The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 15, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,351 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1949 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Lewis Given Ultimatum on Coal Strike Today BIG TURNOUT | ATFISHERY - OPEN FORUM Trollérs Suggzi Changes—‘ Experimental Methods Are Qutlined The largest turnout to attend a public hearing on fisheries was on hand yesterday to present views on problems confronting the indusu before a meeting of the Territorial Department of Fisheries. | More than 15 representatives of the salmon industry were present in the Federal Building, more than ever attended similar forums held by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The new five-man board, headed by C. L. Anderson, director, listed all suggestions put forward, with a view of presenting them to the FWS for incorporation in 1950 regulations. The board has no pot of its own, but is relied upon by the Interior Department bureau to furnish it with data by which to formulate policy. The department was created this spring by the legislature, as a step in the direction of statehood. As Chairman Ira H. Rothwell of Cor dova pointed out, if statehood ar- rives within the near future, tne fisheries department would be a | | b P LSS Armistice Day ceremony. President Truman places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Washingten, D. C., during M Wirephoto. Places Wreath at Tomb i 5] i .| the hospital Oct. 24 for springtoard for Alaska to form its policies and govern its most im- portant industry—fishing. CONCERNING TROLLERS | Andy Barlow of the United Trol- lers of Alaska read a number of suggestions put forth by his group concerning trollers in relationship to seines and traps, and also con- | cerning certain areas of closure. | A point which-brought- torth-con- | siderable comment from his list-| eners was that “all areas open to salmon fishing ahquld be open to; gill’ netters, and' all areas closed, Commissioner Harold Jones of the should be closed to gill netters.” * [Civil Aeronautics Board will arrive Barlow maintained that present in Juneau Thursday to confer with methods “were disgriminatory. representatives of eight Alaska air- He :also said that the FWS policy :lines. of opening the season later each; Purpose of the talks will be to (AB Official | year cut into the trollers’ take of |reach “a more logical Alaskan op- | silvers, as they “can’t make a living | eration anx the elimination ot on Kings alone.” | duplicating service .with the end He suggested the closure of sein-|view of giving Interior Alaska bet- ing and traps for three days each ter air service and strengthening week to lengthen the season and the Interior air transport system allow more escapement, and asked |oi Alaska,” Jones said in a mes- for more stringent regulations all| sage to Governor Ernest Gruening. along the line. He asked that halibut boats be|sider mergers, consolidations, trans- prevented from carrying nets to| fer of routes and other remedies. Alaska Airlines, Northern Con- solidated, Pacific Northern, Cor- dova, Rieve, Wien, Alaska Coastal " (Continued on 79;39 Five) {and Ellis air lines have been asked to send representatives. The Washington Merry-Go-Round o sromuamoy By DREW PEARSON | Harold A. Jomes, Civil Aeronautics |Board member, left today for ICopyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate. Inc) | a1acka to study the problems of | certificated air carriers and the [ needs of Alaska for air services. ‘ ntly took a man-in- | Jones will report to the board on dpmal, Tesaiy i his findings. It is understood to tre 1l as to who represented | i:nnef:n‘:; mb the U. s‘p Senate. | b€ concerned over the financial dif- After some hesitation most of those | iculties of the certificated airlines LOS ANGELES—John Kennedy, live-wire publisher of the San Diego | Alaska, These are the airlines colled were able to remember the % iy Republican William Know- | 8uthorized to . operate scheduled | service. e TV, i i less ::1:‘:‘ aw}f‘:ll h;srmb?e l:lut";l::xfo(;ienonci The study will not cover the ‘op- was able to remember the name of | erations of nnn-‘s_cheduled air car- California’s senior Senator, Sheri-|riers nor will 'it relate to the dan Downey, now rounding out ms:Alnskan route case no_w. pengmg twelfth year in the Senate. ILMore the board, an official said. The political object lesson to be Jones is due at Seaftle aboard a derived from Downey's anonymity““""hwesz Airlines plane at 6:25 is you can't be on every side of | P PST. He p'lans to leave for issue and still keep the people's in- Juneau .(cmorrow terest and respect. | B A In 1938 Sheridan Downey was el- STO(K ouo]A“o“s ected as a new and flaming liberal. The oldsters, the labor leaders, the| NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Closing small farmers rallied belind him.|gyotation of Alaska Juneau mine He promised them what they want- |siock today is 3%, American Can ed and they believed him. |97, Anaconda 27i2, Curtiss-Wright International Harvester 27%, Becomes Senate “Mute” Kennecctt 49':, New York Central Once elected, Mr. Downey went to| 19, Northren Pacific 13%, U. Washington in a blaze of promises gtee]l 24'%, Pound $2.80. Lndte’:‘mmfif‘"s 3ndt 5“‘;‘915' 5“‘-L Sales today were 1,250,000 sharcs. e took no vigorous stamd on any Averages today are as follownf: isssue. And sx: was onlyttlflekr1 mfl;"ylindusn‘inls 18798, rails 4747, util- years as a nate “mute” that the|jtjcs 38.93 much-heralded ~ genfleman from | % SRR IR A P southern California finally got ac- 3 tive. Believe it or not, his ncuvm‘; STEAMER MOVEME'"S was then cast on the side of those who originally tried to defeat him.| Baranof from Seattle due to ar- Sheridan, for strange reasons ive at 6 o'elock tonight. best known to himself, came out on; Princess Norah from Vancouver the side of the big ranchers and|due 7 o'clock this evening. the big utilities. | Freighter Square Knot scheduled Some attributed this weird about- |to sail from Seattle Friday for face to his brother, an astute a[_EKetchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Hain- torney who represents some of the € _and Skagway. Denali stheduled to sail «Continued on Page Four) Seattle Saturday. He said the airlines should con- | {OUSING NEXT ComingHere, YEARTO AID, Conference; SAYSBARTLETT WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—(2—Del- egate Bartlett of Alaska day defenses of the Territory should be improved next year when new housing may become available for combat troops. Just back from Alaska, Bartlett said it is generaly known that Al- ska is inadequately defended but the $96,000,000 voted by Congress n its closing days for use by the Armed Services in the Territory {will pave the way for overcoming deficiencies. The money will be mainly used to provide housing, which he said can be started in the spring to pro- {vide quarters for combat troops. “There are adeguate Air Force installations in Alaska,” Bartlett told a reporter, “but the troops there are chiefly Air Force and service units. There are no combat troops to defend the -=airfields. “It is generally conceded if war comes to Alaska the airfields could be captured without trouble and used as bases for airplanes that could bomb any city in the United IS!ates, Such a situation exposes the Pacific Coast and even the indus- trial east to attack iy case of war." Start in Spring He said the services could send materials to Alaska this winter and start construction when warm spring weather arrives. “Appropriating the money at the a year in getting the construction jbuildings under way. If the appro- fprhauon had not been passed until the next session, construction could not have gotten under way untii the summer of 1951 and we would have lost an entire years.” Bartlett said that though the overall defense situation in the iTerritory still is bad the com- Imxmd:mts of the three Armed Ser- jvices are “really makingz unifica- tion work.” He praised Lieut. Gen. Nathan F, | Twining, an Air Force officer and {ment; Maj. Gen. nley F. Scott of the Army and Rear Admiral Frank Wagner, commandant of the 17 Naval District. “They are doing 3n excellent job with the facilities with which they * Bartlett said, have to work, “No Defenses Bartlett’s comments came a day jafter publication of an interview %il; which Gov. Ernest Gruening of ' Alaska said the Territory’s defenses are so weak it “could be taken to- invasion’ ibly by a single par- achute division. { Gruening said the Territory “is from wholly vulnerable because we have |to no defenses.” |/ cbtain the patient’s evening meal, said to- | last session,” he said, “really saves ‘of housing and other necessary | commander of the Alaska Depart-| {morrow by a minor-scale airborie| J. Gerald Williams, Territorial|e MOTHER OF WINCHELL IS DEAD Either FallsBTJumps from . 10th Floor of Doctors’ Hospital, New York NEW YORK, Nov. 15—(P-—Mrs.! Jennie Winchell, 77, mother . of Walter Winchell, plunged to her death last nizht from her room on the 10th floor of Doctor’s Hos= pital., | Her private nurse, Kathleen Car- | ten, said she had left Mrs. Win- chell’s room for a few minutes to and returned to find a window open | ‘and Mrs. Winchell gone. i ‘The elderly woman's nightgown- clad body was found on the 87th | street sidewalk below. The official | tment | of a heart eilment from which she | had suffered several years. i The wife of the cclumnist and | broadcaster said she had notified | her husband, who was in Miami, | { Fla,, and that he was flying back ! | to New York immediately. She said | | Winchell told her he had had a | “premonition of disaster.” 6-YEAR-OLD Hangar Fire At Anchorage | | | | | | | | { $he s g | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 15— | #—A -$100,000 fire destroyed most |of the Alaska Alrli hangar at | { Merrill Field yesterday, burning —®— | {\vo planes and two automobiies. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15. | t: The flames, of unknown origin, | Her head crushed by an axe, six- | year-old Linda Joyce Glucoft was | . i i A5 roke out at 1:55 p.m. and were ‘{:’“"; slain today a few hl_‘”ks fI6m | ot prought under control for 1‘ il gme.{ Pollc;”brondc;;st & Pick- [ more than an hour. Explosions of i“p_r:r i l‘”;]ad b-year-od mal. |gascline Grums and magnesium e girl had been missing from | )., 4ing flares kept firemen trom | hcme of her parents, Jules and Lil- | entering the Llazing structure. lian Glucoft, since yesterday af-| ppe anchorage, Alaska Railroad b o o [Air Force, CAA and Alaska Ar- Officers identified the man they |jjnec fire departments joined in sought as a known pervert, ques- | . i 4 y o 4 o °>” | preventing the blaze from spread- ticned only last April in a chlld}mg to nearby Luildings. ' molestation case, but released. | Gk i Anchorage Fire Chief George The chubby body was found by | piing gaid a 40 by 60 foot section homicide detectives—who entvn\d‘nf the hangar was destroyed and :,t;e ::f;h:g;:"a:dmsfl:;izng[;;‘:g‘hlLhe remainder was badly damagzec !jammed into a box covered wit n| ‘Y\:mOke l:nd v»lv.:;ler. L4 hng be:en rubbish, debris. and old boxes. it u:L, Py,n 48 'i” ;n_e ;??en by l,” was in the backyard of a modest | o'xag.. e, IR il oy o dwelling near har own g, [ {oko ok (CAMRA M. BHEERE SRR, “It is unbelievable,” screamed | "her mother, told of the discovery. | by the fire company officials fo: The child’s father is a commer- | ¢ " FRE: o unas cial artist. | The mother told police that .the | child was prompt in coming to ASSASSINAIORS dinner but when she didn't show i up by 5:45 pan., last night, the| OI: GANDHI DIE 1mother called police. | ‘ " | It was in that vicinity that mur-| p |ders of Nina Martin and her s GAllows 'RAF {ter Mae occurred in 1924—a cas?| | that led to the conviction of Scott | T 7, C. Stone, a nightwatchman, | AMBALA, Inda, Nev. 15—® The case of the city’s most bru- | 1he young editor who a sassinatec |tal child murder since 1946, when | Yobhandas K. Gandhi and the man cix-year-old Rochelle Gluskoter, the | Who told him to do it were sprunt daughter of butcher Abe Gluskoter, | Simultancously through a gallows was kidnaped at play. Her body | trap at the Ambala Central Jai was found more than a year me,‘tms morning. Their bodies were in the hills, and although scores cremated immediately aiterward. of persons have been questioned| Narayan V. Godse and Narayan |and one now is being held, no for-|B. Apte, two Hindu journalists, mal charges have ever been filed. walked to their death with smiles | Police Sgt. Bill Brennan said|%% their faces. Their foreheads were this afternoon he definitely had| Painted with sacred marks. Each established that a blanket found |man carried a small package, pre- about the body came from the home | Sumatly of Hindu scriptures, which wWhere Fred Stroble, a baker, lived | they. were allowed to hold as their | nearby. Stroble has been missing | hands were tied behind them. | since last night, shortly after Linda| A moment | disappeared, and a police broadcast | SPYung the two young fanatics has ordered his arrest. “sl:outed in unicon “May the United | 1t described him as “wantec ;Yndm be immortal. We salute the suspicion of murder.” | holy motherland.” MAXINE LUND ON TRIP | Miss Maxine Lund, of the Fed eral Works Agency, has left on an ;extended air trip. Leaving here for | Fairbanks via PAA, she will go to Nome, then to Anchorage and from [there fly to Seattle. She will be gone about one month, TIDE TABLE NOVEMBER 16 tide 4:06 am. 20 ft. tide 10:32 a.m., 16.5 ft. tide 4:54 pm., 17 ft. tide 10:57 p.m., 15.1 ft. Low High Low High | | WILLIAMS TO ANCHORAGE - SETS | Attorney General, left by air for e SUN R | Anchorage today to attend a hear- | e ling of the Industrial Board and e represent the Territory in a|e case in court there, Sun rises at 8:47/am. Sun sets at 4:47 pm. . . . . . L] . . . . . . . . . . 28 99 0 009 9099 The - damage estimate was made} || police report said she either fef| McCloy, high commissioner for Germany; L or jumped. “ Mrs. Winchell was admitted to | before the trap was Acheson Meets U. $ Gen, Clarence R. Hueb The first clearance from the Ju- neau airport to an aircraft des- tined to the Orient was issued tk morning by the U.8. Customs Serv- ice, according to James J. Connors, Collector for Alaska. This clearance was issued to the Coast Guard plane carrying Sec- retary of tire Treasury John 'W. snyder’s pafty to Tokyo and other points in the Orient. In the distinguished sides the Secretary, were CNeill, Rear Admiral, pecial guests, Governor Ernest Gruening of Alaska and Mayor john A. (Jack) Talbot of Ketchi- kan; Wwilllam J. Bray of Chevy Chase, Maryland, Assistant to Mr. inyder; Willlam W. Diehl of Ar- party, be- lington, Virginia, an employee of he Treasury Department. and an xport in monetary matters; and ains Stanley C. Linholm and L. Raney of Coast Guard headquarters in Washington. The aircraft is equipped with Loran, among other navigational aids, and the route will be from Ju- neau to Kodiak, with a Iqt-down it either Shemya or Adak for re- fueling before take-off for the long over-water flight to Tokyo. The plane carries a crew of eight, t ROy icaded by Lt. Comdr. James N. Schrader, USCG, pilot, and aide to Sec. Snyder, who last srought the Secretary of the sury and a party for a visit Alaska in a converted B-17 homber airplane. The Snyder plane officially took )i for the westward from the Ju- leau airport at 9:20 o'clock this orenoon according to CAA official port. BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE' NOW RED RIVER VALLEY WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—(@-—The United States served notice on Rus- sia and five Soviet bloc states to- day that censiders invalig their new commission to control shipping on the Danube River. The Commission wa to set up Wov. 11 at Galatz, Romania, it replacc\!| a control commission dating back to 1921 on which five western nations were represented. An Amer 1 note today said that the new arrangement, coupled with the device of Soviet-controlled joint shipping companies on the river, is “clearly designed to enable the Soviet Union to maintain a mono- poly of Danubian commerce.” ‘The Soviet bloc commission, it was charged, violates the peace treaties signed with Bulgaria, Hun- gary and Romania an “violates the coficept of international waterways | which has been recognized in Eu- rope for more than 130 years. AL AUXILIARY TO MEET THIS EVENING .Furopean Chiels Merlin | USCG; and | r | at Secretary of State Dean Acheson (fourth from left) joined with America’s top military leaders on the continent at Heidelberg (Nov. 12) as he started a four-day visit and series of consultations in Germany. In the group (left to right) are: Capt. Harold E. Duryea, senior navy liaison officer to Europe; John ner, commanding general in Ger- Acheson; Lt. Gen. John K. Canncn, Air Force commanding general in Europe; Lewis Douglas, | Ambassador to London; and Gen. Thomas T. Handy, U. S. Forces Commander in Chief in Germany. Acheson meet with West Germany government heads (Nov. 13). P Wirephoto via radio from Frankfurt, HRST CLEARANCE FROM JUNEAU AIRPORT 10 ORIENT IS ISSUED TODAY BY U. 5. CUSTOMS SERVICE COMMUNITY BLDG. IS DEDICATED BY HIGH OFFICIALS Treasury Secrefary Snyder, Admiral O'Neill Honor- ed at Two Parties Realization of Juneau's most im- portant eivic project of recent years 'wna fittingly o:served last evening, with a double celebration. The Community Bullding, con- structed to afford suitable facilities ior the 17th’ District Coast Guard Headquarters, thereby bringing the headquarters to Juneau, was only a question mark a year ago. The structure, commonly known as the Coast Guard Building, was financed, constructed and occupied within nine months, but the real | celebration awaited the presence of the “big boss” of the Coast Guar iP | I ~ 7" |to have little support, EACE OR ACTION TO BE TAKEN Coal Mine Mf Is Given 24 to 48 Hours fo Start Something Definite WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—(P— John L. Lewis was confronted to- day with a virtual ultimatum to win a quick coal peace or face fast White House action. ‘The Mediation Service said Lewis \1s being given 24 to 48 hours to get something stirring toward a coal contract. It implied that there would be action by President Tru- man this week if Lewis does not. Officlals seemed to belleve Mr. Truman would invoke the Taft- Hartley Act although the President dislikes that law. Use of a special fact-finding koard outside Taft-Hartley, as was done in the steel dispute, has been considered but that idea appeared The White House evidently was determined to stop a new strike Dec. 1, the expiration date ot a truce ordered by Lewis last week to end a 52-day strike. Under Taft-Hartley, Mr. Tru- man could order the Justice De- partment to seek a court injunc- tion barring a new strike for 80 i days. Lewis slashed the staff of his once-rich welfare and pension fund as operators remained cool to his offer to talk about building up the fund again, ILONG "MUSH" | 4| ®—With a cry of —John W. Snyder, Secretary of the| Treasury Department which oper- ates the service in peace time. Honored with Secretary Snyder last night was Rear Admiral Mer- lin O'Neill, Assistant USCG Com- mandant, who will succeed Admira. Joseph F. Farley as Commandant January ¥, 1950, First, the District Headquarters staft honored the two Washington visitors and stockholders of the Community Bullding Corporation, an invitational reception for 100 Juneauites. PARTY IN C.G. BUILDING The party from 5 to 7 o’clock was on the third floor of the beautiful three-story building, in the quart- ers of the Engineering Division which extend the depth of the building. Typical of the finest vice hospitality, the party ran moothly and efficiently and— .hat is rare at such events—every- one had a chance to chat with the istinguished visitors and their aides, Capt. N. S. Haugen, who com- mands the District, was host with mmissioned and warrant officers ttached to the District Statt and cutter Storis. A number of l:iu.’nt Guard ‘wives assisted in ex- tending the hospitality of the dis- 'n'it'L STOCKHOLDERS ENTERTAIN Then, stockholders in the Com- ymunity Building Corporation en- tertained at a “no-nost dnner at- tended ty 170 pergons, in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Special guests were the other Treasury Department and Coast Guard offi- clals in the visiting party; Comdr. J. R. Kurcheski, and Lt. Comdr. of the Coast Guard cutters Storis and Citrus, with officers from both ships. Others introduced wete members of a party which came from USCG ! Afr Facility, Kodiak, and the crew ! which flew the big PBY, also Mayor Jack Talbot of i Comdr. Edward P. Chester, Jr., Coast Guard aide to the Governor, lmude the service introductions. | Former Governor George A. pParks was toastmaster for the W. A. Burns, skippers, rcr.pecuvely,‘ Ketchikan. Lt. | | | The American Legion Auxiliary! port after-dinner program of in-' will meet tonight at 8 o'clock n the Dugout. There will be initiation and also committee reports, trod » uctions and speeches in which 2 (Continued on Page OF MOORE IS STARTED NOW FAIRBANKS,® Alaska, Nov. 15— “mush,” Cecil A. Moore headed out yesterday after- noon on his 5000-mile dog team trek to Lewiston, Me. An over- night heavy snowfall, the first of the season, covered the ground. Moore is making his long journey to raise money for underprivilezed children. His sponsor is the Au- Lurn-Lewiston Lions Club, but he has said most of the trip will be self-financed. Fairtanks ~Lions ~Clun/ mefnbers gave the intrepld adventurer a big send off. He planned to make camp last night eight miles down' the Alaska Highway which he will fol- low to Watson Lake in Northern Canada. Traveling by road and trail from there, Moore plans to pass through Edmonton and Winnipeg to Minne- sota, then turn east to Maine. His load includes 12,500 cacheted en- velopes to be mailed for collectors along the route. Mrs. Moore expects to meet her husband on the trail for Christ- mas. He is carrying her last letter as a talisman. ALASKA'S TRADE IS DISCUSSED AT MEET SPOKANE, Nov. 15—(®—A pan- el discussion on Alaska's trade and development was held today at the annual convention of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association. Col. J. H. Johnson, General Man- ager of the Alaska ‘Railroad, said the line is becoming a “big-league operation.” He told of modernizing the line's equipment and reduction of operat- ing costs. The Association approved 24 re- solution dealing with the economy of the Pacific Northwest and gov- ernment planning in the area. One resolution asked early appro- priation of funds by Congress to complete an engineering and ec- oncmy survey of a proposed rail- road through Canada to Alaska. DIVORCE GRANTED Isabelle M. Dotson has been granted a divorce from Raymond V. Dotsen in the U. 8. District Court, )