The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXII, NO. 11,164 Gov.’s Nomination A Pacific Destroyer Strength ~ WARNING T0 LABOR IS GIVEN Workers Told Not fo Come | fo Alaska-Anchorage Union Statement ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 7.| —P—Workers planning to come to | Alaska to find work were strongly | | Is Cut 25 Per "Tin Cans™ CHAMBER TALKS CIVIC PLANNING ; SECTION ZONING The Chamber of Commerce dug JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1949 e RN MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —_—— WESTERN EUROPE TO ~ BE ARMED Millions fo égpenl U.n_d.er New Pact - Truman Makes Shilement (By The Associated Press) Cent; Twenty Seiit fo Atlantic PEARL HARBOR, April 7—#— A shift of 20 destroyers to the At- lantic leaves the Paciiic fleet with cnly 48 of these “tin cans”, tleet headquarters disclosed today. The transfer to the East Coast represents a per cent cut in the Pacific destroyer strength. The | PRICE TEN CENTS oved By Senate Com. STRIKE IS NOT ENDED Union lea—ders Claim Walkout Be Intensified- Newspapers Publishing (By The Associated Press) PPY N. Y. TAXI Glacier Bay, Near Juneau, Is Recommended for Big Sum | | ' WASHINGTON, April 7. —(P— The National Park Service s |to get Glacier Bay National Monu- | ment, Alaska, into operation. | It also would like to establish IN BURMA | some facilities at Katmai National | Monument, and wants more ade- For Improvement as Park | would like to spend about $3,500,000 | NEXT MOVE " IS BEFORE U.S. SENATE Gruening Denies He Has Set Up Political Ma- chine in Alaska WASHINGTON, April 7.—P— | | | substantial reduction in the Pacitic surface forces follows drastic cut- In Washington it was reported the United States would spend $1,- New York City officials were re- ported hopeful the week-old taxi- quate funds for Mount M"K“‘l"y‘PresldenL Trumah’s reappointment National Park, sald Service Director | ¢ Goy. Epnest Gl'uenlnzm:)l Alaska 250,000,000 to arm Western Europe under the North Atlantic treaty. President Truman, it was said, would absorb this expenditure in the current budget of $41,900,000,000. The President yesterday told a igroup of freshmen congressmen he would not hesitate to order drop- cab strike would end Tuesday night. Union leaders, however, said the| walkout would be intensified. | In Washington, D. C., publication jof four daily newspapers returned |to normal after a 25-hour wildcat walkout by AFL pressmen. | Police said two-thirds of New backs in fighter and bomber Newton 8. Drury. for a third term was approved to- | | Glacier Bay, Katmal and Mount gay by the Senate Interior Depart- | McKinley are the three major e {units of the Park Service in Al*| genator Downey (D-Calif) said aska. The first two still are com-|tne -committee’s voting was unanl- pletely undeveloped. 'mous. ¢ “With millions visiting parks of | 1t now up to the Senate t ¢ 3 o de- the mainiand, the National Pik|cige’ whether o confirm or re- urged to stay away in statements|up an old bone to gnaw on today, issued by labor union officials yes- |hoping, it appeared, that its flavor | strength. terday. |appeal would have increased with| The remaining destroyers, plus Said John W. Cox, Jr., presidentthe years. | five destroyer escorts, represent the of.the Alaska Territorial Federation | rhe bone, or one closely resemb- | Navy's major anti-submarine weap- of Labor: |ling it, was buried by inaction sev- on available for deployment along “More than 1200 workmen ar-|era) years ago. A little dirt scratch- | the West Coast, in Alaska, and in rived here last week. All are un- ;o 4t today's noon meeting of | the waters of China and Japan. Govemmerfl nnounces Karen Rebels Will Lay Their Arms Service cannot employed and had little prospect of immediate employment. This suu- ply of men will be enough to take! care of all available employmeunt | between now and Jure 15.” John Montrone, president of the| Building Trades Council, said un- jons are sending members back to the states for lack of work.” Bennie Klein, Central Labor Council delegate, added that many | veterans are coming to Anchorage| to find work and also a home- stead. “Cand avallable for homesteading | is inaccessible from Anchorage,” %2 stated, “and there are no jobs here.” | the Chamber, unearthed the new and the old, and kept the Cham- ber members worrying over it until past the hour of adjournment, with plans to take up the matter at the next session. A Civic Planning Commission was the big topic for consideration by | the Chamber. As briefly outlined by President Fred Eastaugh, reporting on the | executive board’s decision, and as suggested by other Chamber mem- bers, the Commission would be composed of five members with powers of investigation and of recommendation to the City Coun- cil. The Pacific fleet mustered more than 300 destroyers when the war with Japan ended. These were sup- ported by scores of destroyer es- corts, most of which now are in moth balls. There were 64 destroyers in the Pacitic before the 20 were trans- ferred. In order to get the total up to 48, four destroyers are being reactivated. No Reason Given A Pacific fleet spokesman said such shifts are decided by the Joint Icmefs of Staff, and reasons and implications could not be discussed here. However, the destroyer movement follows a self-evident strategy de- ping of atomic bombs if the de- cision had to be made “for the wel- fare of the United States” and to preserve the democracies of the world. But he held out hope that world peace can be maintained without | war. MONEY FOR REARMAMENT WASHINGTON, April 7—®— lPrssident Truman said today that imoney for the rearming of West- ern Europe will be separate from the government budget he already has submitted to Congress. The President told a news con- ference that a speech by Dr. Edwin | vice. ed the strike {union, a branch of the United Mine workers, iper cent effective. | York’s 11,000 cabs are back in ser- | The larger companies claim- but the “is broken” said the stoppage The cabbies’ union is ‘wnge increases, a closed shop and other benefits. Publication Halted Orders from the is 80 seeking {two months will lay down thew International President of the Printing Pressmen’s | Union ended the brief newspaper strike in the nation’s capital. The walkout halted publication of the Washington Post, Times-Herald and News. Leaders of the striking local said Evening Star, | logically contend (that Alaska areas should have pri- ority over the parks more heavily used,” said Drury “Yet if the policy of the govern- yment is to stimulate travel to Al- aska, we consider it imgortant to point out the pertinent facts.” Glacier Bay Cited Drury said Glacier Bay, a 2,297,456 racre area 45 miles west of Juneau, is easily accessible to existing steamer routes and is only an eight hour cruise by small boat from Juneau, “Glacier Bay has scenic qualities prokably passed by any National Park,” Dru- Down (By The- Associated Press) The Burmese government annovn- ced today that Karen rebels who have been fighting a civil war for arms tomorrow. ‘The surrender ceremony will take {place at Insein, 10 miles north of Rangoon, the capital. Government 1 sources said Saw Beugyl, President of the Karen National Union, has arranged ior a cease-fire on all | fighting fronts. The Karens went {on the warpath last January 21, |demanding a separate and indepen- dent Karen state. superlative not sur- | they went out because of failure| Ajthough the Karens formed the ry said. | ject the appointment. Seven Alaskans at a hearing last | Friday told the committee Gru= |ening is not qualified, that he has | built up-a. political machine and has been dictatorial in his treat- {ment of his political enemies. | 'Nine other witnesses testified he has been a good governor. They '.snid he has advanced Alaska from |a backward community to a thriv- ling territory which looks forward | to becoming a state soon. { Gruening denied to the commit- te that he has set up a political machine. His term expired in March, 1948. His nomination for | another ferm was held up last |year by "the ten Republican-con- {G. Nourse had been distorted #nd |quoted out of context. | At least some of the statements had been distorted, Mr. Truthan said. Eastaugh indicated that city zon- ing was one of the primary objects which the board of directors recom- mended for conisderation by such to negotiate a new contract to re- “Acqyaintance with its mountains, glaciers, icefields anrd wildiite is| denied to prospective visitors by a lack of docking facilities, lodgings, trolled Interior Committee, He was ncminated again by President Tru- man two months ago. ployment, which is concentrating in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Aside from submarines, the Navy I spearhead of the rebellion, it is still place one that expired February 7.|yncertain whether this will mean | Publishers sald the pressmen Were|the end of all strife in Buima. protected by the old contract pend- | Tnere gre other insurgent gioups, NORTH STAR DOCKS ENROUTE WESTWARD On its first strip of the spring, the ANS vessel North Star docked here yesterday afternoon enroute to the Westward. She left' this afternoon shortly before 2 o'clock bound for Sitka with ANS Territorial officials on board, and will go to Seward be- fore returning South. For the veteran ice-breaking vessel, this is almost the last tonr of duty in Alaskan waters. She will be decommissioned July 1 af-; ter 17 years of Arctic and Antarc- tic servic?, and the new ANS ves- sel Coastal Rider will be put into, service as the new North Star. Aboard the vessel were Miss| Georgianna Smith, dental techni- cian, and Miss Hazel Ivy, staff nurse, both coming from the states to joint the Mt. Edgecumbe staff. Skipper of the North Star is Charles Salenjus. —————— - SNOW FALLING IN ANCHORAGE T0 BEAT ALL-TIME RECORD ANCHORAGE, April 7.—/®— An- other two inches of snow will give| sourdoughs another topic of con- versation besides that “turrible”| winter of 1919-20. | With snow still fdlling this fore- noon, Anchorage was within 18] inches of the all-time snowfall rec- of of 1042 inches, set 30 years ago. April and May snowfalls are not unusual in Anchorage. In 1945, eight inches of snow fell the first three days of May.- The Washington Merry-G_o-Round - By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1040, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) ASHINGTON — A handiul of World War II Congressmen who dafed to oppose Representative Rankin’s multibillion-dollar pension scheme had a showdown the other day with Perry Brown, naticnal commander of the American 1.egion. The tight-lipped Texan not only to hold no grudges, but agreed with the anti-pension voting stand of the war veterans in Con- gress. % was a backhanded slap at the Legion's crusty chief lobbist, retired Bfig. Gen. John Thomas Taylor, who had threatened to stir up local Legion Posts against the young Congressmen. Because of his threats, Congress- man Olin “Tiger” Teague of Texas wired the American Legion Com- ‘mander and brought him: up 'to a commission. Norman Banfield reminded mem- bers that a similar eity planning group had been considered two years ago, that the Chamber had sent a resolution to the City Coun- cil, and that preliminary action had been taken with civic groups meeting to choose members of the board, but that due to lack of en- thusiasm, the project dropped. Asked for his comments on the commission subject, Mayor Waino Hendrickson told members the Council was in definite agreement that a long range program for city planing should be put into ef- fect. Councilman Burr Johnson asked the Chamber also to consider at the same time the advantages of estab- lishing a Harbor Commission for the city. A project being undertaken by the Corps of Engineers, U. S, Army, Mendenhall Bar dredging project was brought to the attention of the owners, fishermen and interested parties are being issued question- naires regarding their use of local harbor facilities, their estimate on 2 ject would mean to them and other related subjects. Cowling said in- formation gathered here will be compiled and analyzed by the En- gineers for detérmining priority of Southeast Alaska harbor work. He urged all interested parties to fill out questionnaires, as a specific method of aiding in .getting needed harbor work accomplished. Cowling also reported that . Capital to Capital Yacht race looks as if it will bring at least 150 persens into Juneau, with an in- creasing number of crews signing up for the event. Attention was brought to the action in turning down a Forest Service request for money to . build roads in Tongass National Forest. Upon recommendation from the group, President Eastaugh instruct- ed Secretary Herbert Rowland to wire Delegate Bartlett concerning the, action. y Guests' included L.. M. Hagen, assistant District Manager of Stap- dard Oil Co., Seattle, and Alex Johnson, Union Oil Co., Seattle. — e, Brifish Subsidies . On Food fo Be Cut (By The Associated Press) The British people had a bitter pill to swallow in Sir Statfora Cripp’s budget. The Brilish finan- cial chief announced yesterday that subsidies on food would be reduced, raising the prices to consumers. An- ticipating grumbles, Sir Stafford said: “We can't have our cake and eat (Continued on Page Four) it too.” which might lead to aiding ini the|Luctus D. Clay has he saving in cash the dredging pro- | House Appropriations Committye : has in the Pacific only two surface striking forces worthy of the name. One is made up of four cruisers and supporting destroyers divided ibetween Japan and 'China in the Western' Paciffc. The other is composed of two first-line carriers, the Boxer and the Valley Forge. They are based on the West Coast with supporting cruisers and destroyers. . e KRUPP T0 PRISON, IS DECISION BERLIN, April 8 — (P — General confirmed the 12-year prison sentence imposed on Alfried Krupp, ti'e munitions mag- group by Robert Cowling. All boat- | nate of Nazi days. The American military governor changed the wording, however, of the judgment of the U.S. War Crimes court which convicted Krupp at Nuernberg. The court had ordered confiscation” of all Krupp's Ruhr property in the name of the now virtually defunct Allied Con- trol council, which- inclyded the Russians. Clay changed this to pro-l vide confiscation by the Allied Commander in the zone concerned. This meant the British would hold most of the billion-dollar enterprise which made guns for the Germans. Krupp had only a few small ventures in what is now the Russian zone of Germany. —— DOWN RUSS IN CLASH ing agreement on a new one. They said the strikers violated a contract clause by walking out without no- tice. Nourse, chief economic adviser to the President, made a speech at a meeting of civilians and officers of the armed services on Tuesday.:The text was made available to report- ers yesterday. | Although phrased in broad terms {of the economist, the ‘ general isense of it appeared to be that {the present military budget should | be trimmed to take care of at least part of the proposed expenditures ito arm Europe. o LOSERS " INTRUMAN ' FARMPLAN: 1 | WASHINGTON, April 7. —#— ‘A *“have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too” farm program was offered by the Truman administration. It would give consumers a break letting food prices drop, but }:{zuld guarantee to farmers me'.ivas, It affected 300 workers. same profits they could make ifi The company offered a five cents Ifood prices were up. :an hour wage increase. The union , The program, outlined by Secre-|asked for 35 cents. The present [tary of Agriculture Brannan before|scale starts at 845 cents. a joint meeting of the House and| The power failure forced closing iSenate Argiculture committees,!0f five manufacturing plants. would eliminate many of the pres- | S o ent economic devices employed by | LN o g K B A | the government. WEATHER REPORT Coast Union ‘Lroubles In San Francisco, Harry Bridges claimed an overwhelming vote of coniideny: from his left wling |longshore union in his attack on |national CIO olicies. Union head- quarters said the membership voted 632% to 11% in support of his stand on union “autonomy.” Bridges was among signers of a| | convention report accusing the na- tional organization of interfering with autonomy of the Internationel ! Longshore Workers Union. The re- yport promised a fight against any move to split the union into two groups, longshoremen and ware- housemen. Philip Murray, CIO president, called some of Bridges' statement “an unmitigated falsehood.” A strike at the Ohio River Ord- nance Works near Henderson, Ky., and a power failure at the muni- cipal power plant threw 1,250 per- sons out of work Wednesday. The strike followed a breakdown in ne- gotiations between company and AFL chemical workers’ representa- including Communists, A government spokesman new negotiations concerning Karen demand for a-separate state would follow thé surrender. ANCHORAGE MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN SEATTLE HOME SEATTLE, April 7 — @A — sheriff's office reported Lyman Woodrow Lapier, 33, a sel engineer ban home of a woman friend. Mrs. Elizateth Irene Ross, 32, ported she found Lapier’s body in a back room of her house when she returned from work yesterday. Deputies quoted Mrs. Ross saying she and Lapier had been keeping company. She is getting a divorce, she said, and Lapier her he was having marital troubles. Lapier was shot through the head with a pistol, depuues reported. —ooe — RUSSI (By Associated Press) last night from Anchorage, Alaska, took his life in the subur- AN CRITICISM EXPECTED BEFORE UN ON LATEST DEMAND Chairman O'Mahcney (D-Wyo) of the committee, told a reporter two members of the 13-man com- mittee were absent from today's session. ~They -were Senators But- ler (R-Neb) and Cordon (R-Ore). O'Mahoney said he does not an- ticipate any opposition in the the Senate to Gruening’s nomination. OPPONENTS, SUPPORTERS OF GOVERNOR cating places and other facilities." Key To Air Navigation Drury said that during the war the Park Service let the: War De- partment build a first class airfield near the entrance to Glacier Bay. | Now operated by the Civil Aeronau- }tics Administration, it is. a key field in Alaska’s air navigation pat- tern, he said. & “Weather conditions there are no favorable that planes can take off or land when other Alaskan fields are closed in,” Drury said. “Development of facilities at Gla- cier Bay would provide for monu- ment visitors arriving either by boat or plane, and for plane passengers held there because of bad flying conditions at other. fields.” Bartlett Cove Project Drury said an initial development Is planned at Bartlett Cove 6': miles [from the airfield, to provide 'the principal, base for small-boat trips into the upper reaches of Glacier Bay. He estimated the cost of the Bartlett Cove and supplementary development at from $3,250,000 to $3,500,000. | Of Alaska’s other National Monu- | ment, Drury said: “Katmal is not so convenient to reach and contains less to attract, the general run of interests. “Princiually it needs a small ad- ministrative staff and a protec- tive staff, now wholly lacking, and ithe housing and other facilities| such a staff would reouire.” | said the The die- | re- WASHINGTON, April T—(®—A long list of names—divided between supporters and opponents of Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska—is part of the Senate Interior Committee's file on the nomination ¢f Gruening for a third term. F fs Telegrams or letters over the names ‘of the persons listed were received by the committee during its consideration of the nomination. The list, as released by the com- mittee, showed the following as urging approval of the nomination: Anita Garnick, Territorial Sena- tor; Warren Caro, Executive Secre- tary of the New York Theater Guild; Joe George, Juneau; William C. Young, Anchorage; Stanley Mc- Cutcheon, Anchorage, Speaker of the Alaska House, who testified at told The present program puts a floor | under many major food items. It buys and holds off the market enough surplus foods to keep pri- ces at certain levels. The new program would let pri- }ces drop if a surplus occurred, but Jthe farmer would get paid by the {government ‘for the loss incurred by the decline. Example: Eggs are 35 cents a dozen. Prices fall to 25 cents. The consumer could buy them for (U. 8. WEATEER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 39; minimum, 33. At Airport— Maximum, 38; minimum, 35. FORECAST (Junesu and Vielnity) Cloudy with rain, occasion- ally mixed with snow to- In the United Nations, Russia is expected to criticize the Western Powers for an attempt to have the U. N. condemn Russian satellite countries for the prosecutions ot Josef Cardinal Mindszenty and Protestant leaders. U.S. Delegate Warren R. Austin proposed yesterday that the assem- bly consider whether Hungary's trial of the Cardinal and Bulgaria's procecutions of 15 Protestants was Auto Parkers \Given Warning The use of the lots on Third Street, between the Juneau Hotel ng, i5 all off ‘as of tonight. All cars on the lots must be removed and Territorial buildings, for park- | the hearing; Buel A. Nesbett, An- chorage; Seldon Nelson, Anchor- age; K. C. Patton, mayor of Sel- dovia; John E. and Irene E. Ryan, Anchorage mining engineers (Mrs. Ryan testified at the public hear- ling); ! Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leschner, | Seward; H.' W. Bierds, Alaska Air | Lines; R. E. Ellis, Ketchikan; Wil- liam L. Baker, ,Ketchikan, who testified at the hearing; Hagland | | night and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight about 33 degrees; highest tem- perature Friday about 40 de- 25 cents, but the government would 'pay the farmer an extra 10 cents to compensate for his loss. The new program would cover a violation of peace treaties. >, as construction crews, with shovels, | Coulter, Wrangell; Winifred'E. Wil- start excavating tomorrow on the!liams, publisher of the Wrangell sit for the Coast Guard Building. | Sentinel; L. M. Williams, Wrangell; IR RSN | Dalsy Conright, Anchorage; Ken- 1 meat animals, milk, eggs, poultry, fruit, vegetables, and butterfat, \l[em,\ that are responsible for about three-fourth of farm income. B A RITA CAN NOW WED HER PRINCE PARIS, April 7—®—A divorce decree has been entered today dis- solving the marriage of Prince Aly|- The test was on a joint Austra-|Khan and his British-born wife. lian-Bolivian proposal that the| This leaves the Prince free to Assembly act on the trials of Josef marry American film actress Rita Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary Hayworth. and 15 Protestant clergymen in TE TR ety Bulgari. The vote was 11 to 2, with Of some 700. species of birds on Iran abstaining. Russia and Poland the Philippines, about half are cast the negative votes. found only in the islands. ON TRIALS By MAX HARRELSON LAKE SUCCESS, April 7—(P— {The; United Nations ‘speering com- mittee ' beat bitter Russian protests today and ordered wide- open General Assembly debate on lthe Communist prosecution = of churchmen behind the iron curtain. The Russians thus suffered a sharp defeat in their first major clash with the Western Powers at this spring session of the Assembly which opened Tuesday. ° . . . . ] ] . . 3 ® . [ . 3 . . ] . . . . 3 ° . . . . | ] o I grees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 bours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau .93 inches; since April 1, 455 inches; since July 1, 101.89 inches. At Airport. — .29 inches; since April 1, 163 inche: since July 1, 58.03 inches. e e 0 e 000 00 STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali day. Alaska scheduled to sall from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to safl from Vancouver Monday. Baranof from West scheduled southbound Monday. from Seattle due Sun- NEW ROCKET SHIP FASTEST KNOWN; SPEED 1,600 MPH NEW YORK, April 7--iP—De- velopment of a rocket engine that | may carry aircraft at the unpre- cedented speed of more than 1,600 miles an hour is nearing comple~ tion. The Curtiss-Wright Corp. 1is huilding the power unit for a new air force plane, the X-2, which is sald to be designed to fly faster than any known aircraft. The firm announced yesterday that work on the power unit is in its final stages at its Caldwell, N.J,, | plant, STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April .—(®— Clos- ing quotation of Alaskn Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 91%, Anaconda 30's, Curtiss- Wright 9%, International Harvest- er 24%, Kennecott 43%, New York Central 11%, Northern Pfcific 14%, U. 8. Steel 717, Pound $4.03'. Sales today were 840,00 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 176.04, rails 4849, util- ities 35.90. 000000 e®scnc0c000%00 00 D e ALEXANDER RETURNING Word from Lt. Col. J. D. Alexan- der is that he left Washington, D, C, Tuesday and is expected in Juneau on today’s PAA flight from Seattle. Col. Alexander 1s in charge of National Guard atfairs in Alaska. J ! | neth C. Johnson, Anchorage; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kalamarides, An- {chorage: Lyle Anderson, Ketchikan; | Louise W. Miller, Ketchikan; Phyl- |lis McCutcheon, Anchorage; Alex | Kasalica, Anchorage; M. R. Mars- | ton, Anchorage; Rev. Felton H. | Gritfin, Anchorage; Rep. Clarence | P. Keating, Anchorage; Everett E. Smith, Fairbanks; - ‘Wenden P. Kay, Anchorage; Essie | R. Dale, Democratic National Com= mitteewoman and Member Alaska House; H. J. Lannen, Cordova; F. G. Hanford, Wrangell; Oscar C. Olson, Juneau; Charles E. Bunnell, President University of Alaska; Senator Victor E. Rivers; C. S. and Miller Beck, Anchorags; George D. Towle, Juneau; Miss Louise Potter, Vassar college; J. A. Talbot, Ketchikan;. Paul Solka, Jr., Fair~ (Continued on Page Six)