The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1947, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMP “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e R : _—— e - = = — == VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,557 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947 MEMBER AS ) : ; PRICE TEN CENTS NELSON CASE NOW IN HANDS OF JURY More Dead Found In Texas City Smoking Ruins WIND ADDS PorllandShip LABORBILL RAZED BY EXPLOSION ~ ARGUMENTS NEWTHREAT, Line Opposed IS PASSED |~ BES. ~wub-wie - . ' UBEESag MADE JURY TEXAS C(ITY, ByMagnuson BY HOUSE, SRR r oo a§ 4gfd < O - GETS CASE | Two New Fires Break Qut~'weren G ssgmcon - o wan | L€gislation that Lands in Verdict Expected fo Solve Tank Farm in Danger e s +ui'ss S atiete - Senale Has Check Reins | B . N i ; Mirder ol Jink Ellen of Being Sef Afire Iportianc, or purtiipution n e ON Unions, Strikes | ' ool ; ' : Last December §bied 7 | proposed AI:\xkf\ interim r.mmnnf;i e | e ; » . W S ',, s WASHINGTON, April 18.—lw—; 3 o 4 5 i « s made, instruetions give P—The smoke irom 11 fires rose!proposed “for those serving Alaska The House Labor bill, laced with| » . : s ohae i Akt etk over stricken Texas City as the and was not designed to help any-|tight checkreins on unions and| : : . « with the murder of dreaded change in wind came to- one els |strikes—and backed ‘by. more thams SN y . . . « last December 22, went to the day. Two of the fires were new. | The interim program, designed enough votes fo override a P‘“'i i o ¥ : & . jury at 2:45 <clock this after- The Goast Gmard opened o mear- {0 continue Alaska service whilc idential veto—landed in the Sen-| | ) . ok 5144 ing in Galveston into the cause!|® Dermanent solution is worked of the trigger-explosion in the|out, calls for allocation of gov-| ] ‘ OL- S French steamer Grand Camp mml_emmenl-uwntd Veasels ‘ani ‘o iMupm- | The Scnate PEDBiiS o At S the alleged mu of n Ellen set off the chain of blasts fatal to |inal” charier bas to Alaska b_m.‘) e week. Gt lu\‘xn i . = « i 3 went into its wth day this . & . Steamship Co., Northland Trans- which lacks many cf the union| 4 4 i ¢ ¥ s i & el S iiaa e 4 an estimated 650 persons Wedncs- b Hotse vhta 1 4 s morning and was expected to be : o S portation Co., and the Alaska surbs the House voted. : H £ & ¢ ” 4 turiied. over: Lhe Jure thabakls fay, and, yesterday. | tatt Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) of the| S ; - T urneq avess Lhk SHes i oDmOly-S A An advance party of firemen | TYansportation Co. H Lok 2 . ; afterncon. Nelson is charged with d d bost P ight | = Senate Lator Committee hopes m{ 1 v ._ — » . the death.-of ‘Ellen in ressed in asbestos fire Iighting 3 g e | R y " " thy ath of Elle Junes add some on the floor. o' e . 3 December 22, 1946, in E aro- - suits moved into. the Monsanto, F i | The House passed its bill late| : §i et » - 2 5 2 ! Chemical Company plant shortly ' vesterday by a lop-sided roll call| 3 [ : § i 4 e “?w st S Willoughby Avenue. after sunrise. They were the first| vot> of 308 to 107. A powerful | ? 1 By p ; he defense asked for and re- to enter the plant in three days. | coalition of Republicans and! A " ! . 3 ceived permission to call two wit- 1 o : g nesses’ this morning before the be- Officials are convinced that many Southern Demociats pushed it! ' & ; y § ? 4 i R " more bodies will be found in the| I through, after rejecting all amend-' : 1 % i v 4 X ‘v. ”\mf, of x‘nml arguments. Eu- still-smoldering ruins. i ments to tone it down. J 4 . o § 3 i ’ & lnl :All‘n(\lL l::fl:m(l‘. recalled to the Wind Blows Flames ! | In some respects the House bill! ; ¢ a statement he | made yesterday when on the stand. A stiff north wind had been land the Senats measurs are alike.' 4 " e y 3 _} ; 3 5 e datar o i g blowing flames and smoke out to TA EHQOD For example, both would | 41 iy i S o . - [ipeeegeapai s diill sea, but today it shifted to the! Ban the closed shop, which com- | 2 3 o A e i : 3 ; NRY g i lled Mrs south. By 11 am. (CST) smoke had | ipels the boss to hire only union, ¥ 3 IR, o g 4 it se called Mus. dristed as far inland as Palestine . members. l o € A o ot ron x ¥ § . \ i & ilson who testitied to and Jacksonville, 160 to 175 air! WASHINGTON, April 18.—®— permit the more common union | . 2 b 7 g ot it B ;'(“:mzlfl pool_of blood, early in miles north of the disaster areca. :William L. Baker, editor of the shop where a majority of work-| | e, » e o ha ‘(f elabef, on- the sl?«'“‘ftlk in~front Here, however, the wind was de- j Ketchikan, Alaska, Chronicle, told fers vote for it, and—in the case ; ol SRy et { of the Giscler Cab Co scribed as little more than a breath the House Territories Subcom- of the House bill—where employ-| i - i i 3 . e had earlier said that he had got- and smoke from the fires was ris- Mittee today that if Alaska be- ers want it. Under union shop! " : R saisrisbbiio A 4 2 s : v 1 Hnl lmr”l l\ln {.x~ rubbers _fmm tE ing high before it drifted back|Comes a state, “we won't send boys agreements, workers must join thei pe serial view shows burning industrial plants at Texas City, Texas, after an cxplesion aboard a French vessel in the harbor. e plant in ‘\’,;,'l;“m'.’\ "l"\j""‘,'m"'vF“‘(‘I“’“;‘;:)’i "fuv_- e Tf";“ Pl ;;:‘:fc SoMEnt ORI the Tegle: b sbartly “Lf‘tr‘;r ‘i:finfif;‘:m&‘ the left center foreground is the main plant of the Monsanto Chemical Company. Over 700 persons lost their lives and over 1,000 were injured. |tomey Henry Roden again rested A st round breeze fr i uthorize co S H R L gl S swms mlgft el “_(r);‘:";";:f; The committee is considering leg- stop or block ‘national paralysis™| The Property damage is enormous but as yet unestimated. (AP W irephoto) lhltvn(1:::111:”":'1.)“-('1'“. Hal;? rE. bp;;.m ing Humble tanks against others islation to make the Territory a strikes, such as a coal or telephone alled for arguments to bezin. 3 Fordy g | | nore Argues in the Sid Richardson plant, and |State. strike. The injunctions would stay IAN plAN ON ol set them off. 4 Most of Alaska's revenue troubles, in effect during compulsory med- an Oilvore L3¢ i hil CRGR R e | Baker testiried, are due to the in- iation. | kRl Ao e b o fires have 1o fly- | fluence of special interests in the* Set up a new federal mediation; pHONE STRIKE ON AID Io GREE(E BY of the {atiEibny Which. Bed’oa _ However, oil fires have no IIy-!,pepio0ia) Legislature. Low tax agency, independent of the Labor, ; : y Which had teen ing sparks and officials sald resi-: .. 6" he said, is “due to the|Department n o offered. He accused the defendant y e ] said, s . { f lying all t} dential und_ business strutures!3uct" L "W, Do ownensMake wnions navie tor wier! FIFJEENTH DAY oW UR, U.S. HITTING SNAG - v o mousn tne cace. me 8 ! didn't ws ; ” abor practices. Employers already : son'’s S e didn’t want to pay more. {labor practices. Employ Teafy g = when he told the story about when not be endangered. I iy Fis i are. z H Deaths among the injured °"""heg:il;$r f:?/lodredpog:ldlmcfz[elmf:; —— e ! WASHINGTON, April 18.—(®— B3 MO BARRELAON 04 Whots' s iialied v BB night brought the disaster toll tol v - iThe telephone strike went into its Ig as LAKE SUCC N. Y, April 13, washed his clothes. Gilmore went program TEXAS CITY, Tex., April 18—| Magnuson said the program was - ate today. ] It got a cautious reception there i | The trial of Austin Nelson for t thé Legisla ' i Vn. (P—Tho 1 1 ) rinzing ¢ il wonnted bodiss, of -whlché-jes) Ch e EegRlsiuts Gumed 1k down 12th day today with no sign of M—The Russian 1 to impose on, bringing cut each point of his bk H t istakes the have been identified. But scul'csffArmL:, g:::l:rd;f ;?:::];e:(:i?)no({f A}‘— Ru"nq Made on ,a new move by the union, the — . : e ! possibly hundreds—are missing aud’,‘ska' Aot a’ la\.ck Bt Bedsral e o ! American Telephone and Telegraph By EDWIN SHENKE Marsha“ A((uses MO‘O‘OV American - to : xlxxm :: ]lm(:nd m\]NeL‘:m sAml;bErshhml not 2 % 18, ) i to new opposition today as the Se-'been explained. As for the blood . the fatality total is certain to, s ” p k 0 ' {Company or the Government. CUXHAVEN, Germany, April : ! partmental policy regarding tim- a( I"g ys ers, i Some of the 20-odd companies - B¥ittan | demolitions blew -up P y O neared its first test on Nelson’s towel, Gilmore told The. infred’ from the serles. of | %, 504 Water poyer are blocking in the Bell System, of which A. T.| today the island base of Helgoland of Wanimg Puppei vote on President Truman's $400,- the jury that the truth must be ’ | industrial development. H b i 0. reek- Kish @ ORT pte! " A Figyoe B racking explosions and raging fires| Maustrial development. | washlng on Jia e!und T. is the parent firm, said German Gibraltar of the North State of Austria” 00000/ CiEmeK - Tirkishy i program. | detormingd 1vi 0 cbainh T b g | Rep. Sny -WVa) who serv- 4 ke ava:. returhing o their | Se: ale 0 usiria French sgate Alexandre Pa- ing either Deputy Marshal Walter that have beset Texas City for the | 0 Pk | workers a e Sea. > ) = - fed in Alaska as a staff supply of-| —_— | 1obs. R Sibens § rodi said F » would not sup- Hellan or the defendant. ast three days are numbered inlpee. ong afterward as disposal| | jobs. 2 { & Watchers in this seaport 39 miles hort the Soviet proposal for a When cre react h the thousands with all hospitals: oon¢ for the war Assets A;imm | WASHINGTON, April 18—-'M——'7 Leaders of the striking National ,cross the water from the former LoETeg e e Soviet proposal for a i “t| ”Tm :G,:lvm:fl:d the su?- i 44 Mool SBRGE o o £ nis inistra- | Federation of Telephone Workers e b P vering | . MOS ) 1 b 1€ . empL zor. case, he (Continued, on Fage Eignt) _ \lstration, told the committee that|The Food and Drug Adminstra-iefertdn o0 THERIERS (U Cerman naval base saw a toWerlNE |y, or gigt 1 over the use of Am referred to Nelson's story on # by fr !“government agencies strangled in|tion informed the office of Rep. indica L‘ o by. g);m gray column of smoke rise over et F n Minister V. M. in C e unless the U v- saying: “He lies again.” Gil- imany ways the development of Al- (Norman, (R-Wash) tcday there is;to blmgl about a breakdown Ol Helgoland at 1:01 pm. (3:01 am, \p0 0 050 5 0 o ol gl g it iy . maid ‘that BUIYY Averdhad i L i “ i anning | €quipment. S o utes later N % ’ ¥ P £ v s |nothing to ‘“restrict the canningi€quip i PST). Two minut later thie upnet state of Parcdi was backed by Brazilian testified that he presented Nelson s |aska.” Development of the ’l‘erri-J & e s ! >oee 1 s e | K e as lng On‘tory depends, he said, on freedom zfmiaifl“:;e02:;2_“‘“”’“](1““c;;‘:‘;’;sl dull: “thumping explosions were d rejected an American Delegate Dr. Oswaldo Aranh with the case and a razor in it, i s s g I g ; Iof operatiop. j 3 it reard, - sounding . like . blasts .in; a = pl ¢ ihe deliniticn said be fully supported the Amer- and that Hubert Brown had seen M d‘ He expressed the view that the|C2Ple of properly prepared nystexs!pNA BRiNGS IN NINE quarry. of German a re. . |ican aid prog ne led that the razor in Nelson's room not el'l'Y ok 0 3% Olll.'l o without injuring the quality or ap- The Brit had announced United Ne supervision r evidence. He said that the blood | Territory has developed as far as it | A Biiter exchance, t cther in more than nine days prior. to the ! will under Pederal administration. ;pe;;ancle."t $ i & fl? 0“ RUN FROM wES‘" mon{Hacagp their intentivn to- de-C gl I Vatiat PR ritalr v intaining without “inter-|murder. At this pejnt, Gilmore By DREW PEARSON |, “People with large holdings,” he | e elyex was in ans her : stroy the naval stronghold on the one s nd Molotov ¢ ot 2 U. N cxclaimed, “The defendant has |protest by Norman over the agen-;| o Burgomaster Karl Givers sa.d the other, appe ¢ 2 V. rity h o been trapped and found to be a P — | said, “are best served by a Terri-| ) WASHINGTON -~ American|torial government.” | the destruction had caused SOI- gim hops that an / a ‘gates o 2 3 liar in every material point he has i row and indignation among the cpposition 1 Soviet prope testified to.” housewives will be glad to knowl Harrie Bohlke, Director of In- ed regular flights yesterday, with =~ that the high cost of living worries | dustrial Relations for Seattle, Wash., & Capt. Antonio Gomez, First Offi- Germans of this city. He ufiurwu;mu,mc here, Georve: i and support of a U. S. ccunter- Gilmore then said that the the wives of Senators as well as!told the committee, Alaska, as a| Norman said that enforcement!cer Gerald Roberts, Stewardess Nt the Germans were saying the France observed: proposal. wounds on Ellen’s neck could have the rest of us. | Territory, is seriously handicapped of the new order now- would force | Louise Leitner and Second Stew- icland ruins would always remind| : P i l‘ e - cnly teen inflicted” by a very Last week, Mrs. Truman and|in road construction funds. He said imany packers to close down in|ardess Marjorie Zann bringing the ("¢ People of the destruction and ,n:“b; L gl : sharp knife or a razor according Mrs. James F. Byrnes were guests|the Federal Highway Act givesithe middle of the packing season,|ilights in from Anchorage. would contribute to everlasting ““""awm,‘: :::L(‘ i “M‘\(‘ITU' q(m Kl!s Man ‘or Deb' to the testimony of Dr. C. C. of honor at a dinner given by|the Territory only half what it because the Washington oysters| The following passengers were '°d: B discarstin Fag ’ Carter. Referring to the $67.50 Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, wife of {would be allowed as a state. are large and the cans cannot be|prought: Anchorage to Juneau— A BBC reporter said the ex- e o A Ak o check which * Nelson admitted ex-Senator irom Montana. The la-) Rep. Price (D-II) supported the|filled as fully as with smaller oys-| Marion Hansen, George Nazaro, Joe Plosion was about hall the size of Mnrx}lml] B8 iy, R alatod] OI 5400 Sen'en(ed forging, Gilmore charged that. El- dies present were the wives of Sen- ' statehood bill. | ters. Burns, Earl Storch, Don Lewis, B. '@ atom bomb and set up a small} B0 S e ’ lext wolldiys loal 890110, ‘6 faen: ators who had served with Wheel-| “The peopie,” he said, “are fully | STl i Putnam, Robert Espey. vashish fhe seo. b o e nd mdesenderit Austris T p H : 15Y slent of unemployed person . giieh er, including blonde Mrs. Gerald |aware of their responsibilities.” | g —— ¥ i QIR Sy s 0 nson, ears as Austin ]\;};I‘;i‘ Lies” y Lies cy's insistence that oyster canners; in Washington State put more |meat in the cans. ! Pacific Northern Airlines report- | Yakutat to Juneau—N. A. Berger- If Mr. Molotov's prc s are ac- Nye, wife of the ex-Senator from g F “ RMA"‘on, W. Featherstone. cepted Austria would beco a L r North Dakota. i . Westbound from Juneau, were Pier " for 299 prosscitor. tien, ehargdyiRes ; H puppet under foreign control and| ANGHORAGE Alack B otandont had” e o i of AR ‘he'"Ew H.IGHTI ! Geot e lomen 3 nd| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 18 efendant had made a big g i | IDIES WASHINGION Obpk., J80k tDean WIS (Df(leer | Rgy ‘t};’ U“l““d States mot subd ;. placedo V. Angala, 38, a War slip in being seen at the murder (] i & 0 such @ high cost of living when Mrs. Lis- s Davis /ardess e e o Charics Dayis A0LERAS R e s Department —employee = @t Fort two hours before the crime was e SO s REY"O[DS' PlA“‘ 0 Boun il he Shlvine pes- Earlier ister Karl gionargeon, has been sentenced committed. Referring to both Nel- ator from Alabama, told about an i sengers: rq 3§ CGruber of Aust ppealed to thelio 1g yeqr nI fedaral prison|son and Eugene Lamour, Gilmore English friend who recently arrived | | WASHINGTON, April 18—#—| To Cordova—A. Frederickson. a sses wa y‘(}mm:il to finish the Austrlan ggar pieading K s o Etéon 40 “They're ”‘,‘m bk Pyl in this country. NEW YORK, April 18—®— Rep. Fred Norman, Washington; To Anchorage — Dick Francisco reaty quickly ‘v(\/nlcryl g Mabenatto L4 Tatow |dwi Blbs They'r(" cgught % Ohe v “She was shocked at the cost of {Milton Reynolds, Chichago en | State Republican, died today. His|Sam Klein, Waiter Johnson, R & -— - - el it $ ko or & $40 > eir . ilthy " Gi things over here,” Mrs. Hill said.|manufacturer, Wwho alregdy ga.sfc;npnul :frice said he wasy 67. |Anderson, Don Pubi, Bob Sebas- ‘3,’[,‘:(” kit o s i o :’r“, m,»:Li::lxhilfhz,‘:'lt'm l:ffu .Gi‘:‘ “Just the otner day, she told meiwon a new unofficial around-the-| Norman's secretary, Riley Zum-|tian. SEATTLE, April 18—(P—George STO(K Ouflmflous | - - - belleved. o' be imonkisledt 1 It she wants to go back ttg Er;lglar;ld :‘_Orld _lfl:sh_t lec;n-d this week, says,walt, said the representative be-| Joe Jones, Charles Davis, Bruce F. Lomen, 68 former superinten-| ] son’s story of \'Mun;;‘tk'e home of to buy clothes. Even ough the his pilot is planning a record|came ill about 7:30 a. m. at the|Parker, Henry Zaborsky, Kather- dent of the Lomen Reindzer Cor- i ST “Higt trip would be expensive, she thinks | coast-to-coast flight. Iresidence of friends with whom heline Scelzi, .ygseph Scel)zi, Jerome poration at Egevik, Alaksa, died m‘ NEW YORK, April 18.—Closing SIEAMER MUVEMEN“ f,‘,‘,‘,zk ‘33,‘1‘:,',;‘,,.‘,‘“:,\,,“‘f,{.‘;u ‘:l g’;’ she'd save enough by buying her{ “We think we can make it in|lives. He said they summoned a]Scelzi. his Seahurst home near here lagt|9uotation of Alaska Juneau mine - testimany oftgEad by Dy B clothes in London—where prices are | five hours,” Reynolds said last|physician, but that Norman died| Karl Miller, Eva Boyce, R. Haw- night after a long illness. | stock today is 4, / an Can| Alagka, from Seattle, due to ar-(and then L‘l\\llp;\gi‘(i the gharacw; still controlled—to make the trip,night after arriving from Wash-|within, a few minutes. apparently|kins, D. F. McCune, Stan Tatom, Bom in Caledonia, Minn, he 90%, Anaconda 36, Curtiss-Writht|yjve gunday p, of Lamour who had testified that worth while.” lington. “That’s faster than any-|of a heart attack. {H. V. Davis. went to Nome in 1906 to join other 5 International Harvester 80%, s Splice sct sd 10 S8l agias Silvers hind been clewiity 4t Mrs. Bob Taft, whose husband!thing except a jet plane could| Norman, a Raymond, Wash, | SO members of the Lomen family, and Kennecott® 43!, New York Central from Seattle tods thie thné she said’ ahe’ sal Bake led the fight to kill OPA, stiffened do it.” merchant, was serving his second NEW WOOD B & lived in the far north until re-|14%, Northern Pacific 15%, U. 8.| Princess Louise; scheduled to it B P i U in Ellen's store. He said that La. visibly. Noticing this, Mrs. Hill add- Srara et term in the House from the State’s' urning here in 1933. His widow, Steel 66, Pound 8402 sall from Vancouver April 19 mour “perjured himself under oath ed: Per capita U. S. consumption of |third district. He was elected to| Wesley Hansen has annonnced he Bertha, and four brother, Carl,| Sales today were 970,000 shares Northern Voyager scheduled to| mr};jmjr afternoon,” “Of course, in England the taxes fresh’ milk and cream rose rl'om{the 18th Congress in 1942 and has gone inio the wood business, Harry, Ralph and Alfred, and a| Merrill-Lynch averages today are g from Seattle April 2 | There is no defense in this {160 quarts a year in 1935 to 200’,;1," again last year to the 80th|and will be glad to furnish mill sister, Mrs. F. Clinton Austin, all as follows: fals 166.78, Aleutian scheduled to arrive from|_ i e sl st e S SRR bkt 5 (Continued on Page Four) "quarts a year in 1945, | Coneress, !blocks in any quantity. |of Seattle, survive. ‘Lm 84, utilities 33.55. | westward m. : ! (Continued on Page Two) ]