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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
2 BRITISH
 OFFICIALS
 kIDNApED
Epidemic Raging in PaIes- tine-Troops Taking
 Up Search
4BY THE ASSOCIATED PREssj

A new epidemic of kidnapings, which the police attribute to one of the Jewish underground organ izations, has hit the British in Palestine.
 All during the night, troops had searched an ancient Moslem ceme- .tery in Jerusalem for some trace of H. A. l, Collins, a retired Brit ish major. Collins was spirited away from his home yesterday. And British authorities blame the Irgun Zyai Leumi for the Kidnapping on the theory that Collins was being held hostage to prevent the execu- tion tomorrow of one of the under grounds's members.
 The trail appeared to lead to the cemetery but nothing was found there. This morning. two Jewish sections of Jerusalem were invaded by British armored cars. The residents were warned to stay Iindoors and the troop began a house-to-house search for Collins. But even as this was happening, Irgun apparently struck again in the nearby all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv.
 A group of men rolled up to the , Tel Aviy district court in three taxis. They entered the courtroom and confronted Judge Ralph Wind ham, the President of the Tel Aviy court. They addressed him in Hebrew, and ordered him to come along. The judge was taken away and although the courtroom was partly filled with spectators, law yers and officials. none of the lat ter apparently did anything to stop the abduction.
 Judge Windham has been in the Briish Colonial service for IS years II of which have been spent in Palestine. He is heir to an ancient baronetcy. AS in the Collins kid naping, British authorities believe that the Judge was seized as a hos tage against tomorrow's scheduled execution of one of the Irgun mem bers.
 All this has added to the shadow of pessimism over the Pales- tine talks in London. These were resumed by British and Arab nego- tiators today The Jews continue to boycott the discussions form ally. But several members of the Jewish Agency Executive are in London in case the opportunity should arise for talks on the side lines.
 Little hope for such an oppor- tunity, however is indicated in what the Arabs told the British today. Dr. Jamal Effendi Husseinie (Hoo-say-nee) the vice chairman of the Palestine Arab Higher Exc cutive, turned thumbs down on the British proposal that Palestine be split up. He said that if Jewish state were created there would be a permanent source of trouble in the Middle East; that it would be another perennial sorespot like the Balkans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
Company-Wide Coniratt Plan
 Of Rubber Co.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 27. - Agree ment on company wide contract to cover some 30,000 U. s. Rubber Go. employee in l6 plants was an- nounced today by officials of the company and the CIO-United Rub- Der Workers.
 It was the first company wide contract in the rubber industry and union officials said it might be the first negotiated by CIO union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
18TH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE OPEN
Two Members of First
 Legislature Are Back
 Again, Present Session

Back in legislative harness after 34 years is Charles D. Jones of Nome, Senator from the Second Division. who served in the House of Representatives in the First Session, away back in 1913.
 Another Senator who returned this year after long absence from the legislative chambers is E. B. Collins Of Fairbanks. who was speaker of the House in that First session.
 Both men are Republicans and were placed in office by Second and Fourth Division voters who tossed out Cross, Lyng. Landers and Taylor in last falls upset election. The Territory seems to be in bad shape, and we've come back to help straighten things out" is the way Senator Jones puts it.
 Jones is an outspoksn mining man who has lived in the Second Division almost from the time it was established and served as U. s. Marshal there during the last Republican administration. More recently he has done some work for the CAA and is opening some mining claims in the district.
 There has been the heaviest snowfall at Nome this winter since the records have heen kept" Jones reports. He also gives the follow ing items of Nome news for any who may be interested.
 The last horse in Nome was killed this winter for dog feed and the heavy snow has kept bull dozer at work continuously to keep the streets at all passable There has also been an extremely cold sEell since Christmas, with local thermometers recording 40 below zero
 Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska. at last has it's own building One of the mess houses built during the war was purchased and moved to Pioneers lot. In 1t are small ledge room, a larger hall for en- tertainment and dances, kitchen and cloak rooms.
 The Pioneer Roof Gardens. held on December 2l, was success 10th socially and financially. At the same time a collection was taken for the Pioneers Home Christmas Fund and $500 was sent to brighten the day for the old timers.
 The entertainment was planned and advertised by Past President Mike Walsh, who was a member of the Seventeenth Legislature, and included large number of Nome citizens who took the parts of various movie and radio stars.
 Tt showed that the old spirit still lives in Nome and that we have not forgotten how to enter tain ourselves" Jones said.
 There have been no serious epi- denies and while the shutdown of the mining industry slowed down the whole district, Nome is still on the map" he related, and will be there with the bells on for a long time to come. We have been burn ed out, flooded out and decimated by flu and so forth. but we'll be there til the endl"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
GILL CHOSEN
 A55pEAkER;;
 CLERK
Jones in Senate Chair as Organizing of Upper
 House Bogs Down

The House of Representatives of the Eighteenth Alaska Leg islature this afternoon adjourn ed until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, after seating Oscar $. Gill. of the Third Division, as permanent Speaker, electing William L. Paul Chief Clerk and appointing a Committee on Permanent HeIp and . Com mittee on Committees.
 The Senate adjourned this afternoon, also until 10 o'clock Tuesday, without attaining per manent organization. Charles D. Jones, of the Second Division was elected President Pro-tem of the Senate. &
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
STEAMER kovEkfNT5

Northern Voyager from Seattle scheduled to arrive Thursday.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle today.
 Denali, scheduled to sail from Seattle, February l.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver February 4.
 Aleutian, from the west, scheduled to arrive at o'clock tomorrow af- ternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
ALASKA LIFE MAN HERE

H. H. Hardy, of the staff of AL aska Life Magazine in Seattle, ar rived in Juneau on Saturday and is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
MRS. MONsEN HERE

Mrs. Ali N. Monsen, of the En- pire staff, returned home from Se- attle by PAA plane. She is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27

Oscar Gill, Anchoragc Republi- can, became speaker of the House for the Eighteenth Session of the Territorial Legislature. without op- position and with unanimous con- sent. this forenoon.
 Following Gill's nomination as temporary Speaker, the nominations were quickly closed and he was escorted to the chair by Reps. Nc Cutchaon. Nolan, Maurice Johnson and c. D. Anderson. The election as permanent speaker followed quickly,
 The nomination and election of William L. Paul. Sr,, as Chief Clerk of the House also went off without hitch, Paul winning the post tion over Lee Lucas on strictly party vote of l3 to II.
 Just before the election of Paul as Chief Clerk, motion by Rep. McCutcheon to temporarily adopt the rules of the 1945 session was lost by a vote of IA to 10 with Rep. Hoopes voting with the pre- vailing side.
 Williams Presides
 The House was called to order shortly after II o'clock by Secretary of Alaska Lew Williams, and the session opened with a prayer by Rrigadier c. O. Taylor of the Sal vation Army.
 Secretary Williams read a list of those entitled to seats in the House and the roll was called by Mrs. Cacelia Thiele with all members present. Two oaths of office were administered by Attorney General Ralph Rivers
 The first, the standard oath of office for Federal Employees, under which heading the legislators come. required only few seconds. The second, which appeared to be an oath drawn up for appointaes of the Department of the Interior re- quired the members to swear that they have not been on strike against the government and that they do not belong to any organi- zation which asserts the right to strike against the government or overthrow the government.
 For some reason or another the Territorial oath of office was not a i'm C at
 Gavel Is Presented
 Before turning the chair over to Speaker Gill. Secretary Lew Will jams presented him with a new, hand-turned gavel, the gift of Rep J. F. tJoe) Krause of Ketchikan At the opening of past sessions. Williams remarked, it had been necessary to borrow gavel from the Territorial Museum The gave was delivered to Ketchikan by Rep. Harry F. Newell of the First City
 Following his election as Speaker, Rep. Gill expressed his gratitude for the support of the B other members of the House and said he hopes he can end the session with tke same friendship and support. He also called the attention of the members to their responsibilities as elected representatives of thc people
 The minority members of this House are entitled to their opinion and should feel free to express these opinions on the floor" the Speaker said He also called at tention to what he said were mis- takes made by majorities in past sessions, and promised minority groups hearing on every question.
 Tt will be well to pack along little dignity while We are in office" Speaker Gill told his fellow rep resentatiyes. and asked that they cooperate with him and correct him if he gets off the beam
 The House recessed shortly be- fore noon to resume it's proceed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27
TANKER IN PORT

The Union Oil tanker L. P. St. Clair was in port yesterday with . cargo of fuel oil for the Alaska Juneau Mine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-27

Bernardo O'Higgins led the Chil- can revolt from Spain and became the nations first president.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05

corning q Batavia company con-
tract for QUILTING chemical trucks,
He said he had practically COM
pleted the contract when the Ord
nance Department notified him that
he was to stop work because no
truck chassis were available.
Carson said he informed the
ordnance officers that he had sufi1-
cient chassis in his own plant and
could complete the job without diff
Guilty. When he obtained no salts
faction from the officials, he said
he was obliged to- appeal to May.
According to earlier testimony in
the trial, May complained to the
then Undersecretary of War Pat
terson.
Henry Carson asserted in tes-
timony4 yesterday he never OBJ
tanned war contract directly
or indirectly through May and
never paid him any brides. In
stead of trying to defraud the
Nation, Carson declared, he saved
the taxpayers several hundred thou
sand dollars and helped substantially
to hasten the war victory by giving
the War Department a steel-flarden-
ing process he invented for ifnprov-
ing manufacture Of shells and fuses.
Charges Discrimination.
Ordnance officials. he testified,
either did not take him seriously
when he told of his invention and
plant facilities or they Gid not want
TO let him bid on war contracts be-
caIse Of religious reasons
Despite this alleged discrimination
Carson testified, the Chicago Ord
nance District officials were obliged
to give the 8-inch shell contract in
April, 1914, to Batavia Metal Prod
uctss Inc. @
Il was told by one or two officers
out there that others in the office
didn't want to deal with me on re-
ligious grounds, but they had nc
choice but to give the contract to
me, because We were the only ones
who could manufacture those shells
IN that area" ne said.
Carson did not name the officers
who spoke to him of religious dis
elimination. He said, however, that
Brig. Gen. Thomas Hammond, then
head of the Chicago Ordnance Dis
trict. and officers named George
Lockhart, Samuel Frey and Louis
Dehmlow were among those who, tolo
him the Chicago Office had nc
choice" but. to give the contract tc
the Garssons. -..
Eventually, he said, the War De.
partment adopted his fuse manu-.
featuring process and his 42-incE
mortar shell production technique
which vastly increased the monthly
output. But that was many months
after his first meeting with May In
| 1912. he added e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05
U. n. Group Calls for Boost
In Asiatic Production
sy the A,sosia,.d Pros.

SHANGHAI, June 5.-The United
Nations Economic and Social Coun-
Gil has instructed the Far Eastern
Economic Commission, which will
meet here June Is, to bring about
a substantial increase in production
in Asia and the Far East, DR.. T. r
Tsiang, China's delegate, said today
The commission is also assigned
to raise the standard of living In
the Orient and promote q closer
economic cooperation among Asiatic
countries and between Asia and
the western world. fp
DR.. Tsiang said the commission
will have. to make extensive surveys
Of present economic conditions In
China, British North Borneo, Sara
wax, Burma, Ceylon. Indian, Indo-
China, Hong Kong, Malayan Union,
Singapore, the Netherlands East
Indies, the Philippines and Siam.
Sixty delegates from the United
States, China, Britain, France, Rus
sia, Australia, the Philippines, the
Netherlands and Siam will attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05
Information Program,
Backed BY Diplomats,
Faces New House Test
D. shs kssseiassd Press

The administrator foreign in
formation program came back to the
House for new test today with
the backing Of the Nations top
ranking military chiefs and dipie-
mats.
u Floor leaders planned to take up
la measure formally authorizing the
State Department to operate an In
formation and educational exchange
program.
1t was lack Of this legislative
blessing for the program operated
lin wartime under q presidential
|prderWhich prompted the House
last month to eliminate funds for
|its operation after June 80.
Measure Carries No Funds.
| In quick aftermath to that set
back, Representative Mundt, Repub-
lican, of South Dakota introduced
a bill to provide the legal status,
with a number OF security re-
.strictions and q provision giving
Congress the power to end the pro-
gram abruptly at any time by pass
T ing joint resolution. The measure
carries no money, but Republican
leaders have talked Of providing
something less than half of the $780,
600 900 asked by the State Depart
lfment.
Mr.. Mundt expressed conviction
THAT the bill would win House
passage by a substantial margin.
{ He said he based this in large
measure on the Endorsements OF Sec
hretary of State Marshall, Army Chief
of Staff Eisenhower, Secretary of
Commerce Hartman, and Walter
Bedell Smith, American Ambassador
Ito Russia.
Faces Floor Opposition.
Despite those Endorsements. the
measure headed into considera BILE
opposition on the f1oor-as indi-
Gated by the to vote by which
1t emerged from the Rules Commit
|stee.
Representative Brown, Republican,
Of Ohio contended that administra-
ton employees have been conducting
"a high-pressured propaganda cam
paign in an effort to sway public
opinion in line behind the bill.
The Federation OF American Sci
entists last night urged its passage
as means for telling the world OF
the dangers of an atomic war and
of this country's proposals for in
ternational control Of atomic energy.
Robert E. Marshak, chairman of
the organization, wrote Mr.. Mundt
that ''at q time when this Nation
Els spending billions of dollars on Its
military establishment, we cannot
afford to eliminate an inexpensive
program which may contribute vi
tally toward preventing catastrophe. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05
Argentina 0usis Priest
For Pro-Faseisf Speech
By lie A.sosiatsd Pr.ss

BUENOS AIRES, June 5.The
Rev. Eusebio zampaterra, Italian
Roman Catholic priest who claims
to have been Benito Mlssolini,s con-
lessor, was under orders from the
Argentine government today to leave
the country at once as the result OF
il speech he made Sunday M Ros-
ario.
Argentine papers quoted the priest
as praisirg Mussolini and Adolf Hit
Ter during the speech, in which he
described current conditions In
Italy. zamuapaterra denied the
charges, saying he had referred only
Ito Italy's Sad situation.
The government announced last
night 1t had given the priest who
came to this country several months
ago "A hours to- leave Argentina,
The Portuguese consulate SUISSE
|luently issued him a provisional
visa which will permit him TO go to
Uruguay, where he can obtain a
visa to enter Portugal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05
Cioudbursts Damage Crops
In Iowa and Nebraska

DIES MONIES, June R.-
Cloudbursts and torrential rains In
Central and Southern Iowa and
parts of Nebraska left rising rivers
and uncounted damage to gardens
crops and property in their wake
today.
Five inches of rain fell yesterday
in PlattSmouth, Nebr., located at
the juncture of the Platte and Mis-
souri, Rivers, sending a 5A-foot-
deep torrent down the city's main
streets. Five inches fell also in In
dianola, Iowa, and Des Moines was
soaked by 3-inch downpour.
The Weather Bureau warned low
land Iowa residents to be prepared
to evacuate. The bureau predicted
river stages at some Central and
Southern Iowa points would be
about z feet above bankful Satur-
day or Sunday. ~.
A windstorm struck at Massena
Iowa, demolishing at least two
houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05
Police Go to Baltimore
After Suspect in Shooting

Three Washington detectives were
in Baltimore today to arrange for
the extradition of a 22-year-old man
who Is wanted In connection with
the shooting of Policeman Francis
G. Fenwick here last Friday.
The suspect was identified as
Matthew Mcintosh, 20, colored. of
Washington. Another man., also
wanted in connection with the
shooting and believed to be in Bal
timore. is being sought by Baltimore
police.
Pvt. Fenwick of the third precinct
was shot by one of two men he saw
trying to loot a parked automobile
He is recovering at Emergency Hos
pitai from wounds in the forehead,
jaw and right arm.
Mcintosh was arrested yesterday
by Baltimore police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05
Rutland WI Imports
Drinking Wafer; Fear
|0f Disease Lessens
BY The Assoeia,.d Press

RUTLAND, VT, June S.-Fears
Of an outbreak of disease abated
here today as tank trucks carrying
drinking water rolled into this city
digging out of the wreckage of q
flash flood that knocked out all
utilities.
Power and light were restored,
but gas and water supply systems
were still out of commission with
a possibility that 1t may be several
days before pipelines can be re-
paired.
Hundreds still homeless from the
food unleashed by bursting power
dam Tuesday night were being
housed in the armory and fed by
mobile kitchens.
Emergency water stations we're set
up throughout the city with farm
ers from the surrounding country
side helping in serving well and
spring water in a pail and bucket
brigade.
Warned TO Boil Water.
Warnings came repeatedly to this
city's $4,000 residents from public
health officials that all water must
be boiled at least 80 minutes. They
were cautioned against using any
from faucets.
Schools, theaters and all public
places were still closed-and the
number of unemployed ran into the
thousands as several big factories
adjoining the low-lying tenement
district were damaged by flood
waters.
For the first time In almost three
days, residents here were eating
some hot food.
The first major step in rehabili-
tation was taken last night when
electric power, ruptured for "a
hours, reached the city through aux
Hilary feeder lines.
The utility services were wrecked
when q 9-foot wall of water, re-
leased by smashing of power dam
poured into wide sections of the
city. Torrential 24-hour rains pre-
coded the break.
Food Situation Relieved.
The food and milk situation, de.
scribed as critical yesterday, wa.
relieved by arrival of emergency
supplies.
Unofficial estimates of damage
ran as high as $4,000 Consid.
cradle of that was in crop destruc.
ton and residential property wreck.
age.
-Four persons reported missing
during the height of the flood hat
been accounted for. The last--s
13-year-old boy who wandered from
the yard of his home-showed uE
yesterday.
Battered rails forced the reroutine
Of Canada-bound traffic and al
least one bridge on the Rutland
Railroad was a mass of twisted
wreckage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-05
Unfair Labor CEILINGS
Made Him Seek May s
Aid, Carson Says
By Robert K. Walsh
by Robert K. WoIsh

Munitions maker Henry M. Cars
son said in District Court today that
unfair labor ceilings which threat
ened production of 8-inch shells in
his munitions plants in 1874 forced
him to appeal to former Representa-
tive Andrew J. May for help lin his
capacity as House Military Affairs
Committee chairman"
Carson testified that he consid-
cred such a policy a danger to the
whole war effort and therefore was
certainly the concern of the Mill
tary Affairs Committee"
The witness and his brother Muir
ray are on trial with May on
charges of conspiracy to defraud
the United States. The Government
contends that the 71-year-old Ken
tuckian accepted more than 3,OO(
in brides from the Garssons in re-
turn for fayors he got for them and
their $78 100000 munitions combine
Judge Criticizes Exhibit.
The 8-inch shell played prom
fnent part in the courtroom scene
this morning. When Justice Henry
A. Schweinhaut opened the session
he saw 200-pound shell on the
counsel table. He looked sternly al
the Garsson's chief counsel Charles
j. Margiotti, and snapped: II suggest
that in the future If you want to use
an exhibit, you ask me about it. II
this is ruled immateriaf, the effect
OF it is already on the jury"
Mr.. Margiotti made no immediate
attempt to Introduce the huge shell
as an exhibit or explain it to thu
jury. He questioned Carson abou
difficulties which Carson said HI
encountered with Ordnance Depart.
ment officers and War Manpowel
Commission representatives, in tn,
Chicago, area In 1913 and a944.
Carson admitted that as a result
OF manpower ceilings PVT aon tn,
Batavia Metal Products, Inc, ar
Illinois affiliate of the Carson chain
in 1874, he wrote and telegraphee
May many times and also talked
With him personally several time.
to complain of those rulings.
In reply to questions by Mr.. Mar.
glott1, Carson denied again tina
he or anyone connected with hi.
companies ever paid money to May
who was the chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee.
Felt Work Wasn't Appreciated.
Carson testified that the are,
WING in July. 1914, fixed a ceilin,
of 600 employees on the Batavi;
company, and 1850 on the Fri,
Basin Metal Products, Inc, a Cars.
son concern at Elgin, I'll. At thai
time, Carson said, Batavia had 70!
employees and was just completing
the tooling up process for manu-.
facture of the S-inch shell. Fri,
Basin had l ,525 employees, he said.
Il thought the VINO failed t,
take into consideration the. relatiy,
Importance of our work" Carson
continued. Other plants in tn,
same area were not cut so much
or at all"
This testimony was in connection
with series of personal telephon,
calls and letters from May to high
ranking War Department officials
The Government has introduce,
evidence showing that May mad
frequent calls during November an,
December to complain of manpowe
discrimination" OF threatened cut
backs on Carson company con
tracts as result of low manpowe
ceilings.
Tells of Ordnance Difficulty.
Earlier today, Carson told of tn,
difficulties he said he had with
Ordnance Department officials con