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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
SEIZED FURS up FOR SALE HERE
 TOMORROW PM.

Seized Alaska furs valued at ap- proximately Sl5,000 will be put up to public auction here tomorrow by the Alaska Game Commission. The l04 lots of pelts to be sold are head lined by a large number of beaver and several choice marten, both of which furs are now in great demand and are bringing highest prices, Jack O'Connor, Fish and Wildlife Game Management Supervisor, states.
 In addition to local fur dealers Charles Goldstein and H. J. Yur- man, two out-of-town buyers all ready have been attracted here to the sale and others are expected to arrive today. Now here are c. H. Cohen of Seattle and M. Hamberg, who represents eastern dealers.
 Ear scratching and pencil flicking is due to start at 130 o'clock to- morrow afternoon when the Game Commissions auctioneer open the bidding in the A. B. Hall and buy CTS will flash their up signs" in their own cabalistic ways; all form ing colorful episode.
 The several lots of furs are open to inspection today in the A. B. Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
DEATH FOR
 YAMA5HITA
 IS ASKED
Thirty-fwo Day Trial Ended Commissions 5 Ver-
 ditt Due Friday

MANILA, Dec. 5--A five general U S. Military Commission refused to ponder the fate of It. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita today after hearing final summation in which the prosecution demanded the death penalty and the defense pleaded for American juStice-ac- quittal."
 It promised a verdict Friday.
 Major Robert M. Kerr, Portland, Ore, chief prosecutor, declared that "in view of the aggravated nature of the crimes and in view of the measures of the crimes, we recom- mended that the sentence, of death, be carried out by hanging"
 Kerr charged that every reason able doubt has been shattered by devastating witnesses" against the Japanese Army commander, who is accused of condoning innumer- able atrocities by his troops in the Philippines.
 There is no doubt of his re- sponsibility and negligence" Kerr said in asking verdict of guilty and the death sentence.
 Col. Harry Clarke, concluding Yamashita's defense arguments, asked the commission to "exemplify the concepts and standards of Am erican justice, the keystone of Am erican democracy, by returning a finding of not guilty"
 The commission, which has heard more than 200 witnesses and re- ceived more than 100 documents from both sides in the 32-day hear ing, recessed until Friday, when it's decisions will be announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
Byron Price
 On New Job

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 < Byron Price, veteran newsman and former censorship director, has accepted the vice presidency of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. P
 He will be in charge of the Hollywood branch of what used to be called the Hayes office" until Eric Johnston succeeded Will Hays as president of the organization.
 In announcing the appointment, Johnston said Price will supervise research to improve techniques and toward wider use of the film; ex- tension of the use of motion pie lures in education and in training ; and development of enlightened labor-management relations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
SHIRLEY RUSHES WEST TO GREET
 HER KID HUBBY

KEARNS. Utah, Dec. 5.-Thanks to the Army's readjustment of it's point discharge system. the next re- union of Shirley Temple, grown-up child actress, with her handsome soldier husband, is only hours in- stead of months away
 Sgt. John Agar. the l7-year-old actress husband of three months, earmarked a few weeks ago for ser vice in the Pacific, is back at the AAF overseas replacement depot here for a new assignment, and Shirley is speeding westward to greet him.
 Agar was ready to embark on his Pacific duties when. just in the nick of time, the Army reduced it's discharge point requirement and im- munized him to overseas duty
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
THREAT OF
 G0ERlNG
 SHOWN UP
Would Unleash LuftWaffe Unless CzeChosIoyakia
 Surrendered
By DANIEL DE LUCE

NUREMBERG, Dec 5-Hermann Goering shattered Czechoslovakia s last will to resist Filters war ma chine with the ultimatum that half of Prague would lie in ruins from aerial bombardment within two hours" the International Milf tary Tribunal was told today.
 American prosecutors at the trial of Goering and l9 other Nazi lead- CTS accused of war crimes laid be- fore the court official German records and French and British diplomatic reports disclosing the Hitler pattern of threats, treachery and broken promises that crushed the Czechs only five months after the Munich Pact led British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to proclaim Peace in Our Time"
 Cold Details
 In cold detail, the prosecution disclosed the ordeal of Czechoslo- vakian President Emil Hacha when he was imperiously summoned to Berlin the day before German troops marched across the border on March IA, 1889, and was told that Prague would be bombed if the CZechs fired on the Nazi in- vaders.
 Goering pulled Hacha with the bombing threat if he did not imme- diately invite" German troops into his country, according to the re- port of French Ambassador Robert Coulondre, read into the evidence.
 Goering's Alibi
 The prosecution then read British Ambassador Sir Neville Hendersons report that Goering in an inter view later did not deny the threat but gave as his alibi that he in tended only to unleash the luft- waffle ''if German lives were lest. '
 Under this pressure, German records showed, President Hacha finally gave in and the next morn ing the Germans poured over the border without opposition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
kBDIChTI0N OF HIR0HIT0
 IS QUESTION
Emperor's s Efforts 10 Start War Is Brought Right
 Out Into Open

TOKYO, Dec. o--lwo undercur- rent questions whose answers may reshape the future of Japan-did Emperor Hirohito help push Japan into the war and should he abdi- cate? were out in the open today.
 Isanji Tanaka, independent diet member, asked Minister of State Joii Matsumoto what the govern ment thought about abdication of the emperor, Kyodo news agency said. Tanaka indicated some circles thought abdication possible after Prince Konoyes discussion on the subject with foreign correspondents.
 Kyodo quoted Matsumoto as re- plying that even to express in public such thing as abdication is too awesome.' The minister added that those who contemplate such a mistaken" idea were the exception.
 Discussion of whether Hrohito helped push Japan into the war
 
 caused an equal stir.
 Unprecedented Question
 The unprecedented question was asked late yesterday at plenary session of the House of Representa- tives budget committee. In reply, Premier Kijuro Shidehara told the House he personally believed Hiro- hito had no war responsibility and added that the occupation authori- ties have not raised the question with the government.
 Today a retired Japanese gen. eral, Toshizo Nishio, told the As- sociated Press that Hirohito att tended highly secretiye confer ence held at the Imperial Palace in late November or early Decem- Der, 194l, just prior to the wars outbreak Nishio said the Mikado informed the Supreme War Council Japan might have to fight if things didn't improve"
 Nishio added, however, what other Japanese have said-the E'm- peror wasn't told a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor would open the con- flict.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
TSH! TSH!
 ELEANOR

FORT DEVENS, Mass; Dec. B. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says that Madame Chiang, wife of the Generalissimo, was typical of the Chinese in that "she can talk beautifully about democracy, but she does not know how to live de- mocracy"
 The former First Lady referred to Madame Chiang during a ques- tion period after speaking to sol dier patients at the posts Lowell General Hospital
 'The inability to live democracy" she said, was typical of the Chi nese mot because of any facetious- ness, but because they never had an opportunity to see or practice democracy in action"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
COL. JOHNSON
 COMES NORTH

SEATTLE, Dec = Col John Johnson, who toured Alaska last year as an Army officer, is return ing to the territory as new chief of the Alaska Railway, succeeding Col. Otto Ohlson. He said he would fly north today.
 The colonel said he came here from the national capital, where he had been in conference with officials of the Department of the Interior and others interested in Alaska.
 He will take charge of the rail- way Jan. l, with headquarters at Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = In 1925 this writer was making a laborious trip over the Gobi Desert to Urga. capital of Mongolia. Across the horizon, heading down from the Siberian border, came a long cara van of motor cars--Fords, Bucks. Chevrolets of uncertain vintage all driven by Chinese chauffeurs Putting across the plain, they pulled up at the water hole where I was encamped.
 On the running board of each car was strapped a long wooden box packed with rifles. Inside each car were smaller boxes of cart ridges.
 They were being shipped by Soviet Russia to stir up civil war in China. But their recipient was none other than Chiang Kai-shek, more recently the ardent opponent of Russia.
 Later, this writer visited Chiang's stronghold in South China. He was in command of the Whampao Cadets, a Red Chinese Army, trained by Soviet officers including the famous Comrade Borodin.
 To Britons and Americans at that time, Chiang Kai-shek and Communism were one and the same thing. Both were equally hated-and for good reason. In Canton, he and his so-called Con- munists had clamped down a boy colt against Americans, Britons, and all foreigners that was no joke. Grass grew in the streets of the foreign settlement. The American Consul General, Douglas Jenkins could be seen each morning sweep ing out his office. Every foreign official in Canton cooked his own meals = and considered himself lucky to get food. Only humorous aspect was watching the tall and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
Survivors of Six Missinq q
 Planes Hunted
Ground, Air Patrols Make Search in Pacific Norih-
 west, Also in Alaska

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 5-Ground and air patrols searched the storm battered Pacific Northwest today for survivors of six airplanes miss ing in the past 10 days
 Fate of 20 fliers, one civilian mail pilot and 19 servicemen, was still cloaked in the snowbound Cascades and the rugged coastal ranges be- tween northern California and Nome
 Two other planes that disap- peared Nov. l boosted the total air mishaps to eight. Forty one men were involved in all of the plane accidents. Ten have survived, six are known dead and authorities directing the search expressed doubts today many of the others still unaccounted for would be found alive.
 Wreckage Reached
 Rescue crews late yester a y reached wreckage of a Navy Ven tura plane that crashed a week ago near Mount St. Helens. Four Navy airmen are missing One Army passenger is the only known sur- vivor.
 About the same time yesterday bodies of four Army airmen were removed from one B-24 that dis appeared Nov l. It was doubted the second B-24 with five aboard would be spotted until after the spring thaw.
 Latest Disappearances
 Latest of planes reported missing was a small Army training plane being flown by F. O. John Lanzette, McChord Field, Wash. It disap- peared after leaving Red Bluff, Calf, for Hamilton Field, Calf.
 A Navy Privateer transport with l2 men aboard is missing after leaving Kodiak, Alaska, Nov. 29. Air patrols are searching a 1,0O0- mile stretch of Alaskan coastal regions along the route.
 Near Nome, Alaska, rescuers were attempting to reach a mail plane piloted by Don George which crashed a week ago.
 East of Coos Bay, Ore, ground units continued looking for trace of a twelfth man unaccounted for in the crash of an Army GAG on Nov. 26. Nine survived and bodies Of two others were in the wreckage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
GREEN OPPOSES MURRAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-Presi- dent William Green of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor today dis agreed with CIO Chief Philip Murray's conclusion that the design of laws proposed by President Tru- man is to ultimately destroy" labor unions
 Emerging from a conference with MT Truman, Green told White House reporters that while the Presidents latest proposal for end ing strikes was mot acceptable or satisfactory to the AFL, he thought the President was sincere" in offering it.
 Answering question, Green said his principal opposition was to the 30-day cooling off" period suggested in MT Trumans Monday message to Congress recommending fact-finding procedures in wage dis putes.
 Green asserted the plan would cause much delay" and result in unrest"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
SAYS STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII IS
 JUST SUICIDAL

HONOLULU, Dec. 5-Territorial Sen. Alice Kamokila Campbell, Democratic National Committee woman, believes that statehood for Hawaii at this time would be sui cidal."
 Mrs Campbell said in an inter- view that by bloc voting Hawaii's Japanese-Americans can swing an election" She warned that the tics of these citizens are still too close to Japan"
 (Hawaii's 1940 population in- cluded 135,000 Japanese)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
MURRAY SPLITS WITH TRUMANON
 LABOR DISPUTES

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5.--Philip Murray, one of the strongest back CTS of Harry s. Truman in the poli- tical campaign of 1944, has broken sharply with him over legislation the President proposes to end labor strife in the United States.
 In a softly spoken, but bitterly phrased radio address, CIO Presi- dent Murray last night accused the Administration of "abject coward ice" and declared the design of laws proposed by Truman lis to weaken and ultimately destroy labor union organizations.
 Answering President Truman's pleas that workers end strikes and refrain from calling further strikes, Murray declared:
 Our objective is to restore the huge cut in the national pay en- velope. Unless We do, clearly Ameri- ca faces bad times. If the work CTS do not have the purchasing pow CT to buy the goods, the wheels of industry cannot keep turning
 Murray asserted large companies citing the U s. Steel Corp. and General Motors Corp - had flatly refused pay increases and had re- fused government requests to re- sume negotiations with the unions.
 Confronted with this situation, American labor, in self protection, and in the interest of the entire nation, have turned to their right to strike" said Murray
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05

SEATTLE, Dec 5-A wild gale ragged on into the north today after leaving at least three dead in the Pacific Northwest last night toppl- ing trees and power poles and un- roofing buildings in Oregon and Washington and menacine the ships crowding down Puget Sound with returning servicemen and freight
 Two men were killed by falling trees in somewhat similar accidents. At Eugene, Ore, tree crushed Clifford Mather in the cab of logging truck and Theodore Dukes. 40 was killed at Vancouver. Wash, Barracks when . tree fell on the cab of a bulldozer. John Muzzy, 89. was killed in Seattle when he touched fallen wires which had set fire to his house.
 The 18th Naval District said number of ships in Puget Sound were damaged in collisions with each other and the shore. but damage was not extensive and there were not reports of casualties.
 Lights were out temporarily in sections of Portland. Seattle and Tacoma. and in many towns in the path of the storm. The gale rushed at 50 miles per hour over much of the region and gusts reached 84. miles an hour
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
Great Authority
 On Heredify Dies

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 5-Death has claimed Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan, regarded by many men of science as the worlds foremost authority on heredity.
 The 79-year-old winner of the 1883 Nobel prize for medicine suc- cumbed at Huntington Memorial Hospital after short illness.
 Professor Emeritus of Biology at California Institute of Technology, Dr. Morgan was an admitted leader in at least five fields of scientific research, but his epoch-making contributions to genetics over shadoWed all else.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
MRS. COLLIER HERE

Mrs. w H, Collier arrived on the Steamer Baranof after her trip from Seattle had been interrupted by an attack of influenza while enroute here She was a passenger on the Alaska from Seattle, but left the ship at Ketchikan last week to enter hospital. She is joining her recent arrival from the States, who is at present employed by the Lemon Creek Sand & Gravel Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
NO!

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-Two gunmen walked up to the ticket window at the Bertha Theatre and one pointed pistol at Cashier Helen Tindle, 38
 Give me the money" the bandit said
 No" said Miss Tindle.
 The robbers, non-pulsed, looked at each other and walked rapidly away.
 I think it was toy pistol Miss I1ndle told police. T hope
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
SCHOOL HEADS TO FIND TIME FULLY FILLED
Administrators Conference 10 Open Here tomorrow
 Has Heavy Schedule

Crowded hours mark the program for the first annual Southeast Alas ka School Administrators confer snce opening here Thursday, Releas- ed today by the office of Territor- ial Commissioner of Education is a list showing the following topics up for discussion by the school heads, with discussion leaders assigned to each topic;
 Required Subjects for H. s. Grad uation A. B. Phillips.
 Uniform Records and Reports for Alaska - George J. Fabricius.
 Physical Education vs. Physical Fitness - Lester L. Wingard.
 Alaska Athletic Association Les ter L. Wingard.
 Alaska Teachers Association - Theron J. Cole
 The Junior H. S. Organization in Alaska - J E. Danielson.
 Pupils. Excused from School for Religious Instruction - J. E. Dan ielson.
 School Lunches T. F. Dryden.
 Supervision in Elementary School -- T. F Dryden
 Supervision in High School = William H. Seaman.
 Vocational. Education in Alaska = Henry Harmon.
 Retardation in Public Schools - William H. Seaman.
 Teachers Retirement Law A. B. Phillips.
 Visual Aids in Alaska Schools =
 Theron J Cole
 School Health Program Will jam L. Jahn
 Elementary and High School At tendance = Walter A. Savikko.
 Uniform Marking System for the Territory Gilmore s. Reese.
 Teachers Salaries William L. Jahn.
 Administrators Salaries - George J. Fabricius.
 Utilizing Military Surpluses = Walter A. Savikko.
 School Construction Prospects - Henry Harmon.
 Tenure for Alaska Teachers- Gill more s. Reese.
 Program
 The program for the two day administrators meeting here Thurs day and Friday scheduled six gen. eral conferences. Most of these are to be held in the City Council Chamber at the City Hall and will be open to the public In addition, the administrators expect to carry their problems along to the table when they take time out for break fast. luncheon and dinner
 Thursdays schedule is: Eight o'clock a, m, breakfast and organi- 2ation, Baranof Hotel; 9:30 o'clock a. m, general conference, Council Chamber; noon, Chamber of Com- merce luncheon, Baranof Hotel; 30 o'clock D. m., general conference, Council Chamber; 4;30 to o'clock p. m., free time; ' to 10:30 o'clock p. m., general conference at the home of Commissioner of Education James Ryan
 Program for Friday: Nine o'clock a. m., general conference, Council Chamber; noon, luncheon, Baranof Hotel; 130 o'clock D m, general conference, Council Chamber: 3 o'clock D. m., tea as guests at the Juneau Public Schools; 630 o'clock p. m., dinner, Baranof Hotel; 9 o'clock p. m, general conference. Dr. Ryan's home
 Among the out-of -towners com ing here to attend the conference Theron J. Cole and William L. Jahn, school superintendents at Sitka and Haines, respectively, already have arrived in Juneau, and with good flying weather prevailing, all the others were expected to land here to- day to be on hand for the organiza- ticnal meeting tomorrow morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Freighter Margaret Shafer, from Seattle, arrived at Northland Dock early this afternoon.
 North Sea sailed from Seattle this morning for Juneau.
 Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle today
 Tongas scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow
 Princess Norah, from the south, scheduled to arrive tomorrow after noon or evening.
 Yukon may arrive southbound Friday evening.
 Alaska scheduled southbound Sat- urday.
 Baranof scheduled southbound about December 12.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
U. S. piIols Turned Back Powerful Jap Fleet that
 Wrecked Plans oi Nippons

BULLETIN-WASHINGTON, Dec. ,. - It. Gen. Leonard T. Gcrow testified today he is will ing to accept the responsibility" for the War Departments failure to send It. Gen. Walter C. Short additional warnings to put Ha- waii on final alert before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
NORTHWEST
 IS WEpT
 BY STORM
Three Are Reported Dead Trees, Power Poles Top-
 pled-Ships in Collision

BULLETIN --- SEATTLE, Dec. 5.-Four are kncwn to have died in tlse storm which swept the Pacific Northwest. At Shelton, George l.. Cunningham. q Public Power District lineman working atop q pole on a bank. was killed when the bank gave way and the pole fell. Another workman on the pole was uninjured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
By RESELL BRINEs


 TOKYO, Dec. 5-American pilots who turned back the powerful Japanese fleet in the David and Goliath" victory at Midway in June, 1942, wrecked Tokyos plans to win a compromise peace by holding the Pacific in a stranglehold of outly- ing bases.
 That was disclosed today by Capt. Toshikazu Chmae, former chief of the naval operations section of the navy ministry, in revealing details of what Japan considers one of the two decisive naval battles of the war.
 Japan sent Il battleships and 76 other combat vessels against the tiny sandspit island, which was de- fended by a relative handful of American planes and 23 warships The heaviest U S. fleet elements were five cruisers under Admiral Raymond A. Spruance.
 To Occupy Midway
 The objective was to occupy Midway with $500 marines and army infantrymen, who were car ried aboard 16 transports. The fleet Chmae said, had no intention of attempting Hawaiian landing. Midway was considered the key to vast coordinated naval offensive designed to secure advanced aerial observation bases from the Aleu- tians to the New Hebrides. It was timed to coincide with the capture of Kiska.
 But dive -bombers and fighter planes smashed the Midway thrust in the first fiery daytime 1, l942.
 Key Outpost
 Chmae said Midway was to be- come an airbase and key outpost. Its seizure was the foundation of the plan, which included the oc- cupation of the Solomons. The ad mirals believed this frightened de- fense would prolong the war and lead America to accept con- promise peace.
 Chmae said the bombardment of Dutch Harbor on June 3-4 and the occupation of Kiska and Attu were conducted by relatively small Fifth Fleet units. The Coral Sea battle. May 3-8, "only postponed a cor related plan to occupy Port Moresby
 WASHINGTON, Dec. Con- gressional investigators learned to- day that the late President Roose- welt declined to approve on June T, l941, British American plan for joint military operations in the event the United States became in- volved in war
 This was brought out in records submitted to the Senate-House committee Investigating the Japa- nese attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. T, 1941. They showed, however, that MT. Roosevelt's military aide. Mai. Gen. E. M. Watson, told War Department officials that in case of war, the papers would be re- turned to the President for his approval
 They also showed that on Aug. 29, 194l, MT Roosevelt approved a joint Canadian United States basic defense plan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
FROM POINT RETREAT

John c. Barry, Point Retreat, in Juneau yesterday. He is stopping at the Baranof
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-05
HERE FROM WRANGELL

MT and Mrs. E. M. McPhee of Wrangell have arrived in Juneau and are stoppingAat Hotel Juneau.