The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 6, 1947, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,675 ]UNH\U. ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1947 ’Vl[ VlBl R ASSOC I/\]I D PRLSS PRICE TEN CENT} — SALMON DERBY SCHEDULED FOR She's Miss (entennial g LABOR LAW TEST CASE, KETCHIKAN Publishing Company Asks for $1000 Damages from Longshoremen’s Union i KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 6.- » In one of the first tests of the Taft-Hartley Labor Law. the Alaska Magazine Publishing Company filed suit yesterday against the Interna- tional Longshoremen's and Ware- housemen’s Union (CIO) and its Ketchikan local for damages “in ex- cess of $1.000” for alleged injuries resulting from a waterfront strike The suit followed the union's re- fu.al Thursday to handle cargo for the firm from the steamer Alask: The action alleged that the firm'’s business and property have suf- fered damage from the union's strike against the major Alaska shipping companies. The work stoppage followed union demaxnds for safeguards against pos- sible action against it under the Taft-Hartley Law. Meanwhile, the J.ROOSEVELT || | COMES OUT | FOR TRUMAN ¢ | & ‘ . : ; Declares thatPresidenf | ‘ Deserves Renomination ‘ ; in 1948 - Reasons NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—(®—James, Roosevelt, old son of the late President,. says that President Tru- man “deserves renomination in 1948." Speaking answering ' | | | 1 i i { i i extemporaneously questions put to him| by newsmen of the “Meet The Press” radio (Mutual) program last night, Roosevelt said President Truman has not abandoned the policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, ‘particularly in domestic affairs lared that he had at one psed the Truman doctrine use he believed it “did not nify sufficiently the desire of in op Waterfront Em- ployers’ Association charged in a paid advertisement that the ~mkv violates the union’s contract pro: against strikes or lockouts until 1 June, and asked If there’s no agreement between us, why not call all deals off and turn Alaska back (not to Indians) to Russian Communists?” A course of action designed to end the strike was to be attempted at a meeting of the Ketchikan R 1 Merchants' Association. Supplies, urgently needed for Ket- chikan, are scheduled to arrive late today on the S. S. Grommet Reefer of the Alaska Transportation Com- pany. Whether they would be un- loaded by longshoremen was a mat- ter of speculation. after she was named “Miss cramento, Calif. For al California State Fair ng every State in the Union. (# Wire- RES| NEW CRIME WAVE PRESIDENT HITS CITY; TWO TRUMANTO " cags ARe stoLew MILLIONS PAID RECEPTIONS 1vo auto theft Reported Fiae in Past 24 Hours-One | OUIG'IOTREDIEBmDS Will Dine with Dutra, Re- Is Still Missing o view Parade, Appear ' = WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—(P Two Juneau automobiles were Sep —L |stolen during the past 24 hours First, incomplete reports to the and City Police are still search- Treasury today showed that the R ing for one and locking for the government paid out at le RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 6. persons who stole them. ! $103,813,350 to redeem GI terminal p .gqon Truman faced o round of| An Alaskan Cab was taken from leave bonds on Tuesday and Wed- .o .oniioc for Americans and Bra-|in front of the Knight Apartments nesday, the first two days the ,yi.; today on the next to the|at 5:30 a. m. today and is still veterans could cash them. st day of his week's visit to the|missing. An unconfirmed report fomcm‘lsq m:fig,u‘,?’m“& 90":'\”-1?'““““"” of Brazil. placed the car as being seen in ragmentaary Sur he €artyl He planned to the vieinity of and cash-ins, whichean Associated Press|po e U Tegtitorial | Highway survey indicated were heavy inigo il o Emmett: Botelho {8 many areas. A spot check Iater|, coiiaiion executives, U. S. Em- The cab is Alaskan by the AP showed the initial y,oc0 ong consular workers and|and its license number rush has tapered off. cout 2,000 members of Rio's U. S. The other vehicle was a car Approximately $1,800,000000 1IN co1ony " He had a luncheon date longing to Carson Lawrence. bonds were issued to about MINe! .y, hapyar Ernesto Goneales Fon- had parked it in front million veterans in payment Im. tes. ‘onee host to Presidsnt: Frank- lin D. Roosevelt I Alaska Electric Light and Power|acted upon at the next meeting of unused furlough time while in the Co. yesterday n““.nmm He ro-|the Executive Committee. The SALVLEEY Tonight President and Mrs. Tru- man and their daughter Margaret ported it missing at 50 p. m | change will permit a quorum to be | i s racorbecd ,M. minutes| determined by 50 per cent of the { Th w § 10nmm give an embassy dinner for e asnlng Brazil's President Enrico ~Gaspar Merry - Go-Round by City Police when it was|Juneau members present and will {Dutra. Mr. Truman will review a By DREW PLARSON American people to lend -*“P‘l port to the United Nations.” ' Roosevelt said, however, that it would be impossible to say \\lwll‘er! President Truman was following his father's policies in the inter- national field because he could not{ say what the late President’s pol-] icies would be in the present rnm-’ plex situation. i A\n‘mlgh Roosevelt declared he! . would rather see Truman in thel I':.n\ Doyle, 21, pretty Los Angeles girl, White House he said Henry Wal-| Centennial” at the C: lace was * great thing for| the next three years she America” because of his “frank-{ and Centennial Emissary, vi: s and outspokenness.” photo. - > FOR lO(Al NEEDS’ Nine Comlnmee Chairmen|’ ! Selected by Red Cross Board of Directors Nine committee chairmen were selected last night at a meeting of the Board of Directors, Juneau Chapter, American Red Cross. They will head the various working com- mittees of that organization names of the chairmen, nominated by Executive Chairman B. D. Stew- art, will be announced as soon as each person has accepted his ap- pointment. Miss Helen Cass, Alaska Fied Rep- resentative for the ARC, was present investigating, |t last night’s meeting and explain- 3. ed many Red Cross functions and | duties of chapter officers to the assembled board members. A proposed amendment to the |, Juneau Chapter’s by-laws will be i before United Press appear , visiting Brazilian | be- He| of “the{ in later found { in the rear of the Juncau Mot make it nec y to include parade tomorrcw on the 125th an- { n \b()\ld members from branch chap- Police Department urg-| ters in other Southeast Alaska cities ersary of ‘Brazilian independence. ed that all car owners lock lhen““ the total number required to be His party then will leave for home | on the battleship Missouri. autos when not in use and take Present (Rt i the keys with them to p]p\r(‘lll\ A financial report of the Juneau fecurrencky o) andh Mirhes | Chapter was approved last night ALESI B | The board also decided to set its | regular meeting date as the first RAILROADS ASKIN Tuesday in each quarterly period.? W IThe next regular meeting will be held on October 14 - | | nation’s railroads today asked for a To AIaSka further 10 per cent increase in| freight rates to offset a wage in-| crease award to their non-operating employees, and a. continued rise in the costs of railroad supplies. - STEAMER MUVEMENTS Princess Louise scheduled to sail !from Vancouver 9 tonight Note: Drew Pearson d from his vacation he spent (Editor’s has return and reports cn how his time off.) o oe 00 0p oo WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 41. At Airport minimum, 33, WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness today and tonight and increasing high cloudiness Sunday. Lit- tle change in temperature. PRECIPITATION 30 a.m. today) | By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON First, I want to thank Bob Allen for the swell column he wrote in my aksence They set a tough standard for me to follow, but enabled me to take the longest time off from the Merry-Go-Round since the wr started When I embarked on this period idleness I thought I would be It turned out that I my wife was. Reason insisted on spending ation filling the 60; i Maximum, WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—(#-—The TOKYO, Saturday, Sept. 6.—# | Gen. George C. Kenney, command- ler of U. S. Strategic Air Forces ihas left by plane for Alaska on {the last leg of an around-the-| {world inspection of training ac-i !tivities of his global heavy bom-| bardment groups. The Kenny party planned a briet ! Princess Norah scheduled to sail [stop in Alaska. Kenny also may | from Vancouver Sept. 10 . {halt at Seattle enroute to An- Baranof, from west, scheduled |drews Field, Md., his headquart-| southtound 10 p. m. Sunday. ers. { Alaska scheduled southbound somectime Monday. FROM SEATTLE 1 I Now that he has married my| Al ACS DIEN BERK ; A | daughter, he is most careful to] E-M Brmmau,‘ who is with Libby, Gordon Byrne and James Lieb- |Commissioner Felix Gray for trnnfi-‘ put a thousand miles between him-| McNelll and Libby Company, 1~|h(ndl of the Alaska Communications [fer of property on 10th Street, staying at'the Baranof Hotel. He is System of Bremertow, Wash. are from Frank Olson to Mrs. Stan- frem Seattle, registered at the Heotel Juneau, ley P. Whiting. or bored stiff. whsn't but was that I part of my silo. silo-filling is a very dangerous period around our farm, and any- one who comes too close is liable to get caught Once my son-in- Jaw—then a gditor for my daugh ter’s hand—found himself in the unhappy predicament of having| to humor his prospective father-! in-law by tramping down ensilage| for a whole week inside the silo . | @ (Past 24 hours ending 7 e In Juneau none; since e Sept. 1, 3.01 inches; since e July 1, 1623 incies. . At Airport none e Sept. 1, 158 inch e July 1, 11.90 inchs . ee 00000000000 — | | i since since i34 - .o PROPERTY TRANSFERS The following deed has been' recorded in the office of U. S.| (Continued on Page Four) {the standby (definitely llng around {essed for {ly settled section from ed, driving {the Navy H EADI N C S 0 U T H — These 1,000 tractors, worth $1,500,000, were shipped from the Phila- delphia plant of Empire Tractor Corp. to Argentina on the Greek ship Evros (left background). Prairie Fire Sweeps Over 500 Square Milesin S. D.; Derby Prizes Many, Varied Thousands ol (aftle Burned And Valuable PIERRE, S Sept. 6.—IM—At least 3,000 head of cattle were des-; (royed by a prairie fire that raged over more than 500 square miles of IRT and ranches, fields and pas-| (l.n befora under u)nu‘nl Officials f cattle ~ already would be o being today. red the number .of known to be lost a fraction of the final total. An estimated 25,000 head were being fed on the 200 xlnLh(\ and farms within strickan area. Concerning ‘ possible loss in hay and other feed, pasturage, homes md other buildings, they describ- the fire as the greatest single H‘u\u to hit the section since drought Burned out com- munications lines made exact loss >stimates impossible. For velief a 300-man army of volun- ll‘t‘l' fire fighters fought the fire wet water hauled in tank plows to cut pro- le(‘(l\'n- and backfires. A crew of about 50 men re- mained on guard today lest the blaze spring up again Early reports told of no human life, and of only four Lomes known to have been burned. Some were saved by plow- them to turn up protective strip of earth Scores of persons probably owed ' lives to members of the motor ))dllol who raced through the land ahead of the fire, warning settlers to evacuate. Those who fled or were disposs- found refuge in towns which a time were themselves threat- ened by flames. The fire started at two spots several miles apart about 40 miles east of Pierre. Sparks from combine were tlamed for one biaze, a cigar for the other. Fanned by a southwest wind, the fire spread northward over a thin- to along a liné 27 miles long in the day the wind shift- the flames back toward Harrold and Highmore, the three U. S. highway villages near where they began. The vil- {lages have a combined population of about 2000 brought Iiibar, centin B Dakui to-| 3 | early trucks, furrows, loss of a miles Late Holabird, Sealskm Take is Being Discharged At Porl ol Seattle SEATTLE, 5( p' 6. M—The an- nual take of sealskins in the Pribi- lof Islands of Bering Sea, valued at $3,750,000, was being discharged by transport Achenrnar to- day. The shipment consisted of 61500 ! skins, salted down in barrels. It will lleave by rail tonight for the Fouke Fur Company in St. Louis. — .t — TACOMA COUPLE HERE Mr .and Mrs. Otis Wilson, of Ta- coma, are stopping at the Baranof Hotel the | more than 12 hours without | Vlshmskylo | | salmo; on ac Sunda; With t) Chamy tortal Mart " UN Assembly { LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 6—®— gy |Soviet Foreign Minister MolotoV | peqp will not attend opening sessions Cowlin {of the United Nations Assembly| el |starting Sept. 16, but will be ready | {to fly to New York from Mo: icow in the event of an emer ency, an authoritative sourc said today The Russian delegation at start will be headed by Andrei Y. peatt Vishinsky, Deputy Foreign Minis-|yrends ter. The Russians are sending a Argof large delegation to the assembly.'gpop Secretary of State Marshall and' yyyist Foreign Minister Bidault of France. camy are definitely committed to at- cigyer tend and U~ N. officials have! woto said - Foreign Secretary Bevin of Britain would lead the British delegation. Northe | Young the| sport Sleey; Graves Tabl son sal Baile Hedc » facturir ¥ -+ Miss Overell Appeals To Calif. Supreme (i SANTA ANA, Calif, - —m : Overell's chief counsel an- that he is taking an im- peal to’the State Supreme an effort to win dismissal ainst her in the doubl her wealthy Sle men's S Wes Field « I Lh rges yacht deaths of ents. Attort came a B ait Rour Has lakes par- to statement he dis- ey Otto Jacobs few minutes after Plymouth Territorial Sportsmen’s Association. | sixteen-foot aluminum toat with Terri- Motors, chester Eight-man Six-man ep sortm Co Berryllium-copper n Derby tomorrow, postpo count of weather from y. Here is the complete he donors sedan—donated vion Outboa Sportsmen’s in Outboard Inc. rude Spruce g Co. ve-guage “Magnum” hammerless pump rn Commercial Co. rubber boat Co boat rd Motor- Association Motor—Ma. Motor and R, Outboard Corp. gui Jun| Hardware rubber Center. 1erfoam Co. lex Darn camera-—-Lu-Ek's Pl ‘The 1 tent watch p stove, Club. rola Impe and axe Beaut radio —~Home and the Capitol Theatre ping bag and tie—H e model radio—W. P. Jo rod, reel, line and Bar fly Co. on ¥v's fon n bag outfitter. ing bag--Casler’s ¥ rod—Heddon Ma Fred Henn M ~'L'ne Sk rod, lures Glasses casting t of Nugget reel, line South via Crummean Florence or Coastal Airlines. salmon rc W rip selborg. Alaska Tha closed to reporters that she would 'pomas Hardware Company take the stand in her own defense to “tell her complete story, which ', will refute the prosecution’s charges | Rubber Coleman boat—Royal Blue camp that she had anything at all to do | Tyansportation Co with her parents’ deaths.” Of the highly unusual procedure | Glelan. in appealing to the Supreme Court | in the midst of a trial, Jacobs de- | clared it would be made on two | peints: That the grand jury indict- ment against her amended without the appearance of any wit- | nesses; and on grounds of insuffi- cient evidence. He said it would require “‘"’"”‘(,mb days for prevaration “but there | would be no interference with the! trial.” v Minn, Tack! Air was - BPW MEETS MONDAY Tabl Airp i cidenta Barc The Business and Professional | Women's Club will meet on Mon- | day, Sept. 9, in the Terrace of the | Goods Baranof Hotél for its first business | won luncheon since taking a six weeks| ., vacation. A new vice-president will | be elected at Monday's meeting. ' o Reservations may be made by calling Lu-Ek's Photo Shop or 547 - — | CAA MAN HERE i Edward L. Griffin, who is with| the CAA in Anchorage, is staying at the Baranof Hotel, | Teen Two On Coleman Floor North Country Klinkerfues Mattr Fishing Supply Salmon Salmon reel World globe 'ty Store L Power arel Man’; Snow Wool storm jacket Case Lot camp stove—J Parsons klectric virgin wool Jac Co., St. P lamp- Bros Sullys wakery Madsen's Cycle le box s reel with line Alaskan Cab Co and Atlas e lamp-—Alzska Electric L Co lane electric al Bar »meter- Store. nan’s sport Shop, hunting Store clock—The I. Goldstein, Spor jacket-Char s coat Shop. cases assorted canned f Grocery canned case cherries (Continued on Page Five) pis ‘Tot - | There are all kinds of prizes for | those participating in the scheduled ned last list by rtin Ju- w Win- n eau ell's jacket—B. M. Beh- 10t0 ‘The itul S. hn- plug nu- ing, en’s p. and Bend ane ayer od Cab stove—Yakobi Mc- Co cket aul and Pamaray | Nance's ight Oc- ting | inel ! -8 & to- ruil -Auk | | t 1 UNDAY BIG FISHING EVENTSLATED TOMORROW Everylhing“bé;‘)ends Upon Weather-Changes Made in Time for Casting It's all up to the Weatherman now. Plans have been completed with more than 700 hopeful Salmon Derby entrants eyeing wind and sky and gauging the chances for a decent day tomorrow, at least until late afternoon, for the sece ond attempt to hold the big Derby |which had to be postponed from last Sunday. More than 35400 wortn of pr. es, from the'Plymouth sedan down to canned fruit, will be at stake tomorrow when the varied flotilla of large and small craft prepares to head out of Auk Bay and Tee Harbor in the morning The starting time changed by the Derby to 8 o'clock so that a ute weather check may has been Committee last min- be made. | And although boats may check in with the judges at the two Auk Bay floats and at Tee Harbor from 6:30 a. m. on, nonc may leave for the fishing areas previous to the signal. All operators of vessels, whether skiffs or larger, are warned by the Committtee in charge that their boats are subject to inspection by the Coast Guard, and that suffi- cient lite preservers or other ap- proved life-saving devices must be lon board for .all Mt\lefl Special Precai | Special percautions nrnnzed at 'a meeting of the Derby Committee during the week are two. Small craft will ke required to carry a red flag for use in case of emer- gency, a signal which any other should investigate immed- iately. Second precaution is an rangement for half-hourly radio checks with larger vessels. These craft will carry large white . flags, to be flown in case inclement weather forces cancellation, or at least 15 minutes before the vessel prepares to up anchor and return to check in fish at the judges’ stands. The white flag will serve as a warning for all small boats in the various vicinities that fishing in that area is ended; and will give fome warning to start back to base before larger, speedier vessels and still make the 4 o'clock deadline. Check-In Areas At the entrance to each check- in area, an official boat will be stationed. Marked with an orange flag or panel for Iidentification, this craft will check each boat returning from the fishing areas and hand each a numbered slip. {No more slips will be given out after 4 o'clock. Boats will anchor away from the check-in floats, and move in to have fish weighed according to their order numbers. In weighing fish, the judges may require the owner to leave any that appear ‘definitely large enough to take prizes. Official check-out stations in the morning will be both the Forest Service float and Hickey's float at Auk Bay, and the small float anchored at the head of Tee Har- bor. Two judges will be stationed on each Auk Bay float, and four at Tee Harbor From 12 noon ou through the rest of the day, coffee and hot dogs will be made available by Juneau's women’s organizations for judges and contestants on both Hickey's float in Auk Bay and the Tee Harbor float. USCG cutter Wachusett, unless some other emergency arises, plans | to sail from Juneau at about 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and to be at the scene of the Derby during the day Comdr. E. V. Carlson states that he plans to cruise the area, and perhaps lie at anchor part of the time. The Juneau Yacht Club wishes to announce that the channel between | the bar and Douglas Island has been dredged so boats may go to Auk Bay | over-the bar. There is a four-foot clearance at a 15-foot tide, and boats may get through if they {ollow | the channel. - ceee—— FROM HOONAH Vina Cook, of Hoonah, is register- ed at the Baranof Hotel, ar-