The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1946, Page 1

- 'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,346 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1946 MEMBER VASSO_CIATED PRESS — ] PRICE TEN CENTS SHl LAFOLLETTE V5.60PBOUT SET TUESDAY Wisconsin mlary Battle Carries National Significance WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Sena- | tor Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., takes his politically famous name and 20- | vear-Senate record into Wisconsin's primary tomorrow against a bitter- ly opposing Republican organiza- fion. The race has strong overtones | of national import. ! LaFollette is seeking the GOP senatorial nomination in a battle with Circuit Judge R. McCarthy,| former Marine Corps Captain who| carries state convention endorse-; ment. Race Counted Close | Counted by all observers as a| close one, the Wisconsin contest | heads a week’s political billing that | includes another Republican sen- atorial battle in Vermont, a Demo- cratic governorship race in South Carolina and a GOP state conven- tion and a Democratic primary in Delaware. | LaFollette’s efforts to bludgeon!| his way back into the Republican ranks he left for the now dissolved Progressive Party is being watched | especially for any signs it may cast ahead in the 1948 battle for She told newsmen the GOP presidential nomination. ‘ but failed. (AP Wi Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio,( who says he wouldn't duck if the| Republicans want him to against President.. ‘Truman Follette with a letter before the| GOP state convention managed by | Chairman Tom Coleman produced the indorsement for McCarthy. | Party Control On Block | A victory for LaFollette in thel Senatorial race apparently would| dynamite the hold Coleman has on | the Wisconsin ctganization and| deal the Senator in on naming the| ;. State’s 24 delegates to the next| national convention. :DE(ISION BY There also are signs of dissension in the governor's race. Despite the | party convention’s refusal to sup-; | laa fc port him, 83-year-old Gov. Walter | rockets” that have been streaking‘th‘n anything else Juneau had to | tha 2 8. Goodland is running for renom- ination. The convention endorsed Delbert J. Kenny, 50, investment banker. Maj. Gen. Ralph M. Im-| mell, former State Adjutant Gen-| erdl, is the third candidate. | The Democratic ticket has Daniel | W. Hoan, former Socialist Mayor | of Milwaukee, unopposed for the| governor's nomination and former| Rep. Howard J. McMurray as the sole candidate for the Senate. Austin Seat Open In Vermont, a touch and go race' has developed for the Republican| Senatorial nomination, left wide open by Senator Warren R. Aus- USSR INSULT Red Delegate Clamors for "Freedom of Speech” K -What Ho? , (Continued on ;fiae Three) - — PARIS, Aug. 12.—Soviet Delegat |insult to the Soviet Union.” | :Lhat he would recognize only Yugo-' PARIS—(by wireless)—The tWO/Edqvard Kardelj had delivered a| Chief Delegate Herbert V. Evatt. of the right of freedom of speech,” Actually, however, they don’t par-|Soviet Union. | of the conference as to| how long it would last, the Aus- report of Saturday’s session and on told him of Dr. Evatt's three-!the conference had decided Satur- as he is called in Paris, gets in a|the present. | census of unprejudiced diplomatic| FROM TAKU HARBOR A. Y. Vishinsky declared today that | a ruling of Secretary of State |Byrnes at the peace conference was e I‘ Byrnes had taken over chairman- The Washln tonishxp of the conference under the g irotation plan and Vishinsky took Merry Go Round‘sla\'ia at today's session to answer S—— Italy’s plea for a softened peace. | The Soviet delegate took the| men who sit on the very front TOW 5000-word speech charging that | bf delegates at the Luxembourg!ytaly still habors an aggressor’s Palace are U. S. Chief Delegate gspirit. | They are the first to vote and are |said Vishinsky in insisting that the! leaders of the two most democraticconference be opened to a general nations present. And they have |debate on Italy's plea. “I consider| ticularly love each other. | “I insist that this insult not ke, When Chinese Ambassador Quo maintained and that full debate Tai-chi queried Australia’s Evatt be opened,” he continued. tralian External Affairs Minister the basis of it reversed his previous replied, “Three months.” Later,‘ruling against a general debate now when Quo Tai-chi asked the same on the question of Italy’s appeal. month estimate, Byrnes replied: |day that a general debate would “Oh, not even Dr. Evatt could be reserved until a later date and| talk that long.” {that the right had been grantede! - i 1 ha confer then acjourned| lot of people’s hair, including Jim-| The conference mie Byrnes. He is always stepping at 8 p. m. (11 a. m. PST) unil on people’s toes, rushing in where tomorrow. opinion is that when the story of| man’s struggle toward permanent peace is finally written for this de- |“an infraction of all rules and an |exception to the chairman’s ruling | By DREW PEARSON \floor after the Yugoslav delegate Yimmie Byrnes and Australian| “There must be no infringement the most in common. this infringement an insult to the in advan | Byrnes called for a stenographiic question of Secretary Byrnes and| Previously Byrnes had ruled that “The real fact is that “Doc” Evan,“lor only Yugoslavia to speak at| angels fear to tread. But the con-| = ™ (Continued on Page Four) R. McFarland is in Juneau. He, arrived here from Taku Harbor| ! yesterday and is staying at the | Baranof Hotel wkile in this city. ~ Over Sweden; Glamor Gal Plays Clown Glamor girl Ann Sheridan signs autographs for three of the Ring- ling Brothers Barnum and Bailey clowns, with whom she appearcd— as a clown at Grand Rapids, Mich., to fulfill a childhood ambition. she had once tried to get a circus job in Texas, but s e 0 ' Ghost Rockefs™ Streak 300 Reports Invesl_igalion STOCKHOLM, Aug. 12—Swedish | military authori within the next munigue on an have been making es plan to publish few days a com- investigation they of the “ghost daily over Sweden since early July . Jeaving little doubt that the| country has become an experiment- al target range. Official sources have declined to speculate on the source of the mysterious spool shaped missiles, but it is generally believed that the rocket-propelled objects come from some place along the Baltic coast of Germany. Only in a few cases is it known that the missiles actu- ally landed in Sweden, Between July 9-12 authorities re- ceived 300 reports of the missiles and since then repsrts have poured in daily. Fragments examined by entists gave little in the way of clues, except to indicate the pre- sence of coke and other common materials. In general the rocket is described as a small object with a flaming tail, which speeds at great height, making little sound. The longest flight of any of the missiles so far as military experts could deter- mine, was about 600 niiles, as com- pared with the range of 35 to 45 miles for the first German V-2 bombs. Swedish newspapers have been cautioned not to publish the names ! of ‘places where the rockets ap- pear, so that the senders would not | be provided with important data. > U.S. Soldier Fired Upon, TriesteArea TRIESTE, Aug. 12—The U. S. 88th Division announced today that Pvt. Sutton Fetterman, of Glen Campbell, Pa., was fired upon yes- terday on the ‘Trieste-Gorizia road. The incident took place at about the same point where another American soldier -recently was am- bushed and killed. Fetterman was not hit bullet punctured a tire on Red Cross jeep he was driving. but a the THREE SUBS 'VISIT HERE GOING SOUTH Are Relurn]rE from Arc- i fic After Practice Trip —Bound for Bases Three United States submarines | enroute to their bases are docked | at the Government Dock after| spending almost a month in Alas- | kan waters engaged in a pructice" trip. The subs are the whose commanding Comdr. K. G. Schacht; with Comdr. B. R. Van Buskark | and the Cusk with Comdr. P. E. | Summers as officer-in-charge. San Diego is the home base of | | the Diodon and Cusk while tlu’!‘ Trumpetfish is stationed at Pearl| \ Harbor. Planning to make the trip| south through the Inland Passage,| the subs will leave Juneau Wednes- | day to return to their respective! bases. Underway since July 16, the subs | first had a rendezvous at Dutch! Harbor before going into the Arc-| tic Ocean. The purpose of the trip was to study operating conditions | {in cold weather. Returning from | the Arctic region the three subs\ have called at Nome, Kodiak and | Seward. | Trumpetfish, | officer is the Diodon New Vessels The Trumpetfish, Diodon and Cusk are the latest models of sub- marines at the present time and L are »1' 1ew vessels. Each maintains # C.ya of eight officers and seventy L€ Measuring 31C [ccl, each sub| weighs 1,500 ‘cns. 4.twough none| of the boa'c made wartime patrols, | | the crew c¢i each is, made up of| | seasoned veterans. | | Juneauites wishing to mnspect the | “submarinés will probably be able! ! to do so during the scheduled visit- | |or's hours. A definite visiting time | | has not been announced yet, but' | it has been tentatively set for from 2 to 4 o'clock each afterncon dur-! |ing the stay in Juneau. | This morning, upon arrival most | of the crew were more interested | the prospect of receiving mail | offer. According to most members | contacted, they are very much im- | pressed with Alaska. However, they |are also anxious to return to the States where many of the beards {will no doubt be removed. | Since the three subs crossed the’ Arctic Circle during this trip, all | the crew members are now able to qualify as “blue noses.” Soft ball seems to be popular with the boys aboard the subs, as they have been playing games at all ports of call. At the present time the Cusk is the champion. Ac- cording to present plans, they will arrange games in.Juneau if pos- sible. DANCE TONIGHT Officers of the Submarines Trum- petfish, The Diodon, and the Cusk, now in dock at Juneau will be en- tertained tonight with a dance in/ their honor at the Governor's Home. Sponsored by the AWVS, the dance will begin at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Ernest Gruening and other officers of the organization will act as offi-| cial hostesses. e VISITOR FROM MISSOURI | Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Art Tveten at Auk Lake is Miss Louise Mack of Kansas City, Missouri. Miss Mack is the sister of Mrs. Tveten and of Catherine Mack of Juneau. Arriving via PAA yester- day afternoon, she will be the house guest of the Tveten's for ap- proximately two weeks. At that time she plans to make the return trip to Seattle by steamship. S LA ) DIAMOND KNOT HERE The Diamond Knot, Alaska Steamship Company freighter, ar- rived in Juneau at 7:30 o'clock this | morning. She brought 225 tons of general cargo and will probably leave sometime this evening. | A, A | FRANK J. BAIRD HERE Frank J. Baird has arrived here | from Fairbanks. He is staying at the Baranof Hotel. e F. M. TYVOLL HERE from Cordova. He is staying at the Baranof Hotel, J President Harry S. Truman is pictured as he signed a bill to increase Federal Judges' lurists’ Salaries laries. (Left to right) «f President (seated) are: Graham Morrison, Special Assistant to the Attorney General; Peyton ¥o-d, came; Justice Harold M. Stephens, of the U. S. Court of Appeals; Representative Hatton W, Sum- ners, Dem., of Texas; Attorney General Tom Clark and Senator Pat McCarn csident signed the bill. bill. McCa of the Senator SOLDIERS ARE HELD, NO TRIAL Legal Systeazf U.S. Army Denounced—Court Mar- ial System Blasted FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. 12. —Capt. Earl Carroll of San Bruno, Calif., denounced the U. S. Army's legal system today after receiving a smuggled appeal for help, which resulted in the disclosure that 13 American soldiers and civilians” had been held in army jails for as much as two months without facing rmal charges or receiving legal counsel. Carrool, wl court martial said it was justice.” The smuggled appeal, Pfc. Daniel P. Walszak, troit, who was jailed June 11 for investigation in the Kkilling of a German girl, was referred to Car- roll by Maj. Joseph S. Robinson of New York, a prosecutor in the Lich- field stockade trials at Bad Nau- heim, to whom it was addressed. The investigation which the ap- peal immediately precipitated dis- closed, among other things, that one Chicago civillan—Lawrence P, Benson, 40—had been jailed since June 23 and did not know why he was being held. Army officials said they were unable to find any record on him. carroll quit the Lichfield pros- ccution staff last February in pro- test against what he described as an effort to whitewash hizh offi- cers. Col. Owen Summers of Portland, Ore.,, commandant of the Theatre Headquarters Command, and Capt. Harold Chase of Salina, Kansas, Ascistant Staff Judge Advocate, ¢ fended the court martial system. They said that a shortage of staff lawyers and complexities in in- vestigations caused. delays in sume cases. Col. Summers, who interviewed six of the complaintants, said: 1t is unfortunate that these in- vestigations take entirely too long.” - DIVORCE FILED Margaret George vs. Gus George, both of Juneau, is a new action for Army before. nor blasted the system once “neither military tten by of De- ried at Juneau, March 26, The parties have 1 no property is at issue. bility is the cause plaintiff, in addition to 2 of absolute divorce, seeks $150 at- torney fee and costs. -so WINONA MONROE HERE Miss Wincna Monroe arrived last | ing “Jupiter, you are angry, th night frem Anchorage and will visit here until September. Miss Monroe, who is a student at|{ ka, has been| F. M. Tyvoll has arrived heie employed in Anchorage since May.| T. | She plans to return to Fairbanks|from Ke the University of Al next month, an rece ATPARIS MEET ! divorce filed in the U. S. District| | Court Here. The couple was mar-|ticle by the 1942.| torov, 10 children and bloc was trying to control the con- necott 57' Incompati- | ference, using H. V. of action and tralia to make their decree | maneuver s the pen with which the P an, Dem,, of Nevada, author Juneau Soap Box Derby [ | \ OF OPPOSITION Soviet Press Says Prestige of Conference Be- ing Damaged MOSCOW, Aug. 12—The Rus- sian press criticized Secretary of State Byrnes today and said the peace conference should go ahead with its work if this meant post- poning the United Nations Assem-| bly meeting from Sept. 23 until the end of the year. apparently does not suit those who already are planning to post- pone the Paris conference in order to play some new game behind the back of the conference,” said a Tass dispatch from Paris Stressing the importance of the conf ce in decidji he peace terms for much of Europe, the of- ficial Soviet agency. said “unseem- neu Iy w " by scme screen” es alred had inflicted damage to the pres- delegs tige and authority of the confer- ence. . Britain and the United States played a leading role in “hamper- ing the main proposal of the Council of Foreign Ministers on questions of procedure,” the dis- patch declared. “The attitude of France also de- serves scrutiny,” the dispatch con- tinued. “First introducing a propo- sal on the method of voting which corresponded with the spirit of ihe decision (of the Foreign Council) she wound up in the camp of the enemies of this deci- sion. Something apparently hap- pened behind the walls of the con- ference resulting in the French re- versal.” The newspaper Pravda, in an ar- reviewer Jacob Vok- said an English-American Evatt of Aus- speeches and | Byrnes ought to know that the | “high, sharp tone” of his speeches {does not add conviction and should be reminded of the old s | fore you are wrong,” said the re- | viewer. e T. R. CURTIS ARRIVES R. Curtis has arrived here ikan. He is staying at the Gastineau. ;o the Ministers | Winner Eats Walermelon; Does Nof Like Heat Wave! REDS CRITICAL BY DON SKUSE ST. PAUL, Minn, Aug. 12—We drove from Three Forks, Montana | to Bismarck, North Dakota today | through country that Leo claimed 1]!11 would not trade for one barn- | acle off the City Dock. For Leo | definitely does not like the warm weather, hough today a scorcher by any means. We saw some ot tne wheat being threshed and from all evidence they are having a hard time to get it all in. In Miles City, Montana, where we stopped for lunch, Leo, was kept susy explaining the fine points of puilding a car and racing it. Sev- sral of the boys were going to see ;\vhut could be done to promote a | derby race next year for Miles City. | One of the scenic highlights of !the days drive was visiting the Rcosevelt Park in the Badlands of | North Dakota. Most of this coun- trys you can see where you are going for two days in advance. Leo | wanted to know what all the people not was “This simple, logical way, 10W-|{do here with nothing to look at |ang as foy the water, Leo has to | drink cokes. 500 MILE 1 DAY BILLINGS, Mont., Aug. 10—Leo and 1 drove 500 miles today from Lewiston, Idaho to Three Forks, Mcntana. The weather was perfect althcugh Leo will take the cool liquid sunshine of Juneau any day to this dry heat. We traveled over Old Mullan Trail most ‘of the way which took us through the rich Coeur D'Alene mining district. This afternoon we traveled for !miles over very barren and sparsely |settled country and the only wild (life we saw was a jack rabbit and it was packing its lunch. | We plan to go through Yellow- | stone Park tomorrow if the forest fire that is burning there is suf- | ticiently under control so that they will let us in the north gate. | Leo and watermelon are striking up more than a speaking acquain- tance but he is watching his weight pretty closely. e —— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 12. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7, American Can 100, Anaconda 47%, Curtiss-Wright Tlg, ! International Harvester 95'%, Ken- New York Central 23, Northern Pacific 277, U. S. Steel 89'%, Pound $4.03':. | Sales today were 700,000 shares. ! Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 20336, rails 62.63, utilities 41.52. - ->-oe MRS. FRANK LEAVES Mrs Pete Frank, wife of the for- mer provost marshal of Juneau, left by plane yesterday for Anchorage where she will join her husband who is now Company Commander of Company B, 761, MP Battalion Jat Fort Richardson, FIRMS REPEAT SUBSIDY REQUESTS Truman Signs Bill fo Raise RATE RAISES STRESSED AS ALTERNATIVE ‘New Ships Put as Primary Need at Congressional Hearing Seattle EATTLE, Aug. 12—The Alaska Steamship Ceo., and Northland Transportation Co., proposed at a Cengressional hearing here today that the United States government | brovide construction and operating | subsidies for U. S. vessels in the { Ala trade. They cited competi- tion from airlines and Canadian steamship lines. Opening hearings here today was a Subcommittee of the House Mer- chang Marine and Fisheries Com- mittee, headed by Rep. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash), 1 Congressman Jackson announced I'that Seattle-Alaska ship operations ! probably will continue under the r Shipping Administration until March. He said ship lines petitioned for a 67 percent jover-all increase in freighgt rates effective when they resume private operations, The Northland and Alaska Lines today also asked the Subcommittee to study a request for legislation directing the Maritime Commission to “construct and allocate to regu- lar Alaska operators, the vessels necessary as replacement . tonnage {to bring their fleets up to prewar levels.” Subsidy Or Rate Increase Other of their recommendations {included that steps be taken to sta- ! bilize labor-management relations {and that common and contract ;cm'rims be required to obtain certi- jficates of public convenience and | necessity. | Long told the Congressmen that jto bring tonnage up to prewar lev- fels, the Alaska Steamship Co, ! would need to invest $11,000,000 in {12 new passenger ships and freight~ ers. | Sitting with Rep. Jackson were ‘Reps. S. O. Bland (D-Va) and C. A. ! terter (R-Miss). { Jackson said that all the 35 per- 1sons who testified last week in re- ?.gzud to Alaska fisheries favored | abolition of the 438 fish traps now |in use in the Territory, and the ! transfer of Alaska fishing control { from the Federal Fish and Wildlife | Service, to the Territorial govern- | ment. “Home Rule” Wanted | He said Subcommittee hearings have disclosed a growing desire for “home rule” in Alaska. “They want less and less of the Federal government in Alaska. There is a strong undercurrent of V(car{tm‘;‘ed on ;’agé Tu:af Jew Emigres | Barred from ' Haifa Harbor iPalestine le?&ers Predict | Bloodshed |f Ships Not Landed JERUSALEM, Aug 12— Two !more immigrant ships crowded with 1Jewish refugees anchored just out !side Haifa Harbor today, adding an .explosive pressure to the Palestine situation already tense with re- ports of a pending British block- ade. ; Arrival of the two ships brought ito 3900 by Jewish estimate, the 'number of refugees aboard ship at Haifa or. enroute who may not be (allowed to land because they are jwithout immigrant certificates. Many Jews have predicted blood- shed if the immigrants are not allowed to land, and there have been hints at “direct action” to bring them ashore. | WARNED TO STOCK UP | The Jewish underground = radio broadcast that “British military ae- tion against us is pending,” and warned Jews to “stock up on food hecause long curfews are before us.” " (Continued on Page Eight)