The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1948, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,077 S— JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS Presid;;nt Tells Of “Legd_ers”Seeking Peace SLAP TAKEN ATRUSSIA BY TRUMAN Declares tg Are Not Sacred to So- viet Government” KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27. — B — President Truman interspersed an attack on the Soviet government to- day with a disclosure tb~t “eertain j it leaders” in Russia “are exceedingly anxious to have an understanding with us” for peace. He did not identify these “cer- tain leaders” in his off-the-cuff address at a luncheon at the Mueh- lebach Hotel for Eddie Jacobson, his former haberdasher store part- ner here. He accused the Soviet government , of failing to live up to certain agree- ments of the Yalta and the Potsdam | “Big Three” conferences. But added: “There are certain leaders in the government of the great country that are exceedingly anxmw to have an’ understanding with vs.” i But he flatly accused Soviet Rus- sia of blocking a peace settlement through refusal to live up to its agreements. He said that he was worried be-: cause “our great ally” has “a sys- tem of morals that are not morals” and added: “Contracts are not sacred to the Soviet govemment % CATHOLIC PRIMATE ARRESTED Communists in Hungary Make Charge Clerygman Is Spy - Treason (By Associated Press) The Communist-dominated gov- ernment of Hungary arrested Josef Cardinal Mindszenty, Catholic Pri- mate of Hungary, on charges of spying, treason and black market dealings. This was no surprise to the Vati- can, which hes reported tightened restrictions on the Church in Hun- gary. Mindszénty has defied the government frequently. _—eee —— FROM PETERSBURG In from Petersburg yesterday and registering at the Baranof Hotel were Katherine Ellis and Betty Brown. The Washington Merry - Go - Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 'ASHINGTON—Governor Dew- ey told Young Republican leaders at an_ off-the-record dinner at publican convention iu 1949. The purpose would be to settle who will rule the GOP—the conservative old guard or the young liberals who want to give the party a new look. The idea of a special Republican convention was first proposed by the late Wendell Willkie’s son Philip, who has been out pushing the plan with GOP leaders. :So far he has won over Califor- nia's Governor Earl Warren, Min- nesota’s ex-Governor Harold Stas- sen and such Republican Senators | as George Aiken and Ralph Fland- ers of Vermont, Margaret Chase | Smith of Maine, Wayne Morse of (conunued on Page Foun "Contracts! the University Club the other day | that he favors calling a special Re- | | | It 1 § | I } 0. by a truck. knocked off by the impm | BALCHENIS SENTOFF 0 i i | ] 1 | in Rescuing Thirteen Stranded Airmen WINNIPEG. Dec. 27.—™—U. Col. Bert Balchen expects to take off from here today for Greenland to aid in the rescue of 13 United |States Air Forces men stranded on an ice cap. The arctic expert landed at | Stevenson Field atout 3:15 am |EST and spent the” rest of the night here. His big C-54 rescue plane carries a crew of 14. Col. Balchen flew to Winnipeg from Ladd Field, Alaska, carrying glider pick-up equipment and skis for gliders. He commands a three- jman team of the Air Force's 10th Rescue Squadron which 13 days s first glider rescue The team snatched a glider from the frozen crust of the Yu- kon Territory’s Stewart River. The fliers were marooned in the sub- zero cold when their C-47 was forced dewn. i | Piloting the plane here was Lt. |Col. Eugene D, Strouse. The other members of the team are Lieut.| Richard A Hopkins, glider jand Sgt. Willie C. Morris, who op- |erates the glider tow reel. — - WEBSTER, PEAT HERE M/Sgt. James G. Webster and | Cpl. Alec Peat made their first | visit to Juneau over the Christmas weekend, stopping at the Baranof Hotel. They hope to return soon for a longer stay. |tioned at Fort Richardson with |the 10th Rescue Squadron. Webster | |x~ an Oregonian and Peat is from _ | Detroit. .~ GREENLAND {U. 5. Colonel Is fo Lend Aid! {ago saved six fliers in the Arctic’s; pilot, | Both are sta- | Mrs. Eleanor Stemley, mother of five-year-old Robert E. Stemiey, Jr., leans over her son after he was hit and fatally injured at Dayton, Note the chld’s stocking feet, [ “.rephozu his shoes were lealher Irom Salmon Skm Announced by PAF: Product Made at 4 Alaska Canneries BELLINGHAM, Wash., (M—Leather from salmon skin—Pa- cific American Fisheries has an- nounced the new product as the latest for milady's shoes and hand- bags. | The big salmon canning concern {reported the new-type leather as a by-product in its new process of preserving the fish with both the skin and the backbone re- {moved. Invention of skinning and ‘bening machines was a develop- ment in the food processing tech- aique. An ingenious attachment re- moves a thin layer of skin with the fish scales. The firm described the resulting leather as smooth, pliable and nbn-porous. It can be tanned and dyed. Skins of Pacific Coast salmon are large enough to give them an edge over reptile skins for handling, (P.AF. said they also are thicker than reptile skins. P.AF. said the leather trade is now studying the new creation for possible use. The skinning and boning ma- jchines were used in four Alaska canneries of the firm this year— |Kasaan, King Cove, Alitak and Nushagakfind for a smaller pack in the Friday Harbor Packing Com- pany’s plant on Whidby Island. . 'PROPERTY, INCOME TAXES INDORSED BY ANCHORAGE—A well-regulated |property tax and a territorial in- | come tax received Unanimous in-| | dorsement last night at a meeting |of the Anchorage Democratic Club. | “We're backing the tax program |advocated in the Democratic ter- nmrml platform,” one of the club |officials said today. “We definitely {are not in favor of a sales tax as some persons believe,” he con- | tinued.” Senator 'Victor €. Rivers dis- cussed forthcoming legislation that will be taken up at the special and regular sessions of the torial lezislature Dec. 27— DEMOS AT ANCHORAGE terri- | NO PEACE IN CHINA, IS REPORT | Communists Broadcast List of ""War Criminals’- Chiang to Fight On (By Associated Press) Hopes for peace in China has The Communists have broudcast‘ I'st of “war criminals” to be| punished. Heading the list is Presi- | dent Chiang Kai-shek, Madame | Chiang, Premier Sun Fo and most of the National Government's mp‘ political and military leaders The Communist announcement | came as a surprise, at a time when | there had seemed to be a possi- bility they might reach some sort | of agreement with the Nationalists. | Rumors of peace had swept the| country, sending prices soaring. More Nationel troops arrived Nanking, indicaiuing Chiang has de- termined to fight on, with the | eapital as the nu\'t battleground. M spY PROBERS LOOKING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. — Con-| g onal spy investigators a looking for at least two more cour- jiers for Communist esplonage rings. The hunt wil' be left over the new session of Congress as part of the unfinished business of the| House Un-American Activities Committee. Committee members are sure in their own minds lh.it‘ one or more Red couriers preceded | and followed Miss Elizabeth T.| | Bentley. | So far, in | for | =0 conclusive | evidence on that point” Rep. Mundt (R.-S.D.) told reporters. “But their existence is entirely lo- gical, and all the circumstantial | evidence points in that direction. “There still are Communists m, government. So in all probability| there are Communist couriers| working with them ; we have ATTORNEY GENERAL | SPEAKS TO LIONS| Attorney Generai Ralph Rivers | appeared before the Lion Club this | noon at the special request of Lhel club to speak on the calling of the extraordinary session of the Terri- torial Legislature. ‘The Attorney General spoke for a half hour, answering questions asked by Lions Club members concerning legality of the session, revenue measures to be brought before the session, and financial condition of the Territory. Special guest of the Lions Cluby this noon was Capt. Sexton Johan- rsen of the Salvation Army who ap- peared to give a special thankyou to Lions who assisted thé Army in their annual Christmas drive for funds. Almost $500 was collected during the week by the Salvation Army with the assistance of 12 volunteers from the Lions Club who rang the |bell on the corner of Seward and | Front streets. Capt. Johanson reported that this year‘s $500 collection compares to a 5215.55 totgl for last year. Funds were expended for Christmas dinner for 11 families, fruits and nuts for | some 400 children and Christmas dinner for 23 men. Remainder of the money will be retained for future use, the Captain said. Next week all activity committees of the club will hold meetings within | the regular meeting, A. W. Black- | erby, January program chairman, | announced. Community service and Lionism is to be the emphasis of | 'the month’s programs for meetings. wfm I \Dutch Keep Hitting at In- | | with new | estine. , warring |of the U. N. Security Council, re-| Times Squ:lrf, New York, often m\llrd lhe crowrond; ol the \\nlld had no traffic problems as wind- driven snow which blanketed the nation’s largest city with more ‘han 27 inches of snow slowed surface travel to near standstill and k('pl prd(‘str ns off the streets. RAGINGIN DALESTINE ROSE BOWl QUEEN donesian Republic- Headache for UN (By the Associated Press) raged | Pal- The Battle of the Negev intensity today in ‘The Dutch continued their cam- |paign against the Indonesian Re-| puLl!(' and the United Nat ons | wrestled with both problem They\ promised the U. N. a monumental headache for the ney year. ! The Palestine and challenged the Iadone: | authority cenvened for the announced pur-| pose of taking up the Egyptian: Israel battle in Palestine’s south- | ern desert. U. N. observers cused el of treasing the Land truce by attacking the tians. The report, over the signa-| ture of Ralph J. Bunche, the act- ing Palestine mediator, supported K 3 Egyptian complaints that Israeli| Pall and paradle classio in Pasa- forces began the new hostilities in| dema, Calif,, January 1, 1949. She is Virginia Bower, 18, a junior at violation of the council’s truce or-| der. | Pasadena City College. Blonde and In the Holy Land, Arab planes| blue eyed Queen Virginia is the dropped bombs east of Tel Aviv| daughter of Arcadia, Calif., Post- last night as Israel had her second | man and Mrs. Joseph C. Bower. night of total blackout. No damage| was reported. ‘ In Cairo, the Egyptian Communi- cations Minister sald the Nt‘f,evJ SIO(K OUOIAIIONS battle had developed into a general | clash. Other Arab nations were re-, NEW YORK, Der:. 27.--(A—Clos- ported pressed by the Arab league|ing quotation of Alaska Juneau to take up arms anew against the | mine stock today is 3's, American young State of Israel, now ]uck('d;cnn 81'2, Anaconda Curtiss- and near | Wright 7%, International Harvest- |er 267, Kennecott 56%, New York in Lattle south of Gaza the Egyptian border. In The Netherlands Indies, a|Central 12%, Northern Pacific 19 Dutch army communique said| U, S. Steel 70%, Pound $4.03%. Dutch forces were continuing mop-| Sales today were 1,060,000 shares ping up operations in Java. A m!l-f Averages today are as follows: tary spokesman in The Hague said |industrials 177.40, rails 53.18, util- the Republican Army is fleeing to|ities 33.20. the mountains and preparing for - a long guerri war, but he said the Reputlicans lack leadership. The Re- leaders are in Dutch cus- in Paleetng Hnly‘ This Pasadena girl is to reign over the 60th annual Rose Bowl foot- >>e ADMIRALTY DIVISION MOVES Persons having business with the Forest Service Admiralty Division spokesman said the|of which alva Blackeroy is di- Dutch have not ordered a cease | visional supervisor, will find the tire as they were directed by the |office new location in the Security Council. Holland disputes | Federal Building. Today is mov- the Security Council's jurisdiction|ing day, the office now in in the Indonesian conflict Ryom 412 A Hague in a being ® Wirephoto. 1 Senaiors Make Demandfor Repunishment of llse Koch For Arodilies During War! WASHINGTON, Dec Seven Senators joined last night in a formal demand that Ilse Koch be punished anew for her part in the atrocitles | | concentration camp. In a report which censured army oificials for reducing her life sen- tence to four years, the Senate in- vestigating committee headed by enator Ferguson (R-Mich) declar- e “If it is legally possible Ilse Koch should be brought to justice in a United States military court.” Failing in that, the report said the American Military Government of occupied Germany should move to have her tried in German courts “for crimes committed against | German Nationals.” Frau Koch’s four-year sentence will expire next October. Those who signed the report with Ferguson after lengthy, closed door hearings are Senators Bricker (R- Ohio); Roey (D-NC); Ives (R- NY); McClellan (D-Ark); nor (D-Md) and Thye (R-Minn), - eee— — . WEATHER REPORT ¢ (U 8 WEATHER BUREAU) This data is ¢>r 24-hour per- jod ending ¢ P PST. In Juneau— minimum, 31. At Alrport— minimum, 30, Ma:.num, 36; Maximum, esccceenn FORECAST (uneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with snow and rain ® mixed tonight and Tuesday e Southeasterly winds as high ® as 25 mph. Lowest tempera- ® ture tonight near freezing. . e PRECIPITATION @ (P25t 24 bous ending 7:30 a m. today e In Juneau 4 inches; e since Dec. 1, 74 inches; since July 1, inches. At Airport inches since Dec. inches; since July inches. . . . 07 272 4854 . . . i 8 . 5 . o o'c 0 v 0000 S eee WILLIAMS IN WRANGELL Lew M. Williams, Acting Govern- or of Alaska, was expected back today “from Wrangell, where heli went 40 spend Christmas 27— of Buchenwald | o'Con- | ® | their care "TASK FORCE,” HOOVER COM. MAKES REPORT Uncalculated Obigations Assumed-Duplications Are Shown Up WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—P—A report criticizing waste and dupli- cation in government medical ser- vites brought a warning today ° from Capitol Hill against econ- om'es at the expense of veterans, The report was drafted by a “task force” of the commission headed by former President Her- bert Hoover studying governme al reorganization. Tt said that this year aione moi approximately $1,250,000000 for health and medical services and 24,000,000 persons were taken care of by the government in some de- aree. No Letup Next Year ‘The report saw no letup in spending next year, noting that the Veterans Administration alone will spend as much in 1949 for medical services as all Federal agencies spent for that purpose in 1948. “The Federal government is as- suming uncaleulated obligations without any understanding of their ultimate co¥t“bhe lack of the nec- essary professional manpower to carry them out, or their adverse effect upon the hospital system of !the country,” the report said. Hospital Duplication It cited cases of rnew hospitals being built by one agency in the neighborhood of existiny and un- filled hospitals operated by an- other agencies. Dozens of Federal hospitals could be closed and the | patients transferred to other quart- Jers, the committee added. The committee said Congress |should “clearly define” ths bene- ficiaries of Federal aid and added “too large a part of the medical resources of the Armed Forces are devoted to the care of civilians, veterans and dependents of mili- tary personnel.” Caution Urged Rep. Albert Thomas (D-Tex), who may head the House Appro- priations subcommittee handling veterans’ funds in the next Con- gress, was among those who cau- |tioned against economizing at the | possible expense of ex-service men. And Rep. Rankin (D-Miss), who will head the House Veterans Com~ mittee, commented: “Once before we economuefl at the expense of our veterans when we passed the so-called Economy Act (the depression era law which trimmed veterans’ benefits, among other things). Attention For Vets “Since then we have come a long way and our veterans now are re- jceiving the finest attention that {the medical profession can give. I would oppose taking away any of the needed services regardless of the cost.” i In his own I‘emphaslzed that “we all want our | veterans and members of the Arm- ;ed Forces to have first-rate medi- lcal care” Care Without Overtaxing But the problem, he added, “is to provide such care without overs |taxing our limited number of train- led physicians and other medical statement, Hoover o | resources.” The committee suggested among jother things that a-health insur- ance system be set up to care for veterans with temporary ailments jnot a result of their service. The [gowmment would pay the prem- jlums for the veterans unable to “Io $0. Another proposal was that { the ® {government either provide similar ® |health insurance for many of the |dependents or arrange to pay for in community, rather {than Federal, facilities, i - PVT, CONNELLY I|EIE | Pvt. Thomas M. Connelly was to larrive from Seattle toda to be {assigned to ACS operations, pro= :r,.m y both tetetype and radio,