The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 29, 1948, Page 1

CONGRESSIONAL - LIBRARY SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition THE HINGTON, D. C. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPI SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURD:! \\ MAY 29, 1948 VIHVIBI R ASSOCIAThD PRPSS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,901 MORE THOUSANDS FLEE N. W. FLOODS Defense Of Alaska Necessary Says Nimitz ADMIRAL OF FLEET GIVES OUT VIEWS Must Prep%:?e, Not Wait Until War Comes-His Personal Opinions SEATTLE, May 29.—(#—The de- fense of Alaska must be given major consideration, and it will be much cheaper to build an adequate defense now than to wait until after war begins, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said here. He added, however, that he did not believe war inevitable. The world is just as likely to enjoy 100 years " Debut for Shirley's Daughter of peace as it is to have to fight another war, he said. The white-haired war-time Com- mander-in: only his personal opinions. He said he knew, however, that the Joint Army and Navy Board had made an investigation of the Alaska defenses with subsequent recommendations. “Alaska defenses are very im- portant and must be given major consideration,” he_said. Nimitz re- called the “anguishing” early days of the war when it was necessary to speed defence measures in Al- aska. “We had to spéend time and a considerable number of lives. We had to make a strong effort—out of proportion to the number of Japa- ness there, to expel them.” Asked whether Seattle and the Pacific Northwest might be the “Pear] Harbor” of the future, Nimitz | replied that “I can’t bring myself | to believe that devastating attacks (Continued on Page Five) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— Two days ago| this column contrasted the high- pressure methods of the oleomar- garine lobby with the unorganized plaintive hopes cf several million people for home--through passaze of the housing act. Here is another chapter in the story. It illustrates how the pres- ent Republican Congress eats out of the hand of the big lobbies. What the public doesn't know is that their money has gone to pay a group of high-powered New York press agents to sit right inside the Joint Congressional Cominittee on Housing and propagandize on be- half of the real-estate lobby. The press agents are Bell, Jones and Taylor of 350 Fifth Ave, New York, and two members of the firm were each paid $10,000 a year to spread real-estate lobby pro- paganda from their carefully placed spots inside the Committee. An- other member of the firm was paid $25 a day. During the Hoover Administra- tion when Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut allowed a lobby-- ist from the Connecticut Manufact- urers Association to sit in on a secret tariff hearing, Bingham was reprimanded by his Republican Sen- ate colleagues and later defeated for re-election. The temper of some Republican Senators has now changed. HOW THE LOBBY OPERATED The Republicans who hired the real-estate-lobby press agents were affable Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin and Rep. Ralph Gamble of New York. The neat sleight-of- hand used by these two Housing Committee members was to put press agent Luther Bell on the pay- roll at $10,000 as assistant to Con- gressman Gamble, while press agent Mark Jones was made assistant to Senator McCarthy at the same sal- ary. . A. Taylor was paid $25 bt/ D AR AR e A £ At (Continued op Page Four) | -Chief of the Pacific said | in a news conference that he voiced H Day crew races | game, AT THE AGE OF THREE MONTHS, Linda Susan Agar makes her camera debut in Hollywcod, with her famous mothef, Shirley Temple Agar. (International Suundpkmtm PRESIDENT . Truman Slgns VISITINGAT Airport Bill ANNAPOLIS ForAIask WASHINGTON, May 29- ANNAPOLIS, May 29.—(P—Pres- ident Truman is visiting the Naval | Legislation authorizing wmlxucuon Academy today to watch Memorial |of two large airports in Alaska has| and a baseball been signed by President Truman. The measure provides for an In- He will be back in Washington ' ternational airport at or near An- tomorrow in time to lay a wreath [chorage to cost 8-million dollars and | on the tomb of the Unknown Sol-|for & public airport at or near Fair-| dier at Arlington National Ceme- |Panks to cost 5-million dollars. They | tery, and deliver an address «al' 8:15 am. PST). Mr, Truman and memoers of the White House staff arrived {rom Washington aboard the Presidential | yacht Williamsburg. Academy officials gave at 21-gun | salute to herald the President'’s; arrival, | are to be built by the Civil Aero-| nautics Administration. R TWOINJURED | PLANE CRASH o o o 0 & 0 ¢ o e WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maximum, 68; minimum, 51. At Airport— minimum, 48. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness with occasional, very light rain showers this afternoon and’ Sunday. Highest temperature near 64 degrees this after- noon. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 29.—(® —Two men escaped with injuries when they made & forced crash landing in heavy timber near Ga- lena on the Yukon River. They are Loyal A. Johnson, of the University of Minnesota Hy- draulics Laboratory, who suifered a broken arm, dislocated shoulder |and face lacerations, and Pilot Al- {den Williams, who escaped with a broken hand and minor cuts. Williams said a fuel line failure jcaused the crash landing Wednes- day night. Johnson had been making a . study of airport drainage problems |under Arctic conditions for the Army Engmeers MBS SR - WEEKEND TRAVEL OUT OF JUNEAU Maximum, 68; PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours endipg 7:30 a.m. today @ In Juneau City— Trace; o since May 1, 5.02 inches; since July 1, 86.46 inches. At the Airport— Trace; since May 1, 327; inches since July 1, 51.92 inches. ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 THREE CHILDREN OF 5. J. HOWELLS ARRIVE FOR DOUBLE SERVICE, " — ™" Last rites are to be held this ready done so, to take advantage afternoon for Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn |Df the three-day Memorial Day holi- J. Howell at the Chapel of the|day. Many will go to their cabins Charles W. Carter Mortuary undeY |gzlong the Glacier Highway; others the auspices of the American Le- |will visit Taku Lodge; others are gion. |expecting to make fishing trips on Two sons, James A. Bradley of ‘umll boats; and others are visiting Belmont, Mass., and Lyle L. White other Alaska communities. of Corvallis, Oregon, and one| e daughter, Mrs. Georgia Mae Burton | HOONAH VISITORS of Clearlake Oaks, Calif., arrived yesterday via Pan American to; W. S. Johnson from Hoonah is attend the double service for thelrjvlsmng in Juneauy and staying at parents. the Gastineau Hotel. | NEAR GALENA IS TO BE HEAVY| PEACEMOVE BY RUSSIA PROPAGANDA Secrefary ofSI_ate Marshall | Gives Report on U. §. Foreign Policy By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, May 29—(®—The | Western Powers are winningthe | cold war with Russia tut the end is {not yet in sight. | That appeared today as the main | | theme of Secretary of State Mar- | shall's newest report on Ameriean Foreign Policy. Marshall's views were expressed last right before the General Feder- ation of Women'’s Clubs at Portlafd, Ore. It was his first full length add- née the Russian ‘“‘peace " opener almost three weeks ago. The Secretary dealt at length with that development. But he stressed that peace prospects depend mainly {on a continued Western Policy of | firmness with the Soviet Union— A policy which he said may be threatened from two sides: 1. The strong and impatient de-! | sire of peop)e everywhere for a re- iturn to “normal conditions” may ‘lead the west into a Soviet h.he-q peacé trap baited with propaganda. | 2, Americans may engage' in Z some “thoughtless or spasmodic ac- | tion” which could damage the con- {fidence of other peoples—uneasy Ienough at best—in the reliability LUNCH ON MOVIE UNIONS ON lof the United States as a World leader. Marshall bluntly called the Suueu peace moves “a cynical propaganda | campaign to offset a sincere effort| " |on our part to establish a basis ron | profitable negotiations and agree- | |ments leading to a stabilization of| | the world situation.” | But he said he thought American | | progress toward that end since the| | first of the year has been “excellent” jand * “history making.” He called for {continued support of this nation’s | “firm” policy toward Russia, saying: that “only such a firm and deter- mined course can save the situation| | for the democracles Princess Anne To Wed Former RumanianKing COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 29.—iM—A source close to the royal family said today Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma will marry former King Mihai of Rumania in Athens June 5. The princess will leave Copen- hagen by air for Greece tomorrow, the informant added. The wedding ceremony will follow th Greek Orthodox ritual and will be performed by the aged Arch- bishop Damaskinos, the informant said. Mihai, 26, is a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. Princess | Anne, 24, is a Roman Catholic. Last March Pope Pius XII refused to grant a special dispensation per- mitting the marriage. Queen Helen, mother of Mihai, and Princess Mar- rethe, mother of Anne, had visited the Pope in the hope of obtaining the dispensation. ! Anne's mother and her two broth- ers, Prince Jaques and Prince Mi- chel, will accompany Anne to Athens. o HEALTH CONFERENCE AT DOUGLAS TUESDAY The Douglas Well Child Health| Conference will be held on Tues- day, June 1, from 2 to 4 p. m. at the Douglas Public School. Miss | Mae Krueger, Public Health Nurse,| {will be in charge of this confer- ;ence i oy ¢ FROM HAWK INLET Ralph Thompson from Hawk In- {let is a guest at the - Gastineau Immel. | Onion broke off negotiations with | WEST (OAST LINING UP 'Solid Front Reporled of (10 Maritime Workers for Hiring Hall SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.—P— A solid front of five CIO maritime unions is shaping up today in their struggle to control hiring halls. West Coast longshore leader, Harry ! Bridges, has called a meeting of the five unions for next Wednesday rat New York Announced purpose of the confer- ence is to vlan joint strategy so that all unions can support the de- mands of each union. The CIO groups invited to meet with the longshoremen are the National Maritime Unicn, the Marine Cooks and Stewards, Marine Engineers and American Radio Association. Contracts of all five expire June 15. An invitation alos went out to the Independent Marine F‘h-enu-n,: Oilers, Wipers and Watertenders Union. Yesterday the Cooks and Stewards the Pacific Coast Waterfront ®m- ployers Association. The longshore— men had taken this step last week. The longshoremen are the only ones | that have authorized a strike. THe cooks and stewards are now voting | on this. | POPPY SALE IS CONDUCTED TODAY' Today is American Legion Poppy Day in Juneau. There are several Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and mem- bers of sthe American Legion Aux- iliary on the streets selling Vet~ eéran-made poppies in memory of, the war dead and in conjunction | with Memorial Day, Monday. Most of the business houses have‘ the Legion wreath # the doors and | windows and almost everyone on | the streets have two or more pop- | pies in their lapel The American Legion poppies | who are unable t- <c any other| type of work, and y came from | an eastern V. A. Hospital. — - jmen to hold up action on several | workers less than | the other four members. | cial or dipiomatic appointments o this year were made by veterans | Plosiony of camphor oil S ET — Chorus girls have lunch on a movie set in Hollywood. Left to right: Judy Woodbury, Frances Gladwin, Ruth Sealey und Lorraine Clark. Republlcans TWO STRIKES Strike Blow ARE ENDED; Af President AGREEMENTS Barricade Is Announced Chrysler Corp Walkout Is| Against Confirmation | Written Off-Meat Work- | of Appoinments ers Seffle Dispute e / ¢ (By The As Two strikes were written off the| books today—the Chrysler Corp. any fwalkout in the automobile indus- By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, May 20.—(P—{ Republicans set up a barricade to- | day against confirmation of futrher major ap intments President _Truman. | dispute at Waterloo, With their eyes on the Novem- | ber election, GOP leaders were re- jauto Workers settled their 17-day ported determined to keep alllgtrike Friday for a raight 13- possible: jobs open to be filled by|cent an hour wage increase. This| a Republican President, if“one is |was two cents more than the raise eiected. | given three days earlier to 225,000 The Republican Policy Committee | General Motors employees, who wag said to have passed the' word |had threatened to walk out. quietly to Senate Committee Chair-; The Chrysler settlement gave half of the 30 cents hourly they demanded when they left their jobs in 16 plants in Michigan, Indiana and Califor- nia May 12. However, the union later brought its demand down to 17 cents hourly just before going on strike. The wage boost brings the Chry- sler hourly wage to $1.63. The rate. at General Motors is $1.61, Truman asked a five-year ap-|but this could go higher when GM peintment for Chairman Lilienthal, | makes its first quarterly cost of with one - to - four - year terms for|living adjustment in September. The settlement, which extended Reublican leaders also are ex-|the company’secontract until Aug- pected to hold up hundreds of |ust, 1950, feft only the Ford Motor postmaster appointments, although|Co. of the industry's Big Three yet | many involving war veterans ap-!m settle with the UAW in the| pear likely to go through union’s third postwar wage drive. The no-action ediet apparentily| The annual cost of the new does not apply generally to judi-|Chrysler settlement was estimated | r‘b) the union at $23,700,000. The to other federal jobs where a Demo- | company said it lost 5,000 cars and crat could ke replaced quickly by |trucks a day during the strike and | a Repubucan if that party’s can- | that ld]L workers lost $900,000 daily. | didate won the residency. | C10’United Packinghouse Work- | - ers voted Friday night to return ElEVEN ARE KIllED lLo their jobs at the Rath Packing ciated Press, Towa Chrysler’s 175,000 CIO United current appointees, including Frieda B. Hennock of New York, first weman to be nominated to the Federal Communications Commis- | sien. Republicans aiready have agreed | to support a bill extending the terms of David E. Lilienthal and | his associates on the Atomic Energy Commission only’ until 1950. Mr. »(.ompan) in Waterloo, Ia. .- 'BY CAMPHOR BLAST | szeamen MovEMENTS | ON FORMOSA TRAIN! ..... . NANKING, May 29 —M—An ex—ISOullle today, due here Tuesday. aboard a George Washington scheduled to killed 11 |sail from Seattle Monday. 52 others,| Princess Louise scheduled to sail Central News Agency reported. from Vancouver June 2. The explosion occurred as the| Alaska scheduled to Formesa train todey | passengers and injured sail FR()M KETCHIKAN Wally Chrmemon frez. Ketch- ikan is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. train was crosisng a wide river be-|Seattle June 3. | tween Keelung and Chiayl. Some| , Princess Norah scheduled to sail| |of the victims were burned. Others Iru'n Vancouver June 5. drowned wac. ey jumpe. irom Baranof scheduled the train, probably early Monday. southbound by |try and the packinghouse workers | | heduled to sail from| from | [EMERGENCY DECLARED IN MANY AREAS Worst Floomnditions in 54 Years-New Sections Reported Hard Hit (By The Associated Press) Thousands more residents in the Pacific Northwest are fleeing their homes today in the area’s worst flood in 54 years. The death toll so far is 15, Main railroad and highway routes | are disrupted in several sections, and parts of Washington state and | Idaho are under ofiicial state of emergency. In British Columbia, | the militia has been ordered out to laid the growing number of refu- | gees. Some 1400 people have moved out of the Frult Valley housing m:uject west of Vancouver, Wash, | Several hundred families have left | their homes at Yakima. In north | central Washington the town of | Twisp has been partially evacu- |ated. At Kennewick, businesses | and homes flooded along the city’s {main street are being evacuated. Army engineers removed pumps |and transformers from flooded Mc~ | Nary - Dam . under construction on - the Columbia. River mnear’ Oregon. The business district Bonners Ferry, Idaho, is under two feet of water. Navy vessels ‘und flood-rescue trains are pick- ling up hundreds of stranded per- |sons in Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Lowland residents in the flooded areas have been warned the wat- ers may stay above flood stage for {more than one month. That would mean that at least a few thous- and people would be homeless for la long period. The great flood of 1894 in the Northwest continued ltor 87 days. The only bright spot in the pie- ture is a report that the Snake | River is expected to crest this af- | ternoon, It it does, it might mean | the Columbia, into which the Snake illowx will crest at somewhat lower {levels than anticipated. Trafiic, both rail and highway, |Is disrupted at various places. The |main Columbia River Highway east lou of Portlnnd has heen closed. SAWMILL UNION LEADER RETURNS WITH SOME HOPE William Flint, President of Local M-271, CIO International Wood- workers of America, and E. S, Hawkins, Manager of the Juneau Spruce Corporation, returned here yesterday from Portland, Oregon, where they had been conferring with international officers of the IWA, NLRB officials and officials of Juneau Spruce. Flint arrived in time for a regular |meeting of his local at the CIO |Hall last night. He declined to |comment, at this time, on any de- velopments in the labor dispute | which has tied up the Juneau saw- mill for the past eight weeks. Flint | promised, however, that he expects | some developments by next Wednes- day which he hopes to release at that time. Hawkins also had no comment to make on the Portland meetings land was still not optimistic over a possible Immedinu settlement. e THREE DIVORCES GRANTED ot | | Judge George W. Folta granted | three divorces yesterday in U. S. | District Court here. They are: Don Gallagher from Waneta | Gallagher; Alberta Jean Smith |from Sidney MacLeod Smith; and |Hazel Burkette from Leonard E. | Burkette. Mrs. Smith was permit- |ted to take her maiden name of Olson. | - e FROM FT. RICHARDSON | Col. Tony Frank from Ft. Rich- |ardson is staying at the Baranof Hotel.