The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,904 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MLMBLR ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1948 — == New Flood Threat Along Columbia Rwer ARABS, JEWS | Top Rofary Officials in Rio MAY CEASE FIRE SUNDAY Accord BeiEReached in Palestine-Lull Causes Loss in Attacks (By The Associated Press) Count Folke Bernadotte sought today an accord between Arabs and Jews on the exact hour of ending the fighting in Palestine, possibly | by Sunday. He conferred in Egypt | and arranged to fly to Amman,‘ Tel Aviv and Beirut. | Bot sides have agreed to a four | week armistice in the 20-day old war. The chairman of the U. N. Security Council, Syrian Delegate Faris El Khouri, ruled the accept- ances unconditional despite the five Jewish “assumptions” and the three | Arab ‘“explanations’—poles apart. | The Swedish Count was empow- ered as U, N. mediator to fix the moment for shooting to stop. The Arabs said five days would be required because of poor com- munications to their five armies scsm'red v.hrough Palestine The S. Kendrick Guernsey, ational (left), gives his tralia, a typical Latin American Janeiro and the 39th annual ® Photo. suct Jacksonville, Fla,, ssor, convention of ) President of Rotary Inter- Angus Mitchell, Melbourne, Aus- embrace as they met at Rio de Rotary International. ary (OUl(Il TO TAKE ON el o dwuwussx-‘ action at ua! t on The Juneau pected to take ?ulu ecfin} struction of n new City fire hall | and jaik. Other expected business| includes introduction of an ordin- ance permitting the sale of bonds for the Airport Administration building and application for a res-| taurant liquor license at 227 South | Franklin. The Washington| Merry - Go- Round i By DREW PEARSON { by The Bell Byndfcate, Inc. (Copyright, 1948, ASHINGTON — Prior to the- Wisconsin primary, in which Gen— eral MacArthur's Presidential am- bitions took their severest jolt, nol Democratic leaders were emhus-| iastic about MacArthur's return to the US.A. Since Wisconsin, how- ever, they feel differently. Shortly before the Wisconsin bal- |5 loting, Joe Keenan, who has patrio- | tically spent two long years in Japan prosecuting war criminals, made a personal report to the White House. During the visit, Keenan told President Truman about a conversation he had had with General MacArthur in Tokyo. “No hero's return for me,” Kee- nan quoted MacArthur as saying. “If the President send for me, I'd park my plane at the National Air- port, drive to the White House, report to the President, then fly! back to Tokyo immediately.” H President Truman, greatly inter- ested, remarked that if he thought that was what MacArthur would really do, he was tempted to send for him right away. Note— More recently President Truman has sent word to Mac- Arthur advising, him that he is welcome to return to the United States any time he chooses, if he wants to return and if he feels his absence irom the Orient will not to endanger our interests there. However, - the President has made it clear to MacArthur that he will not exercise his authority as com- mander-in-chief to order him home. G.0.P. NEPOTISM When Congressman “Runt” Bis- hop of Illinois heard that a cripple, Lonnie Franklin, was being fired, as Democratic House doorkeeper in order to create a job for the son of Congressman Leo Allen, also of Illinois, Biship remarked: “I would have fired Lonnie long ago. I understand he’s a Demo- cratic committeeman in sauzh Cnr— olina.” ‘What Congressman Bishop didn’t know was that the crippled door- keeper had been doing odd jobs! l (Continued on Page Four) best utilization MARSHALL PLAN FUND ~ CUT URGED ..\_m-«.uwww i Slash Is Recommended by| House Committee-Pro- tests Quickly Made WASHINGTON, June 3.—P—A 25 per cent cut in funds for the | Marshall Plan and other forejgn aid | Navy programs was urged today by the House Appropriations Committee. The committee sent to the House floor for probably hot debate to- morrow a $5,980,710,228 glohal assist- ance measure. This is a reduction of only §553 - 000,000, or 7.5 percent, in the amount Congress itself authorized and Presi- dent Truman asked. But the effect is a one-quarter yslash for this reason: The authori- zation law provided that the money could be spent during 12 months But the committee said the cash it is willing to put up must be stretch- ed out over 15 months. The House committee said that since July 1, 1945, the United States has provided foreign aid totaling $18,182,000,000, much of which “has been wasted,” and all of which has tended to deplete this country’s re- sources. No one, it said, can estimate with- in a billion dollars the actual needs | of the participating countries. Slightly more than $5,000,000,000 of the total asked had been bud- geted for use during the 12 months ending next April 3, or at the rate of $417,000,000 per month. The committee trimmed that total | to $4,663,000,000 for 15 months, a spending rate of $316,000,000 month- ly. Informed of the committee’s action | Economic Cooperation Administra- tor Hoffman promptly called for the full $4,245,000,000 request for his agency. The committee pared the European recovery item to 34‘000.- 000,000. “The less money we have, the less recovery we can expect to get,” Hoffman told a news conference Is Askmg Trapping, Hunting Licenses For Alaskan Natives WASHINGTON, June 3.—P— Legislation to require Alaskan Na- tives to obtain hunting and trapping | licenses was recommended yestarday by the Interior Department. Alaskan Indians and Eskimos are not now required to have such per- mits or licenses for fishing. In a letter to the Senate, acting| Secretary W. E. Warne said this jexemption is harmful to the effec-| tive development of Alaska and the of its wild life re- sources, ADAK GIVEN LARGE SUM, NAVY BLDGS. !PUbh( Wor—k; VBIII Passes‘ [ Both House But Goes | j fo Conference 1 | WASHINGTON, June 3.—P—] {The House approved a $208,482,903 Public Works bill yesterday, ‘m«ludmg a $12,000,000 airport to! train cadets at the Annapolis Naval Academy. | The Senate had passed the bill,| i but because of House changes it | will go back to the Senate { Approval was on a voice vote af- | ‘tu more than an hkour's | centered around the controversial| |air field appropriation. The bill also includes $84,000,000 for installations at the Navy's giant base on Guam, including a $25,000,- 000 hospital to be used jointly by | all the services. It carries $16,191,000 for a new base at Adak, Alaska, and $6,718,700 ! for installations at Hawaii. The expenditures will. include: Naval Operations Base, Adak,! Alaska, ship repair facilities, cold stcrage building, ice cream plant jand milk facilities, two storehouses, dispensary, utility distributing sys- tem:: roads, walks and drainage, $11,296,000. Naval supplementary radio activ- ity, Adak, Alaska, operations build- {ing, $2,500,000. Naval Radio Station, Adak, Al- aska, consolidated communication facilities, $2,395,000. Naval Air Station, Kodiak, Al- aska, facilities for fixed operation of mobile ground control approach ! unit, $16,500. Naval Radio Station, delak Al- laska, consolidated communication Iacilities, including buildings and \ancessunm $2,225,000. — .- -—— FISHING FOR COD IN BRISTOL BAY NOW EXCELLENT SEATTLE, June 3.—®—A radio telephone report from the only Puget .Sound sailing ship in Bristol Bay 'tells of excellent cod fishing. i | Capt. J. E. Shields made the re- port to his son, Ed Shields. The elder Shields is master of the C. A. Thnyer The captafh reported a catch of 32,000 fish by the Thayer's crew in ( seven days. The son said that when \he was along last year the entire | month of May brought a ecatch of | only 22,000 fish. - e FROM FUNTER BAY | for :Paraguayan ‘foumu OF July | {vear. inot older than 25. TRUMAN T0 - START TOUR THIS NIGHT| ‘Will Take Smng Throu- 18 States-Making Figh for Another Term By ERNEST B. VACCAROQ f_ WASHINGTON, June 3. President Truman, in mood %o fight for a new term | own signals today as he made ready to take his case to the peo= ple in 18 states. ! To the lastest suggestion that he withdraw from the race, Mr. Tru- man replied with a sharp declara= tion he was “not brought up to rum { from a fight.” | The President left Democratic party chieftain on the sidelines in | ordering up his special train' for a strenuous speaking tour which may hold the answer to his poli- tical future. The White House cross-country swing ‘“non-political™ but disclosed plans for five mnjor addresses and a score or more off- | the-cuff rear platform talks ex- pected to furnish ammunition for | the 1948 campaign | The itinerary of Mr. iswing through the west will be| changed slightly to permit bim; to visit flood damage areas in the Northwest, White House officials; said today. ; The President’s train will leave| Washington at 10:05 p.m. tonight for Chicago. § = Besides the Chicago falk to-| morrow night, Mr. Truman will de-; hvex prepared speeches at Omaha ion Saturday, at Seattle June w} Berkeley, :€allf., June 12, and Los! Angeles, June labelled the ! Truman's called his | Re\ld(‘nls ol’ Vanpert, xmull war-| hllllt l(l\nl near Por VYanport Houses Splintered by Flood nd, Ore. gaze at the debris of their flocded town | while water, the result of flash-flood, rises around still st .mdu\g hlnh"nls ® Wirephoto. Sitka Smger Is Member of Universify of Washingion GOVERNOR IN Glee (Iub’s Goodwill Tour 1950 0PPOSED PRESIDENT ASKED T0 INTERVENE Government Has Fallen BUENOS AIRES, June 3—#— La Nacion's correspondent in For-| ginio Morinigo’s Paraguayan ;,n\-‘ iernment had fallen. The dispatch said Morinigo, whose forces recently put down u‘ revolt, had been sucdyeeded by Manuel Frutos, chief justice of Paraguay’s supreme court. | Formosa is an Argentine city on the border of Psmguay QUEEN CONTESTIS | TO START JUNE 10 Plans for a bigger ana better| Fourth of July celebration are be-| ginning to take definite shape, ac- cording to those in charge of the! big event. The first announcement | is that there will be a contest for u‘ queen to be chosen for the cele- bration. The contest will start June 10! and each purchaser of a ticket on the Oldsmobile to be awarded will) be entitled to a vote for his fav- orite candidate. Here are the qualifications for candidates for “Queen”: 1—She must have been a resi- dent of Gastineau Channel for one 2—She must be at least 17 and 3—She must be single. J Organizations are requested to make their selections for a can- didate as early as possible, but not later than June 9. | Registrations may be made at (h.:" Vic Power Paint Store on Seward Street. L R e VFW MEETS TONIGHT | There will be a regular meeting of Taku Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at 8 o'clock tonight in the Jeep Club. A report will be made on the recent Alaska Department | VFW Encampment by Department officers and delegates. The meet- ing will be followed by the regu- Harvey Smith from Funter Bay| !is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. lar stag party. Refreshments will be served. 'neau Chamber of Commerce ) Alaska, |ing quotation of ! Juneau Chsm—ber of Com- merce Takes Action in Pending Ship Strike President Truman has been re- quested to have the Federal Gov- debate, ‘mrfia reported today President Hi-|ernment take over the operation of Alaska steamships in the event that the pending Pacific Coast Mari- time strike should materialize on June 15. The request was made to- day in a telegram from the Ju- to the President with copies sent to all other Chambers of Commerce in the Seattle Chamber l»t Commerce and Delegrate Bartlett. The telegram, approved at to- day’s rvegular luncheon meeting ul the Chamber, asked the President to prepare the Government now | for the operation of Alaska vessels on Juné 15, if mo settlement is reached ~between the unions i the present operators at that time The Chamber pointed out that shipping strike would be disastrous to Alaskans and their economic de-! velopment as well as vital defense projects. SJR 162 Changed The Chamber also received r‘opy of Senate Joint Resolution 162 a a (Conunued On Page Two) STEAMER MOVEMENIS George Washington, on maiden | trip from Seattle, in port and scheduled to sail at 10:45 o'clock | tonight. Princess Louise, from Vancouver, due Saturday afternoon. Alaska, from Seattle, to arrive Monday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver June 5. Baranof scheduled to scheduled sail from | Seattle June 5. Aleutian scheduled southbound late Sunday or early Monday. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 3.—®—Clos-| Juneau American Curtiss Alaska mine -stock today is 3%, Can 87%, Anaconda 407, Wright 8%, International Harvester| New York Cen- 24%, 99, Kennecott 58%, tral 16, Northern Pacific S. Steel 79%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,300,000 shares. 'mfles of Houston. Rare opportunity Strait, Averages today are as follows:|for young man between 35 and 45. Jluu industrials 191,05, 60.36, util- rails ities 35.46, 2 and | U SEATTLE, June 3.—(#— Seattle's | observance of the Golden Jubilee of the Alaska geld rush this month | will be' strictly for Alaskans: To commeémordte the stirring, | events which marked the opening of the rush to the years ago, Seattle is sending the University of Washington men's glee club on a goodwill concert tour (of 13 Alaska cities. Seattle business leaders have put up $20,000 to make the tour sible. The tour replaces earlier | plans for a Gold Rush Jubilee cele- bration in Seattle—one which most Alaskans never could have seen or had a part in When the 28-memver glee club embarks aboard the George Wash- ngton next Thursday one mem- He is James Klushkan, 28- year-old Tlingit Indian, of Sitka, who sings bass. The club will appear in Sitka, where he was graduated from the Sheldon Jackson high school, and in Juneau, where his parents, Mr and Mrs. George James, will hear am sing. A music major at the L.| university, Klushkan “just likes to |sing,” and hopes after gradua- !an to teach music in Sitka The club, directed by Prof. Char- {les Lawrence, will give least 17 w'um‘w:l'fi in Alaska before return- {ing here by plane June 28. | Tre schedule is Ketchikan, June 12; Juneau, June 113, Skagway, June 1~) Sitka, June Seward, June 17, Fairbanks, 19 rftwo concerts); Nome 20; Kodiak, June 21; Anchor- age, June 22 (two concerts); {dova, June 23; Valdez, June | Juneau, June 25! Ketchikan, \26 Wrnugelx and Petershurg, bound. :-lum- June 24; June June - All concerts will be free. How- { ever, Juneau will use the club's ap- pearance to augment its fund for Juneau Memorial Library Mike Dederer, chairman | Alaska Committ on the wchamber of Commerce, and Art ‘(mn‘sun. Commijttee Secretary, will ‘:Accompnny the club. Ganson will |serve as manager of the tour. i a of the |Bank in Texas |Advertises {For President ; HOUSTON, Tex., June 3.— { you 're a bank president out of a job, {turn to the classified ad section of today’s Houston Chronicle. “Bank president wante ad by an $2,225,000 assets. The insertion the “male help wanted” |addea: “Opening for president of 2% mil-| jlion dollar bank located within 50 11 s an We want a community leader as well as a sound banker.” gold fields 50 pos- | ber of the group will be homeward | cor- | Seattle | unidentified bank with | in} section | 'ELECTION OF Del slahon Sug;q§ie ~Crawford WASHINGTON, June 3, — (# — Delegate Bartlett (D.-Alaska) told a House Territories Subcommittee to- day that he had opposed suggested legislation to permit the Territory | to elect its own Governor in 1850. “We saw no reason to accept an| elected Governor in 1950, he said. “In that case statehood would not; get to first base in Congress next| v They weuld tell us to try that fon a while before asking for state- hood. It would have been different it we had been offered legislation, to permit us to elect our Governor ! this year.” Chairman Crawford (R.-Mich.) at ! the committee’s final session of the ear, said he had been unable to “get certain persons in the Senate in high position in Territorial af- fairs to agree to a bill for an elected Governor this year.” He added there wa. enacting an elected Governor for 1950.” “I refused that,” Crawford said, “but I would have supported a pro- posal to elect a C rnor of Alaska this year.” “I subscribe to everything say,” Bartlett interposed Alaska’s Governors, under present law, are m);minled by the President. - U. 5. FISHERIES ON DECLINE; LACK OF FUNDS ASHBURY PARs, N. J, June 3 —iP—Lack of Federal appropria- tions to carry on an adequate re- search and conservation ng the depletion of the na- fisheries, Rep. Thor C. Tol- “some talk of bill you ster growers and dealers yester- day The Tacoma Congressman was 2 | principal speaker at the joint an- nual conference of Oyster Growers and Dealers of North America, the National Shell Fisheries Association and the Oyster Institute of North America | He urged an organized Federal | fisheries program on a par with i agriculture. For a ‘long time, Tollefson said, Federal agencies have regarded {commercial fisheries “as a forgotten ‘stepcmld rather than a vital part in our economie life.” - OSTREM VISITS Relf Ostrem, Superintendent of the Oceanic Fisheries Co., cannery at Point Conclusion in Chatham was an overnight visitor and left this afternocon for | Petersburg to return to his head- | quarters. egale B_a;i'l‘en Against) study 1is | IND ROUND, - HIGH WATER, IS WARNING Tired Residwenfilds Rally to Meet New Onslaught on Battered Sections PORTLAND June 3. M — The Columbia River system spawned a new flood in its headwaters today. Hundreds of miles downstream, winds whipping in from the Pacific (licked the crest of the old one over the tops of weakened dikes. Warning of the new flood crashed like a body punch into tired resi- dents of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia who have been battling two weeks against the river's worst rampage. From the Canadian Rockies down the Columbia’s torturous 1000-mile course to the sea, flood-battered cities and farm communities rallied to face the second round—all except those who have not yet won the first |one. The original crest was causing the most trouble in the heavily bar~ ricaded area around Clatskanie on the Oregon shore and Skamokawa across the river in Washington. It was here—on the last 40 miles of its run into the Pacific--that wind- lashed waters rolled over the dikes when the incoming tide was high- est. The run-over was only one inch deep at the worst spot—on the Ore- gon side—and it lapped over only when the winds came. Army En- gineers said the water was running three-tenths of a foot higher than yesterday when the critical stage g of regular Army troops, Natfonal l(lunrdsmen and civilian volunteers worked steadily to keep building up the earthworks, stop the leakage ‘and the crumbling. From present indications, Elmer Fisher, River Forecaster, said, the new floed will crest somewhat under the one whose peak passed here Tuesday at 2095 feet, It is ex- pected here next Monday at 29.3 feet—“perhaps a little more or a little less.” Across the river at Vancouver, | Wash,, it is expected to touch 29.5 feet—14.5 feet above the level where the Columbia begins to spew out lover farmlands but nearly a foot under the old crest. Another day passed with no bodies recovered from flooded Vanport. The Multnomah County Coroner's office said it was prepared for “many” when the waters go down. Search for bodies halted after the Denver and Union Avenue fills broke, sending water from Vanport over a wide area. The Red Cross said inquiries for missing persons were slackening and viewed this as a hopeful sign. FLOOD DAMAGE SPOKANE, June 3. — (# — Brig. Gen. Ensley M. Lewellyn, Washing- ton State Adjutant General, esti- mated today that flood damage in Washington and Oregon totals $100,- 000,000. The general has been directing National Guard activities through- out Washington's flood areas. He said he did not speak officially for Oregon in estimating damages but based his estimate “on what T ob- served in the flood area, including the pitiful situation in the Vanport- {Portland area.” | - —— Legislation for Misplaced Persons Has Passed Senale | WASHINGTON, June 3.—/P—The nughlv disputed bill to let 200,000 | homeless Europeans enter the Uni- ted States during the next two years went to the House today with the Senate’s 63 to 13 endorsement.® One Republican, Senator Hawkes (N.J) and 12 Southern Democrats cast the opposition votes last night after an 1l-hour continous session. . - | I | MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE | A mortgage for $3,000 against Andrew and Alberta Bakke, of Ketchikan, held by the Territorial Department of Veterans Affairs, was ordered foreclosed by default in U.S. District Court here yester day