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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
 HurI Sailing Charge in NV
Sfop-W Work Meets Called al Seattle and Portland
 Monday on Back Pay

SEATTLE, July 13.-A charge of "stalling" mphatically denied by the Waterfront Employers Associa- tion-was leve,ed last night by a CIO longshoremen's union spokes- man who announced at the same time the union would tie up Puget Sound shipping Monday in protest.
 G. E. Elwell, local secretary of the International Longshoremens and Warehousemen's Union, said 5000 dock workers would stop work to hold a mass meeting and discuss the alleged delay in payment of retroactive wage increases.
 Speaking for the employers, M G. Ringenherg said immediate payment vas "a physical impos- sibility" due to the immense amount of office work involved.
 The payments, totalin9 about $2,- OOO,000 for this area, were approved fast August by the War Labor Board, are retroactive from Oct l, 1944 to October of last year.
 Meanwhile, Portland Ore g n longshoremen also have scheduled 10 am stop-work meeting for Monday. Leaders say the stoppage was voted when the men were ad- yised that retroactive pay increase checks due Monday would not be handed out that day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
20 WOMEN
 kIDNApED
Hukba|dhaps Are Raising Disturbances in One
 Section, Philippines

TARLUC, Luzon, P. l., July 13.- Twenty Filipino women were kid napred today at the nearby village of Mayantoc Bay by an armed band which Philippine Army Military Po- lice identified as members of the peasant irregular guerrilla organiza- tion, the Hukbalahaps.
 The military police said the kid naping was apparently an aftermath of the clash between MPs and Huks near the village July g when 38 Huks and one MP were slain. Unable to provide a motive for the mass ab- auctions, the MP officials speculated it might have resulted from m at tempt to recruit" camp cooks and workers.
 Distraught Provincial officials said they had good hopes the women would not be physically mistreated Meanwhile, at Lubao to the south ward in Pampanga Province, a bloody clash between the Huks and group of MPs reinforced with civilian guards went into it second day.
 Reliable reports of yesterday $ fighting said an entire detachment of 50 civilian guards had been slain There was no estimate. of casualties suffered by the Hukbalahaps.
 MPs started using mortars today against the entrenched peasants who are equipped with 50-calibel machineguns.
 Maj. Tiburcio Ballestros, Pam panga Province Provost Marshal, re- ported the MPs and guards had the Huks surrounded and that their sur render was but matter of time. Lubao is about 10 miles southwest of San Fernando, Provincial capital
 The Philippine Army reported ir Manila that final surrender notices were being prepared for distribution to all Hukbalahap bands and that unless the ultimatum was accepted large scale action" would be taken
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
BRIT. LOAN IN H 0 USE
 SHOWDOWN
Final Vote Expected Dur. ing Ddy-0pinions on
 Measure Given

WASHINGTON, July 13. = This IS showdown day for that loan to Britain. A final House vote is ex- pected on the proposal to bolster British finances with $3,750,000, 900 American dollars. And on the out come of that vote, declare those who favor the loan, will depend whether tle United States or Rus sia is to be the world political leader. On the other side of the fence. critics of the loan proposal say that Russia might regard it as an unfriendly act.
 The Democratic Senator from Texas. Speaker Sam Rayburn, be- lieves that he knows how the House will vote. lie has predicted ratifi- cation by rom 20 to 50 votes. But the latest polls taken of House members showed these figures: l88 for the loan. 163 against it, and 82 who have not made up their minds, or are not available for nose-count- ing. The Senate already has ap- proved the loan, by vote of 46 to 34
 Republican representative Ever cit Dirksen's amendment to the loan bill is expected to provide the first test of strength today. Dirk sen has proposed that Britain put up collateral for any cash that is advanced 70 her.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
CEILINGS OF JUNE 30 ARE
 RE-INSTATED
Bill Appears Too Far Sirip- ped for President Tru-
 man to Accept

WASHINGTON, July l3.-The House has received from the Sem ate an OPA revival bill which has been stripped of almost as many major price controls as it promised to restore. Final passage in the Senate came early this morning.
 Apparently the measure is amended far beyond the bounds which would permit President Tru- man to accept it. In the House, the bill is likely to receive quick push toward Senate House confer ence committee, where administra- tion leaders hope to rewrite it from top to bottom.
 As passed by the Senate, the new OPA bill would extend the agency one year and restore price control ceilings as of June 30. It would reinstate rent controls, with pro- vision that states take over in rent control where they have adequate laws.
 However, the bill prohibits price controls over meat, poultry, eggs, butter, cheese, milk, or other dairy products, cottonseed, soy beans, grain, livestock CT poultry feed, and all forms of tobacco. Petroleum would have no ceiling as long as supply meets domestic needs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
!Negros face
 PoII-purging
 ByGeorgians
White Conspiracy Led by TaImadge Seen in 2O,-
 0O0BIatks Challenged

ATLANTA, July l3.-Hundreds of negroes who have registered for the first time are being purged from the voting lines in Georgia scant few days before the Democratic primary.
 Negro leaders estimate that 10000 negroes have been challenged. Any citizen can challenge a registrant. Tn negro leaders charge conspir- acy, saying no wIl1ce persons are being challenged.
 Hearings before Boards of Reg istrars which act as courts in these matters arc going on in many counties. In some counties few negroes have been disqualified, in others. the challenged registrants have been written off the books in )locs.
 About 120,000 negroes are reg istered to vote in Georgia for the irst time; by far the biggest pros oective negro vote any Southern state has been faced with this year. Yet it is only about ninth of the otal registration and about a third of Georgia's population is negro.
 The challengers are generally identified as supporters of Red gallused Gene Talmadge, seeking a fourth term in the Governors man. sion on a platform of white su- premacy" and restoration of the white primary"
 In campaign address yesterday, ralmadge took cognizance of warn ings from U. S. District Attorneys against illegal purging of negroes names by asking:
 What is it but intimidation when United States Attorneys continually issue warnings of what they are going to do?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
AFL Sailors, CI0 Do(knlen
 In Showdown
Harry Lundeberg Chal- Ienges Bridges Union 10
 San Francisco Bout

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13-With the AFL Sailors Union of the Pa- cific challenging CIO longshoremen to a showdown fight, a special re- presentative of the Labor Depart ,nent today opened an investigation of the jurisdictional dispute which is idling saiips on both coasts.
 Harry Lundeberg, Secretary of the AFL Uniot:, last night told the San FrancFco Central Labor Coun- cil (AFL) that:
 If the International Longshore- mems and Warehousemen's Union (CIO) refuses to work one ship manned by AFL sailors in San Francisco, we'll close the port Of San Francisco tight.
 Then well see who can fight it out the longest"
 The dispute broke out at Coos Bay, Ore, when Harry Bridges in structed his CIO longshoremen not to unload an American Pacific Shipping Company vessel, and has since spread to the east coast.
 In San Pedro, some 200 dock foremen- members of the CIO longshoremen union-have voted to strike August first. They assert that recent wage increases were not proportionate to those granted longshoremen.
 The Committee for maritime unity, of which the ILWU is a member, has charged west coast ship owners with plotting with Lundeberg to give his union "total jurisdiction" on all west coast ships
 fCOntinued OF P1Ue TtDO)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
Byrnes Nov
 Home Bound

PARIS, July 13. = Secretary of State Byrres left by plane today for Washington. He told newsmen that he intends to urge that an- other Foreign Ministers meeting be held as socn as the European peace conference is over.
 It is Bv,nes intention to advo- cate a big-fOur ministers meeting before the United Nations meeting now scheduled for New York on September 23.
 Byrnes reviewed the Councils work at the Paris meeting for newsmen, and commented that he believes internationalization of Tri- este will be q good experiment in international cooperation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
WARREN KNApE
 CHECKER CHAMP,
 TEEN AGE CLUB

Warren Knape is the Teen-Age Club checker champion of Gas tineau Channel.
 Playing brilliantly throughout the tournament, Knape won the title last night at the Teen-Age Club house when he defeated Jeff Pegues in the finals. two games to one.
 Of the 28 contestants who started the tournament, Knape unquestion- ably proved himself champion but he was given a hard battle by Pegues. one of the youngest mem- bers of the club, and a hard fought match resulted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
THREE ALARM
 FIRE, BOSTON

BOSTON. July 13. Two decom- missioned escort carriers were dam aged today in three-alarm fire which burned 50 yards of a dock, in the Navy Yard Annex at South Boston.
 The blaze started on the dock near the carriers Manila Bay and Marcus Island. Plate buckled on both vessels.
 The fire was brought under con- trol by the combined efforts of 25 pieces of land apparatus from the Boston Fire Department, City and Coast Guard fire boats and Navy personnel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
Cratkdown0n
 Jap Bullying
 ByU.5. Troops
Mislondult by Objection able Minority" Hit by
 0eeupdtiondlGeneral

TOKYO, July 13. The crack down by It. Gen. Robert L. Eich- elberger on the drunken bullies' of the American occupation forces in Japan hIgbllghts subject which has been a major disturbance to occupation officials-the behavior of American soldiers in Japan.
 Indicative of the proportions of the disturbance is the fact that the Eighth Army Commander saw fit to release his letter for publication after having made the subject a part of his Fourth of July address 10 assembled troops.
 Majority Above Reproach
 It was stressed that the conduct of the majority of the occupation personnel has been above reproach, but the ot jectionable minority have assaulted women, maliciously beat en Japanese men, stolen, engaged in black market operations and by their deliberate bullying attitude have made the Japanese suspicious of the democracy which our troops are supposed to represent.
 In the words of Eichelberger
 "One drunken, slovenly bully can neutralize the good impression made by a dozen fine soldiers"
 Wives Distressed
 Not only the Japanese have been distressed with the performance of he objectionable minority Ameri- can wives who have arrived re- gently have been sharply critical # troops who subject them to whistles and howls when they ap- pear on the streets. The sight of American troops openly fraternizing with Japanese women likewise has been censured by the American Vomen.
 In this connection, it should be noted that not only enlisted men are seen ir. the company of Japan csc women. Officers of high rank may be seen driving kimonoed Japanese women in their cars.
 Huge Property Thefts
 There is no way to check the theft of government property by soldiers, but some idea of the mer- chandising activities of the occu- patton forces can be gained from the fact that $35, 5,000,0Oo more dol lars have been sent to the United States by troops in Japan than has been paid to the soldiers in wages The sale of American rations clothing and automobile supplies on the black market is not uncom- mon.
 Some officers have attempted tC excuse the troops misconduct OF the grounds of youth. According tc headquarters records the average age is about B years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
TWO MORE POUND
 JEWELLERS NETTED

Two more unlicensed dogs have been impounded here by MT. x" in his second day of dog -snagging activity; picked up on July 10, and doomed Monday night unless re- deemed before that time.
 The new pound tenants, Juneau's anonymous bane of dogdom des- cribes as:
 One small long -haired. bewhisk- cred dog. shaggy, grey color.
 One large-sized husky male, blackish-grey, long hair.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
COASTAL GLACIER
 ON MAIDEN TRIP

The Coastal Navigation Company s M. s. Coastal Glacier, on her maid en trip, arrived at 2.30 a. m. today with the following passengers for Juneau: c. E. Adams and Olaf Arnes from Petersburg, Al Johnson and L. T. Boyer from Wrangell and MT Abbott and Miss Eliza beth White from Ketchikan.
 She sailed at 4 a. m. for Haines and Skagway, and will arrive late today at Aux Kay to disembark Skagway passengers and pick up Sitka passengers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
GODFATHER MAY

On another occasion, Congress man May himself called the Wash ington office of Erie Basin. Usually he was most discreet in talking on the phone. but this time Erie Basin employees surmised he was talking from a pay station, for, after talk ing about various matters, he abruptly said:
 Say, what about that three thousand dollars?"
 MT. Freeman replied that 1t would be along in couple of days.
 On another occasion, Congress man May phoned to ask for Free man and was told by Louis Sarelas, then in charge of the Washington office:
 "Freeman's up in New York mak- ing us a lot of money"
 May became very indignant at this. T beg your pardon" he said, and hung up.
 When May was next in the of- flee personally, he apoligized to
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
R.H.WEYERHAEUSER, OF LUMBER FAMILY,
 DIES, 5T. PAUL HOME

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 13.-Ru- dolph M. Weyerhaeuser, 78, Of the famous lumber family, died yester- day of heart ailment.
 Weyerhaeuser, President of Pot latch Forests, Inc, of Lewiston, Idaho, was director in number of large firms, among them the Northern Pacific Railway, the Wey- erhaeuser Timber Company and Weyerhaeuser Sales Company.
 Among survivors are two cousins, c. Davis Weyerhaeuser and J. P. Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma. Funeral services have been set for Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
HEALTH COUNCIL
 TO MEET MONDAY

A special meeting of the Juneau Health Council will be held Monday night at o'clock in Room 218, Territorial Health Building, to con- slider plans for moving to new quarters.
 The special session has been called by Mrs. M. O. Johnson who yester- day stressed the need for full attendance at the meeting. Mem bers of the Health Council are rep resentatives of the various Juneau organizations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-Those who sat on the inside of the Erie Basin Metals Products office during the heyday of it's lush war orders rack ct say that some amazing telephone conversations took place.
 Usually the name of the com panys Congressional godfather Representative May of Kentucky was not mentioned over the phone ? though his name was frequently mentioned in private talks around the office. Instead Mays code name "Yiechel" vas used on the tele- phone. Or at ether times he was referred to as "our friend"
 Here is now Mays name slipped into one very discriminating tele- phone conversation. Joseph Free man of the Washington office was phoning the main production office in Batavia. H., and after talking to Henry Carson regarding some technical matters. Freeman asked to be switched to the accounting department.
 What about that piece of pa per?" he asked.
 What do y9l mean?' the chief accountant replied
 Freeman hesitated a minute then said:
 "You know that thousand dollars for Yiechel."
 eOh, that went in the mail yes- terday," was the reply.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
TAKE A GAMBLE

BUFFALO, N. Y. = Joseph Hoare probably knows what Sphygmo- meter is today, but he said he did not know what it was when Ee bought it yesterday at police auc- tion of unclaimed property.
 Hoare, "a bartender, outbid all others with 75 cents to obtain it He didn't know why he bid on the Sphygmometer. device for check ing the pulse beat,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13
FISH LANDINGS

Sole boat landing fish today was the Alaska Coastal Fisheries pack CT Elfin II, skippered by E. o. Swanson, which delivered 50,000 pounds of salmon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-13

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Evening star., 1946-06-20
Adult Swimming Glasses
Planned at School Pools

Swimming instruction classes for
adults will be held from 6 to 1880
pm. each day next week at McKin-
ley and Banneker School pools in
connection with National Swim for
Health Week, the District chapter
of the American Red Cross an
nounced today.
In cooperation with Government
Services, Inc. and the D. c. Recrea-
tion once, q summer program Of
learn-to-swim classes for children
will get under way July l. Chill
dren's sessions will be held from
$50 to HAS am daily at the fol-
lowing pools: Anacostia. East Po-
tomac, Georgetown, Mckinley, Rose
dale, Takoma, Banneker. Dunbar
and Francis.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

association met yesterday after
noon with the Board of Education
to discuss the matter OF the tele-
vision tower.
The association voted to support
a new bill regulating the height of
buildings in the District and to
prohibit the building of radio or
television towers in the residential
districts.
Oficers were elected at last
nights meeting, the last of the
present year. Harry w. Stewart was
named president, william B. Bees,
first vice president; George H.
Schoolmeester. second vice presi-
dent; William c. LOCKER, jr., Sec
retary; Raymond L. Jones, treas
urer. and Edward K. Bachschmid
and Mrs. Joseph T. Vanier, dele
gates to the Northwest Council of
Citizens Associations and the Fed
Grafton OF Citizens Associations.
The meeting was held in the
auditorium of the Janney School,
at Wisconsin avenue and Abe
marie street NV.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
British Envoy Consulting
Eqypt Premier on Mutt

LONDON, June 20 P).-Prime
Minister Attlee told the House of
Commons today that the British
Ambassador in Cairo, Sir Ronald
Campbell, is consulting Egyptian
Premier Sidky Pasha on measures
to take on the appearance in Cairo
of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.
Mr.. Attlee carefully avoided any
specific statement on the Mufti,
whom Winston Churchill described
in his questioning of Mr.. Attlee as
this marked enemy Of the cause
of the Allies during the war"
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Opponents Of Towers
Vote 10 Pursue Fight

The Friendship Heights Citizens
Association went on record last
night to continue to oppose the erec-
ton of a television tower at For
tieth and Brandywine streets NV.
on the ground it would endanger
the lives of the 1000 children en-
rolled in the six schools in the
Friendship Heights area.
It was brought out by Harry w.
Stewart, newly elected president of
the association, that Smile area
! in the Friendship vicinity is direct
Rly beneath the crossroads of air
traffic. Mr.. Stewart said the planes
often fly so low that there is pos
sibility of collision if the tower
were erected.
Mr.. Stewart said members of the
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Walter Johnson Regoins
PortiuI Consciousness

Walter johnson, former Washing
ton baseball pitching star. remained
in a critical condition today in
Georgetown University Hospital de-
spite moments of consciousness and
complete lucidity.
The big Train" So, has been
confined to the hospital for ~ days
with a brain tumor. Doctors say he
will not recover.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

the afternoon sessions and imme-
diately gave instructions to conven-
ton pages to collect and carry them
from the room.
She then explained from the plat
form that no propaganda was per-
mitted in the assembly room.
The two-page, mimeographed
leaflets were headed. Votes for the
District? No. A thousand times
no."
Mrs. Wiley Undisturbed.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, q member
of the District Federation and legis-
lative chairman of the General Fed
Grafton who, with Mrs. Gertrude
Parks, president Of the District Fed
Grafton, is co-author of a resolution
to be presented to the General Fed
Grafton asking Endorsement of ma
tional representation for the District
Of Columbia was in no way disturbed
by the anonymous leaflets. She is
fully prepared to answer the argu-
ments they present, she explained,
when the resolution is brought up
either today or tomorrow.
With approximately 13 more reso-
lutions scheduled for consideration
by the body. there is no way Of de-
termining when any one resolution
will be introduced as they are not
being brought up in the order origi-
nally entered.
In addition to the resolution on
national representation. consider
able argument Is expected to center
on a national health program reso-
luton to be presented by Mrs. Mar
jorie B. Illig, chairman Of the Fed
Grafton Public Health Committee.
The resolution asks support of a
national program which, will offer
adequate health services to the peo-
pie of the country at a cost COM
mensurate with their means and
which shall be democratically ad-
miniStered
Evening star., 1946-06-20
u. 5. Officer in Dachau
To Testify on Behalf
OF IA German Cantor
BY tha Assosio.sd Press

DACHAU, Germany, June 20.-An
American infantry officer who
escaped from the commander Of the
dreaded 1st Waffen SIS Regiment
during the Battle of the Bulge, has
flown the Atlantic to testify In de-
tense Of his captor. it was dis.
closed today.
Col. Hal D. McCown of Ruston,
La, was reported ready to take the
witness stand in the Dachau mill
tary court and testify he received
fair treatment from Col. Joachim
PEPPER, described by some as one
time aspirant for the title OF
"Fuehrer Of the Fourth Reich"
Captured December FL, 1914.
Col. Willis M. Everett, chief de-
fense counsel, indicated heavy re-
lance would be placed on Col. Nc
Gowns testimony to counter pre-
vious prosecution witnesses who said
that Waffen SIS troops were obey
ing terror" orders from superiors
when they massacred helpless
American prisoners at Malmedy.
Col. McCown, then a major COM
manding the I'd Battalion, 10th In
fantry Regiment, 3oth Division, was
captured in L'Eglise. Belgium. on
December 81, 1914, by Peiper's regi-
ment. Four days later, with bitter
Christmas fighting raging along tho
front, Col. McCown succeeded in
eluding his German guards and
striking out for Allied lines.
In a detailed report for Army
intelligence officers written immed-
lately after his escape, Col. McCown
told of being treated fairly by his
foe, officers said.
Army Facilitated Trip.
Col. John S. Guthrie, Portland,
Oreg., head of The G-3 Section Of
Sd Army headquarters, recalled the
gist of Col. McCown's experiences
and was instrumental in arranging
for him to be summoned in Peiper'S
behalf.
The War Department facilitated
Col. McCown's flight from the Unit
ed States to Germany and military
spokesmen cited it as proof Of the
fairness Of the current trial in which
PEPPER and 73 other SIS veterans are
charged with wholesale atrocities
against American prisoners and Bel
gian civilians.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

OUTSTANDING STUDENTS REWARDED-Here principals
in ceremonies yesterday at Eliot Junior High School which
awards presented to girls and boys of the graduating class who
outstanding in scholarship leadership comradeshp and
honor From left to right James Slough Americansm
officer of Government Printing Office Post No. 3e American
Legion; John Deviny deputy public printer OF the United
States presenting the Legion awards to Shirley Ann Eppard
H. daughter of Dr. and Mrs George Eppad 401 Minnesota
SE and Lewis James Rodgers A. of Mr. and Mrs
James G. Rodgers 1872 Nineteenth street NE Awards presented
by the Daughters of the American Revolution went to Carol
Wine H. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ray D. Wine 1913 Trinidad
NE, and Robert Griest H. of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert A. Grest, 1877 A street NE Star Staff Photo.