The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 30, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,927 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE B JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1948 Ml-Ml’ R ASSOCIATLD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA AIRCRAFT NOWFLYING TO BERLIN ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN TAKEN UP Dewey Discussing Foreign Affairs-Democrats Work on Domestic Topics (By The Associated Press) Republicans gave political prior- ity today to foreign affairs while Democrats talked about domestic campaign issues and candidates. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey planned to go over the whole international| situation with John Foster Dulles, his foreign policy adviser. The GOP Presidential candidate is ex- pected to aim his major campaign fire .against the administration’s handling of world affairs. Dewey told a news conference | yesterday he had been discussing the Berlin crisis with Dulles by telephone “twice a day now for several days.” Gov. Earl Warren, his running, mate, returned to New York after! spending the day at Dewey’s up- state farm. Neither would discuss | details of campaign strategy dis-| cussed at their meeting. Warreu is scheduled to leave for Caliior- nia Saturday. Democratic Discussion The cost of living and an Eisen- hower draft meanwhile featured Democratic discussions in Washing- ton. 4 Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) said i+ paramount issue in the Presiden- wal campaign will be “high prices ~and the failure of the Republican | Congress ta ldqn President 'n‘m man's: program t0 combut them O'Mahoney is a member of che Democratic Platform Committee ! slated to start work next week in Philadelphia. He frequently has| been mentioned as a possible sec- ond man on a Truman ticket. But Leon Henderson, chairman of Americans for Democratic Ac-, tion, said he thinks there is a possibility Mr. Truman “will lis- ten to the advise of good friends and loyal Democrats” and withdraw his candidacy. Eisenhower Wanted The former OPA administrator told a news conference he believes Gen. Dwight Eisenhower would( bow to a draft order Irom the Democratic convention waich opens! July 12 in Philadelphia. 1 “I know the majority of tne| people of the U. 8. want General | Eisenhower for President,” he said “and it certainly will be a politi-| cal farce if the man the people| want is not considered for the nomination.” 1 Henderson added that if either Eisenhower or Supreme Court Jus-| tice William O. Douglas declares his candidacy the President will not be nominated. He estimated that only a 310 pledged “shaky’ can be counted on to vote for Mr. Truman. Pro-Truman forces retorted that the President now has 846 pledg- ed or otherwise “favorable” votes —with 618 convention ballots need- ed for nomination. WALLACE ENDS HIS CAMPAIGN THROUGH NEW ENGLAND AREA (By The Associated Press) Henry Wallace has completed a three-day campaign tour through New England and he plans to fly to New York today. Speaking in Portland, Maine, last night, Wallace called him- self “a capitalist, not a Commun-~ T ist.” He said he is the only real businessman in the Presidential race. Wallace said he favored what he describes as ‘“progressive capital- ism. He warned: “Reactionary capitalism eventually will bring de- pression.” The new party candidate said he founded the organization be- cause he was convinced both Re- publican and Democratic parties are war parties. B e INTENTION TO WED Mitchell Rocovich and Leona Murphy, both of Juneau, have ap- plied to U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray tor a marriage license. | Assistant Attorney | death * quirer, i charging attempted ROBERT BEST IS GIVEN LIFE FOR TREASON Americafi N;e‘vfspaperman, Radio Propagandist for Nazis, Is Senfenced BOSTON, June 30.—(M— Robert H. Best, the American newspaper- man and radio propagandist for the German Nazis for $200 a month, was sentenced today to life im- prisonment for treason. The sentence was imposed by Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford who also ordered Best to pay a fine| of $10,000. Judge Ford imposed the sentence after hearing T. Vincent Quinn, General of the United States, appeal for imposi- tion of the death penalty. Best’s counsel, Charles W. Bart- lett, asked the court for leniency on the ground that Best was “a| fanatic, a crusader—doing what he thought best for his country.” The thin, partly bald minister's son was convicted April 16, his 52nd birthday. During his 14-day tria,, he readily admitted making 300 broadcasts from Germany be- tween 1942 and 1945. He insisted his motive was to fight Bolshe- vism and Communism. No one has ever been put to for treason against the United States. A year ago, Ford also sentenced Douglas Chandler, who also broa cast for the Nazis, to Hk imprison- mmt 2 INDI(TED TAX EVASION NEW YORK, Federal Grand Jury today indict- ed Eleanor Louise Patenotre, form- er owner of the Philadelphia In- and her son, Raymond evasion $2,000,000 in Federal income taxes and failure to report a profit of more than $8,000,000 in the sale of the paper. vune 30—MP— A of | U.5S.fo Stay in Berlin Secretary of State Marshall | Issues Significant Statement & WASHINGTON, | Secretary United States will “deal promptly” with basic questions raised by the Soviet blockade of Berlin, But he gave no hint what action is contem- plated. (In London, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said the Western Al- |lies are considering a direct approach | to the Kremlin in an attempt to settle the Berlin crisis.) Marshall_said in a statement “we {intend to s ay” in Berlin. | About the time his statement was fissued, it was learned the Army Air | Force is trebling, for the time being, the number of B-29 Superfortresses |in Europe. That raises the number to 30. (Berlin dispatches say American planes are making atout 100 flights 'daily to Berlin from Western Ger- many.) Marshall's statement was read to reporters by Press Officer Lincoln White. The Secretary is at Walter | I Reed Hospital for a physical check- | up. June 30—(A— ->so —— ‘RELIEF SUPPLIES, “IARE POURING INTO <~ZARTHOUAKE ZONES l By FRANK L. WHITE | FUKUI, Japan, June 30.—#—; | Relief supplies poured today into a: 55-mile long strip of western Japan | laud waste by a great earthquake i that crumpled this city of 80,000 and left in ruins a score or more| ' of other towns. Military governmeht, granting ithat many bodies may never be ifound, stuck to an estimate of 3,155 dead and 7,250 seriously in- | {Jured throughout the area. ((Occupation Headquarters in To- kyo, however, on the basis of ifrom the scene, put the recovered Marshall said today the( '( British occupation of Palestine, . Jewish hands under the supervis- ion of United Nations Truce ob-|had dictum were termed absurd. servers. The very hot potato was tossed As soon as the last Briton was|With vigor right back into the lap gone, the Jews hoisted the flag|of Russia, unaccustomed to such of Isracl on buildings skirting Hai- |strange words of opposition from |fa harbor and in the municipal[Communists either at home or| area. Now it has been announced |abroad. i that 25,000 Jewish refugees will Many diplomats express¢i the [ will be {Anti-Garb M_e;sure Is Ap- U. 8. Attorney John F. X. Mc«,‘American Medical Workers' reports PALESTINE |YUGOSLAVIA OCCUPATION ' CALLING FOR ENDED NOW BALKAN BLOC British Milm Jurdisdic-|Remains Defiant fo Russ tion of 31 Years Termi- | Charges Against Tito- nates at Midnight | Safellites Restless ) (By The Associated Press) ! Defiant Yugoslavia called today for a Balkan bloc with Bulgaria and |Albania and a stronger army to protect its shadowy independence. | A few hours earlier, Yugoslavia’s Communist leaders called the Kremlin-ruled Cominform criticism intended to|of Marshal Tito and his Red co-| |horts “lies” and “slander.” The Cominform assertions that the Pre- mier was conniving with the West- ern Powers, being hateful to Russia and a heretic to the Marx-Lenin (By The Associated Pre: The curtain has fallen on the This occupation began 31 years ago. The British commander, General Hugh MacMillan, announ- | ces that the military jurisdiction will end at midnight tonight. Ori- ginally it had been end the occupation on August 1. The last British troops now have embarked aboard transport ships. They left the port of Haifa in| view that if Tito gets away with his | refusal to follow orders of the Com- | inform, other restive satellite states | might decide that they too need | not knuckle down any longer. i Tito remained elusive. He was, variously reported in Bled, Belgrade, Austria and Mosccw. Regardless of | his defiance of Russia, there was no sign of any approachment toward | {the Western Powers be shipped to Palestine immeaiately from Cyprus where they have been interned by the British. Men of militar_v age among the refugees interned in Palestine for| the duration of the United Nations; truce period. It has been announced in Cairo that the Arab governments have protested to Britain against ! the withdrawal of her troops from | Haifa ahead of schedule. The ! | Arabs are said to consider this al WASHINGTON—The U. 8. and| vmlauun of the Palestine truce. |yugoslavia were about to settle a| B e -l longstanding financiel deal” under‘ !which Tito would pay $20,000,000 in lARGE VOTE iU. 8. clatms and get $50000,000 of | {bis funds frozen since 1941 freed in | ‘vlm.s country. ‘ IS CASTIN - NO. DAKOTA L] | | ATHENS—Greece reported shoot- | ‘ing in Yugoslavia for the sccond day. | Belgrade dispatches indicated all | wag quiet. A Moscow report said the Mutual Alliance Treaty with Yugo- slavia remained, unchnnqed proved-Close Battles for State Offices 10 STAND BY Baby Room, Juneau Alrporl Any traveling mother who has tried changing baby's diapers in a congested waiting room, can well appreciate the “Baby Room” in- stalled by the Women's Aeronautical Association at the Juneau Airport, Mrs. Malcolm Greany (left) was one of the Juneau mothers who inspected the spacious chilldren's quarters, accompanied by son Michael (right). Pan American Stewardess Kay Byrne turned a small passenger over to Mrs. Greany, while she prepared the baby’s formula. This farthest: porth rcom for traveling infants, first in Alaska, is the'result of the hard-working Juneau Women'’s Aeronautical Asso- clation, which deci to do scmething ubuul Lhe lkek or !aum\u for “mothers and thelr’ chfldren “When Pan American moves into its new terminal at the airport, the ‘Baby Room’ will move too—only plans are being made for a more elaborate one,” said B. F. Dunn, District Traffic Manager at Juneau, One enthusiastic passenger wrote the airline recently, “The Aero- nautical Women's Association and the Pan American personnel in Juneau should be congratulated on their efforts in establishing a baby room, There should be one at every stop.” Mrs. Hazel Hermann is President of the women's group which Anmm MADE |FOREST FIRE, FOR SETTLEMENT, | - | Gohey said the indictment charges' tax evasion on a net income of $8760,10827 and tax liability of| $2,183,347.68 in 1930, Mrs. Patenotre | owned a controlling interest in the Inquirer, he said. | B ' TWO FROM IIAYMO\D i Mrs. David Hawthorne and Mrs. Verne Foote, visiting from Ray- mond, Wash, are staying at the Baranof Hotel f i The Washingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON 1 (Copyright, 1943, by The Bell Svndlf:lle,l Inc.) i ASHINGTON — The Tom!| Dewey who won the Republican! nomination last week has come a long way from the Tom Dewey who fell by the wayside in the 1944 campaign. Talking to a couple of friends at 2 a.m. in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Dewey re- marked : “Harold (referring to Harold Stassen) is young and he’s bitter. He' needs to lose a few fights. In this game you've got to have sea- soning. The kind of seasoning that makes you as good a loser as you are a winner. | “I used to be like Stassen,” con- tinued Dewey, “but I learned my lesson—the hard way. Harold will| find that principles are worth fighting for. And that certain vic- tories aren’t worthwhile if you've got to sell your soul I learned it the hard way. Stassen hasn't had his come-uppance yet. I've had my share. He'll get his in this convention. It will make a better man out of him.” *DRAFTING INDUSTRY Most businessmen didn't know it, but there was a hidden clause in the draft act signed by President Truman last week which permits a (Continued on Page Four) i Francjsco, dead at 56, seriously injured at 1,600, and siightly injured at 4,000. It obviously did not include the 200 children reported by military government crushed to death in a movie thea- tre.) Visif Juneau While On Way fo Aleutians: Two University of Michigan bot- anists were brief Juneau. visitors yesterday while the Aleutian was in port enroute to the westward. They are on their way to the Aleu- tian Islands to study botanical life of that area, During their Juneau stopocer, they conferred with E. L. Keithahn, Curator of the Territor-; ial Museum. The two men are Theodore P. Bank, Jr., and Robert E. Dorsett, both of the University of Mich- igan Botanical Gardens at Ann Arbor, Mich. They will return to Juneau in October to do reserach work in the Territorial Museum. GOVERNMENT IS SUED OVER FALL IN POST OFFICE Mary Vaisvila has filed suit in the U. 8. District Court here against the Federal Government for $6,495.75 which she claims as damages caused by a fall, Sept. 22, 1947, in the Juneau Postoffice Building. Mrs. Vaisvila alleges that she slipped on oil or a slippery sub- stance and was knocked uncon- Iscious when she hit the marble floor. The suit was placed by Attorney M. E. Monagle. e —— SAN FRANCISCO VISITORS Malcolm C. McGileray, from San tel. officers to have been! is at the Baranof Ho- { FARGO, N. D, June 30—»— A imeasure to prohibit nuns from teaching in North Dakota’s public schools drew an increasingly strong vote of approval early today as returns mounted in the state’s primary election. cisive, however, and the controver- sial measure shared interest with iclose battles for several state uffi-( ces and two other initiated mea-; sures. A heavy, possibly a lccm'di primary vote Was Cast. In the headline fight for the Re- l publican nomination for Gove or, Gov. Fred G. Aandahl was| {leading Ervin Schumacher 28,978 to 22,089 with 660 of the state's 2,259 precinets counted. Aandah! atekhl a third term. X On the anti-garb measure, 516 precincts gave 24,788 votes for it to 20,859 against. A veteran$’ bonus measure ap- peared headed for almost certain passage, AIR PARCEL POST | SERVICE IN U, 5. 1S NOW AUTHORIZED WASHINGTON, June 30—®—Air parcel post service within the Unit- ed States and its possessions was; authorized for the first time under ia bill signed yesterday by President { Truman. The service will begin on Septem- ‘ber 1. Rates will range from 55 cansI to 30 cents for the first pound, de- pending on zone of delivery. Par- cels weighing from eight ounces uj to 70 pounds will be carried. The Post Office Department es- tablished such service Letween the United States and foreign countries {last March but Congress had to! pass a law to permit a similar do-| | mestic service. - ! FROM DETROIT | Plorence Bimsley from Detroit, I Michigan, is a Juneau visitor nnd‘ | staying at the Baranof Hotel. | ! " | The Bulgarian Government said ‘to- i The margin was by no means de- | “MithifiaMafiis!s , YUGOSLAVIA 30- SOFIA, Bulgaria, June i { day “the sound foundations of our | relations with Yugoslavia are un- shaken” by the Cominform blast against Marshal Tito. There was no direct comment on the proposal today by the Yugoslav Communist Party Tor Iorming a Balkan bloc to unite the Altnman‘ Bulgarian and Yugoslav peoples * m\(’ the principles of National equahity.”| The government newspaper | Otecheutven Front said in an edi- torial that Bulgarian-Yugoslav re- lations cannot be affected by a! temporary crisis .in the Yugoslav Communist Party.” BOEING PLANT STILL SEEKING WORKERS; 6979 JOBS OPEN SEATTLE, June 30—(#—The Boe- ing Airplane Company said today it now needs a permanent work iforce of only 14,000 as compared with 18933 persons employed be- fore the strike of the Aeronautical Mechanics Union more than two months ago. The company said the cut in the erk force resulted from “subcon- tracting and increased worker effi-| riency " The Boeing statement said the! company now has 7,021 persons working, “leaving only a total of 6,979 jobs stil! open.” Harold Gibson, President of the Independent Union, said he had “no comment” when advised of the company statement. - FROM HAWK INLET T. Conrad, visiting from Hawk wagt pispures PACIFICN.W., Conferences Proceed in| International Harvester case and Rallroads | Begrimed firefighters expressed hope S 5 today they could bring under con- (By The Assoclated Press) {uu the Northwest’s first major for- There will be another attempt ... .. oo tne season. today to settle a wage dispute, which led to a strike at nine! The two-day-old blaze, near Ry- internationai Harvester Company [derwood in Wahkidkum County, WS plants yesterday. “tailed in” on two sides late yester- When the strike was called by day, but Don TI'ras Lewis County the CIO United Farm Equipment Forest Warden, s Workers Union, more than 35, 000 kept jumping fire lines. workers were made idle. The chief issue now appears to| be an agreement on the retroactiv } | i | CHEHALIS, Wash., June 30 He said the blaze had eaten ery which way” through an esti- ity of a wage increase. And Fed- imated 2,000 to 3,000 acres. eral conciliators are keeping the! At Olympia, State rorestry Su- bargaining talks in progress. pervisor T. Goodyear sald a great Prospects for an agreement iniamount of eut-over land with “lots the railroad wage dispute look | of fuel to work on” lay ahead of the somewhat brighier today. 1blaze Leaders of the Engineers, Fire-| The fire centers in an area con- men and Switchmen’; Brotherhoods | taining some felled and bucked tim- joined carrier representatives in!ber, some new stands and some a conference yesterday with Presi- logged areas, Fraser said dential Assistant John Steelman,; bmses sy Ly ot st and it is believed that a definite settlement plan was considered. | NAB CONVICT, TWO STILL AT LARGE IN ALLOTS $100,000 T0 STATES AND ALASKA " INGTON STATE Later, Steelman told newsmen that | they will try m,um today. LLA, Wash,, June 30 —I®-Two of three men who es- ‘caped from the Washington State Penitentiary here yesterday still WASHINGTON, June 30---]eluded capture today. | President Truman signed legislation| The third, Thomas Ford, was re- ‘yesterdnv to allot a minimum of taken by officers late yesterday $100,000 annually to each state 1ur}whe'| found hiding in a field three construction of hospitals under the miles west of Walla Walla. He off- federal aid program tered no resistance. During congressional debate it was| Officials expressed teliel the two {brought out that present allotments n.en still at large might have been under a complicated formula go as aided in their getaway by a car low as $41,400 for Alaska and 340,575 |provided through a friend on the for Nevada, with Delaware getting outside. They were identified as $86,625. Under the new law they|Gerald Dyle, 25, serving 20 years Inlet, is presently in Juneau and istaying at the Baranof Hotel will get as least $100,000—which all|for 1obbery and Clifford Rhodes, 15 othyr states now exceed. Iyears for grand larceny, STILL RAGES vM—-»l' a third side| ROAR OFF T0 BREAK BLOCKADE Big Cargo Craft Assigned to Mainfain Emergency Food Supply Line WESTOVER AIR FORCE AIR BASE, Mass., June 30.—(M—“Op- erations Vittlas” gained momentum teday as a parade of Airforce planes roared ofi on a mission aim- ed at breaking the Russtan food blockade of Berlin Taking off at half hourly inter- vals were the vanguard of 16 of 39 big cargo airships assigned to help maintain emergency supply routes over Soviet-held territory. Ten cof the big ships—five each from the Elmendorf Airforce Base, { Alaska and from Alriorce Base—landed here yester- day. The Alaska group stopped at Great Falls, Mont., enroute. Six C-54 Skymasters were over the Atlantic by noon and at least twice that number were expected to be airborne by nightfall. Other planes ordered to the German re- lief project are expected to rendez- vous at Westover in the next 48 hours, The overseas hop calls for a re- fueling stop in the Azores and a landing at Frankfort. Each plane carries a double crew, (on order apparently issued with ar eye toward round-the-clock | duty for each craft over the air corridor into Berlin, The parade began as the first plane took off late yeuurd.u SNIPING AT fi: d. | BERLIN, June 30.—P— The Russian newspaper in Berlin start- led sniping at U. S.-British Air | Transport into Berlin as a “plund- \ering of the city.” The U. 8. sent 1187 planes with food into the eap- ital which had been blockaded by land for ten days by the Russians. Marshal Vassily Sokoloysky, Rus- I slan Military Governor, hinted that rail traffic will be restored before | food supplies, for the 2,000,000 | Western Berlin residents is ex- hausted. “The Russians offered to tswap milk from their zone for other foods. - GOVERNOR SALUTED, ATLANTA Official Calls Exchanged Befween Visiting Ship t and Territorial Head ) | Captain Rodger W. Simpson, Captain of the U.S.S. Atlanta, paid an officlal call on Gov. Ernest Gruening this morning in the | Governor’s office. This was fol- lowed by a return call of the Governor to the vessel as it lay at anchor in Gastineau Channel. As the Governor approached the 10,000-ton cruiser, he was given the customary 17 gun salute by the ves- sel which is required for officials of his rank. R WORK BEGINS TUESDAY ON AIRPORT BUILDING Mayor W. E. Hcndrickson an- nounced today that work will be- gin next Tuesday on the construc- tion of a new administration build- ing at the Juneau airport. ‘The $140,000 project is to be erected by Triplette and Dalziel. Accord=~ ing to terms of the contract, work must be completed within 120 days. - . SOUTHWORTHS END VISIT IN JUNEAU Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Southworth of Anchorage left on the Aleutian after a ten day visit with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dyer here. Southworth is a ploneer Alaskan newspaper editor and at the present time is cation in Anchorage. the Bergstrom* editor of the monthly Elks publi-