The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,964 RUSSIANS MOVE OUT OF BLDG. Germans Told that U, §. “Public Wants' Firm Stand, USSR BERLIN, Aug. 13—®--The Rus- slans’ evacuated the Allied Four- Power Kommandatura building in Berlin today and hauled down their flag. This action appeared to complete ' the-division of. Berlin between the East and West—at least as far as the Russians are concerned. The Russians withdréw from the Allied . Kommandatura, which had provided Four-Power administration for, this city for three years. They pulled out with the comment that| “the Kommandatura no longer ex-| ists™ . 2 They then announced they would retain their séntry and ilag at the building until® their archives have been removed. The Kommandatura is ‘situated in the American’ sector of the. city. Although they walked out on the Allied Control Council for Ger- many on March 20, the Russians| still fly their colors and maintain, sentries at the Allied Control Au- therity building. | They also maintain a representa- . tive: in the anent Allied- Secretariat thers, which now has little to do but exchange inter- Allied messages and handle protocol matters. ! | ¢ .. Want Strong Stand A -U. 8. official told . Germans in:the U: 8, sector last night that | polls taken back in the States show | the Americans want a strong stand agajnst Russia. The American Military’ Goyvern- | consultant; AFL CANNERY STRIKE MAY. SPREAD NOW Union Representative Fil- ing Charges Against Rival (10 KETCHIKAN The Ketchikan Chronicle reports that a strike by AFL cannery workers at one Kla- wock salmon cannery may spread to other points in Southeast Alaska, according to Ken Bowman, AFL representative, who said he is filing a complaint against the PTA-CIO cannery workers with the National Labor Relations Board in Seattle. * Bowman said that all the AFL workers at a Klawock cannery are on strike against the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc., for union recognition and that they refuse to accept CIO domination. In his complaint to the NLRB, he said, he is charging the FTA- CIO with unfair labor practices con- stituting coercion, intimidation ot employees in forcing them to join ian organization not of their own |choosing, and practicing what amounts to a closed shop. He said that in a telephone con- versation with the acting director of the NLRB at Seattle last night, he was advised that the FTA-CIO was in no way qualified to receive the services of the board as it had not complied with the provisions of the Taft-Hartley law requiring a non- Communist affidavit. Investigator Assigned He also was advised that Howard Hilbun, investigator in Alaska for the NLRB, had been assigned to the case, The complaint also names Lhe! Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc., ke-| cause it is a party to the FTA-CIO| contract. Not only local canneries, Seward fo Be Tourist Attradion SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 13— —The possibility that Seward might become a link in a chain of tourist attractions to stabilize the future of Alaska was eited here Wednesday as needs of the city| were aired at a meeting of the City Council and Government offi- clals. Sitting iy attendance at the con- ference were Reed Salisbury, RFC Willlam Warne, assis- tant Secretary of Interior; Kenneth Kadow, Director of the Alaska Field Staif; Rex Lee, Assistant Di- record, Division of Territories; and Col. J. P. Johnson of Alaska Rail- road. Construction of a hotel, airport improvements and widening and straightening of the Seward-to- Kenai road were listed as “compul- sory” in any tourist program. Other Seward needs discussed in- cluded hydro-electric power, the| dredging of a small boat harbor and repairing of the breakwater to promote halibut and salmon in- dustry now being fostered by the city. Ray James, local manufacturer of birch novelties marketed all over the Territory, reported on the wooden novelty markets in Oregon and Michigan. He suggested that such an item might be matched | on_the Kenai peninsula. D r | ALASKAWAR _DEAD 10 60 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” = JUNEAU;, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1948 . “BER ASSOCIATED PRESS Agriculture; Ira Masen (left) of Paper Company for purchase of in the Tongass National Forest in accepted. (P Wirephoto. CANADA LIFTS EXPORT RULES { | { | | FOR U. 5. BEEF OTTAWA, Aug. 13.—®—Agricul- ture Minister J. G. Gariner an- nounced today the lifting of Can-! adian export control of beef cattle and calves, effective next Monday. The relaxation applies to beef ! and veal, dressed and other edible beef and veal products, canned fcods containing meats and meat pastes, as ‘well as to livestock on : RadIiniber Bid ' C..M. Granger (center), Acting Chief Forestér of the Department of the Forest Service and Delegate E. L. Bartlett (D.-Alaska), read & bid by the Ketchikan Pulp and 1,500,000,000 cubic feet of timber Southeast Alaska. The bid was GLACIER BAY HELP ASKED BY INTERIOR Asst. Secretary Warne Says Will Request Con- gressional Aid, Hofel " g Casts Off Communists NEW YORK, Aug. 13-—(P—Henry |Wallace says his Progressive Party will net tolerate ‘“anyone who preaches the overthrow of the gov- ernment by force and violence.” ‘The third party presidential can- |didate made the statement last night FIRE DESTROYS 2 BUILDING THIS MORNING, SITKA Mac's Cafe and 23 Taxi Co. { - Burned Out in Early Blaze Today SITKA, Aug. 13.—~A plywood building, on Lincoln Street here, | was almost totally destroyed by | fire this morning with an estimat- ed lcss of $4500 to the building owner, J. H. McGrath, | The building housed the 23 Taxi | office and Mac's Caie. Fire Chief | Art Pranklin said the blaze start-| «d from a stove in the taxi office | at 2:20 a. m. He said that it was| an intensely hot fire which pre- | venied firemen from getting too close to the flames. It was nec- ry, he stated, to fight the fire from across ‘he street. The first burst oi flame reached the telephone cable and delayed the sounding of a fire alarm ap- proximately three minutes. The | firemen turned out immediately af- ter the alarm, however. | Both businesses were open at the | time of the fire. MecGratn’s loss is | partially insured, but the loss to| the business was not immediately | known. first official campaign talk. He added, however, that “I have not conducted- -and never intend to conduct—a purge of the Progressive Party on the basis of past political aftiliations . . . . ." “I have sald that I do not be- lieve in Communism, and the Pro- gressive Party does not believe in Communism,” Wallace said. “Nobody has tried to make the Progressive Party believe in Communism.” D ARMY ENGINEERS WILL MEET WITH U.S. CONTRACTORS| SEATTLE, Aug. 13—(P— Tl’m\K | Corps of Engineers’ office report- 1ed today the Alaska District En- | ginner will meet in four cities this| [ month with contractors interested | |in northern projects. PERBRBR o S S CANADIAN PILOT LOCATES GROUP, MISS!’LG 6 DAYS led rovamy =t seo000000 Tt EDMONTON, Alta., Aug. 13—(®— |volves construction of housing, Northwest Command Headquarters warehouses, barracks and other air- said today that a Miss Margaret|field instdllations. The construc- Oldenburg, 56-year-old botanist!tion will be advertised between !from the University of Minnesota, | September and February, probab- jand her party had been found “alive | ly under about 10 contracts, the iand safe.” | Engineers’ Office said. The larg- in an NBC network broadcast, his|" | stemming ‘rom the hearings continued to in- PRICE TEN CENTS = | (OMMUNIST HEARINGS CONTINUE Congressio, | Committee Events Inv ‘Ive High Diplomatix 'evels By WILLIAM F. A BOGAST WASHINGTON, Aug '3—(®—Two top government aides o the Roose- velt Administration- -Lat “hlin Cur- rie and Harry D. ‘White -took the witness chair at congres onal spy hearings today and deni ! giving secret informatiin or aid v Soviet agents. Each declared, too, that he was 1o Communist and had never done anything disloyal to the Amerigan Government, Their testimony came as the events directly or indirectly, volve the highest diplomatic levels. 1. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith told Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow that the United States Government is not involved in any illegal action in the cases of the Soviet school teachers in New York. Molotov had charged American authorities connived in 'kidnapping” the teachers. Smith also gave notice in effect chat it Michael Ivanovitch Samarin, one of the teachers, and his wife do not want to return to Russia the United States will let them stay here despite Soviet displeasure. 2., Mrs, Oksana S. Kosenkina, the other teacher, who jumped from a high window of the Soviet Con- sulate in New York yesterday, pre- sumably will also be allowed to stay here if she wishes. Consular officials were permitted to visit her in the hospital today. She report- ANCHORAGE, Aug. 13.—Assistant | Secretary of the Interior Willlam;Pncmc Air Lines Norseman, dis-| E. Warne told Guy Zalbourg, of|covered Miss Oldenburg, pilot of Ernie Boffa, flying a Cmmdmn}e st will be around $10,000,000, Col. W. E. Potter, the Alaska (edly refjected a suggestion she be moved to another hospital, saying, ‘you kept me a prisoner, you would ment’ ‘spokesman, broadeasting on but all operating in Southeast Alaska | the hoof. the Alaska Rallroad Wednesday, District, Englneer, witl; meetwithy 4 U. S. zone hookup, ‘declared Tast: night ' that -fourd:okt. e Americans said the ‘Uniled "States stiould‘remain in Beriin even if it meant war, s * S s “The - Atnetican | pedple - Helieve thet peace is ot to bé folind in re- treat,” he' said. ¢ 48, 7in fact, evidence that the Ameérican people fecl - that - the Got¥ernment -might well have; beeni fimmer -in° fts attic tudle’ towdrd' the Soviét in’ past ne-| gotlations.” Y 2 n Moscow, U. S. Bfitish and Frénch delegates wound up their fourth ‘conferénce with' Soviet For- eign ‘Minister V. M. Molotov yes- terday and there was no ingdications negotiations were nearing an end. Asked by newsmen whether there would be further. talks, American Anthassador Walter Bedell” Smith sald: “We never know that, but I'do think so” ————— " MARRIAGE APPLICATION Miss Shirley Ann Maloney, the daughter of Mr. and ‘Mrs. John' Maloney of Tee Harbor, and Mr, Lebnard ‘ Palmer, Jr., son of Mrs. Gertrude. Palmer - of Bellingham, Wash,, have applied at the U. S. Commissorier’s - office for a mar- ridge < Heense: The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW ' PEARSON tCopyrisht, 1043, b ‘l;n Bl Srmdicats, | EAST-WEST -“TALKS IN KREMLIN It is now!possible” to ‘give furth- er exclugive - detalls,. of - the' cau- tiously -guarded’ ‘“war - or 'peace” talks being ‘held inside the Krem- Hin} The technical délays of cod- ing and decoding these talks have kept Washington somewhat behind, but the following is the most up- to-date summary available even at the highest levels of government. The 'conferences in Moscow op- "ened with the Western powers bluntly asking the immediate lift- ing of the Berlin blockade. Molo- tov kicked this one upstairs to Stalin. are involved, Bowman said. Bowman--charged. that the FTA- CIO 8 using ‘economic pressure against AFL workers by holding them off jobs until they sign up with the CIO. “This definitely is against federal law,” he said. R CAB EXPLAI PLANE CRASH ANCHORAGE, “Alaska, Aug. 15— {M—Service men who gavé their iives in Alaska during the war will be “going home” this month. Fort Richardson officials an- nounced ‘the remains of 1,558 mili- tary personnel will be returned to the States after shipside services August 27 at Sitka. Military cemeteries closed or be- ing closed included: Attu, where the Lig campaign of Aleutians was fought; Kodiak, Kiska, Shemya, Amchitka, Adak, Fort Glenn, Fort Mears and Cold Bay. i Interment ceremonies are plan-| ned at Fort Richardson Cemetery August 22 for the remains of 26 and at Sitka National Cemetery Sept. 5 for 98. - — BCG VACCINE IS ‘GIVEN TO POINT BARROW ESKIMOS Donald Fost? Says Ardlic People Are Now Thriving ANCHORAGE, Aug. 13.—(®—Don Foster, Director of the Alaska Na- tive Service, reported here that the first B-C-G vaccinations to com- bat tuberculosis have been given at Point Barrow. (The vaccine 'is called Bacillus- Calmette-Guerin and is reported to give “relative immunity” to TB. It is injected as a preventative mea- sure)) The Navy, Territorial Depart- ment of Health and the Alaska Na- tive Service are taking part in the program. Foster also took issue with re- ports’ that the Eskimos are becom- ing a “vanishing race.” He com- pared their situation with that of | the American Indians, who “are now thriving though their popula- tion, too, was low at one time.” SENATOR AGAINST Heavy Cargo, Turbulent Air, Physical Exhaus- tion Are Listed Dr. LeRoy W. Flora, promineni Anchorage physician and pilot, met his death in June from three possible reasons, it was revealed today by the Safety Investigation Bureau of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Flora and his brother-in-law, [Clifford Odden, were killed when their plane crashed from a low alti- tude shortly after its takeoff on June 17 from Lake Hood near An- chorage. The CAB report gave possible causes of the crash as shift of car- 80, overloading of the plane, turbu- lent air conditions and the fact that Dr. Flora was physically exhausted. SRR A 2y A TWO U. 5. PLANES BERLIN, Aug. 13—ACrew members miraculously escaped from two American planes which crashed in ‘Berlin today. The two planes were aftempting a landing in a heavy rainstorm at Tempelhof air- drome. One plane smashed fence-and turned, but the two crew members escaped without serious injuries. t The other plane landed on a half-completed runway. That crew also got out safely. When the three Western envoys saw Stalin all was “peaches and cream.” Butter wouldn't have melt- ed in Stalin’s mouth. He spoke of his friendship for President Tru- , man and Secretary Marshall, also of his admiration of British For- elgn Minister Bevin. Stalin even; invited American Ambassador Smith to drop around to his apart- ment for a drink ‘now or any- time.” 3 The three Western envoys left Stalin’s office in the Kremlin with —————— STOCK UOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8%, American Can 85%, Anaconda 36%, Curtiss- Wright 9%, International Harvest- er 28%, Kennecott 55%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 21%, U. 8. Steel 76%, Pound $4.03%. U. 5. DRAFTING OF COMMUNISTS NOW WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—P— Senator Alexander Wiley of Wis- consin has suggested that a close check be made on any Communists called up in the new draft. But the Republican lawmaker gidn’t want anyone to be exempted from duty OF DR. FLORA through a|: “simply because a man is a Com- Sales today were 280,000 shares. It means the United States cattle market, closed to ' Canadian beef producers for six years, again will be open-to their products. It means a greater supply of beef for tables in the United States. [ | 'in Canada will shoot up, possibly by as much as 20 to 30. percent. — e — i STEINHARD] AMBASSADOR T0 CHINA | | WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—P President Truman today named Laurence A. Steinhardt to be am-! bassador to Canada. Steinhardt, a veteran career dip- lomat, succeeds Ray Atherton, re- cently named as alternate delegate to the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly meeting at Paris. The White House announced that the President is giving Steinhardt a recess appointment, subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next session of Congress. Stein- hardt’s last assignment was as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia BATHER — Libby Dean, ' I by thgt the Interior Department plans to " Fe-introduce legislation at the next session of Congress affecting Warne said that Interior is ask- It{ing for the construction of facil-| also. means that retail beef prices|ities at Glacier Bay, north of Ju-| neau, and at Wonder Lake in' Mc- JUNEAU SEAMAN'S FOOT CRUSHED IN ACCIDENT AT SEA Caught in a shaft during load- ing cperations on the cannery boat Judy, Mr. Emang, resident, suffered serious foot in- Juries about 9 o'clock this morn- ing. He was brought to Juneau Coast Guard plane about 1 o'clock this afternoén and was ad- mitted to 8t. Ann's Hospital. The accident occurred aboard the boat Judy in Hood Bay, Admiralty Island. The vessel belongs to the Hood Bay Salmon Co. Dr. J. O. Rude, attending physician, said Emang was in fair condition this afternoon. The man suffered brok- en bones in the ankle and foot. The seaman was reported bleed- inz dangerously, with a piece of bone protruding from the crushed lez when the Coast Guard was no- tified. The Coast Guard reported that anothcr fisherman aboard the Eleanor, 35 miles out of Ketchikan, lost a iinger in an accident aboard ship. He was taken to Annette by Ccast Guard plane and then to Ketchikan General Hospital, His name was not learned. The Coast Guard said a cannery worker had reported a mine ashore at Imuya Bay, on the Alaska Pen- insula across from Kodiak. The 17th Naval District’s Mine Disposal Unit was notified, Associated Press reports. - oo LIGHT SALMON RUN IN KCY STRAIT AND WESTERN STRAITS A light run of pinks in the Icy Straits and Western Straits areas reported by Frank W. Hynes of the Fish and Wildlife Service, who re- turned yesterday on the MS Brandt after inspecting these areas. Hynes said that the salmon are not coming in and that the escapement into the streams of the pinks is slight. The season, which opened on Mon- day, will close September 3. e DR. ANDERSON BACK National Park facilities in Alaska. Juneau | their Cessna, Bud Helmerick, and possibly = Helmerick's wife, meagre | reports said. % Location of the party, missing since Saturday near Bathurst In- let on the Arctic Circle, is not| known. Air Force officials are Lry-—‘ ing for further information. ————— ANSWERS ARE FILED IN $200,000 SUITS OVER EIGHT LIVES SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—(P—Answers were filed in Federal Court here yesterday to two suits for a total ,of $200,000 damages for two of the jeight lives lost in the 1946 sink- | ing of the cannery tender Cougar near Kodiak. The answers contend the com- | plaints fail to allege sufficient| |facts for recovery .of damages. In the suits, Amund Taylor asks | 850,000 for the loss of his wife {and the administrator of the es- |tate of Louis C. Mueller, a Civil Service employee, asks $150,000. They were filed last month against Frank McConaghy, The Whiz Fisn Products Co., and Char- les D. Alhadeff, liquidating Trus- tee of Frank McConaghy Co., Inc. | R Coastal Monarch sails from Se- attle Saturday, August 14. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive northbound Tuesday, August 17. George Washington scheduled to arrive northbound at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Sailing at 8 o’clock | tonight, | Aleutian scheduled to | southbound at 8 a. m. Monday. Sword Knot arriving northbound | August 17, arrive! i contractors in Seattle August 20, Kansas City' Aug. 23, - Chicago Aug. 24 and New York Aug. 26. ‘The Seattle meeting has been an- nounced previously. The announcement said the dis- trict will provide necessary hous- ing, eating facilities and equip- ment. Buses for use between bar- racks and jobs will be furnished. A large part of the materials need- | ed to start construction are report- ed avallable, ENROUTE HERE FOR FISHERIES HEARINGS 500N WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—(#—The | | Fish and Wildlife Service sald today | {it will hold eight hearings in Alas- ka this fall on proposed changes |in commercial fishery regulations, Seton H. Thompson, Chiet ot Alaska fisheries for the agency, will leave Monday Yor Seattle enroute by alir to Alaska. Thompson will preside at these Alaska hearings: Kodlak, Sept.15; | Anchorage, Sepi. 17; Cordova, Sept. 20; Juneau, Sept. 24; Sitka, Sept.! 27; Klawak, Sept. 30; Wrangell, Oct. 2 and Ketchikan, Oct. 4. | Operators and others interested in Alaska fisheries who are non- residents of the Territery will be glven a chance to express their views at hearings at Seattle, Oct. 18 and 19, Thompson said. Thompson told a reporter he plans to observe the windup of Southeast Alaska’s pink salmon season—an ' unsatisfactory one--before the hear- ings begin, The hearings themselves come after the fishing season, for the convience of the industry. Alaska arriving northbound Mon- | day about 8 a. m. Baranof arriving northbound oh! Tuesday. >oo - —— PRINCESS NORAH IN JUNEAU TODAY, TAKES 1410 SOUTH The Princess Norah arrived on her southbound schedule this morn- ing at 8 o'clock, and left one hour later, taking 14 passengers from Juneau, as follows: To Vancouver: Miss Erefeger and Dr. and Mrs. Polley and family. To Seattle: Mrs. E. Roberts, Mrs. J. Savikko, Mrs. W. A. Savikko, W. Savikko, Mrs. Rockne, Miss Rockne, Mr. Rockne and Mr. and Mrs, Shaughnessy. | The new regulations, governing the time and methods for the catch- ing of commercial fish in Alaskan | waters next year, probably will not | be completed until January, Thomp- {son s@d. They become eftective | o next Feb. 1. B PAA CUTS PRICES ON ATLANTICRUN NEW YORK, Aug. 13—(#—Round- | trip transatlantic fares on American World Airways will ke re- duced 26 per cent on Oct. 1. It was. announced yesterday by Juan T. Trippe, Pan-Am President. He called the move an “anti-in- flationary fare program designed to assist the European Recovery| Program by supplying Europe with| an increasing flow of tourist dollars.” One-way fares will not be affected. | ‘The ne ‘ares mean a cut of $157.- Pan | . | ® (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a.m. wasy | . not let me go." The. lager, o irmed ’?&r%’ i ite and Mrs. Koserkina te ‘givenr Jefugé in the United States, If as expected—they want to remain here. This was the first precise official statement of American policy with regard to their cases. 3. In Detroit, Senator Ferguson (R-MICH) "hit baek as President Truman’s fresh description of the spy hearings as a “red herring.” Ferguson, who heads a Senate In- i vestigating Committee, said, the | “tragedy” of the New York happen- ings “ought finally to shock even Mr. Truman into a realization of the Communist activities” within the administration, ' TWELVE KILLED INB-29 CRASH, EIGHT INJURED ROSWELL, ‘N.' M., Aug. 13 —P— Twelve crewmen were killed and eight others were injured danger- ously last night in the crash of a B-29 Superfortrefs, the Roswell Record said. today. The ship crashed three miles south ‘of Walker Alr Force base near here. Col. John D. Ryan, Field Com-* mandant, announced that eight men escaped but declined to; say how many were dead pending no- tification of relatives. The Record sald its count on the death toll came from a responsible source, but one which could not be quoted. i ¥ - : e 0 0 0.0 000 WEATHER REPORT . (U. 8, WEATHER BUREAU) ® Temperatures for 24-hour period . ending 7:30 this morning e In Juneau— Maximum, 62; minimum, 52. At Airport minimum, 48, FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Mostly clear tonight and Saturday. Lowest tempera- e ture tonight near 50. High- ® est tomorrow near 72 de- ® grees. e PRECIPITATION, Maximum, 62; - . ® In Juneau — .08 inche: since August 1, 2.68 inches; since July 1, 983 inches. At Alrport 08 inches: since August 1, 1.77 inches: since July 1, 6.61 inches. e & ° & 0 o % 0 o A TING HOMES Grant and the PAIN’ The Leigh 8. ‘ wearing an abbreviated zebra- striped bathing sult, waves from the shore at Newport, R, L After a trip north, Dr. J. P, Anderson is back in Juneau and is at the Hotel Juneau, - eee 1 CALIFORNIAN 50 for t!: roundtrip between New Ralph Mortensen homes are shin- Louise Baker of Oakland, Calif,!York and London—from $630 to ing this week with new coats of is staying at the Baranof Hotel. $472.50 paint. ] munist.” He says that would merely encourage draft evaders to become Communists, Averages today are as follow: industrials 179.63, rails 58.79, util-| ities 34.15. hopes soaring. The Russian Dicta- —— (Continued ou Page Pour)