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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
HIGH NIPPON
 OFFICER IS TO
 DIE BY ROPE
Rear Adm. Sax aibara Is . Found Guilty of Mass
 Executions on Wake

KWAJALEIN, Marshall Islands, Dec. 26-A second high ranking Japanese officer = Read Admiral Shigamatsu Sakaibara--must hang for war crimes.
 A military commission on Christi mas Day decreed death by the rope for Sakaibara, former Wake Island commander during the occupation, and his executive officer, It. Comdr. Soichi Tachbana, for the mass executions on Wake Island Oct. 2, 1943 of 98 American civilian employees of Pan American Air ways. A military commission in Manila recently sentenced It. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita to hang for condoniug atrocities by his troops in the Philippines.
 ] Shortly before he was sen tenced Sakaibara who admitted ordering the executions-requested that the people who planned and carried out the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan be regarded in the same light as we.
 On Sakaibara's orders, the 98 Americans were blindfolded, led to the beach, shackled and shot by Japanese rifIemen The admiral told the commission he feared the Americans would aid invasion forces he believed might assault Wake.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Steamer Baranof, from Seattle, in port and scheduled to sail for the westward at o'clock this afternoon.
 Steamer Columbia, from the west ward. in port and scheduled to sail south at 8 o'clock tonight.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday night.
 Steamer Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. due in Juneau December 3l, goes to Sitka and re- turns to Juneau southbound about January 3.
 Taku scheduled to sail from Seat tie Saturday.
 North Sea scheduled to sail from Seattle January |
 Alaska was in port yesterday after noon and sailed for Seattle
 Freighter Cricket in port from Seattle today. Arrived during the night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
Dutch Issue
 Breaks Out,
 London Talk
Indonesian Situation 10 Be Discussed as Chiefs
 Get Together

LONDON, Dec 26 Premier Willem Schermerhorn and a party of high Dutch Government offi- .cials arrived here from The Hague today to inauguratc discussions Of the Indonesian situation with Prime Minister Attlee and other members of the British Government.
 The question of recognition of the proclaimed Indonesian Re- public in Java will be uppermost. Dr. Van Nook, acting governor general of the Dutch East Indies, has recommended recognition of Premier Sutan Sjahrir's govern ment, but The Netherlands Cabinet rejected the proposal.
 Attlee was believed to have made it clear that Great Britain wants an immediate settlement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
DEATH SCORE ON HOLIDAY
 REACHES 350
tRy The Associated Press)

Black crepe replaced the green holly in scores of the nations homes today as mourning for victims Of violent deaths oyer the Christmas holiday.
 A survey indicated approximately $50 persons were killed violently, with more than half of them vic- tims of automobile accidents.
 The traffic fatalities numbered TIC while at least Gl persons died in fires. Violent deaths by mis- cellanecus causes accounted for III victims. These included deaths by shcotings freezing, tornado. train and airplane crashes and accidents in the home.
 The heaviest single toll over the holiday was taken in a hospital fire in Hartford, Conn, with IT persons fatally burned. Six other persons in Meriden. Conn. died in fire at a home.
 Texas and California reported the most deaths by violence, AT and 46, respectively. The fatalities in Texas were 29 victims of traffic accidents and IS by miscellaneous causes, in cluding Is slayings. California top ped the country in motor deaths with 35.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
NAMES OF BEST DRESSERS AM0kG WOMEN ANNOUNCED
Duchess of Windsor Moves Up from Tenth 10 Fifth
 Place in List

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Stan ley Mortimer, New York socialite, retained her title today of the worlds best dressed woman while the Duchess of Windsor moved up from tenth to fifth place in the an- nual poll conducted by the New York Dress Institute.
 The list as announced, follows:
 Mrs. Mortimer, the former Bar bara Cushing, sister of Mrs. John Hay Whitney and Mrs. Vincent As- tor.
 Mrs Byron Foy, daughter of the late Walter Chrysler. She also was runner-up last year.
 Mrs. Millicent Rogers, daughter of of the late H. H. Rogers, oil mag nate.
 Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett, wife of the opera singer.
 The Duchess of Windsor.
 Mrs. George Schlee, fashion de- signer known professionally as Valentine.
 Mrs. Harry Hopkins, the former Louise Macy.
 Rosalind Russell, movie actress.
 Mrs. Robert Sarnoff. the former Esme OBrien.
 Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce wife of mapazine editor Henry R. Luce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
CHRISTMAS TALK
 MADE BY TRUMAN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-Presi- dent Truman said we must strive without ceasing this Christmas Eve to make real the prophecy of Isaiah that nations shall beat their swords into plowshares and "nei- ther shall they learn war any more.'
 That was the counsel he offered the nation after turning on the lights of the National Community Christmas Tree on the south lawn of the White House last Monday afternoon
 It was the first time the tree had been illuminated since the United States went to war in December, l941.
 With our enemies vanquished. ?. declared MT. Truman, i've must gird ourselves for the work that lies ahead Peace has it's victories no less hard won than success at arms. We must not fail or falter.
 We must strive without ceasing to make real the prophecy Of Isaiah: They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation. neither shall they learn war any more"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
The W ashingto Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Note-AnOther Drew Pear son column on the Sermon on the Mount as applied to diplomacy will follow shortly)

WASHINGTON = Christmas Eve found Secretary of State James F. Byrnes in Moscow on the most i'm portant mission of his long and varied career. It is not too much to say that upon his talks may de- pend in large part whether we have peace or war within the next generation.
 In a very real sense, Byrnes is deavoring to carry out the spirit and principles which Man born in Bethlehem gave mankind 2,O0O years ago and which this tired world has looked forward to but never attained during the selfish and sometimes bloody years that followed.
 Byrnes started on his nomen- tous mission with the best will in the world. but little advance pre- paration. That, however, was not his fault. It is extremely difficult these days to prepare things with the Russians in advance. If the Secretary of State sends for the British Ambassador, he talks to a former Minister of Foreign Affairs who can talk with authority as a virtual member of the British Cabinet. But if he sends for the Russian Ambassador, he meets a nice but inexperienced former sec retary who says that he must refer everything to Moscow.
 That is what Byrnes has now done. He has referred the matter to Moscow-in person.
 He has wisely taken with him the advisers who are most sympa- thetic to the Russians, leaving be- hind those who have always tangled in the Soviet hair. He is doing his level best to succeed
 Probably, in view of all this, Byrnes will be able to work out some kind of an agreement. But experienced diplomats fear that it will be only patchwork agreement and that if the whole problem is not settled, the patching will have to be done again and again with the whole fabric eventually pulling apart. Specifically. Byrnes will not succeed in getting the Russians out
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
GI Party 10 Jap Kids
 Nearly Ends, Juvenile
 Riot; Thousands Attend
By RUSSELL BRINES

TOKYO. Dec. 26--It began as a C. Is idea 10 entertain few hun dred kids--and nearly ended in a juvenile riot.
 Officers and men of the U. s. Eleventh Corps planned a Christmas party yesterday for 600 children of Japanese laborers employed by the Corps. Soldiers contributed gifts, candy and cookies. A special pro- gram was prepared
 But the Tanks had forgotten about Japan's birth rate Guests began arriving long before party time. They came tumbling in droves from the adjacent street car station and clattered gleefully up the short hill on wooden clogs.
 Their GI. hosts soon swore that the whole Tokyo Yokohama area must have befn denuded of young life. SIX hundred? That was only starter; there were l,200, then 5000 - 6,000 5000 and the flnal eStlIDdte was 9,O0O.
 Local police and laborers were hustled to the scene to help main tain order. The children were sort ed into shifts, and admitted 300 at a time, while frantic GI. hosts delved into duffle bags for impromptu addi- tional gifts.
 The program was scurtailed and sreeded up, and sweating Red Cross workers handed out doughnuts un- til their arms ached.
 By nightfall, only 5000 of the 5000 had been entertained. The others still were waiting, hungrily and hopefully outside in the sharp cold.
 Their friends who had been lucky enough to get inside shared gifts and described the wondrous event in rapid-fire Japanese-then the thous- ands of wooden clugs pounded down the hill into the darkness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
LABOR QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN
 up IN CONGRESS
Legislation 10 Make Unions Liable for Damages
 One Proposal

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26--A sug- gesticn that labor Unions be made liable for damages resulting from strikes in violation of contracts came today from Senator Wiley (R-Wis) !.
 That should do away with ire sponsible strikes" Wiley told a re- porter, adding he believed such a step alone would practically solve the strike problem.
 The Wisconsin Senator said he in- tends to discuss his proposal in the Senate when Congress reconvenes January IA. Labor legislation is one of the big items on the schedule for returning legislators.
 President Truman asked earlier this month for law to set up fact finding" procedures in labor dis putes with major effect on the pub lie interest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
LITTLE GLASS
 EYE" WILL SOON
 KNOW HIS FATE
Verdict of Military Com mission in Yokohama
 Expected Tomorrow
By MORRIE LANDsBERG

YOKOHAMA, Dec. 26--An Am erican military war crimes trial commission late today took under advisement the Allied case against Tatsuo Tsuchiya, alias Little Glass Eye" and is expected to an- nounce a verdict tomorrow.
 In his closing argument. Major Louis Geffen of the prosecution staff contended that the case lis very simple--a violation of the rules of land warfare forbidding any form of cruelty to prisoners D He again demanded the death pen alty.
 As the commission began its de- Alterations in the case-the first of it's kind in the Japanese home land--it was announced hearings would be conducted later in the week for two more defendants, one of whom was charged with direct ing the staying of an American prisoner.
 Tsuchiya was accused of fatally beating Pfc. Robert Gordon Teas of Streator, H., survivor of the Bataah Death March" who died in the Mitsushima prison camp.
 It. Col John Dickinson of Jack sonville, Fla. chief defense counsel, told the commission there was no competent evidence to prove Tsu- chiya guilty and he asserted the defendant had not been given fair trial or what we know as such in Anglo-Saxon law"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
By EDDIE GILMORE

MOSCOW, Dec. 26-The Big Three foreign ministers, after a lengthy Christmas Day session, ar ranged today to announce the re- suits of their 11-day conference in which achievements were reliably reported to include concrete agree ments on several vital world issues.
 A British source said a com munique will be issued at 2 a. m. tomorrow 6 p. m. today, PST. ..
 The three foreign ministers have reached an accord on the pro- cedure for drafting the European peace settlement.
 Authoritative quarters said U. s. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes was highly pleased with the re- suits of his discussions with Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.
 Far more has been achieved, these quarters said, then was even contemplated when Byrnes left Washington. The full extent of the agreements reached was not indi- cated, but one of Byrnes' aides said the results would not be disap- pointing.
 . One of the accords was said to deal with control of Japan. which was high on the list of complicated problems on the agenda. Whether an agreement was reached on the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
CONGRESSMAN FOUND DEAD IN
 HOME KITCHEN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-District Coroner A. Magruder Mcdonald said Rep. Joe w. Erwin, A, North Carolina Democrat, was found dead of asphyxiation in his gas-filled kitchen yesterday afternoon.
 He was alone in his home at the time of death. and his body was found by friend, the coroner said. Ervin's wife was reported out of town on a Christmas visit.
 Dr. Macdonald said Erwin was to have had Christmas dinner with a friend. When Erwin failed to answer telephone calls, the coroner added, the friend went to his home and found Erwin dead with the kitchen filled with gas from the range.
 The body was upright in chair, with the feet on another chair, Dr. Mcdonald said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
MINERS TRAppEDBY
 EXPLOSION
Between 30 and 5 Men Caught Far Underground
 Exits Believed Closed

PINEVILLE. Ky. Dec. 26-Thirty to 35 miners were believed trapped mile to two miles back in a coal mine here today following an ex- plosion which apparently closed their exit.
 G. E. Lewis. operator of the mine, the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company. said rescue squads entered the tunnel shortly after noon while clouds of smoke were still pouring from the entrance.
 He said he did not anticipate an immediate report on conditions in the vicinity of the explosion
 Lewis said it could not be de- termined at once whether the air shaft leading to the blast area had been closed by the blast.
 Tt is possible the operator stated, that the explosion may have blown in the top, but of course we won't know until some one comes out of the mine"
 He added that the blast had oc- cured so far underground that no concussion was felt and no noise heard on the outside. It wasn't until huge clouds of smoke started boiling from the mouth of the mine that it was learned of the explosion.
 Lewis said it was not known im- mediately what caused the blast, or whether it was set off by ex- plosives or mine conditions.
 The mine is drift" mine, running straight into the noun tainside rather than downward into the ground.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
s75,ooo Fire
 Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 26.--A $75,000 fire burned out three fam flies homes but injured no one last night when flames destroyed Glow CTS Super Service Garage and liv- ing quarters in the building.
 The fire started when an oil fur mace exploded in the basement.
 One of the tenants, s. L. Cannon, saved Sl0,000 worth of securities and bonds. Other people living in the premises lost all their possessions in tfe fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Dec. 26 = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 9, American Can 1O1H. Anaconda 457s, Curtiss : Wright 8, International Harvester 95. Kennecott 497s, New York CeD- tral 35M, Northern Pacific 37fs U. s. Steel 81a, Pound $402ia.
 Sales today were l.4l0,000 shares.
 Dow. Jones averages today were as follows: Industrials, 18276; rails, 6347: utilities, 38.40
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
"BIa(k Market" in Stolen Army Goods Revealed, Anchorage

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Dec. 26- The Anchorage Times reports several soldiers and civilians were arrested following the discovery of black market operations in stolen Army supplies valued at $2,500."
 The report said the supplies filled an Army three-ton, six wheeled truck. It added those ar rested were in the hands of the Army and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
Shares of Alaska
 Airlines on Sale

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.--Public of- fering of l25.000 additional common shares of Alaska Airlines, Inc. will be made today by a syndicate head ed by R. H. Johnson and Company The shares are part of an original authorized issue of 100000. Pro- ceeds will be used to provide addi- tional equipment and other improve ments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
WE'D CHRISTMAS EVE

In simple ceremony performed Christmas Eve at the Resurrectien Lutheran Church, the Rev. c. Her bert Hillerman united in marriage Winifred Victoria Oberg and John Emmett Crowley of Juneau. At tendants to the couple were Nils Anderson and Barbara Garrett.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
DIR. ALBRIGHT TO TALK
 AT CHAMBER MEETING

Dr. c. Earl Albrecht. Territorial Commissioner of Health. will speak of his recent trip to Washington. D. C.. tomorrow noon before the regular luncheon-meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce in the Baranof Hotel Gold Room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
BIG THREE IN ACCORD
 AT MOSCOW
Foreign Ministers to An- nounce Results of H.
 Day Conference

BULLETIN - LONDON, Dec. 26.-British sources say the final communique on the Foreign Ministers Conference in Moscow has been delayed at least A hours. It had been expected tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26

Robert D, Seal former associate editor of the Daily Alaska Ketchi- kan Fishing News. stopped over in Juneau for few hours today cnroute to Anchorage where he will join the staff of the Anchorage Times.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
BLAST ROCKS CITY; BLAZE
 BREAKS OUT
Downtown Santa Barbara Beer Warehouse, Apart
 ment House in Flames

SANTA BARBARA Calf, Dec. 26-Five persons were killed and five were injured. none seriously in an unexplained explosion which destroyed beer warehouse-toppcd apartment.
 Five bodies were recovered from the ruins. They were identified, tentatively, as MT. and Mrs. John Johnson, Caroline Sue. Stovall. lG, Mrs. Francis Watson McClain. 26, and her sister, Miss Mildred Wat son, 21, of Huntington Park. Calf.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-26
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Dec. 26-An explosion rocked downtown Santa Barbara today, shattering windows within a radius of several blocks and starting a roaring fire in a beer warehouse topped by apartments.
 Deputy Sheriff Paul B. Monroe said; Tt would be a miracle If anyone escaped from the struc- ture.
 Monroe said the blast occurred in the rear of the building, at Chapala and Gotta Streets. and that within few moments 1t was a mass of flames.
 "The street was covered with glass;" he reported. Metal frames were blown out of the windows and tossed into the street"
 All available fire equipment was called out. Y
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
STRAND

What with three-year old Alice, Jr., and year-old Phyllis Harris. as well as home to manage, blonde and beautiful Alice Faye admitted that her band-leader husband, Phil Harris, wasn't too keen about the idea of her returning to the screen to make Fallen Angel the grip ping new 20th Century Fox hit now at the Strand theater.
 You see," explains Alice, i've live far from the transportation in the Valleys, so it's hard to get or keep help. Thank heavens we have a wonderful nurse for the children, but we're minus cook. We both hate eating out and after all the trou- ble Phil took making even a second rate cook out of newell. it just didn't seem right. Do you know, I couldn't even fry an egg until Phil taught me how-he's an expert.
 But persuaded him I'd only last a few years on the screen anyway, and he agreed that Fallen Angel is terrific story But I clinched it when l confessed I wanted to do few pictures that would give the children a little cause for pride in me. That won out but anytime Phil says a serious "No' to me, I'll quit without murmur, and he knows it."
 Alice's role in Fallen Angel is her first all-dramatic film part.
 The companion feature is Radio Stars on Parade,' starring Frances Langford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Copond Gown Exercises Set AfWoodstock
 College Juniors
 Hold InVesiiiuFe
 Program Sunday

The junior class of Annhurst Col lege, South Woodstock. Conn. will receive the academic cap and gown at the second annual investiture convocation. in the college auditor ium, tomorrow at 2:30 p. m.
 The ceremonies will be opened by an academic procession of the stu dent body and the faculty to the auditorium. Rev. Thomas F. Denne- hy, Dean of the college, will deliver an address of welcome to the par ents and friends, and will present the caps and gowns to the junior class.
 Alice Baxter, of Newport, R. l., president of the senior class, will extend to the newly invested juniors Challenge to Scholarship, which will be accepted on behalf of the juniors by Barbara Rogers, presi- dent of the junior class, also of New port.
 The main address The Catholic Ideal of Education" will be given by Rev. James J. OBrien, member of the religion department of the college, and Catholic chaplain at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. At the closing of the pro- gram, with the Star Spangled Ban ner'. reception for the guests will be held by the faculty and up- perclasSmen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
POLL

The new MGM Technicolor mus ical. "Yolanda and the Thief, "t IS now playing at the Loew-Poh The atre. Reuniting the stars of "zleg- field Follies," Fred Astaire and Lu- cille Bremen, who sing and dance their way through one of the most colorful musical romanceS to reach the screen, it is carnival of laugh ter, eye-filling settings and ear warming tunes.
 The story has Astaire as Johnny Riggs, a slick crook, who, with his partner, Victor Trout Crank Nor gam, fees to the mythical state ot Patria to avoid extradition. On the train they learn of Yolanda, beautiful young girl fresh from convent and now on her way home to take over control of her fabulous estate which is about to go to seed under the management of her nitwlt aunt, Amarillo (Mildred NatWick).
 When Johnny discovers that the confused Yolanda places all her faith in an imaginative guardian angel" he convinces her he is that guardian and soon has most of her fortune in his hands. A mysterious MT. Candle Leon Ames), however, steps into the picture and convinces Johnny there is more happiness 1n love than in larceny.
 The pictures musical sequences are beautifully blended into the action of the story, with Astaire and Miss Bremen in top form on the dance floor The lifting melo- dies include This Is A Day For Love-" Angel" Coffee Time" Twill You Marry Me?" and the title song, "Yolanda." Astaire again offers some entirely original dance routines.
 The second attraction, '"The Spider" has fabulous New Orleans of the waterfronts and the river boats and the old French quarter where woman's exciting beauty held the key to the strangling ter TOT that gripped the hearts ot thousands as the exciting back ground. The exciting film boasts and outstanding cast headed by Richard Conte, Faye MarloWe and Kurt Kreuger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Church Rebukes Warfare Plans

Washington, Dec. 8-CUP)-Tne Methodist Church's Commission on World Peace told Congress today that compulsory military training in the light of atomic warfare was as obsolete as the shining armor displayed in London Tower"
 Charles F. Boss, Jr., executive secretary of the commission, testl- fled before the House Military AL fairs Committee that training program would not increase the prestige of the United States among foreign nations"
 we believe" he said, "the pas sage of peacetime compulsory train ing legislation would be bound to arouse fear of our power, and susplc- ion of our motives, in quarters where fear and suspicion already exist"
 The committee is considering an Administration backed bill to pro- vide for a one-year military train ing program for teen-aged youths. Boss opposed it's enactment on the grounds the United States must work to abolish war-not merely prepare for the next one.
 In any future war, he said, the use of atomic weapons could result in the virtual distraction of the nation in an hours time.'