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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
BATAVIAQUIETER
WITH TEMPORARY
TRUCE DECLARED
Negotiations Between
British and Indonesidn
Leaders Continuing
BY RALPH MORTON

BATAVIA, Nov. Peace was re-
stored in the Magelang area at
noon today by a temporary truce
which followed a night of sharp
fighting between Indonesian ex-
tremists and British Indian troops,
during which Raj planes again
strafed the Indonesian forces.
Elsewhere in Central and Eastern
Java conditions were reported gen.
orally improved, although the situa-
ton at the naval base of Soerabaja
was described as very delicate"
Col. c. H. o. Pugh, commander
of the British garrison at Soera-
baja, succeeded in effecting the
evacuation of 1900 Dutch nationals
mostly women and children-and
similar number were expected
to embark tonight,
At Magelang, British and Indo-
nesian leaders we're reported con-
ferring during the truce, effected
with the aid of DR.. Soekarno,
president of the "Indonesian Re-
public" whose cease fire orders
previously had been ignored by
extremists. Outcome of the nego-
tiations. remained In doubt
The Raj strafing during the
night .enabled Gurkha infantry to
reoccupy additional areas in the
town, which is about $50 miles
southwest of Batavia, and reduced
danger to the hospital, previously
reported under fire by the Indo-
nesians.
A British commentator said the
fighting involved extremists APP
parently out of the control of DR..
Soekarno, president of the Undo
nesian Republic" and added that
a peaceful solution depended upon
whether the extremists would obey
Soekarno's instructions to cease
firing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
TURKEY ANXIOUS
OVER FUTURE OF
STRATEGIC WAYS
No Debt" Statement by
President Alarms As
sembly Members

ANKARA, Nov. 2--Tilc Nation
al Assembly, apprehensive over the
imminent end of the treaty Of
friendship and non-aggression with
the Soviet Union. weighed today the
declaration OF President Ismet In
emu that Turkey has mo debts to
pay anybody"
The Assembly, opening on a note
of anxiety over the future Of the
Hosporus and Dardanelles Straits,
Black Sea- was told in an address
by the President:
Il have no illusion that is will &c
easy to explain to Russia. Britain
of the United States the Turkish
role in the war;
He said he had not lost hope Of
conducting an understanding with
the Soviet Union. Turkey entered
the war against the Axis only last
March at the request of the Allies,
1n Moscow. informed circles said
they anticipated no immediate dip
lomatic developments following the
expiration OF the treaty Nov. 7.
They said there was no cause for
anxiety)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
DEATH FOR
YAMASHITA
T SCREAM NED
Bestia| Scenes Of Jap Afro
cities Related by Wit
nesses al Trial
By DEAN SCHEDLER

MANILA, Nov. 2.-Chinese, Fill
Pine and Spanish witnesses who hys-
terically cursed the japanese and
screamed for the death of 1t Gen.
Tomoyuki Yamashita. threw the war
criminal trial of the former Philip
pines Commander-in- Chief in con-
tinual turmoil today.
Members Of the prosecution staff
and Interpreters both were required
to quiet a Chinese woman whose
four old son had been snatched
from her arms and repeatedly bay
oneted.
The woman testified she had lost
nine of the u in her family, had
seen women and children slain and
raped when 80 Chinese were herded
into lumberyard and murdered last
February TO-
I'D like to kill that Japanese
man." she screamed in Chinese at
Yamashita as she finished her tes-
timony and leaped to her feet.
THAT Jap is to blame for every
thing. He's got to be killed to pay
for what he's done"
Scenes 80 bestial it is hard to
find words to describe them" were
related by witnesses of the mass
Staying Of from 500 to 1000 civilians
who had taken refuge in the Manila
German Club on the same day.
Spanish Francisco Lopez, former
Metro Goodwin Mayer representa-
tive in the Philippines, shouted that
all Japanese soldiers we're "sadists
and beasts" as he testified that
Yamashitas troops poured gasoline
over women's heads and set them
afire, made sport of young girls for
the entertainment of other Japa-
nese at a club and then raped one
of the girls after she was dead.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
PAY BOOST FOR
U.S.. civil SERVICE
EMPLOYEES ASKED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. - The
government asked for 20 per cent
pay raise for its Civil Service en-
ployees.
Gen. George C. Kenney asked for
combined Army and Navy.
President James B. Conant Of
Harvard University said there wasn't
much chance of outlawing such
weapons as the atomic bomb.
A Senate House investigating COM
mittee decided to ask President
Truman to let any government Of
ficial volunteer information on the
Pearl Harbor debacle
That happened today in a Con-
gress rocked by two famous rival
ries
One was Army VS.. Navy-over a
merger
The other was White House VS..
Congress over assorted legislation
Civil Service Commissioner Arthur
Fleming told a Senate committee
the President wants pay boost for
Civil Service workers and roughly
$4,000 year raise for congressman,
the Cabinet and Federal Judges.
Senator Byrd said postal workers
should be included.
Senators considering creation of a
National Science Foundation heard
Conant say poison gas wasn't used
in the last war because it wasn't
effective not because it was out
lawed The atom bomb is effective,
he said.
Kenney told the Senate Military
Committee that in the war against
Japan there was lost time because
of Army and Navy arguments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
VIGILANCE
MAINTAINED
in ORIENT
Fears Fell fdndtitism May
Show Up Among Dis
armed Troops

TOKYO, Nov. 2 Vigilance
against resurgent Japanese who
still dream of reconquest and re-
venge while outwardly appearing
complacent. an Allied Headquarters
authority declared today is more
important at present that the
rounding up of war criminals.
Brig. Gen. Elliott r. Thorpe said.
however, the attitude is limited to
few individuals with small fol-
lowings. Other Allied sources said
there was potential danger that
this type Of thinking would in
crease when large numbers of de-
modified troops are repatriated
from China and other regions
where they felt no physical de-
feat
Fanaticism Goes Deep
Thorpe added his department did
not consider 1t likely that thous-
ands of able-bodied Japanese ex-
service men, and more particularly
the former members Of the dis
banded rabid and rough Gendar-
merle. could abandon overnight
their carefully indoctrinated fan
atheism and belief in Japan's ruling
destiny.
I'VE are more interested" he said.
"in what's going on day by day In
Japan, and less interested In what
was done In the past by men who
have already been arrested by the
Japanece police and have no
chance Of escape.
Quizzed On Executions
simultaneously, Allied Headquar-
tiers disclosed that three Japanese
Army officers under arrest are be-
ing questioned about the execution
of three Doolittle airmen on Oct.
is, 1912, at Kiangwan, near Shang-
hal.
Two members Of the powerful
Iwasaki family resigned from key
positions in the Mitsubishi holding
company--last OF the great finan-
cial family heads to yield to AM
erican pressure--it was reported
authoritatively today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
5 VICTIMS OF.
PLANE CRASH.
MADE KNOWN.
Names Are Announced Of
Those Killed Near An
ehorage October %

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. D
Headquarters of the Alaskan De-
partment has announced the names
of the five men who died Oct.
20 in the crash of an Army Trans
port Command C-54 plane u miles
southeast of Elmendorf Field here.
The dead:
First 1t. Nathaniel j. Crawford,
pilot, whose wife, Mrs. Sybil E.
Crawford, lives at Great Falls,
Mont.
First 1t. Vincent j. Colosimo,
navigator; Mrs. Angelina r. Colo
simo, mother Pittsburgh, Pa.
Second 1t. Frank S. Warner. CO.
pilot; Mrs Marjorie L. Warner,
wife, Cincinnati.
Sgt. Maurice C. Walker, engi-
neer; Mrs. Grace B. Walker, wife,
Wilmington, Del.
Sgt. Norman r. Schuler, radio
operator; Mrs Emma Schiller,
mother, Philadelphia, Pa.
The men were assigned to the
Air Transport Command at Ed
monitor, Alta, and the plane was
coming in from Edmonton, after
making one stop at Fairbanks,
Alaska, when it crashed.
Two survivors, neither reported
seriously injured, were:
S-Sgt. A. J. Campanella, Buffalo,
N. Y, a passenger, and Pfc. S. L.
Later, Detroit, flight clerk.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
new DISCOVERY
ABOUT CIVILIZED
MANKIND MADE

NEW YORK, Nov 2--The New
York Times said today in dis
patch from London that Archaelo-
gists have unearthed findings in
Iraq which place the beginnings
OF civilized mankind between 5000
and 5000 B. c., 1900 years earlier
than previous evidence had shown.
The findings, made at Hassuna,
400 miles north of Ur, the site of
the civilization of Abraham, were
reported by DR.. Naji al ASH, di-
rector of antiquities for the Iraq
Government and leader OF the
Iraq delegation to the United Ma
lions Education Conference, the
paper said.
Among the findings were human
graves, pottery, and sickle which
DR.. al ASH said must be the oldest
instrument in the world"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
direct ROUTE.
FROM ALASKA.
TO EAST, PLEA.
Chicago, New York Pro-
posed as Co. terminals by
Three al CAB Hearing

WASHINGTON, Nov 2-The In
terror Department, the Port of
New York Authority and the City
CT Fairbanks, Alaska, have en-
dorsed a direct air route from AL
aska to the industrial east.
Establishment of such a route,
with Chicago and New York as the
co-terminals in the United States,
has been recommended by an ex-
aminer for the Civil Aeronautics
Board Arguments on this recon-
mendation, and on applications Of
others for Alaskan and Pacific air
lines, are being heard by the board,
Wilbur La Roe, Jr., representing
the New York Port Authority,
argued that a route from the
eastern United States to the Orient
should be as direct as conditions
permit. The most direct route, he
said, would run near the North
Pole, but the most feasible one
would cross Alaska into Siberia.
By-Passes Seattle
La Roe and Norman C. Shines,
a mining engineer representing
Fairbanks, asserted that route
from Chicago and New York to
Alaska by way of Seattle would
be very circuitous.
Seattle is no longer the sole
gateway to Alaska" Shines insisted.
He added that flying conditions
across Canada will be immeasur-
ably better than from Seattle up
the west coast.
Shirley Bosky, attorney for the
Interior Department, spoke strong
ly for a Chicago to-Alaska air leg
for the benefit of tourists. Such an
airline, she said, would make the
territory easily accessible to almost
everyone in the United States.
Protest Alaska Airlincs
A recommendation of the CAB
examiner for certification of Al
aska Airlines to operate route
between Seattle and Anchorage,
Alaska, was protested by John S.
Wynne, representing a group of
small Alaska air lines.
Wynne asserted that Alaska Air
lines routes now parallel about 80
per cent of those of all other car
riers in the territory, and that the
added advantages of a link with
the United States and mail con-
tracts would place it in too strong
a competitive position.
1.-The board should take a second
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
COL. TRUITT IN
SEATTLE AFTER
YEARS ABROAD

SEATTLE, Nov. 2.-Colonel James
Truitt has returned to his Seattle
home on furlough after two years
in the China India Burma theatre.
He will visit his father, former Alas
ka Attorney General Jas. Truitt, in
Bellingham, before reporting to
Fort Lewis for further orders. Col
Truths first Army assignment was
in 1912, when he made a two thous-
and mile survey between Prince Ru-
pert and northern Alaska for a pro-
posed railroad route. He wears
several citations.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
CONGRESSIONAL
IS GIVEN REBUFF

GREENWICH, Conn, No Putt
nam Hill Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, by a vote of
48 to 2, has refused to accede to
the request of Congresswoman
Glare Boothe Luce that it censure
the Washington Chapter of the or
ganization for its failure to allow
Hazel Scott, Negro pianist, the use
CT the Constitution Hall.
Mrs. Luce, who had declared she
would resign from the OAR. unless
Putnam Chapter passed vote of
censure, was informed of the action
by telegram last night.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Observation-Disclosures the closed
door sessions of the Allied Eco
nomic Directorate in Berlin history
seems to be repeating itself.
1t was Britains defense of Ger
many after the last war which
played such big part in the re-
moval of the Allied Control Com
mission and the gradual rebuilding
of Germany. Britain was then fol-
lowing her time-honored balance
of-power policy of jockeying France
against Germany. The secret de-
bates in Berlin show that this
policy has not changed, except that
she is now balancing Germany off
against Russia with U. S. delegates
generally siding with the British.
Here are verbatim excerpts from
the secret Allied debates taken
from the Berlin economic meetings
of Oct. TO- The meeting began with
a plea by Britain's Sir Percy Mills
that the Allies import coal and
building materials to aid Germany.
He spoke with considerable vigor
and feeling-so much so that the
French delegate, M Sergent, took
exception.
Let me remind you," he said,
that the French have far
greater claim to building materials.
We too have many buildings de-
stroyed. We too need coal There
has been absolutely no activity in
building construction in France for
five years"
The Frenchman proposed that a
survey of the building situation be
made by the Economic Directorate,
and this was finally agreed.
The Russian delegate, Gen. Sha-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
NEW5B0Y GUEST OF
HONOR AT BANQUET

CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-E V. (Tony)
Galante, who has spent 4o of his 81
years selling newspapers in La Sale
street, Chicago's financial center,
says IT'S nice to get your flowers
while you're living"
1T shows. that money isn't every
thing, loyalty counts said Tony,
who was guest of honor at a ban
quet last night rendered him by
his customers through the years.
Bankers and brokers, merchants
and lawyers and city and county
officials joined in the testimonial to
the man who has been newsboy for
nearly half century.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
Warfare Science
Unchanged byAny
Atomic BOMBING

TOKYO, Nov. 2.-Maj. Alexander
P. DeSeversky, warplane designer
who is studying aerial bomb damage
in Japan, said today he found no.
thing in an inspection of atom
bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
that indicates to me radical rev.
olution in the science of warfare
to the point where We can dispense
with the Army, Navy and Air
Forces"
He told a news conference he
failed to find any indication of pri-
mary fire caused by the bombs, and
said they fired the imagination
more than they fired the cities"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
Britain Lays major
EviI" 10 Hollywood

LONDON. Nov. 2.-Hollywood's
influence on British young people lis
q major evil'' and sit is about time
that some authority did something"
Lit. H. L. Austin. Laborite, declared
in Commons today.
Austin also termed the printable
saloons tpin ball machine parlors)
in England dangerous and asked
If the government proposed to con-
troll them.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Stock quo
tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock
today is 7la, American Can 103lA
Anaconda 39%, Curtiss- Wright g.
International Harvester 81, Kenne-
colt As, New York Central 29ai
Northern Pacific 30ss, U. S. Steel
80%, Pound S403la.
Sales today were $4,000 shares
Dow, Jones averages today are
as follows: Industrials, 1882; rails
6l.36; utilities, $3.50.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
SOME SpooKS

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Nov. g.
Two small girls, out to see what they
could scare up in the way of Hal
lowe'en treats, got what is probably
the best Treat or Trick any prank
ster could claim.
They called at the home of a
woman who evidently didn't under
stand that treat meant just piece
Of candy or small treat. She gave
them two thick steaks to take home
and cook
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
Striking British
Dock Workers Vote
To End Long Tie-up

LONDON. Nov. 2.-Thousands Of
striking dock workers in five OF
Britains major ports voted today to
accept a union recommendation to
end the five-week work stoppage
which has tied up most important
British shipping centers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
FUNDS ALL0CATED
TO H00NAH WATER
SYSTEM, REVEALED

Don C. Foster, General Superin-
tendent Of the Alaska Native Service
has been advised here that the Fed
eral Public Housing Authority has
allocated approximately $4,000 to it's
Regional Office at Seattle, to be used
for a water system at Hoonah,
Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02

CHUNGKING, Nov. 2 - Chinese
Government troops, pouring from
United States transports, began re-
occupation landings today at two
ports in Manchuria on the same
day the Russians were scheduled
to begin withdrawing from the
country, the army newspaper Sac
Tang Pao reported. Japan wrested
Manchuria from China in 1881.
The landing points were on op-
posite sides of Liaotung Bay
On the west side, Generalissimo
Chang Kai-sheks men went ashore
at Hulutao, 70 miles northeast of
the scene of clashes between his
soldiers and Chinese Communists
in the area of Chinwangtao.
On the east side, the troops were
landed at Yingkow, 100 miles
southwest Of Mukden and lao miles
north Of Port Arthur.
The government soldiers will be
moved north in strength this month
to permit complete withdrawal OF
the Russians by Dec. /, said semi
official dispatch from Tientsin
Meanwhile, as scattered fighting
occurred in IL northern provinces
of China, a Central Government
cabinet spokesman charged anew
that the Chinese Communists had
threatened to fire on any govern
ment soldiers landed from U. S.
ships in Communist liberated
areas He said the Communists
issued the warning during peace
negotiations in Chungking.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
four SUpERS
MAKE FLIGHT
JAPAN, EAST
Fly Over Great Circle Route
Weather Terrible"
-Takeoff in Rain

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-The air
force marked up today second
try victory for its B-29's over the
mileage and adverse weather of the
tough nonstop hop from Japan to
Washington,
-Four of the Superforts flew in to
National Airport at 1888 o'clock
last night after a 6,544mile trip
from Mizutani on the Japanese
home island of Hokkaido. The lead
planes time was 81 hours, 20
minutes.
The 43 filters succeeded in a task
which defeated three other B-29's
in the first attempt in September,
but failed in "a more ambitious
plan to better the world distance
record by having one of the planes
go on to Cuba or Puerto Rico.
Cuban Try Called Off
The plan was abandoned while
the big aircraft we're over Canada
Because OF bad weather, the elected
plane did not have sufficient fuel
to continue another 1850 miles be-
You'd the capital.
The flight leader was Brig. Gen.
Frank A. Armstrong, Jr., of Rich
mond, Va.
The first attempt fell short Of
the goal because of constant adj
verse winds and the three-plane
flight led by 1t Gen. Barney M.
Giles sat down at Chicago to re-
fuel before coming on to Washing
ton.
Follow Great Circle
Both flights followed roughly the
same route, the Great Circle course
across the Pacific by way of Agattu
and Kodiak, in the Aleutians; Sitka
Alaska; Fort st. John. Winnipeg;
Detroit and thence eastward across
the United States.
Gen. Armstrong, smiling through
CRIME and two days growth of
beard, said the weather was ter
riblep on the flight also, and that
they did not know until they
reached Kodiak, Alaska, whether
they would make it, AS it turned
out, his plane landed with 800
gallons of fuel, enough for about
three hours.
TakeCff In Rain
Gen. Armstrong said the plane
took off from the field near
Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido,
northernmost of the major Japa-
nese islands, during rain.
1t. Gen. Ira c. Eaker, Deputy
Commander of the American Air
forces, who was on hand to greet
the airmen, said the flight was
primarily for the purpose of pio-
neering a new Great Circle route"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
Appeal Is Made 10
Help DispeI Hunger
Throughout World

QUEBEC. Nov Delegates
headed home from the first con-
ference of the United Nations Food
and Agriculture organization today
after hearing Chairman l.. e.
Pearson of Canada make final
appeal for all member nations to
help dispel hunger and malnutri-
ton throughout the world.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
China Troops
Are Lancinq
InMant1uriia
Reo1tupYing Areas Wresf-
ed by Jdpanese-Co
munists Make Threat
BY SPENCER MOOSA

BULLETIN - CHUNGKING,
Nov. 2.-Twenty thousand Chin
csc Communists led by one of
their top generals are besieging
Kweisui, capital of rich Suiyuan
Province in inner Mongolia,
Chinese dispatches reported to-
day.
The dispatches said the city
was in grave danger and that
thousands Of inhabitants were
pouring out in hurried flight.
Gen. Ho Lung, one of the most
able Red commanders, is lead
ing the attack, the dispatches
said, as the Communists seek to
widen their Suiyuan holdings
and bar any overland movement
of Central Government troops
from China north into Man
churia.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
THOMAS JUDSON BACK

Thomas B. Judson, formerly
Shipfitter 1-c, U. S. NJ, has re-
turned to Juneau following dis
charge at Great Lakes, Ill He ar
rived Tuesday night aboard the
Steamer Alaska to join his family
here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
STORY HOUR AT LIBRARY

The regular Story Hour for chill
dren will be held tomorrow morn
ing at 10:15 o'clock in the Juneau
Public Library, and all children
are invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
ELFIN COVE VISITORS

Mrs. Roy Elliott and Mrs. I.
Foster. Elfin Cove residents, have
arrived in Juneau and are guests
at the Gastineau Hotel.
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Evening star., 1945-12-02

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