The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE [ —— “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVI., NO. 10,668 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THUR 8 SDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947 ~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TRUMAN APPEALS FOR TOTAL DEFENSE PRESIDENT [Bridges Steps WILL FLY | Down as GOP T0 BRAZIL, "Favorite Son Leaves Next Sunday-Bolo |New Hampshire Contender Knives Are Added fo l Wants fo Be Reelect- Plane’s Equipment ed Senator By ERNEST B. VACCARO CONCORD, N. H, Aug. 28— WASHINGTON, Aug. 2!,—4M—I—Senawr Styles Bridges (R-NH) Bolo knives and carbines were|took himself out of the “favorite added to the equipment of the!son” classification today amid in- new White House plane “Indepen- dications that New Hampshire i Scientific | Grggl Need Uneasy Character of Pres- ent Peace Must Be Recognized WASHINGTON, Aug. Presidential Assistant 28 —P— ! John R. al survival” demands that the United States sharply increase its scientific research. OLD FRONT i Keep Certain Sections from Getting Hot (By The Associated Press) Cooler air moved into the mid- | | Steelman declared today ‘nation-|west today after a slight wnrm-up,nresdnl conditions in the Territory yesterday which caused some ap- |prehension among heat-weary res- |idents SOME AREAS Not Much Colder But Wil Wildlife Protection Must Be Research Is | MOVING ON First in Industrial Program IsVisiIingw[i_lejiv_lgrm_llq | 1 | |the Outdoor Writers Association of | these things,” he warned America, today expressed the pur-| ajaqp. have to do poses of the current trip of OWAA | | ge " |members to Juneau as: | Despite its defects, To have a good time otanrs ‘AL To get a taste of Alaska fish- ing. Bt mainly to find out about is {end learn, if possible, from the people of Alaska first hand, how|ajaska has, most think { J. Hammond Brown, president of‘"cp that really counts by doing “What clean Brown con- ‘‘a marvelous coun- try” and he is “glad to be here.”!lon Heartfelt complaints against the|declared today “it is our duty to weather are common among the Provide a program involving par-|g visiting writers, but though some ticipation by all able-bodied youngig,aphed message to the American warned against “overselling” what American men for universal mili-{yagion's 2 it does tary training. glon's 29th Annual Convention DEWEY IS Makes His Stand Known on Confroversial Subject at AL Convention NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (P—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, in a speech prepared for the American Leg- convention's opening session, Dewey's statement was the first FOR UMT| 'Full Military ' Training Said | Single Surey | fPresident Wires Call fo i Opening of American Legion Convention — NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—®—Presi- ent Truman said today in a tele- that “we must be so strong that no |to find answers to problems nowW)pave plenty. Finding that 13- dence” today as the Secret Service may become the nation's hrspl completed preparations for Fres-:tesung ground for Republican| In his first report as chairman, The Chicago weather bureau said|presént before Alaska—answers ident Truman's flight to Brazil. |Presidential candidates. |of the President’s scientific re-la cold front was moving across|that' will help to save Alaska’s Last night's announcement that| Bridges, who carried New Eng-|search board, Steelman said “No|southern Iowa this morning and wildlife. spending for ARBI ggressor, however rash, can per- pound trout don't swim down (he‘lndicauon of his stand on the suade himself we are open to cp:n_ streets, they are getting out and | controversial subject. The American quest.” cnjoying what they think is “good|Legion long has been a staunch ad-1 " sy Truman had been invited to those Brown the Chief Executive will leave Sun-{land's banner in an unsuccessful to dey for Rio de Janeiro to addresstry for the 1940 GOP presidential the Inter-American Defense Con-|nomination, told a reporter he has férence set an elaborate protective|asked political associates not to pattern in force. place him in the “favorite son” Part of the flight will be over role next year. Prazil's formidable jungle. “I am interested in my work in Hence, with an eye to anylithe Senate and I want to be re- eventuality, the Secret Service or-jelected,” the New Hampshire Sen- dered the bolo knives which arelator said. “I have no other poli- designed for whacking a path|tical ambitions now.” through jungle growth and the; Bridges, who heads the Senate rifles for protection against ani-|Appropriations Committee, thus mal life as well as hostile tribes-|far has drawn no Republican Sen- men. The plane will also carry ate opposition in a campaign al- Among includes: Statehood. |pushing southward and eastward. problems recognize the uneasy character of|Somewhat cooler temperatures| the present peace.” were reported over Minnesot: | And a nation which falls bchlndjnorl{lern Towa, the Dakotas, Wis-| wWildlife cropping. lin fundamental scientific know-:consin and Michigan and was due| gropping of the forests for pulp! |ledge, he advised Mr. Truman,|to move into Illinois and Indiana|production. “would be severely handicapped in|this afternoon. The Lemke veterans homestead |any future war.” ' No sudden drop in temperaturespiy ! Steelman proposed that by 1957 | accompanied the cool air, and a " public and privatae outlays for ad- weather bureau spokesman said Itfhihzdvz?d“?m:;zi?e;t hT:K:m::; vancing research should be at the|“won't be so much cooler, but it . - n;m L‘m it i [he‘ Sadpla rate of 1 percent of the national|will keep us from getting hot.” I8 Alagkortn Barber shops, in t};; /income, or an estimated $2000-| Boise, Ida, which had a highj e . "0 e corners. 54 1000,000 a year. of 95 yesterday, reported a cool, 8 v | | This would be twice the present|62 this morning, and cooler weath-|{ The message he brings to the people of Alaska is: “It costs ten | responsible person can fail fishing.” Fourteen of them head- Vocate of such a training program. ed for Tee Harbor and salmon| The GOP 1944 standard be”“»::Z‘:r:?nt:l:!toc:a‘;;‘:iuon N iishing this morning. Others are|also said that “for the defense of| " rno president’s ";m.“ to ‘the planning trips to lakes and streams,|the peace we must maintain afoonvention ‘in flag-draped Madison and more are going salmon fishing|Permanent military estnbl(shmentlsqm“,e Garden was read by Donald later. Nearly all of them want adequate to the defense of this G. Glascoff, the Leglon's National to catch a king salmon and are country at all times and also suf- Adjutant, n'n.er Gov. Thomas E entering enthusiastically into their ficlent to perform our obligations|pawey in an addtees, had unequi- own special derby. One group isto the United Nations. |vocally endorsed universal military to leave this evening for Taku| Dewey said that “the hard fact y.gining Lodge, with others booked later. |iS that genuine peace seems fur- : No definite program has been|ther away than ever,” and addedl Total Defense Must planned by the Chamber of Com-|that “we are witnessing on the! The President said that “against merce reception and banquet at'world scene conditions which nrelnhe possibility of total war, we must Salmon Creek Country Club this|hauntingly like those which follow-|have the certainty of total defense, evening. The visiting writers gmled the first world war." using every resource of our being electing what they want most to| bempe s oy o] in the effort. Only universal mili- do from a nisber of alternative’ itary training can assure that suffi- sports sorties. HE"R w All‘ A(E | cient forces will be available in the parachutes. eady beginning to get under way rate, but Steelman's report said it|er was forecast for the Boise area iy 7 Riding the new, blue-eagled DC-'in a preparation for the state would be a bare minimum “if we tomorrow although the mercury Umes as much and takes ten timos 6 for the first time, the President|nominating primary September 14, are to remain a bulwark of demo-|will rise again today to about yes-(a8 long to restore as to preserve.”; will leave Washington at 8 a. m.{1948. lcracy in the world.” |terday’s levels. imfi“"_h"“ own impressions: C?"l'\ (EST) Sunday, planning to ar-' The New Hampshire Senaior's Mr. Truman released the report; A few scattered thunder showers| hatmh n M“s:‘e‘:i “;"L‘“ lise "‘;\‘“g rive in Rio the following after{gotion in eliminating himself as a|8long With a statements of his|were reported in Wisconsin, north-| PRt P8 FEPERI0, BUE Borse T noon after an overnight stop at|“favorite son” contender appnrent-'ow“ saying: “We must constantly ern Illinois, Michigan and easwm't:d 'O;IE It ct:uf texnst. ", as ar Trinidad. ly leaves the field wide open for €hlarge the boundaries of scientificiIowa overnight, but the rain w“'wn:zy h:p“n:dbr ‘C: n:;pesml?:s ;’n; He will address the conference gther potential presidential cnndi-lkm“'le‘ue -G g aoutinue fo) Ught And not likely o be ot mum'the old d:;s when lumber barons Latourneau told of enjoying fish- }Crm“l ‘P‘“‘l ph:xe of another, em- ing excursions on the way here! ergency. i to Anan Creek where they saw! | Mr. Truman said the “ and angled for cohoes. There he eed of war have multipli 18D caught his first Alaska fish as a| | weapons had become “more u {in their destructive power.” Tuesday and remain until Sunday,dates to battle for prestige—even! te take part in the celebration of jf for few convention votes—in Brazil's 125th -anniversary of iN- the nation’s first presidential pre- dependence. {ferential primary next March 9. The return to the United States| Thjg primary precedes that in will be aboard the battleship Mis- wisconsin, which has proved a souri, with a possible stop at Santesting ground for Republican Juan, Puerto Rico. White House | hopefuls in the past. While only Press Secretary said Mr. Truman probably will beleq in New Hampshire’s contest, a back in Washington sometime be-|political victory or defeat for a tween September 16 and 20. {candidate in this state's first test o S of popular sentiment might affect Charles G. ROSS ‘eight convention votes are involv-| BRIDE, SUICIDES ,duction and fyli employment, and lin order to protect our democracy 'from the dangers it faces in an uneasy world."” | - 35KILLED | Norwegian Airlines Flying Boat Hits Mountain- Ruins Smoulders | | | |Norwegian Airlines flying boat jcrashed in the sLofoten Mountains {today, killing all 35 persons on |Loard, the company announced. | The craft carried 27 passengers rand a crew of eight, It was en- |route to Stavanger from Tromsoe (4:30 ia. m, Greenwich mean time { m a EST). IN CRASH provide the benefits of full pro-!benem to crops. Most of the rest of the country ihad fair weather and near nor- i‘mal temperatures. B AR ER N (CPERATIONS ARE PERFORMED ON 13 MENTAL PATIENTS Excellent Resulfs Obtaine on Nine-No Change Made in Four STEILACOOM, Wash., Aug. 28. —(M—Nine of 13 mental patients | | | i ! | | i | 4 OSLO, Norway, Aug. 28—P—A 1o oo than a fortnight agoltry is establisted in the Terri- { underwent a delicate brain opera- |tion performed through a new !surgical technique, have shown an | “excellent” response and soon will |be released from the Western | Washington Statz Hospital, Dr. !W. N. Keller, hospital superinten- SHELBYVILLE, Ill, Aug. 28— When the crash ocourred at 9:30|4on¢ said today. (‘ All were schizophrenia victims, isuffering from delusions of perse- member of a group of 15 travelling |expioited the forests, exploited, on Jack Westfall's Monterey. the ‘umberjacks and exploited. the people. Atsentee landlords and ! Federal government agencies today are exploiting Alaska. Alaska’s greatest remaining re-| {source is what Brown calls its| | “Green Gold” — its forests. i 1 and fished again ot and enjoyed every ktit of it. reported that Alaska fish “sluggish” though bigger. | Safeguard Wildlife First He: feels that taking the “Green Gold" inevitably will cause some| |additional loss to the already de- ;pleted salmon runs—but, he feels ithe loss'will be worthwhile if safe-| |guards are taken to see that the| {loss is not avoidably great. He is inot alone among the writers here {in emphasizing that guarantees tain goat at Silver Lake, iams. near Ketchikan. A unique er hazards to wildlife must be se- cured tefore the pulp industry igains its foothold—once the indus- Ketchikan was a cocktail Monterey wHo chipped berg jtory it will be too late. for their drinks. | Brown added that he is “afraid | Alaskans are so anxious for new capital that they are willing to }sell their heritage for a mess of | pottage.” ! Gene Latourneau, who represents hhe Gannett newspapers, express- jed shock at finding from reading ‘the rules under which pulp timber a lot of fun have marked writers’ jaunts to date. President Brown noted before arrival. were unable ATTRUMAN ADM He caught cutthroats in Ellis Creek Latourneau also had a word for rainbow fishing in Reflection Lake, high- | against water pollution and oth-!light of the boat trip north from partyi"hm“gh an astouning naivete and aboard an iceberg .off Tracy Arm,;lack of political judgment, are dis- carried out by two writers off the SiPating their nower with premature ice Spills and duckings, hopes that!/ the weather will lift so' that they can see more of the country, and! the | Support of reactionaries cverywhere; three members of the original par- ty as published by The Empire 2Pd NEW YORK, Aug. 28 —/P—Presi- Fetersburg dent Truman’s administration “has He | not earned the support of progres- are sives,” Henry A. Wallace says in a | Labor Day editorial in the current Viv Gray, of the Cleveland Plain'jssue of the New Republic Magazine, Cealer, reinarked on seeing moun-!of which he is the editor. near | Ketchikan, and told of greatly en-| Joying his stay at Wrangell where he and Brown were open-handedly entertained by Mayor Doris Barnes! and Sentinel Editor Winnie Will- The former Vice-President assert- jed that on this Labor Day “we !should not be discussing which is the lesser of evils,” the Truman ad- ministration or the Republican Par- !ty, but “we should be planning to avoid the necessity of such a choice ;by winning control of the Demo- cratic convention.” He said that “some progressives, pledges” to the Truman administra- | tion, and added: “No liberal can safely pledge sup- port to this administration at a time when our foreign policy includes the | when the administration is advocat- that iNg ever greater armaments; de- ' manding universal military training promoting warmindedness; o When it is using gentile exhorta- The veterans of three wars put aside their horseplay and got down to serious business today in New York City with the official opening of the convention at an assembly in Madison Square Garden. They were to be addressed by : Secretary of De- fense James Forrestal, Field Mar- ¢shal Viscount Harold Alexander, the | 'Governar General of Canada; Chiet Justice Fred Vinson of the United States Supreme Court and others, Behind Scenes Plenty of behind-the-scenes elec- tioneering was looked for, too, as candidates for the job of National Legion Commander went after sup+ port of visiting delegates. At least eight men already are seeking the post now held by Legion Command- ar Paul Griffith, Officers will nqt be elected untfl the convention’y closing business session on Sunday. Action on Leglon resolutions also will be taken Sunday. A hint of things to come was con- tained in a pre-convention report of the Legion’s Forelgn Affairs Com- mittee. The report declared Com- munism is “The greatest menace in the field of international relations facing America.” 8Several military chiefs already have urged a strength- come along. They are: Andy An- tion rather than political power to The chief pilot, a Capt. Buer, Was|oyijon — Two of the nine went|is to be cut that those rules con- derson, Houston, Texas: Richard get price reductions; and makes only a distinguished Norweglan airman.!jn¢, the operating room in straight|tain nothing definite to prevent victims was the com-| ening of our Nation's armed might at Legion committee meetings. And, E r“ k R k his chances, elsewhere. in-| KILLS YOUTHFUL Kamchatka Penin- PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 28.—(®— | hours and about 300 miles apart, | : rocked the western fringe of the Pa- iAlSO Mdeel’S HIS Father_ fornia Institute of Technology re- wounds O'hers Dlll'll'lg ported. { shocks as “just short of major‘ quakes,” and said each could have lated area. He put one at 11:00.45 shot and killed his 16-year-old pm. (PST) on the Kurile Islandsbride and his father, wounded his| 6:39.32 am. on the Siberian Penin- {in-law, then shot and killed him-! sula of Kamchatka, some 4100 miles | helf. jton, 16; Earl Helton, about 60, Th w h. 1 a farmer, and Donald Helton, 22. e as lng on Walter Knearem, was in critical Meny Go Round condition with bullet wounds in i about 60, Donald’s mother, was wounded in the hand and arm. (Editor's Note: While Drew 0f Shelby county, who attributed lthe shooting spree to young Hel- The Washington Merry-Go- Round is keing written by his tfrom a threat which the youth S e Kurile Isles and Two separate earthquakes, seven : cific last night and today, the Cali- { Dr. Charles F. Richter listed both ShOOflflg Rampage caused extensive damage in a popu- {(P—A 22-year-old farmer last night near Paramoshiri, and the second at ’mother and 12-year-old brother-| from here. { Dead were Mrs. Jacqueline Hel- {Mrs. Jacqueline Helton’s brother, his chest. Mrs. Florence Helton, By ROBERT 3. ALLEN State’s Attorney FEugene Bland Pearson is on a brief vacation {ton, said it apparently stemmed old partner, Robert S. Allen.) 'made two weeks ago to kill his wife. Mrs. Helton and her brother were shot as they skated at a roller rink last night, and wit- WASHINGTON—Inner labor cir-| cles are watching with keen in-| terest v/hat the AFL does on in-! 2 viting| Labor Secretary Lewis | nesses identified Helton as their Schwe\lenbnch to address thejassailant. They said he left ‘the forthcaming AFL convention in|FiDk in a jeep. . An hour later, | san Francisco. police were summoned to the home A lifeslong 5 \fast labor friend, the big West- found ‘t.he elder Helton dead and erner incurred the ire of AFL Donald’s mother shot in the hand and arm. Officers said the mother moguls because of failure to make an AFL man one. of his assistant;told them her son had shot his wounded her. secretaries. So they publiclyfather and “spanked” Schwellenbach by ‘not DTRRANT 5, SR i:e?ung him to their convention. GUY CASLER LEAVES This year, however, the situation Guy Casler, father of Cecil Casler, is very different. {left Juneau on Pan American Air- Phil Hannah, able Ohlo AFL' Ways yesterday after visiting with leader, ‘is an Assistant Secretary Nis son’s family since May. The of Labor. And Schwellentach gave €lder Casler will return to his home the AFL exclusive U. S. represen-|in Hastings, Nebraska, then plans tation on the increasingly impor-| to spend the winter in Georgia. He tant International Labor Organi- hopes to make a return visit to zation. Also, he militantly carried Alaska in the futyre. labor's ball both within the Ad-| "‘"'___ ministration and on Capitol Hilli FROM PELICAN against the Taft-Hartley bill. { Mr. and Mrs. C. Jones i and While certain other Adminis- daughter Marilyn of Pelican City (M A M TR e T (Continued on Page Fowr) are staying at the Gastineau Ho- tel, . liberal and stead- Of Helton's parents, where they, Among the pany’s chief inspector, Jarle Eb- besen. The big plane burned for sev- eral hours after it crashed. | explosion echoing through mountains as the plant plummeted through the fog and rain. The airline said one American | citizen, identified so far only as Mrs. Jess, was among those killed. Two Czech journalists, Jan Re- inis of the newspaper Svobodne Vovini and Tatjana Selingerova of the Narona Boroda, and a Dane, G. Heine, also were among the dead. ‘Iwegians. e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 28—(P—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American {Can 88, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss- Wright 5%, International Harvester 185%, Kennecott 45%, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 19%, U. S. Steel 69%, Pound $4.02%. Sales today were 580,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: In- dustrials, 197.71; rails, 48.19; utili- ties, 35.47. —————— DOUGLAS CITY COUNCIL TO MEET FRIDAY EVENING A special meeting of the Douglas | City Council will be held tomorrow evening, Friday, August 29, at 8 o'clock. There are several important matters to be taken up, including requests of purchase of city-owned lots and the second reading of an ordinance to create bus franchise. Eyewitnesses said they heard anj the | The others were all Nor-| i |their cases. The remaining four have shown ino beneficial response to the sur- gery, Dr. Keller said. 'WALKING BOSSES' " STRIKE SPREADS T0 SHIP OFFICERS | SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28—(P— | The strike of CIO walking bosses, |who are seeking union recognition from the Luckenbach Steamship Co., spread today to AFL licensed ship’s officers. All' deck officers except captains were quitting picketed vessels of the ters, Mates and Pilots Union. The dock foremen have been on | strike nearly six weeks in support gaining agent. Luckenbach has refused to recog- nize their demands, maintaining the foremen were management em- ployees and not subject to collective bargaining. In maintaining its posi- jtion, Luckenbach yesterday an- nounced dissolution of all stevedor- ing activities. As licensed deck officers began leaving the eight struck Luckenbach vessels in San Prancisco, the CIO Marine Engineers Beneficiil Asso- ciation said engineering officers had not been called off the ships. Some, however, left at the request of pickets. The CIO foremen had appealed to licensed personnel to support their strike by walking off the ships. Luckenbach line, said the AFL Mas- | of demand for recognition of the| CIO Longshore Union as their bar- | Jjackets because of the severity cf;culting timber right up to water’s E. Reed, Augusta, Maine, and Ear] |edge of streams. All the fish he has so far caught in Alaska, La- tourneau said, he has caught above |timber edge. Rigid rules for pro- tection must be laid down before the axe gets into that timber, he |stressed; and they must not be |softened later on. President Brown declared that he very much Ilikes tke people ‘of |Alaska — the real Alaskans, not !those who have flocked in from | Seattle and other places in the | States to try to get what they jcan. He mentioned a number of |generous little gestures which he has appreciated very much; in ?pamcular that of & man at Wran-|yesterda igell who left aboard his boat some|Pplane. |warm clothing to protect his 71-|Calif, and he is registered year-old and often-broken bones.ithe Baranof Statehood now, ' under existing SREIan.. £ 1o e T |conditions, and under the terms|® © ® © ® © o o ¢ o o o |a State of Alaska would get, Brown|®* WEATHER REPORT ceclared would be “the worst thing!® —_— that ever happened to Alaska.” |® Temperature for 24-Hour Alaka Not Ready e Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock Brown said he has been asked|® ‘This Mornipg |atout Alaska’s cashing in on its|® In Juneau—Maximum, 58; |recreation crop. Alaska fs not|e® minimum, 52. 1eady, is his answer. He pointed|e® At Airpoit—Maximum, 63; |out that with only 47 people in|e minimum, 49. 'his party, Juneau is the first place|® WEATHER FORECAST !they could get accommodated. In;e (Juneau and Vielnity) Ketchikan, he had to scurry up old{ e Rain and slightly cooler to- |iron ecots to make out their own|e day and Friday. SBoutheaster- hotel in an old USO building. A|e ly winds as high as 25 miles taxi ride of less than two minutes{® per hour. in Ketchikan cost three of them|e PRECIPITATION one dollar each. @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 +..m. today) ‘That he cited as an instance ot|e In Juneau — .32 inches visitor gouging which he feels is|® since August 1, 751 inches; to be blamed not on the realje® since July 1, 10.84 inches. Alaskans but on outsiders who|e At Airport — .08 inches; are in the Territory for rich pick-|® since August 1, 637 jinches; ings. e since July 1, 895 inches. “You don't get a recreational @ © o ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ 0 0 ¢ 0 o Banner, of the Boston Globe. Their places have been taken Denver Post, and and through summer. RS AEV = S PAA OFFICIAL HERE J. D. Fession, General Manager of Alaska Division Pan American Alrways, the Territory i David A. Watson of Arlington, Virginia; F. Walla¢e Taber of the Lloyd W. Swift, chief of the Division of Wildlite| Management of the U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D, C. Swift, made a previous visit to Juneau | this year-old skull of an Earl was the Sales arrived y on the Pan American church stands, said His home is in San Mateo,| 1! feeble gestures to win liberal and labor suppor ‘Bandits Rifle Vault But 0n|y_lake Skull LONDON, Aug. 28.—®—The 800~ by only loot taken by vandals who Jrlfled the vaults in the 13th cen- |tury Church of the Knights Temp- |lars last weekend. The librarian of the Middle of Temple, an ancient “Inn of Court” lon whose property the blitzed today the {skull was that of the first Earl of Essex, who was killed in 1144. smm@éims , Princess Louise, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or evening. Southeastern scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Grommet Reefer scheduled to sail from Seattle Sept. 4. Baranof scheduled to sall from Seattle 10 a. m. Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 p. m. Saturday. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle September 2. Aleutian, from west, | southbound Sunday. AT RO WRITERS TO BROADCAST at Ul | . . . . . . . . . . Several members of the Outdoor Writers Association of America ® |will be heard on a special KINY ® "‘broadcast at 6:15 tonight from ® the lobby of the Baranof Hotel. scheduled | in addition to President Truman's statement, other important state- ments on the subject were expected {rom the list of dignitaries and mili- tary leaders scheduled to address the convention which is primed for ac- tion on such vital issues as national defense and opposition to Commun- ism. The Legionnaires were to resume their relaxation and hilarity at 5 o'clock this afternoon when the fun- making organization — The Forty and Eight — staged its parade on Eighth Avenue, The main Legion parade along Fifth Avenue will be held Saturday. THE WOMEN TOO The ladies of the American Le- gion, the organization’s Auxiliary, opened their convention in New York today. And their National President, Mrs. Norton H. Pearl, of Detroit, called on the Auxiliary's 920,000 members to combine efforts to bring all possible influence to further the support of peace and freedom. In a speech to the Auxiliary's op- ening convention session, Mrs. Pearl emphasized that the world today stands at what she called a cross- road. where one road leads to peace and freedom, and the other road is the path to another war and uni- i versal dictatorship. - ON TRIP | | | THOMPSON i | Two mental patients were taken to American Lake, Wash., from here yesterday by Deputy U. S. Marshal Sid Thompson. They will be placed in a mental hospital there.