The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 7, 1947, Page 1

SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,600 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE, TEN CENTS — " JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1947 i PEACE IN COAST SHIPPING INDICATED Union-Curb Labor Legislation Passes Senate BILL IS UP. T0 TRUMAN FOR ACTION Measure Ge_ts_&pprovafl by 54-11 Vote-Tax Bill Still Unsigned WASHINGT@N, June T7—(P—As} in the case of the tax reduction! bill, the next move on the Tfll(-‘ Hartley Labor Bill now up to President Truman. The Senate completed Congre\--} sional action on the GOP spons | I | ' | { | S‘igns Greek-T is ed union-curb bill last night, ap- proving it 54 to 17. The legislation now goes to Pres- ident Truman for his veto or ap-| proval. Earlier in the week Con- gress sent him the ‘Republican- backed tax cut measure Mr. Truman has given no indi- cation of his intentions with re- gard to either bill ¢ GOP leaders in Congress claim sufficient strength to override a! veto of the Labor Bill, pointing to, the Senate margin of 54-17 andI the House vote of 320 to 79. A} two-third majority vote in each tranch is necessary to overcome a Presidential veto. (. However, they conceded that in} é ¥ the ‘oageof the taf PRI-tHey- Tatkeas - TRESIDEE TVONEAN ¥ the strength in the Senate to over- ride a veto. Senator Ellender (D-La.) told a reporter he does not expect Mr.| Truman to disapprove of the Labor ! Bill, adding: s i e S 3 {Binkihe’ may. wilteva 8ting- b and drawn features of the ing criticism of it, but accept itj primarily on the ground that by | July 1 the would have no other | tool to fight John L. Lewis.” i On the final Senate vote 37 Re-| publicans and 17 Democrats voted for the Labor Bill, 15 Democrats SA l M 0 N To and two Republicans voted against | it mittee looking into alleged vote A A frauds in Kansas City last fall,| SEATTLE, June 6—(P—It seems announced he will recommend that ; that Norwegians, who export fish the Senate authorize a broad in-j all over the world, want to buy some quiry with committee sessions injfor a change. Kansas City. | A certain Pacific Coast and Al- Ferguson has charged the Jus- | aska delicacy, mild-curad salmon, is tice Department “whitewashed” the | something Scandinavians want and matter in an early probe of the Ornulf Poulsen, of Oslo, will try to Democratic Primary election in satisfy their wish . He is with an which Serator Axtell, with the' Oslo firm. packing of President Truman, de-; “I. hobe to be able to feated Rep. Roger Slaughter. Ax-|about 800,000 pounds to N tell subsequently lost the election | he said here on a West Coast trip. i He is contacting fish processors Ifrom Sacramento, Calif., to Sitka, i Alaska, and will spend next week in H j Alaska, planning to return here aShlngion!nbdut June 15. He was held in a fconcemratiou camp during the war i after Germans raided his Oslo home }and found it headquarters for an il- | legal undergound newspaper, he ! said. Turkisheaid bill, setting in for ‘of bolstering weak cour to the United Natic The brief house suite atop a hotel in Kax his mother’s iliness. T obvio; at the bedside cf his ill 9 as ELECTION FRAUD Senator Ferguson (R-Mich), i i } Chairman of a Judiciary Subcom-: import /Confm_u_ed on Ekage Eight) The W Merry - Go - Round By DREW PLARSON WASHINGTON—Various Demo-’ crats have accused Harry Truman | of deserting Franklin Roosevelt, but the nearest real break came two|. days ago when the entire Truman g Adfininétraucn almost walked out! Williain ylar, charged with rape, on the grand old lady of the Dem- | Was bourd over to the Fedéral i Grand Jury yesterday afternoon at atl rty Mrs. Franklin Roose- ! i Y ?St o | a preliminary hearing here by U. S. Despite the fact that Mrs. Roose- | Commissioner Felix Gray who rul- velt was the honored speaker at"}"d that there was sufficient evi- the Jefferson Day dinner in Los,“"““' to request the Grand Jury Angeles, and despite the fact that | for an indictment. ‘Bhe Commis- B nmor was being arranged by | Sioner also ordered that Eylar con- Jarass- Roasevalt; aldost ox of dhe| Hie to. be held s Jall without late President, the White House for} “;'1 3 a time ordered a complete boycott.: ylar - EYLAR IS BOUND OVER, GRAND JURY of the alleged is accused | criminal a 13-year-old Secretary of the Treasury Snyder, | ’f-‘”“”' of scheduled to speak alongside Mrs, jJuneau girl Rocsevelt, canceled. And Democratic oStk S 0. 25 Cp executive. director Gael Sullivan BENSON TO BERR HAS was ordered to cancel. In the end, OFFICE OPEN PULY 4 Sullivan persuaded President Tru- % man to reverse the boycott at least to the extent of letting him speak alongside Mrs Roosevelt. Ungallant Secretary of the Treasury Snyder, however, never did get off his high horse. He remained in a huff in ashi ountin, his tax- “U% 5 Washinglop 9 4 | visitors expected in Juneau for the money. i 3 A ¢ ! Pourth of July celebration here. : hushed-uj Basic reason for the ol Benson sad that many fishermen r-part; racas was Henry! :;::E:‘cep:;z lhfe Truman Doctrine’f and cannery men are planning to When Wallace spoké in m‘nllt’nd the celebration and that his ' ™ | office will_be open at the above “(Cont Ttimes for their cenvenience, (Cont | | Henry A. Benson, Territorial! Commissioner of Labor, announced teday that the Territorial Depart- ment of Labor will be open for business on the evening of July 3 and the afternoon of July 4 as a special accommodation to the many inued m’:"P‘aaer Four) urkey Aid Bill e A SHOWN SIGNING the $400,000,000 Greek- > a historic American’forei s against outside aggre: gn policy ion as a,“support” ceremeny took place in his pent- City, where he was staying during strain of keeping a week-long vigil -old mother was President reflected in the tired MILD-CURED WHETSTONE CONVICTED OF BRIBERY 7.—(®—Graying, County Commis- SEATTLE, June 59-year-old King sioner Joseph A. Whetstone today | awaited sentencing on two counts of asking and receiving bribes. A Superior Court jury of seven men and five women convicted Whetstone on both counts last night lafter deliberating six and one-half hours. A previous trial on the same charges ended in a hung jury last April 25, The commissioner, indicted by recent County Grand Jury, was 3 cused of accepting $750 for aid in obtaining use of a county bridge by J. Arthur Lind. Present logging operator, and taking $100 for help in getting property rezoned so it could be used as an airport by Mrs. Irene Havercamp Jones, Newport. >os 'CATHOLIC LADIES T0 HOLD SERVICES AT SHRINE JUNE 15 All ladies of the Parish Cathelic Church of the are invited to take part in “Day of Recollection” at the Shrine of St. Terese, June 15, arrange- ments for which are being made by the local Court of the Catholic Daughters of America. Mass will be held at the Shrine, it is announced. Mrs. Walter Hellan and Katherine Nordale are general chairmen for the day, with Mrs. Felix Toner in charge of transpor- taticn arrangemer and Mrs. Tom e of the food. the ience of those wishing transportation to the Shrine a paper has been placed in the entrance to the church where they are requested to sign, and the committee would like to have every- one signed up by tomorrow if pos- sible. However, if anyone plan- ning to attend does not have the opportunity to sign up any mem- ber of the committee may be no- tified by phone. - were discovered by professor in 1895, of the Nativity | the | a's REPORT IS GIVEN. OUT BY BRIDGES (10 Unions and Waterfront | Employers’ Association Sign New Contract SAN FRANCISCO, June 7—(®— The CIO Congshoremen and the | Waterfront Employers’ Association ltoday signed a new contract and llcoked hopefully to a full year of TWISTERS HIT FOUR SECTIONS { | [ | \ ! \ | | | | | ‘Floods Continue fo Spread: Ruin—4,000 Home- less, One City H (By THE &3SOCIATED PRESS) | There seems to be no end to the |series of flocds and tornadces across the nation, | Twisters bit communities in four states during the night. They are e : I Ilinois, Colorado, Oklahoma and a5 etk . o & g 3 8| Missouri. Quite a number of homes . B g {were destroyed, but there were no fatalities. Forty houses were destroyel or) damaged in Champaign, Tll., home of the University of Illinois. The damage inflicted by the tornado in! Champaign was set at upwards of $200,000. | I Meanwhile, the situation is be-! found eril on a ter, “lin J sail to sail - F HERE FROM SEATTLE - D The tirst coal miners United States were slaves. ’:\grvetl to extending the present |said the agreement with longshore- going unions.” toward the U. during 1944, In background are hydrogen generating tanks used to inflate the balloons. iers among the three latter groups, ing higher and higher, spreading; g, S. Army) o S }munlcaliuus Association Radiomen Out of story of a farm woman {cons from . |Increase, announced willingness to flag down an approaching train, [ } L] Longshoremen’s and Warehouse- ;fm-v it was to plow into a track |unions in their negotiations. man was very wet and excited 4 = & ers — Damage Suits in Cribs ing Political Trend irain except a cap and a house 7% | Two infant girls were battered to *OLYMPIA, Wash, June T plA(ED oN i1t was a mighty fine thing for the locked today as the Deep Sea | Otficials now estimate that the Pl \dentified assaflant whose motive Bressman today in a special elec- Fishing Vessel Owners' @nion dollars worth of damage. The UP since the season’s start, May 1. g ble changes in popular political the two victims were its sole oc- an inspection of all dams in the H. E. Lokken, Manager of the Ves- Altemialily. Deriacaae Bus Saros When & power dam burst and sent Secrefary of the Union's Executive daughter of Mr. and Mrs Harry Coastal Rider—Knows Union, said damage suils amount- Leo Brand. er and a 4l-year-old former lum- '40 FROM SEAIILE bodies by their " . oy ing its service between Seattle and } |Owners early next week. He said last night. n policy and -the record of Coroner, Dr.| The Democratic standard bearer y,g gigtricts, the Santa Ana Steam- the State Unemployment Compen- Edward Reno, said the infax from Pier 25, I wi L ured prominently in the campaign ' nden i MAVT type, chartered from ihe son, Kathryn Gleason, Carl Hale, ..a¢ for a two percent increase found on the head of the Brand preq Norman, Republican who beat freight. She will go to Bethel Harland, Angalo Solezzi, Gabriel v ? : : % ; g I( was made between 7:35 and 7:45 poitical observers predicted a;BAay ER MOVEMENTS Reed, Della Alsted, Janice Welsh, Southeastern, from Seattle forts o contact the few VISitors poi more than the combined vote TOute, Who was with the Army iGene Allen, M. E. Bloom, Kenny this afternoon. 000 votes polled in the primary by and trapper in the Kuskokwim Walter Massey, Hoel Massey, Wil- | Princess Norah scheduled to sail man carrying a pistol and a paper| . ptis ot AR DAX it | ER Riogey s Are Given Report, | quarters.” DORAVILLE, Ga., June 7—(®— (ita Brace, R. F Lewis. Barton Sol- | 1oute. LANDINGS 'ceived a Negotiating Committee’ mail bag fell under the wheels of a Serge Evans, Rosemary Lavelle, Guests at the Baranof Hotel from Sr. 9,000 lbs. halibut; Apex No. I contract proposal is expected from The bag bounced under the train n’s reunion’ tonight, his address centing Standard Oil of California, ' with Captain Weidman brought in' in | peace on Pacific Coast Waterfronts. Harry Bridges, head of the Long- shoremen, announced his union |contract a year, on condition the | Employers settle with other CIO | Maritime Unions by June 15. A spokesman for the shipowners men “should result in prompt i ‘agreements with these (other) sea- € American Army men inspect one of the installations the Japanese used to launch bomb-laden balloons : coming more critical by the bour A growing sentiment for avoid- [in Ottumwa, Towa. Flood WAters| Jn fcregronnd is circular launching platform where the bags were filled with gas, the gondolas loaded ing strikes was reported by obSeRv~ lof the Des Moines River are creep- = with bombs, automatic devices and then set free. This site was 125 miles nerth of Tokyo. (AP photo & J the Marine Engineers Beneficial ‘over the Ottumwa business district. | - Association, the American Com- | Of the city's 30,000 residents,| imore than 4,000 already have been: and the CIO Marine Cooks and tmoved out of their homes. Ottum= Stewards. The Independent Fire- 1wa % ‘has only a meager reserve of water. ot } |terms. All have been offered con- the Towa = flood cmigf ¥ | tract extensions. {comes the a ere o ! The Engineers, who have been |who may have saved many per-! L] J |holding out for a 6 percent wage death. In the midst of 1a heavy rain storm late at night,| arbitrates the demand. jthe woman waved her apron to The action of the International lcarrying 22 passengers. The train o | men’s union was expected to have ‘jerked to a sudden halt, just be- . s = R |strong influence on the smaller No Resulfs Reached, Seat- Unidentfied AssailantKills' Election Watched Nation- i shout. The conductor, B. F. " H I,b I B 0 B b G.I Sl et s SR I Martz of Ottumwa, said the wo- - 2 e Halibuters, Boat Own aby Girls as Sleep ally as Perhaps Show- |Said Martz: “She didn't have any- | E E l I S jthing on to protect her from the -3 | {dress and apron but she was stand- “SEATTLE June 7—'.4"-(1}(2“1):14 MASSILLON, O, June 7—(®— ing there waving the apron at us. flect negotiations remained deac- el tonis i 155 % o death in the Pediatrics nursery of Washington's unpredictable Third ety b Y Fishermen’s Union announced City Hospital last night by an un- DX rict was choosing a new Con- 5 s to file damage suits against i !{lood in Rutland, Vermont, earlier|the on was unknown, police announced to- :‘:’" l‘:']“d_‘ o bbelng “'“‘f"?" N‘;' lin the week caused five million for lost income from the long tie- day. donally as ‘s barefuetér ' for, poset- Although the nursery sometimes o b 4 o . sentiment. | —_— chairman of the Vermont Public After a meeting yesterday at- contains as many as 30 children, | 1 8 . r id In a district which has swung H iService Commission has ordered tended by attorneys for both sides, # 5 L sel Owners' group, and E, E. Strom, Rosemary Morton, nine weeks, lisan i the, ‘past Zour eleckions, area, The Rutland flood resulted group 4 the electorate’, was - deciding the N 5 tad AR "B b 2 iq S » heated contest between a 55-year- . . {a nine-foot wall of water into the Committee, reported “no progress.” E. Morton; Diane J. Brand, eight i ¥ 3 v city. ; Philip J. Poth, Attorney for the weeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 9d Republican newspaper publish- HIS SE(“OH TR e e S ) bermens union official after a live- e R ,ing to more than a million dollars A nurse, Marian Silleck, 1 PReF A% pt SEATTLE, June 7—®—Resum- will be filed against the Vessel the babies' y campaign on the major issues of The bed clothing ’;‘."R_ i o the Kuskokwim River Valley, one the actions will charge “unlawful third crib was pulled back the Republican Congress. fof Alaska’s most important min- FR'DAY |A p A conspiracy to defeat purposes of The Etark County % ats died 18 'R"”' Charles R:‘Savuge. his ma- i, Company tomorrow will dis- ) ; cation. Act® because of Owners’ de- “of injuries ~‘caused hy blungJor opporient Russell V. Mack. Alpaten the freighter Coastal Ride: Pan American Airways carried 40 .40 for increased shares of the force.” third candidate who had not fig- {yesterday, 20 from Juneau to Seat-|cuicn to offset unemployment in- Police Chief Stanley W. Sw freight {tle and five to Fairbanks, as fol- g, qnce costs Who headed an investigating detail, i5 Harry Morton of the Socialist- " qpe Goastal Rider. of the CL- 'Fmenge"s from Seattle to Juneau | opyen called the proposed suits said the attacker may have picked Labor party. OWS ! " " “ridiculous. them up and struck them again‘t hey are contesting for o seat Malitime Commission, has capacity - . ) n ‘ a sting for the seat h E pacity Seattle to Juneau--Floyd John-| rhe gispute is over Owners' de- the floor. Dark smudges WeTe ot vacant by the death of Rep. fOF 5000 measurement tons of Paul Moher, A. E. Carroll, C. catch shari y ' . y ” CH shares. baby. Savage in 1946 after having re- trading center of the Kuskokwim v ” s 3 g pre - Howell, Conrad Rasmussen, A. e The police believed the attack yiouely lost his seat to him in 1944, River District. by way of Goodnews Faldmo. *cloc] rsers o'clock. Visiting to the nursery yore yunning : The Coastal Rider will be under 0 g to 60,000 or more,| ve: Unae s et e 2 Balnd, b STEAM was restricted on Friday nights, sompared with the 45000 vote in|command of Capt. C. S. Carlson, jAlexander, Rita illard, iliam and and patrolmen made immediate ef- (o brimary, which saw Savage veteran of the Kuskokwim River {Frank Wright, Leonard Telfer, El- Prince Rupert, in port. ore " y % e . ; il 8! l‘xl'ixlce~.~'p1.uu "ltmm S who were .:Ho:vi’ of four Republicans, Mack’s hopes Transportation Corps during the Dick Williams, Charles Stewart. scheduled to arrive at 3:30 o'clock rested on a large vote by persons War and spent two years as a pi- i who failed to cast primary ballots 10t on the Kuskokwim. Captain Thibodeau, Donald Blengd, Patricia| Baranof from Seattle scheduled FALSE AlARM and a favorable spiit in the 12,- Carlson knows every mien, trader { Hamilton, Donald Bnr&rd. John to arrive Monday morning. | ‘ s Walker, William Stewart. Northern Voyager, from Seattle, o\ o o J\* ‘7' B ik tal {Atkaroey Gl-:’rrmr;]x i’mfih Tmy{'_,\m”‘R“” ,Vd“e’\ RO 5 Vernon Dinnel, Luera Van Kirk, sches rrive e 13. s - June Tt oy laizan. B4, A, - FIUGAR LeMO0Ns cheduled to arrive June 13 ler Otto Drueger thought he was 2 SPUT S liam ‘Torgenson, George Torgen- jrom Vancouver 9 tonight. in for ‘some exclemgnt When & o " (uRRE“(Y IS |son, B, M. Pomerleau, Ray Dorothy, Aleutian scheduled to sail from H g F h R e | sk vt up fo s e MGITING FISHETMEN — —cxperyy a1 NG To Seattle—Masie Paul, Beverly| square Sinnet scheduled to ¢ ¥ | . “This 15 not a stick-up. 1 just Milton: Plaley./ Plowd " Vioke, “Brnic| swar “Ewuot: scheduled want this $50 in bills changed to 2 ! RA“. ‘RA(KS |Edwin, Elizabeth Erwin, Charles (om Seattle June 13. N i i ( ‘ Madsen, Florence Rogosa. Alagkl sch’edulfid to sail from Se- ! Krugger changed the bills and, ego 'a lng om- James Most, Bill Twaddell, Juan- ,i1jo June 17 on Southeast Alaska the pistol-totin’ patron left with-| fE S | Four thousand dollars in currency - out explaining the gun | SEATTLE, June 7—(P—Herring Was spread along four miles of rail- ylars, Jack Molyneaux, Clarice West- R fishermen in Southeast Alaska re- road track here yesterday when a by, William Jahn, James Larsen, b 5 |Harold Glaser. ey ireport at a union meeting last speeding express train £ | To Fairbanks Carl Jensen,: Three fishing boats came in to- night, Anotber special meeting Reports that the bag contained day with the following catches: was called for Tuesday night at $50,000 brought scores of searchers “William Bell and Joe Greagory. cattle include Jennie and Adaline Emma, skippered by John Winther which, leaders said, a definite new to the scene. b SIS i AR Craig; Frank Wright, Jr., Col. C | KANSAS CITY—President Tru- D. Yaggy, John W. White and L. under Peter Bond, 6,000 halibut and employers. | wheels when the mail cl}erk tosed it {man will speak at the 35th Divi-|P. Fernand. G. H. Sampson, repre- 2000 lbs. salmon: and the Helena, {toward the staton platform. Post | the office inspectors recovered most of i ; ng at 11 p.m. (EST). uso registered from Seattle 2,000 lbs. of salmon the money.