The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 5, 1948, Page 1

N ) - Some " THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,776 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY. JANUARY 5, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ NINE CASTAW AYS ON ICE-COATED R CONGRESS MEETING TUESDAY Many Viial—au—estions Are Coming Up - Truman fo Deliver His Message By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, Jan 5 g Questions bearing vitally on the future of the United States and mest of the world confront the 80th Congress meeting tomorrow for its final session Help for ope and Asia, tax cutting, the high cost of living rent control and the housing short- a military preparedness and health insurance are a few of the tcp issues. And the list probably will grow r as the Democrats want, by to regain the control of Congress the: lost to the GOP in 1946 The Republicans hope to put their Presidential nominee in the White House for the first time since Frankiin D. Roosevelt started his first term in 1933 The first week of the new sion will be devoted primarily peechmaking and strategy huddles by Congressional leaders, with a few committees starting to lay the groundwork for future legislative actions. The Senate Republican policy committees and the House Repub- iican steering committee will meet during the week for decisions which will go far toward shaping the majority party’s legislative pro- la legislaticn ses- to Six) (Continued - The VWashinAgton Merry - Go - Round 3y DREW PEARSON on Page ROME (By Wireless) Nine days ago, the first President of the Italian Republic signed the new Italian constitution, by which the trappings of fascism and the fol- derol of morarchy were finally and officially buried. Enrico De Nicola, the man who became Pres- ident under this new constitution, is a lawyer who had to leave parliament aiter Mussolini came into power and who has been liv- ing quietly in Napes ever since. I called on President De Nicola two days after the new consti ticn was signed. You can eas understand why the pecple Italy revere him. He has direct, smiling eyes and he talks with such clarity and eloguence that you feel as if you understand him even though you don't speak Ital- ian. Officially, Premier - Aleide De Gasperi runs Italy actually, how- ever, President De Nicola is a quiet backstage tower of strength Having suffered a lot for demo- cracy, he doesn't want to see Italy lose its big chance to make demo- cracy live. And last year, when of the Italian peace treaty came up for ratirication, President De Ni- cola quietly called in the leaders of all parties — even including the ' Communists—and told them that Italy should follow a policy of buckling down, accepting her feat, and working to build self up from the bottom. debates over accepting the terms, he advised, would only sound a sour note with the rest of the world. They took his ad- vice. Italy has been working ever since her- Public peace TYPICAL AMERICAN SPIRIT Calling I told him of the tremendous number of Americans oi all walks of lile who had contributed to the Friendship Train. Typical of their spirit, I said, was a school teacher in Trenton, N. J., Mrs. Laura Mar- savitz, who came to the train with a dozen of her small student: She was very poor and explained that she had little to give but she handed me a Bible. “This Bible,” she said, “was won as a prize when I worked in a payachute factory and made para- chutés faster than anyone else. of those parachutes, may have been used over Sicily. T do (Continued on Page Four) de- | on President De Nicola, ! Soviets Reporfed Using ) "Forced Labor' to Make Projecli[es and Tanks RUSSIA MAY BOYCOTTUN MEET TODAY Soviets Claim U. S. Spon- sored ‘Little Assembly’ Unconstitutional MAX HARRELSON {E SUCCESS, Jan. 5—® tes to the United Nations “Littl ssembly” gathered today to begin their y -round sittings a peace-keeping body—a move ch Russia has warned may lead te > consequences The delegates prepared for the 11 a. m. (EST) meeting in a tense atmosphere, facedby pros- pect of a boycott by Russia and the five other Slav countries A Soviet spokesman said in ad- vance of the session that Russia J sponsored “Little Assembly was unconstitutional and ther would not attend. In- formed quarters said the same titud> had been taken by Czecho- slovakia, Peland, Yugoslavia, White Russia and the Soviet Ukraine representative of the U. S maintained, however, that U. S. Delegate Warren R. Aus- had not given up hope that Soviet bloc might eventually in the new body, which was ed originally by Secretary of Marshal. still 1elt the efore A gaticn tin the join prope State > AXE-SLAYER OF 2 CONFESSES 10 10 OTHER MURDERS » Wash,, Jan. 5. Joseph Karpach Jake Bird, of two Ta- coma women, has dmitted the murder of 10 other persons during his 20 year wanderings through | the midwest. Bird's confessions were contained in 10ur page dictated confession which he d in his Walla Wa penitentiary death cell where he is to he January 16 for the a slaying of Mrs. Bertha Kludt here Octcber 30. Mrs. Kludt's daughter Beverly June was also killed when she attempted to defend her mother, Korpach’s list of Bird's admitted crimes included persons in sev- eral midwest states. ! - e HAROLD GRIFFEN REPORTED DEAD AT DILLINGHAM SEATTLE, Jan »—Word of the death of Harold W. Griffen, managing director of the Bristol Bay Chamuer of Commerce and a trading company manager at Dil- lingham, Alaska, was received Sat- 'urday by Mrs. M. L. Bradford owner of the concern. He was a | candidate for the Alaska Senate in | the Territorial primaries last year. -or MARINES ORDERED 'ABOARD VESSEL 10 CLEAR 2 P. M. TODAY MOREHEAD CITY, N. C., Jan. 5. —(P—An undetermined number of United States Marinés boarded two ships today with orders to clear the port at 2 n. m. for duty in the Mediterranean. They were originally scheduled to sail tomorrow. Long, single-file lines were form- |ed Saturday as the Marines began boarding the transports ‘and con- i(.mu-(l until late this morning. TACOMA, Undersheriff 1ys PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 P Rep. Franklin J. Maloney (R-Pa) Asser tod that the Russians are usin German and Aust forced labor “in the thousands” in massive war production under- taking behind the Ural Mountains. The legislator who recently re- turned from a seven-week tour of Europe he received his infor- mation frem a high German churchm The viets,” Maloney said in n interview, “are calling in men and some women too—from the Russian-occupied zones of Ger- many and Russia. Their iamilies iever hear from them again Maloney said the Soviet war pro- idous under- ducticn a trem 4 ind that reliable inform- nts told him the Soviets are mak- i projectiles and tanks—“al- though 1 don't know why'—in heir Ural factories - FORMER KING IS LEAVING RUMANIA FOR SWITZERLAND Communication from Prin- cess Anne Awaits Him at Lausanne BUCHS, Switzerland, Jan. 5. P The special train carrying former King Mihai of Rumania to Switz- erland arrived at this Swiss frontiex town at 8:07 a. m. (3:07 a. m T) today and left an hour later for |Zurich and Lausanne without the | voung ex-monarch making a public | appearance | "An aide to the former King said [that Mahai was expected to receive n his arrival in Lausanne a tele- phone communication from Prin- | ess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, whose hand he reportedly is seek in marriage. Princess Anne, now with rela- tives in Copenhagen. was quot last week following Mihai's adica- tion as saving “I'll follow him wherever he goes.” The young couple vacationed at Lausanne recently when Mihai and | his mother, Queen Helen, were re- | ling home from Princess edding in London - - e © s e v v e e e WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau— Maximum, 34; minimum, 24, At Airport— Maximum, 31 minimum, 19. WEATHER FOR! (Juneau and Vicinity) Snow or rain and warmer tonight and Tuesday: south- easterly winds occasionally reaching 20 miles per hour. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 v.m. today) In Juneau— .08 inches; since Jan. 1, .54 inches; since July 1, 62.26 inches At Airport— .01 inches; since Jan. 1, 52 inches; since July 1, 36.83 inches ° . ° ° . . ° . . . ° ° . ° . ° . . ° . . . . . e ee —— ANOTHER BOY 15 BORN TODAY; PARENTS ARE MR., MRS, TED SMITH A fourth boy joined the ranks of 11948 babies today, when Theodore John, Jr., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith at 11:25 this forenoon at St. Ann’s Hospital. The baby |weighed seven pounds. three ounces land is the first child for the couple. Mrs. Smith has been in the hos- pital since last August when she suffered a broken back in an acci- ldcm on the highway near Lemon |Creek Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lee H. Smith of the Ju- |neau Dairies. with which the new |father, Ted_ Smith, connected. | Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stanley. ' ing (OMMIES IN FRANCE LOSE OUT Premier Schuman Given Confidence by Votes on Finance Bills an. bly voted confidence in Premier Rebert Schuman to- day by adopting his extraordi- d anti-inflation bill. nee was voted five amendments of- —in defeating fered by Coemmunist, Peasant (Farm Bloc) and De Gaullist members. The votes all were areund 306 to 273, and the gov- ernment’s majority never was less than 33 votes. French Premier ‘The Jan. 5. » Assembly Robert Schuman votes of confi- dence today by defeating two Communist - Peasant - De Gaullist PARIS, National amendments to the governments anti-inflation bill The Assembly voted down ef- torts to cxclude 1,100,000 farmers from the tax bill and to exempt mall ar ns irom the choice of paying a special income tax or in- vesting the same amount in gov- ernment bonds. The votes were 306-273 and 308-272, respectively. Other amendments still to be voted on would reduce tax levies drcught and flood vietims mall family-operated busi- on war, and on 1858€8 Assembly tircles predieted » Government's margin might bé in the voting on tax relief war vietims, but it was gen- believed that it would win el for erally out The tax bill, as presented by the Government, is designed to produce approximately 125,000,000,000 franes (about $1,600,000,000) in revenue. Saturday when Communist and rightest deputies sought to amerfd the measure with proposals for exemptions for those in small in- ccme brackets they were defeated to 262 >se - ALEUTIAN IN FROM WEST WITH FIVE; 16 LEAVE JUNEAU Alaska Steamship’s Aleutian ar- rived from Seward at 11:30 yester- day forenoon with five passengers from Seward to Juneau. The steam- er sailed at 3 o'clock in the after- noon with 18 passengers bound for eattle and eight from Ketchikan Passengers from Seward were Christine Heller, L cae Jacobs, W ter Simon, Mrs. Bertha Smith and George Tobasco. Juneau to Seattle Miss G. S Nichol, William Hansou, Matt Horo, Mrs. Matt Horo, G. Goranson, Mr G. Goranson, Sturm Goranson, Les- lie Goranson, Floyd Burns, Mrs. Floyd Burns, Doris Kasinski, Paul Thomas, Dave Milner, A. M. 1~ ford, Mrs. A. M. Sanford, Lorctta Sanford, Chuck E. Sanord, Merril Sanford. Juneau to Ketchikan: M. J. F ness, A. J. Fawcett, Chris Hennings Joe Guv, Mrs. Joe Guy, A. N. Ham- mer, Mrs. A. N. Hammer, Angelene Hammer. >-re — - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 5. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is American Can 781, Anaconda 34's, Curtiss-Wright 4%, International Harvester 89':, Kennecott 48'., New York Central 14 Northern Pacific 20%, U Steel 767, Pound $4.03 3/16. Sales today -were 1,090,000 shares, Averages-today are as follows: Tn- dustria. 179.50; rails, 52.73; uti ties, *33 - IERGENCY FLIGHT Mrs. R. Brown, of Elfin Cove, was brought here in an emergency flight from her home this afternoon in an Alaska Coastal Airlines plane. She was taken to St. Ann's Hospital for treatment by Dr. Willilam White- head e FROM KAKE Franz Schneuer of Kake is stuy= at the Juneau Hotel that 'y r- | PROPOSEDMEAT | RATIONING IS CONTROVERSIAL Would Not Work Without Control, Both Would . Stifle Production | WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—~®— A contention that meat rationing not work without price con- and that a combinafion of two would “stifle” meat pro- came today from Senator (R-Neb) Nebraskan —expressed in commenting on senator Flanders (R-Vt) legislation short the Agriculture Department ) prepare for meat rationing to \ point just short of putting it into effect Under the ned over the weuld have to get ! du Wi tion rry this plans to in- author- troduce plan Flanders out- weekend, Congress enact still another W to actual rationing under was The Agriculture Department 1s iready at work on some prelimin- wy planning, Secretary Anderson who has predicted that Ameri- will be asking for meat ra- tioning by spring—told a report- er he has assigned an assistant, Charles F. Brannan, to prepare | recommendations in the event the Department should be asked for them cans > > 57 PASSENGERS FLY ~ BY ALASKA COASTAL . SATURDAY, SUNDAY Airlines carried the weekend, with stops at Sitka, Cobol, Skag- way, Haines, King Imon Bay, Petersburg, Ketchikan, Sunset Cove, Wrangell, Pelican, Funter, Bay. Hoonah and Gustavus. Passengers from Juneau to Sitka George Carheel, Dick Av- Siverle arl Holden to Juneau: J. Huntington, Hunter, Mrs. J. Hunting- ten, hy John, Walt Welch, George Skannis, John Van Hain Art Long Juneau Eldermar Juneau Coastal jers over 7 pa ! were: rit, L. Sitka Rodne W. C. Cox, D. Eldemar, Mrs Jensen. Kiser Wil- R. R. Cam- to Cobol Lucretia to Skagway Jensen, Tommy Skagway to Juneau ! helm, F. J. Boyd, Mrs. ett, Mrs. George Hooke. Juneau to Haines: George Jollie, George Gray L. J. Cary. Haincs Juneau: Blanche lingen agway to Haines fin, J. Newcombe. Juneau to King Solomon Bay: Bost, 5. Hopkins Thom- as to El- E. L. Grif- Juneau to Petersburg: F. C. Ed- wards. | Petersburg to Juneau: Ray Ol- sen, Ernie Christiensen, Harry Kelmeices, Jacob Hanseth and Gingy Stedman Juneau to Ketchikan Red Mayo Tyrel, Sgt Juneau to Sunset Cove: R. E Kiueger, L. L. Hartfield Ketchikan to Wrangell: Mrs, Friedman. . Wrangell to Ketchikan: A, Jacob- | son. | Ketchikan o Petersburg: J. E Lengworth, Fred Dolphin ! Petersburg to Ketchikan: Ten Benson, Ben Berkley Juneau to Pelican: Brooks Han- ford, Fred Wolf | Pelican to Juneau: C. E. John- son, Mrs. C. E hnson, Clara Berg, R. Stern Juneau to Gustavus: R. Stern Funter Bay to Juneau: R. Peko- vich. Hoonah to Juneau: Flora Will- !iams, Mrs. Frank Johnson. - STEAMER MOVEMENTS from, Seattle, due at 9 | o'clock tomorrow morning and will probably sail west noon Jumper Hitch, from Seattle, due Wednesday or Thursd Alaska scheduled to Seattle tomorrow. Princess Norah scl !tr(m Vancouver J | - BETA SIGMA PHI TO MEET | Tomorrow, January 6. at 7:30 p. m. in the Gold Room the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will hold its | first meeting of new year.| | Regular business ng will be jfollowed by cultural program at sail from duled to sail iary 9, | me . Hotel Is Levelled By Bomb Debris Being Searched for 16 Persons - Is Work of Jewish Underground By CARTER L. DAVIDSON JERUSALEM, Jan Res- cuers dug today into the debris of | Hotel for three elled id the had planted known dead said the hotel was headquarters oup he Manuel Sal- the Semirami missing after structure wa Ie ch polic ground ns were One informant one of five district for an Arab mi ry known dead included 16 persons -story stone a bomt Jewish un- Three azar Trvesedo, acting Spanish consul. Some 17 were injured. A similar act of violence oceurr- ed Sunday in Jaffa, where Arab headquarters was bombed and 15 persens were killed and about 100 injured. Police blamed the Stern the most extreme element of underground > GRAHAM'S RECORDS IN STOCK DEALINGS Gang the Jewish WILL BE REVEALED WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 » A Senate Committe today obtained records of grain trading by Brig Gen. Wallace H. Graham, President Truman's personal physic serving a subpoena on C brokers Edward F. McGinnis, Senate Ser- geant-at-Arms, handed the sub- poena to Sarah B. Herschel, a Washington representative of Bache and Comvany, New York brokerage firm McGinnis acted for a propriations Subcommittee which is investigating grain speculation by Federal employ Milball Sanborn and Arl W. Coop- | er, committee staff members, took Graham’s records to the Capitol for scrutiny by the subcommittee. Senator Knowland (R.-Calify, a committee member, told a reporter the subpoena was “‘just a formality” followed because of the firm's re- Iuctance to yield its books on Gra- ham's accounts without an order although it had agreed to turn them over - .o - = Secrelary of Stale In Washinglon State enate Ap- | 'TEMPERATURES | ARE RISING IN - EASTERN AREAS Heavy Dep;si_ts of Ice and Snow Melting-Flurries Are Reported The depc | | ! Assoclated Press) ice and snow and the east below New Ifigland faced substantial melting today md tomorrow mild temperatures moved into stern half of the country | In New York where a | 25.8-inch snow fell Dec. 26, and New Jor where even greater lepths ched, the weather | bureau predicted afternoon temi- | peratures in the high 30's Northern California had rain- fall of more than inch in some ccalities Blue reported 135 inches o1 morning Cres City had an inch, Susan- Iville 93 inch and Red Blutf 83 | Above Freezing The Chicago weather bureau said temperatures would climb well above reezing over most the midwest today and that most of the which fell in the wake f last s freezing rain and be meited by the ice on poles and similar be ice said | (By Heavy n the midwe as the record T an Canyon rain this cen of SHOW wee g probably would ‘I‘Iil\llull. along with communications wires, trees. But another temperatures probably | required dispose of the | which under the snow Forec: W.. N.. PFercy E for readings of | are Rockford and L., no lower generally than i the midwest. Some areas I perted a night-long thaw eadings in the lower 30's. Snow Flurries widely scattered were reported in midwestern states more were in prospec today with little change in tem- peratures, except becoming some- | what colder in northern Wisconsin | day of would to 14 de Msline, ept at t night the mercury dipped 205 re- with the SNOW some last A few flurries northern night and | | They struggled to sh ting surf. {bv n sen RESCUE HELD UP BY GALE OFF KODIAK Stranded M;firom Wreck- ed Spencer, Others Are Crew from Navy Tug SEATTLE, Jan. 5—®—A Coast Guard party expects to rescue today nine — and possibly 10 — castaways huddled on a rocky, ice-coated point of the Alaska Peninsula, op- posite Kodiak Island. Coast Guard Headquarters in Se- |attle revealed that a group from the Ccast Guard cutter Clover landed & mile northeast of the wrecked can- tender Spencer about 9 a. m, ) today and hoped to remove the shivering seamen during the day A Navy tug and the Clover had waited out a 60-mile an hour storm before attempting the rescue Seattle fishermen, back from the Alaska salmon-canning season, said the Spencer usually is commanded by Rudolph Carison of Chignik, Al- , one of her owners. These same sources said the vessel normaily ies a crew of Alaska natives. For all but three of the men awaiting rescue it was their fifth night of exposure the freezing cold Heavy whipped up by the gale balked rescue efforts Sunday for the third day, and forced the cutter Clover to seek shelter in Port- ask to \ee Bay, at whose mouth the men are ctranded Thtee of the meh are crewmen {from the Navy tug Mats Saturday nights after their surf boat capsized {in a daring rescue attempt The others huve been stranded |since their 65-foot cannery tender, the motorshin Spencer, struck a reef Dec. 31 and broke un in the pound- Aerial photographs taken rch plane showed a groun of ind Minnesota i > 12 Mune s R leither six or seven men huddled | ice weather prevails through-| i < . B % lon the poiut, Previous reports said | vut most of the rest of the coun- | - 5 Isix had begn seen try,” Percy said, adding that a|' Lpne MET S ible casualties.” lightly warming tendency was I, goqigk Naval Base said prospect for the New Emgland| qye geene is but five miles over- | States where temperatures climbed | \bove freezing yesterday ‘f >o } METCALF FILES ~ FOR ELECTION; | DEMO ENGINEER | | & | | Frank A. Metcalf, of Juneau,| | Territorial Highway and Aviation| Commissioner, today filed with | Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle | to be entered in the 1948 election land from the village of Kanatak. but high cliffs and impassabie ter- rain prohibits rescue attempts from that direction, the Navy said Only one of the stranded men has been identified. He is Lt. (jg» E. J. Kratochvil, Washington, D. C., of the tug Mataco. BINGHAMTON. N» Y., Jan. 5 (#—Lt. E. J. Kratchovil, marooned on an Alaskan Peninsula with eight v nine others awaiting rescue. is a veteran of 18 vears service in the Navy Miss Louise Kratchovil, sister of the Binghamton officer, said her b -| 'I' d | to retain his present position. Met- |brother had been stationed at Ko- Is Dead; Rifes Today &, i st romy o St i e S | appointed to fill the vacancy| OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 5 /#—|created by the death of W. Leon-} OWNERS OF SPENCER Washingtons highest officials will} ard Smith | The Merchants Vessel Bock lists pay hcmage thi afternoon to > o e four of the own of the Spencer Mrs. Belle Reeves, 77, who died is Don S. Wright and Ed Thrane after serving nearly ) rs as retary of State. A state funeral in the House of Representatives has set tor 2 p. m. with Dr. Frederick A. Schil- ling, Rector of St. Johns Episco- pal Church, officiating. Interment Friday been will be at Wenatchee, her former home. Mrs. Reeves, believed to be the only woman in the country to hold such a high state position, died of uremia and complications She had appeared at her office regular- ly until she entered the hospital December 17 for treatment o - ANB MEETS TONIGHT WITH GREETINGS FROM PRES. HENRY ANDERSON | TO INJURED SAILOR ! The U. S. Coast Guard cutter | Wachusett made an emergency trip ’(0 the Coast Guard light station at Pive Pinger yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'dock to give medical aid to |MMM Galen Neilson who was suf- | | fering from a broken nose and other | facial injuries. Commander E. V. Carlson, cap- tain of the Wachusett, said that de tails pertaining to Neilson’s injuries | would not be made public until an investigation has been completed The Wachusett returned here at 8:30 a. m. today. - POLICE COURT N David Camero: had his driver's license suspended for 60 days and The Alaska Native Brotherhoud | Was fined $25 by City Magistrate will hold the first meeting of the Willigm A. Holzheimer on Satur- vear tonight at 7 o'clock in the day. | C: was arrested New ANB Hall on Willougfiby Avenue | Yea Eve and accused of driving and Henry Anderson, President,|an auto while under the influence wishes all members a Merry € - Lot liquor mas and Happy New Year and| Conrad Brown, booked yesterday wants to see a large turnout { for being drunk, was given a 30- The Alaska Native Sisterhood will | day suspended jail sentence this also hold meeting this evening and all members are requested to attend - e FROM FUNTER BAY R. L. Pekovich of Funter Bay is registered at the Hotel Juneau morning by Judge Holzheimer with the provision that he leave the city. CAA MAN HERI Gordon W. Meyer with the CAA in Anchorage is staying at the Ju- neau Hotel IWA(HUSE" MAKE lof Ketchikan, J. R. Elliot of Juneau ! TRIP TO GIVE AID | and Ed Thorsen of Petersburg. D - 10Persons0 Spencer When Boat Wrecked SEATTLE, Jan. 5--/M—A message {from Chignik, Alaska, home port of | the wrecked cannery tender Spencer, {said that 10 persous including two | women and a little boy. were aboard the craft when she was wrecked New Year's E indicating some of the crew or p eng may have perished | #erial observers have reported (sighting either six or seven survivors ‘huddled in a ‘rocky point of the Alaska Peninsula, opposite Kodiak !Island. where the tender ran aground. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard in Seattle reported word from ihe Coast Guard cutter Clover that a rescuie crew was landed this morn- ing a mile northeast of the wreck. “Expect rescue today,” the mes- sage read. . ‘Three Navv men are marooned on’ (Continied on Page Six)