The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1947, Page 1

SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition dete— HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition [ VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,769 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1947 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRIC[: TEN CENTS ABANDON HOPE FOR MISSING AIRMEN New York City Buried | EMERGENCY SITUATION | PREVAILING Thousands of Workers Tackle Snow-Traffic Tied - Situation ""Bad” NEW YORK, Desc. 27.—P—New York began burrowing out from the greatest snowfall in the city's his- tory todav as top city officials went into emergency session to plan measures to “protect the health and welfare of its 8,000,000 inhabitants.” Thousands of city employees us- ing more than 1,400 pieces of 2quip- ment and thousands of contract workers and trucks worked through the night and morning but failed to make more than a dent in the rec- ord 258-inch snow which complete- ly disrupted transportation facilities and imperiled deliveries of fuel and food Commissioner of Hospitals Edward M. Bernecker said only eight am- bulances were operating in Brook- lyn, with a population of 2,700,000, and that he planned to appeal to the Red Cross and the Army for equipment. He described the situa- tion in Queens as ‘“bad.” Acting Mayor Vincent “mpei- litteri said as the meeting started that particular emphasis would be placed on “police, fire, food and shelter The storm, sweeping in with sur- prise fury early yesterday, surpassed the 209-inch downfall left by the famous blizzara of 1888. It pelted the area with an average hourly fall of 1.8 inches and ended officially after 15 hours and 45 minutes. At least 35 persons lost their lives in the storm belt which em- braced parts of New England, Penn- sylvania, New Jersey and southeast- ern New York and extended south to include Washington, D. C. New Jersey, where 30 inches of snow was officially reported in Long Branch,, counted 12 dead ,and New York nine Connecticut reported five deaths, Pennsylvania, two; Massachusetts three, Rhode Island two, and New Hampshire, two. —_———-————— HERE FROM TULSEQUAH i A. MacDonald of Tulsequah is registered at the Gastineau. - - FROM HAINI Manville H. Olson of Haines is staying at the Gastineau S The Washingto Merry - Go-Round By UREW PEARSON MARSEILLE — (By Wireless) —' During the London conference one U. S. delegate confided to a friend that we have been scared stitf for fear the Russians would take us up on our plan for unifying Germany. If they did, I don't know where we'd be. Fortunately, the Russians weren't smart enough and the London conference of Foreign Ministers ended in a stale- | mate—exactly what the United States wanted. In other words, the USA. hus put itself in the unenviable posi-‘ ticn of not wanting a peace lreutv‘ for Germany—the same obstruc- tionist position it has accused Rus- | sia of occupying for the last two years. All this boils down to the fact| that General Marshall is convinc- \ ed that, once the four zones oq Germany are unified, the Russmns‘ will soon dominate all Germany.| Thus, for two long years the USA.| has been harping on the idea of unifying Germany and now we are worried sick for fear it will be unified. This reversal of posi-! tion to some extent is a reflection on ourselves—by at least fifty per- cent. It boils down to two facts: 1. We know the Russians have (Continued on Paz’e Four) | where workers are struggling agains {refused to load scrap iron for Japan | juntil ordered to do so by Wayne!' from Oregon who was waterfront | |the service. |the American Legion plot in Chi- ‘long Beach Is Hot Spot In Nation LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27— Long Beach was believed to have been the hottest spot in the United States yesterday. temperature of 87 49 DEAD SAVAGE TYPHOON U. S. Army Tra—nsport Gen- eral Meigs, with 1,361 Passengers, Is Safe MANILA Dec. 27.—®—The toll of | the 61 persons who were aboard the the second successive day. It was the warmest Dec. 26 in the history of the Los Angeles weather bureau, exceeding the 82 degrees recorded on that date in 1890 and 1928 sunk motorship Kina—stood at 49 tonight as the Philippines mopped up after its worst December typhoon | in three decades. Twenty-nine of those aboard the Kina, a Danish ship which sank in | Samar Sea after grounding during the typhoon Christmas night, were reported safe. There was no word of. | the other 32 who attempted to ride ! out the storm in lifeboats and on| pieces of wreckage. Press reports listed 11 killed at | Laguna, where an entire family was plown into Laguna de Bay with their house; five in Manila and one in Cavite. i There was no word of (‘a<\l’|l(|(’\‘ in cther sections traversed by the NEW YORK, Dec. 27—®— The 120-mile-an-hour storm, but com-| o hac o windsor this year re-| munications still were so msru“wdlgamed halliadien ‘i ilis. world's thet days may paes before o' com- | | best-dressed woman, being voted § DikgEsolivek 15 pog e [teps in the annual list of The Bureau of Posts reported tele- { .., pogt_pressed,” as announced graphic communication w:)th °"1"m b N YO]‘k'DX'(-.s\ Instituts five provincial cities had been re-; qe G i . Stanllaried snd that 16 of fis radip | THS WomAn Wha {nke chitmed & World's Best Dress- ed Woman By DOROTHY ROE (Associated Press Fashion Editor) transinitbers were out. ‘kmg off his throne is the ultra- Normal air schedules were expect- | conservative type, choosing for the i to Fo restarad Bn Monday {most part the simpiest possible Several ships delayed ‘hy the | daytime clothes in black, navy or 5“‘;_ml including the U. S. Army | cccasionally a dark red—and never transport’ General. Meigs, With 4,- | departing from “her type The 361 passenger: rived today. 1Duchtss prt‘fext slender clothes The Tast A: _ | which cw off her small waist. she will never change' tomed skirt length, which ) her ac en considerably long- cluding three American women, all employees of the U. S. Army Trans- | always has be W] vere St er lhan average. Europe. | named are: —_————r——— | . William. Paley. | Harrison Williams. lONGSHGREMEN MAY; William Rhinelander Stew- | Byron Foy. REFUSE Io HA"DI-E' . John C. Wilson. ’ . Millicent Rogers. [ ’J . Howard Hawks. (CARGOES OF "ARMS'’ - ceoies ouie Mrs. William Wallace (Ina o N i 4Clauex of San Francisco. AN F‘”ANCISCO Dec. 27.—~P—) “ 415, scoring enough votes to Refusal of CIO longshoremen to| handle cargo bound for countr qualify among the first ten were these dress designers and one de-{ signer's wile: Mrs. Adam Gimbel | |“reactionary employers, landlords | : 2 and governments” was declared | (Scphie), Mrs. George Schlee (Val “quite likely” today by Harry | entina), Mrs. Orson D. Munn | Bridges, head of the Longahoremen\sl (Carne Munn) and Mrs. Gilbert ! Adrian (Janet Gaynor, wie of 'md Warehousemen'’s Union. He said his union expected de-{ drian, Hcllywood designer). mand febrn” [ OVarkess - oHars thid ] Officials of the Dress Institute they refuse to load arms and other | decided, however, that these four YORtetials Zormations sibh &s France, | | must sacrifice their amateur stand- Italy and Greece. ; ng because of being more or less In 1938 and 1939 the longshoremen | i1 the 0“5"‘555 ANCHORAGE GIVES $1,290 FOR XMAS | SHIP TO EUROPE Considerable help for Alaska's share in the outfitting of a Seattie ship with relief supplies for Eu- rope has been received from the City of Anchorage. It notitied the office of Lew M. Williams, Secretary of Alaska, that it is sending a draft for $1,290 directly to Seattle food wholesalers for in- clusion in the fund raising cam- paign. At the same time, it was re- vealed that $41 has been received from the village of Klukwan and $10 from Port Alexander since the last report. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska, from Seattle, in port and scheduled to sail for Sitka and Skagway at 8 tonight. Aleutian scheduled to sml from Seattle today. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver, December 29. Jumper Hitch scheduled to sail from Seattle January 3. Denali, from westward, scuthbound sometime Sunday. Morse, present Republican Senator arbitrator for the West Coast. Bridges said four union members were being sént to Europe for “some | first hand, real lowdown dope on| what's cooking in many foreign countriés.” | It is probable, too, he added in| his column in the union’s official | newspaper, that the longshoremen will have to strike June 15 “to pre- serve the mnns hall.” e MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR OLIVER E. DAVIS | WIIL BE MONDAY AT 4/ Memorial services for Oliver E.| Davis, who passed away suddenly on1 Monday evening, will be held an‘ Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock inj the Church of the Holy 'mnny{ Dean C. E. Rice will officiate at| The members of the American Legion will attend the services in a | group. Final interment will be in cago, I1I. Mrs. Davis will leave on the Alaska with the remains. B0 75 5 = FROM VALDEZ Henry A. Tatro of Valdez is stop- ping at the Gastineau Hotel. with a maximum Los Angeles had a top of 84 for TOP DRESSER [Regains Her Crown asi the: Under Heavy Snow KREMLIN TO GREEKARMY 'She Showed OFFICIALS TO PLANE HAS ACCEPT REDS ~ IN GREECE iCongressmen Predict So-| ! viet Recognition of Com- munism in Greete fairs Committee said the announce- lmvm of a new Communits state {“has been cooking fcr some time | and Russian reccgnition is the next| llaglcnl step.” Rep. Bloom (D-NY), who was Foreign Affairs chairman when the Democrats ran Congress, said the developments do not mean that 1American efforts to beat back icnmmumsm in Greece have fail- jed- R R R R I S ) ¢ WEATHER REPORT . (U. §. WEATHER BUREAU) ® Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ® Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning e In Juneau— Maximum, 38; ® minimum, 32 e At Airport— ® minimum, 26. {o WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) ie Mostly cloudy with ® [lurries this afternoon ® snow or rain tonight 1- Sunday. Slightly 'o Northeasterly to winds, PRECIPITATION © (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 11 In Juneau— None; ® Dec. 1, 6.78 inches; e July 1, 60.34 inches. ‘- At Airport— None; e Dec. 1, 331 inches; . Julv 1, 35.35 inches. . e s o e s o - | MAN KILLED; TWO | INJURED, WHITE " PASS ACCIDENT SKAGWAY, Alaska, Dec. Two men were injured and one man died while being rushed to the hospital by train as the result of the White Pass and Yukon Jordan Spreader overturn- ing on the ice just north of 15-A bridge at 11 o'clock Friday morn- ing. Hugh Tierney, Superintendent of ! the railroad; Micky Mulvihill, con- ductor, and E. D. Legan, machin- ist, were injured in the fall. The three were rushed from the scene to the Skagway White Pass Hospital but Logan died on the train as the result of his injur- {ies. The condition of Tierney and | Mulvihill has not been released 'by hospital attendants. | Logan is survived by his widow, sons Louis, Wallace and Houston, | 1 % Maximum, 32; snow and and warmer. easterly o today) since since since since 27— { daughter Frances and brother, Ace! due|Logan, also an employce of the of Skagway are staying at the Bar- | White Pass. seriously ! (AND REDS ' 'Em in Nude sBENAMEDAS? WAGE WAR BeauIyShowr SPECULATORS Guerrillas N°W1H°'dov"'°" o g g Agntulfure Department fo ' Brldge — Govt. to Ou nmolr naked at a beauty - contest Announce Those Dab- drew a suspended fine yester- | law Commumsl Party ling in Markets dm The judge carefully examined | a picture of her in her birthday suit | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—#—' ATHENS, Dec. 21—M—Fighting | “f‘fu;tl(,;‘“f:l\m R WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— Several members of Congress pre- between the Greek Army and Com- | FOUS 2 b o o el of the A‘_‘. Kkl g dicted today that Russia will in-|munist guerrilla units continued in - PR iy 5 s | crease pressure on Greece by ex-,the Konitsa-Toannina region of lampshade manufacturer who said he | partment said today they hope to! fariing -Geeiakisecomnition toa new ' ncrthwestern Greece today as the | ;:lxlx‘}.]rc:\)(fi“l:::\ u;tlm:m\:w 'fi,‘;"fiz‘:fi :x:x’:!udn m. their next |mb‘m‘ list- Indepéndent Communist” regimelgovernment reportedly rushed plans | the Spectators at what had beeniing of commodity traders the] in the northern part of the Mediter- for outlawing the Communist Party hONE, ko0 ly as alnares of 71 federal, state and lo- iy Greek troops, fighting up the main |PUde beauty contest. = When the | cal jobholders who have been spec- i ranean nation |girls appeared wearing certain arti- | ulating in wheat. It may be ready| 4 Some said the result may be a highway from Ioannina. made con- fige vl 2 5 . @ . cles of apparel, Mrs. Kennis shouted | yext week {call for more American millions tact with guerrillas holding the vital | i ce o o b _ Fake," jumped up and showed ‘em.! A pew list of 1,240 persons active Ito 'shore up Greek resistance to Bourozani Bridge in the Konitsa | “nCf SEORE 0y B0 B T ! persons & Communism. Rep. Nixon (R-Calit) area, key to the main communica- |, tioho¥ 0% e o vt anpiied o, VAR G guessed that the administration I tions line from Toannina AV ,,)'.. ¢ 946, was made avall- might ask for as muck: at $400,000,-| Guerrilla forces meanwhile, were pe. Jast. AEe SOk R | 000 ‘n'pm\ed emploving artillery and { nax given out earller in the) = it o 4 i | mortars extensively in an effort to | week it provided no sensation lnl V50,000 100" i s e helprevent any reinforcement of the | congressional investigators t?.mo" : ik Jas s o= ¢ Konitsa garrison which already has Out of the total of 1951 names; Mu.o0m . Cong appropriated .., 4iiacked three times and is in { the only one recognized as a gov-| i}m. spring to -\nfl_t‘n‘rt'-slsmucevfl state of semi-siege. ernment ofiicial has been Edwin ‘I‘u‘um.s( Soviet .4‘uv('lon(hm(°nl 17 1 Athens, the government, “,M.‘_ | W. Pauley special stant to the | l(’“c‘" and Turkey ling to the proclamation of a Greek | | Secretary of the Army, who al- | { Rep. Teague (D-Tex), one of Communist state, was said to be pre- | !ready had disclosed his trading those who thinks Russian recogni- paring to pass a law outlawing lhr activities at a hearing of the ! tion of the new State” will be the Communist Party and certain other | Senate Appropriations Committee. | inext move dictated by Moscow, leftist groups. The new law report- | Pauley sawa e nad something told a reporter the situation would, edly would be based on a similar one | — lless than a million dollars in never have developed if “the Groch cuacted under the late Premier (By The Associated Press) ' commcdities when hé took the gov- {aimy had made a decent effort Eleutherios Venizelos, but with more Spectacular fires broke out in|ecrnment job but was disposing of to clear up that guerrilla situa-'severe penalties. The old law has' snow-covered Portland, Me., andjhis holdings, as he had agreed to { tion not been enforced in recent years. in Philadelphia and York, Pa. to-ido. Rep. Jonkman (R-Mich), a, The Coordinating Council, legis- day, as New York City, its streets Pauley’s name was on a list of ,membm of the House Foreign Af- lating while Parliament is in recess, clogged with 258 inches of snow,!big traders as of Oct. 31, 1946, and the law | ‘l’nct‘d what fire officials called the!Oct. 1, 1947, which was made pub- 10 gravest emergency” in the fire de-tlic. Reporters scanning last night's was expected to approve and make it effective within minutes by publishing it in the gov- partment's history. { tabulation of names for govern- ernment gazette. Portland firemen, hampered by ! ment cfficials drew a blank. Only' Premier Themistokles Sophoulis a northeast storm, were fighting! four trader 11 small, gave Wash- informed United States d’Affairs Karl Rankin last (that the Greek Army Charge a blaze which destroyed the Un- ,mulun add: One was a Navy| “lght;mn Wharf Coal plant, when Lieutenant Commander with 10,«: needed | second fire swept through a blg,f)no bushels. i strengthening. Authoritative sources | empty stockyard building in the ' oo i ,had reported that the Army's ar- | freight yard of the Grand ’l‘lunk tillery fire power had been greatly | Railway | exceeded by that of guerrilla units e | A 400-ton loading tower toppled | into fiery pieces upon five ushmg boats moored near the coal wharf. | LID PLACED, A(TRESS BIFFED | Damage was estimated at uboul 75225,()00 In Philadelphia, a pre- duwnl BY BAND LEADER; ' :' ccitrovea” me smverior ot | (nvn -story warehouse. | At York, the lumber yard of lhe] Home Furniture Company was des. ! troyed, causing damage unofficially 1 estimated at 3100000 BY CHINESE NANKING, Dec. 27-—P—Gener- ialissimo Chiang Kai-shek issued a ! personal order todday banning dis- lrlu.sml' of military news by gov-! l'ernment. oftiolats us reports from the north indicated the National LIEUT. RENSHAW IS TRANSFERRED |:.ix i T i, FROM WACHUSETT " SuIT 18 RESUlL , LOS ANGELES Dec. 27 4 | Actress Yvette Taylor, 23, has de- " manded $75,000 damages from Band- leader Desi Arnaz, claiming he struck her over the head with a portable microphone while she was seated at ia Hollywood night club table Dec. | 28, 1946. Miss Taylor filed suit in Superior | order, informants said, | Court vesterday against Arnaz and forbade the disclosure of any mm-‘ H. D. Hoven, proprietor of the 'llghl 2 tary information to the press or club, asserting that she suffered =, pi. tenant Loy Renshaw, Assist-|public. It was reported that high. cerebral concussion and that since | then she has been subject to head- aches, fainting spells and traumatic | psychosis. « JOE GARNES ES FOUND I DEAD AT TENAKEE about 51, form- .e|ly of Duugl , was found dead! ant Engineering Officer of the U_s_fuulh(u'lllea several times had dls-! C.G. Cutter Wachusett, will leave! closed highly secret military pe | here tomerrow on board the Denali | sonnel transfers and other war sec- for the States. He will go to Ala- | rets. { meda, Calif, to join the crew of | Chiang ordered |the U.S.C.G. Cutter Chautauqua, | ment for violators lm which he has been transferred! Even pro-government sources ac- i i | severe punish- | as Engineering Officer. iknuwled.ud that the Communists Liuet. Renshaw joined the Wa-|were gaining ground in the west; chusett in -Juneau on August 1,| Liaoning area where fighting has in ! been the heaviest and has maintained his home Douglas. He will be accompanied ‘The officlal Central News Agency g“‘ a ool at Tenakee this MOM- |, s wife and daughter when|said the government had regained v i i il TN { control of key points within a 35- !mxh- arc around Mukden, but from cther sources the Associated Pre.s learned that Red demolition squads »perating within the defense area | | had blown up: a railroad bridge ! only seven miles north of the city| and had tossed grenades into gov-' ernment installations just outside the city limits. - TEN KILLED WHEN /(OLD ‘WAVE SWEEPS. *IMEXICO CITY AREA T. Mahoney. The Marshal said| last and was prominent in ath- | Fire Depgrtment. HOI.Y I.AND SIRIFE or four years and made his home tine brought death today to four ers and one sister. One brother, 'tition was announced a month ago reside at Ketchikan. His surviv- | Police said the Jewish under- ] Marshal Mahoney said that the Silwan on the slope of the Mount |lice reported today that 10 persoris | | ed here by U. S. Marshal William| { that Garnes had died of a he,m‘DEA"'H '0”. IS 319 | attack. | i He was born and raised in Doug- | AS F'GHI'"G RAGES |letics as a younger man. He was ia former member of the Douglas ! Garner had been employed at 24| JERUSALEM, Dec. 27—M—The Tenakee cannery for the past three gpjuttering war of hatred in Pales- there during the winter months. |Jews and six Arabs, raising to 379 Known survivors are two broth- |the number of fatalities since par- | William, resides at Anchorage, and | Throughout the Middle East, another, Aluert, was last known to|lives havs been lost since Nov. 29. |ing sister, Mrs. Vonkosky, is a ground force, Hagana, made a re- iresident of San Francisco. i{prisal raid on the Arab village of MEXICO CITY. Dec. 27.—#—Po- remains are being brought to | of Olives, One Arab was killed and | were dead and more than 100 hos- Juneau on board the Estebeth | two were wounded. Five houses were |pitalized as a result of a three-day | i destroyed. fcold wave that has gripped the FROM SKAGWAY i .- 1 Mexico, City area Gail Brinshell and Helen Gregory FROM TENAKEE Snow and hail storms were re- | Wayne Plumley of Tenakee is regi- Iporwd in the Coahuila and Dur- | + anof, ‘stered at the Gastineau. |ango regions. i | | | \ chairman of the drive VANISHED IN FAR NORTH Thousands of Square Miles | af Top of World Search- ed with No Clues FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 27— Indicating virtual abandonment of hope for the eight men aboard, officers of the Yukon Sector of the Alaska Air Command said they expected to releage today the crew list of the B-29 Superfortress which vanished Tuesday on a long- range training mission The announcement came after completion of three days of aerial searching over thousands$ of square miles of the “top of the contin- ent,” in bleak northwestern Alaska adjoining the Polar ice cap. Search operations continued yes- m(hn despite a 1,000 foot ceiling and intermittent blizzards. Ground temperatures throughout the Alas- » kan Arctic ranged from zero to 20 below. Officers at Ladd Field, the big bomber’s home base, belief the créwmen ple emergency expresséd the carried am- rations and cold weather proteetive equipment to survive for several days in event of a safe landing in the wilder- ness. It was viewed as a slim possibility, however, because no emergency message ever was re- ceive from the plane. R GOP IN ALASKA ENDS UP 2ND IN U. §. FOR COLLECTION OF FUNDS The Republican mittee, as of Dec ed that Alaska National Com- 15, has announc- is second of all states and territories for raising funds for the Party. Only one state, Vermont, was ahead of Alaska Almer Peterson, of Anchorage, is for funds, and Albert White, ol the First Di- vision, member of the Finance Committee, was. assistant, Either Mr. White or some other officer of the Alaska Republicap Party in Alaska will leave in January for a conference with Re- publican Finance officials regard- ing the 1948 drive for funds. Alaska will have a full Republi- can ticket in the field for the April primary and also for the fall election, and that is the reason, White says, Republicans are al- ready filing. STEAMER ALASKA IN 'PORT THIS MORNING; 'SAILS FOR SITKA AT 8 The steamer Alui-a arrived at 8 o'clock this morning with 21 pas- sengers destined for Juneau, nine coming from Petersburg, eight from Wrangell, two from Ketchikan, anc two from Seattle. The ship alsc brought Santa Claus and two tons of sweemeats for the children of Southeast Alaska It will sail on its Christmas mission to Sitka at 18 o'clock this evening Arrivals from Petersburg were: Charles J. Diven, Dorothy Law- rence, Slvert Larsen, J. J. Thomas, Fred Rovik, Mrs, Fred Rovik, Tom Scott, George Freel, W. D. Free- | stone. Juneau from Wrangell: Mrs. V. Newman, Mrs. R. Schwartz, Brooks Hantord, Mrs. Brooks Hantord, Vicki Hanford, Frances Hanford, Marie Mullins, Josephine Brady. Juneau from Ketchikan: J. Var- shavskoy, Charlotte Dunlop. Juneai from Seattle: Mrs. sten Hancock, Henry Tatro. S eee INCORPORATION The Alaska Humane Society, a non-profit corporation at Fairbanks, has filed its articles of incorpora- tion with Territorial Auditor Frank A. Bovle. The group was formed by Marie Quirk, Peggy Lyle and Mar- garet Pearson. Kir-