The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 2, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,340 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” A JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1949 MiEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS s iy ‘o PRICE TEN CENTSH 45 of 55 Bodies of Air Accident Recovered THAT ALASKA Religious Revival Hitfing BILL GIVEN So. California; Thousands NEW ANGLE Billion Doll?Measure Are Hitfing Sawdust Trail CEBUCITY IS WRECKED BY TYPHOON Sixty Per Cent of Homes Damaged or Destroyed- Winds Up to 100 MPH The Washington Republican made | MANILA, Nov. 2—(®—The Red the statements at a Junior Cham-|Cross reported today 60 percent of ber of Commerce banquet. Rfipsume homes in Cecu City, with a Victor Wickersham, Oklahoma; population of 140,000 were damaged John Allen, California, and Tollef- | % destroyed today by a typhoon Drawn Up by Int. Dept. at Truman's Request ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 2— (#—Rep. Thor Tollefson (R-Wash) | said last night the proposed Alaska | development bill, subject of con-| troversy in the Territory, was| drawn by the Interior Depn.rtment‘ at the request of the White House.| Tollefson also said the land set-| tlement program now pending in| Congress is part of the administm—i tion's program for developing | Alaska. ! son all endorsed Alaska statehood.|With winds up to 100 miles an They said their, present visit to the Territory fortifies their opin- jons in that regard. The remark that the White| House initiated the development | bill came during a question and answer period. The bill proposed a billion-dollar corporation to oper-) ate in Alaska as a loaning, con-| hour. There were 11 known deaths. | Damage was estimated unomclallyl name at above $10,000,000 in Cebu City and 14 other towns on Cebu Is- land, in the central Philippines. Most homes in the area are of bamboo. ‘The typhoon sideswiped northern structing and operating agency. | Negros 1Island, crossed the island BARTLETT EXPLAINS IT Delegate E. L. Bartlett, who re-, iterated an earlier statement that the bill is “dead,” said in an inter- view that while President Truman initiated the development mensurel he had no such thing in mind as a billion-dollar corporation with | broad powers. Bartlett said thei “corpdration idea” came from the| Interior Department. | The committee was scheduled tu; fly to Seward this morning, return- ing here in the afternoon to fly| by Air Force plane to Cordova.| Meetings were planned at bothj| places. (However departure Ior: Seward was delayed by bad | weather). Thursday morning the! committee is to fly to Juneau for | | hearings there in afternoon and| evening. British Election Set for Next July LONDON, Nov. 2—®—A Labor peer announced today in a House\ of Lords debate that Britain will; hold her general election nexs! July 6. | There was no indication whether| this was an official announcement | | jof Panay and late today was 130 miles north of Puerto Rpincesa on the island of Palawan. It was ex- pected to continue into the South China Sea southwest of Mindoro Island. A small coastal cratt with 70 aboard was towed to safety at Toilo harbor after sending distress signals. The typhoon was the worst to hit the area since 1912. $290 EACH IS FEDERAL BILL FOR SPENDING Peacetime Tecord Next Year-Congress Tax Battle Looms WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—®— President Truman's forecast that the government will run 5% billion further into the red this fiscal LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2—(®—Old- style religion is sweeping the city| of the Angels with an evangelistic | show overshadowing even Billy| Sunday. | Since it started six weeks ago, more than 200,000 from the city's| 2,000,000 population have filed ‘into | a circus tent on the fringe of downtown Los Angeles. And the' 're1 still pouring in at the rate of 10,000 each night. They come to hear the preach- ments of a dynamic, handsome young college president named‘ Billy Graham. Churchmen say he's| started the greate: religious re- sival in the his y of Southern| Zalifornia. | Graham'’s oratory is eloguent; hisi doctrines are home-spun From the singing, shouting multitudes, thous-| ands have hit the sawdust trail and| announced publicly their decision| to return to Christ. One of them was a brilliant track star at the University of Southern 1 California before the war. His is Lou Zamperini. An Air Force Captain, he crashed in the Pacific, spent 47 days on a raft, then lived through Japanese prison camp. “It is difficult for anyone who came through the things I did to forget God, but I did,” Zamperini| testified. Another convert is Stuart Hamb- len, popular cowboy crooner and sportsman. Graham is 30, nephew of North Carolina’s Senator Frank Graham and President of little Northwestern Bible College in Indianapolis. He wears garish ties, argyle socks and an irresistible grin. He has toured this country and England, once drew 75,000 to Soldier Field, Chi- cago. IFINANCIAL CONDITION OF ALASKA The Territory’s General Fund was short $644,943.96 to meet its obliga-| A tions at the end of Octocer, accord- | ing to a statement issued today by | Treasurer Henry Roden. | On October 31 after the closing| of the books, the sum of $70,565.13 was on hand. Against this amcunt," Sthe Auditor’s office held unpaid | i vouchers totalling $715,509.09, leav- | RESIDENT DISCUSSES AID PLANS P 1 Sherman Gets - Denfield Posi ? r Truman Says [Three Baby Sisters Die in Flaming Truck GRAPPLING RIVER FOR VICTIMS 1Airline Was—at in Two by Youngest C@in History— Bifterness Over Oust- er Still Exists Wants to Build Up Dede- veloped Foreign Areas to Benefit World WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—M—A WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—(#®— President Truman said today his point four program for building up underdeveloped foreign areas will help prove that the American sys- tem is the :est for the peoples of the world. tary policy row and aiming at har- mony in the high command put Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman in as top officer of the Navy today. It was too early to tell whether | the replacement by Sherman of the | ousted Admiral Louis E. Denfeld In an informal talk to the Ameri- | would bring a smooth and easy can Society of Civil l-;ngmeers,!tnmwork to the top level job of the President also declared he be-| working out the strategy for war.| lizves in biz plans—plans that are| Sherman and Denfeld met for big enough to meet a situation one}m minutes early this afternoon shake-up springing from the mili-| | Fighter~Tougher Regu- lations Now Asked WASHINGTON, KNov. 2—(P—The fighter plane-airliner collision that | plummeted 55 men, women and ;chfldrun to death near the Wash- :ington airport yesterday brought | insistent demands from Congress ! members today for tighter regula- ,tions on military planes flying in | commercial air lanes. 5 Spadework for formal government | hearings went ahead even while | boatmen still grappled in the | muddy waters of the Potomac | river for the bod.es of victims in Tmilinn aviation’s worst tragedy. cannot see at present. | with Secretary of Navy Matthews | Mr. Truman said the aim of the|at the Pentagon. point four proposal is to develop| Presumably, Matthews called m" the world’s resources for the benefit | Denfeld to notify him formally ot | | Working through the night under floodlights, the boatmen had re- covered 46 bodles by noon today. g A Navy barge, equipped with a months in al of the world’s peoples, not their of | exploitations. He first advanced the | plan as item four in the interna- | tional program laid out mn his in- augural address. The President heads west this | afternoon for a ten-hour visit to | the twin cities of Minneapolis and !S!, Paul. his removal as Chief Naval | | Operations. Aides said he had not | been told officially he was out. He had reported as usual at his oid | office today. | | GOOD FRIENDS i ! He and Sherman left Matthews'| | oftice, smiling and cb ng chum- | |ily. They went dow . .ne hall, en-[ iwrked “Chiet of Tomorrow is “Truman Day” at|tered the office Three baby sisters, aged 5, 4, and 2, were pinned in the cab of this smoking truck and were burned to death at Spokane, Wash. The logging truck and a private car collided on a railway overpass and burst into flames. Dolores, Donna and Marlene Martin died. They were riding in the truck with their parents who were burned and bruised. The driver of the car was not hurt. (® Wirephoto. |crane, was sent to scene. The hope | was that it could lift the forepart ;ol the a.rliner trom the water and that todies still missing would be | found in it. PLANE CUT IN TWO The Eastern Air Lines DC-4, carrying 51 passengers and a crew |of four, was cut in two when the | Bolivian P-38 fighter plane ram- MACHINISTS CLAIM WIN OVER BECK Aero-Machinics Unofficial- ly Win Election by 3, 000 Votes, Report | ones, said the next census will show |of the policy-making joint Cliefs| n oo |an American population of around|of Staff and is “sure the Navy! SEATTLE, Nov. 2—®—The In- | 150,000,000 He said it is our busi-'will give me the support and loyaity | ternational Associat.on of Machin- Iness not to plan for that figure,|they have given all my predeces-|ists (Ind) claimed victory today Ibut to anticipate a population | cors.” {over an AFL-Teamster union affi- | doutle that in the next 100 to 150 BITTERNESS EXISTS {liate for the right to represent years. | Yet within the Navy and Con- some 17.000 Boeing Airplane Co. “We can't get the too ! gress there still is a certain bit-| employees in collective bargaining. high,” he said. | terness over the ousting of Den-| When National La:or Relations Iteld and over the way the whole Board workers temporarily halted defense set up is working. |the count of ballots early today, Denfeld was given the boot after|until midaiternoon, there was no Minnesota’s centennial celebration Naval Operati " and shut the and the President has a full sched- | doox. ule, topped by a 20-minute address' It wasn't un' [ late vesterday that [m the St. Paul auditorium at 7.30&th¢ Waite Howse announced Presi- |pm. PST tomorrow. It will he‘dent Truman had tapped Sherman | broadcast nationally by OBS. |to become, at 53, the youngest | Truman said he hopes engineers,| Gufef of Naval Operations in bis- | | doctors, and others with specialltory. And the formal commission- | |'skills will inform themselves on|ing was held over until today. | . point four. { But Sherman was one of lhe" He added that if the standard of |original architects for the armed living of the world is raised just|services unification plan. And he! |two percent, American fscwnea‘tuld reporters after his new ap- | will never catch up with the de-|rointment came through: | mand for goods. | He still is 100 percent for uni- | The President, in his discussion | fication, expects no difficulty in| {of big plans in contrast with little getting along with other members sights | | LEWIS - ANGLING iN | PEACE MOVE Tells Gover;;r_of Indriana Union Ready for Set- . flement Now (By the Associated Press) John L, Lewis told the Governor of Indiana today that he is ready| to negotiate a prompt coal peace pact with Indiana mine operators {or those of “any other state.” The declaration from the United Mine Workers leader was in re-| sponse to an appeal from Gov.| Henry F. Schricker for an “imme- diate” strike settlement. The Governor declared a state of | [ med it 300 feet in the air just before noon yesterday. The tail scction fell at the river's edge. Ihe forepart landed in deep water. Both planes were coming in for |a landing at the sirport. The con- | trol tower ¥ .called for the | P-38 to 1e “'off, but the pilot , | save no sign of hearing those | 1ad.oed instructions. AERIAL COLLISIONS CAUSE DEATH TOLL WASHINGTON, Nov. 3—#— Aerial collislons have caused the only fatal accidentcs on the air- .ines in the past 14 months. The last previous fatal crash other than collisions was the fail- ure of a wing on a Northwest Afr- iines plane near Winona, Minn., on Aug. 29, 1948. Thirty-seven per- sons were killed. CARTOONIST 1S VICTIM; FRIENDS WERE WAITING WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—(P—Car- toonist Helen Hokinson, noted for aer gentle spoofing of suburban UEW Ousted summing up Navy complaints when ! | the House Armed Services commit-| | tee gave them an airing. The Navy,i | he sald, doesn't have a “full part-| | nership” in defense planning. | And before the denials were re-! |corded by Secretary of Defense| Johnson and the top men of the| ‘»Amy and Air Force, other top| At (10 Meel otiicia] vote count released. But Harold Gibson, President of the Machinists’ local, said: “Our observers report the count is running two to one in favor of the aero mechanics. We believe chat the election has been won by the aero mechanics.” An observer sald the vote was emergency in Indiana as a result| clubwomen, drew her last sketch |ot. the coal . cut-off and advised s & contribution to the Washing- Céwis that the situation was “acute !0 Community Chest drive. . | A subtle dig at women Red apd, tragic, o } is replied that his unfon has|Feather - workers, it showed a ing to negotiate a pEm?‘plump, be-furred matron being in- | troduced to a young girl by the \girl's mother. The cutline read: veen t pact “fér many months past.” “Our efforts,” Lewis wired the of the election date. jyear set the stage today for a The statement came from Lord |rousing taxes-vs.-spending battle in ing the Territory short $644,943.96. Roden said: “Mutually satisfac- | Admirals stood up and were counted | 6,500 for the aero.mechanics, 3,400 on Denfeld’s side. | for Local 451, Aeronautical Work- In ([e_vreland indiana Governor, “have been strle- mated by major indystrial and Alverley, former cotton mill worker | Congress. who has been a member of the| Labor party since 1919. He was| made a Baron four years ago after | The President now figures: 1. Federal spending will soar to a peacetime record of $43,500,000,000 tory arrangements” had been made _with Alaska banks under which the| | 1atter will take Territorial warrants | Now Sherman is vaulting over| the heads of all of them, and over; with longer | No Room for Communiss| |come Vice Admirals mancial interests. WILL NEGOTIATE “You are free to advize the coal ers, Warehousemen and Helpers, affiliated with the Teamsters (AFL), and 300 for no union. the Labor Party took over the|in this fiscal year, which ends next | drawn against “definitely assured reins of government. i for each man, woman and child in| days or thereabouts from date.” the country, or nearly one-fourth| “BY the end of January next Jume 30. This is equivalent to $290 | Accruing taxes paydble within 60} service, Approximately 17,000 votes were. | selieved cast. | Three thousand challenged bal- flol.; and a typographical error com- Declares Murray-Dele- ! . gates Bolt Convention SHERMAN TAKES OATH perators of Indiana,” Lewis told | ‘he Governor, “that the representa- ives of the United Mine Workers vill negotiate with them alone and ELKS ATTENTION Regular Lodge Meeting tonight, Initiation and feed. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.! ASHINGTON-As the debris of the 8lst Congress is swept away and as relieved bureaucrats get back to work with no Senators breathing down their necks, it can be truthfuly said that Congress has accomplished far more than| veteran capital observers ever dreamed possible. In fact, the recent session prob- ably passed more of Mr. Truman's Fair Deal program than FDR's Congress passed of the New Deal program, with the exception of his first four years in office. | Chief blot on the 8lst Congress was that it failed to pass an old- age pension-social-security bill at a time when such passage could have helped settle the coal and steel strikes; and that it failed to pass aid-to-education at a time when the schools were desperat- ely in' need of help. The fact that Congress failed to do this and bogged down toward (Continued on Page Four) ‘ of the national income. 2. The government will be plunged $5,500,000,000 in the red vecause its income will total only 1$38,000,000000 with tax rates what | they are now. This would place the federal debt next June 30 at ap- proximately $260,000,000,000. Mr. Truman’s new spending fore- cast was made yesterday in a re- vision of his estimates last January on federal financial operations in the 12 months ending next June 30. The forecast anticipates that the 81st Congress will add $4,000,000,000 in spending authorizations between next January and July to supple- ment the billions it authorized at its recently concluded sessions. The administration figures that Congress practically committed it~ self to providing the extra funds when it enacted or let stand the program of activities on which the spending would be incurred. Hawaii Planning Statehood Meet HONOLULU, Nov. 2—(®—Gov. Ingram M. Stainback announced 2—(M—The | Freighter Square Sinnet Seattle in port. Princess Louise from Vancouver |scheduled to arrive Thursday af-| ternoon or evening. Sailor Splice scheduled to sail| from Seattle Friday calling at Ket- | chikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Pelican then Juneau. Denali scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday. Baranof from west scheduled southbound Sunday night. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 2—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine from [ | | | the year,” Roden added, “the financial| > i picture will have developed far| CLEVELAND, Nov. WASEINGTON, Nov. 2—(P—| enouglt o make it possible to de-| CIO convention today expelled the|Adimiral Forrest P. Sherman took | termine whether or not extraordi-|United Electrical Workers, largest| (€. 08th today as Chlef of Naval nary steps should be taken Wiot its so-called left wing unions. | Operations in a move intended to solve the situation. | The action came on a resoltion| Pring harmony info the feyding “Present indications are that this|sponsored ty Walter P. Reuther 85 ha Andaad Bimselt iri » Tuaky { will not be necessary.” {and after an impassioned speech by | _ L= °* gere:d oy ainat 5 [CIO President Philip Murray, who| 50 5 to 50 ien and i;omg ey | STEAMER MOVEMENTS | "o | Sherman seid ho knows he can| ;clc-‘)r Tz:ec;;u:zm:(;:? niepin me}count on the support of the Ad-| ’ | | from| Murray traced his efforts of theim‘"’s #od ‘h;“)]'::i"y in meeting his| |past two years to reconcile me‘sr;fl;fi;esp;x;sn i e:e M s UE. leaders to discard the Com-| . leLo 7 EsDe y lsdpo i munist . paxty line, which he said|2dmiral Louis E. Denfeld, who was| they followed, and adopt the clo | -ooted out to make way for the policy. ‘elevatlon of 8herman m the highest The move was opposed by Harry| :::fizesm the Ao Imllormed! e e o G ahayeman:| Denfeld managed a broad smile| lic Workers, and Pietro Lucchi, s Eherman {finished taking -the Secretary-Treasurer of the Fur oath and making a little speeph,[ and Leather Workers. All three gg ghoved O"Z a]uh:?d and’ wishisd | erman “good luck. 3:;:3‘: t:fieg;fi;:u being dumped Secretary of the Navy Matthewsi But Murray insisted that “UE. had offered Denfeld a step-down| has been given ‘its trial” to the command of Eastern Auan-{ The UE. delegates bolted tic and Mediterranean forces with convention yesterday. headquarters in London. Whether stock today is 4, American Can 99,/ Murray said “They ran like Denfeld would accept was uncer- Anaconda 29%, Curtiss-Wright 7%, |skulking -cowards and after they | International Harvester 28%, Ketn-!did run, they left these apostles | Inecott -49%, New York Central of hate behind to defend them.” |10%, Northern Pacific 13%, U. 8. Two investigations began today | The three unions represented by in the fire and explosions that hit Steel 25, Pound $2.80%. | Bridges, Flaxer and Lucchi also the Post Office Department build- ndependent of the operators of any sther state if they desire to make n agreement for Indlana, “If they indicate such a desire, Jur representatives will promptly acet with them to work out a ten- ative agreement which will ce pre- ented to the policy committee of he United Mine Workers of Amer- ca for approval when it assembles n conveniion Monday atternoon, vovember 7.” icated the count. The Independent Machin Aero Mechanics Unlon, represented ing workers at the time of the strike a year ago. During the labor dispute, the Teamsters started an organizing campaign and since settlement of the machinists strike, both groups have claimed exclusive bargaining rights. e 2 o o e o 0o 0 o o . indiana can take care of emer- gency coal needs by rationing o | existing stocks held by steel com- o | panie§ and other ‘manufacturers. ANGLING FOR PEACE o! The Lewis offer of negotiations e|on a single-state basis was ore e more in 2 series of indications thac e (the UMW chief might be angling e | lor a quick peace. e | Less than a day after CIO Presi- e |dent Philip Murray signed a pre- o | cent-setting welfare plan with Beth- o | cedent-setting welfare plan with e | Bethlehem Steel Corp., Lewis made e | a move. He suddenly called a min- e | ers’ union policy meeting for next o | Monday in Chicago. [ But why Chicago? The site sug- o igestcd a possible coal peace pact WEATHER REPORT UThi, data Is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 55; minimum, 46. At Airport—Maximum, 53; minimum, 44. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Cloudy with rain tonight and Thursday. Lowest tem- perature tonight near 43, highest Thursday near 50. Southerysterly winds 15-25 mph tonight, oceasionly in: ® creasing to 35 mph Thurs- e day. SPRECIPITATION ® (Past 2a nours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau—2.64 inches; sinse Now. 1—267 inches; since July 1--38.76 inches. with Illinois producers. Some of ® |them have been reported impatient e |for a settlement. Lewis suggested that, meantime,| “So Mary's working for the Com- | munity Chest, too. How brave!” The New Yorker magazine artist | was killed In yesterday's air dis- aster while members of the local women’s club and other Red Feather campaigners were awaiting her arrival for a speech. Blackmer Is Fined $20,000 L v On Tax Evasion DEN : l(w—-'_ VER, Nov. 2—®—Henry M. }_Eleckmar- 8Tay and bent oil mil- lionaire, was fined $20000 today for evasion of Federal Income taxes. , Blackmer, 80, had pleaded guilty to four counts of an ion in- dictment Sept. 26 upon his return to this country after 25 years of celf-imposed . exile in Europe. He fled this country rather than testity in the Teapot Dome oil investigation in 1924. Justice Orie L. Phillips of U.S. Circuit Court of Appealy nounced the fine after ‘Blackmer that “I do not believe the ends of justice would be served by sentencing the defendant to jail” Blackmer stood silently and directly at Justice Phillips as court briefly reviewed the case. After the sentence was announced ) | | | today Hawaii will hold a state con- ! stitutional convention in Honolulu} Sales today were 1,570,000 shares. April 4, 1950. The convention will| Averages today are as followss: write a constitution to guide Hawali | industrials 192.94, rails 48.85, util- when—and if—it becomes a state. | ities 39. | are threatened with removal, pos- ing -in Washington yesterday. 14 sibly before the_end of the con- | persons—most of them firemen— vention. | were injured in the blasts. Damage | was estimated at $150,000. . Meantime negotiations to end| Biackmer bowed slightly without | the strike at a second major steel|changing expressioh and turned e | firm, Jones & Laughlin, were re-|away with his attorney, Harold D, !1 (Continued on Page Three} Roberts. At Airport—266 inches; since Nov. 1--2.68 inches; since July 126,56 inches. e o 0 0 00 0 0 0 o