The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-23
BULLETINS l 5

SEATTLE-Resolut to sup port wage strikes of National CTO- Unions, seeking the recall of Am erican troops from China and es- | tablishment of permanent Coast 1 Guard Base at Sitka, Alaska, were adopted today by delegates to the annual convention of the Interna- i tional Fishermen and Allied Work CTS of America The five-day con- vention began yesterday.
 has been named to head a five man military commission to try persons accused of War Crimes : against Americans in China. Mid dleton is from Chevy Chase. Mary land. The first case will get under way tomorrow Eighteen Japanese 1 charged with the Hankow torture parade and cremation of three Am erican fliers in December, 1944, will be arraigned.
 MIAMI. Florida = The American Federation of Labor's Executive Council today backed President Truman's request for the extension of price controls until June, 1947. The Council called the extension a
 necessary evil" and said that ln ordinary times it would oppose such move.
 NGTON-President Tru- man today nominated Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson to be United States Governor of the h. ternational Monetary Fund and of the International Bank for Recon struction and Development. Vinson would serve a five year term
 BERLIN The British Military Government has ordered Berlin's famous Tiergarten converted into a vast potato patch. The big cen- tral park lies in the British occu- patton zone. It's oaks, centuries old, have been cut for fuel
 OTTAWA-War supplies valued at SLIGO 100000 were manufactured in Canada for the United States, Canadian officials disclosed today. Major items included 5,096 aircraft, 43 naval ships, 90 merchant ships, 4,223 army guns. 78,357 gun barrels and forgings, and 7,439 armored vehicles
 MANILA-The regular wing of the Nacionalista Party has nom mated President Sergio Osmena to succeed himself as the Philippines Chief Executive at the April 23rd election. The Liberal Wing of the party has nominated Manuel Roxas as it's presidential candidate. He now is President of the Senate. Roxas split recently with Osmena after years of political friendship.
 LONDON - King George h e Sixth has bestowed the title of Baron upon Great Britain's Ann bassador to Moscow The honor was received by Sir Archibald Clark Kerr. The titled Ambassador has been mentioned as a possible successor to Lord Halifax as Am bassador to the United States.
 WASHINGTON A s4,931, ,142, AIS allotment for the Veterans Admin istration boosted to s5,594, l46, ,286 today the first regular appropria- tion bill received by Congress since wars end. It will finance various independent agencies of the Gov ernment for the fiscal year start ing next July 2.
 ATHENS-Army officials declared today that martial law would con- ] tinue in the Kalamata region of southern Greece despite the release of nearly 100 hostages by a hand of right wing insurgents holed up 1 in a mountain village. British Col Max Noble, who negotiated with the rebel leaders for release of the hostages said no concessions were made
 
 NAPLES-Ten persons were re- ported killed and 300 injured when Is carloads of ammunition explod- ed in Torre Annunziata, town of
 10000 population 20 miles south of here. Most of the casualties were