The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1949, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,367 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR R SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition U.S.SECRETS GIVEN RUSS BY HIGH MEN Sensafional Charges Made -Late Harry Hopkins Is Involved WASHINGTON, D2 3—P—A former Army officer said last night that wholesale lots of secret U.S. documents and material that Soviet officers called uranium “bomb powder” were flown to Russia undr wartime pressure from the Ilate Harry Hopkins for secrecy and speed. The one-time officer, G. Racey Jordan, said Hopkins, who was confidential assistant to the late! President Roosevelt, was “the but-| ton the Russians touched every WHILING away time waiting for stork, glamorous Princess Aly Khan, former Holiywood star Rita Hayworth, plays with pet dog in Lausanne, Switzerland, chalet (/nternational Soundphoto) JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1949 WAITS FOR STORK IN LAUSANNE PRESIDENT | time they needed emergency help.” Jordan, identifying himself as a wart.me captain assigned to a lend- lease air route from this country to Russia, told the story to com- mentator Fulton Lewis, Jjr., in 2 broadcast. Stephen T. Early, now Deputy Secretary of Defense, who was the Roosevelt press secretafy and like Hopkins a confidant of the wartime chief executive, called the story “utterly unbelievable.” Given an outline of the Jordan account, Early told a reporter: “On the basis of the information just given me, the whole stor seems utterly unbelievable to me.” “It is the first I ever heard ot it.” It all happened, Jordan said, while he was stationed at Great Falls, Mont., where lend-lease planes took off for Fairtanks, Alaske. tfor delivery to Russian, pilots. BECOMEZ SUSPICIOUS Jordan said he became suspicious of the Russians because of the “ever increasing amounts of baggage” they carried. Finally, he began checking theit large shipments of rope-bound suitcases, he said. In them he found “a tremendous quantity of State Department docu- ments—carbon or photostatic copies of them—and on each of them a piece had been cut out of the topl and the bhottom of the page, where the stamp secret or confidential was always placed.” Jordan said he also found a let- ter on White House stationery “which impressed me because if had the name Harry Hopkins printed in the upper left hand corner.” : Part of the message, he said,y went: “Had a hell of a time getting these away from Groves.” CAN'T “IGNORE” CHARGES Lewis suggested that the refer- ence might have been to Gen Leslie Groves, had of the secret' | atomic bomb project during the war, I At his home in Darien, Conn.} (Continued on Page 2) The Washington Merry - Go - Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) '/ASHINGTON — Very ~ quietly this week, a Negro was made vice- chairman of the party which once went to war over the issue of slav- ery. The Negro is Congressman Wil- liam Dawson of Chicago, and the man whose place he is taking as vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee is Boss Frank Hague of Jersey City. The change was engineered by Democratic National Chairman Wil- liam Boyle and has an interesting background. The vice-chairmanship of the De- mocratic National Committee long was held by Mayor Ed Kelly of Chicago. Kelly, an active Roosevelt man, made the position important. After his retirement as Mayor, the vice-chaimmanship went to Boss Hague of New Jersey, who last month suffered a crushing defeat. At that time Hague announced that he was ready to resign as vice- chajrman of the committee, and Bill Boyle expressed the hope privately that he would. “I'd grab his resignation minute,” Boyle told friends. This week Boyle acted. William Dawson, long a Democratic mem- ker of Congress from Chicago, last January was the first Negro Con- gressman to become chairman of a Congressional committee. As head in a " (Conttoved on Page Four) | WORKS ON | MESSAGE Will Ask for Strong Civi Rights Program - New Housing Regulations KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. 3.—(P— Presdent Truman moved ahead to- ,day with plans to ask Congress for a strong Civil Rights program while this country speculated on the range of his anti-discrimination policy in federal housing. The White House gave full en- dorsement to a statement by Sol- icitor General Philip B. Perlman in New York that future housing projects can not expect federal aid if they write clauses against ten-i ants of any color or creed. The full extent of this ruling awaited further clarification. Meanwhile, the President resuni¢ work on the “State of the Union” message he will deliver to Con- gress in January in which he will venew his demands for: 1. A Federal anti-lynching law. 2. Repeal of the poll tax as a requirement for voting for Federal officers. 3. A whole series of other laws designed to ban discrimination against Negroes and other minor- ity groups. This same message, to be deliv-| ered in person, also will call for| repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and! I Ithe passage of measures Mr. Tru- man advocated in his 1948 election campaign. Spy Charge Geli Denia (By Associated Press) In Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, one of 10 White Russians charged with spying for the Soviet Union has FIERY LAVA THREATENS INSICILY GATANIA, sicily, Dec. 3—P— Fiery lava from erupting Mt. Etna today threatened the little Sicilian town of Maletto but an official source at noon said the burning flow had “slowed down” consider- atly several kilometers from the KEY ISSUE IN TRIAL, BRIDGES Member of Communist Party Prior "45 Question |Longshore Walking Boss Henry Schrimpf testified in Federal Court here yesterday ‘that west coast wat- |erfront leader Harry Bridges was |an active participant in Communist Party councils during the 1934 gen- eral strike. | Schrimpf’s testimony largely sup- |perted that of John H. Schomaker, |the government’s “Sunday punch | witr in Bridges' perjury trial. oth Schiimf and Schomaker tes- tified that they were Communist Party members themselves at the It'me and were present at meetings atiendcd by Bridges. | Whether Bridges was a Commun- iist or to 1945 is the key issue of Ithe trial, being heard before Judge ! George Harris in United States { District Court. | Bridges was born in Australia |end was granted United States cit- lizenship after a naturalization 'hearing in 1945. Government at- }lv:ueys have presented testimony then he had that Bridges swore Whether lt;flas:hore Boss SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.—(®—| town of 3, h ts. ’;_’1:(\0;:“(;30 :;“i;l’;}“’émq“h who | Pléver been & Communist. They ave : > . e |attempiing to prove he was. ';‘i’g:;]“dn‘”:v‘hf‘-j,;"“':;(“‘*E‘l”‘l;‘:“z:‘i’(“; The defense, led by attorney Vin- ?rpxpress&': U’r‘ the e‘rupl'o‘n‘ .ap- cent Hallinan, has fought to im- ipem-ed o hive MMM Tgude reach every witness and _I.o prove i 5 i e s satety that the charges against Bridges are new. LER0FS wane MU Y "V | part of a giant conspiracy to force -\a;;d-? iARbAT s A un e the CIO International Lonshore- e esti - o . inow was flowing from at least ((‘n‘m‘ s 804, Wekhoanan s Sae \ Was ¥ g U |from the waterfront. { openings in the mountain’s S“’h?- | Defense attorney James MacIn- Varying PO Smg ;rom t resjncs was ' cross-examining Schrimpf tc nine new craters had appeared ynen this week’s session ended, and on th'e side of the .vn}I‘cagc.' |said “I'm just getting started.” | A youth who saw the dawn erup-| cpiet prosscutor F. Joseph Dono- tion ‘of . the .maln. grater eald “‘hue said when the defense is fin- looked like a “monstrous pyrotech-jneq with Schrimpf he will call mC‘ spectacle. other witnesses to corrorborate 'Gt‘)’“l'ts 0[1 t}flflgfin “;‘;[: omaker’s testimony, then start a soared out o e w line of attack. | said. “There was a great roar, (h*‘“‘ Cross-questioning was left hang- ’s:llenu’. It wa;huki looer]rzlg at 8 ing when the court recessed until { color movie without sound. | Monday. | The youth said at an altitude of 14,000 feet. on the erupting side otFAC!l‘E‘]“iES adup the volcano, the air was “heavy| and almost unbreathable.” ’ Expelled Frenchman Takes Life HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 3—(m‘ —One of the Frenchmen expelled from Poland was killed today when | he threw himself from a French ;mmlary train in the American zone ) of Germany, it was officially re- | vealed. | The Prenchman i was M. Guy | Affray, one of nine French people - CONTINUES WORK | ONPWA PROJECTS Officials of the Community Fa- |cilities Service are gathering again in Juneau after trips to familiarize { municipal authorities with pro- |visions of the Alaska Public Works |Act, and to receive applications for |federal aid under that measure, l However, all are not as close to schedule as Arthur D. Morrell, De- puty Commissioner, who returned yesterday afternoon from his trip to Anchorage and vicinity. He was {accompanied by Burke Riley, Ex-! lecutive Assistant to the Governor. ! Lester Marx, Special Assistant to ithe Commissioner, was not so fort- {unate, as the airplane he boarded in Sitka could not get through denied the charge hefore a people’s ; expelled from Poland as a reprisal|yesterday. He is escorted by Lt. court. The accused, a former cap- tain in the Russian Czar’s army, admitted he collaborated with the | for French expulsion of Poles. The French rail traffic officer | Helmstedt, British zone, said at Comdr. Edward P. Chester, Jr, iCons! Guard aide to the Governor. | John Argetsinger, District Engin- Nazis during the war, however. A gna¢ suicide was suspected. The'eer who will be in charge of the Russian priest yesterday admitted he was “partially guilty” to the long list of charges in the indict- ment linking him with the Ger- mans during the occupation and the Soviet Union afterwards. FROM WRANGELL Mr. and Mrs., Brander D. Castle of Wrangell, who went to Anchor- age for the Liquor Dealers’ Associa- tion meeting, are registered at the Baranof Hotel. ® & & » o o e > o WEATHER REPORT (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST) In Juneau—Maximum 38 minimum 33. 5 At Airpert—Maximum 38; minimum 31. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Cloudy with mixed snow and rain tonight and Sun- day. Southeasterly winds 15 to 25 m.ph. Low temperature tonight about 32; high Sun- day about 38. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 A m. today City of Juneau—.35 inches; since Dec. 1—71 inches; since July 1—48.82 inches. At Airport—.14 inches; since Dec. 1—36 inches; since July 1—33.46 inches, . ® 2 e 2 0.0 0 0 o ece 000000 s00®0 0000000 coors of the train were locked and Affray had apparently smashed ol window to get out of the train. Authorities said his body was later found by the railway line near Offenbach, in the American zone. {MAN JAILED, CHARGED WITH HITTING WOME in a A man was apprehended cakin on Douglas Island last night ‘after allegedly baving struck three jwomen, one of them his sister, De- puty U. S. Marshal Walter Hellan said today. The man, Willie Hanson, chargéd with assault and battery and jailed. His bond was set _m. 1$1000, Deputy Marshal Hellan said. The Assistant United States At- torney ' here filed a complaint against Hanson this morning after receiving information from people involved. . Hanson was apprehended when Hellan went to Douglas to investi- gate a reported knife fight on the beach. near the ski trail. The re- port proved to be false, Hellan de- clared. was A. D. MORRELL HERE Arthur D. Morrel of Washington D. C.. who returned yesterday from | Anchorage, is a guest at the Bargn- tel. iAlaskn headquarters office, and Jo- seph T. Flakne, Alaska Branch, De- ;par!nlr'nt of the Interior, have been |delayed in completing their mis- |sion in and near Fairbanks, ana may remain there next week. 4 | Meantime, Miss Mary Mieczkow- |ski, secretary, has established the Irew office in Room 115, Community Building, where Morrell will be for several days next week to dis- |cuss applicaticns with interested | persons. | Joseph Patton, financial analyst {{from the Denver Community Facil- (ities office, arrived Thursday and will accompany Morrell on his re- turn trip to the westward. Mel Frazier, financial expert from Seattle, was delayed by illness, but plans to fly here tomorrow. The Community Facilities Ser- viee is part of the General Services Administration. COMMANDING OFFICER OF ACS GOES SOUTH | Col. Fred P. Andrews, command- ing officer of the Alaska Communi- cations System, departed from Ju- |neau by air yesterday for Peters- burg and Ketchikan. | He was to carry out an inspec- Ition of the ACS establishment in | Ketchikan. Col. Andrews had been {in Juneau to attgnd the communi- caticns and transportation meeting called Ly Kenneth Kadow, Interior Department Field Committee chief. MEMPER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS l | e ) | | l sericusly. (® Wirephoto. REDS START | FINAL DRIVE, WEST CHINA | By Associated Press i The civil war in China :zatered {its final phase today as powerful | Communist forces penetrated west- ern China, last haven of Chiang kai-Shek’s Nationalists. There seem- ed little or nothing which could prevent the victorious Reds from | engulfing all the Chinese mainland with 'its 457,000,000 population. i The Nationalists, who fled Chung- lieing Wednesday, tried to set up :thz‘ir capital in hopelessly over- crowd Chengtu. The Communists: cut the highway between Chengtu; and Kunming., They also severad i .the route between Chengtu and Chungking, Soon the Nationalist refugee regime will have to move cn again; where is' uncertain. I Chiang is leading ihe Nailonaiis forces. Although ke announced his retirement some tire ago in favor of acting President Li tsung-Jen he is expected to resume the Pres- idency. Li, who is at outs with} Chiang, will leave Hong Kong by! plane Monday for the United Stat- es. Aides said he is suffering from | ta stemach aiiment and he has private reasons for his trip tc Washington, The Communist regime of Mao} tze-Tung issued a warning ngamstl isheltering fleeing Nationalist lead- ers. The warning said that “any country which gives shelter to the Kuomintang reactionary armed forces must be held responsible for its action and bear the responsibil- Ilty for all the ensuring consequen-} ces.” ELKS WILL HOLD | " ANNUAL SERVICE | N MEMORIAM | In the impressivé ricual of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Juneau Lodge No. 420 will conduct - the annual memorial ser- vice Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Joseph A. McLean will give the eulogy in a program featuring mu- sic by the choir of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church and the singing of the 91st Psalm by Miss Frances Paul. William W. Reedy is choir direc- tor, and Mrs. Carol Beery will play the Chopin “Funeral March” and piano accompaniments, ‘ On the tablet “In Memoriam’ are the names: William A. Holz, heimer, Past Exalted Ruler; F. E. Carothers, George B. Smith, Pred B. Crowell, Harold C. Kemmer, John C. Thomas, Arthur J. Ficken, | Harry I. Lucas and George F. Shaw Conducting the traditional BPOE services will be these officers: F.I Dewey Baker, Exalted Ruler; \yalus( George, Esteemed Leading Knight; LeRoy West, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Edwin Peyton, Esteemed! Lecturing Knight; Stuart Houston, Chaplain; Cortis Wingersen, Es-! quire; W. H. Biggs, Secretary. Wyoming has 1,925 miles of rail- | way. i . Firemen Turn Hoses on Burning P! " Firemen move in closer to train hoses on burning fuselage of a cargo plane which crashed into a Detroit house during a landing approach at the City Airport. Three persons were killed and three injured, one New SIr}iejy ne - RESCUE UNDER WAY; WOMAN 1S IDENTIFIED Boats Standing by Await- ing High Tide-Doctor on Scene All Night The woman killed in yesterdayn plane crash near Wrangell was identified positively today as Miss Margaret. Annis, about 40, who until three weeks ago was a nurse atb & | St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau. She VEEP PREDICTS Is Shaping Up 1952 VICTORY; By U. §. Navy ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec, 3—{P— Admiral Forrest P. Sherman has discloced that the Navy is shaping new strategy calling for the ufe ot atomic weapons and guided missiles in submarine warfare. The Chief of iNaval Operations outlined the new concept in an! address at the Naval Academy. His comments otviously were directed at Navy crities as well as the future Admirals, Without mentfoning Russin by name, he sald “another power has a submarine force larger than ours.” This, he asserted, “is a potent argument for the United States to possess, not an equal number of submarines, but anti-submarine Naval elements of greater effec- tiveness " NEW YORK, Dec. 3—(M—Vice President Alben W. Barkley started the Democratic Party down the raised $400,000 for the party war chest. The newly-wedded “Veep” fore- cast a Democratic Presidential vic- tory in 1952. Speaking to 2,600 party leaders in the grand ballroom of the Wal- dorf-Astoria, Barkley extolled the Democrats’ program and taunted the Republicans, “We are now told by those who occupy the position of tree-sitters and hitching-post devotees, that this program is leading us down State,” he said. “We are being told BLASTS 6.0.P. road to the 1950 elections last night « at a Jefferson Day dinner that|for while awalting the tide, by Dr. | the road to the so-called Welfare | €xpec was from Puyallup, Wash. She was enroute to take a posi= tion as nurse in the Wrangell Hos=- pital, and was travelling under the assumeq name of Margaret Beil for undivulged personal reasons. Four other passengers, one of whom suffered two broken legs, and Pilot Mike Fenster of the Alaska Coastal Airlines Grumman seaplane, were huddled in a trap- per's cabin about a mile from the Stikine Flats where the plane went down during a sudden snowstorm at 11:05 am. yesterday after leav- ing Petersburg tound for Wran- gell. According to reports, Fenster wished to “sit down” until the storm abated, and apparently mis- took the flats for water in the heavy snow. A Petersburg-based Coast Guard cutter and the river boat Totem were standing by awaiting high tide, to pick up the survivors. Other boats, owned by Al Ritchie ot Wrangell were standing by to at- tempt salvage of the plane, which lost one wing and an engine. DOCTOR ON SCENE The passengers were being cared - John Bangeman, flown ir from Wrangell. The location was the Barland Breeze cabin, located on Dry Island, Most seriously injured was A. “Zeke” Dale, who suffered two broken legs. Others who sustained bruises were' June Otness of Peters~ burg, Harry Dierks of Wrangell, and Dave Dreibélbus of Juneau, - who boarded the plane at Peters- burg, and Fenster, whose home is bere. Ritchie, the Wrangell river pildt, ted to get the passengers and pilot down river to tidewater this I Mr, COAST GUARD PLANE CRASHES NEAR CCRDOVA, KODIAK, Alaska, Dec. 3—(M—A Kodiak-based Coast Guard plane crashed on landing at Mile-13 near Cordova yesterday. . The pilot, Lt. (jg) Louis Hopper and other occupants were not in- jured, although plane damage wa described as “great.” ALASKA PEAK IS TO BE NAMED CROSSON WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—(®—The name of Joseph Crosson, famed Alaskan bush pilot who died in Seattle last June, will be perpet- uated in Alaska’s Mount McKinley Netional Park. 7 Vi The Board on Geographic names yesterday approved naming a 12,- 780-foot mountain and a I2-mile long glacier at its base after Cros- son, whose many mercy flights in the, Northland brought him lasting renown. He first gained prominence in +1931 when he braved a gale in his almost small plane to fly serum to Point Barrow during a diphtheria epi- demic. He also was chosen to fly the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post from Point Barrow to the stat- es in 1935 after their death in a plane crash. The -proposal that Crosson be honored by naming the scenic at- tractions after him was made by explorer Bradford Washburn, Di- rector of the Boston Museum of Science. The Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce and University of Alaska lent their support. FROM PORTLAND Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Babler and and Mrs. W .R. Rogers, of Portland, Ore, are guests at the Baranof Hotel SEATTLE VISITOR . J. F. Rudolph of the CAA Seat- tle office is stopping at the Baranof Hotel, that we are now on the last mile morning at the 11 o'clock high tide, | toward collectivism in America. “These prophets of pessimism have not told the American people what part of the Democratic pro- gram is to be repealed. “They have not told us how far back we must go in order to re- cognize Uncle Sam as a compla- cent old gentleman sitting astride the dome of the" capital, drawing {his salary and doing nothing.” Republicans responded with fresh |attacks on President Truman'’s pro- gram. Senator Bricker (R-Ohio) said that if he had his way the GOP would wipe out every vestige of ‘me-tooism” and “fight the Tru- man Welfare State down the line) (1. S. Spends Large Sum on kesearch WATHINGTON, Dec. 3—(®— Presidential adviser John R. Steel- man said last night the government is spending more than ever before on scient.fic research, surpassing 'ven its wartime expenses for that purpose. Figures offered by Steelman and other speakers at a science-indus- try meeting indicated that the gov- ernment and private interests to- gether are spending at the rate ot $2,000,000,000 a year for I ccientific research and development work. using a shallow-draft river boat. The cutter was to assist in trans- porting them to Wrangell Shell Simmons, airlines co- manager, and O. S. Beneke, generai manager, left this morning from Juneau for the scene to direct pos- sitle salvage operations, and to a<l ‘n investigation of the crash. John Bowen, CAA safety director, was due on the scene today. Miss Annis came to Juneau about three months ago and worked as a nurse in 8t. Ann's Hospital until alout three weeks ago, when she :eft to visit her Puyallup home. She i returned several days ago, Lut Was unable to go ‘back to work here, so located the position in Wrangeil. WAS U. 8. MATRON She had acted as matron for the U.8. Marshal's office here, Depuly Marshal Sid Thompson said, in tak- ing an insane person to Portlamd atout two months ago. o Her nearest relative was listed as M. H. Clements, who operates a bulb farm and funeral parlor in Puyallup. He is married to her sis- ter, Dale had worked aboard the Loat Adak at Hood Bay until severa! wecks ago, coming to' Juneau at that time. His son in Ketchikan | expected him there, but he was de- \ayed in taking off. Dreibelus is a Juneau repair agent for the Burrough's Adding Machine company. There was no one with an eye njury as was reported from Peters- urg yesterday. g FIRST ACCIDENT ' SITKANS AT BARANOF ‘The accident caused the first pas- i senger fatality and injuries since the Mr. and Mrs. Ernie L. Carter of Alaska Coastal was formed by a Sitka are stopping at the Baranof partnership arrangement ten ,..‘n Hotel. They returned yesterday ago, and the first time a plane has from Anchorage, where Carter at-|, .. qamaged since 1945, company |tended the meefing of the Liquor | jerioiare ':?d today. o Dealers Association. The plane is fully insured, flll! AL s said. Fora il 8 B "'; Sleeping bags and other necessi= e ZEDE T o|ties were dropped from the air }: o | late yesterday. The cabin was sald e High tide 1:17 am, 145 ft. e (Continved on iage 2) e Low tide 6:50 am., 45t ® |® High tide 12:51 pm, 17.0 ft. e r 19 Theh tee 1sopm. -t of SIEAMER MQVEMENTS ‘e L] { DECEMBER 5 ®| Denali scheduled to sail froms| [o High tide 1:55 aum. 14.8 ft. e |Seattle today, due Tuesday. |® Low tide 7:28 am. 46 ft | Princess Norah scheduled to sail | e High tide 1:22 pm. 173 ft. e frcm Vancouver tonight at 8. e Low tide 8:05 pm, -12 ft. 01 Baranof from west scheduled e e o o 9 o o @ o o o southbound 4 pm. §mday. A