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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
WORLD WIDE INDUSTRY

WORLD WIDE INDUSTRY
 The interests of the Ford enter prises took root in virtually every civilized country on the globe, un- til his properties occupied hundreds of thousands of acres.
 Ford accumulated land wherever he wanted it. Probably the largest single unit of holdings was ill the acreage that included and adjoined the fields he trod as a child.
 Outside of the parent plant at Dearborn and River Rouge, near Detroit, one of the largest Ford properties was huge plant at Dagenham, England. There were others in Ireland, Belgium. France, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Italy, Ru- mania, Portugal, Germany, Dem mark, Sweden, Finland, Canal Zone, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Uru- quay, Chile, South Africa, Aus tralia, China. India, Egypt and Japan. The Soviet Union operated plant under Ford license
 In the United States there were plants at Atlanta, Buffalo, Chester, Pa, Cincinatti, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Edgewater, N. j., Heges- wich H., Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Long Beach, Calf, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Pittsburg, Richmond. Calf, Seattle, Somerville, Mass, St. Paul and Minneapolis. and oth- CT cities.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 8, R-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5, American Can 9234, Anaconda 39h, Curtiss- Wright 53s, International Harvester 82;; Kennecott 45A, New York Central 161s, Northern Pacific 1915, U. S. Steel 701s, Pound S4.021s.
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Merrill-Lynch averages today are as follows: Industrials 17330, Rails 47.25,, Utilities 35.25.
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FAULkNER5 PARENTS
 OF BABY GIRL TODAY

Robert Faulkner, technical assis- tant in the offices of Doctors Joyce Smith and E. H. Kaser, is beam ingly handing out cigars in special stork- k-decorated wrappers bearing the announcement tits a girl'
 The young Faulkners' first child, Kim Diane was born at St. Ann's Hospital at 11:05 o'clock this morning. She weighed pounds, II ounces.
 Mother, daughter, grandmother and proud father are all reported doing well.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
STEWART E NEW
 ENGINEERS HEAD

The biennial meeting of the Territorial Board of Engineers and Architects Examiners was complet- ed here Saturday, with election of officers for the next two years.
 Commissioner of Mines B. D. Stewart was elected President, suc- ceeding Victor c. Rivers. William Manley, Anchorage architect, suc- seeds MT. Stewart as ce-President and Linn Forrest was reelected Secretary.
 Other members of the nine member board attending were Har- old B. Foss and Homer Nordling both of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
H0SpITAL NOTES

St. Ann's Hospital admitted Henry Suti, Ivar Conn and Grover Little for medical attention yesterday.
 Discharged were Sharon Collier and Mrs. Kenneth Lowe.
 Government Hospital admitted Alice and Evelyn Williamson from Hoonah, and discharged Juli Marvin, also of Hoonah.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Tongass, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Northern Voyager, from Seattle, due tomorrow.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 tonight.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle April g, calling at Ketchi- kan, Juneau, Yakutat, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
 Alaska, from west, scheduled to arrive at o'clock this after noon and sails south about 8:30 o'clock tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
BORN ON A FARM

Henry Ford was born on iarm in Greenfield township, Michigan, suburb of Detroit, July 30, 1863. His father, William Ford, was an Irish immigrant; his mother, Mary Litegott, was of Dutch ancestry. MT. Ford had three sisters and two brothers, all younger than himself.
 Leaves School at 16
 Contrary to popular belief, he was not the son of impoverished parents. His father was well-to-do as farmer.
 He attended a settlement school near Greenfield, but quit at l6 to go to work in a machine shop in Detroit. His wages for six-day week of l0-hour days were $2.50 and to make ends meet he worked four hours night repairing watches and clocks for jeweler for $2 a week. His knowledge of mechanics was largely self-taught.
 Production Dream
 While working on the time pieces he dreamed of manufactur- ing watches on mass production basis from a standardized set Of dies. He never attempted that, but did introduce the idea later into the motorcar field with the result that the automobile was changed from luxury to utility.
 From the Detroit machine shop Ford graduated as a stationary en- gineer It was while employed as a mechanical engineer at the Edi- son Illuminating Co. of Detroit
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
BADMINTON SEASON ENDS

L. E. Iverson. President of the Juneau Badminton Club, announc- ed today that last nights session of the Badminton Club will con- clude this seasons activities. Iver- son said that, due to lack of adequate facilities. badminton will not be resumed until next Septem- ber.
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CALLS ARE
 LIMITED TO
 EMERGENCY
WaIkout of 300, 900 En- p|oyees Continues See-
 ond ndDdy-Negotidtions
tBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,

The American public adjusted it. self to sharply curtailed telephone service today as the coast to coast strike of nearly 100000 employees of the Bell System entered it's second day.
 Calls between dial telephones continued without interruption. but calls over manual phones. or travel ing the long distance lines of the American Telephone and Tele- graph Co.,, parent organization of the Bell System. generally were limited to emergency calls. Of the nations 3l,60000o telephones, lS.- 100000 are dial-operated.
 Negotiations to end the coast-to- coast strike, called yesterday by the Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers, were resumed today in Washington and in many other cities over the nation. But Joseph A. Beirne, NFTW President, said the unions were settling down for long shutdown.
 First lifting of the strike action was reported last night when Ken meth Abrahamson, President of the Jamestown tNYD Federation of Telephone Workers, an NFTW af- iiliate, announced nine percent pay increase had been accepted and 66 operators and 49 plant employees would return to work for the Jamestown Telephone Corporation.
 WASHINGTON, April 8, P -- A Federal Conciliator says that the Government is hopeful of settle ment today in the long distance part of the nationwide telephone strike The Conciliator, Peter Man no, made his remarks as negotia- tions continued between the Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph Com pany's long lines division and the union.
 The Conciliator stressed the point that a settlement of the long lines phase would not end the entire walkout of some 294,000 workers.
 John J. Moran. President of the union which represents long dis tance employees, is less optimistic. Asked if settlement could be ex- pected soon, Moran replied, that's up to the Company
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
TOWNSEND CLUB
 TO MEET TONIGHT

The Townsend Club will meet as usual tonight at 8;30 o'clock in the CIO Hall.
 At 9.30 o'clock, dancing will start and there will also be other enter tainment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
IS CITIZEN NOW

Buenaventura Samaniego was the recipient of U. s. citizenship yes terday in U. s. District Court here. Samaniego, former citizen of the Philippines, was also permitted to shorten his first name to Ventura
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
KETCHIKAN VISITORS

Several persons from Ketchikan are registered at the Baranof MT. and Mrs. Jack Brounty. A. E. Ow- ems, and Norman E. Somers all ar rived in Juneau by airplane and are at the hotel.
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HERE FROM COLLEGE

Lydia Fohn-H Hansen, Home Eco monies director with the Extension service of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, arrived in Juneau yesterday with Pan American Air ways and registered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
B BULLET N }

SEATTLE-Pan American Air
 ways announces over 2,500 workers will be flown to Fairbanks for construction work during the next ! few months DC-4s will fly the men, making the nonstop HOO
 mile trip in eight hours. . COPENHAGEN-K Christian x suffered a heart attack Sunday and the royal palace designated
 Crown Prince Frederik today as regent. The ailing monarch is 76 years old. His son is AS. A palace communique issued at noon said the king had recovered from the attack, but had been ordered to rest for a considerable period" CASABLANCA, Morocco-Sixty- one persons were killed and 119
 were wounded in rioting yesterday The riot was said to have been caused by fight between a Sene-
 galese and Moroccan over a
 woman.
 SAN FRANCESCA Harry
 Bridges, president of CIO-ILWU,
 predicts that America is. heading for depression worse than
 the early 1930's. He says a crash
 is inevitable because real wage values have been cut, while cor poration profits are climbing and prices remain high.
 MOSCOW-Soviet Foreign Min ister V. M. Molotov agreed under
 Western pressure tonight to halt the long discussions over Big Four disagreements on current German problems and turn to other mat ters-the next being the question of
 German frontiers. The Ministers will take up the frontier question
 tomorrow.
 LONDON Henry A. Wallace arrived today to start a two-week tour of Western Europe in search |of what he called progressive
 people" He said he would not go to Russia
 ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Stuart B. AL len, 16-year old adopted son of an
 Episcopal minister. was arraigned
 today on charge of murdering the sexton of his fathers church
 and smiled wanly when he was
 ordered held without bond for trial in the juvenile division of the criminal court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
TRINITY GUILD MEETING

St. Margaret's Guild of the Church of the Holy Trinity will hold it's regular monthly meet ing tomorrow evening, Wednes- day, at the home of Mrs. L. E Iverson, 921 D Street, with Mes danes Donald Skuse and Kenyon as co-hostesSes. All mem- bers and friends are urged to at- tend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
SEATTLE MISSES VISIT

Rhea Black, Sadie Fenton and Elizabeth s. Mertel, from Seattle, came to Juneau with Pan Ameri- can Airways and are registered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
(hApELADIES WILL
 MEET THIS EVENING

There will be a meeting of the Chapeladies tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Chapel-B -The-Lake All members are requested to be in attendance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
SALESMEN HERE

Ken J. Lindsay, representing the Washington Creamery Company of Seattle, flew to Juneau yesterday and is registered as a guest of the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
PROS GANTY IN TOWN

Prosper Ganty. Hoonah business man, flew in to Juneau yesterday with Alaska Coastal Airlines and is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
HERE FROM SITKA

Mrs. R. Preston and her small child from Sitka, arrived in Juneau by air and registered at the Bar anof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
CAA OFFICIALS HERE

w. Morgan Davis and J. c. Pfef- fer, both with the CAA headquart- CTS at Anchorage, are registered at the Baranof.
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Expectations of life at birth for Americans rose from slightly more than 46 years in 1911 to 65 years in 1945.
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TWO FROM ANCHORAGE

Walt Smith and Jim Whitehead from Anchorage. arrived in Juneau yesterday and are at the Baranof.
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Henry Ford, Pioneer of
 Auto Industry, Passes
 Away, Dearborn Home
tBy David J. Wilkie)


 flickering light of kerosene lamps and candles, Henry Ford, famed pioneer of the automobile industry died at l1:40 o'clock last night in his home in nearby Dearborn. He would have reached his 84th birthday next July 30.
 High flood waters of the River Rouge running through the Ford estate had cut power and heating services at the residence-and a wood-burning fireplace warmed the room.
 Funeral services will be held from St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit on Thursday at an hour to be announced later.
 Funeral Sunday
 All Ford operations throughout the world will be suspended on Thursday. Flags on all Ford prop erty will be at half staff until after the funeral.
 MT. Ford's death marked the passing of not only one of the worlds most noted industrialiSts, but of an individualist who devel- oped one Of the most colossal fam fly fortunes the world has known out of what often had been ridi- culed as "a lot of crazy ideas
 Industry Real Empire
 He developed his great industrial empire for which he was once said to have refused $1,000000 ,000 out of an idea for a cheap automobile and an initial capital investment, mainly by his friends, of S28,000 That was in 1903, and at his death, the great empire belonged exclusively to his family and had manufactured more than 3l,000000 vehicles.
 He had been planning to cele- brate his wife's birthday and their 59th wedding anniversary next Fri day.
 The surviving members of the family, in additions to the widow, are Mrs. Edsel B. (Eleanor) Ford, and her children, Henry II, Ben son, William and Josephine Ford.
 Edsel Ford, only son of the noted manufacturer, died in May, 1943
 FORD FORTUNE DETROIT, April 8, tR = Henry Ford himself probably never knew the exact amount of the fabulous fortune he amassed in the develop ment of his great motor car enter prise.
 He was one of 13 original share i; holders who pooled $28,000 to es- tablish the Ford Motor Go. in 1903. When the Ford Motor Co. filed it's annual statement of assets and liabilities with the Massachusetts Tax Commission for the year end- ed Dec. 31, 1945, it reported $7l8,- 660,356 in assets.
 How much of these holdings, all within the Ford family, were who'll ly ill the name of his wife, Clara Bryant Ford, in his own name and in possession of the heirs of his son Edsel, has only been guessed at. Ford's personal fortune has been estimated in various sources at all the way from s2Oo,OOO,OOo up to $500, 100000.
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R. c. Cook, salesman from Seat tie arrived here by air, and is at the Baranof.
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that he began in 1893 experimental work on a self-propelled vehicle.
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The union times., 1947-09-06
LITTLE LUTHER

"Hey Luher in found a way to solve housing problem."
 MT. Dworths face lit "You place Petuna live and have living couch again?"
 "fs don't ages said Luther "A have on the jaw.'
 'Iuther you're out of your mind"
 Aw that should be POp She the
 "Bu Luther, how will that solve the housing shOrtage"
 We Luther sad his voice whisper, he socks her battery, living back
 "Emmm" said MT. Dlworth thoughtfully.
 O it's really idea, Luther said modesty "A Chicago judge thought first the real lobby will him medal for this.'
 'aybe you'd better from the begnnng MT. Diwoh T be respectable people behind this whole thng
 ' all the POp This couple different cities looking place to v they slept parks they slept bus aiOnsnd finally they they left little boys cathedral and waited outside the kids were fOund"
 "How pathetic son said Mr. Dwor reaching his chief. "What happened?"
 "Wel, naturally year Luther 
 "Tm glad said hat For there emotions with me-
 "Of there's another looking with in his be it's the ing the American home and maybe they ought it really spoil idea of roOm."
 Don't impractical, Luher," Dlworth brskv "You know ordinary couldn't the landlords houses"
 "On second thought, Pop, sock YOU
The union times., 1947-09-06
Hatters
 Get New Price Bill With Raise
Negotiations Instituted By Carroll And Esposito,
 Local No. 10

Hatters in Danbury will benefit from wage increases which all of them will receive during the com- ing year as a result of new bills of prices which have recently been agreed upon.
 Members of Hat Makers Union, Local 10, Hat Finishers Union, Local II, and Hat Trimmers Union, Local 12, will receive an increase of 8 per cent above their previous scales. All shops in Danbury having contractual relations with the local unions have agreed to join in this increase.
 Negotiations were begun by Louis president, and Dennis M. Carroll, secretary-treasurer of Local 10, with the employers operating back shops in which the members of Local 10 are employed.
 The manufacturers pointed out that trade conditions during the past sev- eral months were none too satisfac- tory, and that increased labor costs would comp1icate and add to their diff faculties. The union representatives pointed out that the workers earn ings had already been affected by the business conditions, and that with the rising cost of living wage increase was unavoidable. The union repre- sentatives and the manufacturers fin ally agreed upon an 8 per cent in crease.
 Finishers and Trimmers
 In the case of the Mallory Hat Company, one of the oldest union hat manufacturing companies in the coun- try, the fnishers, who are members of Local II, and the trimmers, who are members of Local 12, requested wage adjustments comparable to those received by the makers.
 Negotiations by the finishers and trimmers hit a snag when the firm declared that increases were inn possible at this time. At the request of the officers of Locals II and l2, Vice President and General Organ izer Herman FinkeIstein made sev- eral trips to Danbury to confer with the local officers and the represen- tatives of the company. The conn., pany finally agreed to give the finishers and trimmers the same increase which the makers had received.
 Edgar C. Platt, secretary of Local II, and Nellie H. Gallagher, secretary of Local 12.
The union times., 1947-09-06
AFLUpheld In Cannery Case

SAN FRANCISCO (LPA)-The Natl Labor Relations Board last week turned down a CIO charge of unfair labor practices against Ensher, Alexander & Barsoom, Inc, operators of a fruit and vegetable processing plant at Isleton, Calf.
 The CIO charged that a contract between the Int1 Brotherhood of Teamsters-AFL and the California State Council of Cannery Unions, also AFL, was signed at time that the CIO had petitioned for a presen- tation election. The AFL unions had represented workers at Isleton for ten years previously. The NLRB, in dis missing the case, rejected the recom- mendations of the Boards trial exam finer. Board member John Houston dissented. The decision was handed down by the Board operating under the Wagner Act, previous to the ef- fective date of the Taft-Hartley law.
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privilege on the entire coop move ment.
 SAN FRANCISCO-The Bro. of Locomotive Bremen & Enginemen is ready to abandon its nearly 75-vear independence and join a unified labor organization If and when" the AFL and CIO merge. A resolution, adopt- ed by the brotherhood's convention in its sixth week, described this pledge as "the outstanding move taken to- ward establishing labor unity since the union movement was aroused bv passage of the Taft-Hart1ey bill"
 WASHINGTON-Fascism in Ac- tion, much-debated booklet drawn up by the Library of Congress, finally rolled off the presses at the Govt. Printing Office and was made avail able to the public at 40c a copy.
 MINNEAPOLIS-NLRB Region al Dir. James M. Shields joined inc growing roster of those resigning in protest against the Taft-Hartley law when he made public his resig- nation here effective as soon as | can be relieved of my duties.''
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New Haven For
 Political Action
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(Continued from Page One) and, we suspect to the labor moveE ment in general. True, token ges- ture was made to labor by passing the F.E.P.C. law, but the housing situation was only given nod The sales tax law was aimed directly at those with low incomes, and should be repealed as gross injustice.
 Much hulabalOO was made about economy, but this was to be done at the expense of regular state em- ployees, and not at the expense of office holders and politicians. Every succeeding session of the Legisla- ture increases the smell that comes out of Hartford.
 We have broadened our relation ship with the welfare agencies, and now have Council members of the Board of Directors of the Community Chest, Council of Social Agencies, the Budget Committee, the Labor Par ticipation Committee of. the Council of Social Agencies, the Family So- SASly, dlIQ OllICA SAOCPo'
 We believe that this field has been neglected by labor in the past, and we must give more attention to it. The Community Chests every where are changing their attitude - toward labor, and are coming to understand that to succeed, they must have labor's cooperation. We work closely with the Chest, and from time to time are able to make suggestions which are gladly ac- cepted.
 Political Action
 want to close this report with a strong request that all central labor unions begin to prepare now for political action to defeat our congressman next year. The repre- sentative from our district, the Hon. Ellsworth B. Foote, voted against labor on almost every important is- sue before Congress. He has issued a lame-duck excuse for voting for the Taft-Hartley Law. This excuse is so insincere and nonsensical that !. doubt we will bother to answer him. Among other bills, he also voted for the fake s'tax reduction" bill, and the so-called rent control act which has lead to rent increases and hundreds of thousands of evic- tions throughout the country.
 We are beginning to make our PIans to retire the Hon. FOOte to priUate life. We hope he ,OiH do q better jOb representing his osUn in- terests thGn he did in representing the people Of his district.
 Since all of our Connecticut con- gressmen have about the same vot- ing record, we are sure that all central bodies will undertake cam paigns. The important thing, as we see it, is that our people must get out and vote. They didn't vote in l946, and we are now paying the price for it.
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QUOTES TO REMEMBER

''One thing about the present Re- publican Congress is they stay bought John L Lewis, comment ing on Congress- enactment of the Taft-Hartley bill.
 x
 ''When Pres. Roosevelt died, the chief business agent of the US. passed away."-a St. Louis AFL official advising a melting of 86 business agents to get into politics. "Its lot easier to work to put good men in office who will fight for you than it is to come all the way across the country and beg some son. of-a-gun to help you out when it's too late. Sen. Glen Taylor to a group of California veto motorcaders.
The union times., 1947-09-06
Hartley Balks At Firing McCann

WASHINGTON CPD = Chair man Fred Hartley (R, N.J.) of the House labor committee maintained his silence this week about AFL Pres. William Greens demand that Attor- ney Irving c. McCann be fired as a subcommittee counsel.
 Green had demanded McCann's ous- ter immediately after McCann had struck AFL Gen. Counsel Joseph Pad way Aug. 1o at a subcommittee hear ing in Hollywood, Cal. Since Greens call for the dismissal, Rep. Carroll Kearns (R, Pal, subcommittee head, has said he ''hopes the incident will be forgotten"
 Hartley, who was not witness to the assault, ducked newsmen's ques- tions about firing McCann, claiming he wanted Ito get all the facts from disinterested spectators.
The union times., 1947-09-06
G. & B. Signs
 1947 Contract

General wage increases of 10 cents an hour, five and 10 cent -an-hour night-shift bonuses, and three paid holidays were ordered for all workers at the Gilbert and Bennett Manufac- turing Company's plant in George town, Conn, following the recent signing of new contract between the company and bargaining committee of Wire Workers Local 23348, Amer ican Federation of Labor.
 Additional features of the new con- tract included a change in the length of service required for a weeks vaca- tion with pay from one year to six months and from five years to four and half years for two weeks vaca- ton with pay. An additional proviso calls for stricter definition of em- ploye's seniority rights.
 William Reynolds, Melvin Mo Lauglin, Peter Harco, IT,, Delmar Garrack, Victor Poit, and John Prior comprised the union committee in the negotiations. No serious differences entered into the bargaining discus sions.