The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1950, Page 1

| | | THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,519 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND (C COMING T0 ALASKA PORTLAND, Oregon, June 2—#) —A travel-trade tour to Alaska will take.an estimated 44 Portland busi- nessmen north. July 15-26, the Portland Chamber of Commerce reported today. e M. Henderson, committee chairman, said the group tour would turn up mcre business opportunities than would individual visits to the ‘Territory. The schedule calls for the group to be in Juneau 15-18, Fairbanks July 19-23, and Anchorage July 24-26. The trip will be by scheduled airlines. PLANNERS DREAM OF SECOND MATANUSKA IN KENAI PENINSULA| By VERN HAUGLAND ‘WASHINGTON, June 2 — (® — The proposed “project settlement” program in Alaska probably will start in the Kenai-Kasilot area south of Anchorage, the Interior Department said today. An interdepartmental committee on group settlement in Alaska has found that that area is most readily T——— ng Since Birth, The Hall sisters, Eloise, 14; Elaine, 10 and Faye 7 (left to right) of Acworth, Ga., experience sight for the first time at Candler Hospital in Savannah, Ga., after they were fitted with temporary glasses. They are looking at the color in the dress of Miss Louise Lenhardt, hos- Blind since birth from congenital cataracts, they PRICE TEN CENTS e b ey Sisters See {Salmon Beef | ’fl! Injunction i Handed Down No Pickels Allowed!St Against Alaska Line, But LongshoremenWon tWork SEATTLE, June 2—(M—Federal Judge John C. Bowen has granted an injunction to prohibit picketing | 3 of ships carrying supplies to Alaska for the salmon-canning season. The injunction replaced a tem- porary restraining order issued by Judge Bowen last Saturday. The new injunction, issued after Judge Bowen heard the case on its merits, directed that two locals of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union (CIO) cannot picket shipping firms until the National Labor Relations Board settles a jurisdictional 'dispute.” It does not, however, prevent pick- eting of the Alaska Salmon lndus-j try. Despite the court action, however, no cannery cargoes were loaded aboard ships of the Alaska Steam- | ship Company. There has been no picketing since the temporary re-l strainer but company officials said longshoremen walked off the job when asked to load cannery freight. William Gettings, regional long- shore chief, said “the union has no i ,‘d‘ ] g by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). men in the window tried in vain to grab her. Ignoring “don’t jump” pleas of hunderds of person watching her, blonde 25-year-old Jean ‘Williams, perches on a window ledge (left) just before she plunged to death from the Grant Building in downtown Pitts- burgh, Pa. At right she plummets through the air from the seventh floor window. Two unidentified A note found in her purse read, “I just couldn’t get by.” These pictures were taken by Paul Slantis of the Pitisburgh Post-Gazette. (P Wirephoto—Copyright, 1950, adaptable to settlement of five gov- ernment land sectors totaling 300,- 000 acres, temporarily withdrawn from public use. The withdrawals were ordered to permit thorough surveys of the five areas before any settlement gets under way. The Kenai-Kasilof area is along Cook Inlet near the northwestern base of the Kenai peninsula. The committee also has recom- mended that one of the five areas, the Dunbar district west of Fair- banks, be rejected as & project settlement area. The committee said that land should be returned to individual settlement, “with - full publicity given to the fact that the area is unsuited to individual settlement in- volving full-time commercial farm- ing” Warne's Statement Willlam E. Warne, assistant Sec- retary of the Interior, told a re- porter the proposed Dunbar pro- ject already had been dropped from planning. He said an administration pro- posal to set up the over-all pro- gram for Alaska project develop- ment awaits Congressional action. ‘The high cost of clearing and level- ing farm land in Alaska, and of getting it into crop production, has retarded the Territory's agricultural development. The federal project settlements have been proposed as the solution. The committee recommended no immediate action for two other proposed areas on the Kenai penin- sula—the Ninilchik and the Homer (Fritz Creek) areas — but asked the withdrawals to remain in force. Frost, Water Surveys It proposed that the geological survey make frost and water sur- —_— (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON 1Copyrisht, 1960, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) pital supervisor. underwent delicate surgery recently. Their mother, also blind, has never seen the girls. Nurse unidentified. #® Wirephoto. Police Chief [RUSSIAN FisIS - ARE FEARED BY Of Anchorage |~ peseainG Bovs Quits Office Blueshirted Commie ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Juné”2— Nduihs P'ead 10 Remam iP—Police Chief Charies stowent has ) il Western. Sectors resigned effective June 20, after nearly two years of controversy over| gppryNn, June 2—(P—West Ber- P lin authorities pleaded with 270 fe said he was quitting because |y)yesnjrteq Communist youth to- of “an increasing powerful political day to return to their hcmes in attack.” 2 the Russian zone. They refused to The Chief complained that, while | go 4 he was trying to “reorganize the ;I'hcy- it eetin fob e department and increase its effi- |\whitsun march of 500,000 German ciency,” people have opposed the|gommunists, took one look at the police, ridiculed them, embarrassed | ywestern sectors and were conver- them with | half-cocked investiga- | peq “‘3}‘5‘ 2 e . The orphans of the march, en- ‘One group in this city wants | campeq in the British sector, told run the department through graft.|cie, officials this afternoon they They are using all available pres-{qo not want to return to the East sure to bring-that about. But even|.ng they could not safely go back the gamblers and other operators},,y anyhow because of their dis- resist such a move. They would|,hedient flight. rather pay fines when caught than The West German authorities pay a steady and increasing tribute | were nonplussed. They said onlyl to a police commissioner and his|ahout 10 per cent of the blue shirt cohorts. deserters can be classified, even by searching the imagination, as SOAP Box DERBY “persecutees” and entitled to live MEETING TONIGHT in the West. A special commission All boys who have signified in- was appointed to examine each tentions to get into the big Soap case. 4 The FDJ (Freie Deutsche Jugend Box Derby, or those who are just contemplating, are urged to atténd —Free 'German Youth) deserters were rlainly disappointed and inl a meeting tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the A, B, Hall. some cases worried over the pros- pect of returning home. Ellis Reynolds, spark plug of the local organizations sponsoring the STOCK QUOTATIONS Derby, says the time is short and the boys must get busy now. NEW YORK, June 2 — Closing quotation sof. Alaska Juneau mine stock toddy is 2%, American Can 118%, Anaconda 32, Curtiss-Wright way to force its individual members to work if they choose not to.” A federa] conciliator said another meeting for this afternoon in nego- tiations between the Salmon Indus- try and Local 7-C of the Long- shoremen’s Union is scheduled. ‘Goon Squad Is Charged fo (10 Union LOS ANGELES, June 2 — () Seven fish processing companies charged in an anti-trust:law civil damage suit today that a CIO fish- ermen’s union has tried to “capture” control of the industry. The complaint alleged that Local 33 of the CIO Fishermen’s Union actually is not a labor union be- cause of overlapping membership in the Federated Boat Owners Asso- ciation and the Fishermen's Co- operative Association. It also charged that the citizen’s committee of the CIO union is a “goon squad.” The processors declared that the union attempted to control the $26,- 000,000 fishing industry in this area by forcing the signing of illegal price-fixing contracts, by estab- lishing a boat owners paol and pre- venting canneries from buying tish from boats outside the pool. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or evening. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Alaska from west scheduled to arrive at 4:30 p.n. today and sails south about 9 o'clock tonight. Big Police Force For West Germany WASHINGTON, June 2 — # — The Western Powers are consider- ing a proposal to create a cemral,‘ police force of 25,000 men in West- ern Germany. This was disclosed today by the State Department, which said the | proposal was advanced by Chan-| celior Adenauer of West Germany. The suggestion was, taken up %y the -American~British-French for- : for Anti - American et iy montn ot | Demonsirafions - ' {aecision was reached. | HONOLULU, June 2—(®—At| Press officer Michael J. McDer- ‘enst two persons are missing and|mott told a news conference that JAPANESE COMMIES REBUFFED MAUNA LO POURS OUT | FIERY LAVA Volcano Erupts at Night- Homes Destroyed-Two Persons Are Missing TOKYO, June 2—(@—Metropol- {itan police tonight barred the Com- munists from using two major downtown parks for tomorrow’s scheduled anti-American demon- strations. The police crackdown probably was made with the approval of General MacArthur's headquartéls. The demonstrations are intended to be a part of a ‘“general strike” called by the Communists. Whether the Communists will try to use the parks anyway was 15 homes destroyed in the eruption|the matter now has been referred of Mauna Loa, which poured a|to the American-British-French river of red-hot lava 20 miles to|high commissioner at Frankfurt for the ocean at Kona, Hawaii, police,d decision after discusstons wiy West German leaders. McDermott said the foreign min- isters “did not feel they had suf- ficient data and information to reach a‘deeision” in London. Be- fore the meeting, he said, Aden- auer sent a letter to all three sovernments “requesting 25,000 cen- said today. The massive volcano erupted last night, driving 60 families from their homes on southwest Hawaii Island. Police Sgt. Henry Kunitomo said Mr. and Mrs. L, P. Lincoln, a re- tired couple in their 70’s, are miss- ing. He said the molten lava streams | ival police.” poured into several seacoast vill- The letter undoubtedly was r}ot kiown. Earlier one leader had ages and destroyed ‘“about 15|vrompted by Russia’s move in|38id the Reds would go ahead with the demonstration even though police said they had not obtained the required permit. The police declared Hibiya Park, one trouble spot in the Memorial Day clash between Red demon- strators and U, S. soldiers was “off limits.” Reliable Japanese sources said today General MacArthur's head- quarters is studying a government plan to outlaw the Japan Com- munist party. ‘Wi.ethér the plan will be adopted may depend greatly on the Com- munist demonstrations tomorrow. The Red party predicted more than 100,000 labor unionists and thous- ands of students would join in the nation-wide strike, Violence such as the Memorial Day kicking and stoning of Amer- arming a 50,000-man East German police force. GOODWILL GROUP TO ERECT SIGN AT CUT-OFF JUNCTION TOMORROW A Juneau Chambeér of Commerce party was scheduled to leave this afternoon on a goodwill tour which ~ill take it as far as Whitehorse. The group of 20 will stop -at iaines tonight, where they will meet with leaders of that city. They will proceed to the junction »f the Haines cut-off and the dlaska Highway tomorrow where a large roadside sign will be erected pointing the way to Juneau. homes and one Catholic church.” A schoolhouse also was reported demolished but this was | tirmed. | Kunimoto said the area dam- taged was on the northern side of !che lava flow, which he sald was one mile wide. Communications with the south- ern part have been cut, he added and the damage there is not known. Kona police reported by radlo- phone that “probably 60 families” were forced to evacuate seacoast homes between the villages of Ale and Pahoehoe. The Civil Air Patrol said uncon- tae steam of molten rock poured into the ocean near Honaunau village on the southwest coast of Hawaii Island. It said a second flow was only three miles from the sea. ASHINGTON—Secretary of De- fense Louey Johnson is not only a good national defense economizer, a good political money-raiser, but good at passing out juicy plums to his friends. One of the juiciest, but little- noticed plums in government is the giant German corporation, General Aniline and Film, seized by the United States during the war, and now operated by the Justice Department supposedly , for the benefit of all the taxpayers. Thanks to Louey's adroit wire- pulling, however, it is being oper- ated also for the benefit of some of Louey’s friends. Pirst, Louey has contrived to have his law firm succeed him as counsel for the German corpora- CUTTER OUT ON HALIBUT PATROL AS SEASON ENDS Halibut fishing season closed at and the Coast Guard cutter Ca- hoone departed from Sitka at that time to patrol the area, according to Coast Guard headquarters here. A Coast Guard aircraft at An- nette Island has also been ordered to patrol the area. RAINBOW GIRLS TO MEET SATURDAY P. M. The Order of Rainbow for Girls will hold its regular business meet- ing Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock tion, and they received a total of in the Scottish Rite Temple. This $64,500 last year. It should be will be the last meeting for the noted that Louey’s firm, Steptoe'summer and members are urged and Johnson, is one of the best|to attend. in the east and does a highly com- petent job. It should also be noted that be-| fore Louey became secretary of de- FERGUS HOFFMAN HERE Fergus Hoffman, former member fense, and while he, himself, was|of the Empire reportorial atafl.‘ counsel for General Aniline, he|for the past several years special used it as a sort of roosting gmundlwmer and traveling répresentative for friends. Several df them kicked | of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, is aboard the Northwind, and is calling on his many old fries: in Juneau. into the Truman kitty when Loueyl (Continued on Page Four) S ot Sl A A SO S B ol 1o S P AR o MRS 30 Ol SO $5 AT S e SN midnight last night in Area Two,|dustrials 223771, rails 55.33, utilities . 1 ) Baranof from west scheduled 8%, Interational Harvester 28%,|southbound Sunday. . ‘The Civil Air Patrol flashed word Kennecott 58%, New York Central ’lulet }:nday t;mt t.het village oir l;a:o:l 13%, Nortern Pacific 15%, U.S. FROM CHATHAM on the nearby coast was, encircled by Steel 337%. i}ound $2.80%%. Harold Hansen of Chatham, is ;&:ry lmi': {;fl:;i‘d :::reh are lesu;erx; Sales today were 1,450,000 shares.|, guest at the Baranof Hotel. uoee: peop] i Averages today are as follows: in- in them.” i Harry Blockhahn, editor of the Hilo Tribune-Herald, reported eight to 10 sightseers were marooned on the main highway southwest of the volcano. The river of lava split and caught them between its branches. They were in no immediate danger, however. Police at the scene reported that Mr. and Mrs. Lyman P. Lincoln, originally reported missing, had been found safe and well at a lodge well out of the way of the lava’s path. The report of their being mis- sing had come from Police Sgt. Henry Kunitone of Kona. 43.50. WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 61; minimum, 46. At Airport—Maximum, 63; minimum, 46. FIRE DEPARTMENT MAKES DONATION, KIDS' PLAYGROUND The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- partment held its regular monthly meeting last nlcl‘c at the Fire Club. ‘The proposed gite of a new city hall which includles space for fire! fighting apparatus and quarters| o for members of the department was| o favorably received; ' ° The sum of $40 Was yoted to assist | ¢ in the purchase of Star Hill prop-| e erty to be used as‘a cHildren’s play- ground. i FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with intermittent rain and decreasing south- easterly winds tonight. Mostly cloudy with occasional showers Saturday. Little change in temperature with lowest tonight 44; and high- est Saturday 54. RUMPLE BACK PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 8.m. today City of Juneau—0.25 inches; =3 e since June 1 — 025 inches Visitors were nnhry firemen| e since July 1—71.39 inches. James P. Orme Carl Casperson. | o At Airport — 0.11 inches After disposal off routine business| e since June 1 — 0.11 inches; the meeting ended t,t, a lunch pre- | @ since July 1—45.88 inches. P Ty 3 © 006006000 0 00 Baranof Hotel. Division. | | JACK TALBOT HERE Mayor Jack Talbot of Ketchikan is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. Co., Wilburn L. Rumple of San fim.‘huylng trip. cisc6, has returned from a trip to]to Seattle, San Francisco then to the Interior and is stopping at the]Los Angeles to attend the fashdn He is on the staff|show of Pan American World Airways,|Wwearing apparel for women is on in the office of the Pacific Alaska [Hisplay. The Goodwill tour will continue to Whitehorse and Marsh Lake, B. C. before returning to Juneau Monday evening. The tour was arranged by O. P. Benecke, member of the Chamber’s tourist committee. Included among those making the trip will be Charles W. Carter, Henry Green, Charles Burdick, Wes Overby, Pete Warner, Mal- colm Greany, Freeda Bechtold, Joe McLean, N, C. Banfield, Tom Dy- er, Alva Blackerby, Ideal Wilde: Mrs. Bert Faulkner, Helen Mon- sen, George Haen, John Newland and Harriet Smith, LEOTA SMITH GOES SOUTH, BUYING TRIP Leota Smith, of B. M. Behrends flew south yesterday on a Mrs. Smith will go there where the latest In about two weeks. FROM KAKE Andy Carlson and Ted Holland of Kake are at the Gastineau. ican troops may result in the Jap- anese government outlawing the Communist party. The strike was called in reprisal for the speedy trial of eight Jap- anese charged with attacking five U. 8. scldiers Monday. It also is designed to influence Sunday elec- tions for the Upper House of Par- liament. A U. S. military court, pushing the trial along 4t a fast pace, went into another night session. COUNCIL TO READ TAX ORDINANCE TONIGHT The Juneau City Council will hold its regular meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the City Hall, and at that time the sales tax ordinance will bé read for the third time. It will be the final reading of the ordinance before it goes to the qualified voters of the city June 20 for their approval or disapproval. The ordinance calls for a one She expects to return in|percent sales tax for the special purpose of paying of the “ity’s pre- sent and future bonded indebted- ness. Committee reports will also be | heard. i WARNING ' GIVEN BY - ACHESON Greater Outiay in Foreign Ams Predicted-Secre- tary Tells Why WASHINGTON, June 2—(P—Sec+ retary of State Acheson told sen- ators bluntly today that the United States may have to increase in years to come its annual outlay for foreign arms, Testifying before the Senate For- eign Relations and Armed Services Committees, Acheson said the Western world is “a long way from having an adequate security force” to meet the threat of Communist aggression. He urged Congress to approve a new $1,222,500,000 arms aid pro- gram for the fiscal year beginning July 1.. Of that amount, $1,0%),- 200,000 would go to bolster defenses of the North Atlantic Treaty coun- tries. The total amount asked is slightly lower than the $1,314,010,000 made available by Congress for the pres- "|ent fiscal year. But Acheson refused to hold out hope that these expenditures can be progressively reduced. “Honest Answer” In response to a question by Senator H. Alexander Smith (R- NJ), the secretary said an “honest answer” is that in the immediate future the United States might have to increase i¢s ald to Western Europe, Without mentioning Russia by name, he said that unless another power revises its course of action, “we may have to put more, rather than less, effort into this program.” Acheson's prepared testimony was presented to a joint session of the Senate Forelgn Relations and AreBarred from Two Parks|Amed services committee. for the new funds to keep flowing the $1,314,010,000 of American mu- nitions already being sent abroad in this fiscal year. The new moriey would provide arms aid for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Dynamic Program Mr. Truman called the aid a “dynamic program of constructive action to expand the freedom and increase the well-being of all free people.” ‘The President's statement in sup- port of his request was far more heated than the one Acheson pre- sented today. Mr. Truman de- clared bluntly that the Soviet Com- munists are threatening free na- tions everywhere and the urgent need to reenforce “the ramparts of freedom has never been more plain.” Later in the day Mr., Truman followed up his message to Congress with a news conference comment that he thinks the world is nearer peace tdday than it has been at any time during the past five years. ‘The chief executive offered no bridge between his two statements by way of explanation. Other off- icials sald, however, that the main point of Mr. Truman’s present for- elgn policy is that the prospects . for peace brighten as the Western powers achieve unity and military strength, and that those defense factors now are at their highest point since the cold war began. HARRY SPERLING IS - RUSHED TO HOSPITAL Harry Sperling, well-known in- iormation officer with the U. 8. Forest Service here, suffered a stroke this afternoon and was rushed to St. Ann’'s Hospital by rolice ambulance. 9 Sperling had not been at his office during the day, as he had not been feeling well, His physician was not available to describe how serious his con- dition is, but police said he co@:d not speak when placed in the am- bulance for the trip to the hos- pital. His home is at 530 W. 10 Street, NORTH WIND ARRIVES HERE The Coast Guard cutter North- wind, en route north from Seattle for its annual Bering S2a patrol, arrived here at 1 p.m. today. | Capt. E. K. Moore is commanding tofficer of the cutter. { The vessel will unload stores here before proceeding to the West- ward. Departure time is uncertain, FROM HAINES & | Earl Gracey of Haines is regis- jtered at the Gastineau Hotel.