The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,357 SNOW, ICE TIES UP TRAFFIC Weather_Pi—cture from Rockies fo East Coast Is Not Bright (By the Associated Press) Wintry winds and snow that stalled highway traffic dominated | much of the weather picture to- day between the Rockies and the East Coast. In Syracuse, N.Y., cars crawled along icy streets bumper to bumper. The mercury stood at 17, the coldest Nov. 22 there since 1932. Even in southwest Virginia, high- way authorities hauled out the snow plows at midnight last night. Their first appearance of the sea- son was to cope with three inches of snow. Heavy transport trucks, booming in and out of the Chicago area, were having a rough time staying on the pavement. Near Lake Michi- gan, seven and eight inch snows smothered the fields. . An eight atove was recorded early today at Decorah, Ia., lowest for the season. ’ STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Closing quotatiori of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 99%, Anaconda 29, Curtiss-Wright 7%, International Harvester 27%, Kennecott, 51, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 13%, U. S.| Steel 25, Pound $2.80. ¥ Sales today were I j shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 193.23, rails 48.88, util- ities 39.34. e e s n 5 e e WEATHER REPORT «Thi, data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In" Juneau—Maximum 52; minimum' 41. At Airport—Maximum 46; minimum 39. o 3 . FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Mostly cloudy with occas- ional light rain showers to- night and Wednesday. Low- est temperature tonight near 44, highest Wednesday near 48. Southeast winds occasion- ally 15 to 25 miles per hour. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—.13 inches; since Nov. 1—10.23 inches; since July 1-—46.32 inches. At Airport—06 inches; since Nov. '1~8.18 inches; since July 1—32.06 inches. o 2 a0 o 0 0 0 0000000000000 00000000000,000 0000009000000 0000000000o0 s N I N S i e b . KETCHIKAN VISITOR L. M. McConnell of Ketchikan is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—The nation will be months recovering from the ef- fects of the coal and steel strikes, but the disputes demonstrated one healthy fact: American industry and labor have “grown up” in their labor relations. The strikes were at- tended by almost no violence. It hasn't been many years since violence and bloodshed were the rule in major strikes. As recently as 'May 1937, Chicago police pur- sued and shot down steel union pickets, kiiling four instantly and fatally injuring six others in the May-Day massacre at Republic Steel. However, except for a few minor outbreaks in coal-mining areas, both management and labor recent- ly demonstrated that the American spirit of fair play can be made to work in labor disputes. Much cred- it belongs to CIO President Phil Murray and his steel workers for peaceful self-policed picket lines; also to certain employers, notably the Jones and Laughlin Steel Com- pany. Former Admiral Ben Moreell, far- sighted President’ of Jones and \WWunlpucd ou bage Four) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” . ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEA . On Warne' 'MAYCR PROPOSES INEW FIRE HALL, JAIL, AT PWA HEARING Arthur D. Morrell, Bureau of Community Facilities Deputy Com- missioner, may choose not to use his title of colonel in the reserves, tut in his preliminary Alaska sur- vey for the Bureau, heé is deploying his small staff in strategic fashion. ‘The team, composed of three men and a woman secratary, came here to familiarize Alaskans with pro- visions of the Alaska Public Works tAct and to take applications for Federal aid under its provisions. The headquarters office will be set up in Juneau immediately. After three days of conferences !here with Federal and Territorial {department heads and municipal officials, the male staff members (will fan out in three direction for coverage rit of the Te Morrel will go to Anchoraze Fri |duy for similar conferences with | representatives of communities tc the Westward. He will be accom- panied by Burke Riley, Executivt Assistant to the Governor, whost assistance with multitudinous de- i tails is expected to be an importan time-saver. ITINERARY GIVEN Special Assistant tc r, who drafted the original engineering report = ou which the bill was based, will have a comprehensive schedule of South- east Alaska communities, His fitineérary includes Hoonai. Pelican City, Sitka, Port Alexan- der, Klawock, H Ketchikan, Wra 1 burg. | 3t was the suzgestion of Alaska Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett tha' as many small communities be visited as possible. Marx will te escorted by Lt. Comdr. Edward P Chester, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard Aide to the Governor. John Argetsinger, District En- gineer who will be in charge of the Juneau office, is slated for cover- age of Fairbanks and environs. Go- :ng with him to investigate the im- portant Interior and Arctic com- munities will be Joseph T. Flakne Alaska chief of the Division of Ter- ritories and Insular Ppssess ons who came from Washin3ton, D.C. with the group. Tomorrow, the City of Junea: will present its needs to the Bureau team. Mayor Waino Hendrickson will be equipped with an imposing list which includes completion of the city sewage disposal program; new fire hall, jail and city hall, and additional street improvements The Mayor and the City Counci will meet with Morrell, Marx and Argetsinger on their return to Ju- neau in about ten days. FEDERAL CONFERENCE Today the Bureau representa- tives held a genera] forum on the subject with heads of Federal de- partments, and several Territorial officials who were unable to attend yesterday’s conferences. The dis- cussion was in the Senate Cham- bers in. the Federal Building. Among those attending was E. Glen Wilder of Anchorage, Execu- tive Director of thie Alaska Housing Authority, whose .concern is for utilities in AHA housing projects Among persons coming from other communities were L. M. Mc- Connell, City Manager of Ketchi- kan, and John Weir, manager ot the Ketchikan Public Utilities. COPLON TRIAL NOW {POSTPONED, DEC. 27 NEW YORK, Nov. 22—(®—The spy conspiracy trial of Judith Cop- on and Valentin Gubitchev was postponed today until Dec. 27. The Russian engineer’s newly re- tained attorney, Abraham L. Pom- | erantz, won the postponement when he told Federal Judge Sylvestar J. Ryan he needed the time to | prepare himself for the trial. i FROM FAIRBANKS A. B. Morrow of Fairbanks is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel, Inferior Dept. ‘Empire’ WE SHOULD LABOR MORE AID BE STATE, SAYS WICKERSHAM By CHARLES HASLET WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—~ Rep. Wickersham (D-Okla) says | laska is ready for statchood and ! By Alice Frein Johnson {'that the military defenses of the' Empire Washingten Correspondent | Territory should be strensthened. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—Pro- Just back from an spection | tests against the “paternalistic” and | tour of Alaska, Wickershs saia “grandiose” schemes by which Wil- | the House Merchant Marine and liam E. Warne, Assistant Secretary | Fisheries subcommittee of which he | of Interior in charge of Alaskan |is a member held 15 hearings in the affairs, is seeking to develop Al- | Territory. aska through the Alaska Field ubjects c idered included fish- Committee, last week were relayed | eries, merchant marine, Coast | to Interior Secretary-designate - | Guard, water pollution, the Ala:kan car L. Chapman. | Railroad, and homesteading. The | All protestors, it was learned,|su:committee will report later to | were residents of the Territory.|the full committee. | |Some went so far as to advocate| Wickersham said that s a re- the demotion of Warne, referring to | sult of his trip he believes Alaska | him as a cza | has these needs: The majority, however, sought; Statehood, more defense installa- ‘only the abolishment of the Fie]dig-‘qns; additicnal housing; more | Committee which the press of Al-|shipping of all kinds; for workers | aska, almost 100 percent, has criti- [ to work longer hours during the |cized bitterly ever since the com-|<short” or warm weather season; mittee was established by Warne| continued exploration for oil and | two years ago. | gas. Chapman was tcld that Kenneth | Recodification of homestead laws | J. Kadow, head cf the Fieic Com- | and completion of land survey mittee in Juneau, consults neither | ‘reater conservation of natural r Territorial residents or officials be- | sources; development of mineral| fore initiating enterprises whiéh |resources; increased export to the {he is reported to believe will aid Al- s Scheme of mainland of such materials as peat | aska, but which Alaskans say are ! moss; more subsidized water ship- | contrary to their desire for free|ping. enterprise, Expansion of the Alaska Railroad, | | with a line across Western Canada | Money Set Aside b | Leing opened; completion of the! Warne, regarde - el & garded here and in Al-| y) .1 highway: more tourist busi- | aska as a “Kru ", two years & ago asked Conj'esrg&z:ai t:};’pr’(;p:_’; i ness: establishment of industries to gres v ; 1ding i e ations committee for funds to es- |- PPIY bullding mater A s refrigeration facilities for ) tional tablish t] e. vas| >0 he committee. He Was| o..pouie products;’ production of | | more poultry; further development! turned down flatly. He then went to the head of h Interi -1 $aeh. Inteciop Df“lo( Aleskan Indian arts and crafts. | M A partment division represented Alaska, requesting that a portion of | the division’s appropriations be set | aside for a field committee. 'rhe;]'mman Asks Views committee was inaugurated, and| Kadow sent to Juneau to represent o AI k R 'I d ' On Alaska Railroad | Chapman also was informed that | Alaskans resent the continuation or! Interior’s policy of withdrawing | | domain. When Secretary J. A, Krug | . WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—(®—Pre- | was in the Territory three years|sident Truman is gatherinz infor-| ago, he said no more land would | mation on the proposed railroad to and the opportunity for opponents with Canada for a survey of pos- to be heard. |sible routes. Residents claim this policy soon! The White House notified Dele- ALASKA, TUESDA Threatened Strike, Sailors’ Union Postponed 'Chapman Hears Profests | became a member /, NOVEMBER 22, 1949 IPER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS KEY WITNESS FOR GOV, ON STAND IN BRIDGES CASE Objections Arise from De- fense - Atforneys and Court in Arguments SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22—(M-- John J. Shomaker, a key prosecu- tion witness in the perjury tra of Harry Bridges, Longshore boss on the west coast, finally got to the witness stand today. Shomaker, a former Bridges aide and onetime officer in a local ot the CIO Warehousemen’s and Long- shoremen’s union, was called near | the end of a session marked by | ickering Letween attorneys, and | argument between defense counsel nd the court. The witness identified himself, 2id be was 46 and lived at Menlo Park, Calif. | After outlining his labor activi-| (es in Celifornia from 1922 through 1945, when he withdrew from the waterfront union because of sinus | trouble, Shomaker was asked: ! “Did the time come when you of the Com-| munist party?” 1 Shouted objections by Chief De-| fense Attorney Vincent Hallinan| almost drowned out Shomaker's| reply of “Yes.” | That ended testimony for the| day. Hallinan contended the qure-‘ tion called for an opinion and con- ! clusion of the witness and asked to | argue the point. The jury was ex- cused and the point was still be nn; delated when court recessed for the| day. H Bridges is charged with perjury | in connection with his naturaliza- | tion hearing in 1945. The govern- | ment contends that his denial of | peing or having been a Communist was false, Two .union officials, co- | i They'll Take the Cake Vice-President and Mrs. Alben W. Barkley hold knife to cut their: wedding cake at reeeption, as bride gestures with hand on which she wears her wedding ring. On sash diamond clips. Reception was at Louis, Mo. (P Wircphoto. of her blcuse she wears fan-shaped home of Mrs, T. M. Sayman, in St. American Busine ssman Is Under Arrest at Budapest, DECISION OFF UNTIL THURSDAY Be Withheld Pend- ing N@t_iafions SAN FRANCISCO, No:.ySZ—(M— A threatened strike by the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, AFL, has been rostponed, at least until Thursday. Omar Hoskins, Federal concili- ator, announces that progress in nezotiations justified him in ask- ing both sides “to take another look at their problems.” Harry Lundberg, union secretary, sald he would recommend to his men that they hold oft for a while. He said results of a strike vote. to have been counted last night, would ‘e withheld at least until Thurs- day. Negotiations have been under- way for mote than three months on the union’s demands for wage increases, a welfare program and !new definitions of working rules. 1 SURVIVOR, 27 VICTIMS, PLANE CRASH 26 bodies. from.the 1 e of - Dutch plane which had carried 28 ‘Resuls of Strike Vote Will 'ie2 announced today they recovered | defendants with Bridges, m-e; charged with conspiracy to commuit perjury. GERMANY IS DEBATE ITEM BITT'ER WORDE EXCHANGUED SAN FRANCISCC, Nov. 22—(®— The Judge and defcnse attorney | { e ; | tangled today in a free-for-all| battle of bitter words and denun-| clations in the Bridges perjury| trial. | Throughout the morning session, with the jury absent, Federal Judge | adults. The police said one child is | known to have survived. | Jewish refugee children apd seven | There was only the . slimmest, BUDAPEST, Hungary, Nov. 22— ¢hance that there were any more P--Hunzary announced today it |Surviyors, the rescue parties re-. has arrested Robert Vogzeler, anborted. S b American Lusinessman, and Edgar| The searchers found the twin- Sanders, a Briton, on charges ;flengined DC-3 transport after spying and sabotage. sdenrchl;xz si;celsusl;dx zhro;;gh the § % sice | dense forests of Southern Norway. \Pr‘;:fii:ex: ‘;( “t]he Abvatan ‘M:‘!Xt was lost enroute from Tuniz, International | North Africa, to Norway with the Telephone and Telegraph COMPANY | pg ",y yovnourished children, three it there. s _gs 4 i Nesofiation Study huge tracts of land from the pukfie | be withdrawn without public notice | Alaska before seeking negotiations was abrogated by Warne, when ! gate Bartlett of Alaska today that George B. Harris excoriated Vin-| and its Eastern European represen- nurses and four crewmen. It was large areas near Fairbanks and on Mr. Truman has asked all interest- the Kenai Peninsula were with-| drawn “in anticipation of legisla- ! tion.” That legislation was Warne’s farm settlement bill, which still is| locked up in the House public lands ed Government agencies to sub-; mit their views on the best way to proceed in carrying out the nego- tiations. It said these recommenda- tions ‘were expected shortly. committee. Until negotiations for the survey A committee member declared last ! are completed, Bartlett said he was summer that Warne's bill never |advised, the agency to make the would be reported because two other |study will not be designated. measures enacted at the last ges-| The last Congress authorized the sion would “provide whatever re-|President to negotiate with Canada. medies were needed to cure Terri- | Bartlett recently wrote the Pre- torial agricultural maladies—and sident asking what procedure he| without paternalistic colonization |Would ' follow in carrying out the! schemes.” fauthorization. | GEN. GAFFNEY IS TO ment to clear land and erect build- ‘BE IRA"SFERRED To ings, prior to obtaining patent.} thereby giving aid when it most is FloRIDA AIR BASE needed. Heretofore, unlike farmers | in the states, Territorial farmers| FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 22—| have had virtually no Federal as-|(P—Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaffney, sistance. Ladd Air Force Base Commanding The second measure allows home- | General, announced his transfer steaders to organize farm loan as- | today to Eglin Pield, Fla., where he | sociations, which enable them to|Will become Deputy Commanding gain access to the credit facilities| General of .the Air Force Proving of the Federal Land Banks. Ground Command. Withdrawn Land He and his wife and five-year- Of the approximately 365,000,000 ©ld son plan to leave here Dee. 5. acres of public land in Alaska—less | Gaffney will be replaced as head than one percent of the land is!of Ladd Base and the 5001st Com- privately owned—one-third has been | posite Wing by Col. John R. Kane, withdrawn by the Government as| Ladd Chief of Staff. follows: The General, an expert on cold 0il, gas reservations near Point| weather flying operations, willj Barrow (Navy) 67,440,000 carry on his work in that field National forests (Agri- [with the new proving ground com- culture) ... 20,848,000 mand. The agency is responsible Fish and Wildlife reserv- | for testing all materiel and equip- | ations and preserves 7,900,000 | ment decigned for use by the U. National parks and | Air Force, and includes headquar- monuments 6,936,000 ters for the cold weather test Native reservations 3,940,000 ' squadron stationed here. Military and Naval (ex- | Gaffney first came to Fairbanks cluding secret reserva- 1in 1939 on a special flying mission tions) - 2,760,000 | from Washington, D.C., to select War transportation | sites for future air tases in Alaska. reservations 2,700,000 A year later he was put in com- Miscellaneous 2,400,000 mand of Ladd Field, and after an —————— aksence of several years was re- 114,924,000 | assigned here in July, 1948, for a o | second tour of duty in charge of PFC SPARROW LEAVES | the base, | Pfc Charles Sparrow of the Al-i In 1940 he set a record that still aska Communications System has|stands of 6 hours and 55 minutes/ departed for Seattle. He will be from McChord Field, Wash., ta} discharged from the Army. lFmrbanks in a B-17 bomber. | P . The measures referred to were asked by Territorial farm experts: One allows homesteaders to borrow money from the Federal Govern- Total acres iorder of contempt, I request to be cent Hallinan, Bridges' attorney. | It ended with Judge Harris stat- | ing: “I request . . . that the cer-| tificate and order of contempt | (against Hallinan) be pre-| pared as soon as possible.” Harris declared that as a con- sequence of Hallinan’s “inflamma- tory course of conduct” and bis persistent disregard of the court's‘ rules 'and directions, he was Tre- viewing the trial record, in court,| ‘as the basis for an order and cer- tificate of contempt.” After Harris had spoken for al-| most two hours, sometimes pound- | ing his desk for emphasis, Hallman" jumped to his feet. | L CHARGE . MADE He charged that Judge Harris neld for him “a personal hatred | and dislive” He demanded trat) Harris disqualify himself. Thej Judge refused to do so. | Hallinan said Judge Harris mdi made his denunciation “with vizor | and intemperance. It shows you! have prejudged the case. . . You | are supposed to be the 13th jux’ur; hete. . . " | Judge Harris sat quietly, but controlled his voice with an ob- vious effort. £ MOTIONS DENIED “The motions, all and singular,” | he said, “will be denied and the| matter of the certificate and the! | i prepared as soon as possible.” The {irst witness on today's list | was John H. Schomaker, 46, of | Menlo Park, one-time aide to Bridges, and former official in the Longshore union. The government | had descriced Schomaker as a wit- ness “with a Sunday punch.” { He was on the witness stand late | yesterday, long enough to outline | his lator activities from 1922 through 1945, when he quit the Longshore union because, he’ said, | of sinus trouble. | FOR FRENCH Question Is About Bring- ing Country Back Info European Family (By the Associated Press) The French National Assembly. it de'ating today whether Germany should be krought back into the European family of nations. The 24-year c¢ld government of Premier Georges Bidault, in concert with the governments of the United £tates and Britain, stands for move senerous treatment of Germany The de"ate may decide whether the Bidault government will stand or fall. France has been overrun twice in modern times by German armies, many French Deputies want dismantling of German heavy dustry continued because of an historical fear of 2 militarily strong Germany. AGAINST GERMANY Interior Minister Jules Moch, one of the pillars of Bidault’s coalition government, was applauded recently by his fellow Socialists for de- claring he was against admitting | Germany to the Council of Europ¢ —West Europe's consultative and advisory body. Western Allied officials in Ber- | lin foday presented a file of evi- | dence showing the old spirit of Cerman nationalism is very much alive and k cking. An’ American political authority commented: “The bugaboo of Com- munism may soon have to take a Lack seat. There's competition around.” AGAINET COMMUNISM The West German legislative tative, with headquarters in Vienna. |an Aero Holland ship. Sanders represents the company m\ The plane smashed into the Budapest. | forest, cutting a broad swatch The Hungarian Forelgn Office | yyo,0n the trees. As rescue/work- jesterday den'ed it knew anything | o wame upon it, some of them re- 1bout reports of the arrest of Vogze- | ported they could hear faint, feeble ler, who disappeared Friday morn- ng during a business trip to the Hungarian capital. The Hungarian government an- nouncement sald Vogeler and Sanders had confessed to sabotage nd spying. (In Vienna, Vogeler's wife sald Hungarian agents had been shad- owing her husband. Reports there sald the files of the ILTT. in Sudapest had been confiscated when he and a person reported to be his secretary were arrested.) JOHNSON LOSES 0.1, MAKES $380 LESS A YEAR FOR 40 HOUR WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—(®— General Manager J. P. Johnson of the Alaska Railroad got a basic salary increase this year but his overtime was cut out so he makes less than he did before. The Interior Department closes that Johnson $18,000 a year for working a 40- hour work week. dis- But from 1945 until this year he had received a $14,400 basic an- nual pay for a 40-hour work week, plus overtime for an extra eight- hour day each week, an annual total of $18,380. The department said it decided Johnson should be on a 40-hour week, as are other employees of the railroad, at straight pay, so it boosted the salary and cut the hours, now gets/ cries, [ It was. reported that the lone | survivor was a 12-year-old boy. | Eeveral todies were:found strewn atout in the dense woods. | FILIPINOS BATTLE ' CONSTABULARY, - LUZON PROVINCE MANILA, Nov. 22—(®—Constabu~ ‘ar+ headouarters reported toplzm 'a big battle was raging between Jommunist-led Hukbalahaps and - constabulary forces in Batangas - | fprovmce. about 60 miles south of | here. | Atout 300 dissidents, using trench ]mcrtnrs and machineguns, engaged two consta-ulary companies, the | report sa'd. | There was no immediate report |on casualties. | Brig. Gen. Alberto Ramos, chief of the constabulary, said he would leave for the battle scene early tomorrow. The Hukbalahap (Peoples’ Alli- ance Army Against Japan) 'were organized as left wing guerrillas against the Japanese during their occupation of the islands. In Cen= [ tral Luzon they have been pitted {against the lahdlords and the rural nstabulary since the end of the | LUBCKE TRANSFERRED Alaska Highway Patrolman A. C. Lubcke, stationed at Haines dur- !ing the summer, has been trans- | halls at Bonn haye been ringing Under the law President Truman |ferred to the Anchorage district has authorized the department to!for the winter menths, according to STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Ccisic ™o " Germanism.~ migh Denali- from Seattle in port and sails westward at 4:30 this after- | noon, | Princess Norah scheduled to sail | from Vancouver (OmMOIrow. Baranof scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday. from | tanded parties have won the largest sup- port in West German elections. In the Russian-occupied Eastern zone, Germans gave back civil rights to ex-Nazis, who immediately together within the Na- (Continued on P;ge' 2) fix the pay of Alaska Railroad officials. FAIRBANKS GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. James A. Williams “lof Fairankbs- are registered at the lBflranuI Hotel |Frank A. Metcalfe, chief of the Patrol. Lubcke departed yesterday from lJunenu by air. i FROM LOS ANGELES | Lce J. Bdwards of Los Angelts xis stopping at the Baranof Hotel,