The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 29, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,875 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS . PRICE TEN €ENTS e British Strike Blows In Holy Land Fighting DEFENSE TEST UNOFFICIAL RETURNS — APRIL 27, 1948 PRIMARY ELECTION — REPRESENTATIVES HOLD RADAR [STATEH00D FOR 'TWO FORCES [ ¥ | | | | i ~ AR T A HAWAIl FAVORED <3 algls|BIE|B®|E|B|S3{a I BIZ|8 |8 5|8 |8 % sl ({=|<l8| B H 5\; | |B|E|EB|F|2|8| -|8|B|8(~|R|81|3 R B L B R BYPRE -" A LE & eiflalclglBlad (sl a2 |ali|8lals Sl ERREE e 2| clsiE]E | : i » v -"«"‘E'a‘?,?'i"%“‘l?i CHERDSE L RN CRE] k] | { ° }E’ | i | k | 8| l b | © R o | ‘ { | WASHINGTON, April 20— : i | | | | | | | | = X | | | President Truman said today he is| : Juneau No. 1 +_| 210| 84| 93 233) 121| 187 35 143 134 74 133 78| 255) 106 66| 12 226 97 330| 163 15 165 57 31| 118 164| 121 :‘j“‘”ll in favor of statehood for Ha- A Juneau No. 2 ... 241) 142] 127 206/ 90| 179 48] 131/ 130, 89| 182 125| 202) 166 74| 25| 196 187 284( 183| 20| 145 73| 54| 107 127, 5| T Nt e s R Bl ' Bad Weather $tops War |umess vo o |y v a0 2w o5 aio so sy sz wy oo s 2 vog v 10 2 e aty o e o 49 am e e Scienfific Expedition COM- | aucused bencing resinion viony Military Trains R it ouglas Bridge 2: 7 2 | i # i el Maneuver_l_arge Air 1Saln§ox| Creek 45 16 16) 43) 17 22/ 100 24 171 11 22 23 52 17 13 5 I 2 480 3 2 2 12 6 20 30 2| jng to InVES"gafe Al- remsan Kol Loe oy y S Keporte: | Mendenhall 21 9 17 26 8 13| 4 18 12 7[ 13{ 12 16] 17 1 o 18 19 S W v 13 15 3 19 1§ 10] “ AR e b i S MOVlng—General In- / s . April 20— Flogt fo Operate |oncenwt | 2 7hg) 36 818 o 28 35 om ) o=y 8 WT o My ule bR B askalie Formalion uewaian atehoos advocntes et gornd § fvent Haines. 1 12 of i4] 8| 23| 14 10 %0 25| 33| 3| 10 | 66| 8 6 11| AWkA 2| 18| 13| o 4 “nf s8] S ed today to accept a prediction by ernational tvenis (By The Associated Press) | Stikine 15 18 11/ 43 71 14] 10 4 4 211 21 15 11f 17 8 20 21 19 ) 17 6 44 10/ 12 9 14 18 PASADENA, Calif., April 29.—(® Solm\lox Butler (R-Net), that H?erc — It looks like bad weather has Wacker 15/ 12 71 20 n 5 7 4 5 25 14 4 10/ 12| 17 23] 13 10 16 12| 6 24 6 2 18 11 “‘—Sch‘nlls(s are going to try to}wil be no Senfl.le action this year (By The Associated Press) HiHped .ty WAL Jgain, | Clover Pass 1420, 8) a7l 8] s a3 1 1] 34| 10| 3 ‘2ol dal. as] w4l 8| VIOKSE s dej 7| e @8l 7 ~aepucaswre the thiskness of. glaclersion the billto bring the lslan® huto) et SRR AR it Rl A flock of interceptor planes, | nsoiain Point .| 18] 10| 5| 25| 11 14| 19| 3| 5 16| 10{ 6 10{ 14/ 8 -8 20 8 18] '8 5/ 22| 5/~ 6 25 8 1g|by TAdar for the first time this|the union. ) i) | Struck with artillery and divin, polsed at Spokane for a mammoth | pougla 70| 42) 101 77) 14| 75| 14| 47| 80| 38 41] 26/ 126) 38) 24| 6 57 35 102 68| 6 39 32 11) 22| 37| 55| Summer imene, Tunington (R HawA e ‘!M.; test of Northwest defenses, was|gpaoway | 76| 50| 82 39| 84 57 32/ 219 51 80| 52( 76| 71| 51/ 23| 56 73| 58 82| 7| 77 73| 43| 52| 47, 77| Through the experimenis, an- ;d‘""‘“ errs)lcsunpen “Id Lo Haden, anarier ot - bl thad ”‘"‘:’ o held to earth by foggy weather| ppnette 24 12/ 11 12 12/ 15/ 19 1] 9 27 16 8 15 18 11| 22 9 11 18 17| 3 21 10| 11f 10/ 8 6|nounced today by the California |t fm“":;’m;r‘_" C"“"‘"m"‘e’l“" b s g P m’“"‘m“d’ A over eastern Washington today.|gyqaburg i 15/ 171 4 37 2 3 10 3 2 38 70 12| 2( 67) 12| 64 4 12/ 0] 4| 53 17 50, 2/ 5/ 4| 5|Institute of Technology which will r‘t“aa' moumfil "{;‘P"“ l”]*‘- ;n-‘*‘;l" fonr ‘dhys: or" tbhiter. Wil ' G The alr force sald in Washington | ey, 3g] 15] 6| 29) 8 33] 20| 12/34] 19~ 45 13 7| 45/ 26/.43). 20, 9| 18 § 2 18 21 3 28 11) 23|send an expedition to Alaska, the|BOTs B FOVON to Gear the B Tl o e e with 3,086 last night the “war games” were|gitkqg 169 111) 60| 162( 182 104| 321 37| B3] . 67 285( 110 40| 179| 36| 30/ 108 144 133 62 25( 87| 74| ‘23 7| 74| 04| sclentists hope to learn more of | FFPEC FCONTE Without committee| g nl Ui iR Rederpofygin planned. | Petersburg 110, 81 93| 225 57 47 50 49| 33 114/ 99 48] 62/ 148 20| 78] 335 88 134, 53 20/ 161 25| 40| 45/ 41/ 80|the pressures and flow of glaciers. ; bl . B B B o Three commands of the USAF | rengkee 20( 14| 11 16 7 15| 4| 11) 18] 7 16| 5 18 17( 14| 3{ 6 5 14 B 1 9 4 5 7 6 7| The expedition also plans to study| e said Butler promised to give| & Tol port adiétnin 1?"' s are to participate with B-29s stag- | wrangell T 67 591 40| 233 42/ 45 50, 35| 26 65| 111 50] 905 137 22| 56/ 173 56 84) 40, 36/ 202 49| 14| 63] 67| 38| the rate of glacier-melting by scat-|the request “serious consideration,” Trpim: (hrohkh 4hé m‘m ;.d :'- ing mock bombing attacks and|Ketchikan No. 2. 141) 95| 61| 209) 33, 64 167 31| 21| 118| 123| 68| 44| 128 48 82 103 71| { 39 43| 87 29| 24 144 43 41 tering 10 pounds of yellow dye,[8nd at the same time assured the | ih i doisak Mu‘ ug fighter squadrons intercepting the|shreep Creek ....| 13| a9 11] 9 4 8 4 11/ 6] 6 6 o 17 7| 8 o o 110 W B 3 2 8 4 2 6! 9 used during the war on life rafts,|delegate h|~ position on the legisla- Al the, Bakeete -uuu.”.':u.:b&"' attackers. Klawock . | 40/ 39| 10' 32] 7 12/ 40{ 11] 6 33| 79| 32( 5 70 6 22 11| 40| 13| 6 9. 20| 25 5 18 11| ' 4|on Seward Glacier. Ho was “unchanged, and, that, ha| (i U SRERE TR S ShaE The maneuvers will last more| Ketchikan No. 1.| 331] 214| 140| 499] 117) 171] 504) 117| 99| 392 287| 129| 146 309 179| 242) 223| 162 300{ 122| 114] 309 136/ 81/ 433| 163| 140| Knowledge gained from this ex- still had an open mind. I the British l?hck BPPtne. despite than a week. Craig 36 38 6 51 2 28 26 1 6 36 8] 23 8 8 11 27 20 34 17| 18 4 23 100 9 11 4 6|periment is expected to help the| A bill to make Hawail the doth; 7 PR SHaSE The Air Force announcement|Bell Island 8 of o 10 2 1 13 o o 18 1| 1y 7 0 o 7 2 32 8 2 8 8 0 0 4 0 5lcly of Tacoma in determining its[58te Was passed by the House lasti, Ti0 KRS KETS Shelled the said the test was to have gotten|Chilkat 4 M 7 e 6 18 13 3 7 1 4 g 5 7\ 16 3 7 6 @ 72 10 3 a8 6 Itianticipated ‘water supply. One pf|JYEAF It now awalts action by thel uEETIEEERATNEE SRRt Rowin under way last midnight. |Mt. Edgecumbe .| 32| 26| 12| 40, 41 27 15| 8 16/ 21| 77| 28] 26| 45| 11 15/ 19| 31 34{ 30 4|, 36 20/ 15| 15| 17| 29| Tacoma's sources of water s a|ScDAle Insular Affairs Committee. til 9 am to e At the Spokane Army air base,|Scow Bay | 8 9 20 26 o 2 o 1 2 3 11| 6 4 17 0 6 21| 4 18 3 0 7 3 1 3| 2{ 4 river from Mt Rainier’s Nisqually ChAirman Welch (R-Calif) of me:nrmm ':-“M::I"fiw m'hfl the Col. E.'S. Briggs, base command-|Pennock Island .| 9 7| 3 6 3 6 10 3 2 9 7 2 4 7 4/ 6 6 3 5 4 7 1 3 3 9 3 8| Glacir House Public Lands Committee said | s could arrange er, said a large number of mili-| e % S F 0 f i i | i i o o > ] | Oatteoh.cdsatition’ whli s today he is ready to undertake a new (® meeting with the Jews. tary aircraft were grounded by | Totals ......|2074]1385(1089|2680| 98813821278 942(1176] 1417 2130/1048/1622)1981] 850| 876/1984) 1328| 2219112251352 1776 892) 4801451| 1118] 198 | pyadena June 13 and return in eetion for Hawalian statehood. bad weather. He could not disclose, he said.i the destination or mission of the rou; hich 4 i | planes, but said it was an “un- | = Deiesate Aily-CGen. Auditer — Engieer Semators imflsl slude::,lsl, s i ;‘;f,r;“f;le: s"bc""".mm.ebw i i B Uy isrge Bumber for the e A ¥ 3 i et g S v —( At Seattle, they will join an L ertas Ay aa poebly sen S MEIEts camuminioRtens (RIS ; { s y Joil to undertake a fresh study,” he said Dessouki Abaza Pasha, Spokane base. v plalwls gl 2 o = B S| #| F |expedition of the Arctic Institute| ’ ; b R gt ‘ % s | 3 I el & El » : P in impromptu remarks at a meeting | Egyptian a 1 hi Air Force officials at McChord ‘ g 5 ,§, §|E E 5 3 5k 3 B| B| E [of North America, a joint U. 5. lof the sutcommittee. Bevcin_swmw forcle 1A, Wape A w1 i R IS S"u, (I,OSE g - 1g|8 gl 2 2| g R E ol Z| ®| B |A-Canadian venture to explore| “We should go there for a serious| tier. Reporters saw. at losst oas plans for the maneuvers. | & “lml=]8& g g @ 2| .| ® |st. Elas Mounta 7 " TS saw at least one | ~ | ¥ i B =l 3| & o BB S gl 2 untain Range along (ctudy in the hope of overcoming military train moving that way | TR ? R R ) 5 el | Y| ® |the Alaska-Yukon border. some of the objections to statehood | yesterday. & iBarnes Leads Republican! ; / & gl e o 5 .The Caltech expedition will 11y | that ore delaying action by the oth-| Regent. Abdul Tl of Traq said " [ i | Fl ; m Yakutat Bay, 200 miles west |er body,” he declared, his country'$ army had left Candlda'es_Hope Is Top | = —- e - - — — =~ of Juneau, to a plateau where it! .- tdad d ke thm. & SHOOT u s FMG | Juneau No. 1 810| 167(| 237) 211|| 246| 141| 93]/ 65 126| 287{) 111| 118| 84;1 :53‘ s;, ;3 will establish a research _station ‘T.nm‘.)nom:a tow:’:“ ra‘ H H | Juneau No. 2 ......| 338| 154|| 210| 260|| 204| 196| 100 | 74| 107 315/ 126/ 146) 73| 200] 112 72{ 00 -Jordan® rd Palestine. 3 ] Democratic Nominee | Juneau No. 3 .| 380| 161/ 254 264\1\ 235 171) 137 83 157 291 137) 1531 74‘[ Wil o8] " 78] e R p’;'f’o oty P MAYOR HENDRICKSON |King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan EXCURS'ON BOA]’ | Douglas Bridge .......| 28| 8| 10 20/ 10 15/ 6|l 3 5 22| 12 1B G 9 P e |S GUE“ SPE‘KER AI has said he personally will com- Results of the races for both the | Salmon Creek | 56{ 25| 23] 31j| 23| 14| 20/| 10 19] 27| 28| 200 17] 42] 14f 11 R £ mand the armies of his country, Republican and Democratic nomin- | Mendenhall .| 30 20/ 24[ 20| 15/ 18/ 17/ 16/ 5 25| 13 20{. 7| 18| 5 5 . lev MEE""G HERE Iraq, Lebanon and Syria in a drive VIENNA, April 29—(P—A Russian |2tions to the Territorial House Ol‘Lynn Canal .| 36| 20| 23] 31| 23] 14| 20| 14| 19| 27| 19 o o9 26 9 8! { against Zionists attempting to es- threat to shoot the American flag|Representatives won't be definitely | Chichagof w8l oL anpe all 8. of Sl o 9 5 6 0 O 4 o 0 (I-OSE RA(E FOR | tablish a new state. from a Danube excursion steamer|Jietermined until all votes are in.|Haines - 61| 8| 20 34| 46/ 8 9 13 8 49 25 27 6 10/ 10, 4 | Mayor Hendrickson addressed the s PR was reported by American authori-| With 32 out of 56 precincts tabulated | stikine | 53] 10i| 24| 32| 30| 14| 15[ 11| 11 38| 29| 23 11 12/ 1| 6 ]‘ERR SE" A'I’E I“ Juneau League of Women Voters at g muhmmmw. '3 ) iy ties today. n the First Division, the race is still Wacker .| 44/ 6| 20/ 20{ 28] 9 8| 5 25 16 10 19| 16f 12| 22] 13 . the regular meeting last evening in|y "y o qe "m" = ‘“" "' way The American-leased steamer,|-lose for the lower vote-pulling Clover Pss .. | 43| 10| 24/ 21| 27 7| ‘10| & 14| 29/ § 22 16 7] 18 21 the Council Chambers. He discussed | ; i AEYb ron‘ms Trans- Stadt Passau, broke an ofl line and. ‘Ominiees of both parties. | Mountain Point .| 40| 6| 18 27 20 12 12| 7 13 2 7 1 12 4 14| 2 FIRST DIVISION izcrmaiiy the tond issue an whicn| Jctdan: he Arab Legion in Pal- grounded at a point where the Dan-| Doris M. Barnes, of Wrangell, is ' Douglas {136| 36| 68 o4/ 62 37 76| 22| 43 112/ 82 | 20 62 23 13 taxpayers of Juneau cast their bal-| “tt1 "mc Rt » '}‘d oceu- ube separates the American and|out in front of other Republicans to Skagway | 201] 53|| 110] 131]] 130] 52| 56| 3| 21 191 74 84 35 67 52 21 — lots today, and answered questions | bt (e ShW! ah.Ee S Russian zones of occupation, {be almost assured of first place on Annette .| 45| 4} 23] 24| 25 6| 14f| 15f 11} 21 13| 30| 12| 5 21| 8 Ma(Kenzie walker leas brought up by those present Killed : . :d 9: O ilee, and American authorities said, a Rus-{her party's ballot. She is followed Hydaburg | 671 3| 37 20/ 57 11| 4i| 15| 38 12| 16| 41 58 2| 2 9 y U A rumber of subjects were con-| Ko undry ‘: Jews. sian naval party came aboard, and |5y J. S. MacKinnon, of Juneau; Ed Revilla | 53 23| 24| 53/ 49 10[ 18] 14| 28 34| 22 o4 14 0 hamac Garnick Vyko- |fdered with a view to planning the| The Jews said thelr militia had demanded the U. S. flag be lowered. | Locken, of Petersburg; and incum- Sitka . | | 81]| 152 190/ 169| 111| 67 | 47| 44 259 77 153| 53| 134 57| 37 ’ year’s program which will be pri- cnl; ured the Arab stronghold of The American sergeant in charge|Jent Frank G. Johnson, of Kake, in Petersourg 62)| 172 152/ 186| 91| 56| 47| 78| 232/ 143 129/ 54| 90 83 40 Vi(h GOP Candidales marily devoted to matters of com-, Bi$aN In a five-hour battle. refused to lower the flag. The Rus-| 2e top four spots. Tenakee 6| 12| 19| 21 3| 9| 1} 8 13| 12| 9| 5 17 8 3 munity interest. Among the proposed Thef ihume stop lor Arab war- sians then threatened to shoot it| The last four GOF positions arc Wrangell o] 219) 94[| 151] 120] 100] 80| 102/ 82 34| 174) 200| 54 46| 70/ 51 37 subjects were child welfare, public ;‘0" iltering into the Holy Land down but withdrew their demand| seing held at present by Frank Shel- XKetchikan No. 2 ....| 250|. 45/ 118| 168|| 117 109] 57/ 37| 62/ 194 493 116/ 54, 42 58] 112| With the receipt of complete un-|health, conditions in the local jail, mfl;‘ Trans-Jordan is 15 miles and threat after discussions. | ton, of Ketehikan: J. P. Montplaisir, Thane ..., .| -3¢ 3j| 10 16/{ 8 13 8| 2 1] 16/ 13 5 4/ 11| 4| 3officlal returns for 32 of the 56 vot-|and curtailment of the Juneau Po-|S0Uth of the Sea of Galilee. Three crewmen who went ashorc‘of Kasaan; William Feero, Jr., of Klawock .| 79 11| 24| 61| 20/ 49] 15{| 13| 47 25 10| 0 20 7 5 11 |ing prec‘mcu in Alukns: First Divi-|lice force. Plans were made Tor a| Zionists claimed other success- on the Russian side, to get help for | Skagway; and William A, Winn, of Ketchikan No. 1 .| 702| 192|, 363| 462/| 355 253| 236|| 170| 202 466/ 152 331] 195/ 107| 252) 334|sion, it's still anybody's race for|general survey of community needs| €S in the Jordan Valley. King Ab- the steamer, were arrested by the|Juneau. These last four positions Craig | 110] 21| 25( 74(| 28] €8] 10 8f 10/ 100 16f 75 19| 3| 14/ 20 both Republican and one of the|as a preliminary step toward select-|dullah of Trans-Jordan has sald Russians and held several hours. | may change as the ninth place can- Bell Island | 14 off 2} 13 18] o 1} 3 1 Uil 0 9 0/ 20 3 5|Democratic nominations to the Ter-|ing a specific subject for detailed|he 15°to command armies of four —_— — didate, Helmi A. Bach, of Douglas, Chilkat wensmseenl o G IS QU ob Bl kSt 8 15 7\ 100 2| 5 6 2 |ritorial Senate. | study. Arab states. . lis oniy 29 votes behind Winn. Mt. Edgecumbe .......| 85| 14| 39| 56/ 53| 20| 14| 12| 26| 60 27 41] 32/ 18] 26 10\ . p M. MacKenzie of Ketchi-| The next regular meeting will be Fighting At Jaffa | In the Democratic race, Incum- Scow Bay £ A4 191 4[ 15 8| O 1 7 8] 4 10 16| 5 4 3 3 1 Eafi - Aaiiig iiVioay certain of /aiie IR Wednesday, May 12. Fighting tinued 101] Pennock Island ...\ 19] 3/ 8 15| 9 8 5 4 9 9 1 u s 3 6 sl 8" Almos o o i | Fighting continued in the west e as ln Izents Andrew Hcpe, of Sitka, and | i | 1) | 1 1 . i i i _ | Democratic nomination for the Sen- ,coast Arab port of Jaffa, where G A O e o tions.| Totals ...........|4076/1238)(2285(2087 /2848|1759 1211 | 8111199 3120, 1458]1562| 965/1820] 957 1480 1101 1012 |2e. Fe now has a lead of over 9006 & @ @ » @ o ® o o o o the Jews were opposed to both Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, I;'nc").h. Bell Syndicate. ASHINGTON— It looks as if fate was finally catching up with the real-estate lobby. One of its HOUSE RACE FOR ng down the top two positions. Third and fourth places are held, at present, by James Nolan, of Wran- gell, and Marcus F Jensen, of Doug- las. As in the GOP race, the last four positions are closely contested with, only a small lead over those in ninth | {and tenth places. In these spots, at| present, are Amelia A. Gundersen,; UNOFFICIAL RETURNS-APR iL 27, 1948 PRIMARY-Territorial Offices and Senators DEFENSE PLANS: ARE BEING MAPPED OUT WASHINGTON, Aprii 29 —P— International political factors are SPECIAL ELECTION CALLING VOTERS; 2 PROPOSALS GIVEN CONFIRMATION ON NOMINATIONS IS September. Dr. R. P. Sharpe, pro- fessor of Geomorphology heads the votes on his nearest rival, incum- bent Senator Norman R. Walker of Ketchikan, who is leading Judge William A. Holzheimer, of Juneau, by 136 votes for second place on the | ballot. The Republican Senatorial race is ¥ery hot. The lead. has changed since ! yesterday and former Representative “If favorable action on statehood ! is not taken by the Senate, I Rmi\ ready to send all members of the WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 this mornipg In Juneau— Maximum, 53; minimum, 35, At Alrport— Maximum, 55; minimum, 32, WEATHER FORECAST Forces of Ey ptian and Iraq arm- ies were reported by officials today (to be moving toward the Pales- Arabs and British army units. Arab and Zionist spokesmen agreed in the United Nations to spare the sacred walled old city of Jerusalem. Little hope was held that the truce would be extended. ‘The open city area is held sacred in Christian, Moslem and Jewish religions. Secretary of State Marshall re- TRUMAN'S DEMAND of Ketchikan; Abel Anderson, of | disclosed to have dictated the two- Steve Vukovich has dropped from AJuneau and Vicinity) most active spokesmen has been Congressman Charles Fletcher, §an Diego Republican, who, though a freshman, was strategically placed on the House Banking and Cur- rency Committee by the Ilobby’s master wire-puller, Morton Bodfish. Bodfish has now been indicted by the Justice Department, and Fletcher is now under investigation by the Home Loan Bank board for some interesting operations in San Diego. The board has sent its ace in- vestigator, A, C. Newell, to Cali- fornia to probe the shaky finances of the Federal Savings and Loan Association which Fletcher heads, ‘Thanks to the Congressman and his father, the association has got in up to his neck in a real estate deal which may lose a lot of other people’s money. Fletcher founded- the Federal Savings and Loan Association of San Diego and is still its presi- dent. Furthermore, he draws a salary of $10,000 even while he is supposed to be devoting his full time to Congress. Of course, as a Congressman, Fletcher introduced the bill to abol- ish rent control, has voted con- Juneau; Robert E. Coughlin, of Ju- neau; and Eugene Lockridge, of Ju- neau. g The complete tally for the 32 pre- cincts is as follows: Republican: Barnes 2,680; Mac- Kinnon 2219; Locken 1984; John- son 1,981; Shelton 1451; Montplaisir 1,352; Feero 1,176; Winn 1,11¢; Bach 1,089; Calvin 988; Fargher 942; _Paul 892 2074; Nolan 1,776; Jensen 1,622; Gundersen 1,477; Anderson 1,385; Coughlin 1,382; Lockridge 1,328; Daniels 1,278; Wood 1,248; Metcalte 1,225; Hill 1,048; Leding 876; King 350; and Sawyer 480, Dog Must Die; Princess (an't Inferfere Elizabeth said she is sorry, she can't ask Royal clemency for a dog con- demned to die for killing chickens. The dog’s master, Norman Wilk- insen wrote the Princess a plea yes- terday. Her answer today said she “much regrets that the matter . . . . 1s not one in which she can exercise (Continued on Page Four) any personal intervention.” fiemocrutlc; Hope 2,130; Almquist' LONDON, April 29.—P—Princess| million-man defense force recom- imended by the joint Chiefs -of Staff. The High Command js disclosed "[to have worked closely with foreign I policy framers. Presumably the top- irnnklng officials ' were given all of | the military and political intelligence {available to the White House, the State Department and the Central Inteliigence Agency, and, they stat- jed that 2,000,000 men would be ,enough for defense, while more At 3 o'clock this afternoon only 144 had voted in the special bond election held here today. The polls will remain open until 7 o'clock| tonight. The only ~voting place is in the Council Chamber in the City Hall, The two proposals to be voce yes or no, are: PROOSAL NO. 1.— Shall the| City of Juneau, Alaska, incur a d, | might be viewed by other nations as a move toward aggressive war. Here is what the joint chiefs want for a peacetime defense force: the Army would be built up to a force of 837,000, men 300,000 more than at present. = The Navy manpower would be | boosted to 556,000 regulars and. 220,- 1000 men in the organized reserve. | That would mean adding about 80,- 000 men and would permit the man- 1ning’ of around 390 warships. The Air Force would be increased to 502,000 men from its present strength of 335,000. Its ultimate ob- Jective would be a 70 group force at full strength or a little over full strength. Behind this would be a 60- group National Guard Air Force. —r—— — Detroit and Chicago are built on the beds of subsiding lakes. bonded indebtedness in the sum of $150,000.00, and issue and sell its negotiable general obligation bonds in that sum, the proceeds therefrom to be used for street improvements, paving and resur- facing the City’s Public Streets? PROPOSAL NO. 2—S8hall the City of Juneau, Alaska, incur a bonded indebtedness in the sum of $125,000,00, and issue and sell its negotiable general obligation bonds in that sum, the proceeds therefrom to be used for construct- ing a combined fire hall and jail - CHAPELADIES MEETING | The Chapeladies will meet Tues- day evening, May 4, at 8 o'clock at a no-hostess meeting at the Chapel-by-the-Lake, All members are urged to attend. WASHINGTON, April 20.-(P—; President Truman today called for early Senate confirmation of his reappointments of Chairman David E. Lilienthal and other members of the Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. Truman sald suggestions to limit their new terms to one or two years “would restore the pall of un- certainty which surrounded the de- velopment of this country’s atomic energy program.” Lilienthal and. his associates were named to the commission last spring. ‘The President said Lilienthal and his four fellow members were ap- pointed “without any reference to their political affiliations.” He added in a formal statement: “Since we all recognize the need for a vigorous non-partisan develop- { ment of our atomic energy program, I strongly urge that these nomina- tions be considered. on the schedule originally set by Congress.” The terms of Lilienthal and other commission members will expire Aug 1. Lilienthal was nominated for a new five-year term. L T DS In the crater of Mt. Ruapehu,i 9,175-foot peak on North Island,i New Zealand, is a lake of hot water surrotnded by snow drifts, first place to second place in the running for the two Republican Senate nominations. Only 104 votes separate former Representative An- ita Garnick, in first place, from for- mer Representative Mrs. E. E, Eng- strom, in third place. The latter is only 22 votes out of second spot. All three are from Juneau. | Two candidates from each party\} are tc be selected from the Primar-| ies to run in October’s general elec- tions. The complete voting of the 32 out of 56 precincts is as follows: | Reputlican: Garnick 1662; Vu- kovich 1480; Engstrom 1458; Wil- liams 1,012; and Race 957. Democratic: MacKenzie 1820; Walker 1,101; and. Holzheimer 965. i il i STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YQRK, April 29.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 86, Anaconda 37, Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvester 95%, Kennecott 547%, New York| Central 15%, Northern Pacific 22%;, U. 8. Steel 76%, Pound 4.03%. Variable cloudiness tonight and FPriday with warmest temperature near 54 degrees called Maj. Gen. John H. Hildring, a trusted associate, to the State Department to direct U. 8. policy on Palestine. The U. 8. has been striving hard for a truce, lest war in Palestine envelop all the world again. Friday. PRECIPITATION | (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today “ In Juneau — Nome; since April 1, 47 inches; since | July 1, 8144 inches. | At Airport— None; since e ® April 1, .38 inches; since e ® July 1, 48.75 inches. .| STEAMER MOVEMENTS | e ( Princess Louise scheduled to sail| from Vancouver Friday. Sword Knot scheduled to sail from Seattle Priday. | * Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Alaska is scheduled southbound sometime tomorrow night. Baranof, from awest, scheduled southbound Monday. S0s: o INTERIOR WEATHER | Temperatures are coldy this; In Ttaly Premier Alclde de Gasperi started shaping a new govern- ment of Italy on the basis of his impressive election victory over the Communists. Enrico de Nicola was expected to remain as President. A survey showed that Socialists and moderate labor groups in most of the Communists in their May Day celebrations Saturday, a national Russian holiday. A Russian plan to chagge the*name of the munist party in Western Germany to the “Socialist People's Party* was promptly rejected by U. S. occupation authorities. Regent Abdul Ilah of Iraq de- clared all Arab nations are “agreed to rescue Palestine” and that. their regular armies would strike soon. The real battle for Palesting was not yet developed but already 3,445 Sale$ today were 1,480,000 shares.| morning over the Tanana Valley!persons were unofficially counted Averages today are as follows: industrials 180.65, rails 5834, utd- | itles 34.22. ranging from 14 to 25 degrees. Yes-! terday the highest temperatures ranged from 37 to 40 degrees. dead since partition was decided upop by the United Nations last November. 2 Western Europe are spurning