The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1948, Page 1

PRMIORILG (8 SATURDAY SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition 1P.M. Edition THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Mi 'IVBER ASSOCIATED PRI:S‘S — = PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1948 VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11 ,059 COAST PORTS TIED UP BY NEW UTE Over 3,000 Lives Lost As Ship Explodes ,9inks OVERLOADED GENERALFUND Rita How 2 CHINESE S.WONT |Madame ChianginWashinglon SAILOR SHIP BLOWS OF TERRIIORW Suspended } ARMIES IN | BE FORCED pmommmmeormeanml (AUSE OF up, SINKSRMHERSHORT Movie Job‘ NEAR CLASH OUT, BERLIN | W Worst Civilian Marine Dis- Monthly Statement of Hegworin . ader uaponaon today Fateof China May Be De- Gen. Clay Spikes Commie. Refuse fo Sail on Ships Un- as'er in Modern Hisiory | from her $248,000 a year movie job. TreaSUfBl’ Olson ShOWS | Columbia pictures said the z\\ldlrn‘ termmed by Head'on S(are on Eve Of c“y | t” Demand Gran'Ed_ “Thousands Die | Financial Condition |5om% s v S "uima enon ~ Collision of Forces Election o S e P Docks Again ldled Production plans on the film, to| e The Territory’s General Fund was | Le shot in Nogales, Ariz., also have ociated Press) | SAN FRAN(‘ISCO Dec. 4—(P— S. Vili- A jurisdictional dispute idled Pac- short $569,87 of being able to|Lcen suspended. | | o e 3 meet its obligations at the end| Rita had “nothing to say” about > $ i ] ific ports today despite the settle- of Novemker, according to a fitate-\l,‘e matter. " - ment of a three-month strike by nent issued today by Treasurer| ghe arrived in Hollywood last week Itve ritime unions. r G. Olson. ‘krum a Mexico City and Havana | deter 5 | Lon e workers ordered last By the end of the year, accord- |vacation trip with Aly Khan. The| Five Communist columns eased | night were sent home, and no dock to present indications, unpaid|son- of the fabulously-wealthy Aga | their pressyre on the government's gangs were called in San Francisco General Fund vouchers will| Khan is Rita's current heart inter- H“‘(“ R l”" ‘“'h""";_““cv “73 miles ’”f‘rh“‘ Al Bationet 2 g Tenk ot He also’ i . northwes Nanking, and were Saflors 01 civilian marine disaster in mod-| 2mount 1o &% cat MY meio;,,:rhd:,f,c? O rson Welles, | heading north to meet the three Pacific, which did not strike, but & | : was idled by the walkout of five ern history. (The loss would be - a4 Brod I | Nationalist army groups that aban- about twice the 1,517 who perished | Th was $77,717.10 at the end |actor. writer and producer, became ' =" 750 = - e | ey e . when the Titanic went down in|of November aiter the books were !inal W“‘m“*df‘” !m‘md Srohiow Nrsdnasiiy lllil‘ X|,,\:‘!;iz)ytruesr;‘,;:n:;,glt;‘fi‘:m:_’ 1912.) closed. Against this amount, the et | Pl Tl \icttonal: dlmbe Some 4,250 Chinese were reported | Auditor’s office held vouchers to-| g gn b sy N i, oboard the ship, the China Mer- | talling $647,587.43, leaving the | B Jo fupe i Tpeplons Harry. Ligohers. zecuiiic ol +f v 2 v early next week. She told Wash- retary of the union, said his men would not man the ships until they chant Steamship Company’s 2,099- | Territory short $569,870.33. ARMV p fiNE | ington reporters the was encour are guaranteed new CIO Longshore ton Kiangya. It blew up amid-| gyfficient funds have been with- | aged after her visit yesterday with | and Cooks and Stewards contracts ships and sank “‘1 lem ‘h"‘;‘ a1 | held to meet pay 1 | Sccretary of State Marshall, hour near the mouth of the Yang- | pengioners, Pay u_lls for Territorial | IS MISSIQ!G IN She gave no indication whether will not infringe on jobs claimed | emplcyees, including teachers, for by the AFL union. These involve the month of December will amount | tze River. g | Mars| ven some sign that | longshore work on coastwise to epproximately $140,000.00 which (By The As Gen, Lucius D. Clay, U tary Governor, spiked a Commun- t election eve scare campaign by suring Berliners the United | es will not be forced out ot He added: | own headquarters will con- | tinue in Berlin and, there will be no departure of our families, ex-| cept in nermal routine smu members leave 1 are replaced.” Western Berliners vote tomorrow | for a new city administration In is ex~| their “island of freedom” 100 miles Truman | inside the Soviet army's ramparts | m Europe. he Western sectors of Soviet divided and blockaded Berlin are going to have a legal election that the Russians could | not stop. MovieHead (By The Chinese Nationalist munist armies moved toward a| | head-on collision south of Such-| | ow today. The coming battle may | 4 etermine China’s fate | By FRE;—I';\MPSON Associated Press) SHANGHAI, Dec. 4—(#—A small and Com- ship crammed with Chinese war refugees exploded and sank just| outside Shanghai late late night, with a toll expected to exceed| 3,200 lives. If reports | are even approxi- | ing | mately accurate, it was the worst| - Mme, di d Madame Chiang Kai-shek (left), first lady of China, and Mrs. Washington Natioal Airpert (Dec. 1) following Madame Chiang’s George C. Marshall, wife of the Secretary of State, prepare to leave ka steamship run. Harry Bridges' CIO longshore- men threatened damage suits if the AFL sailors prevented them irom returning to work. > Lundeberg had promised no in- tesfererice with loading or unload- ing, but the ships can't sail with- cut the AFL crews.' He said the shipowners promised yesterday they would abide by existing contracts with his union but added his men demanded a detailed agreement on the controversial issues. e KADOW.T0 LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON ON MONDAY AFTERNOON K. J. Kadow, Director of the Al- aska Field Staff, will leave for Washington, D. C., on Monday to aid in the formulation of Depart- A comp pokesman said lhe‘ 7 PRy BP0 S the United States definitely would 5 3 it was “offl schooners and cooks on the Alas- passengers but that it was “offi-| o expected to be met from rev- | g a 1L Elangys had & capaclly of 119 |aid the Chinese nationalist govern= i ” ¢ Y 5 s m nt or whether she simply had | clally” carrying 2,250, mostly {rom|opyes received. In view of that found his attitude toward China’s Nanking. He said another estimat- | fase ™ very little money can be| | ed 2000 clambered aboard at| gleased for payment of other gen- | WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—P—| The 10 team of President Tru- men and daughter Margaret wows= | ed ‘em. | They played a duet last night— “The Jenny Lind Polka 2 National Press Club dinn fathers and daughters where were honor gue: The crowd I had a better arrival by plane. (P Photo. e Wed Today ' i At Al 4—P—A C-47 Army Lransportw KGUH( l' (Alls Late tonight, as six Chinese res-{ ___ Gt | plane from Albuquerque, pAFROlMAN I.UB(KE' V pIANo IEAM | cue boats bobbed akout the shat- | was missing today after thc 'oL | S E(lAl MEETINfi tered superstructure extending out ! adioed the field here he wus‘BRlN | of the chill waters, akout 200 bod- | o. 5 erry ‘np;u‘n:x:hir for a landing. GS SIATISI'(S o ywoo @F IR“&dfiNS - H e rire Conteal besdqart- : A FOR NEXT FRIDAY | ers reported that the pilot said 0“ HA%NES HIGHWAY S | : ¢ ing. passes Away;hc was approaching for a land-| ¥ 0 YUMA, Ariz, De¢. 4.—iP—Movie ! Between 100 and 400 have beeu‘ F ling at 7:05 p. m. (PDT) yester After waiting neaizy three weeks|magnate Louis B. Mayer and Mrs. H H reported rescued thus far. 'df, but zlmxplane never rinchcd for transportation. Adolph C.|Lorena Danker were married today [ny Fathers Are io DIS(USS Cause of the blast had not been | the tield. The gky was overcast at | Lubcke of the Alaska Highway Pa- | by Justice of the Peace R. H. Lutes. Wim‘ Of Hoals '.I' the time. | trol, arrived Juneau yesterday| The bride, widow of Radio Pro- 19 ’ Murdoc said nn]y that the plane | from Haines, his regular station. | ducer Danny Danker, Mayer and (ense Eledion (Continued on Page Skxfi old president of the International | carried “a normal crew.” Even then, he boarded an Alaska |other wedding party members ar- ’ Pressmen’s union (AFL) died today. Search last night was discon- | Coastal Airlines ship only with rived in train from Los Angeles. R = Death came to the labor leader, | tinued until daylight. | difficulty. Due to deep snow, the| Mayer and the pretty Mrs. Dank- Seven mectings in the six weeks The w asnlnglon at one time a member of the Unit- i engers were unable to get to|er have attended several Hollywood between November 5 and December the airport four miles out. The functions together in recent months. be, the record of Juneau City d KAS".OF ’[0 KH(H'KA“. plane couidn’t land in the harbor,|In their party here was Mrs. Dank- 1 members, according to pres- erry- 0- Oun since Tuesday and in declining | " so flew to Lutak Inlet. Pahseng-ifls 11-year-old daughter, Suzanne. | th hed“‘&{ Y‘“l llg‘ 5““1181 Oi health for years. « |ers drove as far as they could in a| Mayer, one of the nation’s highest- r special mecting at lasl Bv DREW PEARSON Berry had been active head of his IS u“DER ow“ pOWERl truck, then walked through four- |salaried people, was divorced last “'LAU session. foot drifts to get to the beach., |May 17 from his first wife, Mar- Tze Council will mest next Friday ed it. And no one time than the Tru- plight “mnmhonc Shanghai. There seemed NO Way | eral fund vouchers, Olson said. | MUROC AIR BASE, Calif, ) of determining just how many. i ies were reported recovered and at least 3,000 were reported still miss- | determined. The welter of re-| PRESSMEN'S HOME, Tenn, Dec.| — — |4—P—George M. Berry, 65-year-| ed States Senate, at his home at| 6:15 am. (EST). He had been lll\ {Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— Talking to a close friend last week, President Truman confided that he did not intend to make any Cabinet changes before January 20, at which time several Cabinet mem- bers would go. However, Mr. Truman, who knows what it is to be broke, faid he didn’t want any Cabinet member to appear to be fired, for fear it might hurt his future earn- ing power. “And I'm not going to throw them out while the newspapers are sniping at me,” he added. “When the newspapers stop picking my Cabinet for me, I'll pick my own.” NEWS OMISSION U. S. newspapers outside New York and Washington sometimes get mentally kicked around by their readers through no fault of union almost continuously since 1907 when he was first elected president. Berry held several high positions during the administration of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, including that of Assistant Admin- istrator of the National Recovery Administration. e ROBERT CHURCHILL APPEALS DECISION IN TRAFFIC CASE . In the case of the City of Juneau versus G. Robert Churchill, a jury of six men yesterday returned a verdict of guilty on the count of exceeding the speed limit, and not guilty on the count of crossing an intersection without proper visi- bility. The jury recommended leni- ency ' This morning in Magistrate's (REW MAKES REPAIRS The Kasilof, Anchorage freight- er which went aground at Dry] Bay Monday, is on the way to Ketchikan under her own power. According to information received here from the Captain, the vessel| | has left Hoonah to proceed to| Ketchikan, after getting damaged engines in- operating condition. The Kasilof had formerly wired to Northern Commercial for a clearing of the way for repair of the ‘craft here. Coast Guard cutter Unalga towed the freighter from the scene oi the beaching to safe harbor at Hoorah Wednesday. In a wire received this morning by Jack Warner of the Juneau Marine Co., the freighter crew was able to repair the engine and get under way. The 66-ton freighter; with a 100- ton scow under tow, is enroute from Anchorage to Seattle to tie up for the winter. Lubcke reports that drifts in the town are around 10 feet—"As | to cars,” he said, “you just cnnt; find them!” Lubcke brought interesting sta- tistics on the Alaskan sector of| the Haines cutoff, material spec-‘; ially assembled for use in the| December 15 hearing called by | Col. John R. Noyes, Alaska Road Commissioner, to look into main- tenance and use of highways in| winter. | Although the 1948 season was a month shorter than that of 1947, bonded lcads were increa: from 14 to 90; 956 vehicles entered Al- aska as against 314 in 1947, and| the estimated total tonnage was 3,795, against the previous year's| 150. Total. number of passeng-| ers was 2.281, while there were 800 in 1947, Due to certain United States reg- ulations, it is impossible to give exact figures in some categories. All estimates sre conservative, ac- | garet, after 42 years of marriage. The 63-year-cld head of Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studios purchased’ a 25-rcom mansion | Beverly Hills for a price reported to | be more than $100,000. — e PULP OFFICIALS, CITY OF SITKA AGREE ON POWER Ne"nmtinns were completed | S'tka week | power & via Alaska Coastal Airlines. Purpose of the agreement was to recently | wag It has been underguing extensive redecoration. on an exchange greement tetween the Sitka | Public Utilities Company and the Alaska Industrial Corporation. Rep- resenting the Alaska Industrial Co., were Ben Mullen and Roy Johnson, who returned to Juneau yesterday ewnmu at 8 o'clock for three pur- {poses: To discuss in detail the mat- Daddy taught me this when T o o0 g, the floats at the Small . a;m:;;hl,o ‘15‘{1 \kru:\.x‘ l"‘)f,’bl""l,‘:(,l_' B Harbor; to consider recom- ':X e "im' ink we have play=|penqations of the police committee h'nm;d d e opaenng on 37 applications for 1949 liquor = btz 7 “P“ ’d\ vmdc“l % licenses, and to vote on a resolution rumans” the President and NS ,.orizing a special $260,000 bond daughter were only oneofa number gietion for additional paving of of &cts in the two hours of en- streets. PLAN FOR SPRING special Lle and other equipment n sary for servicing the floats cannot even leave the factory for 18 weeks after the or- |der is placed, the Council plans to {take action this month on the work to be done in late spring. On invitation, Frank Naghel, elec- trical expert, was present to give suggestions on the type and amount of equipment necessary for wiring the 760 foot master float and five finger floats. Plans include carry- ng the cable a total of 3,000 feet, to g it clear’ up to Harbor Way. Expression of Council members projéct will be a very mans. in Agent Henry Nich: 1 the crowd and Mr. | with an imitation of » President’s standard back-plat- m campaizn speech, > in e 0060 c e 0 s 00 WEATHER REPORT (U 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod In Juneau— Maximum, minimum, 11. At Airport— Maximum, 12; minimum, zero. 22; ment of Interior policies. Delegate E. L. Bartlett and Gov. Ernest Gruening will also be in attendance at the conferences. Kadow expects to return north a few days before Christmas. Kadow returned yesterday from Sitka where he had been discussing the development of the Sitka pulp company and city development with officials of the Alaska Industrial Corporation and the Sitka City Council, the Municipal dlectric Company and Alaska Native Service officers at Mt. Edgecumbe, L it WOME POSTMASTER UNDER INDICTMENT NOME, Alaska, Dec. 4—(®— S. David Mazen, Nome postmaster for * several years until he was reliev- ed recently, and his wife will be arraigned today on charges of malk- assure the city of Sitka an ample | supply of cheap power at the time | the pulp company develops a hydro- electric plant there. The Alaska In- dustrial Corporation has several groups interested in establishing a high-grade dissolving pulp plant in the Sitka area. The Corporation will join with one group as an oper- ating company. The Forest Service will open the) Sitka area to bids by pulp com- panies in the near future. The Al- aska Industrial group made ex- tensive surveys of timber and water power in Sitka last summer. Roy Johnson will leave for Se-| attle and New York this afternoon via. Pan American Airways undx Mullen plans to leave on Monday for the States. Both officials ex- pect to returh to Alaska in Febru- ary. their own. They are at the mer- cy of the press associations which frequently take their lead fron: the big Washington-New York dailies. Here is a case in point. Front-page news in the big metropolitan dailies recently was the report of ex-Senator D. Worth Clark of Idaho urging that several billion dollars be dumped into China. Clark had been sent to China by Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee and almost every newspaper front-paged his demgand for Chi- nese aid. However, not one.paper carried the very important fact that ex- Senator Clark was a former part- ner in a law firm which was paid $100,000 by T. V. Soong, brother- in-law of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek for the express purpose cf getting aid for China. This, most people will agree, was also news. ing false entries. They were in- dicted by a Federal Grand Jury yesterday. The jury also indicted Philip Martin, half-breed youth, on a charge of first degree murder. i the slaying month of Luella Grant. His case was scheduled to be rd next week. >+ FROM ADAK Leonard B. Shoualtee of Adak is 4vnn'uJ at the Baranof. cording to Patrolman Lubcke. He estimates 281,157 gallons of gasoline were hauled in 1948; (150,- 000 in 1947); 4,058 gallons of oil (100 the year before), and 22,597 gallons of deisel oil (10,000 in 1947). i The figures were compiled by The Alaska Highway Patrol, the Canadian Customs and the Oslund Hardware, Haines agents of Stan- dard Oil. As most vehicles entering Alaska also returned over the Haines Highway, and statistics are kept only on those entering, Lubcke points out that the vehicle re- She received word that the USCG | POt actually should be doubled, icebreaker Storis, due from Seattle | making a total traffic report «f next Friday, carries 343 sacks and | 1,812 vehicles passing over the 46 outside pieces—a total of 14,393 | Haines Highway in 1648. Some- pounds—for Juneau. times there were as many as 30 The nine tons of accumulated mail | venicles a day. for Sitka and way ports, plus (hnu Mrs. Lubcke accompanied her which will arrive tomorrow on the | husband. They are staying tem- Princess Norah, will be loaded on | porarily with Mr. and Mrs, Ed Hib- Jerry McKinley’'s power barge for ler. Patrolman Lubcke probably delivery. Mrs, Jenne this morning | Will. remain in the Juneau area for received authorization for the con- | {two months, on refief duty while tract. cther patrolment have leave, civic asset, tecause of the m\m)n'\nru to Juneau of the small t fleet. The project will cost ween $4,000 and §6,000. LIQUOR LICENSES Discussion on liquor license appli- cations barely got started, the Sowncil preferring to use next week's special meeting for that purposze. Only two are by new appl'- cant George Salo, of the New rk Tavern, for a second license nd Marshal win of Case Lot Grocery, both for retail licenses. Having received confirmation from tk 1al contractors as to base yrice for the additional paving, the Council asked Howard Stabler, city attorney, to draw up a resolution authorizing the special bond elec- tion. This, legally, can be held 20 days after the Council pa: resoiutfon MORE Court, Acting Judge William Paul, Jr., fined Churchill $50, and Church- ill's attorney, M. E. Monagle, gave oral notice of appeal. Churchill post- ed $50 cost bond, and his bail bond also was set at $50. Churchill, who operates the G. R. Churchill Cabs on South Franklin Street, was arrested October 27, at the city limits, and demanded a jury trial. Members of the jury were Thomas Parke, Oscar Hegstad, Joseph John- son, Roy Peratrovich, Frank L. Gar- nick and Harry Haloff. City Attorney Howard Stabler represented the plaintiff. — e - — |SKIERS BREAKFAST IS SUNDAY MORNING Skiers will meet for Sunday morn- ing breakfast tomorrow before hik- ing to the Second Meadow. The breakfast will begin at 9:00 o'clock in the Gold Reom of the Baranof ! Hotel. Ski Club members will leave for the trail immediately after. FORECAST (Juncau and Vicinity) cloudy with inter- snow and highest temperature near 20 today. Decreasing clotdiness and colder tonight and Sunday with gus noxrth winds. Lowest tempe: Sunds morning near above. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m.’ today In Juneau City Trace; since Dec. 1, .44 inches; since July 1, 6691 inches. At the Airport Trace since Dec. 1, 43 inches; e since July 1, 46.30 inches. o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . io ° o0 MAIL ABOARD STORIS; P. 0. OPEN MON. EVE; SITKA MAIL BY BARGE These are busy and exciting days at the postoffice, with the regular Christmas mailing closing Monday evening. Mrs. Crystal Jenne reminds Ju- neauites that the postoffice will re- main open Monday evening through the dinner hour and until all wait- ing customers have been served. Vostly mittent . @0reevees®escecerrc0®0000000% 000 e e 00 0 0 0 -+ ¢ i ON RATE HEARINGS HERE FROM PETERSBURG The Co rd C. J. Ehren- dreich, accountant, give another re- pert, B. C., came to Juneau from Charles Lunde came from port cn the rate-hearing statistical Tulsequah yesterday aboard Alaska | Petersburg Jesterday by Alaska exnibits submitted by th Aln\ka‘ Coastal Airlines, and is staying at Coastal VAirlines and is staying at' - - the Baranof the Barano! Hotel (Continued on Page s:x» F. J. Hemsworth of Prince Ru- in QUALIFIED PUBLIC SERVAN? Mayor John F. Davis of Read- ’ 7 TilL GIIRISTM“ (Continued on Page Four)