The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 17, 1948, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,787 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURD\\ I\\ \R\ 175 948 BIG FIGHT PROMISED ALSO § Must Batfle Against TWO [ryman Issues Orders Be-‘ Generals, Several Other High Candidates LEADER) Jan, 17—(P out in the candidate (BY HENRY ALBANY, N. Y, Gov. Thomas E. Dew open at last declar for the Republican Preside ination, will match stren, Generals Dwight D. Eisenhow Douglas MacArthur in the nation first two Presidential Primaries next spring Full slates of Dewey for election as delegates to the GOP National Convention at Philg - phia June 21 will be ent New Hampshire and Wisconsi Opposing the in New Hampshire backing Eisenhower Stassen, former Governor nesota. The state will delegates March 9. In Wisconsin on April 6, Dewey, 1944 Republican Presidential nom- inee, will be entered against tields supporting MacArthur and Stassen.| The state has 27 delegate votes. Dewey's decision to test strength first against the Wo orid War 11 supreme Army commanders in the European and Pacific theatres Lecame known here less than 24 hours after he had announced his availability for the nomination through an aide. will be ates and Harold E of CLAMPS LID BY DEWEY ONHEATING, PEED cause of Reported Shortages \\ \'\l[!\(‘.TO'\I Jan 17 —B- ent Truman today ordered atures cut back to 68 degress overnment buildings heated {uel oil— hile speed limit on Government cars © er €o; gasoline, with widespread rted, Mr. Truman al agencies L0 use 0 rving oil, ave shortages re- gasoline and gas. plies to all New York Governor USing fuel oil o use gas in & “is Min- pick eight ! vance health or order ap- properties or which building heating Government gasoline, The nct in abundant supply exceptions will be tho: re “full and rigid obser- would impair or endanger fety. WINTER'S COLDEST » WEATHER STRIKES STATES; 7 DEATHS (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) the Winter's coldest weather, dropping mercury to a 43 below 2zero Dewey has been aggressively DUt ,oaqing at one place in Wisconsin privately seeking the Presidential nomination since early last summer. His open entr Albany by surprise, however, as it had been stated authoritatively sev eral times in the last few montl numbed ; - and into the contest took o jyest were hit by snow, freez- ing | were today, | and! States South the Central sections of the sleet only seven deaths to the weather g rain and Early, however, attributed that he would not become an avowed | Thres Kentucky men were Killed| aspirant here as a reflection of‘a lately de- veloped belief by advisers that he would have to ge the previously declared candidates— Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio,; Stassen and Gov. Earl Warren of Cal\[()rni.l ——,——— A.L.Hager Passes On, Yancouver, VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 17—/ —A. L. Hager, England Fish Canadian Fishing Company prominent in international fishing Company and the circles, died here yesterday. He had | Company, been ill for 10 days. Hager was the first Chairman of | President of the New | and| | near The shift in strategy was viewed gy, sriqded on an icy highway in-| Bowling Green when their the path of a Louisville and the Governor's|y,qpyijle railroad train. One death| ¥ trom freezing was reported in Ten- his candidacy out in the open it P‘ nessee and another in South Caro- were to head off Eisenhower and jpn, Tyo geaths resulted from the | frigid Wisconsin. temperatures which gripped At Ladysmith, Wis., tion reported a low of 43 below. The | thermometer plummeted to 36 be- low at B(’fl]ldjl Minn -+ (ETOLIN COULTER FLIES - T0 SAN FRANCISCO FOR TWO WEEKS' VACATION Miss Etolin Ooul!:-r has left on |Pan American for a two week’s va- ! cation the Ratcliffe, who ing in the States for la International Pacific Salmon Fish-| eries Commission created and served again in the past yeal He is survived by his widow, Hilda: i five daugh! Mrs. Louis Som- mers, Seattle; Norma Hager, Mr: Marjorie Essachson and Mrs. Bes sie McClelland, all of Vancouver, and Mrs. Dorothy Rogers, San Fran- s, cisco; and four sons, Robert, Roger | and William Hager, all of Van- couver, and Douglas of Ketchikan, Alaska. It is estimated tornadoes sometimes miles an hour. B .- that winds of exceed 300 The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARS (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) WASHIGTON Senator mer Thomas of Oklahoma, faced with an official and irrefutable Agriculture Department list show- ing his wife to have geen speculat- ing in cotton, now righteously bares his breast and invites a full probe of his commodity-market dealings. | That, however, is a different story from what he told in May, 1946, when this column reported: “Senator Thomas' has been through Robert Harriss of | Harriss and Vose, 60 Beaver Street, New York, with the account car- ried in the name of the Senator’s wife, Edith.” in 1937 El- | i | | office, ployse with in San Francisco. While in she will meet Marie has been vacation- everal weeks. Miss Coulter, in the Governor's and Miss Ratcliffe, an em- the Columbia Lumber will return together the tter part of this month Bay City WEATHER REPORT (U. 5. WEATHER BUREAU (Past 24 hours.ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau— Maximum, 42; minimum, 36. At Airport— Maximum, 40; minimum, 37. WEATHER FORECAST (Juncau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with ocea- sional light rain or drizzle and not much change in temperatures this afternoon and Sunday. Increasing southeasterly winds tonight, becoming occasionally as high as 20 mph Sunday. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau— .14 inches; since Jan. 1, 6.32 inches; since July 1, 68.04 inches. At Airport— .02 inches; since Jan. 1, 4.25 inches; since July 1, 40.56 inches. s . . STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Denali scheduled to sail Seattie at*9 a. m. today and if did, is due Tuesday. Alaska scheduled to sail from| Seattle January 20. \ from Seattle Princess Norah scheduled to sail cotton trading | from Vancouver January 23. Coastal Rambler scheduled to sail January 23. scheduled Sword Knot to sail ltrom Seattle January 23. Aleutian, from west, At that time Senator Thomas { southbound 5 p. m. Sunday. issued a denial. “The only cotton (Continued on P;l_t Four) Bananas generate heat after be- ing placed in cars for shipment. and clamped a 40-| directed Fed-| very means of | s where natural gas! a Ranger sta- from | scheduled f SPECIAL SESSION IS NOT IN SIGHT, STATES GOVERNOR More Money Is Promised to Keep University of Alaska Open According to the Governor of Alaska, there is little chance in| sisht for a special session of the ska Territorial Legislature. The | | Governor roturned to Juneau yes- | terday afterncon from a trip thr the Territory in which he | sounded cut public opinion on th subject The { m d the pecial ity of persons with/| discussed the situation, Governor, were opposed to session The muonvvf included many members of thi Legiclature as well as others. The| Governor stated that he will main- | tain an open mind on the subject and, il the situation warrants such action, he will call the Legislature into session He said that the Territornal gov-, ent's financial situation has been made less shaky during the t two weeks. The Governor entioned the $350,000 which the Territory won in a court suit from the Alaska World War II Veterans Board and the promises of Alaska businessmen to loan sufficient money, without interest, to keep the University of Alaska open for the next year. Speaking on the subject of the| University, the Governor declared that he held a telephone con versation with Captain Austin E. Lathrop in Fairbanks last night land was assured by the pioneer Alaska industrialist of the neces- sary $200,000 for the University Lathrop, the Alaska Steamship Ccmpany and Alaska Airlines have already promised $25,000 each for the scheol. He told the Governor that he expects to raise the balance from other businessmen within a rew da m s 'ALASKA COASTAL ON 13 FLIGHTS FRIDAY Alaska Coastal Airlines made 13 flights yesterday and carried 38 pas- sengers. Those from Juneau to Tulszquah were: F. Ruddi, R. Lamb, E. Don- nett, S. Laurent, W. Galloway, J. Nutt, R. Mallock, V. Johnson, A. Galloway, B. Flatt, A. Wedenberg, W. R. Hussell, L. H. Demmers, D. Knight, F. Poourchook, D. M'Cloud, I. M'Cloud. Juneau to Wrangell: Eachran, Henry Roden. Juneau to Petersburg: J. C. Pea- cock Juneau to Gustavus: M. Stein. Ketchikan to Wrangell: J. Jacob- son, Tom Hanson. | Hood Bay to Ketchikan: Charles| Samuelson, Charles Patching Ketchikan to Juneau: Alaska's) Governor, E. S. Hawkins, G. W.| M’'Combs, J. Donice. Angoon to Juneau: George Jones. | Hoonah to Sitka: George Mayeda | Juneau to Hoonah: Annetta M'- Donald. VFW JEEP CLUB MUSICAL MIXER | IS SUCCESSFUL A good time was had at last| night’s “Musical Mixer” in the Jeep Club sponsored jointly by Taku Post | and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the | Veterans of Foreign Wars. Over | 100 persons attended the festivities | which lasted until midnight. There were many contests and | considerable entertainment in the attractively decorated Jeep Club quarters. Joe Shofner was master of ceremonies and Roy Eaton furn- ished much of the musical enter- | tainment with songs and his guitar. Other entertainment was furn-| ished by Isabel Chester at the piano and songs by Don Miller, Neil| | Fritchman and Larry Parker. Ev- eryone joined in on community sing- mg throughout the evening. There were many winners of the various contests. Several persons ) walked away with more than one prize. The winners were Lucille Ma- | honey, Roy Eaton, Cecelia Fritch- | man, Cookie Fisher, Lorraine Mix, |Don Miller, Alva Rice, Rhea Mac- Farlane, Lucille Johnson, Harriet ‘Tiezeman, Harold Gronroos, Burke) | Riley and Ed Chester. | | Refreshments were served at mid- | night. N. A. Mc- — - Lincoln’s original plan to save the union was to buy the slaves from their owners and set them iree. was jattle; R. R. STRIKE THREATENED BY 3 UNIONS Operating Brotherhoods Make Demand for Wage Boost-Changing Rules Jan. 17.—®»—An- other nation-wide railroad strike was threatened today by three op- rating brotherhoods, who said they | would walk out Feb, 6 unless given & | 30 percent p: incre and 44! |changes in working. rules. D. B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhpod of Locomotive Firgmen and - Enginemen, announced strike deadline here last night af- ter, Chairman Frank P. Douglass| |of the National (railway) Mndmnom Board revealed in (‘hungo he would| adyise President Truman that med-| | | | e | CLEVELAND, i the| | i 11 4 iation efforts have broken down and, i an emergency existed Under provisions of the Rmmay' Lakor Act, the President now may| appoint a fact-tinding board to in-| vestigate the dispute and make re-| commendations. The board then has 30 days to hold hearings and re-| port to the President. A 30-day “cooling-off" period i requested be-| fore a walkout may start ’ Rotertson said his union and the| Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-; eers and the Switchmen's Union| of North America would “go ahead| with strike plans” set for 6 am. Feb. 6. A strike by the three unions, who claim a membership of more than 1238,000, would affect about 240 rail- | |roads and switching yards in the, country, Robertson estimated. ! It appeared such a walkout would halt rail movement as completely, as in May, 1946, when the Brother-| hoods of Locomotive Engineers and| railroad trainmen struck for 48 hours Lefore capitulating to President| Tman's terms as troops were be- ing p.epared to man the trains, i -, i Funeral Rifes for Mrs. Ellen Chase Monday TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 17.—m- Graveside services for Mrs. Ellen Chase, who died Sunday at her home in Cordova, Alaska, will be held at Mountainview Cemetery | here Monday morning. The body | was flown to Seattle Friday. Mrs. Chase, a former Tacoman the wife of Dr. William H Chase, Mayor of Cordova. Besides her husband, she is survived by daughter, Mrs. James Kelly of Se- a sister, Mrs. Theodore Mat- son of Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Charles Evans of Alaska; and a brother, Roy raisure of Vaughn, Wash. Services will be under the auspices of the Fern Chapter, Order of Eastern | Star. MARCH OF DIMES CANS T0 BE PUT OUT NEXT MONDAY Announcemem was made today that March of Dimes contributions ! cans will replace the Alaska Crip- pled Children’s cans in many places ul businesses, starting Monday, ry 19, and will be placed by Mlll Furness and a corps of worke The March of Dimes is an annual event and the funds collected are used for the treatment of polio and crippling conditions. Fifty per cent of the money is sent to the national | foundation and the balance remains |in the community. A jitney dance will be given Janu- ary 31st at the Golden North Frolic to be held in the Recreation Hall with the proceeds going for the March of Dimes. William Matheny will have charge of the dance. The March of Dimes this year is being conducted in connection with the Alaska Crippled Children’s As- | sociation of the Juneau-Douglas chapter. - e — CASES DISMISSED Several cases have been dismis from the docket in U. S. Dis Court. They are: Juneau Cold Storage vs Andrew Hafner. Sarah Alice Sharclane vs. Daniel | Sharclane. Anna Boer vs. Harry P. Boer. Mayme F. Bergstrom vs. Carl A Bergsnom Verna B. La Valle vs. C]Aremc H. La Valle. | Fannie Padilla vs. Melchor Pa-| dilla. Jessie Harris vs. Frank Harris. Clifford R. Martin vs. Isabelle | Martin. l | attempting | pusters | the { ment worst we | Chinese | on | colony i])llal yesterday were, {Jem and baby girl President Truman delivers hi: the Presi er Joseph W. Martin (R.-Mass.) ent are Senate President Pro Tem #® Photo, Arthur M}MBL R ABSOLI ATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress. Vanderberz (R. g Seated behind Mich.) (left) and Ho Speak- Ohio's Gov. Weds Young Girl M_ K. GANDHI GOVERNOR THOMAS J. HERBERT OF OHIO w 3 to Miss Mildred Stevenson. of Indianapolis, Ind,, pworth Euclid Methodist Church of Cleveland, O daughte: T. Olson, of the with his son, Dan, acting as best man. His Stevens Lewis, is not in the picture. by the Rev r, Mrs vas married January Oscar Meta CHINESE MOB GOP TAX CUT BR.CONSULATE MAY GET AXE By FRED HAMPSON SHANGHAT 17 estimated at nese menaced today as burning of yesterday A mob milling Chi- the British consulate aftermath to the t nation’s consulate mton. It finally was dispersed by club-swinging po- lice without causing damage. The mob failed to penetrate the fenced and heavily-guarded con- sulate compound, although once to inch a big truck gate. Four Chinese the gate and de- the British flag be but were flatly re- 10,0 an th against the climbed over manded that hauled down, fused. Speakers cessfully urged the gate. British . consulate tinued stolidly at work Buiidings were plastered with condemning t British, the Chinese Some said: “British Kowloon Americans Chinése govern- had but mob stridently the to rush employees con- Americans government get out of get out, too and ever The incident began as | stration by some 3,000 students pro- British eviction squatters from Kowloon, mainland of the crown of Hong Kong A similar demonstration in Canton yester- day snowballed into riot, dur- ing which the British consulate and other buildings were burned and some Britons injured e HOSPITAL NOTES Discharged from St. Ann’s Hos- Mrs. Dali Ho- Mrs. Ray Rhodes and Mrs, Stgve Williams There was no one admitted. testing against the unsuc- a demon- | ° WASHINGTON, p Doughton (D- Jan. 17 NC) INSHANGHAI BY CONGRESS predicted 1y Congress would sustain a veto present Knutson Bill to slash income taxes $5,600,000,000 year. Nevertheless, the, North Carolinian told a reporter, e t th in Federal revenues. And if tne S nate h.nks Pres sident Truman i3 wrong in his stand that v should be no overall reduction “moderates” | the GOP tax measure after it leaves the House it might muster the nec- tw Pr: -thirds m sidential essary Congressional As matters now s declared Knutgon (R-Minn) dent’s own plan for " income tax cut en corporatio * of two evils hus far I he on for res " he said be a reasonable tax much as in the Knut sury experts -say tl actually would reduc enue by toration ajority to turndown, expert tax tand, Dou and the a offs2t by ns preser s2en no over- the ghton the Lill introduced by Rep. Presi- “cost of nt “a Jjusti- )f an excess There should cut, but r son Bill, » GOP proposal | e Federal $6,300,000,000. -+ FILING PLACES FOR ot as Trea- Rev- TERRITORY OFFICES Candidal ritorial e two places For Delegate, Atto; ions ot fice of the Auditor For member of the for office Territorial off in the o ice; in at Juneau e Legislatu y Gene the office of the Clerk of the of the Division in didate resi which the Ter- must file at one of ral or ie of- re; in Court can- ISADVISEDTO ~ END FASTING G. MlL'I‘ON KELLY | NEW DELHI, Jan. 17. — (B - | Mohandas K. Gandhi received a doctor's warning today to give up his fast, while thousands of his fol- lowers milled about Birla House in a showing of their devotion to him The 78-vear-old Hindu leader's doctor said that “in our opinion it is most undesirable” to let the five- day fast continue. Gandhi gave no indication he would heed this ad- vice. The demonstration outside Birla House was one of wild adoration. It lasted an hour and was dispersed at the request of Jawharlal Nehru, India’s Prime Minister Gandhi’s main condition for end- ing this fast is an end to communal fighting He said his demonstration “ought to lead to an honorable settlement” of the Kashmir question and “all, differences” of other kinds between the predominantly Hindu dominion | {ef India and the Moslem dominion {of Pakistan. | - PKA BRIKGS 5 PERSONS FROM ANCHORAGEFLIES | 10 T0 WEST, INTERIOR| Pacific Northern Airlines brought five persons from Anchorage yes- terday, flew three from Juneau to Cordova and ten from Juneau to Anchorage. Arrivals from Anchorage were: Antonio Gomez, Elizabeth Gomez and infant, Betty Gomez, John Gomez. Juneau to Cordova: Charles Sim- pler, Ira Rothwell, Felix Oakleaf. Juneau to Anchorage:Alvin Aspe- lund, Robert Pouge, R. A. Champlin, Lorraine Nelson, Robert Adams, Frank Fuqua, Edward Skousen, Alex Holden, Mrs. Alex Holden, George Laird. - Vldlm of Aleullan Mail Wreck Found; 3 Cthers Feared Lost! KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 17 (#--The lifebelt-clad body of one man was found on the beach near an overturned outboard skiff in | Pcpof Strait west of Kodiak Island and three other men are feared < lest radioes. The dead man was identified as Beak Benge, Browns- burg, Ind., mate on the Aleutian Mail. The Aleutian Mail went aground last Monday on Unimak Island but 15 crewmen and pas- sengers were rescued the next day by the Cedar and taken to Sand Point, on Popof Island ‘The three other men in the skiff were reported to be John Anderson, the owner, Bernard Andersop, and Reynolds Gilbert, all of Squ.m Har- bor. L the Coast Guard tender Cedar | tentatively JONES ACT CHANGE IS PROPOSED Recommendfit}bn Is Made by Two Who Visited Alaska Last Summer | WASHINGTON, Two members of the Hnu.w Foreign lAann Committee who visited Al- | aska last year recommended today that the Jones Law be amended to permit Canadian ships to take ireight and passengers to the | Territory | Reps. Jonkman Jan. 17.—M— (R-II and reporting to the full committee, said their | subgroup “urges the appropriate | committees cf Cengress give prompt | attention and consideration to the | advisability of amending the Jones .‘Avt to place Alaska on an equal basis with the coastal statgs and to permit Canadian vessels to engage in intercoastal trade in Alaska. | Under the Jones Act freight | originating in the United * States |can ke carried to a Canadian Pac- |ific port by a Canadian railroad and be delivered to Washington, Oregon or California by a Cana- | dian vessel. The law prohibits the same vessel from delivering such freight to Alaska. The subcommittee called for im- provement of the Alaska Railroad, construction of a pipeline from Valdez to Fairbanks to deliver oil to the military installations at the latter place, providing ground tele- phene and telegrph wires for the commanding general of the Alaskan | Command, hard-surfacing of the Alaska Highway in Alaskan Terri- »-mv and for other primary high- ways in the Alaskan Highway Sys- | tem. The report ‘“urgently” recom- mended that “cur defense bases be | put on-a basis of highest effi- ciency.” Other suggestions it made: That members of the perman- ent Joint Beard in Defense dis- cuss with Canadian members of the Board the question of improving and maintining the Alaska High- way. That this government might work out an agreement with Can- ada to maintain the Haines cut- oif on the Alaska Highway. That this country construct and maintain customs free on the | Rossland-Laurier Highway in ex- change for the construction and maintenance by Canada of the Haines Cutoff for free movement of American traffic. S e .- INORMA ZUMWALT AND WESLEY TURNER WiLL MARRY THIS EVENING The marriage of Miss Norma Zum- walt and Mr. Wesley Turner will take place at 8:30 o'clock this eve- ning in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. The formal ceremony will be performed by Pastor E. E. Jensen. Miss Zumwalt is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A, L. Zumwalt, Pastor }o( the Seventh-Day Adventist {Church. The groom is the son of !Mr. and Mrs, John Turner of Ju- neau, Attendants will be Miss Shirley Elstead, Bobby Lesher, Vickie Lesher as flower girl, and Lyle Naish as Bible boy. IR O R GIRL SCOUTS GIVE FATHER-DAUGHTER DINNER AND PARTY Friday evening the Girl Scouts of Troop No. 2 held a Father-Daugh~ ter dinner in the parlors of Holy Trinity Church. “The meal was plan- ned, cooked, and served by the girls, |as part of their activities for earn- ‘nu their Cook and Hostess badges, At a Court of Award held after | the dinner, badges were presented to | the girls in an impressive ceremony. | Following th Court of Awards, the | Girl Scouts and their fathers join- °a in singing scout songs and play- |ing games. Leaders of Troop No. 2 are Mrs. W. Burr Johnson, and Mrs, Ri(‘hmd Peler her assistant. 'ROBERT FAULKNERS ~ RETURN FROM TRIP | Robert Faulkner, wife and baby, returned to Juneau yesterday via PAA from a visit of several wecks in middle west states. He is asso- ciated with Dr. Joyce D. Smith, 'dentist, in the Blomgren Building. Chiperfield (R-Mich), i {