The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1948, Page 1

] THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,051 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PR A 0 1P.M. Edition = ] JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FIRE TAKES COMMIES IN 4 BUILDINGS' NEW ACTION, IN FAIRBANKS CHINA FIGHT Jessen's Weekl y, Book fion, iReal Situation, However, Shop, Office, Warehouse | Obscure as to Facts-Bil- Gone — 33 Below lions Sought from U.S. Rad’o Station KINY has received (By The Associated Press) word from KFRB, iis affiliated sta- { Chinese Communists were believ- tion in Fairbanks, that fire of un- ed by neutral observers to be pr determined origin destroyed four ing Nat'onalist forces steadily back buildings early today. Itoday on the plains of Suchow. Completely destroyed were xhe’ Government assertions of victory newspaper plant of Jessen's Weekly, |were contused and contlicting the Adler Book Shop, the Alaska| The Communist radio said Red Architectural and Engineering Co.,!forces destroyed the Nationalist office, and a paint warehouse be- . Seventh Army group east of Su- loneging to the Andrew J Nerland 'chow. The loss of Suchow would store. lopen the gates to Nanking, the The early morning fire was fought fcupilal. less than 20 miles away, and in 33 below zero weather by Fair- clear the path to Shanghai, 165 banks city firemen, and some men miles southeast of Nanking. Offi- from nearby Ladd Field Air Force cials at Shanghai talked of “total base, for more than two hours be- war” plans. No Clemency Says MacArthur; Tojo, Others Must Die (By The Associated Press) Gen. MacArthur denied clemenc: |to all ‘the 25 top Japanese war | eriminals and ordered the execu- | tion of wartime Premier Fideki| | Tojo and six oth.cr WORLD FLIERS GET Al \ | z » ! | | | Z \ | | | | | FAIRBANKS, Nov. 24.—(@®—The| bopes of Mrs. Richarda Morrow-| Tait were flying high today, though| the round-the-world pilot's plane, lies crumpled beside the Alaska, Highway. 1 Jim Dodson, a veteran bush-pilot | and head of Northern Consolidated| lines, took a squint at the wreck- | age yesterday and opined the wood- | | DOUGLAS TALKS AT (10 MEET Supreme Court Justice Gives Straight Advice fo Delegates at Portland PORTLAND, Nov. 24—P— Su-| preme Court Justice William O.] Dougles is today’s principal speak- er at the National CIO convéntion |day that the new Congress would here. His prepared speech says clear the way for statehood for Al- that labor leaders can do a bet- |aska as a defense measure. ter job than conventional diplo-| The Oklahoman, defeated for re- mats in defeating world-wide Com- !¢lection, recently returned from vis- wur propaganda and bridging |1ing Alaska FOR ALASKA " PREDICTED iRecent Visitor Declares Move Necessary from Military Standpoint By CHARLF:S HASLET WASE; NGTON, Nov. 24.—(M Rep. Peden (D-Okla) predicted to- the gap between America and| “Statehcod for Alaska,” he Europe. la reporter, “would help solve m ” tary problems as well as help Alas- glas says that labor has ap UoliElas M. > artgil k2. We need Statehood at once for unigue opportunity—-that ot pre-;| 2 B rving the value of democrac; national defense purposes. o "“_‘ B i NOCTACY | Lpoy example, it Alaska were a ks kit o Istate and received state highway He predicts that conventional gig from the U. S. Government, it diplomats will fail miserably unless|would benefit the military. And | told i fore it was brought under control. Regardless of whether the Com- |en monoplane could be rebulltiyn. ygerstand the rise of labor| two Senators and a House member STATEHOOD Here Is New information | Concernin GLACIER ICE 10 CHRISTEN PAA PLANE | | \ | | i | | {To Be Poured Over Nose of ! Craft Inaugurating Se- - alfle-Hawaii Flight SEATTIE, Nov. 24.—(®—Million- year-old Alaska glacial ice from Ju- 'neau will he used to christen the Pan-Amer'can Airways plane which { tenight inaugurates service from the 'Pacitic Northwest to Hawaii. | The glacial ice, flown to Seattle for the purpose, will be poured over the nose of the plane. Taking part REMOVAL OF HARRY BRIDGES DEMANDE g Thanksgivingi i TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 24— Don't tifank the Pilgrims when you bite into that turkey tomorrow, the | New Jersey Council advises. Thank Elias Boudinot of Elizabethtown (mow Elizaheth), The Pilgrims might have had something to do with Thanksgiv- ing, the council admits, but New Jersey's Boud not put the holiday | on a national basis. | These, said the council, are the| inside facts: | On Sept. 25, 1789, Boudinot in-| troduced a resolution in Congress calling on the President to “recom- |mend to the people a day of public thankseiving and prayer to be ob- served by acknowledging with grate- ful hearts the many s al favors of almighty God.” Bowing tc Boudinot’s judgment, George Washington jimmediately is- sued a proclamation setting Novem- ber 26, of that ycar as a nhational| Thanksgiving Day | - | other MOVETAKEN BY UNION OF SAILORS | Emphatic RveAq'u-est Is Pres- ented fo Philip Murray at Portland Cl0 Maet SEATTLE, Nov. 24 —#—The re« moval Harry Bridges “dind his ol | associates from control of the long- sheremen’s union,” was demanded yesterday by the Seattle local of the Sailors’ Unlon of the Paeific. Ed Coester, Seattle agent of the rival AFL union, said the member- ship instructed him to send an “open letter” to CIO President Philip Murray at the National CIO convention in Portland, making public the demands, The letter also urged that the Pacific American Shipowners’ Asso- ciation insist that Bridges' and longshore, officers comply with the Tatt-Hartley Law's non- Communist provisions before being BOEING No estimate was given of the munists win all China, their sweeps | wjihoy * hew parts o &l ‘without using new parts | governments of the world and share | loss. | appeared certain to cost the United| anq the Alaskan Air Command| ti will be Mary Anne > Tero s ol ne from Alaska instead of one delegate in the ceremoni: | permitted to negotiate further, i Statés more billions in foreign aid. |1f President Truman and Secretary .of State Marshall decided China still could be saved from the Red ' Congress would have to be asked for the money. VEATINEE A SOVIET UKRAINE MAKING CHARGES (M—The Soviet! munists, the t Should all China fall to the com- of rebuilding Ja- PARIS, Nov. 24 Ukraine has accused American and Pan and providing her a stable econ- | British oil and military interests oOmy will be much more costly, of wrecking the U-N partition plan policy makers in Washington said for Palestine. Ukrainian Delegate| Additionally, there is always the Andrei Galagan said that the U-N ' risk of building up some indirect should order Atab troops out of clash of American and Russian mili- Palestine. And he wanted ah inde- |tary power pendent Aral: state set up beside the' P Jewish state of Israel. The Ukrain- R ian delegate opposed giving Arab'send some military leader of great parts of Palestine to what he called Prestige to head the American mil- “the British puppet of Trans-Jor- itary mission in China. Some Chi- resident Chiang Kai-shek is un- | jderstood to have proposed the U. S.) was reported considering the pos | sizility of hauling “Thursday Child” to Fairbanks for repairs. Buying parts and transporting t ship to civilization were . two Mrs. M-T's major worries. The single-engined ship washed out its wing and landing-gear Sun-; !day in a forced landing from which i | he| | of | | {the British flier and her navigator | Michael Townsend, escaped with-( out injury. Reporting her British redhead said Iluctant to seek aid from British or | Canadian officials because “thay | will want to buy me an airplane! ticket back to Britain and I want, to make it under my own power.” | T AR cash gone, the she was re- an understanding labor | could better convince Congress of struggle. Yet, he said, this under- the needs of that country’” standing is che one essential tooi Peden said his visit to the Ter- of modern diplomacy that oury,jiore hag convinced him that “the! diplomats lack | whole country of Alaska is being Douglas says that American la- stymjed by a too strict policy on Lor leaders can do two things: lturning over land to private owner- One:—Help America understand ghip 1 am convinced there must be Amarck of Nome, an Esk mo repre- |senting Alaska, and Audrey Post, ;SCRU](‘ girl, of Hawalian ancestry. John White, Pan American, is Al- aska region special representative, ‘said Washington apples and a giant | :k nz salmon will make up part ot Ithe cargo of the plane. APPEALS ~ RULING that Europe under - the politically jjperalization of the lomestead| Civie officlals and press repre- nmnaggmuu of Socialists is notjays” Isentatives from Washington, Or H 8. continent | siusnibg Communist; | pogen oy co-autnor with Rep, gon and Alaska, will make the first| WASHINGTON, Nov. 24P Douglas adds. “These labor gov-'y o we o N1y of a bill in the pres- | Honolulu-bound flighy, which leaves| The Bocing Airplige Company ethments o Farope dre Bk (0 bE_ent Congress which would have al- foo SRRl dexs lowed veterans to homestead great Second:—American labor leaders oyeng of Southeastern Alaska lands. can help dissipate the notion among my, requivements would have teen Europeans that the fate of man is jaiant The bill was hot passed. to pit class against class in a SeI-1 yypjle he said some changes ies of great blood-lettings as choyld he made in:the proposal, he taught by the Communists. “S%aid it still is necessary to find SN .m, !here at 8:15 p. ; PO Ross Gives Columnist i means to increase the population 'had a auick appeal to the Federal; “"“'”[ on file today as a rejoin- jer to a National Labor Relations | Board order to bargain out a new | | centract with the Machinists' Un- | fon Only a few hours after the | board’s edict yesterday Boeing ap-| t of ! refusal COAST STRIKE SITUATION SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 24.—#- - Employers denied today reports that CIO longshoremen had been offered and refused a 13 cent hour- ly wage hike. Negotiations in the 83-day West Coast maritime §trike continued, A report of sthe wage offer and was “‘completely without foundation, statement from the Ceoast Wateriront Emplo; Ass0= ciation said. i Longshoremen ddmanded a 15+ cent boost above the base pay of $1.67 an hour when they walked out In. Washington, George ~Killion, President of the American Steam- | pealed the case to the Distric! ! i % : i nese said he had Gen. Douglas Mac- | : i dan” - Galagan also claimed that ese Salc hie had GO ACHERS HEE” [ ‘ of Alaska for U, S. defense, i Columbla Court. of appeals.” . The { SDi Lines, predicted yesterday Ghks American and British diplomats v " = % e And: 3 v i abhe | s g d A s | longshore phase of the strike would made” the ‘lafe" Ogunt: - Berndotte lief that the supreme commander ir | | Peden expects to remain in Wash- | company said this move suspends change his mind about giving parts'Japan would be moved from his| | ington for some time. He said he| the board order until n final court! @nd by the iirst of next week. 3 thg:NLe el Igr'wlg P ® present post. | 1 not decided what he will do ar apw'(ll‘ul:»iuu. Four other unions are involved 5 b : | Marshall talks with the President| i \after he leaves office January 2. | | The. NLRB ruled. thet Boeing| D the.walksut, bub Har:y Bidye | i longshorerr.e; re considered ‘he - looking. and | id. “I'm just seeing | tafled to bargain with the Inter- (o 5 otkers | national Association of Machinists. 'again today and doubtless China; Jis still uppermost in both minds. TOMORROW IS HOLIDAY Temorrow, Thanksgiving Day, THOUSANDS OF DRAFTEES ARE TURNED DOWN WASHINGTON, Nov. 24—(P—! The Army is turning down draftees at twice the rate it rejected men during the war. { The rejection rate is seventy per'a holiday. cent. Of 44,000 men examined| All business, Federal, Territorial ih 43 states, 32,000 have been tux-m;and City offices will be closed. Drug ed down by the Army. stores also come under the closure A Selective Service official s(\ys;flnd will not ke open for business is Venezuela LIVING thinking,” he ¢ A Bl (By The Associated Press) Serious trouble, hidden by cen- sorship, was ir in Venezuela. An army officer said President Rom- ulo Gallegos would put in a new Cabinet acceptable to the “mod- erate” wing of the military. It was denied offitially the Army was holding the President a prisoner. Wanls (mress fo Immediafely Raise I { | i { ( i i | ~ DIPPING ELIZABETH Slight Dro;; May Cause; pASS[NGERS Truman fo Change Mind on Price Contro! WASHINGTON, Nov. 24— A slight but welcome dip in living' costs raised the possibility today | that President Truman might tone ' rested and piayed in luxury without SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Nov. 24. —(M--Nearly 1500 passengers dined, | | | | | | 1 i DINING WELL Denies He Is Giving Up His House i i | 1 WASHINGTON, Nov, 24— (Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross described as “a {lie” today a columnist’s assertion that Ross gave up his house te- |cause of lack of confidence that i[’rvsidem Truman would win the |election. 2 | George Dixon said | } ted column that Ross has been in his syn- | - iTruman’s Press Secrefary | -| denied complete | It said the union's five-month | strike of 14,000 workers which end-! . |ed in September was legal ‘Flyln It ordered the company to re I g | instate the strikers and pay them| batk wages where they have been | employment ! Attorneys said Boeing and the| NLRB have 20 days to file briets with the appeals court here so ar- {gument on the case is unlikely be- , fore late January or early Febru- | ary. Tigers 0f Chennault Againa Adive | SHANGHAI, Nov. 24.—(P—Retired U. 8. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chen- nault's Chinese Air Transport line > | the increase may be due to more during any part of the day. P idown his demand for “standby” A the. Queen Eiiz. | duietly but desperately turning on (OId war jtoday began mercy missions to Su- exact physical standards than! Churches (:_u'e hful(;;l;‘g special "“m"m age ca O s e nuv\‘ti's“fifi?&? ;(:le:hu:le?n ::()fi:::nau;‘z“!me Bl 1 eal Ml ‘anr apart- ek y those followed during the war. [SHVICes 10O e ol - Whioh' ‘Spbeaxs sl when Congress meets in January. |today. Their regular fares coveriigp. ]‘x;’}:’v‘:m" hbf;fl o Former American C-465 flew 300 T dlsewhere, e theatres have at.| WASHINGTON, Nov. 24—@—! Edwin G. Nourse, chaimman of the service il or 4 Bl tons of.rige to. the batidefront: an FROM SITKA it i An’ inflnéntial mémber of the hext|the President’s Councll of Econo-| The Cunard White Star Line,| F058 ¥eAC PO Gl ZRe-0oMinD to ee s Lrought back 300 wounded Chinese H. J. Rimmer of Sitka is at the tractions that should be popular. & i 7 - Bt 2 ;a news conference and said “the t S, Many home gatherings are sched- Congress believes that the present|mic Advisers, d a continued etb gwner, is footing the bill for the whole hing 14 & oeicists &> rtjflp»- Baranof Hotel. T uled during the day and parties are|MiDimum wage law is inadequate.|in prices, washing out the need for’extra service, Her departure is now [ poc 8 5 0 llve:l ot hlwe. ! = The commercial airline’s field at RIS 5 Gl A > : ine. | Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah|drastic controls, would he “swell”ly week behind schedule, with the & Soupraaill v 5 Pres- | oo The Assoclated Presyy |Hunsiao, just outside Shanghai, has gathering at Juneau’s famous dine: S Ao 5 y ent house in nearby Kenwood, Md., &l e ibeen converted ernight j fout establishments. thinks that Congress should get to|But he didn't predict that would passengers and crew awaitinglgn.. 1939. that he had “not sought | bet overnight into a e asnlng!on‘ 1A e work first of all on raising the pres- | happen. I settlement of the longshoremen’s| “con o vene it and expacta The six neutral members of the{military area | ent 40-cents-an-hour minlmum; “It would be like secing a fever strike in the United States E““ykevl it A3 01U, N. Security Council resumed vhel General Chennault led the Amer- Merry Go Round ‘“Ew AGREEMENI wage. The Democratic lawmaker | chart go down,” Nourse {cld fe-| Coust ports. Line officials havel iy ‘qaded that if -anyone could |mek OF YD 1o break the West- 68 wolieer Ko e = i proposed an increase to 75 cents an|porter, “but we aren’t drawing any promised the crew the Elizabethi, .. RS b e 3 'C|East deadlock over Berlin. They|8gainst the Japanese during the - ' I ‘ iproduce one scintilla of evldence;smed through questions answered|Wwar. Bv DREW PEARSON | (Copyright, 1948, I;y The Bell Syndicate, ne.) ASHINGTON— On March 7, 1836, Hitler's small, newly organ- ized army marched into the vital Ruhr, publicly thumbing its nose at the giant but motionless French Army. All that day the French Cdbinet ABOUT_ISLANDS 1S NOW SOUGHT (By The Associated Press) The United States is seeking an international agreement on the fu- ture of Italy’s former colonies of hour at the last session of Cnngress.‘ conclusions yet.” | Senator Thomas believes that the{ His comment came after the: second item on the congressionali Bureau of Labor Statistics report-j program should be Federal aid t0|ed last night that its cost-of-living, education. Third on the list he plac- | index for October showed a dip of | es repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. |one-half of one per cent. This! Comments the Utah Senator: “If | wag the first drop in seven months there was any mandate from thelgor the index as a whole. pecple in the last election then! ‘mne B said food alone was re- | wage-hour and aid to education|gygugiple for the October drop in should come first.” living costs. Groceries and meats will not sail until the strike ends The Elizabeth's larders remained well stocked, despite the unant pated drain upon her reserves. Passengers had a choice of various meats, chicken, turkey and duck- ling, and could polish off with ice cream, peaches, pears or pineapple or any one of eight kinds of cheese with their coffee. - met, debated, hesitated, finally didlLibia, Eritrea and Somaliland in nothing. One reason they did!Africa. The task went to the U. N. nothing was their ally across the | General Assembly after Russia and English Channel. London refus-lthe Western Powers disagreed. The| ed to back France up. Security Council scheduled a Thurs- This failure to act, with its lmsslday meeting to seek means of keep- of the Ruhr, was the crucial turn-|ing peace between India and Paki- ing point leading up to World w;rlsian. The British dominions are in II. After March 7, 1936, it waslan undeclared war over Kashmir only a matter of time. land at odds over the Indian grab For after that Hitler had the|of Hyderabad State. giant coke, coal, iron, steel and b 8 chemical industries of the Ruhr.| S(H [S ou‘ Alter that he could leap ahead| in the armament race. With the Ruhr in his hands no other Eu- ropean country could catch up with, Both the High School and Grade him. School, public school system, close That is why France today is{this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for more aroused than at any . timejthe Thanksgiving holiday. Schools since she was overrun by GermanWill resume sessions next Monday Senator Thomas will be in a po- sition to carry gut the order of im- portance he has announced. He is in line to become ehairman of the Senate Education and Labor Com- mittee in January. % ARLIFT FOR ARABS 1S BRITISH REQUEST LONDON, Nov. 24—(®—A for- mer British diplomat has suggested an international airlift to save thou- sands of Arab refugees near star- vation in parts of Palestine and Trans-Jordan. The expert on Mid- dle-East affaires says that tens of thousands of Arabs could be saved| ! i i | | i i i i declined “substantially” to carry the index down despite price rises in all other major commodity groups, the agency said. It was the third straight monthly drop of ‘foodstuffs. HI, PRESIDENT! 600D MORNING The relief for householders was —_— slight, however. The index was| WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—iP— only hali a percentage point under President Truman was up before dawn this morning for an 11-block walk in downtown Washington, and the got it in before breakfast, too. e Several passers-by showed no sign of recognizing the President. After |the President was half a block past one group of girls, there was an ;exc".ed squeal and shouts of: “It is Former Juneau Boy Passes Away, Sealfle " = SEATTLE, Nov. Zl.ffflfl—--l:!,equh:ml the record high set in August and September. It stood at 736 per cent above the 1935-39 average. R g PRINCESS LOUISE that he sought to give up his house he would donate $1,000 to any charity that gerson named D ;Fairbanks Man Is | WASHINGTON, Nov. 24P - The State Department announced {today Charles Oliver Thompson of { Fairbanks, Alaska, has been trans- ferred from Calcutta, India, to Karachi, Pakistan, as second sec- retary and consul. { - 1. 5. DESTROYERS "IN COLLISION TSINGTAO, Nov. 24—#— The {U. €. destroyers Chandler and Oz- bourn collided in the Yellow Sea imaneuvers, @ Navy source said to- night, and - one of three sailors hurled overboard from the Oztourn i To Be Ir_anslerred= > oo by the U. S.. Russia, Britain and| France about the Llockade the Sov- ilets imposed in June. They hoped ARMY 'RA“SPORI for a clue to break the cold war. | | The Russians posted guards at] the Berlin City Hall to prevent lA“Ds EVA(UEB 1!:1!:{7!&41 city government otficials y | YOKOHAMA PORI Iist regime after city elections Dec 5, which the Russians have boycoi- ted 'EAST SOAST STRIKE NOW IN 15TH DAY: | SEEMS DEADLOCKED | ~The maritime strike is en-| tering its 15th day with a new ideadlock in the negotiations. The waterfront employers say they have lunanimously decided nou to make| jany new offers to the 65000 AFL | |dockwovkers on strike from Maine | | NEW YORK, Nov. 24 | East Coast {Academy barracks lis rugged, and with {from taking out any records. Some believed this a prelimnary to es- {taklishing a hand picked commun- f WEST POINT, N. Y., Nov. 24—(® Slapping briskly against the gray stone walls of the U. S. Military are big impro- bearing the reminder, vised Lan and warni “Remember 46 Men.” So Army’s unzeaten tootball team bas little chance to forget that when it meets winless Navy at Philadelphia next Saturday, it will have the battle of its life on its hands. The '46 Navy team, as much an underdoz as today’s hapless mid- die eleven, came within seconds of upsetting Army's great team of that year. Coach Eavl Blaik is apprehensive, “1 definitely am worried,” Blaik elaborates, “To begin with, Navy the exception er: troops, why Charles de Gaulle has|as Friday is added to the holiday|if help were sent immediately. He mass for Gerald Crock, 5, who died | |s D“E 'IOMonnow’h still missing ito Virginia of the Notre Dame game has play= threatened to kick out the Marshall | vacation. = adds that there are six hundrediuncxpectedly Sunday, was to be mui | No date for the sea collision was| On the other side of the fence,ed fne football.” Plan, why President Auriol of'se R x5 5 RO thousand Arab refugees in the hill at 10 a.m. today in St. Alphonsus | S igiven {the longshoremen are standing pat’ ! > = France has pleaded with the USA, FROM TENAKEE |countries of Palestine and Trans- church. | Canadian steamer Princess Louise,| Both destroyers réturned to their on their 11 demands, including one, HERE FROM ANCHORAGE | } why French Communists have jeer- ed at the USA as the German- (Continued 7o'n”ggr Four) Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy of . Tenakee are at the Gastineau Ho-! tel. | Jordan. R !35,000 vibrations per second. half, K Born in Juneau, Alaska, the boy, from Vancouver, is scheduled to ar- Tsingtao base 'son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Crock, rive in Juneau tomorrow afternoon damaged oply slightly but the bow | Dogs can hiear sounds up to about had lived in Seattle a year and a or evening. The steamer sails south of the Ozborun on Saturday. The Chandler was smashed con- siderably, this source said. Anchorage residents Baranof Hotel yesterday in- Marshall, Oscar N. M. Blaha, for a 25-cent hourly, pay boost 1} registering Despite these opposing attitudes, at the |negotiat ons are scheduled to resume clude Joseph T. "today F, Dahlberg and