The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 26, 1947, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THE VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,744 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1947 Ml.MBl R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FOUR MEN FOUND ALIVE ON WRECKED SHIP (ONTROLS URGED BY OFFICIALS (CURLEY, SMITH FREED Cabinet Members Want President CEmrfiu?es Sen- Power Over Nation's | fences of Two Men as Steel and Grain . Even-handed Justice | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 26— President Truman today commut- ed the Federal mail fraud sentence of Mayor James M. Curley of Bos- ten, providing for his release from the Federal correctional institution at Danbury, Conn. The commutation provides that Curley's sentence has been com- and Secretary of Agriculture An- pleted with the five months he has derson testified before separate sorved of a six to 18 months sen- tive committees in support tence on a mail fraud conviction. ident Truman’s economic, Mr. Truman also commuted the sentence of Donald Wakefield Smith, former member of the Naticnal Labor Relations Board, who was con d on the same charge. Smith had been term of from four ar and a day. The commutations mean that both Curley and Smith will be re- leased in time to spend Thanks-' giving with their families Charies G Ross, Presidential Secretary, said Smith would be be- leaszd from the District of Col- umbia jail Curley and sentences last June 26 would have been eligible role December 26. Smith eligivle last October 26. Ross said the cnief medical offi- cer of the Danbury institution had informed the Department of Justice that the 73-year-old Curley is suf-, fering from an acute heart condi- tion and has diabetes. Ross said many petitions have been received by the Department from members of both political parties recommending the ralease of Curley because of his age and physical condition. Curley is Democratic National Committeeman from Massachusetts and also has served as U. S. Rep- resentative and Governor of his S[uh’v | | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—®— Two cabinet officers told Con- gress today that in view of the proposed foreign air program the government should have power to say what use is made of the na- tion" steel output and grain crops. Secretary of Commerce Harriman for au- controls they Both backed his request a thority to restore price and rationing, if he decides are needed. On allocations, Harriman told the Senate-House economic committee there should be “limited powers to direct steel to the “most n- tial programs.” And he added that “more r reaching proposals” are being prepared. Broadly, allocation would permit the government to say how much any particular commodity is used for a certain purpose. How much steel, for instance, the automobile industry would be allowed to use Anderson was before the House Banking Committee. As to needed allocation in the farm and crop field, he told it: senienced to a months to one their Curley for pa- beca Smith Legan wmergeney Preparations “In order that we may be pre- pared for any serious emergency that may result from failure of grain crops, it would be necessary to have authority not only for con- trolling exports but for limiting in- ventories and directing use of grain domestically through the most essential channels. “Authority for allocating the use of storage and transportation fac- ilities and distribution of farm machinery and fertilizer would also be necessary.” Export Ccntrols il £ Tl As for export controls, Anderson l’:éd S A Lo :(;"l;‘ said these are needed (1) to pro- ~S1°¢ @ 8. ol tect our domestic economy (2) aid '(J}“(“;‘x’f’l‘l‘"‘,;_T"::d"(‘;l“l)lfL Pl AUIESY in supplying import requirements ~p T iy TN e cands that ?§kmf{:fi,{f",’,’f,:.“,,,fi’.,g{,fi:”ufigfi under Massachusetts law Curley has food allocating procedures, and (4) not keen deprived of his civil rights i saoure the ooqDAFyHDE 4 othiary (. thaki state by his conviction. | nations in meeting America’s im- In eu?nuuncmu) Smith's release, iCbinet pificsrs 410 "°}"le§“‘i,ai§:d Bande justice, since both Curley| ::: %S;ggr((k:;grf;z (ieo’.:trols prof and Smith had been sentenced at the same time on the same charg- gram which Mr. Truman presented o8 8 (Continued On —nge Two) - The AW a;t;mgton pM-ES"NE Merry-Go-Round| PARTITION by LDREW PEARSON APPROVED LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 26—®— 3 10‘The plan to partition Palestine| Benneft E. Meyers, it might alS0|p,¢ peen approve by a vote of 25| take a good, penetrating look atiy, 313 jn the 57-nation Palestine the way he kept top-secret records | committee of the United Nations| of the Army Air Forces materiel | pqemply. command during the war. | The proposal now goss to the‘ The Senate Committee has devel- | aAssembly of the same 57 nations in/ oped the fact that General Meyers plenary session for a final vote| concealed hundreds of thousands of with a two-third majority needed | dollars of personal income. But if for adoption. The plenary meet-| it looks thoroughly into the AIr|ing is scheduled for today. Corps, it will discover that Meyers — Seventeen countries abstained kept three sets of books on Al jn the final committee vote on| Corps procurement. |splitting the Holy Land into sov-| Even such top-flight War De- |erign Arab and Jewish nations. partment officials as then Under-| The project, supported by Lhe«: secretary Robert P. Patterson had United States and Russia and Zion-i difficulty getting the true ifacts|ist Jews but cold-shouldered by about the Air Corps buying program Britain, required only a simple from Meyers. And when Patterson majority of those present and vot- finally sent several aides to see ing in the committee test. Meyers to determine whether the‘ The partition scheme calls for| Air Corps was wasting Federal| |the British to be out of Palestine funds, they learned that Meyers by next August 1 and the estab-| kept three sets cf books. {lishment of two new nations there Set No. 1—Told the true facts by October 1. A five-nation U. N.| about the procurement program. |Commission would he entrusted | This was for the eyes of brass hats | With administration during the, only. itrsnsmon period and the Security Set No. 2—Was for the White|Council would be responsible for House and was calculated to show | implementing the plan. Rocsevelt how able and brilliant | Whomam o« oo top Air Corps ofticers were, | UNION OIL MAN HERE Set No. 3—Again different 1mm< W. E. Thompsen of the Union Oil Company in Anchorage is stay- g at the Baranof. | WASHINGTON — Now that the| Senate War Investigating Commit- tee has dipped into the persmml‘ | | | i i bookkeeping practices of Maj. Gen., | (Continued on Page Four) ) Cub Fliers hop | sections—over the Great Lakes re- {gion, 1 Are Again ‘ Up in Air Lethridge, Alta, Nov 26— P— Round-the-world fliers George Truman and Clifford E s took off in their light planes from the Lethridge Airport at 8:53 a. m. (M.! T.) for a scheduled non-stop to Los Angeles. | army pilots, nearin end of the longest Cub plane; ht on record, took off in the| of reports that mountain pass-| n their route were obscured by| s and that the flying ceiling| zero The former the fac es along thej expect to evening. | 11 Unless forced routs by weather, t in Los Angeles The flight normally to 12 hours. Here is today’s log of Round- the-World Cub Fliers George Tru-/ man and Clifford Evans: 8:53 a. m. (MST)—Left )m\ e, Alta a. m Mont a. m down they this takes from Leth-; (MST)—Over Great (MST)—Over Dillon, \ m, (MST)~Over Idahe MERCURY IS TAKING DROP, MANY AREAS Goes Below Zero in Wide! Section-Hits New Lows | in Other U. S. Areas (By The Associated Press) | Temperatures dropped to below! zero in parts of the midwest and hit new seasonal lows in some sec- tions today as cool weather con- tinued over a wide area The mercury touched 7 below at Grand Forks in parts of northern Minnesota. The mass of cool mx, extended, with temperatures mod-| erating, into the east coast and parts of the southeastern states. The mercury was generally below{ freezing in most sections of thef midwest Chicago's 15 above wasl the lowest mark this season. Temperatures were near normal in southern Florida, most of Texas,! in the west plains states and also on the Pacific coast. There was some rain along the Washington | coast. i | meeting - Courcil !the German treaty, L parage { ternational ie ACTIONIS DEMAND OF MARSHALL Says Forelgn Mlmsiers Should Get Down fo Work-Now, How LONDON, Nov. 26.—{P—Skcre- ary of State Marshall demanded in sharn tones today that the Council Foreign Ministers “get down to work and drop this business of al- legin? evil motives which are the tigments of propaganda—not of the! mind " He spe of was replying to a by Russian Foreign Minis ter V. M. Molotov, who said aggres- sive and imperialist policies were develcning in Europe and that Rus- | sia was opposing them. The Council dissolved in a brisk a three-to-one split ot by placing the treaty nominally at the top of its agencda and promptly referring it to deputies, who are to report back to their superiors Dec. 2. Then, In accord with Russian insistence, the placed the preparation ot including fron- tiers and procedure, second on the agenda. The Ministers will begin consideraticn of |hh tomorrow. 'DYNAMITE BlASTS CAR BELONGING TO STRIKERS' AGENT 26—(#—A dyna- today ripped the front seat of a 1947 automobile owned by Ray Dcoe, business agent tor an estimated 1,000 striking CIO mechanics. No cne was in- yesterday DETROIT. Nov. mite blast early Jured Dooe was at home, having the car to Angelo Doddie, an representative of CIO United Auto Workers. Doddie told police he parked in a downtown lot near the head- quarters of Garage Workers Local (415 and had left the car about 15 minvtes when the explosion occur- red lent in- the R s e 0 s e v e e 00 ¢ WEATHER REPORT o Temperarure ror 24-Four ® Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, 45; minimum, 42. At Airport—Maximum, 47; minimum, 42 WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) There were snow flurries in many the St. Lawrence Valley, me’ northern Appalachians and in v.he Missouri River Valley into western Illinois. Miami's 84 was the highest read-!eo in" on yesterday's weather map. - e 'DISTRICT COURT RETURNS TODAY FROM KETCHIKAN Judge George W. Folta and imembers of the U. S. District Court returned here this morning on board the Baranof- from Ketch- |ikan where they had been conduct- ing the Fall court term. The par- ty also included District Attorney Patrick J. Gilmore, Jr., Clerk of the Court John Walmer, Deputy Clerk of the Court Peggy McIvo! and Court Reporter Mildred May- nard. Court will reconvene in Juneau at 10 a. m., Friday, Dec. 12, for a brief period before Christmas. Upon his arrival, Walmer con- firmed previous reports that he is resigning his position effective Dec. 31. He said that he is not, yet ready to announce his future plans. | | | e — SUES FOR DIVORCE ! A aivorce suit was filed in U. S| District Court today by Louise Brouillette against Charles F.|{ Brouillette charging desertion. They ; were married * April 22, 1944 at | Haimes and have no children. There are no property rights involved in (80 ° Mostly cloudy with occa- signal light rain and not much change in tempera- ture tonight and Thursday. Southeasterly winds occa- stonally reaching 15-20 m.p.h. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau — .42 inches; since Nov. 1, 10.56 inches; since July 1, 52.22 inches. At Airport — .10 inches: since Nov. 1, 4.6 inches; since July 1, 31.32 inches. #0000 00008 0 STEAMER MOVEMENTS Aiaska, from Seattle, due some- time Friday. Denali scheduled to sail from Se-‘ attle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sall| from Vancouver Dec. 2. Baranof, from west, southbound Sunday. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4's, American Can Anaconda 36%, Curtiss-Wright International Harvester 87* scheduled 5%, | Kennecott 47, New York Central 13, Nortkern Pacific 19%, U. 8. Steel | 757 . Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 910,000 shares.| Averages today are as follows: industrials 180.94, rails 47.95, utili- ties 33.13. e MRS. PETRICH LEAVES Mrs. Keith T. Petrich left here via PAA yesterday following a two weeks visit with the family and lengthy | { Austrian | Ceevcoece DICKERING Govemor Rivers Seek Removal of Woodward as Mgritime (ommissioner; ONANNEITE. AIR BASE eflakatla Indians Nego- fiating for Rental and Other Concessions | By VERN HAUGLAND | WASHINGTON, Nov. 26— The Metlakatla Indians of South- east Alaska are dickering wilh |Uncle Sam this week over rental lof one of the most valuable air- |Lms'~. in the Territory, the form- \er Army field at Annette Island. The Army paid them $3,600 n year rent for five years for 12,000 acres, they said, and they want |the Civil Aeronautics Administra- {tion, which has taken - over the field, similarly to make a settle- ment. M Furthermore, they asserted at n gotiations under way at the In- \terior Department, the Standard Oil Company is making a profit from a public investment through sale of oil and gasoline to planes using the field. They want a commission on those sales Representing: the 700 Metlakatlas, to whom President Grover Cleve-| ssigned Annstte Island as a| n in 1891, are John W.; Smith, acting Mayor of Metlakatla village, Ira Booth, Ted E. Benson| (and Ray Haldane. D’'Arcy McNickle, an attorney of the office of Indian Affairs which is ccoperating in the negotiations, |said he locks for an agreement or ‘a Lmnplvt* impasse some time this' reserva | Mcl‘-ukk- said the Army, which! ‘had been opposed to paying a ren- tal fee, took the position that the| airfield was built for national de-| fense and that the natives ought! to be grateful. The CAA, he said, similarly feels that the Indians should not expect (to profit from a venture that is operated for the benefit of the ‘])ub]lL The Indians, McNickle said, re- plied that the airfield destroyed hunting and trapping grounds and damaged fishing areas, and that the owners of the island rather than a private company should re ceive the income from airfield su]m of aviation fuel. The CAA wants control over only ! akout 5000 acres, less than half that used by the military fomes (during the war. Annette Island contains 85,120 acres altogether. -, 60 PASSENGERS FLEW VIA ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES YESTERDAY Alaska €oastal Airlines yesterday cariied passengers from Juneau to Wrangell, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Haines, Skagway, Hoonah, Tena- kee and Tulsequah Peisons flying to Ketchikan were Arnold Hildre, A. V. Collar, C. M. Marler, Samuel Derikara and L. Wilson. Juneau to Wrangell: | worth, | Juneau to Petersburg: Trig Han-| !sen. Ketchikan to Wrangell: Craft. Wrangell | French. Ketchikan Ellis. | Juneau to Haines: A. Griffin| land Frank Stine. | Skagway to Juneau: Norman | Haley, Dell Hanks, Frank Clayton, John Easley, Mrs. John Easley. | Juneau to Hoonah: Rosina Green-| |wald, Mrs. Greenwald, Halnet] |Gray, Lee McKinley, Dr. and | Mrs. Kelly. Tenakee to Juneau: Elaine C.| Heins, Peter Gravrock, H Juneau to Tulsequah: C. Hayter, | V. Zaparson, C. S. Ney, J. WIl—' |son, D. Erickson, P. Newfeld, T.| |Batty, T. Bermel, Mrs. Wilson and| two children, R. Thompson, H.| Zieb, C. Melynch, S. Warburton,| R. Porter, B. Kirschman, E. La-| comke, E. Oshoway, W. Bernard, B. Platt, R. J. Leobe and W. Mar-| kin. | Tulsequah to Juneau: D. San- | derson, F. McIntosh, R. Matthews, J. Clayton, C. Klos, T. H. Jennings, | l W. W. Long-| J. P to Ketchikan: Nell to Juneau: Mrs. the case which was placed by attor- frierds of her husband, a former ,J Bhuster, S. Warburton, G. Peter- ney M. E. Monagle. Juneau boy, now a PAA pilot. !son, K. Blair and C. Wilkie. | Joseph air-| the | area,” . the { constructed | hourly ALASKANS SHELVED, SHIP CASE Co mmissioner Says Too Much Attention to Com- panies None fo People By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, Nov 26 —(D— K. Carson, member of the Maritime Commission, said today he thought too much time had been devoted to inquiring into the op- erations of steamship companies serving Alaska, and not enough the interests of the people of Territory “I feel that too much time has been devoted to considering the | contentions of the operators of the Alaska steamship lines and not enough to considering the interests of Alaska for a long range pro- gram to meet the needs of the Carson told a feporter. “We have got to meet the situation realistically if the people of Alaska jget an even break in maritime | service with those of the United States.” The Commussicner said that any service to Alaska will have to be inaugurated with government aid, |with the first problem to be solved | being that of terminal facilities in Alaska and the second the right |kind of equipment. Carson said the Commission /hoped to have ready for Congress in January recommendations for a permanent plan for steamship service to the Territory. Steamship companies have con- tended that present government vessels in use in Alaska service are not the right kind and that service will require especially ships. - NO WALKOUT OF CANADIAN. to SHIP CREWS R, B. C., Nov. 26.—(® hundred Canndmn scheduled lo VANCOUVEI —Seventy-five seamen, tentatives have gene on strike last midnight, | remained on the job today after the strike deadline was mdvlnnwly) postponed The Vancouver local of the AFL- Canadian Seamen’s Union said ( had teen informed from Montreal| that negotiations are being con- tinued to prevent a tie-up. The union seeks at wage boost and week of 48 hours sea hours ashore. » NEW HAMPSHIRE T0 VOTE ON IKE 15-cent a work at Lor 40 FOR PRESIDENT MANCHESTER, N. H., Nov. 26.— (A —The Eisenhower-for-President | boom has rece ived official recogni-| uun in New Hampshire. State Re- | presentative Joseph Geisel an- ! nounced he plans to organize slate pledged to General Ike, as a Republican candidate, in New | Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation pri- mary March 9. Previously, Harold Stassen had | announced he would enter delegate candidates, And supporters of New York’s Governor Thomas E. Dewey | have indicated they would file a | siate p(Ldged to him. e FROM ANCIIOEA(:} Esther Elsasser of Anchorage stopping at the Baranof Hotel is | By CHARLES D. WASHINGTON, Alaska has asked the Maritime Cemmission to remove Thomas L. Wceodward, former Commission member, frem being its adviser in preparing a long range solution of the Alaska shipping problem. Raiph J. Rivers, Attorney Gener- al Alaska made the request in a letter he made public today through Delegate Bartlett (D-Al- aska) | Rivers wrote that over a period of many years “Mr. Woodward has shown marked bias in favor cf the| Alaska Steamship lines to the de- triment o1 the Territory.” Prejudi ‘The Attorn Genel affidavits of Alaska’s Governor and Donald J. O'Connor, economist of Rivers' staff, setting forth examples | of what he claimed showed preju-| dice on Woodward's part against | the Territory Alaska's Governor said in one af-| fidavit that Woodward, when & member of the Commission, was chieily responsible in 1940 for the| Comm:ssion’s overturning recom- mendations of examiners that steamship rates to Alaska were ex- cessive and should be reduced. In another affidavit the Gove nor said that in 1946, after Wood- | ward falled cf reappointment to the Commission and while he wnm actng as an examiner, Wlm(ivmld WATKINS Nov 26 —@ ot 3 BODIES FOUND IN BOW PART Believed that Others of 51 Men Crew Have Gone fo Their Deaths LANDING PARTIES ON ISLAND MAKE SEARCH Stern Section of Ship May Have Sunk or May Have Drifted Away to Sea: KE' F(‘HIKAN Alaska, Nov. 26— A—Coast Guard searchers found tour men alive and three dead to- day at the bow section of the wrecked Army transport Clarksdale Victery, and one of the surviving officers expressea the belief that the other 44 members of the crew were carried to the bottom when the stern half ot the ship broke off Ccast the of no Guard headquarters second mate, said Henry H. Wolfe Oakland, Calit, reported that iteboats got away from the ship after it rammed up on little Hippa Island's rocky shore Monday | night, except tor one previously found on tne beach, after the force of the sea broke the ship in two. had said the Alask: Steamship companies were correct in their| claim for higher rates and said in the presence of the Governor that they must have immediate reliet Despite this, the Governor con- | tinued. the | propesed rate increase “Woodward's 1dea had been clear- reveaied,” the Governor said. “It] was thoroughly demonstrated | that in the general public mu-nsr" d in the specitic interest of the | »ple o1 Alaska we should be dere- lict in our duty T we did not in-! sist that Woodward be removed | forthw.th from any connection whatsoever with Alaska shipping | matter | O'Connor, who testified last week | befcre the Maritime Commission | | about freight carrying practices of {the Alaska shipping ~companies, mm in another affidavit that at ! conchusion of a Congressional hea ly 50 | ccld salt Commission denied the | ithe island yesterday, Survivors Sufferng The survivors were reported suf- |fering from shock as well as from lcng expesure of their feet to the water, Other survivors were listed as 3rd mates William M. Rasmussen, Modesto, Calif., and Claire E. Dris- *cll, Los Angeles, and seaman Car- los Sanabrie, of Honduras. Bodies Found Coast Guard headquarters said one cf the three bodies was that of Kenneth J. Bower, an assistant en- gineer from Wolfforth, Texas. An- other was identitied as Peter J. Rowan, of Midland, Pa. The third body was not identified. The Commandant said the sear- chers, the first of whom reached were able to get onto the bow of the shattered ship for the first time this morning as the heavy seas subsided. "m., Woedward upbratded him guilty -of intellectual dishenest for putting before the u)mnulll-ul material he had presented bl‘lul(“v lan examiner in Seattle. O'Connor | said Woodward claimed that the! material had been discredited at the | Sea hearing - | ttie (CONNALLY CLAIMS REDS ARE OUT T0 | ENSLAVE EUROPE WASHINGTON, Nov. 25—(P— | Sena“or Connally (D-Tex) told the | Senate that Communists are out to “reduce western Europe to vassal- {age and pclitical slavery” and urged his colleagues to vote $597,000,000 of winter aid to combat this “to- talitarian tyranny.” Taking the floor in the Senate’s | debzte on the relief measure, Con- | {nally joined Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mich) of the Foreign Relations Committee in urging that the oth-| er Allies make their own peace with Austria and Germany if Russia re- | fuses to go along The Texas Senator, top Demo- cratic member of the committee said this action should be taken if | {the Council of Foreign Ministers now meeting in London, fails to' | reach agreement, Vandenberg sug- geste the same policy a month %o. Both Senators have served as| advicers at previous Council meet- ings R S Hong Kong Importers Exchange Quofas Cut HONG KONG, Nov. 26—#—In la drastic curtailment of American imports, the financial secretary told | ‘unpx,nvr\ their quota of toreign | dollar exchange for the remainder | of 1947 and allocaticns for a wide | variety of goods ior the first.quar- ter of 1948 will not be granted | | {other spot Capt. Haugen said he received wnr! on the discovery of the sur- vivors shortly after 10 a.m Lifeboat Reported Seen A bare report of the sighting of a luchoat was received also. carchers were starting to en- ci the island's shoreline, he sald, tor any possible trace of any- one having reached shore at an- ‘but it doesn't look like there is a very good chance.” Hippa is less than three miles long and a mile across at the wid- est pont. The coastal seaych also will be extended to Graham Island, a large one just to the east of little Hippa. Landing Party A 12-man Coast Guard landing party had gone ashore shortly after daylight to intensify the island search that began late yesterday with the arrival of three men by !umpmblau airplane. The party was from the cutter Citrus, Wwhich was | standing close offshore. * Only the bow section of the ship was on the beach and Coast Guard | ofiicers expressed .the belief the stern section may have drifted away with survivors aboard, Pre-, viously, it had been assumed that it sank after breaking off. Sea Search A sea search for possible signs f it was being launched Three survivors who were re- ported to have been sighted on the beach yesterday are believed to have been native fishermen. An air party headed by Comdr. F. J. Scheiber reported finding a fish- |ing boat on the lee side of the is- land aiter arrival on Hippa late vesterday. He said the searchers fourd no trace of the trio on the 1sland. LUCKY MAN LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26.—#— The luck which was Clair Driscoll’s |during the war apparently is still on his side Drscell, 31, third mate on the Clarksdale Vietory, was one of Iour (Continued On Page Two)