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The Nome nugget., 1946-12-02
Prefers Prison

SAN QUENTIN, Calf. (P)-The second time Antonio di Tardo, 72- year-old lifer at San Quentin pris- on, has turned down an offer of parole and since under California law a man cannot be paroled against his will, it looks as though he's in the stir to stay.
 "Why for I wanta go out?" he asked Warden Clinton Duffy yes terday. "Here-I treat everybody good. They treat me good. Here I like it. I stay"
 In prison 26 years for shooting his wife to death in a quarrel, Di Tardo has portable photograph in his cell and a large supply of classical records, mostly operas of his native Italy.
The Nome nugget., 1946-12-02

all contrary stipulations set aside; that the Territorial salary sched- ule for teachers and administra- tors be substantially increased; that child shall have attained his sixth birthday before November 1 to start or enroll in school during any school year and that the same apply to kindergartens in their fifth year; that Territorial funds be used to establish visual aids in the schools; and that high school graduation requirements in the field of science be changed making general science required one other full year to be selected by the stu dent.
The Nome nugget., 1946-12-02
Educators Make 7 Suggestions
 For Legislature

ANCHORAGE - That teachers shall be notified in writing before February IS whether or not they are reelected for the ensuing school year is one of the seven recommendations made by last weeks school administrators con- ference here. Notification at pres ent comes near the terms end.
 The recommendations are to be referred to the southeastern meet ing of school administrators next month before being presented to the Territorial Legislature for con- s;deration, according to Supt. C. C.. Caldwell who acted as secretary of the second annual conference here last week.
 The recommendation regarding notification to teachers also states that teachers in turn shall notify employing agencies in writing of their acceptance by March l. Tn the event that teachers are not mo- tificd in writing by the February E date, the recommendation sug- gests their reelection become au- tomat'c with salary no less than received during the current year.
 Other recommendations made were: That all teacher notifications and signed contracts be binding on the succeeding school board and
The Nome nugget., 1946-12-02

In the 18th century, Italy led all European countries in theatrical inventiVeness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
Am eritan Soldiers In Germany Swallow Doses of Propaganda

WJESBADEN, Germany, Jan26. Nineteen per cent of 1,700 men questioned last fall in U. s. Army poll of American troops stationed in Germany believe the Germans had some justification for starting the war.
 The poll, said to represent cross section of the U. s. troops in Ger many, was not officially released for publication, but was made avail able by a thoroughly authoritative source.
 Gn Washington a War Depart ment spokesman said that polls were taken to ascertain the degree to which enemy propaganda had been absorbed. so that counter measures could be effectedD Authorities said the poll indicated an amazing lack of knowledge of the causes of war and tended to show l that in some cases U. S. soldiers had swallowed large doses of propagands of the type once served up by Jo- seph Goebbels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof, in port from west scheduled to sail south at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
 Princess Norah scheduled to ar rive from Skagway at 8 o'clock Sun day morning and sails south two hours later.
 Yukon scheduled to sail from Seattle today and should arrive or Tuesday.
 Alaska scheduled to sail iron Seattle Jan. 29, calling at Ketchi' kan, Wrangell, Petersburg Juneau Sitka, Woman's Bay, then to Port Williams, Sitka, but not Juneau southbound. Northern Voyager scheduled tt sail from Seattle January 31.
 Margaret Shafer scheduled. tt sail from Seattle January 31. North Sea, from Sitka, scheduled toarrive late tonight on southboune trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
WARMING IS SOUNDED BY
 ADM. NIMITz
Declares fl World War III Comes U. ]. Will Be
 First Attacked

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Fleet Admiral Chester w. Nimitz de- clared today that if there is a wo. io war III the aggressor's first move will be smash at the United States.
 Two world wars have shown beyond dispute that the United States is the real barrier to any one dreaming of conquest he said in an address prepared for the Women's Patriotic Conference OF National Defense.
 The Kaiser learned it no less thol oughly than Mussolini and Hit Ter and Tojo. If ever there is a next time, the United States will be first on the list.
 ri we can be crushed, the cur rent of conquest may well enguf the world. But if we have at hand the strength we need, the attempt will almost certainly not be made y
 The Navy's Chief of Operations asserted that the rush to demobilize is doing what all our enemies cot Id not do-cutting away the very bone and muscle of our armed forces"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
INDUSTRY, LABOR URGED TO SETTLE
 THEIR TROUBLES
Attorney General Clark In tjmates Government
 Will Step In

INDIANAPOLIS Jan. 26.-U. s Attorney General Tom Clark, who believes the "big men" of both busi- ness and labor have too much power urges them to settle their differences or the government will step in"
 And when it steps in it will not be wearing patent leather slippers either" Clark declared last night in a speech before the Indiana Bar Association. He continued:
 Disputes cannot be settled with a stroke of the pen, because we have never given power like that to any, ones pen, and we never shall"
 Earlier, he told newsmen current strikes were resulting in too much kicking around of the public. You can be sure your government will put an end to that"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = Playing hide and seek with the Senate continues to be Ure of Washington's favorite pastimes. Here is the story of one game as told by COP Ferguson of Michigan.
 The Mead Committee was in- spectirg the U. s. Naval Base at San Juan, Puerto Rico. The place was immaculate. Every shoe was shined, every jeep polished, not a speck could be seen on a barrack floor. The Senators were impressed.
 At elmer that evening, Senators were entertained by gracious Capt. R. H. Baker, the Commanding Of- sicer. Suddenly Senator Ferguson felt q mess boy slip something into his lap. The mess boy was an en- listed man and what he handed the Senator from Michigan were the special instructions issued by Cart. Baker ordering the base to be prepared for the Senators ar rival
 Captain Baker had not missed a thing. He even ordered rehearsal of entertainment ceremony for the Senators.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
SAYS ALASKA SHOULD GET
 STATEHOOD
That Is If People Vote Fdy- orabIy on Question
 Declares AngeII

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-If the people Of Alaska vote for statehood for the Territory in the election to be held in September, Rep. Angel (9-CreD thinks Congress should grant it.
 Angel, a member of the House Territories Subcommittee which in- vestigated conditions in Alaska last summer, said:
 ''--t the voters of the Territory at the election next fall approve the statehood proposal, I think Congress should grant it. It seemed TO me Alaska is ready for state hnod and able to assume it's place with other states of the union.'
 Angel said the Subcommittee's report would not be ready for sev- eral days because it was impossible until few days ago to get trans cripts of the hearings held in AL aSKa.
 He added that the Subcommittee and the full committee had not yet voted on statehood for the Ter ritory. He said he did not know how the other members of the Subcommittee felt toward the pro- i,csal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
KRUGER IS
 DECORATED

TOKYO. Jan. 26.--General Mac Arthur today decorated Gen. Walter Krueger, retiring Commander of the Sixth Army, with the Distinguished Service Cross and an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal.
 It was MacArthur's 66th birthday and Krueger's 65th. Macarthur re- called that they had been comrades in arms more than 40 years and said:
 No army in military history ever had greater leader than General Krueger. and no army ever had a record of accomplishment greater than that of the Sixth Army
 The Sixth Army led the long drive from Australia to the Philippines and is being inactivated today at Kyoto.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
URGES RAISE SILVER, $1.z9 IN PRICE OF
Keynoie Speaker of Min ing Convention Makes
 Strong Demand

DENVER, Jan. 26.--A campaign ito raise the price of silver to $l.29 an ounce won support today from D. Worth Clark, former Idaho sena- tor.
 Clark, a Democrat and keynote speaker of the Colorado Mining As sociation's convention, said in his prepared speech:
 We ought to use every effort to enact legislation now pending before Congress to compel the treasury to do what we all thought it was oblig- ed to do when we passed the silver purchase act of 1884. Namely, to buy all offered domestically- -produc- ed silver at. $129 per ounce until the total treasury stores of silver equal- ed one-quarter of the total of the combined treasury stocks of silver and gold.'
 Senator McCarran D-Nev) also urged the $l29 silver price when he spoke at the gold and silver ban quet of the convention last night. He said the producer was 'penaliz- ed" by the difference between the s1.29 per ounce price that silver was carried on the treasury's books and the 71.11 cents paid the miner.
 Former Senator Clark said the gold mining industry got "an awful slap" when it was shut down during the war and he believed the mine owners should be reimbursed as a matter of principle"
 Harold Chaser, assistant direct or of the division of monetary re- search of the Treasury Department, said in prepared address he saw little prospect of restoring gold to domestic circulation in this coun- try or in Europe. It is to the in- terest of every country to have it's gold available when needed"
 Foreseeing little chance of a return to the old automatic gold standard Chaser said, "The problem of the future is to secure the same stabil- ity which we had under the auto- matic gold standard under present conditions"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
LEWIS, UNIV NOW RETURN
 TO AFL FOLD
Lookout, CIO" Is Admon ishment Made at Meet
 ing in Florida

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 26.-Return of John L. Lewis to the American Fed eration of Labor was regarded by AFL leaders today as good for them but bad for the CIO.
 Lewis left the AFL 10 years ago in the TOW over his formation of the committee for industrial organiza- tion. In 1942. he quit the CIO, and yesterday he completed the circuit by taking his United Mine Workers back to the parent federation. He paid dues for 100000 members.
 The man with the bristling brows who came up from the Iowa coal pits was welcomed back to the Fed eration at the mid-winter session of the executive council yesterday. He was given the vacancy on the 15- man council and was appointed 18th vice president.
 Return Helpful One of the AFL's most influential leaders who was not always a friend of the miners boss, said his return to the Federation probably lis going to be very helpful"
 1 He suggested there were still quite few CIO union members who have feeling of respect for Lewis and might follow him back to the AFL."
 ' Another top AFL leader remark led: Lookout, CIO!" May Be AFL Head A third AF'L leader, one of the most far-s sighted on the executive council, suggested that Lewis event. ually might become head of the Fed eration, succeeding to the post now held by Green.
 ! The Federation will hold it's first convention in two years in Chicago next October. |. En route here to formally accept 1 the seat, Lewis declared in Mobile Ala, last night that reaffiliation oi /! the UNIV with the AFL was "a ster of major magnitude with far-reach- l ing consequences to Labor and the country"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
UNCLE SAM TAKES OVER MEAT INDUSTRY
4 MILLION
 FOR ALASKA
 ROAD WORK

SEATTLE, Jan. 26.--Nearly four million dollars for road construc- ton and maintenance in Alaska was asked in President Truman's 1e46 buoget, the Washington Bu- reau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce reports
 Ot this amount, s2,35o,ooo is for new construction as follows: l25 mllcs from Kenai Lake to Homer on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula; 1855 miles on Richardson Highway linking Valdez and Fair banks; l15 miles from Eagle to Tanecros5 west of Dawson, and 12 m les from Anchorage to Potter.
 A total of $l,440,400 has been re- quested for maintepance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
FISHERMEN MAKE RECOMMEND
 CONVENTION ENDED

SEATTLE, Jan. 26.-A resolution calling for the extermination of sea lions and hair seals as destroyers of fish was adopted yesterday by the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America (CIO) at the closing session of their 1946 conven- tion
 The Union voted to meet next year at San Pedro, California.
 In another resolution the repre- sentatives of the Unions 22,00C members favored the stab4lization of fish conservation programs on the Pacific coast. They voted to partic- ipate in conferences due soon on a tri-state pact. Other resolutions called for the placing of a physician and dentist in the Bristol Bay area, and urged cooperation with industry in a CO., ordinated educational program tc promote wider consumption of fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
JApAN'5 FISHING
 AREAS RESTRICTED


 TOKYO, Jan. 26.-General Mac- Arthur's Headquarters charged Ja- panese Government and fishery of fjcials today with systematic campaign to break out of fishing areas assigned Japan since sur render and to regain gradually a semblance of their former domin- ait fishing empire.
 Lt. Col. Hubert c. Schenck, chief of MacArthur's natural resources section, revealed the Japanese have submitted six requests for revision of fishing areas. Four were denied.
 While the Japanese plead for extensions in order to increase their home food supply of sea pro- ducts,' Schenck said, some of the requests are too far from the home islands. there can be no question that their produce would be used on the world market"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
Washingion-A Income, Excess
 proiifs Intreases

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 26.-De- i.osits of income and excess profits taxes yesterday amounted to s3,- 523, ,469.83. bringing the total col- lecslons in the Washington Alaska district since Jan. to $27 ,003, PTS. .24, according to Clark Squire, Internal Revenue Collector.
 The total is an increase of 10 per cent over collections for the corresponding period last year. It also is $250,000 more than the total inCome and excess profits collec- tio,is in Washington Alaska. Ore gon, Idaho and Montana for the en.ire fiscal year of 1940 when the combined total was $26, ,752. .079.41.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
Federal Aid io Alaska Necessary, Says ltkes
 In His Annual Report

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.--Settlers and tourists are headed for Alaska. which is unprepared for them, and the Government should aid the Territory in making ready, Secre- tary of the Interior Ickes says in HIS annual report to the President.
 The secretary predicted an influx of discharged service personnel seeking permanent homes and a host of visitors to Alaska's scenic parks.
 Unfortunately" he said, Alaska is unprepared for both. It is clear that at present roads, utilities of all kinds, housing and economic opportunities are inadequate"
 "Tne development of Alaska is Federal responsibility and re- quires prompt. generous and intel liscnt support of both the Legis- lative and Executive branches of the Government" Ickes asserted.
 All the territorial areas--Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Vtr- gin lslands-are trying ito estab- lisn more workable formula for their political relationship with the continental United States" Secre- tary Ickes also reports.
 We should support these 2ls million American citizens who are trying to evolve a sounder rela- tionship with us and who are. in ..icct, giving us the opportunity to maintain our leadership as pro- gressive nation" said Ickes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
EVEN CLEAN UNDERWEAR

There will be an officer sta- toned at the entrance of the main office building" read the order, ito conduct the party through the main office for inspection, This officer will be Lieutenant Sampson who will take immediate steps to insure that the entrance to the building and the office itself is thoroughly cleaned and shipshape. The chief clerk will assist in this.
 Captain of the Yard is to issue order5 immediately to clean up all areas Of the yard and authority is hereby given to use any and all enlisted men and civilians in the amount necessary to accomplish this purpose.
 "Unifcrms for officers and men will De the working uniform unless otherwise specified. Officers are cautior.ed to wear clean khaki (grays may be worn if khaki not available). Enlisted men on duty will wear clean dungarees, blue srirts. and white hats. Shoes will be polished. Black socks will be worn. Clean underwear will be wcrn.
 Inspection of the barracks will be held at 1900 by Lieutenant Cor COT sn. who will serve advance mo- tice that the place is to be imma- cllate it that time. Noon meal will be served at HOO and all hands will eat at that hour in order to pro- vide time for policing the kitchens and the barracks.
 "1hc Transportation Officer will inspect all motor vehicles of the yard to the end that they are washed and as presentable as pos
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
NYL0N STAMPEDE

MARLBORO, Mass.-Three mice gave several men break in n.y. lon hosiery line. When the rodents escaped from box being unloaded from a truck, the women scamp ered-and the men, made of braver stuff, just moved up to the head of the line,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
COASTAL AIRLlNES
 MAKING FLIGHTS

Alaska Coastal Airlines today flew the following passengers to Si.ka and Hoonah.
 To Sitka-Bob Paxton, Frank Hennessey, U. E. Blankenshlp' Charles Whittemore, Fred Bryant, Alex l.. Pinor and Phillip Williams. To Hoonah-James Houston and Sergius Sheakley.
 MRS. M. G. BROOM HERE
 Mrs. M. G. Broom of Fairbanks IS a guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
DIVORCE GRANTED

A decree of divorce was issued in District Court here this morn ing by Judge J. w. Kehoe, to Mary c. Pinkley, of Juneau from Rex Pipkley. Mrs. Pinkley was adjudged custody of the couples minor child.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
SALE ORDER SIGNED

Judge J. w. Kehoe. yesterday af- ternoon signed an order in District Court here approving a petition of tho City of Petersburg for sale of tax delinquent property.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
TEN ARE INITIATED
 BY LODGE OF MOOSE

At the regular weekly meeting of the Moose lodge last night, ten men were initiated into the order.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
AFL WORKERS
 RETURN;;(I0 HOLDING OUT
Question of Union Wage Demands During .0t-
 eupdiion Is Raised
tpY TIE ASSOCIATED pREss)

Uncle Sam has taken over the struck packinghouses but the ques- tion of meat in the butchershoI ard the refrigerator remains ur in the air. Fifty thousand AFT meat workers are beginning tht trek back to work, but whethe, l9s.000 CIO workers will resume operations remains in doubt
 Shorty after midnight. CIO strategy committee in Chicago de- elared: "our picket lines stay up regardless of the seizure" A sposesman added that the commit tee had no plans for further night n setings.
 However, the solid CIO front was broken at one point. Fifteen min utes before the 12:0l am. seizure deadline, a CIO local at National Stoekyards, Illinois = across the Mississippi from St. Louis Missouri pulled down it's cordon at the Armour plant. The local president. Jerome Scaglione. said he assumed the 1,70o workers will go back to work. But he added: i've won't know for sure until later today
 Dispatches from Denver and Omaha tell a different story. CIO meat workers in those cities are sad to be 100 per cent behind the decision not to go back
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
FROM BUTTE, MONT.

Milo Milasevich and Nick Bajo- vich of Butte, Mont. are guests at the Gestineau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26

Whether parrots ever know what they are talking about is not abso- lutely certain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26

Both gold and iron rings were worn in the early time by the Per- sians and Hindus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
issue Raised


 Inc issue raised by the CIO is that it's members will not return to the psckinghouses without as- s,rrance from the Government that the unions wage demands will be put into effect during Federal oc- equation.
 Last right Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson. whose depart ment is conducting the seizure. promised that he will apply for immediate approval of whatever pay recommendation Is made by the Presidential fact-finding board onmeat. The CIO United Packing house Workers President, Lewis Clark, announced his unions deci- sion to stay out and asserted that the seizure order was complete double crossn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-26
Steel Strike

Steel Strike
 lt's ali quiet in the six-day-old i steel strike. What activity there is has been in words. The latest out burst is from E. M. Voorhees,. Chair man of the U. s. Steel Finance Committee. He says CIO President shlilp Murray was all wrong in as- serting that the steel corporation will get paid 67 million dollars by the Government if big steel only 1 breaks even this year. Voorhees, claims the company won't get one rcd cent under that condition. Here are other labor develop ments there is a persistent story l in Letroit that Chrysler has offer ed the United Auto Workers an B and one-half cent hourly wage boost.
 ! The AFL is all aglow over the return to the fold of John L. Lewis ana something like 600.000 mine workers. One AFL leader puts 1t this way: Look out. CIo." Congressional views On the Congressional side of the labor picture. the Senate Labor Committee has held dramatic session in which just about every body came in for share of blame
 in the current industrial strife Senator Wayne Morse. of Oregon. said the G-M strike looks to him as If both sides simply want to slug it out without any interfer- ence frcm Congress Morse bases
 this on testimony given yesterday by G-M President c. E. Wilson, and R. J. Thomas. President of tho CIO Autcworkers. Thomas suggest ed that Congress--if 1t desires to do
 something about the strikes should investigate what he called a gen.
 erai conspiracy to destroy labor
 unions" Thomas also called for re-
 peal of the tax rebate laws for
 corporations whose l946 profits
 drop below pre-war levels.
 | On his part, Wilson said higher
 wages mean higher prices. Senator
 Alien El,ender, of Louisiana, asked
 Wilson how high prices would have
 10 go to compensate for 30 per-
 cent wage boost.
 Replied Wilson: Thirty percent.