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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07
By MRS. BILLIARD sHERIN

SEWARD, Alaska, Feb. 7.-The sea was very rough and my baby (5-year-old Michael Sherin had been violently ill for several hours. was talking to him when sudden ly we felt light rip. A heavier rip followed, then a third, still heavier.
 The ship shuddered. I jumped up, dressed Mike and then helped dress my husband, who was also ill I put heavy parka on the boy, one on myself and then adjusted our lifebelts I grabbed a camera and an extra coat and we rushed up on deck. Scores of passengers were crowding the deck, among them a soldier dressed in an undershirt and wo- man clad only in her gown Wave Washes Deck
 Some men unfastened a lifeboat. Just then a huge wave washed over the deck, carrying the boat with it, and smashing 1t against the ship. One man was cut by the boat and several narrowly missed being crushed
 The wave knocked us down. threw myself on top of Mike, and my husband shielded us both with his body
 Crew members launched another boat. It filled with water and cap sized. A third attempt also failed with the front end of boat rest ing on two rocks. Full Speed Ahead was told that the captain, af- ter feeling the first rip, ordered the ship full speed ahead to wedge 1t firmly in the rocks. The back end began to crack and finally split. At least one passenger jumped from back portion of the ship to the front.
 WdlGI MdD putin 1titC hA<S N%%NN ing room, but crew men managed to bring out oranges and candy bars.
 We went to an abandoned cabin in the fore part of the ship ana remained there several hours. La ter we went to the rail where group of passengers were gathered. Rooms were swaying above our heads. My husband guided us back toward the cabin. Seconds later, gigantic wave washed over the spot where we had been standing.
 Swept Into Sea
 It swept the passengers into the sea. Like a nightmare, l watched { them. It was as though they were 1 in a scene in a movie. counted seven heads in a row Then my eyes centered on che man He was being swept into the rocks. He was fighting desperately for his life in the debris-cluttered water. He swan frantically, pushing 1 it away with his hands.
 Dashed Up On Rock ! He reached a rock and started to climb out but was swept back into the sea. Then, on the crest of an- other wave, he and one other man were dashed up on rock again They clung there weakly,
 With my heart in my mouth, l i watched three other men climb out of the sea on the rocks. i All night they stayed there, cry | ing piteously for help, which did not come till morning.
 CT. Rescues Man
 I saw one other man saved. He was in the water for minutes when a soldier risked his life to rescue i him. After tying a rope around his waist, this G.I jumped in apd , grabbed him Both were hauled to safety
 The waves continued to wash the deck. Three hit us before we could escape. My husband grabbed an iron post and held it, shielding Mike and me from the forge of the water with his body. The water was up to my knees and my clothes were soaked.
 The back end of the vessel was swaying violently. The front end
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07
Yamashiia Is 10 Die on
 GaIIows; Death Sentence
 Is Upheld by MatArihur


 barred
 Styer, commander of Army forces in the western Pacific with head quarters in Manila, said Army selected witnesses to the execution would not be permitted to talk for publication.
 Yamashita, charged with condon- ing atrocities by troops under his command in the Philippines, is the first top-ranking Japanese officer whose conviction has been review ed by the Supreme Allied Com mander.
 Hard Decision
 When Macarthur asserted that he passed judgment upon an adver- sary reluctantly he wasn't saying half of what he could say. No soldier, no officer, no general ever wanted to pass judgment on beaten foe. Rank and tradition must have tugged hard in the in- ner conflict that tore Macarthur apart.
 It would have been so easy to commute the enemy's sentence. It would have been so easy to fall back on ancient custom and play the magnanimous victor It took he unselfishness of a soldier to overcome this net@rrl temptation.
 Yamashita was a bad soldier. He never even tried to be a good sol- dier. That is even taking into con- alteration the different concepts of east and west. Yamashita was bad soldier by Japanese standards of Bushido-that code which the Japanese hold up as the standard of their term of chivalry.
 MacArthur's Charge
 Here's what MacArthur has to say on the subject. "The soldier, be he friend or foe, is charged with the protection of the weak and lnarmed. It is the very essence and reason for his being. When he violates this sacred trust, he not only profanes his entire cult, but threatens the very fabric of so- ciety."
 Tn his chill, scathing denuncia- ton, Macarthur charged Yama- shita with failing his duty to his troops, to his country, to his enemy and to mankind. As MacArthur summed it, Yamashita even failed his soldiers faith. If Yamashita is any kind of soldier, this last ac- cusation will rankle to his dying breath.
 Sack of Manila
 Macarthur singled put the sack of Manila as peculiarly callous and purposeless. But there were other Japanese crimes and other Japan ese generals. Shanghai, Ranking, Singapore and many, many others. Japanese leaders in all the services refused to obey the injunctions or their own military code.
 Westerners, and Americans par ticularly may as well forget the ritual hocus pocus with which the Japanese surround themselves. There was time when we believed that these ceremonial gestures re- presented a certain depth of feel ing, a sensitivity which the west could not fathom or emulate.
 We know that all this was part of a spurious bill of goods. It was a facade behind which the Japan csc elite worshipped strange new gods.
 Tojo, Yamashlra, Hornma and the rest of the benighted leadership read the wrong chapter and sput- tered the wrong verse. Outwardly, they went through the motions of wershipping at the nations shrines. Tojo. it is recalled, made it part of his duties to pay regular visits to the goddess Ise. He told this legen- diary mother of the Japanese race all about the infamous deeds of his infamous sons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07
AL DUBE HERE

Al Dube. a resident of Fairbanks, arrived here yesterday He is stay ing at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07
MRS. ERICKSON HERE

Mrs. o. Erickson of Petersburg is guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07
WIFE OF H0MMA
 ASSERTS NE K
 JUST GENTLE MAN
General, Who Accepts Re sponsibilifY for Death
 March, in Tears

BULLETIN - Washington, Feb. !. = It. Gen. Masaharu Homma, Japanese war leader charged with condoning the Bataan death march, today asked the Supreme Court to halt his trial before an Ameri- can military commission in Manila.
 IIOmma also asked the high tribunal. by airmail, that he be taken out of the hands of the military and that the Supreme Court review refusal by the Philippine Supreme Court to grant him writ of habeas corpus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07

LORRAINE M. NELSON ARRIVES
 Lorraine M. Nelson, resident of Gustavus, has arrived in town and is stopping at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07

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Evening star., 1946-06-09
Indonesions Organize
Council for Defense
BY the Asseeiosed Pr.ss

BATAVIA. Java, June s.-Pres-
ident Soekarno Of the unrecognized
Indonesian republic announced to-
day the formation OF q Republican
Defense Council, stating that "our
country is in danger" The council,
he said, includes representatives OF
his government, its army and polit-
ical parties.
In a broadcast from Jogjakarta
Nationalist stronghold In the in.
terror of the island, Soekarno saio
the Indonesians would answer with
force" if the Dutch refused to rec.
ognize their sovereignty or seek tt
enforce their will on the people.
He limited that the Indonesiar
problem might be submitted to thu
United Nations.
Evening star., 1946-06-09

its grain buyer, Edward ]. Quenn
reported. More grain will have tt
be channeled to these mills If they
are to supply Washington. he said
Mr.. Quinn said Western mills feal
they will lose money under the Gov.
ernment wheat lending program
since the price of wheat may rise
before the time comes to pay it back
Mr.. Talbot pointed out, however
that the merchandisers, not the
mills, are responsible for paying back
the wheat and that all risks are
being assumed by the Commodity
Credit Corp.
Reduced flour supplies have cut
bakery workers take-home pay by
80 per cent, Mr. McClosky said
Bakers now receive $145 an hour
for nightwork and $125 for day.
work. Helpers get IS and 95 cents
an hour, he said.
Specific wage demands will be
worked out today, Mr.. McClosky
added. He said negotiators also
would take up the question of hand
work. Bakers. have been using all
their supplies for machine-made
bread because they make a greater
profit on it, he charged. Mr.. Spiess
refused to comment for the bakers.
Evening star., 1946-06-09
Labor
Continued From First Page }

IN the House Rules Committee
Chairman SABBATH said he planned
to call a committee meeting Tues
day to consider what procedure to
recommend. but doubted if action
would be taken until later in the
week.
The House passed the bill as asked
by the President, giving him full
authority to seize essential strike
bound industries and draft workers
to run them. The Senate deleteo
the draft authority and toned dowr
some other sections.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat. ot
Arkansas, meanwhile, made public
telegram to the President urgins
him to sign the Case Bill.
The Importance of this meas.
ure," Senator Mcclellan said, doe.
not properly permit the influence oi
political considerations of expedi.
ency in weighing its merits and tn,
pressing needs for its enactment
The public welfare and the preser.
vation of this Government strongl,
appeal for your approval"
Evening star., 1946-06-09
StreumIininq
Continued From First Page.)


torial expense item would be retro
active to January.
II the congressional streamlining
bill has to be laid aside for OPA to-
morrow, there is very little chance it
will be taken up again before ad-
journment sometime in July, in view
Of the stack of appropriation bills
and other must" legislation await
ing final action.
One Of the main purposes of the
bill is to reduce the number of Sen
ate committees from SO to Is, SO
that each Senator could concen-
trate his efforts on the work of two
committees. 1t also would establish
centralized personnel system to
reduce the number of patronage ap-
pointments on Capitol Hill.
Other important provisions would
require the registration of lobbyists
relieve Congress of considering nu-
merous claim and bridge bills, and
seek to bring the annual Federal
budget into closer balance with
Federal income.
Budget Excess Forecast.
Most important amendment
adopted yesterday would give the
President discretionary power to
determine which appropriations
should be cut, if, in the midst OF
fiscal year, it appears that ex-
penditures will exceed an overall
budget total set at the start of
the year. As originally drawn, the
Evening star., 1946-06-09
China S Minor Partie!
Fiqht 10 Extend Truce
B. the Asxocioted Press

NANKING. June 8.-Chinese mi
nority parties fought today to pro-
long the Manchurian truce, but the
government army commander in
Manchuria said he expected to re-
sumo his advance when the armis-
tice with the Communists ends at
noon June %.
The Democratic League, the
Youth party and the Nonpartisans,
three minority political groups,
prepared to meet with the Ameri-
can special envoy, Gen. George c.
Marshall, and urge that any peace
settlement include political as well
Is military issues.
The 15-day truce which Gen
Marshall arranged to take effect
Friday was designed to give time
for permanent agreement to end
the civil warfare between the Com
munists and the Government in
Manchuria.
ITO separate political from mill
tary questions is a risky business, y
declared DR.. Lo Lung-chi, spokes-
man Of the Democratic League. 1--WE
want to make these Is days a Sue
cess and II necessary prolong the
period (of the truce) to make peace
solid and permanent"
Negotiations between the rival
Government and Communist fac
tions were at a standstill while the
top Communists talked things over
among themselves at Yenan, their
isolated headquarters city. There
was speculation that Gen. Marshall
himself might fly there if need be.
Dispatches from Mukden quoted
Gen. Tu Li-ming, Government com.
mander for Manchuria, as declar-
ing that his armies had obeyed Or
ders and halted their advance al
noon yesterday at a point 80 miles
southwest of Harbin, Communist
held North Manchurian city.
Gen. Tu asserted, however, thai
he expected to complete the occu-
paCion of Manchuria for the govern.
ment after the truce.
Evening star., 1946-06-09
Senatev votesS150,000
To Build New Barge
For Water Gate Music

The Senate Appropriations Com
mittees late yesterday added $780,
600 to the Interior Department ap-
preparation bill to build a new barge
for the Water Gate concert in Poto-
mac Park.
The committee decided at the
same time not to revive the $780,
600 budget item, which the House
had turned down. for enlargement
of the tourist camp in East Poto-
mac Park.
The salary and general expense
funds Of the Once of National Cap
ital Parks also was increased by
$64,130, to total of $716,097. In
cluded in the increase was an al
lotment Of $4,000 for advance
planning for deferred projects, and
$24,877 for new positions.
Orchestra Head Heard.
On the need for a new barge at
the Water Gate, the Senate commit
tee heard ]. P. Hayes, general man.
ager of the National Symphony
Orchestra Association. In the hear
ings, made public last night, Mr..
Hayes testified that. in naval par
lance, "the present Water Gate barge
Is 'unseaworthy.' I am surprised
to find it still afloat at all after
three years away"
Mr.. Hayes said the need for the
Water Gate concerts is an established
one.
For 10 years now, Washingtoni-
ans, and all people visiting Wash
ington from the 48 States, expect
to find these concerts going on every
summer" the witness added.
Steel Hull Planned.
In response to question by Sena-
ator Hayden, Democrat. of Arizona,
in charge of the Interior bill, Arthur
E. Demaray, associate director of
the National Park Service, said it
Is hoped to obtain a new barge with
a steel hull. instead of using sur
plus wooden barges, and to provide
proper dressing-room facilities for
the artists who take part in the
concerts.
The Senate committee also took
testimony on the question of en-
larging the tourist camp, or moving
1t to another location, but SEN
ator Hayden informed park officials
that Il do not think we are going
to go into controversy with the
House about restoring this $500, 900. "
Evening star., 1946-06-09
Flour
Continued From First Page


loan wheat to wheat merchandisers,
who would sell it to the mills.
50 Per Cent of Stock Required.
To obtain it, the mills must cer-
tify that their supply is not more
than so per cent of the amount they
are permitted to grind monthly. The
Government reserved the right to
specify to whom the flour from Gov-
ernment wheat would be sold. It is
this condition which permits the
Government to channel -four to
Washington, Mr.. Talbot explained
Bakers, he said, can obtain this
flour by certifying that they cannot
supply the demand, that a hardship
is being caused and that their in
ventory is not near the rs per cent
allotment. The mill then certif1es
to the merchandiser who presents
the certificate to a Production ano
Marketing Administration field
office
Since that takes time, the Gov.
ernment is stepping in as 60
between the bakers and the mills
he explained.
Big Bakeries in Favorable Position
Large baking companies buying
flour under contract, like Continen-
tai and Schneider, are in a much
better position than small bakers
who buy less than car lots on the
open market, he said. The mills are
obligated to fill their contracts up tc
the rs per cent Government allot-
ment, he explained.
More than so per cent of the flour
used by small bakeries here is OBJ
tanned from Western mills through
the Wilkins Rogers Milling Co. here
Evening star., 1946-06-09
Georgia Plans Suit
To Revoke Charter
OF Ku KIux KIan
BY the Assecioied Press

ATLANTA, June 8.-State Attor-
ney General Eugene Cook said today
Georgia would file civil suit to
dissolve the Ku Klux Klan within
the next few days."
Mr.. Cook, who was directed by
Gov. Ellis Arnall to break up the
klan in Georgia, said he was con-
vinced his department had gathered
SUFFICIENT information to wage a
successful fight against the hooded
organization.
The attorney general also an
nounced that he intended to ask
Attorney General Clark if the JUS
tice Department had information
which could help the legal fight
against the Klan.
Charter Revocation.
Mr.. Cook stressed that his action
against the Klan would be to re-
woke its Georgia charter, He said
any evidence obtained by the State
pertaining to criminal matters
would be turned over to Circuit
Court prosecutors.
Mr.. Cook indicated the civil suit
would be filed in Fulton County CAT
lanta) Superior Court.
Questioned regarding assertions
. Of DR.. Samuel Green, grand dragon
of the Association of Georgia Klans,
the resurgent organization, that his
group was not affiliated with the
chartered knights of the Ku Klux
Klan, Mr.. Cook said it would be
up to the State to prove that it
was afiliated.
Killing, Stabbing Charged.
In another development, Assistant
Attorney General Dan Duke laid a
fatal stabbing and the hogging of
4 former service man at the Klan's
doors, but DR.. Green disclaimed any
connection.
II am not surprised" he said.
II wouldn't be surprised even to see
in the papers that they're blaming
the La Sale Hotel fire in Chicago
on U.s."
Mr.. Duke said his undercover
agents, who inf1ltrated the Klan,
reported that members of an inner
strong arm" group openly boasted
of the killing and the f1ogging. Both
of the victims were colored.
Evening star., 1946-06-09
Congress Due 10 Act.
This Week on District
Police, Fire Pay Raise

Action is expected this week II
Congress on a IA per cent pay in.
crease for Washington police ane
firemen, the child day care center
legislation, communicable disease
controls and on the Districts rec.
ord-hreaking appropriation bill fol
the new fiscal year.
Chairman Mcmillan of the House
District Committee will call up the
police-fire pay bill in tomorrow.
District day session of the House
There is no known opposition tt
granting these municipal employe:
the same pay increase given Federal
and District classified workers.
A contest is developing, however
over the move of the Commissioner.
to limit the effect Of the pay raise
on the pensions of retired officers
of the fire and police departments
Amendment Fight Due.
A committee amendment to carry
out the plan of the city heads il
to be offered on the House floor
Protesting members OF the depart.
ments will carry their fight to the
Senate If the amendment is adopted
The amendment, as submitted fol
the Commissioners by Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West, provides
that no member or officer of the
Fire Department, or the Metropou-
tan, United States Park or White
House Police shall receive any in
crease in retirement compensation
as a result of the pay bill, except
any one who the Commissioners
shall find is so physically or men.
tally incapacitated as to be unable
to engage in any gainful occupa-
tion.'
This limitation, it was explained
would apply only to police and fire.
men who were retired prior to the
effective date of the act, July /
but not to men retired after that
date. One ofhcial said last night
this is considered fair since men
retired at later dates would con-
tribute larger sums each month in
to the Retirement Fund because OF
the increase in their pay checks.
Members of the departments re-
tired shortly after passage of the
measure would gain over others, it
was agreed, because they would be
paying into the fund increased con-
tributions for but a short time.
Disease Bill Changed.
The communicable disease bill
also to be called up tomorrow by
Chairman Mcmillan, has been
amended several times in the House
Committee with the intent of pre-
serving the civil rights of the in
dividual while giving the health
offlcer and the Commissioners
stronger controls over the com
municable disease patient who re-
fuse treatment or isolation.
A third bill scheduled for House
action tomorrow is sponsored by
Representative Keogh, Democrat, OF
New York. 1t would permit trustees
and directors of religious, benevo-
lent or charitable organizations
chartered here to vote on organiza-
ton business by proxy or by mail
The Districts SIS, 900, 900 District
Evening star., 1946-06-09

supply bill, as reported by the
O'Mahoney subcommittee, probably
will be reported to the Senate by
it's Appropriations Committee early
this week. Consideration of the
bill, which calls for a $4,000 900 in
crease in the $4,000, 900 Federal pay
ment, was postponed yesterday by
the committee because of the abb
sence from the city of Senator
O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming.
He is expected to return tomorrow.
A hearing is scheduled for tomor-
row at 10:30 am. before the Senate
District Committee that may seal
the fate OF the House-passed Healy
bill to make the child day care cen
tiers an integral part of the public
school system
Representative Healy, Democrat,
of California. author of the meas
ure, will lead a fight for its adop-
ton. The Commissioners have op-
posed the plan, partly because OF the
costs it would impose on District
funds, and partly on the ground
that it would place the city into
competition with operators of private
nursery schools.
School Heads Opposed.
School authorities have fought the
plan to make the centers a part of
the schools system since parents
who are able to pay full or partial
costs would be charged fees for the
child care services. This, they in
sist, is counter to the theory of free
public schools.
Among witnesses at the hearing,
called by Acting Chairman Hoey
Of the District Committee, are to be
spokesmen for the Commissioner
and the Board of Education, Judge
Fay Bentley of Juvenile Court and
representatives of Parent teacher
groups and the League of Women
Voters.
The National Defense Subcommit-
tee OF the House District Committee
is to meet in executive session We'd
nesday morning to act on the COM
promise commercial rent control
bill submitted recently by the Com
miSisoners. Acting Chairman Healy
has favored this over the broader
control plan proposed in the Barry
bill.