The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 14, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” el PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1948 NOMINATIONS ARE DUE THIS P.M. - VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,938 | bt U R B " Russia Makes Reply To Blockade Note PROTESTS, 3POWERS, HOLE DRILLED IN HULL, RIVER BOAT IN CHENA RIVER TOGLIATTT WOUNDED, CHARGE MUSICIANS AT FAIRBANKS HAVE BROKEN CONTRACIS LABOR LAW REPEAL IS ‘Glamorous DemecraficLady, PLATFORM IS | | | With Goose Pimples, Makes APPROVED BY [] [ | e B Pebeen o e "'The Pairbinks tavern. ownes w‘ I |k al Demo Me "v I (E v 0 IE (M— Skipper Don Peterson of lhc‘ (- The Fairbanks tavern ownels | riverboat Bonnie G is puzzlingl association has 1illed a complaint \ | over who tried to sink his river- | with the National Labor Relations . Soviefs Deliver Response| et awoke o e sound o Fiery Nationalist Attempls B bdomcia™® ot s o James Roosevelt Is Sur- w AVE SHO.I._ LB moorfant Planks Writlen | i 1 7 ’ as violatet he aft-Hartle; . H H The lady in green had goose . . . pounding on ihe hul Sundsy| 4o Kill Haly's Lead- | "ne tompiame contonss tnat che| Prise Speaker During P pimples and s heart rull of worss| i ~ Nominations on Demand that Block- night. Then they found their boat | sinking in the Chena River. | The complaint contends that the ! union has broken its contracts. It | . | Demo Convention She also wore a pink petticoat, a This Evening adfi Be l_i“ed | The boat was beached a few| Ing Communls' | asserts that the union has demand- big diamond ring bright as a | miles south of here. The crew — | ed more pay and warned newly ar- | . firefly, and a solemn cocoa-color- PO . AN | found a neatly drilled hole in the (By The Associated Press) rived musicians from the states, By JACK BELL ed makeup that crinkled as she By JACK BELL By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER |, % | A fiery nationalist gravely wound- not to work for the pay stipulated | CONVENTION HALL, PHILA- talked CONVENTION HALL, PHILA- WASHINGTON, July 14—@®—| The craft had ust been loaded ed Palmiro Togliatti, Italy’s leading |in exisiting contracts. DELPHIA, July 14—(®—The Dem- EAI E But the thing that made Con-|DELPHIA, July 14—(®—The Dem- | Russia replied today to the Ameri-|gijth supplies for villages up the|Communist today. Leftist mobs start-| Most of the dozen night clubs in |ocrats cheered today a demand for | gressweman Helen Gahagan Doug- | gcrats shouted into their party 3 can, British and French protests| yykon as far a Galena. Hundredslfld shooting riots in the heart of|and near Fairbanks hire profes-|repeal or the Taft-Hartley Labor las the toast of the Democratic|platform today a call for “civil | | against the Soviet blockade of Ber-| of dollars worth of provisions were| Rome and threatenetl to engult |sional musicians. Law. It came from James Roose- — convention last night was her mix-| rights” laws such as President o Un. | damaged or ruined. |all Ttaly in viclence. General strikes | R — | velt in one of the speeches leading | 5 ture of mature beauty and her|Truman has asked, and made ready i Soviet Ambassador Alexander S.| s * 'were called in Rome and Milan tup to the main business plcking\Senlor cOmmander Mur_ political earnestness to hand him their Presidential Panyushkin delivered Moscow’s re- sponse personally to Secretary of NoStrike rovince. ROME—Togliatti, trained in Mos Hydaburg Cannery a Truman-Barkley 1948 ticket. The late Franklin D. Roosevelt's eldest son was a surprise addition | She was the Democratic answer | nomination dered as She l_eaves for to the glamor challenge raised by| Overriding their platform-writing the Republicans three weeks ago| committce, 651'%: to 582'%; the State Marshall at the State De- » | \ | L partment at 7:30 a. m. (PDT). The |cow and considered the Kremlin's| es"oye y JI@ |[to the lsted speakers. President Work—AtiempIs Sumde when they featured Clare Boothe|delegates approved a flat declara- & reply, in Russian, is being trans- {best foreign operator, was shot| Truman’'s forces, in control of th} Luce as a convention speaker. tion against race discrimination lated. | u |when he emerged from the Cham- l i B R b -I convention, obviously put him on | Takes Up Challenge lin the armed services and for j He acted within a few hours af- | Ines ber of Deputies where he was lead-| |$ io e Kehi! ' for a purpose. That was to show| SEATTLE,July 14 (P—A 41-year-| And Mrs. Douglas was ready to|laws to secure “the right to equal ter similar replies had been deliv- ing a fight to unseat Premier Al-| Py the closing of ranks behind thelglq Lieutenant Commander in the take up that challenge! opportunity of employment.” ered by Soviet envoys in London cide de Gasperi. 1 et = , | President. Roosevelt was one of {waves, Margaret Jones, Senior Men politicians may not learn| It was a double blow to the and Paris: e e ‘Tf\z wgrst thing that could hap- A H Wa|ker, Credit Offi- | those caning 1ast week for nomi- | waves Commander for the 1jth ircm cach other’s mistakes—but| Southerners and left many of them Panyushkin told reporters whm‘Minister Hinpbrey Mitchell an-“?e"' e Gasperi said of the shoot- Z nation of Gen. Dwight D. Elm-nA; istrict, was shot and killed half a smart political ladies do. fighting mad There was fresh talked to him outside Marshall's| 4 |ing. Angry shouting mobs soon' cap Of ANS B”ngs Ba(k hower for President. |Elock from her home as she left| Whether Congresswoman Douglas|talk of refusing to support the office that he had delivered a note | to the Secretary and that it was| | nounced today settlement of the|qogseqd the square before the cham- | dispute which had threatened Alber tuilding. Heavy firing rang | Complete Report But the “harmony” efforts were not making as much progress with- | for work today. or ex-Congresswoman Luce is the|convention’s nominees. Vernon Allen, 42, was in critical p glamorcus gal in politics is a| Alabama’s delegation sought re- Canada-wide rail strike | s | an answer to a note of the State He said nfe Filtes e irasa w[mrough the area. P(?llce fought in Southern delegations, sore over|condition in Harborview County hair-pulling question among fem-|cognition to announce a walkout, Department dated July 6. a wage increase of 17 cents an'buk SRR e ceowila. ’ ity !the President’s civil rights stand |Hospital with a bullet wound in inine supporters of the two ladies.|but Convention Chairman Sam Togliatll, \who signed the recent| A first hand report on the the proposed ! the head. And the two ladies themselves—it Rayburn ignored them and ordered On that day, in separate but simultaneous dispatches, the three Western powers sent notes to Mos- cow condemning Russia’s policies in shutting off all surface travel to the western sectors of Berlin. They warned the Soviet Union that they would not be forced out of the German capital by threats hour retroactive to last March 1. |gominform diatribe against Premier | The strike would have affected!narshal Tito of Yugoslavia, was re- 150,000 employees. It had been ported probably out of danger. Two set for 6 a. m. tomorrow. |of tNe five shots fired at him punctured his chesl SERVICE UNINTERRUPTED e With a settlement between the ROME—Togliatti, Moscow-train- parties in the Canadian Railway|ed puppet of the Kremlin, was burning of the Hydaburg Cannery was given by A. H. Walker, Cr Officer ior the Alaska Native Ses vice, who returned yesterday. He said that the cannery building and new warehouse, valued at $175,000, were completely destroyed, also the entire stock of canning equipment |and displeased with | party platform. Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia and | Virginia, among others, were say-| ing they would not vote for Mr. Truman when the convention got | jaround to the formality of nomi- {nating him later in the day | Threat By Alabama | {walked up, smiling, took out a pis- a recess. Vote. On Platform Here 1S what happened: First, the Southerners were beat- Has Big Advantage len 925 to 309 when they tried to But last night La Belle Douglas|get into the platform a stand for had a big advanta She had the| “states’ rights” that would case the edge that any experienced actress|impact of its declaration for “ecivil Detective Austin Seth of the Seat- | it yeasonable to assume—are aware tle Police Homicide detail said Miss of ‘their rivalry. Both are former Jones' roommate, Esther Jones (ot aotresses. a relative), gave this account of the shooting She and Margaret were just get- ting into their car when Allen o pressures, Ins{sthd 1n their rights :Lspil::leflnl}:m;i;e)n«.;)};ed.u::orce‘a:;lcln:? wgum:e;l in th]el :her.s_-t and thigh by, for this season. A council meet- Itol and shot Margaret. Margaret nac after w.N\hing another actress|rights” The vote on that issue not only to be in the city but also|pe i P'h Ghoid N ]‘Lwo of four liu ets fired by Antonia|ing o‘I %he Hydaburg Co-operative| Alabama deicgates were reported | jumped from the car and tripped perform under strange and new | included: Alaska 6 votes: 3 yes, 10 HATA: aotkss. LEUHE «and Heriandea acx‘ ic :)r Ale & nng 12;1 ER Mona |Pallante, a Za-ye?r-old student who | Association was held and it was de-|ready to walk out of the conven- |crossing the lawn. Allen walked conditions ploocs ’ ! service to aska, D. H. E. ac- | 'Ly, & 5 5 it DS ey 5 % A i 4 k i professes no political party cided to rebuild the plant. The|tion immediately after adoption|over and shot again. The new element was the magic, Then the convention broadened that the blo,ade be lifted. Panyushkis “.-iswered “Nyet” - meaning “no”"— when he was asked to indicate what attitude the So- iet note took toward the American protest. There was no indication from him or from the Russiam embassy | Lean, local agent for CPR, an-| The Communist-led confederation nounced this afternoon. of Labor called a secret meeting of — e - tits executive committee. An Italian | |general strike had been rumored | wldne; Arraiqned‘ !rm- days and the bullets may give |agitators an added reason to walk Keichikan Shooting " ——ae—— loss was completely covered by in- surance and the insurance adjust-| ers were due to arrive in Ketchi- kan today. Arrangements have been made for the Rose Inlet Can- nery, operated by the Nakat Pack- ing Company, to handle this sea-! of the platform, leaving behind a| pronouncement that its electoral jvotes will not be cast for this con- | vention’s nominee. { | There was no argument about | ! giving the Vice-Presidential nomi- nation to Alben Barkley, 70-year-, Then, Esther said, he walked back ' 44 sometimes cruel eye of tele-|the “civil rights” plank written by into the street and shot himsell in | yision That eye turned Mrs. Luce,, the platform commmittee. It added the head. a slender, hblonde, white-skinned!a ‘“commendation”— offered by Allen dropped out of the Univer-'y...tu into a pale, gesturing ghost| Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey of sity of Washington summer school o, yyo television screen during her | Minneapolis— for President Tru- recently. Esther said Margaret had ,e.ch pefore the Republican con-|man’s stand and a call for Con- rejected a proposal by him vention |gress to enact the laws he asked. here as to when the text would be son’s pack of the Hydaburg Can- 011 Kvntluckl, Senator. e Make-Up Learned |The roll call showed a 69-vote puklished or when some official e T {neey: -5 arty leaders were aiming at a Mrs. Dougl chestnut-haired | majority. word as to the Kremlin's reaction | SETOHIKAN, July 14 e jAMES (' (0 pER [ he fire, which was caused by a,schedule calling for a windup of wife 6t ovls: SaE MAIvYR: Dtz Voice-Vote would be forthcoming. FAIEE Barore the U, 6. okt | 4 8 ‘Ht ?"C‘“‘v broke out first inithe convention tonight after an c ooner las, learned a makeup lesson from| That cleared the way for voice- The Western powers have already |, o "0 "o ooa of ‘shobting with | Io (oME BEFORE walls of a washroom an('J sprc.uvl '." acceptance speech from President Her uhi vote adoption of the platform ps intimated that a Soviet refection! oo % ST PO et at the cannery building and ware-iTruman. Dispatches from Wash- For all her public speaking ex-|a whole and a move on to the 3 5 8 8 i heuse. In order to prevent the!ington said the President was perience, the Irish lady in the, business of nominating President would probably cause an appeal to be made to the United Nations on $25,000. | Widner is accused of shooting COURT ON FRIDAY | fire from reaching the gasoline and waiting for the word to come here. Disabled Kelly green dress was nervous. She | ‘Truman and naming Senator Alben the ground that the situation at| . " 8 oll storage tanks, the dock was| Barkley still was not saying pub-| 'stocd high on her toes and her| W. Barkley as his running mate. Berlin is a dangerous one which fi%’:;:t, ’fi;;i‘?°"‘K‘;:;fl£.‘“;'ké£f;:1 sawed in half by the firefighters. licly whether he is willing to take pink petticoat slipped into view| But the delegates were weary requires peaceful solution. ' s in"descrlbe‘d o ”;‘ous it noils jJa.m&sh C. Coopc.xf. of Juneau, and|Unable to bring ch fire undl:r second place on the ticket. But On ocean of those on the platform as shcjand hot. So convention 'leaders A Soviet acceptance, on the| ... 5 . ‘l‘,'“’s"tb." men will be taken into, control after two hours, the fire-(no one in Convention Hall has any | began pouring her speech into the{ordered a recess until 3:30 p. m. other hand, would ease the situa- | o 4 feb s siriot Court here st 2 pa. men -spent the night trying to)doubts. | microphone. Her arms trembled, ;IPDT‘. That is to be the windup tion at once since it would mean | FROM DENVER "“”_" 'g‘ answer criminal charges kefp the fire from spreading to the Barkley Miffed | —_— “She shakes and she shouts,”|session. modifying or lifting the blockade.| ;. b jones cadastral engineer “;;‘;" iesml.)ein i ;5::01;‘:2 ‘:1""‘;5' 'b“'l‘:_‘g?us“‘“- offic SALPUED Uie feioian | ob- | 5 said one critical bystander 1 Democratic Committee Chairman However, best Informed. officials| i e U's. public Survey, is : HEa e et viously was mitted at Mr. Truman's, (raff i Trouble Southeast Whacks Republicans |, Howard McGrath said Mr. Tru- here have felt all along that an neau Federal Jail, in lieu of $10,000 e —— previous misfiring bid toward Ji The lady had herself in hand. man will reach Philadelphia at . istered at the . - : . . ahd fo the Tidalbh crisls: $ouid)| s iseled, A e Hotel Juneau. ?:;h[o:u:h;'.ee Ch::',g:; ff efnihuz‘le tice William O. Douglas, friends 0' KOdlak o cOaS' Down the verbal road of New Deal|6:15 p. m. (PDT). simply mean a lull until some other FHoit ANCHGEANL ot b b;t;:l’ndem % :E:‘;’e‘m!:; HALIBUT FISHERMEN saidldmey had) no doubt that :w loyalty she went, here whacking| There.was an air of tension de- urred. » would accept the No. 2 spot on the ' 5 - e Cf e sy P incident occurred. Hers, trom ATEhdiaRs cl Kt land saree wile o FINED A' WRANGEH.'"C‘“?‘ D | Guard fo S(ene the Republicans, there calling up- spite intermittent cheers, during % . who Is registbred at the!f ti bmitt . 2 e i 5.5 i on Democrats to make a memor-|the voting on the platform. BERLIN— N W. Ball, who Eistin ormation submitted by the U. S. In fact, some rebellious Southern- ’ — Newspapers controlled i Hotel R 5 cY, some s Southe 1 ial to Franklin® D. Roosevelt Angry Debate Gastineau Hotel. District Attorney. District Attorney ers were talking of Barkley for No. . " by, the Russians indicatod. Russian — i-| The captain and three crew mem- AlIng ot Rerley | SEATTLE, July 14—(—The two- through “service to humanity. It came after an angry debate —— « |P. J, Gilmore, Jr., said that addi- P 1 man, largely because the 28- " | ) duri vejackion of .the Aflled demands & tional counts will be contained in|bers of the fishing boat Betty of| Man: ArEcy | masted schooner “Seattle” radioed| Calling for a bold expansion of|during which Dan Mcody of Texas and hinted the starvation block- The waShln ton|in intormation. Wrangell were fined last weck on|Tinute demonstration given him|.u today she was “completely the New Deal program to attainfand Cecil Sims of Tennessce told ade might continue into the winer. I Norman Scott, of Ketchikan, will| charges of illegal halibut fishing,| ¥hen he completed his keynote|gisapied” some 200 to 300 miles “new goals of human happiness|the convention they would not An appeal to the United Nations 4 4 speech Monday night hasn't been g,ineast of Kodiak, Alaska. and well-being,” she cried in a|“bolt” if defeated. But Sims said probably would be the next West- ern step. There a Russian veto could block any effective action. FORUM TO DISCUSS MORAL CONDITIONS it h ¢ ibuti Merry- Go- Round it i, chamse, o contimting, to b £ 25N Ilzay W. Anderson, of Juneau, will By DREW PEARSON answer a burglary charge. e e———— ) (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, 1nc.) GASSER 10 FACE | MURDER CHARGE PHILADELPHIA — The smoke- filed room that put Harry Truman according to an announcement to- day from the Regional Office of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice here. ‘The four appeared before U. S. Commissioner Richard Suratt at Wrangell and pleaded guilty after their arrest by Fish and Wildlife Agent Ray R. Lindsley, who spot- ted their vessel from the air near approached in enthusiasm since. Senator Lister Hill of Alabama, iwho once said he was going to nominate Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower was non-committal about the possibility of offering Barkley | formally to the convention in the| top-of-the-ticket spot. | Gov. Beauford Jester of Texas idefeat on the issue would mean it-| “the dissolution of the Democratic The message, relayed by a second clarion contralto schooner, the “Mitkol,” said the' “This century must concern vessel carried 10 men, but gave no self with the welfare of the in-|party in the South.” further details, the Coast Guard dividual. If we are going to dc-‘ Preliminary to the platform ar- reported. ! feat Communism, or any other form 1 gument, the convention heard an- The Cutter Bittersweet and a of totalitarianism, and help lnad‘umur round of speeches praising PBY aircraft from Kodiak were the way toward a free and demo-| the Democratic record and lam- sent to the vessel's aid. cratic soclety of nations, democracy | basting that of the Republicans. must offer man not only political| There were cheers when James into the White House was Ed, Coronation Island. said he had been approached by| n. y. s Coast Guard Cutter ircedom but economic security—| Rcosevelt and A. F. Whitney, rail- "ow I" FMRBANKS B0 siite- ‘at - the B"%‘f‘"’"" I" HRSI DEGREE Captain Karl Askeland was ':ze“;‘:‘;gn"‘};’ari:;"‘;’:"‘m‘:"’:‘““‘T‘w‘..chuam left Juneau @mt 1 p. m.! jobs, homes, and the right to raise ! road union leader, shouted demands {Hotel in Chicago in 1944. e S0~ 9 oy j _as b o, a ake ove, 3 : ' families wit par.” ) el "aft-He y - called smke-ilied room “tba tricd ffe Mow winke of S0 esshl e eply Tenka wouid be) beact” o s Ouiteg Blkare| | ki ol r gl sl o g FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July W—!is e Horry Truman out of the| SEATTLE, July 4—B—John| ettord oiase. Jr. Gael Johanson|Very much interested.” |sweet. The Seattle was constructed \in the platform draft (P—The local Junior Chamber of |wmite House in 1948” was the club |Russell Gasker, 20, was charged to- pioed ciwe' Jr, Carl Johanson | n, e poutz, a Golden State dele- |1 1915 at Senttle, and is owned!® ® ® ® ® ® ° o o . i Commerce today scheduled & !or;:m 700 at tue Draich Mot In Bhilec| ARy wikii el ki skt | Souttand Pegelow. | gate, said: “California would 0|y anton Eliason. It is 77 feet long | ® i 4 SR i LENGTHY PLATFORM B s S R e | RN ORY, I wax fied kS st Sy of Dote, G R |ond has o displacement o 1 tons' 5 WEATHER REPORT * PHILADELPHIA, July 145 - Fits Bieiad “Aittaais A oo - es rather than cigar | Woodcock, pretty 22-year-old re- STE‘MER MOVEME““ ! jgross. It will be brought to Ju- 2 PO o a ey o B g The Democratic platform is more diflodle” 1r" thie: clty smoke. freshment stand carhop. PRINCE GEORGE IN Ineau. The Wachusett expects to| es | than three times as long as it was > In Chicago, Mayor Kelly of Chi-| Superior Judge Roger J. Meakim | return here sometime Sunday | ending 7:30 this morning @ "m 1044. ‘The military has threatened to declare this city out-of-bounds for ordered the former Seattle Univer- sity student held without bond. | cago, Mayor Hague of Jersey City, Ed Flynn of the Bronx and Bob Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive Monday. PORT FROM SOUTH . In Juneau— Maximum, 66; e s e ¥ | The new document e minimum, 55 ® 15,000 words. SIO(K'OAEQIAIIONS : " ® 1,366 words, which was amazingly runs about Four years ago it was At Airport— Maximum personnel from the Ladd Air Force Hannegan gathered to chart the| The Vvictim's nude body was| Princess Louise scheduled to sail 4 - base three miles away. Truman strategy, and to talk long|found in a mud puddle at a vacant|from Vancouver 9 tonight. The Prince George arrived in Ju- minimum, 49 ® | prief for a party platform. Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaffney, the gigiance to FDR on his special|lot some six hours after her death.| Baranof scheduled to sail from|neau at 5 o'clock yesterday with . FOREUAST ®| The 1948 Republican platform commander of the Yukon Wing of the Air Force, said he will attend the forum tomorrow night to state military objections to “untempered ' gambling, drinking and prostitu-| tion.” — —e—— TEXAS VISITORS Staying at the Baranof Hotel are Dr. Claudia Potter and Missigopoye of Michigan, Carl Rice of |leave tomorrow after a brief visit, Wars, will hold its regular semi- f Dan ! monthly meeting at 8 p. m. to- R. 8. Henry, and Chief Steward|IndustMals 190.66, rails 64.95, util-' e Helen Potter, visitors from Temple, | Texas, i ———eeeo —— FBI CHIEF ARRIVES train enroute west. In Philadelphia, Kelly, Flynn, Hague and Hannegan were all un- happy about Truman’s insistence C. W. Stein, Special Agent in that he run again. But the real|Charge of the Federal Bureau of plotting against Truman was chart- | Investigation for Alaska, arrived! ed by Bill Ritchie of Nebraska, here via PNA today from his head- Harry, Carlson of New Hampshire, |quarters in Anchorage and is regis- Barnett Hodes of Chicago, Awghered at the Baranof Hotel. He will {with Resident FBI Agent 'iBryam - l (Continued on Page Four) | Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Aleutian, from west, scheduled southbound late Sunday or Mon- day. e e VFW MEETING Taku Post, Veterans of F‘oreign!fin W. Sparks, Chief Engineer L., Sales today were 1340,000 shafes.' ® morrow in the VFW Jeep Club. a full load of round trip passengers in additicn to two others, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peterman for last night under the command of E. B. Caldwell. Juneau. | mine stock today is 37, American| e change in temperature to- e She sailed for Skagway at 11:30|Can NEW YORK, July 14.—(#—Clos- e | (Juncau und Vicinity) ® | runs 2400 words, compared with ing quotation of Alaska Juneau L ® Mostly fair and not much /4000 i 1944 e LOCAL VISITOR Raymond Bentley of Fish Bay is in town and registered at the 86, Anaconda 38';, Curtiss-'e night ad Thursday ® Wright 10%, International Harvest- o PRECIPITATION . er 33%, Kennecott 597, New York ' @ (Past 24 hours ending i:30 a.m. today @ Other personnel aboard are pur- iser A. H. Robson, Chief Officer V. Wilson, First Assistant Purser i J. M. Kerr, | Central 18'4, Northern Pacific 26" In Juneau City Trace; |U. S. Steel 83%, Pound $4.03%. |e since July 1, .88 inches. | At Airport Trace; since © Ol | Averages today are as follows:i e July 1, 69 inches, . e| Visiters from Portland include e Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Kilburn, 2 o o ejguests at the Gastineau Hotel, : | Barancf Hotel. 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