The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 30, 1947, Page 1

g o0 SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition == VOL. LXVI, NO. 10,670 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1947 WEEKEND INTEREST ON SALMON DERBY TWO SENATE |R.E. Roberison GROUPS ARE ’Rengns Irom DUEMONDAY| School Board Capehart Commlflee W|||1Veieran Dlredor Declares Have Hearing Here j Opposition fo Ma- Early Next Tuesday ! jority Views BULLETIN—Due to changes not accord in plans of the Senate Small a the Board, R. E. Robertson Business Committee, the public has of | ENATE |R.E. Robertson/LOCAL VETS - DISAPPROVE - LEMKE BILL Juneau VFW Post Says HR ! Is "Uneconomic and Un- realistic’ for Veterans The Lemke Bill was disapproved {last night at Taku Post, | Veterans of hearing before that group in the Senate Chamber here has been postponed until 9:30 a.m. | {tendered his resignation as l)xxe(wuw s, which .had been called to of the Juneau Putlic School Board,|consider the bill, now pending be- 'to be effective August 31, 1947 fore the U. S. Senate, which would In submitting his resignation, open up land in Alaska for settle-| -$Gxu|( special meeting of | Foreign | Wednesday and all other sched- | uled events for Tuesday except the evening dinner have been shifted or cancelled to free the Senators for a trip to Tracy Arm on that day. The touring Unitec tender of which was disclosed here today, the man who has Jongest on the local s lelso stressed his disapproval of {the dumping of Alaska Native |'€chool children into the public 25 Sen-|school system. ate committes are scheduled for, Director Robertson's letter ot arrival in Juneau next Mondayresignation, addressed to the Ju- afternoon. One group will re-ineau Public School Board and to main here only a few hours at the Mayor and Council, dated that time, while the other has a'August 27, reads two-day stop slated. “Gentlemen: Headed by Senator Homer Cape-; “I hereby resign as Director of hart (R-Indiana), a special pulp the Juneau Public School Board and newsprint subcommittee of the effective August 31, 1947. Senate Small Business Cz)mmn.!ee “I am not at all in accord with is to arrive at 5 o'clock p. ‘many of the apparent policies of Monday, aboard the U. S. Coa:t the majorily of the Board and any Guard Cutter Wachusett, docking effor( on my party to change these at the Alaska Juneau minz dock. policies I have little doubt would At about 4 o'clock p. m., Mon- be futile despite how much I may day, a subcommittee of the Sen- disapprove of them. at Public Lands Committee, chair-{ “Nor do I favor suffering the maned by Senator Hugh Butler (R- Office of Indian Affairs to burde Nebraska), is scheduled for arri- the Board with the educatioh o val at the Small Boat Harbor on board the Fish and Wildlife Service Fiagshipy Buiant. the. - Juneal. - Lnauu.,.n - Native | Both groups ars to be dinner | School. guests at the Governor's House at! *“I am firmly convinced that the 7 o'clock Monday evening, after Secretary which the Butler committee will charged by Congress with the proceed to Auk Bay to re-board supervision and contrel of the edu- the Brant for Skagway. cation of thosc children. I also The Butler Committee will not pelieve that the acceptance into again arrive in Juneau until Sep- the Juneau Public Schools of all tember 10, on its return from a children of Indian blood will not tour of the Interior. At that time, pe inimical to the best interests,| hearings will be held in Juneau not only of the Indian children! by the Public Lands group. Guests themselves, kut also of the white of the committee, including Sena- children. tors' wives, are to stop over brie “I am satisfied that the action| ly in Juneau this afternoon, en-iof the Office of Indian Affairs route to Skagway aboard the and their superiors in the Depart- Princess Louise. They are to be ment of Interior is motivated en- entertained here at 4:30 o'clock nrely by politics and not by any, this afternoon at a tea at the sincere interest to promote the! Governor's House. {welfare of either the Indian or The Capehart Committee will get.the white children. down to business in Juneau the| “The Juneau Public School! day following arrival. A publlc.soard during _the many years I| hearing in the Senate Chamber,ihave been Director has never dls- Federal Building, is set for 9:30(criminated against the Indian! to 11:30 a. m., Tuesday, Septemter children; in fact, about 7 to 10 2. Views of local groups on de- percent of the pupils have been of velopment of an Alaska pulp and Indian blood. I favor and be- newsprint industry are to be heard lieve in the gradual assimilation at that time. A press conference of our Indian people as well as will follow the hearing, from 11: Bo'me" children into our white civ- to 11:45 a. m. {ilization, including |but I strongly oppose the Juneau| iPublic Schools’ accepting sole re-; | sponsibility for the education of all! 'Indmn children of school age, and} fear it will result disastrously both should receive their education in (Continued on Page Twe) PSR S IS The Washington, Merry - Go- Round| By ROBERT S, ALLEN “Coincident with this resigna-| tion, I thank the people of Juneau for the confidence they showed in of the Board for so many terms. “Yourd truly, “R. E. ROBERTSON.” —o——— ® o 00 0 0 00 000 (Editor’s Note: While Drew Pearson is on a brief vacation The Washington Merry-Go- Round is Leing written by his old partner, Robert S. Allen.) WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, 60; minimum, 53. At Airport—Maximum, 58; minimum, 54. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Cloudy with occasional showers tonight. Mostly cloudy with brief periods of le |- i® WASHINGTON—While the Per-|® on delegation has been jolting U.1® S. plans for hemisphere defense|® at the Rio Conference, Peron him-)' self has been experiencing some;® severe jolts in Buenos Aires. . According to confidential dis-|® patches from the Argentine Capi-|® tal, in a coup By ultra-National-|® istic Army elements Peron has ® been stripped of real power and i made a virtual prisoner of this;® clique. . Leaders of the cligue are Gen-;® sunshineand warmer Sunday. erals Filomeno Velazco, former|® PRECIPITATION Chief of the Faderal Police, and!® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) Oscar Silva, former Peron Mili-|® In Juneau .29 inches; tary Aide. The secret coup took ® since August 1, 8.99 inches; place in Peron’s home August 14,1® since July 1, 12.32' inches. in the presence of his full cabi- Air Airport — .37 inches; net. since August 1, 748 inches; After a stormy argument with since July 1, 10.06 inches. Jhe two generals, Peron suddenly; announced his intention to resxgm the Presidency. | “You will not,” Velazco shot back. “You are not going to pull an October 17 on us. YouTe go- ing to stay right here and do as you are told.” (Continued on Page Four) . . L] . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 i - LINCOLN GOES SOUTH Ernest Lincoln, Manager of the | Veterans Administration for Alaska, flew south yesterday via Pan Am- erican on a short business trip. He will remain in Seattle for about ten days, served | hool board | \ Post. the children of Indiaf blood who! of the Interior is still' ment by veterans. The pointed out that the bill could accommodate only 1 in 6,500 vet- erans as it is now written. The veterans organization that the prcbable effect of Lemke Bill (HR 4059) would be to celay or discourage establishment | of a paper pu‘p industry in Mu ka by enablying “nuisance v en- tries in the path of this u\dumv “The concept embraced by HR 4059 is, from the standpoint of veterans, uneconomic and un- realistic in that few veterans have the means or the specialized back- grounds to fulfill requirements nec- | essary for patenting such home- steads, or to make their livings thereon as bonafide homesteaders rather than as speculators or in- dustry-sponsored entrymen, said the resolution signed by Hunt Gruening, Commander of Taku said Suggest Other Methods The Juneau VFW post suggested that a more practical means of!| atding veterans and of fostering settlement and dewlopment of Alaska would be accomplished by! making small tracts of public lands | in National Forest reserves avail-, able to veterans by enactment of |suitable legislation. It asked for: 1. Liberalization of the isting system of “use permits” expeditious granting of patents. 2. Military service credit against required “homesite” occupancy per- liods, as now allowed for “home, steads.” 3. Alternative outright purchase of tracts c]a;>slllcd as or “special use” sites, | ‘pnvxlege homesite” .with savings clause pxolcclmg the | | present permittees. 4. Liberalization of present pol- icies relating to classification of !“homesite” and “special use" crites,| ‘and a reduction of “public use” |classifications. Spirit of Bill Okay 1 The VFW Post approved istated objectives of the bill for settlement and development of Alaska, full utilization of its re- #ources and the furtherance of| !national security. The group urg- |ed the Senate to vote jagainst| the the schools, | passage of the bill tecause of the| flaws which they had explained. The VFW Resolution concluded, with a request for liberalization of the means whereby veterans |may obtain title to “small” tracts| reserves. Copies of the resolution are to be sent to the Legislative Direct- me by electing me as a Dlreccorvm- of the National VFW, the Rg;.\comestant may be allowed lolutions Committee for the Nation- jal VFW Encampment, Congress- jonal Delegate E. L. Bartlett and to all appropriate standing com- mittees of Congress. T e TEA FOR VISITORS NOW CHANGED T0 Due to the liate arrival time of the Princess Louise, the reception at the Governor's House to honor the wives and other members of the |been changed from an afternoon tea to an evening reception be- tween the hours of 9 and 11 this evening. Both men and women are cordially invited to attend the| affair. —— - ARMY MAN HERE Fred Schwartz, T/5, of Fort Rich- ardson, is staying at the Baranof Hotel. e e OREGONIANS HERE Mr. and Mrs. R. A. James and Jesse James of Portland, Ore., are staying nt the Baranof Hotel > - AT THE BARANOF stered at the Baranof Hotel, and more NIGHT RECEPTION Senate Lands Committee has' W. J. Hewett, of Tacoma, is regl-‘ VFW | the ! Rulesof Salmon Derby | As Rewsed (ondensed GENERAL — (Eligibility). Any | prizes in the Derby will be award- {man or woman of 10 years or age ed to the contestants catching the or over shall be eligible. Children two largest king salmon. Other 'tetween the ages of 10 and 16 prizes will be given for smaller Ishall be accompanied by one of kings and cohoes. (As revised.) their parents or a guardian. | 12—Any contestant who authen-| Each application for entry shall ticates his registration with the| be subject to the approval of, or Judges and who is obviously un- rejection by, the board of judges. der the influence of liquor shall The sponsors reserve the right be barred from leaving the judges’ Ito reject the display and entry,float to fish in the Derby. of any persons if they feel tha 13—Area to be fished, the salmon in question is not eli- CHART. gible and unless satisfactory proof! that it was caught under condi- ltions coinciding with the rules <or the Derby is offered. Such re- {jections shall be final. | Each entrant shall sign a of liability absolving the sponsor: lof this contest from any and all| idamage or liability growing out of | the contest. | | | 1 | SEE| | 14—Failure to iive up to any of! ithese prescribed requirements, or |such others as the judges may pre- ‘scribe later, or failure of a con-\ waiver testant to conduct himself as a| = (gentleman or a sportsman durlng’ this Derky shall automatically dis- !qualify a contestant from the 'Derby and participation in the| | prizes. Decisions of the judges in! SPECTRIL. BEHES 1fuch matters shall be final. 1—Each person desiring to com- 45 1, the event of a tie within pete for the prizes offered shall the first places, the tying contes-' {fill out an entry blank which|ians will break the tie by the| iwhen properly filled out, shall be gy, of a coin or fn such other presented at the judges’ float enh-‘m.nmr as may be determined b; | to the white and Indian children.fof public lands in National Forest er in Auk Bay or Tee Harbor Pre-|the judges. The loser then becomss| | vious to participation in the Derby. ejigible for the next prize in that| g Any contestant may be Per-!g gtegory. |mitted to have a toatman and any any! 16—This rule supercedes all och- ‘help necessary in the gaffing or ers as regards hours of Derby op- netting of his catch, This must ening and closing. The Derby wlll not be construed to mean that a begin at six (6) A. M. Judges | contestant may give up his rod will be present on the inspection and allow someone else to bring floats at five (5) A. M. to check ithe fish to net or gaff. Use of|through those contestants who wlsm |tirearms in taking the fish is pru-\to start fishing at the appointed hibited. (As revised.) {time. Those who check through| 3—Fishing in the Derby must early will remain in an area be done with regular sports snlmon\duiznat.ed by the judges until | fishing gear. Each contestant | Derby time. |shall be limited to one rod, one reel| A contestant must return to the and one line plus any lures, lead- judges’ floats, either one, before ers and any weight of lead. |four (4) P. M. in order that his, | 4—No contestant shall leave the fish may qualify in the Derby.| | prescribed fishing area at any time|Upon arrival at the float, the |except to report to ope of the contestant should contact one of| {judges’ floats. Failure to com-'me judges and give his REGIS- ply with this rule will dquunmy"I‘RATION NUMBER. The contes- ithe boat and all contestants there-!tant will then be told to standby in. {in a certain area until his en- 5—A warning signal will be|tries are weighed in by the judges. sounded one hour before the close Contestants arriving at either float of the Derby. ’alter closing time will be consid- | 6—(This rule by.ered disqualified and their cltch; Rule Sixteen.) iwill not be acceptec. 7—Each boat shall be occupied|{ The Derby Committee urges that |by at least two persons. l’au contestants start back to the | 8—Each boat must register and|judges’ flot well in advance of the ibe examined at one of the judges- closing time to allow for any un-} floats before going out to fish. |forseen difficulty that might arise. 9—All fish entered in the Derby 17—The two Judges' Floats will be ! are to be weighed “round” or un-|maintained for checking out the cleaned. boats and for weighing in the' 10—Only one prize will be per-|fish. One float will be anchored mitted in each class for each con- |°" the Auk Village Recreational testant, Area beach in Auk Bay. The other 11—All fish are to be judged by‘l-‘lon will be located in Tee Har- weight. The first and second bor. Good water will be had along | | superseded Ao wow iz iotey 7 AREA LIMITS- Salmon Derby 1947 w {Beach Marker the face of either float so that boats drawing not more than 12 feet may come alongside. RULES COMMITTEE, JUNEAU SALMON DERBY. QUIET LABOR DAY =% Derby Prizes 'Many, Varied PLANNED JoiNTLY | And Valuable BY LOCAL UNIONS {Rich Rewards for Lucky |Free Movie for Klds,Dance; Fishermen Tomorrow for Adults Sponsored -More Coming Monday by AFL-CIO Variety is nd_ded——u the list of prizes offered in the first annual Juneau labor organization will | Juneau Salmon Derby grows longer. observe a quiet celebration Mon- ‘Theres equipment for the boudolr, day of Lator Day. The A. F. of| g uiionen and lake or stream in |L. and CIO Central Labor Councils ype jatest arrivals in the display in have joined forces for the day. Inype big corner window of the Alaska the afternoon, arrangements have | Electric Light and Power Co. been made with the Capitol Thea-| Valuation of more than $5,000 is tre to admit all persons under 211"” put on the awards for tomor- {years of age free to a speciallyoufighing, and a few more prom- Ytinee ipve; ised prizes are still to arrive. The two labor organizations will Beyond the Plymouth car and the jointly sponsor a dance in the eve- ning at the CI0 Hall. The public o1y an'; ot S5 ouDoME Molor is invited to attend. The dancel’!‘t‘n"orlal Sportmen’s Assoclation WLl IS Shony 10 ” m until 1 p. M-14o the first and second biggest : ! kings, onlv one other prize has been designated, the Martin outboard pRES!DE“I Io motor going for the biggest cohoe. ‘Deslgnxuun of just what achieve< ‘ments will take the various other Flv T BRAZ'I, nwm ds has been left until the prize st is complete. That task will be S'AR'S SU"DAY Bttended to this evening, by a spec- | ial committee and it is expected that |a complete roster of prize designa- WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — (# — | tions will be available by Derby time. President Truman will take off t0- | added to the list of awards since morrow on & flying trip to Brazll,|ts Jast previous publication are where he will address the final 5es- | these prizes: sion of the Inter-American Defense |~ «pction” steel casting rod and Conference and & joint meeting of | jarge assortment of lures donated the Brazilian Congress during a one- | by E. and O. Manufacturing Co., weak BAx “ Olympia, Washington, makers of The host nation's legislators "““Kms trolling spoons, dodgers, hear Mr. Truman at 11 a. m. (PST) | greaders, ete. (4 p. m. Brazilian time) next Friday, | ‘Two pair of sportsmen’s fishing e Jybite H"“" Ajauneed. boots — donated by Family Shoe | Store and Hudson’s Shoe Store. Bm‘" R"Es 'I'o | Fly rod and creel—donated by The Dany Alaska Empirz2. BE HHD mm‘ Merchandise credit ($25)—donated iby Nick Bavard, private citizen. Lady's robe—donated by Yvonne's, Funeral servlces for Garland Bog- | women's apparél shep. gan, flooring contractor who died of | Automobile spot light— _donated by a heart attack Thursday in his small | connors Motor Co. boat at Fritz Cove, will be held ope case of fruit cocktail and one Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in | pam—donated by the Home Grocery the Chavel of the Charles W. Cartez | and American Meat Company. Mortuary. i ‘The Rev. Robert Treat will deliver OTHER DERBY PRIZES the eulogy at the Elks ritualistic | prizes previously on display, and , service, and Ernest Ehler will sing | qonors, are: two selections. Interment will be in | prymouth sedan—donated by | the Elks plot of Evergreen Ceme- | rerritorial Sportsmen’s Association. ey, Sixteen-foot aluminum boat with Champion Outboard Motor--Terri- {torial Sportsmen’s Association. > FROM FLORIDA Bret Ackerman, of Miami, Florida, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. " (Continued on );ayc Nve)“ . "eee 0 sv s e 500-SPORT " FISHERMEN " PREDICTED Entries Pour in on Last Day ~Many Features on Program Relying on meteorclogists’ promise of good enough fishing weather, an {expected 500 local salmon fishing enthusiasts will be over their favorite trolling and stripping holes tomorrow to compete for the Plymouth car, the aluminum boat and the variety of } other valuable prizes posted for the !first annual Juneau Salmon Derby sponsored by the Territorial Sports- {men's Association. ] At the last accurate count, 349 { entries had registered up until Fri- iday noon but the last day rush was | keeping registering officers busy this morning, with the total signed up 1put at more than 400 before noon ]lndny. | TSA President Milo Clouse has lined up six judges from the ranks of local sportsmen to man the (wo .n,mvml floats, one at Auk Bay, ihe Iomer at Tee Harbor. But, a seventh 1judge is vet to be signed before the ; officlals’ names are to be reieased. Visiting sportsmen of the Outdoor | Writers of America will serve as ob-~ !servers and will be posted through- 'uul the fishing area on smaller boats. A number of other non- |compemnrn are expected to be out ! watching the Derby's progress with { many more intending to be on the ibeach at the Auk Bay Recreation Area, where the, mm m iund p ! | | : i | of Derby Dnv — will be staged i through most of the day. { It is not expected that all prize winners will have been figured out iunm sometime Monday, and the official awarding of prizes will be {held in the Juneau Ball Park, be- ginning at 3:30 o'clock Monday | afterncon, The prize awards will be followed by the Outdoor Writers' presentation of “Jungle Cock™ at which some local youth outstanding in the outdoor field will be given national honors. ' A very special added feature of the ball park ceremonies will be castin exhibjtions to be given by “Dike" Smedley, four times national champion fly caster, and by “Stu” Pritchard, balt casting demonswator for the South Bend Bait Company. This will be the Channel area’s first opportunity to see really expert rod wielders in action. > STEAMER MOVEMEHTS Princess Loulae. lrum Vancouver, scheduled to arrive at 7:15 o'clock tonight. Goes to Skagway, return- ing southbound Tuesday morning. Southeastern scheduled to sail from Seattle today. Baranof scheduled to sall from Seattle today. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouvéer 9 p. m, Saturday. Alaska scheduled to sail from {Seattle September 2. Grommet Reefer scheduled to sail from Seattle Sept. 4. Aleutian, from west, scheduled suuthbound about midnight Sunday. - ’HAKI\G TRIP OUTSIDE; . ' . le .. l . . . | | FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS After 26 vears in the Territory, Mrs. Georgeé Gullufsen, Sr., has left for her first trip Outside. She will visit relatives in Los Augeles, Calif. Living in Los Angeles are her moth- er, Mrs. Clara McConnell, ber sister, Mrs. Louise Manthey and her broth- ers, Guy and Emmett McConnell. [ R PR BURFORD, JR., FLIES SOUTH Jack Burford, Jr., flew south yes- terday via Pan American Airways. He will enter the Univesity of Wash- ington in September for his first year. Jack., who is a graduate of the class of '47, of Juneau High School, has been working for Caro Transfer this summer. PASEBILCCEC T e LI B . e 00 NO EMPIRE MONDAY As has been customary for vears, there will be no issue of The Empire on Monday, Labor Day. If any important events take place, they will be bulletined in The Empire windows. All business houses. City. Federal and Territorial . . . . . . @ L . . . offices will be closed. . .