The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 21, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,356 COST OF TRIAL OF BRIDGES IS - ESTIMATED HIGH Longshoremen Being As- sessed-Other Unions Putting Up Cash SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21—(P— Longshore Leader Harry Bridges' perjury trial, resuming today after a weekend recess, will cost the defense some $200,000, the CIO Longshoremen’s Upion estimates. Morris Wat:on, the unidn’s public information officer, said longshore- men would not put up all that money. He said it is being sub- scrited from many sources, much of it from other unions. Longshore locals, he sad, have voted assess- ments member. Australian-born Bridges, stormy iakor figure for years on West Coast waterfronts, is on trial in Federal Court here charged with perjury in denying Communist membership at his naturalization hear:ng in 1945. Two union offi- cials, Henry Schmidt. and J. R. Robertson, are being tried with him on conspiracy charges. Government attorneys said - they expected to present their first major witness today. When the trial recessed Friday Lloyd H. Garner, Immigration and Naturali- zation Examiner who represented the government at Bridges' natur- alization hearing, was on the stand. In his opening statement, Assist- ant U.S. Attorney Robert McMillan said the government would prove that Bridges was an active, dues- paying member of the Cummums(! rartv of the United States for years tefore his naturalization. { Garner testified that Bridges, Schmidt and Robertson all testified that Bridges was not and had not been a Communist. On cross examination, the defense brought out that charges of Com- munist membersh.p had been made i azainst Bridges s early as 1939 and’ presumably inve ted by the government before the hearing. Deportation hearings were held in 1939 and 1941. However, Federal Judge George B. Harris, hearing the present trial, has instructed the jury to disregard those hearings. CLEVELAND INDIANS ARE SOLD BY VEECK I CLEVELAND, Nov.- 21—®—Dy- ranging from $1 to $5 a) Public Works Plan IsBegun For Alaska With the aim of letting actuai {contracts next March for the $5,000,000 now available, action started today in Juneau under the Territory’s new $70,000,000 Public Works Program. “We want to get at least that five million to work in the 1950 fiscal year which ends next June, Arthur D. Morrell, Deputy Commis- sioner of Community Facil.ti said today. Morrell beads the group of four General Services Admui officials who arrived yesterda were in conference with Territorial department heads early this mor ing, in the office of Lew M. Wil liams, Acting Governor. They me: with City otficials this aiternoon, and similar con- ferences will be held tomorrow with heads of federal departments. “We have the author.ty, we have the funds, we have the application forms,” id Morrell this morning. “Now, we want to familiarize eii gitle groups with pclicies and pro cedures, get the applications ap proved and issue invitations fo. bids. “Already,” Morrell continued, “we have requested an additional $42,- €00,000 for the fiscal year of 1951. “It is clear that the $70,000,000 approved by the 81st Congre the five-year plan of Public Law 264 will not be nearly adequate for Alaska’s needs.” STAFF WiTH MORRELL Coming from the Washington, DC., office with Commiss oner Morrell were Lester Marx, Special Assistant to the Commissioner. and ; Miss Mary Miseczkowski, secretary. Joining the group was Jonn Argetsinger, District Engineer from £t. Paul, who has been designated, with Miss Miseczkowski, to open and establish the headquarters of- fice in Juneau. Argetsigner will be District Engineer for Alaska. After conferences here tomorrow, Morrell and Marx will make a quick tour of 12 or 15 larger communities in the Territory, returning here to meet two experts who will join the temporary district staff. They are Mel Frazier of Seattle, an expert on legal aspects of the Public Works Act, and Joe Patton, | i |Cellins, Army Chief of Staff, andilbours land acting President Li tsung-Jen for i rested JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1949 MEMEER A SOCIATED PRE S PRICE TEN CENTS MONTGOMERY IN U. .; TG DISCUSS DEFENSE ACTION {Top Leaders in Far East In- volved in Controversy —Army Differences By Associated Press Britain’'s Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery grrives in the United | States today for a round of unof- ficial talks with America’s top m'li- By JAMES STREBIG tary men. | HAMILTON, Bernwuda, Nov. During his 12-day stay, he will|(P—Beeisteak, families, insur confer with General Eisenhower,!nd “move over and give me & his World War II boss; Gen. Omar | little room"—that's what survivors N. »Emdle.\'. Chairman of the Joint|or the ditched B-29 said they Chiefs of Staff: Gen. Joseph L.|thought about during 79 “miserable” on two six-man life rafts Jother military and diplomatic lead-!in heavy Atlantic swells north ot ers ., | Bermuda. Montgomery, now Chairman of| Th2 18 survivors—four of them the Westorn Union Defense Alli-|on stretchers—arrived here yester- {ance ,has been working for months |day afterroon ahoard the Cana= on.plans for the defense of Europe.|dian destroyer Haida. The ship These plans for England, Bel?l\zm,‘mckfd them up Saturday after- France, Holland and Luxembourg ncon after a U.S. Air Force B-17 ;wfll form the basis of the defense|sighted them about 400 miles north= plans for the North Atlantic defense; east of Bermuda for which Congress has voted $1,-' Two of the 20-m:n crew drowned 000,000,000. | be.ore they could get through the | heavy swells to the life rafts. One ol the 18 survivors was suffering sen | consideratly from shock. | | WALK ASHORE i | PBut 14 of the bruised and salt- —appeared nearing a showdown. A caked airmen walked unaided from ) new party hostile to hoth the Com- |the crashtoats that brought them | munists and to Chiang may be,to the shore from the destroyer. ' in the offing, observers said. | They grinned at the wildly cheer- While Chiang cooled his hecls|ing hundreds who watched them in the red-threatened and National- | transfer to ambulances that took ist refugee capital of Chungklng."them to the Kindley Air Base hos- waiting for talks with Li, the latter pital here. in a Hong Kong hospit: Most of the men were considered He complained of a stomach ail-!in good conditions. Some had suf-| ment. | fered sprains. Some had salt water The Generalissimo had gone to|cores. But the majority seemed Chungking several days ago at Li's|{airly fit. request. He feund Li gone on an| The plane’s commander and pilot, inspection tour of the Nationalisfs’| Lt Col. John Grable of March Field dwindling sor‘hwestern China do- ajr Base, Calif., said the church main. Then i went on to Hong was to be a first stop ashore for Kong, supposedly for a hospital' most of the rescued airmen. checkup. “Then maybe we will celebrate a’ The two leaders have had many | yjt" Grable added. differences since Li took over the| Grable said “no one turned evan- | Presidency last January — when|gelist” during the long, wet wait,' Chiang “retired.” Out of these de-!«pyt we, all thought a lot and “MOVE OVER" TOPIC OF TALK ON LIFE RAFTS Rescue-4 Taken to Hos- pifals - Crowds Cheer | IN FAR EAST In the Far Zasi, tne ieud betw Nationalist China's top leade: 14 Men Waflshore Afier| If's Mr. and V<. Now Vice-President Alben W. Barkley proudly waves his hat as he emerges from church holding hands with his bride, the former Mrs, Carlton S. Hadley. Church, at St. Louis, The cremony was perl Mo. Dr. Albea Godbold, pastor, is between couple in background. Johns Methodist (™ Wirephoto. formed in St Lauder Cracks Jokes on Maybe His Last lliness STRATHAVEN, Scdtland, Nov. 21 (M—S'r Harry Lauder is still crackingy jokes during what may be his last illness. The old-time Scottish comddian has been dangercusly ill for three months. He has thromboris (Llood clot) in his right leg and a severe kidney ailment. He is 79, and for many weéks friends have feared for his life But the old man hangs on. The doctors let him smoke his pipe veloped a split over conduct of the civil war against the Communists. | NO THREAT—CONFLICT NEW YORK, Nov. 21—(P—Field Marshal ~ Viscount Montgomery, Military Chairman of the Western financial analyst from the Denver office. With these technical experts, Mor- namic Bill Veeck sold the Cleveland Indlans baseball club to a group of Jocal tusiness men today for a reported $2,200,000. The Tribe president anncunced | the long-awaited action at a news | conference in his Clevelarc stadium offices. : A Ellis Ryan, insurance executive, is head of the new group that has been dickering with Vesck for rell and Marx will make a second ! swing to Anchorage, Fairbanks and Ketchikan, hoping to contact offi- cials of these larger municipalities | and of cmaller 6nes in the vicini-! ties. FLAKNE HERE ALSO Joseph T. Flakne, chief of the Alaska Branch, Division of Terri- tories and Island Possessions (De- partment of the Interior), accom- caid today he saw no immediate | threat of open conflict in Western | Europe. “If there were any immediate, danger I wouldn’t be here, would I?” | he asked with a grin on his arrival on the liner Queen Elizabeth. The Field Marshal wore Br.tish Army battle dress, with nine rows of ribtons, and the black beret he has made famous, Montgomery said he did not in- tend to ask United States authori- ties for more American troops n weeks to buy the American League | yopieq the party, He declared that, | Western Europe. basetall club and its holdings. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON ‘Convrignt, 1949, bv Bell Syndicate. Inc ashington — When the Swedes failed to roll out the royal carpet for a party of junketing Senators, two of ‘the snubbed solons—Elmer Thomas, the Oklahoma speculator, and John McClellan, the Arkansas Dixiecrat—actually threatened to cut off Marshall Plan aid to Swed- en. This served as a none too subtle hint to other countries that the best way to stay on the Marshall gravy train was to butter up the wandering Senators. As a result, the Senators and their wives are now having the vacations of their lives. This has been revealed in a per- sonal letter from a feminine mem- ber of the troupe—McClellan's wife, Norma. Though the Senators are sup- posed to be studying how to save the taxpayers’ money, Mrs. Mc- Clellan writes: “John is truly relax- ing and having the time of his life, and he and I are having a long delayed honeymoon.” To help the McClellans enjoy of the many trips he has made to | Alacka, this is the finest. “This is a grand group,” said, Flakne this morning. “Besides that, these people have somethinz the whole Territory has been wishing ‘or. They have worked hard to get his federal assistance, and now can help reward you, and all the Terri- tory, to get fast-moving progress.’ The Alaska headquarters offices | of the General Services Adminis- fration will be in the new Com- munity Building, just to the right of the entrance on the first floor. “We do not plan to have a large taff,” said Morrell, “but we dc plan an efficient one.” The Alaska Public Works Bill, which tecame Public Law 264 after rassage by the 81st Congress, was “The num:er of troops in West- ern Europe has nothing to do with me,” he said. Business Distrid Of Potistown Hit By $250,000 Fire Fire gutted nearly half a tlock in the heart of Pottstown’s businass district today. Hundreds of fire fighters battled the flames that first swept the three-story Kessler Drug and De- partment Store building and quickly spread to adjoining siructures introduced by Alaska Delegate E. L. Bartlett. The act ' authorizes “a program of useful public works for the development of the Territory of Alaska.” APPLICATIONS By this measure, applications may be made by Territory, cities, towns, districts or other public bodies for needed public works, the Government to be repaid 50 per- cent of the total cost. The United States will contribute the other half, up to $35,000,000 in the next five years. Applications for all pro- jects must have the concurrence their second honeymoon and the other Senators to take a round- the-world vacation, the taxpayers are furnishing an Air Force plane and a crew plus five Army and| State Department officials. Theré is even a special doctor along. The Senator’s wife also gives an idea of how- other European coun- tries, anxious for Marshall Plan dol- lars, are bowing and scraping be- fore the junketing Senators. “These people over here stand of Alaska’s Governor and of the i Interior Department. Included as “public works” under ithe act are public facilities such as schools, hospitals, sewer, water jand other public-utility facilities; wharf, dock and other hartor facili- ties; bridges, roads, sidewalks, streets, alleys and other puliiic thoroughfares; college and institu- tional buildings and facilities; li- Lraries, firehouses and other pub- \wulinucd on Page Four) Albert Kessler, owner of the building where the fire started, esti- mated damage to the building at more than $250,000. An exploding oil burner was blamed. At least 12 firemen were injured. New Air Service Is As!_gd by PAA SEATTLE, Nov. 21—(®—Direct air service between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest and Central and South America was asked by Pal American World Airways at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing in ‘Washington, D. C. today. The proposed new service would link the Pacific Northwest to Latin America with one change schedules, centered at San Francisco. The new route would cut from 8 to 20 hours loff current schedules. Henry J. Friendly, Vice President ! pefore the CAB Board. |now and again. And he still gets la bang out of cracking wise with i his close friend and physician, Dr | John Stewart. {prayed we would be picked up.” The pilot said after the plane’s | radio navigation equipment tailed | Wednesday morning, “we hunted | for the island (Bermuda) under, APPEALS 10 30 NATIONS TO AD = MUKDEN INCIDENT IN MUKDEN CASE WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—#— The United States has appealed to | 30 nations, including Rus:ia, to in-| tervene with the Chinese Com-| mun’sts in behalf of the imprisoned American Consul General, Angus | Ward. | The State Department an-I nounced . that gecretary Acheson sent out messages Friday night asking the other governments “as a matter of urgency” to express to the Communist Authorities at Pei- | GET TOUGH OVER IS DEMAND NOW Panama Has Bloodless Re- voli-Colombia, France, Poland in Spot Now (By Associated Press) Fresh demands In Washington that the United States use force against the Chinese Communists drew only an official silence at the ping their “concern” over the jail- 3 in7 of Ward and four members of| The demands are prompted by his staff. | the imprisonment at Mukden ot Ward and the others were jailed jan American Consul, Angus Ward. , State Department PLANEDOWN iN FLAMES: 35 ABOARD Majority Aie Undernour- ished Refugee Children with Their Nurses OSLO, Norway Nov. 21.—(P— Land, sea and air teams pressed an intensive hunt tod1y for a miss- ing plane feared to have carried 35 persons, including 28 undernourish- ed Jewish refugee children, to a flaming death in the tangled for- ests of southern Norway. The plane, with the 28 children, three nurses and four crewmen ‘aboard, last was heard Irom by radio at about 6 p.m., last night as it neared Oslo's Fornebu Airport. Soon afterward a sharp flash, fol- lowed by an explosion, was report- ed near Gjersjoen Lake, a mile southwest of Oslo. Home guards and police, along with hundreds of volunteer search- ers, combed the dense forests and the lake region swamps. Rescus vessels searched In Swedish and Norwegian waters far out in the Skagerrak on the chance the plane came down at sea. Another Dutch DC-3, sister ship {of the lost craft, landed safely to- ,day at Gotteborg, Sweden, with 27 other Jewish children, like the oth- lers en route from Tunis, North Af- rica, to Israel by way of Scandin- avia. . Aero Holland, owners of the ‘plnne, announced at the Hague, | Netherlands, that the plane was considered lost. Two Housing Men‘ Appointed fo Help Anchorage Headquarters for Directors of Housing and Home Finance European Union Defense Alliance, | PCTTSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 21—@— ‘tvery cloud we saw, but had no| luck. It was pretty overcast.” With their fuel almost out, “we; jettisoned everything we could and prepared for ditching.” When - the big tomber hit the water, the tail broke off, taking one of the three life rafts aboard down with it. The fuselage turned nose down in less than a minute. Chapman Will Back (Interior Dept. Bill, No ‘Longer ’@poralion’ When Oscar Chapman becomes ! iSecretary of the Interior December 1, he will be “right behind” the Alaska development program as promoted by the Alaska Field Com- mittee, according to Kenneth J. Kadow, committee head. Kadow returned to Juneau Sun- v‘day from a consultation in Wash- lington with department executives, during which time a new draft of the proposed bill was created. “Wwith Assistant Secretary Warne 1 talked with Undersecretary Chap- man and he assured us he subscrib- es wholeheartzdly to the broad ob- jectives of the Department’s plans |for the development of Alaska as | rapidly as is economically feasible | In its present form, however, Ka- |dow said the bill provides that the |“Alaska Development Administra- | tion,” re-named from “Alaska De- | velopment ~Ccrporation,” function iprimarily will be as a loaning agen- lcy to private individuals and com- panies, and not as a corporation as declared in the first “rough draft” which gained unfavorable comment a month ago in the Terri- tory. For Statehood “Also,” Kadow continued, “as most Alaskans know, Chapman is for statehood for Alaska in line with the Department’s long -stand- i Tone, ard their two children, beau- i Street Receiving Hcespital: Isuicide and said that only the in- ! Police listed the motive as desgon- | dency over the. final breakup of her {mariiage with Tone, which ended ing policy of graduating territories ready.” (The last time statehood was granted was in 1912, to Arizona.) Due to the sudden resignation of Krug, and other pressing matters, Kadow said the new draft did not reach either his hands for reading, but it was an- (Continued on Page 2) to statehood as rapidly as they are [along without nerves.” or Chapman's| The Board of Geographic Names ticipated their reaction would be|siding on forthcoming soon. A draft of the|section of the Alaska Railroad, aslm'e to ten degrees above zero in' lic buildings; incinerators and gar- {and General Counsel for Pan Am- Lill, as approved by the Depart-|the official form for governmentsome spots. It was freezing from | Averages today bage-disposal facilities, and other erican, testified for the company ment, will be available for publi- | mapping purposes. It formerly was!Kansas and the Ohio River north- industrials 19235, rails 48.48, util- pultic and community facilities., Ltnuwu as Mile 20, ‘The State Department sad that even today 'mLers at Mukden are still to get permission to October 24, IHe and four members of his statf | | un- visit STABS SELF WITH BUTCHER KNIFE LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21.—(F— Only hours after she dined with her divorced husband, Franchot Ward, Actezon mace his appeal after| rereated protests to the top Chi- nesc Communist officials, through American Consular representatives t Peipng, had been ijmored. There has been a mounting cry n this country for som: action— | ncluding demands that the United s use force against the Com- tiful klende actress, Jean Wallace tabbed hersclf in the abdomen with a ‘butcher knife. ‘The onetime Earl Carroll showgisl commented yesterday to police while heing treated at Georgia Yesterday, Senator Knowland (R-Calif) said in a Formosa news conference that he had radioed Pres'dent Truman, demanding a Flockade of the Chinese Communist if the Reds fail to quickly a2 Ward. Knowland s tourin3z | “I did it just for laughs.” But police called it an attempted tervention of her ed more serious mother preveat- injury or death ] ! no cificial comment here in r i o oile WEATHER REPORT 1'Thi data 1§ for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau*aximum 48; minimum 33, At Airport—Maximum 39; minimum 31, Py in a {inal divorce decree Oct. 1. Her wound, while p.inful, was not serious. Veeplionzymooning, Wife Does Driving, "Shangri-La" Bound ATLANTA, Nov. 21.—(®—Take it from the Vice President of the Jnited States—the state of the na- tion is good. “You wouldn’t expect me under the circumstances to be pessimistic, would you?” honeymooning Alben Barkley queried, The Veep and Mrs. Barkley drove into Atlanta last night on their way to “Shangra-La.” He wouldn’t say where that fis but remarked, “were getting closer all the time.” Barkley pronounced his bride| The coldest weather of the sea-| “such a good driver that I glide|sofi chilled the bulk of the nation today. | And many areas got would be colder tonight. ! The cold air spread from the Rockies to the Gulf and Atlantic States, except for Florida and Southern Georgia. ' ‘Temperatures dropped 20 to 2:’»‘ degrees from Sunday readings. The Dakotas and Nebraska had | FOR (uneau.and Viewnity) Cloudy with intermittent rain tonight and Tuesday. Lowest temperature tonight near 42, highest tomorrow around 487 Southeasterly winds occasionally 15 to 25 miles per hour. €A PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a m. today City of Juneau—05 inches;’ since .Noy. 1—10.10 inches; since’July 1-—46.19 inches.’ At Airport—02 inc! since Noy, 1-8.12 i since July 1—32 inc ® o 8 0 0 0 . . > . ° ° ° ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . notice il‘ | | TS 21—P— WASHINGTON, Nov. has approved the name of Bluff, a the Fairbanks-Eielson \ vard, have other American staff:on been held since Octoter 24, charges of having beaten -a Chincse employee The turbulent littie nation of Panama switched Presidents over the weekend in a bloodless revolt ctaged Lty police force leaders. Daniel Chanis, President less than four months, resigned. after police surrounded his palace. Vice Presi- dent Roberto F. Chiari was sworn n as President on Sundav morn- ing, Chanis was ousted because he ried to fire Police Chief Jose Re- mon and two of his top aides. In- stead of resigning, Remon called out his police — Panama's only armed force—and sealed off the Presidential palace. In stormy Colombia, anonymous leaflets were scattered in Bogota urging rekellion and sabotagze to ninder the Nov. 27 Presidential Alection. Conservative Laureano Gomez i the only candidate for the Presi- iency. France and Poland were on itra ned diplematic terms after the arrcst in Warsaw of a French Con- ulate employee and the etaliatory ntion in Paris of a Polish air- r and its crew. The Freachman, André Simon Rokinrau, was charged witlf espion- olving two other French d'p- in France's Warsaw Em- The U.S. Legation in Budapest gid today it was asking the Hun- -arion government about the fate of an American, Rovert A. Vogeler, Jr., ‘an International Telephone and Telezraph Company executive, reported arrested Friday by Hun- | garian police, STOCK OE(IM!IOHS NEW YORK, Nov. 21—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3 American Can 992, Anaconda 277%, Curtiss-Wright International Harvester 28, Kennecott 51%, New York' Central 10's, Nerthern Pacific 13%, U. 8. Steel 247, Pound $2.80's, Sales today were 1,180,000 shares. are as follows: ities 89.35. Pt A WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 Housing and Home Finance agency announces the appointment of two men who will assist Alaska in work- ing out its housing problems. The are Preston L. Wright and Burton Young. Wright, whose heme is San Fran- {cisco, has been made program re- | presentative of the HHFA to help carry out provisions of the recently enacted Alaska Housing Law. His headquarters will be in Anchecrage. | Wright has had many years of iprivate and government experierice in real estate, housing construction and finence. He has served as state manager of the Home Owners Loan Corporation, Later he was regional representative of the wartime Na- tional Housing Agency, thé predes cessor of the HHFA. Young becomes assistant to the ‘admlnmmtor in charge of special + housing “operations; which includes | responsibility for the Alaska pro- gram. He has been with housing agencies since 1939, and has been engaged in Alaska housing activit- les for some months. In June he helped make a survey of housing in the Territory. Under the Alaska Housing Act, a fund of $10,000,000 is set up for use by the HHFA for loans to the Alaska Housing Authority when needed to stimulate construction. The Act also authorizes the Federal Housing Administration to recog- inize higher costs in Alaska in granting insurance or mortgages on privately-financed rental housing. Austria Devalu;s -Her Currency Now VIENNA, Nov. 21—(P—Austria | devalued the schilling today. The government announced three new rates in relation to the United States dollar. The new rates become effective at midnight tonight. Austria is the 31st nation to de- value its currency in the parade begun by British cheapening of the pound sterling from $4.03 to $2.80. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle due 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. 5 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vaucouver Wednesday. ¢ Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday, o {