The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 26, 1948, Page 2

PAGE TWO Engineer CRIVINE £ 1610 SOIVIG (CHEER, D) with 2,567 vate (R), wit ) the Terri- MacDonald i 5k Jr SAL ARMY " S IMANY RESOLUTIONS ORIENTAL WATERS 1 i ven to| oo — it Government . H TOKYO, Nov. 26—@#—~The U. 8. : 1 ye 1 a group Offlcel's Eleded a' S"ka Carrier Princeton and two escort- i ! n visited : ing destroyers of Task Force 38 de- 4 n assortment of | Meehng -Two Orgafl' parted from Yokosuka yesterday for « ) each patient. . an undisclosed destination. e was held izers Honored The war ships'are a part of the is wards when| —_—— task force on_maneu out of i personally ( The 35th Annual Convention ot|Tsingtao, China, Western Pacific mn enjoyed and |the Alaska Native Brotherhood and | fleet base in the signing of them. | erhcod was held at Sitka No- The carrier and destroyers Fox i d by the er 15-20 and Brenner arrived at Yokosuka v preciated the| The Conventicn, with the unity on Sunday. Navy spokesmen said I iven them and |of nurvose of a closely knit organi- hips’ destination was secret. ecx wee ¢ remems- | aticn, p: :ced action on fisheries, Rach o T Gec tatehcod, Indian rights, schooling, AT AR . i I 3 ay last - - ang welfare. It honored the two sur- ( ,}L_“fi H SEL5¥ grand- | viving organizers. it A W cf eorg ¥ ve i darge col-l gfigers for this year are: t [ FAII[E Wi Patrick Paul, Vice President; Les- ; S A CAR FOR W%’ It's a dreamlined new postwar Studebaker One of the lowest priced postwar Stude- bakers, this dreamlined new Champion provides a full measure of the extra vision, OU drive a real champion when you wheel along in this low-swung, flight- streamed new Studebaker. It's a champion in looks! It's a cham- pion in performance! It's a champion, too, in its amazing operating economy! the extra roominess, the extra distinction that make all the new Studebakers Amer- ica’s stand-out new cars. Juneau, Alaska " BY FAR WiITH A P Preferred... fo:r mellow moments © Here is the beer for your taste —the smooth and mellow beer you'll prefer for mellow moments. For 83 years, Hamm's has been the first choice of millions. When you try Hamw’s, you’ll know why so many prefer it to any other beer. Smooth and Mellow Beer Dustributed by ODOM COMPANY 363 Colman Building, Seattle 4, Washington THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ANB CONVENTION TASK FORCE IN DELEGATES PASS SECRET MOVE IN ¢ Roberts, Secretary; Peter C. ¢n, Treasurer and Joseph Wil- ms, Sergeant-at-Arms. ANS—Amy Hollingstad, Presi- ient; Josephine Peele, Vice Presi- ;5 been received by Tom death of his brother, Capt y Selby, early this morn- ing in Seat i Captain Sel auditor for the A. j lent; Phyllis Gunyah, Secretary, C. ., was 48 ye old at the time vildred Sparks, Treasurer and Eliz- o 150 Goath. He had been in il | beth Will'ams, =Sergeant-at-Arms. yo.ion for several years, and would Due to the fact that many active ;... completed 30 in the r:.l?{ors.wex'e still seining in Puget (. e by next summer, when he { “cund, the convention was held pl :d to retire. | veek later than scheduled. The im- | med'ate consideration of fisheries | aroblems produced recommendations ithin the {urst two days and were ~ 1 o civiveq by :'mitted to arrive in Washington, a son and da C., before the deadline, Nov. 20. attle, and Resolutions supporting Statehood 1o stad e usual protection of Indian Rights : also ¥ nder statebood, thé protection of £ Bell for “schools and I Honius, who 1100] ses of wellare o...icaq problems and to abolish slavery on Pribilof Islands, were passed. The Sheidon Jackson Alumni Association, ju anized, is dedicated to support ac- tion toward construction of new and modern school buildings at Sheldon [Jackson School, the oldest active | school in Alaska. Sheldon Jackson hool is generally recognized as the fountainhead of the Alaska Na- ! tive Brotherhood. A program featuring the Alumni of 8J3 included one from the cl o 1888, Ralph Young, , of Sit | an.active member of the Execu | Committee of the ANB. Young and 4re | James C. Johnson of Klawock are ¢ the two rema'n: ANB. | The 1948 Convention accepted the vitation of Klawock to hold the 49 Convention at Klawock. o< eral services will be Monday t the Home Undertaking Company, Seattle. his wife and ding in Se- | | mother, Mrs. Alice ingham, a sister, Mrs. lives near San B OH SATURDAY NIGH} The Cath cial Club w School ic Young People's So- give a dance in the n Saturday evening. 27. Oldtime dances will several ti during the 17 other entertainment is young people of the ether married or single, nvited to attend for an of the rge of the dance. will be provided. The eny is chaplain of SPECYAL MEET | CITY CO Members of t Juneau City [‘ * | Council will meet this evening Y |8 o'clock to consider the request of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company for a rate hear- G OF | ©CIL TONIGHT MOSCOW, Nov. 26.—(®—The Ar- newspape: Red Star called to- f intensive ski training of fan troops. “Widen the s The special meeting was called e of ski sports,” the lead editorial said, “raise the ality of training on skies. Ev- cryone on to skis!” {after C. J. Ehrendreich reported b his analysis of Light Com- 2 ny figures and other exhibits will | L2 ready. A o | Regular matters of business will Uncle Sam's standard five cent :::(\ taken up at the regular Coun- contains more copper than cil meeting December 3. PLLES ARR RLENES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via PelerSburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient.afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. 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Some 60 PerSOflS Mfly ES'I The Moscow newspaper Pravda said the Russians had demanded that Japan pay for repatriation ol Japanese citizens held as Russian war prisoners, ,ee PROSECUTOR OF 10J0, OTHERS, IS NOW HOME BOUND TOKYO, Nov. 26.—(®—Joseph B, Heenan, chief prosecutor of form- cr Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo and 24 other Japanese war leaders, departed for the United States on a Northwest Airlines plane today. ‘The plane iss«ue in Seattle to- merrow - "zorning. Befere departing Keenas, will go to Washingtons, D, C., was given a letter by General Douglas MacArthur praising his work as chief prosecutor. cap® Action on Ques- tioning, Communism By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—#— tempt action against some 60 peo- ple whe refused to say whether they are or ever were whether There are three reasons: 1. The Justice Department has bassed the word inlormally that t's best to lay off unitl its own caces against Communist party leaders are cut of the way. 2, The House Committees in- volved—Labor and Un-American Activitics—probably couldn’t get their members together before the nd of the year to act on contempt citations. 3. House legal experts doubt that contempt action in the present Ccngress could be carried over to he new one. Their curbstone opinion is that any contempt in- volved was against the 80th Cen- s, but that the 8lst couldn't vite anybody except for contempt against it; 54 DEGREES BELOW| IERO, SNAG REPORTS The Labor Committee was con- [ 4 lering centempt action against —_— union spokesmen who were witness- es at investigations to determine the extent of any Red infiltration into their organizations. During the hearings around 40 persons re- used to answer the big question— whether they were or ever had Leen Communists. About a sc answer the same summer's spy hearings of the Un- American Activities Committee. Most of the witnesses claimed that answering the question would tend to incriminate them and that would be unconstitutional. Justice Department officials who ST talked things over with Commit- WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—#— tee agents have said that, if the Emmett O’'Neal, amtassador to the 12 Communist party leaders now Philippines, called on President Tru- under indictment by a New York man today, and said he had resigned Grand Jury are convicted, that “cuLject to the convenience” of the might provide a real basis for the President. self-ineriminating plea. O'Neal told reporters there is no AERICAN EMBASSY - <5 IN NANKING UNDER GUARD BY MARINES FRED WANN JOINS STAFF | NANKING, Nov. 26—®— For ‘he first time since Pearl Harbor, OF THE BUREAU OF MINES Marines were guarding the Ameri- EDMONTON, Alta, Nov. 26— The temperature fell to 54 degrees below zeré this morning at Snag, Yukon Territory. Snag is a weather station and air base about 1,600 airmiles northwest of here. The temperature got down to an official 81 below there one day more declined to last February. Some still say it was yuestion at last 83 below, reaily. Ambassador §'Neal Is Ready fo Quif [ Of interest to many Alaskans is news that Fred Wann of Fair- Fanks has been added to the en- giveering staff of the U. 8. Bur- cau of Mines. Wann, who has had ccnsiderable mining experience here and in the states, it well known in Alaska. i can Embassy in China. rs. Wann, who now is QJut- A detachment of 40 men arriv- gide, will join him later in Juneau. :d irom the Tsingtao U. S. Navy st AU - Wagl i jon to take up guard duties to- (By The Associated Press) ay | Oscar Lange, who enjoyed U. S. A sppkesman said their presence citizenship for many years and then | was normal to assure the security remounced it to join the Communist of the Embassy compounds. Polish Government, accused the e e s e United States, in the U.N. Assembly JONES TO SITKA itoday of “an economic cold war against the eastern European Coun- Howard R. Jones, Forest Ser-tries,” whicn Russia controls. vice road engineering expert Jdrom He was attacking the European shington, D. C., plans to go to reccvery program, which is costing Sitka tomorrow on his present in- U. S. taxpayers $6,000,000,000 this spection trip. He will be accom- {year. Russia opposes the ERP be- panied by A. W. Blackerby, Ad- cause Communism thrives on dis- miralty Division supervisor. ! rder. Pets Make Ideal Gifts for Christmas ORDER YOURS EARLY Shipments Arriving Every Week WILLMAN'S TRADE CENTER 201 Socuth Franklin St. — Phone 63 In Accordance with Chap. 38, S.L.A. 1943 Territorial School Taxfor 1948 $5.00 NOW DUE AND PAYABLE WHO MUST PAY SCHOOL TAX: All male and female persons over 21 years and under 55 years of age. EXCEPT: Unemployed dependent females Active military or naval personnel Paupers Insane Persons Permanently injured—unable to earn a living. If payment is not made prior to the first day of De- cember of each year in which tax is due a penalty of $2.50 attaches. MAIL your remittance to The Department of Taxation or Box 651 Juneau, Alaska SHIP GOES DOWN, GALE ON OCEAN Coast Guanfir{d Air Force Planes Make Search for Craft with 37 Crewmen NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—{P—Coast Guard and Air Force planes con- tinued a near-hopeless search today for the British freighter Hopestar and hLer crew, of 37. The search was expected to be alandoned last night, but Coast Guard headquarters here said bad weather prevented a full sweep of the area where the 5267-ton ship is believed to have gone down. Planes from Bermuda, Halifax and Argentina, Newfoundland, to- day will comb the area atout 600 miles east of New York, where the Hopestar radiced on Nov. 14 that she had suffered “heavy weather Jamag in a howling Atlantic gale. No further word was heard from the ship which was bound from Newcastle, England, to Philadelphia, in ballast. PR S — Alaska Preshylerian Cliurch Gefs Sum Left By Porifand Woman PORTLAND, Nov. 26—#— The Sulkk of the $25,000 estate of Flora C. Fitzgerald, Portlander who died Nov. 9, was bequeathed to the Presijyterian Church for missionary and educational purposes in Alaska, the will showed today. 114 DEATHS OVER HOLIDAY, REDORT (By The Assuciated Press) Violent accidents over Thanksgiv- ing Day teok at least 114 lives, a survey showed today. Between 6 p.n. Wednesday and midnight Thursday (local time), 86 persons died in highway accidents and 28 in accidents from miscel- laneous causes, including drowning, plane cras and falls, The total of 114 compared with a viclent death total of 128 on the roliday last y and a total of 83 on the same hol'day m 1946. 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