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civilian production. Chemurgy. the application of chemical proc esses to our various agricultural and timber natural resources, will furnish the means whereby so much that is now being wasted may be recovered, and provide new products such as alcohol, plas- tics, wall board and cellulose as new sources of income for our semi-barren lands, cut-over tim Der areas and waShed-out fields when they are planted to produc- tive and soil-restoring crops.
 Industry and labor of the South west can take advantage of this great opportunity and cooperate to make this area great manufac- turing center as well as producer of raw materials. Then, as the country builds up and prospers, the local market will be enlarged to consume the vast amount of goods produced.
 Transportation, the lifeline of production, is available here i'm all its fOrms-water, rail, highway and air-and with corresponding facilities, Houston is preparing to meet every demand. Steamship service soon will be available to Central and South America, Eur Ope and the Far East, and with the new vessels which the United States possesses, every traffic lane is destined to be lined with ships loaded with American goods bound for all parts of the globe and in- bound with products we need to complete our domestic economy, raw materials needed to mix with our goods and articles that we cam
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scrap iron that were recovered in various forms.
 To handle this vast amount o1 commerce, Houston has, since 1915 provided public wharves and ter minals, grain elevators and belt
 line railroad to serve all corners on an equal basis at the lowest rate possible without subsidy, and has encouraged the development of the water front by private industries, with the result that the channel is now lined with huge oil refin- cries, synthetic rubber plants, ce- ment mills, steel blast furnaces and rolling mill, chemical plants, ship building yards, cotton warehouses and congresses, fertilizer plants, pipe yards, steel distribution ware houses, army and navy depots for war material, and hundreds of va rious manufacturers plants that use the waterway for the transport of their raw and finished articles. Public investment by the City of Houston and the Navigation Dis trict in and on the channel. is only about $15,000,O0O, while pri- vate industry has capital invest ment on and adjacent to the wa terway of about $500, ,000, ,000. and the various industries employ well over one hundred thousand work CTS.
 The great Sheffield Steel plant, smelling East Texas and Mexican ore, turning out hundred of thou sands of tons of pig iron, which is not even allowed to cool before 1t passes through the rolling mill and comes out as structural steel, re- inforcing rods, wire, sheet steel plates, for ships and oil tanks,
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Reprinted from Texas Progress !. Sept. 1944 issue, to encourage the New London HarbOr Develop
 ment COmmissiOn.)
 Fifty miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico lies the third largest port of the nation, ranked only by New York and Philadelphia in ton- mage figures of 1940. The Port of Houston, nearest harbor to the great Southwest area of Texas, Oklahoma. Colorado and New Mex ico, while comparatively new among the ports of the world being opened to deep sea naviga- ton in 1915-represents the dream come true of the early settler of the small city on the banks of Buff falo Bayou. Polling small sail boats and scows up the narrow stream under limbs of great cypress trees, startling the sleepy aligators en- toying the sunshine along the banks, they transferred their car- gos to waiting OK wagons at the headwaterS at the mouth of White Oak Bayou to be sent on into the interior of Texas and New Mexico, picking up return cargos of cot ton, corn, hides, tallow and tim- Der for New Orleans and ports on the east These pioneers realized the possibilities and advantages of deep water and they worked in season and out to bring it about. While some improvements were made from time to time, it was anany a long year before the full project of their dreams material lzed. However, they laid good Foundation on which successive builders worked, and today modern Installations and the hum of . busy
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port working to capacity monu- mentS their endeavors.
 This inland channel of 50 miles
 is now over 34 feet deep, 200 to 400 feet wide on the bottom, with long easy curves feplacing the sharp bends, so that cargo and oil steam CTS 600 feet in length can navigate it safely under their own power. The overhanging cypress trees are gone and huge smoke stacks have taken their places along the banks. No more sleepy aligators, but a channel alive with scurrying tugs pulling barges loaded with shell, sand. oil, pipe, rice, lumber and hundreds of other items of com- merce, some of which originate as far away as Pittsburgh and the Great Lakes region.
 Prior to the war, vessels of all nationalities were frequent visit ors to the public and private docks bringing in coffee from Brazil and other South-Central American countries, jute from India, rub Der from East Indies, sugar from Hawaii, nitrates from Chile, tin from Bolivia, Sisal from Mexico, silks from Japan, tea from China, iron and steel from Bel- gium, creosote oil from England, newsprint from Finland, wines from France, salt cake from Ger many, cordage and twine from Holland, fruits and magnesite from Italy. and thousands of items from all over the world. These vessels took back our cotton, carbon black, sulphur, petroleum and its vari- ous products, and vast quantities of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-07
Operation
 Performed on Plane
 Saves Woman's $ Life

CHARLESTON, s. C.. Jan. "A delicate operation performed in a CAT transport plane flying over the Charleston Air Base last night, was credited with saving the life of an Army officers wife.
 The patient, Mrs. Margaret Garcia, wife of Capt. A. Garcia of Miami, was being flown to Balti- more for an operation by throat specialist.
 With the plane Is minutes out of Charleston, the flight nurse aboard notified the pilot that Mrs. Garcia had stopped breathing. He turned to fly back to the base, and enroute, Maj A. Brislin, a surgeon aboard the craft, per- formed a tracheotomy-insertion Of tube in the windpipe-without anaesthetic.
 After the plane landed, Mrs. Garcia was carried to the base hospital here, where her condition is reported flair"
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WARNING ISSUED
 BY ADM. NINIIz

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.--Fleet Ad- miral Chester Nimitz declared today that everyone in the nation must work under the assumption that an emergency is imminent"
 The new chief of Naval Operations made this point in an address to the Army Industrial College. Nimitz declared that in the recent war, what he called great moral strength enabled this country to fight delaying action which pro- vided the United States time to pro- duce for it's recovery. Added Nim- itz:
 But even valiant delaying ac- tion may not afford us suffi- cient time to arm ourselves fully in tEe event of another war. The de- mands will probably be immediate, " he said "and to that end it is irn- perative that the country's fighting services, the non-military govern- mental agencies. the industrial ele- ments and the people in general work and plan more closely together than ever before"
 Concluded Nimitz Plans must be so well developed that they can be put into operation literally over night. I urge you to keep this dom- inant factor of time before you con- stantly."
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CHILDREN ESCAPE
 INJURIES AZ FIRE
 DE5TR0Y52H0ME5

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan. T. Seven children narrowly escaped death or injury in two fires here. The infant son and daughter Of Ralph Peters were rescued by their mother, who was sleeping in the adjoining room. Awakened by the children's cries, she rushed in and snatched her daughter from the burning crib and her son from the floor. The girl was slightly burned, and the home destroyed An electric heater caused the fire.
 The five children of James Pef- fers escaped from their burning home when fire of an unknown origin started while both parents were away. The father is still recovering from plane crash on Oct. l8, when the plane he piloted went into the matanuska River.
 The Peffers' house was com- pletely destroyed, as firemen were unable to connect with the water extension.
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HALF MILLION DOLLAR FIRE, FAIRBANKS
HAWAIIANS GIVEN
 CHANCE TO VOICE
 STATEHOOD VIEWS

HONOLULU, Jan. "A Congress sional subcommittee called today for the views of all Hawaiians on whether the territory should be- come the 49th state of the Union and one woman resigned as Demo- cratic National Committeewoman in order to present more freely her emphatic mo"
 The woman, Mrs. Alice Kamokila Campbell, said thas she objected to statehood at this time because Hawaii's Oriental population, if it voted as bloc, could hold poli- tical control (More than 37 per cent of Hawaii's 1940 population was of Japanese anceStryD
 Proponents of statehood argue that there never has been bloc voting in Hawaii.
 Rep. Henry D. Larcade, Jr., O. La, chairman of the Territorial Affairs subcommittee, said every citizen will be given an opportunity to be heard" at hearings opening today in the throne room of old Iolani palace.
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500 FAMILIES ARE. HOMELESS IN TEXAS, TORNADO VICTIMS

NACOGDOUCHES, Tex, Jan. T. A Red Cross disaster team from St. Louis joined local officials and relief agencies today in caring for the 800 families made homeless and more than 300 persons injured by the tornadoes which tore across five east Texas counties Friday night.
 Meanwhile, with four additional deaths yesterday. the total of fa- tilities reached 29.
 Robert Edson, Eed Cross director of the Midwest District, who ar rived yesterday from St. Louis to make survey, estimated property damage at $2,60O,00o This figure is likely to be revised upward when survey of the damage to the pine forests of the counties is com pleted.
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Blaze Rages Saturday Night in t5 Degrees
 Below Zero Weather
SIX BUSINESSES ARE
 WIPED OUT BY FIRE
Expl oding Ammunition Keep Bremen df Bay
 Half of Town in Dark

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 7.-The worst fire in 40 years destroyed four wooden business buildings in the heart of Fairbanks Saturday night. causing loss of over half a million dollars and wiping out one hardware store, two cocktail bars. one liquor store, barber shop and meat market before the flames were controlled af- ter two hours work by the Fair banks Fire Department and Ladd Field Bremen. aided by scores of volunteers.
 The fire raged-i in l5 degrees be- low zero weather.
 Four other wooden buildings in the same block were saved when the path of the flames were blocked by the Empress Theatre. the first con- crete structure in Fairbanks.
 The Lavery building, adjoining the fire on the other side. housing seven businesses and several offices, was saved by strenuous work, but with much damage to stock which was moved to the other side of Second Street, opposite the fire scene.
 The fire began from an unknown cause between the Patton Hardware Store and Mesa Bar Exploding ammunition on the hardware shelves kept the firemen at bay and stray slugs broke three plate glass win dows across the street while the flames spread rapidly and half the town was in darkness due to in- terruption in electric circuits.
 No one was injured in the fierce fire
 Businesses destroyed were the Pat cn Hardware Store. Mecca Bar. Tav- ern Bar, Lavedly Bailey Liquor Store. barber shop, and Waechter Bros Meat Market.
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War Secretary
 Making Tour oi
 Jap High pIates

TOKYO, Jan. 7-Secretary of War Patterson, making a two-day tour of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan, has visited the famous mountain shrine city of Nikko,~ where the United States Army has taken over the swanky Kanaya Hotel as a rest camp for GI.'s. At the 3o0-year-old Toshi Temple he saw the famous Monkey Shrine, with it's figures represent ing Hear -No-Evil, Speak No-Evil, See -No-Evil" Patterson also saw two small Japanese girls perform a sacred dance, and watched a Buddhist bell-ringing ceremony.
 After inspecting ...ikko, Patterson and his party left for Sendai aboard It. Gen Robert Eichel- berger's special train-the train formerly used by the imperial Japanese household.
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in
 Cairo Results in :
 Big Demonstration

CAIRO, Jan. 7-Ten persons are under arrest today as a result of demonstrations last night in which thousands of youths, marching in the funeral procession of assassi- mated Senator Amin Osman Pasha, shouted for revolt against the government.
 The demonstrators, shoutin g Down with (Premier) Nokrashi Pasha," hurled stones at the presi- dential palace before they were finally dispersed by club-swinging policemen.
 Osman Pasha, Wafdist Senator and former Finance Minister, died early yesterday from three gun shot wounds in the back, inflicted six hours earlier in the crowded Opera Square. Police arrested a 25-year-old suspect, reported to be the son of high government official, in connection with the assassination.
 The attack on Osman Pasha was the second within a year on the strongly pro-British- senator.
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YAMASHITA'S CASE
 BEFORE HIGH COURT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-The case of the convicted Jap war criminal General Tomoyuki Yamashita, will be argued for three hours today be- fore the United States Supreme Court. American army lawyers who defended him at Manila seek to have his death sentence reversed.
 The chief argument of the defense is that Yamashita was improperly condemned to death by an American military commission in Manila. The defense attorneys will also contend thaa q general should not be held morally responsible for all the ac- tions of his troops.
 The so-called Tiger of Manila was convicted of permitting atrocities during Japanese army occupation of the Philippines. His lawyers already have told the Supreme Court that Yamashita was never accused of ac- tualiy ordering the atrocities.
 Solicitor General J. Howard Me- Grath is expected to argue that the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over the findings of an American military tribunal.
 This is the high courts first en- counter with the case of a convicted war criminal. Its decision may de- eide the course of other war crimes hearing under way or planned in the Pacific area.
 One month ago today on the Fourth Anniversary of Pearl liar or-five-member American military commission decreed death by hang ing for the Tiger of Malaya.'
 The commissions action was pre- cedent-setting in International law, in that Yamashita was condemned for condoning uncounted atrocities by his troops.
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Blue Discharges" Abuses Are 10 Be
 Filed in Congress

WASHINGTON, Jan. TIA report on what a subcommittee called abuses in connection with the so- called Blue Discharges" issued by the army will be filed with Congress this month by the House Military committee.
 Blue Discharges" are neither hon. orale nor dishonorable and are so designated because they are issued on blue paper. They generally are issued, committee member said, to men found incompatible" but who do not rate dishonorable discharge, and make no reference to the char acter of the man discharged.
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GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRIA IS GIVEN
 U. S. APPROVAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-The Uni ter States formally recognized the government of Austria today and expressed hope that the first nation engulfed by the Nazis soon would achieve democracy and complete in- dependence.
 Russia, Britain and France joined this country in granting recognition to the Vienna regime headed by Chancellor Leopold Figl and Presi- dent Karl Renner. The recognition does not affect the authority of the Allied Council, which will continue to carry out Allied objectives in Austria"
 These objectives, the simultaneous announcement said, include "elim- mating Nazi influences and institu- tions in Austria, and assisting in the reconstruction of democratic life.'
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AW0I GIs Pull Off Big Raekei In Germany

HEREFORD, Germany, Jan. 7.--Six American soldiers are held by mili- tary authorities on charges of con ducting large-scale train thefts and black market operations during the past l8 months
 The soldiers. all AWOL. were arr rested Jan. in a luxuriously furn- ished boxcar. it is announced. Sey- sral German girls were with them at the time of the arrest.
 Officials said the men, whose names were not disclosed, had been posing as American Security Police and arranging to have food cars coupled on trains. Later, the offi-
 ials said, tr,s .lcaded cars were dropped off on siding and their con- tents sold
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pNA BRINGS IN TEN
 ON TRIP FROM WEST

Pacific Northern Airlines' plane arrived here from Anchorage yester- day with Captain Joe Morris and First Officer Frank Mullin.
 Incoming passengers were: Major Richard Chapin, Cappy Farce, Rich ard Peebles, K. Kendall, M. Mo- Murray, L. D. Roach, and Clarine Van Grondelle; two passengers from Yakutat; one from Cordova.
 On the return trip to Anchorage were: R. c. Oxenger, Harry Lucas, Hal Moore. William Humphry. Doris Kendley. J. E. Lott: to Gustavus: Paul Schnee.
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Oil Companies Turn Down Hearing by FEB

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Hearings were resumed today by the fact finding board in the oil wage dispute, but only two oil companies were present. Fourteen other compan- ies boycotted the hearing.
 They said they preferred to deal directly with the CIO, and reiterated their objections to government ex- animation of their earnings. One oil company executive declared that any tie between wages and earnings would lead to rigid government control of industry along the Fascist pattern.
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The W ashing ion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = Since Franklin Roosevelt died, Jesse Jones has managed to stay on pretty good terms with Harry Truman. How ever, Jesse certainly muffed the ball at a private dinner at which the President was guest of honor the other night
 The dinner was given by MT. and Mrs. Stuart Symington-he's $ the Surplus Property Administrator -and at the start of the meal MT. Symington rose and proposed a toast to the President of the United States. Mrs. Symington then rose and proposed toast to the First Lady.
 The guests then sat down and started eating Suddenly, however, they heard a rattling at the end of the table. Someone was banging a fork against plate. It was Jesse Jones demanding to be heard. Jones rose and said he, too, wanted to propose a toast. Lifting his glass, he said.
 T propose a toast to Mrs. Fiddlesticks,' the mother of Mrs. Truman"
 The ensuing silence would have caused anyone less brash than Jesse to slide under the table. Obviously, he was referring to the remark made by the Presidents mother, "Oh fiddlesticks, when she was asked to pose for the photo graphers. However, nobody at the table thought this was funny at all. Nor did they think it funny that Jesse should get the Presi-
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BYRNES0FF FOR LONDON
 UN0 SESSION
State Secretary Confident Many KnoitY Questions
 Will Be Settled

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-After nine busy days at home, Secretary of State Brynes leaves today for London to attend the United Nations assembly and tackle world problems unsolved at Moscow.
 Among other things, Brynes will try to get:
 l. An international agreement on the Dardanalles question, thus cas- ing Russo Turkish relations.
 2. Agreement for a Soviet-Brit- ish-American commission to study the complicated problems of oil-rich Iran.
 B. British and Russian assurances that full security" will be guaran- teed in operations of the United Ma tions Atomic Energy Commission.
 Confident Outlook
 Aides said Byrnes is confident UNO will get off to good start, and that the wide area of agreement achieved by the Big Three foreign ministers at Moscow can be expand ed to cover a few more knotty ques- tions
 Since returning from Moscow De- cember 29, Byrnes continued to push toward solutions of international problems. Subjects covered includ- ed:
 Siam. The United States resum- ed relations with that country Sat urday, after sanctioning a war-end- ing agreement between Siam and Britain.
 Palestine The British-American committee to study the Jewish i'm migration question and the plight of homeless European Jews schedul- ed it's first public hearing at the State Department
 Chinese Situation
 China. Before leaving, Byrnes studied reports from Gen. George c. Marshall, indicating probability of an early end to China's civil war and good possibility for an agree ment at last between Nationalists and Communists.
 Southeast Asia. Last night the U. s. announced it's withdrawal from the joint command of Lord Louis Mountbatten. Thus, this country, which shared responsibility for the original decision to send British troops to Indo- China and the Dutch East Indians as part of the Japa- nese surrender, no longer has any responsibility for the way in which those operations are carried out
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B K TISH TO EvACUATE ALI. LAPS IN JAVA

BATAVIA, Jan. 7--Plans for the evacuation of all Japanese from Batavia and Sumatra were an- nounced today by British officials. who also disclosed that they had refused as unnecessary the services of 1900 of 2,000 marines sent there by the Dutch Government.
 The British announcement said that all Japanese would be re- moved from Java and sent to Ga- lang-a small uninhabited jungle island in the Riouw Archipelago of The Netherlands East Indies-to await shipment to their homeland.