The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 18, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 11,019 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948 TRUMANTO | MIAMITO GIVE TALK Goes as De_legate fo Am- erican Legion Meeting- Dewey Taking Breather (By The Associated Press) President Truman set out today on the “non-political” leg of a two- day southern invasion as Gov. 'MBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ds to Sinking Barge of f Alaska Coast U.S. Aerial Bombs Enroute Alaska Via (anada '5 MEN ARE Thomas E. Dewey headed back (of Albany from his midwestérn cam- | paign swing. Mr. Truman took off for Miami| in the White House plane Inde-| pendence, for an afternoon speech to the American Legion Conven- tion. A delegate himself, he’ | | said he| would talk as.President rather than as a candidate. Tomorrow, however, the Democratic nominee his hunt for votes with two fipeeches at Raleign, N. C. Dewey Takes Breather Dewey, too, took a campaign Lreather. He spent Sunday at his mother’s home in Owosso, then left early today aboard his, special train for a series of New York speeches en route back to the} Governor's mansion. He will rest; in Albany tomorrow and then go Loj New York City for speeches Wednes- day and Thursday nights. Addressing a homecoming rally at Owosso Saturday night, the Repub- lcan nominee said one of his ob- ! Jjectives is to “bring an end to. the idea that Government is their mas- ter and really make government a servant of the people again.” Chureh. . Parties At Christ Episcopal Church, where Dewey attended services with his wife and mother yestérday, souve- nir leaflets were distributed. These disavowed any partisan politics on the part of the church, but said: “According to the various polls ! and the political prophets, Gover- | nor Dewey will be chosen to receive the highest honor that this nation can confer on any citizen.” A prayer for his guidance and protection fol- lowed. Truman Confident Mr. Truman, winding up his own midwestern campaign Saturday at- ternoon, ab¢ard his Washington-bound train that the pollsters are going to ke startled after the election two weeks from tomorrow. He remarked about the size of | the crowds at several points on his six-state tour and then, in re- sponse to a question as to whether he is confident of victory, replied: “I certainly am.” - SEATTLEITE HERE resumes | Mich., | told a news conference : i | — Eisenhower Receives Keys Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) receives the keys and charter of i Board of Trustees, at his installa i | such that none of us dares stand Columbia University from Frederick Coykendall, Chairman of the tion ni New York, as President of the university. General “Ike” declared in his speech at the ceremonies that “today’s challenge to freedem and to- every free institution is alone.” (P Wirephoto. PRESIDENT - TALKS OUT ately Following Course that Leads fo War wa The Associated Press) i President Truman said today he is determined to use “every oppor- ‘umm to work for peace Mr. Truman ‘was in what he ispeech to The American Legion. In | his address he said there has been “loose and irresponsible talk to the! Miami for 10 ALVETS 'Dcnies that U. 5. Deliber-| 'MOOSE ASSN. OF ALASKA HOLDING MEETING, CORDOVA Delegates, Officers Pres- ent-New Officers Nomi- nated af Session Paul J. Urick, press reporter for Juneau Moose Lodge No. 700; sends !the following self-explanatory re- | port by night letter to the ! pire from Cordova: CORDOVA. Alaska, Oct. 16.- Mintites of the first meeting of the delegates of the Alaska Moose called a non-political | Association of the Fourth Annual| Conference held at Cordova, Alas- |ka at 2:15 p. m, Oct, 14, in the Mocse Lodge Rooms, Second St., Charles §. Forward of Seattle is|effect that the United States is de- | Ccrdova, Alaska. at the Baranof Hotel. The Washmgtonl Merry-Go-Ro Bv DREW PEARSON uqd (Copyright, 1948, L8 ‘The Bell Syndicate, ) ASHINGTON — Keeping the | record straight—Speaking in®Pitts- burgh, Governor Dewey made this significant promise to the voters: “We will bring a new and vigorous leadership to the Federal Media- tion and Cenciliation Servize so that major disputes can be .ettled before they become strikes.” What Dewey didn't know was that the Federal Mediation Conciliation Service is algeady be- ing run by Republicans. Its head, Cyrus Ching, is a lifelong Republi- can and has been doiny such a good job that Congressman Fred Hartley of New Jersey, cq-author of the Taft-Hartley Act, praised him highly. Ching is a Iorrp'?’big-husiness executive, spent mi of his life with the U. S. Rubber ‘Company, is iormer president of the Ameri- can Management Association and a member of the bluestocking club of big business, the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers. After thiry years Ching felt it was his duty to give part of his life to his Government and, at great financial sacrifice, became chief of the labor Concilia- tion Service—a thankless joj in which you get kicked around by| both sides. Ching returned (Continued on' Page Four) to Washington ang' in business, | literately leads to wi declared, following " That, Mr. Truman a “wicked falsehood.” Gov.. Thomas E. De.\ey‘ winding | up a western political trip, got in some political licks in upper New | York state. He told a trainside crowd at Buffalo that if elected President<he will “tring to Wash- \ington a government with both a Ihead and a heart.” In Washington. the Republican {Natlonal Committee announced that ! Dewey will make a major campaign address in Cleveland, October 27: In other political developgents: Philip’ F. LaFollette, former Pro-! gressive party Governor of Wiscon- sin, endorsed Dewey for President. 1 which dominated Wisconsin for many years, has no connection with the Henry A. Wallace party of the same name.) Mr. Truman flew from Washing- ton to Miami this morning to speak at the Legion convention. | —————— — /AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION NOW . STARTED IN MIAMI MIAMI, Fla—®—The Americin Legion’s National gan its colorful sessions today with lPre.sident Truman here to deliver the principal address. James- F. O'Neil of New Hamp- shire, the National Commander, call- fed the Convention to order at 12:31 ;p.m. Two big wartime Navy hangars converted into a/ mammoth con- vention hall, were filled. with dele- gates, banners and music, l (The LaFollette Progressive Party,| Convention be- | a course that; President Karl Stettler ya cordial welcome to the assem-; Leld delegates to Cordova. Stettler called the meeting to order on roll call of officers with the follow- ing in attendance: President Karl +D. Stettler; 1st Vice President, | Walter R. Hermensen; 2nd Vice ! President, Hank Dyer; 3rd Vice President, Hairy V. Newell; Secre- | tary-Treasurer, Joseph A. Durgin, and Past President, Dan McGraw. Absent were: 4th Vice-President, Harry Hagen; Dirtctor of Athletics, Victor Miller. Honorary members Al J. sartori and Dr. A. C. Mon- ninger wére not present. They were delayed in Juneau by bad weather and arrived in Cordova at! 7:00 p. m. Talks Are Given After dinner was served all mem- bers went into the Lodge Hall where nine new. members were sworn into the Moose Order. There were talks by Past Supreme Gov- ernor Al Sartori, and Past Noble North Moosé of the Legion of the Moose Dr. A. C. Monninger. Follcwing the talks a new picture of the child city called Mooseheart was shown and everyone enjoyed | the pictures very much. Delegates Present _EIGHTY JET extended | BLOCKADE ISSUES UP al Reported Made-Now Its Atomic Trouble } (By The Associated Press) ‘ The Eccurity Council is to takei up the Berlin question again to= morrow, The Western Powers and |Russia were reported interested . in a new compromise proposal. Under iit the Russians would litt the bloek= lade; the Russians would have thel {only currency in Berlin but under four-power supervision, and the Foreign Ministers’ Council would ieet to talk over the whole German: | question. Warren Austin, Chief U. S. Dele: gate, demanded in the U. N. politi=, cal committee that the deadlocked atomic energy problem be turned ovef to the Big Five Powers and |Canada for mediation. He said the U. N. could go no further in efforts to controi atomic energy until Rus-! sia agrees to “participate in the; world community on a cooperative basis.” | He said of the Russion proposal| — to destroy all existing atom bombs| and then set up a control uqency “This ¢ * is not a concess'on, lis simply a maneuver to provide lorx the destruction of atomic weapons! \in one country before—and prob-! jably a long while before—there had! Ibeen any determination of whether 'or not atomic weapons existed in! {another country.” “ Russia retorted that “no fairy tales, \atout alleged closed doors and nuM cuma ins can show that the Soviet I‘l‘Opl)‘!fll is inacceptable.” HAINES CUTOFF IS OPEN SAYS METCAL ‘The Haines Cutoff can be travel- iled between Haines and Fairbanks laccordmg to advices received today tby Territorial Highway Engineer ;F‘rank Metcalf. | There is six inches of snow over ‘a portion of the highway and there lis a cat at a small slide td’ give .any assistance desired. e | FIGHTERS AT ' FAIRBANKS l FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 18— (M—First of 80 jet fighters to be! based here temporarily this winter | for cold weather training arrived| Sunday, Ladd Field Air Force wIll-‘ cials announced. The 336th Squadron of the Four- th Fighter Group, tommanded by Lt. Col. Benjamin' S. Preston, Jr.| Cross City, Fla., landed after a, flight from the United States. The 334th and 335th Squadrons are; scheduled to reach here soon. Home field of the Fourth Fight- er Group is Andrews Field, Camp Springs, Md., headquarters of the Strategic Mr Command IALASKA AIR LIFT | { BYPANAMGAINS | MOMENTUM NOW/ SEATTLE, Oct.: 18.—(M— American’s Alaska air lift is grad-| ually gaining momentum, Traffic Manager D. E. McDorran says. The airline carried a record 1247491 pounds of cargo out of Seattle during the first 11 days { TOMORROW| New Compromise Propos-| ! Howard McGrath | Demceratic CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES of aerial bombs, dastined for the United States Air Force in Alaska passing daily through Edmonton, They are finless and yet uncharged. (International mdxupholm 11,000 pounds AlASI(A ELECTION 'INDICATES TREND OF NOV. ELECTION Demo National Chairman McGrath Sends Tele- gram fo H. Lyng WASHINGTON, Oct Democratic National victory in our direction.” In a telegram to Howard Lyng.: Committee- | McGrath said “Congratulations on a fine vic- & new low in the Russian Zone of yyunder 'tory and we will do the same for | Germany. Democratic National man from Alaska; you here on Nov, 2. In the record vote Repubhuns had controlled both 't‘“‘ being mef, In part Lecause ot Houses, McGrath Democratic told Lyng “Significant is the of mational Presidential McGrath said SHIP STRIKE BREAK ABOUT 'DECEMBER 1 in Democratic Delegate E. L. Bartlett was re-elected by a three to one Ment said German steel production ' i margin; Democrats took six of the in the U. S. and British zones set lson was last eight Territorial Senate seates at|New highs last month and now i5ideck about 4:45 p. stake and won 17 of the 24 seats running six months ahead ol sched-| joseph Sweeney, wife of a promin- | ‘m lhe Alaskan House of Represen- The Anchorage Times befor¢ he boarded Skinner would his prediction. There were 38 delegates present'!of this month, as compared with|ber 1. at the opening session. Delegates from each city numbered: Anchor- age 7; Cordoya 11; Juneau 7; Sit- ka 8; Ketchikan 3 and Palmer 7. Communications on all the reso- lutions passed at the Sitka Con- ference were noted and then pass- ed on to the Resoluations Commit-!eggs are recelved at Boeing Field | said. tee for a report at the next meet- ing. ; Committees Named Committee chairmen and mittemen were appointed by list of commifteemen being (Continued on Page Six) com- too 158,372 pounds flown to Alaska dur- | ting the entire month of October ilast year. A ten-ton shipment of fresh meat {was flown to Alaska last weekend, and heavy orders for fresh milk, L‘heese. ice cream, pmduce and | ]daily PAA has added two extra cargo | tiights this week to Ketchikan, Ju- | jneau and Pairbanks, McMorran! the said, and thus far added 25 extra meant simply flights since the begining of strike. the_ .| the November “On that date, I expect a bxeak in the stranglehold which the o e o ELECTION RETURNS up has forced industry. “I see no connectiol elections current shipping shoremen’s union.” - “epigram” an now connotes a in prose or verse. The vord pithy n tieup,” “And I have nothing to say closed, so no election about the ‘Red menace’ in the long- Chairman has hailed the Berlin, the Alaska |Leing elections last Tuesday as a “trend |against non-communists, dozens of | 'm that victory in Alaska was' the an indication that the Demoerats their C-54 plane brought to 13 the|,., feas were felt until the ship would be victorious in November. fact ! Alaska for three decades has nev- ing of the air lift in June. " ed failed to give a true indication' elections,” | Saturday, October 16, says that a| | break in the current shipping tie- | up on or about December forecast by Gil Skinner, president of the Alaska Steamship Co., the Aurora to attend the Alaska Day er Pan‘celebratlon at McKinley Park. not elaborate Queried as | present status of the strike, ner reported that bothe the union industrials 185.33, and the management are in a solid!ities 3525. pesition to hold out until Decem-' and originally | Lusiness as usual < { inscription stulonwmf J. N. Pmpu— of Ketchikan is at monel in depression 1933 than inlfor ONBOARD; 2 ARE SEEN ‘ PRGN \Plane Circles Over Craff- [ Riding Low in Water- Superstructure Gone M—A leaking barge and its five-man crew was attempt- ing to ride out rough waters in the Gulf of Alaska last night as a tug sped to its rescue. An ominous silence had kept the fate of the vessel in doubt. However, C: Guard plane radioed it had sighted the barge, the Skarstone, |akout 88 miles west of Yakutat Part of its superstructure had been washed away and it was riding low in the water. Two men were ob- served on deck. The Coast Guard said water tlood- ing the vessal's batteries was prob- lably responsible for the radio si- lence which descended on the craft. The Skarstcne was sighted at 4:35 {pm. (PST) tonight and the tug Shinn left Yakutat at 6 p.m. to go to its aid. The run would take (atout cight hours, | The 105-foot, self-propelled ‘Star- |stone first messaged desperately for help Priday night and reported it was in a sinking condition. That :xuporl sald water was about to g short” the batteries. F. L. Ekholm, one of the owners u I“s e(llon M A HT of the vessel, said it was “almost junsinkable unless it breaks up” be- o BI k d o “ (R u s E‘m\lbe of its independent compart- ‘menh« It is s2aled above with a {house on tops l T,iféufl}‘;m‘?fi;‘i‘,‘;? prew o Wite of Seaftle Port of Em- barkation Commander E | i r | are Shown in a truckload underway through Edmonton They are marrked for Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska. They are Alberta, Canada. ;\mom are fleeing to the west. John Foster Dull N. delegate, said morale has re which juts down midway in the ers today for the body of Mr |northern Gulf of Alaska. It had leased by the Cape Douzlas . American U.{ willjam H. Donaldson, wife of lln‘ ached {geqttle Port of Embarkation opms| He said Austria feared, {# communist coup Alaska, } e The harge was cartymg general cargo Trom -Seattlé ™ to Anchorage tween Yakutat and Cape St. Elias, !tratfic inspection to tighten th en\ 2~i®—|tlockade of Western Berlin. lenatn J.| Telegraf, a s 15t newspaper ir el > |_Teequt, o soclalist newspaper in | at Seattle Is Missing lc:lnulug Company to one of the teran, reamen aboard for service ast any i SERQUOLIIIN BasE Setminy !during the West Coast maritime {u‘a\ft searched Puget Sound wal- Ste disappeared from a 45-mutl Army cruiser between Washing- FRoM (ARR'ER The American mill to Seattle yesterday. Army “officials said Mrs. Donald-| " i ARE M 'SSIN G ry when it met trouble midway be- said big police actions are SEATTLE, Oct| 18—(P—Patrol|gtyice. fton and Blake Island while ('llluule‘ govern- | m. by Mr jule. The Russian zone reported last|ent Seattle week its attorney. The Swr.nh production records were'gys were guests on the crulse. i Mrs, Sweeney said she went be-| PORTLAND, Ens. — (P—Twenty- |low to get some coffee and when |Mne crewmen (from the British air- <he roturmed. Mrs. Donaldson was|Craft carrier Tlustrious, were offi- gone. It was thought she was on |Clally reported missing after n gale some other part of the cruiser and SWamped their Uberty toat in Port- land harbor late last night According to the Navy report to- dny, a number of men {n the swamp- ed craft swam to the carrier and lothers were picked up by passing { boats. | Swamping of the liberty launch jcame during gales and rainstorms |that swept southern Britain through lout the night, ripping off roof tiles, BUIROVI(H ‘X“ervell:ng ience: ii V“OOdin;' low BARR LEAD PERLN ARUFT PLANE IN CRASH; e IN iflH DIV.J 3 CREWMEN DIE P " ‘many. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. [ ERAVRETING 18.— (G54 Berlin airlift plane cr {P—Returns from 36 of the Fourth| day near ankm”p killing Division’s 67 precingts in last Tues- | day's Alaska election indicate that John Butrovich, Republican, .and|or americans who have died ferry- Frank Bair, Democyat, are certain ing food and supplies to Berlin over of representing the division in the | h. ‘soviet land blockade | Territorial ‘Senate | Officers at the busy Rhine-Main Three Democrats and one Repub- |airport bad no immediate explana- lican are leading for the House |tjon for the crash. The plane had with cenly four voles separating ‘ngt reported sany trouble to the two of the’ contestants for fifth| |control tower. place The House standings follow: Glen D. Franklin (D) 1935; Essie R. Dale (D), 1704; Frank Angerman (D)’ 1623; . F. Coble (R) 1587; Walter ' S. Calhoun (R) 1569; Warren Taylor (D) 1564; George Miscovich (R) 1540; | Robert Hoopes (D) 1498; Alden J. Wilbur (R) 1341; Lawrence W. Meath (R) 1111 > counter-blockade. Three more Americans died on air lift to Berlin. The crash ot ! he Western the |number of American lives lost since docked at Seattle Russian blockade forceq start- Four Army craft “hm and the harbor patrol craft| {searched until late at night ‘The Coast Guard said it plans to send a plane aloft today if weather allows. that the a Coast Guard | President Chmng Kal-hhek put a new military commander in charge of Manchuria in an effort to stem the communist drives. He is Gen., + Tu Li-ming. R French communists polled only lone vote in ten in electoral college ' .voting yesterday, preparatory to se-! {l2ction of the upper French House. ‘Gwn Charles DeGaulle's rightist PF got only 13 percent, far less !hnn wey expected. The socialists led with 26 percent, - e NEW YORK, Ocl. 18.—(M—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3';, American Can 81, Anaconda 37%, Curtiss- Wright 10%, International Harve: , Kennecott 594, New York Central 16's, Northern Pacific 21, onlU. S. Steel 32'. Pound $4,03'% to the' Sales today were 1,000,000 shales Skin- Averages today are as follows: rails 6039, ugil- hed to- its three 1, was American crewmen Just ‘This brought to 13 the yumber present > ?"New Soviet |Stand” on ‘Blockade | PARIS. —®— Argentine sources |sald today Andrei Y. Vishinsky of | Russiahas received from the Krem- {lin a “new Soviet. stand” on the Berlin blockade crisis. Argentine sources said lhc new ussian stand opu\od anotFor doog nezotfations, pu)n(hng more flexibili - < HOLIDAY TODAY; NO between | e the . This is a holiday, Alaska Day, mm Skinner, the . S. District Clerk’s office is’ returns. The Territorial offices, three Ju-' nean banking institutions, and c:ty offices are also closed, otheryise It has been estimated that gamb- | | ling machines took more Amenun'p but | > * Jihe Gastineau Hotel prosperous 1929,