The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1947, Page 1

i » HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,547 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDA' . APRIL ED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HELLO ISTEAMER LINES ARE TOSIGN UP Agreem efi Will Cover Proposed Interim Plan- | Ships Are Allocated SEATTLE, April 7, (#—Signing of the agreement covering the pro- posed interim plan for continuing steamship service to and from Alas- ka is expected within the next few days, steamship companies have been notiried by representatives at Washington, D. C. The agreement will go into ef- fect 30 days after signing by the Alaska Steamship Co., The North-| land Transportation Co. and the| Alaska Transportation Co., operat- ing as agents of the United States Maritime Commission. | The Santa Ana Steamship Co., has not operated as an agent of | the Government but has indicated the possibility of resumption of its single-ship service to the Kuskok- wim River area. It did not take part in the negotiations for an interim period of operation. The following allocation of ships contained ip the agreement: Alaska Steamship Co.: 16 vessels compared with a prewar total of 17, including four passenger vessels, the Alaska, Aleutian, Baranof @ the Denali, and one cargo ship, the Victoria, all company-owned. To these would be added two VC-2's, with the right reserved to the Mar- itime Commission to substitute two Z-EC-2's or EC-S’s; eight CI-MAV- 1's: and one trooper with the Com- mission reversing the right to sub- stitute a trooper for the steamship Young America. Northland Transportation Co,: 2 C-1-MAV-1's and two R-1-MAV-3's The Company was to have had one passenger ship, the Company-own- ed North Sea, but she was lost in British Columbia waters. An- other passenger ship may be sub- stituted. | The Alaska Transportation Co.: assigned one Company-owned ves- is a DE GAULLE DEMANDING NEW PARTY Support to Avert Dicta- torship in France STRASBOURG, France, April 7 {M—Gen. Charles De Gualle call- 2 ed. on the French people today to sel, the Tongass, with the right t0 oreanjze themselves into what require substitution of one C-1-/woulq amount to a political par- MAV-1, or one N-3 as is; one R-yy gupporting him and his ideas. and one C-1-MAV-1. RED CROSS OFFICIAL HERE 1M-MAV- He said*this would prevent a dic- tatorship, anarchy or overthrow of \“the independence of the State.” It was the former provisional President’s frankest bid for return ito political power, and came a day |after he had declared that, should a new tyranny menace the world “the United States and France will stand together in opposing it. R Tom W. Read, with the American Red Cross, arrived in Juneau Sun- day from Seattle on Pan American Airways, and is registered at the Baranof Hotel. The Washin gion s e e s » - » e 8 e Merry -(Go- Round|: WEATHER REPORT o +|® Temperatures fo. 24-Hour e —_— e Period Ending 7:oy 0'Clock e By DREW PEARSON . This Morning. . A . . WASHINGTON— The first Ath- e In Juneau—Maximum, 42; e ens flash on King George's death e minimum, 34. e made some State Department offi- e At Airport—Maximum, 42; e cials believe momentarily that di-'e minimum, 29. . vine providence had gone to the e . rescue of the Greek loan program. e WEATHER FORECAST c King George, a notorious reaction-| e (Juneau and Vicinity) . ary, had been a serious obstacle @ Cloudy with rain-showers e to the Truman program. e and little change in temper- e When the first news of George's e ature tonight and Tuesday. @ death reached the State Depart-| o . ment, therefore, Near Eastern offi-| ¢ PRECIPITATION P cials proposed making a diplo-| g (past 24 hours end!ng 7:2 today) @ matic suggestion to the . Greek ¢ In Juneau 07 inches; ® Government that the throne belg gice April 1. 33 inche declared temporarily vacant. Had ¢ gnea gyly 1, 7881 inche: . the Greek accepted this, the o “a¢ pjpory — 02 inches; ® prospects for forming a mew, more o ‘gno. Apri] 1, 17 inches; © democratic_government would have| o oo gy 1 5025 inches. @ been greatly enhanced. So wou]d: the chances for passig the loan.'e The State Department planned to urge restoration of the regen-| cy under Archbishop vDamask‘xlo.s,gsolDlER Is INDI(TED .- —— - e o o and was also considering the pos- Greek Prince Pierre on the throne | FOR p'lFERING MA“. _if the Greeks insisted on keep-| However, word came that indicted by a Federal Grand Jury George's brother, Prince Paul, had|at Anchorage on a charge of theit sibility of placing liberal-minded ! ing their monarchy. Pfc. J. F. Robinett: has been been swiftly seate SPRING TULIPS _. Ppatricia Reid holds an armful of spring tulips, grown from bulbs sent from Holland for cuitivation in Southern California, to be placed on exhibition in the annual spring flower show at Pasadena. Republicans To Disregard Truman'sPlea French Leader Calls for'Senator Taft Says Congress: Will Cut Taxes, Also Govt. Expenses By JACK BELL WASHINGTCN April 7.—P— Taft of Ohio declared to- that the Republi gress will disregard President Truman’s “political timing” and cut both ti and government ex- penses this year. Taft, who heads the Senate Re- ran-controlled putlican policy committes, told a reporter he reg as a “purely political statement” the President’s| assertion in his Saturday night efferson Day address that the Republicans are headed toward "‘(u]se economy.” Mr. Truman told his audience of members he Democratic ~ party recognized frankly that the present tax burden is too heavy to be considered permanent, adding: “At the proper time I will sup- port tax reduction and tax read- justment designed to roduce the burcen and to adjust the burden to the needs of a peacetime econ- omy.” - Fixer Paris ~ (Goesfo Jail NEW YORK, April 7- —P—Alvin . 4 - ®'J. Paris, convicted in January of| attempting to bribe two New York Giants professional football play- ers to throw their Dee 15 champ- nship game with the Chicago Bears, was sentenced today to one year in the city penitentiary. I .- — LR ACT IS UPHELD " BY HIGHEST COURT WASHINGTON, April T—®P— NEW LABOR LAWUPFOR DISCUSSION Senator Tafiuflines Bill Which He Terms Only ‘ Tentative WASHINGTON, April —Sen- ator Rcobert Taft has given the the preliminary 1 e.bor bill his |public a peek draft of a gener Senate Labor Committee, is writ- ing. The measure, as it is highlighted by provision de- signed to avert “National paralys sis” strikes by court injunction. It would also outlaw the closed shop, restrict union shop agreements, ban ots and jurisdictional curtail industry-wide some cases. now stands secondary boy strik and be aining in Taft discussed the bill at news conference. The Ohio Sen tor described the measure “lit- erally and completely tentative.” Here is how that section aimed at national paralysis strikes would | work ‘When | cided imperil safety, 60-day strike. 1f ment the ballot » General de- threatened strike would the anational health or he would petition for a injunction to block the the Attorney a settle- tima, secret determine still not of that there were at the end workers would hold election to whether to go on strike. If they decided to strike, the injunction would be dissolved and the Presi- dent would report to Congress on the situation It then would ke up to Congress take whatever action it saw a to fit. - > PLEA MADE TO AFLTO KEEP SHIPS (COMING " Asks AFL Prevent Juris- dictional Strikes 7~ Fairbank WASHINGTON, April from the ! celegation | Alaska Chamber of Comme: |carried to the American Federa- ition of Labor today its pleas for uninterrupted steamship service to }Lhe Territory. The cgation conferred with |Robert J. Watt, international rep- jresentative of the AFL and told thim that strikes on steamship lines |operating to the Territory |threatening the economic welfare lof Alaska. They asked that the |AFL use its influence to prevent | jurisdictional strikes. i Stanley Tatom, spokesman of the |group, said Watt seemed sympa- ;t)‘.etxc with the plea and said he |would submit the problem to AFL President William Green as soon jas he returns to Washington | The delegation testified in exe- |cut1vc session kefore the Senate Public Lands committee, and again asked for air in getting constant ‘sleamshlp service for the Territory {The group will appear before the | Senate Labor committee later in the day. PRODUCTION OF " COAL PARTIALLY © RESUMED TODAY ! PITTSEURGH, April 7—: |Heeding demands of union leaders d on the throne. from the U. 8. Mails. Robinett is!The United States Supreme Court{to stay away from mines until In fact, it later leaked out that|accused of stealing merchandis> has ruled that the National Labor safety conditions improve, about the royal family husked up the [ro!p ‘a parcel in the mail at Relations Act supersedes similaribalf the nation’s 400,000 bitum- news of George's death =0 as to, Whittier last December. The sol-'state acts. The 6 to 3 decision!inous miners remained idle to- give time to Paul to take the|dier had been assigned as a mail|was made on a cese in which the|day after elapse of the six-day onth. | guard r‘mm thé MP detachment at New York State Labor Relations mourning period for the Central- The new king is even more | Fort Richardson. Board contended it had the auth-|ia, Ill, mine tragedy. thoroughly hated in democratic Loeal Postal Inspectors stateority to require two steel com- The situation was roughly 200 circles than his brother. Paul’s that !}}2)’0. is an indication that! panies to recognize foremen’s un-|{000 miners idle and 200,000 ba ascension now gives ece a Ssome pilfering of _pa.x'co?l post pack-|ions.. The court upheld the claim|at work. 4 German Queen, Freder who ages has been occwrring at Alas-(of the companizs—Bethlehem Stcel| In the vital Pittsburgh produc- made no bones about her split loy-|kan ports and alties during the war. —_— (Continued on Page Four) Two of her|tecn taken to apprehend and bring ito Justic> all persons guilty pilfering the mail ‘they are engaged in Inational authority, | that steps have and Allegheny Ludlum S!Offl‘(h}\titmn district coal output was bu interstate |25 percent of normal. of commerce and subject only to the Production is likewise jother big coal areas. low in {immediately are ' f | i 1 . { CADETS IN REVIEW — This picture of the corps count (center, fereground) Governor-Gencral of Canada, M . academy superintendent, is at extreme right. Greek Aid POLICY OF RUSSIANS Issuels Up GIVEN CUT In Senale Gromyko Makes Long De- Debate to »‘Sta*ri Wednes- layed Speech-Western day - Johnson Is fo Powers Attacked Make Proposal ~l_A‘\]{l‘. SUCC , N. Y., Apri 7 WASHINGTON;, April T P2 sAndrei A. Gromvyko, ‘today re- |Senate critics sought anew today newed Russia’s demand that the to r ow President Truman's doc- United States scrap its atomic bombs | trine of world-wide - aid to “free The Soviet Deputy | pecples” by writing into the Foreign Minister declared that such Greek-Turkish bill a proclamation| a step plus a gereral slash in arma- | against intervention in any other ments would “remove mutual sus-|nation’s civil strife. picion and lack of confidence With the Senate expeocted to start througheut the world jdebating the $400,000,000 stem- Delivering the long-awaited So-|C ymunism measure Wednesday, viet pelicy speech to the United Na- | Se: or Edwin C. Johnson (D- spearheaded a drive for such ion amendment ev- eady has been re- Foreign Relations sion on Conventional | Colo), Armaments, Gromyko ripped into a non-interve assertions -of the western powers|en though it a that iron-clad international security jected by the measures must precede actual dis- | committee. arming, | Johnson’s proposal would The Soviet delegate to the U. S, in effect .that the United also rejected American and British [in extending aid to Greece and contentions that disarming must be | Turkay, is not establishing polcy conditioned on establishment - of | under which it will feel called up- safeguards. {on to intervene in the troubles He said the General Assembly of nations elsewhere. It also would resolution of last December calling ' reaffirm — American intentions to for arms reduction did not “directly submit to the United Nations all or indirectly” indicate any necessity | future disturtances involving world tions Comm state States A for such safeguards peace. In asking again for a conventicn Pl TR to outlaw. atomic weapons now. Gremyko said “The conclusion of st tion would present a tribution to the international pea would bring an increa confidence between ti the world and would ¢ ith of the people in the Gromyko then indicated th: us con- oo FIFTH AVE. PARADE oo (GLORFUL ONE N mal N (HY» SUNDAY (By THE “ncw, rain strer and I Easter sia was not ready to compromi a large numtor - the long-fought atomic is as s in the nation day, but the aid sharply: “Without such a cor un smiled upon the number one vention that would forbid the us traction, Fifth Avenue in New of atomic weapons it would be diffi- | York. As the radio broadcast the [é and perhaps it would be impos- | familiar strains of “The Easter sible to successfully solve the ques- |Parade” all over the country, the tion of establishing inter real parade was under way on control of atomic energy.” |Fifth Avenue and more than one - million persons crowded the av- ienue and adjacent strects. And S'I'EAMER MOVEMENIS ithe costumes lived up to the dis- !cription in the famous song—the g lavenue was a riot of color provided Northern Voyager, from Seattle, by the costumes of the women, duc April 9. and their hates were gaily trimmed Princess Norah scheduled to sail|with flowers and ostrich plumes. from Vancouver April 8 | But most of the nation was not Aleutian scheduled to sail from'jike Fifth Avenue. The most vio- seattle April 9, calling at Ketchi- lent. weather was centered over n, Juneau, Yakutat, Cordova, porthern Michigan and storm valdez and Seward. | warnings told of h winds over Tongass scheduled to sail from’the whole Great Lakes area. Floods Seattle April 11 idrove more than usand per- Alaska, from west, scheduled g¢ons from their mes in the Southbound about 1:30 o'clock on'Chjcago area, and property dam- Tuesday afternoon. iage was high throughout a wind- R |swept section from northern Mis- S'I'O(K OUOIAHONS souri through southeastern Iowa, \ southern Wisconsin, norttern Il NEW YORK, Apiil 7, (1 Closing [°1% 8nd Michigan. quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| (ouprp FROM NEW YORK tock today is 5 American Can| 924, Anaconda 39'z, Curtiss-Wright! Mr. and Mys. Malcom Mitchell 512, International Harvester 85),!from New York, N.Y. have arrived Kennecott 46';, New York Central in Juneau and registered as guests 16%, Northern Pacific 15%, U. S. of the Baranof Hotel. Mr. Mitchell Steel 71'%, Pound $4.02% is representing W. T. Borin and Sales today were 630,000 shares. Company of New York City Merrill-Lynch ges today are - us follows: Industrials 17539, Rails] The ' ancient Phoenic were 147.90, Utflities 35.74 the “first greay sea tr of West Pcint cadets in review wa ! i | 1 | | L nade when Vis- | Maj. Gen. visited the academy. | i JEEP PLANES WORKERS OF NATION WALKOUT TELEPHONE SERVICE IS PARALYZED | | | 1 & 1 Operators Are Off Jobs- | Coast fo Coast and | Border to Border i (By THE ASSOCL 2D PRESS) ! Telephone workers from coast tc |coast walked off their jobs to- {day crippling service in the na- tion's vast telephone industry. Still unaffected were dial tele- phones, which serve about 60 per- cent of the nation’s telephone us- ers, and leased wire service to press and radio Supervisory employees stepped in to provids emo2rgency service where long distance and local services were affected " | An estimated 340,000 workers, de- manding $12 a week pay increas- es and other contract changes made the walkout nation-wide at ‘9 a. m. ( ) when employes of ON LONG TRIP FROM ALASKA' ! Two Liaism;fr—afl Start on the Pacific Telephone and Tele- aph Company quit in Los An- geles The strike, first nationwide tele- phone walkcut in American his- tory, began in the east shortly before 6 a. m. ECT—the official ceadline and spread westward for three hours as the deadline march- ed across the nation. 1 The familiar question, “Number H please?” faded out across the Overland Flight from [Plowser fae i { Beginning at six o'clock this Fa'rbanks' H Ofd ;morning on the Atlantic Coast, e the bello gitls stopped asking it. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 7.— And their silence travelloed west- Jlaison planes. ol the Task Force ' Frigid have | an eight-day, 3,100-mile flight to Califcrnia—a trip the' army said was one of the first by these small-type aircraft ever (P—Two Army’s arted !ward with the rising sun until it 'extended from coast to coast, from border to border. Pointing this up are the long lines of pickets in front of the exchanges, with pla- cards bearing such legends as: |undertaken from Alaska to the “The girl with tke smile Is United States. !gone for a while, The two L-5 type planes, small — two-place - high wing monoplanes,, WASHINGTON, April 7—#— left here yesterday piloted by 1st The Labor Department reported Licut. L. Isidor S. Valdez, 1407!at 2:50 p. m. (EST) today ‘some Columbia, Lawton, Okla., and 1st'progress” in negotiations on the Lt. Robert V. Stokes. Route 2, Ar- long distance lines part of the lington, Texas. Riding with Lt.icross-country telephone strike. \Valdez was a mechanic, T-3 Her- vert J. Lindgren, 787 E. Montana! St., St. Paul, Minn H The scheduled eight-day trip, over soms of the most rugged ter-| \ in North America, will include | stops at Whitehorse, Watson Lake,! Fort Nelson, Fort John, Grandi Prairie, Edmonton and Calgary in| Canada; Great Galls, Mont., Walla Walla, Wash., Klamath Falls, Oré., | The Department’s statement was the first hopeful n since the walkout kegan at 6 a. m., in each time zone, cutting long distance service to 20 percent of normal. - ANCHORAGE T0 BE LIONS CONVENTION and Ford Ord, Calif. i expected to be 31 hours; and allj the flying will be in dayti The | army said the flight may open! In the absence of Lion President experimentation which will in-!Blackerby, Vice President Dr. J. crease the range of small aircraft;O. Rude presided over today's normally used for artillery spotting., - | | \ Secretary BULLETINS: mesting of the Lions Club in the Baranof's Gold Rooem. \ Joe Werner read a receiver from the Anchor- Lion's Club setting the date letter jof the Lion’s International Con- - jvention in that city as June 21, WAEHINGTON Senate leaders;22 and 23. sought today an agreement for a| Val Poor reminded members of vote tomorrow on the nominationjthe box social to be held April 19 of David E. Lilienthal as cbair- in Douglas and stated that trans- man of the atomic energy commis- portation would be furnished to sion. {all memkers, their ladies and T { friends. SANTIAGOC, Chile - Commun- izts havé made strong gains in the Chilgan city elections. ‘The right 'wing still holds a majority of the municipal council seats. = But laftists -have more than doubled their representation in the 178 cit- ies where official returns have been counted the At tho last meeting of the exe- lcutive Board President Blackerby [sugge::ted that the Lions sponsor an annual outstanding citizens award. Each year a committee ‘wlvwh would include members of |the other service clubs, would {designate some individual in the |Gastineau Channel area for this faward. Selection would be based BUENOS AJRES—A news black-/on leadership, contribution to civ- sut in Paraguay makes the revolu- jc improvement, and character tionary situation there obscure Guests at today's luncheon were There are reports at Buenos Aires|visiting Lions Ed Knight of An- that government naval units have|chorage, Roy Selfridge and Nor- joined the rebels man E. Somm both of Ketch- - {ikan ELMSFORD, New York Four | e children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home in Elmsford in Westchester Coun- ty, New York. LLANDUDNO, Wales The ‘Co- operative party which customarily Ireflects non-trade union rank and file sentiment in the British La- bor party today approved a resolu- !tion condemning President Tru iman’'s stop-Communism program & “a menace to world peace.” ! - Rio de Janeiro is 44 hours by cheduled air service from Lon- |don and 28 hours from New York i NOETH STAR IN PORT ! The North Star, Alaska Nalive IService boat, left here over the weekend with supplies tor the re- 1 construction of the school at Yaku- {tat. The school was recently des- jtroyed by fire. 3 ! From Yakutat, the North Star ‘will go to the Aleutian Islands to ke on War Surplus property which is being turned over to the ! Alaska Native Service ] DU Yenan, China’s Communist cap- ital, is 450 miles from the nearest seacoast e