The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1946, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ‘ VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,441 ; p— k \ | ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA MPL JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1946 \beL IA Tl ! ) PRE 55 ——— PRICE TEN CENTS MLMBF R LEWIS, UMW FOUND GUILTY OF CONTEMPT General Strike Ties Up City of Oakland AFLORDERED | (Coffee for Slnkmq Eeachers REV. MARTIN PUGET SOUND - T0 PULL OUT EVERYTHING Street Cars, Busses, Stores, | Newspapers Not Oper- ating in Bay City OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 3.—A gen- eral strike tied up Oakland today NIEMOEllER - REACHES U. 5. Minister Held | Eight Years| in Nazi Camps Is En- route to Seaftle NEW YORK, Dec. 3—The Rev. 1 Niemoeller, who spent eight in Nazi concentration camps ' SHIP TIE-UP ' STALEMATED Two Firms 0usted for Mak- i ing Separate Agree- ments with Strikers .| SEATTLE, Dec. 3—Puget Sound’s waterfront tieup went into its 64th day today with little immediate | ¥ fi Prize Br i h Beauties SENTENCES T0 BE MADE TOMORROW iPenaIties in FiAnes or Jail Terms Up fo Judge- Mine Chief Talks WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—John L. | Lewis and his United Mine Work- ers were held “guilly of contempt | | as AFL trades unions obeyed an cause of his cpposition to Hitler, nope of renewing operations. of court” today for disregarding order to “pull out everything in urived here early today by plane Federal conciliators emerged from an order designed to avert the Oakland.” ram Berlin, accompanied by his a meeting between employers and industry-shattering soft coal strike. Transportation, except for a mass wife, Elsh Bremer Niemoeller. | the American Federation of Labor Federal Judge T. Alan Golds- of private automobiles, was sliIIE_d- Pastor Niemoeller, head of the Ch.eckers last night with a pessi- Poreugh, who handed down the his- Normal operation of industry in vurch Foreizn Office of the' mistle “no settlement in sight” re- toric verdict after five days of the area of 1,000,000 persons, halt- angelical Church in Germany port. Meetings would $ontinue, court proceedings, deferred sen- ed. Newspapers ceased publication. nd a member of the Provisional they said, but added that no iu- ence until tomorrow. Commiuters—there were 120,000 of them—either stayed at home or found themselves caught in the | slow tide of private cars. The strike, effective at 5 a. m.,! ‘! was a retaliatory move by AFL un-! i | union trucks laden with merchan-! dise, to two picketed department stores in downtown Oakland. The| unions insisted the truck drivers were Strikebreakers. Union clerks in support of their demand for un-; ion recognition, but the stores con-| tinued to operate. “Puil Out Everything” Charles W. Real, President of the AFL California Federation of - Labor and.hiead <fthe Poy Dis trict Council of Teamsters, was sald by union sources here to have given the signal for the strike. He was in Washington, D. C., on a busb jons to Sunday’s stoppage of two, struck at two stores five weeks ago | 2wo Central High School students St. Faul's teachers’ strike. atics instructor, BRIT.- AMER. | TONEMERGER at St. Paul, Minn,, bring hot coffce to twe cf their teachers picketing the schecl at the cpening of the Foreground (L-R) are Ben Brattler, Mrs. Sara Ryder, English teacher; Miss Marjcrie Dornbery, speech-dram- and Harvey Mackay. (AP “'lrtphoto) ‘ "WhEATHEART" OF AMFRICA mmittee of the World Council Churches, is scheduled to ad- dress the biennial meeting of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America at Seattle to- MCITOW. (The Niemoellers were scheduled lrave for Seattle at 4:20 p.m. (EST) today by Northwest Airlines piane from LaGuardia Field.) ‘The pastor said in a prepared statcment that this was his rirst| visit to the United States and that he and his wife hoped to renew cquaintanceships with American urchmen who had visited Ger- many. The statement declared that “fhe Christian Church exists as a bond between the peoples of this world. Although the material needs are many, the fundamental malady cof the world is a spiritual one and one fundamental cure must be a spiritual one. ture times had been set. In cther phases of the maritime problem, Frank P. Foisie, head of the Pacific Coast Waterfront Em- ployers Association, and Robert Mayer, Asscciation public relations man, were reported in San Fran- cisco last night to be hurrying to Seattle. i Their departure, which California | sources said was on “Association business” followed action locally ex- pelling two member firms for mak- ing seéparate agreements with the striking checkers for rail-car load- jing of a $30,000,000 Alaska salmon . pack stored here. A. "Bacon, Vice President and Generg) - Manager of Salmon «Ter- minals, Inc., one of the firms ousi- ed, told interviewers the employ- ers’ group was “run by San Fran- | cisco interests to the detriment of | Seattle and Alaska.” “It isn’t that attle inter The penalties in fines or jail scntences are within the discre- ticn of the court. The Jaw sets no \mwimn or minima in contempt cases. Opposing attorneys were dirccted by Judge Goldskorough to submit heir recommendations temorrow jat 10 am. The cvernight adjournment was ounced after Lewis, making his rublic utterance sincz before 13-day-old sirike, had spoken i i i | i he wut against ‘“this ugly recredescence of government ky injunction.” He referred to the court’s re- ing order directing him. to hdraw his contract: tevmination lnouce which led to the strike. ( Lewis ‘declared the order de- (Prives the miners of their Consti- tuticnal rights as American citi- | zens. i Lewis Free of Bond ness tri Apprised of Sunday’s! 3 2 A 3 e Pendin, ni e h.‘;s “p']’;’ s ipkad pull | “The opportunity and responsi-|are cutvoted in these labor agre Four cf the cight British medels visiting this country audition around {00 M fm;“u:"i"‘m(;l::s:;“:q‘;!: L out everything in Oakland.” bility of the Christian Church: to- | ment questions,” he added. “It is an imitaticn palm tree in New York's Copacabana night club daring 4, custody of his counsel. o Reached in Washington, however, Real disclaimed any respons:bimy for the strike. “This is all quite a surprise to me,” he told reporters, adding that 'Move Expeded fo Lead fo | Complete Economic day on are tremendous. the youth of the war-torn coun- tries who are locking for some vital faith and some living hope.” the continent of Europe, We must not fail | simply that we don’'t have any vote. San Francisco runs the show, and apparently they don't care what happens to Seattle and ! Alaska.” trycuts of scenes for a I Jane Lyneh, Val (AP Wircphoto) te right: Clifford. Cox, Margaret thcoraing film abaut the night spot. Alworthy and Georgie Left | | AFL General Counsel Joseph A | Padway - protested ' indignantly: “The court did not need to add “m custody of counsel’.” | Lewis, Padway said, will be in he had placed telephone calls to The pastor declined to amplify| Also terming the action “unjusti- ottt : tempt to have the strike “called off b would have “many interesting ager of the Ames Terminal Co., | In announcing his ve.rdic: Golds- and settled peaceably.” i things to say about the church and until the ousting, a member ‘burnugh ethphastegd At Léwls i Schools remained open, City Su- perintendent W. R. Odell said, as Union maintenance employes would | NEW YOREK, bec. 3—Secretary o1 State Byrnes, jointly announcing with Foreign Minister Bevin a situation in Germany today in his Seflttle talk. icf the board of trustees which served notice of the expulsion, said i the separate agreement “did noth- (oming Year ira Imemr; | guilty both individually and as | President of UMW, and that UMW ‘I\ eparately guilty be on' the job. | British-American economic merger ling to weaken the employers’ ne- ! : S armadisie On Job in Germany, declared today that {gctiations with the union. We e milomd bl B 0 Some drug stores closed, but the he would¥ask the Big Four For-| gishteen-year-cld Charlene Nich- o s' I ce |simply arranged for the work un- eat' [ie ] oslnq oflg) @ y‘ B e i, "3; que:“;: AFL Teamsters' union, directingeign® Ministers to discuss peace .o (above), of Wichita, Kan., se- der terms of the old contract plus Kot ‘sentanes. ‘ot - sourts” ve e strike strategy, said it had arranged | plans for Austria as well as Ger- Yocted Hkntly ‘ad ArAEAERa the wagze increase already dg[((vd ;pnrtanl e L ry that certain registered pharmacists| many before ending their New: A A | 0. o 3 3 i on the ob. ! ik sesslotis: | “Wheatheart” from hundreds of ! puls Embar o | S ey WON I WEAR HG I_EAF \\11“%1) !)Iu q‘A'L;l‘h(" ?“tlm]} A T A Cab drivers did not report for| Byrnes and Bevin said in a| other girls in a contst to choose | v Ky opoly s R A;:»:hmii:l Iile T Amas B ‘somewisdh uR: work. AFL interurban-bus drivers|statement that the zone economic| the most beautiful girl in the | { oy disappearing as @ result!Usual, but certainly not improp- did not pick up passengers in Oak-|merger would become effective; Wheat Belt States. She arrived | as a e Ie e oine Leups. the Ohamber | € he said, “the court would like land. City street cars and buses'Jan. 1, that it should make 40,-| in Washington, D C. for a brief | a r(e os‘ of shipping tieups, the ORSMber|, nave the views of counsel for , did not turn a wheel. 1000.000 Germans self-sufficient in stay, as a part of her prize, and | . i e (h‘c Ali|sk'~ l\'/hm'r': Asmci'niury\““" defendants and counsel for the Some restall:rantr vll)ere opetratmg‘lhree years and that they hoped| she posed for photcgraphers at i Sh' A and Alaska Development Board, | GOVernment as to what these sen- —mostly small ones—but most were |t would lead to discussions with) of | I s re o 3 1 4 oo | tences shoul closed. ynm are closed. | Russiz and France for the econom-l lm_‘.‘:s,hmm" e WASHINGTON, Dec. &—Thel p | The Territory's mining industry | ‘€ :"mhrm: :e béovernment e S ic unification of all Germany. |post office department announced has reached n ‘“complete stale- fense- Tawyers WOl Wiehad el (Continued on Page Eight) Byrnes discussed the radical new | |teday an embargo on the size and | mate” as a result of the shipping g o idleness, Al Anderson, Secretary of | FéPorters the question of penalties. agreement, which diplomats cnn- | weight of parcel post packages, ef-| e o(a e J i g Y %! When Lewis was asked f c i ; fective 12:01 a. m. Dec. 6. the miners' group, said H ed for: com- i sider the most important develnp< 2 i, e St ST e e (for /ment, he merely shook his head e as lng on ment in Allied policy on Germany! The post office department said, The cnly plans being made In‘ d s (the . coming year) are that there|S!8htly and turned away. since the occupation started, at a| accepiance of Bl PEMkCRAORME ) g i S hatebAnE dded After the judge announced his M - GO-BOlll'ldlnm conference. It was his first | m ar o in the mails will be limited to those| PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 3—Wo:d will be no operations,” he added. | AIer the Judge an errY imeeting with reporters since the weighing not in excess of five was awaited today on whether re- Leslie Nerland, Fairbanks mem- | s W} asked for. and was Pt ey o & i Foreign Ministers Counci! cpened pounds and measuring not more liet ships sought here for loading ‘ber of the Development group, as- f{“‘l'}‘E? tpelmifswn to make a Dy DREW PEARSON here a month ago. Y ¥ than 18 inches in length and 60|ior Alaska would be allocated by sserted that ~“Alaska has learned | Statement. it i Ann un(ed inches in length and girth com- the Maritime Commission to break here ate a number of new ways| Lewis Talks WASHINGTON—Here is a blow-| He made these major disclos-| bined. the deadlock resulting from labor- Jf getting freight into the Terri-| The hlston» of labor injunc- | py-blow picture of how John L.|ures: ) | The present limitations ci the|employer difficulties at Seattle. tory, as a result of the presenttions prior to 1932 is a sordid Lewis has been frantically work-) 1. The Foreign Ministers Coun-| size and weight of parcel post pack-| Principals were uncommunica- waferiront tieup. Unfortunately, | ON¢,” Lewis began in somber tones. ing behind the scenes to effect ajcil, in his opinion, may wind Up' WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—The As- iges are 70 pounds and 100 inch-|tive, but it was understood that no Seattle is going to suffer longer| Speaking “officially” as President settlement of the coal strike. this week the peace treaties for sociation of American Railroads to- cs in length and girth combined.! definite word had been received by than Alaska, as a result of the|©¢f the UMW and Vice President gl Both Government and mdustry Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary day established an embargo, effec- Acting Postmaster General Jesse M. Lt. Comdr. E. P. Chester, represen- present cenflict.” (of the AFL “with 8,000,000 mem- %\ are split wide open on ' how to|and Finland and proceed at once|tive at midnight tonight, on rail Donaldson said the embargo is be- tative of Alaska’s Governor. TSI | bers,” Lewis said he could not sub- | handle Lewis. John L. being a|to a discussion of the German movement of freight destined for ing put into effect at the request| Meanwhile, J. B. Gottstein, An- |scribe to “this ugly recredescence union dictator, has been able to|question. {overseas export, with the exception of the Office of Defense Transpor- chorage Wholesale grocer, was here SIO(K QUOTATIONS |of government by injunction.” play divide-and-conquer all over| 2. On Germany, Byrnes intends of food and fuel. tation as a result of the coal cri-{laving the grovmdwerk for shippi NEW YORK" Pos’ § o | Addressing the court, he said: the lot. His steady war of .nerves|io insigt, as he had previously; The embargo, ordered by the sis. {supplies from this port if the ships b . Dec. 3 — Closing| “your injunction, sir, I respect- against both the Administration|said he would, on a discussion of Association’s car service division to Donaldson emphasized that the are obtained, and at the same time iy e bt Npske: Aunen Moy, fully submit, deprives the miners of || and the operators is now begin- [ Germany's western frontiers —'conserve fuel in the coal shutdown, cmbargo does not apply to pack- trying to stir up some alr freight B"‘“ “'A*‘_‘ » d‘f ., 3‘“““' 2‘:“ ; AN | their Constitutional rights, free- ning to bear fruit. ! chiefly whether France should get applies also a freight intended for ages being sent to members of the business. “:‘ A e "’ i3 UrtiSs- fdom of speech, freedom of the Tmmediately after it became cer- | the Saar and have the Ruhr inter- storage in port areas. Armed Forces serving overseas. | e - Wrisht 5%, International Harvest-|press, freedom of assembly, and || tain the strike was coming on, | nationalized. | Exceptions will be made for some B R nr‘ 68 4, Kennecott \4"1 New .Yulk‘ freedom from involuntary servi- || John L. valled yrus Eaton, Cleve- | (Diplomatic authorities said that, freight, but in each instance per- 3 MEMAODIA) SERVICES SORIRal A, o OTReIE e LRt Jand banker, and asked him to|since French President-Premier mits from the office of Defense ot Bultry Kaye Horan, 15, e ey Pound, A he flukhned. and stalked ta & to Washington to help end|Gecrges Bidaull is not attending the Transpgrtation will be required. The following guests have regis- o Congrossn W 2 {seat behind his lawyers, Judge :::unrikz. i |New York Four-Power meeting,; As outlined by an official of the FOR A((IDE"' Vl(TIMS |tered at the Baranof from other :';‘I‘::‘;r’ Cgityiagsy | Sales coday were 950000 shares. Goldsborough shufiled papers quiet- Lewis next contacted Harry | France would oppose any such im- | Association, the ban covers “all TOBEHELD TMROW?DE“S afsilie: Tatyngy: Lee Hamot TR e T St i | o, dones ges today are )y for a minute while the court- Moses, head of the Henry C. Fflck portant talks on Germany here carload and less than carload lots) marley, F. 8. Davenport, J. D.| ¢ “fe ’ it e ”'“ P a:s I{Anlluv{n ln(%L{.\ll‘l;l].) 165.05, rails yoom buzzed. Coal Company and boss of U. S. \and the Big Four probably will of freight consiened or reconsign-| Memorial services will be held to-- Vidovich, all of Anchorage; H P! '_"X"‘l'n n, ’A:\-“h Mn, 48 7.h, l_mlfncs :iu 10. | One Strike Phase Over Steel's coal operations. Moses | agree to delay the boundary talks) ed to any U. S. port when billed morrow night at 7:30 o'clock in Eliott, R. L. Elliott, and Elmer G. Club production “Adam the Cre- Higkis rallied today after a fur-| The yrists' finding of “guilly of drove all night from Pittsburgh in| 3. The United States will ask or intended for export by water, in- Holy Trinity Cathedral for J. Rus- Johnson of Ketchikan; M. and s a compromise with ;ther decline in l:ll"l,v trading. | contempt of court” ended one order to be on deck in Washing- |that the Austrian question be tak- cluding export freight for storage sell Elliott and Jimmie Sovde, two Mrs Jose B. Campeu and Mrs. J. fig” lsaf retained a corsage. | Losses were wiped out In many - phase of the Government's legal ton next day for a four-hour ses-|en up here. The main issue, dip- in port areas.” |victims of accidental drowning last H. Van Hoon of S;f‘kfll I;‘B";:ld Harvard autherities b d ih \';‘l“:“‘ the final “‘;‘“!“‘ikz”):' drives to get the 400,000 soft coal Ask r. an TS. | utes. Vas - sion with Lewis. Lewis complained to Eaton at | lcmatic infcrmants said, is wheth- |ir an arrangement can be made The embargo goes into effect at midnight, in the various time zones.' month in the Snug Cove area. Ernest Ehlers will sing two selec- of Petersburg; J. H. Wakefield of Kodiak; Lester (AP affair as criginally proposed. Wirephoto) i plished by & slightly higher \olumc miners back on the job. Still on tap is the Government's request to thefr first secret meeting that he|for the early withdrawgl cf Rus- Al o tions, “Crocsing the Bar” and “Lead Chiari of Guadalupe; Phyllis and i than yesterday’s make the restraining order a tem- was unable to contact anybody in-|sian and other Allied troops from HERE FROM VANCOUVER ~ Kindly Light” Marguerite Shaw Maxine Bishop of Fort Richardson. R & et LRSS porary injunction. side the Government to negotiate Austria. . Edwin Tuley of Vancouver,-B. C, will be the accompanist. The eu- —— - | The first excursion train of the| If unmolested 350,000,000 rats It was uncortain whether the ) St 2 arrived yesterday and is staying lozies will be spoken by Rev. W. Sailmakers are now manufactur- Santa Fe Railway reached Las would be produced from a single _ — e (Continued on Page Four) (Ccmnnued on Page Ftw} |at the Baranof. i Robert Webb. ing nylon sails. Vegas, New Mexico in the year 1879.|pair in three years. (Continued on PGOT N?hi/