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

I THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1948 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 11,016 PRICE TEN CENTS Defenses of Alaska, Pacific Areas Discussed ELECTION RESULTS DISCUSSED Democrats, Republicans| Make Claims - More Returns Coming In Democratic and Republican lead- CASE OF MURDER (DEVELOPS IN NAME IN WOMAN'S DEATH NOME, Alaska, Oct. 14—(P—Au- thorities said yesterday that a wom- an found dead in her burning home here Monday ,had been bludgeoned to death. The victim was Luella Grant, cook at the Federal jail here. Officers said an autopsy showed several deep breaks in the skull, apparently caused by a sharp, heavy |instrument. They said the fire in ithe dwelling apparently had been: ATHDIVISION RETURNS ARE REPORTED Fairbanks I?eTurns Minus i 100 Votes and 12 Out- lying Precincts Election returns have been re- ceived from the Fourth Jadicial Di- vision, with 100 Fairbanks votes yet to be counted, and balloting from 12 ‘outlying precincts not yet known. The voting there, to date, gives | Bartlett 2,172 votes; Stock 352; Wil- iliams 1408, Peterson 978; Boyle 1,672, Goetz 745; MacDonald 1,550 and Metcalf 937. John Butrovich, Jr., (R) with ers disputed today the significance [started to destroy evidence of the of Alaska’s slowly mounting election |slaying. The rear door of the house With Democrats elected to the|truder had forced his way into the tour Territory-wide offices, Gov. Er- (home. of the “As Alaska goes, so goes the | Nation” precedent, that the trend| tory in the November election. | Henry A. Benson, Secretary of thei WAR (RIME RAP' Alaska Republican Central Commit- U Legislature, asserting: | “Early returns indicate Republi~ he jittle man in Japan is now returns. |had been broken, indicating an in- nest Gruening claimed, on the basis; presaged a national Democratic wc-!ll.r'lE jAps TAKE tee, hailed the election returns asi DEFE“SE COUNSH showing Republican gains in thei cans have increased their member-itaying the rap in Japanese war crim- | ship in the Alaska Senate and will jng) trials, according to former Maj. exercise control in the next legis-'p B Rogers, criminal investigator lature. |and defense counsel for the War 11,661 votes, leads in the race for the two Senate seats, Frank Barr (D) next with 1492. Jesse D. Lander (D) polled 913 votes, Clarence J. | Woofter (R) 783. Balloting o w Iive represen- Franklin (D) leading with 1457 votes, followed by A. F. (Joe) Coble (R) 1233; Walter S. Calhoun (R) tatives to be elected shows Glen D., «“Individual Republican candidates Crimes Commission in Japan for in every district are leading in the race for both Senate and House.” In citing the value of Alaska elec- tions as a national political barome- ter, Goverhor Gruening declared: “In no presidential year since the Harding election has the Delegate elected in Alaska been of a differ- ent party from the President chosen by the Nation.” Lew Williams, Secretary of the'crimes, itorial Canvassing Board, esti-: ;:r;:m;:; total vouxwul be close! Ending of trials is scheduled for | to 20,000, on. the basls of incom- plete returns.’ He safd the largest !mms up a score of new cases wmcn; e in turn bring up a score more, per- urns from ecincts o it |petuating the trials which have| ‘ Y previous vete was 16,979 in 1946. show Delegate E. L. Bartlett, a non- voting Congressman, leading his Republican opponent, R. H. Stock,| of Anchorage, 13,657 to 3,821 J. Gerald Williams, Democratic candidate for Attorney General,| leads Republican Almer J. Peter- son, 10,198 to 6,482. 1,234; Essie R. Dale (D) 1226 and 118 months. George Miscovich (R) 1,140. Warren | Rogers, who arrived here with his|A. Taylor (D) and Robert Hoopes {wife from Seattle Tuesday, said yes-, (D) tie for sixth honors, each hav- |terday that privates and sergeants|ing 1,122 votes. Training are Frank ‘are being hung while bigger game|Angerman (D) with 1089; Alden {is going free. iJ. Wilbur (R) 1,047 and Lawrence { Most Japs consider the trials a|W. Meath (R) 824. i“farce,” Rogers said. He added that{ In the advisory vote, 2,362 ballots (it is apparent that most safeguards | were for abolising fish traps, 214 for icommon to American courts are de- | their continuation. nied prisoners charged with war e g e |December of this year, Rogers said, | Ibut instigation of investigations {been going on for more than two! years. i Only cases of unlawful killings are; pRE('N(TS IN {being brought into war crimes | courts now, he said, adding that m—! i vestigators are finding plenty of! these. ‘Democrats Last case which he handled, Rog- G;l in Anchor- NAVY MANEUVERS INALASKA WATERS TO BE ONLY MINOR Exercises Aih\&i at Testing Clothing Equipment and Personnel WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—(®—The Navy says that exercises to be held inext February in Alaskan waters are minor in size and aim- ed at testing clothing, equipment Conferences SHIP STRIKE Are Heldin ~ ISTAKENUP - CoastStrike COF C MEET BLOCKADE LIFT NOW DEMANDED UN Securitymncil Told to' ) | | | | | Prompects of i euis era 1o e SUPPOM Separate Seffle-! men Only If It Won't 43:day West Coast maritime strike Act by Three West- 1is a chance, says Allan S. Hay- H L ern Powers g, Natoar Cio araniing 1 Aid Communists tor. | — i The United States, Britain and|employer representatives to otfer|agreed to support a separate Al-' France were reported dralting to- 11 agreement underwritten by the|aska settlément between the Seattle day a demand that the United|National CIO to end the strike. |CIO-TLWU and the Seattle ship- i are “not too ‘hopeful,” but there (By The Associated Press) ' ){nywocd met yesterday with four| The Chamber of Commerce today Nations Security Council act to lift e - | owners only if such a settlement conditions. No more than 12 fighting ships and less than 12,000 men, includ- and personnel under cold weather | sequently shifted ground by impos=# WASHINGTON. Oct. 14— Alaska operators in their refusal | weather operations and experiments ing new demands, including control of the Berlin air lift. Russian Block The Council meets tomorrow on the issue. A Russian veto could jand probably will block any posi='y,. otified Senator Magnuson (D- | munist affidavits; and that “this| tive action. Meantime, the Palestine question came up for airing because of per- sistent Jewish and Arab breaches in the U. N. truce. The Communists kept Berlin in a turmoil. One of their spokes- men predicted the city's elected central government will fall to pleces soon. Russian Feedii.g Proposal The Berlin radio, which Russia runs, said Soviet Maj. Gen. Alex- ander Kotikov renewed his offer to feed and sheat all Berlin, includ- ing the Western zones. The 2,000, 000 Western Berliners now being fed by the expensive air lift, which also is bringing in a trickle .of coal, have shown disinterest in such Russian offers. Walkouts The Communist-led French coal strike continued. = Walkouts .in other French industries such as railroads appeared to be ending. A Frank A. Boyle, incumbent Demo- | ) Case cratic ‘Auditor, leads Republican Al-;érS said, involved 18 Japanese, in- bert E. Goetz, 10,746 to 5,618. icludifig high ranking officers of a Frank H_ Metcalf, incumbentNiDarm for the beating, mistreating Democratic Highway Ehgineer, leads and causing the death of an Army 3 Air Force officer who parachuted i blican, Donald L. MacDonald, Repul Itrom a plane in July, 1945. 9419 to 7,748. | About post-war Japan, Rogers ( age Area-Heavy Vote f Against Traps Election results in 36 of the 69 ‘precincts in the Third Judicial Di- Voters favored a referendum to; aid, there is no starvation. The|vision give Bartlett 5974 votes; akolish fish-traps by a count of “":,ml,i are rebuilding quickly, not|Stock 1622; Willilams 4,825, Peter- i : 545 to 1,717. |permanent constructions but ade- jSon 2,498; Boyle 4,229, Goetz 2,181; In his statement from the Re- publican standpoint, differing sharply with Democratic claims of the election significance, Benson says: “Doris ‘Barnes of Wrangell is elected with the largest vote ever recorded for the House. The prob- able election of Republican Anita Garnick “'marks the entry of the first woman elected to the Alaska Senate, (Continued on Page Five) The Washington| | Metcalf 4,044 and MacDonald 3,264. The former Major lived for sev-| For two places in the Territorial eral months in Tokyo where he|Senate Julius C. Morris (R) re- said, army men “never had it so|ceived 2,829 votes; William H. Ol- jgood.” In bombed-out Yokohama(sen (R) 2,706; Walter E. Huntley {quarters were adequate and !ocd"D) 4,063, and Steve McCutcheon Igood. (D) 4615. Rogers was in the Navy during the| Balloting for the seven repre- i“shooting war” and entered the|sentatives to ke named shows Jack Judge Advocate General division jConright (D) 3,996; William A. Egan after VJ day. He and his wife plani (D) 4,030; Clarence P. Keating (D) to make their home in Juneau. 4,132; Stanley J. MecCutcheon (D) INVESTIGATION 5= ;quat.e for the time being. neth E. O'Hara (R)' 1,668; Olaf, A. Olson (R) 2,776; Thorwald Osbo (R) 2212; Alfred A. Owen, Jr, (D) 3,- 580; C. A. Pollard (D) 4,020; Gerrit (Heinie) Snider (R) 3,578; M. D. CONTINUES IN THOMAS DEATH Investigation into the death ot Phyllis Thomas is continuing under 'ASHINGTON — Chief Justice |the direction of the U. S. Marshal's Merry - Go- Round' Bv DREW PEARSON ht, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, (Copyrig! = Fred B. Vinson is not going toiand the District Attorney’s office.| S Moséow and his name, therefore,{No further information has been will ' not become a by-word with ldiscovered by the authorities, and the Russian people. Down in Vir-|Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter G. ginia, however, his name is so well |[Hellan stated” today that no one known that it caused a Virginia | has teen detained for questioning. Snodgrass (R) 3,310; Lee C. Bettin-, ger (R) 3477, and C. Chester Carl- son (D) 4,250. - In the referendum vote, 6,705 voted ‘o abolish fish traps, 448 to continue jthem. { ———— e e 00 00 0cCc o 00 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 34-Hour Period In Juneau— Maximum, 46; traffic cop to rub his eyes. Among the students at Washing- ton and Lee University happen to be the grandson of a late famous Virginia Senator, the great grand- son of famed Civil War hero, andl the 'son of a Chief Justice. All three were riding together near Lexington, Va. when arrested for : inimum, 38. The coroner’s inquest will not be|® ™ 3 ; held until next week, Hellan said|® At Alrport— Maximum, 46; {e minimum, 38. {today. Mrs. Thomas was found in |Gastineau Channe] Tuesday after- Inoon and had apparently been in the water between 10 and 12 hours. An autopsy was performed yesterday ‘mominz by Dr. Joseph Rude and Dr. John Clements, Députy Marshal Hellan stated today that there is FORECAST (Jubeau and Vielnlty) Thursday afternoon and Friday, cloudy with occa- sional rain showers. Tem- peratures about the same with the low tonight about . . . ie . . speeding. 5 The policeman, proceeding book them, asked their names, “Robert E. Lee IV, replied the first student. It happened that he was tell- 39 and the high tomorrow morning around 46. South- easterly winds 5 to 15 mph tonight, increasing to 20-25 mph Friday moruing. PRECIPITATION no reason to suspect foul play inj connection with the death of Mrs.|® Thomas. ] » Mrs. Thomas was fully clothed at the time of her death. Her body was discovered in Gastineau Channel to ing the truth. The traffic cop ntar Norway Bol 4 e @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today y nt at 2:30 o’clock looked up quiszically, but wrote | IR0 FECR OV Uty |o In Juneau — 41 inches; the name down, then ask i {® since Oct. 1, 639 inches; the next name. A g i e since July 1, 3620 inches. “Carter Glass III" was i Ge ( d"d ® At Airport — 27 inches; ply. rman on or' e since Oct. 1, 347 inches; The cop wrote the name down, e since July 1, 24.12 inches. ©000000% 0000000000 0%00000®r00 then queried the third student. “What's yours?” “Fred M. Vinson, young Vinson. “Then my name'’s Napoleon, Composer Is I)eadi BERLIN, Oct. 14.—Siegmund von' / BALTIMORE MAN » ex- Hassegger, 76, German conductor Dr. Arthur Monninger of Balti- Jr.” replied ! | million government workers struck for more pay in Italy, and the ions muttered about a nationwide general strike. Some 9,000 German transport workers walked out in the Ameri- can zone state of Hesse. Commie Leader Killed Communist leader Setiadjit was reported killed in the Red revolt on Java. Acting Gov. H. J. Van Mook of Indonesia resigned. Re- liable sources said the Dutch gov- ernment had by-passed him for two weeks on its actions in the East Indies. Lebannon and Syria recognized the Ralestine Arab government set up at Gaza. Prisoners of war returning to Austria said Russian efforts to con- vert Austrian and German captives to Communism are “failing miser- ably.” 'Communist. head of Italian un-, The Maritime Commission wi.ll‘“’ consider any separate ofter; Bnd,he said. | consider soon in a closed session |that we should further support all The exact location of the exer- ‘the need for revivia of shipbulldmg}"r the employers in their refusal to cises was not given, but he said it !on the Pacific Coast. | negotiate with any maritime union would be close to American bases | { Commissioner Joseph K. Carsnn,‘“““l its officers sign non-Com- | in Alaska. No Army personnel will take {Wash) today he has suggested w;chamber would so advise the em-'part in the training | bis fellow members that they Con_‘ployers and others interested; and The ships will be headed by 8 sider the need of regionally allo-;that although we feel that a re- carrier and supported by a heavy cating ship construction under ' Sumption of shipping to Alaska at|cruiser, a squadron of destroyers such a plan West Coast shipyards the earliest possible date is vital and probably no more than one Euuw get a share along with those 0 the welfare of A_la.ska and its submarine, he .\ald: ;on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. Ipvople_‘ the ls§ue against Commun-: In addition landing craft, attack 1 is of first importance; onltransport and a cargo ship, plus‘ IKEY MEN MEETING IN TOKYO {Commanders of Northern Section Confer at Session with Gerl.'fla(Arthur By FRANK L. WHITE TOKYO, Ocl. 14.—P—Ameri- n commanders in the Pacific jand Alaska discussed measures to prevent another Pearl Harbor in a the Russian blockade of Berlin, ol |will not weaken the position ofing under 2,000 marines, will take ’ 3 Mediation efforts have broken m“l[n'“fi the shipowners in their battle part, an ofticial said. ::ll[:‘g (‘Z{\o::lp D:Mrf' c:‘nlfl*:tn:u down. The Kremlin rejected overs 1 against Communism. In response to questions, h”pndmg '(oda e e ir’ itures of the six neutral powers on|. The resolution passed by a vote said there is no significance toi The robl);m of Pacific defen: the Security Council Russia.asks| pA(IH( COASI of 28 to 3 and its conclusion - as|the fact the exercises will be(, -5 PEORER Of PRCHE Cele o ed that the West drop its charges! ’ “ . . . Chamber should not sup-|held closer to Russian | !orrnorv\m gA o N" V. ST 28 and that negotiations revert to] |port the offer of the maritime un-'than any previous fleet exerci: i dl”“y‘!h fl.‘g :nd Alr(ean the Aug. 30 Four-Power agreement ! IAKE up BY M( ions to operate ships to Aiaska;! In the Pacific the Navy has only ,;uan "_K re, |°"_ wes:m b at Moscow, on which Russia sub- | and that it should support the:the Alaskan area to practice cold- | i, Wstern frontiers of the United States. Airforce Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, commanding the Alaska defenses, and Vice Admiral John L. McCrea, Deéputy Commander of the U. S. Pacific Fleet, met with General MacArthur for three days. They met within view of Japan's imperial palace grounds—just across the moat from the big white building housing Allied headquart- ers—where the Dec. 7, 1941, attack jon the U. 8. Pacific Fleet receiv- ed final sanction. Points Considered 'al i ,lsm = {of Pacitic ‘Gosst - shipbulding 1| e other Band, if a concesson by |rockelfiing landing crat wil take PUOrd tourtes confined - Ineeded as a national defense mn_‘Alnska operators to the union!part in (he‘ pxncyilc_c landing. | points: sure. iwould not mean the breaking of . The Pacific exercises are much 1. The ‘Atheriedn. " d | s {meu- solid front against Commun- smaller, the offi¢ial pointed out, d!hé\lssed with Gcen a) ‘;’:mc:nn;m ! T TS 2O ism, then we bélieve that the em- than those scheduled for mnext:| Ciiel shisng o (] i ployers should cooperate with the month in the Atlantic off New- FEAIBORL Precebaits ASSNRR 2 foundland. A total of 31,000 sail- ors _and marines .and 65 ships of _unions in getting ships operating “in‘the Alaskatrade.at the eaxliest Binds Causing Air 3§ ] crashes. ak possible date.” the Atlantic tleet will take part ! -Opposite View off Newfoundland in the largest Gov. Ernest Gruening, read a cold-weather amphibious operations To Be p"' on Job letter signed by himself, Attorney " General Ralph Rivers, Delegate E. L. Bartlett, and Territorial Com- The | issioner of Labor Henry Benson approving of a separate settlement vet attempted by the Navy. oo LT. GEN. TWINING RED-HOT BOOSTER FOR HIS ALASKA TOKYO, Oct. 14—P— Newest red-hot booster for Alaska is Air- force Lt. Gen Nathan F. Twining, commander of Alaska defenses. i | LONDON, Oct. 4—m— British Air Ministry, ‘noting that birds caused 13 plane accidents on § o British aifields last year, an. on0 SWating in its conclusion . we recommend to the car- ,nounced today the Royal Air Force an active effort on their part has bought 15 falcons and trained six men as falconers in hopes to ,keep birds out of the RAF's air. TS to obtain a release from their ,unity pledges, so far as the oper- ation of Alaskan ships is concern- ed. It is high time that Seattle 'and Alaska stand together, and let {San Francisco wage its own war. | We strongly urge the Waterfront .Employers Association and the | practical possibility of another surprise at- tack. | 2. The ' high-ranking ‘officers attained a “fine spirit of co-opera- tion and co-ordination” among the ,Army, Navy and Airforce. This was described as an outstanding, "achievement, | Agreement- to work together in | the Pacific followed the general. . pattern of unified defense set forth i by, Secretary of Defense Forrestal. The Tokyo talks got down to the appiication which = must take place in the field in the event of war. Alaska Winter Maneuvers Sources reviewing the confer- ence made no reference to the first mid-winter amphibious landing at- tack exercise in the Far North. Manager for KFRB | Pacific American Shipowners Asso- , No Florida or California support- 14 will be held next February in er ever did more missionary work “The Alaska Area,” Pacific Fleet . Coming from Sou e . (ciation to meodify their posttion by { SPOKANE, Oct. 14.—(®— sl;hoo]?sranting such release to the Alass | Superintendent John A. Shaw said | kan carriers, with the view that |today Hugh Miller, Public Rela- artangements promptly be put into tions officer for Spokane puh"c“eflect for resumption of shipping | | schools, has accepted a position as 0 from and within Alaska. \ Twining, an ardent hunter and' 'manager of radio station KFRB in: Let it be clearly understocd that outdoorsman, found the region: Fairbanks, Alaska. (if you remain adamant in your around his Anchorage headquartersf Shaw said Miller will leave for determination not to negotiate a paradise for the huntsman, fish- Alaska next week. «for resumption of service to Alas- erman and outdoor sports enthusi-| ! ka, the responsibility will be en-'ast. < ) { tirely yours.” i* On the serious side, Twining salai | onnm w‘R MED‘“ ! In enlarging on the informa-|most problems connected with main- | | tion contined in the letter, Gov. tenance of planes and other service | mw ‘v‘“su 'lo {Gruening stated: “I think it is a /equipment in Alaska temperatures | {mistake for any Alaska group have Leen licked. Most (than General Twining exhibited in behalf of Alaska while here attend-/ ing a series of military conferences | \at General MacArthur's headquar-' ters. | '’American | pressing | héadquarters announced yesterday. The three commanders repre- sented a vast defense aréa broade. ened by the war. General Mac- Arthur commands all land, sea and air units operating from north- ern Japan southward in.a wide- swinging arc with an outer line running through Korea, China, The- Philippines and back eastward to Samoa south of the equator, Alaska Defenses To the northeast, beyond Mae- Arthur's theatre lies the Alaska defenses and the joint American- Canadian defense line. Beyond | the left flank are the joint’ Paeific raw materials for the atomic bomb. of the American Legion, were urg- ' Rivers’ Views They also criticized the U. S. for refusing to withdraw troops ircm Southern Korea. Communists in Northern Korea have a lurge, well equipped force. Postal Workers In Cleveland fo Be (il_v_e_n Quizzing CLEVELAND, Oct. 13.—®—"Fit- teen or more” Cleveland post office employees who took loyalty oaths required by the Government, will ke given hearings here on charges they belong to the Communist party. Cleveland Postmaster, Guy R. Lucas said today the numter to be interrogated was “15 or more, but less than 40.” There are about 4,200 postal workers in the city. S ee— 2 Are Missing | Aboard Sailboat MANILA, Oct. one persons were missing wuay} abbard a sailboat off north Luzon,| Customs Commissioner Alfredo De 14— A—Twenty- and composer, has died at Munich, more, Md, is at the Baranof Ho- (Continued on Page Four) the Berlin press announced today. tel. Leon said. ed today to contact John Parmen- | ter, Juneau Post _Adjutant, and | requisition medals which they earn- ed during their military service. The American Legion has been authorized to issue medals to eli- j¢ible veterans. Medals now avail- 1able are the American Defense; |medal, World War II, Victory Medal and Campaign Medals for the following theatres: American, ! shipping isn’t going to break Attorney General Ralph Rivers supported the Governor’s stand and stated, “when Seattle unions cause stoppage, that is the time to bounce on them. Not when they are willing to negotiate. I don't think our Alaskan service is go- ing to break the West Coast strike. The continuing stoppage of Alaska Commies up and down the coast.” the | | GULF OF ALASKA, . ARE FOUND SAFE SEATTLE, Oct. 14—(P— Three persons, overdue on a trip in North Pacific waters which had been {swept by storms, were found safe yesterday. The Coast Guard said the tiree Asiatic-Pacific, and European- Objection Raised persons had been located on an Mediterranean-Africa. Curtis Shattuck, chairman of the | Veterans are requested to furn- | Transportation Committee, objected | €ver it had no word on what hap- ish proof of their eligibility to re-|to the Territorial official's stand |Pened to their 20-foot Donna M. I ceive these nredals. jon two points of the letter, The|. A Coast Guard plane located the 1 ol o R |official's letter stated “Neither do|skipper of the vessel, Earl Moore, i {we see why the hundreds of loyal|On @ beach at Montague Island i s'l'o(K o“o"“o"s ‘longshoremvn at Seattle should be[and picked him up. treated as ‘untouchables’ so tol| Moore reported that his two island in the Gulf of Alaska. How-' NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—(P—Clos-! ing quotation of Alaska Juneuu‘ mine stock today is 3'%, American Can 81%, Anaconda 36%, Curtiss- Wright 10%, International Harvest- er 287%, Kennecott 59%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 20%, U. 8. Steel 81%, Pound $4.03%. | Sales today were 980,000 shares. ! Averages today are as follows: industrials 18452, rails 60.42, util- ities 35.21. | A WS » FROM FUNTER Here from Punter is Peterson, a guest at the Baranof Hotel. | {ers that will sign' non-Communist | 8rd. | vital defense material . to ' Alaska. | | J. M. ghattuck denied that this was the Here from Anchorage are R. O.'arrive at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn- speak, just because certain ILWU | bassengers were safe at another leaders at San Francisco refuse to|Point on the island but short of sign affidavits.” provisions. Unable to” land there, Shattuck said on this point, “the rank and file have control of their officers. They have the power to throw out leaders and put in lead-| and food and radioed an Army tug to proceed to the scene. Moore was returned to his home at Sew- The passengers have been identi- affidavits. If the Seattle long-/ shoremen have to pay a price, let fied only at Mr. and Mrs. Bow- them pay.” y (ers. The Donna M. left Seward Oct. 3 on the 60-mile trip to the island and was to have returned October 7. The oificial’s letter also brought out the fact that the strike was in effect an aid to Russia because it was stopping the shipment of T HERE FROM ANCHORAGE Baer, O. R. Whitney, O. Ghumm, Harry Hoyt, guests at the Baranof. (Continued on Page Eight) the plane dropped sleeping bng.si Russian newspapers said the offer isn’t made in good fai good faith but ! k United States, with British aid, is Army or Air Force veterans of | it should be tnvestigated.” { '“ | defenses of two U. 8. Allies in trying to corner world control of World War II, who are members X 4 World _ War 1I—The . Netherlands'; |and British Commonwealth. Behind the outer line of defense lies the might of the U. S. Navy. { PFrom here, Admiral McCrea is going to Tsingta, China, head- quarters of U. S. Naval Forces, = Western Pacific. Tsingtao is threat- ened by recent Communist military successes elsewhert on the Shan< tung Peninsula. General Twining planned to leave today on a non-stop B-17 flight to Adak and thence to his headquarters at Anchorage, Alaska, 'Interior Pilot Is . Only Bruised When ' Plane E_oes (rash FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 14— —Second Lt. Denver Cook, 21, of Ellicott City, Md., escaped with minor- cuts and bruises when his F-80 crgshed on the Chena River during a landing approach at Ladd Field. 7 s — ' STEAMER MOVEMENTS All American steamers tied up by coastwide strike. | Princess Louise is scheduled to ing, and sails south one hour later at 8 o'clock.