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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
DOROTHY PLUM RESIGNS FROM
 UNION OFFICE
Central Labor Council President Quits Her Two
 Local Union Positions

Mrs. Dorothy Plum is resigning from her two important local union positions. Mrs. Plum is both Presi- dent of the Juneau Central Labor Council (AFL) and Secretary and Business Agent of the Juneau Local of the Hotel and Restaurant Work CTS Union.
 A special meeting of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers will be held in the A. F. of L. Hall tonight at 8:30 in order to elect her suc- cessor. Her resignation as Presi- dent of the Central Labor Council will be acted upon at it's next regu- lar meeting on August P.
 Mrs. Plum said she regretted the necessity of resigning from her work but explained that other du- ties demand more of her time than she can devote to the unions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
TOM YOUNG DIES IN
 SEATTLE HOSPITAL

Word has been received in Ju- neau of the death last Saturday of Tom Young, long time resident of Gastineau Channel, in Maynard Hospital, Seattle, at 8:05 p. m.
 Young was a carpenter by trade, and lived for many years in a home on the Douglas highway. He was in his late sixties or early seventies, but his age was not definitely known.
 There are no known surviving relatives. Funeral services were held in Seattle and Young was buried yesterday morning at Il o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
THREE ARE FINED FOR
 FISHING VIOLATIONS

One cannery and two individuals were found guilty by U. s. Con- missioner Felix Gray yesterday ot violating fishing regulations. The case against the Alaska Coast Fisheries was dismissed.
 The Astoria and Puget Sound Canning Co.,, at Point Adolphus was fined $l,000 for operating a fish trap during closed period It was also ordered to forfeit the 800 fish found in the trap which was discovered to be improperly closed on a Sunday.
 Sandy Stevens, Captain of the Wanderer, was fined $750 for re- ceiving and buying illegally caught halibut. He was also ordered tc forfeit the 569 pounds of halibut involved. Ted Childers, of the Alaska Coast Fisheries, received a similar fine fer the same offense and forfeited HOO pounds of hali- but.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
TO HEAR APPEAL OF MURDERER IN
 SEATTLE, SEPT. 3

The appeal of George Meeks, con- victed Juneau murderer, will be heard by the Ninth District U. s. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 9 when it meets in Seattle. Meeks was convicted in March 1946 of the murder of Clarence J. Camp bell in Juneau in Dec, 1945.
 He is serving term of life im- prisonment at the Federal Peniten- tiary, McNeil Island, Wash. His appeal will be heard at the expense of the government because he has signed pauper's papers. Both M. E. Monagle and William L. Paul, Jr., are serving as attorneys for Meeks.
 Notice of the hearing was receiv- ed this morning by U. s. District Attorney P J. Gilmore, Jr., from the Clerk of the Circuit Court
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
RECOMMEND DENIAL pAA
 ApPLICATI0N
CAB Examiners Reporl Concludes Juneau-Ketlhi-
 kan Service Undesirable

| Civil Aeronautics Board examin- CTS have recommended that the application by Pan American Air ways, for the carrying of passen- gers between Juneau and Ketchi- kan on a regular basis be denied, according to announcement re- ceived here from CAB headquart- CTS in Anchorage.
 The application was contested by Alaska Coastal Airlines and Ellis Air Transport, and hearings were held in Juneau during Aug ust, 1945
 Pan American Airways carries passengers tetween Ketchikan and Juneau at present and will con- tinue to do so under the ruling only if they have purchased a through ticket to or from Seattle or other further points on the route.
 Their application for amendment of their certificate of public con- venience and necessity under sec- ton 40l of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1888, as amended, was for approval of plans to carry inter port passengers between Juneau and Ketchikan.
 CAB Docket 1872, reporting on the 1945 hearings, summarized, Applicants position is by no means without merit. A condition in a certificate which prohibits a carrier from engaging in the carriage of local passengers be- tween two points which it serves seems essentially contrary to the public interest
 On the other hand, the Board is charged with the responsibility of developing and fostering an economically sound and finan- cially sta ble system of air transportation and should not, in the absence of compelling reason, unduly strengthen one car rier at the peril of another.
 "Manifcstly, removal of the re- struction in Pan Americans cer- tificate will merely serve to in- tensify a situation which the Board has already found may re- suit in the elimination of one or the other of the interveners from this route"
 l A second report issued by the Anchorage CAB headquarters recommends denial of the appli- cation of Cordova Air Service, Inc, for amendment of its certificate of public convenience and neces- sity and extension of its routes out of Cordova.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
fl HIGH BURMA
 OFFICIALS HIT
 IN POISON PLOT
Armed Attack Is Made on Police Guarding Par
 fly Headquarters

ABINGDON. Burma, Aug. 15.- R-An attempt to poison high ranking officers of the Peoples Volunteer Organization, militant private army" of the anti-FaScist Peoples Freedom League, was made last night during a dinner party, officials said today.
 Shortly after the dinner II offi- cers collapsed and were rushed to the hospital, where seven were detained for further treatment.
 The Anti-Fascist Peoples Free dom League is the dominant poli- tical movement in Burma, cur renIy drafting it's constitution to become a sovereign republic
 U Aung San and six cabinet members, leaders of the interim government and of the AFPFL, were assassinated last month.
 Among those poisoned were Bo Tun Lin, political and private secretary to Thakin Nu, who suc- ceeded Aung San at Premier.
 Hospital attendants said all those treated were recovering and were expected to leave their wards today.
 Shortly after midnight, uniden- tified persons in jeep fired au- tomatic weapons at armed Bur- mese police guarding the Burma Secretariat at Jubilee Hall and at the residence of Aung San. No casualty was reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
BUILD NEW OYERPAsS

Construction of a new overpass was begun yesterday by the City Street Department on Calhoun Avenue at Fifth Street. City Street Foreman Bert Lybeck announced today that the job is expected tc be completed within two weeks and will be ready for use when Juneau schools reopen. The new overpass will be constructed with all new materials and will be erected on concrete piers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
SVERDRUPS OUT

MT. and Mrs. Harold Sverdrup sailed from Juneau this morning on the Princess Norah, bound for Yakima, Washington, and Minnea- polls, Minn. They will return after visiting friends and family in about month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
pRlNCf55 N0RAH
 SOUTH THIS 4. M.

The SS Princess Norah sailed for Vancouver, B. C., at g o'clock this morning Juneau passengers sail ing to Vancouver were: MT and Mrs. Harold Sverdrup, Rodney Crocker, Mrs Myra Crocker, Rev. and Mrs. w. R. Booth. Sailing to Seattle were Mrs. N. TrambitaS and Galemer Trambitas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15

explosion until he reached the surface after the nights work.
 Mine company spokesmen said only the five men were in the blast area, and that all other workmen had been accounted for and were not injured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
HERE FROM SITKA

Laurence Freeburn, Traffic Man. ager with the West Coast Airlines is registered at the Baranof Hotel He is accompanied by Billy Free burn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
KEEP RETURNS

Marshal Keep, attorney for the Alaska Unemployment Compensa- tion Commission, returned to his office yesterday following busi- ness trip to the Interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
BULLETINS, B

! BATAVIA-tR- Dutch soldiers i inflicted severe losses" on 200 h. donesian Republic troops in a sharp clash south of Salitiga, in central Java, a Dutch communi- que reported today Dutch casual ties in the last 24 hours totaled six killed and IA wounded the heaviest losses acknowledged since the h-Indonesian truce" be- gan Il days ago.
 NEW YORK --iR- George Tru- man and Cliff Evans. Jr., who are flying around -the-world in Piper lair flivvers," have been fog-bound in Greenland since their arrival there early this week, and have not taken off on the next leg for Iceland, their flight manager re- ported here today
 McCHORD FIELD, Wash.-tR-- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's C-54 took off here at 9:35 a. m. (PST) for Lowry Field, Denver, enroute to Washington, D. C., Army Flight Service reported.
 SITKA, Alaska --tR- Albert B. Mosher, 52, buyer for Food Pro- ducts, Inc, Seattle, died suddenly at his home here today A former resident of Warrenton, Ore Mosh- CT had Leen living here for three years.
 WASHINGTON -tR- The State Department charged today that third degree methods are being used in Rumania to exact con fessions" from political prisoners arrested by the Communist st-domin- atcd government.
 TAMPICO, Mex. -lR-- Eighteen foot waves pounded this port city today as hurricane winds with velocity as high as 95 miles an hour struck the Gulf Coast of Mexico
 BEVERLY HILLS, Cai. --,Rl- Gen. Jonathan M Wainwright will retire at the end of August af- ter 45 years of Army service. The 64-year-old General, taken prison CT of the Japanese after Bataan. announced his retirement at the close of a VJ-Day address yester- day.
 WASHINGTON -lR- The cen sus bureau reported today that "a great westward movement" between 1940 and 1946 increased the popu- lation of the Pacific Coast states by 3,28l, 900. This was a popula- ton gain of 33.9 percent for Cali fornia, Washington and Oregon.
 WASHINGTON --tR-- President Truman met with his cabinet for nearly an hour today in their regular Friday session. Secretary of Labor SchWellenbach told re- porters it was largely routine. Other members were silent. ! SAN DIEGO --tR- Vice Admir- al Alfred E. Montgomery has been assigned as commandant of the 17th Naval District with headquart- CTS at Kodiak, Alaska. Montgomery will also command the Alaskan Sea Frontier, the Northern Frontier and Northern Pacific areas. Yesterday at San Diego, Vice Admiral George , D. Murray succeeded Montgomery as commander of the First Task Fleet.
 LONDON -lP-- The front page masthead of the London Daily Mail for many years has carried the Slogan: For King and En- pire." Today it was changed. It now reads: For King and Com monwealth." It was an example of the simplicity and quiet dis played by Great Britain on In-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
SITKA PEOPLE HERE

Mrs. Frank Wright, Jr, and daughter Pat, are registered at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15
MRS. MADGE CONRAD

MRS. MADGE CONRAD
 BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. - Mrs. Madge Conrad, maid in fash ionable Beverly Hills home. may net look very happy in this photograph but she has just been informed that her fiance, Paul McKerns, real estate dealer who was killed in a traffic accdent two years ago, has left her S25O,- 900 cash in his will. Mrs. Conrad was to have married McKerns two days after the fatal acci- dent. Mrs. Conrad has three married children and eight grandchildren and would like to have them all in Beverly Hills with her now. (International SOundphOtO)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15

AT THE BARANCF HOTEL Joe Adair of Annette Island is 1t the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15

Empire Want-aGs TOT resu.is!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15

LONDON -R- The front page masthead of the London Daily Mail for many years has carried
 the Slogan For King and En- pire." Today it was changed. It now reads For King and Com monwealth." It was an example of the simplicity and quiet dis played by Great Britain on In- dependence Day for India.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-15

Sell if w.tn an Empire ,.ant-acl
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-21
NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS

Welcome to the Motor City, MEM
bers of the Fourth Estate. To these cham
pions of the cause of right, and leaders of
the race in the field of journalism, we the
businessmen of Detroit offer our sincere
congratulations and best wishes for sue
cessful convention.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03
Medical Wonlen's
Meet Outstanding
Success

The Women's Auxiliary of the
Medical, Surgical, Dental and Phar
maceutical Association of Mississ-
ippe met in the attractive Lounge
of Barrett Hall, Jackson College,
Jackson, Mississippi, AIril 23rd
and Oath, 1947 in one of the fin
est meetings in the history of the
organization. The president, Mrs.
R. E. Woodruff called the meeting
to order. Devotion was led by Mrs.
L. A. Smith assisted by Mrs. A.
Chas. Hunter at the piano. Visit
ors were introduced by Mrs. J. L.
Allen as follows. Mrs. E. M. Will
kins of Memphis, Tennessee and
Mrs. Riley Thomas, Washington
d. C.
Highlights of the National Aux
iliary Meeting in Louisville, Ken
tucky were given by Mrs. A. Chas
Hunter. The presidents annual
address was given by Mrs. RR. E.
Woodruff. l paper head by Mrs.
w. E. Miller entitled ''Honoring
the Past President" showed the
historical background and growth
of the Woman's Auxiliary from
April 1885 to 1947.
Responses were made by the
following past presidents: Mrs.
L. T. Miller, Mrs. C. E. Buckner
and Mrs. Chas. w Smith. They
received lovely assorted corsabes
as tokens of appreciation for their
services. A beautiful piano sell
estion was played by Mrs. c. e.
Hines.
Presiding over thetfternoon
meeting was Mrs G. III. Lane, vice
president of the Auxiliary. The
speaker for this meeting was Mrs.
C. A. Williams who was introduc-
ed by Mrs. G. A. Price. Mrs. Will
Jams brought greetings from the
Oakley Reformatory School. A
general discussion was led by Mrs.
r. r. M. Howard. A report was
given by Mrs. H. L. Knaive, edi-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03
Governor Denies
Calling NAAcP
Red"

etroit, Mich. Especially April %
- Goveror Kim Sigler of Michigan
TODAY denied he had ever called
the NAACP a communist front
organization" Walter White, ex-
ecutive secretary of the NAACP,
previously sent telegram to Sig
Ter saying that an International
News Release from Washington
dated March % quoted Sigler as
listing the Association as "com-
munist front organization" White
demanded and full retractio of
his statement.
Sigler told a committee from
the etroit Branch NAACP that
she never had attributed commu-
mist front activities to the NAA-
CP. The Governor said his testi-
mony before the House Committee
on Un-American Activities con-
cerned ''a Chapter for the Adj
vancement of Colored People,
which hec laimed was a socialist
organization. He said, Whatever
confusion exists come from the
similarity of names. | had suppos-
ed that the explanation previous
ly given by the State Police Com
missioner, Donald S. Leanard had
cleared that up"
DR.. James J. McClendon, former
president of the Detroit branch
and member of the NAACP Nation
al Board of Directors, spokesman
for the delegation from the Detroit
branch, told the Governor that his
irresponsible statement had done
irreparable harm to the NAACP
and demanded a retraction. In adj
dition to a statement to Michigan
newspapermen, the Governor pro-
missed to write the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
to inform them of his error.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03
NAACP Starts
Membership
Drive

he 1947 membership campaign
of the Jackson Branch of the
NAACP opened here Monday mite
with a program at Parish Street
Baptist Church. The National Men,
bership goal of the NAACP for
the year is one million members.
The Jackson Branch has set a
1000 membership goal.
A principal feature of the pro-
gram was an address by George
w. Garland, National Adjutant,
United Negro and Allied Veter-
ans.
A considerable fund was also
raised for the defense of Albert
Lee, local young college man who
was convicted on a charge of at
tempted rape, whose case, after
the decision was upheld and a
suggestion of error denied by the
State Supreme Court, is now being
carried to the Uniter States Sup
RENE Court.
approximately 200 new members
was reported at the meeting.
Participating in the program
were choirs from Central Method
list Church, Pearl st. AME Church,
Pearly Groe Baptist Church, Clark
Street Baptist, Lynch Street C.
M. E. Church, New Strangers
Home, and verduns Addition Bap-
fist Church as well as a number
of other church es of the city.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03
Rev. Maynard H. Jackson Reelected
Pres. Natl Progressive Voters League
Negro Voter For Good Government
Group Says; Greene vice-Pres. For Miss

dent; Vice Presidents: A. D. Shor-
es (Alabama); Roscoe Dunjee of
(Oklahoma); H. NJ Morgan (Tex-
as); ]. w. obgs (Georgia); Hinton
(South 'Carolina); Beatty North
Carolina; Percy Greene Miss;
(Florida, Louisiana and Arkansas
vice presidents will be elected
Iater); Treasurer, r. D. Washing
ton; Corresponding Secretary, En-
ory o. Jackson; w. B. Mcmillan,
Assistant Corresponding secretary
Recording Secretary, A. C. Partee;
Assistant Recording Secretary, is
Mrs. M. Simpkins. The Executive
Committee consists of J. J. Jones,
Frank C. White, G. w. Williams,
Wilson of Mississippi, Brewer of
Georgia, r. A. Hester, Arnett
James, w. T. aniels w. H. Robbins
and o. e McKane
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03

tor of the "Mounthpiece", the nat.
ional magazine.
A business session wits held
Thursday morning, April .4th, in
the Barrett Hal Lounge. Reports
of local auxiliaries and COMMITTEE
es were reaod. The following of
ficers were elected and installed
by Mrs. L. L. Rayford:
Mrs. ]. L. Allen, President.
Mrs. R. w. Harrison, Vice-Pre-
sident; Mrs. A. M. Hair, Uresi-
dent-elect; Mrs. S. E. Johnson.
Secretary; Mrs. A. M. Hall, AS.
sistant Secretary; Mrs. T. E. Bow
man, Treasurer; Mrs. H. S. SEES
son, Parliamentarian and Mrs. r.
E. Woodruff, Chairman of 9xecut-
i've Board.
Mr.. Charles Bynuum, director O
the interricial activities for thu
National Foundation or Inantih
Paralysis, New York City. wal
guest speaker. He gave an inter.
ssting talk in MANTLE Paralysis.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03

Robert Jernigan, confessed to the
Staying Of thew hite taxi cab driv-
er on the night of Wednesday,
April 10th, after he had been ar
rested following the finding of the
body of the cab driver in his car
some six miles south of the city
Wednesday night.
No motive for the Staying was
given but Dickerson, the young
veteran is said to have engaged
the cab driver to take him to the
home of friend, a mile or two
outside of the citp earlier in the
night before the body was found.
District Attorney Brown said
that the Dickerson case would be
the first that he would present to
the Grand Jury and that he would
ask for trial during the April term
of the Circuit Court.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03
Negro Farmers
Insure 1s47 Crop

Jackson, Miss, = A large number
of Negro farmers haveinsured their
1947 cotton crop against all natural
unavoidable hazards, according to
Mr.. William E. Ammons, contact
Representative for the Production
and Marketing Administration.
A total of 23,509 Mississippi cot
ton farmers will have insurance on
their 1947 cotton srop, according to
a report from Mr.. T. M. Paterson,
State Director of the Production
and Marketing Administration. This
is a 243 percent increase owed the
number of contracts in force in
1916.
Mr.. Ammons calls the following
facts to the attention of insured
producers:
1. If your cotton crop is destroyed
or substantially destroyed, pou
will be expected to replant it if
it is practicable to do so. If it
is practicable but you do not
replant, you will not owe pre-
MUM nor will you be able to
collect an indemnity. In such
cases, the land may be put to an
other use without the consent
of the Crop Insurance Corpora
ton.
2. If it is too late to replant your
cotton crop, the insured acreage
must not be put to another use
without the written consent of
the Crop Insurance Corporal
ion. If you do SO, you forfeit
your right to an indemnity, but
the premium will be collected.
8. If pour cotton crop is damaged
from cause covered by your
contract to such an extent that
oyu think that you have loss
or that a loss is probable, you
should write the county AAA
office Immediately. his will be
your official notice to the Fed
eral Crop Insurance Corporation
that your crop has been damaged.
4. If you want an immediate in
spection to get the acreage re-
leased for another use or to get
an early settlement of total
loss, you may notify the county
AAA office by telephone or per-
sonal visit. However, a written
notice of the damage is ALSO
required. %
5. In order to determine the a.
mount of your insurance cover
age an adjuster will visit your
farm after planting time for the
purpose of assisting you in re-
porting the acreage seeded to
COTTON. You are required to re-
port all the acreage In the county
in which you have an interest
at the time OF planting.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03

DIR. L. L. Rayford elevated to
the presidency of the Mississippi
Medical and Surpical Association
at it's meetinv here last week. DR..
Rayford is a graduate of Alcorn
College and Meharrf Medical Col
lege. Starting his practice, in
Memphis, Tennessee, he practiced
for II years in Holly Springs,
Mississippi and has been practic-
ing for the past z years in Gren-
ada.
His wife, Mrs. Margaret Rayford
is a native of New Africans. They
have 2 ons now enrolled at Mar
quette University, one of whom
will study medicine and the other
law.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-05-03

designate race is when applying
for membership in the Communist
party.
hese people also know that gross
discrimination is practiced not only
upon the negro, but upon Mexicans
ad Oretials in the United States
also, it is the commonly accepted
practice of our democracy. Until
we clean up our own house, Roose-
welt reiterated, we cannot expect
to have the respevt and trust of
other nations.
LITTLE HOPE FOR NEGRO IN
EITHER PARTY
Comenting on the national scene,
Elliott Roosevelt sees little hope
for economic and political advance
ment for negroes in either party.
"Both are just giving lip SER
vice." he stated, while negroes
steadily lose the economic, cult
ural and political gains made under
the New cal leadership Of my
father"
SEES GLOOMY FUTURE
AS to the future, young Roose-
welt was rather pessimistic. eff
we rty to live in a two-world Soc
iety, as put forth by the so-called
Truman Doctrine we are surely
headed for another war in about
ten years."
On the domestic front he was
equally pessimistic, stating that
the only hope for the immediate
future as for one of the two major
parties to nominate truly liberal
candidate, and it would take a
miracle for that to happen, and
the question of a third party is
out as mere political mechanics
would defeat such a move, no
matter how laudatory.
AS the interview concluded, one
could see that tn old Roosevelt
charm and political acumen did
not 30 out with Franklin D. Roose.
welt but had a living embodiment
in son Elliott, a yougn man with q
definite political future.