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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
Bank Official
Under Arrest

WASHINGTON, April 5-tR-
The F.B.I. has arrested bank Off
cial Richard Grove on charges OF
taking $884,OO0 from New York's
National City Bank.
Grove was picked up in Daytona
Beach, Florida, last night after
icing missing since March 81.
The arrest was announced by
F.B.I. Chief J, Edgar Hoover who
aid Grove admitted taking a large
sum Of money from the bank, but
the former bank official declined
to specify any particular amount.
Hoover added that all told, more
than $131,000 of the stolen funds
has been accounted for.
According to Hoover, Grove told
the FB.I. that he threw the stolen
bonds and securities in the Atlantic
ocean ito make the bank officials
angry" When accosted, Grove adj
mitted his identity and expressed
a willingness to return to New
YORK to face charges.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
AIR FORCE IS TO
ORDER IS LONG
RANGE b0MBER5

WASHINGTON, April 5.-R-
The Air Force announces it is or
dering So additional long-range B.
SO bombers and five more BAT
high-speed Jet bombers.
1t has cancelled an order for 43
B-54 four-engined bombers, divert
ing the money to the new orders.
The B-36, built by Consolidated
Vultee, is powered with six conven-
tional type engines and is designed
for 1O,000-mile range. With the
new order, the Air Force will have
about 100 B-36's delivered or on
order.
The Bat Boeing. classed as a
light bomber, holds the transcon-
tinental speed record. Powered with
six lets, the BAT is rated at above
500 miles an hour, with radius OF
action of over 800 miles. The Air
Force now has two Bats, and has
ten production models on order.
The new order brings to II the total
number ordered or delivered.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
WAGE CASE,
ALASKA Ship,
IS SETTLED
27-Day Basis in February
Causes Dispute Between
Company and Union

BELLINGHAM, Wash, April S.
lR-Tied UP since Saturday with a
full load of army cargo, the freight
er Palisana sailed last midnight af-
ter an agreement had been reached
for Joint committee study of the
dispute between the Marine Cooks
and Stewards Union and the Alaska
Steamship Co.
The freighter Lucidor, involved in
a similar dispute, is posted to sail
from Seattle at p. m. today.
The Palisana, refrigerator ship,
was scheduled to sail for Whit
tier and Port San Juan. A deck
load of pilings was loaded here for
Port San Juan.
Union members objected to the
company's deliberate termination
of articles on the previous voyage
On 27-day basis thus depriv-
ing the men of full months Feb-
ruary) pay, Joseph Harris, business
agent for the CLIO union, said at
Seattle. The men demanded d full
calendar month" until all cargo was
discharged, he said. They refused
o sign ON for the next trip.
A company spokesman said the
dispute was one which should be
referred to the grievance committee
between the two groups and the I'M
ion violated the contract by refus-
ing to sign on. The called the
pay issue merely a technicality."
The dispute was referred to a
committee of representatives Of
the ships owner, the company, and
the union and the men signed on
for the trip. Two company repre-
sentatives, Fred Zumdieck, superin-
tendent, and Atty. Ed Dobrin, are in
San Francisco on the matter.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
LETTER IS
HANDED IN
BY HOPES
Declines to Say What Il Is
Abouf-Mexitdn Doeu-
mems Fraudulent

WASHINGTON, April Sd
Chairman O'Mahoney (D-wyo) OF
the Senate Interior Committee said
today that old documents cited to
the committee yesterday by an op-
ponent Of Governor Gruening of
Alaska were proved. fraudulent 20
years ago.
Copies Of the documents were I'LL
ed with the committee by Robert
Hopes, operator of service sta
ton In Fairbanks. Alaska. He was
one OF seven witnesses who appear
ed before the committee last Fri
day In opposition to Gruening's APP
pointment for third term as Cow
ernOr.
The documents purported to link
Gruenng with Mexican contribu-
tons to the cause OF Communism
in England In 1925 or 1927.
O'Mahoney told reporter he
could not predict what action his
committee will take with respect to
the exhibits offered by Hopes, but
said there is no doubt they are
fraudulent
Gruening said yesterday, the
Senate made thorough investiga-
ton Of the documents and found
they were forgeries.' O'Mahoney
said today that investigation was
made in 1929.
Gruening entered the committee
room this morning while the COM
mittee was in executive session, but
there was no word as to why he was
tnerc. Hopes also appeared before
the committee. He said he had
submitted letter but declined to
say what 1t was about.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
11ruening, Hopes Appear Before Committee
(onsfabu|ary for Alaska Is
Recommended 10 Congress;
Enforcement Is Inadequate
BY CHARLES d. WATKINS
CAP Special Washington Service)

WASHINGTON, April 5.-IR-
A constabularly for Alaska, along
the lines Of Canada's Northwest
Mounted Police, has been recon-
mended to Congress to meet the
Territory's need for law enforce
ment.
The recommendation by S. A.
Andretta, administrative assistant to
the attorney general, was revealed
when testimony on the Justice De-
partment appropriation bill for the
year starting July was made pub
lie.
1.-TWO of the larger communities
Fairbanks and Anchorage, have To-
cal police, but their Jurisdiction is
confined only to the city limits,
Andretta told the committee.
THE result is that houses of pros
titution, gambling and liquor joints
located in the environs of the city,
are out of the Jurisdiction of the
city police and come under the
marshals jurisdiction.
There has been developed, after
considerable study, long term pro-
gram relative to expanding not only
the highway police and the mar
shal's staff, but creating Tcrritor-
ial police force akin to the Royal
Mounted Police of Canada"
Andretta said the plan had been
worked up with the Interior Depart
ment and that it would require
money-a lot OF money!
He said that as temporary So
luton it had been suggested that
marshal's staff in Alaska be in
creased and they be provided with
automobiles, but the Budget Bureau
had refused to sanction the propo-
sal. s
There is a feeling he said
that things have been out OF hand
in Alaska for a long time and they
look to the marshals as chief law
enforcement officers in the Terri
tory"
Andretta said there are 40 mar
shals in Alaska and they are not
able to handle those matters that
should be handled by the local po-
lice forces.
"A state constabulary is the ans
wer." he said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
TO TEACH
COURSE IN MINING,
IS well QUALIFIED

Both Leo Saarela, University OF
Mining Extension for the Uni
yersity of Alaska, and B. D. Stew
art, Territorial Commissioner OF
Mines, are well pleased with the
choice of Howard M. Fowler as
instructor for the annual mining
extension course which will open
,omorrow night.
According to Stewart, Fowler,
Associate Mining Engineer with the
Department of Mines, has "fine
scholastic background and practical
experience with good companies,
10Th in Alaska and Outside"
"Fowler's experience" said Stew
art, lis in mining-both placer and
.ode-and milling. He came to us
after being manager OF the Lucky
Nell Company on Prince of Wales
Island. Fowler's previous Alaska
experience was in the north with
the US. Mining and Smelling Com
pany, also in the Valdez area. He
succeeded j. G. Roehm in this de-
Jartment last May"
After being graduated from Sta
dunn High School. Tacoma, Fowler
attended Washington State College
two years before enrolling in the
Missouri School Of Mines at Ra-
.eigh, Mo-, which has an outstand-
ing reputation in the profession.
He received his bachelors degree
in mining engineering in 1916. and
ais masters the next year.
Registration is being taken in
Room 4O7, Federal Building, for
the course which "Opens tomorrow
evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Jul
neau High School. Enrolment may
also be made there before the first
class.
Lectures will feature prospecting
ore deposits, radioactivity and min
ing law, and there will be labora-
tory work on minerals. There will
be IL lectures.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
FISH TRAP
BILL Will
BE CHANGED
Gradual Elimination from
; 10 5 Years Instead,
Of 10-Year Period

WASHINGTON. April III
Elimination of fish traps in Alaska
was urged today by Delegate Bart
lett D-Alaska), union agents and
independent fishermen.
A House subcommittee is consid-
ering bill by Bartlett to abolish
the fish traps. He told the COM
mittee he would revise his bill to
provide for gradual elimination OF
traps in from three to five years,
instead of the 10-year period origi-
nally provided.
Bartlett said Alaskans last year
voted eight-to-one to end fish
trapping.
Alfred Owen, mayor of Anchor
age and AFL Fishermen's Union
organizer there, said fish traps not
only reduce the fish supply but con-
centrate fishing in the hands of a
few large concerns.
owen asserted trap elimination
would encourage more people to
live in Alaska and broaden oppor-
unity for employment.
Mayor Ira Rothwell of Cordova
testified as an independent fisher
man and representative of Alaska S
Fisheries department. He urged
any and all means to conserve
fish," but opposed area licensing
or anything to create monopoly
~ the people now in Alaska"
Seth Levine, Washington CLIO re-
searcher, urged trap elimination
to increase employment oppor-
tunities in Alaska" He said few
large operators now control more
than half of the fish traps and
the total salmon catch.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
One ALASKA
FISH UNION
CONTRACTS
Md(hinists Vote for Re.
newaI Of Last Years
Agreement

SEATTLE, April 5.-lR-Machin-
lists Union Gnd) members voted
last night for renewal of last years
contract in the Alaska Salmon Can
ming industry, with minor modifica-
lions.
In effect. as explained by Bust
ness Agent 1. A. Sandvigen, the
vote represents recession of the
unicn from its Is per cent wage in
crease demand if the employers will
agree to retain the guarantee of a
100-day season in Southeast Alas
ka.
Sandvigen said the employers,
represented by the Alaska Salmon
Industry, Inc, had proposed to cut
the season guarantee in half. A
proposed escalator clause, however,
provided that the proposed season
would be heightened in proportion
to the amount the pack in that
area exceeded $4,000 cases.
OdllQNtSCll odlQ tliC uA1lOll PAOpOo-
al must be accepted by the en-
ployers within 10 days or no ma
ohinists will be cleared for Alaska.
He said the other contract modi-
fications, which would not involve
added costs, have been agreed upon
in negotiations.
The employer proposal of Sc
per cent cut in the Southeast sea-
son guarantee following the curtail-
ing of the fishing season there
from "a to IL days. Sandvigen said
employers gave increased taxes as
another reason. He said the union
proposal would maintain the same
season guarantees in all areas.
About 800 machinists are employ
ed in the industry. Some of them
are being cleared now for Alaska
to prepare canneries for the l949
opening.
Other fishing industry unions are
also currently negotiating with the
employers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
Alaska Dog
Racer Ties
Up Traffic
Lee Chdmninant UnUates
Huskies : Plans 10 Re-
side in Vancouver
NEW WESTMINSTER.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c.,
April - ZAP = An Alaska dog
racer who came south because 1.-The
Russians are getting too close" stop
ped noon-time traffic here when he
uncrated his sleek Siberian huskies
and gave roadside show
Lee Chemninant, who has been
.acing huskies at Anchorage and
Fairbanks for IL years, hit town
looking for new home. TN go
Dack each year for the 75-mile
races" he said, "but, since the
Russians are getting too close, I'm
content to live here"
Hundreds of New Westminster
office workers missed their lunch
TO watch the sleigh dogs from the
north. With them, Lee has won the
$1,000 Anchorage race and the
$4,000 Fairbanks trial along with
most OF the major contests on the
continent.
He originally intended to move
to Sun Valley, Idaho, but icy roads
kept him in Vancouver during the
winter. Now, after a look around,
ne said he's satisfied with this city
and "the dogs and I will stay"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
J-47 ENGINE IN
PERFECT FUNCTION
DURING TEST TRIP

SCHENECTADY, NY, April s.
IA J-47 Jet engine functioned
perfectly during a high-altitude,
cross-country test flight by B-29
flying laboratory, the General Elec-
trio company says.
The Jet was suspended from the
bomb bay for a three-hour test
during the seven hour and 40
minute, one-stop flight yesterday
from Spokane, Wash. Most Of the
trip was at $4,000 feet.
F. F. Burnham, flight test engi-
neer, said the jet was attached to
a lift in the bomb hay and was
lowered below the fuselage for the
test operation.
1t ran perfectly during a three
hour test" he commented. GE
manufactures the engines.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
Transit Workers
Strike; Thousands
Intonven ien(ed

SCANTON, april t.-tR-The rich
Lackawanna Valley Coal region is
feeling the full impact of strike
of 400 workers of the Scranton
Transit Company. Most Of the
transit company's $4,000 daily riders
are able to get to their jobs, but
Scranton's parking facilities are
damned with the private cars and
trucks pressed into service. Scranton
merchants fear they will lose busi-
ness of the strike continues.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
RUSSIAN
MOVE IS
AWAITED
U. n. Meeting in New York
Awaits Action from So
viets on Atlantic Pact

The United Nations Assembly
opens in New York today amid
speculation as to what Russia in
tends to do about the Atlantic
Pact, which she claims is aimed
against her.
Many delegates believe Russia S
Andrei A. Gromyko may soon in
dicate what his country plans to
do about the alliance, signed in
Washington yesterday by represen-
tatives of IL western nations.
Whatever the Soviet plans may
he U. S. Secretary q State Dean
Acheson and the other signatories
OF the pact expect to be on hand
The 58-nation assembly is sched-
uled to meet at Flushing Meadow
park at noon tPST).
President Truman is expected to
send the Atlantic treaty to the SEN
ate before the end of this week
with an appeal for speedy approval.
Senator Connally D-Tex) has
called for high priority" in Sem
ate action on the alliance.
Two other steps, planned in
Washington to implement the
pact, are:
!. Completion of an American
arms aid program, costing close to
$4,000, 900 900.
2. Discussion among the IL sigma
tory powers on organization Of a
council and defense committee to
unity the defenses of the nom
Communist Western world under
the alliance.
The Senate also plodded toward
a vote on the $3.50 100000 Euro
pean Recovery Program. Lengthy
debate is expected on the aid
measure.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
80 POLICEMEN
ARE SUSPENDED,
NUMBERS RACKET

NORFOLK. Va, April 5-lR-
Thirty Norfolk policemen were
under suspension today as the
aftermath of an investigation Of the
numbers racket. Twenty-four OF
the officers were charged with ac-
cepting brihes.
A corporation court grand jury
handed down indictments yesterday
on the bribery charges. This was
followed. by suspension order by
the public safety director relieving
the additional six OF their duties.
The indictments charged the "a
officers with accepting $40 pay
ments as part OF numbers protec-
lion payoff.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
HOUSE Bill
OPENS SALE
PUBLIC LAND

WASHINGTON. April S. III
The House approved legislation to-
day to authorize the Interior De-
partment to sell unreserved public
lands in Alaska for industrial or
commercial uses.
The measure provides that no
company may secure more than 100
acres of land, except in cases where
the Department believes larger
tracts are justified
The measure now goes to the SEN
ate.
The House also passed and sent
to the Senate another measure re-
stricting the taking OF salmon in
rivers and streams in Alaska for
food requirements OF for dog food
to the amount necessary for food
or feed for personally owned ami
mails.
The House also approved al
amendment to the Small Tract Act
which permits its extension to
Alaska by removing the restriction
that such land must be surveyed.
The amendment permits unsurveyed
land IN Alaska to be leased by the
Department IN small tracts, but not
to be sold.
The leasing privilege also is ex-
tended to small tracts Of land in the
revested Oregon and California
grand lands and the Coos Bay wag-
on road grant lands in Oregon.
This measure also went to the
Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
Doc WALKER
PASSES ON

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April s.
Former Senator Norman r. (Doc)
Walker, aged go, died at los
O'Clock this afternoon. Walker, suf-
fering nervous exhaustion for some
time, set fire to his mattress at his
home Sunday at am, and was
taken to the hospital late Monday
where he died. The widow, here,
daughter John O'Shea, Anchorage,
and Don William, in the states
survive.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
PROGRAM TO
MAKE FIGHT,
COMMUNISM
Large Sum Requested by
House Committee
Bill Explained
BY JACK RUTLEDGE

WASHIN GTON, April 81
tR-Programs to fight Communism
abroad and subversives at home
we're backed up with hard cash by
the House Appropriations Commit
tee today.
The committee recommended ST.
100000 more for the State Depart
ment's Voice of America" and 3d.
865,141 more for the FBI than the
agencies got this year. The FIJI
boost was even more than the
President requested.
These funds were part of an om-
nibus $747,216,lo2 money bill sent
to the House for debate, probably
later this week. The appropriations
would finance operations of the
State, Justice and Commerce De-
partments and the Federal judi
ciary for the year starting next
July l.
Voice OF America
The Voice of America broadcasts
are the State Departments chief
weapon IN penetrating the Iron
Curtain with facts about America,
and the FBI is in the midst of an
expanded program to track down
subversives at home.
The overall bill calls for $60,807, :
1854 less than President Truman ask
ed.
Agency AllOtments
These are the allotments by
agencies:
Commerce Department: $259,927,-
COS in cash and $58,80O,0o0 in con-
tract authority (for which future
appropriations may be required).
State Department: $271, 405,6 56 in
cash, S2,900,000 contract authority.
Justice Department: $132,579, 141
cash, 100000 contract authority
Federal Judiciary $2O,7o3, 700 cash
granted, $21, 234 200 cash asked.
Except for the State Department,
all agencies got more money than
they received for the present fiscal
year.
Criticism
OF the total Commerce Depart
ment allotment, $139, 073 ,065 cash and
$50, 10000 in contract authority was
earmarked for the Civil Aeronautics
Administration. Most Of this is for
establishment of air navigation fac
ilities and airport construction.
The committee criticized both the
CAA and the Civil Aeronautics
Board for making annual fervent
pleas for airline companies when
many of the executives OF these
airlines are paid six figure salaries
for directing companies which are
subsidized
On February rs, the committee
said, the CAB granted IAN $8,000,00c
gift of the taxpayers money to the
big four airlines for transporta-
ton of air mail, a single pound
of which they never actually car
ried.'
Committee hearings listed the
"big four" as Eastern Airlines, Uni
ted Air Lines, Trans-World Airlines
and American Airlines.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April STD Clos
ing quotation on Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 39s, American
Can 9lA, Anaconda 30A, Curtiss-
Wright 97s, international Harvest
er 24ls, Kennecott Az. New York
Central 11Ss, Northern Pacific 151s,
U. s. Steel 72A, Pound $4.02H.
Sales today were 100000 shares.
Averages today are as follows
industrials l7704, rails 1880. util-
tiles 1878.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
sITKA ASSAULT CASE

U. S. Marshal William T. Ma
honey has received word that Jack
Chris Lokke Of Sitka was arraigned
in the U. S. Commissioners Court,
charged with assault with a danger
GUS weapon.
Lokke waived preliminary hearing,
and was bound over the the grand
jury, under bond of $500.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
kosfov
0usfed
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
The Bulgarian Communist party
announced in Sofia today the GUST
ng Of Traicho Kostov as Deputy
Premier and Member of the Polit-
buro-the No. Communist party
group in the land.
Kostov was accused of intrigue
and double dealing to cause trouble
with Soviet Russia and at home.
The official Yugoslav news
agency, Tanjug, in a broadcast
heard in London said. 800 state and
Communist party leaders have been
arrested in Bulgaria on spy charges.
1t said Kostov is involved in the
case.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05
SCORES
PERISH
IN FIRE
Over Fifty Persons, Inelud :
inq Newborn Infants,
Die in Hospital Blaze

EFFINGHAM, ILL.,, April o.-H1-
More than SO persons, including
eight newborn infants, were report
ed killed today in fire that rae
ed through st. Anthony's hospital.
Hospital officials said the death
toll may reach So or 60. The Red
Cross said go to 1O8 patients were
rescued. At least Is bodies were
removed, most of them charred al
most beyond recognition.
Flames quickly enveloped the
building at midnight and destroyed
It within an hour, trapped patients
screamed in agony. Some, includ-
ing expectant mothers, leaped from
the flame-framed windows
ut was horrible said one eye
witness, "all those poor people in
there shrieking for help"
Mass Of Flames
The fire was discovered shortly
before midnight in laundry chute.
Eyewitnesses said the 60-year- old,
three-and-o half story brick
structure quickly became a great
mass Of flames.
1T burned so fast, it couldn't
be fought said one rescuer.
Many patients leaped from win
dows. Some died in their flaming
rooms as nuns and townspeople
tried to save them.
The bodies Of eight infants, still
in their flame blackened metal cribs
on the second floor, were the first
to be removed.
ssUncounted Bodies
Uncounted bodies were strewn in
the twisted wreckage of the upper
floors. There were about 80 pat
tents on the third floor, a nurse
said, land I don't believe any of
them got out"
Effingham Is & community Of
5000 in south central Illinois, 100
miles northeast of st. Louis and
200 miles southeast Of Chicago, on
the Pennsylvania and Illinois Gen.
trail railroads.
Rush To Aid
Hundreds of the city's residents
rushed to the aid of the 100 or
more patients in the 125-bed hos
pital. But they were hampered by
falling bricks and rubble and the
danger of falling walls.
Inside, the Roman Catholic nuns
who were on duty braved the flam-
es to lead some patients to safety.
Some nuns died in the attempt, and
others persisted in their rooms,
where they were asleep.
The hospital is operated by the
Sisters OF the Order of st. Fran
els.
Tangled Debris
The hospital chaplain, Father
Sandon, died in the fire. His char
red body was found in a room
next to the hospital chapel.
Only some walls still stood early
today. The intense heat of the
smouldering ruins and the tangled
debris slowed removal of the bod
les. Two expectant mothers escaped
from the delivery room. They gave
birth in nearby homes. They and
their babies were reported in good
condition.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-05

WRANGELL, Alaska, April S.
Fire. starting from an overheated
stove at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon, destroyed one of the bunk
houses of the Virginia Lake Spruce
Mills near here. Seven men lost
all personal belongings. The mill
was saved.