The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 19, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,866 'HE DAILY ALASKA EMP. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1948 Lewis Is Held Guilty ATOMIC WEAPON TESTED Announcem_éfi Made by AEC - First Since One Held at Bikini in 1946 WASHINGTON, April 19—®— A test of “an atomic weapon” has been held at the proving grounds on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Is- lands, the Atomic Energy Commis- sion announced today. This is the first such test an- nounced since those held at Bikini, also in the Pacific, in 1946. ‘The Commission said that for se- curity reasons the date the test was held is not being announced. * “A classified report of the test re- sults is being made to the joint committee on Atomic Energy of the Congress,” the announcement said, adding: “The test was conducted under full, security restrictions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the public issuance of further information concerning the test is not permissible at present.” PLANE IS MISSING WITH 4 ABOARD, INCLUDING MAYOR BOISE, Idaho, April 19.—(®—The Civil Aeronautics Administration said today that a plane.with four persons aboard, including the May- or of Caldwell, was missing on a flight from Coeur D’Alene to Cald- well. Aboard the plane were Mayor and Mrs. R. H. McNeil and Mr. and Mrs Don Baldridge, The plane left Coeur D'Alene at 10 am. (PST) yestereday and was last seen circling over Troy about an hour later. The ceiling was estimated at about 800 feet over the area. Baldridge was the pilot. e BICYCLE STOLEN City Police are investigating the theft of a bicycle from the park- ing rack at Front and Seward. The bike, owned by Chris Nelson, has been missing for three days. The theft was reported today. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) 7 WASKINGTON— When Jimmie Byrnes was attending the Paris Peace Conference in October, 1946, President Truman phoned him that he had just made a statement pro- posing the admission of 100,000 Jewish refugees into Palestine. He had learned, the President informed his Secretary of State, that Governor Dewey was going to make a similar refugee proposal on the eve of a Jewish holiday so he had decided to beat Dewey to it. A fews minutes later, Foreign Minister Bevin came into Byrnes’ hotel roon:, greatly upset. He want- ed to know why the United States was proposing a policy of vital im- port to a British-mandated coun- try without first consulting the British Government. Byrnes ex- plained the circumstances. “It is unfortunate,” observed Bevin, “that@you have to have your foreign policy run from New York. By the way,” he asked, “do you have any more elections in New York soon?” PALESTINE TRAGEDY Hasty snap decisions have been one of the causes of the Palestine tragedy. After months of discussion, af- ter two international commissions had gone to Palestine to study the problem, and after the United Na- tions had held prolonged debate, their final decision was reversed by | . President Truman in less than one hour. . Three days before h8 reversed the partition of Palestine, he told vis- " (Continued on Fage Four) 'TOP GOP LEADERS - MEETING TODAY PHILADELPHIA, April 19 —(#— | Top leaders of the Republican party {are gathered here today to pick a temporary chairman for their Pres- idential convention. The GOR con- | vention will be held in June in Phil- adelphia. | The leaders meeting today will pick a keynote speaker, who be- comes temporary convention chair- {man, and other officials. | West Virginia’s Republican Na- | tional Committeeman Walter Hal- |laanan says that the choice of a | temporary chairman is wide oven. Several other national commit- teemen have suggested that a far westerner be picked as keyncter since three top candidates for nom- ination—Stassen, Taft and Dewey-- are from the middle west and east. The choice of the keynoter is ex- pected to provide one of the first tests of strength of the various I'rgs- idential contenders. Neither Sena- tor Robert Taft of Ohio, former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen nor Governor Thomas Dewey of New York has indicated his choice inr 8 keynoter. NEW YORK, April 19—(®—'Third- party candidates Henry Wallace and Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho will make their first joint speaking ap- pearance in New York tonight. They will address a $100-a-plate dinner iapansored by the National Wallace- for-President Committee to launch a fund-raising drive, Presiding will be a committee co-chairman, Rex- ‘ord Guy Tugwell. In the Ohio battle for convention delegates, Harold E. Stassen made ‘ready to open his campaign as Sen- ator Robert Taft returned to Wash- ingtor. after a busy weekend in his own state. Many names were mentioned for the keynoter post, but those of Sen- ators Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan and Eugene B. Millikin of Colorado appeared to be high on he list. Walter S. Hallanan of West Vir- 7inia, chairman of the convention urangements committee, said it might take two days for the 32- nember committee to make a deci- sion. In Ohio, Stassen is challenging Taft for 23 of the state’s 33 conven- tion votes. Talt told a news conference in Cleveland Saturday he has a “ser- ious fight” on his hands in the May look generally favorable.” Stassen, in New York after a trip to Florida, said he expects to win the Florida primary but added it is “too early” to predict the outcome of the Ohio voting on the same day. He plans to begin his Ohio cam- paign Wednesday. The Idaho Republican convention elected 11 national convention dele- gates Saturday buf did not instruct them how to vote, Party leaders said a majority favor Dewey. e e 22 EX-P(—)WERS MODEL NUDE BODY FOUND IN LAKE MICHIGAN EVANSTON, Ill, April, 19.—®— Police had an unsolved mystery to- day in the death of a beautiful 25- year-old ex-Powers model whose al- most nude body was found yester- day in Lake Michigan. She was Miss Marilyn Roble, a publicity woman for Chicago’s fur- aiture mart and fiancee of a North- western University student. Dr. Thomas A. Carter, a. coroner’s phy- sican, said the body, clad only in a brassiere and torn panties, bore badly bruised lips and cuts on the head. Police who searched the nearby 'akeshore said they failed to find her other clothing. The landlady of Miss Roble’s room- ing house said she left there early ‘Thursday morning carrying an over- night bag but did not say where she was going. Police quoted the student, Robert Touias, as saying he had seen Miss Roble Wednesday night and had a date to see her again Thursday night. On Friday, he said, he be- came concerned about her continued ibsence and reported to police that she was missing. e KILLEWICH LEAVES Robert V. Killewich, Highway Engineer of the Public Roads Ad- ministration, left here yesterday for Anchorage, where he will re- main on an indefinite assighment. IN PHILADELPHIA PRESIDENT HURLS LEFTHANDER BALL IN OPENING GAME | WASHINGTON, April 19.—P— | President Truman crossed up every- |one by tossing the symbolic first| ball at today's New York-Wasmng-} ton opening game with his left hand. Previously it had been reported that the President, who tossed out the first ball in 1947 and "1946 with his left hand, would hurl a right- handed pitch today. A crowd estimated at 32,000, slightly more than capacity, jam- med Griffith Stadium for the game involving the refurbished Wash- ingston Senators and the world champion New York Yankees. The Yankees went to work in great style, scoring seven runs in the first inning on six hits, in-| MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Of Criminal Conte TEAMSTERS JOIN WITH CARPENTERS Second I.oza—l AFL Union Walks Off Contractors Association Job A new development tcok place to- day in the dispute between the Ju- neau Contractors and Employers Association and the Juneeau AFL Building Trades Council when AFL Teamsters walked off the job this morning as AFL carpenters had done on April 1. No Teamsters Union official would cluding home runs by Tommy | make any comment on the situatjon | Henrich and Allie Reynolds. |today but it was reported that they |had quit work because their con- 1 primary. But he added that “things | BOSTON, April 19.—®— Phil Marcheldon threw three home run| balls to three successive batters teday to give the Boston Red Sox | a three run lead, but was stingy | | with hits thereafter as the Phila-| | delphia Athletics went on to win| 5 to 4, in 11 innings before | Patriot’s Day morning crowd of| 22,409. It was the first game of | the American League season. BULLETINS BRUSSELS—MTrs. Eleanor Roose- velt is on her way to Holland by automobile today. She will be the| | suest of the Dutch royal family, | | MANILA— A majority of the Philippine Congress has pledged ts support to the Republic's new President—Elpilio Quirino. The predominant Likeral party has made that promise at a caucus. SEATTLE—The third party of Henry Wallace was officially or- ganized in Washington State yes- terday. The session was marked by virulent attacks upon Wall Street, the Truman Doctrine and what speakers call “The Two-Party Trust.” The noisiest outburst of il came with the announcement that Wallace will visit Seattle May 21 to address a public gathering. BOGOTA, Colombia—Delegates | of five western hemisphere na- tions have agreed informally to| introduce an anti-Communist res- oluticn in a day or'so at the Pan| American Conference. BERLIN— The American radio correspondent expelled from Russia on spy charges—Robert Magidoff, has arrived here by plane. He sald he is absolutely convinced the accusations against him were trumped up by the Russians for internal propaganda purposes. SR e s TRAFFIC, FISHING ACCIDENTS KILL 5 OVER WEEKEND (By The Associated Press) Five persons were killed in traf- fic accidents and two others, out for the opening day of the Lowland Lake fishing season, drownea in western Washington lakes Sunday. Joe A. Semanski, 38, of Enumclaw, was drowned when his boat capsiz- ed as he sought to retrieve a fish- ing pole. At American Lake, Harold B. Schumacher, 40, fell from his toat while fishing. Three of the five traffic fatalities occurred in and near Spokane, Richard Oettel of Dishman and Kenneth Cox, 21, of Liberty Lake, died of injuries received in e Lwo- car collision at a Spokane intersec- tion, and Raymond Earl Luchau, 40, of Big Forks, Mont., was killed when, the State Patrol reported, he wglk- ed into a car driven by Henry W. Vosahlo, Spokane. John Noonan, 22, Yeim, was kill- ed and two companions were criti- cally injured when their car and a dump truck collided head-on at the east Yelm city limits. Another head-on collision neer Seattle resulted in the death of Joan Sweeney, 18-year-old high schcol student, —l e CREATIVE WRITERS MRET The Creative Writers Group will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Council Chambers of the City Hall tract expired on March 31 and an agreement has not yet been reach- ed on a new one. Carpenters walk- ed out when their contract was end- ed without waiting for further ne- gotiations which had been in pro- gress, ‘The new walkout meant that con- struction work on the Douglas and Mendenhall River Loop Road bridg- es, scheduled to have begun today by the R. J. Sommers Construction Co., has been suspended until a settlement of the dispute. Representatives of the Carpenters Union also declined to comment to- day on developments in their dis- pute with the Contractors Associa- tion. In the meantime, the Association is attempting to negotiate with AFL painters, plumbers and electricians unions which are also members of the Building Trades Council in or- der to secure a uniform agreement, Union officials would not make any statements today on the situation as it now exists but preferred to withhold such statements until an agreement is finally reached. The new walkout affects only teamsters who are employed by As- soclation members in construction work. DEPT. OF LABOR MAKES OFFER TO MEDIATE DISPUTE There were no new developments today in the dispute between Local 1-16 of the CIO International Long- shoremen and Warehousemen’s Un- |ion and the Juneau Spruce Corpor- ation. The dispute has tied up the INTERNATIONAL SITUATION NOW GIVEN ROUNDUP ing Young Germans for Red Army Service (By The Associated Press) The three western powers will be- gin a new seriees of talks tomorrow on the future of western Germany, the British Foreign Office announc- jed. The benelux nations, Belgium, | the Netherlands and Luxembourg— will be reepresented at the meeting, and occupation chiets from Ger- many will sit in. The German Socialist press re- ported that Russians are drafting young Germans of the Soviet zone for Red Army service. The newspa- per Social Democrat said Russians were choosing former German army men who did not serve on the east- ern front in the late war. No Soviet comment was available, The British government issued a white paper blaming the Russian pilot for the April 5 collision of a Eoviet fighter and a British trans- port plane. The Russian pilot and fourteen aboard the British plane were killed. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin sald he would ask compensation from the Russians. New Election, France Frence's Gen. Charles DeGaulle, leader of the Rightest Rally of thc French People, repeated his de- maxd last night for a new French election. Speaking at Marseillee, he safd such an election would place him at the head of a strcng govern- ment able to face up to Russia. In Palestine, Jewish forces still held Neve Yaacov, five miles north of Jerusalem and commanding a hithway to the Arab’s strongho!d in the north. British and Arab re- ports said last night soldiers of the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion had seiz- ed the settlement. U. 8. Attitede Puzzling An American statement that the United States will not shoulder alone the burden of solving Palcs- tine’s trouble puzzled United Na- {tions delegates, The UN Assembly, in cession in New York on the Holy Land problem, heard the American statement yesterday. Delegates ep- parently are waiting for a formal US proposal for a temporary UN trusteeship over Palestine. Ecuador was on guard against an ‘omcials report that Guayaquii | Communists might attempt an up- ising. In the Orient, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was elected first | Constitutional President of China, with virtually dictatorial powers He Russians Reporfed Draft-| Juneau sawmill since April 10 and|had told the Assembly he did not both sides are now waiting for ah‘ant to be President but wanted the decision from the National Labor | Premiership so he could be free to Relations Board which sent an ex-[wuge war on China's Communists. aminer here last week. | —————- In the meantime, Territorial Commissioner of Labor Henry AplEA Bv IRUMAN Benson issued a statement todayi ton which both sides declined to com- | T B e - ABOUT INFLATION “With the settlement of the Edna| Bay dispute and early agreement between the Juneau Building Trades and the Contractors expected, it is IS TURNED DOWN highly desirable that negotiations between the longshoremen and the| Juneau Spruce Corporation begin By MARVIN L. ARRQWSMITH WASHINGTON, April 19.—M— | President Truman’s springtime ap- immediately. | ..|peal for inflation controls got the lar’lg::c 5:;‘:2{: :_:grf‘s:;’; ‘t’;l"e‘e;':fi;snme generally frosty reception in can resume operations in the nenr!clmgm' today that his November | plea E future it is inevitable that the saw-| ok mill employees will seek work else- | blln ’:fl" the chill was more"n:;.w: where. |able some cases, pa_r cularly ‘The interests of the community M(amonx the Republican majority. h “] think the chances for the 1 speedy | , & thinl :;gc mu:;; Te‘ttx et:-le::tb:f a! ;Eed’:_} President's program are even ,;u;n: pute and this office urges that me‘i:;e;; g:: B:;;a;,]:::{r:?;_‘l,fit all, parties to the dispute seek an early - Senator Bridges (R-NH) 1;ut solution to their differences through } this way: negotiations and bargaining. The | P o, % | e possibility of any action now services of this department arehs absolutely nil.” available at all times for these pur-| And Senator Oapehart (R-Ind) it | poses.” STEAMER MOVEMENTS Aleutian, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive sometime tomorrow fore- & noon. Northern Voyager, from Seattle, due Thursday morning. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver April 20. Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle April 22, Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle April 24. Sword Knot, tomorrow. e e o comd Sunflower seeds are rich in oil which ranks close to olive ol in texture and flavor. southbound, due |commented: “The President must |have had his tongue in his cheek when he said inflation is getting worse.” Mr. Truman said that Saturday night in an address before the Am- erican Society of Newspaper Edi- ors. He said “the plain fact is . . .that our economy is in serious danger as a result of high prices and infla- |tion.” He asked for action now on | the ten-point cost-of-living program | he laid before the special session last | November 17. | Congress shelved most of it. - e ee— — | HERE FROM ANGOON Fred Brandes from Angoon is in Juneau and staying at the Gas- | tineau Hotel. { [ v 00000000 s0000v00 0000000 Anfi-Communist Forces Are Cheered by lfalian Vq!e;ioynling Pr_oceeds‘ CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS TAKE LEAD By JOHN P. McKNIGHT ROME, April 19 Premier Alcide De Gasperi's Christian Democrats piled up a command- ing early lead over the Commun- ists in four leftist stronghold citles in the north tonight in returns from the crucial election test be- tween the East and West." In industrial Milan, vaunted Communist citadel, unofficial re- turns from 327 of 911 sections in the Senate contest gave the Christ- ian Democrats 128,003 against 83, 314 for the Communist-led Popular Front. A total of 518 sections in Milan, Florence, Turin and Bologna—the latter three Communist-governed— gave the Christian Democrats 168, 509 to 114,679 for the Front. e X RUSS, U. S. MILITARY POLICE CLASH OVER KIDNAPING WOMAN (By The Associated Press) Italy's pariiamentary elections, which may hold the kéy to the world's peace, ended today after a mighty turnout of voters. which| cheered anti-Communist forces First, fragmentary wns In Rome senatorial districts gave the Christian Democrats almost & 5 to 1 leafl over the Communist-led Pop- ular Front. Counters proceeded at once to tal- ly the contents of 83,294 tallot boxes | which hold the Italians’ choice be- tween Communism and western Democracy. Officials estimated 90 percent of the 29,000,000 eligible vot- ers cast ballots. This may be a world record for a free election. ‘The senate vote was counted first. Early senate returns were eexpected late tonight. First returns on the 574 Chamber of Deputies’ seats,| which hold the best barometer of Italian sentiment, are due tomorrow. The grim struggle between Russia and the west in Italy was reflected in the often violent three months of campaigning, but the threat of violence which hung over the two- day voting dissolved. The government had 330,000 arm- ed watcheres on guard. Tanks, arm- ored cars, jeeps and soldiers putroll- ed cities. Bishops, priests, monks and nuns voted in large numbers, mindful of the Pope’s warning that failure to vote would be a mortal sin, FIRST TABULATION . ROME, April 19.—M— The first iinal tabulation of votes in two of Rome’s 183 Senatorial elections— including Premier Alctde de Gas- VIENNA, Austnia, April 19.—~P— peri's own section—gave Christian A Soviet attempt to kidnap a Ger- Democrats 71 percent to the Com- man woman in the American zone pyunist-led Popular Front's 15 per- of Vienna led to a clash today be- tween American and Russian mili- tary police. The woman, identified as Elsa Pfeffer, was wrested from the Russians and released over their protest, The incident was the most serious involving the two police forces since the start of the four- power occupation of Vienna. American military police resorted to force when the Russians, who - had been taken to the U. S. Pro- vost Marshall’s headquarters, re- fused to leave their automobiles. Capt. Kooshin, deputy Russian Provest Marshal for Vienna, was placed under temporary arrest for “countermanding the orders giv- en by an American officer in an American district, and inciting a cent. ....... AP it Singapore Harbor Union Calls for Stevedore Strike SINGAPORE, April 19.—®—The Singapore Federation Trade Unions, contrelling 74 unions with a to- tal membership of 50,000, today called a general strike for Friday. A spokesman for the federation sald the strike would be in re- taliation for “police encouragement of strike breakers in the harbor strike.” T | The Singapore Harbor Board La- bor Union Saturday called a strike ,of 1460 stevedores working on ' lighters unloading 18 ships outside the harbor. The number of strik- ers rose to 2,500 today as smaller unions joined the walkout. However, 3,000 dock workers con- tinued to unload 18 ships inside the harbor, in defiance of the strike order. They represented 80 19.—(#— precent of the normal labor force. ———— STATEHOOD FOR HAWAIL IS STILL AWAITING ACTIO WASHINGTON, April The Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs adjourned today without acting on the Hawalian statehood bill. 31Killed in Crash | Supporters for statehood fo- the! o' (l I"a pl islands had hoped the committee v n am would approve the bill and send it to the Senate for action. SYDNEY, Australia, April 19— But the committee put off ac- (P—Thirty-seven persons died yes- tion on a motion by Senator Cor* terdasy when a civillan plane crashed don (R-Ore) to report the bill. on takeoff from the Lae Airstrip The House already had voted to in New Guinea. It was the worst make Hawaii the 46th state. civilian air tragedy in New Guinea's Fallure to act on the Cordon history. motion leaves it still pending with- The dead included 33 New Guinea in the committee. . natives being transported to the Bu- |1olo gold fields to work. Investigat- ing officials said the plane , was “hopelessly overcrowded.” | ,ee WEATHER REPORT ' (U.8 WEATHER BUREAU (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 a.m. today In Juneau-— Maximum, 36; minimum, 21. At Afrport— Maximum, 36; minimum, 17. WEATHER FORECAST (Janeau sud Vieinity) Fair tonight with increas- ing cloudiness Tuesday. Lowest temperature near freezing. PRECIPITATION L] (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m today @ In Juneau— 02 inches; ® since April 1, 34 inches; e since July 1, 8131 inches. e At the Airport—01 inches; e since April 1, 28 inches; e since July 1, 4865 inches. e e s s e v ery | INTERIOR WEATHER | | The cold wave which moved | across Southeast Alaska caused temperatures in the Tanana Valley to fall below zero during the past three nights. This morning at 4:30 ’o‘clock they ranged from zero to Iminus 11 degrees. Warmer air is | penetrating the northwestern por- tion of Alaska with temperatures ranging from 3 to 20 degrees. This, a warmer air mass, is expected to ,move slowly southeastward across | Southeast Alaska. 1 - eee — 2 WACHUSETT LEAVES ’ The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter | Wachusett left hére at 10 o'clock mpt SENTENCE BE PASSED TOMORROW | Justice Goldsborough Con- sidering Jail Senfence for Miners’ Head WASHINGTON, April 19 —(#— Justice T. Alan Goldsborough to- day held John L. Lewis guilty of criminal contempt for not sending the striking coal miners back to the pits when ordered by the court. The Judge announnded he will pronounce sentence tomorrow. He is the same Judge who fined Lewis $10,000 and the United Mine Workers $3,600,000 for disregarding a court stop-strike order in 1046. The Supreme Court cut the union’s fine to $700,000, but let Lewis’ stand. Goldsborough, before adjourning court, hinted that he is at least considering a jail term for Lewis this time. He said he did not think, be- cause of the seriousness of the case, that it could be decided on the basis of “expediency.” When he fined Lewls in Decem- ber, 1946, in the other case, the Judge sald he had to consider the “expediency” involved and was giv- ing a fine instead of a jail sen- tence. Maybe Jail Sentencé 80 his talk of not regarding “ex- pediency” this time suggested strongly that Goldsborough is thinking of a jail term for the miners' chieftain. In the 1046 case, Lewis and the union werg found guilty of both civil and eriminal = contempt. Goldsbarough asked the Govern- ment to bring in recommendations for punishment at 7:00 am. (PST) LOmOrTow. Goldsborough said: “The Court thinks there is no disficulty in deciding the evidence beyond all doubt is sufficient to show the deiendants are guilty of criminal contempt.” Later, he said that “of course the defendants* also are guilty of civil contempt on a technicality,” but added: i “The Court doesn’t emphasize the civil contempt.” Light Union Sentence This Indicated the Judge might impose a lighter fine on the union this time. Geldsborough said that what the Court will do in the way of punish- ment “is being watched by every lawless element in ‘the world—also by -all decent people—to ascertain whether or not courts have the power to protect the citizens of this country in their normal way of life.” Government officials are watch- ing it also to see what effect it may haye on coal mining. Only about two-thirds of the miners have yet gone back to work. Many have sald they were waiting the outcome of Lewis' contempt trial. Lewis sat with a half sneer on his lips as Goldsborough talked extemporaneously about his ruling. CAUTIOUS SILENCE PITTSBURGH, April 10.—#— Local oificials of the United -Mine Workers received heré with cau- tlous stlence today word, that John L. Lewis had been found guilty of contempt of court. John P. Busarello, District 5 President of the UMW at Pitts- | burgh said: “No comment this morning. Let's wait until tomorrow.” Tuesday is the date set for | Washington sentencing of the un- lon and Lewis, its president. A spokesman for one UMW local which was still idle, commented: “I don't know what will happen now. We're not working yet and it looks as if we won't.” Thousands more soft coal miners had returned to work today with- out awaiting the outcome of the contempt trial. Work resumption was heavy in western Pennsylvania, where coal operators expected output would reach 90 percent of normal. el e— NEW EMPLOYEE Clarice Feist began work today in the office of John McCormick, Custodian of Selective Service ® last night for a routine trip to|Records. She replaces Mrs. Anne ® Ketchikan. The vessel is exmud(llm]vwskl. who has resigned be- ¢ 't¢ retwn here in about one week. csuse of illness.