The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1948, Page 2

bpboSiIion fo Communism s Spreading Ou Four Naiiohsifiro Strong in Announced Boycott- Other Incidents Press ism sound- Swec today ion par- nimously tion to FRENCH SCIENTIST UNDER ARREST, THEN ORDERED RELEASED IMme. Irene Joliof-Curie Detained for Time at Hhs lsland WASHINGTON General March P— ¢ 19.- ark today of Mme. the French been detained of fictals Ellis ey Tom clenth by i at Island Mrs was, taken int removed to*he her arrival late York from ardia e officers af yes- their deter boy Communist th irport of (h" Com- ted by anization n said she | » this country “to ac- American people with of the Spanish ’ representative three Scand out conder Joint ¢ ‘ ha subversive c tee tte lark latest co to | ( Communist as succeed Jan ty leader wno ten days Embassy said that had barred from S. Information the tex A comn spokesn had com t named Minister to 1-p qua e % diate need in exile he order for Mme. 5 followed earlier indications the Justice Department that would be detained until it could ermined whether her entry be “prejudicial to the best the United States.’ released on her own | > (without bond) for This Is the exact period roposed visit to the United which was authérized in a Department 15-day visitors | ued at Pa th ago Joliot-Cu; carrying iman” out on Riot squads que interna- men in Albania of Communi ades of 30,000 o:la Bulgaria and ught concern to Greece egotiators got last on their stands IUX opening in Moscow nex? week day o treaty of friendship and les istance, requested Curie, TROUBLE IN FRANCE PAF March 19.—(P—A French defensé official voieed alarm to- the Communiss sympath-= atom exy Frederic Joliot- whose wife, herself a lead- lin. ing physicist, was held by U. umunists were accused at imigration authorities. time of having a five- aul Anxionn chairman of the n committee working on Italy, French Assembiy’s national defense an election is scheduled on committee, said he is “extremely 18, -and on France. They wr y over the fact that our were charged with having an atomic research is headed by M ternational brigade ready to at- it-Curie, who has open Com- ack Greece. t sympathies.” The Moscow radio 1ight erupted President Truman’s the Republic, ech to Congress Wednesday and u last night after a follower » five-power Brussels pact sign- Charles de Gaulle de- that day favor American im- t the commissariat for rialists and militariste, research be purged of Com- e MANY VISITORS SEE MENDENHALL GLACIER DURING PAST YEAR BACKMAN ELECTED WESTERN STATES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LONG - Sec: merce ected Gus P. Backman of Salt Lake | City President as the Western States merll ended yester sing the two-day convention, the Secretaries named Arthur Far- mer, Portland, and D. W. Campbell, Lonz Beach, Vice Presidents Government competition with small Ltusiness in maintenance of Naval commissary stores and post exchanges was criticized in a resolu- tion saying “the small merchant risks his capital only to find him- self subjected to cut rate subsidies of the Government.” A resolution supporting statehood for Hawaii was adopted, as was one followed bY cqjling for proper upkeep of high- England. Other countries repre- waus from the United States into Al ented include Australia, France, pepa Nova Scotia, Scotland, Spain, Swed- - 5 en Switz nd, Russia and some of the South American republics. long Sh’ekh Io Make Change in China Civil War A Council upper in the France's said today preparedness of } of manded ¥ cmic 1ists inter up in the x.onnaz Gen ed p 1d to bring this National Assembiy ) matter An- - e ee —— m Beooth of Men- been remov- et Creek R > on the e u(n'mll Glacier have ed and compiled for the calendar 1847 by District Forest Larry Zach Some in- revelations resulted stal of 3,735 visitors register- the station. Of this total were visitors from the United ; 233 from foreign countries; or 617, gave cities rritory as their ad- the- States and nia leads with a 899 registered visitors, of Washington followed Third on the list was with 173. Oregon follow- 158, All oth&x states than hundred visito state in the Un- nted by at leasl Ranger terest A ed EFWCH if., Mar, 19— taries of Chambers of Com- from 11 Western States el- | at State Ilinois ed with had 1 however, was repr two visitors. Among the foreign Canada led with 191; a countries, Among Alaska cities, 461 Juncau- ites took the trouble to . register. Obviously there were a great many who did not register. Dougias, Ketchikan, Anchorage, Sitka and Pejer followed in that order with number of registrants Nearly all the communities in ¢outh eastern Alaska were repre- effect of American Military Aid to| sented. Such better known cities China has been the subject of a| in the interior as Nome, Palmer survey by Associated Press Corres- | and Fairbanks were represented. pondents in leading Chinese cities. | Ranger Zach says that he does The consensus among independent | not know what proportion of the Chinese is that at least two billion | visitors normally register, but this dollars and two more years of fight- is a good indications of the wide- Ing would te needed before Ameri- spread appeal the Mendenhall Gla- ¢an military aid cler makes to visitors. * o elvil war. rg the could affect the| e > BIG ROBBERY OF LOWER AUTO RATES, BULLION, LONDON CORDOVA T0 VALDET LONDON, March 19.—(P— men swinging blackjacks, robbed a g “”d‘ 19—P—A luw- Bondon bullion ‘brokers’ shop today er rate for shipment of automobiles of some £50,000 ($200,000) in gold. yetween Cordova and Valdez, effec- Scotland Yard said the loot in- iye Aprij 25, was announced by the cluded five heavy gold bars, about Ajpcpn Steamship Company today. 340 cunces of gold wire, and other gompany officials said the new pieces of the metal. rate of $30 on automobiles accom- Donald and Derek Knight, the panied by passengers is to en- owners, were waiting on a custo- courage Cordova residents to visit| mer when the four men entered, Interior A]‘M‘1 attacked them and then fled with e S the gold. ATES OFFICES J. Sherry, the customer, told police he was driven into a corner, Jack Sturtevant, formerly of Sit- | “and my hand was injured while ka, has been udded to the staff I was trying to protect my face.” :of the local office of the Alaska | ooy ey Territorial Employment Service. FROM WASHINGTO!f, D. C. Miss Marjorie Burkhardt, of Haines, Rita Singer of Washington, D. has also been employed. She will C, is in Juneau and registered at replace Mrs. A. G. Keeney who the Baranof Hotel ! is resigning later this month. J()ll\ |back to the Civil Service Commis- 'WALLACE'S SPEECH ined: | CHRIS' | the ! with the | o'clock THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA Thousand Cleared NO OPPOSITION T0 Of Disloyalfy by APPOINTMENT JUDGE FBI Invesfigators DIMOND IS EXPECTED By Alice Frein Johnson WASHINGTON, March 13—An- | thony J. Dimond, District Judge for Alaska’s Third Division (An- chorage), WASHINGTON, March 19.— The FBI has cleared more th million Federal workers through its loyalty inquiries. Director J. Edgar Hoover said today that his agency has returned to the Civil Service Commission 1,- 005,944 ‘loyalty forms marked “no disloyal data.” e ¥BI has opened 777 full inves- tigations under the loyalty program. These investigations are made only in ce where there is some ques- tion as to an employee's loyalty * Of the 170 investigations complet ed, Hoover said, the FBI has con clusively established the employee's Joyalty in 33 cases. Five were found to be no longer employed by the Government, while 38 employees re- signed during the investigations. Ninety-four cases have been referred » Dimond, Territorial Delegate from 1933 many friends here in slative and judicial circles. Lit- if any, opposition to his appointment is expected, Senate leaders said Members of the judiciary com- mittee, who will report on..the nomination before it is voted by the full Senate, are: naters Alexander William Homer ral Wiley, Wis- Langer, ~ North Ferguson, Michi- “hapman Revercomb, West E. H. Moore, Oklahoma; Donnell, Missouri; John < Kentucky—all Repub- licans; Pat fcCarran, Nevada; Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia; James O. Eastland, Mississippi; Warren G. gnuson, ton; J. William Fullbright, Arkan- sas, and J. Howard MecGrath, Rhede Island—Democrats, Senator Wiley, chairman, said the reappointment would be con- sidered only on its merits, and gan; Virginia Forrest C sion. S. Cocper, - ee e IS PLAYED UP BIG iN BERLIN PAPER BERLIN, March 19.—(#—Russian- controlled newspapers here paid that the fact Judge Dimond was iy “&',“f"“‘;ql" Eg‘;’;]’”:“ 1;;‘1‘ a Democrat would not bear on the | ednesday | = smmittee’s decision. policy, but they presented LLSP",‘”; Beribtnk Wallace's reply under big x 3 Heatdlines today committee, are e e told Wiley his committee was fav- acht Express’ streamer > ring the re-appointment of too “Truman doctrine threatens O i i 4 many Democrats. the world.” The Vorwaerts head- s X John Hen Dimond, and’ Wallace castigates Tru- Roberta, son and daughter- of Judge Dimcnd, will re- He of four. not on_ the reported having man. RAINBOW GIRLS 10 MEET, THEN DANCE The Order of Rainbow Girls will hold regular business meeting Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock. Following the business meeting here wi'l be a St. Catrick’s Day dance. All Rainbow Girls are re- quested to attend with their es- corts and Masons and Order of Eastern Star are also invited to this impertant meeting. . — mn-law twn to Alaska this summer. vecently passed the District Cclumbia bar examination; from University Young Anchorage. Mrs, Dimond is assistant secre- cary to E. L. Bartlett, Alaska Dele- zate. The couple lives in Silver Springs, Md the George Washington law school here. Dimend said he would in Alaska—but not in a . Oldtimer of Seward, Harry V._quen, Dies 19. ry V. Hoben, 75, prominent Alaskan who made his stake during the Gold Rush by packing miners' supplies with horse teams, died Mon- day. Hoben suffered a fractured in a fall on ice several weeks agd He was owner of the Seward Wat* erworks and the Alaska Transfet Company and owned the local news- paper, the Seward Gatewa 1929 until the plant was destroyed by fire in 1941 He built the three-story Arcade building in Seward and also es¢ tablished roadhouses in Kenai antl Knik. NING SERVICE THODIST CHURCH MORNING AT M ON SUNDAY There will be a Christening ser- vice at the Methedist Church, Palm Sunday the morning sewvice. The Junior Choir cf the church will the “Palms” and “Hos- anna!” with Mrs. Edw: er, , and Mrs. , directing. Mrs. has been assisting. Anyene who would like to have their' children christened at this service are asked to contact Mrs. Floyd Dryden, superintendent oi Cradle Roll Department, or the Rev. Treat, before Sunday morning. Mrs. Dryden will assist service. R ARTS, CRAFT MEETING Mar. P George Play- Willard Jones D BULLETINS JERUSALEM — Palestine Police said today the bodies of seven Jews have been found at Mount Tabor in the Nazareth District, The Jews were kidnaped and killed by Arabs. The Alaskan Arts and Crafts will hold an important meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Territorial Museum. All Board members, ex- hibit chairmen and their assistants are requested to be present to plan for the 1949 exhibit apnd to offer suggestions for organization work during the next year. | ——— — 1 JOINS HEALTH DEPT. Mildred Norris, formerly with the Sheldon * Jackson Junior Col- lege at Sitka, has joined the Ju- neau office of the: Territorial De- partment of Health TROLLERS MEET TONIGHT WASHINGTON—Congress is pre- pared to open a new chapter in its investigations of speculation. This time it is a special House committee that is ready to probe into all phases of commodity market dealings. And it is soaring butter prices that are due for the lion’s share of attention | ROME, March 19.—®—A young man yelled “viva il Duce” at a Left- The United Trollers of Alaska will jst rally in Milan last night. He meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in yelled it just once. |the CIO Hall and it is requested The crowd seized him, stripped | that all attending take membership him of everything but his shirt, then | less than 20 miles per hour Saturday. SHANGHAI, March 19—®—The | pcoks for balloting on technical hoisted him up to the top of a mon-, to Yakutat—variable winds under 20 mi changes in the local constitution. — ot —— VFW ELECTION TONIGHT Election of new officers will be one of the principal items of busi- ness at tonight's regular meeting of Taku Post, Veterans of For- eign Wars in the VFW Jeep Club 423; W. McKinnon, 421; N. Biggs, at 8 ocluck 401; and T. Tottalick, 400. ~ THREE FEATHERS AN AMERICAN FAVORITE ument and jeered him. — e—— BOWLING SCORES ! High scorers in the double tour- ney bowling meet last night on the Elks Alleys were M. Pearce, THREE FEATHERS DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Empire State Building, New York, U.5. A, BLENDED WHISKEY, 86 PhJOF, GSE GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS EX.242.60 today was reappointed to sition by President Truman. Con- to Washing- | 1 his hs before he will be graduat- | from | Meanwhile, an informal poll of the Hoyse Armer Services Commit- tee shewed today that group pro- bably would approve an outright draft revival at once. Fifteen out of 33 members said they favor BUT DELAY ACTUAL DRAFTING FOR TIMEIfzi:,:.‘-*?"3:":9;::,‘33 o s?naieh Repuglvca"S Gf' EXPLOSION ( CAUSES ogefher on Agreemen DISASTROUS BLAZE; Mil S : for Htary ervice NO-ONE IS INJURED By JACK BFLL HINGTON, March 19 s Republican leaders seemed ~PETERSBURG, Ind., agreement today on a plan @—An explosion that ripped t register—but delay drafting Little Inch” pipline last 1 nation’s young men for mi >t off a fire that seared a cre area and destroyed two houses No one was injured Natural gas escaping under pr from the broken pipe-line burned -for more than two hou ith a glare seen at least 30 miles away State Police said a hole in the long and 20 feet fragments of pipe 300 feet. The 24-inch “Big Inch" and the companion 20-inch “Little Big Inch" are operate® hy the Texas tern, Transmission Corp. Th e built by the government dur- the, war to convey oil from Texas Wo eastern cities. oo KIWANIS “DINNER-DANCE Archie Betts, chairman of the entertainment committee for the wanis Club’s annual dinner-dance be held March 24 at the Salmon r ry Club, ®&nnounced noon, March 22, is for reservations for Those who have not tions may call Monday noon, as plans ke ccmpleted by Mcnday eve- PLAN T0 REGISTER \ Senate March 19, rear The wait-and-see 1y I Senators Vi e 1 ft (Ohio) would c speedy pa > of laws to re- selective e in the face tepped up Communist pressure Europe. Selectées would be chosen put on notice. But Congrass would not p ish the tuttor Y (until: 1) continued to lag or { vwmm Brew SO grave { for al or”full mobilization ja citizen army, The pr object would be to spur listments of the this filli Ve with President ‘.-umwxl\r ed arm This Republic Hum 1's request univer lm)m..h training and a limited re- vival of selective service is known to lwve the enth f. Vandenberg esiding off " Relation reporter :h 3 proposal untler sure far vive { H the exnlosion ground 50 feet wide and hurled as to { of of such a law immediate en- 11 Truma ed AN g to Monday deadline sias > is the Senate a' U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERUE, WEATHER BURL At JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN i DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A, M., Max. temp. last 24 hrs.* 33 -13 29 42 23 37 22 32 I MERIDIAN TIME TODAY est 4.30 a.m temp 18 -23 a3 1 | Loy Weather ar 4:30 am. Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Fog Pt Cle: Pt. Cloudy Ciear Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Station Anchorag Barrow Bethel | Cordova temp. 14 | Edmonton ! Fairbanks ! Haines Havre Juneau Airport Annette Island Kodiak Kotzebue Burbank icGrath Neme | Northway Petersburg Portland 01 0 Trace 02 Trace 0 Trace c 2 42 ~4 24 | Prince George Prince Rupert Seattle | Sitka Whitehorse Yakutat *—(4:30 a. m. yesterday to 4:30 a. m. today WEATHER SYNOPSIS: Cool dry air in over Southeast | Alaska yesterday and skies were mostly clea ht and this morn- ing. Temperatures fell to near freezing alun" \ 1e coast and as low as 10 to 15 above over the northern portion of South Alaska. Skies were mostly cloudy on down the coast to Seattle and Portland with most stations reporting light rain showers. To the westward there was an occasional light snow flurry along the northern gulf ccast but over the interior skies were generally clear. This mor eather .map shows a large high pressure cell covering the North Pacific except for two small storm centers moving north rd just south of the Aleutian chain. One of these centers is expected to move into the west- ern Gulf of Alaska sometime tonight and will cause increasing cloudiness over Southeast Alaska tonight and tomorrow. T lowest temperature at Nenana this morning was 18 degrees below zero. MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports from Marine Stations at 1:30 P. M. today WIND Height of Waves Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) E 14 2 feet NNE 12 1 foot 2 feet Zero 2 feet 1 foot Zero « 3 feet TO SATURDAY EVE- winds 15 to 30 miles per Pt Lynn Canal and Cloudy Clear Cloudy Pt. Cloudy s asty Station Cape Spencer Eldred Rock Point Retreat . { Sisters Island . Five Finger Light . Lincoln Rock Guard Island Pt. Cloudy 43 Cape Decision 2 Pt. Cloudy 38 MARINE FORECAST FRIDAY MORNI)\( NING: Lynn Canal and Taku Inlet—norther) hour. Protected waters of Southeast Al ‘Taku Inlet—northerly winds less than 20 mile our becoming variable Out; waters, Dixon Entrance €s ver hour. Slowly. increasing \cloudincss today and tonight with a few light snow flurrie Saturday. Weather Pt. Cloudy Clear Pt. Cloudy Cleat | Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Temp. 25 30 32 3 36 38 ’ GOOD OIL GOOD GREASE GOOD WORK SAVES YOUR TRUCK. .. SAVES YOU MONEY! N - Regular and proper lubrica- o tion—by men who know your truck best— is the best truck “‘insurance” you can buy. See us TODAY. Our workman- ship is ‘‘tops’’—cur prices very reasonable/! THE RIGHT GREASE,T00 FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1948 ALASKAN SALMON PACKERS GET BID | AWARD, SHIP CASE SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 18.7411"‘ —An award of $1,090,125 damages was made by U. 8. District Judge Michael J. Roche today to Alaskan Salmon Packers and others as re- sult of the sinking of the’SS Dia- mond Knot last Aug. 13. The Diamond Knot, operated by the Alaska Steamship Co., sank with 150,000 cases of canned salmon af- ter a collision with the Fenn Victor; in the Strait of Juan De Fuca near Race Rocks off Port Discovery. Wash. Claims of $3,939,100 were filed, but the court limited damages to the otal value of the Fenn Victory and The Fenn Victory is op- erated by the American Hawaiian Steamship Co. Damage claimants were the Al- a Association, Libby- McNeill-Libby, Columbia River packers and Nakat Packing Corpor- ation. Ten I y co Winferization Kit GivenTestby Army Trucks Along Alcan DETROIT, March 19.—P— S8ix Army trucks used in a frigid, 4,682-mile “Arctic Test” along the Alcan Highway were being studied today by Army ordnance experts. The trucks were driven here from s, Alaska, as a test of newest winterization kit. The trip took 16 days. Col. Jeseph M. Colby, chief of the Development Engineering Di- vision at the Detroit Arseénal, said kit ‘ecntained a ‘special lubri cant that could be used in ex- emely low temperatures. “We made a successful test with the winterization kit in Alaska and the convoy lost no time in moving through hazardous conditions along the Alean Highway,” Colby said. i he added, general use was unable to function ‘with other lubricants in cold temperatures. g properly exremel; days after the col on with mond Knot, the Fenn Vie- C ded with the S .S. Edward A. Filene n Stockton, Calif. } . court, however, ruled that hat no part of the vessel's limita- tion fund be paid to the Filene's Qlympic Steamship AWMILL NIGHT SHIFT he Juneau Spru Corporation résume night operations to- t with the addition of a skele- 1 crew on the night shift. Next a full crew will be em- - 8. Hawkins, JSC mana- sald today. T t > CANOL OiL PIPE IS LEAVING SKAGWAY FOR POINTS SOUTH SEATTLE, MJ h 19— 4Tons of Government surplus four and six 1 pipe from the Canol Oil Proj ved to various points on the Gulf and West Coa The Alaska Transportation Company is handling the job. The Clove Hitch is biggest vessel and Harb ‘Texas. T..2 Gromet Ree! in Tacoma today, wil tons of pipe there and leave almos Skagway Lt Year-round Wear "y For Work—-For Play }3 The famous long- wearing Ranger 4 Whipcord L W5, 100% Virgin Wool i Never-rip Seams Heavy Boatsail Pockets Zip Fly and C ffs Caslers RMens Wear (Formerly Sabin’s) handli single 1 loaded her s reported t on her 0 ween 10 and 15 tho: 4 e pipe has been pu the L. B. Foster Company of Pitis- urgh, - oo Want-Ads ng results! poriant Nieeting of The UNITED TROLEERS of ALASEA FRIDAY NIGHT March [ at '7:30 C.I1.0. 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