The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” =l [ ——— VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,655 J UNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1947 MLMBLR ASSOU/\I[ D PRLbS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA FREIGHTER IS RAMMED--SUNK BRITONS PLAN STRUGGLE VS. | { ECONOMY ILLS Ha ! Discussion on Easing Loan Terms Starts Monday | in Washington LONDON, Aug. 13—P—Govern- ment officials met with trade un- ion leaders and industrialists to- | day to make plans for combatting British economic ailments with the’ newly voted and extensive con- trols over labor, industry and wealth. . | The controls became law with| King George’s assent after receiv-! ing final Parliameéntary flpmovall from the House of Lords this morn- | ing. The ‘“crisis” bill empowers the Labor Government to muster all British resources and guide la-, bor into essential industries in ef-| (Conlinuexi on Przge Siz) - — | The Washington, Merry - Go- Round: By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — The Navy at) long last has ordered an investi-; gation of the Green Bowlers, powerful secret fraternity inside Annapolis whose members are charged with boosting each other to top Navy commanders. Ho\&-‘ ever, this probe so far has secret and no one Knows how n. will come out. Meanwhile, this column has been delving into the mysterious Green Bowlers and here are some of the results. | The name derives from the green- bowl on the mantelpiece of the organization’s first clubroom, on the second floor of Carvel Hall,| Annapolis. Roland Munrose Brain- ard, class of 1906, is reported Lo‘ have been one of the first mem-| bers, though the Green Bowlers; did not really get active until 1909. | Today, with 28 admirals and one, Marine Corps general, the Green| Bowlers’ are a long way from the' little band of drinking companions formed forty years ago. Many of them are placed in key spots wbqe‘ they influence promotions and can dominate the Navy. The Grean Bowlers operate, through a secret but simple sys-' tem. Every year, Green Bowlers on duty as faculty members of the Naval Academy pick new Green Bowlers from politically minded or' outstanding midshipmen. Among’ the Green Bowlers stationed at the i Academy has been crew coach c.! S. (Buck) Walsh, '23. Green Bowlers who have beenj in key spots to influence promo-! tions include Rear Adm. O. B. Hardison, who served two tours of| in the Officers Detail Sec-} i E. P. Forrestel was aide to Under-| secretary Bard, while E. B. Taylo: has been aide to Secretary Forrest- al. These posts, close to the civ- ilian secretaries of the Navy, are’ considered mest influential. |but at ‘regional ! Seattle by ‘lor attle nounced it was suspending publi- 1 National KETCHIKAN PORT CLOSED BY ILWU IN DOCK STRIKE Harry Bndges 5, ILWU Head, Meets in Seattle with Steamship Operators | 13 to- EETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug CIO affiliated longshoremen |day ordered the port of Ketchi-|the trip. kan closed, effectiv t midnight to all major coast shipping. only exemptions are for the Briggs Steamship Corporation and small boats. The Briggs Company is not a major shipping concern Similar action by the Inter- =] ! national Longshoremen’s and Ware housemen's Union previously was put into effect at Juneau and at ! Seward. The union's notice of non-hand- !ling of cargo gave no explanation, an.lfl William Getting, director for the uni the union demands contract against possible court! the Taft-Hartley la- future disputes. Gettings said that the dispute has keen referred to the union’s head office in San Francisco fol-! lowing the unannounced visit in Union President Harry Gettings said Brid, officials of the Alaska while in Seattle, conference. said ‘protection” action under bor law in Bridges. met with ship companics regicnal a NOTHING NEW HERE ! Meanwhile, in Juneau, no new developments have been made known in the nine day old strike which began here and Llu'catens‘ the entire Territor; e SEATTLE STAR ANNOUNCES IT | WILL SUSPEND .Rising Costs, Newsprint Shorfage Force End | of Old Daily SEATTLE, Aug. Star, founded 13—(P—The Se-| in 1899, an- cation after today's editions Le- icause of sing coists of opera- tion combined with the world-wide newsprint shortage. At the same time, the Seattle! « Times announced it woud puxchase‘ the remaining newsprint owned by | the Star. E. L. Skeel, 1the stockhol , will become trus- tee in liquidation and articles of liquidation were to be filed in} | Olympia toda) i P TR A S | TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF TONGASS FOREST vice photographer from Mlsaoula, Montana, left here this morning | on board tha Ranger 10 for a month’s trip “through the Tongass Forest. He has been temporarily assigned to this region | in order to take pictures of its, | standards l'employed, attorney and one of! | Elmer Bloom, U. S. Forest Ser-| | ' Juneau Seap Box (hamp Thrilled by ‘(ANADA MIGHT RETALIATE FOR First Plane i (OAL EMBARGO Rlde, Greal (Ily I_Ighlg4 Clamp Down on Newsprint i By WAINO HENDRICKSON SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—(Special to The Empire)—After a delayed start |we left the airport at 5:30 p. m rand soon settled down to enjoying Frankie Maier told me that this was his first plane ride and confided that he was worried about getting airsick, but by the time lunch was served he had gained confidence and was acting as if he had flown all his life. With a good crew and splendid weather, the trip to Annette Is- land passed swiftly. Frankie en- joyed watching the Ellis plane transfer passengers from Ketchi- kan and we left there with a full lead. His first of big city lights from the air was a new thrill. While passing over Nain- imo, B. C., we could see the li"hts of Vancouver, B, C. to our left, spreading out for miles. Again coming into Seattle, cruising along tke waterfront mwnrd the airport CLARK IS SPEAKER AT KIWANIS LUNCH Edwin C. Clark, new superinten- dent of schools in Juneau, was guest speaker this noon at the regular weekly meeting of the Ki- wanis club in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Superintendent Clark discussed of education in public schools, emphasizing that the bet- ter the teachers and instructors the better scholars will be produced. He also told of the activities of service cluks in the Canal Zone, Clark’s last residence Lefore coming to Juneau. Martin Victor, furrier, was, in troduced as a new member of Ki- wanis today. Visitors at the meet- ing were Phil Senour of the Alaska Travel Bureau, and Larry Victor, glimpse insurance salesman. S 41 T2 AL Margare. Baldwin was granted a | divorce this morning by Federal | Judge George W. Folta in U. S. District Court here from Donald Stanley Baldwin. | Tokyo fo Washington, 34 Hoprs Shlpmenls to United south of the city, we had a wons derful view of a city ablaze with| Siaies Is Hinted lights. ! | Frankie's aunt and uncle mec; OTTAWA, Aug. 13—P—An em-| us at the field. drove uS to the'y. .o, on shipments of United New Washington Hotel, and aftel giates coal into Canada over Can-| trying Seattle ice cream and ,gian National Railway lines was| comparing prices to Percy’s, We gcheduled to go into effect at mid- | went to bed /night tonight and official quart-| At 7:45 a. m. newspaper report- ers here, perturbed abcut the sit-| ers called us asking for an inter-'uation, foresaw the possibility of view and pictures which were tak- a Canadian embargo on <hipmcnll en while eating breakfast in the of newsprint to the United smes‘ hotel’s coffee shop. Frankie’s as a countermove aunt. Mrs. Kurt Buesing, then took Canadian Transport Mmmex‘ him for an all-day tour of Se- Lionel Chevrier was expected to attle and will bring him to the make a statement today on the airport to catch the 5 o'clock Washington action orcered by the| plane for Chicago and Akron.and Office of Defense Transportation | the greatest amateur sporting event which said Canadian National f the world. Frankie was full Railways had failed to speed questions about traffic and turn of coal cars in sufficient fic lights. He wanted to know numbers to the United States. night where all of the cars The Canadian Pacific Railway from and whether all those is not affected by the embargo. went to bed, and if S0 Meanwhile, a high government! official here saw the “threat” of 'a Canadian embargo on shipments (of newsprint into the U. S. in a statement issued yesterday at Mon- treal by R. C. Vaughan, president of the C.N.R. Vaughan said that thke U, S. embargo had been made “arbitrarily and without a careful out last came people when PRINCESS NORAH HERE YESTERDAY The Canadian Pacific Steamer “l“f“‘“‘g 3f ‘S"eh;“i_“’“_ (;""‘l’l"f“'c Princess Norah arrivea n: ol O Rmed - Vsl ines; pli, - 1n s 7 L P 1o to return C N.R. box cars to Can- yesterday at 4:30 and safled for ' SEMIER = UWE K EUR B BEagway “at- . T1:00 . atieck i O AES NS SO WG ges 18- 5 sult “in our inability to provide Dight sl the cars needed for peper Disembarking in Juneau were l" iy B aiea St‘t pap Keith and Thelma Brown, Esthey, 108ding to the Unt eop. Tke official said that wmle Edith and Linda Lavold, Mable v % : @ TalriAaiat, Toe Natice, Claive Olson™ ) SURHwAY SLESIIYH CotSdbe- ft 1 et ol terpreted as a “threat,” the C.N.R. The Princess Norah will return Dad not communicated ' as R to Juneau Southbound Friday ° shington authorities so Ia as was known. morning. e, — 'DUFRESNE WILL BE " FEATURED SPEAKER | > TAKU LODGE GUESTS Guests who have been “evelling .| this week in the unigue wonders of Taku Lodge include: Dr. Emily AT (HAMBER lu"(" Pierson and Anne Pierson of Hart-| ford, Conn.; Mr 1 Mrs. John Parmenter of Juneau; Freeman Frank Dufreene will ke the guest Eagleson and Clyde Phillips of Col- SPeaker at tomorrow's luncheon- umbus, Ohio; Paul Miller and C. Meeting of the Juneau Chamter 1. Weaver of Springfield, Ohio. of Commerce. He will particularly gl LR speak on the approaching conven- tion of the Outdoor Writers Asso- ciation of America which will be held hers this month. Dufresne says the importance to Juneau of this convention can not be stressed too much in terms' or the valuable publicity it will, gsun for the city. He will also discuss the Juneau Salmon Derby which will be held here during the convention. i Dufresne is Chief of Ition, of the U. S. Fish and Wild-! ilife, and has left his Chicago of- fice in order to visit the Territory land to a: in preparations for | the convention. ‘the Executive Officer of the Al Game Commission in Juneau Informa-' ! THREE COMPLAINTS ; | SIGNED, VIOLATION i FISH REGULATIONS on arranged for As he briefed the committee on the He was formerly Ketchikan said that the 44 attending sports columnists as the | ne ‘ma{,danes throughout the country. Eisenhower at Elmendorf Five-Star General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, is shown as he was grected upon his landing at Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, Alaska, by Major General Howard A. Craig. General Eisenhower flew Sunflower IL to Alaska in his C-54 transport, (International Soundphoto) National Sporis In Laying Plan Figures Join s for Juneau's Salmon Derby,wmers Conv. Cream of Outdoor Column- ists Will Be Here, De- | clares Dufresne According to plans unfolded ut lest night's special meeting of lo- | cal sportsmen, Juneau's first sal- | men Derby scheduled for August 31, promises to become one of the biggest and best annual civic undertakings, With two promin- ent members of the national spurls world, Frank Dufresne and Enos Bradner, as guest speakers, sixteen live-wire committee members of the Juneau Sportsmen’s Club at- tended the two hou: session in the City Council Chambers to discuss plans and outline the all-day sched- ule for the mammoth event. Frank Dufresne, noted authority Alaskan fish and wildlite and {the man responsible for putting Juneau on the map as the 1947 convention site for the Outdoor Writers of America, voiced approv- al on inclusion of the Derby event in the four-day entertainment plans the visiting writers. scheduled to Juneau, itinerary from Dufresne writers selected out of 850 prominent “cream oi and represent the top press associations. and visitors' w e the crop" spapers, | “While these men have fished all | (10 ASSERTS PRICEPROBE FALLY SHORT ‘Demand Renewed for Con-' ference to Seek Vol- untary Reductions WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—P— The CIO, contending the price sit-| uation demands further action than a Justice Department tigation, renewed today a that President Truman industry-government-labor ence seek voluntary request call an confer- price re- to ductions. Emil Riev bor organization’s full employment committee, said in - a statement the the CIO welcomes Attorney | General Clark's announcement that | an investigation of high prices| will ke made. “But many prices are sgt by! large monopolies and monopolies ! do not necessarily fall under the, criminal law and Clark’s inve: tion,” he added. “For example, in the automo- General Motors con- bile industry, inves- | ¢, chairman of the la- Salmon Cargo GoesDownOn \Craft Collide in Fog-Swath- | ed Strait of Juan de I Fuca Early Today PORT ANGELES, Wash., Aug. 13 | —P—Rammed deep amidships by |a heavy freighter in the fog after | midnight, = the Alaska Steamship Co. Motorship Diamond Knot sank |after daybreak near Crescent Bay, | West of here, while in tow of two |tugs. The Dimmond Knot had a 183,000,000 salmon cargo aboard. | The Southbound Diamond Knot | collided with the 10,681-ton coastal I freighter Penn Victory shortly aft- er 1 am. (PST) in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 3': miles off Race Rocks, at the Southern tip of Vancouver Island. " The Fenn Victory kept its bow hard-pressed Into the stricken Alaska vessel until daybreak, fear- mg it would sink. Then, as smal- ler boats stood by, the vessels were pulled apart and tugs took them in tow. Crescent Bay is about 12 miles West of here on the Southern shore of the Strait. | Cut Half Through The impact cut nearly halfway tiircugh the smaller vessel, hitting it just forward of the bridge. None of the crew of the Diamond | Knot nor the 46 crew members of the Fenn Victory was ‘njund the Coast Guard said. The vessels were locked wnemer, with part-of the Diamond Knot's masthead tackle hooked over the | bow of the larger vessel, until soon "after daybreak. They were then pulled apart and two tugs took the Dmmnnd Knot in tow and a sal- age tug put a line on the Fenn Vlc!cry Coast Guard Stands By Coast. Guard boats from the Ediz Hook Station here stood nearby. ‘The fog blanket still lay over the Strait. The Fenn Victory sailed from Seattle late yesterday, bound tior Portland. Earlier, the Fenn Victory's skip- r, a Captain Gaidsick, told the Coast Guard the contact was keep- ing the smaller vessel afloat. Captain C. N. Goodwin ordered the crew of the Diamond Knot io leave ! the ship shortly before the attempt | to separate the vessels began. The 'urdar was given as a precautionary “until I see if it | measure, he said, w.ll stay afloat.” Crew in Life Boats The crew members drifted near the scene in lifeboats, refusing to go aboard any of the numerous | Coast Guard craft or tugs in the vicinity. Goodwin radioed the Coast Guard that he hoped salvage tugs could pull his vessel to Esquimalt, a few miles away. Goodwin said his No. 2 and 3 holds were flooded and No. 1 had 10 iect of water. | The Strait was fairly calm ex- cept for ground swells. The two ships were obscured by a heavy, |low-lying fog bank. i Inbound From Alaska The Diamond Knot was inbound |frcm Alaska, the Fenn Victory out- Three complaints were signed| o o, tne ynited States, Canada, (bound from Seattle to Portland. this morning by the Reglonal Of-| g Mexico, this will be their lxrsl\ The Dfamond Knot was launched 60 1881 velop- | ources and its possible develop: i trols probably percent of the| WHO'S WHO AMONG oneat GREEN BOWLERS yeyl, Bloom, who is accompanied by, g'ce "é l":e .8 ‘“ih A w”;l experience in Alaskan waters, z:’(“;(“‘m‘“:i therefore is able to| Angeles on Sept 8, 1944, by Another Green Bowler in a ke¥:Linn Forrest, Forest Service Land- | (life Service against Ccompanies| ...y pufresne, “They will be ob- | “ia e Priees: ; |the Consolidated Steel - Corp., as spot is Adm. W. M. Fechteler, lsw A i 3 land persons accused of alleged : o we feel that steps \houldl 8 ’ pe rchitect, will stop at a; | serving, publicising, and photo- Ithe first.in its series of long-range Chief of Personnel, who has al-|number of points which appear to | viclation of fishing regulations raphing this couniry for fame be taken at once to carry out our| 1 most life-or-death say over trans-!pe ideal for photographs The Puget Sound-Astoria Can- ET0P"0E s Y hermensy | PTOPOS2L Of yesterday, that Presi- |cargo ships. ? ning Co. at Point Adolphus, was > OU™ e Worid. 48 & L 1eN’S | gent Truman summon a confer-| Her wartime mission was to car- fers and promotions. In addition: The two men ex to reach 8 - pect to | paradise and Juneau will definite-| . industry, government, and |ty Army and Navy supplies into charged with allegedly operating four-star Adm. DeWitt Clinton ! Ketchikan August 22, and will | : Ramsey is Vice Chief of Naval|gpend two e Lol g 'a fish trap during a closed period. |1V be the center of interest.” He o reprosentatives to seek vol-{the Paclfic Area. She and her Operations, one of the mast PoW-! before returning to J i | The P&WLr stated that a company- lalso revealed that “Holiday” maga- | yntary price reductions and that|Sister ships were designated AV-1's erful posts in the Navy. ka. p RRre e e owned trap had been discovered Zin¢, @ foremost publication 1In|Gongress, immediately upon recon-|With a length of 326 feet, 50-foot Green Bowlers claim that r,heirsl ot S BT L T not properly closed on a Sunday. Zp‘"“ :‘“’:“v » |’l“'t‘"’"'l‘ ““u"""’; vening, should re-establish price| | beam “"d 18 100t draft. is § i al 158 £ rial gathere oy 8 by R BT is just a schoolboy organization, OUT OF SEASON Sandy Stevens, Captain of the|lssu¢ based on material g: °@ and rationing contrbls. : | Wanderer, was accused of allegedly Py the Outdoor Writers while In ' on capitol Hill, Rep. Crawford, with no influence over the des- tinies of the Navy. At one time, they bought green bowl pins andi watch chains at Balley, Banks( and Biddle, Philadelphia; hat| bands and neckties at Jacob Reed| and Sons, Philadelphia. Now, as the organization is reported more! powerful, it has become more sec- ret. Only sign of identification is a ring, on the inside of which) is carved a green bowl. Whether the Green Bowlers are! merely a schoolboy organization, as claimed, ox a powerful secret, force inside the Navy, it's impor- tant that their membership be known. This column, therefore, is publishing the names of higher ranking Green Bowlers, as con- (Caontinued on Page Four) guilty on two game viclation counts : yesterday before U.S.Commissioner Pelix Gray. He was charged with | taking a doe and with taking a !deer during a closed season. The | jofiense was reperted by Fish and | Wildlife Agent Del Freimuth to l*ave taken place at Hawk Inlet.| | Sentence on Giatros was deferred until next month and he was re- leased without bail. - LIBBY CHEMISTS HERE L. P. Callahan and L. E. A. Hooey, both of Seattle, chemists ior Libby, McNeill and Libby, came in yesterday from the Westward where they have been on com- pany business. They are staying ut the Baranof Hotel, | Nick Giatros entered a plea o!g | i Seven B-29 Superfortresses making a one-stop Tokyo-Washington flight were 32 hours and 59 minutes out of the Japanmese capital as this picture was made showing ington Monument. The former Tokyo-Washington record was 34 hours and 30 minutes. The flight of the AAF’s fortieth birthday. flight was made at Elmendorf Field, Soundphote) The one stop on their 7,000-mile ireceiving illegally caught halibut | aboard his vessel at Funter Bay.| A like charge was also filed against Ted Childers and the Alaska Coast Fisheries. Stevens and Childers are accused of allegedly | buying halibut taken by trollers in a closed area. Trollers are mnot! i licensed ror halibut fishing. : S o | GENE MURRAY LEAVES ‘ { FOR SEATTLE TODAY | 1 : Gene Murray, president of the‘ thy yash- SN ANUMONAN o e Was [Aluska Salmon Industry, Inc., and vice-president of the Bristol Bay | ! Packing Company, was to leave ! Juneau today for Seattle after an | extended stay in Alaska on com- pany business. was made as part cf observance Anchorage, Alaska. (International Alaska. Plan Exhibition Dufresne alsd mentioned that the visitors will provide entertain- ment for the Juneauites with an exhibition of fancy casting and an impressive ceremony called “Jun- gle Cock” which emphasizes the tinest elements of sportsmanship and is designed to nonor some luc- ky young local youth with a com- | plete outfit of fine fishing equip- ment. Presiding over lut night's com- mittee meet was Milo Clouse, presi- aent of the Juneau Sportsmen’s Ciub, wio outlined details and dis- cussed standing plans for the Sal- mon Derby while the committee (Continued on Page Two) (R-Mich), a leading Congression |al critic of OPA, lakelled as “fantastic” Clark’s order for anj anti-trust investigation into food, clothing and shelter prices. e, —— LIBBY COMPANY OFFICIALS HERE ON WAY TO WESTWARD Ed Willkie, vice-president of Lib- by, McNeill ar Libby Company, of Chicago, and Guy geneyal manager f the company's Alaska division, passed through Ju- neau teday on their way to Yaku- tat. They arrived on Pan Ameri- can from Seattle and departed via Pacific Northern Airlines. They will return to Juneau in few days, a Graham, | STOCK OUOIAIIONS NEW YORK‘ Aug. 13 —P—Clos~ ing quotation of Alaska Juneau , American , Curtiss- | mine stock today is 5' |Can 89, Anaconda 35 | Wright 4'2. International Harvester 1861, Kennecott 437, New Yrok Cen- tral 14':, Northern Pacific 19%, U. S. Steel 71'3, Pound $4.02%. | Sales today were 690,000 shares. | Averages today are: Industrials, 179.81; rails, 48.31; utilities, 35.48. e e — JERUSALEM Sirens moaned out another general alarm in Jeru- salem when troops and uniden- tified gunmen exchanged gunfire at one of Jerusalem's security Zone gates Troops rushed to action stations throughout Jerusalem,