The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1949, Page 1

s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE == “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,172 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Cliff Near Tacoma Plunges Into Puget Sound COMMIES MAKING DEMANDS Seek ”Pea?ful Crossing”’ of Yangtze River from Nat. Government (By The Associated Press) Chinese Communists today de- manded the right of a “peaceful crossing” of the Yangtze River| from the Nanking government. The Communists, laying down| peace terms to the Nationalists at Peiping, have demanded unopposed occupation of the south banks of the Yangtze in crder to force their! eight-point peace program, Nation- | alist circles in Nanking reportcd.’ Once established on the south| bank of tne great river, Commun- | ists bridgeheads could be expand- | ed rapidly in an oifensive agamst} i South China, should the National- | ists not carry out the Communist- | dictated peace program. There was no immediate word as to whether the Nationaliss | would permit the unopposed river | crossing. Military = observers said | the Reds, with superior forces, could | fight their way across if need be. g —————————— FAIRBANKS PETITION ASKS FOR REPEAL OF CITY MANAGER GOVT. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 16— | (M—A petition urging a referendum for repeal of Fairbanks® city man- | ager: form. of government was in circulation today, presumably| prompted by resignation of Police Chief George Norton. Norton’s resignation, effective April 30, was accepted by the City Copuncil more than a week ago. ! Norton said today he is not in-{ volved in promoting the petition | and that he disapproves of the move. Norton said he submitted his let- | ter of resignation because of dis- | agreements with City Manager Irve | ing H. Call, but did not specify | what the disagreements involved. Call was not available for com- ment. Fairbanks approved the city man- ager form of government in a 1846 referendum. Call became manager last August, succeeding Louis D. Kelsey of Milwaukie, Ore., who held the post a little more than a year. A petition would require 200 signatures to oblige the City Coun- cil to comply with the referendum request. How many have signed so far is not known. In editorial comment on the issue, the ‘Fairbanks News-Miner recom- mended the City Council give Man- ager Call a raise and “get his name on a new contract quicl STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle tecday. Alaska scheduled southbound 9 a. m. Monday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive Sunday at 8 am. and sails south one hour later at 9 am. The Washington Merry- _GE -Round By DREW PEARSON Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) ASHINGTON— Several people have written asking why it was necessary fo bring out the unpleas- ant facts about James V. Forrestal's nervous breakdown. About ay equal number have asked why these facts weren’t brought out. It -is ‘always 'difficult to decide where the right of personal privacy ends, and newspapers from time to time Lave applied varying stan- dards. For instance, when Mrs. Elliott Roosevel” -accidentally cut her arm in her bathroom, mapy newspapers front paged a story to the effect that she had tried to slash her wrist. And when Mrs, James Roosevelt was taken to the hospital suffering from an overdose of sleeping pills, it was also frofat- page news in many papers. On the cther hand, when James V. Forrestal was recently involved in accidents similar to the above, tiagt s A o A S L P (Contipued on Page Four) Fire Escape Loosened in Quake i Cornice on this Seattle hotei ripped iocse anc broke windows and damaged fire escape during heavy quake which did considerable damage to buildings. (P Wirephoto. & | FIying Champs Confident of 10 More Days Motor Still 'fifihly Sweel’ Say California En- durance Pilols FULLERTON, Calif., April 16‘.—— (®—The new endurance flying champions are confident today they can stay aloff at least 10 more days. Dick Riedel and Bill Barris, of | Fullerton, have ,passed the three- quarter mark on their goal of 1,000 hours. From now on its up to the Sunkist Lady. The little planz car- ried the two fliers past the 1C-year record of 726 hours set by WL’? Carroll and Clyde Schlieper. That as at 6:44 p. m. (EST) Thursday. Barris and Riedel say their plane’s motor still sounds mighty sweet. The quarters are vramped, the pilots confess, wut otherwise they have almost all the comforts of home. They eat roast chicken, steak, eggs, milk, and everything but sugar. Barris and Riedelyeliminated all sugar from their diet because they are unable to work off the excess energy. The plane is refueled at frequent intervals from a jeep racing along the ground. o IRISHMEN OBSERVING BIG EVENT (By Associated Press) Hundreds of Irishmen from the countryside and from Britain and Northern Ireland began . streaming into Dublin today for the big In- dependence celetration. Ea 5 ter Monday. On that day, the anniver- sary of the 1916 rebellion, the Re- public of a free independent Ire- land will e proclaimed. e LEGION AUXILIARY TO i PREPARE RUMMAGE SALE Legion Auxiliary members are asked to take rummage to the Dugout next Tuesday. After the regular social meeting members will prepare the rummage for the sale which will be ‘the next day, Wed- nesday, April 20, beginning at 10:00 a. m. —————— FROM NOME George Hite of Nome registered yesterday at thc Baranof Hotel, 'WALLACE BEERY | PASSES AWAY AT - BEVERLY HILS | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, April 16—(M—-Death has taken Wallace Beery, 60, who combined a homely good-humored face and a booming voice into a muiti-million dollat screen career. Ecery, a veteran of 36 years in films, died unexpectedly last night at his home. He had been under f;realmcn! since last November for a heart condition. At his bedside were his divorced ;wife, a brother, Will Beery; his ladopted daughter, Carol Ann; and ‘a nephew, Noah Beery, Jr. Beery was known to millions of movie-goers for his roles as a hard- Loiled, clumsy but kindly character, Iscmetimes addicted to larceny and !x‘xquor. He was famous for his grunting dialogue, sloppy dress and {the way he'd run his hand over his| jface and mutter, “Aw, shucks!” { Beery, six-feet, one-inch tall and Itipping the scales at 225 pounds, attributed his long popularity to { nis appeal to men and boys. The {motion picture Herald placed him among the 10 top money-making stars from 1932 through 1935 and again in 1940, Among his best known pictures are “Tugtoat Annie,” “Barnacle Bill,” “Hell Divers,” “The Champ,” ‘The Bowery,” “Stablemates” with Mickey Rooney and “This Man's Navy.” e ————— |Easter Vigil i Is Underway (By Associated Press) The Easter vigil of the Resurrec- tion opened at the Vatican and throughout Europe Christians flocked to churches. Britons re- vived their Easter parade of spring finery. France ended butter ration- ing and lowered cost on dairy pro- ducts. There seemed to be im- roved. conditions everywhere in Western Europe for the Eastertide. ACTING GOVERNOR '(OMMUTES SENTENCE |OF CECIL FARWELL Following recommendation of the| i Territorial Pardons Advisory Board, | Acting Governor Lew M. Williams has commuted the sentence of Ce- cil E. Farwell,” Anchorage, to the Iume already served for larceny. Farwell, who js in McNeil| Island Penitentiary, would be eli- gible for release November 9, 1949. He. is about 27 years old. Considerations of his youth and ‘the likelihood of ' rehabilitation were factors in the decision. "be MILLIONS TO WORSHIP ON EASTER DAY Sunrise Servi(;s Starts Ob- servance-Many Cere- monies Scheduled (By the Associated Press) Miliions of Americans at dawn tcmorrow will hear the story of a risen Christ re-tcld at outdoor services on mourtain tops and in valleys, on the seashore and in wcodlands, A In some places throngs running into the tens of thousands will zather, while in others only a aandiul of worshippers will be pre- ent. Fair, but slightly cool weather was forecast for most sections of the nation. Perhaps the largest outpouring, will be at the 24-year-old cere-| mony in the Wichita mountains,| near Lawton, Okla. Here the 1939 ecord of 200,000 worshippers is ex- cected to be exceeded. | Other large crowds may inciude: 75,000 at Washington, D.C.)s Fort| Lincoln; 65,000 at- Chicago's Soldier i 60,000 at Pasadena’s Rose 50,000 at Bowl, and 35,000 at the Hollywood Bowl. The movie capital's nonde- | nominational service will be on a national radio program (ABC). For the 15th time, the songs of | Christiandom will ring from the| Zhrine of Ages on the south rim of the Arizona Grand Canyon. These services will be broadca.i pationally (NBC) and in Chfiada, and beamed by short waye to Europe, Latin America and *the aimed forces overseas. i In the nation’s capital atout 15~ 000 persons are expected at cere- monies in Arlington National | Cemetery amphitheater. Afterwards | a cross of Easter lilies will be laid | at the Tomb of ‘the Unknown SOI-; | dier. 5 Approximately 7,000 will attend services in the formal gardens of Walter Reed hospital where Army Chief of Chaplains Luther D. Mil- ler will deliver the sermon. Mili- tary personnel will form a cross; during the rites. In New York City, churches ‘are | ready to receive overflow congre- gations. Prospects were that the traditiona] Fifth Avenue Easter| parade would be bigger and| trighter than ever before. | Pl { PREPARING FOR Miami's Orange! Spectators inspect damaged autos Seattle, () Wirephcta. CONSTRUCTION, | 7RURAL SCHOOLS Two Juneau men have returned from the Westward after complet- ing preliminary work toward the first construction of rural schools | from the $1,500,000 appropriated by the 19th Legislature. i Dr. James C. Ryan, Commission- | er bf Education, had gone BundayE to Anchorage, where he met Felix | Toner and arranged to get the ball | rolling on seven projects. Toner had previously gone to Bristol Bay and the Kenai Penin- sula for preliminary survey of building sites and clearances, Architects now are preparing plans, and it is expected that bids will be called by late- May. Dr. Ryan hopes to complete_ the seven projects by the end of summer. These buildings are in the pro- Ject: Clark's Point—Two-room school and quarters; Foss and Malcolm, | preparing the pians. | Dillingham and Homer—Each to| have four classrooms and quarters.} besides complete remodeling of ex- isting structures; Rivers of An-| chorage, architect. Kenai—Six classrooms and three artments; Manley and Mayer, An- Ehurage. architects. Nanilchik—Twc classrooms and quarters; Manley and Mayer. Naknek—Three . classrooms and quarters; Taylor and Kilpatrick, Anchorage, architects. Chuguiak—Two classrooms and quarters; Taylor and Kilpatrick, structures at Dillingham, Nak- nek, Homer, Nzailchik and Kenal will be Class B fireproof construc- tion, of reinforced concrete. Those at Clark’s Point and Chuguiak will frame, i ~ Bricks Rain in Quake after bricks fell f.cm buildings during strong earthquake which hit Farthquake Tumbles Bocks. This view of one of scorcs of racks in the Seattle Public Library shows how earthg e twmbled books into the aisles, There was a big job ahead for library workers who faced task of sorting and re- filing books. (P Wirephoto. MISS VRAZ | RELEASED April PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, 16—M— Miss Vlasta Vraz, an American relief worker, was re- leased from a Czechoslovakia pris- on today. She had been held for a week. She told an American’ consul, earlier this week, after being held; incommunicado three days that she thought she was being detained | for an investigation of the politi- cal activities of others. | The American Embassy had de- manded her early release and had asked to be informed of the “spec- ific chargés, if any,” against Miss! Vraz, of Berwyn, Ill, who headed | the Pragne office of American Re- ! lief for Czechoslivakia. 3 ——————— i GARDEN (LUB HAS MEETING TUESDAY The Juneau Garden Club will meet Tuesday afternoon at. 1:30 o'clock in the home of ~Mrs. Albert White, with Mrs, Jack Clark as co-hostess. Ed Sweeney will give a demon-| | take place at stration cf an actual soil test. All interested persens are invited to attend. ¢ IN GOVT. SPENDING Top Republicans Admit " Drive fo Cut Expenses Seems Fruitless | WASHINGTON, April 16.—P— Some top Republicans in the Sen- ate expressed doubt today that their drive to cut government spending will get far. One GOP leader, asking not to be identified by name, said flatly that this session will see no slashes that will amount to anything, said that might make necessary a béost in toxes. Ancther, Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said he §s “hopeful” that Congress will trim Federal expenses, but added: “I am not optimistic.” A third, who has led many economy crives the past, said he will go along w:th any cuts sug- gested by the Democrats, “but T won't stick my neck out and pro- pcse any.” | main ancnymous. President Truman in his January | budget message estimated expenses RETIRED ALASKAN (CAST GUARDSMAN DIES IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, April 16—M— Baard Jens ' Lervick, 68, of Ketchikan, a retired Ccast Guardsman, died Monday at the United States Ma- rine hospital here. Mr. Lervick had been in Se- attle Yor medical care for the past month. He retired from the Coast Guard in 1941 following 31 years of duty. A native of Norway, he had been | in the United States for 46 years. He was a member of Ketchikan Lodge No, 159, F. and A, M., and the Ketchikan Post American Le- gion. 1 Surviving is hie wife, Garda, and a son, B. H. Lervick, both of Ketchikan. . Funeral services and burial will Ketchikan. - - CLINIC WEDNESDAY The regular monthly immuniza- tion climic will be held at the Pub- lic Health Center, 318 Main street, on Wednesday morning, April 20, at 10 c'eleek Immunizations for smallpox, diphtheria and whooping cough are giver during a three month peried. Any parents with children over six months of age de- siring the immunizations is cor- ldl:lly invited to attend. for the year beginning next July 1 at $41848,000,000, as.against es- timated roceipts of $40,985,000,000. That would mean a deficit of $873,000,000—not counting items which have eome up since then, like the rearming of Western Eu- Irope, a project which reportedly would cost between $1,000,000,000 and $2,000,000,000. Mr. ‘trvman asked Congress to keep the government out of the red by approving $4,000,000,000 in new taxes. That met with a cool reception from the lawmakers. e eand Sunday. Low tonight near 38. High tomorrow near 42. Southeasterly winds occa- sionally as high as 20 thiles per hour. PRECIPITATION Past 24 hours ending 7:30'a.m. today ® In Juneau 09 inches; l;! sinee April 1, 635 inches; ;@ since July 1, 103.69 inches. ® At Airport — .09 inches; e since April 1, 274 inches; o | ® Since July 1. 59.14 inches. . . ® 9 0 909 00000 He| He too asked to re-! 9000000000000 000000000s 00 EIGHT - FOOT: - WAVE HITS BEACH AREA Community—TFrown Info | - Panic Early Today- ! Much Damage TACOMA, Wash., April 16—M— A huge section of a 300-foot cliff, apparently loosened by Wednes~ day's earthquake, plunged , into here early today. A resulting eight- foot wave hit the little community of Salmon Beach. ‘The wave ripped out a private dock and ramp, smashed a number ot small koats and threw the com= munity into panic. The water smacked against beach-side homes. No injuries were reported. The slide, about half a mile long, whs just north of the Salmon Beach community and about a mile and a half south of the tip of Point Deflance. s Mrs. John Bourgaize, boat house owner who was awakened by the \roar, said the falling cliff shoved out into the sound about 600 feet. :The slide drove water about 25 feet laway from the beach vicinity, The wave slammed back in a matter of seconds, Mrs. Bourgaize sald. Besides the damaged dock and :Efllli. -a number of water pipes along the dock area were torn out. YA Mrs. Ybarbo - Homebound | e ’I FRANKFURT, Germany, April 16. | —(M-—Mrs. Wilma Ybarbo, freed ‘huxblnd slayer, took off in an ‘Amorlcan Army passenger plane to- idly for the United States. She is scheduled to reach West- over Field, Mass, tomorrow. The 23-year-old, Malden, Mass., ‘mother had been sentenced to five years imprisonment /for killing her huss |band. The sentence was vacated 1last night by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, | U, 8. military governor in Germany. She will remain in army custody runtil she reaches the United States. MBI LN Vit e 60 ABOARD PAA FRIDAY FLIGHTS Sixty passengers arrived and left {board Pan American Airways flights yesterday as follows: From Eeattle: Duane Bundlie, ,Mflwn Furness, Mrs. Willilam Biggs, Roy Avrit, George MacMahon, John IBnchmfln. Al Besancan, Walter Neumeyer, Erwin Emang, John Milton, Olga Ashenbrenner, Mrs, Borghild Hussbedt, Ada Thomas, Violet Bowman and infant Kenneth, Beta Leslie, Timothy Bowman, Margarét Rodrigeuz, M-Sgt. 8. D, Sodini, wife and . children, Ger- trude Boggan, James Darcy, Ross iVan Dyne, 8. E. Thorpe, Stewart | Fraser, Felix Hakkinen. | To Seattle: Mrs. J. Shannon, )Carl H. Elling, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sturtevant, Olive Trower, Albert and Bertha Bolay, Clara. Christ- ensen, E. E. McEcheron, A. Morris, tE. L. Rcach, Arthur Erickson, | Mrs. M. Matteson, Roy D. Switzer, 0 0" 5 9 o 9 000 R. A. Moser, Art Ozman, S. Hagel, * WEATHER REVORT i Leslie Alpaugh, D. H. Turner, J. ° | Tulipan, J. E. Johnson, F. L. Dodd, . (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU !Don Newman, R. Vaisanen, L. Ev- ® This data is for 24-hour pe- o |erett, L. Grabowski, Margaret Seely, e riod ending 6:30 am. PST. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kutulas, Dr. and e In Juneau— Maximum, 42; Mrs. A, Johnson, R. Babler, W. e minimem, 35. Hamburg. ® At Atrport— Maximum, 43; { = RN o minimum, 35. WORK AT PACKARD SHOP . FORECAST { At the Packard Boat Bullding . (Juneau and Vicinity) Shop, a planking job was com- ® Cloudy with rain tonight pleted yestepday on the FS 238. Five small boat repair jobs have been finished for the Geological Survey. Under construction in the shop Is an 18 foot round bottom hull boat for Johnson Marsh of Auk Bay. Monday sees production started on garden trellises and garden furni- ture, ———— . | ON CITY GRID On the grid at the City Float Js the Tundra, owned by John Sun- derland, for copper painting be- tween tides. e Puget Sound a few miles north of from Juncau Airport yesterday on i