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The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
FOrrestal Named Secretary Of
 National Defense

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman Saturday sent to the Sen ate the nomination of James V. Forrestal to be secretary of de- fense under the new armed forces unification Setup.
 ForrestaPs nomination went to Capitol Hill shortly after MT. Tru- man signed legislation unifying the army, navy, marines and air forces under one cabinet officer
 The measure was signed in a dramatic ceremony at Washing ton national airport just before the President took off for GrandvieW, Mo-, where his mother was report ed dying.
 MT. Truman delayed his hur- riedly arranged flight home to await arrival of the unification bill, which passed Congress only Friday.
 Wiry, tight-lipped James For restal, younger in appearance than his 55 years, is known as builder and boss of the greatest navy in world history.
 He has fired" admirals from top jobs with the abruptneSS of a mine explosion, but support eff cient administrators and men who plan far ahead.
 Born in Beacon, N Y., he is for mer president of a New York bond selling house, and the onyl Roose- welt cabinet minister still in MT. Truman's official family.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
Sundborg Critical Of Last Legislature

FAIRBANKS, (P) - George Sundborg, resigned chairman of the Alaska Development board, said Saturday that "regressive voting by members of the Alaska legislature had contributed to the Territory's current financial plight.
 Insufficient appropriations to meet operating expenses Sund- borg told the junior chamber of commerce, has left the Territory with the problem of meeting a S70,000 payroll and other expens- es from a $1O0,000 monthly liquor tax.
 Sundborg said he sympathized with the Alaska veterans commits sion refusal to repay immediately a $350,000 loan received from the Territory. He said the commission now has applications for a quar- ter million dollars in bonuses and three million dollars in loans.
 Singled out for attack by Sund- borg were Joe Coble, Larry Meath, Robert Hoopes, Maurice Johnson and Lou Joy, all of the fourth Division.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
Eisenhower Will Inspect Installa- tiOns In Alaska

NGTON, (P) - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the army'S chief of staff flew to Fort Riley, Kan, yesterday on the first leg of an inspection trip to army install lations in Alaska.
 At Fort Riley, the general vis- ited with his brother, Milton s. Eisenhower, president of Kansas State College. He is proceeding to Great Falls, Mont, today and ex- poets to arrive at Anchorage, to- morrow.
 He will be away from three to four weeks the war department said Saturday, "It is a continual ton of his plan to see at first-hand the operations of the army in the field" The chief of staff already has made several inspections in the United States, in Europe and in the Pacific.
 Accompanying him to Alaska are several division chiefs and other army experts, including Maj Gen. Alfred Gruenther, deputy commandant of the national war college: Brig. Gen. Henry B. Say Ter, chief of ordnance research; and Col. H. J. Matchett, member of the army manpower board.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
tBY Douglas B. CornelD

WASHINGTON (P)-Sign posts pointing toward teamwork with the White House on world affairs, slugging matches on domestic problems and hot 1948 election is sues stand out along the rough road the 8Oth Congress travelled to tits own halfway mark.
 The first session crashed to a close in Sundays early hours.
 Adjournment until January - unless President Truman or Re- publican leaders call an emerg- ency session sooner-shot off a raucous, roaring political scrap in the Senate and back-slapping, rollicking song fest in the House.
 Weary members now are beat ing a path back home to find out what the people think of this first "streamlined" Congress, this first Republican-controlled Congress in a decade and half.
 The grass roots reaction is i'm portant. Top issues already are shaping up for next years cleo tioneering for President, all 435
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
U. IN. To Undergo Test Of Power Tomorrow

LAKE SUCCESS, (P)-A con- sensus of delegates indicates that far-reaching decision may come tomorrow on the Balkan problem, and with it a test of the United Nations power for effective ac- ton in the peaceful settlement of disputes.
 As the U. N. security council prepared to convene at 3 pm. to- day, delegates said they anticipat- ed vote tomorrow, or not later than Thursday, on an American proposal to set up on international watchdog" commission over the Balkans.
 The vote on the plan will eli max a week-long fight between Russia and the United States over the Balkan problem. which was brought to the council by Greece and resulted initially in an in- quiry into Balkan border incl dents.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
Hunt Continues For Axe Slayer;
 Identity Known

FAIRBANKS, CP) - While marshals posse of federal agents and military police pressed Alas ka'S greatest manhunt in the Alas ka Highway wilderness, the two ax victims for whose deaths the fugitive is sought, were buried af- ter private funerals here Satur- day.
 The victims were Donald R. Harris, 33, Alaska military pro- ject employee, and Carl Ahnstrom, 68, longtime prospector and WOodsman.
 Cardinal Harris, a brother, came from Nenana for the funeral and said the younger victims father, William Harris, and a sis ter, Mrs. Louis Simpson, live at Green Fork, Ind.
 U. s. marshal Stanley J. Mich olS said the search for Leon Win field Jones, 43, carpenter on the Big Delta military project more than 100 miles southeast of here, was being pressed by posse which was co-ordinating it's action
 Continued on Page Eight
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
Congress Adjourned Sunday With A Flourish; Much Legislation Unfinished

House members and 32 of the 96 Senators. For inSance:
 There are taxes and labor, the high cost of living and the nigh cost of government.
 And there are enough legisla- tive leftovers for the next sesslon to concoct a sizeable dish of po- litical controversies.
 Held on the hook until next winter were such measures as uni versal military training, long range housing, military coopera- ton with Latin America, mini mum wage boost for the lowest paid interstate workers and loyal ty checks on government workers.
 It was a political battle royal in the Senate that kept Congress on the job on a sabbath for the first time since 1929.
 Democrats had succeeded in blocking a Republican bid for a full-scale investigation into attor- ney general Clark's handling of vote fraud charges in Kansas City.
 Senator Brewster R.-Me.) tried
 tContinued on Page Six)
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JUNEAU, (P)-Brown as ber-

JUNEAU, (P)-Brown as Der ries after a sixweeks' trip, Rob. ert A. Miller, 23, Lewiston, Me. and Les Welch, Orofino, Ida. University of Idaho students, ar rived Friday night after canoeing north from Seattle.
 They made the 1,033 mile trip Statute miles) in an aluminium ca noe, after leaving Seattle June TO- They praised the hospitality of British Columbia and Alaska coastal communities and plan to remain here indefinitely.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
NEWS TN BRIEF

BONNEVILLE, Calf. (4) - The St. Charles hotel, gold rush landmark in which the barber shop still served as part time court room, was destroyed by fire early today.
 Eight guests escaped unharmed from the two-story wooden struc- ture, built in 1863.
 The barber shop was owned by justice of the peace C. w. Rob- bins, who held court in the rear of the shop.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
Congress Okays Sale Of Paper, Pulp Timber

WASHINGTON, CF) - LegiSla- ton designed to establish a news print industry in Alaska was given Senatorial approval and sent to the White House shortly before adjournment Saturday, and Sen atorS Capehart R.-IndO, said he is studying the possibility of re- quiring that part of any neWsprint produced in the Territory be al- lotted to small newspapers.
 Capehart is chairman of a Sem ate newsprint subcommittee that plans to leave Seattle Aug. 28 to make an on-the-spot investigation of establishing five mills in Alas ka's vast Tongass National Forest.
 Two companies are understood to be ready to bid for the timber and to start immediate construc- ton of paper mills in Alaska.
 Capehart, estimating that each of the five proposed mills will be able to produce 100000 tons of neWSprint annually, said he hopes that means may be found to guard against all the Alaska production being "tied up by the big news papers" He suggested the possi- bility of stipulations in lease con- tracts as one means of accom- plishing the purpose.
 The measure passed by Con- gress would permit the agriculture department to contract to furnish paper companies with a continu- ing supply of timber to be cut on a sustained yield basis.
 The legislation provides that money from timber sales shall be held in the treasury until rights of native Indian claimants to the for est areas are determined.
 Capehart said the committed will look into the Indian claims but that legislation dealing with this phase of the problems will fall to the public lands committee.
 Planning to make the trip with Capehart are Senators Cain, R.- WashD, Ellender D.-LaD and Murray D.-MontD The first stop on their itinerary will be Ketch-
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28

DIES MONIES, Ia. (P)-A wo- man motorist protested when she failed to pass the vision test in her drivers license examination. ."Why I just got these glasses new"
 When she returned a short time later she passed the test easily.
 "They had put the lenses in backward" she explained.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
NOME INCLUDED IN ARMY APPROPRIATIONS

W A s H I N GTON, (P) - The House armed services committee approved legislation authorizing the secretary of war to spend up to $244, $40, ,659 for construction of facilities of military installations.
 Included in the appropriation was $77,944 for the Nome ACS station, for the building of family quarters, operations building and utilities.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
MANHATTAN, Kas. (P)-Gen

MANHATTAN, Kas. (P)-Gen- eral Dwight D. Eisenhower, en- route to Alaska on an inspection trip, spent the night with his brother Milton before flying to Great Falls, Mont, today.
 The army chief of staff expects to arrive in Anchorage, Tuesday. He landed at Fort Riley, Kas., yes terday, flying from Washington, D. C.
 Milton Eisenhower is president of Kansas State college.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
World COndOles Trunan's Loss

WASHINGTON. (P)- Messages of condolences on the death of President Truman's mother pour ed into the White House today from all over the world
 They came from heads of states, foreign ministers, ambassadors, governors, other leaders and from just plain people.
 The following came from King George VI and the British queen, Elizabeth:
 "The queen and I send you our deep sympathy in the sad loss that you have sustained through the death of your mother"
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28

that a large school of tuna had been sighted 57 miles west of Ya- quina Head.
 One vessel, the President Cool idge, reported it already had taken 10000 pounds of tuna.
 Eearlier last week several ves- sels delivered near record catches here.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28

JUNEAU (P)-Frank Maier, IA, of Juneau, topped a field of 26 youths from Juneau, Douglas and Sitka Sunday to win the l947 soap box derby sponsored jointly by the Daily Alaska Empire and Ro- tary Club.
 Maier will go to Akron, O., for the national soap-box races Aug. l4-l7.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
Presidents Mother Passes On

GRANDVIEW. Mo. (P) - Mrs. Martha Truman. mother of the President died at ll:30 am. tCST) Saturday morning. Death came just one hour after the President had taken off from Washington 10 be at her bedside.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28

WASHINGTON. (P) - "A mea- sure giving the Governor of Alas ka the power 10 pardon and 10 re- init fines for offenses against the laws of the Territory was signed Friday by President Truman.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-28
TACOMA, (P - Brought from

IAOONA, H1 - bTOUSHI ITOIH Juneau, to face an old charge of forging a $80 U. s. treasury note, Mrs. Arlie R. Kress, 46, was or dered held in lieu of $2,50O bail on a temporary commitment or der issued Friday by Police Judge Frank Hale, sitting as acting U. s. commissioner. August IA was set as the date of preliminary hearing of the charges.
 Mrs. Kress is accused of forging the check in Vancouver, Wash, Sept. 6, 1944.
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ikan. Other stops have not been determined.
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ASTORIA, Ore. Packers expected tuna boats to land heavy catches here, following a report
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Double profits not
enough for Dow

NEW YORK - tFP) - To the
Dow Chemical Corp. as TO
other U. S. corporations. too
much is nowhere near enough.
In its financial report for the
fiscal year ended May 81. made
public here. the company bland
lY acknowledged that II had
doubled its profits over the pre-
vious year TO show a net in
come of Sl2.72s.ssl. compared
with S6.7o7.2l5.
But that was not enough for
Willard H. Dow. president of
the company. Announcing the
all-time high profit record. he
also said that some SEA million
had been laid out for new con-
struction and equipment.
This sum he denounced as
excessive" and. he said. If was
all labor's fault. He said II was
required almost entirely" by
CONSTRUCTION labor unprodud-
tivitY."
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Parks offer disk
Jockey competition

A series of outdoor concerts OF
musical prescriptions and record
ings over loudspeaker systems at
three local parks has been an
nounced by the Chicago Park Dis
trict, Division of Recreation.
Programs will vary week by
week and will include a great
variety of classical and modern
composers recorded by the best
orcheStras in the world.
Concert locations are:
Northwest Side-Mozart Park.
2036 N. Ayers Ave, Monday eve
nings, 8 to 9 pm.
South Side-JackSon Park Pro-
montory, 55th st. and the lake
front, Wednesday evenings, 8 to
9 pm.
North Side-Fullerton Pavilion,
Fullerton Ave. at the lake front
in Lincoln Park, Friday evenings,
from to 9 pm.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Bliss Kiss
mokes MRS, Miss

1t started with bliss, ended
with kiss, and resulted in -
divorce, said Mrs. Lola Cash
man, 141 Derbyshire Lane, Ar
lington Heights, when she pro-
duced poetry written to her
husband by "Alice" in Supe-
rior Judge Sabath's Divorce
Court last week.
I've never known such bliss
as this,
And it started with your
first kiss.-Alice" read one
poem Mrs. eastman discovered
in her husbands receipt file.
The poetry goes into court
archives, but Mrs. eastman
goes free. She won her di-
vorce.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Addressing AFL Pres. William
Green after conference with the
CLIO committee on unity, Murray
charged the AFL executive council
with seeking to prevent the
members of organized labor from
effectuating their keen desire to
establish immediate working unity
to defeat the drive of reaction on
both economic and political fronts.
YOUR REFUSAL to discuss
this vital subject while insisting
upon long drawn out negotiations
with reference to organizational
unity must be viewed with alarm
by all who appreciate the dangers
which presently confront labor
and the nation" Murray wrote.
sit is undoubtedly, this under
standing which is presently
prompting increasing numbers
among the ranks of labor within
the ALL and Go to arrive at mu-
tual agreements eliminating divi-
sion or conflict and providing for
joint action against our common
enemies"
Murray's letter was in reply to
Green's communication of July 16
released July 18) in which the
AFL leader insisted that organic
unity had to come first.
The CIO letter to Green charg-
ed that the ALL position on unity
matters was inconsistent with the
joint statement adopted by the
unity committee of the CLIO and
ALL on May 2, 1947."
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

or if two unions both claim to
represent the same group"
3. "The government requires
employers to recognize and to bar
gain with unions, but the govern
ment does not dictate terms"
4. "The right of workers to
strike is protected by law"
The rest of the exhibit deals
with general facts about Ameri-
can labor, telling how many work
ers are employed, their wages, and
the state laws protecting them.
All figures are based on the rela-
lively full employment period
following World War II.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Witch hunt repeal
asked in Michigan

DETROIT - (F'P) - A state
wide Committee For Repeal OF
The Callahan Act, Michigan's
witchhunting law signed by Gov.
Sigler, is modelling labor and
liberal and church forces under
the temporary Craftsmanship of
Judge Henry Sweeny and an i'm
posing list of sponsors.
The executive director is Kurt
Anderson, a labor consultant who
was chairman of the Tool and Die
Commission of the War Labor
Board and has served on many fed
eral agencies. Benjamin A. Jaffe,
attorney and tax expert, is treas
urer.
Higherups of the Detroit &
Wayne County Federation of La
Dor (AFD, United Auto Workers
(CIOD, and other groups are on
the sponsor list, as are leading
churchanen and social workers.
The committee is circulating re-
peal petitions and plans a big
meeting in September.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

The picture-and-caption panel
show was drawn up before enact
ment of the Taft-Hartley act, how
ever, and no changes have yet
been made in the wording on the
100-foot long exhibit. Thus, the
Germans and japanese are being
given the following story, which
American unionists recognize is
somewhat out of date since the
slave labor law cut the heart out
of the Wagner act!
1. unions are governed by their
members independent of the gov
eminent"
2. "The government provides
elections if doubt arises whether
the union represents a majority,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Judge promises
eviction cI1ecI<up

Acting Chief Justice Charles S.
Dougherty warned a landlord in
Municipal Court last week that he
would keep jurisdiction over
these cases where the landlord
wants the apartment to see if he
does move in"
Dougherty's warning reas-
surance to tenants who face pos
sible eviction on grounds that
their landlords want apartments
for their own use-came after the
judge ordered George Thomas,
GOAL St. Lawrence av., to move
out within 80 days in order that
his landlord might occupy the
premises.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Pilots fIy-in
strike formation

Officials of the Lewis College
of Science and Technology, 81 E.
Congress ST., were up in the air
this week, when nine prize aero
bate pilots they had hired Topped
the loop and flew into strike for
nation.
Scheduled to fly in an air show
at the LewiS-Lockport Airport at
Lockport, last Sunday, the pilots
refused to fly without mileage pay
between shows in addition to pay
for performances.
Albert H. Lake, superintendent
of the college which operates the
Lockport airfield, said the show
would go on-at a later date, if
agreement was reached.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Instructions were issued by a
meeting of international officers
and other representatives of the
union who characterized the new
Taft-Hartley board "as a court
of special privilege for employ
ers."
The orders received by Chicago
locals asserted: Bring no COM
plants, petitions or cases before
it, and refuse to cooperate with
it in any way in the event en-
ployers attempt to make use of
it."
Also advised was intensified
political action. refusal to sign
any contract containing a no.
strike clause or any penalty pro-
vision against work stoppages. i.
Inauguration of an educational
program toward a union con-
seriousness in the ranks which
will make it unnecessary to de-
pend upon any contract in order
to maintain the union shop, hir-
ing hall or other form of union
security"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

bowls in bath rooms, removal
ton of door bell buzzer system,
and standard procedure for
grievances.
The MIC was recognized as
collective bargaining agent for
the tenants, who won their
fight after the NNC filed mass
complaints about health, fire,
and building violations and or
gained a picket line at South
Side hardware store operated
by the owner.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Tenants Council wins signed agreement

A decisive victory was won
this week by SO tenants of the
Park Royal apartment hotel,
4006 South Parkway, who had
been threatened by rent in
creases ranging from 100 to $50
per cent. ~
The owner of the building
signed an agreement with the
tenants, represented by the
Tenants Council of the Nation
al Negro Congress, in which
he promised that "rents will be
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

maintained at present levels
Other clauses in the agree
ment, announced by John Gray,
MIC executive secretary. in
cluded decoration of apart
ments, repair of defects on the
premises within 80 days, ex-
termination of rats and verrnin.
daily collection of garbage
from cans supplied by the man,
agement, screens for each
apartment, immediate plumb
ing repairs, installation of face
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Civil rights group
changing quarters

The Mayors Commission on
Human Relations, clearing house
for civil rights violations and in
terracial problems, is moving this
month to new quarters on the
fourth floor of the Chicago Board
of Health building, 81 w. Hub
bard st.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

AS a nation. we are spending
more than twice as much today on
newspapers, magazines and sheet
music as we did ten years ago. In
1886 these items cost the public
$500 million, while the latest Off
cial figures for 1916 show the total
to be $1,016 million.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Sky's the limit!

WASHINGTON - FP) - After
two months of slight decline, the
wholesale price index as reported
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
rose to a new high mark during
the week ending July &c, reach
ing a point sos per cent above
the preWar average.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Why haven't Army brass
been informed Of slave bill?

Observation-Disclosures revision needed to bring AM
exhibit theme "The u A. AT Work.
Federated learned Now being shown
Germany exhibit the
officials show workers occupied
territory American labor lives.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Americans spent $55 billion on
food and tobacco in 1916, COM
pared to only $40 billion in 1886,
according to a Department of
Commerce survey. In 1882 the
total was almost $13 billion.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Total expenditures for medical
care and death expenses in the
U. S. more than doubled in the 10
years from 1896 to 1916, rising
from So billion to almost $61s
billion it is reported in new fed
eral figures.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Radio repairs which cost all
Americans $23 million in 1886,
ran to $64 million in 1945 with
the 1916 figures still not available.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Murray views AL unity
position with oIorm'

WASHINGTON-FP-If and when the ALL is ready open
unity problems
well the objective establishment
movement the Go will Philip Murray
July 81.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

There are 200 u. S. taxpayers
with annual incomes over 81 mil
lion.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Longshoremen's union to
boycott labor board

Chicago Longshoremen's
Warehousemens
National Labor Relations
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Consumer living costs in July
reached new high of 1877 above
a year ago.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

PICTURED, in Chicago following
their announcement of plans TO
wed in California in February are
movie star Jane Withers and film
producer William Moss. of Odessa.
Texas. Miss Withers won screen
fame ms one Of HollYwood's juve-
nile stars.