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men off the anchored-out Charleston
and Panamint must boat to land.
Last evening saw the end of Or
ganized entertainment in town fol
the Navy. Two events were held,
and both continued the succession
Of successful affairs that has mark
ed Fleet Week here. While Off
GERS swarmed to the Governors
House for open house and dancing
there, enlisted men were the guests
of the Sons and Daughters of Nor
way at the A. B. Hail. where five
piece Scandinavian orchestra tossed
up "old country" tunes to twirling
couples. Later in the evening
schottisches and polkas gave way to
the dances of modern America. The
USO was also crowded as usual.
With regret, Juneau bids so long"
to her sailor visitors, whose enthus-
iasm, appreciation. and conduct
throughout their say here have won
for them hearty welcome back -
anytimel"
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provides that:
AS used in this act, the team
public lands shall mean any
lands owned or controlled by the
United States, except lands en-
braced within national forests,
national parks or monuments,
Indian reservations, or other
federal reservations
More EquivOcatiOn
Additional equivocation is found
in that part of the bill which says
This act shall not affect any
valid existing right, nor shall it
apply to any land below ordinary
high water mark This act shall
not be deemed to modify or re-
peal any statute providing for
appropriation, leasing, or other
disposition of the public lands or
their resources in Alaska
THE language that such act
would not affect any valid, existing
right would protect entries already
made. How about future entries or
land over which the secretary may
have exercised his long sought
leasing power? Why say that this
act shall not modify or repeal any
statutes providing for the 'appro-
priation of lands in Alaska? The
Homestead Law speaks of entry
or settlement not appropriation.
The mining laws speak of 'loca-
tons not appropriations Let Us
say, however, for the sake of the
argument, that the homestead ano
mining location laws would not bt
legally modified or repealed. Their
what do you have? You start out
with a large area of open public
domain Upon that public domain
the Secretary of the Interior may
lease or grant revocable permits.
He is not required to start leasing
PoDAAS 11CJ oo cooNAAAlN 4Oi tAA'
fun of it that he is unaggressivt
and does not invoke such power
Under such a state of suspended
animation the public domain woulC
remain open for entry and location
If that conception is too fantastic
let US assume that, as a matter o.
policy and to minimize opposition
the secretary will assert his leasing
power over only small areas at {
time. In that manner the existing
land laws and mining laws woulc
not be modified or repealed. There
would still be an open although
diminishing public domain to which
hey would apply. 1t would not bt
long, however, until all of the mort
Aabitable areas would have beer
staked out by the secretary as hi
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ton an enlarged Organic Act au-
thorizing the principal functions Of
statehood as preparatory to such
ultimate status, it should not re-
duce Alaska's taxation powers by
cluttering UP the country with
federally leased tracts.
Il could enlarge upon the subject
at greater length, but the point is
well recognized by yourself and all
other Alaskans. I have extended
my remarks thus far to support
you in the opposition to S. l461,
which I, as attorney for the people
of Alaska, would recommend and
urge.
Sincerely yours,
RALPH j. RIVERS,
Attorney General for Alaska"
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locations for carrying on the sub
division and leasing business. 1t will
be noted that although each lease
would be limited to an area not
exceeding 160 acres, the secretary
would be allowed to invoke any
purpose in the premises, and would
have to hold available for lease
holds of a similar nature, areas
adjacent to that of his first lessee
in each section to protect the poor
fellow from a change of character
of the neighborhood. 1t might be
argued that the secretary could only
main in chunks of 160 acres at
time in dealing with ascertained
lessees, but the bill does not state
hat limitation clearly enough to
prevent the exercise of such i'm
piled powers as would be reason
ably necessary to make effective
the salient program expressly au-
! thorized So be assured that whole
localities would be segregated for
leasing in aggregates far in eX-
cess of 100 acres, and that by re-
cruiting a few dislocated persons
from the states as initial lessees,
every desirable area in Alaska
would soon be segregated for leas-
ing for one purpose or another.
Thereafter title m inded enter
prisers would refuse to invest any
and title minded settlers could wall
without avail as the sympathy of
an diversified bureaucracy would
then resemble the tenderness of an
octopus administering a fond en-
brace.
Fact Overlooked
"As to developing Alaska: The
authors of the bill may have over
looked the fact that Alaska has
already enacted a land registration
law designed to put back in circu-
lation patented tracts which have
been abandoned (Ch. 40 S.L.A.,
l945) Such law should do away
with the idea that it is better to
lease than grant patents.
IF the department wants to de-
velop Alaska, it should make the
picture attractive by expediting is
suance of patents and selling to
prospective industry and settlers
the opportunity for eventual titles
instead of leases.
IF the department believes in
statehood, as it says, it should not
complicate transfers of the public
domain to the new state by spon-
soring any such law as S. 1881
Clutter Territory
IF the department should sane
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TO MAKE HOME HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thederan of
Ketchikan have arrived in Juneau
to make their home. He will work
at the Juneau Lumber Mill. The
couple is staying at the Gastineau
hotel
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BACK AT HEADQUARTERS

w. Leonard Smith, Territorial
Highway Engineer, has returned to
his headquarters here this week
after field trip to the Anchorage
and Valdez areas.
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put under the leasing system. But
the bill does not say SO. In reality
it would allow the secretary to
lease any of the public lands of
the United States in the Territory
|of Alaska including any part of
which is now or hereafter con-
tained within shore space reser-
yation' Such meaning is fortified
bY the last section of the bill which
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-10-31

OKLAHOMA CITY Burglars
who decided to cart away a safe
they couldn't oren still are out of
luck. The safe fell out of the truck.
1t contained an estimated $4,000.
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HERE FROM SEATTLE

Mrs. Charlotte Hoadley and
daughter, here from Seattle, are
guests at the Gastineau.
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ON RARANOF STAFF

Mildred M Fluck, from San
Diego, Calf, arrived yesterday to
begin work as a secretary in the
business offices of the Baranof
Hotel.
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FROM ANCHORAGE

Clarence K. Hellonen, Anchorage,
recent Juneau arrival, is registered
at the Gastineau Hotel
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KODIAK VISITOR

Mrs. R. H. Burgess, Kodiak, has
arrived here and is registered at
the Gastineau Hotel
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c. ID. GuION HERE

c. D. Guion has arrived in town
from Anchorage. He is guest at
the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-10-31
FROM ANCHORAGE

R. B. Brown, who has arrived
from Anchorage, is registered at
the Baranof.
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ALGOT PETERS HERE

Algot Peters, Portland, Ore, resi-
dent, has arrived in town and is
stopping at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-10-31

RIO DE JANEIRO-All Brazil was
calm today as a new government,
headed by civilian jurist and sup
ported by the country's armed forces,
began its first day in office fol-
lowing a bloodless coup which ended
the 15-year reign of President Get
ulio Vargas.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-10-31

OTTAWA-About 16 million dol
lars worth of American-built port
facilities at Prince Rupert, B. c.,
are being turned over to Canada.
A spokesman for the External At
fairs Department described the
Prince Rupert facilities as the larg-
est items covered by a Canadian
and-United States agreement of a
year ago.
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KETCHIKAN VISITOR

o. A. Thatcher, Ketchikan resi-
dent, is registered at the Baranof.
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SAN FRANCISCO-Lt. Gen. AL
bert Wedemeyer has left here by
plane for Shanghai. He is Com
mander of U. S. forces in China.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-10-31

RIO DE Ousted ioresi-
dent Getulio Vargas, in 4 farewell
message to Brazilians, says he holds
no hate or personal animosities and
that his actions in the past is years
will in time speak for him.
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OAKLAND, Calf.

OAKLAND, Calf. - President
Emeritus of the Carnegie Institu-
ton of Washington, D. c., died
today He was 76-year-old Doctor
John Campbell Merriam, special
list in the study of prehistoric man.
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fore the House Expenditures Com
mittee to plead for the administra-
ton full employment bill.
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WASHINGTON
Secretary of

Commerce Henry Wallace told Con-
gressmen today that the American
people will not stand for another
depression. Wallace appeared be-
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TOKYO-A black market opera
ton said to involve at least $500, 900
worth of stolen Army rations and
clothing has been smashed with the
arrest of four American soldiers,
two Italian middlemen and three
japanese distributors.
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ANDRE sAINTE MARIE HERE

Andre Sainte Marie, from Seattle
is a guest at the Gastineau.
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Rivers Labels
Land Bill
Deceit, Snare

Continued from Page One)
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SAN FRANCISCO - A score of
beached and damaged small craft
along the northern California coast
shows the force of the heavy fall
gale that swept the Pacific.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-10-31

PARIS-A government commission
to study atomic energy 80 that
France may hold her place in atomic
research" was set up by ordinance
today.
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PARASITIC Credentials Commit
tee of the International Labor Or
ganization conference voted I'M
animously today to exclude the labor
representative of Argentina's dele
cation.
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vi &c.
Sincerely yours,
RALPH j. RIVERS,
Attorney General for Alaska
B UL | T TIN )
WASHINGTON = Interior Secre.
tary Ickes was directed by President
Truman today to wind up" the
affairs of the office of Fishery Co
ordination established by executive
order July 81, 1912
NEWELL, Calif.-Return to Japan
of voluntary and involuntary Japa-
nese repatriates will begin at ar
early date, possibly by November Is
officials of the Immigration Service
announced today.
ELIZABETH, N. flames H. R
Cromwell today was granted a linn
tied New Jersey divorce from to-
bacco heiress Doris Duke Cromwell
who holds an absolute Nevada di-
corce from him.
WASHINGTON The United
States today recognized the revolu-
tionary government of Venezuela
after consultations with other Am
erican governments.
WASHINGTON = Three-Powef
discussions over the future of atomic
energy will begin here about No
vember IL between President Tru-
man, Prime Minister Attlee of Brit
ain and Canada's Mackenzie King.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.-Two thou
sand AFL aluminium workers have
walked off the job at the Aluminium
Ore Company.
ATHENS Former Greek Premier
Venizelcs has begun conversations
with representative of several pol
itical groups with the view of form
ing a new Greek Cabinet. Venizelos
is deputy leader Of the Liberal Party.
WASHINGTON-The United Ma
lions Relief and Rehabilitation Adj
ministration has been voted new
fund of s155,o0O,o0O by the House
Appropriations Committee. A num-
Der of restrictions on the way the
money shall be spent was written
into the legislation by the commit
tee.
PARASITIC Credentials Commit
tee of the International Labor Or
ganization conference voted I'M
animously today to exclude the labor
representatives of Argentina's dele
cation.
OTTAWA--About 16 million dol
lars worth of built port
facilities at Prince Rupert, B. c..
are being turned over to Canada
/ A spokesman for the External At
fairs Department described the
Prince Rupert facilities as the larg-
est items covered by Canadian
and United States agreement of q
year ago.
: OAKLAND, Calf. President
Emeritus of the Carnegie Institu-
/ ton of Washington, D. c., dice
today. He was 76-year-old Doctor
/ John Campbell Merriam special
list in the study of prehistoric man
WASHINGTON - Secretary Of
! Commerce Henry Wallace told Con-
/ gressmen today that the American
i people will not stand for another
depression. Wallace appeared be-
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COZ
JUNEAU
yVEATHEll
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B ULLE I | N 5

WASHINGTON = Interior Secre-
tary Ickes was directed by President
Truman today to wind up" the
affairs of the office of Fishery Co.
ordination established by executive
order July 81, 1912
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SearthIigihs
To unttuafe.
Navy Goodbye

Continued from Page C'ne)
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*-(430 a m yesterday 430 a m. today
MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN
Reports Marine Stations at 1880 A. NJ Today
WIND Height Of Waves
Station Weather Dir. and Vel. (Sea Condition.
RI
PIT Cloudy 38 II 8 feet
Finger Light Cloudy 80 SW II 1eet
g SW ~ loot
MARINE FORECAST SOUTHEAST alaska Cross Sound Icy
Strait Ska to souhweey winds 10 to 20
miles Thursday Lynn
winds 20 miles hour becoming nohery ~ miles
southwestery north
than Is miles becoming souheaster 10 miles pei
hour Thursday Rain showers sncw furres entire area
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WESTINGHOUSE United Ma
lions Relief and Rehabilitation Adj
ministration has been voted a new
fund of s155, 100000 by the House
Appropriations Committee. A num-
Der of restrictions on the way the
money shall be spent was written
into the legislation by the commit
tee.
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ELIZABETH, N. flames H. r.
Cromwell today was granted linn
tied New Jersey divorce from to-
bacco heiress Doris Duke Cromwell
who holds an absolute Nevada di-
corce from him.
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NEWELL, Calif.-Return to Japan
of voluntary and involuntary Japa-
nese repatriates will begin at an
early date, possibly by November is,
officials of the immigration Service
announced today.
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ATHENS Former Greek Premier
Venizelcs has begun conversations
with representatives of several pol
itical groups with the view of form
ing a new Greek Cabinet. Venizelos
is deputy leader Of the Liberal Party.
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WASHINGTON The United
States today recognized the revolu-
tionary government of Venezuela
after consultations with other Am
erican governments.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-11
JAPANESE LABOR
RULES ABOLISHED
N ew Move Accomplished
Through Talks With Nip
ponese Officials

TOKYO, Nov. 1O-U.R)-Japanese
government control over labor has
been abolished through the abroga-
ton of eight regulatory laws, a
spokesman for Gen. Douglas Mac.
Arthur's headquarters announced
today.
The announcement came as
former Premier Prince Naruhlko
Higas hi-kuni, cousin of Emperor
Hirohito and member of the House
of Peers, proclaimed his intention
of becoming a commoner and de-
manded dissolution of the feudalls'
tic Japanese Peerage and the
corrupted customs of the Imperial
household system"
Abolition of rep1 fssive labor
ordinances and laws was accom-
plished by informal discussions
with Japanese authorities rather
than by an Allied headquarters
directive, the headquarters spokes-
man said.
He pointed out that while there
was no control law in Japan spe-
officially restricting unionization
rights of workers, neither was
there any law to govern the actions
of an employer who fires worker
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-11
OBSERVE BIRTHDAY
Visitors To Huge Marine
Base See Simulated Com
bat, Precision Drills

A 3O-car motorcade of Whining
ion citizens formed the largest
delegation from any single local..
ty attending the open house" al
Camp Lejeune yesterday as the
Marine Corps celebrated the 10th
anniversary of its founding.
Led by Mayor W. Ronald Lane
and Addison Hewlett, chairman Of
the board of county commissioners,
shortly after 9 a. m. with a motor
cade escort. A detachment of Ma
rmes met the party few miles
out Of Jacksonville to lead it to
the base.
Al estimated 300 persons visited
Inc base While it was open to the
pubic during the day.
The celebration was c1imaxed
last night with a dance, attended
uy lOO Wilmington girls, in the
wallace Creek pavilion when Ma
!of Ten, John Marston, command
ing general Of Camp Lejeune, and
Master Gunnery Sgt. Lou Diamond,
ldoled Marine around whom leg
enuS nave grown, also cut the
luSt Slice out of a huge birthday
lake Which weighed 1902 pounds,
mere were no conducted tours
VI ,ne base yesterday, each visit
VI oelng given a Visitors pass"
"illch enabled him to roam at will
over the TIA square miles which
o ~ Camp Lejeune, largest
y al Marine training bases on the
East coast.
Simulated Combat
=, visitors saw demonstrations by
wa STIMULATING combat, and
n .rt!, various types of guns and
~ ilefy pieces. Two band con-
NN''S were held during the day,
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STORES REMAIN OPEN
Judge Burney Will Be Main
Speaker On American
Legion Program

Wilmington tomorrow will OBJ
serve Armistice Day.
The days activities here will
center around a program planned
by Wilmington post No. 10 of the
American Legion at which Judge
John J. Burney will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
City offices and retail stores will
remain open during the state and
national holiday, while the New
Hanover county offices and Will
mington banks will be closed. Fed
eral and state offices will also be
closed all day Monday.
All exercises will be staged at
the American Legion Home at
Third and Dock streets. The New
Hanover High school ROTC band
will open them with a selection Ut
appropriate music at 10:45 o'clock
Monday morning. Ten minutes
later the band will play the Ma
tional anthem.
Following the anthem, the Rev.
J. L. Davis, Chaplain of Whining
tons Legion Post No. 10, will
give the invocation and after his
prayer there will be minute Of
silence, out of respect to the dead
of World wars l and II.
Program Chairman c. David
Jones has announced that there
will be no speeches other than the
featured address Of Judge Burney,
which will follow Tiff introduction
of Colonies ClaytonH E. Hughes,
commanding officer of Blue
thenthal Army Air base, and c. E.
Haring, District Engineer of the
United States Army; Addison
Hewlett, chairman, and other
members of the board of county
commissioners; and Mayor W.
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. -
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.ARMY-NAVY UNION
DIFFERENCES GROW
Members Of Senate Com
mittees Add New Fuel
To The Controversy

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. -(P)-
Members of the Senate Naval ane
Military Affairs Committees today
added fuel to the flaming Army
Navy controversy over the propos
ed merger of the armed forces.
Senator Mcclellan DARK of the
Naval affairs, commented to re
porter on Secretary of the Navy
ForrestaIs letter criticizing the ties
timony of 1t. Gen. James H. Doc
little before the military committee
yesterday:
81 think Secretary Forrestal il
to be commended for placing i
(the controversy on a high plane
But Senator Lister Hill OF Ala
bama, a member of military al
fairs, had this to say:
General Doolittle's statement as
a whole was magnificent one. i
Mr.. ForrestaPs letter will stlmu
late people to read General Doc
Titles full statement it will serve
a good purpose"
Mcclellan said differences always
have existed in military circles
over policies of national defense
and added:
'"This issue should not be settlec
on a basis of personalities but dill
ferences of opinion should be lronec
out if possible, and if not, the de-
cision should be made by respon'
sible authorities.
Hill, the democratic whip, told a
reporter the Navy Secretarys let
ter 'tends to show that division be-
tween the Army and Navy about
which we heard so much at the
time of Pearl Harbor. 1t emphaslz'
es the need for putting the Army
and Navy on the same team under
single department of the armed
forces"
Forres stalls letter to Secretary Of
War Patterson objected in partlcu.
lar to statement by Doolittle that
"our B29 boys are resing uneaslly
in their graves" as result OF as
serted claims by admirals that sea
power and carrier-based planes
brought about the Jap surrender.
ForrestaIs letter said that If we
allow an honest difference over
principle to degenerate into an ex'
change of personalities, we shall dc
irreparable harm to the end which
we all seek in the name of national
security: The comradeship of all
branches of the armed forces"
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BRITISH LAUNCH
ATTACK In JAVA
Battle Indonesian National
lists Barracaded In Streets
OF Soerabaja

BATAVIA. Java, Nov. 10-UH-
British Indian troops, supported
by warships and planes, today
opened an about assault against
Indonesian Nationalist barricaded
in the streets of Soerabaja who
refused a surrender ultimatlm
and summoned reinforcements
from Central Java.
Despite fierce resistance in
bloody street fighting, the British
were reported gaining ground.
indonesian sources said the situa-
ton was most critical. al p.
m, H:30 a. M, EWT0 or IA hours
after the offensive started.
Promptly at 6 a. m.-When the
dtimatum expired-British war
ships in the harbor opened fire
on Indonesian strong points in the
city. Indian troops occupying po-
sitions around the city, began nov
ing into its streets. Shortly before
noon British warplanes bombed
and strafed the government quar-
ter, center of the Nationalist re-
SiStance.
The Soerabaia radio, still in Ma
tionalist hands, said strong rein
forcements were leaving Central
Java, Sunday for Soerabaja. The
broadcast said religious leaders
Continued nm Page Two. Col. ~