The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1948, Page 1

SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition VOL. LXVHIL, NO. 10,959 LXVIIL, NO. 10,959 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NEW THREAT SEEN IN BERLIN SITUATION To Subpoena Henry TESTIMONY IS WANTED BY RANKIN Presidenlial—fa ndidate, Former Secrefary of Com- merce fo Be Questioned By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—R— Rep. Rankin (D-Miss) said today he will insist that the House Un- American Activities Committee subpoena Henry A. Wallace for testimony regarding “the shipment of atomic materials to Russia.” Rankin said in a statement he also wants the committee to invite Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, retired, to testify. Wallace, the Progressive Party Presidential candidate, is a form- er Secretary of Commerce and former wartime head of the Board of Economic Warfare. Groveés was in charge of the atomic ‘bomb project. *“Thé American people,” Rankin said, “have a right to know what has been geing on, and what is going on now relative to the sec- rets of the atomic bomb and the material ‘withwhich it~ is - made. “There is something extremely sinister about .t ,,_Bg",w-' ex'aunr‘hzo‘;hfi*nfiy.; for” the purpose of sc:uflnfl the secret of the atomic bol as the materials with mm: mnde! and transmitting them to a poten- tial enemy.” Meantime, Rep. McDowell (R- Pa,) declared today a “highly im- portant man” in the government “pushed” wartime shipments of atomic. bomb material to Russia. A second official, he said, okay- ed. the shipments. McDowell withheld both names. Acting Chairman Mundt (R-SD) told reporters that the committee will hold an unusual Sunday after-/ noon session to determine what witnesses will be called to testify Monday when hearings are resum- | ed into the stories of wartime spy rings in Washington. In New York, Rep. Nixon (R~ Calif) said one of the witnesses! will be Alexander Koral, not other- | wise identified. Committee members said he is a New Yorker. Koral was questioned in New York last by a sub-commiftee which rushed out of town on the trail of a so-called mystery witness described by Mundt as able to “crack wide open” the story of Soviet spying in'this country. ———.ee—— FROM GUSTAVUS In from Gustavus, Archie Chase is an arrival at the Gastineau Ho- tel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round | By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) ASHINGTON— Here is some more summer reading for Con- gressman J. Parnell Thomas, head ! of the Un-American Activities | Committee. Incidentally, when Congressmen stage an investigation they usually base it on seizure of the files of a Government agency, a private individual, or a corporation. Some of them seem to feel that they should also keep their own politi- cal affairs in such condition that they can afford the white light of public scrutiny. It might be healthy, therefore,: if the public occasionally had a chance to reverse the process and subpoena the files of a Congress-, man, who, after all is elected by! the people and whose conduct' should be constantly answerable to| the people, Belleving that Congressman who specializes in investigation should be able to stand up under investi- gation, this column has doné some probing into the political opera-! —— e (Continued on Page Four) | police. BIGC STRIPER — yames J. Sullivan of Jamaica Plain, Mass., poses with 55- pnund 3 -ounce striped bass he caught off o | | DROPS AGAIN, AT NEW LOW SHANGHAI, Aug. 7—®—China’s | wild money market broke loose again \today with the Chinese dollar dip- 1ping to a new low on the Peiping !black market of, 10,500,000 to $1 U. S. It was 10,000,000 to $1 in Shang- hai. The sudden drop came as a sur- prise. Lately the money had been ! stable at around 8,000,000 to $1. | Prices continued to climb—both \legally and illegally. Gasoline went i ‘up 60 per cent to 3,500,000 Chinese 'dollars a gallon. Railroad fares were increased 200 per cent. RR Engineer ~ Is fo Die for cv CLIST s S aaktid Eantad | Fahl wreCk r bicycle during a | e o bexch o1 Weatchester, | BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 7. s N. Y., Country Club, |—P—A Skoplje Court today sen- i £ (tenced Railroad Engineer Peter o | Koshinovski to death for a col- lislon last month which killed 20 persons. It found that he fell asleep on the job. A switchmaster was convicted of allowing the sleeping !engineer “to progeed through the {Matches Coins; Blllltoed of ssoo | station and to collide with another train.” He was sentenced to 15 years SEATTL%, Aug. 7. #—Two bun-‘ln pxlson co men duped William Edmaiston | of $500 by matching coins while hel waited for a bus to leave for Cali-| Y 2-CAR COLLISION fornia yesterday, he reported lo‘ SEATLE, Aug. 7—®—An Alaska annery worker returning to hi jAlaska, since March and was on his|p 05 Hollywood, Calif. gwas kflle way home to Maricopa, Calif. |eq here last night in the head-on He sald he had only 85 cents le. | ,;y05n of (w0 automoblles at a He had purchased his bus ticket| oqgential ntersection. before” iaseling o dopn. - Police identified the man as Do- 4 o 8 £ i mingo Almazan, 37. He was a pas- FROM THE CAPITOL + | senger in a car driven by Mariano ‘Regal of Seattle, who was sznouxly Margaret Lantis of Washington, | injured in the crash. The two per- | \D. C., is a Juneau visitor stayingi!sons in the second car were not ' at the Baranof Hotel. nbndly hurt, Fairbanks Man Edmaistoin said ne lost $50 to the‘ pair and then went to a bank and cashed $450 in Travelers checks,f which he also lost. Hé had saved the money while working in Fn(rcnnks., o HOUSING BILL T0 TRUMA GOP-Version Passes Con- gress — Anfi-Inflation Bill Is Stripped WASHINGTON, Aug 7. —®— Congress tossed its GOP-version Housing Bill to President Truman today, leaving only final action on anti-inflation legislation standing ;. in the way of adjournment of the special session. The anti-inflation bill, a stripped down measure bearing no resem- blance to the pricé-control measure i Mr. Truman asked—was up in the Senate. Democratic Senators organized A floor fight for the controls the ; President wants, but most of them acknowledged they could do no! more than make a gesture. House approval sent the hous- ing bill to Mr. Truman. It was brought up there under procedure permitting no amendment. Some [Democrntu shouted “gag” rule, but ;the bill got heavy Democratic sup- |port en the grounds it was better than no legislation. . The meastire ides limited Federal ald for low: homes &l large rental projects but contains ino subsidized public housing. -or | {slum clearance provisions seught by the President. The vote passing it was 852 to 9. \ This morning it was lndlclbed that Congress will complete work planned and adjourn by sundown | tonight harbor during Most likely choice for | WEATHER REPORT {U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) ‘Temperatures for Z4-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maxfmum, 69; minimum, 50. At Airport— Maximum, 69; minimum, 44. FOREUCAST (Juneau und Vicinity) Partly cloudy this after- noon and Sunday. Highest temperature near 72 degrees this afternoon. PRECIPITATION (Past 34 hours ending /:30 s.m. today In Juneau City — None; since August 1, 199 inches. Since July 1, 9.14 inches. At the Airport None; since August 1, 191 inches; ® since July 1, 6.03 inches. | ‘oooacoaooo, — > — J | STEAMER MOVEMENTS by voueroes Wil Princess Louise from Vancouver 1 scheduled to arrive at 4:30 this| otwpv wwns“"DAY [ aiternoon, sailing for Skagway at lo;fiu‘;ia: .scheduled to sail from " I'm"mu (HUR( I Seattle this forenoon and is due Tuudny Princess Norah scheduled to sail ) \ = . 1 . . 1 @9 0e0es0000000e YOO | i | | i ada’s Liberal Party sel®ets a new |leader today who will become the | Do r w Av ! Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie } lKing told the convention last night | HERE YESIERDAY tory as party leader and as Prime! I Minister. ‘He has headed the gov-| | In yesterday’s tennis tournament He said fiatly that he cannot be here Bob Boochever defeated Dean|drafted. | iGibian defeated Stan Fisher 6-2 and its platform a proposal for North 6-3 and then turned around to de-| apjantic Security Alliance and Dodson won from Tom Powers on a Iforfelt. % scheduled for the next men’s match| pnen ¢ Taurent, French Canad- iwith Boochever slated to meet thel|y, " agicior of External Affairs Pastor Bigornia. ! western - born Scottish - descended | In the women's division, JOyee|npinigter of Agriculture, James Gar- | | |m- today followed by Midge Camp-i y, Ganagq the Prime Minister | bell vs Rolene Clark at 4:30 pM. o0 gutomatically to the leader | !wessen are slated for a playoff match 110 i eies ot Sonmuons, in this | at 5 0 clock !omorrow afternoon. case -the 'Libersls. Lieutenant Commnnder A. J. Lar- Coast Guard, Ketchikan District, | arrived in Juneau yesterday after-| Commander Larsen plans to re turn to Juneau Monday and may be by any parties interested in mat- ters regarding marine inspections, or for inspected vessels. Larsen plans to return to Ketchikan Tuesday, | Commander Larsen was transfer- red from Long Beach, Calif, to vluuslv stationed in Pennslyvania. ‘Webfoot,” Comdr. Larsen's; OTTAWA, Ont. Aug. 7 (®—Can- TENNIS IOUR"EY minion’s next Prinie Minister. that he was delivering his valedic- i ernment for a total of 21 years.| | williams 6-0 and 6-1 while George| The party last night wrote into. feat Robert Clark 6-0 and 6-1. James [ gpo)ition of appeals to the Privy ! Dodson and George Playdon are winner. Ed Chester is pitted ngaixw!ms strongest - contender s the! Smith will meet Ruth Clark at 2 p.- ¥4 Gardiner. | “Jean Anderson and Shirley Mie- of the party with the most seats - MARINE iNSPECTOR sen, Marine Inspector of the U. 8. noon and left today for Elfin Cove. contacted at the Gastineau Hotel by those wishing to obtain licenses | August 10. Ketcmkan last May, and was pre- home is in Portland, Ore. i (nmlly The Rev. Samuel A. McPhetres will Preach the sermon at the Lutheran | from Vancouver 9 tonight. ‘Church Sunday morning in the ab- Baranof scheduled wuthbound sence of Pastor Hillerman who will {ubout 10 a. m. Monday. be in Sitka on synodical business. SIGNALS IN NAPI.ES-—AUS sailor signals from shore to a light cruiser in Naples /CHOOSENEW | Council. ’ Prime | Minister appears to be Louis Ste-! ; * | MARGARET McGiLL Heave Monday for Seattle where she i a visit of American warships to the Italian seapoyt. J WALLACE Party Will Not Nominate | ‘Presidential Candidate ~Platform Adopted NEW YORK, Aug. 7—(®— There will be no Communist candidate | for President this fall H Instead the Community party will ! support the third party candidacy of Henry A. Wallace and his Pro-, | gressive Party. Support of the new political group will bhe given without the Communists seeking i any “special interests” in it, lead- ers said. || These plans were disclosed when ! i the Communist party adopted a '3000 werd platform at the final | session of its 14th annual conven-| i, ton. i Besides passing the platform, the || Communists re-elected William 2. | Foster as National Chairman, They |also returned to high party posts 11 other party officials who were recently by a Federal grand jury with Foster on charges| of advecating the violent overthrow ‘of the U. S. government. | JUNEAU SPRUCE BATHER —sorLawinc ot | DRESIDENT DUE HERE SUNDAY of plastic shower curtain mate- rial at Los Angeles. H. F. Cheney, President of the Juneau Spruce Corporation, is ex- | pected to arrive here tomorrow for {a conierence with Freeman Schultz, | ! Executive Vice-President and Gen- | {eral Manager of the Company. » )Cheney is expected to remain here IS NEW SECRETARY, SPORTMEN'S ASSN. | cre 1o exec The Territorial Sportsmen’s Asso-|the Coos Bay Lumber Company.! ciation of Juneau held a special of Coos Bay, Oregon, and che-f meetmg yesterday to make further| President and Pacific Coast Mana- o | Preparations for the final day of|ger of Baker and Fentriss, a Chica- | | the cercy which will get underway'gn lumber investment company. He | tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock. ! will be accompanied by Jens Jor- It was also announced at the!gensen, a member of the Juneau meeting that Mrs. Margaret McGill| gpruce Corporation Board of Di- | will succed Mrs. Amy Sherlock as'rectors. Secretary of the Sportsmen's Asso-/ ciation. Mrs. Sherlock expects to | | | | { oo FROM PELICAN = | In from FPhcan Fred Grant is; registered at the Baranof Hotel. | .o i will join her husband who has been in the states about a month, - FROM SKAGWAY —— WRANGELL MAN HERE Mr. and Mrs. Badien of Bkng-‘ Mrs. Ellen Bowman of Wrangell | way are new arrivals at the: Gas-|is a new arrival in Juneau slop- tineau Hotel, I ping at the Baranof Hotel. | { far Wallace In Spy Ring SUPPLY FLYING THREAT Flight Violations May Cause Trouble - Diplo- mats Maneuvering (By Associated Press) East-West relations in Berlin re- ceived a new strain when the offi- clal Soviet News Agency ANB said British and American planes ringing supplies to the Russian blockaded city could be forced down for flight violations, An American Air Force official conceded that “technically’ speak- ing," planes' which violated flight rules could be forced down. “However, once this starts, things are going to be pretty rough around here,” he added. “It would require some pretty high level ac- tion.” Diplomatic maneuveri.g ued in Moscow. It scemed likely the talks American, British and French envoys have had with the Soviet officials will - continue into next week. Diplomatic observers in London sald the Western envoys probabe- ly will see Prime Minister Stalin again in the next day or two to contin- ) . The Bfltish preus :unemd the discussions in ' the Kremlin thus have dealt with the Berlin blockade, German currency, the preposed West German govern=- ment and possibly the Ruhr and the withdrawal of oeccupation troops. Russia long has sought a voice in the control of Ruhr in- dustries. g i ORCHIDS ARE 10 BE BIG FEATURE AT GARDEN SHOW Orchids direct by air from Hawail will be featured at the Juneau Gar- den Club show next Wednesday af- ternoon and evening. Mrs. Floyd i{Fagerson will fashion corsages ac- cording to the individual taste. These orchids will be “little Vandas” pictured in this week's Post maga- yzine, Proceeds from the sale of the orchid corsages will be added to the “Living Memorial” fund which is ear-marked to Leautify the grounds of the new library and commemorate the World War dead of this vicinity first and Jater other sections of Alaska. ‘The public is inyited to attend the flower show which will be held from 2 to 9 o'clock p.m. next Wednesday. The committee emphasizes that all {amateur gardeners of this area are urged to enter their exhibits of flowers, vmtublu and fruits. APPREIITI(ESHIP MEET PLANS TERR. PROGRAM PR el Representatives of labor, manage- ment and government attended the meeting of the Territorial Ap- prenticeship Board held last evening in the Senate Chambers. Edward E. Goshen, Assistant Director of the | Bureau of Apprenticeship, U. S. De- partment of Labor was principal speaker and outlined the aims of the program and told how the ap- penticeshlp program can be en- larged in Alaska. Goshen announced that efforts are being made to secure a man from his bureau to work in Alaska on the program. Walter E. Lee, who is in charge of the program in the Northwest, also spoke briefly. The two officials have just com- pleted a trip to Anchorage and | Fairbanks and will return to the States next week. oo THREE NEW YORKERS Mr. and Mrs, S. M. Fishback and Mrs. A. Newton Graves of New Yerk City are new arrivals at the Baranof Hotel.