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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 11,025 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” o UNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1948 MEMCIR ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Alaska Steamship Company ill Liquidate Unless Strike Settled On Permanent Basis INQUEST SHOWS (OMMANDER - PHYLLIS THOMAS DEATH SUICIDE| Coroner's Jury Returns| Verdict of Drowning at Own Hand Phyllis Elsie Norris Thomas, 33, took her own life, early in the morn- | & ing of October 12, a coroner’s ju decided this morning, at the inquest | in the U. S. Commissioner’s Court.! “Death by drowning; motive sui- | cide,” is the actual verdict the six| meén returned, after hearing three| withesses, two officials, the reading of a deposition, and certain infor- | mation entrusted to Commissioner Felix Gray, in confidence, on con- dition that the person’s name no | te used—the person being reliably known to Judge Gray. Mrs. Jean Perry, the first w ness called, described the finding of Mrs. Thomas' body the afternoon of Octgber 12, on the beach helow} the Pdry home at Norw ay Point,| about halfway between low and( Standing under a 1exas panner, high tide points. S. Perry Brown of Beaumont, Tex., Dr. Joseph O. Rude, who per- business man and veteran of both formed the autopsy, testified to see-| world wars, waves from the ros- ing the fully-clad body of & strang-| trum to cheering Legionnaires er, later identified as Mrs. Thomas, | ghortly after he was unanimously shortly after it was brought from| .. .3 National Commander of the beach. The only marks, accord- ' the Amatican Leglon at tselr clos- ing to Dr. Rude, were those of bruis- seel] esgon the knees and below, such as| ing session at Miami, Fla, (P Wire would te made by rubting on the| photo. beach. There were no marks as of | —~=——————""—""" mistreatment, he said, nor evidence; M of injury to the*body, nor-of crim-! earm inal assault, nor of foul play. i ] Dr. Rude’s belief is that she diedi from drowning, there being water s ' ' To day in the lungs, also foaming material exuding from the nostrils, which usually is considered evidence of Question Is Whether More Air Service Between States, Alaska Needed drowning. The presence of some nir! in tne lungs could be accounted for; { BULLETIN—ANCHORAGE, Oct. !25—(P—A hearing on petitions to by the shock of striking the water | iestablish more air service between if from a height of 60 to 70 feet, as/ i |the United States and Alaska open- The w as h l ng ion i ede to:n: bel:reea ;r;vu Aeronautics from a bridge, Dr. Rude testified, m; | Board examiners. answer to questioning by Stanley D.‘ Baskin, Assistant U. 8.District At- torney. Merl'Y £ GO = Round | Counsel for Mount McKinley Air- ,ways, which had expected to pre- Ic“"i‘:“og‘l;:“bly‘g.hEeAsglsgflmu'isem its entire case here, asked sl " Inc) | permission to file rebuttals at | Washington, D. C., prior to sub- mitting its testimony. ~The hear- |ing was held in district court be- fore a large audience. | sessions here may last from |three days to a "week, attorneys | said. (EXAS Daughter Testifies Phyllis Thomas, Jr., 15, testified | (Continued on Page Two) kS (Ed. Note—The brass ring, good for one free ride on the Wash- ington Merry-Go-Round, today goes to Patrick J. Hurley, Sec- vetary of War in the Hoover Cabinet.) ALBUQUERQUE — White-maned | ANCHORAGE, Ahmkaf, Oct. f:sx_l d bush-eyebrowed, Patrick J.|(P—The first phase o a vi ;l‘:lrley. tmfy of the last political| Aeronautics Board hearing to de- relics of the Hoover administra-|termine whether more air service tion, has been romping and between the Unite States and Al- stomping through New Mexico injaska is necessary is scheduled to is- campai for Senator as if he gpen here today. }vlme fi:shm;ut of Baptist Indian| Thirty-one airlines, cities and College where he went to school. |government bureaus have filed no- It has now been nearly 20 years;tice of intention to appear here or since the' death of Secretary of(in Washington, D. C., where the War Jim Good catapulted Pat,then |second phase of the hearing is young 'and boisterous, into a covet-ischeduled to start about 10 days ed spot in the Hooyer cabinet.iafter the close of the Anchorage But_ Pat has not changed much|session. since then, He is just as good at| Only two airlines are expected to ranting, , b_ack-sl-pm:::‘ yelzin_suaé‘;_:f;sem zheiru cas& intfullvllcxl;::]l:y; ngressional committees, twistin ey are he oun fisn-i tail and making the eagle|Airways and the Wien Alaska Air- scream. . i ways, who are seeking certificated Pat Hurley's aspirations to come|routes to Seattle. back to Wa)shmgwn bring nostal-| Others expected to appear here gic memories of ‘a now almost foer‘; include formal and informal inter- st. When he first arrived | venors located in Alaska. E‘sm:r;u‘:\‘tor member of the Hoover: Some industrial witnesses, North- administration, dining out was one|west Airlines, Pan American World of the Capital's major businesses,| Airways and Pacific Northern Alr- and Cabinet members studied the'lines are expected to testify that question of who would sit where | exisiting service to Alaska is ade- at dinner with the same care Wwejguate. now give to Russian diplomatic/ Pan American seeks to add An- notes. chorage to its Alaska stops and Pat and his beautiful wife Ruth extend service to California. Paci- were great assets to this era. In fic Northern seeks to extend its front go( full-length mirrors, they service to Juneau. rehearsed their bows and their en-| Territorial Governor Ernest trances before going out to dinner., Gruening and Irwin W. Silverman, They were the handsomest coupleloeparthr:;n; dof inc:_r‘mrmccounsel, in the Cabinet. Perhaps not re-:are sc uled to testify that more alizing that Washington has chang-/ service is needed. ed, Pat has been hankering to get| The following are listed to ap- ‘ pack to the tinsel and gold braid pear in connection with the An- ever since. | chorage-Washington hearings: Al- i (Continued ,on Page Four) (Continued on Page Three) | support of the original United Na- | HOLY LAND " SUBJECT IN CAMPAIGN Presidential Candidates Charge Each Other with Playing Politics (By The Associated Press) The presidentia] campaign hit} the stretch drive today with Presi- dent Truman and his Republican| opposition accusing each other of | playing politics with Palestine. Shortly beiore he set out for Chicago and the first of a final series of big city speeches, Mr. Truman last night declared hisj | i tions plan to partition the Hold Land, subject only to changes ap- proved by the new Jewish state! of Israel. In a statement which White House Press Secretary Charles G.| Ross said had been “cleared with the State Department,” the Presi- dent also asserted that he has or- dered swift study of Israel's ap- plicaticn for an American loan. | Mr. Truman said he had beeni forced to “reiterate my own pcsl-' | tion” because Gov. Thomas E.| Dewey had “seen fit” to speak out on the subject last week. No Rejoiner, Dewey 1 | The GOP presidential nominee— who also takes to the road tonight for his campaign windup—offered no immediate rejoiner. 1 But campaign manager Herbert | Brownell, Jr, said Dewey simply| had complied with a request that he re-state his support of the Re- publican platiorm plank in favor of partition. Brownell added: | “It is regrettable that the Pres-| ident is making politics of an issue | s0 important to the peace of the | worla.” Ross’ statement that Mr. Tru- man’s statement had been clearec! by the State Department followed a period of uncertainty over how it squared with Secretary of State! | Marshall’s stand. | Marshall last month gave his iapproval at the U. N. meeting ini Paris to a proposal for modifying the 1847 partition plan. The sug- | gested changes—drafted by the late| Count Bernadotte, U. N. mediator | in Palestine—came under strong Jewish criticism. H Swings At Dewey ] Mr. Truman spent 14 hours back | at the White House yesterday af- ter his Pennsylvania swing, cli- maxed by a Pittsburgh speech Saturday night. The President lik- | ened Dewey there to a doctor who says the American people need a major operation even though they the “felling fine and never had a brighter future.” Dewey’s aides said he will close his campaign by holding to his theme. that a Republican victory| would be a unifying influence for the country. b Wallace Campaign Henry Wallace, speaking from Newark, N. J., last night, called upon the United States, Russia and Britain to pull their troops out of Germany and -leave the occupation chore to six “small” countries. Wallace listed the six as France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lux- embough, Poland and Czechoslo- cakia. He said: “The time has come to change Germany from a tinder box into a neutral zone." ———— Dozen Wedding Rings for Bishop For Eskimos GREENSBORO, N. C., Oct. 25— (#—The- jewelry store clerk asked! the customer if she had heard him correctly. Yes, the order was for a' dozen wedding rings, inexpensive, and large sizes. ‘The customer explained he was the Rev. Robert Cox, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal church here. The Rev. William Gordon, bishop of Al- aska, told Cox many Eskimos. hej marries don't have rings. The dozen rings were a gift of the Greznsboro congregation, council of foreign ministers to ta'ic | inext week to talk over |and possibly other countries, where | terests. ! United Nations BLOCKADE OF BERLIN IS EASING | l Russia May—AEree fo Com- | promise Submitted- Await Answer (By The Associated Press) The chance that Russia might| agree to a compromise and lift the k! Berlin blockade was veported? “slightly better” today. . Foreign Minister Juan A.. Bra-. muglia, the acting Eecurity Council | president, who made that.forecast, delayed for twq hours the ‘meeting of the Security Council to give the Big Four diplomats a chance for last moment talks, The answer from' the Kremlin to the proposal probably | will be decisive. i | ! i | ‘The compromise, put up by six les- ser powers, called for immediate re- moval of the blockade; the use of the Russian mark as the sole cur- rency for Berlin by Nov. 20; and a meeting by Nov. 30 of the Big Fou on Labor. (? Wirephote. Afom over all German problem: ‘The issue has been before the U.| N. since the three western powers accused Russia of endangering peace ty blockading Berlin. Washington and Paris dispatches spok:= of impending moves for a militury alllance of the United) States, Canada and the Westesh European Union of Britain, France Belgium, Holland and Luxembours. Foreign ministers of the Wester. European Union met in Paris and were reported to have this atop their agenda. There also seemed aq chance that a French and Belgian plan for a western Europe parlia- | ment, with consultative authority, might be adopted. It was reported in Washington AGAIN LOSER - that the Union or the United Stnice | might issue bids to a mnlcromul soon after the presidential election a military alliance between North America mh![ the Union. Italy, Iceland, Norway, Denmark | the communists are not in control. may join the talks at some time. The U. 8. Sénate passed a resolu- tion last spring advocating the as- sociation of the United States with nations having common security in-| COMPROMISE PLAN IS TURNED DOWN Russia vetoed tonight a com- promise plan to end the Berlin blockade. The United States representative, Dr. Philip C. Jessup, told the Security Council responsibility for the failure to settle the Berlin dispute “will rest squarely and unavoidably on the government of the Soviet Union Andrei Vishinsky rejected the compromise of the six neutral na- tions of the Council, contending it was unfair to Russia. Jessup said he listened in vain for a sign of conciliation in the old proescu- tor's speech. The Western powers and the six neutrals all voted for the com- promise, and only Russia and the Soviet Ukraine opposed. Although the vote was 9 to 2, Russia’s nega- tive ballot amounted to a veto The Western powers, which ac- cused Russia ot endangering peace by blockading the German city, said the plan was acceptable. An alternative which the Kremlin proposed for raising the blockade graduaily was unacceptable to the United States, Britian and France, Paris informants said. The West has contended all along there will ke no talk about Germany until the Soviets raise the blockade. NSNS A STEAMER MOVEMENTS All American steamers tied up by coastwide strike. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway at 7 o'clock to- morrow morning and sails south one hour later at 8 o'clock. e CANADIANS HERE and - other industries, Guests at the Baranof from|Nations was told today. Tulsequah, B. C., include Mr. and| Tadensz Lychowski, Polish delegate Mrs. G. Phillips, W. F. Galloway ito the assemtly's 58-nation econong- and G, W. Robinson. i¢c committee, made the estimate. | | | | | ! | Gertrude Niesen (above), report- ed the Joss of $11,000 in jewelry to Philadelphia police. She said she left the jewels in a taxicab while returning to a Philadelphia hotel after a trip to New York to examine recovered valuables stol- en from her apartment a few days before. (® Wirephoto. Milliohfi rAre Poured To Bolster Industry PARIS, Oct. 25 poured the equivalel ~Russia has of about $450,- Frank Foisie (right), President of the Waterfront Employers Assori House committee’s probe of Communism in labor unicns. committee member and center is Rep. Charles Kersten (R-Wis) Chairman of the House Sub-Committee | ficial attitude téday by ‘| United States is not putting all its|cevera] million below what it would | the | the | for two general purposes: | In Poland by Russia STOCK QUGTATIONS 1000,000 into postwar Poland to help|er 30, Kennecott develop new steel, chemical, cementCentral 16%, Northern Pacific 20%, the United!U. S. Steel 86% | Employers Association Head Teslities tion, testifies in San Francisco at a Extreme left is Rep.%0. S. Fisher (D.-Tex.), ic Bomb May Not Be Used HEAVY VOTE For General Warfare; Planners 1S EXPECTED Engage in General Discussion By ELTON C. FAY Associated Press Military Affairs s Reporter WASHINGTON, C:il. Z23- Nation's military planner by two wartime uses and six peace- time tests — have decided about where the atomic bomb fits in the| rack of weapons for fighting a pos- sible future war One authority summed up the of-!yor president November 2. saying the | pjs. js @ record number, Over Fifty-One Million Will Cast Ballofs WASHINGTON, Election experts 25 Oct. eggs in one basket. His figurative|p. ir pallots were marked in expression indicates this is how lhu]‘ same population ratio as in nuclear fission bomb is viewed: past two elections. 1. It is the deadliest weapon in| \wpoien means has displaced all others. It may or may not be a cisive weapon in another ws used alone it is improbable it could ! 011940 has by ord of 49,820,312 and even or even weeks 3. Because of its broad area 0‘"60.000,000 destruction, it is not a selective e s The 51,035, weapon and its use must be guided accordingly. The wartime uses and non-combat tests of the atomic bomb have con- vinced military leaders that it would ! be of very limited, if any, tactical use —that tor direct attack on front-line troops. This is because such troops are s dispersed that | it would require many bombs to| - a destroy effective numbers of them. he bomp thus-becomes essential- strategic weapon, to ke used | CIO News says it will be close for the Assoc election officials. newspaper observers are included D it ly a 1. Destruction of cities in which war goods are produced or distrib- uted, together with the people pro- 2. Breaking the will of civilian populations to continue.a war | e In considering all the possibili-| SEATTLE, Oet. ties of atomic weapon attack, mat- | ters of policy beyond the purely| military aspects have been given | grave consideration by national de- | fense officials. This is one of them: 1 1t is quite possible that an all-out | atemic war eventually could destroy | the economy of evep the largest| nation, When that military victory | had been achieved, the victor might have to support the vanquished— even as in Germany and Japan >-e American cepted a position with Aeronaut Radio, Ind,, nounced today. San Francisco communications st twill replace him Huntley flew to Honolulu week on his first assignment struction of d radio station pects to return to t} {months Born in Pan American as radio operator NEW YORK, Oct ing quotation of Al Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American p,pangs in 1935 He was one Can 80':, Anaconda 38, Curtiss- . | Har {the company's most Wright 10% lmexn;uum Hm“’""',cumnvuxnc:mu.:.s Sl “-Clos- having Nome to Seattle. Pound $4.03%;. R g 1,100,000, as follows: FROM FAIRBANKS 6173, util-y Gus Stewart of Fairbanks is 'the Geatineau Hotel Sales today were Averages today are industrials 18952, rails ities 35.60, NOVEMBER 2 Election Ex_ béflns Figure | in the 48 states | figure 51,035256 persons will vote, bul | A i the nation's voters are i|the national .arsenal, but it by NO| showing the same degree of in-i {terest this year as in 1944 and 2 o Lage under | mean victory in a mapter of days| . 1944 total of 47976,263. But the LEAVES PAA; 25.—(-—Charles factory to th A. Huntley, communications super-| visor for the Alaska region of Pan it Mus World Airways, has ac a world-wide aeropau- k tical communications system owned | alternative by the airlines, the company an- R. A. Arvidson of Pan American’s| PADIES, aft ) wants, Aeronautical Radio, supervising run-l He ex~| > coast in thri experienced | in-:bound from Juneau will be Mr. and 2. New Y"”‘i;mllcd radio stations for them from Mrs. Leslie Rudy, wko arrived to- Sk,innéf Says Most Alaskans Backing WEA Strikes Costly fo Territory, Company—Responsible Settlement Imperative Not us w wreat but as a simple | declaration of fact, Gilbert W. Skin-, ner, president of the Alaska Steam- ,ship Company said in Juneau to- day, “If we can’'t get a satistactory settlement Letween the Waterfront ‘Em_n!uyu's Association and the strik=- ‘ing unions, we will be in a position where the Alaska Steamship Com- pany will be forced to liquidate. “The strike has been very costly to us, and, I know it is costly to the peotle of Alaska. It is as important to the peopls of the Territory as it is to us to settle on a cask that will {assure continued and uninterrupted service. No company can contigue to operate under contracts such as we have had with the particular striking unions during the last two years.” Mr. Skinner, here on his way to Seattle after a trip to Anchorage, Fajrbanks and the recent Alaska Rallroad observation of Alaska Day at Mt. McKinley Park, said that he was gratified to find people in Alas- ka- this year willing and anxious to back the Watertront Employers in, their efforty to arrive at a perma- nent settlement of the maritime strike. Two years ago Skinner was in {Anchorage and Fairbanks during the strike and found at that time Alaskans were demanding: immedi- ate settlement regardless of terms. | “This year, after talking to most of the 150 people from Anchorage jand Fairbanks at McKinley Park, interviewing shippers in Fairbanks and Anchorage for several days, I found, without exception, that Al- askans ‘were ready to stay with us until this strike is settled on a £ permanent—not temporary—basis,” Mr. Skinner said. After the Alaska Steamship presi- {dent had called attention to the {number of days lost during the last 114 years by work-stoppages nad coastwise waterfront tieups, a total of 1688 days, he said in answer to |8 ‘question as to why the company n debated. Some have i 4 > ihad stayed in business during years yestimated a vote below 1940's rec- h b o ¥ lof difficult operation: ! “There are just two reasns: We llike the steamship business and w2 like Alaska, We are going to stick 1it out if we can. But Settlement to figure is an agBre- |y the striking unions must te on gate of 48 separate estimates made ted Press by state| A few forecasts by party chairmen and experienced | ‘a permanent and responsible basis.” While there is some suffering at Ithe westward and tie interior as a résult of the str.ke, people general- ly were better prepred for a trans- than !portation stoppage this year fin 1946, Mr. Skinner said. |learned their lgsson two ye jand were tetter prepared for it this |year. The Alaska Railroad has been cperating barges to the Westward; trucks up fhe Alaska High |airpianes have been carrying 1 {The truek and alr |are cogtly, but they are filling a ineed. People seem to be willing and Ixmxlan:- to stand by the Waterfront { Empioyers Association until a strike | settlement is reached that 1s satis- e operators has reached a stage where ust be determined whether we operate our own businesses or are to Le controlled by the unions’™ Then Skinner concluded, “the cnly then will be for you have government operation ol Alaska transportation. com- es, That what Mr. Bridges It to | your Mr. and Mis, Skinner are in Ju- last [ Deau with their guests, Mr. and with Mrs. Ralph P. Jenkins, of Seattle. | They recently drove over the high- way trom Whitehorse to Anchorage where they joined Col. John P. {Johngon, Alaska Railroad president, ee Seattle, Huntley joined|for the trip to Mt. McKinley Park in and the Alaska Day celebration on of | October 18 Guests of the Skinners south- {day by Pacific Northern Airways {plane from Anchorage, wherc they also were guests of Col. Johnson on the Alaska Day trip. The Skinners at expect to ave for Seattle Wednes- day i