The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1947, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE b SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition [ LXVI, NO. 10,640 TWO SECTIONS—16 PAGES JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1947 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SLAYER HUNTED IN ALASKA WILDERNESS Portland Store Robbed by BOLD THEFT Search Abandoned for Lost Marines in Plane | | INDAYLIGHT BY 3 MEN Over $37,000—Taken While Hundreds of Shoppers Were in Store PORTLAND, Ore., July 25—@®—! Police today blamed a slick, pro- tessional ring of holdup men for the $37,563 robbery of the Lipman | Wolfe & Co. department store—a robbery carried out $o smoothly| ‘hat not one of hundreds of shop-! pers guessd what was going on. | PBolice said they k¢ ed it was planned by the same gang that robbed the Olds and King De- partment store of $117,000 inf checks and $304 in cash June | The loot in yesterday’s robbery ! was $36,000 in checks and $11,563 in cash. { Three calm, well-dressed men; stepped into an empty elevator ati the store and at gunpoint ordered | Phyllis Smith, 24, elevator opera-! tor, to take them to the ninthi floor. { There two ordered cashier Otto) Koenecke to lie on the floor and| then they scooped up cash and; a money bag deposit. The third; covered Miss Smith. i They had her take them to thej Lasement, then directed < her to! “go back to the 9th floor and keep | quiet.” She said she saw them{ separate and walk unhurriedly! toward different basement exits.; The men held handkerchiefs to! their faces, but Miss Smith gave| partial descriptions to police. | - THRONG IN INDIA PROMISES VIRTUE! 1 H i Solemnly, aj 2 i | i | 0 i BOMBAY —(®— throng of villagers stood before| Home Minister Morarji Desai of Bombay Province recently andi pledged themselves in unison not| to get drunk or engage in ban- ditry. | They were residents of a Pro-; cincial rural area known as Do-} had Taluka which long has been notorious for the number of ban- dits, and where the men liked their potent home made liquor. Desai praised their spirit and promised them that their living! standards would rise in a free and| independent India. - The Washingtonl Merry-fi_o- Round By DREW PEAREON WASHINGTON—As the first ses- | sion of the 80th Congress comes to an end, there will be the usual hoopla, back-slapping, cloakroom quaffing and singing of the Star-1 spangled Banner. But as far as the general public is concerned, there | is little to get up and wave the flag about. This newsman, who has covered Washington for a long time, re-; grets to say that he has never seen a Congress so dominated by lobbies, and with its ear so eagerly to the ground to catch the faintest whis- per of desire from the big contribu- ! tors who ponied up the campaign' funds. Out of a dozen Congresses | I have seen come and go—some good, some bad, some indifferent: - never since the Harding days has there been a Congress which so} flagrantly flouted its promises and its principles. Here is the scorecard of what the 80th Congress did and what it did not accomplish: Housing—Congress did a lot of, talking but no acting on the hous- ing shortage. Veterans who once lived in foxholes continued living with their in-laws. Thanks largely to Jesse Wolcott, Michigan Repub- | lican, Congress removed priorities for veterans housing and gave the i [Continued on Page Four) 7 (rash on ML. Rainier 'LAST MINUTE DERBY NOTES Everything is all set for to- morrow's Soap Box Derby. The parade ts at 2 p.m. Races will start at 2:30 p.m. A last minute plea has been isucd by Don Skuse, sparkplug behind th's great event for Ju- neau boys, asking all spectators tomorrow to please stay off the racing course at ail times. Skuse says that the success or failure of the Derby will de- pend upon spectatcr cocpera- tion. Chief of Pclice Milo Clouse and his patrolmen will be on hand tomorrow to apprehend all viclaters. Dog ewner: who allew ther dogs to roam the streets tomerrew will be fined under city ordinance, Chief Clouse said. Tomorrow all autos must be cleared frcm Twelfth Street from the top of the hill to the boat harbor by nocn under or- ders frem the Police Depart- ment. No autos may be parked on side streets any closer than 100 feet or a half-block from Twelfth Street, since more than a thcusand spectators are ex- pected to view the race. Bicycle riders seen ¢n Twelfth Street dur'ng the race will be arrested. The fin stand has been Street. Concession booths be at C Street. No loudspeaker system could be obtained this year to an- line and judges erected at D will nounce vace results, but the races will be broadcast by KINY and all residents of Twelfth Street are asked to + place their radios in their win- dows so srectators may hear the results. > FORRESTAL NOMINATED - DEFENSE SEC. WASHINGTON, July 26. — (®— President Truman today sent to the Senate the nomination of James V. Forrestal to be Secretary of De- fense under the new armed forces unification setup. Forrestal's nomination went to Capitol Hill shortly after Mr. Tru- man signed legislation unifying the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Forces. The measure was signed in a dra- LONGMIRE, Mt. Rainer Nation- Park, July 26.—M—Danger from rockslides and crevasses Lrought to an end, for the pres ent, the search for the bodies of 32 Marines who died seven months ago in the transport plane which al was found for the first time two ys ago, shattered to bits on Mount Rainier’s formidable south Tahoma Glacie: - Navy officials annunced last right the end of the present phase of the search after members a mountain 1anger searching party returning from the second day’s trip to the glacier, told of incre: ir danger from rockslides nd newly opening crevasses. Navy Lt. Gordon Stanley said some of the rock slides sounded like bembard- ments They told of finding additional pieces of the shattered plane over a wide area and more personal items of the Marines who died when the plane apparently hit a sheer rock cliff during a storm on its San Diego-Seattle flight last December 10. Stanley said some pieces of plane wreckage were spotted “as deep as 40 to 45 feet in crevasses, encased in ice.” COASTAL AIRLINES FLIES 69 PERSONS INAND OUT FRIDAY Alaska Coastal Airlines yesterday sent eight flights out from Juneau, calling at Petersburg, Wrangell, Ket- chikan, Taku Lodge, Chatham, Hid- den Falls, Lake Florence, Skagway, Excursion Inlet, Pelican, Althorp. Hawk Inlet, Hoonah, Todd, Tenakee and Sitka Passengers to Ketchikan were Mr. and Mrs. C. Carlisle, Mrs. W. Barnes and Larry Lindst Gilman, A. Gilman, Vera Martin, Eva Nielson, S. Mills, Mrs. A| M. | Wiese, Philip Anast, R. Armstrong, Mrs. Pew, Mrs. Watson, Tila Wat- son, Leda Raggandah, G. Nickitis and Mrs. Bradley. From Juneau to Tenakee, G. Alb- musen and Victor Lipp; to Hiddenj nr. ajstend will make a stop- thusiastically studying the displaysi Falls, Cliff Richmond, N. Deiner, Mrs. Decker and B. Billerto; io ! Chatham, J. M. Walker; to Althorp, | Tayoe; matic ceremony at Washington Na- | tiona Airport just before the Presi- dent took off for Grandview, Mo, where his mother was reported dying. Mr. Truman delayed his hurriedly arranged flight home to await ar- rival of the unification bill, which passed Congress only yesterday. Wiry, tight-lipped James For- restal, younger in appearance than his 55 years, is known as builder and boss of the greatest navy in world history. D SOUTHEASTERN PORT Briggs Steamship Company's \'reighter Southeastern arrived in uneau last evening at 7:30 o'clock. he loaded 37 tierces of mildcure sAlmon for Prince Rupert, and is dyé to sail early this afternoon. tl Petersburg, the Southeastern wil' load more fish, and then at Kebjoikan another two or three carloads, all of it going to Prince Rupert, B. C. - i \ | i i Mrs. E. Pollen; to Pelican, Sadie White and Emil Jacobsen; to Hoo- nah, Mr. Casber and Harold West- man; to Excursion Inlet, Mrs. E. Belarde; to Hawk Inet, P. C. Michaelson: to Lake Florence, G. Amquist, O. R. Cleveand, and Mr. and Mrs. L. Nelson. Inbound passengers to Juneau from Ketchikan were R. J. Peratro- vich and John Day; from Sitka, Mr. and Mrs. Louis McGee, Mrs. Chris- tine Sunde, Sharon Sunde, Norma Brookman, Ted Kettleson, Capt. and Mrs. C. Telquist, John Brillnart, Regina Mendel, Vera Martin, Eva Nielson, E. F. Burton and K. B. Snowden. Passengers to Juneau rom Cha tham were J. M. Waker, cent Yadeo; from Pelican, E. Vien- ola, T. F. Allain and James Pad- dock; and from Skagway, Mr. and Mrs. K. Thrasher. — e Chas. Boyle Fa;flIy Visiting in Juneau Mrs and Mr. are and Mr. with Anderson Visiting George {Mrs. Charles Boyle and daughter,! Elizabeth, of Wallingford, Penn Mrs. Boyle is the niece of Mr. An- derson. Mr. Boyle is with an oil company in Pennsyl- vania. The Boyles, who have been here a week, will fly to Seattle on Monday via Pan American Air- ways. HEEKZ FROM OAKLAN E. C. Burton of Oakland is re- gistered at the Hotel Juneau. - - i | Keep the Track Clear Tomorrow! | Keep the Track Clear Tomorrow! ln»umeml at the Hotel Juneau of | Albert | from Excursion Inlet, Vin-; associated | MOTHER OF TRUMAN DIES EISENHOWER COMING ON | BULLETIN—Grandview, Mo, July 26.—(@—Mrs, Martha El- len Truman, 94-year-old moth- er of President Truman, pass- ALASKA TRIP Chief of Staff Will Be Ac. | & v awiets in her tie | | her son raced against time to | reach her bedside. The President, aboard h's special plane, received the news of the pessing of his mother | | | companied by Division ' Chiefs and Experts | | WASHINGTON, July 26 , whilc he was flying westward. | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower It was only yesterday that | Army’s Chier of Staff, will {ly 40 {he condition of the President’s Fort Riley. Kan, tomorrow on the| mother was proncunced again Ifirst leg of an inspection trip t0[ as serious, tArmy installations in Alaska. | 7 g | At Fort Riley, the General will ! visi S ) A O] e Sene U o it e "z O'HARRA. PASSENGERS | College. He will proceed to Great| ARR'VE FROM HA'NES | Falls, Mont., Monday and expects | He will be away from three to sy | four weeks on the trip which, the| The Donjac, skippered by Jack ! War Department said today, “is a/Burford, arrived in Juneau with continuaticn of his plan to see at Passengers frem Haines, who came | first-hand the operations of the, OVer the Highway on the O'Harra | Army in field.” The Chief of | Staif already has made several in- spections in the United States, in jEumpe and in the Pacific. Accompanying him to Alaska will be several division chiefs and oth- {er Army ecxperts, including Maj Veterans Oifice, Dr. and Mrs. Gen. Alfred Gruenther, Deputy, Louis A. Witzeman and Robert, Lu- ! Commandant of the National War cille and Alice Witzeman, of Akron, YCollege; Brig. Gen. Hewfy B. Say-; O#'. and Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar im._ Chief of Ordnance Research; Seidenfaden of the Danish Em- Highway which was washed out !the first part of the week, has been | repaired. Passengers on the Donjac were W. Turtle and Robert Rice o w the and Col. H. J. Matchett, member of |Passy in Washington, D. C. the Army Manpower Board, The Donjac will leave again next i e | Thursday for Haines. Anyone in- 'ALSTEAD LEAVES Wm—umfi“ | TOSPEND WINTER ™\ eoe"con stupy of IN OLD COUNTRY, rRRiTORIAL MUSEUM | ¢ i gether about April 1, when Mr. Al-'the Northwest coast. . stead will resume fishing operations, Dr. Barbeau is the author of on his halibut boat Bertha. This is two books and many magazine ar- Mr. Alstead’s first trip back toNor- ticles on folk lore of the North- {way in 23 yeers. Mr. and Mrs. Al- west coast. A new book, “Alaska | stead have lived in Juneau since Beckon: has just been published. 1191 ! The Canadian scientist 1is en- over in Petersburg, South Dakota, at the Territorial Museum. He on his way to New York City. He complimented Curator Edward L. will sail from New York on the Keithahn on the material contain- Stavangerfjord, which is the same ed in the Museum. He expects to ] {liner the Olaf Larsen family is remain in Juneau only a few days | sailing on. but may address the Juneau Ro- ! While in Norwzy, Mr. Alstead | tary Club before departing. ) + will spend most of his time in Aale- sund, visiting with his father, who Baranof Hotel il: ;2 ‘vtcars 1t:l]d, ml)ld hlx: brothelxs TS IR nd sisters. He wil sit 1 510, ! Bergen, and other seclvi:jns l(:; g:sluv ju"uu pRI“(ESSES ARE {ern Norway. P “ FISH lANDINGS a free trip to Anchorage in the = 4th of July Queen Contest, returned | Fish landings at the Juneau Cold | yesterday after a week's visit to Storage today included the trollers the Cook Inlet Metropolis. They Hobo II and Blithe Spirit, with 1,000 pounds of salmon. Ed met at the plane by the Chamber Skaret on the Rainier brought in of Commerce officers and were la- 10,000 pounds of black cod, unsold ter guests at the Rotary Club this morning. And salmen packer under Fred Brandes| toured Fort Jr., brought in 16,000 pounds of'their stay. salmon from the grounds. The load A {(ITY DOG CATCHER Dr. Barteau is registered at the Richardson during was split half-and-half between Sebastian-Stuart and Alaska Coast 1 Fisheries. y s : STEAMER MOVEMENTS The City Lug Catcher reported that two dogs without licenses were picked up last night. Unless they Aleutian from Seattle due Tues- are called for within three days, day. | they have to be disposed of under Princess Louise scheduled to sail| City Ordinance. from Vancouver 9 tonight. One dog was a mongrel police Princess Norah scheduled to sail| dog. answering to the name of Tee- from Vancouver July 30. Bone. He is owned by Mrs. Eliza- Baranof, from west, is scheduled beth LaMoore. The other dog is to arrive Sunday night at 8 o'clock medium sized, with long black o'clock and sails south one hour| hair and four white feet. later at 9 o'cleck. - Alaska scheduled to arrive from Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Seidenfad- Sitka southbound Monday morning en, at 8 o'clock. e HERE FROM HAWK INLET J. J. Thomas of Hawk Inlet | Haines. They teday with Pan American Airways. BACK FROM ANCHORAGE Princesses Marilyn Merrift and |crete block layers recently arrived | consent consideration. Betty Bonnett, who were awarded! each | report a wonderful time, they were the Allanah, luncheon. They visited Palmer and | PICKS UP MONGRELS | e Pass Se ANCHORAGE CITIZENS | ~ AROUSED | | i ANCHOI. . 0T, sika, July 26 3‘.!" A group of citizens circul u.ml‘ ‘a petition teday which stated: {“We, the undersigned citizens of! | Anchorage, deplore and regret the |ungentlemanly and deceitful man- {ner in which Mr. A. J. Koenig's itenure of office as city manager Iw terminated by our city coun- jcil. | | The petition, which leaders said {would be sent to Dr. R. E. Ridley, | “Manaucrs Association, Chicago, | ;added that “neither the action nor {method of action correctly reflect ‘the attitude of the majority of, jthe citizens of this community.” | The city council and Mayor |Francis Bowen abruptly dismissed {Koenig and Police Chief Elmer| Johanseni - early ' this week, after| |expressing “dissatisfaction” with{ |their services. The entire police force promptly resigned in pro-; test, but later all Ekut two re- turned to their duties. Koenig |expressed surprise at the dismissal rand said no reason was given| 1 him. { i The petition said further that [under Koenig's management “ef- fects of political meddling had ibeen largely eliminated from the| NEW WORKERS, FQUIPMENT AT READY-MIX (0. ¢ Arrival o1t equipment for the Juneau Ready-Mix Concerte, Inc.| concrete ktuilding block and pipe manufacturing installation at the y's Plant No. 2, Twelith streets, was announced ltoday by J. C. Cooper, director. \Installation of the new equipment is now under way, he said, and | full-time production is expected | soon. | Cooper added that his company has been fortunate in securing the services of two experienced con- from the States, who have joined| {the Ready-Mix crew. They are |Donald E. Emmans and Wayne, C. Atter, both from Robbinsdale, Minnesota. ! UL U i Guests Honored at | " Party by Caslers| A farewell party was given last| levening by Mr. and Mrs. T. C.| Whiteside in honor of Mrs. M. E.| McAuley and Miss Judy Green Mrs. McAuley and Miss Green,; who have been houseguests of Mx-wI and Mrs. Cecil Casler, are leaving |this afternoon via Pan American | i Airways for Seattle. From there {they will travel to their home in| { Hastings, Nebraska. ' | Attending the affair were: Mr.| land Mrs. K. G. Merritt, Mr. and| |Mrs, Cecil Casler, Mr. and Mrs.| |Homer Garvin, Mr. and Mrs. Walt-| jer Stutte, Mr. and Mrs Frmxk; {Hermann and Mr. and Mrs. Henry, | sully. e W. L. GROSS HERE W. D. Gross, picneer Alaskan | with the Danish Embassy to|theatre and cpartment house own- Club, who do not already have as- Washington, D. C., stopped over er, passed through Juneau on board | signed dut last night at the Baranof Hotel af- the Alaska. He will disembark from | report to tne judges stand for as- ter arriving on the Donjac from'the ship whe: it returns from Sit- are leaving Juneau ka and wil: visit in Juneau for ap- 1 J ! proximately t).ree weeks, {the Slick Holdup Men Slim Hope for Alaska Timber Legislation fo MANHUNTIS CONTINUING IN INTERIOR i e WASHINGTON, July 26.- ‘Spev-“Fug"ive Is Hunted by .Or- o e el ganized Forces-Vic- fims Are Buried day by the Senate on the unani- nafe by Consent By NORMAN BANFIELD mous consent calendar this im- portant timber legislation which | would open the forests of Alaska| FPATRBANKS, Alaska, July 26. to pulp and paper mill develop-) ment will have to wait until next| January. I am reliably informed that Sen- —{M-While a marshal's posse of federal agents and military police pressed Alaska's greatest manhunt in the Alaska highway wilderness, ator Butler has convinced one oflthe two ax victims for whose foes of this legislation, Sena-ldm”m the fugitive is sought were tor O'Mahoney, that a contemplat-|puried after private funeral ser- ed amendment to the bill would|yjces her yesterday. create an impossible situation and| Th yictims were Donald R. Har- he has agreed not to introduce ”"'.n& 33, Alaska military project amendment and (2 back the ori-iemployee, and Carl Ahnstrom, 68, ginal measure. {long-time prospector and woods- We are now hoping against odds|man. that the objection made pl’eviousl_v’ Cardinal Harris, a brother, came by Senator Chavez will be with-ifrom Nenana for the funeral and drawn and HJR 205 will pass. isaid the younger victim's father, On Wednesday, James Curry, at-; Willlam Harris, and a sister, Mrs. {Bus Lincs, The small place in the' pirector of the International City torney for the Indian opposition Louis Simpson, live at Greens Fork, from Alaska, proposed an nmend»(lndlnna. ment to the bill which would pro-/ U. S. Marshal Stanley J, Nich- vide no timber could be sold from;ols said the search for Leon Win- land which the Department of the!field Jones, 43, a. carpenter on the Interior has determined as owned Big Delta military project more by Indians. The Interior Depart-!than 100 miles southeast of here, ment offered no help in stopping|was being pressed by a posse which this move, but it received unfav-jwas coordinating its action with orable reception by the committee;an airptane, " @ glant. lopdspea and Sermator -“Butler and-1t-was re< fand-- Army > waliile: Tadly fused. ‘equipment. Nichols issued murder On Thursday the Department of Warrants for Jones after Indlans the Interior wrote an amendment|told at an inquest of the Kkillings providing no timber could be soldby a drink-crazed ax weilder after ational Forest on)@ drinking party at an Indian lands near towns where natives re-:encampment Sunday night. side and native councils would de-| Authorities said that letters in termine the amount of land to belJones' quarters at Big Delta camp reserved, with the Interior Depart-jshowed that his wife and four ment to set the boundaries. !children live at Vancouver, Wash. We were able to show that this! 3o within Tongass Ni | city organization,” ‘“greatly im- would prevent townsite expansion| WIFE PLANS TO TAKE i | |proved and sound business Pro- or use of land for roads, tishing, | IN WASHING NOW Mr. and Mrs. Bert Alstead pian, Dr. Marius Barbeau, Canadian|cedures had been instituted,” and/mining, logging, homesites or VANCOUVER, Wash, July 26.— to leave Juneau Monday for Seattle |anthrepologist and folklorist, ar-|that desirable ‘economies had fayming for 125 miles along mg!m -Young Mrs. Leon Jones, moth- | where Mrs. Alstead will spend the rived on the Alaska. He is on Lhe‘heen affected. |beaches near Jungau one mileier of four children who expects !wmter visiting friends, while Mr. staff of the Canadian National; Koenig has been here about a deep, since the prdposed reserves'a fifth soon, made plans today i £ ! Alstead goes back to his old home Museum at Ottawa, and has been'year, after the city voted over-|would be 80 acres for each na-'to take in washing to support her m; to Sitka, B',m Norway. They plan to return to- assigned to the study of art on|whelmingly for a city manager tive. ‘family while her husband is Senator Butler was able to con-!sought by police in the Alaska vince Senator - O'Mahoney that’ wilderness. this would create an impossible! Jones tecame the object of a situation, and O'Mahoney has|manhunt following tbe ax-slaying agreed not to introduce thelof two men in Alaska. amendment { The woman said he had been By luck, we were able to get|<ending checks home until a word on this to Secretary of the month ago when he hurt his back Interior Julius' A. Krug, who callcdland had to quit work at Naknek. Senator O'Mahoney and infnrmedf “I don't know what Il do him that the Department of the without his help. I could get a Interior wanted HJR 205 regard- job but I'd bhave to quit pretty less of the former representations;soon because of the baby. so I guess for amendments from his subor-;I better take in washings,” she dinates. Jtold an interviewer. Yesterday's calendar continued: She said her husband had been into a night session, but no move'a carpenter at Tacoma, Wash., was made on 205 before adjourn-|until 1943, when the family moved ment. The calendar continues fo-:here while he went to work in a day, and we hope against odds!shipyard. He left for Fairbanks, that Senator Chavez will with-'Alaska, four month ago to work draw his objection to unammaus;on an airbase project, she said, jadding that they had quarreled be- Wash-: fore he left but “we never planned is sola divorce.” night ; > — be! | i 1 | ASTORIA, Ore. July 26.—(®-— ! Packers today expected tuna Loats ito land heavy catches here this weekend, following a report that a Cain of everyone Senator Harry ington says that short-tempered during the sessions that objections will made to almost all legislation on the consent calendar. A LIRS ENGAGEMENT NNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Duncan an- nounce the coming marriage of their daughter, Corrine Greenhow, to Mr. Btephen Sheldon, Jr, of larse sohool of funs had besh Juneau, The marriage date has! sighted 57 miles west of Yaquing been set as August 8. Mr. Sheldon,)Head- One vessel, the President Coo- lidge, reported it already had tak- en 10,000 pounds of tuna. Earlier this week several vessels delivered near record catches here. D YR T. J. COLE HERE who is the son of Mr. and Mrs.| Stephen Sheldon of Haines, is em-| ployed by the U. S. Employment Service in Juneau. — - e,———— RIANS ASKED TO | ROTA { EPORT FOR ASSIGNMENT| | T. J. Cole, Superintendent of the Dr. C. C. Carter, general chair-|Sitka Public Schools, is in Juneau man for Derby Day, requests thatifor the Soap Box Derby and to all members of Juneau Rotary!confer with Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Edu- cation. Cole escorted the five Sitka |entrants here for the Soap Box Derby. ies for tomorrow’s race, signment at the track. - —— e Keep the Track Clear Tomorrow! l\ Keep the Track Clear Tomorrow!