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

I om_if9 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME® VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,168 Truman Ur U.S.. CANADA DISCUSSING AID PLANS Year as Chief To Coordinate Industrial Mobilization in Event of Em_egency WASHINGTON, April 12— —| The United States and Canada to- day estatlished a joint committee to coordinate their plans for indus- trial mobilization in the event of an emergency. . The State Department made pub- | Truman Today Is Starfing Fifth President Is Convinced World Moving Slowly But Surely to Peace By ERNEST B. VACCARO WASHINGTON, April 12—(®— President Truman began his fifth year in office today, convinced that the world is moving slowly but surely along the rcad to enduring pesce. lic an exchange of notes between Laurence A. Steinhardt, American Ambassador in Ottawa, and Cana- dian Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson, creating the joint United States-Canada Industrial Mobiliza- tion committee. The committee will have the function of exchanging information “with a view to the coordination” of industrial mobilization plans, and making recommendations re-l garding such plans. It,also will be responsible for cooperation with the existing permanent joint board on defense in industrial mobiliza- tion matters. POLICY ON ECONOMICS WASHINGTON, April 12—(A— A Congressional. committee inves- tigator has urged a “get. tough” policy to return economi¢c and po- litical stability to Greece. Louis C. Wyman offered that recommendation to the Senate- House Committee on Foreign Eco- nomic Cooperation. He also called| for strong measures to cut off the: aid Greece’s Communist-led guer- rillas are getting from Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Wyman’s recommendation-stud- ded report was made to Chairman McCarran (D-Nev) on the basis of ! a recent personal inspection mp'i to Greece. The joint committee has not acted on the report. } Wyman also recommended a; “lessening of American o.swnutlonl in Greece,” including fewer chauffeur-driven new automotiles, | and “less pomp, circumstance and, privilege for Americans, who move well-fed, with good clothes and ex- pensive cars, in a country where poverty and tragedy are on all sides.” ———eo—— PRA MEN BACK 2 i H. A. Stoddart, Public Roads, Agministration Division Engineer, | reports “all’s well” in the mat- ter of PRA work in the Anchor- age, Seward, Turnagain Arm and Cordova areas. Accompanied by M. M. Flint of his _ staff, he returned yesterday from a routine inspection trip. “Everything is fine,” said Stod- dart today, “except that: adverse weather conditions are delaying the work by about three weeks.” The Washington| Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) iomee yesterday to make anniver- jed to the White House April 12, 11945, to take the oath of office. . many respects. ‘Wreath Is Sent fo It can be stated authoritatively that Mr. Truman thinks another two years will bring an assurance of peace. The turning point, in his opin- icn was when the United States made its crucialidecision two years ago to aid Greece and Turkey against the threat of Communist envelopment. The Marshall Plan with its Eu- ropean Recovery Program, and the signing of the North Atlantic Pact, he believes, are further develop- ments in the successful march to| prevent aggression. Mr. Truman, who will be 65 next May 8, looked cheerful and well when photographers called in his sary pictures. He weighs 178 pounds, 11 more than he did when he was summon- His physician, Brig. General Wallace H. Graham, thinks he’s a bit “too fat.” He is walking every morning before breakfast and tak- gg ug::!r fi:whm n fl;: the ouse an_ effort, uce his waistine. = - Mr. Truman is celebrating his fourth anniversary as President by lunching with old colleagues on i Capitol Hill, He has changed but little in Although he speaks 1with a breezy confidence on many public occasions, in the intimacy ;of friends he speaks with the same quiet modesty that has been his trademark in the past. He tells his closest friends that he does not consider himself brilliant man, but rather a man who works constantly to do 2 good job, 20 ABOARD PNA MONDAY FLIGHTS Twenty passengers were aboard Pacific Northern Airlines flights in and out of Juneau Airport yes- terday as follows: From Cordova: Ernie Cruz, Kate W. Smith, M. M. Flint, Chris Wyl- ler, H. A, Stoddard. From Yakutat: Annie Simons. To. Yakutat: Sid Thompson, Roy Peratrovich, A. E. Peterson, Arthur ‘Walker. To Cordova: Ed Eiklund, Reidar Norman, Charles Nelson, Sophia Oksvoll, Dan Wold, Fred Peterson, George Johnson, Hjalmer Gjerde, Gunnar Johnson, C. E. Carlson. To Anchorage: Oscar Knochs, Harold Hooper, Claire McRoberts, Walter Walsh, Jerry Russell, Char- les Hammond. Roosevelt’s Grave By Presldfll Truman |for her death, JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1949 es A HEROES IN KATHY FISCUS CASE ARE 10 RECEIVE AWARDS More Information Given Regarding Tragedy in Little Girl's Death SAN MARINO, Calif., April 12— (A—America is opening her pocket- book today to reward the heroes who lost their race with death in| their attempt to rescue little Kathy Fiscus. EISENHOWER, CHIEES, END CONFERENCE Discussions of Unification| Problems Takes Place at Key West Meetf KEY WEST, Fla,, April lZ.—lfl'—- Discussions of problems 'of uni- The Los Angeles Chamber of|fication ot the Armed Forces end- Commerce reports that money is|ed today. { coming in from all. parts of the| The Joint Chiefs of Staff Ipd Gen, Eisenhower prepared to leave the “Little White House” where the four days of conferences ‘were held. The Joint Chiefs of Staff planned to return direct to Washington. Gen. Eisenhower's exact plans were not announced, but it'iis known that his doctor wants hi to rest to aid the battle ag: it a stomach ailment. i country for the 50 to 60 men who toiled under most hazardous con- ditions long beyond the normal ex- haustion point. | The Chamber has formed an over-all committee to consolidate the collections. The American Le- gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars are sponsoring fund drives. President Earle V. Grover of the chamber said one of the commit- tce's first jobs is to consider recom- mending the engineers and sand- hogs for Carnegie hero medals. Meantime, Dr. Paul Hanson, family physician, said 3%-year-old Kathy might have lived through the 53 bours of rescue work if her knees had not been jammed against her chest. Dr. Hanson said the jack-knifed position in the 14-inch casing pre- vented her from breathing except with great difficulty. A preliminary autopsy report blamed suffocation SLAYERS OF POLK ON TRIAL, GREECE: Charges Made Reporfer Murdered at Request of Greek Communists Dr. Hanson and Dr. Robert J. McCullock said the child probably died painlessly and likely within By L. S. CHAKALES an hour and a balf after she felll g,y ONTKA Greece, 112 90 feet into the standoned wq\a;_l%m : v A 4:30 Priday. attarnoon. . They st ¢ "them %1'%% she waé consciolls Wheu & rope WaS | (ria] for their lives today, charged dropped to her but shé: couldn't|wisn the bizarre political murder hold onto it and somehow fell an-| ¢ George Polk, a reporter for the other four feet. Dr. Hanson said he| cojymbia Broadeasting ~ System. believed it was at that time that|polx was once a student at the University of Alaska. her legs became wedged against A fourth defendant, Mrs. Anna her chest. Staktopoulos, 68, also is on trial, accused of aiding and abetting RoosEvElIl jk IS them in manslaughter. She is the CONFESSION MADE| e mother of Gregory Staktopoulos, a Greek journalist, the only one of the major trio in court. The miss- ing men, being tried in absentia, are Adam Mouzenides, the alleged NEW YORK, Aprili 12—®—A group of Tammany Hall leaders turned down Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr’s, bid for a Democratic Con- gressional nomination, and picked a city judge as their candidate. After his rejection, Roosevelt de- clared last night: “I am an organization Democrat. There is a little group in Tammany trying to knife me just as a little group—not the same group——meq to knife my father.” A majority of the leaders picked Municipal Court Justice Benjamin Shalleck yesterday for ‘the West Side Manhattan seat of Rep. Sol Bloom, veteran Democratic con- gressman who died more than a month ago. ‘Young Roosevelt, who is assured of the nomination of New York State’s Liberal party, has said he would run also on a “Four Free- doms” party ticket at the May 17 special election if he did not get the Democratic nomination. The principal publicly stated op- position to Roosevelt’s candidacy has been that until recentlyihe lived outside the district—in sub- urban Long Island. - - e —— e 0 c oo v 00000 trigger man and Evangelos Vas- vanas. William J. Donovan, wartime head of the Office of Strategic Services, and a special observer at the trial, sat in the crowded, heavily guarded court as the long indictment was read. He followed an English translation of the docu- ment, detailing the prosecution’s charge that Polk was slain at the order of Greek Communists, who hoped the government would be kblamed so that an estrangment with the United States would re- sult. It charges that Staktopoulos has confessed Polk was lured onto a small boat in Salonika Harbor last May 16, under promise that he could interview the then Greek Communist leader, Markos Vafia- des. Polk, the signed confession says,e submitted to being bound hand and foot, then - was shot through the head by Mouzenides. His body was then flung overboard, and recovered some days later by fishermen. $ The court received word today that Polk’s widow is enroute from New York by air, and is expected to arrive Wednesday to'attend the trial. ——————— MOON'S ECLIPSE IS, | HYDE PARK, N.Y, April 12—® ASHINGTON — It seems a|—A wreath from the President of long time since that day in April|the United States was placed on when . Franklin Roosevelt passedithe grave of the late President away. It's only four years, but it seems like ages—ages in which we have sort of lost something . . . the hopes for peace which he cherished for mankind . . . It was a lovely Spring day in April four years ago. The cherry blossoms seemed a little prouder of their beauty, The weeping willow trees along the Potomac drooped a little lower, and the shad came nosing up the muddy waters that FDR loved and so long lived beside a little earlier. It was just the kind of Spring he would have loved. Then suddenly through the love- liness came that flag-draped cais- son bringing the dead warrior home . . . People stood and watched— watched and wept and prayed. They (Continued on Page Four) —-{berg, Franklin D. Roosevelt today, the fourth anniversary of his death. — MATT GORMLEY ON TRIP To do technical work that will take about a week, Matt Gormley will leave ' tomorrow for Peters- burg, Ketchikan, Craig, Annette Island and other points. Gormley is civilan radio en- gineer for the Alaska Communica- tions System. ——y— JURY EXCUSED AGAIN All members of the petit jury panel answered roll call this morn- ing in District Court, and were ex- cused until tomorrow morning at {10 o’clock. The case of Sussort vs. Wester- which opened yesterday morning, continued today. | Alaska from Seattle scheduled to o |arrive at 6 tonight, sailing west at e (9 o'clock. e| Princess Norah from Vancouver o |scheduled to arrive Thursday af- 210 inches; ©|ternoon or evening. 5850 inches. ; Baranof scheduled to sail from (Past 24 houry ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneay — 22 inches; since April 1, 551 inches; Since July 1, 10285 inches. At Airport — .11 inches: since April 1, since July 1, [ & L] ; weatuea cevort | SCHEDULED TONIGHT L4 ® . (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU L] M © This data is for 24-hour pe- e| WASHINGTON, April 12—(P— e riod ending 6:30 am. PST. e |Tcnight will bring an eclipse of e In Juneau— Maximum, 41; e/ the moon. ® minimum, 37 e| 1If youre up and about 6:28 p, e At Airport— Maximum, 42; e | m. (PST) yowll see the moon en- e minimum, 35. o |ter the earth’s shadow. L ®| The eclipse will be total at 8:11 . FORECASBST ®|p. m. ° (Junean and Viclalty) o| At 9:5¢ p. m. it will be practi- e Variable . cloudiness with o cally over. e light rain showers tonight | If the weather is clear, the phe- o and Wednesday. Lowest tem- |nomenon should be visible all over ® perature tonight r 56 de- e |North America. al . o ok oo wron o STEAMER MOVEMENTS . L] . . . . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS " Two men comprising rescue attempt. a hand excavation team are lowerea by ieet iniu the pit dug Des in which 3'%-year-cld Kathy Fiscus was trapped. On the surface silent spectators watch the dramatic Arrow indicates spot where the 14-inch water pipe reaches the surface. was found dead by the rescue party. (P ‘Wirephoto. de the water pipe | The little girl HOUSING MEASURE FOR ALASKA GETS BOOST FROM SENATE WASHINGTON, April The Senate passed today a bill designed to assist in relieving the Alaskan housing shortage. For one thing, the Alaska Hous- ing Authority would be author- ized to spend $250,000 to put floors in and roof on sod huts of Eskimos. The bill, sent to the House, would also authorize the Federal Housing Agency to increase by one- third the dollar limitation on in- sured housing loans in Alaska. It would remove ceilings and other re- strictions on theamount of insur- 'ed mortgages to be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association. te permitted to authorize the Al- |aska Housing Authority to con- struct housing for sale or rent. A $15,000,000 revolving fund would be authdrized for the use of the Alaska Housing Authority for loan to private or public agencies, and an additional $1,000,000 for loan to individuals or cooperatives. BILL GOES Tu TRUMAN WASHINGTON, April 12.—/P— A bill to stimulate home building in Alaska was passed today by the Hcuse and sgent to President Tru- man. It would authorize the Alaska Housing Authority to set up a $15,- 000,000 revolving fund for loans to public or private builders, AL A PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD SCHEDULES As it has been impossible thus far to reach all members, the pro- posed April meeting of the Terri- torial Board of Public Welfare fs not. yet certain, according to Lew M. Williams, Acting Governor. It is tentatively set for April 25. Members of the Board are the Rev. Edgar A. Gallant of Skag- way, Mrs, Clifford Smith of Fair- ard Lyng of Nome. This will be the first meeting since the Legislature asked for a change in the directorship of the Department of Public Welfare, ac- tion on which will be taken. B No UN Sesslons On Good Friday NEW YORK, April 12—#—The United Nations decided today the General Assembly will hold no meetings on Good Friday. It may © 900909 o 9 o o o Seattle Saturday, remain in recess Saturday. i 12— the construction of dwellings or to, MEETING APRIL 25 banks, Mrs. Bob (Evangeline) At-! wood of Anchorage, and Sen, How- | {riends Two OpinionSA Confirmali (By Associated Press) Two Alaska newspapermen ex- pressed conflicting opinions today on why the U.S. Senate gave unani- mous approval to the appcintment of Ernest Gruening for a third term as Governor of Alaska. William L. Baker, editor of the Ketchikan Chronicle and a strong supporter of QGruening, said one reason was “Senatorial courtesy -to a public servant against whom nothing unfavorable was proved.” George W. Meyers of the Fair- The Legislature of Alaska would [ianis News-Miner, said the Sena- ‘ors “were lukewarm over the en- tire issue and were unwilling to stir time consuming over a matter they considered of minor importance.” Baker testified in behalf- of Gruening and Meyers reported the story for the News-Miner. Two sroups journeyed to Washington, D.C., last week, one to urge that |the Senate Interior committee re- ject Gruening’s nomination and :he second group to urge that he e retained in his present position. { The nomination for the third term vas made by BRresident Truman. TWO GIVE OPINIONS The two newsmen were asked to _ive their opinions on the unapi- mous action by the committes and he Senate as a whole on a matter "which was highly controversial in Alaska. While favorable Senate action on the confirmation had been expected generally, the unani- mous committee and Senate votes came as a surprise to observers. Baker listeq three factors which contributed to the unanimous vote: “1. Senatorial courtesy; 2. Recog- nition that the 13 months’ delay in action on the appointment placed the Senate committee con- sideratly on the spot, and 3. The realization that Gruening as Gov- ernor, and perhaps later as an elected U. S. Senator or Alaskan State Governor would be in a posi- ion of considerable influence, with who could campaign against unfriendly Senators. LOBBYING TACTICS Meyers said: “In view of the openly expressed disapproval by Senators Millikin (R-Colo) and Cordon (R-Ore) of Gruening’s admitted lobbying tac- tics and rebuke for the overzealous projection of the executive powers of an appointee characterized by eritical reports to the people on the activities of their elected represen- tatives it is remarkable the Senate committee was unanimous. “Senator Butler (R-Neb) made no secret that he opposed Gruening and it is difficult to understand why he chose to be absent along Hearing of Commitiee on controversy | reVGiveli on on, Alaska Gov. {with Cordon when the committee | voted. “It was not unnatural, however, after the committee was unanimous that the Senate at large accepted the recommendation in spite of the fact numerous Senators stated”pri- vately they'd just as soon reject Gruening as not. “This attitude was so prevalent that the Senate's action can be in- terpreted cnly that the Senators .were lukewarm over the entire issue and were unwilling to stir up time consuming controversy over a matter they considered of minor importance” ° FORMER GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN LOSES LONG HEALTH FIGHT POULAN, wa., April 12—®— Chase 8. Oshorn, who rose from a log cabin to Michigan’s chief execu- tive mansion and great wealth, died vesterday. The tough, 89-year-old political reformer, author and adventurer, finally lost his stubborn, five-year battle for health. Death came at his picturesque .Possum Poke home in Possum Lane, -near Poulan, in southwest Georgia. At his side was his bride of two days, b55-year-old Stellanova Osborn. Mrs. Osborn had been his constant compapion for 23 years, first as his secretary, as his adopt- ed daughter for 18 years, and fi- nally as his wife. The adoption was voided shortly before their marriage Saturday. Death was attributed to the after- effects of pneumonia. It was the pproval of 12- Nation Pact Rescue Team Lowered Info Pit ATLANTIC. TREATY UP T0 SENATE President Asks Approval of Alliance as One Step on Road to Peace | WASHINGTON, April 12—®— President Truman sent the North Atlantic Defense Treaty to the Sen- ate today with a request for its approval “one step on the road to peace.” In a message, Mr. Truman said the treaty deals with the “realities of the situation we face today.” He also sald it s set up “within the terms of the United Nations Chart- er and the Constitution of the United States.” . “This treaty is only one step —although a long one—on the road {to peace,” the President declared. “No single action, no matter how significant, will achieve peace. We must continue to work patiently and carefully, advancing with prac- tical, realistic steps in the light of circumstances and events as they occur, buflding the structure of peace soundly and solidly.” The treaty was signed here by 12 nations on Monday of last week. It pledges them to ald each other "|in event that one of them is at- acked by an aggressor, Senate Must Approve To become binding on the United States, the treaty must receive the Senate’s ratifica ‘That means approval by a two-thirds vote. Administration leaders are confi- ,mfi that the Senate will eventu- h . y is the Senate floor. The first step at the Capitol will be for the enate Foreign Rela- tions Committee to hold hearings. The hearings will give opportunity for the backers and critics of the treaty—outside of Congress—to ex- press their views. Must Achieve Peace ‘Throughout Mr. Truman'’s appeal for Senate approval of the pact ran the theme that neither the United States nor any other nation can “achieve peace independently.” Mr. Truman said that this na- tion has determined to do every- thing possible to insure that peace is maintained in the knowledge that “we can not escape the great responsibility that goes with our great stature in the world.” | Without referring directly to thr Soviet Union, the President said the people of the “North Atlantic community” have seen “solemn agreements” broken, the rights of small nations destroyed and the people of small nations “deprived of freedcm by terror and oppres- | sfon.” | “They are resolved,” Mr. Truman said, “that their nations shall not, one by, one, suffer the same fate.” 'TWO ALASKA BILLS PASSED BY SENATE WASHINGTON, April 12— — Legislation, to make the federal rules of civil procedure applicable . to Alaska was passed today by the Senate, The measure now goes to the House. | ‘The Senafe approved and sent to the White House another bill |to amend the Alaska game laws so that residents of the Territory for 12 months may secure resident (hunting, fishing and trapping li- censes. The measure grants the last of a series of illnesses wmch[ piagued the crusty old former gov- |Privilege to foreign born persons ernor since 1944, |who have declared their intention ——— - Imme stock today is 3%, STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 12—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau American Can 92%, Anaconda 30, Curtiss- Wright 9%, International Harvest- er 24%, Kennecott 45, New York Central 11%, Northern Pacific 15%, U. 8. Steel 73, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 850,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 176.99, rails 49.16, util- ities 35.75. —— . OLSON RE-ENLISTS CG Marvin L. Olson, RM3, was dis- charged yesterday on the CGC |to become citizens. | 'Workman, on Firsi Day of Job, Killed SANTA MONICA, Callf., April 12 —(P—A 62-year-old workman—his first day on the new job—was buried alive under 300,000 pounds of freshly-poured concrete in the collapse of the roof of a five mil- lion gallon city reservoir. The roof fell yesterday with a thunderous roar, slightly injured 14 other workmen. The tody of Robert Lacey, 62, of nearby Venice, was dug out of the debris affer three hours of frantic work by 50 men. Storis and re-enlisted today for| three years, The reservoir is being built for Santa Monica, ;