The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 16, 1947, Page 1

W I L] THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" —— VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,683 JU INEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1947 Ml MBER ASSOCIA] l'l D PRESS PR[CE TEN CENTI SALTONSTALL GETS OUT OF DEWEY'S WAY Massachusetts “Favorite | Son”’ Announces Wants | Senate Reelection | The Associated Press) An announcement by Senator | Leverett Saltonstall of Massachu- sotts that he is aiming only at; another term in the Senate gave encouragement today to support- (By ers of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for winning the 1948 GOP presidential nomination Saltonstall, who is likely to tel’ the “favorite son” candidate of his state's 35 delegates to the Nationall Convention, declared at a news conference that (1) he is not in the running for the nomination and (2) he regards the New York- as the contender tonstall told reporters yester- day that former Gov. Harold Stas- sen of Minnesota, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio also have friends in Massachusetts, but that he rates the six leaders like this: 1. Dewey. 2. Gov. Earl War-| ren of California. 3. Taft. 4.1 Stassen. 5. Eisenhower. 6. Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts, the Speaker of the House. Bay State Wide Open THOUSANDS DEAD IN TYPHOON WAKE Two Queens Alluring and lissome Mary Kcefer of Sacramento is the other queen in this picture. the California State Fair livestock show. owner by A. R. Bean and Son, “Liberty,” She is displaying Queen of the Brown Swiss Cattle at the prize beast is The of Rosalinda Farm, Marysville. animal has a string of first place wins on the statewide fair circuit, including the recent Turlock and Stockton fairs. However, Gov. Robert F. Brad-!" ford remarked after a three-hour hotel rcom conference with Dewey that “Massachusetts is wide .open 1ight now, and I told Gov. Dew 50. The remarks by Bradford and| Saltonstall followed a two-day vmn, by Dewey to the Mnssachuscus capital, where the Governor al- tended the Eastern States Exposi-| (Continued on Page Eight) —————— STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof, from Seattle, schedulcd to arrive at 4 oclock this after-! noon westbound. Alaska, schedulea Seattle teday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 p. m. Wednes- day. Aleutian scheduled to sail from: Seattle Saturday. | Princess Norah, scheduled to sail| from Vancouver Saturday. | | The Washingtion to sail from! Merry - Go-Round ; By DREW PLAP.SON By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — As the Gen- eral ‘Assembly of the United Na- tions meets in New York today,| two men hold the spotlight as u.s possible Presidents. They are: Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil, gaucho, ex-Foreign Minister best champion of the United State: in South America. Herbert Evatt of Australia, great champion of small nations, twist- er of the Soviet tail, and an ori- ginal architect of the United Na- tions. { Though General Marshall and the Russians will retain the pow- cr, Aranha and Evatt will repr sent the hopes and dreams of m lions that someonz may lead the ex-| and| s RECESSION COMPLETE ALASKA TRIP IN ARIZONA » 16.~ world awsy from fhe widening| TUCSON, Aris; Sept v hasm that yawns ' between the Having comoleted a six-day flight communfstic and capitalist worlds|to Alaska and bick without incl- dent, 20 B-20's returned to their of the USSR and the USA. Aranha, who served as Presi-| dent of the United Nations Assem-| bly at its special Palestine session, is so strongly pro-American that it has hurt him in Brazl An! Ambassador to the USA, he came| to know and love this country. He visited the Kentucky Derby with! Jim Farley (and incidentally won $1,500) ; took in both Republican and Democratic Conventions; in-| spected Boulder Dam; played rou- lette at Elka, Nev, put his chil- dren in American schools, toured) the USA from one end to the| other. An impatient, cattleman from indefatigable ex- the ranches of| South Brazil, he spent one year in the saddle, sleeping outdoors, leading a revolution; has one bul- let in his, shoulder, one heel (Continued om Page Pour) | Davis-Monthan Field base during the weekend, base officials an- | nounced. The planes left last week, Monday, under cnmmand of Col. James C. Selser, . Group Base Commander and Wm'-' Commander of the re-| cently activated 43rd Bombardment Wing at Davis-Monthan Field. e w—— Ep—— ee— Aleullan Is ISCOMING, (Coming Back SAYS SEN. OnNorthRun Affairs today spection of defense installations ing the Alcan Chiperfield (R-Mich) Boyd Craw- Alaska They heiv companying by and are army Reps. and Jonkman them plang for is an Highway subcommittee were enroute in-1 (R- Ac- ford, committee clerk, | Committee attaches said the group is due tonight at Edmon- ton and will visit Whitehorse, An- chorage and Fair:anks seph T. Flakne, lat: Director the Alaska Division of Territories this of was scheduled to go to Whitehorse and meet bers and plan their tour in Alaska. Squadron Commanders were Lt.! Col. John M. Kimkel, Jr., Col. Jack J. Catton. - CHANT HERE SITKA M Henry Moy and wife are register- od at the Gastineau Hotel. George W. Robbins of Sitka is also at the hotel LUl e LA FROM KALAMAZOO Stanley Smith and Raymond Rausch, of Kalamazoo, Mich., are staying at the Gastineau Hotel and Lt. | | NEW YORK, Sept 16. - subcommittee mem- STOCK QUOTATIONS | ing quotation Can 84%, Wright 5 81': Central 147, Kennecott of Alaska Juneau { mine stock today is 4%, American Anaconda 34'z, Curtiss- . International Harvester 45, | U. 8. Steel 70, Pound $4.03 1/16 Sales today were 740,000 shares. ); dustrials ties 35.23 176.70; New York Northern Pacific 20%, | verages today are as follows: In- rails, 48.21; utili- %JUNEAU DOCK 'Velerans Standin Lineto Cash Termmal Bonds’ FLOODWATERS | STRIKE ENDS = =% . Bl v~ SWEEP JAPAN, ?local Longshoremen Rafi- | SESeke | 7 | JUNLDING S » : 1DAMAGE VAST fy !(ekhikan Pact-To il Discharge Baranof Nipponese Flee fo Hills for Refuge-Dikes Hoped i i P Juneau's longshore striks also | | was crossed off the active list with} i | ratifieation here last might, by, ! fo Save Tokyo | the local union, of the agreement 1 ‘reached earlier in the week Aat 1 ,K;w:“km : g j | TOKYO, SEpl 16— Thous- | After Juneau local 1-16, Inter- ;fl":'c‘“n‘f ‘i;";‘o’:f"‘r; ;’f’k":“ '::“‘e‘l" | national Lonegshoremen’s & Ware fort b, st Tolel Rty 20 Billee !north of Tokyo, as unofficial es- ]huusvmc-n Union (CIO), had 1au- | timates placed the number of dead !fied the back-to-work contract | d with ship and dock operators, a i ; flopll was posted for regular long-| # apd misaing &t S0 Wshoremen to work cargo of the Earlier, incomplete American mil- ¥S. 's. Baranof, due in June‘uu,"“* ;l:\):):i g,(:\e.l-nmfnt reports estimated is afternoon waters, rising on the broad Up to this afternoon, only H. | plain north of Tokyc in the wake L. McDonald, of the Alaska Dock | {of a typhoon, left nearly 1,700 and Storage Company, among the | ffjr:;x!::;;cfer;goc:)rwmtmum and dam- \iupm'mm'fi. had reported signing an | «k‘“ "0 Ql 000 houses | agreement directly with the local apanese newspapers said resi- funion. Wallis S. George, of the| dents of Kasukake were working Juneau Cold Storage Company “""“”*“‘.V on temporary dikes stated that his firm had not! |against advancing waters of two isigned a new contr but would | ll:“:l;* b\\'m:fi h_:‘d ripped through ido so when union representatives; H anks. he reports added bring him the papers. that failure to stop the flood at !"The threc other firms involyed | e . b e (!‘(l;l‘)\“sk:li would expose the east- jare: Alaska Steamship Company,| 7 g & section of Tokyo to the on- o o e tation, G| Hundreds of World War IT veterans standing in a 1ine extendir:g for several blocks to be among the first | 'ush of waters, described as three [hioa TransportationCo. | to cash their terminal leave bonds the first day at the Fulton National Bank, Atlanta, Ga. The scene ]“‘“ h:f:h ‘::‘ some places. i st was repeated in other cities of the country. ® Photo. _ 500 Mile Sterm, Damage £ Storm'damage was reported from 15 prefectures stretching over 500 miles across two-thirds of Honshu | Island—from Mie Prefecture south- west of Nagoya to Akita on the |extreme northwestern coast. Dam- \agv to home, crops, bridges, rail- roads and highways was expec to total several hundred milll yen (at the officlal rate of 50 yen equal $1). 7 Two medium-sized lown.« were wiped out and many villages flooded as the Tone and | Arakawa Rivers spilled out onto to the flatlands. The military government report- ed 150 dead in Gumma Prefecture and 86 dead in Tochigi Prefecture, to the west. The number of miss- 'HEIRESS STOUTLY : oenies gt of New Trial Is Ordered for PARENTSMURDER - George Meeks Convidted of Louise Overell i ook g Slaying (ampbell in Juneau tional Trial { SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 16.—| SI VEN DIE JURY FINDS FOR GUILTY VERDICT INDOOGAN CASE Notice of Appeal Given af Conclusion of City Court Trial Here Monday ! SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.—(# | The Ninth U. 8. Circuit Court of | ‘Appmls yesterday reversed an Al». i ! | ! Mrs Mary U(m);un, old lec Gas- Pepper Detlares NO Hope ILE, S Sspa e o (1P Lot Averell, chubby heire {askan District Court judgment | for Chetklng RIVIflg I.IV | ' s y was sentenced to me lmpmuumem vgufl(y on one wum and nut guil- Thousands Seek Refuge |1ayup for repairs. parents aboard their blasted yacht for a Juneau slaying. It held that th ount y by! In 1 The Aleutian is scheduled tolor had any knowledge of their T 3 |ty on another count yesterday by one prefecture alons, 160,000 ing Costs-Others Dissent /..o cn her resutar run to South-ideaths. : the Alaskan court had been sullty [a local jury in the Juneau Police Japanese were an relief. Thousands —— ¢ and Southwest Alaska, the| Winding up five hours of direct! f,fi ‘]:‘lll‘(‘l} "mmfm“d calouluted |gonrt attes” one- tolit's' deliberation, | luore elsewhere took refuge from 2 g ; e i pol % 3 prejudice the defendant’s stand- | Mrs. Doogan was charged with dis- | 1ampaging river waters on house- WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—® - Alaska Steamship officials said.|examination, Louite was asked by B retore Biadare R Lo e L Senator Pepper (D-Fla) said today The ship misced only one tripiher chief counsel, Otto Jacobs: The case involved the slaying of |with a Lo 1 > o B i T o s b ieine War atay Todd shipyard w i 4 = 1% + a police officer in the en- No allied casualties were report- there is no hops for any effort to during her stay at shipy; ] Un you an\ anythm,, abou e ((mmze J. cqmpbeu me \,udy“m(,‘mem of the 18, ,m. berat-|ed;. 'But - ot s dbsikndenta -were get ready for anothar redession.” .| Will Inaugurate her " new wmv.cn_:“me kll]ed?‘ Seven persons burned to death to-} = " H:);.wd 1~Lm‘Asu')‘ml) 1:4‘11 |tung in objecting to the continu- groups of soldiers and civilians The Florida lawmaker told re- schedule Thursday. The Denali' " .Lr" 4" 0t che replied evenly. |d43Y when flames destroyed umr‘:‘ ‘]‘fdm‘i"“"m‘“ e el (;‘om ejection of her 18-year-old|were stranded at half a doz:n porters the Republican control il call at Seward both north-1 «niq vou kill your mother?” three-room fram: dwelling four, Mw “d ;‘ “‘ o d’; ed and daughter, Rosemary, from at least points. Plans were made to sup- Congress is to blame. tound and southbound in the new| .o ° 2 |miles west of here in the 0\lfl<'hibn(“’”v BeaNTOrne DI {two local night clubs. ply by air an isolated unit of B!t Bénbtori RyBuRter CR-Me) schedule. “Did you kill your father?” foothills | The only direct witness produced | The jury of nine men and three|several hundred cavalrymen at T o food. prices| The freighter Ring Spllce Was| “No.' 3 They were Jonn Whalen Wallace, [ (he goverment w Kelso B. |women brought back a verdict of |(Camp McNar, near Mount Puil el g g ® scheduled to arrive in Bellingham Did you see your mother Kill-|45 his 40-year-old wife, Lorene,] artness, who earlier had been con- | guilty on the disorderly conduct 12 typhoon struck last night, are concernad, they a(xe‘lngl}, be late yesterday with a full (mguf(‘ o oy g land five of their six children | victed of forgery and sentenced to|charge and not guilty on theits center passing 30 miles south- mm?m:]l;";r;ulr::nni?lirxnxx;;;;\xr:z{\y of 150,000 cases of ‘canned Mm(m' o { \. Wallace was a small farmer and| lpwzx:clu:s ot McNeil .l.x:m Fx‘dm.lll. (lex;:xgzo of ;nffl(m\n"“\‘\uh IA‘])U(IHI“I‘;:I::.‘ ):lndowr:fown l’l‘uk,vo It K o aiite aren e | \mt. ol see 'youlr. athier ki |fires. ICaBinee J,. P. Simy saily TR a8 B GIATRER B0 S HFIES e e T L oy hrld e focoe out o ses Pepper scoffed at this, saying:| Due in Seattle tomorrow with an-jed?” {ruins of .a small liquor still were 8t the time of the Meeks tri Ui A 2 ARG AN B R er bringing violent rains “Wa've got to help those people other full load of canned salmon, “No." found in the room where the blaze| At the trial, Meeks' attorney at- before Leing ALI"E" their instruct-|that disrupted power distribution ‘]m”"m" 'I(M 1t we wabtt to \[-“p s the Rose Knot from Prince] Louise, 18, and her sweetheart,|Apparently started. \,cm,m,d to introduce Hartness' rec- ;ions to ‘retire by City Magistrat>'and burst many river levees. Ning PG, et h 2 iy 7 s 4 e T T T PSS ord but the court would not I,”m“ Wll.mm A. Holzheimer linches of rain were recorded as Communism, we've got to make William Sound and Kodiak Island George (Bud) Gollum, 21, are in ¥ This afternoon, Judge Holzheimer the headwaters of the tow the capitalism of Europe work™ points She also is carrying hcn-llhe 17th week of their trial on '1-1“ ““m e Duug‘an ;1])0 l(;ll()\vllll( g 7:."::_ n. Senator Capehart (R-Ind) said ing meal and herring oil charges of murdering financier and’]EWISH “Ew YEAR { The Court of Appeals he 1d this L”‘wu\nlmn of disorderly -conduct, l he thinks high pllte\ are linked to - - iMrs. Walter Overell aboard their { be in error and ruled that * vidence | Al ik '2 p“sE"GERS this country’s n aid program, Id}ndml d yacht March 15. of parcle is clearly admissable” mdl g ‘. "mrs_( -}led -ut the b answer to risinggliv- 'I'wo 'I'o 'NSPE('I' - > pEA(E SHA"ERED {“the court's refusal to admit it in| The prosecution, represented y We ought to be working 48 . . BY 8 Explos!ous quiring a reversal of judgment.” |v1|1|¢)(.luu-:[ only four witnesses to hours a week instead of 40,” the AI.ASKA DEFE“SES&- WE ATHLR REPORT When Meeks' attorney versisted | SUPPOIt 418 nsen The delerf", rep- Indiana lawmaker told newsmen . in his efforts, the court found him |‘esented by Attorney M. E. Mon-| The Princes Norah sailed for Van- . Tempernmxe for 24-Hour e in contempt, fined him $50 and |Aagle called s witnesses (o the couver, B. C., this morning at 8:30 WASHINGTON . sdt. 16-un—{® ‘FPeriod Ending' 7:580 ollock ‘Blasis Are Heard in Wide- lordered him removed from the case | Stand in an attempt to repudiate | with 12 passengers from Juneau: B.z’ SOUADRONS L ASHINCRC . ) This Morning ‘ until the fine was paid and the | the charges ey Salling_for Seattle were James Wo. memibeln, of Qe fre & In Juneau Maximum, 58; IY Scattered Areas in | contempt purged. Mrs. Hartung, City Policewoman' Wright, Westley Turner, Mr. and | who made the arrest, was the first Mrs. Allan Burnett, Henry Loren- The Circuit Court held that the person to appear on the stand af- | zen, Paul Lorenzen, and Phlllip Lor- ter the jury had been selected. She enzen, minimum, 41. At Airport—Maximum, 57; “arbitrary stopping” of the wintess’ “harniful | Section, Holy City LA . . . . . . . . . ¢ minimum, 41 . — answer was misconduct £t AR e WEATHER FORECAST | JERUSALEM, Sept. 16—¥— calculated to prejudice the defend- i asiah g bl SRR 1 g B . (Juneau and Vienity) * |Eight mysterious explosions, ant's standing” > © * and that “still | o050 G5 T he i“_‘,“[“,}':\‘“f_' Mis. Margaret Friesen. Wallace o Increasing cloudiness to- ® tering the peace of the Jewish| more harmful was the courl’s 4cton | ay pight and told il ok Bonnieman, Prancis McIntosh and e night and Wednesday with |New Year festival of Rosh Hosh- before the jury in adjudging his at-|Geor “Rosie, an underage girl | Constable Krag, RCMP. e rain by Wednesday after- ® anah in Jerusalem, were report- torney in contempt.” The reversal| .. i, o e ‘Hult:IMBulLH; ¥ R A PTG e noon. Cooler Wednesday. ® |ed during the night, and police to-|held that Alaskan law allows intro- g,y She declared that he oniq MRS, CHARLES SMITH I e Light frost tonmight in low ® 'day still were trying to find out duction of a record of conviction of 1.t he wanted Mrs mmm‘_“;“ WITH COLUMBIA LUMBER e places protected from the “‘\vhcre they occurred. | erime a direct impeachment of (‘nfuruev s i and and F;o “_‘ —— e wind. e ! The blasts, heard in widely scat- a witness' veracity.” R . si¢| Mrs, Charles Smith, formerly with . PRECIPITATION o |tered areas in new sections of the, The opinion was written by Jus- | aMre Hartung said that she en Faulkner and Banfield, has joined @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) @ |Holy City, set off two general tice William Denman with Justices l.t.'red. the phw' o ad l‘mmpmm(‘l; the staff of the Columbia Lumber . In Juneau — .02 inches; ® |alarms, one lasting 35 minutes and, Albert Lee Stephens and William | g0 M“ ‘D()()L;fln the . el ?_U“‘Pfl"\ as assistant secretary. e since Sept. 1, 915 inches; ® the secopd about an hour. Orr concurring. i e (g m‘,‘m‘w Bhel ae Smith is wellknown in Juneau o since July 1, 2237 inches. @ | “I know youl think it funny,’ — : sald Mrs. Doogan immediately |and is President of the Juneau Busi- o At Airport — 03 inches; ®la Government official told quest- COUNSEL CRASH VICTIM R e andl beewit. ol and Professional Women's e since Sept. 1. 535 inches; ® ioning reporters, “but police have| James J. O'Leary, attorney WhO | perate her for not permitting her| Club. {® since July 1, 1567 inches. o |been working all night and failed | was joined with William L. Paul.|gaughter to ented a night club in A A |- . eto find any trices of the explo-|Jr. as defense counsel at the open- | ye company of her brother, Fran-| MISS SHATTUCK LEAVES o9 0000 000 0 00 .:snons." ing of the Meeks trial here, and who ois, who Is of legal age and she| i USRI i 4. | A . PRI | was removed from the case by order | gaiq had fought for his country 1ss Virginia Sbattuck, daughter i FROM KODIAK | SUSAN HELGESEN GOE: of “the ‘then' presiding DISWict |four vears amd was qualified: to]oh 2,208 MER Allen Shattuck. left | { TO UNIVE ALASKA Judge J. W. Kehoe, lost his life in | joor afrer her | Saturduy via Pan American Airways { Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Monty and —— a recent airplane cash, while trav- Mo Hartung said® that Mrs. ‘(\’r California. She has been visit- {R. F. Snyder of Kodiak are staying | Susan Helgesen, daughter of Mrs. eling from Juneau to Washington, | poogan called her “a bitch” and| i Ing her parents for the past month, -, —— at the Baranof Hotel | Gertrude Boggan, left yesterday for D. C. : | ) G clenched her fist, at the same time OFFICE ncl r f e t IN CUSTOM. — - | Fairbanks via Pan American Air-, Attorney-M. E. Monagle joined the | g ying “she would like to give me FROM ICY STRAITS I oava. Bho will enter the University | defense after OLeary was Temoved. (5 ptfr The Policowoman M,dl Miss Helen D. Case. formerly in —_— | of Alaska for her first year of study > that she then told Mrs. Doogan the office of the RFC here. has Mr. and Mrs. F E. Willman of |and will major in home economics. RAATIKAINEN IN TOWN that she was undér arvest andiiomed SHEUUSEESE MmN Cie st 5 oSt nors, U. S. Collector of Customs for K. Raatikainen of Pelican City Straits are registered at the Susan is a graduate of Juneau High is staving at the Baranof Hotel | Sehool, class of 46. Iey Alaska, Hotel Juneau, (Continued on Page Five)