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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-03
Antitrust Suits

The public generally pays little attention to the approp
riatons made by for the antitrust division
torney generals office but the people should begin
nize that only by providing sufficient funds for effective
mnistraon of this can their interests receive any
OF protection from predatory monopoes And this
lection can be computed in dollars and cents.
Pending the courts two major antitrust actions
against the railroad monopoly and the other against the Amer
lean Petroleum Institute and the major oil companies Both
OF these actions filed but their prosecution delayed the
plea that action forced against the defendants at the time
might adversely affect the defense and program
The antitrust division attorney generals office is
presently operating with total appropriation of 100000
but must be understood that the division is
mentzed and is estimated that if
the oil supervising section of the antitrust DIVISION
share for salaries of one man and two maritime assistants and
secretaria help will to about $4,000 for the
Contrast this with the probable fees of 118 law firms
this against the oil companies these
firms representing the largest in the country and it is probable
that their fees will amount to than the total appropriation
for the attorney generals entire office.
This however, less aside from the point of public
interest While it is undoubtedly true that the oil section of
the attorney generals office is working against nsuperabe
handicap with shortage of funds the feature that the public
should bear mind that is also the fees OF the high
priced legal talent engaged by the oil fight the
pubc Surely you think that the major oil
panes their satellites and the American Petroleum n
digging down their jeans for the wherewtha
these fees Of they're not They simply de-
Quoting from their doing business
And YOU-AND YOU-AND YOU-and are paying the bill
Do you like it? don't.
Washington correspondent has disclosed that the
attorney department had release prepared
which announced that the suit against the oil companies had
been withdrawn but apparently the reease not releas
ed It probably dawned influential persons in the adj
inistraon that it might stir resentment in the public mind
So the case is still pending
be remembered that there also pending" an
Indictment against the major railroad lines and their satellites
the antitrust laws. This is somewhat with the
action against the oil companies The public should watch
closely the developments in connection with BOTH
1t is very much to the interest everyone watch
cesve the appropriations for the antitrust section
indusra their the to these
preparations to the bone.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-03

do with huge oil transactions"
of two American firms in the
Middle East; the other with the
alleged ''ultimatum" delivered to
American naval officers at Dair-
en-, Manchuria, by local Soviet
officials.
The first regarding middle
eastern oil was about the con-
templated sale of 40 per cent of
the exclusive holdings of the
Arabian-American Oil Co. ICON
trolled by Standard of California
and Texas co.. in the Saudi
Arabian fields, to Standard of
New Jersey and Socony-Vacuum.
The mere fact that such a trans
action is contemplated is not
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-03
Oil, The Dairen Episode, etc.

Two items of significance appeared in the headlines
last Friday which possibly deserve attention than
straight objective reporting would permit One had to
Evening star., 1947-11-02
FASTER THAN SOUND
Continued from page fire

Although anti-G suits and pres
surized election capsules might
reduce the number of fatalities,
commercial passengers will prob
ably be as wary of these as they are
of parachutes today.
"Ifanything goes wrong at super
sonic speeds. the consequences will
be Serious" says a Navy tech
nician. sin my opinion, think
ing up escape devices is about
as futile as trying to use a styp-
tic pencil on an amputatiQn."
For many years the airlines will
probably be satisfied to stay below
10000 feet and 500 miles an hour.
The risks at higher attitudes and
speeds are much too great. At
$4,000 feet, outside temperature
drops to 60 below. But keeping
warm will be no problem. Your
tremendous speed will generate
heat up to 400 degrees inside the
cabin. Powerful refrigeration will
be needed to keep it livable.
Even if safety devices are per-
fected, cost of travelling faster than
sound will keep it out of reach of
the general public until some new
form of propulsion-perhaps atomic
energy - is devised to replace
rockets. The Air Force estimates
it must spend at least $lOO, 600, 900
to develop rocket engines for mill
tary use. For commercial planes.
the cost would be even greater.
Although these problems sound
imposing, they are being tackled
by young men whose minds are
unfettered by tradition. To them
there is nothing fantastic in the
prospect of shooting off into space
in rocket ship and waiting for the
earth to turn to the place you want
to 60. They feel man will soon
conquer speed, that motion will be
primarily vertical.
Speedup. Showdown
ALTHOUGH speed itself is no prob
lem, passengers could not survive
the sudden acceleration and de-
celeration of such flights. For this
reason, even after safety problems
are solved, supersonic planes will
probably keep their speed changes
under a maximum of "a feet per
second every second. Or in other
words, they will be constantly
but gradually increasing speed
until reaching the halfway point
of their fight, and then will slowly
decelerate.
Including these limitations in
their slide-rule calculations, two
scientists estimate that, no matter
how fast your plane, the minimum
time you could fly comfortably
from your present location to the
most distant point on earth is 40
minutes. Which really seems fast
enough. The End
Evening star., 1947-11-02

POCKET BEN. handsomer than ever in his
new silvered dial. Thin, graceful case.
Ia SALE wrist watch, chrome plated front,
stainless steel back curved to fit wrist.
Evening star., 1947-11-02

like a gray curtain. Finally, there
is only one light, directly in front of
you. Then it too fades behind the
curtain. Meanwhile an automatic
camera is taking pictures of your
face. You look like a lunatic-eyes
and jaw droop helplessly. Arms
and legs feel as if they were stuffed
with lead. A few seconds later you
sink into Inconsistencies.
The centrifuge has made valu-
able contributions to aero-medical
science. For example. enough is
known about mans reaction to the
forces of gravity to construct an
"anti-G suit" which, by applying
tourniquet pressure at sensitive
spots on the pilots body. retards
the draining of blood to the ex-
tremities, doubles a pilots resist
ance to blackout.
Pressure Blast
In THE basement of one of the
Wright Field buildings I saw rows
of pressure chambers, used to test
mans ability to survive the scarcity
of oxygen and low pressure en-
countered at high attitudes.
An operator was standing beside
the controls outside a chamber.
Were Stimulating a pressurized
cabin at high altitude" he ex-
planned. Its very comfortable in
there now, but suppose something
should happen to the pressure
mechanism. How could we protect
pilot and crew from loss of oxygen?
See the brown paper covering
that portfolio? At the right mo-
ment I'll stick my fist through
it. The effect will be as if the cabin
were punctured by an enemy shell.
Explosive decompression,' they
call it. Your insides feel as if they're
being pumped up with gas. Air
rushes out of your nose and mouth.
You cough. Perhaps bubbles form
in the blood stream. That's pain
full, like having a penknife jabbed
into you time and again"
On We day the Germans knew
more about supersonic fight than
we did. A number of German scien-
fists accepted our invitation to
continue their work over here.
Pioneering in the uncharted field
of high-frequency sound is one of
their achievements. At $50 miles
an hour, some planes generate 300
times as much noise as they would
at 300 miles an hour. At super
sonic speed. plane will produce
noises which, although inaudible,
may cause discomfort, nausea, fail
ure of muscular coordination, and
possibly death. The Air Force has
plans for machine to produce
sounds up to zoe. 600 cycles. Most
of us cannot hear above 5000
cycles. Therefore, delicate instru-
ments to record the noises are also
being perfected.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
WALKING bosses
STRIKE SPREADS
TO SHIP OFFICERS

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28.-R-
The strike of CLIO walking bosses.
who are seeking union recognition
from the Luckenbach Steamship Co.,
spread today to AFL licensed ships
officers.
All deck officers except captains
were quitting picketed vessels of the
Luckenbach line. said the AFL Mas
tiers, Mates and Pilots Union.
The dock foremen have been on
strike nearly six weeks in support
of demand for recognition of the
CIO Longshore Union as their bar
gaining agent.
Luckenbach has refused to recog-
nize their demands, maintaining the
foremen were management en-
ployees and not subject to collective
bargaining. In maintaining its posi-
ton. Luckenbach yesterday an
nounced dissolution of all stevedor-
ing activities.
AS licensed deck officers began
leaving the eight struck Luckenbach
vessels in San Francisco. the CLIO
Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
citation said engineering officers had
not been called off the ships. Some,
however, left at the request Of
pickets.
The CIO foremen had appealed to
licensed personnel to support their
strike by walking off the ships.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
HENRY WALLACE
SWINGS IN EDIT
AT TRUMAN ADM

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S-R--Presi-
dent Truman's administration has
not earned the support of progress
sives," Henry A. Wallace says in a
Labor Day editorial in the current
issue of the New Republic Magazine,
of which he is the editor.
The former President assert
ed that on this Labor Day I'VE
should not be discussing which is
the lesser of evils" the Truman ad-
ministration or the Republican Par
ty, but I'VE should be planning to
avoid the necessity of such choice
by winning control of the Demo-
cratic convention"
He said that some progressives,
through an astouning naivete and
lack of political judgment, are dis
sipating their power with premature
pledges" to the Truman administra-
ton, and added:
mo liberal can safely pledge sup
port to this administration at time
when our foreign policy includes the
support of reactionaries everywhere;
when the administration is advocat-
ing ever greater ornaments; de-
handing universal military training
and promoting warmindedness;
when it is using gentle exhorta-
ton rather than political power to
get price reductions; and makes only
feeble gestures to win liberal and
labor support"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
DEWEY IS
FOR UNIT
Makes His Stand Known on
Controversial Subject
al AL Convention

NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-tRl-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, in speech
prepared for the American Leg
ion conventions opening session,
declared today sit is our duty to
provide program involving par
ticipation by all able-bodied young
American men for universal mill
tary training.
Dewey's statement was the first
indication of his stand on the
controversial subject. The American
Legion long has been staunch adj
vocate of such a training program.
The COP 1914 standard bearer
also said that for the defense of
the peace we must maintain
permanent military establishment
adequate to the defense of this
country at all times and also suf-
ficient to perform our obligations
to the United Nations"
Dewey said that 1.-The hard fact
is that genuine peace seems fur
ther away than ever" and added
that I'VE are witnessing on the
world scene conditions which are
like those which follow
ed the first world war"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
IS KILLED
IN CRASH
Norwegian AirIines Flying
Boat Hits Mountain
Ruins Shoulders

OSLO, Norway, Aug. 28.-tR-A
Norwegian Airlines flying boat
crashed in the sLofoten Mountains
today, killing all IS persons on
Loard, the company announced.
The craft carried 81 passengers
and a crew of eight. 1t was en-
route to Stavanger from Tromsoe
when the crash occurred at $3.50
a. M, Greenwich mean time (4:30
a. m. EST.
The chief pilot, a Capt. Buer, was
distinguished Norwegian airman.
Among the victims was the COM
panys chief inspector, Jarle Eb-
besen.
The big plane burned for sew
eral hours after it crashed.
Eyewitnesses said they heard an
explosion echoing through the
mountains as the plant plummeted
through the fog and rain.
The airline said one American
citizen. identified so far only as
Mrs. Jess, was among those killed.
Two Czech journalists. Jan Re-
inis of the newspaper Svobodne
vovini and Tatjana Selingerova OF
the Narona Boroda, and Dane,
G. Heine, also were among the
dead. The others were all Nor
wegianS.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
Bridges Steps
Down as COP
'Favorite Son
New Hampshire Contender
Wants 10 Be ReeIeet-
ed Senator

CONCORD, N. H., Aug. 28.-Rl
Senator Styles Bridges (R-NH
took himself out of the "favorite
son" classification today amid in
dications that New Hampshire
may become the nations first
testing ground for Republican
Presidential candidates.
Bridges, who carried New Eng
lands banner in an unsuccessful
try for the 1910 COP presidential
nomination, told reporter he has
asked political associates not to
place him in the "favorite SON.
role next year.
Il am interested in my work in
the Senate and I want to be re-
elected" the New Hampshire SEN
ator said. Il have no other poll
tical ambitions now"
Bridges, who heads the Senate
Appropriations Committee, thus
far has drawn no Republican SEN
ate opposition in campaign al
ready beginning to get under way
in a preparation for the state
nominating primary September IA,
1913.
The New Hampshire Senator's
action in eliminating himself as a
"favorite son" contender apparent
ly leaves the field wide open for
other potential presidential candi-
dates to battle for prestige even
if for few convention votes-in
the nations first presidential pre-
ferential primary next March 9.
This primary precedes that in
Wisconsin, which has proved a
testing ground for Republican
hopefuls in the past. While only
eight convention votes are involv-
ed in New Hampshire's contest, a
political victory or defeat for a
candidate in this states first test
of popular sentiment might affect
his chances, elsewhere.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
PRESIDENT
Will FLY
TO BRAZIL
Leaves Next Sunday
Knives Are Added 10
Planes Equipment
BY ERNEST B. vACCARO

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-tR-
Bolo knives and carbines were
added to the equipment of the
new White House plane "Indepen-
dence" today as the Secret Service
completed preparations for Pres
ident Truman's flight to Brazil.
Last nights announcement that
Ihe Chief Executive will leave Sun
day for Rio de Janeiro to address
the Inter- American Defense Con-
terence set an elaborate protective
pattern in force.
Part of the flight will be over
I'razil's formidable jungle.
Hence, with an eye to any
eventuality, the Secret Service or
dered the bolo knives which are
designed fer whacking path
through jungle growth and the
rifles for protection against ami
NAL life as we'll as hostile tribes
men. The plane will also carry
parachutes.
Riding the new, blue -eagled DC
6 for the first time, the President
will leave Washington at a. m.
(EST) Sunday, planning to ar
rive in Rio the following after
noon after an overnight stop at
Trinidad.
He will address the conference
Tuesday and remain until Sunday
tc take part in the celebration of
Brazils 125th anniversary of in
dependence
The return to the United States
will be aboard the battleship Mis-
souri,, with a possible stop at San
Juan, Puerto Rico. White House
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
said Mr.. Truman probably will be
back in Washington sometime be-
tween September 16 and 20.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
OPERATIONS ARE
PERFORMED ON Is
MENTAL Patients
Excellent Results Obtained
on Nine-No Chance
Made in Four

STEILACOOM, Wash, Aug. %.
Anime of Is mental patients
who less than a fortnight ago
underwent a delicate brain opera
ton performed through new
surgical technique, have shown an
excellent" response and soon will
be released from the Western
Washington State Hospital DR..
w. N. Keller, hospital superinten-
dent, said today
All were schizophrenia victims,
suffering from decisions of perse-
cution. Two of the nine went
into the operating room in straight
jackets because of the severity OF
their cases.
The remaining four have shown
no beneficial response to the sur
gerry, DR.. Keller said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
Scientific
Research Is
Great Need
Uneasy Character Of Pres
emf Peace Must Be
Recognized

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2s--lR-
Assistant John r.
Steelman declared today nation
al survival demands that the
United States sharply increase its
spending for scientific research.
In his first report as chairman
of the Presidents scientific re-
search board, Steelman said mo
responsible person can fail to
recognize the uneasy character OF
the present peace"
And a nation which falls behind
in fundamental scientific know
ledge, he advised Mr.. Truman,
would be severely handicapped in
any future war
Steelman proposed that by 1857
public and privatae OUTLAWS for adj
vancing research should be at the
rate of / percent of the national
income, or an estimated $1,000
100000 a year.
This would be twice the present
rate, but SteelmanS report said it
would be a bare minimum IF we
are to remain a bulwark of demo-
cracy in the world"
Mr.. Truman released the report
along with a statements of his
own saying: I'VE must constantly
enlarge the boundaries of scientific
knowledge in order to continue to
provide the benefits of full pro-
,duction and full employment, and
in order to protect our democracy
from the dangers it faces in an
uneasy world"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise, from Vancouver.
scheduled to arrive Saturday after
noon or evening.
Southeastern scheduled to sail
from Seattle tomorrow.
Grommet Refer scheduled to sail
from Seattle Sept. 4.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 10 a. m. Saturday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver p. m. Saturday
Alaska scheduled to sail from
Seattle September g.
Aleutian, from west, scheduled
southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
YOUNG FARMER
KILLS YOUTHFUL
BRIDE, SUICIDES
Also Murders His Father
Wounds Others During
Shooting Rampage

& SHELBYVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 28.-
IA 22-year-old farmer last night
shot and killed his 16-year-old
bride and his father, wounded his
mother and 12-year brother
in-law, then shot and killed him
helf.
Dead were Mrs. Jacqueline Hell
ton, 16; Earl Helton, about go,
a farmer, and Donald Helton, %.
Mrs. Jacqueline Helton's brother,
Walter Knearem, was in critical
condition with bullet wounds in
his chest. Mrs. Florence Helton,
about 60, Donald's mother, was
wounded in the hand and arm.
States Attorney Eugene Bland
of Shelby county, who attributed
the shooting spree to young Hell
ton, said it apparently stemmed
from a threat which the youth
made two weeks ago to kill his
wife.
Mrs. Helton and her brother
were shot as they skated at a
roller rink last night, and wit
nesses identified Helton as theii
assailant. They said he left the
rink in a jeep. An hour later
police were summoned to the home
of Helton's parents, where they
found the elder Helton dead ano
Donald's mother shot in the HAND
and arm. Officers said the mother
told them her son had shot his
father and wounded her.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
COLD FRONT
MOVING ON
SOME AREAS
Not Much Colder But Will
Keep Certain Sections
from Getting Hot
oRy The Associated press,

Cooler air moved into the mid
west today after a slight warm-up
yesterday which caused some APP
prehension among heat-weary res
idents
The Chicago weather bureau said
a cold front was moving across
southern Iowa this morning and
pushing southwark and eastward.
Somewhat cooler temperatures
were reported over Minnesota,
northern Iowa, the Dakotas, Wis
consin and Michigan and was due
to move into Illinois and Indiana
this afternoon.
No sudden drop in temperatures
accompanied the cool air, and a
weather bureau spokesman said it
won't be SO much cooler, but it
will keep us from getting hot"
Boise, Ida, which had a high
of 95 yesterday, reported a cool
81 this morning, and cooler wealth.
er was forecast for the Boise area
tomorrow although the mercury
will rise again today to about yes
terday's levels.
A few scattered thunder showers
were reported in Wisconsin, north
ern Illinois, Michigan and eastern
Iowa overnight, but the rain was
light and not likely to be of much
benefit to crops.
Most of the rest of the country
had fair weather and near nor
NAL temperatures.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28
Earthquakes Rock
kuriIe Isles and
kamthaika PENN.

PASADENA, Calf, Aug. 28.-tR-
Two separate earthquakes, seven
hours and about 300 miles apart,
rocked the western fringe of the Pa
cific last night and today, the Cali
fornia Institute of Technology re-
ported.
DR.. Charles F. Richter listed both
shocks as "just short of major
quakes," and said each could have
caused extensive damage in a popu-
lated area. He put one at 11:00.45
pm. CPST) on the Kurile Islands
near Paramoshiri, and the second at
6:39.32 am. on the Siberian PENN
sula of Kamchatka, some 4loO miles
from here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-08-28

Observation-Disclosures labor cir
Giles are watching with keen in
terest What the AFL does on in
viting, Labor Secretary Lewis
Schwellenbach to address the
forthconing AFL convention in
San FNmcisco.
A lifelong liberal and stead
fast labor friend, the big West
serner incurred the ire of AL
moguls because of failure to make
an AFL man one of his assistant
secretaries. So they publicly
spanked" Schwellenbach by not
inviting him to their convention
This year, however, the situation
is very different.
Phil Hannah, able Ohio AL
leader, is an Assistant Secretary
of Labor. And Schwellenhach gave
the AFL exclusive U. s. represen-
tation on the increasingly impor-
tant International Labor Organi-
zation. Also, he militantly carried
labor's ball both within the Ad-
ministration and on Capitol Hill
against the Taft-Hartley bill.
While certain other Admins