The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 5, 1947, Page 1

¥ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” i A e e S S S5 —_ VOL. LXIV., NO. 10,571 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1947 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — =™ ICE MOVES AT NENANA LATE SATURDAY MARSHALL CRITICIZED | BYSOVIETS \ l Newspaper Says He Made, "Incorrect Appraisal” of Conference i MOSCOW, May 5—#— The newspaper Izvestia today accus-| ed U. 8. Secretary of State George C. Marshall of making an "m\or-. rect appraisal” of the Moscow for eign ministers’ conference in h1~| recent radio address to the Amer- ican people. | The editorial also eriticized John!} Foster Dulles, Repuflican member of the U. S. Delegation to the con-| ference, for “distorting the fac in his summing up of the confer-| ence. “The quesnon arises,” Izvestia went on, “as to what caused the Secretary to give such an mcm‘rcct‘ appraisal of the Moscow session. Apparently the reason is that the position of the American and Brit-, ish representatives during the de- bates on the German problem were' far from trying to create real guarantees of a sound peace and the prevention of aggression. The editorial asserted that the Secretary was obviously trying to create “dissatisfaction” among the American people over the Soviet Union's pollcy TRAWLER SUNlIGHT ADRIFT; PICKED UP BY COAST GUARDER SEATTLE, May 5—{(®—The 80- foot otter trawler Sunlight of Se- attle was being towed today into Port Angeles by the Cutter Onon- daga. Coast Guard headquarters here reported. The vessel was taken into tow ‘pirg \SHIPPING TIE-UP | CAUSED BIG LOSS | TO FISH INDUSTRY Skinner Makes Annual Re- port for Last Year for APS Company SEATTLE, May tie-up from the waterfront September la to strike At GEQ. 5. TALBOT PASSES AWAY DEBATEON AID BILL DELAYED Death of Congressman ne sip- POStpONes Talk on Help | wasarvaron for Greece, Turkey December was blamed today by G PRRXAATE 'W. Skinner, President of the Al- WASHINGTON, May 5—®—The aska Pacific Salmon Company, for start of history-shaping -debate a net loss of $192451.46 in 1946 on the issue of help to Greece operations. His annual report and Turkey in combating Com- 'said the year's sales amounted to munism was postponed by the $999,282.26. House tecday because of the death Profits from the strike-bound'of Rep. Charles L. Gerlach, Penn- | portion of the salmon pack will sylvania Republican. be reflected in this year's business. Gerlach was a member of the he said. Foreign Affairs committee, which The 1946 pack was 95557 cas is in charge of the $400,000,000 from two canneries on Bristol Bay aid bill fand a joint operation with the Hc leaders agreed to defer ! Pacific American Fisheries, Inc., opening of debate until tomorrow at Squaw Harbor. The arrange- and adjourn promptly today ’out ment will continue through 1947 of respect to Gerlach, who died and the company also has reach- at his Allentown, Pa., home of a ed a five-year agreement through heart attack which the Columbia Ri Pa In considering the aid program ers Association’s fish from the the lawmakers will be searching Nushagak River will be packed at for the answer to this queslim\ Alaska Pacific’'s Dillingham can- “Will it lead to peace or war? nery. The company has also ac-, That question—which only time quired additional fishing rights can answer positively—brought the (at Sand Point, Alaska House face-to-face with the choice of (1) acting now in an effort to halt the spread of Communism, or (2) waiting to see whether the United States and Russia can concile differences in their ways of life. The Senate tock a stand for ac- tion now, stamping its 67 to 23 jokay on the bill April 22 after days of acrid debate. -ee BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 5.— (M —George S. Taicot, operator of a Bellingham cleaning establishment -and wellknown in Alaska, died yes- terday afternoon after a long ill- ness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, under auspices of the Bellingham Elks' Lodge. Mr. Talbot went to Ketchikan in ! 11919 as an accountant. He was city clerk in 1941, He was a char- ter member of Ketchikan Post, early this morning after reporting vesterday it was adrift off Van- couver Island with its engines dis- abled. Number of crewmen on board was not known. ‘The cutter is expected to reach Port Angeles akout 6 p. m. the Ccast Guard said - The Washington; Merry - Go - Round By DREW PLARSON WASHINGTON — If the Arm really wants to save money, here is! one way they can do it: eliminate such vacation-travel rackets as that pulled by Col. Maxwell Keeler I commanding officer of the Madi- gan General Hospital, Tacoma,; Wash. H Colonel Keeler recently had occa- | sion to send an ambulatory patient, | Pvt. Alvin Anenberg, from Tacoma | to the Veterans Hospital in North-' port, N. Y.—a trip across the con-| tinent. Ordinarily, one non- com-' missioned officer is detailed to at-! tend a patient of this kind who can walk. i However, Colonel Keeler appar-, ently saw Private Anenberg's trip‘ as an excuse to go along himself, ! thereby visiting his old home ml Connecticut; also to give several! other men trips home—all at Gov- ! ernment expense. H For the travel orders for Private] Anenberg show that he was atten- ‘ ded by a full Colonel—Keeler, him- self—together with Sgt. Lewis J.* Braucher, Pvt. Lawrence Heding' and Pvt. Donald J. Jenson. This is a big retipue of medical attend- ants to go across the continent with a patient who can walk. In! addition, each attendant was given | “ten days delay enroute chargeable as leave.” | Interesting thing about the ten days leave is that Colonel Keeler's | order to himself ordering himself | from Tacoma to New York, shnwedr that his ten days leave was to be! spent at New Canaan, Conn, his! old home. The Army order also! states that Pri spend his ten days at Two Harbors, Minn.—his home; while Private TWENTY INFANTS American Legion, and served as its finance officer; secretary of the Elks Lodge there from 1923 to 1928 and 1935 to 1939; served as Exalt- eu Ruler in 1930 and 1931 and also as District Deputy for Elks' Lodg- es in southeast Alaska. He was a member of the Selective Board in Keichikan. Mr. Talbot came to Bellmgham in 1943. He is survived by his wi !/dow, Gussie; a daughter, Mrs. l Donna Woolard, Spokane; a son, George S. Talbot, Jr., Bellingham; Service | ARE STRICKEN IN EASTERN HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, May 574M~— :Twenty infants have died since March 1 in an outbreak of gastro- enteritis at Allentown, Pa., the' city health officer there said to- day, as Temple University Hospital lepurted the danger of addition- {al deaths among 13 child suffer- ers from the disease is “consider- | ably lightened.” ‘The death toll was reported by D:. Frederick R. Bausch, Allen- {town health officer. The victims, Dr. Bausch said, \were less than one year old. l A responsible spokesman for the .Sacred Heart Hospital, declining to be identified by name, said 10 deaths occurred there between | March 15 and last Friday when the decision was made to close Maternity ward. | Bank Robbed 0f Big Sum ROSEBURG, Ore., May 5—(P— Young & Company Bank at Oak-| land, Ore, and fled with all cur-| | gunfire the gan BIG MANHUNT INPALESTINE JERUSALEM, May tish troops and police fanned out over northern Palestine teday in a great manhunt for 227 Jew and Arab prisoners still at liberty after a mass delivery from Acre Prison engineered yesterday by the Jewish underground. Sixteen persons — including 11 {members of the underground band who blasted a two-yard hole in the wall of the ancient citadel—were killed in the break, described as one of the biggest in modern times. A total or 251 of the 555 inmates !of the old grey-walled prison north of Haifa participated in the dash a sister, Mrs. H. H. Townsend, Se- for freedom, but five—four Jews !attle, and brother, Jack Talbot, and an Arab—were Kkilled -before Ketchikan. |they could make good their es- - 5 !cape. Ninefeen — eight~ of them' wounded—were captured within few hours. Twenty-three other: were wounded in the exchange of that accompanied the | break. t least nine of the underground uudels were reported captured un- | injured. PRESIDENT OF MEXICO VISITS ARMY ACADEMY 'West Point Cade!s Appear in Full Dress Parade for Aleman WEST POINT, N. Y., May 5— (M—President Miguel Aleman, of| Mexico, arrived at the United| States Military Academy and be- an inspection tour of the' grounds and buildings, to be fol- {lowed by a luncheon and a full wholesale deale: dress parade by the cadet corps. arrangements were not satisfactory, President Aleman is visiting West | i (Point on the anniversary of |battle of Puebla, Mexico, the ' in 1862, a national holiday in Mexico. Mex- |ican troops under General Zaragoza 'nine-hour flight defendlng two old colonial forts, rLorem and Guadalupe, routed on|two DC-3 planes. Ithat day veteran French Zouaves| and crack infantrymen sent by ate Heding will Two gunmen held up the E. G.|Napoleon III to invade Mexico. ‘The President, a civilian, is the son of a Mexican army general Jenson got leave to visit Princeton, rency and silver in the cash draw-|who rose from the ranks durmg Minn.—his home. Another interesting fact: after (Continued on Page Four) ‘ers and the vault. Bank officials said the amount was between $30,- 000 and $35,000. The men fled northward. the Mexican revolution in e ee— About 25 percent of foods used ! by Americans are dairy products, 1910. Yty ~ HIS VIEWS ON prisebBay D TO GREECE, |STASSEN GIVES |Refers to Converastion He| Had with Stalin While at Moscow Between Union and M:r_\' 5.~ | [Harold E. Stassen, although say- ing he favors the $400,000,000 | IfldUS“Y Greek-Turkish aid program, decla - ed teda it would be a ragic SEATTL May mistake for the United St toling shipments of cannery supplies arm an all-out offensive against |to the Bristol Bay area are reported | guerrilla opponents of the present although the Alaskan Salmon In- Greek government. dustry and labor unions have not | At a news conference where he yet signed contracts for the ‘d\ cussed the program, the former ; Season ! Minnesota governor also termed (qu general doctrine back of President|pany’s Palisgna sailed from Truman's poiicy a negative one. {last, night with cannery supplies He said he endorses the aid pro- iand general cargo for Alaska. The gram in the form approved by uw-SmlJrc Knot of the Alaska Steam-' Senate but hopes that military ex: \s)u,) Company is scheduled to sail penditures will not be such as to' for Bristol Bay tomorrow and the bri full in | Términal Knot within a week Greece 1 The Harold D. Whitehead, a Lib- Instead, Stassen said, the United lerty ship recently assigned to the States should concentrate on at-; 4 Steamship Company, is tempting to build a stable and' g, supplies for Naknek - and prosperous cegime in the valleys m::nh “?rmi:"dm'f ;x‘x‘mvu‘d to de- e e ey PorDe 21 JAIbIN L. Peterson, U, S, Concllia- Communism to the mountain xzus-r-\"o" Senrcc‘ Comm sslansr, H‘“.d rillae further meetings are planned this Stassen, an avowed candidate for J Mook betwpen yeprestitatives - of the 1948 Republican Presrdmm.\r"‘l‘f‘“k“ Salmon Industry, Inc.. and nomination, met with. reparters af- .00 leaders. o I ter releasing over the weekend the EA BRmOHeeR, | b . Top- . £ resentative of the Machinists’ transcript of an interview he had g, oIl L hion April 9 with Soviet Premier Stalin. '1“ the industry had rejected a new The Russian leader was quoted 85| wage increase of 12%: percent, af- saying, among other things, that Toloten 250 the USSR. “want to cooperate.” ‘percent offer. Capitol Hill reaction to Sv.ussens Bandvigen contended that the {veports on what Stalin told him cos Of living index had increased was generally alone the line” thtijg7 percent since the last wage this country would like to see deedi’muen se, and that the union bearing out his words. - > TRACK DOWN EX-CONVICT FOR MURDER. ... | Sheriff's ! scientific 5. Seattle about civil a war oa ,ter earlier having {increase. - - L. A POLICE ARE PROBING ANOTHER MYSTERY SLAYING May 5.—»—! investigators turned to! detection methods today 1in efforts to solve the slaying of Louis Franklin Smith, 2! Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery, 36, convict from Everett, Wash., charg- | yhose nude, battered body was led with murdering a Nevada dep-{ound Saturday under a pepper uty sheriff last Tuesday was N tyee in a vacant lot. custody today, held for Federal and Although the investigators first Sierra county, California, a“‘”"""'rvparted that Mrs. Montgomery files. had been rvaped, they said last Chief E. Raymond Cato of the night that an autopsy disclosed California Highway Patrol, said(that was not the case. The port Smith adwitted killing Deputy mortem examination, Sutton said, Sheriff Earl Griffith and wound-/showed that she had been strang- ing Deputy Tom Lambert in gun- joq apparently choked from be- fire on the Reno-Susanville r-rgh—,l,,,,d thet her scalp was lacerated way a mile inside the California-'py 5 heavy blow off the back of Nevada state line. {the head, but no ckull fracfure was The deputies were shot “l“l‘»“dpparenl they were investigating an auto-| mobile parked on the highway. 4 Two Indian trackers, Albert SKURIIY (ouN(“- ANGELES, 5. an P ex- LOS ANGELES, May Hicks, Indian police chief at Still-! water, Nev., and his son, Ted, fol-} lowed a trial for two days through| Io DEBATE woRlD sand, buffalo grass and over rock |for more than 20 miles from the poll([ FOR(E Now scene of the shootings to a point| |seven miles west of Reno where aj lcar was reported stolen, enabling! LAKE SUCCESS N. Y, May 5. ‘officers to take up the pursuit. |—IM—The United Nations Security g e o | council will open debate this week l“" organizauon of a global pohce ly v split report of its n-ulltary .sta{f STARTS TO ALASKA 3™\ U. N. Officials said the council susmn would be held Wednesday | PORTLAND, ore, May 5. (P—|or Thursday. {The Columbia Air Cargo Company| The long-awaited summary from reported it had flown 7,000 pounds;the Big Five committee, made of fresh fruits, flowers and vege-|bublic over the weekend after 15 [tables to Anchorage in inaugurating months of secret meetings, showed | the firm’s new merchandising ser- Russia opposing more than a third vice to Alaska. of the general priciples laid down! Joseph Dobbins, President, said/for the international force. (the firm would sell the cargo to Admirals and generals from the but that if the; United States, Russia, Britain, Clu- ‘na and France, sitting as reprev retail 1,|,L.‘n9rltstlves of their respective lets in major Alaskan cities The ,chiefs of staff, were able to con- |vegetables were harvested early ces-'cur on 25 points, but most of| Ilemsy morning and chilled for the/these were copied from the chart- in the insulated €r or stated in broad terms. The firm operates| " P g O NAVY SHIP IN PORT would open its own air transport. “vees — | STEAMER MOVEMENTS Square Sinnet due about May 9. Palisana due May 10. ‘ Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway at 8 o'clock |tomorrow morning and sails south 'ene hour later at 9 o'clock. Aleutian due southbound May | !, U. 8. Navy ship LSM 206, a me- (dium landing ship, arrived in Ju- neau Saturday evening at 9 o'clock from Kodiak. The ship, under the command of Lt. (sg.) J. Sherrer, is bound for San Francisco after a tour of duty in the Aleutians, and * unloaded here a surplus picket boat 9. consigned to Juneau M—Increas- | 1947 Communists The Alaska Transportation Com- | is | ,holding out for a comparable wage, COMMUNISTS Delegationon BRE Members to Get Best Fishing on Continent portant Factor in | New Line-up’ & 5:-—— A member, SEATTLE, May 56— —A dis-| The aid today the “Tru- patch to the Seattle Times from in fr man doctrine” had been an Im-| washington says posiponement of |urd iportant factor in Premier Paul|congressional action on Ramadier’s decision to force ““’rlequb.\l for statehocd out of the French|g, the expectations of men, who anticipated committee members would want to exercise the “prerogative of the junket.” Delegate Bartlett told his col- leagues in the House that he wi working on plans to give 27 com- mittee members “the time of their lives and the best fishing on the North American continent.” Comments of Washington Congressmen included: Rep. Homer R. Jones (R) of Bremerton termed the committee’s The cabinet member, who asked getion “a serious mistake.” He that his name not be used, said gdded that Washington State’s pas- | today he felt the United States sive attitude toward Alaskan state-| held the key to the success or fail- hood would cause misunderstand- ure of the experiment to govern ing and il will with the labor-dominating Com-| munists in opposition. He express- | ed belief the United States, by| sending focd and financial help to the Ramadier government, could help contain discontent in the ranks of French workers. have witnessed the Territory's in- Ousted from the cabinet were:ability to grow and prosper in the Vive Premier Maurice Thor last 80 years under Territorial| Francois Billoux, National Defense; status and Federal domination of Charles Tillon, Reconstruction, and her resources and people. That, American Ambroise Vroizat, Labor. in itself, should demenstrate that Leonard George Marrane, Health Mlnls--StatHlnod is necessary." bert, ter, was due to resign today. He| Rep. Walt Horan (R) Are in Min ice ) PARIS, May of the cabinet conformed Congress- mately 55 ed out at government banks. The Communists were dropped from the' coalition cabinet last night after the government won a 360 to 186 vote of confidence over wage-freezing policies in the national sembly, with the Com- munist members dissenting. This wmarked the first time France has had a government without the extreme left in it since the liber- ation, except for the 30-day Blum cabinet last December of $140,00 group. The ing Stat State| Mr. and family of Old Tim Olga Mis is believed Miller, Statehood Essential +The Old “Statehood is essential to gress for Alaska,” he said, as it has been for other of our country in the past We pro- “Just sections tlemeir, son, Jame: Effie son. of Wen- was not present during yesterday's atchee, who also testified for state- awards. vote. ‘hood, said: “I am happy to have Keep For Reference | the committee see Alaska, but don’t Now paste this jn your hat for think they nceded the trip to ap- reference next year on the Ne- reciate the clear logic and earnest- pana jce movement: u S RusslA ness of testimony advanced at the 1917—April 30 11:30 a.m. { hearings by Governor Gruening 1918—May 11 9:33 a.m. and other informed citizens of “"‘,lsls—May 3 2:33 p.m. Totitoey 1920—May 11 10:46 pm. Rep. Henry Jackson (D) of Ev- 1921—May 11 6:42am jerett said the committee action 1922 —May 12 1:20 p.m. does not indicate lack of interest,'jgos May 9 2:00 pm. but follows the pattern on 1924 May 11 3:10 pm. ! Hawail. 1925—May 17 6:32 p.m. “The committee recommended ' jgog April 26 4:03 p.m. (statehood for Hawaii only after 1997 _May 13 5:42am.. zTr numerous hearings and trips of 1926—May 6 4:25 p.m. o . linvestigation during the last four 999 Ma 5 3:41 p.m. Will Permit Representa- or rive sessons. The recent. hear- i el | : s {ings- are 'the FAFSG 0N - SEAWEHOOQ 1021 May 10 9:23a.m. | “0" Be,ofe UN Durmg 'lr)m‘ MTSKS néu;ought r,blmsa have 1930 Mn; ) i 10:15am. A cen introduced for statehood over 1933 May 8 ' 7:30 pm. Palestine Debate - cne st 20 years” 1034 April 30 2:07pm. LU i AT S 11935—April 15 1:32 pm. MAX HARRELSON 11936 -April 30 12:58 p.m NEW YORK, May 5~—The United ARRESI WARRANT {1837—May 12 8:04 p.m. States and Russia were reported '1938—May 6 8:14pm. agreed today on a joint Slav-Latin S FFI('E“T Fo 11939 April 29 1:26 p.m. American plan to end the stale- I U R 1940—April 20 3:2Tpm. mate over Jewish representation in 3 1:50 a.m. the United Nations Palestine de- SEAR(H of HoM 1942-—Apnl 30 1:28p.m. bate. & 11943 —April 28 7:22 p.m. | The compromise plan provided |1944—May 4 2:08 p.m. | that the official Jewish agency for WASHINO‘TON. May 5.—#—The|1946—May 16 9:41am. pul,.\m,,. would be given a hear- Supreme Court held today that 1946 May 5 4:40 pm. before the General Assembly’s law office resting a man at his 1947 May 3 5:583 pm 55 l’rnun political committee, but home on a warrant —may vmnch n o e 47k AR AR I ot before plenary meetings as the the premises and use against him Russians had previously insisted. @0y evidence they find of law-| supplv B“.l FOR breaking. The only question remaining to The decision turned on one settled was the final wording of resolution which would be ac-!0f the nine justices. ‘cvablr‘ to all factions. | The four who disagreed said ther | The proposals were put forward| court was striking down the con-| D 2 vote v‘" the opening of today's session | titution’s protection against un~‘ by Yugoslavia, White Russia, Ar- reasonable search and seizure. B et s £ They harked back to the Revo-| gentina, Chile and Uruguay. payoff goes to Arctic Club ol Alex Miller Co., Floyd Jeager The Alex Miller mentioned above Young, Cyrus B. Atwell and Mrs. A, Lar- W. M. “Red” Wilkins, Uhlrich and Carl WASHINGTON, AK UP AT (argoesAre REPLACED IN Statehood in 5:53 0'CLOCK Moving Soon FREN(rI GOVT. ForBig Time IN AFTERNOON Negohahons still Progress ‘Truman’s Dodfrine” Im- BartleflSaysZ?CommrMee Seven Differsnt Grou ps Payoff for Exact ute lce Moved in the Tanana River mt of Nenana went out Sat- y, May 3, at Alaska’s the afternoon 5:53 o'clock in This was approxi- hours after the ice mov- Chena Slough at Fair- There were seven groups on the exact minute for the payoff off 0 or $20,000 for each the follow- Anchorage. of Fairbanks. Mrs. Carl Anderson and Fairbanks. The Strykens of Fairbanks. ers of Fairbanks. covich Co., of Fairbanks. of Talkeetna. to be a son of Charlie former resident of Juneau. timers are listed in Se- attle as Charles Holky, Charles Set- Joe Martin, Willlam Bry- s Ryan, Muriel Dustin, Bernadette Thomas, ‘There were several payoffs in Ju- neau, Willlam Jockola awarded the Legion payotf of $515.40, Hoimquist, Hubert! Gil- Paul’ Eckel smaller GOVI. AGENCIES GIVEN 23% SLASH May 5.—(P—A The United States was said to \lutionary War and the rights for 153 percent cut in the combined | teel that the official Jewish agency |Which it was fought. Justice Mur-| 1948 budget of three government {for Palestine and other orr.,nmm-}p:‘-‘;””"e af" them, . daclatest the |departments and the Federal | tions should* not be permitted to| .. SR A Couru was recommended today by participate fully in the debate, even | f":“v h“}":”’::fi”i “"‘} ‘:fl the House appropriations comnfit- | before the political committee, and | f}’(’;’ St s 1"°' X 8.9 :: Q‘f tee. SOLE, BEPELSE. WALERED OX. W The committee sent the $535,- should not be allowed to appear at sistance mesumabl ”m] wed| i 4 g ™ » by awed 728,008 omnibus supply bill to the all before plenary meetings. roelmin Al gisp 250 T b House floor with a sharp report The Jewish agency was under-| % o The other dissenters were Jus-j . 5 - : stood to be bitterly disappointed |yceq. Prankfurter, Jackson andi ' nin§ 8l Federal agencies iover the American delegation’s purledge, T against a “spending psychology.” rpo\,mon_ utledie g ! The bill finances activities of P S e ST he agencies for the fiscal year BAND To pRA(Il(E starunn next July 1. It is sche- duled for House consideration late MISSING PLANE 6 | o FIRST H he Juneau City i up SEVE"TH DAY practice Tuesday night at 8 o'clock | : |in the Grade School auditorium |in preparation for playing at the | VANCOUVER, B. C, May 5. —The search for the missing | Sunday afternoon. All members of | Trans-Canada airliner and its 15| the band are urged to be in nt- passengers and crewmen its seventh day today amid ports that an aircraft was sighted ‘flying low over Georgia Straits” shortly after the missing pl disappeared last Monday night re-| er-ph Shofner. R | of under The, the United Coast President Jold. cents. First halibut to be vm«-rud |tendance and on time, says Director | Juneau Cold Storage this year was landed this morning by the Happy Andrew Fisheries bought ane| States must be more than 34 years pound catch for 14 cents and 12 - ALIBUT TO REACH HERE SELLS ‘%opcmru, ur the bus‘ebal‘l a"m\’s‘o‘n nex(; Fon '21 1‘ (m“ sold at the Alaska the 16,000 Gjerdi.