The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1948, Page 1

SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,889 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1 P.M. Editicn MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1948 _— Cruiser Astoria Seaman Lost On Mt. Juneau MAYLIFT EMBARGO ON ARMS Would Efled Enhre Middle, East-New Jewish Govi. | Recognized by U. S. | WASHINGTON, May 15.—P— President Truman is studying t%e| question of lifting the United States | cmbargo on arms shipments to the| entire Middle East, a White House official discloses. The embargo has been in effect since last De- cember. Lifting of the arms ban affect- ing the entire area would permxt\ Arabs as well as Jews in the new | Jewish state of Israel to -buy weapons in the United States. The White House source, who/ declined to be quoted by name,! at first mentioned only Palestine. Later the official broadened this to say the entire Middle East was involved. This is not a new proposal, how- ever, he emphasized to reporlers. He said the arms question has been under continuing study, and is still under study. It is not | something that has been pulled out* of a hat, he explained. The official said the matter of | the U. 8. exchanging diplomatic representatives with Israel also is| under consideration. U. 8. recognition of the provis- icnal government of Israel was| proclaimed by Mr. Truman late yesterday. His action came almosi | immediately after ! the Jews had proclaimed the birth of their na- tien in the Holy Land. Mr, lruman stressed the desire | of the United States to obtain a| truce in the Palestine dispute be- | © tween Arabs und Jews. Navy Veferan 'Mr. Ameri@’| ' ! LOS ANGELES, May 15'—(.4!—‘ Tweaty-two-year-old George Eifer- man of Santa Monica, Calif., wore the “Mr. America” crown today. The wavy-haired Navy veteran, who saw combat duty aboard a, minesweeper, was adjudged test of ! 13 well-proportioned finalists in the| AAU-sponsored contest last night. Eiferman stands five feet, eight| inches, weighs 195 pounds and can expand his chest to 49' inches. The muscle-matching competition | proved a sweep for California as| Jack Delinger of Oakland was ad-| judged runner-up and Elias Rodri- i guez of San Francisco, third. | B l The Washmgton Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, ;o4 ’x,‘he Bell Syndicate, ne. ASHINGTON— Backstage in Mosow—For many months, Am- bassador “Beetle” Smith hasnt been able to see Molotov. Up until the famous note he delivered May 4, he was given the run-around, only allowed to talk to a 27-year- old diplomat who heads the Ameri- can desk of the Soviet Foreign Ofiice No. 1 mystery in Moscow: Why did Ambassador Smith go fishing in France im- mediately after his talks with Mo- lotov? Answer: He merely wanted to fish, had his own plane in which to .go fishing. Hitherto things had been so dull in Moscow he didn't think it made any dif- ference. Lull Before The Storm?—For about three weeks Moscow’s belli- gerency has lulled. The radio has calmed down. Pressure has eased off against Austria, Scandinavia, and the Allies in Germany This can mean a lot or nothing. It took several menths after an- nouncement of the Truman doc- trine for Greece for the Soviet to occupy Hungary. Undoubtedly Hungary was their answer to us in Greece Undoubtedly also Czechoslovakia was one answer to (Continued on e Four) | Chicago ; Cincinnati RAINIERS WIN TWO FROM SOLONS BY RALLY, ONE HOMER (By The Associated Press) Seattle’s slow climb from the | Pacific Coast league cellar had the hmmers within three percentage [ points of the first*division today. A double win last * night over the Sacramento Sologs, 4-3 and 6-3, while Portland was defeating San Diego, 7-0, did the trick. On a games-behind basls, San Diego and Seattle were on the sameé level at nine below the top- run San Francisco Seals. But the Padres stood at 489 with their 22 wins and 23 losses while the Rainiers were at 485 with 18 wins and 19 defeats. The Seals, running four games ahead of the pack, continued to look like the class of the league. They handed Hollywood's befuddled Stars their fourth straight trounc- |ing last night, 6-5, coming from behind with three runs in the eighth to win. Runner-up Los Angeles slipped ; a notch as Oakland applied a 9-3 shellacking to square their series | at two games each. A three-run rally against Sacra- mento ace, Rex Cecil, gave the Fainiers the short opener. Then Ken Richardson socked cne over the fence with two cu to clinch | the afterpiece. Johnny Gorsica got the nod over Lou Tost in the finale, while Steve Peek nabbed the first decision by | pitching only one inning. Portland’s Vince Di Blasi twirl- {ed a four-hitter in shutting out San Diego, allowing no Padre saf- ety until Lee Handley scratched a single in the seventh. Handley also go the second hit, a double. Di Biasi fanned eight, walked three. Penton prced Wlth two each. Mole and Johnny Ruck- the 10¢hit VeeSer attack apiece good for two runs STANDING OF THE CLUBS National League Pet. 632 571 617 524 500 .500 421 292 Team: New York Plttsburgh Stv Louis Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston American League Team: Philadelphia New York Cleveland Washington Detroit Boston St. ‘Louis Chicago 700 684 450 435 450 412 Yacific Coast League Team: W L San Francisco ... 29 12 Los Angeles . 27 18 Oakland 18 San Diego 23 Seattle Portland Hollywood Sacramento Pct. 107 Channel League Team: Moose Legion Elks Douglab BEGIN HEARINGS ON JOBLESS PAY FOR SAWMILL WORKERS Attorney Henry Roden began hearings in the Juneau City Coun- cil Chamebrs this morning on ap- peals of unemployed Juneau sawmill workers for payment of unemploy- ment compensation from the Alas- ka Unemployment Compensation Commission. ‘The workers had been refused Jjobless pay by the UCC because they are unemployed due to a labor dis- pute but they appealed with the .|argument that their union was not involved in the dispute ktut is re- quired by its agreement with the management to respect picket lines of other unions. The hearings were attended by Virgil Burtz, Assistant Research Di- rector of the International Wood- workers of America. Roden said that he will announce his decision at o later date. Pet. | | wite, + Maynard, | Coulson, Anson and Hilda ‘Per-:ance of the 30th anniversary of; COUNCIL VOTES PAY INCREASES FOR EMPLOYEES Recognizing the increased costs of living, the Juneau City Council granted several pay increases last night to City employees at a special meeting to approve the new City salary ordinance Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, as Street Commissioner, was granted a $150 per month increase to $600 monthly after it was pointed out that Ketchikan pays its chief ~xecu- tive $750, Fairbanks $800 and An- chorage $1,000 monthly. The City Clerk of Sitka, it was also pointed out, receives $450 monthly. o The Police Department was grant- ed a straight $15 per month increase in pay but ity members will have to furnish and maintain their own uni- forms in the future. The new police pay scale gives the Chief $390 for his first 90 days and $400 monthly after that. The Assistant Chief will receive $350 and Recruit Patrolmen will be paid $310 for the first 90 days and $325 after that date if they prove satisfactory during the proba- | tionary period. | Other salaries, some of which | were not changed: City Clerk $350, Assistant City Clerk $275, City En- gineer and Building Inspector $450, Assistant City Engineer $1.25 per hour, City Attorney $100 and City | Magistrate $150. Health Officer $30, Librarian $250, City Councilmen $60, Street Fore- Iman $350, Hydrant Caretaker $1.50 (per hour, Cemetery Caretaker $225, Garbage Dump Caretaker $125, Har- bormaster $200 and house furnished. Fire Chief $65, Assistant Fire Chief $40, Fire Alarm Caretaker $30, Chief Fire Truck Driver $270, As- sistant Fire Truck Driver $225, Re- ilief and Standby Fire Truck Driver $15 plus call fees. { Common laborers $1.37': per hour, jtruck drivers $1.50 per hour, me- |chanic and street grader operator $1.75 per hour. In these last classi- fications, for work performed on {holidays and over eight hours in one work day, time and a half will be paid. > ELEVEN FROM SEAmE HERE BY PAN AMERICAN Pan American flights yesterday arrived with 11 passengers for Ju- neau and 58 cannery personnel who continued enroute westward, as follows: From Seattle: Lois Dolin, Harold Veatch, Hal and Barbara Marsh- banks, Gus Sutherland, Louise 638 | sutherland, M. S. Stockwell, Emil Anderson, Owen Miller, Fred Laube, and Helen Isacc. To Seattle: Phillip Forrest, Al- bert Forrest, Ernie Whitehead, De- .176 { lores Holloway and chjld, Margaret Valdemar, Albert Burrell, R. M. Steele, Alexander Cain, Dorothy Gouldsmith, Donald Lawvere and Jack H. Tarman, Mildred Robert McLeod, Ole kins, Frank Graham George Graham, Robert and wife, McGlon 486 and Carl Ulrich. To Whitehorse: B. Flatt, W. 38| Barker, I. McCloud, W. R. Russell. To Fairbanks: James and Lois Beardsley, Walter Stewart and Grover Beamer. so2| ALBERT SCHRAMENS HAVE NEW TROLLER Albert Schramen tied up at the Small Boat Harbor several days ago with a new troller, the Aurora, launched in February at Belling- ham: Schramen and his wife left Juneau in November aboard his former boat, the Hobo II, so they could be in Seattle while the Auro> ra was being built. The sleek looking troller equipped with everything except a mechanical man to take the helm when fish are biting, and Schra- men says the automatic pilot should be able to take over with a little training. The 42-foot craft also has a fathometer and direction- finder. Interior of the boat is furnished for year-round living, being com- plete with the installation of bunk space and closets. Although the Schramens * had planned a great deal of visiting when in the states, the boat de-|at manded most of the time when there. e HERE FROM SITKA H. S. Finch and Harold Veatch, from Sitka, are registered at the Baranof Hotel, Saturday afternoons, Sundays, legal | 19' BUYING WAVE HITS MARKET; BIG VOLUME About Three Million Shares Traded-Greatest Sat- urday in 15 Years NEW YORK, May 156.—#— The Ipublic hit the stock market today with the greatest ilood of buying orders since 1929, but prices re- sponded only modestly after Fri- day’s sensational advance. Volume of around 3,000,000 shares was the greatest for a Snfi- urday in 15 years. The new high speed ticker mpe lagged behind actual transactions, from start to finish of the two- hour trading session, as much as a record 13 minutes at one time. “Flash” quotations, used by the exchange when volume reaches | lsuch dizzy levels gave the latest prices for key stocks Orders came from all over the country. Despite the tremendous lifting force of this demand, final prices were up only a few cents to $1 or more a share, At times some prices advanced $2 a share. Much of the selling came from i persons who figured they'd sell out ‘wmle they were ‘still able to make ia profit. Some disposed of hold- ings which have laid on the shel- ves for month or years. The exchange was flooded with orders which at times came in faster than at any time since the hectic days of 1929, although the over-all volume of 2,580,000 sharés was considerably under the 4311~ ' 340 shares turned over on a M.y' Saturday in 1933, i ‘The Associatéd Preéss average fi 60 representative stocks advanced |4 of a one point to 712, a peak i since August 29, 1946. This com- pared with Friday's speedy run- up of 1.7. .- NATION OBSERVES 30TH ANNIVERSARY! OF AIR MAIL SERVICE Nation-wide ceremonies started today for the 30th anniversary of {the United States Air Mail Service land will continue until May 21. It was announced that the use of air mail by business houses has in- creased but personnel and social correspondence still is the largest! users of air mail service. The indi-} vidual letter writer is probably more | responsible for the rapid growth oi domestic air mail than any other group using this mode of ‘transpor- | tation to expedite mail matter, ac-| cording to Postmaster Crystal Jenne. While calling attention to observ- | Air Mail service, Mrs. Jenne pointec out that, on the basis of a survey conducted by the Post Office De- partment, social or personnel cor- respondence accounts for 70 per- cent of letters going by air from the Juneau Post Office. Postmaster Jenne estimated that an average of 750 pounds of in-| jcoming and outgoing Air Mail are jhandled daily by the Juneau Post Office. It takes more than 30 letters to make a pound of air mail. In addition to this there is dis- patched and received weekly on a special emergency authorization from R M 8, an approximate 978 pounds of all classes of mail for local areas without service due to the burning of the Esteteth. This makes a daily average of airmail handled in the local Post |Office close to a thousand pounds. At a rate of 30 letters to the pound your local office approximates the handling of 23,000 letters a day in alr mail only. RYAN TO SITEA Dr. James C. Ryan is scheduled to go to Sitka tomorrow where he will attend commencement ex- ercises Monday evening at the Shel- don Jflckmn Junior College. R MBB RYAN TO STATES Mrs. James C. Ryan and son, |Dennis, will leave here Monday for an extended summer vacation Markesan, Wisconsin, where Mrs, Ryan’s -sister is reported to be seriously ill. IN FROM BETHEL ! Mrs. George A. Morelander of| Bethel is registercd at the Hotel| Juneau. (® © 0o 0 0 0o 0o 0 0 o Truman Is To Enter ‘(ampaign Tells Audlence You Are| Looking at Next Demo- crat in White House™ WASHINGTON, May 15. — (® — President Truman set the stage to- day for a fighting political cam- paign with a confident prediction of victory over Republican ‘“‘ob- structionists.” “I want to say to you at this time that during the next four years there will be a Democrat in the White House, and you are looking at him,” he told a cheering audience of Young Democrats last night. But at the same time he said he hopes foreign policy will be kept out of the 1948 Presidential con- test. The setting for his first avowedly political speech since the March an- nouncement of his willingness to run for a four-year term was the $25-a-plate dinner of the Young Democrats of America e “INVASION TROOPS™ IN JEW STATE Air Attacks Made on Tel| Aviv-One Colony De- stroyed by Arfillery TEL AVIV, Israel, May 15.—P— The Jewish Army Haganah an- nounced today that “invasion u\oops" have penetrated into Israel ollowing air attacks on Tel Aviv md a settlement in the Nageb area. Tel Aviv, temporary capital of the state newly born and recognized by the United States, was attacked twice by light planes. The planes dropped bombs and strafed ground objects with machinegun fire, Hag- anah announced, adding that one plane was shot down and an Egyp- tian pilot taken captive. The Haganah announcement gave no details on the reported ground invasion nor on the air attack against a settlement in the Negeb, the southern desert area. (An Egvptian communique said Egyptian planes bombed Tel Aviv's military airport, wrecking the hang- ar and one DC-3 plane on the ground. The bulletin declared an Egyptian army column crossed the border into Palestine this morning and destroyed the Jewish colony of Al Danger with artillery. An earlier communique said another column was spearing toward Gaza.) The Jewish army said the two at- tacks on Tel Aviv came three hours apart, shortly after Jews had danced in the streets at news of the birth of their nation and the American recognition of its existence ‘The government imposed censor- ship, informing correspondents they will be given “security guidance” on information sent out on the air attacks. Haganah rushed its troops to all the frontiers, bent on short- ening lines and building up defenses against invasion. P e o o & o WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for Z4-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maximum, 61; minimum, 46. At Airport— minimum, 47. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Light rain tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours endiog 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — .01 inches; since May 1, .31 inches; since July 1, 8176 inches. At Adrport — .03 inches; since May 1, .36 inches; since July 1, 40.01 inches. Maximum, 62; —-————— ANCHORAGE VISITOR Marjorie Smith of Anchorage is i guest at the Hotel Juneau EARTHQUAKE ON FLOOR OF BERING SEA Aleutians, Hawaii Alerted in Expectancy of Dis- | astrous Tidal Wave HONOLULU, May 15—(®-—A ma-i jor earthquake apparently on the floor of the Bering Sed sent tidal wave alerts flying through the Aleutians and Hawail yesterday but no high waves appeared Before the alerts were callr‘dl off some Hawalian has fled to the hills. Freighters, fishing sam- pans and other small craft in the port of Hilo put to sea. Trucks and heavy cranes were moved to higher ground. ‘The memory was still fresh of the tidal wave disaster of 1946, which caused 175 deaths in the Hawailan Islands from an Aleutian earth shock. No one was taking any | chances. Even on populous Oahu, which is more protected, swimmers were | warned to get out of the water. ‘:Mililary personnel was alerted. | Precautions also were taken in | the Aleutians, where the Army, ;Nnvy and Coast Guard have men i stationed on some of the islands. The U. 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey Station at Barber's Point said the center of the submarine disturbance apparently was near | Umnak, the first Aleutian Island | Twest of Unalaska, where Dutch {Harbor is located. This is to the west of the North Pacific deep where the earth slide 1of 1946 kicked up the disastrous | waves that hit Hawail and the rAleutians, Ten persons were drown-~ The only ship at sea reporting | (it felt the quake was the motor vessel Square Knot, 100 miles or; iess northwest of Unmak Island. The Square Knot radioed that “a severe earthquake with a vio- lent bouncing motion experienced on smooth sea.” I The University of Washington Seismograph at Seattle recorded a temblor of strong intensity at 2:38:40 p. m. yesterday, and three nours later the shocks were still in progress. GIGANTIC HANGAR WILL BE ERECTED INTERIOR ALASKA OAKLAND, Calif, May 15.—Af— A gigantic airplane hangar, believed to be the world’s largest, will be erected by the Air Force at Eielson Field (Mile 26) near Fairbanks. i The disclosure came in an an- nouncement by the Judson Pacific- Murphy Corp., that it has completed 80 per cent of a contract for the hangar's prefabricated steel frame- work. The work was sub-let to the Oakland firm by Birch, Lytell and Johnson of Seattle. The $758,000, 3,000-ton framework will be delivered to Alaska by rail and Army transport. Dimensions of the hangar were listed by L. A. Peck, Judson Sales Manager, as 300 feet long, 300 feet wide and B0 féet high with sliding doors that open to a width of 260 feet—wider than the wingspan of any plane now in service. - e ROADS ARE DUSTY Local highways are dusty, but in otherwise good conditlon, it was reported today by Sergeant Em- mett Botelho ot the Territorial Highway Patrol. He warned mo- torists to drive slow when ap- proaching other vehicles. - STREET WASH SUNDAY Downtown Juneau streets will be washed at 4 a. m. tomorrow, it was announced today by Bert Ly- beck, City Street Department Fore- ‘man. All autos are requested to be removed from the downtown | area durlng the washing period. | D ANCHOBAGE VISITORS | Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sutherland | from Anchorage are staying at the| Baranof Hotel. i - TULSEQUAH VISITORS | A. Robertson, H. Willlamson and | | Mr. and Mrs. Laurence St. Lau-! |rent, of Tulsequah, are in Juneau! and registered at the Baranof Ho-| tel i | pickets, | District Court 110 a. m. ON nf the films swings on beach hetween swims during vacation at Santa Monica, Calif. | SEARCHERS (OMB ROUGH HILL AREAS Seaman R. E. Moft Fails fo Return fo Ship After Mountain Climb Searching parties were called out at 1 a. m. today by a 2-9 fire alarm to hunt for Seaman R. E. Mott, a member of the U. S. Astoria’s crew, who had been reported missing at 10 o'clock last night and had failed to check in by the ship’s curfew at1a m i The young sailor was last seen on the top of Mount Juneau about 5:30 p. m. yesterday by five others from the cruiser. He had climbed the face of the rugged mountain, | unaccompanied, and, after stopping to talk with the other group, had continued down the mountain alone. One of the five sailors accom- panied by Joe Sadlier, Jr., in a jeight hunt on the top of the mountain assisted by searchlights from the Astoria and.the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Wachusett but |could not find any trace of the .. |missing man. PROCLAMATION A Poppy Day pruclum.\non has | teen issued by Mayor Waino E. | Hendrickson which is as follows WHEREAS, the United States of America was again forced to crush powerful enemies seeking to esm-[ bish their tyranny over the world; land WHEREAS, the young men of | Alaska again offered their lives in {the Nation’s service; and ed in. the Aleutians in that onhe.| \wupREAS, the memory of those| who gave their lives is cherished by us all and is an inspiration to us all; and WHEREAS, fice is symbolized by the memorial poppy of the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary; now THEREFORE 1, Waino E. Hendrickson, Mayor of the City of Juneau do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 20, 1948, to Le Poppy Day in the City of Juneau, and urge all citizens to observe the day by wearing the memorial poppy in honor of the men who died for America War 1 and World War IT - - N.G. TROOPS TAKE OVER | STRIKE MOB SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., May 15—~M—A wedge of 600 National Guardsmen, helmeted and with bay- | onets fixed, swept the streets clear of an unruly crowd, estimated at 500 persons in front of the strike- bound Swift and Co., packing plant here today. The troops were formed as the crowd gathered to boo and shout catealls as workers entered the plant through lines or guardsmen. Col. Lester Hancock, Troop Com- mander, ordered the formation an hour after ‘reading a proclamation to the crowd from a sound truck. Hancock said through the loud- speaker that an assembly of more than four persons over a large area of downtown South St. Paul would be considered unlawful. "It was the first time workers had been able to enter the Swift plant since last Wednesday when massed defying a Dakota County restraining . order, halted everyone, including South St. Paul Police and Sheriff’s Depu- ties. Several clashes occurred when police tried to open the massed lines. LGNS LR 2 STEAMER MOVEMENTS Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle today, due Tuesday Baranof séheduled southbound Monday Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway 8 a. m. Monday, sailing south 3 hours later. - - FROM PETERSBURG Philip M. Aigule and family are guests at the Baranof Hotel their service and sacri-', in the battles of World| ! An Alaska Coastal Airlines plane | combed the ton and the sides of the !peak all morning but was also un- (successful ‘in sighting any clues. It ldid, however, find tracks on the !mountain made by groups of per- (sons but could not see any which would have indicated the trail of {one man. 8ix other search parties were sent {up the mountain this morning by Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson and U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray. Fivi of the parties include men from. Astoria and threé of them are-led - iby local men, Bill Hixson, “Spec” 1Paul and Gilbert Bixby. Another party includes Larry Zach, Joe Werner and Anthony Thomas. Three blasts will be sounded on the fire signal three times as a recall signal to the search parties. ‘The Astoria will use a similar signal. It will be in contact with the parties and will gound four blasts if Mott iis found. Two of the search parties will comb the Salmon Creek and Gas- tineau Channel sides of the mouns; itain while another will scale the face of the rugged peak. R A Indian Reservation " Resolution Is Given Committee’s 0. K. WASHINGTON, May 15 P i Authority of the Secretary of the Interior to create Indian reserva< tions in Alaska would be annulled by a resolution approved Friday by the Senate Interior Committee. A section which would have abol- ished all Alaska reservations was deleted by the committee. ‘The resolution will go on the Senate cnlendnr next week LIGHT HALIBUT € (ATCH; JUNEAU COLD STORAGE Following yeaterdays heavy loads by the Nordic and Sitka, fish pound- age at Juneau Cold Storage today was light. ‘The Waterfall was in with 8,000 pounds halibut, the 31E826 with 1,000, the Susie D with 2,500 and the It with 1500. All catches were taken by the Alaska Coast Fisheries at 1510 cents a pound for medium, eight ror chix, and 15.05 for large. MR., MRS. NED ZENGER RETURN JUNEAU, LIVE Mr .and Mrs. Ned Zenger arrived in Juneau after spending the past year in Portland attending the BehnKe-Walker Business College. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs: Alfred Zenger, Sr., of the Empire Printing Company. Zenger stated this morning that he and his bride of a year will make their future home in the vicinity of Juneau. They are temporarily living at the Zenger residence at 121 West Fourth Street. —_——.—-— MYT. EDGECUMBE GUESTS Audery Bourman and Lennie |Harris from Mt Edgecumbe are visiting in Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel. | i | | |