The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 26, 1947, Page 1

p—— “ 5ea Rolls in 30 Feet ngh - * Proposal of 3 Nations fo ; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e ————————— VOL LXVIIL, NO. 10,537 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, 7\[ \RCH 26, 1947 ME.MBI R ASSOCIATED PR["SS PRICE TEN CENTS Over Hundred Miners Trapped In Deep Pits ‘TWOTIDAL WAVESHIT | WIDE AREAl Following Severe Earth Shock | | | | AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Mar. | 26:—Two huge tidal waves, esti-| mated by some eye-witnesses at 30 feet high, today struck a 60- mile stretch of the east coast of| North Island, New Zealand, wreck- ing many buildings and damaging | road and bridges. The first wave struck the Pov-| erty Bay coast at 8:30 a. m., lmal time (3:30 p. m. EST, March 25), approximately an hour after the New Zealand observatory reported “a very severe (‘al‘thnlmkP somy miles out to sea.’ | The second wave rolled into the bay an hour later. | Apart from the town of Gis-| borne, where some streets became | salt water rivers four feet deep,| the area affected was populated thinly, mainly by holidayers in summer cottages and some farm-; ing families. Residents along the seashore, warned by the roar of the ap- proaching wall of water, raced m higher land and no downings are\ reported. Gisborne, a town of about 16000 population, is on the east coast | of North Island, at the head of Poverty Bay, which is approxi- mately 200 miles southeast Auckland. praky & | Cutitng loose this morning an RUSSIA kthe report and recommendations .made by the Joint Committee on |Territorial Institutions in regard to the Alaska Pioneer's Home, the House of Representatives neither |adopted nor rejected the report, but substantially tore it to pieces. The committze report, which BLOCKS NEW ACT |ing, after which Rep. |seconded by Rep. McCutcheon, moved that it be adopted. This brought a storm of pro est from various members of the In(lude Chlna Germany {House, most of whom had also visited the Home recently. Many Case Is Opposed o the aiegations made in the re- |port were declared untruz BULLETIN—Mescow, March (several of the recommendations I were denounced as unsound. = Becretary, of SERIRL: | Rep. W. W. Laws asked to hear shall warned the Council of s so-called printed in full elsewhere in today's by Senators Victor Rivers and N.'D. M. Matheson, H. O. Whelpl‘y paper, was read in full this morn- R. Walker, the Alaska Senate yes- {S. Rothschild, Garnick, terday and would repeal the net tax on min. [ oA ] ‘COSSACKS’ ON SKIS—_wearing Russian togs ac- quired when her father was envoy to Moscow, Kathleen Harriman (right) joins Gretchen Fraser to try a ski slope at Sun Valley, Idaho. HOUSE RIPS FlawlsFound HOMEREPORT, Affer License :NOT ADOPTED Tax Is Passed Senate Recalls Measure fo Keep Mine Levy Clear ~Fish Discussed After unjointing two legs of the “basic tax tripod” set up| afternoon took a sudden fancy to the one leg remaining and passed S. B. 82 unanimously.|R. H. Bergstrom, B. W. Smith and 'Senator Tolbert Scott However, hardly had the action been completed when an oversight|platoon on the north hound trip Dear Brother Pioneers: came to light: Passage of S. B. 82, which imposes an overall sys- tem of business license fees,| ing production for which the Legislature had pitched battle with!210, is in command of the ship’s ‘tory and that he asks for the Governor, Foreign Ministers tonight, after |MOore abou the report of the “de-| g p 35 which was passed over | tecti who had been sent to Aot a session of four hours and 45 | _ ? & 2 the veto, set up the net mining minutes that it was becoming |Sitka by the committee some time y4y 55 g license tax” and 8. B. ensnarled” in trivial compli- |260- [Rep. Almquist, Chairman of gy yepegleq all license taxes ex-i cations making the probability {the, Meuse .C”’_nmme“ on Territor- copy certain exceptions for fisher-| & Goseunablo pristées wafor- |lSL Iusiitutions ‘sald thal e ‘nc ;en, aimniggers “ete—noy ielud-| M tel te.” | vestigator” had no official status ing the mining levies. ARRIELY TOIORE. {and that he had paid his In |expenses on a trip to Sitka. MOSCOW, March 26.—(@—For- Caused Uproar mal Russian opposition to an Am- erican-British and French proposal | who man, was not named, had that China should be one of thegone to Sitka at the request of the yapie minerals. committee and that he had C& §- wou1q pe that the mining industry, instruction of the students. inviting powers to a proposed Gel-l man conference was officially dis-|d @ terrific uproar there, both closed tonight. ‘m the Home itself and in the 3 |town. Vukovich defended With release of a report from the Council of Foreign Ministers De- | puties to the Big Four Council it- self on the German peace treaty, a wide| variety of disagreements became officially evident. These followed the same pattem' of splits heretofore unofficially re- ported from the Deputies’ meetings over such issues as the kind of voice that should be given to all nations in treaty making and whe- | iBoard of Trustees and the: sup Aermtendem all of whom had been |in office rin, procedure for prepa: gfhad ok o /many changes. | Pioneers’ Andrew Rep. Maurice Johnson. for closing the mission of outside patients ther the German government e A A 2 xtended until sometime should be compelled to sign the‘msoe treaty. The peace conference Teport,|tne giher hand, that Sitka never| which the Deputies gave the Coun- cil of Foreign Ministers two days ago, said: “The United Kingdom and the French delegations con- siders that China should be one denied by Rep. Hope, of the convening powers of the that the town has acquired a :n.e own addition, S. B. 82 would re- 'pml only the tax levied by S. B. | only a few months and' had time to make mining tax was would not affect that pro- Rep, Vukovich charged tht the vision of S. B. 32 which wipes out; \.al-[ the 3 percent gross tax on The end result would wind up paying only the one-half of one percent gross tax the Jevied by S. B. 82. Tax Wiped Off As soon as the status of the questioned, the: | Attorney General was called. He! Opposition to the closing of the agreed that the net mines Home Hospital to the would be wiped off and buggesvd,mlmg all of the stations. that are people of Sitka was voiced by Rep. a simple amendment to S. B. Hope and supported by that would correct Rep. Mc- Senator William Munz Tutcheon suggested that the time gave notice of intention to recon- doors to the ad- sider his vote on S. B. 82, so that might the bill tax situation. thereupon the could be patched to the House to recall Rep. G. E. Almquist asserted, on the licensing measure. Though overshadowed by sub- has made a move to establish its sequent developmenls. Senate pas- own hospital and probably never sage of the “uniform trade license would do so as dong as the Home act” was a major surprise and the; {will take care of them. This was unanimous vote left its proponents who said flabbergasted. In his argument for the mea- conference. The Soviet delegation |for g hospital, but that construc- sure, Co-author Rivers had .indi-| disagrees.” : Comedian Marx e Is Now Refiring had talked with “many of my| LAS VEGAS, Nev, March 26.—friends from the Second Division”| (P—Comedian Chico Marx, 56, has| announced that he is retiring from the show business immediately be-! cause of serious illness. .- | Teasons. | No Bedbugs {several of the i tion. Rep. Thelma Engstrom said that ,Charless W. Carter and Henry IN FROM TENAKEE Roden, both members of the Board of Trustees appointed last year, do J. e:l ?“W:m::’;: ?1?:“21&2:: not care to continue on the board. Arrive in | This statement was challenged by tion has been delayed for several cated his expectation that the bill| in the limbo its two the net income tax would join companions, 1 The statement made in the re-'and general property tax measures. & 'port that the Home is infested with The opening remarks made by the bedbugs was also hotly denied by other author, Walker, had an iron- Representatives. jc tinge that indicated the same Rep. Ed Anderson reported that he state of mind. Cochran Switches It was probably Senator O. D. and that they had been satisfied Cochran's switch to & favorable] |with the conduct of the institu- attitude on the license bill that ca.med other colleagues along, coupled with a statement from Delegate in Congress E. L. Bart- lett that the Delegate does not anticipate any considerable diffi- culty in securing repeal present Federal licensing set up set back fori in amendment, and the note was dis- of the| ROTCCRUISE 'SHIP DOCKS * FROM SOUTH ;Seven Army Men and 41 . Transportation Corps Cadets Making Trip Early last evening the FS 210 cleared the breakwater into the [clear harbor of Juneau on its maid- |en voyage into Alaska waters as | the initial trip of the Post-War | Reserve Officers Training Corps |'Training Program completed the second leg of its journey. | Aboard the vessel, a converted Army Air Fo freight-supply | vessel that was used to transport ; freight in the South Pacific during are 41 students from the sections of | the war, Basic and Advanced from the Uni- ficers and enlisted men Seattle Port of Embarkation, versity Military Depariment, 6th Army listed as instructions and observers. 4 First Platoon The men divided into two pla- toons for admnistrative handling.| The first platoon includi J. C. Brewer, W. C. Cunningham, R. F. Jones, O. D. Paulson, O. P. Sorlee, C. J. Tang, P. C. Smithey, AA Moore, R. R. Patterson, R K Swanson, A. S. White, R. A. Me- Curdy, M. B. Blager, L. R. Hight- mire, H. C. Dennison, C. W. Had- !ley, D. F. Anderson, R. V. Connor, ’J W. Evans, G. P. Wales and L. 1 V. Lohr. Moore commands the | group until midnight tonight when | McCurdy will take over his duties !as the return trip platoon leader. Second Flatoon ‘The second platoon is made up | H. V. Crosswaite, C. W. Haines, | E. Lockwood, L. M. Smith, J. B.' |),=' | Stevens, W. W. Wood, B. R. Bri {ton, R. S. Ford, D. M. Stephens, A. J. Sorenson, C. H. L. Lazara, T. K. s, D. R. Henlke, | W. Gleasby, I"K‘ang, J. R. Stor R. W. Weaver. Ford commands the land T. K. Tang is holding this po-' | sition for the return. Major J. D. Donlon Jr. of Anti- ch California, the ranking com- ymlssloned officer on board the FS ‘ passengers and students. Working with him, from the University Mil-! ,itary Department are: Master Ser- !geant Fred Kowalski, Master Ser- | geant Gale Wallis, Staff Sergeant Wuham Liddle and Sergeant Chris elly. | In addition to these men, who are on his staff in the Transporta- tion Corps, Captain Cecil Frazier, * Liaison Officer, and Master Se 'geant Fred Toomoth, Official Sig- nal Corps Photographer are on [bflald to assist Major Donlon in the | Purpose Of Cruise | The main purpose of this cruise *ls to train the Transportation Corps !cadet officers in the uses of the ,vanouzs parts of the vessels they (will command when they receive ; their commissions in the Reserve :Offlcen Corps at the end of their scholastic training. These men are ynormally filled by the officers and Corps at sea. The officers, assigned from the University on the basis of scholas- tic standing, on the north bound trip are: W. W. Wood Transport Commander; C. W. Haines, Adju- itant; R. F. Jones, Troop Move- | ment officer; J. W. Brewer, Train- ing officer; O. T. Sorlee, Mess and | Supply Officer; F. E. Lockwood, Special Service officer; D. M. Ste- | phens Public Relations Officer; A.' Moore, First Platoon commander and R. 8. Ford, commander. i At midnight tonight the officers | will change places with the group }rhat will control all activities on the return trip. These men are L. M. Smith, Transport Comman- der; H. J. Crosswaite, Adjutant, W. C. Cunningham, Troop Movement | ficer; J. B. Stevens, Mess and Supe | ply Officer; P. C. Smithey, Special | Service Officer; D. M. Stephens| Public Relations Officer; McCurdy, First Platoon Commander and T. K. Tang, Second Platoon Com- mander. Left Seattle Friday The ship left the Oceanographic Pier on the University of Washing- Coastal Alrlines and is at the Gas- ] tineau Hotel. (Camlnu}& on )’age th;)- l (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Two) ROTC training. There are also 7 of- | and ! enlisted men of the Transportanon! second’ platoon ! officer; O. D. Paulson, Training Of- | NOMEIGLOO X7 e iuvon ‘DID NOT PUT " passes senate PRESSURE ON Tax FlguresffutiBack to Old Levels-License Meas- ure Is Amended | Although several members of the Legislature report that they have had telegrams from various Igloos of fhe Wigneers of Alaska protest- ing any cuts in appropriations for| ithe Department of Public Welfare, | at least one attempt to create a ' pressure group to bombard the Sen- |ators and Representdtives ended in fatluré: | The following are self explanatory: Committee sSupstitite for Bill 71, which puts an additional tax on canned salmon during this and next year of 10 cents per case on red and king salmon and 4 cents on pinks, was passed by the Alaska Senate this morning. Passage by a 14 to 2 vote follow- ed a bout over adoption of the amendment cutting the special lev- ies down from 12 cents and 8 cents respectively. President Nerland first ruled that the amendment had fail- communications Nome, Alaska i March 21, 1947. Senator O. D. Cochran | Senator Chas. D. Jones ed by not receiving 9 votes or a Representative Edward Anderson | majority of the full membership. | The Chair, however, was not sus- Yesterday afternoon I received a tained and the amendment was |telegram from Russell G. Maynard, S S AR v 1 cointeenas ' copy of which is enclosed. You will tor Frank Peratrovich, still ailing, was absent when vote on the note that it is a 154 word day let- I believe paid for by the Terri- an an- amendment was taken, but came in answer to a “Call of the Senate” to vote to sustain the Chair ter, swer by wire collect | Also enclosed is a copy of our| A subsequent attempt by Senator lanswer and as we do not believe | Victor Rivers to hoist the tax fi- 'gures up to 20 cents and 10 cents lost out. Senator Norman Walker pur- portedly arguing for passage of the bill, took the occasion to vent his wrath upon “boy statesman’ John public funds should be used in this manner we paid for the telegram ourselves, | | The other day we received a wire from G. E. Almquist relative to his tH. B. 7. In reply we stated that our brothers in Juneau would use their Butrovich Jr. who had battled best judgment. |against any change in the bill {" We know that you will do the Prought out by the Finance Com- best for the Territory and that Mittee. The highlight of Walker's remarks was his declaration that with your knowledge of how much A he may run again and wishes he . can be appropriated you will allo- I cate to each department their pro- ‘per share. We know that there are many pensioners receiving iunds from the i“[umcry that spend every nickel of it for liquor this is an evil which cannot be eradicated toeday. But we also know that the offi- | cials of the Department of Weifare are making use of Territorial funds for uses almost as evil. Why is it could be running against two young and Gunnard run Senators (Butrovich ‘Engebreth) whom he would irom the Canadian border, up tineau Channel, across White and into Lake Bennett The Sendte today als under suspended rules, S Joe Green's S. B. 118, calling for members of Territorial boards to hold office until successors have necessary for them to travel all been confirmed by the Legislature, !over the Territory by airplane? ! Business License Tax Why Jaiit nacessary for. them m\ S. B. 82, the business license tax lemploy a full time worker at; (act, was received back from the | Nome? (My mother represented the | House, was set back for amendment Welfare Department in Nome for 2nd then re-passed, again unani- a short time at a monthly sfllary‘f_flOUSIY Senator Victor Rivers ob- iof $50 as part time worker. She Jected to the Munz amendments did not want the job, and I do not Which were adopted, as they entire- Iinfer that my feclings in the mat-'1y exclude the mining industry | ter are do to the fact that she was {rom application of the general li- |replaced.) No doubt every wc]fare‘cer‘bmg act, | ofiice throughcut the Territory is AS a formality, the Senate voted over manned. These evils should be O the Governor’s veto of House | corrected now. Bill 21, the measure that would The present rate of pension Js have required calling for bids on too low to permit a pensioner lo‘ !live in comfort at th2 present pre-, | vailing prices. Nevertheless, we be- |lieve that the appropriation in the| current bill would be sufficient care for all indigent persons in Al Lucidor aska if, the administration expense‘ Tongass, {of the Department of Welfare could midnight. {be cut to a decent percentage Of| princess Norah scheduled to sail the total appropriation from Vancouver March 28. | Here's hopine that can get| Alaska scheduled to sail f{rem things cleaned up *v the end of geattle March 29, calling at Ketch- the session so it will 10t be neces- jgap Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, sary to call for a spicial session gitka, Cordova, Valdez and Seward. xnxi year. Square Sinnet scheduled to sail (Signed) Fraternally yours, |from Seattle 10 a. m. April 1 ROBERT F. BALDWIN | Northern Voyager scheduled kzey v nr50 154 ty paid dl 1 exa [sail from Seattle, April 3. Juneau Als Mar 19 1947 130pm | Aleutian, from west, (Continued on Page Two, Ito arrive about March Pass i cnator 0k (Conmmed on Page Five) e STEAMER MOVEMENTS fish. due in port loading from Seattle, at you to scheduled 30. "SPEEDY WATER SKIER S_Lou Withey, Grand Rapids, Mich,, ski expert, and Martha Mitchell set a fast pace as they practice water skiing at Cypress Gardens, Fla. Senate PLAN OF DEFENSE IS GIVEN Fleet Admlral Nimiiz Out lines Preparations- Alaska Mentioned WASHINGTON, March Fleet Admiral Chester 26.—(D— W. Nimitz prove ventilation. assured Senators today that a com-| SCORES ARE ~ CAUGHT BY ~ EXPLOSION (Fears Felt Death List Will Be Large—-Fumes Con- front Rescue Crews | BULLETIN—Centralia, Mar. | 26.—P—Tired reccue workers | fought against time today to reach 110 soft coal miners still | trapped by an explosion after bringing 31 out alive from the deep pits. At 2 p.m. (CST) report on the tragedy and rescue opera- | tions was given by Chief Clerk J. O. Hays of the Centralia | Coal-Company who said that of 142 men known to have been in the mine at the time of the blast, 31 had been brought out alive and one dead. CENTRALIA, Ili, March 26— Amid rapidly* dwindling hopes of Irelativés and official belief that [122 .men had perished, rescue |crews struggled against lethal (fumes today for possible sufviv- lors of a mine explosion in the heart of the southern Illinois coal | fields. Eighteen hours after the blast |trapped virtually a complete shift ‘m 3:30 p. m. (CST) yesterday as was about to leave work, res- |cucrs, wearing * gas masks, were |hmm back by poisonous fumes half -!way along the three and one- vhalf mile passageway. | Soldiers from Scott .joined State Police in controlling the throngs of relatives and sightseers gathered at the tipple as the squads of workmen toilad .to seal off side entries and im- Fleld, I, Of a total of 131 AFL union min- plete and up-to-date plan of de-|ers trapped by the blast, nine were fense for the United prepared and ready action. Nimitz officer, tegrated plans are ed. Some changes, he approved by President recent months. The matte: ator Bridges, by the Senate mittee on lagislation armer forces under a partment of National Bridges said Secretary Patterson 1 told the tee there s no such Shaking his head, there are integrated for use of the Army, s to “keep rav States for said “comprehe and complex” constantly being isive, added, ‘Truman was raised (R-NH) at to put single of plan. ages of and areas of conflict as ‘far r continental ' for each sixty (eel ul progress.” meved” from the United States as possible. He said they include: immediate | were by Sen- hearings Armed Forces com- allé de- | Defense. War| commit- Nimitz said| plans cullmg Navy and Air war 1S brought out alive, one was brought ,out dead, and 14 were counted dead 'by that oificlal at the bottom of top ranking active Navy the 540-foot shaft. in- defense revis- That left 107 unaccounted for, and the man who did the checking, Chief Electrician Fred Hellmeyer, |said he had no hope of finding i them alive. But not all hope had been aban- doned, and rescue teams, on the Job through a freezing night, still were trying to get through poi- sonous gas and fallen timbers to save any who might have survived i the fumes. Other experienced mine men at | the scene shared Hellmeyer's pes- simistic view of the situation. Elmer N. Baird, Face Boss, said it would take “at least until 6 | o'clock tonight” to recover the last body, because “we may have to e~ Work at the rate of thirty minutes A plan for joint defense of Lh? United States and Canada from e I ury attack, including \Lmdflrdlzducn of weapons. ‘ A em ol military, naval aud‘ I s ted to the Sla!c Department. | Special “on site” defense plans e for Alaska and the Marianas. i g The Petit Jury panel was sworn Nimitz supported the so- ulled:m this migraing in UC 8- DHstst merger legislation but said "Ch:Comt The 37 qualifying as mem- Iranch of the armed serv #5 bers - are Pred 8. ‘Alesander. - Mea. should be free to develop and! 3 purchase its own specialize ment. - 2 FILINGS press time had been At there for this two more G Glover, proprietor Spruce Delicatessen, filed as dependent candidate for the county and Dr. J. O. Rude for School Board Director. Filings close this afternoon 4:30 o'clock Books will be open of 7 and 9 tonight, Friday, closing noon. for Saturday at > DROPS DEAD Marion McKinley, of the Salvation Army cording to advices Brig. C. O. Taylor. raised in Hconah, ties. He is survived afternoon filings next Tuesday's city election. in- city filed night Thursday and ' Short, Field Captain at Hoonah, dropped dead there yesterday, ac-| received by McKinley, was in the fif-'the Denali and are registered at by his wife. the Gastineau Hotel. 1G. G. Brown, W. K. Burford, d equib-| yeisie L. Geeslin, Alkert S. Glover, {Joseph C. Johmsen, John Krug- ness, Sr., Joseph A. LaPierre, Odel- (ia Light, Wort Newman, James Reid, Mas J. Sabin, Curtis Shat- 1 tuck, Robert W. Simpson, -Sr |Mary C. Treat, Dean K. Williams, George Wilson and Chris Wyller, {Juneau; Ed Bach, Orin H. Bliss, Mrs. Beatrice Guerin, F. W. James, Mrs. Beatrice Jimmie, Margaret of Alice Pearce, Janet Sey and James | Willis, Douglas. Austin Arnold, Kake; 'L. Burkbart, Jamestown {Frank E. Cashel, Sitka; Arthur R. Hudson, Hoonah; James H. | Wheeler, Petersburg; John Jacobs, |Robert E. Lee, Sr, and Lois L Haines; Willlam W. Rusk, 12{Mrs. Mabel Willard and Robert Willard, Angoon. William Bay; at g - PARK SERVICE MAN HERE # Ben C. Miller, with the National I Park Service at Sitka, arrived in |June.m with Mrs. Miller and is at | the Baranof 5 G 4 SITKA COUPLE ARRIVE Mr. and Mis. A. B. Mosher of Sitka arrived in Juneau on board