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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
PACIFIC COAST
 LUMBER FIRMS
 FACE CHARGES
0PA Suits D Designed to Break Black Market
 Housing BottIeneek

SEATTLE, Dept. 26.-The OPA has filed suits against lumber and building material concerns all along the Pacific coast. The govern ment agency said the action was taken to break what it called the black market bottleneck in hous- ing Fifty-five coastal lumber firms and 10 building material companies were named in the actions; IA of the companies named are located in the Seattle district. The suits are a follow-up of actions leveled against 40 other lumber operators last June. Treble damages totaling more than S700,O00 are being sought by the OPA.
 Two Seattle firms being sued are the Nettleton Lumber Company and operator of the Gray Lumber and Shingle Co.,, Cecil B. Gray. The Nettleton Company is charged with the sale of four million feet Ol llOil-SIdIlltdl0 lQlllOCi. IlColoCiit w. P. Nettleton, however comment ed that his company has followed careiully all OPA prices.
 The Gray firm is accused of sell ing non-st standard size lumber throughout the country. The OPA says this firm has refused to allow inspection of it's records.
 Tn suit filed in Tacoma, Frank Evans and the Acme Mill Co. of Chehalis were accused of shipping 750,000 board feet of lumber and invoicing it without grading or pric- ing.
 The OPA said that more than 67000,000 board feet of lumber have been traced into asserted illicit channels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
GreeksAwaii
 Kings 'sRefurn
tBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Greek government it getting set for the return of King George the Second from London-but the preparations seem to be far cry from those which could be expect ed for popular hero.
 A feeling of tenseneSs prevails in Athens. The whole city is to be closed down Saturday morning for the monarch's reception. No one will be permitted to watch the parade from the tops of roofs or from porches within a block of the line of march. The crowds in the streets will have to stay put.
 There's no let-up, meanwhile, in the fighting in Northtrn Greece, The latest official announcements say that raiding bands from Yugo- slavia attacked frontier posts and villages, killing several civilians and Kidnapping seven Greek guards. Lon don Daily Herald, which speaks for the British Labor party, said to- day that British troops will leave Greece as soon as ships can be provided. But a British Foreign Office spokesman commented that no new political decision has been taken which will result in the im- mediate withdrawal of the; Tom mics.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
PURGE TO KILL" C0NFEssI0N,
 YOUTH SLAYER

BRYAN, O., Sept. 26.-Sheriff Norman A. Barnes said he would file a murder charge today against a Bryan youth who confessed "an urge to kill' led him to choke and stab to death Emily Abernathy, 30. city librarian, in the library base ment here last Saturday night.
 Barnes reported that the youth, James Robert Engle. 2l, a former Bryan high school student and son of an auto supply store manager, signed confession last night that he just wanted to kill" the at tractive blonde librarian to satis- fly "an urge to kill' he first got in England as U. s. sailor
 Miss Abernathy's body was found lying between blood spattered book shelves, punctured with g penknife stab wounds. She was not raped
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
SECRECY TAG
 HOLDING OFF
 CAN0L PROBE
Senators Waif on Staff Chiefs for Material
 on Oil Venture

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26- An official tag of secrecy on files of the joint chiefs of staff snagged a Senate committee investigation of the $133 100000 wartime Canol oil project today.
 The subject was dropped until Saturday, and the War Investigat- ing Committee turned to other mat ters, including the return of sur plus property from abroad.
 Senator Ferguson (R-Mich said he would seek prompt action on a thorough inquiry into home build ing delays, telling reporters he considers the Administration s housing program "a fraud upon the American people"
 Obviously irked by a military ban on making the Canol oil pro- ject files public. committee mem bers excused Adm Ernest J. King from testifying until Saturday morning, when they hope the ma terial can be released.
 King. the Nays wartime rep resentative on the joint strategy board, had come prepared with a statement and supporting letters.
 Recalling that King had criticiz- ed the committees annual report as containing a 'willful distortion of facts" concerning his part in the Canol oil producing and refining venture in Canada, Ferguson de- clared:
 We can't pass on distortion of the facts until we get the facts ''
 The joint chiefs, it developed, turned over the Canol files to the committee last Monday, but under a confidential" label
 Col. Andrew J. Mcfarland, Sec retary of the joint chiefs of staff, was asked why his files were kept secret so long after the fighting ended.
 He said the committee hadn't asked for dissatisfaction until Monday and estimated it would take a week for the JCS Security Meeting to examine the documents and make recommendations on re- leasing them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
CRITICISM UNFAIR"

SEATTLE, Sept. 26.--J. A. Tal- bot, President of the Alaska Trans portation Company, today termed unfair" criticism by George Sund- borg, new manager of the Alaska Development Board, of American transportation facilities between here and Alaska.
 Taltot, a resident Of Ketchikan for years, and member of the Alaska Development Board, said he was sure "a majority of the Board will not agree with his statement. D
 He added that the companies realize their Alaska service has been below par as far as the gen. eral public is concerned but they pere primarily engaged in supply ing defense materials for Alaska bases and their schedules were sub ject to military orders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
(H|Lk00T
 BARRACKS
 FOR vA((
Inferior Department Turns Down 0'Harra-Gard-
 ner Writes Decision

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-The In- terior Department today awarded Chilkoot Barracks, surplus army post near Haines, Alaska, to the Veterans Alaska Cooperative Go.
 This reversed an award made by lot August 5, by the Department Bureau of Land Management to Kenneth E. O'Harra.
 The Cooperative, represented by Steve Larson Homer, and the OHarra Bus Lines, represented by OHarra, submitted identical bids of $100,000. In decision, Assist ant Secretary Warner w. Gardner found that O'Harra was not eligible to bid because his company failed to meet the qualifications of a small" business under provisions of the surplus property act.
 Gardner's opinion, approved by Secretary Krug, held that O'Harra's company controls about 75 percent of the highway motor transporta- ton business of Alaska.
 Both OHarra and Homer are honorably discharged veterans of World War II. O'Harra intended to use the property as bus term inal and hotel development.
 Homer bid as a trustee for a group of veterans who wished to organize a cooperative and develop a community with various commer- cial and agricultural enterprises.
 Chilkoot Barracks was established as an army post in 1898. Declar- ed surplus by the War Department, it consists of about TO buildings and an area, including woodland, of 400 acres.
 Gardner said if such large in- stallation were awarded to O'Harra under veterans preference, and added to the already extensive properties of the dominant bus op- orator in Alaska, I do not see that there would be produced the maxi mum of independent operators, an equitable distribution of surplus property or strengthened 'com- petitive position of small business concerns as provided in the Sur plus Property Act.
 Gardner ruled that the Veterans Cooperative meet these and other specifications of the act since it contemplates establishment of var ious small independent enterprises, including grocery, hardware and drug stores, filling station, game and fish processing plants, dairies and other enterprises.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
5Iavesof Wild [oIoskighfBe
 Missing Pliers
American Soldiers Search ing Remotest China for
 Hump Survivors

CHENGTU, China, Sept. 26.-A U. s. Army search team plunged deeper into China's wild and mount ainous far west today, seeking long, lost American airmen feared cap- tives of the fierce slaveholding Lo- los.
 On the second day of their mis- sion into the land of cloud capped half-savage, Mongolian- featured warriors, and pandas, the soldiers were believed to be from five to II days march from their goal.
 That goal is the valley of the Chinkiang, which carves it's course from headwaters in the worlds highest mountains in Tibet.
 Missionaries have reported at least eight enslaved whites were seen grinding corn or tending flocks in that region, where few white men save the missionaries nave ever VtIlIuIcu.
 It. Col. Herbert w. WurtZler and his detachment expected to set ur headquarters at a remote Catholic mission and try to learn there ii the white captives are U. s. airmen down two and more years ago on the perilous flight lover the hump from India to China.
 His party flew down to Sichang about 300 miles southwest of Cheng- tu. The mission is an estimated four days march west of Sichang The region where the white men were seen is from two to eight days march farther westward.
 Wurtzler hoped to talk with those who reportedly saw the white men Then he will try to locate the cap tives through friendly Lolo chief tainS.
 Dr. David Crockett Graham of West China University, who enter ed the Lolo country 20 years ago said here that the Lolos probably would demand blankets and salt for ransom because their economy was based on the practice of slavery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
SKAGWAY, HAYNES
 LINKED TO HERE
 BY PHONE TO-DAY
Service Opens This After noon Over Modernized
 Deep Sea Gable

Speaking from their own offices in their respective cities, the Gov ernor of Alaska, Mayor Pat Car roll of Skagway, Mayor Leonard King of Haines and Mayor Waino Hendrickson of Juneau this after neon at 2:30 o'clock, inaugurated service over the Alaska Communi- cations Systems new long distance telephone link connecting the three communities.
 Capt. Buoy, Officer in Charge of the ACS at Juneau, called first upon Col. T. J. Fully, Commanding Officer of the ACS, to greet the civilian officials by o-telephone cut-in from his headquarters at Seattle Col Fully announced that the new telephone service connect ing Juneau, Haines and Skagway would he available to the public, effective at o'clock pm. today. The ACS line is hooked in with local telephone systems in the va.- iouS cities.
 Col. Fully declared himself happy, as the ACS Commanding Officer, to be able to advise that the new long distance telephone link would be available today, and that he is satisfied it will provide a much better service than the previous overseas" stations could render.
 Extensive Program
 The ACS is proceeding on an extensive program of service ex- pansion, the main effort on which is TOW being concentrated in con- meeting the cities of Southeast A. aska, Col. Fully stated. As the var icus segments of the whole system are each completed, they are being put into operation immediately, he added Col. Fully expressed his hope i that Alaska businessmen will avail themselves of the new, better ser vice now offered.
 Col Tully's remarks from Seattle were heard clearly at all five points hooked into the new circuit here.
 Fully Answered
 Alaska's Governor, returned to his office here from an extensive trip to western Alaska areas only l Is minutes previously, answefed Col. Fully by declaring the ACS is to be highly congratulated upon the ser- l vice it offers Alaska communities. This new long-distance telephone link, he said, is great achievement which undoubtedly will be very helpful, in government as well as to private parties, in bringing the people of the three communities closer together
 It is the first step, the Governor added, toward closer communication of all kinds. The inauguration of this service is gratifying occasion in which he is happy to participate, the Governor said. He congratulat- ed the ACS upon having always rendered efficient service.
 The next step toward improving communications is to get the Lynn Canal cities linked by road, the Gov ernor later advised Mayor King. (Continued 0n Page Tl00J
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
0pA AIMING TO CHANNEL MEAT
 TO H05plTAL5

SANTA FEE, N M, Sept. 26.- Paul Porter, National Director of OPA, said today that an order is being prepared in Washington to make more meat available to hos pitals and similar institutions throughout the country.
 Porter, here to attend regional conference of OPA officials, said packers would be directed to set aside the same amount of meat for hospitals that they delivered during the base period in 1944.
 He declined to elaborate on the plan, saying details would be an- nounced in Washington, perhaps today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
COURT BOWS
 T0DEMAND5
 OF STRIKERS
Leader in Power Tie-Up Is Freed-Anti- Strike h.
 junction Dissolved

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26. - The Allegheny County Common Pleas Court today dissolved it's stern an ti-strike njunction-crux of the citys three -day-old power strike and dropped contempt charges against 10 union leaders who had defied the injunction.
 Dissolution of the injunction was requested by the city in an attempt to settle the industry -stifling walk out, which had caused a virtual business holiday" in the steel cap ital
 One of the judges said later this included the one-year jail term imposed on George L. Mueller President of the striking union for contempt of court through re- fusal to end the strike.
 The injunction thus ended while wave of sympathy strikes spread among plants and business in the city.
 It failed to halt immediately street car walkout which started only this morning, shutting off the city's main system oi transporta- tion. Leaders of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Workers said they were awaiting developments.
 Business agent John T. Morgan of the unicn said earlier the walk out of 3,ooo trolley operators and service workers was protective measure" against threats of violence to men and equipment. He did not disclose the source of the threats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
 CALLS MEN
 TO BIRTHS
Agreement Reached with Shipowners- Washington
 Conference Rejetted

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 26--AFL Sailors of the Pacific dropped back aboard ships today as West Coast maritime interests labored to avert another strike in five days.
 Harry Lundeberg, operating head of the AFL sailors union, ordered the men back after reaching an agreement with the Pacific -Ameri- can Shipowners Association. The strike. started by the AFL Union Sept. and extended by CIO and Independent unions after an AFT, return-to-work vote, was officially ended last Saturday.
 Seamen of the AFL union, how ever, remained off the job pending the signing of the agreement guar anteeing wage boosts awarded by an arbitrator's decision ending the strike.
 The Shipowner's Association and another AFL marine union separ- ately turned down an invitation by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach for maritime peace conference in Washington and sought a solution to their differences in a confer ence here.
 In rejecting the bid to Washing ton, Capt, c. F. May, President of the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots of America, West Coast Local 90, accused the government of trying to be a ssuper-bargaining hody re- placing the prerogatives of both management and labor"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
'DREAMB0AT' MAY HOP T0M0RR0W::
 FLIES OVER JUNEAU

HONOLULU, Sept. 26.-Col c. s. Irvine, Commander of the Army's distance record seeking B-29, Pa cusan Dreamboat,' today tentatively set 530 am. tomorrow, Honolulu time t8 am. Pacific time) for the start of his top-of- -the-world hop to Cairo, Egypt.
 Irvine said, after checking the early weather report, that the 10,- 000-mile flight across the Arctic regions would begin as indicated, weather permitting"
 The weather report indicated poor flying conditions over Iceland, and he wishes to give it PA hours to get out of my way"
 Meteorologists said they expected the weather to clear up within the next "A hours to give the Dream boat clear sailing on its long hop.
 All eyes will be cast upwards in Juneau because the "Dreamboat' is reported coming over this section on the flight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
HOW COME!

Snow on the mountains and it is only September 26.
 Earlier risers today cast their eyes towards the surrounding noun tains and snow was seen.
 There was snow atop the Douglas Island range, also along the ridges of Mendenhall, Mount Juneau and ia was decidedly white on top of Mount Roberts.
 Rain or sun CD may force a disappearance of the snow by af- ternoon or evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
Presidential pIums

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 26.-A jar of regular damson plum preserves with a special label brought a high bid of $2 at the Woman's City Club annual harvest festival here.
 The preserves were contributed by Mrs. Harry s. Truman, and bore a White House label. Mrs. Harold w. Falls was the high bidder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26

 FOR ! HEARINGS

SEATTLE, Sept. 26.-The Dis trict Engineers Office has an- nounced changes in the dates of hearings at Anchorage and Fair banks next week, due to airline changes.
 The Anchorage hearing set for Oct. 3, on hydroelectric and navi- gation improvements, will be held at D. m, Oct 9 The Fairbanks hearing on Cinema River and Cinema Slough flood control. set for Oct. 4, will be at ? p. m., Oct. 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
Merry Go Round
 The W ashingto
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-With the public engrossed with Cabinet flare-ups and the Russian imbroglio, a lot of juicy plums may go to certain business firms who know the ropes in Washington.
 Though little publicized, juiciest plums in Government repose in the office of the Alien Property Gus todian, supposed to protect price less German property for the tax payers. One lush company is I. G. Chemie, the Swiss-Nazi firm seized by the United States during the war.
 Remington Rand is now angling 10 get I. G. Chemie. They have hired the son-in-laW of statesman like Senator Barkley of Kentucky, Max Truitt, and have done a lot of hackstage lobbying. They have even talked to Senator Mead of New York, former Chairman of the Mead Investigating Committee to ascertain whether the deal would be investigated-if made.
 This column will endeavor to re- port on what finally happens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
FROM THE STATES

Among arrivals from the States registering at the Baranof Hotel yesterday were George E. Brown, A. E. Wichowski, Howard Lintz, Flint, Mich; E. A. Anderson, Se- attle, w. K. Pierce, San Francisco, Calf; Rodger D. Hamilton, Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
MISS BOTHWELL LEAVING

Bernice Boutwell,, former resi- dent of Juneau, leaves on the Prin- cess Norah after spending three weeks vacation here.
 Miss Bothwell, now nurse at Providence Hospital in Seattle, was born in Juneau and is graduate of Juneau High School.
 During her stay here she has been visiting friends in this city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
TODAY'S MARKET

Stocks advanced today for the third consecutive session but volume fell off to the smallest total since August 29.
 Selling developed early in the day from traders who had been await ing rally unload. The rise resumed in the afternoon and the leaders ran up to net gains of to nearly 3 points.
 The rise, still considered techni- cal recovery after a sharp decline, brought the market back to new highs for more than week. In- dustrial issues again were in the forefront of the rise. Rails were mixed and utilities firm.
 Chrysler ran up nearly 3 points in the motors. Bethlehem gained more than a point. Woolworth net ted more than ? points in it's sec tion. Gains of point or more were noted in such leaders as Southern Pacific, Sears Roebuck, Kennecott, American Telephone, American To- bacco B, Douglas Aircraft, Good year, Mack Trucks and Lone Star Cement
 Eastern Stainless Steel ran up 6 points on small volume. Superior Oil of California gained 3. Du Font rose more than 3. Johns Manville gained 2 points in an inn proved building group.
 Numerous special issues and pre- ferred stocks registered advances of l to more than points. Utility preferreds gained a point or more in several instances.
 The list ruled strong just before closing with better tone in the rails and the industrials making new highs for the day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
FORGOT TO DUCK

PORTLAND. Ore, Sept. 26. = When City Engineer Frank Akers drained the city's reservoir, a dis placed duck took off, flew some seven blocks and crashed into the side of Akers' home.
 The Akers are having duck for dinner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26

ROME-The former Democratic National Chairman and Postmaster General, James A. Farley, has had an audience with the Pope. Farley says the Pope is in complete agree ment with the firm policy of Secre- tary of State Byrnes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Sept 26.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5%, American Can 86, Anaconda 39b, Curtiss- Wright 6A, International Harvester 78, Kennecott AT, New York Central 161a, Northern Pacific 20as, U. s. Steel TEA, Pound $4.03la.
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 174.96, rails 4868, utilities 34.87.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
E. TORKELsON ARRIVES

E. Torkelson from Pelican is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
CoNDoNING BLACK MARKETS

Last spring Republican Senator Wherry of Nebraska and other Congressmen out to kill the OPA, howled their heads off that OPA was ignoring the black market. To- day, as OPA agents are trying to clean up the black market, those very same Congressmen and Sena- tors are complaining that OPA is too aggressive. Some Congressmen actually want to have the OPA call
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The Omaha guide., 1946-03-02
GRAIN MOVEMENTS:
Coop Proposals

Holding an emergency meeting in
Chicago, Ill, the National Fedora
ton of Grain Co-operatives urged
President Truman to speed up
movement Of box cars and clarity
the price and tax situation to spur
tagging shipment Of grain to mar
ket.
Representing member groups,
which handle approximately 400 mil
lion bushels Of grain annually, the
federation said that the acute short
age of box cars has been further
aggravated by delays in movement.
Runs that normally required four
or five days from the northwest to
Minneapolis-St. Paul. now take 80
days or more. officials said.
AS long as uncertainty exists over
extension of federal price controls,
the federation declared, farmers will
keep substantial quantities of grain
off the market in the hope Of higher
returns. Further, farmers may be
adverse to selling both their car
ryover and the ripened 1916 crop in
the same year unless tax laws are
revised or loans Of actual grain
to the government are arranged
and operators are permitted to elect
the time for collection.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-02
TIRES:
Good Prospects

With the manpower situation i'm
proving with the return Of many
veterans and new facilities sched-
uled to get into production soon, the
tire outlook for 1916 has grown
increasingly promising, though
stocks adequate to meet record de-
mand will not be forthcoming be-
fore late in the year.
With "a million cars in operation,
with many running on tires five or
mor years old. the government set
a goal Of &c million passenger cords
for 1916. Under present favorable
conditions, manufacturers hope to
even exceed the mark. Because of
the continued scarcity of natural
rubber, substantial proportions of
both tires and tubes will be made Of
synthetics.
Since 80 per cent Of all tires pro-
duced go to the market and only 10
per cent are retained for new auto
mobiles, not many more additional
cords have been made available dur
ing the closedown of auto plants
by the General Motors strike, trade
circles pointed out.