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

£, A v THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV.,, NO. 11,498 —_——= JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —ny TRUMANON | TOUR; HE'S 66 TODAY Presiden—l?ays Months Ahead Will Determine About Third World War ABOARD TRUMAN TRAIN, May 8,—(M—President Truman declared today that the decisions the Uni- ted States makes in the months ahead will determine whether there will be “a third world war.” . In a talk to a train side erowd at Galesburg, Ill, the President assailed olationists” who would “let the rest of the world be swallowed up by Communism.” These men, Mr. Truman asserted. cannot “see beyond their noses’ and forget “the terrible price” thi: country would have to pay fo such a course. “These same men who tell you we should reconomize by an isol- ationist policy,” he said, “did thc same thing after World War One and brought on “World War Two.” The President, traveling in cam- paign style through the Midwes! on his 66th birthday, led newsmern on their toughest walk to date al Chicago today. It was 6 a.m., Chicago time when the President’s train reached the Rockwell yards. Ed McKim, Omaha insurancc man, met the train, and Mr. Tru- man took a walk with him and Bill Mox, a circulation official of {4he Chicgo Sun-Times, during the hour and ten minute Chicago stop-over. ACTORS IN "RED" DRAMA MOURNED MOSINEE, Wis., May 8—#—The people of Mosinee today mourned the deaths.of two community lead- ers who played proffiffieht roles in last Monday's mock Communist coup. Mayor. Ralph Kronenwetter, who was yanked from his bed by “Red Troopers” at dawn of the May Day demonstration, died at Wausau hos- pital Saturday night. He had suf- fered a cerebral hemorrhage just before his village was “liberated’ from “Communist invaders” a week ago tonight. The Rev. Will Bennett, 72, Meth- odist minister who put up a spirited make-believe struggle when throwr into a barbed wire “Concentration Camp” that day, died at his home Sunday of a heart attack. Both men had entered with gustc into the spirit of American Legion- sponsored event. 82 Killed; Train Wreck in India; - Sabofage Charged (By Associated Press) At least 82 persons died in In- dia’s worst train wreck yesterday when the crack Punjab mail train plunged from a bridge in Bila: State. Authorities sald saboteurs had removed plates which held the rails together. The Washington Merry - Go - Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) /ASHINGTON — The Presiden! was enjoying a week-end cruise on the yacht Williamsburg recently when he and his party got arguing about what they considered to be an important point in American history. Neither side could agree. So finally Clark Clifford, ex- White House counsel and still of the poker-playing entourage, put in a long-distance call to New York Supreme Court Judge Ferdinand Pecora. The following conversa- tion took place: “Judge,” said Clifford, “this 1s Clark Clifford, and I am calling from the Williamsburg. A group of us here are about evenly divided on a question, and we believe you are the one person who can give us the right answer.” “All right,” replied Pecora, “I'l be glad to try.” “Was it in the Senate munitions investigation or at the Senate in- vestigation of Wall Street that the midget sat on J. P. Morgan’s knee?” “It was at the investigation of (Continued on Page Four) S B S, Wt iR SR e S S SRty B o S s M AR A it S e S R e RSP RS NS ——————————————— e ettt = pe PR . 0. SRS oSS, S5 A St R oo LU~ HOUSEHOLD OF BING CROSBYS SPLITTING UP HOLLYWOOD, May 8-~»—The Bing Crosby household is suffering from “strained relations,” the crooner’s attorney disclosed today. Rumors and gossipers have the Crosbys separated maritally as well as geographically (Bing is in Eur- ope), but attorney John O’Melveney declared: “There has been no property set tlement of any kind. There are some strained relations. The whole mat- ter is in abeyance until Mr. Crosby returns from Europe late in.Junc ‘We hope then to effect a reconcili- ation.” Mrs. Crosby, the former Dixie Lee of the films, was unavailable for comment. In 1930, when Bing and Dixie were married, she was a singin: star in films for the old Willian Fox Company and Bing was one »f the three Rhythm Boys witk 2aul Whiteman’s band. They have four sons, Gary, 16; twins, Phillif nd Dennis, 15; and Lindsay, 13 The boys attend a private schoo n Northern California. Mrs. Crosby retired from screen soon after marriage. [YPHOON PACKED WITH HIGH WING RAGING, PACIFIC GUAM, May8—(®—This military >utpost battened down today for o typhoon packed with 90 mile winds The storm is expected to hit in full fury at 10 a.m. tomorrow 5 p.m (PDT, Monday). Planes roared off airstrips for fields outside the typhoon’s path Ships chugged out of Apra Harboi for the relative safety of sea. Military personnel checked ty phoon cable fastening on quonset huts and stocked shelter areas with supplies. the HONOLULU, May 8—{P—The Commercial Pacific Cable Co., re- ported at 10:10 a.m., Honolulu time (12:10 p.m., PST) that its Guam offjce had been abandoned and em- ployees had taken shelter in caves from an approaching typhoon. The main force of the storm was expected to strike in about four hours. AGNES SMEDLEY DIES AT OXFORD OXFORD, England, May 8—#— Miss Agnes Smedley, 56, American writer widely known for her re- ports on China, died in a nursing home here Saturday, it was an- aounced today, Miss Smedley was accused last year in a U. & Army report of being a Soviet spy but the chargc ater was withdrawn. The Missouri-born newspaper- woman was named as a Soviet spy by the U. S. Army in a report on a wartime Soviet spy ring in Jap- an. Later the Army said it lacke proof and should never have madt such a charge against Miss Smed- ley. ALASKA SHIP LINES TAKES VESSEL OFF RUNTEMPORARILY TACOMA, May 8 — (P — Alaska Ship Lines, Inc., announced here Saturday the M.S. Asa Lothrop had been taken out of service tem- porarily. The Lothrop, has been maintain- ing an approximate monthly sched- ule between this port and Valdez, Alaska, since about Nov. 1. A barge towed by the tug Mac- Loufay has augmented the Loth- rop’s service to provide a regular every-other-week schedule tc Alaska. E. W. Hundley, vice presi- dent in charge of traffic for the line, said the barge service would be doubled tc take up the slack caused by the temporary retirement of the ship. The Lothrop, chartered from the U.S. Maritime Commission, is now moored at Tacoma. It is understood that all cargoes handled by the line have been of a military nature. McLean Nominated Poslmiler, Nome WASHINGTON, May 8 — @& — President Truman nominated James FRENCHROLE IN INDOCHINA TALKED OVER Acheson Meets with French | Premier Prior to Big 3 London Confab (By the Associated Press) U. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson talked to French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman in Paris today in the first of his prepara- tory cold war talks before the Big Three Conference in London Thurs- day. Acheson’s meeting with Schumaa was said to have dealt primarily' with France’s role in Indochiua Diplomatic informants said he will ask for guarantees that the French- controlled regime of former Lm- peror Bao Dai be given genuine independence as a condition for speedy American aid in fighting off the Moscow-recognized oppos- ition government of Ho Chi Minh. It was not believed that any final decision would be made inf the Paris talks. Acheson 1s alsc expected to discuss France's atti- tude toward Germany and Prem- ier Georges Bidault's recent pro- posal to form a new “Atlantic Council” for coordinating economic and political activities of the west- ern nations as well as military de- fenses against possible Communisi expansion. Acheson’s offer of aid tor Indo- china is limited at present to the| $15,000,000 President Truman has promised out of the $75,000,000 fund Congress appropriated for emer- gencies in fighting Communism 11 the Far East. Some officials in Washington look for a formal announcement that the United States has started its long-awaited program of arms as- sistance for Southeast Asia—includ ing Indochina—within the next few days. U. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson said tonight American ec- onomic and military help will bt sent immediately to French Indo- china. The U. S. Secretary of State be- gan a round of cold war talks herc by hearing French pleas for speedy help in the Southeast Asia terri- tory to hold back the threat o Communism, French officials were said to be “very satisfied” with the results of today’s discussions be- tween Acheson and Foreign Min- ister Robert Schuman. Acheson did not specify the am- ount of aid to be sent Indochina where the French have been carry- ing on a shooting war agamst thc forces of Communist-trained Hc Chi Minh for almost four years. United States aid, Acheson said “can and should be” given to hely the French in their fight against the Vietminh. 3 WHALES SLAIN AT BARROW BRING JOY TOESKIMOVILLAGE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 8—# —There’ll be feasting and rejoicing and blanket-tossing galore soon in the little Eskimo village of Barrow. 1,100 miles from the North Pole. It will start as soon as the hewing and hacking and distributing ot three whales among the 500 inhabi- tants is completed. By killing three whales out in the icy Arctic the village hunters have presaged an era of prosperity not experienced for many years. Mea- suring 26 feet, 35 feet and 59 feet in length, the trio of seagoing mam- mals will supply the villagers with meat, oil and blubber for some time to come. Thomas Akootchook, Barrow Es- kimo, brought the: good news to Fairbanks yesterday. He said the opening in the ice where the whales were killed is only about half a mile from shore—an important factor in the operation. “Many people get lost when ice breaks off under workers and takes them out to sea,” said Akootchook. Copper, coal and silver are leading products of Utah mines. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 8 — Closing quotation of American Can today is 115, Anaconda 31%, Curtiss- Wright ‘9%, International Harves- ter 27%, Kennecott 55, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 17%:. U.S. Steel 32, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,680,500 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- i { sinthid 4 . Al % Vs = - T B D AN L e v Juneau High School Band, Joseph Shofner, Director (center) hosts to visiting bands and rhm;nueu at present Southeast Alaska Music Festival. LIBRARY DRIVE KEEPS ROLLING ONWITH $153.19 The Juneau Memorial Library fund is getting to be like “ol’ man river"—it just keeps rolling along. Dr. James C. Ryan, commissioner of education and library board member, today reported receipt ol contributions totalling $153.19. That 19 cent figure, which got itselt all straightened up once, despite sev- Ieral attempts to iron it out, is back on the board again. { Some anonymous donor gave $1.19 —even though the fund was right on an even $70,000 last Friday wheu the Hotel and Restaurant Em- ployees Union of Juneau put it on top. The fund now stands at $71,373.19. B. D. Stewart, acting drive chair- man, and Dr. Ryan said the extra money will be used to obtain finer books, perhaps furnish extra read- ing lamps, or any number of refine ments not originally believed pos- sible to have. They didn’t say what could be done with that pesky 1! cents. A joint contribution of the Sev- enth-day Adventist church of Ju- neau, pastored by the Rev. John W. Griffin, and the Alaska Mission comprising all Adventist churche throughout Alaska, was received by Dr. Ryan for $25. It was presentec & to him by the Rev. A. L. Zumwalt president of the Mission. Then along came Mike Pusich mayor of Douglas and proprietor o! the popular eating and dancing place which bears his first name to donate $50—a mighty tasty steak. Mike. And the employees of the Alaskz Road Commission Juneau offic gave $50 to pave the rolling “road’ —and while that road’s been rough at times for the board over the past four years, it’s contributions like this one which puts it on pertect blacktop. Eight members of the Juneav staff ‘of the General Services Ad- ministration, federal agency whic! will match funds for construction o! the library and do the actual super- vision of work, contributed $62. They are Thomas B. Quinn, Percy Hobbs, George W. Rogers, John W. Adams W. H. Wick, A. H. Bobberg, Haze! Forde and Maxine Mund. Three school teachers from the little fishing village of Hoonah sent $15 to Dr. Ryan, demonstrating the great interest which the drive stir- red up in outlying communities These three—Mrs. Ruth O. Matson, Miss Orlena Lumbra and Earl J. Fleming—won't be able to get in too often to use the library, but they know what it will mean to school children in Juneau and their parents. To top it all off, a person who signed his name as “A Douglas Resident,” sent Dr. Ryan a check | for s10. Genefilrike Averied, Finland (By Associated Press) The Finnish government averted a threatened general strike by off- ering a 15 per cent wage boost to- day. The compromise offer came just three hours before the Social- ist-led Trade Union Council’s dead- line, SITKANS HERE M. McLean today for the Nome,|dustrials 216.71, rails 56.42, utilities Alaska, postmastership. RIS Emr—————— 4345, . Mr. and Mrs. Bill Richard of ' Bitka are at the Barano! Hotel WANTS STOP TO HEARINGS ON CHARGES Senator Hafi;rs Says Mc- Carthy’s Qutbursts in Public Harmful WASHINGTON, May 8 — # — Senator Flanders (R-Vt) asked the Senate today to bar turther public hearings on Senator McCarthy's charges of Communjst infiltration st"the State Department and he in- troduced a resolution to that etfect. Flanders told the Senate: “The time has come when pro- ceeding further along the present lines in the State Department can do little good. It can do much harm. “As the resolution indicates, it is affecting unfavorably the morale of able and conscientious public servants and it is causing astonish- ment and uncertainty in our rela- tions abroad.” At the moment, the Senate suk- committee, has no further public hearings scheduled. But McCarthy Wisconsin Republican, has contin- ued his public speech making on the subject and is making new charges from day to day. Only yesterday, McCarthy said 2 US. envoy to an unnamed foreign country is a foreign agent. He made that assertion at a news conference after a speech at Janesville, Wis. MAKES MOVE FOR CHOPPING MILLIONS OFF APPRO. MEASURE WASHINGTON, May 8—M—A move to chop $750,000,000 from s pending $29,000,000,000 appropria- tion bill by directing the President to make that much of a cut was started today by Rep. Thomas (D- Tex). Thomas is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. He said he would offer an amend- ment providing that the President, through the Budget Bureau, dis- tribute the reduction among the various federal agencies. However, the amendment would prohibit the President from cutting any funds for military activities, in- cluding atomic weapon development and scientific research and develop- ment. ‘Thomas told newsmen the amend- ment is his own idea and he does not know how much support it will have. Eight Resign from Polish Consulate FRANKFURT, Germany, May 8 —P—Eight officials and employees of the Polish Consulate at Frankfurt resigned today and asked West Ger- man authorities for refuge from their Communist-dominated gov- ernment. ‘The eight announced their resig- nation through the joint public in- formation office of the US. Army and the US. High Commissioner’s office here. Their names were not made public’ immediately. Squalls | MUSICEESTIVAL q (| onaar e (auseo _ FOR 8 TONIGHT 20 Dea|hSI ‘The closing event of the South- ~ TOP BENCH UPHOLDS T-H NON-RED OATH Some justites Dissent in Part-Unions Attacked Oath as Violation WASHINGTON, May 8—P—The Supreme Court today upheld le- gality of the Non-Communist Oatin provision of the Tast-Hartley Labor Law. The provision requires that union officials must file* affidavits saying they are not Communists, if they wish to use the machinery of the National Labor Board. Chief Justice Vinson delivered the opinion for the majority. Jus- tice Jackson wrote an opinion which concurred in part and dissented in part. Justice Black wrote a dissent- ing opinion. Justice Frankturier wrote an opinion concurring in part with the majority. Justices Douglas, Clark and Min- ton took no part in the cases. Justices Reed and Burton com- pleted the majority. Validity of the Non-Communist Oath provision was attacked in sep- arate appeals filed by two unions. They are: (A) The Anti-Communist CIO Union Steelworkers headed by CIO President Philip Murray. (B) The American Communica- tions Association, awaiting outcome jeast Alaska Music Festival, being|of a CIO expulsion hearing on the NEW YORK, May 8—{M—Treach- ! he tonight at 8 o'clock in the High {so successtully held in Juneau, wil! | grounds of Communist sympathies. Each of the unions contended the erous spring squalls caught thou-|School gym. This will be a concert | affidavit requirement violates the sands of New York and New Eng- land boatmen without warning uvcr' the sunny weekend and left 20 Oflregwd by Walter C. Welke of the them dead or missing in lakes,|University of Washington Concert rivers and salt water. ! Band: The high winds, tail end of af Midwest storm, reached 65 miles an| Ringwald, by combined Festival hour at some points. jchorus ‘and band; Hall of Fame, In addition to the havoc caused; March, Olivadoti; A Night at the on the water, the winds also fan-. Ballet, arr. by Walters, Festival ned forest fires in New England|Band. and blanked out most private flying.| A Dream, tenor solo, Bartlett, by The flames covered hundreds of|Bob Croken, Juneau. acres of New England woodland. Panis Angelicus, Franck, and Upper New York State had thejSouth of the Rio, arr. Olivadoti, by worst drowning toll, with 10 dead! Festival Band. or missing since Friday. New York! Cherubim Song No. 7, Bortnian- City and Long Island Soundigky, The Old Ark’s O-Moverin, arr. counted seven lost Sunday. by Cain, and If My Song Had Wings, !thn, by the Festival Chorus. So EK Obertass, violin solo, Wieniaski, by Kirk Bower, Ketchikan. DAWSON CREEK, B.C., May 8— Mexican Hat Dance, arr. by Ben- nett, Joseph M. Shofner, guest con- (P—Floods have come to the north. country of British Columbia. ductor, Etude in Boogie, piano and band, ‘Walters, by Sue McMullen, Juneau. with a varied program which will be § Constitution’s as follows, by band and chorus di- | speech, press and assembly. guarantees of free _“As phrased in the Taft-Hartley Act, the oath reads: “I am not & member of the Com- Battle Hymn of the Republic, arr.| munist party, or affiliated with'such party. I do not believe in, and I am not a member of, nor do I sup- port, any organization that believes in or teaches the overthrow of the United” Btates” governient by farce or by any illegal or unconstitutional miethods.” BUILDING REVIEW, TO ENABLE PLANTS TO START, ON TAP To give private business men 3 preview of what government plans are for Alaska over the next six to ten years, so they can expand pre- sent construction facilities and start Appearing before large audiences | others, 50 business and government {last Saturday night, solos and in-|officials will meet in Anchorage to- A 35-foot bridge, constructed after |y menta] ensembles were held in|morrow, it was announced today by its predecessor was carried away Injthe grade school auditorium and 1948, was washed out during the|n,ue) solos and ensembles were in weekend by rampaging BIUEDErTy, the Methodist Church. Young art- Creek. lists in both gatherings acquitted Army officials said Royal Cana-|themselves admirably. dian Engineers will throw a tem-| sunday afternoon perhaps the porary span across the creek asimost wonderful musical event ever soon as possible. heard here took place in the High The bridge, 80 miles northwest!gehool gym. of here, was on the road from the| The Petersburg Octet, Douglas Alaska Highway to the Beaton River| Girls' Glee Club, Ketchikan Boys' emergency air strip. { Chorus and Ketchikan Girls' chorus also Ketchikan's mixed chorus, Mt . Edgecumbe Boys' Glee Club and o | Juneau’s mixed chorus and Girls' ;Glee Club gave a most delightful program, each group singing three numbers each. The Mt. Edgecumbe . Boys' Glee Club changed its pro- o | Bram and substituted one number .zimrnducmg soloist Jimmy Williams, supported by the club. Then three bands, the most ever assembled in Juneau, gave three numbers each, ranging from march- es to overtures. The Ketchikan band started the program for this instrumental section followed by the Sitka band. Both organiza- tions earned merited applause. The final part of the program was giv- en by Juneau’s High School band 46 musicians, that looked and per- formed like real professionals. The afternoon’s program lastec three hours but it was three hours of a display of talent never before ssembled in ohe great group. SKIDDING CYCLE CAUSES 2 DEATHS GOLDENDALE, Wash, May 8- M—A young married couple met sudden death last night when their motorcycle skidded and crashed into the fender of a car. Both Floyd Schwisow, 22, Pros- ser, Wash., and his wife, Grace, 18, were killed almost instantly. The car driver, Martin E. John- son, 33, Puyallup, tried to drive into the ditch to avoid the skidding cycle, but could not make it in time, the State Patrol said, WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 44; minimum, 41. At Airport—Maximum, 44; minimum, 42. FORECAST (Junesu and Vicinity) Rain tonight and Tuesday, with southeasterly winds oc- casionally as high as 20 miles per hour. Little change in temperature. Low tonight, 40; and high Tuesday near 50. i SPRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today Cit yof Juneau—0.58 inches; since May 1 — 137 inches; since July 1—43.06 inches. e o o o D R 1BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MACK IN STORES WASHINGTON, May 8 — # — Connie Mack out-foxed himself in his two books which are now in the stories. The Philadelphia A's manager-president picks his all- time all-star team in both books but he has a different first baseman in each lineup. One contains Jimmy Foxx while the other has the late Lou Gehrig at first, Kenneth J. Kadow, head of the Alaska Field Committee, Particular attention will be paid by the gathering to attempt en- couragement of building brick kilns, flooring plants, tile manufacturies, perhaps plants to make plaster and like products, lumber yards to pro- duce birch trim, and plants to work with concrete aggregate. Cost of these materials now rises considerably because of necessity of shipment from Seattle. Private business has not previously ven- tured into this field because opera- tors never knew what market they could expect. The men will meet at Fort Rich~ ardson, where Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, commander-in-chief of the Alaska Command, will be host. The meeting is the result of a conference called in Washington March 31 by Secretary of the In- terior Oscar Chapman to discuss possibilities of local manufacture of various products. This conference was attended by government men only. From Juneau, besides Kadow, the following will attend: George Rogers and Lynn Forest, General Services Administration; Charles Burdick, Department of Agriculture; Roy Swanson, Federal Housing Authority; S. H. Lorain and S. A. Rutledge, Bureau of Mines; Leo Sarella, Territorial com- missioner of mines; and William ‘Twenhofel, Geological Survey. WRITERS' MEET CANCELLED The regular meeting this week of the Creative Writers’ group will be cancelled. Next meeting will be held Monday evening, May 15, at the usual time and meeting place. STEAMER MOVEMENTS - Denali from Seattle due some- time tomorrew. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday. Baranof from west scheduled southbound at 10 tonight, e