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

! | | Herve. Harold Ickes, wl tm f the Interior, advocat “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” {/OL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,960 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MORE COMMUNISTS IN TOP U. S. JOBS T0 CREATE PARK AT | OF CONGRESSMEN PULP SITE Senator Ca;fi Infroduces Legislation Affecting Ju- neau Pulp Timber Area WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—(P—A bill to make Admiralty Island, Alaska, a public park and game refuge was introduced Saturday by Senator Cap- per (R-KAS.) The bill says that the park shall be under the control of the Secre-: tnry of the Interior and that his regulations shall be “aimed at the freest use of one said park for rec- reation purposes by the public and for the preservation of the natural curiosities and scénic beauties there- of.” A vrovtfitm wauld permit pros- pectors and miners, however, to shoot game or birds “as may be need- ed for their actual necessmes when short jof ‘food.” The bill would authorize an zxpen- DEWEY WON'T BE BLAMED IN ACTS (By The Associated Press) Strang indications already have appeared that should. the public verdiet go against the Republican Congess, Presidential ' nominee Thomas Dewey does not intend to take the blame. A close Dewey associate points out that the New York Governor had only fifty- 1ifty success in his own recom- mendations to Congress. The spokesman is Republican | Senator Irving Ives of New York. He sald that Dewey made two recommendations. Both concurre with earlier recommendations . of | Mr. Truman. The fitst was approv- | ed—it called for Congressional ap- proval of the 65-million dollar loan | to build a permanent home for the United Nations in New York City. The second failed—despite Dewey'’s personal, telephoned plea, The récommendation was that a Senate Judiciary subcommittee release a | bill designed to broaden 'the base for admission of 205,000 Displaced Persons to the United States. i diture of $20,000 a year to maintain the park. A notation on a copy of the bill sent by messenger to the Associated Press said it was the last bill to be introduced by Capper, who is re- tiring. - Admlrulty Island is the heu‘t of the Juneau pulp site and contains over one million acres of mnd. The U. S. Forest Service estiinates that there are 8% billion feet of timber on the Island, which could supply a 500 ton pulp mill for 50 years. { The proposal to establish a na- nal park on the island represents deviation from national policy, Which has always been to set aside those areas that are outstanding.i miralty Island ranks below bot.hl aranof and Chichagof Island in enic beauty. ! The need to protect animals inj F: island is almost non-existent. al sportsmen estimate that there, re now twice as many brown bears{ in the area than there were 20 years! 880, when the Forest Service made | a careful count. Research made in Other areas indicates that in logged off sections, the food supply for| ‘DETROIT SCOUTS herbivorous animals, such as deer, increases and the number of ani- #nals increases. This is the second sattempt to place the island under @ park re- Secretary including dmirdlty in the Glaciér Bay Na- tional Monument. R HERE FROM PORTLAND O. G. Parker of Portland, Ore,, is a new guest at the Baranof Hotel. { company, arrived here Saturday af- | Nine Eagle Scouts and two ad- |committee’s investigation had been [accommodate the needs of the inter- OFFICE CHANGES, “STEAMSHIP LINES, EFFECTIVE TODAY| With smmng opennons finish- ed, the Alaska Transportation Bteamship Co., has completed the move from its downtown office and is occupying the former Northland dock and building effective today. William Reid, head auditor for the ternoon and expects to' return to Seattle aboard the George Wash- ington, which is expected in Ju- neau the latter part of this week.| S. J. Swanson, president of the company was unable to make the: trip up today. In line with the change, both| the Northland and the Alaska| Steam lines are now operating lrom! ithe Alaska Steam office, with 1Henry Green being the agent for both companies. Horace Adams, former agent with the Alaska Steam Co., has been offered nnolh-‘ er position with the company. EXPECTED ARRIVE ABOARD ALEUTIAN visers from Detroit, Mich, are scheduled to arrive in Juneau on koard the steamer Aleutian tomor- row on a long-planned trip to Alaska. 1 Claiming to be the only troop | White House remained silent to- | shnrp\y as inadequate. |ference from the President’s “known | through the usual routine of sub- jafter 13 days of political in-tighting BILLS GO T0 WHITE HOUSE NOW Senator Feau—son Threat- ens President Truman with Impeachment WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—P—The; day on President Truman’s strategy for his next attack on the 80th Con- gress. While most presidential advisors say Mr. Truman will sign the Re- publican Housing and anti-inflation |Lills, he is expected to criticize them White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters only that anyone can draw his own in- attitude.” The Housing Bill, less than the President asked of the special ses- sion of Congres, has reached the President. - Ross said it wil go mission to departments concerned for their comments. The anti-infla- tion bill, also short of the President’s {demands, should reach him shortly. Some of Mr. Truman’s best friends in Congress urged him to sign the measures. ‘They were pmfi by ‘the special session which quit Saturday night on Capitol Hill. Senator Hatch of New Mexico, chairman of the Democratic cam- | paign Speakers Committee, told a reporter: R. Henry Wins New Plymouth, Salmon Derby Bud Phelps Is Se(ond and Jessie Geeslin Third About 150 boats of all sizes tumed out for the final day of the Bdmon Derby yesterday at Auk Bay and Tee Harbor, but when the final gun was sounded at 4 o'clock in the af- ternoon the prize winning catches trom last Saturday remained at the top of the list. Robert Henry, Seattle college stu- dent, is the winner of the Plymouth award with his 37 pound 13 ounce salmon caught é6n the opening day, and Bud Phelps walks away with the second prize wrist watch with his 30 pound 15 ounce catch. Dr. John E. Geyer was pushed out of third place yesterday when Jessie L. Geeslin weighed in at the stands with a 28 pound five ounce tish. Third ptize is a two horse outboard motor given by the Cowling Motor Co. Milo Clouse, head of the Derby Committee, said the total number of prizes outnumbered the fish !‘!l' istered by about fifteen and tha the lesser prizes .will' probably. Bei rr iy suggestions for making re-|ioe doubled up to balance the count. ———————— HAINES HARBOR IS REJECTED BY “Inadequate as these measures : DIPLOMATS PAY VISIT T0 KREMLIN i International Sltuahon Is| Still Unsettled - More B-29's to Europe (By The Associated Press) American, British and French diplomats went to the Kremlin to- day 'in a renewed attempt to solve the Berlin blockade and other issues in the cold war. It was their third visit there in a week. Ambassadors Walter Bedell Smith | of the U. S. and Yves Chataigneau of Prance and special envoy Frank Roberts made the call, seeking to see Foreign Minister Molotov. Wash- ington, Moscow, London and Paris all kept the strictest silence on the high level exchanges of diplomacy whidh might break impasse. Premier Paul-Henri Spaak of Bel- Secretary Ernest Bevin a detailed account of the Moscow exchanges, the east-west ROBERT W. GRAHAM| HERE T0 COMPLETE ORGANIZATION, JCC Here to complete plans for the Territorial organization of the Al- aska Junior Chamber of Commerce, Robert W. Graham, Seattle attorney and Vice-President of the National Junior C of C, was ‘n Juneau over the weekend consulting with the local Junior C of C group. With three local organizations necessary to qualify for a State or- ganization formed in Juneau, An- chorage and Fairbanks and a fourth group forming at Nenana, plans for a Territorial convention in Fair- banks September 4, 5 and 6 have been formulated and a State char- ter will be presented to the:group at that time, Mr, Graham said. A charter banquet in Juneau for the local group has tentatively been set for Sept. 3"and Graham plans to be in Juneau again at that time. Junior C of C groups have grown from one club in St. Louis, 27 years ago, to 1800 local organizations with an active membersip of 200,000 people and an international group representing 38 nationalities. At a recent Junior C of C congress in Rio, there were representatives of 27 countries. Philosophy of the group is simple and confined to two objectives, Gra- it was reported in London. Brmshlmm explained: ‘flum received from British Foreign ‘ at the informants said “The ball, morent, is with the Russians.” Mol- | otov at the last meeting Friday night was I to have been asked lations normal. The British source said the Rus- said blunt things about the plan of the Western Powers to establish a Jwest German Government. Storms In Britain sians in the current exchanges havei 1. Through the Junior C of C to offer leadership for young men | and 2.. To instill an ideal of civic serv- and -community - betterment. among its young leaders. “I am concerned with having an organization in Juneau that con- forms to the ideals of the group, one that will attract young men to the organization and afford them op- portunities to contribute to Juneau's welfare. 1 am satisfied that this Weekend storms in Britain and i tne desire of the Juneau group. in the country composed entirely of Eagle Scouts, the boys plan to! ARMY ENGINEER are, I still think they represent some advance over what we have now and I hope the President signs them.” Senator Lucas of Illinois, the as-| SEATTLE, Aug. 9—®—The engi- isistant Democratic .leader, said he{neers’ corps reported unfavorable to- feels the President will be “com-iday on a proposal for improvements pelled” te sign them. of Haines Harbor, Alaska. “But I am sure that when he does,| Col. Theron D. Weaver, division he will be able to tell the countrylengineer, said the report was made just how inadequate and how mea-|after a hearing at Haines. ger they are,” Lucas declared. “In view of the evidence pre- But the Republicans had a ready |sented,” Weaver's report said, “The answer to anything Mr. Truman!construction of the jetties would not might say about inflation—a '-‘on~§nuevxm the damage from winds to tention that he has hampered con-|shipping when deep draft boats were gressional lnvesnuatlom into Com-|approaching or leaving the dock munist activities in the government.!The benefits accuring from the pro- Senator Ferguson (R-MICH), who | tection to small boats by the con- headed one of the inquiry commit- {struction of & small boat harbor are | tees, put it on the linie with a charge !pelieved to be insufficient to justity! m the M‘WB closing session that|the necessary expenditures. Further-! t had thrown up “an|more Lutak Inlet, three miles north iron fllfllm between Gpmgress and |or Haines, offers all the requisities the public business* . of a natural protected harbor which The Michigan senator said hiscould be developed at low cost to stopped by Mr, Truman's refusal t0[ests involved.” permit (orvde:nment agencies cut:e;urn s T over reco! of persons ac 3 o, S e 1o STOCKQUOTATIONS “is rapidly of having either to legislate mine stock today is 3%, American France left at least 22 persons dead. {T am looking forwsd to my return Ships were lost, harbors battered!heu for the charter banquet and I California, Washington Win Rowing BULLETIN Aug. 9—(M—Two mighty crews from the Pacific Coast—University of Cal- ifornia’s eight-oar shell and Univer- sity of Washington's four-with- coxswain—rowed to Olympic Cham- pionships today on the Thames. By BILL MACKLIN LONDON, Aug. 9—(P—Already ac- claimed a rousing success, the Olym- pic games entered the home stretch today with nine *“forgotten” sports taking the spotlight from the gla- mour boys of track and field. The athletes ran their last race | Saturday in the Olympic Stadium. Now the chief interest centers on the 1900 meter river highway at Henley-on-Thames, 40 miles west of Lendon. Twenty-one crews from nine sta- tions are in the rowing finals of the Olympic Regatta on the stretch made famous by the annual Henley | Royal Regatta. It looked like a close battle for Yale's fours without Cox against Denmark and Italy. The Danes and Italians had far faster runs in the semi-finals Saturday. y The U. S. team needs all thm crowns [ to equal /its , best ,previous Olympic records in 1920 and 1932, Half of Southeast England sup- plied stadiums for the eight other sports in windup competitions which will reach a climax in a gala closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium Saturday afternoon. The skyscraping U. 8. basetball team meets Uruguay tonight in one of four qaurter-finals at Harringay Arena, London. The boxers will scrap through pre-‘ HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England, sks For Game Refuge On Admiralty Island MOREREDS IN FEDERAL POSITIONS Elizabeth Bentley on Stand - Again Before Un-Am- [ erican Committee | By DOUGLAS B, CORNELL WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—(P— Elizabeth T. Bentley testified today it is “extremely likely" there were many more. than two groups of ‘qm vernment officlals which she said leaked wartime secrets to a So- viet spy ring. She repeated testimony that two groups were headed by Victor Per- lo and Nathan Gregory Silvermaster. Perlo and Miss Bentley took turns on the witness stand of the house {Un-American Activities Committee. | The Committee is investigating stories of Soviet Intrigue and es- pionage in this country. Perlo refused to say whether he was ever a Communist or whether he knows or ever before has seen Miss Bentley, who calls herself a former Communist and wartime courier for Soviet agents. "He had a prepared statement from which Committee members quoted this part: “I vigorously deny the charges, that, bave . been leveled against me." Silvermaster also hds entered such a broadside denial. He has stated he was not a spy but refused to say if he ever was a Com- munist, Perlo Energetic i _Asked by Chafrman J. Pamell Thomas (R-NJ) if Perlo seemed |“very enthuslastic” gbout providing Hnlormntlon. Miss Bentley testified: “I would say he was the most and crops flattened. An American ang a British obser- ver for the United Nations were wounded in Greece by guerrilla (Communist) mortar fire near the juncture of the Greek, Bulgarian and am hopeful of having with us a cross section of Juneau community leaders in order that they may be- come acquainted with the ideals of the organization and work with us toward a goal of a better Juneau.” liminary rounds on a pair of bridges |Nergetic one in that entire group.” thrown across the Olympic pool at| Rep. —Herbert (D-LA) asked {Yugoslav borders. Greek sources| Graham, whé was named “Young {said the fire came from inside Com- | Man of the Year” by Seattle senior 'munm Bulgaria. In North Greece;civic leaders in 1946, largely for his inear Albania, the Greek Army com- | Junior C of C work, Las been na- pressed even further the pocket of | tional Vice-President of the organi- Communist leader Markos Vnfla-‘zation for the last two years and {des’ troops. iduring that time has covered over Russian Fortifications The Berlin_newspaper Telegraf reported today the Russians are Luilding trenches and installing weapons on the border of their zone of Germany. The British-licensed paper sald !Germans were keing pressed into service and then warned not to talk. Wateh towers, fencing and road barricades were reported being . placed. The Russians held large scale Army maneuvers last month in Eastern Germany .and lncre-ud, their Air Force there, just as the United States did in the west. Despite these 100,000 miles traveling for his roup. He arrived Saturday from a yisit to the Junior C of Cs in Anchorage and Fairbanks and left Juneau Sun- day by PAA Ior Seutua (MEN'S FINALS SET FOR 6 TONIGHT IN TENNIS TOURNEY The men’s finals *in the annual Juneau Tennis Tourney will be played tonight about 6 o'clock, Su-| manifestations,' pervisor Garrett announced today. nothing suggested the Soviets werel'yne match will be between Bob preparing for war. Indeed the signs|poochever and Pastor Bigornia. g0 to Seward aboard the Aleutian, |8 blind spot or compel the President Anaconda 36%, Curtiss- In the men’s semi-finals yester- Wembley. There will ke cycing at Herne Hill, equestrian events at Al- dershot, fencing at Wembley, field hockey on miscellaneous fields and| weight-lifting at Wembley Spectators for track and swim- ‘ming at Wembley wince the games opened a week ago Friday numbered 87¢,000. Said Sir Arthur Elvin, Lig Wembley Sports Palace: “The games have been an un- doubted financial success. Crowds have exceeded even my most opti- mistic expectations.” Someone was certain to quip in print, “South America take it away,” about Delfo Cabrera’s Marathon victory, He takes the medal to Ar- gentina. His story-book . finish—overtaking the faltering Belgian Etienne Gailly within the Olympic Stadium after 26 miles of running over hill and dale—provided drama right down to the fina] curtain on track. Although never in that race, the ! United States outdid all other na- tions by capturing 11 track and field champlonships. Next best were the swifc Swedes with five. boss of l whether there were many groups operating in the government similar to ones she sald were headed by Perlo and Silvermaster. ‘P:‘odding agreement, Miss Bentley sa “I do know that my contact, Jack, told me of other people he had ceen in contact with, but not by name or individuals,” Herbert: So it is safe to assume there were inhumerabie other groups operating under heads like Silvermaster and Perlo? ; Miss Bentley: It is cxtremely likely, Sne®has told the Committee of having various contact men among the Red agents as Jack, Bill or |Charlie—people Whose last names she did not know, In addition to testimony trom |Miss Bentley, the Committee has heard about Perlo from Whittaker {Chambers, who says he is a former .Communist now with Time Maga- zine. Chambers described Perlo as a leader ‘of a prewar Communist un- derground in Washington. | Time after time, Perlo refused to tell the hearing whether he knew pointed ‘the oflier way. U. S. swimmers closed out the|People Miss Bentley and Chambers then to Fairbanks by rail, and|to answer for his-conduct in im-|Can 85 pool events Saturday by winning had named as members of the Red Wright 9%, International Harvester| The official Russian newspaper day Bob Boochever won over Lt. The Washington Merry - Go - Round| st e i mflfllNGTON-— By DREW—PE ABS(;N | from Detroit to the West Coast in fCopyright, 1948, l;:"l)’hl Bell Syndicate, focked themselves inside the Sen-ji ate caucus room for three hours|hard at all,” said the boys. “When the other day to work¥out a legis- | we were in Seattle, Jative formula that would pacify|tents in a friend’s backyard, much | GOP Senators|amounted to about $3,700. two cars bearing “Alaska or Bust” on large signs. The trip was fi- nanced from the proceeds of their 14-month scrap paper drive, which “Finding a place to stay isn't we pitched the voters and still let Congress|to the surprise of his curious B0 home early. Here is an .inside neighbors.” account of what happened at the meeting: Sharpest clash was over the Dis- placed Persons Act which President Truman called anti-Semetic and anti-Catholic. ~ West Virginia's Chapman Revercomb, author of the act, defended it vigorously. He quoted some Catholic bishops as saying it wasn’t anti-Catholic, and excused the anti-Jewish features by claiming 65 percent of the post- mwar immigrants have n Jews. .‘They have been admitted to this country under the regular immi- gration quotas, he explained. Revercomb’s, act will admit 200,-: 000 non-quota refugees, bm only those who flocked - into Germany before Dec. 22, 1945, will be eugl-i (Continued on Page Feur) . i weekend, the Juneau Cold Storage FISHER VALIANT HERE WITH FISH Having a comparatively light crews unloaded the 23,000 pound cod catch of the Valiant for the only arrival of the weekend. Dan Twedt of the Valiant also brought in a 3,000 pound catch of halibut. The fisher Teddy is due in atl the Storage today. ————————— CATHOLIC PARISH PICNIC Plans are being made for the! i Catholic Parish Picnic to be held at the Shrine of St. Terese next Sunday, August 15. This is con- trary to an announcement made! | yesterday. l peachment proceedings.” —_——————— 29%, Kennecott 57%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 22%, e o 00 v 0 ¢ 0 0.0 0ly 5 greel 78%, Pound $4.03%. ®! Sales today were 700,000 shares. WEATHER RT ©®| Averages today are as follows: s sar i o 0) o |industrials 182.24, rails 60.45, util- ‘Temperatures for 24-hour period @ [itiey 34.62. ending 7:30 this morning o In Juneau— Maximum, 62; e minimum, 51. L] nimum, 81 i, o3, o] STEAMER MOVEMENTS minimum, 47. ol g— o! Princess Louise arriving south- FORECAST (Juncau und Viéinity) Variable cloudiness with some light rain showers to- night and Tuesday. Not o |bound from Skagway at 8 am. to- o | morrow. o| Princess Norah arriving north- e |bound tomorrow afternoon. Baranof arriving southbound to- much change in tempera- e ture. 3 o |day at 4 pm. Leaving at 8 p.m. PRECIPITATION ¢! Plemish Knot arriving north- Past 34 nm-wuv:un.nua:.lbound 7 a. m. tomorrow. In Juneau — .01 inches; e| Aleutian arriving northbound to- since August 1, 2.00 inches; i morrow afternoon. since July 1, 9.15 inches. — e At Afrport — .01 inches; FROM PRINCE RUPERT since August 1, 1.20 inches; since July 1, 6.04 inches. | Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Black of [ ! Prince Rupert are new arrivals at’ ® e 0 0 00 ¢ 2o PARERE Ao {the Gastineau Hotel. ————— RED CROSS WORKER SKAGWAY VISITORS PR — Helen Cass witly ithe American| George Rapuszi, Mr. and Mrs. Red Cross, is here from Ft. Rich-|N. W. Reid and family, all of ardson and is staying at the Bar-. Skagway, are among the new ar- anof Hotel, Lflvnls at the Baranof Hotel. in Berlin threatened worse condi-podson, 6-1 and 6-0; Pastor Bigornia tions in the blockdded city unless|won over George Gibian, 6-0 and its anti-Communist government ac-|¢;_;, the last three events—Joe Vendeur in the 200 meter breast stroke, Ann underground or a Red spy ring. On advice of counsel, he refused ceded to Russian demands that all} nently an assertion that* U. S. and British planes had violated air rules in the corridors to Berlin 62 times. cammumnz ont a Tass dispatch that supply planes could be forced down ifor flight violations, an American Winners in the women's division the city come under Red Control. lover the weekend were Ruth Clarke Pravda in Moscow printed promi-|over joyce Smith, 6-0 and 7-5; Ruth Clarke over Dorothy Thibodeau, 6- 4 and 6-0; Roline Clarke over Midge Campbell, 6-0 and 6-0. Wo- men’s matches today will be Jean Anderson ‘and Shirley Muueuen and Olga Steele meeting Sylvia An- Curtis in the 400 meter free style |t answer on grounds the Constitu- and Jimmy McLane in the 1500 me-|tion says he need not incriminate ter free nyle ’ jor degrade himself with replics. 7 The Committee put Perlo on the So Ap Box wm"fn stand ahead of its mystery witness, * LEAVES FOR AKRON cribed by Committee members as able to crack the spy case “wide open.” Koral Testifies Air Porce offieer said: derson. “Things are going to be pretty rough around here” if the Russians supervisor Garrett said the Ten- |his Tourney for beginners only is to get underway Thursday. Boys More Planes and girls entering this contest will The U. 8. sent more Superfor-(have several prizes to look forward tresses to Europe, maintaining 90 of (to, The H & Q Sporting Goods the great bombers there. Lt. Gen.lstor: is contrituting trophies for Hoyt Vandenberg, Chief of Staff of[the winners and Juneau-Young the U. 8. Air Force and Air Secre-|Hargware is to present a new ten- tary W. Stuart Symington headedpis racket to the winners in the from London to Germany. girls and boys' division and any- Count Folke Bernadotte, U. N.lone wishing to contribute prizes is Mediator for Palestine, said “there|asked to conlgcl him at 292, are rumors of impending coups by e irregular elements” alleged to be un- pnon SAN FRANCISCO controllable, or to be used as spear-| Here from San Prancisco, Leon heads of regular forces.” His re-|ghane and W. M. Robertson are| imarks seemed aimed at the Jewuh,mmured at the Baranof Houl extremisf group, Irgun Zvai Leumi,| el |which has called in the past for| OREGONIAN . HERE Jewish occupation of Jerusalem and! Jens Jorgensen of Coquille, Ore., all of Palestine and for conquest of is a new arrival at the Baranof l'rum-.mrdan | Hotel, try. BY FLIGHT TODAY And the witness, Koral, did not have much to say. He refused to Justin Ripiey, Wintbe gt the aus | 5L hoBaEHE W.p ommuniat or neau Soap Box event, arrived here yesterday, spent the night in the home of Ed Keithahn, and left by PAA this afternoon for Akron, Ohio where he will compete in the na-: tional races to be held there Aug. 15. £till worried about his weight, the ¢ig lad said he might wear the par-| ka donated by Martin Victor, when sweating off a few pounds. As many of you recall, Ripley had to drilll holes in the baseboards of his car to make the weight limits when en- tering the Juneau race. Dr. Blanton of Juneau will ac- company Ripley on his Akron trip. - - | Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Barren of ,Hllnes are guests at the Bnnnol | Hotel. jwhether he knows Elizabeth Bent- ley, the self-termed former Com- munist agent. Koral fended off most of the questions on the grounds that the answers might incriminate him. Representative Karl Mundt of the House Committee on Un-American Activities had said that Koral could break the spy case wide open. How- ever, Koral's testimony today was a series of ‘nod comments.” Shortly before &oral took the stand, the Justice Department an- nounced that the London-born man {bad testified at length to a New | York grand jury one year ago. The department sald the nature of his testimony is still secret. Kora)] said he has been employed l (Oontinued—an Page Two)