The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 2, 1949, Page 1

- b ;V()L. LXXIIL, NO. 11,185 FEight Chinese A “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” / L e R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE " JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ] B { } / o / / f PRICE TEN CENTS rmies | | l gy a " i .5 CHANGES |Attack on Aleufians Would THOUSANDS APPROVED, (all for Operation of Pad, WALK OFF | i g . | ~ LABORBILL Dedaration of Robt. Lovell THEIR JOBS mf‘ra:mm:gniiniseiratione 4 NATIONS i gt - g M a&ar?c:lslgsfl(; rIlijli:cllr‘i!ca! . st IODISCUSS: = .. v Speaker Rayburn announced today Lis support of five amendments to the administration labor bill and said he believes they will assure passage of the measure. Rayburn told a news conference the amendments are being drafted by a group of House members in- cluding Southern Democrats. They will be offered tomorrow when the House resumes debate on labor leg- “islation. Briefly, he said, here’s what they | termined would do: | four-power 1. Give the President authority York. to intervene, either by injunction! (This was the or plant seizure, in a threatened|that France and PARIS, May 2—(®—French For- eign Minister Robert Schuman said today that it ‘“seems more and more probasle” that a four-power Foreign Ministers' Conference on Germany will He predicted the date will be de- later this week conversations at New first Britain might strike involving the public we!rare.:joih directly in the Berlin block- | ad 2. Make it “perfectly clear” that ade talks which have been held in there is to be freedom of speech on both sides in a labor controvers: 3. Require non-Communist affi- davits to be made by leaders of toth labor and management. 4. Make certain that financial reports of labor organizations are available to members of the unions |meeting would be held. and perhaps to the public gener-| he French government welcomes ally. | a suggestion to hold the conference 5. Requirc that in Paris made by “another power,” p, U.S. Ambassador at Larze and Jakob Malik, Soviet Deputy For- | zign Minister.) Schuman told a news conference he was “optimistic enough” that a four-power Foreign Ministers' both sides in a controversy must bargain “in good | he said. faith.” Al Many of the amendments are ENVOYS MEETING . similar to provisions of the Taft- NEW YORK, May 2—(®-Envoys Hartley law which President Tru-|of the United States, Britain and is in the administration’s hill,{cut the next phase of the dealings sponsored by Chairman Lesinski|with Russia on lifting the Berlin (D-Mich) of the House Labor com- | tlockade. mittee. " | Toe meeting was called by Rayburn outlined his position Fhilip C. Jessup, U.S. Ambassador- following a White House conference | at-Large, after a weekend of con- at which labor legislation was dis-!ferences in Washington with Sec- cussed. He did not say whether retary of State Dean Achescn. President Truman has approved| Sir Alexander Cadogan repre- the amendments, but the inference|sented Britain and Jean Chauvel was that the chief executive has. [sat in for France. They arrived at ————————— 'the 2 Park Avenue headquarters HONOL DOCK| of the American U.N. delegation Ulu (Io at 3:08 pm. (11:08 am. PST). No meeting with Russia’s Jakob WORKERS ON STRIKE; ) " A. Malik has been set. The lifting of the Russian block- ade of Berlin may be set this week. The climactic session in the slow and careful negotiations to end the ILlockade is expected to come as soon as one of the parties tells the other “let’s meet.” That presum- ably will happen this week—in New York. HONOLULU, May 2.—(®—Strike- wise Hawaii tightened its belt to- day for another ordeal. CIO dock workers struck at midnight Satur- day and only a trickle of the vast tonnage of food and other com- modities the Territory needs is ex- pected to reach the islands. Nor can raw sugar and pine- apple, the islands’ principal ex- ports, flow to the mainland. | Food imports must come by air, | at increased cost. The CIO International Long- shoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union called its current strike by 2,000 dock workers in a fight for 32 cents an hour more pay. Employers offered 8 cents in- stead of 32, then raised it to 12, but the union said no. The Washingion Merry- Ffl -Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—Missouri’s Con- gressman Clare Magee has warned his colleagues on Capitol Hill to beware of the ornate cocktail par- ty thrown by the U. S. Chamber merce today. orEs::; yeeu theyU. S. Chamber The FWS hoat leaves tonight. meets in Washington and this Capt. Dell is wellknown here in year is staging quite a cocktai|Juneau as he was a pilot and ——————— BROWN BEAR, FWS SHIP, ENROUTE T0 AGASHASHEK RIVER ‘The Brown Bear, Fish and Wild- life Service boat, docked at the Government Wharf late Saturday afternoon from Seattle enroute to Agashashek on Bristol Bay in the Bering Sea. Aboard the scow in'tow are 100 tons of material for a weir to be cuilt in the Ugashiek River. Being ! vnloaded this morning at the Engi- neer Dock were 75 tons of airplane parts for the local FWS office. The ship left Seattle on April 25 and it is expected that it will reach its destination atout May 12. Capt. C. Dell, master of the ship, said ithat he expects to bring the Brown Bear into Juneau on the return trip about August 10 with Foulk Fur Co. employees aboard. The fur ccmpany nien are those who handle the taking of seal pelts on the Pribilof Islands, St. George and | 8t. Paul. BLOCKADE be held this spring. ! during | indication | v York between Dr. Philip Jes- | mwan wants repealed. Note of them | Frafice miet privately “oday to work | is now outside the defense area set| About 6,500 Philco Corporation up by the proposed lz-natmn;workers in the Philadelphia area treaty. The Tropic of Cancer is|struck today for higher wages. the Southern boundary of the grea.|About 7,000 Singer Sewing Machine “We are considering making|workers went on strike at Eliza- | Hawaii the 49th State,” Senator|beth, N.J. | Watkins (R-Utah) said. “Would| Other strikes crippled public that make any difference about|transportation in Atlanta; kept | tringing Hawaii into the defense|2,600 workers idlg in four New Jer- ! zene!” | sey industries; and shut down the “In my opinion is would,” Lovett |Bendix Aviation Corporation pro- | replied. ducts plant at South Bend, Watkins noted that an attack on|:or the 13th day. | Hawaii would not call the pact into| In the soft coal industry, under | operation. Lovett agreed. |the Taft-Hartley Act, this was the | Watkins wanted to know why|day for John L. Lewis to give' the | the Aleutian Islands near the Rus-|60 day notice if he intends to end sian border are within the defense|his United Mine Workers contract. | zone—but Hawail is not. | The Philadelphia Philco workers, Lovett explained that Hawaii | through the CIO United Electrical falls outside the Tropic of Cancer|Workers union, are asking for a toundary. 115 cents an hour wage increase and !a pension plan. A contract expired | Saturday. Philco makes radios, | television sets and refrigerators. | The General Electric company, | traditional wage policy setter in its “But an attack on the Aleutians would call the pact into operation?” Watkins said. “On our part it would,” Lovett said. g Lovett denied that the United States would be plunged immedi- jately into war if a North Atlantic +Pact nation were attacked. Lovett also said that the | oppose an |cther benefits for electrical ndus- itry workers. «time,, The CIO Electrical Workers method and extent” of America's|Union said last week it will ask for {action in such a case would remain |Digher wages and other benefits {in control of Conaress | that would mean $500 more a year o | foz ea f it 600,000 workers. in As Undersecretary, Lovett helped | Hiog iR SEgEsn in th 1 i 3 i 155 the industry. ir. the early pact negotiations ‘asv.i The 7,000 workers at year. The treaty was signed here | . . | Manufacturing company plant Aplil 4 by the United States and | . cx for a change in what they Canada and 10 Western European. .in i< a speed-up system in in- nations. I.[ must be ratitied by a| entive payment. They are repre-| two-thirds vote of the Senate 10 genteq by the CIO Electrical work-| Lecome effective. | ers. Lovett agreed with Senator Me-| 1, atanta, thousands of citizens| Mahon (D-Conn). that the M“‘i"wfwere without bus and trolley serv-| should not be considered a “100|., 45 4 result of a strike by 1,300 percent guarantee for peace” flnditro]ley and bus drivers. people should not consider it as| A T A AN such. | ACTION ON ALASKA | FISH TRAP BILL IS | BELAYED FOR VISIT Congressman Frank W. Boykin of Alabama has told Alaska Dele- gate E. L. Bartlett that further P S SRR TREMOR FELT IN 50. CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, May 2— M —A| slight earth tremor was felt! .nroughout a wide area of South- Ind., | field, said in New York that it will| increase in wages and! the Singer ‘ ENROUTE T0 WEsT Passes House; 111:40 o'clock Reported Wi FISHERMEN "AR LIFT" UNDERWAY Planes from Seaftle Start ’ Flying Cannery Work- TORNADOES | ers fo Alaska ‘ INSOUTH | | SEATTLE, May 2—®— The biggest airlift to the Northland— | “Operation Fish”—is under way| as planes begin hauling cannery workers and fishermen to the | salmon-rich Bristol Bay area ol —_— Aldska (By The Associated Press) By June 20, more than a score| A two-day series of tornadoes of daily flights will head from Se-|lashed parts of the South and attle to Naknek, Cold Bay and| Southwest Saturday and Sunday, Kodiak killing nine persons and injuring Walter Sharpe, Salmon Industry | almost 100. representative, said that approxi- Damage was roughly estimated ! mately 3000 fishermen will be|at $2,000,000. |flown to Alaska fishing areas this| Mississippi and Louisiana were | spring. . hit by tornadic winds yesterday. Fe had no estimate on the| Twisters struck in Oklahoma and | |number of cannery workers who|Texas Saturday. Western Kan- {will be transported north by air,|sas also recelved minor damage |but said that 14 canneries—one Saturday. | | less than last year—will operate on| Oklahoma took the first beating. |the Naknek and Evichak rivers.| Sixteen tornadoes struck in widely | However, because of the off year scattered parts of the state, caus- in the salmon cycle, the canneries | Ing five deaths. Approximately 75 |will send out only 350 of their|persons were injured, with at least | 686 twin-prowed gill-net boats.! 50 being hurt in the vicinity of Fishing has been curtailed by the|Norman, Okla. Norman is the site Fish and Wildlife Service due to 0l the University of Oklahoma. the “off year.” ! Four persons died in Texas. The Despite the fishing limitations, |tornado hit in the northeast part | Sharpe expects the air lift to be|of the state. about the same size as last year, Twelve persons, all Negroes, were | since Kodiak Island fishermen and |injured near Homer, a small town {many cannery workers formerly in northwestern Louisiana. i transported by boat will be flown to}Alaska for the first time. oenauesesuoay Alaska BitH The Denali docked yesterday af-| ternoon at 3 o'clock from Seattle and sailed to the Westward at last night. There were 14 passengers disembarking and nine embarking. From Seattle, passengers were: Mrs. R. L. Park and two chil- dren, Robert R. Park. From Ketchikan: J. R. Akey, Willa Billings, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Barrans, Jack Davis, Earl Gracey, Up fo Senafe WASHINGTON, May 2—{®—The House approved today legislation repeal a Federal law levying tuxes on business in Alaska so that Territorial laws for the same rurpose may become effective. The Federal law was enacted in [ Dorothy Hanson, Laura Minter, 1699. It imposed small taxes on Eloise Prado, Ruth Seeds. various businesses. The Territorial For Skagway: Mrs. Roy Peter- | Legislature enacted new tax laws at its last session. Repeal of the | Federal law will permit them to go into effect. man, Frank Metcalf, Mrs. Maggie Kodnoka, Mrs. L. Jordan. | For Haines: Mrs. Jennie Thlun- | ! 300,000 Germans 'WORLD'S LAR ern California early today. There was no damage reported. The shock began around 3:29 1m, PST, and lasted but a few seconds. In sucurban South Gate, odolice officer Hans Meyer said the remor shook walls and rattled pictures and windows. PSSR B IR © 0 0000000 00 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 a.n. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 47; minimum, 30. At Airport— Maximum, 47; minimum, 26. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with . light rain and snow tonight and e c0ccen e e action on the bill to abolish tish traps in Alaska waters would be delayed until after his committee has visited Alaska this coming summer. This definitely confirms what Chairman Boykin, who heads the; Subcommittee on Alaskan Prob- iems of the House Merchant Ma- rine and Fisheries Committee, sug- sested to some of the witnesses who testified a number of weeks| ago on Delegate Bartlett’s enabling | legislation. Congressman Boykin’s decision has been made despite Delegate Bartlett’s arguments that the re- cord is complete, all necessary in-| formation is at hand and that nothing would be gained by an- other visit to the 'Territory. The chairman insists, however, that the Imp be made as he has been in- ant, Miss Josephine Hammond. For Sitka: B. F. Kane, Stanley Levine, Herbert Oliver. NATL. GUARD T0 BE | ACTIVATED MAY 10 Lt. Col. J.. D. Alexander, Officer in Charge of National Guard Af- fairs for Alaska, announces May 10 as activation date for Head-| warters and Headquarters Detach- ment, Alaska National Guard. Ap- proval has just been received from the Army. | yhe unit will ultimately consist. A 11 officers and 10 enlisted men, sut only 25 per cent of this num- er are necessary for the Iinitial group. It will consist of admin-| ..iauve, intelligence, operations or| training, and supply sections ‘s—;,i 2, 3 and 4, respectively). | All interested persons are asked to contact the National Guard office in the House Chambers, Fed- eral Buildifig, or telephone 941. Officer requirements may be ob-| The bill now goes to the Senate. ‘The House also approved legisla- tion to permit the Alaskan Gover- | nor te fix amounts to be paid elec- tion officials in Federal elections, amounts to be paid newspapers for putlishing election notices and the amount to be paid for polling Dlaces. - STEAMSHIP MAN IS ENGAGED FOR ARC CAR FERRY STUDY * John T. Danaher, assistant vice- president of the American’ Presi- dent Lines, San Francisco, has been retained as consultant by the Alaska Road Commission for its study of car ferries for Southeast Alasks. The study is being made at the request of Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug. Col. John R. Noyes, Commission- | er, has received word from Dana- Tuesdgy. Lowest tempera- @ formed many fishermen have tutreTtt:r;l:ht about 35, high- @ | changed their views about the fish est Tuesday 43. . - PREC lyP ITATION o If&:gfl‘?&‘: i::]e'.hgvlfe;'tlh;el::el:lagl :li‘::— (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | tion notwithstanding. In Juneau — 0 inches; | - — e, —— since Ma; 1, o hes; © H since auly 1, 10732 mehes. « ALASKA DOCKS FROM At Air — H | ance “May. 1, 0 menes: o WESTWARD; SAILSFOR | since July 1, 60.59 inches. :‘ SE‘"lE IHIS MORHIHG o o e e 000000 | Docking this morning from the| reception for Congressmen. But Congressman Magee, a down-to- earth Democrat from Unionville, Mo., has vetoed the social-lobby in a letter which made Chamber of Commerce ears burn. “I must decline this invitation, Magee wrote to George Smith, president of the St. Louis Chamb- er of Commerce, who had invited him. “Even the inducement ot cne hour of cocktails is not suf- ficient. In fact, you would not . be able to get enough cocktails down me in sixty minutes to make| me agree with what you and the (Contlnmd on Page Four) | captain in local waters between the {two World Wars, During the sec- |ond war, he sailed on the supply |run to Murmansk, Russia, as & ship's captain. He quit his navy job at the end of ‘the war to return |to local waters. Capt. Dell has a |erew of 12 under him. | STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Baranof from Seattle scheduled | to arrive Tuesday afternoon. 1 Princess Louise from Vancouver | scheduled to arrive Tuesday after- noon. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. MOOSE T0 CONDUCT J. MAKRIS SERVICE. Funeral services for James Mak- ris, 67-year-eld native of Greece,| will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm. in the chapel of thel Charles W. Carter Mortuary. | Makris had lived in Alaska for the past three years, making his home in Portland previous to that time. . Members of the Moose Lodge will |serve as pallbearers and the Mouse will conduct the services. Incer- ment will be in the Moose plot. { | Westward at 3:30 o'clock and sail- ing "at 5:45 o'clock for Seattle, the Alaska had 20 ‘embarking for the southbound trip. For Ketchikan passengers were: Lee S. Holmes, Charles A. Paquette, Richard C. Bentley, Mrs. K. G. Merritt. For Petersburg: Mrs. Percy Rey- rolds, Rhoda Reynolds, Ruth Rey- raolds, Mrs. Harry Culp. For Seattle: Miss Pat Hamilton, Mrs. Harmon Haley, Mrs. Mar- tha Precce, Barton Preece, Mrs. George Schmidt, Margo Schmidt, Kerry Schmidt, Hans Teuffen Mrs. Irene Parker, Steven Parker,| Miss A. Seppel, Mrs. Norman Haley. | tained there. | her that his proposed departure | yesterday for Juneau has been de- layed, due to the urgency of his| | present work. | He is presently busy on the op- having | eration of ships for evacuating re- | come for Friday evening's concert|fugees for CHipa, but will come | in which her talented daughter,| here as soon as possible. Miss Dorianne Barnes, pianist, ap-i | peared. Mrs. Barnes, former mayor | | of Wrangell and present member | s"o(K ouo"“o"s [ of the House of Representatives,! had expected to return tomorrow, | X g but .was encouraged to go hume‘ NEW YORK, May 2—#—Clos-| today because of favorable flying ¢ duotation of American Can to- weather. |day is 91'%, Anaconda 30, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvest-| THREE MONTHS IN 1,-;- 23%, Kennecott 45, New Yorkl % | Central 11%, Northern Pacific Taken into U. 8. COmm\ssAcner'si 14%, U.8. Steel 73%, Pound $4.03%. Court on a charge of petit larceny,| Sales today were 740,000 shares. Agnes Swanson was sentenced by Averages today are as follows: Judge Gordon Gray to serve three | industrials 17453, rails 47.13, util- months in Federal jail. + ities 35.40. VISITS Mrs. Doris Barnes enjoyed | long weekend visit here, a JAIL (By The Associated Press) | May Day 1949—60th anniversary | of a day proclaimed to demonstrate | unity among the world’s workers showed instead the split between | the Communist and non-Commun- | ist world. The Soviet Union, which has adopted the international obser- | vance as its great national holiday. yesterday put on a spectacular dis- play of military might in Moscow's | Red Square. | Prime Minister Josef Stalin, with | members of the Politburo, took the salute. Cheering thousands passed in review while military aircraft, including a strong display of speedy jet planes, flashed overhead. f Prime Minister Alexander Vas- ilevsky shouted that “American re-| actionaries are preparing for a| new war.” Other Communist lands put on small replicas of the Moscow spec- tacle. | Outside the Iron Curtain the di- | visions were much more obvious, New York Saturday had rival| “Loyalty Day" and left-wing pnr-i ades four blocks apart. “Loyalty” marchers outnumbered the others five to: one. On Sunday, Vice- President Alben W. Barkley told 30,000 at a Roman Catholic spon- sored rally that the American “way Of life is the best ever foundz by the children of man.” The system of two parades was foliowed by many cities. In Berlin and Rome the Com- munists got the crowds. Nearly marched under ilags in the 5{? cnr ‘Western "“sector were small and quiet. About 70,000 jammed ‘the Com- munist demonstration in Rome. Only 15,000 attended an anti-Com- munist labor demonstration. The Pope gave May Day bless- | ings to the “entire’world of work ers.” Soviet sector N ,— - GEST SEAPLANE TO MAKE FLIGHT TO ALASKA SEATTLE, May 2.—(P—Navy's Caroline Mars, world's largest sea- plane, will go after a new record this week on a ftlight from San Diego, California, to Kodiak, Al- aska, the 13th Naval District an- nounced today. The huge transport will fly here Tuesday with a payload of 40,000 pounds, including 45 passengers, then continue on to Kodiak Wed- nesday morning. The record for a flight of com- parable distance was set by the Caroline Mars when it carried 39,- 500 pounds from Cleveland, O., to Alameda, Calif. Other world marks held by the seaplane are a pas- senger lift of 269 men on a singie flight, cargo life of 68,282 pounds lor a distance of 380 miles, and non-stop flight of 4,748 miles from Honolulu to Chicago. Passengers on the flight to Ko- diak all will be navy personnel be- ing transferred there in temporary assignment. A sister-ship, the Hawail Mars, will make a similar flight from San Diego to Kodiak, stopping ove! in Seattle on Thursday. PIONEERS HOLD LAST MEETING OF SEASON | Local Igloo No. 6 of Pioneers of | Alaska held their last meeting of | the winter PFriday night at the Odd Fellows Hall. { Pioneers turned over $500 tow- | | ped Out Split Between Communists, Non-Communists Shown in Demonsirations, M—ay Day RAIL IS OFF ESCAPE FROM SHANGHAIBY Red ForteshR—eporied By- Passing Hangchow- Penetrate So. China By FRED HAMPSON SHANGHAI — (Censored) —(#— Traffic was reported suspended to- aay on the last rallway escape from Communist-menaced Shanghai to | South China. Inside the city, the chaotic money market crashed at mid-day, after garrison headquarters = outlawed free trading in prewar silver dol- lars on threat of death—obviously 1 measure of great desperation. The Red radio says eight Chinese government armies have been “wiped out” and parts of four other armies “routed” in the Nanking- Shanghai - Hangchow area. (A Ckinese army is usually 20,000 men.) The Red broadcast's claim of a “great victory” was not confirmed oy government sources. RAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED The semi-official Chinese Central News Agency sald rail service had Leen suspended between Hangchow and Nanchang. Hangchow is a sea- port, resort city and communica- tions center 100 air miles southwest of Shanghai. Nanchang, capital ot Kiangsi province, is about 280 miles farther southwest — almost midway between Shanghai and Canton, provisional Nationalist capital on the South ‘coast. RS § might have penetrated so deeply into South China. Previous dis- patches have indicated the main R;d thrust was aimed at Hang- 2how. (Central, News, howeves, did not | fay what caused Suspension of rail traffic between Hangchow andq Nan- chang or where Red troops—if any | ~-were operating along the line.) NO SHANGHAI ATTACK A traveler from Hangchow said today that)city had teen occupled by Nationalist militia. He said com- 1 .at troops were not in evidence but he had no idea where they had gone. In Shanghai there was no undue amount of military activity and ne sign of any impending Red at- tack. Within the city, troop move- ments were not especially evident. Hundreds of Chinese soldiers, how- oever, boarded Chinese naval vessels | which steamed down the Whang- poo river toward the sea. CHIANG IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI—(Censored) —May 2 -(M—~A‘ newspaper report in Can- ton said today that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is still in Shang- hai, personally directing defense of the city. (This censored Shanghai dis- patch neither confirmed nor denied the Canton report; but it added:) If he is here, he might be con- ferring with local military leaders. et e ol Two Nominations For Alaska Okehed ‘WASHINGTON, May 2.—®—The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved these nominations by President Truman. Joseph Earl Cooper to be U. S. Attorney for the Third Division of Alaska. Paul C. Herring to be U. S. Mar- sal for the Third Division of Alaska. ——l e TO READY PLANT FOR REINDEER SLAUGHTER Cold storage plant operations on ard indebtedness incurred in the'Nunivak Island are to be put into placing of the statue of the pros-|readiness for first reindeer slaugh- pector in front of the Pioneers | tering by the Alaska Native Ser- Home at Sitka. The balance of vice in early July. Fred Chase, some $4,500 indebtedness will be| chief engineer on the island, has collected from other igloos over} left here to get operations in shape the Territory. | for the first work. Pioneers will reconvene for win-| Fawns will be butchered first for ter meetings again the last Fri-' parka skins, according to Charles day in August. { Mountjoy, ANS director of native Four new members were initiat- | resources. Major butehcring will ed: Arthur L. Riendeau, Willilam go on late in July or early August, V. Graves, Carl A. Carlson and Over-population of the island has Larry C. McKechnie. | necessitated . a thinning of the ——————— | herd, Mountjoy said. Snow and The Chinese emperor Shen Nung|icing conditions along with the wrote a book on pharmacy about over-crowding has caused starva- 2731 B. C. tien during the past winter.