The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1948, Page 1

.. VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,074 “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1948 ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE = MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ey RIVERS SPEAKS BEFORE KIWANIS, SPECIAL SESSION SEATTLE PORT IS TIED UP Checkers, Foremen, Super-: cargoes Walk Off Job Be- cause of Beatings of Two SAYRE 1§ WITNESS, Expense incurred by the call f \an extraordinary session of legi: lature January will be more than absorbed if legislation is ef-| - - fected to straighten out the finan-| NEW YORK, Dec. 2 cial difficulties of the Territory,|cis B. Sayre, Assistant Secretary Attorney General Ralph Rivers|State in 1937 and 1938 when se |said this noon in a talk before|ret papers were taken from imembers of the Kiwanis Club at|State Department, said today “ce |the Baranof SEATTLE, Dec. 22—M-A dis-| The session will pay dividends to|access"” pute over alleged beatings of AFL the Territory by expediting a taxa- | waterfront workers stopped oper- tion program which will begin more ations today.in Puget Sound’s twoquickly to turn over revenue to major ports—Seattle and Tacoma. the Teritorial government, he said. * Work was stopped first in Seat-| “Saying that it is not worth the| tle yesterday for a meeting of AFL |expense to call for added services checkers and foremen, who belong |from the legislators, is like sayi to the International Longshore- they are not worth their keep,” men’s Association. Their leaders|Rivers said. to them. men after testifying before The | statement contradicted Acting assertion by | four persons had ready access SPY CASE {P—Fran- the tainly mere than four persons had He made the statement to news the | Governor Federal Grand Jury investigating | gate E. L. the alleged Communist espionage.|ficials of the Department Chairman |lems of administration K. Mundt of the House Un-Ameri- ters, and can Activities Committee that only jfiscal year were discussed. Kadow > that discussion centered on |Secretary of State Sumner Welles, | he spent several summers as a mem- | Summer. The Tojo With 6 Others Swing to KADGW AND FOSTER DUGGAN REPORT ON MEETINGS N WASHINGTON,D.C. Kenneth G. Kadow, Don C. Foster, Superintendent of the Alaska Native Service, returned sterday via Pan American Air ys from Washington, D.C. . The two officials attended a se- ries of policy meetings of the De- partment of Interlor in Washing- |ton. In attendance at the |ings were Secretary J. ! Assistant Secretary Ernest Gruening, Bartlett and other of r- of- a| At these meetings, specific prob- the budget for the next to | said Chairman of the Alaska Field Committee, anc meet- A. Krug, W. A. Warne, Dele- policy mat- . PLUNGE | PROBED New York Pafle fo Investi-! gate Death of Witness in Spy Case NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—(® Mu\'-“ or William O'Dwyer today direct~ ed New York police to make a “thorough investigation of the mysterious death of Laurence Dug- | gan |ilies on December 14, 1901. He was The mayor acted after receiving |raised in Juneau, and attended the telegram from fomner Under-!Juneau Public Schools. As a youth, DONALD HALEY IS FATALLY INJURED; FCRMERLOCALMAN Mis. Dorothy Pegues received word last night in a radio from his wife, that Donald Sprague Haley was fatally injured yesterday near Ashford, Wash, Don was born in Juneau of one of the cldest Alaska pioneer fam- i a WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 The Civil Service Commission bas! approved continuation of a 25 per cent salary differential to all fed-} eral employees in Alaska whose basic pay is fixed by statute, Dele- gate Bartlett of Alaska said to- day This group, Bartlett said, includes most of the federal civilan em- ployees in the Territory except those working for the Alaska Rail-| road. Heretofore, some departments ! have paid the differential others have not. Bartlett said the action was tak-| en after the commission mmpll-n»df |its study of the situation as or-| ydered by President Truman last/ and | | ki Deathon Gallow (SC Approves Ditferenfial fo Federal Employees in Alaska FORMER JAP WAR LORDS PAY PENALTY Go fo Scaffold in Early Morning Hours-Bodies to Be Cremated By FRANK L. WHIk TOKYO, (Thursaay) —(#—Hide- Tojo and six other Japanese warlords died on the gallows short- ly after midnight for Japan's crimes against humanity. The former Premier, grim and wearing the jungle green uniform stady was provided of the U. 8. soldiers who ecrush- charged that two members had been beaten up on the job where they work with CIO longshoremen. | The immediate situation was ions are wholly AFL-affiliated and where operations continued during the recent prolonged West Coast CIO Longshoremen’s strike. Tacoma longshoremen leaders de- clined to discuss the stalemate there today, “until the smoke clears.” They remarked paradoxi- cally that the port is “open” but the men didn't report for work. Five Army transports were among 35 ships affected by the walkout. ! Speaking of the advisability calling the extraordinary he indicated that in as much |tend the session to |contend with the crisis in the Territorial ment. | Maximum budget requests (some 17 million dollars, he !With the preliminary session { Which gove iprepared to adjudge where and session, ‘the 60-day session has always been | hazy at Tacoma, where dock un-icrowded, it seems adyisable to ex-| concentrate specifically on revenue measures to present financial| said. to discuss raising money, {he added, legislators will te more ot|the documents which as| munist courier and two women secretaries as tl stolen papers. Hiss, who worked for Sayre, under indictment on charges perjury to conceal evidence {nected with espionage. n- are in'sons who might have had access velved his grand jury testimony. in He repeated an earlier stateme found their way to Whittaker Chambers, Com- Mundt named Sayre, Alger Hiss four persons who had access to the con-|use Sayre declined comment on per- {the papers on the ground it in- proresed tion i Kadow also and military authorities the Nation's Capitol. The housing authorities have agreed in prin- |riplc to modifications of the Fed- eral Housing laws for the Terri- tory, which will permit a greater of available funds in Alaska. Foster discussed the problems of health, education, housing, and sanitation with Interior officials. Kadow said that the Interior De- partment is interested in coal deposits and have authorized studies to be made. The manufac- or needed federal legisla- met with housing P& while in M of he is of th re to nt who death of whether Jject had figured made yesterday by Acting Chair- Alaska jman Karl Mundt (R-SD) House Un-American Activities Com- | {mittee. under the U.|for under a law ehacted by the in- | last Congress. Bartlett and he w convinced the the one-time State De- rtment expert was not a suicide. Duggan plunged to h's death onday night from his 16th floor | fice just off Fifth Avenue. ‘The police will seek to tind out he committed suicide, was e victim of an uccident as his latives maintain, or was the ob- of foul play The suggestion that in the said ber of survey parties S. Cadastral Engineers’ Office | cluding the survey of McKinley Na- | tional Park and the oil fields of the Arctic. He was a member the first survey party in the Arctic Ol {Flelds under the direction of the llate Eck Guerin, which entered the oil fields by way of the Mead river {north ot Point Barrow i | In 1928 Don married Miss Bertha | Ellen Brown of Victoria, B. C. in| Juneau, and in the middle 1930's the | {family lived in Craig, Alaska, where | ihe was agent for the old United | States Bureau of Fisheries. | The family left Alaska in 1940 Governor Gruen- ing of Alaska appeared before the | commission to support continua- {tion of the extra pay. | - 132 PASSENGERS CARRIED BY PAA, TUESDAY FLIGHTS Pan Amer.can Airways put in a of ‘foul, play” plunge was of the |what amount Territorial depart-|he had “implicit faith” in Hiss CIO longshoremen were unable to g b work the ships withoub chéckers, | IC00 Tequests ‘can be foremen and supercargoes. Th shutdown came just two weeks af: ter the end of the long CIO coast maritime strike. Legislators will e more pre-:ings, and added that pared to judge how far to go in|wait until all the evidence was Foremen’s Union, and Pape Crum-|2ka.' the Attorney General i mer, head of the AFL checkers,' The_ difference between “Ferm"‘ said in a joint statement after nlof ofl{ce and “tenure” of office isdt. special meeting yesterday afternoon _Fhe point on which legality stands that their men “will not return to|OFf Newly elected legislators serving work until they receive definite | in the extraordinary session, Riv- assurance that they will not be ' stated. e harmed by ‘Goons' on or off the “Tenure” of office is ascertained jok." vlrom the time of taking the outhA’ Two members were beaten up “Term” of office begins when el-| and one had to be hospitalized l.e_=e3(5t1t>r| is duly ascertained, he said. cently, they said. |The Organic Act calls for a two- “These men were attacked be-'and four-year “term” of office. cause they were said to have work- | Terms of office of former legisla- ed in the strike-free port of Ta- coma during the recent West Coast |Pefore December 31, he added. tie-up.” Doyle stated. “These men ' Two tax bills are in the process| were simply living up to the un- 4 2 ion’s contract.” in the special Rl\'ers said. The dispute does not affect the One is an income “”f bill, the AFL ports of Tacoma, Port An—.““’_}f" 31 pmpcr(): “‘”‘b ]’;‘“- & sy ? | The income tax bill calls g;;_“ ey s M k%meniwlthholding for the Territory William Gettings, regional C10- 10 per cent of the amount paid to Longshoremen'’s union head, denied the U. S. Government. The prop- that CIO members had anything to '€ty tax bill asks for a two percent do with the asserted beatings. |!@Xation cn property. : Waterfront Employers of Wash- ‘The Attorney General was in- ington spokesmen said they had ! troduced 17 Program Chflu‘man‘ ————— ON THURSDAY EVENIN The present 7 Chapel-By-The-Lake their Christmas wi American Airways at of the Westminster Fellowship w ion, {Fred Telecky for | Chapel. of | The program will open with {group of recitations and songs is pastor of t {day School and will conclude wi: from the gospel of Matthew whittled ! the time he left the country Aug. 8 to attend United Nations meet- he would |appropriating for the back log of | before coming to any conclusions. Jack Doyle, president of the AFL- things which must be done in Al-! Another witness was Miss Anna | i said.; Belie Newcomb, Sayre's secretary. one of the quartet named by Mun- | \CHAPEL - BY - THE - LAKE HAS HOLIDAY PROGRAM program tors will have expired in all cases|Thursday evening at 7:30 in the building formerly occupied by Pan Auk Bay. of being drawn up for presentation |Sunday school pupils and members fport on the meeting and Charles, vill Burdick, Assistant For- ‘take part in the program. The Rev.|ester, will represent his agency. {the smaller children. of the Sun- the reading of the Christmas story an Luke. The older children will pr at !turing of synthetic fuels from coal will be one aspect of the study. — e in The exportation of logs cussed at the Chamber of Com- 6 11 der a Forest Service ruling, no ex- port permits will Decemter 31. IS(vr\'we officials and loggers to re- Regional he IMUSICAL CHRISTMAS 1S THEME OF CONCERT BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS a by th nd | e- 106 EXPORT WILL ‘BE DISCUSSED AT :CHAMBER THURSDAY from ist Courier Whittaker Alaska to the States will be dis-} merce meeting tomorrow noon. Un- The Committee earlier had re-|to settle near Morton, Wash. Don'busy day yesterday with 132 pas- ilcnsod testimony link'ng Dugganircrvpd in the Unlted States Army sengers arriving and departing to a pre-war Communist group in |during World War II. For the past | from Juneau. Three flights left ¢the State Department. several years, he has been associat- for Seattle with 97 passengers Mundt had said there was “moreled with a logging and lumber com- aboard. Coming in from the South jthan a slight possibility of foul|pany near Ashford, Wash. were 26. Fairbanks flights Erought Iplay” that might “lead directly to, He is survived by his widow,[12 in and took out 8. ‘the Communist espionage conspira- Birdie, daughter Ellen Marion, in| Passengers included: tors.” Later, he said, he had no,Ashford; mother, Mrs. Thomas Rad-| From Seattle: Elmo Miller, S mgme of his own to support hhionlch, step-father Thomas Rado- | H. Swanson, Olive Trower, Dor icions, sy o Yesterday afternoon ex-Commun- | nephews, sons of Mrs. Pegues, in|Kenneth Kadow, Don Foster, Fraid Chambers, Juneau. He was a cousin of Mrs.|Buhl, Vay Kuhl, Dorothy Whit- \who purportedly once accused Dug-'Addie V. McKinnon and Walter|ney, Jeanette Hillery, Harold Foss, ,san of giving him confidential ' McKinnon of Juneau. Mrs. Dell Graves, Gladys Tomlin- ;Government papers, denied he ever Funeral services will be held in|son, Lela Bolin, Magnus Hansen, inich, s'ster Dotothy-Pegues; weverr othy - Manthey~ Phom ey Newsll ‘vd his empire, was dropped through !the trap at one and a half min- | utes after midnight. ; Nine minutes later he was pro- ( nounced dead. ; The seven were hanged !groups. Tejo was in group. Twenty minutes before the time iset for the tirst hangings the first [ four to go were escorted by guards {frem their individual cells of the | Sugamo Prison to a private chapel jon the fivst floor of the cellblock. ] Thers were Tojo, Gen, Kenji Doi- | hara, the Manchurian plotter, Gen. | Iwane Matsui, who commanded at {the rape of Nanking, and Lt, Gen, ( Akira Muto, who fought in the Philippines. i Buddhist Rites | Following final Buddhist rites in the improvized chapel they were !escorted to the gallows. i The officer of the day led the way to the death house followed by the prison fi“““ and a in two the first | On the walk each condémned ‘man was flanked by two U. 8. sol- | dier guards. How They Went They proceeded in this order: be issued after| |made such an accusaton. ; The FBI disclosed that 10 days ‘ago it questioned Duggan, but add- A committee, headed by Franz|ed., Wwithout elaborating, that the Naghel, met this week with Forest|questioning was merely “routine.” Welles and two other former view the problem. Naghel will re- high ranking State Department of- ficials yesterday strongly defend- ‘ed Duggan's record 'of 14 years' service in the State Department. PLANE CRASH " LANDS AT END ~ OFINT. RUNWAY + Ashford. <> 38 IN, 28 LEAVE ON . ACA TUESDAY FLIGHTS i | Alaska Coastal flights carried €6 passengers yesterday with 38 ar- ‘riving in Juneau and 28 leaving ! Passengers included: From pPetershurg: Roberts. From Ketchikan: noiman Som- | mers. From Hoonah: Joe Albayalede, |John M. Olson, Al Anderson, Pat Richard T i | i |Stanley Bingham, P. A. Kolander,! Dothara, Matsui, Tojo and Muto. {Agda Kolander, Lynde Fales, Wll-]Twu prison officers brought up the liam McCaddon, Wilma Quianna. ' rear, 1 From Annette: Eva Mi-lsenznh].: ; As the procession entered the i D Ray, H J. ymnen. jCeath house the Buddhist priest | From Fairbanks: Ralph Kibby, ' stepped aside and the remainder of ! Leonard Williamson, Leo Jones, Jr..| the party entered, | Russell Alexander, Clyde Hoffman,: gach man was individually iden- ;‘l;::;:e El;n:fvn. Melvin Johnson, tified as he entered the execution s Lay. chamber. | To Fairbanks: Daisy KN'HE.' Their entrance to this chamber {Maude Taft, David Donfell, Ed|was jn front of the witnesses, in- ‘Str.oivker, Andy Vaceon, Ben Efl‘gvit(‘d by General MacArthur, who | sers, Mario‘n Wood, R. W. Sheldon, haq arrived beiorehand. iAr’lrn %;‘;i?”l;“~ Sl fand 1 Following the identitication, the t.)acguut J:;flz?;u‘::}‘ Beloud, L.| condemned walked up the 13 steps i To Ee‘nule: Daniel Al’)derson. Berl‘;g :::e(::ell‘:;': :‘S;?::B And g |Lemarty, Dr. Glenn Crim, John E. ; After | Haapala, Francis Wren, Frank Ok- | T SR05 OF fae - Songeaund been notified of the AFL action | Neil Moore. sent a pageant. Cver 150 students of the Juneau| Daniels, H. D. Daniels. On Friday, Kiwanis memters finished plans mas Eve, members of to send Christmas gifts and sup- but that they could “see no way ! in which such assurance can be given by employers.” - e CHOIR PRACTICE OFF Cheir practice scheduled for the Northern Light Presbyterian choir Thursday has been postponed, it is| announced. : ling. 'TREES TWINKLE FROM |at the Minnie Fields Home. Doug- tlas Babcock will be in charge ot delivering all the gifts ot food to |the home. Each member was presented a gift-wrapped fruit cake as a 1Christmas present from the Ki-} | wanis club. i - residences are outdoor Christm: trees, whose beauty is The Washingtonl............| Merry- G_o -Round : : Bv DREW PEARSON [} \ {Copyright, 1948, ;: '§'he Bell Byndicate, [ @ c. ing trees are those in the yar jof J. F. Mullen, and Mrs. ¢ | Monagle. ®( The Chamber WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAD) This data is for 24-hour per- iod ending 6:3° am. PST. In Junegu— Maximum, 36; minimum, 20. At Airport— Maximum, 28; minimum, 14. of Commerce ®|the best outdoor decorations. o | judging committee will ASHINGTON— Dynamic Mau- | ® ry Maverick, the ex-Congressman from San Antonio, visited his old|® Washington haunts the other day|® and in the course of things called | ® on President Trumen. Maverick first knew Truman when the latter came to the Con- gress, a very green, inexperienced Senator from Missuori. Lnst,: week he talked to the President ¢ PRECIPITATION in the same blunt way he talked to! e R e i s B him in 1934. p . . 2L o8 ay e In Juneau — .03 inches; e from Vancouver December 30. ‘Mr. President,” said Maury, “you i "°17 308 inches: Denali, from west, are a big shot now. You used toj X since July 1, 7050 inches. southbound about December 28. feel sorry for yourself, but you've ACUHHE UAlort — Trace: been re-elected under your own » steam and now, instead of being 5:2‘29 ;;‘):;c 11' 4775(156 _:;;2:5' sorry of yourself, we want you to gaoe Uiy Ae 8100 & ad e o o o be sorry for us.” 3 “Maury,” replied the President, 5 L “Pm just a humble man.” | _PRA KEEPS ROADS OPEN “No, ure not,’ countered the| By keeping the 10 men of the Texan, | Youre a big shot, and|Fublic Roads Administration main- |2 ; ? . | o in-| dent and meant nothing. you've got to do something for we, tenance crew at work overtime, in g. the people. You've got to giveAcludlng weekends . when it snows.! us a great administration. How 3 kept open, since the first l:n(vu;or:taninumet;t :’I:?:‘l:,‘.?kmg,snow condition which brought iy s g : down trees, according to Chris “Poor General Marshall,” mused the Presids “H e had Wyller, PRA district engineer, B g 8 This includes some 50 miles of kidney cut out.” Tha rcad—to Thane, Douglas and Eagle b wos. a5 Mayerick could. get River, as well as fhe Glacier High- LA RS S A A e AT S e (Continued on Page Four) way and many tributary roads. e lthe home decorations. . Members of the Empire e !will make the rounds oIevenlng to get a complete sto ejon the decorations. =\ STEAMER MOVEMENTS . e | Baranof scheduled to sail fros o |Seattle 11 a.m., December 24. FORECAST (Junesu and Vielnity) Showers of snow occasion- ally mixed with rain Thurs- day, with lowest temperature near freezing tonight. De- creasing southeasterly wind. bound Sunday afternoon. - e — TODAY'S FIRE ALARMS The fire signal blast wet- | Company. been interrupted a few minuts before. nace fan went off, damage. e which will be Christ- e b8 the West- | FuPlic Schools, members iply the turkey dinner for children minster Fellowship, will go carol- JUNEAU HOMES NOW Twinkling from many Juneau enhanced by the new fallen snow. Outstand- James o |offering three prizes this year for tour the e itown on Christmas eve to inspect staff tomorrow Princess Norah scheduled to sail scheduled Alaska, from west, due south-| which | startled the city shortly after 8:30 o'clock this morning, like that at 2:40 p.m., was a short-circuit acci- Electric service in Juneau had! The Lucas Company fur- leaving the fire burning. Firemen found muchypital early this morning. The baby smoke in the basement, but no'tipped the scales at six pounds, of the grade school chorus, high school chorus and bandsmen, gave a snap- py one hour Christmas musical last night in the High School gymnasium to a capacity, most appreciative au- dience. Joseph M. Shofner was direc of the band and Miss Beatrice Mc- Neeley directed the chorus, and both deserve praise for their work. For the most part the Christmas theme was in the lead in the musi- ddcal numbers opening with a “Merry . Christmas” by the band. Soloist and ichorus gave Yuletide numbers and as lsinging “Ave Maria,” was accom- panied by the band, something new ihere. Other soloists were Janu Mc- |Connel. who always pleases, sing- {ing “Christmas Eve,” with mixed chorus, and Lynn Bodding giving “In Bethlehem,” with the Girls' Glee Cluk. A ry were the marimba duetists, playing “Musical Typist,” and accompan- ied by the band. Wh en the band played “The Bells | of St. Mary's,” director Shofner honored Buddy Hunter, former bandsman now spending the Christ- mas holidays in Juneau, by calling him from the audience and turning the baton over to him for direction |of the band in the familiar num- ber. | The setting was a large stage with draperies with sparkling stars |and a decorated, lighted Christmas tree in the back center. Hank Harmon and his manual training students were responsible for the setting. Ann Henning was m accompanist But the 4-1 call at 12:25 PM.lg 0 the Glee Club and Elizabeth the roads around Juneau Imve been | was to the Lee Lucas T’“"“e"iwyller for the grade school chorus. | e DAUGHTER FOR ASPENS es| the proud parents of a baby girl, who was born in St. Ann’s Hos- | five ounces. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 22»W| From Tenakee: Velma White |\’M~Twn pilots and eight passen-'peter Gronroos, K. F. Foblom. {gers escaped injury vesterday when! From Fish Bay: Eddie Fette, G ‘a Lavery Airways DC-3 transport|Jorgenson, Bob Murving, Tom |pealuk, Charles Iyapana, John Ry-| no, Bruce Ingram, Pete Capowskl.I | Cliff Donahue, Orville Koski, Er-, inie Seel, Ken Cooke, Steve Mani-| had taken his place on the gallows | Platform, which was equipped with four traps, black hoods were placed over their heads and the ropes were adjusted. ,or;Lempung a take-off when the con- regarding soloists, Irene McKinley, Ann Henning and Lois Lawrence’ Mr. and Mrs. Sigurd Aspen are' | towski, George Morgan, Roy Smith, | Francis Watson, Mr. and Mrs. J. From Sitka: Mike Churovich, B. Streng and infant, Mr. and Mrs, Peter Heene, Mrs, Ferguson, Mrs.‘clifl Anderson, Willilam Belincki, Theodore Smith, Max R,odgers,IBrooks Hanford, Ray Thomassen, !Vernon Cool, Lucretia Eldermar. |Richard Hofstad, Harold Hansen. of the runway, dropping from an; From Angoon: Fred Bohevec, Jo- Robert Arney, Ruth Arney, Opal altitude of 30 feet. seph Akage, Mrs. J. Akage, Mrs. S.|Creaghe, Mr. and Mrs. A. Scheele, | The plane was reported heavily jFenton. ;Russel Morgan, Dr. Horace Pope, jdamaged, possibly beyond repair.: From Skagway: Paul Moreno, P.|Richard Gibson, Walter R. Ames, It was to have been the ship's (last. flight for the airlines. It iwas to be flown to Seaftle to be Iplane crash-landed near the end|Baldwin. lof a runway at Weeks Field. | { The line sald the plane was at-| trols iced up. The transport crash- landed in a gravel pile at the end Mrs. Forrest Bates. From Pelican: !Melcholr, Wally Deboff, Vernon Arvid Ackerman,|Cool, Guy Maddeil, Buddeug Wad- C. Johnson. Ralph Hausler was pilot of the craft and Bill Lavery the co-pflot.' MRS. 5. PADEMEISTER " PASSES AWAY, SEATILE Williams, Norah Grant. ;Mrs, H. F. Meyers, Joe To Haines: Willlam Wallis, Wal-|Bert Lybeck, J. B. Webb, A. R. ter Newmeyer, M. Sheldon, William |Jaskar, Glenn Franklin, Vieno Hayden, H. Ellinger, 8. S8heldon, J.| Franklin, Ida Franklin, Glenn IPnLtex'son. | Franklin, W. E. Boehl, Lyle Boehl, | To sitka: Peter Burtizoff, Dr. Richard Boehl, S8andra Boehl, Alice Mrs. Selma Pademiester, pioneer |Googe, B. S. Sourgen, Emil Toby, Dalziel resident of Glacier Highway, pass-|{Helen Tang. | Dr. L. Lowell, Don Tagart, Gloria ed away in the Doctor's Hospital| To Tenakee: K. V. Sjoblom, Mrs. Thompson, Robert EShaplain, in Seattle on December 16. The re-|V. F. White, Dr. Armsworth, Matt Gene Kelly, Elmer Preist, Barbara {mains were shipped north for bur-|Nivola | Preist, Mrs. Ed. Struck, J. E. Hal- ial and the funeral services will] To Angoon: Ed 'linger, R. H. Falconer, Augie Jim- ibe held next week. Jamestown. |inez, Cecil Arab, D. Dubnick, Mr ! Mrs. Pademiester, who was born| To Hoonah: William in Pinland, was 64 years of age.!Phillip James, Catherine With Mrs. Pademiester at her nnal|Howard Erickson. illness were her two daughters,| To Petevsburg: C. A. Krantz | Wickstrom, Harry Lucas, Gayle Mrs. Linda Walle of Juneau andIMUdfed Hermes. i Batcheldor, Clyde McCabe, George Mr. and Mrs. James, J. Mauger, Jessie Gremklin, nson, Marie Swanson, Ida Leslie IMrs. Laverne Holbrook, of Seattle.i To Wrangell: Marshall West, H. Kippola, Olaf Berkeley, Dick Tes- {Mrs. Pademiester is survived by !Hanson. jta, Mike Weiler, F. W. Day, R. T. {two grandchildren, Donald and St Wi og- oo ‘l};m 'y, Jnr;n V\(I:l'uul;[, l}, ll=‘ S:m;;:un, {Venetia Anderson, and two sisters, r. and Mrs. G. M. Peterson, Haz- {Mrs. Irene Powers and Mrs. August SIO(K ouo'A'Io“S el Dahl Smith, who reside in Juneau. s Funeral services will be held af- NEW YORK, Dec. 22.7111"——0105-‘(':\1"[ M. A. JOHNSON ter her two daughters arrive from |ing quotation of Alaska Juneau! HERE ON ACS SURVEY Seattle. The remains are at the mihe stock today is 3'%, American| On a personnel survey tour of Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Can 81, Anaconda 327%, Curtiss- Alaska, Capt. Melvin A. Johnson, - Wrizht 7%, International Harvest- ACS personnel and training offi- | MARRIAGE LI/ INSE er 32'., Kennecott 55%, Ne\f/ Yo_rkicer, arrived l‘n Juneau yesterday —— Central 12%, Northern Pacific 18%, via Pan American from Fairbanks Application for a marriage li- U. S, Steel 70%, Pound $4.03%. Since leaving Seattle December cense was made in U. S. Commis- Sales today were 1,000,000 shares.|12, he also has visited Adak and sioner’s Court yesterday by Eunice Averages today are as follows: | Nome areas. He will go on im- Irene Luoma and Harley Lester | Edwards, both of Juneau, industrials 176.39, rails 52.72, util- | mediately to Ketchikan, returning Thursday or Friday. ities 33.04. ito Seattle R. Ro:erts, Effie Roberts, Mr. and Edgar Fliechmen, H. Cooper, James | Carl Johnson, MI. and Mrs. Edwin |dell, Billy Waddell, Enid Waddell, |Royce Martin, May Naugle, N. L. To Pelican: Mr. and Mrs. George | Lussier, M. W. Beddell, Mr. and| Ramstad, Sgt.: Lindberg, and Mrs. William Ferraro, William | | An announcement from the Army ! Pubiic Information office said: “Between 0001 and 0035, all sey- en condemneds by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East were hanged.” Secrecy Prevails Utmest secrecy surrou~ded the execution at the prison on strict orders from General MacArthur. In addition to wartime Premier Tojo, the other six hanged were: Gen. Kenjo Doihara, the Man- i churian plotter, Koki Hirota, former Premier. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, tormer War Minister. Gen. Heitaro Kamura, chief of the Japanese Armies in Manchuria. Gen. Iwane Matsui, whc com- lmunded at the rape of Nanking. Pt, Gen Akira Muto, Chiet of Staff in the Philippines. The brief announcement gave no {other details. Details Later The Army promised, however, that detalls of the last minutes of the seven warlords would be made public as scon as witnesses could be interviewed at the prison, | Newspapermen were not allowed | to attend. ! The seven were convicted of | plotting and waging aggressive war {in the Pacific and the Far East. | An 1l-nation allied tribunal sat in judgment on them for 2% years. Bedies To Be Cremated Headquarters has announced that bedies of the former Cabinet mem- jbers and military leaders will be ; cremated. To prevent enshrinement (el the war criminals, their famil- ies will be denied their ashes. U. 8. Eighth Army was in charge of ihe executlons. General Mac- Arthur refused cles y. to any of the 25 Class “A™ war crimes i e e e S (Continued on Page Eight)