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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
SAILOR UNION WILL HOLD UP STRIKE MOVE
WSB Will Conduct Rehear : ing on Wage Increases
 for SUP-V Vote Now On

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 38.-- Harry Lundeberg, president of the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific, said today strike action would be held in abeyance after a strike deadline of Sept. 4, pending out come of a rehearing of wage in- creases by the Federal Wage Sta bilization Board.
 A strike vote by union member ship was in progress today, and probably will be 95 percent in favor of a walkout, Lundeberg said.
 He announced receipt of tele- gram from Chairman w. Willard Wirtz of the Stabilization Board. granting a rehearing of the Boards order denying wage increases of more than $l7.50 a month, the same as granted CIO seamen.
 AFL seamen had negotiated an increase of $2750 monthly, but the amount allowed under the Boards ruling was the same increase as received by the rival CIO Nation al Maritime Union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
GAR
 SHORTAGE E
 B0TTlENECk

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-The government marshaled the powers of eight agencies today to deal with freight car shortage officially termed one of the worst blocks in the road back to a normal peace time economy.
 Reconversion Director John R. Steelman said the struggle to move record crops and mounting factory output had developed "a threatening transportation crisis.
 He warned that failure to solve the problem could have grave consequences" for the reconver- sion program in the next few months.
 In statement from his White House office last night, the re- conversion chief called on the agencies for prompt and vigorous action" to relieve a situation which finds the railroads carrying more freight than before the war with one-third fewer cars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Noran, scheduled to sail from Vancouver on Saturday, Aug ust 31.
 Princess Louise, scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight at o'clock.
 Alaska, from Westward, due sometime tomorrow southbound
 Aleutian, scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Due here about September 1.
 Tongass due in Juneau tomorrow night southbound.
 Sword Knot, from Seattle, due sometime Friday, August 30.
 Glove Hitch, from Seattle, due at ' o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Northern Voyager, scheduled to sail from Seattle on September 6.
 Estebeth scheduled to sail for Sitka and waypoints at 6 o'clock tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
NINE PRISONERS MAKE BREAK; Z
 STILL AT LARGE

MONTGOMERY Ala, Aug. 28.- A fire at one state prison here and an exaggerated report of a whole sale escape at another nearby threw law enforcement machinery here into high gear during the night.
 Patrolmen were rushed to high ways leading from Alabama's Dra- per Prison when the State High way Patrol reported that 50 con- victs had tunnelled their way to freedom
 Later, the report was corrected. It developed that only nine con- victs, some of them long-termers, had escaped. Seven were recap tured and the search continued for the other two today.
 The sensational report was spread while the cotton mill at Kilby pri- son here was still smouldering from fire which damaged it heavily and which night Warden w. D. Weston said was started by con- victs.
 Oddly, both incidents-the fire and the escape-involyed workers at the prison cotton mills. Weston said Negro workers in the mill started the fire at Kilby
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
BIG FOUR Greek Turmoil
 LINED UP vS. Further Mixed QAIkpR0BE By Soviet Ad
Departure of Russ Ambas- sador New Complication
 On PIebisCite Eve

ATHENS, Aug. 28.-The impend- ing departure of K. K. Rodionov, Russian Ambassador to Greece, complicated the diplomatic turmoil in which this nation found itself today on the eve of a plebiscite expected to return King George II to his throne.
 Rodionov applied to the govern ment last night for visa enab- ling him to leave the country, thus capping a week of diplomatic de- velopments, including the departure of Isador Cankar, Yugoslav Am bassador to Greece; formal charge by the Ukraine against Greece before the United Nations Security Council, and the forth coming visit of U. s. naval force.
 Incompatible
 The unexpected announcement of Rodionov's departure with his family was made without any off cial explanation, but left wing cir cles said his presence in Greece during Sundays plebiscite and the almost certain return of the King
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
;EAMENS WALK0UT MAY BE INVERTED
ATOMIC POWER
 FOR WARSH|P5
 NOT FAR AWAY
General Electric Soon Takes Over Hdnford
 PIutonium Plant

SEATTLE, Aug. 28. = Atomic power for naval ships is just around scientific corner or two.
 This is the prediction of a top flight official of the General Elec- tric concern, in Seattle to address the electrical engineer convention. Bruce Prentice, an assistant in GE's apparatus department, de- clares atomic power will be pro- duced at Oak Ridge within two years. Prentice says that in 25 years atomic power uses will be com mon.
 The official points out that high cost atomic power will be first in stalled on naval vessels. He ex- plains that only a ship is big enough to handle the problem of creating a shield thick enough for protection from radio-activity.
 Prentice is also in the northwest to be on hand when GEE takes over the atomic plant at Hanford, Washington, September l. Produc- ton of plutonium will continue at Hanford, Prentice says.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
ARMY WEATHER PATROL OF NO.
 PACIFIC BEGUN

FAIRFIELD, Calif., Aug. 28.-The Army today began check of the weather that forms in Siberia and moves eastward across the North Pacific to North America.
 The first of what eventually will be a daily weather patrol on a triangular course from California to Kodiak and on to Anchorage, Alas ka, was inaugurated by the Army when a B-29 took off from Suisun Airfield this morning. The round trip will require "A hours with a stopover at Elmendorf Field near Anchorage.
 Eventually the Army-probably next month-will begin similar flights from Aleutian bases down to the coast of Japan.
 Army spokesmen here emphasized that the weather patrol will be for the use of commercial aviation chiefly,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
TURPINS REPORT
 LOST WEEK END

Mir and Mrs. Fred L. Turpin re- turned here yesterday from brief week end" vacation to White horse after getting off to rather confused start last Sunday.
 Missing the Princess Norah to Skagway by Approximately two minutes. the Turpins wired to have tkeir baggage, which had already been loaded on the ship, transferred to the White Pass railroad.
 With their luggage on it's way to Whitehorse, the Turpins started campaign for a seat aboard a Pan American Airways plane. Fin ally Sunday they made it. Arriving in Whitehorse, they learned the luggage was an unknown factor among railroad officials.
 When the train arrived, however, the muchly discussed bags were aboard
 After resting up for two days (no longer the week end'D the Turpins returned home to Juneau
 Friends say the Turpins are now adding to their set of life-guiding principles, the axiom Be on Time. '
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
VICTIMS IDENTIFIED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. - The War Department formally has notified next of kin that five Ameri- can officers and men were killed or were believed to have been kill ed" in the Aug. 19 crash of an Army transport plane shot down by Yugoslav fighters.
 The War Department listed de- finitely as killed, Capt. Harold Farnsley Schreiber, New Albany: Ind. His wife was listed as Mrs. Marcia Schreiber, and his father as Ralph H Schreiber.
 Those believed to have been kill ed were:
 Capt. Richard H. Claeys, whose sister, Mary Claeys lives at St. Charles, III.
 Capt. Blen H. Freestone; mother, Mrs. Harvey s. Freestone, Burley, Idaho.
 Corp. Matthew M. Comko; moth- CT, Mrs. Tilley Comko, Menessen, Pa.
 Corp Chester J. Lower; parents, Mir and Mrs. Chester Lower, En- field, N H.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
CAM0UFLAGE!!

CHICAGO, Aug. 28.-James Cliff IT, was the complaining witness in Boys Court yesterday against two brothers, identical twins, charged with assault and battery
 Cliff told Judge Joseph J. Druck- CT that either Peter or Jerry Re- nieri, IT, blocked his way as he walked along a south side street and ordered him to cross the street He refused, he said, and was badly beaten.
 Cliff told Judge Drucker he was unable to say which of the broth CTS struck him. And both of the twins denied having hit Cliff.
 Judge Drucker informed Cliff prosecution was impossible unless he could identify his assailant and dismissed the charges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
REACHED PUGET SOUND

BELLINGHAM, Aug. 28. - The main run of sockeye salmon has reached Puget Sound and peak catches are expected tomorrow and Friday, canneries at Anacortes, Bellingham and Blaine reported to- day.
 After signs of improvement Sun day, fishing hauls jumped sharply yesterday at the salmon banks o,i San Juan Island and in Rosario Strait.
 An Anacortes concern reported average receipts of between l,500 and 4,000 fish per boat. The Johnny B, of Everett, delivered $500 to a Columbia River Packers Association tender, and the Lemes 4,200. Tues day receipts for l6 canneries ex- ceeded quarter million reds, it was estimated.
 The scckeye reached the salmon banks four days later than the 1942 Adams River run.
 A total of 200 purse seine boats are fishing this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
REPORT ON HOUSING TO
 BE GIVEN TO CHAMBER

The regular Juneau Chamber of Commerce meeting will be held to- morrow noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof.
 Tomorrow's program includes a report by MT. w. Burr Johnson, chairman of the special housing committee. Johnson will report on a recent meeting with George Cop len and T. O. Hoagland regarding their plans to expedite the building of houses in Juneau.
 The Rev. Robert Webb. Secre- tary, also announced that the Exc cutive Board will give a report on the resolution regarding the estab- lishment of city planning council in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
Sotkeye Marx Is Sci by 3. {.
 Fishing Graft
Salmon HduIs Jumping as Adams River Run His
 Puget Sound

VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 28.-- An all-time record in the salmon industry on the British Columbia coast was reported today by Cap tain Nels Floe who said his boat caught 15.225 sockeye in one set near Sookoke off Vancouver Island yesterday.
 The boat is the 7l-foot Bligh Is- land, owned by Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd.
 Boats were averaging 5000 to A. GOO choice sockeye yesterday with each valued at approximately $1. They are fishing the Adams River" run.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
FULL FARE IS MUST
 ON ANCHORAGE MAIL

Postmaster Crystal Snow Jenne today announced that mail dis patched over the new mail route as- signed to the Pacific Northern Air lines from Juneau to Anchorage must have air mail postage or it will go by boat. Prior to August 2l when the assignment was made by CAA, regular mail was carried by plane to Yakutat, Cordova and Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
Ministers Expected to Meet Tomorrow on Speed
 Up Measures

PARIS, Aug 28-The Big Four lined up solidly today against an Australian proposal for special commission to investigate repara- tions claims, while American sources predicted that the foreign ministers council would meet to- morrow in an effort to find means of ., speeding the work of the month-old 21-nation peace con- ference.
 Willard Thorp, deputy assistant U. S. Secretary of State, outlined the stand of the United States on the Australian separations proposi- ton and speakers from Britain and France concurred. Soviet For eign Minister " M. Molotov had fought the proposal for two days.
 While Italy was presenting her views on redrawing the Italian frontier and a military commission was debating it's procedure of op- eration, as yet not begun, there was speculation as to what effect a proposed meeting of the Big Four tomorrow might have on the delib- erations now begged down by more than 300 amendments to the five draft treaties.
 Thorp, financial advisor to the U. s. delegation. was supported by Nerve Alphand, French foreign Of flee spokesman. s
 Glennvile Hall, British delegate, supported Thory for, the United Kingdom.
 A French foreign ministry source said France had accepted last Mon day a British proposal for Big Four foreign ministers meeting to- morrow, the first such meeting since July 13, two weeks before the peace conference convened.
 A British spokesman confirm ed the Russian acceptance of a meeting of the council, adding that Foreign Minister Molotov had in formed British Foreign Secretary Bevan of it yesterday.
 Dr. E. Ronald Walker, Australian delegate, answered the Big Four line
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
veieran( Congressman Defeated by Veteran

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 28. = A young one-armed war veteran has swept out of office a six-term Mississippi Congressman claiming to be the target of opposition from Negro voters and the CIO-PAC.
 Twenty year-old John Bell Williams was the victor yesterday in the run-off Democratic primary in the seventh district. The loser was 61-year-old Dan R. McGehee.
 Williams claimed that McGehee's injection of the Negro-PAC issue was smoke screen lin last ditch effort to rescusitate a dead political career
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Aug. 28. Great Britain and the Neither lands clashed with Russia in the United Nations Security Council to- day over the validity of the Soviet Ukraine charges against Greece, but the council postponed tempor- arily decision on whether to hear the case.
 Dr. Oscar Lange, of Poland, the council president, reminded the ar guing delegates that the council must meet deadline tomorrow on the applications of nine nations for membership in the U. N. The dele gates then agreed to hold the Uk- rainian item on the provisional agenda in suspense until the mem bership question was concluded.
 RUSSIAN PROTESTS
 Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet dele gate, protested against an attempt by Britain and the Netherlands to block consideration of the Ukraine charges.
 Britain and the Netherlands join ed forces at the outset of the meet ing, with the Holland delegate con- demning the Ukraine charges as being unsubstantiated accusations" against two U. N members.
 AS the council turned to the ques- ton of new members, Lange read a letter from Siam which had just been handed to him, asking that the Siamese application be held up until the Siamese- French Indochina territorial controversy had been settled. France had indicated in committee meetings that she would oppose the admission of Siam at the present.
 SUGGESTS ADMIT EIGHT
 Herschel V. Johnson, United States delegate, proposed that the council recommend the admission of all eight remaining applicant states.
 If the United Nations is to be successful, no state can be left out of it any longer than necessary" he said.
 Johnson's resolution listed the ap- plicants as Albania, the Mongolian Peoples Republic, Afghanistan, Transjordan, Ireland, Portual, Ice land and Sweden.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
Former vite-pres.
 Dawes Is 81 Now

CHICAGO, Aug. 28. = c e n. Charles Gates Dawes, the only liv- ing Republican former Vice Presi- dent of the United States, observed his 81st birthday yesterday but, at his request, there was no formal celebration and no birthday inter- views.
 Gen. Dawes spent the day at his office at the City National Bank and T~lst Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
ACCUSED WAC CAPTAIN MAY APPEAL CASE

FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. 28. The prosecution in the jewel theft of Captain Kathleen Durant, has just about completed it's case. But the defense is preparing to ask the United States Supreme Court to in- tervene.
 A hearing before one of the justices will be sought in Washing ton on a petition for the immed- fate release of the WAC captain on the ground that her constitutional rights have been violated since she was arrested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
JOINS oPA STAFF

Charles G. Elicit, former travel ing auditor for the U. s. Engineer ing Dept. through Mexico, has been assigned by the OPA office in Washington, D. C., to the OPA staff here.
 MT. Elicit has been with the U. s. Government for many years. He is being stationed here for approxi- mately year.
 Having just returned from Mex ico, MT. Elicit gives his permanent address as Clarksdale, Miss, where his family home is. He is staying at the Baranof Hotel at present.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. Enclosing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6as, American Can 99, Anaconda AZ, Wright ', International Harvester 88, Kenne- colt 51, New York Central 20 Northern Pacific 24, U. s. Steel 83as, Pound $4.031s.
 Sales today were 2,100,000 shares
 Dow, Jones averages today are: industrials l90.03, rails 57.59, utili- ties 38.98.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
FISHING TRIP

Norman Banfield, Dick Britt, Morton Sontheimer, and Brooks Hanford flew to Lake Turner and Lake Dorothy Monday for an over night fishing trip. The group chartered an Alaska Coastal Air lines plane with Hunt Gruening as pilot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
PRISONERS OUT

The following prisoners left aboard the North Sea for Seattle George A. L. Johnson, Donald w. Johnson, Paul Johnson and John Huff. Guards were Deputy Mar shal Sidney J. Thompson, Olaf Pe- terson, James M Eddleman and Paul A. Paulet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28

NEW YORK-When the full de- tails of the Teheran Conference are told they will show that after Josef Stalin and Winston Church i'll finished dividing up the Balkans --one of the worst things F'DR let them do-Stalin then sold Churchill on the trigger-happy little dictator who has just caus- ed such crisis between the Unit ed States and Yugoslavia.
 Marshal Stalin, at that stage of the Teheran conference, was in expansive mood. He had beaten down Churchill's insistence that the 2nd front against Hitler be staged through the Balkans and had put across an agreement instead that Russia take over Rumania and Bull garia, with Britain getting Greece and Yugoslavia.
 So at this point, Stalin gave his friend Churchill some advice. The Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia and the areas in which Britain is es- pecially interested, he said, are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
FROM KENAI

Mrs. L. Rounds and family have arrived here from Maine N. H. by air. They are enroute to their home in Kenai. and at present are re- gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
WILL MARRY TOMORROW

A marriage license has been issu- ed by J. s. Commissioner Gray to Henry J. Phillips, 55 and Mary Green, 67, both of Juneau, who will be married here tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
B JULIE I l N }

WENATCHEE, Wash. Bremen are hopping up after the worst blaze in the history of Wenatchee. The fire was brought under con- trol at an early hour today after it had wiped out three warehouses and furniture store and damaged other buildings Officials estimate the damage will total from one-half to three quarters of a million dol lars.
 WASHINGTON Sale of 21,- 900 combat airplanes which cost $3, 900 100000 was approved today by the government it will get $6,- 582, ,156 for them Most of the planes are obsolete fighters bombers and other technical craft They are to be used only for scrap. salvage and other non-flight purposes.
 SEATTLE = Movie executive Eric Johnston says it is inconceivable that Russia would want to fight a war in the forseeable future. But, says Johnson, the 'foreseeable fu- ture" must be limited to two years.
 HAWKING = China's Commun- ists today admitted government gains in fierce fighting in Jehol Province but claimed 5000 of Gen. eralissimo Chiang Kai-chek's troops were killed or capture in other fresh battling just north of the Yangtze between Ranking and Shanghai.
 WASHINGTON The Justice Department said today it is inves- tigating identical bidding and monopoly practices in the sale of many products bought in cast quan- titles by Federal, State and City governments.
 WASHINGTON - The United States intends to claim all gold in Japan - about $200,000,000 (M worth = to help defray American occupation costs, it was learned to- day. Also the U. s. will claim rev. enue from Japanese exports as oc- cupation. payments and in addi- ton hopes to obtain Japanese as- sets held by neutrals.
 WASHINGTON Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson to- day ordered new livestock price ceilings which will result in an in- crease of 5.5 cent a pound in the average retail price of beef and 2.5 cents for pork.
 SEATTLE High ranking off cials of the Standard. Oil Company are in Seattle for a board meeting. H. D. Collier, board chairman, re- ports that Standard is now engaged in a modernization program in Alaska. The firm plans to con- vert business in the Territory from barrel facilities to large bulk handl- ing The Alaska program will cost approximately one million dollars.
 FAIRFIELD, Calf. The final mechanical check of the Super fortress "Dreamboat" is being made. As soon as the weather clears, the big specially-equipped plane will take off for Honolulu to load up for what may be the longest air flight in history.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28

WASHINGTON - Another black market in cars was reported today this time in New England. OPA officials charge that cars are be- ing sold at thousand dollars over the ceiling by ring operating out of Boston.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
MARSHAL TO KETCHIKAN

U. S. Marshal W. T Mahoney left last right aboard the North Sea for Ketchikan on official husi- ness. Mrs. Mahoney was Seattle passenger.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28

BATAVIA A Dutch military report today said that company of Netherland troops had killed 92 Indonesians and captured 30 in a foray against heavy opposition" near Soerabaja.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28
TWO FIRES YESTERDAY

No damage resulted from the two small fires late yesterday after noon. The 3-9 alarm was turned in at 4 80 for chimney fire and the 2-1 alarm at 5:45 for a stove fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28

NUREMBERG Defense counsel scored a point today to the benefit of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. The International Military Fri bunal admitted into the record evil dence that Keitel, in his capacity as Chief of the German High Command, had opposed all measures for meteorological warfare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-28

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 28. Five containers holding the re- mains of American flyers, who died On August l9, when Yugoslav fight CT planes destroyed their unarmed U. s. Army transport, were trans ported today across the Morgan Line under a Yugoslav guard of honor.
 The remains were taken from Ljubljana to the frontier town of Avaizza, near headquarters of the U. S. 88th Division, and delivered to U. s. military authorities. The Morgan Line divides American British and Yugoslav occupation forces in the disputed Venezia Giulia area of Italy.
 All of the crew of the CAT trans port were killed, for several days, hope had bsen held for the fifth member of the crew because of con- flicting stories that one or two para chutes had been seen floating from the plane. It was the second U. S. Army transport downed in Yugo- slavia this month.