The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1946, Page 1

~ THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,350 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —_— PRICE TEN CENTS =i WITHDRAWN PUBLIC LANDS RETURNED “BLASTED OLD ROT" DECRIED AT TREATYING New Zealander Says Gel, “On With It-End ""Quack, Quack, Quack” PARIS, Aug. 16. — Th¢ Rus- sian delegation tossed the mak- ings of a new fight between West- ern and Eastern powers into the Peace Conference today and the New Zealand delegate, W. J. Jor- dan, in an outburst of temper, denounced the Russians for “this blasted old rot.” “Let's do something,” Jordan shouted in exasperation at long speeches and delays after listen- ing to an argument by Soviet dele- gate Andrei Vishinsky. “Here we sit listening to quack, quack, quack, hour after hour. We are sick of it.” Eliminate U. S. Vote OPA SETS PRICE BOOSTS ON MAN HOMEUSED ITEMS {Hikes Ranfi fo 12 Per Cent Will Cost Public Over $1 f@O0,000 WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—OPA hung a price-hike tag of “well ov- er $150,000,000 a year” on radios, stoves, washers and many another household item today—and ground lout still more bad news for con- | sumers. | ©On top of price boosts ranging from 3 to 12 per cent on 20 groups of mainly home essentials, e omnen DEMONSTRATING HOW a helicopter can be used saving the lives of 1. An immediate Increase of one jistressed seamen and airmen, the U.S. Coast Guard stages a test off to two cents for draught and bot-|Coney Island, N. Y. Above a “sutvivor” is shown being lowered to a itled beer served in bars, restaurants deck after having been picked up from the sea. (International) and hotels. 2. New price ceillugs for used! in| | HELICOPTER IN RESCUE TEST [ | [ 1 & R & § | automobiles made this year or | 1945. } i 3. White sidewall tire ceilings! [ Ll 4] 12,5 per cent higher than maximum prices on other tires. 4. Higher prices for stationery (CAB CERTIFIES PAN AMERICAN 10 S0. AFRICA 'KRUG BECOMES FIRST | CABINETER TO ENTER | thorized Pan American Airways to | — £ 3 establish commercial air service be- | WASHINGTON, Aug. 16— Five tween the United State SIARI OF NEw hundred Point Barrow Eskimos'Africa i A KA (ARGO Krug yesterday in Barrow Village, service between New York City and 300 miles north of the Arctic Qir-|the co-terminal points of Johan- Ru“ DIS([OSED cle, the Interior Department an- nesburg and Capetown i \ nounced, staged a ceremonial feast and cele-; The Board ed a certificate for bration for Interior Secretary J. A..a period of soven years authorizing Intermediate points on the route In a telegram from one of Krug's|/will be The Azores, Dakar, Mon- The Ny | SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—Plans for alaides, the Dopartment related that|rovia, Accra and Leopoldville {new freight ship service Letween|Krug gave the Eskimos assurance| .- |Sea‘tle ‘and Alaska were reported|that the Federal government “would | |yesterday by the Berger Transpor-'conthue to aid and support them Itatién Company. Capt. Thor Hof-|in their battle to work and live on Istad. who will be skipper of the the shores of the Arctic Ocean.” | motarship Garland, said loading of| Krug was described in the mes-| Ifr2ight on the 540-ton vessel is ex-|sage as the first cakinet officer to! ipected to begin next week. cross the Arctic Circle, { It is one of two small cargo ves-; The cooperation of the native peek a' [wo {sels_bought by the company from residents in the Government’s pro- ’zhe Army. !gram for Alaskan development was | | pledged by Fred Tpalook, Eskimo] ew eapons - e — | leader. Krug and the Governor of Alas-| ka, the Interior Department report- ed, village, and South' NOW MILLIONS ALASKA ACRES AREREQPENED :Resloralior{ offlTwo Vasi Tracts Refutes Charges, ' Claims Secy. Krug SHINGTON, Aug. 16. — The Government is releasing 18,640,000 racres of public land in Alaska for private development under Federal mining and leasing laws, the In- terior Department announced to- day The action, the Department said, is being announced also in Alaska by Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug, who Is ‘making his first official visit to the Territory. A state- ment by Krug released here said: “I am particularly glad to an- nounce the restoration of these jareas to public use because it af- i fords complete refutation of the inspected the Eskimo icharge that the Federal govern- | &nd ook papes, ment is seeking to prevent the the school and hospital operated by | [the Indian Service, the Presbyter- |ian Mission and the U. S. Auny; Signal Corps Station. | The two men also reviewed the| P | MARK MOSLEM RED WANTS IN SHIPPINGON Vishinsky insisted in an organi- | % “ 1 zational meeting of the political Building Stuff Soon | ¥ ] and territorial commission on Ru-| In addition, OPA officials said | 9 mania that only nations lctually}nmt ceiling increases for virtually| Vg } at war with the former enemy all kinds of building materials will i 1 3 4 states should vote in the commis-|be announced soon, as required by sions drafting 2 | 5 X s| : v | { Territorial National Guard Detach- A 6 The ) q i n an n, S yes- “day ey (R A A 3 e i for the five peace treaties. ey g ¥es-|at a Moslem “day of action” here secretary of State Acheson said to-| | Lunch given the visitors, who are 'on two weapons calculated to be, vote of France thus would be elim- | terday on a long list of consumer|yesyiteq jn 80 deaths and 825 in- Test of “GAPA,” Rocket- Powered Guided Mis- | ccvelopment ot Alska by private sile Disclosed { these large areas 16, thes PURc 4 main status, coupled with the pro- gram for the release of more than 18,000,000 acres of land along the Alaska Highway for private de- H day the United States probably will | | traveling with principal officers of 'yg i velopment clearly shows the trend i § et o : ; : e |trave useful defensively in the event of s { inated from the commission on iouil“" 3PA dA&m:"fi"é o, rePaul jured, Reuters reported tonight af- send a note to Russia giving Ameri- ... Ithe Interfor Department and the's future war: it Ol ot government policy with respect Rumania. i orter stressed that they were re- e 5 check of four leading Cal-|can reaction to Moscow's demands 'Alaska Territorial government, in-i The At Focoar AlEes to home rule.in Alaska." i IS ngie wi [ 1. The Air Forces disclcsed ths " i In a meeting of the commission quired by new pricing standards cutta hospitals. lon the Dardanelles and he strongly clnded such U Eakimo, delioncles” adbactuit tath hare iomea st ] | Tha oNH (At STESN i on Finland, Soviet Delegate N. V.| 11;6 down bry‘.gongres& i - indicated it will oppose those de- AFL Seamen af De- |walrus neart. | hitherto secret guided missile de- ! acres on the Alaska Peninsula and Novikov raised the same point,| He was referring to a provision; ,56yTTA, Aug. 16—Filteen per- mands i — e signed potential protection ! 3:040.000 acres in the Katalla-Wak- which would eliminate the votes{of the new act which requires| .. o killed and 250 injured WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — The froit Picket Line BUL ,atago region, of the United States and France. |OPA to restore dealer profit mar- . ... in riots betwe e 1 en Moslems These lands, together ! Presumably the Russians planned gins to the level of last March 31.! x United States reportedly is ready i s, together with about o : in thel The price boosts - N, and Hindus during a Moslem League ¥ y dy Bl aksdeni sl 48,800,000 acres in northern Alaska, | to raise the same questions in the p sts covered VAMUAl-.giroct action day’ protest to the today to advocate some special g that a new coat of armor for sol-; Were Withdrawn from public use commissions for Italy, Bulgaria and transit rights for Russia through Vital, industrial - materials still! against high speed, high flying air-| jeraft. ' 2. The War Department revealed “In January, 1943, as part.of the Iy the entire fleld of so-called COM | pritish plan for Idtan indepen- durable goods, except re-lg..n.o frigerators. ~Prices on thos€ Will, 1po Mostem League, second larg- be rnisedA:l:;u!e 2{3‘::5;5991“ sw""m political party in India, call- X | 5 e 2d a nationwide strike for today Vishinsky insisted upon his point| gere are average retail increases ,o giarts its “direct action” pro- and the matter was left for fu-|ynich will go into effect as s00n|gyam ture action. In the commission ON g gealers receive new shipments.|” gnops and markets closed, Some Finland, Novikoy drew a quick Ie-| Radios and electric phonographs,!pyes and cabs attempting to oper- Hector McNeil of Britain | : i " ply from He |3 per cent; washing machines, 7|atp were stopped by Moslem volun- “M; overnment could not! ... ¥ 3 b ;}c‘z:‘:pt ti’mgSoviet {per cent; vacuum cleaners, 7 Per|iecrs who squatted at street junc- Hungary. Russian Insists Despite Jordan’s hot retort,| the Dardanelles. But this country is said to op- pose outright current Soviet de< mands for a hand ifi the military control of that strategic water- way. Diplomatic officials suggest that a possible step toward trying to work out the developing contro- versy may be a Turkish-called con- ference of the nations now parties | I view of this . fc A W |cent; small electrical appliances, | jons trettic o Baloe Jvank halting In the Finnish commis-|gucp g5 toasters, irons, space heat- ware not molested sion, too, the Soviet declaration Was|ers, coffee makers and shavers, 4 e tcasuallxes Botls’ e noted in the minutes without ‘“"‘per cent, H e sty 2 f cal ther action. Vishinsky said hel| pgucenocld chinaware, 7 per cent; clashes in various parts of Cal- would ignore “the harsh words” of | .o Bre, T PEL COUL: ) outta.. COF the . injured, 390 wevs : ‘_ = 1 delegate rmm;bm‘ springs, 12 per cent; electric|taken to hospital by noon. Pedes- the tempexan.\.enm B ,, istoves, 9 per cent; gas stoves, 5l trians were reported assaulted and New Zealand,” but insisted We; per cent; coal, oil and wood stoves,!some stores were looted. shall never submit to 8&NgrY 5 per cent; aluminum cocjsing, words.” |utensils, 5 per cent; metal bed The Moslem League, which claims Jordan was 50 perturbed that|cyrings’ 4 per cent; metal cots to speak for India's 90,000,000 Mos- his voice broke as he cried thelang double-deck beds, 3 per cent;|lems, recently rejected the Brit- words “This blasted old rot,” af-|ywindow shades, 10 per cent. {ish Independence plan after first ter Vishinsky's spet_ech. | Clocks and non-jewelled watches, | indicating acceptance. ‘The _Mos- “Let’s get on with the bllastedlfi per cent; portable typewriters, lems have insisted on Parkistan, Conference,” he cried. “Let’s dn\[5 per cent. |or partition of India’s predominant- something. Get a President in the| Other increases included 3.5 per|ly Moslem areas from the rest of chair and let's get on with our|cent on bicycles; 8 per cent on dry|the subcontinent. work. That's what people expect Jawaharlal Nerhu, President of 5 batteries, 4 per cent on metal of-| 5 ; us, to do. fice furniture; 6 per cent on photo- |the predominantly Hindu Congress party, the largest in India, met last raphic equipment, such as cam-| g e e in Bombay with Mahomed o 4 o | night The w a sh i n g tOIl i ol Bl pepnd, e Al Jinnah, President of the Moslem \ [ Merry - Go-Round motors. By DREW PEARSON ] |Commenting on the Moslem Lea- { ety PARIS.—(By Wireless)—The beshlASI B vigue's “direct action” plans, Nehru thing that has happened to the isni American Army in Europe is the ard agreement. | Nehru said the Congress party |would go ahead with formation of an interim Indian government, with jor without \over, or the government knocks |direct action over.” — Seal killlers rank highest social- ly among the Aleut tribe. League, but made no progress tow-; the Moslem League.! “It either knocks the government; Juneau’s Der'bfiy“\VNinner Seei First Big League Ball Game; Finds Familiar Face at Zoo to the Montreux Treaty governing the Straits. At the State Department, offi- cials said there is no reason to be- |lieve there has been any change in United States’ policy as pre- viously announced by Secretary of State Byrnes. The principal point of this policy in relation to Rus- sia is, that the Straits should be jopen at all times to the transit of | warships of Black Sea powers. Un- der the Montreux Convention Turkey has -the right to close the Straits in time of war or other | danger. The question of how far this | government should go in backing declpred opposition to demands is known to be matter of considerable concern Many are |a to top officials here. | hopeful that the whole issue may be ironed out amicably in tiations among the powers. But some express belief pri- vately that the Russjans are dead set on obtaining military bases 'in the Dardanelles and may be | extremely reluctant to compromise !on anything less. — e TEXAN STOPPING Beatrice Tunnard has arrived here from Dallas, Texas. She is staying at the Hotel Juneau. nego- arrival of the wives. U. S. troops; —which, by the way, have been doing a magnificent job wherever | I'ye seen them—have been given" al a new lease on life by the arrival WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—Presi-| of their wives. dent Truman wound up the workf It's a great sight to see Army|Of the 79th Congress today by hysbands waiting for their bener;dm"?flnz death for*the last mea-| balves to arrive at a railroad sta- | Sure it sent him. ; Hen.© Ivs amusing, inspiring, pa-| This bill would.have :aholished thetic all at once. But most of the Parker Wildlife Refuge in all it’s inspiring. | Massachuselts. Press ~ Secretary R i ‘whio. have faced &l sarts) OhaTies Q. Toss told meparters that) of danger in battle stand on the|Mr. Truman had decided to let| station platform, nervous, perspir- | the Dbill die by pocket veto with-| ing and anxious. They carry nme.""t taking any action., The Pres- bouquets of flowers. The train | dent had .until midnight tonight o late. | The flowers it It|to act oh fk. doesn’t make any difference. They Mr. Truman signed 204 bills af-| Baven't seen their families for|ter Congress quit and pocket vetoed | . oo A0 two, three, perhaps even four,|!®: 1 years and they're not quite sure what is going to happen. Then, FREMONT, Ohio, Aug. 14—(De- layed) —Leo had a banner day to- |line, drove out to Wrigley Field and | witnessed the Chicago Cubs take a | beating from St. Louis to the tune |of 6-4. It was Leo’s first big league imoved aeross the Great Lakes to-| day as the CIO National Mari-; time union strike spread slowly. A union spokesman said “well over 40 percent of the 400 American flag cargo ships operating on the five lakes were strikebound on the second ‘day ‘of the walkout. Whether iron ore, coal, grain and cil traffic would be halted still was an uncertainty as negotiations in Washington on the union's de- aters capable of repelling “missiles ST. LOUIS — Two youths were reported drowned and hundreds of persons were driven from their homes by high water today as this metropolitan area of a million and a half inhabitants experienced its | third consecutive day of rain and electrical storms of unprecedented intensity. government’s program for the de- up to and including a .45 calibre velopment of possible petroleum revelver bullet,” will soon get a, practical test in South American SuPplies for the Armed Forces in jungles. ( that territory. The land in north- The Air Forces' guided missile is €D Alaska is not being released at the “Gapa,” a slim, 10-foot long, tk time for public development. rocket powered projectile Krug said oll exploration work be- { One or more already have been ' ing carried out there warrants the |fired, and 60 others are to be set!retention of restrictions in that off at the isolated Wendover, Utah, | Zone. ->-ee - WASHINGTON — The CIO Unit- Proving ground this year in the, ed Auto Workers' executive board first phase of a program to con- announced today it will reopen its{tinue for several years | Wage agreement Oct, 16 at Chrys-| Without disclosing whether the ler Corporation and any other com- | Missile is guided by radic, mak:s panies where contract provisions use of a proximity fuse, or other permit. ;details, the Air Forces announce- 2 |ment said that when perfected i WASHINGTON — President Tru- 15 “expected to be capable of seck- man announced today he is con- ing out and destroying possible | sidering asking Congress for spe- | enemy weapons kefore they can cial legislation to permit entry|'§ach their targets.” of European refugees, including; The armor is distinct from any- Jews, into the United States. ithing that has yet been used or SEEE |mentioned publicly. A brief an- SEATTLE Halibut fishermen 'Mouncement said the armor, fllen- in from the banks again Hsted:“”‘d only as “Do Y- 0 ts of thelr catches on the board of the|Panels made of glass-filument lam- Seattle Fish Exchange today with ‘““i“"* plastic, fitted into army removal of OPA price ceilings. Op- JACKE!S pici p“fc: e i Neatits 'a! At Seattle, Boeing Alrcraft Com- pound for medium-sized fish and PV Vice President W. E, Beall S8 centh e TRYAR gt AL, described the Gapas as aerial des- itroyers, developed after 15 months of intentive research into super- sonic - aircraft. The ground-to-air I aircraft will travel at ymand for shorter hours and wage 'adjustments collapsed. CIO members and non-striking AFL seamen got into a fist fight on a picket line in Detroit last night, but the NMU claimed AFL support in some ports, especially Milwaukee, where AFL sailors were !reported to have walked off a pas: enger ship. | Press Wireless, Inc., submitted a ! compromise arbitration plan to Fed- eral conciliators trying to settle the company's dispute with the Ameri-' can Communicaticns Association| (CI10). Press Wireless propesed that a three-man arbitration panel be set up to decide whether ACA had violated ,its contract in calling a strike of 300 employees. Reinstate- ment of 46 discharged employees would hinge on the panel’s decision After this matter was decided, ar- bitration would proceed in issues involving proposed wage reductions and downgrading of remaining per- connel,” which the company said v e Pa - “"':': necessary ' for economy rea- ..o per fight for life. sons. | SALT SPRING ISLAND, British Cclumbia A physician at this Sotined remote island, 30 miles nux".h»o[ apeeds as high or higher. than 700 Victoria, British Columbia, says a 3 ; miles an hour. ting one pound 11 and a half} | Beall says t y ounce baby girl appears to be win-; ek} sayw that W > the rockat jwas developed as a weapon of {it will have far-reaching effects on the design of future passenger cargo-carrying aireraft WASHINGTON — President Tru-%m | DETROIT, Aug. 16—The striking man shoved off on an 18-day va-‘ e CIO National Maritime Union has cation cruise at 11:32 am. ‘PST”(OURI Up“ DS JOHN L. LEWIS' . peen directed to appear Monday to today. —The Presidential yacht anti-picketing injunction, The or- heading for the Atlantic and a; der was signed by Circuit Judge swing up the New England coast.| FOREMA“ UNION Automotive Trades Steamship Com- | Russia has “maintained an un- — -, | pally (D-Tex.), Chairman of thejDistrict of Columbia today refus- I('I'ME"T | Senate Foreign Relations Commit-ied to take an action which would b | Sécretary of State James F.|Lewis covering unionized super- by William Johnson, Dale Blyberg | answer a request by two Great Williamsburg pulled away from its Robert M. Toms in Detroit. The| —— pany and the T. J. McCarthey reasonable position” at the Paris| WASHINGTON, Aug. 16— The tee, boarded the liner Queen Mary have set aside the agreement be- Waivers of indictment Were gyres at the Conference. visory worl at four mines and Henry John Schuchard and| ;s say they have fought off|poration. Lakes steamship companies for an dock at the Naval gun lfiflfll')’vi petition was requested by the| NEW YORK Declaring lhntl Steamship Company. | Peace Conference, Sen. Tom Con-;U. 8. Court of Appeals for the today to sail for France to assist tween the government and John L. signed today in the District Court| & Loser in court’s stand was the PEIPING — Chinese Nationalisz!!he Jones and Laughlin Steel Cor- The Court refused the >oo — o DEFIANT JE YOUTHS FACE DEATHORDER ‘Illegal Immigrants Report- ' . ed Smuggled Info | . . i Strife-forn Palestine \ N — | JERUSALEM, Aug. 16—-Eighteen | defiant and singing young Jews ywere sentenced to death today for bombing the Haifa railroad shops ‘in a night attack. Four Jewish 'women were given life terms. | The sentences were passed soon after the outlawed Irgun Zvai :Lvunn had exhorted the Jews to ja general revolt and the Vaad {Leumi, the National Council for | Palestine Jews, asked the Jews in t'hls strife-ridden land to begin a i non-cooperation strike Sunday. i The country still was tense over the issue of British deportation of | illegal Jewish immigrants to iCypr s. Two small ships were re-« ported to have brought 200 to 300 illegal immigrants to the coast | before dawn without being spotted. i The immigrants were said to have | been dispersed among Palestine | settlers. Those reports could not ihv confirmed. The 22 Jews were tried in ab- sentia after they were ousted from {the courtroom for singing and caus- l‘mg other disturbances during pro- ceedings. | 1 > | SITKA CRAFT OUT STOCK QUOTATIONS Monday morning at 10 o'clock has| jine” Jarge-scale Communist at- |corporation’s request for a prelim- | ON TUNA SEAR(H the train arrives. The| {day in Chicago. |ball game. been set as the time for arralgn-|i,cys against one of the new goy-.inary injunction against the agree-; finally, band plays “Kiss Me Once and Kiss Me Twice and Kiss Me Once Again.” The reunited couples need ne encouragement. When the first trainload of wiyes arrived at Bremefhaven and took the long, slow trip down through Germany, Army bands were out to meet them at every station. The train was late and RN e ST (Continued on Page Four) NEW YORK, Aug. 16 — Closing| After spending the night at the| We drove out of Chicago after {austaon of Alaska Juneau mine|yyepster Hotel — right on Lake the game so as to get a good start stock today is 7, Ar:{erlCfln Can wpichigan — we took in the 200 on our last lap to Akron in the 11007, Anaconda 45'%, Curtiss-|,¢ Lincoln Park where he saw 2 morning. While in Chicago, we | Wright 7%, International Harvest-| v imal: " e B T |good many animals he had never learned that they had their Soap (er 92%, Kennecott 56%, New YOrk|ceen before; one of which he Box Derby last Sunday. | Central 22%, Northern Paclfic thought must have been a relative| One of the patrolmen told us that { 21%, U. S. Steel 89'%, Pound!of mine as the resemblance was he had seen several Derby cars |$4.08%. striking, he said. passing through on their way to Sales today were 690,000 shares. | o then took in the Field Mu- Akron on top of passenger cars Dow, Jones averages: Industrials seum of Natural History where they Leo is in very good condition for 20071, rails 6233, utilities 41.25, lhave just about everything in that the race next®Sunday. ment upon information, betore‘ Judge J. W. Kehoe. | The Court issued an order this morning setting August 20 at pm. as the date for the drawing of 23 members for the grand jury| and 50 members for the petit jury,| at the Ketchikan term. | The sentencing of Edmond R. Roberts and George A. L. John- son set, for this morning was post- poned until Monday at 10 tn'r:lnck4‘ ernment outposts in the.outer de.|m?nt- | SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 16—In the fense of Tatung. According to; The court said the company had hope of developing a new phase Chinese dispatches, the Commun- failed to show it would suffer “n’-]u( the fishing industry, the fish- ists threw their full strength into reparable injury” as a result of the|ing boat Anna J. will leave for the assault, moving 20,000 troops agreement, signed July 17 between offshore waters today in search of from southwest of the besieged Admiral Ben Moreell, coal n)ll)esll\lx\a. ‘The project is financed by town to reinforce the attack. |administrator, and Lew supervis- | Sitka citizens, whose hopes have . iR iury workers union. Leen raised by persistent rumors WASHINGTON — The Treasury - i iof tuna in the vicinity, W. P. Dempsey, resident of George Jackson is the skipper of announced today it will lop another s 2 4 4 Caves Springs, La. is a guest at the Sitka boat, which wiil rtay out (Continued on Page Two) Hotel Juneau, about 10 days,