The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRLK “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIIIL, NO. 11,207 Bridges Surrende Nationalists Flee North BLANKET OF RED HANGING AT SHANGHAI Commumst Otcupahon Is| Reported Complefe- Fortress Folds Up By FRED HAMPSON SHANGHAI, May The Red blanket of Communism quietly enveloped all of Shanghai today. The gunfire has ceased. The last Nationalist holdouts have “surrend- | ered. Veteran troopers peacefully carried Red rule into the north- ern part of the world’s fourth larg- est city. The Communist occupation was complete three days after it began. Red political officers began taking over the government of the greatest | Asian commercial center and its | 6,000,000 people. Fortress Folds Up ‘The Nationalist garrison of Woo- sung fortress folded up. The gov- ernment evacuation fleet pulled out, down the Yangtze and into the East China Sea. 1 The ships left behind the Na- | tionalist troops who had failed to | make the 10-mile northward march | down the Whangpoo River escape | corridor from Shanghai to Woo- | sung. How many only the Reds! would know after they had rounded them up. Final -Surrender The sharp—but minor—tighting for Shanghai really was over last| night. But not . until today did | the handful of . Nationalist. rear- guards who made the final, mad | stand in the heart of the city make up their minds to quit. | The Nationalists stayed as long’, as . they did because they were| afraid to quit. It was the foreigners trapped in | the buildings with them who finally | persuaded the last of them to give | up. Communist troops came out and got them this morning. And the | thousands of suddenly freed civil- jans—Chinese and foreign—burst out into what had been a no-man’s | land for 50 dangerous hours. TURNESA MAY TAKE | ; BRITISH GOLF TITLE | FOR SECOND IIMEl PORTMARNOCK, Ireland, May | 27—(A—Willie Turnesa, Amierican Amateur Golf King, pitched and putted his way into the finals of the British Amateur Championship | today ky defeating Ernest Millward | of England, 1 up. The victory of the little short game artist from Elmsford, N.Y.! gave the United States a chance to win the British title for the third straight year. Turnesa took it home in 1947, and Frank Stranahan of Toledo, O., turned the trick last year. Strana- han was defeated in today's quar- ter-final round, 4 and 3, by Sam McCready, an Irishman who lives| in London. | The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON — Lilypons, Md., a post office literally in a Mary- land’ cow pasture, from which the famous opera singer, Lily Pons, mails her Christmas cards every!| year, has been kept open by the Post Office Department at a cost of about $5,000 a year—thanks to political pressure. No private individual person gets his mail at Lilypons. It serves one goldfish company—no one else. Lo- cal citizens have petitioned the gov- ernment to have the post office closed. Yet it is kept open—thanks to the mysterious influence of Maryland Senators—chiefly Millard ‘Tydings. Reason for this waste is not the famed opera singer who mails her Christmas cards from Lilypons. She has nothing to do with the case —probably doesn't even know about it. What happened was that the (Continued on Page Four) 27— || STATUTE MILES y 3 y . A N ot Kaochiaochen rmnqwop§g \ %fi : AMERICANS LIVE 1l THIS AR ZA Black arrows represent Communist forces driving across Shanghai from southwest (A). White arrows north ffom the world’s fourth largest city by land and by river toward where evacuation ships are waiting. forces, barricaded at various bridges spanning Soochow Creek, near its junction with the Whangpoo River, held up Red advance. The bridges lead to the only arteries to Shanghai’s north. The National- ists fllully surrendered. (P erepllm Map ‘Waosung, (B) On-lhe-SpoISurvey Alaska Housing fo Be Made; Group (oming Norlh for Purpose AKUTAN ERUPTS, REPORT, Volcano in Western Alaska Spouts Qut Lava, Hot Ashes Is Claim WASHINGTON, May »— Akutan volcano, 27 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians, l’as been acting up again. Hugh McGlashan, postmaster at Akutan village, eight miles east of the volcano, reports that the 4,200 foot island cone has been erupting lava and hot ashes, and that three heavy earthquakes preceded the an April 29 major eruption by about’ two weeks. Akutan volcano last erupted inj January, 1947. At that time it poured a thick flood of lava over {a half-mile square of crater. The geological survey said today ) an eighth of an inch of ash fell on | Akutan village — population 60— | April 29. Ash mixed with sleet continued to fall all the next day. The eruption continued full scale until May 10, the survey said, and then decreased somewhat. Several villagers approached the volcano cautiously May 17 and re- ported hot lava flowing down the northwest slope, and steam rising as the lava touched the mountain’s blanket of snow. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 27—#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 91%, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- Wright 8%. International Harvester 24, Kennecott 44, New York Cen- tral 11, Northern Pacific 14%, U. 8. Steel 68'%, Pound $4.03. Sales today were 690,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 171.53, rails 46.32, util- ities 35.36. One survey shows. that' there are about 1,500,000 machines vending peanuts and other bulk products in the United States. represent Nationalist forces fleeing Nationalist | i | | WASH!NGTON May 27—@®—| Plans to conduct an on-the-spot| ,survey of Alaskan housing needs 1 were announced today by Federal| | Housing Administrator Raymond M. Foley. A six-man group will leave forj' |the Territory next week to inves-| tigate means of expediting con-| ‘struction of new dwellings there TRUMAN IS | oers have talked about such a quit- RITANOW | Catholic; JUNEAU, ALASKA, F ——————— RIDAY, MAY 27, 1949 MEMBER ASSO(‘IATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INSISTING ON PROGRAM | Congress M;ée Asked o Work Through Sizzling Summer Months WASHINGTON, May 27— (#— Congress may be asked to work well into the sizzling Washington summer to put through more of President Truman's broad legisla- tive program. Mr. Truman said as much yes- terday. He told a news conference he hopes to see a major paxt of} Lis program enacted cetore Con- gress quits—and then added tlatly that this doesn’t mean Congress | will adjourn July 31. Some man—E 1 ting date. House Speaker Rayburn AD-T“\ ccmmented: “Before Congress adjourns it is 30ing to enact a very full and eon- | structive program. There has been | no agreement among leaders of Congress and the White House for | the exclusion of any legislation.” i | } | PRINCESS; IS BRIDE. By HARVEY HUDSON' VALLAURIS, France, May 27—® | —Radiant Rita Hayworth of the| movies became the princess bride of Aly Khan today in a ceremony | performed by this town's Com- | munist Mayor. It was & town hall ceremony spangled with some of Hollywood's tinsel and the riches of the East. ‘The ceremony climaxed a 10- month courtship—some called it a toadshow romance—for Rita, 31, and the 38-year-old heir to mil-| lions. She has been a Roman| he is a Moslem. | under the recently-enacted Alaska Housing Act. Foley said the group will consult | { with Alaskan officials and business| interests to determine how private‘ builders and lenders can best parti-| cipate in the program, and how the act can be efficiently and economi- cally administered. Under the act, Congress autho- rized FHA to insure mortgages on Alaskan housing up to one-third more than permissible elsewhere because of higher construction costs ir the Territory. It also set up a| $15,000,000 revolving fund from which the Alaska Housing Autho- rity can make loans or otherwise: finance construction of * housing facilities. Poppy Day Tomorrow Members of the Legion Auxiliary end their friends worked from morning until midnight yesterday making the poppy wreaths which had been ordered by the local merchants. Over a hundred sprays were also made. Auxiliary members denate the material and their services for the sprays which are placed on the grave of every vet- eran of every war. Mrs. Ray Day, Poppy Day chair- man asks that he Auxiliary mem- ! bers, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts who can help sell poppies on Poppy Day, tomorrow, be at the Legion Dugout at 9 o'clock. | | ilousewives Take { Nofice of Two Day Holiday Housewives are cautioned on or- dering for a two day holiday. Stores will be closed Monday. Mem-~ orial Day, so foed wants for Sun- | said no). {—was over only eight minutes after ! convertible and Aly by a back door. | iring ceremony; ! emerged into a shower of rice. Rita | | was | flowers. Cheered Lty 501 villagers, the | vouple drove slowly away in a grey Cadillac convertible. A recep-| | tion heavy with lobsters and cham- pagne awaited at the Chateau de} | L'Horizon — the Prince’s house, where he wanted to hold the wed- ding. (The French government The simple civil ceremony—me’ couple answered “oui” to questions the couple arrived, Rita in the big The ceremony was at 11:16 a.m.; (2:16 a.m. PST) and they left the‘ town at 11:32 a.m. It was a double they put on their| rings after Derigon pronouncedl them man and wife, Then they got! their wedding certificate, and| carrying two bunches of She had taken orange| tlossoms into the town hall and the mayor presented her a bouquet of white roses. WEATHER REPORT (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 63; minimum, 40. At Alrport— Maximum, 65 minimum, 32. FORECAST [t nd Vielaity) Continued fair tonight and Saturday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight around 42 de- grees. Highest Saturday near | | 65. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy In City of Juneau—None; since May 1, 4.13 inches; since July 1, 111.39 inches. At the Airport — None; since May 1, 335 inches; since July 1, 63.91 inches. . . ° ] (] . . 3 . L] . . . ° . . . . o L] . ) . . L] ° . ® 00 0 0 0 00 00 Teakwood, prized hardwood for) shipbuilding, will not float in waten Just after’it is' felled, ‘but must be day and Monday should be checked and orders placed early tomorrow i morning for Saturday delivery. hewn to the heartwood, dated and left standing to dry for about three years. ‘Representative Ja(kson{ | not begun until January. | for the differences in figures. | this difference of over $670,000 are | iwhich had been excluded in the Atheson Stares, Vishinsky Chals - : ¢ U. 8. Secretary of State Dean Acheson turns in his ¢ hair (right) as Russia’s Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky (center, standing) talks with reporters bef ore opening sessicn of meeting of Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris. via radio from l’uis) FINANCES OF TWO ALASKA LINES TO BE INVESTIGATED Says Merchant Marine Com. Makes Audit WASHINGTON, May 27.—(#— Rep. Jackson (D-Wash) told the House today its Merchant Marine Cemmittee plans to investigate fin- ancial affairs of the Alaska Steam- ship Co., and the Northland Trans- portation Co. The two companies operated an Alaska shipping service temporarily under an agreement with the Mari- time Commission. Jackson said Alaska Steamship | Co. reported that between May 1,j 1947 and Dec. 31, 1948, it made a profit of $678,093 before federal m-‘ come taxes but than an audit by the commission placed the concern's profits at $1,848,71. Jackson aid not go into North- land’s proiit in his statement to the House. The companies operated 20 gov- ernment ships which were chartered to them at $1 a year each. i 1 | MMC Falls Down | A special dispatch to the Seattle Times quoted Jackson saying the Merchant Marine Commission “had { not compiied with the law when it failed to report to Congress |egu-| larly the operating conditions of the | companies under the interim ship- ping act.” He said the audit was Jackson said the commission, made this statement in accounting on profits: Items of Differences “The principal items making up the inclusion of a profit of approxi- mately $180,000 from ship repairs,} made in the company's own yards, company’s presentation; a reduc- tion of approximately $300,000 in| the amcunt of overhead as allocated | by the company, and the exclusion by our aditors of approximately $160,000 covering depreciation . on the company's yessels.” Jackson said’ that in the casé of the Alaska Steamship Company, ship repairs were undertaken on a basis of cost plus 20 per cent. “For some reason,” he added, “al- ] though adequate ship repair facil-| ities were available in the area, the company failed to let the work out on the basis of competitive bidding. Instead, they engaged in their own ship repair business, which netted them a substantial profit.” Alaska Steamship Company offi-: cials said they would prepare al statement on the charges. ./Reliable. estimates sy there are| about 8,000,000 coin-operated yend- | lrate's {on Exlradlllon Seated at left is U. S. Ambassador at Large Dr. Philip Jessup. (® Wirephoto AKC PROBE Of Eisler Is = GOES ON | Turned Down British Couri Denies De- mands of U. S.-Com- « munist Now Free (By the Associated Press) A British judge today denied American demands for the return of Gerhart Eisler on the ground the United States had failed to urove the fugitive Communist was convicted on an extraditable of- Iense. Magistrate Sir Laurence Dunne handed down his ruling after al- most two hours of argument in be- grimed Bow Street court, where Britain handles extradition cases. Ordering Eisler freed, the judge declared the runaway Communist “no doubt committed the offense | for which he was convicted.” Then he added: “The question is | whether he was convicted of an {offense_in America which is con- sidered both in America and here akin to perjury. I should have thought the answer is obviously not.” The U.S. accused Eisler of mak- ing false replies to a questionnaire when he sought an exit permit. He alsp has been convicted of con- tempt of Congress. | After the verdict, Eisler said he! would go to Germany, his birth- i place, as soon as possible. Eisler, who was called the No. 1 Communist agent in America by the Un-American Activities Com- | eign Commerce - IN SECRET Senate House Committee Confinus Investiga- tion, Closed Doors By JACK RUTLEDGE The Senate-House Atomic Energy ccmmittee’s investigation of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) went behind closed doors today The purpose: to map procedures for further investigation. AEC Chairman David E. Lilien- thal has ceen the target for bitter criticism - from some lawmakers fol- lowing | disclosure that (1) an ounce of uranium-235, most of it now recovered, disappeared from a Chicago laboratory, and (2) at least cne Communist had been given.,an AEC fellowship award to study science. President Truman came to Lilien- thal's defense yesterday. He those who have been demanding Lilienthal's resignation are just making him a pre-election cam- paign target. The President said the AEC was doing a good job, that “trivial items” “have bLeen exagger- ated so much they “threaten the dence in Lilienthal. The Sénate Interstate and For- committee con- | tinued hearings on the airline in- vestigation. HOUSE WORK The House has no specific busi- mitee of Congress, jumped $23,500 | ness scheduled as it met today. Few bail in New York and stowed awhy | committee meetmcs were listed for| on the Polish liner Batory. He later | that body. paid his fare tg Gdynia, Poland. Most of the work on Capitol Hi | British police, acting on Ameri- centered on things-to-come: can reguest, hauled him off th ship at Southampton when he re: fused to debark. GOING TO GET EISLER Attorney Genera]l Tom Clark said Houqc, which as yet hasn't even| today the United States has not |~ given up on its efforts to get Com* munist Gerhart Eisler tack from| England to serve hu prison sen- tences. In London, a Bow Street mag Court today rejected an | American demand that Eisler be extradited. Commenting on the action, Clark | i [ The Iron Curtain is tight. Word| said: “The Bow street decision in the |case of Gerhart Eisler, as reported in the press, appears to be based the most narrow technical grounds. 'We shall (tecure the return of the fugitive.” book; whigh did, mot. have; a single sattelites arc ing machines, in this country, out-|word in it .yet 2000r.copies of it have worked. And the side of ooln-mephnnes and. pars -oellockers | more | - Unification—the Senate yester: ay approved a bill providing for team-work between the said | | integrity of the (atomic) progrum,": and that he had the fullest confi- | ‘Army, Navy and Air Force. It would | wne the Secretary of Defense more | control board to run the conquered WASHINGTON, May 27—(#—| {authority. Next step is up to Lhe|fCuer lCnutlnued on Page 2) " MoLoTov PlAN 5 - FAILURE, REPORT [ lomatic (By Asaocmled Press) rs to Court; Trial Date Is Set LONGSHORE LEADER IS OUT, BAIL Aides Indicted with Chief Surrender, Also Re- leased on Bonds SAN FRANCIZCO, May 27—(#— CIO Longshore leader Harry Bridges surrendered in Federal Court to- day on an indictment charging per- jury and fraud in connection with Lis naturalization in 1945. Judge Louis Goodman turned down a government motion that tail be increased to $20,000. Francis Joseph Donohue, Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney Gen= eral, said Attorney General Tom | Clark himself had asked the higher * Ibail in view of the case of Gerhart Eieler, who jumped $23,500 bail in New York. Eisler was free on bail pending appeal following his con- viction of perjury. Bail for Bridges was left at | 45,000. Two of his aides, also indic- ted, already have surrendered and | posted bail in that amount, The judge also denied a motion Ly Bridges' attorney, George An- dersen, that the President of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's union chief be re- leased on his own recognizance wlthouh bail, Bridges’ trial was set for June 9 before Judge Michael J. Roche. After making ball the thin, wiry longshore leader talked affably with newsmen in the press room and _lambasted. the nv-vw..u.. being directly responsible his predicament, He termed the indictmen: “a smokescreen to get people's atten- tion away from what's happening” in Washington. He said the govern- | ment “can’t stand to have a union |or group of unions keep pointing cut that it promised all things to all people, and the people won't et them.” Bridges said the forthcoming trial would be like his preyious ones — “there are always stool pigeons. Even Christ had them." BERLIN IS CRIPPLED BY STRIKE (By Associated Press) In strike-crippled Berlin, Maj. Gen. George P. Hays, Deputy U.S. Military Governor, said today the U.S. has “no intention” of ordering striking railway workers to operate the city's paralyzed railyards. The strikers held tight their stranglehold on rail traffic to Ber- lin, announcing they would relax it only on orders from the Western Powers, Ofticial sources close to the Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris said the Western Powers bave drafted a plan to unify East iand West Germany. The informants said the Western lueprint would be placed before the Russians “in. a day or two.” The report came after a Soviet proposal to the Foreign Ministers conference for an elected German " STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof scheduled to sail from Scattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday on spec- ial trip to 8. E. Alaska. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver June 1. Aleutian scheduled southbound leaks out slowly from the Red na-|gunday. tions of Eastern Europe. But dip-| officials conclude from scraps of informa-, tion that the so-called Molotov | exert every effort wlPlan Is dead—or dying. in Washington| NORMAN STINES LEAVES AFTER BUSINESS TRIP Norman C. Stines, well-known The plan was contained in a net- mining engineer and former area di- —_— {work of treaties and economic nr-’rector War Production Beard, who Matk Twaip. patenfed .in, 1873 'a|rangements linking Russia and her| was in Juneau on business for sev- said to be looking|eral days, was a southbound pas- Russian | senger on Pan American today. Mr. were sold, It was a self-pasting sattllites are sald to te lookiniz!Stines will return to Juneau in | to the West now for economic help. about three weeks. g | scrapbeoks i