The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIIIL, NO. 11,326 1949 RENT ACT.UP IN , HIGH COURT WASHINGTON, Oct 17.—D— The Supreme Court today agreed to review a decision that the 1949 Fed- eral Rent Control Act is unconsti- tutional. The decision has been held in abeyance pending Supreme Court action, Handed down by U. S. District Court Judge Elwyn R. Shaw in Chicago, the decision was appealed directly Yo the high tribunal by the Justice Department. The Depart- ment contends Shaw’s opinion is | erroneous. The Supreme Court will hear ar- guments on the issue in a couple weeks, then give its ruling later. The 1949 Rent Act permits states and municipalities to end rent con- trols. Shaw declared this an un- constitutional delegation of power| Shaw declared the; by Congress. entire act invalid. The Justice De- partment’s appeal said 14,000,000 housing accommodations remain un- der rent controls. It added that “the tenants will be left defenseless it the (Shaw) decision should be al- lowed to stand.” ‘The Court, in its third meeting of the new term, again confined its actions to orders with no opinions handed down. Among other things, the tribunal: Refused to rule on whether the contempt conviction of a witness in the Alger Hiss perjury case was properly overturned. William Rosen. 65, of Santa Monica, Calif., was sentenced to six months in jail for - refusing to answer questions about a 1929 roadster asked by a Federal Grand Jury in New York City while it had the Hiss case under in- vestigation. Rosen’s conviction was overturned kty the U. 8. Circuit Court in New York City. Declined to consider appeals by three Communists jailed on con- tempt charges during the Com- munist trials in, New. York City: The three are Gus Hall, of Cleve-; land, the Ohio State Communist Chairman; Henry Winston, Organ- izational Secretary of the Commun- ist Party. They are among the 11 top-ranking Communist officials convicted last week on charges that they worked for the forcible over- throw of the Government. Agreed to review the cases of two women accused of failure to produce records of the joint anti-Fascist Re- fugee Committee for use of the House un-American Activities Com- mittee, The women, Miss Helen R. Bryan and Mrs. Ernestina G. Flei- schman, were sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and firted $500 each on charges of contempt of Congress. Their convictions were set aside, however, by the U. S. Court of Appeals here. SHORT SALMON SEASON ENDS IN S. E. ALASKA Southeast Alaska’s limited fall salmon fishing season closed Sat- urday. The season opened October 5. Biggest catch was reported in Ex- cursion Inlet where about 93,000 fish were taken. A complete re- port of the results of the season will not be available until next week, according to Fish and Wild- life Service officials. ' Areas open were Excursion Inlet, Hood Bay, Port Camden, Security Bay, the Chaik area and Cholmon- deley Sound. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— 1It's a tough job' for Mr. John Q. Public today to make head or tail out of the welter of headlines and accusations hurled for and against the B-36, the navy and the atomic bomb. However, to keep the record straight, here are some statements made by some of the admirals be- fore the B-36 controversy got so hot: Statement No. 1—Made by Ad- miral Ralph A, Ofstie of the House Armed Services Committee last week was that the A-bomb was inhuman, barbaric and should not be used. Statement No. 2—Made by the same Admiral Ofstie one year be- fore, June 30, 1948, at the Avia- tion Writers’ Association in New Qork—the atomic bomb is tke “main shot in our armament locker, The delivery of the atomic bomb should be and probably is a ma- (Continued on Page Four) IBILL FOR SURVEY OF ROAD T0 ALASKA GOES T0 PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—®— The Senate passed and sent to the White House today a bill authoriz- ing the President to negotiate with Canada to survey a railroad from Prince George, British Columbia, | to Fairbanks, Alaska. Unanimous the measure after Senator Magnu- son (D-Wash.) told the Senate that the importance of an inland trans- portation route to Alaska could not be overestimated. Under terms of the measure, ex- isting federal agencies would co- operate with Canada on the sur- vey, if an agreement to go ahead with the work is negotiated. WAR SITUATION SHIFTS FROM ONE AREA TG ANOTHER BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The fires of war were reported Lanked for a while in Greece today but across the world in Indonesia they threatened to {lare up again with new intensity. | The Communist-directed Greek rebel army troadcast an announce- ment that it was stopping military operations in the bloody civil war, because it didn’'t want to destroy Greece, The Greek general staff wasn't impressed. The rebels were stopping, it said, because they were already licked. The cease fire corresponded with moves in the United Nations to pour o0il on the choppy waters of Greek |relations with her Communist neigh- bors. A special UN group has drawn up suggestions for resolving the fight, based on Greek charges that Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia have aided the Greek guerrillas. The broadcast made it clear that the cease fire was linked to the steps -Leing taken at Lake Success. 1t said that Russia now is negotia- ting a peaceful settlement wof the Greek question. In Jogjakarta, Java, the Indo- nesian Republic’s Minister of De- fense expressed fear that open war- fare would kreak out again in Java and Sumatra. Said Sultan Hamengku Buwong: “The rapidly deteriorating situation |in East Java is full of explosive possitilities.” The Dutch replied with a charge that the Indonesian Republic was putting through a “Master Plan” to encircle the Dutch Army and accused the Sultan of violating the cease fire order by making inflam- matory statements. In China, the Communists took over Canton while the harassed I Nationalists speculated on where the next Red blow would fall. The spéed of the Chinese Com- | munist thrust and capture of Can- vival of Chungking, the new Na- tionalist provisional capital. It was expected to be the next target. THe Communists row control 13 of China’s 18 main provinces. BERT'S AUCTION IS GREAT FOR CHILDREN Kids of Juneau know how to make bids as was evident at the child- ren’s auction last Saturday night pulled off by Bert's Food Center. There were also some dads and mas i present to help as Tex White start- ed the auction with “What am I bid” as varfous articles were put up. Some of the bids started right to high water mark with $50 and $100 as the starters. Anyway, despite the inclement weather, everyone had # good time. Among the fortunate in the bid- ding were Jim Harmon, boy’s bike; LJeff Pegues, ski set; Julie Hudson, doll; Allen Shattuck, radio; Mrs. McCune, doll; Gil Eide, dirt mover; Don McKinnon, bike; Rose Kron- quist, Blue Boy doll, Mrs. Duffey, Doll; James Bolton, doll; Mrs. Av- ery, stuffed horse; John Pyle, bask- etkall; Dorothy Mize, doll; 'Rod- ney Muir, football, Harry Bates, radio; Mrs. Sears, doll; 'Stuart Whitehead, skates; Tim Hillerman, lumber carrier; Page Wood, stuf- fed bear; Sammy McPhetres; fish outfit and Curtis Shattuck, fish basket. HAZEL McLEOD RETURNS Hazel McLeod, representative for Real Silk Hosiery Mills, returned to Juneau Saturday after a business trip to Sitka. FROM WASHINGTON D. D. Green of Washington, D. C., is stopping at the Baranof Ho- tel. ) approval was given' ton raised the question of the sur-| “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1949 GREEN EXPECTED 10 TURN DOWN | LEWIS' PROPOSAL By HAROLD V. WARD WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—(®— Most labor leaders today expected | William Green to reply with a po- ;lilr “no thank you” to John L. |Lewis's proposal that AFL unions help finance the CIO steel strike. i At the moment, Lewis and the United Mine Workers are indepen- dent of both the AFL and CIO. Meantime, Secretary of Commerce Sawyer said that if the strike runs to Dec. 1 it will idle 5,000,000 workers and seriously damage the | nati economy. “Strikes and threats of strikes” already have changed an upward trend in business and employment, which held almost all summer, he said in a statement, adding: “By December 1st, if the strike continues, unemployment directly attributable to the strike will be approximately 5,000,000, “Furtherm it is estimated that by January 1 there will, in effect, be a complete shutdown in the metal-consuming industries.” i . Green, a former coal miner him- self, is not as angry at Lewis as some AFL leaders who have! tangled with Lewis in the past, so he may temper his reply to the; Lewis plan for a $2,500,000 weekly war chest. 1 The proposal was made by Lewis in a letter to Green. CIO President .Philip Murray, running the steel- workers’ strike, stepped up Satur- day with quick endorsement cf the idea that unions “pool their re- sources for the common defense and general welfare of the labor movement.” ‘That wasn’t exactly what Lewis was talking about. He suggested that at least nine AFL union were rich enough to join with the United Mine Workers in contributing $250, 000 a week each towards the steel strike. REQUEST REJECTED WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—®— AFL President William Green told John L. Lewis it is “impossible and Impracticable” for the AFL to accept his proposal to put $2,500,000 a week behind the CIO steel strike. Green, in a lengthy reply to the United Mineworkers chief, said that each of the 105 unions within the AFL would have to decide for {itself whether it could afford to! {put up the $250,000 a week which Lewis suggested should feed a giant war chest to finance the steel istrike. SOME T0 WORK; OTHERS T0 PLAY AS TERRITORY OBSERVES ALASKA DAY Some will work and others will play on the 82nd anniversary of the formal transfer of Alaska from Rus- sia to the United States. Territorial offices, city offices and banks will not open tomorrow—Al- aska Day. But schools and Federal) offices will be open. Most stores! will also stay open for business on' the Territorial holiday. ! A special program has been plan- ined for High School students, with the band in action and R. E. Rob- ertson, Juneau attorney, as featur- ed speaker. High School will te dismissed af-! ter the program, at about 2:50 o'clock tomorrow afternqon. Grade School will also be dismiss- ed early—at about 2:45 pm. Rotary Club, which usually holds its weekly meeting Tuesday, will not get together tomorrow. Yesterday two regular Alaska Coastal Airlines flights and three special flights—two with the Con- solidated Clipper—were necessary to carry passengers to Sitka. Many of these were Juneau representatives to 'Sitka’s Alaska Day celebration which will include the unveiling of the statue “The Prospector.” Today, in addition to the regular- ly-scheduled planes, to Sitka, one Clipper flight carried more of the Juneau delegation to the celebra- tion, passenger list included Gov- ernor and Mrs. Ernest Gruening. INITIATION T0 BE HELD BY AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Initiation of new members will be a feature of the American Le- gion Auxiliary’s social meeting in the Legion Dugout tomorrow night, Mrs. Chester Zenger, president, has announced. A brief business session will pre- cede the initiation ceremonies. Committee appointments for the year will be announced, and all members are urged to be present. The meeting will convene prompt- Iy at 8 o'clock, | | emergency life raft kit to the roats | which FIRE ABOARD LUMBER SHIP OUT AT SEA SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—®-“Coast Guard headquarters reported to- day a fire was raging in the engine room of the Panamanian lumber | ship Salina Cruz, 100 miles west (] of Grays Harbor, and the 17 per- sons aboard “expect to atandon ship.” The 1,343 ton vessel, owned by the West Coast Steamship Company, sent the distress call at 7:05 am.} (PST). . The message added lumber ves= sel carried two life boats with a capacity of 31 percons, The Coast Guard said a PBY from Port Angeles and two cutters bad been sent to the scene. The cutter Balsam was sent from the mouth of the Columbia, about 100 miles from the Salina Crux, and the Bering Straight was ordersd off weather patrol about 180 miles distant. ! The PBY 7:41 am. left Port Angeles at FIRE BURNING FURIOUSLY SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—M—Coast Guard heaquarters reported this af- ternoon the Panamanian lumber ship Salina Cruz was burning fur- jously above decks 100 miles due west of Grays Harbor, Wash, and the crew of 17 had a:andoned ship aboard two lifeboats. The Coast Guard said the report cama from a Port Angeles-based PBY which arrived at the scene akout 10 am. (PST) | Attempts were being made to lo- | cate any other vessels in the area and request them to proceed to the 1,343 ton freighter, owned by the Seven Seas Trading and Smpplng“ Company. The Cutters Balsam and Bering Strait were enroute to the vessel The Balsam, dispatched from the mouth of the Columbia, should reach it about 10 p.m. and the Bering Strait, enroute from wether pas trol about 180 miles distant, should arrive about 11 pm., the Coast Guard said. The vessel sent a distress call at 7:05 a.m., saying a fire was rag- ing in the engine room. The PBY messaged it had dropped a signaling kit, rations, and an and that the equipment had been picked up. | The distress messages contained ¢ no reports of injuries. | At Vancouver, B. C, Connell Brothers, shipping agents, reported i a full cargo of lumber, frozen meat, eggs, potatoes, apples and mill feeds had been booked for the vessel, left Vancouver yesterday morning for Honolulu. WILLIAM FEERO, JR. NEW C. P. R. AGENT william Feero, Jr., a native of Douglas, took over his duties as agent for the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company this morning in the firm's office in the Baranot Hotel. With three years behind him as assistant agent at Skagway, Feero is the tirst American to hold the job here in six years. H. H. Davies, his predecssor, left for Prince Rupert on the Princess Louise Sunday morning, to become agent there. W. D. McFarland of Nanaimo suc- ceeds Feero in Skagway. Feero, who flew into Juneau Sat- urday morning, joined the company in 1946 after . discharge from the army infantry. He had served with the famous 3rd Division in Italy. His wife and baby arrived from Skag- way on the Louise’s southbound voy- age. First announcement he made was a winter reduction in fare begin- ning immediately and continuing through May 10. The cut amounts to approximately 20 percent, he said. Passengers okttaining tickets in Canada need not pay the 15 per- cent travel tax, he pointed out, but those purchasing tickets here must do so. At present he and his wite are searching for a place to live. They are stopping in a hotel temporarily. SKAGWAY GUEST { Mrs. W. M. Wasser of Skagway i is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM CALIFORNIA J. Moorman of Alhambra, Calif, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. SEATTLE VISITOR J. G. Anderson of Seattle it stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel, James P. Sheldon of Anchorage is registered at the Baranot Hotel MEMDER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT! Communists __(org 'g_!ed ‘ Elcven top Communists are shown as l‘h(‘_\' left Federal Courthouse at New York, after being convicted of conspiring to teach overthrow of the U. S. government by force. Left m.rlght are: Henry Winston, Eugene Dennis, Jacob Stachel, Benjamin Davis, Jr. (in rear), Giilbert Green, Gus Hall, John William- W(;onvided_Aleorh ' son, Robert Thompson (rear), Carl Winter, Irving Potash, John Gates. / Wirephoto. Five defense attorneys for 11 top U. S. Communists confer in Federal Courthouse in New York after they were sentenced tc prison for contempt of courl, teach the overthrow of the United ett, Jr., Richard Gladstein, Harry PROPELLORLESS SHIP 1S NEARING {VANCOUVER TODA‘!é VANCOUVER, B. C. Oct. 17.—#— The week-long fight of the propel-! lerless freighter Navigator against/ the North Pacific seas was near ai end today. | The 10,000-ton vesel is expected | to reach here tonight in tow of the" SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 17.—(® took —One of Australia’s top Commun- over the freighter Saturday night ' ists was sentenced today to three yearsat hard lakor for having said the Coast Guard Cutter Chautau-:Australian werkers would welcome tug Salvage King. The tug after it had been towed early byl qua. The Navigator lost its pro- | States by foree. Sacher and Louis Commiein Australia Gets Hi Scviet forces here. Their clients were all convicted of comspiracy to From leit are: Abraham Isserman, George W. Crock- McCabe. (P Wirephoto. CHARGES, BLOWS ARE STRUCK AT 5. MARINE CORDS BY HOWARD DOB:ON WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—P— Gen. Ciifton B. Cates, head of the Marine Corps, accused the Army 'High Command today of trying to wipz out the “combat power of the Marine Corps.” Cates told the House Armed Ser- Committee that the comrat morale of his fighting force still is | high, peller last Monday some 900 miles, Laurence Louis Sharkey, 51, gen-{ Eut substantial harm has been off the Washington Coast. | MRS. HOLBROOK LEAVES eral secretary of the ‘ Australian' done to the national defense, he ;Commumst party, was convicted by | caid, by “crippling handicaps” in-] 8 jury in Central Criminal Court flicted on the Marine Corps throughlwn_ Harry W. Nickoli, Mrs. A. M Mrs, Wellman Holbrook left Ju-|last June of having uttered sedi- pentagon policies. neau aboard the Aleutian today, €n | route for Seattle, and a winter out- | side. She will wait in Seattle un- til her husband, Wellman Holbrook of Peint Louise, has finished a} hunting trip. When he arrives, the| couple will begin an automobile | tour. | e 0o 0 0 0 0 9 00 . WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) (This; data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 43; minimum, 29. At Airport—Maximum, 43; minimum, 22. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy with cccasional mix- ed rain and snow tonight; rain Tuesday. Warmer to- tious words. TIDE TABLE OCTOBER 18 Low tide, 4:50 am. 10 ft. High tide, 11:18 a.m,, 155 ft. Low tide, 1709 pm, 26 ft Hight tide, 23:22 pm., 159 ft. ®© o 0 0 0 0 0 00 SUN RIS| . OCTOBER 18 Sun rises at . 7:39 am. Sun setd at 5:46 p.am. @ 000000 e eeecceor e night with lowest tempera- ture 34; highest Tuesday 42. PRECIPITATIONS (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | City of Juneau None; © since Oct. 1, 581 inches; @ since July 1, 27.07 inches. @ At the Airport None since Oct. 1, 278 inches; since July 1, 18.98 inches. . . . ® e 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 o STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from ‘Seattle due at 8| Wright 7 a. m, tomorrow. Princess Louise sgheduled to sail | Central 107, e from Vancouver Thursday 8 a. m. sail from Denali scheduled to Seattle Saturday at 10 a.m, Sailor’s Splice from Seattle due at 2 am. Tuesday. The sentence he re- ceived today is the maximum for |, |such an offense, Severe blows are Leing struck to the “bone and muscle” of the Marines, Cates said. Reductions, he | eaid, are “striking into the heart of o lour ccmbat forces.” e, Cates was a witness at the House o [group’s hearings on the rows with- | o!in the Armed Services. The Navy e |is battling against policies which, it e | contends, builds up the Air Corps o at the expense of the Navy. e, The Admirals argue that in high e, defense councils the Army and the e | Air Force have joined ‘o out-vote e 'the Navy 2-1. | Cates and Gen. A. A, Vandergrift, e /a former commandant of Marines, o | were called as the last wifnesses {or . i the Navy. Next the committee will ® | hear the other side of the dispute o!|from Afr Force and Army men. STOCK ()EIOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Oct.*17.—R—Clos- |ing quotation of Alaska Juneau | mine stock today is 3%, American | can 96%, Anaconda 27%, Curtiss- , International Harvest- Kennecott 47':, New York Northern Pacific 13'%, Steel 23%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,130,000 shares. Averages today are as follow: industrials 18474, rails 4854, util- ities 38.20. jer 268%, | U. STRIKE IDLE IS GROWING OVER NATION PITTSBURGH, Oct 17.—~P— America’s strike e neared the ! million mark today as 16,000 CIO members struck nine plants of the Aluminum Company of America. The aluminum workers joined the 480,000 striking steelworkers and 380,000 striking soft coal miners, More than 55,000 workers in al- lied industries have been laid off. Some steelworkers' members In the fabrication industiy—which makes everything from hairpins to refrigerators—struck during the weckend. Other fabricators’ con- tracts expire from necw until mid- December. There’s still no sign of peace in lakor's higgest conflict since the end of World War IL | The government is gravely con- | cerned. The walkouts threaten to knock post-war economy into @ cocked hat. Secretary of Commerce Sawyer says the steel strike will idle five million persons if it runs to De- | cember 1. So far, President Truman has kept on the sidelines. His mediators are pounding sway at the problem ~-but with little success. Mediators Busy The mediators tried to hcad off the steel strike three times. Now they're trying to get industry lead- ers and steelworker President Philip Murray back to the bargaining table. i The United States Steel Corpora- tion, industry leader and the na- ’ncn's largest producer, reported Di- rector Cyrus S. Ching of the Fed- eral Mediation and Conciliation \Service asked its officials to meet with him at 2:30 p. m, Wednesday afternoon in New York. A spokes- man said the corporation is expect- red o accept the invitation. “It's in the lap of the gods," Murray sald as he discussed pos- sible firlfigmm&flw in a talx at Bethlel Pa. Pension Problems Pensions are the big fssue ‘n | the aluminum company strike, just as they are in the steel strike. A company spokesman said only 50 per cent of Alcoa producticn will be affected because workers at its other 16 plants dre represented by AFL and other unions. Big Aluminum Company of Amer- ica, which makes 50 per cent of the nation’s aluminum, says it met the steelworkers' demand “for six cents for pensions and four cents for insurance. The company said negotiations coliapsed Friday night over the un- ion’s refysal to aecept a provision that the proposed pension plan ibe subject to any future adjust- ments in Federal Social Security laws. ALEUTIAN IS HERE ON SOUTHBOUND TRIP Twelve persons arrived in Juneau aboard the southbound Aleutian this morning, and 43 left Juneau. Arriving from Seward were: J. O. Bazard, W. E. Diers, Miss Kay Ken- nedy, John Male, Henry McEach- ern, A. K. Neeley, E. A, Schatfer, and A. L. Zumwalt. . From Valdez: Mrs. Frances Nel- Schultz and Norman E. Sommers. 7 Outward bound from Juneau for Ketchikan were Mr. and Mrs. Brice Milkie, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hop- [klm. Vigtor Nelson, S. C. McAfee, Fred Kirkland, Jr, and Alfred Schiais. For Petersburg: Mrs. Annie Me- Gilton. For Seattle: Mrs. Dorothy Win- ninghoff, Mrs. R. J. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Mootin, James Seitz, Mrs. Helen M. Cole, Lynda Cole, Clyde 1Vahohaftig, Charles M. O'Neill, Miss Patricia Templin, Mr. and Mrs, Abe Harrison, Albert Harrison, Mary Jo Harrison, Mr, afd Mrs. Robert Murphy, L. Morri- son, Albert Anderson, and Mrs. H. M. Krough. { James Heigés, Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Appleton, Sandra Appleton, Kar- en Appleton, Winona McNeil, Mar- ion Naomoff, Mrs. Hilda D. Krause, Mrs. W. Holbrook, L. Tinehan, Mrs. H. A. Stoddard, Jean Stoddard, and H. Neil Graham. FROM KETCHIKAN T. R. Curtis of Kechikan is regis- tered at the Gastineau Hotel. FAIRBANKS GUEST John W. Male of Fairbanks is | stopping at the Gastineau Hotel, | FROM SKAGWAY | * Louis Rapuzzi and L. Orbin are | registered at the Castineay Hetel )