The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 3, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS'ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,263 Magnuson-Crawford Ask Actionon Statehood U.5. ARMS AID TO PACT SIGNERS MAY . BE RESTRICTED ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—/®—Re- striction of United States arms aid to Atlantic Alliance nations and UNEMPLOYMENT IS UP certain other designated countries was proposed today by Republicnn‘ members of the House Foreign Ar-| fairs Committee. | Several GOP members suggested | the restriction to meet objections to what they called too broad | grants of power for President Tru- man proposed in the administra- | | gram. Under the President's plan, these members said privately, arms could be supplied to any nation even though the idea of the pro- gram is to aid only friendly na- tions. Their suggestion was that Con- gress restrict aid to nations that | have signeq the Atlantic Pact, plus the Philippines, Korea, Greece, ‘Turkey and Iran. Within that area the President would be given a free hand to supply arms. The House Foreign Affairs Com- mittee has been studying the arms | aid program since last week. tion's $1,450,000,000 arms aid pro-' | 1 R | I | | I i BERLIN AIRLIFT CREWONWAYTO UNITED STATES FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. 3, — (A — The Berlin airlift force started flying home to the United BUTNUMBER WORKING WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—®—Un- employment rose above 4,000,000 in July for the first time since Janu- ary, 1942, the ‘Census Bureau re- ported today. But the number of employed also increased, registering in July the highest figure, 59,720,000, for 1949. Explanation for the simultaneous ployment was an increase of 417, pployment was an increase of 417,- 000 in the civilian labor force—the number having jobs or seeking them. Only one of each four of the new Jjob seekers managed to find a job. The number of unemployed in July was 4,095,000 compared with 3,778,000 in June and 2,227,000 in July of last year. The- 59,720,000 employed in July compared with 59,619,000 in June. The previous high for 1949, 61,615,- 000 in July, 1948. The Census Bureau commented: “As in June, most of the addi- tional persons in the labor force were of high school and college age. However, ir. contrast with the past two months, the rise in un- employment between June and July cannot be attributed to the entry of young persons into the labor force. Adult workers accounted for most of the increase in July. Employment in non-agricultural industries, which have been hit hardest by worker layoffs since the business slowdown began last fall, took an uptwn in. July. -It rose States tonight. The first plane to be. redeployed left here carrying 18 airlift vet- erans, | The flight started a homeward exodus which will end Oet. 31, when the gradually reducing airlift will come to a complete halt. | “I'm glad I was in this airlift, | but I'm glad it's over and mighty glad to be getting back home,”| said Lt. John L. Dunn of Elsa.% Tex., co-pilot of the tig C-54 which | started the homeward movement. | HOUSE SAYS MINK FARMERS CAN SUE | GOVT. FOR LOSSES WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—(®—The| old, is prima ballerina’ of the « Metronolitan Ballet, London, v SHANGHAI—-(®#—Frcm six to ten heavy and medium Nationalist bombers raided Shanghai at noon today. A few bombs were dropped | MANILA—{§— The United States | Army today delivered Fort William McKinley to the Philippine gov- ernment. The post, on the outskirts of South Manila, had been used by American troops since 1902. ROME—(®— The Vatican radio has compared the Communist rul- ers of Eastern Europe to the em- House has approved legislation to | PErors who fed Christians to the lions in ancient Rome. It said the permit three Alaska mink rnrmersI £ 2 to go to court for damages meinommumstg are trying to wipe out charge was due to low flying air-| the Christian faith, just as the planes. Roman emperors tried it. The bill would allow the District LONDON—®— American Am- | to 50,073,000, from 49,924,000 in June. The Census Bureau’s figures were nationwide estimates only. They shed no light on the spot-unem- ployment which the Administration seeks to remedy by concentrating federal spending in the trcubled areas. FOUR ADMIRALS 10 OBSERVE PT. BARROW SUPPLY SAN DIEGO, Calif,, Aug. 3—(®— Four Admirals, accompanied by} their staffs, were to leave here| today for Alaska to observe the Navy's annual Pt. Barrow re-supply expedition. The expedition is in Alaskan waters now on the way to Pt. Bar- row, northernmost point of Alaska where more than 40,000 tons ot cargo will be unloaded for govern- ment outposts in the remote Arctic larea. Court of Alaska to consider their claims. Fred L. Kroesing, Fred Ohman| and Hilds Links all near Anchorage; claimed governnient airplanes on| maneuvers flew low causing the; bassador Lewis W. Douglas is pro- | gressing satisfactorily following the | removal of a cataract from an eye! injured in a fishing accident last April, Embassy sources said today. mother minks to kill kittens and the deaths of older mink. Kroesing seeks $7,070 damages and Ohman and Links $12,700. Congress several months ago ap- proved legislation to pay the dam- ages but President Truman vetoed it saying he would be glad to ap- prove a measure authorizing ‘the claimants to present their cases to court. The bill now goes to the Senate. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) WASHING’IO — Newspapers carried a little note about Presi- dent Truman driving his own car to Leesburg, Va., the other day, but there was. nd -other explanation of why he went there. He is the reason why: Some weeks ago, Sen. Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts Republican, was visiting Gen. George Marshall at Leesburg, when the éx-Secre- tary of State showed him the grave of Col. Edward D. Baker, former U. S. Senator from Oregon, killed in action during the Civil War. The stone marker was covered with moss. Vines and vegetation had grown up over the spot, and General Marshall remarked to the Senator from 'Massachusetts that it was a shamé a Senator from Oregon who had fought so gallant- —_— (Continued on Page Four) He may be able to leave the hos- pital by the end of this week. LONDON —P— United States Navy ships in British ports will fire 21-gun salutes at noor tomor- row in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s 49th birthday. OSLO—(#— King Haakon VII of | Norway celebrated his 77th birth- day at his summer palace outside Oslo. 3 WASHINGTON, D.C.—®— The Senate has approved a seven-billion 600-million dollar appropriation bill for the government's independent offices, The offices include the| Atomic Energy Commission, the;| Veterans' Administration and oth- ers. | | i 1 WASHINGTONE D. C.—(®— The question of who owns the tidelands —the submerged land off the ccasts—will come up in two separ- ate bills to be intrcduced in Con- !gress. This was announced today | by House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas. ALBANY, N. Y. —®—New York s | taking steps to cope with what Governor Thomas E. Dewey today called recession unemployment in Ithe state. Dewey ordered a speed- up on the state’s 575 million dollar | public works program. NEW YORK—(P—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, veteran Polar ex- plorer, plans to lead a new naval expedition to the Antarctic next winter, the New York Times said ‘They were to include Rear Adm. B. J. Rodgers, Commander Am- phitious Force, Pacific Fleet; Vice Adm. F. G. Bogan, Commander First Task Fleet; Rear Adm, C. A. Trexel, Director of Pacific and 4laskan Divisions of Bureau of Yards and Docks; and Rear Adm. J. M. Hoskins, Chief of Staff, Com- mander Air Force, Pacific Fleet. They will stop at Seattle, Ko- diak, Anchorage and Nome, arriv-| ing “at Fairbanks, Sunday, where they will transfer to a smaller plane to fly to Pt. Barrow and Barter Island. First units of the expedition have reached their destination "and started unloading cargo, the Navy reported today. An advance unit of LST's (land- ing ship tank) and the ice breaker Burton Island arrived at Point Barrow late yesterday and im- mediately startéd discharging their portion of the 45,000-ton cargo destined for the Navy’s oil project and other government operations. Capt. Monroe N. Riker, com- mander of the advance unit, left on a reconnaissance flights to study ice conditions in the area sur- rounding Barter Island, 200 miles east of Point Barrow. If conditions are favorable the ice breaker and two LST's will get under way at once for Barter Island, the final stop of the ex- pedition. The expedition flagship George Clymer and other units were ex- pected to reach Point Barrow to- day. RFC SUES FOR VESSEL The Recqnstruction Finance Cor- poration has filed a suit in admir- alty for arrest and attachment of the gas screw vessel Rolling Wave. ‘The boat was mortgaged to the government agency for a $5,00 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949 TITO SAYS OTHERS T0 JOIN FIGHT Atlantic Defense Organi- zation Is Seen by End of Year A SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL EVENTS TODAY (By the Associated Press) Premier Marshal Tito of Yugc- slavia is beckoning other Balkan nations to walk out from Russian domination. In a speech at Skoplje, capital of Yugoslav Macedonia, Tito predicted yesterday that Bulgaria and Albania would quit the Mos- zow-led Cominform, and he offered Yugoslavia’s help in such a revolt. Tito has been a bitter foe of the Communist International Informa- tion Bureau since June 1948. This Sen. Byrd's (andidate Takes Vole MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ' BRITISH SAY RUSSIA IS USING 10,000,000 LABORERS A RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 3—(®— Quiet, conservative John Stewart Battle, a State Senator with 20 years of legislative experience, cap- tured yesterday’s four-way Demo- cratic primary election for Gov- ernor and proved again the potency of the Virginia political organiza- tion headed by Senator Harry Byrd. The 59-year old Charlottesville lawyer won the party nomination that means election in November with 23,000 votes to spare on the basis of near-complete returns; from the state’s 1768 precincts. He swept the field—capturing seven of the state’s nine Congres- sional districts. And in so doing he; beat back his nearest competitor, Francis Pickens Miller the anti- organization candidate and former Army Colonel, who posed the first serious threat to the organization’s) was his most defiant speech. It was the first time he has called on neighboring Communist nations to join his revolt against the Krem- lin, Tito said the Bulgarian people ultimately would ignore the “slan- ders against Yugoslavia and ex- tend their fraternal hand to us and we will help them remove whatever individuals have so far put obstacles in the path of the creation and preservation of brotherly relations.” He said this statement also applied to Albania There have been recent purges among Communist leaders in Al- bania and Bulgaria. The men ousted were charged with “Titoism” which has replaced “Trotskyism” as the modern Communist heresy. Make Defense Plans A defense organization under the Atlantic Treaty “might be set up cefore the end of the year,” Adm Louis E. Denfeld said today in London, That brief statement from the Naval member of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff was the first direct indication of their progress in meetings with the military leaders of the Pact nations. Denfeld spoke after he, Army| Chief of Staff Gen. Omar N. Brad- ley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen§ Hoyt S. Vandenberg met for more than three hours with the British Chiefs of Staff. Asked how soon a defense mechanism for the Atlantic Pact could be established, Denfeld re- plied, “I should think it will not be too long. It might be before the end of the year.” Indonesian War Over Indonesian Republicans and the| Dutch today issued cease-fire orders to become effective at mid- night next Wednesday. Thus a conflict which has been waged | since 1945 is expected to come to an end. The Republicans and Non- | Republican states embracing all of Indonesia have agreed to form a the Dutch federal union under crown. In Tokyo, Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur announced that his con- troversial program for treaking up Japanese trusts has been “accom- Eleven big plisheq effectively.” carporations were singled out for| deconcentration. Some observers others called the plan a success, labelled it a failure. e 0 6o 0 oo 000 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 59; minimum, 49. At Airport—Maximum, 55; minimum, 49. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnits) Variable cloudiness tonight and Thursday, lowest tonight near 50 degrees. Highest on Wednesday about 63. PRECIPITATION (Past 2+ hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — .48 inches; since Aug. 1, 152 inches; since July 1, 6.81 inches. At Airport — .54 inches; since Aug. 1, .69 inches; since July 1, 4.81 inches. e ® 0 0 w & s ® 9 e . . . ° . . . . . [ ] . [ . . . ORANGE FOR SYRACUSE SYRACUSE—(#— The 1949 foot- ball team - of ' Syracuse ' University really will ‘be “The ‘Orangemen” this fall, for Coach PF. Schwartz- RFC loan granted Walter C. Malts- berger November 29, 1948, 4 l today. L] walder is planning ‘' to dress his gridders in solid orange. supremacy in the last 25 years. | In the only Republican prlmn.ry;' contest E. Thomas McGuire of Petersburg led Berkeley Williams of Richmond in the race for nomina-| tion for Lieutenant Governor by a narrow margin. SENATORS SEEK Wl Alois Fajstl ordered property along with 10 years loss iof civil rights, His parish is at education of the people” as one of (CATHOLIC PRIEST SENTTO PRISONBY CZECH iilGH COURT PRAGUE, Aug. 3—(®—The offi- cial Prague radio announced to- night that the state court has sen- tenced a Roman Catholic priest to eight years in prison for high treason for refusing to administer the last sacrament to an old woman because she was a Com- munist. This was the first such sentence in the Communist government’s war with the Roman Catholic hier- archy. The Communist Minister of Jus- tice, Alexei Cepicka, threatened two weeks ago to prosecute for trea- son any Roman Catholic clergy- man who attempted -to carry out the Vatican decree calling for ex- communication of Communists or denial of the sacraments to those ho aid Communists. The court sentenced the Rev. to eight years and confiscation of all his AID FOR METAL (5o, cast"o prague. MINING PLANTS| WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—(®—Five Western Senators are seeking n’ new approach to the problem otl supporting the metal mining in- dustry. Chairman O'Mahoney of the Interior Affairs Committee today named himself, Senators Watkins (R-Utah), Murray (D- Mont), Kerr (D-Okla) and Malone | (R-Nev) to work out some method ! for using Federal powers to halr.i the closing of non-ferrous mines, and stimulate exploration for an develonment of new ore bodies. None of the several bills so far| | (D-Wyo) i ' official Father Fajstl refused the last rites to Zofie Paclikova, 67, who “was ifighting death of pneumonia.” $ ator Bridges a:that 1$35,000 he The radio announcement and the Czech' press bureau said ENATOR ADMITS GETTING $35,000 FROM MINE FUND WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—(P—Sen- (R-NH) said today part a substantial welfare funds goes for introduced for this purpose h“’expenses and lawyers® fees. zained Administration support. () the Bureau of Mines and from industry representatives, O'Mahoney recently otserved to the full committee that mines probably § SLAVES By LYNN HEINZERLING GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 3.— (P—Britain formally accused Russia today of maintaining 10,0(9.000 slave laborers in'“a new slavery or- ganized on a mass production ba- | sis.” | Russia retorted in the United Nations Economic and Social Coun- lcil here that the British charge simply was a smokescreen to cover up Britain's own labor troubles. The United States proposed ap- pointment of an U. N. Commission of 11 to inquire into “the nature and extent of forced labor” throughout the world. The U. S. resolution suggested emphasis in such an inquiry be placed in “sit- uations involving large numbers of persons or widespread practices of forced labor.” The British charges were made by Corley Smith, British delegate who presented what he described as a copy of a “corrective labor code of the Russian Soviet Fed- erated Socialist Republic” on rules for labor camps in the Soviet Un- ion. The RSFSR. is Russia’s largest republic, with Moscow as its capital. Russia retorted that the codes presented by Britain actually repre- sented a humane system with “re- its aims. The Soviet delegate said the code's object was to place per- sons sentenced to penal servitude: “in conditions which make it im- possible for them to de¢ anything hostile to Soviet Society.” ( ‘Imer Fakes Annual Vacation; Empire Gang Now "Dunking” Things aren’t quite the same around the Empire City Desk these days. Elmer Friend, genial Man- aging Editor, has taken two weeks of theloff for his annual vacation while receives annually as|Bob Druxman relieves him at his public trustee of the United Mine | duties. Workers' Elmer Is spending his vacation, as usual, at his summer cabin ong It is “absolutely necessary,” helPritz Cove Road with his grand- After | hearing tejtimony "om’said. for the public trustee of the!daughter, Jane Adams, and her Sarinto [3100.000,000 fund “to have the best|friend, Lynette Hebert, daughter ator fo qvice possitle.” He added that he|of Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Hebert. has retained counsel for that pur- ‘The Empire gang wishes Elmer well; hopes that he will hurry back 4 g Ay jthe fund, told the Senate Bankingluseq to “Dunking” in the news- eral aid. President Truman already has pressed disapproval of the Murray- Engle bill to authorize subsidies for production, velopment. tr the operators’ ustee, and John L. Lewis, head Rep. Baring (D-Nev) and others d hi " : at Lewis did not {5083 Wi ing states have Ob"eaea!tai?e fl:g egom'penxnflon but the to the O’Mahoney bill to authorize; the Bureau to contract with the owners of promising property for development of new ore bodies. MATS RESTORE FULL SERVICE | Wirh ALASKA SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 3— (A—Kelly Air Force base said today all domestic and Alaskan air serv- ice is being restored. The Ogntinental division of Lhel Military/ Air Transport Service atl Kelly gaid the service, cut to a minimpm - during the Berlin airlift, has first priority on returning C-54 aircraft as the lift is closed out. The first of the returning four- engine transports will be put mtol service on the coast-to-coast air evacuation run, offering three runs trips weekly. This service has; been operating with C-47 craft} whieh require three overnight stops. The C-54 evacuation planes Wwill require only the overnight stop at Kelly. Kelly Air Force base said the replacement training unit at Great Falls, Mont., will shortly end its program of turning out airlift crews. It will now provide training for pilots, engineers, mechanics, traffic and other personnel for normal MATS operations and serv- ices. | | SEATTLE VISITORS Registered (at the Baranof Ho- tel from Seattle are Herbert Law- rence, Dr. and Mrs. Roger Witzel and Mamie L, Johnson, other two trustees did. THE WHITE HOUSE T0 BE RENOVATED WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—(M—The White House is going to be reno- vated instead of replaced. Senator McKellar (D-Tenn), chairman of an official commis- sion on the project, made the announcement following a session in the White House today. Congress has appropriated $5,- 400,000 to do the work. In one report to Congress, President Truman conceded that it might be cheaper to rebuild rather than try to repair the ancient structure on Pennsylvania Avenue. However, he said that the Ameri- can people would like to preserve the present building possible for sentimental and his- toric reasons. The commission decided to retain the mansion in its present form rather than build an entirely new structure as had been advocated by some Congressmen and others. The Commission, which McKellar heads as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is the final authority in the controversy. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah due southbound Friday at 8 am. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver today. Coastal Monarch due from Seattle Saturday. to sail Committee yesterday that Bridges,|paper business. Ezra Van Horn, ———— lorath d 1of the United Mine Workers, are IA"ANA RIVER exploration and de-| ;. Loq $35000 each annually for administering the fund. FLOOD WATERS CLIMB HIGHER FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 3.—(® ——Nenana’s flood dangers conbin- ued today as the Tanana River climbed higher by the hour. E. T. Swift, railroad agent, said the central Alaska village’s condi- tion was “serious but not of dis- aster proportions.” He said there is no immediate emergency unless a sudden rise of water swept the river out of con- 1. Much of the town was reported flooded yesterday. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—(®—Clos- ing quotation on Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3'%, Anaconda insofar as|28%, Curtiss-Wright 8% Interna- tional Harvester 25%, Kennecott 48, New York Central 9%, Northern Pacific 13%, U. 8. Steel 22%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,270,000 shares. | Averages today were as follows: | industrials 177.19, rails 44.99, util- ities 36.12. VISITORS WELCOME In observance of Coast Guard Day tomorrow, the U.8.C.G. Cutter Storis will be open to visitors, it was announced today by Lt. Comdr. Edward Chester, Jr.,, who is ranking cfficer in this area in the absence of Comdr. John R. Kurcheski, skip- per of the Storis. The cutter's Executive Officer, PRICE TEN CENTS BRING OUT BILLS, SAY LAWMAKERS Two Legislators Request Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—(®—Rep. Crawford (R-Mich) has urged in the House that Hawali and Alaska statehood bills be trought to the floor for immediate consideration. Crawford sald many members of Congress hope they will be “allowed to stand up and be counted on this question.” The Michigan Republican said a poll of Congressmen being con- ducted by the Hearst newspapers indicates 2 to 1 support for the Hawail bill and more than 3 to 2 in favor of the Alaska bill at the current session of Congress. The poll, he said, is 85 percent com- plete. “The time has come,” he said, “when we can demonstrate to the people of the world our belief in the extension of full Democracy to our lands at home, to demonstrate to the people of this country our firm backing of our political plat- forms and to demonstrate to the people of Alaska and Hawali our faith in their future and our re- cognition of them as being politi- cally, economically and socially in- separable from the union.” Crawford's statement was made" in the Congressional record. On the other side of the Capi- tol, Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) put a “similar statement in the Record. KLAN LEADER IS JAILED AGAIN FOR CONTEMPT BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 3.—M —Alabama's top Ku Klux Klan leader was ordered. back to jail today for refusal to produce rec- ords of the white-robed order. Willlam Hugh Morris, director of the Federated Klan, was return- ed under a contempt of court ci- tation arising from his refusal to give the records to a grand jury. Under the decision, Morris can be held indefinitely. He can clear himself of the citation only by turning the Klan's records over to the jury. The jury today resumes its in- vestigation of mob violence after a weekend recess. Eighteen men al- ready have been indicted on flog- ging and related charges, Morris had been out of jail on $500 conditional bond after pre- viously spending 16 days in jail. CANNERY UNION AGENT RELEASED ON $5,000 BOND EEATTLE, Aug. 3—(P—Ernesto Arcebal Mangaoang, 47, arrested by immigration + and naturalization officials on charges that he belongs to an organization advocating overthrow of the government, was released today on $5,000 bond. No hearings on Mangaoang, who is business agent of the Local 7, Can- nery Workers and Farm Laborers Union. . CITY OF WRANGELL HOLDS SPECIAL ELECTION TUESDAY WRANGELL, Alaska, Aug. 3.— (Special)—In a special election held here yesterday, term of office for mayor was established at one year. Councilmen will serve three years. Other issues settled included the establishment of permanent regis- tration and holding of annual mu- nicipal elections on the first Tues- day in October. Only mild interest was shown by Baranof scheduled to sail from |Lt. Arthur I. Roberts, will extend |voters. A total of 51 turned out Seattle Saturday. Aleutian scheduled to southbound next Sunday. the hospitality of the ship to Gas- 11 ¢ w.and from 1 to 5 p. m, as compared with over 400 ballots arrive! tineau Channel visitors from 9 to|cast into the last general election here. date has been set for deportation ° £