The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1947, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE | VOL. LXVI, NO. 10,710 JUNE “AU. ALASKA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1947 e “MEMBER AS OCIATED PRESS PRICE, TEN CENTS KA MAPPING MASTER PLAN FOR ALAS AFL To Make Fight On Taft-Hartle PLANS MADE | FOR ACTION. INCAMPAIGN President Green Pleadsfor | "Unity, Solidarity”’~ ) Lewis Still Peeved | SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.—P— | Executive Councilmen of the Amer- | ican Federation of Labor convene tcday to plan the organization oi | “labor's educational and political | league,” for its nchly-financed‘ fight against the Taft-Hartley law and all who propounded it. The AFL convention itself ad- journed late yesterday with a unity | plea by its reelected, 74-year-old | President William Green: 1 “Forget petty bickerings. I beg,| I plead for unity, for solidarity!” The United Mine Workers — | Green's own union, now led by! John L. Lewis—were not present | to hear him, Like Lewis, they pass- | ed up the final session, in the wake of Lewis' defeat by the convention over the hot issue of non-Commun- ist affidavits. The convention el- iminated 13 vice presidents, includ- ing Lewis’, to circumvent his refu-! sal as vice president to sign such| an affidavit. | But a spokesman said the miners’ | absence yesterday did not indicate | any plan to pull out of the AFL H The vice presidents, except Lewi emain members of the Executive Council. Replacing the miners’ lead- | er is newly-elected Councilman | Daniel Tracy, President of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. | It was no contest; Lewis simply| walked out. | Before adjournment, the Federa-| tion reelected George Meany, plum- | bers' chief, as secretary—a post | | which many believe keeps him in | line to inherit the Green mantle if and when the President retires.| With teamster i most powerful of the AFL clan. ! Although councilmen today are| expected to discuss only prelimm-i ary steps, the AFL assessed mem- | bers to raise a $3,000,000 campaign | fund. — - — 15 others were burned in a flash| fire in a basement locker room Of |ywas made at a joint meeting of|grates Army Administration Build- the Opelika Armory last night. 'I‘he‘lh(. Lions, Rotary s fire followed an explosion of unde- Clubs, commemorating Alaska Day.i oy gwned by War Assets and up - termined origin. | The W ashin-giom?i‘mc boss Dan Tobin, Meany has emerged as one of the |cyorage was announced today {makes its inaugural run tomorrow.|7g.room f: | “Au-Ro-Ra"—the OPELIKA, Alabama — Two Na- i, tional Guardsmen were killed and|Rajjroad. AFL Chieftains Greefed af San Francisco | | | TO LEADERS OF 66TH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF 1ed the outstanding men of the AFofL which began Warren shakes b William Grzen, ham of San Francisco (behind GREETIN LABOR—Governor Earl Warr its 66th annual conclave in San Francisco October 6, shown as he wel (left) is with the T4-year-old President of AFofL. (Left to right): Mayor Roger D. I Warren); Governor Warren (looking amazingly like the late President Woodrow Wilson); John J. O'Con- nell, San Francisco labor leader; Congressman Richard J. Welch; C. J. Haggerty, Secretary of the Cali- n of Labor; President Green; Archbishop John J. Mitly and U. S. Senator Sheridan fornia Federat Downey. (International) NEW TRAIN (Central Hotel, 4 MEN LOSTIN GETS NAME, Prince Ruperf SHIPWRECK, IS AU-RO-RA Is Destroyed WEST ALASKA Mrs. Mollmanring of Fire RagesiTrI;0ugh Four- Siny-Five-iorr Motorship Anchorage Wins Mt. | Story, 70-Room Frame Auk Goes on Sand McKinley Trip Building - Escapes Bar—Brequs Up Oet. 17, ANCHORAG a, Oct. 17—, PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.. Oct. 17.| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Mrs. Molly Manring of An-/—M—Fire of undetermined origin ,—#—Four men were lost when the ; today destroyed the seo.omifis-um motorship Auk, loaded with the winner of a week's vacation| Central Hotel here and fear was | school supplies and general freight, at the Alaska Railroad’s hotel in felt that a missing, elderly Indian [Fan aground on a sand bar Mon-| Mt. McKinley National Park for lost seen it the hotel, may |day and broke up at the mouth having chosen a name for the ha been a victim of the blaze.|of the Ugashik River, on the north road’s new streamliner which A1l other guests of the four-story, | Shore of the Alaska Peninsula. me hotel | The men, all well known in the clambered | 4 Manring's winning name 15| down fire escapes in night attire to Bristol Bay area, were: i avout 50, captain; letters A R R gafety. | Fred Luc which also damaged a{and Nefita Hansen, Whitey Der- artment block, for a time ringer and Bert Holland, crew ed the former United members Peter Hansen, of Ugashik, brother cture of one of the victims, messaged he! found the bodies of Derringer and Mrs. capitals standing for Alaska' Tpe fire, | | nearby winner: gy, Announcement of the and Kiwanis ing--a half-block sized str Several thousand entries Were| ;o gisnacal but was brought un- Holland on a beach today. Lucas, received in the name contest from|go. congrol by volunteer firefight- @ Veleran skipper, had sailed on parts of the Territory, an(i‘ers who Wfl‘c.u» ed by a driving Bristcl Bay for 15 years. | from the states. Long le"‘rnin i | The Auk loaded at Naknek nine ters of explanation accompanied p oo iy tnis northern Br ishidays ago with cargo for Pilot Merry - Go- unnd By DREW PEARSON | | WASHINGTON—U. S. Army-Na-| vy strategists have estimated that | the United States has until 1951 before Russia produces the atomic bomb in quantity, even though she| probably has the secret now. During these next three years, therefore, the Government faces, the grim task of quietly briefing its| doctors for a possible atomic war.| Proper medical know-how, it is ¢ timated, will reduce fatalities by from 25 to 40 percent—in case of | an American Hiroshima. The spetial atomic medical course already has been given a trial run behind ‘glosed . doors. It has also been repeated before select groups of Army and Navy officers, includ- ing British ‘observers. As soon as it is agreed how much can be told safely, the classes will be thrown open to the full medical profession. Instruction will be boiled down to five days, and will cover the fol- S lowing high points: 1.—Casualties from an atomic explosion caused by concussion, fly- ing debris, or flash burns. Best pro- tection against the first two is shelter, preferably underground. A loose-fitting, all-white outer cover- ing will be developed to ward off flash burns. 2.—Individuals within a mile of the bomb blast are exposed to a (Continued on Page Fivej imany entries, and some contestants |sent drawings and oil paintings. | |in distress near Coos Bay with wa- [Point and Ugashik, about 50 miles south of Egegik. The vessel form-! erly was owned by the Alaska Packers Association and was pur- 'chased a year ago by Fred Grind, of Egegik. | Lucas was a former Bureau of Fisheries man- in the Bristcl Bay| area. A daughter believed to be| living in Seattle and his wife and stepchildren at Ugashik survive. | Derringer was also a former Bureau of Fisheries employee. | CTY COUNCLTO | Columbia coast city were carrying | out an intensive search for the In- | dian woman. Witnesses reported | hearing screams from the hotel but |the terrific heat from the 40-foot —————— — P | flames blocked early efforts to get OFF OREGON wu“ | near the building. | The hotel, overlooking the water- slx MEN ABOARDIfmnt was a landmatk in the com- | munity. Built in 1910, it was bought |18 months ago by Theodore Hag- SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—®—A Se- attle-bound LCT with six men| |blad of Lethbridge, Alta. PG A aboard is reported in trouble off ! the Oregon coast. The Coast Guard St DISCHARGED CAN The Coast| RUMAN FireHitsH CAUSES [ - TROUBLE | Position on Price Controlsi Puts Issue Squarely Into "48 Campaign WASHINGTON, = Oct. 17.—P— President Truman appeared today to have left his own party di- vided on the issue of government price controls while projecting thel high cost of living squarely into the 1948 campaign Peliticians generally said Mr. Truman's statement that he has some interesting figures on price rises indicat he will give the nation his version of how and why living costs have soared when ke feels the proper time has ar- rived But he left both Democrats and' Republicans somewhat confused | when he said at his news confer- ence yesterday that rationing and government controls, which he said includes rent controls, are the methods employed by a police| state. | The President emphasized that! he was trying to get a free en-' terprise nation to accomplish vol-: untarily in the conservation of fond what police states do by force. Firemen play water on a blaze sweeping through Philadephia’s Ben- jamin Fraxklin High School as first of 20 fire companies arrive to igh Scheol ; More than 2,000 stu- Stnawr Pepper (D-Fla), who! fight the flames in the 50-year-old structure. said that Mr. Truman undoubt-| gents marched to safety irom the building in downtown Philadelphia. edly will be remominated by the! (p wirepheto, Lemocrats, told a reporter he can’t agree with the President that therel would be anything smacking of al police state in the return to l’uAl tioning and price controls the Florida Senator has been urging. NEW DEAL ~ ON SALE, ,‘ TIMBER ARABS (AMP ONBORDERS, PALES '“ " E'Alaska Natives Asked fo j S © Reportfrom Kefchikan Claim Unified Command| e KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 17— Set Up for 14,000 {p—Indians of Klawock and other 4 * {Alaska native villages have been Armed F,ghters jasked to sign agreements for isale of timber in present and fu- g, e iture land reservations to a New LONDON, Oct P—TWO' york paper company. Arab politicians declared in ai ¢ was Jearned yesterday that DeRp seopicrande Jdiy. Lot 140001 prances Lopinksy, woman attorney, ;xr;: | Arabs were camped on fhe‘_—.gmiuu‘d with James Currie in alestine borders to oppose parti-lyechington, visited Alacka recently ton 0‘_‘_”“3 H’;’_ly Land and thaty,, connection with Indian claims 8 Simitted- i itary command 15 4oaingt government and negotiated nofi da. Pxigense. !with Indians on timber sales at Kla- Mustpls, Moimen, Moslem repre-| ek she left formal contract sentative from Cairo, said ‘°~“°°|‘wmx the Indian counsel to armed volunteers from the brother-' i, .= oo) future hood were encamped at El Arish.!" gy, gign't name the New York a coastal Egyptian town 25 miles company, but it was recalled here fro hie SHEaenie, Trontier, that William L. Paul, Juneau at- o i*;*gfl;“°gufm:: armed Arabs|iomey, and Alaska Native Broth- 3 : 1erhood officer, once wrote to Foley along Fhe Syrian border s}nd that,igyothers of Pleasantville, N. Y. in addition, there were 1,200 ArM-) otroring to sell timber lands in ed and organized members Of pyomas Bay area near Petersburg "h;heh’g‘:;z‘;g;’;‘; ‘gi;‘;:“g“l:;:f:;;wmch Forest Service now lists as an informed diplomatic source asi pulp Tl_nili.,___ saying today that 3000 Syrian! troops were encamped at Kunei-iAlASKA HEMlo(K tra. (El Quneitra), five miles from! '} } the Palestine frontier. Izzedeen Ashawa Bey, who heads IS RE-ELECTED (10 PRESIDENT Rejects Invitation fo Re- i Sign Agreement, Says | furn fo AFL with Caustic | Comments on Lewis Boston, Oct. 17— Philip Murray was re-elected president of the CIO by acclamation today and promptly rejected the latest invi tation to return to the AFL with caustic remarks about John L Lewts, Commenting on the fact that AFL President William Green had issued a previous inv join the AFL Murray said, “so did that other bulging man,” referring BIG PROGRAM 1S PROPOSED FOR ALASKA ‘To- Insure Basic Economy, | Permanent Population, .\ Impregnable Defenses | By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—®—A coordinated government program designed to insure a basic economy, permanent population and impreg- nakle defenses for Alaska is being prepared. Willlam E. Warne, Assistant Sec- of the Interior, told a re- porter today discussions have not gone far enough for announcement of any details but it is hoped a ‘master plan will be ready for sub- mission to Congress next year with a request for immediate action. One item under discussion is a year housing program for the Warne heads an interdepartmen- tal group which includes represen- tatives of the Army, Navy, Air For Agriculture and Commerce Departments, Maritime Commis- ision, Public Works Agency, Federal Housing Agency, Federal Security , Agency and Reconstruction Finance | Corporation. | Hous'ng Program i Warne recently spent a month in ithe Territory. He said it is neces- sary to speed the housing program ! because the situation is desperate and worse than any other place in the nation “We hope for immediate action i i jon the program when it is formu- lated,” Warne said, “and believe it will have to extend over a five year , period. “Just how it will be worked out {we can't say yet. We are going to { investigate to find out which areas “wxll need additional legislative and budgetary attention and make our | recommendations to Congress. The fwho!e program will have to be kept within appropriations.” Empty Store Iouse “The Territory is just a big empty store house, with less than 1100000 population,” he continued. | "“We need a permanent and larg- er population, need to provide a basic economy for the Territory land provide adequate national de- ;mm- which not only will benefit Alaska but the United States as well, i “That sdequate defense for the | Territory is one of the most es- i sential things we face at the pre- lon to re-;gent time.” Best Of Detences Members of Congress who have to Lewis. Alluding to differences between, Vsited the Territory this summer, the United Mine Workers' presi-|including Senator Capehart (R- a and ot AFL leaders, Mur-|nd) and Rep. William A. Dawson (R-Utah), have said they believe said Lewis is “sitting by the side of the road, and he's lament- ing his position.” Murray then declared: “Maybe in the spirit of ego or in a flour- ish of bombast he might stick out his oversized chest and say some unkind things about me “But who the hell am I? T just happen to be a simple-minded in- the Territory should be given the | best defenses possible. [ They said if an attack was made jon the United States they felt cer- | tain it would come through Alaska. Delegate Bartlett of Alaska this 1u‘eck also called for an immediate ;(lerense program to prepare the Territory for any kind of attack dividual with enough strength in|that may come and Senator Cain my forehead to make the sign of | (R-Wash) has proposed increased the cross.” | defenses. Murray spoke after the CIO con-| ”~ vention had re-eclected him in aj iter in its fuel tank. iGum'd has sent the cutter ham to its rescue. The LCT, loaded with a 50-thou- | | sand dollar general cargo, left Eur- i eka, Calif., October 15 for Seattle. | | Yesterday a California lifeguard | | station reported it saw a vessel re-| | semkling the LCT heading for the {bar at Humbolt Bay. It took a | heavy broadside, then headed out to a in a northwesterly direction. | The LCT is owned by F. F. King land William J. Norton of Seattle. | King is one of the men aboard the | vessel, but names of the others are Inot immediately available, Bon- ———— LONDON — An authoritative| source said today government lead- ers expected to announce a British-| American agreement on reductions in tariffs and imperial prel’erencess in the House of Commons probab-|San Mateo, are registered at the Roy Clayten of Haines are staying industrials 183.52, rails 50. l]y by Wednesday. }' { board and changed for the better, the Navy | ¢ the acquisition of the Channel| ASK REVIEWALS WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(®—The Navy today invited 340,000 former sailors and Marines who failed to | receive honorable discharges to ap- |ply for a review of their cases. About 14,000 discharges already have been investigated by a special 30 percent of them announced. Not eligible for review are dis- charges given as the result of a general court martial. e POPPY STATE John A. Dismond and Robert Garrison of Watsonville, Calif., Fred Baruch of Fresno; and Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Graham of Baranof. PARKING OF CARS Several new prohibited parking areas for automobiles will be in- ‘lroduced at tonight's meeting of |the Juneau City Council by the Police Department for approval of H Council. Also on the agenda the will be the approval or rejection | Apartments from the Federal gov- | ernment. | Confirmation of the appoint- ‘ment of Patrolman John Reynold- son to the Police Department is | also expected to come up along | with other matters. e FROM HAINES ! 0. L. Lewis, Selby Wallace and la\t the Hotel Juneau. DISCUSS ILLEGAL SAYS EXPORTS OF COAL TO EXCEED 20 MILLION TONS |lhe newly organized Palestine Arab Political Mission to London,| |said the Arabs would oppose by AI BEllINGHAM |all possible means any attempt to K partition the Holy Land and would not be deterred either by Russian! BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 17.— cr United States support of p“_;m-'rwu cribs with more than ai tition in the United Nations. |mMillion feet of Alaska spruce and e R {hemlock have arrived in Belling- | STOCK QUOTATIONS 5o mhe " bicke o e recora Half Million Dollar Libel Suit Is Filed by ;Reulher Against FOR | DETROIT, Oect. 17—M—Presi- dent Walter P. Reuther of the ICIO United Auto Workers today filed a $500,000 libel suit against tow off Long Islana in southeast “FDR,” a new weekly publication 1 NEW YORK, Oct. 17. — Closing | Alaska 28 days ago. It battled CHICAGO, oOct. 17.—/P—Charlesiin the Detroit area. | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine|heavy winds and fog to make the A Owen, President of the Coal! He named as defendant Cy Aaron Istock today is 4%, American Can!g75-mile trip to Bellingham. The Ixporters Association, today said,of Detroit, whom he identified as |87, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright | spruce and hemlock shipment is that the U. S. exports of solid|the pubtlisher of the newspaper, %, International Harvester 9!’~,1vo11‘=lgmd to the Puget Sound Pulp fuels is expected to exceed 40,which Reuther said catered to ! Kennecott 46%, New York Central'and Timber Company. million tons for 1947 “certain minority political groups.” 15%, Northern Pacific 21%, U. S.| ———————— In an address prepared for the e eniee——— | Steel 74%, Pound $4.03%. | AT HOTEL JU annual convention of the Na-! FROM ANCHORAGE tional Coal Association, Owen said The tha exports for the 12 months the ending Sept. 30, were 36,700,000 gross tons. | sales today were 1,270,000 shares. | Averages today are as follows: , utili- Mrs. Marie Dalles, Ore., Hote! Juncau. ' Swanson of registered at | les 35.68. + Robert Seaman, James C. Pleffer {and James E. Whitehead of An- chorage are registered at the Bar- anof. i y Law AR