The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 23, 1946, Page 1

CONGRESSIONAL D | LIBRARY SHINGTON, D. C. eme THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 1P B “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” AU ALAS_K;\ SATURDAY, 'O\'l"\iB[ R ’3 —— — ll l) I’Rb\ 7 PRICE TEN CENTS S = VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,434 P == - MASTERS, MATES, PILOTS END STRIKE Mine Strike Paralyzing Industry In U. S. Mrs. America” Is Crowned MMP VOTES ~ T0 RETURN 10 SHIPS Last Barrief in 54-Day-0id Coast Walkout Remov- ed - More Trouble N FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. A Federz] Conciliator announced early teday that the AFL Masters, Mates and Piluls had veted to return to work. removing the last barvier to ettlenient of the d4-day West Coast naitime ctrike, THOUSANDS They 'l Consider Peace Trealies WEATHER ARE IDLE i 1 _me LOOSENS IN NATION N.W.GRIP ' Dimouts Take Effect in 21 llemperaiures Rising But States — Lewis in | Rain Predicted-Eight Court Monday Lives Known Lost By Associated Press The effects of the nation's para- lyzing soft coal work stoppage be- gan to spread throughout the coun- try today, hitting nearly every phase of industry and business and bringing drastic fuel-conservation | meagures from the government As industry spokesmen predicted ' an expansion in the ranks of the idle due to curtailment in coal- related operations, the Civilian | Production Administration ordered a dimout in 21 states and the Dist- rict ‘of Columbia, effective at 6 pm. (EST) Monday In some cities large users of elec- tric: for display purposes reduced or eliminated ch lighting with- out waiting for the time designated by the CPA to curtail non-essen- tial use of electricity. The dim- out, more drastic than in wartime, will be in effect in an area ex- tending from Minnesota Eastward into the Ncw England states. As the numbér ¢ L (BY TME ASSOCIATED PRESS) cosened its grip on the we 1 bnormally hes and Tains had claimed |+ oked mountain passes, disrupted plane and train schedules and wer and telephons | ather bureau predicted {eentinued snow in the mountains, both “in Oregon and Washington but said rising temperatures will bring intermittent rain in the lower elevations 3 lisht show- ers Sunday Sterm | The Conciliator, Omar F. Hoskins, said Cavtein C. F. Mav, President of the Wi Coast local of the Masters Mates infcrmed him the vote 13 to 980 to accept working conditions reached in gotiatl with the Pacific American 3hinown- sccfation 1aings said the coastwise accept- the MMP of the agreement ed the last majcr barrier i e resumotion of shipping a -Coast The Intel 1l Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union and the Marine Engineers Beneficial As ciaticn (both CIO) reached an ac- cord with employers earlier this week, work had been held up pend- 1 % 3 ing settlement of the MMP dispute. of labor disputes 4 E d Picket lines established by the at least a hali-mill i 3 b v | MMP on western waterfy CTO8S - 400,000 scft coal miners—there were ANO]‘ HER Blow ls |geen (North bank) highway at . s ; v Y Led in sorae m}hnfl;bvp(?l% union reports from scattered sections of BR‘GGS Io SIAR‘ ‘se‘md Feod e Hood #ver, arts @ that rvoute " ¥ . e eaiin v . members i1 efforts to return to work i w“m} il lamets dp.singl, 1o s i ED A'!’ ALASKA :::;4 reported impassable latg. 195% -y p . Faiice Pallock (genter) of Columbtis, Oiym3ther of faur chiliren, | Yesterday, willilie withdrawn shost- u,;‘\;d:;;:] ‘;]f)rt;:n:;;duu:‘l:\smsningmn NEw SERV'(E 'N ABM atali is crowned “Mrs. America” ai Jackson Miss. winher of a contest :"l,l)“ifil'mml_':‘M""“ o allncs, e was to select the most beautiful married woman of the United , The uagreement, Heigins said, said they may attempt to ease Sh Ma Be R The storm’s eighth fatal c b ! oma fects of the coal shutdown by pip- MAR(H WITH SHIP I ‘F:‘pol"ul at Bandon. Or where Mrs, Freda Acker (right) of Anderson, 8. €., and Mrs. Denna ‘rants the Masters and Mates a 15 ing natural gas from Texas to the k McNeil, 55, tripped in the elle (12ft) of New York City were runnsrups. (AP Wirephoto) per cent wage increase and a union East coast through the Big and Lit- Claude Smith, President of the darkness of his home zn‘m’ A g —— Isecurity clause providing seniority tle Inch petroleum lines. Juneau Mercants Association, just e n or Deve|0pmem Board A' power failure, fell down stairs and rights, nendiscrimination and con- Denver’s 76 public school build- | received the following telegram from fomRke TR SOk g c | sideration of union members i hir- ings, with coal supplies dwindling, New York: Orney Genera|W|" Pu' Fears that two soldiers had lost e ny J ing ¢ ck officers for offshore vessels > laude Smith, Pres., e LS their lives in a Columbia River were closed and classes suspended Claude | 5 Overtime pay was boostea 25 cents for 55,000 pupils. Juneau Merchants Association, 3 n Up Fight on Move bighway snowslide near Multnomah AT OSTac T ;n St. Klr\xxn\\ wilson W. Wyatt, Juneau, Alaska Twenh’ 'WO LUCk caravan p g Falls, Ore, proved groun ’ER KIN w Wfi 1“3( h:(“n‘-, i.‘(’! l\ltm;l 5‘»{’]“"!1‘\“’1"1’1}3!'“:[:5 Federal Housing Expediter, said| Have acquied one very sultable Ajgqg Bemg Readied seorge Sundborg, of the ‘Alaska XKeith L. Barker of Baker, Ore. p Pl ! there was “an. increase in the pilot thabevery day $he ‘coal mines e ‘u:‘r;::;m“n‘«i:“;;':‘)“:lx,\ll‘n'xw;-‘:gt:( i for Hiah Tri Development Board, revealed today ;"';{"“'"‘% 1(:‘;‘ hag: Tetk """‘.]”.‘ . vate and other changes 1 cannot main idle means the loss of an 5 e o L that a telegram from the Governor:Piking soldiers siceping In the bac 3 numerate sal s ever-growing number of comple- tor, capfitity, 500-ton. totil of Ig way fp of Alusion WED 4k o m‘p St(ne\ gitoeat of 't cav mhen b went it l“"r::' )#;Ml’ml\:ul s:;\(xln:xltml{"\s!« ac ons ofans’ Will forward freigi £ Alackn, W0 I8 SR 08 BIMEN 85 ter aid When j6 had ‘stalled; ¢ 1 | : MMP ha 3ht PASA ac- tions of veterans' homes. e o K . the present time, has been received '] ¥ 3 ceptar of a prefersntial hiring i ation and proposed scheds SEATTLE, Nov ’3 +— Relief for ) his return he four e cg ! . = pLa As the Government and counse] | information and propose A, . R epect, ccncerning @ new proposal to raise IS return he found the car burie s gt Haat Cud s oORe 2 kazionnd Coast of the deck officers 3 3 i |as soon as possible. All in line witk s peni Ginder 1% feat. of Snow.. byt the for John L. Lewis prepared for| = "o o™ derstanding. Letter both by land and sea rates on Alaskan shipmients, Ac-) ... "Gos empty when highwa 4 s A & fap 3 the Federal court contempt pro- cording to the advices, the Seattle By Associated Press NEW YORK, Nov. 23 The union in a compromise settlement Sterm warnings still {lew along the Washington and Oregon coas with small craft warnings inland Highway crews were laboring this morning to eclear slide on the Columbia River highway where scores of cars were stalled by the start (werst November snowstorm in 20 vears, There were no reports of motorists suffering from exposure, and all are believed to have hiked ack to safety. Westbound traffic comle tivities on the W Al rf-Astoria Hetel, New York, Foreion Ministe Foreign Ministers of the Big Four get together in the Wa of their conferences on European peace treaties. Left to right: Freneh Deputy Couve de Murville; British Fereign Secrctary Ernest Bevin; Scviet Foreign Minister V. M. Moiotov, S. Sceretary of State James Byrnes, (AP Wirephoto; Maurice d . idle because ew, reaching n—including | T 4 £ |was Being re-directed to the Ever- ceedings Monday against the mine rollg\\u‘m HILLIP BRIGGS “l'.m“ fpl(’:[;m",“‘ :;:1‘ Alf,l;,)m:‘}f 4 Ascociatirn is taking steps CTEWS dug it out. It assumed grikes by school teache and United States and Britain faced a'of strikes there several weeks ago. boss there was talk of a possible (Bigned) Prfll‘f" ,b““'(m' ::,\:’:!"d‘“(firm 11:‘-1‘;‘.( (;1h :‘;I,‘”;l to Tequest a new terminal tarifes|the sold \i“;‘(!n]"("(‘fllf'. satety threats of further outs, dim- showdown with Russin today over But the PASA had steadfastly - .- emergency session of Congress. RN el P it the merritorial Gover. Uhat would increase the present'fatel &m‘n:“f 4 o med the labor | in’ many their efforts to limit use of the | fused to grant the clause, which the However, President Truman, back riggs Steamship 100 percent L b o sections of the c try today veto in the United Nations Securi- ship owners said would ake selec- Alaska Relief Committee to wther vessel for the strike- lated area closed more Washington with nine in Chelan county and o one in Okanogan cour ing cla Friday Traffic was getting throu mountain passes with the excep ke by 133 ty Council, and new difficulties'tion of ship’s cfficers out of their n coun nd 30 bus hindered progress on the drafting hands. , who'are demanding month- of Eyropean peace settlements reases of 2 f MORE TROUBLE YET dntered A8 ihe BigsFour Forelgn Mifyst- Ithough the maritime strike has the' tench- ©F8 Council /yound; up - il thivd 1t most West Coast ports, a In Tenness The Development Board is al- ady taking steps to resist this ow proposal just as it did one ago when the War Shipping nistr n asked for 100 per- e in steamship rates at ‘the White House today from his In ccmmentir upon the abov week's vacation in Florida, may i telegram, Mr. Smith stated that the call a Bi-Partisan conference of loriginal plan of operating power Congressional leaders if there ar vbdl";}l‘, was abandoned in favor of no indications of an early settle- | the cargo ship in view of the un- readied he 0 C favorable conditions for b op- ' the Gevernment's Alg cle suspend- e bein to Railroad A | ended iner ment of the coal dispute. Sy S . i 3 Lewis, whose 40000:)) AFL- Umtod‘ jons. There has been consider- restocking employee canteens. .qy oo, the stzong ompasition of |!ion of Chinook alilen nor the drivers are unionized, WE°H -making sessions, this | new tahor dispute has develop Mine Workers left their jobs in 3,- | @ble information that barg ““1‘,“‘““"’”11""‘1 way f o insel retained by the Develop-|tP® "};"d““" rf,“f z C‘,f‘."" PO The county’s 33 schools are q, Wes the tangled diplomatic sitta-{yhjen (hreatens another long 300 “Federally-operated mines at | not be permitted to operate, at least Alts : * i‘ Byt MU0, meni Board at that time, thé War [“”‘“ H”L. 10 ]‘," # % : l“‘i:’ They' will decide today wheth n"l ! in the Puget Sound 19901 am. Thursday after the|Ouring the winter scason. Any suc- Alta, and WAY 10 ghinning Administration's propogal| WS blocked this week and pro-' "y gy Monday, 1 France served notice she is!" A p.of L. Checkers ordered the UMW President contended the Gov- ccssiul shipping plan must of neces- Fairban was depied as unjustified by ”w;b‘?hlx will not ke reopencd this . Ay, o il R Bt nding firm on her demand for e waterfronts be- be a vear around schedule, J. P. Johnscn, General Manag miner for U, S. Maritime Com-:Winter M. Taslor -satd ternationalization of the German s morning in ernment-union contract was ter- l iilkdten, ‘maintained allenceias he{ SIS Ristuate sevice 1 8l com- of the ralioad, sald e * mission who heard the case in! -~ s PHaanin ol Rubr ¢hd believes that, contri 4 tHeUhitek ‘at adcepted service of the contempt|Munities of Southeast Alaska may not leave today as scheduled goque. Mr, Sundborg states that | Monday. If we can get even le- B¢ American view, the political|checkets, supervisors or supercar- | Tt is the concensus of experieiiced due to delay in bringing the driv- .o o oot of stopping this DIU' ton statt togethet.” iuture of Germany should be map-| yces. Tacoma, Port Angeles and citation. i shipping men*® that a ship of the ers here by plane from Alaska. ped before its economic problems | Anncortes lonashore Workers are ex- -o o i “ (AR s g posed increase last year, Alaskan | meeiing of the county court, 4 i < JAMES HOWARD DIES tabove “4ype.gnd, sepaciy - whlk hest G shippers have | been’ sayed tabouky HAWA" SIA' H D «)v sduled for today to discuss sal. 8¢ solved. German discussions gre pected to lend a sympathetic hanc James Howard, 81 years old,[serve the needs of this territory $8,000,000. aises, was called county Stil to be undertaken by the For- hampering waterfront activities in 1 I ae 3 . 05~ Mr. Smith further advised that e new shan or ¥ eign Ministers. [ passed away at Government hos ; e STAIE OF EMERGEN(Y The new increase under present “.EN'I “ AlASKA Judsw James McGee announced, “'B1 M L He was | 8 soon as the schedule is definitely propesal does not concern \u(e.l s pital after a long illness. w to give the teachers and drivers 2 The veto fssue; which the For- A ked hat tl { ti The A, F. of L. Checkers in Seattle for ;of . Werangell ;. Rinera | Worked -out,. that ihe InjoR1ation | rates tetween Seattle and Alaska, | S SERRINE r wiaiot g A rherly o e ét the Chales | Will be released through the press DE([ARED SEwARD IREA T s fi i _more time in which to study their have 1itted autiie e e pencitie AL PR QNS r P TORHEE 00 wharfage and| wASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — The demands Mir rdered picket lines when waterfront i . ( i o ,.1 E1 S i employers rejected a union contract = R his will give firms in Alaska the & TR i el e it ations debate temporarily W. Carter MO, lh,,\ ‘mcmm ey PR handling charges in the handling!ypjied States Chamber of Com-| Pay scale in elements of cargo over the docks,in Seattle. ycrco Board of Directors has an-| vange from $80 (o g ' ultimatum. ) was slated for discussion at 12:30 ,CthllL,l\ in purchasing and routing £ Wages for longshoremen, working 2 e er b5, 55 - ¢ s | wced vill s rt Hawaii's The washmgion mercnanase. twouan Prnee raper. ACTNG GOvernor Takes fhees, or bresormes, Jorttudlnoweed il support Moty fes from any Midwest or Bustern souree - A efion Regarding Dras- prevemine. affect terminal rates.iyo mention on i attiide toward| Three cloment > monthly hm, PST. Soviet Foreign Minister high sc of supply. | These terminal charges have- been| y s al Shel- American proposals for Big l’m\u (ARRIES 21 'N e erchs socia- " o M "6 | statchood for Alaska byville, Tenn., shut down recently sorcemen I I « . Merry Go Round The Juneau Merchants Associa h( FOOd Shoraqe inor d from time 'to. time . in v'““' 5 < reements voluntarily to limit use y e ports for nine months, and from $120 to v, M, Molotoy was expected to “h ALASKA COASTAL 5 spond at that time to British tion requests all shibvers to suppcrt % _ ¥ 4 Directors said last night after a letter was sizned by 28 of of the veto st diplom Tiom the past, not cnly in Seattle, butf, . " rec r a0 taaahen 5 ; . in an earnest endeav they had approved a recommenda- 29 teachers ask moi oval i ow - of this'plan in an earnest endeavor to " M AT T T s | pp! approval in view of nd ‘fast opposition prévent a re-occurrence of the pres- tion concerning Hawaii by the ly hike to, their pres wverage Ruseia’s hard ket cBddiis shipping situation; | Chamber Committee on Interna- of $135. They reopened, ver, to any veto modification | Alaska Coastal Airlines made four ¥ tional Political and Social prob- when city officials announced they | flights yesterds arrying passengers lem would se to se revenues to Following the veto talks, in ., yoonah, Sit Pelican City and E. L. Bartlett, Democratic Dele- grant the increase h China Jjoins with the Big gigrer Island. The following per- gate to Congress from Alaska, ap- been taken a Moletov, Secretary of § sons were flown to Sitka: Mrs. E peared before the committee We: A strike of 1,000 St. Paul, Minn British Foreign Secretary o McCullough, C. R. Raatikainen, w Soviet d in almost every pc By DRE W PI-AR SON (Ed. Note—Today Drew Pear- ting Governor of Alaska Lew’ cause no protest has been made and son gives another of his pene- Williams has declared a state of the increases were granted auto- trating tolumns on' Ahes dittle- emergency for Seward in the face matically. The Alaskan docks are known background of John L. Alaskan (rippled of present extreme fcod shortage not involved in the present propos- Lewis.) there. al, however. 0 Boy's Mother Loses In a wire to the Comr ) action has ading Terminal rates on shipping to WASHINGTON — One of General at Anchorege, Williams Alaska have never come under a p Pr ety Woreldr lar : amazing things about John st'so ill Sea"le usked that the Army supply Sew- thorough study by the Max'nlnxe‘“'"\d““ (x.‘kmu thmfl)z ':H[l“lmn state- teachers, who pl to | l'ln “N’l\l‘kxll“(“Vxl)y"\,lf'\l)!-"’;\:[l’;,-l Mr. and Mrs. J. Dill, W. Phillips, Lewls is the coal miners' current' . ard with relief supplies until such Commission, and the Development hood for FHe SertIOrY. [ PEBLG achacle’ &, soe e . fox ) e ‘1‘ “,‘“ B o e U= |J. Pagan, Wesley Johnson, Doug loyalty despite Lewis's tyrannical SEATTLE, iov. 23 — Mrs. Ritd yime a5 the Grommet Reefer and Board is determined that henceforth | TRt 7 next Monday. The teachers, mem- ¥ille were slated to resume (2 pan. . Boddy, Giibert Trult, Victor Hines, rHle and despite the fact that he Harrison, Palmer, Alaska, mother ine. chips had landed o eful investigation will be made| MARSHAL HAS PRISO Eft bers of the AFL American Feders T) their arguments over the kind Alpert Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Georgé A i demand $200 in ©f government to set up for the'iarju and Jack Gucker tion of Teache has waged bitter, relentless war Of a six-year-old crippled boy en-egsential materials there regarding the justification of any . 3 - i y o i faet r against mine groups which dared Youte to the Portland Shrine hos- Tne Reefer is now in the West- proposed increases. U. 5. Marshal William T. Ma-|lieu of increases for the fall months Proposed free territory of Trieste From Juneau to Hoonah: Mrs. uthe pital for an operation, either lost 'd with con-' At the present time, Attorney bony returned yesterday from a of 1946; an annual salary ranging Thi the central issue with Helen Mercer, Mr. and Mrs. P. question his authority. rd enroute to Se One case was his ouster of John & Wallet containing $150 or was the rgo for that city. General Ralph J. Rivers and My, inip of several days in the States.|from §24%0 to $3.000 to start next|whi ¢ 9 L. Lawson, hero of the Colorado Victim of a pickpocket in & depart-| wiliams said he understood the Sundborg are conferring on the line He brought back one prisoner, Ge-| January with a monthly increase of they fust met three weeks ago.land Mrs. J. Howdrd; to Sister miners, as described in an earlier ment store crowd yesterday. She army will proceed immediately to of action that will be undertaken | D Jankeiwelz, who is facing an $100, and an additional annual ap-| Until they agree the can be no Island: R. Wilkins and John Neis; fou er handbag P o Vit L e fatior 700,00 p n | Ttalig ace treaty—g beyo rom Sister Is g column. More recent and much found her handbag open and the gupnly Seward until stocks t! immediately to block this new pyo-: allezed forgery charge in the Ter- | propriation of $1,700,000, in addition an peace treaty—gnd beyond from Slster ‘1sland 40 Juness: B to the amount currently budgeted,' the Italian treaty lie pacts for the Wilkins: from Pelican to Juneau: they have uggled since Martin, Sam Hanlon, Mrs. R. Jehns blocdier was Lewis's battle with Wallet gone, she reported to police. are replenished. posed 100 percent increase. Atty. ritory 1 4 . . the Progressive Mine Workers which The operation on her son, David, is - , Gen. Rivers was active in oppesing >so I'to cover school maintenance, pur-| Balkan states and Pinland, and the Mrs. J. Farrel; from Sitka: D. being sponsored by Anchorage Approximately 500 fairs are hekl last yea eamship rate increase’ Cranberries are the chief export chase of more supplies and equip- whole problem of (he German peace Harvey and Mr. and Mis. George | ment and new construction {settlement Harju (Continued on Page Four) Shriners jannually in Canada, husetts (Continyed on Page Eight) crop of Mas: \ i