The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 5, 1949, Page 1

SATURDAY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,343 Major New TRUMAN BOOSTS LEHMAN President As? New York-| ers fo Vote for Former Governor, Mayor WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — (® — President Truman jumps back into the political arena tonight with al brief radio appeal to the voters of | New York to back Democratic candidates in next Tuesday's spe- cial election. ‘The President returned last mght\ from what he jokingly called a| “bipartisan” speechmaking trip de- | signed to be “entirely pleasing to Minnesota Democrats.” | In his five-minute talk tonight; (8:30 p.m., EST) Mr. Truman will| urge the election to the U.S. Sen-| ate of former New York Governor, Herbert H. Lehman, and the reelec- tion of New York City’'s Mayor Wil- liam O'Dwyer. Lehman is fighting for the Sen- ate seat now held by Republican John Foster Dulles. FORMER CHILD STARS IN DIVORCE COURTS | | | | i | | JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTH LOSE BATTLE OVER CiO POLICY DEFEATED IN FIGHT to prevent CIO from punishing unions (Special to The Empire)—Three | fishermen outspokenly blasted the | Alaska visit of the Congressional sub-committee now studying the problem of fish traps, declaring the recent referendum is suffi- | cient evidence of what is needed i the Territory.” The four-man committee heard testimony at the shrimp capital RCPOSED BILL TOO 1iCH PRICE FOR RISK i(A!’Ill\l: BARTLETT Delegate Favors RFC Type Agency - Fears "Fed- eral Domination” PETERSBURG, Alaska, Nov. &. —(P—Congressional Delegate Bart- | ‘ett said today he opposes the pre- |sent form of the Alaska Develop- which follow Communist Party line, Harry Bridges (center), presi- {ment Corporation Bill. dent of International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, walks from floor of Cleveland ¢ rence (left), ILWU regional director for Southern California, and |, J. R. Robertson, vice president of organization. onvention, flanked by Bill Law- (International) LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5—® Hollywood's former child stars are having nothing tut trouble in di- vorce courts. Jackie Cooper, 27, who tugged' heartstrings 20 years ago in “Skippy” and “The Champ,” is the latest marital breakup ‘vietim—fol- | lowing Jackie Coogan, Shirley | Temple and Deanna Durbin. His wife of five years, actress| June Horne, 30, won an uncon-} tested decree yesterday, charging | Cooper with cruelty. Fiancee di_B:rHey In Hospital; Has Flu. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5—@®—A touch of flu and need for some rest put Vice-President Alben W. Barkley's fiancee in the hospital yesterday. But the wedding of the 71-year old Barkley and Mrs. Carleton S.| Hadley is still set for Nov. 18. ! Mrs. Hadley's mother, Mrs. Estle Rucker, said “the telephone and the | door bell have Leen ringing almost constantly since plans for the wed- ding were announced.” STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle due Tuesday. Princess Louise scheduled to - ar- rive at 6" am. Sunday and sails | south at 8 am. Baranof from west scheduled southbound 11 a.m. Monday. The Washingion| Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON | ICopyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.! ASHINGTON —Mum is sup- posed to be the word, but a secret resolution has keen drawn up au-| thorizing impeachment proceedings | against President Truman—in case | THIRD WIFE OF |asked for property. ‘Fishwheel Is Fouled| MOVIE ACTOR IS SUING, DIVORCE LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5.——'!11—; The third Mrs. Victor Mature, ac- | cusing her actor-husband of threat- | ening to burn their house down, is | suing him for divorce. Mrs. Mature, the former Dorothy Berry, contends in her complamz: filed that ‘ever' since their 1948/ Yuma, Ariz, marriage, the big! actor had caused her great suf- fering. Listing his salary as $2750 a week, she asked $1000 monthly alimony and a division cf extensive community property. She alsc filed -an affidavit stat- ing Mature had treatened to set their $25,000 home ablaze if she Mature, about 36, was divorced by two previous wives, actess Fran- ces Charles and Martha Stephenson Kemp, widow of bkandleader Hal Kemp. Mrs. Mature, 28, was mar- ried once before. 1 | By Floods; Die-Hards Drill, Don't Droop FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 5.— (#—Rising waters behind an !'ce jam imperiled today the die-hard remnants of the Fishwheel “gnid rush” camp. The Yukon River, row in the process of freezing tight for the winter, has been jammed by. float ice about three miles below .the prospectors’ camp. There still are about 50 miners at the tent camp, Ship Teefers Salvage Fails; 50-50 Chance PORT ANGELES, Wash. Nov. 5. {M—The cracked and partly flocd- ed Panamanian freighter Anda- lusia remained tightly lodged to- day on a submerged reef in the Strait of Juan De Fuca. Early morning salvage efforts were un- successful. Seven tugs were unable to free| the big cargo ship on the flood | tide about 1:30 am. (PST) and| were to try again when the tide | reaches another crest a few min- utes before noon. For more than 24 hours the| freighter has been teetering pre- cariously on the sharp reef near the entrance to the Strait, 67 miles west of here. Salvage experts reported theve was a *“50-50" chance of pulling | the Andalusia ~off, and keeplng“ her afloat until she can be towed | to a ship repair yard. | A battery of pumps put aboard | during the night worked steadfy | to siphon out water, streaming in-| to all but the front hold through | cracks and strained seams. The Anadalusia, with a crew of 27 men and one woman, grounded | yesterday as the master attempted to beach the ship because of a fire—later extinguishd. The woman gnd 17 others were | removed last night. The captain and eight men remained aboard.| BAND PRACTICE SET | FOR TUESDAY NIGHT He said it would be too high a price for Alaskans to pay for in- stment capital. Bartlett met here yesterday with a subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. He sald the {rest of the Congressmen in the party feel the way he does about | the proposal. | To clarify the stand he took Thursday, Bartlett said: | “While I knew little of the bill in its drafting stage, ahd since most of my knowledge of it has come |since I returned to the Territory, |T felt T was obliged to take a stand |against it, although I feel the need |for venture capital in Alaska is great. It was evident some pro- { visions cof the proposal might easily imean paying too high a price for that capital. { “The bill offers possibilities for | both federal control and federal | demination that could cover the Territory forever and a day.” No Assets In Bank Bartlett added that he under- stcod the Bureau of the Budget, the President’s “right arm,” also is against it. “I know territorial banks don't have assets sufficient to provide for Alaska’s financial need,” he stated, “and I difficult it is to obtain such risk capital from private capital from private sources.” He said that for those réason: he would favor federal financial aid for the Territory interest rates. He added that such capital should |cannerles would have made m be given the Territory without im- money . without, traps. plication or federal intervention in its economic and political life. Bartlett said he was pleased to)tion and the nonresid: b learn that Kenneth Kadow, Di-,tions were “unreasonable. rector of the Interior Department’s Field Commissicn, has announced realize just how | / | now being considered by the Inter- | |against the measure in Juneau} s | caught in salmon traps. through an | that the agency such as the RF.C. at low year made was anti-trap. Six men spoke be-", fore the hearing, including C. L. Anderson, Territorial Director of Pisheries, who has spoken at each previous hearing. The three trap opponents, Adolph Mathison, Cecil Owsley and Fred| Magill, recommended traps be| abolished over a five-year period, although they gave no statistics supporting this recommendation. TRAPS “UNDEMOCRATIC" Mathison and Owsley termed traps “a special privilege,” with | Owsley further criticizing them as| *undemocratic.” Mathison admmed,; however, under questioning by Committee Chairman Victor Wick- ersham that traps were a more efticient operation than boat fish-| ing, and that individual fishermen would earn more money w.thaut: traps. ! Others who testified were Earl N. Ohmer, president of the Cham- ter of Commerce, and John E. Sales retired piledriver. Sales joined with Owsley in hit-| ting at protection of fish ducks' and seagulls, which they claim de-| stroy many eggs and small fish, although Sales had no specitic criticism of traps themselves. | Ohmer criticised low tariffs in| effect on imported fish, and other foreign products, declaring that | such policy threatens domestic | fishing, industry as well as de-| velopment of the entire territory, | so far as industrial possibilities are | concerned. SHIPPING SUBSIDY Ohmer brought up the shlppmg! question, another topic the sub-| committee is investigating while on/ its northern tour. He maintained| that some form of subsidy should Le granted Alaska shipping to im- prove service, which, he said, “pre-| sent operators cannot give be- | cause of lack of business.” | He suggested small fast ships, re- | quiring less crew and conminlng:N less passenger space, to make more | frequent calls with some govern-| ment assistance. “Competing lines are no solution,” “pecause present operators are do- ing better than actual conditions | warrant, with their high operating RIGHT-LEFT University of California students Liquor Bannd at California demonstrate against an official crder handed down by President Robert G. Sproul banning bars in fraternity houses and other collegiate organizations at Berkeley. The ruling also affects UCLA; Davis and Santa Barbara branches of the universtiiy. ) Wirephoto. WING ROW, (10 BOARD ine Union Chiefs Are Now Under Fire - Murray Makes Ruling 5—P—The CLEVELAND, Nov. | C1O's Executive Board called in costs.” |left-wing nominees for posts onj Mathison brought up the subject|the poard today to face charges of halibut fishing, suggesting fiXing they are ineligible under the the number of fish caught per man per toat under the new proposal of increasing halibut fishing limits, | of national Fisheries Commission. Ma- gill pointed out many halibut are | Magill also told his listeners large trap season this purchases from boats, and snm“_3 ‘ [m The suggestion for ltcensmn halibut boats by areas met oppasl-ifo | in SOUTHEAST DEFENSES | th Their wer ¢ osing yesterday, they could pass the new eligibility clause of canneries limit their!cjayse bars from the kboard mem- |amended CIO constitution, because pro-Communist leanings. Nine union chiefs are under fire. nominations for the board referred to the board at the ion of the convention to determine whether the * constitution. - The rs of the Communist party or any unist program. Eight of the nine appeared be- re the toard to defend themselves. ant reéstric- | Apsent at the start of the meet- g was Joseph Selly, president ot sling any Presidential election year.| e tiny American Communication The Chamber head asked com- | Astociat.on. that the Commission will work to|mitteemen “why not defense pro- prepare a new bill more in line|jects for Southeast Alaska?” with Alaskans’ wishes, [FLIER MISSING IN I ward pointed out a possible enemy coula get inside of defenses to the west-| Le and south, and make an|ru easy landing in this area. He said he was opposed to a pulp Wi He!cown only one nominee Loard, which normally has 51 mem- | can't keep on pumping money into head The convention definitely turned for the s. CIO President Philip Murray d on the spot that Ben Gold, of the Fur and Leather orkers, and a member of the industry = starting until anti-pollu- Communist party, could not serve. | 0T€ | who were influenced by the Com- | BALKAN WAR MAY COME DURING 1952 Warning Given by AP Cor- respondent-Three Reasons FORT WORTH, Tex,, Nov. 5—® —The nation's editors awaited a re- port on the Orient today after hearing a warning that war may come in the Balkans by 1952. Seymour Topping, correspondent who has been stationed in China, was to address the 16th annual meeting of the Assoclated Press Managing Editor's Association, closing here today. Pulitzer prize-winner Larry Allen, | recently stationed at Warsaw, Po- land, told the group yesterday: | “If there is to be a war with Russia, I think it will come by the end of 1952.” “I have three reasons for think- ing this,” he said. “By that time, Russia will have a supply of atomic kombs. Secondly, the Russians feel that Americans are disunited dur- “Thirdly, the Russians believe ! that Marshall-Plan aid will run dry| about that time. They think we Europe. When our financial aid to European countries is at an end, it will be. much easier for them to step in and take over.” Lee Hills of the Miami (Fla.) Break in Steel Strike Imminent Trap Commiltee Visit Blasled; Referendum Enough Evidence; Ship Sy!si_dy Is Recommended | i | PETERSBURG, Alaska, Nov. 5"larter departing Juneau, all of which! PENSION IS NOW PLANNED BY REPUBLIC Third Big_STeeImaker Makes Proposal-Stir- rings on Coal Front WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—(P—A major new break in the steel strike seemed. imminent today, while the government stepped in as peace- maker between John L. Lewis and the still-unbroken front of soft coal mine owners. Republic Steel Corp., the nation's third biggest steelmaker, made its 54,000 workers a pension offer in Cleveland. The CIO United Steel- workers' District Director there did not disclose the terms but said: “With (CIO President Philip) Murray's approval, we'll accept it.” The No. 2 producer, Bethlehem Steel, settled early this week. Wash- ington officials predicted that if ‘Big Steel”—United States Steel orp. and its subsidiaries—gets into line, the back-to-work march | quickly will become nation-wide. One of Pennsylvania's major | producers, Lukens Steel Company, reached an agreement with the union at Coatesville early today. Workers began filing back to their jobs. Lukens employs some. 5,000 men, There were stirring on the coal front, too. Cyrus S. Ching, tire- less chiet of the Federal Mediation Jervice, called southern operators here Monday to “explore all the ngles” for settlement of the 48- day coalfield shutdown. A hint of possibly sterner fed- eral ‘ aetion came from the ‘White House party which returned with President Truman last night from his speéchmaking trip into the crilly midwest. Mr. Truman, some associates said privately, soon will make a final decision on whether to go to court, under the Taft-Hartley injunction procedure, to force @ res of coal-digging. The Mflmu would not talk about either steel or coal. Shoofing At Kodiak KODIAK, Alaska, Nov. 5—P—A restaurant owner shot a Port An- geles, Wash., youth in the head atout 4:40 am., Thursday, police said today. B The victim' was Robert - Neil Smith, - 17, of Route 1, Port An- geles, He was shot bty Joe ‘Raymond of Kodiak, owner of the Doghouse Restaurant, Police sald Raymond told them: “The Doghouse has been robbed on three previous occasions. €mith entered through the rear of the restaurant, I had turned out the lights to walt for an intruder. I had a .38 caliber revolver. “As the man entered I fired high enough to miss.” Police sald, however, the bullet entered Smith's left eye and lodged in the back of his neck. They sald Smith previously had worked Iror Raymond in the restaurant. Smith was described as too ill to i ! Herald was elected President of ! he lets the coal strike continue to | despite discouraging findings and the APMEA yesterday. He succeeds | a national danger point. | the pouring’ of cold water by of- The convention, before adjourn- INTERIOR ALASKA Tl tion measures have proved it safe; make a statement to police. No The resolution was drafted by al As the Grade School auditorium because fisheries “will always be ing last night, had tossed out two leftist leadership— william P. Steven of the Minne- | charges have been filed. handful of Republicans and Dxxie-lm?r;lz Dtgmtsh ezfié’:se?i'é’i"i?i‘ high |Will be in use Monday night for| parRBANKS, Alaska, Nov, 5@ the most important industry in unions under lef s ‘ crats just before Congress adjourn- {and dry, 10 feet above the back- |the “back to school” doings, the! _pigteen plane.s of the'loth.Re‘scue Alaska.” l'iw l;nnedEElc:ctn::i "\VVD.X:::: and apolis Tribune. e | e o 0 o 0 0 v 0o 0 ed and then lccked in a safe de-|j ater. idl: 1 . |Juneau iCity Band will practice 4 Anderson took the floor to answer the Farm Equipment orkers. —— | ing water. Rapidly falling temper: |'Squadron defied Yukon mountain The two unions, with a combined | | WEATHER REPORT criticisms launched at him in Ju-| | membership of akout 470,000, merged | < Alaskan Husky d Foils Robbery ight Instead of MON- | yyyier weather yesterday and to- Shofner has| e, for 7:30‘}:;? in a search for a missing pi- posit box. They plan to introduce |atures might stop the overflow. The |°1 Tuesday ni it nextx Januafy—if the national mercury was going below zero in day. Director Joseph economy is seriously jeopardized by |the area. |called the practice o'clock instead of the usual hour; «Thi, data is for Zi-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 54; neau atout his pointing to the suc- cesstul record of Washington |last week but were thrown out state’s fisheries. the CIO for continued defiance oi strikes. Ringleader of the impeach- | Ed Steger, an airline pilot, re- | Lt. N. Murphy, 10th Rescue pil | ment move is Congressman Ralph ported a core drill taken to Fish.IOf 8 as the concert program will be ' o Knnsa: }(,:Iny. fre ;l:p:rt:; Delegate Bob Bartlett suggested major policy. ; : . minimum, 48. Setin, New York Republican, with | wheel Tuesday was standing 4nlEiven a stiff workout. missing yesterdey morning, He lefs| (DAt S0 Alaska Pish Commission -he convention chartered a "““,ll'l (hl(aflo | At Alrport—Maximum, 52; 4 similar to the game commission|union to compete with UE | minimum, 45. ENGAGES | an assist from Gene Cox, the Geo-|about two feet of water. The drill- ! ing test was stopped after reach- r Ladd Pield in a single engined | BUSINESS MEETING C-126 Cessna on a “local” filgm,"“’“ld have solved many problems.| -— | CHICAGO, Nov. 5—®—Two|® FORECAST rgia Dixiecrat. ' Specifically, the secret resolution ing a depth of 15 feet. Drilling will; SOROPTIMIST CLUB FRIDAY| i a 50-mile radius. The planel Wickersham repeated his earlief/s o o o o o « - @ ® * | gunmen spotted an Alaskan husky|® charges President Truman with|continue when flood waters recede,l S v lcarried sufficient fuel for five |Statements that Alaska should ad-|e o | asleep in the corner of a southside ® (Janean and Vielaity) “nonfeasance” of office. It is al- it was reported. Business, with Laurr? MachlXan's hotss. vertise nationally, fix up its build: I TIDE TABLE © book store and warned the clerk: | ® Rain tonight. Increasing leged that he neglected the econ- st |nudn, Aline warncr:s ; treasurer’s| -y’ o100 wag equipped with emer- ings and appearance, develop nat-'e eo!| “Don’t wake that hound. If he!‘ southeasterly wind tonight, omic welfare of all the people in Ay .repcn»'[, Mildred Maynard’s report on gency gear and a three-day foud'““l resources, attain statehood,| ¢ NOVEMBER 6 gives us any trouble we'll shool{' reaching 30 to 35 miles per order to help a tightly organized ® © ® © ® ® o ojthe installation of the Ketchikan |y, help homesteaders, and get in-/e High tide am., 156 ft. © | him.” ® hour Sunday. Low topight minority—the labor unions. e PR ® | Soroptimist Club and President| “pocye planes are searching an | réased gold prices. e Low tide 7:51 am, 321t | But Miss Clarinda Buck, the ® about 45 and high Sunday The resolution further points out | ko #iialicn’ Thome's TeRoct matters of |, o0 of 24000 square miles of | Besides Bartlett and Wickersham, | e Hight tide 1:50 p.m., 175 ft. ® | clerk, said they spoke too loudly in|® about 48. i oy e < gl AR 4 NOVEMBER 6 : ;‘:)(;f)l;llim;“l(f r:;m-im:“ff:fiidlu;'x‘cx::g:i mountainous terrain, inintense | JUe SUACo i m\)avma':fi;t;:‘ o Low tide 823 pm. -L1ft. @ ordering her to hand over 50 and| 8 0 o oy b g A g yo N vented “economic disaster” by in- e j Thor C. Tollefso . e roused Gaucho. . voking the Taft-Hartley Act. This | ® Sun rises af ,8:?3 am. ®|meeting Friday ncon on the Bar- 0;;'5 wife, Gernadine, resides mgand John H. Allen of California.| e NOVEMBER 7 e But Gaucho wagged his tail as ® (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 & m. toduy constitutes neglect of duty, the res- | ® Sun sets 8t ....... 459 pm. e lanof Terrace Fairbanks. i ! They are accompanied by three ad- o e he walked over to the robbers and City of Juneau—0.54 inches® olution charges. i e ket | visors. le High tide 2:42 am., 154 ft. © followed them to the door. The since Nov. 1-6.02 inches o Now that the steel strike is being ® NOYEMEEE, . 1 FR | Hearings are to be resumed this e Low tide 8:23 am. 37 ft. e gunmen fled. since July 1-42.11 inches o settled, the wind has been taken 5 e ¥ | HAINES GUESTS ‘afternoon in Wrangell. The party e High tide 2:17 pm. 174 ft. LSRRI Lt o At Airport—0.13 inches . out of the impeachment plan, but|® Sun rises at - 8:26 am. e| Mr and Mrs. Charles A. Traeger| Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hawkins|is traveling on the Coast Guardje Low tide 8:57 pm, -11 ft. . FROM SEATTLE e since Nov. 1-—5.19inches e ® Sun sets at 4:56 p.m. e |of Unalakleet are stopping’at the and son Kenneth are visiting at,cutter Storis. They later go to e e| Georse H. Tonsely of Seattle i3'® since July 1—20.07 inches (Continued on Page Four) ® © ¢ ¢ 9 v o © 9 o e Baranof Hotel 'the Barancf Hotel, { Ketchikan and Sitka. ‘e 99 9 9 9 9 90 0 0 ®| a guest at the Baranof Hotel. L O 9 0 v 0 l