The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10876 BIG CROWD TURNS OUT FOR BOUTS Johnny Richardson of Juneau stepped in the Recreation Center ring a little after 8 o'clock last night, and Emil Notti from Mt. Edgecumbe was in the opposite corner, taking instructions from his second. lows . . . Richardson at 88 pounds and Notti at 90, and they were young boys, being 13 and 15 re- spectively. The bout at first ap- peared to be nothing more than a routine opener, but at the third round’s end the house was com- pletely down with perhaps the largest ovation of the evening. Instead of being wild little slug- gers as is usually the case with lads of this age group, both junior edition fighters excellent form and a better than average knowledge of ring general- | ship. It was an exceptionally good fight to a draw and all applause was well deserved. The second fight brought to- gether Jerry Coletti at 230 pounds from Douglas and Bob Thomas just peyond the 200 mark from Wachusett. Both boys had scored one-round TKO's in the April 8 fights here and there was a great deal to who was the better man, Coletti with his wild slugging tactics or Thomas with a fair right and a hard-straight left. Coletti was awarded the split decision of the judges and reieree but the nod went without wholehearted approv- al of the crowd. Several specta- tors thought the judges to be wrong in.‘the decision and voiced their disapproval -by tossing a few pop bottles in the ring. They were little fel-| opened up with| the | of pre-fight controversy as| | midway through the second. From |early tcday at the Spokane Army HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e . JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1948 nes' trips to the canvas, the mark- ed and swollen left side of Guin- face removed any doubt that the Edgecumbe boxer was in there all the way fighting from his semi- crouch position Second TKO Lee of the Wachusett proved a game but losing match for the 161 pounds of his ship- mate, Lowell Wells, Wells, being the aggressor throughout two and one-half rounds, won the fight by a TKO after one minute and 30 seconds of the third heat. Lee went down for four long counts during the fight when pounded into the ropes by rocking right and lefts. Jimmy Long of Juneau dropped the decision to Ben Hur Valle of Mt. Edgecumbe in a bout well matched. Long went on .the | march during the first round with a straight left and chopping right, but shifted to a defensive role dur- ing the next two frames. Although far from being completely out- fought in the last two, Long ap- peared unable to solve the shifty and fast breaking style of his op- ponent. Robert | | Third Round TKO The night's fight which | good number of spectators spinning | on. their heels was that in which Lee Novak oi the Wachusett suf- |fered a third round TKO at the hands of Ralph Thomas from Mt. | Edgecumbe. Novak went after the well-built Thomas from the first gong and had things going pretty right which had him in bad shape | then until 50 seconds after begin-|? {ning the third, it was Novak it the driver's seat. | Thomas tagged him with |of right-hand artillery and §Cnaslguardsmen went down for a {short count. When Novak re- | gained his feet there was ‘doubt that Thomas had his man | in bad shape. Novak, appearing to be in anything but fighting | condition, was moving around the | much his way except for a short| interval when tagged by a hflrd\flmmuled by civillan airmen at match, Art Andrews of Hoonah took the split decision from Kenny Christoiferson of Hoonah. An- drews, heavier and shorter than his Edgecumbe opponent, was the aggressor almost throughout de- spite his shorter reach. Christoffer- son several times reached out and tagged Andrews with knee-buckling lefts, but generally confined him- selft to counter-punching the An- drews advance. Andrews landed a good count of long-range blows, but neither boy was in dangerous- ly bad shape at any point during the fight Taking the fights collectively, the Edgecumbe team had a very successful evening with five wins, | two losses and one draw, exclu- sive of the fight in which boys frem the School were par- ticipants. The team was well in- structed and appeared in gooi boxing condition. As with the fights here a few weeks back, those last night went mers had bargained for and were made for the spectators from start to finish. | - « o Weather Holds Up - Northwest "Air War' (By The Associated Press) The Pacific northwes was hidden today behind clouds and- | or of red-tape. A number of participating planes “more than 20"—still were grounded air base. Where they are bound— ,|or when—was not disclosed Ly base At that point| |officers who said security regulations | & ‘load | forbid giving out information. the | Air Force Headquarters in Wash- |ington, D. C,, disclosed plans for the | week-long test of northwest air de- little | fenses Wednesday night. The an- |nouncement said the maneuvers | were to have gotten under way early ‘)esterday Bad weather, however, | held up the start both | a good bit beyond what the custo- | 'ARABS PLAN RESCUE OF PALESTINE; TRUCE ( By The Associated Press) Jews captured the tough Arab village of Salama in a night at- [tack and almost isolated Jaffa, { truce-stilled Arab City of blood- shed. Salama lies 10 miles east of Jaffa. Jaffa itsell temporary cease fire order. British planes whirled overhead while the Arabs, Jews and British talked truce. Salama was the strongest Arab | point in the outer ring defenses of | Jaffa. TIts fall cut the road from Jaffa to Lydda. Only the pre- carious main road to Ramle, which passes through a Jewish gunpost belt, remained open. The Jews said their Haganah | also captured a number of strong- holds on the southern outskirts of Jerusalem. Rifles, machine- guns, mortars and mines echoed | through the Palestinian capital | during most of the night and morn~ Hng. Official Arab sources in Trans- | Jordan said the Arab nations will |send at least 30,000 regular troops Ito “rescue Palestine before May 115,” when Great Britain gives up | her mandate. Maximum Jewish strength has been | 77.000. The United Nations wearily be- gan its third week of debate over Palestine. Defense ministers of Britain, | France and the low countries met In London to begin a pool of their military resources under the Brus- | sels Alliance. They appeared hope- ful the U. 8. would ship them arms. - IS STILL DISCUSSED { was quiet under a estimated at MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN.CENTS "Klondike Kate" Sues . | 1. HOLLYWOOD, April {Mrs. Kate Rockwell-Van Duren, |Enown also as “Klondike Kate,” fil- €d suit today for $50,000 damages, alleging a reference to her on a re- dent Fibber McGee and, Molly radio Program held her to ridicule and in- i¥aded her privacy. 30. Mrs, Van Duren charged that a Peb. 17 broadcast referred to “Klon- | like Kate" as a gambler’s daughter.| 8he contends that she has bcen, known as “Klondike Kate" for 50| Years and that she is not a gum..ers( faughter ‘The suit names as defendants uwi Nnuqml Broadcasting Company; | Earl C. Anthony, Inc., operators of | Station KFI; S. C. Johnson & Son,| Inc., the program's sponsors; Need- | ham, Louis & Brorby, Inc., advertis- ing agency; Harlow Wilcox, an- nouncer and three “John Does.” | ; Mrs. Van Duren recently was married to Willlam L. Van Duren of Bend, Ore. D s Diredt Negofiations, Management,Labor To AvertR. R. Strike CHICAGO, Aprii 30.—(P—Media- | tor Frank Douglass sald today that | if the threatened railroad strike is| averted, only direct negotiations be-| tween manffigement and labor will {do it. There doesn't seem to be any | feeling for arkitration of the dis-| puted issues,” the chairman of Lhe‘ National (railway) Mediation Bonrd‘ sald as he went into his first con- {ference with management spokes- | i men | “If this strike is to be settled,” he |stated, “it must be by direct nego-| | | | APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE DIMOND IS BEING QUESTIONED WASHINGTON, April 30.—~(P— Senator Langer (R-ND), acting as a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, spent two hours today inquiring into the official record of Federal Judge Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska. Dimond's reappointment for a four-year term is before the com- mittee Langer questioned Delegate Bart- lett of Alaska clesely about Dimond's actions while a member of the Terri- torial Senate and while he was Dele- gate from Alaska in the House Bartlett replied that citizens of the Territor | party, favored Dimond'’s tion as Judge of the | Third Judicial District Langer read a report which said confirma- Territory's Dimond as District Judgze had ap-|M pointed only Democrats to be United States Commissioners in his district. Bartlett said that the jobs were so poorly paid a judge had nearly to get down on his knees to get anyone 1to accept them “It seems strange,” Langer said, “that the only persons he could find when on his knees were Democrats.” “A good proportion of the Com- missioners in the Territory now are Repu"licam" Bartlett replied - Civilian Plane for Naknek Is Mlssmq EDMONTON, Alhl April 30.—® | —The RCAF reported today a civ-i ilian plane with one man aboard !is missing. The pilot is reported to ke Miles Vandergrift of Austin, Minn, He was enroute to Nak- nek, Alaska. Oificials said they believed the plane was forced down by bad wen!hex It left here yesterday |afternoon. Planes were standing , regardless of political | COMMITTEE IS INVESTIGATING SPRUCE STRIKE A specid uunmmw, appointed by Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, was busy this afternoon taking testimony from officials of the Juneau Spruce Corporation, Local 1-16, CIO Inter- | national Longshoremen and Ware- housemen’s Union and Local M-271, CIO International Wood- workers of America in regard to the {21 day old dispute which has tied up the Juneau Spruce sawmill here | ‘The committee is expected to pub- lish these statements as soon as it has finished its testimony. Publica- tion is expected to be made some- time tomorrow In the meantime, Henry A. Ben- son, Territorial Commissioner of La- bor, was informed by Albin L. Pe- terson, Commissioner of the Federal ediation and Conciliation Service at Seattle, that he would be unable to come here at Benson's request to bring a settlement in the dispute. Peterson urged that the parties concerned give full cooperation to Benson's office 50 that a settlement can be reached soon. He declared that all local officials have sufficient authority to make any agreement necessary. { ‘NEW RAILROAD T0 - ALASKA REPORTED NOW AS FAR OFF SEATTLE, April 30- | Senator Warren G. Magnuson said | vesterday that a raflroad to Alaska |1s only in the “talk stage.” He said he does not' expect any (8overnment action on it in the near | future. He said he knew of no bills |about to be introduced into Congress |authorizing Federal assistance for the building of such a line. »—U. 8. VOTERS OK (ITY BOND PROPOSALS |City of Juneau Authorized to Float $275,000 in Bonds In a special City election, held here yesterday, Juneau voters backed up recommendations of their City Council and voiced approval for two proposed bond issues needed in or- der to make street improvements and construct a new combination fire hall and jail. A total of 364 votes, including five absentee, were cast in the election which put the City in debt for $275,~ 000 in order to finance the neces- sary work On Proposal No. 1, 304 wted yes and 60 voted no. This proposition authorized the City to incur a bond~ ed indebtedness of $150,000 by selling general obligation tonds in that amount with the proceeds used for | street improvements. , On proposal No. 2, 251 voted yes, | | | 199 voted no and 14 did not vote. This proposition will permit the city to sell $125000 in general obligation tonds with the proceeds to be used for the construction of a combined fire hall, jall and central heating plant for the municipal unit. Mayor Makes Statemeni 7 Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, when informed of the results, ex- pressed his appreciation for the vote. “The City Council,” he declared, “is encouraged to receive the sup- port of the Juneau property owners in pushing its improvement program for the henefit of the entire city.” The Mayor said that the election results were a “vote of confidence” for the work to be done now and in 'Helicopter Braves Whether right or wrong, the| ‘ ring with hands at waist when the | tiation by the parties.” by to start a' search as soon as o (of th work 4 bn doe e Fn judges and the referee were select- ed because of past experience with the ring and superior ability to] render a deeision, which they did, and the display of pop bottle toss- éevening'’s outstanding ‘poor sportsmanship. Both Coletti and Thomas were on the sending and receiving ends | at various times throughout the | fight which in the opinion of many could have rightfully been called any of three ways, depending on the judges. They called it as they saw it and they saw it for Co- letti. First TKO ! Pat Barnes of Mt. Edgecumbe scored a first-round 22 second TKO | over Jerry Godkin of Juneau with | a heated flurry of rights and lefts. | Godkin opened the melee of leather by pushing Barnes all over the ring; then Barnes using similar tactics, took the aggressor's role and when finished was declared the winner. Godkin appeared un- able to continue because of a mo- mentary injury to his vision. Angelo Guinzy, exhibiting three rounds of the ability found in the | last round of his April 8 fight, won a close, but unanimous de- cision from Cecil Barnes of the| Mt. Edgecumbe squad. Barnes was| doing his share of damage through- out with a long overhand right, but was unable to counteract the points gathered by Guinzy and his damaging counter-blows. Barnes hit the canvas twice in the first round when tagged by the Guinzy guns . . . short (but hard) rights and lefts to the face. Despite Bar- The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, ;’ms 'l;be Bell Syndicate, ASHINGTON— The inside story of how hard Dictator Peron tried to scuttle the Pan American conference has been lost sight of amid the smoke, blood and con- jusion at Bogota. Not only did the Argentine delegation vote against an investigation of Com- munism, but here is the significant | play-by-play report of what went on behind the scenes in Buenos Aires when Peron tried to ditch the conference during the 72 hours that followed the uprising in the Colombian capital on April 9. At 6:45 p. m. on that day, Peron received word from his official information department of the Bo- gota riots. Immediately, he put in a telephone call to Foreign| Minister Bramuglia, head of the| Argentine delegation to the Bo-| gota conference. Communications ~ difficulties de- layed that call for almost six hours. Meanwhile, Peron had sent |gloves of the Edgecumbe | bill last night, | Londos style. | referee raised the Edgecumbe | boy’s hand for the 50-second | TKO. First Round TKO In anether flst-round mateh, | Jim Houston of Mt. Edgecumbe ‘TKOd Jerry Kichardson from Ju- |neau in one minute 25 seconds of | the initial stanza. Houston, shorter | of the two, slugged a swath through | the superior reach of his oppon- ent and except for a first few seconds of the fight, had it all the way. Richardson opened the fight but shotly thereafter proved a slight match for the nitro-laden fighter. drawing the main lost a decisive three-round go to Corky Casey of Mt. Edgecumbe. Vuilie, winner of his last fight by a TKO, failed to give ground throughout most of Jim Vuille, worst beating when trying to get inside the puzzling Casey attack. |Casey did the better part of his | damage with a nose-wrecking left, but displayed an equally devastat- ing right uppercut when given the | opportunity. Vuille’s face was swollen and his nose bleeding freely midway through the second round, did he have the leader’s role. That was midway through the third when Casey found himself wob- bling from a hard right and left to the head. From then on in it was slow, with neither fighter in- flicting much damage. it clear he could dish it out in his April 8 bout, and he removed any doubt he could take it by standing up for three rounds last night. Corkey hit him with every- thing but the referee’s shoe, but Jim was always around to stop the next one and perhaps land onie of his own. It can go with- out saying that Casey has the material of a promising young fighter, now being but 18 years old and still taking on weight. Two Edgecumbers An_ovation smeared bout which brought together two Edgecumbe fighters, saw Ted Emanoff lift a close one from his schoolmate, George Walters. Emanoff being of stocky build, looked like a Kan- sas windmill in a 90-mile gale when. charging his taller oppon- ent, but being little disturbed by the tiger-like stood calmly by and landed his telling counter blows. Several times Walters did nothing more than ease under the onrushing Emanoff, one time lifting him completely off the ground in pack fashion. At one time, both boys wrestled to the mat in Jimmy Were the seconds excited during this fight? Well, you might say they were when coming out for the last round, Emanoff found the sponge still in his trunks. Hoonah Boxers (Continued on Page Four) In another close and well-fought and | only one time during the fight| Vuille made | approach; ‘ Walters | with a barrage of rights and lefts, | the bout, but suffered the night's| THEY. ARE OFF | —®--The clouds over McChord Field rained. airplanes today with (the start of the Air Force's gigantic - Pacific northwest “war games.” i ‘out of the 4,000-foot high overcast Ly the dozen. About 60 had landed before noon and then clusters still | were coming, many to take off again after about an hour on the strip. Air Force “itrass"—the officers |running the show-—were every- where. One arrival was Maj. Gen. |John E. Upston, Fourth Air Force | Commander, who flew in from Ham- |ilton Field, Calif. There was no talk about what was going on, but the fighters were known to be coming in from the Spokane army air base and from California to “defend” the Pacific northwest against a “raiding” ar- mada of B-29 bombers. These were understood, unoffi-| cially, to be “attacking” from. fields all over the nation, Observers termed it —again unofficially—the largest peacetime aerial war games ever staged. g .- LAMOORE'S EXECUTION POSTPONED FOR TIME Eugene LaMoore alias Austin Rol- lan had a new lease on life today although it is of short duration. He had originally been scheduled to face the hangman at the Juneau Federal Jail this morning but due to an oversight by the Ninth District Cir- cuit Court of Appeals, his execution may be postponed as much as 90 days. The Circuit Court has failed to act on the District Attorney’s motion to dismiss LaMoore’s appeal when the appeal was not completed. Until such action is taken, he cannot be legally executed. When the motion is granted, as is expected, Judge George W. Folta will have to name a new date of exe- cution. According to the law, this date must be not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days after judg- ment has been entered. It is possitle that, in order to avoid any question, Judge Folta may decide to follow this rule rather than set a“date in the immediate future, ST0CK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 30.—~®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today to 3%, American Can 86':, Anaconda 36%, Curtiss- Wright 8, International Harvester 95%, Kennecott 544, New York Central 15%, Northern Pacific 217%, U. S. Steel T75%, Pound $4.03% Sales today were 1,440,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: -| industrials 180.52, rails 58.15, util- ities 34. 08 - The United States produces about | three-fourths of the cow hides used by the U. S. leather industry. McCHORD FIELD, Wash,, April 30. Roaring fighter planes dropped | Bullefs fo Rescue (rash-Landed Pilot ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 30— #—The crew of an air force heli- copter kraved a hail of machinegun ' bullets Wednesday to rescue an in-| jured fighter pilot after he crash- landed, his ship on mud flats. The P-51, from the 66th Fighter Squadron based at Elmendorf Field, exploded and burst into flames shortly after pilot Lt. Ralph Van Kerhme of Chicago scrambled from The helicopter crew intercepted a distress signal over the radio and went to the rescue; They found the perficial cuts, lying on the ground 1300 feet from the plane. With explod- ‘mg 50-caliber ammunition popping | {all around, they ianded and took the pilot aboard. Kerhove was in the 183rd Hospital at Fort Richardson here in less than 30 minutes. The accident occurred| |to crash land the ship when his en- gine quit as he mlde a bombing run on a target ship. The helicopter crew was identified by the Alaska Air Command as Lt william A. Weed, of Greeley, Colo.; Lt. Leon 8. Orser, Jordon, N. Y.; and Cpl. George M. Cunhs of Paw- tuckett, R. 1. The.crash was the third for P-51's from the 66th Squadron in three weeks, One pilot was killed and one is missing in the earlier crashes. S e ® o o 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U, 5. WEATHER BUREAU) ‘Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maximum, 54; minimum, 37. At Airport— Maximum, 54; minimum, 31. WEATHER FORECAST (Junegu and Vicinity) Cloudy tonight and Satur- day with an occasional very light rain showers. Lowest temperature tomorrow morn- ing around 38. Highest af- ternoon temperature around 55. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 bours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau— Trace; since April 1, 47 inches; since July 1, 8144 inches. At Airport—Trace; April 1, .38 inches; July 1, 48.75 inches. D R e ) e A STEAMER MOVEMENTS since since from Vancouver 9 tonight. Sword Knot scheduled from Seattle today. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Baranof, from west, | southbound Monday. to | scheduled pilot, suffering from shock and su-| 20 miles west of here. Kerhove had Batile of </ Jerusalem +/Is Now On *eecsscccccns Princess Louise scheduled to sail sail | Douglass and Francis A. ONL*ulI Jr., a board member, met twice yes- terday with leaders of three brolh- erhoods who have set May 11 for a alyzing, nationwide walkout, To- f they beard the railroads’ side of the dispute from the Carriers Con- zrerenee Committee, D. B. Robertson, head of the Fire- men and Enginemen, said in Cleve- | |land “they (the railroads) will have | ‘m come through with more money | or the strike will start as set on May | 1183 | ‘BOEING STRIKE IS NOW STALEMATED SEATILE, April 30— (#—The Boe-’ ing strike in Seattle has settled into | a stalemate, The dispute went into| its ninth day this morning with 18- thousand employees away from their jobs. And no company-union meet- ings are in sight to get the strikers back to work. The President of the Aeronnuucafl Mechanics said the union is prepared to keep Boeing's Seattle plant closed until all grievances are settled. The official—Harold Gibson — charged| |that Boeing is trying to “break the union.” Company President William Allen has declined offers to meet with of- ficlals of the local union. He con-| tends that the strike violates the| National Labor Relations Act and \the union is no longer bargaining| agent for the employees. - [ 1 By ERIC GOTTGETREU JERUSALEM, April 30.—P—Jews | seized Arab strong points in the outhern part of Jerusalem today in |a Eloody battle. An Arab military | leader admitted to 30 dead. Word spread that “the battle of Jerusalem is on,” while other Jew- |ish forces all but isolated the main | Arab port of Jaffa. ‘The Jerusalem fighting still mged at sunset. The Jews penetrated in strength at each end of strategic Katamon Quarter, dominating the southern part of the Holy City. ——— UNEAU MARINE CREWS WORK ON JSP VESSEL | Men from Juneau Marine ways are now working on the Juneau | Spruce Corporation boat, Humder- {gen at the Spruce Corp. She is expected to be finished in about a week after painting and minor re- | pairs. The Sophia, owned by Willis | George, is having her bulwarks re- | newed at the boat harbor. | Work is still being done on the Aguatania, another Juneau Spruce ]bml. weather conditions permit. Soda-Sipping Teen-Agers Are in Bad : NEW YORK, April 30.—(®—Four soda-sipping teen agers were ac-| |cused today of blasting a pretty | young high school teacher's home | | with gunfire Wednesday night, af- ter a telephoned threat warning her not to flunk anybody in mathe- matics. A l4-year-old freshmen ately afraid of failing an algebra exam organized the raiders in a candy store, police said. They used an automobile stolen for the oc- casion, and loaded with seven .22 | calibre automatic rifles taken from a Coney Island shooting gallery. At least 26 shots peppered the teacher's home in Brooklyn and two adjoining houses. (Chrysler EoTp. Faced With Strike, 75,000 DETROIT, April 30.—(#—The CIO United Auto Workers today set May 12 for a strike of 75,000 employees in 13 plants of the Chrysler Corp. The union’s top policy committee | approved this date for the strike on recommendation of Norman | Matthews, its National Chrysler Di- rector, The UAW-CIO and Chrysler ‘be- |gan negotiations Feb. 27 with the union asking a straight wage boost of 30 cents an hour. The current | wage averages about $1.50. The union also asked “fringe” | concessions such as tetter vacations, pensions and the like totalling about five additional cents. Chrysler's only offer to date came a few aays ago and was for six cents an hour. The UAW-CIO p/omptly rejected it and the corporation then withdrew it. All legal barriers to a strike pre- viously have been removed Russians Planning More Restridions For German Zone (By The Associated Press) The Russians hinted at harsher restrictions on rall traffic between the eastern and western zones of Germany. Tass, the Russian news agency, accused the U. 8. and Brl- tain of violating systematically the agreements for use of air fields in the Russian zone of Austria - e NO MISSIONARY MEET The Missionary meeting scheduled to be held at the Memorial Press desper- | Magnuson commenting on| |statements made by Willls Batchel- {ler, Seattle civil engineer who Is pro- |moting a railroad project, | Batcheller, in a recent newspaper interview confidentlally forecast that the Defense Department in Wash- ington would presently have intro- duced a bill appropriating large funds for a railroad to be built north | {of Prince George, B. C., to Alaska.| Magznuson said he thought Batch- |eller was completely mistaken. “This is all I know about Batchel- ler,” Magnuson said. “I think he got in touch with Homer Jones in Wash- ington, and Jones called the whole delegation together. As I remember the conference—it took place two 'mm\lh:« ago—Batcheller told us he |had received some indication from {the joint Chiefs of Staff, represent- ing the two countries, that they would like to see a raflroad to Alaska, and that it would te of military value, “Of course they would say that. Any kind of transportation to Alas- ka 1s of military value. But they didn't say they would support it financially.” | Batcheller in his interview, (and numerous talks to business men and civic bodles), has said he can find financing of 200 million dollars for the extension of the Pacitic Great Eastern between Vancouver, B. C, and Squamish and from Quen- sel to Sifton Pass and Dawson Creek, B. C. He said he believed the Ameri- can and Canadian governments are |jointly ready to put up another 375 million dollars needed to extend the| line from Sifton Pass to Fairbanks,| Alaska, and from Whiteherse, Y. T.| to Norman, N. W. T. To the Senator’s statements Batcheller yesterday made the fol- lowing reply: “1 should like to say, in reply to‘ the quoted statements of the Sena-| tor, first that I am leaving Seattle Saturday night, at the request of the | Administration, to go to Washington | to complete negotiations in regard vide funds for “Becondly, 1 sl of the Washington delegation, and | apparently was misinformed = statements made at that conference, | cord. “Third, I should like to recall that| Magnuson was quoted in the Wash- ington Post early in February as say- ing that the Chiefs of Statf had told him that ‘the railway project had Leen approved. “And lastly I will say that the State Department arranged two trips for me to Ottawa and made it pos- sible for me to meet the General Staff and other top officials.” CHICAGO warned today that there will be a big drop in meat production in about 130 days. Citing last summer's corn crop; these analysts say that empty cattle lots are dotting the midwest. ) Market analysts The bond issues, explained the |Mayor, will be floated as soon as possible and the actual work will be- Jin immediately after the is raised, He said that no time will he lost. Contractors will be contacted in tbe meantme, so that all possible | detays wint e avoided. CONGRESS 10 BE ASKED FOR INQUIRY INTO MEAT" STRIKE WASHINGTON, April 30—(®— Senator Edwin C. Johnston (D- Colo.) said today he plans to ask for a Congressional inquiry into the 46-day-old meat strike. Johnston told reporters he in- tends to introduce a resolution, possibly today, to provide for an “examination of all facts” and ar- bitration of the wage dispute. “The strike has gone on too long,” he said. “It is disrupting markefing and injuring both con- sumers and farmers.” The strike of CIO packinghouse workers began March 16, The union demanded a wage increase of 29 cents an hour. The “Big Four” meat packers—Swift, Cud- ahy, Wilson and Armour—offerei. nine cents an hour. That was re- Jected by the union. Mine Operalors Ge! 'Call from Lewis fo Meet, New Confrads WASHINGTON, April 30— John L. Lewis today asked soft coal to tiis appropriation (a bill to pro- | operators to meet with him May 18 n Alaska railroad.) (to negotiate a new contract. Kould like to say that| The United Mine Workers' present Magnuson was not at the conference | contract expires June 30. Léwis said in letters to all coal to!ccmpanies and associations which had. signed the current agreement which were agreed to be off the lc-\lasl: July that he is ready to start | negolations in the Shoreham Hotel, Washington, May 18 at 10 am. He said the meeting would be “for |the purpose of negotiating a suc- cessor contract” to the present one. The UMW chief pointed out that the present contract pledges the parties to attend any conferences under terms of the agreement. ¥ The letter was labeled “notice” and was dated today, April 30. The Taft-Hartley Act requires that either party to a labor agreement, desiring to end that agreement, must give notice 60 days before ending the contract. Lewis apparently was observing One analyst figures that cattle feed-| ers are putting in their feed lots|directly from Lewis on the nature that provision, since his contract with, the operators expires June 30. There was no advance indication \ byterian Church tonight is polt-lomy about fifty percent of the num- ot the M be would make of lbcr of cattle that went in last year.|the operators for the nflv contract, poned until a later date. .