day strife which began yesterday after- noon and continued until 3 a. m. when a score or more deputized ofticers surrendered their hold on the two-story brick prison building. Before order could be restored, everal automobiles were overturn- ed or stripped, and near riots swept over this town of 7,000, sudcenly bereft of formal law enforcement from county agencies, A mobilization of state guards- men was cancelled and a spokes- man for the GI forces said they {would maintain order until a mass eting Monday, when it was hop- me provision for filling county offices would be made. Orders Investigation In Washington, Attorney General Tom Clark ordered an investigation today of the gun battle. The civil rights section of the Justice De- partment was directed to determine whether Federal laws were violated. The battle of the jail, pocked and battered from bulléts and Home made bombs tossed by GI sympath- izers, was a direct outgrowth of the Litter political campaign wag- ed by the veterans to overturn the Democratic organization of State Senator Paul Cantrell, in power for a decade. Armed sheriff's deputies moved two ballot boxes to the jail Thurs- day afternoon, shortly after the polls closed at 4 p. m., and trouble, long brewing, burst into the open. Tuken For Ride A group of GI's disarmed seven of the deputized officers, beat them and shoved them into automobiles for a swift ride out of town. At 9 p. m, a crowd, estimated at 500 and armed with pistols and light rifles, moved on the jail, oc- cupied by the force of deputies. Ralph Duggan, a former Navy lieutenant commander and a leader of the GI forces, said the crowd wes “met by gunfire” and because they had “promised that the bal- lots would be counted as cast,” they had *“no choice but to meet fire with fire.” ‘The exchange of fire, sporadic for six hours, ended after the jail was rocked by four and one of the deputies shouted |down for a halt Lecause “we are dylx\g in here.” Felse Killing Report Cnz report, telephoned from with- in the jail during the night, said two’ men inside had been killed, but it proved false. ‘The deputies, hands high in the air, marched out of the building, were searched, and 21 returned to the jail under GI guards. One officer, identified by onlookers as Deputy Windy Wise, was man- ‘handled by a group which surged about him, but apparently was not seriously harmed. Cantrell's whereabout known. Sheriff Pat short sleeved and without his badge, was seen in the company of a physician after the surrender. He apparently was unharmed, but newsmen did not reach him for a statement. Frank Cantrell, the mayor of nearby Etowah, telephoned an Ath- ens newspaper this morning that “on behalf of my brother, Paul Cantrell, I wish to concede the election to the GI candidates to pre- vent further shooting.” Both towns were not Mansfield, are in McMinn county, midway be- * tween Chattanooga and Knoxville. e e GIRL FOR ROBERTS The third one’s a charm—yes, a Mrs. Bess Winn, born yester- |day in Telluride, Colorado to Mr. William J. Roberts. ‘The baby girl joins a sister and brother who visited in Juneau last winter with their mother, the form- er Barbara Winn. blasts of explosives .