The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 29, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,156 i e — “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS — PRICE TEN CENTS Three Armed Forces of U.S. Ordered Unified ITALY JOINS PACT SIGNERS, BIG ALLIANCE Count Arrivfi) Make An- nouncement — Plans Made for Work (By the Associated Press) Italy’s Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Sforza, visits the U. S. State department today to announce his country’s readiness to join other Western nations in a tight defen- sive alliance. Sforza reached Washington last night well ahead of the parade of nine—and possibly < 11—other for- eign ministers converging on the United States to sign the North Atlantic Defense treaty April 4. The official business is scheduled to get underway Saturday when the foreign ministers meet in a secret session intended to smooth out details leading up to the sign- ing on Monday. y BEVIN SEEKS STATEMENT Britain's Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, enroute to the U.S. to sign the pact, is expected to ask the American government for a pre- cise statement on its views con- cepning a Mediterranean defense treaty, linked to the North Atlantic alliance. Informants aboard . the liner| Queen Mary said Bevin has held several conferences presumably on the Mediterranean subject, with Belgium's Premier Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, Holland's For- elgn Minister D. U. Stikker and Premier Joseph Bech of Luxem- State department experts hurried final work on plans for rearming the North Atlantic Allies. The State department reported conversations with the budget buresu to deter- mine a specific figure for arming the pact members and other friendly nations. SAM SNEAD DEFEATS MANGRUM, 2 STROKES GREENSBORO, N. C., March 29 — (M — For years folks who've watched Sam Snead play golf have marveled at his tremendous drives. Later, after watching him blow a short putt, they've observed sadly, “if he could only puti.” But the slammer from White Sulphur Springs, W. Va,, really had it all the way around yesterday. He racked up a two under par 69 to beat Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago by two strokes in their 18-hole playoff for the Greenstoro Open title. Sammy pocketed $2,000 for his first tournament victory of the season and moved up to fifth place in the year’s money list with $6,- 360.83. Mangrum’s $1,400 runnerup purse sent him to the top with $8,607.50. ——— YAKOLI SAIiS The mail boat Yakobi tied up at the small boat harbor early Satur- day morning and left early today on the Petersburg-Warm Springs Bay run. At Windham Bay, an emergency _standby radio station will be left. Next week, the same type radio equipment is to be tak- en to Port Alexander. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) i ASHINGTON— Pan American Alrwaysénot only operates airplanes to many corners of the world, but it operates lobbying activities to almost every corner of Washing- ton. Free rides, fancy dinner par- ties, special airplanes at the dis- posal of Senators and newspaper- men are part of the way Pan American has helped to get lush air routes and fat mail subsidies. The other day, however, Pan Am pulled a new wrinkle. It has half a dozen important cases pending before the Civil Aeronautics Board. While waiting decision on these cases Pan Am staged a junket for some of the top government men who will pass on them. In Pan Am’s latest luxury liner, (Continued on Psge Four) GENERAL CREDIT STUATION NOW REPORTED BETTER Federal Reserve Board Gives Review-Stock Buying Eased By CHARLES MOLONY WASHINGTON, March 29—(#— Lessening worry about inflation was apparent today in the Federal Reserve Board’s decision to make it easier to invest in stocks. The Loard, which controls the volume of money and- credit, al- ready had made it easier to buy autos, furniture, etc., on the in- stallment plan. Then last night, it decreed that stocks may be bought after today with 2 cash down payment of 50 per cent as compared to the 75 per cent required for the last two years. The cut is warranted, the Loard said, by the “general credit situation.” The Loard’s order was issued in the wake of a flow of government reports showing employment, pro- duction, prices, bank loans and sales of many goods coursing down together in early 1949. Not in four years—since the ap- proaching end of the war made the board in 1945 fearful of an inflationary boom spreading out of the stock markets—had the board made securities-buying credit so liberal. Throughout 1946, when it was| sounding the gong againt inflation- ary fires, the board banned grant of any credit to stock tuyers. The shift in the board’s views on the economic state were underlined by the fact that easien “stock mar- gin requirements” were authorized on the heels of consumer credit control relaxation March 8. Bishop of Korea Is Under Arrest SEOUL, March 20.—(®— Yang Ju Sam, 70, First Methodist Bishop of Korea, was arrested today on charg- es of wartime collaborating with the Japanese. Special police made the arrest on orders of a committee of 10 Na- tional Assembly delegates. Bishop Yang is also president of the YMCA of Korea. UPHOLSTERY (LASS MEETS TOMORROW FOR FIRST SESSION Having learned that the Arts and Crafts Room at the A. B, Hall will be availeble, Miss Mary Robinson announces the first meeting of the University of Alaska Extension Ser- vice upholstery workshop for tomor- row afternoon. Those interested are asked to be there promptly at 2 o’clock, and requested not to take chairs or other furniture to this meeting. _ The class is the first of ten or twelve meetings in the course. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Mar. 29.—(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 91, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvest- er 24%, Kennecott 462, New York Central 11%, Northern Pacific 16, U. S. Steel 74, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,800,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 178.39, rails 49, util- ities 35.61. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska from Seattle in port and scheduled to sail westward at 8 o'clock tonight. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Thursday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. o G. W. SKINNER HERE G. W. Skinner, president of the Alaska Steamship Company, was an arrival in Juneau aboard.the Al- aska. He is accompanied by Mrs. Skinner. ———.——— GOVERNOR GOES SOUTH Gov. Ernest Gruening and Mrs. Gruening left this afternoon via PAA plane for Seattle enroute to | harbors projects, MONEY BILL ISPASSED BY HOUSE Is for Millions of Dollars for Waterway Projects, Army Civil Functions WASHINGTON, March 29.—®— The House passed today a $593,292,- 270 money bill for waterways pro- jects and other Army civil functions during the year starting July 1. ‘The measure, approved by voice vote, now goes to the Senate. The approved total is $6,530,270 more than that recommended by the House Appropriations Commit- tee. Chief increase was one of $6,000,000 for flood control work in the lower Mississippi River. The amount voted represents a slash of upwards of 20 per cent from President Truman's budget requests. Most of the cut was made in anticipation of a 15 per cent drop in construction costs on flood control and navigation projects. President Truman’s budget called for $767,733,220 for all the Army's civil functions in the year begin- ning July 1. As the supply bill now stands, it includes $176,530,270 for rivers and $321,000,000 for general flood control work, and $63,000,000 for the lower Mississippi and tributaries, and $3,000,000 for the Alaska Communications system. MUSEUM CURATOR KIWANIS SPEAKER FOR SEWARD DAY Appropriately, as their weekiy luncheon meeting occurs on Seward Day, Kiwanis Club members will hear a talk tomorrow by someone to whom Alaska history is a day- to-day matter. Edward L. Keithahn, librarian and curator of the Alaska Historical Library and Museum, will give the Seward Day address. Kiwanians meet at noon in the Baranof Hotel Gold Room. . — ARC MEN TO WESTWARD On an important project of the Alaska Riad Commission, two di- vision heads, Walter H. Daub, con- tracts chief, and George M. Tap- ley, chief of the Engineer Division, planned to leave today for Anchor- age and Valdez. There they will rush the job of erecting tank farms for handling asphalt. +They will also confer with Col. J. P. Jobhnson on plans for the remaining 12-mile section of the mportant Turnagain Arm road. By special agreement, the Alaska Rail- road is to supervise' work on this section. ——— ADULTS ENTERTAINED AT THE TEEN AGE CLUB Tonight is Community Center Night for aduts at the Teen Age Club from 8 o'clock to midnight. Pool, ping pong and dancing to the juke box will be available all eve- ning. Square dancing under Will Reedy’s leadership starts promptly at 8:30 g'clock. —_————— ARMY TUGS REPAIRED The Army tug Pvt. Charles B. Smoot (Lt 387) towing the Army Tug Sgt. Neil W. Sharpe (TP 134) has arrived at the Engineer dock. The LT 387 will undergo voyage repairs and radar installation. The TP 134 will undergo repairs and also radar installation. The LT 387 has F. Berge as master and there are 16 crew members. —ee NEW CADASTRAL ENGINEER John M. Short, new cadastral en- gineer in the Public Survey Office, arrived irom Fairbanks yesterday and was hard at wérk in the field today. His work starts in Southeast Al- ‘aska, but will take him all over the Territory before fall, TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE CHARGED, SPIES Arrested and Senfenced fo Prison Terms in Prague ~Denial Is Made PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, March 29 — M — Two American soldiers have been sentenced to prison terms of 10 and 12 years on charges of spying against Czechoslovakia, the official press bureau said today. The two men, under arrest since Dec. 9, were convicted at a secret trial last Saturday. The men were arrested when they wandeéred across the border last December. American authori- ties in Germany said they were absent without leave from their units. Czech authorities insisted the two GI's were on a secret mission and refused the American Embassy of- ficials the right to see or talk with them. The press bureau annbuncement saig Alexander Jones, alias Hunter, vas sentenced to 10 years. Clarence Hill was sentenced to 12 years. The men previously had been identitied as Clarence R. Hill, 31, of Jack-| son, Miss., and George R. Jones, 22, of Owensboro, Ky. U. S. Embassy officials were con- sidering today what steps they could take. Czechoslovak authorities did not explain the reference to an alias for Jones. WERE ONLY AWOL FRANKFURT, Germany, March 20—(M—U. S. Army headquarters declared today that two American coldiers convicted in Prague of sspionage ‘“definitely were mnot spies.” “They were not on any mission, but were absent without leave when they went into Czechoslovakia,” an official army spokesman said. The army identified the con- victed men as recruit George R. Jones, 22, of Owensboro, Ky., and recruit Clarence R. Hill, 31, of Jackson, Miss. They were members of the 6th Armored Cavalry regiment of the U. 8. Constabulary in Germany. L g S Winner of Slogan‘ Contest Gefs $10,000 EVERETT, Wash, March 29—® —A merchandising slogan contest was worth $400 a word to Mrs. Mae Eddins, a youthful Everett grand- mother, And how did she feel about re- ceiving the $10,000 as winner of the Lever Brothers 25-word slogan con- test? “Shaky”, was the way she put it. She chose the cash payoff in preference to a trip around the world. Mrs. Eddins has two sons, John C. Danker of Richland and Marine Sgt. Harry Danker, who is sta- tioned at Bremerton. P Alaslga Steam fo Experiment with Pilfering Problem SEATTLE, March 29—(®—To re- duce losses from damaged and pil- fered cargo, the Alaska Steamship company soon will begin experi- ments with large steel ‘containers, a company representative an- nounced today. Twelve weather-tight containers each with a capacity of 275 cubic feet, recently were ordered by the company from the Dravo corpora- tion of Pittsburg. ALASKANS NOW OFF | FOR EAST Opponenis,fipporters of Governor Are Enroute to Washington MARCH 29.—(#—A four-engined DC-4 was leaving this morning for Washingtcn with 49 Alaskans on the avowed mission of seeking ad- mission of Alaska as the 49th State and also appearing at the hearing regarding the confirmation of Gov. Gruening. Opponeunts had preceded them to Washington in smaller numbers, by regular commercial airlines, to oppose the confirmation of Govern- or Gruening. Their principal speak- er is A. H. Ziegler, Ketchikan at- torney and member of the Territor- ial Board of Education. The main aim of the chartered eirliner party is to testify on be- half of the Governor before the Senate Interior Committee. Butj they also will campaign to have Alaska’s star added to the flag, said Stanley McCutcheon, Speaker ! of th Territorial House and a dele- gation spokesman. A plane brought 44 Alaskans to Seattle Sunday. McCutcheon said five from the Seattle area joined them to make up the symbolic 49. The plane was scheduled origin-! aily to take off last night, but its; passengers wanted to make the trip by daylight and the ship was de- layed for installing overseas equip- ment. It will be taken to Amster- dam, Holland, for service for the Ualted Nations Displaced Persons committee. It is scheduled for a stop at Omaha at 7 p. m. e, Rent Conirol Bill . May Reach Truman | Somelime Today WASHINGTON, March 29.—(P— Legislation keeping rent controls! for 15 more months got. a final! okay from Congress today. Succes-| sive Senate and House approval sent the bill on to the White House. President Truman is expected to sign it promptly although it con- tains a “home rule” provision not pleasing to the administration and lacks some features that Mr. Tru- man asked. ‘The House vote for the bill was 262 to 144. The House accepted the com- promise measure after the Senate had approved it 78 to 11. The present rent law expires at midnight Thursday. Without the| new law, rent controls would have gone off 14,350,000 dwellings at that time. i I i o Gen. Eisenhower Starts Rest Cure At Key Wesl, Fla. KEY WEST, Florida, March 29.— (M—General Dwight Eisenhower has, started his first full day of rest and recuperation. Eisenhower is ill with an inflammation of the stom- ach, and his doctor is with him, The General reached Key West yesterday aboard President Tru- man’s plane, the Independence. He: seemed pale, but he wore the fa- mous Eisenhower grin. Many Redudions 'Herring Industry, " Coniliator Plan —_———— BOSTON, March 29—P—A Brit- | ish statesman is guaranteed a full| house when he speaks in Boston Thursday. All seats have been| allotted for Winston Churchill's ap- | pearance at a conference sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Churchill will make a second ap- pearance in the Boston garden oD Friday night to be made an hon- ‘Washington, D. C, orary lecturer, Meeting Tonighl SEATTLE, March 29—(—Fed- eral Labor Conciliator Albin Ly peterson said he would meet to- night with the Pacific Herring Packers association and the CIO- Fish and Saltry Workers union, which reported they were unable to agree on a new contract. Some 200 workers are directly affected and twice that number Are Announced by Sears, Eo_ebntk Co. CHICAGO, March 29—(M—Sears, Roebuck and Company said today it is mailing its. midseason spring catalogue featuring “many price re- ductions in all lines.” The 282-page book, a supplement to the general catalogue issued in January, in- summer lawn house, vinylite plastic| affected indirectly, Peterson said, power twin outboard motor, I Alaskan Wildlife Dedi Declares Game Commission; Control Measures Planned DELEGATES BARRED ON TOUR TRIPS Visifors fo ‘World Peace’ Conference Can't Travel Around U. S. WASHINGTON, March 20—(®— The State department today threw up a blockade against any tour of American cities by Soviet-and- satellite delegates to the “world peace” conference. It circulated a notice to embas- sies of their home countries, re- minding them that the delegates were granted admission to this country only for the purpose of at- tending the controversial confer- ence in New York. Now that the conference is over, the department announced, the WASHINGTON, March 29-“1’%" The Alaska Game Commission says its white sheep and barren ground | caritou, found nowhere else under| the U. 8. flag, soon may become extinet. In its annual report to the Interior department the commis-| slon also said the giant Alaska moose also appears to ke fighting 2 losing battle against hunters and predatory animals, The commission blamed the in- flux of pppulation, the tremendous improvement in transportation ta- cilities, and the presence of thous- ands of well-armed troops for a decline in Alaskan wildlife, 1t called for a larger wildlife law- enforcement statf, more wildlife !research, an expanded predatory animal control program, and in- creased federal funds for wildlife ! restorationt!, The fish and wildlife service, meanwhile, in its annual report declared that “the great red sal- mon runs of Bristol Bay and Ko- diak island must be maintained if Alaska’s fishery, production is to be kept at favorable levels.” The service said that bears, feed- ing at Kodiak island, may be an important factor in red salmon lossy Uniteq States assumes the delegates will leave within a ‘“reasonatle time.” The notice was sent to the Rus- sian, Czechoslovakian, Polish -and Yugoslav embassies, The delegates tram those coun- tries have a different position from the delegates from pther 'countries. American laws forbid admission of Communists to this country. That law was waived so that the dele- gates from the Communist-con- trolled nations could attend the conference. But the waiver ex- tended only to the conference. An “action committee” set up at| the New York conference m-! nounced that most of the foreign delegates would embark on a tour of “as many American cities as possible.” A spokesman said the itinerary was mnot complete, but! that cities certain to be visited in-{ cluded Baltimore, Philadelphia, De- troit, St. Louis and Los Angeles. - — PUTS TELEPHONES, | (] 'EMERGENCY ONLY TACOMA, Wash., March 29—(®— A work stoppage put long distance and other manual telephone service in Tacoma and Puyallup on an ‘emergency only” basis for five fours today. The employees reported for mass-meeting at 8 a.m. instead of going to work and after several hours discussion broke up to re- turn to work at 1 p.m. Officlals of the union said the stoppage by approximately 700 workers was for a union grievance meeting. Union officials said the stoppage {is in protest :against the Pacific ) Telephone and Telegraph pany’s wage increase offer and against the prolonged negotiations, which have lasted nearly a year. Similar stoppages have occurred previously at Spokane and Yakima. which ———e—— BUSH PILOT DOWN AT WRECKED PLANE FIVE DAYS;RESCUED ANCHCRAGE, March 29.—(M— An unconfirmed report was receiv- ed here today that two Dillingham residents were returned safely to the Bristol Bay town after spending five days beside their wrecked plane near Portage Creek. There was no direct communica- tion for confirmation of the report. The two were reported to have been bush pilot James Scott and Mary Nicholson. Neither was injured in a forced landing after engine fail- sleeping bags. air, the report said, “The problem is being studied with a view to Iustituting control measures " it said. The report said studles at Little Port Walter showed that water levels and climatological conditions were the most important factors atfecting pink salmon. It added: “A large number of pink-salmon streams have been surveyed with a view to making passable some of the natural barriers, such as water-falls, that obstruct the mi- gration of the salmon. “It has teen found that the con- struction of fishways in certain streams would result in a substan- tial improvement of conditions favoring increased runs.” The report estimated that Alas- kan salmon canneries discard more than 100,000,000 pounds of waste each year because of conditions| that prevent its conversion into meal and ofl. “Research is being carried out ntensively to develop some prac- ticable and feasible use,” the serv- ice said. “THe recovery of certain chemi- cals useful in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries appears most promising. The agency also reported that ‘seasonal toxicity” is hampering use of the butter-clam resources of southeastern Alaska. It said experiments are being made to define more clearly the seasons of toxicity and the areas where clams are atfected, and also to find means of destroying the oxin. — e | CLAIMS POWER PROJECT WOULD HURT FISHERIES VANCOUVER, B.C., March 29— (®—A report by the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries commis- sion asserted that proposed hydro- electric development on the Chilco river uld jeopardize a fishery e commission sald has a potential value of $120,000,000. Power supporters have suggested the British Columbia government permit hydro-electric projects on the Chilco system for aluminum- producing purposes. ‘The commission’s report said the proposed projects were based on “the use of the entire regulated flow for power. On this basis, Chileco sockeye would face extinc- tion.” The report set the present capital value of the Chilco’s sockeye sal- mon fishery at about $40,000,000 and its potential worth at three times that. The Chilco is part of the Praser river system. e RN R, MARSH TO ANCHORAGE Ralph Marsh, district engineer of the Water Resources Division, com- } cludes for the first time a flat-bed ure. The plane was reported equip- | Geological Survey, left Sunday via ACTION IS DEMANDED BY JOHNSON First Step o—ftrack-down Taken-Many Boards to Be Abolished WASHINGTON, March 20—(®— Defense Secretary Johnson set out today to unify the three armed forces completely and quickly. As the first step of this erack- down, he told a news conference he is ordering the army, navy and air force to move at once to the Penta~ gon. Some agencies of those de- partments are scattered throughout the ecity. 0 They were already under orders to move to the Pentagon, but the approved moving schedule stretched out over two and one-half years. Johnson has told them to scrap the schedule and move now. Johnson said he also intends to abolish many of the 800 boards and agencies set up by the army, navy and air force over a period of years. He declared: “There are too damned many for efficiency’s sake and we're going ‘o abolish and coordinate some of them.” It probably “will be possible to atolish 30 or 40 right at the start, he said. Juneau Rotarians, at today’s lun- cheon meeting, were treated to an animated open forum discussion in which seven youthful speakers earn- estly pleaded for and against revis- ion of the United Nations into a Federal world government. According to Miss Helen Schaerer, the teen-agers' high school debate coach, this round table discussion was a trial run for their coming debate tour. She mentioned their need to get used to audiences and possible distractioris. Rotarians now can vouch for their poise, With a charming moderator, Mar- tha Newbould, to call time on each speech and discussion period, Roberta Messerschmidt, Pat Oakes, Clifford Cole and Carl Weldman spoke on the affirmative; Mafy Lou Fagerson, Mary Thibodeau and Walter Johnston against the re- vision as proposed. In lively argument, sharp-witted, and at time histrionic, displays added to the entertainment value of the program. Miss Schaefer and her “troupe” were intreduced by Gil Eide, pro- gram chairman, after President (C. ‘W. Carter had hurried Rotary Club business in order to have time for the forum, Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, making s report to date on the Rotary-spon- sored concert of last week, announc- €d a profit of $550.90, minus tax. Some unsold tickets and money are yet to be turned in, Maurice Powers introduced the only guest, D, P. Scudder of Ketch- ikan, e ————— s e 0o 0000 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8, WEATEER BUREAU This ddta is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 37; minimum, 31. At Alrport— Maximum, 36: minimum, 32. Mogtly cloudy with light rain and snow showers to- night and Wednesday. Low- est tonight just above freez- ing. Highest Wednesday 38. Southeasterly winds 15-25 miles per hour. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — '25 inches; since March 1, 3.97 inches; since July 1, 9597 inches. At Abport — .03 inches; utility farm wagon, an aluminum per with emergency rations and |PNA for Anchorage. While there he Searchers eventually |is helping to organize the sub-office | ® floor coverings, and a men-horulsuotud the wrecked plane from the [of the Geological Survey for Palm-!- er, ©0 00000000000 000000000000 .00 since March 1, 140 inches; since July 1, 59.70 inches, 0 0 0 00000 00