The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 12, 1949, Page 1

) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,118 Ligquor Co GEN. GAFFNEY |ALASKA HOUSING DENIES ABUSE INPX SALES Claims Charges of Fourth Division Legislators Are Unfounded FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 12.— (M—Brigadier General Dale M. Gaffney, commander of Ladd Air Force base, today denied charges of three Fairbanks lawmakers on the floor of the territorial House that he “tolerated abuses” in the mili- tary commissary sales at Ladd Field to the detriment of local mer- chants. General Gaffney also sent tele- grams to Warren Taylor, Mrs. Essie Dale and Glen Franklin, all Demo- crats, asking why those who know of illegal commissary traffic had not reported it personally to him. Replying to a statement of Mrs. Dale that she has three cuts of meat in her food locker as evidence that Faircanks’ civilians may buy freely at Ladd commissary, General Gaffney said that due to the seri- ousness of the situation, he would like to know “just when through whom these transactions were carried out.” DIAMOND SALE DENIED The General took issue with a remark by Representative Taylor that “more diamonds were sold at and | AUTHORITY GIVES - OUT TS POLICY | The Board of Commissioners of the Alaska Housing Authority dur- ing their regular session this morn- ing reiterates that the following policy is the basic purpose of the Alaska Housing Authority and all functions and effort of the Author- lity will te directed toward provid- ing the fullest relief to the critical housing problem of the Territory. 1A statement released by the Board !is as follows: “It is the intention of the Alaska Housing Authority that every in- ducement and encouragement will be offered to private home builders in the production of standard mod- erate rental and moderate cost {homes in Alaska; and that only after private builders are unable to meet the demand within a com- munity for moderate cost rental and sale units, will the Alaska Housing Authority construct homes with public monies taking into con- sideration. The basis of moderate cost as herein used will be a cost at which the medium income group can afford to pay for rent or for the purchase of a home, without 'jeopardlzmg other standards of “It is the consideration of the Board of Commissioners of the Al- aska Housing Authority that it will take the cooperation and united ef- {forts of private home builders and the facilities of the AHA to meet {the critical housing problem for 1 Kansas, jliving. | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SATURDAY .1 P.M. Edition. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1949 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ntrol Bill Meets Sudden Death Lila Begins Life in Jail 4THOUSAND MAROONED IN NEW STORM Cold Canadian Air Swoops South-Blizzards Again Block Highways (By the Associated Press) More than 4,000 persons are ma- rooned by heavy snows in Califor- nia and Idaho today. In other parts of the storm-stricken west strong northerly winds and colder weather dealt further damaging blows. A mass of cold Canadian air pushed southward over the north- western part of the country and moved into northeastern Colorado, ‘Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dako- tas. It headed southward and east and was expected to spread over Minnesota and parts of Towa and Illinois. ‘Temperatures dropped and winds up to 40 miles an hour and gusts of 70 mph reblocked miles of the newly snow-cleared highways and rail lines. Some snow fell in the new cold belt. Four thousand dam workers liv- ing in trailer homes in the Feather River Canyon were cut off by heavy snow. They expressed fear their homes would be washed away if warmer weather set in or rains ‘all communities in Alaska. flood the river. A snowslide halted i western Pacific rail travel between Ladd Fleld post exchange before| .pne policy of the Alaska Hous- Christmas than i all of Fairbanks't, .0 PO @ E0 URE e jewelry stores,” he cited post eX-|, 0 housing; but rather to relieve change records showing a total Olithe oritionl Katsin: g needs through- 27 diamond sales for Octoher, Mo out the Territory of Alaska. For vember and December, Ch TeP-'i}e past 8 to 10 years no appre- resented one-half of one percent of .10 guanity of standard homes the personnel authorized to shOPi,. 4partment units have teen con- at the Ladd Field exchange. t T gt He said all such sales were m’struc 8040tk Terinty, | ‘our population has accelerated un- “‘md':in“ v:l!h ;exnlatwn‘s’, c::_’[fil present communities have in- Sascried pos exchivugs “an \creased as much as 600 percent. Wi missary sales during the past few: months have been under “closel . .,ceq gemands for new units, surveillance, and every effort has, & " and to eliminate the great abun- been made by military authorities! ¢ b d M. - to stamp out illegal practices. fence. of muteintard units; @ ito meet the problems of housing in r;:’; ::o;!lledfizdgr“ug:u:k&;nfi :50m’ remote Yukon villages and the spkc;ould bey regported Lo At Fgl_cefiering and Arctic Sea areas where i no other contractural and supply authorities,” he said. “It is the duty; H 3 . 1 A of every honest citizen bri g'servh:es are otherwise available. have the problem of meeting the such facts to the attention of this' The above policy diifers rom thel headquarters.” Annual Dance Of Fire Dept. Event Tonight The forty;third Annual Firemens’ Ball will be held tonight in the Elks' ballroom with dancing to start at 10 o'clock. This annual dance is of benefit to the whole com- munity with everyone invited. It is expected that the affair will’ be well attended and dancing will | continue until a late hour. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— Three distin- guished statesmen were on hand to greet the French Gratitude Train when it arrived in Washington— Vice-President Barkley and his former colleagues, Senator Connal- .y of Texas, Democrat, and Van- denberg of Michigan, Republican. These three have served in the Senate together for more than a quarter of a century. Sometimes they have been on opposite sides of | bitter political battles, but they have never let party politics in- terfere with personal friendship. They know each other as well as they know the Senate—which is better than almost anyone else in Washington. How much Senator Vandenberg knows about the early oyhood of, Senator Connally of Texas is his secret. But at the very conclusion of the] ceremonies welcoming the Grati- tude Train, as the venerable Tom Cennally took a pair of shears and snipped the red, white and blue (Continued on Page Four) ‘ policy of local housing authorities ,in the states where their basic func- tion is to construct, operate and imanage public housing. 'FIELD COMMITTEE MEETS MONDAY, 3-DAY CONCLAVE A three-day meeting of the Alaska Field Committee will con- vene here Monday afternoon in the oifices of Field Committee Chairman Kenneth Kadow. Assistant Secretary William H. | Warne, scheduled to meet with Alaskan Department of Interior agency directors at the three-day conclave, sent word earlier this week that he would be unable to come to Juneau for the meet. 'Wame is dlref:tlng “Operation Hay- 11ift,” emergency relief for storm- baund western states. John Reed, staff geologist, Geo- logical Survey, arrived here yester- day from Washington to attend the : Commuttee meet. Clarence J. Rhode, regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, arrived here yes- terday after more than a month {stateside, to represent the FWS. ’ Alfred C. Kuehl, special represen- tative, National Park Service, is ex- pected to arrive from San Fran- jeisco. L. A, Moore, assistant to the General Manager of the Al- aska Railroad, will come to Juneau from Anchorage, to represent the {ARR. General Manager Col. J. P. iJohnson-is in Washington. i Gov. Ernest Gruening as a mem- sber of the Field Committee, will join in the three-day discussions. Alaska Development Board consul- |tant George Sundborg will attend as an alternate to the governor. | Representing the Alaska Road lCommusion will be Ike P. Taylor, lchiet engineer; the Bureau of Re- jclamation, R. C. Johnson, assistant Quincy and Oroville, The food shortage became more critical for the 500 persons in Stib- nitz, Idaho, a mining community which has been snowbound for more than a week. A National Guard transport plane planned to fly 4,700 pounds of food to the town today. — e —— :Teen-Age Girls Are Honored at Birl@ay Party At a dinner last evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carson Law- rence, their daughter, Miss Lois Lawrence, entertained at a birth- day party honoring Misses Marian Jackson, 15, and Edith O'Banion, 16. Attractive valentine decorations were used. The girls spent an in- formal evening of games and sing- ing. Guests were Misses Beverly Junge, Aleda Warner, Erna Sten- der, Betty Mantyla, Elsa Johnson, Donna Mountjoy and Carol Law- rence, the hostess’ sister. GAME GUIDES WILL MEET MONDAY NIGHT All registered big game guides are reminded by Dean Williams, secretary, to attend the ‘meeting to be heldestarting at 8 p.m. Mon- day evening, Fetruary 14, at the H. and Q. Sporting Goods store. Important matters pertaining to guide problems for the Southeast Alaska Guides Association will be the main topic of the meeting. SEA SCOUTS REORGANIZE AT MEETING LAST NIGHT Last night at 7:30 o'clock in the Elks Hall, the Sea Scouts were re- organized with Harold Zenger opening the meeting. Harry Murray told the toys that they would really have to work. He also said that the uniform would cost $16.20. Ray Hagerup and Ed Nielsen were at the meeting and both said they were interested in the reor- ganizatiqn, Nine boys were present and were divided into the two watches. Fred Wyller was put in cbarge of the port watch and Jerry Hill in charge of the starboard watch. The boys present were Bob Rhodes, Leo Os- terman,” Jeff Pegues, Fred Wyller, Ken Lizer, Bob Temple, Julian Rivers, Jon Stewart, Jerry Hill. jchief Alaska Investigations; Rein- {holt Brust, assistant superintendent, } Alaska Native Service; Lowell M. ! Puckett, regional administrator, Bureau of Land Management; G. D. Jermain, chief of Bureau of Mines. The boys were urged to get the Sea Scout handbook. ———o—— — VISITING HERE Visit‘ng here from Haines Tra M. Powell, a guest at Baranof Hotel. is the RHODE BACK FROM WASHINGTON FOR Fresh from a six-week trip large- ly devoted to conferences and form- al meetings, Clarence J. Rhode; Alaska Director of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is spending the weekend preparing for two im- portant meetings in Juneau. He will participate Monday in the session of the Alaska Field Com- | mittee, which opens that morning and, Tuesday, will be on hand for the annual meeting of the Alaska Game Commission. By his F.W.S. office of director of Region 6, he is executive officer and secretary. Rhode left Juneau early in Janu- ary, held a meeting in feattle January 6 on 1950 fishing regula- tions, then went to Washington, D. C, for the F.W.S. directors’ conference representing all six re- gions. After this two-week session, Rhode remained another five days to take care of matters peculiar to Alaska. The Alaskan took time out to at- tend the Presidential inauguration —but was frozen out after half a day! He reports shivering in the East, and to New Orleans and back. He left Louisiana in sleet and snow, jand arrived in Oklahoma City when the temperature was eight degrees below zero, with a 30-mile wind. At the directors’ request, Rhode visited bird refuges at the mouth of the Mississippi—to see “the other side of the picture” of migratory fowl originating in the North. Leaving Washington, Rhode had gone to North Carolina to pick up a new Grumman plane for FWS use here. He flew it for the remainder of his trip, until unable to land; lin Seattle. | Rhode reached the West Coat via | Albuguerque, N. M., and spent || couple of days inspecting refuges in-Calffornia. « { Over the Pacific Northwest, and unable to land at Seattle, Rhode | set down at Ellensberg. But when he intended to take off, there wns‘ a 60-mile wind blowing six-foot drifts, and he couldn’t even get the ship to the runway. He returned to Seattle by train, | and to Juneau on yesterday’s Pan American flight. Almost immediately, Rhode was in corGerence with Gov. Ernest Gruening, H. A. Dunlop and six halibut fishermen. Dunlop, with headquarters at the | University of Washington, is di- rector of investigations for the International Fisheries Commission which administers the Halibut Treaty Act. He is in Alaska to get reactions of halibut fishermen for next sea- son, especially their opinions on the proposed season of ten days in each of three months, rather than a straight season. Dunlop conferred with Wallis George of the Juneau Cold Storage Company on the same subject last night and plans to go to Peters- burg for further conferences, by tirst available transportation. v (Juneau and Vicinity) 3 Cloudy with snow becom- ing occasionally mixed with rain this afternoon and on Sunday. Slowly rising tem- peiatures with the highest near 25 degrees this after- noon and the lowest tonight near 24 degrees. Southeast- erly winds as high as 25 miles per .~ hour. Alrport temperature at 11 a. m, to- day 23. i PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau City — Trace; since Feb. 1, .18 inches; since July 1, 89.54 inches. At the Airport — Trace; since Feb. 1, .44 inches; since July 1, 56.93 inches. 2 0 9 5 9 8 0 0 —— o . . . . | . STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle due to arrive Jate Sunday or early Monday. Alaska from Seattle due Tues- day. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive Sunday morning at 7 o'clock and sails south one hour later at 18 o'clock. | Baranof scheduled southbound Jate Sunday or early Monday. JUNEAU MEETINGS| oo.o..olc.ol WEATHER REPORT | e0eecvccosccoe — CONSPIRACY CHARGEIS - MADE, POPE Papal Accu;at?)n Is Made Against Commie Lands | Behind Iron Curtain | (By the Associated Press) i evil “conspiracy has been formed against the Lord” in certain coun- tries — meaning the Communist lands behind the Iron Curtain. ! The Vatican swiftly pointed -up| his meaning by pronouncing majol': who dared raise their hands against ithe person of (Josef) Cardinal Mindszenty” of Hungary, brought| him to trial or participated in his | “infamous sentence.” The Papal exhortation, calling for | special masses on April 3, followed | ia similar accusation by the British {foreign office that the Communist- | led countries of eastern Europe have ! lsuu-:ed a war on churches to stamp | out ideological opposition. The! Un'ted States government, includ-| ing the President, also has con-| demned the Communist fight! against church leaders. , The Pope called for the special| masses “to expiate the crime of the; enemies of God.” His message tol Roman Catholic clergy around the( glote came only four days after, Cardinal Mindszenty was sentenced to life imprisonment. GAME COMMISSION i MEETING CHANGED Due in part to delay in arrival{ of Some members, as well as to: the need for Clarence J. Rhode,| Fish and Wildlife Service director,| to take part in Monday sessions oi: the Alaska Field Committee, the; annual meeting of the Alaska Game | Commission will open Tuesday| morning, rather than Monday, as} planned. Concurrently, all FW8 personnel‘ that can be spared from duty sta-: tions will hold meetings here in! their own fields. Through the courtesy of Gen. E. F. Twining, Alaska commanding of- ficer, an Army airplane will bring| all those coming from the West- ward. Weather prevented their tak- ing off today, but the group hopesl to be in Juneau tomorrow. Those coming from Southeast iAlaska probably will be aboard the {FWS vessel Blue Wing, heading| jhere with Service equipment, and | i{due Monday. 1 g ———————— | REED AND PUCK | | LION CLUB SPEAKERS Two speakers will take the place REAU o |of Assistant Secretary William H. ' 'l'hl(su;i:.t:vil:‘;zzil)’mur pe- oinme at the head table of ?hcl I- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. @ .hon‘sl Club noon lunchecn meeting g ; e |Monday. r:‘l:l:nu‘i\x:l?uw'MBleum, P ol Jdohn Reed, staft geologist, U.S.| At Airport— Maximum, 19; e [Geological Survey, and Lowell M. minimum, -6. o | Puckett, regional administrator, FORECAST o |Bureau of Land Management, will ispeak to Lions. The two men are here to attend a three-day meet- ing of the Alaska Field Committee. Assistant Secretary Warne, whose Alaska trip was cancelled, was| scheduled to speak before Lions. I 30 ABOARD PAA CLIPPER FRIDAY Thirty passengers arrived and left from Juneau yesterday aboard Pan' { American Airways. Twelve arrived Ihere and 18 left for the south. Pas- isengérs include: To Seattle: J. Bougreau, Mrs Lyle Hebert, Lyle Hebert Jr., Lyn- ette Hebert, George Lundy Jr., Wil- mer Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Ray L.y Holland, Dennis Holland, Clnudial Brown, Clare Aubrey, Julius Alon- Kenneth P. Bowman, H. P. Nog- Andrew Mis- Charles| z0, gle, Willard Shaefer, covich, Steve Barthowski, Monroe. | From Seattle: Hugh Wade, Jack, Van Horn, Chris Hansen, Henryl Dunlop, Eugene Hervin, Mrs. 71 Igene Hervin, Clarence Rhode, Bob 'Smith, Virgil Myers, Dennis Wick- ens, Marshall Crutcher, John Reed,' Pope Pius XII declared today an/ 4 ‘excommunication against “all those Los Angeles jail, as she begins spiracy to possess marijuana. characters” brought in during the night made sleep difficult. (P Wire- photo. Actress Lila Leeds, her (hmmns tigure concealed by a sack-like faded Plue denim dress and baggy MEASURE IS g J POSTPONED IN Wages and Hours Bill Ap- proved - Tobacco Tax Measure Infroduced The Liquor Control Biil, which had a short life expectancy at best after its unfavorable report from the Public Welfare Committee, died suddenly and quietly in the House of Representatives yesterday after- noon, just 1J days after it had been* introduced there. Killed by the indefinite postpone- ment knife on a vote of 19-5, the {Control Bill caused Little fuss when it made its final appearance be- fore the House. Rep. Glen D. Franklin made the motion for indefinite postponement and it was seconded by Rep. Frank Angerman. Reps. Beltz, Egan, F. L. Johnson, Keating and Pollard cast the only opposing votes. % “The bill has many good fea- tures,” Rep. Warren Taylor assert- ed. He admitted, however, that public sent.ment against the pro= rosed control board had Leen over- iwheiming and that “it will proba~ ELly save time to get it out of the iway end start over from the ground up.” sweater, makes up her cot in the a 60-day jail sentence for con- She cemplained that “screaming FINAL W TA The final House vote was also { Monday’s recommendation regard- SENATE PASSES | TWO MEASURES THIS MORNING i REVERSE STAND | ON PAY BOOSTS FOR TEACHERS The Territorial Board of Edu-| 1n g short forenvon session to- i cation reconsidered its stand onlgay the Senate received one bint | granting salary increases to Terri-|ang two memorials, passed a bill] torial teachers this morning in a '.n4 one of the new mcmnrmls,-| i short one hour session, heard several committee reports| The board agreed to recommend |ang adjourned until 10 o'clock| to the legislature a non}lnall in- | nvonday morning. Although this is! crease in salarles for teachers. NO |4 rerritorfal holiday, several Sen-| get amount was named. f ate committees were holding meet-; Telegrams from educators ask-|;. . s ) i ! Ing the board to reconsider its| A mransportation Cnmmittee! memorial seeking a survey for a! itaken during tgno‘ afternoon on the "1 Wages and Hours Bill after Rep. Marcus Jensen moved for a re- consideration of his vote of the ‘previoun day. A ; The measure lost some support overnight and during the discus~ sion and hearing of witnesses yes~ terday. On Thursday it passed the House 22-2. Yesterday the vote was 16-8. A Reps. Barnes, QGundersen, Ipa- look, Jensen, F. G. Johnson, Misco= vich, Nolan, and Rydeen voted against passage of the bill. T. B. Erickson, executive secre- tary of the Alaska Territorial Fed- eration of Lator, appeared before the Hous? during the afternoon sesslon and spoke In favor of the measure, pointing out that Con- gress will lkely extend the cover- age of the Federal Act to retail {ing salary boosts have poured in- {to. the Board of Education office from all over the Territory. The Education Board adjourned at 10 am. this morning after a full week of sessions. James C. Ryan was re-appointed as Commissioner of Education for a four-year term beginning March 1, at yestcrday afternoon’s session. Upen motion by Dr. Wm. White- head, Mrs. A. H. Nordale was re- elected president of the board and A. H. Ziegler, vice president. e - FIRE DAMAGES SMALL COTTAGE LAST NIGHT Fighting a blaze that started under the building at 545-A Wil- loughby Avenue and flamed up through the rcof, the Juneau Vol- unteer Fre Department last night lzid out nearly 500 feet of hose and worked for nearly an hour cefore extinguishing it. § “It was a hard fire to fight,” re- ported the firemen this morning. Early estimates of damage to the little cottage which is the resldence in of T. Jones, a painter, the neighborhood of $500. The property is owned by A. F. Knight, and is fully covered by in- surance, The 4-9 call sounded at 6:02 pm., and the all-clear at 7:05 o'clock. >-o FROM SITKA Arriving yesterday and registers ing at the Gastineau was Mrs. Ruth Sularz of Sitka — e FROM FT. RICHARDSON Richard Ketchem and James Trelford of Ft. Richardson are guests at the Gastineau. -o ‘ JENSENS FROM CRAIG Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jensen of | Craig registered as guests yester- day at the Gastineau. D VISITING IN JUNEAU Mrs. H. D. Gledhill of Hoonah is visiting in Juneau for a few days. Shesds a guest at the Bar- ‘anof Hotel. road from Fa'rbanks to Nenana was |estatlishments, farms, executives introduced and passed unanimously |and other groups not now covered this morning. Senator Frank Burr..by it, X chairman of the Transportation ANGERMAN SCORES Committee, told his colleagues thaty Another witness was also called this would ke one more valuable|but Rep. Frank Angerman object- link in the highway system of theled that the House was out of step Interior. ‘Wwith the requirements of the law Also passed this morning waslregarding the hearing of witnesses. §.B. 19 which will permit the Board! A reading of the appropriate see= of Education to authorize the u-um-lvon of the Compiled Laws cons fer of monies from one iund to|vinced the Rules Comm!ttee that another within the overall appro-|Rep. Angerman had scored and it priation for the support of ols. |was decided that henceforth wit- This will allow the Education}necsses will only te called before the Department to adjust its funds so,House when a resolution has been that there will be fewer deficitsiadopted to comform with the re- .and unexpended balances at the jquirements of the Lobby Act. end of the bienn'um, Senator Jobn! Witnesses may, however, appear Butrovich pointed out. One fund{hefore committees of the House or preéently has a deficie of $40,000|vefore the House when it is sitting | while another has a surplus oflas a Committee of the Wkole. $60,000, he said, and provision of , TOBACCO TAX the bill would obviate the necessity| Rep. Warren A - ¥aylor of a deficiency appropriation for | — e | the fund that is short. (Continued, © 1 Pege Sto) HOLLIE-KLAWOCK ROAD A memorial introduced by Sena- PENARGR S G iy tors Peratrovich and M‘.l(:i("flzlcl(onmv‘ plAm B seeks the construction of a road puR(H“m Bv lel intro~ from Hollis to Klawock on Prince of Wales Island to climinate the necessity for a long coat trip around the island to reach t]nl CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 12—® west coast and to help develop the | —Purchase of the Gilbert Packing area. Co., salmon and clam packers, by Senator Steve McCutcheon in-{!he Whiz F.ish Products Co., of {troduced a blll to levy a tax of;Seattle, is announced by PF. E. I ard | “Frank” McCenaghy, longtime Al- Other forms|aska cannery operator. of tobacco are not taxed under the| McConaghy will be superintens provigions of this bill denf of the Cordova plant, and 1An exchange of leiters between|dlso of the Whiz plant at Kodiak. Senator Butrovich, chairman of the| He was sent here by the com- three cents each on package of cigarett Finance Committee, and Gov.|Pany early in the week to survey Gruening was re and ordered|the property and make recommen- spread upon ‘the Senate Journal. dations. Senator~ Butrovich, acting for his| He said the company will improve committee, inquired why an aud:tithe plant and increase its capacity. of Territorial books 1 not buenl'rhe Whiz company operates sever- made in conformity with an Act 2l cannerles and deals in fresh {passed by the 1947 Legislature and frozen fish and cold storage | Lack of funds was the reason|in Southeast Alaska. given by the Go or, who said! Purchass of the Kodiak plant that the financial condition of me‘last year and the Cordova plant Territory is now such that iow gives them full coverage of hoped an audit can be within the near future. SPLIT ON EQUAL PAY jand Oregon coasts. A £B. 12, to provide for cqual pay The Gilbert plant was formerly for women, came out.of the Judici- the Strand-Jensen layout. It had been completely rebuilt the last (Continued on Page 2) few years, with additions made,