The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 29, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS [ e ——— ——— VOL. LXVI, NO. 10,592 ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS COMPROMISE REACHED ON LABOR Conferees Agree On Income Ta Amateur Photoqraphers Have Their Day ! CUT 70 BE FFFECTIVE ON !ULY 1| Individual Slashes in Ad| Range from 10.5 to 30 Percent WASHINGTON, May 29.—®—| Senate and House conferees agreed | today on final terms of a $4,000,- 000,000-a-year income tax cut to, take effect July 1, | The measure provides for individ- | ual slashes ranging from 105 per- | cent to 30 percent. i The Senate bill was accepted by i the conferees except for one change in rate reduction brackets. The area of 15 percent cuts w: made effective from $136,720 of tax-; able income of $302,400. { The Senate had provided for a! 15 percent reduction between $79,- 750 and $302.000. ! Senator Millikin (R-Colo), of the Senate conferees, said both | Houses would expedite final action | on the legislation. It is expected to come up in the ' House Monday, and possibly later ‘ the same day in the Senate. { The big quistion remaining is, whether President Truman will sign or veto the tax cuts. He has maintained that the present is not a suitable time for reducing gov- crnment revenue, head | i J STEAMER MOVEMENTS Sailors Spiice, from Seattle, in BILL "MONTY VISITS SON_Field Marshal Viscount Ber- = nard L. Montgomery, (left) ckief of the British Imperial general staff, visits I ‘amp, where Davi KIasRa (ommiliee of Seattle (CH For Assi s son, Trooper David Montgomery, at (Chatterick id is taking training. as Program sfing qulhland: SEATTLE, May 29.—(P--The Se- attle Chamber of Commerce Alaska | | b TAPS WILL BE HEARD TOMORROW Will Sound Across Nation as Tribute Is Made to Those Who Died (By \E_ASSOCIATED PRESS) The slow bugle notes of taps will sound tomorrow across the nation at countless cemeteries and at pub- lic services as the living make their Memorial Day tribute to those who died in the unitorm of their coun- try. i For millions of Americans Mem- orial Day wiil signal the beginning of a three-day holiday weekend— and railroade, bus and airlines plus vigilant highway patrols anticipat- ed a travel volume possibly exceed- ing anything since the end of World War II. | New York City citizens will pause tomorrow to watch a parade of 31, 000 with 200 Spanish-American War | veterans taking the post of honor; since the last G.A.R. marcher in‘ the nation’s largest city died in 1944, Police anticipated from 500,000 to; 600,000 passenger cars filled with holiday seekers would stream from' the metropolis and that the incom- ; ing tide would be proportionately i great. i The time-Fonored ceremonies at| Arlington National Cemetery in. Virginia, just across the Potomac' from Washington, will be broadcast | (NBC) from 10:45 am. to noon (EST) with veterans of the Grand | | { 1 J | | | Amateur photographers “shaot” model Ruth Brown at “phots carnival of 1947" staged in the armory at New York' City. Miss Brown was named “Miss Phots Carnival of 1947." (AP Wirephoto) Memorial Day Wil Be ~ QObserved Here with Full Program +Starfs 10 A. M. Memorial Day will be observed in (OLD AIR STRIKING MIDWEST x Me asure LKBOR BIL - AGREEMENT 15 REACHED Closed Shop_ébtlawed-80 Day Injunctions Against National Strikes WASHINCTON, May 2.—P— Congression] conferees on legisla- tion designed to check strikes and bor union activities reached final imcord today on a compromise bill. ¢« An agreement to scrap a House { provision which would have exelud- led food processors from collective | bargaining rights was the last action {taken by the conferees before re- i turning the measure to the House and Senate for further action. ! Senator Teft (R-Ohio) told re- | porters the committee decided to | remove this controversial section | from the final draft and leave the matter to interpretation by the Na- i tional Labor Relations Board. i This means it continues a matter |of dispute so far as the NLRB and ithe courts are concerned. Taft .re- ported the comprmise bill was ap- jproved by 7 of the 10 conferees. The final draft represents® im- portant concessions to the Senate by the House conferees, who agreed to abandon a near-blanket ban on industry<wide collective bargaining 'nnd a provisfon authorizng private employers to seek injunctions jagainst some strikes and boycotts. i | | LABOR BILL IN BRIEF WASHINGTON, May 20.—(P— Hdere are the principal provisions of EISENHOWER DENIES MAY TESTIMONY Committee has outlined a seven- point program for assisting the Ter- ritory and recommended the ap: pointment of a full-time Manager of the Chamber’'s Alaska Depart- ment. Pointing to the long-time inter- locking of Alaska and Seattle in-| | terests, the committee said it hoped | |“the program combines immediate | | applicability with long-range ob- port. Grommet Reefer, due 8 a.m. Seturday. Square Sinnet scheduled to sai1| from Seattle June 5. | Northern Voyager scheduled m: spil from Seattie June 6. « Baranof scheduled to sail from attle June 6 calling at Ketchikan Juneau, Cordova, Valdez and Sew d. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle June 13. Princess Leuise sails south at 10 am. tomorrow. Alaska, from west, scheduled southbound about June 4 or 5. § 2 Ram, SnOW, Slee' Preva"ythe compromise labor bill agreed fon by House and Senate conferees: _Tempera'ures Drop fo ‘ The closed shop is outlawed. The N F A union shop is permitted only when ja majority of workers vote for it. ear reelmg l The government can obtain 80- |duy injunctions against | 2mergency strikes. ‘ The three-member National Labor Relations B - of rain, snow and sleet and furmers‘“m_; are.separated, with the latter were warned a late spring frost may ;n'sslgned 'Lo e gt;nernl cotliagl sweep across sections of the Midwest | 'Ju‘,hdimm‘“ rikna und mn'd_ lu,.‘\mlx;'l«)s.v:’;'of cold air from the Mac- :ary hoycatiagre: outikwed. o aie union-controled health and welfare kenzie Basin in Canada extended 4 aver the eveasand temperatureslm"d” established since January 1, Juneau tomorrow with appropriate observance arranged by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Le- gion committees with Joseph Shof- ner as general chairman. from Seattle, Army of the Republic on hand. i Col. Don E. Lowry, White ‘House;SUI(IDE lEAp ,aide, will place President Truman’ |S IA K E N BY At 10 o'clock, in the Capitol The- atre, the following program is an- | nounced: ! Assembly—Bob Sanford and Bill M y Sperling. CHICAGO, May 29. — (P—Field natioual work in the nation’s corn belt, al- ready long delayed by spring rains, wreath at the tomb of the Un- known Soldier. Boy Scouts Willi decorate 70,000 grave: i ‘America’—by audience. Prayer Chaplain. - Gen. Logan’s Memorial Day Order GOVERNOR ASKS Former ETO Chief Disclaims "= ‘ { In recommending a full-time ex- i | ecutive for Alaska affairs, the com- | I“I DEPI FUNDS H H —_— “Sleep, Soldier Boy"” — quartet, Cauley, VFW — James iPrincipal Defendant, War t Crimes Case, Fractures |should include contacting Alaskans | {while in Seattle, teaching Sen(!le;wan's Fu” AmOllm fOr | businessmen who are new to the Ter- AUTO The Public Roads Administration issued a notice today for bids oni the sale of a five passenger 1935 Dodge sedan which is to be sold! in Juneau. Sealed bids will be ac- | gepted until 9 am,, June 12 at lhe! Public Roads Administration, Room { 419, Federal Bldg. The vehicle may ke inspected at the PRA Equip- ment Depot in Juneau. —— e—— The Washington| Merry - Go-Round| By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — When Congress passed its very controversial wool bill—which will raise the tariff on wool—two men operated backstage to help write the legislation. They were: Clinton M. Hesser and M. M. | Kearney, who represent the Boston ! wool trade and the National Wool! Trade Association. However, despite the fact that| Kearney and Hester acted as lob- | gyists in the ordinary understand- ing of the word, the strange Lhing‘ is neither of them registered as lob- | byists. | Hester had his brother, Ewart, registered as a lobbyist at a salary of only $5000. But in wool trade | circles, it is reported that C. M.! Hester receives $18,000 from the| wool traders. Three Congressmen admitted that Kearney and Hester | lobbied with them on behalf of { the wool bill, yet Congressmen let| them get away with ignoring the! lobbying law. ! BATTLE OVEL GREECE | A significant battle is going on hackstage cver how to handle Greek aid. Two Cabinet members, Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and Secretary of the Treasury Sny-| WASHINGTON, May Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower fied today a‘ Andrew J. May's trial | on wartime bribe charges that he| know ‘“nothing at all about” re- ported efforts to seek expanded | shell production in 1945. { iman, iEisenhcwer was “screaming” for| more artillery shells in Europe he‘ protested a cutback that year in a shall continue to explore the pos- | $1,300 for the !shell contract with the $78,000,000 sibilities of faster highway connec- | which were eliminated by the House. 1 \tions to various sections of Alaska | Garssons munitions combine. Henry and Murray Garsson, key . i figures in the combine, are co-de- Ifehdants with May, who {the Garssons while chairman of the House Military Committee. Charles J. Margiotti, defense at- torney, showed Eisenhower a tele- and other means and business men ! cost of construction material. gram sent’ to' Henry Garsson under ! signature of an Army officer. Mar- | giotti asked if it were not true that Eisenhower was seeking expanded shell production in April, 1945. “This couid have nothing to do with the European theater, be- cause our war was so nearly won this could not have been sent un- der my authority,” replied Eisen- hower who was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe then. “I know nothing at all about the Army Chief added. B A a FLCOD CONDITION, | ALASKA HIGHWAY, IS WORST IN YEARS EDMONTON, Alta., May 29.—(# —Heavy mountain snows followed 'sions of the Presbyterian Church of | by warm ramns are slowing Alaska ' the United States. The money was | highway traffic with the worst flood conditions in years, Brig. Geoffrey Walsh, commanding offi cer of the Morthwest Highway Sys. (Continued on Page Four) 5 \ tem said today. through the Territory. The seven - point porgram cludes: Transportation remains the No. 1 task. to assure for the future a better type of water transportation. We from the States. The possibility of rail connections accused |15 not overlooked and this will be |ing roads in the Territory. He said of accepting $55,000 in bribes from investigated. Air transportation also | that even this amount would fall can be further enlarged. Seattle should conduct a “Know Alaska” campaign with pamphlets should visit Alaska more often. “We should continuously offer our services to Alaskan chambers and Alaskan cities so that Seattle will | remain household word in the Territory | “Whenever a problem that has the support of a majority of Alaskans is presented to us for assistance, if of non-political nature, whether or I not it seems to be to the best inter- ests of Seattle, but is decidedly for iplea should be answered.” | Assistance in promotion of Alas- | kan tourist traffic. i Emphasis of Alaskan interests ! upon all Congressmen who are con- ,cerned with Territorial matters. LAND CASE SETTLED | | ! The amount of $2,675 was accept- ed yesterday in U. 8. District Court ; here by the Board of National Mis ypaid by the U. S. Government for i the condemnation of approximately 27 acres of land near Haines which was taken over by the U. S. Army during the war, in- 29.—(®— ! ritory how to do business in Alaska | testi- jand making at least one trip yearly “We will strive for a better | Alaska’s Governor has asked Construction, Main- faining Highways WASHINGTON, May 29. — (P— i the Skull in Plunge NUERNBERG, Germany, May 29 | —»—Gen. Franz Boehme, indicted for war crimes allegedly committed during the German occupaticn of arly today of a Forbes, Larry Parker. Memorial Day address — . Keithahn. Edward Parade Immediately following the indoor services, the parade will form on Franklin Street, band in front of Gastineau Hotel, with the following order: it the best interests of Alaska, that G May, former Kentucky Congress- understanding between the steam- |Senate Subcommittee on Interior | Yugoslavia, died e: has testified that because 'ship companies and their employees | Appropriations to restore to the de- | Skull fracture sufiered in o leap in Nuernberg prison. | partment’s appropriation bill for! 1948 $603,000 for Alaskan roads and! Governor’s office } He asked for the full budget rec- | ommendation of $4,535,000 for con- | structing, mantaining and improv- t short of needs because a 43 per cent! increase in freight rates went into ‘effect ten days ago, adding to the | The Governor plans to depart to- day for Alaska. AWVS ELECTS At the las* reguiar meeting until fall, the AWVS met yesterday af- ternoon at the'home of Mrs. George Rogers and elected officers for the coming year. i New oificers will be: Mrs. Ernest | ruening, Chairman; Mrs. M. Van Sandt, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Rich- | ard Peter, Treasurer and Mrs.| Burke Riley, Secretary. | e | | i '2 BROTHERS DIE IN PLANE CRASH| HOPE, B. C., May 29—(®—Two; {United States against 12 German | a suicide Boehme eluded guards while walk- ing in a corridor in a third-floor tier of cells late last night and hurtled over a rail. His fall was broken by a catwalk two tiers below. American prison officials died two hours later. Boehme was one of the principal | -fendants in a case prepared by the | said he LAl military leaders in the Balkans and | Color Guard of MPs, Firing Squad, Juneau City Band, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Foreign Wars and A umits, Girl Scouts, Veterans of ican Legion The route of the parade will be down Franklin to Admiral Way to laska dock. Ceremony at Dock “America”—by Juneau City Band. Prayer —, by the Rev. Leo H. Sweeney. Placing of wreath on Gastineau Norway. He was indicted May 10 on charges that he rounded up hostages and issued orders for their execu- tion. LIRS NO EVENING OFFICE HOURS IN SUMMER FOR LOCAL DOCTOR At the May meeting of the Juneau Medical Society it was agreed by all doctors practicing in Juneau that no regular evening office hours will be held during the vacation months of June, July and August. Morning and afternoon office hours will be held as usual with the closing hours ex- tended until 5:30 p.m. This plan has been tentatively proposed for the summer months. | Channel waters by Mrs. Lucille Mahoney, President of VFW Aux- iliary. Firing squad | Maurice Whittier. Taps—Juneau City Band. | Parade Reforms | The parade will then reform on Willoughby Avenue, march to Main Street, up Main Street to Fourth, down Calhoun Avenue to Evergreen | Cemetery. ] Ceremony at Cemetery i Selection—Juneau City Band Prayer- Dean Charles E. Rice. Placing wreath at foot of flag staff by Mrs. James Sofoulis, Presi- |dent of American Legion Auxiliary. | Firing squad. i Taps. National Anthem by Jineau City and. commanded by 'B .o NEW INCORPORATION The Gresham Paint Co., Inc has brothers were killed yesterday when | After considerable discussion with | been .incorporated at Anchorage to their two-seater plane crashed on! the miles east of Vancouver after swerving to miss a mountain peak. They were Glen Alee, President of the Lee Transport Ltd., Vander- family physician may be contacted | heof, B. C., and William Lee, pilot. Hope-Princeton highway 90 representative members of the com- munity, it was felt that the citizens ! of Juneau would cooperate fully with the new schedule. For any emergency, however, the { at his home, engage in the painting and decor- ating business. The firm was form- ed by Don Goodman, B. B. Ed- wards, W. R. Lynn, Hansel Ryle, N. F. Shaw and W. H. Gresham. k consists of 25,000 shares of mmon having no par. value. dropped to near freezing in many } sections and below 32 degrees in parts of the Dakotas and Minne- sota. Snow fell to a deoth of 12 jnches in Nebraska, to more than five inches in Wyoming and measured four inches in Iowa. Snow and sleet also swept over parts of Colorado, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wis- | consin. The lowest temperature in the cold belt vesterday was 15 above at Eckman, N. D In San Jose, Calif., orchardists said that a helicopter which flew at almost tietop altitude saved a $250,000° cherry crop from heavy damage in the wake of a rain. They said the helicopter's downdraft blew raindrops from the fruit, which would have swollen, if left wet, and burst under a hot sun, ECONOMY DRIV BY CONGRESS IS STILL ROLLING WASHINGTON, May 29.—P— The Republican Congressional econ- omy drive was still rolling along today, but it was beginning to de- velop some squeaks, By a slim six-vote margin, and only after a $£40,000,000 compromise, the GOP leadership shoved an $347,601,976 Agricuture Department appropriation bill for 1948 through the House last night and over to the Senate. This brought to slighty over $2, 610,000,000 the claimed savings in the House drive to cut $6,000,000,000 from the President’s budget for the year starting July 1. e " AT HOTEL JUNEAU Registered ay the Hotel Juneau are: Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor from Anchorage, John Russ from Sunnyside, Utah, and Edward C. Meyers from Bridgeport, Conn. A new Federal mediation agency is set up. Union Made Liable Unions are made liable for unfair tlabor practices and subject to sult | for violation of contract. They also can be sued for damages resulting from jurisdictional strikes and sec- ondary boycotts. The involuntary check-off sys- tem of collecting union dues is banned. A union would lose its collective bargaining rights under the Wagner Act if any of its officers could “re- sonably be regarded as Commun- ists.” Employers do not have to bargain j collectively with foremen. | The NLRB can forbid unions to echurge dues or injtiation fees which | it regards as “excessive or discrim- | inationary.” Employers are assured freedom of speech in dealing with thelr | workers, provided their statements :are neither threatening nor coer- cive, S Ot Slips for Women (loses Sewing {Plant in East MILFORD. N. H., May 29.—#— {A textron sewing plant was shut down today — all because of the length of a woman's skirt. Plant manager Prentice Shethar said the factory would be closed {for 10 days to change its machinery 1 line with a new style trend. The plant manufactures ladies’ slips, and now they must be made longeg. to conform to the current fashion in skirts. i o GILMORE RETURN:! Patrick J. Gilmore, Jr., U. 8. Dis- trict Attorney, has returned to his office here ‘rom Petersburg where he prosecuted a worthless check charge against Charles Resoff. i