The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIII, NO. 11,322 Alaska Milita MURRAY SAYS STEEL STRIKE VICTORY NEAR Rumor of Tfilabor Par- fy Denied - Lewis Resumes Talks BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | Philip Murray, CIO President, predicts the steel strike will end | soon with a union victory in the| fight for free pensions and insur- ance. “I assure you that before very long we will all be happy,” Murray said in a fighting address at Youngstown, O. It was his first| talk of a pep tour to take him to several of the nation’s steel centers. There was no reply from industry | to Murray's optimism—or to his! charges industry had forced 454,000 of his men to strike, | The U. S. Conciliation Service went ahead setting up separate meetings with union and top indus- try leaders in an effort to break the strike. The first session is scheduled with Bethlehem Steel Corporation tomorrow at New York. ! In other labor developments m- day: | Jobn L. Lewis and soft coal op-| erators went back to contract talks at White Sulphur Springs, Va., as| the coal strike continued in its| jourth week, conciliators said ¢ crisis is near. About 100 left-wing faction lead- ers of the CIO in Cleveland asked Murray to do all he can to “keep the CIO united.” Talk that left-wing CIO unions may break away and form a third major labor organization was de- nied by Grant Oakes, President of | i the CIO Farm Equipment Workers. | He denied reports which named him | as one of the key planners of the recel move. STEEL GROUP ACCUSED | In Washington, a group including| Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt accused the steel industry of acting “in favor of its profits and against the national interest” in the steel strike. | The statement was issued by the| Americans for Democratic Action | (ADA), a political group. It said the industry should accept a Presi- dential fact finding board’s report, ! and declared the union’s emands for company-paid pensions are just- i iffed. { Among the signers of the state- ment were Senator Humphrey (D-| Minn); ADA’s national chairman, Senator Morse (R-Ore), and Rep. Mitchell (D-Wash). In New York, the Iron Age, 2 trade weekly, said consumers’ steel| stocks are smaller than had been‘ thought when the steel strike start- | ed. It said big fabricators can work 30 days longer without cumnlmg‘ production, | In Chicago, International Harvest- er Company said it will lay off 3 1 500 more workers Friday in a parts tle-up, resulting from a strike by| 4,600 CIO Farm Equipment Work-} ers. About 17,000 Harvester employ- | ees at other plants already are idle as a result of the tieup. The Washington Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) WSHINGTON— ‘The public now | knows what happened when Admir- | al Arthur Radford testified at an| open session of the House Armed Services Committee. But they don’t know what happened at the closed- door session which preceded lis testimony. After Admiral Radford read his| confidential statement—later re- peated in the open session —of gripes against the Air Force and Defense Secretary Louis Jobnson, Congressman Paul Kilday of Texas remarked to him: “Admiral, I am disappointed that you did not come here with an af- firmative statement of what the Navy can do, instead of a criticism of what the Air Force can do” “I'm just the leadoff man,” re. plied Radford. “Later on we'll have some witnesses on the affirmative “That’s my point,” Kilday. “The Navy has chosen to lead off by criticizing the other fellow instead of telling us what (Continued on Page Four) |er the International | housemen’s Union (C10) shot back| JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDN ESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTA »Yankees Cheer Series Vidory S o [ Shouting I\ew ym Yankee pllyel\s raise the roo( wm: victory yells after taking the World Series from the Breoklyn Dodgers, four Casey Stengel, Joe Page (foreground), Gus Niarhos and Charlie Silvera. ‘Wirephoto. DECISION IN UNION CASE | IS DELAYED 12 —(#—Wheth- Fishermen’s and Allied Workers Association (C- 10) will affiliate with the Interna- tional Longshoremen’s and Ware- will not be decided umtil after the first of | thé 'year. The IFAWA executlve board an nounced last night it had extended the period in which members may vote on affiliation until January 1, 1950. The action was taken, the board announcement said, “at the request | of the Cordova District Fisheries' Union, which previously failed to conduct the referendum and at the ! request of representatives of olher, affiliates which failed to get out, a maximum vote due to various, factors beyond their control.” ' [ \ ' SEATTLE, Oct. A “substantial majority” already ! has voted favorably on the affilia- | tion, the board said. | 1 FUR TRADERS ARE APPREHENSIVE, - FOSTER REPORTS Glad to ke back in Juneau with! his family, after more than mreel weeks away, Don C. Foster was wading through accumulated work yesterday and today. In an advisory capacity as di- lrect,or of the Alaska Native Ser- | vice, Foster accompanied an inguiry i i H ;commlulon on a flight to the Prib-; lilof Islands td investigate the liv- | ing conditions of the natives there, i and of Eskimo areas of the main- | land. | “As my presence was ohly in that' capacity,” Foster said today, “it | would be unseemly, as well as un-. ethical, for me to say anything be- | |youd what appeared. yesterday ml !The Empire. “As a sidelight, however,” Fos- ter added, “an important sidelight, | I do want to comment on the fine; Job the Fish and Wildlife Service | has done in maintaining the Iun | seal herd.” [ Another sidelight which cropped |up in conversation with Foster, is a depressing one. Island traders near Nome are ap- prehensive,” Foster said. “Thelr economic condition is serlously | threatened, due to the low price of furs. A good fox skin such as brought ten dollars a year ago will bring only two dollars -now, and other pelts are in the same ratio. “This is serious,” he added, “as the small traders depend on furs for their cash income. They get very little for the ivory work and other crafts.” STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouv- er due to arrive Thursday after- noon or evening. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Aleutian from west scheduled southbound at 5 p. m. Sunday. games to one. BIBlE STUDENI GOING TO POSE ! Blonde Leslye Banning (above), an 18-year-old Bible student who wants to become a Sunday School teacher, will spend considerable time posing for sweater and bath- ing suit pictures in the next few years. She signed a motion pic- ture contract in Hollywood which requires her to pose for such pub- licity pictures for the first five years. (P Wirephoto. DIGNITARY OF MOOSE T0 SPEAK TO CHAMBER i be for fast planes which can harass4 The Supreme Junior Governor of the Loyal Order of Moose will| {be speaker at the regular meet- jing of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. He is Willis E. Donley of Meng- monie, Wis., who arrived in Juneau today for the fifth annual conclave of the Alaska Moose Association. ® & & & 9 o ® 0o o o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 50; minimum, 41. At Airport—Maximum, 49; minimum, 37. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Cloudy with intermittent rain tonight and Thursday. Lowest temperature tonight around 43, highest Thursday near 48. Southeastern winds occasionally as high as 25 miles per hour. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—.15 inches; since Oct. 1, 3.65 inches; since July 11, 24.94 inches. At the Airport—.03 inches; since Oct. 1, 1.76 inches; since July 1, 17.06 inches. ©0000000°0000000000%000006000re0 | | | | | |are requested to attend. Retfresh- Left to right: Gene Woodling, Phil Rizzuto, Manager In back is Cliff Mapes. P "BULL’ HALSEY ATTACKS B-36 FIGHT TACTICS WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. —(®— Grizzled Fleet Admiral Willlam F. (Bull) Halsey called today for a de- fense strategy based on readiness to wage instantaneous air attack on trcop and military targets. Halsey made clear that would re- ! quire lighter, swifter planes - théi the B-36 “intercontinental bomb- er” on which the Air Force is con- centrating. He was before the House Armed Services Committee, continuing the Navy’s barrage against a military i policy which puts so much empha~ sis on the B-36. Navy men contend the B-36 could be of use only for “mass attack” on large areas. ‘With a reference to that, Halsey sald a successful war “cannot be fought by carry on separate cam- paigns against industrial and civil populations.” He scornfully compared this con- cept of strategic air warfare to medieval “seige” operations. Backing Halsey up with a state- ment was Fleet Admiral Ernest J.| King, wartime Chief of Naval oper- | ations who is ill ing for the Navy. The Navy also had a statement from Fleet Admiral Chester W. but still punch- iNimuz to be put in later. And it sandwiched in a direct plea from Capt. A. A. Burke, pre- sent Assistant Chief of Naval op- erations, for reinstatement of the; .Navy's thwarted plans to build a flush-deck super-aircraft carrier. | Halsey's general argument was that the need in event of war will! an enemy's armies, knock out bridges and disrupt his transport. GREETINGS FROM ITALY RECEIVED, COLUMBUS DAY ROME, Oct. 12.—{®—Christopher Columbus must be an example of courage and endurance to our gen- eration, Premier Alcide de Gasperi of Italy said in a message to the United States for Columbus Day. “Italy celebrates the man who first united ideally our two coun- tries,” De Gasperi said: “His act has been an act of courage and! sacrifice, of industrious and spon- taneous activity, and of union and collaboration among nations, an act | of peace and prosperity. “His deeds must be an exnmple, because he would have to face mel same odds now.” EMBLEM (LUB T0 MEET TOMORROW The E.'mblem Club will hold n business meeting Thursday nlghc‘ at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. | Margaret Woodford and all officers \Public Reception ments will be served. ry Housin CANTON IS FALLINGTO COMMIES Nationalist Government Flees fo Chungking - R-- fugeesBlock Hong Kong BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Chinese Communists today were | rushing in to take Canton, no ef-| fective Nationalist force stood in| their way. | The Nationalist Government fled to Chunking, the wartiine capital away in the interior. Roads leading |out of Canton were jammed with | refugees. | Hong Kong dispatches said thou- | | sands of Canton refugees are pour-‘ ling into that British crown colony. | 'They came in a steady stream by | 1t.rn1n, plane, and boat. One steam- ‘ship with a normal capacity of 300 \hrought 700. Hong, Kong is overcrowded. In addition to the regular population, the British have quartered 40,0001 defense forces in the tiny island| |colony and the adjacent leu.s'edl territory of Kowloon. Some reports in Canton said the, Communists have already reached the outlying suburbs. Others said | the advance units of the Reds were 35 miles away. There was no sign of Nationalist | | resistance, although there were sup- | posed to be five Nationalist armies ito defend the tottering capital. An estimated 80,000 government troops | were falling back of the city. The| Communists speculated these troops | would be evacuated to Formosa where Chiang Kai-shek has built {a fortress for a last ditch stand. Nationalist leaders continued to squabble in the face of defeat. Act-| ing President Li Tsung-jen was .baxd’ | to be resisting efforts of Chiang !o run what was left of the southi Chlna show. i U. | | S. Secretary of State Acheson is expecl.ed to outline United States | policy on China in a closed door | talk with the Senate Foreign Rela-| | tions Committee in, Washington. | 25KILLED l ~ IN (RASH OF TRAINS BUENOS AIRES Oct. 12.—A lc~l sort-bound passenger train crashed‘ into a freight just outside the big| President Peron terminal here late | last night, killing about 25 persons | and injuring about 100. H The accident, the worst since| train services were nationalized two | year ago, occurred on the General | Bartolome Mitre Line, a half mile| jout of the Peron terminal. Most of the casualties were in the second class sections of the| passenger train, which took the full brunt of the collision. The passenger train, bound for| the summer resort of Tigre, had! left its station seven minutes be-| hind schedule. The accident was the third major one to strike Argentina in the last two weeks. An airliner carry- | ing members of the Eva Peron Foundation who had been on a rescue mission to Ecuador crashed | at Castilla Sept. 26, killing five and injuring 19. Sixty-eight persons died in the sinking of the Navy minesweeper Fournier in the Straits | of Magellan. Governor's House Held Tomorrow In honor of Terris Moore, Presi- {dent of the University of Alaska, and Mrs. Moore, who will visit here briefly from Fairbanks, Gov. and Mrs. Gruening will hold a reception at the Governor’s House tomorrow, (Thursday) from 4 to 7 p.m. The publlc is invited. JOIN CENSUS BUBEAU Two women have joined the staff in the office of the Bureau of Cen- sus here. They are Rose M. Maier and Mrs. Audrey Redman, both of | Juneau. : | months ago { which expires June 5, |bert Day, Jack Molyneaux, He Swam the Channel Nude Pierre Cillion, at 18 months old, th g Bill Passed 130 Million Army, Navy Work, Alaska Army, Air Force Quarters in Fore-Some Aleutian Work Is Planned cutt WASHINGTON, * i2—~P— | The House passed unanimously yes- terday and sent to the Senate a bill authorizing $203,000,000 worth of military construction in Alaska and Okinawa. The bill would authorize a little over $70,000,000 for improving the { | Army and Alr Force bases in Okin- awa. The rest would be spent by all three services in Alaska. The bill does not carry any act- ual money, but simply authorizes = |the projects. e youngest swimmer to bid for fame by swimming the English Channel, enters the water at Cape Gris Nez, France, on what proved to be a record swim. Pierre, who hails from California, made the crossing in just five hours. A 30-foot line attached to a tight fitting black corset, was needed to keep the sea lion on a true course for the English coast. (® Wirephoto via radio from London. Mrs Bunnell Passes Away | At Rest Home: SEATTLE, Oct. 12.—(MA—Mra Mary Anna Bunnell, wife of Presi- dent Emeritus Charles E. Bunnell of the University of Aluska, died at a rest home here yesterday, She was T1. Mrs, Bunnell came to Seattle 10 after having lived for several years in Palo Alto, Cal. Mis. Bunnell was born in Win- year after Dr. Bunnell went tnere a a teacher. Mrs. Bunnell was a memzer of |tion at Valdez and the Order. of the Eastern Star at Fairbanks. She is survived by her husband, in Fairbanks; a daughter, Jean Bunnell, brother. Private funeral services will be held at the Butterworth Chape here Saturday. NEW CHAIRMAN NOMINATED FOR SEC VACATED POST/ WASHINGTON, Oct. Emond M. Hanrahan resigned to- day as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ed- | ward T. McCormick of Arizona was nominated to replace him on the Commission. McCormick’s nomination was sent {to the Senate along with that of; Donald C. Cook of Michigan, Mc- Cormick’s nomination is for the remainder of Hanrahan's 1952, while Cook’s is for the second term June 5, 1954. PACIFIC NORTHERN TAKES 12 TUESDAY/ Pacific Northern Airlines yester- | day brought six passengers mw' Juneau from the westward, and took | out 'six. They were: From Anchorage—Harold Gill, Al- Mae Lowder, Henry Woolum. From Yakutat—Lyle Harbo. To Yakutat—Sam Dick, Brown. To Cordova—Bonnie Jo Gronroos. To Anchorage—L. W. Wilkerson, H. R. Bates, John B, Kiely. Bill Seattle; two sisters and al 12.—-(.1‘)—. term' B AR FORCE BASE IS CHANGING OVER| l McCHORD FIELD Oct. 12— (M—Thls Air Force Base, military | gateway to Alaska, is changing over. Irmm a medium troop cariier op-! eration to a heavy carrier group installation. The first of a group of four-en- |gine C-54s arrived this week to re- place the C-82 flying boxcars which have long been a familiar sight in shuttle service between Mec- Chord, Alaska and other distant points. The C-54s are Army Air Force's | field, Pa. Both she and her husband j version of the comme; rcial DC-4s. | were Bucknell University graduat-|Thirty-six of the big carriers will |es. She went to Alaska in 1901, a jbe assigned to this base, compared with the 48 two-engine flying box- cars heretofore stationed here. The | 'C~B2s will be assigned to AAF| | the Episcopal Church at Fairbanks. Ibases around the world. She was & charter member of the} 'd'xugmers of the American Revolu- |Air Force men indicated, Significance of the changeover, lies in the fact that the heavier ‘planes| will give the McChord troop carrier | group a greater range by 1,01.)0i miles. i CUTTER STILL STANDS BY DISABLED VESSEL Although the gale has diminish- ed in force, the Panamanian -nelghter 8.8. Navigator still les | propelter-less in sight of the Const Guard Cutter Chautauqua, Coast Guard headquarters said today. Mountainous seas have prevented the cutter from towing the dlnbled" vessel. The ship, which lost it propeller [in the storniy North Pacific Monday ! morning, was found by the Chau- 'tnuqun Monday evening more than 'tifty miles south of its estimated | position. The cutter has been standing by since that time. BROADCAST FROM CUTTER The Canadian Broadcasting Co., office in Vancouver, B. C., nfl- nounces it will attempt to inter- | view the commander of the Coast Guard Cutter Chautauqua by radio The Chautauqua has been stand- |ing by the disabled Panamanian| |freighter 8. S. Navigator since| Monday night. The interview will attempt to take place tonight at 5 o'clock,| and if successful will be broadcast as a news release, a Coast Guard | officer said here. e e 0 00 00 08 0 0 . I TIDE TABLE K3 . OCTOBER 13 e High tide, 5:29 a.m., 121 ft. ® Low tide, 11:01 am, 63 ft. ® High tide, 16:53 p.m., 146 ft. . LR I B S U ) Congress will have to vote the money in a separate bill in order for the work to be carried out. In a letter to Congress, Presi- dent Truman asked $62,000,000 in i appropriations and authority to make contracts up to $92,612470 for use in military construction in |Alaska and Okinawa. { A budget bureau report accom- panying Mr. Truman's request did not state how much would be spent by each branch of service nor how i much in either Alaska or Okinawa. | The bill passed by the House would authorize the Army to spend $46,720,000 on its headquarters at | Fort Richardson, Alaska, and $28,- 156,200 for improving Eielson Fleld | at Fairbanks. Much of this would |be for living quarters and bar- |racks, 341 The projects in detail: 41 Fort Richardson—#$46,720,000 * for construction of 259 family quarters, three 20-man bachelor officer quart- ers, nine enlisted men's barracks for 1,400 men, 400-bed station hos- pital, enlisted men’s service club, warehouses, repair shops, heating iand power plants and petroleum, terminal storage and dock. Whittier—$12,645,700 for construc- tion of housing and recreation fac- ilities for 832 enlisted men, 56 non- | commissioned officers and 13 of- ficers. - Efelson Air Force Base—$6,800,000 for construction of petroleum stor- age facilities. General—$315,000 for survey of Valdez pipe line in Alaska’s mm—- for. Navy Adak—$22,616,000 for 143 units of family quarters, barracks, ¢*nstruc- tion of permanent communication facilities, magazine bulldings and other improvements. Kodiak $2,548,000 to build 56 units of |family quarters and utilities, and add 1,500 feet to the existing run- way, | Alr Force Elmendort ' Air Force Base, Fort Richardson, and Ladd Ailr Force Bsse, Fairbanks—one million dol- lars for warm-up shelters for air- craft. Eielson—$26,156,200 for 220 fam- ily 'guarters and utilities, barracks for 750 enlisted men, quarters for 40 bachelor officers, refrigeration building, power and steam plant, truck fill stands, telephone ex- change, theater and maintenance docks. < Ladd--$5,610,000 to construct 120 family quarters. ‘The House also authorized $3,017,~ 1946 for construction at undisclosed Alaska locations of the following: Weather broadcast and point-to- | point - communications facilities, | $788,000; ground control approach .fncllmu. $289,174; air-ground radio station, $519,145; multichannel sin- 'gle side band station, $1,247,061, and radar set facilities $174,566. tonight. { NEW TO FOREST SERVICE Mrs. Mary Leigh Justice is a new employee in the payroll depart- ment of the Forest Service. Mrs. Justice, who graduated from Ju- neau High School, has been work- ing in Seattle until recently. ANCHORAGE GUEST A. W. Townsend of Anchorage registered at the Baranof Hotel, ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SUN RISES - SETS OCTOBER 13 Sun rises at 7:28 a.m. Sun sets at 6:00 p.m.