The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 28, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ : “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” . N VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,515 . JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, F} BRU:\RY 28, 1947 MLMB[ R \ssocml I)PRLbS CENTS 4 —— "N Aerial Armada On Search For Lost Superfort TRUMAN - GOP Couple Married on Movie jieSet f‘m% IA"sS:fzflv They Plan March Weddmg NO TRACE IS COOPERATION TR | - REPORTED OF | RE(REAT!ON SITE . WEARS THIN s e e v . GREATCRAFT Poor Visibility Has Hamp- | resenting Major. Gen. “Howard A. 4 Cralg, (vn.un:\ndlnu General of the; ! | ered Seekers-Weath- er Is Improving Alwun artment, were in Ju-| nuu tod inspecting ‘conditions relagive to “the development of this city as a leave center for soldiers in she Territory i s are Col. Leslie G. | Mulzer, Col. 8. S. Brownton and Col: E. F. Ketcham. With them, Jare Capt. Carl F. Funk, S-Sgt.! I'Mu¥l Garner and Sgt. Earl J. Mc- { Allister { O6l. Mulzer, spokesman for the three, said today that no definite statement could be made by them| funtfl after they report back to Major Gen. Craig in Anchorage.| However, stated the Colonel, there/ are very definite drawbacks to go-| Outward fii;r;nony May Cover Future Blowup on Affairs of Nation WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—P—| & Cooperation between Plesldem‘ B Truman and the Republican-con-| trolled Congress appears to be‘ wearing thin on domestic issues| today as the legislators near the end of their second month’s work. Mr. Truman and GOP leaders| have maintained outward har- mony on foreign policies, but | ANCHORAGE, Awasku, F 28, ~(P—Improving weather condi- over the Bruins Bay Pass of the Alaska Peninsula early morning indicated a large acrial armada will be able to start at dawn from mainland and Aleutian Island bases in the search for a B-29 and its crew missing sincs Monday. i akead at this time with a there are signs that a blowup may ll:gge Soale pm:mm lof xeneuuun-‘ . Planes scouring tke area yes- not be far off on home af(a?rs. i E a1 development in Juneau. | terday reported no trace of the Although he called RE:‘:’"‘%:‘:: } | Foremost concern of the inspect-| missing craft, believed to have o 8 well as Democrats to t & jing ‘officers is the serious venereal| =} carried a erew of 13. Searches House yesterday for a highly sec- Talldhed situation in Juneau, and] > however, reported ‘that poor visi- ret discussion by Secretary of: tthe wide open red light district.: £ * o € # | bility hampored their efforts State George C. MuljshallFoxbl E\:-' In Anchorage, said Col. Mulzer,| § ¢ 4 5 Weather observers predicted to- ropean affairs, not since February there was only one venereal dis- i) day would bring e best condi- 3 has Mr. Truman helfl \linyd rflet’:-\ lease ‘case last month among the! tions for observing since the plane oy ing with congressional leaders to \|Army forces station there { 3 E | disappeared Monday while on & bk s legislatl;!e gfogrgzfid 2 { Mayor Waino Hendrickson, meet- g v . v 3 training flight over the Alaska (A‘ "’“}: :“;?:éeonuie rosidont | Actor Alan Hale wheels a wedding cake onto the s ¢ of the movie “My Wild Irih Rose” after two [ing with the officers, assured them | e % S8 | Peninsula. Light gnows were fore- i’“d"“:e O ded to cooperate with | dancers in the film, Jow Ames, 21, and Dick Landry, 27, were married before the assembled company in |that elforts are now in progress : f:l.\r llf'u(’l(.(.hr‘ mountain area around (‘ungres& for the welfare of the| Hollywocd. Standing beside the bridegroom is Actor Dennis Morgan, best man. Actress Andrea King %0 curb the venereal discase rate; g ¢ oy o S s ”']‘m_l~l":‘>‘>1‘r"l llhfh volcano Ili- nation, the lawmakers said there| (right) was matrcn of honor. () Photo. mq"um:lml i i o ofti| - ereen ‘Actress Sylvia Sidn nd Carlton Alsop, H BEA Wiver- i th pl;'n:;I;] .1\::’,:?:‘1(. (nm“mmw . s Second deterrent facing the o . A cipal searc raas, had been & “desultory but con-— - - - "| tising executive, discuss plans in her Hollywood heme for their wed- Brig. Jossph - Abliihe cers in their inspection here IS, .o narcn They revealed their engagement recently. ¥ Photo. | ajr Gommand 5 o AR genial .c““me?‘ce"f;:l 'hel ”;fltzo:_ the A. B. Hall, to which the Armv - b > , 56 sterday the (hcvu{1lon. E{‘ery w:uz :voided at! as ale ;wok over a lease on February plane carried emergency rations troversial nature with the purpose of renovating {for approximately 10 days. the first meeting on Jam:::;y 16, {#br -a barracks and club. | With the break in the weather, those whq auemli:: ;ex:or - M The officers concluded that cost e Ieve uss'a ow as General Atkingon alerted all pos- Cooperat - e A N F I H “s Doc a' lof remodeling the A. B. Hall would | ible serviees which might be call- Mr, Truman is leaving Was| mz-i Il,un too high to make it worth| a 3 {ed upon in event the plane is lo~ ton Sunday for Mexico and lner‘ while. Investigation was being F ' jcated. Aerial rescue equipment, a Caribbean cruise and may .bc3 ,mnur' this afternoon into the uper'or or(e ea y 0 including a parachute team of a away when congress\cnu]rcommlunt ear ar or tavailability of other more suit-, S medical officer and two medical tees have completed drafting S‘h- 1able buildings. | jcorpsmen and two woodsmen, is bor disputes bills. Mos'.' legl“n» \ Colonels Mulzer, Brownton and t1being held ready, snow-weasels, dog tors think these bills will offer; . cham all agreed. that they are! i g ’I e rgm lr S . i luu:l rescue pers » - $ Y B ey oniey " of the| LTGBTION of Tax Survey Five Hundred F're Fighters ' Assures Islanders Pres." Lvery much impressed with the 1o " Senate Labor committee already( creational possibilities of the Ju- . nas said he wants to meet wxchi' Commission Is Among Attack FIames—Many Truman Flrmly Behind !;:;:-;dm;:. oes: ek -qulle. niee HOUSE VOTES | By ELTON C. FAY ‘ . the President when a bill is ready! . | costh o Badin bk 5 | WASHINGTON, Feb. 28— to. determme whetner nr. -] New Senate Bills Are Overcome Self-Government |coss in sesturants here, s com- | wasumaToN, peb min—|EE STMES GET man has any specific objections. —_— and . Anchorage. |borne army in being or in train- It the President and top GOP! A pill for a new net tax on fish PEARL HARBOR, Feb, 28.—®— HONOLULU, Feb. 28 (P—Sec-1 D T S ing far surpassing that of any umm! S“ow SIORM ls congress members reach any gen-iprgducts—to be effective only The Navy sought to find the| France, Mexfco, Norway, Russia and | power. F i ’ eral agreement, it would be hailed| through the coming biennium— cause today of a flash fire which| waii's legislature today that Pres- | sInformetion filtering out of Rus- as a demonstration that the tWO!was introduced in the Alaska Sen- swept a huge Pearl Harbor dock, ident Truman “was firmly behix.dgMA"Y IRAPPED sia indicates, it is learned, that| Mov‘“fi EASI"E Lranches can work togother de-igte today by Gunnard M. Enge- sent 25 firefighters to the hospital Hawailan statehood and would do! | the Soviet Union's strength in spite their control by opposite Par-ipreth. It is the major measure of and laid a smoke pall over the| everything he could to obtain it | AS H.OOD H"S i troops trained for lightning slrikv:i!zu\( THE AS ¢ ties. iseven new bills received by the giant base. The assurances, the Secretary! 3 » from the air may number as high| Si b AR, Bl Labor Opposition ! Senate. Damage was expected to run added in a speech prepared for! { {as 100,000 men. > ‘g(,"r[‘{::;s, l:&k:udb Xt"um o [,m‘ The feeling in congress, how-i Senator Engebreth’s Senate Bill into hundreds of thousand of dol- delivery were given by the Presl-! Bollle" Iow“ This force compares with the;moving east !rz;n ;lex:,mml mey):s cver, is that the possibility of anyi71, would set the followng fish lars, and it might have ,mountad dent in Washington just before; Re(ewes BI“ '0 Applo- single airborne division” which the!pected to wash awa tract‘i b- such agreement is slim because|levies, in oddition to already pre- far I er but for 500 Navy and Krug set out recently on h.is tour | United States possesses. That di-{pightfall y .4 Lemocratic party leaders gener-|scribed taxes: Marine fire-fighters who confin-'of the Pacific 1Cf0(0d"es ROve Streefs—! riate Million Dollars vision—the 82nd at Fort Brage, N.i The light snow covered most of ally are regarded as courting thei One cent per pound (48 cents ed yesterday's blaze to a quarter-| «Can we, with & clear conscience, [ ! Side C.— has ur authorized strength of |Tenncsses, Northern . Mississippi organized labor vote for the 1948|per case) on canned king and red mile-long wooden dock. tell others how to inspps sfvéedom | U S Hymg Boats - for S(hOOl BUIIdII]QS 113,000 men but presumably is be-|Alabama, Georgia and South Presidential campaign. Union lead-|salmon. At the height of the r0aring and self government,” Krug asked, | Rpgs H low that figure. | Carolina, ex:"ndl’ng almost as far ers have opposed virtually all of| _One-hali cent per pound 24 fire, civillan workers moved MOre|wif we withhold and deny it to! Answer S0S Efforts to bring the 82nd nearer south as Montgomery, Ala, and the major suggestions thus faricents per case) on all other spec- than 5000 tons of supplies t0 &l nundreds of thousands of our cit- | The House ol Represeniatives af- i * d authorized strength have been Macon, Ga ter a brief discu: this morning made for changes in the 1aws. |jes of salmon canned. Iplaca of satety when the flames b —_ : ; i g e C 4 On another important front—' oOp all mild-cured, salted, frozen licked close to the adjacent wara- m?“‘ ! WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, passed an amended version of S. ::;E:;;:::u‘:fl:zn:l"1~mf-x~‘z'.[u»::|‘:lm::ll l\:!]»“rml':kr:g::t ““)r‘a:: b r:_wl\]:linz s government spending—neither the|or otherwise processed fish—in-|house area. | “We are now using our uimost|Feb. 28—(P—American airmen are B. 17 by 1 vote of 13-6. The bill oo v “erees in Germany sod|i the. ases sodth of CHIEY President nor congress has offef-' cquding red . saumon. eodfish and | G bk e gld(-uvor‘\ to srovuae and foster answering an SOS call from Bo- as it originally went to the House p o' 5 debimid Wbtz e ed any of the kind of cooperation |phajibut—cre-half cent per pound.. Fire brok: out without warning emocratic self government in the |livia. A flood has completely! from, the Senate, named the Com- ST i W e Sy o Mr. Truman said he was talking| it e Droks ot O e g | Datons - which rim. the Pacific—, covered the northern Bolivien town | missioner of Labor a member of | Some ctretegists rote that the; Temperatures Pt o, JSeTarey about Lefore congress met. i The canned salmon provisions'go i and the w‘)m; ship Obemn‘(,he Philippines, China,, Korea and:of Trinidad, trapping most of its'the Territorial Board of Adminis- Yeported 160,000-man strength 0[""“’;"* h‘:lll':f‘-] the {wezinu LS e S would replace the special 1046 case |ge 1045 a. m. and within a fow J2PAH: (8000 inhabitants. A squadron of!tration in place of the Govemor. ihe Russian airborne force may bejfark —Atlanta M. DN Prewar Wurttemberg was called|tax on salmon of 10 cents and|minutee had raced the length of| Y€l €Y'V agument, every econ-four American Army flying boats'As amended by the Housc, the ding because of a possible GCFICES g the Detroit of Germany because|four centc per case, Tespectively, tna dock to the submarine side of| O™IC @id, every Democratic hope is(is zooming across the Caribbean to- Governor would remain a member clency in the:tmportens | [0 New fingland jthe weaiber of its autoinchile production. ‘for red and other salmon canned.'yye yarg : ? {confronted by an example of our{ward the town where the people of the board and the Commissioner Matter of air transportation :4? x"“lznr'l‘xl::g ‘: iov:" ”:” /;:guzl:, All levies provided by the il “Grews of the Oberon and the oV Bon-aeligOvTIEHES Simritary, | are THERLND be “‘"““}g,.“’ tree- of Educaticn would be replaced b Ryegig’s primary aviation interest | grees. Buffalo, N. Y., had a low » would be in addition to standing:nearby destroyer tencer Sierra got| "iCh 15 4 stepping stone to that,tops and roofs. The flylng boals the Comwissioner of Labor 1¢ the war was in tighter type of 19. It was clear .and cold it The Washin Ionfiaxe& which run as high as 20 their ships under way quickly and,*4me Orient.” jare capable of landing in flood-| Before the measure came 0 & pionas Sha virtually ignored 1,~‘I\v [the Midwest “with Chicago Fepost. g jcents per case on canned red and oyt into the saf: channel as the ":{’"fi; Mookt hie way hom‘.‘mg:“'odu are reported roving! YO Reps. Robert Hoopes and S obudt gtid efttier Saknes ‘,”, a low of 10 degraes: “"itkes {king salmen, six cents per case on|flames spread along the oily wat- “H‘m' e Pacific tour, declared that 5 0C! es }11( ‘rep.'w od | ) 1;13 Maurice Johnson, gave a brief his- iey or production difficulties !was a prediction of snow ir erry- o- oun ‘other carned salmon, five cents ers, sending biack smoke cloulls awailans of the United States.the streets of Trinidad, and the g5y of the same bill in the 1945 Gig igle tr nsport plane building, | Chicago per hundred pounds on mild-cured | pillowin, want political equality within/tesidents are trying to get to the pegiglature of which both Were wpat her > t ! "Sub zero temperatires re- Pl g What her strength in transport is| Sub zero temperatures were re red king salmoz, two and one-half N s DA their own nation just as do Tex-'jungle hills and are in danger of|pemper today is or i {portsd in North Minnes By DREW PLARSON gents per hundred pounds on m“di : Altack Two Sides ans, or Californians or Vermont-| being attacked by wild animals” 'y ooy ot that time, they said, “I(‘:xd‘i;’“:ilvu‘1':[)‘).;:"[‘ ol ‘w‘md MDI]:I‘lna i:v;e::nn cul:m;::: i i our firefighting tugs and a ers.” ia report | ? i % AP SORORIS POV, SN = i Lol oHRed Iwhie kings. SN oBHIN, BREe S FDK e b el Lk |passed the Senate first, then Was jng the war the United Statesis moving in from Canada. WASHINGTON Republican | hundred pounds on salt codfish and |dozen smaller craft equipped with| “To deny them statehood,” he| | passed by a 22-1 vote in the House. ' turned over to Russis ! Jeaders held two closed-door meet-|two and one-half cents per hun-' {hose moved in and shot water in- added, “is to deny them po‘nlcul On B e lte-aidon the following rned over to Russia about 1700 ( ) transport airplanes among the 25,- ings on the budget last week which | greq pounds on other salted andfto the mass of flames, while equality just as surely as the Im- dfly' however, it failed to pass and oo gelivered A 4 were as different as dayand night. | mild curei fish. | shoreside fire-fighters poured ON perial Japanese government demed Ithe vote was 11-12, a change of Sin s ot ShREC 00tk One was a meeting of Senate Re-| There is no present tax on fro- VWater and chemicals. iequal political status to Koreans I“ GROU“DING |11 votes overnight. That change ports plus B 3 s ; rans- | Ngw YORK, Feb. 28.—Closing publicans which went on record|zen fish products. ; Twenty-five of the fire- Ilghlerb and Formosans.” 'wa: T harnan ports plus any she may have ob-yeyotation of Alaska Juneau mine against any sharp budget cuts for{ The pili was referred to the' “cr¢ overcome by smoke and were! i g s e e polgasie: “rv tained from Britain and built her-|.ooe today is 5%, American Can the Army and Navy. The other wa: S S i he ' aken to Naval Hospital, some pro-| Krug observed that the majority | BT e O L o) self still are operable is unknown. {97k, A . ) i wadgh y- S | Taxation and Fisheries Commit- 2 Labor was not wanted on the' gowever 5 . Anaconda 41%, Curtiss-Wright ing of House Republicans |testing that they could stay and of 500,000 Americans Jiving in Ha- However, American experts have (g Intermn 1 i e p . & meeting 4 tees. bomieri it N s bt Wl Wete Rofn T & | Board of Administration estimatsd. that' 16 - reaiites - mbout] . AeImatenal © IAEEHROY - DI which voted :v;xwhelmmxly to cut| Other prominent bills in the new f:egv:d “: g:;::s cogfiffio‘;as i flag. S IR, e | SEATTLE, th 28—P—The 13th| “Some of the same people Who 1500 U..,,,\],,',‘,p ¢ ?i‘)”un‘ )n;:lt | Bopnecad 4%, e ol e the Army and Navy. | ¢ el -‘ » s of exising de-|19), Northern Pacific 20%, K At m: secret session of House se;"; i g z | Navy authorities estimated that Krug declared that statehood Coast Guard District hfddquflltem“’”d against the bill then are for |signg (o move one division of about | geeel 737 Pound $4 024 v. 8 I 75, by Coffey—To create & 109 oihers were treated for minor| would strengthen the United States | (0day announced Capt. Charles P.|it now,’ Johnson said, “and IS 12,000 men with their equipment sl S S FoRioRK GOP leacers here was only onetax survey commission to study the | Walsh, he hi \hhuw~. that good bills are sometimes y .| Sales today were 680,000 shares dissenting voice, that of absent!tax struct |burns and many others, overcome|in the Pacific where it “is now al pilot of the steamship Al- & shin During World War II, Russla’s| pow, Jopes averages today are e anirias o(' ax structure of the Territory and | tennorarily, were revived on the and must continue to be a power.” | 45ka which went aground south deleaft‘d un purely personal is- gtandard airborne unit was a bri- 5 P ) ] report on it to the Legislature. ‘ g ot i 2 ,as follows: industrials 178.90, rails tdock and returned to their &ta» S e. . of Cordova Feb. 2, had been found gade slightly more than 4,000 men | 5,4 36 Butfalo, N. ¥, who was 1ll, but|s65000 would be appropriated for tions. | P negligent in navigating the vessel. Resolution Strikes Snag used IT - hutists Bl b v whose letter against Army-Navy|the purpore. Referred to Taxation | gl 0 1 4e0 ERRET. 88, PREROINLINA OF. Offs R It was approximately four hours; | His license is suspended for three| 8.J. R 1, which would direct the |pjeq in transports. While details ek e read by Congressman | A g M g | ! E| ES laghl e and T __[after the flames broke out that the TERM'"“- KNOT “ERE [ months, one month effective im- | Welfare Department o pay $10 & lare not known, it is believed that| SEATTED B o n with A o o ver, 1t was! eatorof ), Munz—A_revised [names were browpnt under con-| FOR CARGO OF LUMBER | istels and the others to beiday to the Nome Hospital for Ut |the Red Army may have orsanized | whciesale sules reported ith no e LA At Rlleq. Seuste BII U, 0. iy, ‘ {part. of an eight-month probation- |care of Axel Werner, struck 08 | iis postwar airborne force somo- | Vo e, Sles reported i the Chi h‘l’nfl;’l f he powerful Senau.: PSS . vinidannl penaltiss forl PR b ol i | ary period. | when it come up for third reading what along the lines of the Unit- ‘n;:;rkvt 5 : ,“ :u lo butter Al ‘[_0 Cop bl s violations of bar licensing laws. | M. S. Terminal Knot, of the Notice of an appeal was given |in the House this morning ed States, into divisions probably ! goqay :jfll“ two cents a pound _ Appropriations Comm! n with forfeiture of bond wnhhald - |Alaska Steamship Company, ar- by attornevs for Walsh. | Rep. Ed Anderson told the House | ahour the standard 00 strength. | 20Y: thizd such advance in the * vigorous budget-cutter, first took | until a third offense. To Judiciary. | rived in J last ¢ that W i paard 12,000 alrensth. | paat. weak » uneau evening a _———e— | that Werner is without means and - - i g the floor to remind his colleagues .- : PHILADELPHIA — The $5828.00/8 'clock and today is loading| FROM SEATTLE {that he is very sick. “I went to the ; Dealers offered producers 74 of their pledge to prune. PR aRe that Policeman Daniel J. CArr lumber at the Juneau Lumber Mill S hospital to sce him and 1 almost | (he(kerboard per“ joents for AA and A grades; 72 - “This question of how far to cut| " ,found under a crate in an OPA}dOLk Oscar Ueland, registered from Se-|cried when I saw his condition,” jcents for B grade and 71 cents the budget is a definite chauenael, A% eieds e | office during an investigation of ra-| She is scheduled to take on 129,-|attle, is & neW guest at the Gas-|anderson szid. | tor C grade butter in bulk, to each and every one of you, , x !E‘:’K‘ Ervuo thel Ten-itorlalman book thefts, still isn't his 0C0 Loard feet for Fairbanks, and|tineau Hotel. Rep. Meurice Johnson inquired| SEATTLE, Wash Mrs. Gilen-' Prices to retailers also advanced. said Bridges, bluntly. = 9 t;i ;Lw' on, arrived in J“"'iespne a court ruling. {866,000 board feet for three par-| g about the actual facts of the case D& B. Rich, filing suit for di-| > “Budget cuts are going to hurt, "¥“°“‘; e oayemoon, f0 aitend the|, Maurice Felt claims half the ties in Anchorage. Loading is ex-| _ PORTLAND MAN HERE |.5q said he had heard rumors that | VOree, charged that her husband, FROM YAKUTAT he continued. “They will meanllm sess! "‘ih"f 4 CSe oard. Zieg- money. ipected to take about four days. | P C. Asher’ from Portland, Ore.) werner ovms several mining claims, |EQgar, had a “vile and ungovern-| Mrs. Errest Payne, of Yakutat, squawks and protests and resent- | 1:; came aorth from Seattle on the! «I moved the crate,” says F‘el!| ————— |arrived in Juneau yesterday and|reputed to be worth up to $25,000, able temper” She said he upset|arrived in Juneau yesterday by i o g ey incess Norah ard planed rrom' The money was awarded Carr; Nearly a score of American towns |registered as a guest of the Bar-| __ the checkerboard whenever he saw PAA from Seattle, and is registered (Continued on Page Four) Ketchikan to Juneau. 'because no one claimed ownership.'are named E! Dorado. | anof Hotel | (Continued on Page i) e was going te lose. at the Gastineau Hotel. 4