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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08
HIGHER RATES.
 ALASKA SHIPS, TURNED DOWN
Maritime Commission Re- fuses 10 Grant Increase
 Requested by VISA

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - The Maritime Commission has refused to grant an increase in the ship ping rates and fares between west coast ports and Alaska or between Alaska points,
 The Commissions rejection of the War Shipping Administration petition for increase holds until the three shipping lines are return ed to private ownership and after February, if the three lines desire to resume private operation" after that date, the Commission said they may submit tariffs in conformity with the Intercoastal Shipping Act of 1883
 The VISA requested higher rates immediately based on it's estimates that additional passenger and freight revenues were required for operation
 Under Governmen, regulations l6.43 percent increase was required for freight alone but private own ership required "A percent more.
 The VISA claimed loss of about $2.000,000 on the lines during the last year of the war.
 At recent hearings owners of the private shipping lines said they would not resume operations unless rates were increased
 The lines involved are the Alas ka Steamship Company, which re- quested a 6l percent increase in rates; Northland Transportation Company, which requested 58 per- cent increase and Alaska Trans portation Company which requested a CT percent increase.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Sword Knot, from Seattle, due tomorrow.
 Princess Norah from Vancouver due Friday afternoon or evening.
 Sailor Splice, from Seattle, due end of week.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle today.
 North Sea scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.
 Tongass scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Denali held up at Seward, time of arrival in Juneau indefinite.
 Unpasteurized goat milk may carry undulant fever.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08

One thousand, one hundred twenty-six American students have attended the University of Oxford. England, as Rhodes scholars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08
VICTORY, SAYS BARTLETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-Delegate E. L. Bartlett of Alaska today hail. ed the Maritime Commissions re- fusal of increased rates for Alaska shipping as victory for the Ter ritory"
 Bartlett had opposed the request ed increases on grounds the Terri tory's industry and commerce could not afford them.
 He conceded. however. that the whole subject probably will be re- opened whail private companies re- sume ship operation.
 In it's denial of the War Ship ping Administrations request, the Commission said that if the three lines desire to resume private op- eration after the end of February when VISA relinquishes operation, they may submit tariffs in confor- mity with the Inter-coastal Ship ping Act of 1883. as amended"
 Such tariffs should be framed with view to correcting any ex- isting inequalities as between com- modities," the order said.
 The Commission said it's refusal of the VISA petition took into con- sideration the "iminent expiration" of the Government control of the lines.
 The VISA said it lost about $2,- 100000 on the lines during the last year of the war. The former pri- vate owners announced during hearings they would not resume op- erations oi the lines unless rate in- creases were authorized.
 The owners suggested that Con- gress should consider subsidies for the construction of combination cargo and freight and passenger vessels for transportation in the Alaska trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08
GUESTS AT JUNEAU

Rod Sudman of Windham and G. w. Chaser of Fairbanks are guests at the Juneau Hotel during their visit in the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08

Infants born in the United States today have an average longevity of nearly 65 years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08
VISITING IN JUNEAU

Fred Bryant of Sitka and Earl D. Graves of Palmer are registered at the Hotel Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-08
Local Viewpoints

The United States Maritime Commission has entered an order denying all rate increases requested by steamship lines serving Alaska. This decision followed recommen- dation of the Examiner who heard the case in Seattle and Washing ton, D. c. War Shipping Admin istration and operating companies had petitioned for increases up to 100 percent. Alaska Development Board retained David E. Scoll as counsel to oppose any increases. Alaskas Governor hailed the out come as an important victory for the Alaska public and shippers. He
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-08-14
Pandora

DR.. W. G. stover of Columbus
spent the week end with his sister
and family, Mrs. Hiram krohn. Mr..
and Mrs. L. NJ. Bowman of Colum-
bus Grove spent Saturday evening
with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Diller are pa
rents of son born last week at
Bluffton hospital.
Albert Allison of Detroit visited
in the home of his sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Tousley and family the
first part of the week.
Mrs. Virginia Kempf and Mrs.
Francis Kempf and children are
spending the month at their home in
Avondale on Indian Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Baumgartner
and children of Delphos spent their
vacation in the homes of their pa
rents here in town.
Mrs. Henry Schumacher attended
the Bauserman and Spaeth reunion,
Sunday.
Mrs. Bertha Elliott of Chicago is
visiting her cousin Mrs. w. G. Carr.
She and Mr.. and Mrs. Carr and Mary
Jane spent one evening last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Zuercher
and son Ned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Doty of Mt. Cory
have purchased the Gerald Criblez
property.
Pandora Grange conferred the 3rd
and 4th degrees of the order upon
a class of candidates, Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. Mary Badertscher and child
rem of Orrville spent sometime with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Coral Don
aldson and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cook
and Max.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-08-14

bellings which occur on an average
of about once a week.
49,
Finding a horseshoe is supposed to
bring luck-but you can't tell that
to Darwin Luginbuhl-all it brought
him was a ruined tire. 1t all happen
ed the other day in an unusual Incl
dent when Darwin and his wife were
enroute over the Lincoln highway to
Bucyrus and a horseshoe lying on the
pavement was picked up by their tire,
the toeplate and corks of the shoe
tearing Jagged rents IN the rubber
which meant some $40 for a new
tire.
The early bird gets the worm-al-
so the cherries, as Mrs. Harvey
Beidler learned when birds began
raiding two sweet cherry trees at
her home on South Jackson streets
this week. Altho the fruit ordinarily
ripens about the first of September
it was a case of getting there ahead
of the birds, so she picked the cher
ries Tuesday night.
Mrs. Albert Deppler Of South Main
street has had an unusual run of mis-
fortunes due to falls. Last Friday she
fell at her home breaking her left
arm near the shoulder. Winter before
last she slipped on the ice and sus-
tanned a fractured hip which kept
her in the hospital until last summer.
She is now at, her home on South
Main street.
It's a pretty safe bet that there
will be no rain on Wednesday Of next
week-the day of the Farmers &
Merchants picnic at. Ada. This will
be the 34th year for the picnic which
has an unusual record of never hav-
ing been raine dout.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Hartman,
Merle Salzman attended the Hart
man reunion at Orange Center, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Montgomery
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. C. E. Klingler.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. o. Hilty were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Dennis Brauen and daughter
Eileen, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Wenger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Wenger and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Young and family.
Mrs. John Dunbar and daughter
called Wednesday evening at the
Lee Clauss home.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. p. Hartman at
tended the Home Coming at Hoyts-
vile, Thursday. Merle Salzman of
Detroit returned home with them.
Kay and Sue Clauss is spending
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-08-14

the week with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Boyd Of near
Findiay.
Don Oates Is spending the week
with Dale Owens and family at
Indian Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Edinger
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. 2. Hartman and
Merle Salzman spent Friday at the
Harold Meyers home in Belmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Montgomery,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Klingler called
on Mr. and Mrs. G. P. oberly of
Lafayette, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Clauss were
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-08-14

never can tell what will happen on
Saturday night =. the Triplett team
winning county softball honors-that
trophy cup they won is a pippin-
you can see it in the Bluffton News
window and Neil Sehmidt's COM
ing performance in that all-star grid
game at Canton, Friday night-a lot
of Bluffton fans are going and
what might have happened Monday
afternoon when the fire department
made hurry-up run to Beaverdam
where the cab of a big semi outfit
caught fire on Main street and burn.
ed up with two trailers loaded with
5000 gallons of gasoline hitched to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-08-14

| it and medals distributed here
to boys who were in the Navy during
the war-mighty good looking they
are too-they say those for the Army
vets viii be along soon =. which re-
minds us that it's been two years
since Bluffton made whoopee at the
end of the war but the G. LIS
wonder what's happened to all
promised postwar housing and
that goes for new cars too a. and
with sugar plentiful and an abun-
dance of peaches we may be heading
into one of those old-time canning
seasons.
That 100-degree hot spell we've
been having doesn't mean a thing to
the A. E. Lichenwalters and Miss
Clara Schumacher back from a
months auto trip thru the west
Lick recalled that when they stopped
at Needles, Arizona, enroute home
the thermometer there registered ia
degrees in the shade which he says
is really warm weather.
And speaking of the golden west
(be sure to take plenty of gold with
you if you go) the Russell Lantzes
and the Dave Rissers met out at Po-
mona, Calf, the other day and
restaurateur Dave had breakfast at
Tom Breneman's Hollywood radio
broadcast spot instead of at Risser's
as his usual custom when in Bluffton.
Clarence Alderman of McComb,
former Blufftonite, encountered
something most unusual Friday when
he witnessed two large cranes in
deadly aerial combat. One bird sue
ceeded in killing its antagonist which
dropped to the ground nearby, AUX
erman said. Measuring the dead bird
he found it had a 81 inch Widespread
and also was 81 inches from the beak
to the tip of the tail feathers.
To the boys who have been steal
ing the balls from foul hits at the
night games on Harmon field-it's an
exhibition of pretty poor sportsman
ship, aside from the fact that it adds
unnecessarily to the cost of operat-
ing a community recreation project
that provides entertainment for play
ers and spectators alike. Let's be
good sports and help-not hinder
the recreation program at Harmon
field.
Ivan Geiger, former Blufftonite
who is physical director at Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, in
Boston, has a Gordon setter bird
dog that has been taking some prizes
down east. The Geigers, living at New
London, Connecticut, where he was
formerly instructor in the u. S.
Coast Guard academy are moving
soon to Newton Center, Mass, where
they have purchased home. Mrs.
Geiger is the former Winifred
Thompson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. A. Thompson of Spring street.
$50
Bellevue has done something about
it-that custom of motorcades of
wedding belling parties who drive
up and down the town around mid
night blowing their horns and annoy
ing everyone along the street Police
there say that future belling parties
will spend the rest of the night in
jail-it's time Bluffton is doing
something likewise to curb nuisance
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Mi~A
Dea1atzoI

What they're saying in Bluffton
these hot days-the heat, first :.
a close second is the need of a good
rain-some of those 24-hour jobs we
had too many of last spring
and lawns burning up and the corn
crop Is needing it too and that
earthquake we had was the real
thing-just goes to show that you
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-08-14

Sunday evening supper guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Boyd Of FindIay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Clauss and
family attended the Henning re-
union Sunday at the home Of Mrs.
Anna Clauss.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Klingler call
ed at the Chas. Montgomery home,
Sunday evening.
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NOTICE oP APPOINTMENT

State of Ohio, Allen County. -.
Estate of Walter ]. Cupp. Deceased.
WILLIAM II. Cupp of r. ID. No. 2, Column
bus Grdee, Ohio has been appointed and
qualified rs Administrator OF the estate Of
Walter D. Cupp late Of Allen County. Ohio.
deceased
RAYMOND p. SMITH.
Is Probate Judge
Evening star., 1947-05-16

but Chairman Hartley Of the Labor
Committee predicted yesterday that
a ban In it on industry-wide BAR
gaining will be eliminated In con-
ference.
Mr.. Hartley, head OF the House
conferees, also expressed willing
ness to junk q House provision per-
hitting private employers to seek
injunctions against jurisdictional
strikes and secondary boycotts.
The Senate has no such provi-
sions in its bill and Senate con-
ferees are insisting on tossing them
out.
"Bill Of Rights" Demanded.
In return for dsicarding the
House bargaining and injunction
provisions, Mr.. Hartley wants the
Senate conferees to accept House
demands for a workers bill Of
rights" But his demand was meet
ing stiff opposition in the Senate.
Among other things, the bill OF
rights would prohibit unions from
charging excessive initiation fees
or dues, denying members the right
to resign or spy on members or
intimidate their families.
Senator Taft said he Is opposed
to putting the bill OF rights In the
final draft because we don't want
to put the Government in the b,lsi-
ness of regulating every union In the
United States"
Senator Ball, Republican, OF
Minnesota, also a conferee, objected
to the provision on the same ground.
Evening star., 1947-05-16
Estate Of S1o,923,366
Is Left by Patterson
BY the A.soeiofed Press

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, May 16.-
First intermediate accounting Of
the estate of Joseph Medill Patter-
son, president of the News Sydicate
Co., Inc, who died last May 26 at
Ct, lists a gross estate of $10,923,-
366.53, exclusive of real estate.
The accounting was filed yester-
day in Westchester County Surro-
gates Court by the executors.
The company publishes the New
York Daily News. Listed as the
principal asset was Mr.. Patterson's
estimated $4,000 interest in the
Observation-Disclosures Trust, hold
ing concern for shares Of stock in
the Chicago Tribune, which owns
the News Syndicate Co.
Principal beneficiaries are the
widow, a son, 1t. James Patterson,
U. s. A., and three daughters, Mrs.
Elinor Patterson Baker, Mrs. Alicia
Patterson Guggenheim and Mrs.
Josephine Patterson Albright.
Evening star., 1947-05-16
Wounded Officer Arrests
.Gunma,n Who Slew Partner
BY the Associated Press

Dy ms ASSOciuF90 rfesS
DAYTON, Ohio, May 16.-A hold
up suspect killed Dayton police
man and wounded another patrol
man early today when they sur
prised him trying to break into a
hardware store, Police Inspector
Frank Krug reported.
Patrolman Herman A. Drexler,
n, was killed by a bullet in the
chest as he stepped from a cruiser,
shotgun In hand, and his COM
panion, Patrolman James s. Tatum,
80, was felled by q wound in the
left hip, but managed to arrest
the gunman. Inspector Krug re-
ported.
After firing the shots, the hold
up man bent over Patrolman Ia
tum, and, according to the inspec-
tor, said:
Now, I'm going to shoot you,
you-."
The holdup mans gun misf1red,
however, and Patrolman Tatum,
still on the ground, beat him into
Inconsistencies with a blackjack.
Inspector Krug identified the gun
man as Joseph A. limerick, "a, OF
Dayton, and said he was being held
at Miami Valley Hospital.
Evening star., 1947-05-16
Palestine Nine Kills
British Policeman
By no Assee;oisd 4 Press

JERUSALEM. May l6---The jew
ish underground concealed mine
in q parked automobile on Mount
Carmel In Haifa today. detonated
it electrically Is . police car passed
by and killed .. British policeman
and wounded three other officers,
an ofacial announcement said.
One OF the three injured men
was described as = Jewish police
inspector. Investigators found q
wire leading from the parked car
in which the mine was hidden 70
q point 80 feet away. The machine
In which the police were riding was
smashed and burned by the blast.
The left-wing Hashomir Hatzalr
Party, whose Jewish members OPP
crate some 800 communal farm
settlements In Palestine, called,
meanwhile, for equality for Jews
and Arabs under international
trusteeship as preparation for .
bi-national state"
The party isued = proclamation
mailing the United Nations speech
Of Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister. ealing for
partition Of Palestine II q dual
Arab-Jewish state be found i'm
possible. The proclamation also de-
manded that the Jewish agency
adopt ..more liberal policies"
Evening star., 1947-05-16
Truman Nonninotes a. Y. Bryan
AS JUDGE for Eastern Yirginio
AIexundrion Named
To Fill Vacancy Left
By PoIIord's $ Retiring

President Truman yesterday nona-
mated Albert v. Bryan, Common
wealth's Attorney In Alexandria. for
appointment as Federal Judge for
the Eastern District OF Virginia.
His appointment would I'LL the va
cancy created when Judge Robert
N. Pollard retired April 81.
Mr.. Bryan was the choice OF the
Alexandra, Arlington, Fairfax, Fau-
quier and Culpeper Bar Associa-
itions for the judicial appointment
He first was prominently mentioned
for selection as a Federal judge fol
the Eastern Virginia District in 194s
after the death of Senior Judge
Luther w. Way Of Norfolk. The
appointment at that time, however
went to Sterling w. Hutcheson, who
Is now senior judge Of the district.
The nomination OF Mr.. Bryan was
sent to the Senate yesterday and Il
to be referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr.. Bryan said yesterday his con-
firmation would mark the first time
in more than 100 years there has
been a District Court judge from
Northern Virginia. In urging his
appointment several months age
after Judge Pollard disclosed he
would retire, the Alexandria Bar As
sociation called attention to what II
Evening star., 1947-05-16
B. & Q. Asked Crossing Signals
Duy Before kenwood Collision

Al Baltilnore b Ohio Railroad
request for flashing signals 81 itsl
crossing at Dorset ave11e ID KEN
wood, Md, WAS made only day
before three persons lost their lives
Id q train-bus crash at the inter-
section Wednesday. sss's
This was disclosed today BY Wilson
u. Ballard, chief engineer Of the
MARYLAND State Roads Commission
in Baltimore, who said he received
today q request from the railroad
dated May IS. There are no tI1-
mediate prospects for signals there,
he said. 4
montgomery County Commissioner
wesley I. Sauter disclosed that he
asked the B. d o. 70 install WARM
ing devices at the crossing three
months ago.
Evening star., 1947-05-16
Eighth Man Identifies !
|Cab Dispatcher as
Lyncfling Execuiioner
sy shs As.oeiaied Pres.

GREENVMLE, s. c.. May l6.--.
The prosecution told . Greenville
County jury today how lynchers
beat dying Negro with gun butts
and then finished him OF with
blasts Of q 12-guage shotgun In his
head as he lay on q frozen road
side last February II.
1 Prosecutor Robert T. Ashmore
read to the jury D statement by
Johnnie Willimon. AZ, q taxicab
driver, made shortly after his ar
rest. Willimon, who said he had
a third grade education, declared he
saw Willie Earle, "a, shot three
times by burly cab dispatcher,
Roosevelt Carlos Hurd, ST., As.
WiIlimon thus became the eighth
OF 81 defendants in the mass-rnur-
der trial to name Hurd as the one
who executed Earle.
Willirnon said he saw Hendrix
Rector and Paul F. Griggs, jr-
frequently mentioned among tho
mob leaders drag the lynching VIC
tim from the lead cab at the execu-
ton spot.
Signed With an x.
zone man beat him with shot
gun butt" he related in his state
ment. "The Negro yelled I'm dying
now. Then Hurd shot the Negro
three times"
The first statement introduced
this morning was signed only with a
cross mark. Freds r. Mckenzie, an
FBI agent, explained that the state
ment was authorized by Howard
Thompson, "a, cab driver who Is
unable to read or write. The state.
ment said Thompson was q member
of the mob but that he did not view
the killing. Mr.. Mckenzie denied
cross-examination tn 1T
Thompson had signed his "x" to
the document under threats.
The State holds 26 pnrported
statements by defendants. Only
fiye, woodrow Clardy, Vardry Nc.
Bee Norris, Ernest Stokes and Sam
Stewart, all cab drivers, and Earl
Martin, 31-year1old businessman.
have not signed statements.
Statements Sketched In Case.
The statements made by self
identified members Of the mob, after
their arrest, havebeen used to sketch
In the States case in the trial.
Earle was accused OF fatally stab
bing q white taxi driver. T. w,
Brown, ON the night preceding the
lynching.
The victim was removed from the
Pickens County Jail near here and
was slain in Greenville County.
Statements read by the prosecu-
ton in the first three days OF the
trial repeatedly accused Hurd Of mr.
ing the fatal volley. One described
him as drunk"
Hurd, who says he went to school
only through the second grade,
acknowledged he participated in the
lyrching but insists he did not
shoot Earle.
He told police: when I seen
they were going to kill the Negro
Just turned around because did
not want to see it happen"
Evening star., 1947-05-16

Besides the three killed, fve were
injured when the bun, carrying
homeward-boun employees from the
Congressional Country Club, was
struck BY . backing freight train.
There are two stop, look and listen"
signs at the crossing. but no gates or
bells.
Commissioner Sauter said he wrote
the railroad February Is after he
had inspected the crossing and
found 1t dangerous" He said rail-
road o1hcials assured him in q letter
q few days later that they would
give the matter their Immediate
attention. 3
Mr.. Ballard said 1t would take at
least . week or 10 days to process
the request and then equipment
would have to be obtained.