The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” [ OL. LXIV., NO. 10,585 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1947 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =T DEMANDS ATTENTION TO NORTHLAND INCOME TAX CUT DEBATE WILL BEGIN Senate Regfl to Discuss House Measure — An- | other Repeal Asked | WASHINGTON, With the Senate ready to open debate on the House-approved $4,000,000,000 income tax cut, the telephone industry asked Congres today to repeal the excise levies| on communications. i This would save taxpayers an-| other $400,000,000. The excise tax| is levied on telephone, telegraph| and other communications service. It was the first recommenda-| tion for a new tax cut in the committee’s move toward general| revisions of the tax structure,| which Chairman Knutson (R-| Minn) said should mean “substan-| tial” tax reductions beyond the| current $£4,000,000,000 bill. The committee plans to write the gen- eral revisions into law next year.| In the Senate, Finance Chair- May 21.—P— man Millikin (R-Colo) predicted | that opponents of a 1947 income tax cut will reach their ‘“high| water mark” on a postponement vote—but that the mark won't be high enough to block the tax slash. Ruling Made on Those Who Strike Against Government WASHINGTON, May 21.—®— Employees who strike against the/ government forfeit not only their| jobs but their right to undelivered| pay for work done before they walk out. Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren offered this ruling today. His decision came in a case in- volving three union carpenters who were employed by the Veter- ans Administration in remodeling "BUSTLE SWIM “energetic $ U I T .— while not recommended for this bathing suit with a bustle looks very o i stylish as modcled in Holiywood by actress Marilyn Monroe. By ELTON C. FAY (Associated Press Military Af- fairs Reporter) WASHINGTON, May 21—(@— The deadly potentialities of a ra- dioactive cloud” weapon are com- "kadioadtive Cloud” Wéapon Is Given Scientific Allen!i_on matter reieased from an alrpiane. | Martin's disclosure was made be- fore a Congressional committee, fand he declined to go into detail on the method. ‘The Journal, in reviewing studies and programs abroad for under- T0 ALASKA ~ EFFECTIV | | : torney General Rivers .. 1 Are Challenged { SEATTLE, May 21—(P—As {p« | creased Alaska shipping rates be- came effective today, shipping company representatives said they | had been advised a hearing on the !new interim shipping agreement | had been tentatively set in Seattle | for September 8. e | They said they were informed an | examiner of the U. S. Maritime Commission would be here tb con=y |duct a generul hearing on the en<4. | Ure Alaska rate structure and res | sults of operations under the shipg 5 ping arrangement. Shipping and cannery executives . challenged today the charge of Al- iaska Attorney General Ralph J. ! Rivers that new rate increases are discriminatory and in favor of can- nery interests. i G. W. Skiuner, President of the | Alaska Steamship Company, said /the Alaska salmon canneries will pay an increase of 50 percent or nore against a 45 percent increase for general trade to Alaskan com= munities. W. C. Arnold, managing director | of the Alaska Salmon Industry, re-f [ | sponded thet Rivers “apparently is more interested in- politics than steamships.” " Arnold said his indostry's rales | Were boosted more than 50 percent while other rate increases were lim- | ited. He contended that the sal- mon canneries furnish the major portion of northbound civilian car- | g0 and more than 90 percent of the southbound cargo, thereby assuring {the Territory regular yem'-m‘o\md’ ship service. g e 'MAY AGAIN ON NEWRATES | \Statements Made by Af- ' ¥ B o CARRIER THROUGH CANAL_The USS Philipp 5 ‘ i ine Sea, part of the Navy's Ant-. - arctic expedition, with six cargo transport planes on her deck, passes through Panama Canal.' PRESIDENTIAL PLANE IS LOST IN PHILIPPINES From 12 fo 15 Government Officials Aboard-Big Search Is On MANILA, May 21.—®—President Roxas tonight announced the loss of the presidential plane Lily Mar- lene in the wilds of northern Co- tabato in Mindanao. The greatest lecal air search got underway to- day. The plane was 12 to 15 government officials. The four-engine C-54, formerly the personal plane of Lord Louis Mountbatten, was last heard from at 9 .a. m, Sunday when it carrying from ground sites mentioned that Great Britain and €weden both are mak-| ing such efforts and then said: “Another country, it is persist- {plicating plans for hiding men and machines underground in event of atomic age warfare. But the problem of sealing off its Waco, Texas, center, m Beas st STAND IN HIS The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON ~— Midwest labor- union spokesmen made little héad- ' way prosciytizing their Congress- men against the Taft-Hartley La- radio-active clouds. These clouds,! bor Bill the other day. But their ry Journal. ' subterranean sites against poisoned air is under study, according to an article in the current unofficial service publication, Armored Caval- The article was written before plane maker Gienn L. Martin's dis- closure last week of experiments by the Army and Navy to create covering a mile could be square, ently rumored, has pressed prison- er-of-war labor into construction of tne largest underground. airfield ' the world—Ilocated in a highly nating and commanding area, h has great semiglobal air- striking potential.” The Journal did not identify the country, but the only nation re- ported to be using prisoner of war 1abor in quantity at in visit wasn’t a total loss. At least formed by a burst of radioactive Russia. Sfassen Advocafing New Senator ' Jobn Bricker of Ohio| didn’t jump down their throats, fel- | low-Ohioan~ Bob' Taft made a sig-| nificant admission, and Indlana'si Homer Capehart contributel some laughs.. H As Governor of Ohio, Bricker always took the offensive when la-l bor delegations called on him, bel-| ligerently arguing every point like! an embattled first sergeant. How- | ever, his Senatorial approach is! different. He oozed politeness to| the Ohio CIO spokesman who call-| ed on him, promised to give their! complaints “due consideration,” ur- | ged them to call again, and did an} all-around excellent job of saying | absolutely nothing. i Plan, World-Wide Peace WEISBERG DIES IN DEATH CELL CHICAGO, May 21.—M—Julius (Dolly) Weisberg, a former Chicago night club owner and convicted JEFFERSON, Ia., May 21.—®— Former Governor Harold E. Stas- | sen of Minnesota, candidate for the | Republican | dent in 1948, advocated today that ]lhe United States devote ten per- ‘cent of its total national produc- | tion of goods and food for the next ilen years “to building for world- Taft was different. He stoutly|siayer, who had lost all court ap-| Wide peace and plenty and free- denied that he had “anything peals to escape death in the elec- | against labor” and said he would; do all in his power to protect la-; bor's rights. | “Was It your intention to streng- | cell, apparently of a heart attack.| then labor by your bill?” inquired William Lavelle, Qhio CIO secre- | tary-treasurer. “No, it wasn't” said Taft. “Well, then, was it your inten- tion to weaken labor??” asked an- other CIO '‘delegate. “Yes, it was,” replied the forth- right Taft. “In my opinion, labor unions are too strong for their own good.” . When Indiana CIO-ers met with| their Senators and Representatives, | there were some embarrassing mo-| ments. Labor delegates gave pro- labor Representative Ray Madden of Indiana & tremendous ovation, | but greeted Senator Capehart with grim silence. “It's a funny thing that you boys never cheer me,” blithely comment- ed the Indiana music-box master. “I'm just a farm boy from Pike (Continued on Page Four) tric chair and who was to have been executed early Friday morn- ing, died yesterday in his death Weisberg, 50, who was convicted a year ago of the slaying of an automobile salesman, died less than two hours after he was transferred to the death cell—about 25 feet from the electric chair. Searci Made for Two Airmen Who Jump from Flames A ABILENE, Tex., May 21.—(P— Search continued today for' two air- men who parachuted from a flam- | MRS. BLOMGREN GOES SOU’I‘H‘ ing B-29 which crashed near Mer- kel, Tex., 16 miles west of here, last night. Eighteen other crew- men parachuted and were found. Several were injured. None were from the Pacific northwest. dom.” | "It should not be a sharpster { lending program. It should not be |a light-headed giveaway program. It should be a practical, sound, long-visioned business-like approach | to the situation that exists in the | world today, and to what we can foresee in the years shead,” Stas- sen said. The former Minnesota governor recently re ed from a tour of Europe during which he interview- ed Russian Generalissimo Stalin. Stassen said he believed America could find a “strong and wise and | humanitarian world policy” between | what he called two “extremes” ad- | ¥ocated by former Vice President | Henry Wallace and Robert McCor- | mick, publisher of the Chicago Tri- | bune. oo | Mrs. Birdie Blomgren was a }suuthbound passenger = with' Pan- | American Airways yesterday, and plans to spend some time with her daughter, Mrs. Bruce Stringer, in Seattle. this time is! nomination for presi-| ~ OWN DEFENSE WASHINGTON, May 21 —iP— took off from Buayas Airfield at !Cotabato bound for gros Island. | The list of passengers given |out by Roxas included Judge Fran- cisco Zulueta, Rafael Alunan, Col. Edwin Andrews, Chief of the Phil- Bacolod, Ne-! ARMY-NAVY MERGER IS T A K E N U P Ballot Box—R;/oli Staged' Senate Committee Nearing . Showdown on Heart of Truman's Plan WASHINGTON, May 21.—(P-- The Senaic Armed Services Com- mittee neared a showdown today on the heart of President Truman'’s Army-Navy merger plan—whether there should be a single Cabinet officer to speak for land, sea and air forces. Across the Capitol, the House Expenditures Committee side-track- ed the unification issug to open hearings on two other, but far less controversial, Presidential plans for government reorganization. And Chairman Hoffman (R~ Mich) of the House group told a Former Rep. Andrew J. May testi- ibpine Army Airforce, and Dr. Al-'jeporter: ‘fied today that checks received (from the munition-making Garsson | brothers and deposited to his per- sonal bank account were used to ! pay expenses of a Eentucky lum- ber company. The former House Military Com- I mittee chairman is on trial on icharges of taking $55,000 in bribes from his co-defendants, Murray |and Henry Garsson, in return Iur] official favors ' to the $78,000,000 | Garsson shell-making combine. | The prosecution contends that | May received a substantial part of | !the alleged bribes through Gars- | son financing of the Cumberland ' _Lumber Company. May has denied igetting any profits from the firm' land has insisted he only acted as | the Garssons’ agent. May told a Federal jury today that his wartime authority as! |Chairman of the House Military | Committee gave him the right to |intercede at the War Department {in behalf of munitions makers |Henry and Murray Garsson. | The government charges that May took $565,000 in bribes from the Garsson brothers, co-defend- |ants at the trial and former key |officials of a $78,000,000 munitions ! | empire. | May also told the jury that |checks received from the Garssons | |and deposited to his personal bank account were used to pay expenses iof a Kentucky lumber company. e ~ NO GAME TONIGHT At 3:30 c'clock this afternoon, | Prexy William Holzheimer announc- | [ed the game scheduled tonight be-| |tween the Elks and Teen-Agers has | i been cancelled. | | He came into the Empire office | land announced he had just come \in from the diamond, which was in | fair condition, but it was misting, with sprinkles in the air and it iwns cold, also, so the game was called off for tonight. { Last night's was also pos!pone(l‘f rain and decidedly wet grounds. b fredo Parades. The Lily Marlene carried a crew of eight, with top Army pilots Lts. Petronilo Buenida and E. Ramayo. FOREMEN ON WALKOUT AT FORD PLANTS DETROIT, May 21.—(®—An esti- mated 3,800 foremen began a strike at the Ford Motor Co. at 10 am. today. Initial reports indicated the strike affected only Detroit plants. A spokesman for the union pre- dicted that the walkout would halt! auto production at Ford “within 10 days.” The chief issues at dispute were to equalize the wage structure, re- cognition, shift differentials overtime pay, and what he labelled “arbitrary actions of the company.” D CONGRESS SENDS FOREIGN RELIEF BILL TO TRUMAN WASHINGTON, May 21.—(P— Congress sent to President Truman today legislation authorizing a $350,- 000,000 foreign relief program. Action was completed when the Senate—which had held out for $350,000,000 — approved compromise legislation fixing the program at that figure. It acted minutes after the House, giving up on demands that the program be held to $200,- 000,009 approved, a $350,000,000 bill by a vote of 288 to 86. | “If anyone is blocking Army- Navy unification, it is President Truman. “How does he expect us to get out a unification bill when he sends us a couple of these reorganizations we have to act on in a hurry? . We've got to get them out before ‘July 1. The reorganization hearings have been scheduled to last a week. They might run longer. !+ Asked whether he thought that might mean no unification this ses- sion, Hoffman replied: “I think we'll get it, But I don't know in what form.” Health Bill Debate - Underway by Com. WASHINGTON, May 21— The American Medical Association war? | has approved the Taft Health bill| A crowd which filled the San as a democratic way to keep the|prancisco opera house, birthplace! listed as raiding of ranks of the Dation fit while keeping medicine of the | unionized foremen at Ford, failure independent. Committee hearings on the bill and opened as Sen. Robert A. Taft,!to Joudspeakers outside, (R-0), and James E. Murray, (D- Mont), took up a name-calling feud over health legislation where they left off a year ago. Taft ar- gued that democratic health propo- E meant socialized medicine Murray called Taft's bill “another | charity program.” - | — eee Infernational Bridg Open, Sogll! America PASO De LOS LIBRES, Argen- tina, May 21.—(#—With fanfare and cheers, an international bridge linking Argentina and Brazil was opened today. Presidents Juan Peron of Argentina and Eurico Du- tra of Brazil cut the tape inaugur- ating the span across the Uruguay River. They embraced one anoth- er ‘while their staffs cheered. all right.| DENVER'S YOUNG MAYOR IS SWEPT FROM HIS OFFIC at City Election-New- ' ton, Jr., Is In DENVER, May 21.—(#—Denver's 20-year Mayor, Benjamin F. Sta- pleton, was swept from office today by a ballot box revolt in favor of Quigg Newton, Jr., youthful, poli- tically independent veteran of World War II. Thomas J. Morrissey, former U. S. District Attornney, ran second to Newton with Stapleton a poor third ar-old attorney who political campaign. Trailing far back were District Judge Willlam A. Black and Wil- liam Dietrich, an avowed Com- munist, Attaches a' his office said New- ton never had vote& in a regular primary election. He was endorsed by both Denver daily newspapers. Morrissey ad Stapleton are Demo- crats, Black is a Republican. - > WALLACE HAS THREE - POIN PLEDGE NOW SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 —(@— A three-point program which would pledge American resources to elim- ination of depression and war is propesed by Henry A. Wallace, who lasks “those who still shudder at the cost": “What will be the cost in wast- ed men and materials of a new de- | pression; what will be the cost in |property and life of an atomic’ | war?’ United Nations Organia- |tion, to its 3,250 capacity, with an estimated equal number listening last night |heard Wallace declare that he “spoke out” in Europe ‘“because I believe we shall never get peace juntil we get one world.” - D STEAMER MOVEMENTS from Seattle, Northern port | Voyager, in | Sailor’s Splice scheduled |from Seattle today. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle May 23, calling at Ketch- ikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, Sitka, Cordova, Valdez and Sew- ard. Grommet Reefer scheduled to ‘sall from Seattle May 23. Princess Louise scheduled to sail |from Vancouver May 24, Aleutian scheduled southbound from west May 27. - e — | Meat packing started in Chi- sago in 1833 | to sail ALASKA GETS - NEWURGING Representa?iv—e of Wiscon- { sin Cites Points for , Urgent Plans | WASHINGTON, May 21.—(P~ Immediate strengthening of U. 8, | defense in the Panama Canal Zone and Alaska as a guard against | Communist or Russian penetration, | was urged today by Rep. Lawrence | H. Smith (R-Wis). ! In a speech for House delivery, | smitn asserted that aiready “Com- | munists have been alerted in both regions” and that recently enacted . |legislation to aid Greece and Tur- | key was “equivalent to a declara- | tion of war” by the U. S. | Declaring that “it is common | knowledge that Russia has its eyes 'on Alaska,” he urged: | 1—Immediate recruitment of mil- itary personnel. | 2—~A campaign to induce eivil- ians to migr:te to Alaska to develop its natural resources. | 3—Improvement of rail and | truck facilitfes to the area. “This | means the construction of two or ! three hard-surfaced roads and the ! maintenance of a modern railroad.” 4—Increased and improved , air and coast artillery facilities. “Pight- er and bomber plane bases are in- !dispensable. We must have the | 5—~Development of adequate Na- ! val bases, implemented by a strong. “#ir arm and undersea craft. 6. — Maintenance of advanced technological station. equipped with powerful radar facilities. 7.—Statehcod for Alaska. “This 'is vitally needed for defense pur- , poses.” e Betty Grable Gives Birth, S_eiond Child | HOLLYWOOL, May 21.—(M—Bet- ty Grable and her musician-hus- band, Harry James, today are the proud parents of a second daughter, named Jessica and weighing six pounds 14 ounces, born to the ac- tress by caesarean section. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 21. — Closing |quotation\ of Alaska Juneau mine Istock today is 4%, American "Can 88, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss-Wright !4%, International Harvester 81, | Kennecott 43, New York Central 13, Northern Pacific 14%, U. S. Steel 64%, Pound $4.02. Sales today were 1,020,000 shares, | Merrill-Lynch averages today are 'as follows: industrials 165.78, rails | 42.14, utilities 32.68. | | | Stocks advanced for the thid | successive session today and volume picked up on the recovery. | An improved technical position, | a higher short interest and declara- tion of the regular $2.25 quarterly i dividend on American Telephone & | Telegraph capital stock aided the list. American market feature was the appearance for the first time in {more than tive years of Coca Cola | international stock. A sale of 20 shares was made at 1150 and later 20 shares more appeared at 1140. | The last previous transaction was on Feb. 25, 1942 at 470. The main list showed gains ranging to more than 3 points. Railroad issues led in gain with Santa Fe up 2 points; Atlagtic Coast Line up more than 3, and | Pere Marquette preferreds up as much as 7 points. Steels were strong. Bethlehem |ran up nearly 2 points from its |early low. Chrysler gained more than 2 peints in the motors. Oil issues moved up under the leadership of Standard Oil (NJ) which gained more than a point. Gains of a point or more were not- ed in American Tobacco B, Am- | erican Woolen, Coca-Cola, Crane Company, Dow Chemical, Douglas | Aircraft, Electric Auto-Lite, Flint- kote, Interpational Harvester, May Department Stores, Pure Oil, Tim- ken Roller Bearing, and Texas Company. R