The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 22, 1947, Page 1

\ ¥ 4 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,688 JUNE ‘AU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1947 MLMBI ‘R I\QSOUA"I D PRl‘bS PRICE fEN CENTS NEW GALE THREATENS SOUTHERN COAST Truman Will Talk On World Food Problems PRESIDENT IS TO MAKE STATEMENT Report Ma;j;To Chief Ex- ecutive by Cabinet Food Committee i | ) | | | | | | WASHINGTON, ~ Sept. 22 (P—| The White House said toda »nui President Truman “will have a| statement” on world food problems “in a few s, Assistant Press Sec- retary, said the statement will em-| brace what tho chief decides af-| ter studying a report and recom-| mendations he received this after-| noon from his cabinet feod com- mittez. | Secretary of Agriculture Anderson | said a special session of Congress, was not even discussed when the Food Committee saw Mr. Truman.' But that did not rule out the, possibility that Secretary of State Marshall had talked over in a| scparate conference with Mr. Tru- man the advisibility of calling Con- gress back ahead of time, or that' it was discussed at a cabiret lun- ! cheon meeting. ' Both Marshall end Anderson ave ' on the fcod committee along with | Secretary of Commerce Harriman.' After a White House meeling at, which various departmental Under-| secretaries sat in, Anderson told, reporters: 4 “A report has been handed to the President on the food situation generally, and there has been a! discussion with him, as well as: on certain recommendations. He! naturally, will take that report and study it, and we expect there will| be comment on it some time in] three or rcur dayfi” INSPECTORS IN CITY A quintét of inspecting officersi from the Seattle Branch Office| of the Veterans Administration ar-| river here yesterday via PAA to] inspect the Juneau VA office. The: party consists of: Dow E. Walker,| Inspector - investigator; Robert Haag, Chief of the Records Ana]y-‘ sis Section; W. C. Hicklin, of th Personnel Division; Loren Basler,! Chief of the Organization and Methods Section; and Lois T. Qui-! vey, Assistant Chief of the Field| Supervisers Unit, Finance Eection.! ‘The group will leave here abou!,‘I Octoker 1 and return to Seattle The Washington Merry - Go- Round, By DREW PEARSON H WASHINGTON One thing General Marshall hasn't learned| in his difficult role as Secretary!: of State is the importance of keep- ing the American public inform-| ed. Not ony has he abandoned the daily press conferences of pm-» vious Secretaries of State, but his Undersecretary, Wall Street banker, Bob Lovett, has ordered a news| Llackout ‘which helps to mysuu| rather than clarify the issues Marshall should want the public! to understand. | Twenty-odd years ago, Secretary! of State Charles Evans Huhges' tegan a policy of meeting the' press once a day. At times he! "‘even held conferences twice a day. | \ ¥ intermittently, (o Thus began a period of genuinely frank and open diplomacy. Other| Republican Secretaries of Stnle-—l Frank B. Kellogg, Henry L. Stim. son—followed suit. So also for l‘ while did Cordell Hull. Howevcr, because of illness, Hull's confer- ences gradually lapsed. | Jimmie Byrnes held conferences | but now Marshall} suspended them almost al-: together. Instead of daily meet- ings, his press conferences can be counted on the fingers of two rcmm-m on Pdbe Fowr) | 1 has LARGE GROUP OFVA |, 'S. Steel T1's | dustrials, The Leme of Paula A. Phillips, an Oakland, Calif., There are 15-year-old Paul K. Phillips, ving his bride of a day, Carmen Nessiage Phillips, 14, knee deep in married minors. shown here car across the family threshold; and Thomas Phill v, 16, and all set to meve in on this marital menage are last Jur:e, Ma Viclet Mae Phillips, 17, and her husband to be, Orphus Kelly, 23. Oakland Bride 14; Husband 15 MOVIE STAR, ‘PASSESONI taxicab driver, 19, his bride of The couple above were wed while mother Phillips was arranging for a mariage license for Viclet Mae. Meantime, the elder Mrs. Phillips is keeping a sharp eye on son Jack, aged 11 (International) ‘Wacker City Now Wacky; | Here’s Why and Wherelor: GRIM FOOD YEAR LOOMS SAYSHOOVER NEW YORK, Sept. 22 —P—Her- bert Hoover said last night that the 1947 world harvest may yield ias little as that of .1945 and he outlined steps areas of the world needed “if large are to ke sav- ied from mass starvation.” A doctor and nurse accompanied the former President to the Madi- son Square Garden meeting. His Secretary explained the Hoov: had not felt well for several ds but was “all right now.’ The méeting in behalf of German {relief was sponsored by ti can Friends Service Committee, The Labor League for Human Rights (AFL) and Lutheran World Relief, Inc. A spokesman for the spon- sors said Hoover appeared against the advice of his physician. “Due to the failure of agricul- tural recovery in Europe and Asia, together with devastating droughts in other parts of the world—in- ,cluding the American corn crop- jthe next 12 months will be a grim food " Hoover said D s STOCK OUOTMIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 22. ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 47, American ‘Can 83':, Anaconda 35'%, Curti: Wright 5'%, International Harvester 84, Kennecott 45%, New York Cen- tral 147, Northern Pacific 20',, U , Pound $4.03'<. Sales today were 670,000 share Averages today are as follows: In- 178.02; rails, 48.22; utili- ties, 35.16, .dling a {P—Clos- | WACKER CITY, Alaska, Sept. 2 M—Wacky is the word for Wacker City now. Until recently the main interest ‘nl this town of two families eight hopsing from financial loss resulting ; mlll"§ north of Ketchikan has be-n' from tourists, who wanted their post cards post-marked Wacker City. Postmaster-mayor-bus driver | Gene Wacker was obliging. Now it is a possible sita for| pulp mill, with the United States Forest Service -calling for bids on timber in efforts to de-| velop a Southeast Alaska indu: try, and several companies have in- spected the area. “We've held onto our lots k'“x's' for 27 years,” Gene said. course I've swapped, sold and haxv‘ gained a few of them and never kept records on who got them. “Now if some our our alm will wire me as to whether L!w} ll cpticn or sell their lots, perhaps' we can re-industralize this rain-| swept little community and attract| 2 lot morz families.” Former residents not yet ed, he said, arve: James H. Foste locat- | , a game warden | in 1920, who was “last seen pad-| canoe toward the west t of Prince of Wales Island.” c HOLLYWOOD, Sept 22 —IP— | By JACK BELL i Harry Carey, the hard riding heroj LAKE TAHOE, Nev., Sept. 22. of many a silent western thriller,|(P—Senator Taft (R-Ohio) heads dicd yesterday at his suburbanfor tically-untestod Washington | | Brentwood honm: at the age of;Stat oday after receiving assur-, 69 ances from Republican leaders e veteran of more than 300!that he had made some new rcles since 1908, died of cor-ifriends by a weekend spent in throm:osis. For a year he!Nevada | i been ill with h nd lung! Taft, resting before taking a ailments and members of fam- |train for Seattle tonght, was cred ily said a L widow spider bite, |ited by Senator Malone (R-Nev) which he suffered a month ago,{with having made “a good impres- was believed to have agzgravated|sion” on Republicans who Leard kis condition |a Saturday night speech in Reno His widow, Olive Golden Carey, and others who conferred with former actress whom he wed n',the Ohioain later. | 1912, and his two children, Ha Taft will meet with represen-; C: Jr., and M Ella Carey |tatives of the Republican clubs of Ta were at the bedside when King County (Seattle) tomorrow he died {night and will speak twice there Carey started his shootin’ and|Wednesday. ingin' before the .ameras duling| An associate said the Taft forces the era which saw Lionel Barry- realize they may be invading {mwore, Mary Picl and Dorothy somewhat hostile territory in #nd Lilliay. Gish to stardom.| Washington State, where Governor Bern on January 16, 1878, a\iThLm:\:i E. Dewey of New York {Henry D. Carey, son of a New, is credited by some party leaders York judge, he came west afteriwith having an edge now in any {studying law at New York Uni-lbattle hat may develop over the versity where he played tackle on!GOP pxesldmuml nummallun | | year | vestigating the current housing | HARRY CAREY, TAFT HEADS| RIGHTINTO WASHINGTON ‘Goes to State Where Dew- i ey Has Edge-Will Give | Suburban Home { Address in Seattle 'Hero of Silent D Days, West- ern Thrillers Dies at the football team of 1898 and 1899. | S GOV iy AID TO HELP, BEEN COMPLETED ninety-seventh anni celebrated California’s Union” was cclorfully parade featuring Native Son and come to the aid of people buying homes and builders of low rent; housing. tvisor of the Pacific Nor m»\es* Dis- trict, said today. A plin of reliet was submitted to| The fist, the motorship Lester Engine Conks Congress by the American Institute {Jones, Which has been working in of Afchiec Under this proposal, | Cook Inlet and near thé Shumagin 0"' Bu' plafle Uncle Sam would furnish a five- {151ands, is due here by the end of puarantee protecting small {the month. The others will re- lands Sa'ely and builders of rental |t after October 10 Work has also been carried on) home buyers from a drop in the real estate mar- {Southwest of Point Barrow, in KHA‘“;HM' NSq:,l 22 "“:" .lom ket. The idea is to encourage ~uch'B“‘ml Bay, Prince William Sound, L?b“,),e ,Or 1, (X“' me”fl k‘.” Ly people to invest in housing now, in- | D4r Kodiak Island and "e"“ g‘an i ”“ ka dmm“ "‘(;a'wn e stead of waiting for material and |Attu in the outer Aleutians, [m" MR Y labor costs to get lower. fsaid. A photogrammetric pnrty ;om i m\a] e (1 o “he proposal was madé to the|used a plane in one area. el U [t,‘. bl .:‘n.\ Senate-House committee now _in-| ~With the use ‘of modern elcc- thXe cngincs at iR ! s tronic equipment, we've covered © Passence. reported J. Griffith of Portland, Ore., much larger areas than in the old E shortage. The Acting Chairman of wid 1 : > i i aid the pilot reduced alti for the joint committee, Senator Joseph | & Senior said. = at - TR ot (E whiaN McCarthy of Wisconsin, said the AN Rk GO tha'! UGN Nostia - Sores) I suggested five-year guarantee would Y H i “diteking” at a1 16 g at sea, but the crippled undoubtedly cause wide comment. Ollllg eiress Iplane came in wmwm mishap. —_———— 'GOLD RUSH, PR. RUPERT PEETERING VANCOUVER B. C., Sept. 22— |P—The rush for claims in mecel Is Wedded io Suenllsl s Son| PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 22— uflv—Anita Oser, 23, heiress of the 'Rockefeller and McCormick fam- ilies, was married to Linus Carl Pauling, Jr., 22, son of a wellknown scientist, here Saturday. MAN WITH WIFE KIDDIES IN SITKA, GIVEN TEN YEARS, SEATTLE, Sept. » a tearful plea for leniency, The bride is the great grand-!G. Rogers, 24-year-old former daughter of both the late John|versity of Washington student two small children 22 l)!'\pm' Dani '1 Seled Admission Day Queen “ New Company Formed fo | uni-| and | was | | Army Signal {heard The heirs of Roy R. Thornton,|Rupert’s cld-fashioned gold rush | who went to Seattle in 1927 to slowed appreciably today with thej build the Alki Point natatorium ieport that a sample assayed by and died there A Mrs. J. C.|G. S. Eldridge and Co. ran anl\, Jackson was believed to have ad- |70 cents a ton | ministered the estate. Officials of the British Col-| B. F. Oliphant, employed ty me'umbm Chamber of Mines describ- Corps in 1922. Last{ed the -sample as “white. glassy from at Bremerton Wash.!quartz with pyrrhotite (iron sul-| Inez V. Jobnston, whe left nboutlpmde» Whl(.h sometimes contains 1926 for Livengood, Alaska, a min-| {gold value uepor'.ed today as showing some im- ing town First reports from Prince Ru-|provement from his serious illness. | Emilio pert said ths ore contained 575000, He is currently receiving medical at- | ly of Ju { tention at the Maynard Hospital in believed | Seattle where he was taken .s’t:vv!‘dll Mich,, his known address, re-) HERE FROM KETCHIKAN |weeks ago. It was reported also perts he have gone to Chi-| Dewey L. Knight, Customs In- that he may be able to return to cago. lspeclur from Ketchikan, is stopping | Juneau within the next monti. | f wi busy, w2l just|at the Baranof. —————— e to settle back to another 27| Mrs. Allan E. Johnstone and chil- IN TOWN years of anonymity,” says Mayor-|dren are also registered at the ' Louis De Florian=of Taku Lodge. | postmaster-bus driver Gne, hotel. is staying at the Gastineau, ) —— e — SMITH IMPROVING Leonard Smith, Territorial High- way and Aviation Commissioner, is Calao, Filipino, ‘former- ‘ au, where & cousin is worth of gold to the ton. be - living. Saginaw,: R m; don't get inherited a $3,600,000 esiate)y D. Rockefeller and Cyrus Hall father of McCormick. She and her brother| maximum sentence of Max, when their mother, Matthilde Mc- Cormick Oser, widow of Swiss army officer Max Oser, died las May. given a years in the State Reformatory store holdup shooting 10 a grocery here May The Coast Guard veteran pleaded guilty to second dgree assaul' i ter a charge of attemp robber; was dismissed. He said he was out of work and need>d mone adly, and had mever been trouble before. Superior Judge James refusing leniency, sald Kaminoff, the grocer, weeks in a hospital. Rogers told the court and children are living mother at ka, Alaska oo other invention Vinei devised a fish i that spent Lawler, Louis 10 his wife with her Among his Leonardo da chine for sharpening COAST IS LASHED BY HIGH WIND Ravaged Sections May Feel Gale of Hurri- cane Force Again | NEW ORL FAN Lu Sept. 22.—M | Winds up to 60 miles per hour- only 15 miles below hurricane ! strength—were predicted today for | sorm-ravaged southern Florida as a new tropical disturbance moved | swiftly across the Gulf of Mexico. The storm center, already lashing | the coast with rain-laced, whistling squalis, headed toward the Fort My- ers-Tampa Bay area where it was | expected to move inland tonight. It | was only half the intensity of the |great Atlantic hurricane, which | tracked destruction across Florida |and then roared across the Gulf to | devastate the rich Gulf Coast and | New Orleans. ! The Miami Weather Bureau said | the newest blow was not expected to | be dangerous, | However, the dismal job of tabu- ! lating casualties and property dam- {age continued along the coast of | Louisiana, Mississippi ,Alabama and tthree were Known dedd, and there | was apprehension of extensive flood damage to compound the desolation | strewn by the hurricane itself. | Delayed reports from Gulfport, Miss, said beach areas still were blocked off, and residents were warned away because of venomous snakes, apparently washed ashore | from outlying islands. Several rep- tiles were killed measuring from (four to six feet in length. il 1 VK STEAMER MOVEMENTS “Admission with rlors from hundreds into the four-hour versary of September a Daughter p | | | | | SEATTLE, sept. 22—B—The| o iong of the State taking part,” Two hundred thousand persons Imost extensive mapyw« and soind- . % e e g any one| thronged the oceanside city to witness the pageant, at which Gov- | | o ot i e during Any ON€| rmor Earl Warren and high ranking Navy officers participated. | Aleutian, from Sgattle, due about {summer in Alaska waters has been " T i 4 e 4 M St 3 gy | noon tomorraw. e Lcompleted by six vessels of the| Walter H. Odemar, Los Angeles lawyer, and Grand President of |POO% 4OWOROR o WASHINGTON, Sept, 22, — (p_ | Const and Geodetic Survey and all NSGW, presided. Acclaimed “Queen” was Frances Lilly. 18 of | o qiica’ o ariive tomorrow af- The government has been asked fo |t #hips are duc back ierc :.n.| Inglewood. Miss Lilly is shown (right) receiving the trophy from |iemoon or evening. C inmander Jack Senior, super- reen Actress Barbara Britton. (International plmlny | Nerthern Voyager scheduled to '~7——jurr1\'e sometime tomorrow. | Square Sinnet scheduled to leave | Seattle Thursday. | Baranof scheduled | Seattle Saturday. | Princess Louise scheduled to ar- S E R v | ( E s |rive from Skagway at 8 a. m. to- i ' PETERSON, KORSNESS ARE OFF T0 NORWAY to sail from Alaska, from Sitka, scheduled to arrive sometime tomorrow morning. Ope.rate from PuQe' J Ingvald Peterson and Johr e Happy Korsness left Saturday Sound P’ans {via Pan American Airways, and jwill arrive Wednesday morning SEATTLE, Sept. 22.-P—A new|in Oslo, Norway, via the Scan- company announced today it would |dinavian Airlines. Peterson, who | start tug and barge freight opera-|is making his first trip home in 32 years, will visit with his par- carly next’ month “with [ents. He is cmployed at the Ju- ‘(nlghl rates averaging 35 per cent |neau Cold Storage. Hms than current charges by other | Korsness, who works at the New "mns from Pugei Sound to Sews | water carriers York Tavern, is making his first Entry of the newly-organized Al- trip in 43 years, and he will visit a Freight Express Corporation with his brothers. Both men plan to stay abroad for several months. > - 'mm the Alaskan shipping trade was i announced here and in Anchorag by its President, L. B. De Long (9.0 8 9 SUR RS S SN0 he company said it has filed its | ® . tariffs with the U. 8. Maritime|® WEATHER REPORT ¢ | Commission to become effective | ® —_— . ‘()(Iubn 1. It plans its first ship- | @ Temperature for 24-Hour e *'ments as a common carrier shortly © Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock o | thereafter . This Morning . The new firm, with headquarters | e In Juneau—Maximum, 59; e at Anchorage, was incorporated at' e minimum, 50, @ Juneau, Alaska, with $500.000 capital | @ At Airport—Maximum, 56; e |stock. Sailings will be directed to|e minimum, 51.. . Seward but future operations in e WEATHER FORECAST . Southeast Alaska also are contem- @ (Juneau and Vielnity) . n | plated, De Long said ‘e Occasional light rain and e Twin-Screw Tugs | ® not much change in tempera- o He said the company would use | e ture tonight and Tuesday [ modern twin-screw seagoing tugs of | e PRECIPITATION . 1380 horsepower, equipped Wwith | @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) ® radio direction finders and radar'e In Juneau 1.22 inches; e instruments. ‘The barges will in- | e since Sept, 1, 12.74 inches; o clude molded, covered steel vessels, @ since July 1, 25.96 inches. . 2¢) feet long, with eight holds and | e At Airport — 122 inches e apacity of 4,000 measurement | ® since Sept. 1, 8.18 inches; e tons. | @ since July 1, 1850 inches. . At Seattle, De Long said, his|e (Continued on Page Fivej j®o® " 000000009000 .| extreme nortbwest Florida. Forty- .