The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-19

the House. The House already has passed different legislation on the same subject. The Senate substl- tuted it's own bill Now a confer ence committee from the two houses will attempt to compromise differ ences between the two measures.
 BRISBANE. Australia = Fifteen persons have been killed in the crash of an Australian Airways plane on Leyte Island in the Philippines. the dead are believed to be 12 Amer jeans and three Australians. The only survivor was an American lieu- tenant. Details and names have not been disclosed
 BOSTON-A committee working for establishment of United Ma tions headquarters in Massachusetts will fly to London this week to put in its bid. Governor Maurice Tobin and four members will leave tomor- row as an advance guard to make preliminary contacts.
 WASHINGTON-The Speaker of the House, Representative Sam Ray burn of Texas, said today that Con- gress may not be able to start it's Christmas recess before December 23. Rayburn made the statement after a visit to the White House.
 WASHINGTON - Spokesmen for three women's organizations have announced their support of uni vsrsal military training. They en- iorsed President Trumans program n testimony before the House Mili- tary Committee.
 WASHINGTON = Industry and labor's Big Six" leaders today de- cided to set themselves up as a con- sultativa body to steer the Labor Management Conference. The action was taken, it was explained, to prevent any of the working com mittees from reaching an impasse" in the conference.
 BOONE, Iowa - General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower, is main taining vigil at the bedside of his ailing wife She is suffering an at tack of pneumonia which has af- fected both lungs However, doctors say she should respond satisfactorily to penicillin treatment.
 NEW YORK; French broadcast by the Brazzaville radio heard in New York by CBS says that General Charles de Gaulle had accepted n principle request to form a new French interim government.
 AUGUSTA, Maine Governor Horace A. Hildreth and his family were routed from their beds early today by a fire in the executive mansion The fire, which broke out in the basement, damaged about a dozen rooms in one wing of the mansion.
 l YOKOHAMA-One million pounds of turkey and 100000 pounds of trimmins will be served on Thanks giving Day to the American forces in Japan.
 NEW YORK-Franklin D. Roose- welt, Jr., son of the late President confirmed today he had been pro- noted to the rank of full Con- mander in the U s. Navy Reserves effective Novmeber 13.
 TOKYO-For the first time ir Japans history women will be giver the same educational opportunities as men under an Educational Min istry decision revising higher schoo regulations to permit entry of girls
 VATICAN CITY-Pope Plus XII in a radio address to the Spanish people yesterday, blessed General issimo Francisco Franco and hi government and praised Spain's re ligious zeal.
 HAMPSTEAD, New York Al Army fighter pilot was killed whel his plane, based at Mitchell Fielo crashed into two houses here. Botl houses were badly damaged by fire
 LONDON-British trade union will demand introduction of five l day, 40-hour week under a new pro gram of industrial reform, Sir Wal ter Citrina, General Secretary of tn Trades Union Conference, says.
 TOKYO-E Emperor Hirohito ha
 visited the Tana mausoleum wher
 his father Emperor Taisho is buried
 and reported the war had ended i
 Japan's defeat
 WASHINGTON-The OPA ten
 porarily has raised the ceiling pric
 on Ford one-ton trucks by 22 pt cent. The entire increase is to |