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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
NO CRA(KlE NO MORE IN
 MO. LIGHTS

SEATTLE, July l8--A scientist who conducted nearly five years Arctic research said today he made himself highly unpopular among Alaska sourdoughs by disproving one of their fondest beliefs-that the Aurora Borealis crackles.
 Stuart Seaton, Carnegie Insti- ute research physicist, enroute back to Washington, D. c. chuckled as he reported:
 We founu that the Borealis or ieinates any where from 60 to 200 miles above the earth's surface. The snoise sometimes heard when the Bcreahs occurs, is in no way connected With the Borealis. The old timers up there were pretty upset about It. They didn't like the idea q. all-or me either"
 This, SeaGon said, was only one of the incidental observations made by Carneeie scientists who con- QulJCN lISbdlCil PiOSAA2h ~e 'A%N University ot Alaska at request of the War anG Navy departments.
 Prime cpJective WAS to learn cause Of gaalc "black5Hts' in Are tic regions. Geaton sad most Of gke findings nave been given the Amy and Navy for snals&s .anl, cannot be revealed
 The most can say ab?ut this, he said, lis that we learned for the first time that the radio black outs do not occur on 1-to-1 ra- tio with the Borealis. Although we learned much, the surface of research i'll the North only has been scratched"
 Seaton expressed belief the gev- eInment should continue work which the institute has terminat- ed because this will be one of the most important factors in the fu- tMe Great Circle aviation routes
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
HAppy OFFERS 10 STUMP FOR NEEDY DEMOS
President Turns Thumbs Down, However, on
 Missouri Neighbor

WASHINGTON. July 18--Presi- dent Truman said today ke will take the political stump for Dem- ocratic congressional candidates this year, if he can be of service.
 He told his news conference, how ever, that no specific plans for 8 speaking tour had been made. He said he did not know whether he would speak in New York.
 MT. Truman expressed outligh. opposition to the renomination oi one Democratic House member Rep. Roger c. Slaughter of tEa Fifth Missouri District
 He has asked James Pendergast Kansas City political leader, to sup port Enos Axtell, Slaughters op- ponent, MT, Truman said, add ing that Pendergast would do so
 The President had no comment to make on the defeat of Senator Wheeler tD-Mont) in his race fol renomination. MT. Truman inter- vened in the Wheeler campaign with letter defending Wheeler against charges by bis opponent that he was an enemy of railway labor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
RETROACTIVE PAY 5pEEDUp
 IS PROMISED
Meetings SIafed Today on "PdrdIyzed" Oregon,
 Los Angeles Ports

SAN FRANCISCO, July Is. = Settlement of Seattles shipping tieup and scheduled meetings of the Waterfront Employers Associa- ton here today stiffened hopes of solving labor trouble in four Pacific coast ports.
 At Seattle, 5000 longshoremen
 have agreed to resume work at 8 am. tomorrow, ending a four-day work stopragc over retroactive pay demands. The Washington Water
 front Employers Association has agreed to hire more clerical help to speed up pack payments on wage increases.
 The Wafel .ront Employers As- sociation in San Francisco yester- day signed a new contract with the CIO International Longshore- mems and Warehousemen's Union granting 9 cents hourly wage in- crease recommended by Presiden- tial fact-finoing board, and en- 
 ployers planned to meet today to consider the Coos Bay, Ore, tieup and alleged slow-downs at Portland and Los Angeles. They claimed the slow-downs were practically par palyzing the ports"
 {, The contract signed yesterday provides for appointment of an ar bitrator to settle the growing west { coast waterfront disputes. Under it's terms, an impartial Pacific Coast employer union chairman will be selected by both groups He would have the deciding vote ill any controversy involving water front employees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
VERY LITTLE
 NOW LEFT OF
 CHINA PEACE
Clashes Along Yangtze Threaten Returns of
 Civil War

HAWKING, July 18-Rival Chin csc government and Communist armies were on the march along the mighty Yangtze river today and clashes north of this vital ar tery of China posed a threat of full scale civil war.
 Gen. Chou En-lai, leader of the Communist Delegation in Ranking, charged the government with lag gressions" and told press confer ence local conflicts are blossom ing rapidly into civil war"
 Peng Hsuen-pei, Minister of h. formation, denied this and assert ed that Communist armies instead were marching from the north upon the Kangtze, along whose banks lie Ranking and the great port of Shanghai
 If we permit them to advance to the Yangtze unopposed," Peng declared, we had better start con- sidering moving the capital back to Chungking time capital in western China")
 General Marshall, special U. s. Envoy, flew to the summer capital at Ruling to confer with General issimo Chiang Kai-shek and pre- sumably gave him the latest &C., count of the deteriorating situa- tion.
 His headquarters said only that Marshall was accompanying pr John Leighton Stuart, new United States Ambassador, who will pre- sent his credentials to the Gener- alissimo. Marshall is expected to return to Ndnking within two or three days to resume the deadlock ed negotiations.
 There was an ominouS quiet in Manchuria, but from reports pour ing in, little remained in China proper of last January's cease-fire agreement which Marshall hoped to use as 2 foundation for a per manent peace.
 Chou said fighting now was con- centrated north of Shanghai and northeast of Ranking in northern Kiangsu Province, in strategic Shantung on the seaboard farther north, in northern Hupeh, which embraces Peiping and Tientsin, and south Shansi, just west of Hupeh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
The W ashingto Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHING1ON-It might be a healthy thing if the Mead Con- mittee investigated more of the Edwards handed down to manu- featuring firms by the Army and Navy. Senator MeadS Committee already has shown how wires were pulled by top officials to get an E for the Erie Basin war profiteers at the same time lesser Army off cials. who knew conditions first hand, were recommending against it
 Another fiShy case occurred wher the Navy geve an E to National Industries when it and its affiliate Durham Manufacturing Corpora don. were under indictment for wal frauds. The company was actually being prosecuted by U. s. District Attorney Alex Campbell at Fort Wayne, Ind, when right in the middle of t.le trial, the Navy came across with its E.
 The trial had started in Novem- Der. so the Navy knew all about the alleged war fraud when it gave the award on Dec. IT, 1945. Fur thermore, tle war was then over and there Was no need to give tht company an incentive for further production.
 However, someone in the Navy apparently pulled the wires, ant the E award. coming at just tht psychological moment, had a pow erful effect 'Jn the jury.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
NO LOAN TO RUSSIA AT
 THIS TIME
President Truman Rules Out Foreign Financing
 Until Next Year

WASHINGTON. July 17-Presi- dent Truman today <virtually duled out a $1,OOc, 100000 loan to Russia before next year, saying he had no intention of asking Congress at this session for more funds for foreign financing.
 On another aspect foreign re- lations, MT. Truman endorsed Sec retary Byrnes' report Monday on the Paris Foreign Ministers con- ference ana also called attention to the address of Senator Vandenberg tR-Mich) in the Senate on Tues day.
 In a fast moving news conference MT Truman further announced that Senatc1 Austin R-Vt would be nominated as ranking member of the United States delegation to the United Nations Assembly meet ing at New York Sept. g. Austin has been designated as United States member of the United Ma tions, effective next year. Other members of the delegation to the Assembly, the President said will be Chairman Connally O. Tex) of the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee; Vandenberg, Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the late President; and Chairman Bloom tD-NY) of the House For eign Affairs Committee.
 In the absence of either the President O. Secretary of State Byrnes, MT. Truman said, Austin will be in active charge of the delegation. He added that while ht had no plans to go to the meeting Byrnes would attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
KremIin Will Stand Pal On
 Austria Grab

LONDON, July 18.-Russia has rejected United States and British representations on seizure of Aus trian prope,tJ for separations, a nigh authority said today.
 In a lengthy note handed the Austrian government, the Soviet occupation authorities in Austria were said to have made it plain that there Is no change in their recent position in regard to seizure of $22,000 0O0 worth of Austrian industrial plants and other prop erty conflscaGed by the Germans following the Anschluss in 1938
 The text cf the note was not available in London but it's essen- tial points wele known to authori- tative sources, which said it dis agreed with almost every point set forth in American and British re- presentations.
 The controversy arose July 6 when the Soviet command in Aus tria announced the property in eastern Austria had passed into Soviet ownership along with all other German external assets" in the Russian zone.
 The United States disputed this interpretation in the Allied Coun- cil, asserting that property forcibly confiscated by the Germans after 1888 could not be classified as Ger man under the Potsdam agree ment..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
TALMADGE IS IN LEAD
 IN GEORGIA
Governor Piles Up Enough Unit Votes 10 Win But
 Noi Popular Vote

ATLANTA, July 18.-The pendu- lum has swung again in Georgia it seems, sending Eugene Talmadge, the defender of white supremacy, to the Governors mansion for the fourth time.
 The returns are not all in from yesterdays Democratic primary the counting may last for hours yet-and DO one is conceding any thing, but Talmadge's apparent lead is incl easing.
 The unit votes are what count in Georgia ana Talmadge has enough indicated unit votes to win, with some to spare. Yet 36-year-old James V. Carmichael is leading in the popular vote.
 Georgias 159 counties, many of them tiny, have 40 unit votes A candidate Is elected with major ity. 206. The latest count puts Talmadge ahead in 97 counties with 220 unit votes.
 Carmichael, backed by Gov. Ellis Arnall, the man who defeated Tal- madge four years ago on reform platform, led in 100 counties with a unit vote of 234.
 The popular vote was: Carmi- chael 206,052, Talmadge, l78,814; ex-Gov. E. D. Rivers, 36,973 and Hoke O'Kellcy. 6,824.
 Risers led in eight counties with Is unit voteo. O'Kelley had no unit votes.
 The returns were from 1856 coun- ties. Many of the counties appar- ently still mad blocks of votes un- reported.
 The primary-equivalent to the election in Georgia-was the first time that negroes had voted in great numbers ill the deep south. About 135,000 of them registered, and most voted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
Prominent Persons Disappear; Alert Is
 Sounded on Coast

SEATTLE, July l8.-The north west has its hands full with two investigations in the disappearance of prominent persons. An air search is being conducted for Vice Presi- dent Sidney Matz of Ex-Lax, h. corporated. The wealthy business executive .las been unheard from since he lefo ten days ago on a flight frors Ellensburg to Seattle. Matz was flying alone.
 At the same time, three states have been alerted for retired Army Colonel, his wife and wo- man believed to be the wife'S mo- ther. Colonel H. c. K Muhlenberg and his party left Seattle two weeks ago for Los Angeles, but failed to arrive
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
Hong Kong Ha,borI Is Lashed by TypIloon;
 Six Vessels Wrecked

HONG KONG, July 18.- Winds reaching maximum velocity of 102 miles an hour wrecked at least six vessels of various sizes today as a typhoon lashed Hong Kong harbor for three hours.
 The typhoon moved tonight to the southwest, but heavy rains continued in this city. Many cars, trucks, and Jeeps were abandoned in flooded streets
 Officials said it was too early to estimate the total damage caus- ed by winds, which ranged gen. erally between 60 and lOz miles an hour velocity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
BRIDGE50UT,
 IN AZ GALE.
 C|0 0HEADMAN
Announced Resignation Is Quickly Countermdnded
 by Longshore Boss

SAN FRANCISCO, July IS. = Harry Bridges office today issued statement saying he had resigned as Califorria CIO director, but contradicteG it half an hour later with the explanation it had been released from here erroneously."
 We have just contacted MT. Bridges in Washington and learned that he did not announce he was submitting his resignation" an of flee secretary said.
 The west coast longshore leaders office had issued the following an- nouncemenl:
 Harry Bridges announced today in Washington that he was today submitting nis resignation as Cali fornia CIO director to CIO Presi- dent Philip Murray with the re- quest that tte resignation become effective immediately.
 Tn statement made in Wash ington he declared:
 "'I am submitting my resigna- tion in order that the state of Cal ifornia may have two full-time paid regional directors for CIO.
 My dutlcs as President of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousenen's Union and of Co., Chairman for the Committee for Maritime Unity do not permit me to devote sufficient time to the work of ,CIO Regional Director ?
 The San Francisco Chronicle earlier had forecast Bridges resig- nation, saying he had rejected di- vided responsibility as California CIO Director.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
EARTH SHOCKS

NEW YORK, July 18.-A series of at least three quite severe earth quake shocks were recorded early this morning on the seismograph at Fordham University.
 The Rev Joseph Lynch, seismo- logist at the University said the shocks orig;nated about 2,60O miles from New York in an undetermined direction.
 The first shock was felt at 2:45:52 am, Eastern Daylight Time, the second shock came at 2::20:49 aAu. There were several repetitions of the combination of two shocks within a few minutes of each other.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
OFFICES JUGGLED
 IN FEDERAL BLDG,

Shuffling now going on at the Federal Building here vii, end up with several Federal and Territor- ial agencies in new office quarters, it was disclosed today. l Already moved are the U. s. Bur eau of Mines and the Coast Guard Marine Inspection offices. The Mines Bureau moved up one story to the second floor quarters form erly occupied by the Commission CT of observation-disclosures 216 and 220. The Coast Guard has shifted across the hall on the first floor to the old Mines rooms, l25 and 127.
 Into offices vacated by the Coast Guard will go the Territorial De- partment of Taxation and the FILA. The FILA to Room 129; the Tax Commissioner to Rooms l21. 125 and 109, across the hall from his present space.
 Around the corner to IT and 119, when the Tax Commissioner moves out, will go the Alaska De- velopment Board; while dropping into it's spot in Room l05 will be Lonnie McIntoshs Treasury En- forcement Agencies.
 That's to be the office lineup until December. when space will have to te found for the Bureau Of Mines and Commissioner of Vet erans Affairs, so that the Legisla- ture can gather in January.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
 SALMON INDUSTRY OFFICIAL VISITS

Visiting as many canneries as he can on a combined business and vacation trip, is Walter Fuhrer Seattle Office Manager for the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc, who is now in Juneau.
 MT. Fuh;er arrived here from Cordova, accompanied by Mrs Fuhrer and their son Peter and daughter Nancy. From here, they will go to Ketchikan next weekend then back to Seattle.
 MT. Fuhrer is going over industry business here with Southeast Man. ager Pete Gilmore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
OpA REVIVAL LEGI5LATING
 NOW IN LULU
Silver, Women's Equality Taking First Place
 on Capitol Hill
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

There is little prospect for agree ment today on a compromise OPA bill in the SenateHouse Confer ence Committee.
 Yesterday the meeting broke up for lack of a quorum as Senators drifted away to debate a bill on a constitutional amendment to guar antee women equal rights with men. That debate is being resumed to- day Furthermore, before the con- ferees can get back to OPA they will try to break a weeks deadlock over Senate House differences on the price of silver.
 Hopes for any action on OPA were further dimmed by the Senate Majority Leader, Alben Barkley. Barkley announced that a prior engagement will prevent his ap- pearance at any afternoon session to consider OPA.
 At yesterdays meeting of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
Puerto Rico Governorship
 Sticks Pres.

WASHINGTON, July 13,-Presi-
 dent Truman told his news con- ference today he would name a
 three-member economic advisory
 council just as quickly as he can. He said he had hoped to tell ,newsmen today the names of the
 men who will administer the sD- called "full-employment' law, but
 was occupied by the governorship of Puerto Rico. He must name a successor to former Gov. Rexford e, Tugwell, now teaching at the
 University of Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
Courtroom Air Is Bad; Jap Trial at
 Tokyo Postponed

TOKYO, July Is. = The war crimes trial of former Premier Tojo and 26 other high Japanese may not be resumed until next Monday. Sir William Webb, President of the Internationa, Tribunal for the Far East, said the postponement was necessary because the courtroom s air conditiC hing had broken down.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
US. Famine Mission
 Returns from India

NEW YORK, July l8.-The five member American Famine Mission to India arrived today by plane, ending four week tour which car ried the group 3o,o0o miles to study conditions in the hunger stricken areas of Inoia.
 The party, headed by Dr. Theo- dore w. Schiltz, Chairman of the Economies Department of the Uni versity of Chicago. will go to Wash ington nexC week to report to Presi- dent Truman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, July IS. - Closing quotation Of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 77s, Alleghany Cor poration 55,. American Can 96, An accnda 46h, Curtiss-W Wright 72s international Harvester 94l2, Ken necctt 57A, New York Central 24A, Northern Pacific 29i4, United Cor poration 5s. U. S. Steel 90B Pound $4.03h.
 Sales today were 730,000 shares
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 20l.86, rails 63.l9, utilities 4083.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
MYSTERY

REEDSPORT, Ore. George Marks cpulda't figure out what could have caused a small fire in the back scot of his car
 Then he discovered gallon glass jug of water he was carrying had centercd the suns rays on the upholstery, starting a fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
NAZIS' rRE-PEARL HARBOR
 TRAP

For sone weeks, certain Sena- tors have been skilfully pulling backstage wires to kill the Kilgore Committee which has been probing Nazi activities and their link with Americans A brief and confidential peek at what's in the Nazi files now makes 1t quite clear why Sem ators are secretly battling so hard to squelch Senator Kilgore's in- vestigation.
 U. s. Army and Justice Depart ment officials have been extremely busy interviewing German officials, from Hermann Goering down, and the results arc amazing. They show various high"up American leaders and businessmen to be either woe fully naive or else deliberately
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
LEAP FOR LIFE

BUFFALO, Wyo.--Roy Wilson re- cognized a wheel he saw rolling down a steep canyon road in front of his truck and jumped. It was front wheel from his own truck. A split second later, his load of logs shifted and crushed the driv- CTS cab.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
SANDAL RITES TOMORROW

Funeral services for Peter R. Sandal who died July IA will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Charles w. Carter Mortuary. The Rev c. Herbert Hillerman will conduct the ser vices. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18
FISH LANDINGS

Two boats landing fish today were Tom Ness Emma, with l9,0o0 pounds of holibut and black cod, bought by NeV England Fish Co.,, and Olaf Laroen's Arden, with 27,- coo pounds of halibut and black cod, bought by Sebastian-Stuart Co.
 Taking oi. ice and bait today were the Platinum, Frigidland and Eldorado, all members of the Se- attle hali5ut fleet due out for Area III immediately
 Hemlock trees more than 600 years old have been found.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-18

The Dominion of Canada has a greater area than continental Uni ted States.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-10
work as normally as possible in
snite of a hearing defect.

work as normally as possible In
spite of a hearing defect.
An expert at helping the hard
of-hearing is now stationed in
each VA regional office. Veterans
! should write to their regional Of
flee for information On hcw to get
in on this program. You can get
the address of your regional office
| from the local post office.
For the ex-serviceman who lives
in a small community, and for the
one who lives where there aren't
enough other veterans who have
the same trouble to justify forma-
ton of a group class, VA will ar
range individual instructions with
local teachers and facilities.
And all veterans with defective
hearing who have already started
some kind OF training to aid them
will be checked to see that they
are making satisfactory progress.
That applies to those who started
such training before this special
program was begun. The investi-
cation will also determine whether
or not the veteran is in a JOB
which doesn't aggravate his condl'
ton or preclude advancement.
This doesn't mean that a man
who needs this training will be
told by the VA just what job to
take. The discharge will be per-
mitted to do any work he wants to
do and can do while he is getting
the training.
If the veterans hearing loss is
so severe that he needs special at
tention before he can choose a
job field and start his education
or training. VA will arrange for
the courses as medical treatment
on an out-patient basis.
Questions will be answered
only in this space - not by mail.)
Manila hemp, SO useful in cord
400 iS poodo from a banana p1ant
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-10
ourGIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
Nv DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON - A program TO
halp veterans who r deaf OF
hard-of-hearings has been launcheo
b. the Veterans Administrator
Any veteran who has this trou-
bic as a result of his service IS
eligible to receive help. VA is
trying to do this job with as little
Inconvenience to the veteran as
possible. when it a be done
hat way. the training courses will
be given to veterans in small
sroups where they work or are
attending school.
The courses consist of lip-read-
ing, speech and voice correction,
and acoustic training. Their aim
is to enable the vet to live and
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-10
Grabbing Now Passe
Roger Babson Says

Capital. In the light of this honor,
it is particularly important that
America should regain its ances-
trail fortitude. In some misguided
moments, it may have appeared
that America had switched it's ma
tional emblem from the eagle to
the crab. This dour mood must
lift. Instead, We should make the
most of the unprecedented oppor-
tunities. To capitalize to the full
our Astounding material and spir-
itual resources, we need the posi-
tive formula: Rather than crab,
bling about yesterday, let us count
our manifold blessings for tomor-
row.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-10

Manila hemp, So useful in cord
age, is made from a banana plant.