The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 11, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,885 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Er—— JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS _— Railroads Operatin Sitdown Discussion with Unifed Stafes Is Agreed TobyRussia; No Date Set (By The Associated Press) Russia has agreed to sit down with the United States for “discus- sion and settlement” of differences Sunday election in the U. S. zone of Southern Korea were being counted. Nearly 500 lives were lest’ in accompanying disorders. between these two greatest pow- ers. (Jerusalem)— Palestine quieted American authorities. expressed gown again after Jewish successes extremely cautious optimism to- |, plasting open their supply road day. The initiative came from Sec- retary of State Marshall, who a week ago made a bid for “decent | and reasonable” relations with Rus- sia. Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov replied last night the Soviet Union is ready to pursug a “pelicy of peace and cooperation with the United States.” ted Nations delegate said Russla Rift Carried Threat and her satellites plan to recog- ‘The rift between the U. S. and pige the new Jewish state. from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and in eapturing strategic Safad in the ncrth. Jewish fears of an Arab invasion after the British quit their mandate Friday night lessen- ed. (Lake Success)—A ranking Uni- Russia has carried a threat of an- other world war. It has widened (Paris)—Paris police studied ru- U.S.NOT - HOSTILE | AT RUSS | Smith Nofe fo Molotov Might Be Construed as American Proposa! | WASHINGTON, May 11 — P— President Truman said today that |the American bid to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for “decent and reasopable relations” Letween the | two countries “represented no new departure in American policy.” Its purpose, Mr. Truman said in a formal statement, was to make it “unmistakably clear that the United States has no hostile or ag- gressive designs whatsoever with respect to the Soviet Union.” | The President’s statement did not the note of Am- | i { since VE Day. Ambassador W. B. mors of a Jewish underground plot Smith delivered the U. 8. bid for to kill or kidnap Princess Eliza- a diplomatic soul baring in a note peth, heiress apparent to the Brit- attributing the current world ten-'jsh throne, during her visit there sion to Russia's aggressive actions i week. A Britich spokesman in Eastern Europe and Communist sajq the reports ars bighly im- efforts to take control of countries pLropable. elsewhere. The Russian note said the USSR. “is unable to agree” to these charges. When and where the talks will) take place has not been decxded.‘Bcdell Smith, U. S. Ambassador to Major Issues | Moscow, said here today there has The major Issues are Russia’s been do discussion as to time or “inexplicable hostility” to the Mar- place for new American-Russian shall Plan; peace terms for Ger- diplomatic talks. many and Austria; the scope of the Smith is enroute for a vacation United Nations; American efforts iishing trip in France, to bolster Greece and Turkey; and' He declined to evaluate the pros- the future of Korea. | pects of any such meetings, saying: The top importance Russia gave| “That is up to the State De- the development was reflected in partment.” the great display. without com-' " ment, given tile Blavelaeis i . p ” Russian press and radio. Russia 4 denied any interference in affairs rea up of Eastern European countries; said she would continue signing mutual aid pacts with heighbors Ice Starts Grinding at 9:55 —Cement Mixer and Wife Get Dough charged the U. S. with interfer-, FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 11.— ence in Greece and elsewhere; and | voiced again her displeasure with | (#—Matt Sumara, a Fairbanks ce- ment mixer, and his wife pocket- the Marshall Plan as an interfer-| ence in the rights of benefiting countries. ed $5481 today for guessing with- in a minute of the time of the ice breakup in the Chena River. ‘The contest, sponsored by the Fairbanks Fire Department, is a miniature version of the big Alaska wide Nenana stakes which this year has $150,000 in prize money. Mr. and Mrs. Sumara estimated NO TIME, Nv rLACE BERLIN, May 11.—(®—Walter - Communists Charged (Washington)—With rapproach- ment possible, the House Committee i on Un-American Affairs, formally accused the Communist party of the U. S. of advocating “the over-; throw of our government by force; and violence.” (Rome)—Italy, wiere the Com- munists had been beaten badly in a general election, failed in a third parliamentary ballot, to elect a President. Vice-Premier Luigi Einaudi, new choice of the dominant Christian Democratic party, appeared likely to win on the fourth ballot, where a simple majority is enough. out at 9:54 a. m. May 10. The (Seoul, pack started grinding toward the sea at 9:55. The Nenana contest hinges on the 'time of the Tanana River break up, usually 24 to 48 hours later The Washingion Men'y A Go 3 Round 1 than t.hf: Chena. sy prew rearsoN CHARLES M. VICK (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, | 'S DE AD} SE A"l[ SEATTLE, May 11.—(®—Char- les Martin ~Vick, 86, retired sea | captain who followed the sea 72 years, made his last port of call Sunday. Vick, who died at his home at Battle Point on Bain- bridge Islands, was a Washington state pioneer and took part in the Alaska gold rush. For many years he was employed by Libby, McNeill and Libby, and for the Alaska Packers Associa- tion. He made his last trip as a sea captain at the age of. 80 in Korean Election | Korea)—Ballots in the WASHINOTON — During thej closing months of the recent war ex-Secretary of War Robert Pat- terson remarked to this writer: “I am worried for fear our pres- ent determination to punish the Nazi war criminals will cool off. If we are to prevent future war we must convict and punish several thousand of the guilty, and do it right away. If we dont do it right away, it may never be done.” Secretary Patterson was referring to the tolerant spirit of the Ameri- can people. What he didn't forsee was that the chief expoment of let- 1942 A; his tdEB_lh, hl.:uksml hxa{d ting the Naszis off easy would be MiNing nterests in Alaska. e was a member of the Alaska that the Chena River ice would go! his own successor—Kenneth Roy- all, now Secretary of the Arn®. During the war, Royall made a’ brilliant defense of the Nazi sabo- teurs who landed on Long Island by submarine. Appointed as attor- ney for the saboteurs, his argument was so able that some people seem- ed almost convinced they should go free. | Now, before the House Appropria- tions Committee, he seems equally anxious to forgive other war crim- inals, In addition, he has sum- (Continued on Page Four) | Ploneer Club. Two sons, William Hans, Tacoma, Paul A, of San Francisco; and a daughter, Mrs. Agnes Vick Pe- troff, _survive. ,,,,, Sl S LADIES NIGHT FRIDAY . AT JUNEAU SKATE RINK Fritz Granere of the Recreation | Center skating rink said today that ladies will be admitted free at the roller rink Friday night, May 14. Personnel of the visiting cruis- ler are invited to attend. . |indicate whether {Lassador Walter Bedell Smith to Mol- |otov May 4 might be construed as an | | American proposal for discussion |and settlement of existing differen- |ces between the two nations. H | The two main points of the .st.uc-“ iment by Smith, Mr Truman said, | jwere these: H 1. “The policies of the United | | States Government in International | questions have been made amply | |clear in recent months and weeks. | | They haye the support of the over- whelming majority of the American | |people. They will continue to be | vigorously and firmly prosecuted.” | | 2. “On the other hand this gov-} rernment wishes to make it unmis- [takably clear that the United States i | has no hostile or aggressive designs | whatsoever with respect to the So- |viet Union.” ( - ! DISABLED FISHING VESSEL ALASKA IS PICKED UP BY (6 { SEATTLE, May 11—®— The Idisabled fishing vessel Alaska has, {been taken in tow by a Coast (Guard tender in Hawalian waters. She put a line aboard the Alaska late last night. In Seattle, an official of the \company which owns. the fishing | vessel says he has been informed | the 13 men aboard the Alaska were | taken off salely. The officer, George Lane, reports he received | the information by radiophone from | { Honolulu. | i The skipper of the fishing ship | :is Captain Nick Tutanich of San 1 Pedro, California, H e FIRST SHIP SAILING, ' NGME, ANNOUNCED SEATTLE, Wash.,, May 11—(®—| ‘The first ship sailing for Nome each summer season has lost. much of its glamor since the airplane (horned into the picture. But it is still an important event to the residents of Nome after a long, ice-bound winter. Nome’s first arrival this sum- mer will be the freighter Reef Knot of Alaska Steamship Com- pany, scheduled to sail from Seattle June 3. The ship, skippered- by Capt. Robert W. Nordstrom, also will call at Unalaska, Soloman, St. Michael and Unalakleet. S STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Freighter Jumper Hitch, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive at 3/ this afternoon. Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled ito arrive at 5:30 this afternoon. | Baranof, irom Seattle, scheduled ito arrive at 5:30 this afternoon. Princess Louise scheduled to sml! from Vancouver 9 tonight. Square Sinnet scheduled to sail from Seattle May 14. { Clove Hitch scheduled to sail from Seattle May 14. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle May 15. ILLEGAL FISHING Henry Sutti was fined $50 this' morning by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray on a charge of fishing in a closed area. He was arrested by U. 8. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice Agent Robert H. Burns for fishing in Taku Inlet. . PICRET LINE ATBOEINGS IS REDUCED SEATTLE, Ma lines were reduced Company plant. The number of pickets was re- duced - from about 25 to five at der was served on picket captains early this morning. Boeing spokesmen said the order was requested “to limit the union to peaceful picketing.” - Unreported (argo Plane At Anc‘horage SEATTLE, May 11.—(®—A DC cargo plane, unreported for eral hours today on a flight be- tween Annette Island and Anchor- age, Alaska, has landed at An- chorage. The Coast Guard here said the ship, with three crewmen aboard, reached Anchorage at 10:38 a. m. PST. Radio transmitter trouble had prevented the plane from giv- ing its position. . The plane, which had headed north from Portland, Ore., yester- day, leit Annette Island near Ketchikan, at 5:57 a. m. PST, en- route to Anchorage and should hav® reported over Sitka at 7:17 a. m The DC-3 is operated by the Gen- eral Air Cargo of Portland. The Coast Guard cancelled plans to send a Coast Guard cutter and | planes to search for the DC-3 MRS. MILLIE WARWICK AiALEAS IN‘BLdofi—Moubedeckedcypresu N. C., form a backdrop for blooming azaleas in readiness for the annual spring flower festival Communist Parly ofU.5. Charged with Advocafing Overthrowof Government l'of advocating “The overthrow of | 11.—(P—Picket | munis under court | American Communists plan The rescue ship is the 8-8 Walnut. | order today at the Boeing Airplane tomorrow,” the committee declared. | the main gate after the court or- dence that: "the last popular primary election PASSES AWAY TODAY. Mrs. Millie Warwick, aged 84, passed away at her home this morn- ing. She had been a resident of Juneau and vicinity for many years and was well known throughout the Channel area. She is survived by her daughters Mrs. George Jorgenson of Juneau and Mrs. Mildred Baker, living in the Southern States. The remains are at the Charles W. Charter Mortuary. Funeral ar- rangements are pending word from the family. | #h 3 B e | L Lt o trees in Greenfield Lake at Wilmington, SHIPPING T0 ALASKA PROBLEMS ot vasts i e buea HOpes Expressed California States was formally scdused foday ' Inferests May Aid in | our government by force and vio-| ' H ence | Supplying Service | The House Committee on Un-| | American Activities made the a WASHINGTON, May 11 <.4’b—‘ cusation and called upon the exec- Chairman John J. Allen, Jr., (R-( utive branch of the government for Calif.) of a House Subcommittee on | “vigorous enforcement” of existing'Alaskan transportation problems| laws to curb Communist zcilvities.! said today he hopes California ship “What the Chinese or Greek Com- operators will show nterest in pro-! s are doing today is what the | viding steamship service to the| to do | Territory. | Allen announced in a statement In a 160-page report distributed |that his committce will hold a hear- to memkers %;gthe });gus(', the com- |iDg May 18 on proposals to extend mitee said it has voluminous evi- w;’;“‘;‘;“q service to Alaska until Dec. L. The teachings of Marx, En-| He said he “hopes that such oper- gels, Lenin and Stalin constitute | 3tors as the Coastwise Line, of San the credo of the Communist Party, | Francisco and Portland, who have 2 P | | considered establishing a service U. 8. A—in fact of the Communist “ & i g M o 4. !1irom California, Oregon and Wash- ¢ |ington to the Territory, particularly movement throughout the worl The doetrine of forceful and violen to carry pulp wood southward, will appear.” . overthrow of Anti-Communist gov- ernments is a basic premise cf these | | teachings. | The present service is operated ‘2, The model party of thelpy three Seattle companies under American Communist is the Com-' g, agreement in which the govern- munist Party of the Soviet Union, ment grants them charter on gov-, whose history forms a basic ‘guide’ | . ...c.. Su1ps at $1 a year and pays | or textbook for the American COM-{part of the insurance on the ves- munists on the practice of force and gels The lines are the Alaska Steam- violence.” ship Co., The Northland Transpor- DEWEY, STASSEN ttion Co-and the Alska Transpor- IN RADIO DEBATE “Other solutions may be consid- (ered,” Allen continued, adding: “One such that has found some | | favorable response is a proposal that !the Maritime Commission, through a general agency contract or & government-owned corporation, op- erate a service which will care for carrying passengers and mail, with possible freight service, to small \ports not otherwise regularly served, |throwing the field of carrying freight to the principal ports wide open to general competition.” His committee, Allan said, will at- tempt to stabilize the Alaskan ship- ping situation. Alaskans have said they do not| Allen said only recently a vessel of the Alaska Steamship Company was used for a cargo from San Francisco to Alaska Neither the members of the com- o" (oMMuNISM mittee nor the Maritime Commission fully support ,the proposed exten- !sion of the temporary service, Allen BEND,-Oregon, May 11.—(P-—Ore- said. The proposal was introduced by n’s Republican Presidential pri- Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash., by com- mary battle moved toward a dra- mMittee request. matic climax today ‘with Gov.! Thomas E. Dewey agreeing to meet Harold E. Stassen in a radio de- bate on the issue of Communism. The New York Governor, barn- storming Oregon for the state’s May 21 Presidential preferénce, ac- cepted an invitation to tangle with the Minnesotan under the auspices of the Multnomah (Portland) coun- ty Republican committee. The date was yet undetermined. But less than two weeks remain before Oregon casts it ballots in before the Republican national con- vention in Philadelphia next June 21 ‘Secrefary Royall Will | Army Secretary |porters at the ARMYIS RUNNING RRLINES | Name Union-Manage- ment Board to Help WASHINGTON, May 11D Royall, boss of the Under Govut. Direction STRIKE 1S CALLED OFF, COURTORDER Army Takes Over in Run- ing Systems-Embar- goes Are Liffed WASHINGTON, May 11.—P— The railroads ran as usual under railroads under Government opera- | Government direction today and tion, said today he will name a|ipe Army lifted the emergency union-management advisory board | enp:pargo on-shipment of perishable to help him run them. goods. Royall reported to a news con- ference that the roads are operating in nermal fashion. . While Royall was talking with re- Pentagon Building, leaders of the three unions held their own mews conference. The The action restoring freight ser- vice to normal came after the Government forced the Engineers, Firemen and - Switchmen to call off a strike set for this morning. Eighty-eight lines had banned shipments of perishables during main points they made: the wee! v 1. Only a wage settlement can|, kend to prevent them from I being stranded in event of a walk- 1 by way of Germany, Saudi Arabia, entirely remove the possitility of aj rail strike. { 2. They are Ilcoking now tof Royall to settle their wage dispute.| 3. They hold considerable resent- ment because of the government's move: Alvanley Johnston, Chief of the Engineers, said the union men made | many concessions in the long and fruitless White House negotiations for a settlement Royall told his news conference| that for the time being the army will make no attempt to settle the dispute. - oo - 6 B-29s on | Two Highis Around World MANILA, May 11, —(®—8Six world| circling B-29 Superfortresses of the U. S. Strategic Afr Command will rendezvous over Okinawa Wednes- day, a Thirteenth Airforce spokes. man said today. The planes left Merced, Calif., in | two flights yesterday. Three head- ed east and three west. 2 The eastbound Superiorts will go; India and Okinawa, while the| westhound group will follow the| Pacific air route via Hawali and Guam to Okinawa. Both flights will require ap- proximately 72 hours, the spokes- man said. After the rendezvous, the flights will form the 23rd Bomber Group and wiil return to the United States via Japan and Alaska. An announcement in Washington, ; D. C, said the flights were to! train crews in long range techni- ques. STOCK QUOTATIONS ! NEW YORK, May 11.—#—Clos- ing quotation of Ala Juneau | mine stock today is 3'4, American | Can 89'i, Anaconda 37, Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvest- er 97, Kennecott 54, New York Cen- tral 16%, Northern Pacific 25, U.S.! Steel 77%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,750,000 shares | Averages today dre as' follows" | industrials 183.75, ralls 59.12, util- ities 34.76. s NAVY MEN INVITED T0 SQUARE DANCING A special Invitation is cxlcndcd“ to all the men of the cruiser Astoria | to enjoy “community center night"| at the Teen Age Club tonight. The doors will be open at 8 o’clock. | for ping pong and pool and dancing to the juke box. At 9:30 there will| be square dancing. i Every Tuesday night the boys and | | out., Stassen is due in Oregon week ahead of schedule to meet Dewey’s bid for Oregon's 12 con- | vention votes. L eee SITKA PRISONERS Robert E. DiRae, whoshas been bound over to the Grand Jury on a grand larceny charge, was brought here from Sitka yesterday by Deputy U. 8. Marshal Sid Thomp- | son. . He also escorted Pauline Po-| quiz from Sitka, to serve six months in the Juneau Jail for family desertion this | approve the proposed extension of (girls of the Teen Age Club turn the present plan. ‘uheir clubhouse ovér to the older Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said|people of the community. Zack he had others opposing the Tollefson | Gerdon, Club director, expresses the | Bill are drawing up a substitute|bope that tonight as many as pos-! which will give Alaska additional |sible of the ladies of the town will | benefits. come down early to help welcome | He said he expected it will be;the visiting Navy men. [ ready in a day or two. | - el | TAKES PRISONERS OUTSIDE | CASE DISMISSED | Deputy U. 8. Marshal Jack A divorce suit by Nadja Anselm|Krepps, of Wrangell, took - five' been ! prisoners to the States this week. ! against Joseph Anselm has here. from Ketchikan, Many cancelied the embar- goes last night, however, in advance |oi the Army order. The rail unions called off the threatened* strike in compliance with a court order from Justice T. Alan Goldsborough—the Federal Judge who twice fined John L. Lewis for contempt in mine strikes. With the Army in charge of rail operations, the White House with- drew from direct attempts to get the unions and management to settle their wage dispute. Presidentinl -~ Secretary Charles G. Ross said he assumed there would be further talks between the operators and Brotherhoods. But he said Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman will not start aify new | eonferences. Gcldshoru‘ “temporary re- stymining *order” “of in- junction) expires May 19, eight {days from today. The Judge set a hearing ~ for that date on the Government’s request for a long- er injuncticn, ‘The three unions will have thelr chance then to fight back. There were other question marks, too. President Truman the railroads to ward oft the trike. The Army thus found it- self in technical possession of the country’s immense network of rail- roads. How would it deal with the un- ions? “OPERATIONS NORM/L" CHICAGO, May 11.—®— The threat of a rail strike sidetracked, operations swung back to normal today over America's vast network and in embargo-harried industries. The canceled 6 a. m. (Local Standard Time) deadline passed in all four zones without a single re- ported break in railroad service, From rallroad headquarters every- where came the same report: “Op- erations normal.” » - Statehoo For Alaska Nof in "48 WASHINGTON, May 11.—®- | Delegate Bartlett of Alaska says no Congressional action to make Alaska a state can be expected thi¥ year, He said this s the “inescapable conclusion” that must be drawn from the vote Saturday of the Sen- ate Interior Affairs Committee to delay action on the Hawailan statehcod bill until next year. Bartlett said that with Chairman Welch (R-Calif) of the House Pub- lic Lands Committee, and Chair- man Crawford (R-Mich) of the Territories Subcommittee, he had asked Speaker Martin (R-Mass) to take the Alaskan statehood bill to the House floor for a vote. Mar- tin said, according to Bartlett, that if the Hawalian statehood bill passed the Senate he would permit the Alaskan bill to be called up in the House. “Within an hour, the conference had voted 7 to 5 against report- ing out the Hawalian b'll,” Bartlett said in a statement. “Accordingly, it must be realistically admitted that there is practically no possi- bility that anything further will Federal ' dismissed in U. S. District Court! Three were from Juneau and two be done in this session of Con- gress.” \ had to seize