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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14
THAT LONGSHORE STRIKE

Apparently nothing is being done or can be done to bring end to the current strike of Alaska longshoremen The longshoremen holding tough on two demands upon the steamship operators.
 1 That the employer sign contract clause absolyng union from any responsibility CT liability in the event of violation of the contract through strike or other form of work stoppage.
 2 That the operators agree to allow longshore- men to work all matches in loading or unloading when boats in port.
 The National Labor Relations Act makes em- blowers liable for any violation of contract on their part And if the steamship companies were to give in to demand No. of the longshoremen, they would violate agreements already entered into between the operators and sailors union For this reason it seems to us that this is an unreasonable demand.
 The new Taft-Hartley Labor Act makes unions liable for any violation of contract jurisdiction strikes or seconday boycotts The unions would be subject to damage suits pressed in the courts under the law
 This provision is a needed protection for the public and what right the employer would have to sign away such protection, should he so desire, is beyond
 However, the longshoremen believe they are right
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14
SALLY SLAYER COMES OUT FOR
 SHORT 5KIRTl

Juneau's Mrs. Sally Shafer, now of Portland, Oregon, had her say about the short-skirt, long-skirt controversy in letter published in the July 28 edition of News week. Mrs Shafer retired from the U. S. Forest Service in 1942 after serving more than Is years in Juneau with tine Service as 2 draftsman. Says Mrs. Shafer'
 Having read the article in Newsweek of June 23, regarding the length of a woman's skirt, I wish to make the following sug- gestion.
 This is the time for some en- terprising firm to make a big hit with business women by introduc- ing the commercial skirt, skirt not less than IA inches from the ground In offices, shops, and factories not only is the short skirt comfortable, sanitary, and far more becoming than a long skirt can ever be, but the cost of material is less, an item in this time of high prices. Let the lady of the house wear her long skirts if she wishes, but don't, l beg of you, put our attractive business girls in such a garb :.
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cation, the Air Force is no longer under the Army, and the President technically is not it's commander. Incidentally, the Air Force may need a little commanding, because the air boys are acting high wide and handsome when it comes to raiding other branches of the ser vice. For instance, paratroopers, who fight on land, have always been part of the ground forces. Now the air boys want to take them over The air boys have also taken the design for rockets away from Army ordnance .. Re- minds you of 1914 when the Coast Artillery wanted to take submar- ines from tka Navy because the Coast Artillery was charged with defense of the coasts and subs in those days could only cruise few miles out to sea.
 All of which proves that Wash ington pickering remains about the same, whether in 1914 or l947, and will probably continue about the same when I get back to Washington in September.
 tcoPYRIGHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INc)
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Daily Lessons in English " L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MIsUSED: say, preferred plural is SCARVES MISPRONOUNCED Pronounce noshea O in OR unstIessed first syl  tplral QUART Quartz (minera SYNONYMS King, monrach, sovereign STUDY Let
  follows the M "A nearly
  Woodward.
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MODERN ETIQUETTE &y RyoRrRrA LEE

s permissible to break crackers bread into soup? A do drop
 should frankly that poorly?
 throughout the a player than
 bridegroom of the marriage ceremony?
 Usually, entirely matter of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14
20 YEARS AGO trf% tfTE EMPIRE
AUGUST 14. 1927


 Annabelle visited friends here to Sika to join Mir Free burn, part 0 Pyramid Packing Company
 Bay with U S. Marshal George w. Fota aboard Bay Warm Springs to look Federal interference warranted Miss Lund strom whose Sweeney previously noncd Gertrude Wal tonen al Waltonen home
 Wioughby and her mother Mrs Charles artist Sidney Laurence here while the Ad mial Wloughby Stka to spend also entertained here luncheon by Wastein C. Smith
 Alaska Commission left the Northwestern for a stay business
 L F first honors both singles and doubles from an unusually large of the Gun Club.
 Weather report: Highest temperature 73
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14

IF YOUR ri i;lI IS NOT EARNING FOUR PERCENT it will pay you to investigate cur offerings in we'll chosen investments, ALAS KA FINANCE CORPORATION, Cooper Building. 4th and Man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14

airlineS operate Swank houses in Washington for entertaining Con Pressmen, cost of which is de- ducted either from taxes or air mail subsidies. Each house could accommodate several veterans and families For many years l have watched Senate probes, and most of them have been healthy. That's why l hate to see their eff fectiveness get hit in the solar plexus. However, that is what the present Brewster probe has done The public is fed up with ballyhoo about wine, women and song for those in position to in- fluence the great air routes of the world. What they want is not sideshow, but an impartial, thorough investigation, the kind Hugo Black did of lobbying or Ferd Pecora did of Wall Street
 For instance, all the Senate has to do is subpoena certain records from the War Department to unravel the amazing story of political deals between the U. S. Government, Pan American Air ways and various Latin American dictators. They will discover that about S1C0,000,000 was paid to Pan American Airways to build Latin American air bases from which it received healthy bene- fits; on top of which the Brazil ian government also got an addi- tional 00,000000 though the war is long over, all this has been kept a strict secret. However if the Senate committee wants the documents, here are their dates: Chief of Army Engineers report or Aug. }, 1944, entitled, Admin istraiion of Secret Pan American Contracts" written by Major Rob- ert M Condra and Travelling Auditor J. H. Ross Also the committee should subpoena three reports by It. Col Robert M. Wold, dated Jan. 4, 1943, Jan. 23 1943 ana April l, l943 These are far more important than Hollywood beauties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14

When you pay Tor QUALITY Tny not get the FINEST-Buy FLOR SEEM SHOES at Graves. -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14

THINGS TO WATCH FOR-Abe Spanel. a little guy who during the war switched from making baby's waterproof pants to making rubber life-rafts is among the next to be crucified by the Brewster committee Spanel wrote some in- spring editorials during the war, had them published as paid ads n the newspapers, even got per- mission from the Treasury De- partment to deduct these from war contract expenses. However, the Senate committee seems to think this was wrong Things in the State Department aren't as happy as appears on the sur face. One Assistant Secretary of State has only been able to sec his chiefs, Secretary of State Mershall, once in three months. Some other top diplomats are in the same boat When they can't get policy set by the man at the helm, they have trouble steering the right policy course . The constitution may have to be amend ed to make the President Com mander- n-Chief of the Air Force
 At present the constitution merely makes him Commander of the Army, Navy and Militia of the separate states. Now with unifi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5559

Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall. Sew ard St. Visiting Com rades Welcome.
 H. S. GRUENING. Con- mander; F. II. FORBES. Adiutant.
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TIDE TABLE
AUGUST IS

AOGOo 10
 . High tide, 0:29 am, 19.2 feet . Low tide, 7:05 am, -3.1 feet . High tide, 13 :35 pm, 16.2 feet Q Low tide, 1913 pm, 20 feet
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how we can head off another war Near Philadelphia, an Aneri- can Legion committee headed by Clarence D. Bell has just done a fine job Investigating real estate operators and how some of them have abused veterans. They found that veterans sometimes were per suaded to sign blank agreements, sometimes didn't get back their down payments, and sometimes the same plot of ground was sold to several veterans Two young vets who have done a lot for free dom of the press lately are John w. Perry, Jr, and Farwell Perry, Of the Perry Newspapers. They have shown how a special type writer can be used to print small weekly or daily newspapers, thus bolstering what has been the back bone of press freedom-lndepen- dent newspapers
 CORRECTIONS Before I get away I want to correct something which may have done an injustice to a lady who has been working hard for this country-a Chinese physician, pr. Margaret Chung. Some weeks ago federal authorities informed me that pr. Chung had sailed for Europe with Virginia Hill. the girl friend of the late Bugsy Siegel I now find how ever, that Dr. Chung sailed in stead for Honolulu where incl dentally. she has done fine jo1 among men in the armed services Also Billy Wilkerson form erly associated with Siecal in the Flamingo Hotel at Las Vegas, who sailed fer Europe about the same time as Virginia Hill, informs me that fe broke with Siegel lcng time ago. Ills trip was to attend motion picture convention in Belgium One more point. From a recent column on Pan American AirWays wire-pulling, some people got the impression that Clarence Young. a former Pan Am official now on the Civil Aeronautics Beard. was in the pocket ot hi former bosses. As a matter o. fact, Col Young calls the shot' exactly as he sees them. con- sider him a fairminded public servant Speaking of fairness one thing the Senate Committee glossed over about Elliott Roose- velt was that he flew 59 combat missions over enemy territory, us. ing an unarmed reconnaissance plane, helpless before enemy at tack. His outfit suffered 90 per cent casualties-tkc reason Elliot urged Howard Hughes to design faster plane. Elliott has plenty of faults, but one of them is mol cowardicc
 SENATE PROBES Speaking of hofree fpr veterans if Par
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14

SENATE PROBES - Speaking of homes for veterans, if Pan American AirWays and Trans World Airlines had any patriotic public relations oomph, they would i'm mediately transform the two man sions they maintain for lobbying into homes for veterans. Both
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-14
The Washington
 HerrY-6O-Round

coattnued yrom Page O4e
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LOOK and LEARN %' C. GORDON

is a harbreadh? the Nobel Prize tera  3. On wha i 4. philately? 5. Is
  l. It considered to be the ortyeighh of an pch 2.
  4 The collection study postage stamps 5. Burroughs
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27

for ~ seeuna annual Cream Bowl
game e. BE- shaved lm tha Mississippi
State College stadium Deeemnex O.
Complimentary uckess hase been
mailed 60 ever 80 hsKh schools
throughout Nurtheaat Mississippi
Last year masH THAN eco prep stars
saw the Cream Bowl Nafna a. stark
Nsiie
Participants n she Cream Bowl
game Nyd probably b. announced
tha weekeud accardln9 - Sheriff.
Nash. president % ne sponsoring or
Kanixafion.
We are making every effort I'd
match the two best awaiIahle learns
IN the state he SAID Our scouting
committee has seen the leading
eievens 81 ire stats play during the
current season We are not necessari-
" hooking for an undefeated team.
but are weighing the type Ut SEIZED.
ule played ~ prospective teams and
Their ail-Found performance along
with their son and lost record
The hightignt Of TINS years pro-
gram for the two participating learns
viii be = victory banquet 10 be- held
following the game with several
outstanding sports personalities hav.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27
HOSIERY

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regular 25e value For infants. girls
or ladies. Cuff tops, assorted colors.
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Please state sizes wanted.
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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27

OF a total of 1875 members of the
University Greys who enlisted in
the Confederate Army in February,
1861, only "a could be accounted for
in March, 1865. Thirty were killed or
died of wounds and seven of dis
ease; SO were discharged, resigned Or
retired; 10 transferred to other units;
10 deserted or dropped from
the unit; and one was missing.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27

The voluntary Army R. O. T. c.
unit at the University of Mississippi
was established in 1896.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27
Durdni High Team To
See Cream Bowl Game

Members of the Duranf High
School football squad have been in
vited to be the guest Of the Stark
vile Junior Chamber Of CoFrmeFee
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27

The Department of Extension at
the University of Mississippi offers
las different correspondent courses.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27

and lay people. Physicians are more
alert to the cancer problem and are
eager to improve their knowledge
about the disease; people want in
formation about cancer so that they
may more intelligently interpres
symptoms. Adequate care for all
cases of cancer amenable to treat
ment is the goal set for the service
program. All these plans will be
made possible through the indivi-
dual gifts generously made by peo-
| pie all over the state.
Moore Mokes Audit
Special thanks are due Mr. Charles
]. Moore. c. p. A, of Biloxi, who
made a complete audit of the Socie-
tvs books and refused to accept ever
a small remuneration for this valu-
able work. This is a substantial saw
ings and left funds for the treat
ment of more cance victims than
Society had had to pay for the audit
at the prevailing rates.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27

ing been invited as guests. At this
banquet the Cream Bowl" a trophy
going to the winning team, will be
presented. In addition, squad men,
bers of each team will be presented
with miniature engraved footballs.
Arrangements are being made for
the game to be broadcast over a net
work of Mississippi radio stations.
Reserve tickets will be limited to
5000 seats for sale in advance at re-
gular prices. All ticket inquiries
should be addressed to Cream Bowl.
Starkville.
In the first year more than 5000
fans say Starkville defeat Macon
400 last Thanksgiving to make the
Cream Bowl one of the largest post
season attractions in the state.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-27
.MiNiNippians Give
$500 thousand Against
Cancer; Third In Nation
745 Coses Concer
Treated In l947;
1850 In Stote

The sum Of s1i15l2.52 was contri-
huted in the i947 Cancer Campaign,
IA was announced by DR.. Felix ].
Underwood. State Campaign Chair
man Of the American Cancer Society,
This brings the total amount contri-
huted during the past two years to
more than s2oo.o00.00, all of which
represented small gifts from many
thousands Of Mississippians. No large
donations were received.
Third In Notion
Under the direction of Mrs. Eliza
beth NJ Wates. State Commander
the pooling OF all these efforts and
gifts and the establishment of a
smoothly functioning program bro
ught Mississippi 10 third place in
the nation for ANGER control accom-
plishments in the past 2 years. The
Mississippi Division of the American
Cancer Society has laid a sound
foundation upon which to build 9
completely organized statewide
program to combat the menace o.
cancer IN every community
Through these small gifts 745 cases
Of cancer have received treatment
since January |, ls47. and l.168 cases
since the program IA inaugurated
With at least 1880 cases of cancer
in the state. according to an estimate
based on a survey of the number OF
known cases in one representative
county, the urgent need for funds t.
control cancer is evident. To date
four cancer clinics have been estab
lishsed that meet the minimum re
quirements of the American Colleg'
Of Surgeons. Mississippi needs NOR
such clinics.
Plans for the coming year includ'
more education for both professions
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-20
Good Old Days
Had Their HCL

CHICAGO. - (AP). - If you
think prices are high now, just
stop and look backward.
Purple-dyed wool fetched as
much as SITS a pound in Cicero's
time 'Q06-44 B.C.)
There were no rent controls
in g1849, when gold was discover
ed at Suffers Mill, California,
says Edward L. Throm, social
studies editor of the World Book
Encyclopedia. "Shacks rented for
500 and up week. A nights
rest on simple cot cost as much
as, SIS"
And in the midst Of the gold
rush in the late COS, he adds,
eggs sold for a dollar apiece in
Skagway, Alaska, and a plate OF
Ham and eggs set the diner back
SO.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-20
music OR 1|l{D|C|[|t
BY Fronk Riordon

The doctor said though that you
should get here because-Antoin-
cite told him you were busy; but
he told me to get you here"
Nola's self control cracked, and
she fairly screamed into the tele-
phone. Get herel"
CPICER got him reservation
- on the plane while he had a
telephone conversation with the
Dean. And the Dean excused him
and told him not to worry-that
there would be no penalty. And
Bohan and Corien drove him to
the airport, crushed his hand in
wordleSS messages of hope as
they put him on the plane, which
rose like a great bird into the
night and winged eastward to-
ward New York.
It seemed hours before the
plane dropped down out of the
stars onto the runway at Reno;
and another century unrolled be-
fore the twinkling lights of Al
buquerque faded into the van
ishing West. He sat statue-rigid
and dry-eyed staring into the
cloudbanks that fiickered past.
Three years-it isn't such a
long time, Bruce"
Three years! They had fed al
ready. And with them had gone
practically everything else. And
Antoinette-
I No! Absolutely he refused to
believe T'nette would vanish, too.
Dear God, No! Without her
we'll, in a world bereft of Antoin-
cite nothing would matter. Every
precious facet of her being pir-
Quoted like a dreamland ballet
through his mind: her voice, her
hair, her eyes, her lips-the way
she walked, her busy, busy hands;
the mother in her, and the sweet
heart. ~
Nola was at La Guardia field to
meet him. There was no warmth
or sympathy in her greeting. She
looked old and her features were
sharper than Bruce had remem-
bered them.
you're here" she said. She
made it plain that he could take
the words any way he chose,
that she had no time, or SYM
pathy for him.. That all she had
of both. belonged to Antoinette.
"How. is she?"
Ncla shook her head and she
! gripped the steering wheel tight
guided the heavy new convertible
out onto the road.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-20
TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
know America)

1674-James Logan, secretary
to William Penn, statesman
scholar, founder of noted Penn
sylvania family, born in Ireland.
Died Oct. 81, 1851.
18l1-Oliver Ditson, Boston
music publisher, building up the
largest business of its kind, born
in Boston. Died Dec. 81, 1888.
1812-Austin Flint, Buffalo
New York physician-teacher, one
of most eminent of his century,
father of a noted physician. born
at Petersham, Mass. Died March
Is, 1885.
1825-Marshall Jewell, day la
borer to telegraph operator, Con-
necticut tanner prince, governor,
diplomat and postmaster-general,
born at Winchester, N. H. Died
Feb. 10, 1888.
1839-Oliver McClintock, noted
Pittsburgh merchant, untiring
worker for good government,
born there. Died Oct. 10, 1922.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-20
AZ Nayxsfeofvrei

81 don't know, Bruce. She was
all right at dinner last night. The
baby isn't quite due"
"This babyl" Bruce shouted.
what baby?"
Nola became abruptly tender.
Tnette's secret baby. She
isn't able to tell you, so I might
as we'll" Her voice began ia
crescendo, to tremble, too, as the
distrust which she bore for all
men surged to the surface. "You
couldn't be disturbed --even for
the birth of your own child" she
jibed. "Great big you, remark.
able you and your books. You
needed quiet-So much quiet that
Tnette had to leave home so you
wouldn't be upset" She was.
screaming now above the roar OF
the Harlem Speedway traffic,
I'D have told you to 60 to hell
I'd have told you I'd have my
baby where / damned well
pleased" ..s.ssg1
She had spent herself emotion,
ally; and she did not utter ari-
other word until they reached
the hospital. sai..s
1--WE were able to get this woll-'
derful man, this DIR. Karat she
said tonelessly. And then just \
little fire fiared up in her. OF
course, when the heart is sick,
doctors aren't any good anyway
They led Bruce directly to- Dr..
Karat, the same l.. M. Karat who
had written so many authoritx-
tive works on parturition.s s&f
"You are practically an MD.
! believe" the great man said
you'll understand, therefore, the
seriousness of the situation when
I tell you that we are confronted
with an exaggerated placenta
praevia." sas
Bruce blanched. Through dry
lips he managed to ask: 1es~4.
"Hemorrhage?" i5.ystt
"We've transfused her three
times" Karat said But, we dare
not do a section and take 1.-The
baby until we get her pressure
up at least to eighty. Ass YOU
know, the danger of shock is too
grave" Even as he spoke another
doctor came up. r. : -. ~
Pressure seventy-nine," he: ne
ported. II e: 81
Karat nodded. 1--WE 60. 80
work" gs.s
(To be continued) NE
Copyright 1947 By Frank RiordGalss.
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Chapter 20

Chapter "
a CROSS the country Bruce sat
"A in the library trying to COM
plete his paper on clinical medi-
cine; but the warmth of the Cali
fornia spring days was willy.
Thoughts that had no business
intruding kept right on intruding.
Stray bits of memory-how Won
drously happy T'nette and he
had been that night at La Jolla,
and the night they had spent in
the guest house before they
moved into it; jules choppy
little walk-Julie, child-portrait
of her mother. Julie and Tnette.
His daughter, and his daughters
mother. The shadows Of the
leaves outside in the glorious
sunshine danced across the wall,
and with sudden and terrific
longing he wondered what the
two of them were doing.
They might even now, at this
minute, be vending their way
through the Connecticut wood
land. There would be shafts OF
gray light sitting down in gentle
benediction on the two dark
heads as they-his two women
strolled there in the woodland
twenty-five hundred miles away,
thinking
Achingly he wondered what
they would be thinking of him.
But such nostalgia moments
were rare. The pressure of work
ruled them out. Almost before he
knew it May had come and gone;
and it was early June.
Then a June night. the ringing
of a telephone, voice calling
down the corridor:
Bruce Crane! Long distance
from Connecticut
He went running along the hall
like thing possessed. caught ur
the telephone.
Bruce Crane speaking"
Nola's voice, charged with
emotion, came Keeling across the
miles.
.Drop everything and get back
here: Tnette's awfully, awfully
sick"
"But what
sits the baby"
sJulie?" :.
mo, no, no, moi The new ont
1.-The one that isn't here yet"
@Look, Nola," he pleaded
Ncalm douvn and talk Seucc
II don't know much about Il