The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e b, = VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,822 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CRISIS IN FINLAND [ PREVAILING Moscow Serfis— Proposal to Helsinki Suggesting New Trealy HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 27— —Tension suggesting an atmosphere of government crisis pervaded Fin-| land taday with the announcement that Moscow has sent Helsinki a proposal for a new treaty. ! The Foreign Ministry announced Russia has sent a letter direct to President Juho 'E. Paasikivi. The; Ministry did not say what kind of a pact was intended. | amage. No lives were reported w was to be figured on a “one-asseni- ! bly-line basis,” which would give the workers twice as much of the " (International photo) A semi-official source said the ___ 5 iz 2 Stalin. It is well known that Finnish lead- as a a mo ers for some time have been study- ing closely the agreements the Sov-| other with the Balkan countries, a network of pacts linking those coun- tries closely to Russia. ! An authoritative source said Karl Fa(es (ha r es liament, would go to Stockholm,| g perhaps to inform the Swedish Gov=| ernment of the Russian proposal. AR The Leftist Press in Finland bas pact with the Soviet Union for a 1 pact with the Soviat Phos {roel ~ fion-of Contract fo Leino urged such a pact during an election campaign last December. EmDIOYGES | SEATTLE, Feb. 27—#—A suit BE“ES A((EPTS“ firm with violation of an em- | ployment contract, and asking $11,- 1195 claimed due, was filed in the COMM'E GOVI | United States District Court yes- ® ttle, and 17 other employees as | plaintiff: The L. G. Wingard Packing S x !charged with recruiting employees PRAGUE, Feb. 2i.—P—President | for the 1947 pack season on a Eduayd Benes today swore in alcontract calling for a base wage new government loaded with Com- | plus a percentage of the pack. The to have said #eould have only evil results.” DAY E The frail, weary President receiv- ed Communist “Bremier Klement pack as a two line basis Gottwald and 12 new members of | The agreement, according to the the cabinet at the presidential pal- | ccmplaint, was made with the in- letter was signed by Prime Minister iet Union has made one after un—‘p . [ acking Firm | August Fagerholm, Speaker of Par-‘ been urging a mutual friends)np;sun F”ed Claimmg ViOla- Yoty O R charging an Alaska salmon pack- terday, naming Loren Davis, Sea- Ilmw of Ugashik, Alaska, is munists—a cabinet he is reported | pack percentage the workers claim, ace and told them “the decision dividual workers and with a rep- to accept you was difiicult person- | resentative of the union to which‘ ally for me.” i the workers belong. The meeting was polite and stiff- | However, the company operated ly formal. At the President spoke, | two lines throughout the season Communists throughout the coun-|and split the workers’ pack, try were going ahead with swift complaint charges. determination to reorganize the| The suit was filed by Roy E. country’s entire industrial educa-EJackson and Carl Lucherath, at- Benes has not resigned. (hris' as Relum; ——eo— | - ToN.Y.C il ardson arrived in Juneau for a| o w G ommm“y brief stay in the Capital City and | o Lee L. Peterson, Wallace T. Ryan, Monrce ity community toda: Martell H. Fritchell, Thompson M. Scores of residents received itation “only five more shopping days until Christmas.” !one mile west of the New York Merry & GO 4 Roun | Central depot yesterday | Vincent L. -Keenan tional and everyday life. !tomr-;s for the worke A Presidential Secretary said‘ e o FROM FT. RICHARDSON Army perscnnel from Fort Rich- are registered at the Baranof Ho-{ CHURCHVILLE, N. Y., Feb. 27— tel. They are: Dudley E. Favor,|(P—Christmas returned to this Colkett, T-Sgt. Sydney G. Law-| Yuletide greetings, 10-week-old rence, and Cpt. T. M. Adams. | checks or newspapers with the no- h w h' 1 | The delayed mail was in a bag e as lng on‘found by a section gang working Postmaster theorized a mail handler “must ‘|have been a few seconds late in 1 tossing out the sack of mail” from a speeding train last December 19. e Prisoners Escape, By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) | MSH!NGTON — The French and British governments have| been putting so much backstage pressure on the state department | that they have just about sup-/ pressed the secret documents per- | taining to Russian-German peace | overtures in 1943. CLINTON, Mo, the Religious Service. Feb. 27.—P—| Three prisoners escaped from the|jonn Quillico, both of whom willl lost, however. Mayors’ Conference Here Discusses Many Prob- lems-5econd Day Methods ol . touection and as- cessments, public utility rates and enforcement of liquor laws and clos- ing hours weré among the topics | oiscussed at today's conference of | Mayors from Southeast Alaska cities hich is teing held in the Juneau | City Council Chambers, The Mayors of eight Southeast Alaska towns, or their representativ- es, are meeting here for a three day conference to discuss mutual | and collective problems. | More discussion was held today jon the subject of minor - children whose parents have been arrested {but not tried for @ criminal offense {and on children who have been ar- rested but have not been tried. The |Mayors felt that existing statutes are to blame for the current situa- | tion which does not permit the cit- lies to provide for these children | Sometimes, it has been necessary ‘to jail these children despite the |fact that this is contrary to law, The {2territorial Department of | Puhlic | Welfare, they said, has been unable to give assistance in these cases. The Mayors recommend some kind of an institution for such cases and a revision of the Territorial statutes. Territorial Treasurer Oscar G. | Olson explained to the Mayors about {payments of school refunds and li- ‘quor tax rebates from the Territory jand told them that the Territory’s | financial condition will probatly suffer a severe blow in June when |the bulk of the school payments are due. The problem of city dog catchers was left unsolved. Many other minor | items were also discussed at today’s | meeting. ‘The v ng Mayors will be the - iguests tonight of Mayor W. E. Hend- rickson, of Juneau, and Mayor Mike | pusich, of Douglas, at Mike’s Place, |in Douglas, for dinner. | Later this evening, they will ap- pear with their respective basketball | teams at the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament for Mayors’ Night. B o o cacamnd 'DARNELL SELLS TOBUCK HARRS, JOHN QUILLICO | Rod Darnell, principal owner of Darnell’s Sports Center, announced today that he has disposed.of the balance of his interest in that firm to his partner, Buck Harris, and to i | 1 Photo shows Bayocean, Damage Done by Ficod in Oregon Heavy rainfall caused flash and major floods throughout the length and breadth of Oregon caused heavy Ore., across the Trask River, hed cut and isolating 2,500 people on the Bayocean Peninsula of western Oregon. A “ferry,” powered by cutboard motor has restored communications with the outside world for the marooned community. 1 MAYORS CONDEMN FLOOD WATERS IN DISPOSITION OF WASHINGTON AREA MINOR CHILDREN SUBSIDING TODAY PULLMAN, Wash. The flood waters fast today over most ing Palouse farming yesterday by the 3% years. Pumps were at a premium in Colfax, the most damaged town in the flood path, and at Pullman, which also was hit severely. Farm- ers began counting up to topsoil lIosses in an area which has been Feb. 27.—P— were dropping of the roll- area struck worst flood in described as the second most crit- jcal soil erosion region in the na- tion The South Palouse¢ River, which burst through dikes at Pullman | yesterday to ilood a student trail- er camp and the town's business section, was reported “way down” by sheriff's officers this morning. The Colfax water system still was out of service, following clog- ging of the pumps. Residents were boiling water Highway damage ran high. B SUBMERGED LAND MEASURE i PUT iN HOUSE HOPPER Provisions for easing submerged oil and gas lands off the shores cf the United States and Alaska are spelled out in a bill recently introduced in the upper house, S 2165. The bill, requested by the heads of the departments of Justice, In- tericr and Defense, comes eight menths after the Supreme Court ruled in the now famous United | States vs. California case that the Federal Government has paramount 1ights in and power over the sub- merged lands of the three-mile | marginal belt off the coast of Cali- fornia. In submitting the draft, the three department heads stated: ‘“More- over, while the California case tonly involved the three-mile belt, | there is no reason to believe that the Court’s conclusion would be | different with respect to the re- 1sources of any area beyond the | three-mile limit to which the na- | tional government may have ex- !tended its jurisdiction.” The jurisdiction of the Federal Government was proclaimed in 11945 over the “natural resources jof the subscil and sea bed of the continental shelf beneath the high |seas but contiguous to the coasts |of the United States, subject to its jurisdiction and control.” ' stock ouoTATIO | STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YOk®, ¥en. 27.—4P—Closing } The state department was get- | Henry County jail while a relig- |have an equal interest in the new!quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ting ready to publish these cap- |lous service was being conducted tured Nazi papers, showing how for them last night. the Russians and the Germans had | Rev. Allen Pontius and his wife staged peim‘ talks dufing the cyu-|were conducting the regular Thurs- clal summer of 1943 because the U..S,-A. and Greap; Britain delay-|for 11 inmates. They said one ed ! starting a second front. How- |escapee went out of the jail door ever, ter the service began. The other day night service in the, jail lobby | the British and French for-(into the hall about 15 minutes af-| {concern, | |day and the firm name will be changed to the Buck Harris Sport- ing Goods Store. | Harris came here recently from Ketchikan where he formerly oper- ated a similar enterprise. Quillico {came here last year from Los An- | stock today is'4, American Can 78%,| The transfer will take effect Mon- | Anaconda 31%, Curtiss-Wright 4%,! International Harvester 85, Kenne- cott 43 1-2, New York Central 12%, i Northern Pacific 18, U. S. Steel 69, |Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 770,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: In- COLD FACTS 'Government Officials | STATED IN (reafe Disconient in LAND DEAL Alaska Says J_gmberg Tiireats of Lawsuits by Al- et it YRR ATaghin < oy aSka Indians caused asked a Senate committee yester- Pulp Mill Failure day to approve legislation to end WASHINGTON, Feb, 27.—#—A LAND GRANT FOR ALASKA 1S SETTLED | | Crow -~ BIG SUM PAID IN UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Claims for unemploymeént com- Ciain _ { Declaration Made in Secret x{tx\:fntx(z:vc;nz(z increased steadily | ¢ o Nevember, 1o, wecoring o) Testimony by Secy. of Com. Harriman of the Alaska U. C. Commission. Sheldon states the amount of | present Indian reservations and er company official testified to- | kan, representing the Chambers of carrying out plans to constuct an| —_— | step backward. He said it would Interior Department Gives the Puget Sound Timber Co. Bel- ! rights of the whites. He said | He told a Senate committee that! WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—®—Al- Jaws in Alaska,” he said indians claimed the land. He said |to demand by Delegate Bartlett of schocls for Indians |and would oppose its sale by the|main, The Department wanted 10|gdents are suspicious ol them. | ber for a 300-ton a day mill from |committee early next/week. Approval| and then tell us what is {under the proposal, but it had said| ' Put over Alaska. imately 22,000,000 acres. citizens and there is no discrimin- ment, now part-time law professor | thority for considering Indlans { IHA" HITLER w‘Snvnrds of the government. " “I think the Indians have been have,” he said. { prohibit estabishment of any oth- | ers. that threats of lawsuits made Ccmmerce of Kechikan, Sitka lawyer for Alaska Indians jand Petersburg, said putting In=- $18,000,000 paper mill in Alaska. jdeny them pri vilege they now ens Lawson Turscotte, executive vice- b1 He said they now enjoy all in fo Demand when lingham, Wash,, said his company ' reservaticns will bring al S - | 7 s s will bring about segre: jhad spent $75,000 in surveyum; S'a'ehOOdcomeS gation before the company’s plans for fi- .nskn won its fight yesterday for more| The witness said Indians and nancing the mill had matured, it public land when it Lecomes a state.| whites live in Alaskan cities with- James E. Curry, counsel for South- jAlaska that the statehood bill give) jernperg said government offi- east Alaska Indians, told the com- |the Territory four sections of landicjals created much of the dis- government, : allot two. 4 | “They come to Alaska and stay Turscotte said his company Bartlett said he will bresent lh“‘lur a few weeks, perhaps fly over state: the U. 8. Forest Service, He said, s nearly certain, he added. ‘umu:,» with Alaska,” he said. “We ‘however, it is still interested inj The Department did not say how are trying question can be solved. : o Jernberg, formerly United States The committee is siudying a bill | Previously that under its former| .. .. i\ Alaska, said juries are e ation against the Indian SOVIEI RUS'SIA IS Felix Cohen, former Associate at Yale and New York Univer- bulldczed a long time by govern- !ment - employees who think they He contended the Indians have tiegal title to land in Alaska dat- Robert J. Jernberg, have prevented the concern from {dians on reservations would be a president and general manager of! lof the civil, political and social j timber in Alaska. | “We don't want any Jim received a letter warning it the! The Interior Department agreed gyt friction. He opposes separate pany the Indians own the timber(in each township in the public do-|content in Alaska and that resi- dropped its plans to purchase tim- bill to the House Territories Sub-|y). perritory and retwn to the establishing the mill if the Tndlan Much public land will be granted| /"™ RoW what - ey to abolish Indian reservations in|formula Alaska could get approXi-! ' o \ns of hoth white and Indian Es»hcnnr of the Interior Depart- GREAIER ME“A(E 'sity, said there was no federal au- :huve more authority than ing from the treaty with Russia of Ketchi-| they I $35,000 paid unemployed = Alaska ! WASHINGTON, Feb., 27.—#- workers during November X“c“’“ed?s.ccremry of Commerce Harriman ;‘;30%0‘:?1 ;;n Decenbelrt and 10|, tured Soviet Russia today as “a| $130, uary. WaS €5 greater menace than Hitler was.'| timated that some $175,000 wouldbe ™ 1 cooret testimony before a House expended during February for Lth; Appropriations Subcommittee, Har- | purpose. December, January and rimap said if this country turns its' Februax'y_are usually the heaviest .01 on the Soviet threat, it will be’ months, it was pointed out. Pay- | nly a few years “until we will face ments start dropping off in March ', gtuation that is unmanageable.” and are reduced to a mlnimumz Harriman's testimony, released in from April to November. the subcommittee’s report to Congress To be eligible for unemploy- today, came as he supported a pro- ment compensation, Sheldon furth-,wsed $42,000,000 increase in the ! er states, a worker must be' in-|Commerce Department’s 1949 budget voluntarily unemployed, must reg-gver 1948, ister for work and at all nmes! Part of the increased appmprm-‘ be able and available for work.: tion would go toward a survey of un-, The employment offices through- |charted Alaskan Coasts, he said,' out the Territory assist the work- where “adequate charts are esun-i er in either securing jobs or m-Iuax for Naval and Military purpos- es. ‘ Without elaboration, Harriman ing claims for jobless insurance.! The amount and duration of unem- | ployment insurance is dependent |said part would also go “for north-, upon the previous work history of lern Lemisphere charts required by the claimant, ithe Armed Services." | The ccmmission recognizes, Shel- | - I don stated, that its primary func-| tion is to find jobs for the un- employed. Hewever, when no jobs] are available the worker may be! eligible for unemployment benefits | RES'G“ FROM pAA which furnish him with at leasf a pertion of his former wage. These | 4 payments assist the worker in se-| Thomas Wolfe, vice president in curing the necessities oi life dur- |charge of the Paciiic-Alaska Di- ing periods of involuntary unem-lvision of Pan American World! ployment. Airways, will resign effective Ap-| Unemployment insurance goes a'ril 1 to establish his own busi- | long way toward maintaining theiness, it is announced by PAA Pres- ! purchasing power of a community, |ident Juan T. Trippe. The resig- it was stated. Unemployment ply-lnauon was accepted with deep ments find their way into all|regret, Trippe said ichannels of business and greatly! “Mr. Welfe, a veteran of assist in checking the spread of iyears in aviation and air trans- | further unemployment. | portation, joined PAA in 1948, ! e st {Trippe said. “In his capacity as | THOMAS WOLFE T0 2, | | i | ed an important part in convert- BROADCAST SUNDAY ily certified routes which today pRB'D'NG Bls"op of jchief executive officer for the ing this division from wartime operations to peacetime service, | On next Sunday the Presldmgilorm a network of air uauspor:' | Bishop of the Episcopal Church, tation throughout the Pacific.” | Pacific-Alaska Division, he play- EPISCOPAL CHURCH 10 and supervised the opening of new- |the Rt. Rey. Henry K. Sherril, D.| Prior to joining Pan Amerbcln,f under which the United States purchased the Territory in 1867. He urged that the government treat “Indians like human beings” and mot take away their property rights. Cohen sald the committee should “clear up this mess on Indian titles,” but not by negotiation. Senator Butler (R-Neb), chair- man of the Interior and Insylar Aifairs Committee, said the com- mittee had received an opinion from the Justice Department that rights of the Alaskan Indians were ended by the purchase treaty with Russia. Texas Lashed By Tornadoes DALLAS, Tex., Feb, 27.—(®—Four tornadoes lashed Texas last night and early today and a Denton county woman, pinned in her twist- er-wrecked = home, was burned alive, Other tornadoes struck Ballinger and Woodson, in West Texas, and | Ttasca, 45 miles southwest of Dal-| las. Twenty-five homes were prac- tically destroyed teday at Wood- | son, 120 miles northeast of Bal- linger, and McBride’s cotton gin and Master's store were wrecked. No casualties were reported. Burned to death in Denton coun- ty was Mrs. Sam Patterson - 20 PASSENGERS ARE' CARRIED THURSDA BY PAN AMERICAN Pan American made flights yes- terday and carried 20 passengers as | follow Beattle to Juneau: Roy Ruther- dustrials 166.80, rails 48.83, utilities| D., will broadcast a 15-minute mes- | Wolfe was assistant ‘to air-minded ford, Dean Phillips, Edward Maher, eign offices don't want these papers to see the light of day. There is a good reason for this censorship. For it’s known that the Rus- sians have a series of documents which, if published, will make the British look just about as as the Russians. What the Russians have is the record of secret conversations be-| tween British ~ Premier Neville OGhamberlain, of the old Cliveden set, and Hitler, in which the British tried to persuade Hitler to (Continued on Page Four) sick ; {two followed him a short time {1ater. | Sheriff Bob Eberting identified the three as William Lee Berry, 21, Kansas City, and Laverne | Weess, 22, and Walter Bartel, 23. | STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah scheduled to sail {from Vancouver, 9 tonight. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 5 p. m. Sunday. Aleutian, from West, southbound Sunday. scheduled geles and was employed ‘at KINY31.64. until the purchase was arranged. Harris is in the States, at pre-tLEADlNG SCORERS IN sent, on a business trip but, Quillico| GOLD MEDAL TOURNEY promised that the Darnell standards| ,wil] be upheld by the new partners. ! —————— | RUTHERFORD HERE e | | Mills, Ketchikan . | Davis, Metlakatla | Willlams, Trading Union Asp, Mike’s Ludwigsen, Ketchikan Aase, Columbia Lumber Sl] 45 43 391 Roy A. Rutherford, former | owner of the Juneau Lumber Mill, now the Juneau Spruce Corpora-|Rowland, Columbia Lumber tion, arrived in Juneau yesterday | Hagerman, Trading Union via PAA for a brief business trip.|*Didrickson, Sheldon Jackson He is registered at the Baranof] *Didrickson’s total is for two! Hotel. games, all others for three games. 317 33 33 33 37| the Presiding Bishop's address on tation sage over the Mutual Broadcasting ! Justin Dart, one of America’s out- Jack Gucker, Ruth Mack and in- System as 11:30 a. m. Eastern standing executives, who flew his fant Raymond. Time. entire Rexall Drug Headquarters| Juneau to Annette: Joe Little. In churches of the west and'from Boston to Los Angeles. Wolfe | Juneau to Seattle: E. L. Hughes, Alaska, the broadcast will be by |also served nine years with United Jeanne Hughes, Mrs, Lucille Stine, transcription. In Juneau, KINY 'Air Lines and ten years as vice Jack Thompson, Marie Logan, E. will broadcast the message at 11:30 president for Western Air Lines. | R. Erquhart, Jack Molyneux. 4. m. Sunday. A radio wil be! He is the author of a technical From Interior: Ed Strunk, Joe placed in Holy Trinity Church and book dealing with air transpor- Shofner, John Miller, Thelma and management, and Bodding, O. T. Finney and Max the needs of Europe and Asia will taught air transportation for six Kopanski. be heard in place of a sermon. {years at Northwestern University. e e oo e | ———— -FROM SEATTLE | FROM SEATTLE Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Pederson Edward Strunk of Seattle is Edward Strunk of Seattle is cf Petersburg are registered at .registered at the Baranof Hotel. registered at the Baranof Hnlel,llhe Baranof Hotel. > — PETERSBURG VISITORS PRICE TEN CENTS BLANKET PRIMARY - DISPUTED Suit Filed to Force Declara- tion of Party - Affilia- tion in Elections A petition for a writ of mandam- jus was filed in U. 8. Distriet Court here yesterday afternoon against the Clerks of the Courts in the four 'Mnsknu Judicial Divisions by Al~ bert White, General Counsel for the Territorial Republican Party, to test the legality gf the Territorial Blan- ket Primary Election law passed by the 1947 session of the Legislature. | White filed the petition after jworking out the details with Ter- ritorial Attorney General Ralph J. | Rivers who will appear in court on behalt of the Court Clerks: J. W. Leivers, First Division; Norvin W. Lewis, Second Division; Maurice Brunelle, Third Division; and John 'B. Hall, Fourth Division. ! Judge George W. Folta signed an crder this morning for an alterna- (tive writ of mandamus and directed Rivers to appear in court on March 8 and show cause why White's peti- tion should not be granted. White seeks to have qualified electors fol- low the old election laws and declare their party affiliation before being permitted to vote in the Territorial primaries. White claims that the blanket primary law did not either aiend or repeal the provisions of the Ter- ritorial election laws pertaining to this. declaration. Rivers had issued previcus instfhictions to the Court Clerks telling thém to ignore that provision. i Raid Is Made AURORA, I, Feb. 27.—(P—Au- rora’s bachelors made themselves scarce today—if they didn't want to ride in & brand new Paddy Wag- on, Eighty-six girls, 18 years old and over, made up the ‘Powder Puff” administration which ran this city of abput 50,000°0n its an- nual Leap Year Day. They ran the whole works, Twen- ty-three were thembers of the po- lice force. With 2 new “Paddy Wagon” borrowed from Chicago— Aurora . didn’t have any—they planned to raid clubs, taverns and other likely spots and bring bach- eélors into court. In court Police Magistrate Irene Youngen—a drug store clerk on other days—was to ifine them silkstockings, candy or ‘other dainties. L ‘ Anoliii ?43;3 I;)r German Fufure Is Madeflknsslans |, LONDON, Feb. 27—~ The ! Moscow radio said today Russia !wants the three western powers to let Czechoslovakia, Poland and Yugoslavia participate in planning the future of Cermany. She sent notes to the United States, Great Britain and France iasklng that they be permitted to sit in, the broadcast reported. The: westernn powers have been {in conference here since Monday lon Western Germany. Before the three western pow- ers met, the Soviet Union pro- {tested that their conference would violate the Potsdam provision for Big Four control of Germany. The U, S. and France replied that | Russia herself had violated the ement lor economic unifica- of Germany* - ——— 'Anniversary Being f | i i ‘ { | { Ing | tion | . (elebrated, Russia MOSCOW, Feb. 27.—P—Russia celebrated today the hundredth anniversary of the Communist manifesto. Moscow newspapers devoted most of their front pages to the occa- sion. Trud, trade-union organ, said in its commentary: “The power and vitality of the ideas of the manifesto are shown in the fact that a hundred years ago there were not more than 300 Communists in the world, “Today there are 20,000,000 peo- ple in the ranks of the Commun- ist party.”