The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,861 Excursion Inlet Cannery Destroye HAWKINS ISSUES EXPLANATION OF MILL POSITION Sawmill Workers Elect New Union President and Vice-President E. 8. Hawkins, Vice-President and General Manager of Juneau Spruce Corporation today released the following statement- to the press in regard to the events that have taken place at their Edna Bay Camp to clarify the management’s posi- tion in the current dispute and work stoppage at this operation. “I had spent the night of Satur- day, April 3 and the day of Sunday, April 4 at the Edna Bay Camp and had just returned to the Juneau office Monday morning when I re- ceived notice that the crew at Edna Bay had refused to work until I Teturned to camp and negotiated a contract with them. I then inform- ed them that whenever they secured a National Labor Relations Board certification that the company would negotiate with them.” Crew Wouldn't Work “The crew refused to work and 1| closed the cook house and ordered planes for the transportation of the workers to Ketchikan, but the crew refused to move from camp. My ac- tion in closing the cook house was to prevent the cost of the cook house { wround. Leing doubled as the company nor- mally loses thousands of dollarsi ,cgpiities of Alaska,” Walt said. each month to feed the crew and g nok feel thay the company could | 1., was the American West, be- stand Continued losses to feed non-{ .. .o thare are no Indians.” productive workers who were being unreasonable in their demands.” Hawkins said he returned to Edna Bay, Sunday April 11 and officially closed the Edna Bay Camp leaving a small maintenance crew to care|material had the rest{ ment,” for the camp. He then of the employees transported by plane to Ketchikan. {Wonders o?iorthland fo HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” % JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Be Screened-Material Being Gathered By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD, April 13.—P— Walt Disney is planning to show ‘he world the untold wonders of Alaska. For two years, the cartoon wiz- ird has been gathering material on the Northern territory. Last summer he made a thorough tour of Alaska, even into the Arctic Circle, and he has posted a man to gather material there the year- “Pew people realize the immense AlT DIS EY WASHINGTON, April 13 —(®— munists and unions to file financial | ing agent in a plant. \ | constitutional a section forbidding ed today is a tribunal which Fed- held the non-Communist and finan- ‘It will be an easier land to settle try in dealing with the Communists Splitting 2-1, a special three-judge IS To SHo w | statements. It was the second major court! spending of union funds for politi- eral laws provided for in order to cial registration provisions. Judge in labor.” He told a reporter that| court today ruled constitutional two o | The provisions apply only to those - OFF ALASKA ‘rulm-z on constitutionality of im- cal purposes, The NLRB has ap- speed action on constitutional is- E. Barrett Prettyman dissented. “every effort should be made to| T n_n wo Key Provisions of | key provisions of the Taft-Hartley unions which want to make use of | Board’s | portant provisions of the Taft- pealed Moore's ruling to the Su- sues. Robert N. Denham, NLRB Gen- expunge Communists from the la,bo:| Just cold? T suggested. “It's no coiaer than Minne- sota,” he said in defense. Taft - Hartley Labor Ad Upheld by 3-Judge Court Labor Act—those requiring union officers to swear they are not Com- the National Labor Relations machinery. But unions which do not go to NLRB cannot get legal status as exclusive bargain- | Hartley Act. On March 13, U. S. District Judge Ben Moore ruled un- preme Court. | ‘The three-judge court which rul-| In today's ruling, Judge Wilbut K. Miller and Bolitha J. Laws up- eral Counsel, said the decision “strengthens the hand of the coun- movement. Walt said he plans to use the as. “factual entertain-| similar to ‘the subjeets: o B E s “My reason for closing the Edna che fable and legend of the land,” ‘| he explained. The films will com- (Continued On rage Two) The Washington Merry - Go - Round pepyciap s 10 By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—President Tru- man remains coolly confident that he will head the Democratic tick- et this year, despite both. South- ern-Northern opposition. He made this quite clear during a chat with young Representative George Smathers of Florida the othe day, when Smathers, accom- panied by Leonce Legendre, assist- ant adjutant of the American Le- gion, invited him to address the Legion national convention next October in Miami, Without bat- ting an eye, Truman replied: “I'd certainly like to be there, but I'm going to be in a reason- ably hot political campaign at that time.” Because of this, he added, some people might think he was using the Legion convention as a poli- tical platform. However, when Smathers and Legendre suggested he could make a strictly nonpoliti- cal speech, preferably on prepar- edness, the President promised to think it over. In gay mood, he took a Legion service cap from his desk drawer and donned it at a jaunty angle. Pointing to the insignia, “Inde- pendence, Mo., Legion Post 21" he remarked: #That's my real post—Number 21 —though I also belong to Post 340 in Kansas City. I'd prefer to have Number 21 on my convention certificate, if that can be ar- ranged.” Note—The President also showed his guests some of the recent gad- gets he has received through the mails, including a bow tie that lights up with the slogan, “Elect Harry Truman.” | | bine live action and cartoon. As yet, he doesn't know whether the film will take the shape of fea- tures or of short subjects. ne has made on South America. “T plan to show what is there, plus . TO RESUME | Twenty-one_NaIions Will Continue Discussions in Riot-Scarred City (By The Associated Press) The Pan American conference of 21 nations may resume tomorrow in Bogola. The State Department in Wash- ington received a combined press BE ROUTED OVER | ALASKA HIGHWAY| SEATTLE, April 13.—(®—The Se-| attle Port of Embarkation announ- ces that Alaska Freight Lines has| been awarded a contract for the rauling of perishables from Seattle to Fairbanks by way of the Alaska highway. PRIMARY IN NEBRASKA IS HELD TODAY Republican;WiII Pick Top Man from Field of Seven Candidates OMAHA, April 13—P—Nebraska Republicans pick from a field of seven candidates today the man they want the GOP National Convention to nominate for Presi- dent in June. With heavier-than-usual primary voting in prospect, most politicians here thought top choice lies. be- tween Harold E. Stassen of Min- nesota, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. These three ended their eam- paigns with a blaze of oratory di- rected primarily against Commun= ism. Stassen was the only one here for a personal appearance. Dewey and Taft talked to Ne- braska voters only by radio. But what they said added up tc a general attack on the Com- munists, pinpointed at the Bogota, Colombia, revolt. Taft, who startled Nebraskan: months ago by a proposal in Oma- ha for scaling down farm price support, stuck to his guns in a ra- dio broadcast to the state. The Ohioan said that the farm parity formula must be revised. With polls open for 12 hours— from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.,—nearly 800,000 persons are expected tc cast ballots in races ranging from the Presidential popularity pri- mary down through local offices. Republicans = also will elect -1t | national convention delegates. Mos' |of the 32 candidates have indicat- ed they will support the winnex of the popularity contest on the first ballot at Philadelphia. Democrats will pick a 12-votc slate of delegates. They are ex- pected to back President Truman for the Democratic nomination. -~ — ROUND-WORLD PILO} SCHEDULED TO STOF IN JUNEAU APRIL 1S The Juneau airpori manager ha: received a letter from the Britis Embassy to the effect that A. / Mansfield, a British flier who is at tempting to break the globe circlin speed record, would land in Junea for refuelling on April 19. The flie delegation was caught in midst of Awarding of the contract was au- thorized by the chief of transporta- tion following several successful and radio dispatch from the riot-|is scheduled to arrive here fror scarred Colombian capital saying|Vancouver at 3 o'clock in the after the sessions probably will be re-|noon and to leave an hour later en runs by Alaska Freight Lines. The |opened then. purpose is to reduce spoflage of| Conference delegates were expect-| perishable foods and cut tonnage€d to vote today to stay in Bogota, on the Alaska Railroad. | despite the weekend revolt which The first haul was made before |killed 300 persons and devastated | New Year’s Day when 34,000 pounds |much of the city. | of fresh tomatoes, lettuce and sweet| U. 8. Secretary of State George C. potatoes were trucked to troops in|Marshall, heading the American the Fairbanks area for their holi-|delegation, blamed international day dinner. | Communism for the revolt. He told The trip marked the first time |newsmen and delegates last night the Seattle Port of Embarkation em- |it followed a pattern similar to out- ployed the Alaska highway for |breaks which provoked trouble in transport of cargo to the interior France and pre-election violence in of Alaska. Italy. A study of the runs made by Al- The trouble flared suddenly Fri- aska Freight Lines for the Port|day with the assassination of a Lib- showed that the delivery of perish: eral Party leader. Colombia’s coal- ables to the interior was made in!ition government, still under Con- approximately four to six days— servativé® President Mariano Ospina roughly three to four times as fast as Perez, has broken relations with the water-rail combination transport. |Soviet Union. Two Russians, de- Under present plans some 100 scribed as Communist agents, are tons of perishables will be trucked |in custody. by Alaska Freight Lines into the Chile's government said today the Fairoanks area. The first trip was:Colombian uprising was part of a; made by two drivers in tempera- ture controlled diesel semi-trailers. Paved Runwayfor Anneffe Island Is | Communist master plan which call- | ed for similar outbreaks in Chile and Bolivia. 1500 FLY WITH PNA; NOT FED ON FLIGHT Pacific Northern pilots are cur- rently boasting that they carry 1521 iis route to Anchorage. Fred Dunn, district traffic agen for Pan American, said that every thing possible will be done to assis the flier in his mission for a nev mark, Aluminum Shorfage Is Reported; More Power Needed PNW WASHINGTOA, April 13—/ Congressman Walt Horan of Wash ington says the nation cannot ge enough aluminum for more aircraft construction unless more power i supplied in the Pacific northwest. He told the House that the aluminum industry has been cut back so fa! by dismantling war plants and pow- er' shortages that the industry now straining fo supply domestic needs. Horan called for action on Mc- Narny, Foster Creek and Hungry Horsze dams in Washington, Oregor. gnd Montana. Master-Plan of UPERS T0 SHOWOVER ITALIANS Nriter Declares Strength of U. S. Air Force Is fo Be Demonstroted DENVER, April 13.—(®—A Den- r Post writen said today a Euro- ‘ean bound flight of Superfortresses i1l make “a show of strength for 2e western powers” before the April 8 elections in Italy. Lee Callison, writing under a ateline “over the Atlantic aboard B-29,” wrote this “The group’s top officers say they “pect to go from Germany to Italy ‘or a show of strength for the restern powers' before the April 18| lections.” Callison added “The number of Superfortresses i nd men are secret, but it will take | ours for the .group to land when| they arrive at Fermany, their Juropc { s“Following the expected Italiani naneuvers by the group, the B-20! -oliaths are expected to fly to Saudi \rabia where the U. S. has one of he biggest B-29 airdromes and a oint, incidentally, within close ange of most of Russia.” T I NAVY CONTINGENT FOR ANNETTE ISLE, KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 13, ~P—A 'Navy contingent of 200 nen will be based at Annette Is- and, near here, for summertime nap and aerial photography work, Mith Naval District. headquarters nnounced today. e j View of one of main thoroughfares in Bogota, capital Sceng of Bl_oody Insurrrection in Colom ——— Rrr ¢ ¥EEE H noENEE M ‘ " K L bloody and destructive revolution. «By Associated Press) A high Russian official in Ber- ling told a German Youth meet- ing today “The Marshall Plan means the division of Germany; the division of Europe-—it means war.” The speaker, Col. Ser >+ Tulpanov, information chief of the| Soviet military administration of | Germany, likened President Tru-| man to the late Hermann Goering, ' Hitler's deputy, evidently referring to Goering’s four-year plan for arming Nazi Germany. The Russians maintalned re- strictions on the movement of Allied ground traffic to and from| Berlin, which is deep inside Soviet| occupation territory. In Italy There were increasing signs tn! Italy that the Italian Communists are losing ground in the campaign | for. next Sunday’s elections. The Co unists appeared to have stopped talking about arms and | insurrection if the parliamentary | elections should not go their way.| They also have adopted what ap- pears to be a more concillatory attitude toward the Marshall Plan. In* Greece, a bitter battle be-| tween Army troops and Commun- st guerrillas raged into its third day at Kalavryta in the northern! Peloponnesus. An army communi- | que said one section of the town was penetrated by geurrillas, whoi raided two banks. In China China’s former vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs urged in Shang- hai today a reshuffle of China's zovernment as the only alternative .0 “imminent military collapse” and eventual alliance with Russia. He was Kan Chieh-hou, wartime member of the Supreme National Jeiense Council. | In Palestine In Palestine, the Zionist General Council has announced its inten- tion to proclaim an independent Jewish state in the Holy Land on| May 16, the day after the British mandate ends. A bi-partisan plan to revise the| United Nations charter, laid be- ore the U. S, Senate yesterday, )y Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich) | will he “carefully explored,” Chair-| nan Arthur H. Vandenberg (R- Mich) dnnounced in Washington. of Colombia, where One hundred persons have been reported killed, with 200 injured in riots. President Mariano Ospina Perez, head of Conservative govern- ment, declared martial law, anncuncing the Army is restoring order in city. cluding Presidentlal palace, were destroyed. RtiAssianDeilares M‘arshallf_ | Plan Means Division for Germ_aEyWhich Means War (International Soundphoto) g H l"l: | B | Inter-American Conference Many major buildings, in- BIGBOMBER FLEET HOPS . FOR EUROPE Mightiest OHS. Air Force Zoom Out Today for Overseas Visit WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., April 13.—(®—One of the mightiest fleets of U. 8. Airforce bembers ever sent overseas took off today for Germany—possibly other stops abroad. While officials here said the number of B-29s was “classified” | information, it was learned that about 30 Superforts make up the fleet attached to the 15th Airforce. The ilight—longest peacetime hop of such large numbers of B- 29s in Airforce history—was offi- clally described as a “routine train- ing mission.” Leaving Smoky Hill Air Base in Kansas during the night, the fleet'’s first bomber piloted by Lt. James T. Bloyd, Jr., of Portland Ore, set down here at 5:48 a. m,, and took off at 7:38 a. m. Goose Bay to refuel. The other planes zoomed in at 15 minute intervals—making only brief stopovers. Three squadrons of the 301st very heavy bombardment group— the 32nd, 362nd and 363rd—are in- volved in the flight. Planes from the 301st Wing have made smaller training missions since the ernd of the war to Japan, Alaska, the Caribbean and Europe. — eee CAPT. W. H. MANGAN ENJOYS HIS FIRST IRIP TO TERRITORY Capt. Wallace H. Mangan, father of Joe Mangan, advertising man- ager for radio station KINY, ar- rived in Juneau aboard the Alaska for an extended vacation. Capt. Mangan has spent nearly 40 years on the Seattle-Bremerton-Port Or-| chard ferry run and is as well known to Puget Sound ferry com- muters as the Alki Point light. He retired January 1, 1942, as the skipper of the Kalakala and commodore of the Black Ball Line fleet. The captain, who is 71, for | Che plan proposes elimination of says he gets a bit “homesick” for PRICE TEN CENTS d By Fire BIG PLANT GOES UP INFLAMES Blaze Whipped by High Wind - Fire-Fighters Save Many Buildings Volunteers ro.:g;t flames all throught last night which razed the Astoria and Puget Sound Can- | ning Co. plant at Excursion Inlet. The fire, fanned by a 40 mile per hour dry northerly wind, destroy- ed several buildings and a dock. A fire-fighting detail from the U. 8. Coast Guard Cutter Wachu- sett, volunteers from Hoonah and seven cannery employees attempted gallantly to bring the fire under control but were unable to gain the upper hand until late this morning. According to Commander E. V. | Carlson, Captain of the Wachusett, and company officials at Belling- ham, Wash., the fire, which start- ed from a flareback in a stove, destroyed the cannery building, two warehouses, a stepped dock, n oil warehouse and a cable shed. The shed contained 150,000 feet of cable. Some Buildings Saved The fire-fighters saved a nearby government dock and two govern- ment warehouses, cannery bunk- houses, shipyard, six oil storage tanks, a power plant, carpenter shop and two boats, the Panther and Johnny E. No one was injured, although i there were many explosions from {various types of cans which flew | through the afr. . .. Outside assistance in fighting the fire was first received when the CAA station at Gustavus noted large columns of smoke in that area yesterday afternoon. Gustay- {us notiffed the CAA station in Juneau which directed a south- bound PNA plane to detour and investigate. Pilot Tom Comstock located the fire and said that the smoke was rising 9,000 feet in the air, 4 Pros Ganty of Hoonah dispatched two boats immediately to the scene and the Wachusett left here at 2:40 p. m., arriving at Excursion Inlet by 8 pm. An ACA plane, piloted by Ray Renshaw, 'flew over the scene late yesterday afternoon. It carried Captain C, V. Telquist of the Alaska Communications System and A. W. Blecketby and Robert L. Davlin of the U. &. Forest Service. Won'’t Rebuild This Year L. L. Medhaug, cannery fore- man, said that the fire was dis- covered at 12:10 p. m. when Ed- ward Aligaya noticed smoke com- ing from the company store in the center of three kuildings on the dock. He called Medhaug and the irest of the crew including Pete Johnson, Shorty Wilson, Pritz Will- fams, Frank McKinley and Bill Duncan who did what they could to save the blazing plant. In Bellingham, Daniel Campbell, company president, said it will be impossible to rebuild the cannery before the opening of the season next month. It is the only plant lowned by his concern and the fish on hand will probably be sold to other processors. The company employs about 250 men during the fishing season. No estimate of the loss is given. Fires Extinguished At noon today, Commander Carl- son radioed that all surface fires at the Inlet were extinguished with the exception of some in the piling. He said that the Wachu- sett will remain there at least over- night to fight any possible future { outbreaks. Carlson said that there is no danger of further outbreaks un- less the winds shift to westerly and increase appreciably. He lain- |ed that the debris will continue to smolder for several days. { i ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE he his old run once in a while, but, | Pranklin D. Roosevelt’s grave continues to attract people from all over the world. It also contin- ues to attract the interest of the governments of the world. Just recently, the Chinese Gov- ernment founded a National Chi- nese Library, and has written to the Roosevelt Memorial Founda- tion asking for some of FDR's per- sonal possessions, also some radio recordings of his voice, especially his speech, “Rendezvous With Des- Rl 5 AR A (Continued on Page Four) » Requested of CAA, KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 13. —{M—Annette Island airport offi- cials reported today that the Civil| Aeronautics Administration had been requested to include funds in its 1949 budget for paving run-| ways &t the field. 'The airport serves for all Alaska points. ———— Communists Was Plof in Bogofa T:Am.«co, Cnile; April 13.—P— e Chilean government charges points in the U. 8. are carried|that the recent revolt in Colombiz to Juneau, Yakutdt, Cordova, An-|was part of a Communist master- chorage and Kodlak, affording the|plan which called for similar out Alaska poultry industry a prem-|preaks in both Chile and Bolivia ium chicken stock without the| The Chilean president has sum- passengers in many of their DC-3 flights, but it must be added that 1500 members of each flight are of a feathered nature. . baby chickes not yet 72 hours old. The chicks, brought from many HERE FROM SELDOVIA former delay in transportation. Mr, and Mrs. Robert H. Moos! Another feature, attractive to of Seldovia are. in Juneau and the hostesses, is that the chicks do staying at the Baranof Hotel. moned army and police officials to a meeting to plan counter measures, against an alleged Communist plot ‘not require feeding while in flight. for a May Day -coup. Dioneer Alasknas Observe _Anniversary. veto power, adoption of the U. 8. proposal for an international | itomic development authority, and :stablishment of an international solice force. House Republican leaders, mean-| he adds:: “You get used to re- tirement after a few years.” “I have looked lorward to this trip to Alaska,” the Skipper de- clared, “but it was a strange feel- SEATTLE, April 13.—®—A plo- while, ruled out an early revivalling traveling as a passenger.” neer Alaska couple, Mr. and Mrs Jenry Willett, now living in Kirk land, observed their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday. Married in Maine, they came tc Jeattle and later. took part in the gold rush. They lived in Dawson and Fairbanks for 21 years. »f production ceontrols to speed U. 3. defense moves, although they romised the right of way to mili-| e MARRIED AT YAKUTAT Harry A. Bremner, Jr., and Kathryn B. Thomas, both of ary legislation. - —_— Yakutat, were married at that city on Saturday by the Rey. Melvin ©O. Pederson. Hubert M. Bremner lIl’ld Julia Milton were witnesses. FROM PETERSURG Bill Wagnor of Petersburg regis- tered at the Hotel Juneau. He reported that the Wachusett crew was dead tired due to man- ning pumps and hoses all night. “Every man performed very well” I said, “and showed the results of training in their first fire job.” PN 1 A HERE FROM WHITEHORSE Mrs. Marion Sawyer of White- horse is staying at the Baranof Hotel. ——— PETERSBURG VISITOR James Hammer from Petersburg is at the Baranof Hotel.