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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
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 FIRST GAME


 ST LOUIS. Ocs. S.-Boston's fence busting Red Sox. with Ted Williams definitely back in the lineup, are ranked top heavy fav- orites to whip the newly crowned National League champions from St. Louis in the 43rd world series opening tomorrow at Sportsman's Park.
 Despite the Cardinals stretch drive that overcame a 7i2 game Brooklyn lead and finally carried them past the Dodgers to the flag in the first tie playoff in history, the odd-makers remain loyal to the home run power in the Sox bats, particularly in Williams ability to hit for distance Boston is to 20 choice to take the series and to 20 to cop the first game.
 For Manager Eddie Dyer of the Cardinals who has been riding the baseball hot seat since the "ex- perts" last spring picked him to coast home Is games in front, the role of an underdog is a welcome change. The freshman skipper hon estly believes his Red Birds have a real chance to upset the mighty Sox and he is banking on his southpaw pitching to do the trick.
 With that in mind. Skip" Dyer plans to open with lefthanders Howie Pollet and Harry Brecheen and follow with Murry Dickson at Boston. Tex Hughson is expected Ito be Joe Cronins choice although it may not be definite up to game time. Dave Ferriss and Mickey Harris are the other possibilities. Cronin, despite his 12-game edge over Detroit at the finish. is not taking the Cardinals lightly. The Irish skipper from San Francisco, who like Dyer won a pennant in his first year as big league man. ager with Washington in 1883, isn't sure about his opening day pitcher. He prefers to wait until after to- days workout and perhaps until game time,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
UNION CALLS 0FFL0ADING
 OF (0RD0vA
CMU-CI0 Objects that Car 90 Not All Groceries,
 Medical Supplies

SEATTLE, Oct o.-Supplies which were to have been carried to Nome, Alaska, aboard the relief ship Cor, dova, lay untouched on Seattle docks today as the result of stop loading order issued by the Con- mittee for Maritime Unity.
 Simultaneously, the GNU an- nounced it's strike action would be extended to- military supply ships berthed here.
 Burt Nelson, Northwest GNU chairman, halted loading of the Cordova late yesterday afternoon after charging the ships cargo did not consist strictly of relief sup plies
 Previously the Alaska Steamship Company vessel had been cleared by the GNU for the trip to Nome, which soon will be ice bound for eight months as the Boring Sea freezes over.
 If the Cordova is to reach Nome before it is cut off by the winter freeze, it must sail from Seattle within few days.
 Nelson said investigation showed the bulk of this cargo is such items as heer, lead pipe, hardware. furniture, etc. this so-called relief ship will not be permitted to said until Mayor Devin or a committee designated by him, comes down to inspect the cargo and. re- ports he findings to the public Spckesmen for the Alaska Steam ship Co, replied to Nelson's charg- es that although the cargo is not entirely groceries and medical sup plies, it is all essential to the people of Nome. who must wait until next June for another ship
 Leading of Army supply ships was halted for primarily the same req son" as on the Cordova, Nelson said. and no such vessel will be worked until a committee ascer- tains such cargo is strictly mili- tary freight.
 The GNU restrictions will not ex- tend to troopships carrying military personnel. mail and baggage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
AIRPORT HERE Lathrop Holds SOON MAY BE Alaska Unripe HELD BY CITY For Statehood
Transfer 10 City Ownership Early Next Year
 Said in Sight

That the City of Juneau by sometime next year should be in the business of operating it's own airport is almost assured.
 Mayor Waino Hendrickson last
 night passed along to the City Council information he has obtain ed in talks this week with three ranking Civil Aeronautics Adminis- tration officials now in Juneau l. As a first step in putting the city into the airport business, he said, transfer of the Juneau air port from Navy jurisdiction to that of the CAA will be pressed in Washington when Alaska CAA Ad- ministrator Walter P. Plett goes to the national capital late next month CAA, in turn, is under or
 ders to turn over airfields it oper-
 ates to the communities, which in Juneau's case could be done by early spring.
 No Charge To City The Juneau airport would be put
 into top shape by the CAA and would then be turned over without charge to the city, and with all
 operating equipment now at the field, Plett has advised The CAA would continue its control tower ac- tivities at the airport here. Juneau would be required to maintain the
 field
 l, Under the vast Federal aid to
 airports program recently inaugur- ated, fields must be municipally
 owned to receive aid. Transfer of i the field to the city would qualify
 it to receive matching funds for
 construction of the needed admin
 istration building for which Ju- neau now has preliminary plans i drawn Plett plans to take those
 plans east with him, for approval
 and Mayor Hendrickson announced
 that he has asked for forms on
 which the city can apply for Fed eral aid.
 Airlines Will Assist
 The Mayor declared he is unable ! to see where Juneau can lose fi- nancially by taking over the air
 port, especially since airlines operat- ing from the field here have as- sured their fullest cooperation i, (Airlines previously have agreed to purchase the issue of revenue bonds that would be required tc lconstruct the administration build ing. It is estimated that $40,00C bond issue would be required witf
 Federal matcoing funds obtained :. Mayor Hendrickson was author Iized by the Council to proceed witt the airport program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
SEALS, OAKS
 kN0TTED IN
 CUP SERIES

OAKLAND, Calf, Oct 5.-The Oakland Acorns and the champion San Francisco Seals, who battled tooth and nail throughout the Pac- life Coast baseball leagues regular season, are at it again in the Gov
 ernor's Cup playoffs.
 Both won their preliminary play off series and the Seals captured the first game of the final ser ! ies.
 But last night the Acorns re- bounded to win the second Set-to
 5 to 4, pounding Seal starter Clif1 Melton from the mound in the seventh frame.
 Melton did not allow an Oakland batter to reach first in five in- nings. Then the Acorns scored i once in the sixth and the sky fell in in the seventh. When the dust cleared, Oakland had four more
 runs, Dale Mathewson was on the Seal mound, and the game-fol
 practical purpcses-was over.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
DREAMB0AT
 DR0NE5 ON,
 GOOD SPEED
Passed Over Taku Area Last Night then Scared
 Into Polar Regions

The Dreamboat is today well on the way to Cairo, having passed over this section last night
 As the Dreamhoat approached Sitka at 7;45 o'clock last night during a display of the Northern Lights, the ship went from 1000 feet altitude to 5000 feet and the speed was 253 miles an hour.
 Shortly after 8 o'clock, the Ju- neau Signal Corps picked up' the Dreamboat, then at an altitude o1 10000 feet, saying i've are 20 miles south of Juneau and can see the lights of Juneau" This would mean the ship was at that time well above Taku Harbor section with visibility excellent.
 As the Dreamboat swung swiftly northward, the two weather planes about 300 miles ahead of the ship reported that at 15,000 feet altitude the temperature registered 15 de grees below zero.
 DrOnes On
 The U. s. Army B-29, Pacusar Dreamboat, droned steadily through the cold and lonely Arctic skie: near the magnetic North Pole to- day, nearing the halfway mark or it's great arc acrcss the top O. the world from Honolulu to Cairo
 The 74-ton craft and it's crev of ten fliers radioed at 1.30 a. m lPST) that it was over Pefiey' Point, little more than 100 mile' southwest of the magnetic pol' and roughly 4,O00 miles from Hon. olulu, and "all is we'll"
 The plane, exploring the Arctic as a travel route, was expected bl its crew to soar over tile Iceland capital of Reykjavik at about 9:3( a. m., PSF. The crew asked fo weather reports around Iceland.
 From Iceland, the tentative cours' is over London, Paris, Bern, Rom' and across the Mediterranean to thu Egyptian capital. At Reykjavik the Dreamboat will be 6,084 mile
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
KIM BALL HITS OUT
 AT BENSON

, Ross E. Kimball, Independent [ candidate for Territorial Commis- sioner of Labor, arrived in Juneau yesterday for campaigning in the 1 First Division, having already cov- cred the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions. He received his discharge from the U. S. Army October l.
 Regarding a report of several weeks ago by Republican Henry E. Benson. also candidate for Labor Commissioner, to the effect that Kimball had withdrawn in favor Of l Benson, also a veteran, Kimball 1 had this to say:
 Regarding MT Benson's state ment that I had withdrawn-this ! only shows the interruptions meth ods employed by Henry Benson and Boss.
 Any ex-soldier who would mallc- iously stab another soldier in the back has certainly proved to the people of this Territory just what kind of an administration they could expect from Henry Benson. , T consider MT. Benson's cam paign a campaign in my behalf-for | no working man would vote for Henry Benson once they examine 1 his platform. invite you to eX- anime mine.
 T am glad to get pack to 1 Southeast Alaska and anticipate living here for the next four years, Kimball stated.
 Kimball joined the Army in 1943, was transferred to the Enlisted Re- serve Corps in 1944, working as a coal miner in the Matanuska Val ley area. Active in union affairs, he served on many committees
 was elected president ot the
 United Mine Workers Local 1901 at the first meeting he attended and the next year was named as president of the union.
 He was president of the union during the strike by the miners against the Alaska Railroad Eska mine, mined 90 percent by Enlist ed Reserve Corps men who were subject to recall to active duty Kimball said the strike was de-
 cided in favor of the miners ac-
 cording to orders from Washing ton. D. C., and the following week he was recalled to active duty by
 the War Department, no reason given, being sent to Adak, Alaska
 where he was stationed until his recent discharge after B months
 in the service.
 Later, Kimball said, the War De- ,partment ordered the discharge oi all Enlisted Reserve Corps coa miners by March 31, l946, and al men coming under that order were
 discharged with the exception ol himself Kimball said he talked with the Inspector General, point ling out the unfairness, and the .official promised him he would be released, but evidently those orders ;were reversed by higher ups. Ht was finally discharged last Tues iday Kimball said he is glad lput in B months in the Army be. lcause I surely learned how not tt handle men,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
LIQUOR LIMIT REBA1TLED BY
 CITY COUNCIL
VA Proposes Erection of Huts to Meet Hous-
 ing Emergency

Attendance at last nights City Council session was considerably above normal, spectators being drawn by announcement that air port doings and electric utility dick erings would be discussed. In addl- tion to the proclaimed double bill, spectators were indulged with a third. unheralded feature attraction when the councilmen chose to re- wrangle the liquor license limit.
 Policc Committee h a m II George Jorgenson re-opened the is sue by reporting favorably on an application by Percy J. Shanks for a beverage dispensary license to be located in the Northern Hotel. Jor- genson, after again voicing his per- sonal view that licenses in the city should not he limited merely by number, moved that the Shanks application be approved.
 Not Concurred In
 Questioned by Mayor Waino Hen- drickson, Jorgenson could not reply that his purported committee re- port had been concurred in by the other members of the committee, Councilmen Ed Nielsen and R. H. Williams. Pressed for their views, Nielsen said no to the new license, declaring that the Councils pre- vious action in saying no additional licenses would be approved should be adhered to. Otherwise, he said, all those previously turned down under that policy should be recon sidered. Williams concurred with Nelson.
 Jorgenson withdrew his original motion and substituted one to re- scind the Councils previous declar- ation of policy. The new motion was seconded by Councilman Stan Grummett On vote, the lineup was the same as that which car ried the original action. Jorgenson Larsen and Grummett voted yes Sully, Williams, Nielsen and Mayor Hendrickson voted no, confirming the ordained policy.
 Set Exact Number
 Jorgenson had argued vainly that the Councils action tied the hands of the committee and left no req son for referring liquor applications to it. He next moved that the Coun- cil decree the exact number of h- censes to be allowed of each type be decreed-setting the totals at the number of present establishments The Mayor argued that the number has automatically been set, but ac- ceded to the extent of referring the matter to the City Clerk tC bring in a count at the next meet ting.
 Also discussed at last night: meeting was a request from tht Veterans Administration that erec- ton of temporary housing be per mitted on city-owned lots, without cost to the city Felix Toner ex. i plained that the VA can obtair seven Quonset huts which can bt converted into IA apartments whicf would aid greatly in relieving thu housing emergency. They would b. removed as soon as the emergenc! ! has passed.
 Query. Neighbors
 Nielsen suggested that it would be we'll to set definite time limi when they must be torn down, alst that neighboring residents be inter viewed on their attitude towart
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
Says Alaska Is Moi
 Ready for 5fafehood

DENVER, Oct. 5.-Alaska isn't ready for statehood nor will it be until we can sell some of the vet erans on the wonderful opportunity for livelihood in the far north" J. lC. Merington, mining equipment company owner from Anchorage,
 said in an interview here today He added, we have good schools
 and teachers, fine hospitals and good farm land open to homestead ing"
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having the huts alongside their homes.
 The Mayor named the City Prop critics and Streets Committees to act jointly in selecting suitable lots fol the hut sites, AS time is pressing, a special meeting is to be called when the joint committee has done its job.
 Mayor Hendrickson reported that District Engineer Col. L. H. Hewitt had been we'll satisfied with the presentation at the Gold Creek flood control hearing last Monday and is inclined toward favorable report The Mayor commended those residents who turned out tC support the citys presentations.
 Street Work Viewed
 Street work came in for consid- erable comment at last night's Council meeting. Mayor Hendrick- son reported that. property owners on the west side of "E" street, be- tween Seventh and Eighth streets are agreeable to deeding an eight loot strip across their properties for widening of the street. The principal obstacle now is that one house and a garage must be turned
 The Council accepted an offer by Bob Bowling to replace sidewalk and round off the corner at the intersection of Main and Front ytreets if the city will pay the cost of materials, estimated at $l20 Pouring concrete will commence shortly on the new Bowling Motors building, he said and the street work can be done in conjunction Owner T. J. McCaul has agreen to deed ovA' the ground to be added to the street. The Council also vot- ed that lire hydrants there be nov ed across Main street.
 Grader Considered
 Purchase of a new grader was also again discussed, then held ur for more investigation. The city now has two graders offered it An Adams which can be delivered about December l by Darlington and Jones and a Caterpillar whicf can be delivered this fall by North ern Commercial Company Specifi- catioris and equipment of the two graders are similar, as are the pric- es-approximately $8,500. The city has had an offer of $l,000 for its old grader, but Jorgenson favored keeping it, at that price.
 Councilman James Larsen moved that 20 feet of wooden sidewalk bt quilt to the Ferry Float approach but former Mayor Ernest Parson: advised from the audience that ht had looked into that before ane suggested that the matter be furth- CT investigated before stretch O. sidewalk is built for private com pany.' The motion was withdrawn
 Complaint Heard
 J. A. Thibodeau voiced loue complaint on the condition of Sixth street, leading up to Star Hill i which he said is in the worst shape lin Is years" He also advised tha drain is needed in front of hi! residence. Larsen had previously re' commended that new gravel Surfac- ing be placed on the street in queS- tion, also on Main street. Sixth street should be paved, Thibodeal offered Thibodeau also suggested that a pedestrian cross walk shoult be marked off on Willoughby av enue somewhere between Mail street and the Home Grocery. Ina has been considered, he was told.
 Last nights session was onl. moderately long and following ad journment of the regular meeting the Councilmen closed the doors t 1 lot down their hair in private
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05

TACOMA-This city entered it's fifth bus-less day with the 1l0 Ta- coma Transit System motor coaches still idle in the. car barns and some 75000 Tacoma bus patrons with no prospects of relief until after the negotiations are resumed at ? pm Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05

ROME-Allied headquarters an nounced today that British plane was forced down in Yugoslavia yesterday, apparently by signals from Yugoslav combat planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05

WASHINGTON - The State De- partment urged American business men to protest at. once to the Po- fish government against nationali- zation of more than 900 firms in Poland some Of which may involve American interests,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
Fairbanks Finaneier Fears Development of Coun-
 fry Be Retarded

SEATTLE, Oct. 5.--Alaska, with the pioneering years behind has reached an era of good times" with prospects of immense growth, but statehood in the immediate fu- ture would be too costly, Austin E. tCap) Lathrop; Fairbanks financier and civic leader, said today.
 On his 81st birthday, he took time out from a busy schedule today to explain his opposition to the pro- posal which will be voted upon in an advisory referendum in the Ter ritory next Tuesday His business trip here includes arrangements to send food supplies north. He ex- poets to return home next week.
 T certainly hope Alaska eventu- ally will become a state, but I sim cerely do not believe now is the time to take this very important step," he said in an interview.
 Terrific Cost Burden
 The costs of setting up the ma chinery for statehCCd-such as the construction of necessary public buildings would throw terrific fi- nancial burden on a very small group of taxpayers.
 Tt is true, certain states were added to the union when their pop ulation wasn't much greater than that of Alaska, but at the time they were admitted, there were very low if any, Federal income or other taxes and the additional burden could be met by the taxpayers
 It is quite a different matter to set up a school system, a road system and a system of courts in a small compact state like Arizona or New Mexico, he said, compared to setting up these systems In the immense eXpanse of A a stretching from Ketchikan to Bar TOW to Attu, distances as great as from one coastal shoreline or border of the United States to another. Military Era Passed
 The Territory has just passed through what he called the 'mli- tary era" following the pioneer. ing years" He referred to the large Army and Navy installations. Immediately ahead for Alaska hs believes, should be period of grea' development of resources and trans portation, scientific farming, estab' i lishment of a southeast Alaska pull industry, and further steps in tn. : fishing, mining and fur industry are expected A railroad north iron Prince George, B. C., should come before many years.
 i But Alaskans themselves do no have enough money for this large scale development the pioneer businessman commented. We mus look to outside capital to assist il this development.
 Investors Think Twice
 Tt is only common sense to real ize that financial interests contem ] plating investment in the Territor. will think twice, if confronted witt i the possibility of heavy, almost con ] fiscatory taxes which must be lev jed on a small group of people, t' carry the cost of establishing ant maintaining statehood"
 Captain Lathrop said capita should be encouraged to "go north and that with the influx of nor people and development of more in dustries, statehood would eventual. come easily and naturally"
 T repeat that I hope eventual, ! Alaska will be state" he said but I do not believe this is tn, time for such step
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON = The OPA has authorized all restaurants. effec- tive Oct 10. to raise the price of all meat dishes by l5 percent. OPA also says prices of poultry, fish and egg dishes also are going up soon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
WASHINGTON-The

WASHINGTON-The Navy says that former Secretary of State Cor dell Hull is slightly improved. A bulletin issued at the Bethsema, Maryland, Naval hospital says quote MT. Hull had more com fortable night and shows slight im- provement this morning" Hull suf- fered a stroke last Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-05
LAGUARDIA SEES sTALIN

When UNRRA Director LaGuar- dia and aides visited Moscow on their recent tour of Europe, his en- tire party was eager to see Stalin. The Kremlin invitation. however.
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Sixty-five percent of Canada s area is agriculturally worthless.
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Evening star., 1946-07-21
U-Time Is Winner
OF SturIet Stakes
BY the Assoeioied Press

INGLEWOOD, Calf, July 20
r. c. Ellsworth's spectacular
Arizona filly, U-Time, racked up
a wire-to-wire win today in the
$4,000 6-furlong Starlet Stakes
at Hollywood Park to nab the
unofficial Western juvenile cham
pionship.
U-Time, clocked in 1:10H, fin
ished 21z lengths ahead of Louis
B. Mayors colt. Stepfather.
Hemet Squaw, filly, was third.