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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
HIGHWAY TRUCKING
 TAKEN UP
State Department Willing to Resume Negotiations
 with Canadians

EEATTLE, Oct. 23 - The State Department has expressed willing ness to resume negotiations on use of the Canadian section of the Al aska Highway by American truck CTS, Sen. Warren G. Magnuson announced here Saturday.
 Magnuson previously had asked the State Department to investi- gate reports the Canadian Gov ernment was refusing to permit -bcnd' truck shipments between the United States and Alaska ov- CT the highway.
 A telegram received in reply from Dean Acheson, Assistant Sec retary of State, said in part:
 "The Departments view that the existing agreement provides for in- bond trucking over the Alaska Highway was brought informally to the Canadian Government. If you would kindly furnish de- tails of your information that our truckers have been denied in-bond privileges, the Department would gladly renew representations inn mediately. The Department has no doubt Canadian commitments will be honored in all respects" Magnuson has protested to thf State Department that the High way, which cost American tax payers 1855 million dollars, would be commercially useless to Alaska if in-bond truck shipments were barred.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
SURPRISE K SPRUNG iN
 CHINA WAR
Willy Gen. Tu Ling Ming His in New Direction
 for Big Strike
By TOM MASTERSON

PEIPING, Oct. 28.-Wily Gen. Tu Li-ming scored one of the big gest surprises of the civil war today by launching a twopronged offen- sive by Chinese Government troops against Dairen, the chief port of Manchuria, in a move to control the entire south Manchurian coast and cut off the Chinese Commun- ists from support by sea.
 Communists and everyone else expected General Tu to resume his northward advance toward Harbin in central Manehuria. But instead he sent two armies southward down the Liaotung peninsula from Anshan and Antung to catch the enemy mapping. Icy weather in the north may have dictated the change in strategy.
 Both prongs were approximately 90 miles from Dairen, the big sea- port 30 miles from the Russian naval base of Port Arthur.
 Capture of Dairen probably would pose international complications. Travellers from that area have re- ported the city full of Soviet troops, and there was question whether in that case Nationalist troops would be welcome
 There was no indication here how many Chinese Communist troops were occupying the city.
 Entry of the Generalissimo's forces into Dairen could well bring about another tense occupation slt- uation such as existed early this year at Mukden, where both Soviet and Chinese Government authori- ties sought to run the city.
 The Nationalist5 severed the Communists overland supply route between North China and Man churia i'll their vigorous North China offensive which eliminated in the capture of Kalgan. Now General Tu's troops, i'll concert with Government attack cn Che foo, at the tip o1 the ohantung pennsula in North China, threat ened to sever the Heus sea route.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
Great Development Plan For Alaska Is Announced
 By Sety. of Inferior krug

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 = Plans for expansion of Alaska's transpor- tation system are being discussed by government departments, Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior disclosed today.
 In an article written for the Army Transportation Journal, Krug said that much of the program, in- cluding construction of railroads, pert facilities and highways, still is under discussion between the gen. eral staff and the Interior Depart ment.
 Krug said President Truman has given the green light to his de- partment to hasten the Alaskan development andp that it will be good news to thousands of persons who have written government agencies expressing desire to set tie Americas new land of oppc.- tunity"
 The Secretary added, however, that because of housing shortage in Alaska, any mass migration now is net encouraged.
 Long range plans under discus sion, the article said, include:
 Construction of a 500-mile rail road from Fairbanks to Teller on the shores of the Boring Strait.
 Possible construction of another railroad from Fairbanks northward in the Arctic region.
 Expansion of port facilities along the territorial coastline to serve as feeder bases,
 Construction of fleet of ships designed for all-weather operation in Alaskan waters.
 Development of the Alaskan highway in conjunction with Can ada.
 Establishment of all . weather highways linking all Alaskan habi- table areas.
 Expansion of the airport system
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
No Cabinet
 ReshusiIe

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.- Highly placed officials of the Truman ad- ministration say that talk of a Cabinet reshuffle is just that--talk, and nothing more. These officials say that MT. Truman will try to keep his present Cabinet intact for the coming year, adding that the President is having difficulty enough in finding men to head other key government agencies.
 Mir Truman himself has com plained publicly of this difficulty Officials say, therefore, there is no reason the President will attempt a Cabinet reshuffle unless ill health should force the resignation of one or more members of his of ficial family.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
RADIO FROM CHESTER

The Governors office has re- ceived the following explanatory ra- diogram from Chester:
 Due to the urgent need for food supplies in Alaska the Policy Com mittee of the Masters Mates and Pilots Association West Coast Local No. 90 have agreed to release the relief ship to Alaska with no strings attached. MT. Wagner of the Maritime Commission Seattle is nominating to the Maritime Commission in Washington, D. C., a reefer cargo vessel similar to the Palisana which will meet our re- quirements. He expects to be able to name the vessel, designate the agent and set the loading date by Monday At present see no more stumbling blocks in sight. Will try to get vessel loaded and enroute to Alaska as soon as possible"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
VETO RULE I5 BITTERLY
 DENOUNCED

NEW YORK, Oct 23-Sir Carl Rerendsen, New Zealand's Minister to Washington, bitterly denounced the veto voting rule before the United Nations Assembly today, declaring the peace organizati7l "can act only against a small pow CT not supported by great pow CT"
 In the most slashing attack yet made on the great power of the Security Council, Berendsen de- clared that small nations have mo voice and no vote' in the peace keeping action, called the veto rule a shotgun wedding" forced on the little countries and said; "The great powers are trying to have their cake and eat it too"
 He spoke in general debate af- ter Jan Masaryk. Foreign Minister of CZechoslovakia, describing his nation as being at the "cross roads If Europe, appealed for unanimous settlement of the veto issue here. Agreement among the powers, he said, will provide little countries "a much better chance"
 Berendsen, declared that the Unit cd Nations had come into the world with it's hands manacled since the Big -Five-America, Brit ain, Russia, France and China - can block any move to change the charter. The whole assembly, but especially the big powers, he said, must soon take stock to see what chance there is of successful main- tenance of peace by such limited organization.
 Hearing Berendsen, the assembly recessed until pm, EST, with His Royal Highness Prince Faisal Al Saud, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, as the next scheduled speaker.
 Y Chief Delegate Warren Austin told his American associates at a caucus that he would make a United States policy speech to the assembly = probably tomorrow or Wednesday. It will deal almost ex- clusively with the veto issue, &C., cording to American informants.
 Ambassador V. K. Wellington Kco of China declared the big power veto in the Security Coun- cil should be used sparingly but he lined up with the United States Britain and Russia in opposing any rewriting of the U.N Charter at this time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28

50 was 5l6,729 cases, compared with o5O,OO0 cases Sept. 30, l945.
 In contrast to low yields. the California tuna fisheries, third largest on the Pacific coast. packed 5.5s6,8l7 cases in the first nine months of l946, about 35 percent above the figure for the cores bonding period last year. Packers expected the l946 pack to exceed the largest pre-war pack of 4,l62,- 336 cases in 194O.
 The albacore, a white-meated tuna, was mysteriously scarce in the northern waters, where it has supported a fishery since 1887. Landings at Astoria were the small est in history. and receipts at other Oregon and Washington ports were correspondingly low.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
MANY VISIT U5CG GUTTER IN NAVY
 DAY OPEN HOUSE

Hundreds of Juneau residents yesterday afternoon went aboard the USCG Cutter Wachusetts dur ing the open house ceremonies held in honor of Navy Day. The newly arrived cutter will be permanently stationed here.
 Coffee and cake were served in the Officers Ward Room and Comdr. Edgar V. Carlson, com- mander of the ship, personally re- ceived many of the visitors.
 Officers of the ship met guests at the gang plank and escorted them on guided tours of the 225- foot ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
BUSINESS TON
 HARD HEl
18 Buildings Destroyed 0: Damaged Food Supply
 lntati No Lives lost

NOME, Alaska Cc. 28 Sca-s.o and battered Nome went about the elim business today ot clealine vreckage cf IS buildings destroyed CT damaged during an lev gsle tha sweEt in from the Bernu Sea eve. the week nd
 As the storm roared northward. property owners estimated their less at between s20o030 and Ss40e,- GOO.
 Six business buildings were wrecked and l2 seriously dam ased. All were on the south side of Front Street, the towns main thorcughfare paralleling the water front. Easements wefe Hooded in many others which withseood the pounding seas and 60-nile-aa-ho winds.
 For one thing Nome residents were grateful winters fooS supply was intact and no lives were lost. A few minor injuriss were reported.
 Warning that the storm was ap- proaching gave the ecwnspeopla time to form emergency crews and move merchandise and supplies from the danger area. Damage was limited almost en- tirely 70 the business section and as result no housing shortage is anticipated among the l.500 to 2,0oO wintertime residents. The Native village nearby was harder mt, and several families whose dwellings were destroyed are being cared for in the Native school.
 As the fury of the storm in- creased Saturday night, towering waves smashed new steel bulkheads along the beach and pounded re- l~ntlessly against the rear of the exposed buildings.
 During the hours just before midnight six structures were lev olled, including the Lincoln Ho- tel, which was half destroyed in similar storm year ago.
 Only building left intact on the east end of Front Street was the poWerhouse, which continued to function throughout the gale al- though power lines and poIes sasged badly.
 The buildings severely damaged Wsre the Patterson Hotel, city of- 1ices, Dream Theater, Meme Drug Store, Nome Plumbing Shop, Nor thern Commercial Store ana Cat elrillsr Shop, Nome Grill, North Pole Bakery, Polar Buildine. Ser vice Barber Shop, Noms Liquor Store and shop adjacent to th, Wallace Hotel.
 Little reconstruction work cal be done this winter. since only oun more ship already in Alaskan wat. CTS is scheduled to unload before the Bering Sea freezes over.
 Snow flurries have become com mon and temperature already are near the freezins mark and aye expected to drop lower soon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
IMPORTANT
 SESSION ON
 THIS p. M.
Agreement May Be Reach ed to End Tie-up-Meet-
 ing in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28-Ne- gotiations for settlement of the four week-old maritime strike on the Pacific Coast will be resumed at 3 pm. today amid encouraging signs arising from the agreements ending the tie-up on the Atlantic Seaboard.
 Additional offer to end the West Coast strike was made over the weekend by Harry Bridges, Presi- dent of the International Long shoremens and Warehousemen's Union (CIO) and Co-Chairman of the Committee for Maritime Unity.
 He said he would call off the strike if employers would agree to submit to negotiation the issue of a separate contract covering work on Is coastwise lumber schooners, and accept the East and Gulf Coast agreement for Marine Engineers.
 Directors of the Pacific Ameri- can Shipowners Association gath cred to study the formulas which ended the East Coast strikes of the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots, and the CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association.
 Meeting Today
 The Waterfront Employers As scciation and the Longshoremens Union were to meet at 3 o'clock for the announced purpose of com pleting negotiations"
 Preferential employment of un- ion members is the chief issue in the demands of MEBA and the MMP. This was granted by East Coast employers, but with the stipu- lation that ship captains are ex- empt
 The longshoremen's demand for a separate contract on West Coast schooners has been denied by em- ployers on grounds that it would involve them in jurisdictlonal dispute with the AFL Sailors Un- ion of the Pacific.
 Nearly zoo ships are tied up by the strike in the Bay region alone
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
FIRE SATURDAY

Fire, spreading from an over heated chimney in the second floor of the Charles Porter residence at 51l Tenth street, caused choking smoke to hinder members of the Juneau Fire Department shortly after pm. Saturday. The blaze, burning in the flooring was extin- guished without extensive damage to the house from either water or smoke.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. 28. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 61s. American Can 81, Anaconda 35A, Curtiss- Wright 5%, International Harvester 69A Kennecott 45la, U. S. Steel 68, Pound $4.03.
 Sales today were 990,000 shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 166.04, rails 4709, utilities 34.43.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
The W ashington
 Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON are now 53 separate items on the agenda to be discussed at the United Nations, but No. on the list when it comes to explosives is the Cuban proposal to end the veto.
 The man who thus had the nerve to. snap his fingers in the face of the Big Five is young Cuban Am bassador Guillermo Belt who is accustomed to doing things that require courage.
 Elected mayor of Havana at the phenomenal age of 27, Belt has been on the political firing line ever since, including one hot cam paign he waged against ex-Presi- dent Batista, the strong man of Cuba. Batista won that election, following which most of the leaders who opposed him fled to Miami. Not so Guillermo Belt. He remain cd in Havana to be the Presidents most vigorous critic, walking through the streets without body guard. Eventually Batista, who ad- mired courage, offered Belt place in his cabinet, which he declined.
 It was at the San Francisco Con ference that Belt first began hls attack on the veto. He has contlnu- ed the battle ever since, despite the fact that certain government officials of the western powers have urged him not to press for a roll call on this dynamite-laden issue in New York
 Perhaps the Russians will walk out of the United Nations if their right to block any action they don't like is taken away" says the young ambassador. But if so, be- lieve it is better to know it now in- stead of later"
 Most Latin Americans are strong for the Cuban proposal. Only Bra
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
! BIG DAYS
 PROCLAIMED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 = Presi- dent Truman today called upon the nation to renew it's efforts to ob- tain lasting peace as he issued proclamations designating Nov. II Armistice Day and Nov 28 Thanks giving Day.
 He asked for observance of Ar mistice Day with appropriate cere- mony" and directed that the Am erican flag fly from all Govern ment buildings
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
Down,
 Goal Strike

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 = The pre- election coal crisis is heading today toward the showdown stage between John L. Lewis and the Truman Administration. Lewis has threatened to call his 100000 AFL soft coal miners out Friday unless the Government reopens its con- tract with the miners.
 The Government contends that there is no provision in the pres ent contract for such reopening Lewis claims there is. The Inter for Department, which runs the mines for the Government, has turned the matter over to legal ex- perts to determine whose version of the contract is correct.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
COUNCIL MEETING

City Council will meet in special session tonight at 7:30 for the sec ond reading of Ordinance 309, to regulate electricity rates charged the City of Juneau by Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
RUTH H0NIUS HERE
 ON BRIEF VISIT

Mrs. Ruth Honius, the Empires correspondent at skagway, arrived on the Princess Louise for a visit with her brother, Tom J. Selby She expects to return home on the next Princess Louise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
BPWC EXECUTIVE
 COUNCIL TO MEET

Members of the executive board, Business and Professional Women's Club, will meet tonight at g o'clock at the main office of OPA i'll the Valentine Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28

A divorce suit has been filed in the case of William A. Greinier vs. Edna Greinier in the Federal Clerks office. Custody of minor child is involved.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
NO sTRIKE." TRUMAN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28-Presi- dent Truman told news confer ence today there will be no coal strike.
 John L. Lewis announced trat the government and his United Mine Workers will sit down at a conference table Friday.
 While the talks are under way Lewis said, the present wage con- tract between Interior Secretary Krug and the UNIV will remain in effect. The UNIV chief previously had said that the existing pact would be void" unless the govern ment agreed to discuss reopening of the agreement by Nov 1. Miners traditionally observe a policy of mo contract, no work"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
CHESTER TOUCHED"

SEATTLE. Oct. 28-Lieut. Comdr. Edward P. Chester, Jr, believes that troubles come in punches.
 His first encounter with trouble came when members of the Mas ters. Mates & Pilots Association refused Saturday to man rellel ship for Alaska.
 He decided to drown his troubles in a cup of coffee.
 Then more trouble arrived. when he prepared to leave the restaur- ant his new officers top coat, an expensive pair of gloves and a new scarf were missing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-28
NOME BATTERED BY ICY GALE; BIC LOSS
Vegotiations To End Ship Strike Are Started
Pistol patkin' Man1a

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War Tricks Fail
To Lead Farm
Youths to City

Life in the armed forces, which
introduced thousands of farm
youths to glittering cities and far
away lands, did not dim their love
for farm life. More than a million
veterans of World War II have re-
turned to farm work throughout
the nation, it is revealed in a bureau
of agricultural economics report.
Veterans on farms by July to-
tailed 1,045, 1000. according to the bu-
reau report, the number including
5000 farm operators or members
of farm operators families, and
332, 1000 hired workers.
Veterans comprised 9 per cent Of
all persons employed on the nations
farms.
The number of veterans on farms
was slightly more than three-fourths
the number of warm workers
who enlisted or were indicted up to
July l, 1915.
Inthe Northeast and on the Pacific
coast, the number of veterans re-
turning to farms was larger than
the number who entered the armed
services. In other sections they
were from 10 to 80 per cent.
A total of II million was engaged
in farm work.
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Washington lI335
Busy Washington Knows
No Rest Even in Summer
By BAUKHAGE
Ne,os analyst and Commentator.

No, Washington doesn't hibernate
in the summer. Herblock's concep-
ton of General jackson, chin on
chest, hunched up against his horse,
like lazy pup, is pure poetic Ii
cenSe.
Herblock probably chose that par
ticular figure for contrast because
it is one of the most belligerent
statues in Washington. jackson sits
there in Lafayette park, across from
the White House, Gas he does in New
Orleans) waving his saber, his rear
ing charger with its front feet paw
ing the atmosphere. And imagine
that if "Old Hickory" were here in
this hectic period, his. old flesh,
blood, powder and birthstone self,
he would have charged right up to
the state department steps when he
heard of American planes being shot
down in Europe.
The United States has gone long
way toward world leadership since
the year 1871 when little, 14year-
old boy named Andy jackson, along
with his brother "continentals" was
fighting the armies of the greatest
nation of the day-Great Britain.
Andy's two brothers were killed and
he was captured but he lived to
turn the tables when he led his
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tive branches of the government, to
say nothing of Washington's marts
of trade, limited in comparison to
other cities though they may be.
Government isn't all congress, and
the President and Washington aren't
all government.
A year or two ago, William Kip
linger, gathering material for his
book, washington Is Like That"
stood in front of the Willard hotel
at Pennsylvania ave. and 14th street
and asked 20 people going by who
they were and what they did. Of the
20, only five worked for the govern
ment and none had jobs which were
interrupted Except by vacations) in
the summer any more than in any
other season.
have no idea how many men,
bers of congress or members of their
stats 60 down to the Capitol to work
every day in the summer months
but many offices on the "hill'' are
open. The regular departments are
as busy as they ever are. The
very week that the cartoon came out
showing Congress gone home"
sign on the White House door,
"Back Labor Day." and another on
the state department, "Gone to Par
is" the state department was max
ing public two of the most impor-
tant communications it has dis
patched in many day. One was
the ultimatum to Yugoslavia pro-
testing the shooting down of our
planes and the other was the re-
fusal to accede to Russia's demand
for joint control of the Dardanelles.
At the same time, the investiga-
ton of the war surplus sales was
going on; the other investigation
into war contracts had just closed
and the department of justice was
taking up the work where the Mead
committee had laid it down, and the
decontrol board of the OPA was
holding hearings in preparation for
its first and highly important de-
cision which put controls back on
meats and other products.
These we're only few of the ac-
tivities-not to mention the bubbling
campaign kettles assiduously at
tended by political chiefs behind
closed kitchen doors.
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Program To Stress
Value Of Citizenship
To New PROSPECTS,

WASHINGTON.-Plans for a ma
tionwide program to emphasize the
worth and meaning of American
citizenship" to prospective citizens
were announced by the justice de-
partment.
The department said the program
twill be continuous effort to stress
the ideals of this country and the
significance of American citizenship
from the time of entry of poten-
tial citizen to the moment when citi-
zenship is granted him by the court,
and even beyond that"
A national advisory committee on
citizenship is to be named by Atty.
Gen. Tom Clark to assist with the
program.
The program will include:
l. Publication of a pamphlet con-
tanning significant facts about the
United States to be given to pros
pective citizens and visitors to this
country.
2. Preparation of booklet to be
given to each new citizen to en-
phasize his responsibilities to this
country.
8. Enlisting the aid of the bench
and bar, civil and educational au-
thorities and patriotic organizations
in the effort to stress the signifi-
canoe of citizenship.