The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 18, 1948, Page 1

w VOL. LXVIIL. ,NO. 10,891 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Stalin Makes Overture On Peace Settlement Bartlett Asks Approval 0f Extension of Present Alaska Steamer Service WARFARE IN HOLY LAND EXTENSIVE Arabs Drown in Opening of Dam-Tel Aviv Bomb- ed for Fourth Day (By The Associated Press) Jews said the old walled city ot ] Acre surrendered unconditionally today after a 72-hour street battle. Haganah, the army of Israel, had claimed 4,000 Arabs were trapped in the Northern Palestine town, just over the boundary from the new Jewish State. The Jews claimed also to have drowned 500 Arats, including troops from armored columns, by opening a dam just south of Galilee. Light bombers attacked Tel Aviv} for the fourth day running. The 45-minute raid was the longest yet, and more bombs fell than before.| The Arabs said numerous fires were started there yesterday. A Beirut broadcast said Egyptian and Trans-Jordan troops had made a juncture at Lydda, 20 miles south- east of Tel Aviv. A few Saudi Ara- bian soldiers were said to have join- ed the Egyptians. Other successes were claimed by the Arabs in north | and south Palestine, on the ground and aloft. Haganah, the Jewish Army, said the Arabs had started a massed at- tack on the Jewish quarter of the| old walled City of Jerusalem. British sources said the Arabs captured Barclay’s Bank and Darouti’s Hotel in the old walled city. The situation in Jerusalem was confused'by lack of communication. Egypt declared what amounted to a blockade on Istavl | Y (Moscow) —Russia recognized | Israel. The United States and Gua- tamala had done that earlier. Russia also agreed with the United States that the United Nations should stop the war in Palestine. It was the first accord there be- tween the world’s two greatest powers since fall. The unanswered question is how the U. N. can halt the strife. i .- WESTERN LEAGUE | Games in the Western Interna- tional League last night resulted| as follows: { Spokane 8; Salem 7. | Vancouver 2; Victoria 1. Wenatchee 12; Yakima 7. (Only games scheduled.) The Washington' Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by 'l)'he Bell Syndicate, Inc. mSHINGTON—Mretary of De- fense James Forrestal and Secre- tary of the Army Kenneth Royall had a secret session with the Sen- ate Armed Services Committee the other day at which Royall stat- ed that he would resign before or-| dering segregation abolished in the: Army. This significant incident took place after Southern Senators mut- inied against the draft bill and demanded a guarantee that white inductees would not be forced to serve with Negroes. Immediately a four-bell alarm was put through to Secretary of Defense Forrestal. He hurried up to Capitol Hill, bringing with him as a reinforcement Secretary Roy-‘ all, a native of North Carolina. Forrestal explained to Senators that any amendment protecting the right of an inductee to serve ex- clusively with members of his own race would be “unworkable from an administrative point of view.” Senator Russell of Georgla, how- ever, brushed this aside. Picking up a copy of the President’s civil- rights message, Russell read: “During the recent war and in the years since its close we have made much progress toward equal- ity of opportunity in our armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. I (Truman) have instructed the Secretary of Defense to take steps | to have the remaining instances | of discrimination in the armed ser- | (Continued on Page Four) Communism s Opposed by Stassen; Dewey in Approval; Views Given PORTLAND UNION OFFICIAL LEAVES WITHOUT RESULTS Virgil Burtz, IWA Officer, Says Will Continue Efforts from States Virgil Burtz, Assistant Research Director of the CIO International Woodworkers of America, was sched- uled to leave here via PAA this afternoon to return to his Portland, Ore., offices after spending ten days here in, so far, fruitless attempts to bring about a settlement in the Ju- neau Spruce Corporation labor dis- pute which is now in its 39th day. Burtz said that he has not yet given up his efforts to reach an agreement satisfactory to his local union, CIO Longshoremen and the management. He declared that he intends to confer further in the States with the union's interna- tional officers and legal counsel as well as international officials of the longshoremen’s union. e \TWO SUSPECTS IN REUTHER CASE ARE TAKEN IN CUSTODY BALTIMORE, May 18 —/®—Capt. of Detectives Henry J. Kriss said tqday he had advised Detroit. police that two men arrested here ap- parently had nothing to do with the shooting last month of Walter Reuther, president of the CIO Uni- ted Automobile Workers. Kriss said the two would be held pénding Detroit’s reply to his mes- sage outlining the -circumstances of their arrest and the results of questioning. Acting on a “tip,” Baltimore de- | tectives picked up the pair yes-|jon, I, Lewis and the United Mine | terday and docketed them as “held for investigation, suspected of as- isault and shooting.” ————— ‘I(Iondike, Alaska Pioneer Passes On SEATTLE, May 18.—#—Alexan- der Gooch, 87, Klondike and Alas- ka pioneer, died Saturday after a brief illness. Born at St. Johns, New Bruns- wick, he participated in the Klon- dike gold rush in 1898, remaihing at Dawson, Y. T. until 1905. He lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1905 until 1918, then moved to Se- attle. He operated the Pioneer Hotel in Prince Rupert, B. C,, from 1935 until 1942 before his retire- ment. A son, Edmund Gooch, and daughter, Mrs. Ethel Oliver, survive here. (anaaidfii;h in Terrlorial Ports WASHINGTON, May 18. — (® — A bill to permit Canadian vessels to land fish at Alaskan ports was approved today by the House. It now goes to the Senate: The House also passed and sent to the Senate a bill to authorize the Army to transfer to the Territorial | government for use as a hospital ship the Army vessel Hygiene, based at Juneau. .- STEAMER MOVEMENTS Aleutian, from Seattle, p.m. today. Freighter Clove Hitch, from Se- attle, due Thursday afternoon. Freighter Square Sinnet, from Seattle, due Friday or Saturday. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Thursday. Northern Voyager scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Barandf scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. due at Princess Louise scheduled to sail’ to Seward where he was formerly | can from Vancouver Saturday. from |3 al inRadio Debate PORTLAND, May 18.—#— Re- publican Presidential aspirants Thomas E. Dewey and Harold El Stassen held unswervingly today to clashing views on Communism-— their nationwide radio debate set- | tiing practically nothing. | They argued last night on the | hotly disputed question of whether | the Communist party should be | cutlawed in the United States. | Governor Dewey, a foe of legisla- tion to outlaw Communist organ- | izations, maintained the Minneso- tan had “surrendered completely.” Stassen, in turn, claimed Dewey had “sort of walked around” the issue. The two men met last night to air their clashing views over nation- | wide radio networks in the best | tradition of the classic Lincoln- Douglas debate—and on a similar- ‘Iy burning social question of the | day . | On the affirmative, the Minneso- tan' called a halt to Communists, and asked the enact- ment of new laws to deny Com- munism “the blessings of legal- ity” under which it is now per- mitted to worm its way to power. ! Branding Communists “the threat of war” to America, Stassen said the nation “should not stumble along with laws that are out of date.” Dewey tock the position that ex- | isting ‘Federal laws—"some 27 of them”—were adequate to prosecute criminal Communist undermining of the government. “I am unalterably, whole-heart- edly and unswervingly against any ,scheme to write laws outlawing {people because™of their religious, political, social or economic ideas,” he declared. e e - CIVIL CONTEMPT CONVICTION OF - LEWIS DISMISSED WASHINGTON, May 18—(®—The teivil contempt conviction against |Workers was_dismissed today at the Government's request. | Federal Judge T. Alan Golds- borough, however, took under con- |sideration a government request to (end the anti-strike injunction against Lewis and the union. dropping the injunction came as a surprise and he was not prepared to rule on it immediately. Goldsborough added he is not convinced that there is no danger ,of a new coal strike, | The injunction was issued by Goldsborough April 21. It replaced a ’(emporary restraining order of April It was obtained under the Taft- {Hartley Act to end a six weeks coal strike, touched off by a dispute over fpensions for elderly miners, | In seeking the dismissals, Attor- |ney General Tom Clark informed the court the Government felt the pension dispute is being handled appropriately, that the miners are at work and the “public interest is secure. 65,000-POUND CATCH { to Juneau Cold Storage yesterday totaling about 65,000 pounds, which \went at approximately 14.8 for medium, eight for chix, and 145 a pound for large. | Largest of the five catches was 24,500 pounds brought in by Dan | Twedt on the Valiant. The 31C450, skippered by Felix Stuck, came tin with 13,500 pounds and the Clarwood, Eli Hamlon, was in with slightly less at 12,000 pounds. The Evolution, skippered by Jimmy Marks, and the Rosario, were in j with 9,000 and 6,000 pounds respec- tively. ; A oS A MARGULES ON ALEUTIAN { Leo Margules, one of the best known pioneers to the westward, is a passenger westbound on the | Aleutian. {north in many years. He is going in business, “coddling” { Goldsborough said the plea for! | LANDED, COLD STORAGE | Five halibuters brought fish in-l This s his first trip, WO-YEAR DRAFT IAW URGED NOW Claim Mad:flalion Must Not Gamble on Na- tional Security WASHINGTON, May 18. — (® — Rep. Andrews (R.-N.Y.) said today a two-yvear draft law revival is necessary “unless we are willing to gamble dangerously with the na- tional security.” Andrews, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, asked the Rules Committee to clear for House action a draft bill approved 28 to 5 by his committee early thi¢ month. Rules Committee reluctance to approve the draft became clear as soon as the hearing began. Rep. Brown (R.-Ohio) Presiden- tial Campaign Manager for Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), asked Andrews whether a draft would be necessary {if President Truman does not ap-’ {prove steps to build the Air Force lup to 70 combdat groups. i Andrews said a draft is needed right now to bring the Army up |to strengths already authorized. COMMIE ATTACK | IS REPULSED IN | * PEIPING CHARGE! By SPENCER MOOSA ‘ PEIPING, May 18—/P—An es-} timated . 2,000 Communist troop; were repulsed today in an ettempt ! to storm a suburb of Peiping. The short-lived attack caused a flurry of excitement in this North China City. Frequently Peiping has | been harassed on the outskirst by Communist raids. ‘Well-armed, steel-helmeted gov- ernment troops were ready for \‘.he| | attackers, however, and drove them ) loff. The action occurred about 14| imllc.s northwest of Peiping proper. Queen Wilhelmina's| Four - Century Palace! Is Damaged by Fire By NELS SLIS THE HAGUE, May 18—(P—A i fire severely damaged Queen Wil-| helmina’s Noordeine Palace today, raging for an hour before it was brought under control. | eWitnesses said the flames, fan-| ned by a strong wind, probably! were started by painters, who were burning off old paint on the roof ‘The 67-year-old Queen and other members of the royal family were not at the palace, built in 1553 and i the residence of the Orange Dynas- ty for centuries. Part of the roof fell. Soldiers carried the many art treasures of the palace to saf- ety under the direction of Prince Bernhard, the husband of Crown Princess Juliana, Hawaiian Stalehood | Favored But Further Pro‘bg I_s_Necessary WASHINGTON, May 18.—#— Chairmah Butler (R-Neb) has told the Senate he is “firmly convinced” | a majority of the Senate Insular Affairs Committee favors state- hood for Hawail. | But he added that the commit- |tee still wants an opportunity to | check into certain “movements” there. While Butler did not identify these “movements” today, he has previously said that the commit-| tee wishes to study the Commun- ist situation in the islands. The committee voted 7 to 5 re- cently to withhold action on the House-approved statehood bill pend- ing a trip to the islands by the members for an on-the-ground study. | - HERE FROM PELICAN Mrs. L. O. Jacobsen frem Peli- ! tract battle. iand Alfreda Dore; thirteen grand- ANOTHER WALKOUT LOOMING General MdiéEEmployeei May Strike-Other Labor News (By The ciated Press) A second major strike loomed in the auto industry as government conciliators renewed efforts to set- tle the CIO meat walkout today. Meanwhile, as new contract talks got under way in the nation's soft coal industry, a Federal civil con- tempt conviction against John L. Lewis was dissolved. The CIO United Auto Workers served 10 days’ notice on the Michigan State Labor Mediation Board that a strike “is pending” for 225000 General Motors em-; ployees. "The union already has 75,000 Chrysler employees out in support of higher pay demands. In the strike of 100,000 packing- house workers, a new peace move ran into difficulty. The union re-| jected a plan by Swift and Co. to' end the walkouts, and renewed talks broke off last night. However, conciliators met today with Armour and Co. to see if new settlement proposals could be worked out. After lifting the civil contempt conviction against Lewis, Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough took under advisement a government motion to end the court’s anti- strike order against Lewis and the Unicn. Other cluded: Coal—John L. Lewis and the soft | coal operators began outlining | their stands in their annual con- They were in Wash- ington to bargain on an agreement replacing their contract which ex- pires June 30. Lewis’ United Mine Workers are| prepared to talk about 11 lssues,! including wages. Hard coal con- tract talks were postponed until{ May 27 in Philadelphia. { Railroad— Railroad labor and management spokesmen resumed negotiations in Washington. They are trying to settle the wage dis- pute that nearly tied up the na- tion’s transportation system a week ago. H > 4 major developments in- WILLIAM FLEEK TO | BE LAID TO REST TOMORROW AT TWO! | | Funeral services for William| Fleek will be held tomorrow af- ternoon at 2 o'clock in the Char- les W. Carter Chapel, Dean C. E. Rice giving the eulogy. Interment/ will be in the family plot in Ever- green Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harry Lea, Glen Kirkham, Cash Cole, Thomnsl Cashen, A. J. Balog and Emil Ger-| bille. | Fleek passed away at the home of his son Wilfred in Walla Walla, Wash. The remains will arrive this afternoon aboard the Aleutian. Willlam Alfred Fleek was born | in Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, on August 26, 1888, and came to Alas- ka March 16, 1911, and resided in Douglas ,until his trip outside for his - health. He worked at the Treadwell Mine, Alaska Juneau and also at the Alaska Gastineau Mining Co., for several years, and then went into business for himself, opening the Fleek Machine Shop in Doug- las. The last two years he placer mined in the interior. He is survived by eight child- ren: Dale, Effie Harvey, Albert, Irvin, Wilfred, Dayton, Clayton, children; two brothers, George Fleek of Juneau and Allison Fleek of Palm Beach, Florida; and one sister, Mrs. Walter Cross of Waterford, Pennsylvania. —— e O’REILLYS IN TOWN | Royal and Eleanor Q'Reilly, pro- prietors of Taku Lodge, arrived here last night and will spend a couple of days in Juneau on busi- ness, They announced that the Lodge is now ready for business is visiting in Juneau and} !staying at the Gastineau Hotel. and can accommodate guests in advance of the official opening, scheduled for May 31. GUSTAVUS RESIDE! HERE | GOP MEET AT SITKA UNDERWAY Threat of Bolt Hurled on Floor - Engstrom Is Elected Chairman BULLETIN—Sitka, Alaska, May 18.—At the convention, resum- ing at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Anti-White Republicans left the convention to meet in an- other hall. Approximately half of the delegates walked out, ac- cording to William L. Paul, Sr. of Juneau. SITKA, Alaska, May 18—Threat of a bolt was hurled on the floor of the Territorial Republican con- vention here today when R. E. Rob- ertson of Juneau objected to the ruling out of proxies of Republicans which he had gathered from Alas- ke, Divisions, The fight started on adoption of organization prodcedure but after a verbal skirmish, the anti-White 'forces were defeated 55 to 23. Elton Engstrom of Juneau was elected Chairman of the convention; Jack Carroll of Juneau, Sergeant- at-Arms, and J. ¢, Morris of Ancho- rage as Parliamentarian. Committees will go into action this afternoon and reports will be heard this evening and tomorrow. FROTATR HOUSE REFUSES T0 KILL LEGISLATION ON COMMUNISM WASHINGTON, May 18- (#—The House refused by a voice vote today to kill a bill to curb Communist activities in this country. It acted as it drove toward passage tomorrow a bill that would require the Communist Party to register and file financial statements an- nually and to imprison anyone ad- vocating establishment in this coun- try of a totalitarian government con- trolled from abroad The move to kill the bill was made by Rep. Miller (R-Conn., who told the House the main effect of the measure would be to a “drive underground the dangerous ele- ments.” . Miller said even the committee on Un-American Activities which wrote the Bill, was uncertain over what it wanted to do and had revised it several . times and will propose amendments on the floor. ST AL ANDERSON, FAMILY ARRIVE FROM SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Al Anderson, son Steven, and their new daughter Carol Jean arrived in Juneau Sun- day via Pan American world Air- ways, from Seattle. WASHINGTON, May 18 » — Delegate Bartlett of Alaska asked a House subcommittee today to ap- prove extension of the present steamship service to Alaska He asked that safeguards be added | to assure that Alaskans would get benefits of any ship subsidy Bartlett said the present under which three Seattle panies operate the service tempor- | arily until next June 30 was designed ! to aid the Territory but it did not | work that way. He contended ihe |Maritime Commission which chart- ered ships under the law to the ‘st,enn\shlp companies at $1 a year iseem‘m to believe, “coddling the {operators was the first purpcse of Ithe legislation.” | “The matter of developing Al- (aska,” he said, “was forgotten.” . He said that as soon as the ship | owners got the free ships they asked for a rate increase which was put tinto effect at once. | Bartlett asked a House Merchant | Marine Subcommittee to approve 'his resolution to extend the service luntil December 31, 1953. ! Bartlett's resolution povides that { the Maritime Commission must have the approval of the Interior Depart- {ment before putting into effect a | contract with ship owners and be- |fore approving rates. | He also urged that his bill to per- imit barge lines to get free vessels be approved, saying the new barge | service to the Territory is perform- |ing a needed service at freight costs ‘35 per ¢ent less than that charged | by steamship lines. | Al shipping companies, he con- | tended, should be given opportunity to engage in the Alaska service. He [slid the fleet owned by the Seattle |ship owners operating in Alaskan ‘waters “is a joke.” | “It consists of five out-moded law | privately-owned combination ships,” | | he said. | The operators of the present ser: (ice have agreed to its extension ]‘unm Dec. 31, 1949. Rep. Tollefson | (R.-Wash.) has introduced a reso- | lution to permit the commission to | put that agreement into effect. !" Rear Admiral W. M. Callaghan, | of the Navy's Bureau of Ship Trans- ! portation, favored enactment of the | Tollefson resolution. B ARE §39,000 AHEAD ‘OF ROULETTE GAME | LOS VEGAS, Nev., May 18, P | Three non-stop gamblers have a phenominal winning streak today and reported they were $39,000 | ahead in their attack on Los Vegas | roulette wheels in the last eighi days. 4 The trio, relieving each other in jcontinuous play since May 10, are | Jack Cortez, 32, of New York; |Roy Walford, 23, of San Diego, | Calif., and Albert Hibbs, 23, from | Chillicothe, Ohio. Their winning ways attracted | large crowds and some of the by- | standers cashed in on the trio’s | “system” of consistently playing number one. One spectator who began with 83 in nickel chips cashed in $3,800 | yesterday and’ then started playing {again with $1 chips. | The trio gradually had raised the com- | 'NON-STOP GAMBLERS ° PROPOSAL OF WALLACEIS RECOGNIZED Government Officials Make No Comment-Be- | lieved Propaganda { By EDDIE GILMORE | MOSCOW, May 18.—M—Prime Minister Stalin says Russia is will ing, of the United States is, to ac- cept Henry A, Wallace's recent “open letter” to him as the foun- dation for peaceful settlement of Soviet-American quarrels. In a statement dated yesterday and released by the Soviet Press department last night, Stalin re- plied to proposals made by Wallace at a political rally in New York a week ago. “I do not know,” Stalin said, in his first public pronouncement in mcre than a month, “whether the United States government approv- |es of Mr. Wallace's program as a basis for agreement between the USSR. and the United States.” “As far as the governfent of the US.BR. is concerned, it con- siders that Mr. Wallace's program should serve as a good and fruitful basis for such an agreement and ior the development of internation- al cooperation.” (In Washington, the White House and the State Department with- held official comment.) (Wallace said i1 San Francico he: was “very much surprised” that Stalin had answered him, but add- ed: “If T have done anything that {moved the world toward peace, I fecl that- iy .campalgn will have been a success.”) NO OFFICIAL COMMENT WASHINGTON, May 18.—M— !The White House remained silent itoday on Premier Stalin's accep- tance of Henry A. Wallace's pro- posal for a discussion of differences between the United States and the ! Soviet Union. President Truman’s Press Secre- tary, Charles G. Ross, anticipatet a question concerning the Moscow radio broadcast when he met with | newsmen this morning. i “The question is . . gan, “The Stalin-to-Wallace reporter began. “The answer is no comment,” Ross sald, and that ended it, ‘The nature of Stalin’s proposals {for discussions with the United | States gave support to American | offictals' suspicions that Russia is pressing a “peace offensive” for diplomatic and propaganda advan- tage. Since V-E day the United States and Russia have been at odds on almost every one of the issues Sta- lin lsted in endorsing Henry Wal- lace’s “open letter” of May 11 as @ “concrete program” for possible settlement of differences: The administration is already or record as to what the Russians car do if they sericusly want to work for peace in the world. Secretary of State Marshall stated it May 12 in his sum-up of the situation after Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov announced readi- ness to accept an offer he said Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith had made to negotiate. Marshall said: | “What we want is action in the ' Ross be- | Mr. Anderson, Executive Secre-|amount of their bets to $25 on|yfici4s where action is possible and tary of the Alaska Miners Associa- tion, is stoping here a few days on Lusiness before proceeding to Fair- banks. Mrs. Anderson, Steven and Carol Jean will stay in Juneau for a while to visit with Mrs. Helen Wekbster. Mrs. Anderson is the former Mildred Webster, daughter of Mrs. Webster. —_—— e INTENTIONS TO WED Three couples applied late yester- day to U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray for marriage licenses, as fol- lows: | each spin but late yesterday reduc- led it to $5. Walford said the Ichange was “part of our system.” | The club management began to | show signs of concern ST0CE ZUOTATIONS i NEW YORK, May 18—®—Clos- !ing quotation of Alaska Juneau | mine stock today is 4. American ‘Can 88'%, Anaconda 38'%, Curtiss- Wright 7', International Harvest- “er 99'%, Kennecott 56%, New York| :urgfn!ly necessary at the pres- |ent time.” ‘Hail Storm Hits f Famli_qg Sedtion | LANCASTER, Pa, May 18.—#— Old Man Winter took a curtain call in this farming region yes- ftcrday. A Ireak storm dumped tons of Anders Jackson Raatikainen, Pel-|Central 167, Northern Pacific 25%, hail stones, ranging in size -from ican City boat captain, and Ber- tha Hewitt Prestwood, Juneau stenographer. James Goenett, Jr.,, sawmill work- er, and Rachel Dick, both of Ju- neau. Tommie J. Jimmie, fisherman, and Rachel J. Johnson, cannery of Juneau. worker, both - R Lakze Erie averages only 58 feet U. S. Steel 9%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 2,480,000 shares. | Averages today are as follow: |industrials 18854, rails 6125, util- !ities 35.56 ! S e | SEATTLE VISITORS | Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Husser, Art | Eastman, A. B. Tisdale, L..F. St.| 1 Germain, Paul B. Stout and son, |A. T. Rogers and C. Brewster, all J. E. Daigle from Gustavus Is deep and because of its shallowness ' from Seattle, are staying at the staying at the Baranof Hotel. is unusually subject to sudden Baranof Hotel that of peas to small cherries, in several sections of rural Lancaster county. While their fathers were bemoan- gmg the damage to crops, many Ichildren got out their sleds and lenjoyed a bit of sledding. —— FROM SITKA IN [ Mr and Mrs. Youppi and Ly- man Ellsworth, from Sitka, are staying at the Baranof Hotel.