The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS AI,L TIIE TIMI',’" AT VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,850 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNE,SI)\\ \I\RCH 31, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FOREIGN AID Juneau Independent School BILL TO BE : Dis|r_ic|fi (arries by 450 fo 80 SPEEDED NOW Final Passa—ge_ Being Urg- ed to Check March of ‘Communism Abroad (By The Associated Press) The U. S. House of Represen- tatives applied pressure today for final passage of the $6,205,000,000 foreign aid program designed to check the march. of Communism across Europe and China, House leaders hoped to wind up action' on the bill by. tomorrow's deadline. They predicted one-year commitment of $5,300,000,000 European recovery would as the Senate passed it The bill has been given a new phase by the inclusion of a pro- posal to invite Spain to take part| on tetms set by the 16 European Marshall Plan nations. Its spon- sor, Rep. Alvin E. O'Konski (R- Wis) said he thinks the Senate will go along with this. The official Soviet news agency, Taas, attacked O'Konski for spon- soring the amendment, describing him as “well known for his sup- port of Polish of other nations Spanish Shakeup Madrid sources said Generaliss- imo Franco may reshuffle his cab inet and install a Premi€r of Spain is included in the recovery pro- gram. One source said such a shakeup may come Friday In Paris, acting Premier Fern- ando Valera of the Spanish Re- publican government-in-exile, ask- ed that his regime, rather than Franco's be included in the aid program. In Bogota, Colombia, of 31 nations at the ninth Inter- national Conference of States were expected to spell out & ,strong condemnation of Com- munists infiltration in the West. This became clear last night when the delegates adopted the U. S. proposal to place on the agenda the question of subversive activity by foreizn agents. Battle In Greece In the United Nations, delegates expressed belief that the United States proposal for a special ses- sion of the General Assembly on Palestine would be accepted. Greec ism appeared max. The oifensive against Communist guer- rillas seemed to be unfolding. Troops were reported fighting on two mnuntam fronts. headed for a cli- for | and | ists and fascists diplomats | American | 's battle against Commun- | Greek Army's spring ! KLONDIKE KATE WILL - WED AGAIN ‘Former Befl—of Yukon fo | Take Second Mate at | Vancouver Thursday | BEND, Klondike the Yukon, |band at Vancouver, Wash., day. | Now 68 and known as Mrs. Kate Rockwell Matson, the one-time beauty of the Northlands will be married to W. L. Van Duren, Bend accountant, whom sh® has known for 18 years. | Her first husband—she did not | marry. until she was 53—died a year and a half ago on a frozen Yukon trail. He was John Mat- son, a miner who had carried his love for her 33 years before he | worked up the nerve to ask her | hand After her Ore., March 31.—HM— Kate, once the belle of will take a second hus- Thurs- days as queen of the dance-hall girls in the Alaskan gold rush, Kate homesteaded on dry farmland east of here. She first met Van Duren when he en- |tered a convalescent home she 'started here later. The couple will leave land tomorrow. After the Thursday, they plan a honeymoon trip, probably | fornia It will perience Aiter for Port- wedding short to Cali- be as Kate's first a2 housewife. her marriage to she came back to Bend, and he went to his diggings in Alaska. “They mét oniy occasionally wnrvugn the years, generally when Kate made a trip to Dawson. Matson, then 83, died after a heart attack while hiking out from the Yukon to meet Kate in Octo- | ber, 1946, BIG SEIZURE OF real ex Matson, i SEATTLE, March 31.—(®—Seizure of a nine-pound cache of opium, valued at more than $6,000, was dis- closed here today by Customs of- | ticials. OPIUM AT SEATTLE Voters of Juneau, Tee Harbor, together Juneau Independent School Dis- trict by a vote of 450 in favor, with only 80 casting ballots against the proposal. At the same time, directors, from six were chosen follows: Auk Bay and endorsed the five school candidates Dr. Jo- as | seph O. Rude, receiving 463 votes, | | Robert M ‘Pnpuuv 427, |of Thane, Babcock, Woodrow | polled 354 | Babcock Voting ‘was to the e Akervick 461, Ruth M. Mrs. Daniel Livie, 3 and Douglas B. Vanderbilt Hill, 358. Triplette, of Auk Bay, votes, four less than . ht, presumably due weather condi- tions, snow, rain and slush. In Juneau 488 votes were cast, 423 for and 59 against. The vote on directors was as follows: Akervick 418, Babcock 327, Livie 341, Popejoy 392, Rude 417, Triplette 309 Write-ins gave Bill Norton three votes and others receiving one vote each were: W. L. Grisham, George Messerschmidt, William R. Carter, W. H. Heisel, Curtis Shat- tuck, Dr. William P. Blanton, E. Robertson, J. 8. MacKinnon At Auk Bay, 39 votes were cast, 22 in favor and 17 against. Vote for directors was as follows: Akervick 35, Babcock 29, Popejoy 28, Rude 37, 38 At were Tee Harbor cnly seven votes cast, three for and four against: The vote for directors was: kervick 6, Babcock 6, Livie 6, opejoy 5, Rude 7, Triplette 5. <. ANTI - UNION LEGISLATION INTRODUCED ‘WASHINGTON, March 31.—(®—| |Rep. Hartley (R-NJ) introduced legislation today to make labor |unions subject to prosecution un- | ider the anti-trust laws. mittedly aimed at John L. Lewis. The bill, a proposed amendment to the Taft-Hartley labor-manage- | ment act, would make is unlawful for labor unions to combine in re- | straint of trade. The House twice has approved similar legislation but it never be- came a law. Hartley is chairman of the House Labor Committee. He also| is co-author of the labor law bear- ‘mg his name. and | R.| Livie | Triplette ! It is ad-| Hanns Eisler, Wife Leave 1. S. La Guardia Airport in New York. | l himself. {lnlernafional Photo) LAMOORE APPEAL EXPIRES |Co-Murderer of Jim Ellen| , ' Now Faces Gallows | on April 30 There is now oniy one possxblm.y[ for Eugene LaMoore to escape the | hangman's noose here on April 30} lor the murder of groceryman Jim Ellen. The tall, slender 44-year-old: :neuro had a slim chance until yes- ‘terday to get another trial but the i prescribed 40 day period for perfect- ing his appeal expired at that time | { without further action from defense | attorr This was revealed today by U. S | District Attorney P, J. Gilmore, .Jr., who returned to Juneau late yc\tel- | day from Ketchikan to catch up on | \romo unfinished business here. He jwill return to Ketchikan tomorrow {to finish the court term there. | Gilmore said that he has filed a | motion with the U. S. Circuit Court {of Appeals to dismiss the appeal of LaMoore’s conviction as the accom- | | plice of Austin Nelson in the first| ‘deuee slaying of Jim Ellen on Dec. Eisler and wife, Louise are leaving Gerhardt Eisler is on bail at present on possible deportation charges, s military command, mflll-‘ The narcotic, prepared for smok- new strategy against the'ing wao found Monday aboard the Communist forces, announced 2 smerican freighter William Floyd. | policy of defending only areas Of The ship arrived from Shanghai last the greatest importance. The pol- |22, 1946, Nelson was hanged here on | At présent, labor unions are March 1 for his part in the érim 1 | specifically exempted from mel LaMoore, alias Austin Rollan, was anti-trust laws which forbid busi-|convicted this year and his execu- ness firms to set up restraints on'twn has been set for April 30, His icy will stress the necessity of | conserving strength and mobility | of the government's forces. G N R OREGON VISITORS D. W. Lamb of Salem, Oregon, is staying at the Hotsl Juneau. Saturday. Howard MacGowan, Washington District Collector of Customs, said ! the large cache was found in a coffee jcan in a locker. He expressed be- | lief it had been left aboard by Chin- ese crew members while the ship was in oriental charter service between {Shanghai and Oklnawa | trade, fix prices or foster monop- | oly. ‘WAllA(E PREDICTE 10 DRAW 5 MILLION The Washington NEW LAND LAW FoR VOTES IN ELECTI Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyrignt, 1948, ASHINGTON — It now looks as if the poverty-stricken Navajo Indians, trying to scratch a pre- carious living from the wastelands of Arizona and New Mexico, may own one of the most priceless pieces of property in the US.A. For some time our chief worry in| .the production of atomic energy was the fact that all uranium de-| United | now appears | posits lay outside the States. However, it that the Navajos have been tend- ing their pitiful flocks above hidden atomic treasure. For, up- on the Navajo Reservation in the!| upper corner of Arizona and New Mexico, the Vanadium Corporation | of America has been quietly tracting uranium. Further details regarding this operation must remain a military secret. However, one amazing fact can be revealed. So far, the Nava- jos haven't received one penny for the uranium taken from their land. Instcad, the profits"Have been rak-| ed in by the Vanadium Corpora- tion. The price which the Atomic En- ergy Commission is paying the Vanadium Corporation for uranium is also secret, the joint Congressional Committee (Continued on Page Four) by The Bell Syndicate, | Inc.) aj ex-! but a member of| ALASKA IS SIGNED WASHINGTON March 31.—A— | President Truman signed a bill to 80 acres in National Forests of | Alaska for residence, recreation, | public convenience, education, in- | dustry, agriculture and commerce. Previous laws limited such trdcts to five acres. ing settlers enough ground upon !which to establish homes, educa-| tional facilities, husinesses and small farms. . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORA. wmaréch 31—P— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 3%, American Can |82 Anaconda 36, Curtiss-Wright 6%, International Harvester 89, Kennecott 53%, New York Cen- tral 14%, Northern Pacific 29%, U. S. Steel 74, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,789,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 177.20, rails 53.74, util- ities 33.27. ! e e——— SIX TO SEATTLE VIA | PAN AMERICAN FLIGHTS Pan American yesterday flew six | passengers to Seattle, as follows: B.. | P. Paulgenburg Dr. Wm. M. White- head, Ernest Fly, Hazel Leland, J. G. Stone and Arse Credo. yesterday permitting the use of up | The measure is intended to pro-| mote settlement of Alaska by giv-| TTLE, March 31.—(®—Nor- ‘man Thomas five times Socialist ‘Party candidate for President, be-| \lieves Henry Wallace will draw \more than 5,000,000 votes in the fall ‘nlecnon He based his belief, given in an in- terview here, on “failure of both parties to tell the true story, the vpassionaze—lf sometimes misplaced | —desire of the American people for peace, and the untiringly skillful methods of the Communist organ- izers, administration of Japan,” but added: | universal military training.” | e —— e 'BOARD'S FINDINGS ON MEAT PACKERS { | CHICAGO, March 31.—(M—An- {other fact-finding board is put- ting the finishing touches on = a 1abor dispute report. This involving the "CIO meat packers strike. The Chicago board’s find- ings are due at the White House tomorrow. And just as in the coal case, Mr. Truman —under the injunction to halt the meat strike. It has reduced the nation’s meat it begain March 16. Thomas referred to- General Mac- | Arthur as a man who has “made | {a brilliant record in his postwar| “We do not know how MacArthur istands on domestic issues, outside of | DUE TOMORROW one | Taft-Hartley law-—can therr seek an | supply more than 20 percent since | attorneys, Henry Roden and Joseph | A. McLean, are now working on a petmon for executive clemency which | they are expected to submit to Pres’ dem Truman within the next few ‘da)r They will ask for a commuta- |tion of LaMoore's sentence to life | imprisonment. ‘The hanging, if it comes as sched- 'uled will take place at the Juncau Fedexa] Jail. EXECUTIVE PETITION A petition for executive clem- ency was filed with U. 8. District Attorney P. J. Gilmore, Jr., this afternoon on behalf of FEugene LaMoore by defense attorneys Jo- seph A. McLean and Henry Roden. Gilmore will attach his recom- mendations to the petition and forward it to the U. S. Attorney General for action by President ‘Truman. 1 e TRUMAN'S VETO OF TAX CUTTINGBILLIS | EXPECTED | WEEI(END WASHINGTON, March 31.—#—| President. Truman may veto the $4,- 800,000,000 tax cutting bill before week's end. | It's an “open question” when M: | Truman will act, Presidential Press| Secretary Charles G. Ross told re- porters today. “I may be able to tell you some- thing definite tomorrow. The matter is not settled now,” Ross said. Ross indicated yesterday that Mr.| Truman might wait until Monday.| his action. e » WASHINGTON -- The passed today by voice vote and sent fo the White House a $55,000,000 ap- propriation for additional emergency lnld to Prance, Italy and Austria. | Senators Baldwin (Conn) and Gur- . | | Monday midnight is the deadline for | ® » Senate | ® DRAFTING OF Hanns Eisler and his wife bid farewell to brother, Gerhardt Eisler, at authorities, Brother At request, of U. S. country permamently. FILM ACTRESS x WINS DIVORCE | Two Newsp_aErmen Give | Their Views-Want Tay- | the Manchester U.S. Now Has "Adequate Supply"” of Afom Bombs; Secrel Teshmony Given (BY WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST) WASHINGTON, March 31.—— The United States has “an adequate supply” of atom bombs and is stead- said today. EISENHOWER BIG SUBJECT Atomic man, during secret testimony tefore the House Appropriations Committee on February 28, On the strength of Lilienthal's statements, the committee yesterday recommended an 000,000 for the Commission's work, the full amount asked , While committee members were reluctant to discuss Lilienthal’s tes- sk, timony, they agreed privately with (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) | the statement of Rep. Keefe (R-Wis) Debate over whether Gen. Dwight | | that “we have an adequate supply D, Eisenhower can be drafted for Of bombs already manufactured.” a Presidential nomination kept up| They said they were not given any at a lively clip in political circles| €Xact numbers and declined to say today. where the bombs are stored and how Leonard V. Finder, Publisher of | Pig they are (NH) Evening Lea- | Meanwhile, the Chalrman of thy der, insists that he can. | House-Senate Atomic Energy Com- Roy A. Roberts, President of the|Mitte sald today he believes that if | lor o Be Removed Kansas City Star and an in(lmute]w‘“ comes again this country should |4 associate of the former Army Chief | U< the bomb with the aim of short- ! call of Senator | | | | of Staff, |lssued in New York. !other nomination.” ! Boise veterans, want Taylor removed’, | from office on the grounds “his con- iduct s a disgrace to the State of | say he can't | ening the conflict and saving lives. “No American can refuse the nom-l Senator . Hickenlooper (R-Towa) {ination once it s offered. Undoubt- [Put It this way to a reporter: sen, Eisenhower is no txcep-| I do mot think the bomb shoul Pinder said in a \m"mem»bv used indiscriminately. But I hnve | no qualms about our using it strateg- | ically, where it will be an mlmcnt means nf ending the war.” e e - Alex M'Donald Retires from MaskaS 5. (o. Writing in the Star, Roberts said: “Of course Gen. lke Eisenhower is not going to take a Democratic | nomination for President or any Meantime, petitions asking the re- Taylor (D-Idaho), Henry A. Wallace's Third Party running mate, have been filed with the Secretary of State at Boise. The petitions, circulated by two! | Tdahe.’ |iticians on his appearance yesterday i Testifying her husband, Band Leader Jimmy Zito was “moody and silent” 2nd rude to her screen fans, Film Star June Haver, above, won an interlocu- ! tory divorce decree in Santa | Monica. Couple was married March 9, last year, separated in September. (International Photo) Negroes Profesting Military Service, WASHING Oy, March 31 | Senator Morse (R-Ore) wold a Ne- ; gro leader today that he and mil- lions of other Negroes would Ince‘, treason charges if they carry uuti a threatened civil dischedience pro: test against service in the armed | forces. A. Philip Randolph, Negro pres- ident c¢f the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (AFL), re- plied to Mcrse that he and other Negroes are “willing to pay that rice.” Randolph together with Dther‘ spokesmen for a “committee against jimerow in military service and; training,” he told the Senate Arm- ed Service Committee they will lead | a civil disobedience drive unless | army policies and laws remove ra- clal segregation and discrimination. | Morse, together with Republican | | ney (SD) listened to the length: protest against “jincrowism” from the Negro witnesses. >, o e 8 & @ * WEATHER REPORT (U, B. WEATHER BUREAU ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 a.m. toddy e In Juneau— Maximum, 39; minimum, 30. At Airport— Maximum, 37; minimum, 32. WEATHER FORECAST (Juoeau and Vieinity) Clearing tonight with low- est temperature near 27 de- grees. Thusrday mostly fair, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau— 59 inches; since Maveh 1, 581 inches; sinee July 1, 80.97 inches. At Airport— .25 inches since March 1, 4.11 inches; since July 1, 4870 inches., ® Wallace himself got a poor vote- getter rating from Washington pol-| SEATTLE, March 31—(p--Retire- !ment of A. H. McDonald, the Alas- | ka Steamship Company’s executive | department Territorial represen- Said Senator Morse (R-Ore) : tative, was announced today. “Undoubtedly Wallace designed his| After a half centpry’s activity | testimony as a political spring-board. \m the shipping industry, the An- | But I'm certain he's going to find chorage man will devote his time ! out that it did not spring any votes.” (to mining and other Alaskan in- Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's declslon‘ terests, the company announcement to campaign in Wisconsin and Neb- | sald raska marks the opening of an all- | McDonald came Seattle out campaign to win the Republican 1906 from San Frincisco to be- Presidential nomination, an asso- come port steward for the North- clnte said. western Steamship Company, oper- (ating between Seattle and Nome. He retained the position when the firm was merged with Alaska before the Senate Armed Services Committee. to - o ily making more, Congress members | They reported that this informa- | tion came from David E. Liliential, Energy Commission Chaip-| additional $150,- | in | BOLD MOVE BY RUSSIA IN BERLIN Bars Departure of Ameri- cans, British, French, Except by Consent BERLIN, March 31.—(P—A sud- den Soviet order, if enforced, will make it impossible for 25,000 Amer- ican, British and French troops |and civilians to leave Berlin after | midnight tonight, except by Russian | ¢onsent. Russia proposed, with less than | 24 hours notice, to halt and in« 1spvct U. S, British and French |army military trains traveling in the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany. Much Soviet-occupied territory is west of Berlin. ‘The order provides that ne American, British or French citi- zen may leave or enter Berlin by rail or highway withoui first prov- ing his identity to newly estab- | lished Soviet Army control points. The order was to be effective {at mldnlgm The U. 8. and Britain protested FINDINGS IN COAL" STRIKE ARE PLACED IN TRUMAN'S HANDS WASHINGTON, March 31.—Pre- sldex.L ‘Truman got his fact-finding d’s report on the coal strike to- day and announced he will delay any further Government step in the {dispute until he studies the report. White House Press Secretary Chas, G. Ross sald that Mr. Truman will | take the Loard’s report and support- 'ing documents with him on a trip | to Williamsburg, Va. He is leaving for Williamsburg to- | morrow afternoon and on Friday jwill get an honorary degree from William and Mary College there. Ross suid the board’s report will not be made public until “sometime !after the President’s return from | Willlamsburg” on Saturday. ‘The inquiry board brought its re- port to Mr. Truman just after noon. The next possible step under the Taft-Hartley law’s emergency strike 1pmcedurea is a White House re- quest to the Justice Department to | seek a court order to end the strike, - 'MINER OF NOME, IIME FOR MEEKS Steamship Company in 1908. Mec- | J. Campbell here on Dec. 10, 1945, | Circuit Court of Appeals tomorrow | grounds that it has not been per- ‘}Ircled \ma says the Government will sup- » 000 v e ve e o Donald has spent all but a ,of the intervening year with He will continue to make his E"DSI | home in Anchorage, where he has | been located for 30 years. cessor has nol buen Judge Folfa-Denies Re-! quest for 90-Day Exten- | HOME OF COMMIE sion of Appeal Time ") ¢ A yeD WRECKED Time will expzie tomorrow mr| |the appeal of George Harrison | Meeks on his conviction of first degree murder. Meeks, who ' was found guilty of slaying Clarence | announced. COLUMBUS, O., March 31.—(®—| has been sentenced to life imprison= | pyo weoks of heckling by stones and ment and is now in the Federal' telephone calls were climaxed last| Hnlght by the storming of the home ! Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Wash. |of a bel!-proclnimed Communist lea- Notice of appeal was filed here|gop following his conviction and the 40- ‘ A crowd of 300 watched and cheer- day time limit expires LOMOTTOW. ed 30 or 40 persons who broke into The appeal was filed by Merica and | the Southside house occupied by | Walsh, a San Francisco law firm.| prank Hashmall, 28-year-old former | The appeal attorneys filed a re- New York College student, He, his quest with the U. S. District Coult‘wm3 and child were absent. while in session at Ketchikan for| Before police came to read the a 90-day extension in which t0 | riot act, the gang broke all the win- | perfect the appeal. The request| dows and much of the furniture, but | was refused by Judge George W. left untoched four bookcases m\m Folta because the law firm hflfl’wnh Communist and other litera- | not been admitted to practice |ture. before the Alaska bar. | Sheriff Ralph Paul announced he U. S. District Attorney P. J.|planned to see if Hashmall, who Gilmore, Jr., said today that hecalls himself Executive Secretary of will file a motion with the U. 8. to dismiss the appeal on the |menace and forced to leave town. ers about the incident. He came here two weeks ago and announced his postion in public statements Mecks was defended dyring his trial by attorneys William L. Paul, 1Jr, and M. E. Monagle, who have no further interest in the case. sy Meeks was tried and found guilty INTERIOR WEATHER twice of Campbell's murder. His| Cold air has moved over the first appeal was granted on legal | northern portion of Alaska with { technicalities, | temperatures ranging from zero to! ———————— 25 below. ' This cold air had not| RANGOON-—The Premier of Bur-|penetrated into the Tanana Valley this morning where temperatures | press Communist activity rulhlessly’r-nged from 6 to 13 degrees. At/ in that country. The Burmese Pre-|Pnlrbnnlm it was 6 above with a mier adds that the Red and White|irace of snow and clear. At North- | R DD Communist Parties have merged to,way it was 11 above. Dawson re- overthrow the Government by force.| ported zero with clear weather. few | Hhe Alaska line, in various positions, | His suc- | 4_ BY RIOTING MOB' Franklin County (Columbus) Com-, munists, could be declared a public Hashmall refused to talk to report-| FINNISH BRIDE, 'HONEYMOONING' SEATTLE, March 31—(#®—Lauri | W. Mattila, 63-year-old miner from { Nome, Alaska, and h.s w:le, Tyyne, 43, Hankasalmi, Finland, are honeymooning” today. They were mérried in Hankasalmi in Novem- ber, 1946. He has been living since | then in Nome and she in Pinland. “After we were married I had to get back to work in Nome, but |1 didn't want her to arrive in ! Alaska in the middle of the win- | ter,” Mattila explained. ‘“Also, it took too long to get her a pass- port.” But, it's springtime in Alaska , and Mrs. Mattila long ago | got her passport. She arrived at Boeing Field yesterday and was | greeted by her proud husband. ‘They will leave April 15 for Nome { where Mattila will resume working | for the United States Smelting and Mining Company. Their romance started in 1046 when Maitila was visiting relatives in Hankasalmi. “Actually, I've known ivr almost all her life, as I lived with her | parents when I was a youngster," Mattila said. Mattila came to the United States in 1903 and has lived in Alaska for 34 years. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Princess Nornh from Vancouver, due Priday. Northern Voyager, scheduled to sail from Seattle April 2. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle April 3, Alaska scheduled southbound - 8 a. m. Thursday. Baranof, from west, | southbound Sunday. LAKE SUCCESS — The United |States has decided not to press for immediate action on trusteeship for Palestine, an American delegation spokesman said today. ; now, scheduled