The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 30, 1948, Page 1

SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition VOL. LXVIL, NO. 11,030 “ALL THE NEWS ]UNEAU ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1948 ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition MENCE R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ——————m Presidential Candidates End Hot Campaign House Movers Escape Death in Collapse Six hcuse movers, eafing their lunches under this newly-moved apartment house in Los Angeles, mir- aculously escaped death when the two-story frame building collapsed. The front section of the building had just been lowered to its new founations when it crumpled and splattered into a pile of rubble. scared movers crawled out from underneath—none of them even scratched. (P “'Irephn(o CARGO BY AIR: CHEAPERTHAN WATER HAUL Contracting Firm Gives! Testimony at CAB Hear- | ing Held in Anchorage ™" ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 30— (M—The week-iong Civil Aeronau- tics Board hearing on Alaska air services was recessed for today aftef” a contractors’ representative testified to the heavy use nf air- planes for ‘cargo shipments. | Jerry Dunkelberger, traffic man- ager for Birch-Johnson-Lytle, the major firm in Alaska military pro- jects, said shipping of many con- struction items by air is cheaper than by water. He testified before Examiner Willihm Cusick yester-| dal afternoon as an Alaska Air- lines witness. The airline is one of those seek- ing a certificate for a regular schedule route between Alaska and' the states. Dunkelberger said that in the past two years his firm had flown| approximately 7,500,000 pounds of cargo to or from the Territory. “Due to heavy packing required for scientific instruments and extra handling charges for fragile items,| shipping by air is often less ex- pensive,” he declared. Supports Alaska Airlines In support of the Alaska Air- lines petition for a regular mghh permit, Dunkelberger said the car- The Washington Merry - Go-Round Bv DREW PEARSON | (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell lmdlene.‘ Inc. ASHINGTON— Around the Army’s Pentagon, largest office building in the world, winds a network of modernistic macadam highways which have now become the center of one of the Capital’s most interesting hush-hush income- gax scandals. For the men who built these highways, W. J. “Doc” Hardy and F. McKenzie Davison of the Ar- lington Asphalt Company, appar-| ently did not feel they should pay | 1ull taxes on the profits they made from Uncle Sam. In fact, Treas-| ury agents who finally caught up) s now flying the north-south route on regular schedules are not able to meet the demands. “Once when we were shipping 3,000,000 pounds of cargo in one shipment,” he .continued, ‘‘neither Northwest or Pan - American had the equipment.” He said the firm rinally lined up American Airlines for 100 flights. Alaska Airlines took oxer the contract flights in June, 1947 |He said A.A. service has bevn “very very satisfactory.” He been flown north for Mt. McKinley Airways Reports submitted by Mt. Mc- | Kinley Airways continued to be a hearing issue. Capt. Pat Baker, estimated 27,000 men hme! i | six | ! MUKDEN FALLSTO . o (OMMIES By The Associated Press Mukden, largest city in Man- !reports were unofficial but appnr- lently reliable. | China’s government was torment- | ‘ed by the twin specters of defeat ,nnd defection of national troops. its chief pilot, was recalled to the |Fall of Mukden to the Reds would ! stand to answer opposition allega- lmean the government’s loss of prac- | tions that his firm had overload- |tically all of Manchuria. Red control ed planes. He said that on several ;of Manchuria,.in turn, would step occasions, the tonnage listed in his | {up the Communists’ timetable for, ; west, i firm’s report were divided between |the next probable operation — the | planes, rather than being carried on one. He said a check of mani fests showed it. The company’s; exhibit at the hearing did not mention any extra planes. Mt. McKinley also is seeking a permit for regular schedules be-| |tween Alaska and the States. Jack Scavenius, MY. McKinley | president, was another witness who was recalled to the stand yestelday for some further questioning on ihis firm’s report. Before resuming the stand, he said he and his at- torneys did not have time to go 1 over his firm's exhibits prior to the! " hearing at which the Pan Ameri-! can World Airways attorney criti- | cized them. Scavenius told "the a reporter, i report is incorrect; corrections will be made in a supplement.” Financial Assistance Financial assistance was assured ! McKinley by Clifford McGahan, Seattle truck and tractor dealer. He said he was prepared to put up $500,000 if McKinley got a reg- ular (certificated) route. “If more than $500,000 is needed, that will be raised too,” he said. PNA Case Pacific Northern Airlines ended its case for increased schedule rights with two final witnesses — ' Merle Smith, president of Curdova; and Charles Whyte, ! Air Services, PNA district manager in Juneau. Whyte described the problems| of the Juneau link between Pan American’s north-south service and Pacific Northern's service to the Putting up passengers neau cost the company in excess | of $5,000 due to missed tions,” he said. Examiner Cusick said he ex- pected the hearing here to end Tuesday. He gave McKinley Air- iways a week to offer ddditional corrective material in_its exhibit. connec- in Ju-| with the pair, estimate that they| quick-changed Uncle Sam -out o! $500,000. Probably that explains a sacm.‘ a home in Florida and a new man- [ sion in Virginia. However, the two Virginia con-; —_—— ¥ (Continued on Page Four) ~ —————— |AURORA BRINGS IN 720 LBS. OF PINKS The Aurora, skippered by Al | Schramm, docked at Juneau Cold lpounds of pink salmon, ibattle for- North China. ! i Generalissimo Chiang Kai-! shekl hastily flew south to Nanking from | | his Peiping headquarters. Inform- |ants in Nanking said Chiang’s re- ‘tum there presaged possible “drasfic. developments Chiang’s spokesman !in the north declared the battles raging now would be decisive in! | China’s civll war ANCHORAGE | MERCHANTS | DENY RISE! i e ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 30.— (P—Anchorage merchants strongly denled yesterday that retail food prlces have increased sharply since | the strike. Replying to a statement issued by Col. Harry Generous, F'ort Richardson cemmander, food dealers issued an i'wnnnon for ‘public inspection of their food prices, books and methods of mar- ] keting. Colonel Generous said that War Department employees living in {the city had complained that pri- ces had bkeen boosted since the start of the maritime strike—in some stores “as much as 30 per cent.” | The merchants today challenged \'anyone to find even a 1 per cent | increase. H +One dealer asserted prices were dropping, rather than increasing. Colonel Generous issued an ul- timatum to merchants, declaring that the Army will throw open its commissary to War Depart-| ment civilians living in the city| unless prices are held down. ———,-— HERE FROM GUSTAVUS 1 Mrs. William H. Lehman of Gus- REPUBLICAN PORKBARREL IS BIG ONEi Spend More fhan 15 Times as Demos on House and Senate Campaigns WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—(®--The Repu lican party has spent, more |than 15 times as much money. on. House and Senate campaigns as the Democratic party. Final pre-election {inancial re- ports filed with Congress show that GOP Senate and House campaign committees spent $715,749 up. to Thursday, compared with a Demo= cratic total of $46,999. The committees’ reports did not all money collected and; include spent by the cand.dates themselves, nor money spent on Congressional campaigns by other groups such as lakor ered only what was collected and spent by the party on its Honse and Qenate cmdldatgs TWO DEAD, 9 "INJURED IN APT. BLALZE sons were known dead and nine’ were injured early today in a fire that destroyed a four-story brick : .apartment building *on the South Side. Police estimated about 100 per- sons, who occupied 35 apartments ! churia, was reported today to have[in the building, escaped to the;, . i Tdne R lican | [ construction | royen 't Chinese Communists. The ,street in sleeping attire. iy S G SO e The dead, both unidentified, were a man and a woman. The charred {body of the man was found on a third floor landing and that of the woman in her second floor apart- ment. Firemen carried about 25 occu- ' pants from the building at 6427-6429 1South Harper Ave. Most of those ! who escaped from the blazing struc- ‘ture made their way down a fire i escape. Barlenders as Baby Sitfers, Election Day, DECATUR, Ill, Oct. 20. About 100 Decatur union bartenders wiu be_ available for baZy sitting Jobs next Tuesday, Election day. Mothers wanting a sitter so they can go to the polls can get a bar- tender as baby sitter at Local 23, {Bartenders, Hotel and Restaurant empkvym Union. R. K. Young, union business -sem, said the bartenders agreed to offer their services because they will e idle. By state law saloons are closed in Illinois during the timej the polls are open on Election day. Young sgia the union has not de- | cided on wages for bartenders. But they won't be much, he said 2| AMPAIGN SPEECHES INOT T00 GOOD SAYS; SPEAKER J. MAR"“IRoum FOLEDBY. [ ™ ™ " °****| FQUR, INJURES FIVE NORTH ATTLEBOI Oct. 30.—M—House Spenker Joseph W. Martin’s newspaper says that the speeches of Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey “sound good . but promise nothing.” The speeches of President Tru- man, the paper added, “have still less to recommend them.” “Dewey's speeches have been de- signed for tonal effect,” Martin's newspaper said in an editorial pub- | unions. The statements cov=-, ww‘ | Spectators line the street as King George VI and Queen Londen’s Buckingham Palace for opening of Parliament. The The King, opening the Parliament session amid ancient pomp, { steel industry. P wirephom radio from London. Hous: calles . ELECTIONS IN . 3RD AND 4TH, - Unofficial returns, including ab- sentec ballots are in from the| Third and Fourth Divisions. Returns show a nearly solid Democratic|, ifront with George Miscovich of| {Fairkanks, the sole Republican rep- | jresentative to be elected to the of- (fice from the two divisions, and || |senator, : Winning the Senatorial race in Ithe Third Division are Walter D.! Huntley and Steve McCutcheon, ‘koth Democratic candidates. In "the Fourlh Division Frank Barr, Dem- {ocrat, and John Butrovich, , Re- puklican, were elected as wnnmrs 1 Elected to the House of Repre-! 'sentetives from the Third Division ' § are Stanley J. McCutcheon, Chester ! Carlson, C. A. Pcllard, Willlam |Ezan, Jack Conright, Clarence Keat- ;ing and Alfred Owen, Jr. ‘ Representatives from the Fourth' {D vision will be Glen Franklin, Es- «(e Dale, Frank Angerman, Warren A Te; ylor nnd George Miscovich. MINERS IN - FRANCE GO ' BACK, JOBS | (By The Associated Press) French coal miners went cack to‘ |work today in increasing numbe:s. Kathlcen Winsor (above), author of “Forever Amber” relaxes at a Reno dude ranch after disclosing she is establishing six weeks resi- dence in Nevada to divorce band boosting the hope of Gavemmem‘ leader Artie Shaw. @ erephnm. leaders that the strike may be|. more than 4,000,000 tons of coal The apparent easing of France’ 10 (RIPPlED TANKER bor leaders assailed the Government and landowners for growing umm.\ Coast Guard tender Citrus |)ut inearing an end. The stoppage, led ( G TENDER ("Rus | ilabor troubles came as unrest de- veloped in Italy's farm areas. In ployment and accused them of an'in at Juneau this morning to take ioffensive against the rights of the on fresh water for the cripple ‘by communists, has cost France TAKES FRESH WATER Southeastern Italy agricultural la- I'workers. | Navy tanker Mission Santa Cruz which ran ln\u trouble Wednesday he tanker, which was nssmed by C. G. Cutter Unalga, enroute here from Adak, is ed at Pleasant Island in Icy Pas- BARRAGE OF (ANDY + BARS IN HOLD-UP PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30- AMVAn | attempted holdup of a North Phil- iadelphia store was foiled today by a candy barrage. Four holdup men walked ithe shop and one trained a pistol | er, executive officer of the Citrus. Fresh water supplies on the tank- ! | er ran low after boiler trouble caus- | ed an excessive use of water, Lt. into | Baker said. The Mission Santa 1 | Cruz’ caigo of oil products is be- | Royally Rides fo Parliament Opening Elizabeth, riding now anchor- | | sage, according to Lt. L. G. Bak-| lished the night before Dewey hadl‘m Mrs, Mary Tucker, 45-year-old | Smo‘il ;cr;)l;:ffl;ed ;3} t?:bngv;;xc::::; shopkeeper. She screamed, flun nasy made & SRl Sy Sorky At pEAepe o i " to tow the tanker into port for tleboro to call upon the Republican|a handful of chocolate bars nt Congressman’s mother, Mrs. Cath-lthem erine Martin, 87. Three of the men started for Dewey and Martin exchanged !the cash register and Mrs. Tucker pledges of cooperation between the | continued to fire—one candy bar Storage this morning with 720 tavus is staying at the Juneau White House and Congress if the at a time. She screamed loud- lfloul i {er and louder. i Republicans win next Tuesday. The men fled. repairs. The Citrus was dispatched to | the scene of trouble from Ketchi- kan. She left here at 11:00 o'clock | this merning to return to Icy Pas- sage. in the Royal Coach, leaves Cavalry escorts the coach. d for nationalization of Britain's ehold i DEMOS CARRY - Business, Industry Reporied In Generally Sound Condition | LOS ANGELES Oct. | Business 30.—P— and industry are in a und condition and there ibility of a crack-up in | the financial market,” says the President of Dun and Bradstreet. Arthur D. Whiteside sees “very little difficulty ahead of us un- less there should be an interna- | | ticnal breakup.” i The former Vice-President of the| “qu' Production Board told the Ro-| itary Club here: usiness slowed up in the late] and summer, That was as! ouid have been. A perpetual seller’s market creates high prices | and harms everybody. We now have 'swung to a buyer's market and the | buyer best knows that is godo for the country.” ‘GOP Party Is Gefting Rid Of Right Wing DENVER, Oct. lis “no 30. -(®—The Re- Ix'mi.*l!can party, says Sen. Wayne| | Morse (R-Ore), is getting rid of its reactionaries “and thank | Boodness." ;’ Morse, speaking at a political | irally here last night, blamed a! i coalition of “reactionary Repub- !licans and Democrats” for passage !of the Taft-Hartley Labor Act over President Truman's veto. | i He termed the law a “tremen- | dous mistake of the Republican 80th Congress” and said the veto |would have been sustained in the Senate “it the Rresident had lifted (ven a little finger to help me.” TRAIN COLLISION IN VERMONT KILLS NEWBURY, VlA Oct. 30.—P— |Two engineers and two firemen! Imet death and five persons were injured early today in a headon | collision of two Boston and Maine | | Railrcad passenger trains. The accident occurred in an iso- qlated area where trains operate on i single track with automatic wblo(‘k signals. Both were Boston and Maine Railroad trains, although the crew of the engine on the northbound train were Canadian Pacific Rail- rcad men. | A Boston and Maine Railroad spokesman was unable to explain immediately how the trains collided despite the automatic signals. ler in | puklican TRUMAN IS IN ST. LOUIS; DEWEYINN. Y. _Home-Stalmdiences to Get Final Pleads to Vote Next Tuesday (By The ASBL\L‘I'H(‘d Press) President Truman and Gov. 1 Thomas E. Dewey ring down the curtain on their presidential cam- paigns tonight with addresses be- iore home-state audiences. But before the final balloting, they plan to return to the national stage with curtain call pleas for vote support In next Tuesday's election. Mr. Truman's special train was Missouri-bound, with St. Louis the last stop on a cross-country talk- ing tour that included every sec- tion of the nation, After his speech there tonight, " |the President will stay at his home in Independence until November 2 balloting. Regardless of the outcome, he plans to go to Key West, Fla., lat- the week !or an extended vacation, Dewey In New York Dewey winds up his second ef- fort to win the Presidency for the Republicans with a speech tonight in Madison Square Garden. Arriving in New York yesterday aboard. his “Victory Special” train the GOP candidate expressed con- after the *but Cons- gressional control as well. Dewey ' rode into “Manhattan from a New England stumping tour in which he pledged, if elect- ed, to unite the country behind a strengthened movement for peace, aided by promised harmony between the White House and Con- gress. b Can't Buy Peace Asserting that the Democrats have made “tragic concessions” in ;dealing with world problems, Dew- ey told a New Haven crowd: “You can’t buy peaee by giving away other people’s freedom." Mr. Truman lashed out at the GOP record on foreign affairs last night in a Brooklyn address which concluded a whirlwind two-day vote hunt in New York City. In the 267th speech of his cam- paign, the President asserted that the Republicans crippled. the re- ciprocal trade agreements program and tried to twist the European Recovery Plan from one of “world reconstruction to one of hand-out | relief.” Naticn's Fate At Stake In addition, he said, “The Re- publican party's record shows that it is not free from forces of iso- lationism.” “These are some of the reasons why the American people would make a mistake if they should en- trust the future of our country to a Republican President and a Re- Congress for the next four years,” Mr. Truman added. Henry Wallace followed the Pres- I1dent into Harlem last night with the charge that Mr. Truman was making “shallow, hollow, worthless promises” on civil rights. The Progressive party's presiden- tial contender told a rally in the Golden Gate ballroom that “in- stead of visiting Harlem, President Truman should take his pen in hand and do the one simple thing which would prove that he really wants to help the Negro people . sign an order abolishing seg- regation in the Armed Forces.” “But he gets the writers cramp whenever he thinks about it,” Wal- lace added. T———- TROPICAL WINDS HIT 15 MILES TOKYO, Oct. 30.—P—A tropical storm with winds up to 75 miles an hour at its center was 275 miles northwest of Iwo Jima today and moving in a general northerly di- A |rection. Center winds of the storm have varied from 65 to 75 miles an hour in the last two days. tidéiice, pls party_ will -get- not -mty* =4 jthe White House prize,