The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 23, 1948, Page 1

» o * ¥ L ®0 s O VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,921 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” NEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1948 " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ot st MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VANDENBERG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE European DPs Camp Visited by Mrs. Monsen; Report on Alaska Setflement Is Nof Encouraging GEO. PARKS RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED Former Alaska Governor fo Leave Public Office After 39 Years Former Gov. George A. Parks, Regional Cadastral Engincer of the U. S. Public Survey Office in Juneau, today announced his retirement from public life after almost forty years of service. He has held his present position since 1934. | He served as Governor of Alaska from 1925 until 1933 when he was appointed to that office by the late President Calvin Coolidge. Parks first came to the north in 1807 as a mining engineer in they Yukon Territory. In 1809, he joined the U, S. Government General Land Office and remained with that branch of the Government until his appointment as Governor except for one year in the U. 8. Army as a Lieutenant in World War L. His retirement will be effective on June 30 and he will take a three month’s vagation Outside before re- turning to his home in Juneau where he will enter private enterprise. Gov- ernor Parks is also Treasurer of the Alaska Area Council of the Boy, Scouts of America. His successor has not yet beeni announced. e, HOPES HELD SHIDLANES .. i WON'T CLOSE \ SEATTLE, June 23.—(P—Progres toward keeping shipping lanes open is reported after a conference be- 1 tween the International Longshore- men and Warehousemen's Union | and seven waterfront companies. None of the latter belong to any employer association. In a reopening of negotiations yesterday, both sides reported an | agreement to “make every effort to reach a workable contract through collective bargaining in the spirit of the President’s recent request.” Contracts of several CIO mari- time unions, including the long-, shoremen, expired June 15. A strike, called by the union when negotiations foundered, was halted by a federal court injunction issued under the Taft-Hartley law. e, — FROM KETCHIKAN ) H. W. Magnusson, visiting from ! Ketchikan, is staying at the Bar- anof Hotel. — e The Washington Merry - Go- Round! By DREW PEARSON (Copyright,’ \9!!,'l;y THe Bell Syndicate, ne.) ASHINGTON—By fast foot- work and glib tonguework, Wyo- ming's Republican Congressman, Frank Barrett, badgered the House| into appreving a bill transferring 80 acres of Federal property to his state. Scarcely one minute after the House obligingly gave its unani- mous consent, New York’s Con- gressman Vita Marcantonio rush- ed onto the floor with a letter from the Interior Department. This pointed out what Barrett had| neglected to mention, that the 80- acre tract was rich in oil and that the Federal Government expected to reap one to two million dol- lars in royalties. Of this 5. per- cent was supposed to be spent for reclamation benefitting all the Western states—not merely Wyo- ming. Pulling strings behind the scenes to pass the bill has been the Ohio Oil Company, which leased the oil- laden property more than 30 years ago from the State of Wyoming. Since 1917, the Interior Depart- ment has been trying to collect back royalties from the company. The fight went all the way to the (Continued on Page Four) {C10 Alaska (Mrs. Monsen, Publisher of The Empire, is touring Europe as foreign correspondent for this newspaper, reporting to Alas- kans on conditions in both eccu- pied and unoccupied zones of Eurcpe. She is spending 15 days in the European occupation zones of Germany and Austria. Mrs. Monsen and Miss Miriam Dickey of Fairbanks are traveling com- panions.) MRS. HELEN i’ROY MON! FRANKFURT, am Main, May 27— Before I left Juneau, I was handed the Dick Newburger story suggest- ing that Alaska take 140,000 DPS and told “here’s something you can | look up in Europe.” I am sure that I had not the faintest idea that Miri- am and I would be able to do it Our first appointment her in Frankfurt am Main, arranged by Lt. Florence Nicholson, press head- quarters, was with work with dis- placed persons. From Col. Sage we learned thal the Army had no such plan, nor hac the International Refugee Organi- zation. Gen. John 8. Wood, head for the U. S. of the IRO, is anxious to re- habilitate refugees in Alaska, or any place in the world that will af- ford these people without a country a home and an opportunity to earn a living again in such ways as they are capable—to guarantee them the freedom they are seeking. Among the refugees Gen. Wood Woulfd fike 10 eStatish It Kiaska are the Balts, now in their own camp at Hanau near Frankfurt. It was this camp we were taken to see at the suggestion of Col. Sage Camp Is Visited The camp, administered by K. iBerg, once a banker in his Latvian home, is one of which the army is proud. Its people, over 5000 of them, are Latvian, Esthonian and Lithuanian. Their countries are now Russian and they are political refu- TWO CENTS NOW HOLDS UP FISHING BRISTOL BAY AREA Wage Dispute Still Unset- tled Between Union and Industry SEATTLE, June 23—(P—Feder- al conciliator Albin L. Peterson met with representatives of the Alaska Salmon Industry and the Fishermen’s Union yesterday in an attempt to settle a wage dispute which threatens the short fishing season at Bristol Bay. The season on red salmon, last- ing one month, opens Friday. Peterson entered the' picture at the request of Local 79 of the Ma- chinists’ Union, which has mem- bers working in the industry. The conciliator said he met with the two sides all afternoon. He said “we didn't make much pro- gress,” but added that he plans to! call another meeting today. The industry and the union are two cents apart on the price to be paid for salmon. The employers of- fered 30 cents a fish and the un- ion demands 32 cents. Some 1500 men must be flown north as soon as the dispute is settled to get in as much work as possible. PRESIDENT SIGNS SUSPENSION MINE ASSESSMENT BILL WASHINGTON, June 23.—(®— President Truman has signed a bill suspending annual mining assess- ment work in Alaska until July 1, 1949. ‘The law requiring the work has been suspended since early in the war. It provides that holders of mining claims must perform not less than $100 worth of labor or improvements to that amount each | year, | gees, unable to return to their home- | iands. | Mr. Berg took us first i the | hospital, staffed by DP dociors. { nurses, laboratory technicians, phar- | macists and general help. Their | hospital they had built themselves from the ruins of a bowbed build- ing. To its excellent staff is given much of the credit for the high health rate at the Hanan Camp. Vocational Training The shops were mnspected under the guidance of D~nald Moxeley, {an army captain whc remained in | Germany as vocational ¢ training specialist with the IRO. Peaple in | the camp, young and some no: S0 young, are tested ‘or abilities and are given such trainng as cheir tests and interest indicate. Training shops we saw included blacksmith: tinsmith, where the only material | available for use was the tin of ten gallon cans—what those boys madc from cans would provide the utensil I needs of any household. There was an electrical shop, a radio shop. Though schcol hours were over, young toys were still around, work- ing overtime on various projects,— interested intelligent craftsmen. Waomen learn sewing, weaving develop housekeeping skills. All they need is more material. They have so pitifully little to work with. Mr. Berg took us to their homes— homes of one room in which three to five persons lived. Here the families prepare breakfast and an 2vening meal. The noonday dinner is prepared in the camp kitchens. This is a brief review of our trip {lo e camp and in no way conveys the diligence, industry of the people, the neatness of their crowded homes, We liked their looks. Not Unlike Alaska and occupations are not unlike Alas- ka, Gen. Wood, is interested in the possible settlement of Balts in the Territory. Col. Harold S. Pomeroy recently made a survey of the possibility of settling Balts in Alaska and from report was not encouraging. In conversation with Gen. Wood, Col. Anthony Biddle, U. 8., Col. Sage, we learned that the Army, while in- terested in placing refugees in Alas- ka in numbers from one or two or any small group to numbers suffi- cient to staff a pulp mill—should Alaska ever get a pulp mill—the feeling is that any such movement should be instituted by the Alaskans. Aluska's small population is ap- preciated and only under circum- stances that would be approved by Alaskans and which would be com- patible to the refugees would any settlement, small or large, be con- sidered. The refugees were assured home and protection by the army. Of the 8,000,000 displaced persons that the German armies had forced into Germany from other countries of Europe which they had occupied, 7,~ 000,000 had returned to their homes in 1946. There are now about 500,000 residing in the American zone and it is these with whom the Army is especially concerned. PLAN ALASKA HOMESTEAD VIENNA, June 4,—Since starting this in Frankfurt over a week ago, the DP bill has more nearly reached [the stage of being passed by Con- gress with, I believe the admission of 200,000 refugees provided. We've talked to Mr. Pomeroy whom we met at the home of Col. and Mrs. Peter Goerz, Miriam’s friends whom ‘we are visiting. Though Col. Pomeroy’s report re- garding possitle settlement of DPs in Alaska was discouraging, he was |so eompletely sold on the Territory |of Alaska that he and his wife and {posslbly two or three other Ameri- can couples here in Vienna are planning ‘to homestead in Alaska, | start their, own community in the Third Division, not far from Moose Pass. Their plans are extensive and will include taking with them their own DP families for which they will be responsible. . I refer anyone interested in the |Displaced Persons, to Martin Som- imer’s stery in the May 1 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. e e | FINED FOR CONTEMPT Charles W. Aubert was fined [$100 in. U, S. District Court here yesterday by Federal Judge George W. Folta on a contempt of court ‘charge for alleged non-support. Because their countries in climate | DRISCOLL PLUMPED T0 DEWEY New Jer sWDelegafidfi Makes Swing- Blow fo "Stop Movement”’ By JACK BELL CONVENTION HALL, PHILA- DELPHIA, June 23. — (® — Gov. Thomas E. Dewey picked up another “Favorite Son" backer today in his drive for the Republican Presiden- tial nomination. This time it was Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, leader of New Jersey's 35-vote convention delegation. The New York Governor's backers already were claiming the nomina- [uon was assured when Driscoll 1plumped for Dewey. Senator Robert A. Taft and Har- old E. Stassen disputed that and [were trying to line up a hard-core, “Stop Dewey” coalition. They sought support from back- ers of Senator Arthur A. Vandens berg who gave consent only this morning for his name to go formally before the convention. But even some of Vandenberg's | warmest supporters figured the imoves in his behalf were too little and too late. Driscoll had been one of the big- gest rooters for the Michigan Sen- ator. ! They figured Driscoll's move was a heavy blow both to the “Stop Dewey” movement and to Vanden- i berg’s chances. Gov. Dwight Green, “Favorite {Son” of Illinois, announced support for Taft. He sald the State's 56 votes would go to the Ohio Senator ion the second ballot | counting all along on a majority of Ithe Tilinois delegation, so this an- inouncement lacked the impact of Driscoll’s. An Associated Press survey before Driscoll’s move indicated Dewey was needed to win. For the first time in the big hall here, Vandenberg banners put in an appearance. A truck drove up with Gen. Wood we learned that hisi, 1594 of them soon after Sigler| j{announced he had the Michigan Senator’s consent to put his name before the convention. TWO CANADIAN | WARSHIPS WILL | VISIT IN JUNEAU i | Two more warships are scheduled Jto visit Juneau this year, according ito word received taday by Lieuten- lant Commander Edward P. Chester, , of the Territorial Central Commit-, gparing at the 1Jr., Naval Aide to the Governor of Alaska. He was notified that two iRoyal Canadian vessels are coming here this year on reserve training cruises. One, the HCMS Antigonish, will be here in Juneau from July 3 to July 6 to take part in the City’s July 4th gelebration. It is a 301-foot frigate. HCMS Athabaskan, a 377-foot de- stroyer, will be in Juneau from | September 3 to September 6. The number of men that each ship will carry is not known . MARGARET FEMMER ARRIVES HOME; HER MOTHER SURPRISED Arriving home this afternoon via PAA plane was Miss Margaret Fem- mer and she came giving a surprise to her mother as she was not ex- I pected until later, Miss Femmer has completed her third year at North- western University. { Accompanying Miss Femmer was Lucille Palm, of Detroit, Michigan. She has always resided in the in- terior part of the United States and IMd never seen a mountain nor the ocean until the present trip. Miss Palm is & graduate of Northwest- ern, degree in chemistry. D HERE FROM SEATTLE C. V. Larson, Agnes Ashton, Mar- cella Lavell, E. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Graham, E. K. Stan- iton, W. F. White, Richard Saun- |ders, Marguerite Sablin and Art {Strandberg and wife, from Seattle, are guests at the Baranof Hotel Taft has been ; sure of 347 to 407 votes with 548 ChiefofJap | Torture Mill Will Be Shot Is Found Guilty by Philip-| pine Army War Crimes Commission | By JAMES HALSEMA | MANILA, June 23.—(M—The head | of the Japanese torture mill at Baguio was sentenced to death by a Philippines Army War Crimes Commission today. Maj. Shimpei Harada was found guilty of responsibility for the death of scores of clvillans and soldiers, Some were Americans, Harade will die before a firing| squad with his assistant, Warrant Officer Toshio Tezuka. Two others, Sgt. Koyemitzu Kitajima and Hiro- shi Sugimodto, were given life in prison. They were with the Kem- ' peitai (thought police) in Baguio. | The prosecution specifically charged Harada and his men with the death of Florence Reed, an! American. The five others injured includ- ed James Halsema, of the Associat- {ed Press DELEGATES OF ALASKA | . PLAN VOTE PHILADELPHIA, June 23.—(P— Alaska's Republican convention | | delegation will cast one of its| | three votes on the first ballot for Senator Taft of Ohio and there- jafter give its full support to Gov. Themas E. Dewey, a spokesman said today. | The delegates, headed by Henry Benson of Juneau, earlier won Credentials Committee over a con- testing group headed by R. E. Rob- ertson, also of Juneau. i It was the fourth time in 16] ’years the regular orgamzaclon'si | delegation from Alaska has had to | defend itself before the Credentials | Committee. The contesting delegation was | compesed of Robertson, Cash Colc; of Juneau, and Jack Clauson of Anchorage. The seated delegates are Benson, Jane Dorsh of Fair- banks, and J. C. Morris of An-| ‘chorage. Attending with the delegates are {Elton Engstrom, Juneau, chairman tee; National Committeeman E. A.! | Rasmuson of Skagway; and Na- | tional Committeewoman Mrs. Mary White of Junecau. Albert White, Republican Counsel, is also here. | — e ® e 0 0 e s 0 0 0 ol . . * WEATHER REPORT * » (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU) . ® Temperatures for Z4-hour period ¢ { . ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maximum, 57; minimum, 45. At Airport— Maximum, 57; minimum, 41 : FORECAST (Juneau und Vicinity) Mostly fair tonight ' and Thursday. = Warmer Thurs- day with highest tempera- ture near 75 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m.<oday In Juneau City— Trace; since June 1, 266 inches; since July 1, 9549 inches. At the Airport Trace; since June 1, 2.14 inches; since July 1, 54.17 inches. R R RN ®© 0 0 0 0 0 3 00 | STOCKQUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, June 23.7VM~CIOS<| 'ing quotation of Alaska Juneau | {mine stock today is 3':, American Can 87, Anaconda 40, . Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvest- er 33%, Kennecott 59':, New York |Central 17%, Northern Pacific 27, U. 8. Steel 81%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,760,000 shares. | ! Averages today are as follow: industrials 190.73, rails 62.70, util- | ities 36, i jwent to a midnight rendezvous with y 1y, lchunk on anthracite landing on a 1 3 | g H their quadrennial battle before thels.aje puilt for weighing molecules, | {self into a | did Dalziel, Joseph Braun, Leone] Wal- {son, Mae Wilkerson. STASSEN, TAFT IN TALKFEST Report of M—e;ting Causes Stampede of Delegates from Big Hall By RELMAN MORIN | PHILADELPHIA, June 23 —(®— The Republican gonvention has moved away today from Conven- tion Hall to that celebrated hotel room, long distinguished in Amer- ican political history for its foggy | atmosphere. It went vator. there on a freight ele- The other occupant of the eleva-! tor—and descending very rapidly ——was Senator Robert A. Tafi, who slipped out the back entrance of the Ben Frankiin Hotel and candidate Harold E. Stassen. The maneuver, of course, was to avoid newspapermen. The atmosphere here is so sur- charged with electricity that it was only a matter of minutes, there- aiter, before most of the 14,000 people, jammed in Convention Hall, knew what was taking place. People began leaving the hall at once. Great bald patches of empty seats greeted handsome Rep. Katharine St. George, of New York, | when she rose to deliver the con- cluding add: of the evening, Near Panic In effect, the convention began | its change of venue late yesterday : afternoon. When Gov. Dewey's lieutenants announced that Senator Ed Martin, carrylng an estimated 40 Pennsylvania votes, had cross-| ed to the Dewey side of the field, something comparable to a panic set in. Until then, the situation had! been hanging in delicate balance. It appeared to be tipped slight-' but by no means definitely, in the direction of Gov. Dewey. Then came the news from Penn- sylvania. It was like a large A description of the meeting be- ! tween Tait and Stassen is not now available. The Senator locked him- conference room on the eighth floor of the hotel and not show himself again un- til 2:10 a. m. when he left to go to bed One communique was issued, however, by an aide. “I wish you | guys would move on down the! hall,” he said. “We got heavy thinking to do in here.” Gloomy Taftites Meanwhile, the many support-{ ers of the Scnator stood in little knots in the lobby below, glumly | four-leaf clovers they have chosen as the Senator’s symbol. No music was sounding. Little Eva, the baby elephant, was gone. The pretty Ohio clerks were as pretty as ever, but not so ex- uberant, Disaster brooded heavily over the hotel. It was so quiet you could seem to hear a time- komb ticking. The Taft delegates, however, de-‘ nied any apprehension whatever. “It can still change,” said one. “Duff’s still got the other 33/ votes,” said another, “and they'll go to Bob” “They can't lick old Bob,” added a third. - And then he asked, thoughfully: “What kind of a fel- low is this fellow Dewey?"” - D e PAN AMERICAN FLIES 15 IN FROM SEATTLE Fifteen passengers arrived and 17 left for Seattle yesterday with Panj American Airways as follows: John Lutz, Dick 1 From Seattle: ford, Elaine Skoglund, Arlene Johu- Georgia Wilkerson, Lee Wilkerson, Renata Marcyes, Rudy Kruger. John Anntoni, Frank Vidulich,, Hilmer Hartvigsen, Frank Pfleger. From Annette: Janice and Barbara Welsh, Carl Larson and Richard Congdon. To Seattle: Emma Olson, Carl Heyer, E. W. Hall, Lee Chaney, George Ford, Donald Gallinger. ! J. Tennyson, Joe Mika, F. Eason, H. Price, W. L. Brickley, E. Harp. George Forrester, W. J. Jones, E. A.| Plant, A, W. Brindle, A. G. Woodley To Annette; Mrs. 'Willlam Wagner Dewey s Lacking Majority Stassen Makes Comment on Claims - Predicts "Open Convention’ PHILADELPHIA, June 23.—P— Harold E. Stassen said today that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey lacks a majority of delegates at the Re- publication nominating convention. He made that statement to news- men immediately after a strategy conference with Senator Robert A. Taft. Stassen and Taft have been talking ways to stop Dewey's drive for the nomination Stassen added that a program is developing among andidates other than Dewey for an “opeh convention.” The implication was that Dewey Dewey has denied making any; “deals.” | S ee e - PLATFORM GOESOVER, ALL"AYES' «AtteptanceTfGOP Dele- | gates Unanimous—"1t Says a Mouihful” CONVENTION HALL, PHILA- DELPHIA, June 23.-{#—The Re- publican Convention teday unani- mously adopted a 1948 platform looking toward world cooperation for peace and defeat of Commumsm| at home, | ‘The statement of party principles calls for civil rights legislation anti-lynch; anti-poll tax; non-seg- regation in the armed forces. These ; measures, when proposed to Con-| gress by President Truman, split! the Democratic Party apart. It accepts Mr. Truman’s challenge to put the record of the GOP-con- trolled Congress before the thick of the Presidential campaign. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge nl'l, Massachusetts, Resolutions Commit- | tee Chairman, presented the 2400~ word document to the convention as “a forthright, forward-looking } guide to the American future.” He said it is the shortest platform in GOP annals, but “it says a mouth- ful.” The platform was adopted by a shouted vote of acclamation. Not a no was heard in the big hall and Chairman Martin declared the ac- tion unanimous. STEAMER MOVEMENTS at 2 Corsair scheduled to arrive . m. LOmOIrow. George Washington, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive 3 p. m. tomor- Tow. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from. Vancouver 9 tonight. Square Sinnet scheduled to sall from Seattle June 24, Aleutian scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to spil from Vancouver Saturday. Alaska southbound Thursday af- ternoon. Prince George scheduled to arrive southbound at 7 a. m. Friday Baranof southbound late Sunday or early Monday. - D FROM LOS ANGELES C. F. Chapman from and wife of Los Angeles, Calif, are visiting here and gue at the Baranof Hotel. >o- FROM FORT RICHARDSON Mrs. Willard Triska and fam- ily from Pt. Richardson are visit- ors in Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel .- SAN FRANCISCO VISITORS Dan Lisby and George Jordon, both from San Francisco, are vis- iting Juneau and staying at the Baranot Hotel |ballot with others MICHIGAN ~ SENATORIS CANDIDATE Permits His Name fo Be Proposed - Drive for Dewey Heading On By JACK BELL CONVENTION HALL, PHILA- DELPHIA, June 23.—(M—Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg gave con- sent today for his name to be placed formally in nomination for the Presidency at the Republican National Convention. . His move cheered those Presi- dential hopefuls—led by . Senator Robert A. Taft and Harold E. Stassen—who were . trying desper- ately to halt Gov. Thomas E, Dewey's blitz bid of the nomina- tion cn an early ballot. They figured Vandenberg's name before sgu.uhl to .x\mn;‘: the nunmmuo'n the convention would hold from through conferences and deals| pewey some votes which other- jwhile the others were Willing (0| yise ‘might race to him. 1‘9‘:;]\1‘; 1'( to open voting in the cun-i Vandenberg stuck by his stand yention. that he is not actively seeking the nomination. But Gov. Kim Sigler of Michigan said he had obtained the Senator's consent for him' to {put up his name. Drive For Dewey Dewey's big drive got anoth- er push, this time from Missouri. Senator James P. Kem, chairman of the Missouri delegation, issued this announcement: “I have decid- ed to support Governor Dewey. T look forward to his nomination on an early ballot. I believe he will be ‘the next President of the Duited States.” - ment, an Associated Press check indicated Dewey would get 18 of Missouri’s 33 votes on the first split among three or four candidates. Asked if he was nominating Van- denberg in the belief Vandenberg can win or as a gesture of respect, Sigler replied: “If I didn’t honestly believe there was real hope of winning 1 would not nominate him.” Vandenberg Appears Sigler made the announcement aiter Vandenberg had put in his first appearance at the Michigan headquarters. These workers for the nomination Ior Vandenberg have Lec: discourag- ed by his aloof attitude and the Senator made an apologetic little speech. “I know I am a problem child for you, he told the Michigan group, “but I set my course a year ago and must steer it to the fin- ish.” He said a year ago that he would not seek the nomination, but would not refuse it if it were offered. The Taft-Stassen moves to head off Dewey kept their backers in an almost continuous round of conferences. The principals them- selves were meeting. Secret Conferences Taft and Stassen first met sec- retly last night. This morning, | Tatt’ told reporters “I rather ex- pect I will see him (Stassen) again today, but it is still a little indefinite." When questioned by newsmen, Taft refused to discuss what had transpired at his secret conferences (Continued on Page E£ix) e FORMER ALASKAN CANNERY VESSEL NOT WAR CASUALTY | PORTLAND, June 23.—(#-—The former Alaska floating cannery ship Memnon of Astoria, generally believed along the waterfront to have been sunk in World War II, }is still carrying cargo, one of her | wartime skippers said here. The Memnon was sold in 1940 by the Columbia River Packers Association to the British. Soon a report was circulated in ship- ping circles and among fishermen that the ship had been last. No iurther word was heara. But the master of the British ship Inglesby, Capt. Yare, said here the Memnon went through the war unharmed as the Empire Moulfon and now operates between Liverpool and the Mediterranean 'as the Preston, Tuen. before Kenvh anmoutices ™ ]