The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVI, NO. 10,680 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1947 "~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT{ — ) [ * SEN.TAFT ON TOUR IN WEST Prospecting Trriiip May De-| cide Whether He Will | Be GOP Candidate SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept. 12 (# — Senator Taft, Republican of | Ohio, opening a Western prospect- | ing tour for the Republican Presi- dential nomination, declared today this country is not going to enter a world state that envisions con- centration of all power in a distant capital. The Ohio Senator, who said hs“ will not decide until he returns | home after his far Western swing whether he will be a candidate, told the State Bar of California the New Deal had tried to “get rid of States Right so it could concentrate (left) Canadian ambassador to inauguration by King Paul of 2 to Dobrin i negotiations between (!w“ ENVOY AND QUEEN _ Maj. Gen. L. R. LaFleche, w | Foreign CROSSING TRUMAN’S COURSE - ] = BOMBERUP Greece, talks with Queen Fred- erika at the village of Saint Satira, north of Athens, during the highway reconstruction work. INDUP OF 16 NATIONS MEET 15 POSTPONED United States Criticism o Report Starts Esti- mating Anew PARIS, Sept. 12 ish Foreign Office Secretary Ernest had postpc up session of foreign because of of “final” report on A Foreign Office London, d Bevin of the final session scheduled next Monday, had adviced foreign ministers of and that no alternative been suggested. don sources the delay spokesman, date said they would be at least 16 nations’ their - estimates. {M—The Brit- announces that e Bevin ned the scheduled wind- ministers of 16 nations on the Marshall Plan United States criticism Europe’s in as chairman for the the decision had Authoritative Lon- | expected a week, and possibly two, so that the delegations could act strikes at|upon American advice to munef STRATOJET FOR TESTS 'Revolufionary Plane De- velopment by Boeing Unveiled at Seattle SEATTLE, Sept. 12.—M—A lcally new jet-propelled bombe; the size of the potent B-29 Supe foriress and powered by engines, was unveiled tod: the Army and Boeing ! company. | The Company described the new as “revolutionar scheduled by Boeing taxi tests are to soon Withholding all expected performancs, nouncement covered only physical features of the mental “Stratojet.” It was crited as employing “sharply swept back wings and tail surfaces for the first time on any bom:er.’ Four of the General Elect ic-built details on the Aircraft | £ radi- | six jet| announcement | XB-41! Ground and| bezin ! | its an-| the bare experi- des- the excursio k the lives of 20 persons with many es weer engaged to subde the blaze Aflame in its Mcnongahela River port at Pittsburgh, Pa., shown following blast which te All available fire and police power plants are mounted in pairs the section jet of engine under inboard wings. Another near each wing tip. Wing span is approximately feet and length 108 feet. The XB-47's landing gear is the tandem type, permitiing pecially thin wings. The gear consists of two 1 of lage. Emall outrigger wheels. which provide lateral stability dur- ing ground operation, fold inte the inboard engine nacelle. The Stratojet is the fourth Beeing airplane type of the year. The new B-50, successor to Superfortr was completed June. Tt , 80-passenger the XL-15 liaison being built by th Kansas, division. - e U.S. ISNOW LEADER IN W. GERMANY stratocruiser plane, which firm’s Wichita es- main double'wheel units which retract into the fuse- new the f in was followed by. the first and the is 18 DEATHS, 50 Congress Must § INJURED LEFT Needs or Give BY SEA BLAST State, Senalo The Governor of Alaska sum- |med up the position of statehood |advocates in a final statement be- |fore the Senate Public Lands Com- mittee here yesterday afternoon, declaring: Possibility of Sabotage Is Hinted as Inquiry Be- gins on British Liner BELFAST, Sept. 12.- ing men jured were from the Br Either the Congress should sup- ply the Territory of Alaska with those things it cannot achieve for itself as a territory or turn Alaska loose to try to meet its own needs as a state, The Governor appeared as the t witness before the Congress- ional group headed by Senator Hugh Butler at its public hearing here. His remarks were an addi-| tion to statements he already had| mads to the committee at other| hearings in other cities. ! As examples of situations which { Northern Ireland, —Eighteen dead or dy- and more than 50 in- brought ashore today sh liner Reina Del Pacifico, h docked here badly |damaged by an =xplosion at sea While hundreds crowded the dock area, the 17,720-ton motor- |ship was towed in and police be- gan inquiry, studying among other things what they described as the possibility of sabotage. 20 Dead, Many Missing in Steamer Blas! listed as STORM FOCUS AIMS TOWARD PUERTO RICO ‘Mighty Battlewagon Mis- souri May Feel Wind Lashed Swells MIAMI, Fla, Sept Storm warningd were ldistant islands today |fledged Atlantic burricane ,winds reported at 143 miles an yhour .sped west-northwest at a forward speed of 20 miles an hour. The storm’s center is expected to ip to the north of Bermuda and the northern Virgin Islands | tonighit and tomorrow as it bores la path in the general direction of 'Puerto Rico, the goal of the battle- i ship Missouri, which bringing jl’!lflk!"llf Truman home from Rio de Janeiro. | The Missouri is still many miles ‘away, too far to feel any effects | of the storm except perhaps the {long roiling swells such disturbances make felt in distant sea areas. An Army plane which probed {the storm, located the center at 18:45 a. m. today at latitude 17.8 north, longitude 593 west, or some 1300 miles east of Puerto Rico. tThis would put it about 1,500 miles frem Florida. 12.—P— hoisted in a full- with on - ri boat “Island Queen™ missing in the tragedy. which reslted from the expiosion. (International Soundphoto) upply Alaska | It Freedom as | ts Are Advised AGREEMENT " UNREACHED concerned while opening the way' to development of a pulp industry Previous to the Governor's re- marks, Attorney General Ralph' Rivers elaborated upon the request voiced during the morning by Jack Fletcher, that the Coastwise Pass enger Act of 1886 be revised to per-' KETCHIKAN, Sept. 12.—(P—Fed- mit Canadian vessels to carry pas- eral conciliators, waterfront employ- senge between Alaska ports. At €rs. longshoremen’s union officials and shipping company representa- tives met here until 4 o'clock a. m. today without reaching an agree- ment to end the strike which has tied up shipping for five weeks. present, Rivers sald, interport traf- fic is “in a sorry state.” They planned to meet again today. R Tourist travel could e encoug- aged without hurting American flag lines, since tourist Lookings on all ships already are filled for at least a year ahead. At present, hel cited, one American line—the R E" U. 5. ARMY GEN. Northland ~ Transportation —Com- pany has one passenger vessel sailing between Juneau and Hain all power in Washington.” [ dress prepared for delivery in a 4 panel discussion at the lawyers that of a free people against a [ [ totalitarian State.” | vlew o' unlon said, could limit freedom further in the United States than the aboli- is going to enter a world State if history shows that the Federal plan & H panies Is Outlined fo centration of all power in a distant 2 capitai? | Congressional Group ing contenders for the GOP Presi- KETCHIKAN, Sept. 1 Spee- dential nomination. at.next year's ial)—Various statements made by panel with James E. Murray, Demo- | ternational ~ Longshoremen’s and crat of Montana, a staunch New K Warehousemen's Union (CIO), at Tiouse Republican Leader and Rep.'the Congressional Subcommittee on Ray Madden, Democrat of Indiana. Territories and Insular Possessions, !ment by Edward G. Dobrin of Se- SPE(IAL SESSION |attle, presented to the Subcomm iney Lestor O. Gore. sentad the Alaska Steamship Com- ipany and the Northland Transy VIENNA, Ga., Sept. 12—P—Sen- snore labor negotiations since their ator George (D.-Ga.) says he be- *j.0inning. With regard the Congress into special session, but| jypneau and Ketchikan, that it is a very ticklish “gamble | .4, stalemate with loss of prestige to the Chief Executive.” member of the Senate Finan Committee, said in an interview, that could result from a special session since he did not believe an ope could be pushed through before the first of the year. foreign relief program will result in keeping prices up in this country. By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — It looks now Pauley, the California oil man who has long aspired to be Undersecr: into an even better job. No man in all the turbulent days pus as Ed Pauley when, last win- ter, his Naval ambitions Curmudgeon,” Secretary of the Interior Ickes. It caused Ickes’ name to be withdrawn. The Republicans, however, were to hold their noses over the smell of oil, and point to the fact that raised several hundred thousand from oil men to elect Truman. Also reward to the man who not only raised money, but ran bkack and platform and the floor of the Democratic ~ Chicago convention §S Negetiator “In my vie he said in an ad- meeting, “the great issue today is Nothing, the tall Ohio Senator tion of States Rights, adding “who U n d erstanaing Of com_ is only a passage phase to the con- Taft, considered one of the lead- | e party conyention, appeared on the cfficials and members of the In- Dealer, Charles Halleck of Indiana, [1ccent hearings in Juneau before g B TR 3 i were refuted here today in a state- tee at its hearing here by Attor- 'Bogle, Bogle and Gates, has repre- BY SEN. GEORGE tation Company in current long- lieves President Truman will call | present longshoremen’s which could result in a political | -pfper George, the ranking minority that he personaily saw little good emergency relief program for Eur The Senator said that any broad By DREW PEARSON as if charming, go-getting Ed tary of the Navy, is about to slide of Trumanism created such a rum- abruptly stopped by “The Old exit from the Cabinet and Pauley’s extremely happy. They were able Democratic Treasurer Pauley had they were able to block Truman's forth like a squirrel between the buttonholing delegates for Truman. Pauley’s pal who sponsored him |® for Undersecretary of the Navy was| the Secretary of the Navy him- self, Jim Forrestal. Today For- (Continugd on Page Four) {members. wene | H EUROPE HELP TO PINCH | WASHINGTON, Sept. ! companies’ and the representatives the union at Seattle had 1 -iT]E Adminisiel ¥ R8st to el o 4 S irope may reach down inio tne British Failure fo Pay Own Way Boosts Ameri- | of sulted in a tentative agreement| 2 ( | A {Europe may reach down into the! I @ rall Alaska contract : . ! | foar AN GRebN ;. |daily life of the American people. can Power ‘ ndi- on | vages, hours and working c WAges. 18 If approved by Congress, the tions which was to be subject to|, ' Pl B N ratification by Alaska locals, twoNelP-Europe program may require, | |some controls over business—con-! !additional demands were made by ; {the union: First, for a redistribu. | F0ls this country otherwis> might {tion of work as between the u“-‘ge"l‘h:m:;gu::;:;:‘t.almoxt. ettty licensed deck and engine room per Hani have: o, Konihdreth on “the sonnel of vessels on the one hand 1 "3V® o, ; land longshoremen on the other; kinds and amounts of things which {and, Second, for a clause rchevmg‘ii'[‘;w:\p‘f::lt;‘iv l_s‘”“‘; eg\&:‘[i::'e'fn 1 ithe union of responsibility for ary S | % mposed--may L necessary on {alleged unauthorized f its| : ; o £ acts of S| e use of flour and wheat pro-| “No agreement was reached on|9Ucts: fthese two additional demands and| IQ"‘IP TSR o an i [the strike followed. In the negotia- " °" FUroRe o il mh“." are Notgollars to buy the necessities of life | jalways plentiful In this country.|;ng t pay for eventual reconstruc- Itions following the strike, these & H "] Y ! Whatever is sent abroad will mean ., | { tion. two additjonal demands remained . "\ ucn jess for the American ! | |the only unsettled issues and so far| i It appears to result not so much | “as the companies are advised are pe,??l;n s 2 from anys deliberate effort by the |the only unsettled issues. | Take steel. Europe needs a 1ot|ypnjteq States to gain influence for | “The first additional demand is Of - But the American peoplejis oyn sake as from the American Ifor work now being performed by 7€ DOV NOW getting as many au-|gyempts to restore conditions in | tomobiles as they want, partly be- H WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. — (#— The United States appears today to be moving into a new position of power and leadership in western Germany as a result of Britain's inability to pay her own way there. This developing situation reflects the general growth of American in- fluence throughout the European difficulty is that things area que to the need for American | come unlawful. | “Negotiations for an overall! |Alaska agreement have been car-' {1ied on at Seattle and the com- panies are ready and willing to l1enew these negotiations.” Mr. Dobrin further said that the atement was made for the pur- pose of setting forth the under- standing of the companies as to the issues which occasioned the pres- jent strike of longshoremen at Ketehikan and Juneau, the unlicensed personnel. on the = ~° e £ Europe to a point where the nations | vessels thus creating a jurisdic-|¢8use steel supplies are “tight there can develop as they wish | Itional dispute which the companies| The picture of the strain that yiinout heavy outside political in- | [have Ro power to settle. This|¥ill be put on this country is in-|fyences, particularly Communism.| camand seeks to confine the un-|COMPlete but it is taking shape. | presh information on the wa licensed personnel to work in one' s ¢4 TR things are going in the Anglo-Am- hatch only. jerican zones of western Germany | “The second additional demandLIERMINAI_ LEAVE | came to light in connection with the seeks to force the companies to| | official announcement of plans to! relieve the union from liability| BONDS SWAPPED | boost coal production in the Ruhr | |imposed upon it by the Labor, imines of Germany. Much zreater | Management Relations Act, and| {output from these mines is re-| the companies- are unwilling to FOR Do i RE 2 MI {garded in both London and Wash- | {nullify the provisions of the Act. ington as essential to economic re- | Since the tentative agreement was;| A - | covery in Europe. reached, the Act has become ef-, WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 — Y.l”—f ey 1 fective which will now require Veterans converted more than a| s | {both the union and the companies|third of their terminalgleave bonds fl H lANDlNGS | Ito modify those provisions for a into moncy in the first seven days —_— ! |closed shop which have now be-|after cashing began September 2,| At the Juneau Cold Storage today, | the Treasury reported today. |the packer Glendale, under Carl They received $641,797,257.65, in- | Jensen, landed 1,700 pounds of salfi cluding $25.322,407.65 for interest. mon for Sebastian-Stuart and El- | When cashing began, some 8,900,000 | mer Savviko on the troller 33-A-| veterans held $1,838,000.000 in bonds. | 330 brought in 400 pounds of sal- | If the bonds cashed conformed to | mon for Sebastian-Stuarfi. Jim | the average size of around $200, the | Hickey brought in 1,000 pounds by | figures mean about 3,000.000 vet- |truck from Auk Bay, for Alu.\'kfl: erans or one-third of the bond- | Coast Fisheries. | holders—took quick steps to swap oA their bonds for money instead of FROM HAINES holding on for the 2'4 per cent Mrs, E. C. Koenig, Jr., of Haines interest is staying at the Baranof Hotel, Baranof Hotel, he wartimo troop transport, on LEE RETIRING T0 ENTER MINISTRY Alaska cannot solve as a Territory| cyery two weeks. The cost of tak-' trial run after being refitted for ‘ resumption of peacetime service, A1d in which it needs Federaljjng a car thal short distance is he cited: $120. was torn by an engineroom blast ° hipping where not only! The Canadian vesterday about 12 miles north of Copeland Island, which lies just have complicated labor difficulties now proposes a service, beginning off the co: near the mouth of arisen, but restricting legislation!in 1949, which would carry cars ROME, Sept. 12—(®—The hopes Belfast Bay such as the Jones Act needs cor- petween the two ports for not more of Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee to An SOS brought five . tugs rection, and greatly ed! (han $50, if permitted by law. The enter the service of the Episcopal a lifeboat carrying doctors and rates have been impc tel American lines, Rivers averred, argpChurch in the United States be- nurses. One of the doctors re- Maritime Commission without even not interested in developing the came known today. ported 34 of the injured “terribly @ heering given Alaskan, also short water haul via th> Haines' Lee plans to retire as U. S. Com- burned” and said some probably Seattle shipping concerns given Gatew their main business mander in the Mediterranean would die. “an exclusive monopoly - contractijs gver water haul from theatre after the formal deposit Fifteen men were killed out- - contrary to the intent On the other next Monday of the Allies’ ratifi- right and three died this morning Purposs of Congress” lines are inter- cations of the peace treaty with in hospital Land title— a ma taly. His command has been £ stricted to aboriginal under investigation recently by the including need for libe rmy’s Inspector General, following requir ts for olumnist Robert C. Ruark’s pub- residents, particu [lication of charges of excesses of lands. authority among officers in deal- # ng with enlisted men. Lee sald clusion | yesterday his ord for retire- Federal highway legislation iment were issued before publica- 4—Inadequacy of the present U.i Rivers called the Alaska exclu-'gion of the charges. S. Commissioner system. He de- sion clause in the Jones Act an-| .. (old of his plans to enter clared Alaskans to be in full agree- other instance where the Federal'nurch service in an off-the-record ment upon the need for higher government is working at cross- conference with correspondents yes- calibre men as Commissioners than Purposes with That clause, | tordyy. can be obtained—except in the few|he said, “hamstrings” Alaska | larger towns—under the fee system,|velopment while at the same tim | . STOCK QUOTATIONS with the administration of justice the Federal government is pressin N1 | i Pacific ship line i I | and the and ecattle to hand, tested In reply seward Camadian ter not claims ization of title by ¢ forest ' gaiq re- b St but NEWSPAPERS NOW MAY TELL ABOUT ~ LOTTERY WINNERS Post Offi(é_l)epartmeni Relaxes Long-Standing Policy by Ruling WASHINGTON, Sept. 12— The Postoffice Department has rul- ed that newspapers carrying stor ies which there is incidental” mention of a lottery will not be barred from the mails. The ruling, a reversal of standing policy, represents interpretation of the law which provides that newspapers publish- ing the names of lottery win- ners are not mailable The decision followed a chal- to Senator Zales Ecton bether a local passenger-fer ce could be devel Riv Le understands the invest ment required would be terrific eX-|for only a seasonal operation under Alaska’s discriminatory frem participation At Cross Purpose itself € - ee e - i coming into discredit result.| dzvelopment of Alaska as a defen It is also non-controversial, he bastion stated, that Alaska has suffered| On the one hand, he because of inadequacy of Federal' Maritime Commission appropriations for . protect “a handful of . run-down mine stock today is 4%, American \eries—conservation regulation Seattle steamers”” On the other Can 85, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss- enforcement and research hand, tte Army and Navy are try-| Wright 5%, International Harvester The Coast Guard— the Alaska|ing to promote Alaskan develop- | 81', Kenncott 45':, New York Cen- District Office bei eliminated . ment and have pay the extra tral 14!;, Northern Pacific 19':, U. despite the Territo 00 miles! cost imposed by the policy of the'S. Stecl 68%, Pound $4.02%. |of coastline and the fact that the Maritime Commission | Sales today were 600,000 shares. service is more important in the| The whole picture needs review Averages today are as follows: In- life of Alaska than in that of any, Rivers cc uded. The Jones Act dustrials, 175.94; r{nlm 47.52; utili- fsuue. is outdated. The war brought!ties, 3524, | akout a new Federal policy H lenge by the St. Louis Star- lmes" T'mber Bill Commended There no American of the St. Louis postmaster’s right| Before calling on the Senators|in position to handle added Alaska to bar from the mails its editionseither to meet Alaska's needs Inlpassenger traffic River's con- which told how a North Carolina|these matters or give Alaskaa free!clusion to a point raised by Sen- negro held the winning tic inihand, the Governor expressed ap- ator Ernest McFarland, that all a lottery for a Cadillac automobile|preciation to the ~Senate Lands American shipping facing post- only to be denied the prize on the|Committee for its aid in passage war difficultie ground that the drawing was for|of the Tongass National Forest' Labor Department whites only | timber sales bills, which he des-|Mike Haas offered % jcribed as one of the most us on the shipping situation | pieces of legislal ever passediing as an example the e |for Alaska. He sald he feels the |measure protects the rights of all as a argued, the| NEW YORK, Sept 12.—P—Clos- is trying to ing quotation of Alasl Juneau long- new' to a - .o ships! . STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive Saturday after- | noon or evening Baranof scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday at 10 a. m. Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle September 16 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 3eptember 17, was is representative trom comment Point- pre also - FROM WINDY CITY E. W. Miller of Chicago is at t on to (Continued on Page Five)