The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 11, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,348 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUN AU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Chapman | AVOIDTHIRD’ WARBYLARGE FORCES: GRAY (By the Associated Press) The nation’s top military leaders today urged Americans to keep their armed forces powerful and | thus help avoid a Third World War. ‘They spoke at Armistice Day ob-\v servances across the nation as the | world marked the 31st anniversary | of the close of World War I-—the “war to end ‘wars.” Secretary of Defense Johnson set | the tone with a speech at St. Louis‘ in which he declared that “weak-| ness breeds war, and that strength | commands respect and discourages | war.” In a talk at Greenville, Secretary of the Army Gray piaced the probable ultimate cost to this country of World War II at one; trillion dollars, and added that' the United States must stay strong | to avoid future conflict. | PREVENT RECURRENCE Secretary of Air Symington weighed the cost of the Second! World War in terms of men and, resources, as well as dollars, and said “we must do everything in our; power to prevent recurrences of those international disasters called ‘World Wars.” i There were similar expressions from other leaders in government,! the military and civic affairs. President Truman, who was due, to address the national conferencel of Christians and Jews curing the| afternocn, led Americans in observ-; ance of the holiday with the tradi-| tional Presidential trikute a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown | Soldier at Arlington, ,_N.gtional Cemetery. | “THE DARK SHADOW" | Speaking in nearby Arlington. Amphitheater, George N. Oraig, Na-| tional Commander of the American Legion, declared that the nation is| observing Armistice Day this year | “within the dark shadow” of the atomic bomb. One reason, he said, is that the United States and other nations failed to achieve enduring peace after the First World War. Johnson, in his speech, recalled; how he saw Armistice Day come| while he was in the army in/ Europe. i “Today,” he said, “we have none‘ of the delusions we had on our| first Armistice Day. Today we have accepted the meaning of the wcrd‘ ‘armistice’ in its literal sense—the cessation of physical combat.” He| added: | “We accept. Armistice Day 8as worthy of celebration . . . but we also take it as a day of notice, | notice to us that though the guns| be stilled, the fight for the rigm; and the light, against the evil and; the dark is everlasting and demands | eternal vigilance.” i Secretary of the Army Gray said | in Greenville ‘that the high cost of war is one good reason for keep-| ing the United States mnitnry; machine powerful. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON | (Copyrignt, 1045, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) | HAYS, Kansas—An old French | boxcar ends its journey in Kansas | today. It has crossed one ocean carried troops to a score of battle fronts and toured every county in Kansas. Probably a junk dealer wouldn’t give more than 20 bucks | for it; but this old car and the! keepsakes inside it represent a million dollars’ worth -of senti- ment. No one in France, when they | went to all the work of loading up | this boxcar, with 48 others, for| their friends In Americp, ever| dreamed what would happen when | the cars arrived. One is enshrinzd | on the old State Capital grounds“ in Louisiana; another §tsnds in| the capital grounds at 'Bismarck,| N. D., another is located at Olym- pla, the capital of Washington; while Minnesota and Mississipoi have enshrined their boxcars on their state fair grounds. Nor did anyone, in France dream that the contents of thesc cars, ranging from the flag that flew over Verdun in 1914 to mere dolis given by the poorer children of Paris, would be displayed in mus- eums throughout the land, from Dttt 5 S s 2 (Continued on Page Four) | ernment will 'MINERS MINE COAL, =ep J—— DISTURBED PEACE OVER “WORLD NOW Threat of Atomic Bombs Continues-Statement Made by Vishinsky (By the Associated Fress) Armistice Day, 1949, found the world in disturbed peace, haunted Yy a fear of atomic warfare un- known on the first Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1918. The great nations remained dead- ‘ocked in debate over a means ta control atomic energy. The United Nations last night heard Soviet Union Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky say: If war comes, Russia could pro- duce atomic bombs—"as many of these as we chould need—no more and no less.” e ! A British spokesman said Vishin- sky was “saber-rattling.” The debate grinds on. Thirteen countries are on the list. to speak| | | representative is yet to he heard. [ | M N E F R N ‘ N | VISHINSKY TALKS ' | Vishinsky said the Soviet Union | is now using atomic energy for peaceful purposes. He said: “We jare razing mountains; are irrigating TERRITORIES UpinCanada PLANE PILOT oo momci e | | | {jungle and the tundra; we are R ———‘ | spreading life, happiness, prosperity Dizzy Brownfield Used oLD PO'ST MAN C‘A LLS — Former Postmaster General Will l-h;s rides a rural mail cart during a visit to Major Lenox R. Lohr (left), president of the Railroad Fair in Chicago. {and welfare in places the hu- {man footstep has WASHINGTON, Nov. 11~|m—3VifaI Appoa(hes Covered-| The government announced last | . . | Northern Territories night how much states and terri- tories can get in federal funds for | % " " £ 3 Rt ing vorks = HH aclivity? reporters asked. g 2| Will Have ;.Some L Search Infensified | ietfnsky replied: “T can't (tell) | secause T am not informed. I only from Congress. | | § | » The amount actually being ap-| OTTAWA, Nov. 1l.—(P—Canada} ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 11.— | know akout it in a general way. PARIS CONFERENCE cortioned now is $18,657471. The [is building a huge radar system | P—A scribbled note found in a lone- | talance of $5592520 was held in|which would give warning against :]yupseust;t::leyetrx «-:a}vlrrxthngleq NeW! . Forelgn Ministers of the reserve for emergency use in areas‘pomble air ?uank (‘m her big c:meslnmzz n B v fl“];n e_y [2 Flan?cxs. United States, Britain and France which might have or might de-la.nd other vital tn(lgets, a govern- 15‘Y ‘imwn eld, airplane pilot: .o.cluded in Paris early today a ment White Paper revealed today.|missing since Sept. 5. |two-day conference on twice- velop severe unemployment, Although Congress has provided The defense paper, outlining Can- | The Air Force’s 10th Rescue|yeqien Germany. They emerged the money to permit the blue- ada’s preparedness program, said Squadron today disclosed finding | with 5 common policy on a certain printing of public works, it was the radar system is being developed of the note after a helicopter flight | relaxation of occupation controls. specified in the law that the gov-|to cover “certain vital approaches | to the cabin, one of a string owned An announcement said they pro- not be obligated to and areas.” | by Oscar Vogel, wellknown irapper|posed to “support and foster the Luild any of the projects. | Radar stations costing from be- | I the area, some 50 miles north-|progressive intregation of the Ger- Congress has authorized a total (ween $2500,000 and $3,500,000 West of here. The note, undated, man people in the European com- of ‘100-0?0-000 for pr(;]:ct-p_lta;lmmg each were planned, the paper said, ‘ read: | munity.” over a two-year period, with one t, give early warning of the ap-| God bless the man who built this | g fourth of that already spendable. |,roach of enemy aircraft so that | cabin and left food in it. T, Fran-f ;:ANF F;gfl w;’?LGERx,A?Yu ‘annnm; loans wm also be avail- et fighters and anti-airerait guns!cis Brownfield, was lost and sick | Xnne "0 g:t nn ]ers 1 : Wespt atle to cities, counties, and other|oouid be alerted to ward off an|and T opened the cabin. If T make FERRE 56 W P0G, 59 : pogucal subdivisions. The 1loans gytack, iit back I will pay the man for the! wi e Tt 1 vith interest, i ill be repayable, without interest,; The paper said the fear of 2 food and shiter. ¥hen construction. begine. %wnrld war between east and west| Hurl Brownfield, the missing el 'had been moderated during the | flier's father, immediately recog- JAI[ BREAKER IRiES oast 18 months, but said Canada |nized it as being in his son’s hand- AGAIN, BUT CAUGHT was continuing a full-scale defensey Writing. program. The nation's potential; Search of the cabin was made industrial capacity for war, it re-|after the pilot’s mother, in Sequim, vealed, is twice that of 1939. Wash., reported hearing from Crew German capital. He will talk with (members of a fishing vessel that president Theodor Huess and 3 they received a radio message at sea | 3 (By Associated Press) Heavy emphasis was being plac-j that Brownfield was safe in a cahm::g;‘ng“:;e lt(‘i::n:i’mefld:ml:e;h ah One of the leaders of a mass jail{ed on air power, the paper said,|y, the Susitna area. Tenth Rescue,| American official has conlerred di break attempt in Arizona two weeks |and orders worth $75000000 had|,titieq, contacted Vogel. !rectly with post war German gov- ago has tried it again. Desperado |been placed for this year for planes | "goger' saiq later that none of his|ernment officials Jack Tatum was caught last night |and parts—almost four times the| ., pig nad radios and none was| ! trying to saw through the bars on JAPAN GETS UPPIEH his cell window at the Maricopa County Jail. October 22, Tatum broke jail in a mass break that kill- ed two convicts. He was recaptured in two days. appropriation { and possible modification of the cceupation statute. Allied high com- missioners drafted ways in which the West German government can carry on its own international trade with some Allied supervision. U.S. Secretary of State Acheson planned to visit Bonn, the West : Air Emphasis i value of orders last year. " | found in the cabin with the note. A The paper submitted to the Housel So yesterday Lt. William A. Weed | Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida !of Commons by Defense Minister | of Japan said in Tokyo Japan may "land Vogel landed in a helicopter, o = P g ne"enviage o depa | found e note and rushd 1t back | e, Coserence 11" Al terms curtain of radar such as Britain to Anchorage. rare unsn.tlsfnclofy. and Germany had during the last More planes then were sent aloft | He told the upper house of Par- war. in the hope of finding the lost|, .o .. But there would be some stations father .u{ six children. He had le!t] “A peace treaty is a right so in the vast northern territory.[n0 Word as to the course he in- long as it is a treaty. We can de- Most will be situated to protect “‘"dedv to fl;llflt\;/{ norbihow long he | ong a right. . If the peace big cities and key targets. I haa ‘occiipled ‘40n PRI {terms are disadvantageous to Other preparations for Brownfield was to have made jop.n we can walk out.” ke rendezvous with a hunting party| o We ¢ s possikle RELIEVING SHORTAGE | MARTIAL LAW, COLOMBIA not been seen | Vogel Cabin on Susifna |“ynere tn sussin is wis atomic| Germany in the European family| orted to be Successo Doesn’t Wan! Stafehood for Hawaii Now Would Be Serious Mistake | as Subversive Element Might Take Over PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 11— tatehood for Hawaii should be de- | ferred because of the threat of { "ommunism, Judge James L. Coke, | chairman of the Hawaii Longshore strike Fact-Finding Board, said in {an interview here. | “We are getting along all right ‘now as a territory,” he told a | reporter, and statehood now would {be a “serious mistake because of the danger that the subversive ele- ! ment might take over.” We should not take chances t this time,” he continued. “We hould ferret out the underground kefore statehood. The Communist | party has said Hawaii is considered :the most fertile ground for fits ,seed and it may be that they are |using it as a testing ground.” ; Coke said one labor- leader said !'n a speech, that unions wanted | statehood so they could elect their {own judges, take over the govern- iment and control the police. | Statehood will be proper “some- | lime, yes, but not now,” said Coke, | one-time Chief Justice of the Su- | preme Court of Hawaii. | i | | | By Associated Press Coal miners in general are work- fighting in the Arctic were report- ed. The paper said the Army hed developed new snow-trveling* sleds and vehicles, new anti-freeze and Labor Day. His plane crashed and was found Sept. 11. Meanwhile, Mrs. Pat O'Donnell ) Colombia was held under virtual { martial law and preelection tight- heated caboose-like huts mounted |nd FEarl Bogey walked back mm1::gvn::}:e‘:gsid‘gn'.b;{a‘;‘:;:zd;‘lscp?:a on sleds and drawn by tractors for | the Sheep Mountain Clvil Aeronau- | Do a0 Ao W iabate taking men and equipment irto | tics Administration station a r"}mr Aln Re supenaliiha llb‘ex‘flnl- areas of extreme cold. jdays later. O'Donnell, who remain- 3 trolled Parliament and placed led on a river bar awaiting Brown- | 2 % " % 1o 'fleld, battled the elements for 24|truups at strategic poinis through ing this Armistice Day because of the coal shortage. Meanwhile, gov- ernment officials are trying to prevent a resumption of the coal strike at the end of this month. It's believed John L. Lewis will be asked to let a fact-finding board recommend a settlement in the coal dispute. | out the nation. There seemed doubt days before finally. emerging {rom ipa¢ e Noy. 27 Presidential elec- the wilds at Talkeetna. t held. O'Donnell had used some of Vog-{ g oo be el's. cabins while tramping his wa; back to civilization. MARGARET TRUMAN: TIDE TABLE Cne Sh;)l Kills iwo ' Washington Hunlers | By Associated Press | A single hunter’s bullet has cost {the lives of two men. Coroner Tom Jordan of Asotin County, } | Washington, said last night.a bul- |let fired by a Pullman, Washington, | man, James Jones, passed through |the body of William E. Hamilton, |then cut down William R: Nolan, |both of Spokane. Nqglan died im- | mediately. Hamilton lived two and | ROMANCE IS HINTED | By Associated Press | Rumors of romance are surround- |ing | President’s daughter | Frank Handy, | Michigan, as “just a friend.” But | Margaret lunched with him pri- Margaret Truman again. The |nearly over. describes Jr., of Ypsilanti, GET POLISHING U (By Associated Press) The - steel strike appears to be Lawyers for the CIO steelworkers and United States Steel are polishing up-their agree- ment now. One informant says it | vately yesterday in Detroit, even | worked out with Bethlehem Steel. | CABIGAS ADMITTED 10 (ITIZENSHIP; TO LEAVE ON PHILIPPINE VISIT Luciano Cabigas, a native of the ! Philippine Islands, was admitted to citizenship yesterday morning in | matches the insurance-pension deal | the U.S. District Court here. Cabigas applied for a passport though she also told newsmen her {But there’ll be no announcement | yesterday afternoon. He will leave Louis . N. J., H ville, Ky., and Newark, 'concen schedule is Kkeeping her|until after a series of top policy | meetings to morrow. tco busy for romance. !soon on a three-month visit to the IPhlllppine Islands. b NOVEMBER 12 High tide 6:23 am., 125 ft. Low tide 11:51 am., 69 ft. High tide 5:39 p.m, 142 ft. (o @0 0 0 0 0 0 00 . L SES - SETS . s sovwssswms 3 STEAMER MOVEMENTS . NOVEMBER 12 o Baranof scheduled ‘to safl from e Sun rises at ... ... 8:38 am. e Seattle Saturday. e Sun sets at 4:45 pm. e Princess Norah scheduled to sail s from Vancouver Saturday. e L g gl o Denali from west scheduled v ® County Sheriff’s office today. | cne-half hours. No charge has been |filed against Jonés. But he has| | been ordered to report to the o southbound sometime Sunday. { r to NOT COMFY NEAR RUSSIA SAYS ALASKAN Faibanks M;;Er "Disturb- ed Over Terrifory's Inadequate Defenses SEATTLE, Nov. 11 —®-—Living close to Russia in a territory with Inadequate detenses is ‘“uncomfort- atle,” says the Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska. Mayor Maurice T. Johnson ar- rived here Jast night with Einar Tonseph, city magistrate, enroute to New: York City, wheye they hope to negotiate a $4,500000 public utilities bond issue, “It is disturbing to us to realize, that we live in that part of the continent which is closest to Russia and to realize that Alaskan de-| fenses are wholly inadequate,” the Mayor said. “Residents in the United States lo not realize Alaska is their first ine of defense.” DIVORCE GRANTED Hal Graves was granted a divorce from Glenna Graves in the U. €. District Court here yesterday. BLACKERBY DEPARTS A. W. Blackerby, Forest Service Division Supervisor, left Juneau for Portland Tuesday after recelv- ing word that his son Kirk, 7, had broken his leg. ¢ e & ° & w ~ e 4 e s . WEATHER REPORT * (Thi, data is for 2¢-hour pe- e rlod ending 7:30 am. PST) o . In Juncau—Maximum 44; e © minimum 33. . . At Alrport—Maximum 41 e © mivimum 29. . . . . FORECAST . . (Juneau and Vieinity) . . Continued fair tonight, e o Lowest temperature near 56 e © degrees. Considerable high e o cloudiness Saturday with e ® high temperature nearing 43 e o degrees. [ ® . ePRECIPITATION o @ (Past 2a nours ending 7:30 a m. today @ City of Juneau—None; . e since Nov. 1704 Inches; . .® sgince July 1—43.13 inches. e ® At Airport—None. e ® since Nov. 1-5:75 inches; e ® since July 1-—2963 inches. o ® & 0 0 0 0o 0 0o o o :‘ruundly criticized by Krug 41 -YEAR-OLD KRUGTOENTER OWNBUSINESS "Declining” Relations with Pesident Causes Resignation BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, Nov. 11—(@—President Truman has accepted the resignation of Secretary ‘of the Interior Julius Krug and chosua Undersecretary Oscar L. Chapnhn to succeed him, the Cabinet shift to be ef- feetive December 1. By VERN HAUGLAND WASHINGTON, = Nov. 11—(P— Secretary of Interior Julius “Cap” Krug, whose relations with Presi- dent Truman have been reported | declining, has resigned from the cabinet effective Dec. 1. Krug, at 41 the youngest cabinet member, made the announcement late yesterday—to reporters and Mr. Truman, in that order. Friends said | Krug plans to go into private busi- | ness, 3 E Undersecretary Oscar L'ttleton { Chapman, 53, is reported in line to succeed him even though that i would place a second Coloradoan in the calinet. Both Chapman and Secretary of Agriculture Brannan are {rom. Denver. | Once intimate friends, Krug and the President apparently have not | been on the best of terms recently. | There was some evidence of this ,at the news conference Mr. Truman | held yesterday, several hours before | Krug's resignation. : Asked - about™ ‘gifferénces with ‘Kruz, and particularly whether he !had “written the cabinet officer a strong letter about reclamation policy, the President declined com- ment. ! | | LETTER LATE Friends sald Krug apparently felt that Mr. Truman should have “been |atle to do bgtter by him than that.” | The President received the lst- {ter of resignation half an hour |after Krug confided to reporters |that he was leaving and had :“wanted to leave for a long time." ! It was explained later that the | delay in delivery of the letter was | inadvertent. | ‘Krug had nothing to say of his |plans. He has an interest in a | Tennessee textile mill—in an area where, 10 years before, he was chief power engineer for the Ten- nessee Valley Authority. Chapman likewise had no com- ment. His wife sald he was at his office all last eveninz writing an | address he will give at San Fran- i clsco Sunday. Chapman has Leen a member of | the so-called “Little Cakinet” for 16% years, i | | ACTING SECRETARY | He became Assistant,, Secretary {of the Interior in May, 1933, under | Secxetary Harold L. *Ickes. He | s2rved as Acting Secretary in the | six-week interim between Ickes’ | resignation and Krug's appoint- ment, and became Undersecretary the day after Krug took office in | March, 1046. He served on Navy transports {during World War I and was referee and chief probation n(‘l’;g of the late Judge Ben B. Lindsley’s { famous juvenile and domestic re- lations court in Denver. , Chapman was “advance man” for | Presdent Truman’s western cam- | paign ‘travels last year, and was | credited with much of the success of the tours. Krug, on the other hand, was the party | faithful for nmot campaigning more ardently in 1848. Krug spoke for | Mr. Truman in the pre-convention campaigning, but was not as active n speech-making thercafter .as |‘ome of his cabinet colleagues. There have been other ditfer- ences tetween Krug and Mr. Tru- man since then. SQUABBLE OVER NAVAJOS The President recently vetoed a | Navajo rehabilitation bill because of an amendment, said to have been |accepud by Krug, which would have made the Indians subject to | state laws. | The President’s comments on two irccem reclamation proposals also | apreared critical of the six-foot- | tour, 200-pound-plus “baby” of the cabinet. He reluctantly approved one, but vetoed the other on (Continued on Pa;o 2)