The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR ——--— “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,596 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1947 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INCOME TAX CUT BILL GOES TO TRUMAN Flash Floods Force Families From Homes RAIN CAUSES HIGH WATER EAST AREAS Evacuaiion}ies Place in Many Communities, Two Stafes (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Torrential spring rains brought flash iloods to nearly a score of communities in northwestern Penn- sylvania and Ohio, forced well over 100 families from their caused the derailment of senger train, A washed out portion of roadbed near Cambridge, Pa., railment of a pullman car of anj Erie Railroad New York to Chicago | train. None of the eight injured was seriously ‘hurt. Fifty families were driven from their homes at Springville when | a 3% “(Ct‘m’tiinruza on Page Two) e The Washington!, . Merry - Go- Round By. DREW PLARSON WASHINGTON—Tt isn’t advertis- ' ed outside the inner circle but there's a wide political rift between most members of the Truman Cab-,’ inet and those who guide Demo- | cratic National Headquarters. Democratic politicos led by Bob Hannegan, Gael Sullivan, Ed Flynn, | and various other big-city hosses | believe Truman should stick dili-' gently to the old Roosevelt left-| of-center policy. But a majority of the Cabinet— | led by Secretary of the Treasury Snyder—disagree. They are middle- of-the-roaders. Illustrating the rift was a private conversation in Miami recently be- tween Bob Hannegan and Assist- ant Secretary of War Stuart Sym- ingten—both Democrats, both from St. Louis. Symington suggested that Demo-' cratic Director Sullivan was being a little rough on big business by de- manding heavy price cuts. To this, Hannegan replied: “Stew, are you one of those 50-\ and-so’s who believes Truman can win by appeasing the Big Business boys? If they're for us, we're lick- ed. The thing that worries me most is that 75 percent of the press is for Truman. Unless 75 percent of the papers think we're too liberal, the people will think we're too con- servative. The Republicans always' win in that kind of a setup.” Symington started to protest that he wasn’t a reactionary, but Han- negan continued: “The reason we Democrats win is' that the people know we're the friend of the little man—that we protect his job and his home, his| health and his future. Unless he| feels that sbout Truman, we're! licked.” U. S.-MADE DICTATORS i homes and | pas- | injuring eight persons. | caused de- | reconcile . Commission met to continue | | | | & ! 5 Gen. Mark W. 2 clothes cisco. (AP Wi mq:hum) CONTROL | :United States to Mainfain Supreme Position, United Nations Told LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., June 3.- M—The United Nations struggled to American and Russian differences on atomic control today in the face of a warning that the United States intends to maintain and increase its supreme position in the field of atomic energy and | atome weapons. David E. Lilienthal Chairman of the U. S. Alomic Eenergy Coramis- sion, told the United Nations yes- terday this would remain the pur- pose of his country until interna- tional machinery for control was established by the world agency. With this waming beiore tiem, delegates of the UN Atomic Energy their efforts at bringing Russia and the United States into agreement on , whether or not the veto can be used in the Security Council if a country commits an atomic crime. Lilienthal told the Commission delegates that their task of chart- ;ing a program for international contro] was of “supreme importance to tne peace of the world.” “You can have no security—but only fraud—without international cooperation,” he declared during a closed session of the Commission at which he had been invited to speak. Soviet deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gmmyko was absent. On almost the same day Pxesi-' dent Truman sent his message to, Congtess proposing U. S. arms for Pan-American countries, 2. NEW ALASKA American dictator was demonstrat- | ing what happens when Pan-Am- | ericans get U. S. arms. The dictator in question was General Anastasio Somoza of Ni-! caragua, who deserves to have the, trade-mark “Made In America” stamped on his expansive bosom,! but who, nevertheless, is just as| much a dictator as Hitler or Mus- solinii. Somoza’s background and the re- | volution he kicked up last week are important. They illustrate one of the great dangers in the Truman “Arms-For-Latin-America” program. Back in 1927 when the Coolidge Administration got into hot water in Nicaragua. Henry L. Stimson was sent to patch up the trouble and worked out a deal whereby the U. S. Marines trained the Nicaraguan National Guard. The Marines did an excellent job. (Coutlnuod on Page Four) AIR SERVICE IS PROPOSED SEATTLE, June 3. — (P—Norton Clapp, President of the Alaska Transportation Company, said today it has filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board for a per- \mit to operate air service between ! ! Seattle, Tacoma and Portland and rpom'.s in Alaska. Main line service would be pro- vided to Ketchikan, Juneau, Faii | banks and Anchorage. Connecting 'gervice would provide air transpor- (tation to Southwest Alaska points served by the company’s ships, ih- cluding Cordova, Valdez, Homer, | Seldovia gnd Kodiak, ~ (Clark Relaxes in Civies Clark, after lne years overseas, relaxes in civilian as he dines at New York's Stork Club with Mrs. Clark. general has been assigned to command the Sixth Army at San Fran- '(hrlslmas WARNING | west Airlines announced today that EISENHOWER | GIVES TALK, - WEST POINT, Dedicates Graduahngi | Cadets to Cause of l World Peace . WEST POINT, June 3.—(#—Gen- | eral Eisenhower today dedicated the : w military careers of 311 embryo gen- | erals to the cause of world peace. | Addressing the U. S. Military | Academy’s graduating class, the Chief of Staff said that the true | soldier of America is a leader for wmld cooperation. He told the | cadets, who were commissioned sec- i ond lieutenants, that their immedi- . | ate mission was to man the fortress | for which freedom still finds need. { But, Eisenhower emphasized, this | service does not imply subseription to the rule of might. 1 | War, he said, is mankind’s most | | tragic and stupid folly; to seek or | advise deliberate provocation is a black crime against all man, And | then Eisenhower made the state- | ment The true soldier of America is a' leader for world cooperation, know- ing that to serve best the security ‘or his country he must owrk for the jcause of peace. Here is a lasting [ challenge to ‘your Breadth of under— ! standing no less than to cnnhnuuu% professional development.” There was one other thing which Shopping underway General Eisenhower pointed up in his address to the West Pointers. | 'Ho told them that their Army com- , ! missions do not confer upon Lhem' distinctive right or privilege. He saxd |that their commissions do not give | | them a greater share than their citi- | zen brothers of courage, endurance, | and fortitude. ) 1 The Two Sisters Purchasing| "Extras” for Alaska Mission Kiddies TACOMA, Juno 2 (A coma sisters, Frances and Eslher| Sautebin, have completed some Christmas shopping for a nmth-- bound Santa Claus trek. The two will carry Yuletide pres- ents, by boat and airplane ,to Bethel, pERS““S Mo“DAY } Alaska, so that 33 Eskimo young- i sters at the Moravian Mission Or-| Alaska Coasial Airlines dispatched phanage near there will find a little | ¢ignt flights yesterday, and touched “ex! under their Christmas tree st sitka, Hood Bay, Pelican City, next December. Hoonah, Tenakee, Kelp Bay, Lake | Their sister, Constance, is \now | pigrence, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ket- finishing her first year as a teacher | chikan, and at Tulsequah, B. C. at the orphanage and when they, passengers from Juneau to Sitka wrote of taking a vacation trip n0rth | were iir. and Mrs. Fred Bagles, N. | e AlASKA COASTAL AIRLINES FLIES 72 MANILA, June 3. | | | man went out on a charter trip to| | Petersburg and return, on Forest (posed of one or Last Rites for Sinith Children MEASURE IS PASSED ~ BYSENATE { iy |House Has Approved Leg- ' islation, Too-Fate of i Bill Uncertain JASHINGTO! June 3 —(P— i*. | The $4,000,000,000-a-year income tax icut cleared the Senate today and headed for the White House, where |its fate i1s uncertain. | The compromise bill, worked out by a House-Senate committee, pass- 'ed the Senate by a 48 to 28 vote, yshort of the two-thirds majority | which would be required to override ia veto. It won House approval yesterday |220 to 99, more than the required { two-thirds ! The measure calls for cuts in in- {dividual income taxes ranging from 1105 to 30 percent, effective July 1. - - The bodies of the four Smith children, found slain in a flower patch near their home, are carried to their ATflvcs in Imlay City, Mich., May 29. Maska Air Cargo Rafes " Are Reduced by Pacific NA, Woodlev Announces BELIEVED OFF " INDIA WILL BE EXTENDED FULL POWER British Government Makes Announcement-Action Now Up to People LONDON, June 3.—(M—The Bri- tish government announced today that it would transfer power in yIndia to the Indians almost immed- iately and let the Indian people decide whether there shall be one or two governments. The announcement was made si- | multaneously by Prime Minister Attlee in the House of Commons; by the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, {in a broadcast to the Indian people; land by the Brfitish government in a white naper. Legisletion will wve introduced during the present session of Par- !iament for the transfer of power this year—on a Dominion status basis—to one or two Indian govern- ments, depending on which system the Tndian people subscribe to. Thus pnu: wi.e absolute with- drawal of the British, scheduled for July of 1948, India will be com- two self-governing countries which will belong to the British Commonwealth of Nations. Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill threw the backing of the Conservative opposition behind the principle of temporary dominion status for India — whether as a united country of 390,000,000 or as a separate Pakistan (Moslem) and Hindustan (Hindu)—he reserved the right to oppose details of the plan, Churchill said a “blood bath” for India “may stand very near.” He added that the partition proposal might “offer to India some pros- only a hint was necessary. Somuch A, McEachran, Dave Dribelbis and | air legs of their trips consists of | | Wolf; to Pelican City, G. C. Fulton, plastic tovs, light weight books, hair | Sanford Ligene and William Jones; loons. | Dyer. Frances is a USO service mem- | From Juneau to Tenakee, C. A.E They will sail tomorrow night from |roujs Anderson, Ben Rowland, Ed- Vancouver, B. C., fOT Ketchikan. | ward Arola, Barbara Rowland, B. J. | ‘Rmh D. Brooks. N w A w I ll SIA R From Juneau to Petersburg, G. H. | \Jones‘ to Wrangell, Edward, Rose N Y FROM MAN!lA‘and Punchy Kalkins; to Ketchikan, | \ to Tulsequah, J. Amundsen, R. Cald- | er and L. Patterson. — (M—North- | City were Dorothy McCain, Maud | Jones, K. Raatikainen, H. Lifirts Yerk from Manila will leave Nichols [J. A. Berg; from Sitka, Charles E.! Field tomorrow morning. {Dillman, Cliff Gallagher, Eddie | Tokyo, the Aleutians, Seattle, Min- | Anderson, Lavella Anderson and W. | neupclis and Dettoit. |J. Johnson. the Jomt Philippine-American Fi- | Mrs. Rutherford; from Wrangell, nancial Commission, is on the pas- ‘Elmor Lucas, Marie Craig and Joan ‘C E. Rice, A. Nyquist, Art Nyquist PARACHUTE RESCUE ‘%" {Mr and Mrs. Peter Odynsky, Anne IEAMS ORGANIZED and Peter Odynsky, H. Brynelson, Charles Forward and William Roh- WASHINGTON, June 3.—(®—The Army Air Forces announced wday of their 55 pounds luggage for the | g Kluckholm; to Hood Bay, J. P.| ribbons, dolls, bean bags and hnl-'m Hoonah, B. W. Craig and Tom: ber and Esther a doctor’s secretary. | Good; to Lake Florence and return, | 35 T | Cozean, D. Bolton, V. Bolton and | Stmpson. Paul Prouty and J. W. Leonard Smith and William Irvine; SERVICE TOMORRO Inbound to Juneau from Pelican its first commercial flight to New and Floyd Johnson; from Tenakee, . The plane will fly via Shanghai, jJohnson, Dorothy Anderson, Neill | r. Frank Crossman, Chairman of | From Ketchikan, J. Shortbody ang senger list. McCormick; from Petersburg, Dean From Tulsequah W. J. James, and Mr. and Mrs. B. Parliament. FOR ALASKA DUTY! it is organizing parachute rescue teams in Alaska to aid fliers forced | down in the Arctic. & Each team will consist of two medical technicians, two Alaskan- trained guides and a surgeon. The teams will be aboard scouting planes looking for aircraft in trouble. \Service business; and H. R. Blood “ook a plane on charter for a timber cruise to Kelp Bay. - FIRE ALARM i The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- partment answered a 1-3 call at 5:10 ‘p m, yesterday. The alarm was ! caused by an overheated chimney ‘and stove in the residence of J. P. Crock at 317 Franklin Street. |pect of escape from one of the ymost hideous calamities that has ever ravaged the vast expanses of India.” Communist Willie Gallagher of- fered the sole opposition to the ‘plan. He said he was “the more | suspicious of the solution because | Mr. Churchill, who has a bad re- }mxd in connection with India, gives '1t such support.” SYATTLE, June s—M—A new uir cargo tariff schedule drastically reduces rates and charges on all commodities carried over its routes in Alaska, some as much as 75 per- cent A. G. Woodley, Pacific (North- |ern Airlines head, ‘announced to- day. The changes included 100 pound shipments — Juneau to Anchorage, old rate $35, new rate $13; Juneau to Cordova, old rate $37.50 new rate $12; Anchorage to Naknek, old rate $25, new rate $9; and Anchorage to Kodiak, old rate $24, new rate $9. “This is another indication of our desire to help the business men and residents of Alaska meet their daily needs,” Woodley said. Pan American World Airways al- s0 announces in newspaper adver tisements a reduction in Clipper express rates on many commodi- ties, the reductions range from 24 to 56 percent on such goods as iresh ioods, movie films, sea foods, furs and on southbound household goods. R ‘TO(K QUUTAMON; NEW YORK, June 3.--Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 90%, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss-Wright 4%, International Harvester 81%, Kennecott 44':, New York Central 13%, Northern Pacific 15%, U. S Steel 65%, Pound $4.027%. Sales oday were 690,000 shares. Merrill-Lynch averages today are as follows: industrials 170.36, rails 43.90, utilities 33.11. High hopes that President Tru- man will sign the tax bill, plus announcement of record first-half earnings for Standard Oil (N.J.) lifted the stock market fractions to more than a point today. Wall Street drew encouragement from a remark of Sen. Robert Tatt, (R-0), that he did not believe Pres- ident Truman could afford to veto the tax bill because such action would put him “definitely on the side of high taxes and high expen- ' At the annual stockholders méet- ing of Standard (NJ. F. W. Ab- rams, chairman, said first half pro- fit would reach $140,000,000 or $5.12 a share, against $177,610,000 or $6.50 a share for all of 1946. Mercantile shares showed gains ranging to more than a point in Macy’s and Woolworth. Lee Rubber was up more than a point. Steels were firm. Motors were up as much | with General , as 2% in Chrysler, up more than a point. Trading was quiet during the en- | lmu day. """ DECLARES TRUMAN COAST TIEUP | CANT VETO BILL, “OF SHIPPING | INCOME TAX CUT | Senator Taft Ma Makes State- ent Regarding Posi- fion of President VVA'?HIN(:'IUN Junv 3 P Senator Taft of Ohio, the Republi- can Policy Committee Chairman, declared today that President Tru- man can't afford to veto the $4,.- 000,000,000 income tax cut bill “be- cause it would put him definitely on the side of high taxes and high ex- Contract Extension Asked by Unions Will Prob- ably Be Granted SAN FRANCISCO, June 3.—(® statement by an employers’ A penses.” spokesman that “everyone’s talking Taft declared in a statement that extension” of the contracts gave all the spenders want to keep the vax hope today that negotiators will “all the spends want to keep the tax avert a west coast waterfront tieup. ivceipts up to $40,000,000,000 in The comment, by an official of order to maintain a high standard the Pacific American Shipowners of government spending.” Association. was taken to mean con- tract extension to June 15, 1948, our an “The quick sights downw r we can revise 3 lhf‘ lower we year from the date on which agre keep o\pn nditure Taft said. ments with four CIO maritime un- i 5 i ions and the independent marine e R S firemen expires. | The Association originally re- WEATHER REPORT jected union demands for a 12- Temperature for 24-Hour month extension. More recently the employers have been reported as having agreed with the proviso that no immediate wage increases will Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, 69; . . » . . . . . . . . . . . . . be asked ® minimum, 46. ” The CIO unions are the Interna- e At Airport—Maximum, 68; e tional * Longshoremen and Ware- e minimum, 38. e hcusemen, the radio operators and e WEATHER FORECAST L4 marine engineers. |e (Juneau and Vieinity) . ‘e Continued fair. Cool to- EATTLE UNION PROTESTS |e night. Warm Wednesday. . SEATTLE, June 3.—®—Regional ' e PRECIPITATION L4 representative William Gettings re- ' @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 v toduy) @ ported today that Seattle long- e In Juneau — None; since @ shoremen and warehousemen (CIO) e June 1, 030 inches; since © had rejected an employer proposal e July 1, 91.86 inches. . |to extend their working contract e At Airport — None; since to September 30 and had voted ® June 1, 010 inches; since ® against working beyond June 15'e July 1, 5768 inches. . without a new agreement. e . Gettings said the vote was 1506/« © e o o o o o o to 37 against three and a half > monihs cxension e 12410260 STEAMER MOVEMENTS Most contracts with AFL mari-| Princess Louise scheduled to sail time unions expire September 30, from Vancouver June 4 and employer spokesmen have said| Northern Voyager scheduled to they desired uniformity in expira- rail from Seattle June 6. tion dates to reduce the labor issue Baranof scheduled to sail from to a once-a-year basis. seattle June 6 calling at Ketchikan, e Juneau, Cordova, Valdez and Sew- HALIBUT LANDINGS { ard Four halibut boats landed a total Princess Norah scheduled to sail of 34,400 ponds today at the Juneau : from Vancouver June T Cold Storage, selling at 16 and 14‘ Aleutian scheduled to sail from cents per pound. | Seattle June 13. Oscar Oberg's Hyperien brought Square Sinnet scheduled to sail 12,000 pounds; the Priority of Pet- |from Seattle June 13. ersburg, 5,400 pounds; George Davis' = Alaska, from west, scheduled U and I, 11,000 pounds; and the!scuthbound at 7 o'clock temorrow Pioneer, 6,000 pounds. | morning - >ee - | - > MAHONEY ON TRIP ! GOVERNOR RETURNING U. 8. Marshal Willlam T. Mahoney | left Juneau this morning for a routine inspection trip to other Southeast Alaska cities. He will be Alaska’s Governor will return to Juneau on June 14th according to announcement today from his of- | absent for about a week and will visit fice. He has been absent in the Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchi- states for two months on various ‘ kan, | Territorial affairs.