The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1950, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXV., N6. 11,5615 ELLENDER OPPOSING STATEHOOD| Says Inleresls of Two Ter- ritories Are Not Com- mon fo “'Ours” WASHINGTON, May 27 — (# — Benator Ellender (D-La) says he will vote against = statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. “I do not think that either Alaska or Hawail should become states,” Ellender asserted in a speech re- corded for broadcast in New Orleans last ' night. “Their interests are not common to ours, and their people, especially in the case of Hawaii, are quite different from our people. 3 “Such difficulties may be over- come, but I am not yet convinced that these two Territories, hundreds of miles away from the continental limits of our country, have reached a state of political maturity suffi- cient to merit our adding a 49th or 50th star to our flag.” Bills to admit Hawaii and Alaska to statehood have passed the House and are awaiting action by the Sen- ate Insular Affairs Committee. Ellender said that in Hawali “re- cent difficulties with Communists highlighted the great gap ’between the Island and the American con- tinent.” “The economy of Hawaii is to a large extent controlled by its ship- ping industry,” he continued. “And its | shipping industry is controlled by the International Longshore- men’s Union, notorious for its Com- munist affiliations. “When Hawaii has been purged of these elements it will be in a far better position to seek state- hood.” ELKS AND MOOSE CLASH IN SEASON OPENER TOMORROW The baseball season gets under way here tomorrow when the twc top Gastineau Channel League teams in 1949 meet at the Fire- men’s Ball Park, Ninth and E Streets, at 2:30 p.m. The EIks’ nine, champions in 1949 will face the Moose club in the sea- son opener. The Moose team was runner-up in last season’s play. Both teams have sparkled in pre- season practice games, although they have not faced each other. The Elks tied the Coast Guard team once and was shut out once The Moose club lost three games to the Coasters, but showed im- provement each game, losing their last in a 4 to 3 heartbreaker. Terry Magorty and Eddie Krause have chucked good games for the Moose in practice. Moose team manager was not available to state which of his pitchers would take the mound in tomorrow’s game. Joe Snow, one of the EIks’ slug- gers, is expected to see action to- morrow in the season starter. Dopesters forecast the first game will be a close one, when. the two well-matched teams clash, FROM SAN FRANCISCO A. C. Kuehl of the National Park Service, San Francisco, is back after making several side trips, and registered at the Baranof Hotel. Donald C. Barber of Coos Bay, Ore., is at the Baranof Hotel. The Washingion Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 1950, by Bell Byndicate, Inc.) 'ASHINGTON — President Tru- man, conferring privately with big 4, congressional leaders this week was jubilant over Dean Acheson’s work at London, said he was the best secretary of state since Charles Evans Hughes, and that Dean would make a “barnstorming” trip to report to the nation on foreign affairs . . . . “Acheson did a great job,” Truman told Barkley, Lucas, Rayburn and McCormack. “A job we can all be proud of, and which the entire Democratic world can applaud.” . The President es- pecially liked Acheson’s influence on the British in persuading them to cooperate .. . . The man who seasoned justices on the Supreme Court say has the greatest prom- ise, is newcomer Justice Tom Clark. They were disappointed in Justice = (Continued on Page Four) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE [ JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1950 MEMEER A SSOCIATED PRESS Newcomers Wllh Ralmers k, Making their first appearance in the uniform of the Seattle Rainiers during the opening game in San Francisco are, left to right: Paul Richards, manager; Marvin Rackley, outfielder, purchased from Cin- cinnati Reds; Bud Sheely, catcher, purchased from the Oakland Oaks, and Tom Davis, shortstop, prop- erty of the Phlladelphlx Athletl(‘s, with the Rainiers on a ‘look” basis. (P erephaw INSTITUTE FORUM 'PuIIens Leavmg PROPOSES MENTAL ‘ Alaska, Honored HEALTH SE(TION Plans, for "inclusion of a secnon| When Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Pullen of Mental Health in the Alaska De- | board the Aleutian tomorrow, leav- partment of Health program were {ing to make their home in the discussed during the Mental Health! States, they will take a number ot Institute in session here since Wed-! cherished souvenirs of Alaska, as nesday. The Mental Health pro-|well as memories of two-score years gram would be under the direction{in the Territory. At AEL&P Dinner| |44 GET DIPlOMAS MAIER AWARDED. P-TA SCHOLARSHIP One of the largest classes to be graduated from Juneau High School received diplomas during commence- ment exercises in the high school gymnasium last night. Led by Frank Maier, 44 members of the class of 1950 filed into the |OFFICIAL REVISION OF NEW STATE BiLL ARRIVES IN JUNEAU A committee print of the am- ended Alaska statehood bill, as ap- proved by the Senate Interior com- mittee, arrived today in the office of Gov. Ernest Gruening, and re- ceived a nod of approval from Territorial officials after a quick glance through the new measure. Biggest change in the amended act, to go before the Senate the week of June 12, was in the grant- ing of lands to the proposed Staie of Alaska. The original bill grant- ed four sections of each surveyed township in the Territory. This entire section of the bill is rewritten, granting the new state no specitic areas, but allowing 200,000 acres from national forests; another 200,000 acres from vacant public lands valuable for uses other than timber or mineral uses; and after tlve years, an additional 20,- 000,000 acres of public lands to be chosen by the new State. Only provision is that the -big tracts be in “reasonably compact” areas. A section in the first bill which prohibited the state from claiming any and held by a native has been stricken. No provision 1is made concerning these lands- in the amended bill, Left “as 1s” is the land grantedl to the new state for internal im- provements, such as insane asyl- ums, penitentiaries, schools and pioneer homes, to be given from 100,000 to 200,000 acres to be ear- markeéd for specific uses. Control of fisheries and game is transferred to the new state, with the exception of fur seals and sea otters, and fisheries now under in- ternational control. Also excepted are lands withdrawn for wildlife refuges, or for general research activities relating to fisheries and wildlife, o The new state’s constitution must She's Mrs. Takafsukasa Now The former Princess Taka, daughter of Japan's emperor, and her $20 a month museum attendant husbas ceremonies there which followed the bridegroom's youngest brother. nd leave Meiji Temple, Tokyo after their wedding, Hiding his eyes is After two days off the job the bridegroom returned to the museum. (# Wirephoto. WEST BERLIN ALERTASRED (ongressman, Labor Champ, of the Alaska Board of Health anu' Several of the mementoes were administered through the depart-ipresented at the dinner in the Pul- ment of Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, com- | jens’ honor Tuesday evening at missioner of health. i Mike's’ Most of the 60 guests at Dr. Kent Zimmerman, psychia-;the farewell party were employees ‘tric constultant with the Caliromialof the Alaska Electric Light and State Department of Health, con-!power Company, with their wives, ducted the four-day institute which'hyshands, and sweethearts. was attended by some 75 adminis-) My Pullen retired March 1 as trative and supervisory staft mem- | yjce president and manager of the bers of the Welfare and Education|a g L. & P. departments, Alaska Native Service,| with Mr. H. L. Faulkner serving and Veterans Administration in|gas toastmaster, there was a short addition to Health department per-|gafter-dinner program which in- cluded several presentations to the Lack of facilities for treatment of 4 honor guests. Mr. Pullen was given Alaska’s mentally ill was stressed‘a handsome gold pin designed by in a study made last year by t,hreel Mary M. Corbus, of Los Gatos, special Interior department inves-|cglif, A. E. L. & P. treasurer, on tigators in which it was recom-!whjch is engraved “41 years' serv- mended that hospital and clinic|jce” The Pullens have been in Ju- care for mental patients be made|neau for 46 years. available in Alaska. Another gift was a picture ot the Dr. Zimmerman explained ways{Juneau business district, and Light in which present Health statf|Company employees gave the couple members can carry on work in;a four-foot totem pole. Also pre- preparation for development of ’ ented during the little ceremony comprehensive mental hygiene pro-:was a set of golf clubs to Mr. Pul- gram in the Territory. !len. the gift of a group of golfing Pointing out that the study and jfriends. treatment of the mentally ill is one; Dancing concluded the party of the newest phases of medical | which had been arranged by Franz science, Dr. Zimmerman said “Per- ! Nage], Mr. Pullen’s successor as haps it is well that you cannot have | company manager. your new mental hosyital facilities; Mr, and Mrs. Pullen will go ‘East for awhile—it will ~ve you timejfrom Seattle, planning a visit at to lay groundwork ai. be prepared) Yarmouth, Me., where Mr. Pullen to use them to the best advantage {was raised. They will make the trip of the patients when such facilities | via Los Angeles and Denver, re- become available.” turning to Santa Barbara, Calit., in | October. After that, their plans are in- e ol 4 e definite. The couple will look around WEATHER REFORT ably in Southern California. :/CZECH CONSULATE I IN NEW YORK IS In Juneau—Maximum, 49; minimum, 41. At Airport—Maximum, 50; minimum, 40. FORECAST (Juneau snd Vicinity) Variable cloudiness with ocacsional light showers to-. night. Partly cloudy Sunday. ‘Warmer with low tonight near 40 and high Sunday about 55 degrees. WASHINGTON, May 27 — (# — ®!The United States has ordered ® ICommunist Czechoslovakia to close 'Ilrs New York Consulate. L] PRECIPITATIONS At the same time, the State De- partment announced that the (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® *American Consulate in Bratislava is City of Juneau—0.19 inches; being closed. The U.S. said it is since May 1 — 530 inches; yielding to a demand by the Prague since July 1—70.22 inches. government to reduce the total U.S At Airport — 034 inches; diplomatic staff in Czechoslovakia since May 1 — 2.76 inches; from 26 to 12 Americans by June 6. since July 1—45.39 inches. The Department said the Ameri- o o o o can action was taken in a note pre- sented by Ambassador Ellis Briggs i x gym to “Pomp and Circumstance”|provide that no person who ad— played by the high school band|vocates the pverthrow of the gov- and listened -attentively’ while A. B.{ernment of Alaska or the United Phillips, former superintendent of{States may hold ‘public office— schools and now ‘a Juneau banker, |first such provision ever included advised them in the commencement|in a state constitution. address to “think, work and be] Election of delegates to form the loyal.” constitution has been changed in Maier, top of the class with a|reducing each division's delegates grade point of 3.853 (an “A” grade}by one, and adding seven at-large counting four points), gave the val- delegates, making eight at-large; schmidt, second highest with a grade | vention rather than one. point of 3.742, delivered the saluta-| Other changes involve creation of KIDS MARCH (By the Assochved Press) Western Allled-{roops. in Berlin were on trigger alert against trouble today as 400,000 Communist youths in the East sector began their 1ong- | e was 65, heralded “peace and unity” demon-|{ mhe yeteran Congressman, who strations, ! had served nine successive terms in Red leaders poked fun at Western | 4o House, succumbed to a heart fears that the blue-shirted Marxist- | oytaok gt his home in suburban trained youth might invade West| panrporn, Berlin. Lesinski, in private life, the head Dies in Detroit DETROIT, May 27—\M—Repres | sentative John Lesinski (D-Mich), one of labor’s champions in Con- gress, died suddenly early today. tory. Leslie B. Avrit, principal of the high school, presented the cov- eted $500 Parent-Teacher Associ- ation scholarship to Valedictorian Maier. Maier was also presented Charles McClellan Memorial Schol- arship, awarded from a fund set up after the death last summer of one of the leaders of the Juneau High School class of 1949. in| Maier also received a Washington State College award. The Arion Foundation music awards, presented to the two sen- iors considered to have contributed the most to school music, went to Bill Sperling for instrumental music and Robert Croken for choral music. Better than “B” grade averages were maintained through their four vears of high school by nine ot the graduating seniors. In addition to Maier and Miss Messerschmidt, high grade honors went to Betty Tapley, Katherine Bavard, Patricia Garrett, Cnml for a place to settle down, prob-{ Jean MacDonald, Willlam Kee) l ORDERED T CLOSE'*" Ted Day, and Alice Tanaka. Mrs. Ruth M. Popejoy, member of the school board, presented the diplomas to the graduating class. Joanne Sabin, graduating senior, played Liszt’s “Liebestraum” on the piano. Bilj Sperling played “Star- ust” as a trumpet solo. “Pilgrim’s Chorus” by Wagner was sung by the high school chorus, and “I Passed by Your Window” was sung by the Girl's Trio. The commencement exercises, which began with an invocation by the Rev. A. B. Morgan, ended as the class of 1950 filed out of the gymnasium as the band, directed by Joseph Shofner, played “Auld Lang Syne.” TALLY-HO! FEED ' 'ER THE PETROL; a federal judlclal district for Alaska. HALIBUT PRICES STILL UP; 87,500 LBS. LANDED Halibut prices stayed at yester- day's high today as 87,500 pounds was landed at the Juneau Cold Smrage Company wharf this morn- Only price change was for chick- ens which went for as high as 19.05 cents per pound. Large and medium halibut sold for 21 cents. The Pelican, skippered by Ole Westby, put ashore the largest load today—45,000 pounds. It went to the Alaska Coast Fisheries, Elton Engstrom, and Ed C. Johnson in a three-way split, and brought 21 cents for large and medium halibut, and 1850 cents for chickens. Also unloading today were the Sharon, 3,500 pounds; the Sun- more, 18,000 pounds; and the 31C- 450, 11,000 pounds. " MISSING DOUBLE KNOT FOUND BY SEARCHING NAVY PATROL PLANE The fishing vessel Double Knot, missing in the stormy Gulf of Al- aska since Tuesday, was sighted late yesterday afternoon on the beach near Cape Suckling, 25 miles northeast of Cape St. Elias by a U. 8. Navy search aircraft. The aircraft reported to Cape St. Elias light station that the 36-Idot vessel seemed in good condition and the two men sighted appeared to be in good shap. Rations and a message telling the men that a rescue craft was on the way were dropped from the aircraft. Fear was held for the safety of the Double Knot when a turntable thought to be from the vessel was found adrift six miles north of Wingham Island in the Cape St. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska from Seattle scheduled to arrive Sunday but no definite time at noon today. Baranof from Seattle due Tues- day. Aleutian from westward scheduled southbound 7 p.m. Sunday. i Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver May 31. Siroky at Prague today. The American note was in answer | to a Czech note of May 23 saying that the United States should cut its official personnel to 12 persons— the number of Czech diplomats now officially firmm.ed in this country. SAN FRANCISCAN George L. Collins of San Fran- cisco is registered at the Baranot Hotel, A to Czech Foreign Minister Viliam RATIONING OFF s, sica i o o LONDON, May 27—{®—Joyous| The Double Knot was first re- British motorists began their Whit- | ported overdue by the Whiz Half- sunday weekend holidays with alllerty Canneries, Inc., in Cordova. the petrol (gasoline) they want. The government announced the BETTS TO LOS ANGELES ending of gas rationing yesterday.| Archie G. Betts, public account- The move was made possible be-|ant, is making a quick business cause two American oil companies trip to Los Angeles this weekend. agreed to supply gasoline for sterl-| He was to leave this afternoon ing instead of American dollars as|via Pan American Airways, expect- had previously been required. ing to be back in Juneau Tyesday. edictory; and Roberta Messer-|members of the constitutional con- I Correspondents said Berlin, pres- ent hot spot in the cold war, was freer from violence than at any time in recent months. But Ameri- can, British and French troops were readied for any emergency. East Berlin became an amusement park for the touring Communist | youths as sugar-coating for their ideological refresher course and pep rallies. The big march of an adver- tised half-million teenagers has been ballyhooed for tomorrow. BOOSTED MINE AID BILL HITS SENATE WASHINC'LION, may 27— (P —A new metal mine aid bill was intro- duced yesterday by Senator Mc- Carran (D-Nev.). It follows, in many respects, the bill now before the House rules committee, hut includes features of an earlier McCarran bill to devote part of tarif fees to support dom- sstic mines, The McCarran bill would author- ize the Secretary of the Interior to spend. $45,000,000 in 1951 dnd $67,000,000 in each of the next three years for conservation of present mines and exploration fof new mineral and metal ore bodies. The House bill would allow $30,- 000,000 for 1951 and $45,000,000 an- nually for the next three years. In addition, the McCarran bill would earmark import revenues as follows for aid to domestic pro- ducers: Manganese, one-fourfth cent on each pound imported; anti- mony, one cent a pound; mercury, 25 cents a pound and tungsten, 38 cents a pound. The revenues so set aside would ke distributed to producers of each of these mincrals on the basis of | the proportion each contributed to, the total domestic production. HOLIDAY PLANNED FOR NEXT TUESDAY Next Tuesday, Memorial Day, will be a holiday in Juneau, Federal, ‘Territorial and city offices closing, also stores and general business. There will be exercises and parade Tuesday morning and weather per- mitting, baseball games in the af- ternoon, of a lumber company, held an in- fluential position in Congress as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. iMiss Christensen, ] Robert D. Bunch to Wed This Evening At a candlelight ceremony this evening at 8 o'clock, in the North- ern Light Presbyterian Church, Miss Bonnie Rose- Christensen and Mr. Robert Donald Bunch will be united in marriage, the Rev. A, B. Morgan of the Methodist church, glving the vows. Miss Harriet Berg will be the maid of honor and Mr, Ernest L. Arnold will be attendant to Mr. Bunch. Ushers will be Mr. George Tay- lor and Mr. Ward Garrett. The bride will be given in mar- riage by Myr. Ralph Wright. Nancy Ammon, of Denver, niece of Miss Christensen will light the candles. Miss Christensen ‘will carry a bikle that was used at the mar- riage of her grandmother and alsc have an heirloom brooch on her wedding dress that has been in the family for four generations. Following the marriage ceremony, a reception will be held in the church parlors. Mrs. Sterling Sears will pour, Mrs. Harriet Len- nstrom will presidg at the punch bowl and following the cutting of [the cake by the bride, Mrs. Gunnar Roos will take over that function. In the receiving line at the re- ception will be the newlyweds, Mrs. PFrances Christensen, mother of the ! bride who flew here from Denver, Colorado, to attend the wedding raccompanied by her grand-daughter !Nancy Ammon; Commander and Mrs. Charles Rudolph, parents of Mr. Bunch, and Mr. Ralph Wright. The bride has been a teacher on lhe Juneau Public Schools staff for the past year and Mr. Bunch is with Bert's meat market. The newlyweds will remain in Juneau during the summer then go south to Portland, Oregon, where the bride will téach and Mr. Bunch attend umvmlty McKlNNEY HLBE R. J. McKinney of Portland, Ore., is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. l PRICE TEN CENTS (CAB CRACKS DOWN HARD, NON-SKEDS Long Awaited Statement of Policy Made—Hot Blast by Heacock (By the Associated Press) The Civil Aeronautics Board has cracked down on non-scheduled air carriers. It authorized non-scheduled op- erations for two companies and de- nied similar permission to 11 others (one of them of Seattle). In a long-awaited statement of policy, the board said any non- scheduled operator between the states and Alaska will be forbidden to make more than eight flights in one direction within any four-week period. Amos Heacock, President of the Independent Air Carriers Confer- ence of America, issued a hot blast against the CAB, at Seattle. He sald the stand of the board may ground all non-scheduled flights be- tween Seattle and Alaska. The board said it will deny tem- porary permits to applicants who have been violating the rules against frequent flights between cities. Flights Limited Those receiving permits are for- bidden to make more than three flights in the same direction within four consecutive weeks between certain large cities spesified by the board or more than eight flights in one direction within four weeks be- tween any other pairs of cities. The latter rule will apply to Alaska- state flights. The board ordered the carriers to count contract flights as well as common carrier or general trans- port operations in computing their MM"“ s Many of the large non-sked car- riers have been complying with thé rules, the CAB said, but many others have been concentrating their operations among a few large cities. The CAB said it had the ef- fect of being regular route service. “Such operations must, to a cer- tain degree, be competitive with, and divert traffic from, the certifi- cated (regularly scheduled) carriers operating over the same routes,” the board said. It noted, however, that the air- lines, “apparently have not, and probably cannot, fully satisty the uncertain and unpredictable de- mand for air transportation which is being met by some of the large irregular (non-sked) carriers.” Special Operations The special operations consist of charter flights for groups, business and emergency flights, sometimes to points not on air routes. ‘The decisions on permits were the first in a preceding covering 96 ap- plications for formal permits. Until now, all such operations have been under extension of a general grant which the board canceled last June 20. The first permits went to John- son Flying Service, Missoula, Mont., and Capitol Airways, Inc., in Ten- nessee. The 11 denials were based generally on finding that the appli- cants have not been operating under the authority they already had, and 50 no need for the proposed service was shown. Denials will be effec- tive in 30 days unless appealed. The only Pacific Northwest firm among those denied permits was Consolidated Air Lines, Seattle. It was one of nine denials based on lack of operations or failure to own or control aircraft. Heacock’s Statement In his Seattle staterent, Heacock said: “All independent air carriers that are making any money now are op- erating outside the law as interr preted by the CAB. It is impossible for us to conduct our operations on the eight-trip four-week‘formula.” Heacock sald his firm, Air Trans- port Assoclates, averages six Alaska flights a week. He said “coach” fares by the regular schedule lines has driven out non-skeds which operate less frequently. “The CAB has violated its oath of office by destroying, instead of de- veloping, civil aviations,” Heacock declared. “The board’s aim is not regula- tions, but extermination of the air lines that led the industry to lower coach fares, to an air freight mar- ket, to agricultural labor move- ments and other new fields.” He said the Independent Air Car- riers Conference “will now appeal to the courts of the nation and to public opinion to right this wrong.”