The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 5, 1948, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition e | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e == JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDA\ JUNE 5, 1948 M MRPR ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,906 ; PRICE TEN CENTS STRIKE THREAT HANGS ON ALASKA PORTS Columbia River Remains As BattermgHazard NEW PERIL PRESIDENT -Up MAY COME, FLOOD AREA Death List Now Reaches 26 -Bodies of Children Are Found PORTLAND, Ore., Juns 5—®—| The flooding Columbia River, bear- ing down with new pressure on the water-ravaged Northwest, will not reach the high peak of June 1, a revised forecast said today. Elmer Fisher, River Forecaster, said the Snake which pours into the Columbia below Pasco, Wash., was lower this morning than ex- pected. As a result, the Columbia, standing here at 29:5 feet and at Vancouver, Wash., at 20.7 today, is expected to go up three-tenths of a foot tomorrow, stay at the same point Monday, then fall six inches in the next two days. The new forecast puts the crest three-tenths of a foot under the old at Vancouver—but still an even 15 feet over the level where the river leaves its banks. The change brightened the picture ! i for weary fighters of the flood, but even at its present level the nvex; is a battering hazard. There is no wuy of knowing whxt Gestruchion iy by adbesdoie | toll already taken by savage blows of the Columbia and Fraser rivers in the United States and Canada | this spring: 1. Twenty-six dead. The city of | Vanport, drowned by the blowouti of a Columbia dike Memorial Day, | spewed its first two bodies last night—both children torn by thel bolling waters from the arms of | their fleeing parents. ¥ 2. An estimated $140,000,000 ' damage in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. Fer- tile farms flooded, homes of almost 60,000 persons inundated or isolated, industries stopped, communications snarled, transportation crippled. The first flood—down only inches from its peak—still hammers con- stantly at ever-softening dikes. The pounding will go on every minute, every hour until the new crest crashes down the Columbia’s 1200 miles to the 'Pacific—if the levees hold that long. e HERE FROM ANCHORAGE { Ernest E. Greene from Anchor-) age is staying at the Baranof Ho- tel. The Washington! Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON THREATENED 70 KILL PEARSON EDITOR’S NOTE— In July, 1946, Ralph Moore, well-known Washington lobbyist, threaten- ed to kill Drew Pearson if he continued digging into Moore's operations. Pearson had run across Moore's trail in connec- tion with the commodity-mar- ket speculating of Senator EIl- mer Thomas of Oklahoma, which the eolumnist exposed a full two years ago before Har-, old Stassen focussed national attention upon commodity- market gambling in high pla- ces. Despite Moore's threats, Pear- son continued with his probe, printed series of stories on Moore'’s lobbying and speculat- ing, This week, in Washing- ington, Pearson’s digging cul- minated in the Justice Depart- ment’s filing a bill of com- plaint against Moore for trying !blind today needed only President |$3 a month for dependent children. Honor Hawaiian War Dead STEWARDESS ROSEMARY BARNWELL and Sam Kinoshita, U. S. veteran of highly decorated 442nd Combat Team, hold 15-pound memorial wreath sent by Hawaiian veterans for placing on tomb of Unknown Soldier in Paris. Photo was made as wreath arrived in San Francisco on its flight by Pan American clipper to France from Honolulu. (International So\mdphotm IMPORTANT BILL GOES TO TRUMAN Social Security Payments Boosted-Three €lasses to Reap Benefits WASHINGTON, June 5—(®— A multi-million dollar boost in so- | cial - security payments to depen- dent children, the aged and the Truman'’s signature to become law. A bill adding $184,000,000 annual- ly to the benefits received by 3,500,000 needy persons in those three categories was swiftly shout- ed through the House yesterday af- ter the Senate had approved it by a lopsided 74 to 6 vote. The legislation would increase the Federal Social Security con-! tribution to the states by $5 a month for the aged and blind, and A maximum of $50 a month would be set for each aged and blind person and $27 for a de- pendent child. The boost was tacked on a, bill blocking the extension of Social Security Insurance to an estimated 500,000 to 750,000 persons—chiefly | salesmen over whom ng employer exercises direct control. The increased benefits amend- ment may prevent a veto for the bill. Mr. Truman has criticized Congress for what he said is a tendency to narrow social security PALESTINE TRUCE HOUR NOT YET SET By The Associated Press Count Folke Bernadotte set out today for new talks with Jewish and Arab leaders on fixing a definite hour for beginning the proposed! four week truce in the Holy Land.| The Jewish High Command, ac-; knowledging Egyptians had thrust into Israel's territory from the south, | said the Isralis had recaptured Yib- na, 14 miles from Tel Aviv and five miles inside Istaeli border. Last night and Iragi defense min- istry communique said 580 Jews were killed and more than 1,000 wounded in the attack on Jenin, and that the |Jews were"driven out of the town. Bernadotte, the United Nations mediator, informed the BSecurity | Council last night that the issue if additional Jewish immigraton was the only question delyaing a cease (fire. The Count planned to leave to- day for Beirut, Lebanon and Haifa. He was scheduled to reiurn to Cairo tomorrow—pernaps with an answer as to when the truce hour can be | set. —————————— DOUBLEHEADER BALL TOMORROW A doubleheader at the ball park tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:30 o'clock will see the Moose and Douglas first take the field in a regularly scheduled game, and the Moose and Elks in a postponed ‘Keys Championship Fight | cago Stadium last night. |no doutt the President’s 8,500 mile, | pulled into Omaha. |outlined in the Chicago address |were: Laws providing adequate ! universal free schooling, good jobs at | controlled Congress, telling the crush Communism by providing a iclared “you can prevent Commu- PLEADING FOR VOTES Now fo Seven ""Goals of Abundance” OMAHA, June . 5—(P—President Truman arrived in Omaha today in the midst of a cross-country speak- ing campaign keyed to his cham- pionship of seven *goals of abun- dance.” open appeal for November votes aiter four platform talks yesterday and. 2 major speech in packed Chi- Taken together, the speeches left 18 state speaking tour is that of an out-in-the-open candidate. with his only sister and “buddies” of World War 1 for a round of 35th Division reunion activities to be cli- maxed by a maijor farm policy speech tonight. Miss Mary Jane Truman oi Grana-~ view, Mo, met her presidential Lrother when his 16-car special Also there were his cousin, re: tired Maj. Gen, Ralph E. Truma) and his wife from Kansas City, and Edward. McKim, Omaha insurance man and presidential intimate. The seven “goals of abundance”| housing, health, expanded social se- curity, “full rights of citizenship,” fair wages and “a brake on infla- tion.” The President last night made fre- quent attacks onethe Republican- Chicago crowd that Congress could greater “abundance.” He did not mention the Nixon- Mundt Bill by name, but he de-/ nism by better democracy.” “You can not stop the spread of | an idea by passing a law against it,” he said. J. 1. MEHERINS HERE AFTER 6 MOS, LEAVE J. J. Meherin and wife are now in Juneau following a six months’ absence in the States. They plan to be here for the better part of a month after which they will return to Seattle, and then back to Ju- neau in the fall. Mr. Meherin said that he and Mrs. Meherin had an enjoyable time | while touring a good portion of the | Western States, and that January and February were spent in the Mojave Desert. Included in the tour was a motor trip to Denver, Colo, returning via Salt Lake and Mon- tana to the coast. Meherin said the current West Coast flood was miss- ed by just four days when coming up to Seattle, Few fish were caught while in the States, but the Meherins plan to give the trout and salmon a| rough time during the present Ju- neau stay. OVER 600 ILL MUNICH, Germany, June 5—(®— Nineteen Germans have djed and He moved into Nebraska with his | Mr. Truman was reunited here| {® minimum, 45 FROM TYPHOID: plan for eventual vaccination of all | healthy Alaskans against tubercu- losis with a special vaccine found particularly effective among Indians was outlined yesterday by the ]n-‘ terior Department, | Secretary of Interior Krug said | vaccinate all natives found free of | tuberculosis infection. The Navy will fly Dr. Joseph D.{ Aronson of Henry Phipps Institute, | Philadelphia, to Alaska for the campaign. Already 160 Point Bar- |row children have been found free of the disease. After his work at Point Bun‘ow.; Dr. Aronson will visit all hospitals operated by the Alaska Native | Service and will train physicians to | administer the vacane thé depart,- ment said, | The Alaska Native Service, Um‘ Territorial ‘Health Department of Service are expected to arrange the continue vacgination of natives and | develop a program to cover the en- tire Alaskan population. The Indian Bureau has been ex- perimenting since 1935 with the vac- cine, named B-6—Bacillus Calmette- | Guerin—for the two French physi- cians who developed it. The Indian Office pronounced the. [ results so satisfactory as to warrant the vaccine’s use on a larger scale. | — e — WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 ths morning In Juneau-— Maximum, 53; ® At Airport— Maximum, 52; ¢ minimum, 43 e " FORECAST { (Juncau wnd Victaity) “ Oontinwed cloudy with light rain showers beginning to- w;}_fiullg change in 'fem- ature M3 PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | In Jyneau — .14 inches; since June 1, .89 inches; o] the project will begin at Point| | Barrow where tie Navy will help| | Alaska, and the U. S. Public Health ' : SWIMMER — sally e film actress, w attractive two-piece bathing suit of flowered nylon, MRS, J. E. HARRIS IS HERE VISITING WITH MR., HRS. BOB LEIOE Mrs. J. E. Hairis of Eugene, Ore- . |PORT TIE-UP HOME FROM MEDITERRANEAN _ The 27,000-ton U.S, aircraft carrier Leyte moves toward the Brookiyn Bridge at New York after returning from an extended tour of the Mediierranean. The skyline of lower Manhattan rises in the background. Eventual Vaccination of All Healthy Alaskansby . New Vaccine Is Planned WASHINGTON, June 5.— ®—A | SAWMII.l WORKERS ACCEPT Mayor Hendrickson Gets Back - o - Work Agree- ment at Juneau Spruce It was revealed here loday that | the ITWA Local M-271 agreed to the following proposal submitted by { Mayor Waing Hendrickson last | week in an effort to settle the | dispute at the Juneau Spruce Cor- | poration: “As Mayor of Juneau, I request ! the parties to the present dispute {at the Juneau Spruce Curpm'atmm accept the following plan so that the main industry of the City can resume operations and gainfully employ jts 200 employees. 1. The IWA Local M-271 accept | jurisdiction of the barge loading for the balance of its contract year, April 1, 1949. 2. The Juneau Spruce Corpora-| tion agree to negotiate with the IWA a wage scale for this type of work comparable to wage rates paid in this area, 3. In view of the foregoing points, which will in no way en-| | danger the breaking down of work- ing conditions in this area, the ILWU to agree to remove its picket line at the Juneau Spruce' { Corporation plant at this time. 4. The Corporation to agree to withdraw its unfair labor charges against the ILWU Local 16 as a result of this settlement. 5. The Corporation reaffirm its| | position as taken in a letter sent |to the IWA the middle of May twhich I have been informed was substantially that the Corporation | expects TWA men to work only on | Company-owned equipment and with Coimpany property and will - THREATENED - FOR JUNE 16 jlongshoremen and Ware- housemen Make De- mands Known SEATTLE, June 5 — (M — The threat of strike bv the CIO-Inter- | national Longshoremen's and Ware- | housemen’s Union hung over 16 Al- | aska ports today. 1 Union officials said the strike, already approved by the union’s 1,- | 114 members in Alaska, would be- | come effective June 16 unless wage |and contracts demands are met. | Pay raises ranging from 13 to 20 cents an hour, an eight-hour day, | short night shifts, one day off week~ |ly and revision of the vacation | clause are sought by the union. \ ‘The hiring hall arguments now | threatening a nationwide tie-up in the States is not a factor in the Alaska dispute, unjon officials said. | Officials of the three major steamship companies serving the Territory had no comment on the proposed walkout. ! Union officials said service, in jevent of a strike, could be main- tained through independent oper- jators — mainly barge lines — with \"U‘Om agreements have been reach- ed. The union said tie indeperiu. ents have agreed in advance to “pay | whatever we settle with the big three for, on a retroactive basis.” PRESIDENT ' OR NOTHING, ' DEWEY SAYS BOSTON, June 5—IM—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York says he will take the presidential nomi- nation or nothing at the Republi- can Natlonal Convention. “I have made it entirely clear,” he told & news conference yesterday, +“that I would not accept the nomi- nation for Vice President if it was tendered me.” He said he felt the people of his state would, consider him “more use- ful running their affairs” than as than as Vice-President. To a newsman's observation that several commentators had indicated he might be a Vice-Fresidential prospect on a ticket headed by Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, Dewey replied: “I can't stop silly storfes.” He added that he had “The high- est regard” for the Senator and that \they aré “very old and very good ‘(riends 5 R - | fFordfl(ars | Going Up ~ InPrice not permit IWA employees to per- | | form work which is commonly ac- | cepted as Longshore work such as: | discharging cargo, etc., from com- mercial vessels.” I Statement of IWA'Local M-271 On April 10, 1948, Juneau Spruce | Corporation Sawmill ceased opera- tions. It - ceased operations for | two reasons: 1. ILWU Local 16 of | Juneau had established a picket line around the mill to force the | DETROIT, June 5—(M—The Ford | Motor Co., today announced a price | increase of from $85 to $125 on its new 1948 Ford. Henry Ford II said the increase will average 8.7 percent. The new Ford goes on public dis- play June 18. Ford announced the increase in a circular which he termed “A ® igon, has arrived in Juneau to visit, Company into recognizing mm’l’"wml message to all employees At Airport — .03 inches; ® her new grandson Richard Clinton| jurisdiction over loading of com- ‘o( the Ford Motor Co.” since June 1, 110 inches; @ Lajoie. pany-owned barges with company-| 1t Was the first boost in Ford since July 1, 53.13 inches. ® | Mrs. Harris is the mother of Mrs. owned equipment. 2. IWA Local | Prices since Aug. 24, 1947, when ® Robert Lajofe, and it was an- M-271 recognized that picket line)tPey went up from $20 to $67. Pre- ® nounced that she will spend. several and refused to cross the line to|Yiously, on Jan. 15, 1947, Ford re- {weeks in' the Capitol City Vvisiting. operate the mill. Without the duced his prices from $15 to $50. [ The Lajoies are the owners of the syphort the picket line would not! Apirsrysnepr sy KETCHIKAN VISITORS coverage instead of cxpanding it. since July 1, 87.46 inches. to rig the lard and fats market s b ) through a phony press release. Pearson had exposed this oper- ation on Oct. 24, 1947. game in the secofd seven innings,|2bOut 680 are ill in a typhoid out- A win for the Elks would place break at Alt Oetting, 60 miles east them over the Legion in undisput- |°f Munich. U. 8. authorities said the - ed first placé; and when looking|outoreak, probably caused by in- BERLIN—(P—FPassengers in a|into the far distant corner, wins|iected drinking water, is spreading, (Copyright, 1948, :gm'x;m Bell Syndicate, | Leipzig street car waiting for a train|by both Elks and Douglas would but that no Americans are endan- - to pass a crossing were given the|put the Elks and Moose in a first pered. ASHINGTON—If you notice 2:::‘){:; 2‘1 ;oe(‘:“:f:fl!" llllfe?lme- A i’lflce tie ‘i’]"h ;"‘:’ Iwins and three | Juneau Florists. have been successful certain Senators moving to curtail s, virtually impossi-|losses each. But from.past per-| Remains of more than 200 an-i | - o Man; ople in Ji d i uneau have the Justice Department's nppropria-:::; t'c!3 ?uy in Gerrr;_any. was derail- | formances such an outcome would |cient lake villages have been found, MA J. Patterson, J. Oldhan, J. HERE FROM NOME wundexyedp::) Local M-271 of the| Chatles A. Ryan and Stewart Ry~ m . Before the police arrived, the|be stretching the law of averages|in Switzerland and neighboring ) ill and H. G. Barber, all from] " A | Pol A. Polet from Nome is a guest ___ ___|an, both visiting from Ketchikan, jcar was emptied. beyond the breaking point. areas of France and Italy. ! s at‘:: “:‘m:"; ‘"J"“m““ and . the Baranof Hotel. ) lme guests at the Baranof Hotel Ba otel. 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