The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 13, 1949, Page 1

THE DAITLY ALASKA VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,220 Alaska Indian Land Case Settlement Pr i Juneau' sAlrporI Bulldmg CRISISIN RECOVERY PROGRAM Difficult Economic Prob- lems Shaping Up-Con- | gress Vs. Truman By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER | WASHINGTOIN, June 13— @ —; State Department officials say the| European Recovery Program is now entering a critical stage of develop- ment, with its ultimate success at Perilous Landin CONFERRING CONTRACTS ON MINERS' | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —_— gIsMadein Alaska Rescue; Phosphorus | - Bomb Explodes on Helicopter FAIRBANKS. June 13—(P—An cxploding phosphorus bomb blew the windows out of their helicopter. | But one Air Force crewman jetti- soned the sputtering bomb and the icjured pilot wriggled the rotor- 2ip to a perilous landing on a mountain peak in the Yukon river area yesterday. Both men, their names temipo- rarily withheld by the Air Force, arc reported recovering at the Ladd i T—— | Pl EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1949 2 AMERICAN AIRMEN DIE IN ACCIDENT. Crash in Ir_afling Fiig Causes Death, Destruc tion of 11 Planes | TOKYO, June 13. (P—Two Amer-. |ican airmen were killed and three | others were injured today in traine| ing flight \crashes over Misawa Airy | Base in northern Honshu. ME \IRER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INDIAN LAND POLICY PUT UP BY (OM. Seftlement of Alaskan Is- | sue Proposed-Stafe- . ment Is Issued By VERN HAUGLAND WASHINGTON, June 13—i#—A “positive Alaskan policy” has been ‘omned by the Interior Depart- roposed R Field Hospital, and the stranded| Fourteen planes were destroyed or| stake. 3 H e | ment's Advisory Committee on In- it " ! W - | pilot they were attempting to res-|damaged in the mishap. v These authorities noted today the Meehng ithout Preced cue is also safe. | ‘The crashes started when two:Fs | ‘“::‘ AtTnirs; program must meet heavy strains| ant || § ' Gtaa| Officials {51s returning from a mission plung- | proposes that the Secretary not only in Congress, where it is I The helicopter crew had spotted | ed into a formation of four other| {ot the Interior Largaln with caught up in the battle over gov-| but also in Europe ! Talk with Lewis Billy English and his small Ce on a F-51's over Misawa. Alaskan Natlve communities and ! individuals to establish, by means ernment costs, the peak and were preparing| oOne fighter plunged directly - where extremely difficult economic| Ito dump the bomb as a wind|downword onto the field, killing the| Here is the new airport terminal building at Juneau, dedicated Sunday, one of the most modern and |Of trust patents, their land owner- problems are shaping up. PHILADELPHIA, June 13—M— guide when it exploded. English|pilot and setting fire to 11 other| well planned buildings of its kind on the Pacific Coast. It is the. first city-owned terminal in Alaska. | thip &nd other rights. President Truman brought the|John L. Lewis and US. Steel|had thread-needled his small craf:|planes parked on the field, mx-, Photo Courtesy Pan American World Airways. Cases in dispute would be settled Washington side of the situation | Corp. officials went into a con- sharply into national attention |tract talking session today as the|after an engine. failure. | | Natives coula bring suit in Pederal spread the flames. " | Saturday with his Little Rock war | notion's 480,000 coal miners quit| Unhurt himself, he helped thel oo ol oo o m (Rown IHRO"GS | J b | court, z memorial speech. He denounced Work in a week-long walkout. two Air Force men out of their Committee Chairman Oliver La | Farge, Santa Fe, N.M., said in a as “false economy” any reduction| Lewis ordered his United Mine te a landing on the mountain craft and radioed for help. A sec- plosions from the gasoline ta ground a short distance from the 1 by a special board, but aggrieved | by’ Congress of funds which the| Workers out of the pits to “stabi-|cnd helicopter, carrying a medical| ity KIWAE the pllot. & ol AIRPORI BU".DING 1 | statement that there is “good Economic Cooperation Administra- | lize” the industry. He said the coal | officer, snuggled down on the the pilot was unhurt, - | | hope that the policy will be made tion (ECA) is asking for the sec-|Supply now far exceeds the de-|mountain. [ The TaiiEer gl wirs mncha iR A'I' DEDI(A"O"1 [ the basls of departmental action.” ond full year of the Marshall Plan. |mand, : G LAl names- Shte. itk a i i | He said this might be done either After emphasizing that he regards | The meetings, as usual, were| _thle the orhce? worked on the Fotitionth el wi el 3 kpen g through a request for new legisia- European recovery as a key ele-| | closed. There was no advance an- ""i"lfdd xmen. Air tr‘orceG 1léers on of the next of kin. i u S (OURI‘ g S o APPEAL:"M' ar. "y, divesk: wiklon bdRe ment in his anti-Communist for- nouncement of what Lewis willl““c ed in amazement as Gordon { ! | existing authorit; of the, efgn policy, Mr. Truman said that|scek for his miners. Mitchell squeezed his Piper Cub to 3 | b3 }Gfea' Celebra“o" In(IUdes . i tary og the Inw::r e & a slash in funds now would wreck | the recovery already achieved,|ask for a “share-the-work” would “cancel the hopes and plans gram under which miners of the Europsan nations” and‘xece‘ive the same pay and work! would “be a great gain for Com-, Whether coal demand is heavy ox] munism.” w light. (Senate Appropriations Commit-| Today's meeting was without pre- tec leaders said following Lhej(‘edent US. Steel never before has President’s speech they intended to|Mmet with Lewis while a walkout go through with plans to '.flml"‘«'fls in progress. several hundred million dollars| As usual, all UMW coal digger: from the $4,000,000,000 the ECA xs’quit the pits today in compliance asking for European Recovery nflxt‘ with Lewis orders. Idle were about year) | 400,000 soft coal miners and some The President linked his ECA, 80,000 hard coal workers in Eastern fight to a basic warning to the|Pennsylvania. American people against slackening| One anthracite district leader, this support of the home team in|Michasl Kos said the one-week the cold war just when things| “holiday” is “just what the in- look better. In this connection helGustry needed.” Hard coal retail dealers said they pro- But it is considered likely he will | # safe landing on the plane- packed | peak. Mitchell and English tinkered | would | With the Cessna engine and had it! curring in short order. Zooming down the mountain to! gain airspeed, both planes took ofl The injured men were ferried in the second helicopter fo Stevens' Village, about 100 air miles north- west of Fairbanks. They were Zlown here. VEW AUXILIARY PRESIDENT IS DUE HERE TOMORROW RUSSIANS TOLD OFF, (By Associated Press) | Gen. MacArthur told Russia she i was inciting “disorder and violence {in an otherwise orderly Japanese | society.” | The Supreme Allied Occupation |vommander in Japan made this 1 oristling reply to a letter from the | Russian Mission Chief, Lt. Gen. K. 2 SOURCES ansferred to a float plane and| i Witness Muggay Whether or Not He Is Communist Movie People Lose Amm«:n‘ow ke B The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that a Congressiopal | Cocmmittee has the right to demand ithat a witness say wiiether or not | he is a Communist. ,‘ The decision upheld contempt | i:cn\'lcliLns of screen writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trum- bo. o l For Lawson and, Trumbo, the| 'ruhng moved them one step closer / 4 CAA, Weather Bureau Open House In a steady stream of cars, buses | and taxicabs, thronegs of Gastineau Chanaelites “landed” at the Juneau | Airport yesterday afternoon for the | Tcrmal dedication ceremonies of the! new Municipal Terminal Building, | and to inspect it. Glowering though the day w’\s‘ the main downpour fortunately held | off, so visitors were able to cross to the C.A.A. Federal Airways Com- munication Station and the Weath- | er Bureau, as well as file through ! the Pan American Clipper which was | held over so that it might be VNL»‘ 'Decision is 5-4 on Com- | Interior officlals said only that | the proposal s under considera- pany Violating Anfi- | rue Commisee ‘st seattemes TrustLaws of Ui S. it Tovieeest Jand, that there | must ze no discrimination whatso- WASHINGTON June 134’ vner between Indians and non- “,,,rnmm ‘the - wdmimstration “of Supreme Court tody decided me“SMW Security.” | Standard Oll Company of Califor- | La Farge said the committee con- I nia violated federal anti-trust laws|d¢mned a bill submitted unsuc- by contracting with independent | “essfully in the B0th Congress, “or | gasoline dealers to buy all their{8Dy similar proposal,* to provide fuel from Standard. for settlement of. Native land Thie decision was handed down|lles in Alaska “by an arbitrary on a Standard Oil appeal which Procedure which insured the loss said that to hold the company !0 the Natives of all but a frac- guilty of violating the anti-trust!!ion of the lands and fishing ter- statutes would have “immeasurably | itcries t6 which they have just business | °/aims, and upon which they de- | tion, also urged Congressional action on; N !toward actually serving one- }e‘u’\ed dlaastroua" effects on the Atlantic Pact and the m“"a""l mers Looded: wills ‘Gidere and iRy ‘JJPE::EHE‘;, t,};icnb:,:”izd tx'ff‘yul sentences. The sentences, plus| Juneau merchants contributed to | lllflcfices {pend for their very existence. sig: prograz for Western E‘lrnr’m“;a"!’f”;‘{m‘;’né:” 13 MySliaole. to/mpey er; Pgel“r‘ 3‘1 “:,“;P‘;‘,y A’:i;‘g‘r:‘lwd € SUPPIES” 141000 fines, were meted out in U.S.|the gala occasion by sending huge| Justice Frankfurter delivered the d ’:‘he ‘coamn:ee b "(1! is the h ations.” 5. resident o e ; 3 r con- | 5= s uty of e Secref - an‘s;v?h::e ol;leleynmidway in carry-! Lewis called the walkout under | vill arrive tomorrow on the Bara- lrhf R“S‘:‘B“S also heard mmefz‘“{:;: C,j:rtg:‘cl::bel;:(‘k,:,:i?:fl :‘a.::(:lt:";);s.flowerx o |4 3ugteiLci:‘.l;:ékson wrote a dissent in !ori}t’br to define n:dryuc:.nb:’t'l:l I:: ing out our policy,” Mr. Truman:;?ruvxsions u}f] the_ contract whl(‘ih nof, accompanied by Mrs. F;lgx:ncc‘ :(\;l:: tDulel;n r:’:he‘:ons Secretary nl“““vmeS Committee last year| “This is an important mlles!ona‘whk‘h Chief Justice Vinson and|'@pidly as possible the title of Na- said. “We have a long way to go|say ias 5 e NOLE (OU [ Saik, % Pary Al Pooiont Acheson told the Four~Power!‘1hether or not they are Commu- |in Territorial aviation history,” said | Justice Burton’ joined. Justice|!Ves of Alaska to adequate lands l-efore we can make the free| when theyre “willing and able. They will be here during the Eara- | Infints. Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, op- | Douglas also wrote a dissent. 'md natural resources, including’ Walter R. Thurmond, Secretary world secure against the social and the Southern Producers, saia political evils on which Commu- nism thirives. The cause of peace and freedom is still threatened.” ;permit what Lewis describes as a | “stabilizing period of inaction.” | The UMW'’s present contract ex- of there’s nothing in the contract to; wef stop. ionor needs must ke flexible, as hey are dependent on the boa! schedule. A delegation of Juneau | Foreign Ministers’ conference in Paris yesterday that a Russian pro-/ Plans for entertaining in herlrosnl for a German peace treaty|!'®¢ on bond, s #as full of propaganda as a dog s of fleas.” ' In fact,” | Al and Trumbo, now can do is Court Lawson to the Supreme certain to do that. i Eight other movie figures are in appeal | They are ening the half-hour program which followed a sprightly band concert, “Ours is the first and, finest mmucipally -owned airport - terminal building in Alaska and, I believe, | fishing grounds, to"insure a sound "‘ccnomy. with due-regard to tneir | existing possessory rights.” POLICY DECLARATION The policy declaration added: “To this the' , Secretary Joining Prankfurter on the ma- jority side were Justices Black, Reed, Murphy and Rutledge. ‘The majority opinion declared | that Standard Oil's contract had | the effect of lessening competition | i 4 I edl the same boat with them. Their ! the first airport terminal building end STOCK 0“0““0"5 | B e B i i Fh‘zrs ;fi:fiomé:xzsh::gsi- o Qons and mx’ d(t,g have d -Lflals have been delayed by agree- |10 be constructed on the Pacific|in both interstate and intrastate hould negotiate with the Native | Lewis hasn't revealed his exact|Y : g The Foreign Ministers have de- | ment pending outcome of the Law- | Coast since the war. commerce. communities, and where suitable, NEW YORK, “June 13—P—Clos- | demands for the miners. dent, will meet the visitors at the boat. cided not to meet today. They will hold their next session tomorrow. ton-Trumbto appeal. t Situation Unique But Douglas in a stinging dis-| With individuals, to. establish by ing quotation of Alaska Juneauj ey 4 It the schedule permits, there| The unanimous decision of the "Ouir situation is unique in that Tm:i Bss"rwdhm:t Lh; czurt‘s elim: ‘\l!:efltnem tt:; territories to ‘be mine stock today is 3, American | N B 4 three judges — Bennett Champ|the city does not own nor operate ination of the Standard Oil con-|ratented to them, such agreement Oan’ 89%. Anaconda 28%, Ourtiss:| 2% OF RECOLLECTIO TULLS 8 Eooiat e STEAMER MO ‘ME"H Clark, Wilbur K. Miller and|this airport. It does not own the|lracts system “sets the stage for|to.go into effect when ratified by a 4, ik BY CDA WELL ATTENDED | vurphy installing new local offi-| o dind i 2. site of the buildi 1t is Standard and other ofl o ies | Vote of the t Wright 7%, International Harvest- cers. The womsn will b oh-to iGeorge C. Sweeney said that con-site of the building. It is not in Sonpmnics communities concerned. er 23'%;, Kennecott 41%, New York Central 9%, Northern Pacific 11, U. S. Steel 20%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,310,000 shares. | Over 30 Catholic women took ad- vantage of the Day of Recollection ters of America at'the shrine of St. sponsored by the Catholic Dnugh-' Averages today are as folloWs:|merese Sunday. The Rev. James industrials 161.60, rails 40.99, util-| i | Conwell, S. J., said Mass as 10 itles 34. | o'clock as well as conducting the R A devotions in the afternoon. The Washington | afternoon. Merry - Go - RolllldI The Channel Bus Lines provided Breakfast was served after Mass, also a dinner was served in the late By DREW PEARSON [Copyright, 1949, vy Bell Syndicate, Inc.) other means. Mrs. ‘Evan Wruck, who serves as general chairman, desires to thank all who made the day a success. ABHINGTON—One of the hot-‘l test ‘notes in recent diplomatic his- COL. ALEXANDER BACK transportation for those without | 3eward, Anchorage and Fairbanks, /isiting auxiliaries in those cities. Zoth plan to attend the V.F.W.| ncampment in Fairbanks, which Jpens next Monday. Mrs. Betty McCormick, national leputy chief of staff for Alaska, vent to Ketchikan last week, and ; accompanying the officers to Juneau. {3-POUND SALMON GETS PRIZE AT FISH Princess Lume from Vancouver {due to arrive tomorrow -afternoon jor evening. Baranof irom Seattle scheduled evening. 2 | Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver June 15, 8 p.m. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway at 8 a.m. tomor- row and sails south one hour later at 9 am, STRANGER II IN PORT The yacht Stranged II of Victoria, B. C. registry, tied up at the Gov- ernment Float yesterday, skippered to . arrive tomorrow afternoon or, |sidering the times, ang the in- ifluence of movies play in American Life, it is hard to imagine “any more pertinent question” than the ‘one about Communist party affili- jation. i e AR noeas \FIVE GF ninE PERISH| \WHEN FISHING BOAT SUNSET CAPSIZES ANCHORAGE, June 13—(—Five of a crew of nine perished Satur- day when the fishing vessal Sun- 1 do own this building. 1 15 years | from building rentals.” | tation to visit | the aviation business, beyond that | of renting space to operating air- | Lines and allied concessions. No city finances were used nor obligat- ¢d in construction—nevertheless, we “We are very fortunate that the vil Aeronautics Administration s assumed the obligation of op- ating and maintaining the field . . . Too, Pan American Airways and Pacific Northern Airlines, fulfilling their pledge of cooperation, are purchasing the $50,000 airport rev- enue bonds which will be retired in from revenues accruing Walter P. Plett, C.A.A. Regional Administrator, extended the invi- the CAA. and to build service-station empires o. their own.” | "“As cases will. occur in which | agreement cannot be reached, an impartial tricunal should be estab- ‘ished, made up of persons ap- i pointed by the President and rati~ RESERVE OFFI(ERS MEET TOMORROW | Several officers from Fort Rich-! ardson are expected to arrive early tomoerrow afternoon, coming to give | the regular monthly instruction for ! Reserve Officers. Capf. Clarence C. Kenncdy.‘ USAF, who has Jectured before, is expected to be in the party. The meeting will ice at 7 o'clock ! tomorrow evening in the City fied by the Senate, with authority to determine the territories to be vatented to the Natives concerned, the findings of that tribunal to be iinal in regard to lands. “Any natives who feel tNemselves aggrieved should be enabled to enter suit for idemnity in the us! | Courts of Claims. TRUST PATEN'!'B “Trust patents should be issued, without any fixed period of ter- | mination- of 'trust. As for the In- dians of the United States gener- ally, patents should be issued to DERBY, KETCHIKAN! | by Capt. F. E. Lewis. The boat has KETCHIKAN, June 13—®—W.;a crew of two in addition to the Aleutian Island chain. E. McKinley won $1,500 first prize'skipper | Four others were rescued by money in the Chamber of Com- | | fishing boat Johnny B. merce’s King Salmon Derby here FUNERAL SERVICES FOB The victims were Capt Nlckv yesterday. 5-YEAR-OLD YOUNGSTER|Mardesich of Everett, Wash.; his| It ‘had been postponed from pro- 30-year-old son Tony, a member of ceding Sunday by bad weather| Funeral services for Sullivan the Washington State Legistawure, ! iand rough seas. Yestérday’s|Johason, 5-year-old youth who died |Anton Morrowich of Seattle, a weather was about as hkad and|Thursday, were held this afternoon|cook; Vincent Vlastelica of Everett, comparatively few fish were taken./at 2 o'clock at the Charles W.land Frank Suryan of Anacortes, McKinley's prize was for a sal-; Carter Mortuary chapel with the|Wash. tory has just been handed the Is- FROM NOME AND BETHEL aeli government by the State De- partment. It threatens to .revise; Lt. Col. J. D. Alexander, Adjut- the entire American attitude toward | ant General of the Alaska National; Palestine. | Guard, returned Saturday irom a Diplomatic insiders consider the|trip to Nome and Bethel. He re- language of the note to be almostPorts that construction is schedul- as blunt as the famed Frank B.|ed-to start tomorrow on a supply Kellogg note of 1827 putting Mexico | Warehouse and the administration ; “on trial before the world” because"bflfldms at Bethel. of Mexican seizure of American oil| Accompanying him was a new lands. member of the N, G. staff, M /Sgt. set capsized in False Pass, in the Council chambers. | Weather Bureau quarters and Glen | Jefferson, Regional Director for the Weather Bureau “took a bow” when | introduced by the mayor, Acting Governor Lew M. Wnlhums spoke briefly on behalf of the Terri- torial officialdom in recognition ot Juneau’s achievement. He also read a congratulatory message from Gov. | Ernest Gruening. In it, the governor said: “The | conception and completion of this| ® individuals or to communities ac- | cording to the wishes of the groups o concerned. As for the Natives of L 5 Alaska, trusts should be terminated i . as dthe groups concerned = become ready to compete with the non- (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAD ® |Indiah community on. even terms. This data is for 24-hour pe- “In riod ending 6:30 am. PST. | - VieW of the fact that the In Juneau— Maximum, 48; e tconunued on Page 6) minimum, 43. r the WEATHER REPORT eesee0 00 At Airport— Maximum, 49; In fact, U. S. Ambassador James| M- H}r"?llm"" ;':m hn; been in the) o " eighing 43 pounds,12 ounces.|Rev. Walter A. Soboleff officiating.! Rescued were three of Marde-|fine and necessary structure is|® minimum, 42. G.: MacDdnald seemed to conslder::?mtpn‘:c;r: dso ce, U. 8. Amy,| . " Grainger won second prize | The youngster, son of Mrs. Nanm"slckn other sons: August. 29.|5ound and gratifying evidence of a| ® FORECAST the note so brusque that when he | inosrtructor BJ lon. A_ixl : n:l.stanz of $600 with a 37-pound, 12 ounce | Johnson, had been living at the Min-, Joseph, 25 and Nick, Jr. 24, the|growing community spirit.” . (June 4 Vielnlty) .‘ m‘ m' mm delivered- it to Foreign Minister o o eesg?w""i . tnflflxed imon | field home. skipper's nephew, Antone Marde- Official Greetings ® Mostly cloudy with light e Moshe Sharet in Tel Aviv, he look-‘h ; 8 T indoctrination i e sick, 20, of San Pedro, Calit. | Official greetings also were given rain showers tonight and on e ed at Sharet, half smiled, read the|here. | MRS. ’I‘HEILE. KOSEMARY The survivors were flown in a py several military representatives,| ® Tuesday. Lowest tonfght near | CANTON, June 13— Marshal SOUTH ON ALEUTIAN | Yen Hsi-shan, an aging warlord note aloud and cryptically remark- MRS. SHARP RETURNS .1‘ 10th Rescue Squadron B-17 to AD-| Brig. Gen. Donald R. Hutchinson,|® 44 Highest Tuesday about 53. SPENCE CHILD DIES ed: Mrs. Celia Theile and her daugh-lchor e, then by Northwes. Air-| . o ® PRECIPITATION eo!from Shanghi pro X “These are the instructions of my _NE€W Wzi received today of the| Mrs. James Sharp’ has retumed{tex‘ Rosemary, boarded the Aleut- lhma.f)mne to se};ule ';lg;:;:.mw;ggOf;lrl;,e‘:gh:‘c;::r“z}: © (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy & | today as N‘Itlo:ul:lnc;hl::f ::: government.” | death early yesterday of 14-month- |from Wrangell, where she had beenlian vesterday for a trip which will| (Arriving in Seattle, the Sur-|yions from Gen. N, F. Twining,| ® In Juneau — 44 inches; e mier. § Lgst blunt paragraph of mc:(’ld Ronnie Spence, son of Mr. and |visiting relatives for two months. |fake them to San Prancisco to vis-! vivors, reticent about details of the | commander of the Alaska Armed|® Since June 1, 325 inches; ® He succecded Gen. Ho Ying-chin, ' warning reads: ‘Mrb. E. M. Spence, at the Doren- Accompanying her on: the gasboat it relatives. Mrs. Theile, secretary,accident, said. it happened so sud- ‘purws Command, and Capt. Paul|® since Jdly 1, 116.09 inches. who resigned. He declined to take § “If the government of Israel con- | Pecker Hospital, Portland, after a!Mary Lou were her. sister, Mrs. Alf| to Acting Governor Lew M. wm-'um:y they were unable to aurmu‘ R. Droujihet, vsi« of the combin-|® At Airport — .18 inches; ny post in the Cabinet upon sur- ; tinues to reject the basic principles |POnth’s illness. Burial will be here | Erickson of Wrangell, and daughter |ams, is taking her annual leave,|for i, d Alaska command, added his|® Since June 1, 206 inches; ring his seal of office. He with the funeral arrangements Ebl They will remain here for the and probably will be gone most ot, (“Without warning,” said Augu.st‘ . " el . | ® since July 1, .01 inches. uhld been Defense Mlnlster in addi- (Continued on Page Four) lpendlng | summer, 1me summer, ' Mardesich, (Continued on | Page S ® 000 00 0 00 o o o tiontoPremier “it just turned over.”) |