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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

Juneau Post Of American
Legion Strongly Opposed
ToLemke Bill; Resolution

carry out the purposes OF such leg
/ islation, and
WHEREAS it is our considered
Judgment that this Bill would be a
great hindrance to the orderly de-
velopment of Alaska and immeasur-
ably retard its progress, and
WHEREAS at it's annual conven-
ton held in Anchorage on July 1st,
l947, the Department of Alaska, Ann
erican Legion adopted resolution
in opposition to the Alaska Veterans
Homestead Bill, H. R. 4059. and
WHEREAS the Juneau Chamber
of Commerce has submitted TO the
Public Lands Committee of the Sen
ate a brief, adopted by unanimous
vote of it's members, and which brief
sets forth the danger to the entire
area of Southeastern Alaska which
would be the inevitable result of the
passage of this Bill bv the Senate.
NOW THEREFORE, Be 1T RE-
OOLvED ny lIlt Jullcdu TOSI M
of the American Legion at Juneau,
Alaska this End day of September
1947 that we endorse the action of
the convention of the Alaska De-
partment in opposition to H. R. No.
4059 and that we endorse the action
of the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce in it's expressed opposition
contained in it's brief of August
2lst, 1947, for the reasons therein
set forth, and that we urge the
Public Lands Committee of the Sen
ate to recommend against the pas
sage of H. r. No. 1859. and the
United States Senate reject it.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that copies of this Resolution be
sent to the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Public Lands, to each
member of that committee. to Dele
gate E. l.. Bartlett, to the Secretary
of Agriculture, to the Secretary of
the Interior and to every American
Legion Post in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
Gosh Almighty! Women's Legs
and Ankles Lose One Battle and
Now Men 10 Have Dress Trouble

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-tR-Men's
ankles are about to have their day
in the sun.
With women's legs and ankles
losing the battle against the longer
skirt, mems fashion designers have
decreed the male ankle will come
cut from under. Mems trousers,
they say, will he at last two in
ches shorter.
Tony Williams, fashion arbiter
for the annual list of best dress
ed men, warned g,oomily that the
way things are going, men will be
lucky if they have any pants left
at all.
THE shorter trouser with cuff
will barely touch the top of the
SHOE" he said.
A spokesman for a chain OF
mems clothing shops said pants
on eastern university campuses
will barely meet the top of the
sock, but added every custimer is
encouraged to decide the most be-
coming length for himself. After
all, it is very simple to turn up
a hem"
The men themselves noted the
new decree with mingled emotion.
Lanky motion picture star jim
my Stewart said, Doesn't make
much difference to me. My pants
always run up my legs anyhow"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
S-YEAR-0LD
GIRL Slain
BY BROTHER
She Hit Me- Is Defense
by Four Year -0Id Boy
When Quizzed

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, Sept. 3-tR-
An eight-year-old girl was slain by
blast from a 12-guage sawed-off
shotgun, which police said was Tired
by her four-year-old brother be-
cause, they reported the boy as say
ing, "She hit me-"
States Attorney Harry Hall Of
Lake County said there would be no
official disciplinary action against
the boy, Billy Taylor, as the law does
not charge child of four with
responsibility for his acts.
The shooting of Billy's sister, Bet
ty, occurred in the Taylors' small
apartment yesterday after their
mother, Mrs. Viola Taylor, 26, had
left Betty in charge of Billy and a
baby sister. Patricia, l6 months,
while she had gone to a real estate
office. The children's father, Al
bert, was at work as a painter.
Mrs. Taylor told police that when
she returned home Betty was stag
gering about the living room, her
hands clasped over her abdomen
and crying Billy shot me-
Mrs. Jettie Dykes, the children's
grandmother, told Police 1t. Lawr-
ence Kelly that Billy had told her
he had taken the shotgun from be-
hind a davenport where it was kept,
obtained shell from dresser draw
er, inserted the shell in the gun,
pointed it at Betty. and pulled the
trigger.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
TRUMAN IS
W0RkING0N
End SPEECH
Talk Will Be Made Friday
10 Brazilian Congress
On Orchid Hunt

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 3.-tR
President Truman worked today
| in the seclusion of the heavily
guarded U. S. Embassy residence
en- the second major speech he will
make in Brazil, designed to pro-
vide further details of his pro-
gram from worldwide recovery.
Mr. Truman scheduled no activ-
ity outside the spacious embassy
residence grounds for the day. He
planned to devote most of his
time to the speech he will make
to the Brazilian House and Senate
Friday
The speech was expected to par
allel generally the one with which
he closed the inter American De-
tense Conference at Petropolis. In
it he proclaimed the U. S. determ-
nation to remain strong, and
warned that the nations tradition
Ial aversion to violence must not
be taken as an invitation to others
to tamrer with the foundations OF
peace.
Mr. Truman eluded his guard
for a while today and went orchid
hunting on Corcovado Mountain
behind the U. S. Embassy resi-
dence with his physician, Brig. Gen.
Wallace H. Graham.
Two secret service men trailed
them as they left the house at
I8 a. m. after breakfast for a walk.
They were outdistanced and, in a
wooded area, the President and
General got beyond the sight OF
the guards for a few minutes.
The President moved briskly
along, inspecting orchids dotting
the mountainside. Graham was
able to identify most of them. They
dug up a few plants and carried
them back.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
Seeds from
Alaska Viii!
BeGaihered
IceIand Conservdtionists
Come North : Will
Make Collection

SEATTLE, Sept. 3.--R-Two Ice
land conservationists flew to Alaska
Yesterday on a reforestration' pro-
gram which they said would call Tor
Shipping 200 100000 Alaska spruce
and hemlock seeds yearly to their
homeland.
The men Vigfus Jakobsson, a
former University of Washington
forestry student, and Paul Sveinsson
are from the Icelandic Forest and
Soil Conservation Service. They also
will collect grass seeds for soil con-
servation projects.
Jakobsson said the tree plan sprung
from experimental paintings which
thrived wonderfully" after three field
trips he made to Alaska between
1943 and 1916.
They said they would collect the
seeds between Yakutat and Prince
William Sound, in south central AL
aska. They said the millions of seeds
actually would weigh only about 100
pounds.
"Alaskas coast. with climate
similar to our own, has trees and
grasses ideally suited to our eli
mate" Jakobsson said. Most of Ice
lands birches, our only native tree,
have been cut and destroyed"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

BACK FROM
CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, Sept 3.-R-
Secretary of State Marshall and
Ills top advisers returned today
from the Pan American confer
ence at Rio De Janeiro.
The party arrived in mid-after-
noon aboard the White House plane
Independence"
Marshall, standing with Warren
Austin, chief American represen-
tative of the United Nations, and
Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mich)
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said:
We've returned from what l
think was highly successful con-
ference at which we reached agree
ment promptly without serious diff
ferences and with good deal OF
good will and good feeling.
think the results are of great i'm
portance not only to the western
hemisphere hut to the world
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

Members of Juneau Post, Ameri-
can Legion, at the meeting last light
in the Dugout, we.Ss on record as
utterly opposed to the Lemke meas
ure.
The post passed the following reso-
luton which is signed by Joseph P.
Ordos as Commander, and Frank
Hungerford as Adjutant:
WHEREAS there is now pending
in the United States Senate, Bill
known as the ALASKA VETERANS
HOMESTEAD ACT of 1947 Oh. R.
No. 4059), and
WHEREAS the Juneau Post No. 1
of the American Legion at Juneau,
Alaska. has considered the effect of
this Bill which has already passed
the House of Representatives and is
now before the Senate, and has
gone On record in opposition and
has wired E. l.. Bartlett from Alaska
that the Bill is a delusion and a
fraud, and
WHEREAS the sponsors of the
Bill claim that its purpose is to aid
veterans who have served in the
armed forces of the United States,
and also to provide for the settle
ment of Alaska, although. in the
opinion of the overwhelming major
ity of Alaskans including approx
mately 1000 veterans in the Terri
tory, it VI uld have the opposite
effect, an<l
WHEREAS even if the Bill could
in any way result in advantage to
veteran homesteaders,th advantage
would necessarily accrue to only a
comparatively few of the many mil
lions of veterans in the United States
and Alaska, and it is therefore
departure from all other veterans
legislation which is designed to ex-
tend equal benefits and equal adj
vantages to all especially where pub
lie funds are made available to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
DEMAND
HANDED
RUSSIA
Asks Review Of "Repres-
sive Campaign" by Bull
qarians-Life at Stake

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-R-The
United States has demanded that
Russia Join with America and Britain
N a review of the 'repressive cam
oaign" by the Bulgarian government
against Bulgaria's Agrarian Union
and its leader, Nikola Petkov
Petkov, whose party is anti-Com-
nunist. is under sentence of death
for allegedly plotting against the
Communist controlled government
Of his country. The United States
las branded Petkov's conviction a
miscarriage of justice and has sought
~ various moves to save him from
execution.
Under Secretary of State Lovett
announced at news conference TO-
lay that the new American protest
against the situation in Bulgaria
was delivered by Ambassador Bedell
Smith to the Soviet Foreign Ministry
On Saturday.
Previously, the United States had
protested Bulgarian actions against
Petkov and the Agrarian Union on
August %. 1t sought a review Of
the case by the Allied Control Com
mission, composed of representatives
of Russia, the United States and
Britain
Russia replied ON August % that
the American demand for great pow
er intervention would constitute IN
unwarranted interference in Bull
yaria's internal affairs.
In the new note released today,
the United States in turn rejected
this Soviet argument and accused
Inc Soviet Union of violating its
agreement with the United States
and Britain under the Yalta Pact
FOR the development of democracy in
the Balkans.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
URGENT NEED
IS STRESSED
BYCApEHART
Committee Is Ready 10 Go
Limit Short Of Fed
eraI Operation

Senator Homer E. Capehart,
chairman, opening the hearing held
~ the subcommittee on News
print of the Senate Small BUSH
ness Committee in the Senate
Chamber here this morning, stated
the groups primary purpose in
coming to Alaska is to further
increased production of newsprint
within the United States.
However, the bulk of today's
hearing was devoted to other sub
iects, with native problems pre-
dominating.
Citing that the United States
formerly large production of news
print has dwindled until this ma
ton is now forced to import 80
percent of its consumption, yet
faces a shortage of one million
ons during this year, with all in
dication that shortage is due to
become greater. Senator Capehart
declared his committee is so acute
ly aware of the seriousness of the
situation that its memters are
willing to go to most any length
,or solution short of putting the
Federal government actually into
he business of manufacturing pulp
and newsprint.
He indicated that his commit
tee would advocate Federal aid to
development of an Alaskan source
{ II supply to the extent OF develop
ing power or providing housing.
Such discussion as did occur on
pulp development was confined to
questions from Mrs. Elton Eng
strom, Mrs. Ernest Gruening and
theirs of the audience regarding
protection afforded other resources
under proposed contracts for cut
ting and processing pulp timber.
Contracts Explained
Acting Regional Forester Charles
Burdick was called to explain the
proposed contracts, after Senator
Capehart had assured that clauses
in the contracts give the Federal
government almost unlimited
power to enforce conservation
practices. He pointed out that
administration of the contracts by
the Forest Service will determine
the security of wildlife and other
resources Of the forest areas.
Burdick assured that the Forest
Service believes development of a
pulp industry can be secured with
out destruction of scenic values.
wildlife, game or commercial fish,
or the forest themselves. He con-
coded that 1t would be impossible
TO log in this country and prom
Sc not to injure salmon but
laid it is the intention that no
stream of Importance will be In
iured. No mill waste will be
Jumped into fresh water. The ex-
act type OF mill to be installed
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
.'RattIesnake
|Whiskey';
10 N axe 1t

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-R--A bot
tie of "rattlesnake whiskey' was
seized in a recent Chinatown raid
by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics,
which offers this receipt for the
connection:
Place live rattlesnake in a large
jar; add rice wine. dried toads, soy
beans, sliced deer antlers and Il
handful of dried sea horses. Age six
months.
James Ryan. Acting District Sup
ervisor for the bureau, said the prod
uct is popular with West Coast Chi
nese. who believe it gives them
strength.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
WURsTERs FOR sITKA

Passing through Juneau yesterday
enroute to Sitka we're Mr. and Mrs.
Roland B. Wurster and their small
daughter Emily. Mr.. Wurster is
Dean of Sheldon jackson Junior Col
lege. The family arrived here from
the States on the Princess Norah.
and took a late afternoon alaska
Coastal Airlines ship for Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
1CELANDERs ARE HERE

The two conservationists mention
ed in the above Associated Press
dispatch are in Juneau and register
ed at the Baranof
They are comforting today with
local officials of the U. S. Forest
Service and will continue tomorrow
to the Prince william Sound area
where seeds, most suitable for con-
ditions in Iceland, can be found. The
Icelanders are Pail Sveinesson and
Vigfus Jakobsson. Jakobsson is a
former forestry student at the Uni
versity of Washington. Both men
are with the Icelandic Forest and
Soil Conservation Servise.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
Mrs. Gruening 10
Be Presented
Award

SEATTLE, Sept. 3.-tR-G. Edgar
Vaughn, British Consul here, left
by Pan American plane today for a
tour of Alaska.
At Juneau, Vaughn will present
the Ribbon of the Kings Medal to
Mrs. Ernest Gruening, wife Of AL
aska's Governor, for service in the
cause of freedom The award will
be made in recognition of Mrs.
Gruening's work in British war re-
lief.
Vaughn will visit all the larger
cities in the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-lR-C Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is SIS, American Can 38,
Anaconda 355s, Curtiss- Wright 5A /,
international Harvester 865s. Ken
necott Asa. New York Central Is,
Northern Pacific 20ss, U. IS. Steel
7O5s, Pound $4.03ss.
Sales today were 650,000 shares.
Average today ars as follows. In
dustrials, 1910; rails, 49.31; utili-
ties, 1878.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

DETROIT, Sept. 3,-tR-A solicit
tous bandit, who robbed a 17-year-
old girl clerk of $50 and then escorted
her five blocks to bus stop, was
sought by police today.
Miss Barbara Seabert told authori-
ties she was closing up dry cleaning
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
EARTHQUAKE IS
REGISTERED AS
NEAR ANCHORAGE

WESTON. Mass. Sept. 3.-R-A
strong earthquake, prob
ably near Anchorage, Alaska, was
recorded on the Boston College Seis-
at $50 am. (PST) yester-
day. The seismograph station said
the quake was about 3,435 miles from
Boston, apparently in northwest
direction. 1t lasted about on hour.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
Girl Clerk Robbed Then
Escorted Five Blocks by
Bandit 10 Her Bus Stop

establishment Tuesday night when
the gunman entered.
After robbing her, the bandit then
told the girl it was unsafe for her
to be out at that hour of night.
Inquiring her destination. he walked
down the street with the girl until
she get to her bus stop.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

WASHINGTON-Senator Robert
Taft's impending tour of the west
will make political history in sew
eral ways.
He will be accompanied by the
largest number of press, radio and
camera reporters ever to cover a
pre-convention trip. And what
Taft will say during the course
. of his tour will be in keeping
with his plain-talking, hard-hit-
ting character.
That's why IS correspondents
and photographers are accompany
ing the Ohio leader. Originally,
only half a dozen were assigned
to the trip. But as inside word
of the scope of Taft's plans be-
came known, 30 others asked for
accommodations.
Tafts swing will he in strik-
! ing contrast to Governor Deweys
mo comment" junket. Taft will
leave no doubt of his position and
views on major issues facing the
nation. In a series of speeches,
on which he is now hard at work,
he will "lay it on the line as
bluntly and courageously as he has
led his party in the Senate.
Chief issues that will be dis
cussed by Taft are foreign policy
social welfare, taxes, housing and
labor. His major speeches will be
in Los Angeles, San Francisco
Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
Numerous other stops will be
made in smaller cities. Through
out Taft will meet with local and
state COP leaders He has al
ready done lot of personal and
telphonic comforting in the prep
aration of his speeches-which he
always writes himself. Taft never
!. uses a ghost writer. He ever
prepares his own press statements
On the basis of his discussions
with Republican leaders and Taft's
"open book" Senate record, it is
possible to outline digest Of
what he will say on the follow
ing major issues.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
DYER GOES WEST

Tom Dyer, local agent for Stand
ard Oil, is passenger on the Bar
anof for Seward enroute to An
chorage.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
WEATHER REPORT

. Temperature for 24-Hour
> Period Ending 7:30 O'Clock
, This Morning
. In Juneau-Maximum, SIS;
. minimum, As.
. At Airport-Maximum, So;
. minimum, 43.
. WEATHER FORECAST
. duncan and Vicinity
. Variable cloudiness tonight
. and Thursday with occasional
. rain showers. Little change in
. temperature.
. PRECIPITATION
. (Past "a hours ending 7:3o am. today
. In Juneau - IS inches;
. since Sept. l, 2.40 inches;
. since July l, 1852 inches.
. At Airport % inches;
. since Sept. 1, 123 inches;
. since July |, 11.55 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
TAFTs STAND

Foreign affairs-Taft will de-
nounce the Administrations rec
ord in this field as vigorously as
he did its domestic policies in his
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
The W ashingt ton
Merry Co. Round

BY ROBERT S. ALLEN
Editors Note:- While Drew
Pearson is on a brief vacation,
the Washington Merry-Go-
Round is being written by his
old partner, Robert S. Allen)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

CONTINUED ON Page TUG
Evening star., 1947-05-21
By the Associotsd Press

The Army Is dropping Its OFTEN
criticized blue discharge July !.
That category now covers every
thing between honorable discharge
and dishonorable. After July / there
will be separate types of discharge
for men separated for undeslrablllty
and those dropped merely Tor IN
aptitude or otherwise going out
under honorable conditions.
The change to four types OF sepa-
ration papers will make the classes
of discharge uniform for all the
armed services-Army, Navy, Ma
rines and Coast Guard. A fifth OF
bad conduct" discharge will be
adopted later II pending legislation
| is passed.
The new Army discharges will be:
| I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to n1er
separated by reason of expiration oil
enlistment. convenience of the Gov
ernment, dependency, minority OF
disability.
Q. General funder honorable con-
ditions)-Granted to those separated
for unsuitability or inaptitude OF
for any of the reasons applicable te
honorable discharge. This discharge
paper will be given to men who "dt
not qualify for the honorable type
but who merit honorable separa-
ton"
8. Undesirable-Given by admin.
istratiye action for unf1tness ol
misconduct not involving dismissa
by order of a general court-martlal
4. Dishonorable discharge-1m'
Evening star., 1947-05-21
IIran Army Garrisons
Reinforced in Fear
|0f Uprising by kurds
Nv the Assoeiated Press

TEHERAN, May 21.-Arny garrl-
sons at Maku, Shahpur, Khol and
Rizaiyem in Northwestern Iran were
strongly reinforced today as of1cial
observers voiced fears OF an uprising
bv Kurdish tribesmen resentful Oh
the governments decision that they
must disarm.
At least, 10000 Kurdish rif1emen
were reported organizing defenses IN
their home villages, from which al
women and children were said te
have been evacuated.
/ A reliable Kurdish source said al
| the villages of the Shakkak, Jalail
Milani, Fanek and Peza tribes hac
been evacuated except for mounted
rif1emen. Approximately $4,000 won1'
len and children from these area!
were reported moving toward th'
Turkish frontier with livestock ane
! household goods in the hope O.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

crossing the frontier II trouble
breaks out.
Official observers blamed some OF
the unrest on Russian agitation, and
Jalai tribal representatives asserted
that Soviet agents had promised the
tribesmen supplies, Including anti
tank guns"
1--WE do not want to play the Rus
sian game" one Kurdish source
said, ''but if the army attacks us we
will be forced to seek aid to sur
vive."
| Hints of Russian Intervention in
Northern Iran have been current
here for some time. Stories pub
lished in Teheran rightist papers
have asserted that the Russians
have been sending stream OF "im-
migrants" into Northern Iran by
every means of transport.
Military observers said the kur-
dish tribesmen apparently were sus-
picious OF the army's disarmament
program and feared they might be
the target of . general attack.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Army to Drop Blue Discharge
In New Standardized System

/ posed by sentence of general
court-martial.
The general" and Undesirable
categories cover the provision of
the present blue" discharge.
The bad conduct discharge
would rank between the undesir-
able and dishonorable types and
Evening star., 1947-05-21

would be imposed by q co1rt-martial
sentence.
The honorable. general and unde-
sirable discharges will be printed
| on white paper. The dishonorable
and bad conduct papers will be
yellow.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
WuIton Lenoue to Meet

Members of the Izaak Walton
League of Washington will hold a
dinner and dance at 8 pm. ton1or-
row at the Hotel 2400. Louis Gram
Itch, 30o7 Douglas street NE. is in
charge of reservations.