The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,892 BATTLE AT JERUSALEM IS MYSTERY Conflicting Statements Are Made from Both Arab, Jewish Sources (By The Associated Press) Conflicting ~ statements from | Arab and Jewish sources shroud- ed developments today in the bat- tle for Jerusalem. An Arab League spokesman in Cairo said Arab troops are in com- plete control of Jerusalem, but news in Tel Aviv said Jewish fight- ers had brdken the Arab hold on Jerusalem’s old walled city and widened the breach in heavy fight- ing. In the absence of fresh word) from Jerusalem, it was impossible to say just who has the upper hand. | The Arab spokesman said allf last night to the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion of King Abdullah. The Jews said Haganah troops broke through Zion Gate, held by the Arabs, at midnight and joined the Jewish defenders in the old city. Jewish headquarters said Hag- anah also seized the big Saragand: military camp 15 miles southeast | of Tel Aviv in a night battle. ’l'hel camp, evacuated by the British, is on the main road to Jerusalem and is close to the Arab stronghold of Ramle, under attack by Igurn Zvai Leui. The Irgunists said that Iragi and Trans-Jordan troops in Ramle have called for help. (Damascus)—A Syrian army source in Damascus said Syrian and Iragi forces struck today at Beisan, 14 miles south of the Sea! of Galilee, and Safad, about seven | miles from Galileg’s north shore in twin attacks on Jewish strong- points. The informant said the Syrians’ expected Beisan to fall soon. The city protects the valley leading westward to the Plain of | Esdraelon (Armageddon). (Jerusalem)—Daniel De Luce, Associated Press veteran, reported | earlier from inside the old walled city that Abdullah’s desert legion appeared set to wrest the city from its Jewish defenders. He said the Jewish position appeared hope- less, with Arab artillery and infan- try ringing the city. “The old city is tragically bat- tered,” De Luce said. “Shrines, such as the Dome of the Rock and the Holy Sepulchre are still un- scathed, however.” The ‘W';s'h’inbton Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) i | 1 | ASHINGTON—President Tru- man has become so touchy about his own renomination that it even enters into job appointments per- taining to the distant islands of the South Pacific. Sometime ago the State Depart-: ment selected two men to serve as U. S. representatives, on the new South Pacific Commission and to work with Australia, France, Eng- land and other countries in help- nig the war-torn Pacific Islanders. The two men were Paul Smith, editor of the San Francisco Chron- icle, a Republican; and Richard Wells, New York attorney, a Dem- crat. Both are able, conscientious citizens, Smith having fought all over the South Pacific. H The State Department thought it had made a good selection. How- ever, it reckoned without President Truman and his friend, the ebul-; lient Ed Pauley, who made $1,000,- 000 gambling on the Commodity | Market while working for the gov- ernment. Just as Brig. Gen. Wal- lace Graham, White House doc- tor, continues close to Truman de- spite his commodity gambling, - so Pauley also ambles in and out of the White House whenever he wishes. So when Pauley heard that Paul Smith was to be appointed to the South Pacific Commission, he call- ed on Truman; told him that Smith’s San Francisco Chronicle | had opposed his (Pauley’s) ap- pointment to be Undersecretary of | |cess for firm United Nations action ito send troops to stop the Palestine ‘scattered modern sections of Jeru- ‘hls day to a climax with a charge | men wanted the New York Govern- ‘political and economic war,” ARABS ARE IN DRIVE, JERUSALEM Associated Press Reporter on Scene-Gives Out Reliable Info (By The Associated Press) Arab forces by 10:30 a.m. today (1:30 am. PST) had driven halt way through the Jewish quarter of the old City of Jerusalem. Daniel de Luce, Associated Press Reporter on the scene, said 400 Jew- ish soldiers of Haganah and Irgun Zvai Leumi were reported on the verge of surrender. The Jewish gar- rison of the old city tried to bargain with the command of Arab volun- teers over surrender. When no de- cision was reached, the Arab bom- bardment was resumed. Jewish Military Headquarters in Tel Aviv had reported the Jews at midnight broke through the Arab- held Zion gate, widened the breach| in Arab lines and joined Jewish| fighters in the old. quarter. H This communique, coupled with | de Luce's on-the-spot report, dis- closed as premature and untrue an“ earlier assertion in Cairo by an" Arab League spokesman that all) Jerusalem was in complete Arab: control. H The United States was reported determined to press at Lake Suc- fiighting. Russia backed the manuver, | but it appeared almost certain of] defeat with Britain and China arrayed against it. Arab artillery was reported bat—‘ tering at Jewish Military tagets In lem. Ammynition dumps near the ymilitary courthouse in Rehovia and in the Syrian orphanage were hit. TEL AVIV BOMBED TEL AVIV, Israel, May 19—(P— High flying planes, following up a l‘d,id yesterday which killed. at least 41 persons and injured 60 in Cen- tral Tel Aviv, attacked the Northern | District of this Jewish City Mthl bombs todav i DEWEY, STASSEN OREGON CAMPAIGN | GROWING HOTTER PORTLAND, Ore May 19.—(P— The Monday night radio debate be- tween Thomas Dewey and Harold | Stassen may have marked the high| point of the Oregon campaign, but there has been no let-up by either candidate. Stassen travelled nearly the width | of the state yesterday and krought against Dewey made at Roseburg, Oregon. There Stassen claimed that Dewey forces have lined up in a combination to stop Stassen. It is apparent, Stassen charged,| “that we face a combination form- ed after the Nebraska primary.” Stassen’s words quickly reache& Dewey at St. Helens, Oregon. News- or's version of the story and Dewey said: “Stassen’s charge is a pipe dream.” The primary itself comes up the day after wmorrow BRANNAMAN IS TAKING LOOK AT ALASKA DEFENSES| FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 19.— (M— Ray Brannaman, National Commander of the Veterans of | Foreign Wars, is “quite pleased” | with security measures taken by the Army and Navy in Alaska. Now visiting throughout the Territory, Brannaman told the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce that the purpose of his trip is to determine Alaska’s status in the national defense system. “We are at war with Russia— he said, “and Russia has shown she expects at some time to be in a war with us—a shooting war.” {the miners have | without a contract. SOFT COAL WAGE CONFERENCE FAILS; LEWIS IS UNFAIR Producers Ask NLRB for Order fo Make Mine Head Bargain WASHINGTON, May 19—(P—Ne- gotiations on a new soft coal wage contract collapsed today and southern mine owners promptly charged John L. lakbor practices. The two-day-oid talks broke up over the right of the Southern Coal Producers Association to take part. Lewis and his United Mine Workers balked at seating Joseph E. Moody, the Association's President. The producers’ group immediately asked the National Labor Relations Board to get a court order to force Lewis to bargain The opgrators voted to seat Moody and Lewis' United Mine Workers voted against it. A vote then was taken on a union proposal to go ahead with conferences covering the balance of the industry. The operators oppose that. i\ Ubion voted for it. Lewis got to his feet and said: “I make the observation that here is now no conference. “The operators have voted them- selves and the mine workers out of a conference. “The United Mine Worker's Pol- The icy Committee will meet at 10 a.m.; (6 am. PST) tomorrow.” The fight over seating Moody started at the opening session ot the negotiations yesterday. Lewis said then that the southern igroups which make up the Southern |Coal Producer's Association were ’nol complying with their contract when they did not appear at thej sonference as individuals to bargain for a new agreement. The unicn’s present wage agree- ment expires June 30. Traditionally, refused to work Chugach National Forest Town Asks Name, (Lyslal Falls WASHINGTON, May 19—#— | Two. Alaskan packing companies asked the government today offici- ally to recognize Crystal Falls as the name for their 26-year-old. com- munity five miles south of Cordova. Lack of an official name, they |safd, has made it difficult for the settlement to get government per- mits for such installations as a ra- | dio-telephone system, and ‘in other ways has hindered community de- velopment. The companies—Northern Lights Packing Co., and Crystal Falls Fishing Co.—informed the toard. on geographic names that the commu- nity has been known throughout the territory as Crystal Falls during most of its existence. The town is in the Chugach Na- tional Forest. The Forest Service has opposed recognition on the grounds that the settlement, like many Alaskan fishing camps, is seasonal and subject to atandon- ment. Alaskan maps are cluttered up with the names of too many camps that have been or will be abandoned, Foresters said. The Names Board put the case on its calendar for next month. NEW TRIAL PASSED FOR WAR BUILDERS; OVERTIME WAGES| WASHING'XY)N, May 19—P— An 8-to-1 Supreme Court decision has ordered a new trial to de- termine whether contractors who operated government-owned war plants on a cost-plus-fixed-fee ba- workers receiving the overtime pay- wages. The Justice Department estimates several hundred million dollars are involved in the question. Justice Jackson read the court’s decision. Justice Black noted in dissent that he favored reversing the lower court which ruled against workers receiving the ovetime pay. FROM SAN FRANCIECO Margaret W. Thomas from San! Francisco, Calif., Is in Juneau and | (Continued on Page Four) a guest at the Baranof Hotel, The court’s opinion was on an appeal by Harris Kennedy and oth- er workers in a case involving the {Silas Mason Company. Lewis with unfair| PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS [BARTLEIT'S SHIP SCHEME IS OPPOSED (Bill Propose?l;y Delegate Said to Be Not Work- able by Swanson WASHINGTON, May 19.—(P— S. J. Swanson, Vice President and General Manager of the Alaska Transportation Co., told a House Subcommittee today the Bartlett bill to extend steamship service to Alaska until 1953 not workable. He said provisions in it that the Interior Department approve con- tracts between the operators and the Maritime Commission would bring about “bad gmexnment ad- ministration.” Swanson read a letter from Nor- ton Clapp, President of his Com- pany, opposing the measure by Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, and supporting one by Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash) which has been agreed to by three Seattle companies serv- ing Alaska under a temporary plan now in effect. This plan permits the Commission to furnish the operators government- owned ships at a dollar year. Clapp said Alaska’s economy can not support rates necessary to mairtain adequate steamship ser< vice and -government aid is re- quired. He said loaning govern- ment ships to the companies is a | “more palatable” way of providing| |a subsidy than paying the com- | vice ! EISENHOWER NAME FIRST, DEMO MEET WASHINGTON, May 19.—P— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s name may be the first placed in nomina- tion for the Presidency at the Democratic National Convention. When nomdnating time comes, the roll of states is called alpha- betically. out, the Alabama delegation may an Eisenhower boom before Presi- dent Truman's name is put up. Alabama electors been instructed never to vote for Mr. Truman. Its delegation, completed in a runoff soon, is primed to walk out of the {cenvention if a platform support- ing Mr. Truman’s civil rights views is adopted, and if the Presldvnt wins the nomination. Most poli- ticlans agreed the latter outcome: as almost certain. 1 i | MonI;na Busmess Men Visifing North FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 19—(® Possibilities of increased trade with Alaska was being dlscussed {here today by 39 Great Falls, Mont., businessmen who arrived on a good- will mission. The party, headed by Col. R. F. Kitchingman, former officer at banquet last night. Kitchingman now is manager of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce. ‘The Montanans will fly to An- chorage tomorrow SIEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Clove Hitch, from Se- attle, due Thursday afternoon. Freighter Square Sinnet, from Seattle, due about noen Saturday. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle, 10 a. m. tomorrow. sail from Seattle Friday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Aleutian scheduled late Sunday or early Monday. e - FROM NEW YORK CITY Marilyn Dvorin from New York, N. Y, is now in Juneau and stay- age and possibly Fairbanks for em- |is ting at the Baranof Hotel. temporary ! panies money to operate the ser- “ River, Near Skagway,"Is| If present plans pan| use its top listing to try to stani already have | to bei primary | For Trade Purposes Ladd Field here, were guests at a| Northern Voyager scheduled to| southbound | NEXT MOVE IS NOW UP T0 STALIN Future Russian Coopera- |* tion Rest on Sincerity of Soviet Premier | WASHINGTON, May 19.—®—!| Secretary of State Marshall said today future Russian cooperation in settling world issues will deter- mine Premier Stalin’s sincerity in| calling ior greater understanding between nations. Marshall said also that he cer- tainly would see Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov if Molotov ever should come to Washington. But Marshall refreined from say- ing that he would be glad to see { Molotov This was given reply concerning Molotov to a news conference question. Marshall omitted the “glad to see Molotov” used by the questioner and only grinned when reporters laughted at |’: omission A5 to whether he had noted any recent increase in Russian cooper- ation toward solving issues before the United Nations and other in- ternational bodies, Marshall said there has not yet been much op- portunity. eee INTERIOR DEPT. RESERVES TAIYA FOR POWER SITE | | 0 i i ' Subject of Government ! Order Just Issued The Taiya River, near Skagway,i rhag been set aside by a Department (of the Interior order as a power site, it was revealed today in a cur- rent issue of the Federal Register,, lan offieial U. 8. Government pub-| lication, The order, signed by Thomas B. Nolan, Acting Director of the Geo-| tlogical Survey, reserves “every small-| est legal subdivision, any portion of | which, when surveyed will be with-| ‘m one-half mile of Taiya River| from the mouth of Nourse River to \[he International Boundary.” | ‘The area described, says the In- i terfor Department, aggregates Anti- Communism Legislation ALASKA SHIP IS "Wrong Way" Corrigan Is ;In Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, ~—Remember Corrigan? | The most joshed flying man in| |the world, who became famous for | | his quip about flying the wrong way | after landing in Ireland after a hop frem New York a decade ago, lande d« |in Fairbanks yesterday “Where were you heading mm time?” was the first question popped at the Los Angeles Airman. | Corrigan said he flew north on| a charter trip of a Seattle flying! concern -(Lee Taylor Airways) “jusi for a look at Alaska.” Invited to stay in the Territory| and become a wilderness-detyng “busn pilot,” Corrigan replied with grin: “I have a bush pilot job lined up in Los Angeles, flying helicopters. That’s more mygstyle. - CARD QUITS JUNEAU TO HEAD HOME Labor Relations Consult-| ant fo Leave Without Settling Local Dispute H. May Douglas (wrong 19— | way) | | \ E. Card, Personnel Manager | Bay, Oregon, is scheduled to return to his headquarters tomorrow via! PAA. Card has heen in Juneau for sev- eral weeks in order to assist the | i Juneau Spruce Corporation in at- tempting to settle a 40 day old| labor dispute which has tied up the! company’s local sawmill. | Card's departure follows that of, other labor and governmental om- cials who have failed to secure ani agreement in the dispute caused by, the establishment of a picket line| by CIO longshoremen. So far, no settlement of the dispute is in sight, Card said. He had no other com- ment to make before his departure. ———— 1 | i CAUGHT IN ICE IN BRISTOL BAY| SEATTLE, May 19.—P— The | 3800-ton freighter Square Knot was 'mughly 5,000 acres. - BODY OF SLAIN ~ CORRESPONDENT - FLOWN TO ATHENS | SALONIKA, Greece, May 19—(®— | The body of George Polk, CBS | correspendent who was found dead jin Sdlonika Bay May 16 after plan-, |ning a trip to interview Communist | leader Markos Vafiades, was flown to Athens in a Greek Royal Air Force plane today. He will te buried in Athens. Polk was graduated from University of Alab'ka in 1938. RT.REV. (GORDON JR. 15 CONSECRATED AS | the BISHOP FOR ALASKA RALEIGH, N, C., May 19—®— The Rt. Rev. Willlam Jones Gor- |don, Jr., 30-year-old missicnary to |Alaska, was consecrated Bishop ot/ the Alaska District of the Protes- itent Hpiscopal Church yesterday. He is believed to be the youngest Bishop ever consecrated in the| Episcopal Church in the United| | states. | | "The Holy Communion was admin-) istered by 15 Bishops of the Epis- copal Church. Memters of the clergy, | and the consecrated anhops family. | o | MRS. COGDALL HERE | | | | Mrs. Nora Cogdall of Seattle is !a guest at the Hotel Juneau while | | awaiting transportation to the| [westw.ard. Mrs. Cogdall is a regis- | {tered nurse and will go to Anchor- | " ployment, | locked tight in the Bristol Bay ice | pack today, awaiting aid. | night. 1 ship was |club last Sunday in Paris. | Lord’s Day Observance Society sent Coast Guard reported the radioed for assistance last The brief message said the! “in no immediate dun-{ vessel | ger Speeding to the stranded Sqpare Knot is the Coast Guard Cutter Bittersweet, It left Dutch Harbor last night, but is not expected to| !reach the vessel before tomorrow morning. The Square Knot, owned by lhe‘ Alaska Steamship Company, oper ates out of Seattle to various Al- aska ports. It was believed on its way to Naknek when trapped in the ice. It normally carries a crew of 33. 1 A fishing boat was caught sim-j ilarly earlier this month, but | came through = with only minor scars after a Coast Guard vessel went to its aid to help it through the ice. Persons familiar with the area said the ice floes mainly enter Bristo] Bay at this time of the year after their discharge from the Kuskokwin river. e Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip Get | In Wrong with Scofs EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 19— (M—Scottish churchmen declared today that Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip set a regrettable ex- ample for the young by attending horse races, a theater and a night The Seottish Association of the Prime Minister Attlee a telegram. e FROM SOUTH DAKOTA Walter Pierce from Philips, 8. D, | lon their ground floors i are | miles 1at | Taku | Wars. The resolution will be similar| Passes House FLOOD IS [BILL SENT THREAT AT | TOSENATE, FAIRBANKS Chena Rlver Rises from Runoffs - Cabins, Busi- ness Houses in Water FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 19. (®—Already pressed on one side by the flooding Tanana River, Fair- banks faced a new flood threat today as heavy spring runoffs forc- ed the Chena River to its highest level in nine years. Cutting through the city, the Chena has risen froms the *level of the before the break-up ago Riverside cabins and ousiness houses already are drawing water Basements | heart of the 11 feet surface days ice eight flooded. The U. S. Geological Survey said the 1l rise slackening and reported the crest of the run- off would soon appear. The Tanana River, which over- ran its banks south of the city last week, has advanced within ai a mile of the city limits. The flooding waters have made mpassable the Alaska Highway be-! tween here and Eielson Field, 26 away. A 200-foot stretch of railroad track was washed out. Food, military personnel and [some civillan worke: are being ‘hul(lcd back and forth by air |of the Coos Bay Lumber Co. at C00S | covora) times daily > . 'VEW MEETING TO VOTE PROPOSED NEW RESOLUTION First Meehng Under New| Thursday Schedule to Be Held Tomorrow A resolution to request Congres to go slow in granting further vet- |erans Lenefits will te brought up tomorrow Post, night's Veteran meeting ot of Foreign| to that which was passed this week by the Juneau Post of the Ameri-| can Legion. | Tomorrow night will be the first meeting under the new schedule of first and third Thursdays of each month. All VFW memkters are re- minded of the meeting night change and urged to attend. The meeting will be followed by refreshments and the regular VFW Stag Party - Jury Sniffs, Verdict | i | ! | In Favor of Goals; No Jail Sentence TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, May 19.—(M—Louie Sleder's goats were vindicated today by the noses of municipal court jury members. P. J. Braden had complained the goats Sleder herded near his home had an offensive odor. Sled- er suggested that the jury come and smell for themselves. Judge James Fitzpatrick accepted the motion. The jury went and sniffed; then deliberated 20 minutes before de- ciding in favor of Sleder and his goats. 2 ALASKA SHIPS, B-17 GIVE MERCY AID TO SEAMAN SEATTLE, May 19--(#—Two Alas- ka ships and a B-17 Air Force plane combined today to hospitalize (man reportedly in need of an im- mediate operation. The Coast Guard said the man, who became ill yesterday aboard the 8. S. Pacific Explorer, was picked up early today at Cold Bay. A B-17 for the 10th Rescue Squad- ron at Kodiak flew him to Elmen- dorf Field, Anchorage, Alaska. f | bill, Bear took the|25 FAST TIME Move Made to Strike Ouf Proposals Turned Down ~Taft Plans Fight BULLETIN: Washington, May 19.—P—The House passed and sent to the Senate today an Anti - Communist Bill after beating dewn every effort to change it substantially, WASHINGTON, May 19.—P— The House refused today to strike from its Anti-Communist Bill a provision which some members said might require Henry Wallace's third party to register as a Com- munist-front organization By voice vote, it turned down a proposal by Rep. Multer (D-NY) to eliminate the Mundt-Nixon Bill's definition of “Communist- front - organization.” Multer argued the definition was s0 broad it could be interpreted to mean the Wallace third party. His. claim was disputed by Rep. Nixon (R-Calif), co-author of the Nixon insisted that the word- ing was purposely phrased to ex- clude political parties. The House pushed toward pas- sage of the bill late today in the face of storm warnings raised by Chairman Taft of the Senate Re- publican policy committee. DRAFT BILL HEARINGS UP IN CONGRESS WASHINGTON, May 19—(#-The |draft will be under discussion in the Capitol today. The House Rules Committee will resume hearings on a separate temporary draft bill al- ready approved by ‘lhe Armed Ser- vices Committee. This measure calls for the registration of men 18 through 30, with a two-year draft of men 19 through 25. The rules committee must clear the bill be- fore the House can consider it. Meanwhile, the Republicans in the Senate have failed to head off a fight over the racial issue in con- nection with the Draft Bill. Republican leaders want to get a compromise over the issue tecause if they don't, there will be a terrific and time-consuming row when the Draft Bill comes up in the Senate, iprobably next week. As the bill now stands, it says “there shall be no discrimination against any person on account of race or color” in carrying out the draft law. e o o & Vv 0© ¢ ¢ o o WEATHER REPORT (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for Z4-hour period ending 7:30 ths morning In Juneau— Maximum, 49; minimum, 42. ki At Airport— Minimum, 43. FOREUAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with light rain and not much change in temperature tonight and Thursday. Southeast winds 15 to 20 miles per hour slow- ly decreasing. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours endicg /:30 a.m. today In Juneau 63 inches; since May 1, 112 inrhes; sinle July 1, 8256 inches. At Airport — .10 inches; sinre May 1, .58 inches; since July 1, 49.23 inches. e o o 0 o 0 0 o 0 e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 19.—(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can, 88%, Anaconda 39%, Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvest- er 99%, Kennecott 57%, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific %, U.S. Steel 79%, Pound $4.03%. Maximum, 50; c®eceecessseccsossnsenrevse e Qw000 00000000000 000000000 The fishing toat {man from the Pacific Explorer last Inight at Isanotski Straits (False sula Sales today were 1,850,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: taying at the Gastineau Ho- Pass), the tip of the Alaska Penin- industrials 188.28, rails 61.31, util- ities 3551