The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 14, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL,, NO. 10,888 E— JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDA\. MAY 14, 1948 MEMBER AbSOCIATb D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HEAVY TOLL TAKEN IN 6 PLANE CRASHES Nine Point Alaska Development FHour loaded for Greece as Marshall Plan Staris 2 PLANES WARNE GIVES HIS PROGRAM, SEATTLE TALK May Open Door for Hand-| w Picked European War | |C. Gorst, Refugees for North | SEATTLE, Muy 14.—P—Assist- ant Interior Secretary William E.| Warne outlined a nine-point pro- gram today for Alaska’s develop- | ment and said a Federal mler-: agency committee is considering | i the possibility of opening the door | to hand-picked European war | refugees. ; In a talkk to the Chamber of| Commerce, upon his return from | Alaska, Warne referred to the lat-| ter point in these words: “Among other things, the com-\ mittee is considering what spec- | ial measure, if any, would be need- ed to facilitate settlement in Al-| aska of an appropriate number of | carefully selected persons from wnr‘ refugee camps in Western Europe.| Many of these refugees had their home in areas where climatic con-‘ ditions are similar to those of middle Alaska.” | Seattle Warned Citing the desire of other cities| to enter the Alaska trade by nhip‘ or air, Warne adm “If you businessmen of Seame wish to maintain your place in the | Alaska picture of tomorrow, you| will have to be alert and progres- | sive. The test will be to the ex- tent to which you improve your | services to Alaska and adjust costs. Increased trade, lower unit costs,‘ reduced prices—this is the formula to keep you abreast of Alaskan de- velopment.” | Program Outlined He outlined the following points for an Alaskan development pro- | gram: " 1. Statehood for the Territory as| “soon as possible.” 2. “The entire transportation | system—by water, land and air; to‘ |and smashed into a parked car. He ‘was fined $150 by U. S. Commi /GOVT. MEDIATOR SEES QUICK END, JUNEAU DISPUTE| A settlement of the five-week-old Juneau Spruce Corporation labor dispute is seen by Commission M. of the U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service, who ar- rived here yesterday via PAA from | | Portland, Oregon. | Gorst said this afternoon that he | has talked and is continuing to talk with all parties interested in the dis- ute. He says that they have been most cooperative and he believes !that the dispute will be settled soon because of this willingness to discuss the situation. Gorst has been conferring with | ALASKA SHIP BILL IS GIVEN TO CONGRESS Extension 617:0vernmeni1 Subsidies Provided- Other Provisions - | WASHINGTON, = May Legislation to extend government| subsidized steamship service to| | Alaska until 1953 and permit all| companies wishing to engage in me; E. H. Card, of the Coos Bay Lumber Co., who is representing Junea\u |Spruce; Vern Albright, Alaska Rep- | | resentative of the CIO Interna-| tional Longshoremen and Ware- | housemen’s Union; Virgil Burtz, As- sistant Research Director of the CIO\ !ntenmtwnul ‘Woodworkers of Am- erica; and many local officials of | the two \micns mvulved l 2 ARE ARRBSTED FOLLOWING AUTO ACCIDENTS HERE High Speed Causes Two| Automobile Agcidents, on Local Highway | Two drivers were arrested here | | yesterday and fined following aulm | accidents on local highways. John E. Reynoldson, 27, was charg- torial Highway Patrolman John P, | Monagle after Reynoldson’s cab left | the road on the Douglas Highway | | sioner Felix Gray and his driver’s | |license was suspended for 90 days. No one was injured in the accident. Donald R. Tanner, 18, was ar- rested by Sergeant Emmett Botelho, | of the Highway Patrol, after Tan- | ner's auto left the Glacier Highway service to apply for free govern-| ment ships was proposed in Con-| | gress yesterday. Delegate Bartlett of Alaska in- troduced the bill®in the House Another bill, offered earlier by Rep. | Tollefson (R-Wash), would extend | th present service until 1950. The service now is operated by‘ | three Seattle companies using gov=-| ernment owned ships which theyy | charter for &he dollar a year. Bartlett's bill would authorize the Maritime Commission to chart- | er dollar year ships to any steam- ship companies wishing to oper-| ate the service. No two companies | controlled by the same interests could receive more than 50 percent lof the ships allccated to the ser- vice. Alaska Steamship Co., and the| 14 —P— 1 ’ The Eastern Guide (right) was loaded with 1700 long tens of flour at Baltimore, Md., the first Marshall At left a cradie of sacks of flour is lowered into the hold. ® Wln‘photo plan shlpmnt for Greece. by Air-Supplies Mov- ing Over Highway MONTREAL, May 14.—(®—Har- TROOPSON Clove Hitch WAYNORTH Makes Trip ~ BIG PLANT FOR COMBAT ToWestward OF PACKERS 'Soldiers Commg Largely | First Sallmg of ATC Vessel Heavy Damage Is Caused- ¢ Under New Agree- ment Announced SEATTLE, /May 14— The worthland Transportation Coy both |old Dingmun, the Montreal Herald's fressiter Clove Hitch ‘wal, schodul« |said in | controlled by the Skinner interests Ottawa press gallery correspondent, ;s[ Seattle, and Alaska Transpor- his column “In Canada’s ed to sail today to Alaska Transportation inaugurate Company’s 1 tation Co. now operate the Alaska ‘Capual” today that United States|newly-authorized service to westerM service. | Interior Department entered into by the Commission - |land ship owners. 1 Other provisions of the biil: |troops and supplies are moving | approval | through Canada to Alaska at a ra'.o‘ | would be required for any contracts | unequalled since the end of the war. The troovs are being moved large- ly by air, he said, while supplies are hemg sent by rail to Dawson Creek, r Alaska ports. | In addition to her regular ports| of call in Southeast Alaska, the | | Clove Hitch will carry freight to| Seward and the Alaska Rail Belt. i The Maritime Commission recent- Plan Outlined TWENTYTO 55 PERSONS ARE KILLED (By The Associated Press) | Six plane mishaps on four conti- nents have claimed the lives of at ‘lcnxt 20 and perhaps 55 persons. | Best known among the dead was Lady Hartington, the daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy of Boston, form- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 14.—|er U. 8. Ambassador to London. She (M—Two Air Force fighter planes|died near Privas in southern France fexploded thousands of feet in- the | with three others, including Lord | air over Anchorage yesterday and | Fitzwilliam, the eighth Earl of his | crashed flaming into the waters of |line. The other two were crewmen, | Knik Arm in full view of hun-| Only one survivor came through ~ |dreds of residents, the six mishaps. | One body was found floating in| Thirty-five were missing. |an oil slick on the water. | 'The other crashed planes were in A second explosion in the water,| the Belgian Congo, Saudi Arabia, about three miles out from the|Alaska, Massachusetts and Switz- main section of Anchorage was |erland. heard throughout this city of 20,-" A Sabena airliner which disap- 000. Many saw the accident Immxvcnrod vesterday over the Belgian beginning end because the ships| Congo with 25 passengers and six were leaving vapor trails—an uwit-|crewmen was found wrecked in the usual sight here—as they cnrned‘Mrlcan colony. The plane was a on maneuvers |DC-4. The airline’s office in Brus- Herb Rhodes of the Anchorage |sels said nothing was known of cas- | Times, who witnessed the crash, |ualties. said four of the P-51s were man-| A U.S. B-29 Superfortress fell in euvering about four miles in the|Saudi Arabia, 120 miles northwest air. The two peeled off, he said, {of Dhahran. The U. S. Air Force and went into an almost vertical '$aid in Weisbaden, Germany, that aive. bninc bodies have been found. Four At 5,000 feet, Rhodes said, the Persons are missing and one sur- | ships were blasted apart by an ex- | Vivor has been found. | plosion’ and parts of wings and| Two,U. 8. Air Force fighter planes | tuselage vained earthwazd. When' eXploded qud. crashed ‘at Amehor- {the main portions of the wreckage | %8¢ Alaska, vésterday. Both- pilots landed in the water, ith:, cnt|Were killed. lup black plumes of smoke for sey-| 1hFée crewmen of an Army. C-54 a1 Tt |transport plane were killed yester- | ’dny in a crash at Northampton, Forrest Wood, local private pilot,| Mass, The plane burst-into flames related a similar story during a rainstorm. satisfactorily, | He said the planes were so high| Two Swiss fliers were killed prac- 7 | that he could not tell whether ticing emergency landings at Lo- they collided or ran into difficulty |carno, Switzerland. One was Maj. EXPLODE MID AIR Crash Flaming Into Waters| | of Knik Arm-Hundreds : View Accident Livestock Released- Workers, Hostages BULLETIN—St{. Paul, Minn,, May 14.—#~"The Minneseta National Guard was called out today for duty at strikebound packing plants in Newport and St. Paul, scenes of strike vio- lence. It is stated here also, that all missing workmen but one have been acccunted for (1) The Commission in dev.erm-‘B C., and thence to Fairbanks, over ly amended Alaska trade route reg- ining the reasonableness of the|the Alaska Highway. | ulations to permit Alaska Transpor- treight rates to Alaska shall dis- | |regard the insurance paid on the | Nelson, B. C., and Edmonton, key'Southeastern Alaska. vessels, largely by the government,|stops on the northwest air staging and the amounts equivalent to the |route to Alaska, have been en- Other activities in the Seattle- Alaska trade include: | NEWPORT, Minn., May 10.— U. S. Army establishments at Fort | tation to expand its service beyond | A mob estimated at 200 men fulu’d desc (1ts way into the strikebound Cuda- ihy and Co., packing plant at! | midnight, heavily damaged the in-| | terior, set free several thousand| coming out of the dive, which he ribed as a “routine maneuver.” Fishing boats and tugs and Air Force and private planes congre- | gated at and over the scene in a matter of seconds. Among the| Piste Hitz," who heloed rescue 12 | Americans stranded 9,000 feet up on Agull Glacier in 1946, e usual charter hire of the vessels|larged since the first of the year, allotted to the operatars. he said. (2) The Commission shall enter| American troops and officers in into additional contracts ior ser-'the North “seem convinced they vice to Alaska at any time it!are headed for combat service,” he Announcement by Alaska Steam- ship Company that the passenger | ship Denali will make a special call | at Sitka next trip to pick up 25 students for return to their homes | dellars worth of hogs and car-|planes were some from the mm‘ ried away 30 plant workers as host- | Rescue Squadron. ages. The planes were from Elmendorf r®. J. Swen.son general menager Field here, 3 Trapped, - - - and from and within Alaska— (OP @ curve near the airport ¥es-|g.emg it pecessary. (3) When “ wrote. in other Alaska citles. yof the plant, gave this account of The Denali, scheduled to sail on |the incident: Coal Mine terday afternoon. Tanner was book- " d and o! must be improved and expanded s ed on 5. speediig shatge, adoused of driving 55 miles per hour, and was fined $25 by Commissioner He was uninjured but his that military and civillan needs can be fully met” The Alaska railroad should be “completely re- habilitated” by 1950. Federal agen-| cies should study the desirability of a railroad link with the staws,i 5 (Cvnt’l’m}edwon «k‘agé Five) | e The Washmgton} Merry - Go- Round| By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Byndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— Now 'that ‘the 70-group air force has been defin- itely decided on, let's take a careful look at the next ‘big mili- tary question—the draft. Two things are important: | 1. When it comes to raising an| army of foot-soldiers, the USA can never compete with Russia. Her! population is too great. Funher-‘ more, no land army has ever been | able to penetrate Russia. Napol- eon tried it and met his downfall. Hitler tried it and discovered it was his greatest mistake. There- fore, the USA has got to develop weapons (airplanes and abomlcl bombs) that can take the place of a big land army. | 2. When it comes to a moder- ate-sized American land army, we| need troops for ‘two chief pur- poses: (A) Forces to maintain bases abroad; (B) A police force! to guard the USA in case ol‘ atomic attack at home. | Regarding the last of these cate-| gories, the United States has a| tremendous reservoir of trained | manpower—the veterans. ‘While they should not be called upon for overseas duty, they would be the first to help maintain domes- | tic order and prevent invasion in| case American cities were devastat- | ed by atomic bombs. Local de- | (Continued on Page Four) | Gray. |two passengers, Terry Magorty and and bruises. |cense from U. S. Commissioner | from Port Chilkoot is staying at! Louise Miller, were treated by Dr. William Whitehead for slight cuts| .- —— e e 0 0 0 b oo oo WATCH CIGARETTES Motorists were cautioned today by Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial Highway Commis- sioner, to refrain from throwing lighted cigarettes and matches from autos while driving on the high- ways. He said that many recent small fires have start- ed from this cause which might have been serious. 888 2t seccecsecsseccseccscs ee0csccsccscscsscence ® ® 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 - D VIRGINIA HOUSTON RETURNS Virginia Houston, Auditor for the Territoridl Department of Vet- erans Affairs, returned to her of- fice here today after a month at| Anchorage and Fairbanks. She ex- pects to return to Anchorage next week for another short trip D INTENTION TO WED Charles E. Hall and Pearl V. Foreny, both of Juneau, have fil- ed application’ fo ra marriage li- Felix Gray. - MARRIED YESTERDAY Bennie C. Bell and Alice Bell were married yesterday by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray. Priscilla Morgan and Fred C. Morgan were witnesses to the ceremony. FROM PORT CHILKOOT Alexander C. Eschweiler, here| the Baranot Hotel. ¥ ‘ the President finds!| there is need for additional service | to Alaska he may permit service by Canadian vessels to and with- in the Territory. Suggestions Submitted Meantime Bartlett and Represen- tative Jackson (D.-Wash.) submit- ted suggestions to Rep. John P. Al- len, Jr,, Californian Republican, who | heads the House Subcommitte on | Alaska Shipping. Suggestions of Bartlett and Jack- son included: A shipping coordinator with head- quarters in Seattle should be ap- pointed to assist in admtnlstering‘ any subsidy law enacted. Freight and passenger service should be treated sepdrately. Effective Competition Effective competition should be provided. Any subsidy benefits should be on a competitive bid basis with contracts going to operators who submit bids to supply service at lowest rates. No operator should be permitted to receive more than 40 per cent of the subsidized ships to be chartered; any two or more companies sub- stantially owned by the same in- terests should be considered as a single company. Subsidy Necessary Whenever a private carrier is will- ing to give the same service offered by subsidized carriers, the subsidy should be discontinued. They contended a shipping sub- sidy is necessary for developing Al- aska but that it should be of a dif- ferent type than that granted under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 14, —(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American | Can 91%, Anaconda 38%, Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvester 98%, Kennecott 57', New York| Central 174, Northern Pacific 26% U. S. Steel 80, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 3,840,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 188.60, rails 62.25, util- ities 35.54. | have Bull Market On Exchange NEW YORK, May 14.—® The Stock Market got a billion dollar boost from its bullish customers to- day. Leading shares gained from 31 to around $7. Many investors who trade accord- ing to chart indicators hailed ihe upsurge as the arrival of a bull market in which they expect prices to rise for an extended period of time. ‘This psychology brought in other traders who, though not chart theorists themselves, wanted to zet in on the rising tremd. TWO DIVORCE SUITS Two suits for divorce were filed in U. 8. District. Court here yes- terday. Irene Young filed against John J. Young on grounds of incom- patibility. They were married at Petersburg on Sept. 2, 1944 and no children. There are no property rights involved in the case which was placed by Attorney M. E. Monagle. James W. Robinson filed against Celo Le Fluer Robinson on grounds of incompatibility. They were mar- ried at Seattle on Dec. 13, 1947 and have no children. No property rights are involved in the case, which was placed by William L. Paul, Jr. e —-—— Attorney BOND REDUCED The bond of Robert E. Dirae, of | .| Sitka, was reduced in U. S. Dis- | in the Councll Chambers, trict Court here yesterday from | $5,000 to $3,000. He had previous- ly been bound over to the Federal Grand Jury on a grand larceny | charge, May 27, will call at the cannery\ ports of Waterfall, Alitak, Muserl Bay, Woman's Bay, Ouzinkie, Pmm Williams and Snug Harbor in addi- tion to regular stops at Ketcmkan‘ Kodiak, Seldovia, Seward and Yak-| utat, : The Cape Victory of the same| line is scheduled to come ofit of layup next week, officials said.| The vessel, which carries cannery crews, will make one trip to Al-! aska PenMsula ports before the an- | nual Bristol Bay voyage. | .- i SEN. OVERTON [ PASSES AWAY - WASHINGTON, May 14, — B — i Senator John H. Overton of Louisi- ana, 72, died today at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He underwent a serious abdominal operation May 5. | Once a member of political con- troversy in his State, Overton had | been a member of Congress since 1931, { e POLICE COURT NEWS Jack Sharkey was fined $50 this afternoon by City Magistrate Will- iam A. Holzheimer for resisting arrest and for being drunk. Axel! Iverson «.and Joseph James Be-| dard were each fined $25 on drunk charges. Sherwood Jones was fin- $10 on a speeding charge. COUNCIL MEETING The Juneau City Council will hold a special meeting tonight to consider a new City salary ordin- ance and the appointment of a| |new Assistant Chief of Police. The meeting will be held at 8 p. m. | > | 'I'UI.SEQUAII VISITORS | G. Peterson and Robert McLeod, both from Tulsequah, are staying lat the Gastineau Hotel, | pens “Ahout 11:15 p. m. an estimated | 200 men—some of them Cudahy l NEw STAIE : workers on strike—entered the | plant. OF ISRAEL SHAMOKIN, Pa., May 14.—#— At least one of three independent miners trapped 175 feet under- ground in their ofn coal mine is lsml alive, rescue workers said today. A miner owning an adjoining coal {hole told Richard Owens of Sha- | mekin Radio Station WISL that he Hu.-nrd tappings through the coal en he went down into his own mnm and sent signals through the rock. Rescue workers, meanwhile, “Pirst the main power switch, was pulled, plunging the plant in- | to darkness. Then a room where some of our men were sleeping was‘ entered. Cots on which they rest- ed were broken up and some wm- dows smashed. “Locks on some of the ‘su)(k‘ were broken and 110 hogs, | valued at about $6,000 were set free. “A new car belonging to one of | the plant engineers was tipped! over and the windows of one side | 'Proclamation Says Stateof| War Exists Between Arabs, Jewry WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) ‘Temperatures for Z4-hour period ¢ ending 7:30 th:. morning In Juneau-- Maximum, 68; minimum, 46. ‘At Airport— Maximum, 70; minimum, 48. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness tonight and Priday with light rain l hc‘ ®| (Amman, Trans-Jordan) ® |the Arabs were to invade Palestine, to sail stepped up efforts to pump out the | water which has blocked the es- |cape of the three men since late nd b | vesterday ’rrl.he p‘:fll:;hk:)f:l(:)\we“;el:oll:ex]x]wd Those trapped were identified as 51t Bl SEparekily thare was no (By The Assomat('d Press) Edward Heck, Charles Bashore and serious damage done to them. Tlhc ,:;Lwh"e:;“h slabe VL Tax [ROLeS: CHRODRS fl“ it apn “Then about 30 oif the 60 men FRal R SIS BISENS) sngiive. ATTHY G5 Smee cntaiy In’ the - plantil the Middle East, was proclaim- | NORDI( ‘ho S"u | were herded into cars and taken| S0 f008¥ In Tel Aviv (@t 6 am AT COLD STORAGE away. (At 6 a. m. Swenson said g all but 11 or 13 of the missing men| 1€ ~Arsb League Becretariat hintl': basts) aaiotisben: for3 proclaimed in Damascus last nlght‘ e Swenson said he would ask Gov.|" siate of Ay etween the Arab| Sdore Saac SRR pench of e Luther W. Youngdahl to call 0w‘|cuunh'ws Anc. Kmiamsing. Jewiy, ‘I?m e WELE » duni Ao the Natlual Bagmd. “| Fighting resounded in half a Storage today by three boats as S bl dozen places in Palestine but stil|folows: The Nordic, skippered by !there was' no definite indication|Ole Jostol with 54,000 pounds, the of & full fledged Arab invasion,| Sitka headed by Bill Doucett with The British struck their colors| 44,000 and the Tonka by Ronnie Me- over Government House in Jeru-|Kinney with 8,000 pounds. salem. Gen. Sir Alan Cunning-| The Nordic and Sitka catches ham, the High Comumnissioner, left|Were the largest yet brought in this . Palestine and went aboard i mans ® | cruiser Euryalus at Haifa ® | British mandate ends at mxdmnm (2 p. m, PST). The United Na- SIEAM“ MOVEWS tions still talked of ways to keep‘ Princess Loulse from Vancouver the peace in Palestine |due at 5:30 this afternoon. | Square Sinnet scheduled to sail 11| from Seattle today. Clove Hitch scheduled showers tonight, Not much e |warrior King Abdullah’s Trans-|{Tom Seattle today. : change in temperature. Jordan capital of Amman show- | Aleutian scheduled to sail from PRECIPITATION d no signs. He has said he would |Seattle tomorrow. (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy @ | personally lead armies of Trans- |- Alaska scheduled southbound to- In Juneau — 22 inches; e Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon.|DiSht at 9 otlock. since May 1. 31 inches; ® The potential Arab invasion forces| Baranof sdneduled southbound since July 1, 817 inches. o |were estimated at 30,000. The Jews|Monday morning. At the Alrport— .16 inches; e claim a field army of more than| BB o g since May 1, 33 inches: o 50,000, { i SEATTLE VISITOR since July 1, 4898 inches, ®| Syria was placed under a statei Ol Welswick from Seattle is in \ 2 z . |Juneau, registered at the Gastin- . (Continued on Page P‘we) teau Hotel e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0