The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1948, Page 1

& THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIL, NO. 11,072 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDL}L DECEMBER 20, 1948 ——— Tojo With Six Other Japs Must Die On Gallows 24 LIVES ARE LOST IN STORM Heavy Fall of Snow Re-|9 ported Over Wide Section of Country-Traffic Stalled CHICAGO, Dec. snowstorms which swept into a swirling merger over New York yes- terday took at least 24 lives and spread a 19.5-inch blanket over the metropolitan area. The combined disturbance moved ! out to sea today, leaving plenty of work for snow-clearing crews throughout the nation’s northeast section. It was the third heaviest snowfall in New York's history. Some commuter and bus service was tied up. The record snowfall of 258 inches in New York fell last! December 26 and 27. The earlier| record fall was 21 inches winter of 1888. Seventeen deaths as a result of | in the; the storm were reported northeast area—five in New York City, five in New Jersey and seven in New England. In the wake of the eastward sweep of snow which reached an extreme of 20 inches at Houghton, Mich,, a | belt of icy road conditions in north- ern Illinois resulted in at least seven ! traffic deaths. While the snow swirled around| New York yesterday, Miami and! Tampa, Fla., had contrasting sum-' mery weather, both cities reporting a top of 82 degrees. In Migmi, it' was sunny, and the balmy weather continued today with the Lempera- 20.—®— Two| in the! Communists Dominate U.S. Elecirical Industry; Report Is Made by Sub-Committee WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—P— | Russia has gained a strong foot-i hold in America’s strategic electrical industry through Communist domi- nation of the CIO Electrical Work- | | | ers Union, a House Lator Subcom- mittee says. | | | that hold because national security NEw YORKJS threatened, the group said in a ,report after a four-month investiga- tion of the union. ——— ‘The report noted thet the union, Third Heaviest Snowfall in (i it Gescnce comiracts - HIS'OI'Y o Weather Re_ cluding atomic energy machinery, | jet propulsion, radar, signalling de- pons from Over U S | vices and instruments for airplanes| e | and submarines. | CHICAGO, Dec. 20. —(#— The|America's electrical industry,” said imerged fury of two storms had left | the report, “is the hold of Commun- meA York City today to dig oyt of |ist Russia It is Communism in ac- its third heaviest snowfall in his- | t'on—now." tory. The subcommittee chairman, Rep.| Atlantic Seaboard from the Caro-|findings that Communists have seiz- | llina Coast with mounting intensity |ed control of the union's “national| ‘lmd about reached its peak in New |office, the executive board, the paid; York when it was joined by another |staff, the union newspaper and a storm that had crept eastward from |number of its districts and locals ‘ The result was a 195 inch cov- |is Communist controlled, he :mdl ering which left some commuter|the “large body” of the workers are| {train and bus service tied up today | 1°Val as the combined storms moved out i linto the Atlantic. The record snow- i last Decemter 26, and 27. The prev- ious record fall of 21 inches had stood since 1888. Six deaths in New England and ‘one in New Jersey were attributed | Steps should be taken to smash | with its 600,000 members, is con-| ; = } “The hold of the Communists on| One storm, which moved up the|Kersten (R-Wis), said in the the Pacific Coast. ! Although the union membership| ifall of 258 inches in New York fell EMERGEN(Y (a) SPYPROBERS SEEK TO QUIL 8 WITNESSES Making Race in Investiga- |Plan Also Sugges|ed for! tion to End Inquiry by | Unified Control of In- End of This Year telligence Agencies By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—P— Racing against time, Congression- al spy investigators hope to find TO TIGHTEN UP ON SPY WASHINGT Dec. 20.—(P— The administration not,only aims o tighten laws against spying but out today whether the Justice De-|20-cdd intelligence agencies under partment will give them a chance |unified control. to quiz eight key witnesses before| This was brought out today by the year ends. The House Un-American Activ- ities Committee wants to add tes- timony of these witnesses to its espionage inquiry report before the new Congress takes over on Janu- two reports which disclosed (A) That a drive has been under way since last spring to coordinate varied home-front efforts to pro- itect the nation against spies, sa- ary 3 ities. First, it wants to question the| (B) A Presidential Commission | eight, or as many of them as thefor some months has been studying ! Justice Department says aren't cpemuons of the Central Imtelli- needed in prosecuting indictments ' gence Agency which evaluates mil- returned by a grand jury. ‘What ‘they Want These indictments are against 12 Communist party leaders on grounds they conspired to overturn the U. S. government; and (b) jitary and diplomatic reports from | abroad. Campaign Launched Secretary of Defense Forrestal | reported over last March he launched the cam- LAWS NOW also seeks to put the gnvrmmmn's1 boteurs and other subversive activ- | the weekend that An extraordinary session of the Ni:u‘(wnl!\ Alaska Territorial Legis- l.xlurv ¥ been called to meet on Thu 6, 1949, at 10 Janu jam, consider and act upon to |legislaticn to provide such revenues for the territory as the Legislature may deem necessary or (to remedy the critical financial icondition of the Territory of Al- aska. The Legislature is to re- | main ing January 22, 1949. | The Secretary of Alaska was in- {structed by the Governor of the | Territory to issue a proclamation calling the extraordinary session nd all members of the Nineteenth Legisiature have been advised of the extraordinary session. The i (AL FOR SPECIAL . SESSION IS VALID DECLARES RIVERS | Asked recent call for about the validity of the the 19th Legislaturc [EXTRAORDINARY SESSION, 19TH ALASKA LEGISLATURE IS CALLED FOR JANUARY 6 advisable | in session until and lnclud-1 HIGH COURT REFUSES T0 INTERCEDE Nineteenth Legislature convenes in ;;:;xl.n' session on January 24,~Has NO Aulh’)f"y fO Re‘ ' il Cal | view Sentences of In- The call, ressed to the mem- A 5 . W7 of e ternational Inbunal Nineteenth Legis- lature, is as follows: | “To cope with the unprecedented | e WASHINGTON, Dec. - 20,—(@P— | financial crtsts‘nx“( “‘(‘“ ; “‘ |The Supreme Court today refused Territory, I, as Acting COVEINOr |y, jnterfere with the International upen the direction and advice nI.M“n,‘” Tribunal which condemned Governor Gruening, am Issuing an yormer premier Toio and six other official Proclamation \ummnmnRJ Japanese war lords to death. the Legislature to meet in Junmn The court, by a vote of 6-1, decid- at 10 am. January 6, next, for an r‘d it had no authority over the extraordinary session which Wil 11 nation tribunal. last 17 days. This Special Session| jth this decision the Supreme preceding the regular session 1S Court turned down requests by con- being called under the authority victed Japanese wartime officials granted the Governor by the Or- that it: ganic Act, as amended 1. Consider their sppeals; “This is your official notifica-| 2. Declare the International Tri-- ion thereof. e Session' is being Lunal illegal; alled specifically to enable Hw} 3. Order their immediate release. egislature to consider and pass uch revenue measures as will be i DOOM 1S SEALED equired to correct the distressed | The refusal presumably seais the ondition of the treasury, pay the 'doom of Tojo and the other six who laims now in rears for school, |were sentenced to die on the gallows. velfare, he: and other author-!General MacArthur cenfirmed their zed purposes and defray the cost sentences, but. stayed the execu= f Territorial government. [tions until the Supreme Court acted. | Justice Murphy dissented from the Reason For Call Court’s decision but wrote no opin- The Governor's reasons for call- mu ng a special session and not waiting | Justice Rutledge reserved decision ture in the 80s again. However, the cold front which'to the snowstorm. Five deaths in| brought .81 inches of rain to Jack- New York were storm-caused. sonville yesterday and pushed the' Icy roads left by the snow’s sweep temperature down from 72 to 49 over the midwest figures in at least degrees, continued to hold tempera- six traffic crash deaths in North- POWERS UP TOTRUMAN last night saying the committee | would appreciate it if the Justice Depmlmcnl would let it quiz: Donald Hiss, brother of Alger; Mrs. Alger Hiss; Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley, who admits she was A} messenger for a pre-war Red Alger Hiss, former State Depart-|baign to coordinate the home ment official, on grounds he lied {front intelligence operations of the to convene in extraordinary sess or in saying he never turned govern- military service—the FBI, Secret on January 6 for a 17-day perioc ment secrets over to Whittaker |Service, State Department undiimmt‘dm!t’ly prior to the regular bi- ! Chamber former courier for a!nhumerous other agencies. jennial session, Attorney Genera Communist spy ring. He said that Attorney General Rivers made the following state- g3 Clark had suggested in February ment today. Acting %‘:::;T:axr;:?d: (R-SD) |that in view of the development “The question has been asked why got out a statement—on pink paper |°f the Fifth Column and other an extraordinar lon prior | subversive techniques “it might be ' the regular 19th session would not desirable to coordinate the work of :involve the members of the 18tk these many agencies in the field |Lezislature instead of the members of internal security.” of the 19th. Sec. 4(a) of '.he Organic Tighten Spy Laws |Act _provides, Mlark announced last week that' ‘The terms of office of eacl he intends to ask the new Con- Mmember of the Senate shall be foth gress to tighten the laws against V8T or action at the regular session|at this time and said that an- e as follows: nouncement of his vote would be “First, the present situation un- made later. Justice Jackson took no ler which three-quarters of a mil- ion dollars worth of legitimate laims against the Territorial Creasury go unpaid because of lack part in the final yote. Justice Douglas made known he concurred in the result of the major- ity. He saild he would state bhis tures below normal in northern Florida today. ‘The storm, which crept north- ward along the Atlantic Coast yes- terday, left heavy snow as far south as Virginia. — e Shortest Day Of Year Is Tomorrow Tomorrow is the shortest day of ! 1948 and also the beginning of the winter solstice. ‘Tomorrow, the sun in this secuon of Alaska is scheduled to rise at 9:45 o'clock am. and set at 4:07/ in the afternoon. Winter is also to begin, but this means little to Alaskans as win- ter struck the Territory several weeks ago. And speaking of short days, about this time of the year there are other things that are short, and one of them is m-o-n-e-y. But all must scrimp by somehow, for Christmas is also this week— when everybody is supposed to be merry. - e - FILE FOR BANKBUPTCY A debtors’ petition for bank- ruptcy was filed today in District Court against Thomas H. Hutch- ings and A. G. Merritt, as indivi- duals and as partners. The Wasnin,glon' Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— Grover Whal- en, New York's famous and popu- lar greeter, is sole witness to the only conversation between Presi- dent Traman and Governor Dewey during the recent campaign. It occurred at the opening of Idlewild Airport last June, when Whalen introduced Truman tn Dewey. On this occasion made one of his proverbial off-the-cuff re- marks. “Governor,” he said, “what do you want to get into the White House for? There’s nothing there but trouble.” COMMONSENSE CON- GRESSMAN Senator-elect Karl Mundt of South Dakota has more prestige and common sense than any other jList L s BRI (Continued on Page Four) ern Illinois. ! Washington was covered by 54 inches of snow by the coastwise storm which also hit parts of New 'Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, sage to Congress Seek- Virginia an ew England. ila- . . 'dclghlu rep:rt:]d se\inJ]inci&sl‘)halnd 'ng Fll" AU"’!OI’I'Y { |Hartford, Conn., 10 inches. —_— | + The other storm which first hit] WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—(®— | fthe West Coast with heavy snow in|President Truman may send a !Northern California a week ago|special message to the new Con- Ispent most of its wintry blast over |gress asking standby powers to! the Middlewest from southeastern|put the whole nation into fighting Missouri northward into Wisconsin|harness immediately if any war and eastward into Ohio. Chicago,|emergency arises. |Indianapolis and Lafayette, Ind.,| Planning officials said today that ! recelved six inches of wet snow. |the proposed national war emer- Temperatures generally were mdd-| gency act, embracing 8 score of erate over the weekend and warmer |proad controls over industry, labor clear weatf\er was forecast for most|ang trade, probably will be ready (of the nation today. for final approval of the National Deep snow pockets, loosened by|gecyrity Resources Board by mid- 'rain, caused slides which blocked| janyary. ' +highways in the Cascade mountains| pecq ' . use of the measure’'s import- fof Washington State. Ski patrolmen| ., e and vast scope o(flclalsp TO- rescued two youths whose car was s ¥ lcarried about 200 feet down tee) parted. hay It M TR s epe] floadst el own a SLeeP | proves the proposals he probably P yff’:" 8 will devote a separate message to it instead of trying to summarize it in his forthcoming State of the Union report. The legislation would give the President authority, in case of d1‘| rect foreign attack on this coun-, SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—®—A Navy LST has rescued two plane crash try—to clamp a “quick freeze” on prices and wages, halt job shm.s| levy an excess profits tax, in-} voke priorities and ration scarce foods and clothing. survivors from Montague Island, 200 miles northeast of Kodiak, Coast Guard headquarters said today. Word of the rescue was radioed by the Navy craft which is proceed- "NOW OVER'" ASSERTS i DR. RALPH BUNCHE| ing to Kodiak. No further infor- iAASR mation was received here. Wreckage of the plane was sight- NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—®— The ed from the air late last week by Palestine war “is now over” and b a final solution of problems arising an Air Force B-17. Saturday a coast Guard PBY spotted two survivors out of ‘the creation of the new ! state of Israel is well on its way, on the island teach and dropped them supplies. Dr. Ralph Bunche says. - : The acting United Nations med- The Coast Guard said it believed | j¢5r -of Paiestine added, on his o e sl eopen Sintn |y, etaEl b il By, 'when 16 cxnghon o the tlsna. Pul| Lork Ahe, dewlshoglattipas ity details will not be learned until establisned.” Hi id fighti the LST reaches Kodiak. 2 said Lghting o deragl diow 1s i s a matter of “local incidents,” and althought it may continue for some {President WSend Mes- ,tim_e. “I would not regard it too Picknicker Truck |wncor Rolls Down Hill; 41 | o sevcumax Mr. and Mrs. Jim Church and Persons Are Killed ! | their two children, Jane and Jim, ’ —— Jr., were passengers on the Bar- BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 20.——|anof for Ketchikan, They will Forty-one persons were killed yes-|spend the Christmas holidays with terday when a truck carrying 47!Mrs. Church’s family in the First picnickers rolled down a hill in-[City and will return to Juneau to the side of a train, next week. jretwork in Washington; Chambers; (committee had mentioned the last | | committee. fon spying so as to plug loopholes Henry Julian Wadleigh; William Ward Pigman; Franklin Victor |through which U. 8. secrets have Reno; and Hedda Gompers. been sneaked, out. { That was the first time the| Forrestal said that the internal )security unification has been under close study by the National Secur- _|ity. Council and several mental committees, but that no fi- nal agreement has been reached. “My own feeling is that it should 'be achieved by some central gov- ernment mechanism under civilian control, receiving advice and full: icooperation of the heads of agen- cies now in operation,” Forrestal isaid. two. All the others except Pig- man, a former worker at the Na tional Bureau of Standards, havei appeared previously before lhcI Mundt told reporters that Reno might be able to throw some light “the Aberdeen proving ground situation.” Bombsight Info That was a reference to state- ments of committee members that around 1938 the Russians evident-| ly got information on the super- secret Norden bombsight out of af civilian at the Army’s testing sta- had written President Truman that tion at Aberdeen, Md. |she was alarmed over reports of Mundt said Hedda Gompers can|? move to “abolish the "FBI” and “throw a lot of light” on Com- |create a “secret police.” The White ' Ideas Set Forth The deiense chief set forth his ideas in a letter to Mrs. Mary B. Hartman, of Philadelphia, who munist activities here in Washing- |House turned the letter over to {ton about 10 years ago. He added [Forrestal to answer. Forrestal asserted “there has that she is no suspect. Mundt said Miss Gompers is a iormer government employee and has appeared before the commit- never, at any time, been any sug- gestion by me that the FBI or govern- | eny of the agencies engaged in this “Sec. 4(b) states, ‘The term of of- fice of each Representative shall be two years.’ “Nothing is said about the dater for commencement and termination |of said terms. Accordingly it Fe- comes necessary to determine when the members of the 18th Legislature were duly elected in order to ascer- tain whether their terms will ex- pire prior to January 6, 1949, at ‘which time the extraordinary ses- (sion will convene. In 43 Am. Jur. 115, at Sec. 155, we find as follows | ‘Where no time is fixed by lav ifor the commencement of an official ‘term‘ the general rule is that 1 'begins to run from the date of the |appointment, or, in the case of ar \elective officer, from the date ol lelection or the legal ascertainment lof the result thereof. “In Alaska the outcome of ar election is legally ascertained anc ;declared by the Territorial Canvas ‘mg Board which certifies the per- sons receiving the highest number of votes for the respective officer: duly elected. Since all members of ithe 18th Legislature were certified in december of the year of elec- reasons in an opinion to be an- nounced later, The other five members of the of revenues is certain to become vorse if action on revenue measures s sllowed to be deferred, as ex- erience indicates it always has seen, until the very end of the reg- alar session in March; “Second, the individuals, business oncerns, municipalities and school listricts having claims against the Cerritory will in many instances ace extreme hardships if payment s not forthcoming quickly as is estified by numerous. telegrams and Justices Black, Reed, Frank- furter, and Burton—said in a brief, 'unsigned opinion: EATISFIED WITH SENTENCING “We are satisfied that the Tribun- al sentencing these petitioners is not a tribunal of the United States, “Tne Un.ted States and other allied countries conquered and now ind letters received by this office occupy and control Japan. General nd all Territorial agencies; iDouglas MacArthur has been se= “Third, the public spirited iB-'lected and is acting as the supreme ilviduals and companies which ad- commander for the allied powers, anced loans without interest tO The military tribunal sentencing he University of Alaska to per- these petitioners (the Japanese) nit its operation deserve to be re- has been set up ty General Mac- bald as promptly as possible; ‘Arthul as the agent of the allied powers. Meome Tex Hinied | COURT HAS NO POWER “Fourth, hecause of the immed-| «Under the foregoing circum- wte need for revenue, a Start stances the courts of the United hould be made as early as possi- 'States have no power or authority sle on the withholding from salaries to review, to affirm, set aside or and wages of a Territorial Income annul the judgments and sentences rax if that method of taxation, jmposed on these petitioners and which has been proposed, should for this reason the motions for leave oe adopted by the legislature; ,to file petitions for writ of habeas Fifth, the taxpayers of Alaska corpus are denied.” should be injormed as early as; The opinion, called technically ossible in the year of the new tax as “per curiam” opinion, presumably )ayments which will be expected was written by Chief Justice Vin- high ccurt-—~Chiet Jtistice Vinson: - . |back to the Russians. !said the return would be made on tee in closed sessions as a witness. He did not identify Reno. | WON'T QUESTION THEM WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—®—' The House Un-American Activities Committee agreed today not to question five witnesses who Justice Department indicated mayl be needed in the perjury trial of} Alger Hiss, former State Depart«i men omcml iFrench W|II Refurn Village fo Russians (By The Associated Press) The Frenci prepared to give the tiny, frightened village of Stolpe The French January 3. Stolpe, adjacent to the French sector of Berlin, has a population of less than 1,000, most of them farmers. It was turned over to the . French by the Russians in October, 1945, so the French could build an airfield there. The field was never built. ©000 0000000000000 000090 Injections Impure; 60 Children Dead TOKYO, Dec. 20—#—Diphtheria immunization deaths in the city of Kyoto today totaled 60 children.! Impurities in the injections were ! blamed. {suaded it is malicious.” {to arrive Tuesday noon. type of work (internal security) he abolished; only that their work tion, their official terms commencec (from the date of such certification be coordinated.” By January 6th of 1949, all of such As to a secret police force, helterms will have expired. By the said that rumor was “nonsense so!:amc token, persons elected to the untruthful that I am almost per- 19th Legislature have all received certificates of election from the Can- !vassing Board. Accordingly a special meeting of the legisiative assembly in January of 1949 would necessarily involve the members of the 19t Legislature instead of the 18th. “Referring to the expiration ol terms of elective officers when the constitution or statute is silent on Princess Norah scheduled to sailithat point, I quote from 80 A.LR. from Vancouver December 30. 11292, Denali, from west, scheduled! ‘The rule seems well settled that southbound about December 28. lwhel‘e the length or the expiration 7 il T 5 {of a term of office is not fixed by LB L EL LS R law, that interpretation which lim- its the term of office of tiie short- est time allowed by the hw should lM‘ adopted. (Citing cases). “It is fundamental that the demo- cratic process can be adequately |carried out only by appropriate ac- e STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 11 a.m. December 24. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAT) This data i= or 24-hour per- iod ending ¢:3° am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 35; minimum, 31. tion of the most recently elected At Airport— Maximum, 33; representatives of the people and minimum, 30. not by the ‘lame ducks’ so to speak.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dcc. 30—M—Clos- !ing quotation of Alaska Juneau | mine stock today is 3%, American FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Tues- day. Lowest temperature near. 29 degrees tonight. PRECIPITATION e Can 81%, Anaconda 327%, Curtiss- (Past 24 hou:s ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | Wright 7%, International Harvest- In Juneau — .21 inches; @ ler 20%, Kennecott 55%, New York since Dec. 1, 3.62 inches; e Central 12% , Northern Pacific 18%, since July 1, 70.19 inches. L U S. Steel 71 Pound $4.03%. At Airport — .26 inches; o Sales today were 980,000 shares. ® since Dec. 1, 179 inches; Averages today are as follows: ® since July 1, 47.66 inches. e industrials 176.84, rails 52.76, util- ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o ities 33.15, rom them and wait until a quarter of the year has passed before receiving this in- formation which has so direct a} bearing on business plans; Revenues vs. Appropriations “Sixth, the legislature, itself, should know what the tax revemues of the Territory are likely to be n the considering appropriation it the regular session; “Seventh, more productive study probably can be given to the evenue requirements of the Tem-\ ory in a session devoted exclusive-, ly to that purpose than in the reg- ular session where so many im- portant matters will compete for | the attention “Because mileage will be paid by the Federal government incident | to the regular session, the expense to the Territory of a Special Ses- | ion will be greatly reduced. “So that ne time need be lost | in getting down to serious consid- eration of the pressing problem which confronts us, the Attorney General of Alaska will furnish for your consideration immediately up- on con ing drafts of several pro- posed tax measures he has prcpur-( ed in his capacity as Legislative | Council in response to requests from members of the Legislature.” | Proclamation The proclamation issued in con- junction with the call stated au- thority was vested in the Govern- or of Alaska by Section 6 of the Organic Act of Alaska, as amended by the Act of April 18, 1940, Chap- ter 105, Section 1, 54 stat. 111, 48 USCA Sec. 4. not be made to| coming biennium be(ure' requests of the Legislature.! son. The Chief Justice ordinarily writes such oplnlons 'BIG CANADIAN - ' PLANE GOES UP INFIERCE BLAZE VALCARTIER, Que., Dec. 20.—(® — The 1000-foot long shell-manu- {facturing plant of the Canadian arseral in this army train'ng and jscientific research center was de- ~mbed today as a “complete loss,” |destroyed in a $500,000 week-end |lire. J It had broken out anew earlicr last 'night after blazing spectacularly |through seven buildings late Sat- lurday. Cause of the blaze was unknown. {Lack of water facilities hampered the hundreds of men who fought |to bring it under control. i > - ‘200 Are Missing in Central Iran Flood Imn. TEHRAN, Dec. 20— ! The newspaper Ettalaat reported !lodny that 200 persons were miss- ing and hundreds of houses had | collapsed in a flood that inun- |dated five villages near Isfahan in central Iran. ‘The newspaper said 20,000 per- sons were homeless and without foed. The flood was lollowed by £now,