The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 8, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO..10,985 Russian GL—|n~n—ers, Soviet Police Double Cross Western Police By EDWIN SHANKE BERLIN, Sept. 8.—®— Russlan tommy gunners and Soviet sector police kidnaped 19 Western sec- tor police today, after the Soviet Commandant had guaranteed them safe passage from Berlin's besieged city hall. They were taken from a French convoy at the Lustgarten, only a few blocks from the city hall— which is in the Soviet sector of this divided, blockaded city. As the 19 policemen and a Ger- man photographer were tumbled into a Russian truck to be haul- ed away a French officer protest-| ed that the Russians were “pull- ing some funnv business.” Plain Double Cross | “You mean this is a plain double cross, don’t you?” asked an Amefl-! can - reporter. H “Yes," snapped the Frenchman. i The Germans' release from the( encircled city hall bad been nego-. tiated by the French. United States authorities are try- | reported they are out of potatoescate General of the Air Force with| ing to reach the Russian Com-:and short of eggs, butter, dairy pro- | the rank of Major General. |ducts, farm goods and a variety | mandant, Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov' o _peotest ‘the kidnaping. | Official French sources also gu: they would protest., | Second_Serious Episode sode within - dhys 0 Allied relations, but the first ma-| jor incident in the civil warfare; between the rival East and West' factions of Berlin's divided police’ janother two months: and if ithere "THE DAI (By The Associated Press) The threat of a prolonged tie-up of shipping lanes because of the maritime strike hit Alaska with varying impact today. Anchorage grocers hung out signs reading “No Danger of Shortages,” and wholesalers said currént sup- plies will last Anchorage house- | wives for at least two months. Most merchants have stuffed their shelves in anticipation of the tie-up. One Anchorage merchant report- ed he has made arrangements with a 55-truck Montana freight firm to haul food over the Alaska High- way in the event of an extended strike. ! The city of Anchorage may suf- fer, however, since it has been| counting on the arrival of a new generator from the states to install in a new generating plant. The | city has been pressing hard to complete the plant in time to stem | tan expected power shortage. | Seward reports longshoremen there are working all vessels in port and probably will continue to un-! load all vessels docking there. | Noume Situation Serious The noose around Nome was keenly felt, however. Merchants! | of groceries. i .:The Nome Chamber of Commerce | will meet tonight to consider ac- ] tion. - ‘Many merchants report sup- plies now on hand -will not last is no boat in September or Ogtaber, Nome cannot possibly be fed through the winter. Fairbanks Stocks Dwindle L “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1948 STASSEN AIR FORCE | DAY IS SET FOR SEPT. 18 President Truman Pro- claims Event as Tribute Is Made in Detroit By JACK BELL DETROIT, Sept. 8.—(#—The op- ening Michigan skirmish between Republicans and Democrats fore- cast today a hot-worded Presiden- tial c: aign. President Truman and Harold E. | Stassen, a substitute GOP oppon- H ent, handed out some tough political| A fO Ihose Of A" Power talk in their kickoff speeches in aré to meet with army officers in —_— ithis industrial heart of America, {S#h Francisco today. They wil WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—P— Batting for Gov. Thomas E. dlyuss the problem of working President Truman today proclaim-| Dewey, the Republican “mm,e,‘uy ships bearing Army supplies to ed Sept. 18 as Air Force Day in!Stassen fired a salvo of critical POSls in Alaska and across the tribute to the men and women!words as Mr. Truman last ,,,gm'lmmc. who have ‘“contributed to the|pDewey approved the jibes in .' “There is no break in sight in growth of American air power.” Air Force Day has been observed, in the past on August 1. The date| was changed, a spokesman said, because Sept. 18 is the first anni- versary of the creation of indepen- dent Air Force under the national| He called Mr. Truman “a com- mg:“&'““'fflb“m:mt- e 3 plaining candidate” who used “an ', uman SO name ol ¢ o Reginald C. Harmon to a !our-lex"em! Semigowie | SHESN |04 year term as the first Judge Advo-'tically by deceiving labor.” Truman Follows Wallace telephone call from Albany to Stassen here. The former Minnesota Governor said the President had made “a record of failure failures at home and failures abroad.” <lowed Henry A. Wallace's econ- jomic theories, adding: | “Wallace followed those who had —_—— ALASKA HIGHWAY no faith in America and the i l‘ "6 (m B | American people suffered an in- R ‘;;w, '3 B “With'. a record &I little - “TRIAL yment and less faith,” Stassen thun- idered, “he (the President) once | again sets himself up as a prophet TRUMAN| PARTS OF U.S. Calls Prefid?n?(omplain- Sixty-four Thousand Work-| ing Candidate’-Speech | ers Remain ldle-Threats :bo‘ost of 15 cents an hour. He said the President had fol-| Weéstern Electric has offered eight(there are contests for three House py to skilled farmers and to those Yudy i e dites to eral, state and city mediators. force. Fairbanks merchants reporting The kidnaping climaxed the fln-]they are already receiving large or- tastic Soviet blockade within a|ders of case lots from their cuso- blockade which began after Com-|mers, predicted their stocks will munist remonstrators . forced the ' dwindle rapidly. city assembly to move from the| A special Fairbanks Chamber of city hall to the protection of the Commerce committee has been set British sector in order to convene. ' up to attempt to get government 19 Dragged Away ! ccoperation in providing needed Originally, 46 Western secret supplies. The committee drew up police were cornered in the build-ta resolution condemning the strike ing. After the Soviet-controlled|as “a- blow to Alaska’s economy police invaded the American liaison |and an impediment to vital Terri- office Monday night and dragged | torial defense projects.” away 19 of them, 27 remained holed| Fairbanks merchants are consid- up on the French and British liai- ering use of the Alaska Highway son offices to avoid arrest. to kridge the gap. A Chamber As the siege continued, eight of [committee is studying the possi- the Western sector police were bility of buying goods at Van- smuggled out of city ball. The|couver, B. C., having thent ship- Soviet-licenseG p:css claimed, how- | ped to Haines, Alaska, by sea, and Girl Testifies af Prelimin- ary Hearing in Death of Her Father i | ' POUCE COUPE, B. C., Sept. 8—| —Gustav Wiegner, 24-year-old Day-, ton, Ohio, salesman, will te flown! to Oakalla, B. C., today to face trial; in connection with the fatal shoot-! ing of John C. McOomas, 52, also of Dayton, on the Alaska Highway| [ around her wrist and kissed her af-,! ter the shooting. = She had remained in the car| while Wiegner and her father went] hunting. las; month. ! In a preliminary hearing here: yesterday, Louise McComas, 13, testified = Wiegner tied a rope (of doom and attempts to ntouse""he" far western states. in America an unreasoning, name- less fear of future depression, un- \ employment and chaos if he is not returned to office.” Stassen was answering some pretty blunt language used about the Republicans by Mr. Truman in Laboy Day appearances in Mich- igan and Ohio. Inflation Set Off The President in his talks did not call Dewey by name, but slam- med hard at whdt he tabbed as GOP ‘“spokesmen of reaction.” Stassen’ said Mr. Truman had set off inflation by removing con- trols. The President has been talking about “Republican high prices.” Stassen said labor had done bet- ter under the Taft-Hartley Act ever, three of these were caught climbing over the wall behind the building. i 1 overland on. the Haines Cutoff and the Alaska Highway. In Juneau In Juneau, supplies appear to be She said she heard two shots and | than under Mr. Truman's policies. ALL THE TIME” THREE MAJOR: Now of Fourth Tie-up " (By The Associated Press) ‘Bixty-four thousand workers re- mained on strike today in three mgjor walkouts at opposite sides of the country, and the labor out- look was darkened by the threat of 'the fourth tie-up of 25,000 tele-! pfine workers next week. In the maritime strike, leaders i | 1 He strike. A CIO Equipment Workers Un- jon has called a walkout against the Western Electric Manufactur- ing Company in 45 states. Some| 123,000 Bell Telephone Company lo- | cations would be affected. How-, ever, negotiations are continuing| toward a settlement of the dispute’ it { who was trying “to benefit peu.;m;gr wages and working conditions. ; chief executives. Th e CIO union wants a WAage The! cents. Negotiations are also continuing | n. the eight-day-old truck strtke {in* New York City. 'AFL team-: i;tfirs in northern New Jersey are off the job. But union offi-| | aneet with . H 1 Meanwhile, oil = stocks continue | {to go down in California and four ClO i "ml workers are entering the fourth day of their walkout. | An independent union with a! iclaimed membership of 6800 Stan- !dard Oil employees has broken off: Inegotmuom. The independent un-| (ion has decided to observe CIO| |picket lines. In some western’ areas, there is only a four-to-five 'day supply of gasoline for nor-! mal use. et — Trade Route, South To North, Celebrated, Anchorage Banquel ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 8.— MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ATTACKS { WALKOUTS IN (To Be Opened by Unifed States; Applicants Will Be Registered | By EDWARD E. BOMAR WASHINGTON, Sept. 8- -P— | The United States is getting ready to reopen the immigration gaid to Germans living in the Reich. | The war-raised bars have been up jl'or more than seven years. 2 The first of 25957 Germans to ARE vo'l“ | be eligible for admission each year | will be chosen soon after a mass | registration of applicants in the | Western cccupation zones of Ger- | many and Austria. State Department officials said Ba"Ie for Governor Foth' today the registration may start i this month. TOday-anary Resu"s The biggest group of applicants in | is expected to come from the 800, in Other States 1000 or so Displaced Persons —thos £ left homeless by the war. Congress (By The Assoelated Press) has voted to admit 205,000 of these Georgia Democrats turnad out in | during the next two yeass. heavy numbers today to hand down [n yoting to admit the 205,000 their verdict in the 20-month-old | pp's Congress wrote in a section battle of the Governors. | specifying that one-halt of the re- There were flaming crosses in| gtored German quota must be used some parts of the state as Herman | ¢, admit only persons of rman Talmadge and Gov. M. E. Thomp- | ethnic origin” who = now live son squared off in a primary elec- | in Germany but who were born in tion to resume the fight for the pgland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslav- Governor's job which for three |, Hungary or Rumania. months of 1947 gave Georgia tWo Half of the remainder may be used for Displaced Persons. ot Richard Russell is unopposed for ' (ne total proportion set aside for renomination to the Senate, but native Germans, priority was giv- seats. Utah, Arigona and Nevada held their primaries yesterday. Utah’s Democratic Gov. Herbert B. Maw took'a commanding ledd with relatives already in the United States. | >o for renamination over former | Assistant. .4 3 3 S. Boyden, ile Maw's ' ' Top- | ponent, J. Bracken Lee, ran ahead oi House Speaker Rendell H. Ma- bey for the GOP hallot spot. ' KILLED IN ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS No Break Is Seen In Coast Maritime Strike ONE MORE |Alaska Merchants Prepare for KIDNAPING | Supplies During Strike; Some INBERLIN Sections Already Are Hard Hit Immigration Gafes fo Germans|5 UNION STILL OUT | ON COAST i Leaders Are fo Confer with Army on Loading Car- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8—f —Leaders of striking CIO long- shoremen arranged to meet with army officers hLere today to dis- cuss the army’'s shipping in the light of the week-old tie-up of West Coast ports. Harry Bridges, president of the Longshore Union, sald in Seattle last might that “all unions in the nation would support the steve- ores” In case army nel Is used to handle military cargoes. An army spokesman in Washing- ton sald military personnel would handle army cargo essential for overseas bases if an agreement is not reached with the longshoremen. Bridges said his longshoremen would load army ships if the pre- vailing port wage is paid. He said a 15-vent an hour wage raise in- cluded in a new contract with in- ! dependents in Seattle would apply to any army work. Bridges was to meet with army officers here this afternoon after holding telephone discussions with army port officers in Seattle yes- | terday. No break was indlcated in the Istrike which has idled 28,000 men and 1160 ships on the West Coast, Be- « sides Bridges' union, four seagoing | unlons are ivolved. E e md the disputed hiring hall issue, izhe operators withdrew all previous ! concessions. They announced ' they i ) [ Democratic Rep. Walter K. Gran- ger and Reépublican Rep. Willlam A. Dawson were unopposed, but four «andidates fought for the chance to oust them in November. In the race to meet Granger, Da- vid Frederick led Stafe Senator Mitchell Melich. The Democratic contest saw Mrs. Reva Beck Bo- sone, Salt Lake City police court 'judge, take a lead over Ray H. Leavittgn, chairman of the State Road Commission. Arizona's Acting Governor, Dan E. Garvey, led six opponents for the Democratic gubernatorial nom- ination, with Rep. Richard R. Har- less running second. Two ranch- ers battled it out in the GOP race, with Bruce Brockett holding an edge over Willam Bourdon. Nevada’s lone Congressman, Re- 'no longer would negotiate with unions whose leaders failed to file non-Communist affitlavits under the. Taft-Hartley Act. Bridges has Irefused to file such an affidavit. Nine hundred members of the San Francisco Employers’ Council yes- terday voted its unanimous support PLANE LEAP Parachutes Fail fo 0 pe n Atter Ordered fo Jump- [ ™* ™ "2 Tragedy Near Edmonton | ; ie WEATHER REPORT - (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Tempertures for 24-Hour Perlod In Juneau— Maximum, 58; minimym, 52 ¥ At Afrport— Maximum, 58; EDMONTON, Alierta, Sept. 8—(® —Three United States Alr Force!® airmen were killed early today wheni® their parachutes failed after “they:® were ordered to bail out of a Dakota ! ® tiansport from Rome, N. Y. near ® minimum, 51. ' Wetaskiwin, Alberta, about 40 muesl . WHYRECAST ‘e (Junean and Vielnity) southeast of Edmonton, The plane was carrying elght men.| ® Five members of the crew jump-!® Cloudy with light rain or rain showers and with winds ! Wiegner returned to the car. He told her that her father was dead. When she screamed, the girl said, —A reception banquet marked | publican Charles Russell, was Not ¢4 three died and two were injured he inauguration of direct trade(flppbscd for renomination. Demo- jandin, itoutes between California-Oregon Crats nominated geno City Coun- Stassen charged that Mr. Tru- man’s agreements with the Rus stans at Potsdam had proved “a H occasionally reaching 20 to Tample unless the strike is pro- ‘longed. Two of Juneau's big firms have the Robert Eugene under charter ahd they also handle com- modities for other firms. Power STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 8—{M—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 85%, Anaconda 37, Curtiss- Wright 10%, International Harvest- er 28%, Kennecott 58%, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific 23, U. S. Steel 80%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 880,000 shares. cording to reports, by other Ju- neau merchants, for hauling of supplies. Air shipments, especially of fresh goods, will be received here from Seattle as has been the practice Averages today are as follows:|for some time. Meats will come by industrials 182.94, rails 6159, util-|air, if necessity warrants, but ities 35.21. shipments are expected on smaller e boats engaged in the Seattle-Ju- FROM ANCHORAGE neau service. J. D: Webb of Anchorage is — e — registered at the Hotel Juneau. mo’ mw AY .lo The Washington| MEET THURSDAY NIGHT Merry - Go-Round BY ROBERT §. ALLEN (Copysiahg, 1948, by The Bell Byndicate, nc. (Editor’s Note — While Drew Pearon is on' a brief vacation The Washington Merry-Go- Round is being written by his old partner, Robert 8, Allen.) First meeting of the season for he Sons of Norway will be tomor- ow night, it was announced today. Meeting place is the Odd Fellows Hall, the time, 8 p.m. ! [TWO FISHERS UNLOAD 88,000 LBS. SALMON More than 88,000 pounds S [ Arthur is holding quiet conterences|Cold Storage yesterday and today in Tokyo with a special emissary|by two fishers. of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek that may have far-reathing rever- beration in Far Eastern affairs. The emissary is Geheral Chan Chun, former Chinese Premier and a long-time Chiang intimate. Chan Chun stands high in Secertary of State Marshall's esteém. They pounds yesterday afternoon. this morning. D STEAMER MOVEMENTS | barges are also being engaged, ac- g of|p, C., with Dr. John Stewart, who|a river. The Citrus ‘ASHINGTON— General Mac- | Salmon was unloaded at Juneau s Elfin II unloaded 44,000 pounds All American steamers tled upoffice this summer. worked together when Marshall was in China trying to establish a stable government. While the - “MacArthur-Chan Chun conversations are cloaked. in Four) by coastwide strike. Princess ‘Norah scheduled to safl from Vancouver 9 tonight. Princess Louise scheduled to arrive Priday at 7 a. m. and sails gouth one hour later. Wiegner slapped her. Then he tled| colassal failure for the United a rope around my wrist so I couldn’t} States.” He complained that Mr. get away, then he kissed me, but| Truman failed to take Senator he didn't force any improper con-|Arthur Vandenburg (R-Mich) along duct on me,” she said. to that meeting. Conducting his own defense, Wiegner said McComas was shot ac- | cidentally while the two men were hunting. RES( B B. D. STEWARTS 10 LEAVE TODAY FOR WASHINGTON. D. C. | B. D. Stewart, Territorial Com- i missioner of Mines, will leave for | f | Washington, D. C., today to confer| SEATTLE, Sept. 8—(P—Heavy seas | iwuh officials of the U. S. Geologi- [and a gale delayed rescue today of cal Survey regarding mining opera- (10 men' stranded on a rocky shore !nnns under mineral leases in pub- [near Cgpe Bpencer, Alaska. iuc lands in the Territory. Coal and| Eight of the men are from:the loil leases will be the main polntlflshing ‘vesseél Caledonia, which went ‘ol discussion. {aground Monday. The other two | While East, Mr. Stewart will take Coastguardsmen whose rubber I his first leave of absence from Ter- |lifecoat capsized when they went |ritorial duties in ten years. Mrs.|ashore from the Cutter Citrus. | Stewart is accompanying him and| The party had planned to walk !they will visit with Mr. Stewart's{along the beach today to Palma daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and|Bay, where the Citrus could reach | Mrs. Robgrt Fellows in Washington, |them, but they were unable to cross taking advanced orthopedic|put rubber boats ashore but the training at one of the Harvard Uni- |storm forced it to return to nearby lversity Hospitals in Boston and with {Idaho Inlet. The Lone Pisherman, skippered|Miss Jeanette Stewart, who is a| Meantime the stranded men re- by Clarence May, brought in 42,000 librarian at the University of wuh-ltumed to the beached vessel for ington in Seattle. shelter. ! Tom Stewart, who has been home| This afternoon the Citrus report- {for the summer, will return today|ed that three men were at the |for ks second year of law studies |scene of the wreck and the other lat Yale University. He has been|seven at a small river four miles working in the Attorney General's| west of Icy Point. ‘These two par- Ities, the report said, were separated Iby a stream that has risen and i now is impassable. ’ i IOTEL JUNEAU AT H Mrs. Mary Wainwright of San!and Annette Island Prancisco is registered at the ed to attempt to Hotel Juneau, supplies to the stranded persons. UEWORK, 10 TEN, HELD UP,SEAS, GALE attempted to land Alaska points last night. The Portland Chamber of Com-; imerce was host to more . than 30, | Territorial officials in an event | marking the arrival of the 8. 8. 'Henry D. Lindsley, the Coastwise Line. Visiting ofiicials from Oregun and California were greeted by‘ | Gov. Ernest Gruening and Col. | John P. Johnson, General Manager lof the Alaska Railroad. | Among the visitors wereSHillman Lueddemadnn, President of the Port- jland C. of C.; Frank H. Clark, manager of the Foreign Tade Ship- ping Department of the Portland C. of C., and business and shipping | offictals. Troops ka Norih Transpored South { FORT LEWIS, Sept. B8-P—A |transport carrying 800 off: enlisted men of the 2nd Division scheduled to grrive at Seattle Sept. 115 from Alaska where the troops have been stationed since April. | stationed at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, iand at Eilison Air Force Base, ad- jacent to Fort Richardson at An- chorage. Officers reported 455 vol- FARLEY CANCELS |Codst Guard headquarters announc- | Scottish Rite Temple. ed today that Adm. J. F. Farley, | Coast Guard planes from Kodiak |U. 8. C. G. Commandant, had can-|girls are were instruct- |celled a scheduled trip to Seattle drop food and and Alaska because of the press ot duties in Washington; D. C. unteered to remain in Aluska. R A'“Bow GIRU Io TRIP T0 ALASKA| cilman Walter Baring, - ALASKA WOMAN operated byi Z z | I.AWY[R Boosn | WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—#— FOR STATEHOO name of Dorothy D. Tyner, as the only woman lawyer in Anchorage, Alaska, was in Seattle yesterday as a delegate to the American Bar Con- vention. But her big interest was in pro- moting statehood for Alaska. Miss Tyner telieves that Alaska defense is dependent upon an increased population and the increased popu- lation will come only through state- hood. 3 She pointed out that with state- | pf icers and|hood, Alaska would come under the ‘oil well in Alberta’s Leduc Field is|Federal Highway Act, which would | will continue to burn for days. give Alaska the roads that are nec-| essary if the Territory is to grow.|started Monday night, 1§ iShe. also said the Federal Govern-|ing $50,000. worth of crude oil a|three children, Milton, Shirley, and They are all members of the 1,g|menc held too much land and Alas- | day. Crews are 'Blnanan. 23rd Regiment. They wgre!kfl was in the position of bemnng‘]mw the oil formation earth base!via Pan her rights rather than demanding o them through a representative in'the well at its source. Congress. | e — - ! ol INSTALL SAIURDAY; [ o The Rainbow Girls will install g, one seriously. {e 25 mph tonight and Thurs- - R 1@ day. Not much change in ‘ { @ temperature. ) | d PRECIPITAT N Dr' Foa’d s “ame % : Past 24 hours ending 7:30 -.ul-, ?odly | 2 H e In J — 125 inches; - As Medical Diredor:: "5 o7 55 hene | A [® since July 1, 1687 inches. i The appointment of Dr.. Fred T.;® since Sw"-. l 279 inches; . ! Foard, Medical Director for the|® since July 1, 1114 inches. {U. S. Public Health Service, as|® » Director of Health of the Bureau SEATTLE, Sept. 8—®—Mrs. F. E. of Indian Affalrs was announced |stangl, who goes by her professional ' today. OIL WELL FIRE IN ALBERTA SECTIONS| MAY BURNFORDAYS i the fire has been localized to the|ent the Schultz family is At Afrport — .83 inches; ® 0e0ece0e®0eseeseteness®roese |MRS. PARMENTER " BACK AT BARM SHOP AFTER ILLNESS After recovering from influenza and the threat of pneumonia, Mrs. Tlah Parmenter, owner ot the Bara- not Beauty Salon, is again on duty EDMONTON, Alta., Sept. 8.—in her Baranof Hotel shep. L | —Fire-fighters sald today it ap-|confined her to her home for three ears the fire in Atlantic No. 3 weeks. e SCHULTZ FAMILY ARRIVES They estimated the blaze, which estroy- PFreeman Schultz a Mrs nd her pumping’ watér |Nina arrived in Juneau Sunday American Alrways, Mr. f the well in hope of blockmgISchultz, general manager of the Juneau Spruce Corporation, preced- Lands Minister Tanner reported ed his family to Juneau. At pres- living ne well. |at the Baranof Hotel. R G5 S S L s T MEETING MRS. SMITH RETURNS A meeting of the office direct-| Mis. Joyce' Smith, wife of Dr. rs of the Territorial Veterans Ad-|Smith, dentist, returned from Se- ministration is being held in Ju-lame over the weekend. She has neau this week. ;thelr recently elected officers at 8imeeting are Miss Marie Quirk of month. SEATTLE, Sept. 8—P—District|o'clock next Saturday night in the | Fairbanks, Robert Spiegle of An-| Attending me]reen visiting her son for the past > LL CLOSED and PFrank Clayton of| 1 AU par-| chorage, ents and friends of the Rainbow ' Ketchikan. invited. ) It is also | instaliation ball will follow the in-|returned Sunday from an official machinery. next duction of officers. lmp to Fairbanks, Ml The Juneau Spruce Corporation Norman Hailey, Director of the mill will remain closed this week announced that the|Territorial Veterans Administration,'to make necessary repairs to the ‘The mill will reope Monday.