The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 19, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1946 - PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS = 3 UNIONS TAKE VOTE ON ENDING STRIKE LEWIS NOT TALKINGON COAL STRIKE Mine Workers Chief Facing | Contempt-78,000 Men | Are Now Off Work BY HAROLD W. WARD WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 L. Lewis said nothing today as the| minutes ticked away toward the deadline which he has set for end- ing his miners' working contra with the government There was no answer anywhere to the question, whether he will chey a Federal Court order call- ipg for continued coal production after tomorrow midnight The United Mine Workers' chief, who has notified the government that the contract is ‘“void” after that hour, was conducting business from the Carlton Hotel room around the corner from the UMW headquarters. Meanwhile, approximately xth of the nation’s miners halt- work, idling 272 mines. Re- ports from the field indicated more than 78,000 men off work. Lewis has until midnight tomor row to obey the court order. Any alternative might mean contempt of cowrt and a possible jail term. A blanket of complete secrecy covered the activities of Lewis and his union associates. Like the chief, the latter refused to discuss any details of possible moves Vacationing in Key West, Fla., President Truman kept in touch with the crisis and emphasized that he is determined to “fight this one to a finish,” as an aide express- ed it Asked if troops might Be Sent to the mines, Presidential Secre- tary Charles G. Ross replied, “I don’t know.” Ross said, however, that “the President is aware of everything that is being done, and everything that is being done is in accordance with his instructions.” D e Former Craig Girl Cerfainly Knows Her Football SEATTLE, Nov. 19 — Thirteen- year-old Betty Ann Nelson, who spent her childhocd days in Craig, Alask: beiore coming here six years ago, knows foothall. She made 19 correct predictions as to the outcome of 20 football gam to win the weekly Seattle Times Guest-Guesser contest Saturday Her's was the only “19 ameng 11,613 entries. Her Mary Nelson, says the “bugs about football.” D The Washington Merry - Go- Round John one- By DREW, PEARSON —President Truman is d-plugging advocate of unified arnied services, but he should persuade his Army to obey the policy of its Commander-in- Ohief. At present the Army is building a gpecial wing to Walter Reed hos- pital at 12th and Dahlia streets in Washington which will exactly dup- licate the Navy's This wing is to take care of the President of the United States. Simultaneously, the Navy also s a floor of its Bethesda Naval Hospital reserved for the President It is all sel to take care of him at any iime. However, medical of- ficers have changed in the White House and a Navy docter isn't in command any more. The Army now runs the show. Roosevelt, always partial to Navy, appointed Adm. Ross Mc- Intire White House physician. But Truman, who served in the Army, selected Brig. Gen Wallace Gra- ham as White House physician. And of course any Army doctor does not like to practice in a Naval hespital. Therefore the Army Medi- cal Corps, wanting to avoid the humility of sending the President to a naval hospital, authorized a new wing to the Walter Reed Army | the " (Continmed on Page Four) | nor's SENATEWAR (OM. ~ Sform Rages STARTS ACTION | AGAINST BILBO HINGTON, Nov. 19.—Senator| SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 19 (D-Miss), already under|Storm warnings remained up along by one Senate Committee the Northern California, Oregon his utterances and tacti In and Washington coasts today as last summers Mississippi primary, Coast Guard cutters three faces a new investigation tomorTow 'disabled vessels offshore. freighter Webster Along Coast W! Bilbo scrutiny aided by another The 10,000-ton The inquiry, authorized late yes-|Victory, her turbines inope terday by the Senate War Investi- wallowed in heavy swells about 25 gating committee, will be coficern-|miles off Crescent City, Calil. ed solely with Bilbos relations with awaiting the arrival of a tus fi a.group of war contractors who San Francisco built a number of southern air{ The Coast field for the Army. jand the buoy ship Balsam The other investigation. which istanding the Webster Victor: will be conducted by the special bound for San Francisco from Pu- nate campaign investigating com- get Sound in Mississippi beginning! The tanker Altgeld which Dec. 2, will go into sworn chargesiaground on Tongue Point on the that Bilko tried to prevent negroes:southern Oregon coast was Te- from voting in the primary | floated at high tide with the help [toward Portland o .of the Coast Guard Cutter Nehama vas To Dls(uss {from Asoria. The tanker proceeded { A Co Guard vessel was dis- patched to aid the 80-foot sharking led engine trouble 30 miles west of tern Oregon 2 A we Guard Cutter Se mittee went - 2, Nov. 19, ska residents died a The following “must” articles ete. - Canada o Release Flour !or AAlaskans : OTTAWA, Nov. 19—The Depart-| cent of Trade and Commerce has ! i’ | i i Friendship boxes, a project spon- | sored by the American Women’s | . Votuntray services, will be aiscus | |IF@E Pioneer of ed at the AWVS meeting tomorrow | % Afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Gov- | " Kelchikan Pass On The program, dedicated to “friend- | Lol ship aro the world,” promotes, KETCHIKAN, Alas the mailing of attractive gift boxes|Three pioneer A to children in liberated war-torn/here yesterday zones in all parts of ! They were Lucas Crane, T8-year: Made from * box (old barber, Adolphus armer” decorated with cutouts from greet- |Dawson, 74, homesteader, and E. W. ing cards or magazines with added 'Ste: 67, pioneer beatman and teuches cf paint or colorful paper, resident of Ketchikan for 40 yea silver stars, etc., the gift container > cutirely the work and arll:;nci I icea of the sender i e e cousces| 1K Foree Frigidl and age groups to which the boxes | " 2 are sent may be secured from the In Winter Bivouac AWVS. From this list the sender —adults or children — may select | e age, country and whether or not he| FAIRBANKS, Nov. 19.—Five hun- prefers to the box to a boy dred troops of the Fifth Parachute or girl. !Infantry have rct up a five-day The box should, according to A-'bivouac in two-and-a-half feet of WVS oificials, contain a letter to!snow and 20-below temperature five the intended recipient. This letter {miles outside of Fairbanks. snould tell sbout the sender's life, The bivouac is the first tacti country ete {problem of “Task Force Frizid" te- 'ing condveted by the U. S. Army. to go into the be school sup- | S plies, pencils, pen pen points, | swing materials, needle, thread, | thimble, pins, etc.. socks or mit- R-I- new, clvan and without holes (only cotton for the Phillippines) : tooth STA]’E pRIMARY orush, tooth powder, soap, and| cmall toys. | : Sugge for fillers include ! WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 — The sheas Kties, scissors, small , JoUse campaign Investigating com- games, lipstick for older sister or J]li[v("n-]) orted u;(tuy t’l\;‘dcnco of r g ass containers! iITegularities” in the Democratic i:;i,“'b"j ; ‘x?"lllfilf'l;’;x ;”m““m}anur_\ in the Fifth Missouri Di The project is a year-round’ one 'ict Enos A Axtell, who was en- and any person wishing to do so | dorsed by p’)“*‘“!'.’“‘ a de- may participate. A side-line of the |icated Rep. Roger C M project is the “Friendship Knits”!ihe voting. but Republican 1d: In this group persons able to I Revvc:. Jr, later d_c[eau-d Axtell knit are given a leaflet outlining N the Gencral election. specific insiructions by which caps,! I @ formal statement, the com- carves mittens and socks may be mittee said it has turned its files knitted to warm the hearts and |<nd evidence over to the Attorney bodies of little children throughout | General for consideration. the world. The gifts are addressed | The evidence received, the com- with a “Friendship tag” and sent |Mittee saia indicatts irregularities overseas under the same general! including “dishonest counting of the conditions us the Friendship boxes, | Pallots, Impersonation of voters by All these points will be dLscussvdAjk“U“'“ individuals, illegal voting in detail tomorrow afternoon ati20d illegal influencing of voters by the AWVS meeting. At the same|PAYMENt of money, coercion and session merbers and at- misrepresentatior.. tending as guests will discuss the | e new kindergarten to be opened Dec. s : 3 on the top floor of the Gove Shmmen' o' u. s. Gold Goes fo China VANCOUVER, Nov. 19-—The Can- adian Steamship Lake’ Atlir sailed st night ior Shanghai carrying a United Stales shipment of Gold Bullion valued at $3,000,000. | Largest sueh shipment ever to authcrized release of Canadian ! pags through this port, the bullion tlcur for shipment to Alaska. i said to be part of a United Negotiations also are under Way gtates loan to China. It arrived between the Canadian government'irom San Francisco via air and tnd Washington, D.C., regarding under guard of F.BI. agents, who shipment of Canadian’ meat t0 tumned it over to Royal Canadian Alaska. . & Mounted Police for transfer to the i steamship. > MRS. CARTER RETURNS > GRENOBLE, France — A U. S, Army transport plane, bearing three American generals, the wife of one, and nine other passengers, made a forced landing today near the Glandon Pass in Alps and five of the passengers were injured seriously, advices from the scene said tonight Mrs. C. C. Carter and daughter Carla returned over the weekend from Seattle, where Mrs. Carter at- tended a Regional Conference of Girl Scout 1epresentatives irom the Northwest states. They also spent a week visiting her family and friends in’ Hamilton, Wash, EXECUTIONS BY NALIS IN ROME 'HOUSING PROGRAM [FOR VETERANS IS TO SEATTLEIS MMt WALKR ive, @ Southern French| TOLD AT TRIAL ROME, Nov erimes tribunal story of tibns in during that prisal 19 to German the open the war ten Italians for each A British war! y heard the reprisal-execu- city of ‘Rome It was learned were shot in re- German killed on asions before the ves massacre, losures were brou estimony of SS. L ant Colenel Herbert Kappl: trial of German rused oOf 1es <ibility dcatine atr Y. in were executed for of 32 Germans. Kappler said that at actions against the occupation in Rome were carried out or attempted by the Remans. One of thes: was the frustrated at- tempt to blow up the headquarters of orn of the defen Lieut- enant General Kurt M com- mander of the Rome garris - HANNEGAN ORDERED 1 out ien- r in the twe e for which ! th least sev- en fore 10 TAKE LONG REST WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Chair- man Rob E. Hannegan of the Democratic National Committee has been ordered to take a two-month rest as a result of ph; check-up at Walter Reed Hospital Hannegan entered the hospital a few days after the election and was discharged two days ago. He has Leen troubled with high blcod pressure A brief anncuncement by the committee today said the Postmaster General “was released from hospit- alization following a complete phy- sical checkup. and wa: ordered im- mediately to take a full and com- plete rest. “Accordingly away Mr. Hannegan will from Washington until 15 <> "RIP"" COLLINS 10 MANAGE PADRES IN P. C. LEAGUE IN "47 DIEGO, James “Rip” Collins, a 23 years in prof will manage the fic Coast League in 1947, President of the club, announced the appointment of the 42-year-cld Ccllins, succeeding John (Pepper) Martin, whose contract was ended &t his request just be- fore the end of t season Coliins wa- released uncondition- ally by the Albany Eastern League club. Collins has played with the St Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was with Los Angeles of the Coast League m 1939 anc 1940 and two years ago he declined an offer to manage the Coast' League’s Hollywood team -e - APOSTOLI OUTPOINTS ANGUSTIAN BUT GETS BATTERED IN MATCH SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. | Former nuddleweight Fred Apcstoli outpointed rugged Frankie Angustain in ten rough Irounds last night but emerged so badly battered he may have to can- |cel his bout with Paulie Lewis in Oakland twoy weeks hence. The San Francisco fighter won by a narrow margin over Angus- tain, a Les Angeles boy, in the toughest of his six fights on a comeback iour. A savage tenth round saw the pair slug in close -or almest ine entire three minutes Each weighed 160. > VANCOUVER WINGMAN . McDOUGALL IS TOPS IN ICE HOCKEY SCORING VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 19- Ab McDoug:1l, Vancouver wingman, racked up sufticient points in the past week to bolster his scoring lead in the orthern Division of the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Lea- sue, four pcints above his nearest rival, £ In 16 games he has scored 32 points on 22 goals and 10 assists | His nearest competitor is Bill Rob |mmson of Scattle, with 12 goals and | 16 assists for 28 points SAN Calif., Nov. 19 veteran of baseball, 19— champion | | pocketed BE INVESTIGATED WA gressior INGTON, Nov. 19.—A con- 1 investigation of the Vet- erans’ Housing Program, to deter- mine whether government controls impede rather than spur new building, today was made the first business for the House Banking committee in Januar ' Rep. Wolcott, Michigan Republi- can who succeeds Rep. Spence (D- Ky) committee chairman, newsmen the quick inquiry will be aimed at uncovering the basic “faults” of the program with the view to speedy passage of remedial legislation Describing the present program as “cutrageously bad,” Wolcott said “there is little time to lose. The investigation must be the first or- der of business tor the committee.’ - ‘GUERRILLA FORCES CONTROL GREVENA REGION IN GREECE Govt. Forces, "Invaders” in Full-Scale Battle, Yugoslav Border ATHENS, Nov. 19-—Guerrilla forces have wrestel control of 100 of the 104 villages in the Grevena region of Western Macedonia, about 80 miles Southwest of the Greek-Yu- geslav border area where a large- seale battle raged between govern- ment and Leftist forces, press dis- patches said today Thy.+ Guerrillas _have set up .in- dependent governments in the seiz- the dispatches said. Gre- itself, from which these dis- patche inated, remained in T nands, rving as head- ters for Governor-General An- astassics Dalipis. No mew reports were received here on the batile near the Yugo- lav border at Skra and Archan- ghelos, where Greek troops and planes were reported by Salonika dispatehes yesterday to have inflict- ed hea casualties on hostile forces officially “invaders.” Gen. Constantin Ventiris, command- of the third Army corps, was reporied to have joined his troops the frontier Associated Press correspondent Joseph €. Goodwin, in a delayed dispateh filed yesterday at Saloni- ka, quoted Maj. Fronoitstis Athan- assios, Greek Third army corps in- telligence officer, as saying that information only four or five days old” indicated that Yugoslavia had i divisions the 1rontier ! Greece. ->ee 3 (COUNTRIES SIGN UNPACT BRINGING MEMBERSHIP T0 54 NEW YOPRK, Nov. 18—Afghanis- tan, Iceland and Sweden signed icles of adherence to the United Nations charter today to increase he membership in the world's peace agency to 54 countries. The simple ceremony admitting the three newcomers was held in a s ornate conference room off the massive assembly chamber. Abdul Hosayn Aziz, Afghan min- ister to the United States; Thor Thors, Icelands minister to Wash- ; and Oesten Unden, Swedish foreign minister, signed the pact in betical order All three used personal pens and them for presentation to heme governments, The three were the first coun- tries taken into the world circle of paticns sinte the signing of the charter by 51 nations - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 19 na AV as 3} AT along acing ¥ Closing quctations of Alaska-Juneau mine | s 57-8, American Can stock today Anaconda 39, Curtiss-Wright International Har ter 69, Kennecott 46':, New York Central 15 Northern Pacific 20%, U. S. Steel 70%, Pound $4.03 3-18. Sales today were 910,000 shares. Dow+Jones averages today are as follows: . industrials 167.88, rails utilities 34.84 told | BLANKETED, SNOW FALL Schocls Throughout King County Closed-Tem- peratures Are Low S "TLE, Nov. 18.—King county schools are closed in today as shivering residents of the Puget Sound area dug out from under the heaviest November snowfall in quarter of a century. With Western Washington high- ways covered by a layer of snow and ice and’city busses operating cn curtailed schedules, school offi- cials closed the University oi Washington, Seattle College and putlic and private schools through- out King county. Snow depths, left by last night's continuing storm, ranged from an inch or two in downtown Seattle to ninz inches Olympia and ten inches at the Seattle-Tacoma air- port. More of the tonight, with lew twenties morning Temperatures are expected to dive into ihe low twenties in the Puget sound area tonight in the wvake of tic heavy snowstorm of the past 24 wours. However, clear- ing skies and a bright sun visible in much of the snow bound area bely ominous weather bureau pre- dictions of light rain followed by more snow. The heaviest November storm of its kind in 25 years has left snow ranging in- depths ‘from six to ten .ches throughout the” area. The snow is deeper in the mountain nasses, but the state highway de- partment says all passes, with the xception of Chineok, are open to automobile travel. Cargo and commercial nlanes resumed operations with clearing westher this morning. A Northwest Airlines flight to An- chorage took ofi at 11 am., and United Airlines followed with a iiight scuth 15 minutes later .- LANDLORDS ARE PLANNING STRIKE (BY TLE ASSOCIATED PRESS) A strike of landlords against the OPA is now fanning out acress the country The National Apartment Owners Association is voting today on whether or not to join in the pro- test ] At Oklahoma City, where the apartment owners are meeting, a delegation from Texas is continuing its clamor for a nation-wide sit- n strike of landlords. One of the strike leaders it this wa declares L. A. Weiser of Houston, “we will not give an inch in our fight against the OPA Ticre is only ene time to end reat contrcls @nd that is now.” - PRESS CONFERENCE DOWN DEEP IN SEA ABOARD SUBMARINE By Associated Press) There will be some deep thinking .oday when White Hous C ary Charles G. Ross holds his news conference at President Truman's vacation hideaway in Florida. Ross arranged plans for a news conference which may be the first of its kind in history. It will be held 100 fect below the surface of the ocean. Ross, and the men of the Radio and Press who. are accompanying Mr. Truman. will go aboard a sub- marine from the Key West Naval base. Then the President’s Secre- tary will hold forth near the bot- tom ot the ocean Ross warned in advance that he would have no really big news at the underwater press and radio conference, and while the newsmen may not be deep in thought, at |least they’ll be deep down in the ocean | President Truman not going |along. Instcad, he planned to con- inue his swimming and sun-bath- ling at Key West—and to keep on calling the signals by remote con- irol in the Government's with John L. Lewis, same is predicted for temperatures in the expected tomorrow airline puts is battle' BALLOTS ARE NEW YORK, DIES BEING CAST of the prohibition era, the Wall' Street boom and night club pallor, Rejection by One Organi- zation Would Prolong Ship Deadlock He nevér awakened from the| gl coma into which he lapsed shortly| SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.—All after being taken to Doctors Hos-' three maritime unions involved vot- pital e: Sunday suffering from ed today upon ratitication of sep- brain clot. The last rites of the!drate agreements which would end Catholic church were administer-|the seven-week West Coast shipping Death came painlessly last night, to the debonair, slend, little man. with the rapier wit, who had come | to epitomize New York sophistica-! tion of the get-rich-quick years be- ! fore the depression a Setilement Terms Withdrawal of a CIO suit ftr 186,200,000 retroactive longshore pay (settled) ; a pledge or non-disciim- ination in hiring of engineers and Inon-interference in union atfairs by shipowners—rather than prefer- ‘ential hiring of engineers; im- !mediate arbitration of any stop- {work longshore disoutes: definition ‘of geographical Jimits of coastwise {tumier shipping which involves car- !g0 handling by AFL sailors as well ‘as CIO longshoremen; longshore basic pay of $1.52 an hour instead of $1.37; and a fifteen percent pay increase for marine engineer The disputed issues with the deck Kodachrome slides taken along officers revolved around a union the Alcan Highway last summer|security clause and demands for by Mrs. Laura Ordway were shown!pilot's pay for negotiating the by the photographer this ncon be-!Alaskan Inland Passage, both of fore members of the Juneau Rotary which apparently have been settled. Club at their regular luncheon, A premature announcement yes- meeting in the Baranof Geld Room. terday by U. S. Maritime Commis- At th regular business session sioner Grenville Mellen at. New Band Concert Chairman George Orleans said that the strike was Schividt announced that the con-isettled and it was believed thi: cert had taken in a gross profit of iMellzn had based his statement on $672.70, and a net profit of $481.50. reports from the West Coast tha! The last amount will be used tow-;the accord was complete except ard furnishing the city band withifor ofticial signatures. uniforms and music. Jack Fletcher,! Lumber Released a member of the concert committee, ' Scttlement of the long-standing has estimated the cost of uniforms Cces Bay, Ore., ship freeze actu- for band member to be about $60 ally broke the strike with mari- each, Schmidt said. jtime officials estimating 56,000,000 Thkere are approximately 34 musi- feet of lumber—enough to build cians in the City Band 4,000 homes—would be unfrozen for The chairman expressed the!transportation. 'club’s appreciation for all persons, Major steams! who worked toward making the!tiously made plans to resume sail- concert success. He added that:ings on trans-Pacific schedules. The the Empire publicity and ads hadiAmerican President Lines said pas- obviously aided in bringing out the sengers holding reservations when large audience the strike began Oct. 1 would get President Ed Keithahn asked for first choice when new lists are united action from the club in get- made up. Matson Lines, however, ting the White Elephant sale un- said all passengers would have to derway wait their turn It was announced that a report] Meanwhile, in from the District Governor of Ro- waterfront employers and ILWU tary has listed the Juneau Club officials resumed negotiations in 24th in the recent attendance rec-|their long-pending contract dispute ord. The club has an attendance and eased the threat of a new tie- percentage of 8196 for the monthiup which would continue stoppage of October. Kodiak and Fairbanks of supplies entering the Hawaiian were the only Alaska Rotary groups Islands by ships. listed higher than Juneau, which fell in the “average” catagory of general tendance. SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—The Puget A special section was added to Sound snowstorm delayed today the week’s Windjammer, club pub- plans of three unions to consider lication. Juneau Cub Scouts issued agreements ending the maritime @ page of the aims and planned strike. Spokesmen said they hoped action for the seccnd half of No- meetings would be held this after- vember, noon to vote on the proposed terms. ed soon after his admittance to|Str possibly by Wednesday His first marriage to Miss Allen|that an additional two days pro- ended in divorce in 1933, and Walk- [bably would be required to get His second marriage also ended in|moving divorce seven years later Miss' Last to reach a tentative agree- In 1940, Mayor LaGuardia ap-,Masters, Mates and Pilots Union pointed Walker impartial chairman| Federal Mediator Omar Hoskins $20000 a year. He quit this posi-|Session with announcement that tion to become head of Majestic the MMP would submit to a mem- - e - by the Pacific American Shipowners Association. He did not disclose RA",ROAD u"lo" Also ballotting today upon tenta- tive accords were the CIO Inter- (ginecrs. TRUMA" REGIME A rejection by any of the three / & £ ‘deadlock. The Masters, Mates and ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. Nov. 19 Ppilots are not officially on strike, Railroad Trainmen President, de- mained ashore under their tradi- clared teday members ot his union tional “no con 1 ¥ dent Frumsn than for “the Pender- Jurisdictienal Dispute gast cesspeol from which he gained | The AFL Sailors Union of ' the he reins of government while settled a Jurisdictional diy- len into the hands of the pute which had “frozen” the lum- Pbeod’s political influence has tem- most troublesome issue in recent porarily been on the wane,” Whit- maritime strike negotiations, Em- CIO convention. settled. He referred to a political ma-| Terms on which CIO longshore- ceminated by the late Tom Pender- voting today included: past last May by ordering the Army to take over operation of trains on the lookout” for attempts to turn members against their unions the hospital Imorning. Ofticials said, however, er married actress Bel Compton, | Waterfront work rolling and ships Compton died in 1044 iment, last. night, was the AFL of the City's Cloak Industry at climaxed a day-long negotiating Records, Inc., on Feb. 13, 1945, {bership vote toduy a new proposal (the terms, HEAD S(oRES jnational Longshoremen and Ware- . ihousemen, and the CIO Marine En- unions would prolong the shipping A. F. Waitney, Brotherhood of but ships could not sail if they re- triet, no work” pol- “haye no more respect” for Presi- jey. A re2ognition.” Pacific and the CIO unions mean- Pendergast Gang, the Brother- ber port of Coos Bay, Ore. — the ney said in a speech to the Eighth ployers had insisted that it be chine in Kansas City, Mo, long men and marine engineers wer” Trumasn smashed a railroad strike Whitney declared labor “must be and lea .- 'ALCAN HIGHWAY SLIDES SHOWN AT - ROTARY MEETING' ip companies cau- a Honolulu, the SNOW DELAYS VOTE