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HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” [ VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,686 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 ,li)47 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRI PRICE TEN CENTS 1948 SALMON SEASON MAY BE GL | Charges Are Hurled At |action on arms reduction had met VISHI“SKY i the full approval of the world pub- i lic, but that the hopes of the peo- ple were not realized “The United States and Bnum are unwilling to disarm,” he went { S' uck Toda on, adding that this was causing | r ianxiety among the people of the | world. | States and Britain of “promoting w .’ talarm” and said the position of xhl- two big western powers gives rise s to “justified apprehension and Russ Accuses United States | ciarm.” of StOCkplllng Atom EARLE _TALKS OUT . NEW YORK, Sept. 19.— Some Bombs, Aggression |or the men described as “warmons- | ers” by Deputy Furmgu Minister | Andrei Y. Vishinsky of Russia id NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—/P—Rus- 3 's Andrei Vishinsky launched , i he was mistaken or being “mali- strong. attack on the United Gtates | clous.” but one, George H. Earle, III, and Britain in the United Nations|said that if “he means I advocate Assembly yesterday. He aocused the [U5ing the atomic bomb on' Russla, United States of building up a stock- | he s absolutely right. pile of atomic bombs and asserted! "I know implicitly that the mo- “atomic weapons are weapons of ment they get the atom bomb they aggression.” are going to bomb us,” Earle, former Both Britain and the U. S, me[Govcrnnr of Pennsylvania, told a Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister said, | reporter at his home in Wcs!. Grove, have caused “serious setbacks” in Pa. “In atomic warfare the first the United Nations during the past |Punch wins. One atom bomb de- year. He sharply accused them of tonated on Washington would leave promoting “their own selfish inter- | this country writhing like a zreat ests” in world affairs and of taking | Snake With its head cut off. “measures outside the United Na- “From eight years spent in the tions.” i countries surrounding Russia I know From American handling of m(,'v.hev are completely determined to atomic bomb problem, Vishinsky wipe out the only country that moved into an assault on both the | stands in their way to world domi- Truman Doctrine as applied to ( nation. All other issues in the Greece and Turkey and the Marshall | World today are absolutely trivial. I plan for European recovery. {am highly honored that Mr. Vnshm- Both, he declared emphatically, | “‘5 thinks me a warmonger. are coNrary to the vrinciples of Lhel United Nations charter. Aid to Greece and Turkey, he as- serted, is “being used as a poluical weapon” by the United States. : Tulane University at New Orleans; wrortin however, said he is m_ . Truman Doctrine | which .sald all power in the city {formed that except in remote cas He called the Marshall Plan an- | a( “ had failed. The radio, broadedsting | pyone has good crops this year| 4 other version of the Truman Doc- 1 from a mobile generator. reported i, there should be no severe food trine and said it is aimed at thel . the barometer rising slowly. 5 shortages. A 4 “subjugation of European countries L] L] ' The Weather Bureau at Little 3 LE under the United States.” ! "“s Na"on Rock predisted SlkffEnts or’ he.| R = Taft Accuses Truman of ia Vishinsky said these setbacks were' storm would reach southern Al- " oo the result of “certain influential kansas by midnight with winds of Berl Kalm Planned Inflation” in members, such as the United States ' 55 miles an hour. No winds of hur- ¢ ar » and Great Britain” using the U. N. Afgemlfla AlSO Menhoned ricane force (75 miles an hour) were Safl Francisco Talk Lo advance their selfish interests. 1 expected, however, but torrential { he unsatisfactory state of af-1 _ g rains were predicted. | Y - ‘ o f @ fairs,” he continued, “is a result of That cou""y S Repre | Looks Like Jungle H passes Away ué\,?[ ljlt’?:?l‘bgf)m ;‘-e‘pt -(1)9_0;,2 ignoring of the United Nations byl fativa Makes Repl | New Orleans “looked like a jun-: e L G “+ the states mentioned in carrying out | p y gle,” one report said. { — < Y gt e ‘fl . j" [ measures outside the United Na- I" Streets were cluttered with debris,! LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19—@— 0" meé; b St A ln ,ll’"““; tions.” i By MAX HARRELSON 'and transportation was impossible {The pen of Bert Kalmar, 63, writ- ‘mg" percent, above that of b Argy ‘Redduditn | N}iw, YORE, Feph: Worihothe. Powet Sag.off. o o M e i | In a politically-important address Among the most Important set- lsfl\l»b attack on the United Stat>s Canal Street was litttered, audilloni leading song hits, has keen i1 25 el backs, Vishinsky said, was the fail- {Was Tenewed in the United Na- more than half of its colorful signs | stilled. ‘li‘fip’ge‘ or (“’] 'l‘U) '\m‘) 4 "; e are of the Security Counei to fulfil |tions Assembly ky White RuSSia’s had been smashed to the ground by [ Kalmar, writer of “Thice Little . s b o e e the Assembly's resolution of last (chief delegate, Kuzma.V. KiseleV, the roaring wind. Words” and “This Heart of Mine"| g e R December 14 on arms reduction. De- | Who took up the battle where An-| Many store fronts were smashed. | plus many Broadway musicals— ‘' ::1el (:mm "?,m: e(d‘m m‘?’ ‘ll :‘ ’,,T spite the experiences of the war, he |drel Y. Vishinsky left off. { The mammoth air conditioning idied Wednesday night. Most of ("% el lmu. dfl 5 it A /“ eaid. certain countries still were| Backing up Vishinsky’s charges tem evaporator on the Whitney Na- |his works were in collaboration "'Y€25C0 Productviiy prr TR spending large sums for military Of American “warmongering,” Kis-'tional Bank Building showered de-!\\llh Harry Ruby f ”ccv g ‘rmm; . lnfmd]‘ % o) gy elev declared that the Uni\ed;bris on the street, narrowly missing ! ;) _‘;w“,‘.“"',fl, ne .l,( 0) p;\‘n.w)( “m.' He declared that the Assembly’s |States had taken up a slogan of a4 passing taxicab. ,]1,'“_ m_‘.'l rdr“' ‘;‘\u‘in i ‘“-, !W(.”&? mtahster,:. " b i Roofs on more than 174 homes in -AlASKA IS No lAND !1:1:):‘ plr::;"-s ux.: .:l':c "{l:‘(”m:;:«::i,: u(:i ar threatens to erupt on the|ne fashionable Fillmore Garden! | iz e The w aShlnglon peaceful life of the people,” he district were carried away in the‘ Lumedul e IA;;“”C}"; |)(-"l‘)})tl’ ,lu,; d hf;‘!ll?d- “‘;V:iving ;is ‘handsal [initial blast, a hurried count re- | OF MllK OR HONEY ’d‘l‘gh ‘:‘;”‘f R mppyment . aRc he te ussian elegate yealed. b pid Sy : Meny Go Roun spoke after Dr. Jose Arce, Argen-| A( Moisant International M,.poml SIAIES F IVE Ar:s_f““g ‘]‘l‘;*‘: i:'f‘""""‘:‘ (‘“x‘_!(’l‘f3: |nampiinr delagate: S Topde th2| huge holes, one 20 feet square, were L I. R ‘lf‘,Zn S (‘ipoll'?:“'nv;deap‘urll\::; i By DREW PEARSON !first formal reply to Vishinsky in|torn in the roof of the administra- | A bdinled i 4 the general debate, now in its|tion building. Wind and rain dam- | 4 “b i e g g i WASHINGTON — As the Unitedthird day. aged the interior. l SEATTLE, Sept. 19.—#—Frank doubtedly taper off,” the chairman # Nations endeavors to solve, amongi Arce noted that Vishinsky had G L. Oliver of Juneau, Assistant At-!of the Senate’s Republican Pol other things, the long-festering|included Argentina in his “com- AT BATON ROUGE lommey General tor Alaska, declared Committee said_ the country had question of tragic Palestine, theiplements” and said the Russian| BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. lgflhere today that Alaska is definitely | betier Mé t‘lJ eep this change o , GCrand Mufti of Jerusalem hasiseemed to have taken “a rapid|(p_The center of the hurricane {2°F the land of milk and l_lon-‘s"P'*__C: bg'li sig R, carefully coached a delegation of|[trip around the world” to include|which struck New Orleans earlier for the inexperienced homestead- 9h'~‘e P10 A, as Jei gecel Arabs to come to New York to|almost v.werybody in his attack. |today passed over Baton }=lcuge|:rgl_‘:;M ‘::dlb(:‘;’::;:mlma" w"h"“l‘:::vel :Lm;,’:icesp;:é; .Pfl:]"d“" deéevaeg' ?x‘:;e S:;::le:"::: end, when! wu:] Qfic;\:::aiflns;z“:lr "g"’?smm 2:151 “There is plenty of room m “Since hoth wages and prices have the Allies captured certain Nazi SHoulD up RAIlWAY B —v——’..-::_—-l o Alaska for development. either ’“-‘e“—“'“gcb more than prices— o documents and witnesses, thel government or private capital,” he “T h:xd betlfi-x' work lov\;m'd a sta- Y 2 added. “But until that develop-|tilization of wages and prices at £ ?::;:a?:g:ir::c;n:n k:‘x:: p‘;:a:iw;eI?hFREIGHIRATES AI STEAMER MOVEME"TS ;mem is actually started Alaska some new level, I’frhfllh 50 or 60 the Grand Mufti played in th(“ [N?a“y is no ph:\ce for newcomers percent over l939’7 b . sold-blondell ™. Nezi” “rhiirder O;ILEAST 1opER (E"]’ Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled|from the States - 5,000,000 * Jews. }to arrive at 8 o'clock tommrov\u “Publicity about the opening UP v Deliberately - and carefully, the | mornirz. of certain areas to pulp mills h: No (HANGE I“ § Grardd Mufti plotted to exwrm- WASHINGTON, S}epL 19. — ®— | Princess Louise, from Vancouver,|brought many to Alaska. ] inate completely all Jews from Eu- i Jacob Aronson, Chief Counsel for |scheduled to arrive Saturday af- phase_ of Alaska development 13‘ (o"DIIION OF rope. No ‘wonder they are nov\llhe nation’s railroads, contended to- | ternoon or evening. !qnly in the plflnnfng stage and o!-j bitter! No wonder many of them|day that an immedate 10 per cent| Northern Voyager scheduled to|fers nothing for job seekers. | are also critical of the State De_nmcrease in freight rates is the least |arrive Tuesday. “Wages in come cases are quite| F lAGUARDIA .. partment for not ‘having made‘smuunt needed to keep the car-! Aleutian scheduled to sail nom,lugh but they are more than off-, . these records puklic. \ners operating at a profit the rest | Seattle tomorrow. iset by the high cost of living. In-| NEW YORK, Sept. 19.(®—Fio- @ The records even include a sign- |of the year. Princess Norah, scheduled to sau'creased freight rates, a general|rello H. LaGuardia, 64, gravely ill ed contract by which Hitler agreed| Aronson, who is Vice-President | from Vancouver at 9 p. m. tomor- |lack of adequate v.ransporv,auon of a pancreas condition at his to pay the Grand Mufti 5om,and General Counsel of the New |row. and shipping strikes currently are home, faces “no immediate change marks a month to stir up thelYork Central System. opened final| Square Sinnet scheduled to sail proving almost ruinous to Alaska'sfor better or worse,” his physici s Arabs against the Allies. arguments before the Interstaty [from Seattle September 25. economir lm- 2. said toda: The Mufti, now trying so dili-|Commerce Commission on the rail- | Baranof, from Westward, sched- | Dr. George Baehr said in a bul- gently to defeat the United Na-|roads’ plea for an emergency 10 per uled southbound Sunday. { letin that the former Mayor and tions settlement of Palestine, cent increase in freight rates pend- —————————— Dan James Dally, “I Lxrec(o: General of UNRRA ‘“re- jumped on the Axis bundwazou|mg decision on a requested 27 per HERE FROM BELLINGHAM mmnpd in a deep sleep” through- early in the war when he fled|cent permanent boost. The following visitors from Bel- Born in “o“ ood out the night. adding, “there has L %3 to Iraq and started the famous!' The oral arguments for the car-|lingham, Wash., are stopping at the | 'w ibeen no material change in his Iraq revolt against Englahd. “This | riers ‘and objecting shippers are Gastinelu: Harold Hanson, Johnl s | pulse, temperature or respiration A was at the most critical time of expected to take about two days. |Benson, E. L. Rasmusen. and E. J. HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 19.—(#-—| no immediate change for better the war, as the British were be- e Le Garde. {Dan James Dailey III, eight or for worse is anticipated.” ing driven out of Greece and; FOREST SERVICE MAN HERE e~ ipound two ounces, was born yes-| — >oe the Russians had their backs m.UEdW';rd G.;ucke‘ who is with the VISITING JUNEAU terday to film actor Dan Dailey FROM HOONAH P - e e U 'orest Service, from Portland, Rex von Rieser, of Palm Beach, land his wife, Elizateth. It was| Jack Templin of Hoonah. is at (Continued on Page Four) is staying at the. Baranof Hotel. lm.)nm. s at the Baranof Hotel. |their first child. jmp Baranof pnmn]. New Orleans Historic City y Pounded by' i Hurricane Which Sweeps | Toward Caplial City NEW ORLEANS S(’vl 19—P— A' howling West Indian hurricane bat tered populous, historic New Orleans today and pounded inland toward Louisiana’s capital, Baton Rouge, | and Arkansas. The storm center passed over New Orleans this morning with winds of | 90 miles an hour battering the city ! and smashing many of the cf s more flimsy buildings. There was no accurate estimate of either damage or casualties at New Orleans or along the Guif| Coast both far more vulnerable than Florida which was pummelled two days ago by the sar.e storm | Twenty-seven persons nad been treated at Charity Hospital in New Orleans at noon, Central Standard Time today, but only two needed more than first aid Homes Destroyed | Sixty per cent of the homes in |y the Renee Housing Project for Ne- ! groes were reported destroyed and several Negroes were injured. A monitor at Dallas, Tex., picked up a faint radio broadcast from | {scheduled meeting OSED United Nations Meet DESIRE PROOF NECESSITY OF SPE(IM SESS. Republican (ongressionaL Leaders Doubt Serious- ness European Picture | Sept. 19 M Congressional leaders adopted a “show me” attitude to- day on the question of a special on of Congress | One of the first things Presi-j dent Truman is expected to when he arrives here following bis! trip to floum America is review' the foreign situation with top dip- lomatic ad who already havz indicated belief that Con- WA‘HIN(:TO"I epublican do! their gress «will have to deal with it be-| fore the end of this year Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker| of the House, told a news confer-| ence he sees no reason for ai special session to consider furth- er aid for Europe before the next| a- the leg of tors on January 3. He said information of his own “from very good sources” indicat- ed there is “no immediate danger {in the foreign situation. Secretary of State Marshall and Undersecretary Lovett have inti-, mated strongly that affairs aboard are so critical .that. solution .can {not be put off until January Truman Applauded During Rio Address President Hasry gress meeting in Tirade: President of Brazilian S Others not identified. es Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as Melo Viana (second from r nate, and President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (AP Wirephoto via radio from Rio de Janciro) SHOULD LEVEL PRICES, SAYS FRAN(E ITAlY SEEK FINANCIAL AlD FROM-Y- 5. Over Two Billion Dollars Sought by Two Nations Govt. Is Informed Governmeht officials who dis-1J closed this said the French tenta-|lig tively estimate their dollar re-|pr (right, fl t, scated), of Brazil Truman (left), pauses during his address before a jeint session of the Brazilian Con- ted),, Viee- applaud. ~ RIVERS VIEW OF AIRFIELD ISSUE GIVEN WASHINGTON, wept. 19 P The possible cost of “stop-gap" oAl 453 48 e BEara Move IsCAA’s Lecame clearer today with the dis- closure that France and Italy to-| In a letter '\ddh‘i\ul o gether want nearly $1,100,000,000 Mayor and Council of (during the next six months Rivers attempts ht on Juneau's current oblem.” The letter is Attorney General Says No Fire Needed - Next the Juneau,' salmon. Territorial Attorney General Ralph if fishing for chum salmon is in- “to throw some compatible airport of pink salmon, then that fishing also an quirements at approximately $700.-'answer to statements made to the tered at the Baranof Hotel - - HERE FROM PELICAN I and Mrs, Riley, of Pelican, ! at the Gastineay Mr. are staying structed on leased Territory lands (Continued on Page r) from| DRASTIC CURB PROPOSED FOR LOCAL SECTOR |Uniform Oming Date August 9, for All ? S. E. Alaska 'TROLLER, GILL NETTER REGISTRATION IN VIEW ey Strait, Wést;ern, Eastern i Districts Might Not 1 Open at All Closure to commercial salmon Ifishing of all Waters of the north- lern section of Southeast Alaska was forecast as a distinet possi- | bility for the 1948 season by the |Fish and Wildlife Service at the opening of today's hearing here .on propoced conservation regulation changes Early season gill net- |ting and trolling would be ex- cepted. Uniform “season opening for all Southeast Alaska is pro- posed for August 9. Seton Thompson, chief of the | Maska Fisheries Division of the the disclosure of the | F&WL mad2 :dusth. curtallment.. béing " lered by the Service, in his open- ing statement at the hearing, over which he presided. He summed up the gencrl salmon situation in Southeast Alaska as follows: “The species of primary com- mercial importance in Southeastern ka is the pink salmon, and of | nes ity the regulations govern- ing salmon fishing, except in cer- [tain restricted localities such as ‘Up])m Lynn Canal, Taku, and the Stikine, must be framed in such way to give protection to pink To put it more plainly, a with the conservation must be prohibited. 1948 Pictuie Poor 000,000 during the period but | Ci Officials by Regional Civil] “The pink salmon runs in the double the Italian figure { Acronautics Administrator Walter even years have declined since Both of these countries have P, Plett, at a meeting earlier this 1942, and the outlook for 1948 is furnished financial veports to the|week Inot bright. In fact, we can ex- State Department to help the ad-! piett said the issue had been pect a run even smaller than that ministration determine how much!put up to the Attor General 0f 1946 when the pack was just cmergency aid may be nceded be-| o return an interprotation of under one million cases. This fore the long-range Marshall Plan rrerritorial statutes showing thatprediction is based upon generally can be put into effect Alaska municipalities are enabled unsatisfactory escapements in Icy The Department currently 13/(o receive Federal afrport aid Strait, Western and Eastern dis- screening the French and Italian|fungs plett ed for an opinion tricts, coupled with the heaviest gures to determine whether ,‘mJ to affect which would “hold!fresh water mortality (998 per- by how much they can be trim- ¢ two quarts of water out'cent) we have so far observed in med | Rivers replies that helour pink saimon research. In the Top policy framers met until s given the CAA his fi- more southerly districts where the nearly midnight last night for the T P spawning grounds were more ade- third time this week, presumably Steps Taken quately seeded in 1946, these ad- ;‘,Xl)r:;:,‘n ‘l!,f":,ltl (.t:nl;tmm.;;:,‘,“ A(; ‘:” The following quoted portions "L:l'fie lm"mrs u:: expected to pre- i s epai of Rivers' lotter show the steps| vent anything tut a medicore run President Truman when he returns & 0 0 0 T el Ghq con- | in 1948, from his South American Vvisit ‘d“wm ;u.riu‘d' ” | “This is not a pleasant pros- e " “On April 23, 1947, the Attor- Pect. and drastic action is neces- ney General discussed the .prob-|S8¥ fo restore the.runs to their SIO(K OUOIAHONS |lem with CAA’s General Counsel “;;]’"‘B‘ P:"““"“"“Y of. about two — {in a conference in W:whn\utun,‘m 0N FRNES: NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—(# -Clos- D. C. This is evidenced by the| “Accordingly, the Fish and Wild- "'ing quotation of Alaska Juneau |Counsels letter addressed to w e Service proposes to prohibit all mine stock today is 47, American H. P. Noggle, Regional CAA ralmon fishing, except trolling, and Jan 84's, Anaconda 367, Curtiss- torney, at Anchorage, Alask ‘"""" n TANK Conal: Tk At Wright 5%, International Harvester | der of April 24, 1947 ke, LRI IAERSN} - Beuthiont Al- 825 . Kennecott 46'%, New York Cen- |0f which was sent to this aska prior to August 9 }"‘h the tral 14% . Northern Pacific 20%, U.| “‘As we advised you in a tele-|further warning oy Stra't, Weat- S. Steel 71, Pound $4.02%. am dated April 23, 1947, the ¢'m and Eastern districts will be Sales today were 750,000 shares. |Possitility of determining a meth- | clesed to all commercial fishing af- Averages today are as follows: In- od whereby projects under the ter that date if the runs are at a O \7812: rails, 48.32; utili- |Federal Airport Act can be legally|low level and if an escapement of sponsored under existing law has| €ly fish has not been realized. LTS {been the subject of a conference| This drastie curta’lment will mean PRICES SLIDE |with the Honorable Ralph J. Riv-' curtailment in a number of plants Stocks slid lower, except for an|ers, the Attorney General of operated and in gear — both seines occasional gainer, in trading today. !Alaska, during his current visit to and traps — employed. Trading was quiet, bonds were 1()w.‘le\hlll“lun During this confer- Registration System er and government bonds steady lence the Attorney General reaf-! “In order that legitimate fish- Wheat futures closed off 10 cents }“lmtd the position taken by him'ing may be carried on by means Cattle, hogs and sheep were lower. |in the opinion contained in his|of gill nets in Upper Lynn Canal, i WU 31 — |letfer to you of April 4 {in Taku Inlet, and in the Stikine Op nion Acceptable !district, the BService proposes to Moses J:;::g: le.[l:;‘Pelkm and “‘According to the opinion of institute & registration—similar to Raiph Young, Sr. all from Sitka Ithe Attorney General, which is that employed in the halibut fish- are registered at the (‘:uslmeau‘““"p“‘]’lp to this office, the Ter-|6Fy—0f NoGlE saswimg: sud Jespifg Hotel, I ritorial Board of Road Commis- these open areas. e A0 XN 5 sioners is authorized to accept! Thompson also declared the i | Pederal funds for the construc-{ F&WL is not satisfied with the % IN TOWN {tion, maintenance and repair of|way flexible closing dates have T. Conrad of Hawk Inlet is xegl- aiports and municipalities operated—although, he said, the are authorized to operate airports| purpose of the pattern of green, {blue, yellow and red |definite and closed) (open, in- periods for a J : (Continued n;_an; Fii