The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1950, Page 1

| i i VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,522 RED BAN ORDERED Drastic Action Is Taken by Government on Orders from Gen. MacArthur TOKYO, June 6—®—The Jap- anese government today banned from public life 24 top members ot Japan’s Communist Politburo on orders from General MacArthur. The action swiftly followed a let- ter from MacArthur to Prime Min- ister Shigeru Yoshida. With obvious restraint, the Com- munists, whose retaliatién was ex- pected to turn to violence, issued a mild statement blaming their sup- pression on the “reactionary Hos- hida cabinet.” The Commuunists nowhere in their statement mentioned the oc- cupation _or General MacArthur. Their brief statement called on all “patriotic citizens” to join in fight- ing the ban. ‘The Reds said their suppression indicated the government “can no longer resist our fight against the establishment of military bases in Japan after a peace treaty.” Addressing “all patriots,” the Communists warned “if you should give in to this move taken by the Hoshida cabinet the peace loving people will be enslaved. We should stand as one in the fight betore it is too late.” The government’s notification to the Communists came after a cabi- net meeting. Seven of them will vacate Parlia- mentary seats. All will be prohibited from party membership or nay other political activity. They will be bar- red from positions of /imnfluence in other activities. The swift move which MacArthur ordered in a letter to Premier Shi- geru Hoshida will cost the Reds their principal public speakers and most effective leaders. The government, in the wake of Sunday’s elections which saw Ho- shida’s pro-occupation Liberal party retained in power, already had an- nounced its intention of outlawing the Communist party. Oldtimer's Body Found in Creek, Circle Hot Springs Fairbanks, Alaska, June 6—P— The body of William H. Cunning- ham, 62, was feund yesterday float- ing in a creek at Circle Hot Springs, 100 air-miles northeast of here., Cunningham, a longtime res- ident of the area, had been miss- ing since May 30. ley Nichols, U. S. Marshal, said he believed Cunningham died a natural death but ordered an inquest held last night. ‘The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON ht, 1960, by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) ASHINGTON — Slow-spoken Congressman Graham Barden of North Carolina, new chairman of the House Labor and Education Committee, will wait for the right moment and then push his Fed- eral-aid-to-education bill—without ald to parochial schools. Barden, a former schoolteacher, is a strong believer in aid-to- schools, but incurred the wrath of Cardinal Spellman last year when he* took a strong stand for con- tinued separation of church a&nd state. Since then, the late Congressman Lesinski of Michigan was able to bottle the education bill inside his labor and education committee. But with Lesinski's death, however. Barden probably will be able to report the bill out in the form he wants it. But whether he will be able “to get it through the house is doubtful. Meanwhile, here are some of the school conditions existing in pnrts of the nation. In a San Antonio skid row sub- urb, 3,500 chjldren are crowded into two school buildings. Three thousand others do 1ot go to school at all, or attend part-time classes . . . some schools in northern Vir- ginia are so overcrowded, students are taught in two and three “shifts” per day . More than 400,000 children in Oklahoma are schooled in inadeguate or unsan- —_— e .. (Continued on Page Four) ltooo"oooo “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1950 W ——————— ; fire Threalens Homes e Forest, fires dotted the Pacific Ni ENTRIES FOR JULY MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Red Demonslrallon in Tokye 37 SAVED IN ATH QUEEN CONTEST : | T0 END ON FRIDAY} IRegistrations Must Be Made so that Ticket Sale May Start June 12 Candidates for Juneau's Queen on the Fourth of July must be an- nounced by the various organiza- tions not later than Friday eve- ning according to the announce-|, ment made today by Judy Greene. This was the decision made by the || Fourth of July committee and the} announcement further said it is necessary to limit the sponsors ot a candidate to two organizations only. This will enable more girls tc be in the contest. Also the sale of tickets will likewise be limited tC PLANECRASH NEAR MIAMI 28 Missing as Craft Down at Sea - Among 5,000 Puerto Rlcans Arriving MIAMI, FI J\lnv 6—P—The destroyer USS Saufley radioed to- day that it had picked up 37 sur- vivors of a twin-engine airplane which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 275 miles hortheast of here. Those saved included the pilot, Joseph Halsey, Seattle There was no report on the re- mainder of the 63 passengers and orthwest (June 3) and residents of a wooden area near Vancouver, Wash., dug a fire trail (top) in hopes of keeping flames from their homes while others (bottom) evacuated with houschold belongings. # Wirephoto. FREE NATIONS CAN HOLD ATTACK, IF GIVEN TIME, AID Truman’s Request for " Foreign Arms WASHINGTON, cune 6—(®—Gen. Omar N. Bradley said today the free nations of Europe, if given time and ajd, will be able to defend and hold Westem Ewrope from at- tack. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff made the statement to (ie House Foreign Affairs Committee in supporting President Truman's request for $1,222,500,000 to con- tinue foreign arms program for another year. Bradley said the military aid to Atlantic Treaty allies already has brought this nation “one step closer o establishing a reasonable secur- ity for ourselves as well as for our friends.” Looking back over the first year of the program, he said “we have confidence in what is being accom- plished.” “A year ago, the successful de- fense of Western Europe, in the face of a coordinated enemy attack, was a remote possibility. The mil- tary estimates were discouraging.” Rep. Smith (R-Kan. asked whether the situation in Europe is “critical” or of an emergency aature, Bradley replied: General Bradley Supporls‘ ‘McCarthy " Has New Charges WASHINGTON, June 6—(#—Sen- iatar McCarthy (R-Wis.) said today ithe FBI three years ago listed 33 persons in the State Department *|as Communists or party agents and that three are “still holding high ' positions.” To back up his statements made in a Senate speech, MeCarthy pro- |duced what he said was a docu- ment prepared by a State Depart- ment investigator for the benefit | 1of the department’s security div- ision. This paper quoted FBI re- ports. After reading from the paper without saying what it was, Mc- Carthy identified it in response to questions from Senator Knowland (R-Calif.). Knowland called lhe material ‘by far the most significant direct evidence” thus far presented in the controversy over McCarthy’s charges of Communism in the State Department. Knowland told the Senate that its foreign relations subcommittee, now investigating McCarthy’s char- zes, would be “derelict” if it did not immediately exercise its sub- poena to get the original docu- ments. He added that unless the persons named by the FBI were removed, “it seems to me there may be a case for impeachment somewhere “I do not think there is anylajong the line.’ mmediate threat of war but at ‘he same time war might come at iny time either by accident or design, although I think the chan- ces are against it.” The Senate Foreign Relati®ns :cmmittee heard W. Averell Har- riman, roving ambassador of the Marshall Plan, while Bradley tesii- iied to the House committee. Harriman urged the senators to zive the administration authority 0 help Western Europe build up its own munitions and military :quipment production. The senators have given indica- Jdons they probably will rewrie che amms bill to curb President Truman’s powers. When their aearings end, they are expected ,0 start by overhauling a section sriticized by Senator Vandenberg |. (R-Mich.). WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 69; minimum, 45. At Airport—Maximum, 72; minimum, 41. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair and warm tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temperature tonight near 44 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — Non since June 1 — 0.75 inche: since July 1—71.89 inches. At Airport None; since June 1 — 0.33 inches; since July 1—46.10 inches. ! The Senate Interior Committee yes- "yev ending June 30. MINE ASSESSMENI WORK REQUIRED BY OCT. 1 IN NEW BILL WASHINGTON, June 6 — (A — terday rejected a bill to suspend mining claim assessment work re- quirements for the current fiscal The law provides that persons holding mining claims must do $100 worth of assessment work each year. Senator Millikin (R-Colo) introduced the bill to suspend this | requirement. Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) told reporters the committee had approved by a -vote of 4 to 3 a substitute bill by Senator Cordon (R-Ore) to extend until Oct. 1 the period in which claim holders can do this fiscal year’s assessment work. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Aleutian from Seattle in port and scheduled to sail westward at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Princess Kathleen from Vancou- ver in port and scheduled to sail at 11:30 tonight for Skagway. Does not return to Juneau southbound. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver tomorrow night. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Thursday. Chilcotin scheduled to sail from Vancouver Thursday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. the sponsoring organizations the sales. The names of all must be given to Miss Greene, far there is on),y one candidate, Car- men Mantyla, sponsored by the Women of the Moose, Moose Lodge and Lions Club. Ticket. sale Wwill start Monday, June 12 and sales must be reported between the hours of 5 and 5:30 p.m. at the Queen’s headquarters in the Juneau Drug. From day to day progress of the sales will be al nounced both in The Empire and m the windows of Juneau Drug. Several organizations are now busy deciding who to nominate for Queen and several entries are ex- pected to be announced tomorrow. ESKIMOS' UNION ASKS TO BREAK WITH ILWU SETUP SEATTLE, June 6—®—Bristol Bay cannery workers want no part of an agreement signed here Sun- day with the CIO Longshoremen, CIO regional director Roy Atkin- | son said today. Atkinson said he has received a telegram from Local 46, which said the local was returning its charter and that it wishes to- disaffiliate from the Longshoremen’s Union and the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America (IFAWA). The. telegram requested a new charter in the name of Bristol Bay Cannery Workers Local 46, Atkin- son said. He has referred the matter to National CIO offices in Washington, D.C., and will take no action until receiving instructions ‘from there, the regional director said. The telegram, according to At- kinson, said the local would not be bound by actions of Joe Nashoalook in signing the 1950 agreement as he was not bonded and “resigned by action of a majority 'of the members and councilmen.” It said Jimmy Downey had been named agent to I succeed Nashoalook. They also want negotiations carried on at Dilling- ham. ’ Fisherman Loses Foot when Caug In Loop, Tow Line \ . of a foos. But here is what hap- drew Anderson® was caught in the loop of a tow himself; scrambled back aboard his plication of a tourniquet; was e man shrugged off today the loss pened Sunday .to middle-aged An- His foot was sheared off when it line; he was dragged into the water boat without aid; directed the ap- flown to a hospital here; then un- of the Copper River flats; freed derwent surgery after refusing more than a local anesthetic. The accident occurred when the captain of the tender towing An- derson’s boat failed to hear the trapped man’s cries as the tightened. CAA PERSONNEL HERE A number of staff memoers of the ¢+ Civil Aeronautics Administration are stopping at the Baranof Hotel Among them are Jim Hurst, An- chorage; H. L. Jester and Mr. and| Mrs. Edward G. O'Brien, from Gus- tavus; and C. E. Hurst, Karl P Messer, Mrs. Gordon L. Hurst, Yak- utat. ' . FROM YAKUTAT ¢ Edna DiFalco of the U.S. Weather Bureau, Yakutat, is a guest at the | Baranof Hotel, phone 986, by Friday evening. So line § SC that they will be given credit for contestants - ! | i l | Students of the Tokyo People’s Democratic Front Preparatory Committee, a Communistic organization, are shown trying to rush away men sought by U. S. MP’s in connection with a rock-throwing incident in which four U. S. soldiers were attacked at a Red demonstration at Imperial Palace Plaza May 30. In fore- grnlnd an American soldier grnpplcs with students. ® wlrephnw. | Bears Devour Little Girl Is Belief Now! QUEBEC, June 6—@—~rolice to- | day said they were convinced three- year-old Nicole Renaud, missing in a suburban forest since Saturday had been eaten by bears. SOLDIERS FIGHTING | BIG FIRE flames Advancmg on Fort| Richardson-33 Blazes Reporied Raging Authorities called off the search ANCHORAGE, Mflska_ June 6—I by nearly 1,000 police, soldiers and (P—<Three hundred and fifty air-| civillans. men: ‘and soldiers armed with| JBear tracks were discovered in the shovels, sand and bulldozers'waged vicinity where the-tiny-girl disap- a tiring war today as a semi-circular | Peated, eight miles north of here. forest fire advanced slowly toward: Police said there had been no re- nearby Fort Richardson. | ports of previous attacks on persons Buildings at the reservation were! by bears in the area but the police not yet in danger from the flames, official in charge of the search, a2 public information officer said. |Lieut. Martin Healy, said last night: The blaze, is one of 33 forest fires| “We have come to the conclusion reported in the surrounding area in that Nicole has been devoured by recent weeks as the result of dry|bears or by a bear.” L |WAVERLY.N.Y., CLUB 'HONORED TONIGHT AT ROTARY EVENT The weatherman cooperating, Ju- neau Rotarians today had good rea- son to think that 100 visitors from Waverly, N.Y., will take away last- ing impressions of Alaskan beauty. At 3 o'clock—press time as well as the scheduled arrival of the visi- tors—everything was in readiness to entertain the Waverly Rotarians due on the first 1950 Alaska cruise of the luxury liner Princess Kath- leen. The East Coast Rotarians and their wives were to board sightsee- ing buses at the dock, the tour to end at the new Mendenhall Glacier Park recreation area. There, on a promontory facing the WIND SHIFTS ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 6— (M—A shifting wind carried flames} away from endangered Fort Rich- | ardson today but ng let-up was re-! ported in the forest fire burning in a 49-square mile area nine miles north of the fort. Three-hundred servicemen fought the fire with shovels, sand and bulldozers. Experienced woodsmen said they hope the wind will shift again to force the fire over the burned out area and “starve” it. Two cabins had been destroyed. Another forest fire at Mile 228 on+ the Richardson Highway has been brought under control by 150 servicemen from the Big Delta country. Thirty-one other fires have been reported in the area in recent weeks as a result of extremely dry weather. | glacier, the two Rotary graum were STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 6 — Closing meeting and 6 o'clock dlnner quotation of Alaska Juneau minel "y " o o0 Geors the Forest Serv- stock today is 2%, American Can, ;.. ,.cteq by a Rotary Club com- 117%, ~Anaconda 32%, Curtiss- Imm,ee has cleared the grounds and‘ Wright 8%, International Harvester ), ioyeq 5 grill and tables. The For- 2%, Northern Pacific 15%, US.| est Service built the picturesque Steel 33%, Pound $2.80%. footbridge crossing a little creek and } Sales today were 2,250,000 Shares.| y,o juneqy hosts and hostesses are Averages today are as follows: In-| g0 the yigitors will be memorably | dustrials 223.43, rails 54.72, utilities impressed. 43.28. A large committee was to make on-the-spot preparations this after- noon, according to Bob Akervick, president of the Juneau Rotary Club. ONLY HALF OF STRIKERS BACK, FAIRBANKS JOB FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 6—# —Less than, half of the men who walked off the job last month re- turned to work yesterday when Local 1550, International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers, and the Fairbanks Exploration Company signed a formal contract. More than 125 of the 375 workers were reported to have gone to work on other jcbs and many have left Fairbanks for the United States or other sections of the Territory.- MARKET ON RAMPAGE NEW YORK, June 6—A—The stock market performed with the brilliance of a concert pianist to- day. During the morning prices were pounded down $1 to $6 a share for one of the severest declines in years. Trading was unusually heavy. In the afternoon the bulls took charge and prices shot up almost as fast as they had declined. Most losses were wiped out and replaced with gains running to an extreme of $7 a share. The great majority of gains, however, were limited to $1 a share or less. FROM MT. EDGECUMBE Thanasea K. Fountas of Mt. Edgecumbe is registered at the Bar- anof Hotel. FROM ANCHORAGE W. C. Trew of Anchorage is stop- ping at the Baranot Hotel. ALL EYES ON CALIFORNIA PRIMARY VOTE Race Between Roosevelf, Warren Has Politicos Watching (By the Associated Press) Politicians with an eye on na- tional trends turned to the hot California primaries today, to watch the fortunes of Demotrat James Roosevelt and Republican Earl Warren in the race tor Gov- ernor. They were busy, too, appraising the results of yesterday’s Senatorial primary elections in Iowa. There, Republican votes gave Senator Hic- kenlooper a .wide margin for re- nomination and early Democratic returns Quilt a lead for Albert Love- land, who campaigned for the Sen- atorial nomination as a backer of the Brannan farm plan. Hickenlooper has figured on the national scene most prominently as an investigator of the workings ol the Atomic Energy Commission, and lately as a member of the Senate group checking *into charges ol Communism in government. Hickenlooper’s ' race against twc Republican primary opponents was not even close. However, Loveland's bid for the Democratic nomination was con- tested by five opponents. Chiet among these was former Gov. Nel- son G. Kraschel, who fought the farm plan advocated by Secretary of 'Agriculture Brannan. This plan envisages the use of payments from the government tc farmers to maintain their income in case prices for their perishable pro- ducts fall low on an open, unsup- ported federal market. Loveland re- signed as Undersecretary of Agri- culture to make the Senate race in Iowa, and the outcome has been awaited as a possible index farmer sentiment toward the Bran- nan plan. In California today, over 2,000,006 voters were taking part in primary ! elections in which state law permits candidates to file for nomination by the opposing party as well as their own. Thus, two-term Gov. Warren Republican, was also pitted against Roosevelt, son of the late President in the Democratic primary for Governor. And Roosevelt was in the Republican primary against War- ren. Otherwise, on menu there were: The bid for renomination in South Dakota of Senator Chan Gurney, Republican, opposed by Francis Case, veteran member of the House. Five candidates are run- ning for the Republican Governor nomination. A four-man race for the Demo- cratic nomination to be Governor today’s political of New Mexico. They include David n,(. Chavez, brother of Senator Chavez. N. C. MEN HERE Volney Richmong, cr., ! i | ! crew on the plane. The ‘destroyer informed Coast Juard headquarters in Miami that all the survivors picked up were ‘in good condition.” The destroyer’s message: “Recovered 37 survivors. All in rafts. Pilot believes remainder have life jackets. Continuing coordinate search with planes and picking up all empty rafts.” The pilot’ belief that all. the missing passengers had life jackets raised hopes that loss of lite would be small. However, a B-17 coming in to a Navy master field to refuel radioed he Coast Guard that the survivors neluded 34 passengers and three crew members, Among the crew members saved, the plane reported, were Pilot Hal- sey of Seattle, and Co-Pilot Willlam Holleran. z The plane added: “Doubt if there any more survivors.” Earlier, a Coast Guard aircratt, circling over the rescue scene, re- ported 33 survivors were found. But another plane of the Westair com- pany which participated in the search reported seeing 45 in the life rafts. All the passerigers were migratory workers from* Puerto Rico, enroute to the United States. The plane was enroute from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Wilmington, N.C., when a motor failed. It made a futile attempt to reach Nassau The rescue came almost exactly a year after a transport plane went into the Atlantic on the takeoft from San Juan to Miami, killing 53 persons. The date was June kA 1949. Survivors were plucked from the sea today less than 10 hours after the stricken aircraft's pilot mes- saged: “It looks like I'm going into the drink.” The C-46 originally was designed as a long-range freight carrier but was taken over by fhe Army and Navy during the war and rede- signed as a troop carrier and carge transport. FIVE BODIES SIGHTED MIAMI, Fla, June 6—®—Thirty- seven survivors of a twin-engine ane which crashed into the Atlan- were rescued by a Navy destroyer today, and a merchant ship reported it had sighted the bodies of five sther persons in the area. At noon, the merchant vessel Cape Ann radioed to Coast Guard headquarters in Miami that it had spotted the five bodies and was tanding by to await the arrival of the destroyer USS Saufley, from which rescue operations were being directed. This left 23 of the plane’s occu- pants yet to be accounted tor. The plane’s pilot, Joseph Halsey, Seattle, co-pilot and steward were 4(.onvmue:d on Pmu: COMMITTEE OK'S BILLION DOLLAR CU?, EXCISE TAXES WASHINGTON, June 6-~M—The House Ways and Means Committee stamped its final approval today on a $1,100,000.000 slash in excise taxes on furs, jewel luggag: movie tickets and scores of othir items, It completed action on that sec- tion of its tax bill, but still has ahead dec s on various propos- als for raises in other taxes. At the same time, Senate Dem- ocratic leader Lucas (TIL) told 13- porters he doubts Congress can pass finally on a tax bill unless members are willing to stay 'here until October. “I am not one of those wants to stay until October,” Two) who Lu- and Tru- |cas added. He said he will consult man Sage of Seattle are guests at' Republican leaders tomorrow and the Baranof Hotel. Both are execu-!try to work out a legislative seh™i- tives of the Northern Commerciallule Company. calling for adjournment by |July 31 I