The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Archbishop
Joseph Schrembs of the Cleveland
Catholic Diocese died today He was
! 70.
WASHINGTON 49, President Tru-
man today plunged into new con-
ferences seeking the solution to labor
strife and took the problem also to
his Cabinet Fresh patches of in
dustry spokesman and labor leaders
conferred with the President on the
National Labor Management Peace
Conference starting Monday.
WASHINGTON - Senator Brew
ster CR-Me) told the Senate today
he was reliably informed that GER
tain government records bearing on
the Pearl Harbor inquiry are miss
ing and other files have been de
Stroyed.
CAIRO Strife over Palestine
spread today to Egypt, where a gen.
eral strike of anti-Zionist elements
protesting the Balfour declaration
deteriorated into rioting, street
fighting and attacks on Jewish and
foreign interests.
WASHiNGTON-The OPA today
announced that hereafter it will fix
rent ceilings on houses before they
are built Price Administrator Ches-
ter Bowles said the program would:
Encourage builders to proceed
promptly assured of the maximum
rents they may charge. Protect
tenants from inflationary rents by
providing additional housing.
LONDON-A British Foreign Of
flee spokesman said today that
Britain does NJ consider the
changes in Brazil's government is a
revolution and added that the Brit
ish government does not consider it
necessary to give recognition to
the new regime.
NEW Western Union en-
p5)yees in Philadelphia, Detroit,
Hartford, Conn, and Providence,
r. l., stopped work at p m. today
hating all traffic over company
lines to and from those cities, a
company spokesman reported. More
than LOO workers walked out in a
five-hour protest, called despite APP
peals by hte Commercial Telegraph
ers Union (AFH.
ASTORIA-A floating machine
shop toWed from Kodiak, Alaska, is
here to be used in keeping naval
reserve vessels in condition. The
150-foot craft will be assigned to the
new Tongue Point berthing station.
1t has crew of As Navy mechanics
NEW YORK Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis let it be known
today that he plans to go into the
restaurant business According to his
agent, the Brown Bomber will open
a place in Harlem in New York City
the Joe Louis Restaurant.
NEW ORLEANS - Shipbuilder
Andrew Higgins came up with the
suggestion today that organized
labor buy up his plants and run
them. The plants were closed down
yesterday by a strike of metal work
ers. AS for his own plans, the
industrialist pooh poohed all those
rumors about his going out of bust
ness. Said Higgins: I'm just start
ing to work
WASHINGTON = The FBI says
there was a ten per cent rise in
crime during the first nine months
of the year-as compared with 1914.
Robberies, burglaries and automobile
thefts lead the increases shown in
the report.
LONDON-The landslide victory
of Britain's Labor Party in the ma
tional elections last. July was dupli-
Gated in the municipal elections
held yesterday. Almost complete re-
turns indicate that the LaboriteS
have won twice as many municipal
council seats as the Conservative
Party.
RIO DE JANEIRO-The PreSi-
Dental candidate in Brazil backed
by its deposed President, Getulio
Vargas, has announced he will con-
tinue his campaign. General Enrico
Gaspar Dutra says the ousting of
Vargas had no connection with the
political campaign. Meanwhile Presi-
dent Jose Linhares' government has
announced it has moved State cleo
lions to next May, two months be-
You'd national elections.
WASHINGTON - The President
has submitted the new Anglo-Am-