The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 29, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVII L, NO. 11,003 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, . ————————————m DAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ———— = SHOWDOWN WITH RUSSIA NOW STARTED “Hundreds of Miles Faster than Sound™ WOMAN PILOTIN (RACK UPi | Wreckage of_Missing Plane from Anchorage Located ! —No Sians of Life EDMONTON, Alta, Sept. 29— —A missing light plane in which Mrs. A. L. Lintner, Anchorage, Al- aska, and her son were flying to the States, has been sighted wreck- ed about 45 miles from Fort Nelson, B. C., Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters announced today. ‘The maroon Stinson aircraft was lying ot its back a few hundred yards from the Alaska Hmhway.\ which Mrs. Lintner planned to fol- low on her trip south. Two searching planes, part of a reyen-plane party, radioed theysaw Do signs of life around the wreck- age, air - force headquarters said. A ground party left immediately for the scene. The two left Watson Lake, Y. T, on the hop to Fort Nelson but ap- parently ran into snow storms on the 250-mile flight, and were re- ported overdue Monday. Mrs. Lintner was bound for Wash- , D. C, where she planned ta‘ her son, Mike, in Georgetown; Hreparatory school. She then was to bayve joined her husband for :' flight to the Orient. Mike was in; the sixth grade last year. ‘ The Anchorage, Alaska, Women Club had elected Mrs. Lintner presi- | dent in May, n office she resigned when the Orient flight was ar-! 1 i She had™ Hlownthe same * plane from the United States to Alaska last summer. "Doc’ Walker (ampaigning, This Section N, R. (Doc) Walker, Democratic, candidate for .re-election to the’ Territorial Senate, is campaigning in this part of Southeast Alaska. Last night he addressed a stand- ing-room-only audience at Sitka, according to reports, and made a] splendid impression regarding his platform. i Doc. Walker campaigned in Skag- | { i Juneau and immediately flew toi Sitka. | Doc may return to Juneau andl make another radio talk as his last; one was well received, —_—— C OF C TOMORROW ' 'The regular meeting of the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce will be held tomorrow noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Rou- tine business matters are on the( sgenda for the.meeting. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc) ASHINGTON— President Tru- man has been privately turning on the heat to ease out his Chief of - Staff, 73-year-old elder states- man Adm. William D. Leahy. Mr. Truman, who hates to fire anyone, recently called in Leahy's close friend, -Adm. Louis Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations and the mén who really runs the Navy.! Addressing Denfeld as “Lou,” al-{ though he usually calls him "Afl-i miral,” Truman said: “Lou, I want you to do some- thing for me, I want you to ask Leahy to retire. ', “1 liké the old man,” the Presi- dent continued, “but’ he’s outgrown ! his usefulness. T just hate to do| this, but you can find a way of suggesting, it fo him. When I first came-here, he offered to resign and i (Continued on Page Four) | 1 Atr way and Haines on Monday, speak- Al ing to good turnouts, returned to W On the Road Little Pamela Lamphere, 23 months old, lies wide-eyed in her crib at Cook County Hospital, Chicago, first of three operations to correct born with her bladder cutside of Mrs. Fred Lamphere, recently went whether to have the operations performed. ## Wirephoto. SUPPY SHIP 1S LOADING fo Recovery Wil Only Have Abagt 2, 000 Tons - Union:Man - SaysAIask_an_sWa“r’ned : SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—®-- The Square Sinnet, relief ship for Nome, probably will be less thah half loaded at scheduled sailing time at 6 pm. tomorrow night, 8l Alaska Steamship Co. official said The vessel was released through an agreement between striking| maritime unions and the company, with employer groups approving s0 that it could take needed supplies to Nome and the Norton Sound |area before ice blocks water trans- portation, “We will be lucky if we have 12,000 tons of cargo when it sails™; !the spokesman said. “The ship ifll‘ ¢ | carry 5,000 tons. It will not be a i profitable trip.” Alaskans Wanted Alaskans, given good warning of ithe impending tieup during last summer’s negotiations and the 80- ‘day injunctioin which temporar- jily halted it, apparently had stock-{ ted up on their needs, he said. | This is the X-1 rocket plane in flight over Muroc Field, Calif., recentl: that the X-1 “has flown hundreds of miles faster than the speed of MISS AMERICA CHALLENGE IN HOLLYWOOD ISSUED BY 2 where she is recovering from the 1 a condition with which she was her body. Her parents, Mr. and to court when they couldn't agree L Juneau fo Gef Four Non-Stop s with Sealtle Each PAA Flights wi Week Slgylin T0 PROBE CRASH T0 WESTWARD | cities their Weather Plane Smashes ’ Up in Landing af Shemya | -3 of Crew Missing | FAIRBANKS, Sepr. 29.—®-The Force is investigating today | B-29 weather plane crash in! which three airmen are missing. 1 Ten others escaped when the, plane piled up during a landing approach at Shemya in the extreme | Western Aleutians. | It was with the 375th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron here. The | accident was the first since Aretic/ { The agreement between the com-! ‘pany and unions provided only that relief cargo could be taken north. | Eoods, miscellaneous merchandise; ! lubricating ofl and - some .army cargo have been loaded ahoard. Unien Man In North William Geunfi region dlrcctm" of - the ~striking union, said a union representative g on odober 1 }wns in Alaska six months before | PRESIDENT {Wants Repfifi(ans Show - Evidence of Commun- +y. st Dangers (By The Associated Press) President Truman challenged the | Republicans last night to furn- ish “real evidence” instead of| “speeches” on Communist dangers lin this country 1 | &, 7 {the tieup to warn residents and to; fadvise them to stock supplies. ¢ { “We don't believe there should ( SEATTLE, Sept. 20—®— NeWipe any critical shortages generally, Alaska schedules which will gIVe|pecause we notified the people up major northern cities non-stop|there,” he said. “We are also load- connections with Seattle will 80{ing quite a few small independent into effect October 1, D. E. Mc-{ghins and barges going to Alaska.’" Gov. notiee t heme, served { On a different {Thomas E. Dewey Morran, regional traffic manager | PSSR R 2 S 1 4 ) e o 3 ithat there will be no compromise _DI e ]Ammca" :‘vo:(l’g Airways} jof American principles. and unity | A0, Bewile. aundiiips ke 1 |in the dispute with Russia over | Ketchikan, Juneau and Fair-{ Berlin { banks each have been allocated a! : DC-4 Clipper for round trip, direcc‘ flights to Seattle. { “The new service will give these | own air connectionsi with the states, independent of schedules or weather conditions elsewhere,” McMorran said. Direct, round-trip ilights to’ Ketchikan wiil be made three times | weekly; Yo Juneau four times a week and to Fairbanks five weekly flights will be made. In addition, the airline will main‘l‘ tain schedules stopping at Mr. Truman, striking back at GOP attacks on hjs administra-! | luon'.s handling of subversive activ- FlAG lEAD:wmmg ally of Communists” the | i $ | The President added that the| Gordon and Ken Keltner drove in'.suc they think confusion and. i BOOSTI"G iities, charged in an Oklahoma City fcampaign address that as “the un- Republican party has hurt national | security. | {Communists want the Republicans | = CLEVELAND, Sept. 20.—®— Jo¢|1o win the November elections be- | all Cleveland’s runs with a home | y.iro will follow. allfrun and a double: aplece to lead | .yyery ridiculous,” retorted Re- points, including Whitehorse and|the Indians to a 5-2 victory over|,uitican Semator Ferguson, Mich- | . - Nome. " {the Chicago White Sox today ligan, who heads an investigating ! A special cargo and mail service| Bob Feller went the distance 107 committee looking into the govern- will be operated three times weekly |njs 19th triumph, which enable | jone loyalty program. Ferguson to Fairbanks, supplementing the|the Tribe to protect their American | gaiq it is his party that has space available on daily passenger[ungue lead' qf two games Over pagn “leading the fight against| flights. iBoston and New York. | Cammunism in America.” “The same frequency of service | ot | members CHARGES GIVEN TO ~ UNTODAY | i Western Powers Place Is- sue of Berlin Blockade to High Organization (By The Associated Fress) The dle was case in the Western showdown with Russia today. The United States, Britain and France formally placed the Berlin issue before the United Nations. Gravely, in three identical notes, the Western powers charged that Russia’s blockade of Berlin was a menace to world peace. This action by the Soviet gov- ernment is contrary to its obliga- tions under’ Article Two of the charter of the United Nations and icreates a threat to peace within the meaning of Chapter Seven of the: charter,” the charge read. The notes * said the Western powers “made every effort to re- solve their difference directly with the Soviet government” before i‘plflmnx the dispute before the U. N, Illegal Measures The issue in Berlin was not over technical communications or cur- rency, the notes said, but the fact I“the Soviet government has shown by its actions that it is attempting lb_v illegal and coercive measure, in i disregard of its obligations, to secure political objectives to, which it is jnot entitled, and. which it could 'imn achieve by peaceful means.” -48) revealed y. The Air Force (9: seund.” (# Wirephoto, NEW STRIKE /Boilermakers May Walk- out asWage Negofiations { The Russians, the note said, % sought to reduce the st; - Have BrokenDawn i o o i ke g e b oo - in Berlin to “ofie of ‘complete sub- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, —(®— | ordination to Soviet rule,” to obtain AFL Bollermakers, of seven West- | absolute autiority over the people ern states, have voted strike nu-'(or Berlin and incorporate the city thorization after the breakdown of [in the Soviet zone. ; wage negotiations, but a union of- — e ticial today voiced hope there would g ibe no strike. EMERGE A strike could affect employees! & of 369 construction firms with which e WETEY i the umipn was negotiating, | FOOD IRlp ‘ i 4 However, International Vice Pres- ident Tom ‘Crowe of Los Angelss, | Says: “There is still a chance we won't i strike. The disputes may be set-| | tleq by individual contractors or we may resume negotiations on an over-all basis." SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—P— The | Three of the majur contractors|first emergency food . flight by ' involved in negotiations which were | Alaska Alrlines carried 17,000 {broken off Monday were the Mor- Pour.is of cargo, airlines officials {rison-Knudsen Company, Atkinson 5aid today. & Jones, and C. C. Moore. It included: 10,000 pounds of foodstuffs, main~ All three are handling sub-con- eggs, produce, and meat; itracts on the atomic plant at Han- 2,800 pounds dircraft equipment; (ford, Wash., but there appearedi284 pounds clothing; 191 pounds little likelihood that a strike, if one ! notions; 3,170 pounds miscellaneous should develop, would affect the{merchandise; 215 pounds liquor; }plam. ; jand an assortment of personal ef- | Edgar P. Rainbow, busi fects, flowers and printed forms. for Local 6, San Franci It was piloted by Capt. Floyd of the negotiating com-|wacha of Anchorage, who returned mittee, said: “It is not our policy”{last week with three crewmen from ly ! l.)ohnnle and Martha Willard, Weather Missions began in March will be maintained during the win- of last year, Ladd Field officials|ter slack season and during peak said. | summer months,” McMorran said. Names of the victims are being | “Substantial winter fare reductions withheld until relatives have been|Of 25 percent going into effect Oc- notified. ! tober 15, should stimulate travel ———.———— during this season.” e o000 e 0 7 0 o 0 : 2'ASSASSINS OF SIAM ® WEATHER REPORT ¢, a (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAD) . | e ® Temperatures for 24-Hour Period @ KING m To IR' Al' e In Juneau— Maximum, 50; e : s : MORE DELAY DENIED ® At Airport— Maximum, 52; d ® minimum, 27. b . . FORECAST e | BANGKOK, Sept. 29.—®— The . (Juneau and Vicinity) . “long-delayed trial of three men ac- ® Mostly cloudy with light e cused of assassinating King Anan- e rain tonight and Thursday. e da Mahidol of Siam in 1946, has ® Not much change in tem- e |opened after two defense requests ® perature. Increasing south- for delays were denied. e easternly winds Thursday e' Consequently, Chaliew Pratunu- ® becoming 15 to 20 mph. dos, who was secretary to the king, e PRECIPITATION o and two former servants in the @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | king's«household, faced their accus- e In Juneau — None; since ers without an attorney. e Sept. 1, 1758 inches; since e! Defense attorneys withdrew when e July 1, 29.90 inches. e the court refused them a 45-day postponement. The young king was found shot o dead in bed in the royal palace, 3 |a still-smoking pistol by his side. —— ® At the Airport — None; e since Sept. 1, 1199 inches; o since July 1, 20.34 inches. ® ® 0o 6 0 0 0 0 o S METCALF TO KETCHIKAN Frank Metcalf, Territorial High- way Engineer, left for Ketchikan yesterday via Alaska Coastal Air- lines. He will inspect road work near Ketchikan and a float that is under construction at Craig before his return to Juneau next week. [Y MARRIAGE PERFORMED Miss Cecilia Donnelly and Dan- iel Klanott, both of Haines, were married yesterday aiternoon in the . 8. Commissioner'’s office by Judge Felix Gray. Witnesses were ‘ PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29 # Rookie Hank Bauer poled a three- jrun home in the sixth inning today (to pace the New York Yankees to a "4-2 victory over the Philadel-| phia A’s. The triumph enabled |Lhe Yanks to keep their flickering lpennnnt hopes alive. LT | BOSTON, Sept. 20—P— The Boston Red Sox fanned their faint pennant hopes today by thumping Washington 5-1 as Eilis Kinder got by with an 11-hitter. BROOKLYN, Sept. 29.—(#— Jeif Heath, outfielder hitting .319 for the pennant winning Boston Braves <suffered an apparent fracture of ithe left ankle in the sixth inning of today’s game with the Brooklynl Dodgers and probably will be lost to his team in the coming world series, OTHER BASEBALL Pittsburgh, at St. Louis, after- noon game, postponed, rain. Boston 4, Brooklyn 3, National League. ————— LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29.—#P— Hedy Lamarr has dropped at $200,- 00 damage suit against Look Maga- zine. Her attorney, Jerry Giesler, filed a dismissal of the action in Super- ior Court yesterday. He declined to give the reason. The actress had charged Look lwuh indicating she had undergone iplasm: surgery on her nose. Dewey On World Affairs Dewey, the GOP Presidential | nominee, previously had promised to | reut Communists who “have risen to positions of trust in our g |ernment.” laid | his | The New York Governor {heavy stress qn world affairs in k I (Continued on P_m;;”f‘wew FRED WEST PASSESON, KETCHIKAN st | ! KETCHIKAN, Sept. 20.—(#—Fred | |R. West, 58, prominent in civie,| business and fraternal activities' {here, died Monday night after a stroke. He was a Past Exalted Ruler of the Ketchikan Eks, a| Mason, director of the Red Cross| and President of the Ketchikan Merchants Association. His widow, Ethel, three stepsons | and two sisters, Jennie West andi Mrs. Vernon Towne, Rosalia, Wash,, | survive. « | John Walmer, longtime friend of | Pred West, has received informa- | tion that the funeral services will| be held tomorrow afternoon at 2! o’clock. Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler the Elks in Southeast Alaska. | of HOLLYWOOD, BROADWAY, and marriage are all secondary to music for 18-year-old Beatrice (“Bebe”) Shopp, newly crowned | Miss America, who says her pri- mary attentions will go to a musi- | cal education. Her advice to fu- ture Miss America candidates { “Just be your own sweet self.” | Bebe is shown modeling a swim | suit in Los Angeles, where she and her mother have gone for a visit. (International Soundphoto) Mayor Devin Makes Appeal for Moving Su‘pplies fo Alaska SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—/—Mayor William F. Devin disclosed today he had appealed to both the CIO- Longshoremen’s union and the Waterfront Employes' Association to keep essential shipments moving to Alaska. “The City of Seattle feels it owes an obligation to the people of Al- aska to do everything within its power to keep “these lines of com- receive necessary and vital plies,” said Devin. sup= .to strike government projects. | Memkers of the union are em- ployed on many construction jokts !in California, Weshington, Oregon, ‘Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Alaska. Rainbow said the union at the final meeting with employers had held fast to its demand for a 25- cent an hour increase while the em- ployers offered 15 cents, The basic scale is $2.15 an hour ALASKA NOT INVOLVED SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—M—A. F. O'Neill, business representative of Seattle Local 104, AFL-Boilermak- ers union, said today no work in Alaska will be involved, at pres- ent, in the strike, scheduled for Monday A IO S BT = ALASKA (OASTAL GOES ON WINTER SCHEDULE Alaska Coastal Airlines will go on winter flying schedule Friday, 0. P. Benecke, office manager, an- nounced today One flight will te made to Sitka daily, except Sunday, Benecke said, with departure time changed from 2 to 3 o'clock. Coastal will continue daily flights from Juneau to Haines and Skagway this winter. These flights were cancelled last season. Service to small population cen- ters will be reduced to once a week, Benecke said, however, Coastal will West. was former District \merce open, in order that they may te glad to accommodate passengers to these cities on fare basis whenever necessary. a Westover Field, Mass., where they have been flying the Westover- Frankfurt leg of the U. S.-Berlin aerial supply route. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—(P—Clos- {ing quotation of Alaska Juneau {mire stock today is 3'<, American Can 82, Anaconda 35, Curtiss- Wright 10’5, International Harvest- er 277%, Kennecott 50's, New York Central 16%, Nortnern Pacific 197, S. Steel 79%, Pound $4.08%. Sales today were 820,000 shares. * Averages today are as follows: industrials 179, rails 5885, utilities 34.36 >oe Hislorical Fad Given PARIS, Sept. 29.—®—Foot- note to history: Sept. 28, 1938—Britain, France, Italy and Germany sign the Munich Pact, appeasing Hitler by the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia and paving the way for World War IIL Sept. 28. 1948—Britain, France, and United States, rejecting appeasement of Russia, places German crisis before United ! Nations as a threat of World | War HL