The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 28, 1948, Page 1

-several million people. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,925 U. S. Puts Up Billions To Fi COLD WAR CONTINUES ON BERLIN Three Nafio—ns_ Are to De- mand Lifting of Rus- sian Blockade (By The Associated Press) Diplomats in Washington pre- dicted today the U. S., Britain and France will demand in Moscow a lifting of the Russian blockade on Berlin. The squeeze, tightest of the cold war, looked like an effort to evict the Western Powers and make Ber- lin the capital of a Communist State of East Germany. Up to 120 U. S. planes were flying food and necessities into Berlin. The U. 8. sent 39 more C-54 Skymasters to Germany to ease the growing shortages. But all the Air Transport could handle but a fraction of the 2,000 tons of food daily the Western Powers formerly moved ‘nto Berlin by rail. | The Russians blocked railway traf- fic through their zone to Berlin after | the Western Allies refused last week | to accept Russian occupation money as the sole currency for Berlin. MOSCOW—Moscow asserted through the Tass News Agency the Western Powers were to blame for the reductions in coal, steel and food supplies in Berlin. RHODES—Count Folke dotte, U. N. Mediator for Palestine, said his proposals for a “Basis for further discussion” toward peace will be handed Arab and Jewish officials shortly. Berna-( DAMASCUS—Syria's premier saidi the Arab League would not modify its attitude against partition and| against establishment of a Jewish state. ' JERUSALEM—Israel had its army ; swear allegiance. I HONGKONG—Floods in Souml China drove up to 300,000 persons, from their homes in the Swatow | region, TSINGTAO—Shantung University | pupils started a three-day strike inI Tsingtao in protest against U. S.i aid for Japan. | SINGAPORE—Comraunist disor- | ders continued in Malaya. ROME—Italy was the first of the 16 nations benefitting from the Mar- shall Plan billions to sign a long| range aid agreement with the U. S. Communist-led strikes bedevilled thel country’s effort to recover. ATHENS—A Greek dispatch from Joannina said Communist guerril- las struck from Albania against Greek National forces. Fhe report said the Communist band of 1,000 suffered 380 or so casualties. The (Continued On Page Two) e (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) JUNEAU, ALASKA, MOND:! AY, JUNE 28, 1948 ALL THE TIME” m— MbMBkR ASSOCIAT FLD PRl ESS PRICE TEN CENTS = " LARGE INDUCTION EXPECTED IN FIRST PERIOD, DRAFTING First Call Expecfed in Sep- tember-Training Cen- fers Announced WASHINGTON Junt‘ 28 —P— The Army estimated today at be- tween 225,000 and 250,000 men pro- bably will be inducted during the first year of the new military draft, This is considerably above a pre- vious estimate that 200,000 to 225,- 000 will be put into uniform dur- ing the period. The first call for induction, starting soon after September K‘,[ will be “relatively small,” Army Secretary Royall told a news con- ference. But he said the calls will increase until the average monthly induction rate is about 30,000. Royall also announced the names of 1our World War II training cen- ters to be reopened as division training centers for inductees and the expected 250,000 to 300,000 vol- unteers expected during the coming year. They are Tenth Infantry ion); Camp Chaffee, Ark.; Fifth Armored Division; Camp Brecken- ridge, Ky. 10lst Air Borne Divis- ion; and Camp Pickett, Va, Airborne Division. Four other training centers were announced previously—Ford Ord, Calif.; Fort Jackson, S. C.; Fort Dix, N. and Fort Knox, Ky. Fort Riley, Kansas, '11 Teen-Agers Are Arrested, Rape Ent NEW YORK, June zs—(M—Ac- cused of stripping and raping a 36-year old woman in a park after i beating her male companion un- conscious, 11 teen-aged youths tc- day faced court hearings. The woman and the 49- year-oldf man were seated on a park bench when attacked early yesterday on the east side of Manhattan, police said. Five youths they were about to flee the scene, and six others were caught hiding in a waterfront coal chute. Arraigned on rape charges yes- terday in felony court, ten held in $1,000 bail each for hear- ings Wednesday. The eleventh, under 16, was to be arraigned today on a charge of juvenile delinquency. Police said all eleven had jobs and none had ever been arrested before. e e o 0 v v o . . * WEATHER REPORT ® Temperatures for 24-hour period ® . ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 59; minimum, 46. At Airport— Maximum, 57; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness with an The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON {Copyright, 1943, :Y ':'N Bell Syndicate, ne.) ASHINGTON— One of the most important votes in the clos- ing days of Congress was held in strictest secrecy, though it affected It was the vote of the House Rules Commit- tee to prevent the Housing Bill from reaching the floor of the Congress where other Congressmen could vote on it. However, this column has now obtained that sec- ret vote. The Taft Housing Bill, with provisions for slum-clearance and low-cost housing, had long before passed the Senate. It also passed the House Banking and Currency Committee after Congressman Jesse [ Wolcott had pigeonholed it for weeks. Finally it went to the Rules Committee which has the power to decide whether any bill can come before the full House for occasional light rain shower tonight and Tuesday. High- est temperature near 58 de- grees Tuesday. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 bours ending 7:30 a.m. tods7 ® In Juneau — .01 inchese e since June 1, 351 inches; ® since July 1, 9634 inches. At Airport — .02 inches; o e since June 1, 3.05 inches; o ® since July 1, 55.08 inches. * . . . e 0o 0 00 0 50 0 0 ———————— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 28.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau| mine stock today is 3%, American Can 85, Anaconda 38%, Curtiss- Wright 7Y%, International Harvest- er 32%, Kennecon, 58%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 26%, U.S. Steel 80, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,210,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 187.90, rails 6152, util- ities 35.55. — - ee— LEGION MEETS TONIGHT Juneau Post No. 4, of the Ameri- can Legion, will hold its regular weekly meeting at 8 o'clock tonight a vote. And that was as far as it got. While thousands of vet- erans waited for long-promised housing to materialize, six Re-| e sl Skt X Yo SO (Continued on Page Four) in the Legion Dugout. All members and visiting Legionnaires are invit- ed to attend. (Mountain Divis- | were captured as' were | FOOD SUPPLY FOR BRITAIN THREATENED King Askedm)edare Na- tional Emergency in Wildcat Dock Strike LONDON, June 28—(®—Prime Minister Attlee said today the gov: ernment has advised King George VI to declare a state national emer- gency to deal with a wildeat dock strike that threatens the nation's food supplies, A royal proclamation, the Prime Minister mons, would empower the govern- ment to take all steps necessary to maintain essential food supplies. Attlee also diselosed that Labor Minister George Isaacs has been re- called from a visit to San Francisco Ito deal with the work stoppage, Birkenhead. ' Another 9,000 men | walked off the job in those two cit- ies. In London more than 19,000 water« front workers remained idle. three ships was by 1,100 soldiers, airmen distributed {* Unloading of {started today sailors and 17thd through the London port. The strike started two weeks ago when penalties were assessed by the government-sponsored Dock Labor Board against 11 men who refused to load a cargo of zinc oxide without ex(ra pay. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 2 WEEKS OFF (By Associated Press) Just two weeks from today, the {Democratic ~ National Convention will open in Philadelphia. Although the state's delegates signed statements yesterday that they preferred President Truman as { { ' said this was not a definite pledge. “We're leaving California as a {Truman delegation and will see what happens at Philadelphia, ac: cording to conditions at that time, man said. Meanwhile the Democrats headed, linto the final week of delegate pick- {ing. The District of Columbia will| iselect a six-vote delegation at al iprimary today. The National slate of 1,234 will be completed Friday when ergxma Democrats chioose a 26-vote | ndelegnuon expected to be anti-Tru- yman. But to date Mr. Truman cou‘\ts :670 pledged and claimed delegates with 618 being required for nomma- tion: In Wisconsin, where all but one told the House of Com-| which spreaqd today to Liverpool and | the Party’s nominee, a spokesman | {John F. Shelley, Delegation Chair-| CRAFTIS | MISSING, WESTWARD Two Olhersjfishing Ves- sels, Disabled-Fourth, Overdue, Sighted SEATTLE, June 28.—(P—One mall vessei was missing and two others disabled and in need of help in Alaska waters today, the Coast Guard reported. A fourth craft, previously reported overdue, was sighted, however, making its way to port. 1 The Coast Guard said the miss=| ing craft was a 26-foot cabin cruiser, manned by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Upson, believed to be off{ Seward. It left Seward June 22 for Homer. A PBY from Kodiak and other planes searched the area yesterday without success. The 65-foot purse seiner, Minah H., drifted helpless in the water joif Cape Clear, northeast of Ko jdiak, after losing its rudder. A sea- going tug from Kodiak was enroute to its aid. The fishing vessel Lynn Ann, which lost her shaft and was beached in a sinking condition at {Delta Point in Cold Bay, was tak- en in tow yesterday by the cutter i Bittersjyeet. It is expected to reach Kodiak June 30. The fishing boat Fagen, con- verted 125-foot landing marge, also had been reported missing after sailing from Ketchikan June 15} jfor Bristol Bay. It was sighted; | yestgrday, the Coase Guard said, (Rhirges e riportald s H ‘VMTER A(flDfl"S Fxgen was proceeding toward Bm-‘ s tol Bny at mne knots. ! A 33 i ( | BlG APPROPRIATION| BILL IS SIGNED BY: TRUMAN; ACS IS IN| 1 i WASHINGTON. June 28—(P— ! President Truman has signed an appropriation bill carrying a record | $573,000,000 for flood control and | navigation projects in the year be- | ginning July 1. { The waterways money is in the rmy civil functions measure, car- rying a total of $641,575,666. The other funds are for the Pan- } ama Canal, national cemeteries, the Soldiers’ Home and Signal Corps Communicamons System in Alaska. e SAWLOG SHIPMENT | OUTSIDE DEPENDS | : ON LOCAL MARKET| Continuance after June 30 of per- i . t : wAsumG'rON June 28—M | clutching under-current _dsowned | One Locality Wrecked by rrccivent ruman wih make -aunl yesterday in Lake Koctenay, Brit- 3 . active, speaking campaign” for the! m:,. Columbia. o Flfe Whl(h FO”OW presidency In the event of his nom- he single tragedy accounted for . inatiorn. half of Sunday's reported fatal- DIS'UI‘bafl(e ¥ Secreary Charles G. Ross| ities in Washington state and — announced this today in answer-! 1 Providence. By RUSSELL BRINES {ing reporters’ questions. But heq :z:r:znl_.:i};z fii‘c:ne; :‘:.“;fi:mz::v\w(k(‘d the western Honshu Cl,y‘mslw«,.t to Bolivar, Mo., July 5, he down a 50-foot embankment near ©f Fukui late today. b ;;d‘ Pullman: and a Friday Harbor| Japanese newspapers guessed the £ A DAl ' Ui 0 SO sportsman, George Wilson, was fat- | tctal of dead and injured might :';" ““1.,“ sy of """"“E‘“ w0 ally injured when a gasoline ex-|Feach 5000, but U. S, Occupation ;B e :,"”" . “"‘r“"’ to. ShapA | | ploston destroyed his 28-foot: cruls- | Authorfbies satd (irst " fears had |Follvary’ South AmeToan lherathr o | proved excessive and declined to K One 12-year-old boy, Edgar{make an estimate | Hornseth, survived the British| The only known casualty fig- wu.l. NOMINAIE Columbia tragedy. He managed to |Ures were 10 dead and 60 injured swim to shore, but his father,|at Daishoji, coastal village 20 mlle\s‘ IRUMA" 0" "Rs‘l‘ northeast of Fukui, Deweys, Warrens Gef Together i { | { i l The families of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Gov. Earl Warren of California, Republican | standard bearers, President and Vice-President, respectively, get together in Philadelphia after the nomi- nating convention. Left to right (first row) Gov. Warren, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Dewey and Dewey. Back row (1-r): Nina Warren, 14; Virginia Watren, 19; John Dewey, 12; Dorothy Warren, 17, and Tom Dewey, Jr., 15. % Wirephoto. . | pact to work ght Communism FOREIGN AID BILL IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT Is Planned to Strenghen Government Quiside of Iron Curtain WASHINOTON Junp 28.—(— America put $6,000,000,000 on the line today to strengthen the non- Communist world. President Truman signed into law the huge appropriation biil to finance foreign aid as the West- ern Powers watched anxiously Russia’s latest pressure play in Berlin. Normal supply routes to the U.S.-British-French zones there have been blocked by the Soviets, As the President acted. Ireland became the first of 16 European nations under the Marshall Plan for Economic Recovery to sign a formal agreement with the United States. Each nation will sign a for the common good. The President’s signature planted | America’s economic power squarely behind the most ambitious world rebuilding program in history. Tt pledges to Western ' Europe and Far Eastern countries to spend within 15 months—within a year [If necessary—this vast sum in the cause of freedol Authors of the bill also made it clear the intent also is to throw up a barrier against the spread ;of Communism by strengthening governmentl ouu(dz of the iron recovery and political EARTHfiUAKES Iruman, . RAISE HAVOC, Nommaled JAPAN TOWNS To(ampalgn TAKE LIVES IN NW DURING WEEKEND (By The Assogiated Press) Three boys and two men who clung to their capsized motorboat until picked off one by one by the TOKYO, 28,—(M— Three 'S8id no detailed plans for out of| heavy earthquakes followed by fire toWn speaking engagements beyond Two Seattle brothers drowned in June er. H. Hornseth, 36, of Kimberley, B.C. was one of the five persons lost. | “It is apparently not as bad as. The others were identified as Art| We thought it was” said Brig. Gen.| Gordon | Crawford Sams, head of the Occu- . BALLOT; McGRATH| s DEWEY-WARREN of the state's 28 delegates to the mission to ship from the Territcry Democratic Convention were elected |any sawlogs cut from the National last spring 0% a Truman-for-Presi- | Forest which cannot be sold for} dent plank, a state party convention | manufacture here, will depend on the closed yesterday with a noisy “We foutlook for the sale of logs locally be- {want Eisenhower” demonstration in|tween that date and the end of this ragrass: !calendar year, stated Regional For- ester B. Frank Heinizleman. Frequent check-ups of the mill- ing situation will be made during ithat period and exports will be de-‘ nied if and when the local market!} can use the log output. The general policy of the Forest Service is to require that material cut from the National Forests be manufactured here in order to help the local econ- omy. Log exports are allowed only in emergencies such as the unexpected | closing down of a sawmill with a loss CONFER TO MAP | GOP CAMPAIGN PAWLING, N. Y. June 28—(®— Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Republican presidential nominee and Gov. Earl Warren, his running mate, will con- fer here tomorrow to map plans foriof the local market and the possibil-} la vizorous campaign. ity of teredo damage to log rafts in A Dewey aide indicated one of |salt water, |the major subjects they will dis-{ ——————e— i i oF 1] 5. 5. ATLANTAIS TO |ARRIVE TOMORROW Warren and his family will drive The U. 8. 8. Atlanta is scheduled from New York City. The California Governor arrived to drop f{ts anchor in the Juneau harbor tomorrow afternoon accord- in New York with his family yester- day. Dewey and his family have Leen resting here since the Naiional lc-mvenuon in Philadelphia. - ee———— CHARLES RICE VISITOR ing to word received here today. Thei I {U. S. Navy cruiser is bringing ap- Charles Rice and a friend from 1prox£mntely 1,100 men to Juneau on San Jose, Calif., arrived. here yes- a Naval Reserve cruise for a one-week terday for a summer visit with Leo visit and will take part in July 4th| Weiss and family of Douglas. MTr. | celebrations here. The vessel is com- Rice is a paint contractor in Sfln’mnnded by Captain Roger W. Simp-| Jose. | son. |°am'" military reserves Rowsell, 86, and his son, 9 ri 4 M 111, also of Kimberley; John Koll- Pation’s Health and Welfare sec- | i ¥ T oo irimante 4 NEW YORK, —iM—Sena- man, 10, and his playmate, Buddy | Uon. “Damage appears to be pretty) NEW YORK, June 28-—i¥-—Sena Annable, 10, Lakeside residents. The mishap occurred during a fishing trip near Sirdar, 35 miles southeast of Nelson, near where the Kootenay River pulls water the lake. Three times the boat was right-| ed after it overturned the the current, young Hornseth reported. Each time it would overturn again. Death of the Seattle {brought a tragic end to a family picnic. Leroy Lane, 10, fell from the shoulders of a companion, Paul Winkler. “I grabbed for him, but his hair was so short it slipped out of my hand, and he went down,” Winkler said. ‘The boy’s elder brother, Leon, 24, rushed to his aid but apparently suffered a cramp or heart attack as he waded into the chill water and, collapsed. His body was recovered within five minutes The Inland Empire automobile | accident caused the deaths of Mrs.} Moses Peacock, 60, ‘and her son, Thomas, 28, both of Pullman. o from | Wisconsin Is fo Be ; Decommissioned ;. | others, PORTSMOUTH, Va., June 28.—P | —The 45,000-ton Battieship Wiscon- sin will be decommissioned July 1 ! indications | Japanese {fears there might be such | quakes. brothers ! | ligures fmmediately on the number | wi > mundul by Maj. Gen. Joseph W. f :Corps. left Kyoto, | Japanese reports said the rail-| MOR"'"G OF JUlvsl lway was clear to within ten or 1z< miles of Fukui. The first shock hit Fukui at 1t is officially announced today| well localized. or J. Howard McGrath (D-RI) Adjutant Gen-' Chairman of the Democratic Na- Corps, told the tional Committee, today predxcted there were n ‘Presment Truman would receive a tidal wave. \m st ballot nomination at the Demo- expxenwd‘“““' National Convention. He also waves, said he did not regard Gen. Dwight as they often follow coastal eartn- | D- Elsentiower as a candidate for the nominaton, 85,000 McOrath, asked at a news con-| ference whether he expected Presi- |dent Truman to be nominated, re- plied "On the first ballot.” | A reporter mentioned to McGrath Col. C. C: Carter, cral of the First Associated Press of any had earlier Fukui, a city of about population, is 200 miles west of Tokyo and ten miles from the Sea of Japan. It was 85 percent destroyed by| | Ameriean Superfortresses in July,| 1048, “Bilt, - uinos . had: been largely | hat ulomnnslrul_wn for Gen. Eisen T | hower, now President of Columbia University, had occurred at a Dem- | ocratic state meeting in Madison, , yesterday. The newsman asked # whether McGrath expected anything all apparently were safe. 'There | .14 ocour gt the National Con- (‘u"f’u(‘an"""’s x“' Z"’:" Ja‘l:xm‘:"‘b"]’ :;‘(':“\cmmn Said the Senator { as n oad- 4 I don't regaxd General sen- | | cast from the area said “all Occu- e v i pation persc. nnel okay | Carter declared. A U. 8. Army relief train com- Occupation headquarters had no| !of Americans in the area, but said col hower as a candidate and I think| olonel | {nat the delegates ta, the conven {tion also understand that.” 4:12 p. m. ((11:12 p. m. Sunday/the Fourth of July parade will be It was followed by two held on the morning of Monday July with fire resulting almost|s, starting at 10:15 o'clock. at once. ‘This official time is given in order ————— - that those planning floats may have | William J. Tierre of Seattle ar-iplenty of time for construction and curula & mna sutemen: e President said the appropriation represents ‘“the combined judgment and will of the Executive and the Congress.” “It was evolved in the spirit of cooperation and not of partisan conflict,” Mr. Truman continued. Briefly, the law provides: (1) $4,000,000,000 for the Econ- omic Cooperation Administration (ECA) to help 15 Western Europ- ean nations. The money is in ad- dition to $1,055,000,000 already giv- en ECA by Congress. (2)8400,000,000 for aid to China, (3) $225,000,000 for aid to Greece and Turkey. (4) $35,000000 to the Interna- ticnal Children’s Emergency Feed- ing Program In Europe. (6) $70,70228 to the Interna- tional Refugee Organlnlan 3 'ARMY ENGINEER ACTIVITY HERE MAY RISE SOON A possibility of increased Army Engineer activity in Juneau was foreseen today from the statements lof Col. W. E. Potter, District Engi- neer for Alaska, who was here over the weekend on his first personal in- ispection of local facilities, Col. Potter revealed that the Ju- neau Area Engineer facilities has been cne of the Army's larger sup- ply operations in Alaska. He said that it also is necessary in order to provide a repair base for Army Transportation Corps vessels, There has been some discussion of permanently closing the Juneau facilities, he said, but no decision has yet been reached. Col. Potter feels that there should be more de- velopment of industry and building supply facilities in the Territory In order to avoid dependence on the States for Army necessities. He urged more investment courage to- wara building these facilities. Quoting higher Army authorities {in Washington, D. C, Col. Potter declared that “Alaska should sup- |ply Alaska within its ability to do $0." Col. special Potter left yesterday Air Force in a DC-3 which Ibrought him here Priday. \BERGEN AND (0OLIDGE LAND FISH AT STORAGE The Bergen landed a 37,000 pound halibut catch at Juneau Cold Stor- age over the weekend and the Cool- idge was in with 23500. The com- bined loads went to Alaska Coast Fisheries and Engstrom Brothers at and stored away as part of Uncle’rlved here over the weekend and have them ready to enter the parade 19 for medium, eight for chix and |18 staying at the Hotel Juneau. | without any delay, 18.10 cents a pound for large.