The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 28, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIIIL, NO. 11,310 Steel Industry At Princess Sils,‘ Birlhday Porlr_ail RADARAIRR DEFENSE IS ' OPERATING System on wh Coasts Is| Functioning Buf Scope | Is Kept Secret ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—(®— The Air Force said today radar air | defense systems are operating on| both coasts of the United States and in Alaska. Beyond ccnfirming their exist- ence, however, the Air Force de- clined to give’ any details on the radar stations along the northwest | and northeast coastal areas. 4 “ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1949 - PICKETS OF C10 AWAIT ALASKA SHIP Jurisdidion;rDispute fo Arise on Arrival of Asa Lothrop SEATTLE, Sept. 28—(M—Congress |of Industrial Organizations mari- time unions have a welcoming com- || mittee of pickets all ready for the arrival some time late this week of | the steamer Asa Lothrop, from Nor- folk, Va. The Lothrop, ! | newly-established | Lines, Inc., is operated by the Alaska Ship| destned for the MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT! FORD STRIKE ON DEADLINE; PARLIES GOON Pensions Reported Offer- ed-115,000 Men Affect-- ed If Walkout Occurs By GLENN ENGLE DETROIT, Sept. 28.—(P—Weary negotiators worked furiously today to write a Ford contract and head off a strike before a midnight deadline on bargaining. Uncenfirmed reports from the conterence table indicated Ford had offered company-paid pensions at the age of 65. that an unusual two-and-a-half It was also reported | . What, No Sunshine? | CIO United Steelworkers tempts to Avert Big Walkout C10 UNION IS HANDED PROPOSALS U.S. Steel Pgs*idemMakes Offer — Murray -Comes Back with Statement PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28 —(®— United States Steel Corporation to- day prorosed a 10-cent hourly pen- slon and insurance program to avert a natlonwide strike but the at the csame time charged Industry is try- ing to force a walkout. President Benjamin F. Fairless of ‘US. Steel said the company's pro- Operation of the Pacific North- west system was first disclosed in Seattle on Monday by newspaper reporters and Rep. Jackson (D- Wash) who made a tour of defense posts. The Air Force, in response to questions today, said a similar setup is working in the northeastern area. Although there was no direct indication of the scope and effi- ciency of the radar spotting areas in detecting a possible sneak ap-| proach of hostile planes, it is sig- nificant that the Air Force refers to them only as “systems.” Air Force experts recently have emphasized that there is a decided | difference between a system and| a true network. A network, they | explained, is a solid fence of radar | lapped that any air craft coming | across it would be detected. day A“m': iR Wirgphote, Alaska trade. But it's coming west with an AFL crew, thus heading into a juris= dictional dispute. year contract was in the making. Some 80 shirt-sleeved negotia-| tors for the CIO United Auto Work- | battled | Fosal calls for employees to help | share the expense of the pensions | and insurance contrary to recom- | mendations of a Presidential fact | Princess Margaret Rose sits for this portrait by Cecil Beaton in stations, with their range so over-| gyokingham Palace, London. The Princess observed her 19th birth- | i The Maritime Engineers Benes« {| ficial Association, American Com- { | munications Association, Marine || Cooks and Stewards and Marine W!:Fhemcn's Unions, all CIO, have | | jurisdiction over their departments sk | on all Pacific coast ships. i| Their representatives met late é'yesterday and agreed to picket the | Lothrop on its arrival. It is ex< ! pected to berth in Tacoma, where l:!cading is under jurisdiction of the AFL International Longshoremen's Associat'on, while all other major west coast perts are manned, by the | CIO International Longshoremen's | and Warehousemen's Union. Joe Harris, business agent of the | Marine Cooks and Stewards, said A system can be a network with holes in it—that is it is made up of radar units for.guarding only certain areas. The rgdius of one system does not necessarily. reach out to that of the next system. BREAK IN " PROBLEMS WEST GERMANMARK oven Lowee aate, O BERLIN IN U. S._ DOLLARS Western Allies Stop Dis- BONN, Germany, Sept. 2s—ma£ (us.Si°n§ w”h 'R!JS' Chancellor Konrad Adenauer an- | sians in New cns's nounced today that the three West- | ern Allies had decided to cut the| value of the West German Mark | BERLIN, Sept. 28—(#—The three from 30 cents to 23.80 cents in|Western Allies tonight broke off U.S. Money. | discussions with Russia on restor- Adenauer, head of the new West [ing Berlin life to normal. German Republic, said the Allied| In a sharply worded letter to recommendation had been given to |the Soviet commandant, the Ameri- his cabinet as a result of devalu-|can, British and French comman- ation of the British pound. dants said: “We are not prepared Originally, Adenauer declared, the |to continue with discussions on the Germans had wanted the rate set normalization of life in Berlin until HOLLYWOOD VISITORS R. E. Marshall of North Holly- woed, Calif, is a guest at the Baranof. :his union planned peaceful picket- {ing, didn't want any trouble, and ers and Ford Motor Co. for last-minute gains. There were frequent recesses while each side rushed out to caucus on points at issue. Talks had been going on without let-up since 9 p.m. last night. ! Il a new contract is not signed | 1by midnight, the UAW has threat- | ened quick strike action. Ford’s, 1115,000 hourly workers are stand- | ing by. ‘The reported Ford offer, coupled leth Social Security payments, | would give retired workers between | $80 and $100 monthly in pensions. Retirement would be required at age 68, but workers with 30 years service would have the option of | retiring at 60, it was reported. ! 3 : Miss America in the person of Jacque Mercer (above) is in Holly- wood, Calif., tc model bathing si and sample the Southern California brand of sunshine. ing suit model she’s doing fine, th uits, listen to offers from movies As a bath- anks, and she'e had several nibbles from studios, but a heavy smog effectively hid the sun as this picture was made. (® Wirephoto. | tinding board. Falrless said in a statement: “We have made a proposal, to i the union setting forth the willing- | ness of United States Steel to pay |as its share of the costs of con- tri-utory programs for insurance |and pensions to be negotiated with the union up to an average of four cents an hour for insurance and six cents an hour for pensions.” The corporation proposal also | called for the union's agreement on | extending the present contract for ;one year until April 30, 1951. Fairless' statement made no men- | tion of how the steelworkers reacted to the company offer. However, President Philip Murray of the union released a statement at the isame time saying: OKLAHOMA STILL DRY; NO REPEAL Wets Claim Boofleggers| Won in State Election ~Drys Make Claims OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 28—(® —Oklahoma is still legally dry, and victory-flushed prohibitionists pro- claimed they intend to make it literally dry too. The fifth attempt in 42 years of| statehood to repeal the state’s con-| weuld notify Tacoma police and Gov. Arthur B.ilanglie to effect. y .70 The Lothrop has been delnyed‘ twice enroute, first at Baltoa, C.Z., | and later in a Mexican port for repairs. H DOCTORS SHY; VAN SANDT IN STATES' HUNT SVATTLE, Sept. 28—(®—Tuber- cylosis and orthopedic cases yearly fake hundreds of victims among Alaska’s natives and there is a shortage of doctors, particularly ALCHEN "fi(gfwfs“_cnurchill; Oust Encountered Headwinds So ROMAN'"( otoportisss | STORY 15 e RECALLED WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—(#— Cousin of King George VI Siés,‘h,jng Atfack on Brifish Laber Government Is Made by “The -deadlock in the collective rargaining conferences s due en-- tirely to the adamant refusal of United States Steel tao accept the fair and equitable settlement pro- posed by the report of the steel industry board.” Murray’s statement added: “It must be plain to all that the corporation is deliberately seeking to force a steel strike on the union 1and on the American people.” LONDON, Sept.’ 28—(®—Winston | s St | Churchill called on Parliament to- . !day to kick’ out Prime Minister Arms BI'I | Attlee’s Labor government and make | WASHINGTON, it, He D ‘ By HAL COOPER | Way for another which he said could .set the British pound free l. o find its own level in world mar- | kets, i The Conservative leader, in a slashing attack, denounced = the Labor government as having! trought Britain “to the verge of| national and international bank- ruptey.” Sept. 28—A— stituticnal ban on intoxicants was| general practitioners, decisively zeaten in a special elec-| Dr.. M. M. Van Sandt, chief tion yesterday. !medical officer and assistant medi- With 3,584 out of 3,720 precincts'cal director of the Mount Edge- i Balchen set his C-54¢ Skymaster | idown at National Airport here last; night after interrupting his flight | | from Norway to pick up gasoline at | Col. Bernt Balchen, noted Air Force flier, takes off for Alaska to Marry American Di- vorcee Named Simpson WASHINGTON, Sept. The Senate acted last night to pro- tect the American fur industry from injury by imports. 28.—(A— reported, the unofficial returns were: For repeal—264,661. | Against repeal—313,071. The chairman of the victorious United Dry Association, David C. Shapard, promptly announced a cnmp{:lgn for “ridding our state ot kootleggers and the evils of the whisky traffic.” But the wets said the bootleggers | were the real winners. Mississippi is the only other state | with a statewide liquor. ban. | ANCHORAGE COVXCTS | DELINQUEX? TAXES BY | IMPOUNDING VEHICLES ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 28— | (M—Anchorage city officials ap- parently found an effective new club for bringing in delinquent ve- | hicle tax payments. | They issued an order for police | to impound the vehicles. It brought a rush of business ror‘ the tax collector. More than a dozen owners came in to pay up long-overdue bills the first day and the collector's office was flooded with telephone inquiries. About $17,000 is outstanding in| 1948 and 1949 taxes. NEW CG PERSONNEL C. D. Ellen, E. L. Arnold, L. J. land others | October 1. After that time, appli-| TAX COLLECTIONS 'DOWN; INCOME TAX| cumize hospital, Sitka, said today. Dr. Van Sandt said that at pre- sent Alaska hospitals operated Ly | the Alaska Native Service — need three physicians and 28 staff nurses. By June, physicians, attendants, | 1950, an additional three 65 staff nurses, 50 ward | 40 hospital attendants| will be needed. | The doctor pointed out that posi- | tions are open for interior Alaska as well as in coast hospitals. Rates | of pay, under Civil Service are high, | Dr. Van Sandt said. To persons stationed at the hospitals, cost of living is nominal. | Dr. Van Sandt will be available to answer questions of those, in- terested in practicing in Alaska at the Hotel Gowman here until| cations should be made to the Gen- eral Superintendent, Alaska Native| Service, Juneau, Alaska. The Service operates under the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. PER CENT FALLS OFF Internal revenue collections this year in the Washington-Alaska dis- | headwinds which had used up his | istop last week. {Hoyt 8. today after being repulsed by the; weather yesterday in an attempted non-stop flight from Norway to| LONDON, Sept. 28—(P—Sccialites on both sides of the Atlantic gos- siped today of the announcement Washington. New York. He told newsmen he that a second American Mrs. Simp- had encountered rough weather and | fuel. Balchen is stationed in Alaska.| He flew from there to Norway non- son would marry into the British Reyal Court circle. The Marquess of Miiford Haven, The flight from Norway yesterday | handsome cousin of King George took 23% hours—including the New | VI and one of Biitain’s most eli- York stop—instead of the 22-hour|gihle bachelors, announced his en- goal Balchen had set. | eagement yesterday to Mrs. Romaine He was accompanied by Brig.|Dahlgren Plerce Simpson, a New Gen. Frank A. Armstrong, U. S. York Park Avenue divorcee. Air Force commander in Alaska,| The nattily-dressed Marquess, 30, and four other crewmen. Armstrong ' who makes his living now selling. planned to report today to. Gen.|neaters, told newsmen today he and Vandenberg, Air Force his fiancee will sail Oct. 14 for Chief of Staff. ‘[Amerlca. The marriage, he added, | would be “late in November.” % | Mrs. Simpson, attractive 26-year- ® | old and mother of an 18-month-old ® | girl, was divorced in 1948, after two !yenrs of marriage to Willilam A, | Simpson, whose father was once | President of Marshall Field and Co., Chicago department store. The name of Milford Haven's fiancee recalled the romance of WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data 15 for 24-hour pe- ® riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 41. 59; His address opened the Conscr- vative attack in the three-day de-| Late in Parl'ament on Britain's de- valuation policy. | Churchill said even if the Labor| government was forced to devalue| the pound ffom $4.03 to $2.80, “it| cannot be a good thing and we havei suffered a serious disaster.” Under the presznt strict controls, the Con- | servative leader declared, it will| prove “a new drain upon our latent | strength and remaining motive power.” The wartime Prime Minister said the sterling area nations which use the pound still have great strength, and that Britain needs only a new government which could inspire “I [celieve strength, workmgi freely and backed up by intense! productive efforts of all the com-| munities concerned, would in a short | while achieve a far better rate of | exchange against the present figure| of $280, to which we have been condemned,” Churchill said Churchill said Britain must: | 1. Cut taxes to increase the in-| centive to work, especially among‘ wage earners direct. The House today passed a com- | Promise $1,314,010,000 bill to help friendly nations arm against Com- munism. The vote was 223 to 109. It now goes to the Senate where quick dpproval was expected. The compromise follows mainly the provisions of a bill previously passed by the Senate. It differs substantially, though, from the original House version which administration forces had | opposed. ’ Before approving it, the House beat down 213 to 113 a proposal to send the bill ack to the Senate- House committeé that drew up the compromise. confidence at home and abroad. 1 The bill makes $125,000,000 avail- able immediately to get the gram started. STEAMER MOYEMFTS Princess Louise scheduled to sall from Vancouver p. m. tomorrow. Aleutian from the westward sche- duled scuthbound early Monday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. pro- \ At Airport—Maximum, 59; minimum, 35. FORECAST | Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson 13 years ago when King Edward VIII ® | _now the Duke of Windsor—gave .|up his throne to marry her. The (Juneau and Vicinity) Fair tonight with lowest temperature near 45 degrees. Continued fair but with con- siderable high cloudiness and a little cooler Thursday. Highest temperature Thurs- day near 58 degrees. ® |two Mrs. Simpsons are not ® l1ated. o1 AN R AR STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—(®—Clos- re- 2. Ease up on “needless and pLyTHERAN AID TO vexatious controls and interference | MEET TOMORROW with the flexibility of private en-| | terprise.” | The weekly meeting of the Lu- 3. Elect a government Which iheran Ladies' Ald will be held on | could command national and in- Thursday at 1:30 p. m. at the hom2 | ternational confidence. of Mrs. Chris Wyller. Members are | Churchill made only passing re- asked to bring visitors. Everyone | ference to the news that Russia jnterested is welcome. | has achieved an atomic explosion. He dealt chiefly with Britain’s eco- | CREAMIC CLASSES START agreements act. But it lost onea Gozales, Jr., Carl J. Baker, Charles | trict have passed the 400-million- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau which he sald brought | nomic woes, | tie vote. at 22% cents. |we can be confident that agree- | mengts freely negotiated will ke | honored by the Soviet authorities.” by the four Foreign Ministers in Paris last June, came in a dispute {over policies of the iSoviet man- FROM NOME |agement of Berlin's elevated rail- at the Baranof. | A Russian representative had | been invited to a last minute meet- ¥ iing today to stave off collapse of The washingion four-power rule, but h2 did not | Central issue in the new crisis is erry - Go - Bound | again the Sovist-controlled ele- S vated railway system which laces By DREW PEARSON ‘{ormer capital. ASHINGTON—For three years a running filibuster has been going on to keep the fair employment pRoIE(TIo" FoR the Senate floor. But after 2,000 S FUR IND pages of testimony, the weary talk-| adr athon was temporarily ended—with- out fanfare—when the bill was; BEFORE (o"GRESS Committee. | ‘This is the most controversial of all the civil-rights legislation and| is certain to touch off another fili-| Senate floor. All that is holding| A bill was approved directing the it up now is the Democratic mgh;PresidenL to follow tariff commis- command—still undecided whether |Sion recommendations on duty cuts to bring up civil rights at the taf] | to prevent injury to the domestic tors are too tired to talk and in a| AR effort was made recently to mood to go home, or to save civil|tie this amendment onto the ex- rights until the 1950 election year | tension of the reciprocal trade cally. The last words of the three-year filibuster against the fair employ- ment practices bill were said behind | who blocked the bill at the pre- vious session, Senator Forrest Don- nell of Missouri, sputtered: “Drew - e ————————— | The breakdown of talks, ordered 1. J. Jensen of Nome is a guest|ways. | appear. all four sectors of the battered (Copyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) practices bill from coming up on discharged by the Senate Labo:| buster as soon as it reaches the end of this session while the Sena- | fur industry. when it will be more potent politi- closed doors. Starting off, the man (Continued on Page Four) This t{ime the Senate approved the amendment without debate by tacking it onto a bill to permit manufacturing and exhibition of merchandise within a foreign trade zone. The measure now goes back to the House, which has taken no vote on the fur amendment, E. Jones, and Eugene Francis are | dollar mark, Collector Clark Squire! e new Coast Guard personnel who arrived yesterday and Ahre register- tered at the Gastineau. SITKA VISITORS Frank Whittemore, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Green, and Mr. and Mrs. E.| Phillips of Sitka are registered at the Baranol Hetel PRECIPITATION mine stock today is 3%, American | the country to a predicament both ‘The first meeting of the fall report: in Tacoma. . Up to Monday the total of allle Federal taxes collected was $400,-| ® 984,039 as compared with $437-|@ 8-7,645 for the corresponding period last year. ' Income tax collections amounted to $224913,221, a decrease of proximately 24 million dollars. ap-|® . (Past 24 hours ending 730 a.m. todsy @ City of Juneau — Trace; since Sept. 1, 10.10 inche: since July 1, 2111 inches. At the Airport—02 inches; since Sept. 1, 6.92 inches; since July 1, 1441 inghes, 90 90 v i Can 96, Anaconda 26%, Curtiss Wright 8, International 27, Kennecott 46's, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 13'%, U. 8. Steel 23';, Pound $2.80 3/16. Sales today were 1,300,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: | industrials 18131, rails 47.75, util- ities 38.08, i . . o o o . . Harvester | serious and strange |classes in ceramics will be held el !at the White Sewing Machine Shop N FOR PALMERS Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Palmer of These interested are asked to at- Juneau became the parents of altend this first class. | baby boy yesterday. The child,| | born at St. Ann’s Hospital, weigh-| ed five pounds, three ounces at' | birth, FROM WRANGELL N. Belkoff of Wrangell is regis= tered at the. Baranof,