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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Perm- anent installations in Alaska cost ing several million dollars are con- templated by the War Depart ment.
 Tn wartime our troops live in tents, mess in the open, use pit latrines and have few recreational facilities; in peacetime, these troops require barracks, mess halls and recreational facilities" Gen Dwight F. Johnson told the House Appro- priations Committee.
 His testimony was made public today when a bill to reclaim some appropriations made for wartime
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
Early Returns from
 Argentina Eletiion


 BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 27--Early returns from two small provinces gave Argentina Presidential can didate Jose Ta.rhorini a two to one .ead over Col Juan D. Peron to- day as five other provinces made ready to tally the vote of Sundays elections.
 The only significance political observers read into the scant first returns was that there had been no Peron landslide, but the fact that only two western provinces-San Luis and San Jaan--had reported. snd these only partially, made even that prediction subect to change.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
$500, 900 Requested for Army AirfieId ai Juneau;
 Permanent Installation

activities was introduced in the House.
 Johnson explained that in war time, aircraft operated from fields and strips which did not meet min imum peacetime standards.
 Construction contemplated by the Department, he said, includes Ladd Field, near Fairbanks, $1,l94 ,000; Nome, $495 000; Fort Richardson, near Anchorage, $717000; Juneau, $500 900, and others unidentified to- taling $265,000.
 The contemplated housing and op- erational facilities, he said, are a part of our permanent line of de- fense."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
URGES FIRM STAND ON RUSSIA BY us.
New Secretary of Inferior Public Power Man, Has
 Made Record, Past Years

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2I.--J. A. Krug, the Presidents choice as the new Secretary ot the Interior, is a public power man with reservations.
 On the records the far west can feel that the job of making the desert bloom is in sympathetic hands, for Cap" Krug became a big name in the government by helping build the Tennessee Valley authority. prototype of the big western dam and power projects
 The hefty, youthful appointee emphatically does not believe in complete public ownership, however.
 Associates cless him this way: a New Dealer but not as new deal ish as his irascible predecessor at Interior, Haroli L. Ickes; an or panizer but not a politician.
 Hrug catapulted into prominence in 1944, when rhe top command of WIPE blew up. Executive Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson had resigned in anger growing out of long smouldering feud with Chairman Donald M. Nelson; Nell son Has sent to China by President Roosevelt.
 Krug, a Nelson protege who had dropped out of WIPE to become a Naval lieutenart-commander, was suddenly tapped to come back and take charge. de did so, pledging 1dll-steam production but making the promise
 When the war is over. the gov ernment should get out of the way of private buslness."
 His selection to replace Ickes may not satisfy politicians who believe an Interior Secretary should hail from the far west for Krug comes from Wisconsin where he was born only 38 years ago.
 Tn those 38 years "Cap"--a child hood nickname which stuck and which he prefers to his given names, Julius Albert--has rolled up this record of accomplishment:
 At 27 he became public utilities expert of the Federal Communi- cations Commission.
 At 2e, Director of the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
 At 30. Chief Power Engineer of The IVA. Tn that job he negotiated the ticklish, $8O,ooD,000 deal with the late Wendell Willkie, then President of Commonwealth and Southern, which enabled IVA to take over properties of the Tennes- see Electric Company. The deal is credited with putting IVA on its feet.
 At 35 he became Director of the Office of War Utilities and, more important, Program Vice. Chairman of WIPE.
 Physically, Krag's dimensions art huge. He exceeds feet and 20t pounds by wiGe margins. He eat a lot and drinks little. He like! little poker. He is shy and soft. spcken-a sharp contrast to tn, -tongued. scrap-loving Ickes. The Krugs have kept their resi- dence in Washington, althougl Madison, Wis. is Caps birthplac' and Norris, Tenn, is nome" Th' rest of the household is daughte Marilyn Ann, son Allen, and Mrs Krug-whom Cap married whil' still student at the University o Wisconsin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
TURN ABOUT

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 27.-Now the OPA knows =
 A business college, which owns the building in which the local OPA office is located, has notified the OPA to move by March 3l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
resrNrs FRONTIER CLOSING

LONDON, Feb. 27. n A BritisN Foreign Officc spokesman depre- c'ated today the action of the French government in ordering the French-Spanish frontier closed on March 1. Such incidents, he said, were likely to prolong Generalis- simo Francisco Franco's regime by making the Spanish Chief of State "a national hero instead of a re- fugee."
 The spokesman emphasized again however, the official British line toward Spain as stated in Parlia- ment by Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin-that Britain "detests" Fran co and wants tc see "popularly supported" government in Spain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
Anchorage Official Wins Suii;; Come and Get If," He YeIIs Now

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Feb. 27.-- City Engineer Hal Reherd said last night. he planned to stand on the City Hall steps and yell to his cred- itors: Come and get it."
 Reherd was dismissed last fall by Mayor John Manders and has waged proponged court battle for reinstatement. Yesterday he won his case and will be reinstated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
The W ashington. Merry Round
By DREW PEARSON

< WASHINGTON -~On February 25 this column published certain facts regarding George Allen. new ly appointed director of the REC, and his insurance company connec- tions which dt1 Mir. Allen an in- justice.
 It was stated that MT. Allen was made Vice President of the Home Insurance Company in 1888, at a time when the Federal Government was investigating the Missouri in s,lrance scandal preparatory to convicting Kansas City boss Tom Pendergast, lifelong friend of Harry Truman.
 It was also stated that the fire insurance companies operating in Missouri had been forced to im- pound $9.676,0O2 while the courts were threshing out the question of a new rate increase, and that by promising a bribe of $750,000 to Boss Pendergast, the insurance companies were able to get 30 per cent of this nine-million- dollar kitty returned to them.
 It was also stated that the Home insurance Company, which made the delightful Mir Allen it's Vice. President during the thick of the fight, had the heaviest amount at stake in the nine million-dollar kitty. Although Pendergast was convicted about a year after AL ;en's appointment as Vice-Presi- dent, the fire insurance executives who bribed him were not con- v'cted
 APOLOGIES TO GEORGE ALLEN
 Further facts in the case have not developed And we apologize ,or this unintentional injustice
 <~. nnro En4fxl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
AirpIane Dives Low Al Kotzebue;; Eskimo
 In Freak Accident

KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Feb. 27.-An airplane dived low over Kotzebue Monday in a farewell gesture. One ski caught and snapped telephone wire and the failing end of the wire whipped around the neck of a watching Eskimo.
 Heavy fur on the mans parka cushioned the wire and the Eskimo escaped with moderate face lacera- tions. The plane was undamaged'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
Given Russians Are 10
 Withdraw, Iran

TERRAIN. Iran, Feb. 27.--A So- viet Embassy official gave assur- ance today that Russian troops would be withdrawn from Northern Iran but the Iranian Foreign Min istry and military observers Said there is no apparent sign of Rus sian evacuation.
 An American officer said he be- iieved it was impossible" for the Russians to withdraw by March 2. the date agreed upon for the eva cuation of all foreign troops from Iran.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
HERE FROM CHICAGO

A. R. Lehne, Chicago. has arrived in Juneau. He IS staying at Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
ANCHORAGE MEN VISIT

Harold l.. Suwuer and Howard P. Dusch, Anchorage residents are at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27
HOoNAH VISITOR

Charles B. Metz of Hoonah is a guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27

HOONAH COUPLE HERE MT. and Ms ( D Share cI Hoonah are Rsranoi guests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27

APOLOGIES TO GEORGE ALLEN
 Further facts in the case have not developed And we apologize for this unintentional injustice
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-27

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Evening star., 1946-06-26
President Appoints
Il 10 Draft Program
To Push Foreign Trade
Committee Will Help
Formulate National
Policy on Lending
BY the Associated Press

President Truman today ap-
pointed a 12-member committee
of industrialists and bankers to
draft recommenda tions for re-
habilitating foreign trade.
A White House statement said
the committee will work in cooper
alton with the National Advisory
Council which is formulating 8
national policy on foreign lending.
This statement said the country's
foreign trade, export and import
must in the long run be privately
handled and privately financed if it
is to serve well this country and
world economy"
Mr.. Truman referred to committee
members as Citizens of knowledge
and experience. They are Herbert
H. Pease, president of the New Brit
ain Comm Machine Co.; Fowler
Mccormick, chairman of the In
|ternational Harvester Co.; Champ
Garry, president of the Pullman
Standard Car Manufacturing Corp.
Irving S. Olds, chairman United
States Steel Corp; Walter J. Cum.
mings, chairman Continental-I Illi-
nois National Bank & Trust Co. o1
Evening star., 1946-06-26
40 D. c. Groups Join in Call
For Increase in u. S. Share y
Resolution to Be Presented to House Asks
$4,000, 900 Total Pending Equitable Formula

Declaring the United States
should bear a fair share" of the
costs of its own National Capital
more than 40 Washington organ
izations have called upon the
House for approval of the $4,000
600 increase in the Federal pay
ment already approved by the
Senate.
A strongly worded resolution
adopted unanimously late yesterday
at a meeting by the Washington
Board of Trade, at its headquarters,
pointed out that the cost of running
the District has gone up rapidly
over the past Is years, but the Fed
eral share had gone down sub
stantially.
The resolution will be taken by
a steering committee" of citizens
to the House, which now has be-
fore it the conference report on the
District supply bill. The Senate
added $4,000, 900 to the House-ap-
proved $4,000 900 lump sum paw
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Longer roi|ingin North Dakota;
Young Beats Nye for Short Term

ceded Senator Young's election in
the special short-term race-as op-
posed to the LANCER -Bridston fight,
which is for the COP nomination
in the regular primary election.
Mr.. Nye, who congratulated Mr..
Young, said Republican voters cast
their ballots for Senator Young "in
fright over the possibility of a VIC
tory by Mr.. Lanier, the Democratic
candidate. Mr.. Nye ran as an Inde-
pendent.
Senator LANCER, who voted
against ratification of the United
Nations Charter and the British
loan, heads the Nonpartisan League
faction of the Republican party
Mr.. Bridston is a candidate of the
leagues opposing faction, the Re-
publican Organizing Committee.
Seeking Republican nomination to
succeed themselves in Congress
North Dakota's two Representatives
William Lemke and Charles r. Rob-
ertson, were leading three World
(see NORTH DAKOTA, Page A-60
Evening star., 1946-06-26

ment, TO bring the Federal share up
to $10,000,000.
Action was taken by the gathering
of business, professional, labor and
civic groups, after hearing District
officials declare the Capital faced a
serious plight" financially. Speak
ers included Brig. Gen. Gordon r.
Young, District Engineer Commits
sioner; Walter Fowler, District
budget officer, and Joseph C. Nc
Garraghy. trade board president.
The s4,00O,00O increase was char
acterized by the resolution as a
temporary expedient pending the
adoption of legislation providing
a method of measuring the Federal
payment"
There are innumerable compel
ling reasons" declared the resolu-
ton, "testifying to the equity of an
increased Federal payment which
have convinced those who have
studied District of Columbia fiscal
conditions-members of the Senate
(See FEDERAL PAYMENT, A-6.)
Evening star., 1946-06-26
By the Associated Press

FARGO, N. Dak., June 90
Senator LANCER and J. B. Bird
ston, Grand Forks, were in q
close race for the North Dakota
Republican senatorial nomina-
tion today while Gerald P. Nye
joined Bill Lanier in conceding
victory to Senator Young, Re-
publican, in North Dakota's Sec
ond senatorial fight.
With GIL of 2,255 precincts in
Mr.. Bridston, State Senator ane
insurance man, was leading Senator
LANCER, 1,424 to 19,308. =
Mr. Nye, who has been identified
along with MIR. LANCER, with iso-
lationist policies, issued a statement
this morning saying he was thor.
oughly surprised by what appeaT.
to be so decisive a defeat"
Latest totals from TOO precincts
gave Senator Young 81 1903 votes
Mr.. Lanier, 1906 and Mr.. Nye, 8,460
Late last night Mr.. Lanier co2.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
|0hio Farm Strike
Gains Momentum
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26.-The
Ohio farm strike picked up mo-
mentum today and the master of the
State Grange declared the move
ment Ought to be a warning to
Congress.
A group of $50 Lorain County
farmers joined hands with the Ohio
Marketing Quota Protest Associa-
tion, which called on its member
ship to withhold al food from chan
nels of distribution The associa-
ton claims 1900 members in 40
of Ohio's 88 counties.
TWenty-four hours after the
association called the strike in pro-
test against Congress failure to
abolish the OPA and grant other
concessions to farmers, the effect OF
the campaign to cut off the flow of
food was not Immediately apparent.
But it aroused widespread discus
sion among farm leaders and in the
Ohio Legislature.
Joseph w. FIGHTER, master of the
Grange, asserted:
Il think this action ought to be a
warning to Congress that farmers
are getting impatient with the run
around they have been receiving.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Secretary of the Navy For
restal has notified President
Truman of his desire to Coop
crate fully" to achieve the goals
of the Presidents Army Navy
merger program.
Mr.. Forrestals attitude toward the
merger proposal was expressed in
a letter to Mr.. Truman. The letter
was released by the White House.
The Navy chief said he considered
the objectives recently outlined by
the President as "attainable." He
added that he believed it possible
to overcome difficulties in drafting
the necessary legislation.
Il wish to thank you for the pa
tience with which you have listened
to the Navy's views on the reorgan-
ization of our national defense and
for the time which you have de-
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Forrestul PromisestoC Cooperate
Fully on Army-Nuvy Merger

voted to the subject" Secretary
Forrestal wrote.
you may be assured of my de-
sire and that of Admiral Nimitz
(chief of naval operations) to CO.
operate with you fully in the effort
to achieve the objectives in your
program"
Secretary of War Patterson re-
Gently wrote the President expressing
wholehearted approval and pledging
support of Mr.. Truman's recon-
mendations on unification.
While Mr.. Forrestal's language
was more carefully worded, he re-
ferred to the subject of land-based
planes for naval reconnaissance,
antisubmarine warfare and shipping
protection and added:
Il am glad to note that the Navy
IS to have a continuing part of the
future development of these opera
(see MERCER, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1946-06-26
British 'Caretaker' Regime
10 Be Set Up in India
By the Associoted Press

NEW DELHI, June 26.-The
British cabinet mission announced
tonight "the intention of the Viceroy
to set up temporary caretaker
government" to rule in the interim
while new constitution is being
written for an independent India.
The caretaker government will
consist of Indian government Off
cials and department secretaries.
The announcement followed re-
lection by the Congress party of
a previous cabinet mission proposal
for an interim government composed
of representatives of India's various
parties.
The party objected to details of
the representation The rival Moslem
League had accepted the plan.
The statement said the cabinet
mission would leave India Saturday
to report to the British cabinet and
Parliament.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Committee Approve!
Twin Bridges P|an;
Bill Goes 10 House
Unanimous Decision
By Commerce Group
CIimoxes Long Debate

The House Commerce Com
mittee today ordered a favorable
report on the bill to build twin
four-lane bridges at the High
way Bridge crossing of the
Potomac River at cost of
$1,000, 900.
The bill now goes to the House
floor, where favorable action was
forecast. The full committees de-
cision to report the bill favorably
was unanimous and followed by five
days similar action by its bridge
subcommittee, headed by Represent
ative Chapman, Democrat, of Ken
lucky.
The subcommittee had considered
the bill since January 3. 1945, and
had taken reams of testimony from
supporters of the Twin Bridge plan
and opponents, who supported a
single two-way bridge of six lanes.
Controversy on the bridge ques-
ton ragged during the 18-month
period between the District Com
missioners and the Public Roads
Administration, which favored two
bridges, and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and
National Park Service, which ia
vored the single span.
Less than a month ago President
Truman came out in favor of twin
bridges, lending powerful support to
their proponents.
The committees reasons for sup
porting two bridges were not made
public.
Under the plan, one bridge would
be built about 900 yards southeast
of the present Highway Bridge.
When this is; finished, Highway
Bridge would be demolished and
the second of the twin spans put in
its place.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Two Killed When Blaze
Wrecks CHICAGO Hotel

CHICAGO, June 26.-Two men
died today in the county hospital
of burns suffered in a fire which
last night wrecked the 30-room West
Side Hotel.
Dead were William Poulos, SIS, a
bus boy, and John Philos, so, a res
taurant helper. Still in serious
condition at the hospital was VIII
liam Storduls, SIS, waiter.
Twenty other persons were routed
by the blaze.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Water Gate Concert
On WMAL

The National Symphony will
broadcast a portion of it's con-
cert at the Water Gate tonight
8:30-8:55 over WMAL..
The broadcast, arranged by
The Star, will feature or
chestral selections under the
direction of Richard Bales.
Evelyn Swarthout, pianist, will
be the guest soloist.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Working Committee
Named 10 Draft u. n.
Atom Control Plan
Begins Work Friday in
Attempt to Reconcile U. S
And Russian Proposals
Stor StoH CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, June 26.-The
Atomic Energy Commission of
the United Nations squared away
today for the big job of drafting
a charter and a plan for an
atomic energy control agency.
Under the energetic tactics of
Chairman Herbert V. Evatt of Aus
tralia, the commission agreed late
yesterday to the creation of work
ing committee" to undertake the
task. The first meeting of the COM
mittee is scheduled for Friday. Each
OF the IL member nations of the
Atomic Energy Commission will have
membership in the committee.
The new committee will have be-
fore it the United States plan for
dealing with the development of
atomic energy for peacetime pur-
poses and with the bomb and the
plan proposed by Soviet Russia.
These are the only two plans for
mally presented to the commission
SO far. Statements made by the
other members, containing their
views ,on' the two plans and on the
entire subject of atomic energy also
will be before the committee.
Majority Backs U. S. Plan,
Since the statements made by the
various members of the commission
in large majority approve the United
States plan as submitted by Bernard
Baruch the expectation is that in
the final showdown the Working
Committeeman then the commits
sion-Will recommend its adoption.
with some changes. The veto, which
may be exercised by permanent
members of the Security Council.
does not apply in the Working Com
mittee or in the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian dele
gate, had made it clear his govern
ment, in its plan for atomic energy
control demands that the great
powers have the same veto power
as now exists in the Security Council.
Inc American plan insists no such
veto shall be permitted.
One of the first contests in the
Working Committee may come over
which plan-American or Russian
shall be adopted as a plan for the
basis of discussion.
In the commission, and in the
committee, the American plan has
the backing or approval of 10 of the
IL members. Poland is the sole ma
tion which has given its unqualified
approval to the Russian plan.
Have Common Purpose.
The two plans have the same COM
mon purpose and it is the contention
of the French delegate and others
that they are by no means irrecon-
cilable.
The commission yesterday lis
tened to statements on the atomic
energy problem from Poland,
ICoo r TNVNT AZ 0ooo @
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Bikini Safety Measures Cheer
Veterans of Pacific Fighting
First Danger Being Guorded Against in Test
Is Injury to Eyes of Atom Observers
By W. n. Shippen. Jr.
Stov StoH Corv..nonI>n.

ABOARD U. S. S. APPALACH-
IAN, June 26.-Veterans of the
Pacific war are happy today that
nobody is supposed to get hurt
when this task force goes into
action. To them there is some
thing all too familiar about the
array of ships and men heading
for another historic rendezvous
in an ocean where so many
comrades perished in combat.
But if life was cheap in the old
days of guns, battle stations and
bombs away, no precaution is being
spared now to prevent injury to
every one of $4,000 men participate
ing in the Bikini bomb tests, the
first of which takes place Monday
weather permitting. As our three
observer ships approached Kwaja-
lein, correspondents were briefed on
the safety system by several officers
from Washington, including Mai.
R. c. Smith, a veteran of the Man.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Baruch Drafts 0ppenheimeI
For Atom Control Work
BY the Associoted Press

The White House said today that
DR.. j. Robert Oppenheimer, who
participated in development of the
atomic bomb, has been drafted by
Bernard M. Baruch for important
work on international atomic energy
control.
Presidential Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross gave this explana-
ton for DR.. Oppenheimer's with
drawal from the presidential COM
nittee to observe the atomic bomb
test in the Pacific. DR.. E. U. Condor
director of the Bureau of Standards
is replacing DR.. Oppenheimer on
the committee.
Mr.. Ross said that Mr.. Baruch
American representative on the
United Nations Atomic Energy Com
mission, had requested the services
of DR.. Oppenheimer in connection
with his work.
Evening star., 1946-06-26
Hot Weather 10 Continue
with Prospect Of Showers

Salt pills and water-coolers will
be- popular again today with con-
tinued hot and sunny weather in
store for Washington. The Weather
Bureau predicted a high around 80
degrees.
There is some chance of cooling
thundershowers tomorrow, but the
weather experts forsee a carbon
copy of today if the showers do not
materialize. Tonight will also be
warm, with an expected tempera-
ture Of about 68 degrees.
Yesterdays high mercury reading
was 81 degrees at 2:56 pm. and the
low was SO at 4:50 am.