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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
WAR SECRETARY IS INTERVIEWED
 ON MANY ISSUES
Emperor's Abdildfion Up to Jap People Soldier
 Morale Is Good
Bv MURLIN SPENCER

TOKYO, Jan. 1l--U. s. Secretary of War Patterson said today, III answer to a Japanese newspaper mans questions, that he did not believe Emperor Hirohito's war re- sponsibility was such as to require his abdication.
 That is a problem for the Japa- nese people," Patterson said, add ing that the entire question of the emperor system was covered in the Potsdam Declaration.
 Reporting at a press conference on his tour of Japan before leaving tomorrow for Korea, China and the Philippines, the secretary praised Gen. Macarthur and the occupation army.
 He said Pacific Army forces would be reduced to 100000 in May and reported that neither Russia nor China, to his Knowledge, has asked to send in troops to join American forces. Negotiations are under way for British common wealth force to participate.
 Varied Questions
 Questions submitted in writing beforehand by both Allied and Japanese correspondents covered wide range, from the prime ques- ton of demobilization to MacAr- thurs position under the new four-power control setup agreed upon in Moscow recently.
 Patterson said he found soldier morale good in Japan and other Pacific bases he had visited and said it was not impaired materially by demobilization. Asked if failure Of Congress to have blueprint was responsible for failure to work out an orderly demobilization, he replied:
 q don't admit there has been failure to carry out a plan for orderly demobilization. The War Department made careful plans and accelelated demobilization over es- inmates of last August and Sep tember.
 Patterson declined 10 comment on demonstrations by American sol diers in the Pacific in protest against the demobilization slow down but gave renewed assurances that he would visit Manila, where G.I. committee has prepared questions to ask him,
 Patterson said MacArthur's com mand remains undiminished" in reply to questions of both Ameri- cans and Japanese newsmen re- garding the generals status under the four-power commission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
OPERATORS IN MANY STATES WALKING OUT
Fast Strike Started Early Today, fhen Spread
 Picket Lines Formed
(By The Associated Press

A work stoppage of operators crippled long distance and some local telephone service throughout the nation today. and labor de- partment spokesman said govern ment seizure of telephone proper ties might be ordered If nation wide tieup develops.
 Tn most cases only emergency calls could get through on the long distance lines and through some of the 35 per cent of the nations local exchanges which are operated manually.
 Local dial systems were not im- mediately affected by the strike of 5000 installation workers who threw up picket lines before nearly every major telephone exchange in the nation-lines which telephone workers refused generally to cross.
 To Recommend Seizure
 In Washington. John Steelman. special assistant to President Tru- man, conferred with Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach on the strike. Earlier, q department spokesman who declined to permit use of his name, said government seizure would be recommended to Presi- dent Truman If a national tieup of service results.
 Meanwhile, William Green. presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor. asserted that intimately the General Motors fact-findine boards recommendation for a 19ls cent an hour wage increase in the GM case must be accepted" As- serting the panel had gone farther than fact-finding, he said the moral effect" of the recommenda- ton lis that ultimately 1t will be accepted
 Steel Workers To Quit
 In Pittsburgh, director Of the CIO United Steel Workers said CIO President Philip Murray had ad- vised him that although confer ences were continuing with the U. s. Steel Corp, in New York. Murray could "see no hope in the situation" Some 100000 steel work CTS are poised to strike Monday for 30 per cent wage increase.
 The Timken Roller Bearing Go. at Canton, Ohio. offered it's pro- duction and maintenance workers. members of the CIO Steel Workers, ITS per cent general wage in- crease. The union, which has voted to strike Monday, did not reply immediately
 CIO steel workers started walking out today at the Aluminium Con- rany of America plant at new Kensington. Pa, where 4,000 are employed.
 In St. Louis. drug manufacturing firms and wholesale druggists re- ported they were facing a shut down, with their deliveries ham, pered by five-day strike of l,500 truck drivers.
 The telephone service disruption started early today and spread across the nation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
NEGRO HERE E CHARGED WITH
 KNIFE THREATS

Arrested at about midnight, last night by City Police, John Wesley Huff, negro was this morning charged before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray with assault and battery and threatening with a dangerous weapon. The charge. felony, was sworn to by City Patrolman Milo Clouse.
 Huff was arraigned this morning and placed under $l 900 bond. He is being held in the Federal jail, with no time for preliminary hearing yet set.
 The assault with which Huff is charged, took place in the Tropics Cafe, shortly before midnight. Huff, reportedly under the influence of in toxicants. is alleged to have struck one Stanley Watson, a white man, a face blow with his fist, then pulled a razor-sharp open knife with which he threatened further violence upon Watson.
 Two native women are reported to have related to Police that Huff, previous to his alleged assault upon Watson, had threatened them, de- claring that he would "cut their threats"
 Huff is said to have arrived in Alaska last June and worked at the Hood Bay Salmon cannery until the close of the packing season when he came to Juneau and has since re- mained here. Recently he has work ed at the shine parlor" next to the Imperial, on Front street. Officials report that Hugg has figured in nc previous trouble here.
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GIANT METEOR ExpL0DES IN ARCTIC AREA

BARROW, Alaska, Jan. 1l.-A giant meteor, described by two radio men at the Navy Installation here as reaching full moon size" and of a brilliant green color, hurled across the sky here last night.
 Corp. B. D. Lane and Pfc. W. L. Wagner, Alaska Communications System employees. said at it's 'ex- plosionn the entire horizon was lighted up as if by huge mag nesium flare or atomic bomb" It moved in a northeast to southeast direction.
 Men stationed at Umiat, 200 miles distant, radioed to ask if an airplane was in distress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
The W ashingt ion Merry Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON Oldest dis closure in the Pearl Harbor probe is the memory-or rather lack Of memory-of our two top service leaders in 194l, Adm. Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, and the Army's Chief of Staff, Gen. George c. Marshall.
 Adm Stark and Gen. Marshall were on 24-hour duty preceding Pearl Harbor, but for some strange reason neither can remember where he was on the fateful night of Dec. 6, 1941, just before the Jap attack.
 Both Stark and Marshall have repeatedly told the various boards probing Pearl Harbor that they did not know where they were or what they did that night, and they stuck to this story when they testified recently on Capitol Hill.
 Strangely enough, Marshall read ilv recalls many other things tha. happened about this time, includ- ing the fact that he went horse hack riding the morning of Dec T. 1941. He even remembers the details of how he took a shower bath that morning. But his mind is a complete blank about the night before.
 Adm. Stark is equally vague about his whereabouts that eve ming.
 Congressional investigators have been unable to obtain office records which might clear up the mystery and are apparently content to let the mystery remain unsolved.
 It seems highly doubtful, how ever, that the two top leaders
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Norah. from the south, enroute to Skagway, scheduled to arrive this evening about T o'clock but no definite word
 North Sea, from Sitka, southbound, scheduled to arrive at 9:30 o'clock to- night.
 Alaska, scheduled to sail from Seattle at a. m. tomorrow.
 Barahof, scheduled to sail from Seattle 10 a. m. January 13.
 Yukon scheduled southbound from the west. Monday or Tuesday
 Taku scheduled to sail from Seattle January Is.
 Tongass scheduled to sail from Seattle about January 26
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
SEATTLE WALKING;
 BUS DRIVERS OUT

SEATTLE, Jan. li.--Seattle's HOO bus drivers officially went on strike as the clock eased into it's 24-hour Friday shift today. leaving 500,00o fares the average daily haul flat on their feet
 The strike-groggy city could not ride and could not read. Seattle has been without it's daily newspapers since Nov i8 due to printers strike.
 The Union has demanded an hour ly wage of si.37 for 40-hour week. Present wages are $1l5 for a 48- hour week
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. II = Alaska Juneau Mine stock today closed at 9as, American Can l04, Anaconda ATS, Curtiss- Wright BIS, Interna- tional Harvester 117h, Kennecott 52ai, New York Central 34ls Northern Pacific 35, U. s. Steel 87, Pound $4.03h,
 Sales today were 2.260.000 shares.
 Dow. Jones averages were as fol- lows: Industrials, 200,04; rails. 6503: utilities, 3989.
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SONG WRITER DIES

NEW YORK, Jan. II =. Harry von Tilzer. 73, composer of dozens of songs including Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" died in his hotel room yesterday
 Among his best known works were Down on the Farm" Sweet Jennie Lee and T Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
WAR ORDER" TO HALSEY K GIVEN
 BY ADM. KIMMELL
Important Testimony Made al Investigation of
 Pearl Harbor
IBy JACK BELL and J ". DAVI4

By JACK BELL and J. ". DAVIS
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1l-Adm. Husband E. Kimmel gave war or ders' to Adm. William F. Halsey when the latter sailed with task force from Pearl Harbor several days before the 194l Japanese attack.
 Under those orders, Halsey arm ed everything and told them to sink every Japanese ship that they found"
 Those statements by Kimmel were made available today to members of the Congressional Pearl Harbor con- mittee in volume of testimony given by the 63-year-old former commander of the Pacific Fleet be- fore three previous locked-door in vestigations. They were conducted by the Roberts commission and by Army and Navy inquiry boards.
 Kimmel, who will give his first public testimony in the four-year old military disaster next Tuesday, was disclosed in the bulky record to have made. these assertions.
 Waited For Warnings
 That while Pearl Harbor could not have been defended successfully, he would have given the Japanese quite a party" if he lad received additional Q warr1ippe
 If ne nad mad the information available in Washington, he would have sent the fleet to sea and been ready for any eventuality.
 If the Army had informed him of the radar plot made on Japanese planes retiring from the attack. Navy searching units might have found the Japanese carriers.
 He accepted tho situation of keeping the fleet in Pearl Harbor, knowing that he had the alternative of quitting as it's commander.
 Information Held Up
 The Roberts commission charge that he was derelect in his duty was made on the mistaken belief" that he had access to intercepted Japanese messages, when he did not.
 He did not get the proper ans wer' in evaluating a message from Washington that the Japanese con- suls had been ordered to burn their codes.
 Kimmel brought up the matter of tEe pre-war shooting orders issued by Haisey at the Navy inquiry.
 He noted that a carrier force out of Pearl Harbor under Halsey was proceeding under war conditions at Kimmel's order A court member asked whether Halsey was under war conditions "in all respects
 Kimmel said he was, and added that Halsey later told him that The armed everything and told them to sink every Japanese ship that they found"
 The view that no completely suc- cessful defense of Pearl Harbor could have been made was express ed by Kimmel before the Army in- quiry board in l044
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
U. S. Soldiers in
 london See Eleanor

LONDON, July li-Nine G. '. delegates obtained from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt today promise to carry to the United States their demand for quick demobilization.
 The soldiers met Mrs. Roosevelt at her room in the Claridge Hotel.
 Earlier, a crowd of 500 G. Is had shouted for Eleanor" to help them in a demonstration before the U. s. Redeployment Office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
UN0 SESSIONS
 WAY; BIG KICK MADE
Trouble Arising Over EIe1- lion of President But
 Finally Ironed Out
By JOHN M. HIGHToWER

! DH c cOAAA' b4 Att NH V " 6At LONDON, Jan. ll--Russia launch- ed an attack today within the United
 Nations Assembly today on the sec- ret ballot system under which her candidate for assembly president was defeated at the first session yester- day.
 Sentiment was reported developing within the American delegation, too, for abandonment of the rule under which Paul Henri Spaak, Foreign
 Minister of Belgium, was chosen as assembly president, with the back ing of Britain, and Trygve Lie. Nor wegian Foreign Minister, defeated,
 despite his strong support by both
 Russia and the United States. One reason advanced was that secrecy i is undemocratie.
 Dmitri ManuilsKy, Foreign Minis [ ter of the Ukraine, enc of the three IU.S.S.R. delegations, moved that hereafter all persons voted on for UNO office be nominated and dis cussed from the floor Spaak was elected without his name being men i toned on the floor Delegates wrote his name on secret ballots.
 Temporary Rules
 Action on the Soviet motion was , blocked, however, when Cuban and
 other proposals came up and Spaak
 observed that the assembly was try l ing to discuss three things at once lyso proposed that the question be sent to the legal committee, leaving the temporary rules in force. and Manuilsky accepted the suggestion, The Cuban delegate, Guy Perez
 Cisneros, raised the issue of the
 predominance of the Big Powers in the assembly by demanding a sweep ing change in the proposed general or steering committee. The com mittee as projected by the prepara- tory commission would have IA members, five of them Big Powers. Perez Cisneros argued either for a 5l-nation steering committee or a
 limitation on it's authority and rule against reelection of its members
 so as to restrict Big Power mem bership.
 Permanent Headquarters
 Another development today was
 the possibilitay Australia may ask
 the assembly to reverse the prepara-
 tory commissions decision Chat the permanent headquarters be near New York or Boston in order to bring up again the proposal to make
 the world peace capital at San Fran cisco. Tn telegram published in , today's official journal, Mayor Roger
 Laphan of San Francisco asked for
 reconsideration
 Vice-P Presidents Reliable sources said the United States, Soviet Russia, Great Britain,
 France and China agreed that India and Venezuela should have the two vice presidencies still to be assigned The other five vice presidencies will
 automatically go to the five key
 powers.
 Agreement also was said to have
 been reached allocating the peace agency's committee chairmanships
 as follows. Political and Security, Ukraine; Economic, Poland; Social, New Zealand; Trusteeship, Uruguay; Administrative, Syria; and Legal.
 Panama.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
ANDERSON BUYS BOAT

Among boats recently sold in Ketchikan by the U. s. Maritime Commission was the 57-foot purse seiner Sentinel. which was pur- chased by Vincent G. Anderson, well known local man, for the sum of $7000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
sToKY HOUR AT LIBRARY

The regular Story Hour for chill dren will be held tomorrow morn ing, starting promptly at i015 o'clock. in the Juneau Public Li- brary. All youngsters from kinder garten age through the sixth grade are invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
MRS. FORREST LEAVES

Mrs. Helen Forrest left by PAA plane for Fairbanks to join her husband, Wallin Forrest, who is entering the wood business in the interior after driving his truck over the Alaska High way from the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
THREE FROM SEATTLE

Among Seattle residents regis tering at the Juneau Hotel are l: MT and Mrs. H. L. Brown. Jr., Paul Power and Mir and Mrs. D. O.. Coney
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
HERE FROM ANCHORAGE

Anchorage residents registering at the Baranof yesterday were. Antje s, Lenning. M. R. Lovett and E. E. Rasmussen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
HERE FROM BRISTOL BAY

LaVerne Armstrong, Bristol Bay resident, is staying at the Baranof during her visit here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
NATIONS TELEPHONE SERVICE IS TIED UP
5

TOKYO-The aged and conval- escent Premier Kijuro Shidehara will remain in office while his cabinet attempts to solve its pe- litical crisis by reorganization, the ministers decided today after a day-long meeting.
 BRUSSELS = The Belgian War Relief Society of the United States announced today that during the war Americans had donated more than $100,0O0,000 in currency and goods to the Belgian people.
 WASHINGTON-Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Corregidor, has been named commander of the 4th Army, it was learned today. Wainwright, who has been chief of the Eastern Defense Command, fills a vacancy created by the death of It. Gen. Alexander Patch. Headquarters of the 4th is it Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
 ASTORIA, ORE.-Clam Diggers, fishermen and others are warned by military authorities to be on the lookout for mines that may drift into Pacific coastal waters.
 RIO de JANEIRO-An American Flying Fortress is said to have crashed near Natal, in Brazil A Brazilian news agency says thai seven United States Army person. nel were killed.
 WASHINGTON - President Tru- man has nominated Rear Adm. Earl Mills, a native of Arkansas, to become chairman of the U. s. Maritime Commission, succeeding Vice Adm. Emory Land. Special legislation will be sought to permit Adm Mills to retain his active status in tile Navy.
 BOSTON An a attorney for seven Boston night clubs says that the AFL Musicians Union is de- manding wage increases of 25 to 30 per cent for it's members The night clubs are asking for a court injunction to prevent the union from interfering with their con- tracts with the bands they employ
 BUDAPEST-LasZl de BardoSsy, former Hungarian Prime Minister who led his country into war be- side Germany. died atraitor's death today before four-mar firing squad.
 LONDON Tile 1,;ikara radio, quoting an Albanian dispatch, said today the Albanian constituent as- sembly had declared the little Balkan country republic. A puUliC liOiiudy WdS dllllOullCcO. King Zog has been in London in exile since Italy overran Albania in 1939
 NEY DELHI, INDIA-Beginning in February, men unnecessary in this theater will be moved to the United States regardless of whe- ther they are eligible for discharge, Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Terry, Burma India commander, announced to- day.
 ROME Public gatherings of more than five persons were pro- hibited in Naples by order of the mayor today as disorders con- tinued throughout Italy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
ANCHORAGE MAN HERE

Mainline Ric hard, Anchorage resident. is a guest at the Juneau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
HERE FROM KODIAK

MT. and Mrs. Roy H. Madsen and daughter, of Kodiak, are guests at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11
uICKoK uERE

Earl F. Hickok of Anchorage is a guest at the Juneau Hotel.
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ROME Public gatherings of more than five persons were pro- hibited in Naples by order of the mayor today as disorders con- tinued throughout Italy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11

LONDON = Tile 4.sikara radio, quoting an Albanian dispatch, said today the Albanian constituent as- sembly had declared the little Balkan country republic. A public holiday was announced. King zog has been in London in exile since Italy overran Albania in 1939
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NEY DELHI, INDIA-Beginning in February, men unnecessary in this theater will be moved to the United States regardless of whe- ther they are eligible for discharge Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Terry, Burma India commander, announced to- day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-11

BUDAPEST-Laszlo de Bardossy former Hungarian Prime Minister who led his country into war be- side Germany, died atraitors death today before a four-mar firing squad.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-10-10

The students are now using and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-10-10
Miss Lyle, Mr..
Sl1atley Are Wed

The marriage of Miss Norma
Jean Lyle and Carl Dean Shatley
was solemnized on September 9
at Jefferson at the home of Rev.
Graham Witherspoon, officiating
minister.
For her nuptials, the bride wore
a green street length dress with
black accessories.
Mrs. Shatley is the daughter of
Eugene Lyle, of West Jefferson.
Mr.. Shatley is the son of MIR. and
Mrs. Ounce Shatley, of jefferson.
Following the ceremony the
couple left for wedding trip to
Winston-Salem. They are max
ing their home with his parents
at Jefferson for the present.
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Personals

Mrs. Belle Brown, of Louisville,
Idaho, visited her niece, Mrs.
Glenn Parker and Mr.. Parker
here last week. This was Mrs.
Browns first visit here in a num-
Der of years.
Mr.. Newland Wellborn visited
Mrs. Glenn Parker and Mr.. Par
ker here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Woodie
and son, Bower Woodie, of Ohio,
are spending some time here Wis
iting Robert Woodie at Glendale
Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Aberts
and Mr.. George Taylor, all of
Coatesville, Pa, are spending the
week visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
G. Miller, of Clifton.
Mrs. Thomas McEwen left last
night for Bristol, Tenn, where
she will be accompanied home by
her husband, Mr.. McEwen, who
has been spending sometime in
California.
Mr.. Clark Houck and daughter,
Evelyn, of Bristol, Va; visited
friends and relatives here this
past week end.
Mr.. Allen Worth, student at
Emory & Henry university, spent
the week end with relatives at
Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-10-10

Mr.. Harold Long, student at
UNC, spent the week end with
his parents, DR.. and Mrs. l.. L.
Long, here.
Mrs. Dean c. Jones and Dean,
Jr., will leave today for Mary
land and Pennsylvania where
they will attend the Duke-Navy
game and also visit relatives for
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Haire and
sons, Phil and Earl Ross, spent
several days last week in the
Great Smokey Mountains and the
Cherokee Indian Fair.
M-Sgt. and Mrs. Bruce Dent
and little son, Mike, tof Fort Han
cock, N. j., are visiting in JEFF
ferson and Boone for few days.
Mrs. Maude Holloway and Miss
Cora Wakefield, of Granite Falls,
visited in jefferson, Friday.
Among those from Ashe county
to attend the DukeTenneSsee
game at Duke University Satur-
day were M-Sgt. and Mrs. Bruce
Dent, Mr.. w. L. Dent and L. P.
| ColVard.
Mrs. J. Bruce Porter visited
friends in Greensboro, this week.
Mrs. Gertrude Vaught had as
dinner guests recently: Miss An
mabel Allen and Mr.. T. w. Allen,
Of Taylorsville, and DR.. and Mrs.
Earl Arnold, of Washington, D. c.
Mrs. J. F. Gambill, of Lincoln
ton, and Mrs. Jennie Hash, of
Fox, Va, are visiting Mrs. r. c.
Barr.
Mr.. w. L. Tomlinson, of Green's
boro, spent the week end with
Relatives in the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel P. Will
son and children spent few days
! last week with Mrs. Wilson'S
mother, Mrs. B. E. Reeves.
Mr.. Rudd Wellborn, of indie
pendence, Va, visited Mrs. B. E.
Reeves during the week end.
Mrs. Dean Mcmillan and son,
Jerry Coward, are now at home.
T-5 Ernest Mcneil returned to
Camp Polk, La, this week after
spending furlough with his par
ents at Lansing. He was recently
promoted to his present rank.
Mrs. ]. c. McNeill is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Cecil McClis-
ter at Bristol, Tenn, this week.