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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
5. S. SOLDIER TO
 HANG FOR KILLING
 OF FIVE JAPANESE 5 2
Four Other Army Men Sen. fenled 10 Life Imprison-
 menf by Tokyo Court

TOKYO, April l8.-R-An Army court martial today sentenced one American soldier to death by hang ing and four others to life impris- onment after convicting all five of the murder of five Japanese.
 Pfc. Carl Havalda of Owosso, Mich, was sentenced to death. Life sentences were given Pfc. Rusey w Harper Stab, N Y; Cpl. Will lard Grooms, Seaman, Ohio: Cpl. George E. Craig, Winchester, O.; and Pvt, Edward w. Smith, Sa- vannah, Ga.
 All five also were convicted on five accounts of assault and on two cut of three counts of destruction of property.
 The five Americans were charged with clubbing to death five Jap anese on roads west of Tokyo on the night of Jan. 3l. Defense at toIneys pleaded the soldiers were too drunk to know what they were doing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
MOUSE VOTE ON
 STA1EHO0D FOR
 HAWAII DELAYED

WASHINGTON, April 18-i8- Efforts to speed vote in the House on Hawaiian statehood were delayed today for at least a week
 Rep. Welch CR-CaliD, chairman of the House Public Lands Com mittee. and Delegate Harrington tR- HawaiD asked the Rules Con- mittee to bring the statehood leeislation to the floor for a vote.
 But, Rep. Allen (R-IlD, Rules Committee chairman adjourned the committees hearing until net week or the week after to con tinue consideration O. the propo3- al
 Rep. Rich CR-Pai asked Welch whether he favors the admission of Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as states.
 Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are not economically fit for statehood Welch replied.
 Welch said he is mot able to say about Alaska statehood. A subcommittee is holding hearings on that subject now
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
UNDERGROUND IN NEW STRIKE IN
 PALESTINE AREA
(By 11E ASSOCIATED PRESS,

CBy I:lE ASSOCIATED PREss)
 In Palestine. the Jewish under ground struck today in reprisal fer the hanging Of Dov Bela Cru 'ner.
 It was hit-run attack, and the target was Q British army camp at the all-Jewish town of Nath- anya. The town is built on sandy cliff oVarloowing the an- cient camel caravan route out of Jerusalem.
 According to the British a group of young Jews wearing khaki shorts and brandishing tommy-guns and revolvers drove into the camp grounds in truck. They opened fire, killing a sentry, and hurled three bombs which exploded in the compound British guards replied with a barrage of bullets. tut the attackers escaped.
 Private sources said the British General commanding the First h. fantry now stationed in the Pal cstine coastal plain was in the Nathanya camp at the time of the bomtings. The attack came after the British had eased up on the tight security measures en- forced after the hanging of Dov G1urcr and three other members of the underground.
 There was sdded violence in Tel hviv today a bomb attack on a British armo.ed car in the heart O. the all-Jewish city. Two Brit ish policemen are understood to have hccn injured in the bombing, and three civilians were wounded by gunfire.
 They promised me I could see him. the woman said. "Wan, I cid see hira--dead in his grave"
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saw no white man there. Nelson slso denied that he and Lamour stepped in front of the store Hunter reiterated his testimony that he saw the two men standing in the doorway, adding that they were only a couple of feet" from the door.
 Mahoney Called
 U. s. Marshal William T. Ma honey was called by the Govern ment to testify regarding the repu- tation in this community of the star defense witness, Gene La- incur, as to truth and veracity.' g Nfahcney's Isply was: Bad
 Other witnesses recalled as re- buttal was concluded were: How ard Denny, Dolly Silvers and Deputy U s. Marshal Walter Hell Ian. Witness Silvers emphatically denied having been in the Ismael Hotel around or about midnight that Saturday night. Demry also said he had not seen or heard her there at that time though he did see Mir and Mrs. Lsmour-from around midnight until about 25 minutes later
 Deputy Hellan expanGcd his former testimony regarding the washed clothes he found in Nel- sons room. He stated that they were talking only about the trous- CTS and sport jacket when Nelson first said he had washed them about o'clock Saturday afternoon. There was also handkerchief, Hellan said, but he understood that had been wasfed much earlier
 ross-examining FIenan, Counsel Roden asked if there were other clothes in the room at the time? Lets of them, Hellan replied Hellan also answered Roden that LoIy Silvers lad been taken into protective custody" not until some considerable time after December 22; more than three or four days 
 Deputy Hellan was the final wit ness-soth prosecution and defense resting their eases and agreeing to postpone arguments to the jury until this morning Judge Pratt cX.used the jury after very strong y cautioning the jurors to avoid any discussion Of the case in their pres sence and to refrain from lis t-ning to the radio or reading newspaper until the case finally is of. Recess was taken un- til 10 o'clock this morning. when U. s. Attorney Gilmore was to present his summary of the evil dence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
Alaska Steamship Is
 Assigned Freighler

SEATTLE, Api-i lS.-lR-The freighter Coastal Monarch has been assigned by the Maritime Commis- sion to the Alaska Steamship Co.,, for operation in the Alaska trade, officials announced today. Now at Pier 50. she will undergo overhaul and repairs and is expected to go on berth in Q week and sail north early in May. The vessel formerly operated in the coastwise trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
THREE BROTHERS IN

Arnie Thor and E. c. Copstead, all Of Seattle, came to Juneau with Pan American Always yesterday after the plane overshot Ketchikan. The three brothers formerly lived in Juneau, and were with the 20th Century Market here. They are Ketchikan bound to attend the funeral of their mother.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
FOgmef Alaskan
 Dies in Seattle

SEATTLE, April 19.-G-Milton Tester Wight, 85. prominent Seattle real estate and investment dealer, died today He came to Seattle in 1902 and was a leader in develop ing Lake Washington residential properties.
 He was in Alaska from 1885 to 1902, where he was an executive for the old Alaska Commercial Company. with headquarters at Ko- diak
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
CHURCH OFFICER BACK

J. Earl Jackman, secretary or the Alaska Unit, Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian church in the USA, arrived in Juneau yes terday after a trip to Fairbanks, and registered at the Baranof Ho- fe1
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RETURNING SOUTR

MT. and Mrs. c. Mason Whitney, landscape designers from Berkeley, Calf, returned to Juneau yester- day from Sitka and registered at the Baranof Hotel. They were st Sitka to formulate a permanent landscaping plan for the campus of sheldon Jackson Junior College.
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YAKUTAT FOLK HERE

Betty Ahnatcok and Maggie Harry of Yakutat flew to Juneau from Sitka yesterday and registered at the Baranof. Miss Ahnatook left this morning Also registered at the Barancf from Yakutat yesterday was Ernest r. Lindquist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
HERE FROM SEATTLE

Four persons registered yester- day at the Baranof Hotel from Se- attle They were Anne K. Crawford and Celia Thompson, together; Mr. V A. Bergeron, 9 salesman; and Hans N. Jensen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
THREE FROM ANCHORAGE

George J. Nazaro, Marion A. Hansen and B. Putnam, all from Anchorage, are registered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18

Malcolm Soley, ol Sitka. has ar rived in Juneau with the Alaska Coastal Airlines from Petersburg and is registered at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
DoINGs YESTERDAY PM.

After 3 o'clock yesterday after noon. Caputy U. s. Marshal Walt CT Helian was called to the wit ness stand briefly by the counsel for the defense.
 Asked about two squares of lin- oleum which had been cut from the kitchen floor in the rear of Jim Ellens store, HGllan said that he had cut them cut and given them to tha FBI office.
 Presumably they were marked with bloody footprints, but have not been introduced by the prose- cution as evidence in the case.
 Eugena Lamour was called by the defense. Lamom was a very ex- phcit witness, and testified as to his activities the night of the murder. He and his wife, said Lamour had met Nelson at about l2:30 at Blackie's Bar, and leav- ing his wife there, the two of them walked out Willoughby Avenue. past Ellen's store. where he said they did not stop CT take any special note of it. They went to the home of Frank Bonita, who owed sl5 to Lamour which h. wished to collect The house was dark, so after walking aTound to the side door, they returned tc town by another way over the hill
 Lamour left Nelson when they returned to Blackie's Bar. ones more, and took taxi home with his wife They walked back to town from their home in the Vil- lage, and going past the Ellen store they noted the lights on and Lamour said he saw the clock inside which read 2:20 a. m.
 After spending some time iNthe Ismael Hotel, they went down to the City Cafe at 3 o'clock; and met Nelson again as they left af- ter sandwiches and coffee and were walking toward the Alaska Hotel They took taxi home from there.
 On cross examination, U. s. At tclney Gilmore had difficult time with Gene Lamour, who dis liked being pressed on questions which he had answered previously Lamour told Gilmore more thar cnce that his questions were repe- tition, or that they wera ambiguous or that he could not answer them as they were stated
 Lamour told Gilmore that he had not been drinking heavily that night, that he had drunk only one beer Then Gilmore brought out that Lamour had not seer Nelson between the hours of 1.3t and a. m.
 Nelson Was A Friend
 After a difficult time in which Lamour at first denied that Nel- son could be classed as much more than an acquaintance, he was finally brought to say that Nelson was "a friend" of his
 Gilmore asked Lamour if he ha6 ever gene under the name o1 Austin Roland. He admitted that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
5 JILL E E ! N y

WASHINGTOis-I..= CIO says 1t doubts that the House Labor Bill is constitutional and that if it be- comes law. the union will fight it in the courts.
 WASHINGTON Presidential Secretary Charles Ross says that as far as he knows, the telephone strikers haven't taken their case to President Truman.
 LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.-Russia's s effort to place American aid to Greece under United Nations SUI pervision was doomed today by majority opposition in the Security Council.
 WASHINGTON-West coast ship lines advised the Interstate Com merce Commission today they be- lieve their rates should, as a gen. eral proposition, go up 50 percent from June, 1946, level.
 DETROIT - General Motors to- day announced it had offeicd a 15-cents hourly wage increase to 220.000 CIO United Auto Workers, a five-cent increase from a pre- vieus proposal The union has rejected the offer.
 BROOKLYN Burton (Burt) L. Shotton. 65-year-old former manager of the Philadelphia Phils. was named manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers today by club President Branch Hickey, succeed ing tke suspended Leo Durocher
 PITTSBURGH = The CIO Uni ted SteelWorkers union has de- manded an hourly wage increase of g cents from the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation. This is the first direct wage demand from contract negotiations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18

William Barnes, of the William Barnes Company Of Los Angeles. Calif., arrived in Juneau yesterday and is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
HERE FROM KErCHIKAN

Quentin L. De Boer from Ketch- ikan arrived in Juneau yesterday with Alaska Coastal Airlines and is at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
TWO FROM WASHINGTON

Earl L. Storch and Don Lewis, from Granite Falls, Wash, arrived Ill Juneau yesterday by air and are at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
BACK FROM INTERIOR

Mrs. Paul Adams. with the Ton gass Trading Company at Ketchi- kan returned from trip to the Interior yesterday, and is registered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
Roden Argues

This afternocn counsel for the defense Roden began. his final pre- sentation to the jury hy express ing gratitude to prosecutor Gilmore for the fair treatment given the accused during the trial. Roden then declared: I believe lawyers first duty is not to his client, but tc his country and to society, adding this is an important case; the liberty and life of man is at stake
 Ladies and gentlement Of the jury" Rcden said, your verdict must find it's justification in the evidence or lack of evidence" then he went on to state the defendant must be proven guilty. not inno- cent, beyond any reasonable doubt.
 Following his opening statement, Roden attacked evidence in the case presented by the government, and said most of the disputed points were small or unimportant
 The razor case, for example, 7 he declared. is of no importance. ;
 He also pointed out that no safe had been cracked although there was one in the Ellen store and prosecution witness, Denny, had stated that Nelson had proposed that Denny join him in a safe cracking job in the vicinity of said store.
 Testimony Attacked
 Roden then attacked the testi- mony of Dollie Silvers, who had declared the lights in the store we're turned out prior to the time she claimed to have seen Nelsons departure from the building. Call ing attention to Gerry Fitzgerald's testimony that the store lights were cn when skse entered the store Sun day morning, Roden said, there is no justification for believing her (Dollie Silvers) She is an adven- turess, ready and prepared to do anything that suits her fancy
 Rcien then dismissed the testi- mony by FBI agents Duncan and Maise as a lot of bunk" He said: If you're going to convict a man on that kind of bunk I
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he had, at one time, Then" ac- cused Gilmore, do you admit that you were at one time convicted ot burglary and sentenced to 9 term of from five years to life in San Quentin prison?"
 Lamour hotly denied that ka had ever Teen convicted of burglary Then he asked if the question as to his being sentenced to prison had any bearing on the present case.
 Assured by the Judge that it did Lamour denied that he had been either convicted or sentenced to San Quentin for robbery.
 Mrs. Eugene Lamour vas called to the stand briefly, and correlated closely the story her husband had told of their encounters during the night of Saturday, December q, with Nelson.
 Hubert Brown, who had testified previously, stated once more that he had met with Nelson at a little after 3 a. nl and that both of them were going up to their rooms in the Ismael Hotel. There was Q question as to the accuracy of Browns clock.
 Lee Caldwell was called, and tes- tified that he saw the defendant at 3:30 a. m, and sat beside him ih pan game at the Alaska Hotel
 Mclean On stand
 Defense Attorney Henry Roden then asked permission to bring his assistant, Attorney Joe Mclean, to the witness stand briefly. Mclean testified that he had made tip on Wednesday afternoon to Jim Ellen's store,
 There he estimated, by deduc- tion methods as taught in the Army that the distance from the doorway to the barber shop to the front entrance of the store was atout 70 feet. Gilmore, in cross examination, brought out that he had not made any accurate mea- suren cnt, nor even paced the dis tance off.
 And at that point the defense rested it's case. The time was five minutes to 4 o'clock.
 Rebuttal V.,-ssses
 The Government then called Ic- buttal witnesses. First was Frank Bonita, the man to whose home Lamour and Nelson claimed to have gone to collect a debt owed to Lamour
 Bonita, a ccok ct the Baranof Hotel testified that frcm the time he returned hone from work. shortly after o'clock that eve- ming, he did not leave the house until 1 p. m. on Sunday He said that they went to bed sometime after II p. m. and had left a small lighted star burning all night in the front window.
 The prosecution was apparently trying to point out that the house was not dark as Nelson and La incur he'd testified. Mrs Bonita who followed her husband to the stand, testified further that sae was in the habit of reading in bed with a led lamp. She did not say when slle stopped reading that night, hut stated that if anybody had knocked at the door she would have heard them; but she heard nothing.
 Recalled
 Mrs. Bonita was recalled later by the defense, with Counsel Rcd- en eliciting that she was mot cer- tain" a light was burning in the Bonita home on the night in ques- ton, though she replied to Gilmore that the Christmas light had been habitually' left burning during that Christmas season. The Government recalled Rodney Hunt-r iA rebut.al to testimony hy the defendant Tn his testi- irony, Nelson lad referred to a iarl-. fat VI itc man he had seen .rcar Elen's sore when he pass ed by tl,cre with Lamcur early Sunday morning. Hunter said he faI spa1 m ore eXceDt Nelson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-18
FROM EYHTTEUORSE

B. Badger from Whitehorse has arrived in Juneau and is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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don't know what this country is coming to-"
 In conclusion Roden told the jury: You must have the facts established beyond a reasonahle doubt" and warned them their "consciences would bother them in the small hours of the night in years to come if any doubt ex- isted in their minds regarding the verdict rendered.
 District Attorney Gilmore re- turned for his final argument and praised the oratorical power of de- fense counsel Roden. He said Henry Roden was known. as "one of the sages of the Territory.
 Gilmore then went On to state the defense had done nothing but attack evidence and create con- fusion. He declared, This is no guessing game as MT Roden would have you believe"
 Gilmore told the jurors their verdict must be based on evidence. to Roden's attack on the witnesses, the prosecu- tor said it is a standard practice to criticize any government wit rcSs, and declared Roden did not crcss- examine the FBI experts be- cause he was afraid of 'em'
 Judge Harry E. Pratt began his to the jury at 2:25 o'clock. and at 2:45 the jury re- tired. with 16 pages of instructions to guide them in reaching their vpfdipf
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 --------------------- ---------- case. Gilmore said as he brought up evidence introduced relating to 5lcod, head hairs and fibers. T ask you 70 bring back a conviction of murder in the first degree against Austin Nelson" Gilmore concluded
 Defense Argues
 After a brief recess. Joseph A. Mclean. assistant defense attor- ney. presented the first portion of the defense argument. Mclean spoke only about 20 minutes before the noon recess. He said that the government argument was very per- .suasaive. He (Gilmore) has very charming personality" Mclean said
 Mclean called attention of the jury to the fact that the gov ernment had given probable rob- bery" as a motive for the staying of Ellen tut he said. No evidence of robbery has been introduced Mclean also wanted to know why two pieces of linoleum, taken from Ellens kitchen floor by Hsnan, had not been brought forward.
 Mclean also stated that it can be presumed that Jim Ellen knew that Nelson's check was not good. Continuously. through his argu- ment, Mclean emphasized the i'm portance of the phrase, reason ale doubt He called attention to the prosecutiohs use of the word similar" instead of identical when referring to the comparisons Of hair, fibers and hlood which had been introduced during the trial.
 When court resumed this after noon at l20 o'clock, Henry Roden began the main argument for the defense.
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ARGUMENTS
 MADE, JURY
 JETS CASE

YConr:nued nun, Page one)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-04

be given unless Congress appropriates money
for it.
Congress canot appropriate unless it is
in session. The President has the constitu-
tional power to. convene the legislators
now. Yet he has passed the responsibility
to congressional leaders. And Senator Taft,
in this day of 300-mile- e-an-hour air travel,
despairs Of the junketing congressman
reaching Washington before the regular ses-
sion on Jan. 6.
The President has said that emergency
aid is necessary to prevent communized
western Europe. It is the bipartisan concern
of Mr.. Truman and the Republican Con-
gress to see that Europe escapes that fate.
Yet both the President and the Congress
seem to treat the crisis as if it were five
alarm fire that can be put out by bucket
brigade.
The overwhelming evidence to date is
that the European situation is a conflagra-
ton perilously near getting out Of con-
troll. It would seem to call for swift, decisive
action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-04
Queen Wilhelmina

The queen of The Netherlands is 81 and
becoming tired. Soon she will put aside her
queenly duties for time and let others run
the government, government that has
seen some hectic times in recent years.
Queen Wilhelnina has been a good queen
aeeording to the loyal support accorded her.
Just previous to the war she donned rain
clothes and tramped with her troops until
Hitle~ made things too hot. Then it was
she, like so many another member of the
nobility who sought refuge in more Demo-
cratic government country-England.
After the shooting was over she returned
70 her country and was welcomed as a con-
quering hero. Things went along smoothly
until the Indoneasians decided they had
some rights as nationals, too After that it
was war and more war until the United
Nations superseded her government and
started giving the orders on a worldwide
bas&S.
Yes, the queen is getting tired, and per-
hsps 4 little wiser to the fact that this old
world hasn't changed much, not even in her
81 yseFs Of life.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-04
Abuse OF Authority
An Editorial From The Charlotte Observer

Within recent weeks North
Carolina State authorities have
had to deal with two or more
cases of abuse of authority on
the part of police officers and
prison guards in dealing with
prisoners. And il recent days
the city of Wilmington has had
what appears to be an aggra-
waited instance of abuse of po-
lice authority.
According to the Morning
Star, a policeman admitted that
he struck a prisoner who was
later acquitted Of resisting ar
rest. On the basis of his own
testimony and that of other wit
nesses, Judge H. Winfield Smith
reprimanded tn e officer for
using "too much force in max
ing the arrest" On the stand,
according to The Star, .he Off
Ger told the court he "couldn't
remember how many times I've
beaten people in the last ST,
months"
Judge Smith recalled that
earlier in the week three per-
sons had claimed in court they
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-04
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
In proportion with its resources, to in
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and improvement OF
resort accommod dations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and pri-
mary roads, with paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head Is
land
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
In counties lacking hospitals, and In
cluding a Negro Health center.
Encour agement of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.