The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1947, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,634 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURI)\\ JULY 19, 1947 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS f’RICE TEN CENTS SENATE OPPOSITION TIMBER DEAL SEEN Seward Now Threatened By Kenai Forest Fire BLAZE I 25 MILES FROM PORT Flames Reported Sfill Rag- ing Unchecked—Kenai Village Now Safe SEWARD, Alaska, July 19.—(®-— Still raging unchecked, the gigantic Kenai Peninsula forest fire had moved today within 25 miles of Seward, and Forestry men were reported concerned it might leap a four mile stretch of the upper Kenal River and sweep through | heavy timber toward this port city. Fred Rinaldi, brought here by plane yesterday, said that if the fire spans the river it would be “almost impossible to check its spread southward.” Peril to the entire west end of the Peninsula from Tustomena Lake to Homer also is threatened if the Kasilof River barrier is breached. Dayton Gilliland, who flew Rinal- ¢i from the fire lines, ily toward the Kasilof River. Rinaldi, who suffered a fractured | pelvis when a boulder rolled down upon hira, said men fighting the scorching flames spray one another with water to help withstand the terrific heat. The Army reported in Anchorage today that the battle to save the village of Kenai on the north shore of the peninsula apparently has been successful. gains by the fire have been made in the last 48 hours due to con-: stantly shifting winds, giving 85 Army Engineers time to carve a 12': mile long fire break around’ the settlement. No backfires will be started near Kenai unless the threat to the town | + is renewed. GIRL BABY BORN T0 FBI HAYES AND WIFE Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hayes are the parents of a baby girl born last five short of the necessary two-! evening in St. Ann’s Hospital. The baby tipping the scales at 8 pounds 5 ounces, has been named Mary | loverride with 27 votes to spare, 299 | ban would app]y there alKo Kathleen. Mr. Hayes is Resident Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion. This is the Hayes’ first child. The Washington! Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — Congressman Gene Cox of Georgia still is popu- lar with his colleagues, especially Republicans; but, around the House of Representatives’ room, it is whispered that Gene is slipping. He hasn’t quite as many | relatives on the payroll as before. But the Congressman from Geor- gia still probably tops the nepotism list in the natiop’s Capital. Here are some .of the relatives receiving | salaries at the expense of the tax- payer through the benefit of “Goober” Cox: Lamar P. Cox, son, runs his fa- ther’s office. Salary—$7,022.40. Mrs. Rosa Robinson, sister, is listed as a clerk in the Congress- man’s office, though she doesn't come near Washington. Her checks are mailed to her at Camilla, Ga., the Cox family’s home town. Sal- ary—$3,185 16. Mrs. Jim Lou Cox Hoggard, sis- ter, Postmistress at Camilla, Go. Salary—$3,600. Charles: M. Cox, nephew, Execu- tive Assistant to the Assistant Pro- duction Administrator for the Agri- culture Department. In fairness, it should be noted that he began as a clerk and worked his way up, offi- cials say, without his uncle’s assist- ance. Salary—$7,100. Tatal “take” for the Cox lnmtly, includifg the $15,000 paid the Con-, gressman, is $35,907.56. Note—Mecanwhile, three Cox re- {Colm_mud on Page Four) injured fire fighter estimated | the western front of the blaze is; 50 miles long and is moving stead-: | No appreciable cloak- | "MIsS DElE(TABI.E" - ) i \ i | | omealonn: | s o i Barbara Bates, Hollywood actress, | has been chosen “Miss Delectable ¢+ of 1947 by the Western Retailers Restaurant dciation, it has | been announced by President | Arthur Davis. Dees this give you | food for thought? TAX ISSUE IS TOSSED T0 PUBLIC ‘Failure of Senate fo Over- | ride Veto Makes for Campaign Material | By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON WASHINGTON, July 18—p—! Failure of the Senate to override President Truman’s veto of the| |GOP tax-cutting bill tossed the is- |sue into the 1948 political cam- (paign today. Both sides expressed fu'illingness to let the voters decide iwho was right. | Prospects for tax reductions at this session of Congress died last ,night when backers of the bill mar- ‘shaled only 57 Senate votes against '36 supporters of the President — i thirds majority. Earlier the House had voted to | {to 108. { “I'm-not unhappy,” Senator Milli- | kin (R-Colo), floor manager fori the bill, told reporters. “There are 49,000,000 taxpayers who would thave had some relief except for two | vetoes by a Democratic President and adninistration.” House Majority Leader Halleck isaid tax relief apparently must wait l“unm the country elects a Republi- can President next year who will cooperate with a Republican Con- gress.” Rep. Rayburn of Texas, the House Democratic leader, already had ac- cepted the challenge. publicans ‘want to throw this kind of tax bill into the campaign,” he | said, “we’ll welcome the issue.” e | WEATHER REPORT Temperarure for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, 81; minimum, 58. At Airport—Maximum, 82; minimum, 57. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness. Not so warm this afternoon and Sunday. Some very light showers this afternoon and Sunday. PRECIPITATION In Juneau — Trace; since July 1, 245 inches. At Airport — Trace; since July 1, 2,03 inches. . . = . . ® .- CAA MEN ARRIVE i | ! i . Three CAA men from Washing- lines and are registered at the Bar- e % “If the Re-! ton, D. C. arrived in Juneau yes- terday via Pacific Northern Air-, NWA DELAYED| © TWO DAYS ON SECOND TRIP Transport Reporfed Out of | Anchorage, Shemya, . Tokyo-Bound SEATTLE, July —(P—Delayed {more than three days by weather, | regular commercial service to the| | Orient by Northwest Airlines started | {today with the departure of the| four-engine transport Manila from| | Anchorage to Tokyo. | Northwest officials said the Ma- ‘ml’\ which originally was schedul- | ed to be the second flight on the| Great Circle run, landed at Shem-| lva in the Aleutians at 6:35 a. m.| | (PST) and after refueling headed +for Tokyo approximately 10 hours {away. Later it will continue to| | China and the Philippines. The Shanghai, slated to makn\ ithe inaugural flight, will return to| | | lMinneapohsv Its passengers for the iFar East were put aboard the; 1 Manila. ! A third DC-4, the Tokyo, took orr, !from Minneapolis at 3:38 a. m.| (PST) today for Anchorage via Ed- | monton and will follow a regular| schdale to the Orient unless the| " weather closes in again, officials of | Lhc line said here. i Each of the big four-engine trans-l iports has been specially converted | ]ror the long overwater hop with| {larger galleys and baggage space. { Postponement of the inaugural ‘mgh( made it necessary to can-‘ (el the first eastbound run, schedul- red to leave from Manila July 19 .(F‘rlday U. S. date). What difficulties may be encoun- | Ilered in landing at Tokyo still was not known here. ! In Tokyo yesterday, D. J. ng. svice president of the line's Onem Division, said “procedural delays in| Washington” might prevent the de- barkation of passengers and Largo! there. He explained that the * pm-‘ cedural delays concerned signatures ;of certain government committees jin Washington,” but declined to (comment further. | King also said that proposed spur | .service to Seoul, Kofea, would be ‘su:pended because the debarkation | | OMNIBUS BILL PASSED WITH VOICE VOTE By ALEX H. SINGLETON WASHINGTON, July 19. — (P—| Spurred by alarm over strife n | Greece and a widening split be- | tween Russia and the Western Pow- ers, the House shoved along to the | Senate today a $1,603,199,094 appro- |priatxons measure carrying $1,353- 1900 to finance this nation’s foreign | I 1 i i i i | policy. The House passage came last | night by voice vote in just an hour's {time—perhaps a peacetime record | {for a measure of its magnitude and international implication — amid | icries for halting all aid to countries {under Russian domination. | Assurance that such a ban is in- | tended came from Chairman Taber (R.-N.Y.) of the House Appropria- { tions Committee. He told the House ithat aid will be denied to countries !ideologically and econom)cnlly as- ! sociated with the Soviet Union “un- less they turn over a new leaf and ishow that they are willing to co- ! operate with nations which believe | in freedom.” Consideration of the omnibus aid | measure came as Chairman Eaton | (R.-N.J.) of the House Foreign Af- fairs Committee, said that “we are in sight of a shooting war at this | Immute" in Greece. | | e e — SEATTLE MEN HERE Registered at the Baranof Hotel |from Seattle are W. K. Sheldon, ipointed temporary administrator of |July 18, the date BEL FEARS JAPS WILL (OMEBACK 'Hopes bovernmenl Will! Not Permit Orientals to Return for Fish ANUHORAGE, Auska, July 19. (M—Nick Bez, prominent Seattle fish packer, said here after his annual Lrlp to Bristol Bay he was afraid | both Russian and Japanese isher- 'men would try to return to Alaskan | waters, but “I hope the government won't be foolish enough to let the | Japanese come back.” “I don't think any Alaskan fish- |erman wants them and I don't be- lieve the American public would stand for their return,” he declared. Bez did not comment on his atti- tude toward fishing by Russians in that area. He left yesterday for Seattle. ? Truman Signs U. . Admi Of Jap Isles Mandated Islands Captur- ed During War Now Under Trusteeship WASHINGTON, July 19—(®— The White House announces that President Truman has signed the |agreement for United States ad- ministration of former Japanese islands in the Pacific. Admiral Louis E. Denfeld was ap- | the trust territory. Denfeld is Commander in Chief | of the Pacific Fleet. He will serve as United States High Commission- er of the Territory pending transfer for permanent administr: tion by a civilian agency of the government. | The trusteeship agreement was approved in April by the United Nations Security Council and Con- gress then gave its sanction. In addition to signing this gov- ernment's approval of the trustec- ship agreement, the President is- sued an executive order providing for an “interim administration” for the trust territory, the Presidential statement said. The interim administration began the President signed the joint resolution passed by Congress. The islands—the Marshalls, C: lines and Marianas—were captur- aro- |ed by United States forces from the Japanese in the last war. They | were German islands and were lanof Hotel. They are H. Moran,|Jr, E. F. Howe, Herbert Tetter,|mandated to Japan after the fi G. A. Brewer and M. E. Mohler. | Walter Watson and Tke Alhadeff. | |World War. SNOW FLATTENS WHE AT—_G.E Wood hrmer near Sidney in western Nebraska, surveys effects on his wheat ficld of an unseasonable snowfall which struck in mid- June, D 0 G G Y — Marie Virgolino of Milwaukee wears a .choker- type collar and wrist band matching the collar of her dog. It's something new in the fask- ion world TELEGRAPH CREEK HIT BY BLAZE WRANGELL, Alaska, (M—Early morning fire at Tele- graph Creek, B. C., yesterday de- stroyed the Stikine Hotel, the Bri- tish Columbia Police Detachment building and the home of Charles | Raine. Hotel owner Walter Simpson re- ceived minor burns. The fire started in tue hotel, the whole town fought the names for 10 hours, saving the government agency and the village. The build- ' ings burned were a total loss. (FOURTH OF JULY QUEEN, PRINCESSES WILL TRAVEL NOWI | Juneau's Fourth of July Queens | are slated to leave over the week- end on their vacation trips which they won as part of the awards in the Queen contest. Queen Cecilia' Thibodeau and Crown Princess Ann Thompscn will leave via PAA today for Seattle. Princesses Betty Bonnett and Marilyn Merritt will| fly via PNA tomorrow for Anchor- age. Arrangements have been com-! pleted, by Mayor Waino Hendrick- son, for entertainment upon their arrival at tr> twe cities. - - rve —— HONOLULU—More than 50 Ar- |my, Navy and Marine planes today resumed an air search over the entire Hawaiian Island area for two army pilots missing since yes tergay in a small training plane. MILITARY TRAINING BILL UP: i A zMeasure Is Approved byi Subcommittee-Follows Commission’s Plans : WASHINGTON, July 19.—®— \ A House Armed Services Subcom- ' mittee has approved a un!versal. military training bill mllowmgI | closely the plan advocated by Pre-w | sident Truman's special | sion. | The committee is headed by Rep., | Towe (R-NJ). Ject to review by the full Armed, | Services Committee at a meetmg {next Tuesday. | Subcommittee members reported ' the vote as seven for the bill, one absent. The full 33-member committee | reportedly is top-heavy in favor of | the bill, although House Republican | leaders said it will not be acted [on by this session of Congres | The bill approved by the sub- committee calls for six months of | youths between their 18th and 20th ;bxthdays followed by six months of membership in an ROTC, Na- | tional Guard, or other reserve com- pcnent. A youth would be allowed | July 19— to have his induction deferred until or Waino E. Hendrickson, City o he kecomes 20 or completes hm high schcol education. The bill provides for dep?ndrncy. allowances of $50 monthly for one! deperdent and $65 for two or more. ' ——tv—— PNA BRINGS IN 22 ON ANCHORAGE TRIPN FLIES 21 WESTWARD i On the flight from Anchorage to | Juneau yesterday, the Pnclhc, Northern Airlines brought 22 pas- sengers. On the return flight, theyl carried 15 passengers to Anrhorage' and six to Cordova. ( From Anchorage 10 Juneau were: | Ernest Howe, C. R. McNeil, Miss | Bunte, H. Moran, Mr. Brewer, W. Lehman. i C. J. Bassler, Mildred Lister, A} E. Peterson, W. R. Overstreet, Al-| |bert James, Richard Priest, M., | Sheldon, C. G. Deckman, Julius Sommers. Olga Sommers, Violet Gardner, | Bertie Holm{ Jean Ann Holm, Jer- xy Oaksmith, M. Morrison. Juneau to Anchorage: | | R. Shu- man, G. Smith, S, Connrors, H. Conners, M. Conners, B. Stau(er; B. Pollton. FROM COUNCIL jtorney, who is already representing | telegram {James Curry perpetrated a definite: )Banlield. .1esents Haines and Petersburg. +development of forests in tion.” Mohler G.} ,Juneau. While she is here she will stay with her daughter, Dorianne. | BANFIELD GETS| INSTRUCTIONS Strongly Worded Teie- gram Sent-Curry Depudi- ated as Representative Juneau's City Council threw its weight last night into the fight to! have Congress approve at this ses-| sion legislation to settle Indian ab-| original claims to lands in Tongass, National Forest and clear the way for development of a paper and pulp industry. The members unanimously ap- proved a strongly worded telegram: to Norman C. Banfield, local at- the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and other nearby communities in | Washington for the same purpose. | Besides stating the position tak-, en by the City of Juneau, the also makes clear that, falsehood in stating for the Con- gressional Record that he ‘“repre- sents the City of Juneau” among various other Southeast Alaska | towns and communities. } OBJECTIONS BY INDIANS RESPONSIBLE Territory SMs fo Lose Five $30,000,000 Paper Mills WASHINGTON, July 19. — #P— Alaska's potential multi-million dol- lar pulp paper industry faced today, what Delegate Bartlett has termed “growing Senate opposition.” Bartlett said yesterday large news- print companies are prepared to ierect five $30,000,000 paper :nills :n the Territory if the Senate passes a House-approved measure authoriz- ing the sale of Tongass National Forest pulp timber. In Seattle, it was announced Fri- day by E. L. Skeel, President of the Chamber of Commerce, that a sixth +$15,000,000 mill will be built in the ‘Tongass forest near Ketchikan by a Bellingham, Wash,, concern if the bill is passed by Congress. The Bellingham company already ,has made extensive surveys, Skeel said. But, Bartlett declared, Senate op- City Attorney Howard . Stabler and H. L. Faulkner, of Faulkner and | states that his firm rep-, i The wire sent by the City Coun-| cil last night is similar in word ing to one also dispatched yester day by the City of Douglas. Ad dressed to Norman C. Banfield, Washington Hotel, Washington, D( C., the telegram stated in part: “You are requested to represent 118 to settle Indian aboriginal. tional Forest . . . | “We feel immediate action nec- benefit not only of white people; in Alaska but all Indians. This' Juneau City Council whose! members cannot understand how | such fantastic claims could have| assumed importance to throttle nll' Alaska, ac- lity cxcepz through Congressional Added by suggestion of Council| | basic training for qualified male members when the wire was vead 'y 0.0 at last night's session was the state- ment: “James Curry has no legal| status as representative of' City of ! Juneau.” The telegram was signed by May- Juneau. ., STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Princess Louise, from Vnncuuver,l scheduled to arrive at 2:30 o'clock | ; this aiternoon, sails for Skagway ! at 10:30, returning and sailing southbound at 9 o'clock Tuesday | ! morning. Y Clove Hitch scheduled from Seattle today. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seav.tle today. rincess Norah scheduled to safl from Vancouver 9 tonight. Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle July 22. Lucidor scheduled to sail Seattle July 29. Aleutian, from west, scheduled | to arrive at 3 o'clock Sunday after- noon and sails south one hour la- ter at 4 p.m. to sail from | —,——— WRANGELL'S MAYOR HERE ! On a combined kusiness nnd‘ jpleasure trip, Mayor Doris M, | Barnes of Wrangell, has arrived in Mayor Barnes reports that Wran- gell is busy and that it is having | | the same wonderful weather as Ju- | neau. ——,ee———, Sarah Linehan, daughter of Mr.| iand Mrss Lester Linehai. ‘eturned\me | tomac River. position is mounting rather than .wmmentsd that he himself is at-,diminishing and the newsprint con- 'Lomey for Wrangell and Skagway; ' cerns have said they will cancel negotiations unless the legislation is approved. With the outcome in the balance, wo prominent Ketchikan business- men were enroute to Washington today to lend their support to the ill, which was passed over twice in the Senate this week on objection of individual Senators. Robert L. Jernberg, President of commis- ! e City of Juneau in every eflort!the Ketchikan Chamber of Com- {to expedite Senate Joint Resolution | merce, and William Bates, President of the Ketchikan Miners’ and Mer- Its action is sub- claims to all lands in Tongass Na-ichants' Bank, conferred with Seattle !civic leaders on their way to the national capital to urge passage of 'exsnrv this session of Congress forithe measure. Attorney Norman Banfield, of Ju- neau, has also arrived here to put against it, one not voting and one telegram being sent you by author-|up a fight for passage by the Senate of the important measure which means so much for Alaska's devel- opment. Bartlett said objections by Alas- kan Indian leaders had impeded the bill's progress in the Senate and made it impossible for him to frame’ a compromise with the help of the and Agricultural depart- ments, He said he would continue to i bress for passage of the measure as npproved by the House, with a pro- vision that funds received from sale jof the timber be held in the Treas- ury until claims of the Indians to 10 per cent have been settled. Bartlett added that he had been told by Senators Cain (R.-Wash.) and Magnuson (D.-Wash,) it had been agreed by Senator Taft (R.- Ohio) the bill should be given priority for consideration before | Congress adjourns. M-y TRUMAN WEEKENDS (ABOARD HIS YACHT WASHINGTON, July 19. — (®#— i President Truman is spending the weekend with members of his staff on the Presidential yacht Williams- burg, cruising liesurely on the Po- Leaving today, he will return to the White House Jate to- morrow. e DRIVE AUTOS SLOW ON DUSTY HIWAYS When driving on aus:y roads, slow down when approaching another auto. This is the notice given today by Territorial Highway Patrol A. Walsh, M. Bell, G. Cionek, E.!to Juneau yesterday via Pan Am-!which said that clouds of dust ob- Sumner, Daniel DeRoo, Winstead, Bob Woods, Ray Ronald. Juneau to Cordova: D. Penning- | ton, K. O'Brien, P. Stone, Chris Wyller, J. F. Cameron, W. Schweg-| ler, | ing her uncle and aunt, Mr. and' Mrs. Charles A. Carter in Pasadena for the past ten mcnths. While she was south she ati-- ded her sopho»! more year of hig® school. Charles ! erican Airways. She has been visit- | scure the vision of the other driver and can cause serious accidents. ‘The patrol pointed out that failure to give this courtesy to the other car is a violation of the Territorial traf- | fic code.