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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
EXCEEDED FIRE BUDGET GIVES CITY CONCERN
Deparfm ent Asked for Recommendations on
 New Fire Hall Bldg.

Mayor Ernest Parsons attended the first 1946 meeting of the Ju- neau Volunteer Fire Department last evening to express the satisfaction and confidence of the City Adminis- tration in the performance of the Department He complimented the organization upon it's morale and leadership.
 The Mayor explained the manner in which City funds are budgeted to the Department. The over-run- ming of the allotment expressly es- tablished by the City for the pay lment of volunteer fire fighting fees has caused the city some concern, he state, although it is realized that the number of fires cannot be gov erned and that 1t is the responsi- bility of the Department to answer every call.
 Fire Chief Minard Mill explained that it has always been the effort of the Juneau Fire Department to reduce the number of fire calls as much as possible He stated that several persons had been apprehend- ed and fined for turning in false alarms during the year 1945 and de- clared that a little good judgment on the part of the public might re- duce the number of fire calls con- siderably, as the Fire Department is sometimes called when not neces- sary.
 Architects Harold B, Foss and MacKay Malcolm were also in atv tendance at last nights meeting, at the request of the City Admins tration, to present preliminary plans for a new Fire Hall The projected new building would be located next to the present City Hall and would eventually become a part of any structure which might be erected to replace the existing City Hall.
 Recommendations were requested from the Department, on the layout of new Fire Hall to be incorporat- ed in the plans to be submitted to vote of the taxpayers for ratifi- cation.
 A committee from the Fire De- partment, comprised of Elroy Ninnis, Ed Sweeney, Spike MacLean and Doug Oliver was named to meet with the architects. Members of the De- partment had received no previous notice that it was contemplated to erect a new and separate Fire Hall in the very near future.
 Plans were announced at last nights meeting for the annual Fire Department dance-The Firemens Ball--to be held on February l2. Howard Dilg and Wallis George were named to head up the Ball commit tee.
 The Fire Departments monthly report for December, l945, listed six calls answered and one first aid drill held.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
FOUR pROpOSALS
 BY COMMUNISTS
 FOR CHINA PEACE
Official Reply Is Made 10 Chiang's New Years
 Bid to End Strife
By SPENCER MooSA

CHUNGKING, Jan. 4.-Chinese Communist and Central government rsgctiators seeking peace in dissen- ticn-to China today discussed these four specific conditions ad- vanced by the Communists in their official reply to Chiang Kat-shek's New Years Eve peace bid.
 l. The Communists agree in general" with National government suggestions that Gen. George C.. Marshall, President Trumans envoy to Chungking, be one of a commit tee of three to decide on procedures for cessation of civil hostilities and restoration of railroad communica- tions.
 Stop War NolD
 3. Civil war must be stopped im- mediately throughout the country, especially in Jehol Province (where Communists previously alleged some 225,000 Chungking troops were en- gagged in an offensive designed to wrest the area from Yenan forces)
 g. Restoration of communications should cover land, sea, air, postal and telegraph lines, and also result in lifting of a blockade round the liberated areas Communist term for regions under their control)
 Investigation Groups
 4 Investigation groups should embcdy important personages from all circles throughout the country, including members from the Powvti- calo Consultative Council fthe in- terparty, nonpartisan conference scheduled to open Jan 10 in Chung king) to compose all problems be- tween the National government and the Chinese Communists.
 The National Governments Min- ister of Information, K. O. Wu, said today that he considered the first point very favorable" but that the cther three points would have to be discussed by the negotiators Satur- day
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
H0MMA ORDERED DEATH MARCH K
 DIRECT EVIDENCE
Staff Officer Gives Testi- mony-Had First Hand
 Information
By JAMES HALSEMA

MANILA, Jan. Alt Gen. Ma sahaura Homma gave the order for the infamous death march that killed thousands on the agony Strewn route from Bataan to Camp ODonnell in April, 1922, one of his staff officers testified at Homma's war crimes trial today.
 And neither Homma nor his staff cared what happened to the emaciated American and Filipino prisoners, the witness, It. Col Michio Kitayama, asserted. Kita- yama, a communications officer at Homma's 14th Imperial Head quarters. said he saw the march from several successive vantage points along the road
 The once arrogant Homma lis tened meekly to the testimony
 Kitayamas responses to prose- cution questions did not swerve from a previously-recorded deposi- tion in which he asserted that the Japanese attitude toward prisoners was not one of "too great con~ 1ern."
 This prevailed all through the tJapanese) army" he explained, because Hommas men were busy reducing Corregidor and because of the Japanese belief that any sol- dier who surrenders has committed shameful act and deserves pun ishment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04

 ASKS FOR
 LESS TALK
Calls on Americans 10 Make Demand that Legis-
 Iafors Get Busy
By D. HAROLD OLIVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 - Presi- dent Truman called on the Am erican people today to demand more action and less talk from Congress on legislation to lessen strikes.
 He also told the nation in a half-hour radio address last night that time is running out" on most of his other reconversion measures because action in Senate and House has been "distressingly slow"
 Congress returns Jan IA from it's holiday adjournment.
 Unless we can soon meet the need of obtaining full production and employment at home" Mir. Truman asserted, I've shall face serious consequences. They will be serious not only in what they mean to the American people as such. but also in what they can do to our position as leader among the nations or the W0rlQ.
 Year Of Decision
 Therefore, in this year of de- cision," MT. Truman turned to the most powerful pressure group in the world"-the American peops, -"the great mass of our citizens who have no special interests, whose interests are only the in- terests of the nation as whole"
 The President expressed deep concern over present and threat ened strikes in the auto, steel electrical and meat packing in- dustries and declared that war end promises Of cooperation from members of Congress. industry. labor and farm groups have not all been kept" and concluded:
 Can't Shirk Leadership
 We cannot shirk leadership of the postwar world. The problems of our economy will not be solved by timid men, mistrustful of each other. We cannot face 1946 in q
  spirit of drift or irresolution."
 First Congressional comment was sharply divided, and not entirely along party lines.
 Although Senator Lucas lD-IlD said he thought Mir. Trumans ad- dress struck pay dirt and should spur action lon many vital issues, Senator George D-Ga) observed that the outlook is not as "un- promising or dreary as some think Senator Fiber D. Thomas (D- Utah), noting that this is an elec- tion year. declared. The Presi- dent of the United States, who is a Democrat, has spanked Demo-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
TRUMAN'S APPEAL FOR ACTION GETS
 MIXED RESPONSE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Pres- ident Truman's appeal for speedy Congressional action on strike-con- trol and other measures drew mixed response today. and a Senatorial suggestion that MT Truman do more himself with authority he now has.
 MT. Truman contended in half- hour radio address last night that the Senate and House has been "distressingly slow" in acting on his reconversion proposals. He asked the people to prod the lawmakers.
 A Democrat, Senator Edwin c. Johnson of Colorado. acknowledged Congress should have acted faster. but proposed that MT Truman do something about strikes under his war powers.
 The White House reported that initial public recation to Mir Tru- mans "fireside chat" was greater than to any previous speech. Most messages indicated friendly" re- ception. Press Secretary Charles c. Ross said
 Among other legislators. cornment was mixed. Senator Wiley fR-Wis) thought MT. Truman "clisnbed back on the P.A.C. bandwagon'' = ref erence to the Political Action Com mittee. Senator Lucas tD-IlD felt that the President struck pay dirt. :" The Republican National Com mittee announced Senator Taft of Ohio will present Republican viewpoint" on MT. Truman's address in radio tNBC) broadcast Cat 7:45 P, M. PST) tonight from Cincin- nati
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
M atAR I HUR IS START PURGE, JAPAN
Every Member of Cabinet Who Led Nation Into
 War Must Get Out
Bu RUSSELL BRINES

TOKYO, Jan. 4.-General Mac Arthur today decreed drastic "housecleaning" of Japan's govern ment, and Premier Shideharas cab met called an emergency session for tomorrow to consider methods of compliance.
 Quoting informed quarters, the Japanese news agency Kyodo said that the two directives ordering a purge of all men who led Japan in- to war would affect practically eV- cry member of the present govern ment. It excepted specifically only Premier Kijuro Shidehara, Foreign Minister Shigeru Yoshida and Jus tice Minister Chuzo Iwata.
 Tokyo newspapers interpreted the Allied orders as a move to give Japan new leaders, and Kyodo said the first reaction among politicians was one of bewilderment.
 The directives ordered the govern ment to abolish all ultra National ist, Terrorist and Militarist groups or societies and to oust from public office and influence persons who deceived ard misled the people of Japan into embarking on world con- quest"
 The directives picked up where the war criminal lists left off.
 The new move makes the first in- cision into encrusted bureaucrats and politicians controlling the govern ment. The consternation in public offices probably will be matched by the peoples applause.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
H0RR0RCAMp CHIEFTAINS POINTED OUT
Dramatic Moment, Nuern. berg TriaI-Witnesses
 Speak Right Out
By HOLLAND NoRGAARp


 Two of the 22 Nazi leaders on trial before the International Military Tribunal were linked di- rectly with Germany's concentra- tion camp horrors today as the prosecution ended it's case against the security police.
 The most dramatic moment of the session came when Aloise Hoelleriegl, former guard at the notorious Mauthausen death camp, rose from his seat and pointed a finger directly at Baldur von Schirach when asked to identify the defendant who visited Maut- hausen in 1922
 The one-time strutting head of the Hitler youth movement, who prior to the trial contended he was unaware of concentration camp horrors, moved uneasily as all eyes in the courtroom turned on him.
 Then he leaned forward and whispered to Reichsmarshal Her mann Goering, who sat nearby.
 Evacuation Ordered
 Another witness-Walter Schcl- lenberger, former SS brigade leader and chief of the Nazi Se- curity Police foreign intelligence service-testified earlier that Ernst Kaltenbrunner, gangling Gestapo chief, personally gave orders for the mass evacuation of thousands of weakened concentration camp inmates in the path of the ad- vancing Allied Armies.
 This was in direct contradiction of Heinrich Himmler's orders, Schellenberger testified, and was contrary to the word which had been sent to Gen. Eisenhower that starving inmates would be left be- hind to be rescued by the Allies.
 Orders From Hitler
 A representative of the Swiss government went to Buchenwald, the witness said, and found top speed evacuation under the worst possible circumstances" Himmler was astonished when he heard what was happening and ordered the evacuation to cease immedi- ately, Schellenberger said.
 Schellenberger testified he then went to Kaltenbrunner, who said he had ordered the removal of the most important internees to south ern Germany on direct instructions from Hitler
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
RUDOLF HESS WORKED FOR
 END OF WAR
Attempted Contact with Reasonable English
 men" Early in 1941
By DANIEL DE LUCE

NUREMBERG, Germany, Jan. 4 Confidential papers of Adolf Hit Ter showed today that as early as the fall of 1940 Rudolph Hess, the deputy fuehrer, was working se- cretly to establish contacts with reasonable Englishmen" to try to end the war
 A detailed account of his eff forts is contained in a 1,400-word report to Hitler written by Hess intimate advisor, Dr. Albrecht Haushofer, May 25, 1941, shortly after the deputy fuehrer flew to England on his vain mission.
 Haushofer reported that at the end of September, 1940, barely a year after the war started, Hess was instrumental in sending letter to the Duke of Hamilton through a prominent Swiss official of the International Red Cross.
 In April, 194l-a month before Hess flight-this same Swiss of ficial, whose name was not dis closed. conveyed peace feeler from important English circles" to Haushofer, as the deputy fuehrer's representative, the report said.
 This document, now in the pos session of Allied and neutral in- telligence, outlining Haushofer's part in the peace overtures, was in effect the death warrant of the professor son of politician Karl Haushofer.
 He immediately was marked down in Gestapo records as having sympathetic feeling and. contact with the English" His death, how ever, did not come until last year when he was executed for possible implication in the July 29 1944, death plot against Hitler and in new secret peace negotiations through Swiss channels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
pAA FLIES E ON
 THURSDAY FLIGHTS

Pan American Airways flew 25 passengers on trips to and from Seattle, Whitehorse and Fairbanks yesterday.
 Leaving for Seattle were = Ed Sheppard. Jack Campbell. Al Swalling, Jim Moscrip, Hal Malbe, Stanley Hillman, Gerald Coke, Gerald Budding, Roger Robinson, Alec Reed, Norma Callow and Bill CourSon.
 From Seattle-Mrs. Marie Lewis, Miss Barbara Jacky, Sta ey Hughes, Ot Smith, Ed Porter, Billie Deane Billings, Fred Barragar Peggy Landaas, Harold Stjern and Betty Sample.
 From Whitehorse-Jennie Shac- koon and Jack Shackoon.
 From Fairbanks-Francis Sidor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
TURKEY STANDING
 PAT; WON'T GIVE
 ANY TERRITORY
Would Rather Go Down in War fhan Take DipIo-
 matiC Defeat
IsTANBUL, Jan. 3 (Delayed) '

ISTANBUL, Jan. (DelayedD - Usually well informed diplomats said today Turkeys foreign Min ister, Hasan Saka, had been in- structed to reject any demands on Turkish territory and to tell British and American representa- tives that his nation would rather fall in war than take a diplomatic defeat.
 The informants declined to be identified by name.
 Soviet Armenia recently de- manded cession to the Soviet Union of the Armenian provinces of Kars and Ardahan in northeastern Turkey and two professors of Soviet Georgia requested Turkey cede seven other provinces along the Black Sea
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
MORGAN x OUT
 E REp0RT;; HE
 SAYS HE'S NOT
Trouble Ahead for Chief of UNRRA's Operations
 in Germany

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-UNRRA headquarters announced today it had called for the resignation of Mai. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan as chief of the agency's operations in Germany.
 The announcement said UNRRA felt obliged" to call for the resig- nation as the result of a news conference in Frankfurt Wednes- day in which Morgan said he be- lieved a secret Jewish organization was connected with 8 large-scale exodus of Jews from Poland.
 Gn Hovest, Germany, today, Morgan said: T have not re- signed, for I see no reason why I should.")
 UNRRA officials yesterday told newsmen Morgan resigned volun- tarily.
 Today, these officials, who de- clined to be named, said the de- cision to ask for his resignation had been made in London by It. Gen. Sir Humphrey Gale, head of the European Regional Office of the United Nations Relief and Re- mobilization Administration.
 They said the Washington head quarters, because of faulty com- munications, received the impress sion earlier that Morgan had volunteered his resignation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
The W ashingt ion
 Merry -Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = The new year greets Harry Truman with two big housekeeping problems right in- side his own family.
 One is slow moving, procrastl- mating John Snyder of St. Louis, the war reconverter, an old and . intimate friend of Trumans', but no help when it comes to getting U. s. economy back on smooth running, peacetime basis.
 The other is fast-moving, hard working James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, who is sincerely and con- scientiously trying to renovate the moth-eaten State Department and build better world, but who has a certain amount of friction with Truman.
 Of the two, Snyder is the more immediate problem; Byrnes is more important. but long-range. With Byrnes it's largely question Of personalities. With Snyder, it's a question of mistakes.
 Byrnes is a man who, under Roosevelt, was accustomed to run ming his own show. He would send recommendations up to Congress without consulting the White House. He was Assistant Presi- dent" and with FDR frequently out of town he definitely operated as such.
 Now he sometimes forgets that there is a man in the White House who is accountable to the public regarding foreign affairs and who likes to know, sometimes in detail, what's going on That was prob ably why Byrnes released an inn portant policy statement on Ger many just before he left for
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
B JILL E ' ! N S

WASHINGTON = President .Tru- man today accepted the resignation tr Vice Adm. Emory s. Land as Chairman of the Maritime Com mission and War Shipping Ad- ministrator, effective Jan. l5.
 WASHINGTON - The Office of Surplus Property is offering more than 100000 pairs of skis and 240,- GOO ski poles for sale.
 WASHINGTON = CIO President Philip Murray today pledged every possible assistance" of the entire Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions to the JAW in the General Motors strike. Murray's statement came after a three-hour strategy session of top CIO leaders involved in major wage disputes.
 SAIGON, INDO-CHINA, The countryside around Saigon was aflame tonight and pillows of smoke obscured the northeastern horizon as Annamese, resisting ad- vancing French troops, apparently pursued scorched earth policy.
 WASHINGTON - Senator Edwin Johnson D-Colo) today proposed that President Truman use his war powers to halt strikes until Con- gress can act. He referred to the strike situation as, the most ag- gravating crisis this nation has faced in my lifetime
 TOKYO-The Japanese Govern ment has been ordered by Gen. Macarthur to return all records, files, official papers and other documents to their normal reposi- tories. In cases where originals have been destroyed, the Japanese were instructed to furnish copies.
 WASHINGTON Secretary of State James F. Byrnes has been kept away from work again by a persistent cold. As result, his news conference scheduled for to- day was cancelled. An aide says that Byrnes may come down to his office later in the day.
 NEW YORK; dispatch from the Polish press agency said to- day that the British Government has approved Polish claims to 60 small ships. The vessels in prewar days were said to have sailed under the flag of the Free City of Danzig.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
STRIKE SITUATION OVER NATION E
 CONSIDERED BAD
(By The Associated Press}

A threatened nation wide strike of 5000c Western Union employees was cancelled today, but the AFL Amal- gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Wcrkmen declared it's lS5, 900 mem- bers might also quit work if CIO strike is called in the meat packing industry.
 The sAFL Commercial Photographers Union announced cancellation of the Western Union strike, scheduled for Monday, after reporting that "an overwhelming majority" of its mem- hers had voted in favor of accepting a revised WLB award of an increase in wages.
 The strike cancellation does not affect plans of 7,0O0 CIO Western Union workers in the New York City area to stop work Tuesday.
 The meat packing strike threat was contained in an AFL Union telegram to President Truman asking him to call 8 packing industry conference ito prevent a complete tieup of the entire meat packing industry
 Strike January l6
 The telegram referred to a strike set for January Is in 147 plants across the nation and involving 200 ,000 members of the CIO United Clearinghouse workers. It said.
 We will not at such a critical time permit condition to arise, if the threatened strike materializes as scheduled, wherein half the workers in the industry would be on strike and the other hs.1 would continue their employment.
 The AF'L Union expressed it's dis satisfaction with an offer of Swift & Co.,, of a 7la cents an hour pay boost to the CIO Union, which it added, Appeared to be final The AFL said it is seeking $36 mini mum wage and adjustment of other wage rates but did not list what in- crease this would amount to on an hourly basis.
 Board Meeting
 An executive board meeting of the AFL Union was called for Chicago January II and 12, and Secretary Treasurer Patrick E. German said International officers would recom- mend work stoppage unless sub stantial wage increase is offered.
 New calls for strikes appeared im- minent today as tension mounted in the nations industrial strife.
 As President Truman urged the American people to press Congress into action on legislation aimed to curb work stoppages, additinal thous- ands of workers were added to the list of idle because of labor disputes.
 New walkouts, hitting at four ma jor industries and involving nearly million and half persons, threat ened to matrialize during January.
 Idle Past 100000
 The number of workers idle jump ed past the 100000 mark as President Truman in a radio address last night expressed deep concern over the nations labor unrest.
 In Chicago, CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union said wage negotiations with the International Harvester Company had collapsed ls oIJ -frtlr Q of 30,000 would be called Union members in II Harvester plants ar ranged meeting Sunday to set a date for the walkout.
 In another wage controversy, the CIO Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers Union in Salt Lake City called a strike for January 2l affecting about 5000 of its Utah members.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
TRUMAN DEMANDS ACTION BY CONGRESS
Two-Headed Baby Girl Dies After Shori Life

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. A. A two-headed baby girl, born to the English wife of a former United States soldier. died last night after 50 hours and 35 minutes of life. Doc tors said they would make a post mortem examination today to de- terminc details of her anatomy.
 The infant was born New Years Day to Mrs. Joseph Govro, 21, whose husband lives on a farm near Fes- tus, Mo, 30 miles south of St. Louis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
wANNAMAKER SOUTH

Benjamin Wannamaker, freelance writer and resident of Detroit, passed through Juneau last night enroute from the Yukon Territory to Seattle. MT. Wannamaker was aboard the Baranof on it's trip from Seward The writer was in Juneau last June and July and has spent the last seven months in the interior gathering material for certain articles he plans to pub fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
HERE FROM ANCHORAGE

Among Anchorage residents stop ping at the Baranof during their present trip here are: MT. and Mrs. Rodney L. Johnston, Edward J. Porter. Barbara Jacky, Russell Johnson, MT. and Mrs. c. E. Far well. and son. " L. Logan and Benjamin Conrad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-04
Confessed Slayer
 0fSix Dies in Chair

TUCKER. Ark, Jan. = James w. Hall, 24-year-old former Little Rock cab driver and confessed slayer of six persons, died in the electric chair at the state prison farm here today for the murder of his second wife. Fayrene Glenn mons Hall. He died without utter ing word