The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,384 CHILKOOT BARRACKS FORVACC Interior DeB;fmenI Turns Down 0'Harra-Gard- ner Writes Decision WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—The In-| terior Department today awarded Chilkoot Barracks, a surplus army post near Haines, Alaska, to the Veterans Alaska Cooperative Co. This reversed an award made by lot August 5, by the Department’s Bureau of Land Management to Kenneth E. O'Harra. The Cooperative, represented by!was not involved in the controversy requested by the city in an attempt ters, including the return of sur- the i Steve Larson Homer, and O'Harra Bus Lines, represented by O'Harra, submitted identical bids of $100,000. In a decision, Assist- ant Secretary Warner W. Gardner found that O’Harra was not eligible to bid because his company failed to meet the qualifications of a “small” business under provisions of the surplus property act. Gardner’s opinion, approved by Secretary Krug, held that O'Harra’s company controls about 75 percent of the highway motor transporta- tion business of Alaska. ]UNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946 = PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS = 0'HARRA MAKING CHARGE AGAINST DEL.E.L.BARTLETT| ANCHORAGE, Sept. 26—A charge that Territorial Delegate E. L. Bart- lett and his office staff in Wash- |ington are inccrporators of Veter- ans Alaska Cooperative Company | organization and interested in that organization's move to purchase| Chilkcot Barracks was made today' | by Kenneth O'Harra, owner of the | O'Harra Bus Lines and rival bidder | for the historic Alaskan Army post. | | O'Harra, in a cablegram from| Washington which was reledsed| | here by his offices, asserted it was! “unethical for a Delegate to use| his office to keep me from getting Chilkoot.” | Delegate Bartlett denied, however, {having any connection With the Veterans organization and said he; | between the Veterans and O’Harra over the purchase of the post. | Bartlett said he and a member| |of his staff, Margery’ Neil, had signed incorporation papers for the| Veterans “because the law requires; incerporation papérs to ke signed by | {two residents of Alaska.” | The Delegate said he was wiring | his Washington office to inquire into the circumstances connected | | with O'Harra’s charge. | The controversy arose after O'Har- ' (ra and VACCO submitted equal bids for the purchase of Chilkoot | and dropped COURTBOWS |SECRECY TAG TODEMANDS HOLDING OFF OF STRIKERS CANOL PROBE Leader in Power Tie-Up Is Senafors Wail on Staff| Freed-Anti-Strike In- | Chiefs for Material ‘ on Oil Venture junction Dissolved WASHINGTON, PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26. — The| Sept. 26— An Allegheny County Common Pleas official tag of secrecy on files of Court today dissolved its stern an- the joint chiefs of staff snagged ti-strike injunction—crux of the a Senate committee investigation city's three-day-old power stfikefbf the $133,000,000 wartime Canol contempt charges oil project today. 1 against 10 union leaders who had/ The subject was dropped until| defied the injunction. Saturday, and the War Investigat- Dissclution of the injunction was ing Committee turned to otiier mat- to settle the industry-stifling walk- plus property from abroad. | out, which had caused a virtual, Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) said “business holiday” in the steel cap- he would seek prompt action on a| ital. |thorough inquiry into home build- | One of the judges said later this ing deiays, telling reporters he| included the one-year jail term ' considers the Administration’s | imposed on George L. Mueller, housyig program “a fraud upon the | President of the striking union American people.” b for contempt of court through re-| Obviously irked ‘by a military| fusal to end the strike. {ban on making the Canol oil pro-| The injunction thus ended while ject files public, committece mem- | a wave of sympathy strikes spread bers excused Adm. Ernest J. King among plants and business in the from testifying until Saturday city. !morning, when they hope the ma-| It failed to halt immediately a |terial can be released. | Both O'Harra and Homer are!pgrracks, and the bus line operator street car walkout which started; King, the Navy's wartime rep-| honorably diseharged ¢ World War II. O'Harra intended to use the property as a bus term- inal and hotel development. Homer bid as a trustee for a group of veterans who wished to organize a cooperative and develop a community with various commer- cial and argricultural enterprises. Chilkoot Barracks was established as an army post in 1898, Declar- ed surplus by the War Department, i veterans of | won the right to purchase in a lot- .only this morning, shutting off the tery drawing. The Veterans now have challenged the purchase. | - e | Slavesof Wild resentative on the joint strategy | city’s main system oi transporta-|board, had come prepared with al tion. Leaders of the Amalgamated Statement and supporting letters. | Association of Street and Electric| Recalling that King had criticiz- Railway Workers said they were‘ed the committee’s annual report awaiting developments. as containing a “‘willful distortion Business agent John T. Morgan of facis” concerning his part in of the unicn said earlier the walk- the Canol oil producing and refining lout of 3000 troHey operatars and|venture in Canada, Ferguson da-i ‘LolosMighfBe service workers was a "protecuvef“?}"’d: : ; 1 measure” against threats of violence| “We can't pass on distortion. of} to men and equipment. He did not|the facts until we get the facts.”, # PACIFIC SAILORS SE NT BACK 10 SHIPS 1947 Swim Suifs Are Previewed, Fall Showings'LUNDEBERG ooks over eight beautics wearing 1947 z'e\'iewl!d at Avalon, Calif., in a fall showing launched by California’s apparel industry. right: Toni Doyle, Sheila Egan, Roberta Fields, B tte Stewart, Joan ler and Betty Cutner. DACIFIC COAST SKAGWAY, HAINES “LINKED T0 HERE LUMBER FIRMS FACE CHARGES BY PHONE TODAY OPA Suits De&igned to Service Opens This After-| Break Black Market | noon Over Modernized | i Housim_&lo_fllenetk . Deep Sea (able SEATTLE, Lept. 26—The OPA | gpeaking from their own offices has filed suits against lumber and |, their respective cities, the Gov- material concerns all 1 CALLS MEN T0 BERTHS Agreement Rt;a(hed with Shipowners-Washington Conference Rejected SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—AFL Sailors of the Pacific trooped back aboard ships today as West Coast maritime interests labored to avert another strike in five days. y Harry Lundeberg, operating head lof the AFL sailors’ union, ordered the men back after reaching an agreement with the Pacific-Ameri- :can Shipowners' Association. The strike, started by the AFL Union Sept. 5 and extended by CIO and y |mdcp<>ndenz unions after an AFL ; 3 m rmdum—tu-wcrk vote, was officially o /y .~ |ended last Saturday, Nialigy bwim: Waite, Seamen of the Al)'"L union, how- The models, left lever, remained off the job pending Keir, Marsha Gayle, Jean Spang- {the signing of the agreement guar- ! disclose the source of the threats. developed, | pujlding The, Joink . ohaoly, At ernor of Alaska, Mayor Pat Car- it consists of about 70 buudingsi‘ and an area, including woodlnnd.“ of 400 acres. | Gardner said if such a large in-| stallation “were awarded to O’Harra | under veteran’s preference, and| added to- the already extensive | properties of the dominant bus op-| erator in Alaska, I do not see that| there weuld be produced ‘the maxi- | mum of independent operators,’ ‘an equitable distribution of surplus property’ or a strengthened ‘com-| Missing Fliers American SMers Search-! ing Remotest China for | "“Hump” Survivors - | CHENGTU, China, Sept. 26—A| IREIRGEE Sl =2 A Greeks Await King's Refur (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS’ e 5 c The Greek government it getung Meeting to examine the documents ;.. than $700,000 are being sought petitive position of small business U. 8. Army search team plunged got for the return of King George and make recommendations on re- s ¥ turned over the Canol files to the ajong the Pacific coast. The govern- | ron of Skagway, Mayor- Leonard | committee last Monday, but under ment agency said the action was King of Haines i Mayor Waino |a “confidential” label. {taken to break what it called the Hendrickson of Juneau this after- | Col. Andrew J. McFarland, Sec- plack market bottleneck in hous-|ncon at 2:30 o'clock, inaugurated | |retary of the joint chiefs of steff, jng -Fifty-five coastal lumber firms| gorvice over the Alaska Communi- was asked why his files were kept ang 10 building material companies | cations System'’s new long-distance | jsecret so long after the fighting| were named in the actions; 14 of | ciephone link connecting the three ended. {the companies named are located i wl - communities. n He sald the committee hadn't|i, the Seattle district. The Suits| Capt. Bucy, Officer in Charge| acked for declassification untll|yre a follow-up of actions leveled of tne ACS at Juneau, called first [Monday and estimated it would| ngainst 40 other lumber operators| upon Col, T. J. Tully, Commanding itake a week for the JCS Security|)nsy june. Treble damages totaling Officer of the ACS, to greet the' civilian officials by radio-telephone | by the OPA. 'cut-in irom his headquarters at concerns’,” as provided in the Sur- deeper into China’s wild and mount- ' leasing them | < % & {tlle, Mfpond' froge Stalanpub el | Two Seattle firms being sued are geqgtle, Col. Tully announced that plus Property Act. Gardner ruled that the Veterans, lost ,American airmen feared cap- lainous far west today, seeking long- preparations seem to be a far cry from those which could be expect- Cooperative meet these and other|tives of the fierce slaveholding Lo- oq for g popular hero. specifications of the act since it contemplates establishment of var-| jous small independent enterprises, sion into the land of cloud-cappedbe closed down Saturday morning {los. On the second day of their mis-/ A feeling of tenseness prev: in Athens. The whole city is including grocery, hardware and'mountains, half-savage, Mongolian-'¢,). the monarch’s reception. — the Nettleton Lumber COmpany the new telephone service connect- “o(K ou(""“o"s |and operator of the Gray Lumber yng juneau, Haines and Skagway fand Shingle Co., Ceeil B. Gray. yoyd available to the public, | The Nettleton Company is charged cijective at 4 o'clock pm. today. NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Closing With the sale of four million feet pe ACs line is hooked in ,with 8 quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Of non-standard lumber. President joc4) telephone systems in the var- ails to! | said here today. { ‘headed by Jackson, and the Sub-i "URGETO KILL" 1S CONFESSION, vey was reached at a (:onferencel BRYAN, O., Sept. 26—Sheriff in Seattle with George Sundborg,'Norman A. Barnes said he would new manager of the Alaska Devel- file a murder charge today against cpment Board, and Henry CXark.‘g Bryan youth who confessed “an retiring manager. urge to kill” led him to choke and The Board has a list of names'stab to death Emily Abernathy, 30, which will be submitted to a House |city librarian, in the library base- Subcommittee on Marine Affairs, 'ment here last Saturday night. { Barnes reported that the youth, committee will select an investiga-iJames Robert Engle, 21, a former tor from that list. Bryan high school student and son In a statement yesterday, Sund- of an auto supply store manager, borg criticized the type of service/signed a confession last night that anteeing wage boosts awarded by — — - ———— |an arbitrator's decision ending the i The Shipowner's Association and another AFL marine union separ- ]uu-ly turned down an invitation by +Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach FOR AlASKAN | Washington and sought a solution |to their differences in a confer- yence here. E A T | In rejecting the bid to Washing- ton, Capt. C. F. May, President of ithe AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots i i . jaccused the government of tryi Jackso,n‘.Sy.bcomlpltle,ei,w. “opeiarainig ody T * L [ placing e prerogatives of both WI" Nfllfle IHVGSflgflfm anagement and labor.” EVERETT, Wash, Sept. 26. — Scme outstanding shipping official will be selected to make a technical survey of Alaska marine operations, | 1 strike. lfor a maritime peace conference in {of Ameriea, West Coast Local 90, A m: from Board List Rep. Henry M. Jackson tD~Wnsh): i \ i | i | drug stores, filling station, game featured warriors, and pandas, the and fish processing plants, dairies soldiers were believed to be from and other enterprises. one will be permitted to watch the . parade from the tops of roofs or jfive to 11 days march from theil' g5 porches within a block of the |goal. lline of march. The crowds in the No | ciock today is 5%, American Can'W. P. Nettleton, however comment- ' .o citics, {86, Anaconda 39%, Curtiss-Wright ¢d that his company has followed 6%, International Harvester 78, carciully all OPA prices | Kennecott 47, New York Central The Gray firm is accused of sell- lumber non-standard size i provided Alaska by American he “just wanted to kill” the at- steamship companies. !tractive blonde librarian to satis- —— !ty “an urge to kill” he first got in CRITICISM “UNFAIR” |England as a U. 8. sailor. Col. Tully declared himself happy, as the ACS Commanding Officer, to be able to advise that the new Merry - Go- Round The Washington By DREW PEARSON | engrossed with Cabinet flare-ups and the Russian imbroglio, a lot of juicy plums may go to certain business firms who know the ropes| in Washington. Though little publicized, juiciest plums in Government repose in the office of the Alien Property Cus-i todian, supposed to protect price- less German property for the tax- payers. One lush company is I. G.; Chemie, the Swiss-Nazi firm seized | by the United States during the war. Remington Rand is now angling| to get I. G. Chemie. They have hired the son-in-law of statesman-| like Senator Barkley of Kentucky, Max Truitt, and have done a lot of backstage lobbying. They have even talked to Senator Mead of New York, former Chairman of the Mead ' Investigating Committee to ascertain whether the deal would be investigated—if made. ‘This column will endeavor to re- port on what finally happens. CONDONING BLACK MARKETS Last spring Republican Senator Wherry of Nebraska and other Congressmen out to kill the OPA, howled their heads off that OPA was ignoring the black market. To- | day, as OPA agents are trying to clean up the black market, those very same Congressmen and Sena- tors are complaining that OPA is too aggressive. Some Congressmen actually want to have the OPA call (Continued on Page Four) | flocks jabout 300 miles southwest of Cheng- (four days march west of Sichang. That goal is the valley of the Chinkiang, which carves its course from headwaters in the world’s highest mountains in Tibet. | Missionaries have reported least eight enslaved whites scen grinding corn or in that region, where few| at were have ever ventured. his detachment expected to set up | headquarters at a remote Catholic mission and try to learn there if the white captives are U. S. airmen down two and more years ago on! the perilous flight “over the hump” from India to China. His party flew down to Sichang,! tu. The mission is an estimated The region where the white men ware seen is from two to eight days" march farther westward. Wurtzler hoped to talk with those | who reportedly saw the white men.' | Then he will try to locate the cap- | {tives through friendly Lolo chief-| streets will have to stay put. ‘There’s no let-up, meanwhile, the fighting in Greece as soon as ships can provided. taken which will resulf in the im-| |mediate withdrawal of the, Tom- | | mies. HOW COME Snow on the mountains Northtrn Greece, | inspecticn of its records. {The latest official announcements Do, Jonse. BIFcere Dfday sxe say that raiding bands from Yugo-( . ai slavia attacked frontier posts and A8.00: winbes 200 tending | vy, 065 Kkilling several civilians and . £ Ve do kidnaping seven Greek guards. Lon- | WASHINGTON—With the public| White men save the missionaries|qon paily Herald, which speaks for |the British Labor party, said to- Lt. Col. Herbert W. Wurtzler and day that British troops will leave But a British Foreign| Office spokesman commented that | no new politieal decision has been! {16%, Northern Pacific 20%, U. 8. ng 5 y = | Steel 72%, Pound $4.03%. j(hmughuul the country. The OPA long distance telephone link would in! | says this firm has refused to -allow, b vailable today, and that he is Sales today were 1,300,000 shares.’ Y satisfied it will provide a much bett service than the previous ‘0 " stations could render. Extcnsive Program The ACS is proceeding on an xtensive program of service ex- ansion, the main effort on which ow being concentrated in con-, In a suit filed in Tacoma, Frank (Evans and the Acme Mill Co. of | Chenalis were accused of shipping 11750,000 koard feet of lumber and invoicing it without grading or pric- ing. The OPA said that more than 67,000,000 board feet of lumber have Dccting the cities of Southeast Al- been traced into asscrted illicit 8ska, Ccl. Tully stated. As the var- channels. icus segments of the whole system i JENZPGE . S are each completed, they are being , {put into operation immediately, he OPA AlM'"G 'o | added. Col. Tully expressed his hope |as follows: industrials 174.96, rails ) TODAY'S MARKET Stecks advanced today for the | third consecutive session but volume | iell off to the smallest total since be | AugUst 29. Selling developed early in the day from traders who had been await- ing a rally unload. The rise resumed {in the afternoon and the leaders ran up to net gains of 1 to nearly 3 points. d { The rise, still considered a techni- cal recovery after a sharp decline,! | brought the market back to new highs for more than a week. In- | dustrial issues again were in the licrefrom of the rise. Rails were mixed and utilities firm. c | | vice now oifered. Col. Tully’s remarks from Seattle |: | Paul Porter, National Director of Alaska’s Governor, returned to OPA, said today that an order i:' his office here from an extensive t £laska Development Board, said he gnd it i, Chrysler ran up nearly 3 points % {in the motors. Bethlehem gained more than a point. Woolworth net- only September 26. Earlier risers today cast their eyes towards the surrounding moun- |that Alaska businessmen will avail | 1 Io HoSPITAl were heard clearly at all five points hooked into the new circuit here. | being prepared in Washington to trip to western Alaska areas only| make more meat available to hos- |15 minutes previously, answered Cal.' i themselves of the new, better ser- SANTA FE, N. M., Sept. 26—/ Tully Answered i pitals and similar institutions Tully by declaring the ACS is to be SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—J. A. Tal-| Miss Abernathy’s body was found bot, President of the Alaska Trans-'lying between blood-spattered book- portation Company, today termed shelves, punctured with 23 penknife “unfair” criticism by George Sund- stab wounds. She was not raped. borg, mew manager of the Alaska | e _Dcvelopm:-nt Board, of American ¥ '] transpcrtation facilities between DREAMBOA' MAY / here Alaska. | “Talkot, a resident of Ketchikan | . for years, and a member of lhei' Hop TOMORROWD was sure “a majority of the Bourd' FlIES ovER ju"EAu will not agree with his s!utcm!nt.”l He added that the compnmesl ted more than 2 points in its sec- throughout the country. | highly congratulated upon the ser- tains. | Dr. David Crocket Graham of| | West China University, who enter-| led the Lolo country 20 yéars ago, |said here that the Lolos probably; would demand blankets and salt for ransom because their economy was based on the practice of slavery. —————— FROM THE STATES i Among arrivals from the States registering at the Baranof Hotel! yesterday were George E. Brow‘n,‘ A. E. Wichowski, Howard Lintz,| iFllnt, Mich.; E. A. Anderson, Se-| !attle, W. K. Pierce, San Francisco,| Calif.; Rodger D. Hamilton, Ann Arbor, Mich. —————————— E. TORKELSON ARRIVES E. Torkelson from Pelican.is a guest at the Baranof Hotel tains and snow Was seen. | tion. Gains of a point or more were Porter, here to attend a regional|vice it offers Alaska communities. ‘There was snow atdp the Douglas Island range, also along the ridges of Mendenhall, Mount Juneau and ia was decidedly white on top of !noted in such leaders as Southern | Pacific, Sears Roebuck, Kennecott, | American Telephone, American To- {bacco B, Douglas Aircraft, Good- conference of OPA ofllcia.ls‘ said packers would be directed to set aside the same amount of meat for Mount Roberts. Rain or sun (?) may force a disappearance of the gnow by af- ternoon or evening. | year, Mack Trucks and Lone Star. | Cement. | Eastern Stainless Steel ran up 6 Ipcim.s on small volume. Superior TP (T, A7) {Ofl of California gained 3. Du |Pont rose more than 3. Johns-!| | Manville gained 2 points in an im- | D Presidential Plums g T | proved building group. | KANSAS CITY, Sept. 26—A jar, Numerous special issues and pre- {hospitals that they delivered during|helpful, in government as well as to the base period in 1944. | private parties, in bringing the ' He declined to elaborate on the|people of the three communities | plan, saying details would be an- closer together. H nounced in Washington, perhapsi 1t is the first step, the Governor today. | added, toward closer communication 5, RO iol‘ all kinds. The inauguration of MISS BOTHWELL LEAVING [ihjs service is a gratifying occasion Bernice Bothwell, a former resi-|jn which he is happy to participate, dent of Juneau, leaves on the Prin-/ihe Governor said. He congratulat- | of regular damson plum preserves ferred stocks registered - advances cess Norah after spending a three- eq the ACS upon having always Sept. with a special label brought a high bid of $2 at the Woman’s City Club annual harvest festival here. The preserves were contributed by Mrs. Harry S. Truman, and bore a White House label. Mrs. Harold W. Falls was the high bidder. |cf 1 to more than 4 points. Utility weeks vacation here. | preferreds gained a point or more| Miss Bothwell, now a nurse at |in several instances. | Providence Hospital in Seattle, was ‘The list ruled strong just before porn in Juneau and is a graduate closing with a better tone in the of Juneau High School. rails and the industrials maklngi During her stay here she has Jnew highs for the day. ) been visiting friends in this city. | rendered efficient service. ROME—The former Democratic | The next step toward improving National Chairman and Postmaster communications is to get the LynnvGE“"al' Jumn‘.s A. Farley, has had | Canal cities linked by Toad, the Gov- | @ @udience with the Pope. Farley lemm' later advised Mayor King. 528 the Pope is in complete agree- _ ment with the firm policy of Secre- tary of State Byrnes. realize their Alaska service huslh.gl?vNocLOULU' iept. ZfS.ACol. OB, been below par as far as the gen-| \Vn® Commander of the Army's erpl public is concerned but they|%51an%e record seeking B-29, “Pa- pere primarily engaged in supply-lwL §:30 nn;‘ m’ : ay te; ;lely ing defense matertals for Alaska ¢t VO SR JOTEITOw, Henoli bases and their schedules were sub- | 4ne (8 an. Paclfic time) for the ject to military orders. E;.o Cal:’o Elzymolj'o =ihe-warkd. hop . Irvine said, after checking the |early weather report, that the 10,- DAIESADVA“(ED 1 000-mile flight across the Arctic irvgmus would begin as indicated, foR 2 HEAR'NGS"'W?atm-r permitting.” | The weather report indicated poor | flying cenditions over Iceland, and he wishes to give it “24 hours to get | SEATTLE, Sept. 26—The Dis- out of my way.” {This new long-distance telephone trict Engineer's Office has an-| Meteorologists said they expected |link, he said, is a great achievement nounced changes in the dates of|the weather to clear up within the which undoubtedly will be very'hearings at Anchorage and Fair- next 24 hours to give the Dream- banks next week, due to airline boat clear sailing on its long hop. changes. i The Anchorage hearing set for| All eyes will be cast upwards in Oct. 3, on hydroelectric and navi- Juneau because the “Dreamboat” gation improvements, will be held is reported coming over this section at 8 p. m, Oct. 2. The Fairbanks on the flight. hearing on Chena River and Chena >-eo — Slough flood control, set for Oct.| S S 5 %L FORGOT T0 DUCK - | ! PORTLAND, Ore,, 26. — When City Engineer Frank Akers drained the city’s reservoir, a dis- placed duck took off, flew some seven blocks and crashed into the side of Akers' home. The Akers are having duck for dinner. (Continued on Page va;/