The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 9, 1948, Page 1

~the* Arab parts of Palestine in a . ensemble they are impossible . . . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,934 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS GENERAL IKE FOR T War Again Ragin Elks' New Grand Exalted Ruler| FIGHTING RESUMED, | PALESTINE Armistice of Four Weeks Is| Ended-Both Sides Start Renewal of Conflict | (By ‘Ane Associated Press) | War returned to Palestine today | on land and in the air. Within five hours after the four- weeks armistice ended, a lone plane, | probably Egyptian, bombed northern | Tel Aviv. Israel and Egypt reported scat- tered combat, though apparently not a full scale offensive, in southern Palestine. Mortar and small arms fire were exchanged in Jerusalem. Northern Palestine appeared quiet. HAIFA—Count Foike Bernadotte, | the U. N. Mediator, flew to Amman and talked for an hour with warrior King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan who commands five of the seven Arab armies arrayed against the Jewish state. Bernadotte said he proposed Jeru- salem be demilitarized and that he is hopeful. He had offered Abdullah, futile effort to retain the peace. The Israeli command said the Jews captured the villages of Beit Affa, Irag Suweidan and Ibdis rroml the Egyptian army. They are near Majdal, 28 miles south of Tel Aviv. The Jews acknowledged the loss of Kaukaba and Huleigat. Their com- munique said 30 Egyptians were kill- ed and many wounded in the war's renewal. Cleavage between the seven near- by Arab nations and the Jews ap- peared as wide as ever over the establishment of the Jewish nation. (Continued On Page Two) | The Washington: Merry - Go-Round| By DREW PEARSON | (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndx:ate,! Inc.) | 'ASHINGTON-—Memories of an ex-Yugoslav resident: Stalin might have taken a leaf from an Ameri- can relief workers’ notebook before | he embroidered the Red star on the Yugoslav patchwork quilt . . .. As individuals, Yugoslavs are among | the swellest people in the world, but also the most difficult. Taken| Basically they are no more Com- munist than Colonel McCormick or Tom Girdler and never will be —especially the Serbs, Bosnians, Herzegovinians and Montenegrins . . . Some of them like Tito be- cause they love to fight, and Tito is a swashbuckler who speaks their Janguage . . . For a thousand years the Yugoslavs—especially the Serbs —have fought off wave after wave of Turkish invaders . . . The plmns of Kossovo and chedonia in Southern Serbia are dotted with crimson poppies—reminders, so say | the Serbs, of the blood spilled fighting the Turks Having finally liberated themselves from/| one conqueror, the Serbs aren’t anxious for another conquest by Communism—as this writer has so frequently pointed out. \ Will Tito die in bed?—About a year ago this crystal-gazer pre- dicted Tito would be assassinated before the year was up. The pre- diction was wrong. But it was based upon the certain knowledge that the trigger-happy dictator would have -to change his tactics or die with his boots on . . . Few kings of Yugoslavia in the past have died in bed. When they get unpopular they get bumped off . . . Tito was getting unpopularl with three sets of his own people: 1. The Serbs, because he is ai Croat; 2. With .many Croats be-! cause they are Roman Catholic jing iawards for jof Alaska. GEORGE I. HALL, of Lynbrook, (right) newly elected Grand Exa Protective Order of Elks, is hailed by the delegates to the Elks' Na- tional Convention held in Philadelphia’s Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Hall's hand is raised by Past Gran of Anaheim, Calif., Lodge No. 134 Long Island, N. Y., Lodge No. 1515 Ited Ruler of the Benevolent and d Exalted Ruler Lafayette A. Lewis, 5. (International Soundphoto) 17 HONORED FOR ALASKAN SERVICE, RECEIVE PLAQUES: Seven Juneau men selected for their outstanding service to Alaska’s people and the Territory's develop- ment were presented with Distin- guished Service Plaques at the Junior Chamber of Commerce meet- today in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Herb Hilscher of Jessen's Weekly made the the Weekly, which is the annual presenta- sponsoring | tion. Named for plaques were Gov. Ernest Gruening, Regional Forest- er B. F. Heintzleman, Attorney | General Ralph Rivers, Health Com- missioner C. Earl Albrecht, Educa- | {tion Commissioner James C. Ryan, Museum Curater E. L .Keithahn, {and Charles Goldstein. Letters from Alaska residents recommending these men were im- portant in the choice of the 49 Alaskans who won the awards. The seven Juneau men were honored for these contributions: ernor for his leadership in the fight for statehood; Heintzleman for mak- ing his life work the preservation of the forests: in freight rate cases and fight against exploitation of resources; Albrecht for his drive against communicable disease; Ryan for raising the educational standards; Keithahn for his historical research and improvements at the museum and Goldstein for his activeness in Juneau business since 1893. Hilscher, member of the Alaska | Development Board and author of “Alaska Now,” told the member- ship he was glad a Junior Chamb- er group was organized in Juneau, that the Territory needs youn minds, young ideas and development. He urged develop- ment of tourist trade and the! building of trades industry in| Alaska. Gov. Gruening thanked Hilscher | on behalf of the award winners and stressed the need for unity of Alaskan people from Ketchikan to Pt. Barrow to further the destiny He called on all to forget past neglect and indiffer- | ences the Territory has suffered | and lead the way to an outstand-| ing example of good American so- ciety in the northern frontier. President Dean Goodwin presid- | ed at the meeting and announced | that a board meeting will be held at 7:30 o'clock Monday night at the Baragof. Guests today were Mrs. Lois Es- tepp and the parents of John Quilico. ———————— MRS. SKINNER LEAVES and don't appreciate Communism; Pt sl A SR | (Continued on Page Four) | ;| Mrs. Gus Skinner left aboard| |the Alaska to wvisit with relatives|N in Salt Lake City, Utah. the Gov-| Rivers for his work | leader- | ship for its promising future and‘ Negotiate If Russia Lifts Blockade, U. S. WASHINGTON, July 9.—(#—The United States has informed Russia | that it is willing to negotiate issues in dispute over Berlin only on the condition that the Soviet; blockade on the German capital is lifted The State Department made pub- (lic tonight the text of a note which | ‘Suremry of State Marshall sent to the Soviet government Tuesday, | declaring: i “It is intolerable that any one| |of the occupying authorities should ! | attempt to impose a blockade upon the people of Berlin. | “The United States government |is therefore obliged to insist that ’m accordance with existing agree- ments the arrangements for the movement of freight and passenger traffic between the Western Zones and Berlin be fully restored. 1 “There can be no question of delay in the restoration of these essential services, since the needs \o[ the civilian population in the | Berlin area is imperative.” Britain and France sent sep| arate notes to Moscow on Tuesday, ' at the same time as the U. S, ! ' protesting the blockade of Berlin. | The blockade of Berlin by the Russians has been in effect three | weeks, forcing the Western Powers to supply. the 2,000,000 Germans in their area by air. 'ARMY ASKS FOR DRAFTEE TRAINING IN TERRITORY ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 9.— |(—A plan to train Alaska draft- 'ees in the Territory was outlined |today by the Alaskan Command. | If the number is small, units will |train under a proposed Alaska Training Detachment at Fort Rich- ardson, Anchorage. If the number is greater than expected, several junits will be established through- jout the Territory. After a 13-week training period, | draftees will be assigned to regular |units of Alaskan Command. | Latest census figures show about |70 to 80 youths will reach draft |age every year. R e FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. J. L. Hamilton of Hotel Roose- | velt, Washington, D. C., is a new | the cannery ,Can 86, Anaconda 39%, HYDABURG CANNERY 1§ DESTROYED in Flames as Water Supply Goes Dry KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 9.+ P—The second costly fire of Southq east Alaska's current dry spell leff the coop ively owned Hydabur cannery a pile of smouldering em; bers early today. The cannery provides a ma]ol’ portion of the income of the Prince of Wales Island’s two native com- munities. at $150,000. The fire started late yesterday in building but quickly the $60,000 warehouse completed late last Both were destroyed spread to which was month Failure of the town's waler sys- tem to work because of the pro- current dry spell allowed the flames to spread. Forty to 50 vol- unteers fought the blaze with diffi- culty, their only equipment being a small pumper in the cannery which took salt water from the bay. Two Ellis Airlines pilots Forest Service portable pumpers and hose to the island from Ketch- ikan. They reported the buildings were completely aflame when they arrived. Manager Herb Kittilsby said he believed the fire broke out in the walls of the cannery. Others ex- pressed belief it might have start- ed from sparks from a worker's soldering iron beneath the cannery building. two-thirds covered by insurance. Members of the Hydaburg Co- operative Association which oper- ated the cannery said they would ask the cannery at Waterfall near- by, to handle their fish this s son. The Waterfall cannery is ready packing the early Hydaburg run. Less than a month ago the Mac- |nearby Nutkwa was destroyed by fire with damage of about $30,000. ———.—— Life Termers From Seattle | SEATTLE, July 9—A®—In a let- ter to King County Prosecutor Lloyd Shorett yesterday, Warden Tom Smith of the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla described a knife fight between two life termers. Smith -said Richard Britton se- verely wounded another prisoner, Edward J. Lewis by stabbing him several times in the chest with a “home-made” knife. It happened July 1. 2 Britton was convicted here of a shoe-store holdup slaying Dec. 13, 11945. Lewis killed a pensioner with a longshoreman'’s hook here Dec. 26, 1947. They were in the King County Jail together for akout a month this spring, jailers said. Smith asked the prosecutor if the trouble arising between the two at that time. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 9.—®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4, American Curtiss= International Harvester Wright 8%, 33%, Kennecott 59% |arrival at the Baranof Hotel. e Here from Hoonah is F. Robert U. S. Steel 82%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,370,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: ities 35.75. Damage was estimated| | and working conditions. flew| Kittilsby said the loss was about | Donald Logging Company camp .n| InKnife Duel fight may have stemmed from any| | STRIKE ON RAILROADS IS SETTLED ' CooperahvePIantGoesUmTerms Reached in Confer-| ence at White House- Pay Boosts Later BULLETIN—Washington, July ~(P— The Army today re- turned control of the nation’s railroads to private manage- ment. The action, which took place at 1 ». m. (PDT) followed settlement of the year-old dispute between the railroads and three unions over wages Army Secretary Royall issued the order in mid-afternoon, thus ending Army control of the carriers which started on May 10. WASHINGTON, July 9—(®—The year-old wage dispute that near- ly tied up the nation's railroad system is settled. ‘The three strike-threatening un- ions came to terms with the car- riers at the White House last night. But a new round of pay boost demands on behalf of all-of the 1,250,000 railroad workers is just around the corner. Management officials look for that struggle to begin in earnest in September. However, the long procedure call- ed for by the Railway Labor Act crisis for several months after that. In the meantime, the railroads {will be back under private oper- ation. In announcing the settlement, the White House said the lines will be freed of army control as;| soon as the necessary papers can be drawn. The 18 unions all received ‘a cent hourly increase last fall, the three strike-threatening but ;Brotherhoods refused to settle for [ that amount without some changes in the operating rules. That is what they got in the peace plan proposed on Wednesday by Presi- dential Assistant John R. Steel- man apd -accepted by both sides last night The government seized the rail- roads in M'n) STREH IMPROVEMENT A Seattle investment concern, Grande and Co., was selected by the Juneau City Council last night to handle the sale of $150,000 in to finance Juneau street improve- ments. ed in a special Council meeting called yesterday by Mayor W. E. Hendrickson. The bonds will be; callable after seven years. They will pay 3': percent interest and will mature beginning in 1949 and ending in 1968. The bidder will pay the costs of printing and legal opinions. - v o WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maximum, 60; minimum, 54. At Airport-- Maximum, 60; minimum, 51. FORECAST (Juneau und Vicinity) Variable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with little change in temperature. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending am. today ® In Juneau City — None; ® since July 1, .88 inches. New York|g Central 17%, Northern Pacific 26‘.,‘. e ®o 0 0 0 o ® At Airport — Trace; since ® July 1, .69 inches. Y e 0 PN I’R«OM KETCHIKAN will delay any possible new strike | BONDS ARE AWARDED municipal bonds which will be used | The Company's bid was approv-! | 'Refuses Prison Wanfs to See Parole But Brother Who ~ IsReporied Here in Juneau PLATFORM 15 BEING ~ LINED UP Leon Henderson Urges Demo Committee fo Pledge for Controls By FRANCES M. LEMAY PHILADELPHIA, July 9—(P— Leon Henderson, Wartime OPA Ad- ministrator, urged the Democratic Platform Committee today to pledge immediate action to restore price, allocation, inventory and credit controls. This must be done, he said, “to prevent any further rise in prices.” | “Inflation,” said Henderson, “is a {time bomb placed at the founda- knows that the bomb bears the stamp ‘made by the GOP. Unless this bomb is removed it will blow us jinto the worst depression in our history.” Henderson presented his state- ment on behalf of the Americans for Democratic action. He appeared after the committee had heard demands from other wit- nesses for abandonment of the “Tru- man Doctrine” in Greece, for in- {dorsement of arms shipments to Ithe new state of Israel, and for the iocratic peoples of the world. IKE'S CAMPAIGN IS 'ABANDONED; 2 MEN /OUT FOR TRUMAN July 9.—P—Jacob | i 1 CHICAGO, IM. Arvey, Chicago Democratic !leader, said today he and MflOl ‘Wmlam O'Dwyer of New York a | abandoning their Eisenhower ))(wm |and “intend to vote in the conven- |tion for the nomination of Pres dent Truman.” convinced that General Eisenhower is unavailable for a draft and that he would not permit his name to go before the electorate.” - — CATCHES LANDED i The Oceanic, skippered by Ole Westby, docked at Juneau Cold i Storage yesterday with a 20,000 pound halibut catch and 1,500 in |bldck cod. The Margaret “T", | skippered by Pete Hildre, was in |with 9,000 pounds sable and 1,000 pounds in halibut. The halibut went at 1895 for medium, eight for chix, and 18.10 cents a pound for large The cod GROCERY REPRES TI‘TI"" Charles H. Hyde, Tacoma, | West Coast Grocery Company, is| in town, staying at the Baranof Hotel. - FROM SKAGWAY Among the guests at the Gastin- | eau Hotel is John E. Heidelberger, of Skagway. i SO Al AT THE BARANOF Jean Stenson of Ruth Kuljn of Petersburg are among the visitors |at the Baranof Hotel. - e, — — SEATTLE MEN HERE L. N. Olson and Lyle M. Heaton {of Seattlg are in Juneau, regis- |tered at the Baranof Hotel. | To do work equal to that of a | mole, an average-sized man would have to dig a tunnel wide enough! tions of our prasperity. Everyone. .. S | creation of a federal union of dem- were taken at 11.25 cents a pound. 1t VANCOUVER, B. C., July 9 (®— | Eighty-year-old Paddy Duncan re- |fused to accept his freedom from the New Westminster Penitentiary today because the conditions of his parole forbid return to his home in the Yukon Territory. ! “I go home—or I stay,” the elderly Indian prisoner told officials. Duncan was sentenced originally | to hang for the murder of an Indian | outside a Yukon shack in 1936, but the sentence later was commuted| to life imprisonment. After his stubborn refusal to leave, prison officials asked the Jus- tice Department in Ottawa to rule on I next step. But Paddy’s made up his mind. He pas a daughter in the Yukon and a trother in Juneau, Alaska. “I want to see them again, I want {0 see home. I don't want to stay down here.” - - . uss Silenf; fied Nofe Moscow, July 9—(P—The Kremlin held its silence on three Western Power notes demanding an end to the land blockade of Berlin today. LONDON, July 9—(®—The Brit- ish said the Western Powers have agreed to delay publication of the notes for at least 24 hours while Russia’s masters ponder some more. Paris, July 9—(®--The France- Soir of Paris said the notes told a the U. S, Britain and France would give up no rights in Berlin. France was reported to have ex- pressed willingness to negotiate four-power differences in Berlin, but only on condition that Russia unblock immediately the roads, rails and barge routes to Berlin. B S ANS CREDIT OFFICER FLIES T0 HYDABURG; o Their statement said “we are now | | A. H. Walker, Credit Officer for the Alaska Native Service, flew to Hydaburg this morning to sur- {vey the damage done by the’ blaze | which swept through the Hydaburg Cooperative Cannery and warehouse ylate yesterday afternoon. The 'fire, which completely demolished the cannery and new warehouse, was estimated to have caused $175,- 000 damage. ‘The cannery building, which was censtructed on a loan from the Alaska Native Service, had been , completely paid for. The new warehouse, which was just com- pleted a few weeks ago, was not| paid for. Fortunately the sharp freeze equipment had not been in- | stalled in the warehouse at the !time of the fire | STEAMER MOV MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver, due Saturday afternoon or evening Denali, from Seattle, scheduled arrive Sunday. Aleutian scheduled Seattle Saturday. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail {from Vancouver July 14. Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle July 14. i Baranof, from west, scheduled zsoumbouud 8 a. m. Monday. Corsair scheduled southbound for 'lo to sail from X 'Vancuuver Monday. ———— BUREAU OF MINES Willilam H. Kearns of Reno, ‘Nevuda arrived here yesterday via Mr. and Mrs. George Gouroff of to permit the passage of his body PAA Clipper and is staying at the l Baranof Hotel. ] orton, a guest at the Hotel Ju-|industrials 191.62, rails 64.76, util-|Ketchikan are visiting here at the'thmy seven miles long, in a single Gastineau Hotel. neau, ‘mght. He is with the Bureau of Mines. INVESTIGATE BIG FIRE: HIRD TIME SAYS “N0” g In Holy Land By Land, Air EISENHOWER’S NAME NOT TO BE PROPOSED /Chairman McGrath Makes Statement-Farley Also | Gives His Views By JACK BELL PHILADELPHIA, Juiy 9.—P— | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a “final and complete” retusal today |to all efforts to draft him for | the Democratic Presidential nomi- | nation. “I would refuse to accept the nomination,” Eisenhower said. That was in a telegram to Sena- {ter Claude Pepper of Florida. Pepper said yesterday he would place the General's name in nomi- | nation at next week’s party con- vention if someone didn't beat him to it | “Eisenhower called him off. Pep- per released the General's telegram and said he would comply with “the greatest reluctance” with Eis- enhower's request that his name niot be offered to the convention. It was the General's third and (mest outspoken disavowal of any desire or intention to be pulled into this year's politicAl wars as the commander in chief of either major party. | The release of Eisenliower's tele- lgram made it necessary for party members who want to scuttle Tru- man to settle quickly on somebody else if they have any hopes at all of success. . Several caucuses are scheduled for tomorrow to talk things over. By JACK BELL PHILADELPHIA, July 9—®— i Democratic Chairman J. Howard | McGrath predicted today General Dwight D. Eisenhower's name will not be offered to next week's con- vention as a possible party Presi- dential nominee. McGrath told a news conference he also does not believe that Su- preme Court Justice William O. Douglas will permit his name fo be proposed as an opposition can- didate to President Truman in the latter’s bid for the nomination. “Stop-Truman” Drive In response to questions, Mec- Grath sald that while he does not think the “St>-Truman” drive has been gstopped, he thinks it has been detoured. | "It is off Eisenhower Boulevard and on some side road,” McGrath said. “I don’t know just where it is at the moment.” The National Chairman said he | doesn't think that “anybody in the | Democratic convention will be so disrespectful as to present Gen. Eisenhower’s name ‘“since he has |said he could not accept nomina- |tion for high political office.” A reporter asked McGrath if he | believed Senator Claude Pepper, of Florida, who has announced he | will offer Eisenhower, would fail to do so. “That goes for Senator Pepper or anybody else,” McGrath said, re- ferring to his previous statement. The National Chairman said he now sees little reason for the hold- | ing of an anti-Truman caucus call- ‘r‘d here for tomorrow night by i | (Continued On Page Two) RELIEL MATERIALS BE | SENT TO NORTHWEST WASHINGTON. July 9.—(P—Re- lief materials valued at more than $1,000,000 have been sent to the recently flooded areas of the North- west by the War Assets Adminis- tration. The shipments included a wide {variety of property, ranging from a mobile crane to tableware and bed pillows. As a result of negotiations with the Army for equipment not yet declared surplus but badly needed in the flood zone, the Alaska Command agreed to ship, withowt expense, 50 pieces of construction | machinery.