The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1946, Page 1

] THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,353 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1946 o MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS — 1 PRICE TEN CENTS = ASSAULTS ON U.S. PLANES BRING ACTION lnferior Secrefary Julius Krug Pledges Supportfo Alaska — GREATLAKES ~RIOT WEARY |SOTLGHTIOK | SECTORSTILL CALCUTTA IN congeiss Racis STRIKE APEX FAMINEGRIP .- Mariners Seeking Support Death Toll in Four Days o of Steelworkers — Auto- | Hindu-Moslem Strife | workersDemand Raises Put at 3,000 (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) New York’s primary elections, in- 21 Congressional contests spotlight today may furnish an| to the question of whether | the recent trend in which midwest- | ern incumbents were unseated will answer i spread to the East, | CA 3 ug. DETROIT, Aug. 20.—The CIO! National Maritime Union today was| waiting for a reply from Philip Murray on whether his CIO steel- | workers will support the Great| and police uni through the blood-stained streets of Calcutta, restored a measure of order today in this weary city 20.—Military | s, working their way | Prospective candidates for Gov- | ernor U. S. Senate did not | figure directly in the voting as i nominees for these offices will be selected next month at state Lakes shipping striks. | where an'estimated 3,000 men, wo- party conventions. With the walkout in its sixth dny.i men and children were killed in here was the situation: | four days of fighting between Hin-| The 40-hour week was no longer|dus and Moslems. the battle-cry of the strike, for the| Shaking off the terror and hys- union has formally proposed a reg- | teria which had gripped them sin?e} publican state convention made his ular week of 44 hours, with over-|last Friday, the more than 2,000000 ;¢ cico “felt in three hot Con- | time pay after that. {inhabitants of the city found they| . (&5 L G | N:orl;: Lnegzfif{.}l:n:fi;fil: ;rx\]dpl:l%;;;a:cd the threat of starvation andi o El‘;’t\v‘here today, . Sisbor Jamesi pect betweer & | diseas el f shipping companies. | Calcutta’s food distribution 5"5‘\:‘rdx:ay?,.\::»m:lex-cmeiperz::-}d' ;’“;{’ l_A_': {he Leke Oarriers’ Assoalalion &b tem has been thrown so badly OUS|;,or iy, ¢eqiy the Deljyare: Demo- | Cleveland said that 86 percent Of‘of gear that many of the podTer| L convention | its fleet of 316 freighters was still residents have been without food|™ : However, Governor Thomas E. Dewe virtually certain to moving on the lakes, with 44 ships strike-bound. i | ASK QUARTER MILLION CLEVELAND, Aug. 20.—Three| tanker companies today filed suit against the National Maritime Un- jon and 12 officers, charging the Great Lakes strike is in breach of contract and asking damages of $250,000. WAGE DEMAND BOOSTED DETROIT, Aug. 20—A formal| demand on Chrysler Corporation, for| a general wage boost “for seventy thcusand employees was made to-| day by the CIO United Auto Work- ers Union. The National Chrysier Director of the Union, Norman R. Matthews, said this is the begin- ring of a drive for higher wages throughout the automobile indus- BRITAIN WILL RETAIN GRASP ON PALESTINE LONDON, Aug. 20. — A British government informant said today that Britain will ask the United Nations Trusteeship Council next| menth to appoint her sole trustee| for Palestine. H The government has decided this | step is necessary, the source said, kecause with the demise of the League of Nations the legal basis of | Britain’s mandatory rights no long- er exist. ! He said, however, that Britain would “certainly not” give up her} mandate in the Holy Land and had| never considered doing so. The AW_;;Hington? Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Ed. Note—This is the second column in Drew Pearson’s series on the war cleuds now gather- ing over eastern Europe.) WASHINGTON—To evaluate the factors behind the present massing of Soviet airborne divisions along the Black Sea and the dangerous jockeying of Russian-British forces in the Near East, it's necessary to scrutinize certain captured docu- ments which have come into the hands of the American Army in Germany. The U. S. Army has now got hold of the minutes of extremely im-; portant conversations between Hit- ler's Foreign Minister Ribbentrop | and Stalin’s Foreign Minister Mol- otov in which the Russians debat-| ed entering the war on the side of Germany—if the price was high enough. The Germans are most methodical record keepers, and the complete history of these diplo- matic conversations was faithfully recorded. They show that in 1940, about six months before Hitler double- crossed Stalin by invading Russia, |C. Pollard, who attempted yester- noon's public hearing in the EIKs og first Molotov came to Berlin and dis. (Cantinued on Page Four) foxd In Utah, Republicans voted m! o CATS: : {a runoff primary on Arthur Wat- | ; The fg]d“"‘fm‘“fm t’;‘:l‘y“w ;:e» kins, Orem attorney and William L. | ouring e S S - . — . " 4 4 . E: 1 er, Provo ccnstruction engineer | vent fresh outbreaks but also to| 2K g |for the senatorial nomination to search for food. Fresh vegetables 5 b se Abe Murdock, Democratic and fruit stalls in new market, the| ‘PP | all mbent. were damaged | ICUmD largest in the city, in the disorders. SRR > MRS % | ITALIAN BID FOR SOFTER PEACE FAILS Poland Ch%ges State-! ment ltaly Was Not | Bloody Enemy | PARIS, ‘Aug. 20—Ttalian propo-! sals for modifying the Italian peace treaty draft failed of endorsement in a peace conference committee) today. | After seven and one half hours, discussion of an Italian note to the; conference’s political and territorial committee for Italy, seeking modi- fications in the peace treaty draft, the committee adopted a mot:on‘ reading: | B “The chairman noted that the| suggestions contained in the Ital-| ian memorandum were not taken up in the form in which they were presented as amendments by any delegation and were, therefore not endorsed as such. s e Answers fo Alaska Problems - Will Come, Dedares Intericy Secrefary al Juneau Hearing 21 conference nations, notably Po- Alaskan policies at a press cenference here of the Secrefary of Alaska, just before noon y His sincerity is cvident as he lists smashing of red tape as his number one administrative job in the Territory’s behalf. land, Belgium, the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. “Poland was at war with Italy,” said a Polish delegate. “Polish sol- diers fought in North Africa and| Italy. Polish soldiers were killed by | Italian bullets. Was this a state of war or a state of peace?” § | After listening attentively R“dvsources may or may not give a true Begium, Yugoslavia and the| S ay y v et Erlaa ch:llenged the Italian Patiintly through most of yester- answer, he continued—depending clairn day to the plaints, appeals and ypon how well that control is ex- R B |plans of Gastineau Channel orcised. It i not 1o that spokesmen, Eccretary of the Inter- exploitation of them regardless of for Julius Krug returned a caution the national interest would ever be that the people of Alaska should pormitted. not get too impatient — that the| pjcking out what had been list- | Territory's government and Alaska eq as a fundamental concern |residents have teen making real most of the witnesses at the SALT LAKE CITY — Charges progress and they have his promise gjontransportation—the Secre were prepared today against a man that the Department of the Interior gseked for suggestions as to held by police in connection with will work with them. low cost transportation could the shooting death of Mrs. Frank| At the close of Monday after-|gptajned. how be ‘The query was address- to CIO Representative day to stymie a hold-up in her Hall here, the Secretary fervently | chris Hennings, who had ranked husband’s food market. |declared he wishes he could give|ghipping second only to statehcod The man was arrested within 10 the answers to all the problems gmong Alaska’s foremost needs minutes of the shooting, and after outlined before him. From the in-| ppe only answer came from Nor- the woman died in a hospital, po-|formation provided, sooner or later, man Banfield, who earlier had lice Lt. M. D. Guiness reported a|we can give practical answers, he;stressed the importance of improv- charge would be filed. | concludad. / ing the Haines highway to fit that | One point he set up to'keep in ;oaqway for its destiny as the prin- MIAMI, Fla.—Lt. W. E. Hubert,‘mind is, that there is o _single cipal artery to the heart of Alaska Navy micro-seismologist, reported cure for Alaska's problengs. Though panfield suggested ‘that deveiop- another earthquake today which he declaring himself a strl believer | yang of towed barge service would classed as “heavy to severe” and in statehood, he stated that state-| 4o much to cut water travel costs, apparently centered in the Carib-|hood alone would not provide such af jegst in Southeast Alaska. Again. bean area. ja remedy. Government is as 200d . apgwered the Secretary that the e as you make it, he adyised Alaskans | ggaines link could be kept open LONDON — A Foreign Office —yours is the oppoftunity to im- (, provide, in connection with spokesman said today that the Bri-|Prove Whether your government pgiges from either Seattle or Prince tish members of the Allied Elector-|continues as it is or if there are Rupert, regular, all-year around Mission in Greece|changes made. service. He added that almost in Svpeiaraton N TERRITORIAL CONTROL MAYBE | 2 Territorial control of Alaska’s re- (Continued on Page Twzl (émlnued on Page Five) °” will include representatives of the ‘focthall, died today. NEW SECRETARY cof the Interior Julius Krug ber of Commerce yesterday noon. new era of friendship between his Department axd the pesple cf Alaska. (I-ft to right) are: Edwin G. Arnold, Direclor of Divis ckson, Mayor cf Juncau; Charles W, Carter, meice; the Governor of Alaska, and Warner Garlner, Assis ino Hend SHOWDOWN' IN OFFING ON DARDANELLES | major WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. — The United States and Great Britain have decided to meet Russia squarely on the issue of the Dar danelles. A Foreign Office spokesman in Lenden said France had joined the ed States and Britain in ex- sing to Russia unqualified op- icn to Soviet proposals for sharing with Ti the military centrel of the Straits. (A copy of the French note to Russia been sent to Britain, Turkey, and the United States, he said. i (An informed government source in London predicted that an inter-! national conference, with the Unit- ed States represent would be' called the | Dardanelles this ear.) on - >es VEIS WHL GET | SAY REGARDING SURPLUS SALES WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Robert M. Littlejohn, War Assets Admin- istrator announced today a plan designed to give veterans in all} sections a direct voice in the dis-| pesal of surplus property. Under it, he said, a veterans ad- visory committee will be establish-{ ed in each of the agency's 33 re-| mal offices of WAA. Members| American Legion, Veterans of For- eign Wars, Disabled Veterans, Am- crican Veterans of World War II| (ANVETS) and the American Vet- terans Committee (AVC). National headquarters of the Vet-| crans organization will select mem-!! bers of the regional committee. “Provisions of surplus property | legislation which apply particular- ly to veterans were enacted for, their benefit,” Liftlejohn said in « statement, “and’from now on the| veterans themselves are going to, have a lot to say abdut how they| are to be administered.” 1 Meetings of the regional groups: may be called by either the WAA or the veterans representatives. | B ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Fielding| Harris (Hurry Up) Yost, University' of Michigan’s grand old man of jthe former Florence Dobson. staading) sident NATION AWAITS BECISION UPON OPA DECONTROL WASHINGTON, Auz. 20. The nation learns tonight whether such dinner-table items as meat, milk and butter are going back under price ceilings. | As the climax of nine days of ching ctudy, the Price Decon- Board will announ its i (Pacific Stand- 0l ion at about 4 p.m. ard Time). The Board plans to say whether ceilings will be restored on live-! stock, dairy products, grains, cot- tensced, soy beans and hundreds of derived from these basic commodities The three members will explain in an all-network radio news broad- cast. lowever, even if the Board or- ders controis re-established on any of the items involved, the new ceilings will not become effective until Friday, OPA boss Paul Porter announced last night. - 0. 5. PROTESTS TOPOLES ON OPPRESSICNS WASHINGTOI, Aug. 20.—Under- secretary of State Dean Acheson disclosed today the United States has sent a sharp note to Poland protesting “oppressive acts which have prevented normal Democratic political activity.” He released at a news conference the text of the note delivered yes- terday by American Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane. ‘This communication charged that the Polish government had permit- | ted ‘persecution” of the Polish La- bor Party “by arrests, censorship restrictions, administrative -inter- ference and other oppressive acts.” It called upon the Polish govern- ment to provide four “essential” guarantees which will permit nor-| mal political freedom prior to the; national elections scheduled for| early November, YOUNG NanWCE RETURNS | Lee W. Nance returned to Ju- neau on the S. 8. Aleutian yestcr-i day from Anchorage after spending | two months of his vacation visiting | at Glen-Ellen. Most of the summer was spent with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ditman.' Mrs. Ditman is Lee’s older sister, as he appeared before Gastineau Channel residents at the luncheen given in his honor in the Baranc{ Hetel's Gold Room by the Juneau Cham- Addressing the 160 Juncheon guests, Secretary Krug predicted a of Territories, Department of Interior; ant Secrciary of the Interior. YUGOSLAVS' ATTACK IS . DENOUNCED ‘Acheson Destribes Shoot- i ing Down of U.S. Trans- | port as Outrageous ROME, Aug. 20. — European Air Transport Headquarters said tenight its flights between | Vienna and Udine, Italy, would be rerouted away from Yugo- slav territory. Yugoslav fighter plancs have forced down two American C-47 transport planes { on the line this month, The planes henceforth will i fly through the Brenner Pass when weather permits. Other- wise they will make a detour of hundreds of miles through Marseille and Lyon, France. { WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—Under- |secretary of State Acheson, in |charge of the State Department in Ithe absence of Secretary Byrnes, (today bluntly denounced a Yugo- lav attack on an American plane “an outrageous performance.” | Acheson made this characteriza- jton as he sent the Yugoslav gov- erment a new and emphatic pro- (test—the third disclosed in two days. | Acheson took the unusual céurs? }or permitting reporters at his news iccnfercnce to quote him directly ‘on ihe phrase “outragcous perform- | anci and lasted out at Yugo- slavia's treatment of planes in the arex near Triester by saying that as Pictured at the lable with of the Juncau Chamber of Com- [] { ‘n was not the typa of action one * r Ig u l\vm,:x!d expect from a friendly country. latest American note said: ! The Ar Rul 'l { "It would be assumed that the ,authorities of ~ Yugoslavia would . Wish to render a maximum of as- " sistance and succor to aircraft of Halnes (u'o,' a friendly nation when the latter lare forced by the hazards of navi- {gation in bad weather over danger- |ous mountain barriers to deviate .from their course and seck bearings over Yugoslav territory.” i “On the contrary,” the note con- Itinued, “Yugoslav fighter aircraft 2 yhave scen fit without previous Inienor Alaska ‘warning to take aggressive action jagainst such a United States trans- HAINES, Alaska, Aug. 20.—The port plane, the identification of first commercial bus from interior which was clearly apparent from its Alaska to Haines, arrived Saturday maikings and have forced it to night, with its passengers feted at'crash land after wounding one of a turkey dinner by the village's!its passengers’ 350 inhabitants. But the towns-; pecple’s jubilation was dampened ATTACKERS COMMENDED - teday by Canadian customs agents’; BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 20. announcement that their govern- —A spokesman within the Yugoslav ment had instructed them to pro- government said today that “our hibit passage of commerclal freightpilots did the right thing,” in between here and interior Alaska. commenting on the shooting down A section of the Haines cutoff of an unarmed American trans- highway traverses Canada. The pori plane yesterday and forcing roud was built by the U. S, Army. janother to land earlier. This rullng was a blow to Hames'! “They did nothing which was hopes of becoming a port of entry not in coordination with our own for freight from “the states.” The international rights” said the Canadian Cu_sit;ms Prohib- its Road Cargoes fo | Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce ' sbokesman, who declined to be had estimated freight costs would duoted by name. The governmei. be reduced 15 percent by use of the ,"5:” m“w’h l’“‘mlr comment. highway. person who saw tre second C= nes lies in a fertile rarmlng{" attacked yesterday sald the bic section and the local growers had |(ransport went down spiralling in noped to find new markets for, k smoke during an attack by their produets, including what are |‘WO Yugc\sla‘v fighters. Four or five said to be the only cherries grown |Cannon shots could be heard. Onlv in_Alaska. There still is consider- tWO Parachutes wers seen to oper able land available for homestead- | [Fom the plane, which carried five ing hereabouts. crewmen. No passengers, mail or Passengers on the first bus, pilot- Icalr:,ix:?:m:bz:::édmtely St ed by Ken O'Harra, found the highway conditions good with ex-|Dational territory the plane was ceptions of short stretches of the ('St “’hfi" the atiack wis mage: cutoff in British Cclumbia which | ¢ NF _: lnes: s lr.arse colump had been damaged by an earthslide. |2 Plack smoke arose from the Jul- It was being blasted away today|.®? Alps where the transport cams and regular schedules will be es- {9V ,‘"’_d‘“""'l‘n;‘ S s tablished as soon as the road is! Amprioan . GREMMY - chfls, o cleared. ;rrmed u;;: en.rl(iierdalt:leck wxam 464 \inexcusable an leliberate,” In the initial party were Frank; x S Camp, Fairbanks writer; Lulu and| ‘heY Were investigating the new in- Mabel Martin, tourists; Mr. Bnd;cldent, but that Yugoslav military Mrs. Frank Morgan, Anchorage authorities declined to give any in- photographers; Sally Onserud and | formation. g e, Daisy Conright, Anchorage writers, | and two of O'Harra’s employees. STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Aug. 20—Closing i quotation of Alaska Juneau mine istock today is 7'%, American Can 1100%, Anaconda 45%, Curtiss- | Wright 7%, International Harvester ’ Received Today By Pope i oz : . y Pope inRome =, e . vew ok e VATICAN CITY, Aug. )9.—Jus- |S. Steel 90%, Pound $4.03%. tice Frank Murphy of the umud‘ Sales today were 700,000 shares. States Supreme Court was received | Dow, Jones averages today are: in private audience today by Popé Industrials 201.27, rails 62.39, utili- Pius XII, ties 41.45, 4 Justice fi.u;;hy | s | | | 4