The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 8, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXII, NO. 11,062 - JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Woman Questioned Secretly IniSpy Probinz DELEGATE TALKS OF STATEHOOD Declares Measure Practi- cally Certain of Pass- age by Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—(1?'—‘ Delegate Bartlett expressed confi- dence today that Congress will vote | Statehood to Alaska next year. “It seems to me,” Bartleit said, “that the Alaska Statehood Bill is/ set for passage at the first session of the new Congress. “The President favors it, the] Democratic platform favored it, the House Public Lands Committee ap proved it last sesslon and the en-‘f tire setup indicating its passage is | better than ever before.” | Bartlett said he would introduce | the bill as soon as the 8lst Congress meets. | He said he hoped the new House Public Lands Committee would not | hold hearings but would adopt the | unanimous report of this year’s pub- |} lic lands group which urged passage |: of the bill. ik The bill was held up in the Rules Committee and never reached the|"” - Reinforcements Land at Tsingfao SCHOOLBOARD TAKES OPTION ON15L0OTS | | | Plans Constrfiion of New Building-Elementary School Plant First steps toward the constr tion of added building facilities Juneau schools were taken night by the Independent Board. An option to purchase 15 lots of land in the Waynor Tract was au- thorized by the board. Superinten- dent Ed. Clark was directed to take option to purchase lots at Behrends avenue and Highland Drive. Taking of the option will lead the | way to construction of added school ll:ul!d!m:s within the next 18 montbs, according to ‘the board. | Pregent plans for schools here ca'l !for ponstruction of an added ele- :mtntary school building, Superinten- {demt Clark said today. This is the | type of school plant considered tor construction at the site to be pur-| ' chaged | | Gundition of school finances we:e discussed. H Superintendent Clark reported l"' for| lasy | School ixon Views Film SECRETARY, STATE DEPT. TESTIFIES .Chambers Siory Hiss Slip- to Russians Followed WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—#— A woman dgscribed as a former State Department secretary who ‘worked with Alger Hiss, was ques- tioned behind closed doors today by the House Committee on Un- Amerfean Activities. She gave her names 0 report- , ers as Eunice A. Lincoln. A com- . mittee official said she was a secre- tary back in 1937 and was in the office of Francis B. Sayre, then Assistant Secretary of State. The committee currently is fol- i lowhs up testimony from Whittak- | er Chambers, an admitted former Communist courier, that Hiss slip- ped him secret State Department documents in those years for re=- lay to the Russians. Hiss, now president of the Car- nezie Foundation for International Pezce, I>s denied that. Chambers, after giving his testi- R o the Board that despite the fact| Rep. Richerd Nixen (R.-Calif.) (right), who made a dramatic {light mony, produced from a hollowed U. 8. Marine reinforcements from Pacific bases march off the dock at Tsingtao, China, after diseimbark- ing from the U. S. S. Bayfield (in background) which brought them to China to protect American lives House. ! e iy e ftl‘.ac the sum of $28967 is past| to Washngton from a Panama-bound steamer, views microfilms of |jumpkin on his Maryland farm mi- er, “that the Senate hearings on the | bill will be short and that it can be e e enacted quickly.” The delegate said more people in the Territory favor statehood now| than in 1946, when they voted furi New Displa(ed Legislafion and property at Tsingtao. Phot it in a referendum. 1 ‘The Delegate said he also will| introduce on the opening day a &till to abolish fish traps in the Terri- tory. A recent referendum there was ten to one in favor of such legisla- tion. The bill would abolish the traps gradually, over a ten year period. “Federal control of our fisheries,” he said, “has been a ghastly fail- ure and it is high time that the peo- ple of Alaska who get their liveli- hood from fishing have something ¢o say about how our fisheries are handled.” Bartlett said he expected the Fish and Wildlife Service to approve the| measure since the referendum wssl 50 overwhelmingly for abolishing the traps. He said he also will make an ef- fort to get more road funds for Al- aska, describing the need as “tre- mendous.” Particularly in Southeast- ern Alaska, which is mostly national forests, he said, the Government should construet roads where they are badly needed. —— e — FOUND DEAD SEATTLE, Dec. 8—P— Col. William H. Donaldson, Jr, 54, commanding® officer of the Seattle Port of Embarkation, was found dead in bed at his Fort Lawton quarters today, less than two months after the accidental drown-‘ac issue. e i | C. W. Moffitt, Western General B . 0] v ‘ester: ner: o T oy | Chairman for the Erotherhood, said 2 (3,500 members would strike in Cali- {fornia, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah and Oregon unless {agreement is reached before the The Washin ] t dn ‘531"3,‘ e e Merry - Go - Roun might postpone the strike date. Southern Pacific said in a state- Rv DREW PEAKRSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) THREAT OF STRIKE ON _ COASTR.R. \Walkout Would Tie Up System in Seven Sfates— Mediator Is on Job SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8.—(P— A Federal mediator hastened here today in an attempt to head off a strike which could .shut down the Southern Pacific Railroad system in seven states next Wednesday. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen last night called a strike for 6 a.m. Wednesday The union called it the “only meth- od” to settle 296 points of grievance. There was no general wage demands ment that the issues have been un- der negotiation “and now are being handled under the orderly processes of the National Mediation Board.” —o— | WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) ASHINGTON — Perry Brown of Beaumont, Texas, The American | Be Introducedin (ongress o by Associated Press Staff Photographer C. P. Gorry. ® Wirepheoto. Persons Is Ready io ROW STARTS O FOREIGN 'AID PROGRAM | Claims Made “Few Gian {Companies Get Cream, Lit- ate all the features President Tru “e Fe I I ow Sklm M'Ik man had objected to in the present | Wi ok | law. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—(#—The | Walter, the No. 2 Democrat On! foreign aid program came under fire the H Judiciary Committee o, Capitol Hill today on grounds ! which handles such legislation, told | that a “few giant companies” get a reporter he will introduce lhe{me lion's share of the exports while measure when the new Congress|small firms go hungry for mater- opens January 3. {1als shipped abroad. His bill, he said, would (A) guar-l That charge came from Rep. Ploe- antee against racial, religious or|ser (R-Mo.), chairman of the House nationalistic discrimination, (B) iSmau Business Committee, while a double the number of homeless Eu- | major fight shaped up between the ropeans eligible to enter the United | two government agencies over trans- States, and (C) give them four|portation of Marshall Plan goods. years—instead of two years—from | last July to apply for admission. | The inter-agency row is over a Prescnt Bill Criticized | decision by Paul G. Hoffman, the Under the present law 205,000 Eu- | éconumic By J. FRANK TRAGLE WASHINGTON, Dec. 8- Rep. Walter (D-Pa.) today com- pleted a new Displaced Persons bill which he said would elimin. cooperation admir ropedn reiugees are to be given en- | toF to stop giving Americ: try to this country the next two‘so-sn share of Marsmll Pl years. The measure, passed by the|CBY80€s. Maritime Comm 80th Cengress last July, was de.,G_“ff’V‘”” Ellen called that nounced by President Truman dur- | ¢ ; ing the recent campaign as being| Ploeser cjonlended in a sln‘wmeul unfair to Jews and Catholics. Gov. {that the aid program is hurting the Thomas E. Dewey of New York, me“.mazl U. 8. firms by reducinz the Republican Presidential candidate, {supp'y of strategic and Livhe i critieal o8t short materfals available in country. Walter's bill would declare a| o X PR s Displaced Person eligible for con-{ ., Coier cited the August report sideration if he entered Ger-|°f, ECA on cotton exports. 5t s { The report shows, he sald, that .due the schools from the Territorial! government, teachers salaries and | other expenses will continue to oo met for at least two to three months. i\ The District Tax Collector rep: | brought before the board shows that itax collections from that part of} lthe district outside of the city lim- t+its total $32,107. This compares with an amount of $33,510 called! for outside of city l'mits, with a! {number of second-half payments yet | Elu come in. | Two rulings were passed by the! iBoard. Members reaffirmed a pre-; {vious ruling that students will not| be exempted on religious grounds, | from physical examinations, includ- - |{ing a chest x-ray. H + A second regulation was passed, raimed at dilatory practices of stu- dents who, In the eyes of the board | are apt to waste not only their own time, but the time of instructors} and the time of other students. Te new ruling is as follows: A student failing to pass in two academic sub—i jects in any semester will be placed | on probation. For re-instatement,) |the student must in the following' semester pass at least three ncadcm-’ lic subjects. Suspension from classes jwill follow failure to comply wilh, the ruling. | | i { | | | i A i -> IMAZEN IS FINED, BUT SENTENCE OF . YEAR SUSPENDED NOMc, Alaska, Dec. 8.—P— A 250 fine and a one-year suspend- {ed sentence were given S. David ke & NOOSE NO Crucial Battles Pending! i‘sz,bUD trepped Chinese National | Nanking. State Depariment papers with Robert Stripling, chief investigator for the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. The films were found on the Maryland farm of Whittakor Chambers, admitted former Soviet agent. () Wirephoto. Kelchikan Puis Up Fightfor (G Headquarters Bul Meels With No Apparenf Success | ercfiim copies of some 200 govern- | ment papers. Some were “top sec- Ix-ev." State Department documents | and government officials say, could | have been used by Russia to break | the American code used to transmit ; diplomatic messages. However, Undersecretary of State | Lovett teld a news conference to- ;day that the Department's code | system had been completely chang- ,ed in the last 10 years. H ‘The Congressional spy probers ;called in Eunice Lincoln after their original plans for today’s hearings fell through. They had planned f{irst of all R to question two men accused of ! plying secret government papers | Communist agents. But com- w | WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(®— A mittee agents could not locate the delegation from Ketchikan, Alaska,imcn. |was enroute home today after a| By CHARLES'D. WATKINS ;'::P Between Communists and Nationalists (By The Associated Press) IHREAIENED | chikan again instead of moving to Juneau, » 1 week it intended to ree: lish the; { SAN DIEGO, Calif, Dec. 8 —®— |quarters were placed there, :An air | defense gemeral said last | Ketchikan was district headquar- |Alaska (17th) Const Guara district with headquarters at Juneau. night that *Alaska corld be worse A dosan COGRMENE Eabaang T from 1940 until l.he' area m. than Pearl Harbor and a hundred tivities were put under the Seattle tightened their noose today around It said Juneau was selected be- Bataans.” office in 1! cause other Government agencies| |have their Alaska headquarters ' !there and government activities in The declaration was made by Brig. Gen. George Fisher, Army vet- eran of the war in Europe and now final plea to the Coast Guard to: put its Alaska Headquarters at Ket-| the Territory could be coordinat-| ed better if the Coast Guard head- { Robert Jernberg, attorney, Nor-, 3"““3_ w‘""‘m- businessman, William | " cqlifornia National Guard anti= q | Boardman, secretary of the Ketchi- a0t commander. kan Chamber of Commerce, flew troops in the crucial battle for Elements of yet another trappe g vl 100,000—the 12th Army grou| » He and Retired Admiral Frederick Ip\iz':gzh ‘Z;?ll:; 5:::;?::;"' m“h: were reported, without conflrma-ji‘;'[rlzi:xo ‘"Y."l""vlll"'{;““’f:fldf@a“!‘::iiC« Sherman named Russia as the charge of making false entries to, Uon: 10 have broken through the P’ Ket;h;l'(nlx: u e headquarters),otential enemy of another war in increase the pay of his wife in the! Communist encirclement of the/ N y talks befere the newly organized post office. {last two weeks. They were said They conferred with Secretary|yeterans of Pearl Harbor. | Mrs Mazen was fined $100 and|te have mlade contact with ather Snyder of the Treasury and a num-| Sherman, one of the navy's out- g f Chiang Kai-shel¥'s troops trying Per of other officials for nearly a|standing air admirals of the war jeiven a one-year suspended sen- ’ firm, Anderson, Clayton and | !€nce. n the Pacific, called for “a fight against Communism to the end.” to form a Gefense ling on the Hwai Week without success. | many, Austria or Italy on or af-}cne ter Scptember 1, 1939, and on of\company ang its subsidiaries re- | before April 21, 1947. , | - i jceived 712 per cent of August cot- The present dates are September. y.;, proeyrement authorizations un- 1, 1939 and December 22, 1945. By | qq, the ECA program. moving up the latter date, Walter | w1 Gjayton, former assistant said, thousands of persons would |secretary of state, has a large in- become eligible who moved into|terest in the firm. Germany, A“S_m"_ or Italy to es- ploecer urged that ECA issue reg- cape t_he Russians. This provision, yjations to force wider distribution he said, would apply especially to of Marshall Plan business. Poles. Hoffman's order which will cut Guarantee P’f’“"‘"‘ ldown cn use of American ships for Walter says his bill's “guaranwe"}Mgrshan Plan cargoes goes into ef- against discrimination would re-!fect Jan. 1. \River, 100 miles from the capital., The final offer from Ketchikan | The fate of Nanking seemed to Was that the city would convert the devend upon the 350,000 trapped MOW vacnt Spar barracks there into troops. ‘The odds strongly favored apartments for Coast Guard married the Communists. They had greater Perfonnel and their families. numhers, better morale, better The Alaskans told a reporter there . . g e Business, Kiddie leadership and doubtless better is no housing available for the per- cquipment. Chiang, however, seem- sonnel in Juneau and that when one . ' Christmas Mail ed to have a better Air Force and house became vacant there recent- SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—P—Pan Am-| 1. woather was clearing to per- 1y, 44 offers were recelved for it erican World Airways reported todsv!m,t raids. The old headquarters buildings it is getting a flood of lhousnnds' | Anotner scarcely noticed 'threat are available in K‘erchikan as well letters for its new “North Peie”|geyeloped in North China, where S a radio receiving and sending Christmas mail service for the kid-1,,vonment troops were pushed Station, they said, while new ones Eomr g i PAA Doing Big [ i Fisher said: “There is no defenses in Alaska at the present time that could ‘repel” a Russian attack from Asia. He stated also that the entire West Coast was open to attack: “There is not enough anti-air- craft artillery in the Sixth Army aren,” he declared, “to adequately defend the airplane plants in and around San Diego, Los Angeles and Seattle, and the atomiec energy plants in our Northwest—much less Legion’s new National Commander, |protect the many cities and harbors dies. back within 25 miles of Peiping. Would be needed at Juneau. (Data at 4:30 A. M., 120th missed a chance to advertise Tex- ,qulre that visas be issued to the} The ECA chief said he based his L " as when he visited the White House Meridian Time) | varfous racial and religtots geotips action on the grounds that the uss| o TF Mrine s working it this| "gnongnai was frantic and fit-| Jernbers and Boardman said be- |on the Pactllc B7a%: with Louis Johnson, former Assis- in the same proportion that the of higher-cost American shippmg'way‘ i Ihasut RCH R tery. The city had many rumors 'O :S(‘)\j‘u({ ;{: .hi.k"tm “;mu]fld ‘;;{! In Juneau— Maximum, 3; {to Junior or Jill as though it were|, ., ; 5 Marines would land and SUI! FROM HOONAH tant Secretary of War. As photographers marched in for news shots after the meeting, President Truman reached down in his desk and dug out his old “Missouri” Legion cap. There was an embarrassed pause while the red-faced Brown suggested thdt they pose without headgear. The Legion boss had forgotten to bripg along his “Texas” cap. minimum, zero. At Airport— Maximum, 2; minimum, 16 below. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair and cold to- night and Thursday. Not quite so cold with lowest temperature about 5 degrees above tonight. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 & m. today In Juneau City — Trace; sipce Dec. 1, 44 inches; since July 1, 6691 inches. AMERICAN FOREIGN LEGION The Army is toying with the idea of organizing an American Foreign Legion in Western Europe—compos- number of Displaced Persons in for such products as grain and ceal each group bears to the total num- 'is cutting into dollars meant for ber of Displaced Persons. | European recovery. Among other changes, Waiter's ! g oo measure would do away with the B QUOTATIONS top preference presently given ag- | NEW YORK, Dec. 8—IM--Clos- i ricultural workers. His bill would give preference to “farm, household, construction, clothing and garment | workers, and other workers needed | "% qu:ta‘t(in::;r;i of Al;fknA Jul:za: in the locality in tes | mine stocl ay is 2%, America & B iied Rlates Can 81, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss-! |in which such pers t reside.” T - aionose OEWxighl 7%, Intarnational Harvest-| ‘ ler 27%, Kennecott 57, New York | central 13%, Northern Pacific 1 |U. 5. Steel 71%, Pound $4.03%. HERE FROM FAIRBANKS i £d of refugee Europeans equip- At the Airport — Trace; Fairbanks residents registering| Sales today were 1,140,000 shares. ped with American arms and tak- | sincc Dec. 1, .43 inches; at the Baranof yesterday were, Averages today are as follows: - | since July 1, 4630 inches. ®|Willlam M. Moxey and Jack Bou- industrials 17629, rails 5250, util- ® 0 9 0o 0 0 0 0 o (Continued on Page Four) @000000®°000000%00000000 00 let. ities 32.92, |a picture of Santa and the North from Santa; Pan American imprints but the US. f‘“'l_f 1;11:;:::[‘“«-1 pring - Chi. |0 the anx ced decision. The Chl- | ¢ said the United Trollers, an organization of fishermen, has adopted a resolution urging the | headquarters be put at Ketchikan. ->> o HN TO SEATTLE i preserve order ther Consul said it wasn’'l so. nese government extended martial law to the Wuhan area of central Chine, ineluding the big cities of ankow, Wuhan and Hanyang. Mme, Chiang Kal-shek, who flew from China to seek greater | | American aid, awaited an inter-| 2 3 4 Py | E. L. Kluckhohn, vice president |view Friday with President Tru-i ", "s.qije Pirst National Bank, land Wallace Aiken, an attorney | for the bank, were overnight visit- stopping at the Pole and takes it to Fairbanks for mailing. Pan American reports it is| doing it on a nation-wide scale. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof schedwed to saill from Seattle 10 a. m., Friday, Dec. m;mu”_ Princess Norah scheduled to sail| from Vancouver December .13. Denali scheduled to sail KLUCKHO - from| SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California ors in Juneau, Seattle Wednesday, Dec. 15. iwill return to standard time Janu- Baranof Hotel. Victeria scheduled to sail from ary 1. Gov. Warren made the de-| After a business trip for the bank Seattle December 16. |cision today after conferring with|to Anchorage and Pairbanks, they Alaska scheduled to sail from Public Utilities Commission Presi- returned to Seattle today via Pan Beattle Friday, December 17, dent R, E. staedt, | American Airways. A I through a u!mnge‘ Mrs. Mary Johnson of Hoonah is at the Gastineau Hotel. SYWLSINHI T11L4 6— SAYQ ONIddOKS (S