The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 21, 1948, Page 1

| | | ; | | | ’ I | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,944 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MARSHALL GIVES WARNING TO RUSSIA MORE ARMY TROOPS IN TERRITORY ) Army Secreiary, Deputy! Chief of StaffPrepare for Alaska Expanslon The U. S. Army is planning to send additional troops to Alaska next year to strengthen its northern forces. That was the statement yes- terday of Assistant Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray and General J. Lawton Collins, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, visiting here briefly while on an inspection m\u, of the Territory. Making their trip in a special four motored Air Transport Com- mand plane piloted by Captains Charles Thomas and E. M. Rubich, | the high Army officials have been looking over Alaska’s needs in or- der to provide adequate housing for | additional Army personnel. Secre- tary Gray pointed out that the de- fense of Alaska is essential to the welfare of the U. S. Gray and Collins discounted. any possibility of the Army establishing any posts in Southeast Alaska. They Lelieve that the Army's efforts should be concentrated to the West- | ward. Secretary Gray and General Col- lins were accompanied by a num- ber of high ranking Army officers on their two week jaunt through U. S. outposts in Alaska and Canada. The group includes Lieutenant General Robert A. Wheeler, Chief of the Corps of Engineers; Major General Thomas Farrell, Reserve officer call- ed to active duty as & housihig con- sultant; Major General Spencer Akin, Chief Signal Officer; Briga-; dier General Thomas S. Timberman, { GOVERNOR, Deputy Chief of Army Plans and Operations; Col. Emerson C. Itschner, Chief of Military Construction; Lt. Col. Milar Weber; Major Chauncey (Continued on Page Eighv.) The Washington Merry - Go - Round | By DE. EW PEARSON by "rhe Bell Syndicate, (Copyright, 1948, (Ed. Note— Drew Pearson’s | column today takes the form of a letter to the U. S. Secre- tary for Air, suggesting a | peaceful use for our B-29's in their ~maneuvers over Ger- i many.) i July 21, 19487 Stuart Symington, i Secretary for Air, ! Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: You have now sent 60 giant, B-29's to England to maneuver over Germany. This is an important manifestation of American strength and a majority of the American people—including the undersigned —will support you on this. But I should like to make a suggestion as to how you can als6 use these More Radio Aids Urged for Aleutians, Parfs of Alaska MENDENHALL BAR IS PROMISED BY | CHIEF ENGINEE Lieutenant éevneral Robert Wheeler Says Project fo Be Done Next Year The long-sought dredging of the Mendenhall Bar will soon be a reality. That was the promise yes- terday of Lieutenant General Rob- ert A. Wheeler, Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, visiting here, | Assistant Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray. General Wheeler promised the| Daily Alaska Empire that the much needed project will be accomplished in the next Engineer construction season, which he said would be in 1949. He explained that au- thority has been given to the Dis- trict Engineer’s Office in Seattle, where plans are now being com- pleted. The dredging of the bar will make it possible for small ves- isels to save many hours on trips to Juneau as well as escape rough waters opposite Taku Inlet during ! winter months. The project has been the number one Government |request of City officials and civic jorganizations for many years. It !was first authorized in 1941 but ‘Iunds have never been made avail- able. | - ' SNYDER, IN - ANCHORAGE Secretary of tne ‘rreasury John| W. Snyder and Governor Ernest Gruening left Gustavus this morn- ing on Secretary Snyder’s U. S. Coast Guard B-17 for Anchorage and a one day visit there after a| two day excursion to a proposed resort site at Glacier Bay on board the U. 8. Coast Guard Cutter Wa- chusett. Secretary Snyder will return to Washington, D, C., tomorrow but | Governor Gruening will remain in| Anchorage until the first of the Iweek. He will confer with local offi- icials there and will meet John Ali- son, Assistant Secretary of Com-| merce for Air, and Delos W. Ren-!| itzel, new head of the Civil Aero~' nautics Administrgtion, who wijll leave Seattle tomorrow for Alaska on an inspection trip. Secretary Snyder and Gov. Gruen- ; ing were accompanied by G. E.| Stewart, a consulting engineer, and Robert Lea, industrialist, both of New York City. | Assistant secretary of the Army | committee declared at a North Pa- | (long range radio navigation) sta- ! possible date.” on an Alaskan inspection trip with I ing Tnppliances which might be defec- TRUMAN WILL PERSONALLY GIVE MESSAGE President Will Talk fo Congress Tuesday-Will Submit His Requests WASHINGTON, July 21. —®—g The White House said today that President Truman will deliver per- sonally to Congress next Tues- day his appeal for anti-inflation legislation and other measures. Mr. Truman will address a joint SEATTLE, July 21—(®—A sub- cific Air Navigation meeting that ndio aids in the Aleutians and parts of Alaska were “inadequate” for present-day air traffic needs. Military and commercial aircraft use the radio aids in flying the northern route from the Pacitic Northwest to the Orient. The subcommittee on communica- tions recommended that the Interna- ticnal Regional meeting ask several | improvements to correct the “inade- quacy' of radio beacon and LORAN tions in the area. It urged: 1. Installation of a test, low-lsession of the two houses at 9 a. frequency LORAN station in the|m. (PDT). Gulf of Alaska area “at the earliest| The time for his appearance Tuesday was decided upon after Stationing of at least one float- telephone consultation with both| adio beacon ship in Gulf and| Republican Congressional leaders least two more farther along the|and leaders of the Democratic route between Shemya and TOKYO.|minority. 3. Continued operations of allj congress will present LORAN stations covering|in answer to Mr the North Pacific region. 4. Increasing the power of several 2. convene Mondny{ Truman's call. Dewey Discusses Session radio beacons in the area. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the Re- The committee’'s report said that!puktlican Presidential nominee, is radio aids at Naknek and Fort|reported favoring a brief GOP lawmaking program and & quick end to the session. His friends say he ieels that GOP leaders, after {hearing Mi. Truman's message, jshould be able to agree on a brief {outline of measures that can be passed without long delay. i Presidential Secretary Charles G.| Glenn, Alaska, do not provide “ade- quate coverage” during periods of magnetic disturbances. LORAN, it said, is not accurate on a portion of the Shemya-Tokyo route. Some inadequacies, the report said, may be partly overcome when the United States increases the power ' of its existing LORAN stations in'Ross said the President is now the area this year. i drafting an anti-inflation bill deal- ——————— ing with rising prices. ‘ He said the President will talk| | with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. 8./ ’Occupauon Commander at Berlin, «vin advance of his appearance be- IS mm‘mn BY {fore Congress. Clay was due in !Washington today. ' KIWANIA“S 'I'ODAY; At the same time, Ross would ,no! disclose the extent to which ! bi-partisan foreign policy will fig-| ure in Mr. Truman’s talk to the| legislators. Lowell McClellan, winner of sec- ond prize in the Soap Box Derby,) and son of Kiwanian James Mc- Clellan, was a guest at the noon, H p R 5 e said Mr. Truman will ask luncheon of Kiwanis Club today. The youth was introduced byll:ongress to remove what the Chief i = Larry Parker who termed Lowell’s Executive has described as dis Truman’s Request Sl e L (criminations in the recently en- zz‘:,’.f“c;‘“h;’e'dl"gu;‘::y :;‘”:‘;‘o‘:)‘; {acted Displaced Persons bill. : lesson on being a good loser. The Ross said two legislations are, toy said today he was glad Sitka |Planned as follows: had won and that he plans to try| FPassage of a pending measure again for the championship next year. | to provide federal grants of $300- | Milton Wright of South West'000,000 annually to the states for| Houston, Texas, was another clubfaid to education; and— | gues:. | Immediate enactment of 101,15‘!-‘ Jim Church of the fish committee | tion raising the minimum wage reported that at the board of di-jfrom 40 to at least 75 cents an| rectors meeting, the group labelled | hour. \ 10 cases of salmon and have re-| Ross said he doubts there will | ceived many more orders for the|be a new recommendation on uni-; salmon, being sold to benefit thelversal military training. |children’s fund. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Dewey's ‘The movie, “The Shocking Truth,”|campaign manager, has made it showing the dangers of defectiveplain that the New York Governor| wiring and dangers of improper use|does not think Congress ought to of electrical appliances was shown. stay around all summer in an ef-! iThe picture is of considerable in-{fort to write the Republican plu- terest to householders and particu-)form :nto law. larly housewives who daily use the - — itive and dangerous. FLEMISH KNOT AND DENALI SCHEDULES PRINCESS NORAH fi BRINGS FIFTEEN | HERE LAST NIGHT i : ing home, ‘was singing that ‘The thut the first tentative draft | York H. O. Adams, local Alaskan steam- The Princess Norah arrived here; bombers for a dual purpose. | Gordon Gray and five leading Army In other words, while making a demonstration of our latent Iorce.I they can also make,a demonstra- tion of our latent friendship. In brief, they can help to tell the Russian people the real tmth, about the peace-desiring people of the United Stafes. It may he that I am a terrible bore on the subject, but I am convinced that we must go over the Kremlin's head to the Russian people in order to convince them!| that the United States—contrary to | Moscow propaganda—is composed of people who do not want war, even ' though they will fight if pushed far enough. ' As long as the Russian govern- ment has no Senate, no Congress, and, most important of all, no pub- lic opinion to hold the check-rein on the Kremlin, our only common- sense policy is to get to the Russian people ourselves with the truth. When the Moscow radio tells the Russian people that all the great buildings and bridges in the US.A. | were designed by Russians, we can laugh it off. But when the Mos- | cow radio describes us as war-| mongers threatening to invade Rus- .sla, then it's an obvious build-up, (Continued on Page ’wr) i Generals also lett the Wachusett at, Gustavus and embarked for the |States this morning on an Air Trans- | port Command C-54 plane. The Wachusett returned to Ju- neau this afternoon with Lieutenant Commander Edward P. Chester, Jr., | Judge George W. Folta, Attorney-! General Ralph Rivers, Treasurer | Oscar Olson and Buck Harris who accompanied the visitors on the trip. - —— * WEATHER REPORT . (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) ® Temperatures for 24-hour period . ending 7:30 this morning e In Juneau— Maximum, 55; ® minimum, 48. ® At Airport— Maximum, 54; e minimum, 46. . FOREUCAST. . (Juneau und Vicinity) ® Decreasing cloudiness and ® light rain showers tonight e and Thursday. Warmer on ‘Thursday. . PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy e In Juneau — .87 inches; o since July 1, 2.11 inches. e At Airport — .41 inches; ® since ‘July 1, 1.32 inches. e 000000 2.0 0 900 00%°000000000000c0 00 ship agent, received word today that from Vancouver last night at 8:15 the sailing date for the Denali hasg'clock with 15 passengers for Ju- been set for July 29. She is not|neau and left for Skagway at 11:45 scheduled to stop at Juneau, o’clock. Sailing of the Flemish Knot is also| For Juneau passengers were: Mr set for July 29 and she will call “Iand Mrs. John H. Brillhart and Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, | family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Car-, Seward nnd ‘Whittier. lyle, Miss Margot Huizer, Miss Lois R . M. Jund, Capt. and Mrs. John S. WALKEI! TO HYDABURG Johanson, Mrs. Edith Liddle, Homer ON CANNERY INSURANCE |C. Murphy, Mrs. Gertrude Seymour, Robert Seymour and Mr. and Mrs. insurance ad-|Chester E. Zenger. | - To confer with justers on the final settlement of | o the Hydapurg canery fre |t CORMICK GETS BACK DRAFT DIRECTOR JOB! Alnska Native Service left yester- day for Hydaburg. The cannery and warehouse were completely destroyed by fire early this month| jonn McCormick, Territorial Cus- with the total damage estimated at (dian of Selective Service Records, $175,000. |was notified today that President The fish scheduled for the Hyda- | Tryman has reappointed him as burg Cannery will be handled by |Territorial Director of Selective Ser- the Rose Inlet Cannery. Walker|yjce. will assist in getting cannery oper- | McCormick held the same job pre- ations underway at Rose Inlet. {viously from 1941 until the World boges s i War II draft ended in 1947. After MISS JUND RETURNS |that, he was appointed Record Cus- | todian. Lois Jund, Administrative offi-| He could give no information, cer of the Territorial Health De-|however, on Alaska draft plans, Mc- partment, returned here last night|Cormick said that he is waiting for on the Princess Norah after a twolinstructions from National Selective month combined business and VB-IEervlce headquarters in Washington, | cation trip to the States. lD. C. - i ’ Twelve High Command of Communist Party Indicted; NEW NOTE IS DRAFTED 1 Are Already Under Arrest. TOMOSCOW THIRD PARTY IS GATHERING, PHILADELPHIA "Peace With Russia” Plat- form Suggested-Revival Singing Convention By MAX HALL PHILADELPHIA, July 21— - With the CIO and AFL coldly stay- Henry Wallace’s Third began hearing suggestions “Peace With Russia” plat- form today and worked itself up for a revival-singing convention. “Everyone wants Wallace, “Friendly Henry Wallace, “Friendly Henry Wallace, “In the White House.” A group of Wallace supporters n the sidewalk. “New Party founding con- vention will sing it—and other songs—Friday, Saturday and Sun- day. A convention song-book was issued today Party Pratform the platform, two days hearings started today of ahead party for a As for of public the document was written of time, yesterday. And it says—according to Dr. Rexford Guy Tugwell, the platform | chairman—that “Capitalist America and Communist Russia can and must live together in the same . world.” It says the party “pledges through | negotiations and discussions with the Soviet Union, in good faith, to [md mws of agreement to win the peace.” AFL-CIO Missing The two big labor combines, AFL and CIO were not among the 60 groups, even ghough the plat- form is certain to condemn the Taft-Hartley Labor Law. They didn't even reply to the invita- tions. Wallace's campaign manager, C. B. Baldwin, said today the arrest | of Communist leaders means that “for the first time in our his- tory the government has moved 'to outlaw a political party.” Baldwin also told a news con- ference it was a “remarkable co- mncidence” that the government should move against the Com- munist party during the same week !when the Wallace “New Party” | convention is to begin. A federal grand juiy in New indicted 12 Communist lead- ers yvesterday on charges of ad- vocating the violent overthrow of the Uniied States government. Sev- en were arceste STEAMER MOVEMENTS By JOH\I \\AILACF | ew vong. s |Effort Is Made fo Break Twelve Communist leaders, repre-| in America, were under indictment violent overthrow of the United States government 1 (By The A\mcr.\tcd Prgss) Seven of the 12—including Will- American officials drafted a new fam Z. Foster, National Chairman hote to Moscow today in an effort of the party in the United States,|to break the extremely dangerous and FEugene V. Dennis, General! Berlin blockade, which might lead Secretary—were arrested last night|to war shortly after their indictment by! Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Ambassador a federal grand jury investigating |Robert Murphy and other top Amer- subversive activities. The other|ican authorities in Germany are en- five are being sought. Dennis |route to Washington to confer. formerly of Seattle. Ranking Washington officials at is Bail of $5,000 each for the six|the moment still are hopeful the| arvested was posted in U. S. Treas- |Berlin crisis can be settled before ! ury bonds by Robert W. Dunn, |1t reaches the point of open fighting. | Treasurer of the Civil Rights Con-| They do not, however, disguise| gress, when they appeared before their concern that it might lead to | {war. Their determination is that Federal Judge Vincent L. Leibell. Sharp Blow Struck if there is to be shooting the blame The arrests, one of the sharpest(TUst rest upon Russia, not the blows yet struck against organ- ‘wp\(““ Powers ‘ ized Communism in this country,| It appeared certain in Washington brought an iImmediate, strongly- (N0 armored convoy would be sent| from Western Germany with orders; worded protest from national head-| ito drive through the Soviet Zone to| quarters of the party It described the indictments as/Berlin unless all other means have a “monstrous frame-up” and said211ed the arrests were part of a plan| BERLIN—Telegraf, a {censed newspaper in Berlin, said the Rxn ans have ordered German rail | lofficial to pull switches and signal |equipment should the Western JPowers try to force through a train. { The Russians hinted through one by President Truman to embarrass the New Party of Henry A. Wal- lace. Specific Charges Foster and the others indicted are specifically accused of *“con-} spiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the United States| ravarnnient by ttEos and. violanhe . ler electric power to the whole city. The. seven under aryest werg ar- raigned last night on the charges and all pleaded innocent. ' tric plants and factories. In addition to Foster and Den-| pDegpite the offer of Russia to sell nis those under arrest are: 100,000 tons of bread grain to Ger- New York City Councilman Ben-imang jn a1 Berlin, tglue still was jamin Davis; John B. Williamson, ! none of it in sight. Food merchants trade union secretary for the par- tyrmed pack Berliners from the w ty; Henry Winston, party organi- |ern areas, saying they had no orde: zation secretary; Jacob Stachel, | to make such sales. educational secretary for the party, German newspapers said the Rus- and Carl Winters, chairman of thelgjans are strengthening border ba {power to the western areas, where Michigan State Council of the par-irjcades along the American Zone| 'toundary to reduce German travel; Y the American Zone. ty. Winters was seized in Detroit, further. the others in New York City. { U. S. British planes creased | Long Investigation \M‘lm' deliveries to Berlin. The U. S, All those indicted by the grand is to fly 5000 refugees out of the | jury, which had been investigating |city. | for about a yuau were 1dem.med by ! | SALMON INDUSTRY W AGE PROPOSAL Negroes. The indictments the 12 charged SEATTLE, July 21.—®—A umon official says shoreside workers in the Puget Sound sockeye salmon- activities, under ; dating back to April 1, 1045. The| [ canning industry have voted to reject an employer offer of a 12- | Smith Act characterizes as illegal any activities which advocates or! cent hourly wage raise. Lloyd Walters, International rep- are which named them with 1llegal the Smith Act, teaches the overthrow of the gov- ernment by violence, Federal officials said the maxi- mum penalty upon conviction un- der the Smith Act is 10 years' im- pr.sonment and a fine of $10,000 for each charge. ! e | resentative of the International Fishermen and Allied Workers SUPERFORIS ou'l' Union (CIO), said the vote was two to one. The decision affects { Bellingham, Anacortes, Deer Harbor and Blaine, he workers in BOMBING MISSION , authorized for British-li- ! of their Berlin papers they may off- Plants in their zone have curtailed j& shortage of coal has crippled elec-! Laconner, | said. | The union has been asking a 14- cent increase. George Washington, from Seattle, ovER HELGOLAND scheduled to arrive 3 p. m. Friday. | Sailors Splice, scheduled to sail WIESBADEN, Germany, July 21.|dle the pack with the understand- from Seattle today. |-m—U. S. B-29 Superfortresses|ing any agreement will be retro- Aleutian scheduled to sail from from Germany engaged in aactive to July 1. Seattle Saturday. bombing-training mission over the: Princess Louise, scheduled to island fortress of Helgoland today, sail from Vancouver Saturday. the U. S. Air Force announced. | Alaska scheduled southbound The once fortified island of Hel-| ( | The workers have begun to han- tomorrow aiternoon or evening. goland is off Germany's northwest NEW YORK, July 21.—(®—Clos- Princess Norah scheduled to ar-, coast. ing quotation of Alaska Juneau rive 8 a. m. Friday, sailing south! The bombers took off from the mine stock today is 3%, American one hour later, | Bavarian base at Feurstenfeld-|Can 837., Anaconda 36';, Curtiss- Baranof scheduled to arrive bruck at 6 am. gnd returned Wright 12', International Harves -1 southbound at 7 a. m. Monday. |shortly before 12:30 pm. |er 32, Kennecott 57%, New York | | Pt | Details of the mission, including | Central 16', Northern Pacific 23!,/ ALTERS RETURN HERE the number of planes, were not|U S. Steel 79 Pound $4.03',. : available. | Sales today were 1,200,000 shares. | Dr. Amos Alter, his wife and! An Air Force announcement said| Averages today as as follows: two children returned home yes-|m#rely that the bombers * engagedlmduauuls 184.44, rails 6025, util-| terday via PAA Clipper after be- in a routine navigational and ities 35.18 ing outside since January. Dr. Al-' bombing-training mission.” | ter, Director of Sanitation and Py i, 8 | ARRESTED AT SITKA Engineering, Territorial Health De-| NEW TITLE FOR O’BRIEN ‘ Joseph McNulty was arrested at | partment, completed studies in' It was announced today that|Sitka yesterday on a burglary connection with his work at the Norman J. O'Brien has been ap-/charge and arraigned before the University of Michigan at Ann Ar- pointed Aeronautical Standards!U. S. Commissioner. He waived a bor. RBefore returning, the Alters agent of the Genefal Inspeclmnhuehmmax\ hearing and was buund‘ visited in Texas, Indiana, North Division, Civil Aeronautics Ad<{over to the Federal Grand Jury at Dakota and Washington, D. C., ministration. O'Brien has formerly|Juneau. McNulty was released af- where Dr. Alter went on business. been Aeronaufical Agent in the|ter Gt ing | Juneau office. | > FOP. HEALTH DEPT. O'Brien was scheduled to leave FROM FAIRBANKS Miss Penelope Easton of the here today for a ten day thip !o‘ Wifiam M. Maxey of Fair- Territorial Department of Health Seattle and Portland on CAAibanks is a new arrival at the is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.|business. xBarunul Hotel. STOCK QUOTATIONS - posting $1500 bond. H U.S.NOTTO BE COERCED INANY WAY Secrefary Bf—Stafe Gives Direct Quotations Con- cerning Blockade By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER And ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON, July 21.—®— Secretary of State Marshall said today the United States will do everything possible in the Berlin crisis “to reach an acceptable solu- tion and to avoid the tragedy of war for the world.” At a news conference, Marshall was told that there is presently a widespread fear of war in the world over the Berlin crisis between Soviet Russia and the Western Powers. He was asked to express his views on the situation. In a statement which he later direct quotation, Marshall said: “I can only say at this time that our position, I think, is well un- j derstood. Not To Be Coerced “We will not be coerced or timidated in any way in our | cedures under in- pro- the rights and re- sponsibilities that we have in Ber- lin and generally in Germany. “At the same time, we will pro- ‘cevd to invoke every possible re- source of negotiation and diplo- matic procedures to reach an ac- | ceptable solution and to avoid the tragedy of war for the world. | “But I repeat again we are not going to be coerced,” Marshall said Gen. Lucius D. ; Clay, American Commander in Ger- .,many, will arrive here late this | evening and he will confer with | Clay tomorrow. Clay To Make Report The White House said President Truman also is keeping in close touch with developments in Ber- lin. He plans to get a first-hand report from Clay. Clay was due in Washington along with other top officials in ‘The White House said no definite time has been set for Clay's, talk with Mr. Truman. “Of course, General Clay will come in,” Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters who asked if the General would be |called to the White House. Diplomatic Moves American officials, meanwhile, jare readying new diplomatic moves in a determined effort .to settle {the Berlin crisis short of war. These moves, including a new ncle to Moscow, grow out of a new, three-point policy for dealing with ithe extremely dangerous situation in the Russian-blockaded German-: capital. Authorities familiar with the lat- est developments say the policy covers an absolute determination “not to be kicked out of Berlin.” But, they add, it also embraces equally strong decisions (A) to seek a peaceful solution of the crisis and (B) to use caution and {restraint in both action and words so that the Soviets will be given no possible excuse for making the situation worse. e 69 JET FIGHTERS ABOARD CARRIER ' GOING TO BRITAIN PANAMA, July 21-{#—The U. 8. Carrier Sicily took aboard 69 jet fighter planes here today for trans- fer to Britain to bolster the U. S. Air Force, Sixteen other Jets reached Britain after flying the Atlantic. These also are bound for Germany. Commies Fail io Overthrow lfaly's Premier Gasperi ROME, July 21—(®—Italian Com- |munists and Socialists trying to overthrow Premier Alcide de Gas- ’pen appeared stymied. Communists accused the Premier of “political iand moral responsitility” for the shooting last week of Palmiro Tog- liatti, the Italian Communist boss.