The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1950, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,473 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition APRIL 8, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS McCARTHY DOFFS CLOAK, TONES DOWN Invites Libel in New Charges, But Doesn't Re- peat Former Accusations PASSAIC, N.J., Aprii 8—®—Sen- ator McCarthy (R-Wis) shucked off his Congressional immunity today ‘and made new attacks on Owen Lattimore, Philip C. Jessup and dip- lomat John S. Service. He chal- lenged them to sue him for libel. McCarthy’s latest accusations against the trio were considerably milder than those he originally leveled in the Senate, where he has Constitutional protection from court action. Lattimore has called on th¢ Wisconsin Senator to make the same statements without cloaking himsel1 in Senatorial immunity. In a speech prepared for a meet- ing of the Marine Corps League McCarthy said, “I invite the indi- viduals whose names I shall name to start their libel suits, if a single word I say is not true.” Then he proceeded to charge that: 1. Lattimore—“a man commonly known as.the architect of our Far Eastern policy”—is “selling our State Department” a program “jdentical to the planks in the plat- form of the Communist party.” He said this platform “will deliver vast areas of the world to Communist Russia.” 2. The Institute o Pacific Rela- tions—an organization which Jessup once headed — cashed $3,500 in checks “representing Communist money,” and “must be credited by the American people as having orig- jnated the myth of the ‘Democratic Chinese Communists.” 3. Service was “picked up by the FEI in connection with the theft of secret government documents but instead of being indicted was later placed in charge of personnel in the State Department's Far East- ern division. Under immunity, McCarthy has told the Senate he can prove Latti- more is a Russian agent and a pre- sent or former member of the Com- munist party; that Jessup has aut “ynusual affinity for Communist causes” and that “the Communist affiliations of Service are we known.” McCarthy repeated none Sally Going Home r | 4BALLOTS IN BRIDGES CASE, | JUROR TELLS, One Took Lot of Convmc- ing”’FeltThey Made His- fory in Breaking Reds By KATHERINE PINKHAM SAN FRANCISCO, April 8—®—It took four ballots to convict Harry Bridges of lying to conceal Com- munist party membership, a jury member disclosed today. The juror, who asked that hisy identity be withheld, said the first ballot showed six for conviction, twoj for acquittal and four blanks. The second one was 8-2-2, the third 11 for conviction to one for acquittal. The fourth was unanimous. The first ballot was taken Sun-} day. Shortly before noon TueSday | came the verdict convicting Bridges, President of the International Long- | shoremen’s and Warehousemen'’s | .| Union, of perjury and conspiracy. The one holdout after the third || ballot took a lot of convincing, the Florence (Sally) Horner, 13, who.claims she was restrained from going home to Camden, N. J., for two years by Frank LaSalle, 53, boards a plane with Camden Prosecutor Mitchell Cohen on her way home. The girl managed to call her home from San Jose, Calif. La- Salle, who has been formally charged with kidnaping the girl, is enroute by train to Camden. (® Wirephoto. PLANS FOR NEW ing MUNI BUILDING Washinglon T0 BE DRAWN UP, Council Authorizes Action! Urged by Library Board, GSA The City Council at its regular meeting last night authorized the 4rawing up of preliminary plans 'Red’ Penciled SEATTLE, April 8 — (®# — The Washington Industrial Union Coun- cil lost its CIO charter yesterday in a dispute over the left-wing union: sue. John Brophy, National Director of the Congress of Industrial Orga- (10 Charter| for a new municipal building. of those charges today. All three men have flatly and vig- orously denied McCarthy’s accusa- tions in full. e o ® o ® & o c o WEATHER REPORT At Juneau—Maximum 39; minimum 28. At Airport—Maximum 38; minimum 19. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Increasing cloudiness to- night. Cloudy Sunday with intermittent rain or snow in afternoon. Low tempera- ture tonight near freezing. High Sunday, about 42. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 & m. todas City of Juneau—Trace; since April 1—06 inchese since July 1—60.63 inches. jAt Airport—Trace; since April 1—20 inches; since July 1—40.31 inches. ® o 'c o 0 0 0 0 o The Washington Merry-Go-Round ite, Ine.) Bell Syndics Bv DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—Must newspaper readers, even though disagreeing with Senator McCarthy, consider him sincere in his charges against the State Department. But Senators who sit alongside the likeable young Senator from Wisconsin have 2 somewhat different view, are begin- ning to classify him as another Huey Long. Like the Louisiana Kingfish, Joe McCarthy has an engaging manne-, great personal charm, tremendous energy and an insatiable desire for putting headlines ahead of public welfare. Also like Huey, Mc- Carthy is getting the reputation of picking up almost any ball and running with it, providing it brings enough publicity. This, colleagues explain, was why he smeared the U. 8. Army for giving the death sentence to 12 SS men responsible for massacring 350 unarmed Amer- ican prisoners of war at Malmedy during the battle of the bulge. Malmedy was one of the most | The action was taken after repre- sentatives of the General Services Administration and the Juneau Memorial Library such preliminary planning to make possible the immediate construction of the library when its actual site; is determined. Although a site has been pur- chased for the library at Main Street and Calhoun Avenue acr Main Etreet from the Federal Building, the library imay actually ve constructed facing Main Street and at the upper end of the block, it was indicated. This will be the case If city vot- °rs at the special election to be held April 20 decide to grant the Territory the Arctic Brotherhood Hall property, the City Hall pro- perty and the_ vacant lot adjoinin it on Calhoun Avenue as a site for a new Territorial Building. A new municipal building would probably be built on the Main Street-Calhoun Avenue corner. Dr. James C. Ryan, speaking as a member of the Library board, told the Council that application for Federal funds under the Public Works Bill for Alaska 'has been approved, and the library project is high on the priority list. Urging the city to make prelim- inary plans in hopes that city vot- ers approve the proposed transfer, Dr. Ryan said it will give the lib- rary planners an opportunity to adapt plans for the library to the new site and, working with the planners of the new municipal building, to make sure that the two biuldings are architecturally har- monious. He said the library board is agreeable to the Library’s being placed uphill from a new municipal building. Summer Construction Dr. Ryan said the library board wants construction to begin on the library this summer. John Argetsinger, local GSA head, and Linn Forrest, GSA arch- itect, were also present at the Ccuncil meeting to urge prelimin- ary planning, It was pointed out that the council will have to decide upon what will be included in the new municipal building. The finance and properties dommittees of the coun- cil were assigned to cooperate in determining what should be in- (Continued on Page Four) | R— (Continued on Page Eight) Board urged nizations councils, announced the charter revocation after a one-day closed hearing here. #le also announced expulsion of [ the council from the national CIO. He promptly issued a new state » charter to the state CIO Policital + Action Committee, to make it the ! official central CIO organization in the state. It assumed the name Washington State CIO Council. Brophy said the testimony of wit- nesses indicated a loss of confidence in the industrial union council and evidence showed it did not represent a majority of the state’s CIO mem- bers. On those points, he upheld the charges filed with national head- quarters by Roy W. Atkinson, re- gional CIO director. Brophy said several witnesses said a major reason for the loss of con- fidence in the council was the feel- ing that some of its actions paral- leled too closely those of the Com- munist party. AID IS REQUESTED FOR GROUNDED FISH SCOW | The vessel Beloit II this morning called for Coast Guard assistance {in re-floating a grounded fish scow in Union Bay on Cleveland Penin- sula 40 miles northwest of Ketchi- kan. The craft reported that the scow broke loose from its mooring at the oil dock in Union Bay during a strong west wind. It went aground on a rocky beach and is filling with water and pounding heavily, the message to the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard cutter White Holly left its base at Ketchikan ag 8:55 a.m. to proceed to Union Bay and render assistance. TIDE TABLZX APRIL 9 0:35 am,, 6:34 am., 1:46 p.m., 8:36 p.m., Low tide High tide Low tide High tide 5.9 tt. 14.2 1t. 16 ft. 119 ft. APRIL 10 211 am,, 8:12 am., Low tide High tide Low tide 3:12 pm, 19 ft. High tide 10:05 p.m,, 126 ft. e o 0 0 0 0 0 o 6.6 ft. 132 ft. - juror said. Several hours passed be- tween ballots, both taken Monday. | The jury then turned to Henry) Schmidt, finally to J. R. Robertson. ! fellow officials in the longshore union. They were found guilty ot||’ conspiracy and of aiding their chief, to obtain U.S. citizenship through false statements. The juror said foyr ballots also were required to convict Schmidt, beginning with one that tallied eight for conviction, two blanks and two for acquittal. The first ballot on Robertson was 10-1-1. Decisions on both men came Tuesday morning. “At 11:15 Tuesday morning we leaned back and sighed with re- lief,” said the juror. “One of the men said quite sol- emnly, ‘Well, we have made history here, and I hope we have broken the back of the Communist sub- versive movement on the West Coast.” Bridges, Schmidt and Robertson are to be sentenced Monday by Federal Judge George B. Harris, They all face possible maximum penalties of 7 years in prison and 1$15,000 in fines. 4 CONTRIBUTORS DONATE $40 FOR | LIBRARY DRIVE Four individual contributions ar- rived this morning on the desk ol Dr. James C. Ryan, commissxanel of education and library board member, for the Juneau Memori.z. Library fund, which add up to s«')l tand bring the needed amount re- maining down to within a wmspu| of the $3,500 mark. In fact, there’s just $3,505.84 re-l maininz of the $70,000 sought to build the structure, which will be matched by federal funds. George and Robert McCurry, son: of Mrs. William McCurry, told their mother they wanted to give to the! library, and advised that $5 would be about right. George is in the second grade and Robert is in kin dergarten. Arthur L. Hedges of the Alaska Employment Service, gave Dr. Ryar $10 for the fund, and an anonymou giver donated $5. Howard L. Kresge, Juneau fish- erman, dropped in to lay a $2¢ check on Dr. Ryan’s desk. The-money was turned over to B D. Stewart, acting board chairman in the absence of B. Frank Heint- zleman, regional forester now mI ‘Washington on government busi- ness. Both board members expressed sincere appreciation of these indi- vidual donations, and pointed out that while they were small and didn’t make the fund drop a great deal, they add up fast when totalled together. “Small sums like these from pri- vate individuals,” said Dr. Ryan, “are just as important to ‘them as larger amounts from business firms or.from those who operate large firms. And a smaller donationr helps build the library’s smaller fixtures —after all, the place must have; lights, and desk lamps, and door knobs. Every dollar is vital.” * STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle due Tues- day. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Baranof scheduled southbound 9 pam. Sunday, | | | | Nallon s Mosl Powerlul Turbc let Engine The J-48 Turbo-Wasp, the nation’s most powerful tarbo-jet engine in use, is inspected at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft plant in East Hartford, Conn., where it was displayed for military guests and news- men. It delivers a thrust equal to 6,250 horsepower when installed in an airplane going 375 mph, or about The engine is equipped with water injection and an afterburner to pro- s over the basic rating for short pcrulds. (# Wirephoto. 11,000 horsepower at 670 mph. vide substantial power incr TRAIN-AUTO ACCIDENT; 5 M—Five young people were killed n a train-automobile collision early today. The sixth youth escaped wuh minor cuts and shock. Sheriff's officers reported the eufpmobile in which the six were riding crashed into the enging of a Spokane International Railway train. The accident occurred at a crossing three miles from nearby Rathdrum. The automobile was demolished. Bodies were strewn along the right- of-way. Dead are Edward Dutro, 21; Allen Manweiler, 21, and_LeRoy Banks, 21, all of Rathdrum; Betty Griggs, 17, Coeur d’Alene, and Betty Bu enberg, 16, Trentwood, Wash. Kay Olson, 17, Post Falls, Idaho, walked away from the wreckage. ONE MORE OF 'TEN MOST WANTED MEN' (NABBED BY F. B. I. DAYTONA BEACH. Fla., April 3 —{M—The FBI tracked down one of its ten most wanted men through a bit of information gleaned from the check of a slain fugitive’s auto- mobile license. Lee Emory Downs, 43, sought in connection with the $10,800 burg- lary of a San Jose, Calif., telephone office in June, 1948, and His 25- : year-old wife, Patricia, were seized at their luxurious house trailer in nearby Holly Hill yesterday. They are charged with unlawiul flight to avoid prosecution for the San Jose burglary, the FBI said. Downs was a known associate of Walter Lennon, killed Wednesday near Mojave, Calif., while resisting arrest by the FBI and the Califor- nia highway patrol, according to the LOST KEYS AT CITY JAIL WAITING FOR OWNERS the their E. There’'s a lot of keys at rolice station looking for owners, Police Chief Bernard Hulk said today. Some are in key cases; some are on key chains. Some are apparently house keys; several are certainly keys to post office boxes. Polide [Chief Hulk raid that owners can pick up their's, if they are among those held in the station by identifying them. The police station is in the City Hall building. GOLD ROOM WILL BE OPENED EARLY EASTER The Gold Room at the Baranof Hotel will ke open early on Easter, from 11 o'clock in the forencon to accommodate persons, their fam- ilies and friends who wish to dine out on the Sunday holiday. Easter flowers will be used as a gay and spring-like decoration for those who plan to enjoy that Easter breakfast, - luncheon or dinner in the Gold Room. ARE KILLED COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, April 8| Grandson ol Roosevelt Is ToWedSoon LOS ANGELES, April 8— (B — i Young Curtis (Buzzie) Roosevelt, a familiar figure around the White! House during the 1930's is engaged today to the daughter cf a Douglas Aircraft Corp. Executive. The bride-elect is 2l1-year-old Robin Edwards, a brunnette. The engagement was announced yes- terday during a cocktail party at the Brentwood home of her par- Mr. and Mrs. James Burton Edwards, Buzzie, grandson of the late Pre- sident Franklin D. Roosevelt, is 20, blond, and a student of Loyolo University here. He is the son of Anna Roosevelt, the President’s daughter, by her first husband, Curtis Dall, Sr, . 'Following his mother’s divorce from her second husband, Publish- er John Boettiger, Buzzie changed his last name to Roosevelt. His mother uses her maiden name of Roosevelt in her magazine and radio work. Miss Edwards was schooled at Stevens College, Columbia, Mo., and at Marlborough, Vt. Her mother, prominent in Los Angeles Society, said Robin, met young Roosevelt last October at the home of mutual {riends. No plans have been made for the wedding, but Mrs. indicated it may come off i . {SPORTSMEN HOPEFUL AS KINGS REPORTED JUMPING IN AUK BAY Local sports fishermen, hearing reports of salmon jumping in Fritz (Cove and off Coghlan Island in Auk Bay, today were getting their tackle ready for a weekend try at snagging kings. A number of kings have been! reported jumping in the Auk Bay| area, and needle fish and some herring--king salmon food—have Leen seen in considerable quantit-| les. The first salmon of the year to be taken by a sports fisherman in} this area was landed off Marmion | Island in March. It was a 38- | pounder. But no catches have been lpurwd since, | | re- area can't be expected much be- fore April 20, according to sports- men. 'SON BORN AT SEATTLE | T0 MR., MRS. WALKER A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Walker yesterday, April 7, at the Virginia Mason Hospital {in Seattle, | Daniel Paul Walker, Paul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |S. J. Paul, Sr. The paternal grand- mother is Mrs. Bea Walker of Ana- conda, Mont. FROM KETCHIKAN Art Olin, of Ketchikan, is regis- tered at the Gastineau Hotel. Florida with Mr. EASTER DAY BEOBSERVED OVER WORLD | Devout Will Kneel fo Mark Miracle—Celebration in Various Ways (By the Associated Press) The joy of Easter will be cele- brated wherever Christians gather tomorrow, bringing to their hearts the ever-hopeful message of the Risen Christ. In the great cathedrals of the Old World and the new, in village churches ‘and at hilltop services, | | the .devout will kneel once more to || mark the miracle of resurrection. Millions will observe the occasion in other ways, too. It will be a day for fine dress, and flowers, and for children’s games and Easter baskets, Weather Forecast The weather was expected to be fair in some sections—the New Eng- land States, the Pacific Northwest and in Florida. But for the rest of the country, the U.S. Weather Bureau predicted cloudiness and some showers. y Celebrations already were in pro- gress in ancient Jerusalem, where nearly 20 centuries ago Christ suf- fered, died and rose. Bells thundered out their Easter messages from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, and from dozens of other churches, as thousands gath- ered to pray. Peal of Bells peal of bells came at the climax of a colorful Holy Fire cere- mony of Eastern Orthodox Chris- (By Associated Press) tians symbolizing the rise of Christ Mrs. Truman will return to the |from the tomb as the Light of the capital today after her stay in|World. Truman and their| Easter morning Protestant serv- daughter Margaret. The First Lady |ices in St. Andrew's in Jerusalem is traveling by train. The rest of { churchyard were to be broadcast by the family. will fly up to Washing-~ | Shortwave to the United States ani ton on Monday. Canada. This vacation 1is expected to Pilgrims in Rome be Mr. Truman’s last before the| More than 100,000 pilgrims end of the Congressional election | thronged the streets of Rome where campaign next fall. The President the climax of the Easter observance plans to make cosst-to-coast stump- | Will come when Pope Pius XII cele- ing tours to boost supporters of |brates a pontifical mass in St. his Fair Deal program. Peter’s. On May 7 Mr, Truman will start| At its end, from the Central Log- a trip to the Pacific Northwest)gia of the Basilica, Pope Pius will for a dedication ‘ceremony at the | give his apostolic blessing to the city Grand Coulee Dam on May 11./and the world. He'll be in Chicago for a major| In Washington, D.C., where the PRESIDENT IS ENDING VACATION The herring run which will at-| I tract quantities of salmon to this| and has been named | The mother is the former Cheda political speech four dnys later. hopes of millions in the politically divsded world are turned, 250,000 HAS PROGRAM FOR | U. S. IN COLD WAR WELL IT LOOKS LIKE ter but also for the delayed cherry EASTER PARADE HERE SAN ERANCISCO, April 8—M—A festival. Well, may\te. perhaps, Juneau will famed Air Force leader has a nine- | have an Easter Parade tomorrow point program for America in its|and the women folks can doll up for cold war with Russia. General Ira|early morning and forenoon church C. Eaker spoke before the Com |services. monwealth Club of California, and Here is the weather prediction— the former Deputy Commander of | cloudy but intermittent rain or Army Air Forces and wartime Com- | snow in the afternoon—that is after nder.of Allied Air Forces in the| all services are supposed to be over, Mediterranean said Russia could at- | Place your bets, win or lose, take tack the United.States by organiz- | it good naturedly. ing a fifth column, by military as- sault or by inducing us to declare GREAI DA NCER General Eaker's program calls for the development of a sound plan, g the best weapons, a stockpile of atcmic bombs and the power to de- 5 liver them, He thinks America LONDON, April 8—iM—Vavslav should convince Russia that we|Nijinsky, 60, one of the world’s mean to fight, institute universal|sreatest dancers! died in a London military training and marshal our | :linic today. He had been insane industrial capacity. The General|for 31 years. also would destroy the Communist{ Nijinsky, a native of Russia, had fifth column in this country and jcome to England in his long search teach a new brand of patriotism. for mental health. His mind snap- ped in 1919, when he was at the height of his career. Many critics (HRYS[ER SIRIKE unhesitatingly called him the great- 2st dancer who ever lived. His devoted wife, Romola, had (AUSES loss oF wrsed him throughout his long sears of mental darkness, BILLICN DOLLARS | -y g MINE"" FOUND TO BE (By Associated Press) Ampu“ Fuu ""K The trade puolication “Automo- —_— tive News” surveyed the Chrysler| The Sitka-based Coast Guard strike today and came up with some ! cutter Cahoone yesterday, investi« figures. gating a reported mine on the The publication says direct losses |beach in Klag Bay, 5 miles north- because of the strike will pass the jwest of Sitka, found that the cb- one-billion-dollar mark on Monday. | ject was definitely not a mine. Los to date in wages amount to| Reports from the cutter to Coast | 61-million dollars for Chrysler work- | Guard headquarters here said that ers, 21-million dollars for supplier |the object, taken aboard, appears | employes made idle by the strike.|to be part of an airplane’s fuel Automotive News says the Chrys- |system. ler walkout still falls short of a re- cord loss. That is held by the Gen- FROM HAINES eral Motors strike of four years ago; Two guests from Haines are re- —a walkout lasting.16 weeks and |gistered at the Gastineau Hotel. costing close to one-and-a-half- | They are: Ira M. Powell and Ed 1 Koenig. i billion dollars, i DIES IN CLINIC |