The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1948, Page 1

- tee. VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10913 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE UNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1948 ——————————= MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS HOLY LAND GUNS QUIET FOR 1 DAY (By The Associated Press) The guns for once were quiet in Palestine today. . Even the angry debate betwcen Israel and various of the seven opposed Arab states over who broke the truce in northern Galilee and Jerusalem appears to be quieting down. It was about the most peaceful day since the United Na- tions voted last Nov. 20 to parti- tion Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. The Jews took a food convoy in- to Jerusalem, where 90,000 Jews have been besieged almost from the time Britain quit her mandate May 15. They said Arab Legion o NEW OLD AGE INT.DEPT.BILLIS INSURANCE BILL guns fired at the convoy but miss- ed. Legion officers said the con- voy itself was a truce violation. It went into the Holy City over a new route. Some 420 immigrants landed in| Tel Aviv. U. N. Truce oburvers' said men of army age would be) sent to a refugee camp. | PASSED BY HOUSE Three and (fil—;flau Million Additional Persons fo Be Benefitted L) l WASHINGTON, June 14. — (® — | GIVEN APPROVAL - BY SENATE (OM lls Biggest @ Presented | to Congress-Larger than Lower House Okehed By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, June 14—#— . | | i | SENATE WILL SPEED UPON LEGISLATION WASHINGTON, June 14—®P— Republican leaders put the Senate; o o 5 e Dasnens| gress drove to business and adjourn next Saturday. Senator Wherry (Nebr) acting Republican leader, told reporters there will be a night session of the Senate tonight. The chamber is scheduled to vote this afternoon on legislation to ex- tend the reciprocal trade agree- ments act. He said debate on the long-range farm bill is scheduled to start to- MOIrrow. ———.———— ® o o & & ¢ 8 o 0 9 WEATHER REPORT | (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) o Temperatures for 24-hour period @ | ending 7:30 this morning . In Juneau— Maximum, 80; e minimum, 52. . At Airport— Maximum, 80; . L4 [ e . . . . ® minimum, 44. . . FORECAST LA L] (Juncau und Vicinity) I! e Mostly fair, some high e e cloudiness tonight and Tues- o! e day. Highest temperature 76. ® L PRECIPITATION L] @ (Past 3¢ bours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy @ | e In Juneau City — None; e! e since June 1, 290 inches; ® e since July 1, 88.66 inches, ® @ At the Airport —— None; e since June 1, 184 inches; ® ® since July 1, 5387 inches. . @ 0o 0 00 0 000 00 The House passed by a thumping | The Senate Appropriations Com- 237 to 2 vote today, and sent to the | mittee reported unanimously to the Senate, a bill to open the way for | senate Saturday a $422,175,098 In- | lof Commerce. Although carrying a }cnpaclcy list of members of the Chamber and their wives and with lJuneaum.-s inspected the deluxe ves= | sel during the hours the ship was berthed at the Northland Dock. | Master of the Prince George is | Capt. E. B. Caldweil, who has had | some 34 years of marine experience; | Leslie V. Wilson is Chief Engineer; A. H. (Bert) Robson, wellknown on the Alaska route is purser, and John M. Kerr is Chief Steward. He is also wellknown among the Alaska trav- eling public. A tPacitic Daylight Tile). A last min- The new steamship Prince Georgd|ute negotiating s of the Canadian National Steamships was in port Sunday on her maiden Involved are wholesale distribution | voyage to Southeast Alaska and outlets in such lines as dry goods, | bringing the Los Angeles ChamBer | drugs, groceries, liquor, paper, hard- all accommodations taken, scores of 3,500,000 additional persons to Par-|terior Department Appropriation | ticipate in old age insurance. bill, the biggest ever presented The legislation was presented to | congress. the House under a late session pro- | - 7ye total is $46,486,507 mor cedure that required a two-thirds vote. Howevcr, it is not certain that the Senate wiil act upon it if Con- gress adjourns Saturday. The bill is short of what Presi- dent Truman proposed. He uked! Congress in a special message in May to bring 20,000,000 more per- sons“iulo the Social Security “pro- gram, for a total coverage of 50,000~ 000 persons. Moreover, Mr. Truman asked that berefits be increased by at least 50 per cent and that the Social Se- curity taxes be boosted also, this is not in the bill. Rep. Reed (R.-N.Y), author of the legislation, said it would permit employees of State and local gov- erning bodies to join in the insur- ance program, if the local govern- ments give their approval. Employees of non-profit organi- zations also could participate if their organizations choose. These are the largest groups among the 3,500,000 employed persons that could enter the program under the new bill. The measure makes no attempt to bring in at this time the three ® [large groups of workers now ex- | cluded — the self employed, farm workers and household workers. BIG CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM BILL IS | SIGNED BY TRUMAN WASHINGTON, June 14—(P— President Truman today signed a bill authorizing a $207,000,000 construc- —_—————— tion am at army and air force MRS. FORSYTHE HERE postsp;::rbgses, 7 i Mrs. Earl Forsythe and two ¢hil-1" 1t goes not provide any money for | dren arrived in Juneau from Taco-|the work, It only authorizes the! | than the House approved, but $11,- | 343,00 is in supplemental estimates, | not considered by the House. The | committee increase over the House figure, as a result, is $35,143,507. The total is $52,594,737 less than | President Truman’s overall budget | estimates. f The conimittee = provided speeding up road construction in Alaska and rehabilitation of the Alaska Railroad, giving added cash and added contract authorization. Included in the contract authori: zations is $12,000,000 for accelerat- ing the program of rehabilitation {of the Alaska Railroad from a five year program to a three year pro- gram. The House allowed $6,700,- 000. The Committee increased cash for the railroad from $15,000,000 {to $17,000,000. {for roads from $5,000,000 to $13- 904,000. In both cases the Senate committee considered supplementa estimates not considered by the { House. | WASHINGTON GLEE CLUB ENTERTAINS HERE YESTERDAY | Considering all factors,” a good \crowd turned out yesterday after- inoon to listen to a concert by the University of Washington Glee Club | at the 20th Century Theatre for the benefit of the Juneau Memorial | Library Fund. for George S. Towill, Press Represen- to | tative, is also aboard the Prince| | George this trip and has been semi- | e | Official greeter and tells all about the! |Prince George. Company officials lmakmg the trip are G. A. McMillan, general superintendent, Canadian | National Steamships; W. E. Baillie, | superintendent engineer and K. A. McLeod, general passenger agent, Canadian National Railways, Van- couver. i 'passenger ship ever to be built in a Canadian West Coast shipyard. Built and equipped at a cost of more than $3,000,000 she is completely modern in all respects, even to her streamlined appearance, accentuated by ner single funnel. With all out- side passenger rooms, accommoda- tions include deluxe, standard and | special staterooms. Spacious lounges and decks, afford all of the facili- ties and conveniences so popular with sea travelers. Principal specifications are: For roads, bridges and trails in . | Length overall 350 feet; Alaska, the committee allowed Bregdth moulded 52 feet; $10442400 cash, increasing the| arovimum draft 17 feet, 6 in. House amount by $1,942,000. It In-| gpeeqd ... .18 knots; creased the contract authorization| Grogs tonnage...........5800 tons. | There are seven decks in all; the | lower and orlop decks extend forward and aft of the machinery space; the main, upper, promenade, boat and navigating decks are continuous fore and aft. The vessel is equipped with mod- {ern navigational devices including |gyro compass, echo sounder, wireless and radar, also with the latest type public address facilities. The Prince George has accommo- |dations for 322 passengers, 294 first class and 28 second class. The crew numbers 132 officers and men, mak- ing a total of 464 passengers and crew. COSTLY RAMPAGE, The Prince George is the l-rgefi ma over the weekend, coming north | work, subject to Congress later ap- | via PAA. They are at the Bar- anof Hotel. The Washington| Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, 'by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) msnma'rou— The declining years of the duPonts, the Rocke- fellers, the Morgans and the As- tors will be made considerably brighter by several loopholes tuck- ed away in the new “technical” tax bill which Congressman Har- old Knutson, Republican of Minne- sota, is obligingly reporting out of the Ways and Means Commit- He has carefully called this a “technical tax-revision” bill which gives the general impression that it merely rounds off a few rough edges of the tax law. The edgcs it rounds off, however, cut down the estate and gift taxes so as to benefit the wealthiest families in the USA. Most people don't realize that the earlier tax bill, passed over Presi- dent Truman’s veto, carried oS eridorreremescrat (Continued on Page Four) propriating the money. Of the total authorization, ap- proximately $85,000,000 is for pro- jects within the continental United States, and the remainder in Military outposts. Considerably more than half is for housing and utilities for military personnel. As originally passed by the Senate, the bill would have authorized a program of $247,000,000, but this was reduced during passage of the bill by the house, The measure would authorize these expenditures: Ladd Field, Alaska, $20,600,000. Fort Richardson, Elmendorf Field, $10,200,000. Adak Army Base and Airfield, $4,340,000. Whittier Port facilities, $5,330,000. Adak Alaska Communications System, $950,000. Fort Randall ACS station, Cold Bay, $57,000. Kodiak ACS station operating building, $14,420. Secret air force installations $5,- 000,000. S FROM SEATTLE W. F. Dillhoefer, Mrs. N. Johan- sen, Wally Owen, Jr., and Bert Anderson and E. A. Schaffer, all a|from Seattle, arrived in Juneau ofi Saturday and registered at the Baranof Hotel. filled the large theatre, enjoyed every minute of the concert which also included vocal solos as well as jspecialty numbers on the violin and piano. The concert was well received and the visitors gave a highly pol- ished performance. Committee Chairman Ralph J. Rivers reported that the advance .ticket sale was highly satisfactory |tickets did not attend the concert. |1deal weather conditions, conducive to outdoor activities, plus other con- flicting attractions, spoiled chances 1 performance was deserving of a full house. | The group was met at the dock |vesterday afternoon when they ar- rived here on board the George , Whshington. The glee club is mak- ing a good will tour of Alaska in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Gold Rush. ‘The group was under the direction of Prof. Charles W. Lawrencg of the University of Washington. It was accompanied by Mike” Dederer, Chairman, and Art Ganson, Secre- tary, of the ‘Seattle Chamber of Commerce Alaska Committee. A large crowd is anticipated on the next concert by the glee club " when they return to Juneau on June | 25 to give an evening performance at the 20th Century. Rivers reports The audience. which about halr! although all of those who purchased | of filling the theatre although the | | COLUMBIA RIVER, IS _NEARING END i ; | PORTLAND, June 14.—#—The | Pacific Northwest’s flood toll rose to 40 known dead and at least 28 missing today, just as the Columbia River began nearing the end of its most costly rampage. The Columbia, miles beyond its Ibanks, still stood at 30.2 feet this morning at Vancouver, Wash.—the same peak it reached June 1 for the first time since 1884. But upstream it was falling, and the river fore- caster predicted .4 of a foot drop at Vancouver by tomorrow. It will take many days for the WAREHOUSEMEN IN BAY DISTRICT ON STRIKE TODAY Seven Thousand CI0 Work- men Post Pickets at Midnight Deadline l SAN FRANCISCO, June 14—(P— More than 7,000 CIO Warehousemen in the San Francisco Bay area struck for more pay today. The strike was effective at one {minute after midnight. Pickets were ordered to take up posts at 6 am. ion failed. affected. Some 200 concerns are tware, steel, coffee, tea and spices. It was estimated another 6,000 workers belonging to other unions in the struck warehouses would feel s the walkout. ‘The union involved is Local six ot the International Longshoremen’s; and Warehousemen'’s Union. The warehousemen are asking a wage increase of 20 cents an hour. present basic rate of $1.27'z cents for men and $1.10 for women, The Distributors’ Association clung to a 3'2 cent offer for 2’2 months of negotiations but last night increased it to five cents. The latter figure also was rejected. e Exnected Twins, But Quadruplefs Are Born BRISTOL, Eng., Mrs. Margaret Good, 28, who was ex- twins in July, is the mother | of quadruplets today. Father Charles Good, 27, is hunting around for more ; baby clothes. | The four girls were btorn Satur- jday by a Caesarean operation which | {lasted 45 minutes. Dr. Percival Phil- | lips, Medical Superintendent at Southmead Hospital, said quadrup- lets by Caesarean were a rarity. “I've never heard of any other,” he said. Bridget was the first to arrive, weighing 3 pounds 13 ounces. Frances weighed in at 4 pounds % | ounce; Elizabeth at 4 pounds 8 ounces; Jennifer 3 pounds 14 ounces. “Only Jennifer is a little delicate,” Dr. Phillips said. ‘The Goods have one other daugh- (ter. Janet Susan, 2. Mr. Good is a :farm manager, i ! il e R DRAFT BILL IS TO BE| SENT TO HOUSE NOW Washington, June 14—(P—The Rules Committee voted to send the! draft bill to the House floor for! debate later this week. | The decision has teen pending in | ithe Rules Committee since May 7.| Before the vote was taken Chair- man Andrews (R-N. Y. of the House Armed Services Committee |appealed for the measure to be cleared to the House floor. Rep. Dewey Short (R-Mo.), lead- ing draft opponent in the House, op~ posed the action by the Rules group. Passage of the bill is considered virtually assured. Similar legislation passed the Senate last week. Asks that Lynching Made Federal Crime WASHINGTON, June 14—(#—The Senate Judiclary Committee today approved 103, a bill to make lynching f | | | ONE KILLED, 4 INJURED, PLANE (RASH Memberof%eerAlaska Family Victime of Ac- dent Near Valdez CORDOVA, Alaska, June 14.—(® —A member of a pioneer Valde family was killed and four other persons injured Saturday when a Valdez Alr Service plane crashed In Mineral Canyon, 10 miles northwest of Valdez. The victim was Roy Dieringer, 34. He was trapped in the wreckage when the fuel tank exploded mo- ments after the crash. Mrs. Petty Francis, wife' of Louis Francis, owner and pilot of the plane, was reported in critical con- dition with burns and injuries. Mrs. May Steel, a passenger, Was believed to bhave suffered a broken leg. Francis and John Kelsey, Valdez business mar, escaped wn.hl STRIKE AGAINST - ALASKA SHIPPING LINES IS DELAYED System — Benson Gets [ No Where in Seattle BULLETIN SAN FRAN- CISCO, June 14.—@—A tem- porary restraining order against a maritime strike was issued in | Federal Court here today. Signed by Judge George B. Harris on the petition of the | government, it forbids a strike : or walkout in West Coast ship- | ping for the next 10 days. | Judge Harris set next Monday | for a hearing on order to show cause, If he grants a permanent injunction then, it will be good for 80 days. Maritime unions had threat- ened to strike tomorrow. U. S. Attorney Frank Hen- nessy applied for the injunction and temporary restrainer against seven maritime unions and 175 employer organizations. Injunction Applies fo North i bruises. . | e : The crash occurred ‘shortly after| SEATTLE, June IM4—(M—A res the party took cff trom Valdez to port from Weshington iidioates ' the threatened longshoremen’s | PRICE TEN CENTS Strike Federal Injunction Prevents Marine New Steamship Prince George PRESIDENT * - TAKESHAND IN TROUBLE 'Seven Unions, Also Ship | Operators Involved in Restraining Order | NEW YORK, June 14—P— A U. 8. District Court Judge today granted the Government a tem- porary injunction restraining a threatened nation-wide strike of more than 100,000 maritime work- | ers. The strike has been threatened by the seven unions involved for any time after tomorrow midnight. ;It would involve dock workers on the East, Gulf and West coasts as well as the seamen who man most’ of the nation's merchant ship- | ping. R The injunction, sacd by the De- | partment of Justice acting under ‘orders from President Truman, was | granted by Federal Judge John W. Clancy. Unions Named The injunction specifically nam- look for bears. 105 ANGELES CHAMBER IS L .. .o OREETED HERE The vistting’ 267 menibers ‘of m’e{ Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce were given a hearty welcome here strike against Alaska shipping lines|eq the National Maritime Union, will be delayed by the 80-day in-|the Marine Engineers Beneficial | junction esked by President Tru-| agsociation, and the American Ra- man against maritime strikes on all coasts. The Associated Press ton burean messaged: “Alaska firms are in list ap- (pended to inquiry board’s report and Justice Department customar- Washing- intent to leave Alaska out.” William Gettings, regional di- rector of the CIO Longshoremen's Unien., that..{f..an ipiunc is "direcfed against the union, union will comply. The union has contended that any prospective in- ily follows board list. There is no | dio Association, all CIO affiliates, |as well as unlicensed shipping per- 'sonnel and 54 shipping companies. | Judge Clancy’s order also re- strains the ship operators from locking out union workers. Applies To Operators The petition, filed in U. 8, Dis- trict Court, asked the court to order the unions and the ship op- erators to resume collective bar- ! ore petition was filed, | Joseph Curran, President of the | CIO National Maritime Union—the vesterday by the Juneau Chamber|junction would not apply to Alaska|jargest of the seven—had said his and the Juneau Junior Chamber when the Californians docked here on board the Prince George for their annual good will tour to Alaska. The Junior Chamber sent three small boats out in the harbor to greet the incoming vessel near the rock dump and escort them to the dock. One boat, the Governor Elisha P. Ferry had a sound system on beard to play band music for the visitors. At the dock, the group were greet- ed by two 1,500-pound pieces of ice { from the Mendenhall Glacier. Above the ice was a big sign which sald!“blg three,” the Alaska Steamship | “The Juneau Chamber of Commerce welcomes the Los Angeles Cham- ber of Commerce Good Will Tour and the 8. 8. Prince George with a Los Angeles ice cube manufactured 8,000,000 years ago by the Menden- hall Ice Company, the world’s larg- est and coldest.” Many cameras were focused on both the sign and the ice. The official greeting committee consisted of Mayor W. E. Hendrick- son and President W. Burr Johnson and other officers of the Juneau Chamber. Most of the visitors trav- eled for a first hand glimpse of the glacier and spent the day in seeing local sights. | because a competing barge line would keep the Territory from be- ing an emergency hardship area. Henry Benson, Labor Commis- isioner for ‘Alaska, left Seattle for Washington, D. C., after confer- ring with union officials and rep- | resentatives of steamship companies lin separate meetings. | “We didn't get to first base while Benson was here,” Gettings said the union had reached an agreement with some iAluska transportation operators, but it was deadlocked with the |00mpnny, Northland Transportation lccmplny, and Alaska Transporta- iuon Company. | Alaska ports that would be af- [fected by an LL.W.U. strike would be Seward, Juneau, Ketchikan, { Petersburg, Sitka, Wrangell and Cordova. —_——eoo—— LIONS CONTINU WORK, DOUGLAS BEACH PROJECT | i Gettings said. 1 The Sherwood Dairy, on the Glac- | ier Highway, also contributed to the { high jinks by tying their bull near A call for more work crews at the the side of the road and painting | Douglas Beach' project was made a “L. A. City Limits” sign on it. iI’uneral Today for (li’l@ Officia SEATTLE, June 12—(M—Funeral services will be held today for Peter A. Berglund, 84, well-known retired Alaska Salmon Cannery Executive. He died Friday. He camé to the West Coast in 1891 a federal crime. A southern opponent |and established a salmon cannery promptly promised to “fight it to)in Nushagak, Alaska, in 1898. Later, the bitter end.” he helped plan and set up a large The bill, conceded only a remote |cannery in Koggiung, Alaska. He chance of Senate passage during|later sold both to Libby, McNeill and ithe closing week of this session,|Lithy und built the Northwestern submerged houses, industries and) {farms to be uncovered again. ————— ARMY EXAMS HERE A five man board of Army offi- |cers from Fort Richardson Wwas present in Juneau totday to con- duct examinations for the promo- tion of enlisted men to Warrant Officers. Seven ACS men from this area took the exam today in the Territorial Senate Chambers. Five ACS men will receive the ex- am at® Ketchikan tomorrow. AL A T I FROM KODIAK R. B. Boyd and wife from Ko- would provide criminal and civil| Fisheries Company plant at Naknek, penalties against members of a lynch mob. US. Biological Survey Founded, 92, Is Dead, WASHINGTON, June 14—®—Dr. Albert Kenrick Fisher, 92, a founder of the U, 8. Biological Survey and the American Orinthologists' Union, died yesterday. He entered govern- ment service in 1885, retiring n 1931. He was a member of Biological that tickets for that show are selling | diak arrived Saturday and regis-|Survey Expeditions in the west, Alas- fast. tered at the Barano! Hotel. ka and South Seas. then considered one of the largest and most modern in Alaska. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 14 —(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 88%, Anaconda 40 , Curtiss- Wright 8, International Harvester 34%, Kennecott 58%. New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 25, U. S. Steel 71%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,750,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 19283, rells 61.34. util- ities 36.04, to‘fellow Lions by A. Blackerby at the Lions Club noon luncheon meet- ling today in the Gold Room of the {Baranof Hotel, M. J. Furrness pre- jsided at the session. Claude Smith will take charge of the fire grate work, Bob Treat, completion of three tables and Glen Millice, sanitary facilities at the beach. Approximately $615 has been collected for the beach fund. The club voted to co-sponsor the Chamber of Commerce’s candidate for July 4 Queen, Mary Sperling. Peter Wood reminded members of the convention to take place in Ketchikan June 17-19. He, George Danner, Art Hedges and other mem- bers are planning to attend. Ed Chester said plans are being made to hold an Inaugural Ball on Monday, June 28. There will be in- stallation of officers ceremonies and a dinner-dance at the Salmon iCreek Country Club. ] Considerable discussion on the im- Iportance of coordinating activities in the ctiy to make each one a suc- cess and the need for a calendar of events was stressed. Guests at today's meeting were George Ross, President of the Se- attle Lions Club and George Green, of Seward, Deputy District Gov- |ernor. {Alaskans to do more to promote the tourist trade because “Alaska has \something to show.” He also ex- tended greetings of the Seattle club to the Juneau group. Ross urged Lions and other ,union would not ‘“defy” the law. | He added that it “will fight to the |limit” against the injunction in | the court, The Justice Department charg- )ed the threatened tieup endanger- jed industry and if permitted to oceur would imperil the nationa: health and safety. Continue Working Conditions The petition would enjoin em- :ployeu as well as the unions not to interfere with shipping op- erations and require them to con- tinue present working conditions. These working conditions include the maritime ‘hiring halls,” where ithe unions provide new employees [for shipping companies. The employers had demanded that the hiring hall system be eliminated on .the ground the sys- tem violates the Taft-Hartley Law, which bans the closed shop. The unions want the halls retained un- til they are ruled fllegal by court | action, FATHER OF JUNEAU WOMAN IS SUICIDE ! SEATTLE, June, 14—@— While |his wife and daughter talked in an adjoining room, C. N. Lohndor!f, 82, committed suicide in his apart- ment last night by shooting him- self in the forehead with 2 .38 caliber pistol, coroner’s deputies said. . Mrs. Lohndorff and the couple’s daughter, Mrs. Helen Covey, of * Juneau, Alaska, told detectives S. M. Bowerman and H. W. Vosper that Lohndorff had been despon- dent over poor health! Mrs. Covey came to Seattle be- cause of the serious nature of her father's illness. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Square Sinnet, from Seattle, in port. Pringess Louise, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive tomorrow af- ternoon or evening. ' Aleutian, from Seattle, due to- morrow afternoon. Princess Norah, from Vancouver, scheduled to sail June 16. Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to sail June 17. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Prince George scheduled to ar- rive at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing and sails south at 10 am. e GILMORE ON TRIP U. S. Distriot Attorney P. J. Gl more, Jr, left today for Wran- gell and Ketchikan on i one week | routine business trip.