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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19

Claudia Bishop, John Well, Bruce Kendall, Johanna Smith, G. T. Smith, Wilbur Fiander, Margaret Sievertson.
 On yesterdays trip with Captain Robert Des Marias, First Officer Jack Dean and Stewardess June Rees, were: from Anchorage: Oscar Olson, George B. Powell, Marie Hazard, Pearl Hazard, Muriel Wolf, J. L. DeHuff, Alfred R. Anderson, Terry Howard, John DeMan, Dr. H. E. Kemper, R. c. Beach, Lud- low c. Anderson, R. A. Ebert, N. J. Rauch.
 To Gustavus: Harry Robinson; to Anchorage: Thomas Morgetts, Char lotte Patnoude, Carol Patnoude Irene Garman, Ethel Shry, Helen Maulo, Robert Maulo, Jim Maulo, Patricia Markel, Russell Bond, E. E. Shower, Jessie McGilton, Arthur Oszman, Earl Herring, Georgia Herring, Mrs. B. Webber
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
HARB0R NEWS

Despite wind, rain, sun and snow (which later proved to be shavings from the saw milD boat owners and crews were busy this Monday morning getting themselves and their boats in ship-shape.
 Clyde Sheldon, skipper of the Collette, had some trouble today in getting his boat out of motion when his clutch handle broke off upon his departure from the cold storage At present he is at the City Float receiving necessary re- pairs preparatory to clearing port.
 The Consul D of Sitka, captain ed by J. M Steear was in port to- day preparing to go on the grids to install a radiophone. She has been buying fish from Yakutat.
 Minor repairs are being made on Richard Schackleford's boat, the Vanity, in the Small Boat Harbor. The skipper recently came in from Elfin Cove.
 Removing the FoSs No. l9 tug from the grid at the City Float Saturday afternoon proved to be an interesting task. On Friday she was receiving repairs for a broken shaft. Due to her size, 1t was necessary to place barrels un- der the stern in order to help raise the boat. In addition an Army tug helped her off the grids. Floss No. 19s skipper is J. K. Davis, who uses the tug to tow oil barges for the Union Oil Company.
 Numerous pleasure trips were made over the weekend. Trevor Da- wis took a party out on the Cor della D, and the Donjac, skippered by Jack Burford, made trip to Snettishan with a private party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
0'HARRA BUS NOW ROLLING ON HIGHWAY
First Trip from Anchorage, Via Fairbanks, 10 South-
 east Alaska Port

O'Harra Bus Lines of Anchorage arrived in Haines last Saturday with its first busload of passengers and members of the press making the historic overland trip from Fair banks to Southeast Alaska.
 The first commercial trip over the Alcan Highway had been de- layed, fraught with red tape tangles, and battered from all sides with sudden changes and enforced post ponement of plans-but Kenneth O'Harra, Alaska's perSevering Bus Line tycoon, this moring breathed a sigh of relief The first run had been made and sometime today the bus will start on its return trip to he Interior.
 An eleventh-hour change prevent cd the use of a motorship to bring passengers to Juneau. Instead, they are being flown on the Haines-Ju- neau run by Alaska Coastal Air lines.
 According to O'Harra, this first trip is being made in the nature of a reconnaissance tour" The bus line will run on a regular schedule between Haines. Whitehorse, An chorage and Fairbanks, after re- pairs have been made on the slide area A miles from Haines (on which the Canadian Army is starting work and when the road is de- clared open to traffic by the Can adian Government.
 PASSENGERS ON TRIP
 Using a l0-passenger bus for the first trip, O'Harra brought the fol- lowing parsons across the Alcan Sarah Monserud, Anchorage, rep resenting the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer; MT. and Mrs. Frank Nor gan of Anchorage. photographers of the Anchorage Times and Anchor age 4eth Star; Lula and Mable Martin of Whitehorse on a Chi cago Educational Lecture Tour; Frank B. Kemp of Fairbanks, rep resenting Jessens Weekly, and A. L. Saunders of Anchorage, K. w. Johnson of Whitehorse, both em- ployees of O'Harra Bus Lines.
 Upon their arrival at Haines. the "trailbreakers, who someday will
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
DON RUDE RETURNS

Don Rude flew in from White horse via PAA yesterday after spending the summer working for the Alaska Road Commission on survey crew.
 Until his return to Juneau, Rude was working on the new road that is to connect Chicken, to the Alas ka Highway. He travelled via the O'Harra bus line to Whitehorse to catch the plane for Juneau.
 According to present plans, Rude will visit in Juneau until Friday at which time he will depart for the south to attend St. Olaf's Col lege at Northfield, Minnesota.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
51 PASSENGERS FLOWN BY pkA
 DURING WEEKEND

Pacific Northern Airlines arrived here this weekend with Captain Matty Springer, First Officer Joe Burns, and Stewardess Ollie How ard, and the following passengers:
 From Anchorage: Gil Gllkey, George Adams, w. B. Adams, Mrs. w. B. Adams, Mrs. Mary Bowman, Mrs. John Iceland, Judge Wm. Arnold, L. E. Bliss, Mrs. L. E. Bliss, Ed Coffey, Edna May Snodgrass, and Lloyd Olson; to Anchorage:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
BAyARD BACk FROM CHINA

Ensign John Bavard, USMS, son of MT. and Mrs Nick Bavard re- turned to San Francisco recently from China.
 Bavard left for China in June shortly after graduating from the U. s. Merchant Marine Academy at Alameda, California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
STURMS BACK HOME

MT. and Mrs. L. A. Sturm arrved Saturday by PAA after a four weeks visit in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.
 Accompanying the Sturms from Portland were Lewis Sturm, MT. and Mrs. Wylie Compton and Wylie Compton, Jr. They will be the house-guests of the Sturms until next month
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
Flee B Mttge Of
 fhe B essge
DAN NOONAN

Industrv's wheels are losing their whirr, The mills becoming silent and dark, While in the offing the Winds are astlr And the Workers off on lark. The Titans of Trade demanding Just reward The employees demanding More Pay While over them both hangs the Democles sword, The Big Club of the OPA The Battle is on and the pace grows hot, Chester Bowles is laid out cold, And MAP his little bon mot, Will never live to grow old, The Subsidies and the Parties, Are casualties of the fray But Prices despite the batterles And the guns of the OPA! Off again on again with great shenanigans, The Battle of the Bulge is fought. Like the fued of the Shea's and flannlgans, No mery is shown sought. Prices" are Low, or PrceS are Hgh, And the Price of Fish today Has no relation to Demand" or Supply, But the Club of the OPA! o the bludgeons swing and the Voices shout, Imitation the bug-a-boo The witches Il get yo' if yo don't watch out, And all that Whoopee-doo But Misters Jackson, Johnson, BroWn If yo don't work full-tme day, Whatcha goin' do when the rent comes foun And yo' can't cash a check through the OPA? It seems that the Battle is being lost By the lads with the Brains that Bulge, And OF John PubliX is paying the cost For the whims he wants to indulge But where are the Shorts and where are the Shoes, And where are the Shirts today! 'Ol John is the one that is sure to lose His pants to the OPA! No planned economy can take the place Of the law of Supply and Demand There's no other way to save ones face Than to heed the Lords command: Earn thy bread by the sweat ot the brow Just. work b'Yngo, and pray To be left alone at loom or blow And not squashed by the OPA!
 (Paid Advertisement
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19

Thomas Jefferson founded the first state university in the United States the University of Vir- ginia.
Evening star., 1946-05-24
Admiral Rebuked for Loss
OF Articles From Planes
By the Associoted Press

The Senate War Investigating
Committee today released a report
on the theft or loss of some $4,000
worth of clocks, pressure cookers
and other articles from Navy patrol
bomber planes.
The report said Secretary of the
Navy Forrestal had informed Sena-
tors of administrative disciplinary
action" against Vice Admiral Robert
c. Giffen and four other naval Off
GERS in charge of the Naval Air
Station at San Juan, Puerto Rico,
between May and October of last
year. Admiral Giffen, the report
said, received a severe reprimand. +"
The San Juan report was made
part of the committees official rec
ord as the Senators resumed hear
ings on what Chairman Mead
termed irregularities in business
operations conducted by the Navy
at Pearl Harbor.'
George Meader, committee coun-
sci, said the severe reprimand" for
Admiral Giffen was the first of its
kind in naval history against so
hlgh-ranking an officer.
Evening star., 1946-05-24

A. F. Whitney of the trainmen and
Alvanley Johnston of the engineers.
In addition to the two striking
union heads. Mr. Steelman con-
tlnued, he had been in touch with
representatives OF the 18 nonstrik-
ing brotherhoods. They were not
in the early morning conferences,
although they had been notified to
stand by"
Asked whether he expected the
return of the negotiators to the
White House any time today, Mr..
Steelman said he did not,
Even if settlement is reached?"
reporter asked.
Mr.. Steelman replied he saw no
reason for returning to the White
House even in that event.
AS the talks were resumed, idle
trains menaced every phase of ma
tlonal existence, threatening the
country's food and fuel supplies and
closing down industry The tieup
on 384 rail lines was virtually 100
per cent complete.
After long discussion from which
President Truman kept aloof, the
disputing factions left the White
House at o'clock last night-four
hours after the end of the five
day strike truce had tied trans
portation in a knot-with little to
say other than to confess the fail
ure of their negotiations, and to an
nounce that another meeting would
be held today
John J. Pelley. president of the
Evening star., 1946-05-24
Lewis Refuses 10 Call
Policy Group Session.;
Scores Seizure Plan
indication Seen Thut
End of Coal Strike
Is Still Far Away
By jones Y. Newton

John L. Lewis today notified
his 250-man Policy Committee
that it would not be convened in
the near future, implying that
any settlement of the long
standing coal dispute was not in
the ofhng.
There was no announcement OF
the Policy Committee action. A
notice posted in the United Mine
Workers Building here and address,
ed to members of the committee
read:
"Government seizure of the mines
invokes the punitive provisions of
the infamous Smith -Connally slave
statute.
Held Invasion of Liberty.
This imperils legally the liberty
OF individual members of the union.
Until further clarification there will
be no meeting of the National Pol
icy Committee.
The notice was signed simply,
Lewis
The notification to the committee
could mean that Mr.. Lewis intends
to take no action to extend the mine
strike truce which expires tomorrow
midnight.
However, Mr.. Lewis has on past
occasions taken major steps without
convening the committee. He was
not at hand today to comment.
Operators See Krug.
Meanwhile, the soft coal operators
Negotiating Committee met with
Secretary of Interior Krug, the Gov
ernment mine boss, for more than
three hours this morning. Neither
side would comment after the con-
ference.
Mr.. Krug called in the operators
to describe proposals for new con-
tract with Lewis, which he is said
to have made late yesterday.
Industry officials said that vir-
tually all mines, including anthra-
cite, untouched by strike so far
Evening star., 1946-05-24
ormerMarines Asked
To Apply for Duty
In Transit Crisis
Navy Authorizes Calling
Any Reserve Officers;
Army Stands By
BULLETIN

Gen. Eisenhower, Army
Chief of Staff, was ordered to
cut short a vacation at Sa-
vannah, Ca, today and leave
for Washington to attend an
emergency conference in con-
nection with the rail strike.
The Marine Corps today is
sued an invitation to all honor
ably discharged personnel and to
its inactive enlisted reservists to
apply for temporary duty in the
transportation crisis, and it was
stated the intention is to order to
active duty any Reserve officer
whose duties might be required
The Navy authorized all district
commandments to order any reserve
officers in their jurisdictions to &C.
tive duty If they found his services
required.
The Army stood by, awaiting any
formal Government request that
might be made for protection OF
other services authorized by law.
Both the Army and Navy haltec
leaves for nearly all personnel.
The Marine Corps active duty
statement said:
"All Marine Corps personnel wh<
have been honorably discharged o,
discharged under honorable condi
tions and all inactive enlisted Re.
servists may volunteer for tempo
rary active duty by reporting to tn,
Evening star., 1946-05-24
Cost Of Family Necessities
Has Risen 50qo Since 1889
BY the Associated Press

Most of the things that make up
the average family budget now
cost more than SO per cent above
their price the day war started in
Europe, the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics said today.
Food, clothing and house fur
nishings costs, which represent 81
per cent of the budget for wage
earners and moderate income work.
ers, in large cities, are now a little
over so per cent higher than in
August, 1885," the bureau declared
in report reviewing the steady
climb in retail costs.
The consumers price index now
stands at 1909 per cent of the
1858 average and per cent above
the average year ago.
Food prices increased IL per cent
from mid-March to mid-April, with
higher prices in all major groups.
A reduction in size of bread
loaves, requested by the Famine
Committee, caused an increase of
4.8 per cent in the average price
for a pound of bread, the report
noted,
Evening star., 1946-05-24
STEEL PLANTS CLOSING MAIL EMBARGO ON:
TRUMAN CALLS new RAIL STRIKE PARLEY
President Signs
Bill Increasing
Government Paw

President Truman today signed
the bill increasing the pay of ap-
proximately 100000 classified Fed
eral Government employees by IA
per cent. About 100000 of the en-
ployes, who will get the increase
beginning July l, live in Washington.
The measure increases by $3.50 the
annual pay of all employees making
less than $1,000 a year and by IA
per cent from there on up until the
increase brings the salary to the
$4,000 limit, which still holds.
Members of the Senate and House
Civil Service Committees, Civil
Service Commissioners and heads
of Government employe unions were
invited to attend the ceremony of
the signing of the bill, which had
taken seven months to get through
Congress.
Abram Flaxer, president of the
C1O United Public Workers of
America. was not invited to attend
the signing with the heads of other
Government employe groups. A
White House spokesman said this
was because Mr.. Flaxers organiza-
ton had opposed the pay bill.
Evening star., 1946-05-24
District Heads ActtoProtect
Public as Food Items DwindIe
Commissioners Meet
With Businessmen
To Discuss Situation

Preparing to protect the pub
lie from hunger and supply
shortages during the rail strike,
the District Commissioners to-
day obtained from leaders in
business and industry here re-
ports showing that power and
fuel were not in immediate dan
ger, but that the food supply was
rapidly dwindling, part of it al
most to the vanishing point.
The meat supply may be exhaust
ed as early as this afternoon, but
there is an adequate supply of poul-
try.
Drugs and medical supplies may
last from two weeks to two months.
Assurance was given that trucking
facilities are on hand to meet emer-
gencies.
This picture was given the Com
missioners today at a District Build
Evening star., 1946-05-24
u. ). Mobi|izinq
All konraiI Facilities
To Alleviate Crisis
ODT Emboreoes Freight
To Make Best Use of
Available Transport
Pictures on Page B-I. J.

The greatest strike in railroad
history today reduced the stream
of rail transportation to a thin
trickle in Washington and
throughout the Nation as the
country geared itself to face Sc
we're shortages of food and fuel.
The Government modified all
non-rail transportation systems in
efforts to meet the emergency
caused by the walkout of 250,000
members of the striking Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers.
President Truman turned over to
Col. J. Monroe johnson, ODT di-
rector, all his wartime transport
powers and ODT Immediately
placed embargoes on freight ship
ments by air, truck and water to
assure movement of essential food
and mail.
Station Virtually Deserted.
In Washington. instead of the $50
trains that rush through Union
Station in the average day, trans
portation was limited to 6 outgoing
trains and 10 incoming ones, all
manned by special crews.
Union Station was virtually de-
serted. Air and bus travel was
at a premium.
In the freight yards here. the
word was nothing in and nothing
out" At Potomac Yards, main
freight artery for the South, coal
ana perishable foods had been
moved ahead of the strike, but to-
day nothing was moving.
The chances of Government work.
ers getting out of town for the week
end were slim. Friday is usually the
biggest day at Union Station with
the weekly exodus beginning after
pm.
All but 80 of Union Stations $50
redcaps were given the choice of
going home or remaining on duty
today. The Washington Terminal
Co. said the porters would be kept
in an alert" status in case train
travel picked up. officials said 30
or more porters would be on duty
during the next "a hours.
Hundreds of would-be Washing
ton travellers apparently preferred
to stay off trains rather than risk
being halted en- route. From all
big cities came reports that thou
sands of travellers and commuters
were stranded. Hotels we're JAM
Continued on Page A-4, Column y
Evening star., 1946-05-24
700 Carloads Of Food
And Livestock Left
In Potomac Yards
200 Hogs in Two Cars
Fed and Wutered
By Attendants

Approximately 700 carloads of
Perishable foods and livestock
left stranded on sidings in Po-
tomac Yards, Alexandria, when
railroad workers walked off the
job, were still standing this af-
ternoon as attendants took food
and water to animals in two of
the cars.
Approximately 200 hogs were in
the two cars which were left so far
from the yards stock pens that
R. T. Harding, stock pen attendant,
and an assistant, had to carry water
to them. They said they would
care for any other animals that
might be reported stranded some
where within the maze of 11O miles
of tracks of the yard.
Earlier yesterday. the railroad
workers had left two other cars
containing 10 hogs and % cattle
near the livestock pens but these
animals were herded outside for
care during the strike.
IS Cars of Bananas.
There were TOO carloads of per-
ishable foods and livestock in the
yard, according to George A. Shep-
herd, freight agents.
OF these 4 were livestock cars
and IS cars were loaded with
bananas, ranging from 10000 to
$4,000 pounds per car. The value
of each of the banana cars was
$1,000, according to Mr.. Shepherd
Evening star., 1946-05-24
Advertising to Be Omitted

The Stor regrets that in order to conserve Paper,
shipment of which has been stopped by the rorood
strike, it is necessary to omit, commencing tomorrow
and until further notice. all advertising with the ex
cePtion Of Death Notices, Lost and Found, Church
Notices (set sod) brief Theoter Notices and Ad-
vertisns deemed Of vital public importance
Evening star., 1946-05-24
(See RAILROADS, Page A-3)
Accident at Los AIamos
Atom Laboratory Reported
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOS ALAMOS, N. Mex, May "a
The Los Alamos atomic bomb lab
oratory last night announced that
"a small number of persons were in
jured, one of them possibly seri-
ously'' in an accident at the labora-
tory Tuesday.
The project security officer said he
could give no details, but that the
accident was neither an explosion
nor a fire.
Evening star., 1946-05-24
Navy Secret Weapon Revealed as Germ Spray
With Power of Wipinq Out Entire Cities

their names not be used, told a re-
porter full "details were given the
committee during hearings on the
Navy's $4,639, ,718,O 900 appropriation
bill which the House passed yester-
day and sent to the Senate.
There are several of the germ
weapons, one member said, adding
that they have been developed to
the point where they could be used
whenever necessary. Also, he said,
the United States is the sole pos
SCISSOR of the secrets involved.
They have developed a weapon
that can wipe out all form of life in
a large CITY," this member declared.
ut is a germ proposition and is
sprayed from airplanes that can
Evening star., 1946-05-24
New York Stock EXCHANGE
Will Close Tomorrow
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, May 24.-The New
York Stock and Curb Exchanges
and many of the Nations other
major securities markets will sus-
pend operations for the abbreviated
Saturday session tomorrow.
Chicago and Philadelphia ex-
changes were among the first out
of-town markets to follow the &C
ton of governors of New York's 'big
board"
Tomorrow would have been the
last Saturday market before the
start of the fve-day week scheduled
for the summer months. Saturday
closings will be the rule from June
through September.
Evening star., 1946-05-24

White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said the presi-
Dental conference would 60 over
both the rail and coal situations.
Summoned to it, In addition to
Mr.. Steelman, were Secretary of
State Byrnes, Secretary of
Treasury Vinson, who formerly
headed the ONCE of War Mobil-
ization; Attorney General Clark,
Secretary of War Patterson, Sec
retary of Interior Krug, Secre-
tary of Labor Schwellenbach,
Acting Secretary of the Navy
John L. Sullivan-in the absence
of Secretary Forrestal-Recon-
version Director John w. sny-
der and ODT Director ]. Monroe
Johnson.
Steelman Talks With Leaders.
Mr.. Steelman talked with leaders
OF the striking trainmen and en-
glneers early today and then met
with representatives of the carriers
at the Statler as negotiations
were resumed after a fruitless ses-
sion at the White House yesterday.
While the brotherhoods Nego-
tiating Committee held a separate
meeting on the fourth floor of the
hotel, Mr.. Steelman talked with the
carrier representatives on the sixth
floor from 11:50 to 1880 pm. Then
he met with the union representa-
tives.
Mr.. Steelman left the White House
for the Statler conference after tell
ing reporters that he had a per-
sonal conference with President