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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
REED TO FLY OWN CHERRIES IN OWN
 PLANE 10 NORTH

SPOKANE, June 12-lR - Pilot Richard Reed Yakima flying or chaldist, plans to tan a rich market in Alaska by flying his own cherries to Fairbanks.
 While here for adjustments to his pcs transport, he disclosed that he plans to take off from Yakima Monday morning with three tons of ping cherries.
 Reed said he hopes to get 30 cents to $l a pound for the fruit. He said the first cherries in Alaska last year brought about 90 cents 2 pound.
 Reed bought a war surplus pcs and has used it on charter freight and passenger business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
ALASKA COASTAL
 ON MANY TRIPS

Alaska Coastal made daily runs yesterday and today bringing in end taking out the following pas sengers to their destinations: MT. and Mrs. Sampson went to Elfin Cove and Ed Berg flew to Funter Bay. From Pelican to Juneau were George Karppi and Mrs. Ed Wal tonen. Mrs. H. Douglas and daugh- ters Marie and Marlene came in from Hoonah. From Juneau to Ten akee were Geneva Brickley, H. B. Stoneman and H. J. Floresca. Ju- neau to Pelican were Fred Wolfe, Sam Ratanen and Mary Stearr. Andrew Zoncons came in from Pelican City with James Leva. Ten akee to Juneau: Dermott O'Tooli.
 Sitka to Juneau: P. Gilmore, F. Brandes Jr., Dorothy Bilbo, Tenakee to Juneau: Charles Lewis. Juneau to Menafee Inlet: A. E. Owens. Ju- neau to Ketchikan: Wesley Hilman and G. B. Nielsen. Wrangell to Ju- neau: Bud Uhas and Mary Stearr.
 Ketchikan to Juneau: Margaret and Anna Bonnet. William Wallace came in from Petersburg. Sam Fekovich. his wife and three child ren went to Hawk Inlet. Tulsequah to Juneau: c H. King. From Tulse- quah. J. w. Wilson and L. Berube. Juneau to Glacier Bay: Carol Mo kenzie and Freda Bechtoll. They also returned with the pilot. An goon to Juneau were Otto Holden. Juneau to Sitka: Jane Muller. Ray Traitor and family, Mrs. Elliott, Pete Gilmore, Fred Brandes and Fred Grueber Hoonah to Juneau: Mrs. P. s. Ganty. Sitka to Juneau: Fowler Martin, Mrs Gene D. Craig, c. Raatikanen, Mrs. Johnson and child, Donald Hall
 Juneau to Hoonah: Margaret Chester and V. Finn, Sam Knudsen and Mary Dodge Juneau to Excur- sion Inlet: MT. and Mrs. Frank Johnson. Hoonah to Juneau: Willie James. Juneau to Haines: MT. and Mrs. w. Harris and Bud Phelps. Mrs. Hunter flew to Skagway and I. c. Mason came to Juneau on the return trip from Skagway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
VICIOUS GORILLA
 CLAWS KEEPER IN
 PHILADELPHIA ZOO

PHILADELPHIA, June 12.-.P-- Additional bars will be built into the outdoor cage of Bamboo, the zoos 400-pound gorilla whose latest victim was so badly mauled his left arm was amputated.
 Keeper Samuel Giunta. GA, re- mained in serious condition after the amputation. The keeper. widow CT, father of nine, also suffered severe lacerations and compound fracture of the right arm.
 Giunta stepped too close to the gorilla cage and Bamboo grabbed him through the bars, ripping and tearing him for two minutes before splashed hot water drove the ani- mai pack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
HOUSE PASSES BILL
 FOR DEFICIENCIES

WASHINGTON, June 12.-IR- The House passed and sent to the Senate today a S7O,856,257 defici- ency appropriation bill after adding $12,000,000 for emergency flood control work in the midwest and west.
 The bill carries a provision per mitting Federal agencies to incur legal obligations after June 30 of this year if their regular 1948 sup ply bills have rot been enacted when the present fiscal year ends on that day.
 Most of the new funds provided in the bill are for the Veterans Administration and the Post Office Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
E5CApEDC0NvICT RE(ApTURED;TW0
 OTHERS AT LARGE

YAKIMA, Wash, June 12.-tR- One Of three dangerous convicts who overpowered a state peniten- tiary guard and driver and escaped near Prosser, southeast of here, last night was recaptured hiding in shallow cave in a rocky cliff at dayhreak today.
 The convict, John Everett Frantz, z3-year-old convicted Seattle rob- Der, offered no resistance, the State Patrol reported.
 He was unarmed and had ap- parently given the weapons taken from the overpowered guard, L. V. Johnson, to one of his two compan- ions, John N. Nelson, 2l, and Harry Beine, 19.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
WALLACE WILL
 BE CANDIDATE
 FOR pRE5IDENT

LOS ANGELES, June 12. - R- Henry A. Wallace will be a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination in California and at least a dozen other States. an authoritative party source said to- day.
 The source declined permission to use his name, but said that it is entirely correct" when questioned about story in the Los Angeles Times that Wallace will toss his hat in the ring for President within the next two months"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
WIGUTOFT IN TOWN

Norman B. Wigutoff. Fisheries Marketing Specialist of the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service was in Juneau today talking with local gov ernment and fishing business offic- cials. Wigutoff, who is assigned to the Fisheries Products Laboratory at Ketchikan, is making a survey trip to all coastal cities and can- neries along the Gulf of Alaska as far as Kodiak.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12

BUENOS AIRES-The Peron gov- ernment is taking drastic steps to halt the rising cost of living. He announced that the government will seize stocks of clothing and shoes in factories, and will fix re- tail prices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
TWO FROM SEATTLE

John E. Leib and Leonard Har- vey, both of Seattle, are registered at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 O'Clock
 This Morning

} In Juneau-Maximum, 55; } minimum, 49.
 At Airport-Maximum, 56;
 , minimum 48.
 WEATHER FORECAST } (Juneau and Vicinity
 , Mostly cloudy tonight and
 Friday with occasional show
 } CTS. Not much change in
 temperature. , PRECIPITATION , (Past 2i hours ending 7:30 t.m. todaya , In Juneau = .08 inches: } since June l, los inches;
 } since July 1, 92.46 inches.
 At Airport CA inches;
 since June l. ST inches; since July l, 5845 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
WILLIAM GAGE HERE

William F. Gage of Vancouver, B. C., is registered as a guest at the Hotel Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
FROM N. Y.

Julius Fichbein arrived yesterday from New York City and is a guest Of the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
FROM TENAKEE

Dermott OToole, storekeeper from Tenakee Springs. is registered as a guest at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
B JILL E 2 ] \ s

NEW YORK = Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has ended speculation cn the possibility that she might run for the Vice Presidency next year. At meeting in Fargo in April, North Dakota Democrats en- dorsed the wile of the late Presi- dent as the running mate for Presi- dent Truman. Today they have their answer. Mrs. Roosevelt wrote that nothing could induce her to run for any public office.
 WASHINGTON-The House Civil Service Committee has approved legislation calling for busting of Federal workers found disloyal to the government. Committee chair man Edward Rees of Kansas says the bill contains safeguards to in- sure fairness.
 LONDON Princess Elizabeth stole the show today at King Georges official birthday celebra- ton in London The crowds broke into cheers as the Monarch's daughter rode side saddle behind her father at the traditional troop ing of the colors. She wore her uni form as a Colonel in the Grena- dier GuaruS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12
MAGNUSON IN TOWN

H.. w Magnuson is registered at the Baranof Hotel as a guest for few days. He is from Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-12

Empire want-aes for results!
The Valley settler., 1947-04-10

c psM COOK rE1DED AT TIE. HOSPITAL Someone to taFo over the cooking job at the. EosDi ital is needed after school is out this spring. Mrs. Goodrich, ,Uho very kindly consent ted I to handle this job during tho school year :, is not able to cont inue with it this sum- nor. Make application to tho Hospital Manager or the Hospital Board.
 TIE IA1AIJSKA VALLEY DAIRNEN'S ASSOC IA TIoN rill moot in tho Extension office on Monday evening, April 14th at 3 p.m. PTA will moot in tho School on Tuesday evening at p.m. April 18th. At this meeting tho film, "Your Fi eht Against h. fantilo Paralysis" will bo shown. If you did not got to 500 this picture at tho March meeting Of tho Heal tn Council, try and sec it at PTA. It is a worry good picture in sound and an swors he quo st ion 1; "Thot becomes of tho March of Dino s monoy?1 TIE 1ATNUsFN VALLEY CHAMBER Of Co21ERCE will moot for noon luncheon an tho boso- mont of tho Lutheran Church. Tho ladies of tho United Protestant Church will sorvo Todnc sdoy noon, April 18th. Guests arc invited. ., :. THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 10. Is will hold tho regular moot ing on April l7th at .m Tho AMERICAN. LEGION LUxILL.RY will moot in the Ext sion. offico on tho somo evening, -4pri1 l7th ct 8 p.m.
 THE vAsTILA CU1UNITY CLUB will moot in tho TcSi11o School on Thursday April l7th ct p.m.
 THE MT 'NTSX. V'TTEy IF, TTT1 ro7rTcTT will moot in tho Health Contor on Thursday April 17th at pm.
 TF1 FIR !-ssOcIATIoN plans to hold moot ing during tho wook of --pril 2l. Tctch for lctor onnounc omcnts--as tho first doto sot conf1ictod with two othor moot ings. BRTTc or SEND all notices to tho Valley Settler offico. Mony people wctch this cclondcr end it helps p1cn for spec iol meetings in thct conflicts cen bo avoided
The union times., 1947-08-23
Machinists Put
 Curse On Kristen

SEATTLE = CPD = Under the slogan, Don't Be Cursed With A Kirs- ten, members of Local 79, Int1. Assn. of Machinists have undertaken to launch a nationwide boycott of the luxury Kristen smoking pipe.
 The action was forced when Pres. George Gum of the Kristen Pipe Co.,, who, incidentally, is national direc- tor of the Natl. Assn. of Manufacture CTS, refused to follow the pattern of every other machine shop in Seattle and grant his workers a raise. h. stead, he demanded a cut of 15c to 22c an hour.
 There is no question of Gunn's abil- ity to pay higher wages, the union pointed out. The major operation in making the pipe that sells from $6.5O to $12.50 is milling process for trimming the metal. This costs an average of 7/10 of 1c per pipe. That leaves plenty of leeway for other costs and handsome profit.
 So handsome has the profit been that the company, which began with a capital of $10,000 in December 1888, has recently been able to construct a new building that alone cost $250,OOO.
 Machinist leaders say they think Gunn's major reason for holding out IS to build up his NAM record.
The union times., 1947-08-23
Justice Dept. Silent On 'T-H Challenge.
Enright Heads Labor Realty

William P. Enright, secretary of Painters Union, No. 186. was unani- mous1y elected president of the New Haven Labor Realty Corporation at the annual stockholders meeting held Tuesday. The Corporation controls the Labor Temple, which houses the New Haven Central Labor Council and most of its afiliates.
 John A. Johnson, business manager of Carpenters Union, No. 79, was elected vice-president, and Carl G. Hoff, Musicians Union, No. 234, was elected treasurer.
 In addition to the officers the fol- lowing were elected as members of the Board of Directors:
 Vincent J. McGovern, president of the Central Labor Council; Saul Kreas, Painters, No. 186; Stanley .Greising, Plumbers, No. 39; Joseph Egan, Typos, No. 47; Nathan Sher- man, THE UNION TIMES; Harold V. Feinmark, Typos, No. AZ; and Der nard Gi1bride, Electricians, B-9O.
The union times., 1947-08-23
Rent Control
 Forces Jump On 5l9,238Falmilies
More Expected As Congress Cuts ORC Staff By
 20 Per Cent

Washington (LPA) - During the first five weeks of the COP Trent con- troI' law, 519,238 families have had to sign leases raising their rents 1870, the Office of Rent Control announced last week. \
 Worst hit were tenants in the mid west area centering in Chicago, where 13.3% of all controlled rental units were affected by the 159o boosts. This includes the states of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin.
 In the future, the chances are that many rent boosts will go un- checked, as the Office of Rent Con- trols was forced, by Congressional economy, to carry out a 2O@o cut in staff both in Washington and in the eight rent control areas. This means that, for the Is, zoo, ,OOO units now under controls, there will be only 1923 people in the ORC in the whole country.
 While only 3.3%o of the rental units now under control have been raised 1870, union and veterans officials here predict that the proportion will be much larger before the end of Sep tefnber.
 Union officials still repeat their original advice to tenants not to sign the voluntary" 1870 leases, especially in such states as Connec- ticut, where the State Rent Control law will go into effect when the Federal ''law'' expires.
The union times., 1947-08-23
Is He Ready
 To Negotiate?

NEW YORK (LPA)-The self styled King of Strikebreakers, J Pearl L. Bergof, who left trail of 54 deaths, including women and chil- dren, in his bloody career of scab- ping and strikebreaking, died here last week
 Probably more hated and despised by organized labor than any man of his time, Bergoff boasted he made more than $10,000,00O in leading his armed thugs through approximately 300 strikes.
 His last major effort, as the Wag- ner Act went into effect, came in 1886 in the violent Remington-Rand strike after which Bergof and President J. H. Rand were tried and acquitted of transporting strikebreakers across state lines. His death came at the age of 71.
The union times., 1947-08-23
Typos Will Not Sign Contracts Under T-H Law

CLEVELAND CPD = Assuring delegates to the Int1. Typographical Union (AFL) 89th convention that no matter what laws are passed fhe printers will prove "they can think faster than the legislators" ITU Pres. Woodruff Randolph outlined national policy of refusing to sign contracts under the Hartley law.
 Rather than sign contracts under the Taft-Hartley law, which would junk the unions long-established closed shop and other gains, ITU locals under the new strategy will post conditions of employment under which their members will work. Any violation of these con- ditiOns will be taken by the work CTS as strike prOvOcatiOn.
 Any employer who attempts to put nonunion man in a composing room is demonstrating by that very act his desire to break your union," Ram dolph told the delegates. He invited the employers to join the ITU in a campaign to amend the law. If they do not join with us" he said, I've know where their heart lies"
The union times., 1947-08-23
Misenti Heads Bricklayers of Connecticut

Michael Misenti of Midd1etown was elected president of the Connecticut State Conference of Bricklayers and Masons at the annual meeting of the Conference, held in New Haven Sun day. Eighteen AFL locals are repre- sented in the Conference.
 Other officers elected are: James Danaher, New Haven, 1st vice. president; Joseph Santaga, Stam. ford, second vice-president; James DiLonardo, New Haven, cores. bonding secretary; and Michael Minotti, Bridgeport, financial sec. retary. The officers compose the judicial board.
 The meeting was honored with the presence of International President Harry Bates and Vice-President James White of New York. President Bates. who is chairman of the A.F.L.'s Housing Committee, com mented on the Taft-Hartley Law, anc reiterated the determination of the AF.L. to defeat all Congressmen who voted for it.
The union times., 1947-08-23
Dan Tracy Gets Quick Action

WASHINGTON (LPA)- U. S. government employees are not prohibi- ted from striking against private em- ployers despite the Taft Hartley law Civil Service Commissioner Arthur s. Flemming last week advised Presi- dent Dan Tracy, of the Int'l Broth erhood of Electrical Workers-AFL.
 Tracy had asked for an interpre- tation of the Taft-Hart1ey provision making it illegal for a government employe Ito participate in any strike He pointed out that many union mem bers work for both the government and private employers and federal workers might wish to engage ir strike activity against private em. ployer outside of government time.
 The IBEW's nearly 100000 mem. bers were also told last week by President Dan Tracy that it is in cumbent upon us to comply with tht Taft-Hart1ey Act as law of the 1ane while we fight through legal mean. to secure its repeal and to have it. unconstitutional provisions declared in valid by the courts"
The union times., 1947-08-23
Union And Rusco Strive To Defeat
 "T-H" Deadline
Middletown Situation Is A Splendid Example For
 Entire Nation

The Russell Mfg. Co. of Middle town and representatives of the Mar row Fabric Textile union, AFL, this week were winding up negotiations with the expectation of reaching agreement before Friday, when the Taft Hartley act goes into effect.
 The company and the union some time ago met and decided to get together on new terms for their contract to make it comply with the new labor law.
 By signing an agreement before Fri day they will be able, despite the new legislation, to have their union shop provision continued for a year.
 Several negotiation meetings have been held and at no time has there been any indication that the company and the union will not be able to get together before the deadline.
 This week, both sides conferred on several changes in the contract neces- sitaed by the new law
 The new provisions were drawn up by Atty. Vincent J. Scamporino, coun- sel for the union, at the request of both the Russell company and the union.
 The Taft-Hart1ey law provides for court action in the event of disputes.
 The Russell company and the union have agreed that any dis putes they may have, in addition to grievances and disposition of claims, are all to be settled by arbi- tratiOn.
 The company and the union have had harmonious relations. since the union was formed IA years ago.
 It has never been necessary to re- sort even tO arbitration.
The union times., 1947-08-23
Connecticut AFL Action Called A Real Test Case
Justice Dept. Has Lawyers, Investigators Studying"
 The Law

Two unions, one AFL and the other CIO, have offered the most likely grounds for the Justice Dept to prosecute the first test of the Taft-Hart. ley law, both conservative and liberal lawyers agreed this week.
 The lawyers concurred with reactionary columnist David Lawrence that "The first clear cut violation of the federal law which prohibits expenditures" by labor unions and corporations in connection with Congressional and presidential elections appears to have been recorded by the Connecticut Federation of La bor," which inserted paid adver- tisements in daily newspapers ad- vocating the defeat of the six Connecticut Congressmen who supported the Taft-Hartley law and opposition to Sen. Robert Taft (R., Ohio) as presidential nominee.
 ELECTION ACTIVITY
 The Connecticut AFL's deliberate challenge was followed by a letter sent to all members of the Textile Workers Union-CIO in the 9th Penn sylvania Congressional district by TWUA President Emil Rieve last week. The letter, which was sent out with union funds and will also ap- pear in the unions newspaper, Tex tile Labor, urged the election of Con- gress on Sept. 9 of Philip Storch, ex- Marine and member of organized labor.
 A TWUA statement said that dis tribution of the appeal may be "a technical violation of the election funds, section of the Taft Hartley law but union spokesmen claim that this section is unconstitutional"
 So far the Justice Dept will ad- init only that it has a group of law yers and investigators studying the law. It has persistently refused to say whether it has been scrutin- izing other outright challenges to the law such as the printing of the names of labOr's Congressional enemies by labor papers or the suc- cessful support by AFL and CIO unions of a Congressional candi- date in Baltimore.
The union times., 1947-08-23
DOING IT RIGHT

DOING 1T RlCHI
 The AFL in Chicago concluded the first such contract in the area when the Building Service Elm ployes IntI Union-AFL concluded a four weeks strike. The contract, which did not contain a no-strike clause nor provide for arbitration, specified that the ssuniOn, its Offic- CTS, agents and members shall not be held liable in any manner what sOever for any strike, showdown, work stoppage or any other form of action which results in delay, stoppage of work or production, nor will the union be held liable for the unauthorized acts or activi- ties of its officers, agents or mem- bers."
 In Detroit, where 1000 members of the United Auto Workers struck to obtain a Taft-proof contract, the JAW signed up three other firms which agreed to waive the I'll pen- alty terms.
 The Int'1. Ladies' Garment Work ers-AFL reached similar agreement, the first of its kind for southern Cali fornia, with the M. Everett Sports wear O., of Santa Ana. Int'l. Har- vester Co.,, employing 88,000 workers, promised to waive the I'll penalty provisions if the JAW and the Unit ed Farm Equipment Workers, pledged . to take reasonable, positive action to prevent wildcat strikes"
 Admittedly the precedent-s setting contract was won by the United Mine Workers-AFL when the coal opera tors agreed that the miners would work only when willing and able. The second major break was Ford's stipulation that it would bring no suits for a year while a joint labor management study is made of union liability.
 The spread of these new union protection contracts infuriated Rep. Hartley who hurled threats at com panies signing such agreements in a Detroit speech. ssLet me serve no- tice on employers turnout the na- tion," Hartley clustered. ''that if I find, as I've already done, that they are bypassing the act, Pm going to invite them to Washington"
The union times., 1947-08-23
Prices, Profits
 In Dizzy Whirl, Time Admits
Magazine Says soc Looks Like 25c And 25c
 Like Slug

For the past several weeks this newspaper has been reporting spec tacular recent advances in the cost of living and in the profits of certain cor porationS.
 However, the stories i'll THE UNION TIME were conservative compared to an account just carried in the maga- zine, Time, itself Big Business in- stitution.
 The cumulative effect of price in- creases in the past few months, said Time, have begun "to make the half dollar look like a quarter and the quarter like jukebox slug"
 It cited "a plague of annoying and unannounced nickel, dime and dollar jumps in the price of all kinds of small goods and services"
 Merry -Co-Round of Prices
 Restaurant prices were developing a habit of rising as much as 10 cents to 50 cents overnight" the magazine declared.
 some radio repalrmen were charging more to peer into a re- ceiving set than a physician asked for a sick call.
 ''lt even cost more to go broke the fee for filing bankruptcy pa- pers in U. s. district courts went up from $50 to $45."
 The end is not yet in sight, said Time. It intimated that many price this summer would be boosted by vendors who were just out to get what they could while the getting was good" Meanwhile, the poor consumer, the magazine explained, must feel like an aeronaut soaring in a balloon out of control.
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