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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
DANGEROUS POSITION

The first ship in long time was scheduled to arrive in Juneau today probably carrying for the most part cargo which arrived on the Seattle docks for delivery three or four months ago. And if every thing goes right. it will be a thing for some lime again to the big ships whistng in and out.
 However as we have pointed out previously, it could happen again There could be another strike at any time just as disastrous the one just ended. And for that Aaskans should continue to search for an alternate method transportation to be put into service when the strikes shuts us off.
 Shipments by small boat helped a great deal-but the risk is great and the service not satisfactory
 An alternate service between Prince Rupert and Southeast Alaska ports is planned by the Briggs Steamship Company which has purchased one suitable vessel for that purpose already and is teconvertng it.
 Another possible solution is offered by Cash Coles newly formed Alaska Cooperative Shipping Company, a non- profit organization which contemplates the raising of capital through the sale of S10 membership cards and certificates of indebtedness until $l0000O is raised. Transportation would be carried on by chartered boats boats purchased from Government surplus, or both. The service is to be offered to every shipper in Southeast Alaska.
 But in both of these proposals have proposed services for only Southeast Alaska, In neither dc we have an adequate service for all of Alaska.
 IL also seelIls to us lat III llle eNelV ol sUi Ae labor unions would find of tying up these services if they wished.
 The basic problem continues to be that of prevent ing strikes in transportation providing for compulsory arbitration without work stoppages whenever disagree ments between employer and employee occur,
 This of course is a matter for Congress, But just because the recent strike has ended and the boats are coming again Alaskans should not forget that they are continually in a precarious position, and will be until Alaska be guaranteed water transportation on permanent basis. This is fact that should be brought to the attention of Congress from out g until something is done about it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
Dangerous Business
OCincinnati Tnouirerl


 For reasons too clear to us, the Federal Reserve Board has dropped most of its controls over consumer credit This relaxation of credit control was expected in matter of months a natural consequence of the trend to governmental control other phases of the nations economic structure But when the board acted it made the end of the credit controls effective immediately all lines of consumer buying except for durable goods which areexpected to remain in short supply. These include automobiles, refrigerators and radios
 The general effect Of the credit relaxation is to add to the already great volume of Christmas buying When the public learns installment buying easier and charge account payments are necessarily as strict before, it will encourage spendng-at time when tCo much spending be very bad thing.
 With price control thing of the past, the only effective control too-high prices is customer ressance-one phase of the law of supply and demand But if easy credit and "easy payments are to become the vogue again fewer buyers will stop to lock at the price tag That prices will stay higher longer than they need to- and it will take more time to work out the headaches of shortages and wage unrest
 We can think of one class deserving of more | credit-the solid so-caled middle class" which has been pinced between stationary income and greatly increased living costs. But if experience is reliable rule, the trustworthy folk won't be the main who will take advantage of relaxed control instament buying and charge accounts-it will be the war rich" who already have squandered much of their wartime wage accumulatons high h-priced goods and will squander if they can get the credit.
 One explanation for the relaxation of the credit rules said it intended to avert a recession next when the present unprecedented volume of cash is nomentarily used up If so We can't think of to add the gasoline of credit to the fires of imitation now
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
Science in Straitjacllet
Cst. Louis r-Times)

From London has come the announcement that a new atom smashing plant kind of improved cycloron that is big advance" over similar American and Russian apparatus-has been installed at Brmng- ham University Only the day before that news from Moscow came the report that Soviet scientist had discovered mode of disntegraton of the atomic nucleus"
 There is significance in the manner of these an- nouncements They are made with kind of breath less excitement if a Cem Mccarthy reporting the position of horses in ight-furlong And they with suppression of detail awed secrecy that never before have marked the remarkable "one world" of science
 Freedom of exchange of scientific information has always been a keystone in human progress. All knowledge has, to the chemists and physicists and biologists been universal without identifying national characteristics and it has been placed in common pool from which any seeker after truth could draw at will. Now, however, for lack of plan to bring nucear energy under safe international control science has been reduced the level of the traditional football game between Siwash U. and the Pbald Horde with spectators barred from the stadium during secret prac tices. Where there corporation, there is competition and men of science who formerly aided another now tghtlipped, at a dead run down the long halls of truth,
 It is not at all certain that the London and Moscow advances in control of nucear fssion have any direct connection with the A-bomb. That, however is pre- csely the point Because of the atomicams race, all knowledge about the atom becomes national secret, to be hoarded weapon rather than shared as common boon. Knowledge about the essential energy of the universe should be neutral, but the nations of the world forcing it to choose sides, and they stunting it.
 There is something deeply wrong with a world in which what should be only another article in 9 chemistry physics journal becomes instead a top military secret. The time in which to change that world is unfortunately running out at breaneck speed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17

w Real, president of Oakland To- cal 70, which caused the end Of the general strike
 Tobin, who had many unfair ac- cusations hurled at him during the famous Statler Hotel brawl here involving two Naval officers in l944, sent this blunt warning to Real, with copy to Beck in Se- attle and to teamsters' boss John P. Mclaughlin in San Francisco:
 T have just oeen reading about a general strike of all of our people who have heen joined by many other trade unionists in the city ol Oakland and surrounding district.
 This is 70 notify you that the International Brotherhood of Team , sters is bitterly opposed to any general strike for any cause. I am therefore ordering you and all , those associated with you who are memnc:s Of our international un- ion to bring this general strike to an end immediately and to return to work as soon as possible.
 If there are grievances, en- deavor to obtain conferences and reach settlements in the regular, orderly. legal manner as outlined in the constitution of the interna- tional organization.
 No general strike has ever yet brought success to the labor move ment. On the contrary, the only result of a general strike is to perescute and inconvenience the pubic and seriously injure the thousands of fair employers with whom we have contracts"
 Tobin's telegram would have made headlines. il released. How ever, here is the inside story of what happened.
 As soon as Dave Beck received Tobins wire. he phoned Tobin, begging him not to release the tele- gram. Beck said that important conferences were in progress and the release of the telegram might injure the union in it's negotia- tions. So Tobin agreed to wait until later in the day for the meet ing to break up.
 While Tobin was awaiting news from Beck, the radio blared out the news that the great" Dave Beck had called off the strike all by himself Pictures showing Beck ending the strike were printed na- tionally. Meanwhile, it was Tob- in's wire which did the trick. Beck even used some of the language
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
LOOK and LEARN shs c. GORDON

l. Which the earth, Venus Mars? 2 which side horse? g. Which State is bounded by perfect arc? 4 Of what is the Statue of Liberty constructed? all other committed in the United States?
 ANSWERS: l. Venus 2 3. Delaware. 4
 5. l9 yeasr of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
20 YEARS AGO fHE TIT Fl EMPIRE n
DECEMBER IT. 1926


 Smith representing engineer firm of San Francisco a meeting that company was to provided could the field studying a power line
 Douglas girls to meet the Douglas boys and girls. .....esrt.
 had ordered for the annual of the kks on O welcome the New Year cr
 born the previous day to Mir and Mrs T. L. Allen passing cigars Frawey President the American Legion ePresdent Mrs Nordng H Arnold H. the Executive Committee.
 Lutheran Church Main and Third were to following had been held in the Odd Fellows
 High low
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17

apparently because prices are too high
 Actually the dollar value of Christmas sales for October, Mo- vember and December will be roughly $2,S63, 100000, which is about 20 per cent greater than last year. But this apparent increase is due to higher prices, not more buying.
 In terms of actual merchandise sold. this Christmas season is run ming behind last year, even though the quantity of consumer items available for sale were far less at that time. So cautious has the shopping public become that un- sold inventories on department store shelves are now 237 per cent as compared with inventories in the pre-war period-or more than twice as much
 Top-heavy inventories are due in part to higher prices following OPA decontrols, and in part to ovcrstocking by merchandisers who wrongly estimated that the public would pay prohibitive prices for commodities that were scarce dur ing the war years.
 Biggest slackening-off has been m women's apparel, which normal y constitutes 60 per cent of de- partment store sales. However, all luxury items are affected. Some retailers have become so desperate that they are even conducting pre- Christmas sales of expensive furs.
 On the other hand, consumer "durables,' such as hardware, re- frigeratcrs and household appli- aAccs, are in great demand, while sales of children's toys, now in the luxury class, have dropped off. [
 Note-While the public is slow about buying goods, it has done well on its purchase Of Govern ment bonds, which will total about S6, ,00O,OC000o this year, or $2,Oe0,- 000,000 more than Treasury expec- tations. f8ra COPYRIGHT, BELL sYNDICaTe, INC l9f6)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17

were nowhere to be found. There was no excuse for them.
 Furthermore, Secretary Hartman is the newest member of the Cab- inet; also one of the best looking and most experienced in high so- ciety. One might forgive Secre- tary of Labor Schwellenbach, a former laundry man from the so- called 'wilds" of Washington state for stunning stiff bosoms and White House receptions Or one might expect Attorney General Tom Clark Of Dallas, who is addicted to cowboy belts and broad-brimmed hats, to be shy about White House gold braic and protocol.
 However Averell Hartman, who almost leaped from bassinette to the back of polo pony, and whose late railroad czar father weaned liliil Otl lllAs bOIiS loldild oOOiSls was expected to feel right at home in the White House and help make others feel at home too.
 Averell, however, did not show up. Furthermore, what made the Trumans especially indignant was that he was found to be dining with New York Times bureau chief Arthur Krock. And to add insult to injury, MT Krock, newsman who was expected to attend the White House reception for the press, himself spurned the Tru- mans. Instead. he took his guests, including the Secretary of Com merce, to the Dancing Glass; an organization of Washington cliff -dwellers which turns up it's nose at most White House incum- bents, especially if they be Demo- crats.
 Note-It is hard to say whom the Trumans are most irked at AYereu Hartman CT Arthur Krock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17

from Tobins telegram as his owr in his statement to the press.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
CHRISTMAS SALES DOWN

The end of OPA has had some significant effects on the volume of Christmas buying this year, which so far is running behind last Christmas time.
 Shopping crowds are as large as usual, but Government figures in- dicate that the buying public is keeping it's purse strings frightened. People just aren't buying as much,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

MISUSED Do The chids conduct was aggravang" Say provoking AGGRAVATE to by rubbing"
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pronounce the U UNIT TOON
 MISSPEIED Prosecute do try in a of law)
 SYNONYMS Victor, winner. conqueror, champion a4
 STUDY: three times and it yours Let us vocabulary word each day Todas word VERBOSITY; the OF syabl draweh the thread of his verbosy finer than staple Shakespeare
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
MODERN ETIQUETTE Ss SsoerRrA LEE

attending a entering the dining room her partner,
 merely walks beside of them old and needs
 wedding expected how can avoid becoming confused to the donors?
 The plan accurate list the gifts arrive member of the family do this dinner fifteen twenty minutes if he makes kind of apology?
 Yes, t great the hostess
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
The Washington Merry-Go-Round

fContinued from Page Oael
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
nAN ToRIN GOT TOUGH

The man who deserves the real credit for calling off the general strike in Oakland, Calf, was FDRs old friend, fortnight team sters union boss Dan Tobin. The newspapers gave the credit to Dave Beck, rough-tough labor czar of Se- attle, but actually is was sting ing telegram from Tobin to Charles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17

Weather: High, 30; low, 27; snow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-17
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
Topics Vital 10
Vets Highlighi
WV. Meefinu

The housing shortage, insurance
and the disposal of war surpluses
were among the many topics of in
terest to veterans discussed at the
9th district meeting of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars in Yakima
Sunday. ... ~. =. .
Kennewick delegates were Dave
Ronk, quartermaster, and Glen
Silliman, officer of the day, who
flew to the meeting in a plane
furnished by Twin City Aircraft
and pi1oted by Silliman, who re-
Gently qualified for his pilots Ii
cense by taking flight training un-
der the G. I. Bill of Rights.
Many high ranking VIEW Off
GERS, including State Commander
DR.. w. S. Moore, were present at
the Yakima meeting. It was an
nounced, the Kennewick delegates
report, that the state department
of the organization is planning
to acquire quonset huts for the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
Sub Station win
Open to Assisi
With Xmas Ru,l

A sub station to assist ,,.,.,
handling Of parcel nos. WIN U,
lhe Christmas mailing r,,sS Sutlay
De established in the old SS VII
j. Motor Company buildinnS .. and
the tenth Of December ps ahout
day. iounced %
Residents of the K.,
area, he said further nn new
much to facilitate fba san Do
mailing OF Christmas letters c sal
, ana packages by posting then ussa'
All mail to foreign no; ssns
before November 90, 10Y olls
said. If posted after that do aeeo,'
livery for Christmas c, rsse DE-
guaranteed 81 iirin AS in previous v v..t =
individual quotas win be , yeaa
to one to each sender imlled
Parcel weight limits b,r.
set this year as follows. a, Pea
Dodeeanese Islands, ErMs
France, Germany, Greece Urea ,l
Japan, Korea, the Nethsr,.Iu ly
and the Vatican City, n nuaS
Bulgaria, China, Great Rri,; ~uads
North ireland, and the I pt Sn
pines, % pounds. Mail IN a l
nations not mentioned w; HSs
governed by pre-war weight n. .
Another development - a
christmas mailing outlool We
to light this week with ths '4 10
nouncement by Business and nd On ~
fessional Women that thss u ro.
hold a Christmas party ~. wa
make up food Shipments - y
sent to their members in ~
devastated lands. "@.
Officers of the club war.
receipt of the second reniv y
their overseas shipments ~ ~
Clothing. Translated from ~ Ts
nish by Emil YUM, a print.r =. ~
read: ~
Il wish to convey my hesu!T
felt thanks to you for the s;ss
a knitted wooden suit VIVA
through the Helsingfors Now
ment and Professional Coons,s'
tive, I received. 1t is exceptionsl,r
fine and thoughtful that ~
there, SO far away, you wouI
remember us here in Fin]anS
respectfully, Marta Salio."
The kennewick Business and
Professional Women also ni,n =
forward shipments OF used cIos.
ing to their members in Chew
siavakia and France. Their pn I
vious parcels have been sent n
Belgium, Poland and Finland
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14

THE EVENING GOWN this takes special interest Ia
frightening natural charm lowering the shoulder its deepest
decoege Although most gowns bare your loneliness there are
some that prefer to indicate sb with lace and sheer Chiffon
parent eegances The tiny waist still rules the fashion scene 30 ooy
those who boast pretty mdf will enjoy the Close incurved
outlines But for the Others there spnkng of luxurious bout
fant glefuy styled to call attention to your good points
Here Joan Bennett and Barbara Hale Of Holywoods talented
and lovely stars model gowns that most beautifully their ind
vduai type Of appeal
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14

BLACK DRAMA. Joan Bennett
-. who stars with Robert Ryan and
Charles Bedford in Woman On The
Beach" written and directed for RlSO
By Jean Reaoif Is Q sophisticate
of magnetic grace and elegance In this
sweeping black velvet gown. The skirt
is tapered b the knees, then spreads
fully. with On ovefskirt that flows from
Z 6eted waist. The close bodice has Z
framing deeolletaee Of nuds-pink chit.
fon from bosom - round ned. Short
sleeves stop short of the elbow.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
SURPRISE PARTY

A group of Mrs. Joe Osborne
Sr!'s friends surprised he 4
Wednesday evening when they
came to help her celebrate hel
birthday by bringing gifts, re
freshments and best wishes. THREE
tables Of ptnochle were in play
with Mrs. II. Motter receiving
first prize for ladies and Joe
Osborne, ST., first for men. Mrs
Motter also won the travelling
prize.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14

use of posts that do not have
meeting places of their own.
The November 20 meeting of
the Thomas Hembree Post No.
6947 will be social, at which a
light lunch will be served. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14

PRETTY PLEASE. "A white nous.
seine gown with q definitely young
and adorable look Is the choice Of
Barbara Hale. pretty, spirited co-star
with Robert Young and Frank Morgan
in Lady Luck" RKO Radios new
romantic comedy. Cut down deep of
the shoulder, its baroness Is played up
b rows Of ruf9es scalloped with royal
blue soutache braid. The outer apron
skirt one Of several layers Of the fabric.
Is worn above stiff tafeta petticoats
and i also scalloped With the braid.
Two ak daisies stem from folds near
The hemline.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
cHApLA1Ns RECORD

During 1916 United States Ma
Wy chaplains conducted 407, ST.
divine services which were at
tended by 32,603, 1874 persons, per-
formed 12,5O1 marriage cere-
monies, 1881 funerals and Is,
088 baptisms, accepted 1888 men
and women into the church and
visited 5,311,408 persons in hos
pitfalls, sickbays and brigs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
LOCUST GROVE

LOCUST GROVE
The Locust Grove Home Circle
will meet November 81 with Babe
Elliott in Horse Heaven. Mrs.
LEILA Owens viii be assistant hos
tess.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
VISITORS ARRIVE

Mrs. Irene Fox and two sons
Charles and John Elton, Of Stock
ton, Mo-, arrived Wednesday to
spend an extended visit at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. G. Day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
SERIOUS ILLNESS

SERIOUS ILLNESS
Mrs. Keith Blackburn and
daughter Denise left hv tnh
Monday morning for Mc-Nn.
nville, Oregon, where Mrs. BlacL.
burns mother is seriously nj n
the hospital. While In Oreem
little Denise will be q patient
at the Children's Clinic In pcrt.
land.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
VISIT IN PORTLAND

Mrs. w. S. Hulet was in Portland
Saturday and Sunday visiting
with her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Tay-
lor, and with her daughter Miss
Daphne Taylor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14
BRANDS RETURN

Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Brand re-
turned Tuesday from Yakima
where they had spent several days
with Mr.. Brands brother, C. A.
Brand, who underwent major sur
gerry at st. Elizabeths hospital.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-14

The number q v:te:a eeeins disability pensions eompena
Of opon. Veterons Administrator Official. reveal In August Of
1915 there o3 900 the disability compensation rolls.
One lote the Vetsrons Administration paying disability
cloims 100000 This increase shown graphically above.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-11
u. S. TO HOLD ISLAND BASES

There is some speculation, both in
this country and in other countries as to
what the United States intends to do with
the former Japanese and Japanese-man-
dated islands which have been taken from
Japan in the course of the war.
It goes without saying that the ma
jority of the people of the United States
are firmly convinced that the strategic in
terests of this nation in the Pacific Ocean
region, including the Far East, should be
safeguarded and that we should not risk
the possibility that these islands might
again serve as bases for enemy nations.
There has been some confusion in
this country about the right of the United
Nations to determine what territory the
United States shall keep for security pur-
poses. This arises from the provision. in
the Charter providing for trusteeships,
but it should be pointed out that these are
submitted to the United Nations by in
dividual nations upon terms satisfactory to
the nations concerned The Security Coun-
Gil can accept, or not, as it sees fit but it
does not have power to write the terms
or alter the conditions.
1t is a fact that the United States
pledged itself not to seek territorial ex-
pansion through the war. This is undoubt-
edly a correct Interpretation of American
desires. It does not mean that we are
barred from taking whatever steps are
necessary to safeguard our position in the
Pacific and this naturally requires the
permanent establishment of adequate
bases.