The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 28, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,411 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” mm— JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1946 MEMRER ASSOCIATED PR PRICE TEN CENTS ——— NOME BATTERED BY ICY GALE; BIG LOSS Negotia IMPORTANT SESSIONON THIS P. M. Agreement May Be Reach-\‘ ed fo End Tie-up-Meet- | ing in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28—Ne-| gotiations for settlement of the| four week-old maritime strike on the Pacific Coast will be resumed at 3 pm. today amid encouraging signs arising from the agreements|® ending the tie-up on the Atlantic Seaboard. Additional offer to end the West Coast strike was made over the| weekend by Harry Bridges, Presi-| dent of the International Long shoremen’s and Warehousemen’s | Union (CIO) and Co-Chairman of | the Committes for Maritime Unity.| He said he would “call off the! strike if employcrs would agree to submit to negotiation the issue of| a separate contract covering work ! on 16 coastwise lumber sclmoners,‘ and accept the East and Gulf Coast | agreement for Marine Engineer: Directors of the Pacific Ame can Shipowners’ Association gath-| ered to study the formulas which! ended the East Coast strikes of| the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots, | and the CIO Marine Beneficial Association. Meeting Today 1 The Waterfront Employers’ As-! scciation and the . Longshoremen’s! Union were to meet at 3 o'clock torI the announced purpose of “com-. pleting negotiations.” H Preferential employment of un- jon members is the chief issue in the demands of MEBA and the; MMP. This was granted by Ea Coast employers, but with the stipu- | lation that ship captains are ex-! empt. The longshoremen's demand for .a separate contract on West Coast schooners has been denied by em- ployers on grounds that it would| involve them in a jurisdictional dispute with the AFL Sailors’ Un-| jon of the Pacific. H Nearly 200 ships are tied up by the strike in the Bay region alone. ———————— i 'The Washington! Merry - Go-Round, Engineers By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON—There are now 53 separate items on the agenda to be discussed at the United Nations, | but No. 1 on the list when it comes to explosives is the Cuban proposal to end the veto. The man who thus had the nerve ; to snap his fingers in the face of the Big Five is young Cuban Am-: bassador Guillermo Belt who is accustomed to doing things that require courage. Elected mayor of Havana at the phenomenal age of 27, Belt has been on the political firing line ever since, including one hot cam- paign he waged against ex-Presi- | dent Batista, the strong man of Cuba. Batista won that election, following which most of the leaders who opposed him fled to Miami. Not so Guillermo Belt. He remain-; ed in Havana to be the President’s most vigorous critic, walking through the streets without body- guard. Eventually Batista, who ad- mired courage, ofiered Belt a place in his cabinet, which he declinec. It was at the San Francisco Con- ference that Belt first began his attack on the veto. He has continu-| ed the battle ever since, despite the fact that “certain government officials of the western powers” have urged him not to press for a | roll call on this dynamite-laden jssue in New York. “Perhaps the Russians will walk out of the United Nations if their right to klock any action they don’t like is taken away,” says the young ambassador. “But if so, I be- lieve it is better to know it now in-; stead of later.” Most Latin Americans are strong for the Cuban proposal. Only Bra-| (Continued on Page Four) | {mony” and directed that the Am- RELIEF SHIP FOR ALASKA 1S PROMISED Masters and Mates Local at Seaftle Withdraw 1 Previous Profests | | SEATTLE, Oct. 28—Without pro- test by the AFL-Masters, Mates| & Pilots Association, several small annery tenders and f{ishing boats| were loading or planning to load| groceries and other relief supplies | today for Alaska, hard hit by the| maritime strike | Among them was the seine boat, North Pacific, and the cannery| tender Isis, chartered for a South-| east Alaska trip. | “We are clearing all boats of| this type with relief cargoes,” Capt.| F. Peterson, Acting Agent for the Masters and Mates Local, said.| § “We are giving all the encourage- ment pessible to get food and feed to Alaska.” Saturday afternoon, the withdrew their previous protests| and agreed at a conference with | Lieut. Comdr. Edward P. Chester,| Jr., Aide to Alaska's Governor, to union an one large ship for a trip| North, The CIO-Committee for Man‘ime Unity had approved it: two days earlier. CHESTER “TOUCHED” ! SEATTLE, Oct. 28—Lieut. Comdr. ! Edward P. Chester, Jr. believes| that troubles come in bunches. His first encounter with trouble: came when members of the Mas- ters, Mates & Pilots Association efused Saturday to man a relief hip for Alaska. | He decided to drown his troubles in a cup of coffee. | Then more trouble arrived. When | he prepared to leave the restaur-! ant his new officer’s top coat, an| expensive pair of gloves and a new | scarf were missing | 1 RADIO FROM CHESTER } The Governor's office has re-] ceived the following explanatory ra-| diogram from Chester: “Due to the urgent need for food supplies in Alaska the Policy Com- mittee of the Masters Mates and Pilot’s Association West Coast Local | No. 90 have agreed to release the| relief ship to Alaska with nol strings attached. Mr. Wagner | of the Maritime Commission Seattle is nominating to the Maritime| Commission in Washington, D. C.! a reefer cargo vessel similar to the| Palisana which will meet our re-| quirements. He expects to be able| to name the vessel, designate the agent and set the loading date by, Monday. At present see no more| stumbling blocks in sight. Will try to get vessel loaded and enroute to Alaska as soon as possible.” i | 1BIGDAYS PROCLAIMED WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 — Presi-| dent Truman today called upon the | nation to renew its efforts to ob-’ tain lasting peace as he issued proclamations designating Nov. 11 Armistice Day and Nov. 28 Thanks- giving Day. | He asked for observance of Ar-: mistice Day with “appropriate cere- erican flag fly from all Govern- ment buildings. . STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Oct. 28. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can| 81, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright 5%, International Harvester 69%, comqr Edgar V. Carlson, com- Ko of China declared the big| U. S. Steel 68, mander of the ship, personally re- Power veto in the Security Coun-| Kennecott 45, Pound $4.03. Sales today were 990,000 shares. | front Pistol Packin’ Mama HIGHWAY A century ago heaven didn’t have to protect ne. working girl—not if she wore a garter pistol like the antique Derringer which Screen Actress Marian Carr is modeling. The garter pistol, used to protect honor and | cash, is one of theusands cf antiques shown at the Pacific Coast An- tique Show in Los Angeles. (AP W 410 VESSELS IN NEW YORK PORT BEING LOADE D Nation's Largest Port, | Strike Bound for 28 Days, Opgq Again NEW YORK, Oct. 28—The water- of the nation's largest port, strike-bound for 28 days, bezan the transition back to normal today as AFL pickets were withdrawn and notice was given to union mem- bers that work could begin on 410 vessels bottled up in the harbor. Capt. A. E. Oliver, Co-Chairman of the negotiating committee of the AFL Masters, Mates and PilotsAs- sociation, said pickets had been withdrawn and that about 300 masters already had been cleared to report back to their ships. Oliver also said members of the CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and members of the AFL International Longshoremen’s Association had been told they could report for work. These two unions had - been honoring MMP picket lines. A vote on the agreement with the MMP signed on Saturday with East and Gulf Coast operators was taken in 12 Atlantic and Gulf ports. “The votée was preponderantly in favor of accepting the agree- ment,” Oliver said. “It averaged 10 to one in New York and seven to one in most of the other East and Gulf Coast ports.” PO P 2 MANY VISIT USC CUTTER IN NAVY DAY OPEN HOUSE Hundreds of Juneau residents vesterday afterncon went aboard the USCG Cutter Wachusetts dur- ing the open house ceremonies held in honor of Navy Day. The newly- drrived cutter will be permanently stationed here. Coffee and cake were served in the Officerss Ward Room and ceived many of the visitors. Officers of the ship met guests lined up with the United States|Business and Professional Women's the case of William A. Greinier|c TRUCKING TAKEN UP State Depaflm'ént Willingl | to Resume Negotiations i with Canadians | rephoto) P «X 3 BATTLE, Oct. 28 The State ~, S sed willing- ions on us: 1 section of the Ai- y American truck- G. Magnuson | acke Highway ers, Sen. Warren . |announced here Saturday. | Magnuson previc had asked L3 { g ‘thc State Department po investi- Mt |cate repx the Canadian Gov- N 4 » crnment was refusing to permit " “in-bcnd” truck shipments between |the United States and Alaska ov- P] ‘er the highway | | A telegram received in repl | from Dean Achescn, Assistant S et . retary State, d in part '}i{’ *f | “The Department’s view that the 5'o# ' existing agreement provides for in- > (bond trucking over the Alaska| ¥ ichway was brought informally to * |the Canadian Government e If you would kindly furnish d tails of your information that our: truckers have been denied in-bond | privileges, the Department would gladly renew representations im- {mediately. The Department has [no doubt Canadian commitinents| | wil) e honored in all respects. Magnuson has protested to the; State Department that the High- yway, which cost American tax- ~'payers 155 million dollars, would | be commercially useless to Alaska if in-bond truck shipments were| | barred. : VEIQ RULE - oo IS BITTERLY ' Skow Down, DENOUN(ED; (oal Strike | NEW YORK, Oct. 28—Sir Carl| WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 — The Eerendsen, New Zealand’s Minister! pre-election coal crisis is heading to Washington, bitterly denounced |today toward the showdown stage, the - veto voting rule before the between John L, Lewis and the United Nations Ascembly today,' Truman Administration. Lewis has declaring the peace organizatigathieatened to call his 400,000 AFL| “can act cnly against a small pow- isoft coal miners out Friday unless er not supported by a gréat pow.’the Government reopens its con- er |tract with the miners | In the most slashing attack yet| The Government contends that made on the great power of the ! there is no provision in the pres-; Security Council, Berendsen de-|ent contract for such a reopening clared that small nations have “no|Lewis claims there is. The Inter-| voice and no vote” in the peace-|ior Department, which runs the kecping action, called the veto rule mines for the Government, has a ‘“shotgun wedding” forced Dn,‘turned the matter over to legal Cx_i the little countries and said: “The|Perts to determine whose version orcat powers are trying to have of the contract is correct. ‘heir cake and eat it too.” in general debate af- asaryk, Foreign Minister | of slovakia, describing his nation as being at the “cross yoads” f Eurcpe, appealed for unanimous | Strike. ctilement of the veto issue here.| John L. Lewis announced trat Agreement among the powers, hel the government and his United | will provide little countries, Mine Workers will sit down at a y ich Letter chance.” conference table Friday. Berendsen declared that the Unit-| While the talks are under way, cd Nations had come into the| vis said, the present wae con- world with its hands manacled between Interjor Secretary| ince the Big-Five—America, Brit-|Krug aud the UMW will remain in, ain, Russia, France and China — |effect. The UMW chief previously can block any move to change the | had said that the existing pacti orter. The whole assembly, but;would be “void” unless the govern- specially the big powers, he said,| ment agreed to discuss reopening of | must soon take stock to see what|the agreement by Nov. 1. Miners chance there is of successful main- | traditionally observe a policy of tenance of peace by such a limited| “no contract, no work.” crganization. | - Hearing Berendsen, the assembly! SATURDA recessed until 4 p.m., EST, with His Royal Highness Prince Faisal Al Saud, Foreign Minister of Saudi “NO STRIKE!” TRUMAN i WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Pres dent Truman told a news confer- ence today there will be no coal FIRE Fire, spreading from an over- heated chimney in the second floor Arabia, as the next scheduled|oi the Charles Porter residence at| peaker. 1511 Tenth street, caused ('hr)king; Chief Delegate Warren Austin|smoke to hinder members of the told his American associates at a|Juneau Fire Department shortly caucus that he would make alafter 1 p.m. Saturday. The blaze, United States policy speech to the|burning in the flooring was extin- assembly — probably tomorrow or|guished without extensive damage Wednesday. It will deal almost ex-|to the house from either water or clusively with the veto issue, ac-|smoke. cording to American informants, | - = Ambassador V. K. Wellington| BPWC EXECUTIVE | COUNCIL TO MEET | cil should be used sparingly but he| Members of the executive board,' Dow, Jones averages today are n¢ the gang plank and escorted Britain and Russia in opposing any | Club, will meet tonight at 8 o'clock 47.09, utilities 34.43. ‘as follows: industrials 166.04, rails {pem on guided tours of the 225- rewriting of the U.N. Charter at foot ship. this ‘time. ! Valentine Building. | tions To End Ship Strike Are Great Development Plan For Alaska Is Announced By Secy. of Inferior Krug SURPRISE IS SPRUNG IN CHINA WAR Wily Gen. T ‘Ling-Ming Hits in New Direction for Big Strike By TOM PEIPING, Oct Gen. 28.—Wily Tu Li-ming scored one of the big- ! gest surprises of the civil war today by launching a two-prenged offen- sive by Chinese Government troops against Dairen, the chief port of Manchu in a move to control i the entire south Manchurian coast and cut off the Chinese Commun- sts from support by sea. Communists and everyone else expected General Tu to resume his northward advance toward Harbin lin central Manghuria. But instead he sent two armies southward down tne Liaotung peninsula from Anshan and Antung to catch the enemy napping. Icy weather in the north may have dictated the change in strategy. Both prongs were approximately 90 miles from Dairen, the big sea- port 30 miles from the Russian . naval base of Port Arthur, Capture of Dairen probably would pose international complications. Travelers from that area have re- ported the city full of Soviet troops, and there was a question whether in that case Nationalist trcops would be welcome. There was no indication here how many Chinese Communist trocps were occupying the city. Entry of the Generalissimo's forces into Dairen could well bring about another tense occupation sit- uation such as existed early this | year at Mukden, where both Soviet and Chinese Government authori- ties sought to run the city. The Nationalist; severed the Communists’ overland supply route between North China and Man- churia in their vigorous North China offens which culminated 'in the capture of Kalgan. Now General Tu's troops, in cor t with a Government altack cn Che- foo, &t the tip of ihe hantuny peninsula in North Cluua, threat- cned to sever the riew Ko (abinei Reshiuifie WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.--Highly placed officials of the Tiuman ad- ministration say that talk of a Cabinet reshuffle is just that—talk, and nothing more. These officials say that Mr. Truman will try to keep his present Cabinet intact for the coming year, adding that the President is having difiiculty enough in finding men to head other key government ageucies. Mr. Truman himsell has com- plained publicly of this difficulty. Officials say, therefore, there is no reason the President will attempt a Cabinet reshuffle unles il health should force the resignation of one or more members of his of- ficial family sea route .- L. MEETING City Council will meet in special session tonight at 7:30 for the sec- WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 Plans for expansion of Alaska’s transpor- tation stem are being discussed by government departments, Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior disclesed today. In an article written for the Army Transportation Journal, Krug said that much of the program, in- cluding construction of railroads, port tack s and highways, still is under discussion between the gen- « eral staff and the Interior Depart- ment. Krug said President Truman has given “the green light” to his de- rtment to hasten the Alaskan development and® that it will good news to thousands of persons who have written government agencies expressing a desire to set- tle “America’s new land of oppor- tunity.” The Secretary added, however, that because of a housing shortage in Alaska, any mass migration now is not encouraged Long range plans sion, the article said, Construction of a 500-mile rail- road from Fairbanks to Teller on the shores of the Bering Strait Possible construction of another railrcad from Fairbanks northward in the Arctic region. Expansion of port facilities along the territorial coastline to serve as leeder bases. Construction of a fleet of ships designed for all-weather operation in Alaskan waters. oment of the Alaskan in conjunction with Can- under discus- include: ada. Establishment highways linking all Alaskan habi- table areas. Expansicn of the airport system of all - weather - SALMON SEASON IS POOR Catch Is Lowest in Two De- cades-California Tuna G_realest in History WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. — Alas- ka's poorest salmon season in two decades and one of the greatest California tuna catches in history Lighlighted the nation’s fisning in- dustry as it swung into the final quarter of 1946 production. ten C. James, Assistant Direc- cf the Fish and Wildlife Ser- said today that extremely low veral major fisher- of canned fish in the United States and Alaska, dur- ing the first nine months of 1946, down to 385,580,600 pounds, 6 per- cent below last year. The pack on Sept. 30, 1945, was 421,592,700 pounds “The decline occurred in spite of high production of California Tu and Maine sardines and is largely due to the failure of the Alaska salmon fishery, the albacore fishery off Washington and Oreg and the Pacific sardine fishery, James said. “There is an unexpected improve- ment in fishing for Pacific sardines, but there is little chance that pro- duction will equal that of 1945." The west coast sardine pack Sept. 30 was 760,275 cases, about half the total for the same period in 1945, 11,492,441 cases y almon pack fell to the 1 since 1927—only 3,879,- tor low Sta be | O rted BUSINESS SECTION HARD Hii 18 Bll?ldinis—DesIroy'ed 0} Damaged - Food Supply Infaci-No Lives Lost on t outh sid the to alleling Bascments w cuncing seas winds Fer vere one thing Nome sreteful—their winter supply was intact and no 1 lost. A few minor injur reperted. Warning that the storm was ap- pros gave the fcwnspeople time to form emergency crews and move merchandiss and supplics from the danger area. i Damage was limited almost en- tirely to tha business section and as a vresult no housing shortage anticipated among the 1,500 to wintertime residents. The is 000 | Native village nearby was harder |hit, and several families whose dwellings wore destroyed are being jcared for in the Native school. , As the fury of the storm in- |creased Saturday night, towering i waves smashed new steel bulkheads |along the beach and pounded re- ntlessly against the rear of the ed buildings. uring th: hours just before &% structures were lev- including the Lincoln Ho- , whbich was half destroyed in lar storm a year ago. building left intact on the cast end of Front Street was the powerhouse, which continued to j function throughout the gale al- though power lines and poles rged badly. The buildings | were the Pav | ices, severely damaged son Hotel, city of- Dream Theater, Ncme Diug LSIur(', Nome Plumbing Shop, Nor- |thern Commercial Store and Cai- frmu.»r Shop, Nome @Grill, Nert le Bakery, Polar Buildine, S0y vice Barber Shop, N Liguoz Store and a shop adjucont te thye Wallace Hotel. Little recenstruction ork can be done this winter, since o more ship already in Al-ka is scheduled to. unload the Bering ¥ 25 O Snow flurrie mon and temperii: near the freezin expected to drop 1 - . RUTH HORIUS Hep | ON BRIEF VISHT | Mrs. Ruth Honius, correspondent at Skag the Empire’s arrived | on the Princess Louise for a visit ith her brother, Tom J. Selby he expects to return home on th text Princess Louise. | 30 was 516,729 cases, compared with | 550,000 cases Sept. 30, 1945, 1 In contrast to low elds, the ‘Cuhlumm tuna fisheries, third | largest on the Pacific coast, packed | 3, *s in the first nine Elu iths of 1946, about 35 percent i above the figure for the corres- | ponding period last year. Packers | expected the 1946 pack to exceed ond reading of Ordinance 309, to|955 cases at the season’s end in| the largest pre-war pack of 4,162, regulate electricity rates charged | the City of Juneau by Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power company. o A divorce suit has been filed in vs. Edna Greinfér in the Federa! | at the main office of OPA in the Clerk’s office. Custedy of a minor|tinued a downward trend child is involved. | September. The 1945 pack, also | small s 4,350,471 cases. Over a | 10-year period production ranged | from 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 cases. Salmon pack on the northwestern t of the United States only ghtly below the 1945 level, con- ident c 1941, The 1946 pack on Sept. sin 1336 cases in 1940, The albacore, a white-meated | tuna, was mysteriously scarce in | the northern waters, where it has | supported a fishery since 1937. | Landings at Astoria were the small- | est in history, and receipts at other | Oregon and Washington ports were rrespondingly low,