The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,961 GOP NA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” UNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1948 MES FARNSWOR MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS TH'S SUGCE PRICE TEN CENTS —_— Douglas AF of L And CIO Unions Tangle RUSSIA URGES - PEACE No Improve_m:nt in Berlin —No Word from Diplo- matic Conferences (By 17ie Associatec Pres:) The Moscow radio urged closer | collaboration today ketween Russia and the United States to assure & lasting peace. Ordinarily for the last year or more, the radio has devoted itself almost exclusively to assailing the Wesiern Powers, usually the U. 8. A. The speaker, of course, included an sssertion that “reactionary cir- cles” in the U. S. oppose this and are undermining collaboration. But he gave the U. S. a little credit for victory over Japan in a *“fighting friendship and partnership” Russia. The broadcast commemora- Executive Secretary PULP MILL IS FUTURE AIM OF JUNEAU SPRUCE H. F. Chefi President, Says Company fo Remain Firm in ILV{U Dispute If everything goes right, Juneau may some day be the site- of a pulp mill and a veneer plant in laddition to its present sawmill. That was what Henry F. Cheney, President of the Juneau Spruce Corporation, had to say here yesterday. Cheney, accompanied by Jens Jorgensen, a JSC Director, is visiting Alaska on a tour of the company’s facilities. | He said that the stockholders |of Juneau Spruce had invested in {the company with these views in i Douglas AFL Union Of Unfair Tactics Claiming unfair labor practices, HOUSING Blll United Alaska Fisherman and Can- nery Workers, A. F. of L. have filed ls SIG “ ED BY |charges with the National Labor Re- requirements of the Taft-Hartley ‘Act, the cannery workers had bar- WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—(@— arrived at an agreement. The local President Truman signed the hous- claims that when the contract had at the Republican-controlled Con- management informed the local that igress for “deliberate neglect” of they had signed a contract with ing quarters. Workers, CIO. Mr. Truman said the measure’ Tom Moore, which' could and should have been enacted.” He said in a statement that would be “of some help” in meeting the critical housing shortage. Accuses (10 Local the Douglas Cannery Branch of the |lations Board, Complying with the PRES. TRUMAN gained with management and had ing kill into law today with a blast- been prepared for formal signature, people most in need of adequate liv- ‘the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural falls “far short of the legislation he was signing the bill because it e’ e A reeling under two atom bomb blows. Things were no bebter in block= aded Berlin, W. T. Babcock, U. 8. Deputy mander in' Berlin, reporied th fairly accurate German source sald the Russians have ordered German rail a pos- e e A Mt o Berlin to the west, through the surrounding Russian.Zone.. Babcock said the report can ‘only "be called “pure rumor.” > ‘The Russians moved In on the German city government food ad- ministration, crowding the regular city staff from the City Hall, which is in the Russian Zone. Two food administrators appeared in prospect. Already, the city has two police chiefs, two currencies and four sets of occupation powers. German leaders were at work in Frankfurt drafting a Constitution for a Western German Government, a move bitterly opposed by Russia. Signs increased that the Russian Zone of Germany has a food short- age. The drive against hoarders and black marketeers was stepped up. Only silence came from Moscow, Washington, London and Paris on the course of diplomatic maneuvers in the Kremlin to end the Berlin blockade and settle other questions dividing the west and east. Russia blamed the U. 8. and Bri- tain in the United Nations for wrecking talks on arms limitations. The Security Council fesumed de- bate on Yugoslav assertions that the two western powers are plotting to return Trieste to Italy. Russian-dominated countries at the Danube Conference in Belgrade voted solidly to beat a French effort to win freedom on navigation guar- antees on that most important wa- terway in Europe. In London, dep- uties of the U. S. Britain, Russia and France heard American views on _'MEN ARE KILLED, i~ PLANE ACCIDENT BEACH, N. D., Aug. 10—A—Two' T rbanks, Alasks, -men, enroute to New York, were killed in an airplane crash here yesterday. | They were Walter R. Sahlstrom, 22, the pilot, and a passenger, Rich- | ard J. Shore, 28, Loth students at' {the University of Alaska. | Gecrge Smith, Beach airport man- ager, said the AT-6, an Army sur- plus trainer, in which the men were flying crashed shortly after it tock iofl from the airport here. H Witnesses said the plane plunged to the ground from a steep bank about 100 feet in the air. Cause of the accident was not known. { Smith said the gplane was forced «down 12 miles south of Beach Sun- of the A. T. F. of L., stated, “Last|mind and have, so far, put over winter these workers donated a great | $2.500,000 into the local sawmyl amount of free labor to the cannery | With the idea of gradually develop- and were natarally shocked by this particular attitude.” € The A. F. of L, local has sent letters to stockholders of the Doug- las Cannery Corporation telling them of this action of management. ! A meeting has been scheduled for ‘Wednesday 'evening to discuss the action. ing it into the larger industry. He declared thet ky going slowly, the i company couid learn the local problems and thus avoid a large, loss i conditions did not warrant; the big investment. Cheney said that Juneau Spruce |will understand what SEATTLE, Aug. 10—®—An offi- cial of the International Association of Machinists, parent union of the striking- Aeronautical ~Mechanics Union, said today that if the Boe- ing Airplane Company will make al “legitimate offer . . . we will meet them halfway.” It was the first indication of the union’s willingnes to give ground in the 109-day strike. SEATTLE, Aug. 10—(M—Prosecu- | tor Lloyd Shorett filed a perjury charge today against one of the key witnesses at last month’s hearing of the Legislature’s Un-American Ac- tivities Committee. He filed the charge against George Hewitt of New York, who testified to having been a Communist Party member from 1926 to 1944 and a for- mer member of the Party's National Committec. WEST BRANCH, Ia., Aug. 10—® —Former President Herbert Hoo- ver said today there are “fuzzy- minded people” in this country who “Dever have understood and never the word America means.” DENVER, Aug. 10 (P—General Dwight D. Eisenhower said today has been operating at a loss_since that “we can get hysterical about its inception because of the many|® sPy scare but our government is — {necessary changes in the plant to ~make it more efficient. The labor| dispute with the CIO International| Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s | Union has also been a factor cnus-' S L ling @ loss in revenues.. He saigd y, 9 Ag [this’ dispute has robbed “the m:‘{ e ar, pany of its three Dbest posslblel ;| months. 1 : He declared that, despite ILWO | iclaims, the dispute is not a lock- o es o ay out because “the ILWU was never v employed et our sawmill.” Cheney reiterated previous statements when he said that the company i Arkansas, S—Qu_lh Carolina: ~ and Idaho Voters Bal- lot on Candidates (By The Associated Press) Democrats went to the polls today will not give in to the ILWU de-‘ mands regardless of a possible con- | ' trary decision from the National aware cf these things and I don't believe the dangers are great.” EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 10— —A Royal Canadian Air Force Da- kota transport plane today joined sheither Alr Force and three civilian alrcraft in the search for V. B. Murray of Wa<hington, D. C., mis- sing since Sa‘'urday In his Cessna 140 plane, Murray was enroute to Grand Prairie, Alberta, about 250 airmiles northwest, when he disap- peared. His eventual distination was Fairbanks, Alaska. SEATTLE, Aug. of the sockeye salmon fishing sea- 10—IM—Closure | son in American waters at 6 p.m. ! tomorrow was announced today. Milo Moore, Chairman of the In- Labor Relations Board. Thanks To Juneau | ! The JSC head, who is also Presi- | ternational Pacific Salmon Fisheries {Commission, said the order was is- dent of |sued to give proper protection and to the Coos Bay Lumber in South Carolina, Arkansas and Idaho to chose candidates for the | November elections. | While a light vote way predicted; iday by fog and rain. { Smith said Bhore told him his {parents live in New York City. ramesom, o o cmmen ol FROM SAN FRANCISCO pected in the two southern states, ! P. T. Brooks, Edwin Wilder, are certain of November victory, and 'Lloyd Broadhurst, Phyllis Thomas where a couple of stiff ballot con- and Mrs, F. Nonis of San Fran- tests were on tap. lcl.sco are among the guests at; In South Carolina, Burnett R. the Baranof Hotel. Maybank battled four competitors ifor his U. S. Senate seat in a race which featured the first heavy Ne- igro voting in some 72 years. The imain event in Arkansas was a run- (off for the governorship between The Washingto ieral Jack Holt. By DREW PEARSON | In pre-election campaigning in (Copyright, 1948, I};“l;hc Bell Syndjcate, icnndidam attacked the recent fed- /ASHINGTON e ad |Waring which opened membership | et , un- {in the Democratic Party to Negroes. for Idaho, good turnouts were ex-) Iwhere Democratic nominees usually ! 1 : |Garland C Prosecutor Sidney | iMerry - Go- Round |gexns couny eroseutor sanes ithe South Carolina contest all flvef {eral court ruling ky Judge J. W-ues‘ said he was extremely jgrateful and appreciative of the {stand taken by the citizens of Juneau in the dispute and for their | cooperation after receiving the iacts of the case. He also de-| clared his gratitude to the Juneau; {Local of the CIO International Woodworkers of America, for standing behind the company. He promised to protect them to the limit for their loyalty. Cheney admitted that the sawmill may have to close again unless the: ILWU picket line is removed be- cause of the company’s probable inability of getting the lumber un- loaded at its destination. He said| that efforts are being made, how- ever, to store as much lumber here as possible in the hope that the ;dispute will soon be favorably set- tled. He said that one reason why it is so important that barge load- ing remains under IWA jurlsdmuoni is ‘that barges must be used as Company, | what should happen to prewar Ital- | American story of how a Congress- | ian colonies. i Maybank’s opponents were farmer man’s campaign contributions some- | yo ijle Bennet, Rep. W.' J. Bryan storage space for lumber because of the limited facilities at the Ju- insure adequate escapement to spawning grounds up British Colum- bia's Fraser River, The closing pre- viously was scheduled for Friday. PRREN G G Lot 1 NLRB EXAMINER HERE IN JUNEAU SPRUCE DISPUTE To investigate the labor dispute hetween the Juneau Spruce Cor- poration and the CIO Longshore Union, Howard Hilbun, Field Ex- (aminer for the National Labor Re- lations Board arrived ' in Juneau yesterday, The NLRB had pre- vicusly ruled ‘that there was no d'spute but are now considering recpening the case because of more evidence. Hilbun will leave for Fairbanks tomorrcw to investigate the dis- pute between the Taven Owners EX-SPY IS LIAR SAYS 055 AGENT State Depariment Okays | House. Committee Sub- poena of Witness WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 Three more former government officials denied to the House Un- Amcrican Activities Committee to- day that they were ever members of a Communist spy ring in the government, Two of them—Duncan C. Lee and Robert T. Miller—also denied they are or have been Communists, but tacknowledged - acquaintance with Elizabeth T. Bentley, their aceuser. ‘The third, William L. Ullmann, re- fused to say whether he has been a Communist or knows Miss Bentley but he shouted that she is a “liar.” Miss Bentley is the young woman who bas named a long list of tor- mer government officials as people Iwhu gave secret information to £o- viet espionage agents during the war. She says she was courier for the spy ring. No Diplomatic Immunity While the committee was getting the denials from Lee and Ullmann, therc were these developments af- fecting' possitle future hearings by the gr e e 7. Parnell Thomas’ (R 1. Rep. NJ) announced a subpoena has been served on Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ivanovitch Samarin, but did not say when they will be questioned. Sama- rin is the Russian teacher who went to the FBI in New York and volun- |teered information presumably con- nected with the committee’s inquiry. 2. The State Department advised the committee that Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, alse a Russian teacher, has no diplomatic immunity and {can be subpoenaed. But it said the only way officers could legally en- ter the Soviet Consulate in New York would be with warrants alleg- ing commission of a crime there. Mrs, Kosenkina is reported to be in [the Consulate. | Ullmann was named by Miss Bent- (ley as<a man who photographed secret documents for the Soviet spy {ring. : Ullmann refused to answer a questicn as to whether he furnished cameras to Nathan Silvermaster. Miss Bentley's story was that the |photographing was done in Silver- | master’s basement. . Former OSS Man Talks Duncan C. Le¢e, 33-year-old for- mer OSS operative, denied in the face of new accdsations today that he ever gave secret information to Elizabeth T. Bentley, confessed for- mer Russian agent. ‘ In one-two order, the House Un- | American Activities Committee put ILee on its stand and then recalled {Miss Bentley to repeat accusations she has:made. . Lee, during the war, was with the A MAY CONSTRUCT NEW BUILDING Plans are underway by the Ju- neau Post, of the American Le- glon, to construct a new modern building on the present site of the Legion Dugout here. Action was initiated last night when Act- ing Ccmmander Chester Zenger appointed E. Keithahn as Chairman of a special Building Committee tu look into the matter and report back to the Post. Tentative plans call for the erece tion of a three story building which weuld also house other fac- ilities than those of the Legion. The Post feels that it should help meet ' the anticipated increasing office and housing shortage here, Nominations were opened at last night's regular meeting for Post officers to serve a short term un-j til October. Similar action was| taken for Delegates to the Terri- torial American Legion Convention at Sitka. Nominations will be clos- ed and an election is to be held at next week's meeting. - L. |JUNEAU LEGION | MacDONALD NAMED GOP CANDIDATE 'Will Run in Territorial El- ections fo Replace Ail- ing Farnsworth - The name of Donald MacDonald * II was filed with the office of Ter- ritorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle this morning ty the Republican Central Committee of Alaska as the GOP candidate for Territorial Engineer in the Fall general elections. Mac- Donald, a Fairbanks engineer, will replace the former GOP nominee, Ira Farnsworth of Anchorage, who withdrew because of illness. MacDonald was defeated for the Democratic nominations in this year's primaries by incumbent Frank A. Metealf of Juneau, an appointee of Gov. Ernest Gruening chosen to succeed the late W. Leonard Smith who died in office. Elton E. Engstrom, of Juneau, Mudi Research Work |Is Underway at Poinl’ Barrow ig_r)tioncei POINT. BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 10— -"Everything under the & ~=which seis for only a few min- utes each ddy~is being checked by some of the United States’ top | scientists at this top of the world village. ! The experiments are being car-! ried out at the two-story, round- jroof building that houses the Arc- Chairman of the Repuklican Com- mittee, said that MacDonald was chosen last night at .a Committee caucus here, He declared the Re- publican party sought the best man for the job, regardless of party-at- flliation. He stated that MacDonald was the father of the Alaska High» way and highly qualitied for the 'FLYING DOCTORS' ON TOUR OF TERRITORY: WILL VISIT 7 TOWNS {tic Institute, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. But the research is not military. For example: one scientist took a casual evening stroll across the! marshy tundra and returned with six species of mushroom never be- fore recorded in these latitudes. { Dr. Carl J. Henkelmdnn of Lin- coln, Neb., a- dentist, is spending | the summer making impressions of | Eskimos' teeth. The work will! form the basis for conclusions about Eskimo diet and its effect on their teeth. | Two zoologists, Dr. Ronald R. Griffin and Raymond J. Hock of Cornell University, are bnndingl Ibirds and releasing them tar from i their nests to determine how long! it takes them to return home. The birds returned quicker the second time, indicating they are capable of “learning” landmarks rather {than possessed of a "magncncl ®ense” of navigation, the two men report. ——eee — |SEARCHERS FAIL | 10 LOCATE ELLs| Searchers have been unable to locate the body of Ray Ells, who Oftice of Strategic Services, a coun- ( was drowned Sunday night about ter espionage agency. He is now (9:20 when the skiff in which he “The Flying Doctors,” four out- standing medical specialists from the Northwest, have arrived in Ju- neau on the first 1ap of a trip, which will take them' all over Alaska. The specialists, who have teen appointed by the American. Medical Associa- tion, will hold clinics, confer with Alaska Native Service doctors, and examine existing medical facilities in seven Alaskan communities. The team, which s recelving financial support from the ANS, will prepare a speclal report for the Department of the Interior on general health conditions ih the Territory. Making the, Alaskan trip with the team will be Dr. James T. Googe, Medical Director of the ANS, and Dr. Austin T. Moore, orthopedic specialist of Columbia, South Caro- Iina. Dr. Moore has been on a tour of observation at Mount Edgecumbe Orthopedic Hospital for the past week. The. medical men will leave Juneau on Wednesday morning. in a plane chartered from the Northerm Consolidated Airlines of Fairbanks. They will visit Mt. Edgecumbe, Ta- nana, Bethel, Kanakanak, Fair- banks and Anchorage. Yesterday afternoon, the special- ists visited the Juneau Government Hospital and examined patients and consulted with Dr. Phillip Maison- * Premier Andre Marie headed for | times go hand in hand with cer-|poo attorney Alan Johnstone and|neau miil. ville, medical officer in charge of a third victory of his new French|tain favors — even such favors as' Government—the tenth government | getting men preferred posttions , lumberman Marcus A. Stone. Of future plans, Cheney explam-' since the war—on a bill dealing with the French financial crisis. Communists opposed thé' measure which permits the goverhment to ‘regulate taxes up or dfi Sec. Marshall Nof Quitfing WASHINGTON, ~ Aug. 10—A— Presidential Press Secretary C. G. Ross said today that a published report Secretary of State Marshall had threatened to resign “is cer- tainly news to me.” - The report, published by the New York Star, was brought up at Ross’ news conference. A reporter told Ross the story said Mr. Truman has proposed a three-point program for Israel and that Marshall had threatened to resign as a result. iy — FROM BERKELEY, CALIF. Varden Fuller of Berkeley, Calif., is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. in the Army—is revealed in anoth- er chapter in the political life of Congressman J. Parnell Thomas, New Jersey Republican. | Believing that Congressmen who tinvestigate other people should be {able ‘to withstand investigation themselves, this column has done some. probing into the operations of that famous prober—J. Parnell ‘Thomas, Already it has developed that Thomas, though Chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee, where he should set an example to the world, received kickbacks frem three alleged oftice-workers who didn't come anywhere near his office; also kept one boy away from overseas duty by telling the Army he was an undercover agent for the Un-American Committee. However, this is only part of the story. Here is some more. In 1944, when Congressman Thomas was up for re-election he received $200 for his campaign i expenses from Hyman Tiplitz, 162 1 Fifth Avenue, New York, manufact- | urer ,of Hy-Type Clothes. Again {in 1946, Thomas received $100 from | j (Continued on Page- Four) | There also weré three South Car-| |olina races for House seats. Compet- iing for Dorn's job were former Rep. ‘John C. Taylor, former State Li- | quor * Commissioner R. L. Gamble, |Léon L. Rigen and James B. Hare. |State Rep. Hugo S. Slms, Jr., was; trying to unseat U. 8. Rep. John J.| IRiley, and Probate Judge Roy C.| Cobb ran against Rep. James J. Richards. Reps. L. Mendel Rivers, Joseph R. Bryson and John L. McMillan were unopposed. In the regular Arkansas primary two weeks ago, McMath failed to win a majority in the seven man gubernatorial race, although he led runner-up Holt by 27,000 votes. Rep. J. W. Trimble and Charles B. Ivy fought it out in the same |state for Trimble’s House seat. In Idaho, Democrats were to name | November contestants for the House seats of Reputlicans Abe Gotf and | John Sanborn. The two GOP Con- | gressmen, like Republican Senator Henry C. Dworshak, are unopposed in their own party. S — | Other plant, ed that changes will be made gradualiy. Probably, some prelim- inary pulp making éequipment will! be installed at first with the final! processing being completed at some Some day, he hopes to see a large plant here employ- ing around 1,500 persons and repre- senting an investment of approxi- mately $50,000,000. Right now, most of this depends on the labor situation, he declared. 3 Cheney said that he wouldn’t promise anything because of chang- ing conditions but, he said, the! company would very much like to expand its activities here so that, naturally, it could make money on its investment. DT s HOUSING MAN LEAVES 1 Harry Lucas, Chilef Underwriter for the Federal Housing Author- ity, will leave this evening on the Aleutian for Seward enroute to Anchorage on a brief busines trip. TR o, . g NEW EMPLOYEE Miss Bertha Forsgren has been employed in the Admiralty Divis-: FROM MT. EDGECUMBE [ion of the U. 8. Forest Service.' Willlam F. Stuart of Mt. Edge-|Miss Forsgren, who has been in| cumbe is in town and is stopping‘Juneau for two weeks, is from at the Baranof Hotel. Everett, Wash, ‘ Association and the Musicians Un- ion, Local 481, A. F. of L. " STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah arriving north- bound at 7 o'clock tonight, leaving t 11:30. Aleutian arriving northbound to- night at 6:30 o'clock. Coastal Monarch sails from Se- attle Saturday, August 14. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive northbound Tuesday, August Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive Tuesday, August 17. George Washington scheduled to arrive northbound Friday. - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—P—Clos- ing quotations of Alaska Junean mine stock today is 3%, American can 847%, Anaconda 36, Curtiss- Wright 9%. International Harvester 284, Kennecott 57, New York Cen- tral 16, Northern Pacific 22%, U. 8. Steel 76%, Pound $4.08%. Sales today were 840,000 shares. ;' Averages today are as follows: industrials 180.02, rails 59.68, util-| will visit Wrangell and Ketchikan; C. Nesheim of Boise, Idaho, ,m’- “since July 1 jo o o o0 0 ¢ 2 0 0 ities 34.55. practicing law here. Lee swore he was not a Commu- nist and said he had never dis- closed secret information to any un- authorized persop. He said it was hard to believe Miss Bentley's char- (Continued On Page Two) gUB 'DON LILLE AND " SON HAVE REUNION """ WHILE IN JUNEAU | Saturday was reunion day for the Don E. Lillie family when young Don, Jr., a passenger with .the YWCA group aboard the yacht | Twanoh met his father in Juneau, here on business for Yukon Equip- (ment, Inc.. of which he is vice- president and sales manager. Don, Jr. a junior in Queen Ann High School, Seattle, was making his first trip north, His ment Ccmpany, has lived in Fair- banks and made many trips throughout the territory. Lillie was an Ellis Airlines pas- 1senger for Petersburg today and before returning to Seattle. i was riding overturned a short dis- tance away Jfrom the Douglas shore. Mrs. Ruth Ells.and Mrs. Emma i1 Brown, also in the boat, were sav- ed by rescuers who heard the screams for help, but Ells had vanished from sight when the res- icue skiff arrived on the scene. Members of the Coast Guard and residents of the Douglas beach searched the area until midnight Sunday and again yesterday but found no trace of the body. RIPLEY IS DUE IN AKRON TODAY ! A wire was received today stat- ing that Justin Ripley, Juneau Soap Box champion, left Seattle by plane last night and 1is expected' jto arrive in Akron, Ohio, sometime i this afternoon. In company with Dr. William P.| i | father, formerly with Lomen Equip- | Blanton of Juneau, the Sitka boy!| e the hospital. MemkLers of the medical team are: Dr. John E. Tuhy, Portland, special- ist in diseases of the chest; Dr. W. Charles Martin, Portland, Opthalmo- logist; Dr. Frank Douglas, Seattle Pediatrician; Dr. David Law, Seattl¢ Dentist. Lo mies e o 0 o . . WEATHER REPORT (U: B, WRATHER BUREAU) ‘Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maximum, 66; minimum, 53. At Airport— Maximum, 68; minimum, 50, FORECAST (Juneau und Vicinity) Variable cloudiness with oc- casional light rain showers tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. PRECIPITATION Past 24 hours ending 71:30 a.m. today ®ee0seevessce v national: | - > - ! FROM IDAHO { (will participate in the races there, to be held Sunday, August 15. % | registered at the Baranof Hotel. In Juneau — 35 dnches: since August 1, 2.35 inches; since July' 1, 950 inches. At Airport —- 40 inches; since August 1,