The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 1, 1949, Page 1

8 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIII., NO. 11,288 ~C “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Military High Comma AMER. LEGION WILL ELECT CHIEF TODAY Delegates Unanimously | Approve Self-Help Plan ~Objects to Any Bonus PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1—#— Legionnaires, warming up to the| election of a new national Ameri-| can Legion commander, gave unani- mous approval today to the Legion’s self-help plan to bring new jobs! and industries to America’s cities. ‘The Legion’s 31st annual con- vention approved a resolution back- ing a seli-help plan “based on the initiative of the people in their own communities without reliance | | | | on the Federal government in solv- ing unemployment problems.” Under the proposal, town and | city councils would confer with| industrial and civic leaders and| pool their resources on a commun- | ity plan. It is a key part of the| Legion’s 1950 domestic program. { The election of a new command- er was the main item of busi- ness on the last day of the four-| day convention. ' The Legionnaires howled down | with a booming chorus of “noes”| a proposal by George Nicholas of | Miami, Fla.,, that the Legion go on record as oppesing a federal bonus for World War Two veterans at| this time. The convention voted an in- crease of 25 cents per capita in 1950 dues, effective October 1, to a total of $1.25 a year. Resolutions adopted included one urging Congress immeédiately to] admit Alaska and Hawali to statehood. CRAIG ELECTED PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1—P— ‘The American Legion today elect- ed George N. Craig, 40-year-old Brazil, Ind., attorney as National Commander. He is the first veter- an of World War Two ever named to the post. Craig reached the needed ma- jority of 1,673 votes when Texas gave him 104 of its 106 votes. He succeeds retiring Commander Perry Brown of Beaumont, Tex. James Green, 33, Omaha, Neb:, was a close second with two other| candidates, Earl Cocke, Jr. of| Dawson, Ga., and Donald Wilson,, Clarksburg, W. Va,, mustering only a few scattered votes. A total of 3,344 delegates ballot- ed. Earlier the Legion, at its 31st an- nual convention meeting, demanded in a resolution that the U. S. “curtail as far as possible any further immigration at the present time.” The Washington Merry - Go - Round (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) | By ROBERT S. ALLEN, Substi- tuting for Drew Pearson, Who Is On Annual Vacation ASHINGTON—President . Tru- man, who has complained repeat- edly about lobbying, is due to get a similar complaint against a mem- ber of his own official family. He is John D. <lark, of the White House Council of Economic Advis- ers.” The former Standard Oil of In- diana official, has aroused ‘the ire of a group of anti-monopoly Con- gressmen. They charge he has been quietly lobbying to restore the basing-point price” system outlaw- ed by the Supreme Court. Chief complainers are Reps. Wright Patman, D., Tex., and John Carroll, D, Colo., who were largely instrumental in putting through the House recently the bill barring business mergers. This measure is the most important anti-trust legis- lation enacted in many years. Patman and Carroll are taking their lobbying complaint against Clark directly to the President. Their contention is that it is fu- tile for them to seek to strength- en the Government’s hand against monopoly when a member of the ‘White House staff is opposing them. They want the President to muzzle Clark. His ‘position on this issue is cur- ious. Last summer, he vigorously backed the Federal Trade Commis- sion when a committee headed by et _(Ww’l‘.m) | 1 | | President Harry S. Truman, James H. Duff, Philadelphia; In the President Truman, Perry Brown, National Legion Commander; U. Truman Greeled by Legionnaires wearing a Missouri Legion cap, is greeted as he arrived in Philadelphia to address the 31st National American Legion Convention. are Gov. 8. group (left to right) Senator Francis J. ‘Vlyers (D.-Pa.) and Phfllldephh Mayor Bernard Samuel. ## Wirephoto. U.S. and (anada Plan Winfer |RUSSIA WON Maneuvers Near Whitehorse WORLD WAR For Joint ArcticDefense, TWO, CLAINE By EL'DON C. FAY WASHINGTON, Sept. Canadian and United States ground and air units will work out fighting techniques this winter for combined | defense of the critical Arctic fron-| tier. ‘The Army announced today that “Exercise Cross-Index” — involving comparatively small units of the |armies of the two nations, supported by the U.S. and Royal Canadian Air Forces—will be conducted in the Yukon and Alaska areas near Whitehorse, Y.T., during January jand February. BATTALION COMBAT TEAMS Each army will provide a “one-; battalion combat team including infantry—some of which will be employed in a parachute role— artillery, engineers, signals and other supporting arms and serv- ices,” the formal announcement said. ’ Army officials declined to specxfyl the total number of men involved, pointing out that the size of a combat team varies widely, de- | pending on its mission. ‘The two Air Forces will provide tighter cover for troops and bomber, reconnaissance and transport planes. “In addition to existing com- munications, mo:ile RCAF and USAF signals equipment will be used,” the Army said. “Mobile Air Force radar and control centers will also Be employed.” RADAR DETECTION CHAIN Canada and the United States are undertaking to build a perma- nent chain of radar aircraft detec- tion stations across the northern rim of the continent to warn of the apprcach of hostile craft across the polar cap. The over-all commander of the Arctic exercise will pe named by the United States, as well as the Army commander, while Canada will appoint the Allied Air Forces commander. Most of the troops will be flown into the Whitehorse area, with the rest moving in over the Alaska highway. In some instances, troops will travel as much as 3,000 miles. 1—m— I i i the Western and the Quebec com- mands. The area of the latter stretches up through Baffin Land toward Greenland. ‘MAN, PATROL AND WATCH' The Canadian theory of defense for the vast and uninhabited northland is to man strongpoints and patrol the other strategic zones, watching for the presence of any strangers in the remote Arctic land. The defense collaburation between the two nations, started before the war and carried,on since, includes an interchange of information and temporary exchange of officers Loth at headquarters and in the field. STANDARDIZE WEAPONS As part of the beginning of a general standardization program, the two nations have adopted com- mon communication systems and battle orders. Moreover, the Canadian govern- ment has announced that it desires to standardize weapons “as far as practicable.” Canadian Defense Minister Claxton disclosed recently that “we have a list in Canada of all weapons we are prepared to standardize to American designs.” As an example of the progress in this program, he pointed out that Canada will build the F-86 jet fighter, the newest type of fighter in operation by the USAF. TROOPS TO BE USED FORT LEWIS, Sept. 1.—®—Ft. Lewis officials said today they as- sumed the infantry units to be used in arctic exercises by the Canadian and United States forces will be from this post. They said a Fourth Regimental Combat Team Regiment which cur- rently is in the Far North probably would be used although no word has been received from Washing- ton. STOCK OUOIATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau “The objectives of the exerciseimine stock today is 3%, American are to develop procedures, doctrines | Can 94%, Anaconda 27, Curtiss- and techniques for the employ-; Wright 7%, International Harvest- ment of the combind Canadian- | er 26%, Kennecott 45%, New York United States Army and Air Forces ; Central 10%, Northern Pacific 127%, operating in the Army announcement said. The exercises apparently will be in the Western Command of the|industrials 179.53, rails 45.65, util-| (MNR), Canadian~ Army. That command, with headquarters at Edmonton, Alberta, includes British Columbia ; and Al:erta, the Northwest Terri- torles and the Yukon. The Canadian defense of the North,” the|U. S. Steel 22%, Pound $4.03. Sales today were 840,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: ities 36.73. FIRE DEPT. TO MEET Members of the juneau Volunteer Pire Department will hold their monthly meeting in thier quarters Arctic rests with two commands,this evening, starting at 8 o'clock. | | | | | That IsCradad_ade on 10th Anniversary of Start of that Conflict | (By the Associated Press) i Today is the 10th anniversary of the beginning of World War II in Europe and the fourth anniver- sary of the Japanese surrender ceremony. iseized the occasion to declare the Soviet Union won the European war single handed. “The Soviet people bore the en- tire icurden of the war against the ! German Fascist invaders,” it said. FINE IN JAPAN In Tokyo (where it was Friday, Japanese time), Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur reviewed Japan's four years under Allied occupation and de- clared Communism is no longer a major threat to Japan. | “The Japanese people,” said Mac- Arthur, “have fully and faithfully otserved their surrender commit- the road to spiritual regeneration and physical reconstruction.” In four years Japan's popula- tion has grown by 9,500,000, Mac- Arthur reported, “yet there has been no mass unemployment, no isocial unrest and no large-scale | dole.” West German newspapers noted the 10th anniversary of Hitler'’s march into Poland with a chorus of “we don’t want gnother war.’ Zoviet-licensed newspapers in Ber- lin said the American Army is pre- paring for another war on German soil. The Ru,ssla.ns are just concluding their summer military maneuvers east of the Elbe. The Americans will marshal 110,000 men in mock warfare in West Germany next week. IN CHINA In China, Communists continued their march southward. Canton dispatches said ‘Communist irregu- miles east northeast of Canton, and another town, Meihsien, was aban- doned by Nationalists without a fight. DOWN IN BOLIVIA Rightist Rebels have made fur- ther gains in Bolivia. The middle- of-the-road government reported the National Revolutionary Party which began the revolt Saturday, now holds at least four key centers. The government said | the Rebels had taken over Yacuiba, an oil center on the Argentine frontier, and Sucre, 250 miles south- east of La Paz. The Rebels also control Santa Cruz and Potosi. ments and advanced steadily along | lars have captured Hs.ngning, 125 'MINIMUM WAGE | | | { Il RICHARDSON FINED President Ho_p;s for "'Sur- {ing economy and the Senate diai | the right thing in turning it down. . C(OLD WAR SLACKENS, IS BELIEF render’” - Discusses Congress’ Actions WASHINGTON, , Sept. 1.—#— President Truman said today the war of nerves between Communist | and Democratic governments is very decidedly slackening off. He expressed a sincere hope that this war will end in surrend- er just as the shooting war did. Then, he told a news conference, everybody could get in the mood for peace, the United Nations would work as it should, and he hoped generations of world peace would | follow. Asked to explain what he meant | by hoping the cold war would end | in surrender, the President replied he meant just what he said. He would not elaborate, but nobody had any doubts which side he hop- ed would surrender. Mr. Truman’s remarks were in re- sponse to a request for comment on the tenth anniversary of the start of World War II Turning to domestic matters, the President repeated a prediction that his program will pass—all of it—by the time the 81st Congress | ends next year. He said the first session is not over yet and no one can draw any conclusions until the 1950 session is finished. Mr. Truman said he is pleased | over the Senate’s action in de-| aling an appropriation bill rid- | er which would have required him| to cut all appropriations five to ten per cent. | He said the rider was absolutely | the wrong way to go about achiev- | i CHIEF U.S. FORESTER| WATTS DUE, ALASKA;| KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 1.— (M—Chief U. S. Forester Lyle Watts | is expected here Friday from| Washington to confer with Alaska Regional Forester Frank Heintzle-| man of Juneau. Heintzleman also invited Law- son Turcotte of Bellingham, pres- | ident of the new Ketchikan Pulp| and Paper Company, to fly north to confer with Watts. | Other prominent Washington, D.| C., figures also are expected Lu} visit southeast Alaska shortly. Word from Delegate Bartlett indicates Asst. Secretary 'of Interior William E. Warne is due in mid-September | to describe the billion dollar Alaska industrial corporation measure which is pending in the national capital. He may ke accompanied by | Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-| Wyo), sular Affairs committee, on a brief checkup of statehood and other Al- askan matters. chairman of the Senate In-| §750, THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL, SUSPENDED PETERSBURG, Alaska, Sept. 1—| (P—Fishing with a gill net Aug. 19/ yesterday cost Fiank Rlchnrdson[ $750 in fines and 30 days in jail suspended. He said he would serve out the fine in jail. U.S. Commis- sioner Dale H. Hirt passed sen- tence. MAY BE UPPED, 40 T0 75 CENTS| WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—M—An| increase in the minimum wage, from 40 to 75 cents an hour wasj| virtually assured today. The 8enate voted for it yester- day; the House did so earlier. All that remains now is for the two branches to compromise other points in the bills each passed to revise the 1938 wage-hour law. | to prevent his conviction,” | James PRICE TEN CENTS Vaughan on Stand Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, Presidential military aide, gestures as he takes the witness stand before the Senate investigating com- mittee in the five percenter prcbe in Washington, He was called to explain his connections with James V. Hunt, Washington business counselor, and John Maragon, both key figures in testimony, with whom he has been linked. # erephnw Columnist | VAUGHAN T0 Pearsonls | BE KEPT ON Tesllfymgy BY TRUMAN Gives Inleresiing Insighhwm Not Fire Army Aide, Info Some of Doings of Vaughan WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—(®— Drew Pearson testified today that {Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan tele- 'WARNE IS COMING, The Moscow Weekly New Times | phoned the Justice Department in 1946 “asking some intervention” in the income tax case of a New Orleans 0.1 man. The columnist took the witness chair in the Senate’s “five per- center” investigation shortly after a White House news conference at which President Truman said Vaughan would stay on as his Army aide. Pearscn identified the case as that of “W. T. Burton, New Orleans oil man,” and a “very good friend of William Helis.” Tihe columnist said Burton had been tried twice on income tax fraud charges, and on both occa- sions the jury failed to agree. He went on to testify that Bur- President Curtly Tells Newsmen WASHINGTON sept. 1 ——(W President Truman said today he will keep Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan as his army aide. That was just about all comment Mr. Truman would make at a news conference about the Senate investigation of Vaughan's activities. To other questions, Mr. Truman said the hearing was held on Capi- tol Hill, and that it would not be continued up here (meaning the White House). A reporter asked whether thought Vauzhan had got a deal” from the committee. Mr. Truman declined comment. “fair Although the committee has dis-! missed Vaughan as a witness, Sen- ator McCarthy (R-Wis) said it is ton was subsequently indicted and “just getting started” in its inquiry convic iing. “There was a lot of maneuvering Pearson caid. He said he learned of Vaughan's purported intere:t in the case from P. McGranery, now U.S. Judze for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. At the time, 1946, McGranery was the assistant to the then Attorney General, Tom Clark. The Senate group recessed its hearings indefinitely after hearing Pearson. It was left to Chairman Hoey (D-NC) to decide when (urther hearings should be held. More are planned. STEAMER MOYEMI™TS Prince George from Vancouvel scheduled to arrive tomorrow after- noon. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive Saturday afternoon or eve- ning. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Aleutian from west scheduled scuthbound Sunday. HEINMILLERS TO HAINES Mr. Carl Heinmiller and his bride, the former Betty Haggarty, were passengers yesterday on Al- aska Coastal Alrlines for Haines. The bridegroom is manager of the Port Chilkoot Company there. | ed of a charge of jury brib-}about him., McCarthy, talking with reporters in advance of the President’s news conference, also said that for Mr. Truman to keep Vaughan as his military aide would amount to en- dorsing not only the “New Deal” and the “Fair Deal” but also “all of Harry Vaughan's deals.” Vaughan himself has indicated that one former White House figure —John Maragon—won't be seen around there in the future Vaughan said yesterday that| Maragon needs to be “washed up, fumigated.” A reporter told Mr. Truman that Vaughan had said Maragon the White House. The reporter wanted to know what the President thought about that. * It was then that Mr. Truman as- serted that the committee hearing was being held at the Capitol and it would not be continued at the White Homse, The word that Vaughan would stay as the President’s aide came | Tru- any when a reporter asked Mr. man if he contemplated change in army aides. The President said: “I do not.” Vaughan, in re-ribboned sum- mer uniform, was standing behind the President at the meeting with reporters. Some 150,000 tons of steel wire were sold annually for hoop skirts when they were the fashion in ! 1860-1870. the| he; was | his “lovable” friend, but ought to| be “fumigated” before he re-enters| nd Coming To Alaska (OPERATING HEADS T0 MAKE TOUR Inspected - In North About 10 Days WASHINGTON, Sept. The military high command will |go to Alaska next week to inspect defenses in that strategic northern | cutpost. | Secretary of Defense Johnson announced today the Joint Chiefs of Staff will leave here Tuesday on the tour of military in-tallations | there. The Joint Chieis, operating | beads of the Army, Navy and Air Force, made a similar tour of | Europe a month ago. They confer- red with military leaders of the ! North Atlantic Pact nations on the | proposed military organization under the treaty. | Today's announcement said the | Alaskan trip “continues the policy |for the Joint Chlefs of Staff to 1 visit unified commands together, as i the opportunity offers, in order to E‘tudy mutual defense problems.” | 'Those going on the trip include Gen. Omar Bradley, Chairman, { Air General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Army General J. Lawton Collins, and Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Deputy Chief of Naval Operation who will go in the place of Admiral | Louis Denfeld. They probel:ly will be in A!ull about 10 days. The trip is being made by M The group is expected to arrive in Alaska . on - Wednsday. . Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining . of the Air Force, is the overall commander of the air-land-sea defense setup there. The announcment said that Den- feld, “will not be able to make the itrip.” It was understood that the Admiral who has been suffering from a cold, was' admonished by his physiclan not to fly for a | while, CANNERIES ARE - SWAMPED, SAYS C. L. Anderson, director of the Alaska Department of Pisheries, | sald today that every cannery vis- ited during a three-day survey of | fishing areas was swamped with ! fish. i ‘In some cases traps were not even lifted because of the quantity | of fish. Seine fishermen. were: tak- en care of first,” Anderson said.’ He has just returned, with Lew MacDonald, Pisheries :Supervisos, from visiting canneries and spawn- | ing streams between Juneau and the Canadian boundary and from the west coast to the mainland. “In the Prince of Wales area off the west coast of Dall Islama,” ‘A | derson reported, “purse seiners were fishing in the open ocean, some getting two loads of fish a day. ‘With the exception of a very.few scattered bays and streams, there was a good showing of salmon, HEAD OF SEATTLE PORT COMING FOR ARMY CONFERENCE SEATTLE, Sept. 1—(M—Brig. Gen. | Fenton 8. Jacobs, Commanding | General of the €eattle Port of Em- Larkation, will sail for Alaska to- morrow on the U.S. Army transport Frederick Funston. He will confer with U.S. Army Alaska officials on | transportation and supply questions | resulting from the recent reorgani- | xation of deep sea transportation under Navy control. | MISS WHEELER TO SAIL Miss Bonnie Wheeler plans to sail on the Aleutian Sunday, re- turning to. California after a sum- mer visit with her father, Ross | Wheeler. Miss Wheeler, who will celebrate her seventeenth birthday :tonwrrov. is returning to continue | her studies at San Jose high school. On her annual visit with her fath- er, she has been in Juneau since June. 1—p— ' (. L. ANDERSON Military Installations m‘fii? 4