The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 1, 1948, Page 1

" VOL. LXVIL; NO. 10,851 United States Intends To Defy T0L AR s e HE DAILY ALASKA Volcanic Erupfions Are Possibility on Aleutians; Extensive Report Is Given CONFERENCE AT BOGOTA TOUGH ONE Republics Do Not Like Marshall Plan as Cure for Their llls By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON, April 1—Secre- tary of State Marshall faces no easy task at the Pan American Conference in Bogota. For he faces a group of Latin-American delegates not at all happy over the Marshall Plan and U. S. gen- erosity toward Europe. Privately, South American gov- ernment officials are also not en- thusiastic over the presence of John Snyder and Averell Harri- man in the U. S. delegation. They fear this formidable battery Cabinet officers will dominate the talks and put across a cut-and- dried plan, made in Washington. What American republics don't like is American insistence that the Marshall Plan is the cure for all their ills. They are entirely willing—within limits—to sell goods and products to Europe for U. S. dollars, but they also want to start drawing up blueprints for long- range industrial = development in of | (BY VERA HAUGLAND) WASHINGTON, April 1.—®—The U. 8. Geological Survey says the | posibility of a catastrophic explosior. | among the Aleutian Island volcan- | oes “cannot be disregarded.” The great Sitkin Island volcano, far cut along the chain, appears inearer exploding than any other. | A violent eruption there coulc | badly damage or destroy the Nava. | Station on the Island but probabl; | would not endanger life on Adak ' 25 miles to the southwest, the geo- logists said in a report to the Army Volcanic ash, however, might pol- | lute Adak’s water supplies, damage machinery and impair transporta- tion. Adak is the site of Army and | Navy installations. Other critictl areas: Umnak Island—Violent ash er- | uptions are possible and could cause extensive damage to Fort Glenn, nine miles east of Okmok volcano Alaskan Peninsula—"Major explo- ‘Lexpec!ed at intervals in the future. Fort Randall, 35 miles distant anc up-wind, is out of the probable lave |path and ash range. The Survey's findings, summarized |by Geologist G. D. Robinson, were !the result of investigations startec lin 1946 at the request of the Army. Cheerful Aspects | Robinson says that although the report no longer is a military secret it has as yet been made available to only 100 persons. The report had two cicerf:l as- { pects: | 1. There is a ‘good possibility’ |that science ultimately may be atle ito predict when and where volcanic eruption may oceur. | 2. Research may lead to develop- ment of a warning system for tidal )sive eruptions of Pavlov volcano are | this hemisphere. | waves originating in Aleutian waters. In short, the Latins think the! “Something that gives itself away United States ought to invest heav- as much as a noisy volcano does ily in their economy, instead Offsurely should be predictable,” Rob- just buying up a sizeable part of |inson observes. present production to ship abmad.l There are about 80 volcanoes, 39 of Some of those who hold this!them considered active, in the Al- view are quite sincere, others m'eieutian—maska arc, The report alsc strictly opportunistic. Peron’s Ar-!says “eruption similar to the one gentina, for instance, would be, de- [that blew the top off Mount Okwok‘ lighted to share in the proceeds of jabout 10,000 years ago could occur” a “little Marshall Plan,” but only ion any of them, but “there is no evi- on its own terms. That was made |dence of such violent activity in abundantly clear at the recent U.|prospect for the near future except N. commercial conference in Hav- |possibly at Great Sitkin Island.” ana, where Argentine delegates| The report added that “scm‘fttfly a cheered for all the benefits of the |vear can be expected to pass without World Trade Charter but balked auacli‘:ty :yi one volcanc or another all the proposed obligations. {in the chain.” Other countries, including Mex-| Volcanoes on Northern Adak pre- ico, Brazil, Venezuela and Peru, |Sent no immediate threat to nearby are genuinely and intelligently in- |Army and Navy ‘lnstnllatipns. the re- terested mot only in their own|Port said, but “the possibility of a economic future, but in the hemis- [new cycle of volcanism on Northerr phere as a whole. Venezuela, es—:A‘;a‘;‘ cannot be summarily dismis- . ; AR ised. 5_::;;12,1::;:: b:cl:m:,? B h,:;;:}i Recent volcanic activities were: for all Latin America on how to| June. 1945—spectacular eruption of {Okmok almost caused evacuation of Fort Glenn. (Continued on Page Five) The Washington Merry - G_o -Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) WASHING’I}ON— One all-impor- tant question debated by war chiefs during recent defense dis- cussions was whether Great Britain would throw its weight with the USA in case of a Red Army sweep across Europe. It is no secret that there has been strong sentiment in war-weary Britain for sitting out the next war. Five years of buzz-bembs and living in air-raid shelters has made a lot of Britishers feel that neutrality may be the best policy, Incidentally this opinion is also widely held by many Frenchmen, Belgians, Dutch and other contin- entals. The answer to this question was all-<important to U. S. defense planners. They had to figure out in advance whether the United States would be able, to have air bases near the European contin- ent. With the Red Army probab- ly sweeping to the English Chan- nel in a few weeks in case of war, Britain and Spain would be the only potential bases usable by the DUnited States. However, definite word has now been given the United.States by '(Contlnued_ on P;;e Four) | 1946—Shishaldin, highest of the Aleutian cones, on Unimak Island, |erupted violently, depositing two ih- ’ches of ash 25 miles to the east. Aku- |tan volcano, west of Unimak, sent |1ava flowing toward a Naval station. i ————— '150-BOAT FLEET IS | TIED UP; PROTEST . OVER "48 PRICES SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.—®— CIO union fishermen from Santa Cruz to the Oregon line kept their 750 boat fleet in port as the 1948 salmon tfishing season opened to- day, protesting prices offered by wholesalers. The CIO International FiShermen and Allied Workers of America said the Northern California Fish- eries Association was offering 20 cents a pound while the fishermen want 26. Association Attorney Joseph Al- ioto said per pound price negotia- tions with ‘the CIO fishermen would violate the Sherman anti-trust law. He said the 20-cent price was for uncleaned fish, with 24 cents offered for cleaned salmon. £ R R STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah, from Vancouver, due Friday. Northern Voyager, scheduled to sail from Seattle April 2. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle April 3. Baranof, from west, southbound Sunday. scheduled TS ——- “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1948 ESTEBETH IS BURNED THIS A. M. Wellknownafl Destroy- ed by Fire-Capt. Davis, Crew, Passengers Safe The 55-foot mailboat Estebeth was completely burned to the keel on Couverdon Island abeam of Ansley Island, 55 miles from Ju- neau early this morning. The Pan American Flight 3, out of Seattle to Fairbanks, sighted the burning craft between 5 and 3 o'clock this morning and immed- ately radiotd the Coast Guard. Ccast Guard plane 800 was flown >ut but owing to rough seas could not land and then radioed the Joast Guard Cutter which left for the scene shortly fter 8 o'clock this morning, ar- riving there at 12:35 o'clock this afternoon. Comdr. Carlson of the Wachusett sent a boat ashore and took the crew of the Estebeth and her pas- sengers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter. The Estebeth was completely destroyed by fire, which was caus- ';ula system, and which completely anveloped the engine room. Capt. Pat Davis of Lhe Estebeth, skillfully brought her to a safe anchorage and all hands were . saie. The crew fought a losing sattle however. They managed to ;ave all the first class mail and 1 few blankets. The men were very tired when taken aboard the Wachusett at 1:45 this afternoon. The crew aboard were as follows: Curtis Hayes, Theodore Starr Evans, Don Tanner and Her- man Giel. Passengers aboard were Alice Hillman for Hoonah and Thomas Jackson for Tenakee. Miss Hill- man has just recently been dis- charged from the hospital and due to convalescent condition will be taken to Hoonah by the Wachu- sett. The Estebeth had left Juneau n her regular run to Sitka at 3 {o'clock yesterday afternoon. The little vessel had left Funter Bay mnd was heading out when the fire was discovered. The Estebeth, ownea by Capt. James V. Davis, of Seattle, has been one of the best known vessels plying the waters in this section Jf the country. The Estebeth was build in Ta- coma, Wash, in 1918, by Capt. Davis and Dr. E. H. Kaser. It was named for Dr. Kaser's twin daughters, Esther and Elisabeth, THEY SEE IT; THEN TIIEY_SIM GET IT BALTIMORE, April 1 —B— Things were quiet last night, so accident room doctors at Maryland General Hospital went to their re- | creation room to watch a telecast of a rodeo being held here. They saw one of the performers tossed off a horse. Shrugging their shoulders, they switched off the television set and returned to duty. Less than five minutes later Lee Duhaims of Pueblo, Arizona, was brought in for X-ray. He was the performer who fell. ‘The hospital is just a few blocks from the rodeo site. ADMIRAL TOWERS IS ELECTED PAA OFFICER NEW YORK, April 1.—(®—Admir- al John H. Towers, USN (retired), has been elected Assistant Vice Pre- sident of Pan American Airways, the Company announcess Towers' aviation experience began in 1911 and in 1946 he was appoint- |ed Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, -oo CITY COUNCIL FRIDAY The Juneau City Council will hold its regular meeting at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the City Council Chambers. Only routine matters are expected to be presented for action. Wachusett, | :d by a flare back from the Ar-| Bayer, | PRESIDENT LEAVES ON ~ 1-DAYTRIP Two Major Issues Expected i fo Be Decided-One Is Tax Veto WASHINGTON, April 1. —(#—Pre- sident Truman is scheduled to leave Washington today on a two-day itrip to Williamburg, Virginia, where {he will receive an honorary degree from William and Mary College. Before he leaves, Mr. Truman may act on two major issues: The coal strike and the income tax reduction bill. He's expected to veto.the bill— possibly today, and supporters say they’ll be all set, and have suffi- cient votes, to override the veto. On the coal issue, Administration lieutenants are said to be urging |the President to take action quickly |to end the 18-day walkout. Mr. Trumen now has in hand the report of his three-fact finders om |the issues involved in the walkout. | The report is understood to blame | United Mine Workers' - President |John L. Lewis for inspiring the | walkout. WASHINGTON, April 1.—®—Tt | President ‘Truman vetces the tax re- duetion bill, Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon will vote to override the | veto. Morse made the statement this | morning. He said: “If international | tensicn increases to a point where it becomes necessary to appropriate | additional billions of dollars for mili- |tary purposes, Congress should con- sider a new Lax bill.” However, Morse added, ‘the’ present tax bill should | tecome law." And the Oregon Sen- ‘ator added he is confident that if the President velves the measure, Congress will override the veto. S e BIG PLARE ' REPORTED GIVEN | BOEING COMPANY SEATTLE, April 1.—®—An Air Force order of 27 stratofreighters |from the Boeing Airplane Company | | was reported today by the Times. | The newspaper said it had learned | |of the estimated $20,000,000 contract | in Washington, D. C. No confirma- | tion was available immediately from | the Company. | Such an order would bring the | Boeing backlog of military and com- | mercial orders to approximately | $240,000,000. The stratofreighter is capable of | carrying 140 fully equipped troops | Ior 41,000 pounds of cargo. It is & 300-mile an hour giant, with a re- ported range of 3,100 miles. The plane is a military version| tof the company's stratocruiser air-| liners. The Air Force still is taking de- livery on an original order of 1€ of the air freighters. e ——— NEGOTIATION OF PRICES OF FIsH ARE POSTPONED Negotiations between Local 100, United Trollers of America, and Se- attle and Southeast Alaska fish buy- iers have been postponed until April 15, it was revealed today by John Olafson, UTA .Secretary. | The negotiations for new fish pric- es and other contract revisions were originally scheduled to have begun in Juneau yesterday but were post- i poned because of the absence of sev- eral interested persons. '(oloredii*ri;b Be Used, Study of ' Wildlife Habits PULLMAN, April 1—®—Feather or not it works, students of Wash- ington State College’s Wildlife Man- agement course are hawing a colorful time. A dozen pheasants, dyed red, green, yellow or purple, have been released in the Pullman area. The students hope the colors will make the Lirds easier to follow for a study dustrials 177.62, rails 5376, utilities|here before'the tourists arvive seek- Hotel. of their habitat. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Moscow Newspaper Raves Over Building Airbases In Alaska MOSCOW, April Star said today the United States has aggressive intentions in build- ng Alaskan airbases. The Soviet Army newspaper said U. S. Air Secretary W. Stuart Sym- ington disclosed the aggressive at- | 1—P— Red for "Defense” Red Star said Symington's state- | ment exposed the former thesis that American Alaskan bases are intended for defense. (Symington testified before a Senate armed services committee March 25. He said American heavy litude when he said bases were| bombers could take off from Al- placed to permit planes to bomb|aska, “bomb any part of Russia any part of Russia and return. land return to American bases. Tribal Rights of Natives Stricken, Statehood Bill | CONFESSES KILLING SEATTLE, April 1—P—A 28- year-old cripple confessed last night, detectives said, that he robbed and killed his former em- pleyer, Ray Arnold, 63, a service staticn operator. Detective Sgt. Foster A. Heslop, and Det. Don Sprinkle said the oral statement was made by Ralph Shelton shortly after he talked with a minister in his cell. Shelton had been discharged from his job, the officers reported. They said Shelton had been in custody since the day after the Figeng, March 22. . In his statement, Shelton was quoted by Heslop as saying he dup- ed Arnold into driving him to a OF FORMER BOSS WASHINGTON, April 1—(®—Re-| cognition of tribal rights of Natives! was stricken tentatively from the Al- aska Statehood Bill yesterday by a House Territories Subcommittee The amendment offered by Rep. will: be formally adopted by the full | Public Lands Committee at a meet- ing next week. ‘The Lill now authorizes the state to recognize individual rights of In- | dians, Aleuts and Eskimos but de nies all recognition of tribal rights. .- Political Gossip glance at the latest developments jen the political scene: From Chicago comes word that !some Republicans have started to "worry openly about the possibil- ity that the Democrats may suc- D'Ewart (R-Mich) chairman, said it Concerns President | WASHINGTON, April 1—®— Aj CONFLICT STARTED BY RUSS {Bottling Up Roads In and Out of Berlin Against Western Powers (By The Associated Press) A conflict between Russia and the Western Powers bottled up the western road and rail transport in and out of Berlin today. The americans, refusing to submit to Soviet inspection, resorted to planes to bring in passengers and freight. U. 8, British and French au- thorities protested the sudden Soviet orders for inspections, ef= fective at midnight last night. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. 8. Mili~ tary Governor, said the traffic stoppage could not be broken im- mediately without the use of force. British and American authori- ties ordered their train command- iers not to yield to the Russian order that all passengers and freight entering the Soviet zone {be inspected at border control peints. The result was that four | east-bound passenger trains were stopped at Marienborn, a Soviet check point five miles east of the British zone boundary | Communizt Claims { In Moscow, the Communist news- ! paper Pravda declared “the par- tition of Germany has become a completed fact.” It said the four- powered allied control council had iceased to exist as the governing jauthority. A Russian-licensed Ger- | man newspaper suggested the west- {ern allies get out of Berlin. The { Western povers -have some 250000 trcops and civillahs there. About 110,000 are Americans. S—— PRICE TEN CENTS Russian Move U.S. FORCES T0 REMAIN IN BERLIN State Depa_rirAn'ent Makes Assertion in View of New Action WASHINGTON, April 1.—(#—The State Department asserted again to- day that United States forces intend to remain in Berlin, This statement followed Russian seizure of traffic control into and out of the German Capital. This move was interpreted as an effort to squeeze the Western Powers out of the city. ‘The Soviet action stirred calls in Congress for immediate passage of the draft and building the world’s greatest air force to strengthen U, S. military might Lincoln White, State Department Press Officer, reaffirmed that Am- erican policy calls for U. 8. forceg to remain in the German Capital. Asked at a news conference for comment on the new dispute there Letween Russia and the Western Powers, White said: Secretary of State Marshall’s com- ment last Thursday about remaining in Berlin still stands, Marshall told a news conference at that time: | “In accordance with the interna- tional agreement binding on all four control powers the United States intends to continue to fulfill its re- sponsibilities as a member of the control council and a joint occupant of the city of Berlin, e S " m . n In Washington, the State De- | ORDER hill sabove Boeing_ Plant No. 1 by| saying his car was there. | man “I was riding in the back seat)"| the statement said,” and after I ceed jn talking President Tru into glving way to another nominee. of the campaign to land the Re- told him to stop, I struck him on|publican Presidential nomination he head with a hammer. lor General MacArthur—Warren “I didn't want to hit him hard | Wright—has voiced that 2nough to kill him. After I struck | Wright says he'd rather see Mac- him, he shoved open the driver's| Arthur run against Mr. Truman door and started to get out. “He told me, ‘Wait until I get | my keys and I'll kill you!’ ! has been passed around quietly n “Then I pulled open the zipperfthe camps of the other GOP hope- | on my coat pocket and drew out fuls such as Senator Robert Taft my gun and shot him.” iof Ohio and Governor Thomas ———e——— |Dewry of New York. They frank- B e i .jly think that Mr. Truman will be | easier to beat than some Democrat L ® (who could unify t ty. * WEATHER REPORT B T ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 a.m. today In Juneau— Maximum, 34; minimum, 24. . l 1 At Airfort— Maximum, 35; "6 [o AlEuIIA“S minimum, 19. o ; WEATHER FORECAST L (Juneau and Vicinlty) The unofficial manager | worry. | | than any other available Democrat. | Wright was voicing a view that| Mostly 1air and colder to- night and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight 21. Oc- H casional northeastely gus- e ty winds tonight, decreasing o Friday. , . PRECIPITATION * | (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | In Juneau— .02 inches; e f since July 1, 80.99 inches. e | At Airport— .11 inches; ® e since July 1, 4851 inches. . Gale Flag Is Up; But lI_'s_Only Joke SEATTLE, April 1.—®—The wea- ther forecast today was for moder- |ate scuth winds. But there, atop the Weather Bureau'’s tower, flew a 'whole gale warning flag. | .It was ‘just an April Fool's Day | prankster getting off to an early |start. The flag didn't stay up for |long. 3 STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, April 1.—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 81%, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright 6 1-2, International Harvester 89%, Kennecott 537, New Ycrk Central 14%, Northern Pacific 20%, U. 8. Steel 74 1-2, Pound $4.63%. Sales today were 1,490,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: In- 3335 10 STUDY ECLIPSE, MIDDLETOWN, Pa. April 1—® -Two scientific teams left the Olm- sted Air Force Base here this week for an Aleutian Islands study of the May 8 eclipse of the sun. | Thk2 expedition is under the aus- \pices of the Natipnal Geographic !Society. One team will go to Kiska, |the other to Adak. | The teams aré the last of seven \w depart in the multiple-pronged | |expedition to check eclipse along a |5320-mile path from Southeastern | Asia to the Westernmost part of Al- | |aska. Parties left earlier for Burma | | Siam, China, Korea and Japan. | i The various teams will start set-| jting up camp shortly e [DENVER POST PAYS OFF IN CARTWHEELS | FOR 600D REASON DENVER, April 1.—#—The Den-| {ver Post paid out more than a ton |of silver to its employees today, meeting the weekly payroll with ald- fashioned “cartwheels” instead of the usual paper money. Each of the 700 persons on the payroll received a bag of the dol- {lars. Louls McMahoh, comptroller of | the newspaper, said the payroll came |to apout $40,000 and that the over- jall weight of the money issued was 2,860 pounds. Idea of the payment was to get a lot of silver dollars in circulation iing them for souvenirs. partment reasserted that forces will remain in Berlin. The | Russian move stirred calls in Con- gress for immediate passage of the draft and building up of the | werld’s greatest air force. * For More Defense President Truman advised Con- gress an additional $3,000,000,000 will be asked for national de- fense. A committee of Senate and House members agreed to drop Spain from the list of nations eligible to get American aid un- der the European recovery plan, The decision to cancel the House's invitation to Spaiii came after the President announced he was utterly opposed to such a move. The House passed an omnibus glcbal aid bill of $6,205,000,000 last night. Senate and House con- ferees worked on the final com- promise, hoping to have it in shape for the President’s signature by the week’s end. The House kept in its bill the by the 16 Marshall Plan nations. The Greek army rammed a wedge through a key Communist defense point in the mountains northwest of Salonika and pounded guerril- las with artillery fire. A Greek army announcement said the guer- rillas fled. In Italy Italy may be gripped by a gen- eral strike at the time of her April 18 election test between | Communists and anti-Communists. The Communist-1:d General Con- federation of Labor, claiming six million members, threatened the walkout in protest against disappearance of a Sicilian labhor leader. They charged that right- ists had kidnaped or kiiled him. Despite vigorous Russian opposi- tion, the United Nations Security ready to order an investigation of Moscow's role in the Czechoslovak coup in which the Conununists seized power. Fighting continued in the Holy Land. Arabs battered at the be- sleged Montefiore Ghetto in Jeru- salem with mortars and Jews re- taliated with sniper attacks on an Arab village on the slopes of the | Mount of Olives. R SEATTLE VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Sam Asp from Se- attle are staying at the Baranof He is a prominent cannery man. u. s invitation to Spain to join in the‘ Eurocpean aid program on terms set | the | Council at Lake Success appeared | TOFRANCO ISOPPOSED (Truman 6l;j;cts fo Pro- I vision-Hopes Congress | Will Knock K Out | WASHINGTON, April 1. (#—The | White House said today that Presi- {dent Truman is “utterly opposed” to |the “Welcome Franco” provision the |House wrote into the European Re- covery Plan. . | Presidential Secretary Charles G. |Ross so quoted the Chief Executive Ito reporters, He said Mr. Truman i hopes the provision will be knocked {out before Congress finally finishes work on the measure. Ross volunteered the President’s |views at a news conference, He said {he had talked with Mr. Truman about, the provision te include Spain in ERP. He added: “The President is utterly opposed to that provision. “He trusts it will be stricken out in the conference on the bill" | The efforts now being made to !comprumlse different bills passed by the Senate and House are known iin Congressional language as a “con- |ference.” OIL LEADERS TO MAP PLANS FOR ~ GAS RATIONING WASHINGTON, April 1.—# -0il |industry leaders are gathered here today to map plans for a voluntary {gasoline raticning program to meet |a possible shortage late this sum- imer. Government officials fear a short- age during the late harvest season and also believe a fuel oil shortage worse than last winter's may develop next winter, Industry sources are not so pessi- mistic, but they are going ahead with plans to try to guarantee es- sentia! users adequate supplies of both gasoline and fuel oil, One indus- try source says that unless the mili- tary makes unexpected demands, the gasoline’ supply should be sufficient. - e ] HERE FROM SEATTLE M. F. Stockwell and C. S. Nel- son, both from Seattle, are in Juneau and staying at the Baran- of Hotel