The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1947, Page 1

s N N T e e R THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,511 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY,, i EMPIRE BRUARY 24, "MEMBER A found to possess falsa documents.iin the face of inexcuseable abuses,|eq request for the bill was sent| Some used false names. The Amer-|then the only thing for congress t; the House. ican officer said “we will have toito do is take the bull by the horns|ceif carried, again by a 12 to 4i break them down fully before weland write its own ticket,” Elender yote, can ‘think of trying them. All are liable to the death penalty as plot-| ters 1 said. i Again the bill it-i Once more the emergency clause was struck out; but where ATLARTIC COAST Ithe emergency failed Friday by {6 to 10 margin, today it was over Von Papen {Resulls Will Have Effect! Upon North Pacific ~ Buffalo Schools on Sirike; ~ CAREERIS =%~ Are Seekipg Boost in Pay/ ________.—_____g_‘-————-————— et o — Paindly /,-:”' 3 . NAZIS PLOT Labor Falls SOLONS HGH[ EXPLOSION DESTROYS LOS ANGELES BUILDING, KILLS MANY SHIP GOES | | : * | 1 i [} . Legisialion BARREN ICE | ’ ‘ . . . . bR Former Officers of Elite| Congress to Go Ahead on|Reconsideration Vote on Fuel Runs Out on Flight- . . i . .. £ Guard Seized—Claim | Laws as Union Leaders | Administrator General | 11 Crewmen Believed H ] Secret Weapon Not Cooperating | Out of Order Unhurt-Rescue Work By RICHARD KASISCHKE | WASHINGTON, Feb, 24—M—Sen-| The Alaska Senate spent thls: NEW YORK, Feb. 24—P— The BERLIN, Feb. 24—P—American |ator Ellender (D-La) declared today morning trying to unsnarl a tangle 1l-man crew of a wrecked B-29 and British authorities arrested |that Congress must “take the bull 'of red tape resulting from the re- was rescued from a Greenland ice more Germans during the night in|by the horns and write its own |consideration vote taken last Fri- cap today in o daring flight by an squelching a reported nation-wide|ticket” on labor legislation because day on the Administrator General Army C-54 which carried them Nazi plot to restore German arm-|union leaders “are not cooperating.” Bill — CSSB 1 } safely to Thule, Geeenland, the f ed might to “lead the nations of! “I have been most disappointed| As the final action Friday, that| Army Air Transport Command an- Europe agaimst Russia.” {by their showing,” said Ellender, n,’meas,ure which had passed earlier| nounced here. . The Nazi captives, including fu-|Senate Labor Committee member in the day was recalled from the The plane was piloted Ly Lt. Bob- gitive Storm Trop officers, claim-|Whose views in the past often have House and the emergency clause tie Joc Cavnar, 22, of Okmulgee ed to have a secret bacteriological' coincided with those of union|was stricken on a new vote. When/| Okla., who landed his heavy four- weapon. | spokesmen. ithe Senators met this morning, engined plane beside the wreckage A British announcement said the! The Louisiana lawmaker told althey were informed that their whole of the B-20 which crashed last cleanup was ‘“progressing smooth- reporter the committee expected but |action Friday was out of order. The Sunday, the ATC announced. ly” although snow and ice on the |80t no aid from AFL President|House Clerk had sent the bill back Mcj, Gen. Willizm H. Tunner, roads handicapped raiding squads. William Green, CIO Chief Philip to the Senate without authoriza- Commanding General of the Atlan- American*and British intelligence |Murray and United Auto Workers tion from the House Which already tic Divisicn of the ATC here an- % agents were questioning the hun- President Walter Rcutl_ler. i :had adjourned at the time. H nounced the rescue. dreds arrested, seeking information| They and other union officials| gince the Senate could not recon- | Lt. Cavnar made a wheel land- that would lead to minor plotterssharply assailed most pending leg- gider the bill without having it ling on the snow beside the B-29 in a group overlooked or unknown|islation in testifying before the legally in possession, all that part 8 (the ATC said. before the swift raids of Saturday|committee last week. lot Priday afternoon’s work was Using rockets to aid his take-off, and Sunday broke the organiza-| The Senate labor group has more|ygsted effort. In an attempt to | Lt. Cavnar headed his plane back tion dedicated to a new totalitar-|union representatives on tap when clear the record, the Senators this| 1to Thule, 200 miles to the south<of ian Germany. it resumes hearings tomorrow. morning expunged from their Jour-| {the cresh scene, where the eleven ‘American officials said headquart-| Ellender said one of the things na) of Friday all action on recon»{ } |arrived at 1:05 (EST). ers of the subversive group ap-|congress seams likely to do is re-|sicoration except Senator Gunnard. 2 ; The 11 men and Lt. Cavnar will parently was in the British zone. ?:"5“ “"’i act “to restore free speech | Engebreth’s notice of intention.| This is a general view of the wreekage ¢f a two-story building destroyed by 2 tertific explosion in downtown Los Angeles, killing at least 15 |be taken to Westover Field, Chico- 0 employers. They also wrote in that prior to| > " , b 2 r amag re than 3 . are g ce Falls, Mass., probably t D Ciise Linted | “The Louisiana Senator was crit- pngebreth's notice the House haq] Persons and injuring more than 200. The tl\plosln;‘mm-kfll an area four blocks square and damaged more (han 300 homes. Bare spot at 5)/“- e md* mrrfpl ably tomorrow, > “There was very close liaison be-!ical of what he calld the “nega-|peen asked to send the bill back. left of this picture is scene of actual explosion itself. (arrow) (P Photo L s sk R e tween the leaders in the Britishtive attitude” of union leaders and| ity Friday's action ostensibfy; T T e : i R A T R {opceation from Thule at 9:30 a. m. zone ancl_ the 30 hlgh“anls selzedls:ud that fact is causing many undone, the Senators began over | l " | (EST) and landed beside the B-29 L. in American territory,” one U. S.)congress members “who have been again this morning—but only after | ! wo ousan ea( ers |“ | |at 11:03 a. m. (EST). It took just officer rommented. fon the fence to get off. | President Andrew Nerland demand- ! | 127 minutes to lcad the men and Those seized in the American, “When the union people come injeq that any action taken today| '[0 BE CONDU('I'ED i {prepare for the takeoff. zone, arrested at their homes, wereihere and say they are snow white correspond with Friday's. A revis-! i Taking off from the sceme at 11:30 a, m., the C-54 returned to The rockets 1w< re used on the C-54 to give the heavy plane impetus for the take- ‘off. AT AN ENDi Lt. Cavnar has been engaged in cperations for the ATC since 1945 United States and British sol- whelmed, 2 to 14. Only Senators| o o & | | He has becn reccmmended for the . diers and intelligence men, striking | Dawes and Rogge stuck to their| FIShmg IndflSh’y fl!R S".I"T l(E Al?l}x;:TA;;;OMNu:nmi'.sb %, pm:“" Ha"y K. Thaw Who iShOND“‘”"Y“"‘d Flying Cross with throughout their occupation zones| guns. | schools were closed today as more {Oak Leaf Cluster for his rescue. Stanford White, Married despite 2 snowstorm and icy roads, M 4 ! ¢ Littla other action took place in seized once-high officers of the old, 4 # o Bv VERN HAUGLAND than 2,000 teachers seeking pay ! iy 3 SS (Elite Guard), SA (Storm| the Senste todky belore the body| i bocsts staged the largest teacher 1 Niact | LADD PIELD, Fairbanks, Alaska, adjourned until 10 o'clock tomor ‘ owgirl, Diesin Sout Feb. 24—M—Ele Army g Troops), Hitler Youth, German In-| 8 der Bt g I, ) WASHINGTON, Feb, 24—¥ strike in U. S. history. g I u ‘( b, 24.—iP—Eleven rmy Air row in order to leave this after-ipy. pich and Wildlife Service dis- LA, | Force fliers buddled today on the telligence and other similar agen-“ cies in the biggest such movement | since the war—the first to cover two zones. |noon free for committee chores. The | | Senate had no calendar for today.! closed today that it wants to re- . Jail Term i One measure, H. J. R. 2, was re- ported out by the Territorial In-j PLANE CRASHES Two Others Are Dead with commission its research vessel, the Albatross ITI, as scon as possible to conduct tiawling studies of New | Approximately 60,000 of the city's | 71,000 pupils took a forced holiday. | Only about one-third of a total of 2,960 teachers remained on duty. Confusion reigned as teachers at- Feb, 24. _|barren, icy reaches of the north- MIAMI BE. K. Thaw,| Western Greenland ice-cap as res- (M—The body of 76-year-old multimillionaire whose turbulent life came to a peaceful ! ! cue missions from two parts of the world converged in a giant-scale i Bt 1 : A stitutions Committee and was giv-; ¥ 5 AR »'cloge here Saturday artad Operation for theiwr evacuation. s Mg 2 . ! NUERNBERG, Feb. 24—M—Franz Yy 4 ! England. oy | tempted to organize classes at the close here Satur night, startadi Operatior n A British senior intelligence offi-{ ¢, “papen ot Adolph Hitler's| ", & Dew referal to finance. | oy objective of the 165-foot Fourth Member Critical- ,aFayette high school, one of two today to Pittsburgh for funeral; None of the 11 men, members of cer at Heford said the movement| oo 2@t T N ced by o message recelved from the GOV | research vessel will be to deter- 4 g Ihigh schools kept open. Hundreds ritcs and burial !the B-20 photographic reconnais- claimed possession of\a secret bac- p German denazification court 16 et fn‘:nsu,&f o ipple. | mine whether trawling as practiced Iy anUI'Ed n OTCQOD of students milled through the « Thaw dled of coronary thrombo-; 54N Bupscfortress ‘Kbe Eird teriological weapon ready fOr USe|qoy (o serve eight years at hard menary | iotion for sehepls:|in the North Atlantic since 1905 sl Iridors, while only a few Teported gis in the rented home where he| ¥hich crashed Friday, are believed Other officers declared they had mentary appropriation for schools; for the first classes been living since last Noy 1,|injured. not learned for sure whether the, group had such a weapon. Ccl.; Hans Einsmann, one-time officer of { the German Bacteriological war-! fare division, was captured in the| British zone. i The British said the movement: labor. 8. B. 15, increasing taxes on liquors; Sentence was imposed by theiy ; M 1, the Statehood Memor- seven-man court after it had found |y “ang’ H. J. M. 2, urging con-| the former Reich chancellor and | stryction of a road from Fort Davis ambassador guilty as & “major of- 4, Gouncil in the Second Division.| fender” who vhell’efi H‘”e"N | Seven new Senate bills were re- ! PD":H and hsuyed with the Nazi|ceiveq and referred to committees.} regime to the end. Some confusion was caused by re- is harmful. If studies show it is not, said El- mer Higgins, Chief of Fishery Bio- logy for the Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice, the effect upon the North Pacific fishing industry will be great. Alaskan fishermen oppose trawl- KLAMATH ¥ALLS, Ore, Feb. 24. {P—Air stunt ace John G. “Tex” Rankin, who in the early days of his flying feats taunted fate in a numbered “13” airplane and often carried a black cat in his cockpit, !was Kkilled yesterday in a plane lcrash in which two others and a | Officials said some teaciers from |the closed schools were on havd to aid LaFayette’s normal complement of 58. The strikers were warned ky their leader to “carry on with the dig- nity that has always been associat- Here was the rescue picture with Thaw first gained prominence|the Army's race against time and when he inherited a fortune esti-|jweather made more difficult by mated at $40,000,000 from his ram-i the extreme cold and short days of er, a railroad magnate, and reaped|the Arctic region. netoriety through his marriage tol showgirl Evelyn Nesbit i Rescue Forces and his sub- | Three transports and a sequent shooting of Stanford White | troop- stretched into the Russian and 0 1 - cive) enzhepz::;;;‘s?oftr::;cdco‘x’x?sc::e‘;:“ip‘ by the House of a Second en-iing and fish for helibut with lines. fourth was critically injured S Wik e gwolempion.” e e 25, 1906 !carrying glider winged their way (Continued on Page Five) 1 Vel Banas s dbdilitad BE sae rolled edition of H. B. 11. That|Many others also contend the| The famous aviator, who at the 2 i o G {across northern Canada from Ladd 5 7T | erithae c:arges onlyq Taah october|mmk" Primary bill had already| trawls, which bring up as much as'age of 53 held twc world air stunt-| ‘Wh‘no, one of the nation's leading { Field to establish an operational y x by the International Milary neihad its first Senate reading on{10,000 pounds of fish at one time,|ing championships was piloting a NOR'I'H SE A S'"ll archilects, was shoi on the Xoofipase at Thule, Greenland, 200 The washlnglo Bhoal - ahik iehtkited’ ek | + !damage the ocean bottom by flat- . four place single engine amphibian garden of the old Madison Square{miles south of the crash scene. | Goering and 10 other Nazi leaders| At the request of Senator O, D“tening it out, smashing coral, sea when it lost power just after tak- N f‘““}“"v s a result of alleged rela-| At New York, Maj. Gen. Willlam p Cochran, John M. Cross was €X-weed and small marine life. ing off from an airport here and 5 \ags Lepweon, White.and dlss Ness 7, Tunnies, Commanding . Densisl to death following a history-mak-|tenged the privilege of-the Senate| struck a powerline Bit prior to her marriage to Thaw. of the Atlantic Division of the Air i MEHY-GO-ROIID “ling trial here. I “If it is true tnac trawling is StTuC i i The one-time Nazi diplomat now oor. g 5 | harmful, we should know about it Witnesses said ‘Rankin maneuv- !S NOT REFLOAIED Two trials followed the :,l}aying,‘T“"“p""" Command, took prelim- 5 By DREW PKARSON |is 68 and has hardening of the| S land it should be stopped,” Hig-|cred the plane away from the resi- and Thaw was declared insane. Af-|Iary steps for a rescue by hell- ~“ig {arteries. The court’s sentence was/® © ® ® e ¢ = e ® e ¢ gins told reporters. {dentfal area toward open fields & ter spending some time in an M,-_icfll-'!er or by dog team and alerted 5 WASHINGTON—Lsuring the 1036 regarded as tantamount to a lifz|® WEATHER REPORT | “If trawling is not harmful, pa-|south of the city but did not have! SEATTLE, Feb. 24—P—BI{orts {0 sy “ho gamed his freedom and @4l ATC airerait in Newfoundland, Republican Convention in Cleve- | term. ® Temperaturés for 24-Hour o | cific fisheries may be wasting H;cfluugh al.l.ilud.‘ as it flipped (.xn_ns ;fii&:;:t é:fi .sbrxngf-:{)xfi :zh‘i':mlxl;‘tll- rémainad in the news mmugh‘bn‘hrudor and Greenland to stand land, GOP bigwigs labored late| Von Papen's confiscated property| ¢ Period Ending 7:30 vClock e | great resource. perticularly in the PAck after snagging the power line. FIRE F@ OO MO TS s AbnorM- preach of promise and damage | Teady to aid. “ofie might to pevsusde Senator Ar-|includes centuries-old _estates in| e This Morning. o | Alaska area, by neglecting to em-| The others killed were Cy Wul_&Nozthlg g U) t; l:m N g Suits, night club cseapades and ex-| May Mush Them Out thur Vandenberg to be Alf un,!both the| French and British zones| e e !ploy this system.” |lan and Jack Elie, flying Sem-ce‘ad Ry Zransportation Was pensive parties ! Capt. Donald A. Shaw, a spec- don's Vice-Presidential running]“‘ Germany. He was barred from|e In Juneau—Maximum, 43; e| The Fish and Wildlife Service | Operators here. Injured was Mil- u:flsedtfmmtl-a‘ I.h. Bl"lyld-’B (:1 l‘"r , - " jialist in Arctic rescue work, was mate. entering both zones after his ac-|e minimum, 37. o|has asked Congress for $54000 ton Thompson, Kiamath Falls, vet-|OUter o feanin et Lelo 1A 8 ifos {flown from New York to Goose One man who especially wanted |Quittal at the war-crimes trial and|e At Airport—Maximum, 41; with which to operate her for 9|€ran of air transprt L'C"].fl’lanfli":gx'l ‘efl"k % “};"l ‘j(“A”:;"’:,r’ “‘:““l FORMER “Ew YORK Bay, Labrador. There the ATC Vandenberg to take 2nd place on|¥as forced to.remain in the U. 8.\ o minimum, 33. months after her reconversion is! {lights over the CBI “hump,” who B18K & ¥ec &40, L91 pasecore & dog teams and equipment by which the ticket was the Chicago Tri-|Z00e- |o completed next October. is in a coma at the hospital suf-| ::W weré n’moe‘( !\; : ‘W Ma;q:]. sled and dogs can be dropped by bune’s Colonel Bertie McCormick.| At the denazification trial, hele WEATHER FORECAST | Z S e e, fering concussion. y Ul"“v ““r"du “’;‘)‘"“ o wq_th:[‘ VI(E loRD IS To BE i parachutes if it is necessary to . He figured that the combination of protested that he had been mo-| ¢ (Juneau and Vicinity) | S0 ‘Mna:imrb'e e T Lok deTa R | “mush” the trapped men out. ne investigating unit said no | A Coast Guard helicopter was i tivated by a desire not to help:. !decision had been made on calling the Kansas Governor and the SIOCK OUOIAIIONS | SENT BACK To rlAI.Y C! > Michigan Senator would beat even Flitler, but to help Germany. i® Cloudy with occasional e \GAME (OMMISSWN la formal hearing on the cause of| ¢ |z:tr:;fd u':' aa:,\,::; p,l;:::‘,o’::,‘,:l;i:; Roosevelt. Vandenberg, however, light rain and not much NEW YORK, Feb, 24.-(P—Clos- {the grounding. i T— to await further 6rders.’ AROhSr remained adamant. change in temperature this AHOTSEAT ing quotation of Alaska Juneau MEMBERS ALL HERE; - D - PRISONER FROM SITKA HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 24 <P—In-! plane carrying replacement parts . . . . L] . L k’s pressure on Van- e afternoon and Tuesday. L 4 v der:e(::":i:d bee‘; brought entirely | . 4 . ,"“"9 stock today is 5%, American i terior Minister Alfredo Pequeno| for the helicopter and additional through second parties. S0, when| CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—®—Police' ® PRECIPITATION "sval: ::‘25' Alnnu::onda 40;»,chan.\- SESS'ONS (0""““[; Deputy U. Ahvahol Wi said today Charles “Lucky” Luci-| Coast Guatd operators stood by at : . 8o, 3 . 24—P— 2 " rig! , International Harvester | ! €T no, detained at the Tiscornia im- Westover Field, Mass, to support t the | @ (Past 24 hours endirg 7:30 2.m. today) @ | oo i A P o s g $ tsk;s;t;nrll;%:;lwm Sl 468 tholiney’ wooe igoking -oe & puEEIn | f ® {80%, Kennecott 47, New York Cen- —_— [EREARL petumned saturday 00 migration station since his arrest|the operation if e helicopter res- B e B O o 41 i Juioa — 1 mpchion, [ B B e 31, © Members of the Alaska Game|Sitka with one prisoner, Frank ggpurgay, would be sent. back to cue were attempted. - ogfia chmpo - Vans g, and 0 V;’h‘iddms pants anrc;.a [o i dooan L RS .is. Steel 75%, Pound $4.02%. Commission held meetings over zhey:’”w‘hm- Fho' was | arvated o0 &\ Joely ! Contact By Radio P nt:nr 0n ~h3‘s Srgumem.s oo P2 m{j i on an;l Gduy ooon‘;[. e Sales today were 810,000 shares. weekend in order to finish their 1"”:‘ and disorderly "'"‘f‘"' Hel pLuciano, former New York viee| A reconnaissance flight by a e);‘ ‘:h GOP nebded hid 86 Vice- I pistol: to 3!msu1"retr1 3" “h :ind" At Ah—poré et Dow, Jones averages today are annual game conference by me,gea ed v?‘“"y to ““‘"“‘““"v €ON- overlord, is held incommunicado at|third ATC plane, which late yes- Rl el ey st mepe";;: Gl e Sl e B follows: industrials 18140, rails middle of the week. }w‘i‘fl:ouf%::rlr‘n' “)“(‘ “I‘k‘y"‘* @ CATithe Tiscornia Station, Cuba's Ellis| terday established radio contact ¥ | thel n v m | isalol: 5163, utilities 37.36 Albert M. Day, Director of Fish ission of the OWNEI [slang, gacross Havana Bay from|with the marooned men, was -to 3 ?;;eszigrn. m\:vnotul:‘ ):):Ythker'to be m?'("rhznwt);el-tc;ugt‘fh;di:zckmx?déhe : since July 1, 46.38 inches. : PG :\.nd Wildlife from Chicago, andv"“d] w‘us sentenced to 30 days nn‘mwam ! determine what means of rescue “No," confessed McCormick e N ] S e 4 s e s ae oinie o| ARRATGREDY NERR EYLING |l S NOLL Sont from | SAA0- SoNk | Qoftminant, offioes _ wese . suk | would: be. naed . AUE ATO sakdy Thig “Woéll clm;;ndn't h 3 -stovt; et et Bondln g 2 NG ‘Pm;ne‘ arrived in Juneau Saturday | S :;’BA“A\“F down today for Cuba’s national' plane returned last night to Son- " o o5y 3 oere ! A ST R s = and participated in the weekend o feast day. Pe ld a reporter 8 rre- That ended the argument. Van-|With his trousers smoking. FAIRBANKS FOLK HERE | Phillip Joseph was arraigned to- conferences. - AR N o (“’-);un‘ ;‘\:T:ra::,(,_i.:;t:;L:’::ai]:xrxdoxmr::» w;::{w;):t denberg did not run for Vice-Pres- SAY; —mm;};—" ;da_v in the_UA _S. Commissioner's| Earl Ohmer, chairman, stated Members of the Anchorage Ski to Ttaly, whence he came to this! of Greenland e ! ¥ ident in 1936, and it was common CISC. ERE Arriving in Juneau over the; Court on violation of game laws that all commissioners and agents team were registeed the Bar-|country last October | Snatched Into Air weekend and registered at the for killing a deer out of season 'y top billing later—the chance to! Margaret M. Montgomery, from|Baranof Hotel from Fairbamks Joseph was arrested by Jack Li- run for President. Whether this San Francisco, Calif., arrived by, were the following persons: G. A. kens, Fish and Wildlife agent, af- was crue or false, some p-radoxx-lPsn American Airways from Fair-| Gustafson, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mor—‘iter shooting the deer near Hilda banks yesterday, and registered at|iarty and Lydia Fohn-Hansen of |Creek on Douglas Island last Fri- (Continued on Page Four) the Baranof Hotel. the University of Alaska. day. from all parts of the Territory are anof Hotel over the weekend, They| It was learned Luciano indicated | rig G " now in the city and changing|included Donald Mertz, Bob Grant-|to "Benito Herrera, chief of the on-lcj,',.‘:a,,(;?:,‘u é“f,';’:’,';, ’:1' .?.[Lm:!f::] of rules and regulations, and (u-]hnm. George Johnson, Hugh Bauer!ret police, that he was willing to|kan Air Command and head of ture policy to be carried out this|Charles' Hightower t. I Easley,{return voluntarily to Italy, but Pe-|gseach and rescue operations, said year will come under this week's| Harold Hartman, joe Young, Genequeno said Luciano “has not made - 2 s discussions. Brady and Dave Jackson. any form request.” » gossip that he was waiting for the (Continued on Page Five)