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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
MARITIME DISPUTE DEEMED SETTLED
HAWAIIAN GROUP
 NOW IN SEATTLE
 ENROUTE NORTH

SEATTLE, June IA. = A happy group of Hawaiians and whites, whose leader claims descent from Hawaiian Royalty, awaited sailing time for Alaska today in their re- converted LCT, now a combination holiseboat-fishing vessel-portable sawnill.
 At the bow above the ramp dia- pers swung from an improvised clothes line.
 "Hawaii's getting awfully crowd ed." the shippers wife, Mrs. AL len H. Elston, explained. We want to go where's there's still oppor- tunity"
 The group of some 20, including a 66-year- California fruit farm CT and an 8-months-old child, ar rived yesterday on their ship which they had rechristened Mahina Hou, or New Moon. It was bought as surplus property in Hawaii for $4,- 500.
 Elston, who in peacetime com manded an Island tuna boat, is accompanied by his wife, their in fant son, and four daughters by previous marriage. Jack Bowers, navigator, was a Navy Lieutenant in command of a PIT boat during World War II. He said he would be joined on the Alaska voyage by his father, Herbert A. Bowers, Santa Clara, a fruit farmer.
 Guy O. Beedle, in whose name the ship was bought, is former Coast Guardsman. His Eurasian wife Accompanies him. Others in- clude Louis Banta, who will handle logging contracts; James Smith, ship electrician; Jack Owens, radio operator; Hugh Opperman, engin- ger. sand other men, women and childs n
 The party expects to incorporate themselves as Alaska Allied In- dustries" on their arrival in the Territory, Elston said. They will fish, log and do constructor work.
 Who knows?" Elston said, hap oily. We may even found our own town"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
REDS THREAT TO TSINGTA0
 NOW LULLED
American Forces in Pori Still on Alert But Ad-
 mirdI Not Perturbed

TSINGTAO, June 14.-The like lihood of Communist attack on Tsintao, where some ten thousand or less U. S. Marines and Naval personnel are based, appeared to be lessening today, although the American forces were still on the alert.
 Following orders from Communist headquarters to new Fourth Army Field Commanders to abate the threat on the Nationalist held Shantung Peninsula seaport, the situation has quieted around the villages of Hsia-C -Chuang and Liu- Ting, 12 miles north. which control the ports water system.
 Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr., Commander of the U, s. Seventh Fleet, who briefly visited Tsingtao after conferring with General Mar shall at Ranking, returned to Shang- hai last night.
 i Associated Press Correspondent Spencer Moosa reported sources close to the American Admiral said he was not perturbed over the Tsingtao situation and under the circumstances no decision was re- quired on the question of reinforce ing the present Marine garrison or withdrawing it. The Admiral made no public comment but conferred with his staff in Shanghai, in what aides. described as routine -Glily meeting.)
 Yesterday, while tension was still high. Marines had prepared outskirt defense positions around the air. port and on ridges north of Tsing- tao
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
U. }. Delegates First! al Paris Peace Making
Britain, Americans Pre-. pared for Showdown,
 Red Emissdries

PARIS, June 14.-Secretary of State Byrnes was the first of the Foreign Ministers to arrive today for the fateful four power confer ence which is expected to decide whether Europe will be united or divided into eastern and western spheres.
 V. M. Molotov was expected mo- mentarily from Moscow and Ernest Bevin was to arrive during the af- ternoon.
 Both Byrnes and Bevin have in- dicated the meeting starting to- morrow night be the last attempt of the Foreign Ministers to resolve differences, and that the United States and Great Britain might ex- ecute separate peace treaties with defeated European nations if they are unable to agree with Russia. Previous Foreign Ministers confer ences in London, Moscow and Paris since the war have failed to pro- duce accords.
 Byrnes and his conferees, Sen Connally (D-Texas) and Sen Vandenberg R-Mich) all declined comment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
Major Bowes
 Dies at Home

RUMSON, N. J., lure 14.-Death halted today the spin of the Wheel of Fortune that brought fame and wealth to Major Edward Bowes, the Eespectacled. dry-voiced radio inn pressario, whose All right, all right" became household phrase, died last night at his estate here on the eye of his 72nd birthday.
 Francis Cardinal Spellman ad- ministered the last rites of the Catholic church. There was no an- nouncement of the immediate cause of death.
 Born in San Francisco, where he made and lost fortune in the real estate business, Bower rose to his greatest fame conducting radio amateur hour which in 1885 was voted the most popular radio hour program, with an estimated 20,000,- GOO listeners a week.
 The program attracted tens of thousands of tyro entertainers to New York City. So great was the pilgrimage that in 1885 the emer- gency relief bureau disclosed that 300 would-be entertainers were stranded each week in New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
COASTAL LINES HERE NEW OFFICE WORKERS,
 FLY DAILY ROUTES

The new Alaska Coastal Airlines office employees are Geraldine Riggs, bookkeeper, and Barbara Grove, stenographer- secretary, both of Pasadena, Calf, who went to work early this week.
 Coastal flew the following pas sengers yesterday: to Ketchikan. J. Alhodef; from Ketchikan. H. Crock CT, V. Tromliton, H. McRoberts, MT. and Mrs. w. H. Sherlock; to Pelican, V. Rodriguez, Thomas Rod- riguez, A. Rodriguez, Mrs. B. Bra- mer, Miss D. Bramer, L. E. Evans, Andy Engstrom; from Pelican, J. Crawford, J. Soari, Mrs. F. Ells- worth; to Tulsequah, B. O., Mrs. H. Galloway, w. Galloway. R. Gal loway, F. McPherson; from Tulse- quah, L. Sinclair, P. Forrest, B. Williams; to Sitka, J. Kiennot. c. Wiedman, T. Byrne. c. Wright, F. Bryant, M. Deveny. w. F. Stuart, L. Deveny: from Sitka. L. Berg, J K. Johanison, Lon Robinette, w. Mcintyre, c. Dedrikoff; to Hoon- ah, A. Horton, s. Howard; to Todd, L. w. McWhorter, B. Sahieff, P. Schinoff.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
BRIDGES WILL TAKE 22-CENT
 PAY IN(REASE
Navy Ready in Case Some Hitch Over Details
 Starts Wd|kout

WASHINGTON, June 14-Union leaders, ship operators and gov ernment mediators met today to ratify terms for ending the threat of maritime strike at midnight. But until they actually signed. there was chance some hitch over wording or details might develop and that walkout of sailors and stevodores would sweep across the waterfronts, bottle up ports and main American salt water shipping.
 The Third Naval District in New York announced the Navy had taken preliminary steps" to order reservists to active duty to run government merchant ships in cast strike occurred. But the biggest bar to a settle ment was removed when War ship ping Administrator Granville Con- way announced that Harry Bridges had agreed to take a 22-cents-an- hour pay raise for his CIO long- shoremen.
 Bridges had held out for 23 cents. His union was allied in the Committee for Maritime Unity with six other committed to make no separate settlements.
 Conway told House Labor Sub committee Investigating the mari- time dispute that the president of the longshoremen had agreed to the % cents recommended by the gov- ernment.
 MT. Truman told news confer ence the prospects for that were good. He said his information came from the Labor Department.
 A flat question whether he thought there would be walkout, brought reply that. no. he didn't think there would be shipping strike.
 Conway cautiously reported that it seems reasonable to me that it will be settled" this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 14.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8lz, Alleghany Cor poration ', American Can 104h Anaconda 47A. Commonwealth and Southern 5ss. Curtiss- Wright 8N International Harvester 101A, Ken necott 567s, New York Central 28 Northern Pacific 33A, United Cor poration SIS, Pound $4.03h.
 Sales today totalled 980,00( shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 210.36, rails 68.02, utilities 4283.
 Cautious selling on fears of a maritime strike and some weekend profit taking brought irregularity to the stock market today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
SEATTLE C-0F-C T0WEL-bEARER
 HERE TO LISTEN

Collecting Alaskan's "gripes' against Seattle, Michael Dederer president of the Seattle Fur Ex- change and chairman of the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamtel of Commerce, flew into Juneau on the tail of the good weather today He is homebound after already hearing the plaints of Fairbanks and Anchorage.
 . T want Alaskans to let down their hair," Dederer said as he pre- pared to sit in at the first of sev- eral crying" sessions, this after noon at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
PLAN ROUND TRIP
 BY CAR TO MINN.
 VIA CANADA ROAD

MT. and Mrs. Evan Wruck, their three children, Sharon, 4, Gerald 2, and Allan, nine months, and their Ford sedan will sail for Haines to- night aboard the Tongass to motor to Minnesota via the newly opened Haines road and Canadian high way
 The Wrucks plan to return to Juneau in August along the same route. Wruck is employed by the Public Roads Administration here.
 Sauk Centre, Minn., is their ul- innate destination, where the fana- lilies of both MT. and Mrs. Wruck reside. The trip is the result of months of planning, as they first began to think of making such a trip last February
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
SHERMAN NAMED AS SUCCESSOR TO
 JOHN w. SNYDER

WASHINGTON, June 13.-Presi- dent Truman today announced he was appointing John R. Steelman as Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
 Steelman, a special assistant to the President, will succeed John w. Snyder, who has been nominated for Secretary of the Treasury.
 MT Truman told his news con- ference that he had decided to con- tinue the OWMR on the advice of practically all members of his cab- inet as well as the OWNIR advis- ory committee.
 He previously had said that the OWN1R would be gradually liquidat- ed since he believed most of the country's reconversion problems had been solved.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
CREWNEN FINED FOR pILFERING
 vE55EL'5 CARGO

SEWARD, Alaska, June IA. ' Fines of $9 each were imposed on three crew members of the cargo freighter Glove Hitch here after they pleaded guilty to charges of pilfering merchandise from the vessel.
 Investigators said seventy per cent of the cartons containing shoes, clothing and ham, bacon and canned goods had been ripped open and pilfered. They said the ships cargo was in the most damaged state of any discharged at Seward in the last two years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
A(ii0n on vinson
 Nomination Held
 Up 10 "Wednesday

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Action on the nomination of Fred M. Vim son as Chief Justice of the United States today has been delayed un- til next Wednesday when two per- sons asked to be heard by Senate Judiciary subcommittee
 The men were Robert Gray Tay- Tor of Media, Pa., and Edwin J. Creel of Washington, D. c.
 Chairman McCarran (D-Nev) in- structed both to file statements and proof to support any objections by noon Wednesday.
 Taylor told newsmen T have not questioned the integrity of MT. Vnson and l do not question it.. He said he was interested generally in the integrity of the judiciary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
No Forecast Made On Future Action,
 Labor Legislation

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Presi- dent Truman declined to comment today on what action he might take with respect to any future labor legislation.
 The President was asked at a news conference if he would sign his own temporary emergency bill if it came to him with the Case Labor Disputes bill attached as a rider MT. Truman, who had vetoed the Case bill Tuesday, said that he would follow the custom of not commenting until the legislation reached his desk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
APPEAL IS
 MADE 10
 ITALIANS
Premier Asks Support foI Republic as Situation
 Remains Tense

ROME, June 14.-Premier Alcide De Gasperi appealed to Italians to- day to support the new Republic, regardless of how they voted in last weeks plebiscite.
 The Premier addressed the nation by radio in an atmosphere of ten sion created by an acrimonious ex- change between his government and King Umberto II, who reached Lis bon today for his exile.
 A manifesto issued last night in Umberto's name charged that the cabinet had usurped the Kings powers in a revolutionary gesture and added that he had left Italian soil only to avoid civil war. A royal aide said Umberto would consider himself King pending a formal court ruling on the plebis- cite.
 De Gasperi, in a l0-minute broad cast, deplored "the tragedy of that man" = Umberto. De Gasperi said Umberto compromised with the dictatorship" and had in the last few months attempted to regain power.
 "He is part of the national ca tastrophe," De Gasperi said, assert ing an expiation was due from Um- berto, even as we all must ex- plate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
TRUMAN STILL UNDE(IDED0N 0pA A(T VETO
Takes Singing Defeat in Con-
 Qress Over Measure

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Hand- ed resounding defeat in Congress on the issue of price controls, President Truman left open today the question of whether he would veto the OPA Extension Bill.
 He decided to commit himself when he was asked outright at his news conference whether he would sign or disapprove the measure as it passed the Senate last night.
 The Senate approved, 55 to Il, a years extension of OPA-shorn, however, of much authority and minus the right to keep price con- trols on meat, eggs, milk, butter ond chickens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
5.pR0kI5ED ALL SUPPORT
 TO CHETNIKS

BELGRADE, June IA. - Gen Draja Mihailcvic told the Yugoslav Military Court today that Col. Ro- bert Mcdowell, of the American Military Mission, informed him in 1914 American youth is not fight ing for Communism and does not want Communism in Yugoslavia' ,
 The bearded Chetnik chief lost a tug of war with Marshal Tito for control of Yugoslavia's resist ance forces and is now charged with treason and collaboration with the Germans.
 Mcdowell told me America would support me and my govern ment and movement exclusively, Mihailovic testified.
 He said that previously he had planned to compromise with Tito's Partisans because he expected his Russian packers to be practical politicians"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
Compromise Near
 ' In Teen-Age Draft

WASHINGTON, June IA. = The Senate-House deadlock over draft ing teen-agers in peacetime ap- preached a compromise today.
 Senator Gurney (R-SD said a joint Congressional Committee pro- bably would recommend drafting of 18year-olds only as a last resort, and with the additional provision that they be barred from overseas duty until they reach l9.
 No final agreement on this point was reached at a two and a half hour conference today but Senator Gurney told reporter the group had agreed to meet again Monday forenoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
The W aShinqton Merry -Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON Some of those who have sat inside Supreme Court confidential conferences believe that two factors were behind Jus tice Robert Jackson's sudden flare up against his associate, Justice Hugo Black.
 They are: l. Jackson's own nerve-wracking job at Nuremberg and his keen disappointment over not being appointed Chief Justice; 2. A conspiracy by certain groups in the USA to nuffify the hard hitting liberal opinions of Justice Black.
 Most people don't realize it, but Jackson has suffered thyee bitter political disappointments, and in one previous case he 1ashed back bit- terly-though privately-at a man who helped disappoint him.
 Disappointment No. 1 was when Jackson wanted to be Governor of New York. It was Roosevelt's idea that this would groom Jackson as the next White House incumbent. However, FDR couldn't whip the New York politicians into line, so it was promised that Jackson would become Attorney General instead.
 This was Disappointment No. 2. For Frank Murphy, then defeated as Governor of Michigan, was ap- pointed Attorney General instead. Jackson never got over this, boiled over privately against Frank Mur-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
Taylor 10 Remain Al Vatican UniiI
 Peace Is Certain

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Myron O. Taylor will continue as the Presidents Ambassador to the Vat ican until after world peace has been secured, MT. Truman told his news conference today.
 He added that he recently had in- formed a group of Protestant clergymen that TayloS's tenure would continue until the peace treaties had been written.
 After that, he said. he told the group, we would no longer have an official representative at the Vat ican.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
ANCHORAGE TO
 HAVE 200 NEW FAMILIES SOON

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June fl. Two hundred new families will be brought here soon to settle OH Government Hill' across the tracks from the city, Col. John- Johnson, manager of the Alaska Railroad announces.
 He said married employees of the railroad would be housed at the site, with Quonset huts as tenn porary quarters. These later will be replaced with permanent homes.
 Johnson said the railroad plan ned eventually to withdraw the land from the railroad reserve and sell the homesites to families housed there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
ELECTRIC ASSN.
 MEETS SUNDAY

A meeting of the Glacier High way Electric Association, Inc, re- gently formed cooperative proposing rural electrification for the Aux Bay-Tee Harbor area, has been call ed for Sunday afternoon, June 16, at ? o'clock p. m., it was disclosed today.
 Two representatives of the Rural Electrification Administration, H. B. Bryan and E. L. Bennett, are to arrive in Juneau today or to- morrow in time to be present at the meeting, to give consideration to further development of the pro- ject. The two are coming here from Kodiak.
 Sundays meeting will be held at DeHart's Store, at Aux Bay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
HAYNES HIGHWAY
 OPEN TO TRAVEL

Highway Engineer Leonard w. Smith announced here today that he has been advised that the Haines cutoff to the Alaska High way is now open to traffic through the summer months.
 Canadian and American Customs officials have already been station ed at Haines to clear traffic to and from Canada and plans have been announced for hrice-weekly bus service between Haines and Fair banks as soon as the road should be declared fit for use.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
MtNln 10 Be First
 Amb., Philippines

WASHINGTON, June 14-Paul " McNutt will be the first United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.
 The designation was announced by President Truman who told a news conference that McNutt's nomination would go to the Sem ate today or tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
U55R BITES OFF kU5HkAN SECTOR
 OF AFGHANISTAM

MOSCOW, June l4.--A new Rus sian-Afghanistan treaty announced today allots to Russia the Kushkan area in the northwestern border of Afghanistan bordering Iran.
 Izvestia said the 1921 treaty on incorporation of the area into Af- ghanistan had lost power" The treaty was signed by Foreign Min ister V. M. Molotov and Saultan Ahmed Khjn, Afghan Ambassador. to revise the frontier in the wild region along the Amu Darya and Pyandzh rivers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
GOES TO CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, June A. The House refused today to accept the Senate's drastic curtailments on OPA extension and sent the bill to a Senate House conference com mittee for a "harmonizing" of diff ferences.
 There was widespread doubt on Capitol Hill, however, that the con- ferees will be able to write com promise that will not run head-on into Presidential veto.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
MARRIED HERE

Margaret Bennett, of Angoon, and Charles Gamble, of Juneau. were married here yesterday afternoon by U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray. The ceremony was performed at his Federal Building office. Witnesses were Joseph c. Johnson and Mrs. Ruby Dumlao.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
AIRIIGHI ALlBl

VIRGINIA, Minri., June IA. - When Harold Laioskey's friends laughed when he tried to tell about the big one that got away: he went on another fishing trip in Homdoo Lake.
 And he came back with better story. He had caught the one that had fooled him the first time, a big northern pike.
 To prove it, he exhibited the fish from whose jaw his original hook, leader and sinker still dam gled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
IN FOR SIXTY DAYS

Turned over to Federal author ities by City Police, on a charge of being drunk, Frank Wilson, native, pleaded guilty before U. s. Con- missioner Felix Gray and was sen- tenced to 60 days in the Federal jail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
UMBERro " LISBON

| LISBON, June 14.-Umberto II of Italy arrived today from Bar celona, where he spent his first night of exile.
 T am most anxious to join my family" he said. The Queen and their children reached Portugal earlier by sea.
 Italian legation representatives met his plane and accompanied him to the house where his family is staying. Umberto, possibly Italys last King, thus followed his father into exile by little more than month. King Vittorio Emanuele went to Egypt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
WILLIAM JOHNSON HERE

William 0. Johnson has arrived here from Petersburgh. He is stay- ing at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-14
FROM HOONAH

Mrs. Howard Erickson has arriv- ed from Hoonah. She is stopping at the Gastineau.