The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1948, Page 1

(e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 11,018 FIVE MEN ON SINKING BARGE OFF COAS TRUMAN AND DEWEY REST OVER SUNDAY Both Take mmpaigning at Start of Week in Bid for White House President Truman and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey were homeward] tound today for brief rests before launching new vote drives in their White House contest. Mr. Truman was due in Wash- ington late this afternoon after a| midwest tour that boosts his cam- paign log to over 15,000 miles. About 7,000 miles more lie ahead, starting Monday with a plane trip to the American Legion Convention in Mi- ami, Dewey planned to park his Repub- lican Presidential caravan in his mother's' yard in Owosso, Mich., for a week-end visit. He will return to Albany Monday. Neither candidate took a rest from political counter-punching yes- terday. The President said the “Republi- can firemen” were too busy “play- ing political checkers” to put out the inflationary blaze. Dewey charg- ed that the Democrats made “trades “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition — JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FIVEMORE | PRECINCTS COME IN Johnson Leads Feero in House-Hope Moves fo' Second Place Five more election returns, in- cluding Kake, came in this morn- |ing and have ‘ceen tabulated in the {Empire’s unofficial returns. Other precincts reporting were Kasaan, Gravina, Mountain Point and Port Alexander. The election picture in the House was changed by the new returns. {Frank G. Johnson drew ahead of William Feero, Jr., for eighth place ‘ln the House race, Andrew Hope imoved into second place putting G. E. Almquist into third, and Abel Anderson moved from seventh to fifth. Doris Barnes is still leading all other candidates in the House and |the line-up is now: Doris Barnes, | Andrew Hope, G. E. Almquist, Mar- cus Jensen, Abel Anderson, Amelia Gunderson, James Nolan, Frank Johnson and William Feero Jr. In the Senate, Dr. R. M. MacKen- | zie and Anita Garnick continue in the lead. Mrs. Elton Engstrom | “is lagging 226 votes behind Gar- | |mick. Gustavus . The lead that the Democratic|pg, ..nqe candidates for Territorial offices es=!g p s ¢ tablished on the first day of voting ‘Jamesbown continues to place them in top po- lsaow Bay ' sition. ] Leading for delegate is E. L. Bart- [204%00 = o jett, J. Gerald Williams for AWtor- iy oo “poing ney General, Frank Boyle for Au- |Kake ditor and Frank A. Metcalf for|o . 00 PuRId Juneau No. 1 Juneau No. 2 Juneau No. 3 lJuneau Bridge Sheep Creek Douglas {Salmon Creek . ‘Lynn Canal Mendenhall Mountain Point Wacker Clover Pass Haines Klukwan Chilkat Annette Pennock Ward Cove Stikine Revilla Kimshan Cove Skagway Metlakatla Hydaburg Craig Petersburg Sitka . Wrangell Ketchikan Angoon Pelican Funter Klawock Hoonah Tenakee | | | | i | | | 308] Senators Delegate Atty. Gen. Auditor Engineer * (@ enteg * () wonssuy (q) Yoruaren ~ () NZUIFIEW (@ MEM | (@ Ismbury (@) uosidpuy D) yoeg I | 144| 256| 304/ 213| 271| 202( 244 318 321 18| 14| 9 100 11 197] 76! 121| 87| 37 39| 48] 42| 50 53] 34/ 19/ 21| 24 42| 33 { 20| 23 31 30 37 4 19| 35/ 11 24} 31 43 3l 103 98| 13 45 198/ 231/ 122 35 10{] 23(| 0 9 23 379| 167 || 243| 279] 168 || 248| 301'\ 170 || 279 841 | 377 245 I| e 21| 17} 13| 18 21| 14 137|| 113] 125/ 55/ 54| 42! 51 45 25| 31| 31 34| 49! 121 14| 32| 23 29 49 n 334| 221/ | 475 | 25| 26| 42 .26 34| 46| 12| 19| 34 21 28 51} 59| 6l | 176 118 55 82 303 361/ 46| 20| 38 | 1] 10/ 22| 33 40 54| 4 153 50 57| 82 228 268 164| 895/ 39/ 32| 8| 65/ 6 29 [ 7 38| 22| 19 o 1) 50| 25| 2| 102] 19| 20/ 41} | 230] s | 615 21| 33 1 19 o 16/ Pt 1 24 181 34| 4 35/ 21| 14 153 70| 91 255 344| 105| 915( 10/ 39 6 71 69 28] 11 9 18| 21| 13 ol 38 62| 24| 42| 123) 112 18} of 8 10 18/ 18, 18/ 12 192 287 113 901 11 40| 6 41 67 30 7 14 32| 20| 16 5 34 97| 16 12 900 22| 23 2| 8l 17 46‘ 21| 7 6 26| 18| 23| 4 13 24| 19 al 5 50 45 30 12 12| 23 35| 28 5 67 42| 14 12 8 21 8 12 38 15 19 0 48| 36 104 18 18 6 11 7 20,/ 12| 4 44/| 33 T 1 9! | 17| 16/ 16| 0] 35 26| 119) 6‘ 13| 26| 199 114 1 10 52! 6 16 8|} UNOFFICIAL RETURNS-FIRST leSION—TERRIIORMl GENERAL ELECTION-OCTOBER 12, 1948 Representatives r i | 8 © (d) uosuyop ; soureg A © () olLg @) unysnon (@) ussiapunn (@ uasuap T | | | | . 237 252 308 i 16 136 55 54 32 184 215 254 16 14 91 33 35 24 31 30] 35| 30| 8 13| 32/ 24| 33| 45 66/ 0| 119| 115| 59 76| 267| 279| 18| 911 13| 30| 4 52| 50 29| 6/ 9 28 16 12| 0 55! 31 57| 13| 11 ‘23] 31 12 18| 58| 4 193 466 128 868| 45 49 6 9! 95 21 8 10 37 34 22 5| 82 37 125 13 15 41 20! 25 0 42 27 125 6 14 42| { 25 | 7 | 12 15 9! 107] 4 14 (¥) uaxoo 0 22 505 PICKED UP DURING | LAST NIGHT J | RN io1 113 | e oo| Craft Calls for Aid~Army ‘| Tugs, Plane Reporfed | = Going to Assistance 184 167| 530 141 Fish Traps | (@) usN | ! ustoqy I | | (w) uoyayg | ) uum anunuon * (@) 98pLINe0T (d) UOUUISOBIW 134 90 107 - 11 27 52!| 216 24 83| 42'7 87| 21 16 4 27 15| SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—(P— Coast 4/Guard headquarters reported early 41 today that a 105-i00t self propelled | barge with five men aboard had S08'd it was sinking in heavy seas 85 miles east of Cape St. Elias, Alaska. Contact with the barge, the Starstone, was lost within min-" utes of the time its distress call was received at 11:06 p.m. (PST) last night. The vessel reported it was taking | water more rapidly than its pumps could handle, and radio batteries would be short circufited at any moment. No further word was heard. No Coast Guard vessels were in the immediate area, but efforts were being made to send out two ocean-going tugs berthed at Yaku- tat, about 12 hours sailing time away. A Coast Guard PBY patrol {plane was due to take off from 1 Kodiak at dawn. | Gale winds up to 40 miles an hour were reported in the northern Gulf of Alaska, where.the barge was foundering. , The Starstone’s crew list, home port and destination have not been learned, but it was believed head- 3"n\d for Cordova. 14, The Douglas Canning Company ¢ Which owns the barge listed the men aboard as: Byron Stone, the master; I Pilot George Scarbo and Engineer Seomw s we o 137| 115!| 476 150/ 125/ 564 134 106°! 366 731! 456 1392| 13 1710 41 13 7 63 3 5 8 15/ 11 84 251 20| 106 14 17]| 48| % 4 14 1 3l 13 6. 8| 46 16! 12/] 48| 9 7l 43 0 0 5 25/ 15| 96 26/ 16!! 61| 8/ 14| 123 6 1 16 120 13 27 10 45 5 34 30 27 9 12 10 18| 23! 2 43 33| 15 12 15 0 3 Highway Engineer. Eight precincts in the First Di- |Port Alexander IKasaan 16| 15| 12 19 19 9 7 4 16 17 16 2 19] 12, 26 | i 27 8 11 8/ 29| (Hal Imbrie, all of Seattle; Jack | Cuuningham of Port Townsend;' TOTALS (OMMIE HEARING T0 OPEN 20| 24| 19/ 10 16 I i i | 3017‘4211 1439212775/ |3 [Plans for Exiension of Railroad from B. (., North To Alaska, Now Repofled; i ! et Is 001/4479||3397 3623|4051 3249|4091 | "Two Memafi of House PRESIDENT PRINCE GEORGE, B. C., Oct. 16.] —(M—Plans to extend the Brit.sh Columbia government-owned Pa- cific Great Eastern Railway to Al- | | | AMERICAN 3647 2509 44852789 34863594 4067 3909 3521 3198/3057/3080 35652475 1940 ‘6714 1048 222 SHIPS ~ INTIEUP | IS GIVEN ON COAST | e ! SAN FRANCisCO, Oct. 16.—M—| The number of American flag ships | tied up in the 45-day West Coast| maritime strike increased to 222 | Wash,, and Keith Moore, who is | believed to be from Anacortes. } e - BOTTOM IS HIT, ALASKA ON POLLS AIR FARES ROUNDUP FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 16.— (P—Alaska’s non-schedule airlines’ rate-cutting war has hit rock bot- tom. (By The Associated Press) | Results of latest newspaper poils| in the presidential race follow: } New York Daily News (statewide) Committee Will Open Inquiry at Anchorage I ! | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 16.— {M—Two members of the House Committee on Education and Lator RESERVE !wm open an inquiry in District i jCourt here Monday on communistic FROM ADAK | GLARKSBURG, W. Va, Oct. 16.iactivities in Alaska. Here from Adak are R. E, Keller;__(m——President Truman announced| Rep. Charles Kersten (R.-Wisc.) and R. E. Peterson, guests at the:today he has directed the Defense|and Rep. O. C. Fisher (D.-Tex.) Baranof Hotel. Department to “organize all mili-|spent Thursday interviewing man- T o OB tary reserve units required for the|agement and labor representatives. FROM WESTWARD national security.” Yesterday they flew to Nome. They Dean Pettengill of Fort Rich-! presidential Secretary Charles G.(will visit Fairbanks before return- with the forces of aggression.” The New York governor also took issue with former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who said Dewey was “incorrect” in ‘claiming to have originated this natlon’s bipartisan foreign policy. — pRISO“ER 0F¢vision have not reported as yet. !Graig is the largest precinct left! ito report. Others unreported at press: M l l ( l l 0 u {time were: Bell Island, Elfin Cove, Fanshaw, Hyder, Myers Chuck, L !Point Baker and Windham. | i It is estimated that between 400; tand 500 absentee ballots have been, PARIS, Oct. 16—®— Poland; . ¢ angy they may prove decisive | f?‘""" today President Truman';, ine Senate and House elections. | is a prisoner of a military clique, ;4 the provisions of Territorial { and that when he wanted to send ;. = the . absentee ballots will be[ an envoy to Moscow he was stob-:.ounted on the second Tuesday af- ped.” : Iter each general election, which this| The assertion was made by Jul-ivear will be October 26. | jus Katz-Suchy of Poland in the s ! Disarmaments Subcommittee of the United Nations Assembly. Katz-Suchy apparently was re- ferring to the recent plan of Mr. Truman to send Chief Justice Vm-1 son, to Moscow to explain the U. S.| position to Generalissimo Stalin. | Secretary of State Marshal veto-} ed the plan and Vinson did not; make the trip. Marshall is form-| er Chief of Staff of the U. S.! Army. 1 —e—— aska, are reported. Correspondence beiween United States Senator Warren G. Magnu- son and the B. C. Government was made public in which the Senator indicated that “private capital is available to construct the greater part of the railroad to Alaska, and {for the development of affil‘ated natural resources in B.C." The railway, now comprising 348 miles of track from Squamish, near Vancouver, to Quesnel, 50 miles south of this north-central B. C vide a rail link between Vancouver center was begun in 1912 to pro-| today, lending an increasing ur- 8ive Dewey 50.1 per cent; Truman gency to the cautious peace talks|435 Wallace 6.4, between waterfront employers and. Chicago Tribune (Cook county):| Allan Haywood, CIO national vice- Dewey 9939 votes, Truman 8,594, ! president, ;Wallace 841 ! Haywood and a sub-committee| Chicago Sun-Times ceight coun-| lof the Waterfront Employers Asso es): Dewey 5,695 votes, Truman' H | ciation - were still discussing his!4,495, Wallace 214. offer 1or a national CIO guarantee | St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. on any new contracts with 'Mili or Gi ) {Louis) : T 54 per cent, Dew Mlhtary Havorleefl Mon | four CJO unions involved in ::zE38,“%11anreur;a\lj‘ndec?;;e;! el | day When Truman Af- |[strike. The proposal was ad-| Jacksonville, Fla, Journal: (20 tends Official Opening vanced to meet employer assertions |counties): Dewey 43 per cent, Tru- MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 16—(®— Eight | LEGION IN Fifteen passengers boarded a Lavery Airways plane yesterday for a flight to Seattle—free. The company advertised free transpbrtation for the first fif- teen travelers arriving at its office. Lavery officials said *“the unsually low rate" was promoted by con- tinual drops in the Pairbanks-Se- . attle rates of rival lines, from a tfairly uniform tariff around $100 plus tax to as low as $60. Lavery isn't figuring on making a habit of free passage. ardson is a guest at the Baranof. HAINES GUEST Mrs. I. W. Knight of Haines is] a guest at the Baranof Hotel. The Washington ing here Monday. Investigators Frank MacArthur and Howard Rushmore are with the fRoss told reporters the order was not an outgrowth of any new deterioration of international rela- tions. Congressmen. “It seems that the Navy and| gersten declared: “We know the Marines got ahead of the Armyisame pattern is followed here as in and Air Forces in organizing theirithe states, the communists attempt reserves,” he said. “This is intend- |t; gain leadership in strategic un- of “irresponsible” leadership in the man 30, Thurmond 24, Wallace 3. unions. Miles City, Mont., Star (state- i 5 iwide) : Dewe; and the Province’s “Great Nortnern special trains arrive today with! Fhere wete fopicta thial soma of ol b Dy Friean Empire.” Since then numerous un- | delegates and Legionnaires from all {successful attempts have been madc parts of the nation for the 30th | iby the B. C. government to finance|Nationla Legion Convention. additional construction. } The cenvention. spirit will be “I am in a position to assure|augmented with a military flavor you,” Senator Magnuson said, “that| Monday when 1,000 Army and Navy | for more than a year Willis T.Imen salute the arrival of President jall ed to obtain a better balance.” fons and lead the membership into| the employers were willing to backj down from previous demands that union leaders sign non-Com- munist affidavits under the Taft- Hartley Act. Frank P. Foisie, the/ WEA president, asserted the de-| mand still stands, but declined | to answer a reporter's question on 48, Wallace 2. Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cuyahora county) : Truman 1,443 votes, Dew- ey 1,394, Wallace 213. Spokane, Wash,, Spokesman-Re- view (three North Idaho counties): Dewey 57.3 per cent, Truman - 38.8, Wallace 3.8. MARSHALL 15 GOING | | Batcheller, president and chief engi- "mn. Official opening of the neer of the Canadian Alaska Rail-|convention will be held Munduylwhether the attitude might change | Presidential aides at the WHhite their political philosophy. That Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. ——Thanks' to the most popular man in Kentucky —Senator Alben Barkley—the Blue- grass State will go for Truman in November. It will not elect a Democratic Senator—for two rea- sons, 1. The Republican Senator, John Cooper, has a good Senatorial record and deserves to be re-elect- ed. 2. The Democratic frequently unsober Congressman Virgil Chapman, has such a mis- erable record that many Demo- crats are getting fed up with him. Thereby hangs some interesting in- side history. Shortly after Congressman Chap- man won out in the primaries, a group of labor leaders approached Democratic Governor Earle Cle- ments in Louisville and told him: that if he would get' Chapman to —— e eies (Continued on Page Four) candidate, ; House in Washington told a re- porter that .Mr. Truman had no particular numerical goal in mind for strengthening the reserves. The Presidential order, requiring action “without dglay,” called for establishment of “vigorous and pro- gressive reserve training programs.” 1t was directed to Defense Sec- retary Forrestal and the heads of the Armed Service departments un- der him. The President told Forrestal to assign “an active, capable, high- ranking officer” to head the re- serve program in each department of the national defense establish- ment. Mr. Truman signed an executive order aboard his Washington-bound campaign train shortly before mid- night, to carry out the program. It says the national security re- quires that “reserve components of appropriate strength and maximum efiectiveness exist throughout the nation.” e, i FROM CORDOVA | Mrs. William O'Brien of Cor- dova is a guest at the Baranof. doesn’t mean the majority of the members of such unions are com- munists, “With Alaska becoming increas- ingly important to the national de- ifense, the committee feels a tull- Iscale investigation is necessary at this time.” The #roup expects to spend 10 days in the territory. HEALTH BROADCASTS SCHEDULED MONDAYS The Gastineau Health Council announces that a new series of radio programs will be broadcast over Radio Station KINY at' 5 to 5:15 each Monday. The subject is vener- eal disease; its cause, how it is spread from one person to another, and how it can be controlled. Popular radio artists, including Margo, Roy Acuff, Pryor, Raymond Massey and St. Jolin, will be heard. Monday, Octo- \ker 18, Eddie Albert will be heard in a 15 minute skit entitled “Secret ‘Enemy." with me and with various United| States government agencies involved. | The Senator said arrangements were completed for Batcheller to discuss with the Canadian Govern-| ment in Ottawa regarding “pri- vate financing” and “co-ordinating| these with future government;® plans.” b4 “Mr. Batcheller and his bankers,” Senator, Magnuson said, “are pre-| pared to proceed with their compre-} hensive regional development™ prof| gram in accordance with a plan which is both complete in itselt and in harmony with any future de- |fense needs.” | “The starting of this program will ' have the effect of saving much val- uable time, otherwise lost in wait- ling for further congressional ac- tion.” " STEAMER MOVEMENTS All American steamers tled up | by coastwide strike. Princess Louise is scheduled to! sail from Vancouver October 20 o000 ceceegoencvccce way Co., has been working closely | morning. g b ® 600 00 v oo o . | WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period In Juneau— Maximum, 48; minimum, 42. At Airport— Maximum, 47; minimum, 38. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy with light to mod- erate rain and highest tem- perature near 46 degrees this afternoon followed by show- ers tonight and Sunday. Southeasterly winds 20 to 25 miles per hour. . PRECIPITATION ¢ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | In Juneau — .27 inches; e | since Oct. 1, 6.70 inches; since July 1, 3661 inches. At Airport — .28 inches; since Oct. 1, 382 inches; “since July 1, 2441 inches. .| o o . o ' . | s 08 0 0.0 0 0 .40 ;M the employers are convinced the national CIO can guarantee “the| contracts. | The number of vessels tied up| will reach 375 if the strike con-| tinues, said the Pacific American | Steamship Association. RELIEF SHIP IS ATNOME NOME, Alaska, Oct. 16.—#—The Nome relief ship has arrived here ® |and is discharging needed supplies| ,The top social event will be for 1 the coming winter. The vessel, the Alaska Steam- ship Company's motor vessel, the Square Sinnet, made the trip un-| ‘Waterfront Employers and striking maritime unions. The Square Sinnet arrived yes- terday morning and is expected day or two, I McKinley Park To (efibfale' Alaska Day af ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 16. —(M—One hundred sixty invited Alaska residerts will celebrate | “Alaska Day" at the Mt. McKinley | Park Hotel during a three-duy. fete starting today. Gay Nineties Ball Sunday night. An Anchorage group was leaving, today and returning Monday night. | TO GREECE PARIS, Oct. 16.—(®-- Secretary of State George C. Marshall left this morning for Athens, a U. S. spokesman said, where he will check on American aid to Greece. Greece has asked further Ameri- can aid te maintain an army large enough to beat rebel forces operat- ing along the Yugoslav and Alban- ian border. The fuhds must be asked at the next Congress session in January. This will visit to State. TRUSTEES OF ACCA WILL MEET SUNDAY be Marshall's first Greece as Secretary of Many special events were plan- ® (der a special agreement with the | ned at the Park by Alaska Railroad officials. The original plan call- ed for travel in a new streamlined train, but storm trouble for the north-bound train-carrying barge ® |to beé southbound again within nJlnsv, week forced a change in these of the plans. A special meeting of the trustees of the Alaska Crippled Children’s Association was called for Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the residence of O. R. Cleveland. Mrs. Stockton Webb, President Sitka ACCA, will be the guest speaker.