The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 14, 1950, Page 1

~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL| LXXIV., NO. 11,478 JUNEAU, ALASKA; FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1950 MEMBER ASSO CIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — ] EUGENE LAMOORE HANGED Convicted SIa—Ter Goes fo Gallows Here Pleading He Is Innocent Pleading his innocence to the last, Eugene La Moore alias Austin Rollan, 42-year-old convicted slayer, went to the gallows at the Federa: Jailghere this morning for his part in‘ the murder and robbery ot gro- ceryman Jim Ellen. La Moore, a slim 5 feet 10 inch tall Negro, was dropped through the trap at 5:16 am., as Protestant and Catholic ministers spoke final words of prayer for his soul. The con- demned man faced his hangman bravely and calmly as he made his final peace with God. “I did not kill Jim Ellen,” he be- gan his final speech. “I have never taken innocent blood,” he declared but indirectly implied that he had killed on other occasions. La Moore had a long and colorful criminal record. Law enforcement' officers ex- plained that La Moore honestly be- lieved that he had not killed Ellen af the victim’s grocery store or Willoughby Avenue, Dec. 22, 1946 They said, however, that, all evi- dence proved that he had hit Eller on the head and that his partner Austin Nelson, had done the actual killing by slitting the victim’s throat with a knife. Nelson had implicatec La Moore in the crime before he himself, went to the gallows here on March 1, 1948. La Moore was convicted by a local Federal District Court jury in Feb- ruary 1948 but his execution was delayed until today by the long process of appeal. The execution was final at 5:31 am., when Dr. C. C Carter pronounced him officially dead. He is survived by a wife and three: children, all residents of Ju- neau. Administering the last rites werc Rev. Ralph E. Baker, of the Bethei Tabernacle and the Rev. Leo J Sweeney and the Rev. John E. Gurr, both of the Catholic Church. Inter- ment later today was private, La Moore was the ninth man to be legally executed in the history of U. S. government in Alaska. This was the third in Juneau. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 14—~Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 118, Anaconda 29%, Curtiss-Wright 8%, International Harvester 26%, Ken- necott 52%, New York Central 13%. Northern Pacific 16%, U.S. Steel 32, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 2,750,000 shares. Average today are as follows: in- dustrials 215.30, rails 55.62, utilities 43.08. FROM WESTWARD C. D. Liebhart, whose- residence is in Anchorage, is a guest at the Baranof. ‘Fhe Washington Merry - Go- Round (Copyright, 1 by Syndicate, Inc.) Bv DREW PEAKRSON 'ASHINGTON—The American Embassy in Moscow has cabled that a giant Soviet Bureau has been set up to find oil for the Russian war machine. Oil fields in the Russian Cau- casus has started to run dry, and the Russian General Staff is fran- tically trying to develop new sou- rces. This is one of the most im- portant” developmets in the cold war because, without oil, the Russ- ijan war machine would be para- As a result, Molotov has rushed hundreds of Russian geologists to Sinkiang Province in Communist China to look for oil, and has ordered urgent priorities for drill- ing in Kirghizia, in Central Asia and on Sakhalin Island. British Diplomacy Boomerangs U. S. Ambassador Douglas in London has cabled the sensational though confidential news that the British may cancel their recog- nition of the Chinese Communists. Foreign Minister Bevin, he says, is burned up because three months have passed and the Chinese Com- munists haven't even bothered to acknowledge Britain's announce- ment of recognition. ‘That announcement is now con- sidered one of Britain’s worst diplo- (Continued on Page Four) Princess Faikah of Egypt and her bridegroom, identified as Fouad Sadek, a member of the Egyptian consular service, at time of their marriage in San Francisco, are pictured as they sail for a honey- mcon in Hawaii from Los Angeles. The Arabic newspaper Annahdah in Amman, Hashemite Jordan, identified Sadek as a brother of Nar- riman Sadek, who is reported to be the prospective bride of King Farouk. However, official Egyptian sources in San Francisco said the groom was “no relation at all” to Narriman Sadek. (» Wirephoto. Honeyooners i { | { { | i FOUR, MAYBE SIX TALKS BY TRUMAN Cross-Country Trip Sched-| uled to Start May 7- Dates Amounced WASHINGTON, April 14 — (@ — President Truman will make at least four and possibly six scheduled speeches on his cross-country trip starting May 7. The White House said today he 13s accepted an invitation to speak 1t Madison, Wis., at 1:30 p.m. (local sime), May 14 on the way back east. Other speeches already set are in sonnection with dedications at Kortes Dam near Casper, Wyo., May ); at Grand Coule Dam in South- 2astern Washington, May 11; and it a Democratic rally in Chicago, May 15. Other speeches may be made at Grand Forks, ND., and in one of ‘he twin cities of Minnesota—Min- 1eapolis and St. Paul—although of- ficials will not confirm these plans yet. FOLTA ORDERED TO ANCHORAGE, RELIEF OF JUDGE DIMOND An Associated Press dispatch from Anchorage today said District Judge George W. Fclta was ordered to the Third Division bench to tempo- rarily fill in for Judge Anthony Di- mond. Judge Dimond has been ordered to appear before a House committee in Washington next Weédnesday to testify on a bill to create a second judgeship for the Third Division. The order came from Chief Judge William Denman of the Ninth Cir- cuit Court of Appeals, Yesterday The Empire gave the first information that Judge Folta had been ordered to adjourn court at Ketchikan, come to Juneau Sat- urday and with his staff leave for Anchorage Sunday. No reason then was indicated why the sudden order was issued. The Anchorage dispatch further said that supporters of Alaska statehood viewed the development as a boost for their cause. Judge Dimond, former Delegate to Con- gress, is a strong booster for state- hood. He probably will be in the national capital now at the time of the Senate committee hearing on the statehood bill, opening April 24. Statehood proponents have urged Judge Dimond to testify at the Sen- ate hearing, but he had expressed the feeling that the pressure of court business was too great to per- mit a trip to Washington. 2 PARDONS ARE GIVEN BY TRUMAN WASHEINGTON, April 14 — (P — President Truman has given a ful and constitutional pardon to 75 | year-old James M. Curley, colorfu Boston Democratic figure twice convicted of violating federal laws The White House announced the pardon was granted yesterday. I did not say so, but from all indica- tions the action was chiefly a ges ture to an elderly man long hon ored by his native city and state. I. came as Curley was preparing tc leave for Rome on a pilgrimage oi the Catholic Holy Year. Curley already has served hi: time ‘and he never lost his citizen- ship rights. So the pardon has littlc or no practical effect. After the White House announce- ment, the Justice Department dis- closed that ‘Mr. Trumen also had pardoned Donald Wakefield Smith one of two men convicted with Cur- ley in 1846 of mail fraud. For Curley, the pardon covered both the 1946 case and a 1903 case in which he was convicted of con- spiring to impersonate another per- son in taking a Civil Service exami- nation. He served a two months sentence for the 1903 case, Curley had been Governor of Massachusetts, a member of Con- gress, and was Mayor of Boston when the 1946 matter arose. BURGLARS TAKE $500 IN SPORTS EQUIPMENT FROM QUILICO STORE More than $500 worth of sports equipment was taken by burglars who entered the Quilico Sport Cen- ter on Front Street early this morning. ‘The burglars’ loot included pistols and ammunition, according to John Quilico, owner and manager of the store. Police said entry was made through an unlocked trap door in the floor of Skinners Gun Shop. which is in the rear of the Quilico store. The burglary was discovered at 9 a.m. this morning when the store was opened. Quilico said the burglary took place after 12:30 a.m. He was in the store unl that time, he said. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Coastal Rambler from Seattle due Saturday. Baranof' scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver April 19. Denali from westward scheduled to arrive 2 a.n. Monday. NEW DEAL | FORPLANT, | i | ALUMINUM | Two Governments Involv- ed - B. C. Is Against Site at Skagway VICTORIA, B.C, April 14—P— A four-way deal may be in the off- from a chain of lakes in Northern British Columbia for a hydro. pro- ject. ‘The purported deal would involve the governments of Canada, the U. S. and British Columbia, and he company. the United States on aluminum manufactured in Canada—dropping ported aluminum ingots. Such a step would favor the rival Aluminum Company of Canada, 10w planning a reduction plant at Kitimat, 400 miles up the coast from Vancouver. The two companies now wre vying for the water-power rights for deylopment of a §500,000,000 aluminum industry at either Kiti- nat or near Skagway, Alaska. The provincial government is understood to oppose the applica- ion of the American company it theplant is not built in British Co- fumbia. Pair of Lovers Hold Off Posse ’ Over 12 Hours 19-Year-0Id—Yoth, 16- Year-Old Girl Friend Involved in Case QUESNEL, B.C, April 14—/—A lefiant pair of lovers— a 19-year- ’ld youth and his 16-year-old gir. friend—stood off a police posse nore than 12 hours before capture oday on a high plateau in the Northern British Columbia wild rness. Police smoked the couple out ol 1 lonely trapper’s cabin with tear 7as bombs but the two fled to the bush. The posse finally tracked ‘hem to a stony ridge, where a po- ice bullet felled the girl as she orepared to open up a fusilade or solice. The girl was only nicked ir he leg. The couple—Bert Lagace was the only one identified by police—holed ap in the cabin 18 miles west of here after fleeing their Quesnel home: Tuesday night on a wild rampage »f breaking and entering. Police had a warrant charging Lagage with abduction. They added however, the high school girl hac fled with Lagace of her own will jefying her parents’ orders to stay away “from the youth. ONE SUICIDE, THREE SKELETONS CREATE BALTIMORE MYSTERY BALTIMORE, April 14—#—A suicide has been added to the mys- ‘ery of three skeletons uncovered n an old Baltimore row house. The skeleton remains of three babies were found in a boarded-up fireplace Wednesday night. Two were wrapped in newspapers dated 1921 and 1923. . Police, checking to see who lived n the house then, found 43-year- -0ld Charles Schaub. He lived there from 1912 until May of last year. Schaub told police his step- mother, Anna, killed herself by gas n 1928. "MAGIC PIPER" WILL START AT 7 TONIGHT In oraer to avoid any conflict with the Kenneth Spencer Con- cert this evening, the Juneau Grade Schools announce that their oper- ette the “Magic Piper” will start at 7 o'clock. This will allow ample time to attend both events. Salt Lake City, Which lies near the Wasatch mountains, has an elevation of 4,330 feet. | ing, the Canadian Press reported|! last night, to permit the Aluminum || Company of America to use water|' It would include concessions by | the two cent a pound tax on im- | | | | NS At {he basic pay rate of seven cents per person, Mrs. Helen Mulroy, census enumerator, made 84 cents ‘ (gn;us Iaker HiISJ—ad(_i;g! quickly - when she visited the home of James W. McDonald, Syracuse, N. Y., on the first day of the na- tional survey. Mrs. Mulroy (center), interviewed the big family in 15 minutes. Left to right, the Mc- Donalds are Sarah, 7, Sheila, 10, McDonald, Mary Theresa, 16, Sally Anne, 15, Kathleen, 12, Ellen, 13, Mrs. McDonald holding Colleen, 1, and seated on the floor, Maureen, 2, Jimmy, 4, and Patricia, 6. (P Wirephoto. vate Plane-Is Coming | dent Consulls Party in fo S. E. Alaska FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 14-—- A—Dr. Terris Moore, President of Jhe University of Alaska, took otf resterday in his private plane lqr Anchorage—first stop of his good- vill tour of the Territory. . The trip, financed entirely by he University President, is designed 0 stimulate interest in the Univer- ity and promote gooperation of Alaskan residents in working for ‘he expansion of its facilities. Moore, who .is accompanied by ais wife, is scheduled to speak in everal cities—Kodiak, Valdez, Cor- iova, Yakutat,. Sitka anq elsewhere n Southeast Alaska. His plane, a 2iper Supercruiser, is flpat-equipped 0 permit water landings. Mrs. Moore was to act as col;fuot. he is a licensed aviatrix. Dr. Moore s a veteran flier and an officer in he Civil Air Patrol. U.S.MAYDROP NO. ATLANTIC! DEFENSE PI.AN CHICAGO, April 14—®—Gen Omar Bradley said today the United States may have to drop its theory of & balanced Army, Navy and Air Torce to meet the defense needs of ‘he North Atlantic area. The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated that the Army might come off third best inder such an arrangement. He also dbserved that by placing American iefense plans second to those of the whole western world “a small bit of sovereignty is relinquished.” It would be well worthwhile, he said. In an address prepared for the Executive Club, the former Chief ot Staff of the Army reviewed the ac- complishments of the recent Hague conference of Atlantic Pact Defense Chiefs. ' A spokesman for a small nation, Bradley said, first raised tqe ques- tion of sovereignty, and thus made “the most significant suggestion” ot the conference. He didn’t identity the nation. Bradley said the suggéstion in- volved the possibility of a central body within the framework of the Atlantic Treaty to call' signals on the *rate and extent” by which armed forces of each member na- tion must be expanded. Defending Policy WASHINGTON, April 14 — (& — Three Republican Senators accused President Truman today of seeking the election of a Congress which would rubber-stamp his foreign policies without debate. But another GOP Senator said the President seems gincere in his 2fforts to restore two-party coopera- tion in international affairs. Mr. Truman told a United Na- tions group yesterday that “this time we are trying to elect a Con- gress that believes in internationa! cooperation wholeheartedly.” Senator Ferguson ' (R-Mich), a strong supporter of most of the ad- ministration’s foreign program, said the remark was one of the “most unfortunate” statements Mr. Tru- man could have made at this time. “I'm disappointed that the Presi- dent is making foreign policy a party issue,” Ferguson told a re- porter. “What he really wants is a foreign policy approved with a rub- ber: stamp.” Republican floor _leader Wherry of Nebraska declar!i Mr. Truman was “making a political football” of ‘he bipartisan foreign policy. “He wants a rubber stamp of the Truman policies,” Wherry said. Senator Knowland (R-Calif) also used the term “rubber stamp” in his reaction to Mr. Truman’s state- ment, adding: “I do not believe h2 will get that kind of cooperation from the Republicahs.” It was Senator Morse (R-Ore) who went to thé administration’s defense. Declaring that Republicans are being consulted more and more about foreign affairs, Morse said the President appears to .be trying sincerely to “reestablish a working bipartisan foreign policy.” | WEATHER REPORT L In Juneau—Maximum, 44; minimum, 36. Al Airport—Maximum, 44; minimum, 36. | FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy ,with intermittent rain tonight and Saturday. Low temperature tonight 36 with the high Saturday 43. r PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.10 inches; since April 1 — 090 inches; e since July 16147 inches. . At Airport — 0.02 inches; e! since April 1 — 044 inches; o/ since-July 1—40.55 inches, e 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 U. A—lA*S—'I(A Truman Asks PRESIDENT |Rubber Stamp ONTOUR (ongrgs: GOP Traveling in His Own-Pri-|Senator Morse Says Presi- | today. CHILL WAVE HITS AREAS OF NATION (By the Associated Press) A blast of cold air chilled the East and Middle West Friday for the second topsy-turvey spring day —and the Army rushed aid to North Dakota where a disaster area was declared because of ice and deep Snow. Temperatures as low as 10 above zero were registered in the East—in the Peansylvania mountain area, Fifth Army headquarters in Chi- cago said that it was rushing—with the help of the Air Force—six “Weasels"—light tracked vehicles— to the Bismarck, N.D., area. A spokesman for Fifth Army said the little rescue vehicles were being sent at the request of Brigadier General H. L. Edwafds, ‘Adjutant General of the state of North Da- kota. y Heavy falls of snow early this week had put thé DaKota territory under blankets of snow, and snow- plows were the order of the day. The East—which had expected spring to be spfing—took “another rold punch Friday. And the Weather Bureau in Washington, D.C., went on to add, in a special bulletin, that “extremely cold weather” can be expected during Friday night. Eastern- and midwestern ' cities continued to set new low tempera- tures for the date. 2 § Akron had 13, Curwensville, Pa., 11; New York, 24.2; Cleveland, O, 20; Dayton, O., 22; Philadelphia 26. In Youngstown, O. some indus- trial plants switched to fuel oll for their operations. TREMOR I§ FELTTODAY IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, April 14—{®—A slight earth tremor was felt in the Seattle area at approximately 3:05 am, Switchboard operators at both | Seattle newspapers and at the po- lice station reported receiving nu- merous calls from anxious residents who said they had been routed from their sleep by the shaking of their beds. The minor jar did no apparent damage. It followed almost a year to the day the heavy temblor which shook the entire northwest on April 13, 1949. That shock claimed a toll ot eight lives and caused damage into the millions of dollars. L. D. Drake, registered from Baranof Hotel, \PICKETS ARE il LINES IN WEST ALASKA Cannery SMV Landings Blocked at 9 Kodiak Isle Seftlements KADIAK, Alaska, April 14—P-- Fishermen set up picket lines in nine Kodiak Island settlements yes- terday to block the handling of cannery supplies. An official of the United Fish- ermen of Alaska (AFL) said the picketing would continue “until the Alaska Salmon Indusiry resumes negotiations with the, union.” The' union notified the ASI and the Alaska Steamship Company of its action. ASI is a cannery opera- tors’ organization. Union officials saild they want salmon prices this season equal to those paid in the Cordova area last year. They said their demand is for 80 cents for red salmon, 75 for sil- vers, 30 for pinks and 27 for chums. An ASI representative was re- ported to have offered the union the same prices they received here last year. Union officials said the vote to strike was 10 to 1. K.C. RAID NETS WHISKEY AND FOUR ARRESTS KANSAS CITY, April 14—— Charles Carroll, a former North- side political boss and ex-convict and three other men were arrested today an< mare then, 1,080 cases. of whiskey seized in a riild made by the Federal Alcohol Tax Unit. The raid was led by E. N. Ahl- feldt, director of the Alcohol Tax Unit and a personal friend of Presi- dent Truman. He was assisted by a dozen agents. The raid was made at a two-story white frame house at 519 Tracy, a mile from the Truman road political clubroom where Char- les Binaggio, Northside political boss was slain a week agd’ Ahlfeldt said he, and his men seized 1,053 cases of liquor which had no federal wholesale dealers tax stamp affixed. Carrollo succeeded John Lazia as Northside Democratic boss after the latter was slain in a spot murder in 1933. Carrollo in turn was suc- ceeded by Binaggio when Carrollo was sent to the penitentfary for in- come tax evasion, GOP BLAST HURLED AT PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, April 14 — (A — The GOP’s National Chairman to- day derided President Truman's claim to credit for national pros- perity, declaring he has “failed miserably” in his five years in of- fice. Guy G. Gabrielson, head of the Republican National Committee, ac- cused Mr. Truman in a statement of “losing the cold war in Asia” fostering socialism and imposing the biggest national debt and highest taxes in peacetime history. The statement, issued as Mr. Tru- man began his sixth year in office, was plainly intended to puncture the confident claims voiced by the President at a news conference yes- terday. Mr. Truman said the country is more prosperous than in any pre- vious - postwar period. He said he intends to take credit for it. Gabrielson’s replying statement spoke scathingly on “self glorifica- tion” and “extravagant promises” at the White House. o o 0 0.0 0 0 0 o TIDE TABLE APRIL 15 High tide 0:53 a.m., 166 ft. Low tide 7:05 am. 03 ft. High tide 13:11 p.m,, 158 ft. Low tide 19:11 pm., 0.7 ft. e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 o ® e0csccccce ® #00evcvoe ! FROM KETCHIKAN . J Menlo Park, Calif., is a guest at !hel R. A. Bushre, of Ketchikan, is a guest at the Baranof. ]