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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
Unit vote System
 HasApproval

ATLANTA, Aug. 26,-A three judge Federal court upheld today Georgia's county unit vote system of deciding Democratic primary elections and refused to invalidate nomination of Eugene Talmadge to fourth term as governor
 The tribunal dismissed a suit of an Emory University professor and an Atlanta woman civic lead CT which sought to have the unit system declared void and the nom- ination of Talmadge cancelled
 The judges said it's was their unanimous opinions that an inter- locutory injunction should be de- nied"
 The opinion said these unit votes also appear in the electoral college in choosing a president, so there have been presidents who did not receive a majority of the popular vote'
 In the July IT Democratic pri- mary, Talmadge won the nomina- tion under the unit vote system although he trailed James " Car michael, backed by Governor Ellis Arnall, by about 14,000 votes in the statewide popular vote total.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
Soviet Asked Eor(ause of Huge Demands
Australian Questions Abil- fly of Former Enemies
 to Meet Payoffs

PARIS, Aug 26.-An Australian delegate to the peace conference to- day proposed that Russia be called upon to justify her separations demands and asked that a special "on the spot investigation" be made of the ability of former European enemy nations to pay the Sovlets 5000, 100000 demands.
 E. Ronald Walker made the pro- posal to the economic commission for the Balkans after the Italian commission had approved two more paragraphs of the preamble of the Italian draft treaty.
 Soviet Foreign Minister " M. Molotov reSponed:
 Australia has not had her fields, cities and industries revastated."
 He described Russia as "lenient' in asking for $500, 100000 from Ru- mania when billions of dollars Of damage has been done.' Molotov pointed out that Russia had in creased the time allotted for pay ment from six to eight years.
 Russia has asked separations from Rumania, Finland, Hungary and Italy. The United States, Great Britain and France did not include reparations demands of any set figure in the craft treaties that the foreign secretaries conference prepared for the peace barley
 The Italian commission to date has passed on approximately Is percent of the entire document. No progress whatever has been made on any of the other four treaties
 Nearly three and half hours were consumed in debate before lo words of a Netherlands amendment and seven words of an Australian amendment were adopted by the Italian commission and the fourth and fifth paragraphs of the treaty finally approved There are more than 55.0OO words in the five treat ies.
 The Netherlands amendment, adcpted after revision, had the ef- feet of giving Italy greater recogni- ton for her part in the war against Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
Chinese Reds Give Warninq
 ToU.S. Troops
Marines Moving Through Communist Areas Will
 Be Stopper, Searched

HSIANGHO, China. Aug 26.-A demand that U. s. Marines notify Chinese Communists before moving troops through Red-held areas has come from a Communist Army off cer who warned that Marine ve- hicles would be stopped and search ed.
 Kwang Chih-tao, Commander of the Communists 14th Military Dis trict, issued the warning. Forces under his command attacked a Marine convoy July 29 near An ping, taking the lives of four Mar ines and wounding II.
 Wang appeared before a truce headquarters team Investigating the Anping incident. He listed "belli- gerent acts of U. s. forces against Communists in my area" and de- nied that Communists had ever taken any "helligerent actions to- wards Marines"
 The Communist said Government troops were instigati clashes be- tween Marines and Communists adding
 Step by step the Kuomintang Government Party is getting Am ericans into China's civil war"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
INDIA STABBING
 BRINGS THREAT,
 REpRISAL MOVES

NEW DELHI, Aug. 26.- The Hindustan Times, edited by Devadas Gandhi, hinted today as possible Congress party reprisals against the Moslem League, which is blamed for political violence.
 Commenting on the stabbing of Sir Shafa'At Ahmad Khan, 53, a none-League Moslem appointed to the Congress-formed interim gov- ernment for India, the Hindustan Times said violence is game at which two can play"
 Sir Shafa'At was reported recov- ering today from seven stab wounds by two unknown assailants.
 A strict curfew continued in old Delhi where five were killed and TO were injured in Bazaar riots Saturday night in a new outbreak of dissatisfaction by Moslems over formation of the new government. Another person was killed at Ala habad last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
JESTER VICTOR IN TEXAS GOVERNOR
 RUN0FF ELECTION

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 26.-Texas today was beginning to recover from one of it's most colorful and
 bitterly fought political campaigns
 in history.
 Beauford H Jester, member of
 the State Railroad Commission and an attorney-farmer from Corsicana, won the gubernatorial nomination over Homer P Hainey, former pres ident of the University of Texas in the Saturday run-off election that climaXed a campaign that begun
 nearly five months ago With an estimated oS percent of the vote tabulated by the Texas election bureau. Jester held land-
 slide count of 683 eos votes to 355,- 888 for Rainey, or total of 65.76
 percent of the 2,039,4 ,493 votes count
 ed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
YACHT PARTY DIvEBOMBED
 ON LAKE ERIE
Navy Planes Mistake White Hull for Target
 Drop Three Bombs

DETROIT, Aug. 26.-An investi- gation was ordered hy Navy offi- cials today in the accidental dive bombing of a private yacht in Lake Erie Sunday by three Navy planes.
 Seven fishermen aboard the s. foot cruiser, named The Alba tross," escaped serious injury when it was set afire by a practice bomb.
 The planes, piloted by reserve officers on a weekend training mis- sion, were from the Crosse He Ma val Air Station. Navy officials said they apparently mistook the white boat for their similar-appearing floating target.
 Albert Reisig, of Toledo, owner of the cruiser, suffered minor burns and shock.
 Charles Desmond. Secretary of the Ottawa River Yacht Club who talked to the men when they came ashore, said they related that the planes made three bombing runs.
 On the first run three of the bombs were dropped but none came close he said. "Only two bombs were dropped on the second run.
 The third time they came down one of the bombs struck at the water line near the gas tank. Sev- eral of the men jumped overheard.
 A Navy crash boat, which a spokesman said was in the area to warn off pleasure craft, rescued the men-George w. Mckinley Frank Szczeiska. Jr., and c. N Richmond of Toledo; A. s. France of Fremont, O., and c. McAldwell and H. s. Fresch of Swanton. O. Reisig stayed aboard to fight the fire, but the boat burned to the water line. He estimated damage at S5 ,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
KEN ALEXANDER MOVES UP STEP
 ON PAA LADDER

SEATTLE, Aug. disappointment of Kenneth P. Alexander to the position of Assistant to the Man. ager, Alaska Region. was announc- ed today by Pan American World Airways. He will releive Dhan Mukerji, who has been transferred to the airline's division headquart- CTS in San Francisco.
 For the past year and a half, Alexander has been Station Man ager and District Traffic Sales Manager at Pan Americans Ju- neau station.
 Before coming to Juneau, Alex ander served Pan American at Fair baks as traffic representative, assis- tant district traffic manager and district traffic manager. Before coming to Pan American, he was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Skagway.
 SEATTLE, Aug. disappointment of Richard Johnson to the position of station manager at Juneau has been announced in Seattle by Pan American World Airways.
 Johnson has been affiliated with Pan American since 1940 and has served in Paa. stations at Juneau Whitehorse, Kodiak, Anchorage and Annette Island, Alaska Prior tc his appointment as the executive officer at Juneau, he held the same position at the airline's base al Annette Island, near Ketchikan.
 Prior to coming with Pan Ameri- can, Johnson was with the Astoria & Puget Sound Canning Company in Alaska. He attended the Uni versity of Washington in Seattle.
 Replacing Johnson as station manager at Annette Island is Jo- seph Goding. which position he vii hold in addition to his present position of district traffic manager at Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
RUSSIA BACKS YUC0SLAV BLASTS AT US
pRIBILOF HERD
 IS WELL OVER
 } MILLION NOW
Count Up 7.31 Per Cent from 1945, Though Fur
 Take Is Smaller

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. -- The Alaska seal herd, once on the high road to extinction, now contains 3,386 008 animals.
 The annual census was taken August 10, and the results an- nounced Saturday by Secretary of the Interior Krug.
 This represents an increase of 73l percent over the l945 census of 3.l55 ,263.
 When the government took over active management of the herd in 1910 it contained only 132,279 ami mals. While being developed to its present size through the limiting of killings to 4-year-old bachelors, '' and other conservation measures, the herd had produced 1867 ,322 skins at a profit of more than $10,- 100000 to the government.
 During the 1946 season, which closed Aug. 1, 54 ,423 skins were ta- ken. This is decrease of 12,441 skins under the 1945 take. The Fish and Wildlife Service attributed the decrease to the late arrival of the herd on Alaskas Pribilof Islands.
 More than 25,000 seal skins will he scld at a semi-annual public auction by the Fouke Fur Company at St. Louis Oct. 2l. At the last sale in St. Louis April 29, 28,032 skins were sold at an average price of $87.5l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING

Death by gunshot wounds through the head accidentally in flicted by Noble Webb" was the verdict returned by a coroner's jury which sat at the inquest several days ago regarding the death of Hubert Martin at Eureka. This in- formation was received from Wal ter Huntley, U. s. commissioner at Palmer
 MT. Martin was killed las Tues day in a hunting accident near Eureka roadhouse. He was accident ally shot by MT. Webb, a carpen- ter at Fort Richardson, who was stalking caribou through dense willow growth at the foot oI a hill,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
MISS DEAN RETURNS

Returning to Juneau on the s. s. Princess Norah Saturday night was Miss Emily Dean, freshman and sophomore English teacher at Ju- neau High.
 Since the dismissal of school in May. Miss Dean has been visiting with her family and relatives in South Carolina and Tennessee. She reports a very enjoyable summer, as it was her first trip there in three years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
The W ashington Merry Go- Round
By DREW PEARSON

INGTON-Admiral Chester Nimitz, hero of the Pacific and one Of the most efficient leaders Of the Navy, has indicated to friends that he will retire as Chief of Naval Operations after about one yea1 of his, four-year appointment.
 Backstage reason is that Nimlt2 finds his job chiefly requires lob bying naval appropriations through Congress, and he would much rath- CT be at sea than playing politics Furthermore, Washington society is running him ragged.
 Mrs. Nimitz doesn't feel the same way at all about Washington so- ciety-which perhaps is one reason why the Admiral wants to get out of the Capital. He hates dinners loathes cocktail parties, and feels ill-at-ease at receptions. But Mrs Nimitz loves them and insists or dragging her husband along Wher she makes the rounds.
 The rigors of war in the Paclfl( have now begun to look like heaven in contrast with social Washington and when the right time comes next year, the Admiral plans quiet, ly to pull out.
 Note-Grandson of Texas ho' tel-keeper Admiral Nimitz hope! to retire to Texas or the California coast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
RRAMERs TO DENVER

Mrs. John Bramer of Denver Colorado, and her daughter, Miss Jannine Bramer, flew south via PA after two-and-one-half- month visit in Alaska.
 They were in Juneau after spend- ing the time visiting anothef daughter of Mrs Bramer, Mrs John Heneisen, in Pelican. The Bramers were enthusiastic about their first trip to Alaska ana re- port that they changed their minds about a lot of things in the Terri tory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
AFL SAILORS
 WILL DECIDE
 ON WAkk0U7

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 26.-AFL sailors will meet in all Pacific coast ports tonight and may decide on a walkout in protest against the Wage Stabilization Boards rejec- tion of wage increase, Harry Lun- deberg, Secretary of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, announced.
 Such walkout would affect both east and west coasts, he added
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug 26.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6A, American Can 100%, Anaconda 44hs, Curtiss- Wright 7is, International Harvester 91, Kennecott 53, New York Gen. tral g, Northern Pacific 26M, U s. Steel 87, Pound s4.03ls.
 Sales today were 760,000 shares
 Dow, Jones averages today are industrials l96 99, rails 60.84, utili- ties 40.53.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
ART HEDGES RETURNS

A. A. Hedges, Alaska Director, USES, returned this weekend from Seattle where he has been on offi- cial business since the fifteenth of this month.
 During his stay in Seattle, MT. Hedges assisted in having the of flee there transferred from the Ranke Building to Room 407, 619 Second Avenue. All correspondence is now addressed to the new loca- ton, he said He also attended a fiscal meeting to allocate available resources.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
FOR PROTOCOLS SAKE

JERUSALEM, Aug 26.-The Arab Higher Executive Committee re- quested Great Britain today to in- vite the exiled Multi of Jerusalem to forthcoming London talks on Palestine.
 An Arab spokesman said private ly that the request was matter of protocol alone" The Multi is in bad odor with the British for con- sorting with Hitler and other Axis foes during the war, and an invi- tation to him was regarded as inn possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
MORTON soNTHEIMER HERE

Morton Sontheimer, New York City magazine writer, arrived here from Anchorage this weekend for two-day stay at the Baranof Hotel MT Sontheimer is in Alaska on an assignment from American Magazine to do an article on Alas ka Radio, Inc, in Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
TRIPPERS RETURN

Mrs. J. K. McAlister, Marilyn McAlister and Gloria Gullufson re- turned from Skagway Saturday by plane They report having won derful two weeks vacation in Skag way and Whitehorse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
DRYDENS RETURN

Juneau High School principal, MT. Floyd Dryden, and his wife were returning passengers on the s. s. Princess Norah on Saturday night. They have been away from Juneau for the summer, spending the time visiting in eastern Wash ington and northern Idaho
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
BODIES RECOVERED

BELGRADE, Aug. 26.-Four flag draped collins bearing the victims of the Aug. l9 plane incident to-
 day were taken from the Julian Alps to Ljubljana with Yugoslav soldiers paying honor The bodies of the American fliers were taken from a tiny grave near the spot where their plane was shot down. The fate of the fifth occupant of
 the plane was not known. His body
 may be under tEe burned plane
 Wreckage
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
HAIDA ON PATROL

The CGC NHaida left here Satur- day and will make halibut patrol before returning to Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
ATTEMPT TO SHOW MIGHT
 IS CHARGED
Transport Incidents 'Dub- bed Inflated 10 Bring
 Pressure on Tito
lpY rna ASSOCIATED pRrssl

The Russian and Yugoslav press charged the United States with conducting a planned campaign against Yugoslavia today as search parties renewed the hunt for two missing American airmen lost in the second of two army transports downed by Marshal Tito's fighters. The Moscow radio declared the United States was attempting to put pressure on Yugoslavia" by a display of military might, including tfc Mediterranean cruise of the air craft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. The broadcast. heard in London, said the incident over the two transports and the ensuing United States ultimatum has been 'infla- ted by sensations -mongers and mischief makers"
 LIES AND ISLANDER
 Borba. official organ of the Com munist party in Yugoslavia, said the campaign against Yugoslavia had been invented and had reached such proportions 'it has forced the Paris peace conference into the shadows Glas, another Yugoslav paper, printed the head line, Campaign of Lies and Sland- CT" over an article on the inci- dent.
 1 The Moscow parsr Pravda lauded Yugoslavia as country with enough nerve to stand up to Its legal right" and said the United State press "as If under a band leaders baton, raised frenzied campaign against Yugoslavia."
 HoNoRs TO PLIERS
 Plans were completed at Belgrade for the Yugoslav Fourth Army to accord highest military honors ito the three American fliers whose bodies have been recovered from the August 19 incident. Their bod ies were to be brought under Yugo- slav military escort from their common grave at Koprivnik to Bel grade.
 . The U. S. Ambassador to Bel grade, Richard c. Patterson. who on Thursday discussed with Tito the American ultimatum shortly after
 the release of nine occupants of the
 first plane forced down August 9, conferred for several hours yes terday in Vienna with Gen. Mark W. Clark, American commander in Austria.
 Turkey sent demands to Yugoslav- ia for information on the condi- ton of a tenth occupant, Turk ish captain who was wounded by fire from Yugoslsv fighting planes. FORTRESS GOES THROUGH UDINE, Italy, Aug. 26.-With machine guns loaded and uncov- cred an American flying fortress arrived here from Vienna today
 with a cargo of mail and freight i the first American plane to fly the normal route from Vienna since the
 Yugoslavs shot down two trans ports earlier this month. l The pilot of the Fort, It. William E. Hutchins of Los Angles, Calf, said he had orders to fly to Udinc
 and back.
 i It was reported here that Fly i ing Fortress would henceforth make ] the run daily.
 1 Hutchins said he flew at 10000 1 feet along the prescribed corri- dor, avoiding Yugoslav territory"
 The bomber carried nine man
 crew but no passengers. It was un- derstood here that passengers will mot te allowed on these flights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26

PRESIDENTIAL SEASICKNESS
 Those who suffer from stomach malad justments when they travel by sea or air will be glad to know
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26
WAR FLAMING ANEW

PEIPING, Aug. 26.-China's in- ternal war famed anew today in Manchuria, where opposing Gov ernment and Chinese Communist armies were moving to new battle positions. A surprise Red attack already had isolated the Govern ment garrison near Tiehling, i'm portant station on the vital Muk den-Changchun railroad.
 Government endorsements push ed north out of Mukden and south ont of Chanechun to aid the garri- son at Tiehling.
 The Govern ment's First Army moved toward Changchun, the Manchurian capital and it's new Sixth Army marched into Jehol Province to the west-where press reports indicated fighting at three points. Included was the Lingyuan area 75 miles west of Chengteh, Red-held Jehol capital
 Conflicting reports hid the fate of besieged Tatung, rail junction about 150 miles west of Peiping Communist forces began the siege p days ago and the Government, last week acknowledged the situa- ton was very critical"
 HAWKING, Aug. 26.-Gen. Chou En-lai, Chinese Communist chief negotiator, today blamed the United States for the breakdown of the Chinese peace parleys.
 The United States policy of pro- viding continuing support for the Chiang Kai-shek government basicly is responsible for the failure ot opeclai tnyoy General Marshall and Ambassador Stuard to mediate the civil strife, he charged.
 Nevertheless, Chou offered in a two-hour press conference, to renew the discussions with Nationalist negotiators if the Communist party received an iron-clad guarantee from Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek that a nationwide cease-fire order would be issued at the con- clusion of the negotiations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-26

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-20
HOME CANNING
REPORT ISSUED
More Than 100000 Cans
Of Fruits, Vegetables
Processed Here

Members of the New Hanover
federation of Home Demonstra.
ton clubs canned a total of 1,774,
400 cans of fruits and vegetables
in 1915, according to the annual
report released yesterday by Miss
Anne Mason, Home Demonstrate
agent.
Of the total amount of canned
foods, 100000 cans contained fruits
and 1,407,6 cans contained veg
etables, the report showed.
According to the report:
Clubwomen realized S., 1859. 25
from the sale of homegrown dairy.
poultry, vegetable and flower
products in 1915. Mrs. Paul Jor-
dan, East Wilmington, added $500
to her income through sale of
dairy products, and Mrs. E. G..
Fountain sold $1,000 worth of flow
ers.
War activities of the clubWomen
included:
Purchase of $9,7825O in War
bonds, donation of LOIS hours of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-20
TENTATIVE DATE SET
international Tribunal Is
Scheduled To Begin
About March |

TOKYO, JAM 19.-P)-The long
awaited trials of ex-Prernier Hideki
TOTO and other high Japanese war
leaders for ''crimes against peace
and crimes against humanity
were ordered by General Mac
Arthur today in chartering an in
lernational tribunal tentatively
scheduled to begin operations
March /.
Macarthur, ordering establish
ment of the tribunal and announc-
ing it's rules of procedure, made
clear that the court OF five to nine
members will not be mound by
technical rules Of evidence" and
will not recognize official position
or obedience to orders as justifica-
ton for a defendent's acts.
Members of the court will be ap-
pointed by Macarthur from nomin-
atil submitted by nations sig
natory to the Japanese surrender.
Russia has not yet indicated whet-
her she will participate, but some
sources here expressed the belief
that she would.
The charter under which the tri-
bunal will operate lists three cate
gories of crimes for which the de-
PENDANTS will be tried:
l. Crimes against peace-"The
planning, preparation, initiation or
waging of declared or undeclared
war of aggression, or war in viola
ton of International law -
2. Convent ona1 war crimes -
violations of the laws and Gus
toms of war"
8. Crimes against. humanity
murder, extermingation, enslave-
ment, deportation and other i'll
human acts committed against any
CIVILIAN population before or during
the war :"
Forestalling controversies such
as developed during the recent
trials of various japanese COM
manders accused of ordering or
condoning atrocities, the courts
charter specifically declares that
affidavits and similar statements
shall be admitted in evidence-even
documents without legal proof of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-20
Macarthur Orders Trial
Of TOTO, Other High laps
Social Democrats Win
In German Elections

BERLIN, Jan. 19.-W.E9-
Early results of the German
Trade union elections, first free
balloting since pre-Kitler days,
show large majority of votes
were cast for Social Democratic
party delegates, reliable poll
teal sources reported tonight.
About 10 Social democrats
were being elected for every
Communist in Saxony, and
about a three-to-one ratio
placed the same party ahead in
the Berlin district.
The Trade union elections
were conducted on non-poli-
teal basis, but they offered the
first hint of the probable trend
of Germany's general elections
next summer.