The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1948, Page 1

‘VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,970 LASKA EMPIRE ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1948 ____MFMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESS PRIGE EN CENTS RUSS CONSUL TO BE KICKED OUT OF U. Objecti ons Are Made‘ RUSSIANS VIOLATED U.S. AREA SoviefMiliia:y Police In- vade American Sector in.City of Berlin BERLIN, Aug. 20—M—Russian Military Police and German Police under their control invaded the American sector of blockaded Ber- lin today on a black market raid and selzed five German Police be- longing to U. S. sector forces. An_ American Military Govern- ment official said the aiction clearly violated U. S. jurisdiction. 1t was the second Russian-backed rdid near the city zonal horders dur- ing the day.” * Earlier Russian M. P. ‘s and Com= munist-controlled . German Police ratded. downtown Potsdamer Platz, whege ‘the American, Russi British 'Zones: meet, and arrested about 600.Germans Without violerice. This contrasted to an operation last evening when the Germans stoned the. co-mnm police, who respond- eq vtg,mmflrt which wounded five ’rhe nu-shn group arrested about ing in open. {r 34 by Soviet Army '.ommygunners in American-made jeeps. There were jeers as they withdréw, Five hinu- tes after they drove of!, the square was again packed with a new group of black marketeers and buyers. The forces converged on Pots- damer - Platz, where at least five Germans were injured late yester- day in a riot. The American, Rus-/ sian and British* sectors of the blockaded city meet at the Pots- damer_Platz. ; e The Washington Merry - Go- Round| BY ROBERT 8. ALLEN {Copyright, 1948, " fl' Bell Syndicate, (Editor’s Note ~ While Drew Pearson is on a brief vacation The Washington . Merry-Go- Round is being written by his old. partner, Robert 8, Allen.) W, ASHINGTON— The reported dispute betweeh Averell Harriman, Ambassador-at-Large for the [ECA, and Gen. Lucius Clay is nothing new for ‘the latter, Y "He has rowed as hotly with the Government agencies he has had| to deal with as he has with the Russians. The U. 8. Commander in Ger- many is a man of unquestioned ability.- He is several cuts above the usual brass hat. But he has two serious .defects. Clay cannot delegate authority and has to do ev- erything himself; and he cannot work harmoniously with equals. As he is ‘intensely conscieritious and . drives himself unsparingly the first deficiency results in his always being ‘staggeringly over- worked and in a state of near ex- héustion. During his recent Wash- ington - visit, his eyes were blood- shot and his neck so stiff he couldn't turn his head. Clay, had ' been summoned back for consultations of the utmost im- portance on the explesive Berlin crisis. His doctors pleaded with him to rest a few days before fly- ing ‘the ocean. But he wouldn't hear of it. In fact, he cut a night’s sleep short in order to get off four hours ahead of schedule. As a’ result, he was half dead with pain and fatigue throughout his whirlwind stay in the capital. This frazzled physical state in- evitably leads to " snap-judgment tiffs with other executives. This is particularly the case in backing up the judgments of his subordi- nates. With a few exceptions, Clay’s staff is not notable for high _-_—— (Continued on Page Four) d of regulations laying down the de- Balkan Nafions QUESTIONNAIRES FOR DRAFT WILL BE MAILED SOON Will Be First Ones Inducted WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—®»— President Truman told Selective Service Boards today to start mail- ing classification questionnaires to single.non-veteran draft registrants by Sept. 7. The order was in a 30-page set ,um provisions for putting thou- Twenty - Five - Year Olds| I kans reported to the Assembly, af- Are Accused by U. N. of Helping Greek Reds LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 20—(®— Greece's three Communist neighbors were accused by a United Nations agency today of threatening peace fn the Balkans by aiding Greek guerrillas. The accused countries are Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. They were, warned by the U. N. General Assem- bly last year against assisting dissi- dent forces in Greece. The Special Committee on the Bal- ter a year of on-the-scene inquiry, that the three Soviet satellites were continuing their - activities against the Athens regime. The Committee UNSCOB said it had evidence Greece’s Communist neighbors had supplied arms and| munitions to the guerrillas, had permitted the use of their territories for tactical operations ahd had given the guerrillas moral support through government-controlled radio sta- tions, —————————— 1ds “of young men 19 through 25 into uniform under the new peace- time draft act. Under the order, as provided by the act, deferments will be given to men with dependents, to almost all veterans, to men .in necessary jobs, including farm K, tious registrants, Generally, the classes are patterned after those used in the wartime draft setup. Single non-veteran men will be the first to get their questionnaires, which the boards will use to deter- mine whether a registrant should be called for induction or deterred. in order of birth dates—with the oldest first. | Beginning Sept. 30, the boards are to start mailing quasuonnalres to ‘ather *registtants in tH¥ same' fash- ion. Thereafter, the questionnaires will be mailed to each registrant as soon ‘as he reacles the agdt of 19. Registration begins Aug. 30 for men born after Aug. 30, 1922, and cortinues through Sept. 17 for younger men, The 25-year-olds will be the first inducted. The Army expects to mlkeg its first call for about 15,000 men | next week and have them in uni- form sometime in November. ————————— BULLETINS BIRMINGHAM, Eng ~—Sixteen thousand British automobile work- | ers ate on'strike in &' dispite over introduction of American mass pro- duction méthods in the Longbridge Plant of the Austin Motor Car Com- pany. { LONDON,—British and Amerlcan air units will join next month in| the biggest air defense ‘“games” since the war. COPENHAGEN, Denmark,—Threé young Polish refugees made a forced landing in a small plane last night |_on Bornholm Island. They told po- lice they were flying from Poland to Sweden “because conditions in Poland were unbearable.” i SHANGHAI—The banks of China closed today to _get ready for a new {“gold yuan” which will replace the virtually worthless Ghinese paper yuan. ST. LOUIS,—Followers of Gerald L. K. Smith assembled here today to form a new political party and nominate candidates for president and vice-president. : ——— BROOKLINE, Mass,—After sweeping the inter-zone final's first two singles matches from the Czech- oslovakian Davis Cup forces, Aus- tralia today appeared virtually as- sured of meeting the United States in the challenge round for the fourth time running. ———eo—— FROM NORTH DAKOTA Ralph E. Marsh of Bismarck, N. Hotel. Forrestal Is ToMeetwith Joilll Chiefs Secretary of Defense Forrestal will hold a conference with the joint The questionnaires, which must!chiefs of statf at the Naval War pe returned in 10 days, will go out| College at Newport, R. I, late today and continuing begin- ning through Sunday. The Defense Department said the conference follows the pattern established at Key West, Fla, on March 11-14. Similar meetings are | planned at intervals of a few months in the future. e Uus. ADVISES RUSSIANS ON FUTURE RAIDS | BERLIN, Aug. 204-—(M—Ameru:an authorities are taking a serious view of the violence which broke out yesterday in the thriving black market center in Berlin. The { violence took place during a Soviet {raid on the black market in a part of Berlin known as the Pots- damer Platz.- The American, Brit- ish and Russian sectors of the cuy all converge at this square. This morning the American au-; thorities are suggesting that repeti- tions can be avoided if Soviet- controlled police either stay away from the sector borders, or ask in advance for the cooperation of the Western police when they plan a raid. - —— ® 06 000 6 >0 0o * WEATHER REPORT @& (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAD) © Temperature for 24-hour period e ending 7:30 this morning. In Juneau— Maximum, 56; minimum, 49. At Airport— Maximum, 59; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly clear tonight and Saturday. Lowest .tempera- ture tonight near 50. Highest tomorrow afternoon - around 70 degrees. PIECIPI'I'A'I'ION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m. today) In Juneau — .02 inches; since August 1, 277 inches; since July 1, 992 inches. At Airport— .03 inches; since August 1, 1.89 inches; since July 1, 6.73 inches. ® & 0 o o p e o o o ——————— FROM KETCHIKAN Mrs. Althea Short of Ketchikan, R R R ) Hotel. (BROWN BEAR ARRIVES ® taken valued at over two million ".‘;‘!{3‘;’5‘8{.'}‘;}4’” ATTORNEYS New-Federal Crednkegu WON T TAI.K lations Require 20 Per fuse fo Disclose Com- munist Affiliations WASHINGTON, Aug. M—'fl\ government today pulled a brake on free-wheeling credit. New rules to stitfen “easy pay- ment” loans and purchases caver-| ing most consumer goods cesting|Three former New Deal lawyers— from $50 to $5,000, were posted offi-}Lee Pressman, John Abt and Na- cially by the Federal Reserve Board.fthan Witt—refused today to tell a They take effect Sept. 20. Congressional committee if ‘they Businessmen were divided. Some| were members of a prevwar Com- thought it “fair and reasonable.” Oneé.munist underground. turniture executive -denounced it Rep. Nixon (R-Calif)y said the as “rationing the poor.” three declinedbehind closed doors These are the terms—backed up by criminal penaltiés and the power of the Federal Reserve Board fo mt | vy WASHINGTON, Aug. cusations made against them in the Congressional spy investiga- tions. Whittaker Chatnbers has told the ground f, | | a violator out of the credit busin One third down on automobiles. House Un-American Activities Com- mittee the three lawyers were mem- washing machines, air conditioners, radios, phonographs, televsion sets, isewing machines, vacuum cleaner,|, Federal jobs in the early 1930s. | furniture and rugs. Chambers has acknowledged he ‘31000 or less. of Time Magazine, An 18-month limit on credit ovet! Nixon said he and committep Ordinary charge accoun! i closed doors for a half hour each - | payable . twe of thres: his ‘morning. “Ntson - {oldreport- stallments, are subject to the time| 4 limits, BlLR-saviient Joahs’ and fy on the grounds of self-incrim: new Republican anti-inflation law, signed by Presdent Truman Mon- p . d ' rising prices. ‘Truman Dnreds Atforney- LAKE SucCwmss, aug. 20—A— . General in Threatened Twenty percent down on swvol.l ibers of a 'Red apparatus whose A 15-month time limit to com- was @ Communist. . from 1924 to $1,000, but with a minimum $70} ;,vestigators questioned Pressman, —are not affected. Personal loans, of TeS lhouslng loans are exempt. day. He said the act isjonly a “tiny Seeks 80 'ARE WARNED BY The United Nations warned both; Maritime Strike idishwashers, fironers, remgenuill objective was to place Communists |Plete payment if the article M{ 1037.". He is now a senior editor monthly payment. ABt and Witt separately behind’ the type repayable in monthly In-: “.po . ‘gitness refused to testi- The order is the first fruit of the fraction of what we nged” to deféat | Day Stall I UNITED NATIONS Arabs and Jews today to avoid fur- ther violations of the month-old Palestine truce. Respondlng to fears expresed by | WASHINGTON, Aug. the Palestine Mediator, Count Folke|pesident Truman today directed Be"“do"" that the situation m!M!omey General Clark to seek an Jerusalem was “gradually getting 80-day injunction to forestall a out of hand,” the Security Council|inreatened strike of 45000 East voted the warning last night. Coast dock workers, It was almost the last item of Tne president acted immediately business before the Council ad-:gafter receiving a report from a Fact- Journed for what it hopes will be 3| pinging Board telling of the failure month-long recess prior to recon-{ s management and vening in Paris. {Longshoreman's Union to reach an agreement. A strike had been set for midnight Saturday. A major issue in the dispute in- volves a Supreme Court decision calling for payment of what the FROM PRIBILOF TRIP employers term “over time on over Arriving from the Pribilof Islands|¢jme RELEASE OF TWO U. S. OFFICIALS Edwin Johnson, manager of the Pribilof fur sealing. Johnson re- ported a good season, with the pclls ¢ jdollars. He also stated that a healthy ® lincrease in the number of fur seals. Cent Down, Many lieis ' PreSman AbY, Wit Re-| g | 20— to answer questions concerning ac-{ ination and on other consfltutlonnl, 20—p—| the AFL's{ Two Wrangell Men Objed fo Walker Advue on Fishing (IO Union- Also Condemns Recommendation for | Opposing Regulations , TEN MIllIONS. Two Wrangell business men today St expressed their disagreement with Alaska District Engineer icrauy 'y rersitoriar Scnator Nor- o | man R. “Doc” Walker, who advised Confers with Seaftle and fish” and if the U. S. PFish and Wildlife Service extends its SEATTLE, Aug. (P—To| ac- | this week quaint contractors with the details| The men are Wrangell Chamber airfield construction - improvement | Hofstad and Wrangell Cold Stor- program, Col. W. E. Potter, chief | age Manager P. C. McCormack, today met with contractors of this ' conferring with Regional F&WS area ih the first of a series of Director Clarence J. Rhode. These conferences will culminate with Rhode on the need for con- in advertisement for bids, opening'servation methods but expressed {the work will be started by next makes economic conditions diffi- March, Col. Potter said. cult. wotk dt Ladd Fleld,' Fort| mchkra- during the present dry period would son, Elelson Alr, fi'mm accomplish anything because A2l i ground will prbvide adequate hous- to streams because they cannot| ing and madintenance for the esti- enter the dry stream beds to move Jessary for "the projects, Pmur Hofstad and McCormack agreed said, The Government will “sell” Itm at a rate of $1.50 per day, leav- ' for conservation than the present ing it up to" the individual con- ' move, arrfangements with his employees. Rhode, the two Wrangell men also Work authorized under the $30,- 'requested and received considera= be completed by July 1950, Potter the chum fishing season. said. The biggest single item in Union Complains, Too racks at Fort Richardson, estimated | today ircm the Juneau CIO In- to cost $10,000,000. Another 500- dustrial Union Council which pass- ,Lhorued under a separate appro-| demning Walker’s statement. Said |prkmon will cost $7,000,000. Bar- | the Council: ONE BARRACKS statements made in Ketchikan yes- Alaska fishermen to ‘“go ahead tract co“ ra( ors present closed fishing season beyond of Alaska’s mammoth $70,000,000 of Commerce President Thor B. joi the Alaska District Engineers who returned home today after nation-wide conferences. Hofstad and McCormack agreed in mid-October. Certain phases of the opinion that the present closing Most of the contracty are| for| They also declared that closire Installations: on "4ist are: dying- outside the e mated 4,000 to 5000 wagkers nec-|on to the spawning areas. Both food and lodging to the contrac- lain} period would accomplish more ractor to make his own financial| During thelr meetings here with 000,000 total, appropriation must | tion for an advanced openlng of this category is the 500-man bar-' Further comment was reeeived lmnu barracks at Richardson, au- ed a resolution last night con- racks at Ladd Field will cost $6,.-| “Walker's statpment encourages 1500,000. {lawlessness and confusion’ and Potter urged contractors to avail throws an excess burden on the al- themselves of the Army Engineers’| ready- understaffed U. S. Fish invitation' to go to Alaska to nudy and Wildlife Service. We cannot {the projects first hand and assay understand why an eminent Senator lin the past to assist the people of the Territory with proper fisher- | ies regulations and has done noth- iing about it, should now advocate | breaking of Federal regulations. | "“Due to the rapid decline in our 'flah runs the past several years, isonfe drastic measures must be tak- Ien by the Fish and Wildlife Seér- vice to conserve and perpetuate | DAYTON, O. Aug. 20—P—Air|yhat remains before the fish are Forzc officinls at Wright Field are’ entirely gone. proceeding on the theory that the| “It is our opinion that the con- serles of mystery fires at the Oharles | sorvation of our fish is far more Willgy Farm near Macomb, I, |joriang to’ the people of Alaska may be tests of xadio-iznited 88bo- y1.n Gne year's salmon pack in a’ tage materials. ! depleted area. A technioal expert from the office | .y, wo realize that our seine of technical projects at the fleldm ishermen have npt made a decent; has been ordered to the Macomb ¢/1ving In the past several years, 1'e; S :. ‘: ':fd:;lflke tests, Lewls C. GUSL| Lo feo) that any realistic consgrva- Gust is the technician who told| (08 Measures are imperative at State Fire Marshal John Craig of fui m‘:, 1 SHIE g ambufe. fufure | Ilinols that the fires may be caused | 'S We hope that the seiners {able for their use. PUOBEEd 1 o N {AIR FORCE EXPERT WILL INVESTIGATE MYSTERIOUS FIRES | /that a closure during a two day| the material and equipment avail- Who has had ample opportunities| Other passengers of the boat in- cluded 20 fur specialists of the Fouke Fur Co., of St. Louis. The Fouke Fur Co. handles the sea pelts for the U. 8 .Government. Under an international agreement, Canada re- ceives 25 percent of the total amount received from the furs. —————— — Malay Police Fiddle SINGAPORE, Aug. 20.—(P—Po- lice of Kuala Tembelang in Pahang State went to the jungle to hunt Communist insurgents last night. While they were away the insur- gents burned down their police sta- tion. - ee——— HERE FROM NEW MEXICO DeLain Badley of Albuquerque,| D, is a guest at the Baranof lh stopping here at the Baranof'N. M. is staying at the Hotel Ju- neau. | While Stafion Burns! BERLIN, Aug. 20—(®—United ‘States officials said today the Rus- slans are giving them “the run- around” in negotiations for release of two Americans arrested Aug. 5 after crossing into the Soviet Occu- pation Zone. The men were Lt. Sherman S. Tur- ner, of Council Bluffs, Ia., and Ro- land M. Myers, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Turner, military government of- ficial in charge of Bad Kissingen, |and Myers, another military gov- ernment official, were reported to have stepped inadvertently over into the Soviel Zone while inspecting the Russlan-American border near Mell- richstadt, 75 miles east of Frank- furt. Rt ity MRS. SABIN LEAVES | To meet her husband in Seattle, Mrs. May Sabin flew south yester- day via Pan American Airways. 'before returning home. by “some unusual sort of radio-ac- tivity.” inight. One destroyed a second barn. Willey and his wife, both elderly, put out the other two, in a chicken house and a milk house. During the previous 12 days there have been about 200 fires on the Wnle) Farm, “Suppose you had some material that could be ignited by radio and you wanted to test it for possible| sabotage value,” said Gust. you pick a city?. “No. You'd pick som out-of-thes way place, like the Willey farm.” Gust emphasized that the theory interested primarily in proving or disapproving the theory. il LS w52 | ANN, ELSA JOHNSON RETURN | ters of Mr. and Mrs. Burr John- son, American Alrways. They have ford, Oregon, since May. Three of the fires occurred last| “Would | lis just “hat—that Wright Field is| Ann and Elsa Johnson, daugh-| returned yesteraay via Pan| Will co-operate with the Fish and | Wildlife Service to assure future fish catches.” BRABES A, | STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Baranof arriving here {bound Sunday evening. | Square Sinnett sailed north from Seattle at 8. o'clock Tuesday night. | Coastal Monarch expected to sall i northbound yesterday. George Washington due i{bound at 3 p.m. Monday. Princess Norah arriving bound Saturday. Aléutian leaving Seattle day, August 21. { Jumper Hitch scheduled inorthbound August 26. > MRS. HERMANN LEAVES Mrs. Frank Hermann left yes- terday via Pan American Airways for a three week-vacation, She will attend two family weddings and south- north- north- Satur- to sail Thc! will vacation in the States been visiting relatives near Med.|also attend the Portland Cosmetic' land, Calif., Show in Portland, Oregon. " ,To Walker Statement SOVIET CONSGL OUSTED President Truman Orders Lomakin to Leave United States WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—(#— The State Department used some long and indignant words today about the Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin. Bolled down to simple terms they mean: He's out, and there is noth- ing the Russlans can do about it except to complain, In formally demanding his re- moval. from the country, the State Department said that it was “re= "|questing” President Truman to *re- voke” Lomakin's “exequatur” (pro- nounced x-ee-kwaa-ter). An exequatur is an official docu- ment which the President issues to all foreign consuls here recognizing in effect that they are properly authorized to perform. their offjcial duties in this country. Experts on diplomatic procedure at the ‘State Department said-the important point is that consular status for an- individual does: not exist without such official . {p tain an cxo‘ultnr Is finished before he begins. An old consl who loses his exequatir can no longer fune- tion as an official, He might as well pack his bags and go home. Because of Attitude | The United States is stripping the iSoviet Consul General in New York {of his official position because of his conduct in the Kasenkina -af-, 1air. This sensational turn in the So- viet-American row over the refugee school teachers in New York was disclosed today with publication of an American note handed to the Soviet Embassy last night. The note flatly rejected Soviet charges that the teachers, Mrs, Ok- sana Kasenkina' and Mr. and Mrs. Mikhall I, S8amarine, were ‘abducted by the anti-Soviet Tolstoy Founda- tion with the connivance of Ameri- can officials, The three, the note said, wanted to stay in this coun- try. While recognizing the right of Soviet officials to protect its na- tionals in this country, the note said they also are entitled to the pro- tection of the. “applicable laws of the United States. Declaring this government will not turn Mrs. Kasenkina over to Russian authorities against her will, the note said: “The Government of the United States cannot permit the exercise within the United States of the police power of any foreign govern- ment.” The State Department told So- viet Ambassador Alexander 8. Pan- | yushkin and his government that {the Russian charges, including some !by Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, “have been based upon misinforma- tion.” [ Spelling Changed The name of the Russian refigee \school teacher who leaped from a window of the Soviet Consulate General is officially Kasenkina. | The diplomatic exchanges between {the United States and Soviet Russia today spelled it that way. Heretofore the English translation generally had ‘been spelled Kosenkina—with an o. e A e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—M—Clos- |Ing quotation of ' Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, Ameriean Can 84'%, Anaconda 37%, Curtiss- \ Wright 10, Interrational Harvester 29%, Kennecott' 59'4, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific 22, U. 8. Steel 718%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 710,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 183.60, rails 60.72, util- ities 34.86. - e — FROM OAKLAND Frank A. Shurgren is an Oak- visitor here, and is a (guest at the Baranof Hotel.