The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,965 —_—————————— U.S. B S R Rt e e WITNESS TAKEN IN ( U SIODY Housing Is Focal Point for Russian St—h_;ol Teacher Accepls Subpoena to Appear, Hearings NEW YORK, Afig. 14—(®—Mrs. | Board, returned to Juneau yesterday.) Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina, ser- jously injured when she jumped from a window of the Soviet Con- sulate where she claimed she was imprisoned, was placed under the “protective custody” of the Federal Government today. The 52-year-old Russian school teacher formally was granted pro- tection of the United States Gov- ernment when she accepted a sub- poena to appear as a witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The subpoena was served at her bedside ‘in Roosévelt Hospital by Robert E. Stripling, the Qommittee's chief investigator. The teacher, ceher of a bizarre tug-of-war between top-level diplo- matic circles here and in Moscow— was asked if she had ahy objection. to appearing before the Committee and replied in the negative, Strip- |partment of the Interior have slated | regar ling said. william Taragkay Russian-speak# ing New York City, Detéctive, ag- companied S . al Wil Wheeler, anothér ‘ gator, to Mrs, K cina’s room. % The investigators' visit lasted less, than 10 minutes. Meanwhile, federal and state enforcement agencié§ were assembr ling information in the' ease. Mayor Willlam @ police department “tirning over case to federal and: stateprosecu- tors “for action.” Last night, officials of the FBI, the State Department and the city police met in an hour-long confer- ence in the office of United States Attorney John F, X. McGohey. ‘The meeting came after Mrs. Ko- senkina was visited by Soviet Vice- Consul Zot I. Chepurnykh in her hospital room. She told/the Russian representative; “You kept me a pri- soner. You would not let me go.” Chepurnykh’s visit 19 the Russian teacher’s room yesterday was per- mitted by a heavy . police guard, which earlier had tarréd his admit- tance. MOSCOW, Aug. 14—(P—Pravada charged today that American In- telligence agents wearing New York police uniforms violated Interna- tional Law by entering the Soviet Consulate in New York after the plunge of a Russian school teacher. The Communist Party newspaper said the American Intellingence Ser- vice is guilty of a “crude violation of the immunity of the Soviet Con- sulate Building in New York. FAIRBANKS MAN A. A. Lyon with the Lytle nndl Green Construction Co., Fairbanks, is a new arrival at the Baranof Hotel. _FAMILY OF SUSPENDED OFFICIAL WIFE AND SON of Harry F. Alber, Mrs. Florence, Alber and her son, Chad Alber, are shown in this re- cent picture taken in Los Angeles. Alber, head of the Price and Dis- tributing Division of Gen. Mac- Arthur’s headquarters, has been sus- ! pended without pay pending a loy- | alty check. (International Sound- ! photo) 5 l l | | | GOV. GRUENING AND SUNDBORG RETURN FROM ADB MEETING Meeting - Open Forum Held Following a week of meetings in Anchorage, Governor Ernest Gruen- ing and George Sundborg, Consul- tant for the Alaska Development The Alaska Development Board and the Alaska Field Co-ordinating Committee of the Department of In- terior agencies both met in Anchor- age this week. Assistant Secretary of the Interior William E. Warne was also present. At the ADB meeting, housing discussion. An open forum, attend- ed by 25 citizens of Anchorage, was held to discuss the ways and means 'ot‘ launching a housing program in the Third Division. The manu- facture of building materials, such as cement, was one of the major is- sues aired at the forum. The meet- ing was broadcast for two hours over iall -Anchorage radio stations. The Alaska Development Board issued a protest to the Department fot the Interior on land withdraw- |als at ‘Kenai and Dunbar” The De- |these two areas for land coloniza- A fdrum meeting Will be held in Jaw ' Ketchikan at the end of August and lanether in Nome in September. A iforum will /also be held in Juneau, per said she jat-the next meeting of the Board. | The Board met with Assistant details of m‘anm'zptin' of ' the | Secretary * Warne' and with the; | Alaska Field - Co-ordinating Com- {mittee. Members who were present iat the meeting were J. A. Talbot, Ketchikan, A. Polet, Nome, Fred Axford, Anchorage and Herb Hils- icher, Fairbanks. Governor Gruen- ing is Chairman of the Board. Miss Catheryn Mack of Juneau was sec- (retary for the meeting. —— :NEW ACS OFFICER IN CHARGE HERE 1 1 1 Captain évena M. Hansen arrived on the George Washington yester- 'dny afternoon. Capt. Hansen hag been assigned to the Alaska Com- munications System as commanding officer and will replace Capt. Clark Telquist, who will leave Juneau on August 23. Capt. Hansen was ac- companied by his wife and two (children. The Washington Merry-Go. -Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) W;smcflon— President Tru- man has a hard time keeping his Thomases straight. There is Sen- ator Elmer, Thomas of Oklahoma, a Democrat; Senator Elbert Thom- as of Utah, also a Democrat; Rep. J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey, ‘Thomas of Texas, a Democrat. And the President sometimes gets them mixed up. ‘The other day, for instance, he telephoned .Senator Elmer Thomas, of Oklahoma, famous for speculat- ing on the commodities market, and broke some good news. “I just wanted you to know that I -have appointed your son-in-law to that job, Elmer,” said the Pres< ident. Senator Thomas was mystified. He told Mr. Truman he had no son-in-law and implied he didn’t know ‘of any job in which his son- in-law would be interested even if he bhad one. ‘The President, confused, apolog- ized, hung up. 5 Later that day Senator 'Elmer Thomas mentioned the incident to Senator Elbert Thomas, “You'll probably be getting a call from the President,” said El- mer to Elbert, “telling you about your son-in-law, Sure enough, when Elbert Thom- as of Utah returned to his office, a call came in from the White (Continued on Page Pour) needs were the focal point of mel * | food was Held inlamong the Germans over the Soviet | 54 foruln meeti [fifib y ’mgm. with Herb'lblockade of the city. {Hila yelopment Board ;+ Germans in the American oceu- | . &, to discuss the {pation zone . have demonstrated the Diyislon. L a Republican; and Rep. Albert GERMANS ARE LOW ON FOOD | Cominform Makes New At- | fack on Tifo-Soviels Dominate Danube By The Associated Press Russian-controlled . newspapers in Berlin conceded for the first time today that serious food shortages exist in the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany. Moscow has promised to deliver 10,800 tons of fat to Eastern Ger- many in answer to a request by the Soviet Military Administration, said the Soviet-licensed news jADN, Iagency. : The first tip off on the food sit- uation came last week when Com- munist publications reported strong punitive measures against hoarders in the Russian zone. Berlin newspapers licensed by me' Western Allies speculated that the: shortage might have been caused by Soviet requisitioning of !food from the Russian zone to meet jan announced plan to feed all Ber- lin. American and British sources { d the Russians’ feed-Berlin a propaganda effort de- i | program as i resentment signed to overcome against high food prices. New Attack on Tito The Moscow-directed Communist ' Moose . International Iaformation Bureau, llcomln!orm) made a new attack on i Yugoslavia's Premier Marshal Tito, | A new issue of the Cominform bul- letin predicted that Tito and his ileutenants sooner of later will be ireplaced as leaders of the Yugoslav Communist Party. Previously the Cominform chnru-l ed Tito with departing from the party line and pursuing a hateful policy toward Russia. Only yester- day the official Yugoslav, news agency reported that Tito has re- laffirmed the solidafity of Yugo- islavid with Russia and Eastern Eur- jope's Communist bloc. | Russia to Dominate | At the Danube conference in Bel- {grade U. S. Ambassador Cavendish {Cannon charged that a proposed * {new Danubian shipping pact would [permn Russia to dominate Europe’s most important inland Waterwgy. The pact also would open the way for Russia to practice imperialistic discrimination on the river, he said. i | day a United States proposal to ‘specmcally guarantee equality on | ithe Danube. l ¥ T ' 1 {TENNIS FINALS SET | FOR WEEKEND FOR | MEN AHB_(HI[DREN‘ Boys' and Girls’ Tennis Tourna- ment finals were to be held this afternoon, Supervisor Garrett said today. In the boys’ division, Elton Eng- strol will meet” Jerry Richardson. In. the semi-finals, ‘Engstrom de- feated Jeff Pegues, 60, 7-5 and 6-1. Jerry Richardson- defeated Albert Carlson,.6-4, 6-3, 6-1 and 9-7. Betty Mantyla meets Sandra Gar- vin' today in the girls’ finals. In the men's division of the City Tournament, Bob Boochever will play Pastor Bigornia in the finals tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. This game has been delayed because Bigornia has been suffering with a bad cold. The cup will be awarded to the winner. \ Prizes in the boys' and girls’ tourney will be awarded to first, seocnd, third and fourth places. — oo ——— F&WS OFFICIALS BACK ! Four officials of the Fish and |wildlife Service arrived from An- chorage yesterday in the F&WS plane. Albert Day, F&WS Director from Washnigton, D. C., has been on an inspection trip in the Inter- jor and met Clarence Rhode, Re- gional Director in Anchorage. Rhode has been attending the initial meet- ing of the Alaska Field Committee in Anchorage. Earl Bright- Super- visor of Vessels and George Kelez, Fish Management Supervisor, who | has_ been at also arrived. The plane was piloted by Rhode. {Brown Homers in Fifth | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1948 PARADE FOR PRIN LEGION POUNDS B L/LLET] NS BILL BROWN S MAKESHIFT MOOSE |~ " 1 o. ‘ ES'I' “'GH‘I‘ :::gnl and Territorial law entorce- | mgéting . yesterday on a concerted | campaign to rid Anchorage and vi- M- !cinlly of “all 'forms of vice,” ‘the Atichorage Times reported. ning After Playing U.S. T0 WITHDRAW MORE D ESS — The Glamorgan Foxhounds parade through ring Walcs, agricultural shew during s visit by Princess Elizabeth of Great Bri: officers agreed "at a closed B ‘h ]’ ANCHORAGE, Aug. 14—(®—Di- oih |eams |rectors of the Alaska Rural Rehabi- — | litation Corporation voted this week | Inning: 123456717 Tot. to recommend that the Farmers Legion 2130391 10 | Home Loan Administration call im- 1000202 4 {m ate}y its Joan to the Matanuska 7 ‘Cooperative Association, With a vote of thanks (o Bud| wASHINGTON, Aug, 14—(P—The Brown, three teen-agers, 8 flock gtates Rights Demiocrats can’t chal- of Elks, the Moose at some length 'jenge pPresident Truman in his home managed to put a complete team iate of Missouri next November. on the field for their last game| The new party's headquarters was with the Legion. Brown, playing informed it can’t qualify its presi- second for the Legion, was 8lso'dential ticket for the ballot by the playing center field for the Moos¢ Aug. 23 deadline. during the first inning while wait- | ing for another player to arrive. | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14—P— The Legion got off to a guick Race driver Jack Habermehl, 35, of start, brought in two runs in the!Compton, Calif., was fatally in- first heat, and continued to in- jured last night in a midget car ac- ]crensathelr lead in each inning but cident during the feature race on a the fourth and sixth. Brown did Loard track at Memorial Coliseum. much to put the game on lce in| the fifth when he poled out his. NEW YORK, Aug. 14—(P—Soviet third homer of the gemson. Met- citizens are returning to Russia from calfe furthered the assault in the the New York area in such numbers last inning when he caught on for that it “savors of an evacution,” the day's only triple deep into /the New York Daily Mirrow said to- right field. |day. The Moose never threatened throughout the game, tagged Mac-| NEW DELHI, Aug. 14—/®—A teteen the Dominions of India |and Pakistan to open the way for en. Metcalfe 1; home ? Brown.;1 runs batted in: Magorty 1, Phelps 1, E. Nielsen 1, Metealfe 3, Ty-. vol 2, Brown 2; double plays: 0! struck out by: Smithberg 7; l(s«:-i Donald 8; walked by Smithberg 3, senger vessel Geory . ge Washington MacDonald 6; hit batter: Mac-|jatt Juneau last night at 8 o'clock Donald 1; Bill the Barber. —_— e, FROM PORT ANGELES TAKES THIRTY - ONE | passengers from here as follows: | To Seattle: Margaret Brislawn, iMn, Mollie Davies, Alf Olsen and wife and son, Mr, Boitano, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Thomas of pake, Mrs. R. P. Westover, Ruth Port Angeles are stopping at the westover, Dr. R. P. Westover ‘and Baranof Hotel. i BOX SCORE 'a settlement of the fighting in Kash- | i el Bl o = DIES AT HOSPITAL t Guy, b ... 4 1 1 8 0 0 STOCKHOLM, Aug. 14—M—The Phelps, 2b .. 3 1 3 3 3 1 Egyptian Government notified Count | Felix Medrano, 46-year-old Pilf- | 3 ! Winstead, rf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Folke Bernadotte today that it had p,“;° k“‘“}‘]"“'y ":‘"“'- :dl;td at 8} | Magorty, 2b .4 0 0 6 1 1 rejected Israel's proposal for dxrectj“’: °'-"m‘ ‘0;‘;“" ng “:u By Ann’s | Smithberg, p 2 0 0 0 2 1 Palestine peace talks between thei 0sPT8% rana, t to the | Logan, .2 0 0 2 0 1 Arabs and Jews. | Filipino forman at the Todd can- i Hagerup, 3 4 0 0 0 0 O gy nery operated by Nick Bez, became Broen " 0. 0 .0 0. 0 0l NEW YORK, Aus 16— Baba/ll 204 was entoile o his home in West 1 1 0 0 0 ORuths pulmonary complications | Seattle when he became worse and Houston 1 0 0 0 0 1 have cleared but baseball's numg"’” hospitalized ‘he"‘ Total 8 4 5 21 8 6 Fomerun king still is on the critical | Born in Washington, he is sur- 5 list, hospital attaches reported today. | vived by his widow, Seattle resident. Legion: AB R H PO A E Funeral arrangements are pendifg MacDonald, p3 0 0 1 3 0 SEATTLE, Aug. li—iM—Hospnal];"r?e "?;T.MT 'eig'm; Charles W. Notar, ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 attendants sald today that Howie|Cor*er CRAapel 58 g ; Cope, ¢ 4 2 2 6 4 0 Odell, University of Washidgton .IIJN.EA. ll.l'l' = Nielsen, E, 1f3 1 1 0 0 0 head football coach, is recovering| s S s, 1 tegia / Nielsen, J, cf 2 2 0 1 0 17satisfactorily from a kidney infec-\, .= .\ iy Gastineau Hol; Brown, 2b e e I BE B | tion trought on by tonsillitis. o Metcalfe, 1b 4 2 3 8 0 0 e FROM o7 prrer | ] Tyvol, 3b . A0, dsalbd L Here from Petersburg, H. Oyama . e, ) 20, gy 90 GEo. w‘s"l“fi'o“ |is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. 3 Total 31 10 10 21 10 5 i s 95188 | | Almz. Wallace. To Skagway: Mrs. Prather and TWO FROM PORTLAND Mary Downey. €1 Eligabeth Gel-'Lou Jacobin, 8. Vukovich. ley of Portland, Ore. are new ar- To Haines: Mrs. W. A. Johnson, rivals at the Baranof Hotel. Gladys Wilson, Mr. Hassen, R. A. S | Broomhead, Mr. Stanworth and wife, FT. RICHARDSON th and Mrs. Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Lewis of Pt. Richard-!E. 8, Hawkins and two children and son is a guest at the Gastineau Mrs. Jeff Thompson. Hotel. 2 To Ketchikan: Bfll Winn. Summary: Two base hits: Cope; c and E. Nielsen; three base hits:; RIH lu' "IGHI’ | The Alaska Transportation pas-| umpires: Erbland andfor Haines and Skagway with 31! | child, Mrs. Mario Sodini, Emil Maag, | ¥ i { | i » | Calif,, both named Honoray Vice- | | Donald for only five hits, and went Uniteq Nations Commission today | e 4 The conference rejected 6 to 3 to- | scoreless in four heats of the sev-'proposed a cease fire agreement {next year's convention city. { | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS (10 DOCKMEN, CHARGE DUE KETCHIKAN, Au;. 14.—Accord- ing to the Ketchikan Chronicle, the American Federation of tabor ‘n Alaska, has not only filed charges lof unfair labor practices with the NLRB against the Dowglas Can- lncry Corporation, but also will file ,charges of unfair labor against the CIO longshoremen at Juneau. This new move was re- ported by Kenneth Bowman. AFL representative now in Ketchikan, The Douglas case, Bowman said, involves the negotiating of an agree- ment between AFL cannery work- ers and the cannery which was an- nounced as acceptable to both the company and the union but which ithe company later refused to sign. The union accuses it of refusing to bargain in good faith. In the longshore case, the AFL icharges CIO longshoremen have been trving to intimidate and coerce ; cannery workers to belong to an organization not of their choosing. | Bowman said it appears that both charges will be substantiated by findings of the NLRB. Bowman is { expected to return to Juneau next | week i at Cardiff, NEW PRESIDENT OF SOURDOUGHS Robert W. Service, Arlhur} Buel Chosen Honorary PARISH PICNIC IS § i Vice-Presidents | FOR TOMORROW AT | e 1 SHI!IIIE OF ST. TERESE VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 14— M — White-haired W. H. (Bl | Brown of Los Angeles, who “struck > The weather, the food and the " in' the.Name games are all 4n.readiness for ‘the :ttn;‘;t;luku; gold Tush, was electeu‘g‘mo“" "’:”"h'meshh Y“’ be hm' President of the International swr-.,l,::;‘;“’w at the ‘Shrine of St. gl SRS Toeday. !" Buses will leave from the front | Brown, who was 22 when he made | i N RRtht aves the Ghiy. {of the Catholic Church at 9:30 and | 111:30 a.m. There will be a small :;’:"xi ;fosn:rgf“n;’dh::r ::r): L‘; {charge for adults desiring transpor- riches at Nome hit Dawson, he :ial::(l):é h:issl;v}&b:,?lz;""d » the "ei‘ded out. Picnic food including potato salad, } 'We got in bem"f’ those on the(ho¢ dogs, gake and ice cream will! Outside” he said, “by making ®,pe served. Each person is reminded ;vm-flmil? trek which took us 58 (5 phring his own'plate, cup, fork and | ays. > 3 Brown was elected to head the spoon. A There will be plenty of sports for Sourdoughs at their 17th annuallg) ages from three and four years reunion here. and up will be held. There will also ) Other officers named included|pe cack races, a baseball game, Robert W. Service, “Bard of the |¢yimming and plenty of contests. Yukon,” and Arthur Buel, Fresno, | g HERE FROM BERKELEY Presidents. Service traveled more ' 3 than 7,000 miles {from Monte Carlo{ ggihel Unkel of Berkeley, Cali.! to attend his, first Sourdough Re- !ls staying at the Baranof Hotel.| union since 1942, v o § NEW SECRETARY OF [ BOR : i- Delegates chose Los Angeles as ' , i CANNERY EMPLOVEE | NEW YORK COUPLE Visitors . from Ned York OCity, Mr. and ‘Mrs. L. M. Kohbe -are in Juneau and registered at the Gas- tineau Hotel. ———.———— FISH BAY MAN H Wallace Westfall of Pish Bay is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. B, . ERse e DENVER WOMEN Vivian Trinarrow and Vera Win- chester of Denver, Colo,, are regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel, ————— FROM SAN FRANCISCO H Evalyn M. Roe of San Francisco |\ MAURICE J. TOBIN, former Gov- is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. ernor of Massachusetts and ex- i T——WGROSS ] Mayor of Boston, was nominated . T, Seretary of Labor during the clos- In from Seattle, Edwin T. G"’"!lnl hours of the Special Session of is stopping at the Gastineau H“""]Conzress last Saturday. Tobin is —— et $ « i G From New York City, Gene P.I'hmm lsgving the 'White Notse Ohlberg of Continental Can C(L.i“ur X, Sonfitption. with. Breaideny is a Juneau visitor, registered at!Irumdn recently. (International the Baranof Hotel. ISOundvhowJ . practices ( PRICE TEN CENTS LAND 3 Mor;_land | Withdrawals For Alaska | Development Board Pro- ests New Revelation of William E. Warne { ANCHORAGE, Aug. 14. — i — Three more land withdrawals for colonization projects in Alaska will be nade in the near future, officials of the Alaska Development Board said today. George Sundborg, Consultant, Herbert Hilscher and other board officials sald news of Interior De- partment plans for additional with- drawals came from William E, Warne, Assistant Secretary, after the Development Board protested two previous withdrawals, The Alaskans said it was indi- cated additional withdrawals would be made under procedures similar to those on the Kenai Peninsula and at Dunbar, Lotations of future settlement projects were not dis- closed. Sundborg and Hilscher said the Development Board Warne with resolutions requesting public hearings before land with- drawals are made. “Instead of getting assurance that Alaskans will be heard in connec- tion with colonization plans,” Sund- borg said, “we were told of three additional withdrawals to be forth- coming.” pledged publicly that no more such withdrawals would be made with- out previous consultation with the people of Alaska. Despite such pledges, the resolution added, “the people of ‘Alaska learned through announcements from Washington that large withdrawals of desirable lands would be on the Kenai Peninsula’ and 'where for pur- poses not clarified and for objects which in all likelihood cannot be accomplished within a reasonable length uf time.” . 5 The resolution also asked that the Kenai Peninsula and Dunbar with- drawals be restored for entry, and that future withdrawals be made only after “proper hearings at which their purpose has been clarified and fully explained to the people of Alaska.™ “““ B o Surplu lo;s InThis Area Shlgged Out Edward Buol, logging engineer and representative for the Nettleton Lumber Co. and the Puget Sound Pulp and Timber Co., is here this week buying logs for shipment to ‘'the States. The shutdown of the Juneau Spruce Corporation left the loggers In this area with a surplus and the Forest Service declared an emer- gency and ruled that the logs could be shipped out of the Territory. Under normal conditions, the logs taken in this area must be manu- factured in Alaska. The surplus of logs is estimated to be between 15 to 20 million board feet. To date, three Davis rafts equalling three million board feet have been sent to Seattle. PAA Dispatcher Is Wed ifl_l(etchikan Miss Jean Schumacher, Ketchi- kan music teacher, became the bride of Mr. Charles H. McClelland, PAA dispatcher stationed at Juneau, in a double ring ceremony performed by the Rev. George J. Beck in Ketchikan Wednesday evening. Mrs. Lou Veerman; the bride's cousin, served as matron of honor and Robert Morrow, PAA mechanic at Annette, was best man. The souple will honevmoon in California and will be &t home in Juneau after September 1. Pl BB S VR e WRANGELL MAN Tommy~ Feller of Wrangell is a new guest of the Baranof Hotel, presented *