The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1949, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIIIL, NO. 11,250 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Truman Urges C PACT GETS NEW JOLT IN SENATE Major Move Made fo Write ’ in No-Arms Commit- ment Info Treaty WASHINGTON, July 19—®-- Leading foes of the North Atlantic | Pact joined forces today in a new major move to write a no-arms commitment into the 12-nation treaty. This last-minute maneuver loosely-held opposition and offer the greatest threat to the adminis- tration’s fight to keep all reser- vations out of the pact. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) and Sena- tor Watkins (R-Utah) agreed on a revised reservation which will be put to a vote Thursday. Two other Republican Senators —Ives and Dulles of New York—!§ made public a telegraphed ple: from Henry L. Stimson, an “Elder is ! expected to close the ranks of the |} I Signs Housing Bill Statesman” of their party, that the, Senate keep the pact from beinz | “befogged by reservations.” | “If this treaty is beaten, or i[‘ its great meaning is befogged by | reservations seeming to proceed Ralph Flanders (R.-Vt.), Watching are (left to right( Sen. Burnet B. Maybank (D-S, Sen. John J. Sparkman (D.-Ala.), Federal SCOTTTO - QUITAS ~ GOPHEAD tChairman WHand in His Resignation August 4- Lineup Successor - | By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, July 19.—®—| Hugh D. Scott's decision to quit as Republican National Chairman teday found A. T. “Bert” Howard, Nebraska State Chairman, gaining strength as his likely successor. Friends of Howard talked of a compromise under which the Ne- braskan might be named chairman, with former Senator John Danaher | p | of Connecticut chosen as execuuve | director of the committee. Scott, brought into the office by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New ! York at last year's national con-; vention, announced last night he will hand his resignation to the national committee at a meeting here August 4. Says Vaughan Gave Dafa On This is the Air Fol‘ccs new F-94 jet fighter plane bllill by Lockheed, in Burbank, Calif., designed to fly and fight at night. It was described as a radically advanced version of the F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter, carrying two men, the pilnt and the radar operator. ( Wirephoto. JUSTICE MURPHY SU((ESSOR TOMURPHY rusade A gainst Communism Mew Night Fighter ~ PRESIDENT - GIVES TALK TOSHRINERS { World Must Crganize for Peace Without War,- More Jobs, Output By ERNEST B. VACCARO CHICAGO, July 19.—(P—Presi« Ident Truman sald today that “ten- | slons and conflicts appear to be in- creasing” in areas controlled by Communist tyrahny. He said he is optimistic the world may yet be organized for peace without a war, Communism may have “tempor- ary triumphs,” Mr. Truman said, “but in the long run it must either destroy itself or abandon its at- tempt to force other nations into its pattern.” Mr. Truman flew here to address the Diamond Jubilee Shrine Con- vocation, and made it an occasion for a major speech on foreign pols fey. He, pledged this nation to cone President Truman (seated) puts his signature on the Housing Bill— first item of his “fair deal” program—during White House ceremony. *.), Sen. | | { He beat what some committee | members called a deadline today ! for his resignation, after which a| group headed by Harrison E.| Spangler of Towa and Carroll Reece of Tennessee, both former chair- 5 Percenters (O@_ES up President’s M|||tary Aid Is Speculation Has Robert P. End Come;uddenly to tinue its ‘““great crusade for peace” with action along two lines: 1. Maintaining a strong and stable American economy “as the primary source of strength of the iree world.” He said, IS DEAD Ve ble ~ S & men, had threatened to force a o | “We must repaie. Jh: ’L';,‘:;gi?-‘r’“s‘ifnio.." Housing Administrator Raymond Foley, Rep. Brent Spence (0.-KY) | meeting of the commitiee. _They| |nyolved in Suspension ~ Patferson as One to Jurist — Had Been Il | - - make aii our piscs, petvate il ® Wirephbto. | previously had been reported as, % : ]fl"fl public, in such a way as to Stimson served as Secretary nl‘ g 7 “hav!ng set the deadline for last of Wa|"' Feldman Re(ewe Nod only one week ,E’:V:N“S more jobs and more out- State under former President IONAL . | Tuesday. | At i g llz. A i Hoover and later as Secretary m“NIERNA lumber Ml" | Scott’s decisica to quit came| WASHINGTON. July 19. —P— WASHINGTON, July 19—P DETROIT, July 19— .Ju-.me( sy rcsom;lc lr‘::;:er;h.o: War under the late Presidcn" y without any final settiement on his, The Washington Post says Maj. The death of Justice Frank Frank Murphy of the U"“*‘d‘ other free nations does not revert Roosevelt. llo“s (ITY ES | successor, although Howard appear- | Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, President Murphy opens the way for. Presi- States Supreme Court died today | to stagnation and despair.” ed to be the candidate most gen- Truman’s military aide, is report- dent Truman to name his third ap- °f a heart attack. He was 59, “One of the most foolish things RaceRiof In Lendon (By Associated Press) London had its worst race in many years last night. riot The fight was tetween Nigerians)for and white unemployed Londoners . ternational City” ¢ | . ! i i i | | | in the turbulent East End section; of London. Two Negroes and three|Were outlined to the 32nd annua: policemen were injured seriously m|ccnvemmn of Lions International the melee. Eight white men and jtoday. eight Negroes were arrested. Syria, Israeli Are To Sign Armistice | (By Associated Press) BEING PLANNED Proposal Made at Conven- tion-Three-Hour Parade Is Held Last Night | NEW YORK, Julv 19— —Plan; the construction of “Lions In- on land on the Lincoln highway, south of Chicago, Briggs, of Enid, Okla., International President an- {nounced that the Internationai| |Board has authorized the plan. He explained that Lions Interna- tional City will be located nea: Matteson, Ill, approximately 375 acres of land already have been purchased and $442,000 has been{ spen'. on the development, he said. Eugene S. Syria and Israeli are scheduled !t s expected to be expanded later. to sign formally an armistice agree- | ment tomorrow. Israel already hasiyelopment of signed armistice pacts with Egypt, the Lebanon, Iraq and Trans-! Jordan. Meanwhile Switzerland, Jewish-Arab negotia- tions for a final peace have been|f,r Lions in Lausanne,; consideration,” Some of the ideas for the de- “Lions International City” submitted by Briggs to the convention “for your reaction and included: “To provide a permanent home International, building resumed after a three-week ad-land other equipment necessary to journment. The Washi—flgton Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON | | 1 jtake care of the headquarters’ staff, . and to make available homes for employees and other| Lions who may want homes within the city, together with all other facilities that come within the Sccpe of a city.” Fifteen thousand Lions and their ladigs marched up . Fifth Avenue {Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate. Inc. |last night in a three-hour parade ASHINGTON—Summer isn’t a time when the American public likes to worry about world prob- lems. Nor is summer a time when a newspaper columnist particularly § likes to write about them. For reasons unknown, however, fate has seen to it that some of the world’s worst catastrophes were catapulted upon us at a time when our primary concern Wwas baseball, beaches and bathing beau- ties. It was July, 1914, saw fit to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand, thus precipitating World War I. It was the summer of 1938 that Hit- ler started his campaign to swallow Czechoglovakia. It was the follow- ing summer of 1939 that began World War II. And, perhaps even more significant, it was the sum- mer of 1931 that began the Europ- ean economic crisis that put Hit-| ler into power. There are certain similarities be- tween that financial crisis of 1931 and the present British financial crisis. And, despité® baseball and | hot weather, it will pay us to walch‘ them. that the Serbs Austrian l (Continued on Page Four) $800,000 BLAZE AT HEPPNER, ORE. (By The Associated Press) The loss in last night's big fire at Heppner, Oregon, is estimated at $800,000. Destroyed were 198,000 bushels of wheat, two grain eleva- tors, warehouses, Also, eight railroad boxcars and two lumber and coal sheds were wiped out. County Grain Growers’ Co-op and Interior Warehouses, Incorporated, say their properties and wheat were insured. Fire Chief Charles Ruggles said an electric short circuit apparent- ly started the fire in the top of the one elevator—the largest in Morrow county. The burning elevator fell across a railroad spur and set fire to the boxcars and a warehouse. Then ! the flames leaped to nearby lum- Ler and coal yards. Twenty-nine states have counuesiD'Aquino had said she understood] Arthur named Washington. a flour mill and two large| Officials of the Morrow ; Mrs. terally acceptable to thos tht Spangler-Reece group. Ges Bid On Scott said in a statement lh}ll? while “considerable progress has| rmy r e be(‘n made toward rebuilding | united party” that “certain dis-| —_— aensmn: continue.” | | “I shall not attempt to place do so would serve no useiul pur- pose. The composing of these dif- | ference remains the party’s un-; mediate duty 2 Confract for 2,910,000 | Ft.-Fall Shipments Steady operation of the Juneau Spruce Corporation lumber mill| until at least the end of Septem- ber is assured with confirmation of | an Army Engineers order for more | than 2 million board feet of Jum- ber. Juneau Spruce has -een a\\nrdod' a contract to supply for Army En-| gineers 2,910,000 feet of spruce and| hemlock lumber in No. 2 common and better grades, Freeman| Schultz, mill manager, announced | today. Work omn | about a week ago, but announce-| ment was held up pending final| confirmation trom Army Engineers | headquarters at Portland, Ore. First shipment of 1,800,000 feet is scheduled to go out by govern- (By The Associated Press) ment vessel August 15, with the re-| porejgy, Secretary Ernest Bevin'! mainder to be picked up Septem-| iy the House of Commons yes- ber. 30, | terday that if socialized Britain is Destination of lumber shipments|a yelfare state so is the United | was not made known, but it is|States. He said the United States! known that lumber will be going|is geveloping a welfare state by| to an offshore base. paying huge subsidies to farmers. The mill will remain on a one-| Thege huge payments are added to| shift tasis to get out the order,ithe cost of food which Britain buys Schultz said. frcm America and this was one of | i | | BEVIN IN | SWING AT U.S. NOW the order was begun | Answers Conservafive Cri ticism-Canada fo Cut Spending in U. S. | reported that | “evidence so outsides°d to have had “improperly furnish- pointee to the Supreme Court. ed personnel data” which resulted in the suspensior. | den H. Waitt. In a copyright ariicle, ‘the data is said to Lave been relayed to Vaughan,” James V. Hunt, former Army offi cer whose activities are under scrut- iny of a Senate committee investi- | gating the handling of government contracts. The Post said investigators work- ing on the case “suspect Vaughan was used by Hunt” to try to keep Waitt as chief of the Army’s Chemical Corps. Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray announced last Saturday that Wnltt and Maj. Gen. Herman | Feldman, Army GQuartermaster General, had been relieved of duty as the result of evidence turned up in the Senate inquiry. said the committee had which indicates that General Waitt improperly furnish- ed personnel data to an individual Gray not in the military service and who was not entitled to receive such data.” The evidence also indicated, Gray said, that Feldman furnished to a contractor’'s representative curement information under ecir cumstances which appear irregu- Later, Rep. Shafer (R-Mich) contended that Vaughan was “im- plicated in the same cas He de- manded Vaughan's suspension. Gray said in a radio interview last night that the army has no authority over Vaughan since he is ¢ Maj. Gen.Al-]| the Post | by “pro- | The jurist, appointed to the high tribunal in 1940, had heen ill Henry Ford Hospital for about a week. His condition had not been‘ considered serious | His Supreme Court career was marked by numerous dissenting opinions in the liberal tradition. A religious man, he had devout faith | in democracy, and saw in each de- | cision another step in bringing his| creed into practice. But the choice may not be an y one. | By tradition, the post’ would go to a Roman Catholic since Murphy was the only member of that faith | on the Tribunal. However, there has been wide-| pread speculation for months that Robert P. Patterson, New York |lawyer and former Secretary o War, would get the nod when the next vacancy occurred on the high court bench. The religious angle dampened bu. did not stiil this talk. But it dia bring at least one other name into speculation—that of Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo). O'Ma- honey is a Catholic and an ardeni supporter’ of what Mr. Truman has lateled his “fair deal” administra- tion. % It was taken for granted that Mr Truman will make every effort to! Murphy remained a bachelor. 'pnck a successor who will carry on Death came at 7:45 am. His i Murphy’s general philosophy as alfamily had been reticent to speak champion of the poor and friend-|of his illness, and the announce- | less and of racial and religious | ment was totally unexpected. mincrities. Doctors said a coronary occlu- The two Truman appointees no’ | sicn—a blocking off of blood to the | lon the high court are Chief Justice’ heart—caused death. tAN&finfirRoMlDr _Ghiglione ALASKA 10 SEATILE Dies, Seattle WASHED U, REPORT, : e He began his public career as a judge in Detroit. National promin- ance came when Franklin D, Roosevelt appointed him Governor- | General of the Philippines in 1933. | He rose rapidly. He became the| first Philippine High Commission- | er, Democratic governor of Mich- igan, United States Attorney Gen- eral and finally Supreme Court Justice. H Throughout his brilliant career, | | | | | SEATTLE, July 19—(#—-Dr. Aug- ust J. Ghiglione, 65, a prominent in! { have we could do-right now,” Mr. Tru- man said, “would be ‘to slash our appropriations for European recov- ery. If we did that, we would be | deliberately throwing away gains for peace and freedom thit we painfully made. Only the Communists would profit if we took such a short-sighted course.” Mr. Truman's address was broad- cast by major networks and was short-waved around the world, Not once in his prepared text did he mention Russia by name. But he filled it with repeated clear ref- erences to the men in the Krem- lin. The President said that those “who rule by arbitrary power” in other nations do not understand the slow processes by which United States forelgn policy is formed and do not realize “the strength” be- hind it. It is strong, he sald, because American foreign policy decisions are the decisions of the people and not of the government alone. That was true of the decision to back the United Nations and to launch the European Recovery pro- | gram, Mr, Truman said. ANOTHER TALK TONIGHT The President is a member of thé fraternal organization, and may make another talk at a din- ner tonight, an impromptu ad- dress. ‘The Shriners will publicly install movie comedian Harold Lloyd as Imperial Potentate. Seattle physician, died here yester- SHRINERS i A Tacoma order will be ready for shipment the end of this week, iSchultz said, with 200,000 feet of lumber going aboard the {rexgmer Lucidor for the South. TESTIFIES THAT "TOKYO ROSE' DiD COMMIT TREASON (By Assocraied Press) A Japanese wartime supervisor of Radio Tokyo has testified that Iva D'Aquino—as “Tokyo Rose"—committed what ernment charges are eight open acts of treason. The main witness was Kenkichi Cki, who was born in California. He went to Japan in 1939, he said, | because of his family’s business. In 1940 he became a citizen -of Japan. CKki testified that he and “Tokyu; Rose” were present when their su- perior outlined the purpose of the| “Zero Hour” program. He says that purpose was to cause uneasiness in | arrive in®Japan this weekend. The| Seattle Thursday. Allied forces and to lower their morale. And he testified that Mrs. the purposes of the program. the gov- | the reasons for Britain's dollar cri- | sis, he said. Bevin was answering Conserva- tive criticism that the Labor gov- ernment had brought on the crisis by overspending on its socialization program and scaking the rich to pay for it. Canada, a dollar country and the best customer of the United States has agreed along with six other British dominions to cut her spend- ing in the U. S. by 25 per cent to| help ease the currency situation. Pacific Pad Plan May Be Presented To Gen. MacArthur! (By Associated Press) | China's Nationalist government may carry Chiang Kai-shek's Pa- cific Pact plan to General Douglas| {MacArthur. In Tokyo Chinese dip- lomats said that a Nationalist cabi- |net minister, Wu Teh Chen, may ‘diplomats said it ‘was likely that | Minister Wu would ‘talk with Mac- about the proposed pact \for the Pacific nations. . quiries into handling of government the President’s aide. Gray also em- phasized that there is no sugges-|yp—Pat Murphy's Alaska-to-Seattle tion of any “fraud or dishonesty”|canoce trip appeared today to be in the affair. washed up. Secretary of Defense Louis John-{ mMurphy is the Fairbanks car- son said later today no additional | penter who started a week ago for Army Generals are now earmarked | yajdez with two canoes lashed tn- for suspension as a result of in-|gether, Word that he was abandoning the hazardous project came today contracts. was long active in civic affairs. 'He was acting Italian consul here| during the first world war. father, was founder of the Wushmgmn Mamrom Company. clude A. F. Ghlgliont‘ of Juneau. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 19—|day after a long illness. He came to Seattle in 1905 and ! IN PARADE CHICAGO, July 19— (®—The smmem paraded down Michigan They m.‘Avenue today to Soldier Field for a speech by President Truman. And His the late A. F. Ghiglione, Four children survive. Johnson’s assertion was in re-!from an amateur radio operator at o a gorgeous cakewalk it was. sponse to a reporter’s question. yakataga, at whese cabin Murphy Nearly 15000 promenaders, at- Vaughan himself, when asked about| yriyedq shortly tefore last midnight Ho'el lees ('ue tired in such Arabic splendor as it, sald, “I won't comment, not even| an Anchorage radio “ham,” said |the Arabs have never seen, took about the weather.” he was talking with Constance part in the five-hour promenade Morse, a Civil Aeronautics Adminis- tration employee at Yakataga, when Murphy walked into the Morse home and said he was aban- dening the trip after being washed STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Kathleen from Vancouv- o, M“S'ng Ma along the lake front boulevard. Blaring Shriner bands led the (By Associated Press) brightly-hued pageant of 1,000 A hotel in El Paso, Texas, has units, It had a super ecircus touch, srovided a new clue to the where- enhanced by clowns, acrobats and er in port. ashore by waves in the Gulf ofjabouts of the missing public re- calliopes. Aleutian from Seattle scheduled | Alaska. Yakataga is about 150 (lations officer at the Los Alamos Belore the President’s speech, to arrive 4:30 o'clock this after-| miles on a direct line southeas:|Atomic Energy Project. The man- tradition was to be shattered by ncon and sails westward at 11:30 »f Valdez, but much farther by|ager of El Paso’s Hotel Fisher told public lp.stend of previously secret tonight. water, colice that the missing man, H. installation of a new imperial Prince George scheduled to sail Murphy said he expected to be|Tracy Snelling, registered at the potentate. in Seattle this week, presumably from Vancouver 8 tonight 1 | _Princess Norah scheduled to sail | % airplane. from Vancouver tomorrow Denali scheduled to sail Fl‘;H LANI l)lh(}b from Baranof scheduled to sail from |12,000 pounds of black cod Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail| from Vancouver Saturday. | salmon. Mantyla) landing 20,000 pounds of | . hotel Thursday and checked out at Snelling was accompanied by Al- dian. bert Bourland of €an Diego, Cali- houn of Tyler, Texas. The Sophia (Jim Sharp) landed | fornia, this | ¢ morning with the Carol Ann (Art|about train schedules to Phoenix.| lhun Wednesday. He is Harold Lloyd of Beverly The manager said Hills, Calif,, famous movie come- He succeeds Galloway Cal- noon Saturday. and out, that ©tefore they - the two men asked | SITKA VISITOR Harry Doran, Sitka chief of Snelling has been m]ksu‘g sln(‘e: police, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. hecked