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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
Runaway Youth,
Son Of u. W. Prof.,
Is Stranded

SEATTLE, April filth Tit
12-year-old son of University Of
Washington professor spent hi:
last dime for food last night ir
a Fairfield, Calf, restaurant, ane
then began to cry.
Police then reunited the boy
Heath Engle. with his parents, DR.
and Mrs. N,thanael Engle, by tele-
phone.
The youth had ran away April
to 'see the world on his own HI
told Police Chief Rex Cliff a
Fairfield that he set Oakland a:
his goal because an Oakland mar
he met here had promised him
Job. He couldn't remember thu
mans name.
DR.. EngIe is director OF the Bur.
eau of Business Research at thu
university.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
Hex Is Dead; Wont Be Used
By Confessed Slayer Who Is
Now on Way 10 Death House

TACOMA, April 27-lR-The hex
is dead, and the man who invoked
it for five deaths is on his way to
the death house May q.
The fabulous Jake Bird, E-year-
cid North Carolina Negro who once
confessed implication in A assorted
murders, defiantly saw Superior
Judge Hugh Rosselini sign his
death warrant yesterday.
Courtroom attaches wondered
whether Jake would call down the
wrath of his hex on the judge.
But in cell interview after
ward, Bird said, 81 don't believe in
the hex any more"
Atmosphere was taut as Bird
was brought into the courtroom,
less than half hour after he'd
been brought from the state prison
at Walla Walla. A half-hour later
he was on the way back to the
state penitentiary death house on
what authorities said they hoped
was his last ride"
He is the confessed axe Stayed
of Mrs. Bertha Kludt Oct. 80, 1947
At his subsequent trial he
claimed he'd put the hex on all
parties who had hand in his
conviction. In order, these men
succunl.e led suddenly from heart
attacks:
Superior Court Judge E. D
Hodge, who heard the case.
Clerk Of the Court Ray Scott
who handled the original appeal
papers.
Undersheriff Joseph Karpach
who obtained the original confes-
sion by Byrd to EIGHT or nine
murders. Bird later had authorities
convinced he'd been implicated ir
"A of them.
Detective Lieut.. Sherman Lyons
of Tacoma.
j. w. seiden, Birds defense
lawyer, for whom Bird still holds
the most consuming hatred.
IF 1 believed in the hex, OF al
the people I'd have liked to have
hexed would be Selden," he sale
heatedly in his cell.
selden, in addressing the jury al
Birds trial, had said:
"Let your conscience be YOU
guide, because Bird is dark, BLACK
criminal and / am defending hin
simply because / must"
Selden had been appointed y by
the court.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
CALDER IS
TO BE new
5E(Y. NAVY
Utilities Executive Agrees
10 Take Position
Gray Now Acting

WASHINGTON, April 81 =
Curtis E. Calder, utilities execu-
tive, has agreed to become Secre-
tary of the Army.
Gordon Gray, now assistant Sec
rotary, will be promoted to under
secretary and serve as acting sec
rotary until CALDER can take over
the post.
This is the job formerly held by
Kenneth Royal.
Calder, chairman of the hoard Of
Electric Bond and Share, says HI
will be ready to take over the tor
Army post within go days.
Secretary Of Defense Louis John
son, who had been urging Calder
to take the post, was reported &c
have discussed the matter with
President Truman during White
House call today.
Johnson, however would not dis
cuss the matter with reporters. He
said his talk with Mr.. Truman to-
day was on routine matters, such
as they discuss every week.
Calder, who will be 81 on May
Is, was born in Winfield, Kansas
and attended public schools there.
He became vice-president OF
Texas Power and Light in 1877 and
president in 1921, heading that cor
roration, as well as Dallas Power
and Light Co, and Texas Electric
Service Co., until 1927.
In 1927, Calder went to New York
IS president OF American and For
eign Power Co., a sub-holdlng COM
pany Of Electric Bond and Share
In 1914 he was elected chair
man Of Electric Bond and Share.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
RUSSIANS
GET NOTE
FROM U.S..
Told 10 Put in Writing Con.
difions Of Lifting Ber-
lin Blockade

NEW YORK, April 27-tR-The
United States delivered note to
+ the Russians here today asking for
formal statement as to when and
on what conditions they will hit
their Berlin blockade.
The note was taken by Philip
G. Jessup. American Ambassador
at-Large, to Soviet Deputy For
eign Minister Jakob A. Malik.
Jessup called on Malik at the
Soviet offices on Upper Park Ave.
The text of the American COM
munication was not made public,
but informed quarters said its main
purpose was to shift the Berlin
negotiations to a formal basis and
get Russia's view down on paper
Has Just Been Talk
Previously no views had been
exchanged in writing since Jessup
first brought up the question in an
informal talk with Malik at Lake
Success February Is.
Jessup brought the note with
him on his return to New York
this morning after talks in Wash
ington yesterday with President
Truman and State Department
officials.
Before going alone to see Mallk,
Jessup met with members of the
u. S. delegation to the U. N.
He disappeared later and was
understood to have called on Brit
ish and French representatives to
show them the note.
Qualification Sought
The American note was under
stood to seek Qualification specifi-
cally on two issues. An exact I'M
derstanding as ID what would be
involved in any agreement to lift
the blockade and proposed time
table.
A U. S. spokesman said this
switch to a formal exchange of
notes probably would result in some
delay in getting Russia's views. 1t
was expected, he said, that Malik
would transmit the American note
to his immediate superior here,
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A.
Gromyko,. who in turn probably
would have to consult Moscow be-
fore replying.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
ARMS AID
BIG ISSUE
AT PRESENT
A1heson Says Approval Of
Atlantic Pact Pdyes
Way for Assistance

WASHINGTON, April 27.-R--
Secretary of State Acheson told
Senators today that if they approve
the North Atlantic Security Treaty
they will be less free" tt oppose
arms aid for Europe.
Acheson was before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee TO
plead that the Senate approve the
treaty and that Congress vote a
$1,45O,O 100000 foreign arms pro-
gram.
The treaty, signed here April 4
by IL nations, will not be binding
on the United States until the
Senate approves it by two-thlrds
vote. The Truman Administration
plans also to ask the arms aid. 1t
would require approval by ma
jority of both Senate and House.
In the Senate, some members
have said they are inclined to vote
for the treaty but doubt the wis
dom of the arms program. Senator
Byrd DIVA, for one, has demand
ed to know whether a vote tor
the treaty would be regarded as
moral commitment to support the
arms aid.
So that point was promptly rails
ed when the Foreign Relations
Committee opened hearings on the
treaty today with Acheson as the
iirst witness.
Mutual Assistance
First off, Acheson read a long
prepared statement that said, IL
effect, that If the pact is approved
by the required two-thirds OF SEN
ators voting, the entire member
ship then will be committed to the
principle of mutual assistance to
the Western European nations
linking themselves against possible
Communist aggression.
When Acheson concluded his
statement and leaned back in the
witness chair, Chairman Connally
(D-Texas) leaned forward and put
the big question:
Could a Senator vote for the
treaty and still oppose the arms
program?
With the crowded hearing room
poised tensely for his answer, Ache
son replied:
1T would be pleasant II one
could answer that question yes
or mo-. There is something in
this treaty which requires each
member to accept the principle OF
mutual assistance.
"Once it Is ratified, Senator
would be less free to voate against
a military program than he was
before"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
CHANG IS
BACK; WILL
FIGHT ON.
Forecasts Third World War
If China Loses Stale
ment Is Issued
BY FRED HAMPSON

SHANGHAI. April 27.-LR-
Chang Kai-shek today returned
to the battle against Communism.
forecasting a third world war II
China is lost.
His country. he said, would be the
tinderbox and furnish the men for
that war if the Chinese Commune
lists win.
The Generalissimo pledged to
share the hardships of his coun-
trymen ION the brink OF disaster"
He said he could not disregard his
responsibility at such a time.
The statement--hi first since re-
firing from the Presidency Janu-
airy 2l-was issued from Chikow.
his ancestral home. But foreign
and Chinese newspapers said lie
was back in Shanghai, soon per-
haps to become another civil war
battle-ground.
He spoke as Director General OF
the Kuomintang tGovernment)
Party.
Communist forces swirled around
Soochow tWuhsien), only SO miles
to the west, as Chiangs statement
was made public.
Chiang's statement
/! Chang said the Communists
were seeking to "enslave the Chi
nese people to the cause of inter-
national Communists by attempting
to make all China the military
base and source OF nianpowsr for
the Benefit OF the Communist plan
| for world domination"
Chang promised full support to
the government Of Ii. but pledged
to share the sufferings OF my
fellow countrymen," Thus he may
have chosen this means OF coming
from retirement to lead China y
her battle against Communism.
| He called on his people to figh
as hard against Communism ~
they did against the Japanese in
eight years OF war.
The Generalissimo said the Reds
by crossing the Yangtze had blum
dered into the same military err
rors that mired the Japanese in
their conquest OF China.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
(ANNERY.
WORKERS
TO VOTE
Union Election 10 Decide
AFL Wrestling Con-
troll from clio

SEATTLE, April 27.-IR-Salmon
cannery workers bound for Alaska
will vote Friday in a union cleo
ton regarded as an attempt by
the ALL. to wrest control from
the. CLIO.
Roy w. Atkinson, regional direct
or Of the CLIO. said his office had
tried to get the National Labor
Relations Board to delay the cleo
ton on technical grounds.
The Cannery Workers Union,
Local Z, has represented the work.
ers in the past. 1t will not appear
on the ballot because 1t and the
parent CLIO union, the Interna-
ticnal Union of Food, Tobacco, Ag-
ricultural and Allied W orkers, have
not complied with the Taft Hartley
Act by signing non-Commun!st at
fidavits.
The cannery men will vote ON
whether they wish to be represent
ed by the Alaska Fish Cannery
Workers of the Pacific, chartered
by the AFL-Seafarers' International
Union. The alternative, on the bal
lot, is no union.
The balloting will take place as
the workers arrive from California
to enplane for Alaska. Some vot-
ing will be done at Portland. The
election will continue for brief
periods in MaxsJune and August.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
MINISTER IS
COUNCILMAN
AT FAIRBANKS
Named 10 Fill Unexpired
Term Of Resigned Men,
ber-New Police Chief

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April IT.
R-The City Council appointei the
Rev. N. Harry Champlin. pastor
OF the Presbyterian church. TO fill
the unexpired term OF Councilman
Francis Holmstrom yesterday.
Holmstrom resigned month
ago.
Champlin, long active in civic
affairs, is member Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce and secretary OF
the Rotary club.
appointment of the new coun-
Gilman followed by few days the
designation OF Dewey Orrell as
Fairbanks Police Chief, effective
May /. He succeeds the resigning
George Norton. Norton, chief for
five years. said his resignation re-
suited from disagreements with
City Manager Irving Call over
operation Of the police department.
The resignation prompted Norton
supporters to circulate a petition
to ask the council to authorize
referendum on repeal of the
city manager form Of government.
The petition has not yet been sub
mitted
Orrell. appointed by Call, had
been police captain here two
years. He formerly was member
OF the police department at jack
scnyille, Miss.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
SURPRISE
COUP MADE
In CHINA
Red GueniIIas Seize Pu.
tung : Nationalist
Leave SoothoW
BY TOM LAMBERT

SHANGHAI, April 27-lR-Red
guerrillas in a surprise coup have
seized Putting, right across the
Whangpoo River from Shanghai.
At the same time Nationalist
troops abandoned Soochow (Wuh-
sien), guardian city for Shanghai
so miles to the West.
cred possession Of Putting in
any strength could make all opera
tons on the Whangpoo, including
evacuation of foreigners. hazar-
dous.
fright across from Putting point
are the Chinese city council house,
and the British and American Con-
sulates. The Whangpoo is less than
one-fourth of a mile wide there.)
The Shanghai garrison, without
using the word withdrawn, said in
a communique government troops
at Soochow had shifted their posi-
tons" to a point six miles nearer
Shanghai.
Ten thousand Communist troops
participated in the Soochow battle.
The Nationalist said they killed
5000 Reds.
From Soochow the Reds may
pivot toward Hangchow. IS miles
south of here, or may turn d.
lectly toward Shanghai.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
The washington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
lCopyrieht, l94S, BY Bell Syndicate. Inc.l


WASHINGTON 1t wasn't Off
cial1y recorded, but New Hamp-
snire's Senator Styles Bridges re-
Gently struck sharp blow at the
bipartisan foreign policy by de-
manding that the COP take its own
stand on foreign affairs-particu-
larly in China.
He shot the challenges square,
ly at Michigan's Senator Arthur
Vandenberg, the Mr.. Big of the BIZ
partisan foreign policy, during a
secret meeting of the Republican
Policy Committee.
The debate got so heated that
at one point vanderberg snorted
Now, this is within these four
walls. There aren't many here, and
if this appears in Drew Parsons
column, 1 won't have too many to
check with"
However, here is the story CT
what happened at the secret meet
ing.
Bridges called upon the Republic
cans to stop echoing ME, too" to
fContinued on Page r0llrl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 27.-lR-Clos-
ing quotation OF Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 3as, American
Can 49, Anaconda 5U7s, Curtiss-
Wright 8, International Harvester
1875, Kennecott AS, New York
Central IFS, Northern Pacific l4A,
U. S. Steel 70, Pound $4.03A.
Sales. today were 100000 shares.
Averages today are as follows:
industrials l74.56, rails 47.59. util-
tiles 3543.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
ALASKA TO WESTWARD
WITH IS EMBARklMG

The Alaska, sailing at $50 O'Clock
last night to the Westward, had
Is passengers embarking for the
voyage.
For Valdez, passengers were. Ed
ward Naghel, w. S. Trim, Ernest
G. Nelson, Jim Pat, John Carver,
Marcus Carlson.
For Hood Bay: Knute Fronstad,
Peter Jackson, Carries Swan, Verne
Care.
For Seward: Fl. G.. Fairhurst, Mr..
and Mrs Fred Weber, Marie q.
Sadini, Gus Squoquist.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
Ap MAN IS UNDER
| HOUSE ARREST IN
CAPTURED NANkING

SHANGHAI, Apr. 27.-tR-A mes
sage from correspondent Seymour
Topping to the Shanghai Bureau OF
the Associated Press today indicated
he was under house arrest in Nam
king, which was captured Sunday
by the Communists.
The brief message said:
Presume you know Marking
communications disrupted. Have
made arrangements to permit us TO
continue filing if communications
are available despit boy scouts
posted by front door,"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle tomorrow.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Alaska scheduled southbound
early Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
FROM ANCHORAGE

Mis-. E. ,. Stewart OF Anchor
age Is a. the Baranoi.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
ANCHORAGE COUPLE HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. George Taylor OF
are at the Baranof,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27
FROM HAINEs

E. B. Lowman Of Haines has
registered at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-27

Continued on Page Four
Evening star., 1949-04-24
BOND SUMMARY

tfxrniaAeA ~ The Assax4aseS Fr~sas
4 sssestsS tiss sf sFtIvs ssR4s 90 the
Neu fsxk steek ERchAnss. sAxwfas tAs
hash- hss asa rassGns pFsee Ter thr weeA.
shd the sst ehaass trpn tAs ssrvssss
wseks e8ess.
H.aeF ara m<<
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Coming Wage Talks
REGARDED as Crucial
Test for Business
By J. 3. WolIoch
ks.A Amssissa Rs~spsssr AiIIsnes

NosN Asasssesa kSwspapss AHsc<s
NEW YORK, April 23.-In view
Of approaching wage issues In sew
eral Of the Nations key industries,
attention In coming weeks logically
may be expected to be focused In
creasingly On manhours as q
major coSs eleEeent in business. Ur
to now 1t fas been the most din
cult to control or adjust.
Decisions to be made by some
Of Americas largest corporations
in the weeks ahead have a par
ticular significance for all busi-
ness. AS Gerald J. Doyle OF the
Research Institute of America has
pointed out, labor rates are to an
increasing extent dictated by the
decisions Of large companies and
by industry-wide patterns"
Called Dangerously High.
Labor costs already have
pushed break-even points to dan
gerously high levels and made
every company more vulnerable
than ever before to declines Of
volume or prices" according to
Mr.. Doyle.
II. as management has con-
tended. unit labor costs cannot be
adequately lowered without the
active cooperation and unstinted
effort Of the individuals who make
up the work force. it is particu-
larly urgent that labor recognize
its responsibility and 60 at least
half way toward realizing its real
productive potential.
Labor has talked wage in
creases while ignoring the basic
truth that there is no real gain for
in q wage increase un-
less unit costs remain at the same
level" j. G. Jones Of Darlington
associates has declared. He also
has warned that maintenance Of
competitive costs Is necessary to
protect the workers job.
Standard costs are coming more
and more into the labor manage
ment picture. Both sides now
acknowledge that above standard
costs not only jeopardize business
existence but job security as well.
Cooperation Needed.
Cases have been cited In which
agreement on standards between
labor and management have sue
ceeded in bringing product costs
to competitive levels and thereby
enabled companies to avoid the al
tentative of going out Of business.
This kind of cooperation may be
needed soon on q widening scale
If mortalities are to be minimized.
Successive declines in living
costs, commodity and wholesale
prices and other pertinent indices
leave little doubt that we are in a
deflationary movement. Wage ar
guments based on inflationary
conditions have clearly lost any
validity.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Washington Stock Exchange

ssrers cres6~e RS2Aaass CO
sss fs&.sxe1xso ree<sas a.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Oxer-the-Counter Market

on Washington securities traded ever the
counter represent prices st which ens or
more dealers. members Of the National
Association Of Securities Dealers. Inc,
would trade with the general public st the
time the quotations we're assembled FOR
The Star. as OF Friday noon. Origin Of
any quotation furnished on request.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, April 23 LP.-Cotton fu-
lures trsding was active today with prices
nrm, Most of the dealings involved
evening-up operations In the nearby NAV
delivery. prior to nrst notice day next
gagged in selling May and buying July
and there also was some short covering
by commission houses of May, lg49, fu-
vestment demand was apparent in new
crop futures, which was attracted by
belief that these deliveries are relatively
cheap as compared with trade ideas for
the new loan.
Futures closed 80 to 90 cents Q bale
higher than the previous close.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Corporate Issues Listed.
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. April 2S R.-Ths Asso-
cisted Press index Of 36 important whole;
to l56.S6 On Friday-lowest since No
week earlier and 1915 Year % ago 70
The index base year, 1925, equals 100;
Three commodits gropps q the index
-industrials, livestock and nonferrous
metals. The food component and grains
and cotton also declined from last week,
Fridays index. with comparable figures
for . week AGO and year ago, follows:
Evening star., 1949-04-24

Ths index today advanced to 1874.
compared with 156.a6 on Friday.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. April % OT.-Grains did
little OF anything on the Board Of Trade
TO-DAY, lard providing most o the mar
kets interest. Futures OF this eommoo-
expanded demand al higher prices for
loose lard.
Grains moved irTegularly over most OF
the session. but weakened toward the
corn and oats served to depress futures
OF those grains. The Government buying
price for wheat was unchanged from
yesterday.
a.e35s-Ls:. corn was :. lower 70 y hiGher.
May ! .331-A; oats we're 1h-2h lower,
Msy Msy fi ii g. 81 was .o1Desns % ssns' ssr. @
lower. May 224Ls-h, and lard was. Is
10 20 cents q hundred pounds higher,
May a.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
American AirIines
Pluns 4 Divisions
By the Assesiassd Press

CHICAGO, April 23.-American
Airlines announced today the
company will decentralize its op-
erations on May l..
L. G. Fritz. vice president In
charge Of operations. said the sys-
tenn will be divided into four geo.
graphical regions. Headquarters
Of the eastern division will be In
New York: central division. Chi
cago: southern division, Fort
Worth. Tex. and the western di-
vision, Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1949-04-24

FsNt rAtra e. ss1tss rsss "a yea
festeraass TrAssas e1 m..aAns..m ia.
Lsnsae Annetyp~ - a. 81 NEsa'Ta KsTefsF y" nss"
Evening star., 1949-04-24
k1m-H

NANsAl TONS OK
Evening star., 1949-04-24

Rates Of 6iTstsras in the ferssetEg
~ a. auarssr., sr s<ms.snsas, essssra.
fior Uritss otherwise ncted. aps<sai eg
extra dissdends are not sncsucee
81 d Past pssS ~ un1sr ruIs. VA war
rants ~ win ssrTants ~ Wttasat
warrants Q Also extra o. extras. b s1ua
stock 6fvt6sr6. Casa or stoxk Pad
last year. payable in stack ssttmssse
cash salDs On sx-dssidenc date 3 De-
csare6 oT paid % tar this yssY. Declares
4 Declared or paid this pear. IN seeana-
latfTe issue with eiyi6fnes tn mrrssrs
D Paid thts year. efvt6end cEttieA. defsyre6
tne Declared ieA9. nsyahAs In faSe
y fssusdattnE etTt6sra- sPayabas u stoek
enact cash vafrs HndesexMins1 an 6es-
iaratton data
Evening star., 1949-04-24

Chicago Cash Market.
No wheat; Corn-No, 3 yellow, 1%E-
3sA; No. 4, .24a-33a; No. 3. l.11A.
No. No / extra hesvy.. vfite, feHs-.; No. /
white. 73Ka; No. 3 heavy: white: 75: sam
pie grade; heavy, white. 51h. soybeans-
Illinois and Indiana). Barley-Malting
0S-38 nominal; feed. s5-1.0S nominal
Evening star., 1949-04-24
CURB SUMMARY

tFaraAsA-& - the Ass~raaaef Frvn
a s~aeCt<,e hxs 81 tsstss sss<as % aAs
Ns~ SsrA Cara ExrAasss- sss~taa lAs
Assh lee kas xh~ssas FytRs fes tks w~<A
ana ths eFs shkAse frs@ sAs sssvsNzs
wsea sA@ss.
Evening star., 1949-04-24

: = St&asN = sA-a tAsS
sAgsssal zFAssk# 81 81 A. Ass
Sh~ssSStex gASa .AEtt 81 81 ~
TN-w Re- a Mssa e. k&s
v a. SaE& &zEAt seE So ss#Z