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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-07
Oil Dispute Might
Be Settled Shortly
Seeking 80
Per Cent Increase.
Night Approve Is

Washington, Jan. 7.-(APD-
President Harry Truman's oil fact
finding panel re. onvcncd tcc>y amid
S1.'s mat the nations oldest post
wal wage disputc-bctWccn the Go
oil workers union and a large seq
mcnt of the }nduStry-iS nearing set
Element.
Agreement on an 18 per cent
wage Increase Tor the Texas
Company's West Tulsa, Okla.
refinery, matching the amount
Sinclair Refining company had
offered previously, was regarded
by government officials as "A -
Eiiicant break in the three and
One-half month old dispute.
The union struck. in September for
Il 80 per cot wage increase, leading
the navy seizure of 50 rctIncrics and
pipelines on October T..
May Set Pattern
The Texas Company develop lCnt,
and It's possible effects in setting a
pattern tor the balance of the indus
to casc tension slightly as the nation
entered one of its most grucial weeks
since VI Day.
Strikes in steel. electrical
curing, and meat pack
ing industries are scheduled 10
sc in IL that order Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week, idling LOO. 600 workers.
This number would augment the
-+,,I-, g TIn IrnitaI AIta WA,.l- o,.r
at General Motors plants, Go glass
workers at Pittsburgh Plate Glass
company and Libbey-OWens.Ford
Glass company and ~ independent
at 81 Western Electric plants
in New York and New Jersey.
Only Week Remaining
With only a week remaining to
avert the additional ShutdOWnS, these
are the prospects, aside from what
everv may stem from the oil fact
f'ding inquiry:
Steel: President Truman's f,ttt
finding panel has asked the United
States Steel Corp, and CIo steel
workers to sun collective bar
gaining. Government labor source
say they ave hopeful the company
''.' -
will make It's first COZ tcr-oiler lC
the unions demands tor a 81 dally
wage increase.
The fact finders NAV call
and union officials 10 WASHINGTON
,b;e vook TO disc,,ss pre]jminarics tc
1bc inoIiry. due TO be completed by
Eohrnarv 10
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-07
CAPITAL, TRANSIT
SYSTEM RETURNED

Washington, Jan. = (AP)-PrcSi-
don't Truman today directed the OF
flee of Defursc Transportation 10 re-
turn the Washington bus and trolley
system TO the Capital Transit COM
pany at midnight tonight. The prop
critics were seized by Mr.. Truman
November q following a strike OF
employees.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-07
ROAD E TAKE
Is LIVES IN N. {
IRv The Associated PrcSS)

The two Carolinas today counted
At least % deaths by violence durln
the Weekend, Is of them victims 0
highway accidents.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-07
Lint Prices
Drop $l.2O

New York, Jan. 7.-(AP)-Cotton
futures opened 80 cents to $l.9O a
bale lower.
Noun prices were 70 cents to S1.20
a bale lower.
March "A AZ, May 2434, July 24.l7.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-07

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy to cloudy and
continued warm with scattered
light 10 locally heavy showers
tonight and Tuesday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-07
All three emerged smiling
from the conference. Both Chang
and Chou agreed with Marshall
that had been ma ic.

II was understood that no political
problems were touched upon at to-
DAYS session. which was devoted
entirely to a discussion OF details Tor
tine truce and the restoration OF
Ch, as paralyZcd communications.
Evening star., 1946-07-18

COLUMBUS OHIO.-JUST ONCE TOO OFTEN-Ronald Thomp-
thought great when neighbor paint
his house Like all little boys asking questions
but apparently asked just too The painter
painted Ronald bright red Monday Tuesday, o.
the but this time batteshp gray Lester R.
Thompson Ronalds mother is shown doing the thing
applying plenty of paint remover, soap and water
Wirephoto
Evening star., 1946-07-18
Kennel Club 10 Present
.S11,021 10 Hospital Fund

The Children's Hospital fund
drive for new building will be in
creased by sll,021 tomorrow night,
when the Old Dominion Kennel
Club presents a contribution for
that amount to drive officials at 9
pm in the Hamilton Hotel.
Mrs. A. r. Forbush, representing
the club, said the money was raised
from a dog show and through mem
bers' contributions.
Meanwhile. the campaign fund
today stood at s967 ,967.38, with new
contributions totaling s4,o76.59. The
goal is 81 800 900.
Yesterday the fund was swelled
by addition OF $500 from Steuart
Motors and $3.50 from the l.. p.
Steuart & Bros. Oil Co. The bulk
Evening star., 1946-07-18
Audit Of VISA Shows
Book Adjustments
1otaIing Billions
BY the Assoeiaied Press

Officials of the General Account
ing Office testified yesterday that
wartime accounting methods OF the
Maritime Commission and the
War Shipping Administration were
inefficient
They told the House Merchant
Marine Committee that nearly $14,-
600 ,000, 900 in adjustments had to be
made in two annual accounts to
make them balance.
Thopas H. Reavis, principal in
vestigator for the accounting office,
said the Maritime Commissions ac-
counts in 1912 were so confused no
audit could be made. To his knowl-
edge $4,000, 900 of adjustments still
have not been properly accounted
for, he added.
Arthur P. Erb, head of the Offices
field auditing division, said the two
agencies explained that they lacked
enough competent accountants to
keep pace with wartime activities.
Grand Jury Probe Urged.
Representative Weichel, Republi-
can, of Ohio, demanded that three
examples of what Mr.. Erb called
slipshod accounting be investigated
by a grand jury.
Two Involved Kaiser shipyard
ON the West Coast and the Worth
ington Pump Co. Mr.. Erb did not
identify the companies further.
He said in the Kaiser case 81, 2,0O0,-
600 had been advanced by the
commission for facilities but was
listed on the books as expenses.
In the Worthington case, 81 ,40O, 900
was advanced for machinery and
again listed as expenses.
This, Mr.. Erb said, resulted in
the commission losing control of
the accounts, although in each in
stance the money was paid back.
The third involved tanker, tor
pedoed April 18, 1912. Two DAYS
afterwar6, Mr.. Erb said, an East
Coast port officer signed a certifi-
cate stating that the ship, which
was damaged but able to move
under its own power, was seaworthy.
Sent to Baltimore.
The ship was sent to Baltimore
for $1,500,000 worth of repairs, Mr..
Erb said, and the company-un-
identified by him-received S2l6,-
900 in charter fees while the ship
was under repair. This money,
he said, has been repaid to the
Government but under protest.
Earlier yesterday, E. w. Bell. chief
OF the Auditing Division of the
General Accounting Office told the
committee that records of the Mari
time Commission and the War
Shipping Administrator were in
correct and incomplete" but that
"on the face of the records that
We have examined we have found
no fraud"
He said that although the GAO
had not, at this time, found any
indication of fraud, it had found
numerous instances of lax account
ing methods in both shipping agen-
cies. AS illustrations, he offered the
following instances:
l. The payment of $4,000 for
Ia memory course" He said this
charge had been placed on a bill
by a company which he did not
name and that the company had
been paid. This error, he said,
was later discovered and the money
returned. Mr.. Bell did not specify
who took the course or which agency
received the bill.
Party Given for Delayed Ship.
2. A New Year party was given
by the War Shipping Administra-
ton for an unidentified ship to
Evening star., 1946-07-18

cheer up the passengers because
the ships departure was delayed.
Mr.. Bell said negotiations still are
under way to get back the money
expended, because the GAO didn' t
feel that the Government should
have footed the bill.
3. The Maritime Commission was
unaware for year that it owned a
warehouse in Emoryville, Calf,
which held more than $4,000, 900
worth of supplies.
4. Contractors, not receiving
prompt payment on a first bill,
sometimes would send q second one
and discover that both were paid.
In one case, Mr.. Bell said, con-
tractor whom he did not identify,
returned s250,000 Of such duplicate
payments.
Evening star., 1946-07-18
Empire City Entries
FOR TO-DAY.

FOR TODAY.
First Post, 1890 EST.
Weather Clear; Track Fast
FIRST RACE-Purse, So 800; claiming;
laiden colts and geldinss; 2-year-oIds;
Evening star., 1946-07-18
Biddison Resigns Post
To Help Investigation
Of Baltimore Police
BY the Assoeio.ed Press

BALTIMORE, July 18.-Thomas
~ Biddison, 38-year-old director of
the State Department of Correction,
today had a special assignment help
ing the Baltimore grand jury in its
investigation of the city police de-
partment.
Gov. O'Conor asked the former
assistant States attorney to resign
his State post and become special
prosecutor for the grand jury. Mr..
Biddison consented.
States Attorney j. Bernard Wells,
meantime, went to Washington to
seek the aid of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
He will confer with FBI Chief j.
Edgar Hoover in an attempt to
establish basis for intervention by
the FB1 in a gang-style holdup of
the Century Athletic Club in down.
town Baltimore on July 4.
1t was the robbery, reported to
have netted as much as $50, 900, that
preclpltated the grand jury's in
quiry. The jurors first were inter-
ested in why the police had no Of
flcial report on the incident until
II hours after it occurred.
After calling in Gov. O'Conor and
Mayor Theodore r. McKeldin the
grand jury decided to enlarge its
investigation into survey of the
entire police department
Gov. O'Conor sent Mr.. Wells to-
Washington to confer both with
Hoover and Attorney General Clark.
Mr.: Hoover had advised the Gov
ernor the FBI could not intervene
until there was evidence a Federal
Law had been violated. Gov. O'Conor
asked Mr.. Clark to waive this stipu-
iatlon of exceptional circum-
stances
Evening star., 1946-07-18
81 Of Every Sc Paid
In u. 5. Wages Comes
From Governments
BY the Associated Press

The Federal, State and local gov
ernments are accounting for about
one of every six dollars paid out
in wages and salaries in this coun-
try,
Against private industry wage and
salary payments totaling $64000,-
100000 on an annual-rate basis, the
Government payments are at the
rate of $18,000,0 100000 a year.
Federal officials said TO-DAY the
Government payments are split fair
ly even among three groups l.
Federal military personnel; 2, Fed
eral civilian employees, and 3, State
and local government employees.
Considerably more than half the
total paid Federal civilian employees,
which comes to 5000 .000. 900. goes
to workers of the Army, Navy and
war agencies" including the Pana-
ma Canal and emergency" organi-
zations like OPA and selective serv-
ice.
While these have been paid at a
$500 900 ,GC0-a-year rate, payments
for Congress and its employees, the
court establishments and all the
permanent, peacetime" depart
ments, agencies anc corporations
nave been at a rate of $4,000. 900. =
600.
In all, there were approximately
2,400 900 Federal civilian employees in
April, with approximately half of
that number working for the Army
and Navy-including manual work
ers in shipyards, arsenals, camps
and hospitals as we'll as white COL
lar workers and officials.
In the same month. total civilian
employment for the Nation was 54.-
$4,000. The armed forces had well
over 100000, outnumbering all Fed
eral civilian employees. Only 100000
of the 100000 Federal civilian
workers were in Washington.
Total Federal civilian employment
was down some 100000, or about 20
per cent. below the wartime peak
The accompanying payroll drop was
from s14,000000.000 to $4,000 .OOO,-
600. Demobilization of 5000 900 has
cropped military payrolls 11,0Oo.-
OO0,U00 a year, to a current total of
5000 900. 900.
Even with directions for economy
being relayed from the President
down, officials say cutting payrolls
IN the permanent, peacetime" sec
tors is tough undertaking.
These departments contracted
their functions during the war and
have much more to do with the re-
turn of peace, partly because of ex-
panslon of the economy and the in
creasing population
Evening star., 1946-07-18
Col. Keenan, Is Assigned
Deputy ATC Inspector

Col. Gregory keenan,, the son of
Mrs. John J. keenan, of 2232 @
street NV, has been appointed
deputy air inspector of the Atlantic
Division of the Air Transport Com
mand, with headquarters at Fort
Totten, N. Y, it was announced at
Fort Totten TODAY.
Evening star., 1946-07-18
Congress in Brief

House and Senate conferees con-
slider OPA bill.
Senate:
Continues debate on equal rights
for women amendment to Constitu-
ton
War Investigating Committee
holds executive session to study
method of summoning Representa-
tive May, Democrat, of Kentucky.
Judiciary Committee studies
changes in trading with the enemy
law.
Finance Committee considers vet
erans' pension bill.
House:
Votes on question of civilian ver-
sus military control of domestic
atomic energy development.
Foreign Affairs Committee con-
slders cancer control bill
Evening star., 1946-07-18
Charles Town Scratches
Clear and Fast

clear and Fast.
First race-Gertie o, Honest
knaVe, Penaire, Movable Type,
Wave Set, Sweet Barbara.
Second race-Time Her. Cortes-
ano, Mystic Rumble, Laugh and
Play Birth Lee, Ample.
Third race-Busy Moments.
Fourth race-Bonnie Ina.
Fifth race-Peri James, Quality
Jane.
Sixth race-Mibill D., True Lass,
French Nine, Bulrushes, Tintrel,
Sightseer.
Seventh race-Relheub Kay, Sun
moor, Gay Peggy.
Eighth race-Nobby Boy, Smart
Brigade.
Evening star., 1946-07-18

Britons are now rationed three
quarters of pound of candy a
month.
Evening star., 1946-07-18
U. 5. Agencies Study
Tariff Reductions 10
Expand World Trade
By tho Asxoe;o.sd Pt.x.

Tariff cutting took the top SPOT
today on this country's program
for expanding global trade.
AS quick followup to the S3,75O,-
100000 loan to Britain, some 30
or more interdepartmental commit
tees are at work within the Gov
ernment drafting lists of thousands
of commodities on which lower i'm
port duties will be considered.
Under authority of the 1884 Trade
Agreements Act renewed last year,
the administration can slash present
tariffs as much as so per cent, pro-
vided American industries are not
jeopardized by the cuts.
These reductions, however. will be
made applicable only to countries
willing to offer comparable con-
cessions.
But whereas earlier trade agree
ments were negotiated separately
with individual nations, present
plans call for a 16-nation confer
ence to write single compact COW
ering not only tariff duties but
other trade barriers in the form
of quotas, preferences and sub
sides.
Preparations for this difference
are regarded by officials here as
the beginning of the second stage
in long range American plans to
raise international living standard
by freeing and expanding COM
merce.
The first step was the British
loan, finally approved only this
week after nearly a year of nego-
tiation and congressional debate.
The initial advance under the loan
"a s30o,000,oO0 item-was to be
made available today through the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
One of the principal factors in
Volved in the loan vas that with an
ample supply of dollars, Great Brit
ain would be able to support the
American free trade program.
Brit 0nS are nou ra tiopod fbroa
Evening star., 1946-07-18

of the gifts continued to come from
individual contributors.
Further additions, were to be
turned over to fund officials today,
when a delegation from Howard
Theater hands over cash receipts
from a special midnight show held
earlier this week for the benefit of
the hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
Smiles, Tears for
 British Brides as
 TheyLeave for US,

LONDON, Jan. 22.-T'he big ad- venture of moving to new homes in the United States over the sea route traced by generations of their ancestors begain by rail today foi 200 British brides of American sol diers. Packed aboard a crowded train in Waterloo station, they started the long journey to the west few minutes before noon.
 Sixty of the wives had children with them.
 There was a cloud of waving hand kerchiefs as the train puffed out of the gloomy station into Londons fog. enroute to an army processing station at Tidworth, near South ampton
 The first 200 will be followed this afternoon by 400 more wives. All will sail on the liner Argentina Sat- mday for a crossing which will re- quire nearly a week
 Relatives crowded the station There were parting tears, but more smiles. Gifts changed hands in hurried goodbyes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
|PR0pO5E AURI0L
 FOR PRESIDENT, FRENCH NATION
Up to Communists to Get in Line, Following So-
 tidIist Group
BY ROBERT C. WILSON

PARIS, Jan. 22-The Socialist party voted unanimously today to propose Gen. De Gaulle's former minister of state, Socialist Vincent Auriol, as new president of the French provisional government
 The vote by the Socialist parlia- mentary group came after the Con- munists had failed to win support either from the conservative popu- lar Republicans or the Socialists for a proposed Communicated govern ment.
 The Socialists choice came after a long debate on whether to back Auriol or Felix Goulin, Socialist pres ident of the the Constituent Assem- bly whom the Communists propos- ed today for the presidency after withdrawing their own candidate, Maurice Thorez.
 Popular Republican circles indicat- ed Auriol would be acceptable to them as candidate, and it was then up to the Communists to accept or reject Auriol
 The Constituent Assembly was scheduled to meet late today to set date for the election of De Gaulle' s successor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
30 Nazi Doetors
 Being Sought in
 Murder Operations

NUREMBERG, Jan. P. n Thirty Nazi doctors are being sought by Allied authorities to answer charg- es that they slaughtered 600,000 ''unproductive" people and useless caters" from 1940 to 1945 for the sake of the German war effort.
 The authorities, acting on infor- nation contained in confiscated papers in OHE hands of American prosecutors in the War Crimes Tri- als, said they were seeking the full Identification and apprehension of the German medical men who masked scientific murder operations beneath the guise of asylum care.
 The papers showed that German insane were the first to die when the program got under way in 1940, but later the only requirement for death was inability to work. The former Attorney General of Ores den, not identified by name, charg ed as early as 1940 that the vic- tins included who were ''only a little crippled
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
NEW DRAWINGS ARE HELD FOR
 GRAND JURORS
Score Summoned 10 Report in District Court Here
 This Afternoon

A venire of 20 summoned grand jurors was to report in U. s. Dis trict Court here this afternoon for the regular January criminal court term.
 With the original panel trimmed to l2 jurors ready to serve-less than the Is minimum--two additional drawings of jurors were held at the convening of the District Court here yesterday.
 Presiding Judge J w. Kehoe Of Nome first ordered II additional names drawn at 10 o'clock yesterday morning Only those persons reSid- ing within 25 miles were considered for service on the panel because of the brief time for summons.
 When only two of the new jurors had been reached by yesterday af- ternoon, and one of those had been excused, a second supplementary drawing was ordered at i o'clock in the afternoon, when eight more names were drawn.
 As the prospective panel stood
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
WAR MOTHERS GO
 DIRECT TO ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told a group of irate war mothers who confront ed him today on Capitol Hill that if all fathers were discharged from the Army there will be no Army"
 A score of women representing units of the Servicemen's wives and Children's Association, met the Chief of Staff outside the office of Chairman May CD-KyD as he ar rived to explain demobilization pol icy to the House Military Commit tee.
 They told him bluntly they wanted to talk to him and followed him into Mays small office in the
 House office building.
 Backed into a corner against a window, the five-star General tried for a few minutes to answer assorted questions fired at him si multaneously by almost all of the women
 Eisenhower, when he got chance to get in few words, told the women there are about 100000 fathers in the Army and every thing is being done to get them out ln an orderly manner as rapidly as possible.
 If I drop them out today re- gardless of their eligibility for re- lease" he said, there will be no Army"
 Eisenhower said replacements are being obtained and trained as rap- i idly as possible. He promised the delegation be would personally 1 handle any formal program they submitted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22

this morning, the following were tc report this afternoon for grand jury service:
 Daina Aalto, Douglas, Gall l. Budd. Skagway. Jack Calvel. Ju- neau: Norman B Cook, Lynn Canal; Vera L. Dahl, Skagway; Mary A, Forward, Juneau; Albert E. Goetz, Douglas; p. NJ Hammer, Juneau; F. w. Harris, Juneau; Waino Hend- riclIson, Juneau; Lu Laughiin, Ju- neau: Kathleen Mccormick, Doug las; Frank Marshall. Douglas; Dan Moller. Sitka; Roy Nolan, Juneau; Mrs. o. G. Olson, Juneau; Fred Orme, Juneau; w. C. Smith, Ju- neau; w. F. Snyder, Douglas, and Madeline Sturm, Juneau.
 Dismissal of one action pending on the criminal calendar, without presentation to the grand jury, was ordered by the District Court yes terday afternoon. At the request of  U. S. Attorney Pat Gilmore, Jr., charges were dropped against Steve Chutuk of Sitka Chutuk, presently at liberty here on $500 bond, had been committed by the U. s. Com missioner at Sitka on a check charge. Insufficient evidence was listed as the cause for dismissal Of the action.
 Waino Gendrickson Of Juneau, this afternoon was named by Judge Kehoe to act as foreman of the Grand Jury panel. Nineteen of the twenty veniremen were present in Court at o'clock. The twentieth, Dan Moller. was unable to arrive here by plane from Sitka till about c:30 o'clock this afternoon He was excused by the Court uptil 10
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
kAzI DANISH
 SAYS HITLER
 WAS HER POP

HEREFORD, Germany, Jan. 22.- British authorities are holding an attractive l8-year-old girl. Cote lind Tortensen, who asserts that Hitler was her father.
 During numerous interrogationS since her arrest in the Magdeburg area, she has insisted that her mo- ther was Swedish actress who was Hitler's mistress in the late 1930s.
 She said her mother and Hitler met frequently in Vienna and that Ter mother now is dead
 The girl is an ardent Nazi with a violent hatred for Americans and British
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
Homer Is Seeking
 Small Boat Basin

SEATTLE, Jan. 22.-To provide needed moorage facilities on Cook Inlet, the Homer, Alaska, Civic League has applied for War De- partment construction permit to build a small boat basin at Homer Spit.
 Navagational objections to the pro- posed project must be submitted to the Seattle District Engineer by Feb ruary Is, the announcement said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-22
New Order Handed
 To Nip Government

TOKYO, Jan. 22.-The Japanese Government was ordered today to provide detailed information con- corning 13 Zaibatsu (family mono polies) and 18 major holding com- panies.
 Allied Headquarters submitted a series of questions, including one on how the Zaibatsu perpetuated their controls. The Government was ordered to produce list of major officers of Zaibatsu companies holding positions Jan. and the holders of more than one per cent of stock in such companies.