The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,879 THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE EAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Bonus Proposed Fo NIGHT FIGHT R. R. SYSTEM SEIZURE UP T0 TRUMAN Government Can Take | Over Lines in Case Strike Called WASHINGTON, May 4. — ® — Federal transportation experts said today President Truman still has wartime powers to seize the na- tion’s railroads in event of a strike. A walkout has been set for next Tuesday by unions representing 190,000 firemen, engineers and switchmen, Chairman Frank Douglass of the National (Railway) Mediation Board, said in Chicago that media- tion efforts to avert the strike have collapsed. Douglass said he would return to Washington to report the failure to President Truman. General Counsel Francis A. Silver of the Office of Defense Transpor- | tation, said legislation still is on | the statute books making it possible for Mr. Truman to order Federal operation of the rail lines. Mexican Border | Officers Find Cariridge Cache MEXICO CITY, May 4—#— Mexican border authorities in Nu-| évo Laredo announced today that| customs officials have ducovucd‘ “a cache of ¢a 5 $50,000. The authorities say the] cartridges were found in a private | home. One official says he learn- ed the ammunifion was intended for shipment to the southern paxl\ of Mexico. This informant adds‘ that he believes the cartridges were brought into Mexico from the United States. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 4—(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 88, Anaconda 36%, Curtiss- Wright 8, International Harvester 96, Kennecott 547, New York Cen- tral 16, Northern Pacific 24, U.| S. Steel 767%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,450,000 shares. Averages today are as follow: i industrials 181.44, rails 59.08, util-| ities 34.20. —— - — The most ancient prehistoric lake | villages are thought to be more| than 7,000 years olgd. - - The Washington! Merry - Go - Round By DREW. PEARSON 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (Copyright, ASHINGTON—If Mrs. Roose- | velt does what her friends say she’s going to do about Harry Tru- man it's going to be one of the hardest political blows the Presi- dent has ever taken—also a big personal disappointment. Only a few insiders know it, but President Truman has counted on Mrs. Roosevelt to help him swing his renomination. That was one thing he had in mind when he first appointed Mrs. R. to the United Nations. Mrs. Roosevelt was first asked to be a delegate to UNESCO, the United - Nations educational and cultural subsidiary. This she turn- ed down. Then Secretary of State Jimmie Byrnes suggested to Tru- man that she be made a full U. S. delegate to the UN.* Truman was delighted with the idea. He remarked that it was important to keep the Roosevelt family affiliated with his admin- istration and that this would have an important effect upon the Dem- ocratic convention when his own renomination came up. Truman even took the trouble to call Mrs. Roosevelt himself so as to make sure she accepted the UN job. |or took fighting issue with his Re-! King Peter in New York Youthful monarch of Yugoslavia, his Queen, and their infant son are pictured on their arrival April 27 at the port of New York aboard the luxury liner SS Queen Elizabeth. They came from London via Queens- town. King Peter poses with young Queen Alexandra and three-year- old Crown Prince Alexander. (International Phote) DEWEY IN [OhioPrimary _CAMPAIGN . Taft, Stassen IN OREGON Battleground gon primary campaign into high | districts—mostly in the northeast- gear today after characterjizing ern Ohio industrial sector—for his Harold E. Stassen’s proposal to out-|assault on the home defenses of law Communism as a “demagogic Senator Taft, the GOP Congress- appeal” founded on *“big slogans.”|ional leader. In his first major campaign talk | Taft was certain of 30 of the 53 last night. the New York Govern-|delegates, for that number of his andidates are unopposed. Politi- publican rival for Oregon's Repub-|cians said it would be considered friendly crowd—unable to gain ad- are expected to file into the polling mittance to the auditorium—surg-|places to back their choices. ed forward to shake his hand as| —r—— gy WILL INSTALL 70 Dewey was not injured, and only ’momemm—ny off his feet. His; smile as broad as ever, he cun-, tinued to gregt the overflow of| MIlES’ SUBMAR'NE several hundred persons who wait-! {ed outside for him. { (ABlE KEI(HIKA" To the audience which started | " gathering two hours before his/ et scheduled appearance, Dewey de-| The Alaska Communication Sys- clared: Item Cable Barge Lenoir, which. in- “I am unalterably, whole-hearted- stalls, repairs and maintains ACS ly and unswervingly against any |submarine cables in Southeast Alas- scheme to write laws outlawing | people because of their religious, political, social and economic views you cannot kill ideas by day. The Lenoir, with a complement |of 27 civilians and some seven mili- tary personnel, discharged. ACS sta- tion supplies and communication equipment for the Juneau station and then left for the south. ‘The Lenoir will lay approximately 70 miles of submarine cable from |the vicinity of Lincoln Rock to Ketchxkan thus providing a second underwater communication channel |between Juneau and Ketchikan. Thig was announced today by Col. T. J. Tully, Commanding Officer of the |ACS. ‘The barge is skippered by Cap- force.” Chinese Commies Close fo Shanghai, Conirol Shangtung % SHANGHAI, May 4—(®— Strong Chinese Communist forces are said to be only 125 airmiles narthwest of Shanghai today. Dispatches from the central Chi- | nese coastal area say these Com- munists have virtually gained com- plete control of Shantung Penin- | sula north of Shanghai. Govern- ment reinforcements are said to be headed toward the Communist column and one dispatch predicts | a decisive battle. ‘ e ANCHORAGE VISITORS Bruce Decker, Jr., John H. Ster- |Lt. Nels H. Ahlstrom in charge of repair and. maintenance operations. i R FROM KODIAK Commander L. E. Root from Ko- }diak is registered at the Baranof Hotel. METLAKATLA VISITOR William H. Cordell from Metlak- atla is in Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel. - Now, however, word from Roose- velt circle is- that Mrs. R. will not only oppose Harry for renomina- (Continued on Page Four) ling, Lloyd Buchanan and John M. rnou GUSTAVUS Williams, from Anchorage, are in' Mrs, James Vrooman from Gus-| | Thursday morning. Juneau and staying at the Baranof tavus is in Juneau and a guest' Hotel. Jat the Baranof Hotel. lican Presidential preference in the a setback for Stassen should the May 21 primary { Minnesotan fail to get 10 or more | Only cne incident occurred. He of the 23 for which he is contest- was dumped into.the mud on the |ing. Grant high school lawn as a Upwards of 750,000 Republicans | | | ka' waters, arrived in Juneau yester-isination Saturday of Justice Minister | theaters—that is settin fain Malcolm W. Armstrong with uprising after weeks of bloodshed. t i | ’ Arab Village-Invasion | | Jerusalem to evacuate Egyptians. {of the truce-stilled Holy Cify, wit- | PULLED OFF, HOLY. LAND Jews Cap_tu_re Wealthy Force Ready fo Move (By The Associated Press) | Irgun Zvai Leumi said today its Jewish fighters captured the weal- thy Arab village of Yehudia, 12 14 miles East of Tel Aviv, in an all- night battle with Arabs. The vil- lage was a strenghold barring the way to the Lydda airport, four miles to the South. The triple-tailed * Transition School at Chandler, fermatien was photographed a lnlemnlloml Soundphote) An Iragi armored brigade is e <IN camped near Marfak, Trans-Jor- dan, 25 miles from the Eastern border of Palestine. Its 32 armored cars, five batteries of 75 mm guns and 100 trucks and jeeps awaited an invasion order from King Ab- dullah of Trans-Jordan. This is not expeécted before the British mandate ends May 15. An Iraqi staff officer declared the Palestine Jews have not yet as | fought a regular army. He added he believes “victory will be won — e quickly.” A Jewish agency spokesman said Egypt is sending six busses into BLOW FOR MONOPOLY Bombardment Arab guns atop a Judean moun- tain were said by Jews to have bombarded the Jewish settlements of Neve Yacov and Atarot, North of darkened Jerusalem during the | night In the Southern Hills south nesses said Arabs were massing for an attack on Jewish Kefar Et- | the five companies violated anti | trust “lews through |and film distribution | Tt also told lower courts to | IN ONE DAY"“"s hesters, ahead with new proceedings their 13,137 theaters. set the stage for damage claims —{#— “Exercise Assembly, lhe security, but declared ‘“‘the whole by lndcpende}n theater ' ownets largest military training u]wn\lmn Alaska reservation policy has reach- % whichitiiea iy tto . miilions ot since World War II, will be-|ed a stage where we should be de- | Death Sen'en(es car"ed ol ¥ Y 4, gin here Saturday | linquent if we did not insist upon . 5 {0 The maneuver, in which an ima-|a thorough demonstration of Ouf n Connedlfln | The main monopoly case has ginery invader from the Caribbean|need.” been in the court since 1938. with 1944 Revolt By L. S. CHARLES | tindings of a special three ; Federal Court sitting in Ne ATHENS, May 4—®—It was 01_‘ last year. Yor! hooting Star” you think you Investigation Resulls of Asserfed Commie Adivifies IN MOVIES Flve Big Compames Must. The tribunal ruled yesterday that price- hxmg nll»l!.“(‘f‘{l(nl< i £O | to! determine whether the movie con- interest in At the same time the high court ' By a vote of 7 to 1 the Suprene {more than 30,000 troops. It is be-| Court upheld all but one of the g -judge | Army and the Ninth Air Force. Justice Douglas wrote e here is in reality three Lockheed P-80s of the Jet Ariz, flying so tight and clese ahoard that they almost squeak. The t Wililams Air Force Base, Chandler, the Air Force fighter pilot school. ‘HEARINGS HELD, - ARMED FORCES Be Made pUbIK‘ Limitations Are Proposed| on Military Reserva- SEATTLE, May 4.—/”— Results| Al of an investigation into asserted | Communistic activity at the Uni-: thflS n eu'lans versity of Washington will be mudc‘ ¢ public. Limitations on proposed mili- ; Rep. A. F. Canwell (R-Spokane),! xtmv und naval land reservations }Lhumn‘m of the legislative Un- ":“ l‘l‘u- P‘A‘le.”“";“' .I:l:;nds‘ .:‘md fae | American Activities Committee, said PIERA e uatin, et Wore, FeeRH | the ‘committee will make its evi- mended by various people. today at a public hearing conducted by be s i hearing t AR, publip 47 o SRacitg v Assistant Secretary of the Tnter- held iy Seriie | ior William E. Warne in the Terri- Date of the hearing will be an-| " | nounced"after the committeg’s next | (0114l Senate Chambers ln Jupeau. | meeting. Canwell told the Post-Tutelligen- cer he was making the commit- | opment Board, | long since evaporated although the | reservations still remain in exis- | tence.” i- | ASSEMBLY" IS PLANNED He pointed out that one-third of | Alaska is already in Federal reser-| | vations amounting to 120,000,000 | acres.. Sundborg said he did nut Protect Natives . Don Foster, General Superinten- Third | dent of the Alaska Native Service, petitioned Warne and’ the armed services for recognition of the nec- essity of conservation of the re- jarea will be repulsed, will involve | staged jointly by the The manuevers will end May 24. - e e | k! ficially announced that 152 persons !he majority opinion, with Justice FlAREup A D :-SUUPCCB of many of the islands and convicted of murder were excuted | Frankfurter dissenting. Justice | their surrounding waters. He sug- in Greece today. Jackson took no part in the hear- gested the issuance of individual Virtually all the slayings were|ngs. BY TRUMA" 0“ permits for trapping privileges. connected with the 1944 revolution.! Amcng other things, the cmut Foster also recommended that Na- All appeals by the condemned had|s2id the firms' acted been formally rejected by the par-| of trade by: dons board. 1. Setting price of admission The evecutions followed the n.ssss- 2. Giving “clearance” Christos Ladas, officially described‘bvrnre a film could be shown I as the result of a Communist plot. ‘a rival house. Premier Themistokles Sophoulis| 3. Block booking—by issued a statement saying “The Government will not be Xnumldav.ed\ by the treacherous Communist ticular one desired. crime against Ladgs.” He said the| & - government has decided to carry| ou; ;;l bdea:;h sen;enceu which aTe|{ g o o 0 © o o o o uphel y the pardons board. c‘rhe 1944 revolt was engineered by | %Eg‘mfiffszuflgfir ommunists and Communist-con- : . i T %4- trolled groups against a government emperatur!'!s Se gt hor peripd 9 ending 7:30 thi. morning of national unity under Premeir Th Jeras - Chesimin. 47 George Papandreou. Greek contin- mintmuma B i e ents and Briti | 2 gents and Britishs toops duelied the At Airport—Maximum, 45 minimum, 28. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness tonight which A breakdofn of the executions| showed 24 persons were put to| death in Athens, 37 on the Island| of Aegina, 12 in Pamia, 23 in Sa- in restraint to some g the tme |y yiiversity of California cam- theater or a chain must take a number of pictures to get a par- tive fishing privileges be retained. He asked that service personnel be restrained from trapping, shooting or fishing in these islands. ‘The ANS Chief also asked that precautions be taken to prevent the (bus in the wake of the announce-'gisyipution of intoxicating liquors ment that Presidont Truman w’”‘in the native villages. He tacitly deliver the commencement” address. agreed to the proposed reservations | Letters of protest are pouning in- d i by refraining from' speaking direct- | {to the school newspaper, the Dally [y ggqingt them and only asking| Californian. for certain restrictions. | The commencement was schedul- Security Important ed originally for June 19, but that Secretary Warne, in opening the ® didn't fit in with the President's|paamng conceded that military se- | < plans, 50 the date was changed tO| cyrity s of paramount importance. | |June 12. . |He then called on Lt. €ol. E. u ®| The students are complaining| gepyyler of the Alaskan Command ® that this interferes with nearly vepresenting Army, Air Force and ® |everything. For on thing, June 12{nqu i the Territory to list areas ® is right in the middie of exam 8 2 . requested. It was pointed out that, ® week. And the seniors protest|gyitn the exception of 2,835 acres be graduated and|,, ypalaska Island, all requests then have to come hack to complete | 4o within existing land withdraw- their studies. | als. The Department of National De- CALIF. CAMPUS| BERKELEY, Calif, May 4—®— | There is additional confusion on 5. n a ® that they will . lonika and the remainder in Chal- | :““’ ‘:”e""“"“y i, Hght KETCHIKAN VISITOR ~|fense requests all of the follow- kis, Tripolis, Sparta and Kalamata ain by Wednesday after- I Arensen from Ketchikan is|yng jgands: Adak, Great Sitkin,| noon. Warmer tonight with @ visiting in Juneau and is at the Shemya, Attu, Tanaga, Kaghlaska, | SIEAMER MOV[MENIS :::ree:;;‘g temperature above : Gastineau Hofl. Little Tanaga, Umak, Igitkin, Asuk- | PRECIPITATION . HERE FROM SEATTLE L Alaska, scheduled to sail from|e (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. m-y” William Reed, Jr, from Seattle, . + Seattle Thursday. In Juneau— .04 Baranof scheduled to sail from since May 1, .04 Seattle Saturday. . since July 1, 8148 inche: Princess Louise sails southboundv At Airport— .07 inches; since May 1, .07 inches; Aleutian, from west, mulhbound since July 1, 48.72 inches, ceecveesesescsscsssssesn e late Sunday or early Monday. j*eoeveccceernys Agattu, Amaknak, Expedition, Hog. Also requested is the area near Cold Bay and portions of the fol- lowing islands: Amchitka, Atka, Un- ulaskc‘ Umnak and Kodiak. \Cvnunued on Page Eigm) and ® | is registered at the Gastineau Hu- | tel. . ; - —— . DOWN FROM SKAGWAY * Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rogers from e Skagway are staying at the Bar- « ‘anof Hotel. RESERVATIONS Repregenting the Alaska Devsl- Consultant S\md-‘munds for a 30-cent hourly pay ‘bmu declared ‘that “no. permanent boost and other concessions for CAMP CAMPBELL, Ky., May 4. ‘npposo measures vital to national | r Military Service Recruits Take Another Look-1t's Not Triple-Tailed P-80 PLAN WOULD ELIMINATE ANY DRAFT |Chairman Allen of House Rules Committee Ad- vances New Scheme WASHINGTON, May 4—(®—Rep. |Allen (R-IIl) proposed today a mil- |itary recruiting program with $1,500 {bonuses for recruits who sign up for |three years. He said that should ';ohmmnte any need for a draft. Allen outlined his idea at a news |conference. He is chairman of the {House Rules Committee and influ- ential in Republican affairs, but he |said he had not conferred with any house Jeaders, nor with any memters of his committee, Allen said he bas drawn a bill which would, permit men to enlist in the armed forces for two or three years. At the end of the two-year enlistment they could receive a bo- Inus of $1,000 or be entitled to bene- fits of the GI Bill of Rights. The bonus after three years would be 1$1,500, WAGE DRIVE STARTED ON AUTO FIRMS Dm'lwm.,m M= De- zion, @ intenti = s x, nnoxr should be granted.|120,000 Ford Motor Co. workers to- : | Serusaiom it semuined quier] NOW Gef Oub.of Super |tces intentions koown bechist o] gyery " reervuton showid have | day rounded out the Ol0 United —_— | lunder an armistice enforced by the i oy | delinite time limit. Toward the | Auto Workers' wage drive against | coLumBus, [ OLMAY AP o troore Bty o W e Colossal Class !:‘Dl‘"";iyil“;‘:’d" B‘"“X;gnbgulfi;‘u'f end of the prescribed period, the|the automotive industry’s big GOVGmOf Of New YOI'k A(_ Harold E. Stassen sought 23 °r|bered firing was heard. Police #c- Isity President, and the Board of | ABENCY, representing the reservation | three. ‘Omu 53 Republican Presidential’ cysed the Stern group of sabotag- | T 'Ru,emh iy acllon jshould be made to prove that the| Armed with a list of 11 ob- (Iden'a“y Dumped In'o | nominating delegates in today’s pri-1ing a power station, depriving the| WASHINGTON, ~May 4—@—| ¢ [ reservation is still needed and jectives, the Ford negotiating {mary as he and Senator Robert A.|¢ity of power and light during|The movie industry’s big “V(,, is in the public interest. committee expected to start nyo- Mud by Crowd jTaft reackied ‘CheleuRoRIND AVIfus hight. wrestied. With a new script today— | | Sundborg argued that too many! tiaticns around July 15. The wage I the polls. e fan order from the Supreme Court | EXER(ISE “rvm‘vuuon» have been made miclause in the Ford contract will . L 1 . fo oy o to ge‘ out of the super-colossal | the past, in Alaska, “perhaps,” he he re-opened on that date. |T:OF:TLQNBW&W,UTIM‘%B g,(‘g_ ,];,r,l,:d fli:"‘(mytnwfiof (:,ovfl;:o; class. ‘ | stated, “for purposes legitimate at| A hospital plan, pension setup e | A0Re. 9N, i 173 ARG | the time, but, which purposes have|and guaranteed weekly wage were among goals approved by the | UAW’s National Ford Council here | yesterday. It was estimated the (whole “wage package” demand might add up to as much at 50 cents an houx i SNSRI TEXAS TORNADO CREATES HUGE HAVOC, 6 STATES McKINNEY, Texas, May 4.~ began to snap back to life today after the two North Texas towns were floored yesterday by a vio- lent tornado that killed three, in- jured 53 and caused widespread damage. The storm, lashing out of a | darkened hail-swept sky, length- ened the list ‘of tornado casvalties in six states within a 48-hour per- icd to 23 dead and more than 156 | injured. Storms hit Missouri, Kansas, West Virginia. In Princeton, Earl Walker, chair- man of the Collin County Red | Cross chapter, said “everybody pitched in and helped up to get {back on our feet” The tornado battered the South (part of McKinney and traveled on {to Princeton, whereé heavy dnmaae | was suffered. No Suslitule Plan i On Alaska Shipping | SEATTLE, May 4—®— S. J. Swanson, vice president of the IAluku Tramsportation Company, lretumed to Seattle yesterday after a trip to Washington, D. C., where he joined other steamship officials and government agencies in try- ing to work out a replacement for the interim Alaska shipping plan. The interim plan expires June 30 and no substitute plan is in the immedjate offing, Swanson said. B e Some ancient European lake vil- {lages were still cccupied in the days of Julius Caesar, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and —McKinney and nearby Princeton