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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
WALLACE TO
 BE EDITOR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Henry A. Wallace will carry on his foreign policy light as editor of the New Republic Magazine.
 Accepting the post offered him immediately after President Tru- man fired him as Secretary Of Commerce, Wallace asserted in a weekend statement:
 T shall have the opportunity of saying exactly what I think at a time when bipartisan bloc mouthing the phrase one world is really driving the world into two armed camps
 The magazines circulation is re- ported between 10000 and 45,000
 Wallace is going to speak in at east seven States between now and election day in support of candi- dates whom he considers Pro yressive" Democrats.
 He'll pack at lest l2 campaign speeches into the few weeks remain ing before the fifth of November. His revised itinerary calls for major addresses in Detroit on October 20, in Indianapolis on October 21 and in Los Angeles on October 24.
 Wallace will be in New York on election eve, November 4, but in stead of delivering a major address he plans to spend the day touring the boroughs and making short speeches at party gatherings.
 Practically all of his speaking en- agreements have been arranged by the Democratic State and National committees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14

"at least 10 men and as many women.
 The marshal, still at the tele- phone, fired one shot above the frame of the dcor and after yelling and talking among themselves" the crowd dispersed.
 Hellan to Scene
 When Marshal Hellan arrived at Mikes shortly after a. m,. the four Douglas Councilmen were at tempting to straighten out the still difficult situation" at the popular all-night dine and dance spot Hell Ian said it looked as though there might be trouble at any moment between the 40 and 50 patrons still at Mikes and the Councilmen.
 Shortly before 430 a. m. the sit uation was in hand, patrons left peacefully and Mikes closed for the night.
 Marshal Hellan this morning had a summons for Stevens charging drunk and disorderly conduct and resisting an officer of the law.
 Hellan said action against other participants in the fracas was pending further investigation"
 Serious Charges
 Forcible entry at the City Hall would, as a charge prosecuted and convicted in court, carry with 1t a penitentiary sentence.
 Members of the Douglas City Council and Mayor Mark Jensen have been contacted and their state ments unanimously indicate that Douglas authorities are 100 per cent behind the law in the incident and behind Atkins attempt to up- held his duties as an officer"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
kRAUSE, SMITH IN CLOSE RACE;
 MORE RETURNS

With all but five First Division precincts heard from for last Tues days general election, only two changes are noted to have taken place in the past for political posi- tions.
 Republican Henry Benson, already assured of election, now has a com fortable lead over Democrat Walter P. Sharpe.
 Joe Krause of Ketchikan has edged out John Smith of Metlakatla and is leading in the race for the eighth First Division House posi- ton by six votes over Smith.
 James Nolan of Wrangell leads House candidate in the First Di- vision with 2,924 Anita Garnick of Juneau is second with 2,915; Mrs. Elton Engstrom of Juneau has 2,736; Steve Vukovich of Juneau has 2,73l; Harry Newell of Ketchikan has 2,713; Andrew Hope of Ttska has 2,627; G. E. Almquist of Ju- neau has 2,510; Joe Krause of Ketchikan has 2,423 and John Smith of Metlakatla is in ninth place now with 2,417.
 Dr. L. P. Dawes of Juneau has now gathered 2,856 votes in his lead for the Senate positions. Frank Peratrovich of Klawock seems as sured of the second seat, holding 2,S60 votes to Andrew Gundersens 2,518 and Jack Talbot is out of the running.
 For complete results to date, see the table appearing in today's Elm pire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
Hull! Considered 10 Be "0ui of Danger

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Fol.- mer Secretary of State Cordell Hull, seriously ill for two weeks, is now considered to be "out of danger, Bethesda Naval Hospital reported today.
 The 75-year-old retired cabinet officer entered the hospital on Sept 12 and suffered a stroke on Sept 30 His condition at one time was considered most critical but he began to make definite improve ment late last week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
ROGER VUKOVICH TO
 CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY

Roger Vukovich, son of MT. and Mrs. Steve Vukovich, will celebrate his sixth birthday tonight with a dinner for eight of his school friends. The dinner, given by his parents, will be at the Vukovich home, 1116 B Street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
JW( STUDY CLUB
 MEETS TOMORROW

Mrs. Ernest Gruening will speak on the subject, The Paris Peace Conference" tomorrow afternoon al ? o'clock at the penthouse of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company building. This is one oi the monthly study courses of the International Relations Department of the Juneau Woman's Club, and all women of the Gastineau Chan mel area arc cordially invited to attend.
 The third Tuesday of November Mrs. A. E. Glover will lead the discussion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
LUTHERAN LADIES
 TO HAVE RUMMACE
 SALE ON WEDNESDAY,

A rummage sale will be held by the Lutheran Ladies Aid Society Wednesday, opening at 10 o'clock in the Lutheran Church Parlors. it has been announced Anyone who would like to have donations pick ed up is asked to call the Rev. G. H. Hillerman, phone 571, and he will be glad to make the necessary arrangements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
PEIPING

PEIPING = Government forces striving to clear the railroad be- tween captured Kalgan and the great wall captured Hwailai after bitter street fighting and marched unopposed through two smaller towns, frontline Government dis patches reported today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
TELEGRAPHIC ARREST

Irene Berig, alias Betty Forbes, charged with larceny from boat, has been arrested and placed on S1,000 bond at Anchorage by a summons telegraphed from the U. s. Marshaps office in Juneau.
 Miss Berig is accused of theft from the fishing vessel Helen" by the boat owner, Albert Wallace. The felony is alleged to have oc- cured here last Tuesday.
 Delaware is known as the dia- mond state.
 The golden poppy is the state flower of California.
 Empire Wantads get results!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
C0NvICT5 SKOT,
 ESCAPE ATTEMPT

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Oct IA. Two penitentiary convicts were shot and wounded in an attempt ing escape yesterday.
 Deputy Warden c. A. Kelly of the State Penitentiary said Al Pra- mer, 27, and J. Chiffon, 32, were wounded in the arms and legs with charges of buckshot when a guard fired on them as they attempted to scale an 18-foot wall surrounding the prison yard Neither was wounded seriously.
 COlOradO,c ctata fIOuar ic tbo
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
NEAR RIOT AT DOUGLAS
 SUNDAY AM.

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B JULIE N S

PITTSBURGH-AFL trolleymen who brought about a paralysis of the city's main transportation sys- tenn 18 days ago by refusing to pass picket lines of the striking power union, voted today to return to work immediately. A union of ficial announced the vote was 901 to 79.
 HOLLYWOOD - Police arrested 200 pickets at the main gates of the Columbia studio Violation of a court order banning mass picketing was the charge.
 TORONTO - This is Canada's Thanksgiving Day. And the meat hungry folks in the United States should catch glimpse at some of the menus in Canadian homes to- day. Meat and chicken are avail able for almost everyone in Can ada. The same goes for the res taurants, where, in many cases, steak dinners are advertised at prices from 65 cents up.
 WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on gov ernment move to block the sale of the Pullman Company sleeping car business to a combine of 43 railroads. The government is seek ing to set aside lower court ruling approving the sale.
 NEW YORK-Six Russians, or dered home by their government when the Department of Justice asked them to register as agents of a foreign power, left today by plane for Paris after expressing official regret over having to cut their visit short.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14

Colorado is known as the cen tennial state.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
WEATHER REPORT

W AZh AA1Ak ANA<A OAeA , GU. s. WEATHER BUREAU) , Temperatures for 24-Hour Period , Ending 6:30 O'Clock This Morning , In Maximum, 53; } minimum, 35. , At Maximum, 54; } minimum, 30. , WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity } Increasing cloudiness and } warmer tonight with rain } by Tuesday afternoon. In- } creasing Southeasterly winds , reaching Is to 20 miles per , hour. po' } PRECIPITATION , OPast 24 hours ending 7:3o am. today) } In Juneau - None; since Oct. l, 870 inches, since } July l. 31.89 inches. At Airport - None; since , Oct. l, 8.93 inches; since ) July l, 25.98 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14

Colorados state flower is the columbine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-14
TO DISCUSS DOMESTIC
 SITUATION

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Empire Wantads get results!
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Two New Workers Lead
48 Pairs in Bridge Contest
BY the Associated Press

! NEW YORK, Aug. THE team
of Milton Moss and Ned Drucker
of New York today led a field OF
48 pairs In the mems division of the
American Contract Bridge Leagues
open championship.
In second place was the team OF
j. T. Feigus and Robert Chatkin OF
New York, while Waldemar K. vor
zedtwitz and A. NJ Barnes, also OF
New York, were in third.
In the Women's play, Mrs. R. C.
Young of Philadelphia and Mrs.
E. J. Seligman of New York were in
first place, with the team of Mrs
Helen Sobel, New York, and Mrs
Wilkinson Wagar, Atlanta, Ga, in
second. Defending champions, Mrs
Oliver Peterson and Mrs. B. M
Colder of Philadelphia, were in l4th
position.
Heading the field in the mixed
team championship was the team of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram Lebhar, jr.
New Rochelle, N. Y. Sam Katz of
Mlllburn, N. j., and Mrs. Ralph
kempner, Chicago.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Police Probing Death
Of Woman in Hotel

Police investigating the death OF
an unidentified woman in down
town hotel room yesterday say they
are seeking the whereabouts of a
man who registered as her husband
The woman, said to be about so
was discovered in New Franklin
Hotel, 623 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, by the manager, William
Frandy, according to police.
Investigators said Mr.. Frandy tolc
them the woman and man hao
registered in the hotel August 5 as
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Roberts OF
Roanoke, Va.
Papers and cards found in the
Womans pocketbook gave two
names, according to police, Bertha
Poole, route 2, box 31l, Alexandria
Va, and Ollie Powell
The woman was described as hav-
ing gray hair, being feet 6 inches
tall and weighing $50 pounds.
DR.. Christopher J. Murphy, deputy
District coroner, has scheduled ar
autopsy this morning. DR.. Murphy
said there were no signs of scuff1e
in the room and no marks of vio-
lence on the body.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Russians Will Deliver
pu-yi,ManchuP Puppet,
As Jap Trial Witness
BY the Associo,ed Press

TOKYO, Aug. ALLIED head
quarters Public Relations Offlce an
nounced today that long-missing
Henry Pu-yi, former puppet en-
peror of Manchoukuo. would testify
presumably within few days
before the International War Crimes
Tribunal.
He was captured by Red troops
who toppled his Japanese-supported
throne in 1945
The Russians have agreed to
bring the former puppet emperor to
Tokyo. along with four others, to
testify" said the brief announce
ment.
AT the present time. he is in the
custody Of the Russians at Vladivos-
toS. He will stay at the Russian
Embassy while in Tokyo and will
remain in custody of the Russians at
all times"
Affidavit Rejected. u
Reliable sources said the Soviet
war crimes prosecutor here had
offered the Americans an affidavit
from Pu-yi for presentation at the
trial but that this had been refused
Informants said a later Allied
request for his presence as a wit
ness posed delicate problem, for
the Chinese government had no
official knowledge that he was in
Russia. One unconfirmed report
even said the Russians had an
nounced he had been surrendered to
the Chinese.
Pu-yi, Al, first was placed on the
dragon throne of the Manchus at
the age of 8 in 1908. but abdica ted
after the revolution in 1912. A few
months later he fed from Peiping's
forbidden city to take refuge briefly
in the Japanese legation and finally
to settle in Tientsin.
The japanese called him from re-
tirement to install him first as re-
gent of Msnchoukuo, the "independ-
ent state they had carved from
Manchuria.
Pu-yi was the last occupant of
Chinas dragon thorne" under the
Manchus. He became Emperor OF
Manchoukuo March l. 1884, and re-
tanned his Japanese propped throne
until Russian troops moved in.
Chinese Shot in Water.
A. A. Dorrance, former oil COM
pany executive, testified in the trial
today that japanese soldiers herd
ed hundreds Of Chinese to the
Yangtze River after the fall of
Hankow in 1888, kicked them into
the water and shot them when
their heads bobbed up.
1T was extremely impersonal. y
said Mr.. Dorrance who had stood
on the bridge of an American gun
boat and watched the grim pro-
ceedings
They simply marched them to
the river, kicked them into the
water and shot them three or four
at a time
Mr.. Dorrance, prosecution wit
ness against Hideki TOTO and &c
other accused war criminals, said
the Japanese halted the massacre
when they became aware they were
being watched from the gunboat,
But they loaded the remaining Chi
nese into a launch, took them a
quarter of a mile away and con-
cluded their sordid task.
Mr. Dorrance at the time was a
Standard Vacuum Oil Co. official
and president of the American
Chamber of Commerce at Hankow
He is now connected with UNRRA
at Nankine
Evening star., 1946-08-07
FOUND.

FOX TERRiER, white with black marines.
found in Betsville Cali i'm I54I
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY ANIMAL
RESCUE LEAGUE
GLASSES. tortoise shell: 18th and q SITS
RA. 01:}s. w.
SETTER PUPPY, female: vic. 1000 Cathe-
dral ave; no license; prove ownership and
good home Owner call OR / t04 g
Evening star., 1946-08-07
300 Strike Over layoff,
Pay Cut at Press Wireless
By fte Associated Press

NEW YORK. Aug. Approx.
mately 300 employees of Press Wire
less, Inc, members of Local Ia OF
the CIO American Communications
Association, walked off their jobs at
the company's main Office here and
at stations on Long Island early to-
day in dispute over a proposed
wage cut and layoff.
Joseph Kehoe, director of organ
lZation for the AGA, said the men
struck against a proposed layoff of
20 per cent of the staff and a pro-
posed reduction of wages involving
30 per cent of the staff.
He said negotiations had been in
progress for 10 days but that the
management had refused to arbi-
trate "or to reach any other reason
able solution" by last midnight-the
date set for the wage and staff re-
ductions to take effect.
Press Wireless said in a statement
that the AGA strike was in VIOLA
ton of its no-strike pledge in its
contract with press wireless
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Reich Industry Plants
Rapidly Dismant|ed
For Russians by u. 5.
BY tire Assccioted Pres,

SCHWEINFURT, Germany, Aug
German industrial plants in the
American occupation zone are being
rapidly diSmantled for delivery to
Russia as an advance payment on
reparations.
American reparations officers re-
ported that 60 per cent of the las
plants approved SO far for repara-
tons in the American zone have
been disassembled Of these indus
tries, 56 per cent were aircraft and
armament factories.
The Russians never can be salts
fed with the speed of dismantling,
one reparations officer said If we
promise to get job done by No.
vember /, they come back with an
All, yes. but it could be done by
October II if you hurried Day in
and day out they come to us with
complaints, until we've reached the
point of pretty much letting it &C
into one ear and out the other"
Twenty nine Americans are di-
Tecting dismantling operations, with
twice as many Russians watching
every move critically.
The inventory of plants approved
so far for reparations in the Ameri-
can zone, described as one of the
largest ever undertaken, is near
completion. Fifty-siX per cent of
them are aircraft and armament in
dustries. Another 230 plants, how
ever, have been proposed for repara-
tions.
The Job of sitting, screening and
reviewing a list of hundreds of sup
posed German war and other plants
in the American zone for destruction
or reparations began in the summer
of 1945.
First, the actories-hidden away
in mountains, forests, underground
Or in widely dispersed small shops
had to be found.
One immensely of the task can be
seen from the fact that one-half
acre OF blue print paper was required
to inventory the Kugelfischer bali
bearing plant here-the largest in
Germany and the key to the Nazi
war machine. The same thing had
to be done down the line as a first
step in the reparations program.
Evening star., 1946-08-07

Failure of Congress to pass the
Wagner Ellender-Taft bill at the
last session, he said, was a definite
setback" to the rental program.
Undoubtedly great deal more
rental units would have been built
had that bill been passed" he said.
Raymond M. Foley, commissioner
of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton, who also was present at the
news conference, said his agency
would seek to encourage small rental
projects.
Stringent screening for non-
housing construction will continue
for at least so days, Mr.. Wyatt said
and there is no present intention
to raise the $4,000 sales ceiling or
the $50 rental ceiling on veterans
homes.
Units Classified.
OF the 225,000 dwelling units
completed this year, the housing
administrator explained, $4,000
are new permanent houses and
apartments and 10000 are tenn
porary reuse housing, conversions
and trailers.
OF the new permanent units 49,
600 are houses and apartments
started in 1945, he said. on which
progress had virtually stopped be-
cause OF building materials short
ages. The remaining 10000 new
permanent units were started
largely in the first two or three
months of this year, he said.
The Civilian Production Admin.
lstration has ordered that from nov
on new homes be held for sale tt
veterans for period of so days
rather than 30 days.
The 30-day period during which
rental dwellings must be held fol
veterans was not changed.
Extension of the sales period ap.
plies only to homes in cases where
construction authorizations were is.
sued beginning yesterday. If home
is not purchased within so days b.
a veteran, it then may be Offered
TO nOnVet Grams
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Small More Optimistic
Than Wallace, Sees
Prosperity Ahead
By the Associoted Press

Civilian Production Administra-
tor John D. Small said yesterday
that this country can reach a
period of prosperity such as We
have never known"
Reading the same signs of the
times from which Secretary of
Commerce Wallace forecast a
boom -and-bust' period. Mr.. Small
came up with a roster picture of
the days ahead.
Ii we can only get through the
next few months we can avoid a
boom and bust" Mr.. Small told re-
porters. Production is the only
way We can get over the hurdle. u
Mr.. Small took the issue with the
Wallace view, expressed in an in
tervieW Saturday. that the present
period of high employment reflects
infiationary forces.
Mr.. Wallace said employment
was at or near the goal set in his
book. Sixty Million Jobs" but
added that the condition was due
to inflationary pressures and con-
tlnued high Government spending
He said it lacked the stabilit,
necessary for lasting prosperity.
! Mr.. Small, on the other hand
said:
I'VE have about $1,000 900 persons
employed. l believe the tremendous
number of people employed is q
good thing for the country. l don,
believe it's infationary."
Mr. Small, one of the admins
tration's key business planners, also
differed with Mr.. Wallace on the
necessity for continued restrictions
on business. Secretary Wallace
recommended that the Government
maintain firm price and distribu-
ton controls to cushion the shock
he feels is coming.
Emphasizing that strikes or still
higher prices could bring about an
economic teeter- -totter era, Mr.
Small said:
Wen get through II everybody
uses restraint and common sense
If we can go ahead without a lot
Of boat rocking we can relax re-
Strictions instead of tightening
them up"
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Polish Woman and 5 Men
Sentenced 10 Die as Spies
By the Assoo;o,ed Pres,

WARSAW. Aug. 7.--One woman
and five men have been sentenced
to death by a military tribunal on
charges that they engaged in es-
pionage for foreign power and for
Lit. Gen Wladyslaw Anders, former
leader of Polish troops in exile.
The three-man court yesterday
condemned Janina Konotasca, 80,
and five associates-the first de-
PENDANTS convicted on such charges.
The woman was accused of being
the contact" in Warsaw between
Gen Anders and certain Polish ter
roristic bands.
The defendants smilingly received
the verdict. They were promptly
taken by armed guards to prison to
await their executions.
The prosecution charged that the
defendants were financed by a
Polish center at Regensburg. in
the American occupation zone of
Germany. Most of the accused ad-
mltted such connection. but con-
tended they were subject to impris-
onment at the most for the offense
The Polish press has made broad
hlnts that the foreign interests re-
1efred TO in the trial as allied with
Gen. Anders were centered in the
United States and Britain.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
1000 Killers Of Plants
Developed by Army
In Maryland Project
By Thomas R. Henry

More than 1000 plant killers were
developed by the Army during the
war.
Some of them, sprayed over enemy
territory in extremely minute guam
titles from low-fying, fast fighters,
might have destroyed basic food
crops such as cabbages and potatoes
and caused widespread starvation.
Worst of all, in some cases the
damage would not have been ap-
parent until harvest time. The first
complete report of those developed
in this country has just been made
in the Botanical Gazette, journal of
the American Botanical Society is
sued at the University of Chicago.
Cooperative Project.
Most of the work was done as a
cooperative project between the
Army, the Department of Agricul-
ture and various universities at
Camp Detrick, near Frederick, Md
Little is known at present on what
may have been developed in the
odlIiC ilIlc ny tIlc ciiclIly.
AS little as a tenth of a pound to
the acre of one chemical it was
found. would kill, or stunt growth
so as to render them useless, cab
bages, soy beans, sweet potatoes and
sugar beets. These were all particu-
larly valuable crops to the Germans
Another chemical sprayed in about
the same amounts, it was found
made soil useless for more than two
months and traces of the poison re-
manned for a year Others had no
lasting bad effects, so that they can
be put to peacetime uses in clearing
soil of weeds.
Stimulants Also Found.
One specific chemical, sprayed at
the rate of pound per acre, stopped
growth and caused the plants to
wither. This makes it valuable after
the tubers have reached full growth
and it is desirable to destroy the
vines before harvesting. A similar
chemical had no effect on the DO
tatoes themselves but killed out the
weeds which customarily grow in
potato fields.
At the same time various plant
stimulants were discovered. One will
increase the yield of apples two OF
three tons per acre without loss OF
quality, Another causes blueberries
to grow without seeds With others
the sprouting time of potatoes and
fruit trees can be delayed for favor
able weather One of the great
causes of orchard failures is pre-
mature sprouting during a warm
week in winter which is followed by
killing frosts.