The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1948, Page 1

| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 11,000 RESSIONAL LIBRARY T n. e “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948 bt/ S e = . ALL THE TIME” SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Proposals Made By Russia To 5 Major Powers Truman Greels Reno Citizens (OMMIE ISSUE IS BIG TALK By The Associated Press) Republican and Democratic Pres- idential candidates squared off to- day for a slugging match over Com- ymunism. The Progressive party’s White &Houes contestant, who is running with some Communist support,; meanwhile punched away at thej Republican and Democratic candi- dates, Both the GOP nominee, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, and his run- ning mate, Gov. Earl Warren, hit{ the Communist issue hard ing speeches yesterday. President Truman, who apparent- i ly. has -been trying to egg Dewey | “nto a real world clash, promptly decided to talk atout the same sub- ject in his next major speech, at Oklahoma City next Tusday. | While Warren was telling a De- | troit audience he would “rather be’ defeated than have Communist sup- port,” Dewey had this to say in Los Angeles: Truman Spea “Some people jeer at this prob- | 4em, calling it a ‘red herring.’ Some pl¢’ get panicky about it. I don't long to: either group.” { | World Offensive Then ~the' New York Governor | laid “this: plan, as ot ai W will Keep intor we'l keéep the American people informed where they ‘are and what they're J i to. It they.or 'any one else break our lJaws against treason they’ll get: traitor’s ' treatment.” i “Warren loosed his most forceful | aftack in Marion, Ohio, enroute to Desragit B ¢ “They . are not satisfied to run their’ country -in their own way. over in Russia,” he declared. “They want to carry: thelt ‘government, by | force and violence, if necessary, to, all the countries of the world, in-{ cluding' this country.” Labor Act Upheld The Californian called the Taft- Hartley, Labor Act “an honest ef- dort” to be fair to labor, manage- ment and the 'public and accused . Truman of taking a contradic- ‘tory position on the law. ‘The President—Author of i8I 1§ President Truman gestures with his hands as he addresses a crowd assembled at Lakeside Park, Oakland, Calif. ,where he declivered a major political address. (? Wirephoto. "TREASURE PLANE' OF U.5. AIR FOR(E {Age 15 Bo e Crach Srang Where Transport Went Down Five Years Ago 25. en- EDMONTON, Alta., Sept. (®—FBI men are reported {route through northern Canadian hear the call to military service un-! of the U. S. “treasure crash mysterious wilds to the Air Force's plane.” Members of an Oregon hunting |party which found the plane said the on their return here that U. S.| “Red Herring” remark reterred to Air Force officers told them i) while no official information has(past seven, however, 132 SHIPS ARE TIED UP, COAST If Maritime Deadlock Con- tinues, Tofal Vessels: Idle Will Be-375 - . SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 258 —Ship operators reported today Pacific Coas: maritime strike has tied up 132 American flag vessels and predicted that if the dea continues the total will reach. 37 ‘The figure of 132, as of noon two days ago, was released by Albert w. Gatov, President of the Pacific Am- erican Steamship Association. Gatov forecast that if no settle- {ment is made soon an estimated 530,000 jobs in Pacific Coast fn: dustries “may ultimately be E?‘ pardized.” Some 6,250 officers [ merchant seamen already are 3 together with most of the 12,000 longshoremen. Some of the latter | are loading cargo for the Army. 4 Thirty-four ships are laid np in}| | 0 and 28 at Los Anes 1geles, Gatov said. ks at Oakland 1 The Pacific Coast total of 97 fri !cluded 14 ships tied up at Portland, | 119 at Seattle, two at Bellingham,’ {Wash., and one each at Coos Bay | jand ' Reedsport, Ore., Everett and (Port Angeles, Wash., and San Diego, Calif. ' | ‘Meantime no break in the dead- +lock appeared. CIO longshoremen i ilast night expressed willinguiess to ¢ laccept Mayor Elmer E. Robinson of San Francisco as mediator but:wat- erfront employers evidenced doub? the Mayor to settle the issues. SEVEN ALASKANS GET FIRST CALL AHOVENEER DRAFT, :;ga fl%n W&ififilitawf}m Service, McCormick - ! 5, 2. IS REPORTED i 1 | ! { | { ! ANCHORAGE, Sept. 25—M— ! | Seven Alaskans are scheduled to : !dex' ':)!v Territory's November dran!‘ SEATTLE, Sept. 25. ?— The| SHOoMR. iAlaska salmon pack through Sept.' John MeCormick, Alaska’s draft 18 reached 3927276 cases, compared director, reported the figure on hls‘wnh 4,276,724 cases on Sept. 20 last arrival here for conferences withiyear. i the local draft board On only one other year of the the Fish and by Dewey—turned the Warren ac-:Was carrying a rich cargo of cur- peen released on the December quo- 'Wildlife Service reported today, was he! the! cusation in the other direction. “It's ‘a case of double talk,” said at Oceanside, Calif. of GOP stand against him. rency and gold. Mrs. H. J. Smith, the wize oi one of the hunters, said in Portland that her husband telephoned her: A,i"We're quite sure the plane carried but {about $1,000,000 in bullion and cash. the i They're still digging out the gold. Progressive candidate Henry 4Wallace mentioned Russia, t0o, he turned it into an attack on wo major party nominees. Russia may stifle freedom and en- courgge - dictatorship, he said in Yourigstown, Ohio, but those charg-)ried no such a load. es are “at least equally true of the,. The plane, with 11 men aboard, present foreign policy of Truman{crashed about 450 miles north of and Dewey.” ‘here more than five yi ago on Big business was one of the main |a southbound flight from remote targets of Mr. Truman's vice-presi- | Fort Nelson. It was found a week dentfal candidate, Senator Alben |ago. +w. Barkley. The Kentuckian said| Other members of the hunting one smajor current danger is the|party said they understood the ‘possibility of “a reversion of the old|plane carried $240,000 in currgncy days of dominatien of this countryiand 400 pounds of gold bullion. by the private interests.” The Edmonton Journal estimated O i S the cargo at close to $500, PETERSBURG VISITOR $ - The Washington| Merry - Go- Round OUIIO SEA : By DREWEARSON WASHINGTON, Sept. 25—#— The hurricane that battered Cuba (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, + Inc.) determined the C-47 transport car- 1 1 and Florida, was about 150 miles south of Newfoundland at dawn today, racing northeastward at a 44-mile-an-hour clip. The U. S. Weather Bureau said there was no danger to land areas Ibuc that vessels ahead of the storm iwerc in danger. ROBERTA JACKSON BENEFIT DANCE T0 BE GIVEN TONIGHT The Roberta Jackson Benefit Dance, sponsored by the Eagles will be given this evening, begin- ning at 10 o'clock, in the Eagles Hall in Douglas. All funds col- ASHINGTON— It will probab- ly cost him half a million votes in such Italian-American - centers at New York, Boston and Jersey City, but President Truman con- tinues rigid and immovable regard- ing the return of North African colonies to Italy. He hasn’t budg- ed an inch despite the toughest kind of pressure.§ Hardest pressure came the other day from publisher Generso Pope | of the Italian-American newspaper 11 Progresso, hitherto a stron; * Democrat, now flirting with Dewey. Invited to the White House with t Senators McGrath of Rhode Island and O’Mahoney of Wyoming, Pope proceeded to put the President oy ivoi" gy (o further medical m:(cr(l;:m;e,a::.hairman of theé Dem_:trealmem r(?r little }?obertfi Jack- son, who suffered serious burns ocratic National Committee, opened Site pieying nar her hose An the session by telling the Presi- Dotigias s few weeké ‘ago ‘ent that publisher Pope was go-| = ” (Continued on Page Four) is invited to attend. ita, there has been speculation that.the ifgure as small at this time.| 11 men will be called. iThat was the 3875838 cases on Anchorage has only three pO'.(‘n-‘Sept. 21, 1946. tial draftees for the first call, Mc-: The Central Alaska Pack, from Cormick said. 162 canneries, reached 1,311,571 cases The Juneau Board has six men{on Sept. 18, compared with a total in the 1922 clabs, and all will passfigure last year at the close on the board will have to look to the {'cases on Sept. 18, compared with 1923 class for the rest of its quota. 1036757 on Sept. 20 last year. In that class there are 17 registered PR g at Anchorage, 15 in Fairbanks, 18 in Juneau, two in Kodiak and 14;® © © ¢ o e in Nome. McCormick said selectees will ke WEATHER REPORT called on the basis of age, with the (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) oldest eligibles getting their “greet- Temperatures for 24-Hour Period In Juneau— Maximum, 49; ings” first. - minimum, 42. At Airport— Maximum 47; minimum, 43. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Mostly cloudy with lizht rain showers this afternoon and Sunday. Highest temp- erature this afternoon near 50 degrees. . PRECIPITATION ¢ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ In Juneau — 2.38 inches; since Sept. 1, 17.26 inche since July 1, 20.38 inches. At Airport — 1.76 inches; since Sept. 1, 1.76 inches since July 1, 20.16 inches. e D e e o i . . - - DAYLIGHT SAVING - TIME NOW ENDING IN UNITED STATES NEW YORK, Sept, 25— —Mea- sured by the clock tonight will be an extra hour longer than usual in many parts of the country. The reason: Daylight saving time comes to an end. The specified hour for return to Standard time in the areas affect- ed is 2 am. tomorrow, but most; people will set their clocks backj one hour before bedtime tonight.{® © @ - A survey by the Commerce and Industry Association of New York, IE“DER AlA" IS DISABLED, ENGINE { { Inc., shows that nearly all U, 8. areas using the light-saving sum- mer time will make the change- over. > W An estimated 60,000,000 Ameri- | cans have been under daylight sav- ing time since it ‘went into effect last April 25. Only two states—California and! Nevada—will stick . to daylight | saving time. A power shortage was given- as the reason, \ Lt Gl RYAN IN FAIRBANKS KODIAK, Alaska, Sept. 25.—(®— A navy tug left Kodiak at 3 p.m yesterday to go to the aid of the cannery tender Alan, reported dis- abled by engine trouble 75 miles northeast of here. The tender was reported to be in no immediate Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial danger and the tug expected to ' Commissioner of Education, was in‘rench the vessel within eight hours Fairbanks on Wednesday after an] The ship, owned by the Whiz inspection of sechools in Galena,! Fish Company, has a crew of five !Seward Peninsuld and Ruby, and'Ifs captain is Bob Syre. It was Everyone on Gastineau Channel was to go .to Fort Yukon fromenroute from Latouche to Kodiak British Columbia and Mexican ports Fuairbanks. jwhen it developed engine trouble. | TROUBLE T0 WEST, e ) i3 President Truman waves to crowds lining Reno’s “zas his Western campaign tour. ing row” as The President paraded past downtown where he declared the Republican Party is led by “a bunch of oid mossbacks.” Warren Staris (ampaign Tour f if In Washington. however, the Air their 26th birthdays before the in-[Sept. 20 of 1,821,701 cases. South-| A LARGE CROWD greeted Governor Earl Warren, Republican candi- | Force said that so far as could be duction date, he added, meaning!eastern Alaska had packed 1,241,451 date for Vice-President, when he delivered his opening campaign’ speech in Reno, Nev. The California Governor is shown on the rear platform of his special train addressing the Reno crowd before pro- ceeding to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he delivered his first major campaign speech. (International) CHARGE FROM SITKA l V';'y‘;%'l IAn' '&::f:g ? John Crossman and William Kahle were arrested Wednesday by | the City police and turned over to| GHICAGO, Sept. 25. —P— The the U. 8. Marshal's office on “‘iI"BI last night arrested a Chicago telegraphic warrant from Sitka |np indicted in Santa Fe, N. M., on charging them with alleged petii | parges of violating the Atomic larceny. | Energy Act, by stealing “classitied { The two men were working on a | papers ” construction job at Sitka and were | The arrest of John Lepman, 26, accused of the alleged theft of | personal belongings from ] workmen. They will probably ba[man.\ home in the Belden-Strat- returned to Sitka for trial. ford Hotel in the Lincoln Park dis- ' R AR trict. Lepman is the son of Henry M |Lepman, a Chicago millinery com- 'New H g Next vz ovue: | | pany owner. ] ew ea"n ex | Lepman is charged with stealing | government property and with vio- week, Anne"e (raSh {lating the Atomic Energy Act, both WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— | Federal offenses. The Civil Aeronautics Board ~will | Ay hold another ‘hearing in Seattle next Wednestlay into the crash of E g ( ( I a Pan American DC-4 at Annette u ene o ow esl Island, Alaska, last Oct. 27, in which . Iw{;ll 17 occupants of the plane were ‘Dean o' llgh' pera’ 1killed. | The hearing will be in the Fed- p A Bo | eral office building. Passes Vlav, sion = ->oe — | R D Bi l d | BOSTON, Sept. 25-—(P—Eugene ‘Dufy Bars Lowered, ¢ cove: s ione acun or amer- | . s ! 2 ter a protracted iliness { MANILA, Sept. 25—(® -Customs when he was a light opera star in 'Collector Melecio Fabros announced |the '90s—"“Forgotten'—is a popular 'today that American made goods |favorite on radio request programs coming to the Philippines through| During World War I his song helped sell thousands of dollar worth of war bonds, will be admitted free of duty he stopped in this Nevada city en gambling s to Powning Park, Wirephoto. SNOW FALLS 'WIDE AREA: CHICAGO, Sept -m - Snow fell in parts of the Mountain and West Coast States today. A cool belt extended from the Eastorn Rockles to the Atlantic Coast. | The U. S, Weather Bureau re- fported falls of snow, some mixed with rain, at Great Falls and Butte, Mont.; Reno and Austin, Nev., and Burns, Ore. | Temperatures dropped to around \freezing over some midwest and {New England areas in the carly morning SNOW IN JINUEAU AR®A This section has had a snow fall also, but all up ip the mountains, {although out the road the snow is jdown to the timberline. Mount Ju- neau, Mount Roberts and Mount {Jumbo are topped by the snow. i -+ | BIG PROBE (OMING U | -CHICAGO, Sept. 25—(P—A Fed- |eral Grand Jury on Thursday will ‘tegin an investigation of the far- | flung DuPont industrial empire This ceme to light with the serv- | | | fe | porations. It was learned that simi- lar subpoenas are expected to be served on three more companies. The five already served are G- \eral Motors Corporation, Detroit; other | was made by Federal agents in Lep- ' U. S. Rubber Company, New York; | Ethyl Corporation, New York; North American Aviation, 'wood, Calif., and Kinetic Chemicals, Inc, of Wilmington, Del. R TOP COMMANDERS, - U. 5. AIR FORCE CALLED TO MEET | MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Sept. 25— (P The U. S. Air Force has called {its top commanders, both at home ‘zmd abroad, to a conference early next month i The announcement came yester- University at Maxwell Air Force {base. The meeting will be held Oct. 1-13 | No reason for the conference was ch meetings for the inter- angd prob- diselosed except. that are held periodically |change of mutual idea 1lems.” of subpoenas for five large cor- n- | Inc., of Ingle-| here! SAME OLD BULL GETS " HANDED OUT Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Wants Arm- ed Forces Cut By LOUIS NEVIN PARIS, Sept. 25.—MP— Russia proposed today that the five ma- Jor powers reduce their armed forced by third inside of one year. Accusing the United States, Brit- ain and France of trying to iso- late Russia by means of military alliances, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky asked the United Nations General Assem- bly to set up an international con- trol body to supervise reduction or armgments of armed forces and prohibition of atomic weapons. Vishinsky said he proposed this resolution in order to strengthen the cause of peace and eliminate “the threat of a new war foment- ed by expansionists and other re- actionary elements.” The expan- sionists, he.contended, all are west of the Iron Curtain. When Vishinsky finished, U. 8. Chief Delegate Warren ‘R. Austin commented : “It's the sanme old stuff. He came with his speech all written |out and just touched it up after i hearing the dignified form of Gen. ¢ Marshall's remarks.” U. 8. Secretary of State George {C. Marshall to days ago told the ,Assembly United States patience in international . crises must not be limerpretcd as a sign:of weakness. | Vishinsky's speech today. i Sir Alexander Cadogan of Brit- 'Mn, President of the Security Coun- cll, said Vishinsky “covered all the lold points. It was a counterattack {on the points on which they have ibcen the worst offenders.” | PARIS, Sept. 25— Hector I McNeil, British Minister of State, !was the only big five representa- (tve to applaud Andrei Y. Vishin- sky's U. N. Assembly speech today. { He said he clapped because he Ithought a bit of politeness was due. RUSSIANS SEND NOIE, BLOCKADE | i i i | { i PARIS, Sept. 25.-#—American !suurces sald today Russia has re- plied to the Western power note on | Berlin | John Foster Dulles, member of ithe United States delegation to the | United Nations General Assembly !session here, told a reporter he Lundersv.ood the text of the note was ibeing transmitted from Washington to Paris. i It was presumed here the Soviet Ambassador to Washington handed Russia’s reply to the State Depart- ment some time today. (At the State Department in Washington officials said no com- munication had been received from the Soviet Ambassador). D g \Whitfier Inspecied | By Maj. Gen. Craig | WHITTIER, Alaska, Sept. 25— M-—Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig, In- spector General, Department of the Army, inspected the port and post facilities at this all-year port here and said he believed an “excellent job* was being done. “No other organization is more essential to the proper function- ing of the army on the Alaskan mainland than the port of Whit- tier,” he said. He and his party returned to An- san light opera, died last night af- day from headquarters of . the Air |chorage by rail. D - LABOR MAN LEAVES John A. Scott of the Wage, Hour and Public Contracts Division of ithe U. 8. Department of Labor left {this week for Los Angeles. Scott has been on temporary duty in Alaska since June 10,