The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 19, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIII, NO. 11,328 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1949 WEATHER IN DIP ALONG PAC. COAST Washingtor@te Temper- atures Take Drop-Look at So. California BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington State—1T'hermometers | dropped like a bearish stock mar- ket early today, but the weather man held out hopes that the cold snap soon would give way to warm- er readings. Early morning readings showed a nippy 20 at Yakima in central Washington and 23 at Olympia. Walla Walla and ‘Spokane register- ed 24 and Tacoma 25. It was 26 at Hoquiam, a degree warmer at Bell- ingham, and the 29-degree reading at the Boeing Airport in Seattle was the season’s lowest to date. SOUTHERN CAL HIT LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.—(®— Mother Nature threw the book at: Southern California today. Cold, wintry winds uprooted trees, teached boats, kicked up blinding dust storms and dashed huge waves over the sea wall at nearby Re- dondo Beach. There were scattered showers and in high mountainous regions, snow fell. Temperatures took a drop but the winds kept them above freezing ex- cept in the mountainous areas. Mile- high Mt. Wilson with 22 was the coldest early morning spot. Los Angeles Airport reported 47 and nearby Burbank 43. GUATEMALA GOVT. CARES FOR 70,000 FLOOD-VICTIMS BULLETIN GUATEMALA, Guatemala, Oct. 19.—(®— Flood deaths have ris- en to about 4,000, Foreign Min- ister Ismael Gonzalez Arevalo announces. He told a reporter property damage cannot be less than $50,000,000. “As each re- port arrives, the disaster assum- es greater proportions,” he said. GUATEMALA, Guatemala, Oct. 19.—(P—The Guatemalan Govern- ment today stepped up relief plans to care for 70,000 persons made homeless by the most disastrous flood here in recent times. Atout 1,000 persons are believed to have perished in the flood. The economic loss was estimated con- servatively at $15,000,000. The Government named an em- ergency committee to administer re- lief and provided it with a fund of $6,000,000. Neighboring countries were quick to offer help. A Cuban army plane left Havana for Guatemala early today with a group of ecivilian mili- tary engineers to aid in reconstruc- tion. Twenty-six American tourists were trapped by the flood waters. Fifteen had been marooned more than a week at the village of Pan- ajachel on Lake Atitlan, 40 miles north of Guatemala City. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— Last year, the 80th Congress investigated an Ar- my propaganda mill ,which used taxpayers’ money to seel the Ameri- | can public on military conserip- tion; while Senator Byrd of Vir- ginia also criticized any branch of the government that issued a press handout publicizing its operation. But today there operates back- stage in the Navy, a secret pub- licity bureau almost solely dedicat- ed to smearing the Army and Air Forces and disrupting unification. The publicity bureau is called “Operation 23” and it consists of 12 officers and 17 enlisted men, all on regular duty and officially as- signed to this detail. The detail is' commanded by a full-fledged naval captain, Capt. Arliegh Burke, with Commander Thomas Davies second in command. This underground unit takes or- ders chiefly from Admiral Arthur Radford, outspoken critics of the B-36. Significantly, Operation 23 has been flooding newspapers with anti-army prpaganda at the same (Continued on Page Four) "West Coast Produds fo Need Tariff’ WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—®P—, Rep. Russell Mack (R-Wash) pre. dicted today that foreign currency devaluation will have an adverse effect on West Coast lumber, fish and pulp paper business. Mack said it still is too early to appraise the full effect of devalua- tion. But, he added, it probably will mean increased exports from Canada. Canada, he told a reporter, al- ready is able to undersell United States lumber producers because Of lower wage rates. With a 10 per cent devaluation of the Canadian dollar, he said, the costs of pro- duction will be cut another 10 per cent. Mack suggested that a partial answer might lie in restoration of \ tariffs on imports from Canada. U. 5. T0 SPEED ATOMIC BOMB PRODUCTION 0ak Ridge and Hanford fo! Expand $300,000,000 -Senate Moves By OLIVER W. DeWOLF WASHINGTON, Oct. 19—(P— The United States is going to |speed up its atomic bomb pro- { gram. An accelerated expansion of fac- ilities and operations at two key plants, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Han- ford, Wash., will cost in excess of | $300,000,000, it has been learned from authoritative sources. ! Two moves in the Senate late yesterday paved the way for the; program. One was the disclosure by Chair- | "PROSPECTOR” IS UNVEILED, SITKA; HOME FOR WOMEN Colorful Ceremony Takes Place, Climaxed by Dedi- cation by Mrs. Z. Gross SITKA, Alaska, Oct. 19.—(P—Al- though heavy rains earlier in the day caused cancellation of the par- ade, Sitkans nevertheless turned out en masse at the Pioneer Home grounds yesterday for unveiling of the statue “The Prospector.” With Charles W. Carter of Juneau as master of ceremonies, Gov. Er- nest Gruening paid tribute to the prospectors as the first group to open up the Territory. Henry Roden, chairman of the Board of the Pioneers Home, said 19 years of effort had gone into raising funds for the statue. He announced he and Carter had com- pleted plans for conversion of the Tower Apartments, adjacent to the home, into a home for Alaskan Pioneer women. The colorful and impressive cere- mony was climaxed when Mrs. Zal- main Gross, daughter of Alonzo Victor Lewis, the sculptor, dedicat- ed the statue to the memory of her father and all Alaskan pioneers. YUGOSLAV T0 BE ELECTED T0 BIG SECURITY GROUP| BY ASSOCIATED PRESS A usually reliable diplomatic source predicted today the United Nations Assembly would disregard Russia’s new threat of “painful consequences” and elect Yugoslavia to the Security Council tomorrow in preference over Soviet-support- ed Czechoslovakia. The source said a Yugoslav vic- tory seemed certain not later than the second or third ballot and that his estimate was based on a can- vass of delegations. The American delegation, sup- porting Yugoslavia, discussed the 1ace this morning-in the light of the statement Soviet Foreign Min- ister Andrei Y. Vishinsky made yes- terday in a special news conference called to denounce American-sup- ported efforts to elect Yugoslavia. man McMahon (D-Conn) of the Senate-House atomic committee | that President Truman had auth- orized the Atomic Energy Commis- sion to use some of its budgctaryl reserves “to get started on this: proposition.” The reserves to be used amount | to approximately $30,000,000, or' about 10 per cent of the overall program which is to be financed by a deficiency appropriations bill in the next session of Congress. Lift Spending Curbs The second move was Senate ap- proval of a measure by Senaturf McMahon to lift some of the spending curbs imposed on the AEC earlier in the session. This still is subject to House approval. McMahon refused to answer when asked by newsmen whether the speed-up action is the result of recent disclosures that Soviet Rus- sia has had an atomic explosion. At the United Nations yesterday, Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet Foreign Minister, restated to a news con- ference the Soviet claim that Rus- sia has had the bomb since 1947. McMahon, while saying that “major expansion effort” is being undertaken, emphasized that it is “an_acceleration of planned pro- duction that has been in the plan- ning stage since last spting.” McMahon made the announce- ment of the President’s authoriza- tion and predicted the acceleration would “probably result in speed- ing up” the AEC construction pro- gram by “three or four months.” Hanford is the center of the plu- tonium operations, while Oak Ridge turns out uranium—both key ma- terials for atomic bombs. CANT ISSUE ANY 60LD COINS, U. . WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—(P— Secretary of the Treasury Snyder said today present law forbids is- suance of gold coins in this country and only an act of Congress could change that. At a news conference, Snyder nl-l so stood firmly on his oft-repeated position that only Congress can change the $35 an ounce U. 8. price for gold, and that the adminis- tration has no intention of asking Congress to do it. Furthermore, he denied flatly that there had been a “secret agreement™ auring the recent American-British-Canadian talks to put the dollar and the pound ! back on the gold standard. A U. €. spokesman said his dele- gation did not view the outcome with any grave concern. He added that the U. S. did not consider any major issue was involved. Balloting for three council seats begins some time tomorrow in the 59-nation Assembly at Flushing Meadow Park. . Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia are contesting for the eastern Eu- rope seat to be vacated Dec. 31 by the Soviet Ukraine after a two-year term, India and Ecuador seem cer- tain of winning the seatg being va- cated by Canada and Argentina. BRADLEY TALKS ON DEFENSE ROW WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—P— Gen. Omar N. Bradley told Con- gress today that “infinite harm” has been done the national defense by public airing of grievances in the armed services. The chairman of the policy- shaping joint chiefs of statf said “an all-American team” is needed instead of “fancy Dans who want to call all the signals.” Bradley appeared before the House Armed Services Committee with a 10,000-word statement. Before Bradley went on, Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the top Air Force commander, gave the Com- mittee assurances /that the B-36 bomber and atom bomb ‘“can do their job.” Vandenberg said the fact the United States has these weapons is compelling Russia to concentrate her efforts on building up defenses instead of on weapons for offense. Vandenberg swung some heavy. punches at the Navy which touched off the hearings by complaining that present defense policies put too much emphasis on strategic bombing and too little on the Navy. He said the Navy's aircraft car- riers are just “second priority” wea- pons in the nation’s strategic de- fense plans. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Thursday 8 a. m. Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday at 10 am. Baranof scheduled southbound Sunday. LEWIS HITS GREEN FOR ed to AFL Head-Three Were Once Close By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. —®— John L. Lewis bitterly denounced AFL President William Green to- day for turning down a proposal to help finance a $2,500,000 weekly strike fund for Philip Murray's CIO steel workers. The mine workers chief’s caustic note to Green said: “You cry loud for labor peace and labor security, but seldom do anything to achieve it.” Lewis had proposed that his own mine workers—themselves on strike —put up $20,000 weekly to help Murray's steel workers, and that nine AFL unions put up equal amounts. Green replied that pooling la bor’s resources was “impossible and impracticable” so long as Lewis and Murray fail to bring their unions into the AFL. Murray approved Lewis’ idea but isaid the proposed $2500,000 a week fund should help mine workers as well as striking steel workers. Today Lewis fired this reply at Green following the AFL leader's rejection of the plan: “You have justified my judg- iment. I did not think you would {do anything. You didn't. You rarely do. Unfortunately, you fol- low invariably your well known pol- icy of anxious inertia. You cry loud for labor peace and labor security, but seldem do anything to achieve it.” This seemed to write off Lewis' jhopes for AFL aid in Murray’s steel strike. that Lewis would go it alone and provide his proposed $250,000 week- ly from the Miners’ Union treasury. The leaders of the three big div- isions of organized U. S. labor once were closely associated but have split widely as the labor movement divided. RUSS USING PRESSURE IN | (By The Associated Press) Britain charged Russia today with bringing pressure in an at- tempt to elect Czechoslovakia to the United Nations Security Coun- cil over Yugoslavia. A British foreign office spokes- man in London criticized the So- viet Union claim made by Foreign | Minister Andrei ¥. Vishinsky yes- terday that election of Yugoslavia would be unlawful and unjust. Britain, the spokesman said, still for the vacant seat but does not like Russia’s pressure methods. the candidacy of Yugoslavia. Vish- isnky called a new conference at Lake Success yesterday and made 1it clear Russia would stage a fur- lious last-ditch fight to prevent Yugoslavia—the Communist thorn in Russia’s side—from becoming a member of the powerful Security Council. Vishinsky threatened “painful consequences” for the United Na- tions if Yugoslavia, the Cominform outcast, is chosen for the council over the acceptable Communist satellite, Czechoslovakia. A reporter asked if Russia would refuse to sit in the Security Coun- cil if Marshal Tito’s government won out. Vishinsky replied: “The Soviet Union never tells in advance what it is going to do.” European dispatches said Norway and Denmark would vote for Czech- oslovakia, while Sweden would sup- port Yugoslavia. Vishinsky said at his conference that the atomic bomb has been a “real weapon” for the Soviet Un- ion since 1947. BRUNO LUNDSTROM DIES Bruno Lundstrom, 45, was found dead this morning at the home of Rudy LaBrash at Auk Lake. Lundstrom, a halibut fisherman, had evidently died in his sleep. He jwas found by LaBrash at 6 am today. He had been living at the LaBrash house, AID REFUSAL There was no indication], U.N.ONTITO intends to support Czechoslovakia . The United States is supporting MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Wallgren Gels Job; Senate OK WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The Senate today approved Pr dent Truman’s appointment of Mon C. Wallgren as a member of the Federal Power Commission Confirmation of the nomination came after Sen. (R-Wash) tried vainly to head | off. The vote was 47 to 12. It climaxed an eight-month ef- fort by the President to place Wall- gren, former Democratic Governor of Washington and former Senate colleague of Mr Truman, in a fed- eral job. GREEK AID IS DUE FOR REDUCTION WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—(®— Secretary of State Acheson sald today that the Greek government'’s war with Communist-led guerrillas is practically over. Reduction of | American aid to Greek would seem i to be an indicated step, he added. Acheson told his news conference that there are only about 2,000 guerrillas left in Greece and they are widely scattered and mainly concerned with a search for food. Before there is a decision on cut- ting American military assistance to the Greek government, Acheson said the United States will have to find out what the Athens re- gime proposes to do with its mili- tary establishment. American aid has been given for more than two ‘years. Reduction of the Greek armed forces—which number more than 200,000—would seem to be an indi- cated step, the Secretary said. Nine Days Leave in 145 Yrs.; Now Has 289 IDays, Paid Vacation Hennepin, Okla., Oct. 19.—P— Postmaster R. D. L. Meeks has a bonanza. Meeks entered the general store business here in 1904 at the age of 22. It developed that the post- master’s job went with it too. Since then, he has served under ’eight presidents and every governor of Oklahoma since statehood. But Cain it leave in 45 years. Now he has 289 days of accumu- lated paid vacation. Two Kiddies Are Fafally Burned In Home Blaze CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 19.—(®— Two children were burned fatally Ly fire that destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McCormick at Bunker Creek, 10 miles west of Chehalis. The two victims, Shella, 3, and Kathy, 17 months, were with colds. Their mother had plac- ed a vaporizer on an electric plate. The fire was beyond control when noticed by Mrs. McCormick. Flames made rescue of the children impos- sible. (learwater Father ' KETCHIKAN, Oct. 19—®— An appeal to help locate Alfred W. Elam, 30, whese son is in a criti- cal condition with polio, has been received from Clearwarter, Calif. The Clearwater father is believed to be driving a truck to Alaska. BOWEN OUT ON TRIP; NORDLING RETURNS John Bowen, Air Safety Agent for the Civil Aeronautics Adminis- tration, went yesterday to Fair- banks by P.A.AA. on a routine in- spection to the westward. Homer Nordling, CAA Airways Engineer, was back on duty Mon- day after a month’s leave which he spent in the states, . | Wallgren 1 FARM BILL APPROVED ~ BY HOUSE Quick Senate Okeh Is Ex-‘l pected to Send Measure to President’s Desk WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—P— The House finally approved today, 175 to 34, a compromise farm bill giving the government broad power to support crop prices near present high levels indefinitely. Quick Sen- ate approval is expected to send the I measure to President Truman’s desk With the controversy-ridden farm issue out of the way, Congress ex- pects to adjourn by midnight. The legislation was opposed only by a small group of members from eastern city districts. Rep. Canfield (R-NJ) said he hoped President Truman will veto ithe Lill “in the interest of all the | people.” ‘While small, the opposition group was vocal during debate. Rep. Ful- ten (R-Pa) asked at one point if Santa Claus wasn't one of the au- thors of the measure. This remark came during an attack on the mea- sure as responsible for high fcod prices. Rep. Coudert (R-NY) told the House that the 8,000,000 people of New York City do not applaud the legislation. The bill would permit reductions in price supports for all but a few major commodities next year. How- ever, it gives the Agriculture De- partment a choice between such action and maintenance of present support standards. In some cases, the actual supports would be high- er than they are now. The new program, a compromise Letween widely-differing House and Senate bills, was produced by a conference committee yesterday af- ter many hours of haggling. VISHINSKY OFF WRONG; Meeks has taken only nine days! in . bed| Is Sought in Alaska| WE TELL ‘EM WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—(P— Secretary of State Acheson said to- day Soviet Foreign Minister Vish- {insky is wrong in claiming that 1€election of Yugoslayia to the U. N. Security Couneil would be illegal and contrary to a gentleman’s agreement. Acheson drlfy told a news con- ference that as an Eastern Europ- ean, Slav Communist state, Yugo- slavia appears to be fully qualified ] for a council seat, except that — ‘from Russia’s point of view—it| | presently lacks complete domination by the Kremlin. \ Acheson discussed the American- Russian row over Yugoslavia as a result of statements made by the Soviet Foreign Minister at a news| conference in New York yesterday. Vishinsky said that what he call- ed Anglo-American backing for Yugeslavia as a small nation, East- ern European member of the coun- cil would be illegal, would violate a gentlemen’s agreement and would have “painful effects” on United Nations affairs, Acheson said he though that| Vishinsky had implied that there was an understanding—evidently ameng the great powers—that he would be able to name a member of the council. Acheson asserted that was an agreement that he had never heard of. In response to a question, he said that there had been a kind of practice of selecting the small na- tion members of the council on a regional basis and more or less by agreement among the nations in each region. The council has 11 members in all—five are the so-called great powers which hold their seats per- manently and six ere elected every two years. t STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—\P—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 96%, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- Wright 8, International Harvest- er 26'%, Kennecott 48%, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 137%, U. S. Steel 24%, Pound $2.80. Sales today were 1,370,000 shares. MiSSING HUNTERS ARE BELIEVED DEAD Bad Weather Slows Search for Three Pefersburg Duck Hunters BULLETIN Coast Guard headquarters in Juneau this forenoon received advices that the bodies of two duckhunters, missing since Sun- day -in Frederick Sound, have been recovered by searchers. A third member of the party is still missing. The body of Bernice Kinnear was found last night on the tide flats of the north arm of the Stikine River. Early today searchers radioed from the Kayler Dahl Cannery that the body of James Miller had also been found. Fishing boats were reported standing by to continue the search for, the Woman's has- band. Volunteers were prepar- ed to visit the area at low tide. The CG 53012, stationed at Petersburg, will continue on the search, PETERSBURG, Alaska, Oct. 19.— P—Heavy seas driven by a sleet- raring wind hampered Searchers seeking three lost Petersburg duck hunters in Frederick Sound yes- terday. The missing hunters, identified as Mr. and Mrs. Connor Kinnear and James Miller, all of Petersburg, are believed drowned. Their skiff was found floating upside down a mile south of Coney Island near the Stikine River. An oar, sleeping bag and packsack also were found. Shrimp boats from three Peters- burg canneries went out early to drag the shallow water near the mouth of the North Arm of the Stikine. The shrimp boats reported rough seas and said it was impos- sible to lower their trawls to divg the area. The trio has been missing since Sunday night in Ideal Cove. "KEEP RUSS ON DEFENSE"; VANDENBERG WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—(®— Gen. Hoyt 8. Vandenberg said to- day that if the United States cuts down on strategic bombing strength then Russia will be free to concen- trate on developing offensive power. Vandenberg, the Alr Force Chief | of sStaff, was before the House Armed Services Committee defend- ing” the Air Force policy of building up a B-36 tomber fleet against Na- vy eriticism. The Navy, in hearings last week, had argued that should spend less time and money on stregetic bombers and more on tactical air power to support ground operations. Such a policy shift as this, Van- denberg said, would mean: 1. “We would give up the deter- rent value of this nation’s atomic, weapons and we would place our- selves in disagreement with all of those people who, on both sides of the ocean, believe that Soviet aggression is in fact now being de- terred. 2. “We would inform the Rus- slans that they need now take no defensive meas'ires against pos- sible atomic attack on their heart-| land. B-36s, B-47s and B-50s by merely existing can and do force the Soviet Union to channel its industrial power, technological skill, manpower and money into purely defensive measures and thus cut down resources which would other- " (Continued on Page 2) e @ o o v 0 0 o o TIDE TABLE OCTOBER 20 High tide, 0:15 am,, 17.1 ft. Low tide, 6:21 am, -0.5 ft. High tide, 12:36 p.m., 189 ft. Low tide, 18:53 p.m., -1.7 ft. SON RISES - SETS 'OCTOBER 20 Sun rises at 7:44 am, Averages today are as follows: industrials 187.04, rails 49.11, util- ities 38.21, Sun sets at 5:41 p.m. R EEEEEE e 0 9 9 v 0 0 00 the Air Force PRICE TEN CENTH §43,351.91 1§ SHORTAGE IN TREAS. OFFICE Audit Rep:r? Submitted from April 1, 1935 to May 7, 1949 Total shortage revealed in an in- dependent audit of the Territorial ‘Treasurer's office covering the per- iod from April 1, 1935, to May 7, 1949, is $43,351.91. This information was received by the Territorial Auditor's office from Arthur Anderson and Company, a Seattle accounting firm which car- ried out the audit, and’ released to- day. The losses were due to unauthor- ized disbursements from Territorial banks accounts by means of checks signed by the Territorial Treasurer, Oscar G. Olson, who resigned May Olson was arraigned in the U. 8. Commissioner's Court here May 13 and charged with embezzlement on two counts. He was released on'a $10,000 bond at that time, The complaint was signed by Un- ited States Attorney P. J. Gilmore Jr, and charged with embezzlement {on two counts. It was based on finding by the Anderson Company in the course of an’ audit made of Territorial of- fices covering the biennial period of December 31, 1946 to March 31, 1949, which indicated a shortage of $23,237.65. A further audit, completed in August, and covering the period frem October 1, 1944, to May 7, 1049, showed the shortage to be $31,015.97. . At that time the Territorial Au- ditor Frank Boyle ordered a com- plete audit of the Treasurer’s Oftice from April 1, 1985 until the time of Olson's The 1 4, ;In\mng to rejoin others in the party |at the Auditor’ and held unti] the return of U. 8. Attorney Gilmore from Ketchikan. Gilmore sald today that the iat- est information, adding $12,335.94 to the previous total, would have no material effect on the criminal prosecution already instituted. All the information will be pre- sented to the grand jury when it meets at the end of the year, unless Clson chooses to waive prosecution by indictment in favor of prosecu- tion on 'information, DARLING OF $2 BETTOR INJURED, RACE ACCIDENT NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—M—A fractured collar bone could cost Goron Glisson, darling of the $2 tettor, a chance to be the leading jockey of the 1949 season. The 19-year-old Winnsboro, 8. C., rider received the injury yesterday when he was thrown from the horse Marine Compo during the running of the third race. Glisson began riding a year ago at Ak-Sar-Ben track, Omaha, Neb., On July 2, 1948, he rode his first winner at Longacres Track, Seattle, iwash, Since fhen he has been leading rider at many of the na- tion’s major tracks. RED CROSS MEET Local Red Cross Chapter's board of directors will hold their quart- erly meeting tonight in the Council Chambers of the City Hall. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 41; minimum, 31. At Airport—Maximum, 40; minimum, 32. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy with intermittent rain and southeasterly winds occasionally as high as 25 mph tonight and Thursday. ‘Temperature low tonight 38, with high tomorrow 44. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—.89 inches; since Oct. 1, T7.11 inches; since July 1, 28.38 inches. At the Airport—34 inches; since Oct. 1, 343 inches; since July 1, 1873 inches. e e 079 v 00 0 © 000000 00000000000000000s00000 ®0000000%00000000%0000000000009