The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1947, Page 1

NOT LICKEDBE HEAD OF HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS e VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,770 JU\'EAU AL/\SKA MONDA\ l)k(l. ARMY PLANE CRASHED; FO ALL THE TIME” MBER 29, 1947 w \1Bl R PRICE TEN CENTS e ———— INFLATIONWALLACE MAY SAYS TRUMANTHIRD PARTY : I President Is fo Sign Anti-| Inflation Bill - Says Its Inadequate AY | Announcenfieni of Decision Expected to Be Made Tonighit in Address 29 P SHINGTON, Dec "By FRANCIS \l LE WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 P A. Wallace comes to his hou President Truman promised to sign |of decision tonight. with Demo into law today the Republican anti- leaders hoping that if 1 head a third party he punches in his criticism ¢ but he branded it as e with inflation bill, “pitifully inadequate to deal oull no the “grave peril” confronting the na- | President Truman tion’s economy [ view of these Democrati Several key Republicans struck is that a Walluce cam back with angry words of thi own |paign on a “peace” ticket would in defense of the voluntary steps|react to the President’s benefit it which form the background of the the former Vice-President display publicly the bitter feeling he is re GOP measure Thus the high cost of living and how to bring it down sizzled as the major political issue to start off the | orted to hold against Mr. Trumas r kicking him out of his Cabine Lates! Democrat revorts to the 1948 election year 1igh command are that Wallace wil Mr. Truman took the unusual make the leap into the dentia course of issuing a Sunday state- |vace in his radio speech from Chi- ment to announce his decision and |cago at 10:30 p.m. (EST), contend to declare that if Congress does not |ing that both ‘major parties have give him better weapons to fight in- | become “war parties.” flation the country may face a seri-| R yublicans, confident that Wal ous depression.” ace can command some so-called He left the actual signing until |left-wing votes which otherwise & today, at an hour which the White {to Mr. Truman, would welcome hit House did not specify. The measure ! entry becomes effective immediately once | But at least one Democrat, Sen it is signed. *, ator Sparkman of Alabama, said the First Order Wallace entry may not do Mr. Tru- The first official actions to carry {man any political damage in the out its provisions appeared likely 'long r Sparkman héaded th to be an order to distillers to hold | Democratic Congressional Campaigr their grain consumption to 2,500,- | Drive in 1946 000 bushels a month during’ the five | Meanwhile in New York, differ weeks the bill revives Mr. Truman’s !ences of opinion on the ff of wartime powers over whiskey mak- New Renublic magazine over it ing | connzction with the political future A 60-day voluntary distilling pro- [of Wallace, it's editor, have beer gram came to an end Christmas eve ' highlighted by the resignation of with the government and major dis- | William Harlan Hale, editor ir tillers at odds over a new conserva- | charge of articles tion program | Hale. novelist, historian New Eitend Gontrols |Deal Demccrat, said yesterday he The bill also extends the Presi- mailed his resignation to Mich dent’s controls over exvorts and |A€l Straight, publ s railroad transportation and provides | The reason was renor ) be the for voluntary food programs. It does | decision of the magazine not to droy r ograms. It | not give him the standby price-wage | Wallace’s writings completely if the control and rationing powers he |former Vice-President runs for asked for in his -10-point program | President on third party ticke! laid before the special session | next year Centering his fire on the bill's -+ ments provisions for voluntary in industry, business and agriculture to share scarce materials without in- STOCK QUOTATIONS ! rnfung the ncnsk urgm I-:‘:T‘dli'l-::‘- NEW YORK, Dec. 29 Closine L\; ion, the Chief Executive decla uotation of Alaska Juneau minc ed Bl 3 3 Yk » stock today is American Can : No ?ulnnl;r,\ -’h"?l’: i |75%, Anaconda It is far too late :f“‘ e M40, International Harvester against inflation to place our Ye- penpecott 471 liance upon voluntary action.” “This bill fails to include the key measures which essential to an | 1137, Pacific 21, U. 8 Steel Pound $4,03',. 1 Sales today were 1,190,000 shares | New York Central Northern are effective ‘"hj‘l-l{‘f(m‘:m“ PrOgTANIL: iges today are as follows: In- | Mr. Truman asserted. dustrials, 178.59; rails, 51.02; utili- | “This bill will not reduce the high | ;. "a3 1) cost of living, and 1t ul-mlum__kecpi 4 SO prices from going even higher * . K X Rep. Walcott (R-Mich,, Who| WRANGELL VISITORS | sponsered the measuré along with | Col. Otto Oblson, Mrs, Ronald | Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), shot back Schwartz and Dorothy Neyman | that # Hving co are not brought | anr! infant, all of Wrangell, are registered at Ihe Baranof Hotel. down “the fault will be that 0( the President and not of Congre: - The Washmgtonl .,Merry Go- Round| By ROBERT é ALLEN | H e s e s s esmw e WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 6:30 o'Clock This Morning In Juneau-- Maximum, 37; Substituting for Drew Pearson minimum, 30, « At Airport-— Maximum, 36; WASHINGTON - The hottest | minimum, 30. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinits) Variable cloudiness with oc- battle over inflation control is an otf-stage fight that has nothing| to do with the front-paged Tru-| | man-Congress ruckus. I casional light snow showers This behind-the-scenes tug-of- | tonight and cloudy With ® . ur o petween the administration | light rain or snow Tuesday and top bankers, and is a lot| Not much change in temper- ® | more jmportant to the country | ature. Soullleflstel']}' winds !than the noisy congressional ll]wv occasionally high as 15-20 The banker battle is the real crux miles per hour. of the inflation-control issue. | PRECIPITATION Briefly, this is what this key| (Past 24 hours' ending 7:30 vm. today) fight is about: In Juneau— 010 inches; The bankers want the govern- since Dec. 1, 6.95 inches; ment to stop maintaining the price since July 1, | 6051 inehes of U. . bonds at par. These are At Alrport— 0.05 inches; not the E, F, and G series Savings since Dec. 1, 353 inches; Bonds, which have nothing to do 3557 inches. . ince July 1, . . . . These bonds with this controver: €000 00000sco000000000000000 00 R are literally what they are call- i P ed—Savings Bonds. They are the A'“_‘"".“““E ‘IT"" Ao same as greenbacks. They are 5 “";“‘“‘}“-‘l SRuAK 1Ce | 1oy -marketable and can be cashed Buliing whid -hewn 10§ USOlany time for their specified value. uilding which - has provided | ry,. ponds the bankers are talking thousands of scldiers with enter- about are the various short- and tainment, meals and a warm place |, torm issues that are market- before a fire, has closed its doors gy The great bulk of these bonds as the USO and been taken over by | the American Legion VT S Gontinued on Page Four) ,U | fornia. NEW YORK CITY DIGS OUT FROM HEAVY SNOWFALL Mild Weather Coming to End in Certain Sections ~Colder Tonight (By The Associated Press) An abrupt end tonight of the mild | 1 Plain veather svell in the northe: ind upper Mississippi ,Valley W redicted by the Weather Bureau the North Atlantic States con- inued to dig out of their record nowfall of Friday new storm area in western mruln Dakota, growing in yrought snow and the prospect 5 below zero temperatures for >akota tonight. South Dakota tem- eratures were expected to range rom five above to five below The Weather Bureau predicted considerable drifting of snow by winds in the van of the cold front 1s it crossed the Dakotas. Snow and expected to be 1255 severe Wisconsin, - southeastern Minnesota and Illinois. A predicted cold wav York and New England noderated by clou New England minimums enerally from seven above at Burl Vermont, to 15 above at Maine William O'Dwyer board directed the New York City out snowfall in history attributed to the mounted to 258 inche: almost fiv North rold were n Towa, New was in today ngton Jarabou Mayor lisaster con! ob of digging ;4 its deepest s the torm in eight 0. The snowfall n New York City nches more than the nd blizzard of 1888 oo POLICE ARREST MITCH ROCOVICH; GRAND LARCENY local Man Is Accused of Stealing Two Guns from Hardware Store Two chdrges of grand vere issued against Mitchell sich today on a complaint signed sefore U, S: Commissioner Felix v. Rocovich is accused of steal- two pistols from the Juneau- Hardware Store earlier this ‘The pistols, both new, were a total of $136. was arrested Saturday by City Police and booked for in- vestigation after the two guns wers found at the Hope Second Hand Store where Rocovich alleged sold them. Police traced the guns by heir numbers. One was a Smith and death toll States of previous rec- larceny Roco- ng Young nonth salued at Rocovich ver Automatic Jther was a Colt £ Both are .38 calibre, Rocovich was released from the City Jail on $200 bail but was ex- pected to be re-arrested bv the & Mlxx'~hz\l late this afternoon oo - DR. ROBERT SIMPSON TAKES BUSINESS AND PLEASURE TRIP SOUTH Dr. Robert Simpson left on Pan American yesterday for a combined | business and pleasure trip to Cali- He will consult with var- ious optical specialists in San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles and plans to return with a supply of lenses and late model optical frame: While in 1 Francisco, Dr. Simpson will visit his new grand- son, Robert Simpson I1I. The new- est Robert is the son of Dr. and s. R. W. Simpson, who have residing in San Francisco last Mareh. Dr. Simpson, a resident doctor at the been shice Jr., is | County City Hospital at San Fran- | cisco. Dr. Simpson will also visit with his daughter Annabelle, who is do- ing post-graduate work in the field of writing at the University of California at Berkeley. He will re-| turn to Juneau in two or weeks. -s e TREES FROM CUB SCOUTS Cub bumts at Fflnbdnk\ out, cut and delivered to Joseph's Hospital there, four Christ- mas_trees for decorations during the holiday season. ind Wesson Police Special and the | I three | went | the St.| TRUMAN MAY MAKE REQUEST LARGER FUNDS ‘Message fo Ask for Speed . Up of Marshall Plan to Avert Spring Crisis By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Dec » President Truman may appeal to Con 1 his forthcoming Statz of the Union message to speed up its Marshall Plan scl wert | a possible spring crisi Surope. Mr. Truman is known to have been | told by his Capitol Hill lieutenants that. under present circumstances final Congressional action on the long European recovery pro- | v to come before the oved by the gram is not like stop-gan 1elief law app. al session expires March 31 Under the terms of this act, all nitments must be made before that date. Whether there is any oney left for spring relief work :pends on the rate at which it i 1t during the winter evidence that there may be a spring crisis in Europe, administr: to developments tion experts boint in Greece. There the Communists have moved to convert their guer- rilla fighting into a full-fledged civil war by setting up their owr government which mav get recog tion from neighboring, Russian- domir s The year, $17,000,000,000 aid lan the President submitted 0 the 1 session on its closing | das-ce \tes a 1 there would be 1o gap between 1t and the relief program. To meet this schedule as nearly as possible, the administration i mit the Recon Finance Corporation to funds until actual appro- bills are passed - -ow 9 PASSENGIRS ARE FLOWN HERE BY PAA; 18 ARE FLOWN OUT Airways brought attle yes- Fairbanks passage for flights on leg lation ticn struction advance priatior Pan American seven passengers from § terday and two from Eighteen persons took Seattle. There were no Saturday Arrivals from Seattle Eleancre Flack, Henry Satre, er Gillis, Mrs. Eunice Ziegl infant, Agnes Nelson, Tucher | Fairk to Juneau ens and wife. Juneau to Seattle: Glen Leach, Barbara Hunter, Phillip St were Walt- r and Annell Mrs, Ray Stev- Beals, Earle Louise Larry Smith Kin, Jr ns col. D. T son, Roy Melnnis, Andrew McDonald, Anton Makimuk Nelson Tait, Leonard Shattuck, Cornclius Tampke, Harold Gallant, Roy McGinnis. - N. L. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WILL MEET ON NEW YEAR'S EVE A New Year" F\.(- »\m\hm service will be held in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening, December 31, from 11: o'clock to midnight. Miss Frances Paul will be the soloist Robert Simp- Simmons, Donahu McKay, Leon Bill “Everyone is invited to the wor-} ship as the Old Year dies away, and the blessings of God during past year are called to mind,” says the Rev. Willis Booth. “Let us begin the New Year right by beginning it with God.” - BOY SCOUT TROCP 23 od to ask that any authoriza- | Five Wives Suffering Tense Tlme Await Informahon Re-1i garding Fate of Mates of UR SIIRVIVORS WRECKAGES SIGHTED IN FAR ARCTIC 'Rme Party Sentfo Scene | Also Crashes But None | Crashed Army Plane Are Injured ’ FATRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 26 { leepless hour vigil, wives of | five crewmen aboard the crashed! HAMPERI"G A'D B “Clobbered Turkey" waited hepefully this morning for word . et e tour enown surivors | Base Camp Being Estab- had been .dentitied . . h S the neartenime eport was| lished-Landing Field Be- veceived late Saturday that four . b e et men avourd e big | inQ Cleared of Snow Superfortress had been sighted longside their wrecked craft 95y NOME, Alaska, Dec. — miles north of Nome, the five wo-| Heavy ground togs, gale force men have scarcely budged from | winds and sub-zero temperatures their telephones. confronted rescue parties today as 5 rities at the Air Forces'ithe Air Force, further hindered L o R R A Ladd Field here have promised|by the crash landing of a C-47 QU E EN AT WORK — pLois Jr:n Fussell. choson queen they will be the first to know |t “1 ,(.H.M[ ;i l,\fi,.“. i“ Pt of the 1947 peanut festival, pitches in with the stacking of peanut """ (' o 5 e ¢ ; I OW. DISHE. A1 (o L WLSEC T vines at Chipley, Fla. These are Dixie runner vines, especially other four: mem-|.day's .Oparadiang, sought. 5o S¥Ne= adapted to Florida farms. of the crew and the condi-|unate four known survivors of a tion of the suryivors {B-20 crash in the bleak sub-Arctic Rescuers Can't Report 195 miles north of Nome, at Mt. ‘,x e rescuers alrendy know, bmimqpvnlm(- MORE SPE(ULA'I'ORS have been unable to report to the| None of the seven men in the FORMER KING I)l\'u~ Hull 1 overhead. They :m-1 -47 and the glider were injured IN SIO K t. Aiken Mays, Air Force doc-! Five of the unsuccessful rescuers ( MARKEI 1um the Nome base, and |wul\m.~ returned last night to Nome OF IT AI-Y I ratrocpers who dropped to the by the crew of a C-45. Two oth- NAMED ANDERSON of the crumpled B-29 Satur-|ers were left behind to ready the (I-\ night A radio taken withistranded glider to be picked up to- them and another ‘chuted down | day DEAD EGYPF HINGTON, Dec. %, — (p — Sundny have failed to function cndition of the four survivors v Agticulture Anderson Harrowing as the weekend hasiand fate of the four other crew sd a list of 99 public | be lor the five wives, it hasimembérs of the striecken Super- . who he said, were specu- | Leen brightened by the new hope | fortress, the “Clobbered Turkey.” & in grain last Septembe kindled after four days of an-{still was uncertain The lane Emmanuel Passes Away at ncluded a Gen. W. H Graham | guish. Their grief began Christ-| crashed on u training fiight, last Age Of 78 as ReSU" and Gov. H. B. Muw of Utah mus Fve when the Clobbered Tur- | Saturday Graham was renorted tohave held | ke led to return from a long Aid Dropped Of Pneumonla 30,000 bushels of wheat o the “long” ranze training flight i Capt. Alken Mays, Nome Air Base side of the market and 20,000 bushels ey {doctor, and. two paratroopers drop- on the short side on September 17, | Tension Before iped to thelr aid Saturday night ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec. 29 He also was reported to have sola . Twice before Mrs. Eulah A““H‘\,",,,,V after the plane Was flrst P—Vittorio Emmanuel 111, 78, the 10,000 bushels on September 19 bas suffered the tension of KNow-{ g yieq put failure of thelr radio diminutive King whose 20 years of Governor Maw was listed as hav- 0% her husband’s life was injouoment has made it impossible subservience to Benito Mussolini led ing held 5000 bushels on the ‘lon o Lt. Vern H, Arnett, pllot |y "oy iher details. A second radio to the downfall of the House of side cf the market on September f the ill-fated Superfort WAS { s dropped by the C-47 yesterday Savoy and nearly brought about the 17and to have sold the same amount | at the controls of the B-29 "Keelp . thare was no indication from ruin of Ttalv, died in exile yesterday on September 18 | Bird” which was forced down infyp, peqical team that any mes- of pneumonia at this Alexandria Those on the “long” side ‘of the | northern Greenland last F"""“"'«Vi Les wer uelvnnx through villa market believe prices will go higher | Two months eurlier another B-20{ ™" ¢ “yoo” N Burkhalter, com- Elena, T74-vear-old wife of the unfl wwld.nvd\ buy grain_for fu-|he was nu-‘muu crashed and bulm’d|"m,,mng officer of the Nome Air jormer ruler, was at his bedside ture delivery. Those on the “short” | at Ladd Ficld, but all of the crew | .o " iidq reseue operation would whit deatty s side believe vrices will go down. ! escaped unharmed e TRUMEE. tadey au wichte B8 The former King was stricken They sell for future delivery, hoping! The other wives awaiting W”"“lm-vn;«r conditions yc{:nul u)'md- with double pneumonia Wadnesc to gain by a price decline of their husbands' plight are Altrvll_“‘”',“m from 25 “', 46 taflin 1B while preparing to celebrate Chri - Decker, wite of T-Sgt. Wilbur E.|po S e ies down to 40 de- mas with his faraily. He was taken Decker, Plaintield, N J; Mary| o0l St i, and & hesvy to the Italian hospital in Alex- Duesler, wife of Lt. Donald B.|, = 2 3 andria N | Duesler, San Pernando, Cal; Eliz- oo™ R0 50 iched plane A dispatch from Lisbon said that abeth Larson, wife of Lt. Lyle B. 5 it Umberto, who succeeded his father FIRE AI EDNA BA‘! Larsen, Colfax, Wisc.; and vaw-wni Clear Landing Strip as King for onc month, until th Schaack, wife of Lt. Francis J.} While crew members cleag a Ttalians threw out the monarchy, is S'"“. MYSI haack, Oklahoma City. {landing strip on the lake for a planned to leave today for Alex- Eav — C-47, the dog team will head for \ndria the wrecked B-29 and bring back e he s Sie e whl(h (HI(AGO CARDI“A[SImx-vlvm-<, Burkhalter said it would eotiuintol 1n: Khve condsd WIS lm,uin- two or three hours to BUCK HARRIS IS 1 of damage to buildings nnd pR {clear the strip for a wheeled land- S?EAKFR A-l- MEEI lumber camp at Edna Bay last juation of the men could be com- LN Tu wy has nhot vyet been de- ,ph-u-d to Nome before the early vartuingl CHICAGO, Dec. 29(#- The ! midwinter Arctic darkness closes in CF UONS IODA\! Richard Stamm, purchasing agent | Chicago Cardinals today reigned | tonight for the corporation, flew down to 88 the National football league{ FPrivate pllots alio failed in thetr the camp, last week to secure more | champlons for the second time in | ttempts to reach the “Clobbered I Harris, Alaskan sportsman, details of the blaze, but little in-| the professicnal circuit's 28- wmqu“k“\h survivors biologist and guide. told the MeM- foimation has been received here history, and they owed it all to a Can’t Reach Scene {bers of the Lions Club today of the py acring manager George Schmidt, | “fast break” that would put basket- | Frank Whaley and John Oross crisis that is facing the Territory AT i of the Wien Alaska Airlines land- due to the decrease in Alaskan Schmidt said that the cause of In fact, yesterday's league cham-|¢d on the lake at which a base game. He said that at a con- the fire is as yet unknown. ' The pionship game at cement-like Com- | €Amp 15 to be established today servative estimate, Alaska’s wildlife comp timekeeper and the bull cook |fskey Park was exclusively a wgym | but reported they could not make is worth $1,000000 and that each were both in the commissary, where | shoe” romp in which the Cardinals | their way the four miles into the |year there is a great loss due to the Llaze started, around 11 o'clock | utlasted the Philadelphia Eagles, | Plane because of the weather improper enforcement of game laws Mcnday night, and report that ev-28-21 before a shivering throng of | Whaley, alter flying low over the and the inroads made by predatory erything was in order. The gook 30,759, { wreckage, snid the B-29 had erash- n‘,n‘-i:‘-'ll]:« rlf‘l.““‘rnlml.,ullvl:l-rf'i:‘-:”.::.‘r‘ ;1'14 saw signs of smoke on arising | Completely reversing the tradi-1 ¢d to a low hill and that the s been a 50 1 at 5 oclock the following morn- | tional form of the pass-minded | {Font end appeared to have burned. se in v::::lyllh"\t‘ (ll:l”("lvw past ten ing | professionals, the Cardinals struck ; The luselage was broken in two, ek &4 ol g i ;:)!(:‘nl\(::lr,' /\u l\‘-.“-m ’ "ly)[)114~ 'I:;d. office | fer wll four of their touchdowns :\vv;aul,.wl‘h. the tail surfaces bent Aliatt 4 ; seahiy 'L'mifl, sald ¢ ;[u the {on two s>asational gallops each by | "':\ Aver ‘age. gf ¥he MiRgs. Harris said that the Pish and ” petnl Ve d by the fire was| Charley Trippi, former Georgia| A cahvas coverlug was pulled H P peing rented from the Alcoa Min-| All-america, and ex-Notre Dame ©Ver the unburned back end. of Wwildlife Service is not to blame for ing Company The company has Elmer Angsman the cakin, but he said no sign the lack of enforcement but that been notifled and will probably g 1 G !0t the survivors or of the medical WILL MEET TONIGHT Boy Scout 'llnun No. 23 will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock in |the Holy Trinity Church and the | members of the counci nd parent |of the boys are invited to attend There will be a Court of Honor and movie slides of the Scout Camp | will be shown. Refreshments will be served at the close of the meeting } EDDIE DULL, Troop Scribe. it was due to the la ck of appropria- send insurance representatives 'h llll wWas seen tions. The annual appropriation!rom Ketchikan to wscertd . ¢ pel a i is far too small to administer such SN (AN(ER (HA'RMAN | erash eame m,,,, hu.«h ;nlurs who a ;‘l‘flu ;"h SRR 4 I manged to tly low cver the scene Alaskans should take the pfoblem | SIEA"IER MOVEMENIS AlASKA (00"“ "“h‘“ll.::m and t ane {under consideration for the future | : e i R ,,f:}fmr, gy {economic stability of the Territory.| Mleutian, from Seattle, scheduled| Daniel W. Mahoney, of Junean, small lce-covered m‘r‘ :war’r m: Guest at today's meeting was D arrive at noon tomorrow hat beed . - appoltted . Territorial ‘ piounimbit GRAMBOINA" Alooed {H. E. McLean, Canadian Pacific| Square Knot, from ttle, due |Chairman of the Military Order of Emergenoy ._,,,,“,_' : | Railway agent | Friday | the Cootie Cancer Research Founda- The first C-47's rnn-mm:-\ 1and- >>e- | Princess Norah scheduled to salltion Committee. The announcement jny was belleved caused by the in- | Pfe. William Beatty of the 548th from Vancouver at 9 o'clock tonight. | was made today by Andrew E. Den- (ense cold, The® engines cut L ordnance recently walked fiito the| Jumper .Hifon: scheduled to sall nia, of Anchorage, Territorial Gom- wut okl pikue. and. gides mots USO at Fairbanks and was thelfrom Seattle Junuary 3 mander of the honorary order of peautitul” landings ,,xmtr( m"“; milllonth man to enter. He.was| Alaska scheduled to arrive .at 7 |the Veterans of Porelgn Wars. Ma- gnow. o & e showered with 35 eifis from various! o'clock tomorrow morning and sails honey 1s Juneau Comumander of (h | merehants south one hour later at 8 o'clock Cooties. (Continued On rage Two)