The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 2, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,929 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS = Eisenhower, Sp TITO CASE STILL HOT INEUROPE Yugoslav Commies Urge Stalin fo Blot Out ""Lies and Slander” (By The Associated Press) Yugoslav Communists urged Sta- line today to blot out what they talled the absurd “lies and slander” or the Cominform against Premier Marshal Tito and the ruling party of his Balkan nation. But Russia was busy building backfires against:Tito. The Com- inform—the 9-nation Communist Information Bureau—moved from Belgrade to Bucharest. Communists | in Russia, Albania, Bulgaria, Ru- | mania, Greece, Britain, Hungary, Austria and the United States all rallied around the Cominform and its Kremlin rulers. BELGRADE— Yugoslavia firm as ever behind Tito. Balkan neighbors for the moment didn't talk too big, because Tito| has the largest army afoot in that | 1 L) SRS R R * (Continued On Page Two) STEAMER MOVEMENTS —_— Prince George, from Vancouver, scheduled te @rrive 7 p. m. Satur-| day. George ‘Washington, from Se- attle, due to arrive Sunday. Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled| to arrive Monday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail{ from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail] from Vancouver July 7. Aleutian, from west, southbound Sunday. scheduled By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 'ASHINGTON— Despiie opti-! mistio statements by Democratic: Chairman Howard McGrath, the Democratic National CommmeeI has begun to fall apart at the, seams. McGrath is trying deper- ately to hold it together behind; President Truman but it isn't holding. i One national committeeman, Eu- gene Mahoney of Sioux Falls, S. D..| has writtea McGrath a letter urg- ing him to conduct and honest poll of the grass-roots before trying to nominate Truman. “As 1 understand it, it is not the duty of the Nationgl Commit- tee to at all costs endeavor to bring about the nomination of President Truman,” wrote Mahoney.) sia “It is the duty and respsonsibxlily] them back. of the National Cemmittee to lead the Democratic Party to victory and to take the leadership in stood | His | fthat R naval frigates and three ice break-! Soviets | still | i ers lied zones of the city. unrest” from Berlin. RUSSIANS Hotpour, U. . SHIPS I""Stall” on Demand to Re- The Washington| I cured, Lend-Lease Merry - Go - Round! turn Many Vessels Se- WASHINGTON, The United States January, it was disclosed ia return immedi July 2—m demanded in today, ely 28 “lend-leased” during the war, have not been The fact that to the The ships returned this country had asked return of the vessels cam® out incidentally 'during Secretary of State Marshall's news confer. ence. He said the request was made during discussions with Russian Ambassador on ‘a lend-lease settlement The American governaieni has been trying for the past 14 months to reach an agreement with the Soviets for winding up the $11.- 296,000,000 lend-lease account. Other officials said later the State Department had demanded the return of the 31 vessels in January. Thus hey said, Rus- has “stalled” about turnin request for return went out early in Apparently irri- The original of the vessels the negotiations. bringing about the nomination of | tated by Russia’s failure to com- a candidate who can win.. “I would suggest,” continued the South Dakota national committee- man, “that you as Chairman of the Democratic Party make a very comprehensive survey of thé nation? “lend-leased” and let the results of that survey ghide you in your course of action. I would also suggest that that survey not be confined to a few political * léaderss, bul that you actually make a grass-root survey as was only done by Jim Farley in 1932 “No doubt,” Mahoney concluded, “if President Truman knew the( true situation, he would. step aside and withdraw to aid and assist in the selection of a candidate who could and would win.” INSIDE YUGOSLAVIA One clue as to what’s happening inside Yugoslavia is a speech) Marshal Tito made at a secret - meeting of the Oblasni Egzekutiv- no Odbor (Red Executive Board) at Zagreb a short time ago. Speaking to his fellow Communist leaders, Tito was extremely frank in ad-! mitting trouble inside Yugoslavia. Here is a translation of one part of his speech: “Comrades, you know very well| -_ (Continued on Page Four) ply, the State Department in Jan-| uary then demanded their “im- mediate return.” Marshall said the Russians have returned eight merchant ships to them 'but they still hold 87 others. The return of these is one of the main topics under di; ion. e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 2—#—Clos: ing quotation of Alaska Juneau| mine stock today is 4, American Can 85, Anaconda 38%, Curtiss- Wright 712, International Harvester 332, Kennecott 58':, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific 26%, U. S. Steel 80%, Pound $4.03% Sales today were 920,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: ! industrials 190.06, rails 63.94, util-| ities 35.63. ————— |LARGE COD CATCH LANDED BY ARDEN The Arden was in today with 23,000 pounds of cod which sold for 1125 cents a pound. Her | hailbut catch of 3,000 pounds went for 19 on medium, eight for chix, and 18 cents a pound for large. on a street corner in the American sector of Berlin after Ru: The use of armored cars and jeeps was by Col. R. A. Willard, Post Commander of the Constabulary in Berlin. (P Wirephoto via radio the final | U. S. Constabulary On Alert in Rerlin An armored car and a jeep mounting a machine gun are manned by members of the U. 8. Constabulary ians had cut off electric power to the Al- called a precaution against “possible Power Survey fo Be Made ~In Alaska; Headquarters MARITIME ~ TIEUP IS f ENJOINED 2. SAN FRANCISCO, July P— A Federal Court injunction against a maritime tieup on the West Coast | was issued late today at the re- |quest of the United States gov- ernment. Duplicating action already taken cn the East Coast, Federal Judge | George B. Harris issued the 80-day | order for a “cooling ! It dates back to June 14 when the first of two 10-day | straining orders had been issued The injunction s airected against , 182 unicns and empioyer groups to prevent either a strike or a lock- out. - D e o o 0o v e o 0 0o . . * WEATHER REPORT ¢ | (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) . ® Temperatures for Z4-hour period ¢ ending 7:30 this morning . !e In Juneau - Maximum, 63; e minimum, 51. L4 At Airport— Maximum, 67; e minimum, 46. L4 FORECAST . (Junecau aund Vicinity) . Mostly cloudy with occa- @ ® sional light rain tonight and e | ® Saturday. Highest tempera- | ® ture Saturday near 55 de- @ | ® grees, | PRECIPITATION . (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® ® There was no trace of pre- @ | cipitation in Juneau and e e only .04 inches is reported at @ e the Airport. L . . e 0 0 0000 30 0 0 e ED. SIROIIGS HERE {from Grinnell, Towa, expect to be here until about July 20 while vis- |iting their son and daughter-in-law, IMr. and Mrs. J. B. Strong. They ar- rived aboard the -Princess Norah Tuesday. Strong is President of Grinnell | College in Towa off period.” | temporary re- FROM GRINNELL, LA. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Strong, here| To Be Esfablished, Juneau WASHINGTON, July 2- Interior Department said would begin next week getting ready for the power survey Congress authorized in Al The Department has voted $150,- 000 for the work, J. M. Morgan, Chief of the Alaska Investigating office, will leave next week for Juneau to set up an office | for the survey, the Department no- tified ‘delegate Bartlett of Alaska. It said approximately 20 men will be employed in the work. Bartlett was told the Department planned to investigate the power! possibilities of the Eklutna Lake district, then survey the Fairbanks area, and the Juneau, Sitka and | Ketchikan areas. —————— GECLOGIST LOST IN CANADIAN W00DS . AFTER BOAT SINKS | EDMONTON, Alta,, July 2—(®— An American geologist, stranded on the Dunedin River when his rubber dinghy was punctured and sank, is |Leing sought by an unidentified trapper, the Royal Canadian Air Force reported. The missing man is Robert Parry (hometown- unavailable), a geolo- |gist for the Phillips Petroleum Com- pany. He was sighted Sunday on a riverside ledge between mile 363 ot the Alaska Highway and Nelson Forks, B. C. Food packages were dropped Sun- day and Monday. The trapper, who looked over the area from the air Tuesday, left Nelson Forks later that day to at- tempt. the IESC\IL 'BUDGET SURPLUS FOR 1948 BIGGEST IN U. . HISTORY WASHINGTON, July 2—M—Sec- |retary of Treasury Snyder said to- day the government’s “true” budget surplus for the fiscal year 1948 was $8,419,469,843.81, by far the biggest lin history. Snyder said the figure .represents. “the actual excess of receipts over expenditures in the fiscal year” which ended June 30. ., FROM SKAGWAY Registered at the Gastineau Ho- tel from Skagway, J Calkins. 8000000000000 0g00000060000000c0s (WITHRAD!0 . The Air-Foree eisietals said radio QUE VOTING At noon today, the fourth day official count of the contest for Queen of Fourth of July celebration was tabu- lated and here is the vote: Tillie Martin 70,000 Loretta Keithahn 66,600 Bonnie Chesney 50,100 Mary Sperling 36,500 The voting for Queen ends at midnight tonight and all tickets must be turned in at that time to Ned Zenger at the Empire Office The next announcement of the vote will be made at midnight Saturday at the coronation of the Queen who has secured the most votes Each automobile ticket pur- chased gives the candidate for Queen 100 votes. o © 6 00 0 00 0 0 0 - lTAMPERING BEAM, BERLIN { R {American Pilots, Flying Food Supplies, Report Interference-Probe By RICHARD KASISCHKE BERLIN, July 2—(®— U. 8. Air, Force officers said today they are investigating possible Soviet inter-; \ference with the radio beam used | fby American pilots flying food to | bleckaded Berlin. beam interference over the Soviet occupation zone temporarily pulled American pilots off their courses| | from' the west last night. | The Americans said the Ru«mm‘ ;might claim deviations from course ‘as violations of the air corrids jover the Soviet zone, now the life lhm‘ to Berlin from the western! | powers. | The pilots were drawn eastward ‘of Berlin, but eventually all made landings at the airdrome, in the American sector of the city. | American officials also indicated the British-American air lift is tbeflting the Soviet food blockade. The American officials who re- rorted on the air food ferrying' service to Berlin said by July 15 the service will have bolstered the western sector’s food stock enough to assure a supply for the 2,000,000 {occupants and enough airborne food 'to last a month will be piled up {in Berlin. Added to stocks already | ton hand at the time of the Russian | blockade, the officials said, these| | will give the western sector a sxxi | weeks' supply. | The British and American trar quantities of dehydrated foods and | those high in caloric value. 1 The cfficials said there is aj| zs-dny supply of coal on hand and enough gasoline for three months, e e — ! {5mall Boy Finds . Self on Inside . | Looking Out-of Flue | NEWTON, Mass., July 2— Five-year-old Johnny Maloy's | mother couldn’t pull him up and she couldn't push him down—so she called the fire department. Firemen took a lock at Jnhnnyi stuck in the chimney of a backyard fireplace-—and decided they \mu]d have to dismantle the flu brick | by brick. That they did to get the sooty Johnny out five hours after he! became stuck to his armpits in the chimney yesterdayy. Plane on Time At Fairbanks; ‘ Baby Too Early FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 2.— (A—The plane was on time but the baby was early. H The baby was born to 19-year-old Mrs. Harding Atwater as a DC-3 of Northern Consolidated Airlines taxied onto Weeks Field here after| a flight from McGrath. | A doctor, who was waiting \ | at is Mrs. F. D. the airport, rushed the mother and ees were subject infant to a hospital. ports have been bringing in great| _ FAIRBANKS (Closure Order Issued After Fisenhower Will Be Asked To Malke Statement Whether He Is Candidafe, Is Report steps 5 » _The st,|House has taken no to tryl Dispatan sald today i to Bet Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ted story from Washing- 0 remove him el definitely as @ ten that White House has tak- PO™C © Democratic Presidential steps to got Gen, Bwight D McGrath made this comment to Eisenhower to issue a public state- = bt rp s iment this weekend “flatly and ir- § PRt PHBL uskRd A Washington dispatc to the St revocably rcmoving himself as a B S o eeratic Prosidentidl Louls Post-Dispateh. This story sald Wimine: a meeting of the \’V.mp|l.-:..\c ; : “kitchen cabinet” last Wednesday The story, by Edward A. Har-| 0 q0q to send George E. Allen ris, said “the intermediary in this puoq7 o poth Mr. Truman and remarkable. behind-the-scenes poli- it (o PN L voi o' urge tical maneuver will be George Al- yip 4o remove himselt “flatly and len, once known as the White . eyoearly from the nomination House ‘court jester i It said the mission for Allen U0 (o piog of Eisenhower was decided upon last Wednesday |~ Nl Mol SO T 0 ohed by ! at a meeting of what the POSt- | ioihone he said | Dispateh called President Truman's wf have no comment on anything ‘kitchen cabinet AVRR R AN R G T bR previcusly been invited to spend |aiq wrs. Eisenhower to help cele- the waekend with Eisenhower in|prate their 32nd wedding anni- New York versary, which was yesterday. They - are old friends McGRATH TALKS A Columbia University spokesman WASHINGTON, July 2—P—J. said in New York that Eisenhower. Howard g0 § Debowaic | University Pres ident, had left the uhxu day the White cit .S, Olympic Uniform b | = Pretty Sue Young madels one of the uniforms being manufactured in Kanszs City, Mc., by a sporting goods concern for members of the United States women’s Olympic team. Uniforms will be worn at the Olympiad in England this summer. (P Wirephoto. BIDS $4 MILLION TO BUILD 28-MILE ALASKAROADSTRIP PORTLAND, July 2 (®—Low bid on building a 28-mile section of tt Seward-Anchorage Highway $4,120,425, the Public Roads Admini- stration reports. submitted by GAMBLING CLOSED UP C. F. Lytle o5 Green Construction Co Army ASkS clean Up and Des Moines, Iowa 4 The price includes the cost of government-furnished steel The bid and three other ollers were referred to Washington, D. C, _| possitle award, W. H. Lynch, Divi-| sion Engineer, said Completion of the road \(hedu]ul Wide Open Town™ FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 2 (®—Dice cups disappeared, slot ma- chines were padlocked and card rooms darkened in Fairbanks today | for late next year, will permit aban- after the Air Force urged officis donment of the railroad between Se- to “clean up this wide-open town.”|ward and Portage Funds are from the Department The closure order was issued by of the Interior city officials after Brig. Gen.'Dale Second low bid, by combining an V. Gaffney, Commander of the offer of Stock and Grove, Seattle, Yukon Composite Air Wing at the for an 18-mile portion of the road Ladd Field, told the Chamber of with the Lytle and Green bid on Commerce that the alternative 10 miles, was $4,3262261, Lynch re- would be declaring the city off ported. Peter Keiwit, Birch and limits to troops. ) rison-Knudsen, Boise 184,789, 305. Gen. Gaffney, first commander e AR of Ladd Field in 1940 who recent- VANCOVER VISITOR Iy returned tc head the base three i) miles from Fairbanks, said moral B punn of Vancouver, B. C.. is conditions were worse here Now enjoving his first trip to -Alaska. than when he left six years ago. ' He js visiting his son, Fred Dunn, ger for PAA, and his He said the military would be| Traffic Ma roundly criticized if youthful draft- wife. Mr. Dunn arrived here on to moral condi- | the Princess Ncrah i expects to ticns prevailing here ‘smy about three weeks was | for | ecial Session, Now Big Issues DRAFTING OF GENERALIS BEING URGED Georgia De_m;crafs Wani Truman to Withdraw— May Call Congress (By The Associated Press) By convention resolution, Geor- gia Democrats today asked thelr | party to drait Gen. Dwight D. Eis- enhower for the Presidential nom- ination and called on President Truman to withdraw as a contend- ier The “Draft Eisenhower” talk al- |so got a boost in New York state |and three organizations joined in a boom for Supreme Court Justice | William O. Douglas for the Demo- | nomination. | In other political developments: | Some highly placed Democrats in |\Vnshmgmn were pushing the idea |that President Truman should call Congress back into session this ‘\\nnmt r and challenge the Repub- licans, who control the national ‘Iuhlumu' to deliver on their 11948 platform promises. The Georgia Democrats, when sking a draft of Eisenhower for | the Democratic Presidential nomi- :naunn. approved a petition to | him calling the General “the only |proper man to lead the fight for jworld peace against Communism, anny and slavery.” They also came out for Geor- lgla’s Senator Richard B. Russell !for Vice President. | Eisenhower Draft " | cratic In New York, former State Su- preme Court ice Jeremiah T. “Mihoney, a delégate to thé Demo- cratic National Convention, made puklic a letter urging an Eisens hower draft. ‘There was no indication in Wash- ington of much enthusiasm for the |idea of calling Congress back into ! session. | GOP lawmakers generally were {cool to the idea of getting back | into harness any time soon. i President Truman himself :clined to comment. Senator McGrath of Rhode Is- Iland, chairman of the Democratic National Cemmittee, told report- ers pressure is coming from many ybeople for Mr. Truman to cail Congress balk soon after the Dem- | ocratic Convention opening in Phil- j adelphia July 12, Congress Blasted , McGrath had just issued a form- |al blast at what he called the | “dismal failure” of the GOP-con- i trolled 80th Congress. f Rep. Spence of Kentucky, rank- 1ing Democrat on the House Bank- !ing Committee, said he is one of :!huse in favor of a special session call. { Declaring that de- “the Republican platform reads like an indictment of the Republican Congress,” Spence added to newsmen: “The President should call Con- gress back and challenge the Re- i publicans to make good on their | platform.” But Chairman Knutson (R- Minn) of the House Ways and | Means Committee had this to say: “Nothing could be accomplished a special session, because the ! by AContmued On Pnge Twa) BIG BARGE BRINGS WATERMELONS ON NORTHBOUND TRIP | SEATTLE, July 2—(P-—Watermel- :4 ns for Anchorage were included in |the capacity cargo of steel ‘barge 1730 which left here for Seward | vesterday. Other cargo on the tug, much of which will go to Tanana and Yukon |River points, included mattresses, i lumber, po:a siore iixtures, li- |quid asphalt, citrus fruit, building supplies, flour, canned goods, dairy feed, hay, furniture and automobiles. officials of Alaska freight express | reported. The barge is under tow of the tug {El Sol with Capt. Ray Thurston as master. Other barges will leave Seattle |for Seward on July 10, 20 and 30. General cargo for the next sailing will be accepted at Shaffer Termin- al No. 1, Tacoma, until 3 p.m. July '7, and at Pier 50, Seattle until 3 p.- m. July 8.